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VOL. 5.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1SG9.
NO. 30.
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HBUAIM' HEADS.
Xho Lincoln Journal speaks of the
men who framed our State Constitution
ju "brainy head;" ami Bays "tec will
,.)in'c" the constitution "as soon as
ever if can." A c had heretofore been
f tin? opinion that some of the men who
helped to ramc our State Constitution
wore endowed with ordinary scn.-c ; but
perhaps the Journal has knocked the
bottom out of that idea, by designating
them iu L brainy head.-." We ladieve
there are many defects in our State Con
stitution, and the men who framed the
document were as well aware of these de
f.rtrf as the man who attempts to ridicule
them by denominating them as "brainy
head;" but at the time this document
was framed it was impossible to secure
the soibmissioii of a document in the
f, nn desired, and the frauiers decided to
ubnit to the i:ople the best document
they could tinder the circumstances,
probably never dreaming that it was re
served for the Lincoln Journal to call
them "brainy head.." There U no
telling how much the State has lost by
not having the t-ditor of the Journal to
frame her constitution. But then the
Ve-uns" of the Journal arc going to
change it all right,
NOl U TO TIIK CORK.
In the last number of the Nemaha
Journal we find the fullowiif items :
"In Nemaha county the 'citizens
ticket' was all elected except the candi
date for probate Judge, A. V. Morgan,
who was elected on the straight republi
can ticket."
"The result of the recent election 111
Itichardson county, like that in Nemaha,
although imt a democratic triumph, has
proved a partial defeat to the republican
party."
In the light of the alovc results in
giich counties as Nemaha and lliehard
on, it is peculiarly gratifying to know
that glorious old Cass notwithstanding
all the "political heartburnings" endured
in the party her; ha.s shown that she is
sound to the core, and cannot be driven
or 'coaxed into defeating Republican
nominees. It is generally understood
that the Republican party of this county
has Wen racked by internal strife for the
past tw. or three years, which would
have driven less reliable Republicans into
the support of Democratic nominees;
yet at no time have the democracy been
able to draw more thau a corporal's
guard of Republican voters to their can
didates, notwithstanding they have put
up their very be?t men and made all the
overtures in their j.owor. The Republi
cans of old Cass are Republicans from
prineipb, and not froui policy ; hence
they are not easily trapped into support
of their ixilitical enemies. We have no
words of condemnation for thoo Repub
licans in Nemaha and Richardson coun
ties who have seen tit to support demo
crats for county officers ; but only feel
the greater pride in the reliability of our
own county, knowing that the party has
been more lorely tried here than in an
other county in the State.
STATU RKWS.
From the Fremont Tribune of the lilst
we extract the following:
W are informed by Messrs. (Jibson
and Campbell that work nn the new
building for a University at Fontenelle,
is Ix-iiiLT pushed rapidly. The material
has nil been purchased and the work
contracted by Messrs. Henry k Win.
Riekineyer, for the erection of a good
substantial structure, large enough to ac
-commodate the entire want of a school
of this kind. Mr. Wilson is prepared
to furnish board and lodging to all stu
lenta that may desire it ; in short every
jirraneement is being made to place this
vhool on a permanent foundation and
prosjK'rous condition.
Saturday ninht last the prisoners con
fined in our jail attempted to liberate
themselves by sawing oil' the iron bars
across the window. Iy some friendly
hand the prisoners became the happy
losses.-ors of two old case knives, which
they nicked so as to make very good
jaws, and with these tools they Miccecd--d
in sawing on-j bar entirely oil and an
other aliuo.-t half through. Sheriff Ful
ler is always on the watch and detected
the criminals in the midst of their labors.
One of the prisoners had cut the shack
lea off one foot but the discovery of the
plan for liberating themselves has put an
nd to the prisoners' dream of liberty.
A young man named E. D. Johnson,
well know n as steward of the old Huftal
n House, was arretted last Tuesday
venin? on a charge of larceny, preferred
by S. It. Fow ler, of the Fremont. Many
articles such as tqtooos, knives, forks,
.table-cloths, etc., have been stolen from
the Fremont, and suspicion pointed to
Johnson, as articles similar to the stolen
property were found in his jwsses.-ion
Alter an examination before Judge
Usher the prisoner was bound over in
, the sum of $4K to answer the charge of
larceny before the District Court.
The Nebraska City News of the '22d
' ys :
Seven white covered wagons contain
ing the household effects of as many
families, passed through the city yester
day, bound for the western part of the
State.
Our townsman, Win. E. Hill, received
a handsome ring as a present from II. B.
Horton, a day or two siuce. If he only
had a gold headed cane, a pair of spurs
and a japer collar he would be dressed.
The following particulars of the doings
. of an absconder were related to us this
morning by attorney I lay ward :
This morning about daylight, a lawyer,
by the name of l'alruer, from Lincoln,
called at his office, and desired him to get
oat papers for the arrest of one Fred. L.
Sawyer, who had arrived in this city on
?csterday from Lincoln, leaving lehind
dm a debt of $125, and taking with him
the wife of a mau named Baker.
Search was made for the parties and they
were found registered at the Seymour as
"F. S. Thompson and sister; the
scoundrel stating to the proprietor "that
'his Mster was rick and would requre bis
ervicea in the room that night," accord
ingly both were put in the panic room.
This morning Sheriff Moore disturbed
him at an early hour, txwipellin? him to
disgorge the amount of S 1 25. We learn
this evening that the Fcoundrel has de-
Earted for parts unknown Icavin? Mrs.
laker to t-Kc care of hcr-elf.
A IIOMK LETTEB.
A Hhort Bumble In Crh Connly, anil
W hat Our 4'orrrfcpwiiflrnt Naw.
lilt. Hr.RALD :' Pacing through Rock
Bluffs a short time Hince. I was impress
ed with the location as being favorable
to a town. There are two or three very
good stores there, and a Steam Saw Si
Flouring Mill. On the Rock Creek bot
tom, west of town I saw some very good
corn. A short distance west of town is
the substantial residence of Dr. W. S.
