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BUSINESS t: A It OS.
Bowen & Strickland,
'A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Real Estate,
J. City Lots and Claims bought and sold.
Purchasers will do well to call at our office
and examine our list of City Lots, itc, before
Iiurchasinp: elsewhere. Oliice in Cook's new
niilding, comer of Fifth and Main streets.
L. L. Bowen.
ATTORNEY -AND COUNSELLOR
LAW, Bellevue, N. T.
S. A. Strickland,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
LAW, Bcllevue, N. T
C. T. Iloiloway,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
LAW, Bcllevue, N. T.
AT
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AT
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AT
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W. II. Cook.
1 ENERAL LAND AND REALESTATE
VJT AGENT, Bellevue City, Nebraska.
1-tf
B. P. Rankin,
A'
TTORNEY AND COUNSNLLOR
AT
LAW, La PI ttte, N. T.
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J. Soeley,
A
TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT
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LAW. Omaha, IN T.
S. W. Cozzcns,
r A. TTORNEY. AT LAW and General Land
iV. AGENT. Omaha city, N. T. Office in
Henry i. Root's new lirirk Block, Farnharn
street. - no lrt-rtm
John W. Pattison.
N
TOTARY PUBLIC AND REAL ESTATE
AUlilN 1, l-onteneue, w.'i. l-u
............ . . . . . .
James S. Izard & Co.
r AND AGENTS, Omaha, Douglas County,
lU NebixWa Territory. 1-lf
Dr3. Malcomb & Peck.
OMAHA CITY. Office on Harney street,
opposite the Post OHice. Particular at
tention given to Surgery. 1-tf
' - P. E. Shannon,
R
EAL ESTATE AGENCY, Cerro Gordo
Post Office, St. Miry, Mills Co., Iowa.
P. E. Shannon,
COMMISSION k FORWARDING !
CHANT, St. Mary" Landing Mill
MER-
s Co.
Iowa.
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Peter A. Sarpy,
Tnu WARDING &. COMMISSION MER
1' CHANT. Bellevue. N. T Wholesale
Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and
Cattle. - ' , 1-tf
D. J. Sullivan. M. D..
I-JHYRICIAN and SURGEON. Office
. Head of Broadway, Council lllufis, Iowa.
1 nv. 13 1-tf-
T. B. CUMING. JOHK C. TURK.
Camiug ii Turk,
. Hfornryt at Low and Real Estate .eiis.
OMAH A CITY, N. T
It Til. I. siiuiul fitlifnllv and uromnMv to
Y all business eutrusted to theiu. in the j
Territorial or Iowa courts, to the purchase of
loU and UiiiU, entries and pre-emptions, col- j
lections, SiC, ...
Office in the second story of Ilenry k Roots
new bnildine;, nearly opposite the Wnttern ;
Exchange Bank, r'aruhain slree. ' i
Papers in the Territory, Council Bluffs Bu
fl and Keokuk Times, please copy and
. barge Nebr-iskUn office. ,
BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY
I1USIMSS (Alll)N.
D. II. Solomon;
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT
l- LAW, Glcnwood, Mills Co., Iowa, prac
tices in all the Courts of western Iowa and
Nebraska, and the Supreme Court of Iowa.
Land Agency not in the Programme, no 4-tf
CT. IIOH.OWAV.'- - - C. P. KELLER
Ilollowny & Keller,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS, Bellcvne
city, N. T., will promptly attend to the
collecting and investing money, locating Land
Warrants, bovine and selling city lots, &c.
Olfire at the Bellevue House.
j6hnson, Casady & Test,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS, ATTOR
N EYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LA W,
Council Hinds, Iowa, will promptly attend to
Land Agencies, Collections, Investing Money,
Locating and Selling Land Warrants, and oil
ojher business pertaining to their profession,
in Western Iowa and Nebraska. 1-tf
C. A. Ilenry & Co.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUG
GISTS, At the Nihrahka Dm'oStoue,
Omaha city, Nebraska, have on hand and are
constantly" receiving a large and complete
assortment of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi
cines, Dve Stutl's, Liquors, Segals, Preserved
Fruits, Confectionaries, &r.,&.r. Physicians
orders filled on a small advance on cost. 1-tf
Tnos. Macox. Ai.f.x. Macov. It. 0. Jones.
Macon, Brother & Co.
TAW AND.LAND AGENTS, Omaha City
J Nebraska Territory. no 9-tf.
