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f v - i ? ! 4 i: I! 4 4 I !! i 1 r i i u n ii i! TJ1E HERALD, TLATTSaIOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2S, 1873. J. A. MACMUllPIIY.. . Editor. coi:iiEsroNJEME From all parts of the Strite ami country rcsioct fully solicited for the 1euali. Agricultural notes ami short articles detailing farmer's espsHencc particularly requested. We do not read anonymous letters and com nrnnloatlons. The name and address of the writer are In all casea Indispensable as a guar antee of good faith. A Splendid Chance. We will send the Hnui-n and Peinorest's Monthly, which U for ode year, to any p;r-j boh who pays us 3.$o. S Iji addition to both Periodicals at the price named; ft fhoice from a list of extraordinary Premiums Ls given to each subscriber to Demo- rest's Monthly. Among lhee are a line pair, of Ohre'-ia rietures (Falls of Niagara ami Yosem te Falls), worth 10; or a good Stereoscope with a series of views ; bes'des numerous other valuable premiums worth fiom two to ten dol lar each. The best boys ar.d jrii-ls' niazizine, and the Nebraska IIeb.vld at greatly reiluced rates. tluifc for beef and mutton, neren We are satisfied that the day is not far distant when Nebraska will ihj a gr;at wool growing State; swixtf. Hogs just naturally thrive . where com can be raised for 25 ctS; a busLel. All you have to do is to get a good "old mother pig," in the right condition, turn her out, close to the corn crib and set her sailing. Xo trouble to raise hogs and no use to talk a great deal alxmt it. HORSESi- The grt.it desideratum in r'ai3irig horses, according to old Youatt, and he knew, is a fine dry soil, pure air and plenty of pure water. Surely we have all these requisite and moreovei- we . . . ' does not show that the dollar has been watered, like railroad stock, two or three times over. INCREASE ON STOCK AXD FARM TOOLS. In 18C6 we Lad: 2so. 1,803,594 Value. 7,288,892 1,493,553 142,442 1,216,085 1,290,010 63.CS0 1,078,050 "We vlU shul i'nii Nkrkasxa HfckALD and Dcmcukkt's Yot"" Amebic., which is 81.00 for one year, to any person who pays us Si'.OO. Deinorcst's Youns America is arrays sparkling with entertaining Stories, l'oems, JIusic, Puz zles, Games, Travels, and other pleasant features Is prof u.-it ly lHaslratcd, and cannot fail to amuse Instruct, elevate, and assist to make the lives of youthful Americah3 useful, truthful and happy. The NinRAf ka TIkrald and the Omaha KFPtiftiOAjr, to one addre f 3.00 iter year. "We are very much obliged to the Netr$ska City News, for the kind notice of our article on Nebraska. The News has republished several chapters of our article and we begin to think it may be crood for something even if it does not draw a 40 acre lot. 'ZEnEZBIR, A.SKA, Her Natural Advantages and Resources. Concluded. STOCK RAISING. Has been the boast and pride of Ne braska, as well it may be. No one ever looked over the vast range of green, rich; prairie land, without feeling at once that.it must be the paradise of all Btock that eat grass. No Avonder the - old fellow wrote b;wk to his friends "Ii;,-! he had lost 610,000 last year." Never having heard about his having S10.000, they were naturally anxious to . find out how he lost so much, and wrote to ascerttin. "I hadn't cattle enough to eat all the grass up around here," was the answer. The State has been divided into two parts by some; the eastern, or grain raising portion, and the western, or more emphatically the grazing iortion, The capabilities of our soil and the wonderful effect that rain has been siown o have on its fertility and crop growing power make it doubtful if any fcuch distinction can be drawn. Our own experience is that the whole State is one of the finest stock raising coun tries in the world. The winters are hot severe, anywhere, and cattle that are housed at all comfortably can be fatted and kept very cheaply. Hay co?t- but the tronble of putting up, saj &2d per ton. Corn and all grains are cheap, and ca:i be fed to various kinds of stock to great advantage. In the summer we have an unbounded range. and pure water, in most places. "What iiiTc r'cteM be needed fcr a good stock country, we cannot imagine. In the eastern part of the State stock must be housed and fed in winter. "West of Grand