LOOAL
Lave comu-CLced the
fjunJatiuu of their new business houie.
Tho ho t I jv. a coal i selling in town
t per ion.
The It-vi building i- being, refuted for
a grocery t-tore, ly Mr. Miskella.
Gov. Iiutlor went west on the 10 a.
uj. train to-Iay. He is to speak in t.Ii
city next Men l? evening.
Je:i. Itobert will address the people
ni this place next Monday everting. He
i-- said to be one of the finest speakers
in tho We-t.
laiiiel Sweeny, Kvp., of South Den J,
was iu the city to .lay on bus'iius.-.
Sweeny is one of the live men of the
western part of the county.
The Plalthwouth Turner Society Kiv
'heir tir.-t annual ball at Union Hall on
the 15th in.-t. It U expected to be a fine
affair, and a largeattendar.ee is expected.
The oM brick I elonging to G. F. Gyger,
on Main street, is being, torn away to
make room for a large two-story brick.
Hc-ycr adorned our side table with a
STipcrb borjuet yesterday. He is con
s'antlv serving v.s in some such way.
Mr. Azro .Smith, of I lock IllufTs, left
at our ofnee to d ty a specimen of the new
kinl of tobacco being raided by him.
Judges 'of the weed can see in
if they will call before we eat it all.
Tha excavation for Fitzgerald's new
block is progressing rapidly. The storm
yesieiday filled it with water, delaying,
operations somewhat to-day.
Mr. John Mnn'ey, the li. Si M. track
laver, lias closed bis contract with the
company and will depart for his home in
"Wi.-consin in a few day. Manly is a
thorough man, and knows bow to make
a good road.
Wc bad the pleasure of meeting this
morning, Mr. Emails, of the Lincoln
Statesman, lie is a very pi asant gen
t'emnn, and one likely to make the pub
lishing lu-iaess a success.
White & Spires have moved the oi l
frame buil ling off their lot one door
ea:t of Sixth street, ori Main, where
th. y :.n: preparing to erect a two-story
brick l.u iiiess house.
We are getting a little more rain in
this part, of the world than is actually
needed. Ci.-teru ? are all full,- and the
ground is nearly full. The clouds must
be about empty.
A drunken whelp who lives near Glen
wood wanted soui2 one to "knock a chip
off his shoulder" recently, aud in the
absence of a "friend" to please him in
this particular he beat his wife fearfully.
He is now engaged in examining the in
ner walls of the Glenwood jail.
Smith, the famous Gardner of Rock
P.lufTs, left a One sample of Brazilian
White Sweet Potatoes at the Herald
office. They are very nice, and are said
to rival the yellow Nanscmond.
Mr Knto Smmson IS .bout to ODC11 I
her music school again. She is known
a one of the best teachers in the west,
and those who desire lessons should ap
ply soon, as she can only accommodate a
limited number of scholars.
An exchange says there is a girl in
Appanoose county who speaks four lan
guages, chews and smokes tobacco, plays
tho most difficult music on the piano,
swears, dances superbly, and takes
v!.iky
straight."
We will wager a big apple that the
Democracy of Otoe county (where J
J. II. Croxton lives) are the worst bored
lot of men in the State over the nominee
for Governor. Miss J. H. Croxton is
not considered, by them, as the brains of
tho entire party.
When a Democrat, who is very anx
ious to see one of his stripe in the Inc
entive chair of Nebraska, whispers in
your car bis villainous slanders of Gov.
Butler, ask for his proof. You will find
he has nothing but hearsay ; and when
traced to its source, it will be found to
have originated with either J. Sterling
Morton, George II. Miller, or some per
sonal enemy of Gov. Butler's.
The knowing ones among the Democ
racy shake their heads sadly over the
nomination of Croxton. They say had
it not been for Lett's obstinacy in at
tempting to dic tate terms, he would have
been their man. He was their first and
only choice, and Croxton was only picked
up after it became impossible to secure
Ix;tt.
Mr. Lounsbury, the popular superin
tendent of the "Western Stage Company,
has taken f barge of the Tiehnor House,
at Lincoln. If Lnunsbury makes as
great a success in the hotel business as
he has in the stage business, Lincoln
maybe proud of the acquisition.
The proceedings of the "reformers"
contention (Parmele and Wiltse) assert
that Cass county was represented in that
convention (?). The "people" of Cass
county would he pleaced to know who
had the honor to represent them on that
occasion. Will some one enlighten them ?
In the language of the "people" on a
former occasion, when they wished to
know the antecedents of Mr. Franklin
Pierce, the' are again asking, "Who is
Croxton?" Will the Nebraska City
Times or the Midland Pacific R. R. Com
iiany, or "orne other man" give a
biographic sketch of the "life and public
services uf Miss Croxton?"
Rev. McLcod, Baptist minister, will
preach in the Court House Hail, at the
K-u:d hours of service in the morning
and i v. :.ir.':: cm Sabbath next, Fcvtom-
U.r F-ilu
ilcmember that be who i.-. not regis
tered cannot vote. Theie is no u.-u
whining about it on election day. V:
!e-s your name i.; p!ec d on the Itogi. try
Bxk at the proper time, by the proper
e-Cieer, you need not go to the poll.
L5 ul. W. F..McCaroron State Lec
turer of Iowa, will deliver a Temperance
Lecture at the Court House Hail, Thurs
day evening, Sept. Ifub. . Let all those
who arc interested in the cause .f tem
perance come out aud hear him.
The O-iiaha Herald think:- every
Methodist preacher in the State should
take tho stump for Croxton. Has that
paper chunked its mind about apolitical
preachers That kind of twaddle
won't do, Dr. The Methodist church
and the. Metho li.-t preachers stood loyal
during the war, and you cannot catch
them with bo flimsy a bait as you have
stuck in your political trap.
Mr. Henderson, Chief Clerk of the IJ.
& M, Land Office in this city, left for
Lincoln to-day, to c.tablih a branch
office. He is an excellent gentleman,
and no better man could have been
selected f r this purpo.se. Our esteemed
fellow-town-man, lb Spurlock, will re
main in charge of the office in this city.
