Nebraska Newspapers

    PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY", MAY 20, 1869.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We ere desirous of receiving eorrespondeoce from
all parts of the SUte, relative to the material Inter
t. of the country, together With such, other met
eras contributors may deem of Interest.
It is discoTered that the Sage-lands
in Nevada, where the Digger Indians
lived on worcas and ratbiis, are excel
Jent for wheat.
Tf mentioned a short tints sine that
parties were here looking out for a. site
for a foundry. The arrangements have
since been perfected, and Ihe work of
erecting the neceiaary buildings will soon
commeaee. .
The Report of the Adjutant General
of the Grand Army of the Republic
hows that there are ia the United
States thirty-seven departments and
two thousand posts of the order.
A Charleston, South Carolina, dis
patch says account from all parts of
the State represent the upland cotton
crop very seriously injured by the re
cent cold weather; in many cases ren
dering re-planting necessary. The
Sea Island crops look promising.
A New York dispatch of the 15th
says : '-Letters which left San Fran
cisco on the evening of the 6th of May,
were distributed at the postofSce in
this city at 9 o'clock this eveaing.
Passengers arrived to-day in eight
days from San Francisco."
An intelligent correspondent for
Tennessee, says the Republican party
in thatState rallier to the great soldi es
with hearty enthusiasm. Demoraliza
tion of our forces is coming hugely
into view, according to Democratic
testimony, but it is all in the eye.
Dispatches from Washington aay
that reductions in the Treasury De
partment still continue and dismissals
are daily taking place. Give us mere
of them. Grant is making his ad
ministration popular with the people
by weeding out the service and mak
ing it .a working corps.J instead' of a
vast body of lazy, dishonest pension
ers. The Central City Register contains
the following: "We are informed
by H. M. Teller that the contract is
made for laying the track of the Colo
rado road from its junction with the
Denver Pacific to Golden City, Imme
diately on the completion of the later
road. The mountain line will be iron
ed and stocked by the same influence
as soon as it shall be graded.
On Aogust 7th a total' eclipse of the
sun will occur. This will be tfie most
interesting eclipse that has been wit
nessed in this country for many years,
and it will not happen again until the
last year of the century. The shadow
of earth will' commence crossing' the
sun's disk about four o'clock in the af
ternoon, and will not entirely pass
from it until nearly half past six.
The Chicago Evening Journal in
speaking of the Quaker Indian Com
mission appointment says:
"The President has appointed
eighteen gentlemen with halt, to con
fer with the gentlemen without hats,
apon the plains. We shall now see
the difference between thee and thou.
The remains of Daniel O'Conntll
were re-interred in the cemetery at
Glasueiver, near Dublin, on the 15th
inst The ceremonies were very im
. posing', and were conducted by. Arch
bishop Cullen. Over 8,000 persons
were present
The Mail has information that
the stockholders of the Tribune have
decided (at their meeting last evening)
to abolish the office of managing editor,
and that Mr. Hazzard will be in
charge of the paper during the day,
and Mr. Whitlow at night. Mr.
Young thus loses his position, but is
not removed from the paper.
colli
We find the following in regard to
the recent discovery of coal near
Weeping Water, in the Nebraska City
Chroniclii
Coal. Mr. Tyson of Cass county
reports the discovery of a four foot or
over, vein of coal. The discovery is
made 10 miles above the Weeping
Water Falls, and 31 miles from Ne
braska City. The quality is excellent
and an endless supply. A Mr. Mans
field Osborn is the owner, and Mr.
Walker is the discoverer. The mine
was discovered- at a depth of seventy
feet. Mr. Walker is makiog arrange
ments to claim the premium offered by
the State, which will amount to about
three thousand dollars. This is good
news for South Nebraska, and c.n be
relied npon as exactly correct.
This vein is about 22 miles from
PJaltsmeutb, and within a short dis
tance of the surveyed line of the B. &
M. R. R. west from this city,' via
We epjng- Water.
The President has issued his proc
lamation designating the 6ih of July
as the day for voting on the new con
stitution of Virginia. The fourth
clause of section one, and the seventh
section of article third are submitted
separately.
In the suit against the city of Rich
mond to make her redeem her small
notes to the amount of $100,000 issued
during the war, Chief Justice Chase
has decided that they having been is
sued to aid the rebellion they cannot
be redeemed. The Legislature which
authorized their issue was a de facto
Legislature, that had power to grant
such authority, and had the notes been
issued for any legal purpose and not
for the subversion of the Government
they would be liable to federation.