Latta, situated in a pleasant and shelter
ed position; the doctor has a fine farm
which he is rapidly improving. A short
distance from his residence on Rock
Crock, is the flouring mill of J. & W. S.
Latta. On the farm of Mr. Holmes, on
Rock Creek bottom, west of the mill
t-onie distance, is one of tho best pices of
corn that I have seen. Passing south on
the old telegraph line, we pass the farms
of Mr. Young, Messrs. Holmes, Mr. Jor
don, and Hon. Demit Cole, who owns
the fine farm formerly owned by J. L.
Cozad, but considerably enlarged and
improved. We then pass the residence
of Mr. Oldham, pleasantly situated in a
grove of cottonw oods set out some twelve
years since. A few rods west from his
hou.m is a substantial brick School house
that is a credit to the district. We then
pass the residence, spoken of in the
IIkram recently, erected by our worthy
County Commissioner Joseph B. Moore.
We then pass the residence and farm of
our old friend, John II. Allison, on the
right ; on the left, passing westward, is
the farm and residence of Dr. W. W.
Wiley, one of the best farms in Cass
County. The Dr. has set out a fine
grove of several acres that speaks well
for his ta-te and foresight. We pass the
farm of our friend 11 E. Woolsey, whose
farm seems to be well arranged for con
venience and utility. We then pass the
residence of Capt. A. J. Klepser, who
we were sorry to hear has sold out, and
was about to remove to Salt Creek. He
has our best wishes. We then vi.-dted
the residence of Hon. L. G. Todd. Mr.
Todd is extensively engaged in the manu
facture of cheese, aud has the reputa
tion of making a superior article, Ilis
dairy consists entirely of native stock, of
which he has some fine animals. lie is
a wide-awake, active man, and has our
best wishes for his success. On our re
turn we pass the farm of Robert Latta,
and on th right the farm of Hon. Geo.
L. Seylxdt. We then pass the new
brick house of E. BcrgeY, one of the
finest residences in the county. There
has been a large amount of land broken
up near there, which w ill be fenced in
during the coming season. Mr. Uhodcn
has improved a large farm near the head
of Rock Crock. Wo rind not time to
call ujmii friend I lesser. Hon. B. Cole
has a pleasant situation near the head of
Rock Creek, and has broken up, we un
derstand, more than HM) acres of prairie
the past season. LKMUEI
lll'IC KIU AI'PLK.
We find the following in relation t J the
big apple we sent to the Nebraska State
Fair, from the pen ot R. v.. iurna?.
President of the State Agricultural So
ciety, in the agricultural columns of the
Brownville Advert istr :
"Through the kindness of J. Dan.
Lauer, , of the Nebraska City Xacs, we
fell heir to the big apple from Cass Co.,
and exhibited at the late State Fair. It
was of the "Sweet Paradise" variety.
It weighed '". ounces, and measured 1j
inches" in circumference. It has been
forwarded to (Jen. Capron, IT. S. Com.
of Agriculture, at Washington, with a
request that Prof. t'iWer make a cast of
it fr filing in our State Horticultural
Society."
We hope Col. Furnas will not forget in
giving Nebraska credit for raising the
largest apple, to also give Mr. Perry
Walker, of this place, credit as the pro
ducer. Kichartison Connty F.leetloii.
OiFicisl returns hhow the following re
sult :
Shite Senator 3d JKtnt.$. A.
Fulton, rep., 024, A. Schoenheit, dem.,
5SS.
Representatives. Pattison, rep., G40,
Carter, rep., C27, Forney, dein., 5S7,
Wiekam, dem., 578.
County Clerk: Cameron, rep., 501,
Mann, dem., 711.
Treasurer. P. B. Miller, rep., 595,
Holt, dem., 629.
Sheriff. Sloeuru, rep. , 530, Faulkner,
dem., 051.
l'robate Judge. Jones, rep., 491, Van
Deusen, dem., 715.
County Coram issioncrx. Kern., rep.,
643. (iird, dem., 5V1.
Count Surveyor. Wilson, rep., 606,
Cnrrancc, dem., 617.
Sujjerintend-e.nt Puh. Instruction.
Abliey, rep., 658, Thompson, dem., 559.
Coroner. .Nelson, rep., G19, Burchart
dem., 612.
There seems now little doubt that the
Rothschilds have offered to loan our
government all the money phe wants at
4 per cenL The recognized power and
ability of this house as the shrewdest fi
nanciers in the world, is a flattering
proof of the stability our government is
attaining abroad under a Republican ad
ministration ; and the loans, if affected,
will relieve the government of all embar
rassments, and the Democracy of the ne
cessity of preaching the doctrine of repu
diation. The debt will be paid despite
the protests of that party.
TheB. & M. Company have let the
contract for putting down a track from
the C. B. & St. Joe R. R. to the river
bank opposite Nebraska City. It h ex
pected they will build a branch down
frora near Red Oak ; but in the mean
time this track to the river bank will give
Nebraska City a good eastern connection
by way of the C. B. & St Joe and the
B. & 31. from this rap.
It requires one hundred ounces of
quinine a week to coruhnt th" rbfikes bi
Fran'kf.n. Tivli'ua.
AJT CAtiLC ATTACK A MIX.
He Is ahot whrn within three
of lite muzxic of the gun.
feet
From lh- FretnontTribune. Oct. 21.
Mr. II. C. Campbell, of Fontenelle,
informs us that on last Friday morning
at a di-tanceof one hundred yards from
his r rsidence he noticed a large bird
which would rise in the air to the height
of ten or fifteen feet, and then swoop to
the ground again. On further examin-.
ation it proved to be a fight Ietween a
shepherd dog and a large brown eagle,
and from the manner in which the dog
was endeavoring to retreat it was appar
ent the eagle was too much for him.
One of the men employed on the farm,
Mr. Charley Brote, quickly procured a
shot-gun, and himself and Mr. Campbell
went out doors to get a shot ; by the
time they were outside and the door
closed the eagle ami dog were within
thirty feet of the house. Immediately
on the sight of Rrote. who wa in ad
vance, the eagle left the dog and made a
swoop at him ; without waiting to take
aim he fired, the whole charge entering
the breast of the eagle, which killed it
instantly and it fell on the door ttep
at the time the shot was tired the bird
was not more than three feet from the
muzzle of the gun. The cade was very
large, measuring feet from tip to tip.