The Brownviile Adiertittr says there
was much swearing among the Democ
racy of Nemaha n the receipt of the
news of the nomination of Croxton for
Governor. They did not swear dr.vn
in Otoe, simply because they could not
do justice to the subject by that method
of expression. There was mu'.-h grating
of the teeth anions the faithful.
Owing to disarrangements in the plans
of .Mr. MeCarrom, for his tour of lec
tures in this portion of the State he
was unable to fill the announcement
made fur this city for Tuesday evening,
l.'lth inst. lie lectures ut Nebraska
City, this evening, at Believe to-morrow
evening, (14th iut. ), and will divide the
time from the 13th to the ISth between
Lincoln, Ashland, 1'iattsmouth thence
to Omaha and return through Iowa.
The editor of the llulo Register, who
dares proclaim in favor of the overthrow
of the Fifteenth Amendment and the
llceoiist ruction Laws (sound Democratic
d-ctriiies, in twiih-taiiding the attempted
swindle of the party platform) endorses
the Democracy of John II. Croxton as
a Democrat after his own heart "who
will iKit barter principle for policy
though the Heavens fall ;" and Johil II.
Croxton endorses the Democracy of the
editor of the Ilulo Register.
Every legal voter in the Precinct
should see that his name is properly on
the Registrar's Rook. Registrar Chap
man informs us that the voters are taking
very little interest in the matter. lie
has been u-ing every means in his power
to complete the lists, and at present in
forms us he has but some 320 voters in
the precinct registered. The Rrok is
open at his office. Walk tp. gentlemen,
and let ns have no complaints on the 11th
of October next.
We understand our fellow citizen. Ja
cob Vallery, Sen., male some very ex
cellent remarks upon the occasion of his
nomination as Democratic candidate for
State Treasurer. Why is it they were
not reported in the Omaha Jferald,
along with the remarks of the other
nominees. Was he neglected simply be
cause he was a German, nominated "be
cauHJ the Republicans nominated a Ger
man." By reference to our advertising columns
it will be seen that the firms of Spurhck
Sl Windham and Paine & Charlton have
been dissolved by mutual consent, and
that Phelps Paine and R. Baxter Wind
ham have entered into a copartnership
for the purpose of transacting a general
Real Estate and Insurance business.
They are both men of experience, and
Mr. Windham's thorough acquaintance
with real estate matters in this locality,
having been connected with the County
Clerk and Recorder's office for some time,
gires the new firm many advantages.
We predict for them a prosperous career
anl recommend them to the public
Wo like to see ne rve, whether it is for
or against us, and we certainly would
have had more respect for the Democ
racy of Nebraska ha 1 they had sufficient
nerve to have nominntrd Judge Lake
for Congress, instead of rvcommendinj
him for that position. But, then we are
told by tho leaders that they did not
lack the nerve, but that Lake hadn't
nerve enough to accept a nomination at
their hands. By taking this kind of a
sfidiriff course it saves the necessity of
accepting.
L. F. Reed, Esq., of Weeping Water,
returned from Chicago this morning.
where he has been purchasing goods for
their house at Weeping Water. Mr.
Reed informs us that he has purchased a
large and com i lete -tock much larger
than ever before and that he was able
to make most of his purchase, during the
depression of the market consequent
upon the news of the surrender of the
French army. This will enable them to
sell at low down figures.
We have failed so far to get a com
plete report of the famous "people's"'
convention which took place yesterday,
but have hopes of accomplishing our
aim yet. We have an iukliug of the do
ings of the outfit, and shall look to
Miekelwait, of this city, for full particu
lars. Wc understand he was one of the
leading spirits iu the meeting, and proba
bly the only "delegate" from this county.
Cass don't go much on mixtures. She
cither goes for Republicans or for Demo
crats. Our people are not much in
favor of men or conventions that are
neither fi.-h nor flesh.
KEXT NITt'RDAT,
Let every Republican in Cas3 county
remember that next Saturday is the day
appointed for holding the primary meet
ings. A full turn out will ensure bar
mony at the county convention and in
the elections. Let ns hare no hanging
back and grw4in j afurwards.-
; The C'tronu-fe abuses its readers that
Croxton cannot receive a single vote-in
that locality on the grounds of being a
member of the McihodNt church, le
' cause, say- the ChrouiJe, every Metho
j di.-t in thtit loeali'y is a Kcpublicari.
! while Croxton is a Demo -rat. We can
I assure the Chrotich that the same rule
holds good here. There are not to ex
ceed a half dozen Democratic Methodi-ts
in this count v.
The Nebraska City 2'imrs, the leading
Democratic paper of the State, urges the
election of the entire Democratic ticket,
and calls on lie publicans to as.-i-t in this
election. It docs this on the ground
that "Gen. Giant has set the example
of appointing rebels to office." The
Times makes the issue a square one. It
says "Praise-God-Barebones piety is
about played out." Can anybody tell
what the Times means by this blasphe
mous assert i-u V
The Missouri Republican State Con
vention put in nomination tho following
ticket :
Governor, Joseph McCiurg ; Lieuten
ant Governor, Andrew J. Harlan; Sec
retary of State, J. II. Stover; Treasurer,
Chauncey I. Filley ; Auditor, G. A-Ho.i.-er.
Attorney General, W. A. John
son. The opponents of MeClarg seceded
from the convention and nominated B.
Gratz Brown for Governor.
A gentleman who has been traveling
about much recently, informs us that he
finds many towns where they continue
the old fogy style of hitching horses in
stead of leaving them loose upon the
main bui-ness streets. In such places as
Council Bluffs, even, they use bitching
posts. They are certainly behind the
age lof Plattsmouth) and are learning
thtsir hordes a bad fashion, probably.
We have heard several gentlemen ex
press disappointment that T. B. Lemon
was not the nominee of the Democratic
convention yesterday. There is a very
good reason why they did not nominate
Mr. Lemon he is a man of determina
tion and spirit, and bas a mind of his
own. Democratic manipulators could
not Use him to serve their own individual
purposes, at:d th'y Jcneic it. They
dared not nominate Mr. Lemon, for
they would have tt white elephant on
their hauls if he were elected Governor
THK I' I It ST (ii.istur.