Island there is good summer and winter pasturage, and yet we would rather raise cattle in the grain racing part of the State and feed them winters. "We do not believe that the most money is alwavs made in stock that run at large, and can live on the 5mirio all the year round. It is always an inferior grate Jf cattle that do thi.s; - they must be fan gey, long-legged and good travelers, to get their living on the best of plains, where sun-cured grass forms the staple of their food. If the best blooded Durhams were . turned out in Texas, or ori Laramie r Plain's ii forced to hunt their feed from the ground they would soon change their characteristics, become leggy er, longer horned and slimmer bodied. AVe do not object to Texas cattle rais ing, for those that like it, but do state our bclit'f thai, for" those who can af ford it, good-blooded stock, well kept, Avell fed, and well housed is as profita ble. "We are drawn to make these re marks because so many emigrants seem to think that the grand object of cat tle raising it to g?fc some place where Cattle will live out dol'tys'll winter and get their own food. Cattle can exist any where in Nebraska all winter out doors and with little fowl, but they somehow make more beef in the spring if housed and fed. "We consider it an even choice, then, between the east and the wort on stock raising. "West Of a certain point the man that likes the business can raise cattle" out of doors, aful east of that line he can raise the best blooded stock he can get, feed them cheaply and get more in the market for the beef than for all the Texas steers on top of earth. SIIKEP i)o excellently well, the hard, dry, firm soil is peculiarly adapted to sheep. The winters are1 pretty cold in some parts, but they are dry and no disease of the feet or head has yet leen known, thousands of I'tiul are grazing in the western part of the State. Our east ern farmers for some reason havo not turned their attention that way. Whenever they -have, though, rt has been successful. Moses Stocking, of Saunders eounty, has a number of large flocks, he Has made money in sheep falsing and is perfectly satisfied with have some of the finest stretches of turf (prairie) for a race-course under the sun, if that Vere any inducement to raise fine horse?. Having the nat ural advantages, all we need is the breeds, and the men to handle theru. The raising of fine horses is a hobby with the writer, and what we say on this matter might be looked upon as prejudiced. "We have frequently writ ten on this subject with the view to draw eastern capitalists attention to our advantages for large and system atic stud-farms. Any amount of room can be had for a song, a matter very necessary where a number of brood mares are kept ; oats and all kind of feed are very cheap, and railroaUs will ship the stock for sale or trial in every direction. They are now raisinz their trotters on land worth 6200 to $500 per acre, and where oats and corn are double our prices at least. Great improvements tiave taken place in all departments of stock rais- No. aeres ass'd, Invested in xndse. Am't in manure No. horses 10,376 No. cattle 59,810 No. swine 14,529 It. H. ass't in '67 In 1873 we have: No; Value, No", acres. P.864,124 $41,124,274 Invested id iiidse, 2,10i;787 No. horses 72,884 3,32o,994 No. cattle 195,370 2,573,374 No. swine 190,095 348,824 R. R. ass't 4,534,349 In round numbers, then, we have in creased our number of assessed acres nine-fold, and our horses, cattle and swine have increased from hundreds to hundreds of thousands. In 18G6 we had about one million acres assessed at seven millions of dol lars, and in '73 we have nine millions acres assessed at 41 millions dollars. One can see at a glance how the tax question stands. In 1830 the value of our farming im plements and machinery was $205,004 ; of our farms, $3,878,326. In 1870 our implements were worth $1,514,710, and our faiins $30,342,180. In 1870 our orchard products amounted to $9,982. In 1870 we had 2,100,321 bushels of spring wheat, 15,65 bushels of winter wheat. This year our estimated crop is 5,000,000 bushels. ing within a few years ; while we write, Mr. James "Woods, of Cass County, is holding a Short Horn sale at his'farm, the same as in older States, and he has some of the best animals