PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY,.
.JAN. 27, l.sTi)
A Washington correspondent say :
A Nebraska Democrat took a scat jn a
Washington street car yesterday. Soon
after a ''Filtcenth Amendment" entered
and took a ;at alonir fide of an elderly
lady who wasjevidently from the "Souf'
Jis she iuimcdiat'-ly junjped up and rail
inp fearfully at Mr. Nipper crossed over
and took a scat by our democrat friend.
0011 after a fat, lubberly female de
Fcendant of Ham cutred the car and
there being no vacant seats our chival
rous democratic friend politely offered
the lady of color hi seat, when the afore
said old lady "boiled over" with rage
and left the car to pursue her journey on
foot. Thus it is vrith the few, while the
many here accept the situation.
Anlh(riirfintrr.
There is a prospect of a lively Bsiht
between the express companies. The
Adauis company claim the right to run
from Pittsburg to Chicago, by reason of
its contract with the Pittsburg Central
.Railroad. This ro:id has been leased by
the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad,
and the Adams people insist that their
frivilepe to run over the Pennsylvania
'entral extends to ita leased time.' Iu
case the Adams attempts it, the Ameri
can will proceed to opto offices between
Washington and Boston, and run uion
the rout it asked as an epuivalaiit for the
Pittsburg and Chicago. The representa
tives of the American Gonipany say that
the threatened action of tl e Adams
teople will violate the arrangement that
las been in force for twenty. five years.
Caue I'reaenlalion to UovcrmirBulel
nl Wanliingrton.
Dear Ciironicle. The Nebraska
delegation in an excursion party ' to
Mount Vernon a few days ago, presented
Governor Butler of your State a splendid
walking stick. It was cut on the Mount
Vernon farm by a committee appointed
for that purpose by the delegation and j
was presented by a member in a neat
and appropriate speech." The speaker
addressing the Governor alluded to his
important services in behalf of our
young State, and hoped he would pre
fcervc this present as a memento of re
gard of the donors, and that he would
be reminded of the eminent fervicesof
the illustrious Washington when looking
upon this favor ; that he would emulate
the virtues of him who was "first in war,
firt in peace, and first iu the hearts of
hi countrymen." The Governor ac
cepted the present with many thanks al
luding iu a plc:isant manner to the place
from which the present was taken aud to
him whose remains "repose in the tomb,
which we had just visited, closing with
many assurances on hi i part that the to
ken would be carefully preserved, and
that the conduct of tho State Executive
both' at home and abroad should ever be
above reproach. Correspondence Neb.
City Chronicle. .'': ' . .
Writcrn Talent.
Not many years since it was fashionable
for Western people to send East for
editors, business men, speculators, or
capitalists. Men graduate in country
printiug u2icc3 aad are czUisd to occupy
.,?T.. Tr C, .1... C I.
tTtVt3 lit I lie U1H Ulllla VI LI J iiiat,
where Western talant, pluck, snap, vim,
ambition and determination is needed, to
infuse new life and energy into the edi
torial fraternity of the East, which has
lost so much of late years by imigration.
That West is a funny country. They
build railroads out there quicker than a
man would trade horses in New England t
They make cities there while a man aud
his two sons woaM be clearing a two acre
wheat Sold in Pennsylvania. They make
a fortune lose it and make another;
marry, are divorced, marry again ; lose a
fortune, and make one or two while a
taid, conservative old chap in some
Eastern settlements would be fixing his
dickey, blacking hU boots, oiling his hair
and preparing to call on some rather
good looking widow lady at whom he has
gazed through the garden fence onee or
twice. They turn churches into billiard
saloons, graveyards into velocipede rinks,
faro banks into Young Men's Chrisian
Associations, rivers into canals, prairies,
into cities, mountains into watering places,
and connect lakes with '. the ocean by
railroads, while many persons in the East
would de chaffing with their tailor Tor
boot maker As to the make of some ar
ticles of wearing appearal. New York
Democrat:
Correspondence of Daily Plattsmouth Herald
tii E soldiers re-tcio J
llA--r7caFIir . Some time
since a call was made tor a Soldiers
Re-union" and that call published in
the papers. Now, sir, no where in the
proceedings of that meeting which
framed the call or on the committee of
arrangements appointed by them, can a
soldiers name be found who was not in
the Nebraska First. Why not make it
a "Nebraska First Soldiers Re-union,'
and not make a mock of the thing. For
a long time I think I could discern in
the Nebraska First and their friends a
a disposition to iguore the Second and
others and I confess it has annoyed me
often. Still, I do not wish to
detract one iota from the praise justly
due the First for their services to their
country, but I would simply remind
them that when we were mustered into
the service of the United States, we
were sworn to obey, our officers, aad go
where duty called. We were sent north
and were compelled to eat the food
that was stored at the old forts for years,
flavored with live iusects, drink the al
kali water strong enough to raise biscuits
without soda, and that taken from a
paddle and carried on our backs all day
without change, forego the use of vege
tables altogether, and some of us slept
in our tents when a hundred horses and
mules froze to death in' one " night, and
last but not least no chance to trade it;
cotton.' Well, wr, we met the enemy in
large force and the red skins never met a
more signal defeat since the days of
Kearney, losing nearly everything they
had of value to them, and I positively
know that to the Nebraska Seconi is
due all the credit of that victory. And
further, some veteran regiments, were
sent out on the plains aud deserted by
the Ecore. It was not - the Nebraska
Second.
