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About Dakota City herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1857-1860 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1860)
Slahota (tilnincralb D. VIoLAOjIILI. E litor Watnidav- Mll, Jaaaary 7. 160. TAKK SOTH K I Hi waut a first rate practical printer, on who uodrtands th printing bosln teth.ir- 'fihly, a partner in th F.raM oflije . To out who eau com well recommended for itduatry, integrity and vohrirty ;ood induce asents are off'rd. No larja outly ef r.pital trill t required,. Tub cii ARLnsTo dklfxatm The eloctlnn of Delegates to at'cod t!.e National Drsaorritic Convention t Charlt-Moit t J the Domocratlo Central Committee of iMn Territory, wee a very nowise movement. Ee 'Jre this the selection f rfniature. If Nrra.ka 1 admitted a a Statu, into the l'n iu lute to jwt ber tot at tbe tut Prea Hential election, It la but proper thnt li e Psinirretio party should have an opportunity f aelecling lr own delegates, and give an prrtsloa of preference for some one of the number who are known to be candidate fi r (he nomlnatloo. Nearly all the delegat-a Oeeted In the elates, time fnr, both Nortli and South, bare been Instructed to vole fur eomo partlonlar man, or were chosen on account of their well known preference tor lome one of tlii Preeidrntial candidates. We have no ob Je tun to the jtenllemtn (circle 1 ae dclegatea fraio tbia Territory, other llian the manner of their selection. To that we do 1 Jeot. We lor one, w tub to hate an opportunity of ex .i easing a choice by the selection of dclrgatra who e proclivities are known, or who may be be i ii -1 1 nctod for whom to vote. To have a fow a. en kK''tu lo at the llerodon Uoune, in t'n i.lin, and do the aaleotion of delegate to i o t ilu .uira.vH, a4id ihauiselves only, end t ape i-1 the Democracy to endorse their acts, ly Totiug fur eomebody who might chance to t ooiuinstol ly the.e dlertm, in placing too hgh nu estimate upon tLeoviilves and too low a one upon the party, Thia matter can lie fettled when rucuiUin of the CunMitutioiial Convention are cboieu if we are to bavo any and an expression of the sentiment of the Pumnoralio party obtained. To prevent a mvunderrtandiii( arid the (election of twi ,,U. of delegate-, wo counsol auother mtet i g if she Committee tul the undoing of what they have ione. The acloctiolt of dele gates belong! of right to the party auJ we nre disposed to teethe party exoraiso all itsrigl.ta iu thin respect. A VISIT TO ST. JOII.VM At one o'clock, prrnisly, on Wednesday the 88th day of lust month, we straddled a nngof the Mustang order, And wrro torm jolting westward, on our way to a town that boasts of the reverential nnme if 8t. John'B. It etug the first time we had ventured outside the corporate limits of Iakota City, uulees to cross over iuio Iowa, we dntertniu-) 1 to nj tiee things 00 oor way. We were purtiaular ly impresxed with tha lieauty, of the country, the richuena of the suit, tho abundance of timber, aud the evident nvtiks of thrift and Industry, everywhere discernahlo. At a dis tance of three miles, lrng measure, aud an hours'e leisure jogging, we reached the town jf Logsn. Logan is situated oa the Missouri bottom alongside the river, lias a good hotel, a saw and grist mill, and hears unmiHtakable sins of hiving been knocked lu tho head There was time when Logun was thejjt.iwn of this county; but bid times operato 1 on it woefully Leaving this place we bore to tho Northwest, for a mile or in ire, aud were soon in the rjeiijhboihoo I of the Logan Timber. Hero a taw mill was ruling and blowing at a furious ra'.o, and men were .busying themselves in ivigeting logs intuit arid lumber out of it There we altered onr course and went aa Bear )y west as the curves and angles in the road would permit. On either Ide were au'ig h.iusaa on every llf mile of ground, up and down the bottom, aa far as the e"e could reach. Standing in