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Corner of Fifth Street.
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , AUGUST 29, 1878.
NUMBER 23.
Extra c.i's of the IIkkai.d for Kale bv .1. 1.
Yoiiiifr. Poslotllce new deiior, and X F. Johli
son.ciirner of Main and r if Hi Mi ret.
r? copy, one year 12.00
, oiy, i months
manniiv t hri month .50
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FIBST
National Bank
OF PLATTSMWTH. NEBRASKA,
BfCXESHOlt TO
TOOTLE, I1AWA A C I-A Hit
.Iohv Fitwf.raLD ..President.
K. ir. Dovkv Vice President.
A. V. McLaioiii.IN C ashier.
Jumi O'Rouukb Assistant Cashier.
TMs RanV is now open Ur iuisinesi at their
tie .-room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and
u prepared to transact a v;eiicral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Ste:!- Bond. Gold, Government end Local
Securitie
BOVOHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Alloiv
ed on Time Certificates.
Available in anv part of I lie Inited States and
In ;dl the lViiK ipal Towns and Cities
of r.nrope.
a(;i:xts I'OK THE
CELEBRATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
Ol' STKAMKKM.
Person wisl.in to bring out their friends from
Europe can
I'CKClf ASK TirKFTK KKuM I S
Throucli to I'lattamoutli.
A. Schlegel & Bro.,
Manufacturers of
iTHvTE CIQABS,
And dealers in
KAM'V SMOKERS ARTICLE'S, SMOK1NO
and CHEWlNti
TOBACCO'S.
tipeeial P. II AN I IS unl sizes of CK5ARS made to
order, uiid satisfaction guaranteed. C'iar
clippings uid for smoking tobacco.
M.ilu St. one dool west of Saunders House.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. 101y
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, ojosite Snutuhrx House.
XT JVI CUTTI1TO-,
SHAVIN A N 1 S H A M V O O 1 N ti
Especial attention given to
I'UTTixu cm i.drens and la
mas u aii:.
CALL AND SEE BOONE, CENTS,
A tnl et a loone in a
H. HEROLD,
dealer In
dry coons.
poors.
SHOSH.
HATS.
CAPS.
CLOVES.
h'iinishinu coons.
GROCERIES, Af.
JEV7ELEY and NOTIONS.
1 have a large stock of
uck Gloves,
tf my own make to be closed out at cost. Al
kiud of
COUNTRY PRODUCE
t. ii.cn in exchange for
GOODS,
Main Street, Corner of Fifth.
PLATTSMOUTH, - - -
Neb
30)1
aND
M ACIIIXE SHOPS !
JOHN W-A-TT-A-lSr
ri..TTSMiL'Tll, NPT..,
Repairer of Sttam Engines, Boilers,
Saw awl Grist Mill
UAH AM NTKAJI FITTliH,
NVl j'ictit Iron Pipe. Force and Lift rives.Steam
Ganges. Safet v-Valve Governors, and all
kinds of Brass Entriue Kitting-,
repaired on short notice.
K A R M MACHINEKt
CA'aE BROTHERS,
Dealers In
ST O "V IE S ,
K 9
KTC, ETC., KTC.
One Ioor East of the Post-Offlce, riattsmouth,
Nebraska.
-: O :
Practica. Workers in
SHEET IRON, ZINC, TIN, BrI
ZIERY,d-cd
Large assortment of Hard ana Soft
COAL STOYES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEAT IN (5 Oil COOKING.
Always on Hand.
Zvry var'.etv of Til. Sheet Iron, and Zinc
Voik, Kept in t.tot k.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notice.
ErrJIITHI-YG IT A RRA XIED .' .'J
iniCES LOW ioivx.
SAGE BUS.
I
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS
HAM. M. CIIAPJIAX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor In Chancery. Office In Fitzger
a"p.,l'lCk PLATTSMOl'TII. NEB.
I. II. WIir.EKIt & CO.
LAW OFFICE, Real Estate, Fire and Lifeln
surance Agents. Plattsinoutli. Nebraska. Col
lectors, tax-payerx. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Uuy and sell real otate, negotiate
loaus. &c. 15 l
JAMKK E. MORHIKOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass
and adjoining Counties ; jrives special attention
to collections and abstraetsof title. Office wit h
(im. S. Smith. Fitzgerald Block, Plattsinoutli,
Nebraska.
-KO. H. NHITII.
ATTOBNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker Special attention jtiven to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate,
ofliee on 2d Uoor. over Post Office. Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. 40'-
JOHX XV IIAIXKH
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ana collector of
debts. collections made from one dollar to one
tliousand dollars. Mortgages. leeds. and oth
er instruments drawn, and all county business
usuallv transacted before a Justice of the I eace.