In reply to a communication like the
above in the Chronicle, Mr. John Gilles
pie, Chairman of Committee on Arrange
ments says, the call is "to all Nebraska
Soldiers who enlisted in the First or
Second or either battallion, and that the
committee of arrangements would be
increased to include each." Perhaps
a committee can increase its numbers
without delegated power, bui I fail to
tee it. Gentlemen, we are not begging.
If you wish to ignore us we can afford it
if you cati. Nkbkaska Seccx.
IIOnKSTCADS
t.V.S.
The Wliat. tbe How and tke WI15-, r
u llomepuu ':techi.t tmr
Home Hunter.
"Monb hath been at cae from his you'.h.
aud Luth reitle-J on hi Ie. atnl liuth but
I'een implied from ve.il to vessel. therefore
hi Mste remained in hiin and his scent is not
caaimed."
''lloinesteadv'r" is :i word unknown to
lexicographer. You Mill discover it
neither iu Worcester nor in Webster tin
abridged. When John Mull hears of it
he wi.l bully it as an Americanism. Hut
beyond the Mississippi it is a familiar
household word, it is a title which every
tenant in our country should aspire to,
and which he may obtain if he will, thus
becoming the peer of his landlord. The
first time I ever heard the word
"Homesteader" was last November,
when crossing the ferry over the Mis
souri to Plattsmouth, in Nebraska.
Wind, current, and sandbars were too
much for our caaft, bo that we were
afloat seven hours before we could land.
I am glad to add that we were among the
last unfortunates who thus watched and
waited for the Burlington & Missouri
River Rail Road Company in Nebraska
have already stationed there , a transfer
steamer - with powerful engines which
makes its trips in fewer minutes than
the hours which those of the old often
consumed.'- Among the wagons on my
tedious journey, I notice one carrying
under its white cover an emigrant with
wife, young children, and household
stun.' When I inquired why they were
venturing into a country unknown and
unsettled jut as wiuter was settling in,
the woman answered: "Why, sir, we
have bought cut a 'homesteader, and
shall move right into his cabin."
"Homesteaders" would multiply could
we keep it before the people the whole
people, how to become one how easy it
is and how much more truth than poe
try lurks in the song that Untie Sam is
rich enough to give us all a farm. Ac
cordingly in hope of aidiug the homeless
who are in quest of homes, t write down
the an.-wers I have frequent occasion to
1 make to the questions of homestead hun-
I . .... i I- 1 1 ! 1 1 i
vu.Tar vernacufar.
iors, translating icgai giuoerisn into our
I. What is a homestead?
It is a farm given to any man, or
woman, who will live on it, or cultivate
it. for five years. I say "given," for
the charges are onh about ten cents an
acre that is the cost of surveying and
recording, amounting in all, for one
fourth of a square mile, to eighteen dol
lars at most, and four dollars of this sum
is not payable for five years.
II. Itow large a farm is a home
stead? It is a farru of one hundred and sixty
acres, except on tracts, one -half of which
has deen granted in aid of railroads or
other public improvements. On such
tracts a homestead is of no more than
than half the usual size.
III. Who may become a home
steader? Any man, or any woman that is, a na
tive of a legal age, and any foreigner
who has declared his intentions to become
a citizen, which any immigrant may do
on. the very same day he lands in
America. Any man in the military or
naval sevice mav also become a home
steader by an affidavit before .hiScec
that such is hiA jj9S!3t -provided that
oaie" luember of his family is residing
in Western parlance, "squatting"
on the laud he wishes to get for his
home. , . : .
IV. How does a ' man " become a,
Homesteader? ; ' ' ' .' '; -.
lie goes to any' United States land
office, and there he has free access to
maps sho'ring all the vacant lot in tho
neighboring region. lie thea goes and
cxarAines lots, picks out the odo be likes
best, returns to ti e lmd office, makes an
application accorenns! to the Jegal form.-i
funiished by the rflir there, fcr thaf
lot as his homettead, leaves those form
for record, pays at most fourteen dollars,
and is henceforth monarch of all he sur
veys on the farm of his choice.
