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Sit gltofca gtraUl PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1869. CORRESPOSfDEIVCE. We are deslroui of receiving correspondence from all parts of the State, relative to the material Inter ests of the country, together with such other mat rat eontribotora may deem of Interest. There is official authority for sajing the rumors circulated about a disa greement between the President and Commissioner Delano are touly un true. The Indian Bureau ha received no information whatever, concerning the recent Indian disturbances, accounts of which are published in newspapers; the Commissioners therefore think they are exaggerations. The Secretary of the Treasury re ceived a letter from the assistant Treasurer of the V. S. at Sin Fran cisco, dated May 23, giving a report of the operations of the office there, . and announcing that tlere are six mil lions in coin subject to the draft of the Treasurer. Several clerks and six out of nine watchmen at the navy department, have been dismissed, owing to reduced appropriation by Congress. The old national currency plates were to day reduced to solid 6teel in the furnace cf the Navy yard. FIRE LIMITS. Our City Council should pass an or dinance prohibiting the erection of any but brick or stone buildings within cer tain limits. W e wHl not presume to dictate or even hint where these limits should reach to, but feel satisfied that the gentlemen composing tbe counci are pefectly competent to establish a full protection from fire, to what is T likely to be the businessportion c Plattsmouth. In a few day building will be commenced here as it never has been before,and we urge this mat ter upon those in authority as a neces aity that demands their immediate at tention. It will not do to procrastinate any longer, we must wake up to a ful realization of the importance of imme diate action in this and many other matters demanding our prompt atten tion. Posh ahead nowand do not let an accumulation of shanties in the. bus ineas part of town entail future ex pense on the city. TOTTS ADDITIONS. We suggest to the many gentlemen whom we have heard discussing the propriety of surveying additions to the city of Plattsmouth, that in every case where additions are made, tney should be surveyed and laid out in strict con fortuity to the plan already adopted. In this way every street will be con tinuous and every lot, block, alley and street the same sirs and width. There is a great advantage in this method 'for among others it precludes the pos nihility of necessitating the city author ities, at some future nay, trora pur chasing property at exhorbitant rates for the purpose of opening any streets While on this subject we would like to see our present City Council pass an Ordinance governing the planting of shade trees and to encourarre this beautiful addition to the attractiveness and comfort of a town, we would urge that a certain amount be deducted from the taxes levied on each taxpayer who conforms to such an ordinance. We have no doubt that such a step would soon place our city far ahead of any thing on tha Missouri River, so far as "shade trees" are concerned. THE GRADES. It is now high time that immediate steps be taken by our City authorities to establish permanently the gradients of all our streets. This important ser rice has been delayed too long already, and an infinite amount of grumbliDg can be heard from those parties who have already built in the city, and whose residences stand a good pros pect of being either too high or too low. In our opinion a perfectly com petent engineer should be employed in this service;and,as many conflicting el ements enter iito the solution of this question, we hope our city council will employ none other than such a person as has had experience in this matter. This work should not be delayed for many reasons, prominent among others is the one that with our railroad line established hence westward, the per manent depots and machine shops se cured to the town and a good levee abutting immediately against the city, we cannot fail of becoming a large and influential cily of Nebraska.' As this involves our growth, we deem it of the utmost importance, that for the purpose of avoiding useless and expensive in vestigation hereafter, we ehocld estab lish our permanent grades for all time to come wow. Should this matte- re- j ceive the attention its importance de mands, we may hope to have a satis factory settlement of the grade ques tion at once, but should it be put off much longer our citizens may rest as sured that it will operate against the prosperity of the town and cost us end lessly for litigation which could be avoided by immediate action in this di rection soon. Let our Council employ some perfectly