The people of free West can hardly
understand that such things as the
whipping, post and pillory are yet
maintained and sanctioned by law any
where in this Republic; yet Delaware,
away off toward sunrise, where "light"
should be eEed early, supports these
relics of barbarism, as will be seen
from the following telegram of the
14th : "The new .whipping post and
pillory erected in the jail yard here, by
the authorities of New Castle, to sup
ply the place of the ancent and worn
out one, was inaugurated to day with
the usual interesting ceremonies."
LATEST.
Just as we go to press we received
the following important particulars in
regard to the coal discovery at Stove
Creek:
The following are the beds passed
through at Stove Creek.
26 feet of dirt and clay to rock,
10 " sand stone,
3 " slate and clay,
9 inches of coal,
12 feet of rock,
Thin vein of coal,
20 feet soap etone, fire clay and thin
veins of coal,
5 feet of slate,
3 feet and 6 inches cf coal, and not
through when the drill broke.
A movement is on foot in St Louis,
to protect river marine from fire and
piracy. The idea is to procure an iron
clad tug with sufficient power to tow
from the levee the largest steamers in
case of fire, and to have a powerful
steam fire engine on board ready for
use at a moments notice. The tug is
to ply up and down the barber day and
night and to have a locomotive bead
lights at bow and stern midships, so ar
ranged that they will illuminate al
most the entire harbor or can be dark
ened at will. Insurance and marine
interests will probably furnish the tug,
and the police authorities will man her.
It is also proposed to license and regis
ter all skiffs and small boats plying
the harbor, as a preventative of river
piracy, which is carried on quite ex
tensively.
THE RAILROAD.
There now, do not get excited be
cause we have put the word "Rail
road' at the head of this article we
are not going to astonish you with any
revelation nor tickle your fancy with
any predictions ; but we have beard a
number of individuals ask, during the
past week, why the Hirald did not
say more about the railroad, and we
beg to pay to all that it is not because
everything does not look lovely on the
railroad question, but simply because
this is not exactly the time for talk, but
for work. Localities that have little
prospects of railroads generally make
a great noise about them; and as we
have but little to say here at present,
those who are so inclined can take it
as an evidence that we are about to
have a railroad, and consequently have
no occasion to "blow." There is every
reason for believing that the B & M.
Co. will commence work on this aide
of the river in a very short time, and
we have' thought best to bold on a lit
tle, in order that we might talk the
better when the time for talk comes.
Since writing the above, Mr.
Strong, Attorney for the B. & M. R.
Co., has visited our city and met the
County Commissioners, and we now
say hurrah boys ! We have the au
thority from Mr. Strong for saying
that work will be commenced in a
short time -just as soon as the ar
rangements can be made for letting a
contract The road will be pushed
through this county as fast as men and
money can build it We have only
space to say, in this issue, that the
hopes of those who have labored and
waited for the past ten years for the
B. fe M. R. R. to be bcilt west of the
Missouri river, will coon be realized
to their fullest extent Let everybody
prepare, for we will be deluged with
railroad bands-in a very short time.
It may be a few weeks ; yet it will,
nevertheless, be soon
Trask, the tobacco-maniac, writes
amiable letters to the Independent, tell
ing those who use and those who cul
tivate tobacco that they are going
where, at least, they will never want
for a light.
To tSae Friends of Sunday
Schools.
The undersigned would respectfully
call the attention of all the friends of
Christian Education in Nebraska to
the following liberal propositions : .
By means of the liberality of some
good Sunday School friends, be is au
thorized to say that he will supply in
part, with Libraries, the first two new
Sunday Schools tbet shall be duly or
ganized in each county in the above
State and reported to him, to the follow
ing extent and on the following condi
tions, riz :
I. If the school shall consist of not
less than five teachers and twenty
five scholars, he will give 6 toward a
$12 library the school or its friends
paying the reft.
II. If the school shall consist of ten
teachers and fifty scholars, he will
give $12 toward a $24 library the
school paying the other half.
No matter how many schools exist
in the county, this proposition is to new
schools that shall be organized this
year.
If more than two applications come
from any one county, the first two re
ported will have the preference.
The report must embrace the fol
lowing particulars :
1. The name and location of the
school. 2. The name and postoffice
address of the Superintendent 3. The
date of its organization. 4. The num
ber of scholars and teachers. 6. How,
and to whose care, the books should be
sent 6. The money required from
the school must accompany the appli
cation. Each school should raise some three
or four dollars, in addition to what is
required for the Library, for the neces
sary instruction books, hymn books,
&c But this is not a condition of re
ceiving the donation.
On receiving the applications, the
books will be immediately sent, from
the depository in St. Louis or Chicago,
according to direction, to all entitled to
them.
