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PLAT1SM0UTH NEBRAKSA.,
THURSDAY, AUG. 24. 1871.
If adopted, the Constitution takes ef
feet on the 8th day of October.
Tfceunmually hot weather this s a
pon has caused the ice crop to fall s-hort.
. . - Tho Ashland Times is now issued in
quarto form, five columns to a page,
with over twenty columns of reading
matter.
The great rush now is for thopc pears
just received by A. II. & G. Buck, from
their Burlington orchard. They are
rery palatable, and then Fuch delicious
things for sweet pickles. Every family
should have a bushel or two,
We arc under obligations to conduc
tor : Parkhurst of the B. & M. in Ne
broskafor special favors. Tarkhurst is
a man who will always accommodate a
fellow man when in his power to do so.
The election for the new constitution
takes place the second Tuesday of Sep
tember. Should the constitution be
adopted it will do away with the Oeto
l-cr lections this fall, and they would be
held in November, as provided in the
now r?.-vMimpnf.
e uave w:en wiown a sample tuncu
of grass cut from the summit of one of
the highest bluff in this vicinitv. which
sample measures eicht feet in leiwli
It is the common blue etem rn.. mirfc
as the country abounds. Does that
look as if Vohmsl-i cn i
. . uyJl O LJ IU I
anything in the world.
Bennett Brothers have received an
other lot of those superb California
pears. If you want to taste something
real nice for once in your life, go and get
a dozen or two of them.
Chancellor Benton will address the pco
pie of Ithiscity and county on the subiect
of education, on Monday evening, the
MU inst. It is to be honed thorn will
bee a good attendance,
We have made arrangements to lay a
commplete and official copy of the new
constitution before the readers of the
Herald at the earliest day possible.
e understand there was some kind
of trade made between certain Repulli
cans and the Democrats of the Consti
tutional Convention by which the ques
tion of minority representation, to a
certain extent, was conceded. The Re
publicans who made that trade assumed
a grave responsibility.
One grain dealer alone, (Mr. Jos. A
' "J oiy, maaeu J4 cars
wim sneiied corn yesterday, and will con
ttnue to ship at the same rate for several
aays to come.
We would ask f riend Waters if that
looks like a scarcity of grain in Cass
county I
The weather is decidedly cooler to-day,
probably owin to the large number of
watermelons consumed in town, which
are saiu to De very cooling.
See proceedings of the Musical Socic-
For first-class grapes, by the single
pound or ly the box, go to Bucks'
Their Burlington vineyard is furnMiW
a fine crop, and they sell at low down
figures.
. t. Jlomson, Rq., arrived from
iuu ironi mu morning, lie reports
work progressing rapidly, with about
Jbrty days grading yet to do.
Will Capt, Donovan's paper, the Lin
coln Statesman, tell the people of the
State what Capt.. Donovan knows about
the great Salt Land Steal of J. Sterling
Morton & Co., or will it do as every
other Democratic paper in the Stat
keep perfectly still on the subject?
Mills & Co. have our thanks for a
printed copy of the Third Annual Re
port-of the Nebraska State Board of
Agriculture.
Perhaps Dr. Miller has a financial in-
tcrest in the Salt Land Steal, hence his
Eilence on the subject.
The people of Johnson county have
before them a proposition to vote $150,-
000 in bonds to aid the building of the
Atchison & Nebraska Railroad through
that county.
The people seem to be al-
most unanimously in favor of it.
All parties are hereby notified that the
"marshecn" lying at the levee is not the
steam fire engine recently purchased in
Chicago by the Lincoln Fire Department,
but it is an apparatus for testing steam
boilers.
r. oeny a. jvooge, tne gentlemanly
agent of the Atlantic and Pacific Circus,'
was in the city to-dav nuttinrr nn Wa
of pretty pictures representing a few of
the feats performed by the troupe, which
will be here next Monday. This com-
pany was organized in California, and of
course every old Califorman in this vi-
cinity will go and see them. They are
creating quite a furor along the line of
the U. 1 . Railroad.
the Herald ofiicc with a specimen of
pweet potatoes that are hard to beat.
They aro of the Bermuda red species, People of the east and elsewhere, re
and are very fine. . - -"- member that this amount of improve
Esquire O'Neill has removed his Ju-
tice dispenser to the next door west of
D. n. Wheeler & Co.'s office, on Main
f treet.
If you want a drink of finely flavored,
pure apple cider, caU on-.. . Wiley y at
Straight & Black's. - -
Mr. Jos. A. Connor is shelling out 15.-
000 or 20,000 bushels of corn and -will
sell the cobs to those who may wish them
for fueL
We desire to call the attention of the
friends of education in Cass county to
the communication in to-day's paper
from the pen of Rev. IL Foster. Is ti
possible that Cast) county stands so de
graded in the scale of educational inter
ests as to be set away down, down, down
to No. 35 tha lowest county in the
State? Will the parents and friends o
education arouse themselves and bring
Cass up to th?. point where she belongs
No. I ?
Al)JUtlt.F.I.
The Constitutional Convention ad
journed sine die at 3 o'clock Friday morn
ing, and the members returned home.
The schedule povides for an elec
tion for the adoption or rejection of the
Constitution, on the 19th day of Sep
tember the question to be submitted
without voting for officers.
WIXTEK WHEAT.
11 II. Noyes, Esq., of this county,
left for the east to day to purchase a car
load of winter wheat for seed. He rep
resents several of our wealthiest farmers
who are desirous of procuring the best
seed wheat. He wilhgo to Burlington,
and perhaps to Chicago and Quincy.
THE M HOOI, HOMS.
It is hoped that every man who votes
on the bond question to-morrow, for the
erection of a high school building, will
cast Lis vote in favor of education.
Every citizen of the city would blush to
have the word go abroad that l'latts
tnouth had voted down a proposition to
erect a school house.
OI'E.V 123 MILEtt.