Best of reference given if required.
Office on Main street. West of ourt Ilouse.
4(,.yl JOHN W.IIAINtS.
n. H. WHKFI.F.It,
K. I. STONE.
WHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS at law.
MnttHmonth Xebraska.
J. CIIANE,
Notakv Pi hi.k:. Jlhtice of Peace.
REAL ESTATE
TAX PAYING ANI COLLECTING AGENT,
Wecptnu Water, CaB Co., Scb.
Taxes paid for non-resident', and collections
made in anv part of the county. Real estate
bouuht and sold on commission Have a list of
good improvd farms and unimproved land- for
sale cneap lor casii. or iooii won; u nrn
i ... r..i,.r,ii..iwo solicited All business entrust
ed to my care will receive prompt attention. and
charges reasonable. 151y
J. I,. Jlrt'REA,
IENTIST. and Homa'pathie l'hycician. Of
ee comer Main ami Mh sfs.. over UerohPs
slore, Plattsmouth. Neb.
2ly
It K MYIA'(;KT0,
PHYSICIAN & SCRC.EON. tenders his pro
fessional st-rvices to the citizens of Cass county.
Resilience southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. :
Office on Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
Piattsmouth Nebraska.
UK. J. M. WATKKMAX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
LjuUrille, Cn Co., A77.
Always at the ofliee on Saturdays. 4yl
UK. W. II. SP1IIMIKSKCHT,
PRACTISING PHYSIC IAN. will attend calls
at all hours, night or da v. Platt:-moutIi. e
biaska. --ly
JOMi:ill II. II AIJi. 51. I.
PHYSICIAN Sl'WiKON. will attend all
calls. lav or night. CMPce with K. K. Living
ston. Main St.. one door above Black & Run
ner's. 5ily
UK.i II.1IIL.UKKKAM.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Louisville. Neb.
Calls promptly attended to. 511y
CHARLES WAHRKV.
Tonsorial Artist.
PLATTS M O IT II X K K UASK A .
Place of business on Main St.. between 4th
and:. til streets. S1i;iiiimioiiii;, Shaving, chil
dren's hair cutting, etc. etc. 19ly
IIUBI5AIJI) HOUSE,
D. WOODARD, ... Prop.
Ucrpln? Water, A"cl.
Good acconiniwdations and reasonable charg
es. A good livery kept in connection with the
hou.-e.
cyi
PLrVTTE VALLEY HOUSE,
JOII.V I!0S, Proprietor.
Tiai: oi.i unliable iioisi:.
Gootl accommodations for Farmers
and the traveling public. Board SI per
day. Meals 25c. Entirely refitted and
re-furnished, and farmers are request
ed to call and get 3 meals and bed for
31.00. 5m3
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample Room..
. Every attention paid to guests. 43m3
Plattsmouth, - - - Nek
LENII OFF & BONNS,
3Ioriiiii? Dow Saloon !
One door east of the Saunders Ilouse. We
keep the best of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
3.11119
Constantly on Hand.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
LINCOLN, NEB.,
J. J. I Mil OFF, --- Proprietor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
in the State. Always stop at
the Commercial.
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
FREMONT, NEBRASKA,
FRANK PARC ELL ... Prop.
Good rooms, good board, and every thing In
apple pie order. Go to the Occidental when
you visit Fremont. lotf
J. G- CHAMBERS,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
SADDLES,
COLLARS,
HALTERS,
WHIPS,
ETC ETC ETC.
REPAIRING .
Done with Nsatnoss Dispatch
Til.' only place in town where "Tr.r'ev's pat
ent self adjristi.irfj li'ji-j eoilais are o!d." '
J.llllli
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOITTH, NEB.
V. I2EISCL..
Proprietor.
Flour, Corn Meal & Feed
Alvars on hand aid for sale rt lowest cash
prices. 1 he lnth't prices paid for Wheat ai.rt
Com. IV.rt'CM':) :,'"-rt'ioi .'v-t v'.r-.i ,, .
VEGETI1TE.
I will try Vegctine.
lie did,
A.D WAS CIRED.
Delaware, O., Feb. 16, 1877.
Mb. H. H. Stevens :
Dear Sir, I wish to give you this testimony,
that you may know what Vegetine has done
for me. About two year ago a small nore
came on tnv leg : it soon became a large Clcer,
so trouble Home that I consulted the doctor.
but I got no relief, growing worse from day to
day. 1 Butlereu terniny ; 1 coma noi resi uuy
or night ; I wan so reduced my friends thought
1 would never recover : 1 consulted a doctor at
Columbus, I followed his advice : it did 110
pood. 1 can truly say 1 w as uiscouragea. ai
thi time I was looking over my new. paper : I
taw your advertisement of Vegetine, tlie
"Great Blond Purifier" for cleansing the blood
from all impurities, curing Humors, Ulcers. &c.