The books, with which these orders
will be filled, are the various libraries
and other volumes of the American
Sunday School. Union, at their cata
logue prices.
The following additional books will
ordinarily do for a school of twenty
five scholars, viz :
6 Union Primers, at 4c, tie
Flrt Readers, al fx-, 80c
8 Union Spelling Book,, at 15c, 80c
6 Union Queition Books, at 15c, 90c
S Child's Scripture Questions, at 15c, 90c
25 Sunday School Child's IJyina Booki, at 2e, SOc
10 Penny Question Books, at 1 1-Sc, 15c
Tickets, He
Total, S 00
The Child's World is also desirable.
It may be had monthly or semi-monthly,
at the option of the subscribers, on the
following terms.
Monthly. Semi-Montbly.
10 eoples 1 rear, 1 address, $1 20 $ 2 40
85 8 00 6 00 '
so " e oo iaoo
75 eo is oo
104 " IS 00 24 00
Being at the rate of 12 cents each
per year for the monthly, or 24 cents
for the semi-monthly. No subscrip
tioas to either edition will be received
for a less number than tern copies.
Payment invariably in advance.
Specimen copies furnished gratui
tously on application to the subscriber.
The desire is cherished that all be
nevolent persons residing in the above
territory, who may chance to see this
notice, will use their influence to have
the schools organized in their respective
neighborhoods, and promptly reported.
During the last twenty years, 3.029
schools, containing 19,861 teachers,
and 111,480 scholars, have been sup
plied with libraries, chiefly by one of
these benevolent gentlemen, at a cost
to himself of nearly $20,000. Being
satisfied of the general good it has ac
complished, this proposition is renewed
for the year 1869. It is hoped that no
county will fail to secure two libraries.
Applications for books, on this
preposition, as also donations from the
American Sunday School Union,
should be addressed to the undersign
ed. He is prepared also to furnish all
the publications of the American Sun
day School Union at Philadelphia
prices. Libraries selected, and schools
fined out with everything necessary
from the extensive catalogue of the
Society's Publications, and promptly
forwarded from St. Louis, on applica
tion to the undersigned.
A. W. COBEY,
Godfrey, III.
The Farmer On the Safe Side.
The farmer is apt to think the pro
fessional man, or the . merchant, lives
an easy and luxurious life. In many
instances their families may do so;
but with the eminent and successful
man of law, or science the artisan or
merchant himself, such a supposition
is a great mistake. There are not un
der heaven's broad canopy a more la
borious class of men than these. La
bor of body and of mind are theirs,
and that incessant See them early,
late, in season "and out of season
their whole energies devoted to their
several callings without rest or inter
mission and far too frequently to the
premature wasting of life itself. It is
no wonder that such industry directed
by good education (and by this term
education I mean the entire training
of the boy to manhood, in its most ex
tended sense.) and stimulated by a
laudable ambition, should lead to suc
cess. Yet with all these appliances
the labors of such men are often disas
trous; and if not so, after a life of anx
iety, their toils frequently end with but
the means of slender support Com
pered with these, the toils of the far
mer are light. Physical labor he en
dures, it is true, and oftentimes severe
labor, but his mind is easy. He en
1'oys sound rest and good health. He
las much leisure; in many cases more
than is for bis good. He has abund
ant time to discuss politics, law, relig
ion everything, in fact, that may in
terest or profit him. Ex.
"I' live by my pen," said a vulgar
author to a lady. "Yon look, Eir, as
if. you otrght to live in a pen."
National Encampment O. A R.
Cincinnati, My 13. The Na
tional Encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic met tn secret session
at nine o'clock this morning-. Chap
lain General Quaint introduced a reo
Iution proposing that the G A. R
should form a Life Insurance and An
nuity Corporation. The motion was
adopted and referred to a special com
mittee. namely: ' Facbtz. of North
Carolina ; Potter, of New York ; Baby
shell, of Peonsvlvania : Shaw, of
Rhode Island, and Denny, of Massa
chasetu. The Committee on Finance
made their report, which was accepted.
and tbr committee discharged. Com
rade Rhodes, of Rhode Island, was
admitted as a delegate to the Conven
tion.
PendiDg the report and debate on
the proposed riunl convention excluded
all but the delegates. The Annuity
Corporation proposed by Fachtz is to
be organized under the laws of tne
United States as a Co-operative Asso
ciation for the benefit of heirs of de
ceased comrades of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and will be chartered
by Coogress as a National Incorpora
tion, the object of which corporation is
to provide and secure a certain sum.
not less than one thousand dollars, to
the heirs of each deceased member.
