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Vrit ftErtftASKA HEHALD Id PI BLISHKD WKEKLT BT IM3 HATHAWAY EDITOR A!D ROr8!STO. Art OT.ce corner Malo and Strooml street, so d dory. TERMS: Wcektr.S2.00 per annau if paid ra -,i ..,..,.. tiiMi it not paid in advance. I VOCATION. Ii j ocfy a gift from heaven to me ? An i fy.n I siag and please each gentle ono ? An i wiil my strains Le burning, full and freo At blsre the raya of the effulgent sun? Cue mi :;iy lyre, and let theailvcr tono r.ir. out front ctTi la gedden, trembling strings An 1 in -ly the only sound its :hord can own, Be lovely pi u Srph' downy wines. I.e. 'h'.Ii,rM fingerstrike the tender Firing? Let ,.---ion. feeling, soul-born fire arise; Anl I' : the rrho on its heaven-bound wing. Meant 11; wards to the everlasting akiea. Le t ? inv. ke the breeze with gentlest breath, T'i y-.i'.: t!;M sounds to cars that know no .ain; A:;.l k t th in live till I am col l iu death, .".vl J i i :i e has torn away each lingering string. TTJIK API'OBilOSMEST. Vt: ;ee by the published report that in tb? i-ew apportionment bill, Cas.scoun tv :s tn.:ven one Senator and only two mcir.Vrs of the IIoue. How is this? (.'a.-s ij certainly entitled to a greater rep rerf i tat'.on, if Otoe ii entitled to four members and an interest in a joint dis trict. Will the representatives from Cass plo ts-; 1-M.k this matter up, and ece that our county pets her just dues? TIIE S01.UIEICS IIOJIESTEAB ZJII..I, We publish to-day the bill now before Congress, granting soldiers tho right to homestead 1G0 acres, and making the time of :-erviee in tho arm; to count as a i Art of the time for occupying the honc-tead. This bill has passed the House as we give it, but an amendment has been introduced in the Senate to do away with the right of transfer. The till ii now before ihc Senate. Oil, WHAT KECBF.CT. The committee appointed to investi gate the rumors that were rifa against our State officials deuied it of such vast importance to keep their doings a pro found secret that they even refused to allow the parties accused to be present to bear witness or to bring any rebutting testimony ; but we are credibly informed that ono of the members of the com mittee furnished the copy of Mr. Mc Bird's evidence to the Omaha Herald, a democratic organ, for publication. We hope, for the credit of a Republican legislature, that this is not correct- II CUD I. AM. " Have wc a herd law, and what are its provisions?" are questions which every fanner in Cass county and the entire State is interested in having answered immediately and officially. We have been tol l that a bill for a genetal herd law has passed, but we have no certain knowledge of the fact, neither do we know what its provisions are. Farmers !re ready to commence their spring work, an 1 it i?all important that they know exactly the provisions of the herd law if l hoy aie to be governed by one, and it is n..-a Imj.nrtant that they be ttieclily in tbrnied whether they arc; to be governed by any herd law at alh The necessity f re Hilton's biil authorizing the publica tion of general herd laws in the different rapes r.f the State was never more fully :1't than at the present time. If we bay a herd law it should be published tl oner. THE KAII.KOAO COJIttli" TEE. The committee appointed by the Leg islature to inquire into and report their finding in the matter of State lands granted to railroad companies under the act disposing of the 500,000 acres of j State lands, recently made a trip over j the first ton miles of tho Midland Pa cific Railroad, and sesui to ba satisBed with it. We are at a loss to fully com prehend the powers of this committee, and to ascertain exactly what it is ex pected to accomplish through their re port. The general impression mows to 1 o that tho committee are expected t iind snvi. kind of a "marc's nest" that will implicate Governor Butler in a swin dle or to speak more plainly, it scoiu to be believed that the Governor has conspired with certain Railroad com panies to give them land under the act when they had complied with the re quirements of the law. We fail to see whst this committee can have to do with the Governor in this matter," for thc Govcmor really had nothing whatever to do in saying what companies t-houM have lands and what companies should not. The law itself regulates this matter, and the Governor had no choice but to grant the lands to them. The law provides that commissioners not the Governor ehould certify to the character of the road, and that the Presidents of the different roads should file a sworn state meat to the effect that the law had been complied with before they could secure the appointment of commissioners. And if the President of a company filed , Via iworn statement that his company had complied with the law the Governor had no option but to appoint a commis sion, and if the commissioners reported a ; crsonal examination of the road, and tht it was constructed in every manner in accordance with the law, then the 'sovcruor had no option but to grant the lunls. If lands have been granted to railroads that had not complio l with the !i!f (aDd we would net risk a statement that such was not the fact) is it not pre sumable that the fault lies with the presi dent of the road who filed his sworn -::.tement and tho commissioners who verified his statement after a personal ex amination of the road. If lands have bien unlawfully granted, somebody i3 guilty of a wrong act, and should suC'er therefor; but is it not barely possible t' it the Legislature has seized the "011,5 end of the question when they at toajpt to lay it at the door of Governor ;j :t tier? A Minnesota r.aner savs: "'Ilistorv records no instance of an intelligent man ii-nvingand not returning provided Ik h. V money" cnottsh to bring him hv.' VOL. G. THE I.VVEMTKiATI05l. The following from the Lincoln Jour nal of last Friday will cause an ejacula tion of wonder and surprise from nearly every man, woman and child who reads it: " We are credibly informed that at least one of the officers whose official acts are being investigated, the (Jovernor, has requested the Committee to allow him to be present at the taking of testi mony, and the privilege has been stead fastly refused, and that he is not per mitted to know anything of the charac ter of the evidence elicited, or the names of the witnesses called. Whatever may be the character of the testimony taken, favorable or unfavorable, the party sup posed to be most interested is not allowed access