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Iklmialinlttolil LOCAL NB"WS. i:II,RUAI TIME TAPLE. B. &. M. R. R'lN NECRASKA. T Ta'i-s Ef jet J una 22 1870. tt'FSTWABD. TRAIN XOl. Le. 10.00 A. M. t,. 10 :15 A. M. La. 11.10 A. M. La. n A. M. Ar. 32 (W M. I.e. U.'O 1. M. Ar.li4." Ar. 1.10 ' Ar. l.' " Ar. 2.U TKAIN X0.3. STATIONS. Plafismoath. Omaha June. lioaisville. .Soulii Bend. Ashland Ashland Greenwood Waverly Newton Lincoln KASTXAltD TRAIN NO Z. Ar. 4.13 P. M A i- 3.45 P. M Ar. 3.10 P. M Ar. 2..V P. M Ar. 2.15 P. il Ar. 1.40 " Ar 1.10 " Ar.12.-M Le.li.15 " TRAIN 20. 4. Ar. 9.00 A. M. Ar. B.M A. M. Ar. 7.55 A. M. Ar. 7.35 A. M. Le. 7.00 A. M. Ar. 6.2.3 Ar. 6.00 Ar. " Lc. 5.00 " I.e. 5.00 I.e. 5.36 I.e. ti.10 I.e. C.aO Ar. 7.l Le. 7.10 Ar. "A3 Ar- 8.1'J Ar. S.1'0 Ar. 9.i P.M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P.M. Plattsmouth. Om.iha June. Louisville. South Bend. Ashland. Ashland ( Irce nwood Waverly NcwJoa Lincoln B. &. M R. R. To take effect. Sunday. liny 15. AR3IVR. DEPART. Paeino Expref3 9-.W a. ui. 4:30 p. m. Mail 7:00 p. in. 7:00 a. m. Mixed liiOp.nl. 9:30 a- in. (The above is the time the Omnibus arrive and depart t j and fou tbe depot in this city. C. B. & ST. JOE R. R. r3 at PAC5yiC JUNCTION IOWA.! COINiJ NORTH. COINO SOUTH. Mi.il and Express 4:) p. ni. li-10 p. m. .Night Express i a. in- o:j0 p. in. iwi.. i f.rm Platteinouth close connection joins South by leaving here on tne :Mp. in. train, unil ti(ioranKi tiiin North by leaving here on the 7 a. m. train AIVO DE1MRTCUE MAILS. CLOSES. ABRIVE3 OF THE BOCTE. O. B. A St. Joe It. P.. South C. E. Jf St. Joe K. R. North, H. A M. R. K. KaH, li. & M. R. R. West, Omaha by Stage. Nebraska City, by Stage. 9 pm. 730 p m 9 p. in. 7 :tu p in 9pm. "30pm 9am. 4pm. 11 am 1pm 12 m. 1pm. T W eeping aver . cr,,7 i am. 5pm. t Ueparu, lucsaays, iiim.-u --- -. - A avs. Office hour", from 8 a m to 8 p m. Sunday,, 12 30 to n$AKmALU P. M. "cilllltCII DfftECJTOl 8f. Iukc'iJ.Par.sii Monthly meeting of the Vestry 1st Friday evening of etich month, nt the Rectory; Qimrtely rr.etjtings of Vestry 1st Mondays of May. August, November and i'brunry. II. St. GEO. YOUNG. Rector. "Wm. L. Wells. Clerk. LOUGH DIKlTORV MASONIC. TLATTSMorTH Loiob No. 6 A. F. A.M. Regular meetings at their hall on tbo tirst and third Momlav evenings of each month. Trans ient bretbera invitet to yijit. JACOB ALLEItx. W. N. P. K. RirrscR.Sec. , Mtoov Lodoe No. 22 A. F. Sc A. M. Regular roeetiLg at Masonic liaU. fir-t and third I n days. J. N. YYI.-i., . il. Mko. L. Sky bolt. Sec. NKir.Ast.A CHAPrKR No. 3 U. A. M. Regular convocations second and f-.urth Tuesday eve uiW of each month VuEfLkK. H. P. W. D. tlAtiK. ?CC Eastern Star OecbrkLoogk. Kcgularmeet imo of the Family are hold on Wednesday eve ning, on or before the full moon of each uion.rt. All Master Masons, their wives, sisters anil daughters are invited to attend. Unmarried la iies must be over cipbteen years ot age. V. H. HEELER, Patron. SIp3. C. A. Pcke, Patroness. J. N. Wise. Recorder. KMGHTJi OF PYTHIAS. Pltte Vallky LotGB No. 5 Regular tneutingi every Thursday evening. uiting broths al ay, welcome. c R. HEISEL, R. 4 C. S. V. V. LEONARD. V. P. I. O. O. F. P.egular rueetinss of Platte Lodge. No. 7, 1. O. it. F. every Saturday evening, at Odd teilows Hall. Trancient Brothers are cordially invited to viM WM. L. WELLS. N. G. II. J. STr.EtonT. Sec. I. O. O. T. 0 1 1 r f D R sen. No. 2 E A. K i rk patrick W. C. T. E. 13. Lwis. W. S. R. IS. Windham. Lod;e Deputv. Meets at Court House Hall every Tuesday evening. Traveling Templara respect fully invited. Excelsior Dkorfb Lotor, No. 1. U. Lewis. I). Ta F. E. White. I. S. Meet" at Court House Hall on the first and third Saturday evon incsofeach month. . . Star of Hope Lodok No. 8. O. J. Davis W. C. T.; Andrew Coleman, W. S. Meets at MU P1eiuant every Saturday evening. Fairvirw Lodr. No. 14. J . J. Chandler, W. C. T.: Wm. J. Hesser. W . S.; a. W . Calkin. Lodge Deputy. Meet every W elnesday even- g. Traveling Templars respectfully invited. f rlRFK C!rovK Lodor. No. 24. Aruo Griffith. w.C. T.:Ja-s. Vinson. W. S.: C. H. inslow. 1 oilgo Ieiut v. Heets every Saturday evening. Traveling f cmpU -opectfully invited to meet with us. AH Xotieci in this CIumn will be charged WESTY-FIYE VESTS a line for euch in frtioA. Goodwin and Young areour authorized agents to receive subscription for the Herald at Ash iand. We have received a lengthy conimu nication from Hoh. JIoscs Sydenham, o Tt. Kearney, which will appear to-iuor-row. The recent hot weather causes a large number of people to walk about gently, like they feared to trust the ground they walked on. The steamer Gallatin, the new trans fer boat for this place, passed St. Joseph on her way up last Friday evening, with two barges in tow, and arrived at this city at 5: CO this evening. Mercury up to 104 yesterday, and 100 to-day. Conrad IIci?el has just received 100, OOO feet of yellow eottonwood logs, which he is ready to saw into any kind of lum ber desired. Thos. Doanc, Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska, leaves to morrow for the "II ub," where ho will spend a few weeks. The Germans of our city should not be behind those of other localities in ex pressions of sympathy with Prussia. Cannot they hold a public meeting, and pass resolutions? That will not cost anything and will be a part of the great current of sympathy which is going out towards Prussia. Hon. John Tafie arrived at his home in Omaha last Friday evening. Senator Thayer is expected home to-day. Hon. J . II. McKinnon, of Elmwood, was in the city to-day tn his way cast, lie will be absent only a few days. He informs us that a severe hail storm visit ed his locality some weeks since, which nearly ruined the wheat crop. Judge Lake arrived on