"7 any mnn attempts to haul doicn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot
VOL.
5.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1869.
AO.
5.
THE HER AJLi D
,I8 PCBLISHGD
VVE EKLY,
B7
U. r. HATHAWAY,
EOITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
V$"0e, corner Main street and Levee, second
Terms: $2.50 per annum, j -
Rates of Advertising
jsquare(spaee of ten lines) out Insertion,
Kc.i subsquent Insertion -Profes-i-mal
cards not exceeding six 11
ie-qamer column or less, per annum
six months
4 three months
Oh half column twelve months
u six months
i three months
seeolurau twelvemonths -
six months
three months -
HI transient advertisements mast b P
adrauc.
We are pr pared to do all kinds or
t. notice, and In a style that will
n short
faction
1 .SO
1.00
10 00
35.00
SO to
15.00
eo.oo
85.00
20.00
100.00
60.00
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orln
Work
satis.
Dr. X W. THOMAS,
Having permanently located at
WEEPING WATER lAIYI.S'i
tender his professional services to th j
Caw county, Nstraska.
UAISINU THE DEAD
cMisensoi
Jao7'C9tf
FOll SAME OR TRADE!
A' good dwelling, containing six rocms, a food
!. r and cistern, a well, stable, wood shed
and baggy shed on the lot, situate on the corner f
Seventh and Locust streets ; alio, a two story brick
building, 2jtx36, with two lots, situate on Fifth street
north of Jlaiu. The above property will be sold
cheap for cash, or traded for an Improved 'arm in
Cawt count f.
l?or particulars apply on '.he premises.
QKO. BOfcCn-.
All persons Indebted to me are requested to call
and settle immediately, as I must aud will have
them settled forthwith.
Rovl9tf. GEO. BOKCK.
WILLITT P0TTENQER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLA.TTSMOUTII - - .NEBRASKA.
T. M OTARQ.UETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AUD
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOPtn, NEBRASKA
8. F- COOPER,
ATT9RSEY AlfD COUNSELOR AT LAW.
IIattsiiioiitli, Neb.
TU1 buy and sell Real Estate, sad pay taxes fjr
W non-residents. ....
Improve.! and uulu-proved lands and lots for sale,
Jaae S5th nliv.
R. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Phvsician and SuTgeon
v.ud.rs his professional service s to thecitisens of
.i.-.teornerofOak and Sixth
.irt!U Office on Main street, opposite Court House,
rlattsmouth, Nebraska. .
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor.
t-. , M,in and Fourth Streets,
-V'MCf vj - ' --
jLMattsinoiUli, Xeb.
-..r. be.n re fitted and newly far
vUhl,.n-erj nrsl-clas accommodations
day or week.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
General Land Agent,
t.iacvln.
Board bj
t ugS
Xelrarka
. . i !h. sitn and
urili n-artle lu any oltue ooun.u. ... -. ---.ubvauJ
II as ate o.. comm.ss.on, psy
Tatos, essmine Titles, c
oovi'oltt
Gtrali Ealoris Body in a Dissecting
Room The Eyts Opening and the
Corpse Jlovmg under tut 1'rojessors
Experiments.
Arrangements were made by the
friends of ibe condemned to have an
effort made to resuscitate the body.
Accoidingly, a committee appointed for
the purpose were in waiting at the
prison at the time cf the execution,
and the body, wrapped in blankets,
was brought to the Unirersiiy. The
drop was four feet; the cord around
the neck was a amall one. He hung
by the neck thirty minutes, and there
were signs rf Jife only four minutes
after the drop. Ten minutes after be
ing cut down he was placed upon the
table in the amphitheatre, the lime
elapsing from tho execution being
fortv-four rriuutes. Six ounces of
SV.ILLIN E R Y .
