tm. 'W1l' - .-. .. w-wt3Nr j t4 'FIB ADVERTISER. THE AXVEHTISER. ' ' : . . . ,,.-. fc fished vtry Thnisilcr by j OXFFJREY & HACKER, I p-rn-nriotOTS. I , 1. ,..- T2, 74 licrncntou HuiwrntHsuiirii li ,. mi-vVit T T3 XEUItASira i,.... r .- . ...... -, r Tonns. in Advanco j , r-x catyoar - - 2 00 ,. " 'is -aoi;hp 1 00 'j, ttirte xn.inUia - ......... SO - .DIHuJaATl'Eifl fi.vis.H.1 rAi.6 SOCIAL DIRECTORY. LODGES. 31.- lt I'arineiroiniiianilcryKnlylitTetii- ,r No. :f..-Meeis la "ttahoulc Halloa the " t ij nlBbt in each month. K. W. Fca- , 'i ., 1 . A. fusion. Recorder. !.. .. ...... ;ti. f'liMrji n. .1. IX. A. Df. 3 .rCoimnumwtUor.snrct Monday night " " "i.i Lecture Mefinij-s every Monday ,s ;ukl, il. E. II. P. R.UFC8T. -Neinuliii Valley l.odco.No. 4, A. F. & i i UeeulHf Communications rirst and - .... n,nnih Tjirto-u nf J , , ir Saturday night. 11113 lil W" " ...v...... . rt--- JUU XJ1AVJ( l . i-KESl-ll.i-"Cy. a'ipuivnvlllp I.otlsc o. .i, I. O. O. 1. clinic HKS. ., -7.rrM.tfrIiin Churrh.-SuiAlces each Rft' i f ": .0.JO a. in., and 7;) i. m. Prayer ,,'jy rtvninsj. Sabbath Jichooi . . J. T. Hajki. Pastor . irtl-oiIUt K. Chitrrli. - services ach k . . p. in. Prayer Mvetlng Thursday ' ' . Faktix. Pastor. r - " "" - iiri.t'n i'liiirch KnlHPOpul. Corner IW". and""-co!.d stress, acrvlwaevi-ry r. i itt 10', o clock p. m. Sunday ." , .k. EveiitiwfrviceuiTSoclooK. ? uadmluivtored on the first Sunday rf, free. Ci. P.. UA VIS. Rector. -nnntSt Clnirch.-Oirner Fourth and At- .Vil " ' t-c'a. seri. ice-s vcry Subbath ct- r i tch r iill.nt lo'j o'clock A. M., v m Sundav Hrhool at 10 a. m. A . .,; Wedooedny evening. T. J. Mob- ,. -r iiriHi.ui Church, LonUon.-DivSneser-aJ i o .-ysanbih at ll a. m., and In the " -r nLi.t-IlflM CoilIlOlI NO. i, It. y- t. IX s-ji-i-d Coniiuunicatinns tlr-it Montkiy in -'.ti .laincdlately afltr tlie Chapter J " j'sj BLAKJC.T. I.O. M. T. A. Ckkicii. I u 'I.E. Church, Pcru.-Sen-irosfcverySab-- :tv Q a. Ai-i-XA.s per. Pastor. CITY OKF1CAL.S. !?-."VUi founpll.-Meets the First Monday in C-1 ? n. utn. Mavor, F. A. Tidel.Jr. Al v "a' Lewis. F. E.Joh!ison.C.Neidhardt. r. -s liars hu!. . Cjpmbeil Herk. J. B. ' i tM.'er.J. W. Mlddleton. Polico Judge. rrlal and Depsrturt of Malls. Northern D-"y, by Railroud Amvs 11 a. m. "jJ:.crii "' 'aly. by Railroad-Arrivocs i30p.m. ". -::itu- .a Peru. Dally Arrive 12 xa; Do- -, ? ,-ra v a Neiunha City. Dally-Arrives 3 st-ru jl Tcumeh to Beatrice Dally: - "iiwcieru-Vin Table kock Weekly Ar- , i . ji n.. ltepxr's MnniayatT a. m. N li '-extern -To Heieiia. istml-Weckly Ar- r ,m stud Saturd-: at b p. in. Depart .j, i ,,; Tr.'iay at7i..i'j. . n. " 11 'iirs Jrom 7 a. ax.. to7l, p. m. bun . . r-- rr!rts lit 5 n.m. , k m. w. -v. i'ui-uv;.u.. i: -a- BUSINESS CARDS. ATTORNEYS. ; - HiiK, AT'orntys at Law, Brown ". . Ait. ii'.ion given to the purchaio.ind . iU j.tyuieuiwUiLi conveyancing .. s . .uk ib. Mav be coui.Ked it. the lunnnia lar0-i2sa. Olhce ver Hct , 45-Uiu ' " 3 S LUCAS. Attornuv and Counselor at .i J iM.iic.tor m chauccry. P.rowuville, r j. 37tt n NEWMAN. Attorneyb and Coun- at Law, Br...uviHe, Nob. Uilice No. 7J. . n B.oc, u;i laira. I .t RO(iER.Attornw-s and Counselors WiMsivjdiligvul atlcnliou toany le- . .,iru-.ti. tu tlieir care. Office iu Court l..i. Bruwnvule, Nvl. 4 t BitwAIiY, Atturnrya at Lhw and -h .u ti-ncery. oaicc in Diatr.ct Court j niiMlli:, Nub. !i 'It I. ENNAN. Attorney and Counselor . Ne.'.ruK-i C:ty, Neb. iJ MPURu:Y. Attorneys and Counselors . p.i a av City. Pawnee County. Nb. .-. Atturney ' Law -nd Laud Agent, i ..-Couuiy, Ntrsjk.t. PHYSICIANS. MIT. M. V., Phvsiciac and hurdo'i. . '.. v, eb. OthceLouti from 7 to a a ai . 1 C ; to 7i p. m. UU;; in li. C Lett's . i !lhV, PUyuoiati and Surgeon, oflicc . Drug -Siore.'No. 32 Mam tieet, Iiruwn- L.V.YL) .ICEXTS. iWKLL, Real Estate and Tax Paying ' 'Hcv in Cosv.ell Block, corner First s'kiit. Will ivo prompt uttvutton to tlet! Estate and the Payment ot Taxes ' .lit .'tunmhs Land District. TtJ ' :ii V. HUGHES, Real Estate Agent and r V . .:!.-. OlHceia HunaaJ'ord &McFaU"s i -in'-? Browuvilie. Neb. !'iiAMII. HOOVER. Real Eitatc and Tax f , v:iit. Hllcu In District Court Room. .-... -.tti ..:tfi.t..-.a t.. thu .i:e of Real l- - .. P..ii-.itnf Taxes ikruughouttho Nemaha JRAIM DEALERS. , U'KiNi;, ForM-srdmg mid Conim- J' . "I -. .tut. and Dealer in all 1 kind- of Grain It cliice. UClc. and Warorootu, No. B-.Oivnvil.f. Nrb. MERCHANDISE. .1 I -1. Piri.nMlN. Oenlt-rln Ceneral Mtrch- . "-a -rt roam in McPiierson BUck, N - 6 i BroMuvillc. Neb. 15-1-i.v 'i n-i in .t CO.. Ce..ler lnfiieral Mfrcu- 7 72 Mam street. Brown ville. Neb. M1 DEN. Def-.'.erlnCcneralM.TPhau- anrj l"nrvarding ;ind Conimission Mt-rch- - 11 .is a Mrett, brnwn villi-. Neb. Corn - l'l.wt. stuvtrt. Furniture, etc. always on -l i.-t market prlc 1-aid for Hides, Pelts, ! ''.iuiiixv Produce. N O T A RIES. .'.ITin , Nvtary ruV.ic&nd Couveyancer, - Mai.i Mre.-t, sut-ond Hixir, Kr.jwnvllle, nt fur the E.uitnbl.' and American Ton- ; icurance cuuip.tnies. JUSTICES. M Rt'AN. lribato Judge and Justice of the ouice Hi Court U. ouse Buiiaing. arown- N.- COUNTY SURVEFOIl. - ' I BKRT, County S5arv-or. I'ostotllce . .'t.n. Neimtlia" County, "scbraska. SADDLE11Y. l i K. Harno3. Brld'.w. Collars. Etc. No. - .r.-ii.Browuv.lle.Nb. Mondiugdone " :: li...:.,.!) ('uarauteoti. UHIDKE HUIL.IIX. :ri:i LUR,Brtd;pBullderand Contractor, r y.'i il.o. Noh. sole Kt.nt rir R.W.Smith's I - .- llr.d;o. Thectroi.gestandbestviooden HOTELS. '.' VN HOFSF.-C. M. Kaullman. Proprio- " "v ". Msin !trPft. Brownvllle. Nebraska. .i ' i p-Ticielfil und rcfi:rnihed. Fedsta- in .