the 10 a. in. train to day, and opened court at 1. p. ni. l be term wm proDaDiy last inree or four days. Lady Franklin passed east a few days since over the B. M. R. R. She baa been to the Pacific coast. The Territory of Nebraska iu the year 1860, when the last U. S. census was taken, had a population cf 23,S?3. i Democrat each have editorial articles stating the fact that Gasoline oil is non explosive. It has been put to the se verest tests, and withstood them all. We arc in receipt cf the first number of the Shelby county (Iowa) Record, pub lished by II. II. Eaton, at Harlam. It is a neat paper, six column's. Wc learn frt.ru Matthew Hughes E. , that wc were in error yesterday in staticg that no meeting was held in Mt. Pleas ant precinct last Saturday. A meeting was held, and Messrs. Matthew Hughes, Isaac Pollard, and L. G. Todd were elected to represent the precinct in the county convention. Several parties have been arrested and fined recently for bathing in the river within the city limits, and wc have been requested to state that any and nil persons hereafter found bathing in the river, within the city limits, during daylight, will le arretted and fined. Hie 10,000 in city bonds reeentlv vo ted by the people have been issued by the Mayor. Bowen & Mallory received $4,200 of them for bridges, and John Fitzgerald received S3.800 for grading. Fitzgerald al.o received $900 in orders, the amount of his account for grading in excess of the bonds authorized and is sued. Wc are in receipt of a nat book o 100 pages entitled : "St. Louis, the Fu ture Great City of the World," by L. V. lleavis, which comes to us from the St. Louis Type Foundry Co. The title expresses all that ueeds to Le said, for after reading the title of the work who does not know that the remainder of the book is an effort to prove the correct ness of the title. The author makes a good showing for his city, and his book is well worth reading. There was a reasonable attendance at the primary meeting in this city last Sat urday, and all passed quietly. The Irwins plaj-ed to a full house Sat urday night, and left for Omaha yester day morning. We understand Mr. Ir win was not will plca-ed with his treat ment in regard to license; an! if the re ports we hear are correct he had reason to be displeased. Mr. Irwin showed him self to be a gentleman while in our city, and we hope he may visit us again, as he expressed a determination to do. Col. D. M. Swan, General Agent, and A. B. Cova!t, Esq., State Agent of the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Company, arrived in the city last Saturday. They will remain for a few days, and give our citizeus an opportunity of in-uring iu this first-class western company. The Missouri Valley is the only company re presented in this locality that spreads its figures before the public, showing the business standing complete. It thows a healthy State. 11 who insure iait grow fat. Try it. A couple left Brownville recently, and went to Missouri to get married because the parrents of the bride refused their sanction to the granting of a license in this State. After the knot was tied they returned to Browuville and the bride groom was so exceedingly happy that he got ou a ''big drunk." That girl's parents were much wiser than she waa. Some idea" of the business done at our city may be formed :rom a know ledge of the fact tha: It requires three largo steam Uz.::i:r boats (one for passengers and two for Ireight) and three barges large enough to hold four loaded fairs each, to accommodate the demands of the river crossing. Will some little country town that runs a fiat boat pro ceed to assert that they are the graiu center of the west?', grea1 The salt company at Lincoln, have ten tons of manufactured salt in vats. Twelve days after tbe water was placed in one vat, 3,300 pounds of salt were taken out, the result of solar evaporation. This is regarded as placing the quality and strength of the water on as favorable a footing as any in the States, the Journal. So says Peter Rowen, Esq., is erecting a fine brick residence in the southern part of the city. The walls are up to the aecund floor. Another drove of GOO head of Texas cattle arrived in our city yesterday. Plattsmouth is now the great cattle mar ket of the west, as well as the Grain and Lumber market. Mr. Thos. Hallowell gave us a call this morning, and informs us that he has completed the temporary peniten tiary and is now ready to put brick in the wall in our city for $14.50 per thous and. "Business in a minute" is what is meant by that huge advertisement of C. W. Lyman & Co. They have a heavy stock of lumber, and can supply dealers, on short notice, with anything in the line. Mr. Charles Creegan is forming a class in vocal music in our city, and calis upon all lovers of the art to meet him at the New Hall opposite the Brooks Houe next Monday, at 9 a. m. Mr. Creegan comes to our city with the best of rec ommendation as a man and as a teacher of music. Go to the Hall next Monday and see for yourself! Died, on-Tuesday, July 26 1ST0, Leo noraT j-oungest daughter of Stearns F. and hJIa Cooper, aged 3 months and 1 7 days. "Free baths" are U the rage in the basements along Main street this after soon. Some parties contemplate treat ing our City Council to "one of them things" if an opportunity offrrs. A farmer's boy, aged about fouT years, was lost in Brownville one day last week, and the entire town turned out to hunt him. lie was found after a two hours search, all right. We learn from the Daily Democrat. We understand bricks are selling in this city at $9 per thousand. The Chicago rust and the St. Louis Read that significant advertisement of Doom, Bro. & Co. They are bound to S'jll goods now is the time for bargains. The following officers were elected at the lat regular meeting of Olive Branch Lodge No. 2, I. O. G. T. W. D. Ferree. W. C. T. Mrs. G. II. Humphrey, W. V. T. T. G. Kelly, W. S. B. F Randall, W. F. S. J. W. Mar.