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- -Y. - I s ! I - i j ' 1 t V m T il K n ft R A ,.'!. J. A. 21AC.ILTl.I'in. .... Du;-J tit. PLATT.-ftlOlITII l'FAi. 18, ISTw. - The Clerk of the llou.st', read 1) bill '-' iit one reading on Muirly. Among the mystical things timUr tho ileuominalive seven overlooked by the 'preachers, we may mention "seven The nrst train whs ran through the Jloo.sac tunnel Tuesday, Feb. 9th, and occupied thirty-five miuutea in umkiii the trip. . The Urownville Ailvertiscr- and the Xemaha Grangcilxre having a hou t over the Howe Majors encounter during the tsenatorial contort. ' Our western exchanges are filled very largely with letters ami complaints about distribuiion of goods for grass hopper sufi'erers. The Western Ntbra!;ian has chans ed hands again, Mr. T. Fulton Gantfc retiring and Messrs. Mikels and Far well taking charge. F.ayha, of the West Point Iimblicnn, has been in to see Doc. Miller and get a. pat ou the back. He'll g-t sick of that pretty soon. Wc are getting the .Kearney Daily Vf-v?.nw, is six ooiimms, plum full of something, town .iV-ut 100. place out cv''?t, great country- KiViop Clark, of lihode .Island, pro juSes to give their lenten collections to the lvm-?:. and Nebraska sufi'erers. F.very bishop's n-ime ought to be Clark For the lir.it time in the history of that city M-irdi Gras day was not cele brated in New Orleans thia year. It was celebrated in Mobile, and other plv.-e, though. D ecatur, Nebraska is to have a bridge ac-ros the Missouri in tim-) and' the people, big and little, male and female fat and le m are standing on their heads w ith joy "3 to speak. irTo-i aivuot Ac'iualnlt ! with the substantial merits of the Chiwgo l'"st and Mail s.nd 50 cents ' and receive the Daily cne month, or the Weekly three month?. Ileal gold.Mn paying quantities, has bre a found near Xewburyport, Mass., ;:nd the rush to the mines resembles the early days of California and V:i.!:ne. So say Eastern papers. Tins Regents of the University elec ted Tuesday were: 1st Dist, C. A. Holm's and E. M. Hunqerford. :M dint ; H. II. Harrow and S. J. Tuttie. Sd dist; Dr. Bear all Republicans sdve IJvar. Reports of great cruelty to prisoners in the State Penitentiary have been cir culated and are now being investigat ed. If half the reports are true, there should be an entire eh.iuge in the man agement at once. Representative Crawford, our old West Point friend, is making a good record this wilder. Glad of it. And there is Dr. lii-ar, too, sharp, hrewd and able, The Doctor can hold his own without any puffing. We call especial attention to the nr raiiiremcnts of the B. & M. R. R-, made for the purpose of carrying nttcn re lief goods and seed for our Western hitler. This company have certainly shown their best face towards the set tlers on their land.-. This will rea'.ly be the important week in our legislative matters. The passage of the general appropriation bill, the Constitutional Convention bill, ami lastly, but not leastly, the adjourn ment of the Legislature sin dir., will be looked for with great interest. Gen. .TnoM. Thayer has been nr pointel by the President Governor of Wyoming Territory. Some of the pa pers say he will not accept, ou account ,.f iiiviTi lnntters at home. IIoiv he um make the business and the govern orship mix and go for Wyoming. A type setting match between J.D. Calhoun and W. F. Padgett came oil at the J o urnu-I office, Lincoln. onMonday. Calhoun set 7UO'ems; Padgett. 0,700, in five hours. Cal's average per huur 1,44?. Part's, 1,352. A deduction of i.OOO :ins per hour for corrections was agreed upon by the ju Igcs. The Omaha lit publican is incorrect in its statement that Cass County lands only average 5.00 ; for assessing pur p.wM's, and in placing it lower than the surrounding counties. The Auditor's Report shows S7.93 for CasM County. "nd it is next to Douglas County in valuation of lands. Miner, local of the Omaha Iltpnb limn, has been elected an alderman in Lis ward at Omaha. A St. Joe editor comes down on him for lack of room 'to stowaway aldermanic dinner?, &c, and Miner retorts that if paunch alone ma le aldermen, some men would enjoy u lifetime monopoly of aldermanic rule, third-term, or no tl-ird-ternis. It's time there was a change, the lean men want some soup, now. Wc sympathize niit you, Mnuer. Same here. The bank tax bill, as it is called, will probably fail. It is not the. right way to remedy this unequal taxation. In Mtead of relieving one kind of property the true way is to raise the assessment of all property to something like its Irue value. In short, follow the law strictly and we shall have no trouble. We realize how banks and all money wen f.re fixed they can't pay S, 0 and 7 per cent, on cash and do business. - There must U a relief. Equalize the real estate, make the rich in any kind ,of property pay their just proportion. Senator Chapman is preparing, or has prepared a bill on this head, and we Lope it may go into effect before the aprinz arn",.rnts are made. Wc ';:"',! ' ; " 'o ,. departure of Charley 2lyr:.'. ..-:.! -.. if. !::' Lincoln, wheie lakc-j charge of th' Freight Dep:irtrrir.'