Gustav Seeger,
TOPOGRAPHIC AND CIVIL ENGI
NEER, Executes Drawing and Painting
of every Btyle and description. Also, all
business In his line.- Office on Gregory street,
St. Mary, Mills county, Iowa. 1-tf
Greene, Weare & Benton,-
ANKERS AND LAW AGENTS. Council
Blutfe. Potowattamie comity, Iowa.
Greene Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Greene, Weare & Rice, Fort Des Moines, la.
Collections made; Taxes paid; and Lands
purchased and sold, in any part of Iowa. 1-tf
W. W. Harvey,
SURVEYOR AND CLAIM AGENT, will
nromntlv attend to all business of Survey
ing laying put anil dividing land, surveying and
platting towns and roads, and will adcompanv
persons desirous of making claims, and will
act as airent for the sale of claims. Office on
Main street, liellevue, N. r. ao-tf
iEO. SNVCKH. JOHN it. I lit KM AN.
, Snyder & Sherman,
A TTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS AT
1. LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Coun
cil BluUs, low., will practice their profession
in all the Courts of Iowa and Nebraska.
All collections entrusted to their care, at
tended to promptly.
Especial attention given to buying-and sell
ing real estate, and making pre-emptions in
Nebraska. ,
Deeds. Mortages. and other instruments of
writing drawn with dispatch; acknowledg
ments taken, &.C., s.c.
i,;? Oihce west side of MdUiJoii nutrel,
just above Broadway.
nov 13 . J-"
. R. SMITH. J. H. SMITH
Smith & Brother,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW
and Dealers In Real Estate, Bellevue,
Nebraska Territory, will attend faithfully and
promptly to buying and selling Real Estate,
Cltv Lots, Claims, aim r,ana warrants, umce
at the Benton House. . 21-tim
j. ii iinoivrv,
ATTORNEY AI) COIXCELOR AT LAW
. GENERAL LAND AGENT, t.
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
riattsmmUh, Cass Co. X. T.
ATTENDS to business in any of the Courts
of this Territory. - Particular attention paid
to obtaining and" locating Land Warrants, col
lection of debts, ane taxes paid. Letters of
inquiry relative to any parts of the Territory
answercu, il nccumjujuieu viitoat iirv. .
REFERENCES s
IIou. Lyman Trumbull, U. S, S, from Ills.;"
Hon. James Knox, M. C. ' , "
Hon. O, H. Rrowning, Quincy, "
Hon. James W. Grimes, C.overnor or Iowa.
Hon. H. P. Bennett, Del. to C. from N. T,
Green. Weare &. Benton, Council Blurts, I.
Nuckolls t Co., GlenwooJ, Iowa.
G. P. Theobald & Co., '
COMMISSION & FORWARDING
No. 20 1'ine Sthket, rp Stairs,
ST. LOUIS, MO. t
n?" Particular attention paiil to filling of
orifers and to Sale of Produce. no pl-ly.
FOXTCXELLE BAXK OF- ELXLLML.
" IlelleTiie, "VrbrasUk.
TS prepared to transact the general business
X of Banking, will receive deposits, Discount
short paper, buy Bill of Exchange, on all
parts of the Country, arid sell on St. Louis,
Chicago and New York; make collections in
the vicinity and remit for the same at Current
r-t of Eehanr.
(Tif Interest allowej on special Deposits.
JOHN WEARE, President.
TllOS. H. BkNTON, V. Ties.
Joiih J. Town, Cashier. 1-tf
Banking Hours From U to p?, A. M., and
1 to 3, P. M. - - '
JAMES J. WEAVER,
RF.CFXTI.Y f'm Pennsylvania, informal
the citizen if- Ilellev.i that he will'
. it ft A It I I -1 tk.1 A
promptly attend to all calls made upon him In
the following branches of burning; CAIU
PKNTK.lt and JOiNF.R work, PAIM'I.VU
atul CI.AZ1.NO. 'Jv WoiU waitanU J.
P. A. SARPY,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
MERCHANT, ,
Still continues the above bnslness at
ST. MA11YS, IOWA, & BELLEVUE,
; N. T.
Merchants and Emigrants will find their
goods promptly and carefully attended to.
P. S. I have the only WAREHOUSE for
storage at the above named landings.
St. Mdrys, Feb. 20th; 1S57. 21-tf-l
Tootle Si GrocnC,
--VrHOLF.SALE & RETAIL DEALERS,
Gl
lenwood, Iowa. We
bee leave to
call the attention of the Good People of Mills,
Pottawattamie, Montgomery and Cass coun
ties, Iowa also, Douglas and Cass counties,
Nebraska, to our large and late supply of every
kind .of MERCH ANDISE, usually kept in
Western Iowa, t Our stock of Groceries is
larpe and complete, having been bought and
shipped a lid le lower than our neighbors.