-ha!l. W. T. G. II. Humphrey, W. M. D. L. Morrow. W. Chap. Mi-s Laura Pavi.-, W. I. G. Willie Montgomery, W. O. G. I.Air.V N r AT K JOIU3I II. Wc are in receipt of the Daily State Journal, published at Lincoln. It is a neat paper, but the proprieters promi-c improvements as soon as their new ma terial atives. Lincoln should be able to give one daily paper a fair support. MORE TEXAS CATTLE. Another drove of 300 or 400 Texas rattle arrived in the city this morning for shif-mcnt. We venture the asser tion that more Texas cattle are shipped from Plattsmouth than from any other town in the west, and the number is in creasing daily. The cattle and grain shipments from our city for the present season, is beyond all exectations. THE MOST COX VEX I EXT. The Democracy have selected Platts mouth for the place for hoMing their State Convention, it being decnied the most aecftssab'c point from all parts of the State. We think the Democracy showed rwm&rkabie judrmt :.t in matter, if uot in anything cloo. this COW IX The engineer corps of the Omaha. Plattsmouth and Gulf R. K. are expect ed here in a few days to commence oper ations. They will make a preliminary survey of the different routes talked of, and will choose the one which offers the greatest advantages. THE XEH TRAXSFEH BOAT Which arrived la-t evening, is called the "Galbitine." She has Keen running n the Ib;d River trade, has powerful en-etne.-. and will be at once put to work. She brought with her two large barges, which will b.- ti-ed for conveying ruck from the l-ri-ii.-. quarries to the rip-rap line, when rot required for tniiisferring freight aero-s the river Three barges and thr- powiful .fraruor to do tin work at fhi- nlaee does, not look like a "dead town." XOTK'E. We have ma le arrangements with J. W. Barne.s: E-q., by which he will col Let money on subscription advertising and job work due the Herald office, and he will al-o solicit work and sub scriptions. We hope thoe of our pa trons upon whom he may call will cu deavor to pay up a promptly as possi ble, as it requires money to run a news paper, as will as to do anything else suc cessfully, d&wtf CATHOLIC l ESr V.ll. The Ladies of the Catholic Church in this City have decided upon holding a Festival at the New Hail opposite the Brooks House on the evenings of thu 2d and 3d of August. One of the prin ciple features of the occasion will be the lottery for a splendid Oil Painting of Father Hayes, which was painted by Prof. Hatuill, of Monmouth, 111., espe cially for this occasion. It is a superb picture, valued at $50. The tickets are only 50 cents each, and are already on sale. We shall speak of other features of this grand Festival at another time. MAX SHOT AT LIXCOI.X. From parties who came in on the 4 o'clock train this evening from Lincoln we learn that a man was shot and killed in that city about 1 o'clock this morning. The landlord of the Farmers Home and his wife were quarrelling the husband threw the wife out from the second story window: sc- halloed "murder." several parties can.-" to the resr-ue, the hu band fired, t)j ; La;i tki gelf-'.-t in 'he bowels of. a voung man who re-.. mIv cume to that city from Indiana. He was alive when our informant left Lincoln, but the wound was considered mortal. The landlord had been arrested. HOY KILLED He I Sua thcr by it Hand Car. We learn from Judge La rub, of East Plattsmouth, that a boy was run over by a hand car an 1 killed yesterday, a short distance above Pacific city, on the C. B and St.. Joe. R. R. He was the son of a section boss, and was playing around the car. Endeavoring to "chock" it, he missed his aim and the car passed over the- litti.' fellow's breast, killing him in stantly. He was not more than seven or eiuht years old. Do the boys about the Plattsmouth depot require as severe a !esrm as this ? THE QI ESI'IOV SETTLED. Oar readers will rv?ueui!er the ir.ju'ic tion case which was decided by Judro Crounse at the last session of the Di trict court in this county, wherein vari oas citizens of the county aked an in unction to restrain the i-su ince, or in cas-? they were issued N restrain the pay ruenl and to force the return of certain bonds voted by the people to the B. t M. R. R. Co; and they will a-o re member that Juiiie Crnutise dismissed thft case, holding hat no injunction could be granted. A similar ca-e has been similarly d-cided by Jud?r Ma-on, in Otoe county. Th;.t pretty effectually sj'tles th'. question a- hese two consti tute a majority of the Supreme Bench. A HEAVY COX TRACT. L50.OOO TartU of Hock. John Fitzgerald, Esq., hs taken the contract from the railroad company for riprapping the river in front of the city. This work will require not less than 150, 000 yards of rock, and will distribute about $3X.(X0in greenbacks in this lo cality. Hurrah for Fitzgerald and the Railroad Company. tJ AST OAS!! We arc glad to announce that our PostofEce aud Theatre aic now lighted with gas. and we would call the atten tion of the City Couueil to the necessity of doing sou.ething to procure street lights. Will thev attend to it at once ? VAi.t'Aiii.i: to K tit.nr.its W. D. Jones Esq., of this county, has recently publi.-hed a recipe book con taining the various remedies used by him during several years of successful prac tice as a horse doc'or. lie propo-e- to sell a limited uumber of these bonks at the low price of $2 00 each. Tho.