The conditions of admission to mem
bership are that the applicant must be
a comrade of one of the Posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic of good
standing, that be must accompany his
application with fifty cents admission
fee, and that his application must be
filed before the first day of January,
1871. After that date the number of
members cannot be increased under
any condition. No restrictions what
ever are made as to age, condition,
habits, state of health, or anything
else, in regard to qualification of op
plicant.
THE UAIVEItSITXr
The Governor has appointed and
commissioned for Regents of the Uni
versity of Nebraska:
Rev D R Dungan, of Pawnee City;
Hon K W Furnass, of Brownville
Rev J C Elliot, of Nebraska City;
Rev J B Maxfield, of Plattsmouth;
Hon A B Fuller, of Ashland.
Col C S Chase, of Omaha.
Dr F H Loogsley, of Blair;
Wm B Dale, of Columbus;
Wm G Olinger, of Tekamah,
The first meeting of the Regents
will be held at Lincoln on the second
day of June, when a Chancellor will
probably be chosen, and other meas
ures taken to put the University into
successful operation. Statesman.
Some very mean , thieves stole the
carpets from the Masonic Lodge rooms
in Lafayette, Ind., the other night. A
dark deed.
The river is high at Memphis, and
there is a chance of more caving'in of
the city front The river swallows up
real estate by wholesale, and pays no
tax
Two colored gentlemen settled an
affair of hoL-or in Savannah, Ga., the
other day, a "buitiug contest.' No
great amount of brains damaged.
Austria has 3,000 acres jal virgin
forest, produced by planting, which are
estimated to be worth several hundred
millions of florins.
Among the Court files at Taunton.
Mass., is the finding of a coroner's
jury, which concludes that "the said
came to bis death by the visita
tion of the aforesaid God."
In 1853 the United Kingdom de
voted a million and a half acres to po
tatoes. Great Britain more than bait a
million, and Ireland, more than a mil
lion. Twenty-eight thousand two hundred
and twenty-one marriages were sol
emnized in Ohio during the year end
ing December 31, 1863. All the re
ports of results not in.
A lsdy, who has a great horror of
tobacco, got into a railroad carriage
the other day, and inquired of a neigh
bor, "Do you chew tobacco, sir ?
"No, madam, I don't," was the reply;
but I can get you a chew if you want
one.
An exchange says: "In the village
of Tipton, Ind., all tue liquor saloons
are closed and have crape on their
doors, the combined effect of a' revival
and of a raid by trre ladies." It is
their tu n to wear crape, for they have
caused many others to wear it.
A man whose sweetheart had died
in St. Louis recently, followed her ex
ample, ind when dissected it was
feund that the heart was literally bro
ken. We pity the heart but not the
man.
A schoolmaster, after giving one of
his pupils a sound drubbing for speak
ing bad grammar, sent him to the
other end of the room to inform
another boy that he wished to speak to
him, and at the same time promised to
repeat the dose if he spoke to him un
grammatically. The youngster being
quite satisfied with what h got deter
mined to be exact, and thus addressed
bis fellow pupil: "A common sub
stance of the masculine gender, singu
lar number, nominative case, and in a
very angry mood, that sits perched
upon the eminence at the other end of
the room, wishes to articulate a few
sentences to you in the present tense.
Suicibk. On Saturday night a
week, Peter McCarty, lately engaged
rs a sub-contractor or a "boss" on the
Rock Island Roatl, went to Omaha
with some friens. While there be
drank a great deal of liquor, and in a
fit resulting from this dissipation, took
an over dose of laudanum. Medical
assistance enabled him to partially
recover, and be was brought to this'
city, where he lingered until Monday
morning and died from the result of
his rash act. He was a generous and
noble hearted Irishman, but unfortun
ately was given to the bane of too
many fine natures. Nonpareil.
Attempt to murder a Preacher
The Tribunes Atlanta, Georgia,
special of May 13th, says a large
number of Republicans from all parts
of the State are now in the city, be
lieving death certain if they go home.
Among them are many members of
the Legislature. A desperate attempt
was made in Burke county on Sunday
last to murder the Rev. Mr. Pitman,
presiding Elder of the Episcopal
Church. He had preached there and
had induced a number of colored peo
ple to renounce allegiance to the
Methodist Church South aud join an
other church. A gang of Ku Klux
planned his death and picketed the
road frcm his hotel to the depot, but a
colored man guided him across the
field and a voluntary guard of colored
men accompanied him to the depot. '
Upon bis arrival there pistols were
pointed at bis bead and death seemed
certain, but the "firm stand taken by
the colored people saved his life.
The only charge against him, was
that he was a Radical.