But a homesteader is not obliged to go
at all in person to the government land
office. I a most cases be -can aicertaia
from locai agents or residents wh:X lands
are vacant, and thee make his applica
tion for tlie homestead he wishes to oc
cupy, before tho clcik of the court in the
ounty where it lies. .,,
. V.. , llow soon must a Homesteader
begin to occupy his land?
At any time vithin 'fix months after
his' application is put on record, and ho
majrjoiiroey away from hit land at will,
if, not, absent more than .half a year at
onee. . ... .. . ,w
VI. Can a homesteader become full
owner of his farjjLsjiaiwM 4&trirtirtTIeend
r i- ,. ir"r" i '
- ofirveirh - 7 '
Yes. lie can at any time purchase
his land by 1 paying the Government
price the maximum of which is $2 50
aud the minimum half that sum per
acre.
VII. ' What if I buy out a Home
steader? Then he loses tho right to take up an
other free farm ; but if you occupy his
land for five years you will become abso
lute owner of it, or you can pre-empt at
anv time.
VIII. What if a homesteader dies
before perfecting his claim?
His heirs will iuherit all his rights on
condition of doing his duties.
IX. What if a Homesteader is in
debt?
His homestead is exempt from lia
bility for any debt contracted previous
to his perfecting his claim to that
land, and, in some States, it is not li
able to attachments for any subsequent
debts.
X. What shall a Homesteader do
first on his laud? .
If he comes in the fall he can spend
the winter in rail splitting. In early
spring he can break up the prairie, and
at once put in a crop of sod corn, which,
while coating little labor, often yields
twenty busheli to the acre.' . If he has a
neighbor he may find board from the
start If he has none, he must camp in
his wagon till he can build him a cabin,
or at ioast a half subterranean "dug
out" XI. How is it rull title finally ob
tained? After the Homesteader has resided on
his land, or tilled it for five years, as
soon as he proves that, fact by two wit
nesses to the Register of the Land
Office where his application was re
corded, that officer will obtain for hiai
from Washington a full title to his
land.
XII. Where arc homesteads to be
found?
AH public lands are open to entry
by homesteaders, except such as may
have lcen temporarily withdrawn from
market. But there are no public lands
in the Northeast of the Mississippi at
lea.-t none worth taking ami only about
one million acres in Iowa, and an equal
number in Missouri. As soon, however,
as you cross the Plattsuiouth ferry into
Nebraska, you enter the most desirable
district for homesteads now remaining
in all the public domain a region in the
latitude of New l'ork city fertile,
healthy, and which the Burlington &
Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska is
fast penetrating, affording access to mar
kets both east aud west, as it pushes on
to Fort Kearney, opening a route from
the Atlantic to the pacific more than a
hundred miles shorter than that now
traveled by way of Omaha. The United
States land offices in Nebraska are at
Lincoln, tho capital, Beatrice, Omaha
and Dakota City.
Many men in oider States, who are
themselves no longer ypuue, .and have
children ready for education, and are
disinclined to rough it on a raw prairie
where no wind break-? hnvs yet grown,
will find something better than a frontier
homestead, along the line of railroad !at
opened through from riv.-r to river,
namely the Burlington & Mi-souri River
Railroad of Iowa. That company began
running thruuuli trains on the fifteenth
of January. " They have received their
land subsidy, and in February next will
put into market 40,0()0 acres. None of
this land is more than twenty miles from
their track. None of it is far from
sthookj villages, and their customary
convenience. All of it has the choice
letween competing markets. Much of
it is overspread with the mold called
"Bluffdeposit" having the same chemi
cal elements which gave the Nile banks
their world-famous fertility. The cli
mate is the most genial in Iowa, for the
road runs through the most southern tier
of counties except one. Payment may
be made, if desired, in ten annual instal
ments, &c, Sic.
Ye who are out of work on the sea
board, ye starving clerks in Washington,
ye tenants in Pennsylvania, ye that grub
on the hard farms of NewEngland. arise
and possess the land. In another decade
free lands will be as hard to discover
west of the Mississippi as they now are
to the east of it J. D. B.
N.tUXDEKS COCSTI.
Some Fnflt inltesrnrtl to II Topegrrn.
- pny Wbirh Mionttl Be Gener
ally It now n.
Editor of Herald Perhaps a brief
account of Saunders County may not at
this time prove uninteresting to the nu
merous readers of your valuable paper.
Geographically Saunders is included in
the second tier of counties west of the
Missouri River, and is bounded on the
north and cast by the Platte river, south
by Cass and Lancaster counties, and west
by Butler county.
Its area embraces about seven hun
dred and sixty square miles or four hun
dred ninety-one thousand five hundred
and twenty (401,520) acres of deep rich
and loamy soil. Topographically the
northwestern portion of the couuty is
beautifully level and consisting of Table
and bottom lands.- The southwestern
portion includes bottom, undulating and
rolling lands of most beautiful slope.