Publish the Laws.
For some time a feelim has ben
rr rowing in this State, in favor of having
the doings r f our legislature published
in such manner that the people may
know what laws they are governed by.
At the laat session of the Ijfgisinture a
bill was introduced providing for the
publication of the laws, in at least one
paper in every county in the State, but
the compensation was fixed at so low a
rate, that publishers there present urged
its defeat. The delay in issuing the
hound volume of laws this year was a
source of great annoyance to our citizens.
The herd law, school law, registry and
various other acts, were needed months
befoie these volumes were eent out, and
the number allowed to each county was
fo small that we venture the assertion
that not two men in every three have
seen a copy. The laws should be pub
lished in every county paper in the state,
as soon as the fame are tiled, and then
the people will know what laws-thcy are
living under. The rate of compensation
need not be hirh enough to incur a heavy
expense, but should be sufficient to re
imburse publishers the expense of type
setting and proof-reading. On this sub
ject we find our exchanges begin to speak
and we hope the agitation will go on un
til the legislature passes a law whereby
every citizen can be furnished !xhelaw
in good tune aud at a resouablf pnee.
rremont lnounc. :.-.
A Monunirnt to Ada
We do not kuow, pays the New York
World, how much truth there is in the
story, but it is reported ,thi$ the Rev.
Charles Rogers, of England, Jia about to
get up a subscription for trej erection of
a monument to Adam, t ifc father of
mankind ! A company to be entitled the
"Grand International Afsso'Jationj" is to
be formed, and the monument is to be
erected ou the supposed te of the Gar-
den of Jvlun. in Mefiiooti - Tho rx
pense, no doubt, will Lc great. It is the
custom to make a iivdiitimciit never
smaller than was the m6rial body of the
hero whose immortal deed it is intended
to commemorate, and an there is a well
authenticated tradition ,that Adam was
y:)0 feet high, his monument cannot, in
common justice, be less, than 1, (MX) feet
in altitude. It is estiruai;d that a penny
subscription from each of the surviving
descendants of this tm'yj great r.nd good
man - and it is impossible that one ef
t hem should be unwiihrg to contribute
this small sum wouldj be nifficient to
pay for the erection of the monument,
and leave enough over bj procure a hand
some testimonial for I f.' Rogers, who was
tho first to suggest 'hat it was time to
wipe away "the stigna King attached to
humanity for ha vim; left the memory of
the first hero in history dm whose
name, fame, action'1, death, and spiritual
influence are constantly on our lips
without commemorative Mono to tell the
stranger wdio could appreciate it what he
had done." A sreat many hard things
have been said of Adam ; but it should
not be forgotten that we owe him much,
and that, with all hi? faults he had many
virtues. When Dr. Rogers' subscription
paper is sent over here, we shall be rcady
with our penny, and. if he will enlarge
his plan so as to include a monument to
Eve also, we w ill be happy to double
our subscription.
BAffaras-e Mniftahrr.
How is it that one can travel all over
Europe, and not have Jus trunks injured,
and 3'et, in a trip to New Vork and back
hia trunks will be almost battered to
pieces? It is simply because the porters
and baggagemasters are not careful.
Bajrgage is tumbled about here and there,
and nothing short of a theet iron trunk
can stand it. If pome public-spirited
individual will make a tour, and make it
a point to thrash every porter who dumps
his trunk down, or at least break his
head when he breaks the tourists' trunk,
the evil may in time be practically aba
ted. The want of civility is the great
characteristic of baggage men us a class.
Their patience is sorely tried, but so is
the traveler's. . Next to being knocked
down, to fee one's trunk burst open by
being thrown out carelessly, L the most
disagreeable.
The following from the Blair (Neb.)
Register shows the editor thereof to have
been out of humor :
We were unable to issue the Register
last week, because we were disappointed
in fetting paper. We had three differ
ent orders on the way, sonio of which
were shipped on tho 25th of Sept., but
we received none of them nutil last Tues
day, and should not then, probablyy fcad
not the house we ordered from sent a
tracer after it to hunt it up.
We have no doubt that old Job was a
good man and did as the Bible says en
dure the boils, the destruction of his pos
sessions, and all the devi could invent to
trv him, without wearinjj but. if the
OM Fellow could liavc had the North
western Railroad Co. to have carried
Job's freight, he'd won every time, and
nia.de the ojd man cuis somebody, if it
had killed him.
The clejKit for emigrants constructed
by the B. A; M. R. R-, on Main street
opposite their passenger depot, is now
nearly ready for use. It has ample pro
visions for t he cleanliness aud comfort of
this class of travelers, and is very credita
ble to those to whose foresight it is due.
Ifawk-EyK
A covering for floors is now made in
England, by gluing together a number
of pieces of wood of differcut colors,
thin venters or slices being cut from this
block, and fixtd by cement to clothe, or
any other materia'.
NT. IjOIIS COXTESTIOX.
Rcnolatln relative to the rfval
f the tlnl
Capital.
The following arc the resolutions re
ported to the Capital Convention Ly
Joseph Medill, chairman of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, and adopted
unanimously :
Wherka.s The present site of the
National Capital was selected as the
most central point when the people of
this Republic, onlv a few nidlions in
number, inhabit only a narrow strip of
country along the Atlantic coast ; and.
Whereas, The population of this
Republic has increased thirteen fold
since then, and spread over a vatl conti
nent ; and,
Wherkas, The present lo?r.t ion oCthe
National Capital is notoriously inconveni
ent in times of peaeo, and as the darkest
pages of our national history demonstrate
in times of war or domestic turbulence,
is so dangerously exposed as to require
vast armaments and untold millions of
money for its special defense ; and,
Whereas, All the reasons which
eaused the locational of the seat of gov
ernment whre it now is have, by the
enormous development of the country
and a corresponding ehang-3 in the wants
of the people, become utterly obsolete,
therefore,
RaolreJ, That it is absurd to suppose
that the handful of inhabitant) in 1739,
just emerging from colonial vassalage,
before steamboat, railways, telegraphs
or power presses were dreamed of, or a
icife of turnpike or caual constructed,
possessed the authority or desired to ex
ercise the power of fixing the isite of the
capital fbrevcr on the bunks of the Po
tomac against the will and interest of the
hundreds of millions who might come
niter them.