the rear, or oil lo one side of eearly al', ware stacks f hay and grain ; and each houae had ts rrib of coru hun ly la whiih Ibe bujhols Oi.uld be caiintod by the hundred. Hre was the first wheut we saw in the Te rrltoty we took (mius rains ta in quire Into tho renult of the erop nn 1 found that spring wheat does exceedingly well The lowekt average yield we heard of was furty buthcls to the tors, and lh hi'umi, I ft y three. We heard of but one man that raised winter wheat, but wore unable to learn what eureeaa he had. The current opinion Is tba winter wheat would not thrive Well, in cooeiijooe of the bard frosts, and the land being stripped of snow by the wild winda of a Nebraska winter. Nevertheless, we think good crops of winter wheat can be raised, If the seed grain ia plowed into the ground to the depth of four or fire inches. Thia wou i protect the roots of Ibe wheat from exposure (0 the frosts and air, when the ground up heaves in the spring.- In due time tit. John's hove in eight and va hove ia tiyht of 8t Johu'a. The town is not atartliuglj large, but what it laoke ia immens ity lame re than wade up ia beauty of location From the llliiffs wbioh evtrhang the town, and Which alto foi m part of the town limits, the eyaeau samltr ovr a large portion of Dakota Territory, Nebraska Territory, aud the tfiut of Us. Sioux City, Dakota City, Logan, endOuia li en be eeen very plainly from the plaee. We visited the mill uf the Traey Broth ers, aal found it b a 'arge new building, ia which there ia a circular taw four f-et in diameter, a ruu of atone, and a machine to (iv shingles. It being a holiday Week there ti uo ..ppjrtuuity of ju.ining of its mar iu. . ue mi.l has a good n pu'an on and sd la p.atenal'y t the eppearana rf t' a e There i but one More to niaiaier to the wants f the emumuoity, while more are nee I d Si. John's lean Irish Catholic settlement and wae founded by the "St. Petri. Va Colony," iu 1357. Ret J. F. Trary in tl.e resident . pator, and his mission Is an attentive ere, reaching to lb liliclfett nation on the IPest, . an far North ioto Nebraska and 1'iikota Ter I ritories, as the J ale of oiviliiilion extends, Into all Northwestern l..wa, and to below the On aha rteverve in Nct.raaka We have only l a liniilrj ac'j'iairilance Wi'h hii.l yet, hut he I ohm the rv me ef an ernuiir an I acrumpli-iie 1 i erhoUr nd an agreeat.lc peri?le'iri A j t'athnllo Churcli waa t rocte 1 in the pacela-t fpiir n bur it m n't entirely tui-livd j t We j ha 1 not t ir.r f.. viit iLi entire beltlt inent, at !r a prrtry lnrj;e one, nun.!-rinu upward of 1 cirhty f'itr,:,!ie. It ie al.out iuuc ii i lei from I' lVr-t City, in thia county. While theie, we were the purt of Juhn ! Ileffeinon, T.k., aud Jol.u J. Ti ai y, 1N , aud I e'jo;rd the ftenuine Iriah hospitality of b. th the? rrntlemen, to an alarming m ut IttlMEHTFAD KXKMPTIOJI We (I i want a HurnetiUad liiempiic n Law, nn I hope to ace our Legielutut pats one be- ! lore it a'j itir ns. The noci ity fur eiempting a reasotiaMo au.i unt of propeitv tny five hundrej dollars worth is growing, daily, mora nppiirent. Tho failure of the oor man to nivet his agreements now usually results la his being stripped of l,'n houi-e ami home, and turned out to the tender mercies uf a cold uncharitahlo worM. Aciident, dUet.ne, or death frequently places it out of the power of of mauy to Instantly comply with the condi- lions ''nominated lu the boud," aud modern Bhylocka will insist on having the " pound of flesh." An inebriate, or reckless bead of a family, can make contracts, the Don fulfil ment tit whicS ensures hardships and misery to his family. These cases occur too often, and in a majority of them innocent parties suffer. IU'sidea, the Innumerable reasons that might be given as humane Arguments, for the a J.)p;im of such a law, it is, undoubtedly, the duty if the Territory to protect itself from Ibe rapt ure of supporting taupcrs; aud many can Lo