jMWtflj 1 t" ' - 1 - - A-lfc I SECOND YEAR PL, ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, FKI DAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1881). NUMISKIt ill. 4T V f-' Cr r J X CITY OFFICIOS. Mayor, K.M. ItUHKY W K Kox LierK, Treasurer, attorney. J AM Kit PATTKHHON..IK. - JlYltON UI.AItK Mutineer, 1'oliee Judge, Marrhall, Couucilmen, 1st ward. - A Madolk H l,IKKOUD V 11 MAI.1CK 4 .1 V WECKHACH I A SAI.ISHUHY t I) M JONKH I Die. A Mlll'MAN I M K ML'KI'HY J H W lIJTTON CoN U't'ONNOH. 2nd 3rd 4th. 1 f McCAl.l.KN. 1'KEN 1.1 W.lo i KKKIt ! I U 11 11 J W .lOIINrttlN.CllAIKMAN Hoaid Pub. Works ;kik.k IawkbWokth GOLTjXTY OFFICIOS. 1 reasurer. Deputy Treasurer, - Clerk. - le;mty t.'lerk, lle-corder i.f Oeeds - liptuy litM?ordr Clerk of District Court, NheritI, Ktirveynr. - Alton. ey, hiipt. of I'ul). School, County Jtn!j HUAHU OIT HU A. 15. TTi. Cli'lil., Lot' is Kol.T., A. I'.. lM 'Krto.V, I. A. Campbell Thds, Pollock hird ckitchfirlq - Kxa Ckitchfiklu W. II. Pool John M. I.kvua W. C. Siiowaltkk J. C. ElKKNHAHY A. MaHolk A 1. 1. EN ltKK.HON Mavnahd Spink C. llUSSBLl. FKUVISOHS. Plilttsinoiltli Weeping Water Ktinwood CIVIC SOGIKU?.15S. (VSS IOI)liK No. 11. I. t. O. F. -Meets '-very Tuesday evening of eaeh week. All tr.'tn.-i.'iit (Mothers are respectfully iuvlted to aii.-mi. ih.a'i r.Moirrn kncampmknt no. 3.1.0. t. 1".. iiieeis every aiternatp Friday In eaeli in. .alii iii I he Ma-oiiic Hall. ViMtlll! I'.rothert are invited to atteud. flU'.Ki UHKiK NO. hi. A. O. U. W. Meets a ev i-ry attentat - Friday eveulnjr at K. of I, h ill. Transient brother are respectfully iu vi ted to attend. K.J. Moruan. Master Workman ; 1". P. i:ru-ii. Foreman 11. Kemster. Over eer; It. A. Taile, Fmaiieler; il. F. lloue w ..rtl. Ke order ; M. Maybright. Receiver; 1. IS. Smith. I'ai-t M. W. : I. N. llowen, Cuide ; 1. J. Kuiiz. Inside Watch. IASS CAMP XO..TW. MODKKN WOOOMKN of A m.-rie i Meet second and lourlli fllon- d ay evi i:uii at K. of P. hall. All transient Irut li.-r- are lecjiiesieu io ineei wuii u. a. Novvcriuier. Venerable Consul;'!. F, Nileie Woitliy Adviser ; S. V. tide, Hanker ; W. A. poeck. Clerk. ill.ATISMOUTII U)1)I1K NO. 8, A. O. U. W. Mi eiw every alternate Friday evening at Kocku ood hall at o'clocK. All transient broth er are respectfully invited to attend. I. S. Larson. M. W. ; F. Poyd. F'oreman : S. C. Wilde. Kecorder ; Leonard Anderson. Overseer. 11 1. AT 1SMOCTII LODOK NO. a, A. F. . A.M. Mei-toit the firt and third Mondays ot eai ii no. nth at their hall. All transient broth ers are cordially invited to meet with us. J. O. IEk iikv, . M. Wm. Hav. Secretary. . VKK-VSKA CIIAlTKK. NO. 3. K. A. M. Meets second and fourth Tuemlay of each month at MaonV Hall. Transcitut brothers are invited to meet with u. F. E. WlMTK, II. P. Wm. I' v. Secretary. JT. ZION COMMAlAi:V. NO. 5. K. T. MeelK first and third Wednesday night of each month at M isoVs hall. Visiting brother are cordially iuvited to meet with us. Wit. 1!avs. Kec. F. E. Willfg. E. C. CTTsTol'N,lLN( 10-jl.KOVAL XKCANUM iiiects the fectuid ami fourth Mondays ol t ach uioiitii a! Arcauiini Hall. l. N. Olknn, lCegent. P. C. Mi B. Secretary. PL ATTSMOUTH BOARD OF TRADE President Kobt. It Windham 1st Vice President A. B. Todd .nd Vice President Win Neville hecr-t'ir' Herrniaim Trea-iirer '.'.'.". K. Guthinati l KK.cTOKii. .1 C. Klchev. V. E. White. J. C. Patterson, .1. A. foiuier. It. KIdimi, C. W. Sherman, F. Oor der. J. V. Wecklach. fVIcCONIHIE POST 45 C. A. R- UOSTt-K. .1. V IJ.S. F. f; vt .TonNsox t!onimauder, Xwihh Senior Vice " Hatks Junior " " MLFf Aujuian . v STU STfllIT ....... .......tJ.M. HVKY iifflrnl the iiv. A 1 l vinvv. . . - - j - .1 Ai'or. !:liIIKHI.K.IU.,. ,.UiUlci i-.-ui-.