Resolved, That the people have en
dured the present badly located Capital
for three quarters of a century, patiently
waiting for the vast territory of tho Un
ion to be peopled and organic ed into
States, ana until the center of popula
tion, area and wealth could be determ
ined, when a permanent place of resi
dence for the Government could be se
lected. That time has come ; all sec
tional issues are settled, are disposed of,
a new era has been entered upon, and a
new departure taken.
,.
Resolved, That in urging "the removal
of the National Capital from its present
inconvenient, out-of-the-way and exposed
locality, on the extreme border of the
Union we are in earnest, and that ,we
shall not cease in our efforts until
tlx absolute necessity of the removal
will become mor apparent every day,
and the majority of the American people
will not long permit their interests and
convenience to be disregarded.
r Resolc-ed, That the removal of tho
National Capital being only a question
of time we emphatically oppose and con
demn all expenditures of money for the
enlargement of the old government
buildings, and the erection of new ones
at the present seat of the National Gov
ernment as a useless and wanton waste
of the property of the people.
THRLIXCOUi Ht.LT WORKS.
More Capital Inwifitod 3t!iCttlir&
ry to oo put law
IFrom the Lincoln Journal. Oct 23.1
Hon. Dan. Parmeleo, of Omaha, was
in town on Saturday last, on business
connected with the Tichenor Sail wdrks.
Mr. P. has become interested in this en
terprise, which is no-sr rcprceule.d by
3Iessrs. Tichenor and Green, the original
lesees, nud 3Iessr3. Griffin ami Paruiclcc,
each owninsr, we believe, a one-fourth
interest, The company are now about
to add largely to the lcachinery and mate
rial at the works, so as to be ready to
commence the manufacture of salt when
connection shall be oicned by rail to the
markets, next spring. They propose to
get an engine immediately to tako tho
place of their windmills tor the motive
Sower of their pumping apparatus.
hey .will sink immense vats below the
axer-sifccf-Tfrj Insin adjusted with
plugs po as to be used for reservoirs, fyr
the writer when rodr.eei to a faturateU
solution by solar evaporation. From
these vats or reservoirs the water will be
pumped by steam into the boilers for line
salt, and into shallow solar vats for pack
ing salt.
In this way tho company expeet to
guard against serious interruption from
rains which interfered so completely with
operations the past season.
The fchcino looks practicable, and we
look for its eventual success.
Malr Horticultural Society.
During the State Fair, a State Horti
cultural Society was formed President
J. II. Masters, Nebraska City : Cor.
and Rec. Sec'y., R. W. Furnas, Brown
ville ; Treasurer, Judge 0- P. Mason.
Nebraska City.
A large number of persons enrolled
themselves as members, and the books
are still open. Membership fee, one
dollar, which can be paid to either of the
alxtve named: officers. Another meeting
will be held ia January, at which time a
Board of directors will be elected, a code
of By-Laws adopted, and other regula
tions made for the successful operations
of the Society.
The President and Secretary were au
thorized to collect and forward to the
Agricultural Department at Washington,
in the name of the Society, as full a col
lection of Nebraska fruits as can be ob
tained. The Secretary has that matter
in charge ami has been forwarding as
above, and will continue to do so long as
the season will admit, and specimens can
Kp obtained. All persons having fruits
they wish to have sent on, can be ac
commodated by forwarding to the Sec
retary at Brownville. liroKnvxRe Ad
vertiser. Tho Urate.
Some crusty old bachelor, in speaking
of the rcLative amount of happiness en
joyed during the period immediately pre
ceding and following marriage, mm it
all up in the following brief but express
ive sentence, viz : "Courtship is bliss
but matrimony is blister." We can
think of no punihmeut that would come
up to the full deserts of such an old
brute of a fogy ; except the neeesjiitj
of becoming the husband of a regular
termagant of a woman a modern ran
tippe so that the matrimonial "blister"
might form a part of his own personal
experience.
The Montgomery Express say the
cars are now running to within live miles
of that place, from the east ; and if we
have good weal er the track will be com
pleted, and the Iron Horse running into
Red Oak Junction, by one week froui
to-day Oct. 16th. The heavy work
known as the Langford Job, is comple
ted, and tho traek Maid through thcai:.
A J AX KEEN KOO.
Ilia Detterlptiou of the Unme.
From tlic Lincoln Statesman, Oct 2T.
We have been to see Kcno. An editor
must learn. We know now. There are
two tables long ones, and two round
ones ; a pail of water and tin dipper ; a
decanter and a tumbler. There is also a
pulpit, and a preacher ; leastwise the
man in the pulpit talks solemnly like
some preachers we have heard, He
would speak sharp, and say "all ready !"
Then they wouldeu't be ready, not quite,
until a deacon had gone around among
them (there were people tnerc quite a
congregation), and picked up large white
or yellow or red buttons, and would say
136 ! 199 ! 207 ! which would be repeated
by the preacher, and fastened in his
memory by sticking a peg in a board f'ir
every number. W hen the deacon said
"all ready !" another deacon would carry
around water and the dry worshippers
would drink. Then that deacon would
sav "all rc-adv !" Then another deacon
! would wrile on a black board the text
"Pot, $13 75," and he would any all
ready !" Then the preacher would
swing a snail butter-firkin suspened be
tween two posts, until it turns upside
down and something leaks out, which he
would take in his hand and say :
"F-i-r-:j-t b-a-ld t-w-c-n-t-y-s-e-v-e-n!
Then every man would drop a gun
wad on an 80 acre piece of paste
board and keep sileneg. Then the butter-firkin
would turn over and leak again.