made such, when there is no protco liuu thrown uroiiul I lie f.unily hearth. I'l!TI.XTI.iItT. We feo thiitLir H'ykln. tliroiijh hisener lies, Ims gyt his joint menioiial an 1 resolutionH throuvb tliu Council, asking Congrens to make immediate appropriation to build a l'eni- tenliary for this Territory, nnd that the eninu bo located at lHllevne. We nincerely hope that thia sul ject will receive an early nnd fa vorable action from CongreMS, aHRi'otiiti'htiary at this time in very much uoedod, nnd Bollevue from its oeutrr.l positiou in the Territory, its proiimity to pleuly of gravel, stone and tim ber, nnd other reasons not neoepsary to enum erate, in the very place for it. Daily AViros A n. We think otherwise, and hopo TelleTUO will not he selected as the site of the Penitentia ry if an appropriation is made by Congress for that purpose. It is not a fair shake to have all the edifices erected and appropria tions squandered in the immediate vicinity of the Platte. Properly speaking. Dakota City is more centrally located than Itellevtie, and justioe to Northern Nebraska de.nan Is that thia should be the point selected aa the site N e have plenty atone, and plenty timber hard wood timber, too, and since not one dollar haa ever been appropriated for the benefit cf this upper country, or rather it has never received a dnllar'a benefit from appro priations made to the Territory, we demand thia thing r.s a right llollovue, from its prox imity to tlmaha, n:u-t have been the recipi ent of many a dollar of the foO.OOO, appro priated to build a Cnpitol at Omaha. Betides this, it most be benefited annually, by the disbursement of twenty or thirty thou-and dollars at the Capital. What are our men. hers doing in the Legis lature that Dakota City could not have her claims urged ? Gents, bestir yourselvos I IVDIAX Ml KIIKKBO. A week ago last Wednesday, Frank West shot an Indian in the streets of Niobrara, killiij hi 111 inetantly. The Indian had engag ed to sole a pair of moccasins for him by a oertain day, and coming to town the day ap pointed, cicused b'msoir 011 the ground of having tio siuewa to woik with. West laid hold of the re I man's b'auket, saving, as ho endeavore 1 to take it from his shoulders, he would keep that until the moccassics were returned. The ludiaa hold on tn his black' t and while tliey were tunneling got hold of a stick, with which he threatened West if he did not release his hold on tho hlanket. We t d.d tcltire hio luMii Imi at the same instant drew hie revolver arid luvnliUtt it at the breast of the ludiau, fired, and killed him on the apct r. . - .. .A . ... i oiici ierable excitement prevailed among the Indiaae and it was lh.iujhl they would tako Vf.st'a scalp in revenge. TKI.WtCKKLY MAIL TO PO.VOA. The eitisena north of here, need the eatab liahment of a tri-weekly mail from thia City to Ponca. There is now a tri weekly mail from Sioux City t Logan that benefits no one We doubt very much whether the route av erager one letter a month. An tfforl shnuM be made to have that route ahollaheJ, a.i one createi from here to Poooa that will p( through Ligan and St. John'e. We also need a mail, weekly at least, between here and R -rgcaiita llliifj. r ABino.ia. Silk dresses mad with a high plain cort ege, aod rounied k xly and waistband, ara In fashion iu I'a'is. Tha aleevag are tight, aud r muiiiiriiiCT at in ..p Dj a Jockey, whloh is fcl it up ta h iwid lie aud ornamented with a ruche of rtbOoa to match the colore of the robe. Ia diees, there is system eetablishad at Couapeigo, that eretue "rushing the fa kion." Four toilvta a t'ay are about the geuerl re qiirernent, thoagn there are days wkea only three are necessary ; the invitations are for eight dy, an I no lady is expected to be ice a tw ce wa.inj the same flmu. ii w i'ii i hi 1 1 i nin i .a tV. W MK 05 TIIR I'KIOI. A Richmond (Va ) eorre"pondeti! of the New Vork Iltrnld ay: ' I waw present, to day, at a eonv;rtion