Salt Creek enters the county near
southwestern corner, running a
the
few
miles therein and affording a most excel
lent water power at Ashland, the present
eounty scat. About two miles below
Ashland, Salt Creek receives the limpid
waters of the beautiful Wahoo, a fine
mill stream which traverses the entire
county from the northwest to the south
east, dividing it into two nearly equal
parts; its numerous branches spreading
out like a fan furnish an.- abundance. 'if
jocfe tratir fbr a veiyhirge areai of the
county. The current of the stream is
deep and strong and. the volume of wa
ter sufficientat all times for mill purpo
ses and its high banks and crooked course
offer numerous sites for the ertjetion of
mills and other machinery. Its valley
is one of the finest in the State. The
bottom land alone averaging one mile in
width for about thirty miles. Sand
creek, its longest tributary, is a beautiful
stream of clear pure water, with a white
, , ,. . 1 i,.,i.i .,u .a.
8and b,ott?w an1 a Tid valley, cldth
ed with rich grasses, and also a3ording i
good water power near the centre of the
county. Oak creek, a large tributary of
Salt creek, runs through two townships
in the southwest comer of the county.
Rock creek, a small mill stream, also has
its sourc in, and abundantly waters two
townships in the south part of the county.
Silver Creek, a long thread like "rib
band of clear water and an eastern tributary-,
of the Wahoo, is a stream of con
siderable importance to the county, rising
near Powhocoo, and on the northern
verge of the table l."i I and running
nearly due south sorcu twenty miles, it
aot only watersjujtcliftfJ-'if
trad "MJiuTy"7ertile plain, but alo offers
an excellent route for the eaey construc
tion of a railroad between Ashland and
Fremont
Following the line of the PhUte are
found numerous springs and rivulets that
run to and sink in the loose bottoms of
that shallow stream. Rising near Pow
hocco and running southeasterly some
fifteen tuiles and nearly parallel with the
riatte is found Otoe Creek, which dis
charges its waters near the southeast
corner of town fifteen of range nine. In
the same township rises Clear Creek, a
small s'.rcaiu, having a southeast course
some eight or ten miles to the Platte
bottom, where it sinks arid again vises at
the southern border of an extensive bog
of cane or reed grass of over one thous
and acres in area, aud which is believed
to contain excellent jieut. From this
bog the waters flow south near the west
side of the Platte bottom in a clear and
limpid stream until they are discharged
into Salt Creek, just below the mouth of
the justly celebrate! Wahoo whose
beautiful and unsurpassed agricultural
valley offers one of the niost feasible
routes for the construction of a railroad
line to connect Ashland with Fremont,
North Bend, Schuyler, Columbus or
Grand Island, to be found in the State.
As before stated the soil of the countj
is a deep, rich loam, of easy culture and
great fertility aud contains a large
amount t)f chalky nodules, sufficient to
render it highly adapted to the produc
tion of cereals. Wheat, oats, barley,
corn and vegetables are produced in
great perfection. I am not aware that
any of the cultivated grasses have as yet
been tried, except that Mr. Stocking,
one of the early settlers of the Wahoo
valley, sowed last fall with rye a quantity
of timothy and blue grass seed which I
am informed came up well and will no
doubt prove a success. The native
grasses are the bluo-tem, red stem,
bunch, grammar and buffalo, all of which
are highly nutritious and valuable.
Mixed with these is found in bunches
the footed wire grass, a worthless variety.
In the southern part of the county is
found extensive quarries of new red
sand stone of excellent quality for walls,
culverts, &c. ; also, in four localities in
the Wahoo valley. Again, on the south
side of Salt Creek, near Ashland, is
found both sand and limestone.
Of timber, the principal supply is to
b' fouud along the Platte and the head
branches of the Wahoo in the west t art
of the county. Although deficient of
tmbcr, and in the eastern part of rock,
yet in geographical po.-ition, beauty of
topography, fertility of soil, abundance
of grass, supply of water and water
j power and facilities for constructing rail-
1 roads arid lorming couucciions wuu 01.11-,
ers that will in a few years be needed to1
convey the immense surplus products of
the county to market, Saunders stands
preeminent among her sisters.
Waho. o
Oar Immediate Doom.
A public lecturer in this city recently
argued that religion was useless because
"mans existence on the earth is moment
ary. Science teaches us that in 6,3000
j'ears more a grand deluge will end his
race and make him fossile. You may
think this an idle tale, but it is not.
Astronomy shows that the earth is
oscillating in the angle of its axis to the
sun in periods of 21,000 years. The
zones are undergoing a constant change.