to it, and has had no opportunity whatever to call witnesses to rebut or ex plain anything that might be constructed against him. How the Committee can make an in telligent and impartial report upon the matters entrusted to them, to the Legis lature when it convenes, or.hnw, if such a report be .resented, the Legislature can receive and act upon it, it is a ques tion that is too bard for our legal acu men." We certainly have no right to doubt tho statement of the Journal, yet it hardly seems possible that its statement can be correct. Tho resolution calling for a -ommittce to prepare articles of impeachment Jis voted down; and the present joint committee was elected for the express purpose of " investigating " certain current rumors and newspaper charges or, in other words, for the pur po?e of ascertaining the facts relative to these rumors. How can the committee hope to ascertain the facts so long as they only hear one fide of the story. They were not appointed to hunt up evidence against Gov. Butler, or any other officer or ex-officer, but to learn the whole truth and report it. Had the legislature desired to have a committee to hunt up evidence apainst any of the State officers they would have voted iu favor of the resolution asking for such committee instead of voting it down. It would be utterly impossible for the com mittee to bring out the evidence favor able to Gov. But'er, even if they were ever so much inclined to do so without some one acquainted with thecircumstan ccs to propound the questions. It is well known that every man who knows aught against the Governor, and who has any petty personal spite to gratify, is willing and ready to come before the committee to testify. Such a witness will naturally tell all he knows that is damaging, with out detailing a single circumstance in pal liation of the act. The committee would be unable to draw out the other side, if inclined so to do, because they would be ignorant of the facts and would net know how or where to commence to unravel the evidence. But, yet we are not ready to believe that this committee are willing to do Gov. Butler the great injustice that their conJuct in refusing him a hearing, or to confront the wit nesses who would blacken his official and private character, would indicate ; hence wc are forced to the conclusion that the committee, after having got well into the examination of witnesses, and having heard those who had prated the loudest, saw that there was more smoke than Cre. and that the (Jovernor was not the vil lain that he had been represented, and therefore decided that they would not allow the Gov. to couie before the com mittee at all, in order that when they brought in their report that nothing could be found against him worthy of censure, they would not be accused of being influenced by the Governor or prejudiced in his favor by witnesses brought by him. We say this view of the case is the only solution wo can give of the extraordinary conduct of the com mittee in refusing Governor But'er the common right to confront his accusers and cross-question tho witnesses who would willing do him an injustice by tel ling only one side cf the story. Wheth er or no we are correct in the solution will be determined when the committee reports. Every Day Religion. We must come back to our point, which is, not to ure all of you to give yourselves up to uii.-sion work, but to serve God more and more in connection with your daily calling. I have heard that a woman who has a mission makes a poor wife and a bad mother. This is very possible, and at the same time very lamentable ; but the mission I would urge, is not of this sort. Dirty rooms, slatternly gowns, and children with un washed faces, are swift witnesses against the sincerity cf tho.-e who keep other s vinevardsand neglect their own. I have no faith in that woman who talks of grace and glory abroad, and uses no soap and water at home. Let the buttons be off the shirts, let the children's socks be mended, let the roast mutton be done to a turn, let the house be as neat as a new pin and the home as happy as a home can be. Serve God by doinic common actions in a heavy spirit, and then if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices cf time, fill these up with holy service. Spur geon. Mother AT it. What else is meant by mother wit, save that woman has quicker perception and readier invention than man? How often hare we found that when man abandons the helm in despair, woman seizes it, and carries tho home-ship safely through the storm into a harbor. Man often flics from home and family to avoid proverty or ruin. Woman sel dom, if ever, forsakes home. Woman, seldom, if ever, evades temporal calami ty by suicide or desertion. The proud banker, sooner than see his property gazetted, may blow out his brains, and leave wife and children without a pro tector. Courageous woman would have counselled him to accept poverty, live and cherish his family, and retrieve his fortune. It is the beauty and rlory of woman s nature that she instinctively grasps at and clings to what is nsht Reason, man's greatest faculty, take3 time to hesitate before it decides; but woman's instict never hesitates in its decision, ani is scarcely ever WTong. Woman feels were man thinks, acts I where he deliberate?, horjes where lie I uispairs, an i triumphs wutri ue fails The RcquiMitiou Case. From the Lincoln Journal. The following was the reply sent by the Governor to the House of Represen tatives in response to their resolutions inquiring why the requisition of the Gov ernor of Pennsylvania for John Lincoln, was refused : To the Honorahle the Speaker of the House of Jicprfstntativis . In obedience to the subjoined resolu tion, adopted by 3-our honorable body, I transmit herewith a copy of the opinion of the Attorney-General, as therein re quested as follows : State of Nebraska, Attorney-General's Office, V Lincoln, Feb. 5, 1871 ) Hon. David Butter, Governor of the State of Nebraska, Lincoln : Mr Dear Sir : I have examined the requisition issued by the Governor of Pennsylvania, for one John Lincoln claimed as a fugitive from justice from that State. I find the requision indue form and the man should be remanded back to Pennsylvania. Very respectifully, your obedient ser vant Geo. II. Roberts, Atty-General, State of Neb And I proceed to set forth the reasons why I refused to honor the requisition made by the Governor of Pennsylvania for the surrender of John Lincoln a a fugitive from justice.'' First. The said