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PLAT1SM0UTH rtEBRAXSA.,- THUKSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870. rilEfcEXATOK ri:o.nTIIESEVK'I II iiHiitn-r. It is already known by roost of the people of the State that the certificate of election as Senator from the Seventh Senatorial district was i.-sued yesterday Djorning, by Deputy Clerk J. 31. IJeards ley, of this county, to Willitt Pottenger, the candidate on the Democratic ticket. Tho fact has created general consterna tion throughout the State, as it was known to all that A. R. Kennedy, Esq., had received a very large majority of the votet-, and thtre wa3 not the slightest doult that he would receive his certificate in due season. Some ex planation is due the people, and espe cially to tLe people of Saunders county, who stand completely dis franchised. We shall endeavor to give the facts connected with the case, and leave each reader to comment for himself- To commence with we will give that section of the election law which governs the making of returns in dis tricts composed of more than one couuty, asis the case in the seventh district . It is a f .lows : Sec. 21. When two or more counties are embraced in one Senatorial or Re presentative district the Clerks of the Cveml counties in said district shall, with in -evn days after the election, transmit by mail or otherwise, fothe Clerk of the county first named, in the law designat ing tha district ; correct abstracts of all the votes cast in the several counties cor po.-ine such district, for Senator or 'Representative, and the Clerk of the county fir.-t named in the law designat ing the district, on the receptiou of such returns or abstracts, shall select fro disinterested house holders, and the three shall compare the votes given in the several counties as shown by the abstracts returned, and the said Clerk shall make out and deliver to the person huviiir the highest number of votes for the Senator or House of Representatives, a certificate of election, which shall be delivered to the the proper person, or his agent when called for. This is all of the Statutes governing the returns and canvassing the same. .Now for the facts. On Wednesday, the 19th day of October, Denuty County !lerk, J. M. Beardsley, called upon R. G. Doom and Geo. S. Smith, bouse holders, to assist in canvassing the vote of the district, which is composed of the counties of Cass, Sarpy, Saunders, Sew ard and Butler. After the above named cutleiuen had convened and the returns were opened it was discovered that the returns from Saunders county were not yet in. The proceeded to count the re turns which were in, and they found them to stand as follows : i CO im C r-i . E ZJ aa icq r-i A. 11. Kennedy 79o'lMG T3j 94 1203 Willitt Tottenger 79u24S 13Sj 9ljl2t7 David Pottenger 2; 2 A. B. Kennedy 68 j -- C3 II. 11. Kennedy 53 j j 53 Kennedy 75! I 75 Now note the fact that A. It Kennedy waa the nominee on the Republican ticket,aDdHlso note the similarity between the appearance of an A and an II as written by most people, also between a li and an R. But admitting that both these names were evidently meant fur some other person than A. Ii. Kennedy, and we have still 75 votes iolled for Kennedy alone, without any initials. Does any sane man, or would the law, presume that these 75 votes were inten ded for any other man than A. R Ken nedy, the only Kennedy running for office, being sufficient to elect him w.th- , out Saunders county. We believe it is a well established principle of law and we doubt not even lucyer Pottenger will admit it- that all votes should be count ed where there is not at least a good rea bonfor believing that the votes were in tended for some other person. This principle is based upon the other and more vital principal that the will of the voters should be heeded, regardless of legal quibbles and the arguments of demagogues But we let Seward county pass the facts are before the reader. As we stated before, it was ascertained that that the canvass of tht vote of Saunders county had not ye arrived, and it was decided to adjourn the board until Thursday morning, the 20th, and await the arrival of that vote. The return from Saunders came in on the 4 o'clock train oo the 19th, and was immediately opened by deputy Beardsley. The vote of Saunders coun ttool as follows : For 'A. II. Kennedy 40S votes; for Willet Pottenger 211 votes. About 8 o'clock next morning the board again . convened, when the question arose as to their right to count the vote from Saunders county, it being asserted that it had not arrived within the time specified, by law that it should arrive. We understand that deputy Clerk Beardsley stated that he had sought and obtained legal advice on the subject, wliich was conclusive that they had no right to count the vote. The other two canvassers seemed iu- dined to the same belief, and they decided to not couut the vote of Saun ders county. This left Willet Pottenger elected by sixty-four majority, after leaving out of the count the votes in Seward not cast for A. R. Kennedy, and Mr.Bcardaley immediately proceeded to 11 out, sign, seal anl deliver the ccr . tiSicate of election to Mr. Willett l'otten . ger. Within a a short time thereafter Mr. Smith became satisfied that they had