Our ltork of Hardware, Qnernswflre, Wood
enwsre, Roots and Shoes, Hats and Caps and
Ready-Made Clothing, have all been purchased
in the Eastern cities, at the lowest cash prices.
(Jive us a call before you purchase, and if
we do not sell you cheap goods, we will make
our neighbors do so. . .
(TZ?" Remember (he cheapest house Intowr.
TOOTLE GREENE.
Glcnwood, Iowa, Oct. 23, ISM. 1-tf
Ho! For Fresh Water.
. THE undersigned respectfully informs the
inhabitants of Bcllevue and the surrounding
country, that hn is prepared to dig and finish,
WELLS AND CISTERNS,
At the shortest notice, and on the most rea
sonable terms. D. A. LOGAN.
Rellevne, Oct. 23, lR.'in. 1-tf
JOHN ANDERSON'S Rest Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco, at
CLEARWATER, WHITE Jo SANDERS.
Tootle & Jackson,
I FORWARDING & COMMISSION MER
? CHANTS, Council Binds city, Iowa.
Having a Large and Commodious Warehouse
on the Levee at the Council Bluffs landing,
are now prepared to receive and store, all
kinds of merchandise and produce, will receive
and pay charges on all kinds of freigths bo
that Steam Boats will not be detained as they
have been heretofore, in getting some one to
receive freight, when the consignees arc absent.
Rn'i iiF.srr.si Livermoorc & Coolev, S. C.
Davit 4. Co. and Humphrey, Putt & Tory, St.
Louis, Mo.; Tootle k Fairlcisrh, St. Joseph,
Mo. ; J. Is. C heneworth & Co., Cincinnati Ohm;
W. F. Coulbough. Burlington, Jowa. . 1-tf
ROBINSON HOUSE,
r 11 UK uncWsigned having' recently taken
JL and refitted the above well-known and
popular Public House, he trusts by the Btrict
studious attention to the wants rf his guests,
to merit a liberal share of public favor, confi
dence and patronage. His table will be
spread with the best the market a fiords, and
no pains will be spared to make his guests
agrceanly at home and eomrortaiue.
G. A. ROBINSON.
Council Bluffs, Iowa. nov 13-tf.
riANK I.. KEMP.
WILLIAM rSODSHAM.
'New York
GUN
AND JEWELRY STORE.
KEMP & FRODSHAM,
DEALERS in Clocks, Watches. Jewelry,
Musical Instruments, Rifles, Shot Gnus,
and Pistols. . '
CLOCKS.
' Tliirtyhrtur and eight day rlocks of the two
best manufactories 4n the' Union; steamboat
and office spring clocks.
GUNS. '
Single and double, shot Guns, from five to
fifty dollars ; Riflfs, of oir own make; also,
Eastern tnakei Pistols of all kinds; pistol
flasks, shot bags, wadding and wail cutters;
common and water-proof caps; colt's caps,
and numerous other articles miital.le for the
Western trade, which neither time nor space
will al'ow to enumerate.
itf All of the abore articles sold on the
most reasonable terms. Repairing done to
order at short notice. no tl-tf
OMAH4 ClT, M. T.
NEW GOODS! NEW STORE!!
rMIIE undersigned have opened, at their new
' JL store . on lVulas street, opposite the
bunks, a new and splendid assortment of
DRY GOODS, '
CLOTHING, ,
BOOTS and SHOES,
BOOKS, ST AT10 NERY,te.
Our stock of Dry Goods comprises all kinds of
LADIES', GENTLEMEN'S and CHILD
REN'S DRESS GOODS, '
ALL KINDS OP DOMESTICS
and everything that is requisite to maks up a
complete assortment or Dry LiumU.
We have a large lot of Clothing that is well
and fashionably made, and out of the best
Material. . Our stork consists of all kinds of
GtuU' Furnishing Goods. ,
, - , , BOOTS and SHOES. .
Our stock of Boots and Shoes is the largest
ever offered to the citizens of Nebraska.' They
are purchased directly from the nianufae
hirers, and ars of th very best quai.tr.
fur gouiis ar an aew, ana rcen;iy pur
chased in the Eastern cities, aud w inten
' seR'n.i them at astonishing low prices. All
, the eirhna of Omaha ami vielnitv ane
I quested to call and examine our stork, at titey
j will find it to their interest to do so, , . -I
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job Printing.