And whenever it leaked, the preacher
would Fay over some mathematics, nnd
the players would silently wad their
paste-boards, each of which had on it
some algebraic formula of fifteen terms
disposed in three equations of five each.
The wads marked one term each. W hen
anyone got bis equation (which v.e sup
posed was a full mathematical demon
stration of the postulate of the preacher)
full, he would ejaculate "K-c-e-n-oh!"
with much vehemence. And with like
vehemence other players would exclsim,
words more forcible than elegant, their
disappointment in not being able to
prove the pot text we mean. Then
the old deacon would come down and
sooth the unfortunate and sympathise
with the lucky by giving him a handful
of large vest buttons, after which the
preaching would go on again. We tried
to work out one equation, but it would
not work the theology was too heavy
for our figures ; and seeing that our
learning was barred, and we wouldn't
have the ghost of a rhunce to pot any
thing, we cauie away satisfied that Keno
isn't so bad, being good for ten per rent,
anyhow.
Locomotive Moonlight.
From the Indianapolis Mirror. Oct. 12.
r The inauguration of fast time on the
principal lines of railroad throughout the
country has developed an utmsuil degree
of caution in running trains, hence the
following story : A lightning train on a
certain road leading east from this city,
left last night just as the serene and all
that sort of a thing moon was rising in
the east. The engineer was alert and
watchful, and as his hands grasped the
lever and his eagle eye scanned the track,
he was thiuking about Jim Fisk and the
twenty-four hours' run to New York,
.psith-Jtri occasional remembrance of his
wile and Iittlo ones at home, who
have nothing but an insurance policy to
console them if he went into the ditch
and staid there. In tho midst of these
reflections a tear dimmed his eye for a
moment, and when he looked at the track
again, there, right before him, and bear
ing down fctraight upon him, was the
headlight of a locomotive ! Quicker
than lightning he ' whistled tho brakes
down and reversed his engine, and when
tho speed of his train was checked suffi
ciently, he sent his firemau off in hot
haste to flag the approaching traiu. By
this time tbe passengers were all out in
the woods, and the conductor was at the
side of the frantic engineer, when the
following conversation was overheard by
our informant :
Conductor (furious) "What the deuce
did you stop the train for?"
Engineer (breathless) "Collision, sir.
Pon't you see that locomotive?"
' Couduct'-(red hot) "No, sir, I eea
the moon, you blan'ied fc?L"- -
In less than two minute3the trahrTra&uiaj
thundering ahead at the rate of forty
miles an hour.
We learn from an exchange, that a
Baptist Church, in Mass., recently got
up a "Baby Show" for the purpose of
replenishing its empty treasury. As
that church excelled all others in the
place, loth in the number and beauty of
its babies, they are said to have made a
good thing of the show, not only in the
beauty of the article exhibited, but in
tne amount of money realized by the one
ration. Wonder if the babies 4 'danced, ' '
for the amusement of those who paid to
see the show.
During a recitation on Natural History
in one of our well-known colleges, a btu
dent in pursuit of knowledge concerning
the habits of animals, said : "Professor,
why does a cat, while eating, turn her
head first oneway, and then the other?"
"For the reason," replied the Professor,
"that she can't turn it both ways at
once."
Josh Billings says: "Menny people
spend their time in trying to find the
hole whar sin got into the world. If two
men break through the ice into a mill
pond, they had better hunt for some
good hole to git out, rather than to git
into a long argumcut about the hole they
fell in at.
The city editor of the Chicago Post
makes the following acknowledgement
among his "personals." "The editor
of this column acknowledges the receipt
this morning, from the authorized source,
of a personal item of the masculine per
suasion, weighing nine pounds."
Occasionally, when the train arrives at
Middletown, a nice youncj man jumps off
and kisses the best looking girl at the
depot, supposing it to be his sister. He
apologizes so nicely that the girls arc get
ting en they look for him regularly.
Some big brother will jam his nose yet.
Not long fcince a man in Troy boueht
another man's wife for fifty cents. The
citizens tried to tar and feather him, but
he got. lie has now come to the conclu
sion that f-he was altogether too cheap.
A sentimental editor says : "It Ls com
forting to know that one eye watches
fondly for our coming, and looks brighter
when we come." A coteniporary is
grieved to learn that his ''brother of the
quill" has a wife with one eye.
A company hxs been formed in Lvr.ch
burg, Va., for the purpose of cstablih
iii'T works for the extraction of ftavine
and other comjKmnds from oak bark.
They expect to birin operations very
Telegraphic News.
CUBA.
More AImuif tin Mtenmo- l.lltireii lp
crop of tho t'ortr Ust-ili.ih-iujr
l'nrcflri-tel Liberty
iii Ko!i.-;ion.
N'nv Yorx. October 2"i. The Cuban
Junta vehemently assert that the letter
relative to the failure of the Lillian ex
pedition ts written in New Vork. and
the information it contains was furnished
by a refugee to General Cristo. Tho
Junta, who were unreasonably reticent,
contented themselves with a simple di:
nisl of the statements regarding the
seizure of their vessel, and the abandon
ment of the expedition. They admit
the ipi:irrel between Goleovria and Cris
tie, but claim that the Lillian has de
parted from the Bahamas with a new
snpplv of coal and provisions, with her
j full compliment of tents and all her ar
! mament. From the statement it ap
pears the authorities of Nassau allowed
the vessel to remain in port for twenty
four hours, in compliance with the inter
national custom, and to depart unmo
lested. Havana. October '!'. The decree of
the Coh-tUuents" (Y.rtos, establishing
unrestricted libel tv of religion i:i
Cuba
and Porto Rico, was to-day promulgated
in this Island and has gone into effect as
the law of the land. The document is
exceedingly liberal in its terms. It de
clares that Spain cannot remain removed
froui the general movement of Europe
and the world : and add- that this con
sideration is the mo.-t powerful one for
the Antilles, because they will be near
a Continent where liberty of religion is
recognized by law. One clan; of the
decree provides that no person shad be
prevented from holding office under the
Government by reason of his religious
belief. The decree is received with gen
eral satisfaction. A protectant church
will probably soon be established here.