committed a. gross blundar in refusing to ' count the votes of Saunders county, and ' went to Mr. Beardsley to consult with him, but it was too late to retract or rectify the error.. The certificate was safely 6towed away in Pottenger's - brcecbe3, and the people of Saunders . Hcr disfranchised. There are several very singular things in connection with this affair; one of which is that the vote of Saunders county was canvassed on the seventeenth, but was not received in this city until the evening of the nine teenth, although it is Ies3 than two hours' ride distant. The mail leaves Ashland fur Plattsmouth at 2:25 p. in. daily. Another strange thing is that the Board here should refuse to count the vote, although it was .eceived by Mr. Beardsley, opened by him, and ex amined by the Board, before they com pleted their canvass, and before it was dctremined to award the certificate to Pottenger. By a careful reading of the law it will be observed that there is no time designated when then the canvass shall be made, farther than it says that the canvass shall be made " the recep tion of such returns or abstracts." This is certainly pLtin enough that they are to be counted whenever they are received. No other construction can possibly be put upon the law. The law designates that the County Clerk of the other conn ties named in the district shall, "icilhui seven dtiy after the election, transmit by mail or otherwise" the abstract of votes to the cork of the county first named. It will be observed that this has no ref erence whatever to the action of the Board of Canvassers, in the firsc county named, but is merely directory to the clerks of the other counties. The can vass in Saunders was made on the sir.h day, and we learn that the returns were mailed on the seventh day, and arrived here on the eighth day, and were before the Board during the canvass. The return was rejected by the Board solely on the ground that they were not roc-jived within the time designated by law. A blunder has evidently been committed, and a whole county disfran chised through a misapprehension of the law; if intended, the blunder will be persisted in; if not it will be remedied as soon as possible. A 3I.SHcIiiJi'tt C'onjf ressinnu Exper iuicutiuif tVUSi Cliiuese Labor. Hon. Oakes Ames has for some time been quietly engaged in experiment upon the advantages of Chinese labor in the South. He owns a sugar plantation op posite Carrolton, in 1 Louisiana, a few miles distant from New Orleans. There are nine thousand acres in the estate, and ihere Mr. Ames is now employing 224 Cpinese laborers They are cngrged for a term of five years, and are paid at the rate of $12 a month in gold. One quarter of their pay is retained until the expiration of the term, as a guarantee against misconduct. Kach laborer re receives two sets of clothes a year, made in the Chine.Mi fashion, and costing 31 r. Ames about 12a suit. He also supplies them with rations, four and a half pounds of salt pork, and one peck of Indian meal a wcirk ; or those who prefer it are al lowed to take their rations in money, at the rate of $ I. (H) a week. When sick, they attend to themselves, without charge to the employer. 1 he overseer, who is is also a Chinaman, but who speaks Eng lish, is paid $50 a month in gold. So far the experiment Ins been perfectly satisfactory to al! parties. What breaks down Young W u. It is a commonly received notion that hard study is the unhealthy element of a college life. But from tables of the mortality' of Harvard University, col lected by Professor Pierce from the last tirermia! catalogue, is clearly denionstra ted that the excess of death of the last ten years after graduation is found in that portion of each class of inferior scholarship. Every one who has seen the curriculum knows that while K--chylus and political economy injure one, late hours and rum punches use up a d zen, and thafr their two little fingers are heavier than the loins of 'Euclid. Dissipation is a sure destroyer, and every young man who follows it is said as the early tlower exposed to untiniely f Yost. Those who have been inveipled in the path of vice are named Legion. A few hours' sleep each night, high living, and plenty of 'smashes' make war upon every function of the body. The brain the, the heart, the lungs, the liver, the spine, the limbs, the bones, the flesh, every pat and faculty ar.r overtasked and weakened by the terriSo enegery of passion loosened from re straint, until, like a dilapidated mansion, the 'earthly house of this tabernacle' lalls into ruinous decay, last young men, right about! Hientific American- ftaribnldl Talks. Garibaldi was received at Besancon with immense enthusiasm. He re viewed a large force of Gardes Mobiles, Gardes Nationales. and l'ranc-Tireurs, and made the following speech, which was responded to with extreme ardor by the troops and petiole : ' "Soldi kks ok Free France : I see in your gallant battalions the nucleus of the United States of Europe the army of liberty and the army of law. The monarchies of the Old World are con demned. hey are in arms to day for the last time. Monarchy in Europe fell at Sedan, and is dying forever before Paris. "I see among you notFrcnchman only, but Europeans; not Europeans only, but men. In your ranks American