By reference to the new time card of
the B. & 31. in Nebraska, it will be seen
that the road is open for business one
hundred and twenty-three miles west
from I'lattsniouth. This reaches to the
vicinity of School- Creek. The work
goes oravejy on, ana tue road will soon
rwh 1,
ASWVS c'w-lt n,XE-
Wc ,earn tnat parties who have visited
tle rcccnt COHl covenes ot Hon. J
T' Cannon of tni connty, report that
1 he has sunk a shift and found hve lect
of coal pronounced to be a very good
article. We give this as we receive it,
without vouching for its correctness.
We will give the full facts as soon as we
can ascertain them.
SEPARATE AKTiri.ES.
As we now understand it, there are
-"e separate articles submitted to a vote
tne PeoPl-'i which, if they receive a
majority oi tue votes cast, win uc a part
ot the Constitution, otherwise to be null
and void. They are the liquor license
question, compulsory education, munici
pal aid to railroads, individual responsi
bility of bank stockholders, and the wo
man suffrage. If the body of the Con
stitution should be voted down it will
take with il all those articles even should
they receive a majority vote.
A HANDY RAILROAD.
A gentleman who recently had occa
sion to pass over the .Midland 1 acme
Railway, between Nebraska City and
Lincoln, informs us that during the jour
ney he got off the cars, ran ahead and
got aboard of the cow-eatcher for the
purpose of shooting prairie chickens as
they flew up, scared by the locomotive.
He had enly a revolver, but soon sue
cceded in bringing down a chicken, when
the train stopped for him to get it. vVe
hope the Chronicle will not abuse the
Ashland Times in consequence of this
item.
The very trustworthy (?) prisoner who
ereaped from the Lincoln penitentiary a
wec,i or two since, again took French
leave ot that institution on rriday eve
mn" ast- A number of the guard
havc cei1 souring the country in search
or him ; but as yet his whereabouts arc
uukftown. It seeuis strange that the
same prisoner should escape twice iu so
short a time.
Tlie II amble.
Tl ! ! I. .V J P
an exchange, is a valuable little volume
in useii :
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No man is a gentleman who, without
provocation, would treat with incivility
tho hum , ,xt r.f Mi cnir m It nil-
garity for which no accomplishment of
dress can ever atone, lhe m:m who de
sires to make every one around him hap
py, whose greatest solicitude is never to
offend any one, is a irentleman by nature
and species, though he never may have
worn a suit ot troai;:otn, nor ever
heard of a lexicon. There are men in
every throb of whoso hearts i3 a olici-
tuc for the welfare of mankind, and
who.-e every breath is perfumed with
kindness.
CIIEEXHOOU I'KECIXCT.
Greenwood, Aug. 17th, 1S71
1-uiEND Hathaway: 1 have just
been filling out a map of our Precinct
for your well known townsman, D. II
Wheeler. I have taken the following
items which you can insert in your pa
per if you think it will be of any interest
to the public. I find by a careful enu
meration that the population of Green
wood Precinct (which is six miles square)
is 419: and the amount of lar d readv
for cultivation next vcar to be 5 721
acres. The amount of cultivated timber
qca cm r-,ct -. :
low pstim.itel. Fruit rpf " sno nr,1
the amount of hedze 3,010 rod
There arc only three settlers in the
preciuct that have been here over five
years.
-The timber has all been planted in thP
last three years.
AM iho Sfctmn lmoa nrn nT.i;,
except two.
We have one church in course of con-
struction, which will be completed soon.
ments "as a11 Leen male in the last five
year?' anJ the larSer portion of it in the
,ast lwo-
1 ours very respectfully,
J. L. Brown.
The Nebraska Citv CI,rmitJ Lna ;
bad. It -iocs into canniritions nwr nn
item in this paper a few weeks ago, and
calls it "an unmitigated lift." Th
I lattsmouth Herald's article it linn.U
flVVC-n"1?"lra?cally bood.'' We to
supi.o.ed it true, and if nnt. tr., ,
wtruld have made the correction, if asked
in a gentlemanly manner. Wo mat
this correcfion-we n-wtook Waters for
a gentleman. AsMana Times.
- In justice to friend Waters we must
say that we do not belieTe he wrote or
even knew, of the--article-: alluded to
above; but thsiy in .cur. -judgment, it
was written by some vilhinous itemizer
in his employ, during Li? -absence. .
Waters never uses such "hard words'.'
about anyone especially a brotLerqoiil.
Uc is a gentleman. I
MtltELY VtAE.
We are credibly informed that his act
ing Excellency, Gov. James, feels sorely
vexed,' and walks about the Capital "on
his ear," in consequence of our remarks
upon the Salt Land Steal, and suggests,
in terms more forcible than elegant, that
we have no business to say anything
abou', it.' We are extremely sorry that
his Excellency should feel it his duty a3
Governor of this great and glorious
State to thus light down upon us in such
irresistible force. But so be it. We
have seen fit to call in question the acts
of even "a greater than he," even
Morton himself and we shall, "atcur
pleasure, recite other facts and ask other
ugly questions before this little drama is
ended ; and if the conduct of Governor
James is not of the kind that will stand
the test we advise him to follow the lead
of his distinguished Attorney General,
and visit his friends in the east. If
Gov. James has performed his whole du
ty in this matter, there is no man in the
State who will more cheerfully exhoncr
ate hiui from blame than oursclf ; but if
he has wilfully neglected his duty, and
has allowed the State to be swindled out
of her Salt Land interest, then we will
no sooner spare him than wc would any
other man who has committed a wrong.
The attention of Gov. James was called
to the facts in the bait Land case and he
was requested nay, urged to do some-
thing to protect the interests of the
State. hy did he not do it? by
did he allow the showing of Morton &
Co. to be sent to Washington without a
single thing being done to show that the
State had any claim even upon these
salt lands, or that they were salt lauds
at all?
