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I'LATTSMOUTII, NEBKASKA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2G, 1881.
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Dust received Isa toilet osips
at Will .EL Warrick'
A Large Stock of the above goods received ll.is wet-k At Wanick's Drng Store.
HAS A LARGE STOCK OF NEW Si?OXGE5 AT l-OW PRICES
Our New l'eriumes, Satcbet Powders, Toilet J'owdirs, &c, Will J. Warrick.
For IDroopingr sasacl Eiolera9
Among Poultry, use "Warrick's Sure Cure Poultry Powder."
Warrifk has sold an immense lot of Wall Paper this week. If you are in
need of Paper Hangings, don't fail to sec W AH KICK'S STOCK.
JOSEPH V. WEC
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TO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS
I do not care to follow the example of my competitors, by moving
my store West, nor am I worried ly their doing so. P.ut on the con
trary, I have MARKED DOWN all my
Dolmans, Cloaks
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In fact, everything in the Dry GooiLi line, in plain figures, and
trom now on will sell at
PJEtlJMCJU JZcLslei-JZ IPTtlOJUS,
and no blowing or misrepresentation.
If in want of any Goods in the above lines, or if you need any
FRESH GROCERIES. Call and see for yourselves.
JOSEPH "V". WEOKBAOH.
XjTTIMIIBIEIR,.
EIOHET BEOS,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP- -
Lumber. SasMoors, Blinds
MISED 2 AIITTS, LiMB,
Cement, Plaster, Hair,
PLATTSMODTH HERALD.
PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY
BY
Th8 Plattsmoiiltt Herald MMw Co.
DAILY, delivered by carrier to auylpartjof the
city
Per Week $ 15
Per Month 60
Per Year oo
WEEKLY.Tiy mail.
One copy six months..".. $1 00
one copy Oue year 2 oo
Keginierea at ine rosi oiuce, natttinouin, a
second class matter.
HaOCTest ECatcs. Terms Gash
The report of the investigation of
the murder of Mathews, in Copiah Co ,
Mississippi, soon to be published, and,
following closely upon it, the trial and
acquittal of Wheeler, the niurdeer, are
disturbing the democratic leaders in
Washington. Thousands of copies of
the report of the investigation are be
ing printed for distribution, and the
more the facts are considered the more
damaging does the case appear against
the Mississippi democracy. It is no
wonder that the southern senators aro
non-plussed as to means to counteract
the effect that a knowledge of the facts
must produce upon public opinion.
The truth of the matter is, there is
6imply no defense that can b9 made.
The verdict of the jury that tried
Wheeler is as great an offense against
society and government, and perhaps a
more significant event, than even the
cold-blooded murder of Mathews. The
prompt acquittal places on record tho
evidence of the fact, of which there was
no chau& for doubt before, that public
seutimeut in Copiah county, and, pre
sumably, ia a large portion of the stale
of Mississippi, sanctions the mu;Ier of
ui(.i who vote anything but the demo
cr.ilic ticket. There is absolutely no
escape from this conclusion. The
facts before the jury establish beyond
peradventurc that Wheeler murdered
Mathews solely because he dared to op
pose the democratic party. Mathews
was a substantal, honest business man,
a public spirited citizen, a generous
friend and a good neighbor.
Shortly before killing Mathews,
Wheeler himself said he "would rather
vote for Mathews thau for any man
Who was running for office." Indeed,
Mathews had often belrieided Wheeler
as Wheeler acknowledged. But Math
ews was opposing the democratic party
of Copiah county. The democrats of
the county organized into armed bands
that scoured tho county, mobbing and
in Eome cases murdering negro voters.
Mathews was apprised of the danger
time and again, and the very day be
fore the election asked the sheriff for
protection. Although the sheriff of
fered to make him a deputy, to he could
arrest those who were threatening him
with violence, he declined, askiDg only
the protection due to any citizen.
Some hours later on the same day, a
band ot armed democrats met near
Mathews' house and sent him notice in
writing, requiring him not to leave his
place on election day. To the man
who served the notice, Mathews said:
"Now, John, you have got it in your
power to murder me, I admit. But I
am going to vote tomorrow unless you
do kill me." And on the next day as
he stepped to the polls in Ilazelhurst
with his ticket not a democratic ticket
in his Lad, Wheeler came up behind
him and slot him dead. That night
the democrats of Ilazelhurst held a
rousing ratification meeting, with mar
tial musi c and an enthusiastic proces
sion, and Wheeler was shortly after
elected city marshal. Thfs is what the
red-handed murderer said : .
"I killed Print Mathews. I told him
no$ to vote, and he voted, and I killed
him. It was not me that killed him; it
was the party. If I had not been a
democrat I would not have killed him.
It was not me, but the democratic
party; and now, if the party is a mind
to throw me off, damn such a party."
- It was only after months, when it be
came evident that the complicity of the
Mississippi democracy in the Mathews
murder would injure the democratic
party, that Wheeler was arrested and
the farce of a trial played, The prompt
verdict of aot guilty was a foregone
conclusion. The outspoken testimony
of dozens of democrats before the sen -ate
investigatfng committee proved
what, indeed, has not been denied, that
the murder was approved by the local
democracy. No intelligent person
north or south, so much as dreamed
that Wheeler would bo punished, al
thoug it was hardly expected he would
be vindicated with such unanimity and
unseemly haste.