I said to inv family. I will try some of the Veg
etine. Before 1 had used the first bottle 1 be
gan to feel better. I made up my mind I had
got the right medicine at last. I could now
uleep well nights. I continued taking the A eg
etine. I took thirteen bottles. My health 1
good. The Ulcer is gone, nd I am able to at
tend to my bueines. I paid about four hun
dred dollar for medicine and doctors before I
bought the vegetine. I have recommended
Vegetine to others with good success. I al
ways keep a bottle of it in the house now. It
is a moet excellent medicine.
Very resnectifully yours,
F. ANTHONI
Mr. Antlioui is one of the pioneers of Dela
ware. O. He settled here in 1834. He is a weal
thy gentleman, of the firm of F. Antlioui and
Sons. Mr. Antlioui is extensively known, espe
cially among the Germans. He is well known
in Cincinnati. He is respected by all.
Impl kk Blood. In morbid conditions of the
blood are many diseases ; such as salt-rheum,
ring-worm, boils, carbuncles, eores, ulcers and
pimple.. In this condition of the blood try the
Vkjkti"e, and cure these affections. As a
Llood purifier it has no equal. Its effects are
wonderful.
VEGETINE
Cured Her.
Dokchestkk, MAbs,, June 11.
Dr. Stevens :
Dear Sir.- I feel It roy duty to say oiie word
in regard to the great benefit I have received
from the use of one of the greatest wonders of
the world ; It ix your Vegetine. I have been
one of the greatest sufferers for the last eight
years that ever could be living. 1 do siucerely
tliank my God and your Vegetine for the relief
I have got. The Rhtumalixm has pained me to
such an extent, that my feet broke out in sores.
For the last three years I haye not been able to
walk ; now 1 can walk and .leep, and do my
work as well as ever I did, and I must say I owe
it all to jour blood purifier, Vegetine.
VF.;KTl!tK, The great success of the Vege
Ti.vk us a cleanser and purifier of the blood is
shown beyond a doubt by the great numbers
who have'taken it, and received immediate re
lief, with such remarkable cures.
VEGETINE
Is better than any
OICUICl.XC.
Hexdehson, Kv., Dee., 1877.
I have used II. Stevens' Vegetiue, and like it
better than any medicine I have used for puri
fying the blood. One bottle of Vegetine ac
complished more good than all other medicines
1 have taken.
THOS. LYNE.
Henderson. Ky.
Vkhftink 1. composed of Hoots, Bark, and
Ilt-rbs. It is very pleasant to take : every child
likes it,
VEGETINE
Hecomiuended by
31. I'S.
Mb. H. It. Stevens :
Dear Sir. I ha e sold Vegetine for a long
time, and find it gives most excellent satisfac
tion. A. B. DE FI EST, M. 1).
ll.izelton, I nd.
VEGETINE
Prepared by
II. R. STi:VL.S, Bostoiy Mass.
Vegetine is Soli by all DnnaJsts.
F ARMER,
LOOK HERE!
FRED GORDER
IS STILL HEKE.
Corn Planters, Cultivators,
Sulky Plows',
are ndw " off" but I still have the
Harrison Wagon,
the best and cheapest wagon in the
market by all odds.
Spring Wagons,
Buggies, and Three-Seated Wagons;
and ttie world renowned Courtland
Platform Spring Wagon.
I HAVE EVERYTHING A FARM
ER WANTS.
NOW IS THE TIME
for all kinds of
Agricultural Implements
In every variety, and at
Bed Hock Prices.
Mowers- Sulky rakes and all kinds
of Rakes, Forks, etc., etc.
Now is the time to Buy.
FRED GORDER.
52tf Plattsmouth, Nebraska
STKE1GIIT & MILLER,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES
BRIDLES, .
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
FRUIT, CONFECTIONS Y,
GROCERY STORE,
NUTS,
CANDIES.
TEAS'
COFFEES,.
SUGAKS,
TOBVCCCLS,
FLOUR,
4C.
Kemeinbfr th rWco opposite E. G. Dovey's
on Lower Main street.
! 0 1 -1 v si'iiEianr a mil z ri:.
falling Leaves.
TViey are falling, slowly falling:.
Thick upon the forest side
Severed from the noble branches
Where they waved in beauteous prMe.
They are falling la the valleys
Where the early violets sprimr,
4ind the birds in sunny spring-time
First their dulcet music ring-.
fhey ore falling-, sadly falling.