THE DEMOCRATS
Of the city feel exceedingly jubilant
over the late city election. Their
"sharp practice" gave them success,
but it certainly had the effect of open
ing the eyes of all who have been
nerelotore niinaea witn a beiiet in
their political honesty, and the future
will show different results. Republi
cans will hereafter move in solid
phalanx against a political enemy 'bat
knows no "split" or "fusion" in which
they do not reap some decided advan
tage. We must use their weapons of
unity "sheet iron tickets' and vigi
Iant labor and success must be the re
sult ChronicU.
Interesting to Railroad Men
Habbisbcbg, May 13. Judge
Pearson, in the Court of Common
Pleas, decided two cases of gene al
interest this morning. Two railroad
companies claimed that their bonds, on
which tax was imposed, were held by
citizens of New York and other Slates
and that Pennsylvania could net tax
property of citizens of other States
The Court decided that if the property
was protected by Pennsylvania it could
be made to pay us share of taxation
Judgment was rendered against the
companies.
THE SALINE LANDS.
It having been rumored that the
40,000 acres of Saline Liods adver
tised for sale by the State Commission
ers would not be offered as advertised
on account of the entry not being com
plete at Washington, we waited upon
the Governor yesterday to ascertain
the facts in the case. We are assured
by his Excellency that there is no
foundation whatever for this report,
and that the lands will certainly be put
up for sale as advertised. Common
wealth. We are informed by the appraisers
of fhool lands in this county, that sec
tion 1C, township 2, range 7, adjoin
ing Blue Spring on the East, was ap
praised last week at $4.127,50.
Nearly one half of the section was
covered by first-rate timber, come of
which was appraised as high as $60
per acre. That's pretty good for old
Freemont's "Great American Desert."
Beatrice Clarion.
The second -Annual Convention of
the Nebraska Sunday School Associa
tion will be held in Nebraska City,
May 26, 27 and 28ih. Active SuBday
School men from abroad will be pres
eut to add to the interest of the occa
sion. Delegates are invited from all
Sunday Schools in the State. Dele
gates will be entertained by the friends
at Nebraska City.
Wm. R. Bentlit, Sec ry.
A resident of Treasure City, in the
White Pne mining region, recently
died, and a man was hired to dig his
grave. When the funeral cortege ar
rived at the spot they were informed
by the grave digger that be had struck
a splendid lead, and had staked off a
claim; and he refused to allow the
body to be buried in the hole he had
dug.
The wonderful productive qualities
of Nebraska have never been general
ly understood grain yields double the
quantitty per acre over our Eastern
States, and the same proportion seems
to be striven - after by some of our
ambitious cattle Mr. N. Paso has a
cow which presented him two fine
calves a few mornings since, one a
heifer and the other a bull, and each
has life enough for two more calves.
Nebraska beats the world for grain
and slock, pity some of our noble
women couldn t give us a little dis
tinclion in their line. FremoritTtibune
Tax to bi Refunded. Chief Jus
tice Chase decided recently in a case
at Baltimore that the Government
could not collect iacome lax frcm for
eigners who hold our bonds, and that
what has been collected most be re
funded. The Internal Revenue Bu
reau is preparing to carry out this de
cision. Several hundred thousand dol
lars will be taken out of the Treasury
for this purpose.
D. R. Locke, Esq.. better known as
the Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby, having
made his mark as a lecturer and letter
writer, now proposes enter upon a
new field. By the last number of the
Toledo Blade. Nasby's paper, we learn
that he will begin the publication of a
serial story about the middje of this
month. If he is as interesting in this
field as he has been in bis letters, the
story must prove a decided success.
Young ladies should be careful and
not get chaps on their lips. They have
been known to lead to an affect ion of
the heart
An experienced old gentleman says
that all that is necessary for the en
joyment of love or sausages is confi
dence.
A century plant is in bloom in a
Rochester, New York nursery. This
is the fourth of these plants that has
bloomed in the United States.
There is a man in Washington who
is handsome as a man, and delightfully
fascinating when made up as a woman.
This person has been one of ; the most
successful pilferers in the District, but
at last he was caught. He has been
courted by men, who have breathed
the tender passion to him, and he in
his turn has taught women the first
lesson in love. Whenever he thought
there was a chance of being ' arrested,
lie would dress in woman's apparel,
and in this way would be incarcerated
with women. A paper of that city
says that his career has been tinged
with every crime but that of mtxder.
The Independent, referring to the
common way of calling "reformers"
long-haired, gives the names of the
principal "reformers," and shows they
are all deficient in hair, or else keep
it closely cut. Garrison," Phillips,
Greeley, Theodore Parker1 'and But
ler have very little hair. . Sumner and
Beecher are close cropped.