!j;f ;.riiioiiy presided over by Mr. Peabody. - We :ir; sorry to lose Mr. Ryrne, but think the R. R. Co. have made a good move in putting Mr; Byrne there. He knows or.r folks, ur ways, and if we don't like him we can blow him up, and go next day arid or der our freight by his road, as any western man should. Concord, Mass, proposes to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the "Concord fight" on the 13th of April, 1875. The exercises will consist of an oration by Geo. William Curtis ; agrand military and civic procession to the old "North Bridge;" the unveiling and ded ication of a bronze statue of a Minute Man, a public dinner, with toasts, speeches and grand ball in the evening. We wish them a good time. There is an "Alphabet" Dakin among the committee on arrangements, we see, plenty of Barrett-, Samuel Hoar, James Melvin and many other familiar old New England names. Some years ago the People 'A Platts mouth had a character. He used to get up on court-house hill and shout and warn the people of the wrath to come, and tell about when "Gabriel blows, &c.,' nftcr a bit he came down to Lin coln and waving a long pole with a lot of red ribbons and a mystic book ovt-r the heads of the legislators from the gallery, he warned people of the iniqui ties of David Butler, governor, anon he led a heifer decorated with ribbons through the public square. At last he, "Poor Gabr," as some folks called him, brought up in the asylum, and we lost sight of him until laUly. He appears to have broken out and lias taken to writing for the Bee newspaper. Alas for "Gabe," if that's ths man, he was and is one of tin- earth's unfortunates! T.V vptfriior.rant bill -rill ; ; !.a bly Li? Jfl!d by the time tit5-: npp-.':rs j in print. It is x very important lics- urCi and eastern senator ar: 1 repre sentatives must look to it that we cj4. enr rights. There are two sides to tliia rights business. We understand that Senator Chapman has the dates and figures showing the amount of taxes paid in our county, the arjount of ara ble lands and the population. All tlicse matters enter i'.ito a just equita ble apportionment. sam'chapman. ;: A f aid ?n ' - : a ilaiiiii.sd on tae w.-i. -.1 t.:c 3ihs.xtfi rlTfi from i::.;:':i to lie 'iith line of the .State of .ejjrask. SENATOR FROM CASS COl'STY. No " IVncilograph ;" But the Clear quill F.ntire. nv YE EDITOR HIMSELF. Sarn. Clipman first saw life 32 year ago, somewhere in Indiana count", Pennsylvania; and we have been in dustriously trying to take his life (in these columns) ever since the session began, which reminds us of a little story. Our father-in-law is a nice "old gentleman and likes things lixtd up nice, mighty nice about him. Well, about the time we got married, we used to drive over there consid'able drove good horses, we did then, and the old gentleman didn't have much of a hitching post, he was always going to put up a nice one a real, jam-up ty-ing-place. Wc tried the corner of the house, the end of the corn crib, an old willow tree, hind wheel of the wagon, and so on. all our courting days, and father had so much work to do that the jam-up hitching-post never was put up, he said lie hadn't got round to it yet. One day after we t ere married some time and had tT-ii :;vav a ;pei!, we came home rnd wonderful improve ments had been m i-h a now poieh around the bona;', new drives up the lane, be-ge fence all along the avenue, semi-circular sweep m front of the Senator Chajmian took the right stand on the 550,000 relief fund when he stated thut such umfort lines should bo relieved by general charity and not by tax. Who is to pay that tax, the Eastern counties ? They are as largely sufferers, indirectly, as the Western, besides the idea of a tax, at once does away with any private help. A man will prefer to give 85. for a proper ob ject than be taxed 25 cents. In this town almost the first car-load of pro visions and clothes was sent out to Furnas County. The Benders averaged S10 or 811 apiece. Tax U3 that and there would be a revolution. This bond fund business, making profits for a few speculators, is not good policy. Great general public calamities must be relieved by great and general pub lic charitie.5, and can be properly in no other way. Certainly not bv a tax on the people claiming to suffer. Tax KENARD, Under this caption the Omaha Her ald took occasion not long since to give a last kick at Mr. Keunard, because it thought he was now down, bankrupt, where he could be kept down, therefore it wae well to send a dirty shot over his grave. We are creditably informed that Mr. Kennard has paid every dollar of his indcbtedaesSfand that he had assets suflieient to cover his liabilities, three times over. II is banking business did not prove a success, probably t lie busi ness is overdone in Lincoln, but out side of that he is not injured, and has ample property to cover all he owes. No one has lost a cent by the bank failure of Kennard, Bowker & Co. It was a temporary suspension of pay ment in ca.Hh, aud.that was all. and we judge they will not attempt banking again. Whether Kennard's political record suiU us or not, or suits the Her ald, simple justice to himself and those who did business with him, demands that the truth .should be told about his business affairs. TUT. J1UTLKK RESOLUTION. Quite a stir wjue created last week by an attempt of cx-Gov. Butler and his friends to expunge from the rec- ords of the State all accounts of his impeachment trial. It has got into the Tntrr Ocean we pee, and, by the way, we notice Senator Chapman opposed it, fcnd we think he did right, jiut right. The fact that the proceedings of this trial might be erased from the Journals of the Senate and the otlicial documents of the State in manuscript could never wipe out the facte, nor wipe out the printed pamphlets nor the printed Journals. They are as likely to stare the ex-Governor's children in the face as ever. Thi3 being the case we can see no good in taking up the time of the Legisla ture in going through a