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THE NEBRASKA HERALD
13 PUBLISHED TIEILt BT
HATHAWAY
EDITOR AS PROPK'ETUR.
, f Office coiner Main and Seooud streeio. ge
mi ftr.fy.
TERMS: Weekly. t2.00 per annuu if paid in
advance.
if not paid in idno.
Tlie weekly Hf.iiald is two days be
hind time this week, in consequence of
the. lengthy communication from the pen
four 'worthy County Treasurer. We
loubt not the interest (and penalty)
tvLieh our readers will find in the article
. ill ruore than compensate fur the delay
irf the Lbue of the paper.
A MILK AM A I ItTII A DAY
!? the amount of track being constructed
y the U. it M. in Ncbra.-ka. They are
vow twenty-five miles we. t of Porehester
.ml about 11U wet from I'latt.mcruth,
und muling the distance between this
vty and the end of the track one and
nc-fuit!i miles fuithtr every twnty
i'.ur hours. Three months more wiil
i:d the track layers at Kciirney.
Mi:IA. I'KKMU'HN.
It expected that iuhiij- of cur furm
vrs anl manufacturer:- will do.-ire to oiler
special premiums to be competed for at
th': lair this fall. All who desire to offer
Mi;di special premiums will confer afavor
l,y reporting to the tee.etary at a.s early
-a d.iy as poaf-ible, in order that they may
be printed with the regular premium
!-:.
nit: hrf:-i.
'1 he heavy rain of last Friday cvcitin
did a great int. mint of damage at ):;ia
ha, liiiisig cellars with w.iter, over Homing
creeks, etc. On the U. 1'. R. K , in the
-alley of Mud Creek, about ten miles of
r ad were overflowed, an 1 tho trick c;ir
)iid away for nearly the entire distance.
1'aengero were carried in wagons from
Giluiour ten miles ca:-t.
MKICIUCN At II..T.
An o!ct citizen jteM n leg hrolirn.
About 1 o'clock tins evening 3Ir. Wm.
IJAcr, one of our old and respected citi-y.-ni",
v. ho keeps a feed stable opposite
the City Hotel, had his ri:ht leg I Token
ji.-t be!.. .7 the knee by the kick of a
horse, lb? t;is in the stable with the
horses arranging the bedding, when the
horse became frightened and kicked.
The horse had been in the ttabl j most of
r 1 10 time fir two or three month.-, si rid
was considered very gen?!'1.
i:oi.i itKsi;
four II or'K Stolen.
lircovrry of Ilie luirkfx nn-1 psonpp of
tiiv t!itr.
At an early hour thie morning about
'.' o'clock Mr. L. J. Russell was coming
from he I'luttc river to the residence of
?dr. 'Rucne S.ie. wlia ho mi-l n
with four burses who en.piired thj wjy
ti the l'l.itte river ferry. The man was
tail, wore a pair of light colored pants,
shirt and a black sluueh hat, and was
barefoot. Two of the horses were
brown color, and two of them gray
The .-rays hid on harness, and h. w.is
tlr'.vinr them with lines, being mounted
o:t on of the brown horses, without sa 1
ille. While i-nt'iiwd in cenver sation
with Mr. Russell, the fellow sail he
wished to sell the- horses, as he had tra
iled a home.-tead for them on 'the B'.ue
liver. In a few initf.res he said be was
ir m Nebraska City. This excited the
v;-piji.iii of Mr. lliis-cl!. After leaving
liim. he .-aw the fellow h ave the road
in 1 go towards the timber on the Platte
toito'.u. .Mr. Russell came for Sheriff
Johnson, who was unable to go, but in
structed Ru-m.11 to procure help and to
bring the man and horses to town. Rus--ell,
Sage, and anotlier man started in
j ursuit, and found the hordes and har
i e-s in the t'tmlcr tho harness pulled
off and thrown on the ground but the
1 i ler had tied. The horses were broo-ht
to the city, and in a short time lienj.
Albin, County Commissioner, and Mr.
Isaac lUkcs who live twelve miles south
.f the city, arrived in town hunting the
horse.-. The brown horses and the har
ness ha 1 been ctulon f.oiu Mr. Albin,
and the grays from Mr. H ikes and Mr.
Midkiff. They . think they know the
thief, who lias nut yet been caught.
The President of the Indiana hiditori
nl Convention in his pnoer thus speaks of
Platt.-mouth and the country surround
ing :
'During our sojourn in this fertile,
beautiful county, tp '"iicer lost the
keen sen. so of surprise and admiration
wh:c!i we teit n climbing t!i? lir-t ri.-e of
1 m l after leaving Plattsmouf h. 'J he
wide, billowy green, dotted all over with
pniden harvests ; the hollows of dark
glittering maize, the park-like clump-! of
timber along the course ol'sti earn-; the soft
airy blue of the distant undulations;
these were the materials which went to
the making up of every landscape, and
of which, in their sweet, harmonious.
P istorai beauty, the eye never grew wea
ry. O ir entire party expressed the most
fiiirhusijslie admiration for the rich
ccnery, fertile .-soil and everchacging
1 itid-cape."
We publish today a communication
on the subject of OtTieers Salaries and
State Credit, from the pen of a promin
ent citizen of the State. Whether or
m his ideas are correct we are Tot at
present prenared to say ; but of one
thing we are sure, it will do no harm to
give the subject a careful consideration,
and this we iuyite every public man in
the State to do and especially the mem
bers of the Constitutional Convention.
No house fchculJ be without a "bounti
ful supply of flower bouquets while
Hesscr has inch beautiful ones to sell.
lie ha?, undoubtedly, the finest assort
ment of flowers and flowering plants in
the west. Now is the time to set out
verbenas fur fall flowers.
- It is said the members of the Consti
uionaI Convention will take a pleasure
rip to tho Rocky mountains at the close
it.
