Nebraska Newspapers

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THE HERALD.
PLATTV3 MOUTH. NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1872.
- J. A.
MACMURPKY....
.Editor.
CONGRESSIONAL.
T. W. Tipton, Brownville.
1. W. Hitchcock. Omaha,
i JvtlD Taffe. Uinahii,
U. S. Senator.
U. t5 Senator.
Kepresentatire.
EXECUTIVE.
William M- James. Lincoln. Act. Governor.
William H. James. Lincoln. bee. .t btate.
John Gillespie. Lincoln, Auditor.
11. A. Koeniir. Columbus, Treasury.
0. 1. Robert. Omaha, Attorney General.
J . M. McKenxie, Line In. Bupr.yttb.Injil.ruc n
JUDICIARY.
O. P. M:uon, Nebraska City. Chief Juetioe.
George B. Lake, , Omaha, I Associate Justice.
L. Crounxe, I; t. Calhoun J
CASS COUNTY.
II. F. Elli on.
tlttn'l McKinnon,
W.L. Hobbs. .
J W.Johnson,
Probate Jndfre.
County Clerk,
Treasurer.
Sheriff.
Eupt. Pub. Instruction,
County Commissioners.
Coroner.
U. W. Wise.
Jacob Valle
Beni. Albin.
James,.
J. W- Thomas.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President.
For Vice-President.
HENRY WILSON.
Presidential Electors
SILAS A. STRICKLAND, of Douglas.
OTTO FUNKE, of Lancaster.
GEO. W. nEIST, of Cheyenne.
Tli3 contemptible attaelt of the Oaia-
nn Chancellor JJenton, a
st ran ger among us, and its whole course
ia regard to our University is just sim
ply a diasrace to decent journalism.
"Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad" and Miller has entered
nnnn r h first course of destruction. The
'
end will soon conic.
Just tefore Election.
Tho followinz dispatch was sent to
Iri'p.Wv flaw raised in Massachusetts.
It did not come from a lunatic hospital :
To A. II. Bailnj, Sommatille :
The Grantites are dismayed. The
"prairia hens" are pinging for Greeley.
The prairies are on fire with great cn
thusiasm for Hendricks, lie will be
oWtHri hv 20.000 maiority. 1'enDsv
syl-
vania is ours beyond a doubt. Bueka-
Jew will certainly be elected 25,000 ma
jority. In Ohio the German vote will
hf uwanirnous for Greeley, and we fchali
carry the state.
Liberal State
New York City.
MilL'iites are
Push them.
John Cochrane.
Committee Rooms,
eood prophets. Are
our German friends not satisfied yet
about the German vote and Schurz's
power?
POLITICAL.
Greelevcra'.s is the last name for the
track and dicker party ia Missouri.
In this State we call 'em Millerites,
because they prophecy so truly.
In Honor ian.
The following memoranda of a codicil
ha3 lust been discovered, according to
the New York Commercial Advertiser :
Let it be a plain marble slab. No
Latin no embellishments. State when
nominate J and when deceased, uet
Cochrane to write epitaph his style is
ho i tuple. Whitelaw will distribute
Jocks of inv hair. Be kind to Tilton
lie is foolish, bat young. Plant me in
my favorite pumpkin arbor, with a goose
berry buili lor a tootstone. 11. U.
Gcse 07er to Grant.
Andebson, Ind., Gctober 18. The
Democratic Standard of fhis place,
heretofore an ardent supporter of Gree
ley, took - his name off the ticket this
morning, eivinc reason why it couldn't
support Lim. The paper is of gieat in
llucnce in the Democratic party.
Some cf thefOli Leaves.
The Sedalia Democrat, which is
Greelev and BroWn organ in good a
regular standing, get3 off the following
choice advice : "If niggers must vote,
we think it would be a good plan for the
Legislature to order that when they reg
ister they should be lSKAXNUKU, so
that they could not impose on white peo-
pie more man once ai tucu ciuuiiuu.
Will it leaven the whole loaf?
Nast, this week, has some palpable
hits. One depicts II. G. halt' hidden
by, and perusing, a copy of the .New
York Tribune, flaming with election
fraud captions. Across a table sits Un
cle Sam, ct loquitur : "When you were
Republican all the frauds were Demo
cratic; but now thev are all Republican.
How's this Old Honesty?" Globe.
John 11 Tiajer ia 2!ew EnslancL
Providence. R. I.. October 18.
This eveninz a crowded audience is list-
cnintr in Muste Mali to addresses by Hon.
II. Wilsoa and Hon. J. M. Thayer, of
Nebraska. The weather is anything but
.
i-ant. bat a desire to hear ana see
jentkrucn made the meeting a suc
cessful affair.
Wo call attention to the advertisement
f Dr. II B. Foote. of New York. Dr. F.
is a real benefactor of the human race.
