Nebraska Newspapers

    HJVT1SM0UTH NEBRAKSA..
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870.
Fitzgerald's Block is up to the second
ttory.
Ex-Gov. Alvin Saunders was in the
city Thursday evening.
TUe popular majority against Pot. in
the 7th district ia ubout SoO.
Several car loads of potatoes have been
shipped from this city to Chicago during
the past week.
The "Larsb Brigade," of Nebraska
City, left for San Jose, California, one
day last week, for an extended vWt.
The street sprinkler would not he a
bad institution such a day as this has
been.
Rev. Piuiinich, of Omaha, paster of
the Second Presbyterian Church, has
med the church for $952 50, due him
for services.
Taul Ilill Esq., the ever watchful
transfer agent at this place, returned
from a trip to the "Hub" yesterday
morning.
The new rassenzer depot of the B. &
M. in Nebraska is progressing rapidly.
It will be the finest dpot building west
of the Missouri river.
Fitzgerald is using some of the finest
cut stone we have seen in the west for
dills in his new block. Ihey are gray
limestone.
Warned, to-day, (Oct. 26th) at the
Presbyterian church, by the Rev. Daniel
W. Cameron, Mr. Wm. B. Gates of
Kansas, and Miss. Sarah A., daughter
of John F. Buck Esq. Also Henry W.
Baldwin of Kansas, and Miss Mintie
daughter of W. W. Wiley Esq. The
brides are both of Casrf county. They
leave this evening for their future homes
in our neighboring State.
Four stables and one tenement house
were burned in Omaha last Saturday.
What would become of our city should a
fire break out. We have not so much
as a bucket ready for public use. Will
nothing but a destructive fire teach our
people that we need some defense
against the ravages of the '"fire king."
The many'friends, in this city, of Chas
Cregan, who taught vocal music here
for a time during the tumnier, will be
pleased to learn that he is now principal
of the Nebraska City Graded School
with some ten or twelve teachers under
his charge. He is a young man of
sferling worth, and just the kind of man
that will stand at the head of his porfes
sion or never cease his efforts to attain
that position.
The following are the delegates ap
pointed by the Governor to the National
Capitol Convention that meets at Cin
cinnati to-day.
Hen. Alvin Saunders, Douglas ; Hon.
G. W. Ambrose, Douglas; Hon. D. J
McCann, Otoe ; Hon. W. E. Dillon,
Otoe ; Hon. A. P. Cogswell, Nemaha ;
Hon. E. S. Dundy, Richardson ; Hon.
E. S. Gere, Lancaster ; Gen. R. R.
Livingston, Cass.
H. 0. McMaken sent a few sample
specimens, to-day of the kind of pota
toes and turnips they can . raise 0it on
the "Great American Desert." The
turnips will measure about a foot in dia
meter, and the potatoes will go three to
a peck. They were raised in Saunders
county, on a homestead, where the
ground was first broken thi. season.
Hon. Wm. Hale, of Glenwood, is in
this city to-day. Mr. Hale is a lawyer
of considerable reuown and a radical of
the purest stripe. We always like to
meet sgch men as Mr. Hale.
We understand that county superin
dent Patterson is about to call on the
people of the county to vote either for or
against re districting the entire county.
The idea is to get the district baunderies
established where they can remain per
mant before any greater amount or money
is expended in building School Houses.
We speak of it at this time to give the
people time to eou.-ider the question
carefully before they are called on to ex
press an opinion by ballot.
The Brownville Advertiser says,
"All the comfort the anti-fifteenth De
mocrats in this State can get out of E.
W. Thomas, the Senator elect from this
county, they can put in their eye. He
is one of the original anti-slavery men.
There has been grand consolidation of
railroad offices at Omaha, and one man
does the entire thing. Shippers and
travelers will look out.
Rev. II. A. Cleveland, Pastor of
Christ M. E. Church, Philadelphia,
says of "Our Father's House": I
take great pleasure in commending this
instructing and fascinating book to my
Vion,l;i anil na far oa T mai tfk the
We are informed by our grain dealers gen(Jraj pubijc.
The Nebraska City Chronicle protests
against hunting game icithin the city
limits, and says it is actually dangerous,
Oh, what a city !
that the wheat from near Nebraska. City
is being hauled to Plattsmouth and sold
Straws show.
Wm. Hobbs, Esq, our worthy county
Treasurer, has purchased the fine two-
fetory residence built by M. L. White
Esq., in White's Addition.
Hon. David Mc Caig was in the city
to day purchasing lumber for a new
house. Ah ! that looks suspicious,
David. You are right, however, about
getting the "cage" ready,
P. E. Beardsley, Esq., formerly resi
dent of this county, and a brother of J.
M. Beardsley, Esq.; deputy county
clerk, arrived in tho city a few days
pince. He contemplates settling in Ne
braska again.
The Nebraska City Times says the
time was when the brains were cut the
man would die but indicates that such
has not been the result with the Demo
cratic party.
The good people of Rock Bluffs are
building a fine brick church for worship
by the M. E. denomination. It is 20x40
feet, and the walls are now tip to the
height of four or five feet. .
The Chronicle is making Herculean ef
forts to arouse the people of Nebraska
City from the lethargy which seems to
overcome them since the opening of the
B. &. M. to Plattsmouth. It cites the
prosperity of Plattsmouth as an induce
ment, and urges the people to action un
less they are willing to be outstripped by
us. .