MRS J. F- DOUD,
Having Jnst rerelved a cholca selection of Mttlia
erytiooda nom Philadelphia, now otTers them for
inspection and sale, at reasonable prices. Mo pains
has been spared to obtain the finest material and
Please cli and ejaming at her residence, one and wnisky were injected into the bowels,
a half miles iouth of I'lattsniouth. iminiitl I J n
Bnu one guuuu ui pic uavgiu gas
was forced into the lungs, and a pow
erful galvanic battery applied to the
medulla oblongata and ibe pit of the
tomache. At the same lime the
tongue was withdrawn from the mouth,
and the body turned from side to eide,
the method of Marshall Hall, for aiti
A CreatJNovelty !
fORiS cents and one red stamp, "we seed any
? party 6 samples all different or onr
New Golden Fountain Pen,
Holding ink to write
i T T"vr T7"c it OME DI1V
10 per day guarantied to Agents. Single samples ficial respiration. In fcUT Or five min
utes, a marked change occurea in tne
countenance; the chest gradually ex
panded, the eyes opened, one arm was
drawn up, and, by means of a, steth
oscope, contractions and dilations of
the heart were dFstinctly heard. So
rident were the signs of life that hi?
friends exulted over ihe ffct that he
really lited. Another gallon of oxy
gin was introduced into his lungs, and
th baiterv was so changed that the
' . . . .
10 cents. Circulars Free,
Feb4ra8
Address
R. H. YOUNO M
119 Chambers St.. Boston, Mass
Sheridan House,
Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor.
Corner of Main and Third Street.
Flattsmontli, Neh
Tlosrd by the day orweek. Charges -saeraiir.
I S'hecs leave thi House daily for tl point
ITIiat A Gentleman Does and
Dues Not.
Hs is a above a mean thing. He
cannot stoop to a mean fraud. He in
vades no secret in the keeping of an
other. He betrays no secret confided
t h .own keeping. He never struts
in borrowed plumage. He never takes
selfish advantage of our mistakes. lie
uses no ignoble weapons in cootraver
sv. Ha never eabs in the dark. He
is ashamed of inuendoes. He is not
Ans ihintr to a. man's face and another
behind his back. If by accident he
becomes in possession of bis neighbor's
counjels, he passes upon them an act
of instant oblivion. He bears sealed
packages without tampering with the
wax. Papers not meant for his eye,
whether ihey flutter at his window or
lie open before him in unguarded ex
posure, are sacred to him. He invades
a . 1
no privacy of otners, nowerer tne sen
try sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and
keys, hedges and pickets, bonds and
securities, notice to tressj 6sers, are
none of them for him. He may be
trusted, himself out of sight near the
thinnest partition anywhere. He
buys no oflics, he sells none, he in
trigues for none. He would rather
fail of his rights than win them through
dishonor. He will eat honest bread.
He tramples on no sensitive feeling.
He insults no man. If he has rebuke
for another.he is straightforward, open,
manly. , He cannot descend to scur
rility. In short, whatever he judges
honorable he practices toward every
man.
the day or week
North, South, East and Wert.
To thi WoMl!C Class I am now prepare a
to furnish all classer with contant employment at
ihetr homed the whole of the time, or lor me
spa'e momenta. Business new, liht and profitable
Fifty c nts to D per evening, twuj
perrons of either sex, and the boys and girls earn
nearl v as much as men. Great inducements are of
fered "those v.ho will devote their whole tme to the
buine s ; and, that every person who sees this no
tice msy send me their address ana iesi i ne DUFinewi
for themselves. I make the following unparalleled
...r... . f .!i .re not well satisfied with the
k..iin,u l will and si Co pav lor me wunuic v
nrriiin.. me Va I particulars, airecuous .c "cm.
iv.. c.n.nl, nt bv mail for 10 cts. Address
aprS E. C. ALLEJJ, Augusta,
Caw Despatches be Retdsed? A
brute entered the office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company a few days
snn- nd nfTprpd a desDatch addressed
current passed the entire length of the ta a(jyi couched in language so pro
spine, and the artificial respiration fane B3 t9 raise the question of the pro
continued For a few moments the prety 0f the reception. Are we sup
signs of life increased, but in a short pose(j l0 know or recognize the lan
tirae disappeared. Nitrous oxide gas uaee of a despatch? Must we not
was injected into the lungs by an ar accept everything offered ts us? Are
tificial opening into the trachea, made j we t0 e tne judires of the morality of
Me.
by Professor Duffe, but all to no pur
pose, and at the expiration of one hour
and twenty-five minutes the experi
ments ceased, ai d the body was hand
ed over to his friends.
messages?