requisition was defec tive both in form and substance. It stated that the said John Lincoln "stands charged with the crime of lar ceny by bailee and embezzlement, which I certify are offenses against the laws of this State." On looking into the affidavits annexed, I was compelled to differ with his Ex cellency as to the matter of embezzle ment. Tho facts set forth did by no mears, in my opinion, make out the offence charged. These were that " a certain John Lincoln of the firm of Lincoln & Cherry did fraudulently take and convert to his own use, jewelry to the valuo of $3,000 or 4,O0U, and the said John Lincoln did sign the name of Lincoln Si Cherry on check to the amount of $2,000 and draw the amount from the I 3d National Bank, without the knowl edge or consent of said deponent, and fraudulently converted the same to his own use, and absconded with the same." The affidavit is subscribed "A. Cherry." With all due deference to the superior judicial attainments of his excellency the Governor of Pennsylvania, 1 am bound to say that in my opinion, these facts do not constitute the crime of embezzle ment or any other crime, either accord ing to the laws of the State of Pennsyl vania, or of any other State. To the gratuitous charge that the acts done were '"fraudulently" done, it is sufficient to say, that there are no facts showing fraud. (See laws of Pennsylvania 1S70. Pages 410 and 411, sections 113, 114, 115 and 110. If the deponen' was a member of the firm of Lincoln Si Cherry, his only reme dy is by a civil action against John Lin coln. If he was not a member of the firm his want of knowledge is easily ex plained. It does not even appear where jewelry was converted, though I have since learned from Mr. Cherry that itbe luiicd to the firm. lVrm nil iliat ap pears by this affidavit, the acts of Lin coln were no other than a partner might legally do, so far a3 the criminal laws of Pennsylvania are concerned. The affi davit was, in my opinion, suspiciously short, ami the confes.-ion of Mr. James Cherry voluntarily made to me, fully justified my suspicions. With the other charge, larceny by bailee, which involved about $40, I had not so much fault to find. But there wa3 one objection to the requisition, precedent to those founded on the insufficiency of the affi davits charging the crimes, which was in my opinion of a character grave enough to make the issuing of a war rant thereon a matter of very doubtful propriety, though the crime charged might be never io heinous and the facts showing the guilt of the party charged Ierfectly satisfactory. This objection was that there was no affidavit showing that John Lincoln was a fugitive from j nut ice. The mere fact that the crime wa? com mitted in one State and the party charg ed is found in another State, docs not authorize the conclusion that the party so charged is a fugitive from justice. There must be cn actual fleeing, and such fleeing must be made to appear by affidavit. (See Hurd on Habeas Cor pus, ft0t),f.)7. ) ' I make this citation more especially because the opinion of Judire Kane, for merly Attorncyjrtncral of Pennsylvania is there quoted in accordance with my views, and stronger than I have put it. I Also the opinion of the Governor of Maine to the same effect. It is true that the Governor of Pennsylvania demanded him as a fugitive from justice, and the requisition says that he has fled from justice of that State, but as there was no accompanying affidavit upon which His Excellency could be justified in drawing such a coi elusion, I attached no importance to that merely formal state ment, especially as it is the invariable practice in this State to require an affi davit that the party has fled from jus tice. I have not, however, allowed myself thus far in my administration to pa;? very much attention in matters of mo ment to objections merely technical. I consider the jurisdiction vested in the Governers of the scleral States in rela tion to fugitives from justice of a very harsh and arbitary nature, yet I have never hesitated to exercise it in any casi coming clearly within the provisions of the act of Consrress, or where I thought justice demand it. If the man John Lincoln had been charged with a gre vious offence again.-t the laws of Penn sylvania; if he had been charged with murder, robbery, fraud, or the like, and there had been no extrensie circum stances to justify suspicion, I might have waived my objections, however grave, to the sufficiency of the papers, but Mr. Cherry, who accompanied the agent of the State of Pennsylvania, wae from the first very anxious to compromise the matter, which aroused my suspicious as to the guilt of Lincoln. On being closely questioned by me. Mr. Cherrv admitted that there was no proof of jjiiHuin a Kuni, ui uie enarge oi larceny ; said that he wanted Lincoln to g back and settle matters up. These facts, taken in connection with the fact that A. Cherry, Lincoln's part ner, had made no effort to recover the property or to capture Lincoln, had offered no reward, but had left the whole matter to his brothers who were pecuniarily disinterested justified the con elusion to my mind that these brothers had undertaken Lincoln's capture as a matter of speculation, knowing well his timid character. I am not sure but I . would have refused the warraut, till I PLATTSMOUTH , NEBRASKA, could have made further inquiries, had the papers been regular in every respect. As I have stated above, I hare alwa.vs been very cautious about exercising this arbitrary and practically unappealable jurisdiction. I have always allowed my self a very wide and wholesome discre tion, and the privilege of examining ex triune facts and circumstance in every case where it was possible to do so. In nine cases out of ten where requisitions have been made on me, the cupidity of creditors and not any sentiment of out raged justice has beau the motive of the complaining witness. I have surrend ciei uj several persons charged with crimes committed in a foreign j risdic tion, who on being taken back and set tling up some old claims of doubtful va lidity were allowed to return, often bank rupt, an ! whenever I have disclosed any good ground to believe or even to sus pect that the alleged "fugitive from jus tice" wa3 sought to be taken back, only from motives, of selfish cupidity, and not to answer for any crime committed by him, have uniformly refused to honor the requisition until fully satisfied in that re gard, and shall continue to do so in fu ture. It is easy for the creditor when stimulated by the prospect of recovering a bad claim t believe that his debtor is guilty of crime, and if not, it is no more than just to bring h'Ui back and compel him to pay his honest debt. Such frauds upon this law arc of frequent oc currence, not easy to be enquired into and impossible to be pu:i:.