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    THE DAILY IJEUALD, PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TUSEDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1887.
SIjc piattsmoutl) Doihj Cjcralti,
KNOTTS 13 33. O G.,
Publishers & Proprietors.
REPUBLICAN STATE CON VEMT'N.
Call forth Meeting at Lincoln In
October.
Tho I.Vliubliciim-lecti.iH of tin- state lot Ke
bniska are rejiu-sU-l to send delegates from
the cv-rul coiinticM. to mei-t in convention at
tlieopcm ln.iisi'. tu tho city'of Lincoln, Wed
mmday, Octo r 5, lx7. at H o'clock p. in., lor
tlin piiriM of 'acln in noininatioii c;indi
datcH for oiih associate Justice f tlio suircine
com t. ami for two nu nilx-rs of the hoard ol
regents of the etate university, and to transact
guch other huslni:xs as may bo presented to the
convention,
THE AI-rOKTIOMKNT.
Tho ceveral counties are entitled to repre
sentation as follows, being based upon the
vote cast for lion. John M. Thayer, Koverner,
lu Ihhi;, K'vinK one delegate to each new
county, one Uelegate-at-lage to each county,
and one for each 150 votes and the major frac
tion thereof :
COUNTIES
VOTES.
.... 13
m 1 1 NT I KM VOTES
.lelferson 0
.ioluisoii !
Kearney '
Keva l atia 4
Keit.i 6
Knox 7
Adams
Antelope
Arthur
Itla in;
ltooue
1 '.row ii
:utlato
jxiucr
Jlurt
Cnaso
Cans
Cedar
Cheyenne
cheiry
Clay
Colfax
Cumin;;
Custer
uarfota
lawes
Dixon
DoUjie
loii;la
PiUSIIll
Jur 'v
i .i.
i-. .itier
iai;e
Josper
(iunt
H
1
!l
11
H
H
3
15
3
ft
8
11
(i
7
1U
4
, ;
. ID
. 32
l.:uie:tter 2
l.uieiiln
LK;ui 14
I.ouo 2
M:Llitufl S
M H'herifon 1
Merrick.
Nance 4
Xifii:k.li;i. ...... Iff
Nuckolls 7
Otoe 13
Paw ee
1'lielns
Pierce 3
I'latie C
Polk
Kichanlfon
lea illow ..
SlO v
10
7
r.
5
20
3
1
Sa' .e l
Srirnv
Sii'iii'lers 11
iSi-want 1-
her:dau
SlitTiu:iii
Stanton 3
!r.ley. .
3
Thayer
ThoiiKis
Valley
Washington
Wavne
Webster
Wheeler
:url.-l.l 2
mill
11
!t
jlaniilton
Harlan
Ilavn 3
Hitchcock C
Holt 11
Howard 6
A' oik 11
Unorganized I'er'y
T,.f.ii 51)2
if t recommended that no proxies be admit
ted to the convent!: u except such as are held
by persons residing In the counties from which
pro:. les are gi - en.
WAt.TK.it AT. Skki.y, Secretary
Geokuk W. Ul'uto.v. Chairman.
The result of the election of delegates
to the county convention last Saturday
is verv satisfactory to the republicans o
this city and county. The fact that they
Am not iust the delegates that ou
democratic f . ientls, and their sympathisers
desired, is nothing against them. i ney
will nnmin ;itr! the winnine: ticket next
Saturday.
TnE railroads have had a squabble
over the O. A. Il's. The C. B. & Q
thought thev had a sure thing in trans
porting the department commander and
his staff from Des Moines to St. Louis,
i.f iValmOi "5Cooned" them and
carried off the honors and the profits
Mr. Cleveland also had a little brusl
witn them, and now it is said, that since
so many thousands of them have joined
in the gathering, the democrats are get
tin" alarmed as they feel in the depths
of tlm'r hearts that the masses of these
brave and loyal men are sure to vote and
work for the republican ticket.
Accidents on the C. 15. & Q. system
of railroads, are becoming so frequent as
to be a cause for alarm to the traveling
public; and especially to the engineers
and firemen, who are the most exposed
Thp trouble with that svstem. seems to
be that they are trying to do too much
business for the amount of their track.