II. K. Montgomery, Esq., tumbled
half a dozen cars of corn into our office
this morning, gathered at random from a
load, which will average thirteen inches
in length and weigh one and a half
pounds each. It will "turn off" one
hundred and twenty-five bushels per acre.
Montgomery can go up head.
The Times says Representative elect
W. E. Dillon, has already received fif
teen petitions from Otoe county farmers day we heard a dealer trying to bargain
asking for thcpassage of a general herd for a flat car upon which to load grain for
Again there is a rush of grain to the
great central market of the State Platts
mouth. Every available car is pressed
into the service for shipment, and ye--ter
law. yVe believe the time has come for
the passage of this law.
Taffe's majority in a single precinct
was larger than all the majorities Lake
received in the entire State. Lake's en
tire majorities in the State figure up
224, while Taffe's majority in Brownville
precinct was 227.
W e are in receipt of the second num
ber of the Jf county Chronicle, pub
lished at Malvern, Mills county, Iowa.
It is a neat sheet ; published by II. A.
Copeland & Son.
The experiment of Mr. Merriman at
this city has been the subject for
newspaper articles all over the west.
Everybody recognizes his invention as
one of the best of the age.
Chicago As we stated last Spring, there
is more grain raised this-season in the
country tributary to Plattsmouth than can
be possibly be shipped east over one line
of road, and the amount produced will
be doubled every year for, the next five
years. e must have more railroads.
The Brooks House changed hands this
morning, Mr. John Fitzgerald, the owner
of the building, taking charge of the
concern in person, lutz. will look after
it until such time as he can find the right
k.nd of a man to take it. We have
heard several persons express a desire to
see Capt. E,B. Murphy take hold of it.
He is looked upon as one of the best
landlords in the west, and we doubt not
he would make the Brooks House just
what it should be. .
Mr. Lewis II. Young, living eight
miles south of Plattsmouth, brought to
the Herald office to-day a specimen of
apples raised by him, which would aston
ish many of our eastern readers, could
they see them. They are large, fine ap
ples as you will find in any eastern or
chard. They were raised on a tree
planted fourteenyears ago, which meas
ures 32 inches around the trunk below
the limbs. Every year brings new ev
idences that Nebraska is a first class
fruit country, and we only need a little
time and experience to ascerta;n what
varieties are best adapted to our soil and
climate.
We copy to-day, from the State Jour
nal, a lengthy article headed "Those
Charges, to which we invite the espe
cial attention of those individuals who
have been busy circulating the reports
during the recent campaign that Gov.
Butler was a thief and a scouudrel.
Let a?- who are interested, and who are
not, come up to the rack and either
prove that there are some grounds for
accusations against the Governor, or else
acknowledge that he has been grossly
wronged.
A State cotemporary aeks: "Shall
three or four hundred Democratic voters
in Omaha decide who shall be Republi
can United States Senator;" and it
should have continued a little further
and asked: "Shall a half dozen Demo
cratic membors of the Legislature de-
You can sec a long line of white cov- cide who shall be Republican U. S. Sena-
ered wagons coming to our city from the tor," and "shall one hundred and thirty
east, and another departiwg therefrom one Repuplican voters of the 10th Sena
toward the west, at almost any hour in torial district decide who shall be Demo-
the day. cratic State Senator from that district"
Our fellow townsman, W. L. Hobbs,
has sent east for a large lot of fruit
trees to be sold at Lincoln. He informs
us that the people of that locality are
going into the planting of fruit trees
quite extensively.
L. L. Holbrook, Esq., of Ashland, is H. Newman, the Good Samaritan of
in the city. "Lute" is as fond of a joke Bloom & Co.'s Clothing Emporium,
rs ever. visited the Herald office to-dav and
One of the B. & M. in Neb. locomo
tives got to rooting around on dry land
this morning, but was finally coaxed
back on to the track.
We venture the assertion that Platts
mouth is, to-day, the liveliest business
town west of the Missouri river.
supplied all hands, from the editor up to
the devil, with presents in the clothing
line. No one knows better than New
man the poverty of the craft, and no
one has a greater desire to see them look
respectable. When he pretends to take
pay for goods his prices are so, low that
it seems like giving them away.
Hortin & Jenks, of Weeping Water Six hundred dollars was paid for three
were m the city to-day. They are doing Berkshire hogs at the Ohio State Fair.
a good business at the Falls.
There is room here in Plattsmouth for
fifty more dry goods establishments,
seventy-five grocery establishments, and
other business in proportion.
George J. Bryant, of this county, was
offered one hundred and fifty dollars for
his pair of Berkshire pigs at our late
State Fair, and declined it. Brownville
Advertiser.
Mr. Shrider, of this county, has a few
In speaking yesterday of the time the pigs for sale of this famous breed
Saunders county returns were received
we were made to say that they were "re.
ceived and offered'' by Mr. Beardsley on
the 10th. It should have read, they
were "received and opened" eto.
A horse thief named W. N. Lyon
was taken from the jail at Corvdon,
Iowa, Last Saturday night, aud hung by sented to every new subscriber.
a mob.
Two white children were recently re
covered from the Indians near Fort
Berdger. They had been captured near
Salt Lake soma two years ago. The
parents had given them up as lost, and
had returned to the States. The children
passed through Omaha yesterday on the
way to their parents.
Married, by A. L Child, Probate
Judge, at the residence of Josiah Moore,
The "People's Literary Companion,
for November, comes to us as bright and
fresh looking as the green fields are after
a gentle rain. It is published by E. C.