. U1,ur-.L. SAM. M. CHAPMAN
Maxwell fc Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AVD
Solicitors in Chancery.
IATTHXOUTH, - - - NEBRASKA.
Ollce er Black, Butter, Co'. Drug Store,
arrl
L1VBHY, FEED,!
AND
alo stable,
BT
WM- J- HYATT, Proprietor,
PLATTeMOCTH, NEBBASLA.
First-rate 6tabling and Wairon Tarda for the ac
commodation of the pul lie, also a good stock of
q "AMn r arr 1 AttES
S- af f
hurtoto
joseph
WATC5HAKEB and
Main Street,
schTjATER ,
JEWELEB.!
to let on very reasonable'.terms. OTTIrT,
Stable on Main street, neay opposite the biihii
OAN HOUSE, Plattsmouth, Neb. Iec31tf.
SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STABLE.
MaIkSt., - - PtATTSMOUTH
PLATTSMOUTII, - -
A good assortment of Watches
3 i..,Wu(. Fanc GO
NEBRASKA
iJlo at. Gold Pens,
sii.er Ware. Fane G0O.1S
. -weiry , - -- , - - -
.ill Trimmings !-
wilted to his care will be warranted
April 10, ItJtiS.
Violin and VI
Allwork com
I am prepared to accommodate the public wtt
Horses, Carriages and Buggies,
Also, a nice Hearse,
fn hort notice and reasonable terms. A Ilack will
Coscehsikg Codbtimc. There iz
wimmin who are az easy-to court az
lint.
"Luv, at fust sight," ix like eating
honey It duz seem az ao yu never could
get enutT of it. .
This IcintT of luv iz apt to make
blunders and iz az hard to back out ov
nz a well.
But there ain't no such thing az
pure matbemalicks in courting. If it
iz all nature, it iz too innocent for
eartl; and if it is awl tience, it iz too
much like a job.
PerhaDS the test way to court iz to
begin without mutch ov enny plan
whare yu are going to fetch up, and
see how yu and she likes it, and then
let the thing kind ov worry along kare
less, liko throwing stones into a mill
pond.
Yu will find one thing tew be strict
ly true, the more advice yu undertake
to follow, the less amount ot good
courting ytt will do.
Such are the questions
which sometimes puzzle receivers in
the performance of their duty. In the
case referred to the appeal was made
m the chief executive "efficer. who
Drommlv endorsed upon it as follows
"This message must be refused, no
matter what the consequences may be
This was formerly, and we trust now
will be the underwood rule. No brute
should be allowed t use the wires for
the conveyance of his vulgarity, and
messages of this cha acter, profane or
obscene, may with safeiy be retusea
In the recept'on of messages having in
view the commission of crime, the law
TELOCIPEDIA.
Van Wyck. the famous New York
surgeon, warns the public against the
use of the velocipede. He sayg the
severe jar of the small, hard seat pro
duces disease of the prostrate gland,
and 'if young men wish to preserve
their manhood they"should ceasd the
use of the velocipede.
The leading velocipede manufac
turers of New York and New Eng
land have made agreements with tne
Hanlon Brothers to pay them five dol-
ars rovaliv on each machine for the
use of the patent, and it is probable
that a like sum will be fixed as the
compensation for the use of the L.al!e
ment patent.
A man in Milford. Mass., is making
velocipede with wheels eight feet
high. It is intended to trarel tnirty
miles an hour.
Two new styles of velocipede, which
conflict with no existing patent, are re
ported from Worcester, Mass. Une
of these is to run entirely by friction.
and the other with common foot pad
dles, enables the operator to make a
mile a minute, or thereabouts, eacn
tread on the treadles giving the dri
ving wheel three revolutions.
