THE DAILY HERaLD, PLATTSMOUTH, MEI'liASK A, MONDAY, SO VMM uER -1, lss7
ijc (Jlaltimouti) Pailn ijerali)
KNOTTS BEOS.,
Publishers & Proprietors.
Mu. Du kinson of Michigan, the new
postmaster gcniT'il, is said to b ft man
of bruin. If ho is, ho will feel mighty
lonesome in the Cleveland cabinet.
Tmk Clinton lfarahl observes: "Sa
loonatics are the same licbctudinous
cranks tlie world ovir. Their latest per
formance is to blow up tlie house of an
actiye prohibitionist at Orangeville, On
tario, with the fool idea that it would
stop the en foremen t of prohibition. Pro
hibition gets fat on just that kind of food.
See Sioux City."
(!kx. Sur.KiiAN.s rccoinmemdation in
favor of arming and drilling the organ
ized militia of tlie different states at the
national expense should receive the early
attention of congress. The spirit of our
institution is against the idea of a for
midable standing army, but experience
has shown tint it is advisable to have
tlie military strength of the country in a
condition for prompt and cflicient service,
and the plan proposed by Gen. Sheridan
is probably the most practical one that
could be adopted for such a purpose.
Tiil'ksiay will be Thanksgiving day.
Everybody should be thankful and hap
py. All well-to-do people will, or should
remember the poor. All interested peo
ple in Plattsmouth, will or ought to re
member Plattsmouth. All wise people
will or should remember themselves.
Tlie best way that the business men who
are interested in trade and commerce to
remember Plattsmouth is to advertise in
tlie Ilicit.w.n. The best way for every
body that can read. to do a good thing for
themselves is to subscribe for the Ilicit
ai.u. We hope everybody will do these
good things ami be happy not only on
Thanksgiving day but through all the
year to come.
CoMi'AKiii) with the armies of auy of
tlm leading towers of Europe, that of the
United States is insignificant. The 26,
000 men whom Geu. Sheridan tells us are
on the rolls of Uncle Sam are outnumber
cd six times by the forces of Great Hritian
on a peace footing, eighteen times by
those of Germany, anil twenty times by
those of Fram e. Little Denmark has a
f ir larger standing army than the United
States, while Belgium and the dual mon
archy of Sweden and Norway have each
about twic i as many soldiers as we have.
However, the military forces of the Unit
ed States exceed those of the leading
countries of Europe in per capita of cos
almost as much as theirs exceed ours in
number relatively to population.
Ioiianx Most, the worst of all the dis
reputable crowd of lazy, worthless an
archists, who is now out on bail, is to
have his trial to-morrow for his late in
cendiary speeches. It is to be hoped that
justice will be meted out to him and
that he will again languish behind prison
bars. Such persons should not have lib
erty. The dire result of their teachings
is seen in the numerous bombs now threat
ening almost every city in the land.
Freedom of speech is the boon of a free
coutry but freedom of incendiary speech
that kind of speech that excites to riot,
resistance to law, blood-shed and the de
struction of families and society, should
not bo tolerated; cannot be, only &t the
expense of the peace, quiet, happiness
and prosperity of the people. There are
some fairly good, but one-ideaed and
timid men, who were brought up in that
school of politics which teaches that
there is but one great principle in free
government and that principle, "Person
al liberty," who shrink back and hesitate
and in a weak way, by insinuation, if not
directly, condemn the punishment of the
anarchists on the ground that there may
coi ne oppression and free speech may be
interfered with. But the "bridge need
not be crossed till we get to it." "When
free speech is actually threatened or in
terfered with in our country, tbe people
can take care of their just rights and
privileges.
The falling of a three ton aerolite at
Amsterdam, 2s. Y., on the 18th inst.,
created, as well it might, a great excite
ment among the people of that rpuiet
place. It was fortunate that it fell in
the street instead of on some occupied
building. But asside from the surprise
aud terror that the sudden arrival of
such a visitor would naturally excite in
any town or community, it tells a won
derful story. It tells of small worlds
moving in space containing metals simi
lar to those which partly make up our
earth. But whence came they, how long
have they been living in spice? Are they
relics of the wreck of a great world, or
are they parts of the original "chaos" out
of which the earth and the universe was
made? Science has not told uc, the wis
est among us cannot tell. Tbe whole
creation is a mystery which man knows
nothing about. Only the Great Creator
comprehends it.
For Rent House of four rooms.
Vanatta Sox. tf
STRUCK AN INDIAN.
The record of railroad causalties this
year has undoubtedly been the most re
markable ever made, and not a few of
the accidents surpass understanding.