there for sale that the herd book keeps on record. As fine Berkshire and ilagee pigs can be seen in these eastern counties as any where in the United States, and we are coming up on horseflesh. Our stud-farms have not acquired a nation al reputation as yet' but it will.not be long before you hear of the Nebraska horse as one of the celebrated strains, and our country will be looked to as one of the reservoirs for all kinds of fine stock. It may be mentioned here that the remark has often been heard from strangers that in Omaha j-ou could see more fine horses and handsome turn outs than in any city of the Union of its size. Of course manv of the horses seen in the streets there were imported from other States, yet it is true that very many of the bftt steppers and finest animals were raised and bred on our own soil. "WEALTH AND POPULATION. APPROXIMATE. Under this head it is only necessary to give the figures of our successive increase. Our very first census showed 2,778 in '54. In '5fi we had about 10,000 and in 'CO the first tolerably reliable census we numbered 28,841, and our total assessed valuation v.is $7,117,791 ; and in 73 we, estimate our population at 200,000 and our assessed valuation reads $80,000,000. RATIO OF INCREASE IN BOTH, SINCE ADMITTED AS A STATE IN COMPARISON "WITH LAST YEAR OF TERRITORIAL EX ISTENCE. The last year of Territorial existence was- 18CG, and our population can only be estimated a3 there are no census re turns for that y car'; The total assessment for I860 1807 1872 1873 The ratio of would be about from 18C0 to 1873 $17,833,881. 20,115,252. 69,873,818. 80,000,000. increase in wealth 7.75 millions a year inclusive. The big- fhe result. He commenced in Cass County and afterwards moved to Saun ders for rrore roimi. Last year he tlippcd 10,000 pounds of wool from 1.C00 sheep; a yearling clipped 17 lbs., And a two year old 17 lbs. It would seem advisable to raisC good button producing- sheen, rather than fancy, fine-. wtoi-3roY:er3, because the 3fti ;Lsi for woo!- may be overstoelwlv gest jumps are from '67 to 'CS when we raised about 12 millions, and from '71 to 12 We gained 14 millions on our as sessment roll. Estimating our population in CG at 50,000 and in '73 at 280,000,the increase has been at the rate of about 2G,250 a year from '60 to '73 inclusive. The assessment of '67 shows nearly 20 millions.and that of '73, 80 millions, being an increase of CO millions of dollars in .seven years, or 8 millions per yea. . During the seven years of a State government we have in creased our population about 00,000 or at the rate" of 28,5000 per year. In other words, we have about quadrupled our wealth and quintupled our population since 18G6 by the statis tical reports, but it must be borne in mind that nil real estate is only assess ed at one half its value, and that land3 this year averaged $ 1.30 per acre while a large portion of the State is not enu merated for taxation being homestead ed or Government lands jet, so that we have really increased our wealth in a much larger ratio than our popula tion even. This fills the bill of the Commissioners but as the population of the odd years must be estimated, and we may be accused of making a mistake wo give from 18G0 to 1870, of which we have the official figures: 1SG0, 28,841. 1870,"..; 1 22,993. Our assessed valuation: 18C0, $ 7,117,791. 1870, 53,709,828. In these ten years we more than quadrupled in population and increas ed our wealth ten-fold, and this is nearer the fact because in 18G0, land was taxed at about what it was worth, or would bring. "We have become worse aird vrorne every year in this re spect, and it is high time we made our a essinents on somctluhg like the real valuation of the property Our taxes look big when the facts are they would be light if oar assessments were cor rect. It is better f r our reputation to tax $1,000 one ier cent, than $500 two per cent, because the man that pays taxes never thinks of this, but only tells his neighbor I run taxed two per cent on all I am worth, and the record shows that property in Nebraska is taled so iuau milhs on ibn dollar; "but IN SHORT, ALL INFORMATION DESIRABLE AND ESSENTIAL TO THOSE LOOKING FOR NEW HOMES IN THE "WEST. To really exhaust this heading alone, Messrs. Commissioners, would take