THE JIEjULj)
PubltahM 0ry Thursday nt
Offioo On Main St., Eet. J4th anU Eth.
Second Story.
OFFICIAL
PA pi: II
COUNTY.
ii iPi Mm, Pk 1
THE HERALD";
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TermS, ia Auvanco
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Ow? copy, six months
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ATTORNEY'S.
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J. A. HACMURPHY, Editor.
"PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS."
TERMS : $2.00 a Year.
t. H. VIIKHLSft, J. V.'. bllNCHCOMB.
Wlieolfr & SlIiicliCsiil,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
49-ly PlatHmcsnlh. Nebra.-ka.
AM. M. CHAP.MAJT. It. T. MAXWELL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW mm! Soli.-itoin in
Chainiv. Olhe in Fitzgerald U'.oc';. PlatU--j;
mouth, Nebraska. ---
or.o. a. Burnt, ir. . winpuam,
SMJT2I ft T3'2!VlJE2A3i.
Successors to Muxcjuett, Smith, & Starbird,
Attorneys at Laic d-Iteal Estate Broilers
rr.ATTSIIOCTII, ... SEH.
Hperial ntfe-ntlon ulven V Colic ct'nns. and all
manors atTeetin;; trie Title to V.:1 Estate.
Offlt-o on 2J floor, over the Post Office.
PHYSICIANS.
Volume 9.
Official Directory.
- CONGRESSIONAL.
T. '.V. Tipton. Prownvnie T". S. Senator.
l V. IliieheoeU, Omnha . V. S. Senator.
U Ciouiu,e. Ft. Calhoun..." Representative.
Plattsniouth, Nebraska Thursday, January 15, 1874.
J'XECCTIVK.
j It. W. Fiinias, lf-j'viiville...- Governor.
J. Gosper. Lincoln .Sec'y of State.
j J. lb Vv'fston, r.eatlieo Auditor.
j H. A. Kami'-'. O-Utmbus Treasurer.
I .!. It. Webster, Crete Att'y Gen.
J. II. McICciiz.e, Lincoln... Su;'t Pub. liisiruv'ii.
'JACK THAT LIVES LTOS THE HILL'
J It. I.IVINnsTON'.Phvsif'.Mi iind Siiri-oii.
Tender hii protessionsl wn ie-s 1 tU
citizens o' i as eoitnfy. i:esidc-n sonr'a-ast
Mn;iT u( Oak 'ni.l .sixth rm ts : o-h'- n Main
street, one door west I Lyman's Lnm'.ier ';tit,
J'tattsmout 'i. Nebraska.
INSURANCE.
JUDICIARY,
Goo. I!. Lake, Omaha Chief Justh-c.
Daniel G-intt, Nebraska City, (. lul-i.,.H i.v
Sa.r.mt Maxwell, Flatts'th, ) As.soriate.Ius. s.
I 'L ATTSMO UT1 I.
It. V.. I.h luiton Mayor.
Phelps I'aine. Ciiy C:erk.
Wm. Winterstein Citv Treasurer.
.1. W. Itfiir.fs Police Jndee.
Miles !or:;:m Marshal.
i. N. Johaon Street Con;:ui.s.iioLcr.
AU)E!!MAN.
Filter V.!:n. .7. Fitzjrfruld, H. S. Nowmr.n.
sii'ft.vn W'Aitn. J. Wavman. C. NIelinJs.
Tiuk.'j NV aki. It. C. Ciisliaiir, Titos. I'oi'iock.
Foi i:t:i Waki). it. Viviiut, I.. V. Johnson.
I am alor.ely bachelor
And bachelor I still shall be
Vnless I.t aj) Year brings some lady f;Ur
"With courage, to propose to me.
The reason why this resolution
I have made, I now will tell
I with love w;w smitten, but got tho "mitten'
Atid this Ii how it all bt lei.
In siiii;l.bl(sseliic;3 ol life
i inouiit u sieiit lull time enougii
I.ut alas ! :.las ! It did me hiira-ss
To liicet this unexpected "l.lufT."
One neon I called upi.n a lady.
And the ail Important . lies t ion popped
Ihit, O ! surprise whe bade me arise.
And my faltering tongue she juickly stopped.
"Y'ou must cxev
sse inc. sir.
' hf; s'i
Vr lirKI.ICIt & r.I.NNLTT-Kial Estate and
' Taxp.iyin A;r-iit. o:iries I'i:!:!ie. Fue
and Li'rt Insf'raiu-i- A'jeiiK. rS itlsir.o'.iiii. Nt h.
l!ii;t.rs t-a:
pr.n'.es in the l'i.l: d States.
1 -;.!!. v; I luu:;.!: -:- Atrr-t,
! i lu' r.i')st rliii5.1 uin-
ian7-wif
CAS.-j COUNTY.
j tl. F. n;i:-on i'r, V,a!e .Tud-e.
I:.ii'i M'.'iiinnon County CierK.
V. ,. Fcijl.a , Treasurer.
I V. V.'. Vis( Sup't I'iib: liro.nii i n.
j .Jf.eo'i 'r.ti ;;y. )
I T. ClarK'!. ' .- Count v foiiiTuisioners.
J.y!r:i:i Jr.mes, )
J. W. '1 hoinas Cr-ixiier.
(My heart set-mod nearly to stand still)
"I am tnraned" ii was enraged)
"With Jack that lives upon the hill."
With luisty rtep that house I left
i Resolved to spend a loiu-Iy life.
And I do declare I now don't care
If I never have a wire..
The lady I-ir is wedded now.
Ehe has my hearty he.it pood wiil
She is his bride, and now resides,
With Jack that lives upon the hh'l.
Edwin Jeaiiv.
Til J2 i AC 'S A i' 1) Til E O'S.
IIOTr.LS.
Clmrchcs.
BROOKS HOUSE,
JOHN" ITTZfiEItAL.T). Pj-opr'.etor.
i'lvAn Strict, between Fifth &, Sixth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
"JJATTIST On the eon: t of M"In and :intii.
llcv. T. J. Arnold, l'astor. Services every
S.ibb.Uh. at 11 a. m. and 7 t- m. Sabbath School
at a. n:. I'rayer meelir.g every Y'e.!iiesiiay
evoLing. '
C'lIitTSTIAN Service in Conrre:;:itioi! r'hnieh
' at II a. m. and : p. in. t orner of I.i.M-.ist
and f.th t reels. Corrtiui invitation extended to
Kil class; s t- atte::d.
priSC'OPAE-bonier Yine and Third tree:.;.
p HElinii i roovit T..T. i:,nc rcicr.iivm-i'ii ..niiisier. j-rvu-e:. every runiua) .r.
v. re;) !i.-.-,t and pi;'ft-d in thcruieh r 'm.l;: 11 :a. in. and l. m. SunJav sehoid at J p. m.
rrder. lW.Of Ihtsheis of Whett WiuV.rd i ';- -1 TI!ol.TC--:rit'i side of Fublic S:--:an It-v.
fJiitlriy I u- wa.cn u.t a..'.. nw.-.ci ... , w r.lt!.ri- Hobal. First Mass every Sal-bath tt
--30 i. m.. Second "lass and sermon at :o-ao.