Hi: Uok, "Medical Common Sense,"
if one o-' tho best works of the kind we
tver rad. .and from a personal knowl-
..j-i cf Ms methods, we can honestly
jvcomu-ed iihu to the public.
Tac-y Shin's EcriaL
TV eralf L- J. Chow Chin, Chi
l.ajwv. it JieHeville, N. J., yesterday,
was ;H:-- 4 by twenty-two Chinese.
I '.u'.M. J c-rcconies were performed at
the it.trrrucnt.
TSiv result of the State elections of
Nt ciVk r vluccd cold two cents on the
'ilar. Th: - shows which way the bn-i-ve
s nv;n c.i :hi nation will vote. They
i'vzr thai Greeley's policy, if Le were
Pi-4Jfcnt. Ko'ild couipvlthc repudiation
' f rn'ir. A dibt. Ex.
j .l'JA .
Official Directory.
THE BU2IAL 0? HENEY C. LETT.
(8V X LIBERAL.)
Not a sigh was heard, nor a funeral note, .
As up Salt River we hurried.
But we longed to depart from the weary beat
And wished out leader was buried.
He was killed so dead cn election day
By the true Republican legions.
That 'nought was left for bis friends but to pray
His soul from the infernal regions.
And thus in the dirk and gloomy night
Of defeat and despair we were hurried.
With his cold, clay corpse concealed from sight
To the place where our dead are buried.
The ccCin wan ready, CtwM Miller's best).
And in rebel gray as we found him,
lie lay like a traitor taking his rest.
With the ".Stais and Bars" around him.
By the side of Croxton we made Lis grave.
With our torches dimly burning.
And the eame old "shades" of that gallant brave
Were used for the salt-turf turning.
Few and ghort were the prayer we Baid,
We finished our work and left him ;
His Omaha friends still pray for the dead.
Of their "Railroad' n? one has bereft him.
And there he lies in the moonlight cold.
On the banks of that lonaly river.
No stoue was erected the tale t unfold.
Our dead arc forgotten forever.
And now in the battle we leek relict
The "Officers" have all departed.
With Warner and Lett we have come to grief.
And hence are all broken hearted.
freitanii Chronicle. ,
It is the duty and obligation of every
American citizen to vote the way he
thinks right, and every man should
make it a point to do so. Wo bear
every day, that the people govern them
selves in this country. If they desire to
continue to govern themselves tbey must
take a sober second thought on this
voting business and learn to look upon
it as a solemn, sacred duty, and not mere
fun, or a race to see who can get some
petty office in the neighborhood. There
is a deeper stake at issue than this, al-
way, and especially at a general election
We are credibly informed that net near
a full vote was polled in this county on
the 8th, and we see by the papers that
the same thing ia complained of by
thinking men and editors all over the
State. Now we hope that every voter
will turn out in November not alone
because itis the bounden duty of every
good citizen, but because it may be of
some importance to this county cthar
wi.-e.
Before another general census is taken
there will io all probability be a new ap
portionmcnt made, and if so, it will be
based on the vote for President, pre
suming that such vote is the most im
portant, and that consequently it would
call out the full strength of both parties,
The western counties will be sure to
take good care and have all their men
out, and it behooves us, all hands, to try
and get out a full vote on the 5th of
November next.
They have a '
wlure than in
"Perhaps paper else-
Plattsmouth it would
St. Lou id Globe.
seem.
From the
PSSSaPS.
The following specimen of elegant and
digniticJ composition is from a recent
number of the New York Tribune:
Perhaps this isn't a free eountrv. TVrhan
there id somewhere an act of ( 'ongrnga requiring
every citiien to support the Philadelphia ticket
or go to jail. Perhaps it artruea something un
comfortably near total depravity in a tuan to
think for himself, aud to rei u.-e to take IlU poli
tics from the Postmasters. At ny late, the
Administration defenders seem to believe so.
Perhaps the young man of the Trib
une is a rood deal sneered at the result
of the October elections, and not to be
held to a very strict account for his pet
ulance and insolence. Perhaps free citi
zens, who are neitner liars nor horse-
thieves," ought to vote for Iloraco
Greeley, the reform cOodidate for the
Presidency. Perhaps they ought to go
to jail if they do not cheerfully conform
to the edicts of the Cincinnati and Bal
timore Convention0, Perhaps it argu33
total depravity in a man to refuse to
take his politics from Carl Schurz, Jim
Scovil and John II. Cochrane. At any
rate, such journals as .the New York
Irwune has become seem to think so.
Perhaps, however, the intelligent and
patriotic people of this nation have
reached quite a different conclusion.
The last book of Georce Eliot's. "
nudie inarcn, is to oo puousned in
December.
Our Eevolvers.