Allen & Co. , Augusta Main. Terms 75
cents per year. A fine steel engraving,
entitled "From Shore to Shore," is pre-
It is
really one of the most pleasing engrav
ings ever before the public. The Com
panion is printed on fine, heavy paper ;
its columns are filled to the brim with
good things by talented authors, and
withal it is one of the largest and finest
illustrated family papers published.
II. J. Streight & Co have the Josh
Billings almanac. No -Well regulated
household should be without one.
Every railroad car that can be found is
Eq., in Plattsmouth on the 24th d iy of being pressed into the service to take
Oct., 1870, Mr. Simon II. Alii and Miss away our surplus grain, and Vallerys &
Tabitba J. Scull. Ruffner are selline lots of wacons.
We publish an article to-day signed
"" in which our correspondent seems
to think that an effort is being made by
the Herald to pledge Cass county to
Gen. Thayer. Such is not the case,
neither could such a thing be did even if
the Herald, our correspondent, or any
one else, desired it. There are, unfor
tunately, two democrats elected from
this county who have a voice in the se
lection of U. S. Senators. Whether or
not the "People" of Nebraska are in fa
vor of the reelection of Senator Thayer,
we cannot say, but we do believe that a
greater number of Republicans of the
State favor his re-election than that of
any other one man. Yet we do not pre
tend to know even this, and only speak
of it as a matter of belief on our part.
The point we do desire to be understood
in regard to is this we are opposed to
the election of any man to the Senate of
the United States who courts favor with
democratic members of the Legislature
to secure an election, when there is a
clear Republican majority in that body.
In other words, we are opposed to unit
ing the disappointed Republican minor
ity in the Legislature with the democrats
of that body for the purpose of choosing
a senator over the will of a Republican
majority. If a majority of the Repub
licans of the Lagislature favor the elect
tion of some other man than Senator
Thayer, we say amen : but we do not
say amen to a coalition of democrats anu
a Republican minority for the purpose of
defeating Senator Tha3er or any other I
.Republican that may see fit to apply for
an election. We do believe that a ma
jority of the Republican members of the
Legislature prefer the re-election of Gen.
Thayer, yet it may not be so : and we do
believe that there are influences at work
to defeat the will of this majority by
bringing about a coalition between the
disappointed Republican minority and
the democrats : yet we hope this idea
may prove to be erroneous.
uii: ma jo mi it.
It is now thought that Taffe's majority
will not vary fifty votes from 4,300, and
Butler's will not vary fifty from 2,400.
This will be an increase for Ttiffe of
nearly 2,000 over 1SG8.
riFTirIIf ASMVERSART.
To day, (Oct. 20) is the fiftieth an
niversary of the wedding o' George G.
and Elizabeth Tutt, of this city. Mr.
Tutt is aged 75 years and his faithful
spouse the "girl of his choice" of fif
ty years ago is aged 70 years. They
are a hale and hearty old couple with
as much of the "spice of life" left iu
them as many of the present day.
They are surrounded by children, grand
children and great grandchildren to make
their declining years happy.
a iii:ty cheat.
Yesterday the proprietor of the City
Hotel purchased two rolls of butter,
weighing about eight pounds each, from
a farmer. Last evening they cut one of
the rolls to place on the table when it
was discovered that the butter was less
than half an inch thick, the remainder,
of the roll being tallow. Both rolls were
the same. Holland says he will not ex
pose the name of the villain if he will
bring him the requisite amount of good
butter or repay the money.
'Plain Home Talk."
Is the title of a new medical book just
issued by Edward 13. Foote, M. D. Its
name indicates the character of the work
it being a work which the common reader
can understand. It is also appropriately
termed "Medical common sense," and
treats more particularly of the method
of preventing disease than of curing.
from a casual glance through the book
we consider it lust the thmff needed in
every house. It is embelished with
over 200 illustrations. It is sold by
subscription only. C. E. Forgy, Esq
of this city, is agent for the sale of the
book in this locality. He has already
taken a large number of orders. Every
one who understands the nature of the
work will not be without it
J.ICtiAL. lli.AMS.
The Herald office is now well sup
plied with nearly all kinds of legal blanks,
printed from the most approved forms
and in good mechanical style. Amoni,
te list are
Waranty Deeds,
Quit Claim Deeds,
Real Estate Mortgages,-
Chatt'e Mortgaes,
Leases,
Bonds,
Iistructions for taking Depositions,
vYarrants,
UCIN touiscuu.
BCSrSCTSTTLLT IXSCKIBID TO BIT. H. 8T.
TOO'G, BY DISTRICT NO. FOCR.
GBO.
bummons, etc., etc.
diwtf.
The Presbyterian Sociable will held
at the residence of Mr. C. II. Parmele
on Thursday evening the 27th. All are
invited.
We heard a prominent Democrat of
the city remark receutly that a law
should be passed making it criminal of
fense for any person to peddle a "bogus"
ticket on election day. That would have
been a little tough on his party during
the late election, for they did not have
anything but "bogus" or "mixed" tick
ets in this county.
County Clerk Isaac Pollard came up
yesterday and examined into the canvass.
of the votes of the Seventh Senatorial
district and the giving of the certificate
of election to Mr. Pottenger. We un
derstand he endorses the course pursued
by the Board.