vol unteers the soldiery of Washington and Lincoln ; the immortal, invincible enemies of despotism in every form are fighting by the side of the "sons of the Rhine and Loire; Italians arc hastening over the Alps ; Republican Spaniards arc hastening off the Pryanees to battle with you, not against Germany, but against monarchy ; not against a people misled, but against princes who mislead all peoples. "From all parts of France thousands oif young braves are hastening to the field of action. France, yesterday bowed in sackcloth to the earth, locks to.day, chid in arms, proudly up to heaven. With France, Europe will rise rejuvenated. You are fighting for the freedom of a continent ; lor the rights of humanity. Onward to the Vosges ! " AC'CIDtWTAI, DEATH. We learn from Jack McFall of Ilana ford & McFall, that he was last night called on for a coffin for a young man by the name of Wiley, who had acciden tally shot aud killed himself yesterday while hunting in the lower portiou of this county in the tiniiicr back of Aspin wall. He had set his gun charged with, buck shot against a tree, as we learn, and in picking it up the hammer caught and discharged the entire load into the back part of his head. killing him in stantly. He was from Indiana and visit ing some relatives in this county. Broirnville Advertiser. In Iowa a merchant sent a dunning letter to a man, who replied by return mail. "You say 3'ott are holding. my note yet. That is all right perfectly right. J ust keep holding on to it, and if you find your hands slipping, spit on tbem and try it again. Yours, affec tionate! v." Award of binniif;r nninl n Itrtll road. An important case was tried in our cir cuit last week, involving a question of damages against the C. B. & Q. railroad company for the killing of a young man named Payne, near Quincy, seme three years ago. The young man, accompa nied by two companions, was returning home one night in a fan-hire from a neighborhood party. While they were crossing rhe raiiroad track in a deep cut, not far from Quiney. a passing train ran through their carriage, killing two of the young men almost instantly, and de stroying the carriage. Mr. Thomas Payue, the father of one of the deceased young men, commenced a suit in the Adams circuit court for djmages for the loss of his son's life. The Adams jury awarded $'2.'Ht damages ; but, the ca--e going to the supreme coirt, the verdict was reversed in consequence of some de fective in-truetions allowed by the court below, and the cae remanded for a new trial. A change of venue was taken to this county, and last week, in our cir cuit court, nearly three days were con sumed in its trial f ullj- half of the time being devoted to summing up by the at tornej'. The jury was out not quite half an hour, and returned a verdict of S3,0(.MJ damages iigainst the railroid. We harn that the cae will acain go the supreme court. Carthage (1 11.) jlepub licaiU llie Holiest Summer for a Ontnry. The Hartford Courant says that, ac cording to the wenther record of Yale College, the past has been the hottest summer for ninety-two years. That is as far back as the Yale record enh'uhtcus us, and no centenarian who was running arouwd barefooted during the suaimer of the eight previous years remembers anything hotter; we may, therefore, safely call this the hottest summer for a century. From July 10 to August 10, 1S7, the mean luily temperature was, at New Haven, 85 degrees; and no sea son, at least since 1778, has shown so many consecutive hot days. Our highest temperature this summer was (July 17) noted at 9S degrees, and this has btcn excecdeb only four times during the period above inuicated ; at New Haven the thermometer rising to lU'J degrees one day each year in 1784. 1800 and 1845. In 1788 it re.ichpd 101. Another Case of Spontaneous Coin butliou. The ref-ent great fire in Chicago is now supposed to have been spontaneously originated in a bundle of greasy rags. How long will it be before people gene rally understand that such runs are dan gerous? The general caielesness in the storage of these and similar dangerous substances is only equaled by that in the domestic use of ma ches. We saw a bus iness man the other day throw without thinking an unextingui-hed match into his paper waste basket. We not un fre quently step on matches in walking through public buddings or on th-; ferry boats which detonate under our feet. How many men. women, or children when they drop a match never think of stooping to pick it up, but take a new one liom the box, rather than subject themselves to a slight inconvenience, which might perhaps prevent the de struction of tho isands ol dollars' worth of property. To always extinguish matches before throwing them away, and always pick them up when dropped, are habits which should be tau-'ht to every child. Kpit'lty or n Ilorie. An Ohio paper tells the following good story : "An old family horse that has been running at will through the streets and common lost one of his shoes, when with the intelligence of a human being, he walked up to the blacksmith shop whwre he ha t been shod lor the last twenty years, and to the best of his ability asked the smith to shoe him, by raising bis foot and stamping the ground, The smith being buy, drove him away several timesduring