Nebraska Newspapers

    PUATTSMO'JTH, NEBASKA-
THTTRSDAY. JAN. 7, 1SCC
COItRESPOIEXCE. ,
Wo are desirou i of roeel vi ag correspondence from
all parts of the State, relative to the material inter
ests of fae country, together with such other mat
ra'conTibatorBiTdeen of ia:reiu
RAILROADS j
The Burlington road is cow being
rajiidly constructed through the coun
ties east of us. - A town -is .laid out at
the junction of that road with the Coun
cil Uiuffa &. St. Joseph road, and the
east side of the river is lively with
railroad hopes and fears. Thus far
the Company constructing thU road
have Dot deviated . from the old sur
veyed line; and notwithstanding the
bold outpoken hopes of Nebraska City,
on this road's 'connection, , we' Jtare no
fear of being left out in the cold.
Whenever they are ready to build
through our county they will let their
friends here know what is required of
the people, and from what we know cf
the sentiments of this community, we
do not hesitate to say the requirements
will be cheerfully and promptly ful
filled. We hare no jealousies with
Nebraska City. If he gets the B. &
R. R. we say all right, go ahead
But we expect her to do as well by us
We should work together instead of
fomenting ruUerable little petty strife
and we therefore say to our friends in
the lively City of Nebraska, go in.-
We of Platismouth will do nothing to
prevent your gelling the roid. All we
want is a straight branch from Pacific
City through PlaUsmoulh to join-the
main line at Lincoln.
, HERD Ia.MT.',
Rck Cre.hL-, Dec. 31 , 1S65:
Mr. Editor: I thank you for the
privilege of discussing the -'Herd Law
in your coluxns. What we want is n
law tc prohibit all stock from running
at Iar?e. to as to enable us to raise
grain ansfc grass crops, fruit3 and orch
arJs. and crow hedees around out
-0 w
fields and farms; and plant out groves
of trees for shade.windbrakers, timber.
and beautify our prairies and improve
our already good climate by modifying
the extremes of cold and drouth. Such
a law in my humble opinion has so
many advantages over our present syr-
tem that were we accustomed to inhere
probably would not be. one to desire it
changed.
This law, Mr. Editor: would be
boon to the poor man, for the expense
that it require to fence a small farm ,
would purchase enough of our States
virgin soil to elevate him to the posi
tion of landed proprietor; and the Jabor
and expense of keeping up a periaha
ble fence would, in a few years, fence
his land in fields for grain, (and pas
ture too) wiih a good durable hedge
feuce; and plant a grove of timber to
adorn his prairie home, to protect him
self and stock from winter's chiilir.2
wind?, and cheer himself tuid family
with the certain prospect of wood and
timber for future use. While bis
hedge is growing he will find it far
more economical to picket his team,
and a few cows for family use, than to
let them run at large, thereby subjec
ting himself to much vexatious labor
and loss in hunting ihem. And as his
horsea and catile increase, he can have
them herded by paying ew cnU
per month per head. . Or perhaps by
this .time, he - will.ba able by raising
crops en his own land to fence a pis
ture for his stock, in which case hs wil
know just where they are and not have
to be hunting and losing them. . A
'man, too, whh sufficient means to pur
chase' and fence a quarter section cf
prairie, will find that this law will have
the advantage; first, he can save the
money-required to ftnee it, because the
interest on this sum would pay fcr
herdinjr an average farmer's stock.
He can also save as much more by not
having to keep up a perishable fence,
and this added to the amouat saved-by
not having to hunt and lose Mock,
wojld, in a short time, hedge his. farm
with a convenient pasture and make his
prairie smile with'orchardi and groves
of timber. And, surely, if the poor
man and common farmer find it so much
la their advantage the more wealthy
will also be enabled to invest their
.'means o better advantage. The large
cattle owner ;wi!l herd.. his cattle, no
matter who fences, for he knows well
thai it navi lifttr than to let them run
1 j -
. at largj. '
Some object. to such law because
they think it would be difficult to nave
grounds to herd. bn. This w are
r i. t j i . , . ' -
xrauK. u uuiu i. wuum oe iuo case in
some instances, but we think the
amount of loss sustained annually by
stock breaking into grain tielJi would
thrice pay fur grounds to herd- on, for
how often do va hear the remark made
by farmers that they ha d several hun
dred bushels of corn dei-troyed I y slock.
Others object to it because it would
benefit speculators. In reply I would
say that they might, upon the same
principle. :ljoe: to n!l improvement,
for every farmmade. every true plan
ted, everydwelliogTx schoohouse"aod
church tuilt.every business house es
trblished in our cities and villages, and
every Railroad projected, adds to the
wealth of our common country, to spec
ulator s lands a well as others
Others object to this beneficent law
- i
because we tarmers winter our came
in our field on standing cornstalks and
strain. To such I would say, it will
pay far better to save your corn fodder
at the proper time, and feed it to your
stock ina protected enclosure; in which
you ean conveniently stack your straw.
Or if you think this a little inconveni
ent, submit to it until you can hedge.
for you cannot very well start hedges
and groves while having your stock run
over your fields.
AmoDg the minor advantages of this
law are first, one breacby animal will
not lead into mischief and learn or spoil
the many. Second, one farmer hav
ing one or more breachy animals, can
not compel all his neighbors to build
extra fences to protect their grain, but
the owner will have to take care of
them himself, as he in justice should
Third, When a farmer, from motives
of economy, , convenience, or taste.
fences a pasture for his stock, so that
he can havo his team ready to harness,
and cows ready to milk when wanted,
without the perplexing inconvenience
of hunting them, will not be unjustly
compelled to incur an expense of sev
eral hundred dollars to fence his grain
fields against, not his own stock, but his
neighbors. Fourth, It will promote
good will and social enjoyment and
refinement among farmers, by exempt
ing them- from the disturbing conse
quences of poor fences, breachy stock,
and destroyed grain. Fifth, We do
not want our-fellow citizen out West
V - V -
to snow tnemseivps our superiors in
wisdom and skill by outstripping us in
improving their less favored country
which they are sure to do unless we
like them, adipt this law.