Vsp-:s siiid IV-nedietion rt 7 p. ja. M:iss at
t a. in. everv v. eel; day.
Troovit ?.'r. I.'.tve rc -i!ly boen j
!. pkid.
AhsttikviS ol" Title.
THE X!'M!'.r.I"A!. SYSTEM The best in rae
VIK.ST Pit ESUYTEKI AN North side of Mnin
tirn.X ,vr..t ..f i:t ) t.-rtv 'v' T I'-ii't'-. vi.'.r.
m i i l M . .- fl . v ' ."- i ... ..v ....... .... , .....
..-.j. ...... .w.. viet-.s everv Saoiuttli at 11 a. m. and p. r.:.--
i iir.iii-to:i. low a. ! sah. tii te'.'io-)! at fl-3i a. in. Trayer wtcttlpg
" ' - - j eveiy Ved:ieday.eveuhi:i al 8 o'clock.
CtHKENIIOr.SIi AND DLDDINCt I etiiouist EPISCOPAI-Wcst fidn cf cth
v
Fa'r. Services cverv Sr.bliath. at 1: :o a. ia..
Praver .mevtins every ilmrsoriv
PLANTS.
1.
AIETIIOUIST EiTSCOFAI-Wcst !!. cf CI
- L srreet south of Main. If-v. '. .V'-Kelvi.
F.!'-i. Services every Sabbath, at 1: :o a. i,
, .iv.. . - r'-'r nf inn l ! ''! 7 p. m. Fraver .mevtins every I liuis(t:i
Time aur. y.v-d b ..... : of i .u. I p,..,nJl;' t.,s u;iili:: 4.VriVMn.r..v ever.in.i
ave t.ie .ares. and .be,t ... ' and i..i-.,. i;aieiv after close of Sabhatn lnoru-
er offered fn In ,t.i" vt. a' a o ... s , ,...vj(..., .I:!).,t:, v.;c;!00i r.: o .y) M. n
r 1 !.-.uts for sa:e It t:i'-;r s-- :. l. . '
i.-. j con I At; iea si se;toniior hat cte wcutseiie i
j O i,i;'h. ie:uf.i:;ii ( i:i ihrrni r.ehuMiaus vor- !
i rr.'t'.ai,-- fi:! 11 Ctsr ;-tteod:ne.t. t'ebcrhaupt i
Address W
j.'KES:iE. Plattasaouth,. N- h.
rci: a took n::ef.ei py am.
i-r-u-. r-i --r- --" '-'-j f : s::r.oiii:t-.-iiue.:it
j ibi!-t rterselt' von Jeit an ietreimaes,i; aiie 14 i
1 ;;: siiatt. .uir.tster. lU'.v. L. uanniiw . J.
y.it.d.aia seliooi at I p. :n., lTof. d'A'.Iemar.d.
Jli b-vt 1-oeVs pi,'..'i-'iie-I on t'.f-IiCtsF .'.'id
h"',.v-. r,ii)-i i! t'".H;-. Mr::ey id-: r:'.ptd!y j
tiio.-e 1 o.)s.
Fnb'isi-.s. PI
lor ei:va-
( I A 1 '.i i,
uiit !".. la,
; Y'l:cn I.-ehiiKl was founded bv the Mac's and
! the O's.
: I never could learn, for r.obody known.? ;
j But history says they came over from Spain,
To vi-iit Old Graaan, and there to remain,
j Our fathers were he'ocs for wisdom am! fame ;
j For multiplication they practiced the .same,
j St. Patrick came over to heal their complaints,
! Ami very soon i:i:n!d WVm an h'ltiuJ of saints.
Th- hafp atid the shamrock were married be
fore Urave Itotlerie!: O'Conr.er and Koer 0'More ;
And the Rood trad the bad deeds of the Mac's
and the O's.
And this Is the tale that these verses disclose ;
i:u.;a Nt il of Tyrene, O'P.'fnel. O'Moore,
O'Psiek, O'Keily, O'Com.eTl palore
Ail houses so royal, so loyal and old ;
Ono drop of their blood w3 worth ounces of
0I;1.
McDonacI, :.I-.-Dcns:i1, O'Curraa, OTCeefe,
Sly r.edtr.oud O'ilanlan. l!i- Ita.ppery chief ;
i ..laiioy, u .'-laby. it Sn;:ivan ra:e,
OTiiily, O'Daiiy. O'Huras of ICild.ue.
O'JiosiglKTty, chief of the isle Inishon-?.
McO.:iine?s, thr prince of the valleys of Down ;
The Coileran.s, IJolIerans, every t:te knows,
The Itaffertys, Flahertys, they were all O's.
Otie-eyed Kin M;Cnaijk, and great Phil.
McCoolee,
McCarty of E'er.not, and Too'ey O'Tooh',
IlutcU Neil the grand, and i;reat Krian F.ora ;
Sir Taircn, O'ltejjen an.l Con Donahue,
OTIarra, O'Marrah. O'Connor, O'Cane.
O'C.irroll, O'Farrell, O'Drennan.O'Drane,
AVith Mi:m;;h MeDenaot, thai vlttlied
Turk.
Who had a crim. co
reach to an indefinite distance beyond
the southern limits of our county;
but there is nn evident interruption of
thetii for several miles. From the
neighborhood of the postolnce in Stove
creek, where the coal litis been found,
southward, ,16 far as the Nemaha-Valley,
no rock shows any out-crop; but
in the banks of that stream, the same
signs are manifest. And in all this
number of miles, people have, in nnny
cases, been necessitated to sink wells
to a depth of from twenty to seventy
feet, for water.
I am not
Ratter Factories for the West.
It may be considered settled that a
cheese factory established in a neigh
borhood where it can secure the milk
of two hundred and fifty or more cows
kept on farms reasonably well adapt
ed to graziinjc and by men knowing
how to keep a cow will succeed in al
most any part of ths Northwest, if
managed Vitii ordinary good judgment.