-hed. The dis cretion which I have exercised, I claim is justified by the practice of the Execu tive of all the States, and the opinions of the ablest jurists. And since the juris diction is not only harslt but liable to great abue by unscrupulous creditors it ought in my opinion to be exercised with a prudent circumspection and only for the purpose of promoting the exact ob jects contemplated by the act of Con gress. I shall surrender no person up unless satisfied that he is guilty, and when I am in doubt shall exercise the privilege of making diligent inquiries. For these and other reasons which I have not time to give at length, I "re fused to comply with the requisition of the Governor of the State of Pennsylva nia fir the rendition of John Lincoln, a "fugitive from said State," and I hope these reasons are a sufficient response to the resolution. I have the Honor to be, Very Respectfully, DAVID BUTLER. TwWtrV, That His Excellency, Gov ernor Butler, be r quested to communi cate to this House the reasons why lu refused to comply with the requisition of the (Jovernor of the State of Pennsylva nia for th."! rendition of John Lincoln a fugitive from said State. Resolved, Further, that the Governor be requested to furnish this IIoue with a copy of the opinion of the Attorney (Jeneral of this State, on the subject of said requisition. Fatal Affluent at IleMevue. From the Omaha Tribune, Feb. 2T). A son of Mr. Shcppard who resides at Bellevue, met with a very singular and fatal accident at that place on Thursday evening last. The boy, who was about fourteen years of age, was playing with some of his young compan ions During the game the ball, "which was a soft one, struck the cronnd at a little distance from the boy and re-bounded, hitinz him just, back of, and a lit tle below the ear. He fell and was carried-to the house in a seneless condition, from which he never recovered. Dr. Miller, of Be!l-jvu?, was called in, but the case was past his aid. The friends of the boy felt satisfied that he was dead, but upon examination it was found that the flesh was still warm, and that the heart still pulsated feebly. Dr. Mercer, of this city, was then sent for, but found the boy dead upon hi arrival. It was the opinion of the physicians that death was caused by the concussion of the lower part of tho brain and the upper part of the spinal column. Sew and Kinsnl-ir Disease. We noted a week or two since that Mr. Stockham lost a valuable cow. As the disease with which she died is a sin gular one. wc have gleaned the particu lars from Mr. S., which we give, as they may be of interest to our farmers. The first symptoms of the disearc noticed wei? a failing of the appetite and milk. The cow was sick some two weeks; five days before her death, Mr. S,, noticed a swelling on her breast that extended along the throat, which increas ed until her death. Upon examination, there was found to be u pouch or bag about the size oc a common water pail, which surrounded the heart. The out side was a tcugh rind or gristle and this was coated inside with a sediment re sembling the lime that collects on the indde of a tea-kettle. The pouch con tained a milky water. Mr. Stockham has made stock-raising a business for a number of years, and says that he has never before heard of a similar case with the exception of one, recited by an old German. It was called "Hot water on the heart" by the Germans. Blue Val let; Record. Gootl Roads. Some writer epitomizes the arguments iu favor of good roads: "Good roads benefit every one residing along their course. Good roadsUsave horsefle-h ; they facilitate the transportation of pro duce to market ; they lend attractive ness to the eye of the stranger ; they in crease the traffic and business of a towu and its vitality in all the various branches of trade. Show us a town which re ceives a large country trade by means of the line roai3 leading to it, and we will show you a place that is lively, pro gressive and thrifty, with money circu lating plentifully, and men in all branch es of business busy as beavers." Slow Children. The child is 'slow," is it? It can't learn the multiplication table ; spelling seems impossible to it, with an amount of teaching ; and you get discouraged, and set it down as a foreordained dunce. Wait a bit. Every parent knows, at the same time, too much and too little of his own child. It is more than likely you will be prouder of that child's attain ments than of any other child's in your family. Be patient, as is the gardener when he has sown the seed. Time and sunshine ! Give plenty cf both to these human plants. The fruit and the blos som that come prematurely lie oftenest useless upon the ground. There is this difference between those two temporal blessings, health and mon ey : money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is most enjoyed, but the least envied ; and this superiori ty of the latter i3 still more obvious when wc reflect that the poorest man would not part with health for money, but that the richest would gladly part with all their money for hca'.t bu HElALBo' THURSDAY, MARCH 2, IS71 Farm and Field Crop Premium Tor 1H71. The following extract from the forth coming report of the State Board of Agriculture, offering premiums for farm and field crops for 1S71, will interest every farmer in our State, and we take pleasure in calling especial attention to the same : CLASS VII. CHAMPION. T. II. Wheeler, Cass county. Superin dent. Committee. F. A. Tisdel, jr., Brown ville. ; II. O- Minie, Browuviile , J. W. Holhngshead, Pawnee.City; J. T. Alcen, Omaha. This committee is composed of tho Secretary of the Board, and the Board of Managers. FARM AND FIELD CROPS. Brst managed, bet arrar.zeJ, and most productive farm iu ISebra.-ka, not less than -M acres, spcciul pre mium by W. W. Abbey, of Richrd son county, an Agricultural Lilinry $104 90 Best yield per acre. Corn, not less than 75 bushels per acre, special premium by J. J. Oosper, Lincoln, Nebraska, one "Challenge Feud Mill." CO 00 Lest yielded per acre. Fall Wheat, not less than twenty acres, yield not lesa than '.') bu.-he!s t the acre, five bushel sample to be exhibited, spe cial prcmiutES by F. A. Tisdel. jr. A Co., BrowiiTille, A. 1. Dickey's Pre mium Fanning Mill 3.') 