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VOL. 7.
THE CONSTANC 6 LARCENY.
Robbery of Hibbard & Spen
cer's Store!
The Meal I hi; or 80,C0( worth of Hard
ware, oit liece nt i lime.
full lnrll-ulr of How it wn A c
compliabrtl. Detection of the Thief.
'nfct-4ioii of t'omltnfe.
It is already well known in this locality
that Win. 1J. Constance, of the firm of
Constance k Ilaywaid, of Weeping
Water, has been arrested for stealing
their 'entire stock of hardware, from the
whole-i i'e house of Hibbard & Spencc-i
of Chicago, and that he has made a con
fession, giving the details of the theft,
but the particulars- of the affair are not
generally known, and we proceed to give
them a.s ascertained from Mr. Spencer,
of the firm of Hibbard it Spencer, and
from the confession of Constance him.
self. When we consider the magnituie
and character of the larceny, tog'lhcr
with the fact that Constance had but
little knowledge of the hardware bu.M-nes-,
and is a man of very ordinary in
tellect and but little business experience,
we cannot but wonder at the successful
point to which he carried his schemes
Wm. Ii. Constance is aged about 'Si
years; his father is an honest, upright
farmer, and lives nciir Wanpocca, Wis
consin, where the son was taught better
things than appropriating to his own use
the property of ethers. The family has
the respect of all who kuow them, and
will sadly feel the disgrace which the son
has brought upon them. Young Con
stance served in the Union army during
the rebellion, where he probably con
tracted his first bad habits, lie came to
Chicago about three years ago, where he
entered Commercial College. He only
remained there a short time however,
when lie entered the employ of a snial
hardware establishment in the capacity
of porter, lie remained with them for
two years, and was perfectly honest dur
ing that time so far as any one knows at
the present time. About the 1st of
April, 1ST0, he was employed by Hib
bard it Spencer as a cheap laborer about
their immense hardware establishment,
(probably tho largest in -thSTJrntCtf
States) and was assigned ,tp duty in get
ting out and packing goi!s. Some cf
the confidential clerks of 'the establish
ment were allowed in the (Store on Sun
days and after business '.lours, and it
seems that Constance first Ruined admis
sion through the windows, am i afterwards
ob'aine 1 a key. Sometime- thiring the fall
of 170, Hibbard & Speieer received
several letters f:om taanf acturers of
hardware, with letters enclosed which
they had received from Cojfitance, ask
ing prices of hardward and trying he in
tended going into the bu.-i less soon.
These letters were written the letter
heads of II. & S., and had Veen sent in
their stamped cnve!o es, vliich were
only us.ed by the fiiui. This led to in-
juiry, and resulted in the tn tire stop
page of any oue except thefin-i entering
the sto- e except uuiing bush ess hours.
This occurred only a rdiort ti, before
Constance's time was out, whu h was on
the 21st day of December, 187.1. , Up to
this time no suspicions were entertained
that Constance ua dishonest, though
Mr. Spencer did not seem tj have a
very good opinion of him, an j was in
clined to think that he bad ;ilalt-
hardware specimen book which wa
mis-ed. About the 4th of March last,
Constance it Ilavwaid slopp-d a very
large quantity of goods to this city and
thence to Weeping Water some 11. (WO
pounds in all. During the summer Con
stance it I lay ward often referred to Hib
bard it Spencer as to their financial
standing, also to other hardware men in
Chicago. The idea that Constance had
stolen the specimen book became, so fixed
in Mr. Spencer's mind that he deter
mined to make some inquiries about
him. Crcgan Bros, being one of the
firms to whom Constance referred, Mr.
Spcncu inquired of them what they
knew of hint. They seemed to know
nothing except that they had sold him
a few goodsandhad Lourht 1 r100 pounds
:' ' l''u' tin of him. This at once opened
Mr. Spencer's eyes, as he knew that
Constance must have stolen the tin, es
pecially as he had noId it at about 20 per
cent, less than its value. In tracing this
transaction, he found that the tin had
been stored at 10'., Fourth avenue.
Upon going theri he found an old gen
tleman named Fay with whom Constance
had hnlged, who sail Constance had
stored a large amount of pig tin in his
(Fay's) bain, which Constance had
rented ; and upon further inquirry
it was ascertained from this
old gentleman that Constance had also
stored a 'argc amount of hardware in the
barn, which he brought there as he could
carry it in his pockets and in his arms,
and which he said he was purchasing at
auction. The old gentleman said these
goods were removed from there on the
j 1th of March last, and taken to Weep
j inS Water. This let a flood of light into
j Mr. Spencer's mind, and ho at once d -j
cided that the whole of Constance Si
j Ilayward's stock had been stolen from
them. He sent an agent to Weeping
1 Water to ascertain the financial condition
i of the firm, and Constance refused to tell
j anything about their bu-ituss, but said
j they bought for cah, and asked no cred
it of anyone, and it did uot matter what
their financial condition was. 3Ir. Spen
cer determined to visit cur city ani ascer
tain the facts for himself. Before start
ing he went to the R. Ii. office and found
thi. vi tbs h of March CwtTei- h-H 1
ehipiKid 10,9'J9 pounds of freight, and
that this agreed with the amount taken
from the barn, and that he had not made
any other shipments from Chicago, also
that he had not purchased to exceed a
few hundred dollars worth of hardware
in the city. He had satisfied Cradn
Bros, that tho pig tin they had purchas
ed was stolen from Hibbard & Spencer,
and they gave him a collection 011 Con
stance & Ilayward for the amount they
had paid Constance. Mr. Spencer tele
graphed to Mr. Bartlett, a junior mem
ber of the firm, who was trve'ing 011 the
U. P. 11. 11. to meet him at this city,
where Mr. Bartlett arrived last Tuesday
evening, and Mr. Spencer last Wcdnes
d-iy morning. They procured a warrant
for the arre-t of both Constance and Hay
ward, and Mr. Spencer, Mr. Paitiett,
Sheriff Johnson, Ik T. Duke und J. W.