useless formal ity in expunging such records from the written journals. Let Gov. Butler live a righteous life now and hereafter and the world will let his children's children alone, we warrant. STATE ITLUS. Mr. J. Mossaw arrived at Omaha a short tim since, from Wabash, Ind with seven ear load of wheat, corn, provisions, clothing. &c., for grasshop per sufferers, sent by tho citizens of that place. Lead ore kaa been discovered in Val ley County. Mrs. Grabach, living near Kearney Junction, i.s on trial for the murder of of her step daughter, by brutally whip ping and punishing her. A Joint Stock Company for the man ufacture of linr, tow, rope, &c, has been started in Fairmont. Hon. J. B. McDowell, of Gage coun ty, a member of the Legislature, has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the Lincoln land odiee. He was mar ried on the 7th inst. to Miss Gertrude McKenzie, at Beatrice. Lincoln Aid and Relief Society gave a festival at which they realized $412, 34. Ilowf unnyisalincwithoutspaces. ThTslinrfinihetlieroluTnri. door, and every thing "sph-nkum" but the horse-post. Says we, "Father, where's your horse-post '?" "Well," was the answer, "fact is, I've had so much to do, I haven't got round to that horse post yet." Now that's the way with Sam's life. We didn't exactly like the wav "M Quad" put it, and we hadn't time to alter it. Concluded to try our own feather brush on Sam. but some how we "haven't yet got 'round to it," and never will at this rato. As we were saying, Sara's? father emigrated to Iowa, at a very early day, and here Sam went to school, hoed 'ta ters, taught the pup to swim, licked the biggest boy in the neighborhood, and raised cain generally 'round the farm until he got read' for college. When the war of the rebellion broke out he left the halls of learning (isn't that the way pencilgraphists put it V) and enlisted like a little man as a pri vate in Co. E. First Iowa, three months volunteers, and served his first cam paign under the lamented Lyon. By the wav, Sam wasn't so little eith er then, he was full grown, but not very old, and by a description given of him some year's afterward by a wag gish editor, he must have been of some size. Here is his photograph as he practised law in Plattsmoulh in 1874: "Sam. C. is entirely differently differ ent. He always lived here, and instead of growing up with the country he outgrew the country, the stock, the trees and tho bushes so that -I the ago of twenty-one and a half years, when t'ne war broke out, they refused to en list him in an infantry regiment, be cause, the principal lield ofiieer being near sighted (he wore glasses) could never tell whether he was afoot or a horseback in the ranks. He also declared it impossible to form an ambuscade with Sam in the ranks because his head would stick np over the bushes if kneeling, and his feet so far out behind, if laying down, that no one could ever cover lilea in his rear. 11? then tried cavalry; but as no horse could be found tall enough to prevent his spurs tangling in the grass, or bis stubbing his toes on a stump or the de bris of a battle Geld, lie gave up the idle and foolish practice of war, and came home to light the real battle of lifo with the brains in his head of which be has enough to carry him through and a few to lend to shorter legged fellows, on occasions." Well, the three months being up he again enlisted in the 14th Iowa vo.l infantry, and served a full term of three years, and always in the Geld. This reminds us of an anecdote: one day, after a long and arduous much and much lighting. 5a: n injn 1 him self safe in camp amo;g friend and concluded to take a good lo'i:map. So fixing himself nicely on a hug" pile of stolen blankets in the v. r:ur of a big Sibley tent where the winds could cir culate freely, he snored away. In tho course of the af ternoon an attack whh made on tho camp and some sharp tir ing ensued. Sain slept through it all until a small conical shot and about the last one fired struck the center pole of the "Silt ley" just above Sam's head and cut it off clean and neat. The upper end dropped down just missing the sleep er's nose and the bellying canvas fell like a cloud around the tired and sleep ing warrior. Sam thought he heard a noise, and as they had been kept on the run and shifted about so much conclu ded an order had come to strike tent and move camp. So he crawled out and finding a sentry asked what was the matter, and why' they were going to move already. The sentry infonuetl him there had been a lively little fight and the Rebs had come near cleaning them out, but they were on the retreat now and our boys were after them. Then seeing the tent, he asked Sam if he cme out of that, Sam said yes, "Why says the sentry a ball just went through there and cut her down, won der you wasn'nt hit." "Did a ball knock that tent down?" asked Sam. "Certainly" "and the boys have got 'em all right and running, have they'r" "Ves" "Well, guess I'll crawl in and finish my nap then, so as to be ready for the next light." After his last discharge Mr. Chapman came to Nebraska, having a brother then residing in Cass county, the Hon. Jno. Chapman, now of the Council Bluffs Nonp'tieil. He there read law with T. M.Marquette and was admit ted to practice in open court, Judge Dundy presiding. In lSf0 opened a law oilier in connection with the Hon. Sam'l Maxwell, now Judge Maxwell, since then his star has been upward. Lat fall we nominated him State Senator in old Cass, ho was elected by a rousing majority, ami a better Sena tor was never sent from the county so far. Did you ever hear Mark Twain's lec leeture'on Robinson Crusoe, if not, read it and you will see the point of this life of Sam Chapman. Any way what's the use of our telling the people of Cavss anything about Sam.they all know him better than we do or he knows himself, really, and if you read the above long enough you'll find all his life somewhere in it and if anybody wants to know more they'll have to ndc the Hon. Samnel Chapman himself. lMiioorcj.yi'.v c.'iamias. Vari:r.Vi'S P,ins:-i.if tin: Cubed States, by an :i' t f::.tiile.l A a act to ri:iMe la ;eop:o oi v.!.iaska tt ton.