XEBKASUA I'ttl'ITS.
Col. Furnas will start for Richmond,
Va , about the last of" the present month,
to attend the meeting of the American
Pomological Society, and he is desirous
of taking with him as great a variety of
Nebraska fruits as osibIc. There is
no appropriation for this purpose, and
Col. Furnas goes at his own expensej
hence his desire to have soiuethiug to go
for. In a letter sent to Maj. Wheeler,
of this city, he says if he goes it will be
to Leal something, and that he will do it
if he goes. Any person in this vicinity
who has specimens of fruit are requested
to send them to Maj. Wheeler as soon
as Saturday, 20th inst. He will see
that they are properly packed and
shipped to Col. Furnas in due season.
As an evidence that Nebraska fruits are
already attracting much attention, we
copy the following letter from Col. Wild
er, President of the American Pomologi-
cil Society : " :.
Boston. Aucustll. 1871.
Mi Dear Sir : Nebraska must be
represented in our Rational gathering at
inuiiiiiuii i. xicr iruus are airuauv at-
trading great attention, and the record
will not be complete without her pres-
ence. California has made arrangements
to send her fruits by express free, and I
think you can do the same ; or you can
bring them on with you. But, come I
beseech vou. Yours as ever,
"MARSHALL P. WILDER.
Col. R. W. Flr.vas.
We are told that the last issue of the
Pott, published at Crete, contained a
statement to the effect that Sheriff
T r n.. 1 k
...:i t .t. : : 1 -1
rind w xro nnt r.l.ln tr v ,-,,.. hnw th
Post expressed it.
Here are about the facts : A suit was
commenced asainst one Craig of this
city ; the Sheriff served the summons by
leavinf ft ennv nt hit nhiort rf ivsiilprifp.
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so happencd that Craig waa out at Crete
i t.: z t.u
aiiKx ins imc, ur buuji; uuc cist, iiuuusuu
nnt . nn nrtp nr , thlt
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&UU1HJOU3 lO I11I1J.
We are in hopes the Post will correct
its statement, and thereby remove the
imputation of ignorance or carelessness
asainst one of the most efficient and
trustworthy Sheriffs of Nebraska.
STATE TEACIIEISS' ASSOCIATION
AM CASS Col' STY.
The State Teachers' Association held
its yearly meeting of three days, at Lin
coln last week. Superintendent McKcn
zie opened with an address, presenting
the educational wants and prospects of
the State. Ex-SuperintcndentBcalswas
ip
in attendance, and added uot a little to
the interest of the meetings. Chancellor
Benton attended every meetin, partici
pating freely in the discussions, showing.
himself an earnest and efficient worker
n the great and glorious cause of educa
tion.
The counties were generally well rep
resented bv suncrintendeds and teachers
except Cass : Otoe, for example, had
seventeen teachers, its County Super
- - -
ntendent. and several of its school dircct-
ors. Cass, ranking next to Otoe as to
number of schools and pupils?, and school
wanti was, represented by one teacher.
an J lwo unofficial friends of education.
lhe fact came out, from the reports
tliat Cass county -ranks fourth in the
state as to numbers of pupils and schools
,
and amount ot school fund, while on the
scale of efficient working, it ranks thirty-
6fth; that is, lowest of all the counties,
Now, why is this.? Where is the fault?
Are the people of the county satisfied
with such a record ?
Nothing certainly is of higher im
portance than this matter of the educa
tion of our children. This lies at the
foundation of all public prosperity. The
future success of the child depends large
ly upon it. Can we afford to leave any
thing undone that shall add efficiency to
this leading influence of good ?
I would like to discuss in your paper,
thU snhWr. that T mav ad 1 mv little
increase the public interest in our
common schools,
Please give notice that Chancellor
Ronton, who is at tha head of the State
University, at Lincoln, will address the on
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citizens oi mis city next .-ionuay evening
the 28th, on this great educational work
probaLly in the M. E. Church.
IL FOSTEIL I
Watcrburyha.sa"BacheIor'flLcague,'' ly
whose articles of association punish by a r
heavy fine any member being seen twice
won - jarii and with expuLion from the or
der for the third offence. i
"UELSIIAZZAZt'S IE AST."
At a meeting of the Advisory
Board of the Musical Association of
this city, hell last evening, for tho pur
pose of assigning the different parts of
Bclshazzar's Feast, or the fall of Baby
lon, the following constitutes the list de
cided upon :
Mr. Thomas W. Evan., Bolshnzzar,
King of Babylon.
Miss Ella Crocker, Nitocris, Queen
Mr. L. F. Johnson, Daniel.
Mr. Fred M. Dorr:nton, Loid of
Court.
Mrs. Charles Vinton, Lady of Court
Mr. J. N. Wise, High Driest.
Mr. Thomas Marshland, Ilananiah.
Mrs. J. N. Wise, Jewish Maiden.
Mrs. Win. Winterstean, Leader of
Chorus.
Mr. Henry Thomas, 1st Tenor, ) C!
Mr. D. D. Martindale, 21 " V
Mr, J. W. Marshal), Bass. ) So'
Chorus
of
Soldiers
Mrs. J. N. Wise, Ansel Messenger
ingel Mess
from the Lord to Cyrus.
Mrs. Wm. Wintersteen,
Mrs. (). F. Johnson,
) Trio,
Jewish
s. ) Maidens.
iviiss Prank u. Myers. ) iHaidens.
Miss Maggie Sangmastcr, 1 Duett, Jew
Miss Annie Crocker. j i.h maidens
Miss Lillie Simpson, Organist.
Mr. Richard Newel, Leader.
There will be a meeting of the Assa
ciation for rehearsal on Monday evening
next, August 2lst, 1S71, at 8 o'clock,
sharp, in Clark & Plummer's HalL All
the singers of this city who wish to join
us in rendering the beautiful Oratorio of
Bclshazzar's Feast, are requested to
come now and take part with us at the
eoniniencinz of rehearsal.