Shannon left f;r Weeping Water. Ar
riving there they soon discovered that
the entire stock of hardware, probably
not less than 3C.0OO or 7,000 worth,
had been taken from their store, very
man' of the packages having their trade
mark on, and many of them being of a
line of goods soid by no other firm in the
United States. When asked where he
got the.-e goods, Constance said he had
bought them at auction. He was ar
rested by the Sheriff and afterwards ac
knowledged to the stealing, and gave up
the goods to Mr. Spencer, giv
ing him a bill of sale and a state
ment to the effect that the
goods rightfully belonged to Hibbard it
Spencer. The goods were shipped to
this city, where a portion were sold to J'k
T. Duke it Co., aird the remainder sent
to Chicago. Coiislatice was taken to
Chicago last night, on a requisition from
the Governor of Illinois, in charge of
Messrs. S encer and Bartlett. He was
taken aboard the trausfc-r boat by Sheriff
Johnson, who shackled him before turn
ing him over to Mr. Spencer. It is due
to Mr. Ilayward to say th .t, after a close
scrutiny o1' the whole matter, Messrs.
Spencer and Bartlett came to the con
clusion that he knew nothing of the theft
and was an honest young man. lie
came from the same neighborhood u hers
Constance lived, in Wisconsin, and he
furnished $0 JO in money, being the
money used in putting up the store at
Weeping Water, and paying freight,
etc. Mr. Spencer caused Constance to
eieed aver the j)reropt;rty to Ilayward
and" to turn over all notes and .papers to
him. Constance is supposed to be en
gaged to be marr ied to Hayard's sister.
He teemed very much affected when
mention was made of his family, or of
Ilayward's family-. Tb.Xal'owin.!; is this
confession made by him t3 F, F. Spencer,
A. C. Bartlett and others, while in the
jail at this city:
CO-fPESSIOX OF WM. B. COXSTASCE.
I pledge you my word an! honor Mr.
Spencer that I will tell you the truth
about taking the goods. The first thing
I ever touk was a pair scissors. 1 did uiy
own mending and needed them and
have them yet. The next thina I took
was some pocket knives, which I gave
away The next thing I took was a
Pinking Machine, which I tried to sell
to some Milliners on the corner of 4th
Avenue and VanBuren Streets, but it
did not suit them, so I kept it and you
found it amonj the stock at Weeping
Water. When I took the machine I
thought I could pay you the wholesale
price and sell t to those ladies at retail
price and thus make some money. I
then took other articlcsrom ihe-Ktorer
t hjd o idtaTthen of petting a stock of
goods. Whenever I took an article from
the stoic, when I first commenced, I
was always expecting some of you to
catch me ; 1 ut the more I took the less
I feared detection, and the more I got
up to my room the more I wanted, and
the more I took. In getting the goods
from the different parts of the house I
would take more than the bid called for
and thin put them away uu'il noon,
supper time, or evening, when I would
take them away with me. I. had a good
many goods at my sleeping place at 10'J
4th Avenue before I got the key to the
store. I can't give the date I got the
key to tlie, north door of the store. I
sot some boxes at t?S Randolph. Street
from Pro's, to put the goods in at
the barn where I wasitoring them. I
hired an Express man to take the goods
up to 4th avenue for me. I took the
Pig tin about the tme, before or after,
I was sick, which Mckness commenced
about September 4th, 1870 and my pay
was stopped 8th of Sept., was sick
some four or five weeks. I carried the
tin out of tho store one and two pigs at
a time. The pigs were mostly the 28
and thirty lb pigs, took a few of the CO
pigs I fixed an arrangement out of
skate straps to put on under my vest
and coat, and overcoat, (you will re
member I always all the summer wore
an over coat buttened up, whenever I
went out of the store, aud you and
others used to laugh at me for it)
and I attached a couple of snaps, so that
I could with a string or a wire attach
the pigs of tin right under 1113' arms and
they would not be noticed as I walked
out, as my arms would be left free to
use. I once walked out of the store by
the side of Mr. Hibbard and talking
with him when I had a pig of ten under I
mycoat. I was a good while taking them
I used to come there often after night
when Mr was there making up a
price list, and I would write and then
when I weut out would harness on a
pig of the tin. I sold the pig tin to
Cragin Bros. Before I sold I wrote to
Cragin Bros, Wm. Blair & Co, Frank
Sturges, and perhaps other , that I
had a lot of tin that I would sell, that
I had corns to Chicago intending to go
into the ro tiniD2 business, but; had
PLATTSMOUTJI, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, !S71
changed my mind and was going into
business out in Nebraska and would sell
it. I wrote to them from my room at
109 4th avenue. I got a reply from
Cragin Bros , one from Wm. Blair &
Co., and I think I got one from Frank
Sturges. One oftheCragins called at
the place where I wrote and inquired
for me. I burned ail letters I had when
I left Chicago. I took a lot of Solder
out of the store and it is among the
stock at Weeping Water. Sume of the
Tinner's Machines-. I took to pieces and
took out under my coat piece at a time.