A four-wheeled railroad veiocipeae
has been made by a Cleveland me
cbanic. The front wheels are seven
and the rear wheels two feet in diara
eter. The front axle has two crooks
shaped like a V. to which the connecting-rods
are fastened. The driver's
seal is similar to that of a sulky, which
inclines forward, giving the rider a
chance to expend all bis strength and
droD his entire weight upon the pro-
- . i
pelling apparatus, ine weignt 01 ine
machine is 160 pounds. It is intended
for section men, taking the place of
the hand-car. The cost is leas than
S150.
A new velocipede on three wheels
has been invented by William R
Monley, and just constructed at the
works of the Giroud Manufacturing
Co., N. Y. The velocipedict can be
comfortably seated over the two hind
whetls, and by means of his feel and
a pair of treadles which have nn alter
nate motion of four or five inches, he
tarns the propelling cranks. The
frsmp ts of lirrht wrought iron, well
a a w - c
ULEAHI.NC-S.
Richmond is to have an Irish news
paper. Bismark'a wife acts as his private
secretary.
Jerusalem is to have a weekly
ueivspaper.
A large cotton seed oil factory is lo
be built at Mobile.
In 1866. the last census, the popula
tion of France was 33,007,094.
The motto of the market gardener
just now is, ".Let us nave peas
Our Population a cjcniurr
Hence
The most considt.ri.te and cautious
estimate has set down the increase of
population in the United States for
several decades, as follows:
Eighteen hundred and seventy, for
ty.two millions, 18S0, fifty-five mill
ions; 1890, seventy seveu millions,
1900. one hundred millions. It is not
unreasonable to suppose that in a hun
dred years from this lime we mij
have a hundred millions in the valley
of the Missouri, Berenty on the Allan-
The Catholic Bishop of Pekin re- tic slope, and thirty on the Pacific.-
cently died after forty years service.
Every family on the island of
Guernsey has a Victor Hugo among
the children.
The Florida orange tree lives on an
average 35 years, and produces 5,000
oranges.
The Mayor of Portland is a remark
able man. lie asks to have bis sal
ary reduced.
One firm in Switzerland sends to
this country music boxes to the value
of $2,000,000 a.jear.
Them ra more owners of the eoiI m
this country lhan any other. We
have fifteen millions, whereas Great
Britian has less than than thirty thou
sand. Half the land in England it
owned by fewer than one hundred
aud fifty persons, and half the land in
Scotland by not inore than ten ot
twelve. No wonder that emigration
cornea hither. For the last fifteen
years our average emigration n is
282,265; that is to say, during all
that period an emigrant has landed on
our shores on an average of every
One Leipzig publisher sold 70.000 minute of time, and oftener, counting
copies of a cheap German translation the day twelve Hours Jong, inero
cf Uncle Tom's Cabin. are probably sixty tongues doing
,r. . -n i .t -cr . r business in our metropolis: there are
i lrmv r. murium hiio' on n ai l ui i - -
his left forefinger during a hunt in the
early days of March.
Thackeray's daughter is traveling
in Germany, and meets everywhere
with the most cordial reception.
The eon of Prince Napoleon as
closely resembles the great conquerer
of Europe, it is said, as his father
does.
Mazzina has sent to the printer the
manuscripts of a book dedicated "Tot
all Italians," aud entitled "My Last
Will."
It is a singular fact that the first
protest to the Massachusetts Legisla
ture against women suffrage came
from women. '
Oranges and lemons may be pre
served in the highest perfection by
freezing and placing them in an ice
house or refrigerator.
A magnificent silver crown has been
purchased by subscription in England
and deposited on the tomb of the late
braced. The power required to drive Emperor Maximilian
this vplocinede. brines into action the
large strong muscles of the thighs and
Ipt It can be turned in its own
length. Inventors Gazette.
Plea For Ihe JL.it lie Folks.