We believe tiie time has. coiiie when
more attention to butter factories in
Wisconsin and other Northwestern
States will also be followed by good
prolits. Very few have been c-stab-
And in their sinking lished in the West. Of these some
aware of any instance in seem to be succeeding very well. Of
i.q-o ttJi.-t v in. ,,i- I that Marengo, 111., very favorable re-
. , . , " e 4T '-"i ports are. published, and the reports of
of any kind. And the identity of the i .llcs of ir?e (inaatitios cf butter nt
indications nt the two creeks, proves j the Elj?in Dairy Eoard of Trade at 40
almost to a demonstration, that the ', cents, indicate that in that region one
same existed in the whole distance, un- ! or two factories are dciing well. Many
... . , , , . , "of the aduantages Claimed tor cheesp
til some natural convulsions uestroj ed , factories api,vh e0.llly well to b!lttrr
the continuity. And it may be that ; ftories. First, in t!ie uniform muili-
immediately below the lowest depths ty of t!ie product generally made bet
tlint. have l.Vfn ronr-liffl in those wells, i ter than in the case of butter made
The Word Method Not Appreciated.
old
pT'-JT? . llV f'r 1 Tj ti.Tl i ! O id Fellow?' I 'all. Tr.in'sier.t lb-others are eor
X -iL--1 V-r A A- -JiV . ; ,u;.!;v invited to Vt-!t.
i T O. c F. Kogular rareiir.Rs rf I'laite Ixidgs
! 7 1 (I ii F piv-rt- Tl-efcii:i v -voiiinu- 'i
. r.iththc wifocf OT.o:!:
r7-rh::'.VTar'''.. Ainbrotypci
t'lOtil O'.'i
hi p'etui'es. i !:i::s er e -h-.red, eitliT Is ink Friday's oi ear::
Ci; . E. MtoN'JEK. N. C.
I F. C. I'tovK'., S-eteir-ry.
I f . O. TV-Fl.ATT'MOl TH E.NTAr-TfMFt.'T No.
tid CO' r.es ' J. . ; ,. . i:.r -,,ivi.-ii-.-nH th" .'! :-n 1 -t'li
t'i at fl.l.i t-'.-ttov.' M-iil
a.t':r or oil. A' i 'V-JiK iieat . L-'.au.'iai.u ieon.or.-.l au :--:vi .-urvcts. iraiiMient i?.in-
va:rd V-f slv st-t'-a'-iec vi. . , ... r.."..s cari:.U!y invited to vis-t.
V. . 1 i"i 0 11.. Artist II. J, NTREIGIIT, C. P.
10-tf i:..ln :3t., t':..:t..::ioi:L::. Ncn. : j vt-vVj'ifT, Seribe.
I Ast.:C pj.ATisMot'TH ix.zicr. N. r,. a.
F. fi A. M. K'-nlar meetln-.'s at the'r H:.!l
the ti.-'-t .-i;d i:;:nl Monday eci:it:s of each
r.n.ni'i. Ttatisieiii bivafcien invited to visit.
1: ? 1 IVI.T.sTi!'. Y. T.f .
T-l-l 1- - 1 1 I ' ' ' F
writ rut.: ffAtr.!!, xsv.
'nnmn.ir; C T" "T1 V s AT A COY I r.T.rtE Nr.. A. F. & A. M. Ilev-.:-
j Fr!d:ys .!. N. Y. iiE, . M.
.uciia. ... :.;:ii. .'iicvj
Mc'.'addcn, M rFaMen, McC.irrosi, McGI
Metitirron. MeF.'.riTii. McClarey, McCoy,
MoHale
"niieh. T.tcEIrath,
the same formation, may yet be there,
intact; this disturbing convulsion, or
influence, not having readied to that
depth. The inference from all these
data, is, that for anything that appears
to the contrary, we may have, under
our feet, one of the best coal forma
tions in the world. And we have no
proofs that it is not so; but we have
proofs that, it is a carboniferous or
coal-bearing strata to some extent.
Then the next inquiry in the scries
would be as to the depth from which
it miht be found, and the practicability
of its being prolitably worked at a giv
en depth. The question of depth to an
unknown rein of coal, is one that re
quires to be mechanically proved;
there is no record of any successful
guessing in such matters. And, like
the fact of the actual existence of val
uable coal, we may assert the possibili
ty of the presence Cf such coal, in
tiaaniuy aim ijiiiuu;, il .i t-iy mhmi
from dairies. This uniform good
quality and large quantity, makes it
easier to build up a good reputation,
and make sales above the average
price. The factory also does away
with much handwork on the farms,
and, except the cost of carrying the
milk to tho factory, the work can be
done not only belter, as a rule, but
more economically.
Sonic-times butter and eheese facto
ries are combined. In such the ex
pense for building and fixtures is some
what increased ov?r that for a cheese
factory. If designed for butter only
the cost ought to bb less than for a
cheese factory. Le?.: room would be
required 5r storage; and the fixtures
certainly would cost no more, if as
much.
In these factories the common small
pans for setting the milk are rarely us
ed. The deep cms or pails about
eighteen inches deep by eight inches in
diameter to be set in pools of w.;ter,
are. liked by many, while some prefer
some one of the large pans, several
styles of which have been patentee.
Where a farmer has land well adapt
ed to grazing, but where there are rea-
. r,'ALT.f.:.:Ar. seo
DZ f FUS I" D ME;vC-,:. TAI-M;-. Ji ll. i'r.mvr 1. 1.. .-ecreiar ;.
' oii.s. yaemm:. i".'.;:vcMEit'i, -v-ei:i:asxa chaitei: N03. p. a. m.--.
ST .l'K n Est V. ' t ! NS, j uhr Convocations second and fourth Tees-
Clii.'.'.ft, 1 1 i ttay cvi-iiin.s ci each mont .: at 7'f o'co k. p. m.
) It. it. INtiftlON, it. I .
i.--ui ti-. hr;.Mn. :so. ij. i).
re"
tidlls
AI.'D CI.A-
..,,c-.v.-
Ij. golding,
ui". w. C. 1.: .1. V, . i lu pin, W.
iuio;. L-itp ie;iiitv. meet' ;:t
ir Vr
i T O. ,
j . : :(
t S-rc. : ' i . V.
1 Clark v l'iu:':::ier's Ilatl every 1 i:evday eve -
it in.'. 'I :;.v i:;:.;; Temjiiars respectiuilj invited.
I ..-t-t-r-- Tii--TV- r - -i- ... ., .
' ! x i urnei -' H ill in C.uthma.n's Elocli. on the
eLOTtT'Xr;, FFitVISinN CC.onS. HATS, j fnt an.) l:ird Wednesdays of each month.
CAI'S.' i'.' )Ts. THI NKS, ; A. Yon S'-hwan.'i.hei-ji. rresiacnt : decree
YALT.sES. f'Altixr BA(,
&.::. U2.. .:.