1 took thcGr over,Uollers,Shears, Bleak
Horn. Circular Shears, Hollow Mandril,
7 boxes of axes,and a few other things in
an Express wagon one holiday morning
about 15 minutes before 7 o'clock. It
was one of Brink's Fxpre.-s Co. wagons
that I had, and had the poods taken up
to my ware room in the b u n. When I
completed the sale of the tin to. Crairiin
I made 1111 invoice of the tin on oi.e of
Cmgins bill heads, I think it was Chan
dler who was in the office at the time;
it was not one of the Cragins. I got one
of Brink's it Co.'s Express Wagon-, to
take the tin from 1r1y.wharehou.se on
4th ..venue to Cragins. I went there
about 5 o'clock p. ur.. and ruade the in
voice of the tin. I quit work for you
Dec. oO, 1S70; I started home to Wau
pa ceo, Wisconsin about the 4th of
January. I wrote to bhady at aupaeco,
Wisconsin, that I could buv a lot of
cutth ry and paper collars at auction at
half price and wanted to know if he
wanted some ; he said he did and I took
a lot from the store, more thin ho
wante I, putabouf half of tho cutticry in
my wareroom, and sent the balance a
freight by the North Western Railroad
Shady paid me for those I sent him. 1
told Mr. Fay. where I roomed, that I
bought the goods ' I was storing in the
barn of a man 011 Cottage Grove Avenue
who had failed, and that I was atten
ding auctions at night and buying any
?oods that were sold cheap. I gave Mrs.
Fay sotno spoons and table cutticry.
I took some spoons, knives and forks,
hammers, augur bits, ban 1 axe, balance,
and perhaps some other things from the
store, and when I went home I took
them in my trunk and gave them to
father. I told him thoy did not cost
much as I bought them at auction. I
gave somft. spoons- tcr MfsTl lay ward I
gave Miss Ilayward a knife.
B with Mr. Mears
used to give me knires when any new
oneicame in the store; I usually spent
my nights in the store with Mr. ,
after I got the key to the store ; before
I got the key I got into the store two or
three times by the hack windows tho
irindows that slide with weights; Igotup
on some wilt barrels, tipon the ledge and
walked along until I came to windows,
then went in. The window where I got
in was in the north store near the large
elevators. After I had got the key I
saw Mr. cbme in, and appeared
very much surprised to see me in there,
but did not say much- He went and
got him a pocket knife and shortly after
went out. I went once and unfastened
the windows, after they had been bolted
at the back of the store, and went in th
s-ore that way. Mr. knew of toy
taking a dog whistle ; he also knew of
my taking a Ley. blank to make a key
to tho north door of the store, "e ab
knew of my taking a razor, and a knife,
that was all. Mr. also srggested
that we could make a ccyjoX.tli,ky -to-f
th futh "door, with a piece of paper,
but we failed. I then got a small bar of
lead and made a copy 0:1 it by taking a
hammer and pounding the steel key into
it. I never made a key to the south
door. I tried to do so with a piece of
brass, but could uot make it work. I
think I left the pattern over the door of
niy sleeping room. I supposed that Mr.
thought that Mr. Hibbnrd did
not like to have any of the boys in the
store on Sundays. I have a memoran
dum book at Weeping Water which will
1 I think enable me to give you a com
plete iist of the goods I took from the
store. There was some goods I left in
the store in the curry comb crib that I
intended to take away but did not do so
Mr. came near catching me otr.-e.
I had done a log chain up and put it
away, and in loooking over the store he
found it and inquired among all the
boys who put it there. He could not
find out. so he put it back where it be
longed. I have carried two log chains
at a time unler 105 cot, oui of the
store. I took two pairs of New York
Club skates, with other goods. They are
now among the stock at Weeping Water
I bought t ho ban els in wh'ch I packed the
goods when I w?s getting them ready to
ship to Nebraska of am in on or near the
corner of Clark and Harrison streets; I
took two large two-horse drays to haul
the goods away from Fourth avenue, and
they had trouble, the loads were so
heavy. I got Sam. Fay to help me pack
tli3 goods ; I gave hiiu $5 for helping.
Old Mr. Fay never asked me much
about the goods ; I am unable to tell
the date when I commenced to steal
from you ; I had no property and was
worth nothing when I left your employ,
except what I had taken from your
store ; I think the goods would weigh
fire tons, and perhaps more ; I
don't
carry
think Mr.
ever saw me
any goods out of the store ; I told
I was U3ing goods arou id town at the
auctiou3. My partner, Ilayward, knows
nothing about the manner of my get
ting these goods ; whenever he inquired
how it was that I had so many goods, I
always told him I was buying at auction ;
he is honct, and I have always acted
honest with him.
I never had an accomplice in stealing,
nor did I ever tell any orto that I w?s
n it a. jy jj
taking joods or had taken any. No one
butaiyself wasconeerned in the stealing
My object in steadng was that I had al
ready become deaf in one car and was
getting deaf in the other, and I thought
afttr I ltad taken a few of the goods that
I could steal enough to set up a store
and then if I did get deaf I could do the
work around the store and have some
one employc-l to do the selling, and I
would not then be thrown upon the
world without anything. I have always
been homst before 1 commenced steal
ing in your store. If I had but given
attention to the advice of my mother I
never would have been caught doing
such a thing as this I don't want to
see any of the boys , in the store, and
I hopey u will keep my name out of the
payers.
'nn: A.(it;i" i.kiter.
Vilt lu 111? fnpital How It looked
lu "the Anrltut."
CiUTK, July 26, 1S71.
Put end Hathaway : As the spirit
moveth me to write, so I will, and tell
you somethin-r about my trip to the
chool Fund District, uli'is Lincoln. So
here we go, in mrtlius res.
I proceeded to the morning train,
with my weighty baggage, got aboard
the tram, paid my fare, (SI. 10) which
wa taken by that polite pud plca-an'
conductor., Harry Morse, with a nonchal
ance (I think you call it that) ami cool
ness that indicated long practice. When
you come our way, my Republican
friend, get on Harry's train. You will
find him a pleasant, kind and thorough
gentleman careful of your comfort and
safety. May gi d luck attend him, and
when he "shuffles off m-iy he go to a
R. R. heaven in a through nain. his pas
snge paid, and "Tho Ancient" the con
d actor
P. S. They would have to hire anoth
er conductor lor the return trip.