Close beside our cottage door
Pale and faded, like the loved ones
That have gone forever more.
They are falling, and the sunbeams
Shino In beauty soft around;
Yt the faded leaves are faRlng
Falling on the grassy mound.
They are falling on the streamlet
Where the silvery waters flow.
And upon its p:a id bosom
Onward with the waters go.
They are falling in the churchyard
Where our kindred sweetly sleep
Where the idle winds of summer
Softly o'er the loved ones sweep.
They are falling, ever falling.
When the autumn breezes sigh
When the stars in beauty glisten
Bright upon the midnight sky.
They are falling when the tempest
Moans like Ocean's hollow roar
When the tuneless winds and billows
Sadly sigh forever more.
They are lulling, they are falling.
While our gnddoned thoughts still go
To the sunny days of childhood.
In the dreamy long ago.
And their faded hues remind us
Of the blighted hopes and dreams
Faded like the falling leaflets
Cast upon the icy streams.
A SOX, SOT A SLAVE.
A room in the mansion of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Bounce, which had for
years held the light and joy of the
Household, was deserted, a small satch
1 lilled with trilles stood in the front
hall, and Dan Bounce, the adopted son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bounce,
stood in the front door, resting his head
against the floor post and gazing down
the road.
Nineteen years before, Mr. and Mrs.
Bounce being childless and forlornj
alopted the child of a respectable but
poor neighbor, and named him Daniel.
Every advantage of education and every
indulgence which they would have be
stowed on one of their own offspring
was given to the adopted child; if they
failed to have exactly the same feelings
toward him that people naturally have
fur their own.it never appeared in their
treatment of him at least, in their
public treatment of him. We will ven
ture to say that Dan himself, a3 he
stood looking down the road with any
thing but a completely kindly feeling
toward his foster parents, would have
ioid you that from the time as far bae&
as he could remember up to well, a
quite recent date, be received nothing
but knidiiess, generosity and indulgence
from those whom lie had learned to call
father and mother. lie had always
been allowed to choose his companions
and entertain them at home when he
pleased, and accept of their hospitality
in return.
But one day not very long before the
iime when we see him in a position
suggestive of an approaching farewell,
he came suddenly to a point in his road
of life where his mind and that of his
benefactors took diverse ways. lie had
ueen attending school in the city, not
far away, and during the first week of
his attendance found himself every day
taking the same route homeward with
a pretty brunette of his school whom
he repeatedly overtook, and with whom
it was very agreeable to him to walk
the little way which their routes lay to
gether, lie found it pleasant, and the
source of absorbing after thoughts, to
tarry at the gate in a few moments'
chat each day. Pretty soon he found
himself looking forward to with impa
tience, experiencing with blissful and
yet painful confusion, and thinking of
with, a strange mixture of pleasure and
uneasiness, these daily walks in the
highway and parting chats at the gate.
And I know you will believe me when
I say it was not long before these meet
ings were anticipated by Dan by a walk
in the dusk, a timid knock on the cot
tage door of Mr. Dale, and a call for
Miss Mary Dale, into whose blushing
presence he straightway carried his yet
more scarlet face.
But these things in due time came
to the ears of Mr. and Mrs. Bounce.
Well, what of that? What of tliatl
Why the deserted room in the Bounce
mansion, the little satchel in the hall,
and a young man sore .grieved at heart
standing in the door alone, is of that.
Dan never made a secret of his love
(any farther than is always necessary
to the very life of the tender xassion),
and he was as much surprised as you
are more surprised than you, for Dan
was young when his father and moth
er, who had been so indulgent in little
things,now in the case of this first great
thing that had ever happened to him,
entered their determined protest! Mat"
Dale was a laborer's daughter; Danie
Bounce was a gentleman's son; the pas
sion, or fancy, or whatever it was, must
be put under foot at once. Such was
the only reason given for the objection.
and let us pretend, for the present, that
we believe it was the real reason.
While this was all that Dan had to
meet, he took to argument. But pres
ently they reminded him of his past and
what he owed them, and Dan's mouth
was sealed. Though the meanness of
this thrust fired him with indignation,
and arguments in self-defence rushed to
his lipe, he was dumb. But he was not
idle, and straightway he sought his duty,
and chose his course. lie declined to
give up his attachment to Mary Dale...
whereupon hi3 life-long benefactors
told him he must forfeit theirs.
Strange, he thought, that the first
great joy that had come to him should
be the cause of his forfeiting all that he
had known before, S'.ranTe b t the
only one desire that had ever taken
sole control of his breast should be the
only one which those whom he had
learned to love had ever balked.