They should be compelled by law to put
down a double track oh all their lines in
Iowa and Nebraska; this would not only
save many valuable lives, but. give a
sense of security to all who travel, and
would distribute some of their enormous
profits among the laboring classes; and
in the end, would benefit the road. For
every accident injures them, both in the
loss of money and in tiieir reputation.
Tn.vr which troubles the democratic
mind just now as they try to look into
the future is the labor party. They know
that that portion of the laboring classes
that belong to the democratic party will
naturally leave them and join the labor
party. For whosoever takes the pains to
watch the tide of public sentiment can
not but see that it is the laboring people
in the democratic party that are dissatis
fied and are looking for new quarters
almost any placa to get away from the
party they have helped so long but which
has so badly deceived them. But the
republicans have nothing to fear from
the new party for the reason that while
there are many more laboring men in the
republican than there are . in the
democratic party, yet almost every re
publican laboring man is well pleased
with the company he is in and with the
principals of his party, hence, he is con
tented and happy where lie is. Of course
it would be better if the dissatisfied
democrats would come oyer at once to
their real friends, the republicans, rather
than to come only half way, but then
considering' the training they have had
they do well to come. half way and then
the result will be the same, the triumph
ant success of the republican party.
Tni: financial condition of the country
has greatly changed in the last few days.
September is generally a hard month
on those who deal extensively on the
credit system and the millionarcs, bankers
and great money sharks of the east are
always ready to take advantage of every
circumstance to make money dear and
labor and produce low. Somehow they
thought they had Secretary Fairchild
with them and by taking advantage of
the common clamor for tho reduction
of the large surplus in thc'.treasury.that
they could make money very dear and
and perhaps bring on a panic, but Presi
dent Cleveland knowing that the dem
ocrats had had plenty of time to regulate
the tariff and to reduce the surplus in
the treasury and had not moved a step
or lifted a finger in a practical way to do
it saw that the people knew that if
money was allowed to continue to
increase in the treasury and a panic hap
pen he and the democratic congress would
have all the blame to baar. Hence he
wisely took advantage' of Mr. Fairchild's
absence and ordered the purchase of
enough bonds to avert the crisis. Some
now laud him for having done this. We
are glad he did it but cannot see why
special credit should be given him for
doing what he was compelled to do to
saye his party from ruin, that is if they
could be ruined. Of course'it will go
to ruin any way, but the business of the
country is now safe. The people will
generally prosper. The republican party
will soon come into power and will reg
ulate the tariff so as to help the masses
but will not give the democrats free
whiskey and tobacco which is what
most of them mean when they clamor
against the present tariff.
The Journal's Burden.
It is noticeable that tho chief obstacle
to the business of the country is found to
be the accumulation ot the surplus in the
treasury, resulting from excessive tariff
taxes a relic of the rule of the republi
can party. If the tariff taxes wero re
duced to a revenue basis the cost of liv
ing to every citizen would be reduced 23
jjcr cent, and there would be no panic
threatened. Thus the evil that a party
does lives alter it goes out of power.
Jou- nal.
"We wish to call special attention to the
following clause in the above attempted
reflection on the republican party "result
ing from excessive tariff taxes a relic of
the rule of the republican party." Now a
relic means something old something
that has come, down from a fcrmer per
iod. Now it is history through all the
ages that many things that were good at
one time, were bad at another. The
stage coach, was a great thing once; but
a pullman or palace car is now generally
preferred. The tallow candle was highly
prized once, but now, gas or electricity
is preferred.
The democrats once thought slavery
good and a divine thing, but now, even
they, admit freedom is better for all.
jnow tins "relic ot the rule ot the re
publican party" was a good and a neces
sary thing in its time. It was needed to
secure the money to pay the expenses of
servring the country. But now it is old
and no more useful in its ancient form,
Lvery intelligent republican, knows it
ought to be in some respects, materially
moclinea ana changed. And as soon as
they get in power again, they will re
model it, shape it up in a comely fashion
and make a thing of beauty and use for
the changed condition of the country's
affairs.