between Gov Wine and aeveml rnemhera f'f the Legiilature, on arjects relating to the Harper'e Ferry outbreak. One of the mem- her asked the Governor what he thourht of the Union row. The Qovernnr'a rrjjiy wan, thaf A hrlifttd it to it at tiri ng it tver. The metuher, in utter urprine. aked him to Hate bi rcaxons f r the etranga belief. The Gov. uid that thre were elementa enough etill ei ii ti-jgto bold the Union tgather; that the relation of these elements to each other were of a character ao etrong and abiding aa to render their feverance next to impooiib'a The Union was, he enid, prowlng too faet r n I a temporary check or difficulty, iucb aa the reent agitation aeemsto present, won iot table ; hut he heieved that, in ten yeara, the Union woeld he stronger and more cr.ilda ted than it ever hat been. Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, reoommende the legislature of that State to prohibit by hiw. under nevere pcualticfi, the marriage of c MLS. lie aays that the iuiheoiles, insane, deaf niutss, aud blind, in the aiiit-n nt a iy lume of that State, who are the offsprings of coumns, constitute sixteen twentieths i f the whole number. IIj olnims it the right and duty of a atate to protect itself eguiimt the evil and expense, by forbidding euoh unions. i-rrcaident Tierce intends to puss the winter at the Iiahauia Inlands. The place hat teco recotneaded by the best medical author ty in Vorton, ae proniirlrg by its olimate and . ofier surroundings, trneficial remits to the health uf Mrs. Tierce, which it is found can not sustain the severity of the New EogUud winters. Mexico has bad fifty-oix presidents since the establishment of the republio in 1322. That'a about one for each eight months. A Southern paper aays: " llelpor'a boek is nothing in itself, but its endi nement by eiiry-elght members of Congress ia by no means a trifle," Sixty-eight members of Con gress, then, eaa make eomething out of noth ing. Qerrit Smith is recovering. Ilia wife was , p-r netted to visit VP a few days aro, and it is thought he will goon be able to retura to his home The family look to a re-union of all its Bicmbaraxt Peterbore' on Christmas day. The O'.d fl . nth Church, in Beston hue an annual iiionmo from its real estate of nearly J0,()(K). It ).as two ministers, and pays eaoh or them a salary of $4, 000. It nls supports a fieo chapel, and oontributee lib erally to city rniasiotis and other cuaritalbe purposes. A dippatob to aCiiictiinnti paper announces tbo death of lion. Linn Boyd, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. He has been in fee ble honlth for twelve months and had become so exhausted by suturing, that his life, 11 sev eral occasions, was despaired of. He ii o'joscd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, I ii it summer on the tioket with Beriah Mago ffin. Previously he had served twleve conse outive aa a member ef Congress from Ken tucky, and for two years of the time was Mpeaker of that body. tlT Would it not be well for the County Com- Diiesionere to authorize the publication of their proceedings in the Tltrlnd. The citizenB of the county would like to be informed in respect to thiogs that oorne under the com miHtlouers consideration. The cost to tho county would be ouly trifling compared te the satisfaction that would be given. Llgh should not he hid under a bushot. NOTICE. "18 HKRKBY OIVKX, that P..I.1I Propo.ala tie I r-coll at lha ofltea of th County Clerk, of Pakota lounty, i paxma city, until tli tat day of Knhrutry DHXt, unlit lo o'olork ofaal.t dy, foa the emotion of a nnm court tiuua tor rli Couvtrat Dakota Cltr. Tha plan and ape! -atinna fur aat'l buliainu c'aa k .u w tu oai 01 in oounty Clnra. HidJera will be re-iulnj to atato In thulr proponal ni arlisa tuna at which th.y will nunpUta an Id kulUlii.K ; tb ilu, not to od twoyoara from tha aIJ Ut day of Phruary, A. D. lMtO. Compraatlin a.r aald work to b In County (Vtm, - .m'.uwuu ... m r. id inaviau4 auoacnpiiou, .uu wi'nj 1;. mmia naaaia i;ny, lllddara will also atat how, and at what tlaica. they daalr said cmiualicn. Th Comniialonra of aald County In awarding a eontract, as alior. reeerv th right of arVilug aui-h i.riua ana conuiuoua 10 such aontnet. aa tln m.. uv.Mii nrrr-wniry to stienra a prompt oouipnauc tiir. wim ; nut iuriiiiio wim in t.rma of thia notlo. 