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THURSDAY, MAY
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com came in to-dav.
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lecuoisen, was orokea into on tne nigur,
of the 1 Gth, and robbed of some four
hundred dollars worth of clothing. 2io
clue to the robbers.
Our Plattsmouth merchants often coni
jilain of dull times ; but all that is need
ed to dispel that thought is for them to
visit any ether town in the west, and
they will at once sea that ours is the
liveliest city anions them &U.
A little daught?r--thrce years old
of 3Ir. Josiah Winters, of Nemaha
county, wis fearfully burned last Thurs
day evening. Mr. Winters was burn
ins a pile of trash, and the little girl
went too close to the flames without bo
nis noticed. She is yet alive, but her
life is considered very uncertain, we
learn from the Brownvillc Democrat.
It is astonishing to tee the great num
ber of people who are willing to jeop
ardize their health by eating grease and
halt meats this warm weather, while W. I
J. Hesscr is almost giving away vegeta
bles. Why stand ye here a'.I the day idle and
thirsty? Why don't you go to Buttery's
nnd get a drink of that most delicious of
all beverages, Soda' Water.
Marshal Morgan took a rough looking
specimen in '"out of the wet" this
morning. The fellow had filled his hide
with benzine, planted himself on a goods j
box and commenced to disclure a vol'ey
of obscene and profane language. He
ii "gone where the woodbine," etc.
. I. -Morrison, the great hcet con-
tractor who supplies the grading force
on the 13. & M. in Nebraska, is in the
city.
ISenneit I?:os. have IL;r-ser's flowers
and sweet potatoc f lants for sale.
The bridge woik at Omaha goes brave
ly on. The Uluilites look upon the com
pletion of the bridge as the hour of j
their deliverance. j
TLI- portion cf the footstool was vis- j
ire 1 with a fc'ne rain this p. m., which is j
wotth $1W.0X to Cass county farmers.
The first number of the Lincoln Land
Jlt'j'stcr, published at Lincoln, Nebras
ka, by Cropsey, Finland & Co., is on
mr table.
j- The l!j!stcr is a very neat five co!
li'an monthly, devoted to the real estate
interests of Nebraska, and the copy be
fore us gives inlications of a determina
tion, on the part of the editors, to thor
oughly advertise the many advantages of
our State. Term?, 50 cents per annum.
The Omaha Tribune seems to be in a
tight place. It charged that there was
corruption in the Omaha Post Office,
then claimed that it was not on the part
of the Po.-tmarter, but was the work of
dishonest clerks. The clerks have come
out in a card, signed by each clerk, ask
ing the Tribune to either retract its
statement or give the name or names of
those it classes dishonest, together with
its reasons for so thinking. The Tribune
publishes tho card of the clerks, but re
fuses to concede to their demands. It
is ofteti bad policy to state that a man or
men are scoundrels unless there is some
kind of reasonable evidence cf the fact.
A simple dislike to a person, or a desire
ti effect a change in cflice, is not always
deemed sufficient reason for denouncing
a number of men as dishonest, or desig
nating an office as a "nest of corruption
and robbery."
Mr. Craig has commenced the manu
facture of biick on his farm near Omaha
Junction. He will put up about 2jO,0 0
iu his first kiln, and will burn more if
they are needed.
Newman, the popular clothing man of
the Elephant store, went to Crete this
morning with a view to establishing a
branch house there.
The steamer Glasgow, from down the
river, landed at our wharf this morning,
and put off freight.
C. W. Lyman's new house on Park
Hill begins to assume shape. It will be
one of the neatest residences iu the city.
Geo. S. Smith, Esq., has built a fine j
addition to his residence, in the north i
part of the city, and otherwise very
much improved his premise?.
Hon. F. M. Wolcott, of Weeping
Water, was iu the city to-day. The ad
vertisement in the Heraid of "Dan.
O'Connell"' brought him to the city.
It is Paid the O. & S. W. R. R. C0.
will commence work on the Platte bridge
at an early day.
Mr. Ed. Smith, Engineer in charge of
party setting grade stakes on the B. &
M. west from this city, arrived in the
city this morning. His camp is now on
School Creek, one hundred and twenty
five miles west from this city. Mr.
Smith reports all lovely, and work pro
gressing finely.
Guthman & Iluberty have opened
their lee Cream Saloon to the public,
and may persons are going there to pa.
take of ice cream.
Fitzgerald left for "the front" to-day
to look after the grading of the B. & M.
He thinks they will be through w.th the
grading two months ahead of contiact
time.
We are glad to know that the City
Council have ordered a railing along the
Main street culvert.
James O'Neill, E-q., will commence
the survey of a new addition to the city,
in the course of a few weeks, to be called
O'Neill's Addition.
Dr. McCrea lm fixed up his office in
fine style, and has things fixed now so
that it is almost a pleasure to have a
tooth pulled.
A little son of Mr. WTm. White, of
Otoe county, was kicked by a horse one
day last week and ceverely injured. His
kull was fractured, but it is thought he
will recover.
Bennett Bros, advertised iu the IIeu
ALD a few days since that they were
j agents for the sale of Hesscr's vegetables
I and flowering plants, and this inorning
it brought them a telegram iroui Lm
coin for a large supply of flower bou-
tuets lor tiro Governor s ievcc. iney
fceIU out -"nty-five beautiful bouquets,
"Ild can supl'Iya w whenever
I wanted
tiiiim'Y mii.k completed.