Nor must I forget the Bishop, without
his "uiitre;" he is a man of many friends,
and who knows his "biz.," and does it
with ci edit to himself and profit to the
express company. As to that valiant
and virtuous brakemen, I will write him
up one of these balmy day , should u
largesi?ed, accident - occur "and I" can
catch his last words, when he falls into
the yawning abyss tied to the brakes.
But quantum tuff.
We can chronicle our eafe arrival at
the capital, and then free bussed it to
the Tichenor. I refrain from saying
anythi-i.iHa jhe Tichenor, as I cannot
tho-
3Tersiice
1 t
'After dinner" we
wandered through the village, did some
errands, bought some few trips, con
sulted a leading attorney upon a case we
had in hand, viz: If "A" should build
a calf shed over ."B V eyes, would an
action lie for obstructing his "B's") an
cient lights? Of course! said the lead
ing; you commence by damning "A's"
eves with a snry butter. We had the
thing in our mind's eye, Hathaway, when
we went out of his office door, and when
we reached the foot of the stairs, it was
all in our eye. Do you see?
Many Horn's did we meet, but among
all we can only mention Hon.'s Maxwell
and Marquett (they -were not consult
ed in the matter above mentioned) one
giving his entire time to the reconstruc
tion business and the other to the B. &
M. 11. K. We tuct Mr. JohtiI4virff,-lQU-wlvwwe
fcTUTTj The same quiet geu .
tleman as of yore.
After tea at the Tie! cnor, our "guide
philosopher and friend," L. L. Hol
hrook, (who paid our bill at th : Tiche
nor), ake 1 the "Ancient," if he would
like to visit the scene of many forensic
triumph, anel where the wit and wisdom
of the Mate mo.-t do congregate, to wit :
the barn (country barns will pa don)
this one has a tin top. We con-ented,
and walked over an 1 into the barn afore,
said. Wc entered its suas.-u-e portals,
abreast some think it is impossible to
enter the west door that way- -but I a
sur you it is a fact, there was ju.-t. room
enough. As we paed tho afiorsaid
portal, our guide said "we were 11 w in
the vestibule." I looked and mad-! up
my mind that if old, ru-tcd stove-,
jituuied up stove ptposjoi tov.. pip--hats,
dirt, rubbinh. o! 1 lo..;ds, iji-car.Ic-t"
Coustituiioual Convention s..;rt eoliar-.
made a vestibule, then oui b.-ck yard
was e tibulel. Then the "Anc.cu?"
stepped a li'tle higher and looked a iitue j
-upercilhous on our mend. I got over
ihat, for I found that he was Secretary
of more vestibuies than I had ever
dreamed of. Up the winding staii wav
which had creaked so often uu ler the
tread erf Nebraska's intellectual chieis,
we went. With some reverence did we
climb the apology for a ladder, wonder
ing at the same time if all the piaster ing
had come off, when the vast building
had shook with, the thundering ninth ,
mas of a Mason, or bad voluntarily
come down through the mild persuasive
eloquetcj )f a Sprague, or per hap- th;
architect had tried to imitate some old
ivy grown ruin (if he did, he .t it).
Tne philosopher said it was ryiue of our
business, we differed.
We entered the House of Represent
atives, were vestibuled, wo admired its
naked walls, now and then varied by
"Stuccon. or Kuock-off." We, the An
cient, sat in the chair vacated by a mod
cm General, who has assisted in putting
down our rebellion. xhrle the calm eyes
of a ' ten cent daub" "of a likeness"
of an old Rebellion General, looked
through the broken glass, "smack" 011
the head of the first named General,
and seemed to look UntdieJ.
Our guide nei' took us into the su
preme court rooms, similarly vestibuled,
with a rugged carpet added, surmounted
Ll-v'atcn ja'Ion kev Tho pti.'oircphcr !
; said it contained (the keg) contained
y arfe-ian water. The guide asked if the
"Ancient had tried it, and the friend
said take some. We raised the glass to
our life preserver, when our nose, that
faithful sentinel and guardian of the
preserver aforsaid, took the alarm.
We placidly sail, "whiskey."
The philosopher broke out with,
"You my break, you amy shatter tho vaso if
you will.
Cut the ime!l of the roses will hang round it
Hill."
We hung around just such water until
"hanging was too good for us."
We v'sited the Senate chamber, its
corners similarly festooned, and ves
tibuled muchly ; we were struck forcibly
with the naked simplicity of its appear
ance, as also with the other apartment.
There seemed to be a disposition on the
part of the gentleman who furnished
that building, to see how near he could
come to putting nothing in. I can rec
ommend him as a "success." Should I
have a contract to fat ui h a house. I will
send for him. We asked tho philoso
pher if the other apartments are similar.
He said, "very similar.' The guide
said, '"only more so," and the friend"
said ;yu bet!" We told him no we would
not bet until we were paid our fees in the
case above mentioned.
We then walked out and around the
curiosity, as a tax payer, (we paid a dol
lar, or wanted to pay it ; ask Iloobs, he
can tell you whether we did or not.) I
say, as a Tax Payer, we felt a thrill of
pride and wondered if the $1 00 had
gone into the tin top, that flashed back,
in reckless defiance, the rays of the de
clining sun, or had gone into some one
of the many "cubby holes" under the
caves, or hat! it gone into the massive
carvings of its poitals, oj (which is the
most likely) had it in company with
many others gone into the contractor's
pocket? We don't know, and don't
cave; for we don't belive we paid it, or
over will.
Of the style of its architecture, you
must be the ju fge.
An English lord who was gazing at it,
said it was the" high honie."H; was look
ing at the tin top. The philosopher said
it was the Dooric, he was looking at the
door ; the guide said it was Bucolic, be
hndjpumrjihr-ftr-tv7r: TLe'Ti ie ndsaid
it was tum-mish and modeled after his
nose ; while the Ancient decided it to be
a disastrous concourse of atoms, with a
tin top and vestibule NOW, you tell.