But, alas! the Journal may sigh over
this "rel'c" until it breaks its heart, but
is long as its antiquated party remains
:n power, this "relic," the ghost of seces
sion, w'll arise up like an ugly nightmaie
to oppress and torment it. We sympa
thize with the Journal, for we and the
whole country, feel the need of a proper
remodeling of this "relic." But we are
clad that it is his paitv, and not ours
that nurses and keeps this once useful,
but now oppressive "relic".
Proposals
For the construction or storm water ewers in
the city of Plattmouth, Neb.
St aled bids will be received by the city eleik
of said city up to noon, Thursday, Oct, 6. 1SS,
or the ronstiuction of storm water sewers us
follows to w it :
AMOUNT. ICXr.INEFK'S ESTIMATE.
AbJUt 1 CO ft. Of 7!4 ft.
brcK sewer.
SM.oo perlhi. ft.
f009 ft. of 5Yt ft. brick
sewer.
7 SO
5.00
l.f t
.so
4.00
3.55
500 ft. Of 4'4 ft. blick,
sewer.
ft, of 15 inch pipe
700 " " 12 inlet pipe
4 manhole?
24 catch basins or inlets
vert ft.
10.1MO lbs. frames, covers
and grates
.01 per lb.
Together with the necessary concreet work.
gravel work, oak piling, pine lumber for sUeet-
ngand ptne lumber for sheet pilein;. extra
grading, rubble stone work, brick masonry &c.
In accordance with ihe rlans, profl'.e and
specifications on file In the offlc of the city
clerk.
Bids must be made on biddir-T blanks fur
nished by the city clerk ; and i '1 bids must be
accompanied with a cei l ifled check on a local
bank in the sum of $1010, as an evidence of
good faith. Xo bids will be entertained which
exceed the estimate.
The board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids and to wave defects.
J. W . Johxsox,
Chairman Board of Public Works.
Leave orders for wood with John
Tutt at Bennett's grocery store. 8t f
A STENOGRAPHER'S STORY.
How m Young Shorthand lie porter Oot
Abend of the Jndge Advocate.
"All this talk about speed," said a short
hand writer, "reminds me of a little experi
ence that I hail away back in 18G0. I was
then located in Now York, and was a mere
lad and comparatively new in the business.
I bad never boon in a court room and knew
absolutely nothing about the form of trials. I
could write shorthand, however. There was
a Lij; murder trial going on in North Caro
lina, und they sent to New York in hot haste
for a stenographer. I happened to be the
only one at tho time available, and Graham
sent mo down.
"I shall never forget that experience.
About tho first man I came in contact with
was tho judge advocate. lie was as gruff
and sarcastic us a cross cut saw half a milo
from an oil can. He looked mo over in a
sneering way that I shall never forget, and
seemed to be sudly disappointed over the fuct
that there was not more of mo.
" 'The mun whose shoes you have been sent
to fill could write 200 words a minute,' he
said gruffly. 'How many can you writef
" 'I don't know exactly, sir,' I stammered.
"Well, I'll drop into your room in the
morning before court opens and put you
through your paces,' he said sarcastically.
"When I got to my room I was about the
worst frightened boy you ever saw. Thi3
was a nice sort of man for one who knew
nothing whatever about courts to encounter.
About the first thing I saw when I entered
my room was an old volume of Webster'B
speeches. An idea at once struck me. I
picked out one of these and practiced on it
most all night. Tho consequence was that I
had committed it to memorj' and had it right
at my finger ends. All that remained was to
devise some scheme to get tho judge advocate
to select that particular speech for the text.
Bright and early the next morning ho came
into my room.
" 'Have you got anything here that I can
read to Jou from? he asked.
" 'I don't know,' I replied, as carelessly as
possible. 'Iet's see. Ah, hero's a book -which
seems to belong to tho room. It's Webster's
speeches. Mebbe this might do.'
"I opened it carelessly at tho particular
sj)eech which I had practiced upon and
handed it to him. He examined it carefully,
and all the time my heart was in my mouth.
I was afraid he would turn the Jpages and
pick out some other speech. But ho didn't.
" 'I should think this would do,' he said,
and proceeded to connt off 200 words.
"Well, at it we went, and when the 200
were written I still had fifteen seconds of the
minute to spare. He timed me with one of
those old stop watches, and I can see it yet.
"'Hum I' he said, 'I guess you'll do,' and
after that ho seemed to think I was more of a
man than I looked," Chicago Times.
Cuds and Cowboys in London.
The cowboys in Buffalo Bill's camp object
to the maimor in which tho visiting crowd
beguile an hour or two by forming groups
around tho doors of tho tents and studying
the inner lives of tho occupants. Many of
the cowboys aro married and have their
n ives and children living with them in camp,
and they do not much onjoy having the path
outside their homes besieged by a staring
mob, who, perhaps, under tho impression
that the English language is not spoken in
Texas, make the loudest and freest comments
on tho fittings and the inhabitants of the
tent The cowboys in general are very good
tempered and civil. Lately one of them of
fered mild remonstrance to a thoroughly
typical cad, who was making his female com
panion very merry with his comments as
they stood in the middle of a little mob of
starers.
"Why do you stand there all tho time and
stare and jeer like that?" tho cowboy asked. .
"Surely you ought to have more sense."
"Dare say you Yankees havo come over to
teach us sense," was the cad's smart reply.
The cowboy looked at him calmly and said:
"If you were a foot or so nearer to my size I
sjuess I would try to knock some sense into
you ;" and then the young Texan giant turned
and stalked back into the recesses of his tent,
murmuring to somo friends who were there:
"If I staj'ed any longer where I could see
these folks I might lose my temper." London
News.
Care of the Oplnm liable.
Varied factors affect the cure. Much de
pends upon individual constitution and en
vironment. Recurrence of the original dis
ease must be carefully watched lest it be mode
tho pretext for an occasional taking, which
will incur large risk of confirmed re-use.
Alcoholic taking greatly lessons the prospect
of permanent recovery. The ex-opium
habitue must, if he values his future good,
entirely abstain from alcohol.
Tho heroic plan of abrupt, complete disuse
deserves the severest condemnation. No phy
sician is warranted, save under circumstances
peculiar and be3rond control, in subjecting his
patient to the torturing ordeal of such with
drawal. This plan has the sanction of men
otherwise eminent in the profession, but I
venture to suggest, with no lack of respect to
them, that like a somewhat famous nautical
individual, "they mean well, but they don't
know."
Theory is one thing, practice another, and
I am quite certain were they compelled to
undergo the trial there would be a rapid and
radical change of opinion. I regard the plan
as cruel and barbarous utterly unworthy a
healing art. J. B. Mattison, M. D., in The
Epoch.
Newport's Gilded Bachelors.
The single man at Newport, unblessed with
an invitation from some cottage resident,
goes into quarters quite as does his ideal in
London, in his chambers in Piccadilly or
Half Moon street. The Berkeley, tho White
Hall and tho Casino, with others of lesser
fame, have their rooms all engaged months
before the season fairly opens, and here the
society man puts up with valet and boxes and
buckhorn handled sticks and umbrellas and
has his polo pony near by, get3 his cafe au
lait and chop at Gunther's and trusts to his
desirable presence being needed to fill up a
dinner table to eke out the vulgar fact that
he must eat to live. He has shown up a new
garment in his collection of necessities for
Newport wear. This is an opera cloak,
needed after the warmth of the ballroom,
but is a contradiction to the white mantle of
a lady. As he steps out of the glare and heat
he has his man ready with a long black cash
mere cloak, most voluminous in material and
folds, quite like that in which Mephistopheles
slinks on the first time he appears in "Faust."
It is of the finest cloth, patterned much as
the old woman's garment of the peasantry in
Ireland. Newport Cor. Providence Journal.
Dogs with the Gout.
In the list of arrivals at Treport appears
"Killa, Blanca, etc., hounds of his grace the
duke of Sutherland, with servants and at
tendants." These aristocratic dogs, eight in
number, are "ill of the gout" and are at Tre
port for treatment Chicago Herald.