We are informed by parties ju?t in
from the west that Fitzgerald has about
couip!etcd the grading of the first 30
miles of his contract on the li. & M. in
.Nebraska, and that the forces will be
moved up onto the second thirty mile
section in a few dayc At this rate the
grading will be completed ahead of time.
i'rzzi.ri.
At the postoflice, in this city, the letter
ami paper boxes are in close proximity to
each other. A sccJy looking fellow,
who claimed to reside in the country near
Nebraska City, desired to send a paper
to a democratic friend in the east. He
j the obliging clerk, Lilly, where he
slioulj deposit t!ie paper. Hilly told
him in the paper box. He looked around
for soui -seconds, and then exclaimed.
.1. '1 11 T
-w:,Mueraoe emoarrassaier.r, i see
wood boxes around here, but I'll be
darned if I see any paper boxes." Billy
kindly came from behind the delivery,!
and, pointing his finger to the place, in
slipped the paper, much to the gratifica
tion of the puzzled inquirer.
A ( IKl) or TMA.NKN.
Jlie committee appointed bv the con-
gregation of the First Presbyterian I feet, refined and holy. Uy reading care
Church, Plattsmouth, to conclude mac- j fully the advertisements of your county
ters concerning the purchase of an or- paper you will find where every business
gau for the church would take the op-j man in the tiry who advertises keep-,
portunity, on behalf of the congregation,
of thanking ail our kind friends and
well wishers who aided, so liberally, in
, tj.;s ,,un.iasc. They would a!.-o inform
j tiie;r niends that they have concluded
a TlUrcha-e. the Mason k Hamlin. No.
12, Chapel organ ; Price, $375.
IX W. Cameron,
Ch'n of Committee.
(ot scji, I'zsot i:i.5jNf;s.
Council Chambek, May 2o, '71.
Council met in regular session.
Present, the Mayor, Aldermen John
Fitzgerald, E. T. Duke, J. W. Shannon,
It. C. dishing, John Eihart, Clerk and
Marshal.
Journal of last meeting read and ap
proved. On motion the aeco nts of Cass coun
ty, already drawn on the special fund,
was cancelled, and the Clerk ordered to
draw an order on the General Fund for
the amount.
The Finance Committee reported that
they had examined the accounts of S.
F. Cooper and F. IX Williams, for fees
in Kecorder's Couit, and recommended
that the bills be not paid. On motion
tho report was acceptdd and committee
discharged.
The maps of the city of Plattsmouth,
drawn by A. 15. Smith, were examined,
and on motion, accepted; and the Mayor
instructed to have them, filed in their
proper places.
The account of 1). W. Lewis it Co.
for lumber, $i'XS0, was read and an or
der drawn at 'JO cents on the dollar on
the Improvement Fund.
The account of A. 13. Smith, of $20.00,
for drafting maps, was read and an or
der drawn at 'JO cents on tthe dollar on
the Improvement Fund. '-'
On motion, the Cleik was ordered to
draw an order for o0.0 in favar of M.
W. Morgan, for services as Marshal, on
the Police Fund.
On motion the Committee on High
ways and Bridges, was instructed to have
the bridge on Sixth street repaired, and
a crossing built on Main street at oth and
railing put on the culvert on Main street.
Oil motion Council adjourned to meet
on Saturday, June 3d, 171.
M. L White, Mayor.
Atte-t: 11. II. Vanatta,. City Clerk.
Capt. Palmer is progressing finely
with his new residence.
A large number of frame hou-es are
in course of construction in the city,
and brick ones will be commenced as
soon as the bricks can be had.
Immigrant fare from New
i-L to
Plattsmouth U only about ?2G.
The opening of the new route from
pattsuiouth east, via Burlington. Tndi
anapolis and Cincinnati, gives passen
gers going east six hours the advantage
over any other route. By this route
passengers run through to Cincinnati
without change of cars.
,
Anna Dickinson lectured in Omaha
last Wednesday evening. Her western
tour does not seem to give entire satis
tion to the lecture going people.
Like the waves of the ocean gently
roil the prairies of Otoe county; and
the far off white houses which here and
there dot the new settlements remind
the foreigner of vessels as they heave in
sigdit ; the optical illusion ii striking and
beautiful. AVy. City AVioj.
From the reading of the above one
might suppose the worthy Dr. of the
Stict had passed near a beer garden,
which caused the aforesaid "optical illu
sion," but knowing him, as we do, v:e
account for it on the ground that he has
been made seasick by a ride over a "gen
tly rolling" railroad, in Otoe county,
where the tips and downs were so abrupt
as to remind him of a trip at sea with a.
fresh breeze. But, then, the Dr, knew
it was only an "optical illusion."
W e understand the avenue ordinance
ivas postponed until the next meeting of
the Council.
Lord Wals inghaui has come to this
country with several assistants, to make
the overland trip to California, for the
purpose of examining the flowers and
insects cf the Pacific coast.
A Frenchman took a room in Paris,
on condition that the land.ady would
wake hiui up every morning at eight
o'clock, and tell him the day of the
week, the state of the weather, and un
dor what firm of government he lived.