We publish to day the address of the
Republican State Central Committee,
also the list of appointments fur speak
ers. This is the first charge of the
army of Republicanism in Nebraska, and
we hope it may thoroughly arouse every
true patriot to a sen-e of his duty to the
country. Let us stand in solid phalanx,
as of old, ami defy the men who "only
await the opportunity to undo the XVth
amendment
laws."
and the Reconstruction
Brownvii.le has the best natural
location of any town on the river. It
has the best prospects of a city too.
Democrat.
Plattsmouth was troubled with the
same complaint about two or three years
ago, and it came near proving fatal.
"Natural location" and "prospects"
have been the death of many nice little
towns. The only thing that makes sue
cess is determined, persistent work.
Plattsmouth is entirely cured of the
"natural advantage" disease at least
we hope so and has now commenced
her upward and onward march through
actual work. May Brownviile do the
same thing, and lcarvc "natural loca
tion" ami "best prospects" to some rivaj
she may wish to sec destroyed.
COM PI.IXIEXTAKT.
Yesterday morning when the news
reached this city that the Democratic
Convention had nominated John II
Croxton for Governor, a prominent Dem
ocrat remarked that Butler knew more
when drunk than Croxton did when
sober. Xibrask'i City Chronicle.
the lost roi xn.
The Nebraska City Times endorses the
nomination of Geortre B. Lake as the
Democratic candidate for Congressman,
and says he was fo merly a Democrat,
but wandered off a little during the war,
and has now return id to the fold of De
mocracy. There appears to be much re
joicing over the fact that Judge Lake
has been reclaimed from Radicalism.
T EATII OF II OX. NAIK I S liKI'NH.
By dispatch from Hon. A. B. Fuller,
we learn that Hon. Marcus Brush died
at his home, in Ashland, at 10 a. m. to
day. He has been sick for some time,
but was not suppose j to be dangerous
until quite recently. He was a man of
good social qualities, an excellent lawyer,
and had enlarged views of public mat
ters. He was one of the early settlers
of Ashland, where he will be greatly
missed.
.or n in.
The Registry of the Platte Valley
House, in this cit3 shows that
during the past ten months, there have
been 10.0S0 guests stopped at that
hotel. This is not bad when we con
sider that we have three fine hotels,
besides numerous boarding houses. It
looks like somebody knew where Platts
mouth was.
St.W BE 1. 1.
Prof. J. D. Patterson, of the Naomi
Institute, Rock Bluffs, is certainly de
serving of much praise for the energy
he has displayed in getting that institu
tion under waj He conceived the idea
late this summer, and at once commenced
the erection of the building. He has
it completed now, and will commence his
fall term to-morrow (Thursday.) To
make everything complete, he has pur
chased a fine new bell for the Institute,
to be used in calling the pupils to their
books. It arrived a few days since.
REPl DMCia MEKH.VO.
The Republicans of Plattsmouth Pre
cinct are requested to assemble at the
Court House Hall at 7:30 p. in. Satur
day, September th, 1870, for the pur
pose of organizing fur the campaign.
Isaac Wiles.
CVn. Co: Rep. Ccni.
lit t. it i Iti: .!!!
Read the call for a Republican organi-
! zation next Saturday evening.
Let every Republican be on hand.
At. 'HOST AX ACCIDEXT.
The train from the East, last F.-ydy
being nearly two hours behind time
was approaching the upper landing, run
nii.tr at a slow rate of speed, a drove of
cattle broke across the track within a
few feet of the engine. They emerged
from the brush so close to the engine
that there was not time to check the
train, although the engineer whistled
"down brakes" and reversed his engine.
The locomotive struck a cow. the carcass
rolling forward onto the track, throwing
the forward trucks and one pair of drive
wheels oil" the track. A locomotive was
brought up from below and the passen
gers taken to the lower landing, where
they were crossed without unnecessary
delay. Agent Albright was on hand with
his usual promptness, and the locomo
tive was back on the track all "O. K."
before midnight.
XEUKASIiA I'EAClIEs.
It has become a well established fact
that apples, cherries, plums, pears, and
all the smaller fruits, can be grown with
great success in Nebraska, but it is be
lieved by many that as a peach producing
State Nebraska is not a success. This
idea is, to a great extent, erroneous
and we doubt not Nebraska will yet
prove one of the best- peach growing
States of the West. We have, in our
office, a sample of peaches raised by E
Buttery, Esq., of this city, that equals
anything we ever saw in the East
llicy are a free-stone, and are the
largest specimens we have seen for years
.'dr. Buttery procured the seed from
which his trees are raised in Ohio
where it took the premium at the State
f.tir and be thinks that peaches can be
undo a successful crop here if we only
obtain good seed anl attend to theui
properly.
iti: oitnr.zt'.s cor ist.
It) Messrs. llogan and Fin
Sept.
nerty, "good boys too," were pulled,
and like good boys paid. Not satisfied,
they gave cause to be pulled the second
time. The haul was not so good. As
is usual in such cases, the jine was re
mitted and costs all paid.
Sept. VI A young man calling him
self Bill Jones (from the country) made
up his mind that he would bet twenty
five cents that no policeman could arrest
him. Officer Williams took the bet,
an 1 the hot tor. line and costs were
paid, and under promise to behave him
self Bill was released. No sooner out
of "quod" than he forgot the injunction.
Result a small fine and costs. William
left a poorer but wiser man.
I'EISSOXAMTIEN.
The Democracy of Nebraska seem de
termined to run the present campaign
solely on personalities The State Con
vcinion starts out with a platform of
personalities which no respectable mem
ber of the party attempts to prove ; the
Rulo Register, the Omaha Herald, and
most of the part papers endorse the
platform aud endeavor to improve on it
by being even more personal in their as
sertions with less probability of proving
their assertions. The Brownviile Demo
crat has been so reckless in its personali
ties that its editors have been arrested
for libel.
cor i:t iiorsK tax.