Crete improving, many strangers here,
the O. & S, W. K. R. Co. about to
commence a road from this point to Be
atrice, all th-y want is bonds which. I ;
hope they will succeed in getting. The
Ii. & M. all right, moving ahead
Mayor Lazenby and Councilman White
were here. More of them in my next.
I am tired, and you will be if you read
the letters of The Ancient.
A PALTRY ATlEBPr."
The Omaha Tribune copies our items
in which wc said the Tribune was in fa
vor of the Constitutional Convention
passing a resolution prohibiting any
member thereof from holding an office
for at least one year from the date of the
adoption of the Constitution, and says
"The above paragraph is another of
those many paltry attempts to misrepre
sent us, whose motives we are not able
to fathom."
Now, perhaps we made a "paltry at
tempt" to misrepresent the 2t7le, an J
peTlTaps'not let us see. In the same
article from which we extract the above,
we also find the following :
"We said tho other day, that, in view
of certain suspicions wh cli were becom
ing current in the minds of the people
concerning the attempt by some members-
to mani ulate the Convention for
their own special benefit, it might be
well for them to pa-s a resolution that
none of tlu tn shou'd hold a State office
for a year to come. "
Now, pcrhap- the Tribune: will say
that it never said any such thing as the
above, and that it is manufactured as a
"pair y attempt to misrepresent" it?
Perhaps when it says "it might be well
for them to pass a resolution," it means
to be understoo I that it "might uot he
well fr them to pass a resolution." We
c-rtainlv have no desire to misrepresent
our very touchy neighbor, and such a
thing never occurred to our mind in
unking our former statement. Put if
we are able to rea . and comprehend the
Ihiglish langu tee. it certainly did soy.
as it now -ays, that it "might be well"
or h Convention to pas such a reso
lution. The Tribune should not be mis-ti'pre-eiifi'd,
and especially should it not j
be done by '"paltry," ''"whose motives are
not made plain. Take a dose of pills, j
neighbor ; and w rk some of the bile off!
your stomach. You will fe 1 better.
mtllUMMi
OF JOHN
Rt'SSEl.1,,
EDWAKI)
Lat evening we chronicled the proba
b e drowning of the little son of J. J.
liu.s-ell, Kq. Later in the evening two
boy were f und who had been with him
during the day, and one of them, after
much peuasion and assurance that he
should not be harmed if he would tell all
he knew about tho matter, said that the
three of them were in the river at the
point where the clothes were found,
about 11 A. M. yesterday, and that Mr.
Russell's little boy got out where the
water was too deep and was drowned.
They w ie fr gh ened, and were afraid to
tell any one, but went immediately home
and remaned until after the -clothes
were found in the evening. .The. name
of the drowned boy was Johii Edward
Russell, aged 9 years and 3 months, and
was ihe only son of J. J. Russell of' this
city. Should the body be found at any
point below here the person finding it
will receive the heartfelt thanks of the
bereaved parents by seiidi" g iinniedia'te
notice to them. Nebraska City and
Rrownvillc pipers please notice.
NO. 19
I.AHOItS OF THE CONVEN" TIOV,
There seems to be some inclination in
different parts of the State to find fault
with the Constitutional Convention on
the ground that they are slow in their
work, and we are sorry to see this dispo
sition manifested hy some of the public
prints of the State, we are all anxious
to have the Convention close its labors
at as early a day as practicably consist
ent with the public good, but where is
the man that would cut thi time short
at the expense of the document to be
submitted. Such a course might save
the State a few hundreds of dollars at
the present time, but might necessitate
a new Convention in a few years or cause
a lasting defect in the Constitution. It
is talked now that the Convention will
close its labors during the next ten days.
Should such prove the fact, and a good
document is submitted, we say unhesita
tingly that the time has been wcil spent
and that no body of men could be rea
sonably expected to accomplish so great
a work in a less time. It must not be
supposed that the short time spent in
open session is all that is required ?f
these men. It is a well known fact to
every man that is at all familiar with the
proceedings of a legislative body that the
work done in open session is but a small
part of the labor required ; and hew
much more so is .t in the caso of this
convention. The great bulk of the work
is per formed in committee, where no rec
ord appears and nono but the members
thereof are cognizant of the labor be
stowed. It is an easy matter to find
fault, but it is often a difficult task to
originate a belter scheme than the one
grumbled about Let those who think
the members of the Constitutional Con
vention are idling away their lime try
their hand at Constitution making. The
columns of the Herald are open for
suggestions from them. But above all
things do not find fault with something
which you cannot better. If the Con
vention submits a good document the
time will be well spent, if not, then they
may be deserving of censure. Wait and
see.
TRAIN AMU 'I Hi: tOJlHlXlSTS.
Th C A 91. It. B. Co. Reaching nt.
We have been permitted to peruse the
following copy of a letter sent by the
agent of the B & M. R. R., to Mr.
Train, since he left for l-'urope, showing
that this great corporation is in earnest
in its efforts to promote his plans :
-" jN'ew York, July 2L "
George Francis Train, Esq., care
Messrs. Bowles, Bros. & Co., Ameri
cin Bankers, London, England :
Dear Sir Since you sailed for Eu
rope I have noticed several telegrams re
lating to the disposition of the Commu
nist prisoners, who are about to be ex
iled and that the Americans in Paris
are struggling for their possession.
If these are a class of people whom
you look upon as being desu able settler?,
it would seem to me that this is an op
portunity for inauguratirg your great
emigiation project which will not soon
occur again. 1 cannot think that it is
the intension of the French Government
to treat these people with unrelenting
harshness and austerity, but to to dis
pose of them as to benefit their condi
tion rather than mar their future use
fulness ; and to accomplish this end, no
more available place pjxile cwjM r be'
iiternjfTiporrthah America, and par
ticularly that portion of the great Amer
ican continent in which the lands of the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
Co. lie.