- Post (Jhablain L. V eVtiuir Saturday evening KIKE SCHNELLBACHER, Wnou ami Blacksmith Shop. Wagon, Buggy, Macliino and Plow oeing A Specialty. He uses the 3$ Ilor-i-W. the B.st Horseshoe for 'the l-'artn.-r, t r for Fast driving ana City i,ur . s. ever invcntil. It is made so anyone ran rati pit on sharp or flat corks as iir-lrd fr w. t nn.l slippery roads, or smooCi dry roads. Call and Examine these Shoos and you will have no other. J. M- Schnellbacher, 5th St., riattsmouth, Xeb. The Daii.t Herald dtlivered for 13cts. per week. I imvc Watrlies from 3.00 mu ille to .uit any one In niif and war rant all pood wold to be as rciMOscnlfd. lvc me a call The City Jleat Market is the best place to buy fresh meats, pork chops, poultry and gnme of all kinds. tf Plenty of feed, flour, graham and meal at Ileiscl's mill, tf The Herald" is the best advertising medium in Cass county. ISorsesh ABOUT SETTLED. That Is What Is Claimed for the Crat Q Strike Chicago, Jan. 4. Last evening, for the first time, the "Q" strike was admit ted by both parties to the controversey to be practically settled. The conference yesterday between the officials of the road and the committee of nine resulted in an amicable agreement on nearly all points at issue, and it is confidently expected that a complete understanding will be reached today. The only hitch in the arrangement for ending the strike yester day was on one of the minor demands of the committee, which the officials did not teel justified in granting without consult injr first with President Jenkins and the directors of the company in Boston They requested time, therefore, to ex change telegrams with the Boston office, and they have no doubt that full author ity will be received to accept any prcpo ition of the committee that is fair and reasonable. When the committee of nine called at the general ofHccs of the Burlington yes terday morning, Vice Presidents Stone and Peasley were awaiting advices from Boston, and asked that the conference be delayed until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Chairman Cavener readily consented to this, and at the hour named he and his associates returned and were received. They were in session from i! o'clock until 5:2!, when they encountered an obstacle in the raising of the point which the Burlington people had overlooked and were not prepared to meet without fur ther advices from eastern headquarters. It was then decided to adjourn until 10:30 this morning. The faces of the commit tee and of the Burlington officials were wreathed with smiles when they parted for the night. The Times says: " It is understood that by the terms of the agreement the old "Q" engineers will be placed again upon a square footing, instead of being black-listed by nearly all the railroads in the country. The Burlington road will set the example by giving the strikers amployment in preference to others when ever vacancies occur, burying completely out of sight the hatchet which was dug up ten months ago." Both Vice President Stone and Chair man Cavener declined to give any of the details of the meeting or the nature of the conclusion. Over the Stat. Omaha is rapidly catching up with Chicago as a divorce center. The total number of miles of railroad built in Xebraska during the past year was 437.32. Jliss Rebecca May has been admitted at Beaver City to practice in the district couits. An opening is offered at the Nebraska City stock yards for wde awake com mission men, Elijah E. Calkins, an aged and re spected citizen of Fremont, died last Sunday morning. The proprietors of the Novelty planing mills at Fremont expect to begin woik on their new building this week. The citizens of Pawnee City are jubi lant over the news that the Chicago, Kan sas fc Western railroad company is