TKTKY and expeditiously
executed, on'
reasoiiah!.' Uiuis, at this Office.
POETRY.
roll tlral Illawadia.
Mister Triiilcr can you tell us,
Tell us something in your paper,
In your " Border Ruffian" paper,
Where are all the freedom shriekers?
Those who shrieked so, last November ;
Shrieked for Freedom and Fremont ;
Shrieked so loud for Northern vengence,
On the heads of Pierce and Douglas,
On our Democratic brethren,
North and South who would not yote for
The great lord of Mariposa,
And the perjured Traitor Bissell ?
Where are all the correspondents,
Of the old drab-coaled Greeley?
They who penned such tales of horror ;
Tales of rapine, rape and murder; '
Tales, which make the life blood curdle
In the souls of those who believed them?
What's become of " bleeding Kansas ?"
Where the bleeding bones of Martyrs ?
Martyrs sent by Parson Beecher,
Armed with pistols and Sharp's Rifles ;
Sent to kill tho Border Ruffians ;
Sent to stir up strife and discord,
'Gainst the laws and Constitution I
Where are now the chains and fetters,
And great balls that were to punish,
All who dared to speak of Freedom
On the virgin soil of Kansas?
Where is the notorious Beecher?
Where Jim Lane, the doughty hero?
Where's the money, where's the money?
Coaxed by falsehood, from the pockets
Of the poor deluded people '
Who were moved by tales fictitious,
Tales of suffering and privation ;
Told by selfish, base impostors
Tims to part with hoarded treasure,
Hopingto assist the needy ?
All is vanished I Peace and quiet,
Reigns supreme, where all was discord)
Few who vent their curse and hatred,
On the heads of Pierce and Buck ; 1 , , ,
Though Fremont has been defeated,
And the Sage of Wheatland chosen.
' Then loud let's sound the clarion!
Proud on high our banner's wavingl
Democrats will shield the Union,
And our glorious Constitution,
From the Traitor's touch forever 1
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Chapter in Human lYadirc.
A correspondent of the Blair County
(Pa.) Wiig, furnishes that paper with
the particulars of the following interest
ing incident,' of which he was an eye-wit
ness. It occurred a few years ago, on the
line of one of the great internal improve
ments of that State. It is one of those
scenes of genuine kind heartedness which
fills the mind with the involuntary con
sciousness that there is " someihin?; of the
angel still in our. common nature."
At tho point on this side of the mount
a in, where occurred the transhipment of
passengers from the e t, was moored
cunul bout, waiting the arrival of the train,
ere starting on its way to the east. , The
captain of the boat, a tall, sun-browned,
rough, and sometimes profane man, stood
by his craft, superintending the labors of
his men, when the cars cumc up, and
few moments after, a party of about half
a dozen gentlemen came up, and deliber
ately walked up to the capiuiu and ad
dressed him :
air, we wi.--n to go on east, but our
further progress to-day depends on you
In the cars we have jurt lelt, there is a
sick muii, whoso presence is disagreeable.
We have been appointed a committee by
the passenger, to ask that you will deny
this man a passage in your boat. If ho
goes, wa remain ; what say you ?"
, By this time other hud coino from the
cars. ,
" Gentlemen," said the captain
have heard the passengers through your
coiumittei;. lias the sick man a repre
tentative here T I wish to hear both siJe
of the question."
To this unexpected interrogatory there
was nu answer; when, without a moment .
puue, tne captum bussr.i owr lo the car
and entering, beheld io one corner, a poor
emaciated, worn-out creature, wbost) life
wus nearly eaten up by tho fell-destroyer,
consumption. The mans head was bow
eu in ins iiuius, ana ho was weeping.
The captain advanced and spoke to him
kindly.
" Oh, sir 1" said the treiublin; invalid
looking up, his face now lit with hope and
expectation, " are yo the captain, and
wil
1 you take me ! Tho passenger "huo
; me and are so unkind. Von see, sir, I am
dying.! j'jt, uh it i Cau jive to reach
.1 Villi- . . -
my mother, i snail uie j.appv : Mie iive.
at Burlington, sir, nnd my journey a ui ro
thau half performed. 1 sin a por paiiii-
tr, aud. iht only child of her m who)
ly chil
die T
arm. 1 wih to
16. 1857.
" You shall go," replied tlio raplain, " if
loso every passenjt r for the trip."