The Des Moines Bulletin says that
"as a result of Aiina Dickinson's late
lecture in this place, a lady has com
menced working at the tinner's trade."
Estray Notice.
Taken up by the subscriber, three miles sooth of
Finland, on the 6th of May, 1S69, one chestnut col
ored Mare, heavy with foal, one bind fi ot and both
fore feet white, whits stripe in forehead, supposed to
be ten or twelve years old, one black two year old
mare colt ; one dark grey two year old mar colt,
right hind foot aad right fore foot white, white
stripe la forehead ; eae dark bay mare colt, o
year old ; one dark bay mare colt, one year old,
three white feet and white stripe In forehead.
OBIN K1N1SON.
Hay 14, 1S69 my 20 5
MASTER'S SALE.
District Court ef Cass County, Nebraska.
Leonids J. Holland, 1
versos V Order of Sale.
Charles Wilson. I
By virtue add in pursuance of a decretal order of
this Court, made In the above entitled cause, there
will be sold under the direction of(the subscriber, at
public auction, for cash tn hand, at the front door of
the Court House In Plattsmouth, in the said county
of Cass, on Monday, the 21st day of Jane, 1969, at
9 o'cKck p. m. of said day. all the right, t tie and in
terest of the above defendant to the following tract
or parcel of land, to wit :
The southeast quarter (JO of section No. nine (9),
in township No. ten (10), north of range No. eleven
(1 1 ) east of the 8th P. M. , in Css county, Nebraska
Given under my hand t is 19th day of Hay, A. D.
1S69. J. W. JOHNSON,
Special Master in Chancery.
Maxwell fc Ghafma v. Attorneys lor plaintiff.
may20wft
DETAILED STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION OF THB
Missouri Valley Iiife Insurance
Company of Kansas and
Missouri
Made to the Secretary of State of Nebraska,
and Showing the Condition of said
Company on the list day of December t
1868:
Chartered Capital, S 600,000 00
Guaranteed Capital, - 1,000 000 00
Paid np Capital, joi.ow vu
AS8ETS.
Leans on Bond and Mortgage, and other
approved securities. $181,761 IS
Cash, and Cash Items, . 1,7061 44
Due on Stock Accouut, vuu vu
Deferred Premiums. 4 44S 09
Stock Bills Receivable, 80,600 00
Accrued Interest. 14.93 00
Other Property, including Office Furniture, 1,018 0
Total Aeaets, - 2 02,191 6
LIABILITIES.
None, except for Beaerve, which has not been
calculated.
RECEIPTS.
For Premiums and Interest, 11S.8T4 28
EXPENDITURES.
For Salaries, CommisMons, stationery.
and a'l otbsr purposes, 1B,W o'J
Percentage ef Expense to Income, 33.28
Number of Policies lwue.t. S41 : Amount Insured.
SS48.0fre ; Totitl Premium Receiptf. included de
ferred p-e oiuirs, $g,5B4.7I : Receipts from Interest
SIS 2Hi7.
The Csmpany elnce the lt of Janosry has pur
casseu yiuu.uru oi coveramcui tf.ivsuuui,
CERTIFICATE OF ADTHOSiTT
(To expire un the 81st day of January, 1S70 )
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, 1
Orrica or Ftats avoitob,
Likcols, Neb., April 1, 1869. )
Whereas. Abram B. Covslt, E-q.. State Agent for
the Missouri Valley Life lnsurai.ee Company, lo
cated at Leavenworth City, in the Ptate of Kansas,
has Bled in this office a copy of the act of Incorpora
tion of said Comraay. and a statement under oatn.
showing its condition, as required by the fl'th sec
tion of a law of Ibe State of Nebraaka, entitled "An
Act in Relation to Insurance Companies," approved
February 15th, 1S64; approved February lith.
1866 : and whereas, said Company has furnished the
undersigned satisfactory evidence fiat it is posaesscd
of five hundred tbouiand dollars of actual capital,
Invested in stocks or at lesst par value, or la bonds
or mortgages on real eaiata wean doable the
amount for which the same is mortgaged ; asd
whereas, said Company b as Sled in this offlse a
written instrument, under the seal of the Company,
signed by tne President and Secretary the'eof, au
thorizing the said Abram B Covalt to acknowledge
service of process for and In behalf cf said Company,
consenting thai service of process upon him shall
be taken and held to be as valid as ir served upon
the CoraDaiiT. aecordinr to the !ivl of this State or
any other State, and waiving all claims of errors by
reason of such servic ; and nerea, Aorsm wo
valt has furnished sstisfactory evidence that be Is
the authorized Agent of aaid Company
Therefore, be it known by these presents. That la
pursuance ef tbe aforesaid act, I, Jobs Gillespie,
A nditor of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify
that Abram B. Covalt, Esq., bas full authority to
act as State Agent for the said slissoari Valley Life
Insurance Compsny, lnt e State of Nebraska, and
to do and perforoi all acts for and in bsbalf of said
Company authorized by bis appointor ent as aoeh
Agent, and by tbe laws of this SUte, until the 31st
dsy ol Jsnuary, A. D. 1870.