abcut to build a round house there. I It v. J. V. Harsha of Omaha preached a sermon to newspaper reporters last Sunday. He has made the discovery that three-fourths of the reporters in Omaha are clergymen's sous. A ten mile go as you please pedestrian conquest will occur in Nebraska City next Thursday for $500 a side. The contestants are F. W. Swan of Omha and Wm. Buchanan of "Nebraska City. Will Sail For Havtl. Washington, Jan. 4. It is expected that the United States steamer Ossippee, now at Norfolk, will sail for Port-au-Prince in a few days. This is in accord ance with orders issued to her command ing otlicer by Rear Admiral Luce, com manding the North Atlatic squadron, prior to his departure for Hayti. In case it is found there is no necessity for the constant presence of the three war ves sels in the Haytien waters, one of the two now there will be sent back to the United States. A Statesman's Trials. Stranger (to eminent statesman): "Will you promise me " Eminent statesman: " Really, sir, I cm promise nothing. So many applications are made " " But I only wanted you to promise that you will meet a party of friends of mine at 9 o'clock to eat some oysters, you know." " Certainly, my dear sir, certainly. A LIFE LESSON. Tliei9t little girl; dont cry! They have broken your doll, I know; And your tea set blue, A ad your play house, too. Art) things cf the long ago; Put cluldiHh troubles will Boon pass by. Iburel little girl; don't cry I There 1 little girl; don't cry 1 They have broken your slate, I know; And the glad, wild ways Of your schoolgirl days Are things of the long ago; Hut life and love will soon come by. There 1 little girl; don't cry I There! Utile girl; don't cry! They have broken your heart, I know; And the rrinbow gleams Of your youthful dreams Are things of the long ago; But heaven holds all for which you sigh. There I little girl; don't cry l James Whitcomb Riley. JACK PRICE, DECK HAND. I suppose not one in a thousand will care to read a deck hand'B story. People call us coarso and vulgar. Oranted; out our work makes us bo. There are ladies, I fancy, who will shudder at the thought of such a 6tory, and gentlemen who will dip into it carefully, expecting to find a 6trin.r of oaths. Judge for yourselves whether this tale of Jack Price, my part ner. ia fit for refined ears. No need to tell you of a deck hand's life. A man that beats about in the cold and rain, handling eleety ropes or bal ancing himself ou the gunwale of a coal bargo with twenty feet of swift water under him, is not apt to be a pretty, kid gloved, soft voiced fellow. If his taco is red it is because midwinter winds on the Ohio are not good for the complexion. He deals with rough work and s rough himself; but his heart; a just about as apt to be right as that of a senator or a judge. We started from Pittsburg on the George Hammond in July, Jack and L Them was a big river and we made good time to Louis vj lie, where wo shipped on the Charley Roberts, bound for Orleans, To say we found it hot on the lower Mis sissippi gives no idea of the weather. Half the crew were unfit for duty. One morning there was a whispering among the boys. "What's up, Jack," said I. "Steve Robinson's down with swamp fever." Tha boys gathered in a knot around the capstan. Before long here was a panic among them. The mate shook his pead and looked thoughtful. ''The man must be put ashore!" said the captain. "No, 6ir!" cried Jack Price. "Who are you?" "Plain Jack Price; but Steve don't go ashore. It's an outrage to think of it. "Who's to nurse him?" "Me." "Do you know what swamp fever is?" "Do I know anything?" "Doubtful." "I'll nurse Steve, I tell you! We've made five trips together, and if lie ;a put ashore here in the trwataps, go with