an article as long as all that we have written, but we are in hopes that you will consider the amount of informa tion we have gathered under other heads as covering a large portion of this rground and shall only add some remarks on general topics of interest to the settler. No one country or State in a coun try combines every advantage in the world without any disadvantages. Ne braska h;is some disadvantages un doubtedly, yet it is saf to say, judging 1 from the words of every tra eled man who ever lived here, that takeii all in all, it is a hard State to beat. Two of the principal objections have been the force atid continuity of the winds and the lack of timber. Mr. Childs has furnished us a table which shows con clusively that the winds are decreasing in force and length of time every year, as the country settles up. In ten years they have decreased 20 per cent, as es timated by Meteorological measure, and every old settler will tell you that "the winds don't blow as they used to" (did). The timber we must and can plant, but even as it is, the merest glance will tell you that it is much easier to break up and open a prairie farm and buy .'fuel than it is to clear away a heavy timbered one. It took years to clear the farms east of the Alleghanies, and the stumps are there yet. A man can raise a crop here the first year; and by the third year he has an old farm, mellow as an ash heap and no stumps to grub or stones to pick. The comparison in the timber line is often made unjustly. The emi grant comes out here and looking over his land he find3 no trees and at once concludes he ought to have a big lot of timber. Perhaps he never had any "woods" back east on his farm, but he knows men who did, and at once insti tutes a comparison between their es tate and his out here. A large propor tion of farmers east have to buy fire wood, nearly all, house and fencing lumber. -"We can show you plenty of old farmers in Cass county who can just go out in the woods close by the house and cut all the firewood they need. These men don't want to move, and the old gentleman back east that is surrounded with every comfort and has lots of timber there don't want to move out west, and ought not. The comparison should bo made between those who have to buy here and thse who Lave to buy wood back east. The difference in expense would be very small indeed. ! cts per dozen ; butter, average, 25 cts ; cattle, native, 4 cts,, Texas, 3, on foot ; hogs, 3). These are not big prices, except for stock, tut all kinds of pro duce is low all over this year, and when taken in connection with the cost of production here these are as good rates as they get far east of here where land is worth $50 to $100 per acre. Should everybody come "West then ? By no manner of means, we would not recommend any person who is doing well and making money or who has a nice horns surrounded by every luxury to break up and move west. "We do not desire to hold out the idea that money is to be made here without work and hard work. It is not advis able for men past the prime of life to break up their homes in another State and emigrate except in cases where they have a large family of sons and deeire to get more land. Men who are grubbing and hoeing on 50 or 60 acres of stony, rough land, barely making a living for a large family, ean certainly do better out here, for they can sell that land for $2,500 or $3,000 readily, and with that amount homestead, or purchase 100 acres in Nebraska, and have money left to put up houses and stock the lands when one-half the la bor will ensure them a good living. The idle, the lazy and the shiftless will probably do rio better here than they have ever done and it is quite true that men may and do come here and work hard for years and are prov ident and yet are poor men. Making money is a gift, some people make money any where and others never. Every man must be his own jud'e about coming west, and he must ex pect some discotiragements and back sets. "We have simply told j-ou the truth about the soil, what it will raise and what other men have done. Sta tistics will prove every statement made here, and yet an emigrant may land here to-morrow and never have any success in farming or at any other business. Look before you leap, exam ine well the country