I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful
li ttle Smith & Wesson's seven shooter.
which carried a ball like a homeop
hathio pill, and it took the whole seven
to make a dose for an adult. But I
thought it was grand. It appeared to be
dangerous weapon. It only had one
a fault you cou.'d not hit anything with
it. One of our conductors practised
awhile on a cow with.it, and as long as
she stood still and behaved herself, she
was safe; but as soon as she went to
moving about, and he got to shooting
at other things, she came to grief. The
secretary had a small 6ized Colt's revol
ver strapped around him for protection
aganst the Indians, and to guard against
accidents he carried it uncapped. Mr.
George Bemis was dismally formidable
George Beiuis was our fellow-traveler.
c had never seen him before. II
wore in his belt an original "A!len"revol
ver, such as irreverent people called a
pepper-box. oimply drawing the tns
ger back, cocked and fired the pistol.
As the trigger came back, the ham
iner would begin to rise and the barrel to
turn over, and presently down woul
drop the hammer, and away would speed
the bail, lo aim along the turning barrc
and hit the thing aimed at was a fact
which was probably never done with an
Alien in the world. I3ut George s-'was
a reliable weapon, nevertheless, because.
as one of the stage drivers afterwards
said," If she didn't got what she went
after, she would fetch something else.
And so she did. She went after a deuce
of spades nailed against a tree, once, and
fetched a mule standing about thirty
yards to the left ot it. Ueoiis did not
want the mule; but the owner came out
with a doubled-barrelled shot-gun and
persuaded hiiu to buy it, anyhow. It was
a cheerful wepon the "Allen." Some
times all Us six barrels would go off at
once, and then there was no satety in a!l
the region round about, but behind
it. Roughing Jt, by Murk Twain.
Said a prominent Democrat to us re
cently, "we gave the Liberal Republi
cans a majority of all the ouces on tha
ticket in order to hold their strength.
and now s'-c the result: we are beaten
far worse than ever before. The tiuth
is, our best IJemrtorats have cither left
us disgusted, or what is worse, will vote
for rnr, end with a few honorable ex
ceptions, a lot of soreheads, hungry and
cast off Republican", have "fastened tbeni
selves to ns, with all their rottenness..
For one, I ara Fick of it.r-Bfair Tima.
F02EIG2T.
A great many Englishmen are mur
muring and growling over the settlement
of the Alabama claims. a Members of
parliament denounce it in unmeasured
terms, declaring that England has beeu
humiliated, and that she deserves the
scorn of the whole world, and thtt she
will cease to hold her position among
nation?. It is said that the cost of des
patches forwarded at the expense of the
government, about the claims, reaches
$400,000.
Settle up Eefomer.
The adjustment of Carl Sch'jrz'a ac
count with the United Stases Treasury,
for his services as Minister to Spain,
leaves a" little balance due from Carl of
$1,013.91. For the last month he has
been speaking daily (Sundays excepted)
at the rate of $2.30 a speech. This has
ielded him $6,500. Allowing ten dol
ars a day for travelling expenses,
board and lodging, and five dollars more
for lager, pretzels and Ilhine wine, and
there is still an unappropriated remain
der, of $0,050. The statement shows
that he is not in a condition of extreme
poverty. He is in no danger from the
"wolf. ' Is it too much, therefore, to
a k that he step up to the captain's of
fice and settle ? New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The voyage of the Grand Duke Alexis
has thus far cst bis father the hand-.
some sum of half a million dollars.
AGRICULTURAL 1T0TS5.
Nebraska Sod Corn, &c. There
are to be seen at the Burlington & Mo.
Railroad Land office, in Burlington, ac
cording to the Haicfc-Eye, sample ears
of corn grown on sod plowing in Ne
braska,' that contain 22 rows and up
wards of 1,200 well developed kernels.
This corn was plucked on the 20th day
of August.
JoNAll's Gotm Last spring a
friend put into my hand a gourd seed
from the tropics, and requested me to
plant the same, which I did; and truly
I was astonished with its remarkable
growth. It has now attained over 400
feet of vine, and is still growing. I
planted it about the middle of May, so
it has been growing about 120 days, or
thereabout, making over three feet of
growth each day. Every evening it is
almost literally covered with blossoms ;
I counted one evening over 100 opened.
They are about five inches across, pure
white, fading to a beautiful tint of yel
low in the centre ; outer edge is like tine
lace slightly gathered ; has a strong,
musk-like odor. For a covering of an
arbor, or any unsightly object, nothing
can equal it. I am constantly reminded
of the account in the Bible of its growth
in a night so as to shade the the Prophet.
There now upon it two massive gourds
that are truly a sight, while innumerable
small ones put in an appearance.
If any of our readers wish seeds, they
can have them by sending a stamp to
pay postage. It 13 the wonder of al
who see it here.
Moline, 111., II. P. Pierce.
Fillmore Co., Neb., Oct- 8. Beau
tiful fall weather warm and pleasant.
Fall grain is up finely and looks well.