hi-m." "You it is," said the captain, rurnincr on his heeL "Not another man goes into Steve's stateroom." For ten days Steve's room, was quaran tined. Nobody but Jack 6aw the inside of it. We saw him sometimes, carrying something to the sick man or sitting on the guards to get a breath of air but every soul on the boat kept out of his way. Yo all liked jack, out the lever might be in his clothes. He began to look rale, but he never Grumbled. One day the news came out to us that Steve was dead, A few hours alter we buried him on an island in the river in, a pine box, and the only thing like a prayer said over him vvag from Jack: "God help him!" The fever did not spread, and we all breathed freer. A few evenings after Steve's death I was on watch at the head of the tow, and Jack was with me. We were puffing at tobies to keep off the musquitoes. There was a haze over the water, but the stars were shining, and the broad river was quiet as a lake. "Jack, said i, uye got a raemcr headache." "No?" said he, as if he asked a question. He took my hand and held it. "Not fever, is it, Jack?" "Come and lie down," was his answer. A dizziness came over me, and with out Jack's arm to steady me I would never have reached my bunk. I remem ber very little after that. 1 learned af terwards that I was delirious; but how long I cannot tell you. I remember Jack's face near me at times as in a dream the kindliest face you ever saw, not handsome, maybe; but a face with some of God's goodness in it. When I got back to reality again I found Jack oending over me. I was in the same stateroom and I could feel from the motion that the boat was under way. "How long have 1 been here, Jackr "Quite a while, my boy." "And where are we?" "Not far from Memphis." "Going up or down?" "Going home. Don't talk if it tires you.' " hat was the matter with me, Jack? "A touch of fever; but you're better now. "Can't I look out, Jack? It will do me good to see the sun." lie raised me up crentlv as a woman would have done, and I looked out through the glass door of the stateroom eagerly as a child. Had the eun ever hone? eo brightly Lei ore.' The lew wooded shores looked like paradise. No mountain stream ever eeeuied so beauti ful to me as the great muddy river. "Jack, said I, when he laid me down again, "what ran 1 ever tlo to pay -ou.' "Pay me for what?" "Look at uie; l'iu tliia as a chost. I inust have been sick a Ions time. You've pulled me through. Jack." "I vc done noUmiir of the kind, said he, laughing. I noticed for the first time how vcrv thin and pinched his face was. It scemt d as if he had grown old. "Looi: ct mc. Jack; you ve been the best friend I ever had." Hp intli r.o answer, but tool; rrsv Iiand md prcssitl it. . It seemed :.a ii i v.Avl .r, bC'o uiiiuiv eyes. "I thought I'd got pa this," said he, coughing. isexi uay ne came in snnung, with a letter ar d some oranges. "I went ashore at Memphis," he ex plained, "and found a letter from Sister Annie. They're looking for me Lome "We'll soon bo in Pennsylvania again. Jack. Ho looked me full in tho face and smiled. His eyes seemed very large and his cheeks were bloodless. It eaddened uie to look at him. "1 must go now," said he. "I hope you il enjoy the oranges. I was mending; fast and expected to be out very soon. Jack did not come again that day. Next morning the cook brought me a cup of tea. "Where is Jack?" I asked. "Busy." I 1 bought of him all day, but he did not I'ome. "Cook," said I, at last,"I want you to tell me the truth about Jack." "Don't you fret!" he answered, "iltit I must know." "Well, he's not able to be about." "Where 13 he?" "In No. 8. But you can't go near him; he's got the fever 1 Delirious! Wouldn't know his own mother!" "Who's nursing him?" "I am