you intend to lo cate in and make up your mind what kind of business or farming you intend to follow, and then stick to it. Too many come here who have been fail ures everywnere else and then hoie to retrieve the imprudence and folly of a life-time in a few short years in Ne braska. EARLY FRVIT RAISING. The non-success of our early attempts at fruit raising arose from ignorance of the soil and climate. Almost every one planted the trees in the richest soil he could find, generally on the low laud:3 and almost invariably on the south slope, under the impression that the long, cold winters made it necessa ry to give the orchard all the sunshine. Experiment has proved right the re verse. Our best fruit men now plant on the highest ground they can get, and with a northern or western slope. Mr. Mickelwait, (Cass County) has a fine orchard of apples 200 feet above the level of the Missouri river, and his vineyard, a magnificent one too, is 180 feet above tho river. In the rich low land the trees grew to wood and bore no fruit, on the south side the early spring sun forced the buds out and the cold days late in the spring nipped the buds. As with fruit, so with general farming; "We had much to learn, am: the emigrant of to-day must expect to live and learn and correct many errors and wrong impressions before he can make a complete success of farming in a new country. LONG WINTKRS Have been urged as an objection to Nebraska; to disprove this it is only necessary to publish the followin ble which shows the number of davs between hilling fronts for sixteen years: Grass shows green. March 10 ....".April 4 "29 ..... Some remarks the Editor cf this pa per made at a Grange picnic, lately, have evidently been misconstrued. Yt'e had prepared an article, to show that we Cere both Consistent and logical in our remarks then, and in the paper. It has been crowded out this week, but will bo given in our next issue. FARMERS ! I Farmer Painj'(?) and Farmer Mc Donaugh wen down to "Weeping "Water on Saturday to meet the other farmers there ; consisting of a Doctor and three other men, not particularly connected with Agriculture, and they, moreover, then, then and there thought the meet ing was so slim they had better write to the Democratic Grange Masters in the County, "those they could rely on," and ask them to help the people's party along. Have a care, gentlemen, the Grangers are organized for a straight; deliberate purpose of common good, and not to be sold out to you, for your personal bens. efit, or to make Cap. Paine's threat good " That he would be County Clerk this fall." Their object is nobler than that ; their aims higher, and beware how you attempt to traffic them off like dumb cattle for your own selfish ends. "Why not write to Republican Grange Masters, if your object is a legitimate people's movement? Not much! but it is only Democratic Grange Masters that arc to be consulted is it? "Well Grangers, you see the out-look. "We have honestly warned you of just such farmers as these, and if you like to be sold for a song, walk into the net ; but if not, tell every one M ho talks politics to you, to mind his business. "We have yet to hear of the Republc ans of Cass County writing to any Re publican Grange Masters, or endeavor ing in any way to use the Grange to aid their party candidates. Jason Straight, Dealer in Confectionery. Fruit, Cigars, Smoking Tobaccos and Fancy Groceries T I, ATTSMOCTTI, NEB. New Boot and Shoe Firm. Karclicr & Klingbel, Boot & Shoe Makers, Main Street, opposite Platte Valley Ilousff, f-LATTSMOUTII. ... NEB. t FINE CALF SEWED BOOTS made to order in good stylo. All kind!) of men's boots and shoes made and repaired- Priees low and work warranted to give s.itis- ti. j Am nr. it, F. KLLNGBEL. faction 12-Ct Book for the Million- BARNUM'S HOTEL, Cor Broadway and Twentieth Strett, NEW YORK. OX BOTH AMEBICAX & EUROFEAX PLAXS. Complete with all modern improvements ; rooms ere utte and single ; private parlors, lmths. elevators, &e. lAieatioii unsurpassed, l'in?r in the vi-ry centre of f;ish!on and brilliant New York life. In proximity to Churches and places of Amusement, aiid Lord & Tavlor's, Arnold & Constable's and .1. & C. Johnston's ry (Joods palaces. The hott-1 is nnder th management of A. S. Barnuni, formerly of Bar num's Hotel. Baltimore; I. X. (Jreen. of lay ton. Ohio, and recently of New York, and Free man Itanium, of Barnaul's Hotel, St. Louis. 