Uy this time the wholu crowd nf pus-
srngrs, wcro grouped around tho boat,
with their rrnggago piled up on the tow
path, and they themselves awaiting tho tie-
sum ot tlio captain bcior engaging
their passage.
A moment more nnu that ilecision was
made known, as they beheld him come
from hc cars, with tho sick man cradled
his ntroiiir arms. Tumiing directly
through the crowd with his dying harden,
le ordered a matrnss lo be spread in tlio
choicest part of the cabin, where he laid
the invalid with ail the care of a parent.
Then, scarcely deinnins to look at the
crowd alongsido, ho shouted to his hands:
" J'ut olt tho bout !"
But a feelitijr seemed to possess the as
tonished passengers that of uhnnie and
contrition nt their inhumanity. With one
common impulse, cai;h seized his own bag
gage and walked iinmcumtely on board
the boat.
In a short timo another committee was
sent to the captain, asking hit presence
in the cabin.
lie went, and from their midst there
arose a white-haired man, who, with the
tear drops starting in his eyes, told that
roup-h and sturdy captain, that ho had
taught them a lesson, that they felt bum'
led before him and they asked his for-
Riveness. It was a touching scene, me
fountains of true sympathy were broken
tip in the heart of nature, and its waters
welled tip, chokeintr the utterance of all
present.
Un the instant, a purse was inado up
for the sick man, with a fervent "uod
speed his welfare."
Th trm hearted captain of tho Imat
was Samuel D. Cams.
Yankee Fighting.
The Memoirs of Sir Charles Napier,
just published in Englaud, contain many
passages interesting to Americans.. We
select a couple of paragraphs : . . , ,
When at Bermuda, in 1818, with Ins
regiment, Colonel Napier, willing to his
mother, says: "Two packets are due,
aud wo fear they have been taken; for
the Yankees swarm here, and when a
frigate goes out to drive them olf, by Jove,
they taku her ! Yankees fight well, and
are gentlemen in their mode of warfare.
Decatur refused Cardon aword, saying,
" Sir, yon have used it so well, I should be
asliamed to take it from you " These
Yankees, though so much abused, are
really fine fellows. One, an acquaint
ance of mine, has just got the Macedoni
an ; he was hero a prisoner, and dined
with mo ; he had taken ono of our ships,
but was himself captured by the Poictiers,
seventy-four ; being now in an English
frigate, if he meets us we must take him,
or we are : no longer sovereigns of tho
ocean." .
, From Bermudu, Charles Napier sailed
for America, and became engaged m
some oi tne curing ana disastrous opera
tions carried on against the Americans by
the government of Which lung Ueorge
III. exercised a despotic power. . ilie
bush method of warfare struck him as
cowardly, and as for the system of load
ing ennnon to the mouth with odds and
ends of old iron, it was his abhorrence :
' Seven thousand men are at Biitirnore,
and we have no sm b force J still my opin
ion is, that if we tuck up our sleeves aud
ay our ears back we may thrash them ;
that is, if we caught them out of their
trees, so as to slap at them with the Bay
onet. 1 hey wil( not stand that. But
they fight unfairly, firing gagged, pieces
of iron and every sort nf devilment; nails.
broken pokers, old lock of guns, cun
barrels, every thing that will do mischief.
On board a twenty gun ship that we took,
I found this sort of amunition regularly
prepared. This is wrong. Man delights
to be killed according to ihc Jaws of ua
tio'n?, and nothing is so pleasant aud cor
reel ; but to be Joined against all rule is
quite otreuKive. We don't (hen ki k like
gentlemen. A twenty-four pound shot in
the stomach is line; we die heroically;
but a bras candlestick for stuffing, with a
garni.iV of twopenny nni!, make ns die
ungenteelly, and with the fholie.
i . '
The I'uiverse. t
suppose the earth to be a utii oi one
foot of diameter. On that scale of pro
portion the sun would be one hundred
feet in diameter, and the moon three inch
es. . The sun would bo two miles from us,
the i.vw thirty feet Jupiier ten miles
from ihc sun, and IIershel forty. The
liighfM mountains on the face of the earth
would be one-eighteenth of. an inch. Man
would be na iniperwptable atom.
The triumph of a woninn: lis
not in
in the
i l!e
admiration of her lover, lut
j rrtpfct i Uvr bnaband ; and that is gaiu
ed by a roostaut rultivaiion of those anal
iiies which he knows h? inos- -ilues.
no. 36. :
Ilotv lo fall Asleep. , .