Now, friend Hathaway, these are
some of the arguments which favur the
'Herd Law." . Were it. not that thi
article ' is probaly already too long,
mipht prove th fa its by figures. Bu
this I think in the main - would bi su
perfluous. Tbey nre facta which ad
dress themselves, not to our prejudice?.
but to our reason, our pockets, (a dem
ocratic cardinal doctrine,) our hilan
ihropy and our comfort.
These are not fancies pictures, gar
nished by the phrensed imagination of
some land shark or ' land agent, but
were dictated to the writer by the pov
erty of supply in fencing material and
fuel, and the consevuent want of neigh
bors and improvements; by our vast,
fertile, treeless, and, monotonous prai
ries; by the" frigid' fierce " winds' of
winter, unobstructed by hedges and
groves of timber; and unmodified by
the vegetable life and warmth of tim
bered countries, while engaged in ac
tual personal farm improvement and
labor during a residence of fourteen
years in Nebraska. In conclusion i
submit this subject. to the careful and
earned consideration of ail members of
community,, especially our legislator.
We nil have a common interest in this
matter. An Old Foot
In for Progress.
LETTER
FKOJZ. SIASSACIIU-
SITTS.
Boston, Deo. 30, 1SG3. '
the to-called Athens, of
we think justly merits the
Boston,
America,
classic appelstion. The number and
the general standard ' of excellency
which characterize her public and pri
vate schools and colleges, affords her
no little preeminence and prestage; in
fact has no small influence in shaping
public and private opinion throughout
the Union. The numerous nrt galle
ries, museums of Naairal History,
scientific institutions, public libraries,
and the general and liberal precision
upon which they are conducted, prepos
sesses the liberal minded stranger in
favor of the city of notions and her in
telligent inhabitants. It must not be
supposed that Boston, like Athens of
old, is merely exclusively literary,,or
theatrical. She is also preeminently
practical, and has successfully battled
with the old fogy axiom,, that the phi-,
losophy tacght in schools, in a general
sense, is of iittie or no avail, in the
every day transactions of commercial
or practical life. : Boston has success
fully solved this problem. .The seem
ingly abitruce philosophy, sometimes
taught In her schools, Soften harmonizes
with,, and advantageously enters, into,'
ihe minutia of general commercial and
practical transactions. Like nearly all
seaboard cities, its population is some
what heterogenous and cosmopolitan.:
Many persons living at. a distance, sup
pose that hero all the real primary
trails which have made the name Yan-
dee proverbial, stand out in bold relief.
Such, howerer, is not the case. The
real simon pure article is to be found
in some of the rural districts of New
Englatd; but no more observable in
Bnton than in Su Louis, Chicago, or
Omuba, (Chicago No. 2 ) Tw.ohuo
dred and thirty-.-six years ago. the first
etllemenl was made upon the ground
where Boston now stands. The isar
a A
0r.insett3 previous to that time, ana
for quite a- period afterward, paddled
ibeir birch canoes through the placid
and beautiful waters of what is now
Boston , Iltrbor. . The smoke of their
wigwams curled gracefully to the skies,
from the - surrounding forests. The
veritable Pilgrim, a portion- of the live
cargo of the Mayflower, in we&tern
parlar ce. stuck their stakes hereabouts.
The Naragansetts for a time smotced
the pipe of peace with' the newcomers
swapped considerable: everything
was beep good for a while, but poor
Lo was compelled ' to emigrate from
these parts. The red man cf that day
has been immortalized in prose and
w -mr 1
verse, lie is considered as naving
possessed those attributes which are
supposed to approximate in no small
debtee to his Maker. Bat the idea ex
istJ only in the imagination of poets cr
ideal prose writers. These attributes
are rarely, if ever, found to exist in the
soul of a white ra:n. How could they
Lave existed in the Indian who was
but a second hand specimen of the
genus Homo from the time of his cre
ation. But the red man has left these
parts and cone to the far distant but
happy hunting grounds, and for the
sake of, tne welfare of your frontier
settlements, it would be well if the bal
ance of the race would take unto them
selves wings and do likewise. We
will remark that we' once, and only
once, met a noble specimen f an Iu
dian, an old chief of 'the Flat Head
tribe. He was about six feet three
inches m hight, eighty years of age
but as straight as an arrow. He would
have been an ideal for a Longfellow
He bad ever been the steadfast friend
of whites, and an intimate ftiend cf
Lewis and Clark, the pioneer explorers
of the upper Missouri, and with whose
tribe the travelers spent the most of ihe
winter cf 1SG5. In the Galliton val
ley we met this fine specimen cf th
native Indian, in the town of Helena
Montana Territory, during the winter
of 18G7. Doubtless ere this bid Moses
Las been cathered to his fathers. But
I tin diirressinfr somewhat. I believe
it was Dick Dashaway, (Parte Cray
ons, quandorri cou.-ina.) who remarked
that Boston was noted for fine fat
horses, aad literary women; upon which
the youthful Dick intended tc betov
the greatest tnede of praise. I am un
able to say, but for the sake of chival
ry and thegeneral pr'nciples of gal
antry, we hopa the n; ughty Richard
had special reference to ihe merits of
the Lad es. Boston,' to say the least,
is decidedly. " If the stranger should
wish conclusive evidence of this fact,
let him-visit ifce Bates' free libriry.
It is an institution of which Boston may
well be proud, and cne which would
reflect no dishonor on gM Rome, A'h
ens, cr ancient Alexandria. It contains
upwards of one hundred thousand vol
umes of select literature. The build
ing in point of architectural appearance,-is
plain and substantia, On en
tering the visi.or ascends one flight of
stairs, to the reading rooms, and the
distributing' .rooms, set apart for ihe
use of the primary, grammar., and
young ladie?' Rnd gentlemen's normal
schools.5 Ori either side of you are to
be seen notices admonishing visitors to
step lightly and keep silence; gen le
men will not wear their their hatst&c
From ten in tte morning until five in
the evening may be seen large
numbers of students engaged in stod?.
devouting; choice literature with the
greatest avidity, t The q-jiet ai d -order
is such that a ' pin might be heard if
dropped in any paft-of the building.-
The Indicator, an institution cons'ructed
for facilitating the labor of the attend
ant is worthy of notice.- It is plain.