00 Best yield per acre. Jsprinz Wheat, ii.it less than ten acres, yield not les than 2i bushels per acre, iSilve I'late 30 00 Best yield p r acre, Oats not less than ten acres, lyield not lo than s-iity buslids per acre. Silver Plate Co 03 Best yield per acre. Barley, not lcs than ten acres, yield not K-.-s than 4o bushels per acre, Silver Plato "3 00 Best yielded per acre, Irish Potatoes, not less than two acres, yield not less than bushels per acre, Silycr Plate 25 00 At least one bushel of each of the above field crops must be cn exhibition. Competitors for Premiums on crops required to furnish a statement under oath, and to have the ground and its produce actually measured, by not less than two disinterested persons, whose statements shall be verified bv an affida- viL A statement of the kind and condition of the soil, the variety and quality of the seed planted or sown, and she mo le and expen.-e of cultivation, must be pre sented in writing before the premium will be awareded. The-whole amount of roots or grain produced on the amount of land speci fied, must be measured or weighed. Root crops estimated by weight sixty pounds to be considered a bushel; and grain crops to be measured or weighed, according to the usual standards. Competitors for premiums on best managed, best arranged and most pro ductive farm, will be required to furnish a simple form of farm book keeping, embracing the cost of land and improve ments, actual cot of each class of pro duct, per cent, of profit on each, and to tal per cent, profit of the whole farm ; number of acres of farm, number of acres under fence, and what kind of fence, hedge or wood, number of acres in each crop and number of stock. In short, all the detailed operations of the farm, from a dozen eggs to a ton of hay. The idea being to induce farmers to keep a regular and accurate debt and credit account. The per cent, profit will be the ruling trait in deciding competition, thus en abling the farmer with but fory acres to compete with the mau of five hun dred or more. The general arrangement of the farm implements, for convenience and labor saving ; arrangement of orchard, garden, lawns, Sic , if any, also taken into con sideration. A farm will be considered incomplete without an orchard. The whole statement as to products and per cent, profit must be f urnished under oath. In addition to the premiums above of fered on best managed, best arranged and most productive farm ; be.-t yield ten acres corn ; best yield, ten acres each, spring and fall wheat ; best yield ten acres oats; best yield ten acres bailey; and lest yield two acres potatoes, there will be awarded to the successful com petitor in each, a silver medal engraved "Champion," to be held only by the party obtaining it from year to year as he or the may be the successful competitor. HEDGES, GROVES AND ORCHARDS. Greatest number if rods of Live Fence and best Snand of any variety of Plants Osnso Orange, Buck Thorn. Apple Willow, Locust, etc, planted in the year 1S71, s-ilver Plate - iZ'i 00 Greatest number of Fruit tree-i and best S"tnnd ol any and all varieties, planted 1671, (silver Plate 23 00 Greatest number of Fruit Trees, of any and of all varieties, planted in 1S.71, t-ilvcr Plate 25 00 Cheapest and most succcs-!ully planted l rty rods lledne Fence of any kind, planted nt any time within five years past. Silver Plate 13 60 Cheapest and most successfully planted W'ove of niy kind, not less than one thousand trees, planted st try time within tive years past, Silver Plato 13 00 Cheapest and nnst successfully planted Orchard, of any and all varieties not less than one hundred trees planted within five years past. Silver Plate. 13 00 Best ten acre Orchard not less than live years old special premium by J. W. Pearman. Nebraska City, Nursery Stock to amount 23 00 Second best ten acre orchard not less than five years old special premium by J. W. Pearman. Nebraska City, Nusery Stock to amount 13 00 Best five acre Orchard not less than five years old special premium by J. V. Pearman. Nebraska City, Nur sery Stock to amount- 20 00 Second best five acre Orchard not less than five years old special premium by J. W. Pearman. Nebraska City, Nursery stock to amount 10 00 Best stand, cheapest pi at. ted and culti vated tirove, of not less than five seres, and not less than eipht rods of Live Fence not less than three year? growth on the same farm, Fpecial Sremium by Furnas Sons A Co.. irownville. Nursery Stock to amount 50 00 Best collection of Evergreens nt less than twenty nor less than five varie ties. Fpecial premium by J. Wr. Pear man. Nebraska City, cash. 20 00 Premiums will be awarded on state ments under oath, certified by three dis interested parties, accompanied by a de tailed written statement, giving variety of plants and trees; distances apart plant ed, manner of planting and preparing ground ; number of plants or trees living and dead; cost of plants or trees, and cost of planting. Best ppecimen of Nebraska pfown fruit trees, not less than twenty-five in num ber, nor less than five in variely, age not essential. Silver Plato 10 00 Best specimen, one year's growth. 0njre Orange Hedge Plants, not less than one hundred. Silver Plate 5 00 Best specimen Honey Locust Ilcdee Plants, one year's growth, not less than one hundred. Silver Plate 5 00 Best exhibition of Nebraska grown Nur sery Stock, Silver Plate 10 00 PLANS OR MODELS. Best plan or model for fartn residence, . special premium by W W Abbey. Richardson county, one pair Poland " China Pigs 30 00 Best plan or model for a firm barn spec- (ial premium br Jno L Crs n. Brown ville, one short horn Durham calf CO 00 Best plan or model for a pipsery. special premium by Grosper Jc Tullis, Lincoln one pair Poland China piss 50 00 Estimates of cots of plans to accom pany each. No individual or firm offering special premiums in this class, will be permitted to compete in that particular contest in which they offer premiums PLATTSMOITH. We make the following extract from a letter in the Pawnee Trihttne, written from this city by Judge Edwards, editor of that paper : Plattsmocth, Neb., Feb. 15, '71. Plattsinouth is more of a city than one would suppose in simply passing through. When one comes to stop and traverse the length and breadth of the town he finds himself in one of the prin cipal cities of Nebraska. Howbeit, the cities of Nebraska may none of them be very large, iu point of enterprise and real Yankee "go