II. A M. IN SERKASKA.
"During our recent visit to Lincoln we
had the pleasure of traveling over this
first class road the only one completed
to Lincoln. The B. & M., both in Ne
braska and Iowa are noted for the affable
and courteo iS conductors which they em
ploy: but to our mind none of them
compare in politeness and social qualities
with conductor Shepherd. Had the N.
W. railroad a fev such conductors the
travel on the road would be greatly in
creased."
The above item is from the pen of J,
D. Lauer, the famous "local" of theNe
braska City Times.
A ( nrd of Thanhs.
The Rev. II . St. Geo. Young would
hereby publicly bear testimony to, and
heartily thank Doctors Livingston, Raw
lins and John Black, for their kind,
btotherly and assiduous attendance .upon
and tender and skilful treatment and
care of his beloved wife daring her ill
ness ; and also to Drv Wm. Donelan, for
his kind at entiou. Also to the Apothe
caries who so generously supplied all
medicinal wants. Also, to the people of
Plattsmouth generally, for their respect
to his beloved dead ; and very especially
to Mr. L. F. Johnson, chorister and the
members of the associated choirs, for
their rendering of the burial service.
Praying our common Lord and Father to
reward you, I am gratefully yours,
II. Youxo.
A tiOOU MOVE.
We understand that the Board of Di
rectors of the Young Men's Christian
Association of this place", appointed a
committee to wait upon the business
men of our town, for the purpose of hav
ing them close their respective places of
business at as early an hour in the even
ing as is consistent with the require
ments of business, to the end that their
employees may be afforded an opportu
nity of attending the meetings of the
association, and be enabled to enjoy the
large amount of reading matter which it
is proposed to furnish their reading room
with. We heartily endorse this move
ment, and .hope our business men wil
second the effort of the association in
improving the minds of their employees.
If all adopt the rule, fuel and lights will
be saved to merchants, while consumers
will soon learn to transact their business
during business hours.
We notice by the Gazette that Mr.
James F. Joy, the eminent railroad
manasrer, is in St. Joenh. This is the
gentleman with whom citizens of Brown
ville, Nebraska City. Plattsmouth and
Omaha ought to immediately confer in
regard to the ultimate r6ute of the
Atchison railroad, better known in Ne
braska vocabularies as the Trunk.
Omaha Herald.
W e agree with the Herald, and sug
gest that united action be had at once.
Some S0O colored ceoDle from North
Carolina have applied for passage to Li
beria, in expectation to be sent outbv the
American Colonization society oo the 1st
of November next:
A DISTRICT MEETIXO.
For District Number two. composed
of all the Churches of ''hrist in the fol
lowing counties, Oroe, Lancaster, Seward
Butler, Saunders and Cass, State of Ne
braska, will be held in Rock Bluffs, Cass
county, beginning at z p. m. luesday
November 2nd 1870.
The purpose of the meeting will be to
appoint a District Board and Correspond
ing Secretary; and make arrangements
for more effectual co-operation in the
future.
A "Preachers and Elders meeting" is
aiso proposed at the same time and lec
tures are expected as follows.
Best method of conducting protracted
meetings, by L. B. Mullis, alternate J,
N. Yearnshaw. x
Pastoral work and church discipline by
John Truax; alternate Michael Combs.
Homilitics by II. Mulkine ; alternate
G. Mayfield.
Best Mtthod of crnducting Sunday
School by D. M. Davenport ; alternate
J. A. Patterson,
Other lecturs will be given during the
meeting ; and, also, there will be preach
ing every evening at 7 1-2 o'clock.
We hope to meet all the Preachers and
Elders in this District, at said convention,
Come Bretheren. and let take coun
cil to-gether, that we may labor more ef
ficiently in the Masters vineyard in the
future.
Ample provision will be made for the
entertainment of strangers.
All interested in Christianity, respect
fully invited to attend.
P. R. DUNGAN,
Cor. Sec State Board.
T. 51. C. A.
At a. meeting of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Plattsmouth,
held at their rooms ever Clark Sc Plum-
mers' store last evening (Oct. 24th) the
following committees were appointed :
Ways and Mentis R. R. Livingston,
C. II. Parmele, J. Wesley Barnes.
Library J. M. Strong, C. W. Ly
man, W. C. Thompson.
Printiaa and Publishi.no Geo. S.
Smith, E. Wilson, F. Kershaw.
Lectures S B. Chase, J. M. Strong,
R. R Livingston.
Employment C. II. Parmele, J. W.
Barnes, F. P. Todd.
. Devotional Meetings Saml. Waugh,
D. J. F. Reed, Andrew Tutt.
Public 3Jtetings and Sociables J. N.
Wise, R. Baxter Windham, E. Wilson.
Reception S. C. Chase, J. Donnelly,
F. P. Todd.
For the Sick Rev. J. B. Maxfield,
Rev. Daniel Oameron, Rev. P. M.
McLeod.
Boardina Places Rev. II. St. Geo.
Young, Rev. Frederick Ailey, Rev. P.
McLeod.
All members of the above named
committers are requested to be at the
rooms of the association at 7:30, sharp,
this evening.
Far out on the hill-side, yonder, lieth a new
made grave
The russet grasses of antumn softly around it
wave;
The last bright birds of the season sail through
tbe purple air.
Fold their pinions beside .it. and chant a re
quiem there.
The sunshine kisses it softly, folds it in fond
caress.
Clinging to it with a fondness language cannot
express :
And the tienibling-moonbeams sadly wander
down through the night.
