The Herald,
jlNO. fl. yVlACMbRPHY, - JLDITOR.
PLATTSMOUTH. JULY 24. 1879.
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Mcetlny of the Republican State Cen
tral Cominittee.
The members of the Republican
State Central Committee are hereby
called to meet at the Commercial Ho
tel, in Lincoln, on Wednesday, the 30th
day of July, 1879, at 2 o'clock p. no.,
for the transaction of such business
as may properly come before the same.
James W. Dawks,
Crete, Neb., July 1G. Chairman.
Omaha is to be supplied with water
by the Holly Water Works.
The Chicago Stockman says -a few
Augora Goats aJded to a flock ef
sheep will keep all dogs off. They
butt Mr. Dog to death ir. ne time.
A Boston Newspaper said in deri
sion, there was no trouble to raise the
wind out west" and the next day a ter
rible storm shook old Boston to the
core.
The Lincoln Globe says the colored
people sitting round Jheir preacher
Sunday night resembled the picture of
Wm. Tenn making a treaty with the
Indians.
It seems some thieves wentthrougl
Ceo. Mayfield's htoie at Greenwood
Monday night, and to-day they brought
dawn a man named John Muller, as an
accomplice of three-fingered Jack, who
they suppose did the robbing. There
beintr no proof however, the Sheriff
was forced to release him.
The Omaha Herald comes out in
new dress of Brevier and a new head,
both of which we think very tasty and
much more suitable for a Metropolitan
Journal.
It has some sensible words of kind
ness cn the suffering of the colored
people too; if it doe3 credit our edito
rial on the same to the Neb. City Press
Cor.
The New Bridge.
Running across Capt. Morrison, con
tractor for the new R. It. bridge the
other dav. we ascertained a few facts
about our new bridge, and as there
have been all sorts of statements in
regard to the matter we give the length
of span and kind of bridge it really is
intended to be. First then; It is & high
bridge, 50 ft. above the water, and not
a low, or draw bridge as at first talked
of. It will crass very nearly at the
for. of tiiB stairs to the present engi
neer's house. The grade will run
through the bank or bluff there and
come out en the main track again near
tvheie the old mill stands.
There will be two 350 feet Iron
spans on stone piors.sunk by Pneumat
ic process. On the Iowa side to reach
the bridge grade there will be three
spans ol iron laduct instead or a
long fill. It will be when completed
one of the best, safest and most eco
nomical R. R. bridges on the Missouri,
and this is not boasting, because the
"Engineers and Contractors are men of
great experience and can and unques
tionably will profit by the mistakes
made in other bridges across the Mud
dy and can improve on their good
points.
On the Nebraska bluff 110 feet above
the water stands the engineer's and
draughtsman's house. It is reached
(from the front) by 137 stairs in three
tiers. In addition to this olTice a build
ing or buildings for quarters for men
and officers is to be built.
The management mean business and
the work will be pushed to its utmost
capacity. The bridge at Plattsmouth
has bt-come a fact and not mere gossip
any longer. V ire-la!
The Berkshire Bulletin has some re
mark about feeding hogs that may in
terest our farmers:
Diseases of swine, like diseases com
mon to other domestic animals, become
more prevalent a3 we increase their
number and production. The causes
of disease, although various, are in the
majority of cases the result of inatten
tion and neglect. During the primi
tive years of our country's improve
ment little was known ef "hog cholera."
This was because of the limited num
ber of hogs, and the varied and exten
sive range of pasture, exercise and diet
which they enjoyed. As the country
became more thickly settled and bet
ter cultivated, the range allotted to
hogs was necessarily compassed, and
their food restricted to a sameness of
diet, viz: corn. Improvement in the
breeds of hogs does not induce more
, sensitive and delicate constitution. On
the contrary, it has been proven that
thoso hogs that are finely bred, and
well kept, are more exempt from the
ravages of disease. By being "well
kept" is meant that they have a varie
ty of clean food, pure water, and all
the exercise they will relish. "Road
pasturing" subjects swine to much
privation in food or water, er in both;
and should the suffering animals find
any putrid refuse or stagnant water,
they will eat or drink with avidity; or
finding a weak fence, will break into a
field of grain and eat. sufficient to cause
fever, and all diseasos accompanied
with fever are more or less contagious.