what little lie gets. We can't make a hospital out of the Charley Roberts." Cook tried to stop me, but I staggered across tho cabin into No. 8. I could hardly recognize Jack as ho lay on the bunk, his face was so flushed and his eyes so bloodshot. He had dropped down, too weak to take his clothes off. I took Ids hand and sat beside him. "Jack, my boy, what's wrong?" "Nothing, Sam." Jack never said much. He was better at doing than saying. I looked at the ioor fellow in despair. I had never nursed a sick peiwn in my life. The captain came in while I sat there. "Wo must have a doctor, captain," said I. "Might as well want u gold mine," he replied. "But look at Jack, captain. What can we do?" "I don't know." "Sam," said Jack, looking at me with a strange expression !you know my sis ter Annie?" v:Certaihly, Jack." VI want you to tell her about me," "You will soon see her. Jack," 'No, Sam; I'm going," "We're both going home," Yes, going homo. I'm tired! Tired!" "Then vest. Jack. I shall be here." "Take my hand, Sam." "I have your hand, my boy. Try to sleep." "Yes," he went on, pointing. "There's Annie at the door. She looks more and more like mother as she grows older. She's glad to see hie frm the way she smiles." "Indeed she is. Jack." "I hat 8 Sams voice; he got QYpv the lever well. 1 believe 1 had too. Hear old I'ont barking at go: Iiub 'most as glad as Ar;po tq spo mo brick. Ah, Satj. it's good to be back In Pennsvlva nia God's countrvl Aimio! Arnid'" He fell back iu ft stupor, with his eyes fceu i vi a spasm pass tluourh hi frame, alter wliich his hand lav in mine like a lifeless thing. I looked 'up qucs- iiomugiv at me captain. "God "help him! Ileisdead." "O, eurelv not!" "Dead!" ho renearod. Only wlten, J bent over him did I be lieve it. Jack was dead. "He died workincr for others." said the captain, and in lieu of better words these must stand for his enitanh. I can only tell Jack's story in a plain way. I cannot till your eves with tears as mine are filled, ns there is no art be hind my words, l ou read of cood men unselfish and heroic men that poets ui .tun iiiaioi itiiis iuiiuonuuz.e out. here was one that nobody ever heard of. Who was there to read a funeral sermon over liim when we buried liim in a lonely piace on ine river Danic next day vv ho prayed over the rough pine box? Not a braver, not a hvmn at the funeral: onlv some tears that came of genuine grief. vveieit him there on the river bank, with a piece of drift wood to mark his grave, which the next flood would sweep away. I found a little liowcr growing there a violet, 1 think winch I urouc-ht away for Annie. Jack was pa homely a man as ever you saw, a big, raw i;oned lellow, with a twinkle of the eve that mado one laugh. Had you been hunting lor a man oi polish and education you would not have picked him out. Hi head had not been cultivated at the excuse of his heart. He use J sti onrr lunruajre sometimes when a ropy got tangled, or tho pumps w-orked hard, or the colfee didn't sui. him. I am not trying to i-k-ture Iull: as perfect: I want you to know l.im v.: he was. His voice m a neLroo!:i v.a; as gentle as a child e.; he had a l.ij, ten der heart, kindlier l!ian mor.t women have, and a ha:;d that served a f;i n until rrudv t. drc;; from weariness. rememl.or him i:r, ho i tilt over me vh: I lav her less v.t.'i fever, a Limllv 11 oear.:::v' 1:1 uis lace t..at i.eaiui.u-.l it. loarr.'.-.l then how i::;-.: i::;! v.a:;. a:.- luv herrt went f.v.t ! !.2;;i. as oi:;- '.v,..!J l:av t- :k I.: 1 v..: l.::;v.-:: Iii; i v.-a.i J:u-': : t l . -11. l. Ila; in i ilt lair; !'