-i.i.n -.vlth ibf hous?. Stagivs tor all i .i.1 ocniiMisses for all trains. Vi ::: .. house. L. 1). RobWm. Proprietor. .. --.-..f hrlwe-n Msln .iihI Co!i'i;e. UiHid '. l...i.y Stacie i- cnnechm vith this DHIT.CISTS. x& iki? ,gsK.-1 N-:. Fu:i :.vortment of irniK. Paints. Oils, ' '. iatl.in..ry, etc on hand, and sold at uholc- --' . rfa,i. Kl'X SMITH. HADDOCK. Gun Smuh A Lock Smith. ut N. -S2, Mam strevt. Hrowuville. "iv.v iiuiiMjuuli: to order, and repairmcdouu .' '': Urlifaj-rate. 3i-ly RKSTAUHANTS. I H !AS"rf RITAURANT. Geo. Dnughtrty. Pro r No. '. 7.1 n in stroat. Urownvllli-. Ntb. " - -. ijiU hours. B..:ird by th l.iv r wvefc. L.ACIwS311THS. 't i'l v.'..-; w.;tfral Blacksmith. Ma.n .-treet, f- n a, .. ;,. is propared to do .ill kinds v t i' u !. on short ajlice, acd at prices in ' ' ''til f..,- tUTH"-.. I ' .tJ . IRsON. Blacksmiths and Horse --mors .rs: ,triM.'t.tweii Main nnd Atlantic v. 1. . Nt-h. Work. duCvUi order and shtisfac . .. i. .i. iGT8 i.n SHOES. ' l ivi ijoot .'.n.l i-'hoe Maker. No. - 'J.i.hiif, t.lJroTivilie.Nt-b. Hacon.saiiit- i i kW Ru-mrtmcnt ot itiutV. Lady's, - : ": !"'t's uoota and bho.'1. Custom ' "-I'ti t.-aTnfvs and dispivlch. Repairing ! !! JKJT,.''. SALOONS. J , ' " HriwARI A CO.. Peace and Qui (. . ir v" '' :,I-kJ'1 crrt. Brownvtlle, Neb. '' " '-'id Li.-rs kept on hand. etPa- The i'ize Paper Collars ! Every Our Contains cPrlrc. AT THE POSTOFFICE.! ESTABLISHED 1856. i Oldest Paper in tie State. PERU BUSINESS CARDS. LOCATIOX OF PERU. Peru Is situated on the west bank of the Missouri river, in Nemaha County, ubout live tullea sonth of the Otoe County line, and nine miles south-west of IJrou u vil Je. Has a remarkably plesant location, and bid- fulr to become a town of no little Import ance. It baa a population of about am. The State formal School is located here, and some branches of business are well represented, but the trade carried on here is not up to the demands ot the country. It contains many One residences, and some Rood business houses. There are here two flne churches Episcopal and ifethodlt: pood District School House.one Steam Flourinjc Mill, two Ho tel, one Livery Stable, five seneral Stores, two Drug Stores, one Hardware Store and Tin Shop, two Lumber Yards, three Blacksmith Shops, one Wapon and Carriage Shop, two Shoe Shops, one Bakery, one Harness Shop, two Paint Shops, two Meal MarkeH.two Agricultural Implement Houses, one Barbershop, one Real Ewtate and Insurance Agency, two Brick Yards, lots of Clergymen, Phy hiciuus" Politicians, Ac., but no Lawyer's Oilice nor Saloon in town. THOMAS IIUTCIIIXSON, WAGON AND CARRIAGE MANUFACTURER, PERU, - - NEBRASKA. REPAIRING I VLL KINDS of Repairing done on short n.lce. Also Cabinet A ork and Collins made to oro r. TeruiireaM)nuble,aud all work warranted. 45-ly CITY MEAT MARKET. By CHARLES AVEY. PERU, NEBRASKA. CONSTANTLY on hand a good supply of Fresh v ana saitea iieats Highest market price paid for FAT CATTLE, SHEEP AND HOGS. COJIPTOS BROTHERS, LUMBER MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS, &c. PERU, . - - - NEBRASKA. YARD AND "WAREHOUSE, Fiftli Street, near Main. KEEP constantly on hand a good assortment of Native Lumber, fresh from thfc saw, which they propou to sell a LITTLE LOWER than at any other point en the Missouri river. The public are respectfully Invited to call and examine our btock before purchasing elsewhere 45-ly 1YIL.LIS CARTER, PAINTER, GLAZIER AND PajJer Hanger, PERU, NEBRASKA. "IV'IfcHES t0 inform the citizens of Peru and ur i rounding country, that he Is prppared to do all .-rork in hU line with Neatness anddispmch. and on terms that will be hutisl:i)iury. 4-Viy City Hotel S CHARLES GAEDE, PROPRIETOR, PERU, - - - NEBRASKA. "HIS Houso Is new, and newly fitted and fur- i 1 1 Linen in every department, ouests win una here as good fare as can be found at any Hotel in Nebraska. Hacks in connect with R. R. trains leave this House every morning at a o'clock. LIVERY STABLE In connection with this Hone. Teams furnished guests on the most llueral terms. yl J. W. BLISS, Heal Estate -AN INSURANCE AGENT, PERU, NEBRASKA. Real Estate Rouprlit nxd Sold on CommifisioD. Collections made and Taxes paid for Non-Regldants F. L. PR0UTY, Tin, Copper AND SHEET IROX .WORKER, AND DEALER IN HARDWARE! STOVES, Agricultural Imtalemsnts AAiA W W4 W WX CVA Aiii WAW.iiWiiViij w " Tj-jTx-n- wr- i- n ix. - It KJKJUJi IV li, Zi, ore., PERU, - - - NEBRASKA. 'FAKES this method of Informing the citizens of L Nemaha county, and the balance of the world, that he is prepared wiih a full stock, and good workmen, to turnisb any and everything In his liu. at as low prico as the same can bo bought at any point on the Misviuri river. Special Attention paid to SPOUTING, R00FING.&C. Constantly on hand, a full stock of HEATING & COOKING STOVES, of the most approved patterns. Also Agricultural Implements, of a!! kinds. Blacksmith's Iron and Supplies, NAILS, WOODENWARE, FENCE WIRE, &rc, tfcc.j &c, tc. Hlgliest Price paid for old Iroa, Copper, liraki, Rags, tc. jtf-AIl goos warranted, andsatLfnctlon guar anteed in reference to price and quality of goods. Agent fbr the Celebrate Charter uan toys aiores. 'CpJVSII PERU BUSINESS CARDS. C. C. WHEELER, PHYSICIANS AND SUKGEONS, Corner 5th fc Main Stv, IFEZR-CT, NEBRASKA. Bpsctal Attention p3id to Diseases of the Eye and Bar. KEFKRKXCES-Pror. H. D. Cleaner, Keokuk. la.; rof. J. g Shrader. Jowa State Univeralty. Prof. JOY fc DAILY, Denlers In DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, Glass, Putty. School Books, STATIONERY, PERFUMERY, &c, Ac. PoHtOfflpc Hnlldintr, - Peru, NebrnsUn. Physician's Prescriptions carefully and scientifi cally compounded. 