"A serious cause of hog cholera is the
result of stockmen allowing hogs to
follow cattle." This practice must
be severely condemned if we expect to
raise healthy hogs and eat palatable
pork; for, subsisting on the undigested
corn in the excrements of the cattle,
they not only inhale but eat the fecnl
impurities which pass from the bodies
of cattle. Swine should not be restrict
ed from enjoying and exercising their
fend prgciivity for rooting. To ring
bogs' noses may keep our pasture's
smooth, but wiil -so doubt be disas
trous t the general welfare of our
porkers. The soil is full of insects and
worms, particularly earth worms, grub
woruis, and cutworms, which the hogs
will persistently hunt and devour if
allowed to root, thereby benefitting the
farm whilst obtaining food most n.v
cc.ss.irv to their welfare,
The L'xodns People.
We were informed by Chaplain
Wright that 10 of the colored people
across the river were sent to Council
Bluffs, and see by the Bee that 30 are
needed at Dennison, Iowa. The rest
were sent to Neb. City Monday, where
at last accounts they had not been al
lowed to cross the river. Of those
who crossed here, all have found work
in country or city. W. B. Porter took
two out to his farm, and is satisfied
with them. At least a dozen appli
cations have been made at this office
for information, or orders to send
either a man or woman along to peo
ple in the country. Good women, who
can and will do housework, are most
in demand; and we are satisfied we
could have absorbed 50 or more labor
ers and never known where they went
to.
We need this labor; Nebraska needs
it, and can use, and to advantage, a
large amount of just Buch material, hut
we still maintain that these small riv
er towns are not the place from which
to distribute best. We are not acces
sible on all sides: everything floats
up(?) the Moftiver, that is, we catch
all sorts of comers and coers, ana are
generally overburdened with a certain
sort of cheap labor.
These colored people should be col
onized on the prairie, and distributed
along the railroad lines. In this par
ticular case, Plattsmouth was pecul
iarly situated. These people were in
Mills Co., not over here. Our officials,
however willingly they may have aided
individually (and our Mayor and oth
ers did) as public officers liablo to
cause distribution of public funds, for
all parties, those who favor and those
who bitterly oppose all colored labor,
they had no right to induce these, peo
ple to cros nor offer prospects of pay
and employment. They did just right.
To the community the request, the
knowledge that these poor people were
left within our reach, as it were, came
so suddenly that but few resolute and
prompt men were ready to act. We
are proud of these men. we feel that
under the circumstances Plattsmouth
didherdutv. We have heard of no
other Dlaca that did more or raised as
muoh. We did not ship them to Neb
City to get rid of them at all. as we
understand has been charged; they
were not ours to ship. We raised
money to feed them and to help pay
fares (with Mills Co. afterwards) t
such places as it was reported they
were needed and could be used. Ne
braska City was one of these. Acol
ored preacher from there asked for
them and is fact it was stated they
were intended for there and not here.
In answer to the snarl (from a few)
that they are republicans and repub
licans ought to take care of them ; we
answer rroudlr wc can and will; we
should be ashamed of a party, and scorn
to belons to it that had so little man
hood, so little honor, and so little hu
man kindness as to let any poor beings,
black or white. Democrat or Republi
can, suffer for food, clothing, or work,
when aid could be afforded, no matter
how unwisely they may have left their
homes, nor what nor who might be to
blame originally, for the cause of the
trouble. They are here, they have
asked us for life, liberty, and a chance
to work, and no man, fit for citizen
ship in a free country, can refuse them
this aid and chance.
Our Temperance Column. Distribution
F.!)ITKI KY TJ'F. WOM VN'S fflKISTl AN TKM
fbKAM'K VXIOX.
"Fur God, nad Home, ml Native Land."
2. I. O ti.
Good Templars'
Vednesday evening.
llLATTSMOfTH LobOK No.
JL Regular meetings at
pnr WcilnMilxv even
E. H. WOOLFT, W. C.
T.
Hall
every
Viola V. Bakxks, Sec'y.
Hl.ATTSMOCTH TltMPLR OK HOXOR AND
A Tkmpkhanck. No. IS. fibular meetinir.
Saturday evening in HhII in Fituerald" Mnek.