Its greatest merits consist in iti simpli
city and precision.. There are rows of
little pins running longitudenally with
each other; each row representing, a
shelf; each pin is numbered, represen
ting or corresponding with the number
upon a book, each book represented by
a tvimber; the number of ihe shelf; is
indicated at the end of each row; when
a book is called for the lady attendant
refers to the indicator, to the number
of the slielf upon which the class of
literature sought for 'is 'to be found; if
the pin corresponding with the Dumber
of the beck is reversed, presenting a
while ground, the book i9 loaned out;
if a black surface with the number is
presented, the book is ou the shelf; the
indicator is used only in, the lower hall;
in ihe ' upper or Bate' hall, as it is
called, the books are sought for direct ,
ly upon the" shelves. Nearly, all the
attendants are refined and accomplish
ed young- ladies. This hall contains a
fine Bust of the Hon. Joshua Bates, the
founder of tha Library, (presented by
his daughter.) At all hours, from ten
until five o'clock, may be seen crowds
of ladies and gentlemen passing in atd
dut of the halls, leaded with intellectu-t'
treasures, 'rr food for' tbe mind. Hie
3oston Museum of Natural History
contains a large and nicely arranged ,
selection. Here I observed several j
amiliar contributions from Colorado
and Montana Among them a bird's!
nest containing four eggs, in a state of
petrifaction. This institution is free
to all visitors on Saturday of each
week. The Masonic Temple is nn
institution deserving special notice. A
fine granite trueture five stories high.
in the gothio style of architecture; ever
the main entrance, upon the cap atone
which surmounts the goihic arch, are
to be - seen, in -bass relief," the Bee
Hive. large square and compass; and
upon the apex of the arch a Maltese
Cross. We were shown through the
interior of the building by Mr. Pike,
the gentlemanly Grand Tyler of the
institution. We first visit the Hall set
apart for the Blue Lodge. The furni
ture is of massive black walnut, of the
most solid character; ihe jewels are of
solid silver; the Master's chair is most
beautiful, yet plain in its arrangement;
it Is a seat fit for any Oriental King;
the other chairs are also beautiful and
si-bstantial in their arrangements. The
ceilirg is magnificently frescoed.
When the hall is lit up; it presents an
appearance unsurpassed even by the
Arabian Knights descriptive tales of
Allading Palatial Halls. We ascend
to the Hall above the one set apart for
the use o" the Chapter; it is about the
same as the one below, perhaps not as
fine in point of architectural appear
ance; the chaiis, however, are more
gorgeously decorated. The upper or
Egyptian Hall, used by the encamp
ments, is the most unique of all. it is
exclusively Egyptian, or oriental in its
fixtures and general arrangement
suggestive of the days of Richird, the
lion hearted, Peter the hermit, Haren
El Rashid, and of Solomon Pasha. In
each hail situated in the wesl is a Dice
organ; there are several other halls of
minor importarce in point of beauty
and arrangements. Nearly all the
Ledges, Chapter., and Encampments,
twenty or thirty ii number, raeet
this Iempla. Ihe armories sei apart
f r ihe regalia and accoutrement be
longing to the Knight Templars, are
nicely arranged. Each warJrobe has
a gla?s ('oor, upon ench door is a silver
plate, upon which is inscribed tne name
of the owner of each regalia; ihere is
one item which I omitted, the design
representing the stary decked heavens
in the Bltie Lodge Hall, is so perfect
that it was some time before I could
bring myself to believe that I was ga
zing on the ideal and not the real, in a
miniature form.
As it is now growing late we wil
hrry up Tremont street to Bowdin
Square, enter a horse 2ar for Mount
Auburn, and, for the present, say to
your numerous readers aditu. II.
state'sTevvS.
The following it?m we clip from tbe
Blue Va Hey- Rtcard;
We have been shown what is gen
erally regarded as a Mastedon's looih
It was dug up, two feet under the sur
face, ly Mr. Nyhart, a few days since
while engaged nt work in th quarry
a few riiilfM bf.uth of Uectrice. li is
two inches in diameter nt the thickest
rortinn. though broken off a ioui four
inches from the root. We judge from
its general formation that it must have
b?en at leat ten inches long. It is
very hirJ and brittle and bears evi
dence of a good old ags. It may be
teen at ihe Post office.
The Omaha Republican containns
the following card from Geo. Franis
Train. It needs no comment:
i Dear Uorri. Congratulations on
your pluck in making the Academy of
Music a permanent institution. It is
doing much to make Umaba a great
city. A good theater is as much a
moral institution as a good church, and
I am glad id see so many churches
going ui. I am ti lecture somewhere
for a hospital for the poor and after
wards 1 shall drop in to see you at
your Masquerade Ball.
f " : Yours ever Truly,
' Geo. Francis Tris-.
In the same paper we find the fol
lowing: Mr. George Bird (our name
sakeV is one of the oldest and best
known citizens of the town of Florence
mi . . V
lhirteen years ago ne settiea on a
farm in that town, and has steadily
pursued the honest calling of a tiller of
- .-ft
the sou rrom mat tune tiii now ne is
one of ihe substantial, well to do ari
culiurists of Nebraska. And while he
has thus cultivated the soil' with success
be has been equally successful in cul
tivating ihe domestic virtues, raising a
large fauiily cf jics and daughters
gillie raising wheal aud potatoes.. His
progeny cumber two sens, who. each
have fiye sisters ev-ry one who can
adl two and two can therefore tell the
whole number for himself.
A little adratrced in years ns Mr.
Bird now is. h is still an industrious
worker, and enthusiHsiio hunter of the
smaller species ci game, an 1 he also
excels in this sport.