aheadativeness" they are not behind the cities of any Western States. There is a traditionary item cf history connected with Plattsiuouth, which, in some measure, enhances its history to the visitor. It is said that, at one time, just below the point where the town is now, about eleven acres of "old mother earth" sank several feet below the sur face. It is noted by the early writers a the "great laud slide on the Missouri River." In approaching . Plattsiuouth from the Iowa side of the river, some one of the company undertook to point out its boundaries and to indicate some of its effects up n the western shore. This, however, was not plainly percepti ble, and in order to appreciate the mag nitude of such an event one must de pend almost entirely upon his imagina tion. The Railroad spirit of Cass Co. is at rather a low beat. Many of the citizens seem to regard the $80,000 railroad al ready upon them as rca:hing their abili ty to 1'ay. The proposition of Joy, therefore, in the matter of building tho Trunk roaJ, it is feared will not meet with success in any form. This is to be regretted, inasmuch as it may necessi ta'e the postponing of that enterprise indefinitely. Plattsmouth and Cass count', I think, will find themselves mistaken in one thing. So far as I am able to judge, the determination with them is to remain quiet and wait fur their destiny delu ded into the belief that if a railroad could be brought to Plattsmouth at all, it wiil come without help. This, they say, was the case with the B. & M. R. R. "it would have come anyhow" thty nay "would have come without help." Such ideas have lost maiy a community its only chance for a railroad wc fear it will lose Plattsmouth and Cass county the Trunk road. Imitation of Human Hair. In a recent article upon tho trade in human hair, it is stated that a patent has reentry been taken out for con verting goat's hair into hair' for ladies' use; and that the experiment is so suc cessful as to render it almost impossi ble to distinguish the real Article from the imtation. This is too good news not only for dealers in hair, who might ap prehend the exhaustion of their source of supply, but also to ladies who depend upon art to compensate the deficiencies of nature. The same article states that in 1SG8 over 22.000 pounds of hair were imported into Great Britain, represen ting the clip of about 4o,0o0 women. Much of this is obtained from the large communities of sisterhoods scattered throughout France and Belgium. Proof Heading-. If the readers of the newspapers un derstood one half of the difficulties in procuring accuracy, instead of wondering and scolding at mistakes, the' would be surprised that there are no more. How few readers appreciate the services of the individual who examines the 'proofs' of a paper before it is printed. He isone of the most important agents to the pio dnetion of a correct literature, and one of whom no reader seems to think. His is tho most thankless of all the employ ments among men. Let him bring out a paper without a fault for months and months in succession, and nobody thinks of him. But let him allow an error to go uncorrected, as we happened to do in a tive line church item a few weeks since, and he is immediately known, to be cen sured, and his paper subjected to ill na (ured criticisms. He has no thanks for his labored patience, but blame if he is not faultless. He is certain of one of two things forgetfulness or censure. Cape AI it; Wave. C'onnlry Girls. Meta Victoria Fuller, in a sisterly way thus talks of country girls : "The farmer's daughters are soon to be the life as well as the pride of this country a glorious race of women which no other land can show. 1 seek not to flatter them, for before they can become this, they will have to make an earnest effort of one or two kinds. There are some who depreciate their condition, and seme who have a false pride in it, be cause they demand mors consideration than they merit. A want of intelligence upon all the subjects cf the elay and of refined education is no more excusable in a country than in a town-bred girl, in these days of many books and news papers. .Many girls are discouraged because they cannot be sent away from home to boarding schools : but men of superior mind and knowledge of the world would rather have for wives women well and properly educated r.t heme. And this education can be had whenever the desire is not wanting. A taste for reading does wonders ; and n earnest thirst after knowledge is almost certain to attain a sweet draught from the 'Perian spring ' There is a farmer's daughter in this very room in which I am writing a beautiful, refined and intelligent woman in whose girlhood books were not so plenty as now, and who obtained her fine edu;ation under difficulties which would have dis couraged any but one who had a true love for study." A considerable source of profit to banks is the wearing out, destruction or loss by the holders of bills issued as cur- rency. Jnis is sliown ty tne lact or tne circulation of the banks doing business seven years ago under the banking law of New York, and which, since the law was passed by Congress taxing it, has been as far as possible called in. $2,2o0, 000 is yet outstanding. Some part of this amount may possibly be hoarded by ig norant persons in old stockings and mon ey chests, bat the presumption is that the greater portion of it is bc'ond the possibility of presentation for redemp tion, and that according!:,' the banks which received value for it will be re lieved from meeting their obligations to take it up. Jcreuuia O'Donovrn Rossa is described as being "six feet in height, straight as a rush, with a fearless blue eye, some what deep under the arched brows; and aquiline nose, seusitive as a war horse at the nostrils." Sprigin3 says he once prevented a severe case of hydrophobia by simply ! getting on a high fence and waiting i there until the dog W:.