Enwrapping it in a mantle divinely pure and
white.
The stars make long rays toward it, watching
the long night throuph,
The clouds draw lovingly near it, sailing the
boudless blue;
The wandering wild winds linger, rustling the
falling leaves,
Sighing above the sweet pleeper, like a spirit
that grieves.
Wave, russet grasses of autumn, softly around
ber bed 1
Know, that again she will never among your
tall spires tread !
Sing on, bright birds, o'er her pillow, as you flit
to and fro 1
Your requiem chant a mate lies softly sleeping
below !
Kiss her, oh, tenderly, sunshine she was a sis
ter ray.
Borrowed from heaven to light u along the
shadowed way!
Fold her, oh, lovingly, moonbeams pure was
she as your light.
Guard her, oh, sweet stars of heaven, vigilants
of the night!
Hover, bright clouds close above her she will
watch you no more.
As she has watched yoa sailing away to an un
known shore!
Moan, oh, ye wild winds, with anguish, toll
your grief to tbe sky.
Call to the loved one, who sleepeth out where
the dead leaves lie T ,
Weep, sky .Ircf.ain from your smiling ; let your
bitter tears fall
For her, who. among the lovely, moved the
fairest of all !
She has fled, our ray of sunshine, the light of
our path of life !
Three holy names she now claimeth A50l
Judge Lake was nominated for Con
gress by throe parties the Labor Re
formers, the Democrats and the Peoples.
His majorities in all the counties which
he carried in the entire State are as fol
lows :
Lincoln county,
Sarpy
Otoe
Stanton "
Chevenne "
Buffalo "
...90
...70
28
.28
10
Total 224
Mr. Taffe was the nominee of the Re
publican party only, and received a lar
ger majority in a single precinct than
Judge Lake obtained in the entire State
for example :
Lake's majorities, as above, 224
Taffe's majority in Brownville
Precinct, Nemaha county 227
Truly we have had a "close hunt" in
Nebraska.
Who, after this, will Question the Hit-
aid's influence and prophetic powers, or
the J udge s popularity r Republican.
The following are the majorities in
Seward county:
Butler's 100
..123
..124
126
131
12J
129
127
nop
..'.'.'...'.12
299
Vallerys & Ruffner are acli
brated Smith
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For one of the cel
(Michigan) wairons. tl
made, go to Vallery & Ku.Tii.t i
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James
Koenig
Roberts
McKeuzie..
Gould ,
Cowin
Taffe.
Lamaster
Roberts (Representative)..
ror Convention
mother and WIFE.
THE OBJECT.
We published, yesterday, a statement
of the facts in connection with the issu
ing of the certificate of election to Willet
Pottenger as Senator from the Seventh
District. The fraud (we can not call it
by a milder name and do it justice,) is so
palpable that even Pottenger and his
most intimate political friends do not
pretend to claim that he has any right to
the seat, nor that he received a majority
of the legal votes of the district: but the
secret of the game is exposed in the sim
pie fact that Pottenger's political friends
are ofFerintr to bet money that he will
hold his seat until after the electio i of U.
O C T . .1 . .
o oiror. democrats arc on tue streets rllr,r..: ;nfl,1Pnofi flmonc. Our Go
to-day with open purses offering bets of citizens are looking forward to the speedy at the
this kind. 13 it possible that any can-1 completion ot ritzperald s Ulock. It
didate for the U. S. Senate has got so w" tar surpass in extent and magmn-
cence, any ouicr structure jii ine city.
(Utgitcity of II
An Ohio paper tells the following good
story :
"An old family horse that has been
running at will through the streets and
commons lost one of his shoes, when
with tho intelligence of a human being,
he walked up to the blacksmith shop
where he had been shod for the last
twenty years, and to the best of his
ability asked the smith to shoe him, by
raising his foot and stamping the ground,
The smith being busy, drove him away
several times during the day, 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 back, and entered
the shop, walked up to the anvil, and
there raised his foot, thus attracting the
attention of the smith, who examined
the foot, and finding it worn off to the
"quick," kindly picked up an old shoe
and firing it to his foot, nailed it on ;
when the grateful animal, frisking his
tail by way of thanks, trotted off contentedly."
"OUR FATHER'S HOUSE
on,
The Unwiffeii Virj
Aight Scene." This i.m-t-r i; ,. '.
language bw a untold ru t,.-, ,( , ,,.
si. ru bll Ul 171 ' Tl . W ITi-il
river,, .uightyb-e,,;;;,,;;: : : , .;;:;
ing heavens and vw-t u.uu-r.,- , !, ,
beings in millions of ,r! u .,ni , ,
each the Unwritten V,,,. it l' ,
ornate engravings an t ,u.tI. i.j,,,!,, 1
and varied in lhxught." -C!him.. -V
gracelrl in style." -Turret. ,u-,." , ( '
in iu tendency." "I'.-autitul ;u, i k- 1
household treasure." r,., ,l:II.r ,v
above from College I'r. M lenN .
ministers of all (lenoiuirmli.ii.-'. an 1 1
and secular press all ..vrr t' ,
freshness, purity of lunsuaue , i ,.
type, fine fteel eneravini;-. ,.
and low price, make it th.- ,,..; .', ' '
Agents are selling Irom
We want Clergymen.
young men and ladi.-s t
lor us in every twnhi
aiiy. :o intelligent
without ravinr bmin
frenu lorcircular. lull dc-crip! i-i, 1
Apdress
ZIKCI.RII .t U-CTIM.Y.