! K::rcher. Vic l eteni ii. .nmn. 1 vas
ur-r ; I. reed. I . cco'-ctir.ti eeretarv : 1 ac.l
n...iihi.'i,i'',t -v.et i'Vinbi,. 7t.;i,SnS i rraidsch. ' orrespoinlid S-.-i-retarv : William
ir. im-m ,e; " , U''i t--t between lourih i Hassi-r. First Turn V.-j.ri: John Hor.s, Second
,n Vr-'Vr " - U 1 ' 1 ! Turn Wart ; Oswald Outhman. Warden,
and 1 iit.i. I
rMEMiiEV. TUX PEACE.
ns-tf.
... St. Lcuis & Soulheastsrn
; Railway.
CONSOLIDATED.
"XAS11YILLE SHORTEST LINE."
Merchant Tailcrj Anii.ictRoutw
SEW STYLES.
F. L. ELSTER,
MeM:!a. MoClelbin. Mcfiilbui. McFinri,
MeCi!r:a;;ii, McCa.in. M;Manus, MeGiu,
-McC-!n:ey, McKinley, MoKaffrty, M'ciKtiy.
MoC'.irrall. MjFarn.Il, M?Cur.-liy, Mclt-'y.
O'Di'.ion, O'DoT-n. O'DevUn. O'Doyle.
0'?I;;el!e, 0'N(-lan, O'Bohm, O'ih.yle,
O'Murray, o'ltoxiey. O'Cooaey. O'Kane,
O'Cnry. OT.e tr.v, O'S'.n-a aa t O'Sha.'te,
OT.ri-.-a, O'R jv.v- ', t I'lic-illy. 0'X ill,
O'iltvian, O'iten in, O'F.ijjasi. O'S'apll,
OT-enai i. O'Dv, ycr, O'E'aney, O'i'Iyiin,
G'Clr.icy, O'ti .t'ohncs ;;-, I-hian O'L ynn.
'the laaitTiters of Erin are : Elh'ti O'Eocne,
And Nora. McCusha; and Shel ih McCi ina.
With Katiiiccn Mavoitnii'-.-.i and Molly Asthore,
The beantifu! eh-irni'.M's we? lovu and adore.
Tliere is D.mah MoCtr,h!a. and VVidovv McCrec ;
There U Mjvuir" and Eidiiy M.'Ciee ;
There is dear Norti'i Cr..-i:ia and She'.ish
MoC.rith,
And the mother of all is sweet Erin go Eraijh.
distance below the lowest depth vet ! sons wnicn maxe ii auvistn ie not to
i i . i ti,.,f ! establish a butter factor-., we have a
reached, i:i tiie searcli. r5iippo.3 mat . ... . ... . , c
' , , , ! faith in the profitableness of a well
sinking has been done, to the deptn C011(jacted butter dairy the larger the
of any number of feet: tiien, for any- j better. Butter making is not proiita
thing that appears to thd fcontrary, a j ble in Wisconsin where the ordinary
good vein of coal may exist within fiif- i markets arc relied on, in which- more
b , .it lit 1 than half the butter made in the .State
teen feet more. And I would here re- ia I)m.cii:;so,i :it not over 15 cents per
mark, th it at the lowest depth to which j pound as an average price. But there
the search has reached, as I am in- j are butter daries in Wisconsin whose
formed, the kind of rock that was left "V"TM receive an average of from :
, . n. . ... . to 40 cents per pound, and who do find
was siute. This is either an aflinua-1 1. , ,Ki,,.. n-; -ia
tive sign coiitiuued, or renewed. The miniratita yield should be 203
And as regards what mar be con- 1 pounds p?r annum per cow: the mini-
! mum average price should be o0 cents
I adding the valine of the milk when
fed to jugs, and this will give a fair
I profit. Better than this can be done
A certain teacher who had tal'en
cousiderable pains to post himself in
the latest and most approved methods
of instruction, and had taught success
fully for several years; recently under
took a school in a district vihere such
new fangled notions as the word meth
od ami 'object lessons were as fresh
news to those who controlled the school,
as the discovery of the Pohrris,- or the
failure of Jay Cooke & Co, Our friend
soon discovered that his administra
tion was unpopular. It was in vain
that he demonstrated the correctness
of his methods, and proved that the
pupils wcyg interested in their studies
and learning faster than ever before,
it was hot the way the parents were
taught when they were children, and
consequently it was not the right way.
Tiie teacher nens sibi conscia recta
having put his band to the plow did
not like to turn back, and so pjr.-iisted
in his coarse; but a few weeks later
he was suddenly arrested in his reck
less career by the following summary
order from the director, which we pre
serve, in the archives of educational
literalinG (id est, prii't in the pages of
the Teacher) for the benefit of tho fu
ture educational historian:
July The third 1873
r.iTt sm'.th you will have to Coine to t"aC.hi'.i.e hs
other teachers do for we Cant at''r'rd lo thio'.v
away our money for you to eXpeiin'.mt more
Eeadimr and spelling in Class and less Ubtck
Eoard eXer size learn the f mall ones there let
ters In the Pock so they will know them.
Charly Jones director
Nebraslia Tuc-7iT.
A T YPOO RAF IlTcI LER It 0 H.
For the Herald.
COAL.
Mr. Edito::: For many reasons,
the name at the head of this article, is
a subject of the very first importance,
with tk(
n-s of your journal, and
W in receipt of the finest tr: 1
D t'ST A -S'N'f Ii TJfEXT
! Cm! ruliit,
Cairo,
Siarrnrttfj?rii,
:: vssimf.hks. cr.oriTs. vesttnos. scotch i Eransrinc,
goods, lr.lsn FUiESES, Jfemphis,
In fact, tho larte-it and best assortment of i Yickshur,
Cloths ever brought to this rity vir.eh 1 am j -jrr ,.,0
pr-nared to make up in the Latest Sty.es. (all --yOim l j,
i nd examine Goods. aptiES. j Jlufiiir
Mrs- A. D. Whiicomb,
PRESS AND CLOAK 2-IAKETi.
Booms three do :rs est of Brock Hou.se.
j New Orpins.
Galveston,
ChttUano'iga,
Atlanta,
J faco n.
Ciarlestotm,
Savannah,
Kno.rville,
Bristol,
Lynchburg.
liuhmond.
And all P.iir.is
South and Southeast.
! GOOD REASONS YVHY this is the preferred
i E.vatr.
I IT IS Tt(!7. OVI.V TIVK n-n-itii In!linn
! Palace Drawing Itoom Siee-.-in- Cai-s through
T'TTV-J 1 VD VTTTING JI IDE ! frcl" St' ''""' -Na-hii!e without chan;;e.
aliLW t-L1-'0 -"-" IT IS THE ONLY LIVE ur.der'one ruantige-
1 SB EC I iLTY ment between these itirs.
' J IT IS TIIE ONLY LINE by which pasen-
jrers cm stive from ij.i to ln-' "miles travel, and
Horn six to t entv-fonr hours lime.