Don't expect too much of them; it
has taken forty years, it may be to
make you what you are, dont expect
rnjects the idea of an obligation on the judgement in a child, or patience up
part of telegraph companies to receive J der trial.. Sympathize in their mis-
whatever is banded lo tnem. journal ukes and troubles; aon i riaicuie mem.
nf thr Tplftrravh. Remember not to measure a child s
J o- jr ------ ... . ,
trials bv vour sianaaru
As one
Count Bismark's two sons are to en
ter the army. One is to join the
King's Hustars, and the other the
Lnncers, now garrisoned in Hanover
Austria prohibits the killing of sing
ing birds altogether. Maine once
passed a similar law, and included the
woodpecker among the protected birds.
A Texas exchange says The South
etn Enterprise comes to its office
wrapped in S30 coupens attached to
$1,000 Confederate bonds, due in 1867.
A terrible hail and rain storm pre-
from forty to fifty! thousand Chinamen
of the Pacific slope. The commercial
couvulsions anipolitical commotions of
Europe, and of ihe revolutions and
conscription, ara quickening aud
spreading from the European coati
nent the westward wave of life.
A singular practice has been intro
duced on the Pacific road that of
ringing a bell at the conclusion instead
of the commencement of a repast
As the hotels aro unprovoked with
bells, those on the locomotive engines
are made to answer the purpose.
There was a sign on the tavern
door, which read, "Bare Stake and
Dear Meet for Dinner." I swallowed
a "bare stake" point foremost, and
have been as stiff and straight as a
lightning rod ever since. I bad no
time for the "dear meet," though the
"bare'' was a little on that order.
The engine uttered a war whoop
and we plunged into the mountains
found ourst Ives surrounded on all tides
by craggy peaka, impenetrable ravines,
untutored savages, and beasts of prey.
There is a vast difference between an
American wilderness and an African
wilderness, besides the mere consider
ation of geographical miles. In one
you are continually surrounded by
black bears; in the other by bare
blacks. The woods and mountains
and hollows were lined, with Indians
They must have been, for there were
none visible on the outside.
Mark Twai.
At the recent election in Connecti
How to Come Down Stairs. whom hi, mother comforteth." says railed throughout the East, on Sunday, J cut, Father Carraody, who has charge
Here is a true ftory, too good to go un 1 the inspired writer, and beautifully
published. A young fellow, respect I does he convey to us the deep, faith-
m a 11 . s M S -
ably connected and known nere, usea i fui j0Te that ought to be touoa in every
to get drunk very frequently, fcnortiy woman's heart, the unfailing 6ympa
before Brown s Hotel was closed, ne thy with all her children s gnets
was one day as usual unaer toe inuu
nee of benzine, and stumbled at the
city when desired.
J. W. SHANNON.
DR
HI- II. M'CLUSKY,
Plattsmouth IVlills.
C. HEISEL, Proprietor.
H.vereesntlybecn repaired and placed mtbor
: runn;nK order. Custom work done on s.ort
inn oftO Itusliels of Wheat
... . ? j.. .hirh the bin est marke
7rKwiiib,p:rdrw
J. N. WISE,
lent. 1-'ire. Inland and
Usnsrnu ye -r. j
Transit
I'MDTTO A TVT I - t-Z AbXlJM 1 I mm .i n. T.tine.ton' Office dnrinc
J.V 3 - w - "v i' .aeb month . All orders left in the post
Will take ri-ksat reasonable rams in me office win promptly.aitenaea to.
companies In the Cnited Slates.
gjr-Omce at the bookstore.Pla
fur nth, Nebraa-
may2iuii
Fcneril of a Bee. A gentleman
writing from Glasgow, relates ihe fol
Iowidz incident; "Whilst walking with
ma to steamboat landing, and to ati parts cf the I a f fiend in a garden near Falkirk, we
observed two bees issuing from one of
the hives bearing between them the
dead body of a comrade with which
ihev flew for ihe distance of ten yards.
