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VOLUME XIV. y
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 18, 1878.
NUMBER 4.
Extra ccpics of Ihe IIfkai.ii for unlit by .T. I'.
Young. PoslofTW new depot, and O. 1". John
son.corner of Malu and Fifth Strcts.
THE HERALD.
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PIBST
National Bank
OK PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
BL'i'i.'KhSOR TO
TOOTLE, IIAXXA CLARK
.Toiik Fitz:ekai.i President.
E. a. Hovky Vice President.
A. W. Mi Ui';iius Cashier.
Ju.Nll O UOL'KKK Assistant Cashier.
Tliis Hank is now 01x11 for business at their
new room, corner Mam and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold. Government and Local
Securities
1SOUCHT AND SOLD.
Dvjtosits Received ami Interest Allow
ed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS XDK-A"WZSr,
Available In anv part of the United States and
hi all the Principal Towns and titles
of Europe.
AGISTS I'OIt Tin:
celep.uated
Inman Line and Allan Line
of ntkajii:rs.
Person wishing to bring out tlieir friends from
f.urope can
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Excslsior Barber Shop.
J. 0. BOONE,
Jiitii Styet, opp'ix'te Suiin.hni House.
TTAIR-CTJTTI1TG-,
S I! A IXC AND Sll A M I'lHH X(l
!! -ei::l attention iriven t
crrTixu an r.iui:x' axd la
mas u mil
'JAM' AND VA-l l'.OONS:, r.KXTS,
A:;d ! a boom in a
ru i-!ii i:i "ii "K
PALACE JULLIAIID HALL
(Msi;i St., east of Tirst Nat. :i:'.n.)
I'l.AVrSMOl'TM. - - - NKR-
MY l-.AU IS fl'I'PI.in) WITH THE
i;i:st wivks i.iii "its t KiAiis,
4..J, rtKEK, l-TC. ETl".
AND
MACHINE SHOPS!
JOH1T WAYMAIT,
i-i.A rrsMoi i ii. NKi-..,
Hepairer of Shtivi Engines, Loiters,
$ne and Grist HilU
U AM AM STKAJC I'lTTKtiS,
Wroucht Iron Tipe. Force and Lift Pipes Steam
G ui 'es.Safetv-Valve ( lovernors. and all
ikiiulsof Urass Entrine Kitti:ii;s.
repaired on short notiwv.
FARM M A C H I N E K
Repr.lied on Short Notice.
4:jl
"YOUNG !"
T II E B U T C II E R,
Can always he found at
Ilatl's Olrt Stand,
Ready to sell the best Meats.
YiH'N ti buvs frc-li fat cattle, sheep, bo'.-f .to.
direct from the farmers every day, and his
meats are ala good,
CAME. FISH. Af) FOWL, IX SEASOX
3i.
SAGE 3E0THERS,
Dealers in
STO"VES,
13 9
ETC., KTC, KTC.
One Door East of the l'st -Office, riattsmouib,
Nebraska.
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Fraetical Workers in
SHEET IRON, ZINC, TIN, BRA
ZIERY,dc.,dc. Larj;c assortment of Hard ana Soft
COAL STOVES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEATING OR COOKING,
Always on Hand.
Every variety of Tin, Sheet Iron, and Zinc
Work, kept in Stock.
Eil AKIN G AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notice.
K3-EYER TTHIXO WA11RA.NTED I '.
PIXICES LOW DOWX.
tt SAGE BROS.
7pnPTNSTn Y A L f! AIlDS TrS.T"!" M TT TT5 a ueanwnu amine tun, one year, ana another, ana an- state iicnis. naMimsivo.iuin. t'DK THE HOUSEHOLD .
I H X. M - I K M . I n .T X... JB r.i r j - i
I HB Oi MMMBOT 1
HAM. 31. CIIAPMA.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office in Fitter
all,v'lCk' ri.ATTSMOUTII.NEB.
I. II. AVIIKKIKK &. CO.
LAW OFFICK. Keal htate. Fire and Life In
surance Aiients. I'lattsinouth. Nebraska. Col
lectors, tax-payers. Have a complete abstract
of titles, liny and sell real crtate, negotiate
loans, &c. 1" I
JAMKS K. JIORHWOV
ATTOKNEY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass
and adjoinlnu Counties ; jrlves special attention
to collections and abstracts of title. Office wit n
Oeo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, riatt-moiitli,
Nebraska. l"yl
GF.O. H. KMITII.
ATTOKNKY AT LAW and Ileal F-state Bro
ker. Sieeial attention jriven to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate.
Oflice on -zd Iloor, over Fost Office. Flattsmouth,
Nebraska. l-
JOHN W IIAIXKS
jrSTH'E OF THE PF.ACK. ami collector of
debts, collections made from one dollar to one
thousand dollars. Mortgages. Deeds, and oth
er instruments drawn, and all county business
usually transacted before a Justice of the Peace.