Patterns of sll kinds constantly on hand j JT ,s f 4 f';KAPEn from St. Louis t
2'".-iy- ! Nashville than the circuitous -otito via. Ixjuis-
i vilte.
xn.rLi Uiao iau x eju, j ocp. motto :
Cor Broadicay and Tirentitth Sired, j QUICK TniE! .
NEW Y'JEK.
CLOSE CONNECT IONS!
, v-th nil modern improvements ; I tiie Wostiic-rhouse Air P.rnke .and the Miih
'''cn'tvciUi and sinaie ; private parlors,! coupler and naifomi are run in all trains.
e'cv-rs &e Eo- it'on unsurpassed. I I nrotiith nekets on sale and Bafftrase cheeS
n the'verv'cent're of fv-'.vou and i.riliiant i ed r.t all the principal Ticket Offices in the We'
ON BOTH AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PLANS, j Xe. e,(ant (lav 0o;lcllo5
Comp'
rooms
b-itiis.
..,inr in flu vrv centre
New orK lite, ill proximuj 10 v hum -;- ,
.. ...,....,...... .miiI I ..ril .V Ir.vlor s. I
Arnold & Constable's nod J. a: I . Jonasm a.
Iry lo..ls palaces. I ne r.otei is mi;i mi
ina.nru;ement of A. S. P.arunm. tonuerly Ct I.ar
num s Hotel. Hallimore t I. N. Green, et Day
ton. (hio, and recent: v rf Ne." "ork. :nn i ree
cian Barnum.ot F.iimais's Hotel, St. Louis.
2l-tf.
s enuipped Avith
iter
Good Xresh milk j dtiilvered daily at cvery
body's home !a Plattsmonth, if they ar.t it. by
J. F. Beanmcistcr.
Svnd in your orders aitd I will try xid give
you
and sefT. vj.ii n-gnhirly 1-ly:
the West
ml North.
As'; for tickets via the "Southeastern Rail-
E. F. WINSI.OW.
Cen'l Manager, St. Louis.
W. It. DAVENPORT,
Gen'l Ticket Apent. Louis.
Farmers Lumber Yard.
Having made arrangements in Chi
cago, and elsewhere, with extensive
dealers, I am prepared to furnish on
short notice all kinds of
L limber Doors Sasli
Shingles, ifee.,
at a reasonable rate. I also nf-CD con-;
stantly on hand a full tissortmcnt of
N"ails, Hinges,
.Locks, Hardware,
of all kinds. Those Mshing to build
v, ui piease call ana see my stock.
JB. NO YES.
LOUISVILLE. NET.
their neighbors. Coal is no less than
one of the necessaries of life, with us;
and one that stands very near the head
of the list. But we have been so often
led off on a false s.-vut with regard to
the discovery of that ra;nnral, that we
arc cautious now about believing any
thing about such discoveries, until we
have good authority. An I in the pres
ent state of the question, it might not
be out of place to speculato a little on
the possibility of finding coal in our
own country. In any such inquiry, the
first material question would be, what
are the indications? The next might
be, would it be likely to be found in
sufficient quantity, and at such dis
tance as would make it useful?
About the indications we have no
doubt in answering; that they are
highly favorable." On quite a superfi
cial glance at our geological forma
tions, we would at once answer afurma
tively. For very many square miles,
our county shows just such a kind of
rock in place, as overlies some of the
richest coal formations yet discovered.
Then, again, coul is rtrtitally found in
place in some localities. This latter
fact can be proved in Stove creek pre
cinct. Coal has actually been got out
of the banks of that creek, a mile or
two north of the center of the precinct.
The vein -was found too thin to bo of
any particular utility. But its bare
existence at that place was a proof of
a carboniferous formation, t know
that some people got into their L'e'ads
that the preencc of the coal in any
quantity, was a proof of the nearness
of it in large quantities; but the ut
terance of such an idea is simply non
sense, and possibly hurtful. If this
alone was a foundation for any expen
sive operations, then the scheme might
bo expected to result like "a wild
goose chase."
And at several places in the same
precinct I am informed that a slate
similar to the slate that almost always
overlies veins of bituminous coal, is to
found. Such a kind of slato would
be called carboniferous, by practical
gcologist3 These a:tnia indications
sidered a paying distance to lift coal, I
would say, if it be more than ten or
twelve feet, it had better be more than
fifty, than less. There are several
things to be considered as necessary in
mining, which would not He in quar
rying. If the coal were- ten or twelve
feet below the surface, it might be got
at as rock is got from it quarry. But if
it be much lower than that, it would
not pay to move the rubbish. Then if
it had to be regularly mined, timbers
be needed to support she roof. And if
it were say, within or about iiftj' feet
from the surface, the presumption is
that the roof would be tender, needing
more timber in a given space than, if it
were, say, four times as deep. Then
again, if the coal were at the minimum
depth of fifty, water would probably
be much more troublesonle than at a
greater depth. I am admonished that
I must conclude now. Bat if it be ad
missible' I will iesum2 the subject.
Caloric.
0 3SERVATil.N SO1" Til eTv E ATilEIi
it ha-3 been done, and certainly can be
done again. Western Fanner.
A Pappy with an Inquiring "Iiud.
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93 deg.
September, 187,?.
Days clear before sunrise
" still
" cloudy "
" windy "
" sprinkling before stint ?se
Average temp. " " 4i
Highest ' ' on
the 2Cth 03 deg.
Lowest temp, before sunrise on
the 19th, 27 "
Days cloudy at - noon
clear
" still
breezy "
windy "
Highest temperature at noon, on
the 17th.
Lowest temperature at noon, on
the 29th, 53
The first frost of the season on
20i.li. but ligh.
October, 1S73.
Days clear before sunrise
" still
" cloudy ,;
" rainy "
" snowy first of the season
Average temp, before sunrise,
Highest on the. 12, "
Lowest on the 23, "
Highest on the 8th, at noon
Lowest on the 23, " "
Average temp. " "
Days still " "
" windy " "
" rainy " "
November, 1S73.
Observation of wind taken in the
morning: 14 times north-west; 7 times
south-west; 1 time south-east. At
noon: 5 times south-west; 13 times
north-west. At night: ( times north
west; 3 times south-west.
Four days in the month of Novem
ber, wind blew very hard from the
north-west. The heaviest wind on the
11th.
Days clear 12
" stiil 13
" more Cr less cloudy, 3
Average tetrp. before sunrise 23 deg.
Highest 16 cf Nov. - M 39 "
Lowest th 2Sth, " 1 "
Highest the 8th, at noon 71 "
.The above observations were taken
at ffry' residence. T.