-i n ec.Mitution and State 2i7.:r!r.-.:ri.t, :.i-i f';r t!.? adust ot siich gt.ttt; iuio fn'i ou fca opia! folI:ti; with the original states, :ijiiioved Ai-ril I9ih. 164. did grant to tho .State of Nebraska certain lands ad joining, or as uear as t ho sa;iu coidd l selected, to certain ;dt springs, by tuo (Joveruor f said .State, and, W he re as. There were selected and cor. C mi ed to the State, seventy-two sections l land un der, and by virtue of said grant, and, Whekras, Tiiertt arc now alot:t twelve thousand acres of said land-j unappropriated, and which are, under section eleven or sai act of Congress, subject to be used, or disposed of. on uncli terms, conditions, and regulation as the legislature shall direct, and. Whereas. The early construction of a rail road from Omaha, through Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, 0:oe, Nemaha, ami JMchanlson counties, on or near the west b;uik of the Missouri river, to the south line of the State, ami to a sou'. hem connection. 1ms become a public necessity : now, therefore. Section 1. He it eiiartcd .; the LsgUluture nf Ihr State nf Xetnaxha. That all of the said lauds granted to this State under section eleven of said act of Cong ess. approved April 13, lfGl, and referred to in the preamble of this act. and which are unsold, and hae not otherwise been appropriated, ;ltc hereby granted to the Mid land Pacific Railway fonipany of the State of Nebraska, their successors, or assigns, for the purpose of building and extending it- lines of railway from Nebraska City to Omaha, and from Iirownville to a connection at St. Joseph, Missouri, with other railroads, so as to form a continuous line of railway from Omaha, in 1'ouglns county, state of Nebraska, through Sarpy. Cass, Otoe, (via Nebraska City), Nemaha, and Kichardsou counties. tJ the south line of the State of N'ebrjka, and thence to St. Joseph, Missouri. Si That whenever the Midland Pacific Railway Company, its successors or assigns, shall construct ten miles or more of any portion ol the unfinished line of raUro-.ul as aforesaid, n-;d completed the same ready for the rolling t:ek. as a firyt-class road, they shall be enti tled to three hundred acres of said lands herein granted for each and Tcry mile so completed on i:d line fnim Omaha to the south line of s:id Stale, and tho (iovernor of the Slate shall execute to said company patents for said lands to the amount of three hundred acres per mile, upon the certificate of three commissioners ap pointed by hint to examine said road ; that the same is completed re idy fr trains as aforesaid, and in like manner as each succeeding section at ten miles of said road sha'l be completed, said commissioners shall examine and report upon the same to the Governor of the State, who shall likewise patent to said railway com pany so much of the land herein granted, as the said company may be entitled, at the rate of three hundred acres per mile ; Provided, Tiu.t the lands herein granted and to be patent ed to said railway company upon the construc tion of srid toad are limited to those lands re in liuing unsold, and which were grained v the State as set forth in the preamble of this net : PmviJcd f tuVicr, Th it one-half of said lands shall Unapplied in the construction of the said load between Nebraska City and Omaha, and one-half of said lands shall he applied in. the cfinstructioa of s.Ud road between Lrownvilie and tho south line of this State. Si: 3. .Said Midland Pa.-iflc Itailwav Com pr.y iu,!y have t wo smh from and after the pas.t,-. i-f Ihis act in w hich to complete said line of rj.:iv.ij and cotu.-ly with the term of this act. Sec. 1. All acts and parts of act inconsistent wkh this act are hereby repealed. I5IIT.OVIMJ THE MOUTH OF THE jiississirn. Washington, Feb. 11, 1875 Dkar Sin: The enclosed compila tion h.is been made at the suggestion of leading members of Congress from the West and South, who take deep in terest in the improvement of the navi gation at the mouth of the Miksissijpi; and is sent in the hope that you may be disposed to use some of the facts and arguments in favor of an enter prise full of benefits to the West and the whole country. The great questions now are, which pass should be taken? and how shall the work be done? Congress is dis posed to treat the West to small fav ors while our commercial wants de mand the amplest facilities; and to serve these there should be a prompt expression of public sentiment by the Western papers. If you publish an article upon the subject please send a copy of the paper to yours truly. P. 1j. Tkacy. We received the above letter and the "Compilation of facts, &c." We have always been in favor of opening the great trade of the West to the seaboard by any probable and legitimate mcausi and have written many an article on this subject; but just now before we should consent to see a dollar expended in improving the mouth of the Missis sippi, we want to know whether the people of the states on the lower part of that river mean to belong to the Union or not. We do not propose to tax ourselves to improve a country we may soon have to fight for in order to hold. Let the people about there improve the utterances of their own mouths and not give us quite so many treason able jettys, and then we will talk about improving the mouth of the Mississippi. ifig l-iiii ''OS, Of a -'.