Ina pleaant chat with him yester
day, he gave us the fcl!o-Aii,g list of
his huntsman's trophies for the year
1SGS: 3 raccoons, 3 minks, 21 gophers,
31 striped squirrel? 10 rats, 29 hawks,
cwls One of the latter,, a horned
owl.'ineasured from tip to tip of wings
4 feet and 10 inches. These various
pes;s of the farmer, has," he say?, mar
keted from his farm two chickens to
his one during the year.
The Pawnee Tribur.e Bays that tl e
Pawnee Coal Mining Company are
about to commence work
The large Stone Store of Curtis Si
Peavy is finished and filled with goods.
The Masonic Hall is also rcmoleted.
The contract for building a Slone
Hourt House in Tawnee City has been
let to Messrs. Curtis & Peavy.for $14,
OOO.to be completed by next Septem
ber. . .
At a railroad meeting, held Decem
ber 6ih, in Pawnee city, resolutions
were passed, looking lo raising by sel
ling county bonds, ihe sum of Slo0.000t
payable in twenty years, and give the
same to the first railroad coming with
in one half mile of Pawnee City. G.
M. Humphrey, D. R Dungan and N.
II. Curtis were selected to go ta Lin
coln to secure to such a road, a iust
proportion of the State Lands, and de
claring that ii is not for the interest of
the county to aid other road
A Singular Loss. We have all
heard of losses in unusual way, thnt
are therefore more particularly noticed
One of these occurred to Aldermati N.
P. Isaacs last Thursday as we are in
formed. During the day some debtor
had paid him a fifty cfollar greenback.
At the time Jlr. Isaacs put it carelessly
into nis vest pocket, and as ererwng
approached went to his home. Some
few .hours Inter he bethought him cf
the fifty dollars in his vest pocket, but
on searching for it, it was gene. Of
course some conversation occurred in
his family on the subject, in ihe course
of which it was brought to the memo
ry of Mrs Isaacs that shortly after her
husband came ho;ne she saw on the
carpet in the gleaming of ihe evening
what seemed to her to be a piece of
crumpled brown paper, which sh
picked up and put into the stove. Thi
was undoubtedly the missing fifty di.llar
bill! The remorseless flames had de
voured i. Alderman Isaacs felt his
New Yeai'a Day to be that much the
poorer for the mishap. Republican,
Crab Orchard. This Post Oiiice
which wits discontinued some two
mouihs ago, has been removed to
place two miles lower down the creek
near where Mr.IIoward lives. Pren
We glean the following from the
Chrouicla
Good Showing. Father Emman
uel llartig, who was instrumental in
getiing up the late Catholic Festival
informs us that after liquidating nl
bills iucurred in getting up-the Festi
val there is a nice l'ttle bniauce of al
most six hundred dollars. Ibis speas
well fcr ibe liberality of our people
With a charitabl object "in view an
effort to raise money is liberally met
in Nebrnka City.
A man was stopped on upper Main
Street on Friday night by three men
who no doubt, intended to relieve him
of aay little change he might have
about hia person. A sudden "change
of base" and precipitous retreat, saved
him the vexation of "forking over.'"-
There is a saloon in the vicinity of this
point from which ' hard features'
emerge at midnight. Look cut! O
ye scoundrels, the hand of justice" is
reaching for you
Ibox Barges. It is stated the t
neet ot iron carges is now in process
of construction bv nn organized com
pany for the purpose of grain and other
transportation on the Mississippi river
They are more especially i.,teuded to
run as feeders to & line of steamer at
New Orleans, thence to New York and
Liverpool. The ot.ject is to load ihem
at aL .i'aul,. inona, McGregor, L)u
buque. JJavenpcrt, Keokuk, Quincy,
etc., ana inence toweu to INew Ui leans.
All the up-river boats for the next sea
eon are trying to meet the wHnt3, not
only of passengers, but freight bun
ness. A St. Louis capitalist who pro
poses to invest in this new line of bar
ges, says: lne cosily steamboat, with
i's expensive cabin, must yield to the
plainer boat, and to the to.v boat and
targes, l ravel takes the rail to so
great an extent that the palace boat
can no longer be supported. For bar
rel and box cargo, the steamboat, cabin
or no cabin, may long contend . wiih
other craft; but the grain trade dicar
ding sacks, demands barges. To en
joy ihe carriage of grain we must hanr
die it in bulk, and for this ihe barge is
better than the steamboat. V
The nearest- point on the Unicn Pa-
cifis Railroad where good coal can be
obtained.' is at Carbon, one hundred
snl thirty. eicht miles west cf Chey
enne. ro coal is found between this
point and ; the middle of Iowa one
thousand miles. The caup.'.rv between
Omaha and the Black IIi!N has been
tripped of what line timber there was
crig'cally upon it.
B3auregard has taken a sewer con
tract in New Orleans. It is believed
that he is locking for the ' last ditch."
Z5r- J. W. THOMAS.
Having pe rnianenily Ineatrd at
WEEPING WATEU FALLS.
trn ! ih h! professional Ferrircs to tli : ci"rrtn of
Ca ceiuitv, ?:rei. Jn7 iinf.
United States Mails.
N ERR ASIC A-
Post Office Department, )
November 30, 1808. $
lVof.otals for convening the mai ! of the UlteJ
States from Jnlr 1, 163, lo Juim SO, 1ST0, oo the
rollowiDK routi-n In the nle of jeorah , win be
recrived at the C"nsrc t 0:hce of thi J)e'rtnent
uctil 3 p. m. of February "3 pcxt, to t dec dtJ lv
Mnrrhftth.
No. Ultil From De'id to Bisraark. 10 milei acd
back, once a we!?.
Leave Pe itt Wednesday at 9 a tn ;
Arrive at ItianMtrlt by 12 u .
Leave Hi. mark Wednesday at 1pm;
Arrlre at IX'Witt by 4 p in.
14462 From C'llumtms to Madison, 43 miles anJ back
oncd a eer.