Y' S. SlviIi Street. I'll l.i . ,
l ty Ka. o Stre. t. ( in. j,, ,. n
M Meuroe Street. ( p
M N. Sixth Strr. t. I..,,,,-. M
or. UK! Mam street, r-primrfn-l i ,.
Oetl2dlui.
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EVENING STAR,
CHALLENGE
ANI-
i.etteit from pi.att8.houtii.
Plattsmoctii, Neb. 1
Oct. 20th. 1870. J
Editor Tribune:
The hieh excitement of the political
campaign has passed away, and those
who were engaged in it have returned to
the more quite pursuits of life. Topics,
different from those of calumny now en
gross the minus or our people. lhe
farmer is acrain tending his flocks, and
the citizens of our little . ity, are direct
ing their energies to the accumulation of
wealth and the acquisition ot learning. Grover & Baker's Sewinir Machine is
Ihmgs infinitely higher, in importance the best in market Vallerys & Kuff-
than the late discussion of the merrits or ncr are agonts. Those in want of a good
dements of Gov. Butler and Croxton. Machine will find it to their advantage
Aloungmens Christian Association to give them a call,
has been organized and will soon diffuse -:
uo to v auerys & itunner s and look
ramer Arabs, the prettiest in the
market. anISdiwtf
LOCAL, NOTICES.
low down in the scale as to encourage
the holding of a seat by a man who is de
ieated by over three hundred majority,
but who has received hi3 certificate
through the mistaken apprehension of
law on the part of the board of canvas
sers, who now know, if they did not at
the time, that they have committed a
gross blunder, and a portion of them
are willing and anxious to rectify their
mistake? Shame upon the man who is
so devoid of principles of political hones
ty that he will accept a certificate of
election when he does not even claim
that he is entitled to the seat as a mat
ter of right, and when a majority of the
board of canvassers say publicly that it
is a fraud upon the people that he
should hold a certificate of election.
Where is the boasted liberty of a Repub
lic if such things are allowed, and where
would American freedom end if such
men were allowed to control the affairs
of State.
RECORDER'S (OI RT.
Oat 22. We saw in the Recorder's
court this morning a couple of old, fa
muiar laces, who had been playing
checkers with their noses for the last
twelve months, a portion of the time
here and a portion of the time at Lin
coin, building for themselves and the
State a comfortabL and snug place of
residence. Charles Sommers, alias
Red Mike," and Michael Regan, who
were convicted at the October term, 1869,
of our District court, of the crime of
arson. It will be remembered that these
are the same parties who made the at
tack upon Dr. McCluskey about that
time. They were arrested by policeman
Williams last night, having been found
drunk and disorderly "Red Mike"
saying that no other officers could arrest
him. Officer Wil iams found no diffi-
The first story above the basement, will
contain four spacious store-rooms. One
large room in third story will be reserv
ed tor a city ball.
It is rumored that the .Democracy
will soon establish a newspaper in this
place. They have long been without an
organ in this county, and owing to the
division in the Republican ranks at the
last election, the Democracy was able to
manifest unusual strength. This I sup
pose has given them sufficient mcurrage-
ment to think that with the aid of a pa-
Ber, they can herealter carry the county.
!ut the editor of the Plattsmouth
Herald, since the above rumor has re
solved to make his paper still more In
teresting than it has been in the past.
tor this purpose he has secured the ser
vices of Mr. Peter Robinson, a gentle
man of distinguished literary qualifica
tions. His masterly pencil, during the
late campaign, has frequently illustrated
the columns of the Herald, and with ,
this assistance the Herald will be one
of the spiciest journals of the State.
URBE.
lTete" is a talented boy, aud we hear
his name mentioned as a suitable candi
date for County Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction.
Vallerys & Ruffner have tho larges
6tock of Groceries ever brought to the
city, which they bought for cash and at
reduced prices. Call and examine their
stock. apl5ditf
The I.nt Cnll.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to us by note or account are re
quested to call and settle immediately.
Vallerys & Ruffner.
Thedeuiaa.1 f-.r CII AIt I l it. K. ( II !
LEXOE and EVKX IMi.-TA K . i, ' I
so rapidly of lute that we have n .t till- I ( ;
08 promptly in de.-imble : l ut h rmt i .
secured the aKsistimee of a nut her -, I'.,,,,. .v
we shall hereafter rontine n arlv th- ,.,,
force of our own ililiitiunt t'. tie it .
iion "i inn imi.its niiove iiiime.l nu t
fill all orders without delay.
We Would call the attention of tlm-e
Eurehing. to the Sl't'CISS ;uP I
AK1TY ot all ol 1 IIKSK MiiVKS. .,
evidenceottheiriiitrinsicii.critr.nl he
than a statement of the ia-t. that al'ter 1 , ,
ue and bf ing mhiei t to wverc te-tn in nil v 1
of localities, 8 nd to t In uio-if hitter aii'l
mined opposition that could h.- invent,
theyaieto-.lny. the li 1ST I't ipl l.AH-n.-in
the market, an I have eiven -u K l .iv i i
natisfaetion THAT Till-; IiKMWIi I
UREATEK THAN EVKIt
If you want Till-.' I! JST ri 11 K N.; - i ,, j;
FOH WOOD, buy the CTI.UUhK n.lk.
If you wantTIIi: V.V.U t'Ui K I Nil ,-"f" I:
FOR COAL, buy the CHAI.LIA'ii;.