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From the Virginia ErtlerprL-e.
State Printer Putnam, who has been
sojourning in this city for a few days
past, returned to -arson last Sunday
noon. He was presented a fine New
foundland pup, about four mouths old,
while here. For safe keeping this juv
enile son of his mother was placed in
the Enterprise press room last Satur
day night. After inspecting the run
ning of a job press for some time with
much interest, he went up to it aad
stuck bis nose between a pair of cog
wheels. Leaving between the wheels
a piece of skin oil the end of his no e
about the size of a trade dollar, lie retir
ed to a corner and sat down for a time
to reflect upon his first lesson. After
he had for some time pawed and lick
ed his wound, his attention was at
tracted to the bed of the powor press,
which seemed to be shooting in and
out in a playful m:inn?r. After this ho
started encouraged by seeing it re
treating from him but was almost in
stantly knocked down by the swift re
turn of the bed. Here he thought he
had found a foe worthy of his steel.
At it he went, tooth and nail, and was
regularly knocked down as each paper
w;ts struck olf, for about three hours,
lie then sat down and watched tho
"thing" the rest of the night, bobbing
his head up and down as the bed plate
moved in and out, but cured of bat
tling with it. Being shut up in the
room and left to his wn devices until
noon on Sunday, he found an empty
ink barrel on its side and made that
his home. Being black as ink himself
the condition of his coat was not dis
covered until the master had taken
him aboard the train for Carson. It
was then found that he was as- full
ink as one of the ink balls used by
printers in the early days of printing.
Being an affectionate .and playful cuss,
the consternation which he created
aboard that train can well be imagined.
At hist it was found necessary to wrap
and tie him up in a lot of newspapers,
and thes the printer's dog rode away
with his new master.
And How it Was Corrected.
If there is anything more gentle, gen
erally.than any other thing, it is a print
er, and if there are any two tilings
more gentle than anj other two things,
they are two printers. But it some
times happens that the lamb feels fire in
his heart, and so it is with printers at
least so it was with a pair of printers
yesterday afternoon. Imports of the
affair .are conflicting, but the truth, as
near as it can be arrived at is, that a
discussioli arose between thm, which
terminated in a row, and the twain, at
tended by a knot of friends, all print
ers, repaired to a secluded nook, to have
it out in the good old-fashioned way.
Peeling of their coats and vests, they
went at it, to the instruction and in
tense delight of the spectators.
In the first round they both sparred
cautiously, but finally Slug 1 "distribut
ed"' his fives over Slug 2's "turtle."
Slug 2 made a "3 em dash" at Slug 1,
and "indented" his right eye. Follow
ing it up, he "pied" Slug l's teeth, the
latter retaliating with a "fat take on
the hose. Slug 2 down amid enthusias
tic applause among the "subs" and
"loafs."
Both came up a little "battered"' for
the second. round. Slug 1 "emptied" on
2's "galley," and ''spaced out" on hi3
mouth. Slug 2 "run in" a "solid" one
on Slug l's "black head," and both
went down. The "rats" interfered, and
the "slugs" sloped, both faces very "dir
ty proofs." ...
The Lcs Angelos, Ca!., Sfargives the
following as a successful method to de
stroy gophers and squirrels. One far
mer has just successfully poisoned
some thousands of squirrels
that had partly destroyed a grain
field. I lis plan was as follows: "First
he purchased 'four bits' worth of stry
chnine which he dissolved in a teacup
of vinegar; this he let stand half a day,
stirring it occasionally. This cupful
of vinegar and strychnine he then po ar
ed into three gallons of water, into
which he added a pint of brown sugar,
which destroyed the taste of the vine
gar an I poison, lie then distributed
the preparation about the field, placing
it in little earthen or other vessel as
near tiie color of the ground as they
ctin be procured. During the warm
parts of the day the rodents went to
these veesels, by the hundreds, and nev
er had time to get to their holes any
more, and so deadly is the poison that
four bits' worth of strychnine will lay
out from three to four hundred ro
dents." We presume that the plan
wnich has been so successful in Cali
fornia with gophers and squirrels
would be equally applicable to rats,
mice, and other small deer.
Who I'ufTs Fays.
A funny suit against an editor lias
been decided in the Circuit Court at
Waukesha, Wis. The Fays, proprietors
of the La Belle House at Oeonomowoc,
brought an action before a justice to
recover 807.04 for meals and cigars
furnished Ashley D. Harger. editor of
the Oeonomowoc Tines. Harger set
up a counter claim of 8160 for "puff
ing" the La Belle House. Judgement
was rendered for the plaintiff, and Air.
Harger appealed to a jury. The case
excited much interest, Harger being
well liked, and having a- solemn, earn
est way of making very witty remarks,
lie testified that Fay would say to him:
"Harger, I've got a nice dinner to-day
come in." "No, I thank you. I'm so
ing home," Fay would prevail orr hlrri
to stay, and after dinner the following j
colloquy: "Everything in theie all j
.right, Harger?" "Evervthing excel-i
le-nt." "Dessert all right ?" "Excellent."
"ice-cream all right?" "Delicious, ifr. !
Fav" "Vfn-w rvult: rnnn.ml.pr rliw in !
' . V , . ..V.', .--- . ...... ...
5 our paper rieyt week." In return for
dinners and cigars. Harger says that he
told a great many lies editorially
worth more than a thousand dollars.
He never would have presented a bill
for lie's had not Fay fallen out with
Hrh and wanted pay for dinners. Har
ger pleaded his own case, and the jury
found a verdict for him, vtliich threw
thc costs upon the hotel -keeper.
How ta Caok a Bscfstaek.
A beefsteak is always 1)Pst broiled;
but the following method is recom
mended. When broilin? is rot conven
ient. The frying pan being wiped dr',
place it upon the stove to become hot.
In the mean time pepper and salt the
steak, then lay It on tiie hot, dry pan
and instantly cover as tightly as possi
ble. When the raw fiesh touches the
heated pan, of course it seeths and ad
heres to it, but in a few seconds be
comes loosened and jucy. Every half
minute turn the steak; but be careful
to keep ft as much as possible under
cover. When nearly done lay a small
piece of butter upon it, and if you want
much gravy add a table-spoonful of
strong coffee. This makes the most
delicious, delicately broiled steak, full
of juice, yet retaining till the healthy,
beefy llavor that any John Bull could
require. The same method may be ap
plied to mutton chops or ham, only
they require more cooking to prevent
them from being rare. An excellent
gravy may be made by adding a l.'ttle
cream, thekened by a pinch of dour, in
to which, when off the fire and partial
ly cool, stir the yolk of an egg well
beaten.
To clean Last Year's Siik.