I.eave CMnoibna Tuedy at 6 p m ;
Arrive at .M "idl""!! hy 8 p in ;
lave Madirun Wrd .ed;iy at 6 a m ;
' Arrive at CVIumhiM by 8 P m.
14403 From Fremont to Lincoln, 45 aiilet'ami back,
once a weit. . .
Leave Fremont Monday at C a m ;
Anlre at I.incola by 7 p in;
Leave L'ncoln Tu-swIiT at 6 7 m;
Arrive at Fremont by 7 p in."
Fropo-ats for ini.ro Iteniierit i"nrii-e invite,!.
14461 From Lincoln, by Ti-cams-, , Pawnee Ci'v
and ariei Mill, (n. o ,) lo Albany, 100
mi!e and back, once a week.
Leave Lincoln Monday at 6 a m ;
Arrive at Allxnv n"xt d.iv by 7 a in ;
Leave Albany Wednesday al 6 a ml
Arrive at Linclon nit day by 7 a m
Prepnssls tor ibree timcv wt-f-lt rTii-i in
vite I.
14185 Frni MrFa ld-ns to Ft. Kearney, 73 ulU-aaivi
back, once a weeK.
Leave McFaddns Monday at 6 p m;
Arrive Ft. Kearney next day by 7 p m,
- Leave Ft. Kearncv Wednesday at ti a m;
Arrive at UcKadden next day bv 7 p m.
144CC From I'aplllion, by PUtiford and fomh Bend,
to h. l.itlU, (n. o..) oo tftp .nM,n's Creek
30 mi'es and bark, onca a week.
Leave Papil-Kn We lneday at 8 a m ;
Arrtv.- at t. Ball by 6pm;
Leave K. Hal a Thin sd.i v at S a m;
Arrive at Fapillidn by C p rn.
From Dakota City, by -a IMa oe, (n. o.,)
4 44G7
(.-anion. nn roiK City, to Madinwa H.,
(n. o..) 75 miles and back, once a week.
Leave lknla City Monday at a m;
Arrive at Ma4i.ou We-lnesday by 6 p m;
Leave JI idiaon TburjiUy at 7 a in;
Arrive at Onknia City Satmdny b 6 p ra.
14488 From Lincoln lo Co a nbu, 77 and bacK, o:R;
a wei;k.
Leave Llr.ertn We !ned y t 5 n tb;
Arrive at Coinmbns next day bv 0 p m;
Leave Columbus Fri Jay at 8 a m;
Ariive at Lincoln next dSv by 8 p m.
14109 From UojMt to Jl.tairi Valiey, li mile ai.d
back, three lime a wk.
Leive DeSoto Momljy, Wednesday and Friday
at 3 a in;
Arrive at Mi?or.ri Valley hy 12 m;
. La ve M iouri Vallev rame days 'at 3 pm;
Arrive at DeNoto ly 8 pm.
144TO-Fn.nl Aohlanrt, by Cedar UluftV and llei.tr.n.to
Linwotni, a nine, and bai k, n.e a week.
L'ave Ajliiand Sa'urdav ai 6 u Ui ;
A i rive at Lin wood by 8 p m;
1 eave Lin wood Friday at 6 a 01; .
Arrive at A.liiar.n by H p m:
144.1 iRm Heat Point, by Oakland, to Decattit, 80
mites and hai-K, Iwice a week.
Leave We-t Point Tuesday and Friday at S a m
Arrive at l'ecatur by 0 p in;
Leave Decatur Wednesday and Saturday at
Sam;
Arrive at Ve,t Point by C n m,
14-172 From West Point, bv Lak?view, Elm.mt, a:id
Fieasaat Hon, to Norfolk, 45 tailea and back
once a wefic,
I f"; Wrt Point Thursday at H a m; :
Anive at J rfolk neat day by li 10 ;
L-ave hoi folk Friday at 2 p in;
Arrive at Weet l..int next dnv bv fi r m.
14473 Fiora Tecum.!,, by Helena, to Liih;..ln City ,
AO miles aud b en, onre a week 1
Laav 't'Kcumseh Monday at 8 a in;
Airive at Lincoln City by 7 piu;
le.tve Lincoln Tuesday at 6 a in; '
( Arrive at Tecumath by I p oi.
p:op sal tur three times a week au. vis !-n-
vited.
14174 F10111 Lincoln, by Oak f5rve (e.g.) and
F.ewaid, to the month of Douglas ci-rk, in
Butler comity (n. 6 ,) CO miles and tack,
oucc a we k.
Leave Lincoln Monday at 7 a m;
Anive at Douglas crerk Tuesday bv 12 m;
Leave lloupla, cr-ek Wed'm-d iv at 7 a uij
Arrive at Liucoln Tburadav by 1 in.
Proiionalj to end ervic at Seward, 80 miles
from Lincoln, inv:ttd
14473 Fmin Elk Horn Sialiua, (b.jo.,) by Forest City
8alt Crerk and Aahland. to Lluoin, to
niiles and bai:k, once a we. k
Lea ve Kik Horn Mtatin Tm-sday at 6 a m;
Arrive al Liucoln by!ip 111;
Ltave'Lir ciiln Wednesday nt 6 a m ;
Arrive at t.lk Horn station by 8 p ui.
ProptvaK t, einl eivi e at Ah!aiid, 23 milc
rrom Kik Horn Station, invited. . .
14476 Frim Lincoln, by viifor.land lliaier-Cr u-.-
nic to fort Keari.e, 10U mllej nud l-ack,
once a week.
Leave Lirualn Monday at 7 a m,'
Airive at Fo;t Kearni'y iVr.lnct .Ijr 0( 7 p tn.
Lca.e Fort Kearn. y 1 huixlay at 7a m,
a. i ive at L uctdn Satir day i,y 7 pm.
Proposals lo brgrn this m-vire at Fieaver
Croaniug, ieoiasiug dintaace mitts, in
vited. 14477 From Little Fioux, (Tours) hy Ariroaa and Te.
aainan, 1 j m est i'osu-, 3J uuies and back,
nee a week.