Editor Herald. In last evenings
issue of the Herald I notice an article
entitled 'Interesting', wherein the idea,
seems to be conveyed that the people of
Nebraska have declared for John M.
GREAT .BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.
We have for sale the following list of
Nw qr
Sw qr
Se qr
Swqr
Se qr
Ne qr ,
Ne qr
Se qr
Se qr
Nw qr
Nw qr
Nw qr
Se qr
Se qr nw qr
E hf sw qr
W hf swqr
K hf se qr
E hf ne qr
Ifroii wfm THE XFATKT A Mi
SllfctT 1KH I'AKI.OH SKAJIev.ri
buy the EVKXiNO TAU.
SOLD RV
l.T
Sec. Tp. R.
1 10 12
14 10 13
22 11 11
23 10 12
15 12 12
30 12 13
21 II 10
22 12 12
14 12 10
34 12 12
27 -11 12
30 10 11
7 11 12
23 10 12
15 11 12
14 10 12
7 10 13
18 10 13
23 10 12
11 10 11
11 10 11
11 10 11
Excelsior Manufalnrini;
612 and 614 North Main Street.
ST. LOUIS, MO.,
of:
E. T. DUKE & CO.,
rL,ATTNA10IJTII.NI-;il
Sale.
I
HERE WILL I!E A S1I.I AT 'I UK 1:11-1-
denceofjoul.ua lial.cn. on the .i'i,i.i
November. lUTo. in K.ck l!lnl!' .r- '-i i .
county, Nebraska. cn litfht roan II' id r.
off the left car. no other marks or l.r..iri-
ceptible. two veiirs old Past. Taken nn.
estray find advertised according to law, i !
appraised . at $? by '. T .Mai 'in an t II
Spanplcr. JoliX II. A I.I.I 'N
octJTwot. J ii.-t ic- ol rl.c !'
.FORTY-riKST vb:a':.
W hf ne qr
Se of ne qr
Nw of se qr
From one to four years' time will be
given on part the purchase money on a
GODEY'S LADY'S BGOX
FOB 1S71-
Thayer for our next U. S. Senator. large proportion of the above lands. Cheapest of Ladies M.i'S,i7.'iur-,
Now I do not understand that the peo- n additlTn, t0 the above list we have
xuw i uu uul 1 k v Improved I arms which we can sell on rfpaim.' it u nir pints
pie have done any such thing, nor that reasonable terms. Call at our offi for ui..i,u i,.uilli..
pie have done any suco thing, nor that reasonable terms,
a majority of each House of our next I particulars
Legislature will declare in favor of Gen.
Thayer. May it not yet be a question
whether it will be for the best interests
of our state to do so.
Omaha one and only one of tho towns
of Nebraska has already, if your cor-
Paine & Windham.
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
Main Street Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Septl5d&wtf
VALLERYS Sc EUFFXER
Ava nnnr rniirmfr r Via 1 1 y crack frr f
respondent understands the situation, in TWCa :,1a ovr Krmi,r,f n tl.ia mar.
the person of John laffe, one of our ket? which they are selling cheap for
auiesi auu Miiewuc Iclc:..iC3 w apl5lUwti
IUUDl alter uci uulijc mraraui auu is ii
Send your son into the world with
good principles and a good education,
end he will and his way in tbe dark.
not pretty generally, known all over the you want a neat calico dress, go to
fiton k, itmoka Intacta enntrnl th a v allervs & Ruffner s. Ihey are now
culty in performing that job. These Federal patronage of the State, and that selling the best for 12J cte per yard,
parties were recently pardoned by Gov. another certain Senator from this State &P
Butler, and had they consulted their f powerless witn tne aaministrationirom Vallerys & Ruffner have just received
own interests, their conduct would have V? " ? new supply ot iioots ana anoes, wnicn
. m T. ' ., aeiegaupnisoeiicveu to ub uuuur.iy tney are sellinir very low.
against mm. x caiiuui. etre iun. vjvu.
Thayer's claimsupon the U. S. Senator-
ship are rendered any stronger irom tne
been entirely different To Regan the
Recorder gave sixty minutes, and to
"'Red Mike," one hundred and eighty,
in which to shake the dust of our good
city from their prison shoes,
"Fold their tents like the Arab,
And silently steal away.''
Oct 24. The gentlemen who were or
dered to shake the dust of the city from
their shoes did not do it. Dust did not
shake "worth a cent',' and they were
again put in their old quarters.?
William Benson, another recent arri
val from the "State House," in his
anxiety to get his friends out, got him
self in. The Recorder gave him the
same chance, and we presume he will ac
cept otherwise look out for Frank.
The Omaha "Tribune" has an item
from the Plattsmouth "HeraM' which
we overlooked, saying that "wheat was
selling on change at the latter Dlace yes
terday for &0 cents eight or ten cents
better than in Nebraska City." This
same Inbune quotes the best of wheat
at only 65 cents at Omaha ! Now,
either Plattsmouth is a better market
than Omaha by fifteen cent3, or Hatha
way digs a mud puddle and the '"Trib
une man puts his toot in it. ieo. Citu
Times.
The first idea of the Times is correct.
Plattsmouth is, to-day, the best grain
market in the State, by at least five
cents on the bushel.
A Minnesota benedict advertises his
wife fer sale, warranted sound and kind,
his only reason for disposing of her being
that he feels his own educational inferiority.