The senate committee on public lands
decided to report the bill3 forfeiting
the land graut3 opposite the uncom
pleted portions of the Northern Pacific
main and branch lines and the Atlantic
& Pacific railroads. Senator Plumb,
chairman of the committee, says it is
impossible to calculate the number
of acres involved, as in both cases some
land was taken up before the charter
was granted, and in the case of the At
lantic and Ine Pacific the road was not
constructed in the line contemplated.
Nominally, the senator thinks the foi-
leituref the Northern Pacific will
amount to 13,000.000 acres. Senator
Slater, who is the author of the bill
providing for the forfeiture of the land
grants of the Northern Pacific railroad
says the actual number of acres forfeit
ed along the line will be a.bout 7,000,
000, which is 30,000,000 acres less than
proposed by the house comniittt e on
public lands, Slater's bill further pro
vides that the lien lands hereafter se
lected, if accepted by bona tide settlers,
shall be soi l for$1.2." per acre for 1G0
acjes.
The Auburn Republican publishes
a quarter of a column of epigrams
from the writings ot great men, among
whom wo note Tom Paine. Edmund
Burke, llobert Cooper, Cicero, and
others, together with a verse from the
Bible. At the head of the list is an
epigrammatic chunk of solid wisdom
credited to a greater than any of these,
Church Howe, which reads; "All par
ties become corrupt in the course of
time. The republican pariy was once
pure." The liuie, the place, and the
circumstances of this profound remark
by the Sage of Nemaha is not known
to this deponent. It may have bcu at
the time he was carrying republican
primaries a couple of years ago by the
aid of the railroad dump and the grav
el train. Or it may be that he collid
ers hunielf the republican party. If
this is it Wrt we will agree with him
that he the republican party was
once pure. Beatrice Express.
J. PAKLEMAN
Will BUY ana all kinds of
FURNITURE
METALS
IRON
RAGS
AND
FURS
Will advance money on all
SALABLE GOODS,
on lower Main street,
One dcor west of Beck's Furniture sore
Plattsmouth. Feb. 1st. 1S83 46tf.
HKNKY BCECK
. DEALER IN
FURNITURE
SAFES, CEAiRF,
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Of All Descriptions
MET ALLIC BURIAL CASES
of all sizes.ready made and sold cheap for cash.
MY FINE HEARSB
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IS NOW BEADY FOR SERVICE.
;Wlth many thanks for past patronage,
nvite all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
sitr. KtitsTi'HE axi ofpiciss
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
wa.go:n-
AND
BLACKSMITH
' SHOP,
Wagon, Buggy, Machine and Plow re
pairing, and general jobbing
I av. now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
of farm and other machinery, as there
Is a good lathe in my shop.
PETER RAUENT
The old Reliable Wagon Maker
has taken charge of the wagon sncp
He U well known as a
NO. 1 WORKMAN.
New WasoBfl and BnKKle Bade t
Order.
SATISFACTION QUAHANT
''Maryland, My Maryland.'
" Pretty wives and
Lovely daughters."
"My farm lies in a rather low and mi
asmatic situation, and
"My wife!"
"Who?"
"Was a pretty blonde!"
Twenty years ago, became
'Sallow I"
"Hollow-eyed !"
Withered and aged!"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made
no particular complaint, not being of
the grumpy kind, yet caused me great
uneasiness.
"A 6hort time ago I purchased your
remedy for one of tho children, who
had a very severe attack of biliousness
and it occurred to me that the remedy
might help my wife, as I found that
our little girl upon recovery had
"Lost !"
'Her sallowuess, and looked as fresh
as a new blown daisy. Well the story
is soon told. My wife to-day has gained
her oldtime beauty with compound in
terest, and is now as handsome a ma
tron (if I do say it myself) as can be
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found in this country, wnicn is noiea
for pretty women. And I have only
Hop Bitters to thank for it.
"The dear creature just looked over
mv nhniililnr and savs. I cat! flatter
equal to the days of our courtship aid
that reminds me there might be more
pretty wives if my brother farmers
would do as l nave uone.
IIoDiucr vou mav lone be spared to
do goo 1, 1 thankfully remain.
Most truly yours,
C. L. James.
Beltsville, Prince Ceorge Co , Md., f
May 15. lmw. May 2Cth, 1883. (
CLIJI3INU THE SPIRAL STAIRS
BANKS. U
Invisible Architecture in a New Eng
land Parsonage.
"Yes," she said, ''our children are
married and gone, and my husband and
I sit by our winter lire much as we did
before the little ones came to widen the
circle. Life is something like a spiral
staircase: we are all the time coining
around over the spot we started from,
only one degree furthes up tho staii-p.."
"That is a pretty illustration," re
marked her friend, musingly, gazing
into the glowing coals which radiated
a pleasant heat from the many-windowed
stove. "You know we cannot
stop toiling up the hill, though."