WASHINGTON.
An Armod Mob In riorltla Mnrdcr In
Washington County.
Washington, October 22. General
Kryganowski, supervisor of Georgia and
Florida, reports, under drte of October
12th. that Jackson and Washington
counties, in Florida, are under control of
an armed mob, which has risen to pre
vent the execution of the revenue laws.
The leader of this mob is one James P.
Coker, who is represented to be a
wealthy and influential man. lie has
threatened the assistant assessor. Low,
of Marion county, with personal violence
and has challenged him to fight, and that
officer writes to the supervisor that he
can only canvass his district at the hazard
of his life.
Assessor -Wilson writes corroborating
his assistants' ttate2i'nts. .
The collector of customs at Jackson
ville. Florida, J. A. Dockery, writes to
the supervisor that the State tax collec
tor and his wife had been brutally mur
dered in Washington county, adjoining
J ackson. That there has been seven
Eiurders in Jackson county since the 3d
bst, and the deputy collectors and as
sistant assessors of internal revenue are
ia imminent, danger.
: The supervisor has called fbr"fic.cpff." !
There was a scene of much interest
and alarm in the supetne court room
this afternoon. Hon. Thos. Ewing, sr.,
while replying to the argument of the
opposing counsel, in a case in which he
has been counsel for many years, spoke
with unusual enerirv, having apparently
4ccn considerably excited by the speech
of his opponent, he sudJenly complained
of indisposition, and obtained permission
to set down while finishing his argument
but attempting to proceed, fell from his
chair in an unconcious state. Court imme
diately adjourned ; physicians and friends
were summoned and Mr. Ewing was re
moved to a room in the capitol, where
lie still remain.". His plrysician to
night pronounces hiiu better, and says
he will recover. His ailment is said to
be exhaustion of the vigor of the heart.
It is said to have been discovered
that the newly elected senntor from Vir-
.Vr. Johnson, as well as .Mr. Uib-
son, ii- rc7vrwMitaJaTe trom tnntotaie,
are still laboring uiiunr3tT7rKiM4e4 im
posed by the fourteenth amendment.
ST. LOUIS.
itiivontioii.
St. IjiiUIS, October -2. 'Hie national
capitol convention met .it the Southern
Hotel this mormnsr, and after pacing
some comjilinientary res-n'utions, and tbe
appointment of the following Mib-com-mittee,
by tbe president, for the purpose
of facilitating any business that it may
lie nece.?.-ary t; transact in the interest of
the capitol movement, adjourned sine
die: Jnlcce.Tohn I). I'aton, of Illinois;
Sanmel li. Churchill, of Kentucky ; Ij.
U. Heaves, of Missouri ; .Clark K. Carr,
of Illinois; John Cobum, of Indiana.
It is probable that this committee will
call another convention to be held in the
city of Washington, soon.
After the adjournment, the delegates
and a large number of visitors embarked
on a steamer and visited all points of
interest between Bespoll's point, five
miles above, and Carondelet, six miles
below the city.
The convention was a decided success.
NEW YORK.
Railroad Consolidation.
New York, Oct. 22. Mr. Punlery,
of Chicago, now in this city, makes the
public statement that in sixty days tbe
New York Central. Hudson River. Lake
Shore. Northwestern, St. Paul anlKock
Island will be one line of railroad, con
solidated on a basis of eieht per cent, of
the net earnings. This consolidated line
will lease perpetually the Harlem and
Krie roads; the Eric at seven percent, or
ten million dollars, and the Harlem at
eicht per cent or fifteen million dollars.
The Lrie road will be narrowed at once
to tbe guage of other roads of her con
neetion: also the Atlantic Si Oreat YVe.-t-ern
and the Ohio Sc Mississippi. The
New York Central will be put into the
consolidation at 240; the Hud -on at 200;
the Inke Shore at 125; the Rock I.-ian 1
at 1T , and the Northwestern and St.
I'aul at par.
CHICAGO
;en. RntternoM.
CuiCAno. Oct. 2ti. New York rpe
cials pay that (ien. IJutterSeld resigned
on the trroi;n4 tbr.t he wanted" the
charged airainst him investigated, which
could be done better when ho was not in
oftee.
A incsae is said to have 1-eea order
ed from Washington, with the request
for A. T. Stcwirt to reeomnvnd a r.c-.'-ortoRiU:cr?k'd.
TENNESSEE.
i:ip'4ion fll'tiry roojirr.
Nasiivii.I.K. Oet. '2'2. Thenppo-ltio::
party concentrated on Henry Cooper to
day, electing h;ni senator on the iir.-t i al
lot by a vote of "" to "1.
Gxicr is a rent! .-.nr.ii of fine abjiity,
and has alw.iv- been a tv.n-i-.tant Union
r.ian. This election rives s:;' '-liu-tion to a'.! ;
but Johnson's ardent friends: probablv a 1
better seleetii
Mi:d
nor
have I
een
made. jlr. Cooper is one of tho ab!e.-t
lawyer i:; Teriiuvsee. He wi- one of
tlat- military governors, and Johnson's
appoiniee to the judiciary, and was com
mended tor his integrity as an olhVcr by
Gov. Brown'ow-in his me sage t; the
legislature. He gave a decision on the
Shorbrooke-Redlv ease, now pen linz in
I the United Slates supreme court that
ourliVanchi-e law is unemi.-titutional.
On reiiriuir from the bench ho became
a profe-sor tu the L(-'-:iU'n law school,
j Resiq-'iing that position he removed to
i Nashville and is now senator from David
! son. To show the estimation in which
j he is held by all pirtic. it may be noted
i that all the radicals, with one exception,
I voted f'r him.
The election throws tin' last shovel of
earth on reMudiation in Tennessee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IJe'inZon orilio Army of'Hie'SVimcssoo
LorisviM.r, Oct. '2u. A large num
ber of distinguished officers are invited
to at ten- the annual reunion of the'Army
of the -Tennesef, to be held here Nov
ember 17 and is. Ample arrangements
will be made with the different railroads
throughout the country for the transpor
tation of member:; of the society and in
vited gue.-ts.