Best of reference jriven if required.
Office on Main street, West of Court House.
4(i-yl .JOHN W. HAINES.
1). II. WHKKI.KIC,
K. T. ST(K.
WHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IMattMniouth Xebrnnka.
ic ii i.i vi;stox.
PHTSICIAN Si smOEON. tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Cass county.
Kesiilence southeast corner Sixth and ak sis. ;
Office on Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
l'lattsmoutli Nebraska.
IK. J. M. W A TKK3IAX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
IjmUrillc, Cons Co., Xtb.
T"A!ways at the ofllee on Saturdays. 40yl
1K. yY. II. SC IIII-OKM-t I1T,
PKACTISINC. PHYSICIAN, will atteml calls
at all houi-s, night or dav. I'laUmouth. Ne
hraska. 421y
JOKKI'II II. IIAI.L.. M. I.
PHYSICIAN & Sl'I:;EON. will attend all
calls. I:iy or niht. Office with K. K. Living
ston. Main St., one door above Black & Ilulf
i.cr's. Mly
IHl.ti II. IIII.IKItRAXI,
PKACTICINO PHYSICIAN. Louisville. Neb.
Calls promptly attended to. 5tly
1. 1. 3Ir'ItF.A,
DKNT1ST. and llonurpathic Phyi. irtn. Of-fn-e
corner Mam and Mh si's., over Herold's
store. Plat tsmoiit II. Neb. 2ly
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Cood Sample Boom..
Every atteutiuu paid to guests. 4.',m.'J
ri.ATTsJIol'TIl, - - - - N Kit.
C03I3IERCIAL HOTEL,
LINCOLN. NKI 5.,
J. J. IMllOFF, - - - Proprietor.
The best k;iovn and most popular Landlord
in ilic sat-. Always st"P a; toe I'oiiuuercial.
'"GRAND CENTRAL"
HOTEL.
LABCEST AND FINEST HOTEL BETWEEN
CMICACO AND SAN FHANCISCO,
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. NEB.
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE,
JOIIX HOS. I'roprietor.
teii: old iiu.i: norsn.
f!ood accoinmodations for Farmers
and tht tnivrling ptililic. ISoard.Slper
day. Meals '2c. Entirely refitted and
re-furnished, and farmers are request
ed to call and get 3 meals and lied for
?1.00. Sm3
O. K. SALOON.
I keep constantly on baud
REST MILWAUKEE JIEER.
which can be hail at no other
lf.4CC IX THC CITY.
Also the best of
n-;.VE.s7. liquors, axd cigars.
PURE APPLE JJOILEI) CIDER.
Roiled down from o gallons to 1
for salt:
At Ed. Rosenbatim's by the glass or
gallon.
"nifi K.U. Itoienbaam.
CM I, Z si T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LI V FRY, FEED AND SALE STA
PLES. Corner 6th and Pearl Sts.
UOKSK8 I'.OARIIKU BY THK
WAV, WIICIa, OR MOVTII.
HORSES BOUGHT".
SOLD CDTZ TEAUED.
For a FairC imnii.ssion.
TK.43IS AT ALL HOIKS.
Pauicular attention paid to
Driving and Training
- TKOTTIXG STOCK.
A ls A hearse furnished when called for.
A reat ICednctioo In Irice of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
Prices red 'iced from 2i to 30 per cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices
for 1S77. Address.
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
01 Smithfield St., PllUburgh, Pa. 18yl
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FINE LUMBER.
LATH.
SHINGLES.
SASH,
DOORS,
BLINDS,
ETC.
ETC..
ETC.
Jlaiu street. Corner of Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - - XEB.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
Chills, Shakes,
FEVER AAD AG IK.
TARnOKO, X. C, 18T8.
I)K. II. It. STKVEX8 :
rffir Sir. I feel veiy grateful for what your
vaitiaiiie nieuieiue. veRetlne, lias none in my
family. I wish to exnres m v thanks by inform
ln;4 you of the wonderful cure of my son ; also.
to let you know that egetine is the rient ineui
clne I ever aw for ChtlU. Shake, Fevrr and
A (j im. My son was sick with measles in 1873.
which left him with Hin-jiiiit disease. My sou
suffered a jjreat deal of pain, all of the time:
the nain was o trreat he did nothing but cry
Tlie doctors did not help him a particle, he
could not lift Inn foot from the floor, he couia
not move w ithout crutches. I read vonradver
tlsement in the "Louisville Courier-Journal,"
that Venetme w;us a great Blood I'untler and
Blood Food. I tried one bottle, which was a
Kreat benefit, lie kejit on with the medicine,
t-'raduallv iraiuinir. lie has taken elubteen bot-
tleii In alt, and he is completely restored to
health, walks without crutches or cane. He is
twenty years of age. I have a younger son, fif
teen veara of aire, who is subject to Chill.