4."iyl H. F. Morton & Brother, uninnsi BUILDERS PERU, NEBRASKA. CONTHACTS TASBN ?20il FOUNDATION, AND FINISHED THROUGHOUT, ON REASONABLE TERMS. gH tvork warranted to give satisfaction. 44yl G OOD ACCOMJfODATIONS for crossing Teams. Livestock, Freight, tc, at all time. Nodelay on account of weather. 31. II. THOMPSON, Proprietor. PERU AND WATSON U, S, Mail and Transfer Line, TV. II. Thompson, Prop. HACKS leave Peru every morning, in time to connect with trains South und North on the St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, rsiurnJngto Peru every evening. Vyt PIONEER DRUG STORE ! PERU, NEBRASKA. JOHN PATTERSON, PROPRIETOR. rPHIS Old and Reliable House is fully prepared to J. furnish any and everything usually found in a Writ class Drug Store, at lower price than any House inthcState. COXPSTI0X DEFIED. -Joyl PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. CALL AND SEE SPECIMENS I IN THE Best Style OF THE C HIS PICTURES ARE LIFE-LIKE! and oan bo had o sizes. for tho K ALBUM, or tob. A3WT ! W FM.UUJS-G 75 -5 for the Parlor Walls. nn- C(. ZZ yempt to Execute r4 all Orders, and DB0W5TILLE. y CALLANDSEEHIM. 33-tf Clocks, Watches, Jewelry JOSEPH SHUTZ, No, 59 Slain Stroet, Brownville. Keeps constantly on hand a large and well assorted stock of genuine articles in his line. iiepamng ot ciocks, wntcnes ana Jewelry done on short notice, at reasonable rates. ALL WORK WARRANTED. JACOB BSRELEY, Wagon & CarriageMaker ! COLLEGE BTREET, BROWNVILLE, - NEB. CUSTOM WORK done on short notice and In a style and manner which will guarantee satlsfac- lion In connection with Mr. Berkley's Wagon Shop MICHAEL SWITZER n.M a BLACKSMITH SHOP! And Is turning out work In first class itvle, having given general satUfactloii In every piece or work w inch has thus far loft his shop. Particular atten tion paid to HORSE SHOEING. ayOIve me a call. Crt-Jim BANK RESTAURANT. GEORGE DAUGRERTY, Proprietor. IVo.37 3Iain street, Brownville. BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. For Stylish Neckties, GO TO THE POSTOFFICE. D GEO. DACGHEUTT S PROPRIETOR, L BANK RESTAURANT! No.37MalnSt. I UROWSTII.LE, NEB. THE SHERMAN HOUSE. -Id Matn-t., Brownville. C. M. KAUFFMAIV', Proprietor FEED STABLE IX C0XXECT102T WITH THE HOUSE. This House has been remodeled and refurnished throughout, and affords the best accommodations in the city to the local and traveling public. It Is csn trallv located. Stages for the West, an Omnibuses for all trains, go from the Sherman Houe. Fair first class, charges moderate. l--f GEO. S. PHILLIPS, Liyery,Feed,o2 Exchange Stables BrownviUe, Nebraska. For Choice Cigars, GO TO THE POSTOFFICE. J. BLAKE, DENTIST 'All Operations Per i formed In the bit s- KSDser. 0-rjcjc; At teslifotz ca V'f'v iinct. Peru Ferry BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THE MEANEST MAN. Vi ell. I thank ye, deaken, I don't much kecr If I do set down nnd talk a inlnll, Here's a cheeae-box handy don't mind a cheer, Yon kin nee the store If anyone's In It. I thought you'd be kind o' curious like About how I did ltl my trip to Jnrsey; Thank the Lord I live In n Christian land. And that I am hack in it whole In mercy. I should judge a man mean whose riches arise From bclliu' mahogany hams, and report ers Tell u yarn of a chap who from dead men's eyes Stole the coppers, and swore cause they wa'nt quarters; And I have seen some men so mean In my day They would skin a flea and make soup of it urter; But, deaken, a Jarsey Quaker, I say. Could bent 'em all at u swap or barter. The fact is detikln that mare of mine, I thought when I went to Jarsey I'd trade her, 8he wasgettln' so old that she'd stand with out tyln', And so boney they said some carpentar made her. But I fed her up smart, nnd filed down her teeth. And I laired a I thought how the feller In Jersey Would swear nrter traden', but sure as you breathe, Ez they say up at court, It wns Just vicy vercy. For down in a town they call Hackensnck, I found at the tavern a meek little Quaker, And he looked at my mare, ez she stood nt the rack, And sez "Iriend. how much money will make thee rorsake Her 7 Thee must know that I've a very nice horse or mine own. But I'm somewhat ask cored, lor he'syoung nnd he'.s frisky." 8ez I, "Mister" assumln' ray plcosantest tone "Let'sgolnto the bar, and we'll sample some Whisky." He sez. Friend, these strong llckers get into my head, And I fear might make me do things as is foolish. But I'll follow thee friend, for it never was sed That Israel Jones did a thing ez wns mul ish." Well, I trented ten times, and Jones drank apple-jack. While I poorty near busted an darned soda water. When I sez to him, "Jones" he was full as a sack If you drive your horse homo you'll be killed, and you'd oughter." Well, the upshot is, deacon, I traded with Jones, My mnro for his horse, nnd I kinder felt pity As I left him there drunk with the bundle of bones. While! drove off his horse on the road to the rlty. But I scarcely had got half a mile when a cuss Yelled out, "There goes one of them darned carpet-baggers Stuck with Jones' blind horse, and I tell you wat's wuss, He cant go si mile, for he's got tho blind staggers." 'Twas gospll truth, deakin, for that erchorise dropped On the road, and was lanced by a surgeon soon after. Who remnrked on his goln' so far 'fore he stopped, Wliile i hose Jarsey men Btood there Just dyln' with laughter. And what did I do with him? Nothtn. tint I Started back to the tavern after Jones, and the fact Is, That Quaker was setting there as straight as ndlo And was swappln'Jack-knlves with a feller for practice. 