Corn, poor; about 30 bushels per rcre,
Other crops will be a fair yield. Schoo
houses and dwellings are going up rap
Uiy ail over tuc prairie. All govern
ment laud is taken and settled. L. R. w
farmer.
EC23S KSZASST
A fearful and destructive disease
among the horses has brokeu out east
a sort of influenza or diplheria. In
Rochester all the horse cars are stopped
No farmers' teams are are to be seen in
the street. In 2few York City half the
streetcars are stopped. In Albany, 200
horses are reported as dying in one day.
The disease began in Canada, and it
seems to be working westward. Our
horsemen had better prepare by consult
iog the best means of prevention and
cure in case it reaches Nebraska.
Ths Eio Grani Troubles.
rSeisoD, ucitud States Miuistrr to
Mexico, who has n: rived here, bring.1
news that the government of President
Tejado has taken prompt steps to dis
cover the truth about the Rio Grande
affair, and will undoubtedly co-operate
honestly with the United States govern
ment id establishing order along the bor
der line.
Zadoc Pratt, of Prattsville, Greene
Co., New York, was a noted farmer and
diod in 1870, at the age of eighty j'ears.
lie was known as the husband of five
wives and the tanner of a million sides
of sole leather. He prided himself on
minding his own bu.-iness and making
money by it. He did some tail writing
on butter making in the reports of the
Department of Agriculture, and he was
written about a great deal by general
dairy and farm writers toward the close
of his life. But all this did not satisfy
the intense longing he seems to have
had for due appreciation among the
generations of the future. Ho did not
spend his substance in rearing a pyra
mid on which to inscribe his material
achievements, but dedicated a huge
rock, five hundred feet high, to the per
petuation of his fame. He cut a zig
zag path upward along the face of the
rock, rendering it a comfortable path
way to tread, by carving chairs, settees
.a l mi a
ana leie-a-ities at intervals, men nis
sculptor carved the patriarch's bust and
that of his son so as to face the village
of rrattsville and the iarm opposite
Whether he intended in the beginning
to surround his own bust with tho."e o
his wives, but found it "to numerous,'
a job, we have no means of knowing: at
any rate they do not appear. Instead of
them bis stony figure is surrounded by
11.. ( !..
ruae lettering, ol wnicn trese inscrip
tions are specimens : 23,907 pounds o
butter, made from 100 cows in 1S64, on
the farm opposite." "1,000,000 sides
of sOle leather tanned with hemlock
bark in twenty years, by Z. Pratt. Also
other inscriptions, one shewing him to
have been an M. O, in 1844. But if
Mr. Pratt loved himself and his doings,
he was not altogether selfish. He had
great affection for the dumb brutes that
had ministered to his welfare and his
pleasure. There are, accordingly, to bo
found on a tombstone in front - of
mound, On a terrace below the rock, the
following commemorative inscriptions
'I ha folowing were the favorites of
over l,0t horses owned and worn cut
in the service of Z. Pratt : Bob, 24
years, sorrel; lioyne, li years, bay
i'rince, .vr years, gray.
'Dos
-Car-
o, 12; Rife. 11: Mingy, 10 1SG0.
in reproducing these facts concerning
?lr. 1 ratt, we have no particular point
to make or moral to draw, but give
them merely as outcroppings of human
cxccntncity. I'rairte farmer.
Hepworth Dixon's next outrasre is to
be on Spain.
The daily papers of Lisbon have nn
aggregate circu.ation of lesj than fifteen
thousand copies.
The nueen of Holland has wriiten a
novel entitled'"Egmont and Horn."
Mr. Philip James Biiley, the auther
of "Festus," narrowly e.caped drowning
le other diy while btthing at Whitby.
Thoroiglicred. and Fdl Elccd.
A writer in the Turf, Field and Farm,
in seeking to establish in general use a
definition of these terms, says :
"The question as to the distinction be
tween thoroughbred and full blood, al
though it has beeu much written upon,
is not in our judgment, sufficiently de
fined. Among the people they are gen
erally used as synonomous terms, and
really very few, if any, can give a ra
tional reason why they should not be so
used.
"But as it is necessary in stock breed
ing that the same words should mean
the same thing at all times and places,
we beg to suggest :
"3. That the term "thoroughbred'
be used to define a registered animal,
with a published pedigree dating back
to such time as will insure the reproduc
tion of itself, (a)
"2. That the term "full blood" shall
mean only the result of a cross bStween
thoroughbreds of different strains, as
Devon.- aud Durhams. (b)
"3. That "cross bred" shall mean the
same as fall blood, (c)
"4. That "grade" shall mean the re
sult of a cross between a thoroughbred
male and native female, and when there
is not more than three-quarters of the
blood of-said progeny thoroughbred. (d)
"5. That "high grade" shall mean an
animal in which more than three-quar
ters of the blood is thoroughbred, (d)
"Probably the ouly objection that will
be made to the above is the second
proposition, to-wit "full blood." Our
reason lor ottering sucn a aenniiion is
that it is suggestive carries a definition
with it.- Among the ro3'al (?) families of
Europe the blood, in its absolute physi
ological construction, is supposed to dif
fer from that of the people, and a mix
ture of th? two, while it improves the
latter, deteriorates the former ; but the
daughter of the-queen of England can
marry the son of William of Prussia,
and the progeny of that marriage is
still royal, still full blood nothing has
been taken from it."