One day last week the whole Union Pa
cific system was knocked out of time by
an ordinary black bear treeing the en
gineer caller at Cheyenne, and delayiug
a freight train for two hours. Now
comes a story from the Idaho division
that sets that one aside and beats anything
ever heard. Yesterday the General Sup
erintendent received reports of an acci
dent near Ross Fork that possessed at
least one startling feature, though fortun
ately no damage worth mentioning re
sulted. It seems that at the point indi
cated there is quite a steep grade and a
sharp curve in the track. A heavily
loaded freight train reached the summit
and started down this grade and was
shooting along at an unusually lively
rate of speed. As it rounded the curve
the engineer felt a sudden shock and at
the same time saw an object sail off into
space from the front of his engine, and
notwithstanding the fact that the brakes
were all turned on he whistled for them
to be drawn tighter, and as quickly as
possible stopped. An investigation
showed that the cowcatcher had overtaken
a big buck Indian -who was standing on
the track, and tossed him in a curying
soar about 50 feet. When found he had
pulled himself together, savagely sur
veyed the steam monster, gave a pain
recked war whoop and started off across
the prairie to organize his forces for an
Indian outbreak. The headlight of the
engine was totally wrecked.
THE 31 ANU FACTORING OUT
. LOOK.
From tlieBofton Commercial Bulletin.
As the year 1887 draws to its close a
retrospect calls up the fact that manufac
turing and business interests of the coun
try have had ten months of comparative.
prosperity. This result would have been
reached more speedily had it not bren
for the six months of unprecedented la
bor troubles last year. That experience
was not without its profitable side, how
ever, and there was not wanting many
wholesome evidences that employer and
employe understand each other better
than thev did before. Great numbers of
workingmen have learned the lesson that
the individual suffers in this free coun
try who gives his manly independence
over to the keeping of any organization,
to be ordered in or out of the shop at the
dictation of some one or two men.
This is one of the causes of the com
parative prosperity of 1887 so far en
joyed. The other leading cause has been
the continued revival of our leading in
dustries which has been gaining headway
for mere than two years. Immigration
has been very heavy again, the arrivals
for the first nine months of 1887 being
411.000, against 294,000 for the same
period of 1886. New sections are being
opened to settlement and cultivation,
and railroadjbuilding has proceeded at a
rate never before experienced save in
1882.
All this signifies an enlargement of the
home market an enlargement which has
been felt in every progressive mill and
factory in New England.
Two years ago there was a tremendou?
idle, unemployed contingent. To-day
no such state of things exists. The la
boring classes are more fully employed
than for a long time. The surplus money
of the country which lay idle in New
York City in such vast amounts two
years ago is now in active employment in
the development of railroad and manu
facturing enterprises all over the country
and in circulation. Interest rates at the
money centers have risen from the da
pressing level of 1 or 2 per cent to 4 and
5 per cent at the present time nearly
always an evidence of active and pros
perous days. This increased circulation
of money among the masses in the prose
cution of profitable enterprises shows it
sell in the increased consumption of sta
ple commodities at better prices. Here
in New England the great textile centers,
Lowell, Fall River, New Bedford, Law
rence, Nashua, Manchester, Providence,
have had a good year. The cotton mills,
more particularly, have had a yery good
year.
The outlook for the remaining brief
period of 1887 and for the coming year
is a cheering one. The existing improve
ment came about too gradually not to
have built for itself a good foundation
and one which will not disappear in any
brief day. Much may depend upon the
action of Congress during the coming
winter. That body might, if it posessed
the conyictions and the ability to work
them out iuto legislation, do very much
to strengthen Lie basis of existing pros
perity. By cutting down internal rey
euue taxes which are now unnecessary,
aud by revising the tariff, with the aim
of protecting home industries, a burden
some treasnary surplus may be removed
and at the same time industries be re
vived, which, like worsted manufactur
ing, are suffering from special adverse
discrimination.
A most encouraging sign of the times,
viewed both from a sectional and general j
standpoint, is the tendeney toward the
p o'iuuion of high-class work mnnship
and finely fl niched materials in New Eng
land. The awakening of the south is
increasing the manufacture of lowir
grade products there, in close proximity
to the raw mat .-rial, and this movement
is likely to grow. Both for general and
spec ial welfure it behooves the manufact
urers of New England to continue the
expenditure of the greatest skill and
abundant capital in the production of
the very best materials which can be pro
duced. One can not read a paper like
this supplementary sheet of the Bulletin
to day without being Impressed with the
extent to which the march of improve
ment has proceeded, but the best me
chanics and the ablest manufacturers
amongst us are sanguine of greater ac
complishments in the future. We trust
that they will not rest in their labors, as
we certainly shall not in our incitement
to enterprise aud progress, until New
Englnnd becomes in a fuller sense to this
country what old England is to the
world the source of supply of the finest
products of the mechanic arts.