-. o.Laii i:iu in ' Si wi L time a flourishing Se-ninary in opera tion. The majority of t!u students t a-k shies with l lie expelled party. Ev ry gill looked upon Wheeler as a martyr and resolved to stand by hiiu forever. The consequence wns the old Aca.iemy w.-.s used up and after a few years of strugvliiv against fortune and fate, gave up the ghost. Nineteen years igo he removed to this State, taking up a homestead claim just west of whre the city of Lincoln now stands, and near the mill at the great salt basin. A year later he returned on a visit to Michigan, and married a cousin of Dio Lewis, the famous originator of woman's temperance crusade. Thirf marriage doubtless accounts for his temperate habits, for our Dan U alto gether too sensible to buck against fate or argue with a woman of crusading tendencies and relations. Taking his young wife with hiin. he immediately returned to this State and settled in the city of Plattsmouth. where he still re sides. Almost from his first arrival in this Territory. Mr. Wheeler has been in pub lic life and positions of trust and honor. In the Autumn of ISo'J he was elec ted Cleik of the county of Cass, in which position he remained two years. In 100 and "01 he served U3 Assistaiit Clerk of the Territorial Council, and in lSG'i he was elected Probate Judgn, re signing in July 'Co, in order to enter upon the duties of Pawnee Indian Agent, to wh.ich office lie had been ap pointed by President Lincoln. Fail ing to swing around the circle to the entire satisfaction of his Accidency, the government tailor, from Tennessee he was ollicially decapitated by that functionary, and retired in October. 'Go to the shades of private life. In the spring 18(50 he was elected Mayor of Plattsmouth. During his term of ser vice in this office the ground for the lb & M. It. li. was broken, the first shov el full of dirt being thrown up by him. In the winter ot loTi'S. he served as Secretary of the tenth session of the Senate of this State a position to which he was unanimously elected by the members of the present Senate and for which he is peculiarly fitted both by taste and experience. In politics the Major is a black Ite publican an original abolitionists swears by Garrison and Phillips and sings John Brown as naturally as a duck takes to water, or a baby to new milk. His title of Major, we may add in passing, was acquired not from any ac tual military service, but from his po sition of Indian agent, which, under old regime, entitled the holder to the rank and pay of Major in the regular army of the Tinted states. For versatility of talent few men are his superior. Equally at home and equally successful in every position he has filled he is one of the most thor oughly live men Nebraska can boast, and has already made a record of busi ness ability of the most flattering na ture. For a year and a half he run a news paper, after which he studied law with Hon. T. Si. Marquette, and was admit ted to the bar in 1S-JJ. He is now car rying on a farm with over two hundred acrt s under cultivation, is actively en gaged in the agricultural interests and societies of th? State, and is also a partner in a hardwaro store at Platts mouth. In personal appearance he is tall, nearly six feet, well proportioned, gray eyes sparkling with humor, brown hair and whiskers, full broad forehead, in telligent countenance as tine a looking man as one often sees handsome enough to cut e an old maid's sore eye, were it not for a certain married air, and cut which he curies about him; a warm friend, a genial companion, and what is more-than, can bo said of rdl hum-in biped?; a M. Quad. Free Transp;ial;.- to Actual Grass-ii-ipjH-r SunVrers, bv the If. and M. it. It. If-nce of the IlKit i T.) i ', X - -ti--' ; i f , )..s iiii l JjU. LINCOLN AD'L PCNCILLOGl'Al-n. MAJOi: I. H. WIIEUI.En. Our Dan who does not know him? the most popular clerk of any public assembly since the days when Dido set up net court in Carthage, the radiant sunshine of whose smile has wanned the icy heart of many a man. and wom an too, whose presence in the Senate chamber is an indispensible necessity, whose hand "brings order out of chaos. Our Dan the gentleman from Platts mouth, who can give and take a joke with more suavity than any living man of our acquaintance except the irre pressible dim Moore of Ifebraska City. This is the man the Journal pencillo graphist is trying to catch on the' sharp ened tip of his pencil for the amuse ment of its readers, and Pro bono ptiJ li''o, E riuribus Unum, Sio Transit (Horia, Huii'li. Major Daniel H. Wheeler, of the Senate, was born in Michigan in the year 1 s:j-. and is conseijuenly about the age of Mire when he fled from Egypt tiio first time. But little is known of his early life except that lie was raised on a farm and is as familiar with the kick of a mule as a school master should be with Noah Webster's dictionary. In his youth and early manhood, his parents, supposing they had discover ed the germs of greatness, determined to give young Wheeler a liberal ode it cation and for that purpose- sent him to the Baptist Seminary of Schoolcraft, Michigan. Here his advancement was very rapid indeed ; he developed liber all;, but it was in the wrongdirection. Instead of fitting himself for the Min istry his genius struck downward, his heels were more active than his brain, and in compai-v with two dozen others he was sooon expelled from the A cade- i my for getting up and attending a dance, an infraction of the rules of the school, which had no forgiveness. Not to he outdone in any direction, or drni---d of the prhilrjrts of ednTft- Noticc is hereby given to a'l persons living contiguous to the line of Ihe Uurliu;;lon & Mis souri Kiver li.iilroad in fccb: i:si.a, that tins com pany has completed arrngemeuls by which, under certain con liLioiu, all grain for seed will be shipped over this road, and the Chicago, Uuriington & Quincy Kailroad, uitht.ut any cltaruc to the s.'i iypcr or rcri irrr. The ChiiMgo, lUirlingtou .