We often little think of the import
ance of a newspaper in our midst in
our ofSces, our workshops, our houses of
business, our schools, our households
family circles in fact everywhere. The
newspaper is a moving pawer, not only
in our land, but in every Lnd. What
would we be without it an ignorant, il
literate people, so far as a practical
knowledge of things and events that
transpire daily are concerned ; and to a
great extent, literari'y ignorant. Many
a person has become a good reader and
sound thinker by the frequent perusal
and study of a newspaper, and have
made their mark in the world, who had
but little knowledge of literature and the
things transpiring around hiui before ho
took and read the newspaper. Book
learning ij good so far as it goes, but it
is not .sufficient to carry us safetly
through every transaction of life. A
j 40od education without a practical
knowledge for applying it to surround
ing circumstances in life, is of but littlo
avail to a person. Hut a good cduea-
tion, with a practical knowledge cf i query about what tnesc sworn Senators
things gained from reading the news-pa- I will do, but the only true solution of the
per, is of untold value. I3.it it is nut j problem is to place yourself in their po
neccssary to have a line edurv.tion to be- ! sition sworn to render a verdict aecord-
come potted in the affairs of one's Joeali-
. ,v , thn ..,:, :f ., .-.n ;, ...i.,.,,
and carcfuliy perused; for therein wih
be found many things that will tend to
refresh and po.-t the mind. By careful
study of newspapers you can become a
gralrmarian, a mathematician, a geogra
pher, a historian, a theologian, an as
tionomer, a politician (perhaps): any-
I thin" in fact th:it (puds tit make one n.-r
and how he is prospering iu hisbu-ine?s.
By reading the locals and editorials you
will always keep posted in what is going
on all around you ; and by reading the
selected matter you will learn much of
interest and importance on a variety of
J subjects. We know of lots of people
j who would not bem to do without a
newspaper either lor themselves oJ
their children. Children should be
taught to read newspapers, as it would
at once lead them into a knowledge of
the real affairs of life. Then who would
bo without a newspaper? your county
newspaper especially. Blade:!.
El). Hekalu : I had the pleasure of
attending Prof. Martindale's meeting
la.-t evening, and was very much pleased
with a short lecture which he delivered
on mu-io. After explaining how he
would teach it, he mada the following
propositions : That he would form sepa
rate classes for adults and juveniles, and
give eighteen lessons and only charge
CI. 50 for gentleman and $1 for ladies,
and that at the end of the term he would
give a eoneer', the profits being left en
tirely at tiie disposal of the singers.
Moreover, he invited everybody to at
tend the first two lessons, and whoever
did not approve of hi-'inslructions might
then leave the class without paying a
cent. At the end of the lecture nearly
all present signed their names as pupils.
Such a gentleman as Prof. Martindale
is wanted, in our midst, as Plattsmouth
boasts of rare vocal powers.
Spectator.
St. Joseph papers boast that much
more income tax is paid in that city than
in Kansas City, consequently they have
a greater amount of wealth there.
As the State suggester failed to be
elected to the Constitutional Convention
from Otoe, we mav be pardoned for im
proving on his patent so far as to sug
gest the propriety of a provision in our
new Cohstitution for holding our State
and county elections, at least every four
years, on the same day as tho Presiden
tial election. The reasons are too obvi
ous to need mentioning.
We had the pleasure of meeting yes
terday Mr. W. B. Constance, of Weep
ing Water, who is engaged in the hard
ware and agricultural iniflemcnt busi
ness in that thriving town. Mr. Con
stance is a live man, and the people of
Weeping Water are fortunate in secur
ing him as a citizen. lie was fur a
length of time in the employ of Ilib
bard & Spencer, of Chicago, the heavi
est Hardware establishment in the Uni
ted States, and is thoroughly posted in
every branch of the business.
One of the things which is making
Plattsmouth a city of importance is the
fact that interior dealers can come here
and procure all classes of goods for re
tailing at low prices.
L. R. Warner, Esq., of Fillmore
count3', called at tho Herald sanctum
this morning during the absence of the
editor. We are sorry to have missed
this opportunity of grasping Mr. War
ner by the hand, for we know we should
like him. The renders of the IIekald
arc a!! acquainted with him through his
very interesting letters, and we doubt
not each one of thorn shares our desire
to form his personal rcquaintance. Call
again, Mr. Warner.
John Tidball, Esq , of Crete, was in
the city to-d-tj-. He reports Crete a
wide-awake place, with all kinds of busi
ness good. Mr. Tidball is selling goods
in Crete, and is one of the reliable men
of that embryo city.
Ilorae'e Greeley has dedicated his
Book entitled "What I know about
farming" to the Man of our Age who
shall make the first Plow propelled by
Steam or other mechanical power, that
shall pulverize the soil to the depth of
two fee t, ton acres per day, at a cost of
not more than two dollars per day.
A standing antidote for poison by dew,
poison oak, ivy, etc., is to take a handful
of quick lime, dissolve in water, let it
stand half an hour, then paint the pois
oned parts with it. Three or four ap
plications will never fail to cure the most
aggravated case. Poison from bees, hor
nets, spider bites, etc., is instantly ar
rested by the applieatieui of equal parts
of salt and bi-carbonate of soda, well
rubbed in on the place bitten or stung.
A Cinoinati doctor slings the sweet,
suggestive name of Walkingpcst.