in witness wnereoi, a nave inwnow mj
name, and caused tbe Seat of the Auditor's
L. 8. Office to be affixed tbia 1st day of April, aV.
u. isov.
JOHN GILLESPIE,
State Auditor.
J. W. MARSH iLL, Agent, PlatUmouth. Nsb.
may20wi.
JLEGAL. NOTICE.
Ia District Court 2nd Judicial Diatiiot, within aad
for Saunders county Nebraska.
Mai. O.Long Plaintiff vs. W.T. Foster, Defend
ant.
1 be Defendant W. T. Foster will tske notice that
Mai.O Long bas Bled his Petition la the Dlat.lct
Court within aud for Saunders Co.,Neb ,in the above
entitled eause.the object and prayer of said petition
being to obtain payment ol ascertain promissory Bote
for ninety ao:iars lutecuteu oy yon on tne loin
day ot September 1859 wiib interest after due at
60 percent, per annum. Said note being drawn ia
favor of one A. B. Daniels and aecurod by aortal a
Deed of Trust noon the south west a Barter of Section
No. nine t.9) in Tows. hip No. twelve (12) North of
Han re No. nine (9) East of the 6lh P. M., formerly
la Casa county Nebraska, but now In Saunders
county in said State,aad said note aud mortgage be
ing duly assigned for a valuable consideration by
tbe said A. B, Daniels to Hsjor C. Long, plaintiff,
in the above entitled cause of action, aad In default
of the payment of aaid promissory note with inter
est, costs and charges by a day to be named by the
Court, that the aaid mortgaged premises be sold ac
cording to law, and the proceeds applied, to
the payment or the amount shown to do doe the
said plaintiff.
Xou are requires to answer sale petition en the
21st dsy of June, A. D 1869, or the same 'will be
taken as true and Judgment rendered according:.
By H axwbli. k CHAFMAir, bis Att'ys. malSwi
T. Sc II. J. STItEIGHT,
DBALH fW
FRUIT, '.CONFECTION ERIEJ,
TOYS, NOTIONS,
Booaig, Stationery, &c , Sec
SODA, LEMONADE.
AND ICE C REAM,
240 Kill TBISV,
PLATTSMOUTH, - USB.
ALSO. We would Invite the attention of buyer
to our fnll and complete atock of itemsst, StddUrg
and Collar; which we are selling cheap for cash.
Work made to order, and repairing dene oa an art
notice.
tW SaleTroom in 2d story, ever Store.
The hlchest cash price paid far B1D7SB AV
FURS. J. H. i. S.
Flftftraontn, april 9-tr.
"essanasBBBK e
Mrs. Sthafntiorgt h. Harper.
Would respectally announce to the ladi,a r
Piatt mouth and vlclntty that they have j
celved large and welj selected stock of M!llinV.
aud Fancy Goods. and will keep coaatsatlv LI
hand .11 kind, of -fix np.'. f6r Bablee. uE& ana
Ladies' adornment, eonaistlna la rrt of the foiiow
Irg articles: Gloves. Bo6net Titmmings flata.
Ribbons, Flowers. Ornaments, and liolsery. Ladlta?
Patterns of all kind. Dress Making done U ord".
Bleaching nnd Preening, also Btais ping of s( kinds
Ladies will do well to give us a call before por
ch ' ins elsewhere. mvJJm
One door west of Platte Valley.
SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS
To all whom it may concern : I B. Spurtoek Clerk
la and fc r Caaa county SUte or Nebraaka. do by
virtue of tbe authority in me vested by the provla.
ions of an Act ot tbe Legislator of Nebraska1, En
titled, Aa act "To provide for tbe Retfislry officbool
Lands, for Ibe control and disposition thereof, and
for tbe safe keeping of the funds derived from the
sale and lease of said Lands," which aaid Act was
approved June !4, a. a. lS67,and also ia accordance
with a subsequent amendment to sall Act, approv
ed February 16th, 1868, hereby give notice that en
Wedntday, (Ae Ticmiy-TMrct (23) tidy of Ju4
next, at the hour of ten (10) o'clock a m..at the
fr .nt doorof t ho Court Hone , lu the city of Plaits
moutb, Nebraska, t will oner for sale at public auc
tion to the higbcet bidder all the School Lande with
in the eoonty of Cass aforesaid, known as Sections'
16 and 86 in the several Towns aad Ranges' ef said"
county, and lands selected In lied thereof.