The creat point to be eaincd in order
to socuro sleep is escape from thought
especially from that clinging, tenacious,
imperious thought, which, in most cases
of wakefulness, has possesion til the mind.
I always effect this by tho following sim
ple process: I turn my eye balls as far
to tho riirht or left, or upward or down
ward as I can without pain, and then
commence rolling them slowly, with that
diveriremo from a direct lino of vision
around in their sockets, nnd coutinu do
ing this until I fall asleep; which occurs
generally within three minutes, nnd al
ways within five at most. The immediate
effect of this procedure, differs from that
of any other which 1 ever heard, lo pro
cure sleep. It not merely diverts thought
into a new channel, but actually suspends it
Sinco I became aware of this, I have
endeavored innumerable times,' while
thus rolling my eyes, to think upon a par
titular subject, mid even upon thut which
before kept me awake, but I could not.
As long as they were moving around my
mind was a blank. If any one doubt
this," let him try the experiment for him
self. . I wish he would ; let him pause
just here and make it. I venture to as
sure him that if he makes it in good faith,
in ihe manner described, the promise of
" a penny for his thoughts," or for each
of them, while the operation is in prog
ress, will add very little to his wealth.
Such Icing its effect, we cannot wonder
that it should bring sleep to a nervous and
wakeful man at night. ThG philosophy
of the matter is very simple. 'A suspen
sion of thought is to the mind what a bus
Gision of travel or labor is to the weary
y. It enjoys the luxury of rest ; the
strain upon its faculties removed, it falls
asleep as naturally as the farmer in his
chair after toiling all day in his fields. - :
Dr. Binri$ Jlnalomy of Sleep. .
A Noble Act. '
From the Manitowae Herald we learn
that the recent rains have swollen the
streams in that and neighboring coun i is to
an almost unprecedented height.; On thq
17th inst. the bridge and dam across Mul
let river, at Greenbush; eighteen miles'
west of Sheboygan, were swept awayi
The stage, which crosses the river at that
point,, was . consequently detained, ami
while waning, a . passenger by the name
of Abbott, witnessed, and gives an account
of the following accident and rescue of ft
inte girl, lie says: vi... ..i
' A stick of timber bad been thrown.
across tho stream, for the temporary use
of foot passengers, and upon which a lit
tle girl, about twelve years of age, at
tempted to cross.- About mid-way. she
lost her foot-hold, and fell in the stream.'
The water was deep, the current very
strong, and she was swept downward with
great rapidity. Almost at the same in
stant a young man, by the1 name or tjco.
Harrington, sprang into tho river, and af-
ter a severe struggle with the tide', suc
ceeded in reaching her, and with much
difficulty brought her saN to the shore,.
amid the shouts and congratulations of a
crowd of spectators, who knew better howr
to appreciate a noble action than to per
form it. The little girl is about twelve-
years old, and this, her first lost of tho.
narrow and treachorous bridge, wag made,
from necessity, in returning from school.
Young Harrington is a farmer and resides
near Greenbush. : I lis noble and disinter,
ested conduct is the more commendable, in
asinuch as the assistance was promptly
rendered, and without such doubts and re
flections as would have caused many a
stout heart to hesitate. ' ' . -.. -
Ilanniness of Working Men.
The situatiou or social position of tho'
poor and by that word we mean the lu-1
boring population is by no iiieuns so 3o--ficieni
in the means uf happiness, and.
comfort as many are led to believe. The
mechanics,' says Lord Byron, " and work
ing classes who can maintain their fami-'
lies, are in my opinion, the happiest body
of men. Poverty is wretchedness ; but it
is, perhaps. o Le preferred, to the heart,
less, unmeaning dissipation of 'he higher,
ord rs." A populur author says, " I have ,
no propensity to envy any one, least of all
the rich and great but if I were dispos-,
ed to this weakness, the subject of my en-i
vy would be a healthy young nan. iu full
possession of his health and faculties go-
ing forth in a morn'm to work for bis'
wife and children, or bringinc them home'
his wages at night-" Law MaazUe.
, -j-- ; .
A c jmpainonable woman is always
pretty. Beauty catches fools eveu if it
has no sense with it ; but good sense with
out beauty,' and with a sweet spirit, always
iu$ repe t, Admiration and love, " Jsha!
looks well u:iiil slia speaks," i ufteo whLw ,
pered anions men ju the very atmosphere,
i-f beamy. y ; " ';
A coat out at the elbow may Le ba.ioa-
ed over a generous liart.