-t Quincy Railroad penetrates a l.trge poition of tlhnoii and Iowa ; ami the people ot Nebraska whose friends do not live near the line of that road, can have their shipments made no as to strike that road at the nearest possible point The responsibility of guarding ag;iinst Imposi tion lias been placed upon the land department ; hence ail shipments wit-f tic consigned to Till USD COMMISSIONER I:, M. It. It., giving tne name of the pernon for w hom the shipment is intended, and the destination. Such consignments will be forwarded to desti nation, and delivered as soon as examined by the land department, or the station agent act ing in behalf of the department. For instance A .shipment from Oalva, 111., to John Jones, at l'airmnt. Nebraska, can be delivered di rectly to the C. II. & t. It. R. at that point, bill ed as follow : 'TO THE LAND COMMISSION EH II. A M. K. II. IN NKl'-KASKA., "For John Jones, Fairmont, yet,m!:a." A shipment from l!oo:uingtcn. 111., should be billed in the same way, and delivered to the In dianapolis, nioomington & Western Railroad, which railroad will probably charge for the traasportathm to Peoria; but !oia Peoiia to Fairmont it will be carried without charge, an.l delivered in the maunwr a'njve stated. Grange societies in Nebraska obtaining sup plies of seed from Grange societies in the East, can take ait van luge of this free shipment. Grain in lest than car-load lots must be sacked. The privileges above stand open until April 15! h, i-r.v. For any further partici'ars, arfdres.- A. K TOC7ALIV. Land Conintibsioner II. M. it. il., i.iueo'u. Nebr.isK.':. Lincoln, Ne!.. l"eb-ury l.'i. isi'.. -7-bt THS MARKETS. Lincoln, Neij.; , . Feb'y. 17th, VS'.o. j Fix Hkkalik The Legislative mill grind" slowly towards tho end of the of the session. "Capital Ibmoval" is in an indefiuate form as yet, with a strong lobby but not a hopeful one. The interesting sensation of the week has been-the Maxtield llegency, and the Penitentiary investigation busi ness. It trppears lie v. Max field wrote one of those unfortunate letters men are wont to write when dabbling ille gitimately in politics, to the Treasurer of the board of ltfgents, Mr. McCon nell, saying in terms, that if Mc. want ed to make a ten strike, to pay no at tention to Clark & Co," but place a portion of the University frauds wkbfc Senator Griggs, in his little bank at Beatrice. That he (Maxtield) had in terviewed Griggs, "who had just re turned," also that Senator Griggs would be a strong and influential man in the Legislature this winter, and could do more for the University ring, than others. This letter in very bad faith was prduced by McConneil, and in some way got into the possession of the House. A joint resolution was immediately introduced in the house, ami passed both houses, declaring the seat of Bro. Maxtield vacant, as Re gent, and yesterday at th election for Regents, the vacancy was filled by the election of Mr. Tuttie, of Lincoln, vice Maxtield, removed. ltegeuts elected are given elsewhere. In justice to Senator Griggs.it is proper to say, he indignantly denies the averment in the letter of Rev. Max field that he was ever interviewed on the subject referred to in that letter by the elder. To-day the general appropriation bill has been before the two Houses, con sidered ou the committee of the whole. In the House a new disciple of Rose water and Dr. Miller, in the shape of Representative Thurston, who has been puffed by "Gabe" and Company, for his many and deliberate speeches on everything unimportant during the session, attempted to lead the opposi tion against the features of the bill which are objectionable to Rosey and the Dr., viz: The appropriations for State Superintendaut of Public In struction, and for the Penitentiary. This bill has, it is well known, been considered long, patiently, and careful ly, by the committee on finance, and ways anl means of the two Houses, and is as near perfect in its general features as it can well be made. The onslaught by the member from Doug las, proved highly farcical when Hon. Holmes, from Johnson, took hint up, point by point, and demonstrated to the House that the gentleman did not understand what ho was talk ing about. Church Howe, of Nemaha also took a lively hand in the scrimmage and spoke sensibly in op position to Mr. Thurston, but your correspondent must say that the ntat est, prettiest speech of the session Was made by Speaker Towle in reply to the gentleman from Douglas, which fer pith, point, and biting sarcasm was in imitable. Mr. Towle complimented the Douglas delegation ami especially the gentleman who wore glasses, plac ing them high up in tho gallery for brains, purity of motive, culture, wis dom, and all the attributes of afo Stale-craft, lauding the accomplished editor of the