Strange that bis first visions of domes
tic bliss in a little home of his own
making by and by, should be the reason
for hi3 packing his satchel to leave for
ever the only home he had ever known
Strange that the first difference he had
ever had with his benefactors should be
sufficient to set him, with little more of
this world's goods than he had brought
with him nineteen years before, at the
threshold waiting to be carried away,
never to return. Strange that anything
could force him to take his leave of cold
hands and haughty eyes, and ride off
into a strange world with nobody at the
door to watoh him out of sight.
But all these things were true, and
Dan pondered them, with a choking
throat, as he rode on to the city.
Dan went into a printing ofliee in the
city, and set at work to learn the trade
of type-setting. He proved a ready
learner, and in due time earned good
wages. Meanwhile he often retraced
his former school-day footsteps towards
Mr. Dale's
One day Mr. Benjamin Bounce threw
rhe evening paper to his wife, telling
,er to look at the marriage column,
which she did, and read aloud the fol
lowing notice
'Davis Dale: At the residence of
the bride's parents, on the 10th inst.,
by the Rev. Mr. Vestry, Daniel Davis
and Mary Dale. No cards "
" Well, good! " exclaimed Mrs.
Bounce, looking up from the paper,
"Dan didn't get her after all."
"Why yes, that's Dan. He's taken
his own name. Like to know how he
found it out!"
"You don't tell me!" said Mrs
Bounce. "Well! He's plucky, any
how!"
"He'll come down on his marrow
bones yet," said Mr. Bounce,
Mrs. Bounce looked as much as to
say she hoped so, but she doubted it,
and said nothing. The suuject was
dropped.
Dan thrived in his business and was
as happy as he had ever dreamed of
being with Mary. Benjamin Bounce
could not help hearing this, though he
would have li!ed to. Mrs. Bounce
found it hard, with all her inquisitive-
ness, to squeeze outthe truth tromnim,
but she got hold of an item now and
then which made her think.
One morning Mr. Bounce was awak
ened out of his finishing nap by his
wife calling:
''Benjamin O, Benjamin I"
He started, and said:
"Well, what's the matter, Lucy?"
"I've been thinking about Dan since
I've been lying here, and have come to
the conclusion that we were all wrong."
"Pshaw I His success troubles you."
"No, what I mean has nothing to do
with that. I see where we were selfish
and jealous, when we thought we were
only discreet. When we thought we
feared Mary Dale's origin, we really
feared her attachment for Dan would
rival ours. If Dan had been really our
sou, we would have reasoned with him;
out as we had raised him when under
no obligations to do so, we felt that we
had bought him thereby, and had a
right to demand obedience in ail things.
AVe bore towards him more the feelings
of a master than those of a parent he
was less a sun than a slave."
Mr. Bounce only grunted at this, and
fell to snoring again.
Mr. Bounce thought of his wife's
bright and early suggestions mere than
once that day, yet he never restored his
will, and never called at Dan's, but the
old centleman has been in his grave
several years now, and Mrs. Bounce
often goes and pl iys grandmother to
he two little Davises, and has made
ser will in favor of Dan, Bounce or no
Bounce. Rural Home..
The Soul's Progress.
The spirt or sou4 of man knows it
self to be capable, I will not say of un
limited, but of continuous progress
and development. However vigorous
the tree or the animal may be, it soon
reaches the point when it can grow no
more. The animal may have done its
best, it may have reached a high con
dition of strength and beauty, but when
its limit is reached it can grow no more.
With the soul of man as a living and
thinking power it is far otherwise he
has never exhausted himseifT" When
the man of science has made some no
ble discovery, when the literary man
has written a great book, when the
statesman has carried a series of impor
tant measures, we cannot say that he
has exhausted himself. The spiritual
man is indeed dependent on the mate
rial man, and as the body moves on
toward decav and dissulution it extend"
something of the influence of its we:k-
ness and incapacity to its spiritual com
panion; but even then the soul resists
this and asserts its separate existence;
the mind of man knows that each sep
arate effort, instead of exhausting hi3
powers, tend to strengthen them, and
so he wiii go on continually making
larger and nobler and more vigorous ef
forts. So, too, is it with conscience and
duty; wkh these there is no finality.
One great act suggests another, one
sacrifice makes another easier; the vir
tuous impulse in the soul is not
like the growth in a tree a self-exhausting
force but it is always mov
ing on, always advancing. "Be not
weary in well-doing" this is the lan
guage of the Eternal to the human will;
but never is "Be not weary of growing"
said to the tree or the animal, because
organic matter differs from spirit in
this: that it does reach the limit of its
activity and then turns backward
towards non-existence. Canon IAlL-
State Items.