-e who have useJ his medicines do not hesitate to recommend to others, and Mr. Jones warrants entire satisfaction in every case or all money will be refunded. Several of the lest citizens of Iowa, as well as of our own State, have Mgned a written guarantee that these medicines will come fully up to Mr, Jones' recommend. Every fanner who has a horse should at once invest in one of these books. It may save you a valuable horse. THE fri.oon. Or liar Fillr! iiikI JIucn !. p. DamaKO Our c.ty waV-is;ted, to-day by one of, tne heaviest rain storms we have seen for along time. The sky was perfectly clear at 12 o'clo.k. M.,' and before 1 o'clock the rain was falling in torrents, and continued to fall for the space of two hours as rapidly as in the memory of the oldest "inhabitant." As we came down Main Street about 3 o'clock, we found much damage had b'en done to o:''ar and thor contents on the north side, especially between Sixth and Fourth streets. The dining room of the Brooks House was filled to the depth of about three feet, as were the cellars of Vivian & Palmer, Hcrold Bros., Henry RoWrtson and Fox Bros. The water came with such a dash that it was im possible to get tbe eoods all out of the cellars, and much loss is occasioned iu consequence. Ml'KIKK HI i. Ol'T." An Arrest After Two Elitpsipil. Year linvo Mr. Geo. W. (Jrliam. Independent Detective, left our city this evening with a prisoner in charge that he arrested yefterday. at Saltillo, eighteen miles south of Lincoln, The prisoner mur dered in cold blood, a young man named Charles Doxee, in October 1808, at Van daliu, Fayette county, 111. He shot Doxee in the cornfield, while he was gathering com, for uo other reason than that lnxe. was an important witness in a suit in which the prisoner was inte rested. A third man saw him do the deed, and saw him mount his horse and leave. His name is Thouia- GranSeld, aged about 35 years. lie was not lu'ard of -ince until detective Graham found him in this State, a short time ago. H. traced hitn here, by mean.-, known only to men of his profession. Upon r.. .kiWi.' certain of hs game he returned to liii-noi-, secured a requisit'on, returned an i fa tened on his man, a:i 1 loft this ev n ing as stated aixive. Wc are indebtm toofh -er Wnhams, of our city, for the alxve particulars. T''e prisoner is un dor indictment in Illinois, an 1 will proba bly expiate his crime upon the scaffold. DI.NI Itl 4 I IVE Mill:. Mr. Cltas. Wolrott'M tue and t-i: l-.-t roj-Nl. Con. The residence of Mr Charles Wolcott, one of the earlio.- t settlers of Platts mouth, was destroyed by fire about 4 p. m. yesterday. Tm: house was situated just below rocky point, about hu'f a mile below the city. Mr. Wolcott aud his wife were at a "root house" close to the dwelling, clearing it out for use. Mr. Wolcott chanced to look out, and re marked to his wife that ho believed it going to rain. She .stepped out to see where the clouds were coming from, and discovered an immense olume of smoke and fire issuing from the house. They both rushed to the house, but dis covered that an entrance was at least dangerous, if not impossible. In a few moments their hard earned homt, with all their earthly possessions, lay a smoul dering mass at their feet, and they were left t commence anew to accumulate that which it would take years to do, but which the Fire God could destroy in a few minutes. Mr. Wolcott is known to most of our citizens as a man who has labored hard for years past, to accumu late a little property to support himself and his estimable lady in their old age, and it is with a feeling of sa Inoss that they will hear of this loss. As soon 3 the loss was made known some kind friends started a subscription to relieve their immediate necessities. ORE A T CEXTKAL It It I IX. E. Active Operation Commenced. A lArce Force of Men at Work. We mentioned, a few d.iys since, the fact that sounding.- had been made for a Railroad Bridge at this point, and that solid Rock Bottom had been found at the depth of forty feet at the lowest point. We have now to chronicle the joyous news that active operation- have commenced at the Point of Koeks, n-'ar the south line of this city. The Li. i; M. R. R. Co. in Nebraska have pw chased seventeen acres of inn J :I:s point, and a large force of hands arc al ready at work making excavation- and quarrying rock. We visited the woik this morning, iu company with Mr. Geo. S. Smith, and eould not t ut think of the future greatness of this city wh n looking upon the comme ncement. X this i rri t .i . work, a ms oeing tne only poin- at which a low bridge can lie constructed across the upper Missouri, renders it not only hih'y probable, but almost certain, that the Northwestern, the-Rock Island, the St, Louis and Chiliicothe, and any other railroad enterprise that may be di rected to this part of the country, will sek a connection at this po;nt with the short route t the Pacific. Let the vd ork go cn, arid th peop riiv.-. AXUTHE15 iionsi: Tiiir.. He la Mt Iltre in tb ?f eltborhool. Look ont for your Stables to-niflit. About eight o'clock this morning a fcl low rode up to Shannon's Livery Stable in this city, and offered his pony for sale. Mr. Shannon took a look at the animal, asked the price, and was told that he could have it for $35. The low price (the animal being worth not less than $60), and the eener.il appearance of the outut. at once cieated a suspicion in Mr. Shannon's mind that all was not righ. The animal is a small bay mare, atid the man is about 23 or 24 years old, smooth fae, weighs about 100 pounds, had on neither coat nor hat, a check shirt' satinet pant badly riddled along the lower part of the legs, calfskin boots run over at the heel. Shannon asked him his name, and he said his name was George Stroud, and that he came from Kansas, but his home was in Iowa. Mr. Shannon told him if he could satisfy him that he was "all right" he would give him $35 for his horse, and asked him if r.nyone in