The Commissioners of Cass county
have submitted to a vote of the people
the proposition to sell the present Court
House and to levy a special tax of $40,000
for the purpose of erecting a new Court
House. Upon this question the people
are called to vote on the 11th. of Octo
ber, and the question to be determined
i whether they should vote "for" or
"against" the proposition. We shall
not attempt to decide which way they
should vote, but desire to call the atten
tion of voters to a few facts which have
a bearing upon the question. There is
no denying the fact that we need a new
Court House, and a new jail, and so far
as we arc concerned wefeel a willingness
to be subjected to a heavy tax to secure
these much needed improvements. But
wc have all heard of men being so
wealthy they were poor or what is gen
erally termed in the west, "land poor"
where they owned so much property
that was not bringing an inconio that it
was difficult for them to pay the taxes
thereon. Our object in calling the
attention of the tax payers to this
subject is that they may not
become "lanl poor," or, in other words,
that they may consider well the question
before they authorize the tax. If we
are able to stand the tax, let us, by all
means, have it. There is no doubt that
the building is needed. Our financial
6tar.ding is summed up as follows :
Valuation of property, $2,200,000;
County bonds issued to R. R. Co. f 200,-
000; Precinct Bonds valued $40,000;
City Bonds valued and issued to R. R
Co., SoO.000; City bonds issued to
Ferry Co., $9,000; City Improvement
Bonds issued, $10,000. This sum ag
gregates, to the city about $169,00. We
believe it is pretty definitely settled that
we shall create an indebtedness of $20,
000 more for the erection of a school
building, aud then the proposition of
the commissioners is to add another
$40,000 $10,000 of which would be
added to the city indebtedness, and $30,
000 would fall upon the country people,
making a grand aggregate of about
$200,000 to be paid (or the interest, at
least,) by the city, and $189,000 by the
country, or a combined debt of near
$30,000. It stands the people of both
city aud county in hand to consider well
our financial standing before deciding ci
ther for or against this proposition.
The present rate of taxation in the
county" is 1 per cent., and in the city 3
percent., making the total rate of taxa
tion on city property about 5 per cent.
While the rate of taxation for county
purposes is apparently low, yet the un
certainty of the grain market may make
the payment of even our present taxes
burdensome to many. We have given
you the figures, determine lor vnar-
selves which way you should vote. But, j
should the people decide that the time
is inopportune for the voting of this tax,
we hope they will consider it only a tem
porary postponement of the question
until a more favorable opportunity.
ADDRESS
To llicKepubllraii Voter; ol the .Slulc
of XobriisliB.
OrriCE of Republican Pttf. Cfn. Com. )
ot Nebraska. SiH. lflh. 1-5T0. J
Our common enemy, the Copperhead
Democracy of the State, have placed be
fore the people a ticket to be supported
at the coming election in October next.
The nominations of the Republican party
have been before the people for nearly
one month ; from these two tickets the
people must select who shall rule and
govern the State for the next two years.
As to the final result there can be no
question- Republicanism must and will
triumph, but in order to triumph now,
as iu the past, every Jlepublican voter
must do his duty. There is too much
at stake for Republicans to falter or fail
to do their duty, and in order to triumph,
be victorious and to overwhelmingly crush
out and defeat the Democracy, you must
organize. Let there be full and complete
oriranifcation in every precinct in the
State, and let it be the duty of each Re
publican County Committee in the State
to see that clubs are formed in eacn pre
cinct.
Organize, and the Republican majority
of Nebraska will be greater than ever:
Ijet it not be said of the Republicans
of this State, that throuch inaction the
Democracy have cained the day.
Iet it not he said that because the Cop
nerhead Democracy had raised their
war cry of corruption, that Republicans
without proobare weak enough to be le
awav by their unsupported assertions
and thus place the State in the hands of
a party known for forty years, in the
State "and nation, when they had the
control, to be the most corrupt party
that ever controlled the politics of any
Deo i ile.
The Republicans of this State have
reason to be proud of the administration
of the a lairs t this Mate tor the las
four years. The Democracy, in their
platform, lay particular stress upon the
wav the school and other public lands of
the State have been disposed of. Lcc
them tell us. if they can. of a singl
State in the Union where the public
buildinirs of the State have been erected
without a single dollar of tax upon the
people excepting in Nebraska. Let
them tell us in what State, excepting
in Nebraska, the school lands of the
State have ever been sold, and brought
the averatre price of $11 per acre
whereby an enormous school fund has
been raised, safely invested in (jovern
ment bonds and real estate mortgages,
with four dollars to one of the amount
loaned, securing to our children for al
time to come, a proud inheritance, and a
sure guarantee that the education of the
children of the State will be free. Do
not for one moment. Republicans, think
ol placinir a single branch of the admin
istration of the affairs of this State in
the hands of men, pledged by the action
of their leaders in Congress, and by the
action or their btate Convention, against
the railroad interests of the State and
nation. Railroad, have made Nebraska
what she is, 1 he Republican party have
aided and encouraged their building,
against the combined opposition of the
Democracy of the nation.
These and many other facts are perti
nent in this campaign. Remember them.
and with your old time zeal, organize, and
victor' will again perch upon our ban,
ners, and Nebraska, proud in her achieve
ments of the past, will continue to grow
in material wealth and population, and
with raihoads, fostered by Republican
enterprise, connecting each portion of
the State, she will take front rank among
the States of the West, as a great free
.State education free, free iroui debt,
free from heavy taxation, in consequence
of necessarj' public improvements ; a free
ballot, made so by Republican registry
laws, which would be wiped from the
face of the statute books by the inaugu
ration of Democratic rule.
By order of the State Central Com
mittee, G. W. Ambrose, Chairman.
HOW TIIKT DO Itl'SIXENsJ AXD
'DO' THK COIXTKY OX
'CIIAXU IX CIIICAUO.
The writer of this having had consid
erable experience in the grain trade, and,
moreover, having to his sorrow, some
knowledge of the secret workings of the
Chicago Board of Trade, proposes, for
the benefit and warning of your readers,
to give them an expose of how the crabi
trade is eonduotedin the "Garden Citv."