Kearney hasn't a vacant house for
rent.
John J. Moore, late postal Clerk on
the U. P. was convicted of robbing the
mails to the tune of 3,000.
Webster Eaton has resigned as reg
ister of the land office at Bloomington
and Mr. Switzer takes his place.
The Commercial Hotel at Seword
the property of Warren Clough has
been levied upon by the county for
costs in his case.
A tramp picked up the child of a
farmer near Brownville and attempt
ed to make off with it but was so
closely pursued he had to let it go.
Henry Goodyear who has a sheep
ranch on Wood Creek recently passed
through Kearney with 4000 head of
sheep to add to the flock of 1G.000 he
already owns.
The Pink Kibbon Society meets
every Wednesday afternoon for the
transaction of important business re
lating to the preservation of the Union
and the general well fare oj the nation
Hebron Journal.
The city Marshal of Seward has
been ordered to remove every hog pen.
How would that work in Plattsmouth
Some one suggests you might .as well
take Plattsmauth citizens children
away as their hogs. "Wedded to their
idols, let them alone."
Four months ago not a house was on
the new town sight of Miden, Kearney
Count)'. Now it has over a dozen fin
ished, and more building. And now
comes the Kearney County Keview, a
very creditable newspaper published
in Minden, asking for an X. North
Platte Republican.
Mr. Andrew Campbell of Neb. City.
now in the Black Hills, was recently
so severely shocked by lightning strik
ing his tent while he was asleep that
he knew nothing for several days, and
when he came to himself it took a
whole day to crawl six miles to Fort
Custer for help.
Mr. II. Davenport writes that he is
on his way to Otoe county with about
.GOO native and about GOO Texas steers,
two, three and four year old, which he
will offer to the corn-raisers of this
country at figures that will enable
them to feed up crop to an advantage.
Neb. City News.
Those who have never considered
the subject are not aware of the
amount of Columbus traffic in butter.
The great bulk of this article, we be
lieve, is exchanged with grocers, but
W. T. Raimlell, who makes it a speci
alty, has built up a very considerable
trade. As an evidence of this we give
one fact that has come to our knowledge
from April 1st to July 1st he shipped
to one man only, 17,8-iO pounds.
Journal.
Our exchanges may copy if they
like We're not afraid of a Potter in
vestigation commietee: Hebron, Neb.,
has more and better sidewalks in pro
portion to its population than any city
in the state aye, in the (heat North
west. Just stick a pin there! And
the same will apply to our beautiful
and virtuous women, which statement
we are ready to back with powder and
lead. Now, come on, you myrmidons
of cities of the first and second class.
Hebron Journal.
Telegraphic Summary.
Vicksburg, August 22. The yel
low fever is attacking the negroes.
The number stricken down to-day is
estimated at fully 50 new cases; ten
deaths pp to 3 p. m. There is a great
need of physicians.
Grenada, August 23. Truly we
are a God-forsaken people and last
night our little band felt that every
man was doomed. In the midst of
our deepest trouble and when most
needed, the brave, untiring General
W. J. Smith, vice-president of the
Howard Association of Memphis, was
stricken down with fever, which near-
y sent a death blow to all hope to the
noble little brotherhood of spartans
heroically battling for the lives of
striken and deserted people. It is use
less to attempt to describe the state of
affairs. Trains will pass by us as
though we were convicts; not anew
face except Howard nurses have we
seen for days, nor will we. The ne
groes are demoralized. Several stores
were broken open last night and goods
carried off and to-night many more
will follow the same fate, as we have
not a man on the street every one is
at the bedside of some sufferer.
Boston, August 23. Yellow fever
contributions, up to noon amount to
$3,000.
St. Louis, August 23. John F. Long
late collector, has sent a check to May
or Overstolz for $300 for the fever
stricken people of Memphis, Vick3
burg, Jackson, Grenada and New Or
leans. The Hebraw Young Men's Literary as
sociation has raised about 1.500 and
sent 8250 each to the Howard Associ
ation at Memphis, Vicksburg and
Grenade.
New Orleans, August 23. New
cases, 123; deaths. Forty.
New York, August 23 Subscrlp-
tinno for t"" couth tn-d-iv. ft02. Wm.
Schultz died to-day of yellow fever in
the quarantine hospital.
Memphis, August 23. Yellow fever
cases are less numerous, but the deaths
are greater. The number of new cas
es to noon today is 23, and for the 24
hours 37. The deaths to noon to-day
are 10 and for the 24 hours 13.
A visit to the rooms of Howard As
sociation this evening found President
Standigeff, Secretary Southmayd and a
number of the association on duty, all
quite busy attending to applications
for relief. Secretary Southmayd sta
ted that one hundred and fifty appli
cations were made to the association
to-day, including many colored people.