Tlie tariff protection which the people
have afforded has been repaid in abund
ant measure in the diversification of in
dustry, in the cheapening of commodities
and in the increase of wages. The great
majority of the protective policy more
fully than ever before. They will con
tinue to afford that protection and will
look with faithful expectancy to see the
further fruit of this policy in the upbuild
ing, strengthening and superior develop
ment of American industries.
Hard dry wood 4.56 per cord.
Leave orders with John Tutt at L. D.
Bennett's store.
DR. GATLING'S NEW GUN.
A Weapon for Police Ua That Would
Oetiuiate Mob in Two Minute.
Dr. R. J. Gatling, the inventor of the
famous gun which bears his name, has
invented another instrument of destruc
tion which he calls the "ixlice gun." It
was on exhibition the other day, and an
interested group of array officers and
new.spaixjr men studied its mechanism
and listened to the inventor's explana
tion of its virtues. It is a brass gun,
weighing seventy-eight pounds, and is
mounted on a tripod, the whole arrange
ment weighing only 149 pounds. It is
capable of firing 1,000 shots a minute.
The general working principle of the
gun ls the s::me as that of the gun which
boars Dr. Gatling's name and is so widely
known. The improvement is in the
method of feeding. In the police gun a
magazine, holding sixty-two cartridges
and looking like the hopper of a corn
sheller, is set up on end at a right angle
on the top of the brass barrel. The
turning of the handle by the cannoneer
drops the cartridges into six revolving
barrels within the cannon.
As tne barrels revolve a lock with a
spiral spring catches each cartridge and a
small needle in the lock strikes the per
cussion cap, exploding it. The next in
stant an extractor catches the empty
shell, and following a spiral groove, it is
tlisloagetl Horn tne gun. When one
magazine is empty another stands ready
to take its place. As the empty shells
fall in a stream from the orifice, it looks
for all the world like a country corn
sheller with the denuded cobs dropping
to the floor as the farm hand turns the
crank. By a long lever tbe cannoneer can
with his left hand change the range of
the gun, shoot up or down or sideways,
while with the right hand he turns the
crank that puts the stream of cartringes
in motion.
"We can clear the streets of a mob
add housetops as well," said Dr. Gatling,
a peaceful looking old gentleman, with
spectacles and a snowy beard. . 4 'The
gun will kill a man a mile off, though
1,000 yards i3 the best range. "We don't
want to see our cities overrun by a mob
as was Pittsburg, Why, no man would
stand in range of that gun. If he did he
would be foolish, to say the least." New
York Tribune.
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Tlie Latest Boston Craze.
Boston has brought forth a new craze.
Russomania succeeds Anglomania. There
is not a whisper remaining of the "Shelley
prattle," winch was led entertaingly by
the fair sculptor who is now passing his
honeymoon in an Italian villa. Browning
elubs have lost their novelty, and for
those who desire something new and
strange no better opportunity is offered
than tho pursit of Russian subjects. Un
deterred by the fact that Russian-English
dictionaries are very incomplete and that
the Russian includes 40,000 words taken
from other languages, many students have
already undertaken to master the curious
tongue. It is more easy to study the liter
ature through translations, especially
when several lecturers are ready to in
struct clubs and point the way from
Gegol through Turgenief, Pisemski, De-stoj-eoski
to Tolstoi. A club on the back
bay is already formed for the study of
Russian literature, especially the novels,
and other clul are receiving instruction
through papers which all Bostonians who
have traveled in Russia either have pre
pared or are preparing. Buffalo News.
Tlie Fie Season at Hand.
The pie season is now at hand and we
are experiencing not .a little difficulty in
meeting the demands of our customers.
Just as soon as the weather gets a little
cool the country pumpkins come in
and everybody wants pumpkin pie.
And it's the same way with the
mince pie, that indigestible, death deal
ing compound. You ought to see the
pies we sell in a day. Five hundred?
Well, 1,000 would be more nearly like
the number we cook dailv. Winter is
our best season. Just as soon as the
theaters open we begin to have a thriv
ing pie traae. ine miamght rush is
something that keeps us hustling about
on our feet until they get sore. It's a
curious thing, but the pie trade comes in
nearly always during the night. People
come in and want something hot. They
want it quickly, too. The pie is just
suited to their demands. Restaurant
Clerk in Gtotoe-Deroocrat.
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cago and Denver, only two hours by rail from Lincoln it he capital, and lorty minutes from Omaha, th
metropolis ot the State.
Population about 11,000 and rapidly increasing.
Has one ot the finest systems of Water Works in the State.
Streets are well lighted by gas.
A street railway in operation.