In the first place, let me take the reader
to the alien' between the Board of Trade
buildingand Smith & Nixon's Hall. Here
about 9 o'clock every morning, Sundays
excepted, arc to be found a.s motley a
crew as ever graced the Joliet peniten
tiary. I hey are dubbed curb-stone
brokers," men who have nothing to lose
and everything to gain. This place has
no rules, and men with character and
men without a character have a chance to
speculate as they please ; men who can
not get into the Board of Trade rooms,
or have been turned out of the regular
board of "honest men" up stairs, find
refuge here. They run over into she
streets, fill the alleys, gutters and curb
stones, making a ribbald crowd, who all
day long make the neighborhood hideous
with their quarreling and ycllings. The
sidewalks arc so crowded that you can
scarcely pass along Washington street,
and these fellows are pronounced a nui
sance. Having nothing to lose, they are
reckless, unprincipled and dishonest. It
is the hour of 11 o'clock hark, I hear
the gong sound for the better class of
brokers and commission men to assemble
in their large hall upstairs. This is done
for a blind, to give trade an air of respect
ability. Come with me my frieud and I
will introduce you into the main room of
this large building where the trade in
cereals is principally conductee. for the
greatest grain market on the continent of
America, and the largest corn market on
the globe. But stop: before we can be
admitted we have to be introduced to the
Secretary of the Board, enroll our names
in a large book kept for that purpose ;
then we receive our tickets, which we
present at the main door and are allowed
to pass in. We ask our guide : "What
is all this red tape for ?" Ilereplics: "It
is for the purpose of admitting no one
but honest men, members oi the lioard
If the ticket system was not in vogue this
hall would be filled every day with con
fidence men. thieves and rick-nockets.
As we wander through this large room
we hear the cries : "I will sell short 20,
OUO bushels corn, deliver last half the
month. Got three cars of strictly fresn
at v entral elevators, how much offered :
"What can I get for No. 2 oats?' and so
on. But hark ! this is an exciting day
on Change, tor some ot the large opera
tors have got a "corner" on No. 2 corn.
Those who are on the "short" side crowd
around the bulletin board, waiting for the
Secretary to post up the amount of No. 2
com received during the last 24 hours.
Chairs are abandoned, men rush pell mell
around the bulletin, crowd, jostle, push.
and trample on each other, scream out
their offers to buy and sell ; speak all at
once, v'elling and screaming like hyenas.
The scene is very exciting, Pandemonium
is not wilder or more disorderly. Chas.
Randolph, the present Secretary stands
aloft on the balcony, waiting to read the
telegraph dispatches from all the princi
pal grain markets of the world ; several
hundred men sure? before bin:, stamping,
yelling, screaming:, jumping, sweating,
gesticulating violently, shaking their fists
in each others faces, talking in a tongue
not spoken at Pentecost. Mr. Randolph
holds in his hand a mallet or gavel; it is
called "the tongue of the board," and be
fore him is a block of wood. On this he
strikes with his mallet to control the in
tense excitement. Without it he would
pound the balcony to pieces in a short
time. So many minutes are allowed for
the reading of the dispatches. In the
midst of this mad frenzy and jargon,
every wcrdof which is understood by the
initiated, the mallet comes down with a
shower of vigorous blows, and the intense
excitement goes on as before. While
rambling around the room I see three or
four faces I think I knew when Hived in
Chicago in lsVl-5, and ask our guide
what those fellows are doing here, for,
say I. 1 thought you told me there were
none but honest men admitted? "Why,
my dear sir," says he, "they arc as sound
men as we have iu the board." I thought
so myself, lor I knew two of them during
the war to follow the honest profession
of bounty jumping.
Now let the reader bear with me a
moment, and I will explain what "long"
and ''short" mean : Suppose A sells B
4O,00i bushels of wheat, cither buyer or
seller's option ; now A isou the "short"
tide and B is on the '"long." and A is in
terested in keeping down the price, while
B wants it to go up, and each one makes
every effort to accomplish his dssire. If
B can get the contract so written as to
read ' buyer's option," he can call on A
at any time when there is a "bulge" in
the market, and make him deliver the
wheat or pay the difference in the price
of the wheat at the time he bought and
at the time he "calls," or if he refuses to
make good the contract, have him sus
pended fur a few days from doing busi
ness as a memherof the Board of Trade,
to give the thing the appearance of fair
dealing. But woe unto the country
dealer who is vain enough to suppose
that ue can make anything out of those
tellows. As long as it goes their way
they exact the lat drop of blood from
greeny from the country, but if he hap
pens to whip-row them on the turn, then
some of them will have the cheek and
effrontery to tell the country dealer that
their customers went back on them, and
then if you get indignant about it and
tell some of them they are a set of
thieves, they will beg pitiously for a little
time and advise greeny to go home and
ship them more stuff and they will make
it all right.
Well might the poor shipper exclaim
"They would pare a dead man's nails
and draw his teeth if money is to be
made out of it. Aye, they would nei
ther lie nor steal if more was made by
honesty and truth. The, the Board of
Trade is composed of honest men ! God
help their honesty. Here is an ex
tract from one of their organs, the Chi
cago limes of the 17th nit. It st:irts
off thus: "Hot corn in the Chicago
Elevators. Well, we are not surprised.
If the speculators will force up prices to
such a point that shipj ei a cannot move
the grain, it necessarily accumulates in
the Elevators and becomes heated and
rotten. It is one of the natural conse
quences of over speculation. It is a lit
tle singular, however, that the conditiou
of this com was never inspected, by in
spectors or anybody cdse, until after a
number of people from the country,
alarmed at the prospect of a short crop,
had come to Chicago, or sent orders here
and purchased most of it at the fancy
figures which the Chicago speculators
held it. But as soon as they sold out to
verdant countrymen, we use the term
verdant, leciuse any countryman who
places himself in the jaws of these city
speculators must be extremely verdant
it suddenly became hot and out of con
dition, and prices are depreciated to such
an extent that these speculators can now
buy it back at a profit of five or ten
cents per bushel. The countrymen went
in with the speculators and as usual got
fleeced. Now we have nearly three-
quarters of a million of bushels oi
wheat and some 50,000 bbls. of Hour in
store here, upon which the speculators
have affixed a fancy price and which
they would like to have some verdant
countryman purchase. It countrymen
sufficiently verdant to buy should make
their appearance and take this property
something would happen very suddenly
in the wheat market. It would be amu
sing to how rapidly speculators who now
declare the crops are ruined, and wheat
will be worth $2 per bushel would make
up their minds 'it's not so much of a
shower after all,' and run the market
lown from 10 to 1; cents per bushel m
half as many hours. The country peo
ple will some day learn to let Chi -ago
speculators settle their little dinerences
among themselves, and fight their own
battles on their own lines, according to
their own tacics. It is a 'free fight,
but anv outsider who takes a hand is
morally certain to come out with a black
eye.