S. S. HlSKLK, W. C. T.
J. F. Johnson, Sec'y.
llLATTSMOi'TH Kki Kibhon Cm n. Heular
II.
nwHiiiii' mi Mimdav evening of eaeh week.
M. IIl'hhnki.l, Sec'y.
Wednesday
and .Saturday afternoon and evening of eueu
week. Front room over t . s. v nue s store.
rfHF. Kkadino Koom. Open ou
an
C. T. L".
will meet every
alternate Thursday at 3 o'clock, in tlie
lll.ATlJiMOCTH W.
JL
Heading Komiii, unless other notice is given m
tliis column. Murf. 11. M. VitK, President.
Airs. It. I DC kk, .secretary.
IlLATTSMOfTH LoIWSK OK Jl'VKNI I.K TK.MP-
JL lai:.s will meet every alternate Friday evvn-
iu at 8 o clock in Cooil templars Hall.
Mus. A. SOIH.KUKL. .Superintendent.
of Funds for Colored
Refugee?.
Plattsmouth, July 21st, '79.
. Ed. Herald:--The good people of
our goodly city raised by subscription,
ia sums ranging from ten cents to four
dollars, the sum of forty-nine dollars,
for the purpose of purchasing provis
ions for the colored people at East
Plattsmouth, and to provide transpor
tation for them to Nebraska City or to
any other point they might select. At
the request of the subscribers, I dis
bursed the money as follows, taking
vouchers for the same:
For provisions $14 00
transportation for 10 per
sons to Council Bluffs COO
Paid to supervisor of Mills Co
Iowa, toward transportation
of the remainder ef them... 29 00
The W. C. T. U. will meet tins ev
ening (Thursday) at 6 'clock, in the
Reading Room. The President de
sires the presence of all members so
fai as possible, to discuss important
business.
$49 00
I cave to this work three days of
hard toil in the name of the Master
who has said, "Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of the least of one
of these ye have done it unto Me."
A. Wright.
Wat-
We are glad to chronicle the advance
of the liquor license from $200 to $500,
though we regret that nine saloons
were licensed for one year before the
ordinance was introduced, and tha
tenth receives license before it takes
effect. With one drinking place to
perhaps every two hundred and fifty
persons the supply will probably be
equal to the demand. Still, it sounds
more creditable abroad to report our
license at $500.
While so many of our good citizens
are apparently indifferent to the bale
ful influence exerted by the liquor traf
fic in our midst, it is refreshing to
learn that the injury resulting from it
to our material interests, has not es
caped the notice ef the managers of
the 13. & M. K. 11. It- who have on
more than one occasion, earnestly pro
tested against the extent to whioh our
citv is eiven up to the business of
drunkard making. This company is
the principal creditor ef tho city, and
desires to see our authorities adopt
such a policy as will give us perma
nent growth and prosperity.
v e now learn that the bridge au
thorities, after a survey of our town,
and an enumeration of the saloons
therein, considered that such abundant
liquor privileges would be prejudicial
to their interests in working a large
force; and that thoy were only pre
vented from establishing their board
ing houses and other buildings on tho
Iowa side, by the assurance of our
worthy Mayor that an increas ed li
cense, already contemplated, and a r ig-
id enforcement of existing ordinances
should limit the sale as mvich as pos
sible. The removal of headquarters
for five hundred men to the eastern
bank, would certainly have been a loss
to Plattsmouth, but if the effect had
been to arouse our citizens generally
to a knowledge or now tins tralnc is
considered in a purely business point
of view we feel it could scarcely have
been looked upon as a calamity.
We note with pleasure too, the way
our preacher friends come to the front
in this case. Our own Rev. Chaplain,
Rev. Mr. Fisher, a colered preacher
from Neb. City, and one from Council
lilulls, all interested themselves man
fully, in the cause of justice and hu
manity.
Again wo are led to remark if the
advent of ICS people, mostly woman
and children, conld throw 3000 people
into as much of a flurry as these did
our people, cause as wide a divergance
of epiuion and as many unwise and
foolish suggestions, simply because it
threatened temporarily to force a re
adjustment of our labor forces, a slight
temporary hardship, what must it have
been down south where their whole
labor system had to be re-organized
after the war, and where tho different
elements have not yet found thoir lev
el causing at this day this exodus as
the resnlt of so great a disturbance of
social forces.