We followed them closely, and noted
the care with which they selected a
convenient hole at ihe side the gravel
walk the tenderness with which they
commited ihe body, head downwards,
to the earth and the solicitude with
which they pushed e. gainst it two little
stones, doubtless in memoriam. Their
task beio ended, they paused for
about a minute, perhaps lo drop over
ihe crave of their little friend a syra-
naihizin? tear, and then they flew
n w -
away
head of the stairs lending from the
landing to the front door Down he
came, heels over head, bumping from
step to step, until he was landed in
rather a promiscuous looking heap
Let the memories of their childhood
be as bright as you can make them.
Grant them every innocent pleasure m
your power. We have often felt our
temper rise to see now careiessiy tneir
little plans are thwarted by older per
sons, when a little trouble on their
A strnno-er who was iust entering ihe would have eiven the child pleas
hotel, thinking ihe fellow bad sustained ure, the memory of which would last
serious, if not mortal injury, rau to - life-time. Lastly, don't think a
pick him up, but the drunken man ma- child a hopeless case because it betrays
jestically waved him on, staggered lo some very bad habits,
bis feet, and in response to tne pror
fered assistance roared out, "Now you
s i tr .it:
les lem me lone, tvani no bioutiu
'round me.
that way.
ruminating.
I alius come down stairs
The stranger departed,
DENTIST
Tin Pxrsows Killed nr ah El-
. l J I 1 . I, Unytn
EPHAifT. A wna eipuani UoV3 uccu
doing sad havoc lately in the mount
ainous parts of the western coast ot
Madras. A few weeks ago. four men
who bad been working on the hills to
the north of Tarravutter, were de
scending to the plains, when the ele-
ptpndinr from St. Louis to the Allan I nf the largest Catholic congregation in
tic seaboard. Much damage 'was New Haven," opposed with eal the
done. Democratic ticket. His action is thus
A diligent reader of Scripture has explained:
discovered that the velocipede, and the "He has no interest in the defeat of
one wheeled variety, ,were predicted the Democrats as a political party, bnt
more than two thousand years ago. he does care for the morals of the
See Ezekiel, i., 15 21 young men commmeu to uim spuuusn
Brown-"whose boy's that, Janes 1" re. According to him. the Demo-
Jones-"Oh! a relative of mine by crauc politician, in b DMihborhood,
marria 'at thfl last election, induced many of
Brofn "what relation ?" his parishoners not yet twenty-one lo
TnnPi A son- that's all " perjure tnemselves by swearing they
Jones A SOD, mat s an. r j therefore, en-
"My dear," said a rural wife to her tUled tQ Such conduct he feu
husband, on his return from town, boundf in his capacity as a Christian
"what was the sweetest thing you saw m;nisler. to reprobate, and he accor-
in bonnets in ihe city f " ihe ladies ,0 ta lhe eitenl of bii
O J
7
the last
July .
IU,llitiery fc Drcs-makiii.S,
BT MIS A.M. DESPAIR ."-
Oooosite the City Bakery.
1 J K would respectfully announce to the ladies
W of mttsmoU nd icinlty that weh.veius.
trimmings, Ac, Ac V-e wiiii . u our
oraer erYectialaSfactioc or no charges.
rnjftf ,
HEALTH, GOMFCmr
ECONOMY.
3 REASONS FOR BOARDING
with
GEO.. W. CO L V IX,
nir STREET. - - - PLATTSMOUTH
k Tiro blocks northwest of Brick School-House.
BA TIT IIOCS E, free to patrons; bis
iO'i nis prices a:
Jalj23 nl6U.
Judge Andrews was a candidate for
Governor of Illinois, and was explain-
Here is the latest story we ve seen
concerning: the Planchette, and it is a
good one: Not a great many blocks phant, which appears to have been
from a very aristocratic portion or a shot at on several occasions, suaoaniy
certain city there resides a gentleman I rushed upon them from the jungle.
of extreme Democratic principles. He xbe men took to their heels, and three
is the rjossessor of cne daughter, who 0f them made the best of their way to
... . tr I . ...