Remarks. (a). Harry Basctt is a
registered thoroughbred. If the pedi
gree of H. B.'s full brother were not
registered could the brother be possibly
any less a thoroughbred for that reason?
Clearly not. Registry is simply the au
thorized record of a fact, and merely
serves to perpetuate, in an authoritative
form accessible to the public, the evi
dence of the breeding of the animal to
which the pedigree relates. It can nei
ther make nor unmake a thoroughbred.
As to the second part of this proposition
it may be said that no male or female of
the breeds of domestic animals, with
rare exceptions, will reproduce itself.
Among horses we have not seen one in
dividual whose claim to thorough-breeding
could be justified by such a. test.
lb). "Cross" is the tetter term, be
cause it describes the breeding of tho
animal which is a cross between the dis
tinct strains ; while such an animal be
ing only balf-blood of either, cannot
with propriety be called a full blood at
all. Besides, the term "full blood" has
already an accepted "meaning among cat
tle men in the regions where fine cattle
are bred, equivalent to "high grade."
(c) . Answered above.
(d) . No objection to this except that
the term should apply also to the pro
duce of a thoroughbred female and na
tive male as well as to the produce of
two grades.
t (e). No objection.
The definitions as suggested by this
writer would bo merely confusion.
Present usage is b3' most persons at all
informed, very well understood, and
there seems to be needed only universal
coufor-uuty in premium lists and by wri
ters to that usage. One of the mcst
prominent county agricultural societies
in this State offers premiums for "thor
oughbred" horses also for "blood" hor
ses, without seeming to be aware of the
fact that in hor.-eman s parlance by
the "blood" horse is always meant the
thoroughbred and none other.
I he memory or Artemus W ard was
drunk to at a recent literary dinner in
London.
Lillie Devereaux Blake's new
entitled " Lord and Master,"
severe on husbands.
story
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The Victory Greatly Aiinoyei
The victory of iho'straight Republican
party was even more sweeping than at
first supposed. The returns have come
in slowly, but enough is now known to
show a majority for Col. Furnas of at
least G.000. The highest majority will
reach fully 7,000. This puts the seal of
the people squarely and fairly on the
straight republican party. It shows
what the principles cf a very large and
increasing majority of the people of the
state are.
But Republicans should not be satis
fied with even this, we must have in
November, when there will bo do local
issues, at least 10,000 majority.. N ith
a little effort we can do this, and thus
show our enemiei;, the Democrats, who
have a small number of Liberal assist
ants that they are overwhelmingly beat
en that they are routed beyond the
power to rally.
It is not surprising that our friends
over the way are fearfully amazed at the
result. I hey hoped to elect Uarner,
but he runs so far as the results can be
estimated, more than 700 behind Lett.
They hoped to beat Furnas. The Her-
A laid itself out to do this, and vrom-
is?d from &M) to 1000 in Douglas against
him. But Furnas with all this opposi
tion just here, and with all the circulars
printed and sent over ihe State together
with second hand affidavits until they
could not rest, is on!3' led by Crounse
by a little over 300. This shows that
he Herald's influence is of very little im
portance either in this county or over the
State.
It i. it says, both "mortified and cha
grined at the result. It is not strange.
Tribune and Repubhatm.
An absent-minded typesetter made the
iNew lorkWorld call bhakspeare "the
divine illiams.'
STATS ITZHS.
Omaha is rejoicing in the possession
of a real Germau Count.
rrt mm
inn is now xairmount people enjoy
themselves and make a cent occasionally:
3IusH and Milk Sociable. The
Ladies' Aid Society will hold a Sociable
at tho M. l'j Church m this plac?, on
luerdiy evening next. Mush and 31 ilk
together with ail the other fixius, will be
the order of the evecing. A grand.
good time is anticipafed, and it is ear
nestly desired that all interested or dis
interested will favor the occasiou with
the light of their beaming countenance.
Our northern exchanges chronicle se
vere ravages by that destructive agent,
prairie fire. Farmers seem never to
learn wisdom on that point except by
the bitterest experience.
lotton. ne wera somewhat sur
prised last Monday to receive a speci
men ol ripe cotton trorn Xorth liiue
recinct, (north west part of York coun
ty). It was cultivated by Miss Carrie
Torrence, who brought tl.o seed heie
from Missouri to determine whether it '
could be grown in Nebraska. The re
sult is highly satisfactory ; the seed was
planted the Lttcr part of last May, and
has been ripe for some time.- W'e have
exhibited the cotton to persons who
have had experience in raising that crop
and they pronounce it a very fair speci
men and express the belief that it could
bo made a profitable crop in this State.