If the colored people have suffered
in this ordeal what mnst the whites
(with greater capacity to suffer) not
have endured. We never felt so leni
ent to all the faults of our southern
brethern as with this great fact be
fore our very door.
The yellow fever has broken out
again at Memphis, but so far that
seems the only city affected. On Mon
day thirty-six cases were reported to
the board of health, and the exodus
from the city became general. Seven
cases were reported Tuesday. Fifteen
hundred tents and rations have been
forwarded by the Secretary of War.
Tho Howard Association held a meet-1
ng and made arrangements to provide
what nurses might be needed, but will
not begin further operations unless
the need becomes more pressing.
Two Pictures.
Look on this picture of New York,
with eight thousant saloons, and then
on this, of Edwards Co- 111., without
one:
The criminal record of the past few
davs has been exceptional in their
ghnstliness. The list was not com
plete, it seems, with the threw homi
cides reported on Saturday the mur
der of Mr. Seymour by some unknown
hand, the killing of bisk by Rawlinson,
and the brutal stabbingof O'Connell by
Nichols at Nyack. Still another mur
der was committed on the evening of
the Fourth, a Canadian laborer beat
ing his wife with 6uch brutal violence
that she died; and the next morning
another drunken husband shot his
wife twice and was only prevented
from attaining the distinction of a
wife-killer by the timelv interference
of a butcher's boy. Add to those the
attempted assassination of a young
man by his brother, and the stabbing
at Elm Park on Stateu Island, which
may prove fatal, and it will be seen
that the total of crime is a dreadful
ono. Like many such acts, some of
these have a side which is at once ab
surd and horrible the triviality of the
provocation out of which they grow.
The quarrel which ended with the
shooting of Sisk began with a dispute
over tho propriety of disturbing the
silence ef night with Fourth of July
salutes; the murder of O'Connell grew
it is said, out of a dispute over a cigar,
though there was an old enmity be
tween the men; and Brown, the Cana
dian, killed his wife, probably without
really intending to do so, because she
would not get him his supper.
Weighing these facts with the prof
its of sordid crimes, like the Hull mur
der, from which Cox reaped about the
equivalent of a week's wages, or the
Fifth-avenue diamond robbery of t omo
months ago, which brought in the rob
ber exactly $18 in money and a twen
ty years' sentence, the old truth is il
lustrated that crime is the least prof
itable of all the professions. A much
more useful lesson, probably, to be
learned is the fact that drunkenness
was the direct cause of every one of the
violent deeds of the past three days, ex
cept the Seymour murder, of which we
know nothing. They remind us shar
ly that this great evil is far from be
ing conquered. N. Y. Tribune.
An open letter to the Rev. B. G
sen, Kansas City, Mo.:
Sir : I received one despatch Jand
two letters from you last week ia ref
erence to colored people left, unwarant
edly, as I think, by you at East Platts
mouth, Iowa. I ask you the follow
ing questions:
If these people wished to stop at
East Nebraska City, as I understand
from them that they did, and that
was their destination when they
left Kansas City, why were they
brought and left at East Plattsmouth,
where there are no people to supply
their wants?
If they were to be loft at East
Plattsmouth why did you not notify
the authorities of Mills county, Iowa,
so that they might caro for them?
They knew nothing of their presence
at that point until informed by the
citizens of Plattsmouth.
If it was your intention to land
them in our city, why did you not
come on in advance and make prepa
ration for them?
Why did yon leave them in their
destitution, only furnishing two hun
dred and fifty pounds of Indian meal
for one hundred and sixty-five persons ?
Is this according to the bill of fare fur
nished for your table at Kansas City,
Mo?
In conclusion, permit me to say that
while I sympathize deeply with these
poor people you must excuse me from
acting as your agent in another case
of this kind, as at my age, with the op
pressive heat, I am not able to assume
the responsibility. Yours truly.
A. Wkioht,
Chaplain U. S. A
Party Fealty.