competent person at once and put this whole thing: at rest, so that when a purchaser buys a lot he may know just where his grade line is. Buildings of a permanent character never will be erected here until par lies investing their money in such en terprises know positively and certainly that they do not stake their money on ih caprices of a Council and their houses left twenty feet up in a clay bank or buried to the top of their first story windows in a new grade. Settle this matter now and settle it perma nently. RR Question Settled Plattsmouth the Point! AH the Depots, machine ShopSj Business Offices to be Located in the City! SSMSSH Work to be Commenced at Once I We now have authority for f ayin that the Railroad question is virtually settled, and that work will be com menced within three days if our citi zens do their duty. Only one thing remains for our people to do to secure all the benefits of this great Railroad enterprise, and that is, that they fur nish sufficient ground to the company free of cost to them. This, we have do doubt, will be done with alacrity for what would the ground be worth if the Railroad should go around the city Contractor Fitzgerald is ready to set a fcrce of hands at woik within the city limits the very moment these ground and tbe right of way are secured to the company, and be will complete the work between here and Lincoln before the 1st of January next. Let the peo pie rejoice and be merry, for the hope of years is about to be realized. WHATITMEAN8. The Press says that on the day ap pointed by the agents of the B. & M R. R. Co. to be in Sidney to close up matters relative to building the branch to Nebraska City, they were selecting depot grounds in Plattsmouth prepar atory to shoving their main line west and then the Press asks: "What does it Mean?" We would answer our friend of the Press that "it means bus iness," and it means that Plattsmouth 13 the rising: city of the west. It means that in one year from this time Platts mouth will be the second city in the State, and the leading one south of the Platte river. It means that we are soon to have the -short line between San Francisco and Chicago, and that we will have the only Railroad com niumcation, for some years, witn tne rich agricultural regions of Southern Nebraska. It means that the wealth of South-western Nebraska will pass into Plattsmouth making her the equal though not tberival of Omaha. It means all this indirectly.and much more which we shall take occasion to speak of in the future. Well may the Press ask: " What does it Mean?" We know that many parties in Nebraska City have teen nursing the hope that they might yet be able to divert the course of the road from Plattsmouth, but they have certainly hoped against reason. Many of them supposed when the B. & M. Co. proposed running a switch down frem near Red Oak, that they intend en making that their main line; but a few moments thought should have con vinced them that they were mistaken. Notwithstanding every effort has been made to divert the course of the B. & M. R. , R. to Nebraska City, yet we have the warmest feelings of friend ship for that place, and hope and be lieve it will maintain its present im portance, and increase as the country surrounding it is improved. With proper management they may yet gel a branch line from Red Oak, and we warn them against despising em a thing's. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs re:eived the following telegram from Enoch Hoag, Quaker Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Atchinson, Kan sas, dated June 6th: "Reports of hos tilities in Northwestfrn Kansas, are exaggerated and conflicting. Eight or ten remote settlers are said to bare been killed.. Exposed settlements are preparing to defeud themselves. The ndians are supposed to be Northern Cheyennes and Sioux. Business in Idaho is languishing. At no time since 1S63 have such dull times been known; state: news. j From the Omaha Republican we clip the following interesting items: A dispatch to Hon. John TafTe from Washington, received yesterday, an nounces tbe appointment of Mr. J. T. Hoile. of Richardson county, as U. S. Marshal, vice C. E Yost removed. Mr. Hoile is a member of the present Legislature. The dispatch also an nounces that Mr. John B Furay, of this city, has been appointed as Mail Superintendent of Omaha. From a careful examination of our State exchanges we find the growing crops everywhere throughout the State reported as most flourishing. The wheat never looked better is a remark heard on every hand, and if know mis fortune overtake the growing crops we shall have a much larger yield than has ever been harvested. The ccrn crop is late; the amount planted will be large, and with our present warm weather it will develop, and we may reasonably