the dav, and thought nothing of it. The following morning on going to the shop he found the horse at the door; and again drove him off, but the horse came baek, and entered the shop, walked up to the anvil, and there raised his foot, thus attracting the attention of tbe smith, who examined the foot, and finding it worn off to the "quick," kindly picked up an old shoe and filing it to his foot, nailed it on ; when the grateful animal, frisking his tail by way of thauks, trotted off con tentedly." Tbe Bright Side. Dr. Johnsou used to say that a habit of looking at the best side of every event, is better than a thousand pounds a year. Bishop Hall quaintly remarks, "For every bad there might be a worse, and when a man breaks his leg, let him be thankful it was not his neck." When Fenelon's library was on fire, "God be praised," he exclaimed, "that it w.is not the dwelling of some poor man." This is the true spirit of cheer fulness and submission one of the most beautiful traits that can possess the hu man heart. Resolve to see this woil i .on the sunny s'rtle, and you have almost won the battle of life at the outset. UrSdee. The longest railroad bripge in the United States is the Cayuga bridge, ten miles west of Auburn. It is one mile and fifty yards in length, twenty-two feet wide, and and eot $150,000. Sixty days ago corn was selling in this city at CO cents per bushel, and to day new corn is hardly convertible at 35 cts. This is not be wondered at when we remember that Texas farmers contracted their whole crop at ten cents, and Illi nois yielded a crop of over two hundred and fifty million- of bu-hels. In Ma cou pin and Tazewell counties, of the last mentioned State, thousands and tens of thousands of bu-hels of corn on the stalk are offered at lGj cents, and a general European war throuzh the wbolc winter could hardly bring it up to an average price. T typ-n imrth Com. Thero are many religions, but there is only one morality. People who intend blooming hyacinths in doors this winter, cannot now get them in pots and vases too soon. Tho hotel keepers abroad says that their first floors are always occupied by fools, princes, or Americans. A businessman may get along without advertising, and so can a cart without greasing but it goes hard. The Wyoming women prattle ef"p!;t tickets," "scratching" and "voting e-i'K-and often" with ' charmining volubility. There is no such thing as a menial office when you put a true man in it. A menial office 3 an office with a mean man in it; ami it makes no difference whether it is a king's office or a scaven ger's office. The other day, Francis Jacobus, of Newark, went to the cross on Trinity spire and performed several feats. Dis enssion as to how he got up to that great heieht broueht out the fact that he went up on a wager. A Minnesota benedict advertises his wife fsr sale, warranted sound and kind, his only reason for disposing of her being that he feels his own educational inferiority.. The fol owing which we clip fVom n- Eastern exchange may b of i! t re-t. Distances of the principal Military towns from Paris are as follows : 3tII.ES Paris to Mayence, .270 " Welssenburg, 2.0 " Strasbourg, 225 " ' Haguenau, '2M " Saar!ouis, 2O0 Metz,. 170 " Nancy, 170 " Couimorcv, 140 " Verdun. 145 " Bar-le-due, 125 j 14 Va'my, 1 10 j 44 Vitrv-le-Francai', 100 j 44 Chalons, yo " Rheims,- JsO j 44 Troves, 90 i 44 Loan, 74 j 44 Sezanne, 65 j Black silk, an exchange says, i Fable to spontaneous combustion, though ti.e chemical opeiatmns which produce the fire are not clearly understood. We have often seen sparks around a packase of black silk with a woman in it but never supposed before that there was a chemical mystery about it. A writer in one of the religious papers says: "1 would like to see a thinking department established in our theologi cal schools." It is hardly necessary. The students already spend time enough in thinking ibout the probable locality from which their first "call" is to come. There are always more fashions extant, and visible . in a single railroad car, out West than elsewhere in modem civiliza tion. If one wants variety, people got ten up in styles old, and stvles new, styles Dutch and stylea Parisian, some what, and considerable Americanized, let him Use his e3-es anywhere between Cleveland, Ohio, and the Rocky Moun tains. But the lat novelty in style is the style Aboriginal. Apropos of the Indian policy of the Grant administra tion the western ladies corns out in "Red Coud hats," and the tailor shops are said to be full of order for "Spotted Tail coats." It must be true, for a newspa per says so. The boarding of an American schooner in the West India waters by a French war vessel has little significance for American merchants, but much for our German friends engaged in the trade with the islands. It is the first indica tion of the activity of the French in those waters, where the Germans have a large trade, and where their ships arc a com paratively helpless. A Western editor, who is full of the idea of the coming Chinamen, predicts a dreadful fate for the single women of Massachusetts. He is sure that Srate will be overrun by the pig-tailed gentrv, and that the forty five thousand spin sters there residing will first endure, then pity, then embrace the pagans. In