1 l.a time uf Hi. completion of nkt eootraet, and tha i.roia 1 1 payment propoaed by rodders, will b rsgard d iu awarding a aouti-,-t. tiy ordur if th C.-ointy CnnrniUplonera. JAMK8 V. VIKTHK, , . County Clerk rketa City, Jan. Cili, lsoo. NOTICE. Cm.nirxs, Tnmslrrt, tnil.n(oT their trUourt or t m rin childrtn.t who arvd In an. vara or l.,nl,. etth.r In California or tU'whm, ;nor to Murck 3,1, low. r rir thMrm who m under t ymrt qaft ..i.r. . .in.r. Him inn on in ouaat or t al- lfrni in tha Uiir.i, w.r. will do well to ad.lrt u. lamia mat nar D.an rvjeetod la lb bands of olhar t"it.-., ha bean ur Kri lly obtained by 11a. Aganta a. ilng Ar na. Ilaraily paid. Ijind WarraaU bought 1 .1 aoia tonrdor, aud all baalnaa requiring an agent at waahiiigtoa. attmded to. It a LLOYD A CO.. Altoruava for Claima. rnalona. B. unty Land, Ae, Rrfer.nc to any of tb liaada of He, artmauaa. Jaul-K'w NOTICE. IS hrhy glca thai a t4al alai-tloa will ba h.ld on 'alnr.lay Ilia With day of January. A li. ISM at th uaual flr of holdlnii .Iwtlon, In 111. nuiiiv l rlr a oiiuly lurvviw. that cat. h.lna n ..Riit. l'tioa rint J jluilt.""" " Urt bf urdvf Ol tla fount, nvimii'adoti.ra J MUi w- viktck. tfeuuty C lark NOTICE. A I.I. prana Ind.ntad to Androw J. Stan-art, fey not or b-oa kwiiml, ara hanihy noUAn) tMltls th a am.. lthr by paying up bn.r tlmlatof Marob A ! lAoO, or gWIng g.wd aarurily lor iba aaui., or th aoaranu will put In propar hand f t eoll'otloa W- Virtual aT aiilhoHaad ag.ut, aud aatila- ca baci4 with him A N Dirvr J ST V W ART. Pakota City, Jaw. T. U60. (JtaTln m.mlari of th PakoiaHty onipaty ill rtaianUr tha notio ol aalaa of f b aih loat. and Ii pr.ft.nt aatber will b olhsr bu-loaaa u. aiuud to. Tb mwlhig will ka h.ld al th "Sr. of )r. rr.vknall t(bm aarly at o'.UkA 1b U.. uorulng aa tkiaarly tU4 ale ho Ik woro1. A MEUDDK OF TUB tilPAsr u."lt HOME MAfTERS. rat UAlt, Dakcta City. A rrirals. Fonthera anil Psstra Ma.Ha Tuedsy, Tbnrsday, an. I Pmiuflnv. t P M. Northern Min'tsy. Wihlneeilsv. aad Prt.lsv. t A. M M.hran(li. (MonthlvV leaven 1st of eai-h month, at 7 AM. Arrive 7th. sit J;. fi.-r. 10 V. M. Nliihrrah, (WesKlyl LeaTns MoaJftJ, 9 A. M. Ar rl Siturlay. 10 P. M. Maila arv cltl one hour befi r tis tims of npnr turn B. H ATMd, l. M. Dakota Cltjr, July 9, '59. WANTED. 700D wanted in exchange for siibsricp- ticn, anil other .lues, at this office). CITY TICKET. On last Monday evening the caucna called for to Dominate a "City Tickat," met, and the fallowing Ticket was nominated: Far ifjyor. 23 3. D. M. CROCKWELL. For Trmturer, Wx. F. LOCKWOOD, For A trf tnr, Ww II. OGLESBV, J 'f Frrordcr, C. F. F.CK1I ART, For MarihuU, Wm CCRL, For KlJmnrn, 3. N. (I PATRICK, O U GRAFF, E. F. MASON. J. 11 Z1KGLER, W. II.' JAMES. The abjve ticket makes a strong team, and will be elected. They are all energetic bus iness men, and will give an impetus to mai lers, and things in Dakota City, that is very much needed, just now. What we want ia that tbey will push matturs through. There ia great room for improvement during the coming aummer, and an enterprising set of city officers can do much towards improving the p'ace, if they would only try. We pledge ourself to support that retire ticket aud tee it elected. Love's Fkiaks Jaet before the Cbristntaa days the little blind god let fly one of his ar rows rind it pierced, throng'i and through, a couplu of youthful, and admiring hearts, and mnds n hole " You eoulj aii!!j- roll a calibag In," The twain no l.mer desired to be two but sue floi-h. Aoooidingly tlicy made a mst.li, thus disproving; tho