. Leave Littlu aioux Tnday at 7 a in
Anive at West Point by li p ni; '
Leave West Point Wedinnday at 7 a m,
Arrive al Little hioiix by 6 u m.
14473 Fiom Beatrice, by t wan Ci'y and'Camden.to
Millord, 44 niilet and back, o-Ke a work.
Leave H:m rice Jlutday at 6 a ui; -Ai
rive at Milfurd by 7 p in
Ltavs Ml ford Tne day at 6 a m,
arrive at beatiice at 7 p ra.
Prpo-a!s to bepin the norvi-e nt 5 tv a a City,
decreaioK di-tance 14 miles, iovitnrf.
14479 From Uest Point to Dakota tity.6) imie a: d
back, onee a week.
Leave We-t . oint Mondar at 30 a m.
Arrive at Dak. l i City Tiiepdiy by 7 pm.
lyava Dakota City tV'tdnejduy at 7 a ni
Arrive at Wect Pilnt Thuia lav by 5 1. m.
144S0 Fr m Nebraka City, by bartlett's
o.,i M.jdeis,(n. o ,) JIcClarr, (u. a .) uan
Moitou", Ford (11. o.,) to Tab.e li, 40
mil' a and tack, rorr a week.
L-ave Nebraska City .Monday at 3 a m
Arrive at Table R .ck by 7 . p di,
Leave Tablo Koc Tnexiay at & a in,
Arrive Hi Xetraka t i'y by 7 p m
t.-m Kan let; (. sty, (lowa) by W yoming, ta
Lincoln City, 5S niilra and la'k.oue o
Leave Ilnrtl't City Monday nt 7 a m
Arrive nt Lined City Tniday by 13 rr ,
Leave Li', coin C i'y e.!tledAy at 7 a di
Arrive at Parti, tt Citf Ihnrfday 12 m
From beali.ci , ly Clatoma (a. o..) nml K..n-
dult, (ii. o ,) to Camdiii, 40 iciles and ba k
o.ice a ww k .
Leave Beatrice Mondiy atS a m, ,
Arriv at Cmi!n by 9 p rn.
Leare CUmden Tuesday at il a m,
Arrive at Beatrice by ft p m.
11432
14453 From Ashland, by Wsho Ranch (n. o..) and
. naccoon rora tjot tn.'ek, (n. o..) to Ulys
ses, (n. o.,) 7j miles and hack, once a w k,
Le"sve Ashland Monday at 7 a m, .
Arrive at t'ly sa a a xt day by C P m,
l.save Ulysses irednesday at 7 a m,
Arrive atvthlaid next day by S p m.
PrirpOials for end in, the service at Oak crPti
(n o.,) decreasing dirtanee 'ii mi!es,invit?d
NOTES :
Propcsals most be to carry the mall w ith 'eeler
Py, certainty and security," u."inir the terms of t he
law, and they most be jrcarantled by two responsi
ble persoDS criilled to-as such .by a postauaa.er or
juKof a court of record.
No py will be mda fcr trip not terfmm''d. and
for eaeli of such omiw-ions not eatisfacturiiy x
plalacd lUrt-o times the pa? or tl;e tiip may be de
ducted For arrivals so far behind time a ft) break
coDnecticn with d-p--ndiri; mail-', aud D"t sumciont
ly excused, or.e-focrth tiie com-pe3Ht;ori forYhe
tnp ia inMwt to fotf-jiturr. Fines will be imrus, d
unless th? delinquency I e Sktiract rilv rxtlaiu d.
'or netrlectins to ta ke the mail frrm or In'o a pust
office; for sult'erinx it to be icjured, ditiortd,r lUe.1
or lost; ani 101 reiUHir.;, alter a -mand, to eouvey
mall as f.-anneotly as Ihe Contractor runj. cr is con
cerned m rannidg, vehicles on llie route. Th Post
matter G.-neraJ may annul the contract for dtsobe v
in; tbe nostolUca lawn, or the - instmclions of the
Uepartment. lie may aiter Uie n hfilcie of cop art-
nren ond arrivals, and aio 4rlr an loereseeof
service by alWsin lUein ur a pro r'lbt increase 01
ine csntract Dsy. ilsmtr ljcu tail or oisconlto-
ue the service ia w hole or in part, at a pro rata de
reuse of pay, ailowicj oae rconth's extra i-orppcn.
at ion on the scv.ttnt of ervic di'pensed with
Did should be addnssed to the "drond aist:,nt
Potma-tcr General. "sai.erMrribed l'ropo.li'.Stte
of Nebra!ka," and sen by mail. ...... .
tor forms of propo.-ai. ac, and other lorormstion
see advert iseinept of thi date, in pamphlet furai, al
the principal post offices.
lu. 11. KASDAZ.I,,
Jan7w4 J PostniaHer Getitrjl.
SHERIFF'S SALE
E. 11. Eaton, )
vs. 1
Eecntlon:
obn Gregory, jr., )
Notice is hereby jjivrn that the
nn.Tersnrnea-sherifr of ihe canty cf Cas. ftste of
Nebraska, will by virtne of an execa:bn, iseuesl by
tne Ulcrx. 01 the Dtttrict Court , f Laneister county.
Nebraska, in favor of John Gregory, jr.,acd ajraioxt
u. haton, and lo bim directed, at one e cUck p.
.ou tbe Eichtreo Ui;h). dtr of January, a p.
1S63 at the, Court lloiiso, in Pla ifiiimth Cass
oouaty. Ni bra-is a. rffer for sale at Dublic auction tne
followinc roods and chattels, to-wit : nief'aniir
Case Gold I lat.-d Hatch. Taken on said txecutioti
a tho proper'y of the f aid E. 11. Eaton.
Dated tats Dsceui&er ilst, A. D I on.
J ' JOII'S .
Jan7w2 E bcr.i: Caa Count"', ! c.