WHY IS ITT
Can anybody tell why it is that nearly
every man every paper and every letter
writer iu the State says that Gov. llutler
will never be convicted, and nearly every
one of them has a different theory of the
manner of his acquittal? Our own
opinion is that people say this and think
it is because they do not believe that
men will dare to convict him upon the
evidence. This evidence and the votes
thereon will be matters of public record,
and we doubt if there is a man in the
State who would not say it was an out
rage t convict a man on such evidence,
if they were applying it in their own
e?.se. We have a theory about this mat
ter, too ; but ours is somewhat different
from that expressed by most men. We,
too, believe Gov. Hull r will be acquit
ted, but we do not believe it will be the
result of any "sharp practice," but that
it will be by a straightforward vote
the honest expression of the belief
of the Senators who have heard
the evidence. Men who have no
vote upon this matter may quiz and
ing to law and cvt'thiicr, not according to
the prejudices of the people who have
been lied to by democratic newspapers
for political purposes, and knowing, too,
that juu must stand by this record after
the personal and political hostility to
David Putler has subsided. The men
who are to decide this matter have un
doubtedly looked upon this subject in all
its bearing, hence our belief that Gov.
Butler will be acojuitted by a fair, square
vote.
When you talk about furniture, just
go through Bocck's establishment and
you will see the most complete assort
ment ever brought to the citv.
The construction train on the B. Sc M.
was within ten miles of Crete last Mon
day. The track will be completfd to
that ci:y during the p escnt week.
The demand seems quite general for a
separate Supreme Bench, and for an in
creaf e in the number of District Judges
n the State.
The Fremont Tt ibune advocates an in
crease in the number of representatives
in the State. We feel inclined to agreo
with the Tribune, and would also call at
tention to the necessity of arranging the
districts so as to do away with the local
feeling which enters largely into all our
representative elections.
Surveyor General Cunningham lias
completed his office appointments, and
settled down to the regular routine of
business. The appointments are as fol
lows : Chauncy Wiltsc, Chief Clerk;
Henry F. Greene Principal Draughts
man ; F. M. Dorrington and Alex.
Schlegol, Transcribing Clerks ; P. P.
G iss, Janitor. This fills the force need
ed for the present. There will probably
be an assistant Draughtsman and anoth
or transcribing clerk needed during the
busiest portion of the year.
The steamer Glasgow returned from
Omaha this morning.
Since it has become quite certain that
the yield of wheat will be abundant this
season, farme rs feel somewhat easier and
money matters are assuming a more
healthy aspect. The apparent scarcity
of money has been owing more to the
uncertainty of the crops than to any real
scarcity of the article.
Grain is coming in quite plentiful dur
ing the past week. From three to five
car loads of corn a day are being shipped
now, besides some wheat.
The business of the B. k M. at this
place shows about $10,000 a mouth.
This is not bad for one road.
A committee of Good Templars met
at the residence of Mr. G. II. Humphrey,
yesterday, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of having an
ice cream and strawberry sociable soon.
Next Saturday eveuing was fixed as the
time to have it. The sociable will be
ope-u to the public, and a good time is
anticipated It is to be held at Ciark oc
Plummer's Hall.
"I am sitting on the style, Mary," as
the hu-ban-1 said when he sat em his
wife's new lonnet. For thirty 3-ears tli is
appeared regularly among the "W it and
Humor" of tho weekly press, and it
would have appeared for thirty more if
the milliners hadn't got to making the
wife's bonnet too small for the husband
to sit on.
A youngster, while perusing a chapter
in Gen. sis, tuniinr to his mother in
quired if the people in those days used
to tto sums on the ground It was dis
covered that he had been reading the
uassage, "And the sons of men multi
plied 011 the face of the earth.
Scene in a pi inting office which adver
tised for girls to set type : Enter young
woman "Do you want to emple.y any
one to print, sir? 1 saw j-our advertise
ment." "Can 3-ou set up well, ma'am?"
Young lady blushes; she hasn't had a
beau yet, but expects she could if nec
essary. Two little boys, who were familiarly
called Tom and Jack, on their first day
at school, were asked their name, to
which the first, replied, "Tom." "That
is not polite," said the teacher; "your
real name is Thorn as; be sure and al
ways say Thomas. And now, my little
man" turning to Jack whose face seem
ed suddenly to brighten up with the light
of a new idea "what is your name?"
"Jack-as !" triumphantly exclaimed the
little urchin.
Once more we hear of the great re
eluse, Mr. Andy Johnson Upon the
27th of this month, in the city of Nah
viile, he will deliver an oration on "Me
chanical Skill and Industry" nor, as
we believe, simply upon the Art of Tail
oring, but upon all Arts and Sciences
including, probably, Mystery of Distel
lation. Wc have said that the address
would be given on the 27th perhaps it
would have been safer to say "beg nning
on the 27th and ending whenever the
Lord pleases." Mr. Johnson's rhetori
cal style is of that involuted or convo
luted k:nd which makes going on a great
deal easier than stopping; and, before
beginning his Nashville labor he should
engage some kind friend to remove him
forcibly from tho scene after he has spo
ken, we will say twenty-four hours. A1
Y. Tribune.
Fon Sale. Two first-class Sewing
Machines. Inquire at the Herald of
fice. iay9d&wtf
The ladies are especially exerting them
selves to make the sociable at the Good
Templar Hall, over Clark & Piummer's
store, a complete success.
Nebraska State Fair will be hel 1 at
Brownville, Sept. 20th, 27th, 2Sth and
2'Jlh, 1S71. Liberal Premium-offered.
Open to the World. For particulars
address the President at Brownville or
the Secretary at Plattsmouth. d&wtf
Plattsmoutu Uacox Market.