For the rtrdtlking of last year's silks,
may be recommended an excellent
mode of cleaning. Kub each breadth
carefully with a woolen cloth to get
the du?t from the surface, then sponge
it all off with water in which one or
two black kid gloves have been boiled,
a quart of water for a pair of gloves;
iron while wet, witli extremely hot
irons, on the wrong side. For colored
silks the same colored gloves to be boil
ed. Fot this purpose it is well to save
old kid gloves of all colors. Another
mode tried with grat success is the
same process of rubbing off the dirt
with a woolen rag; then mix an equal
quantity of strong tea and vinegar,
with which the silk i3 washed by nib
bing it with .a piece of flanHel. It
Must be made very wet. Smooth the
silk carefully, folding it, arvi in about
ifteen minutes iron it on .fh'e wrong
side with very hot irons. This applies
only to black silk, black l ibbons, cra
vats, etc., but might be injurious to
colors,
Number 42.
One av.nro, flo !it! or 10 on tnnorliou. .l.fln
Each pubs-:qu"iit (turri'.w
j I'roieaslonsI ctud.t, not t-x---'edLr.zalx lhif. lO.oH
liictdcrcii per annum .vAn
!4coluiuu per s-.mum '. 40.eo,
;',eolur;a t. M.O
0.e.e'jiuii'ii Co ...1um
Alt ;!!ver?ls!r.; bDls dui. liit.irterly. -. .
Trajvit'jnt 1vei''.i.ccraen'.s muM be pniii for-fc
a-ivtuit-e.
Evrw.v Corn's kv th k 1T"h m.u for fs'e by IT;
.1. Stre!;;U. r.t the i'ost Oflii-e, and O. K. . loho-K-n,
comer of Main rrnl Fifth Sts.
liSULLY.
Garters with monogram clasps are
worn by pretty girls. They are rather
a novelty vet, but we hojie to see more
of them. riattsmouth Herald.
Yes, we know pretty girls are a
novelty in Plattsmonth, atid if you
want to see more of them come down
to Nebraska City. Chronicle.
Went there once made us sick had
to lay up tit a hotel for a week did
not see a pretty girl all the time we
were there. Herald.
Come to Lincoln next tiir'p, and you
will or can see more and prettier girl.-?
in one day than you ever saw before.
But, Bro. Herald, let us caution you
against trying to see more of those
"monogram clasps." 'Tis often .danger
ous business inspecting surh articles
don't. Journal.
How do you know. Thats the quest
ion? Herald.
iirjionous.
polith
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this
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keen
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"Well, you see,
now, and can't
I used to, vou
If a Bedouin should lose his teeth,
would he talk gum Arabic?
"Grandma, why don't
servant any longer?"
child, I'm getting old
take care of one as
know."
A Maine gentleman refused to get
up and light a fire, and his wife said
she wouldn't, and they remained in bed
thirty-seven hours. Of course the wife
had to give in.
At Titusville paper says: "A man
ca"led at one of our shoe stores yester
day and vainly essayed to get on either
No. 11, 12, or i3 shoes. The storekeei
cr then suggested that he should put
on a thinner pair of stockings and try
on the box."
A Voting Beau at his sister's even
ing party began to sing "Why am I so
Weak and Weary?" when a little
brother brought the performance to a
sudden close by j'elling out. "Aunt
Mary says it's because you come home
so bite and drunk most every night!"
A Lady made a complaint to Fred
erick the Great, King of Prussia. "Ycur
Majesty;"-said she, "nty luij'btuht traits
me badly." "Thats none of my busi
ness," said the King. "But lie speak3
ill of you," said the lady. "That," said
he, "is hone cf your business."
Jones believes in Lord Burleigh's
advice to give such presents as "will be
the largest and most constantfr before
the eye of the receiver." He has
bought out a spectacle peddler, and
thinks by giving all his friends a pair
of spectacles he will fully meet the re
quirements of propriety.
"Who's there?" said Jenkins, one
cold winter night, disturbed in his re
pose by some one knocking at the
street door. "A friend," wtts the
answer: "What do you want?"
'Want' to stay here all night." "Queer
taste stay there by all means," was
the benevolent reply.
The emission of a comma has frt"
quently gien a very awkward turn to
a sentence, n e rememner an cpitapn
NEWS OF THE WT.Lii.
Philadelphia M S WO.OOO fire Sun
day night.
The Wisconsin senate is said to
ibv s tie.
presid. nt of the $
gets a salary of 83.000 a year.
The r-nnvlvaiia coal miners
; proposjcg o st:;ko sometime
j month.
The- Illinois legislr.tnre met in ad
journcd session at Springfield on Tues-
tl;lv" !
Schuyler Colfax nddiJ-Ksed the Odd
Fellows at Dwight, lib, on Saturday
night.
It is thought that the ?A". Tli'uta
Baring rnuit have left property to tho
amount of iN'.WO.oOO.
David B. Gage, the defaulting. trea;.
urer of thi city. Is to be 'resented be
fore thfc grand jury for indtct mtnt.
lion. Caleb Gushing lias been ap-'"
pointed minister to Spain in place of
Daniel Sickles, removed. . .
The bark Po!l from PMisaCola, for.
Liverpool, was lost during a hurricane
on the 2Cth of December. The second
officer, carpenter, steward, and f ix men
were washed ovt t board and drowned.
The board of trade of Keokuk, Iowa,'
has passed resolution denouncing the
St. Louis bridge as a serious obstruc
tion to the navigation of the river, and
calling 011 Congress to abate the nui
sance. The French admiralty court lias pro-'--
! nounccd judgement, declaring the man-
agment of the steamer ihe du Havre
to have br"Mi bbuuelcs. and holding
that the bad man.'tgthne'ut f'f '! Loch
Earn was the cause of the disaster.
The court eulogized Ca.pt. Surmont.
The live stock welahed on the Fair
banks' scales at the Chicago union stock
yards' from Christinas dny. 103,, (4I10
opening dav,) to Christmas, 187.?; num
bered 23,4o'',7S3 h ad, valued at over,
four hundred and thirty million dollars..
Such a test of scales is worth more to,
the manufacturers than all the medals,
and fancy diplomats ever invented.
Tho congr!s;dc'nll lk'u.efi comuuttee.
on appropriations have had four meet
ings tim ing recess, and have considerct
the army, Indian, fortification, ant
navy appropriation bills, though ii't
one of them have yet btcn perfected.
Every item has been cut down to lh
lowest possible fi.,rur in accord nco
with the expressed wih of the houso.
to make the rpproi, nations compara
tively small.
Th a papers say that Dos Moines has
the oldest woman living, or, at least,
she ought to be. Her iuuno is Cole
man. She is of the colored persuasion
and was born "down in Ole, Virginny.