'Ji-tf. McGuire & Co., Wholesale and Retail Dealers In MARRIAGE,' I A private counsellor to the nnmp ri-iri..i n, iiiumtit.i , ji.. I 'IV Mil LII till Y.SHJIOL If III IllVSIC- ries and revelations of the sexual system, the latest discoveries in nroduchiir hihI nreveiiiine offspring, how to preserve the complexion, &c. This is an interesting work of two hundred and twenty four pages, with numerous engrav iiiirs, and contains valuable information foi those who are married, or contemplating mar riage. Still, it is a book that ought to be kept under lock and key, and not laid carelessly atMiut the house. Sent to any on (free of postage) for .V cents. Address lr. Butts Dispensary, Xo. 12, X. 8th street, St. Louis, Mo. New NEBRASKA HERALD JOB OFFICE NEWI.T FITTED VP. Press, Keir Type, and Jfew Material. Call and see ourncvf lot of LEGAL BLANKS. All descriptions of work done In the printing lino. We are fully prepared to do Every Kind and Style of Printing. Send In your orders for LETTER HEADS. ENVELOPES, POSTERS, DOVQERS, dc. Has on hand, one of the largest stocks of Clothing and Gents 'Furnishing Goods for Spring and Summer. Xotice to the AfHictetl and Unfortunate Before applying to the notorious qnacks who advertise in public papers, or using any quack remedies, peruse l)r. Butts' work, no matter what your disease Is or how dcp'orable youi condition. lr. Butts can he consulted, personally or by mail, on the diseases mentioned in his works. Otlice, Xo. 12 X. Eight street, between the Mar ket and Chesnut. St. Louis. Mo. dec2-ly St. Louis & Southeastern Railway. COXSOLIDATED. "NASHVILLE SHORTEST LINF." And Direct Route to tV I Invite everybody in want of anything In my line to call at my itorp. South Side Main, Between Fifth and Sixth Sfreels. And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a specialty In my Retail Department aselo stock of Fine Clothing for Men and Boys to which we invite those ulio want goods. so keep on hand a large and well selected stock of Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes. 8-19 Xi. IF1. J" O EE 3ST S O IsT , Opposite the Pl.-itte Valley House, in fcVhlater's Jewelry Store. Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. JielletiJlc, Centralia, Cairo, Sfiawnectown, Eraii-triile, Vitksbv.rg, Hont'jonury, Jfobiie, New Orleans, Halceston, Foreign AND Domestic ROADS. Another advantage in this country is the facility of travel. You can drive anywhere, almost, across the prairio, and do not have to wait j'ears for roadi to he cut and opened" and made. A handsome building site ean be selected on any part of your land and you can in all probability drive in any direction you want to go from tho door. Years and years of horseback travel were en dured by our forefathers 'ere they se cured good ro-Tds to the nearest mar- ket town in many States. MARKETS. The State lies in such a position and has already such a net-work of Rail roads that grain and all produce can be shipped to a market in several di rections. Chicago has been our great market, but St. Louis is now as nearly connected by rail, and Galveston and the Texas sea-board soon will be. To the west we have the vast mining dis tricts of Colorado and Utah, and sta tistici plainly show that ultimately we must feed her miners and manufac turers. In our opinion, England has seen the best of .her mining and manufacturing days aiu.l many of her immense facto ries, men and means will be trans planted to Americaand whether they settle in Pennsylvania and Missouri and develope the coal and iron there, or push on "West and melt and use our vast deposits of minerals on either side of the Kocky Mountains, we shall have to feed them in the main from this Missouri Valley. Westward tLo railroads are pushing daily, and soon our markets will be largely in that di rection. PRESENT PRIC E? Wnert fs worth 1.00 per bushel; corn, 20 td 25 Cts.; oats, 23; rye, 40; barley 63 j ner' potatoes 40; eggs, 19 Year. 18C0.. 18G1. 1802., 18G3.. 18Gi.. 1805.. 186G.. 18G7.. i8T0.. 