A few words about the elevator mo
nopoly, and I have done for the present.
A few years ago there was a bill passed
in the legislature of this State, called
Eastman s arehouse ISill. 1 think
its author is the present Postmaster of
Chicago. To defeat this measure, the
whole crew of warehouse men did not
spare either time or money, sending
some of the ablest law3'ers in the State
lown to Springfield to lobby against the
bill ; but the bill was passed, for some
of the members did not dare vote
against the bill and then go home to
their constituents. But when it was
pointr through in the "omnibus" there
were so nianv amendments pinned on to
the tail of it that when it came out of
the mill it was only a ghost ol its former
self, and has remained a dead letter on
the statute book.
There is one oasis in this desert of cor
ruption and rascality in ('hicago, and
that is the house of J & E Buckingham
have it from good authority that they
employ none but strictly honest men to
weigh, such as Conogue E. Ames, and a
few others whose names have escaped
my memory. If complaint be made by
shippers of short weights these gentle
men will give them a respectful hearing,
and if it be found that a mistake has
been made, it will be corrected at once.
Now, one word to the shippers of Cass
and adjoing counties. If you happen in
Chicago at any time call on Mr. Livings
ton, chief inspector of the Central Eleva
tors, and perhaps you will learn how your
grain will inspect when it arrives in Chi
cago. A few weeks ago the writer of
this was in his company for three hours,
inspecting from one car to the other.
He is a gentleman every inch of him,
kind, courteous and obliging, and takes
E articular pains to give all information in
is power a prince among his equals,
and the first among his craft.
My object in writing this article is to
warn some of our shippers ami business
men in this community against the ras
cality of some of the land sharks that
, , .i t i i r I . Tl
peiong to tne lioara oi iraae, as l nave
understood that some were on the "long
and some on the "short ' side. It makes
no difference which side you are on, you
cannot win. for it is like the little joker,
now you see it, and now you don't.
Once more I entreat you to beware of
them, for there are some fellows there
belonging to the Board that would eat
the Lord's supper and then steal the
table-cloth. Yours, D. I.
An Arkansas rarer advertises for two
compositors who can "aeljudrrate grani-nitr."
Kwearingr
The Brownviile Adrrrtis' r says : "Wo
heard more clean, low down, unadultera
ted "cussing" yesterday, f. om Demo
crats, on account of the result of the
State convention, than we ever heard be
fore from auy set of politicians. Mr.
Croxton wiil not cairy hi party in thi
countv. " " .
Correct .itt of liiilrd.
Every Prussian is to cany his name
with him on a piece of parchment, and
attach it to his uuiftrm when going into
action. The-o parchments will be col
lected from the dead who are buried on
the battle field, and the enemy will a No
be requested to collect them, if he
should remain nnter of the field, an 1
return them by flag of tru.-e. Machines
have already cut the yio.ooi.) pieces of
parchment which are wanted, and nu
merous hands have copied the contents
of the rol Is on these parchments.
T-lfectn ol .Stimulant.
Dr. MaeNNh gives an account of the
effect of different stimulants o:i the
system. Dr. ParN in his "Pharma-olgia"
relates some ouri.nis f.icts relating to
stimulants. Hobbes drank cold water
when he was de-irou of making a great
intellectual effort. Newton smoked.
Bonaparte took snuff, I'opc strong coffee,
Byron gin and water. Weddeibnrn, the
first Lord Ashburton, always placed a
blister on his chest w hen he had to make
a speech. The great Lord Er.-kiiie took
large doses of opium. On the trial of
Queen Caroline, Erskine, anxious to
make a great speech, took a overdose
of his favorite drug. The effect was
striking; he dropped into the arms of
Lord Stanhope, who sat next to him.
1'hilosojdty of DrunL t ntirs.i.
AritlrcMHi-N at I'airv.
It is seriously doubted by many whether
it is advisable to have addres.-es'delivered
during the progress of Agricultural
Pairs, but we think, where a reasonably
fair opportunity is given for people to
hear, a fair audience listens to such ad
dresses. After inviting any one to du-
Wiver an aldre.-s, the managers of a
society should see that such arrange
ments are made as will add to his eon
venienee and that of those who desire to
hear him. lie should not be asked tu
speak while a "trial of speed" is m
progress, or when the visitors arc anxious
to eat dinner or to go home at night, nor
should he be expected to be abe to drown
the voices of showmen or the clatter of
machinery, iu his immediate vicinity.
The ofii ecrs should set a good example
by being attentive listeners. If .-eats
can be provided, so much the better.
The hot rays of the sun shonM not be
pouring down where the audi. nee is ex
pected to stand or sit. If a suitable
person has been selected, one who has
something to say, and who will say this
in a good deal less than an hour, and if
a good time and place be cho-cii. we
think there will ordinarily he no difficulty
in boi ling the attention of a go id sized
body of farmers. Wester a Farmer.
A III Ktt'M.
-t kitchen in
I he largest kitchen in the' world is
that of the Liebig Beef Extract Com
pany in Uruguay. It covers lM.Oiki
square feet of ground, and is divided
into a number of compartments, which
are all constructed with a view to their
peculiar uses. You enter first a large,
dark, cool hall, with a paved floor, w here
the meat is weighed and conveyed
through openings in the wall to the cut
ting machines. These are four in num
ber, and cut up U0 young oxen in an
hour. From the cutting-machines the
meat goes into twelve iron receivers.
where it is pressed by steam power of
75 pounds to the square inch. These
twelve receivers are capable of contain
ing 1:2,000 pounds of meat each. From
these the moat, or rather the liquid now,
runs through pipes into receptacles con
structed for the purpose of separating
the fatty substance from the extract and
to clear it. Lastly, it is raised by steam
air pumps into large coolers, filtered,
and subsequently packed for transporta
tion. The butcher of the Companv is a
scientific executioner, who can with case'
and grace kill SO oxen in au hour bv '
skillfully separating the vertebne
Horace Greeley lately visited a camp
meeting at Sing Sing, New York a joliy
place, by the way, lor a camp meeting.