Now at the Northern Pole it is growing
colder each year and at the South Pole
warmer. Thus, an immense accumulation
of glaciers or iceberg's at the North Pole
will result, while at the South they will
not form at all. In G.3000 years the
glacier will have suddenly over balance
the earth. Then the waters of the sea
will rush from the south to the north and
there will he a deluge." Stand from
uuder. Scientific American.
Health, Comfort and Economy
Three reasmns for buarding with
GrEORGKE W- COLVIN,
OAK 9TEEKT, riATTSMOCTH, NKB.
Tito blocks northwest of brick School Ilouse.
He has a BATH HOUSE, free to patrons: his
rooms are well ventilated, and his prices are rca-
sosable julyJStf.l
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W1L.L.ITT rOTTEXEI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Plattsmonfeh. Neb.
Valuable Farm for Sale.
Situated on Four Mile Creek 4U miles north-
west of Plattsmouth, 1 mile from the Platte riv- .dilapidated condition an Uat. nn boota coal
er, aad three-fourths ofa mile fruiu the line of :stockings in short, destitute of all those con
the B. & M. K. K.. and known as the Stocking vement appurtenances which ornament a well
farm, containing 2S.0 acres of choice land. 10 dressed man having been deprived of all by
acre. of which is bottom lnnd. ahout ten acre
balance in grain and under feuoe. Upon the
premises is a double cabin, frame barn 3i.x.!0 feet
with stone basement, staules ana otuer out
building, nn orchard. Plenty of stock water, a
never failing well, a good school house; also 0
acres of timber land in harpy counly, near the
mouth of the Fiatto river. I
Knouire at the premises or of the subscribe!
in Saunders Co. Neb. M. STOCKING, j
Plattsmouth. Aug. 5 tf.
Improved Farm anil Tim
ber Fop Sale.
The farm is about 20 miles west from riatt3-i
mouth. 2 miles west of Hoover'?, on the Stag
road. 00 acres hits been in cultivation a loji
houe upon it. and plenty of stock water: it il
southwest !i of section 27, town 12. range 11 1(0
acres, and connected with it is lot 7 and south
east of southeast of section 20, same town,'
and range. timber 'JO and 8U-100 acres, inakinf
V) and 8i)-l 00 acres. Also, the northwest ef
northwest M of section 2t,ttwj TOj-pa;. tS
Mill" enB-t3-; Iult. uue east from Plattsmouth.
and one mile from tho rivor, heavy timber. For
terms address D. il. SOLOMON.
may2Stf. i Glenwood. Iowa,
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jan 17 dlwlw
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5 cents a day at the ago of twenty.
6 cents a day at th age of thirty.
9 cents a day at the age of forty.
13 cents a day at tho age of fifty,
' 21 centa a day at the age of sixty.
Will insure you lorOl.OOO. lividend. from
4t to per cent of your anuual payment
Don't delay in insuring your life in the .
Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Co.
' OEO. T. XEALLET. Local Agent.
janl5dw2w. . Plattsmouth. Neb.
The Rui'Iiiigtoii&iHissom'i
River Kail Koad,
In connection with tho
Chicagj, Burlington if- Qicincy IZ. 12.
Offer to the people tf Plattsmouth, and nil that
portion of Nebraska lying
SOUTH OF THE PLATTE,
the most direct, and the best Route to the Eas
tern. South Eastern, and Northern States.
Passengers desiring to travel luxuriously should
take the Atlantic E.vpress, which runs through
to Chicago without change of Cars, equipped
with elegant lay Coaches. Pullmau" Palace
Iay and Sleeping Coaches, and
Pullman's Dining Cars.
In addition to the fact that this is the direct
route by which time may be saved in reaching
any point in the Eastern or Middle States, it may
truthfully be said that it possesses the best track
and the finest equipment of any Western Line,
ensuring to tho passenger
Speed, Safety and Comfort
Rates always as LOW as the LOWEST. E.ig
gage cheeked through to any point East.
C. E. PE 11 KINS. Ucn. Supt.
A. E.TOUZALIX. Geo. Passenger Agent.
janlodJcwtf.
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SEED CATALOGUE
And Guide to the
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
CSARUKX, roil 1S70.
Published in January. Every lover of flowers
wishing this new aud valuable work, free of
charge, should addre.-s immediately M. O'Kkkke,
Stx, Sc Co., Eilwungcr Barry's Llock. Roches
ter. X. Y. novliwTin
NEW TOBACCO STORE!
n Main street, opposite Court House,
PL.iTrs M O UT II, re E c.,
Wo haTe on hand a larg assortment of
CIGARS & TOBACCO,
Consisting of the best qualities of
CI0AE3, IINE CUT. PLUG AND
SMOKING TOBACCO.
As wt deal exclusively in Tobacco we can sell as
cheap, if not cheaper than other store in the
city."
Give us a call before you purchase elsewhere,
as we know you wit! go away satisfied.
Is. BRO.H & CO..
February 11, 1SCD. tf.