Whenever he feels one eominir on. he comes in.
takas a dose of Yenetine and that is the last of
the Chill. VeKCtiue leaves no bad effect upon
the svetem like most of the medicines recom
mended for Chill. I cheerfully recommend
Yenetine for Hiich complaints. 1 think it is the
greatest medicine in the world.
Itespectfnlly, MRS. J. W. LLOYD.
Vkgktink. When the blood becomes life
leio and stagnant, either from the change of
weather or of climate, want of exercise, lrreiju
htr diet, or from any other canoe, the Yk;k
tink w ill renew the blood, carry off the putrid
humors, cleanse the stomach, reirulate the bow
els, and impart a tone of viur to the whole
oouy.
VEGETINE
FOR
YSIEPSIA, XERVOl'SXESS,
And General Debility.
Berxardstov, Mass., IST.s.
We, the undersigned, having used Vegetine,
take pleasure in reconinieiuinij; it to all those
troubled with Haimirn of anv kind. IhixDcimia.
XcrrHiintx& or General Icftilitii, it heinir the
Oreat Blood Purilier. Sold by 11. L. Crov.ell &
Tons, who sell more of it than ail other patent
medicine put to:;uiiier.
MRS. L. F. PERKINS.
MRS. 11. W. SCOTT.
JOSEPHl'S SLATE.
Veoetixe is the ure.it health restorer com
posed exclusively of larUf , roots and herbs. It
ib crj pieasaut 10 iaKe ; every cuuu iiKBf ii.
VEGETINE
FOR
NERVOUS HEADACHE
And Klieiimutisiin.
ClN( -J N.N ATI, O., April 9.1877.
II. K. Stkvevh, Esq. :
Iwxr Sir. i have used your Yeiretine for
.Yitivius HftfiarhC; and also for liheumatuim,
and have found entire relief from both, and
take great pleasure in recommending it to all
who may be likewise utliieted.
FRED A. COOD,
l(j Mill St., cinn.
Vk:ktine has restored thousands to health
who liav? been long and painful sufferers.
VEGETI1TE
Druggists Testimony.
MR. II. R. Stevens :
Trtr N t i,Ve have beeli SelliiiK vour remedy,
the Veetine. for about three years, and lake
pleasure in r.'i'ommeniliii it ti oar customers,
and in no instance where a blood purifier would
reach the ease, has it ever failed lo effect acme
to our knowledge. It certainly i the tie jfu
uKriiiif renovator". RcspectluMy,
E. M, SHEPHERD, & CO.. Di'mnjift
Mt. Yeriiou, 111.
Is acknowledged by all classes of people to be
the best and most reliable biood purifier in the
world.
VEGETINE
Prepared by
EI. R. STCVLiVS, Itustun, 3IasM.
Vcsetine is Sold by all Diroists.
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AND
BLACKSMITH
SHOP.
Wwjon, Buggy, Machine and Plow re
pairing, and general jobbing.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
of farm and other machinery, us there
is a good lathe in my shop.
PETER PACT EN,
The old Reliable Wagon Maker
lias taken charge of the wagon shop.
He is w ell known as a
NO. t WORKMAN.
Xpw IVasonM mid Itussie made to
Order.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Shop on Sixth street, opposite Iruight's Stable
U.TT Mathews
HARP WARE STORE,
In Plattsmouth, Neb., on Fourth St., about the
MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK,
you will find :
Corn Planters, (hand & liorse)
Stirring llows,
Sulky Plows,
Cultivators,
and all kinds of Farm Implements and
Shelf Hardware, Tin Ware, &c, &c.
ALSO,
Hungarian and Millet.
Seed for Sale
31111
st
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PUVTTSMOCTII, NEB.
C. II CIS EL., - Proprietor.
Flour, Com Meal & Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat ai.d
Corn. Particular attention given eustoni work.
STItElGIIT & MILIEU,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES
BRIDLES,
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
FRUIT, CONFECTIONEY,
GKOCEKY STORE,
NUTS,
CANDIES,
TEAS
COFFEES,
SUOAKS,
TOBACCOES,
FLOUR.
AC.
Remember the place opposite E. G. Dovev's
oa Lower Main Street.
21-ly STREIGHT & MILLER.
This rhyme
Is like the fair peart n-Tcklnoe of the queen.
That buret In dancing, and the pearls were
split;
Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept.
But never more the same two sister pearls
Kan down the silkeu thread to kiss each other
On her white neck. So is it with this rhyme.
It lives dispersedly in many hands.
And every minstrel sings It diHerently:
Yet Is there on i true line, the pearl of pearls;
"Man dreams of Fame, while woman wakos to
love."
Tennyson.
THE WILLOW SWITCH.