Xarili t'nr1i;i-i.
R.vr.KKiH, October 2ii. Governor
Holden is organizing ami arming a com
pany of negroes in this city, which is
creating much excitement. It is sup
posed they are designed to be sent to Or
ange or Chatham counties tosuppre-s
the Ku Klux.
'ic.-.o Livestock Slrfcct.
Cini'.uiM. Oct. 2r.
Cattle Quiet at I TfiC.i 00 for com
mon to good steers; t) 2."(7 .") for fair
to choice steers.
Hogs Quiet and easy; sales 0 (:)'
0 40 for fair to medium; (.) "iGC'dlO 2
for good to choice.
fit. I.oifs JrItc.
Sr. Loins, Oct. 2C.
Hour Very dull ; fall supers. ?4 "0
(".," OO ; spring dou'.lo extra, " ;V) ;
triple extra, ." f,iKM 2.3.
Wheat Quiet. No. 2 spring. lle;
No. 2 red fall rather better at )'.',( f
1 OS ; No. 1,1 10(i I l."; choice, ?l 25;
white, l lf: choice do.. SI :;o.
Corn Unchanged. Mixed in sacks.
Tic; yellow, 77(i'N(; white, 'Jl 0 (..
'OaU Active and uuchanued at 4S(
3lfi- " - '"-
Rvc Dull and droopine, at' G5(3'(i.Se
Whisky Steady at $1 lo.
Pork Nothing doing ; nominal at $30
&?0 50.
Bacon Easier at 17c for shoulders ;
19320c for clear .sides.
Lard Quiet at 1 0(1 7c.
A y a nfceo' wnirercd a. Tutelimnn that
he could swallow him. The Dutchman
lay down upon a board, and flic Yatkce
bit his toe severely. The victim screamed
with pain nnd told him to stop. "Why,
ye tarnal fool!" cried Johnathan, "ye
don't think l'ia going to swallow ye 7iull,
do yt
A model man announces as a comfort
for the winter that he has invented a
Iiocket t tovc warmed with alcohol. We
lave seen a specimen, which looks very
much like a pint flask filled with red eye.
HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. HUBERMANN,
Manufnlturcr of Lailie.s' anil Ocr.ts"
Fine Fiirsttnd -JtabasJ
f S FarnSiaisa Street,
Bi t. and I'llh Fts
OMAHA, NEB-
I iim-hne my raw far from (ir.'t IiiiihI-. mann
fnrtiiru their. Iit-rc. mid si ll :;t ") iit cent. Inwcr
than the sump quality of pood.-u-un lie iur.-hi'M.l
in New Vork.
kiiis dresccd and made up in any desirable
anieli.
Hightti rrieeii ruid for Raw Fur.
oeti'w.'iin
rpAKEX UP Bribe (subscriber, at my rcid
X dence, one yuarliog Rli. roan color, of Inrico
size. ALEX. f.VHPKlt.
oct2w5
rPAKEX UP P.y the ub-eriber, on AVcepinjr
L Water, in Liberty Precinct, on the 1st of
October. ISi '.l. one dun colored mure pon-y,
white face, ten or eleven years old: ul."o. m:e
correl hore, three vellri dd. etar in f-irehei 1.
ocLUwj .MILTON SWALLEV.
STRAYEP- "roni the undcr-ipned. ten miles
went from Platt.inouth. twenty head of sheep
ten of tliein old f heep. the others lambs. One
black one. one with hell on and lone horn, one
with one hind lip oT just beiovr the (ramhi-cil
joint. There is one black lamb, and one buck
lnnibwith very heavy horns. Any perron jriv
iiX inti-rmalion of their whernbonts wi'l 1c
suitablv rewarded. V.'.M. SL'ilLL'NTZ.
SeptSOwl.
Valuable Farm for Sale.
Situateil on Four Mile Creek Vj miles norlh
west of Pliitt.iiioi;th. 1 mile from tue Platte riv
er. and three-fourths o!'a luii-j lioin thl line of
the ii. X M. It. ll.. nnd known as tho Stoekine
fariii. i-ontaiuii.jf -l acres of vhoiea land. J
acre? of which is bottom Ian !. about ton acre"
are timber and about ninety acres in crass, tho
balance in pruin aud under b-irje. t'pi-n the I
premises is a uouole cabin, frame barn Z.i-itl fcrt
with stnne baje;:ient. staMes n 1 other out
buildings, nn orchard, plenty of stock water, a
never failing well, a soo I school house: also 6
acres of timber land in Snrpy county, near the
mouth of the Platte river, tlso lots, two nr.d
fix 12 and l in Block four ' end lots, soven ami
eiht (7 an! ) in Llo.-k one hundred :ia 1 sixty
eisht i.liis.i in tho city of Plattsuioulh. Ternm
easy.
Enquire at the premises or of tbe s il;cril;cr
in Saunilors "o. Neb. M. STOCKING.
Plattsmouth. Aug. 5 tf.
John Taulstinc, ) Ii.sirict Conrt.Citjs: county,
vs. - Ne'irn'K'i.
Blac'tcr A-McPhail.) To .'ovc-mber Term. 1C0.
To thicker Jt Mci'hail :
Von are hereby notified iliat I bvo cotn
tucaee I an a-:ioa airaiiist y a in the- D'.-trk-f
Court in and tor tho eouniy of Ois"! and Stntc of
Nei.-r:ka. wli-reia J c'.aau of you tint sia of
?1-A". with intere.-t on thai sum tV'oc the iirst
d:iy f Jannary, A. i. in', tor ni-ney by you
Vf-ceive 1 lor my use : tin;: I have euu.ied an at
tacauient to be i.;i neu ia said cause, and your
property, to wit: tae N. '.V. i of the X. W. H.
and S. U "f N. V.'. ,. 1 the X. K. of the X.