"Surely we cannot, and for myself I
don't find fault with that necessity pro
vided the advance in life is not attend
ed with calamity or suffering, for 1
have had my share of that. Not long
since my health utterly broke down.
My system was full of malaria. My
digestion became thoroughly disorder
ed and my nerves were in a wretched
state. I was languid, ate little and
that without enjovine it, and had no
fctrength or ambition to perform even
my light household duties. Medical
treatment failed to reach the seat of
the trouble. The disease, which seem
eu to be weakness of the vital organs,
progressed till I had several attacks
which my physicians prououueed to be
acute congestion of the 6tomach. The
last of these was a desperate struggle
and I was given up to die. As the en
sis had partially passed, my husband
heard of the merits of Parker's Tonic as
an invigorant in just such cases as
mine I took it and felt its good effect
at once. It appeared to pervade my
body as though the blessing of a new
life had come to me. Taking no other
medicine I continued to improve, and
am now in better health than I have
been for a long time."
TExtract from interview with the
wife of Rev. P. Perry, pastor of Baptist
Church, Uoldbrook, Mass. apr 3 lm
ttmrnmrmmnm
Pipe smoking ia the real teat of a tobaooo.
It ia the regal way of amoking. Too gret
more directly at the flavor and fragrance.
You take the (moke cooler, and the tonic
cleanlier and aafer. Pipe "'"i ia
amokingr rednced to a fine art.
The more the question of adulterated
tobacco forcea itaeif on the attention of
smokers, the more desirable It become
to know predseljr what jaa are smoking.
In Blackwell's Boll Durham Smoking To.
1 baccoyon hare a guarantee,
always, that it ia Nature's
own unadulterated product.
Ita fragrance. flaTor. and
unsurpassed quality, are de-
I a PTi--& I rived from the sou and air.
ry I nrZ I Try it. and you will be -
I ji I None genuine with.
I I out trade-mark of the Boll.
All successful Fiahsrmen and Sports
men smoke BlackweU'a Bull Durham
Smoking Tobacco, and they enjoy U.
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F.S.TThlte,
The old stand by ice man, is now con
tracting for the summer 6eas n, and
Will deliver you - your ice promptly at
any time called for. Make your con
tracts for a saramer supply. 15dtf
THE CITIZENS
rLAXTSMOUTII. - ! NEBRASKA.
CAPITAL, - $75,000.
okkickuh;
JOHN BLACK, I'KANK CAIUIUTII,
I'resldeut. (Vluc-fresldeiit.
W. II. CUSIUNU. Cashier.
-OIKECTOI18
John Black, W. II. CushlnK, Frank Carruth,
J. A. Conuor, Fred Herrmann, J. W, John
son, F. It. Outhmann, I'eter Munim,
Wm. Wetencainp, lleary Back.
Transacts a Central Banking Business. All
Who have any Banking Iju.hIucsk to transact
are Invited to call. Mo matter how
larKe or small the transaction, It
will receive our careful attention,
and we prom ine always cour
teous treatment.
Issues Certificates of Deposits bearing interest
Buys and sells Foreign KxcliaiiKe, County
atid City securities.
JOHX flTZOEUALU. A. W. MCLAUGHLIN
Frcsldent. Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL
OF PLATTSMOUTH. MSBKAHKA.
Oilers the very best (acuities for the preuipt
transaction of legitimate
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Cold, fiovernment and Ixjca
HflpitrtHii, kfimrlit uml u.lr i. .
, wriwjin receiv
ed and interest allowed on time Certifi
cates, Drafts drawn, available in any
part ot the United States and all
the principal towns of
Kurope.
Collections made d promptly remitted'.
Highest market prices paid for County War-
.aiaie and county Bonds.
John Fitzgerald
John It. Clark.
A. w McLaughlin.
DIRECTORS i
A. K. TouzaHu,
D. Hawksworlh
K. K. White.
Sank Cass County
Cotner Main and Sixth Streets.
.C. H. PA KM KMC. President, I
1 .1 M. P ATTEltSON. Cashier! f
Transacts a General MWu Business.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE
Paid for County and City Warrants.
COLLECTIONS 3IAJK
and promptly remitted for.
DlitKCCTORfl :
R B Windham, J. M. Tatterson, C. II. Parn He
F. It. Guthmann. W J. Agnew, A. M.
Smith. Fred I order.
WEEPING WATER
WBEPINQ WATER, - NEB.
E. L. REED, Tresident.
B. A. GIBSON, Vice-President.1:
R. S WILKINSON. CaBbier
A General int&i Bnsmess Trasaciei.
UEPOM1TM
Received, and Interest allowed on Time Certi
ficates. BBAFTMJ
Drawn available In any part of the United
States and all the principal cities of Europe.'
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Agents for the celebrated
Wmi Line of Steamers.
Louisville Bank.
Ioui3vIlle Nebraska
A general Banking.. business trans
acted, Money to Loan, Int, allowed on
time deposits. Collections made and
promptly remitted.
J . J. M ANKER, U. E. MANKEB,
Pres. cash.
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