Smoked Shoulders, Prime 10 cts
" Clear Sides, "
Sujar Cured Hams,
Lard, Prime,
All Goods delivered free to
123
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ny part
of the city.
aprTdiwtf E. G. Dovkv,
The first strawberry and ice cream so
ciable of the season will be hold by the
Good Templars at their 1 fall, next Sat
urday evening,
pecte 1.
A gran 1 time is ex-
We advise parties who are desirous of
raising extra tine potatoes, to purchase
their seed of Schnasse k- Co. They
have the "Mount Vernon Prolific, 'a
superior variety warranted to produce
more potatoes to the acre than any va
riety now cultivated. They look prolific,
and are sold by a "prolific"' firm "pro
liSo" of fun, ' prolific" of enterprise,
"prolific" c!i general principles.
s-'ir. riv.vi..
A Strawberry end Ice Cream Festival
will be given under the auspices of the
I. O. G. T., at their hall over Clark
Pitmimcr's store Saturday evening, May
27, li71. All are inv-ited to attend.
Music rrepared lor the the occasion and
a general good time is anticipated.
Come one, Come all! Admission free.
By order of Committee.
House to Bent. The Episcopal
Rectory can be rented by applicat on to
the Wardens. ap2odtf
I laururr or snipping giam, as we
! walked up street to-dav, on our wav to
dinner, we counted twenty teams stand
ing around Vailerys k Ruffuer's s.:alcs
all loaded with grain forshipmc-nt. This
was only one glance, at one point, and
as there are sevwral other firms, who are
doing fully as lai irc a business, it is vui-
necessarv to repeat that Plattsmouth is
the groat shipping point for produce.
The way that wild strawberries are
rolling into our market at present, is
aurpiising The country around Platts
mouth is literally covered with them. It
is a mistake if any one
thinks we do
not like strawberries,
There will be an '
abundance of this delicious specie of the !
L .-. .. -, rr.,... l.,- ,i i , I
ocny at the Ltooi lemi.iars sociable
next Saturday evening.
We have just received a car load
(hand car) of stationery, including bill
head paper cf all sizes, superior letter
head paper, a foil Hue of flat papers,
monthly statements, shipping bills, and
a complete assortment of card stock,
from line French enameled board to
heavy railroad board. We have all the
latest styles of tpo, the finest job press
es in the west, and a full corps of first
class job printers- AVe invite a careful
inspection of our work and prices.
dA2w
The Congregational sociable will be
held at the residence of 3Fr. E. H. Eaton.
next Friday even
good attendance.
Let t!
ere be a
L. Brom & Co. have some very fin?
imported Havana cigars. The first box
was opened to-daj All those who are
fond of smoke will do well to call at
their stand and try them.
Court opened to day, Judge Lake pre
siding, ami the regular routine of busi
ness at once commenced.
KIHI!AI,i.S I.I!,.
This popular Stage Line is now in full
operation between Plattsmouth and La
P'attc Ar: only Jifty cents. Passen
gers for Omaha via O. it S. W. Rail
road, can save 25 cents by taking this
line, which makes ciose connection with
all trains. ii. Ki m hall.
iuay22d&wtf
The notorious Mattie Lee is in trouble
again at Omaha. Mattie seems to be
doing a smashing business having
smashed an earthen vessel over a man's
head, for which she was brought before
the police court and fined.
Maj. J. W. Pearman, of Nebraska
City, returned 3-estcrda3 from Wyom
ing Territory, bringing with him 4.000
3-oung evergreens, for nis nurseiy. The
Major says the suppl' is unlimited, and
thinks the3r arc better adapted to our
prairies, than those brought from the
east.
A man by the name of Wolfgang
Schreinsr, walked down to the river at
Omaha, the other da3-, and deliberately
jumped in, and it is supposed drowned
himself, as he has not come up 3'et.
Yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, a
fire was discovered in the second floor of
the Depot Hotel opposite Ninth street
depot, Omaha. Before the lire could be
checked, it consumed the hotel, a board
ing house, saloon, grocery store, barber
shop and lunch room. Loss from 12 to
$1-3,000, partially iisured.
PAPERS HAXTi:i).
The following papers are missing from
the Herald files: Nos. 1,13 and 51,
of Vol. 1 being of date April 12, and
July 5, 1S35, and March 2Sth, 1SCC
No. 45, Vol. 2 Feb. 13th, 1SC7. No
43, Vol. 3 Jan. 30, JSCS.
AVc will paj" liberalh for any or all of
the above numbers. Persons having old
Heralds will please lok through them
and ascertain if they have any of the
above numbers. diwtf
Jay Gould and Fisk are about to sell
out the Erie to Vanderbilt. He taes
all their stock at par, and pay
them ! 0f
bonds, to the amount of $2K VkV1-
ALWAYS THE BtST.
Farties in from the front assure us that
Road master E. A. Egbert is putting
down the very best kind of track on the
B. & M., such as will compare favorably
with any eastern road that has been in
use for years. The B. k M. folks have
no botch work dene, but have always the
best of everything.
Woman tuffrage is evidently near at
hand in Wi cousin. At the last election
a mere man had most all of his teeth
knocked out by a gentle creature who
didn't like the way he voted.
The loyal East Tcnneseans, who never
faltered in their devotion to the old flag,
r forgot the duty they owed their coun
try, will decorato at Knoxville on the
30th inst., the graves that lie in that vi
cinity. So far this is the only movement
of the kind nude in a Southern State,
and from its very isolation will be all the
more gratifying.