York Muintor.
S. A. Jonc?, a young man of about
22 years of age, and General Agent of
the Adams Express Comgany, who had
just come West from Columbus, Ohio,
upon a visit to his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. Wm. Bull, living near Table
Rock, went out hunting Thursday of
this week, taking with him a bird dog
belonging to Mr. Abel of this place.
While in Mr. Pool's field hunting chick
ens, it ss supposed that his gun went off
somehaw accidentally the charge enter
ing his breast and killing him instantly.
Statesman.
We learn of a novel bet in regard to
the Presidential election between two of
our citizens. E. K. Valentine has stipu
lated in case Horace Greeley is elected,
to saw and deliver to Theo. Bath, one
cord of wood and to employ the Pebble
Creek band to play durir-g the perform
ance' In case Gen. Grant is elected,
Mr. Bath is to saw the wood and deliver
it to Mr. Valentine. We feel for Mr.
Bath. West Point Republican.
TELEGRAPHIC.
"Wife of Horace Greeley
the Point of Death.
at
Fire
in
Chicago.
Return of Miss Xcllie Grant.
Explanation of the
Troubles.
Cadet
The Horse Disease.
Market Reports.
Paris, October 19.
Senator Sumner visited Gambetta yes
terday and expressed sympathy. Gam
betta was deeply impressed by the inter
view. Washington, October-fr.'
The Treasury Department hxiSAlJCBS.
dvscovored that frauds ha"
tempted by the superinf:
Marine hospital in Chicaa lljp"
ascertained, naa onerecrtif
tracts for parties for a peiv
til
same, and that io case tl
for stone work on the hospu
cessful, the applicant paid
tendent $9,500. which was t
between the superintendent,
superintendent and clerk.
these facts were ascertained, t
intendnt was removed and a new man
put in his place, by Supervising Arch
tect Mullet.
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New York, October 21.
ihe old John Allen dance house in
Water street was reopened to day with
religous servi es, in hopes of another
revival in that degraded quarter.
During the past week the wife of Hon
Horace Greeley has been lying at the
point of death and can survive but a few
dijs. Greeley constant' remains at her
side, and of course there 13 no demand
for his presence in various direction? of
the country.
Ciiic.vuo, October 21.
A fire this evening destroyed the large
bir of the est Side omnibus company,
corner of Madison and Paulino streets.
Fifty horses were burned to death. An
adjoining building was also burned. The
total Joss 13 3o0,000. with insurance of
$5 000.
London, October 2R
William M. Evarts, late connsel
before the Geneva tribunal, and Miss
Nelson, the actress, sailed from Liver
pool for New York last Saturday in the
Java.
Admiral Cochran, of the fleet of the
royal navy, died last night.
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Washington, October 21.
The Deseret national bank of Salt Lake.
Brigham Young presidenr, has been au
thorized to commcn.ee business with a
capital of two hundred thousand dollars.
New York, October 22.
The steamer Scotia, from Liverpool.
reached the dock to-night. Among the
passengers were Miss Nellie Grant and
Secretary Borie and family. President
Urant and a number of friends boarded
the steamer below from the United
States"tug Catalopo, and welcomed his
daughter home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, widow of
Commodcr Cooper, U. 8 A., died iu
Rrooklyn yesterday, aged tO.
Ihe Canadian horse disease has an
peared in the stables of tho Brooklyn
city railroad.
Wa? niNGTON, October 22
The circumstances of cadet troubles at
the naval academy at Annapolis, as re-
portred to the department, are briefly
that Robert 1). Diggs, of Maryland, cadet
midshipman, met colored Uadet Mid
snipmau Conyers on the ground of the
nava' acodemy, and after eorae word
between them a fight ensued, Diggs gett
ting the better of uonyers. ihe repres-
catation being that Diggs was in fault,
an order was issued by acting secretary
of the navy, Case, dismissing Diggs from
tho Academy.
Buffalo. October 22.
1 he horse disease here has become a
public calamity. Many branches of busi
ness have been ent.relv suspended for
want of animals to do ordinary transpor
tation, ihe street railroads are running
w ith half their usual force, and expect
to stop in a day or two. Ominbus compan
ies have entirely suspended business, a'l
their horses being sick. Canal hores have
until to-day escaped, but now the disease
has broken out among them and commer
cial men are alarmed.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK, October 22
1872.
Money Easy at 45
Gold Dull at 12(13
Govern men ts D ull
CHICAGO, October 22, 1S72.
Flour Quiet &K'to
oo
Wheal Dull $1
OG.M 07
2"i30
. 21('f22
.. G!Jv'-' i'3
250i4 DO
Corn Less active, .