LIVERY, FEED,
AND
lESstXo StalDle,
BT
WM- ,1- ll'ATT, Proprietor,
PLATTSMOimi, NFHRAPLA.
First rale Stabling and Wacon Tart for t ac
commodation of the pnl tic, al.o a trood stuck of
HORSES AND CARRIAGES.
to let on very roannaie trra.
8l;ib'e on Ma i n fe -t, n ir ly opjio-ifc to" SiTER
D AN HOL'SK, PU:tm.)ith, Xeb. pfrnitf.
Dr. Bnrtons Tobacco Antidote.i
AHRAVrrn to a r nova ju pesiaa for Tos 10.-0.
itK lAfxt, inviKoratra tlM syslero, jKmmw rrnt Doijjfisti
inti al strenKiheninfr power, is an eiretlent totnr kJx ap
peiiternables tlie sbimacb to diirefct the brantc-f food,
makes ep refreshiiiif, and establishes robnsyliealih.
Jvnoirrs nj rketerr far lixt yrart turfl. Vfa e Klfly
i-n,a ner IViv. nost frei. An liilcreiili-.c treatlsn the la-
jurious e'atVs of tobacco, with 11ms of teKtun.Xali, rsfsc-
enC3. etc., T raaa. ArbdUi wanted. AilJ
A. A. AKBU 1 1 , ClW?m lJ,
TESTIMONIALS
(ims'A. Nebraska.
For sixteen yei I was a slave to tub -co. sTooklnsT or
cliewliiB all tlin tli-. twelnn lr. Bartons Tobsec Ants
dote advertised, 1 pVehasrd a bo. Iroltr das I fuunil
relief, sn-t in a swll w as iih.koi hi llRls of Ibo
taste and disease bft AVrer or fJinumnU, arars thtm
K.t,M hiul thr lAt't tr ta Lttwh tliili(-lt-an lllllir.
litMiV lAWbiviKif, 11. i., .11. c. conr.
I have used tobacco forix-five Sr. out fuim IwsnnJ
iatrirei i ixm Co., Nebtaska.
Of tht habit by one box of ii. Finn's Antldiae.
From TH V. S. TBAsrii.'!T.Tt,s Oflt. Pteasw
lllinilT, I DT.I11WWI,
end a supply of tho A-ST.u. 1.1s oo ronec mas
dtm iu tvtrk scasxv. aj. T. LooaB.
Faoa New IlAMPsntn PtatAPbisow. (Jetitlemea
or iutioence here, havlyt- been euVd of tho si peiils to
tobacco bv n.inK Dr. niton's Auiito, wo desna a sup.
ply for the prisoners 7 ihis iiisiiuiti...
Joski o Ma o, Warden of NVH. Btats Prison.
r.n. .n ;mrZ'.aoixFrR or TinLLrr.nA!iT Vate
Lr RanaoAii t:irA!r, PirrsarHdH, Va I bass aisrd
tlie Antidots withreal success. It iscumWll my (t lends.
AI. SlUadSTUJiB.
cured hit brotr and niTselr. It jsi-vra rais.
lie. I. W. SHOKMAKaa, Kclley's Ration, Pa.
har grin-A thirty M lvi 0 fit'K in thrrtYymth bT
usinff lr Burlou s Aulidole, aud all dttt t f. rVbaeeo ia
remove Yin. L. V, aw, Jr..
Fbo th ForrTHraw Ifomt Jodbmau, RAirufoaB,
A OifMiovw' Tesviifosir. wr. no.or AtTioora
Mo. ina box of Burton's Anltdoie nmtn alt Wowro
for 1, wee.t from mo. 1 taks pies, ore iu rwcotrroetWinAj
it toAOl our re-atiers. 1 1 ni-AT.K. j.ojk
FOR SALE BY ALL RI3TS.
Trademark X O'Pyrloh.Ud.'
IV
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Magazine of AHurlra, devoU d lo orlftirisl B'orlrs.
Pi-ems, Sketches, lloilfcbnld Mailers, ,ms of
Thought, Pwaonalaiid l.iteiary tiorsip (includltij
special i-pedal departnif-nts on F.il. Ions; , Insinio.
lions on Health, Mns r, Annisemouts, et ., by tt.a
best antho'B, and profurcly iduMrated with eost.y
etiravinJK, useful and cnt'-rt jiik liieial'ii".
No pet oli of rennenvnt, ecotit ruical w totnr ad f
of t.ita c ia alfird lo do without the JIuil"! Mun li Jr.
ypecitnon copii-s, 15 cents, mailed f'eo Vra-'y ?J.i O
with a valuabV premium : two ropio W ; threo
c pi.s. 7 ft ; live copies 1 12, and sp I' l.dld prerol
uin for cbihs at .') ea-h, with the tir.st premluma
to each subscriber. tf A new Dartrsui Faatrse
ewinc Machine lor -JH subs, ril e-a at 1 oa-)i.
Publication Office. f84 Hroadway, ew Vork.
Ienioret's Monthly and Yon it America l-riher
$4, with Hi premiums I .r each. derSl
J' stray ftofices.
Tk"n np by tl anb-crit er, in . Platismouth pro
duct, Uec-.-uiier 1'oh. 1m'.-. two white Ml. or. oacb
havtne n-.i ears, nnd one i f wlii h ha l"tf a spritikln
of rt-d on bis sides ; a?n, one ri-d Hot r anil ono
dunnifh h-'-fr wl'h mo.tle fais till snpposod lo bo
ue year old lat i-p in. and 111,10 of ilium having
any marks or brands porreivi-ble, except tho red
sip. r has had his ears shortened, probably ly frost
Ucc31w&o IULK,
Tskeri np bv t!i e u.cribr, la Roc lc UJuC's p'
einct.aliont the first ..f Pec n lier, HbS, one I.ghl
red i-teer, sr.p -s U to be yara old in the spring,
with wait" in the for. Imsr.l iuve tho eyes, sous
white on the runip of tins 'aii. No earuiatksur
brand. JAS M. CHALFaNT.