Henry Thomas,
Secretary.
The Chronicle of Nebraska City works
itself into a passion over a little item of
news wc published some time since to
the effect that some bridges on the M.
I. road had washed out, thereby causing
a temporary suspension of business upon
that road, and goes on to call the Her
ald hard names because he thiuks we
are trying to ruin the M. P. road, Ne
braska City, and the Lord only knows
what ! After devoting a half column to
the pitiable meanness of newspapers
publishing articles derogatory to rival
towns, railroads, &.C., the Chronicle
winds up with a loud huzza that the ta
bles are turned ; the Almighty has pun
ished us for wickedness ! that one or two
bridges are washed out on the B. & M.
in Neb., and the mails between Lincoln
and Plattsmouth have to go by Nebras
ka City ! ! Well, this was startling news
to every body in this section ; we had
never heard of it before, Col. Doane,
Mr. Ilolbrook, nor any one else connect
ed with the B. & M. in Neb. had ever
heard of it before! Andy McMaken,
who has faithfully carried the mail be
. t; , t t.
" lu" cuy J JJ,"C u" "7 L
M. for 14 months, and never missed a
day, nor been an hour behind time, was
comnletelv astonished !
John Marshall says, one morning, be
fore he wa3 hardly awake, he put some
Lincoln packages into a Nebraska City
sack, by mistake ! There's your saddle !
The "Yellow Rose " is not, as a gen
eral rule, a fragrant bloom ; but the
one transplanted iroin tms city to ureie
is an exccDtion to the rule. Mathews of
Ashland, van tell 3'OU how it 13.
M. J. McClelland, Freeport Pa., one
of the early residents of Plattsmouth.
is in the city for a few days on business.
Tha Omaha lice of Tuesday says:
"The Great Western Telegraph Line
builders are busy stringing wire on the
new line south. Connection with Platts
mouth and Nebraska City will be esta
blished within a week."
The Colorado Herald speaks of the
Atlantic and 1 acihc circus in terms ot
the highest praise, and says it surpasses
any performance ever in that county.
It
will be here next Monday, 2Sth.
We have a Statute law in Nebraska
whereby a person can be arrested for
debt, and it was enforced in our city
yesterday fur tho first time in our
t- nrnvlcwl nrf Tt lprnmrfcll.:liAil thp rlpfcir,',!
fintj
"
Ben. Butler opens the campaign
Massachusetts this week.
in
The Clironicle censures the State
Treasurer for an unwarranted assumpt
ion of authority iu buying- General
School Fund mony. It does not deny
his right to purchase them, but accuses
him of partiality in purchasing. Let us
have light
.
Dr. Benic, the Orientalist, is now
lecturing in Council Bluffs.
The GooJ Templars of this State are
to have a grand ric-nic at LaPlatte, on
tho I'latte river, about four and a half
miles from this city, next Saturday tha
"r. I l-i A lirirft iLilrrn t inn 14 pnpr'tpfl till
7 .," Tit, .m,u
he there from rlattsmouth.
There was much opposition to the
bonds to-day on the ground that the call
was for $25,000 instead of $40,000. It
was coutended that $25,000 was not
sufficient
needed.
to errect such a house as is
If you want the very finest Sheffield
cutlery, go to E. T. Duke & Co.'s They
have it, as the Herald can testify.
iatos nfeii:rF.
Mr. Z. T. Hastings, who lives near
Union P. O. in this county brought to
the Herald office to-day a muskmelon
which measures three feet one and one
fourth inches. It is what he calls a yam
melon. Come on, now !
t'UAM'ELLOR 11KXTOX
Will
the subjtet of education, on Monday
. . .
evening, iitn. augJ-iao
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. Je K K ards, Mayor of Char-
' JLOWa was ,u luo ' iu-uajr uu uua-
mees. Mr. JiKtwarUs was one oi tue car-
sctlers of Plattsmouth, and was an ex-
tensive property owner here at one time.
package at the moderate rate of $50
per day.
il OT It TAMABLE.
The Chronicle docs not appear to take
hold of the Salt Land question with its
usual force, but suggests that Governor
James is not to blamo in the matter.
We would ask the Chronicle if it exon
erates His acting Excellency from blame
when be allowed Morton's showing to be
sent to the dopirtmert uncontradicted
after having been urged to do some
thing to protect the State.
AXOTIIEK I.I.XU.
The indications were, from the com
mencement that the Surveyor General
(Calhouu) was implicated in the Salt
Land Steal, and now we find where his
part came in. While the papers on file
in the office show that the deputy did his
dut3', and his field notes show the lands
to le saline, the Survej or General com
mitted a fraud by making a bogus plat,
upon which the lands do not appear as
saline. This substantiates Mr. Dono
van's statement of 1SG2, and materially
strengthens the chain of evidence which
is fast closing upon the guilty parties.
siXBAY scuoor.
The Sunday schools at Gar Creek,
Rock Creek, Tipton, Science Point and
Greenwood have agreed to hold a union
celebration on Saturday Sept. 9th at
Greenwood 'grove, near Greenwood sta
tion, on the B. & M R. II. in Nebraska.
The following are some of the resolutions
passed in regard to it.
In favor of a basket dinner. To meet
at the station at half past nine a. m.,
then march to the grove. Exercises to
commence at 10 a. m. Opening prayer
by the chaplain. Addresses by several
eminent speakers, interspersed with sing
ing by the schools seperately. The gen
eral singing will be led by Mr. Baird, of
Gar Creek. Other schools besides those
named are expected to unite with us.
We anticipate "the good time coming."
Respectfully,
D. KNOWLES.
Cor. fcee,
orit ruEi-ic schools.
I suppose there is no subject in which
the people feel a more general interest,
than in the education of our children and
j'outh. No part of the public tax is
voted and paid so cheerfully as the school
tax. As citizens of Nebraska, we are
justly proud of the magnificent provisions
made in our State for a common school
fund which will soon amount to twenty
five million dollars.