all the cities of Europe, saving those of Denmark and Sweden, if you buy anything on the street or in the market, the dealers have thr-e prices: the hithest lor American-1, the next for t the English, and the lowest for their own people. . .. A good old lady, who improved ever opportunity to teach by precept and example, once remarked at a prayer meeting: "My friends, a I came along I saw a cow a switching or" her tail m thi- wicked world of strife she w is peace fu! and contented, a swirchoig of her tail- nd I said to myself; Go thou and do likewise.' Joh Billings has been to Long Branch, and thereof writes : "The biggest thini they hav got here for the present iz the pool of water in front of the hotels. Tbe pool is sed bi good judges, to be 3,00 miles in thi k ne.s. Into this poo!, every d :y at 10 o'eiook the f'oikt all retire m.C and fe males, and widders' promissuss.- They dress in flannel attire, ov menny collars, and look az near liko, when they are iu the poel, az a floe of ducks and drakes.' The water in this pool haz stood so long it h:rz got salty, and eught tew be changed. Real Estate. E HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS I? with Thonius 1'ol-ock ami J. Wii-y I' trnea to take chars- ol our A'strct J"ik anil carry on our Ri'ai hst.it i business. They will pive thoir entire attention to the liusiat.M payine taxes tor iin-rcsiJoYOs. buiiiiir nud selling Re:il K.tate on commission, examining in. cs. lurruMj i ' u u: u ai-!3 oi uiie, an l traiisat l injr al' business pertaining to Keal Estate, ni)d will oe I juuU careful and reliab e men in ivvry respect. The business will be ca-ricl on in oar name and in our office adjoining our law office. Ou Abstract will be posted up daily tuj will be found reliable. Maxwell A Chapman-. scpt'JdJtwtf. A GOOD GHACR FOR A GOOD BARGAIN! Havine completed the platting nnd recording of my Likic's) Addition to the City of Tlatli mouth. I am now prepared to sell in the Addition nt reaontible rates". Terms are one hulf CiU-h down ; t'ne oilier hnlf payy ile iu one yeur. nt ten per cent, iutvi-t per. annul from date of purchase until paid. To be secured by mortgage on the property. ... S. DUK Donation to Churches. I will give to the following religious deaotu'" nations, viz: To the Eiipiit-t Church, lot 12 in block 27 ; To the Consreerat iouui Ci.;.ri-h. lot 2 in hl.ick2S: To the Methodist Church, lot 1 in Woe It 12; To the Catholic Church, lot i in W-v-Jj :''; To the l'pi.Jcop:d Ch jrch. lot 12 in bioi-k 19: To the Presbvtcri'in Church, lot 1 in liloi-k 2J To the Christian Church lot 12 in blo-k : To the Lutheran Church lot 1 in block '.;; in my Addition to the City of Ta'" ,-uh. upon toe following conditions, viz: . v,- ihey sh-ill t erect on aid lotJ. as nbove donal-.-:. a siiitab' ! Iiuiidine for public worship, with'-i live a. I from this date f and. in case :' f:u;iii; on the ! part ot sam innrcn or cnurtne ir, comply with above condition, then ami in that eaa the lot or lots shall revert to me. S. DUKE Donation to Public SchooJh. I hereby donate for the use of Public District Schools. Lot 10 in Block fi. -i the north ide of Main street, and Lot 10 in Block ou the somb side of Main street, in my addition to he City f Plattsmouth. S. DL'KE. 5,000 Acres of Land for Sale in this county. Also, Houses and Lots in this citv. at low prices. Particular attention given to the buying ana selling of r-al estate. examinir: titles, and pay ing taxes for non-residents. S. DUKE. Real Estate Agent, Lot for Ten Dollars. I wili fc'.l to parties desirous ot bnil l:ng und in.-provier. any of the lots in the subjoined list :n .-.y aid it ion to Plattsmouth. at ten i,,lars pt-r lot, under the following condition-, t ;z: The person purchasine will if required to build on the lot purchased a ij-.c;;,P. UOuse of the following dimensions, m-wu: The house to be not less than 14x4 feet, with story not lower than 8 feet. The frame must be good and substantial: house well shingled: foundation either of brick or stone. There n-.ust Lea kitch en, of not less than 10x14. Ruildinur must be completed on or before January 1st. 70. Will give a bond for a deed to the party who buys as soon as purchase is inade.and noon complying with the above conditions, will Kive a good and sufficient Warranty Deed. Selections may bo made from the accompany ing list: Lots5 and 8 in block 3: Lot S in block 4: Lot 14 in block 1; Lot i in block 18: Lot 12 in block 2'): Lota 2. D and 14 in block -il : Lot 8 in block 22; Lots 2 and 8 in block 23; Lots 5 nnd 11 in block 26; Lot in Uok Lots 13 ard 17 in block 28; Lots 4 and 7 in block 29: Lot 2 in block 30. . S.DVKE riatUmouth, Aug.tf. Office in Court House In the litrict Ci urt - I Judicial District, within and for Cu--s county, Nebrakai -.Terry VvalKtr n. ' VS. r Minerva J. McCord. Ida M-.-Cord Mary M.-Cord-Wiitium E. M HVirdii David A. .'.iel.'.ir - Jr. Minervi. J. MeCord. Ida Mi-Cord Miry Mi-Cord. V" lii.nn . MeCord and David A. Mo Co 't. lu'ii-resi lent ouiV ndiints. you are liereoy notifi;-d that. Terry Waik:r tiled hi:, petition on the -J!:h liny of August. A. D, lsto. in the olliee of tno Clerk of the iist'iet Court-within and for C;.