is past the halcyon cays ot youth. . ne their homes, and reported that one oi
brought home the Planceite game for their number was missing. The dead
NEW TfiRAP.P.n TflRFJ ine to a large crowd how his friends an amusement, and the first question body of the man was subsequently
llEn I UDHUUU O I Ulls-i j B f t. candidate, asked was, "will Mary ever marry ?' found where the elephant bad seized
" r ,. .. I ..-tr ft .k .o.nn.a ntVhn InJ' ..J l.;lt-J V, A rnnnrt ia r irront
.nrl thst tha office was seekinz Dim, "ii w"" luc '"r"!5- Buu much uim. " "r"
ws - I a 1 . J T 1 1 .1 - a I 1 . 4 m.
u t .ooHno- ih urn. Queried the aensnieu ra, wuo uau got that the eiepnani nas since oecu us
uu4 1 " e I . . - i j i I , n. , i i j
..i f.. o.j0:mH ha xihn r.Hir nis eve on a certain oiu mouKj-uuH. strovea. i ne eiepaani uau urenuuaij
u nut v.v...v- --i . ' .. ....... ... r. r...'. - .i -r
t n....nr,r hn kn fn u.iwino- me "A nisrffer. scnoDiea ine rencu. ki ed nine persons, manioc n totai ui
for the list ten years." Just then a Mary went into convuuions, wnue me
tall countryman in the audier.ee arose iraie parent eeizeu iuo uuuuiuB
and sbouied, "But here's yer consols- chine and hove n into the fire, exclaim
log, " 1 migui nave kijowu it wna a
nasty Republican thing."
0!T UAtN STREET, 0TP0S1TE C0CRT HOUSE,
PLilTTSMOUTn, NEB.,
Wi nave on hand a large assortment of
CIGARS & TOBACCO,
' Consisting oftb best qualities of
CIGARS, USE CUT, PLUG AUD
SMOKING TOBACCO,
erlnrivelv In Tobacco we can sell as
chesp.it not cheaper than any other store in the city
flv n a call before you purchase eiscwncir,
ws know you will go away satisfied. ..
Ij. BUO.U & CO
Febniary 11, I669tf.
Co. Clerk and Jecorucr.
.BaXTM WlSDHiM
Dept'y Clerk A Rec'r.
H. rooms are well ventilated, and his prices are
reasonable.
Capt. D. LABCO & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Wines and Liquors,
Also a very choice Selection ot
Tobacco and Cigars,
Main street, second door east of Seymour House,
r .!-.k n.r w Nebraska
. t . naw tx-k of Gro.uine Old
brtrbtyn direct f rsm Beurtaa eouniy, Ky., Bttterf, i
ete. mylSw
Suurlock Sc Windham,
TLATTSXOVTH, NEBRASKA.
FRONT ROOMS OF COURT-UOUbJh-,
Clerk and Treasurer's Office.
LANDS BOUGHT &. SOLD.
Titles Examined, and
CoiiTeyauces HIadc
Taxes paid and rectipts forvcarde
promptly.
riattsmoath, Jane le, 1563 ell.
lion, Judge; you'r gaining on it all the
time, and it will never catch you:
The prophecy was literally fulfilled.
Tho oldest official document in Iowa
is the commission issued by StevensT.
Mason, Secretary and Acting Uovern
or of the Territory of Michigan, ap
nrtintincr Pet2r A. Larimer, of lid-
f -i :
buque. a oupreme ioun commission
er for Uubui'ie county, men compris
ing one half cf what is now tne ataie
of Iowa, wiin l.uuu.uuuinnaouams
When a lady was questioned con
cerniog her birthday, Ehe replied that
it occurred on the 10th day of April,
"the 10ih, my dear,!" incredulously
interjected her husband; "I thought it
was cn the lstl' "One would nat
urally suppose so," was the witty
response, "from the choice I made of
a husband."
The wat it VVobks. In one of
the Rhode Island towns, through which
swept a recent revival wave, there
dwells a father and three sons alt of
whom had lone voted the Democratic
ticket. But at ihe last election, the
father brought but one son with him,
and to queries about the others said,
with a mournfal shake of the head,
"They don't vote with me any more;
they've experienced religion."
it - . i
ten who had raiien victims 10 nis rage
within a short space of time. Aiiaiic.