A. D., 1737, making her at pi'esnt f.
hundred and JifUen yens of age. r-ho
is able to walk about the house and
perform light chores; her sight is good
and her memory apparently uuimpair-"
ed by ae. She has been a resident uf
Des Moines for th" p.nt thirteen years,'.
!i iiig with grandsons, Ct'rtcrs by name
and barbers by profession.
The United Stale and Mexican coni-
which suffered severely from such an j missjo:i bus resumed business, and will
oversight. It ran pretty much as fol- tioubtlessdispo.se of all fa-e- 011
lows: "Erected to the memory of John ; docket bv t fie expiration of it Cxh
Phillips, ;;ccidentally shot as a mark ol ; e.j tenn.
ahection bv his brother.
A phreriologist told a man that he
had combatalivenos very larger! y de
veloped, and was of a quarrelsome
disposition. "That isn't eo'aid the
man, "and if you repeat it I'll knock
you down."
Why does Charles Darwin gel so
angry when his favorite theory of the
origin of the race is attacked by intel
ligent writers and speakers? Because
then his monkey is "up."
Here is a paragraph that contains as
m'tch senae as poetry:
Home aair! l.onte aa't?
From a forin shore.
are the words of a popular sortg. A
Topeka (Kansas) belle is said to render
them somewhat after this style:
Ho mux-Kin, Ho-nms-ln,
From a forr in sho-o e.
We rccomend her for 'a leader of
some of our fttshionable city choirs, or.
if they should prefer it, we roirtirtcr?!
some of those Arkansas colored citi
zens, who when ringing the lines:
We are going home to die no more,
render them,
"We are gwinc home to Dinah More, to Dinah
More to Dinah More."
In either case there is a3 much sense
and as much propriety as in much we
hear from some of bur fashionable
choirs St. Louis Chris-Iain Advocate.
"How was it that you came home
from your party so early last night,
Susan? Didn't you enjoy yourself?"
Susan Yes. mti'ani, but the young man
as tnk me bin to supper instated inc.
Mistress Insulted you, Susan? Why,
what did lie say? Susan Yes, ma'am.
He psked me if my program was full,
and I'm sure I never 'ad nothing but a
sandwich atid a glass of lemonade, so I
came away home.
An editor once wrote: "We have re
ceived ti bas'rct of strawberries from
Mr. Smith, for which he will receive
our coiriplim.'nts. some of which are
four inches in circumference."
An old edition of Morse's Geography
says: "Albany has 400 dwelling
houses, and 2.400 inhabitants, all stand
ing with their gable ends to the streets."
Josh Billings was asked, "how fast
does sound travel? His idea is that
it depends a good deal upon the noise
you are talking about. "The sound of
a dinner-horn, for instance travels
half a mile in n second, while an in
vitashun tew git up in the morning i
have known to be 3 quarters uv an
hour goin' 2 pair of stain, and then net
l.n.r ..S. rs,.V lA.Vi- n l,..n.,l
0 fess the crime, to winch it
The Mayor of Keokuk found himself 1 impossible otherwise to obtain a tkw.
m a oaa predicament tne otner day.
He had just issued" orders to release
certain jail prisoners, who could recite
the Lord's Prayer, when a prominent
attorney offered to bet him a ten-dollar
note that he couldn't perform the feat
himself. He declined, because he said
he was not a betting man. Ex.
t
xpiration 01 11.- rxtenu-
Within the last two mouths
the commissioners have decided at
least 10') cases, including an adverse de
cision in the etise of Daniel E. Wood
house against Mexico, known as tho -Tehuanttpcc
claim, in which the peti
tioner stot d the amount of damages .
at over ?3.000,o0(;. The claim of Mex
ico for 8-7,000,0')o on account of dam
ages from India incursions, is now in
the hands of Sir Edward Thornton,
the umpire, the American and Mexican .
commissioners being divided in opin
ion. It is expected that by the eiosa of.
the present trionth, all arrangements,
will have been completed for a consoli
dation of the WilkcsbuiTo, Honey.
Brook and Lehigh Coal Complin.'..";,
with till their tributaries. If the coi -solidation
is efiV-led, the new concern
will be known as "The Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company." and will,
begin business with , ci.piti.'.l c'f810,
000,000. The stoeklioldei s of the, Cen
tral Rairo.id of New Jersey will bo
lJre'y interested in the new organiza
tion, ;ir.d though that company will
not be incrgfd in the combination, a
close relation will lie established.'
On New Years eve a box, apparently
containing cigars was sent to Judge,
Morris, prosecutor of th Brooklyn
"ring," at Lis residence in Brooklyn;
atid in lib-absence at Albany iriaking
the cl'.'Sing argument before Gov. Dix,
against Biittou, bis wife, laid it aside..
Several members of the reform commit
tee, of width McrrbJ fgcu'irtfl.cilb-'doit
his family on New Year's Day, and
were, offered cigars, but the box left
the night lit fore vas fortunately not
called into requisition. The Judge did
-(Sy
not return from Albanv until Satu
night, and the box was undisturbed
until about 10 o'clock Sunday morning. .
Morris op:-ned it in his brd-orttr, t-ui -rounded
by his wife and little ones. On'
lifting the lid the snap of a spring was
heard, and at a gin ace it was seen that
the box was an infernal machine, It is
a miracie that it did not ercj.lode. Only
the loo great precaution of the maker
preventfcd the explosion, the match.
which were to ignite the powder hav
ing caught the edge of the sand-paper-across
which the spring was ivtlTlutd
to hae drawn them. Tbe box contain-!
ed a torpedo and enough loose powder,
and gun-cottT' to ii';te ..shattered, tho
house U p; lcs. J uugc Motns careful
ly lifted the box and placed it in a bath
tub, where it was sntn rated w ith water
and then taken to pieces. It. is in the
hands of the police, who are already in
search of the ballot-box stutfers; in"
hope that some "no of them wiiicon-
is almost;
A lady teacher in one of the public
schools we guess it was in Omaha
was amazed the other day in seeing a
perfect forest of juvenile hands fly up
in the air and shako find gesticulate
with violent agitation.. "What do you
want?" queried the puzzled instructor.
"Yat liair's falling off." JSx.
Wc notice as on? of tl.o signs of the.
times that ;r great many people arv
advertising thefr. diamond pins? .vitu.
diamond ringa for sale in the f ap'ers.
In a recent issue of the New York.
Herald, we counted six of these sigual
cf distress. Ex.
The ria'ttsrr'outh IIerj.lI says thdi
D. II. Wheeler, of that place, has pur-,
chased a lot in Lincoln, and intimated
that the said D. H. W. Proposes rfH
moving to the Capitol city. He
bo welcome.
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