expect a large yield of this great staple. The festival held by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church, closed last evening, having met with the full sue cess it so richly deserved. It was a perfect triumph for the ladies, and they nay well feel that their enterprise and energy has been rewarded. .Mr. Geo. P. Randall, the architect who came to Omaha on the request of the Bsard of Regents of the Omaha High School, in order to make an ex amination of the tJanitol build in?, nan reported that the said building is en tirely unsafe and totally unfit, in every particlar, for the use for which it is designed. Mr. C. C."HouseI, of the firm cf Smith, Hopkins St Housel, of this city, met with an accident yesterday after noon, by which he lost the thumb and first two fingers of his right hand. He was opening a safe which was lying in front of the auction house of Wilson & Stine, corner of Fourteenth and Douglas street, when the safe door fell crushing his band badly. 3?rom the Morning Chronicle we learn that Mr. Atkinson, a brother to the two young men reported killed by the Indians on the Republican, left the city yesterday for the scene of the dif ficulty. He still has hopes of finding them alive, and himself and party go prepared to chastise the murderous en emy if it can be reached. From the Fremont Tribune, one of our best exchanges, we glean the fol lowing : From all quarters we hear the most favorable accounts of the crops. Wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, etc., promise an abundant harvest. Luckily, we free from grasshoppers this year. are We are informed that several g-en ilemea from Ohio, of experience and capital, have been examining Shell creek to ascertain if it afforded mill site privileges, lney round severa good sites, and made selection of one near Schuyler,- Colfax county, where a "fall," or head, of thirteen feet can be obtained at moderate expense. They intend to proceed at once to erect a large flouring mill, &c. Friday night last upwards of two hundred German emigrant! got off the U. P. R. R. here, and the next morn ing started for West Point. We un derstand the entire party will lake claims and go to farming. Mr- John Hansen met with a very severe Accident last Saturday evening. He was driving a pair of horses, and they attempted to run away, and he jumped out of the wagon, striking on his side and breaking the left arm above the elbow. Mr M. B. Hoxie, of Schuyler, was in town on Tuesday and reports Colfax county settling t p very rapidly with an energetic, moral people, who have both menns and disposition to improve the country. Mr. Hoxie is expecting the arrival of a large colony of Nova Sco tians, who will settle on Maple creek in Colfax county. During the heavy storm of Tuesday a new bouse in process of erection by Mr. W. H. Wick, on his farm two miles north of town, was struck by lightning and completely demolished. At one corner of the house was a me talic pump which was torn off the pipe and thrown a considerable distance ; a water-bucket was found half a mile from the . house. Tbe umbers and boards were completely splintered, not more than two or three sheeting boards and a half dozen shingles remaining together. A statistical genius declares tbat more money is ezrended in the United States for cigars than for all the common schools in the country. A wag-, undoubtedly a lover of the weed, seeing the statement goir g thro the papers, gets off the following: '-It has been estimated that the cost of washing linen that might just as well nave been worn two days longer, amounts to enough in this country to more tiiau uenuy tue expense tu iuk American uoara ot roreicn i.uis-i sions. ndlan Disturbances on tlie lepubllcais and Little Blue livers A Plain Statement of Facts I In order to forestall exaggeration and stop the thousand and one rumors circulated to the detriment of the whole State, in regard to the recent Indian raid through a portion of Jefferson county, we give below a plain, unvar nished statement of. facts, as we have gathered them from participants in the fighting, and from reliable parties liv ing in that section. The correctness of this statement cannot be doubted, and we publish nothing that cannot be substantiated by theLtestimony of intel ligent and truthful men. A party of seven whites, living on Rose creek, having gone out on a buf falo hunt, were attacked on some of the tributaries of the Republican at a point south of the head waters of Elk Creek, on the 2Gih of May, by about thirty Indians, and two of the whites killed. Two others are missing, and the bal ance escaped. The names of the killed are Mace Kellogg and Preston. On the 27ih of May the Indians traveling in a Northwesterly direction, crossed the head waters of Elk Creek moved down