Grades ot the streets established, and bonds voted fur the purpose
paving of Main Street, work to commence thereon in the spring of JSsS
Jlas a fine four story high school buildinir and six ward chool h is
over 100 residences have been constructed din ing the year l'S7.
An Opera House costing o0,000.
Nebraska Preserve and Canning factory, capital 13,000," eapacity
ploys 4U hands.
Prick and Terra Works, capital -50,000, capacity 10,00m bricks j r d:
Plattsmouth Canning Factory, capital $30,000, capacity 1 ,:,0i mm mi c.-ui
hands, turns over in one 3-ear's business about $100,000.
Two daily papers; one Republican and one Democratic.
Schnelbacht-r buggy and wagon factory.
Pepperberg's cigar manufactory, employs fifteen hands, :uid largely fi:,
ern Nebraska.
Dufuor & Co's. new Packing House.
The great C. V. & Q. Hail road machine shops, round hoii.-os, stmvhoi
this point for the use of its system
disbursing to employes monthly about $30,000.
One of the finest railroad bridges in the United State.-; spans the' Miss-!iri Jiiver at the Southern
limit of the citv.
Over 2,000 miles ot railroad conveys its freight traffic into ;trd through our city.
Ten passenger trains leave Plattsmouth dailv for north, south, east, and v. est over the C. P. & Q.;
K. C, St. Joe & C. P. and the R M. U. P. in Nebraska.
The cheapness of the hind around Plattsmouth and its nearness to )n;a! a markets together with
good railroad facilities, make it not only a pleasant place to iv.-ide, but a de-ii able place for the establish
ment of manufactories.
To healthy, legitimate mannfactoring enterprises, the citizens of Plattsmouth would doubtless make
reasonable inducements to secure their location, and correspondence is solicited.
"While real estate values are growing firmer each day, yet there h nothing Fpcculativo or fictitious
about them, and good residence lots can bo bought at. fronTs ir.O to s.3.o; 1;m ! near the city can be pur
chased at from $200 to $100 per acre. Within the next twelve months our ( iry expects to welcome the
Missourri Pacific and the Omaha and Southern Railways into its corporate lin.its.
The above facts arc given without exaggeration and the orospects tor the
city, more than above indicated. Parties seeking
are earnestly requested to come and make personal investigation. While n r
ride to South Park, the most beautiful and desirable residence locality in
purchased at from $150 to $200, each. This picturesque addition is :! :: iV
coin Avenues or by South tth Street and may be reached in a ten minute-; v.
ter. South Park is more rapidly building up than any other part of the city.
JULIUS PEPPERBERG,
MANUFACTURER. OF AND
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
DEALER IN THE
Choicest Brands of Cigars,
including our
Flor de Pepperbergo and 'Buds
FULL LINE OF
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES
always in stock. Nov. 2G, 1S85.
For Sale On reasonable terms my
residence on the N. W. corner of Elm and
lltli streets. Said property consists of
J block with a good story and a half
house of six rooms, two wardrobes and
one pantry; good well and city water;
twenty-seyen bearing apple trees, and an
abundance of small fruit of all kinds.
tf P. D. Bates.
Real estate and abstracts.
dtf "Y. S. Wise.
GENUINE :-: SINGER
with high arm and vibrating shuttle,
sold on time. Easy payments or cash
F. J. BICKNELL,
Manager Plattsmouth Branch
WHEN YOU WANT
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CALL ON
Cor. 12th and Granite Streets.
Contractor and Builder
Sept-12-Gm.
Dr. C. A- Marshall.
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Preservation tf natural teeth a npfcinlty.
fteth extracted without pain ly u. e of Laughing
Gas.
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
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CLOCKS : Of all sizes, makes
"WATCHES : liocldord, Fre.ioni.!, (
these movements me .so will l:i:on that 1
All are warranted.
CHAINS : In this lii.e of goods I .:,
quite. Lavlie-' and Gents" short or l-i:i: c
any other kind. Also emblem pin i
lockets, rings, cuff buttons-, gold jens etc.
SILVERWARE ot every de.-criptio:s ;J
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Jonathan Hatt
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TY il EAT HARPIST.
POr.K PACKERS and rjizAi.Kr.s
BEEF
PORK, MUTTON AND VEAL.
THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS ALWAYS ON HAND.
Sugar Cured Meats.
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ot our own make.
The b-:-t bre' -WIIOLESALE
capital Seeking Investment.
J PLATTSMOUTH.
It is tl.o gateway to tl . great South I'lattecountry
It is situated onthe ou,i River at the mouth
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, j,..r year and employs 125
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A.c, are maintained at
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future prosperity of our
investments in Ileal ty
yon will be given a free
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1 y either Chicago or Lin
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Corresp 01. deuce solicited.
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MURPHY & CO.
COMPLETE STOCK OF
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everything almost, if not
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