- NO. -IS. TelegraphicI Anotlir Appeal for Aid. New York. Feb. 27. To the I ess of the United State. A telegram from Mr. Moran, Chair -maa of the American Committee in Lon don, received at 5 o'clock p m yesterday, calls loudly fsr more aid from America for the reiief of the starving in France. It is certain that the anxiety of those ear to the scene of fmiin is much more intense than ours, wc call with new earnestness on the American public for immediate contributions in money and provisions, and in seeds. Other cities or centres of collection, desiring to co operate in this relief movement, can send their contributions to this commit tee, which will carefully credit them to their sources both here and in the re port sent to Fiance. If preferred, con tributions can be forwarded direct to the American Committed in Jjondon. Benj. Moran, Esq., Chairman. Funds receiv ed by us will be transferred by telegram. Ciias. H. Marshall, Chairman, Ciias. Lamer, Treasurer, Anson Piiei.ps Stakes, Sec. Chamber of Commerce Committee on French Relief. Berlin, February 27. The Emperor William telegraphs from Versailles to the Empress Augusta as follows : "rv'ithadeep and moved heart, in gratitude to God, I inform you that the preliminaries of peace have been signed. The Bordeaux Assembly must yet ratify. "William." The Arkan.ns Sluddle. Memphis, Feb. 27. An Avalanche Little Rock special snys the entire session of the House to day was consumed in the discussion of a motion by the Clayton faction, instruct ing the managers again to appear at the bar of the Senate and announce the Im peachment of the Governor and Chief Justice, the Clayton men claiming that no announcement had been made by reason of no quorum being present. The motion was finally carried, which is a virtual admission of the ground taken by the Clayton men, who, it is thought, will now fall back on the clause in the code which provides that an announce ment will be made in five days after the passage of the articles of impeachment, and find a hole for Clayton to creep out of in the claim that the only announce ment made within the five days is now admitted to have been illegal. J.int cf Congressmen. Washington, Feb. 27. Mr. McPherson, the Clerk of the Houso of Representatives, has just com pleted a list cf members of the House, having for this purpose taken the certi ficates of the Governors of the several States. The certificate of tho member from the third district of Arkansas has not yet been received. The classification of politics show Republicans 130, Demo crats, including the Third District of Arkansas, 'JO ; independent, viz : Jas. (J. Blair of Missouri, 1. Total, 227. Vacancy in Illinois, caused by the elec tion of Ferry to the Senate, 1, making a total of 22'.." Not elected New Hamp shire, 3 ; total number of member 243. There are from twelve to fifteen con tested seats. Of the 9G democrats above mentioned, Dubois of Georgia, Rogers of North Carolina, and probably Waddcll of North Carolina, are barred by the Fourteenth Amendment. They wid not be able to qua ily until their dis abilities are removed by Congress. The proof reading on New York p2 pcrs is simply horrible- A paper to-day, talks of Robert Laird, a collier, for Rev. Robert Laird Collier, of Chicago. The Times yesterday, in rage or malic , made four egregious errors in David Dudley Field's first letter. The Sun seriously stated on Saturday that James Irwin, the escaped burglar, was of gigantic stature, "being four inches high." The Standard of the same day spoke of "the man who cuts down a tree with a ham mer," such an idea being only worth' of a ninny-hammer. Ir.ese, added to the Tribune's "'tis two, 'tis fifty, ves 'tis fif ty-two:" to the World's "let Mr. Ste ven's pick his cars." for "kick his cars;" and to the Herald's correspondent, who saw "troaps of jackals flying through the air, devouring ripe inandaririF," make an interesting record of the curiosities of literature. Broohltjii Eagle. The Last Jcttrupj. In Spain, when a baptized infant dies, a feast is spread, and all the neighbors round come, not to condole with, but to congratulate the parents. "We rejoice with you that you have a child in glory," they say; and the list not the fi:s. journey of the sinless babe is a triumph ant march, the funeral a festival, the uiu sic is glad- Only the mother weeps. In Greece the last journey fellows quickly upon death. The next day, at dawn, the train of white robed priests andchori; ters may be seen winding along towards the church. There, dressed as in life, and having the face uncovered, the dead lie at rest before the altar until the mo ment arrives when they must be com mitted to the earth. It is in the cihurch that the la?t farewell is given. What of that terrible last journey in the cold north where the dying Esquimaux is buiit up in his now houss and left to die alone? Or of the African tribe, who bury their hopelessly sick before death hurry them cut of the world altcghter? They have been described as taking an affectionate leave of their relatives and performing this burying with the consent of the per sons chiefly concerned. Habit is every thing, and they are used to it, only one fancies it must fall rather hard upon each individual as as it comes to its own turn. Mr- Beeeher, in a lecture in Plymouth church on "religious reserve," said that he was of opinion that a certain amount of air and atmosphere was good for the soul, yet he did not hold with those re ligionists who would forcibly intrude upon a person's conscience. If a man c;me up to him, and, slapping him on the shoulder, demanded, "Brother Beeeher, how is your soul?" he would answer, "None of your business!" Laughter. Mild persuasion was the omy means ot reaching a man s inner self. With a sudden burst of eloquence Mr. Beeeher exclaimed, "Round came the north wind and swept down upon the rosebud, saying, 'Give me a kiss.' " But the rosebud answered "No ! " Round came the cast wind and swept down upon the rosebud, saying. "Give me a kiss " But the rosebud answered "No!" Then came the south wind, hbwing mildly ani lovingly, and the rosebud kissed it." lllti Mlll PLATTSMOUTH HERA 1.1 PlT.MSntO HT II. I). HATHA WAT, tlXToa AND PROPRIA Toll. ... f -OlTioe corner Main and SeoouJ alreeU e" distory" TERMS : Lily$!0.03 p'w ancuin, or $1.W per month. Commence to Sie. Among tTv? good resolves formed on the New Year, noun exceed in subsej quent advantages the experiment of tho clerk, the mechanic, the storekeeper or the sewing girl, in onenine an ucount. however small the sum may be, in a trust -" worthy savings fund. Accustomed a'sV 1 many are, to spending their earnings even before they are received, the figures of saving banks in calculating the profits of their depositors, mu.