1 looked square in his eyes, and I sez, "Mr. Jones, Of all Hvin' hogs yo'ur a little the leanest. And at swapplir If your mean oul ever owns You will say of all men you're a little the meanest." But that Jmies he 'ooked up In his meek quiet way. And he says with a grin that wns slmply lnfumous. "Friend, 'twere sinful to tell thee thou llest, but I say I'm convinced that thee never met my brother Amos." Ji. It. MATTERS. A. P. COGSWELL "RISKS TO EX PLAIN. Brownville, Nov. 22nd, 1871. To the Clllzensof the city of Brownville: I take the present opportunity to call your attention to some facts that greatly interest every property hold er of Brownville, and really every citizen, unless itsiiould be some one whose private interests are more to him than the prosperity of the whole people. On the 24th day of June, 1SG9, a railroad convention was held in Kirks ville, Mo. This convention met for the purpose of organizing a company to build a railroad from Quincy, Illinois, west to the Missou ri river. Brownville was represented in that convention by five delegates, namely, Hon. J. S. Church, Dr. Mc Pherson, Dr. J. V. Blackburn, Judgo A. W. Morgan, and A. P. Cogswell. The City Couucil of Brownville au thorized these delegates to subscribe to the capital stock of said company the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, provided Brownville was made the western terminus of this railroad. The delegates succeeded in securing Brownville as the western termini, by subscribing as individual stock, the sum of ten thousand dol lars. Some time during the next whi ter or spring a proposition was sub mitted to the people of Brownville to vote to the Q,., M. & P. railroad, sixty thousand dollars, ten of which was to be in lieu of stock subscribed by the above mentioned delegates at Kirks ville, Mo. Before the proposition was voted uppn, Col. Savage and Mr. King, the President and Secretary of the Q., M. & P. Co., camo to Brown ville, and fiudiug that we wished to organize the Brownville and Fort Kearney railroad company, and had not stock sufficient to do so, they sug gested that this amount (sixty thous and dollars) be voted to B. & Ft. K. Co., to assist iu organizing said com pany, with the understanding that when no orgauized the amount ($60, 000 j was to be delivered to the Q., M. & P. B- R. Co. The Q., M. & P. R. R. Company therefore advertised to let contracts to grade and bridge the road to Phelps. While this was be ing done they auked, and received from Brownville, twenty thousand dollars in city bonds. The Treasurer of the Company tried to negotiate these bonds iu New York, but found it impossible to convert them into cash at auy reasonable discount, and they were, therefore, withdrawn from the market and deposited in the bank of I. & C. H. Bull & Co., Quincy, Illinois, where (with the exception of one bond of five hundred dollars ta ken by Judge C. W. Wheeler on bridge contract) they remain at this tit, FrtlllBg t?glltbe bonds, tho THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1871. grading and bridging from Brown- erly representing the- wishes of the ville to Phelps had to he paid for by people of Brownville, the people the Q , M. & P. Co., which, you will should say so. While Messrs. Ad observe, was money advanced by the ams and King were in Brownville company to accommodate Brownville i Mr. Lett stated to them that hu wish The Q., M. & P. Co. expected to com- ! ed to uje the bonds ($40,000) to secure plete that piece of road during the j a connection with the B. & M., or summer of '70, but not being able to ' some ether road. Mr. Atkinson said sell our bonds it neeessarially bad to j that they wished to use them to help lay over until '71. It will be remem bered that the city of Quincy voted to the Q., M. & P. R. R. Co., five hundred thousand dollars, but before thee bonds co.vld be issued the Leg islature of Illinois had to legalize the vote, which was done after a hard struggle during the winter of 1870 and 1871. The bill no sooner passed than it was vetoed by the Governor of Illinois. Consequently it had to be passed over his veto, or all was lost. But the Q., M. & P. Co., equal to any emergency, and backed up by the city of Quincy, triumphantly passed it over the Governor's head, thus legalizing the bonds and insur ing the completion of the road. After all this had been done only a portion of the bonds could be issued until July, 1871 ; and, when you take into consideration the fact that all the bonds voted by Quincy, ami the northern tier of counties in Missouri, (amounting to nearly two million dol lars), has been voted conditionally, that it is to be paid as the work pro gresses ; the Quincy bonds having been tied up; the Brownville bonds on deposit; uearly ten thousand dol lars in cash expended between Brown ville and Phelps ; nearly fifty miles of road completed west of Quincy ; the enormous expense of locating the whole road from Quincy to Brown ville ; canvassing, officers' salaries, etc., etc. it is certainly no wonder built from the spring that the road was not Brownville to Pheips by of 1871. Up to the spring of 1S71 Brownville had done all that she had agreed to do, and the Q., M. & P. Co. had no cause of complaint, and was making arrangements to complete the road to Phelps and east as far as the Tarkio, (10 milss). in the