Five hundred and fifty applications
for relief have been made to date. The
secretary thinks there are 1,100 sick
represented by these applications. Be
sides this in response to a call from
Vicksburg one physician and twenty
nurses will bo sent there.
Vicksruro, August 23 The disease
is steadily on the increase; fully fifty
new cases to-day, among them Dr. 1).
W. Booth in charge of the hospitals.
Phisicians and nurses are coming from
Galvaston, New Orleans, Shreveport
and Delhi.
From the letters of The Herald's cor
respondents in Russia I learn that
Gen. Grant had an interview with the
Czar at St. Petersburg. The Emper
or manifested great cordiality. The
General was presented by Prince Gort-
schakoff. His Majesty talked of his
health and the General's travels. He
seems greatly infrested in our national
wards, the Indians, and made several
inquiries as to their mode of warfare.
At the close of the interview the
Emperor accompanied General Grant
to the door, saying:
Since the foundation of your gov
ernment tha relation between Russia
and America have been of the friend
liest character, and so long as I live
nothing shall be spared to continue
that friendship."
The general answered that although
the two govt rntnents were direr! ly op
posit in character the great majority of
the American people were in sympathy
wiih Russia, and would, he hoped, so
continue.
At the station General Grant met
the Grand Duke Alexis, who was very
cordial, recalling with pleasure hi.
visit to Amcri-.-a.
Gillmore's Band is met'ling "i h
great success in Germany. They play
ed in Hanover to enthusiastic audi
ences. They have just concluded a
very successful engagement in- Berlin.
Their series of concerts have won them
continuous applauses all through Ger
many. Ferdinand Hieler, Franz Abt,
and other leading cities unanimously
extol the perfection and organization
of the band.
Mr. Gillmore now takes his followers
to"Leipsic, Weimar, Cassel, Wiesbaden,
Mayenee. and Ems. The band has
been envited and will probably go fo
Russia
rhe rumors of theband'sdisorganiza-
tion are utterly untrue. The members
are in seplendid condition.
Edison's Last.
Young Phonograph-Edison's head
appears to breath inventions as ;i hot
bead germinates seeds. He comes
back from his trip to Nevada and
drops all work on fifteen or twenty
half perfected inventions, in order'' to
fix up a little electrical machine which
will enable the miner to find out how
much ore there is in a mine, where it
lies, its direction, and the point where
its croppings may be looked for re
sults at present attainable only by
means of running long tunnels, sink
ing deep shafts, and the boreing here
and there with a diamond drill. We
can easily forgive Edison's concert
that he is the Prosppro of modern
science and that electricity is his Ariel,
if he will go on and show us how to
dispense with the Caliban of drudgery.
We clip the following from the St.
Louis Republican. We made men
tion of the party indicted some weeks
ago, as having suddenly left his farm
near Weeping "W ater, where reside his
wife and two sons carrying off consid
erable money.
Davenport. Ia., Aug. 10. Colum
bus Junction, about fifty miles south
west of here, is greatly excited over
the sudden demise at that place of an
old gentleman under very suspicious
cicutnstances. Last Saturday a cov
ered wagon containing a man and a
young woman was driven into Colum
bus Junction, The man appeared to
be sick and medical assistance was
called, "but it proved of no avail, as
the patient died in a few hears. The
young lady accompanying him pro
fessed to be the daughter of her part
ner, but developments have proved
the contrary. As far as has been as
certained the man's name was J. W.
Dwinnell, who resided in Cass County,
Nebraska, being a farmer by occupa
tion. A few days since he was in
Red Oak, Iowa, and made the acquain
tance of this woman, who was a con
firmed prostitute. The man having
a considerable amount of money on
his person it i3 thought this woman
conceived the plan of putting an end
to the life of her paramour and gob
bling his wealth. In the first she
has succeeded, but instead of inherit
in his mor.ey it is th u'igt she will pass
a season behind the bars.