correotncig r.f the old adage that mat hos are made in heaven," as our couple made their match over in Siotu ''ity. On New Year's mom tl.e male party lo the arrangement, cro-i-ed over to this city to get tbo nesesary documents from our County Clerk, to enable him to olfer himself a viotim at tho matrimouiol shrine. Leander nwaru aerons the Hellespont in days of yore to his lady love, bot our man juHt slid aoro the Missouri on the ice, as any stBMble man would. Repairing to the houne of the lady's friends, iu thisoounty, thoy mado known their determination. The fricuils Hew into n pa ion, grw furious, nnd threatened to break the match thort oil', in two pieces ; as they already bad selectod a man to he tho partner of her joys. Here tbe dutnstl demurred, and distinctly wanted it understood that she was going to wed the man f hr choice. Her Wovyer" admiring her pluok as well as lik ing her in other respeot, determined on mak ing her ' his'n" at all hazard , "niit spirit vu trrmandou.iaml fWe to brhoM," nnd he announced himself ready to die iu her causa. About eight o'clock in the event igoandidote No. 2. thinking he had a dead thing of it, on a hasty survey of matters, bestrode the fleetest charger thia county affords and flew ovtr ten long miles of ttrra firma to UiU oity, in forty seven minutes, to get certificate No. . He was perspiring at every pore but seem ed to be annimated by that most powerful in centive love, interested lore. Having eooured the papers he felt relieved of a wagon load of doubt and said he would marry tbe woman before -'twolve at night." He apaiu mounted hia charger, and turned lis head homeward struck his heeN into its flanks and waa of like a shot. Whatever hopes he had at eight, had vanished into thin air at twelve, and candidate no. 2, was a sad, ui-o-juiiitd Diaii. A day spent with the friends of the lady made a'l things right and on last Tuesday morning candidate No, 1 waa maid tjje happiest man in the world, by receiving the band and heart of her he bved dear. Fuint heart Lc. Dead Drunk, Cotlee is good to drink, we do not mean Rio Java, nor Malaga, nor burnt horse beans that w hen pulverised par. as such, but a real, live "broth of a boy" named Co flea Coffee, as we said before, is good to drink, but a week ago last Wednesday. Coffee libtik too much and was found in the vioioity of the Logan Timber, in a i-tate that would better befit him in bed. He waa accompanied h7 ajug of whiskey, and afl ink of whiskey. and whonf. uudby Henry Grim and another gentleman, was perfectly senfleiis, and could not apeak. Grim, like a true comrr.iaxerafor of human depravity, took Coffee home to bis house, not to drink, tut to keep him from freegiog or dnukiog himself, i e Coffee, to death, aud when he again became sober sent him on his way rjoioing. Coffrel bowsr of whiskey ! $2. 8ome pl.ilanthrophic, fellow bo will ultimately be aaved, sent us two dollars for one years nubsoriptiou to the Jltrall, said Ueruld 10 ba tent to bis paltrnul relaiioos leoun ea.it." Thanks to fortune for taissu,ile We aro again Suah and feel like a proBirfalo or a spend thrift. If we do not c ioaa lora d uiean tanglefoot may we never Jr qk an- othtr drip ! Hw g ( I Has the Dakota City r.iJ 'dried up?' i We Lava't received a copy for several week". What a "up" Mao ? 5iomz Ci'y R'jiU'r. j We dry rpt No Sir-re! While we are ' f vored with the benign miles of a kind Prov idence and an extensive credit we will never dry up. The Herald is not of the dry kind either practically, theoretical, morally, social ly, physically or prospectively. We send a TTtrald to the firyiittr grfrtitg, eaoh week and it goea aa far as the post office in that city tl , wiys. What becamos of it after it reaches j thero we cannot divine. We will erapl.iy a 1 medium, a epiritual medium, to nnravel tbe j mystery if another complaint is nttered. I Several of our sitbnoribsrs are also complain ing of the non receipt of the