Testing LicnTHino Rods The
Jeurnal de Telegraph gives the fol-
owinff method for testing: the material
worth of lightning conductors, proposed
by M. H. DeParville, a rencn sav-
nnl: The process consists in cuusumny
nassino- the current from a small pile
. ..... j
through the lightning rou, ana leauiag
ihe conductors to a spring sounder.
The sounder remains quiet when the
lightning rod works well; on the con
trary, it resounds when the electricity
. SJ
no longer passing: or when it nas
A gentleman being risked by a cler
evman why he did not attend ihe even-
inrr riraver-meetiD2. said he could not
leave the children. "What! have you
no servants? ' "Yes " he replied. "we
have iwo servants, who keep the house
and board cu, bet we are allowed few
privileges.
is
been forgotton to discharge the pile.
"The ladies'
faces, my love.
An English judge, Baron Alderson,
on being asked to give his opinion as
to the proper length of a sermon, re
plied: "Twenty minutes, with a lean
ing to the side of mercy."
A writer in the Chicago Advance
describes the Missouri river as "a vast
flood of thin gruel, flowing between
crusts of crumbling gingerbread.
The notorious desperado, Frank
Zerrenoer alias "Vinenar" was 6hot
dead tne other day, at South Pass City,
by a man named Fairfield.
A lady was - recommending to a
gentlemaa a remedy for ihe gout.
"I know many who praise it to the
skies," she said. "No doubt, madam,"
said be; "for it has sent many lo the
skies to praise it.
Nails. If nails are dipped in
sweet oil, or any other kind ot oil,
they can be driven into any kind of
hard wood, without either bending or
breaking.
Do you like to ero lo church?- said
a lady to Mrs. Partington. "Law ine,
I do" replied Mrs. P. "Nothing does
me so much good as to get up early on
Sunday morning, and go to church and
bear a populous minister dispense with
the gospel."
Bismarck shows his admiration of
American democracy, not alone by
empty words in speeches and cable
telegrams, tut in deeds. The other
ability.
The Tea Px.at. The tea plant is
in successful cultivation some ten mile
from Knoxville, on the farm of Capt.
J. Campbell, where it has been grown
for about ten years. It is said that
East Tennessee tea drinkers can easi
raise their; own tea with very Utile cost
or troubled The plant is a deep ever
green ehritb and grows abont five feet
high. It is hardy, arid needs no pro
leotion from frost.
Fred. Douglas says that "if you ad
mit that the negro may be a voter, yoa
must admit that he may be voted for,
and if he goes te Congress there is no
telling to where he may go. If he
can stand longress, uoogress ought to
stand him."
France have
magenta for
day, when his nephew married a pas
A Pahfnrnian writes respectinff lhe try cook's daughter, the Count did not
wheat crop, that should ihe results equal fly out and have a family disturbance;
expectations, we shall have a surplus on the contrary, he gave him ihe
nf 10 000.000 cental of the new crop heartiest congratulations. It is lo be
in pmnrt during the harvest vear of observed that the young man has notb-
iro 70. which will reauire five bun- ins: but bis title of nobility, while the
dred ships of one thousand tons each (young woman is pretty, accomplished, ever, proposin
to carry it away. ""ca cas a aowry oi j.uu,'jv..
The confectioners of
been forbidden to use
coloring candies, as it is almost im
possible to free it completely from the
arsenic used in its manufacture. Ca
seshave occurred of arsonic poisoning
from tho wearing of shirts dyed with
magentt, a distinct effect from the cu
taneous eruption caused. by clockings
dyed with coralline.
Testimony iw Ebolakd. In Eng
land, the law regulating the giving of
testimony by the parties to an action
is again in agitation. Before 1S33,
no one interested in a case, however
remotely, and no one who had been
convicted of any felonious offense,
could give testimony. Since 18-51, all
these disabilities have been removed,
with the exception of proceedings in
consequence of adultery or for breach
of marriage promise. A bill has been
lately introduced into Parliament, bow-
g to nrolish these two
exceptions also.
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