But our intere.-t is too gerund. Wheu
it come to details we make some great
mistakes. Oar farmers are careful to
provide themselves with fit implements,
and fit workmen. They well understand
that success here depends upon a wise ar
rangement of the details. The merchant
knows that no general plan, however per
fect, will command fortune without wise
arrangements. But we forget these
things in the greater work of educating
our children. There wc expect the plan
to execute itself. We have a noble
st.hool fund; we vote a two mill tax for
school purposes ; we establish a school
system with all the improvement suggest
ed Ly jiatt experience, and then we sit
doVa to see this beautiful machine run
itself.
When it comes to the details of school
houses and school books ; tchool drrectors
and school teachers ; of school apparatus
and school methods, we let party polities,
personal favoritism, pecuniar' censidcra
tions a thousand and one motives that
should havc nothing to do with the mat
ter rovcrn our action. And thus we
fret about our poor school, an 1 wonder
our children learn nothing. We find
fault with the school directors we have
appointed, and the school teachers we
have hired, when the resposibility is our
own. As well niirht the farmer find
r-.H uh thn nl.l r.Urr li luinn-lir. l:it.
uu.v .un " 1 - -
c a 1 it--, 1 ',,ii
t. tl t ,l.ilr fltol f HO roil IMllrl. l
vator he Lought lor ten, waen
he gathers twelve bushels of corn per
nrrr ini.trnf1 nf fnrtv I
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nMa, o ,l.,T,.l,-n,l
in, too
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to pleasi
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lowest price is the cheapest m this article
lazy to work, for whosn we Wt .,vm. fcnow iher is .1 little rmvmenr faAmt&XM&famml .IllrfCI
strict school, .or some director wants on the house ami lot, and it will bo all i''.ff:3 '&M WhVi ifau ll v:-J 4 i! i' .
e a fricnJ.or conciliate a class; or that lean do to meet it. fche .d, llMf
thorhon,! has the conceit that the "u w." "" lu" M!V.' lvl ,:liLJS2ri syiv5:rf
ot teacning. 00 tne equivalent to ouy- time it came to my ouice. line rest
ing the old blow is adopted, and of course ing one noon and looking over it 1 saw
c 1.
Uie cunhlf 1UUllWt luuow.
bhall we not here in 1 lattsmoutn, ana
in Cass county, look this great question
in the face, in a manly business like way
and aim at the highest result.?
In my next I will speak of school hous
es what they are ; what they ought to
be. IL F.
TlKUSII AZZAH'.S FEAST."
The following names constitute the
list of singers of the city who are inter
esting themselves in the association re
cently organized, and take a part in the
beautiful Oratorio of " Belohazzar's
Feast," which is expected soon to be
rendered before the people of this city.
Any names of those who wish to sing
and take part in this Oratorio, which
have been omited, are cordially request-
el to speak to the Secretary and have
their names enrolled at once.
It is also requested that each and
every one of us take a little pains to in
vite our friends who sing to come and
take part with us, as it is hoped by all
that this pretty "Uratono will be a
perfect success, uottenjip and given
entirely by home talent, and in order to
.1,:. oil ral- -a nn I,,tm-r
"J ,
in the association and push ahead in
such a manner as will ensure success,
The chorus of this Oratorio is very
. . : l. .ir.:-.A v..
pretty, auu .-.y .c uy d;ctatM f,f thcir own g0OJ sense anJ
the leader of the class, to have as many convictions of what is right in the prem
on the Chorus as will come and take part ies and the kind of men to nominate.
in it. to make a stronz and full chorus
which must be heard to be appreciated.
Richard Newell
Miss Z Cbj'ton
D D Marti nd ale
Robert Foster
Miss Nel O'Kcefe
Miss L Buttery
Miss Nellie Black
F 31 Dorrington
T V Evans
L A Moore
J F Kershaw
L F Johnson
R B Windham
Mrs Wintersteen
Mrs Chas Vinton
Miss Frank Myers
J W Marshall
Miss C Mitchell
Mrs J N Wjsc
Mips K!la Crocker
" Anr..:e Crocker Frank Johasaa
' Li lie Simpson A Babbington
" T Humphry Chas d'Allemand
Mrs J S O'Brien
J N Wise
Henry Thomas
Thom.a-i Marsland
Mrs O F Johnson
Miss Lydia Gage
Miss Julia Childs
Miss L Davis
Eugene B. Levis
Ilenrv Bodwe'l
j j : iS yi Sanmatcr
The i!?xt iiu-eti.ig of the Musical As-soo"-it:.i:i
for rehearsal will be held in
Clark & Piunimcr's Hall, next Friday
evening, A'lgust 2"th, l!71, at S o'clock
sharp.
Per order of Advisory Board.
Henry Thomas, See'y.
sr mors ACCIDENT.
A 31 an Go his arm Crushed In A
I Iiroslilu- JlHt'Iiine.
We loam from M. McElwain, Esq.,
who came in from Greenwood yesterday,
that Mr- J. Mathews, who resides about
four miles south cast of Greenwood sta
tion, had his arm crushed above the el
bow, last Tuesday, while endeavoring to
oil the horse power of a threshing ma
chine. The accident occurred at the res
idence of J. Mastin.
WILIi II E NIVEAU IT?
We have been a.-kcd by several gen
tlemen if Mr. Donovan, of Lincoln,
would testify to the facts as we havc
stated them relative to the Salt Land
swindle. Of course he will. Does any
one doubt that Mr. Donovan will say the
same thing now that he said in 1SG2 ?
