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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
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Boot & Shoe Makers,
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t FINE CALF SEWED BOOTS made to order
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what your disease Is or how dcp'orable youi
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COXSOLIDATED.
"NASHVILLE SHORTEST LINF."
And Direct Route to
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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.
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Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
JielletiJlc,
Centralia,
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Eraii-triile,
Vitksbv.rg,
Hont'jonury,
Jfobiie,
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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
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