The policy pursued by President
Hayes for eighteen months after his
inauguration, was reluctantly acqui
esced in by the great majority of the
republican party of the nation. While
they were willing that the olive branch
snouiu ue nem out to tiieir errmz
brethren of t .e South, they were con
vinced by former declarations and acts
of the ruling class in the south, that
Ihegood oillcesof the President would
be in vain. Time has proven these
declarations to be true as holv writ
1 he spirit of conciliation shown the
South by the President was accepted
vy it as a surrender of the tnne-hon
ored principles of the Republican
party, and the arrogance of the south
ern brigadiers has been such as to
arouse the luke-warm spirit in the
breast of timid Republicans to the
danger that threatens the Republic.
uunng tne past lew years many
goou citizens nave grown suspicious
of the Republican party its dectrino.
tenets, and continued supremacy, and
From Avoca.
July 19. 1879.
Editor, Herald: Too busy a time
for wi iting lately. A little spare time
enables ine to pen a few notes. Har
vest is in full courso. All are busy
and in a great hurry, notwithstanding
the old adage that "A good farmer is
never in hurry."
Wheat is far better than any sup
posed it could be. Oats fine and hea
vy. Barley light. Those who were
behind time with their barley seeding
had the laugh this year. Weather
threatening but little rain, Little
wool lots o' crop."
I notice the trees in orchards about
here have many limbs withered and
dead. We have not been troubled
with the locust and I think it was
caused by the great heat of the sun
too soon after a shower. Examina
tion reveals no defect in the branch
Growth was very rapid in the trees
during the wet weather.
A Sunday School has been started in
the next District West, The Avoca
Union S. S., Hon. J. M. Kirkpatrick,
Sup. Attendance between 35 and 40.
Hot weather don't affect we'uns any
more. How do the rest of you as sal a
manders? Avoca Katcuum.
their institute at Plattsmouth and are
sorry we cannot attend.
Respectfully, Howard.
Weeping Water Items.
Crops are looking fine, small grain is
nearly all stacked and farmers are bap
Business has been rather quiet of
late, but no doubt will soon brighten.
Dan. Johnson is going to Blair to
run a Mill. Dan will be missed by the
sporting class very much.
borne of our people have been to
Plattsmouth trying to secure some of
the negroes that have been sent there
We have not heard how they succeed
ed. If they get them they will no
doubt pay for the trouble, as the wa
ges will of course be low, and will
therefore bo an object to parties wish
ing them.
Our school closed on Friday last,
after a very successful term. We
shall miss Mr. Odell very much indeed,
and hope he will come again and set
tle down among ns.
Chase & Co., we believe ba've suc
ceeded very well in the ha rdware bus
iness, and we understand, will have a
tinner to work for them soon, which
will also help their business.
Mrs. Jenks house is about being
completed, and makes quite a portly
appearance.
Mr. Detwiler, sen., of Omaha, is vis
iting his daughters He looks as rug
ged as eve i .
Fred. Clinton seems to be doing well
in the mill. Guess Fred, means bu$i
ness.
Butler's and Crippen's houses are
both vacant. Think they must be in
bad condition, or they would not re
main vacant so long. Inter Nos.
South Bend rs'olcs.
Ed. Herald: I will send you a few
items from our burg:
irauehaa been dull, by reason of
the fanners being busy taking care of
Kirwix, July 15, 1879.
Ed. Herald: Your correspondent
has for some time been shaking with
the ague, but as this is the day we
don't shake, we will scribble you a few
more lines from Kansas:
A short time ago an earthquake
shock was felt here and in the adjoin
ing counties. The earthquake appear
ed to come from the northwest, and to
be going toward the southeast. It was
felt between eight and nine o'clock at
night. The day previous had been
clear and bright, and at dusk hardly a
cloud obscured the sky. Of course, it
was quite a surprise to the people to
hear the rumbling noise and to find
their houses rocking back and forth.
The shock lasted about thirty seconds,
hardly long enough to realize what it
really was. One man rushed from the
house with his gun, declaring that
soire one was prying his house over;
another said he thought some one had
run against his house with a wagon,
while an old lady called upon her hus
band to run up stairs, qnick, as son
John was having a fit, while numer
ous others believed the world was
coming to an end.
Graham county (the adjoining coun
ty to Rooks) is being settled up by the
negroes. There are some few white
people living in the county, but at
present they are decidedly in the mi
nority, and the present immigration
seems willing to leave them so, and to
seek-homes further west, rather than
among the negroes. The colored peo
ple have a town there called "Nicode
mus." They have their colored law
yer, preacher, (Free-Will Baptist.) doc
tor and postmaster. They also have
a large supply house, with quite a
stock of provisions and clothing. This
is presided over by a negro, and the
stock is furnished by aid societies. A
needy negro enters this supply house.
he must undergo a thorough examina
tion in the way of interrogations re
garding his real or supposed need. If
the interrogatories are satisfactorily
answered the applicant is supplied free.