About forty years ago a large part of
Central .New York that is now fast be
coming a garden, was almost a new
country, and people talked of "moving
West" when they emigrated from the
banks of the Hudson to those of the
Genesee. Still one of the cities on the
line of the Erie Canal was even then a
town of some importance, and boasted
much of what then amounted to wealth
and even aristocracy.
Of this latter class had been the fam
ily of Judge Morton, but sundry un
lucky speculations had made it impos
sible for him to retain his accustomed
Iosition among his old neighbors, and
he was about to seek a new held in one
of the younger settlements.
Everything had long been prepared,
the wagons were laden, the adieux for
the most part had been said again and
again, and a part of the cavalcade was
fairly under way. The heavier goods,
indeed, had been started two or three
days before. The ladies of the p:irty,
as well as the gentlemen, had decided
to attempt the journey on horse back,
well aware that the condition of the
road, even though spring was now well
advanced, could not safely be depended
uu n.
purt from the rest, mounted on a
stout and quiet looking pony, sat a
young lady of some eighteen summers
in whose rosy cheeks and bright, black
. . it . -
eyes the exciiemeni oi me occasion
seemed almost to have overcome its so
birer suggestions. Stili, something
like a shade was on her l',ic, as she
leaned forward in her saddle and con
versed in low tones with a gentleman
whose arm was thrown carelessly over
the neck of her pony.
"Never mind me, Charlie; why it
. 1 1 ' 1 ..A. 4 .
isn X three aays nuiug, ;a ine very
worst, and that won't hurt me.''
"15ut me, Siisie! 1 am ordered off for
a long cruise, and I cannot tell when J
shall see you again."
"I'ut you will come back!"
"Yes but when? And will you "
41 Will 1 wiiat, Charlie?"
"Wait a moment, JSusie!''
And the young man, who was in the
undress uniform or a naval oiucer,
. At i? A t 1
sprang oil to tne snie oi ine ruau,
where some willow trees were growing
in untrimmed luxuriance. Catching
hold of one of the gracefully bending
boughs, he cut therefrom a long and
pliant slip, which he returned, stripping
off the leaves as he come.
"There, Susie; that will do for a rid
ing whip, but do not wear it out on your
pony, even if the roads are bad."
"Why not, Charley?"
"IJecause at the end of my cruise I
shall come back to claim it. Will you
keen it for me?"
A very solt light stoie into the blueA
eyes; but she said, in a low voice, " Yes,
Charlie, I will keep. J Jut are you sure
you will come back to claim iff"
'If I live, Susie."
"Ah! then it is good bye, sure enough
now, for father is calling me. Good
bye, Charlie!"
There was a most passionate earnest
ness in the young officer's reply, and he
stood gazing after the rony and his
mistress Ions after they were hidden by
a turn of the road. We can not follow
Win however, by land or sea, for oui
business is with the willow switch.
If Susie's pony suffered on the road,
it was not from any excessive applica
tion of Charlie's queer memento; and
on the third day, about noon, Judge
Morton rode up to the side of his daugh
ter, and announced that they were
close at their journey's end.
They were nearly at a fork of the
road, at the foot of a gentle, slouirg
hill; and just where the two ways met,
a little spring bubbled up and wandered
off in an adjacent meadow. There
were more signs of improvement than
Susie had expected; but enough of wil
derness remained to add to the rural
beauty of the spot.
"Our new home," said the Judge,
will be on top of this knoll w.' en it is
built, and our present quarters, sucn as
they are, will be a little further on."
A sudden thought seems to have en
tered the brain of Susie.
"father, won't willow grow from
slips?"
"Yes, my dear; that's the usual way
of setting them out."
'And they want water, dont they?
Is this one fresh enough to grow?"
"I should sav it was."
"Well, then, may be we can have
something growing here, to remind us
of our old home."
In an instant Susan was down from
her pony, and the willow switch was
carefully planted, just above tho
spring. It would have all the water it
wanted, at all events. And then Susie
and her father rode on to their new
home; but a warm flutter was in the
young girl's heart, and a blush on her
cheek, as she wondered, "Will it ever
grow?"
The new settlement was a good one
for the Judge, and Susie's willow pros
pered famously. Even the rude farmer
boys had learned how it came there, and
respected it religiously, while a littl
paling kept off other intruders. Susie's
heart throbbed high with hope and
faith, at times as she noted the wonder
ful vitality and prosperity of her leafy
favorite. It grew as if it had a duty to
perform, and was determined to do it
well. And the little spring bubbled up
more briskly from under it, and seemed
to murmur softly, "lie will come! lie
will come!" . .
Still, one year, and another, and an
other, went by, and Charlie did not
come, and letters were terribly uncer
tain, and far between. All around the
world he had been sent, and Susie's
heart at times grew sick and weary, in
spite of the willow.