First If the French Government
could be ma le to see the advantages of
fered the emigrant in this country, (if it
is really their intention to banish these
people, ) no doubt here is where they
would be sent.
Second If in presenting this subject
to these people, in whose welfare you
have heretofore taken so active an inter
est, sacrificing your private iuterest and
comfort to forwarding theirs, aud the in
terests or Umaha, JNebraska. and the
north-west generally, and in whom you
now propose to further manifest our de-
si e lor their well-being; you will bear in
iuind the excellent quality and location
of our lands, their great extent, our low
rates of prices, an J the easy terms of
ten years credit. You will readily per
ceive the strength of our position in
bidding for immigration, and that no
spot more eligible could be found fur set
tling a large party of emigrants, than
upon the' line of the Burlington aud
Missouri River Railroad, in Nebraska.
I trust the moment ym have organ
ized your great Communist Emigration
Association on a working basis, you will
notify me that I may be prepared to lend
tho necessary aid at this end of the line.
Respectfully yours,
W. D. Cowles,
Gen'l Passenger and Land Ag't.
TREE fLASTLVO.
We copy the following, relative to
timber plant t.iq by the B. & M. R. R,
Co., from the Council Bluffs JCunparitl :
The L'urlinuton and Missouri Kiver
Railroad com puny propose to establish
nur.-er les at dri.erent points on the line
of the extension of their road batween
Lincoln, Nebraska, and Fort Kearney,
with a view to the encouragement and1
promotion of forest culture on the great
plains. The company are satisfied that
no investment could possibly be made
with so certain a prospect of very large
profit, as an elaborate and extended sys
tem of tree planting, and are making all
necessary preparations to carry this prc
ject into effect next session.
We reproduce elswhere a New York
Herald '"intervrew" with Senator Trum
bull in this city. Of course what the re
porter wished to ascertain was the Sen
ator's opiu on on the Grant question.
From a careful reading" of the .letter, it
seem to bo Mr Trumbull's very decided
br-lief, first, that Geu. Grant ought to
be nominated unless the Repilblican
party think it wise to nominate some
liody else ; and, secondly, that Gen.
Grant undoubtedly will be nominated
unless tne Republican Convention fchall
in its wisdom deem it expedient to nom
inate another person. Chicago Jiepub
lican. Senator T. inust have been taking les
ron: frein 'X'taber Jiru" LVm.
tut: 1iAi.1v
PL ATTSMOUTH HER ALP
, IS ITHLMKC: V
It: I). HATHA WAV,
KDITOR PKO;'IATDR.
3J6flice cfm-.r Mh'ii n.n l 5?v,al utrect:
ad story'
TERMS : DailyJlD.Ol per annum, or fl.lt
1 , . . . per mouth...
KAI.AIili KOt OFI II tllS AND hi A 1 :
tut: irr.
In niany States, citie. and counties
there is a constant insufficiency of means,
provided to meet t!ie indebtedness of
such bodies, or thers is a constant tun
pering with the funds on the prt of of
ficials for the purpose of profit to them
selves, and of course to the detriment ol
persons having warrants or cider ngaiu-t
the public.
There hav been Case like this : A h
treasurer, H is a partner of A in the note
shaving bu-iness, and C has for ser vice-;
a warrant or order against the Stare,
county or city, as the case may 1
Now, A supplies l with the pv.blie
money, to be ust d in purchasing war
rants, ivc., and C on presenting to tho
treasurer hischtiiii. is told that there are
no funds for the redemption of his paper.
Of course, the treasurer pretends I
sympathize witli C, and as he (C) is in
need of money, he is told that II occa
sionally buys such paper. The result is
that in many cases l purchases the war
rant with the public money at, s:y To
cents on the dollar, and lie and the treas
urer divide the '2? per cut. of plunder
between them. Thus ( ! is cheated out of
a quarter of his claim mid the Stad or
county is disgraced by the nppart nt ina
bility to pay its debts. Of course, wo
have no ivfercr.ee to cur State, for we aro
not aware that ai.ythiug of the kind lui
ever taken place hen-, but ;;ie speaking
of communities', r.M-M' than our--, nn f
where in pite of t tit amount of fr.xc
levied aud collected, the public credit was
always kept down by such unfair mean-.
What we wished to suggest was this ;
to make the salaries of the executive de
partmcnt, an 1 of the Legislature, rea
sonably high, but m:;ke these sahiritM
contingent. If State warrants, or order
were at par. then the full amount of sala
ry tobe paid ; but. if not at par, then tho
salaries of ca-h to be reduced '2.', percent
below the price of wannii's.
In connection with this plan it would
become not only the duty, but the inter
est, of the Legislature ; and executive
departments to watch over the financial1
condition of the State.
Bills drawing money from the trca.-.ury
would be closely examined before parsed,
and means at once provided to meet t he
expenditure, if ordered, and any tamper
ing with public ere lit fir gain would bo
prevented, for the Jjegishtuii-. and mo-t,
of the high oflicials would keep a vigi
lant, and wholesome supervision over the
credit of the State.
They order expenditures, or the Legis
lative department including the Govern
or with his veto power o:deis them, and
they arc to authorize thi ljx-T0 TilT."
La-itd it is btrt juit " that, if excessive ex
penditures aro authorized and insurii-,
cient taxes levied, that they should ho
the first and heaviest tuflerers by thu'
wrong, or neglect.
Or if the same legislative power, hav
ing full authority to investigate, allow-4
the public credit to be tampered with'
again it should be the first and heaviest
loser for its carelessness in allowing such'
wrong.