summer of 1S71. During the spring of 1S71 it was ru mored that H. C. Lett, the President of the Brownville, Fort Kearney and Pacific Railroad Company, was try ing to use these bonds to secure a con nection with some other road. In fact Mr. Lett declared that the people of Brownville demanded that he should use hese bonds for that pur pose, (that is the forty thousand dol lars not issued, belonging to the Q., M. & P. Co.) After such statements being made, ami it being understood that he was trying to make negotia tions with the B. &, M. road, the Di rectors of .the Q., M. & P. R. It. be gan to fear that their bonds would be used, and if they completed tho road to Phelps they would lose the bonds entirely. They, therefore, sent their Secretary, Col. George S. King to Brownville, to make the following arrangement: These bonds to be is sued, placed in the hands of a trustee, (some person in Brownville,) to be delivered to the Q., M. & P. Co. when they completed the road to Phelps. The Q., M. & P. Co. agreeing to com plete the same by November 1st, 1S71, or to never lay claim to the bonds; the bonds not to bear any interest un til November 1st, or when the road should be completed. They farther propofed to complete, if possible, the road eiHt to the Torkio, by December 25th, 1871. This proposition wa.- re fused by the oflkers of the B., Ft. K. & P. Co. -Mr. King returned home, a meeting of the Directors of the Q., M. & P. Co. was had, Mr. King's ac tion in the premises endorsed, and Judge George Adams, one of the Di rectors, and Mr. King sent again to Brownville under the same instruc tions. They came, tried to have the matter arranged, but failed a- before, and went home feeling that the' had been badly tieated, and to use their own expressions, insulted. While Messrs. Adams & King were here they met the Directors of the Brown ville and Fort Kearney Company, to whom they made their propositions. During the discussion I remarked that if the citizens of Brownville knew all the facts in this case, and were not in any way influenced by the officers of the B., Ft. K. & P. Co., they would unanimously say issue the bonds atouce. The arrangement was then made to have a meeting of the citizens of Brownville the next night. Messrs. Adams, King and myself were anxious for the meeting, and the Directors agreed to it ; but the next day Messrs. Lett and Atkin son refused to have anything to do with the meeting, and stated as one reason that the people would get en thusiastic on the subject, but it would not reflect the wish of the people. Another reason was that Mr. Tisdol, (who is one of the Directors of this company,) had said that if lh people did vote, at the meeting, to have the j bonds issued he would not sign them. I could hardK believe it possible, but went immediately to see Mr. TIsdel, the Maj'or of Brownville, when he told me that he would not fcigo the bonds if the meeting all voted for them to be issued. Mr. Lets further stated, as a reason for not having the meeting, (this statement was not made 'to Adams and King,) that he was afruid that Adams and King would Le Insulted at the meeting. To speak plain the3 backed oot of the meeting, and bj the earnest request of Adams and King I let It pass without doing as I believed I ought to have done, ap pealed at once to the people ; for, if Messrs. Ltt and Atfeiflgos $ro prop- build the B.. Ft. K. & P. R. R. They further stated to them that the peo ple of Brownville did not desire the road completed to Phelps now. They preferred to wait until the road was built to Mar.vsville, Mo. In fact they impressed the idea that Brownville people did not care about it being fin ished to Phelps as it would not be of any use to them. Now is this possi ble ? Is it tiue that Brownville does not want to issue these bonds, when by doing ao she could seenre railroad connection in the next sixty days? Is it possible that she wants to be iso lated, cut off, left odt in the cold ? Do the people roalize, for a moment, that by the issue of these bonds they not only have railroad connection at once, but thev will securej to them selves a road (the Quincyj Missouri and Pacific) that will be.worth more to Brownville than all the roads that have ever been talked of being built to this city. If Brownville ever gets a bridge across the Missouri river it will be built by the Q., M. & P. Co. November 1st I had the pleasure of being one of an excursion party who took a ride over the east end of the Q.f M. & P. Railroad, and when I stepped aboard the train at West Quincy, heard the cry, "All aboard for Brownville," and the cars sped on westward, over the best new road I ever saw, I began to realize what had been done, and, that, within a few months, this great road would strike the Missouri river. And let me say right here that it remains with Brownville to say now whether or not this is the crossing for the Q., M. & P. Railroad. Time is precious. When Adams and King ofiered to complete the road to Phelps'by Nov ember 1st, the people said that it was too long to wait, but November 1st has come and passed, and still the citizens of Brownville are paying a heavy tax on everything shipped to their city. They still have the pleas ure of dragging through the mud to and from Phelps, and the satisfaction of paying seventy-five cents for the privilege of being transported to Phelps at the rate of two and a half miles per hour. Nemaha county is paying heavily for everything that is shipped to Phelps and hauled to Brownville. The farmers have the gratification