.;:. !:::;. COUCH! and COUCH! and COUCH! What in the world is the reason you wi 11 cougli and keep coughing and still pfi trvino interior medicines wnen BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP will positively relieve your cough at once? This is no advertising scheme, but an actual fact, and we guarantee it. Sold O. P. Smith & Co.. druggists. STOP AND PRICE THE LADIES' GOLD WATCHES AT II. M. GAULTS. HE HAS A LARGE STOCK TO SE LECT FROM, AT PRICES TO SUIT ANYONE. Please call and settle your account with us at once and oblige, rt-w-Swr w. J. WAmuc. JOE, The Oi Extends ilianks to the Ladies and Gentlemen who assist ed in counting; the beans, and to the Hon. A. II Todd mil r' at T?;i,Q,. i.:.. ..... . luv.irj Ki iiil-ii -JT Extends thanks to the. good their liberal attendance. The Following Guessed Nearest the Number: Robert Pulton, $20 Suit. .Miss Eniina Kline, Silk M ulller. Mrs. Carrie "Watson, Silk ll.tiidkerciii't. 'dr Q EES THE FURNITURE EMPORIUM. Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen FURMITUSSE The Largest and Most Complete Stock in the City. COFFINS, GASKETS AND A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF HEARSE FURNISHED HENRY A Fight vritli an Eagle. L. C. Brinkman, a clerk in the sunplv department of the Burlington and Mis souri in this city, while hunting Ehot a large eagle. The 6hot broke the bird's wing, but left it otherwise unharmed, and when he went to capture his prize it made a spring at his face, and had he not warded it off with his arm his eyes would have been put out by the savage bird. As it was it gripped "his arm, and despite his efforts to free himself lie could not. shake the eagle ofT. Calling to his fri nds. a. Klinrt. rlifnnf. oi.-o.'. they came and killed the bird and then pried its claws out of the flesh of his fore arm and leg, which were badly lacerated. He wa3 helped homo by his friends and medical assistance summoned. His arm was badly swollen. The eagle measured eight feet from tip to tip. Des Moines Register. nish Priced Straw. A resident of thi3 city said today: "I have bought apples of farmers that were of the best class good all the way to the bottom of tlio barrnl TVw-law T fm.n.) - - MHJ VUiiU that a barrel of apples I purchased of a farmer who is a pillar tn a church con tains a foot of straw. It: ia straw either. He actually sold me buck- wheat straw at the rate of 1.50 per bar reL" Kingston Freeman. Sudden Death, Miss Shawsjrarden (of St. Louis) Oh. yes, I am proud of our city. We have chansfed the sa vin cr about Nanles to "Sea St. Louis and die." Miss Dearborn (of CluoasroW-Indeedl T it so sudden? America. Pbice Cot i i . hum aim prompt assistance T2 IS- people of PlattPinoulh i.r GE CLOTHIER GOODS, FOR ALL FUNERALS. BOECK. J. IL EMMONS, M. 1. HOAHKOI'ATHIC Physician Surgeon Oflire over Wpeeott'H gtore. Main strefl . Rei-iilf-DC In Ir. Si-hiliikin-i li t'i r--it . ( lironic DinfacPK and DNphh-k tif Women suit Children a specialty. Ofllee liuurx, 9 to 11 a. in. 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. la. 'Telephone at both OfF.ce and Kesldecre C. F. SMITH, The Boss Tailor Mala St., Over Mergrs' Shoe Store. Has the bett and most complete ffock of samples, both foreign d domestic woolens that ever catno west of Missouri river. Note theso prices: Business suits from $ltf to 45, drwss suits, $ 25 to $45. pants $5, f0, $G.&0 and upwards tSfWill guaranteed a fit. Prices Defy Comoetilion. B. k.jM.mme ITable. GOING WRIT, No. 1.-5:10 a in. No, 3", -fi :40 p, m. No. R 6 :47 a. in. GOI.VO KA AT. No, 2.-4 -J3S p. in. No. 4. 10 :30 a. nt. No. 6 7 :J3 P. TO. No. 10. 9 :45 &. u. NO. 7. --7 : p.m. No. 9.-6 :17 p. m. No. 11 l ;27 a. m. All trains run daily by way of Omaha, except No. 7 and 8 which run to aud from Kchuiler dally except Sunday. No. 30 Is a stub to Pacific Junction at ft.30a.rn No. 19 H a -tub from Pacific Junction at 11a.m. t I 4 r.- L .... .Sfc...