At leist the pay of the Legislative de
partment, including ff: Governor," and
of the Auditor and Treasurer, should be
made contingent. In their keeping Is'
the public credit, let them be made re
stonsib!e. D.
THE COLOSSAL f
Atlantic and Pacific
CTEOUS
Lee & Pratt, Proprietors'
Now making the tour of
TUE CONTINENT
FliOM ,
Ocean to Ocean !
ill arrive at
Pluttsmouth Ah?2SiIi 7I
WAIT ron ihe our A T SlO w
Grand Island. Neb., Augul-l"!. North T7ail
Neb.Autt hr CiiitiiikbuA. NirbrnMka. Aimu.-t
?I ; Fremont. Not.. Aiocu.tf. Onmliri, Aiijt..
21 nud ; Ounrii lilutfn Aujr. 'Ji urn! St : Lin
coln. Neb. Au. 20 md l; Ntbr.l'k.1 city, Ann.
31, and September 1 anJ 2.
JulyCOd.twtf
Legal Notfca.
In the I)iitr:-t ('our! J 1 .Tudioiul 1 istriet ii '
aud tor Cus county. Nebraska.
Margaret Ciil'P v I.'a:ie Cui'l'.
'I'o Isano Curr ruin-rfidtTit dclriiil.ini. Y.:i.
L arc hereby no'ilio I tb.it M.irtfret Cupp J i t
on the 12th Hay of -'uiy 1-71 filii In-r pennon in
the o fii'-e of t!:e Clerk ol ili'- Jii-tiiei i-oiiit 21
J il l icinl Uistrii-t in and I'm- t'lisi toiiMy Neb
usuin-t you. Th-.' object und ' i iiyer of nl.ii.h
petition is that tfie bond'! of in t isuony now i.-t-itting
between yourfi lf nn-' nid Murxu.ivl
Curp limy bo di-'soi ved and s:id u;:ti ri:ixe con -truct
aet a-ide and thnt sa id .M.iriMret ( up may
be decreed a devorce o rinrulu i,iont I .
You are rui uired to answer mid petition on
or before tiic is ,-,y tt; Anient A U 1-71.
Maxwkli..V Cihi-mah AfvV
yll r" tor M nicret ' jii
Legal Notice.
Jjlin Uilmcre vg. Andrew liriincs, and iixia'i
W, iitimhnui.
ndrew (jriiiie ar.J .Siiin'IAV. LJuruham nnn"
resident ilideiidiiiiM wilt take notice that on
the .'Hday of Jr.ly IsTl -ho pi;iinti:i tilled liM
petition in the o!il- of the Of rk of tlx? Jiy
tJirl Court of the 2d Ju-lit-iiil Li.-trii-t in )nj I for
Ca4 eon n y N'ehiaki t'ly object and prayer of
whieP i to obtain a (iceren conveying ft'l the
right title and intere-t of said Andrew ;riun i
in and to the outu half of the ?oulh wei-t iiar
ter ami he north irc.4 ir of the n w r oi's-ction
number 20 in town.-Uip 1 1 north ot i ai.-12 ea.l
otthotith P. M. in Cian eouniy, Xibr.ika. and
.hnt the cloud rest,ins uu the plaii.li.Trf title to
said triioO) r.f 'und by the f.iilore of the -aid.
Samuel Vt. liurnham. to record bin deed from
aaid Andrew (iilmor.? (lufehdar.t lur
(aid tract of l.iu I irny be removed
arid tto title, to ni.l tracts of .Mud way bo.
Hiietpd ar.d confirmed iii daiitil)'. Y'-n ro.
required to in'wcr said re.ition oa orbi foio
the 2i)lii day ol Aueii.-t, "71.
JOHN tULMOni:. liy
Muwki.i A Ch.u-uas, Attorney.
July Oth. w;"t.
Dissolution
Xotii-e is hereby riven that lh ro-piirtni-r-shijr
hrftofor existin? between the undtr
iired. nnde r the firtn' numa i f White Jk .Spin
is this day dj.iKuJve 1 by mutual eonrent. A !
pemonn indebted to tin- firm either by note or
account -will pleie rail at the store mi l n-t !.
the fume: and all per-Mim h.ivinx'.cluimi esiinrt.
th firm will please prci-ent tint umv tor ad
justment. V. S. WHITE.
aug. 1 d w It. AVUl Its .PI P. Kg.
Estray Notice.
Taken up by. the ubdr-imij I. one and ln'
Wilo.-e.iH' of i-oldcTi's M ill. on Weepiinj U'ii i
on t;.e 21.it of Jurifl. 171 .n dark bay fillo
s ppffed to l.-e thre or four ycrs old!
smaii epni m mo ioreUca-1.
J uiy nib Wot.
DANIKL SMITH.
Dissolution Notice,
XfVlc9 hereby given that the co-partnership
heretofore exisinis bctwei-n J.ioa &irci-,:ht
m i M. H. Mnrphy. in the wdd!e A harr.e.- bu-iness
is thi da-y deiiuivei by inutu.il consent. All
perfons indebted to the above f.rm, eitlirrby.
note or nccmnt, will please eail und se.'tlc thu
B.-ime within teu days, or their a-eouufs w i;i l
placed in the bands of uu o"ucr for collection.
.t sos Stkp.icht.
M. ii, Mvatu.
Tulv, 17th wSt 1S.7J.
Probaie Notice.
A!! rrlie having claims ysraiin-t the eMail
nf Amos T. Lues. decciM'-d, lute of l'Jat'nuouth
Nebraska, arc hereby notified that snid claims
inu.n be bled in the rYooi to Court l Can Co.,.
on or before January 10, lj"J. .r' ibey nill bo'
forever barred.
July 1Mb. im.
'ii - !;. A L. Cni if t'rAjk, J'iith