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SENT
fi tN 8
FEED. SALE AND
VEHY . BTABLEi
HX.IH STREET. PL ATTSMOCTH, KKB.
Ia prepared to accoinmodatethe public with
Oarrivgri, liaugie and A JXo. 1 flrarn,
on i-rtnotiee and reasonable terms. A Hack
willuni., teainboat lundinf ,audt all pffr
of k city wncu eired.
J 170liw.
a! hubermann,
I
( Manufacturer of Ladies' and GonU'
Fine Furs ana Robes,
138 Fariiliaui Street,
Jet. Pth and 10th su., OMAHA. KEB.
I purchase uiy raw furs from firt hands, mnnu
icture them here, nud sell at 35 per cent, jower
an the same quality of goods can be purchased
t New York. . . , ,
P'sins dressed and made up in any desiraol
Mic-le.
Jlicheft prices paid for Raw Jrurs.
, oct28w3m
J. cSTHTJ. Streight.
DEALERS IN
rruits, Confectioneries, Toys
NOTIONS, BOOKS,
IXATIONEUY, &c.,
AutfKtf.
PLATTSMOUTH.
3UYLER SCHOLFAX
Says of Weeping Water.
Extract from Xet tcr to
Mrs. Grundy.
"As T was tellinir von. in v dear Mrs. Ornndv.
Tcamq on my mule to Weeping Water in asadfy
jtlie merciless savages, who even took my cigar
$ ihinkinn that I niight in that nourishing town
ipbtain a second-hand blanket. I rode up to
1
store, and hitchinjt my mule by the ear? to a
large freight wagon lo.idud with goods for the
Plattsmouth retail trade, I entered. Judge of
my surprise when I was promptly met and
tfcred a complete outfit, from a pair of stub
toed boots t a goose-quill toothpick, for the jal
try sum of nine dollars and sixty-two and oue
half cents, the 2U cents being the profits on tho
goods. If you want anything in the
miscellaneous line, call on them, and if ycu don't
see what you want ask for it. I would remark
here that they are generous, liberal, good look
ing and truthful to a fault."
remKrjhe place
..'
"Weeping "Water.
GROCERIES 1 GROCERIES !
NEW GOODS!
Sheldon & Baviev.
CJSLF FCTORYVILLE. ON THE
" WEEPING WATER,
Are In receipt of a largo lot of Groceries and
BOOTS AND SHOES
from New York, which are offered at the lowest
price fcr cash, or in exchange for produce of all
kinds.
Goldeu Syrup for Si per gal
T lbs. sugar for 81.
Call and see for yourselt : octTtl .
Weeping Water Mills
Farmers, go whore you can get the best FJoar,
and tUe most of it.
35 POUNDS OF XXX FLOUR
1V3
11 POUXDS OF DIl AN
given in exchage for pood whcfit.
We are also doing grUt work; and. with our
increased facilities, feel assured that we can give
the best and moat I'lour of any in the ta.te.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Produce Bought and Sold.
HIGHEST UAItKF.T PRICK PAID.
Reed & Clinton
mar2G.'0S.
EEAL ESTATE ! !
7 OOO Acres
OF CHOICE LANDS,
Improved and Unimproved,
For sale on reasonable terms ; als.. City proper
ty, consisting of Residences nnd Unimproved
Lota. Those desiring to invest capital will find
it to their interest to call and examine our list
before purchjtiicg elsewhere.
iugotf.J jSPUKLOCK X- WINDHAM.
LOOK HERE !
All Real Estate placed in our lianas for sale
will be thoroughly advertised without extra st
to the owner. Weguaruty to advertise every
piece of property placed on our fjle books, piv
lii fuil description of same when desired. This
gn-cs parties desiring to sell the full advantage
of advertising their property for sale, without
having a dollar of the expense to pay.
augOtf.J SPURLUCK & WINDHAM.
Improved Farm and Timber
IJFVrsale. The farm is situated 2? miles west
of Plattsmouth : iW acres undercultivation.and
10 acres of timber ; a'!o, a story aud a half
house. For term? see
kuyotf.J t?PURLOCK t- WINDHAM.
Improved Farm for Sale.
Containing acres, six miles west of Piatts
mouth. Appiy to
ug;tf. SPURLOCK f- WINDHAM.
A Great Bargain.
We h ve for sale an 80 acre tract of land lying
ten miles southwest from Plattsmouth, which
an be had at a bargain it ipplicifion is made
co-m. SPURLOCK t- WIND11A ' M.
augStf
PLOWSI PLOWS!
C. IE. OZEa-"
Manufacturer of all kinds of
Fitriiiing I ixiplessients.
Such as the celebrpted Ro.l Erofk;ng Plows,
Mould U iard lireakers, Stirring Plows. Single
and I'onble shovels. Cultivators aud Harrows.