Herald, at tba' office. Christmas Dixxxk On Christmas day we wers invited ont Iodine and w nt eut and dined aoeordingly. The invitor was Dr. Crockweli and the invito Wm. Curl, Jacob Van Auken, Willian H Oglesby, and our significant self, The voracity displayed by the guesta waa rather remarkable on that hos pitable occasion, but can ouly be accounted for on the ground of having rich, tetapti ng, and palatable viands spread before them. If tbey did not do justice to tbe generosity of the host, tbey at least done justice to the -dinner. i TnAREi. We were preieote with an in terest in Pooea City, thecoonty seat of L'ixon county, aud which ia represented as the most beautiful town site in Nebraska, by II. A Fuller Esq., for which we return our thanks We intend visiting that place whenever we can command forty-eight hours leisure, and see for ourself. Mail Bao Orxa The stage arrived lure on Tuesday of last week, with the Omaha Mail bag unlocked. Whethor it was owing to carelessness or some ether oaune we are una bio to my. The lock was fastened to the ataple, but tha strap that confines the mouth of the bag was dangling eround loose. Mora caation in such matturs is needed ia order to prevent a game of growl. Bklmoosc. Nicholas Ryan and John Barry denizens ef St. Johu's ptecinct, were in town, last week, and did a talennfold. They both worw unmistakble signs of having been particl pants in a ekrimmage, melee, or "frea fight.' Kyan's head waa badly battered and had a I gish out on the right side abont three inches long. As legal proceedings are about to le instituted we refrain from commenting on the matter. Cad blond nnd too much whiskey was the oauae of it. Saor. The first snow of the pcasan fell rn the 27th nit. It rn nbout two inohee doep and all blew away bofnre it had time to melt We had a Iittlu shower of enow once before but it melted aa fact as it touohed Mother Earth. At this rate we predict spring about the 1st of February, and corn planting in April. We can beat tho world on wcath or. Cold. The weather turned suddenly cold, last week. Oa Saturday morning lust, the Mercury foil to thiity-four degress below JCoro and 00 Sunday morning, New Toar's day, was down to forty. This is what we oall cold weather, very oo'd weather, if vra may be permitted d d ool i weather. Posies stolin. The Sioux Indiana atolo t'lirty.flve ponies, from their copper color d brothers, the Omaha, about two weeks since. A band of Omabes went in pursuit of the aboriginal horse thieves but brought back only an account of having cent five Sioux's to settle their account in Kingdom Come. ?ao4i Rev. J p. Tracy left here cn Wednesday last, to epend the winter In the east and South He will return in the spring bnt will visit Washington City, Baltimore, Charleston, and other points, while he ia gone. Look at the Cosmopolitan Art Association notice in another column. Only a few days remain in whiob to subscribe. See notice House. of proposal to build a Court Read the notioe of R.B, Loyd &Co of Wa Ugton City, See notice of an election to elect a County Surveyor. Pee notice of Andrew qoents. J. Stewart to dolia- 8a notice of ' a member of tb compa ¬ ny. SHERIFF SALE By virtue of an execution to me directed from th District Court of the third ludi- cial district of the Territory of Nebraska, sit ting iu and for thi"County of Dixon I have levied upon, and will off. rst Publio aale be tween the hours of 9 o'ciook A M and 4 o'cl'k f. M at the door of tlio punea House lonca in said eoiimv. nu Wei'iedav the!2.rnh day of January A i) lgol), tie following de seribd real estate, to wit; th North J of'the it. l. i -1 01 riBoiion .iu an I the N W 1 4 of me :v iv. 1 L,f ctlon Z4 in township 31 in range 6 east situated in the county of Dixon Terrritory of Nebra-ka tak. u as the proper ty of Peter Malone o .atisfy an execution in favor of Michel McCue K. H WILBUR Sheriff. Dated Deosmber 16th ISM. WANTED. :itr. l a ri'BLisnsD