We have not yet had an opportunity
of visiting this town, and only
write of it from what we have been
told.
We have plentv of rain now; fall
wheat is a good crop; spring wheat
and barley was not more than half a
crop; good prospects for corn.
Howard.
A Liverpool man has been lined fifteen
times lor refusing to have his children
vaccinated.
There was a law made in 1831, and still
on the statute lwoks of Georgia, oiFeriiig
$5,000 for the head of William Lloyd
Garison.
It docs not seem possible that any
public print in the United States could
publish suc'i stuff as this, and yet, if
our exchanges can be believed the
'Okolona States" is full of such stuff:
Just read it ye who take pride in the
nation.
There is no necessity for any State
having aState flag. The star-spangled,
fcr.. is amplo enough to cover, the
wholi? Union. Republican paper.
Thou kave!
If any more flags in this country
must be furled forever it will be the
stars and stripes.
Yes sir; that flag will bo torn into
a thousand shreds tatters ar.d spit up
on by the patriotic people before they
will permit a traitor baud to touch one
fold of the bright banners that float
over their free, sovereign and separate
Commonwealth. Okolona States Dem
ocratic Paper.
DOES TESIFERANCK TAT?
In the following significant fact late
ly submitted by the clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of Edwards Countv, Illi
nois, the economy of temperance is
strikingly illustrated:
There has not been a licensed sa
loon in this county for over twenty
five years. During that time oar jail
has not averaged an occupant. This
county never sent but one person to
the penitential y. and that man was
sent up for killing his wife While
drunk, on whiskey obtained from a li
censed saloon in adjoining countv.
We have but verv few paupers in our
poor-house, sometimes only three r
four. Our taxes are 32 per cent, low
er than they are in adjoining counties
where saloons are licensed. Our peeplo
are prosperous, peaceable, and sober.
there being very little drinking, ex
cept near GrayvUle, a licensed town of
Y hite County near our border. The
different terms of our Circuit Court
occupy three or four days each year.
and thtn the dockets are cleared. Our
people are so well satisfied with the
present state of things that a very large
majority of them would bitterly op
pose any effort made in favor of license.
under any circumstances." Temp. Ad-
ucate.
it would be hard to tell to what Do
mical family they really belonged
Their love for the national emblem
marts uicra at once as belonging to
the Republican family. Though they
may not endorse every act or policy
of the party, they are by all the laws
of consanguinity Republican to the
core. To such the present attitude
of the democratic party should cause
them to step out from the cloud in
which they have been enshrouded.
and take strong ground in defence of
the time honored principles of the Re
publican party. The occasion which
demands this action on their part is as
imperative as it was when hostile guns
first opened on Sumter. Those who
laim to be Republicans, yet afraid to
say so boldly and openlv, are para
doxical, and their Republicanism can
not be otherwise than doubtful. The
issue has been forced upon us by a
solid South, and we were worse than
infidel did we not rise to meet the
issue thus forced upon us. It won't
do to say it's all Losh but this scare
of a solid South has been manufact
ured for the occasion. Thoso who
kept themselves posted on the politi
cal chessboard as played by the dem
ocratic party in the extra session of
Congress just closed, cannot but ad
mit the truth of the assertion that the
democratic party is the foe of
National supremacy. This truth is
self-evident, and ho who runs may
read the declaration of the democratic
psrty that this is a confederacy of
states. The Republican party says it
is a Nation, not a confederacy. Choose
ye between them, Republicans, Demo
crats, and Greenbackers of Pawnee
County. Pawnee Republican.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Rock Bluffs Notes.
July, 18th, 1379.
Dear Herald: Since "Philander
Doesticks" and "Sam Slick" have given
yu a brief description of the condi
tion of this flourishing town, with re
gard to Jimsons, mustard and ethers,
I beg leave to tell you how the Dog
Fennel, &c, are progressing. Dog
Fennel in full bloom, promising a plen
tiful crop. Wheat, nearly all harvest
ed, some slightly injured by the chinch
bug. Corn needs rain badly.