the city knew him. He gave y foi Mr ghannon took him flt j once to see Mr. Colvin, when Calvin said sufficient to convinee Shannon that he had better let that pony alone. Colvin did know him, and identified him as a man once in his employ, whom he had discharged, and who was believed to have robbed the U. S. mall in Adams county, Iowa, some four years since. Shannon started down street to fiud Sheriff John son, and the fellow Stroud started for "tall timber," where it would not be quite so hot as it promised to be here. He did nat take the horse, for Shannon refused to let it go. The officers are looking after the gentleman, and the owner of the horse, whoever it may be, can find it at Shannon's Stable. There is yet no legal evidence that he stole the horse, but there is little doubt of the fact. The pony did not look like it had been ridden far, and probably was stolen not twenty miles from this city. OUR KEARNEY LETTER. 1XC1UEXTS OF A TRI1 TII 'Or(jI THE WESTEItX OOIIXTIES. I a Grove. Unuf.r a Thkk, On as Island) Forty-rive miles lvc.-t of rr: Kea.-i;y, Neb . Jui .will ls.o. j Editor of the Plaltsrnouth lit mil. Dear Sir: Having ju.-t returned from a trip through the counties of Kearney, Franklin. Webster, Adams and Clay, I thought that peihups an account thereof ruiht be interesting to your readers. On the afternoon of Monday, July 11th, Fort Kearne3' was surprised by the arrival of Col. Thomas Doano, Chief Engineer and acting Superintendent of the Burlington k Missouri Railroad, Mr. D N Smith, Land Agent, and Mr. George S. Harris, Land Commissioner of the same road, accompanied by Master John Doanc, a son of Col. Doano'-, Mr. Edward Mclntyre, of the li. & M R. II. an.1T. IX. Adams, of fie "Adams Ilou-e" all on a tour of cx-pl-ration. Col. Doane has entire charge of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad in Ne braska, and under his charge it will be made one of the best lines in the State. Col. Doane was for a time Chief Engin eer of the Hoosac Tunnel. Mr. D. N. Smith, Land Agent of the B. Si M. It. R. Company, has been con nected with that road for over twelve years past. His opinion and judgement on mailers of interest to the Railroad Company are of great value. He has the location of the Company's land as well as of all the towns and railroad sta tions. Mr. George S. Harris. Land Commis sioner of the B. fe M. II. R. ha.- charge of the selling of the Company's lands. Before taking charge of this business for the B. & M. R. R. Company, Mr. Har ris held a like position for the Hannibal t St. Joseph Railroad Company. In that position he was successful beyond all expectations, and North Missouri may thank him for most of her advancement in progress and prosperity. By giving the people cheap homes he has filled the land with intelligent and enterprising settlers. Mr. Harris is about to do for Nebraska what he has done for North Missouri. To-day he has the Burling ton &, Missouri Railroad lands for sale, and cheap farms are offered by him on the most liberal terms to all who are wil ling to accept. On the arrival of the party at the Foi t, and after an interview with the cou. mander ami other nrominent military of- ficials, they were introduced to our nuui- Le self. Of cou.se wc vere pleased to see these trusty and reliabie servants ot the Buiiington ci. Missouri liuiiroad Company. We invited thorn into our sanctum saiieiorutn and entertained them in as goou a manner as our circumstances would admit of. Alicr d.nu r thc party left :or Kearney City with the under standing that M-jor V an Rhuchtr, with a good escort would meet them in the morping to accompany them to the Re publican, and Little Blue River. Having business to attend to in Ad mins and Webster counties, and having received an urgent invitation from Col. Doane, and Merssrs. Smith and Harris to accompany the pat ty, we concluded to go. So by 8 o'clock ou Tuesday morn mg tne party acecm pained ty the e.-cort were en route for the Republican Valley. After leaving the Platte - Valley and passing through a lew miies of hill.-, we came upon the level prairie land that ex ists between the Republican and Platte rivers. On this level iand the soii is al most as good as in the valley of the Platte. Some of the earth was dug up to a good depth, and carefully examined. Messrs. Smith and Harris pronounced it to be eq jul in quality to the soil of j Cass county and other portions of East Nebraska It was not long before wo came in izht of buffalo, at first scattering, one hero, two there, and in herds of from 5 to 100 in other phces. On the valley of t r 1 1:.... i .i,, v.iA. t :-f- iu" itrjju'j.iu.Mi, aim on tut i.'uus -Mining the valley, they were to be counted by the thousauds in single herds. No ' less than 100,000 buffalo must have been ranging on the bluffs and valley of the Republican from the north of Turkey Creek to about thirty miles east of it, where they gradually disappeared. The valley and the bluffs in places were com pletely black with them. By day and by night the bellowings and neighing of the bulls sounded like ratling thunder. At times a small herd would get scared at our approach and run olf to large herd;, causing a general stampede. '1 he younj; calf, but a few days old, might be seen making about a rapid progress as their more huge sires and grandsires. It was a grand sight to see sevenl thou sand buffalo in one great black mass as they scampered over the bright green grassy plains of the valley into the tim ber and into and over the river. The shaggy denizen of the prairie we were pleased to see enjoying themselves so contentedly. We must frankly say we take no pleasure in hunting or chas ing them for the purpose of killing them. We are fully content with, the sight of these original cultivators