Go to Vallerys & Ruffner and buy you
Groceries. They buy for cash and wil
fact that the Republican party has carried not be undersold.
Douglas county his own county-mor , ,
tw fa,. fiiimiM crivA Omaha niw Go to Vallery s & Ruffner s to buyyour i
stronger claims upon the Senatorship or Dry Goods. Ihey are selling cheaper
the control of the t ederal patronage ot man iue cucaijesu
Isehraska, and is there not great danger
of this Federal patronage being so used Go to Vallervs & Ruffner'a and buy
in our btate astostmethe will ot tne I vour Boots and Shoes, the best in mar
1 1 1. 1 x il? m n
people ana last, put, not tet. apl5diwtl
It has always been the rare of the pul.'i -n'
to combine in its pniro hat w r i
whatever is elevating, whatever i pap- . .':
fied. and virtuom in nt mi' iit. with
may afford rational and innocent aim
i'or iU Literary Department, in pa t y.-.f.
THE BEST WRITERS
In tbe litterary worl i have eor.ti ihu-I
will continue to furni-li article h r tiicy.
1S71. Such name" m Marioti liarlai. l.
Chnrchil, Loui ,S. Dorr, Metta 'i to: ia :
S. Annie i-oref, Mrs, J.'oniu-on, Mr. ' .
Ilopkinn, and others, cannot he lound ' u t
Progpeotusof any other uiaKa.ine.
TKItMS FOK lHTl-
On copy, one year
Two copiei, one year
Three copie. on year '.
Four copies, one year
fire copies, one year, and an extra
copy to tho person .getting up tho
club, making nix copies
Eight copien, one yar, and an extr:
copy tothe person peuinic up the
club, making nine copies
Eleven eopies one year, and nn ex'ra
copy the person fretting up the c!uo
making twelve copn a.
II
least, is it wise for us to publicly bind
or pledge the influence ot Cass county
to John M. Thayer or any man and
may not circumstances arise before the
next session of the Legislature which
would or might render it wise for that
body to select a man to represent us in
the U. S. Senate from some other
portion of our rapidly growing State.
A few city orders for sale,
the Herald office.
HOW TO REMIT. In remitting by Mai!
Post Ophite Order on ' 'hi! a deli hi a. oi"i. I'i:.t ; r
on Philadelphia or X. w York. pj'i'.' '
order of L. A. OoJu''. i perl'erabl-; to ha: "
note. If a draft or a PoKt-'.tii rd i e . in
be procured, send United States or Nuti .i
Bank notes.
Addresa A. I.. CIODKY.
Enquire at J J E. Corner SUth ant Ck'Mnut I in!" '''-
JJ 'IK.
"PER AUDITA AD ASTRA.
Three great men of Plattsmouth town.
Went out one day a gannin;
With powder and shot, and runs of all sot.
These three great men so cunnin.
Up and down "lanes," 'oer hills and plains,
Tbey strutted about all day :
They got into "rows," and got into "sloughs,"
Bat nare a "buzzard got they.
One saw a goose ten feet away.
Says he "I'll 'rag' him I'm thinking,"
But the gun only snapped for it had no 'cap,
So away went the goose a blinking.
Starting at lightland wandering till night.
For geese or buzzard went they:
But at last with no prizes but tears in their eyes
Alas ! to their homes come they.
MORAL.
In order to chase a deer never turn to
the right U. R. A. KNOTHER.
Platt;mouth, Oct, 26th 1870.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
The Excelsior Manufacturing Com
pany employs so large a force of work
men, that a Charter Oak Stove is made
every six minutes. And even with this
quickness, the supply is hardly equal to
the demand.
A WOMAN'S RIGHT.
We hold this truth to be self-evident
that all women are endowed with cer
tain rights, among which are life, liberty,
and a Charter Oak Cooking Stove.
lhe latter is an indispensable prerequi
site.
ml. .1. Sarfjenl v Co
Soap Manufacturer.
WE would incite Dealers and the l'uioi
generally to ci.1 and examine our ttock of
SO A jVS,
before purchasing elsewhere.
Mr. bargent having had the experif-nc
twenty years in manufacturing all kin i
Soaps, we are confident of givirij; entire ati.-l
tion to all who may favor u with tueir p nr.
age,
GLITTERING TEETH.
Not only does Sozodont limpart the
irJt ,'tnei rc ttha wraatfirrvein tn the I any Dart of the City,
u f-.i Ti !: . I Cash paid for rendered
alter Demg Drusnea witn it, nice me
inner surface of an ocean shell, and the
effect of this peerless dentriSce is to
render the enamel as hard, and indes
tructible as adamant.
Soap eichanged for grease, and deliver-d
tallow mvl '''sr
Sum Wnrl) k'omn Wml. near IIT.7
Bridge, Nebrask City.
June 15dAw tf
A MERICAX SUNDAY SC1IO L UNION.
T. F. W H EELER.
Save and mend the pieces, uee I Siinrlav School MiSSlONafV.
XCinriTMva'o Itnti I . ..
uxn..ivim a ukux. I rn. v.kMb, ,n,l Riiikwu.iiii r.,wi. A teM'
o ,.i a vini.hv s'ti"":
JJwelhni? honsa For fiale chean . in- Partie ordennr rtumii.--i can feni mono
quire of D II WHEELER & CO draft or 1 wt oak, ?-F a1'vFLek.
june21dtf . - 1'ci"r ",