W.Ji. ail m ee. .'V, i. 1 . K. i 5. dl in the
tonnty of Ca- and S'u'.e of Xebrak.s
bei
and idea 1 to said a-tioa .n or b' f n e the I
l.-iy of Xovei'.iber. A. S). 1 .;'.. judini ct will be
renderc I n?:iast yon in said ea-.se. and said
Iro;ertv or.i-jrcd tu be Bobl to s;itifv the same
wi;uc::. .JOilX PAULSTIXE.
.,':- )il,i-xv-, !! :trvey.
UUtrU t Court
mill tiviLt li'icii'l, i;i-nr
( C'nnity.
t. i.. i.t:.. T.iv- i
,.r. i:.:t'.:s iu ! r ;e.i.I Lilly I 1 .vo.l.tr
Tajl.T. Terin. lsi'.t.
T .'.:iry K. T.i.- lor. Oi-hcli i Tsylcr. Ituius 'lay
lor ioi".! Lilly Vui lr:' , ,
Y-.ll ;i'c In 1 ;'V i.'.f.li.vl t li it t I livc nir.l n V'
ti'.ieu iii l!i- Pe'lrkl Court "t v'-"'--s couitty :.i t
t:,t ;.f Xol.ra.-Un. wlurria I rl:n'.n O '
nnniTot' tin lcliiovin' les-ril rnil -:! r
W '2nfS W '..Sit-jT. T M. K N 1 1 "! S t.
1 ,. c -s. T U. U 1.'; S i: ' ; X K ' S.v 7. 1'
1". K 1 ': S loifS V.Sce:U.T In. K1J: -W
of -N K ' , .V. T !". K ! : ss K 1 . of X V. , -;i
. li. T 1-'. 1! ) : K 1 f N V. SW a. I II.
11 .; i: 1 . ol S h ' . JSt-i- a-".. T 11. U M : N i -i
S K 1 1. St A T 1-. K1-: nil of l.ui!'
lyimt iinil licinit in the county m Csi nti'l r-:::t"
il Ni-lir:iftii. nii'l 1'in.v i" x ''ill tli.it I lie
ln i'iiivcye l ti lie': llmt iiiiIch yon nppriir ne 1
lU !iil, aii.-ii it or i!i tiiur to f.iid liill. on or
U rc tin- lAlli 'lny of Xiivimii1.it, A. 1. li'0. tli.
iillpfni ioiiii tlu-riiii i-otituini'l. v. ill b- tiiki a j.
true, uii'l n lii'iTi-i- rrmlcri' I in s:t i I -:iukc in r.c
coriiroui- wiili ilic jaayrr in sni'l tn titnni.
Al.iri. fiiO.MKY.
Ly s'Tmci;!.ANi. Haxiiv A McLennan, lor coin
l'lain.inl. M-t7-l
Ccrner Ka:n and Second Streets,
PLATTSMOUTII. N KBKAfc-'KA.
krrps coas-tnntly on liinul the lict of oil kinds o.'
MEATS,
wliicli lie v.-iil fmiii.-h to cn.sttmicr ut lln- L"i-t ,
rnt-.-s for esisli. jufCMii-1
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!!
DRALKR IK
Ready-Made Clothing,
r.EXTs ruRxisiiiEO t;ooL?;. r
Hats, Cap., Roots, Shoes, Trur ., Vnlies nn-l
isroTiojsrs.
South Side Main Street,
VlaUsmonlfa-, rVcb.
jyivc
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I 1it A No. 1
SODA FOUNTAIN
;
in good running order. .
Renifinlier the Inec. oppopTte CI ink & Pl:rn.
iult'h, PlatUuiouth, Ncbriuik. .. toiinis
Smprorcil Farm and Tim
ber For Sale
Tlio farm i nliout 21) miles went from Piatt,-.
itlj, 2 in ile wc-.t of il i,ovctV. on 1 1: c ritiipo
roxu.. ij avi'i "na lnum in ciillivaui;Ti n lute
li"ii upon it. nnd pieiuj nfMn-li lcr: it i
Foiilhwi-yt XA of M i-timi 'Si. town li, raiiK II-7'"
:en-i. :oid i-oiinec ted w itii it if lit 7 Mid yontt -e
i-t '. , ot 'r-'iiithiMrt ! i' ol'.iection 111. nm:; tov. ;
aiid raiiire. limber Wi mid !-lMJ urrtn. liinkin -L-V)
nnl mi-Phi nc.T". Al'o. tlie nrthwirl 'i1!
northwe't ii of ?ertion town. Ttl. mnj;- 4. : ,
Mi!l-county, own. ln ta.-t from I'lati?nwii;r
toi l one mile fioni tliu river. h :i vt tinilc r. Ir'i.r
tei in ad in .-s li. li. S(lV;.MO..
umyjilf. lilenwovd. Iowa.
rost AI.E OR SCrVT
The undivided half or the whole if duhirod
of the
kock iiLurrs onrsTAXi .v.nr .vrj.,
24-horse power engine and boiler.2 pair of 3 ,,4
burrs. ji inch circular saw. two utory m iii ,nt e,
yix-'J feet ; cvc-i-ytiiiiiK in fc-ooa running m..(.
Also a
good i eliis : no est:,
of four rooms and collar. For particular' n
qureof C. SCULL .VIZ.
apr22tf. Rock Blaffa. CVss couuty. Neb
Wcc5ing Water 32111m
Farmers, po where you can get tho best i'iour.
and trie moot of it.
35 POUNDS OF XXX FLGUtl
AMD
vi poux ns or miA.v
civ n in cxuae for pood wlie.it.
Wo are ulsodoii prist work; and. trith otir
increased laeililics tei 1 ure(l that we can iie
the be; t ul ino-t Flour of any in th? .State.
SATISFACTION (j VA U A X T E L" D .
Produce Bought and Sold.
HIGIIKST J.A1.KKT PUUK PAID.
m tllnton:
iniirCli.'Ct.
Co. Clerk A- Recorder. Dept. t i i; A r.eo'r.
Spi!rIock & Wlnclharn,
l'LATTsxocTit - - x:lv:a.ka.
I'r.-nat Jl.mra-iof Court aio:i4C
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