-t m. prise them greatly. Let them take the advantage of the season, and gratify themselves with a most substantial New Year's proj.cn t in 1S72. By atablcofone of these institutions it appears "that if a mechanic or clerk saves only 2J cents per day fio n the time he is twenty-one until he is three feore and ten, the aggregate, with interest, will amount to 2,'JOO; and a daily paving of 271 oents reaches the important sum of 2,.i,OO0. A sixpence saved daily will provide a sum of nearly $7,000 sufficient to purchase a good farm." There are few employes who cannot save; daily by abstaining from even the extrav agant use of cigars, tobacco, liquor, etc.. twice or ten times the amount of six pence pieces. Every person should pro vide for old ago, and the man in business who can lay by a doilar per day, will event ually find himself in possession of over $ UK 1, 000. Come Went. What shall I do? is a question asked by almost every young man vpon leav ing the parental roof and setting out on the journey of life. Some by kind for-' tune seem to have their destiny moulded, and their fate through life plainly marked out, and they have nothing to do but to give proper attention to business and have success ; but few are thus favored, the majority are cast out upon the voy age of life with no hope of success, save through their own persistent efforts. To such as these we wish to say, do not be discouraged, do net waste your pre cious time in idle murmuring at your lot, . nor recklessly plunge into the gulf of dissipation and despair In the crowded thoroughfares of the East you may not find the opportunity ef entering uiin the profession of your choice ; but in the great West there is room for you. Here any one may have a freedom of choice and action which cannot be found in the East. Here a young man may plant himself and grow up with tha country, its prosperity being his own ; not only will his development in wealth and po sition become rapid here, but his chancer' of preferment are mahifestly greater. Therefore we say to every young man out of employment and undecided what to' come west. A gentleman of halifax, being at a la dies' fair not long since, and being nolic ited to buy something by a fair creaturo said he wanted to buy what ho feared was not for sale a lock of her hair. To hia delight, and surprise, she promptly cut offthe coveted curl and received the prico offered ten dollars. The happy purchas er was exhibiting his trophy to one of hisj friends, who very suddenly blasted his" joy by saying: "She rnther outflanked you, for to my certain knowledge she on ly paid three dollars for the whole wig." Mr. Isaac Solomans, a leather dealer of New York, whose wife presented him with the second batch of twins, is charged with making this remark to his family physician : "Ov you bleeze, doctor, it ish petter dot a sehtop bo boot tc tlose dings. Vun pair of quince I dinks is oiler riot but more as dot ish plaid owit, dod'ts if. Dot's vots do matter mit me. You know how it ish mayeelf. The filibustering steamer Hornet, is reported to be at Port-au-Prince, flying the American colors, and preparing to return to the United States. A Spanish war steamer was watchinz her. TT'OR SALE. Three acres of land adjoining J. the city on the south, can be bad cheap for cash. For particulars enquire at the llKRAi.r) office. dcc'Jldif. I .''OR SALE. Two lots in Glenwood. Cheap. IOR SALE. acres of land ajjoizuLg Plattsmouth. L'iKjuiroof Septs S. DUKE. : IOR SALE The subscriber oircrs for sale a valun-ble water power, two miles below Plattsmouth. near the Missouri river, with sullicieiit water and tall with economical man agement to produce power etiuai to a M horse power steam engine. The nrrsent owner ix on- gaged in other bn.iness and cannot devrto hi attention to the business of milling, and will sell said water power for a reasonable price. RICHARD VIVIAN. Apply to Maxwell Sc Chapjiax. dccld&irt Attachment Notice. Margnret .Sampson by') In tho District Court 2d her next friend I Judicial District 'n un l r. rT' f"r Cas couiity. State of Orcn S, Thompsot J Nebraska. Ortn S. Thompson of the State of Illinois will ti'ke notice tuut Margaret Sami son. by her next friend Ciemrnt. did on the 251 h day ot Februiry A. D. 1871 file her pet:tio i in the District Court of the 2d .fndicial District of the State of Nebraska within and for Cm county, ngain.'t Oren S, Thompson do cn 'a t. praying judgement for the sum of one humirou and twenty-(ire dolla'S with interest from tho loth day 01 May A. D. lSul. as damage tor breach ofeovf nant in deed datid October 7th A. 1. 1H."9, said deed executed and delivered to Plaintiff. That Plaintiff did on the 25ih day of reb. 1S,1 cause an attachnfent to bo issued Hgnimit defendant, and did cause the following real estate of defendant's to be attached 'to wit': Nine acres in the North West corner of lot no. 10 in section eighteen 1 8 township welre (12) range fourteen (14) according to Government survey in Caps county. Statu of Nebraska, and tho said Ores S. Thompson is notified that he if required to appear an (answer said petition on or beforethe the 10 d:iv of April A D. 1S71 MARGARET SAMPSON. By her T, n"J friend Clement.' By Mahql-rtt A Strong, Attys. march2w4. Legal Notice. Ilorton & Jenks"! In District Court 2d Judicial 7,7 . District within and for Ca-- emerge Heming J County Netrarka. OTICE i hereby given lo George Fleming.' ll r.nn rcsidciit defendant. th:.t Horton At Jenks plair.tif!s in the above entitle d "nose, did on the ZSth day of February A, D. I i71, tile their petition in said Court ugainst tho said defen danr in which they cl iim Judgement fjr tho sum of Vil 0i fifty-one flellar on an recount for nurchandise sold and delivered, and labor and sarviccs rendered to sni.l defendant from May thefirstlS70toJune21stlS70.no part of whicb hcnn paid, that on the 2Sth ay of February A. D. ISi 1 plaintitis caused an order of attach -nient to be issued out of the Office of the Cl-rk of the District Coort in and for Casconnty Ne braska and caused said Uenrve Fleming's inter est in the following real estate to be attached to wlt b " ir ol the w qr of section thirtv six (. township eleven (11) range eleven Ml) east 6 p nv Said non-resident defendant ia hereby notified to appear and answrr said peti tion on or before the 3d day of April A. D 171 t, r. c c . IIORTON A JENKS. Ey G. S. Smith, their Atty. march2w4. Attachment Notice. Patrick Maxwell"! Before A. L. Child Troba'e vs Judge in and for Cass county J. E. Tcrkins ) sdate of Nebraska. ON the 20th dar of February A D 1571 tho fcaid Probate Judge issued an order of at tachment in the al.ove action lor the um of eleven dollars and fifty cnts. Plattsmouth Neb. Feb. iSrh A. D. IsTl. T PATRICK MAXWELL. . By JIat.qcett t Etbo.vu, his Atty. D-arch 23 Dr. J. XT. 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