Rearing done uu short notice. All work war
ranted. ii:;vins had much experience ia the business,
I ftel assured that I can give geaeral satisfac
tion. Please give ma a call before purchasinsr
el.-ewh."re. .... C. E. it'iiUY.
PlatteOiouth. ct.. May C, IST.
R UJf TjUS WA Y E Lti BODY
WHITB AND BUTTERY
ITaTing sold out their tecfc of Dnir,
ed their Store to A W Prolo. posession to be
given the first day of February, therefor w mart
sell oar stock f Groceries befor th first of Feb
ruary;
TIIEY SFXL
O00J Brown Sugar. ...6ift for $1.
Clarified " 61b " "
4A' Sugar 5lb " "
Powdered Sugar.... 5ft " '
" Coffee . . 41b '
BcstCoffoe 3jft " "
Poor Gunpowder Tea 50c. per lb
n 1 r :..i t t m '
Best Imperial Tea..... $1 75 "
xuuug iij.-vu ....vi I t
" Pried Apples.... 123c "
TI 1 -r l tl
" " Teaches 15c. " "
BestJXXX Family Flour per sack $2 50
" Vincgarj pergallon, 25c.
They have a Good Stock of
Groceries of all sorts on hand
and to arrive soon, which
MUST BE SOLD
Regardless of Cost.
N. B. As we have to turn
Our Stock of Drugs, Oils,
Palhls7&'c. &c:, . over tp Mr.
Prole on the First of February,
(at less than cost,) their friends
and customers will find their
house a good place to buy
id.
P S. No Goods Sold on
i
Credit
p f
TW InJcltedto J,'te & liutYny
teilijiitd it to tkrir interest to tettlt vjr tit
once. .
lecl5d&wtf
GILLHAN CORN SHELLER.
WM. B. PORTED, Agent
Plattsmouth, - - - - - Nebraf l.
MAN UF ACTU RED BY ''.'
Gillman, King & Hamilton. ?
- - Hi
1U018.
I am agent for the above Celebrated Corn
Shelter, and am prepared to fill orders on hhort
notice. A sample machine can be seen at my
farm two and a half miles south west of Platts
mouth. I have had one of these machines in use
for the past five years, aod find it perfect in every
respect. WM, li, PORTKR
janl&Sin.
Sealed Proposals
AsuLjkNn. Neb., Jan. 11, 1870.
Seaaletl proposals, with plans and specifica
tions, will be received at this office for "County
Offices," to be erected on the Public Square in
Ashland.
Honda will e required for the faithful per
formance of the contract.
The County Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all proposals.
All bids must be handed in before February
lst,lS70. By order of the County Commissioners
m C. 11. WALKER,
, . Ccanty Clerk Saunders County.
jal3wtfebr
Sealed Proposals.
Aphlaxd, Neb., Jan. H. 1S70.
Scaled Rroposals, with plans and specifica
tions, will be received at this office for a U rid go
to be erected across Salt Creek, on Main street,
lhe length of the .Bridge will be 115 feet.
Roods will b required for the faithful per
formance of the contract.
The County Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any and all proposals.
Al bids must be handed in before February
1st 1H7U. By order of the County Commissioner.
C, II. WALKER,
County Clerk Saunders County.
ja!3wtfcbl
AGENTS WANTED
FOR TBK
RICHEST BOOK OF THE PERIOD,
WOUENOFNEW YORK;
OR THX
Under World of the Great City.
Illustrating the Life of theGentler Sex in High
and Low Place, among the iiood. the Bad,
and theiudifferent: the Rich and the poor
the Virtuous and the Vicious; the la
mousand the Unknown; Showing
Vice and Virtue L'nhappinos
and Misery, 1'a.shion and
Folly, a regards tho
Women of the Eiu
v pireeity of the
u. s.
BT OEORfiE ELLINGTON.
The most startling reralation of modern times.
KewYork oiety Unmasked. The Aristocracy,
Women f Pleasure. Married Women, aad all
classes thorougly ventilated.
lhe book contains 740 page, and 45 illustra
tions. Price. Cloth. 83 "; Library. S3 7.".; Full
Gilt. 84 i. The cheapest Book published, and
the best to sell. One Agent received 178 orders
in less than ten days; another, ten in less than
One hour. Address, at once,
THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY,
:nl74t Xu. 145 Nassau St.. New York.
Attachment.
A. W. Lycb."(
J. U. Baldwin f
To J. II. Baldwin. You are hereby notified
th it an attachment was issued by me in favor of
plaintiff and against the above named defendent
fir the sum of fifty-seven dollars, and trial set
for Saturday the 12th day of February. 1870 at
ten o'clock A. M. of said day, at which time
judgement will be rendered against you, if you
du not appearand show cause to the contrary.