By the way we had some little ex
citement here a few evenings ago. A
couple of young ladies, one of this
place, the other living in the country,
had what might be termed, a wool
pulling. Mr. M. O. Alley, being some
what courageous and always willing
to lend assistance where it is most
needed, persuaded one of the parties
to go home. So ended the "fight."
However Mr. Editor, we would be
pleased to have yon come down and
pay us a visit onca in a while.
If this letter proves to be accepted
by the Editor, I, like "Philander Does
ticks" will "rattle again" occasionally.
Yours Resp'y, Madelike,
their immense crops of small grain
."Oiuii jji'iid nas a grain company.
They are making arrangements to put
in a prwer and dump; also, intend to
add 40 feet to the warehouse of J. and
II. J. Streight; they having purchased
it.
-i tt r- . .
. i.i-inKnam nas raisei ins ware
house, and we understand, intends to
put in steam power and a damp.
Everybody is making arrangements
to celebrate the completion of our
bridge. Mr. Reams, of Leavenworth,
Kansas, is here with a force of hands,
and acts as if he meant business. He
is the foreman of Wise & Boice, of
that city, bridge builders. The sound
of the saw and hammer are heard on
all sides, new buildings going up and
old ones enlarged ; there is a demand
for mechanics.
Mr. Moffat, of Clear Creek, master
mechanic, is here with a force of hands
building Mr. Hoyt's restaurant.
We saw the.smiling countenance of
W. L. Wells on our streets. Saturday.
-F j ,
We had a fine shower this moinincr.
which was good for the corn, bad for
the wheat and oats; barley mostly
stacked .
Plattsmouth better look a leedle
onar, tor some or tnese ane mornings
she may see the county seat on wheels
on its way to South Bend.
Don't let Louisville or Weeping Wa
ter know anything about this county
seat business; they feel bad enough
now.
Mr. Stout, of Lincoln, has purchased
the stone quarry in Sarpy county, op
posite this place, and contemplates
working them extensively.
That man at Sooth Bend gets his
paper now O. K. Smoke all the same.
It lets the P. M. out.
Shook Rush Fellows by the hand
this morning. Always welcome to
South Bend, Rush ; good boy.
Mr. Constable Stout's right hand
man is in town.
Collins, civil engineer of the B.& M.,
is here to supei intend the construc
tion of the bridge.
I will close by giving you the mar
kets:
Corn 10(3,20; oats, 1520; wheat,
0(2 75; 50c offered for new. Barley,
old, 2530; 50c offered for new. No.
2 hogs, 2.002.10; butter, 310c; eggs
7c per doz; chickens, 2.302.73 per
doz. Gailey.
Notice to Parents and Guardians.
It having come to my knowledge
that quite a number of minor child
ren, whose parents or guardians reside
at or near Plattsmouth, are in the hab
it of playing around the depot grounds
when the Railroad Company is engag-
in switching and moving cars, often
climbing upon the cars while in mo
tion, thus endangering their lives,
parents and guardians are, therefore,
requested to use theii best endeavors
to keep their children away from the
depot, and the3' are hereby forbidden
to come there for other than business
purposes. Thomas Marslaxd.
Gen'l Agent.
Plattsmouth, July 3, 1879. 1014
A fool Once 31 Ore.
"For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such a complication of
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure her, and I used
up a small fortune in humbug stuff.
Six months ago I saw a U. S. flag with
Hop Bitters on it, and I thought I
would be a fool once more. I tried it,
but my folly proved to be wisdom.
Two bottles cured her, she is now as
well and strong as any man' wife, and
it cost me only two dollars. Sucii fol
ly pays. H. W Detroit, Mich.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Itennon'H Caprine 'roiiH I'lawtei-M.
SKABUKY A JOIINSOX, I'nip's, 21 l'i:itt St.,
X. Y. l.'.H.
it 1 fl fn $1 nfinS Invested iii Wall. Street Stoeks
UUU lu (PlUUUl makes fortunes every- month.
Hook sent free explaining everything. Addres
BAXTER & CO.. Rankers, 17 Wall St.. X. Y.
nrD CIDi riea.se write for large ii -ULAll
3111. InHtratrrf catalaarar of
RIFLES. SHOT GUNS. REVOLVERS. Address
Great Western iun Works, Pittsburg. Pa.