and fertilizers of the soil. The soil, the rocks, the springs, the streams, with all the beauti ful verdure in its many varieties, gave us more pleasure than anything else, in connection with the fact that wc were in company with gentlemen, who, ere long would, by their means and energies, bring such silent beauty and productive land into general utility for the comfort and convenience' of man. But those fond of the sport and buf falo hunting, had all they could vish for. Major Van Blucher, aided by several of the soldiers, gave chase to and killed the first buffalo that came in sight, after leav ing Kearney. The chase was exciting, and much appreciated by our railroad friends, who had an opportunity to see all from their buggies, from the first at tack unr.o the death. Three buffalo were killed in all during the trip, Col. Doane and Mr. Harris each having a shot at them. Buffalo tongues and humps gar nished the table at every camping place, as also did the meat of a fine young an telope on our arrival at the Blue River. The soil of Kearney and Franklin coun ties, between the Platte and Republican river, was of excellent quality ant! well adapted to the production of grains, fruits and vegetables. A free growth of grass met our ejes everywhere. Through the central portion of Webster County, along the divides running north and soudi from the Republican valley to the Little Blue, the fertility of soil could not h" surpassed anywhere. Heavy up land grass was presented to our view as far as the eye could see. The appear ance of Clay county was much about the same as was also that of Adams ; but in truth I must say that Webster seemed to be ahead of the other counties in its fertility of soil, in its springs and water courses, and for convenience to timber. Timber was plentiful along all the creeks wc came in sight of. The Republican valley ranges from one to three miles wide, and well timbered and watered creeks come into it from all directions. Every here and there springs of water bubble up from the earth and from out the hill sides. In some places the buffalo had so com pletely tramped the clay in the water that extensive brick yards could be started with but little trouble the buf falo having done half the work having prepared the clay ready for moulding. Every here and there bluffs of rock were visible along the batiks, both of hard and soft stone. About twenty miles cast of the mouth of Turkey creek is a large, natural fortress composed of limestone, elevated high above the surrounding bluffs. It has all the appearance of a constructed fortification and can be seen for a long distance up and down the Republican valley. It oniy needed a United States flag and staff to complete, the illusion. We have named it Ft Au gur, in honor of our worthy Depart mant Commander. On this trip we noticed particularly the bluffs and divides bordering on the Re publican valley, on which the buffalo grass grows so extensively. To all ap pearances this buffalo grass region is a poor, worthless soil the grass being yellow and apparently dried up in mid summer. But, although having such an appearance, the grass is very nutri tious, and the herds of buffalo prefer it to other grasses. The roots of the buf falo grass seem to take possession of the soil and keep out all vegetation. While traveling over a divide from out of the Republican valley toward the j LIttIc Bliie wlicre thc Luffal s wa prevalent, we noticed here and there lit- tie round spots of green and rank vegeta tion. These spots were where the buf falo hal in year-, past been wallowing. Their wallow.-are seen all over the prai ries. They are formed by their laying their huge bodies down and then rolling n.und aud mrrii and over aud over on theeaith, thus making a shallow basin and stirring up the earth for from six to twelve inches on all sides of the circle formed. Wherever these circular wal lows had been made last year or in the year previous there grass wa- growing ou the edges very heavy, and Teeds were growing as tall and rank as in some parts of the bottom iand forming quite a contrast to the dead appearing buffalo grass around th?re. From tny observa tions, I conclude that the soil whre the buffalo Truss grew, when plowed up and softened would produce equally as well as the bottom land. All the geni 'emen along coincided with my views. It only remains for time and experiment to de cide. We found a few settlers in the south east portion of Webster county. They were surveying the land preparatory to cultivation and general settlement wi their families.' A man named Head w ith was the Captain of the party, and all were from north Wisconsin. They had been there but a few days. We learued from ,. , , , , , , , tuem mat itantm a colony naa leu the Republic ij. - - J We fully expected to come across a i j c t j- r iv . i band of Indians on the Republican tab ley; but none appeared, and we tot along just as well and a little better without their company. There were uo signs of any on the valley troops hav ing recently been along there had doubt less kept them away. Our party finally came out onto thc Little Blue valley at Spring Ranch, about forty-five miles east of Kearney. Here all separated the railroad party going north to t-trike the line of the B. & M. R. R. the troops going west to Fort Kearney, and our-elf going east for a short distance and then north across the divides to Juuetonvill' aud Martins- ville on the Platte villey. Our railroad friends were much de lighted with their trip. It was far be yond their expectations. Such herds of buffalo had never met their gaze before. Such fertile soil as they saw completely falsified all previous reports detrimental to this section of Nebraska. They had heard and seen unfavorable reports, and now they wished to satisfy themselves from personal observation. They de sired to satisfy themselves fully in re gard to its capabilities for settlement, and in its bearings on their line of rail road. They are now completely satis fied, and the road through to Kearney direct will be the certain result. Already the engineer party, under Mr. Ainsworth, are camped at Ft. Kearney, for the pur pose of finishing the locating line to this point. They will be at work in this vi cinity for several weeks. The stakes of the B. & M. R. R. cross the line of tbe St. Joseph aud Denver railroad about ten miles east of Kearney. It will not be long now before the iron horse will come snorting along the south side of the beautiful valley, gladdening the hearts of hundreds and thousands of people. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, imitating the example of the great pioneer railroad of Nebraska, in the hands of such men as Col. Doane, D. N. Smith and George S. Harris, will be a great benefit to Nebraska, and to thousands of people that are now as it were homeless. They will oien the wil derness to settlement they will popu late it they will encourage industry they will push forward enterprises they will, by their endeavors, bring forth wealth out of this silent wilderness The silent prairies the sil.nt words disturbed only by the water's ceasele.s riiHing and splashing the music of tbe birds and the chirping of the insect will e'er long be made merry with the voice of man, and the songs of children as they pursue their avocations of peace and give praises to Him who created all. We bail the time when railroads shall spread their net-work o'er ali the land ; when from the populous east may come the starving people aud live in the midst of plenty, ia the sweet enjoymeut of peace on these productive centra! prai ries of our Republic. Yes! we pray, we work, we wait fr that good time when peace shall be for ail earth's peo ple. Haste, railroads, on your mis-ion. God speed the work of all such men as our newly made acquaintance- our re spected friends, Thomas Doane, D. N. Smith aud George S. Harris. Moses II. Sydenham. LOOAIi ftOTKl'ES. " After Saturday, July 3d, we lay our Books aside ana sell tor cash. july25d&wtf Doom, Bro. & Co. REMOVAL. E. T. Duke & Co. will remove their store to the building recently purchased of Tootle & llanna, and now occupied by Clark Sc Piummer, on the 1st day of August, lS7(b jylydiwaugtl Go to Vallervs& Ruffner'stobuyyour Dry Goods. They are selling cheaper than the cheaest. G rover !c Baker's iSewing Machine is the best in market Valierys i Bur ner are ag- its. Those in want of a s:od Machine will find it to their advantage to give them a call. D. II. Wheeler & Co. are offering for sale over 100 lots, in the City of Platts mouth, at prices ranging from $75 to $250 each. je23tf Go to Valierys & Ruffner and buy your Groceries. They buy for cash and will not be undersold. The Lax l CallT All persons knowing themselves in debted to us by note or account are re quested to call and settle immediately. Vallkrvs & Ruffner. If you would live to "a ripe old age" l',l . i. i ! aim imii.i ilti iLat yuur lamny is pro-j vieieu tor in case ot accidental death, go to Uapt, J. W. Marshal, at the O and get a policy in the Missouri Valley Late aprilL'Stt. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. I will hold a Public examination on the first Saturday in August, 1K70, at thc School House in Plattsmouth, com mencing at 10 o'clock a. ra. W. A. Patterson, Co- Supt. Public Instruction. A few city orders ibr sale. Enquire at the IIi:rld uihee. Maxwell A Chapman offer for sale a good improved farm of 3G0 acres, well watered and fenced ; 40 acres of timber, a good dweiling house and outbuildings. junc3od&wtf Go to Valierys Ruffner' s and buy your Boots and Shoes, the best in mar ket. aplodiwtf If you want a neat calico dress, go to Vallervs & Ruffner' s. They are now j selling the best for 123 cts pur yard. apl5diwtf Go to Vallervs & Ruffuer's and look at the Panior Arabs, the prettiest in the market. apl.jdiwtt VALLERVS & RUFFNER Are now receiving the largest stock o Dress Goods ever brought to this mar ket, which they are selling cheap for cash. aplodiwtf Valierys & Ruffner have the larges stock of Groceries ever brought to the city, which they bought for cash and at reduced prices. Call and examine their stock. aplodiwtf Valierys & Ruffner have just received a new supply of Boots and Shoes, which they are selling very low. Dwelling House for sale cheap Lot 1 T1 1 i .-y. 4 T II' iv in jiocK i. inquire 01 o. . Haines, or iVillctt Pottenger. j'il7wlrt Mr. G. F Shrid.T, of Thi.-.. ;., has a few hdl blood -d Berk-!.,:- whit-li Lo wiU tliei.-.j of t , . i siring to Pectin tho i-to-l.. T, '. : was imported by Mr. Sbri i. i r, .,. riots last season, at c.'ii.-ult .-.' and he know ihuu to be th dAiwtf ShrrilT .Mb Wniiam Horri;:'n, vs. I William E. Slieid ..n. J- Charles E. lia lev i' treorc' .li'iOtinu-. ' IN PI Kr ANCE Mr District t'nurf I t1. within and tr ( , iu the above ihu-.v . n D.. ISTO. 1. the ... in, a I) f: -k f: v: ' i- ( .III I ! i! 1' lo i .v . . e . a - iv . i i.o :.. .i t v ,, j " . Will i,;:,;r I. ' 1 j i puliiic I'uclio:). in i ni' Cuui t lluu.-.c. in 1 in ri ir mi .ii, i j , on .MONDAY. A,, at one o'cl n-k. P. M. .1 title and iii:re.-t ui tn,- u.t .1 ,. ,,! . r ili.l.M- P, !,..,,,;, , , au l to the li i d intc ri-.U . ; Thc undivided one !: .!! j 'iiiartcr 1 of section N ..t: c. I., h ii : cf tin- lii, -.' , I ' .-iKflf w ' - tl .11 , ' . -.: !. N . !. . tin; undivided lull .,' i:,.. v ' tbe northwest quarter ' ot . . seven i-'Ti in towiflnp .'