Dr. Livingstone is a very hard man
to kill ; any ordinary person would have
succumbed long ago under the burden of
obituaries that have been written about
him, but now he has turned "up onee
more alive and well, arid pursuing his
investigations with all his accustomed
ardor. It is evident that he does not
road the newspapers, or cKe that the
Timbuctoi Times and the Cjij'ji Herald
are less enterprising than their northern
eontemporories, else a sense of the fit
ness of things would have induced him
ti die. if only to verify their statements.
Seriously, though, every word we can
of this gailant explorer may well gie u
pleasure, and it is a good deal to say cf
a man that th whole world waits anx
iously to be assured of his safety.
The natural enmity to the tax gather
er is as prevalent in Newton county,
Mi.-souri, as elsewhere. A wel!-to-do-(icrman
farmer come into the village a
fi-w day- sin -e to pay his taxes. The
bill was handed to him itemized thus:
State tax
(' nnty tax
tch'jol t3X
5.1 1. V2
7 1
4.30
Total ?2r:.15
After scanning it closely for a moment,
he said : "1 pay do State tax, I pays
do county tax. and I pays de school tax,
but pa tarn, I pays no total tax! l's
got no total, and never had any ! So
they k-t him off en the total, in-isting
only on the State, county and school.
TIsri-e in n lied.
The following published in an exchange
as a rich joke, and its richness will be
apparent to all, upon Icartiinar that Hen
ry Pcad is the fa-tidious editor of the
Martin county Herald. Upon a late
electioneering tour he slept at a farm
hou.-e with two others in the same bed,
and the next morning the lady of the
house enquired how they .slept.
"First rate,' answered one. "I slept
behind, Bill slept before, and Ilarrv
Pcad in the middle."
"Did he?" exclaime 1 the lady. Ex.
A 3;n:iHroii- iaiii-.ia.l Combination.
The following appeared among the
t-.dograms on We dnesdjy, May 17. It
will be read with interest by all :
San Francwo, May 17. Papers are
being drawn up here to-da' for securing
the most extensive and powerful Rail-
road combination ever attempted in the
world. It nicIueLs the J ermsylvania
Central and its connections from the sea-
i i i i- i a
ixjiiiu io me i.iioij i acitnj leimmus ui
IT. I , .1- ,
i 'iuoii, ran. ana on tins siae, tne
California Pacific (not the Central Pa
cific, but the Yall.jo or opposition line,)
whien will lie extended to Goose Lake in
O.e
and
connecting with the Oregon
liaihoad to Portland, possibly to Puget
Sound; thence to Chistmas Lake; thence
eastward along the south side of Snake
liver, in southern Idaho, to a point of
connection with the Union Pacific, at or
eastward of Ogdcti. This route will
avoid the heavy gralo over the Sierra
! Ncvadas, and afford a complete and coii
j tinuous line from ocean to ocean, in.le
j pendent of the Ccniral Pacific, will be
i constructed immediately, ample capital
! having been secured in Europe for the
! entire work. No subsidies are 'asked.
j The work will l.e commenced with all
I the force which can be placed upon the
I line. This is not public here yet, but
! may be relied on as substantially correct.
Don't Frrt.
'fake the world easy. Don't fret about
the comparatively pctt3' vexations of life,
in view of the iuari3T real troubles all
around you and to which you are liable
at an time. The inevitable that
which you cannot help you cannot fret
enough to undo though 3 01 I ret youre!f
to death ; and as for what you can h"!p,
why take hold .Mid help. Think of the
loss of time and happiness, of the posi
tive disco '11 fort and injur' to health,
that ari e from from wetting over trifles.
The old farmer who had to tip off and
put on a load of woo l twice 0:1 his wav
out of the woods, and found it tipped
over bv a bad place in the ro: 1 the third
time, showed trim phi'o.-ophy when he
looked at the wreck and saying, "Waal
1 guess I won't fret about it, I shan't
feci so well if 1 do." went to whistling
merrily, and to work putting matters to
lights. Be merry. There are sorrows
that strike deep into the heart, and mer
it and icecivc the sympath es of all, but
the many vexations an 1 troubles of ever'
day life may well be slighted. God has
placed us hereto be happy, and provided
ample means for our happiness as long
as we trust in Him, and to go through
the world fretting, growling and finding
fault, thereby making ourselves and all
around us unhapnvi is an injury to our
selves, injustice to our friends, and base
ingratitude to Ged.
ruiTi:::v i-eksonai. pkopertv
A Visit froiri Hie AkftenKor.
The compositors in this office were
yesterday visited by Capt. J. B. Hawley,
City Assessor, who "went through"
them in quest of personal property, with
the following result :
No. 1 Three brass buttons and a Fa tu
ple of calico.
No. 2. A steel rule, (not stolen) a vi
iting card, and a small circus cut.
No. 3- A penknife without blades, a
broken bodkin, and the remnants of a
fine-tooth comb.
No. 4. A short lead pencil and a pho
tograph of you know how it is, your
feeif. No. C. A brass rule, a copy of the
Golden Bule, and pocket edition of
Chesterfield.
No" C A small door plate with
"Thompson" engraved on it.
No. 7. A photograph of a square meal
hard tack and a tooth-pick.
No. 8. A check to the Missouri Val-
Minstrels, a two cent stamp and a plug
of tobacco.
No. y. A second-hand paper collar, a
watch key and a hair pin.
No. 10. Not a darned thing.
No. 11. A Chinese shilling and a cake
of soap.
No. 12. A lock of auburn hair, a brass
rule and a broken tooth-puck.
No. 13. A one cent stamp and a
nickel.
The assessor went no further, but
closing his book and raising his meek
eyes Heavenward, he uttered a silent
rraver for the craft. He stole away sat
isfied that what has been so often said of
the poverty of printers, had a semblance : .
truth in it. He will not cell again. .
St. .f'te i'nhn.
gueat i-ortw-w
Great Fortunes, and How They Were
Made: or, the Struggles and Triumphs
of Our Self-made Men. By James D.
McCabe, Jr., author of "Piau'ing the
Wilderness," "The Aid de-Camp," etc.,
etc. Illustrated with numerous crgra
vings, from new and origiunl designs by
G. F. and E. B. Beuscll. Published by
E. H.timaford & Co., Cincinnati and
Chicago, (publisher- of first class sub
scription books).
The title of this work indicates a popu
uhtr book, suited to all classes of readers,
and such it is ; while the high standing
of the firm which publishes it is a guar
antee of its intrinsic merit. It is a hand
some octavo, clearly printed, beautifully
bound, anl illustrated with numerous
wood engravings remarkably fine in de-
cirn nnd iinnsuallv Well executed. A 0
are not surprised to learn that it is meet
ing with a large and rapid sale.
In an admirable manner, "Great For
tunes" meets the great and general de
she f.r r.irticulars respecting the self-
made men of this countrj It show
how that is, in what way and by what
efforts success was won by those who.se
careers it sketches: how poor boy
without friends or influence, hive risen
to the front rank of American capital
ists ; how a fortune of fortv millions was
won bv a ioor schoolmaster: how thirty
millions sprang from one thousand dol
lars saved bv a determine 1 young boat
man.
It shows how a newspaper whicn was
first published in a cellar has become the
wealthiest journal in the land; how a
cabinet-maker's an?r.?ntice made the
world his debtor, and built up an itu
mense manufacturing business, which i:
now conducted iu the largest building in
the United States; how the invention of
a poorschoolmastcr, unexpectedly thrown
out of employment, created one of eur
most important national industries, and
made many Stales rich and powerful ;
how a printer's apprentice made his way
in the world, and became th.i hea l of
the largest publishing houe in America
It shows how a poor cattle drover be
came one of the "Kings" of Wall street,
an unknown mechanic a millionaire in
the short space cf seven years, a butch
er's son the wealthiest man in America,
a New England farmer's boy the first
merchant iu the land, a penniless lawyer
Chief Justice of the United States, a
farmer's orphan the uiot famous of liv
ing sculptors with many more such ex
amples ; bow energy, talent, and patient
industry have always met with success,
when properly exerted; how intelligence
and strict attention to business not
"sharp" practice and over-reaching
have been proven to bo the only sure
and safe road to prosperity.
This fascinating work is published by
subscription only, and will shortly be
presented to the citizens of Cass county,
by J. A. Cole, who is an authorized agent
Our readers could hardly invest their
money in a more cnte; tabling or useful
book. It is full of lessons of instruction
and self-helpfulness. Jny it is our ad
vice to all.
IU'liol (o Pre-Enitors.
The following letter to the General
Land Commissioner at Washington
shows that pre emptors who were under
obligations to pay for their claims July
14, 1871, are not compelled to pay unti,
July 14. 1S72. ( ongross did a wise
and useful thing in granting this relief to
the poor settlers. :
D'-.I'AI-T.MENT OF THE InTEKIOU, )
General Land Office,
Wasiim;ton, April s 171. j
Sill: In reply to your letter of the
27th ult., I have to state that provis
ions in the act of July 14, 1S70, requir
ing payment for pre-emption claims in
one year from the date, has been exr n 1
ed for one year, or until July 14, 1S72.
by the Joint Re-olution March 3d, 171
I would add further reply that "a claim
ant is bound to prove his light to, and en
ter all the land embraced in his declaratory
statement, if liable to the operations 01
the act." as set forth in our Circular o;
September 24, 1842, issued under at o!
1841.
I am. very respectfully,
Willis Puummond,
Commissioner.
The "Dvil" of a newspaper in Valle
jo, Cab, recently stepped into a dn
goods stora to negotiate for a cap. Noi
having the pecuniary con-i!erntion about
b;s clothes, he told the trader to charge
it to him. Trader entered the account
upon Lis books to Satan, and the other
dav when the bill was presented (which
read "Satan, Dr. to O. P Van Schenck.
tor one cap, $1") "Dev." remarked:
"You charged it to Satan did you? well,
just go to h 11 and collect it !''
The Scientific American says it is now
impossible to construct a burglar-proof
safe, for the thief, with his cylinders of
compressed !i-drogen and oxygen, can,
in a few seconds, burn holes of an size
mi the hardest metal his fire drill ena
bling him in a flnv minute."; to work hi
way into the strongest safe that was evei
constructed.
O W , LYm
IUEftBSXl ! LUMBER ! LUMBER!
C h e a p , C h e a p ,
A LARGE STOCK MUST BE SOLD
DOIVT FORGET TIII PLACE TO GET
JD E Y L UMBEEt
On hand since last fall, XO new green Lumber, but all dry and in good shape '.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Cement, Plaster, fcc. Sec.