He said that he was perfectly conversant
with the transactions, and he told just
how it teas accomplished. Of course he
will say the same thing on the witness
stanl ; and if ho does we would not give
five cents for Morton, Hopkins & Co.'s
chance for the saline lands, unless there
is a further fraud committed by sup
pressing his evidence. As our State of
ficials have failed to perform their duty
in this matter, we call upon Hon. John
Taffe, Member of Congress, and Sena
tors Hitchcock and Tipton to attend to
it, and especially to see that that the
evidcucc of Mr. Donovan is secured.
KEXSIIiEE tVOKDS.
The newspaper publishers of Leaven
worth, Kansas, have issued an address
to the city council, signed by the pub
lisher of the different papers, from
which wo clip the following sensible par
agraph :
We do not consider it necessary to
argue, before an intelligent body of men,
in this age of the woild, the necessity of
supporting the public press ; we believe
you will agree with us, that it is a false
principle of economy that attempts to
save a few dollars to th3 public treasury
by starving your newspapers; that a
healthy and proper tone of public senti
ment is more largely dependent upon an
independent press than upon any other
agenej", and that not much independence
can be reasonably expected of the press
if it is compelled by poverty to make
itself a public prostitute in order to keep
the wolf from the door. You expect
your newspapers to be ready at all times
to assist every enterprise that is inaugu
rated for the public benefit; you expect
them to be instant in season and out of
season in heralding abroad the advan
tages of your towo. and you do not hes
itate to condemn them when they seem
to be derelict in their dut We do not
compla:n of this, but it should be re
tuembcred that every printed line in your
paper eot.s somebody time and labor and
money, sr. 1 that no publisher can long
afford to publish a good paper unless he
h paid for Ins work.
My First Xcwipnppr.
The following is the experience of a
mechanic concerning the benefits of a
newspaper :
Twenty years ago I lived in the town
of D , in Indiana. On returning
hmiie one niht, l'ur I atu a carpenter by
trade, I saw a little girl leaving my door.
My wite met me r.t the door witu a
smile, which is eneouracin? to a man
after a hard dnys labor. iShe paid Mrs
R. had sent her little girl after their
newspaper, which she had borrowed
.,r - -, A , 1
v e sat u'jwn 10 tea. c nau ueen mar
.
o;in,r ,,. l,v mv srWan nanw. 'I
wish you would subscribe for the newspa-
Per, lor it 13 SO IUUCll COUWOrt to llie
- 1 : 1 f.
wut'rl J 01 Jr iroui ume. Jiy
the tailor to mv
We subscribed for the paper ; in due
an advertisement ot the county com
nMinnor t a. r.ri.Wp that to ha
m-.n 1 ,)llt :n - f;,r thft l,,.i!,linrr of
the bridge an 1 got the job, on which I
cleared $ :), which enabled me to pay
tor my house ana lot easily, and also tor
the newspaper : it 1 had not subscribed
for the newspaper, I would have known
nothing abaut the contract, and could.not
have met the payment on my house and
lot. A mechanic never loses anything
by taking his county paper.
Gnbbfrnntorlal,
Gubernatorial candidates arc waxing
thick, but they chiefly hail from Oinahn.
It will suit the people better to throw
overboard the whole batch of oilW-
seekers, and take up a man whose mind
has not become diseased and his powers
weakened by a lite long cflort to keep
his hiad al.ove water on the political
seas, ine nepuDiican party or xebrai
ka ought to take a new departure in the
direction ol thorough integrity and un
doubted ability on the part of its candi
dates more espec.aily its candidates for
Governor. It a political .-hvstcr or dead
beat cets hitched on to the party this
tall, we are afraid party loyalty will suc
cumb to higher considerations, and the
ticket suffer in consequence. Beatrice
Express
That's just what the honest people of
the btate will do take up a man
whoso mind has not become diseased
l powers weakened by an eflort
t) tecp ,Uj head above water" unless
they suffor themselves to be dictated to
and bullrazged by othce-seekers and po
Htical shysters to do what they would
not ao il tnoy were let aion-3 to ionow
decumsch Vnnjtam.
tor it. j5rw.-r iruvs.
Ladies who admire blonde hair, but kt:.:nr. n-,l ll,,rJ
n afrqiil tn Tirt hntoAnAUB lens clinillil I
u.e Rhine wine, lemon juice, mucilacc,
, 01 1 aiu 1. v 1 . . -T.. ji.ny 11 w o j v. . , ,
jujube paste or maple pyrup for bathing
the head. Alter several applications
the hair is said to turn a much brighter
color even turning the roots.
It i stated that Dr. Livingstone has
not had any breeches to epeak ot tor
four year., the merchant tailors of Ujiji
refusing to credit him. With a little
paint, however, and a segment of lion
skin around hi-1, loin the doctor has man-
a?ci to keer the wult tram his door. J
From California ! ! !
THE COLOSSAL
ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
Will exhibit In IMntl.siuoiitli
OUT 1YC Q 23 ATT ,
August, 28th.
ON THE 01 D CIRCUS GROUNDS
With the
Finest Array of Talent
Ercr before Combined together.
THE CELEBRATED
LIE FAMILY
Romelli Family,
3 GREAT CLOWNS !
TricJs Ponies,
nUVEUJVJlY I
The Man Serpent !
THE BISMARCK
rass 33e,!a !
Prices to suit the times.
JERRY A. DODGE, Aff i
aug 22 doiwl.
E. T. DI KE.
P. II. AVIIE LEtt.
E. T. DUKE &. CO-j
I
r
1
5V-Ri4
AT FOOT OF MJ11X STREET
Wholesale & Retail Dealers in
Hardware and Cutlery, Stoves,
TINWARE, ROPE.
IRON. STEEL NAILS AND
Eiackfwith Tools, ie.
Keep on hand a Large Stock of
CHARTER OAK,
BUCKS PATEjYT,
CHICAGO, EMPORIA,
L O YA L CO OK
And Other First-Class Cooking
STOVES.
All kinds of Heating toves.
Coal or Wood kept on band.
JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS DONE.
-MOLIK E
1 .3
At Net Cos: for Cash.
Our frices are s low as any houyc in tie
State. iaiiOtf.
GETTING MARRIED.
ESSAYS FOR YOUNSU MEN. on the d
lightiof Home, and the rr-rrh ty or i:upr -
pnety oi fretting Jlarricl. witn eanitary neijt
for tho? e w ho f.:e! anuit-jd for inutriruoisiril ha-
Binefv. t'ent free in sealed en vclopef. Addrei
OWARit ASSJCIATIOS.-i;eT P. Phi'adcl
Pa. iunidiwiy.
CBRCUS
n-sa bj.i
vJ& Vd rV;'J. I
A. I- 3-1 mij.-im kal . M "V". , K H BVa X m if il
Legal Notice
Thomno C. HryimM. Syilm-y Pbackelforcf '
John I., t'inney uud Win II. tinncy. c(,n-rei
dent deleiKlant, will tak notice thnt Juht,
ChristianyeD of Ou county, did on the loth
day of August 1H71 file hi petition in the Iii
triet Oourt 2d Judicial LliMrirt in and for Cut
county Nebraska, agnint raid di-fendanU.
i tint the object und prayer of miid petition
1.4 to obtain a decree of enid court declaring a
certain t runt deed on lot number 6 in block no.
1:1 in 1'lnttn mouth City Car county Nrbrarka,
cxfi uii.d by l.vtunout L. H:itj'U!l and Anna L '
Kan. hill to Thoiinf C .Reynold who at the
t i mo of execution und delivery of Raid
t runt deed xi a partner of the firm of Shackel
ford Finney &. Co. uud that caid aiort (,'
and trust Joed wui given to secure a
partnership debt due and owiDff to
en id lirm from aid Fvennout L. Kan
dall nnl Annn h K1111d.1l!, to be fully paid off.
:i 1 1 1 1 f .-it is tied and the cloud resting upon
1'iuintiilV title to said lot i in block 13 in DutU-
D outh City C ips county, Nebraska, may be for
ever removed and i luinfiff ' title to the
lully cunlirmcd and iiuieted.
JOHN C1IK1STIANSKV. Bt
Maxwki.i. & Chatham A It a. augl7w4t
SherifT's Sale.
J. Ii MeCrea vr, M. Ifunlley and Mm. L. A.
Iluntle Order of Sale.
Notice i hereby niven that the nnlersitrnefl, .
Shcrili'of the county ol l'nss. w ill by rirtue ot an .
or Jrn.f s..Ie is tie. I by A.L.Chi'.d I'robate Judpe
of said county aud to him directed, nt ID o'clock
n 111 on the 4th day of .September A I 1S71. at the
liontdoor of the Court house in I'lattsniouth, in
said county, ot!'oi forsnleat publie auction, the
lollowin? goods and chattels, to wit:
Two feather beds, three pi!hw, ono bed
spread and two sheets, two blanket.., two com
forts, four quilt, one t ind cloth, ore bedstead.
One stand, lour chairs and one roeki.r, and one
looking glass, heretofore uttached a.'- the proper
ty of tha said def'ts.. .M. Hunlley atut Airs. h. A.
lluntlev to satisfy a claim iu favor jf the laid
pbiimill J. L. AlcCrca.
tiiven under my hand this 2.'51 ot A u -
pust A D 1S71.
J.W. J0UNS0. Sheriff
Ca.s Couaty, Ncbrafka. aug tlUt
Sheriff's Sale.
Thomas llallowell.
vs
E. U. Murnhv.
rder of ,S;ile.
Notice is hereby giv n, tliut I will offer for
sale, at public miction, on .Monday, the 1th day
.September. A. 1. 1 S71. at the frontdoor of the
Court House in the city of I'lattsniouth, I'asa
county, Nel rnska, at ono o'clock v. ., ol snid
day, the follow ing described real estate, to-wit :
A certain brick biiildineon which Thouiaa Mai- .
lowell luui a mechanic's lier., and the lot, or
j niccl ol gromiil. up-'ti which the snid building
is situated, to-wit : lot No. seven (T) and ah ut
ciht feet ofl" of the west side of lot No. eight
(Si, all in block No. two c in the city of I'latts
niouth, Cas. county, Nebraska, mid as desig
nated upon tho recorded plat of said city. Said
property sold by virtue and authority of an or
der of sale issued by the Clerk ol tho District
Court of the Second Judicial District, within
and for Ci-sa county Nebraska, and to uie di
rected, (fiven under my haiol. this :M day ol
August, a. d. is7i. i j w. Johnson.
Max wki.l ,t Chapman, Sheriff.
cuk'Iw." l'lif 's AttyV.
NOTICE.
IS hereby plven that scale I proposals will bo
received by iisnt the ollice if D. W. Scott in
Lincoln Nebraska until thehth d.iy of Septem
ber 1X71 at 1-o'oloek in., for tho erection ef a
State Lunatic Asylnni for the State of Nebrar ka
ucctirdinir to the plans ami specifications on filo
at said office of 1. W. Scott. The party to
whom tho bid is awarded will be required to ex-ecut-;a
bond with sutilcient sureties to tho
State of Nebraska in the stun of .:(),( ,f0 (,,r
the laitliful performance of his contract. No
bid will he considered nnlesa accompanied by
sufficient guarantee's thnt the bidder will en
ter into the ohliirat ions required by law.
Blank forms nt proposals will be furnished on
application to I, V. Scott at Lincoln Nebraska
The commif sioutrs reserve the right to reject
any and all bids.
D.r. Scott 1
N, E. Hill Ctmmtionrrr
Sami-ei. .Maxwh.i, )
Lincoln, Nebrat-ka, Au, 4 1871. atvjTdtsoi t'
Probate Notice.