Somebody saw the old white coat and
".-hocking" hat, perambulating about
the outskirts of the crowd, and imme
diately there was a call from the center
stand fir rebellious, stiff-necked, and
profane impenitents ; but Horace
didn't take the hint. When General
Jackson once visited a camp meeting,
he was seen by a young minister, who
pulled the coat tail of the noble Peter
Cartwright, who was preaching, and
whispered to him that General .Jackson
had just come in. "What do I care for
General Jackson," roared Peter, "he
will be damned and go to hell, jut like
any other sinner, unless he repents."
Not so the other day. Anxiously the
brethren wrestled with the philo-opher ;
but it was of no use. Hardened m his
iniquity, stubborn of spirit, cherishing
in his soul hatred of Jim Fi-k, Jr., and
the New York .Sun, which dares speak
its mind on any and all subjects, and
sometimes pitches into him, Mr. Greeley
resisted the exhortations of the elders,
though backed by the pleadings of sev
eral sisters who clung to the skirts of
lus garment, and turned awa3'. He has
been on the "anxious seat" a good many
times, but he is too hard a case for gen
uine conversion.
Spurgeon, the renowned preacher,
writes for the Augu-t number of his mag
azine a quaint sort of an article concern
ing the war. He has evidently no rev
erence for royalty, but agrees with the
workingmen's societies of England and
the continent, that the people have
nothing to do with the struggle. He
sa3's :
I wish these kings of the earth would
sometimes do their own fighting, instead
of getting their soldiers to right for them.
It would not be a bad idea if Napoleon
and the King of Pru-.-ia would come
over to England and fight it out. 1 am
quite sure the police would wink at the
matter, and for my own part I would be
willing to hold their coats, and I would
cheer each one and say, "Hit him hard,
for I think he deserves it."
Josh Billings thus speaks of a new
agricultural implement, to w hich the at
tention of farmers is invited: "John
Koger's revolving, expanding, uncere
monious, self-adjusting, self contrakting,
self-sharpening, self-greasing, and self
righteous hoss-rakc iz now and forever
offered to a generous publik. These
rakes are az eazy to keep iu repair az a
hitching post, and will rake iin a naner
of pins sowed broad kat in a ten aker
lot of wheat stubble. Theze rakes kan
be used in winter for a hen roo-t. or be
sawed up in stove wood for the kitchen
fire. No farmer of good moral karakur
should be without one, even if lie has to
sreal one."
A young man recently married in IJe
loit, Wisconsin, helped bis wile while
courting to sew together rags enough to
make sixty yards of carpet. We didn't
thiuk about sewing carpet rags while we
were courting. Wish we had. We are
a sewist our.-elf, and consequently think
that was a mitdity smart young man
LOCAL NOTICES."
Iiy.
u ubh to 1 iok nt
oo,j -. e;i ju in.
, i ti
ta
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i
mok. ;u nis arrival-,
large lot of the 1 1 1 1 -iy
j lst r.-.-eived. He will
1 . T. . 1 - I
II" !- . !,
j of , ' ,0
VI. Li i:,.'
w.ciaigcsi a m I e-t a
clock- .uid
on men' i.f v
Iry ever br
market
S.T!lL'!i,;
NOTICE! NOilri:.
We w
it... !..,!'
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a en-p
lie tint We rive lh: .1 ,,. f
i '-hip under t lie ii ie ,.
st.Vie ,,i PUh U'lM.U.wi. 1
l-opo-e oi Ti-aii-a. tin,- :t i.t...r ,1
a ten t.i!
j j-iuic- iiii'i in-iiram
i. ii
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September Mli. Is;, i.
i'lin.fs Paivk.
R. B.W1KIC U'lM
septsdiwtf
Gi
-o to ahc-vs - UuiFm-i- 1 ,
Urooenes. J li, v b-.iv f,,r , .-V,
not be under-old.
PGR RENT.
Two or three room... suitable !'.r 1,
keeping: corner oft :Ul.j Sixtl. .--'i
augldvtt F. W. D. Ibi
.U.o.
VALLKRYS A HlTi'M.U
Are now receiving the
largest -;-i
),' t.. i! .: ,
1 !V-s ( null, e er bin
oio
Kct wuirii they are m -hing b. :1 ..
ca.-n.
apleb'.-,
Vallery s .V RuilaeVTav
stoek of Groceries eer b
e the 1,.
roii'lii r.
city, which th
redueed prices,
stock.
bought f ii- ri-;
Call ai: I -xa in i -. t1
apl.'nk',', :
Go to Val'erys UuthVr'.. and .-.
your Boots and Shoes, the bet h ni:.-'.
kct. apl.'iij'.wti'
I). II. Wheeler !c Co. are ..). in -
sale over 100 lots in the City of l ie;,
month, at prices ranging li v ?; i
f2,0Mfh. v'e;,,-
Go to VallerysA: Ruffnei 1 1,
Dry Goods. They are selling i
than the cheapest.
(Irover A Baker's Sew ing Ma bli
the best in market. Vallery.s ;
ner are ag- its. J hose in want of
Machine will fin i it to their a l
:t -'
to give them a call.
m ma - - -
Maxwell .v. Chapman offer f'.r
good improved farm of :;r.u .e-: , u,
watered and feiie. ,1; 1 ) :i, r, , ,,( ,;:mi.
a good dwelling house an 1 eiitl.u ! Im -
jute :;o Lv:i'
A few city orders lor a!e.
the Hkrai.d office.
E.
puvai
i.r.i.if. i:i.ams.
The IIkk.u.1) office is n,,-.v well .-applied
with nearly all kinds of legal Mink. V
printed from the most approved leim.
vl in good mechanical style. Ahwik'
'': li-t are
Waranty Deeds,
vuit Claim Deeds,
ileal Estate Mortgages,
Chattle Mortgage--,
Leases,
BonN,
Instructions for taking IVp..-iti .n.
arrant s,
Summon, etc., etc. ilwf'.