Afrroar nfTovT ORGANS ,.to upwards:
Ulbd-L UMbli PIANOS $125 upwards,
not used a year, good a new ; warranted. New
Pianos and Oreau at extraordinary low Drlee
forestall. Catalogue mailed. HORACE WA-
TKRS, Agt, 40 Kat 14th St., X. Y., Y. O. Box
3Ti.T0.
return in 30 days on $100 inveted
Otlieial Keiiorts and information frer
Like profits weekly on Stock options of ?to to $.v
Address T. Potter Wight & Co., Baukwrs. 35
Wall sr.. X. Y.
$1200
Wc arc EcaSy
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Tin rffi (TP R?
iiLlkBi)K)ri
Plenty of New Goods,
liVD-
The iiacacaiBBg alemaiaa! of
tir traale9 we have
am
OF-
MY
BJOT'EQiBJS eS EIfDSSE21S."Sr,
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JJlIS)a
lTBeffie jmi spend yonr
sMoney,) give ba asa op
poi'tiinniy t show ymi oiair
fGOODS AND PHICE3-
Pliittsinoiitli, Nebraska.
has once more " come back" to
Guthman & Weekbach,
who are, on and after this date sole proprietors.
HOW!
Parson' Purgative Pills inuke New Kioh
lilood and will completely change the blood in
the entire (.ystem in three months. Any iierson
who will take 1 pill each night from i to 12
weens may Deresiureu to sound rieaitu. if such
a thing b possible. Sent by mail for R letter
stamps, i. s. JOliXSOX 6t CO. liangor. Me.
Chicago Medical College.
Twenty-first Annual Session begins Sept. Sfith
Graded Course of Instruction. Ptivsiolngical
Laboratory established. Anatomical Man-rial
actually abundant. Seals numbered and se
cured in order of application. Professors fees.
?T5. Practitioners course through April ; fees.
For announcement or particulars, address
Prof..T.H.HoM.lsTKR, Tl Kandolph St., Chicago.
ion
PLATTSMOUTH
Clothing House!
C. G. HER0LD, Proprietor.
FIItST ESTAPL'I) IX nrc
Keeps a general l;irge stock of
Men's, l oiith's & Jioy's
n ATUIWP
f
From Kansas.
When they get mad at people in Saia
tJga they besmear their houses with iuL.
and has Just received the finest lot, of
French and English Silk
WORSTED SUITS,
THAT EVER CROSSED THE MO. RIVER.
His different styles of
A. wind storm passed thrwiish Smith
County the 8th, causing considerable
damage at the County Seat, several
houses were blown down nnd from
their foundation, but no one was injur
ed. Two horses stolen here a few days
ago and the Vigilance Committee is
out in every direction looking for the
thieves. So many horses are stolen
real valuable horses A Kansas paper gQ WG&S GOQ&S
EEats cS Caps,
arc surprising, and his stock of
Furnishing Goods !
FANCY GOODS,
AND
they had better get the beam out of
their own eye before attempting to se
cure the mote m their brother s eye.
The climate here, we think is very
unhealthy, at least my friend that came
with me, as well as myself have both
been seriously ill while here.
We wish the teachers succe&3 with
Isjlarge enough to supply any demand.
Call and Examine the
UEW STYLES,
BEFORE rVRCHASIXO ELSEWHERE.
, C. G. J1KK0L1).
NEW GOODS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
We are lu almost dally receipt of
DRY AND FANCY GOODS
aind WMDCJEH&niES,
which wc offer our friends and the puhlic at
WiaoieaIe aiad Metail,
at prices to suit the times.
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, &c.
Calicos, from 12 to 16 Yards for $1.00.
Muslins, from 6 cts. a yard upward
The finest stock of White Hedsprcuds ever brought to the Citv.
Buell's Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, and Cottonades in
full Stock.
IHo&f; annd Ii,
IHIat annal Dajp
asaal IFurEiiisIiiBBg(E!ooo1Is '
OF ALL KINDS.
Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
We desire to see all our old patrons back and want to hold as .n.mv of tho
present ones as we can GUTHMAN & AVECKIJACH.
REMEMBER THE PLACE, ONE DOOR WEST OF P.O.,
SJy PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA