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THE DAILY IIEUAI.I), l'LATTSMOUTII, NEISBASKA, THURSDAY, SKITKMBKlt 2, 1887. in QTIjc JJlattsmoutl) Doitn )crall, K N O 1' T d BEOS., Publishers & Proprietors. REPUBLICAN STATE CON VENT' N. Call fortho Meeting at Lincoln In October. Tlirt KHuibHcaii 'k':tnr of th state lof Ne braska iiro niu;st l to send l:let;ates from the several conntii-, to mwt In conveution at thcoiM-ra lioiisc, Jn tliM-li y 'of Lincoln, Wed-m-Mdiiy, October 5, 1hk7, at o'clock i. in., for t'ii put tiono f pi artnn in in. iniii itiMii :iinili dat' for one associate justt of Hie supnimf court, ami for two m-inli-is of the board of rebuts of the tdato university, and to transact such other busincHS as may be presented to the convention, TIIK A I'l'OKTIOM EST, The several counties' are entitled to repre sentation as follows, beliiK based upon the vote cat for lion. .John M. Thayer, noverner, n lssti, K)vin one delegate to each new county, one di-lejjt-at-larj;e to cacti county, and one for eacli 150 votes and the major frac tion thereof :' OIUKTIKA VOTES. (.OINTIKS VOTES Adams 13 .leli'i m ! Anleliipn .! II '.) tm:r 1 Kearney I) no '1 Keva i aha 4 r.noiie 7 Kelt n r, llrown ' Knox 7 lJnlfalo 11 l.aneaHcr 2 Jiutler Mncoin J5urt l-oaii 12 t:uas3 3 l.oui (jais IS Maoison K i!i.d:ir A M Jl'hcifoli 1 Cheyenni R Merrick.... oheiry Nance Clay 11 Nemaha .. Colfax." ,; Nuckolls.. Cuming 1 te Custer lii l'awnee.... Dakota i l'lioips . 7 l:ives r I'ierce .'i iio't ... - .... .... l'lat e Jiodire 1" l"ol!: I lunula".. .. 3- Kiriiaruswi 12 liawson 5 Kcdillow 7 Dnndv Sioux 1 Filmore H Sal e It: Kurnas i Mirny. ! raiiKlin l Sn ii icis 11 s Seward l- 20 Sheriitan f :i Sherman '1 1 Stanton... H 3 Thayer ' 1 Thomas 1 11 Valley 5 : Washington 7 7 Wayne 5 .1 Webster ! C Wheeler 1 11 York 11 0 Unorganized ler'y - h rentier iairo C.osper rant lire-lev flurlie.d Hall liamiltou Harlan Haves Hitchcock Holt Howard Total 60 2 It is recommended that no proxies be admit ted to the convent'n n excet snail sis are held by persons residing iu the counties from which proxies are pi-, en. Wat.tkk M. Skf.i.v, Secretary. (iEOIKJK W. liUHTON. ( 'llail llla l. Senator Inuam.s declares that Oov Forakcr is "annoyingly liandsome." It is not his beauty, however, but his habit of using short words instead of long ones, that provokes the Democrats. For instance, he invariably "rebel" in prefer ence to "Confederate." G1 be Bern. All Americons i"e proud over (lie superiority of America over British sea men. The victory of the Volunteer over the Thistle day before yesterday was a great victory. As the British had admit ted that the Thistle was the fastest yacht they had, and as it no doubt is their best and was maned by their best seamon it is a victory wortli while being proud over. Speaker Carlisle says frankly that President Cleveland's contemplated Western and Southern tour "means con quest." In other words, it is to bean electioneering expedition in the plainest and most aggressive sense of the term. This view of tha matter is confirmed by the fact that at every point where a re ception is to take place the arrangements are of a strictly partisan character, and only Democrats of approved soundness and "riernicious activity" are expected to participate. If the president does pass through riattsmouth on the 12th of Oct., and will agree to stop half an hour with us. the whole city should turn out and wel come him and honor him a3 the chief magistrate of the country. The Herald suggests that the city authorities take such steps as are necessary to find out wether or not he will give us a call. Of course if lie only passes through and does not halt only as the train stops for orders, an attempt at anything like a public re ception, on our part, would not be pro per. It is interesting to notice what the democratic papers say in different sec tions of the country on the tari ff question. Here in the west, most of them are for tariff for revenue only, whatever that means. Some, like our neighbor, the Journal, are out and out free trade. In Ohio, they want protection; but, in such a modified form as that only iron and wool will le protected. In Pennsylvania they want high tariff on almost every thing, except tobacco and whiskey. In Louisiana, they are not particular wheth er the pol:cy of the government is free trade, hih tariff, or what not, just so their half dozen sugar planters are pro tected. Who wants to support a party of so many sides on the same question? Only thoso who are willing to buy a "pig in a poke." Col. Eieoeck of Iowa has been for sonic time in Omaha hunting the fellows who have left Iowa on account of the prohibitary law. His object is to find out what Iowa hns lost by prohibition on account of emigration from that state to Nebraska of such people as wanted to buy or sell intoxicating drinks. He ex pects to show such a loss to the state as to convince the voters that prohibition must be "stamped out." This is quite an undertaking and surely Col. Eiboeck deserves credit for his zeal. And there is no doubt but that lie will find not a few niercinary men who made their liv ing by dealing in liquors who left the state on account of prohibition ready to testify to the great lo.-s Iowa has sus tained on account of their having left it. He will also find if ho will look for them in OiJiaha jails a few poor fellows who believe in personal liberty who used their liberty in high licensod Omaha to get drunk and commit crime and are now deprived of their liberty to go intosociety or to cngago in business an account of certain laws in Nebraska. If only they had gone to some good land where no law is the- would not now be deprived of their liberty. Mr. Kiboeck's mission in Oinah.; proves how false are the claims of those who say prohibit!' n and free whiskey are one and the same thiug. It is self evident that no considerable num ber of liquor dealers would leave a state where they could sell their liquors free and go to one where they would have to pay a high license. But what is more against the Col than any thing else is the fact that the loss of tlt-j men has not so affected the communities they have left as to cause their loss to be felt. Of comes if their absence were a loss to the best interests of the place llicjr left the people there would know it, and Col. Eiboeck would not need to follow thein to their new haunts, to take their testi mony as to the great loss the state they left has sustained, by their leaving it. It is a fact that Col. Eiboeck and the democrats of Des Moines where the Col. lives have for a long time claimed that Dos Moines was ruined by the emigration from it of the liquor dealers, But as that city lias steadily increased in popula tion and that while those fellows were leaving it. and many costly and valuable buildings have been and are being erected during this process of emigration from the city by the liquor dealers that the unprejudiced people of Des Moines have not realized that they have suffered any loss at all. In fact they agree that dry goods and grocery stores make better business than saloons and that it docs not dinvnish the trade of the city if the laboring men of the city spend their money in making their families comfort able instead of for drink. In fact, they say that the trade of the city is increased for the reason that laboring men work all the time instead of being drunk part of it and hence earn more money, and of course pay out. more. And then the most of the people in Iowa prefer that men of other occupations than that of selling or drinking liquors should seek homes amorg them. Col. Bibcock's sta tictics, when he gets them, will convince no one in Iowa that they have lost any tiling by the emigration of the class of people who have left the state on account of prohibition. But they will provo that prohibition, is not free whiskey. The Quaker fv'edicine Company Respectfully nk some very plain ques tions: Can Consumption bo cured or even be benefitted? Can a Cold be cured or even stopped ? Can you expect to be even relieved by any medicine or physic ian? No you cannot, if you simply change the temperature of your body three or four times a day for every chaug you add to your cold Mothers, your children's health and your future happiness demands of you consistent love. Shall vanity make your life mis erable, ending only in death. Dr. Wat son's New Specific Coush Cure is the re sult of science. Price 50c and $1. It is warranted by the following druggist. W. J. Warrick. Proposals For the construction of storm water ewers in the city of l'lattsmouth. Neb. Sealed bids will bo received by the city clerk of said city up to noon, Thursday, Oct, C, 1SS7, or the consl motion of storm water sewers as follows to wit : AMOUNT. KNGIXEEK'S ESTIMATK. About 1C? ft ofTJ t. bricK sewer 11.00 per lin. ft. 1903 ft. of 5Vi ft. brick newer. 7.50 " ' " 300 ft. of t ft. brick, sower. 5.00 " 1 ta ft, of 15 inch pipe l.wi .," 7oo " ' 12 " inlet pipe .CO " " 4 manholes 4X0 " veit ft. 24 catch bain or inlets 3.."0 ' 10,!)40 lbs. frames, covers and prates .04 per lb. Together with the necessary conereet work, travel work. oak piling, pine lumber for sheet ing and pine lumber tor sheet, pileimr. extra (Trading, rubble stone work, brick masonry &c. in aecord-ince with the plan, profi'..- :ind specifications on ul iu tl-e olEc of the city clerk. Rid must be made on bidding blanks fur nished by the city clerk : ar;'l all bi'ls must be accompanied with a certified check on a loctl bank in the sum of Si.nno, a-s an evidence of jrood faith. 'o bids will be enteitaiued which exceed the estimate. The board reserves the riiht to reject any and all bids and to wave defects. J. W. .lon.vsny, Chairman Board of Public Works. Three brick blocks are in course of erec tioH and small frame houses are being built at a rapid rate, and everybody is wild with exoiten.-nt. The adjoining lands have either been bought or arc held at fabulous prices. Over 200 lots have been sold in the last two weeks. A large gang of men and teams are at work grading the streets. Thellerndon Week It Herald made its first appearance yesterday. AN INTERRUPTED LUNCH. A Collar Button Uoy Oeta ITU Kara Cuffed and a rive Iollar Gold l'lece. At an early hour the other afternoon, a well known member of the bar utrollod into a prominent resort and ordered a lunch. lie examined the Lill of fare and selected a few of the choicest articles. In order to get his apjietite to tho l iht tension be first drank nn absinthe frappe, then he ato a delicate salad, tind topped oif w ith nibbling at an olive. In the meantime his interest was aroused by watching tho skillful cook manipulate the various articles intended for bis lunch. Some friends camo in and asked tho lawyer to join them in a social round, but be declined. All bis thoughts were centered upon a thick and rnre steak that was just ready. Another friend came in and with a breezy air wanted the lawyer to join bim in arranging for a boom in Milpitus real estate. The hungry man steadily declined to do anything until his lunch was eaten. He savagely affirmed that so long as the stomach was empty ho would not discuss booms, stocks or bosebull, while for Milpitas bo did not cure a rap. 13y this time tho meal was ready and deftly placed before tho hungry lawyer. Ho spread somo mustard on tho juiciest piece of tho steak and severed just a bit to enjoy its fragrant aroma, liefore the bonno bouche reached his mouth a small boy touched his arm and said, briskly: "Don't you want to buy somo collar buttons?" Tho lawyer put down bis fork, and, glowering at the intruder, said, firmly: "No, I don't want anythingl" With a savago prod tho steak was a;jain impaled, and again passed toward bis month. Tho hungry man's teeth did not get a fairly good hold when the same small boy renewed the attack, and this time he offered the lawyer his whole tray from which to select a bauble. This interruption was the last straw that broko tho self control of the tried and hungry lawyer. lie gulped down tho bit of steak, and, with a sudden blow, he cuffed the boy's ears, and knocked tho tray to the floor. Tho boy did not object, but stooped to gather up his wares, that were scattered about tho tiled floor. Before they wero half restored he burst into tears, but ho tried hard to make no noise. The lawyer went on with bis meal as if nothing bad taken place. But suddenly glancing at the boy ho noticed his abject con dition, and waught tho echo of a faint sob. This was too much for tho man. His better nature instantly asserted itself, and leaving his scat, ho went to tho boy and took hi3 band. "Sonny, I did wrong, and beg your pardon. Here, take this and loave me alone," was Lis quick response. The boy'3 face brightened, and his little hand grasped a five dollar gold piece that was left by tho lawyer. "Thankee, sir," was the boy's only answer as he left the place. San Francisco Call. Tho Man Who Is Handsome.' It is not often that a really handsome? man is seen. There aro wholesome, stalwart, good looking scions of tho American stock present able enough iu t ho drawing room or on horse back though, for the most part, tho repre sentatives of our rich and would bo aristo cratic families are undersized weaklings bet a mau of faultier faco and perfect figure is a rarity. Tho consequence is that where there is a man whom society would call haiidsomj and tho school girls stylo "a pretty man" ho is apt to bo altogether too conscious of his distinction and ridiculously conceited, Women flatter Lim and feed his vanity, for a handsome fellow will be "pretty" in their eyes unto the end of time. In nine cases out of ten his heud becomes emptied of every thing but self conceit and vacuity, and he naturally becomes so arrogant and ill man nered as to bo insuperable. Then follows a reaction. IIo is dubbed a coxcomb or a pup py, and feminine beauty shakes its head at Lim and proclaims that ho is "in love with himself and without a rival." Tho man who is merely handsome is to be pitied. lie never attains any eminence bo yond that which his physical attractions bring him. Lika the flower of tho field he springs up for a day, and like the flower of the field he has his day and dies. A barber's block would do ns much good as he, for bis ono fatal gift of beauty has been destructive to his manhood. Better to have less of beaut3' and more of wit less of stylo and more of grit. The woman who finds this out will be much more apt to get a good husband than tho girl who looked merely to tho outside. It may be well enouah to capture the "look ingest" man, provided always that he is akc the "goodest." "Berkeley" in Now York Mercury. Applause from tbe Usher, There may be some who don't know that ushers sometimes have other duties besides that of showing peoplo to their seats. To such I would solemnly declare this to bo the truth. Ono of these duties is to sit in the audience, after the peoplo have "all been seated, and applaud judiciously. You hav no idea how effective ono man may be in starting the applause at the proper moment. I assure you many an encore is produced in this way. The usher alluded to as undergo ing infernal torture sat across the aisle from me the other night and did this act. To his credit be it said, he worked heroically. Whenever there was a ghost of a show he braced up the applauding portion of the audi euce, re-enforced them, as it were, and led them on to victory. But between whiles he leaned his head wearily on his band and looked as dejected ns a north pole explorer. He had seen the play so often that it was as gall and wormwood to him, and he writhed in his petit until he attracted the attention of bis near neighbors. Ho didn't look at the stage five minutes during the play. He seemed rather to studiously avoid looking that way. Chicago Hail. Flat Chests In Society. Every woman will of course deny that sho laces. Avery eminent lady specialist of New York said, however, a few weeks since, that you could not lay the weight of your finger on an exposed vein without limiting its nat ural flow of blood. She also said that she had not had a female patient for many months who had drawn a full breath one which expanded her lungs to their full ca pacity for a year. The doctors and drug gists could, if tb'.'y chose, tell a story concern ing American women which would to the intelligent ear be startling. They say that a perfectly sound girl of 20 is uncommon in society. The female aristocracy in one sec tion of the land have decreed flat chests to be the proper thing, because many of them, through relaxed muscles and diminished strength, were poverty stricken in curving lines of beauty. They bad a fine working majority with which to pass the fashionable law. Those flat chests were simply the nat ural result of a generation or 60 of dressing and living on the fashionable American plan. New York Times. Kobbfogr Bismarck's Park. Prince Bismarck has been compelled to close his park at Friedrichsruhe to the public on account of the depredations committed by visitors, which for a long time he took in good part. It is related that when he re cently caught some young ladies in the act of plucking leaves from a shrub, be told thtni: "Ladies, if every visitor of this garden would take along only one leaf, there would soon be no more leaves left than there are bain on my head." Chicago Times. A QUAINT OLD TOWN. MULLET AND OTHER INDICATIONS OF THE FISHING INTEREST. Crew f a Schooner on a Seining Expe dition A. School of Mullet A Good Catch Dividing the I1U into Shares. Luck. Beaufort is a quaint old town, or sort of southern Nantucket, containing many relics of colonial times, odorous of mullet and oth-r olfactory indications of tho fishing intercut. It ha3 been somewhat left behind in tho march of modern progress and cut oIT from tho rest of the world, the terminus of the rail road being at Mon head Citjr, two miles off across tho sound. Slorchoad is a place, com paratively speaking, of yesterday, is more pretentious, having a modern hotel tho At lantic capnblo of accommodating 400 or BOO guests, and of stowing away as many as WXL Fishing, upon which the greater part of tho community live, i u very interesting matter quite worth examination in tho in terest of which wo obtaui permission to join tho crew of a schooner on a seining expedi tion. Wo turn out at 4:00 n. m., and by tho light of the paling sturs and brightening dawn, get into a "yawl boat" and pull out to tho schooner, which i3 just getting under way. fiho tows two "seino boats," tho roomy proportions and strong build of which are in striking contrast to tho flno lines of the sharpies. The schooner is man nod by a skipper, threo bunds ami a cook. The fishing crew consists of six men. They aro ull negroes but one a white inaa who commands tho entire expedition. A fresh southerly breeze is blowing; tho anchor is weighed and we aro soon boating out of th. sound toward tho open sea. By this timo it is broad daylight; tho cook, who has been busy in the gulley, arranges plate.s, cups, knives and forks on tho cabin hatch, which forms an excellent tablo. Accepting nn invitation to join ths banquet, wo con tribute thereto tho contents of our lunch basket. Tha meal consists of good hot bis cuits, fried pork, and whnt wo at first sup posed to bo coffeo, but which turns out to ba a mixture of hot water and molasses. If tkL liquid were served at the hotel tablo wo should probably reject it, but somehow, under tho present circumstances, its flavor, though novel, is not unpalataLlo. a school, of mullet. Breakfast over, pipes are lighted, and one of the bands goes alott to look out for a school of mullet J ust as tho sun is rising over the banks to tho eastward, he sing3 out, "School on tho weather Lowl ' The effect is galvanic. The helm is jammed hard a-lea; the little craft flies round; tho fishing crew tumblo over tho stern into tho boats, and stand by, ready to cast off when tho word is given. In a little while we are up with the fish; tho painter i3 let go; the boats propelled by long oars and strong anus, separata; tho long seine is rapidly "paid out," and they cautiously approach tho school. In a f ovv minutes they aro on its edgo, and then begins tho delicate business of iuclosing it. The mullet dart about and leap out of tho water; but they don't know exactly which way to go, and huddle together a fatal instinct for them Slowly, but surely, each boat describes a semicircle, having the luckless fish securely surrounded. Tho next process is that of "pursing." or drawing tho lower part of tho net together so that they can bo ladled out with the hand nets, fitted with rings abAit twenty iuches in diameter, at tho end of Ion;; poles. This operation accomplisiie-d, the schooner Is hailed and ranges up alongside. Now comes tho hard work. Tho polo nets are distributed, and tho fish aro dipped out of tho "purse" anil transferred to the hold of tho schooner, which is fitted especially for tho purpose. If it is a good catch, from 2.1,000 to 30,000 mul let aro safely stowed, tho seino is replaced in tho boats and we bear up for homo. On ar rival tho fish are ladled out on tho wharf and divided into shares, tictv.ruing to the number of the crew and the amount of investment each may have. The day's work entitles to one share, or "sher," in tha vernacular, if capital is invested, tho "shers" are arranged pro rata. MARINO THE DIVISION. The division 13 made with much care, eacU pile of fish representing a "shcr." When it is completed the crew form a line, with their backs to the heaps, to avoid all possibility of unfairness, and tho captain takes u pole, nnd, touching one of tho heaps, asks, "Who'll have this sher?" "I will," sings cut somebody. "Jem's sher. Come av.d tako it, Jem." The process is repeated until Tom, Jack, Bob and all have their "shers." The portion belougin.-; to the owners of the schooner, boats and soirie is taken to them; and this completes the da 3-. The men get their rations whilo out, but no pay, and are well content to tako their chances of a catch. A day of good luck and they aro in tho majority will mako tho minimum earning 0110 share worth about five dollars. But while tho hauls aro gener ally good, there are exceptions. Somet imes tho catch is light and sometimes they- will cruise all day without sighting a fish. These occasions bring out tho native good temper of tho negro. An English crew, at the end of such a day's fruitless labor, would bo in a frame of mind certainly not Chris tian; but which would, nevertheless, find most probable expression in what tho latf Sir. Charles Reade calls "scriptural terms.'' The darky takes his disari oiiitiiv:nt diiTer ently, turning it into a joke and being al;:i; - as light hearted and full of fun overnn empty hold as with a boat full of ' shers." I ai!v every description of salt water fh )' cai:rl;' in these waters shad, bluofU.h, 111:11 u. ivl ano a great variety with local na:(-s. Tin's r; tin season for mullet. They ures-. med by tens i: thousands, brought ro the wharves, c!e;in. i. corned, packed into barrels- and Miippr.. away, usually within a few hours. Tho i: contain a hundred pounds of fWi, n-t; t!:. gross weight of each beit'g about I noun. is. The principal market is lUileigu and other n land towns of the state. Beaufort (N. C.) Cor. Bostou Transcript. The Charming; "Milk Shake." "Milk shake 1" Everybody in Cincinrati and roundabout has heard of it, thousands have drank it, yet to most peoplo it is alto gether new. It is a big glass full of flavored milk vanilla suits most peoplo better than any other flavor icl and ''shaken before taken," until there is an inch of froth or foam at the top. It's nice of itself, especially on a Warm day. But perhaps tho chief charm of a milk shake is its novelty and tho watching its manufacture. You can got it at most of the drug stores and at several of the corner stands. Tbe maker asks what syrup you pre fer, draws it in.tho glass, shaves in some ice, or puts in some powdered ice, fills it nearly full of milk they generally have a goc'd quality claps it on the cup .shaped top of a littlo machine behind the counter, which 13 only an upright rod mado to oscillate up and down with lightning like rapidity by means of a crank. A big and a littlo pulley and a band turns tho crank, nnd thus "shakes" the glass two or threo seconds, takes it o2f and hands it to you, a mass of whipped milk at the top and genend satisfaction below. Ninety-nine out of a hundred pay their nickel well satisfied and call again, usually at the nextstand Uieysjke.r-CuicianaU Telegram. ( Winn? m tp r5? ! For the next few weeks choice of lot s in South Park may ! be hail for ! 50. Purchaser may pay all in cash; or one ; half cash, the other half in one year; or, one third cash, bal , anec in one anil two years; or $J!5 cash, remainder in month ly installments of 10; or, any one a;reein to construct a 'residence worth 2,500 and upwards will he given a lot with out iurther to select your residence lots, even though you should not contemplate building at once. One visit to JSouth 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 Plattsmoidh can boast for tho year 1S87, are now being constructed in this handsome addition. ieaoiiful Shade Trees -OF VERY DESCRIPTION around and through Any one desiring to canstruct a cottage or a more preten tious residence in South Park, can examine a large selection of plans of the latest style of residences by calling at our olliee. Anyone desiring to examine property with a view to purchasing, will be driven to the park at our expense. CALL ON AHndham or i CASS j!jmjjuinuaguamnh n iuuii.LMWijji.umrMg MUER Have anything you want from a two-wheeled go cart to a twenty-four p tsicnger wagon. CARRIAGES -FOR PLEASURE AKB SHORT DRIVES, are always kept read-. Ca's or tight r-r:-;agos, pall-bearer wagons and everything for funerals 1 urnished c ; : i .iort notice. Terms caeh. RICHEY Corner Pearl ami DEALERS IN laowesst ISsfes. umber, Lath, Sash, Blinds, consideration. MOST z1 DEIVES the entire tract. lavies, CO- B.&,2T. u4 j& 811J.AJUJJ.U!,... V IJipi 'I i lnjy LlTJIIJSERl BROS., Seventh Streets. ALL KJXDS OP T'easas Cassia -V A. :' ) I I r V. 0 V it V III k vi y, 1,