in a Southeasterly direc tion between Elk and Liberty Creeks, came up with a party of seven whites, from Turkey Creek, and attacking at long range, a running fight ensued which lasted for several miles, the whites beating them back. Two wh'tes were wounded; Daniel Roderick shot through tbe nnkle, and Henry Ells worth struck by a glancing ball on the hip. The Indians, continuing their march toward the Little Blue river, when within a few miles of Kiawa Sta tion, overtook and attacked, about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 28th, a party of five whites, consisting of Fred erick Tabor, Adelbert Tabor, Charles Manly and Samuel Stevens living on the Little Blue, and Judge Harrington, of Beatrice. The fight lasted tor a distance of about sixty or seventy rods, the whites beating the Indians back and reaching Kiawa Station in safety, One of the horses attached to the wag on was phot through one of his legs and left. The Judge thinks that the In dians were Pawnees. They wore blue coats. The Indiana. reached the Little Blue settlements on the evening of the 2Sih, and took two horses from Capt Wilson, eight from King Fisher, ind three from a German settler living be low. Kiawa Station is thirty miles from Big Sandy, and Big Sandy is the same distance from Beatrice. The horses -were stolen from a settlement ten miles below. The Indians approach ed to within ten miles of Big Sandy without committing any niiire depreda tions, and then took the backward track since which time nothing has been heard from them. Judge Harrington, Mr. Duffield and other?, old settler. are cotifideut that the Indians are Pawnees. This is evidenced to a certain extent by 'the conduct of the Indians them selves, who being afraid of recognition by the whites, fought at long range, their object being not to kill settlers but to steal horses, borne aver that they were led by a white mrn, while others deny it. The result of the raid is two I. whites killed, two wounded, two miss ing: and about fifteen horses stolen. We have not yet learned whether any of tho red skins were killed or wound ed.- It is probable there were, as both thft parly from Turkey Creek and Judge Harnngtou s fought with brav ery and coolness. The settlers are arming themselves, no one thinks or leaving none nave left, but all are confident of their abil lty to protect themselves against the depredations of the redskins in future, be they Cheyennes, Siouxs or Paw nees. steps are being taken to nave troops stationed along the frontier, and we hope and believe it will be done, for no matter how willing or able the settlers are to meet'these depredations. they have not the time to spare to look after marauding bands. This matter should receive the prompt attention of those in authority.aud if these maraud ers are Pawnees, they should be taught to know the penalty of murdering American citizens while enjoying the friendship of the United States Gov ernment. We have just learned that the two men reported missing after the fight on the Republican, were killed, and their names are Atkinson brothers, from Sidney, Iowa. Beatrice Clarion, The Indian Massacres. About twenty white citizens of Kansas have been killed by Indians during tha past ten days. The scene of these rnassa cres is in the northwestern portion of the State. No Indians have probably come within two hundred miles of the city, there nearest approach being in I the vicinity of the Republican Valley. Murders have been committeed on the Saline and Solomon rivers, and along the Kansas Pacific railroad, and stock has been stolen from Sheridan, at tbe end of the road. These outrages have been perpetra ted by roving bands of Indian?, who move rapidly, and are heard of in one place to-day and in another to morrow. There is as yet no general Indian war on tbe plains, although, of course, con tinues to be murder whether done by guerrillas in a skirmish cr by whole tribes m battle array, and the result of these outrages' and raids will be equal ly disastrous to the settlements on the frontier and to travel and business on the railroad. Leavenworth Conserva tor, Sheriff Moore says, the body of one of the Atkinson Bros, has been found, but the other is missing. The bodies of six murdered men. in the plundering operations on tbe Republi can, have been found and buried. The settlers are organizing and will com pletely clean out the gang of despera does before they stop White or red horse theives will find little mercy in (hands of the exasperated settlers. - ctrvnicK. I xoe inaianaimcuuies m iae souta west are simmering down, until it is pretty well settled that it is not the duty cf the Quaker but the ordinary hangman to pay his respects to the offenders. Sheriff Moore has iust re- returned from the scene of some of the late