In the matter of the estate of Casper MehrinK
deceased. Application has this day been made
for the appoint men of Jacob Vallcry, Sen., as
Administrartor on said estate, and all parties
interested in said Estate, are herebv notified
that the Kth day iflSepU -in her, at 10 a. 'u. 171,
is hereby set l'jr hearing and deciding on said
application. A. L. CHILD.
aujrl.'idA wjw J'lohato Judic".
NOTICE.
LWILL furnish parties with stone for building
purposes at reasonable, rates, it t mv ouarrvor
tielivercd on the cars at Louisville station- The
follow i g kinds can be hail on short notice, sills,
caps, perch rock, lineorrod sand stone such as
was used In' the It. Ar M K. I (..in the roust rue
:i tic I ill- their stone work. All rcsuunsible.
orders promptly filled Address,
j. i. a. iioo i;k
n'U-vtf Louisville Station.
Dissolution Notice.
The Copnrtncrshin heretofore rxistinr under
the name ol'Cha.se ,t Thttni-ia is this da.f Ilissolr
ed by mutual c 'ti.-ent. The business will be
continued nnder the same mi ne, Wm. E.
Thomas having purchased the interest of Henry
Thomas.
s. 15 ciiape.
IIKXHV THOMAS. $
WM. V THOMAS.
rlattsmouth Aujr. ISth 1)71.
Leqal Notice.
In the District Court 21 Judicial Djftrict in
and lor Cass county. Nebraska. :
Margaret Cupp vs Isaac Cupp.
rpo Isaac Cur p non-resident defend (it. You
JL are hereby notified that. Margret upp did
on the ll!th day of Inly ls71 file her p.-.ition in
the office of the Clerk of the Ilistriet .onrt "il
J uil icial District in and lor Cuss corr ty Neb.
against you. The object and prayer of which
petition is that the bonds of inatrimon; now ex-
sungoeiween yourselt an' saia ilarget
upp may be dissolved and sn id marriage con
rnet set aside and that sn id Miirvuret t .11 f Il mnv
bedecreod a devorce ti vinrulu foitrimonl.
Yetl are required to answer said i.etition nn
or before the 2 day of August A D 17I.
Maxwkll t iiaimhh Atty's
for M irgret ('upp
Frobate Notice.
All nartic havinir cluims Aifninst tbe tntf
of Amos T. Lm:as. deeeiiseil, laleof I'lattsniouth
.xeurasK.i. are tiereiy notilicl ttiaf said claunt
must be filed in the I'roha te Conrtof Cass Co..
on or before January hi, ti.!, or ihcy will be
forever barred.
July i:,th. 1871.
julyl'tw:it. A L. Cm i.d, rrobfite Judge
Sheriff ?s Sale
John Quinn,
Ufrnir.t
)pUt of fnlc
Henry Mehring.
Notico is hcrc'.y (riven thnt I will ofTcr for
sale nt pnlilic auction. ni tlicZth liy of Augu-t
A. D. liy virtue of an Order of Sale, ii-niicl
ly the Clerk of the District Court of the Sccon.l
Judicial li"trict in and for Cui- county, and
8tate of jNcbra.sk a. and to mo din-cted
at the front do. r of the court h'mm in J'ltitji
inouih, in enid county at 2 o'clock ! jn. of miid
day.tbe followinjr deiicribcd real eMate, to-wit :
The east half l') of the mmili en.'t quarter
Oi) ot section number thirty-threw i.U,, in
townrhip number el even (1 1 1, north runtfe No.
(12) enrt of theKth P.M., dituiitcd in Piiid Caw
county Nebraska.
(iveu under tuy hand tV.N 2"th day of July
1871. J. rV. JiJliNSJ, lieritl
CniM Co.. Vcbrka.
Wilmtt PoTTrKCm, Att'y. for l'l'ff.
July, Tt w-r4.
' Dissolution Notice.
Notice hereby griren that the co-Mrtuer-ithiii
heretofore exiHtine between Jn.n ."-'ircit'ht
4-nnd M. J.Muriiiy, in the K.-tddle A hamw bufi-
nei'f thin day devolved jy uiutual consent. All
penons indebted to the above firm, either by
note or account, will ileae cull and nettle tho
vaine within ten daye, or thcir account." will be
dated in the hiindj of an ofii'-er for collection.
J i- TRt-igHT.
M. li, MfKPHY
JuIv.lTtU w3t 1S71.
Sheriff's Sale,
Charle? S. Acheson, f
at-'aiiint (
John C. McClelland, )
Order of S:.1o.
Notice is hereby j-iven that I will offr for
rale at public auction, on Monday tiio 4(ii day
of September. A. J. It71. at the front, dior of
the Court Hone in tlie city ol PlattMiioui (1 Ca
county, Nebraska, at two o'l.dock p, in. id
day. the following described real estate, t't wit :
The south-cant quarter (' ,) of section n-iinber
eighteen '1). in township tjumb'r twclj'"'lj)
north, ranjre nunibei thirteen (13 enst jT tho
tith P. M. in Cast- county. Nebraska. Sai', real
estate to be' old by virtue and authorityif an
order of ile itaued by the Clerk ol the L; trict
Court of the Second Judicial District with.i and
fur '"?(. unty, Nebr.it-ka, and to inc dilu ted,
t'iven under lay hand thii-M day of Ati, A.
i, i7i. J. v. Johnson, tt, . ff.
Caj county, Jeb.
MAXwrr.L & CnAriiAJC, I'lfls. AttyV.
aug.3, 5 w in w
JOSEPH SCIIL4TER
ESTABLISH ED l!f
DEALER IN
IVATCIIES, CLOCKS.
JEWELRY
SILVtK AND PLAIKU WARE.
tiOLO PENS Hi'CTACLKS.
VIOLIN ,TBINiS AN1
FANCY UOt'WJ.
NValchei. Clocks ml Jewtlrv repaired neatly
tt:d with dispatch.
KPemoviid til o: r.ctite Platte Vallv Hoiii.
M-tttr t. ' mv. 1j 1
t