-s countv, the ohjei-L and prayer-.: which is to ew'ivet an l reform a dfed executed by William ;.; ;..id to Sarah J. Fairbanks, on or a'out tho 14rb d.i. of .Novein1 er. iSm). ir whuh deed the sail! M'-Cord interr'ed to convey the 5 E-'.rj of the N E !i of section o. oue il iu township No. eleven til; X. K-inire Xo. thirteen (l.ii. eadt of the 6th P. M. in Cass eounty. Xebraska. but by mistake th. sj E 1 i of S E Vi of paid seclion was set f;rta in said deed: and praying that said deed may be reformed so as to express the true intent of eaid parties, and that plaintiff's title to said t? E . i ol the X E 'i of Section one tllin to-.vnship eleven ill 1 uorfh. Range thirteen .13) in Ca-s county. ,elra -ka. inuy he quieted and continued in plaint iff. and that the cloud cast upon piaintitf's title to said tract f land hy reason of s.-tid dofe-.-tive deed, may be removed. You uie r.- qu-rcd to answer said petition on or before November 14h. 17'). ThK R V VA LKFR. Prff. By Maxwell 4 Chapman his Atty's. eptember ISTd. ow. Legal Notice. Joseph Harper und William II. Harper, of the Territory of Colorado, will take notice that fvi'oina Wright, by her next friend. Robert i. Doom, and Levi M. Wright, nfthe county ol Caas, in the State of Nebraska, did on the -lUh day of September, A. D. ISTD. iilo their petition iu the District Court of the 2d Judicial District oi the State of Nebraska in -Mid ibr i;t eounty, as.iiist the said Joseph Harper nrtd William H. Harper, defendants, setting loith :hat the said Joseph II i per gave his written agreement to oue A. J. Kerr to conveyor cause to be conveyed to saia Kerr, the follo-ving resl estate to wit: a strip ol la d commcm-intr St'JJj feet south of the N K corner ol the N W ! ol section H. town li, range IS. east or thoOtu I'M. Running thence south 21c feet, thence vft 30.5 feet, thence north 21" feet, thence east 'i.'5 feet to the place of beginning, and afterwards undertook to con Try the sar,ie through one John W. Marshall, but that the lesal title still remains in the said Joseph Ha peran l that he was bound to convey the same and theje Plaintiffs have possession of the said land as the said A.J. Kerr's Grantees, that afterward said.1oseph Harper conveyed the same to a id William II. Haprer, the other lo fen lnt. who had lull knowledge of the Plain tiff's eaui ties au-1 praying that the said defendant Win. 11. Harper be compelled t deed tho fuid premises to the said fc'abina Wrighl. and that the said defeudant Wiu. 11. Harper, be enjoined from prosecuting a certain action of ejectment in the said c-urt to oust the said Tlaiutiffs from said premises, and tho said Joseph Harper and William H Harper are hereby notified that they are required to appear and answer said petition on theHth day ot November, ISTtt. crxaid peti tion will be taken as true and iudgtaent Ten dered aecordirigiy. PA IUNA W H If HIT, LEVI M. WRIGHT By Willitt Poitk.ngkb their Att'y. Sept. 20, 1870, wnwU Legal Notice. In the District court of 2d Judicial District of the State of Nebraska in and for Cas3 county. Anuie Jennings oy tier next friend George Jennings, vs. William E Sheldon, Charles E Baylcy. John E. Ray ley and Edward (ioodenough. Notice. I Charles E. Bay ley, John E. Bayley and Ed ward Goodcnough, defendents. will take notieo that tho above named plaintiffs did, on theWih day of June, A. D. ..lTO commence a suit against you and one Wiiiiam E. Sheldon, in the above mentioned court, an. I cau ed the said de fendants to be notified of the pendancy of said suit according to law. You and each of you are hereby notified that an application will be made in the said cause tor the appointment of a receiver of and tor t lie property in controversy in said suit, which said application will be made before his honor George 15. Lake, judge of the above Distinct Court a t I'kittsmouth. at the court hou-e. where the Dil rirt court in and for Cass county is held on the Uth day of November. A. D. IsTO. at nine o clock a. in. of said dav. The application will he based upon tho petition in said cause li!c 1. and upon alii l.tvits. to be filed and the pil plaintiffs propo-e as such receiver RicSard D. Simpson, and oiler ns f-ureties for s.tid receiver David Biasley. William Fultnji, NathanS. Si'npson. -m l these appl eant.s pro pose its their on u sureties, John E Beary, Jacob Bridenstine. R 1) June?. John Caileott. of all of which fact vou will ;:ike notice. T M A'AKOU-KTT. 1 A'torpev for D. II. WHEELER, f Tla:nt;lf. Flattsmouth. Sept. i, itii, wit John D. T utt plaintiff, ag.iiust Jacob Vallery Jr.. .Administrator of the estate of I'eter A Sarpy, deceased and the unknown heirs o tVler A. arpy. deceased, defendant!.. ' "O the unknown heirs of i'eter A. Sarpy, 1 deceased, yon will take notice that John D. Tutt. Plaintiff, has filed his petition in tho District ui t 2d Judicial District 'within and fur Cass county, praying-that certain defects in his cii:iin of title to t he undivided half of 1; acres of ground iu the a E corner. .N W quarter of sec. lli. described as follows, to wit: com mencing at tjhc S E-corn- r X W (jr...sa:d section thence running north 50 rods, 'ih'ehcc west Sij rods, thence south ;!! rods, thence east SO rods to place of beginiug and the undivded 'j of;"; ucrcs of ground in the N R corner of S W or of See. 13. described as commencing at the X Ecointr said S W .qr, thence running south' on enst sec tion line li) rods, thence west S.) rods, thence north 10 rods, thence east SO rods to the place of beginning, may bo corrected by decree of the Court end tli.it the title to said land may be quieted and eon firmed ia l'la.ntiff. You are ro uuirod to answer sai l petition on -or hef'ore Nov .7th. 1S7C JOHN D. TUTT. Plfff. By Mutell 4 Cuapman, his Attj 's. Sept. 29, 1S70. 