difficulties, and is satisfied that the villians are white men. stealing on the credit of the Indian. A few men who got in the way of the horse theiving operations have been killed, but the prime object was plunder. It seems to be a large, well organized gang. Chronicle. IMMIGRATION TO NEBRASKA. Never before in the history of Ne braska has the settlement of the State been so rapidly advancing as at the present time. From all quarters we hear of the organization of colonies for settlement in our rich and fertile valleys, which invite the immigrant to come and possess them almost without price. A large colony was organized in Canada last winter, and the Presi dent of the association has opened a correspondent with our Representative in Congress, asking for information relative to soil, climate, and the impor tant facts necessary to a correct appre ciation of the advantages of Nebraska as an agricultural State. This infor mation has been imparted, fully, promptly and satisfactorily, and we are gratified to learn tbat this colony will settle somewhere within tbe limits of our State during the present season Our information is that they have se lecled the valley of the Republican river as their future homes. In New York and Massachusetts other colonies have been organized and from all portions of tbe Union families and in dividuals are constantly arriving, and taking up homesteads in every portion of the State. .Lven in England the advantages presented by Nebraska are beginning to be understood. Read the following from the London News, of April last: Emigration or London Workmen About six months since, a body of workingmen formed themselves into a society, under the name of the "JMutu al Colonization and Co-Operative Em igration Land Company,' with the oh ject of raising a capital of 250,000 in i-1 snares, payable by weekly int-tal ments, the money so raised to be used Frnm n'mp In limo in trio emirrrniinn nf - - - s,. tne memDers. ine society was auiv registered under the I riendly societies Act, and met weekly at the Electric Hall, Denmark street, Soho. Shortly after tne formation of the society its promoters placed themselves in com munication with the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska, United States, by whom a large tract of land was offered to the society at a mere nominal price, and upon condi lions by which the society could carry out ita plan of co operation and family colonization. This oner and its con rlitiAna tvara otiar crtm a n a rrrt li.tnn accepted, and the correspondence' be tween the Governor of Nebraska and the committee of the society was, a few weeks since submitted to Mr. John Bright, the President of the Board of Trade by a deputation of the society, reported in the public journals. The right honorable gentleman though un able to comply wth the request of the deputation for government sanction to the scheme, expressed himself as high ly favorable to the objects of the soci ety. About dUU members, chiefly skilled artisans, have enrolled them selves in the society, which has now commenced practical operations; and on Saturday morning last, sixteen of the members, chosen by ballot, and named "The Pioneers," took their departure for Nebraska in the 6hip Paraguay, from tne Victoria Docks, under the leadership of Mr. E. G. Smith, the first secretary cf the socio ly. Ibe whole expense of the emi gration is borne ty the society, tbe members of which were all . working men, and a soon as letters are re ceived from these "pioneers" of ibe society, should they be of a favorable nature, a ballot for another lot of emi grants will take place, and be con tinued periodically until tbe capital is exhausted. The emigrants who left on Saturday were all single men, it being thought desirable to ascertain further particulars before sending out any married men with families. Lon don News, April, 29 We are not advised as to the point at which this English colony propose to settIe-nor is it important. The development of Nebraska is what we should desire, and the artizans, me chanics and farmers who will make up this colony, no matter what portion of th State they may select their homes, will add just so much to our aggregate wealth and prosperity. Republican. Inere seems to be some misappre hension about this matter. The Lon don News information that the Gov. ernor and Legislature of Nebraska, "offered to the society n large tract of land at a mere nominal price, is more than we are aware of. Gov. Butler gave to the society an outline of the homestead and pre-emption laws, and suggested the propriety of settling upon lands here under those laws; and that is all there is of "offering at a mere nominal price." The colony, we understand, will locate in Nuckoll's eounty. Nebraska Intelligencer. D. & M. R. K. We