Jiut she liad other visitors, for her
beauty seemed to grow every day. and
her father was getting along well in the
world once more. Truth to tell, Susie
had something of Mother Eve in her,
and was by no means averse to admira
tion and attention.
So it happened that one day in June
of the fourth year of the residence of
the Mortons in their new home, just as
the sun was setting, Susie found her
self taking a stroll along the shaded
roadside, accompanied by the hand
somest and most favored of her num
erous train of worshippers.
They did not seem to be in a talking
humor, but walked slowly along until
they came to the forks of the road, and
paused a moment by the side of the
spring. Here, at last, the young man
seemed to have found his tongue, and
he pleaded eloquently and passionately
for the half reluctant hand which he had
seized in both his own.
Still Susie was silent, and it may be
that the bubbling spring and the sigh
ing willow were talking to her; but just
then they heard the sound of horses'
hoofs coming at a quick pace up the
road, and in a moment more a rider
drew his rein beside them and asked
politely if he could be directed to the
residence of Judge Morton. The young
man had dropped Susie's hand, and
half vexed at the interruption, was pro
ceeding to give the desired informa
tion, but his words were not listened
to.
The horseman was leaning forward
in the saddle, and had fixed a gaze of
earnest penetration on the face of Miss
Susie Morton, on which the blushes had
given way to a deadly pallor.
"Susie, I have come! The willow "
The light came back to Susie's eyes
in an instant, and, with long sigh of
relief, she pointed to the little branches
which swept her shoulder and answer
ed, "llere it is, Charles; it has been
growing ever -ince you went away."
Susie's other companion was not ob
tuse enough to linger longer in the
shade of such a tree as that, and, be
fore she returned to the house, Charles
had claimed his gift. The of the
spring had only changed enough to
sound like "lie has home he has
cornel"
Thirty ye:u s went by, and the Mor
ton willow kept on growing, until it be
came a well known land mark, towering
high in the air way above the little
spring at the forks of the road. But
thirty years work changes in other
things beside trees, and a slip from the
willow had been discovered to grow
over a little mo ml in the village grave
yard, for the .Judge slept, like a true
American, not wiih his fathers. Eve
rythingelse ha J undergone changes, if
not always improvement, and at last
came the fearful change of the war of
the rebellion.
It was not many days after the Get
tysburg light, that i matronly lady, in
deep mourning, supported by a fair
young girl similarly clad, walked "low
ly and feebly down the sloping road to
the spring.
"If there is a bough within reach,
dear, 1 would rather gather it myself;
and, then, if I can find where they have
laid him, 1 will go and plant it with my
own hands."
One long, sweeping branch of the
willow tree seemed as she approached
it, almost to be held out to her with a
sympathizing purpose, and. with a pale
face and quivering lips, she was pro
ceeding to sever the slip she wanted,
unmindful of the rattle of coming car
riage wheels. As for her girlish com
panion, she sank down upon the grass
and covered her face with her hands.
The good lady's trembling fingers al
most refused to perform their duty, and
the carriage drew within a few paces of
her just as she had severed the slender
rod.
"Well, mother, I hope that you are
not cutting that for me," said a cheery
but somewhat feeble voice from the car
riage. The young girl sprang to her
feet, but only just in time to save her
mother from falling, she did not quite
faint, and recovered quickly.
"Oh, Charlie, my boy! my boy I"
"Here I am mother hurt, sure
enough, but in no need of a willow yet,
am I, father?"
"Not by any means, said a hale and
hearty old gentleman, In a uval un
dress, who now sprang out of the car
riage; and they have given us both a
furlough, though mine is a short one."
And again the spring seemed to bub
ble up softly, "He has cornel- he naa
come!"
And the old lady.aud the young lady,
too, sobbed and laughed, and kissed
the returned warriors, till the good
mother, with the bit of willow still in
her hand, knelt down in the shade of
the memorial tree, to pour out her
thankfulness to Him who had made her
prosperity to grow with its growth, from
the day she sprang from her pony to
plant it.
When William the Conqueror caused
the celebrated "New Forest," which
was thirty miles in extent, to be planted,
he did it by breaking up more than
sixty parishes and by expelling all their
inhabitants. If he had done this for
the purpose of supplying future genera
tions with more abundant building
materials, and not, as he did, for the
purpose of enlarging his hunting
grounds, his act with all its cruelty
might have been regarded as one of wise
statesmanship. As it was, tho mon
arch's selfishness, which was a curse to
his subjects, was a great blessing to
their posterity. Very fortunate it was
for England, ajid for other countries of
Europe, that even a motive no higher
than that of a love for the chase, should
have led to the preservation for centu
ries, and the enlargement of tlieir native
forests.
The Central City Courier celebrates
its fourth anniversary.
A colony from Pennsylvania will lo
cate near Fairmont and Geneva.
Wahoo has increased in population
from 500 to 720 during the past year.