.,. s ranee No. thirtnet. i v . t ! tl. ' , ..tii'tiu imp i in .'u;i:i lit);; nvn.i.l ! I I . I t. . t l nuroiwoi. n lit ii ii it ii!u:,i.'l 1:1 ii.it ,. i tof.re attached n the property 1 1 ih,' " icii'iii in, on hu wmcr oi i iri.'n t . i - I the Clerk of the l.. strict t'ouri i.f t 'ii"! in lavor ot thc said Pi ii: tir) ' , 1 1 llorriKan, and to me ii..-.. ; .- I comity. . JulyJlwot Shir 'A . J .M s -f'a-s '. "SHOO FLY" 'DON'T BODDER MORRISON - j For He is Tg on t'u. Wa.liiin i i : .rs. MORRISON'S ' MEAT A- :!!C0 FLY. A ' K ! '.'I One Door East of the Co., to get a 11 kiad.- of .In Frcoli mom He has fitted up t'ne Cp.,' and keens no h:ii. Men's. M i f M-irki-t in tli S l ur ;ii,' ., -f ,,f IU T- I in lu;y II :-I ial Qu.'tiiti, ii i ir.ti .K'ts. HiKbc.-t I'ri' . h Pai I f.,r FAT C A V T 5, 5;, will-::, vtv. Ion't Furxet tins l iace, Morrison's "Shoo Fly." .TtJrHdAwtf. Real Estate CiT: e .- 'VllK SI-E.st'HlL'L'Jl.S HAVE oi':. 1 Ki ll E.:ate Ollico in .muii". tin. , , iw Uifim, .ml !u . u i (i.. onipetent and reliable m in in ( Vn. the same, and will iniv a ni ,d 1;,, . , .. .,' -.. , coliiini n, n. p y ta.e. . Aniiim - ;.... . abstracts thereof. uiH tr ij.-ro t nl ' u-i ; tainintf to real e-i-itu. Welrive also n t'n I i and con.j.li -fe 'it . - j-jt- t ! '. of lands and lots in (V-.- Omniy, i ),- . Irepnreil with er. mid will i, p., i , , recor.is ot the eountv. d ::. and .. ..;,., , he found rc haiil.-in ei i i r. - , . .tn entruMe J to ou,-c are i.l i , . pr ,,,;(, . t:"rri- . MlMU.I.l i ( H, i .. June S"th, 2S7i. p. a FOit OK f.i:T' The undivided uu!t-oi tiio : ( ,1 of the It'll A' III. f Vf.s T.V., 24-horse pi,wer enne an i i,.,i . hurra. ' nu-li circular ,., .1 T '. - Mm ' f..iyi.i : i i.onirij; i ..ox..i ieet; cvcrytLm:; ui n Also a HOOD I)ELLIX, I'JI-sf. of four rooms and ciilar r..i larnct.i rff; , C. .-CilLI Si.. itock HufT-i. Cush cour.lv, Nn. on nit r m. s'j AX ORDINANCE MKICTIO.V- To i: : ; '.'X l. n N si r,i.i. , Sec. 1. It-: it .i.c. r,v Vuun'-il nfike vitu if r striiL-tinii.-i ,,n .Si .in thereof, shiiii lie r"ni oi a. Skc. 2. Ilii -nm p.,-,.. awning lews. ... tliercol lx in? on rhe -iui-i , le-:,s u-i d as hi; !i:i,;; p.. hcre'.y doi 1 ire i ..Ii - . faKO. o. I i -fi:, ; I He I ti . ! shiiltojfire trir-' !.: owner, or tli.. i , -on wh is- p-i.i . , i oiHTUCli-'li Jl:l V i . . . ; Sit. , ..- -, a ........ .. ; .1 O"" ' -., Ti.:.t I'll.' .'i I '.--. rr y I, i. ill, i ue , i-1 If 1. a - are cn-i-pi ! . v of th- ( 1 C I It i I j t. cn .Ma..; '-"!. IjC ' .- ve the .an.. I . 'i.-c., -t ..I . ' Oie.i' '- v -d.it - lc ' .' rein . 1 tin . v. .ith sai 1 '. 'IT t.(lt-t' - :ut; i.e. - ,u'c.l ! . :i a yum ' i tk ' u n i t -. ' . (lulv . l..b . duly of'o: rutio.". lessees i,i i tioui- a-e. J JU I i Sec. 5. IV move osi ;.;. -leifaily iiot-2 j. City llucor .i , 1','i than 6ve d : d..i!r. Sec. .;. T'n an-1 after ii j ii ' i; 1'asM'l ana at. or be J A ; - l ro .ENl.V. iiy Uoc-orlci. Atttesp S July28w2 F. Cooi-' Attach mt-.ii. 4? Jnbn Cii.i e I At'3i-hr..i'; Hushes, ) k' a. e. hm't iii.-f..i It, Ju. L Gcorire Flemmiinr vs. " ' - . HOUIilllR, above entitled ease y.m ,r . -i-.. i iu .- lefend int : ; Ii -1 1 . y n o 1 1 Ii .. : u- i in t ij '. a la. oi .lulv. ' c cf tl1(! IVa it of Ni-t.ras!:., i-ir.-: an I fifty o ui naole on tne loi k iu rhe for'-; U have !,.( n 1 You are in. r. ftUOMt-rnl utti:c(;:nciit i enti'l.'l ''iiu". on the r- . by Matthew Hut hi s, a . the county ot l.a.-s a-, i . the rum of twenty tour together with com.-. ni t day of July, 1H70. a; te - u of Mid day. an i yonr V upon to aatii-fy ;ue am, commanded ro m I I" JU!i-i - answer sai-t com: ! ot oa 'lie tn lrteent i. u Au'Ht, IsTO, at. I' i, o '-I i -k in the forenoon aiJ day. or judguK'nt mli bo rtrnd.-ri.-d ug.,. you for Hi'- iii.,.. ainouni. und jour pr..ie sold t ut ,sl the came. John im.-, julyiSw.'l Ordiin nce Ao. b2 4 N ORDINANCE TO PFioVIDE i OR "I a'V. pavinir of the siieHmlk on so-j-fi Main street from Fourth s'rei tto Sifti SECTION J. lit! It ej,;l,u.- l ! th M ;:f Ci'v ('junt 'i1 if the tfg i) f 1'i'tttinnwi'h . ' f'junti, .V-.Ar'r-ii, 7'bat the owner.- ct fruniiag on tbe south side of .Ma n strct Fourtn stieet west to six''i stitet t.m i not ttdew:.lcR laid down ball lay d t. an b.-iantial siicwnlks iu trnt oi hi- cr property, r';f fiectiv:ly, the sai 1 sidewnlk ptit duvn aud tinishei by tbij l";lh day cl Au. ' 1 -70. st.r. 2. Said sidewalks t be put do-it. . paved with pood brick, st tie or plank, t. than two ln.-bcs thick, the Hope and I n i -walks lai'l down with good, pu:,srn ial i a' wall, of wood orsfnne; th" said i-ide walk , beof unitorm heieht. and in conformity nr:. grade of the srreet 14 feet in idih. Sbc. 3. That il any of tne .-aid prupi-ri;. c r fail to baild siid -i lewalks -n front ot tin r I so fronting on said street .. af'.n "a: 1. c time named, and a'-cordinf to the pt"-: ot ibis oniinanee. thi-ii iiwill be'hedutec! .Street Commissioner of thc laid city I )o said sidewalk-!, charging the amount of ' pense ut) to the property thereto t.-iiii.t i turning the atuount to the Cit Tre-ur, r -shall a-srss the amount as tax cgtiint t.i' lots or (.arc-els of real estatt.to tac'.oi t'o :.. respricnv amount or anr un:s 'hat i . pave the said sidcwlk.- in front of tt. " property, anl th c&Eector .i -tic city, t yh.ll collect the same "lii- r t ins in f city, provided, always, the s a: - tax - ' ' paid iu ltiwfiil money of ,he I'nit ic s':.-t- - Sur. 4. Th is ordiu mce to be in !i rcc ; . ' ' aff-er its publication as -";mi-c,1 hy l't. Tased and approved Ju;i -"'. ls"o. A. I A.ENHV. At'cst: S. F. Cooper. J j '-- Cisterns Built and R.-ck Vo; Dono. THE undersigned i.- prep , for bunding Ci.- t'Ti. ' : rrssary material, also 1 1 -i Kock wora by contract, r.u i "1 to take t : .-iii.-liit.i-' idl - nd Ti'.i 1- hi ariusa.tnl m ialsfor same. 1 have a few acre-ef chici lundf ri. and several fine lot forsn e n reason i '