learn from undoubted authority. that the contract for the grading of the entire line of the Burlington and Mis souri River Railroad', extension from Platts-nouth via Ureapolis and Ashland to Lincoln, was let on Friday last to be completed oq or before the firsl day of January next. This u good naws, and will be bailed with satisfaction in every portioo of the State. Repulli can. Jennie June boasts tbat she "was born a woman Herein Jennie has the advantage of her unfortunatA si. hers who were born trirls and obliged to prow UD. Hurrah, for the Railroad ! Squirming. There was a terrible squirming lust night at the Council Meeting.when the ordinance was read, erecting the office of Captain of Police and defining his powers and duties. The Cops thought they saw in it the control ef all the police appointments by the Republicans, and several sore heads who hoped to get something through the Marshal and Mayor, be cause of their betrayal of their former party friends, thought they could see in it the utter failure of their cherished hopes of peace and power: and the squirming was at once amusing and gratifying to the earnest Republicans whom they had sold out to gratfy at feeling of cupidity and malice. It was rare sport to see the contortions and wry faces evoked by the reading of that innocent little Ordinance. There is fun ahead. The power of the Coun cil to control the Police appointments, under our new charter, is as clear as the power to provide for the grading of a street Republican, France is ordering Remington rifles in this country. PROBATE NOTICE. In tba matter of the estate of Samtu-l J I.ltes, lata of Cass county. Nebraska. William L. Well has made application to tbe Probate Court to be ap pointed Administrator of aa!d estate ; now then the Court has ordered this application be pnblibhed in the Plattmiouth Herald for three week and that on the 30th day of Jone at 10 o'clock: a.m. of that day at ibe ilea of the Probate Jnde in the city of Plat'smootb. He will hear and determine tbe said application, all persona interested will appear on that day. Given under ny hand tbls Oih dy of Jane. 1SC9, . . u auB I'rooaie juage. PfSltsmonth, Jane 10w3. UNITED STATES Internal Revenue TAX NOTICE. OyrtCB or Csllsctob or Istbbmal Bithii, inn vs. 1 ika, J. li, 1S69 ) uistrici 01 tne state or neorass Nebraska Citt, June 10th Annual lax j,ui ror 1363. Notice la hereby given that the annnal List of Taxes assessed in accord ance with the provisions of the act of Congress, to provide internal Ke venue to support the Govern ment, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes, approved June 80th, iS'jt. and the amendments the.eto, has been returned to me by the Assessor of this District, and that said taxes are now due, and payment the-eof is hereby demanded; and tbat I will tn person or by deputy attend at Plattsmouth, Cast county, on the list and 2 2d of iunc, loou, for the purpose ol receiving said taxes. All persona who shall neglrct to pay tbe amount of their taxes, hereby demanded, on or before the day last above named, will be obliged to pay in ad. dition thereto a penalty of five per centum and a tee oi twenty cents lorj service or a special de mandana notice, together with four cent a mile 1 traveling fees, actually and nec necessarily travel ed to m"R"inBBOr'ceUiereor' Oflice hoars from 9 a. m. to !f p. m J- . LiMi.TER, JnnelOwS. Collector. NOTICE- Is hereby riven that an election will be jeld at the usual place ot holding elections In Plattsmouth precinct Cass county Nebraska, on SA 7 VltDA Y the Sd day of July, A. D. 1S69, for the purpose of snl mitting to the legal voters ol aid precinct tne proposition to Issue tbe special bo-ids of said Plattsmouth precinct in an amount not exceeding flrty thousand dollars (f50,00(), and so mucb thereotor nalu Mini ot nil) thousand dollars as shall be necennary 10 purchase for, and secure to, tbe Burlington and Missouri Hiver Kuroad Company. al Mich ifrouDrta and lauds within the present corporate limits ot the city of Plattsmouth as the said Com. pany hall desiguate, and upon which said Company shall construct all dnots, inachine-thops, round houses, turn-tables, tide tracks and swjichee. and all other buildings and constructions which may he necessary to the iie and business of said burling. ton U His-ouri River Railroad Company, and also to secure to the said I)ur;ington and Minoi:ri River Kailroad Company the rijilit vt way from a point wi hin the present limit of the cily of Plattsmouth. and upon such line within Lass eounty as lue said IinrliiiK'ton 4 Missouri Kiver Railriad O'imranv snail acsinaie. Said Bunds tone issued as follows, to wt: The entiie amount of the said sum of fifty thousand dol lars ($50 000) to be Hxni'ri in bonds of one hundred do'lars each, on or before the