of knowing that they are receiving less for grain anil pay ing more for good3 than at other points, consequently farmers living within six miles of Brownville to day are hauling produce to Humboldt for a market. That being the case, before many weeks all west will haul to Tecumseh, northwest to Nursery Hill, north to Nebraska City, and south to Falls Citv and Salem. What will support Brownville without an immediate outlet? Peo ple may say that this is plain talk. It is time to talk plain, we have had Beerecy enough. Do something now or let the grass grow in your streets. Every day people are leavingyou and others making arrangements to leave as soon as possible. Rats leove a sink ing ship. Brownville should be a large city. She will be if her people do tVeir duty. Men make cities; lo cation, never. Every man should look to it and see that his interests are protected. Those who are opposed to the issuing of these bonds will Bay they are not going to give sixty thous and dollars for three miles of road. You are not giving it for three miles of road, you are merely subscribing that much stock to the road, and by that act you secure not only three miles, but two hundred and thirty miles of road, and what is more have the Western terminus and a sure shing of the bridge. Why you have voted to donate, to give, to the Trunk Road one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. You have voted to the B. Ft. K. & P. R. R. by the county one burred and eighteen thousand dol lars, and by Brownville Precinct one hundred thousand dollors, the bonds of which are all ready issued and drawing interest. The Q. M. & P. Road is worth more to Brownville than both of these roads, and yet you hesitate to take sixty thousand dol lars stock in this rood when it givej you immediate relief, advertises your town, brings emraigration, fills your empty houses, saves every fami ly in the city from one to five dollars a week that they pay now on freight that is collected of them by express on groceries, and in fact everything that is brought to the city by rail. Those opposed to issuing the bonds will claim that the Quincy road must come here. I admit that it U the case, uut rail road and business men ought to know that it would be verj build a branch from Rock Creek Rock Port, Mo. cross the river at Ne maha City.and doall the busimg' over the branch road, make the town 'at or below Nemaha CU3, and still have Brownville the terminus. There is no dispostion to do this unless the3 are driven to it. Thej have sent their committee twice to ask for the bonds. The have both times been refused. At the regular qnarterlj meeting of the Board held in West Quince the first Wednesda3 in August lost, Tap pealed to the board to complete this piece ot road, assuring them that when .. done thsy Bnou.d have tne Donas, iney retlisetl &V asking j c39 hov It "S'aa pefeiMe for tJtta to VOL. 16 NO. 6. get the bonds when efforts were be ing made to negotiate them with oth er companies. A copy of the resolution passed at that meeting can be found in tlie hands of the City Clerk' of Brown ville and also in hand of the Secreta ry of the B. Ft. K. & P. company. This resolution was adopted without one dessenr'nig voice except my own. Li conclusion, Twill gay that I have tried to present the case clearly be fore you. It now remains with you. IT you endorse tho action' of the B. Ft, K, tfc P. Co. then I have been mistaken and have misrepresented you ana mem, u on tnc contrary you want the bonds issued say so at once. I would not have felt that I had done my duty to myself as a citi zens of Brownville or my duty t 3011 as your d rector, without laying all the facts before you. As to the re spetcability, responsibility and char sctor of the Directors of the Q. M. &, P. R. R. I would refer you to J. II. Broady, J. D. Calhoun and John Mer cer, gentleman well known in Brown ville. I am very respectfully A. P. Cogswell. HtHlMOX HISTORY, The Chroitoltr y or tlie Snlntk. Latter-Say The existing crisis in Utah lends iniercst to- the following sketch of Mormon history, furnished to the New York Herald by Elder Ernest Lisle : Joseph Smith, tho prophet and founder of the Church, was born in the State of Vermont, in the year of our Lord 1S05. The designs of Heav en were first made known to him at the early age of fifteen, when he was informed in a, vision of the utter apos tasy of the primitive Church. Sep tember 22, 1827, Joseph Smith receiv ed from the hands of a messenger from the Lord the golden record, con taining the ancient history of this continent, written by various proph ets, and concealed by Morodi in the year 420. Joseph was then informed that'he was to be an instrument in the band of God to re-establish His Church on the earth in its former purity and holincs. The prophet then proceeded to translate the gold en records. 1S30 The uiuirch" was ed. 1833 Our people suffered great per secution at Independence Mo. 1S37 Elders and priests were sent to the different nations of the earth m order fo 'stHb.ish the "Church". 1 iiriiiioiiinii 1 mm iiiirin 1S3S Persecution raged. Thei !,. ... u.-...i :.." .!. k-jI IMIMUlCl J3Ul-lllC Willi lin- llil.ltis ft- ..--1- - 1 r 1 ' kiiu ajwi w .ii.iui, 11; i uuiur iir i:u l. till his ene-lies by a second Judas-a or,k.r from he 'Ki Chaulks IL, professed iriend . Shartly ntterward ! to arrest thl. firu b' ,H dowu' Gov. Boggs of Missouri issued his . To thijJ messJRe fe Lorci order of extermination followed by I ,, crlecl Hke :v j.fi, , woman -the massacre of a number of our peo-j .Lffn, , w.hllt 0llll Ilo? Am spent; l,lY"L ""V- l"c- . . . .. 