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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.
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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
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