first day ot Auianu ty. 1SG9. and immediately delivered to the Couuty Treasurer of Cb county, to be paid out and used by the said County Treasurer for the purposes herein set forth. Paid bonds to mn five years from the date of their Issuance, with interest, payable annually, at Uie rati- of ten per centum per annum. Said bonds and tbe interest thereon to be payable at the office of the Countv TV asurer of Cass county. Kebraska. The enure amount of the said bonds. in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). or so much tbereor or said sum or any thousand dollar as shall be paid out and used by the Couuty Treasurer for the purposes nerein set form, to be due and nava ble five years from the date of the Usunnce of said bonds. All bonds romaiuinp in (he hands f the Countv Treasurer, after the purposes herein set forth shall be fully and completely accompanied, to the sati. faction and acceptance of the said Rurlington and Missouri Hirer Kailroad Company, to be returned to the County Commissioners of Cass cou ty, and that tbe said County Commissioners be authorized and required to cancel and destroy the same. Tbe proposition win also be sunmitiea to in legal vott-rs of said Plattsmouth precinct at the laid elec tion to authorize and require tbe County Commission ers of said Cass eounty, Nebraska, to levy an annual tax on all the real and personal property within tte bounds of said Plattsmouth precinct to pay the inter est on said special bonds, and after the expiration of four Tears from tbe date of the issuance of said spe cial bonds to levy such additional Cax on all the real and personal property within tbe bounds of said Plattsmouth precinct as shall be sufficient to pay and redeem the whole amount of said special bonds which shall have been paid out and used by tbe County Treasurer as herein provided, and to apply the amount of eucn additional tax to the eatire oav- meut and liquidation of said special bonds. Tbe question submitted to said voters at said elec tion will be For Special Bonds and Tlx, Xes:" For Special Uonds and Tax, o." The polls at said election will be opened at 8 o clock a. m. or said day, and will continue open until o o-ciock in tne ariernoon or saia aay. By order or the Board of Courty Commissioners In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand seal and official seal at Plattsmouth on this 2d day or June, a. d. lomt. B. SPDRLOCK. Je6w4. Clerk Cass county, Nebraska, ORDINANCE NO. 70 Ah Okdikahcb to provide for the paving of the side-waia on the west side of second, between Main and uranite streets. 6kc. 1. Be it firdained bv Via Maunr and Cilv uouncu oi me vuy or j-iaumotun, i nat tne on n- ers of lots fronting on the west side of Second street, between Main and j ran tte streets, sball lay down good and substantial Sidewalks In front of bis or her property respectively, said sidewalk to be laid dawn byth 1st day of July, A.D. 1869. pec. x. raid sidewalk to oe put down ana pived with good brick, stone, or plank not less than two inches thick, with a good substantial curbing at the line or tne street, and said siddwaias, made of brick, wood, or stone, shall be of nnifoim beiirht and twelve inches above tbe grade of tbe street, and not leas than ten reel wide . - - Ekc. 8. That If any of said lot owners fail to build said sidewalks in front of their respective lots by the 1st day of July, A. D 1809, according to tbe provis ions or this ordinance, tnea it sball b-s tbe amy or 'be Street Commissioner to bnild said sidewalks in front of the lota of tbe respective owners, and the expense of building the said sidewalks shall be charged to tbe respective owners of the contiguous lota; ana tne amount or the expenditure ror tne construction of such sidewalks shall be ret urned to the City Treasurer, wbo sball assess tbe amount of sura expenditure as tax 'arainst the lot owners re- pectlvely, and such tax shall be a lien upon sacn lots: and the City Treasurer shall collect the said tax as assessed in the same manner aa other taxes arc collected in said city : Provided. That said taxes so assessed against said lot owners for such expenditure in building said sidewalks sball always be paid in mine. Pec. 4. All ordinances and resolutions conflicting with toil- ordinance are hereb n-nealed. bkc. s. i nn ordinance to take encci rrom auu after ita publication. Approved May ISth, A. D. 19. I. H. WHEELER. Mayo- Attest: William L. Well. Recorder. ImjSI JflttyNERY;) DHESS MAKtKC ; y Mrs. scua.nhorst & Harper. w..u ..'ctfullv announce to the ladle of Pl.rl iM.ntK UU 1 ILIUM I t J ,w ,OT. j .V... .1 I.... ceived a lar and e" leisd stock of Millinery and Fanrv "ocu". auu will Beep conwsu.iy o" hand all k Jdof " "P"" for Babies, M isses and Ladies .'ornonent, consisting In part of tbe foitow- Ribbons nowers. Ornaments, and Hoisery, Ladies' Patter'" of " kl,,d- Drww Making done to order. ...!