Oats Kasier -
Rye Dull-
Barley Dull ...
Cattle Good,
Hogs Live,
...3
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Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that bids for
the construction of sidewalks hereinafter
named, will be received by the City
Council of the city of Plattsmouth at the
council chamber in said city up to seven
o'clock v. 31. of the 22d day of October,
1S72. Said sidewalks to be constructed
as follows :
One along the east line of the south
part of lot No. 1. (sixteen and one half
feet front). One along the east line of
lots two and three, (forty-one and three
fourths feet front each). One along the
east line of the north part of lot No. 4,
(nine and three fourths feet front). One
along the east line of the north half of
lot No. 5 and the east line of the south
half of lot No. 6, (twenty and three
fourths feet front each) and ne along
the east line of lot 7 (foity-one and three
fourths feet front) all of said lots in
block No. thirty-two, between Main and
Pearl Streets. Also a sidewalk along
the east line of the north half of lot No.
two and the south half of lot two (twenty-one
feet front each). And one along
the east line of the north half of lot
seven and the south half of lot seven
twenty-one feet front each) all on Block
No. forty-seven in said city between
Pearl and Granite streets.
The sidewalks above named all to be
laid on and along the west side of Sec
ond street to be of good pine or cotton
wood lumber at least one and one half
inches in thickness laid crosswise and se
curely nailed and fastened upon three
continuous sleepers or stringers not less
than two by four inches in size and to be
six feet in width. The estimate of the
cost of said work made by the city en
gineer and submitted to'the council is,
for pine material fifty-six cents per foot
of sidewalk, and for cottonwood material
fifty cents per foot of sidewalk, running
measure.
Also for the construction of the fol
lowing sidewalks four feet in width.
One along the south part of the cast
line of lot No. one block No. thirty six
fifteen feet front, and one along the east
line of lot No. twelve, block No. thirty
six, one hundred and forty feet front,
said sidewalk to be constructed on and
along the west line of Sixth street be
tween Main and Pearl streets.
One along the south line of lots No.
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve
io block No. thirty-six on and along the
Dorth side of Pearl street between Sixth
and Seventh streets, forty-four feet
front each. One along and ad
joining the north line of lots
No. two, three, four, five and six,
in block forty-two and on and along the
north line of lots one, two, three,
four, five and six, in block
No. forty-one, on and along the
south side of Pearl street between Chi
cago Avenue and Ninth street said lots
being forty-four feet front each.
A sidewalk along the south line of
lots No. seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven
and twelve, in block No. forty five and
lots seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and
twelve in block forty-six, said lots being
orty-four feet front each, and seven and
fight in block forty-seven, being one
i hundred and forty feet front each, to be
Constructed on and along the north side
'T Granite street from Second street to
'fth street.
A sidewalk along the east line of the
-ublic square, two hundred and nino
w ; -tnree ieet iront along ine east line
I Off lot one in block sixty-two,
Ljone hundred and fortyfeet front
.on tuo west line of fourth street
between (iranite strrct and Rock street.
A sidewalk along the south line of
lots seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and
twelve in block No. fifty, forty-four feet
front each, on and along the north line
of Marble street between third and
fourth streets.
A sidewalk along the north line of lots
one, two, three, four, five and six in
block sixty-two on and along the south
line of Marble street between Fourth
and Fifth streets, said lots being forty-
four feet front each. A sidewalk along
the north line of lots No. one, two,
three, four, five and six in block JNo,
one hundred and sixty-nine, forty-four
feet fronr; each, on and along the south
side of Rock 6treet between Fourth and
Fifth street".
A sidewalk along the west line of lots
iNo- eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve
thirteen and fourteen in block No. thir
y-two and lots rso. eight, nine, ten,
eleven, twelve thirteen and fourteen in
block No. forty seven on and along the
cast line of Third street, from .Main
treet to Granite street, said lots being
forty-one and three fourth feet front
each, said sidewalks to be four feet in
width, constructed of good pine or cot
tonwood lumber, at least one and one-
nalf inches in thickness laid crosswise
and securely nailed and fastened on two
continuous sleepers or stringers not less
than two by tour inches in size. 1 he es
timate of the cost of said work, made by
the city engineer and submitted to the
council is, for pine material forty-two
cents per foot of sidewalk and for cot
tonwood material thirty-uve cents per
foot of sidewalk.
rso contract will be let at a cost ex
ceeding the estimate of the engineer
and the construction of said work will
be required to conform to the provisions
of Ordinance iNo. 29, passed and approv
cd August 1 1 h, I K i . And in case any
part of said sidewalk shall be construct
ed by the owners of lots the same will
be deducted from the contracts.
M. Ia WHITE.
Mayor.
Plattsmouth. Oct. 12th, 1872.