18 1G 10 25 15 days. ..154 ..182 ..100 ..130 ..130 ..169 ..115 ..150 ..184 . .103 1873, March 24 This cannot leave a very long win ter. THE ADVANTAGES AXD RESOURCES of Nebraska lie mainly in the fact that she has 75,000 square miles of an almost inexhaustible soil lying in a belt about 400 miles long and 200 wide, mainly between the 40th and 43d degrees of north : latitude, which is within the great central blt of emigration west-1 ward; for it is SJiffc to say that t wok thirds of the emigration of the United States has been between these two par allels. Nineteen twentieths of these acres are ready for the plow without any further preparation! such as clear ing, draining, or grubbing She i3 the great carrying State of the Union, as nearly all tho great lines of Railroad running east and west, centre in her boundaries. She has an outlet in every direction, and is surrounded by coun tries that produce ores, lumber or the precious metals, who must in tho end be fed by the sturdy farmers of this State, iter advantages are mainly those of soil and position, and her reso'urces are derived from her advantages. John A. MacMurpuy. Addenda. The names of the mem bers of the second council were by mistake left cut in the making up of the issue of August 14th, after the words "The Council were:" Their names should follow thus : 11. F. Folsom, President, Burt J. C. Mitchell, Washington. John Evans, Dodge. T. G. Goodwill Dougias N.D.Jones,- " S. E. Rodgers, O. D. Richardson " S. M. Kirkpatrick, Cass.- II. P. Bennett, Otoe. Henry Bradford, " C. II. Cowles Richard Brown, Nemaha; J.- L. Sharp, Richardson. A giddy English girl of C5 lias just wrung 83,500 from a sallow youth of C3( who trifled with her affections.- A lare and well selected stock of Eourbon, Bye & Monon gahela Whiskeys Constantly on hand. Our connection with the firnr of ltindskoiT IJros., Distillers, enables us to sell at the lowest market rates. Sole gents For the Celebrated Hungarian Nas7iville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Motion, Charlestown, Savannah, Kno.x-cille, Bristol, Lyiuhburg. liivJimond, Norfolk, And all Toiiits ST. LOUIS, DECKER' BROS., (x. A. MILLER & CO S P 1 A N O S. fcina BUHDET SMITH'S AM'N AND BOSTON. ORG A NS. rib ttyx first-class )hm ""sub rgans. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in String, Sheet Music and all kinds of Musical McrehandlM Musical. InstkcMeSts Tuned and Repaired Satisfaction Guaranteed. 8-Ptf. CHOICE TOWN LOTS FOR SALE South and Hon Hi cast. this Is the preferred COOI REASONS V.'llY Koute. IT TS Tin: ONLY LINE running Pulhnan I'alace lira win;-; Kooni Sleeping Oars through troin St. Loi'is to Nashville without change. IT IS T1IK ONLY LINK under one manage ment hetweeti these Cities. IT IS Til;: ONLY LINK hv which passen gers cm save from tt(i 'utiles travel, and from sis to twenty-four hours time. IT IS S2.-J. ( ilKAl'EI! from St. Louis to Nashville than the circuitous route via, Louis ville. OUU MOTTO : QUICK TIME! GOOD CARE! CLOSE CONNECTIONS! TCev and e'ecrnnt d.iv coaches equipped with the Westinirhousc Air Itrake and the Miller coupler and l'latform are run in all trains. J'l'i iuiuli Th kets on sale and l;aL';ip' click ed at a!, ti e principal Ticket Ofiids in the West and North. A.sU, for tickets via the "Southeastern Kail- way.-' K. F. WIN-SLOW,-Ocn'l Manager, St. Louis. W. B. PAYENrOKT. - Ocn'l ticket -Agent, St. Louis. AT $40 toss & m$Y rznm l- Its can now he bought In Duke's Addition to the City of riatlsmoulb, at pricrj ranging from $ to $50 and ou terms to easy that persons with THE SMALLEST INCOME MAT MEET THEM. For those who want town property cither to hold for a spf culntion or to build upon, this is i rare chance to get it. These lots are in a delightful location, and sire dotted over with a Yotmer and Beautiful Growth of Forest Trees. "Which add mateihilly to their value. !flaia Street, rLATTSMOUTU, 21-17. NEBRASKA. GRANDEST .?CHKME EVER KNOWN. Fourth Grand Gift Concert FOR THK V EN EFIT OK Til E PUBLIC LIBRARY OF LOW RESERVOIR KY. jr2,oi cash ciirTi $1,500,000 Every Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift. $250,000FOK $50. The Fourth Grand Gift Concert authorized hy special act of the Legislature for the benefit of the I'nhlic Littnirvof Kentucky, will take place hi l'ublic Lihrarjillall, at Louisville, Ken tucky, on Wednesday, December 3d, 18T3. -Only Sixty Thousand Tickets will he sold and one-hall or tnes are lnteiuleu