Eery S,lurd.y .V.rmf,,, Dj,0ln f si '' DAXIBL M'LAfGJILlv. TERM 9-fJ 00 a jr la al,, months; Fifty tenia ti t three m ...,. ' tsaS-OrricB OiTostTtTHxBATn un rATE3 Of ADVERTISING Ooo Pleura ofta-alra Unas or ls.j a... , Kwhsuoaetjiumt Insertion ' " lnrti, . Onaaquar one month. n xinaro, thrt nnuth, Ho a.Uftrs, six iomiIus, Ono Sonars, one vesr. Two square, nns yer. One column, ona jrsar. una nMi column, oue yaar, un niurm column, do, do halfrnlumji, six months, do fourth do do do half eolum. throa innntha do fourth do do 1I0 llusllifiKa fitnla nfila lit... I , - - ui OTIS f-r taah In adr.no. U b, rrquirM menta. ere,,i wbcra a apm-ial conlr.rt hi. . to lb contrary. '"i. " Jlcu!vs AovaaTU'we. CoMMisdi.- Hl, ? AoasoT " sr. the Agents Hrla paper lo n,, PVIU.IAI..).I. I- lx-ni. .. . ' ' ' I ' 'I IfUAIUllin, L.. 0 AN I EL M'LAUGHLIN f ' ATTOHNKY AN! COUNSH.LWrt AT Uir ! Ddh'll Cilf, V ii I I 11 bu-iness mlrut-ted to Us c,re i attended to with promptness and ip,p,. iX 4 Partioular attention will be paidto th(!o'- liou ofoluims; and to Real E-Uts n.lttr 1 1) O. C. TRCADWAV. roasciii'n . TREAD WAY &. CURKIER, Attornryt al i etirx ciry, . . . if- 0 "Till attend to all legal lUFinr6 int- .-.f ; . to their care, ia western Iowa aci cm Nelirsska I Nov. 7. '63. MARTIN H. DEVER, Flumlr and dan Fit -r. NO 19, ST. CMA K1K8 SIRII.T, ST. Lol V7"iU promptly attend to ail bniriee in 1 V line, and all work executed with Cfi nose and dinpstch. Will give spec' .1 atfmi to any work that may be entrubtcj to ti- -.-and satisfaction warranted. LEAVITT L. BOWEN, VhiuU SUtct Vutrict AtUrij) r Xtbrai t 1TTII.L attend promptly ti any h jful kuflnia ia I ted to him In tb Court of th Twrln. ori'KJIi Monevr block, Ouiabn City, N T. August, 19,' 3 JOHN T A F F E , ATTOttSKY S COrySg.LOK AT LAP, OJIALll, .KU)U.CA. T7L promptly Httond all busineeii ea rn ted to him. Office on liriiven erect, one doorcattof the "Americau House;"lJn di, N. T. TUH REAL F. STATE Banker and Deltrt in fJutturn i'.-i'm LAXD W AHUA.NTs A KtAL r.&TiTK, lTTAULt) iay toth puhllctLatitny bimliiwBtfi'.tni.t. l to tliair cam wH inurt with prompt atlr'ti.L auch a Isyiug out landa into louaa towns ur a.l-iiti . tbortA; tb Lnyinir. lling, renting or laaiDZ M m estat. hoaaM or lota: the buying, s.lllr.f .r KKnti'i land varranU. on time or for caah; maaiui; rclli-;. r.. paying of taxoa, .laming of rocoMa aa to p.'rf.-f;u.' ' tltlo 10 landa or bakola city M; tbe 1 M.ii.ln; deeda frora th lhakota oaly eonpany t i lou Jrnt : ahar 77ii making out of Dtrdt, Boa!s an d Tu h Uon Faperi, c.nj thi ririnj f On ellll.! claims, for part of 111. land. Having also now on band a lark-e atork of Hry C -:. and Notions, Lumber and t-bikKlta, tl.i-y mil . attuntion to thair stock. aud aay to tin uluk 1...: or prparad to reoaira all kinds of dry goo !a. ;r .r.i produo and lumbar on oommiaaion, for private ' -( Mon aalet, or to axohanga for other jircpi-riy. CLa: : low and atoragt fre. 1I0.1BT ON DUrOSIT, Qaaranteaing it to yHd 24 pr cnt netprrCt, u turn, 11 left on drpo.it over 90 da)f. N. B. P.raona wiabinr to inv.atahonld nflt fal! trri at thsir ofmi, aa they bar a large amount ot ra!nt pr prty tor a.le low f, t rash or on lime. Xhtf boat of ruforann given If required. J I. M CKuCKH'KLL, rrcaiian'.. Pakoaa tty, Anguat 11, 't8 101 . C. F. ECKHART St CO., ARCHITECTS AND BUILDES3, DAKOTA CITY, XEBltASKA, ILL prepar pians and speclbcatlona forpriTaumi t public bulldingp, and coatrwt f..r or supni" u.ullnK th aama. All. joformi,li..M i.-ipj iri.iiiira jl B. Halo, agent of Dakota city company. JO XAS SEE LY, A TTORNCV and Counsellor at Law, OejU j Nebraska. WILLIAM IV. ?ER, DKALKIt IN REAL E5TATP1 anl Oeaeral Tim" Agent. CotiTeyaowr and Notarv l'bi: (ito01 door aunt of th (Viuoly keeorder'aofijta.oD iarnh rro.t, unwha, N T liu'.' ,'h.SSK IVWK, T AND A0K?tT, OJIAH.t, N?Hli-V3!l.A'-C1' " 1 J faruham atn .t. IIARFER'S MAGAZINE. 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