-!: Oloves. Bonnet Tilrnmlns;f, iiata. n I ai ok usiu r i oi u sr. a.mi otnuipiua QZ-V UOOr WCSb Ul JLTlUi-bU vtuiivj. C , a m T.1.1A. TTII DETAILED STATEHET OF THE CONDITION Or THE Missouri Valley Life Insurance Companyof KanBas and Missouri Made to the Secretary of State of Aebraska and Showing the Condition of $atJ Company, on the 3 1st dun nt JV.i 18C8: Chartered Capital; Guaranteed Capital, Paid np Capital, ASSETS. BOO.Onn oo l.Ouu.oiio oy l7,5u otv Loans on Bol d and Mortgage, anil other approved securities. Cash, and Cash ltera.4. Due on Stock Account, Deferred Premiums, Stock Hills Receivable, 18I.T6I IS 1,71)6', U, 9 9on (mc 6 444 n-r SO.AlN) Ol Other Property, Including Office Furniture, 1,M8 oo Aucruei interest. 14. vM l Total Aesets, 202,syi 6 LIABILITIES None, except for Reserve, which has not been calculated. BECEIPT8. For Premiums ar.d Interest, 18,874 S8 KXpENDITCRES. For Salaries, Commissions. (Stationery, and a'l othr pcrpones. Percentage of Expense to Income, 13,9b3 0' 2H 8 Number of Policies IssuoJ, 341 ; Amount Inaured . t343,0U0 ; Total Premium Kerelpti, included oh! rerreii p-e uiuirs, S33,OSi.71; Receipt fioiu luterett 15 2.57. The Company since the 1st of January has pur chased VIOO,000 of Government 3-20 Bonds. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY (To expire on the Slat dsy of January, 1870 ) INSURANCE DKPART.MENT, I Ofpicb or State Avditiib, LtscoLjr, Nib., April 1, 189. ) Whereas, Ahrani B. Covalt, Esq., State Agent for the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Company, lo cated at Leavenworth City, in the stats of Kanaas, has filed in this oOlce a copy of the act of Incorpora tion of said Company, and a statement under oath, showing its condition, as required by the lib see. tion of a law of the SUte of Nebraska, entitled "An Act in Kelatiou to Insurance Companies," approved February l&th, ts4 ; approved February 12tu. IsOti ; and whereas, said Company has furnished tbe undersigned satli-factory evidence fiat it is possessed of five bundled tbouiand dollars of actual capital, invested In stocks of at leaat par value, or ia bonds or mortgages on real estate worth double tha amount for which the same is mortgaged ; aad whereas, said Company has Sled in this office a written instrument, under the anal of the Company, signed by tne President and Secretary thereof, an. thoriiing the said Abram B. Covalt to acknowledge service of process for and In behalf cf said Company, consenting thai service of process upon him shall be taken and held to be as valid as If served upon the Company, according to the laws of tbls State or any other State, and waiving all claims of errors by reason of such servlc ; aud whereas, Abram B Co valt has fin nished satisfactory evidence that he Is the authorised Agent of said Company ; Therefore, be It known by these presents. That la pursuance ef the aforesaid act, I, John Gllleaplo, Auditor of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that Abram U. Covalt, Ksq , has full authority to act as State Agent for the said Mlssoaii Valley Life Insurance Company, In the Hats of Nebraska, and to do and perform all acts for and in bebalf of said Company authorised by his ar-pointn ent as sc!i Agent, and by the laws of this Slate, until the 31at day ot January, A. 1). Ie70. Ia witness whereof, I have subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the Auditor's L. S.) Cilice to be aUlxed this 1st day ot April, A. D. Is69. J0OH GILLE?P'E, State Auditor. J. W. MARSH ALL, Agent, Flattstioutb, Neb. may20w4. Railroad (Notice. To Vie oumert of the lands herein dvaoribed: You are hereby notified that a railroad knowa as the "Burlington A Missouri Hirer Kailroad," has been located through the nortreast qnar'er, thn northwest quarter, and tbe southwest quarter ot section No. eleven (II), and the southeast quarter cf tt-linn V .1 w Ol -I) in I. n.M . hi ul MQt north of range No. nine (9) east. In the countv 0 8aiiiid-rs and Mute of Nebraska, and that unl'-sa you shall appear within thirty (30) days after the publi cation of this aotlce, the said Kailroad Company will apply to Ihe Probate Judge of aa d s-auudi-rs omnty to have the damage to said lands assessed In acrord ance with the statute in such Caa- made and pro vided. Dated this 96th day of May, lft'9. A. B. FULLER, Agt. Burlington A Miss- url River Railroad Company AbIaaC. IJeows HEED BROTHERS SELLING GOODS -AT- W eeping Water AT TUB LOWEST RIVER PRICES WHEAT, CORN, AND ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE Taken in exchange f ir C00D6. IP -A. E HVX 2H -R & WJX.L SAVE MOITfiY -BY" (JaUingr jQjfl PriCmg" THEIR GOODS lie fore Purchasing Elsewhere Weeplos Water, Neb., May 18, 1S69.