Omaha Herald, and con gratulating the Dougias delegation on the fact that not." they had, following the Doctor's leading strings, got them selves right and the unpleasant duty would no longer devolve upon the ed' itor of the Herald to apply the lash; that he, Towle, hoped they would make no more mistakes but vote solid on any measure as directed by the Dr., and then our interest would be safe and harmony prevail in the Douglas delegation. This little speech was ap preciated highly by both the House and t lie crowded galleries. The Saline Bill for Trunk Railroad meets oqposition in the House and may not iass. IIou.se Roll 7 on mo tion to call Constitutional Convention has been reported upn favorably by Messrs. Chapman and Bear, majority of committee; Mr. Burr reporting in favor of Rose water's bill, 'introduced by Mr. Spaun). II. It. No. 7 calls for f! members, which is too large, but the committee reported favorably up on the main features of the bill, leav ing it to Comuiittea of the' whole House to reduce tho number of mem bers. I forgot to mention that the House amended the Senate bill amending the law in regard to the government of the University, by abolishing the otlice of treasurer of the Board of Re gents; this ought to pass when the motive could no longer exist for men to seek the office of regent on account of the funds lying around loose. Patents Decided to have been Wrong fully Issued. LINCOLN. - - N Mi' HA&KA. TlMs U I he Ear -e.-f IIob-1 in the City : l -Itu-ndoi iVJlnSck from the Slate ly been neV.ly fi.ri.isi".! a-:d rcno ;iU d I- 'j" out. urn! r,l L'c kepi aal'ik "' " V';'y iTvLLANTINE HI. & CRACW. P. OMAHA ADS. CARPENTER WORK ! Tucker & Son, repairing furniture, MAKISG PICT Flit: 1 1: AM hi. AC. . i Ajrenf for the COiiMOX SMNsli Il;o. -- I I n T lit L-j ....1- . . s CKXTIMI HOTl-'l Lara. st and finest h.d.d between Chlc.ico and San Francisco. Geo. Thrall, proprietor, nnalia. Union lsiific Ticket and Sleeping CarOflice directlv opposite. House newlv furnished and renovated throughout. A. W. lennant. propri etor, Omaha, Neb. WEEMXU WATER ADS. IX TAHLKS.--.if 'which we'havf. ' numner i-n Hand ; cull and see ihenj. Co refal Work awl Pnmut J(rW aiw I j CalU. W.M. L. TCCRKR .lA-t. T. I UCttJiu! r "llt'WISAItO IIOI'HH Main Street. Wecpinj: Water, Neb. Com! :ie coniiiiod.mon.s for Travelers. G. Hubbard, proprietor. -toy I. t. i... ronxii, Dealer in Drugs, Medici rus. Paints, Oils, Varnis.'i, Perf aim ry. Stationery, Notions, Cijni s, Tobao o and .Lihiss. Weepinj.' Water. Neb. Prescriptions cm-fally compounded. o'L WOODS BEOS, DC A LEI'S IN Agricultural Implements, 11 A R D WA RE, TIN 1 VA R E, PUMPS, IRON, SAILS, ETC., ETC. Repairing done to order and satisfaction ijuar andleeil. iS-Wi: DEFY COMPETITIOX-LJ Weeping AVater. Neb. jl. Fleming & Race, DEALEKS IN 11 UW GROCERIES, ftATS. CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, AND NOTIONS. Aud E'armfni' Happlie Generally. Our Goods are ail New, and we sell them CHEAT. TRY US ONCE, AND SEE t (iOyl) WEEPING WATER, NEB. GEO. SHAFER'S WAf.O.Y and IH-ACIi SMITH NIIOP. HorsE-ShoeinGi-, Mending and Kepairiny; ! ALL KISUS OF FAIilt IMPLEMENTS Mended and I I ted. 40yl and serve you ivuularijr. slices siitva.Yt MACHEHES FUR SAt.K BY 1 J( With !! the EXTRAS, ATTACHMENTS, IIEIKIDHjIES, &C. Also, l'lows. 'ii!t;v:!tnis. W.itfoin, and FAI'.V 1M1-LL.MK.VT- for sale. Cor. Vino. :.:id ( oyl OtliStn. FLATTSMOlJTM, LOUISVILLE ADS. :E.T.Duke&Co., Win ile -.ale and Let. ill iN.-alci lu !dicaVpraTtitiGner. ! HARDWARE WsZ. J. Si Physio Medic; IjnuJKiile, Cam Co., 2fcb. j AND ES" Always at the office on Saturdays. cyl -J rjj "J" f "TTj y HOME MARKETS. Reported by White. & Darrah. Wheat Corn new ( ats new Kve ... Rarlev Ho.ru l-'lax Seed Cattle PO f-0 40 &?;o 101 .003.-'..i 1 ;2 LATEST NEW Willi MARKETS. New Yoek. I'eb.lG. Money. Gold.. 3 per cent LATEST CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago. Feb. If.. Flour.- 4.2i7C33 Wheat Corn 01" j Gats W live .. SS't liartev 1.07 Caltie 4.7 5,0o Hogs 6,;'0l"7,25 Last Monday morning the United States District Attorney Neville filed in the otlice of tlie Iriited States Cir cuit Court a bill in which the govern ment seeks to recover buck 1,230,000 acres of land from the Burlington and Missouri Kiver Itailroad in Nebraska. These lands are outside of the twenty mile grant, and are situated in the fol lowing named counties: .Sherman eoiintv, 131.8-W acres; Franklin, 122,-ir-2; Webster. 111.217; Howard, 91.375; Wavne. 22,72!; Pierce, 14,002; Stanton, 3.1 73: Cuminsr, (l ; Cedar. 11.5000; M.tdison. S7.U7!); Dixon. 10,620: Platte, 23.2iJ: Ant--lope. 5S,32; Buffalo, 2, 4.'i: Dakota. 5,781; Boon?. 184.147; Creelcy, ll,ril: Valley, 153,393. The land were Patented to the corn l.iny by Secretary of Iutorior Delano several years ago, and the company havo paid over S 200,000 in taxes on the said lands. Tho present secret arv of interior has decided that the patents for this land frere wrongfully and il legally issued, and under direction of th attorney general of the I nited States, Mr. Neville has commenced the suit. This ii a very important ease j and on that will i.e watched with in terest by the entire State. FOX & GLOVER, Sell the BEST GOODS at the lowest prices, at LOUISVILLE, CASS CO., NEB. riZNEUAL tSAI.lna I2f DUIY CSOGEXS, GBOi'SBiCS I j-ir.s v.EAor C-ir-9. MADS LOOTS Jc CLOTHING. n' or loss. CROCKERY WARE, AND FARMERS' SUPLIES C ENEoALLy. Call ami give them a tri.il. K2Also"de.il in OKALY & COAL. ifijl Lumber Yard ! ! M STOVESJItnVARE, Inox, Nails, LIccs-. RAKES, SHOVELS, KN IV EX AM FORKS, ASZX. itx-., ALL