Heating by Electricity.
Professor Thomson says that when the
means of utilizing the power or. creating
quick heating by electricity shall be better
understood it will be used in every workshop
tor wajding, lacging and otfegp PH&qge
ON EXGLISII RAILWAYS.
THE USUAL LINE OF PROMOTION FOR
ENGINE DRIVERS.
A Boy's Beginning In a Locomotive Shed.
Appointment as FirmanFrc)ght Eq.
gineer, or "Goods Driver" Passenger
Fireman Next Final Position
Engine drivers are very little known as a
class, though the duties they discharge are
public and very responsible. The fact is that
the engino driver, who must not only be
skilled in the technicalities of his business,
but must possess intellectual and moral quali
ties of a high order, has never risen above
tho rank of the artisan; nor does ho pretend
to rise ubove it, und yet he must be almost us
capable and as dutiful us the captuin of a
ship or tho commander of a regiment The
workman, whose cool judgment and unceas
ing watchfulness are more serviceable than
any mere manual skill bo may possess, is
worthy attention.
Engine drivers aro neither born nor made;
they grow. You cannot apprentice a boy to
engine driving. Engine driving, howover, is
tho goal of the ambition of most boys who
begin their working life in a locomotive shed.
From being a kind of "devil" to everybody
tho boy gradually becomes a "cleaner." Sup
plied with a bundle of cotton waste, he rubs
over the working parts of the engine, and
thus acquires a knowledge of its construction.
At this work ho may bo kept four or five
years. If ho is fit for nothing better he re
mains at it all his life. But if he is stendj',
quick und hundy ho is Mire to attract the no
tice of tho foreman, and the foreman occa
sionally calls on him to fire an engine, or
haply to run one out of or into the shod. It
is a proud day for him when ho first steps on
the foot plute of an engine, charged to drive
it a few yards out into a siding, perhaps, or
up to the train to which it is to bo attached.
From this point every thing depends on him
self. By and by ho obtains an appointment
as fireman, most likely on an engine which is
never engaged in hazardous work. Perhaps
it is a pug engino doing yard or station duty,
and never permitted on the main line or prin
cipal sidings. Here the growing engino
driver learns something of the weight of
trains, of the regular supply of steam, of the
relation between tho steam pressure and tho
work to be done, of economizing coal and
generally of tho management and working of
an engine. Then a vacancy occurs among
tho firemen on tho regular goods traffic and
"tho most steady and promising young hand
in the shed" is promoted. Ho now obtains a
knowledge of "tho road," learns to read the
signals, as well as the other multitudinous
signs by which the experienced cjigiue driver
feels his way along, und of course becomes
proficient in tho art of keeping up the motive
power to tho point needed by the driver. He
may even now oe worKing merely on a
branch or on a slow goods train ; but ho is de
cidedly getting on. He fathoms tho mys
teries of shunting. Billiard players will un
derstand what we mean when say that in
shunting "strength" is everything. Tho en
gine, like a cue, propels the trucks with jusfc
sufficient force, and no more, to land them at
tho desired spot, the engine itself pulling up
as soon as tho momentum has been applied.
From goods freight fireman ho is pro
moted to goods driver; an important move.
Ho already knows the road, can read the sig
nals and gauge tho weight of a train; but he
has yet to learn how to keep time on a jour
ney, how to regulate tho break so as not to
waste power, how to utilize "straights" and
descents, how to climb hills and go safely
round curves. Goods trains not being greatly
pressed for time, he has a good margin to.
work upon, and after a fow journeys his
difficulties disappear. Not only can ho
work his' train in perfect accordance
with the system laid down; not only does
ho learn by heart the signals, points, gradients
and other features of the road, but he
is ablo to detect weak spots in the permanent
way. In such cases he scribblos a lino on a
pieco of paper and throws it out to tho first
platelayer he passes. That generally suffices;
but if not, he makes a report to tho chief
engineer. He does not know what it is-r-bab
last shifted, sleeper broken, chair defective,
Of rail giving wayj but ho feels there is
something wrong, and until it is put right ho
passes over tho spot with such caution as to
neutralize the danger. His phase as goods
driver is one of tho most important in his
progress.