Ex-Attorney General Webster has
been suspended from practice for con
tempt of Court.
l lie editor or the Jilair i'aot was
voted an easy chair at a church festi
val, as the ugliest man in Blair.
i remont ana Hastings are among
the towns in the State that build new
school buildings the present year.
The Saline Co. Union says the pros
pects are good for the A. & N. to ex
tend their road from FirLh to Crete.
The Saline County Seat question has
been decided in favor of Wilbur, the
County Seat being located at that place.
A man named Joe Rosno, living
Eight Miles west of Columbus, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself in
his stable on Wednesday, April 3d.
The County Seat question of Saline
county has been taken to the Supreme
Court for settlement, the controversy
is between Pleasant Hill and Wilbur.
The mill at Decatur is to be a water
mill with three run of burrs, and tur
bine wheel for each run so arranged
inai mey can oe used jointly or sepa
rately.
At the last session of the County
Commissioners of Adams Co., the coun
ty license was raised to 400 dollars a
year, causing rejoicing in the temper
ance ranks.
Miss Helen Potter, an elocutionist,
has been giving readings and recita
tions throughout the State. Her per
sonations of various public speakers
are said to be very fine.
A party of one hundred emigrants
from West Virginia are to settle in
Dawson Co., where they expect to set
tle on a tract of land lying on the route
of the Union Pacific. They will locate
a new town to be called Parkersburg
after their leader, a Mr. Parker.
In the suit of the State vs the Sioux
City & Pacific R. R. Company, wherein
it was claimed by the State that the
Company had illegally obtained title
to 40,000 acres of State land the Dis
trict Court decided in favor of the
State but the Supreme Court has re
versed the decision.
A little child in Fremont found some
pure concentrated lye, and tasting it
the effect was most painful and seri
ous. The mouth and tongue swelled
up at once, and every particle of the
cuticle was taken off, leaving the
mouth and tongue perfectly iaw. Good
medical attendance was summoned and
serious effects are not entertained.
Harvey Johnson, an employee in the
13. & M. Auditor's office at Omaha,
committed suicide on the 11th. It ap
pears that he had always been above
self denial, but since coming to Omaha
he had lived beyond his means, and he
preferred death to a life of self denial.
He was popular with all, and his asso
ciates were good, and his suicide was
at first scarcely credited.
The proposed nail works enterprise
is progressing very satisfactorily. Near
ly the sum of $20,000 has been sub
scribed, which includes S12.000 in ma
chinery, owned by Mr. Walker, of Wis
consin, who is the owner of a nail mill
which he wishes to remove to Omaha.
Only about 6,000 more is wanted to
make up the required amount of work
ing capital. Mr. Herman Kountze has
offered to donate the ground, and his
offer is now under consideration by
those interested in the enterprise. The
prospects for success at an early day
are quite encouraging. Omaha Bee.
Hebron Journal: The sad report
reaches us that a daughter of Mr. Al
bright, who lives near Alexandria, in
this county was killed by a farmer's
roller. The circumstances given to us
are as follows: Mr. Albright's daugh
ter, aged nine years, was attending
school. During intermission, a man
drove along with a heavy roller. With
youthful desire for excitement, she
climbed upon the roller for a ride. The
ride was of short duration she fell in
front of t! roller, which, before the
horses could be stopped, passed over
her frail form and mercilessly crushed
out her voung life. The accident oc
curred last Monday.
The dead body of a man was found
Tuesday morning by Judge Newell
and grandson, about six miles west of
Lowell, in Kearney county. The body
had lain where found, some time, and
was in a state of decomposition. A
jury was empanelled by the sheriff
which failed to ascertain the cause of
his death, as no marks of violence were
discovered. He was evidently a young
man of perhaps 25 years, and the cause
of his death will probably always re
main a mystery. There was nothing
but a promissory note and a few match
es found on his person. The note was
for Ave dollars drawn in favor of R.
Chatfield and dated Glenwood, Iowa,
Feb. 16, 1878, and signed by Amsbury
Emerick, payable the 16th of Septem
ber, 1878. The sheriff ordered the body
buried in the Lowell cemetery, which
was done to-day. Kearney Gazette.
Mr. Dernis has presented Montgom
ery Blairs resolution of the Mary lam
legislature in relation to the electoral
commission, and moved its reference
to the judiciary committee. Ho took
occasion to express his dissent from
the action of the legislature, and his
opposition to anything that was likely
to make revisions of the strife and dis
cord.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Times has the following to say regard
ing the President at the While House
The President sits in an tipper back
room at the White IIoi.se during bus
iness hours from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. He
seems during ordinary calls to be con
cerned about a particular spot
in the yellow and green Brussels car
pet. He appears to be impatiently
waiting until you leave, to get down
on liia hands and knees and r.ee what
is the matter with that lloor, anyhow."