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Notice to Contractors
ftJOTICE is hereby given, that bids
1 for grading Chicago and Washing
ton avenues, in the city of Plattsmouth,
will be received by "the City Council of
the City of Plattsmouth, up to seven
o'clock P. M. of the 22d day of October,
1872.
The whole amount of grading will not
be less than 3000 nor exceed 5000 yards ;
and to be done under the supervision of
the City Engineer, and to conform to the
plans now on file in the office of the City
Clerk:.
The contract will be let by the cubic
yard, to be measured in the pit from where
the earth is taken, and to be completed
by the nrst day of Uecember, 182.
Seventy-five per cent, of the work
will be paid for as the work progresses
upon the certificate of the City Engineer.
The estimate of said work, made by the
City Engineer and submitted to the
Council, is twenty-five cents per cubic
yard, and no contract for said work will
be entered into tor a price in excess of
said estimates. On completion of said
contracts full payment therefor will be
made in cash.
The Council reserves the right to re
ject any and all I ids.
M. L. White, Mayor.
Plattsmouth, Oct. 12, 1S72.
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"OERSONAL. TiCKKoa & Co , the
celebrated Clothiers, announce the in
troduction of a plan of ordering
clothing by letter, to which they
call your special attention. They
will, on application, send you their
improved and accurate rules for
Self-Measurement, Illustrated circu
lar and Price list, with a full line of
samples from their immense stock
of Cloths, Cassimeres, &c, thus
enabling parties in any part of the
country to order clothing direct from
their bouse, with the certainty of
receiving garments of the very latest
style and mo6t perfect fit attainable
Goods ordered will be sent by ex
press to bepaid for on delivery,
with the understanding that if not
satisfactory, they can be returned at
Ticknor's expense. As is well
known throughout the South and
West, they have for 17 years Ex
celled in all departments of their
business, which is a guarantee as to
the character of the goods they will
send out.
Your orders are solicted, and
when in St. Louis, you are invited
to call at the extensive establishment
of Tick nor & Co., manufacturers
and retailers of men and boys Cloth
ing and Furnishing Goods, 603 and
North Fourth Street, St. Louis,
Mo. Boys clothing sppecialty.
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MACHlN E SHOP! :
Way man Curtis.
,FIatfsmoun, Neb.,
Repairers of Steam nslcei, Boilers, Saw and
Grint Mills.
Gu and Steam Fittincri. Wrought Iron Pipe
Force end Tift Pumps, Steam Gauge. alan
Valve Governors, and all kinds of
Brass Engine Fittins,
furnished on short notice,
ARMING MACHINERY
RepaUo I on short notioe.
ens
University of Ne braska
liUVCOL, NED.
Ilojoll
- The next term of the University -will open
SEPTEMBER 12TI1. 1872.
A fall Corps of Professors is provided. Tb
Apparatus. Library and Cabinet are
new and oomp'ete. The
Agricultural College
Will open this fall. Tuition free, and books at
cost.
For further information send for a cata
logue. Rooms for self board in furnished at small
oost to the students.
A. R. BENTON, Chancellor,
nis ae w 9nt Linooln Nsb. v
TJffE OJLJD
01 ELBA
A Keavv Stock of Goods on
Hand.
JVo Knt and aVo InUreit
tal to be Made 03
on Borrowed
vttomtre 1 1
OLDEST
ESTABLISHED HOUSE IN
CITY,
THE
North side Main between Second and Third sts.
lanes pleasure in nuuuuumm w
Farmers and Mechanics,
That he has as lane and well selected stock
of lry Goods, Groceries. Provisions, as were
ever Drougm io me cuy oi rinmiuunia
A'ATf will .-it rnn nnth in to Ioak at them
whether you buy or not. By examining the
nricds at the "OZ.' RELIA BLK" you will be
able to tell when other parties try to swindle
yon 71-wtf-26dtr
CITY MbAT MARKET,
-BY
GeOi IFiaLler,
MAIN STREET,
Plattsmouth; - Nebraska.
The best of Fresh Meats always on hand ir
their season.
Highest Price Paid for Pat Cattle
S"-JIighest Cash Price paid for green Hides.
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Omaha Marble Works.
M. J, FEENAN,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
ITALIANS tMF.RK'AX MAKKI.E,
ftlaiille &, Furniture
arblc
For specimen of workmanship refer
to Smith's and Vallcry's monu
ments in Plattsmouth Cem
e t a r y .
The patronage of Ca? County is refpectfully
solicited. di-w"-6ui
W A N T
We will give energetic mm and women
B(iinea9t!iat will Pay
From $5 ta $8 per day : can be pursued
in your own neighborhood, and is strict-
lv honorable. 1'articulars free, or sam
ples that will eaable you to go to work at
' . 1 1 . . al
once, win pe seni on receipt oi iwo iurcc
cent stamps.
Address. J.LATHAM A CO..
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