Tli I.nst ChII.
Ail Persons knowing them-.-lve- in
debted to us by note or aeeonnf .-.re re
quested to call and settle immediately.
Vai.i.kuvs A; Kl f IN Kit.
alleiys & llufTner have jn-t nvejv.
a new supply of Boot-- and Shoe's, whi.
they are selling very low.
1
Goto Vallerys .V' l'uffner' and !.,k
at the Panier Arabs, the prettiest in t!"
market. apl.1d.iwtl'
w Avr.
w
A N T KD Kvor.vbi..y v. -.! tVir U! . -'r
.suiiitenir l.,nu uf ri:n'K , M I I.I.
.Shn. n ixili stfet. . itli ul .M.im.
:ittcnti.ii trivi'ti t.j .SiloJ.I .i ;.
sejiliiAwtf l'Kir;: .1 M I T.I
von s iu:.
10 It PALI: A Mf.ry :in! a linlf 1-ri-1: t;
with ont-hou'co. mi mi ii'Ti- l it -'irp n ! !
wilh nfiriililiiTy an 1 -fnut' Iri i s. i-..nu n
ln jirinir truit tr. -. irr;i (. vim-, !!. Ir. it
tliirt otiief. ir !' J(.-( ,ii Si-liiiitiT. .Ji-w. I r. M i
.street, I'luU.-iiiMiith. hiU Iawp.
L'OH SALK- Tiiub riln r .:!. i- I .. a
' vh! UiiMe Writer .i.t. Inn 1 1. : 1 -- . :.
l'ln'tstneiilli, iu-:ir tin- MN-uuri ni'T. i. ."i
siitlh-imt Writer .in. I lull wiili i ii.,nuril n r,
Htfl-Illllt pi I'Til'i tl - J.nlK.r lijll.ll t.) It K 1,1' '-
power .-teain niinr. ' lie prc-inf cmur i-"-K-ifrc
l in oih. r iiu.ins an l nine.i .. i. '
attention t' tin- lni.-m miiln.ir, ail .43
sell sai'J water j'owcr lor a re.i-oii.ini.- r . . .-.
KICHAKI VIVIAN.
Apply to Maiwki.l A: Ciiai-man. .I. U t
T,ORS.Li:.-Ilou-e .rA Lot, oon.-r s.x !. e, I
1 Klin Street". Apply to
mlrji..itf v. v. ii. iKii.F:i:ooi;
I 'OR SALE. Two I'jt.i in u'lenw.
scpt-sj
C!,.-i -.
P'.'K
I.'OR HALK.-s?; iwros of Ian I
' I'latt.-ai'juth. Kmitiirf i,f
-CptH
H. IM'KL.
To The Public.
Xotife in licrchy piven. that tin- ropar rier-ln;
lierelotoi-.. c-iistinif between 1'ln-lp- i'aiii" a:. I
J. L. ii. Charlton ha t.pen l 1 ! vc I I y mum I
cunsMit, this eighth day of St p i mlier. I-T'.t.
I'iikm" riN.
pH J. k. ;. Ciuki.i .'
To all Whom it may Concern.
Notieo liPreliy (riven that the e..prtn r-i. V
liiretoforo r-xiMiiig between J!. Spurlo- k i
It. Ji.lXtl.T Wllelhrilll been .li--.,lve. I l,V !i: 1
tn a I eoiient, thii eighth 'lay ol Sep eml,. r.
, V.. Sl ' I! I.I i k .
n-pi,l.'g1 :tTFi' WiM.'it i'
i. 11. iviii:r,i.i.it,
ATTORNEY AT LAWan.l .-oi, it.,r in Chan
cery. Oifi'te in MiieODie Dioek, 1'latt'm .n ti
Nebraska. jua y.VVi
li. It. I.l V.iN I O. JI. !.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUl:KON-ter,.ier ), t
proles-ional ferviei" to the citizen of ( :t--, '..tit:
ty. Kesi'leneciK.uthe ict '.'orner of Oak nii-1 -utii
J'rpet-; otli.-e on Ma n J'reet, oppo-ue On..-'
ilou.'e.yi'Iat turnout h. Ntbra-ka.
lir J V. THO ?I4,
Having permnrienMy lo"ate.l at Weepinir W
ter Fulls, temler. his professional cervi'-e- t" "t
uiizeuf of Cu-ms county, Nebraska. J.i t, 7 1
MIXWELI., HAJI. II. filAl'KA."
Mftxvrnii. s. cntiM.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW an.l Soli.i-" ir
Chancery. Plattsmouth, Nebra.-ka. 0:le "'!
W bite Si Puttery'a lroK Store. ai rl.
Dr. J. L. JlcCltKA,
ttenti-t. Plat-mou.h. Nebraska.
Dr. ii. JI. Black.
O. H. WIIEKLFB. L. II. IO S M'TT.
. 11. wiif:i:i,i:it &.,
Real Estnte and Tax Pa ing Afi.ti, N ur:
Public. Eire atlil Lite Insuraneit Airel.t". 1TC"
tnuutti. Nebraska. jr.C.l
ii. . sOIITIl!
Attorney at Law. and Cenernl C'tiu-tinir AiT'.'B..
ami Notary Public.
All 1 KhI biisinesA inf ruste.l to Iii rare ill r
cc-iv- prompt aii'i careful :icinnii- Mli' O
the Treasurer's Utilize iu tho court houc
niarl-M.v
V. I,. TUCKLilt,
CARPENTER AND JOINER, will 1" '1
'" "k in hi line oni-hort notice nnl in tho rrt
o. Contraet. lor buiblmtc nia lc on rea-'"
Stertt Shop one block south ot Platte
yllouKe. july
till HO
J. C. IIoUau'1. Proprietor, mrucr !.f MV 1:1 1
1 hird !tr-et.s, Platuuiuuih, N bni!-ia, " lV!'
beeu retitti-U ati i newly turni-hd oilers t.i'.
cUt ftcvomai'vl'i-ior!. H.iUrJ bv the ci n.''
1 dr. rn31a't"