But he has not yet done with stoking. His
next step is as passenger fireman. His other
qualities, if he possesses them, are now
coming into play. It is true ho has simply to
maintain the motive power for tho service of
tho driver, but he is something better than
the boy who blows the organ bellows. He is
the driver's companion and helpmate; he is
probably as competent as the driver himself;
and he necessarily exercises a moral influ
ence which, if strong, proves invaluable to
both of them in case of emergency. One
might almost compare them to companion
lighthouse keepers. Should an accident
occur, it is the fireman's duty to run forward
with a danger flag, just as it is the rear
guard's duty to run back and "protect" a fol
lowing train. Then from passenger fireman
he becomes passenger driver. But there is a
great difference in passenger drivers. Tho
one whose development we have traced is one
Of the best. Passing over his stages of em
ployment on branch lines, slow main line
trains, specials and so on, we come to his
final phase as the driver of the great express
the Flying Dutchman, Scotchman, or Zulu,
or the Wild Irishman, as the reader may
choose to suppose.
What is his position now? Well, ha is a
man whose efficiency and character will from
any point of view stand the severest tests.
Ho is an expert whose training has been of
the most gradual, minuto and thorough de
scription, who has climbed step by step to the
top of the ladder, where his foothold is now
as firm as if ho were standing on the solid
ground, nis wages are (say) ten shillings a
day; his working hours are fifty-six to fifty-
seven a week ; he is exposed to ail sorts of
weather very peculiar it is, too, on the foot
plate of a locomotive with your feet scorched
by the heat while the bitter east wind freezes
the moisture on your beard ; and he is charged
with the duty of taking (say) S00 passengers
from London to Exeter, or Glasgow, or
Edinburgh, or Holyhead within a certain
timo, at an average speed of fifty miles an
hour. From the moment he starts to the
moment he arrives be is uuder a constant
strain. Not only are the peculiarities of the
road, which he knows from experience, to be
noticed; but every mile or two there is sonio
official signal put up $. or him to read. Level
crossings, points, tunnels, bridges, viaducts,
stations, platelayers, gradients, curves all
these he must look out for. Consider the
operation of climbing and descending a "sum
mit," or descending and then climbing a
"valley." At these times the driver's hand ia
never off the lever. In the course of a few
miles he will perhaps make fifty imperceptible
changes in the speed of the train accelerat
ing it or diminishing it so steadily that not a
passenger notices what is being done. That
is the perfection of engine driving. That ia
the climax of the driver's skill, and be attains
it coincidentally with the full development of
those qualities which he has unconsciously
trained within himself, and which are all
governed by an overmastering sense of duty.
St James Gazette.
$150
Mil
For the next few weeks 'choice of lots in South Park may
be had for $150. Purchaser may pay all in cash; or one
half cash, the other half in one year; or, one third cash, bal
anco in one and two years; or 'J5 cash, remainder in month
ly installments of or, any one agreeing to construct a
residence worth $2,500 and upwards will be given a lot.With-
out further consideration.
TW IB
to select your residence lots, even though you should not
contemplate building at once. One visit to South Park
will convince the most skeptical that it is the most desirable
residence locality in the city, and we will add, that the most
substantial class of buildings of which Plattsmouth can
boast for tho year 1837, are now being constructed in this
handsome addition.
Beautiful Shade Trees
OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION
&.3303.2T TK3 LOTS.
around and through the entire tract.
Any one desiring to canst met a cottage or a moro preten
tious residence in South Park, can examine a large selection
of plans of the latest style of residences by calling at our
office. Any one desiring to examine property with a view I
to purchasing, will bo driven to the park at our expense.
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Have anything you want from a two-wheeled go cart to a twenty-four
passenger wagon.
CARRIAGES FOR PLEASURE AND
SHORT DRIVES,
are. always kept ready. Cabs or
aim everyuiing ior iunerais iurnisneu on fcliort notice. Terms cash
RICHEY BROS.,
Corner Pearl and Seventh Streets.
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