5w Legal Notice. In the District Court. 21 Judicial District in and forC.tss county, Nebraska. Mikon Smith, 1 V8. 1 ' Plntte Saunder and ' William J, Wells, Defendants. J To Tintte Sunders non-resident defeudant, y u will t ke notice that Milton M- Smith h:i, en the 2!UL day of September 1S70. liled his amende, i petition in the office of the clerk of the district court in and for Cass county, Ne braska, the oljet and prayer of which is to for elose a certain uiortvugc given by you upon lot 9in block No. 2i) in Tl.ittsmouth city, Cass county Nebraska, to secure the sum of 8'hjO according to thecondition of a certain prnmi sory note of even date with said mortgage nnd duo in five month from date, and to obtain a judxment againstyou for the saia sum of SotiO. and that unlessyou appear in said court and answer or demur tosnd petition on or before .he 7th day of November. l!7d, tue s itae will be taken as tiue, anddecree tendered lo-cordinplv" MILTON M. SMITH. By Maxwki.l A Chapman, scp29w5t Plaintiff- Attorney. PROBATE NOTICE. Before A. L. Child. Trobate Judgo in and for Cass county. N braska. John Mcjurn 1 vs. -Charles r". Muneer. 1 Charles R. .1unircr. defendent in the above entitled cause, will lake notice that I haveeoin tnenc d i: 1 1 action utiiin-t bi o in the Probate Court of Cass county. Nebraska, for the pom of two hundred nnd fiity-i'iirut nn.l gvenfy-fivo one-hundicdihs doll .rs due trnr.i said Charles R Jun.r'T for labor performed by i:iy. c!l" and brother Thomas L. .leiurn. Std cause will he bear 1 n 'he 7th day of November, A- D. 1S70, at 0 o'clock a. m. . Octow3t JOHN .VCOURN'. "Warner's Pile remedy has never failed (not ?v u in one ease) to cijre the very worst cases of lil'ml ltc-Iiing or lj'c-. ling piles. Those who are tillictcd should ioiitiedi.itel call on their drugg jrisu. and get War ers Pile Remedy. It is ex pressly lor the Piles, ami is not reccommended to cur.- pr other disea-e. It has cured many rae of over thirty years standing. Price One D-diar. For sale by druggists everywhere.' Warner's Dyspepsia Tonic is prepared ei-ilres-ly (or Dyspeptic and those suffering with nabitual Costiveness. Jt is a slight stimulating .onic and a splendid nppetizer: it strengthens .he stomach and restores the digestive organs to their healthy state. Weak, nervous a d dys peptic person? should use Warner's Dv.-r t-psia Tonic. K"-a!e ly druggist" rier Iolr. Warner's Cnngh IJaNaiu i he .i-.r.g. softeninr tnd c. pwtor.iiiiig. Tue extraordinary power it p-jfitises in immediately releiving. and eveutu I'-, cu-iiig. the most obstinate ciei s of Coughs, 3o!-ls, Sore Throat. Bronchitis, Influenza, Ca jirrh. hoarseness. Asthma and Consumption is Umost incredible. So prompt is the relief and ;er.ain its etVects in all the above cases, or any (lection of the throat and lungs, that thou-emds l physicians are daily prescribing it, and one ind all say that it is the most healing and ex pectorating medicine known. One dose always itfnrds relief, and in most cases one bottle ef fects a cure. Sold by druggists, in large bottles. Price One Dollar. It is your own tault if you nil I cough and suffer. The Balsam will cure. tt Vne or JArc. The grer lllood Purifier ard Deli'-if. ; a Drill k' Warner's Viuuiu Vita, or 'Vine of Lite, is free rem any poisouous druns or impurities, being irepared for ihose who retire a stimulant. It is splendid app tizer and tonic, and tbe finest .hing in the world forpurirying the blood. It is the most pleasant and delicious article ever of f red to the p'lolie. far Hiinerior to brandy, wbi-ky, wine, bitters, or any other article. It i. aiore healthy, and cheaper. Both male ar 1 fe nale. y nit or old. can take the Wine of Life. It is. in fact, a !: preserver. Those who wi.h to enjoy good he.;':h and a free flow of lively pints, will io we'd to take the Wine of Life. It is different from anything ever before in use. It is sold by druggists: also at all respectable sa loons. Price One Dollar, in quart bottles. rJf m 7'ffe-''.( - ' '. J1- 'ft BOYS' A&D CHILDREN'S CLOTHING Hats, 8l Caps, Boots & Shoes, BLANKETS, RUBBER GOODS, TRUNKS, VALISES, T Main Street, Second Door East oj Court House. BRANCH HOUSE --Broadway, Council 113S,UftSa.Neb' BR Wholesale audi DOOM, BRO. A CO. are sellins for eah: Best Coffee "A" Sugar "C" do Brown do Beat Teaches.... Apples Syrup, ? Ral do " , do " Coal Oil. " Dry Goods at Cost, Soots and Shoes at Cost, Notions at Cost! FALL AND WINTER GOODS. 1870. 1870. 