JAMES O'NEILL, Justice of the Peace.
Flatumoutb, Jan. 7th. lb, 0, tan!3w4
Doom, Bro. & Co. have ju.t , ,
received a large stock oi'.Broyrn , ? s
aud Bleached Muslih all gru'ioi
and prices.
pnr n fine line of Prints, at
1012jc i yard, go to Doobi,
Bro. & Co.
Doom, Bro. & Co. have just re
ceived the finest stock of Dress
Goods to be found in the city.
Call and examine.
For .1 good . piece of Ticking,
Deiuins, Shirting, Stripes, 4c, ge
to Doom, Bro & Co.
Doom, Bro. & Co. have tha
finest assortment of all wool Cas
simeres to be found in the city.
For an extra pieec of Jeans,
Cottonadcs, Casinet, Satinet, or
anything in the way of Piece
Goods gd to Doom, Bro. & Co.
Doom, Bro. & Co. hare just re
ceived a large and well selected
stock of Boots, Shoes, &c. , all as
low prices.
Doom, Bro. & Co. have a large'
stock of Notions, Dress Trim
ining, Hosiery, fc& Call arid examine.
A General Stock kept and sold at low Cash prices by
150riZS- 3S3E8LO.- c& CO. t
Orders from Country Merchants promptly filled by DOOM, BRO. Si CO.
s: jze3d-w:k,:e3 ,
STOVE AND TIN STORE,
IE. T. &c CO,
Whcjeule anU'Retail dealers in
Hardware ami Agricultural Xm ulcus cut,
STOVES, TIN, SHEET IRON, BRASS,
i
STEEL
Of all knotls aad sizes, which we warrant the
a7UrOI:tS. 2
Tin Roofing, Gutters and Sponting Done on Short Notice.
- Are ezelusiru Ace its in this county for the sale t
Stewart's Celebrated Combination Coal
or Wood Cook Stove
G1t as a call we will net b undersold Main street, next door east of the VTajoni Bloci,
PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
err
IBIPSOKTsj IlIGKELWillT CO.?
3
DEALERS IK
Lumber, Lath, Shingles
JJOOES, SASH, &G.
Have removed their Lumber Yard to the corner of '
MAIN AND SIXTH STREETS, PLATTSMOUTH.
And hare on hand and are receiving Lumber in Fnfljcient quantie to CM allorderr, aiid at prUm
to suit purcbaL'rs. W e have also uu hand aud for sale at low figures
50 Barrens of Cement, 250 Bushel3 Plastering Hair,
50 " Lime, luo '' C.a
20 Barrells of I helcr Tari;.
"NYoinvits a.w, call and see ns at oar mew plae
-uth. Kattsmoebruka. September 1,1869
THE HERALD JOB OFFICE
IS THE FLACE TO GET
THE EE
dt u u
NEW
8IADGHTER HOUSE!
GEO. FICKLE It. Prop.
SOUTH OF TOWN, ON THE
ROCK BLUFFS ROAD.
I am prepared to kill beef cattle, hoes, sheep
e.. for euxtomers, on short notice and at rea
etc
sonable rates
GIVE ME A CALL.
GEO. FICKLER.
$20,000 worht of Property
FOR SALE-
Oonsuitros; of fanns.with timber adjommf .nea
I lattxmouth, property in Plattsmouth Citr,
horses, cattle, wagons, etc.
farther partiealar enquire of or addrew
GEO: W. 0OLT1S.
For Choice "A" Sugar, go
Doom, Bro. & Co.
Doom, Bro. & Co. hare a large
stock of "C" and Brown Sugar
a choice article. Call and exam
ine. For "A" Choice Tea or Coffee,
0 to Doom, Bro. & Co.
. Doom, Bro. fc Co. have a splen
did stock of Syrups all grades
and prices.
Canned Fruits a good .stoct at
Doom, Bro. & Co.
Dried Apples, Peaches, Cur
rants, Blackberrics the lst ia
tho market at Doom, Bro. & Co.
A choice article of Viiginia
line-cut and Smoking Tobacco
a large stock at Pinna, Bro. it
Co.
A No. 1 article of Coal Oil in
to be had by calling at Doom,
Bro. Si Co.'s.
A general stock of Qncrr.- and
Glassware sold cheap by Doyin,
Bro. &. Co.
O? X. O "W S
best in the market.
5
i la !a-.i.
PLATTE VALLEY SALOON.
J. B. THOMPSON, Propriety .
The Bar i Supplied With the Chictt(
WINES,
. LIQUORS,
.CIGARS,
ETC
aepddtf
SUNNYSIDE SAMPLE ROOM
THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
ON ALWAYS BE HAD AT
John Thomson's,
MAIN STREET, KEAR SECOND. '
Plattsmouth, - Nebraska
s t3dtf.
JSTT II I ;