When he is not being interviewed in
his office on business or curiosity he is
standing by Mrs. Hayes, iu the mvp-
tino room, quiet, and quite oversltad
owed by his sprightly spouse. He has
during his year of official life never
puffed a cigar in a lady's face, nor ever
driven a four in hamf down the aven
ue, nor kissed any female except his
lawful wife, nor lounged, half tight.
with General Sherman or any other
man in a private box at the theatre
He does not realize the advantages of
his position, nor avail himself of the
privileges of a great man. When at
college lio was a sober, good young
man: he was never known to have
sown a single wild oat; he is especially
fitted to jog along slowly in the doinet.
tic harness, and, head down, draw care
fully and soberly the respectable, clum
sy old chaise of state.
Republican congressmen are busily
engaged preparing for the coming cam
paign. It is almost the unanimous
opinion that nothing can be accom
plished by adopting an administration
platform, so an open rupture can be no
longer averted.
The House appropriation committee
has agreed to the postotllce appropria
tion bill as reported by the sub-committee.
The bill appropriates t?:J3,ltn),37;,
3,237,303 below the estimate of the
department, and about 863,000 less
than the appropriation for the present
year. The bill reduces the compensa
tion of railroads live per cent., and
changes the method of paying postmas
ters of the fourth class back to the old
system, that is commission on stamps
cancelled instead of sold.
At the meet'ng of the republican
congressional committee, April 10, Sen
ator Sargent presented the following
resolutions:
Wiiekeas, The restoration of the
Democratic party to power would be a
great national calamity, to avert which
all patriotic citizens should put forth
their best efforts; and,
Wheueas, Thousands of Republican
officials throughout the country are
under orders from the President of the
United States to abstain from partici
pating in some of the steps of the great
work; therefore, be it
liesolced, That the Republicans of
the two houses' of Congress. do earn
estly urge the President to rescind this
order forbidding the attendance of of
ficials in the executive branch of the
civil service at preliminary meetings
of a political character, and their servi
ces upon political committees.
liesolced, I hat a copy of these Keso
utions be forwarded to the President.
The secretary of war has sent the
Senate a communication from the ad
jutant general recommending appro-
priattoit of s?:i0.000 to continue the
work of collection and payment of
liounttes due colored soldiers and sail
ors to January 1st, 1879.
Mr. Thurman's Pacific Railroad fund
ing, bill passed by the Senate Apri 19th,
makes the Union Pacific aud Central
Pacific Railroad Companies pay into
the Treasury of the United Slates, in
addition to the whole of the govern
ment's earnings, not to exceed for the
former company 150,000. and for the
latter 300,000 per year. The govern
ment has heretofore retained all of the
government earnings, although one
half of them has been due to the com
panies. The objection made to the bill
was not as to the amount to be paid
into the sinking fund, but to the other
sections of the bill, including a declar
ation of right to amend, alter or repeal
the bill should it become a law. Sena
tor Thurman, in his remarks to-day,
explained these sections in a mannei
which deprived them to some extent
of their objectionable features. The
amount due the companies hereafter
from the government for transporta
tion and other services, which has here
tofore been held in the United States
Treasury without benefit or interest to
the companies, will immediately on
the bill becoming a law bear compound
interest as a part of the sinking fund
and be placed to the credit of the two
companies.
The Senate finance committee have
named the 10th as the day to distiose
of the specie resumption question, and
will probably report as a substitute for
the house bill a proposition, the main
feature of which will provide that all
United States legal tender notes out
standing on the first day of July next,
shall be receivable for customs due
and all other obligations except where
otherwise explicitly stipulated. This
will, it is claimed, establish practical
resumption by bringing United States
notT-to par with gold.
The Secretary of War has transmit
ted to Secretary Schurz a copy of the
renort nf T.ipnr ptviiit Pnlntipl 'ifcrri.-tin.
of the Second Infantry, relative to the j
cutting of timber on government lands
near Colur D'Alene Lake. I. T. This
report states that depredations on a
large scale are being made by parties,
who informed Colonel Merriatu that
they intended to cut and drive three
hundred thousand feet of logs, and that
they had no permit to take them from
the public lands. On reporting the
trespass to the United States land
agent at Lewiston, Idaho, the officer
was informed that no civil authority
in the Territory was authorized to pro
tect the public lands from this whole
sale pillage. In view of the fact that
a wood and timber reservation may be
located so as to include the depredated
section, tha report says it is very im
portant immediate means be taken by
some authority to stop these opera
tions.
From Havre come the tiding that
.here need be no more sea-sickness. A
number of persons, it is said, have re
peatedly been taken on board the steam
Lug I'Avant-poi t, and have put out to
sea just where they were most likely to
meet wuh severe tests and it has been
found that those who were provided
with a certain electro-magnetic girdle
were entirely exempted from sea sick
ness, w hile those who became sea sick
without the appliance were almost in
stantaneously cured by its application.