1870. d. scasASSK. s. d. LisHorr. GREAT RUSH! LARGE CROWDS ! ! Everybody, and more too. are going to J X. SCHNASSE 8c CO, To AT TH "W YORK STOEE- The best and moit complete STOCK OF ORES s C O OD S Are now on exhibition at the New York Store, at greatly reduced prioea. W call particular attention to our new stylea of DRESS-GCODS. PRINTS, DELAINS, (ilNGHAMS, BROWN SHEETING. JiLEACHED COTTONS', BALMORALS, CARPETS, CLARK'S NEW THREAD, COTTON YA .S, BOOTS AND SHOE of all kinds and prices to suit our numerous customers. large stock of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QliEENSWARE, WOODEN-WARE, GLASSWARE, YANKEE NOTIONS, HATS AND CAPS. We Sell at Cost Now the Celebrated OARDEW CITY CLIPPER PLOW, STUBBLE and BREAKING PLOWS, and all Uiudt. of CULTIVATORS. REAPERS. SEEDERS, HAY RAKES &.C muswuHiu cciiicmuwiwiu, i-io. li. A W. PRGL (Successor to Wliite fc ISuttory) WHOLESALE and RETAIL 3D ' IR, TJ a G IS rj? , Is now receiving and has. on hand (at the old stand of White k Buttery) South side Main St., Flattsmouth, The Largest and Most Gomolete Stock of Druers. Medicines, Paints, Chemicals, Lead, Varnishes. Coal Oil. Fish Oil. Machine Oil Uargling Oil. Castor Oil. 'eatsfoot Oil. Whale Oil. Hinseed Oil, Lard Oil. Oil, Essential Cod Liver Oil, and a large variety f Notions, Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet a Articles, Essences, Flavoring Extracts. Also, all the Popular Such as .Taync's. Avers. ITalls, Seoville'sCoe's, Christie's. Morse's. BIcLainV. Baker's, Wi Wright's, Wakefield's. Guy Scott's. Perry Davis', Koback's Petitt's, Mrs. Winslow'a Dr. Winchell's, Uostetter's, Drake's, Wallace's, West's, all others in general ue. Brandies, Wines and Whiskies, Of the best grades and qualities, etrictly for Medical parpoeet. DOMESTIC DYES, Red or Rose, Green. Blue and Black. Analine, Indigo, Madder, Extract Logwood, Dye Woods, Ac. In fact everything that is needed in the Drug or Medicine Line. rhysicians' Prescript ons careful1 compounded and put up at all nou s. All Drugs warranted fresh and pure. Call before buying, and see what I have to sell. A. W. PROLE. Plattsmonth, March 24. 1S70- wtf. GENTS' UURWSHIAIG GOODS, " c. v. and He tail G - lt for Jl.Ou c " " 1.00 6)i " " 1.00 7 " " 1.00 7 " " 1.00 8 " " 1.00 .75 1.00 1.25 r js buy tLeir u. fclillASolS jJ. Mr c EL, SHOO FLY" DONT BODDER -MORRISON' For He is Too Busy Waitinn on Customers. 'MORRISON'S ' SHOO FLY,' MEAT MARKET One Door'Easi 0f dc. C'ourt'll.,,;... , , , to get all kinds of "c 14 11:0 resn meats. , He has fitted up the fin. t Market in the - Ild keeim nothiiiK 1mm the lie-t i,t Meats. Meats delivered in any Quantities en .peeial contracts. Highest Trieci Paid 'fr FAT V A T T fj 1 Don't Kortp t tin. Vl n, Morrison's "Shoo Fly." -flSJlwtf. V ' H . ' tlAl i ON TI1K SOUTH WEEPIKC WATEB XXXX At$2.50pcrsacL K FL.OL'11 "i.OO rr 'JACK , Bran X harti TCei.-. er li iU. Brn Jt Shorts. Kxtra ood. il Cora Meal SI per hundred poun-J? LOUR Exchanged for Wheat as usual. Wheat and Corn ground on Toil feoi'a paint trill bt f.iir.i to latihy ail u -ui'. 10,000 Bushels of Wheat ac. 20 000 Bushels Corn V. L SHELDON, Ac-ut. Fe bl9diwtf. 11 LI LISP BUG'S. Weeping Vater Nebraska. li;alli!.s in Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware, Qucensware, Boots, and Shoe, Hats, and Cup". Agricultural Impliments of all kinds, W ir uv ''! X L" Cultivators. 1'iiioti Corn I'liiiit'-f. Grandctour and Princeton Plows. Ac A.- u.m ntum, nil of which wt oiler to the public at t: o owest retail prices. All Goods Warran cr' As ReprGsontcd, ""Our constant aim will be to sell . !,-.'' it will be to thepicitive advantage of every i n ner in the w stern and crtitral portion o l i ' county to make this their hea I- on iter-- f.i t-;i J l.g. P.I-.ED. Kl;').-. Vi . ci ing AVntcr, f t.lsTO. i e arc nlso rivcnts lor Mowem. H'M' t.. and l rashinit Machines. in , a ' east! The Riii'Iington &3Usiuri River Road, In connection with the Chicagj, Burlington tt- Quinc? A'. A. Offer to the people of Plattsmouth, and all tht portion of .Nebraska lying 50UT1III OF THE rLATTi:. the most direct, and the hod Route to the Cis tern. South Eastern, and Northern .-,tat'-. i'aiaengers desiring to travel luxuriously "hou.! 1 take the Atlantic Express, whi' h runs throu.i to Chicago without cham-'e of Cars, equippi-l with elegant lay Coaches, Pullman's l'tt'.e Day and Sleeping Coaches, and Pullman's Dining Cars. In addition to thef act that this is the direct route by which time may be saved in rciic'nn anypointin theEastern or Middle States, it lit' truthfully be said that it posesses the htvt tno ir and tbe finest equipment of any Western Line, ensuring to the passenger Speed, Safety anil Comfort. Rates always as LOW ns the LOWEST. Ba -gage cheeked through tonny point K.ot. C. K. PEKK1NS, jen. ?upU A.E.T0UZALIN. Gen. Passenger At-.-nt. ianiVJA wtf. A. - A. SARGENT & CO. Soap j?Jaiiufaeliirers. WE would invite Dealers and the PuMi generally to call and examine our stuck of S O .AIF S , before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. rgent having had trie expericnco ' twenty years in manulHcturing ail kin l ' ' Sou is. we are confident of n vimt cut ire sat i -Ac tion to all who may favor us with their patroi. age. ioap exenangea lor grease, and uclivirca in -ny part of the city. Cash paid lor rendered tallow and clear grease. tjoap orks, Kearney t ar t, near rerry ci Bridge, Nebriu-k City. June J-xlA wtf. JOSCl'lI hC JII.4Ti:it FSTABLIfHED IS 3'd. 4 isUiiiZ DEALEU IN IVATCnES, CLOCKS JBWBLBY, SILVER AXD PLATEI WAKE. GOLD PENS SPCTACLE.-", VIOLIN fc'TRIX(;SANI FANCY GOOIJt!. TT.'he Clocks nnd .Tvwelrv rroaired nt&'JT nd with dispatch. l,Removed to oppofite PUtte Vsllcy llon MainStrset. . 15 - V 11V 1 UJII I II