1835 The people began to build Nauvoo. III. 1811 The eorner stone of the Nau voo Temple was laid by the prophet. 1S44 Joseph prophesied that .our people would be driven to the Rocky Mountains. 1S41 The prophet and his brother were murdered in the prison at C-ir- .1 rn 11.. : .... : r..i i:r. ..ci niKC 1... .L,,.i..u; ui. irmiuu. .n u . niii ij -nine juus iiu ii.-- tiucaiuu. 1 frioil nml liniiiirnl.lv- fwrniif tori iw.r f forty times, which so-incensed hi.- en emies that they shed the blood of in nocent men. Before going to orison Joseph said, in a prophetic manner, x hi but I Christian ministers, attacked Nauvoo, ..n.l n hnlth. w.i fiuorhf ,0, ,.,, ... e- I -v-... 1 iniu 1 nt; i.uuiis nuui -.iilli.(H) be gan. A Mormon regiment v to Mexico by order of the States. 1847 President Young Utah, known at that lime Great American De-ert. ns ent United 1848 The mob set the temple in Nauvoo on fire. 1S52 Revelation of polygamy first made known. Since that time we have caused Utah to blossom a- the rose, reared the mo?t moral 1 it v on earth, and, while President Young has governed us. known little or no crime, withstood two Military expe ditions, have been applauded for our firmness ami called by the London Times a nation of heroes, and I here aflirm that we area 1 0311 1, law nbit ',i,i;,lir ' tb-'n ' " people, and desire nothing more the prosperit3 of our Territor3 Aldcrncy Cowi for Uattr. Among a verj large class of farmers, the current expenses of the household are paid from the proceeds of a pouitr3 and of a small Lutter daily, wt.ioh as under the management of the farm-1 ers wife. For her benefit then would ": not bo well to urge over and over again the importance of keeping the ' . "' 1. ",",t',"v:-J eitvwr. divided. r .., -i i uiiiu uii'u: li lieu writ" uia'iiv t'b- TnU"?; lr f yr T m " Tf If "'. and of the seven others that otrense toward God and -toward ullj. eft were MJ0Ie half-consumed udered in clutbKod " " h',l!- Tacitus, xvho, in the lotl, ,U S 5 arge mob. td on bv two ""' J J"" tun to cimii .-7 it .luiiiuiri r ' --.. 5 .. : .-.. .1 KM.,A -,.... ....!.. .!,. best breeds of poulto and tbu best 1 tary victims to the flame-. 1-irst on breeds of cattle for their milk and the ixth da says Tacitus, the con butter producing qualities? 1 flagiMli.m was arretted, after the We find that very many farmers, in ' houses far and wide around had been fact they muke up the majority in torn down, an that the sen of flume en Ohio and Indiana, who own from ' countered nothing but empty space, forty to one hundred acres of land, j After a short Interval, however,-tho have cattle of inferior size anil t conflagration bur-t forth in another neither good for meat or milk. Their ! place. But this place was less crowd-farm-are too small to warrant them ; ed with dwellings, and fewer lives in indulging iu "8hort-Horii3," so1 were lost, and tho chief ruin fell upon the are cou tent with scrubs of thet certain houses of the gods, and ujmui vilest kind, and their wives are tool houses devoted to amusement. As in often expected to buy the family , the instance of Chicago, so in Rome, groceries and clothing with their Incendiaries were busy spreading tho chickens and eggs and with the butter' fire, even in the presence of the peo made from these poor excuses of cows J pie. To all these the writerof this would ' An ineiden' of the disa-ter. an Inci recomend a breed that is becoming djntcompar.itively Insignificant at the . a . very popular iu the Ea-tern states, time but nn-mm.-ii.ie sruce and forever r " 1 but rareh; seen in Ohio, viz: the A1-" was iu fact, that Nkro, tn divert 5113 eek near I (jenu.y True ihey are small, but the picion and odium from himseif. caus- iarmer wno can sen nut one or two' cu tne unriimnsot tlie cit charged calves or steers-each season, cannot' with the crime s of having set it on fire, afford to sacrifice milk to size. He ; Of course no evidence sustained tho keeps three or four cowa chiefly for Emperor's charge, but abhorred by their milk or butter, not to make the Pgau3 ignorantl3 regarded as money from the hale of stock. The "enemiet- of the human race " a great Alderney is the finest breed for butter' multitude of them, under pretxt of the making in the world, their milk be-'offense alleged, were put to death ng almost a rich as ordiuar3 cream. ' amidist the cries of derision and insult They are easily kept, are ver3 docile, Some were enveloped in the skins of and even the males of the breed are animals and devoured by dogs, others not breach3. In order to introduce were crucified, while others covered tins breed among the Ohio farmers let iu uitvu uuiviii; kite vsiiiij iiiriiiera lei half a dozen join together and buy a. throughbred Alderuey bull, and bv judicious crossing with good grade cows, thev mav soon have tho best nf .VjTrorth'e'g labor exnended on thfirsonihet.-vL- j Oor. Qti tnrrrjH Isfiz. ---. hv wwwu.ft "- - v w t AOYKKTIMNG RATES. SPACE. I. Half inch Ouulncli.. Two Inrhw Thre Inches.... Si.TlnchcN .. Twelve I noht-s Onecolnmii- JUOO-JlJiJiOOiSO f.Vj5.0O J S.Ofi 1..JJ iti .J.WJ. J.WI a-Wl "' , :, 3.)J -UMi 5.M 7.00, 10.68 X.0O' 4.00 5.00 8.0)1 ;io.on.i5.co! S.f' S.lKCO'li(,18.0T),2S.CO! )ni ini lsm ino"sno.4n) IfcCO IS. I'd o.ro" eaw lo.ini a.oo J5.cu saw 45.(w eaoo uo.cn r.ejrnl advertisements at legal rates: One fijaare. (elchtline of Agate space, or IbmO first insertion I,0f: each.-uib.-equPtit Insertion. ri0c 3A1 rranicieat advertisements must be paid for In advance. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. EcenanesBBKncicaKSssB CITIES BLTINT. The appalling calamity which tho fair city of Chicago has been over whelmed and turned into desolation, can hardly fail to be wisely interper-. ted to thcadvuntageofothercitiesaud tovn it. i.ecting on the perfection at length attained in the contrivance and construction nf machinery forcx twiguishin!; and arresting fire, and on the completeness of the arrangements for its application, people have some times hastily assumed that a confla gration so extensive and runioua had been rendered simply impossible. The truth is that tire is as it always has been, the most dreadful enomy of' cities It is remarkable that the perils of its hostility are commonly so little taken hin practical account; that raw 4&n 6vernroscn cicmCnt which mav nt 1 a nnv iiioiiit-iii -'el the upper hand and cause general desolation, it does not more steadily ocupy the thoughts and command the vigilence of men who.-e persons and property arc constantly exposed to its possible ravages. Dr. Johnson said that ''the confla gration of a city with all its tumultof concomitant distress, is one of the. most dreadful spectacles which the world can offer to human eyes." To any one who merely imagines tho scene, the teuiark seems strictly just, and it will, doubtless, be fully verified by details of the Chicago calamity yet to be received. No conflagration of equal extent has ever occurred- upon, the Western Continent, nnd in view of the splendor of many of the edifices de-str yed, of the aggregate misery, which areamonjr its consequences, tho burning of Chicago will rank with, nuist memorable events of the kind in history. By the New York fire of December 10, 1635. only six hundred and forty-eight houses, and property worth only twenty millions of dollars, were destroyed, while very few hu man lives were lost. To find a his torical parallel of the Chicago fire wo must go back to the great lire of London, which raged from the 2nd to the Gth of September, inclusive, lOGii. Its ruins covered 430 acres. Eighty nine churches, (including St. Paul's) the city gates, the Royal Exebunge, the Custom House, Guildhall, Sioji College and about thirteen thousand two hundred private houses were con sumed. In consequence of the des truction of their dwellings, two hun dred thousand persons were compelled to encamp in the fields near the city. In Pui.i'Ys's Memoirs under the year the reader will find many interesting details concerning the event Hia first entry is September 2nd, Lords Jnv. Some of car muiN sUiini: up 1-te Iu.-,t iiiuht to gi tltlnxfi ready uam.st our feast to-day, June CMltal ii up itb'ntt th: e In the mornix, to tell uh otimrp.it Urn 1 hey saw iu the city. So I arose ami Iiwd on my light eown rihI t nt ton window : nnd'thnuvht it to he on the back side of Mark'-Ijine.at ttietarthest -hut being unuj-od to such tiros in folio wed, I tlsotigiu it iur enough II and so went to bed. ! again, und to aleep, The flra originated in the King's r lane. 1. . - baker's house, in Puddiu: i-fi "lcmioiuiuii me uny it - : . .. . At -I meeting ..... T ..-.1 Af....- l.1,m,.l,ft-n .; ueonJo will not nln-v me. T h:ive bee j millmt, d(nVi. 10les . but the tiro overtakes us faster than we can do it.'" Plpvi: cleswhere writes of the fire as "a niot horrid bloodv flame, not like the malicious, fine flam;; of an ordinary fire." To find another conflagration of equal mnguitude mot at; incident of war) we must go back to the year H' of fhe Chrstinn er:lt w.he (.otl61tJer.. ble portion of Rome was laid in ashed, including tlie Imperial p-ib.ceand tho gardens of Macaenas. The poptihi- j tion of the city at the time somewhere 1 i...r...r 1 -Mo linn .....1 rwvi tnr i j t,Je rorU,e' Hl I K.-11 l.-UV.'K'J 4IIIH J.lAT'.'J'll. Vfc regions which fouroiiiv remained ..- wi... ..-.....-. ...ii.- u:i,lf:ui.ui-u I lllil.ofHMl 111.lt.f lw. 4 rt. . .:..? fry-. I in accident or in the m!i 'd of the Emperor, Ni:uo. When it began ho was at Antium. and did not ri-r'urn to the uitv until his. fftlaee began to bo iwuui i iur ui?ru-, c 3 llldb 11 n-j a . ' ! 'n ''ftnKer- e snowed himself very r J kind in providing accomodations for as ,ne,tjie V;igt mti't tudes rendered ! homeless, throwing open for their it ! the Campus Martins, the palace of I Agrippa and his own gardens, caused : great numbers of sheds to be run up 111 temporary shelters, and hud hu(is j hold furniture brought from Otin, and I from the villas nrotind Rome. He al ! so reduced the price of grain. These- acts of kindness, however, did not help him with the people, who fullv I believed the current report that, whifa ! the city was burning, his maiestv ! amused;himselfin his domestic theatre I exhibiting the destructou of Trow in fact it was well known that he wanted the city destroyed that he might re build it in bis own way, andafteh to it his own name-. Among the many details of the scene mentioned bv Tacitcs were thy lamentations of i women, children ami hodple.-s old persona; the vain attempt of the nco- ple to save their property, and a des pair from fuilure or lroin the loss of friends, which prompted manv to abandon all effort-; and to fall voltin- , with pitch, were set up and burnt as . w iiu iuiuu. wcmaeLU, j candles to lighten the : It is interesting to k streets. now that Rome was rebuilt, not in much finer stvle. but on a nlnn more favornhln m'rlwv I "' '"" "ff Anv thini' van wnnt hnt. rtrr rronr7 j r r - --- wai . m .VU-Ik3 j 23d 2ii$2i prlcw ajgte gtoyg, 9, gjt