Tbe gale will eommsoce with the lands In the'
outbwett e -rner of the county, beginning ia Range'
nine (9) and offering all tbe Lands in each respect ve
Kange before tho-e cast of it ; and thus advancing
east, thro' Ranges within tbe eonuty, via- Ranges ,
10,11, 13,13 and 14, Towns. 10,11 ISsnd 13, sndcos
tinuing said aale from dsy to day, until all th't
School Lands within the county are offered for sals'
The prairie lards will be offered in tratsnot ex
ceeding forty (40) acres racb ; and tbe timber lands'
In tracts not exeeedlng ten (10) acres racb.
Payments for laods'suld muat be made as follows,'
vis : For prairie lands one-tenth of tbe price cash la
hand; and for otbr lands, oae-baif cash In hand,
or cash down for either, al the option or the purchas
er, with a promissory note for the remainder to na
ture ten (10) years after da', bearing Interest paya
ble annually ia advance al ten per cent per aauum;
the flrst psyment oftlnterost b-ing computed to the
lst'.day of January next after thedate of Ihe aoie.tkat
when notes ate given for the pun-base of timber land
they must be further secured by the endorsement of
two free holdere of the county, to be approved by
tbe Coun ty Treasurer.
In wituess whereof I hereunto set my band
and official seal at my nrBce la Plattsmouth,
ssal.J on this 18th day f May A. D. 1869.
B. Sl'DRLOCK,
Clerk Cass county Nebraska.
May 18, 1869.
LEGAL NOTICE. .
In District Court 2d Judicial District within aad for
Cass county, State of Nebraska.
A. f. Posey, Plsintlff vs. Imle XCooleon and Arte
mils S.thler pefeodaata.
To Imle E Coolson and Artemus 8ahler,Defndasts,
you will hereby take notice that A. F. Posey of the
State of Alabama did on the 11th day of at ay A. D
1869 file In tbe District Court In and for said county,
bis petition against the said Imle I. Coolsoa and
Artemas Sabler setting fn-th that Ihesaid Imle E.
Coolsoo gave n certain pmmWaory note calling for
the sum or $'.') due Ausnst 8d, 1858, .Beared by a
certain Dted of Trust upnn tbe South East quarter of
Section No. twenty (20) in Town.hlp No. twslv
(13) North ofBange'No twelve (13) East of tbe 6th
P. M. In Caaa county Nebraaka, and praying that
said Imle B. Coolson may pay said ramteff8&4 wito
interest at the rate'of ten (10) per cent, persanosa
by a day to be named by the Court or .that said
premises be sold to psy Oia sams, aad praying that
the aaid Artemas tehler may be forever barred and
foreclosed ot any and all right, claim or lien hi may
have obtained by reason of being m trnsteenamsd
in said aeee or trust ;
And tbe said Imle K. Coolson and Artemas 8ahler
defendants, are notified that they are required to
appear and anawer said petition on or before the
twenty-Brat day of Jane, 1369.
A. T. POSKT.
By Maxwell ft Chapman, big Att'ys. 184.
NOTICE
Notice la herebp given to all parties having beel-
neas befoie the County Commiaslooera Court, the
nature of which will require the filing of papers,
that the requixite papers must be Bled with Ibe
Onuity Clerk be.'ors the first dsy of esch session ot
said Court, toob'ain a b arisg upon aay such mat
ters aa they may desire to bring before Ihe Court.
Tbe rapidly increaaiag basiaeas of the Court,
make tbia order of Imperative necessity; thai e
regular order of business may be previoosly arrarg.
ed. whereby the Bisrd may more system. trealfy
snd with greater celerity dispstch Ibe busiasae
brooch before tbem.
By order of tbe Board,
B. PrCKLOCK,
marfStf Clerk Cass essoiy, Use.'
REED BROTHERS
-ABB
SELLING GOODS
-AT-
Weeping Water
AT TUB
LOWEST RIVER PRICKS
WHEAT, CORN,
AND ALT.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
Taken in exchange for OOODS.
.a. :r m
WILL
SAVE MOKSY"
IT'
Calling ana Pricing:
THEIR GOODS
Before Parchtwlnr; Elwlitre
! Werpiof Water, XV,aftyll,..lM9.