Ke.-31wS
TaLen up by the pubsri iber In Heck l!,ufl"s precinct
oi.e atm a half iin'e fr. m L'rimi Hon, Dec l.1.6s
ot.e rd t tecr cn'f, suppufed to lis one , ar o'd, swal
low fork iu the Ie't ear, m h-ll tukr u up bad a forks. I
hickory stick an 111. d ils nick, fastened wiik wire.
Der3I5 K. 11. NiCilllLS.
Taken tip by Ibo subcriker nt his residents la
Avoca pnH-ioct. I.-ceniiior wh, lfi'CH.on llht rs-1
heifer calf, and ouc darkled hnl, ia!f, 110 rrarti
perceivable. WM. ALTAITtU,
lice 24 5
Taken up by ho subscriber, ut hi' residence la
Ml Pleasant precinct, Dec. ml.er !Vh, IffiH, Cos
yearliug Meer, r.-d, with white tall, a few w til us
sputa o 1 side, and little white s.ot on back
Dei2l.') CEOitGE HAN8jl
Tak"n np by the sub-n il.fr. in OrraT'olli jYiola t
C,-H county, Nrl.r.iska, on tli" ,'th d..y i f Hocember
lsi.S. One bay nia.e lulo, luTii-o-ed o be shout six
years old, has while spot 111 lump, a Itll'e wLlto
hpnt uuder jaw, has b'ark iu.i.11 ai.d tall, msia to
croaebed and tall -hayed. v. VV. CUSHEK,
IVcl7w&.
.1
Taken np by tho su'Wrih r '.n Kiht Hue Orovo
precinct. Nor. 2-jth. lbS, O. e Kn.all t pricf Iloifsr
Calf, whi i-h roan, white f .ci.in i lri, it ur
maiks. One wl i:e aud r d holier ca. f. star iu fore
head, no ear mark, i no red K'rr cult, while be !y
and tall, both ears croip.d, uu bonis.
declTwO WM. C0LTI5.
Taken up l y th ut-s:-iher In Mt Pleasant prss
ciuct, Pec. II, IS' S two Colt' , suj posed to bo oaa
year old past, one a li'm-k, with it it eyo blind, as4
the other a bay, wiih while fe t. and wliito ia tho
face. JjlI.N OILMOCR.
.Docl7wi
Takn np by Ihe sulcriber, .Jx tnlls soatosTeil of
Plati-mou h, ou.' small, ltd, boiler cslf. No marks
or brands rerce.Vdl !c. 11, ClKbOLP.
D..cl0w5
th vT
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Ibe Ciit-fo, charac'tr mid superiority ot the
Chicago Kbpubiiuan blsoim at tbe bead of
J. urnaJism in the N.,i tiiwe-t, its course politicslly
can but remembered True at all tunos lo Keptibl I
can principles, yd nev r im.ly to derud those of Its
party iu public places when faithless to the perple's
trust Always to bv found ban lion for tlo right In
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nevr s ervlnf from lb" r ours iit I f-lisves to bo
tixht and for the bc.-t ii.t't-1 ijt 11.0 wbelo counkry
and Its ) 0jple-
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Its Ile(tr3ph news, from all 11.ru of the eoiiolry,
will be loiind full and rnmp.e.n AUer.lion lo tbi
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cd, and, wi r; happy to ear, upireotod
Jls a Commercial Paper
Its market reports arc at all times to be found fr.11,
e replete and uubiassd, I his d.jprtmetit beinr undsr
the iiprvinoa of ons who lis for years sioca al
the heap in bicaeo
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will bcarcriticisiu
As cn Agricultural Paper
This department is aader the vtrefal oupervisltio rf
a tlior-UKhly praitie.al man, and to th.ise en(.sij'd In
aericnlture will prove 10 bo worth many timsa lbs
aub r iption price
Its reports of procwdldgs t f Concresg, Plate I'jf.
i-latures. Public Jleeiinirs, C( rivenli.ns. Fairs, l
all matters id a l.irh any portioa of its readers ar
intercsrd, are always to be found more full aodeo-a.
plete than auy of Its eoDtem"rariea
The Rr pub mca ia at all tinn-s op -a to diseasoloa
from the people, reay lo f .'rr ioquirlca and to
discusi top rs of Interest In iiliort, 1 u K(rraucti
is in every re"pts a pi pr for the p.ople, 4T
to the interests of the p-o 1 and the frrowth and
prosperity of the NoithweBt, hii.l as mth iovllel tho
co-ojicratton of all im'.ueiico Wo oS.rr tht following
lurlocementB to tnsn wlio . will act as our axeni.,
a ad invite ail to Act A Jt w leisarc hours spent
nmniir j..ur ueij!4bors . win Bee iro a clubatycur
1 uu iu -e . . . r
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allnw a Coioinisaisin cf Tt.N' I trl C tNT. to be ro
ta'ned from theT Mittst.co
The follnwins are tha term of 1-63 :
Terfiiis of ul)criilion :
Daily (si-Beii days rj,-r w"el.), tier anoam f 12 tm
Cln'o of ten, foi fu.i year' ' - 1O003
Tr-vsek!y, per annui-v,
Clillx.f iwi, for fall year,
Weekly, per anuum.
Club of Qve
.Club of ten
' Club of twenty,
6 OU
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2 d
9 Oi
17
a! t )
Cm of ffv 4-.,
75 OO
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tered I.ttiei r tipress, and when o at is at oor
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EMORKST'S YOtTNG A II FR I CI,
L.-ilaraed li is the best Juvenile alasaiine.
ivory Hoy aud Girl tl. .1 f it ssis so ; all tho
Prsts say so; and patents ard t'-acl.or confirm it.
Do not fail to r curc a Cory A "rood Microc"pe.
w.'.b a itUss cylinoer to cuhno lit ing ejects, or a
good two-bla.ted, pKrl i .:ket knife, and a larre
number of other desirable artic'oa, rivea as premi
ums to each Jbcrsoer. Verly1.60. Publicauct
offifo, Ms Droa 'way, New Vork.
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