The girdiu, it is explained, tends to
check the derangement of tho dia
phtagm. Sleep's Ume.
Sleep obtained two hours before mid
night when tho negative forces are in
operation, is the rest which most recup
erates the system, giving brightness to
the eye and a glow to the cheek. The
difference in the appearanceof a person
who habitually retires at ten o'clock
and that of one Mho sits up until twelve .
is quite remarkable. The tone of tho
system, so evident in tho complexion,
the clearness and sparkle of the eye,
and the softness of the lines of the fea
tures, is, in a person ofhcalth kept at
"concert pitch" by taking regular rest
two hours liefore twelve o'clock, and
thereby obtaining tho "beauty sleep" of
the night. There is a heaviness of the
eye, a sallowness of the skin, and an
absence of that glow in the face which
renders it fresh in expression and
round in appearance, that readily dis
tinguishes the person who keeps late
hours.
Tho Easter Feast of Eirg.
The custom of eating eggs at Easter
has been traced up, not only to the the
ology of Egypt, but to the philosophy
of the Persians, the Gauls, tho Greeks,
and the Romans, all of whom regard
the egg as an emblem of tho universe
and the work of Diety. "Easter," says
Gebelin, "and New Year's have been
marked bysimilardistinctions. Among
the Romans the New Year is looked
upon as the renewal of all things, and
is noted for the triumph of the sun of
nature, as Easier is with the Christians
forxlle Son of Justice, the Savior of tho -world,"
over death by his resurrection."
Tho early Christians of Mesopotamia
had the custom of dyeing and decorat
ing eggs tit Easter. They were staiued
red in memory of the blood of Cluist
shed at his crucifixion. The Roiniali
Church adopted the custom, and re
garded the eggs as tho emblem of tho
resurrection, as is evidenced by the ben
ediction of Pope Paul V. about 1610,
which read thus: "Bless O Lord! wo
beseech Thee, this Thy creature of eggs, ;
that it may become a wholesome suste
nance to Thy faithful servants, eating
it in thankfulness to Thee on account
of the resurrection of the Lord." Thus
the custom has come down from ages
ost in antiquity.
Good Health.
Baron Rcichenbach insists on the
Importance of sleeping with one's head
to the pole, so as to get tho full benefit
of the earth's magnetism.. The inhabi
tants of the northern hemisphere should
lie with tlieir heads to thenoith, aud
those of the southern with their heads
to the south. Dr. Pischweiter, of Mag-
deburgh, who died recently at the ago
of 100 years, always attributed his6ng
life to his faithful observance of the
pole-to-pole position of sleeping.
Lea ve the Neck Bare. Everyone
must remark that a favorite article of
winter clothing for children is a com
forter swathed around the neck. This
is a great error; the feet and the wrists
are the proper members to keep warm;
the lace and the throat will harden into
healthy indifference to cold; but that
mulller, exchanged for an extra pair of
thickocks and knilted gloves, woulc"
preserve a boy or g'ui really warm and
well. J'ronchilis and sore throat have
declined fifty per cent since the absurd
use of high collars and twice round
neckerchiefs went out of fashion; and
if the poor would take better care of
their children's feet half the infantile
mortality would disappear. It only
costs a trifle to put a piece of thick felt
or cork into the bottom of a boot or
shoe, but the difference i3 often consid
erable between that and a doctor's bill,
with, perhaps, the undertaker's beside.
Students' Diet. - A correspondent
of the Tribune says: "The use of stim
ulants by students is a growing evil. I .
have known young ladies who felt
weak to drink strong tea between meals
to brace them up. I know a young lady
who is in the habit of taking quinine
just before going to recitation, because
it makes her feel brighter. And I have
known instances of the opium habit
being formed by students." Students
and all others should know that there is
no substitute for wholesome, nutritious
food. The stomach may seem to bear
imposition with impunity, but its finaL.',
resentments are terrible. If you afbV.',
told by one of these transgressors xfjat
these"things do not hurt hiin, tjl.im
.we are all born but nyurijfiid ;"
you will'want to know his opinion on
the subject teu years hence provided
he shall not have gone where there is
no work nor device,
rigidly immutable h
u The simple yet
laws of health are
not yet set aside to accommodate
Thomas Richard or Henry, as Tom,
Dick, and Harry will Cud too late w hen
Nature arraigns them for their viola
tions." Seestthou a student w ise in his
own conceit by working on stimulants?
There is more hope of a fool than of
him. For a time he may run like the
fox in the fable, but in the end the in
tellectual tortoise will outdo him, and
so the fable holds good as an illustra
tion. Soda biscuit is an article that
should bo eschewed by all students, also
greasy food, fried meats, rich pastries;
fruit aud the cereals, with mi k, eggs,
fresh meat, oysters and fish, will make
them strong to study, strong to succeed,
atrong to enjoy. . .. . .
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