lor ine Euro pean Market, thus leaving only ai.noo for the raited States where lim,ixx were disposed of for the Third Concert. The tickets are divided into ten cnunons or narts. and have m tne bacK the Scheme with a full explanation of the mode of drawing. . . . At thix Concert, which will oe tne srranoesr musical dusnlav ever witnessed iu this country, the unprecedented sum of $1,500,000, divided Into 12.000 cash gifts, will be distributed bv lot among the ticket holders: l ne numuers of the tickets to he drawn from one wheel by blluu children ami me guis irom aiioincr. LIST OF GIFTS: ONE GRAND CASH GIFT ONE GKAND CASH IIKT OM-: OKAN'll CASH HKT ON K Gl'.ANU CASH GIFT ONE UK AND CASH GIFT 10 CASH OIK1S ?10,000 eacll 8,ihio eacn l,(Hi each 500 each.... 4oo each hi each 2no each 100 each.... 50 each .$2T0,000 . loo.uoo . 00,000 . 25.000 . 17,500 . 100,000 . l'f,WH . AO.OOQ . 40.000 . 40,000 . 4r,,KIO . 50,000 . yj,5oo . 550,000 SO CASH U1HTS 50 CASH tilKTS XO CASH tilKTS ll CASH GIFTS 150 CASH ilFTS 250 CASH (MKTS CASH GIFTS ll.ooO CASH GIB IS TOTAL, 12,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH, amounting 10 ?i.iniu,uuu The distribution will be positive whether all the tickets are sold or not. and the 1.000 rif's all paid In proportion to the tickets Mild ail unsold tickets beimr destroyed as at the First and Second Concert oud not represented in the drawing. PRICE OF TICKETS: Whole tickets. $50 ; Halves, $25 ; Tenths, or each coupon. 5 ; Eleven wnole licKets lor S500: 2" Tickets for $1, 000; 1 13 Whole Tickets for 5.000 ; 27 Whole Ticket. for jilo.0.0. No discount on less thaa 500 worth of lickeis at a time. .. . . A, , . The tin parallelled success 01 me mini u 11 Concert as well as the satisfaction jtiven uy tne Firsthand Second, makes It only reessary to announce the Fourth to insure the prompt sale of every ticket. The Fourt'i out concert . 11 1 be conducted in all its details like the Third, and fail particulars may be learned from circu lars which will be sent free from this ofhee 19 all who apply for them. Tickets now ready for sale and all orders ac companied Ky the money promptly filled. Lib end terms given to those who buy to sell again. THO. E; DRAW LETT, A rront Public Library. Ky., and Manager Gift Concert, Public Library bui Kentncky: Are ped . WLfcie AND F A1I0C3 FOB BEXNO BEST. TO USZI' CHEAPEST 70 BUT ! I , EASIEST TO SELL 1 1 1 famous fur doing mora and BETTER COOKING, iaata n Qnleber svnd Cheap Than any Store oftbc ocml. TTr FAMOUS FOB GITDIO 1 ASH BXEf G Especially Adapted TO TIM -j EXCELSIOR MAN'G COMPANY, ST. LOCIS, MO. AND E. T. Duke & Co FLATTSMOUTII, NEB. 19-ly The Best IS THE CHEAPEST! J5 r:irts wishing to purchase or look at these lots, v ill ? " fliown thorn, or Riven any lnfor nialion desired, hv callinjr "It K. T. hl'KK or L. I. I'.KN Kl 1', f 'r. cui.irs o Hit; J'state of 8. 1)1 Ki; or I). H. Will'Ki.LU & CO., and HAlt.VKS l'( u iaji. iv, ju-ai r.staic Agent. ror cash FlattsmodU the a'Mive prices will be discounted ten per cent, id'h, Nehr:tka, October 22d 1372. S, BLOOM 17 PR. BOYS AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, AND SHOES, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Trunks, Valises, etc. Main Street, Second Door East of Court House, Plattsmouth, Ncbraaki BRANCH HOUSE Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, Down Go the Prices ! I AT F. J. METTEMl Has a larjfe arid good assdrtreent of Farm Ma chinery. Tlie ?;rsh Harvester, a Keapr-r that two men can cut. and bind ton acres ier day. with one man to drive, and the binders can work in the shade. F. J. METTEER, sosm&sss & 00'$ Celebrated South vcst (Viu-r Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. AND SO THE PEOPLE THINK WHO BUY Goods 23. TT OfiSEJ-S. Boots and Shoos, Prints, Delaines, Ginghams, U row 11 Sheeting, Bleached Cottons, Balmorals, Carpets Clark's new Thread, Cot Ion Yams In the Grocery lino wc keep the Fixest and B st Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses; Dried Fruits,. Spice's, etc., etc. Jn fact for Your . Groceries, Hardware, Queenswarc, Wooden "Ware, Olaasware, . i Yankee Notions, - Boots and Shoes' iding. Louisville, ... at ww i jpiz'h'.wtr Main Street, Comer 6ih. Niir'rififirt ' Hats and Caps; C.o TO P: SCflNtSSK & 0:s: J ii 1 I J I: v i 4 i n