Hi cficajp for cash:
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:naa C: C!";f 0 Luxew 7tri Ccs
The Addison (N. Y.,) Advertiser, bus
the following true picture of Nebraska,
from its Ashland correspondent. It is
equally applicable to all the new parts of
the State about us :
The progress jr.f this immediate part
of our great West K I think, far sur
passing that of any other postiou of th-j
continent. Our facilities :;re great, even
more than one could for a moment imag
ine whhout living for a time in the coun
try. The- farming lands of this portion
of the State are not surpassed by any
thing I have seen, an 1 will grow any
thing almost, that one could mention
AH kin. Is of grain yield enormously and
with very little labor, when compared to
that required to produce good taircrops in
our Eastern States. Fruits and timber
also grow in the loose, rich prairie soil,
two thirds faster than in the more solid
-oils of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Now
All our Vv'estern farmers nave to do n
to stoo prairie fires and iartiueii i.iiioer
and f. uit as they may 11c d for fuel :.u I
home consumption generally, and iu live
to ten years from tin;.! of planting the
sr-cd-, they can have beautiful orcharK
groves and nurseries, without any labor
whatever, except that of first breaking
the ground ani planting the seed, I have
seen Cottonwood trees fifteen lect ta.l,
of onlv three cars' gro'vth fioni the
s-'ed. " The cottonwoo l tree is the natu
ral woo I of the country, bat all trees
grow equally fi-t. Another great en
terprise of the West is stock raising -Many
of our older settlors have large
farms well stocked with horned catlle and
hogs, of which there are more in tha
Srate now than any of the cattle kind,
notwithstanding sheep and horses are
very profitable and many are investing
largely in them. Corn is probably the
largest crop raised here, as farmers an 1
stock raisers depend on that more than
other grain for feeding.
There is a great advantage over tho
Eastern farmers in growing corn, and
that is, the little labor rc. lircd to insure
a large and profitable yield. It requires
no hbor whatever from t mo of planting
until time of gathering far winter uv,
an 1 it is vo uncommon thing to see two
hundrcl acres of com growing, in one
unbroken field. The country is well
watered by the' Missouri and Platte riv-
ers. and a miscellaneous nuumer or
creeks and tiibufa ics. ko that the only
tiling a person from thi East, traveling
1 iVT1 I
over the prairies 01 cora-ica can s;t ,
when he calls it the mo-t beautiful coun
try the sun ever shone upon. ! tti
scarcity of timber, and this will, ere
long, be heard of no mor. for the fires
nice thoroughly Moried, the natural
trees of the soil, without the nil of cub
tivation, grow spontaneously all over the
State.
Yes, Mr. Elitor, in five years from
to-dav, the "Great American Desert
will be the garden of America.
IICHilK'tl.
Gen. S. A. Strickland yesterday far-
war led to asniut'ton nis resignation as
U. S. District Attorney for Nebra-ka.
Gen. S. has moved biu.-e If an ab.c and
popular officer during his incumbency of
1 his position.
Hon. L. Gerrard, of the tato Senate.
is understood to lie the pr.iiati. mkvs-
or of Gen. Stiicklan 1. IZepublic'i.i.
Referring to our opposition to Mor-
lnonism, the Omaha Herald says, "lhat
persecution always trerigthe-ns an 1 nev-
r weakens a njede 1 reform. U e were
willing to expect most anything fi cm th.
Mormon Champion at Omaha, but lhat
ic :hould term poiygamv a "needed ic
oiiii is a-tonishmg. He should emi
rate to Utv hat once Dem i r X.v.
After Susan B. An. bony Ieciure J at
lipon, Wisconsin, she wanted some re -
reatiou and amusement, so she tool; a
walk on Sunday, around tin prave yard
there. While she was enjoying the lite
rature of a tombstone, she heard a lot of
mall bovs saving, "That's h-T." and
-he thought "Such is faun;.'
C.
m-
iratuling herself that even the chillreu
f the land knew her, she was acco-tcd
by an urchin, who said :
.ay, am t
vou the old woman that walks up lie:
wire on the circus lent to-m rrow ?"
S-oca! Botice.
If you feci dull, drow.-y debilitated,
have frequent headache, mouth la.-tes
bad, poor appetite and tongue coated,
vou are suffering from Torpid Liver or
" Biliomness," and nothing will cure you
speedily and permanently as Dr.
Pierce's Alt, Ext. or Golden Medical
Discovery. Sold by all druggists.
Home Mills, Ski tii Weepk; Wa
rEit, Cass Co., Neil This mill is in
thorough repair. Two run of stone will
;rin 1 wheat and corn on tall or exchange.
is parties prefer.
Wm. E. SirEi.no.v, Jr.
James II. Folpen,
Janoth wtf Lessee's.
Notice To TEAfmius. I hold a
public examination, iu the city of Platts
mouth, on Saturday, the 27th day of
May, 1871.
W. A. Pattlksov,
Co-Snpt. Public Instruction,
lu-i 13.Kv.wtd
Land to exchange for town property.
Inquire of U. W. Wise."
May 4, 1871 dw3w
Go to Carruth's New Photograph
Gallery, corner of Main and fifth streets,
for No. 1 Photographs. He makes all
-tylcs of pictures, and at prices that
cannot fail to suit customers. All work
warranted satisfactory. March2yd.v.wtf
AH & CO,
Ca, Cm All.
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