KINDS1 Ut Tinware Manufactured. MAIN ST., 1SL' T. nd & ad 4ui STKEIU11T & 3LILLKU, Harness Manufacturers, SADDLES LSIDLn-3. Having made .i: rr.tii,pn!cr:H in C1iIcskj. and clcwhci-e. with fxtcii.siir dealers, I ;:ui ! prepared lo furnish m short no- j lice, an kinm or Fruit Confectionery. AMI ! Grocery Stork NUTS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, at a rvaJouaLIe rate. I also keep constantly Ton hand a luil asaoit lueat of dW.?. JIT.YG XX, X OCA'S, mart I!?lJiT) Jtl1li;. Of ?ILL A'.V2i&: Thos wishing to build will please call and set my Stock. K. OVl'N. 40yT Louisville. Neb. !! IM1.1 ' . ' . J- ' L-l- L'-L'WIttH CEDAR CREEK ADS. J. IHHELDER & SON, IiEAI.KKM IN L'OOTS, SHOES. AND GFAK EUIE'i, Of every kind.ut the lowest possihle ralf . Also DEALERS IN GRAL. Kor whlc'a th highest 'ASFI price rc paid. Hides and produce of all kind toulit m Leasonahle rates. I X II i: L. I K IV si KT A T 1 V-1 f e d n r C reek . ) 4C1 CASS CO.. Ni:UI!ASKA. cdTkkebk ' HVlIJLi ARK IN GCGD r.l;..I'( ORCER, And keep in hand the hest assortment of CORN MKAL, 1- l.OL ic. ie. i-peei.ii ylli-nimn is kitcn to cnstoni work. f.-'tNlM'-tion guitrauled in exc'ianuln FLOCK TOU WHLAT. C. Schluntz, Proprietor. Also keeps a Flour p.ipof sit CLASS A FLUM MKIIS's in 3 X .V T V .V Af O C T Jf . I?All orders within the city limits, prompt ly Uded hereafter, from thi Pr-pM. 40t1 CAM -IK, -v. TJA(. huo.vira, TOr.A0.CO3. i'LOUlC. Kem;inhr th iIjw1, oj:o ito E. O. Doe'. on Lower Main Kireet. 21-1 ST HEIGHT d- MILLER. W. G.Woodruff; -DEAl.KH IN- PLATTSMOUTH. - NEB. AH kind of COUNTRY PRODUCE, Tiken In cx .hani: for Good. I aell low ::lid I.cep rt. C3-00Z3 stock:, and hf-rebT IutIIi all ir. y frlrmU unci ltti wanting Oood Oiocern-s. t ln'p, to c-ll and ex.imiuo inv "Stuck. Will Bud hy railing nd comparing my Piln. that I hey can do u weil at hono; t tuny can lu 40yi CHICAGO. f'M Z L H 7 tSjTREIGHT m J ONES', Feed and tale Stables. Cornered and Pearl St.. UOl'SEK i;OAKDl-I BV TUB DAT, WKSK, OR MO.tTH. E. G. DOVCY. Prei'L E. T. DUKE. Tret'. - : o :- HOrtSES BOUGHT, SOLD OR TRADED, For a Fair CViiim!slon. Ite;'j1riti- liriu" Vigor. Local irrejrnlariiie- produce weakness Of the entire system. In order, therefore, to re-establish hoallh and fttrength upon a sure bais. ther-e invsularilies must he iH-mtanently over coiDe. Many persons endeavor to reform them by remedies which address them.-M-lves merely to the symptoms w ilhont elTectini; the cansc. If such individuals were to ue instead Hosietter's Stomach liitiers. they would speedily appreci ate the difference between a medicine, which palliates, and one which entirely removes phy sical debilitv. That prime regulator of Imdilv ilistur!:ttu-es restores the dert licl. onrans to an uninterrupted ami heollliy performance tJ their ! v:ii-inii iluries- vlii';i'l'V :;looe III sv.slm mn ( recover its lost tono and vifjor. Ihst tier's l!it- f t rs are. a tonic medicine, but they are a ionic 1 wlich regnUrr -re tbfv tTnsthen the svb- f Ttii. " lf A TTS.HOCT Ji.&m GRAIN COMPANY.! This Co. will hi:y -ri-.iin at tlie HIGHEST MARKET RATES, AT ALL TIMES. SCALES ATI) OFFtfK AT K. I. !' VKYS STCE, LOWKli MAIN STKKKT, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. FRED. GORDER, - - - -ZlBnyer. 40 VI ji JOJ )XOU .l0(Jdl? J I AV lUOIUOSl ).IOA))l? AN OU i i The Favorite Heme Remedy, j eminently a Family Medicine : and by being kepi, ready lor immediate report will save many an hour of snfiiTin-j nni mr.ny a lfii!ar in nine and i'.oclor'.s bi Is. Aft'-r o r Forty Var-s'n-ial !l is i;:i reelr ins; th'- n'ot unnnaiified tf -; imonht's to i : s vir tues lriini l el --!; ! the h:irI.ei ettar:n-ter and responiiiiity. Kndneni. pli sicians commend it hM the inosi" i;pit:t: aii pi:ciii' For a'.I diseases of the l.icr. Sloni.nch and H;ei:. 'l tie svi itonii of I J-.-er Coni"i;iint nre a 1-iiter or bad I. -!e i:i the mo:;; :i ; Vahl in tl l'.ick, s;i!-s or .f::itirs. oit'-n triNtakrn for LheimiuliMM : Sour st o.n ;c!i ; !.o of App l:le: Iiowels al ternately cost ive a n i. ; Headache : loss of niemorv, witii a pahiinl sfiis;;iion of having failed t io somcl liin-? which oii;:!it to bave been don" ; lcbil;tv. low iiirits. a thick yellow appearance of the skin arid yes, a dry conh oiicn rnit;-.ken for consumption. Sometimes ma;iv of tlo-se s.Mntoios attend the dis,.;ise.at oth. i"verv f-.v ; but the liver, the largest organ in the body, is Renerallv the seat of tin disease, and if not regi.lated in time, creat suifcring, wretchedness ;md iteath will 11 For" Iystpshi, cni-iiati?n. jAiiiidlee, tiil Iious attucUs. sii-k hcailaetie. coiic, depression of spiriif, S'mr stomach, heart burn, &r., &c. The ( 'i'ita;--J. i'urast and x Fuimlg Liniina.l in thr. World: Manufactured only bv J. II. ZEtLIN A CO.. Macon, Ca., and Fhiladelnhii. Trf Hold 15- all Int3T' if TEA3IS AT ALLHOUKS. rartlcuiai attnCon paid t Driving and Training TJlOTTIXCi TOCI. 0 s o IIATT, Till: RUTCIIER. Ot DEST AM I1E4T K$TABM.URr .Meat .i;arkt'( In Hie Cltj. Not chancing constantly, but t h old Reliable pot wliere von can gt-t your steaks. Loaet. (iame.'Fish and l wl in Sea.-on. TWO DOORS WEST OF THE HERALD OFFICE. South Side of Main St, pl AiTSMiyrrir, SEV I I 95 New Wagons for Sale, v c ir X A 2' r O 12 C A .9 . New Wagons made to order. Hates, roasouctlri and work guaranteed. On Washington Ave.. I rLATTSMOCTn, 4oyl near Till St., f Mill. tlood fresh rjiilk DELIVERED DAILY ! E VER TUOD r.H HOME IN PLA TTSMUFTil IF IHSY VTXKT IT, UT j. nr. EJC.ii 3ii:a?Tt:H. 8E.XD IX TOLl Oi(Ii:R4 A.VH I VTILL ITtt A.M. ;ivk Vol IPTJIEIEj milk A (I