An hour in the morning Is worth two
in tn nf.,rr"vTi
The September number of the E lec
tio Magazine opens with ono of tho
best studies of Amercan politics that
has ever appeared in an Englisdi peri
odical. It is entitled "The Life ami
Time of James Madison," but it cov
ers a much wider field than its title
would seem to imply, and is, in fact,
a comprehensive and philosophic sur
vey of the eventful twenty-five years
which followed the close of our Revo
lutionary War and spaped tho politi
cal destinies of the country. Other ar
ticles, each admirable of its kind, are:
" 1 lie Mystery of Edwin Drood," by
Thomas Foster, an attempt to discover
by analysis of tho finished portion of
the story what was the plot or "mys
teiy" of Dicken's last incomplete work ;
- Lady Caroline Lamb," a vivid bio
graphical sketch, by S. R. Tnwnshend
Mayer ; " Freemasonary," by Edward
F. Willoughby; "Lower Life in the
Tropics;" "Johnson without Bos well."
by William Cyples; " What the Sun i
Made of," by J. Norman Lockyer;
"Stray Thoughts on Scenery;" "Post
ing and Post-offices in China;" the
third p?.rt of "The Earth's l'laco in
Nature," by J. Norman Lockyer; and
" Mr. Bryant and American Poetry."
A fine steel engraved portrait of Hen
ry M. Stanley, tho African explorer, is
accompanied by a brief sketch of bis
varid and curious career and an arti
cle by Mr. Keith Johnson summariz
ing the results of his la3t Journeys
' Through the Dark Continent"; and
three poems of high quality, an install
ment of Mr. Willian Black's "Macleocl
of Dare," and the customary well filled
Editorial Departments complete a
number of great variety and interest.
Work for tho Boys.
Cigar boxes are among those things'
rvhich, like tin cans when empty, are
usuallv thrown awav. The Internal
Revenue laws forbid their use for ci
gars a second time, or their sale in an
unbroken state by dealers. A few of
them are utilized as boxes for which
all tho feminine world and part of tho
masculine has inorb or less fancy. Cov
ered with picturesor painted, they servo
as toilet boxes or for dolls' trunks
cushioned, they make still better toilet
receptacles. In point of fact, however,
the wood of which the boxes are made
is pretliei than anything with which it
can be covered. This is either unpol
ished mahogany or Spanish cedar, and
needs only patient rubbing with sand
paper and oiling to shine forth in all its,
beauty. Patience, time and some inge
nuity are the chief requisites for the
work, which may be turned to account
in many ways. The deep, square boxes,,
holding a hundred cigars, answer for
llowcr-pot covers; tho loug fiat ones
with tho same capacity, for glove
boxes, knife baskets, etc., while other
sizes are useful for various purposes
which ini inventive mind will readily
suggest. The first step is to remove
all paper from the box, inside and out
If the branding is too deep to be re
moved by sand paper, the nails may be
drawn, and the branded board turned
with the clean side out. After the
wood is polished, it may be embroidered
in any rectangular pattern, with stars,
flowers, Greek key, or anything else for
which the stitches can be takea in
straight lines. To d) this, trace tho
pattern in pencil on the wood and with
an awl bore a hole at each angle of tho
pattern. Then, with a darning needle
threaded with worsted, work by pass
ing the needle back and forth from one
hole to another. Decalcomania pictures
furnish another pretty means of orna
mentation. Toilet boxe3 should bo.
lined with velvet or velveteen. Feet
for the boxes can be mado of brass but
tons, or large-headed brass tacks, fast
ened one at each corner on the bottom
of the box. For a knife basket two
long fiat boxes are required, placed side
by side and fastened together, the han
dle being either of wood or of card
passed through holes in the centre
piece. Line the box with flannel, pasted
smoothly in after having decorated the
outside and set on the feet. For suclt
a bcx elaborate ornaments is unneces
sary, and a narrow strip of velvet rib
bon, the color of tho lining, fastened
along the edges with gilt tacks, is as
pretty as any which can bo used. If
the box is meant for a present, put in
addition the monogram or the last ini
tial of the person to whom it is to be
given on one side of tho b;uket. The
spbt boxes may be used for picture
frames or for making many small fancy
articles match boxes, ink stands (a.
vial holding the ink), card racks, etc.,
auiong the number.
The Aucleiit.
We believe, f ays Abbott, that the an
cieiits possessed the knowledge of the
mariner's compass, air balloons, and
locomotive vessels; for the arrow by
which Abaris, the Scythian, was ena
bled to find his way through unknown
countries, was the magnetic needle.
The self-moving ship3 mentioned in tho
Odyssey, were vessels furnished with
windmills that put i motion oars
placed at the fahip's side. The air bal
loon ot the moderns is identified with
the invention of Disdains; and this thrt
more eusily, because he bade his Eon
Icarus not to fly either too high or too
low, for fear of dissolving tho "wax" by
which the artificial wings n re attached
to his body. But the "wax" wa3 prob
ably mentioned by the first narrator of
the story, who did not know the process
still in use of joining pips, made in the
case of Daedalus to imitate the joints
of wings, by means of luttng, or a com
position of clay, w hich if too dry or too
moist loses eauaUv its tenacity.
He that would enjoy the fruit must
not gather the flower.