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PLAT1SM0UTH NEBRAXW., THURSDAY, AUG. 31. 1871. Kx-Gov. Butler was announced ac Seward lat evening (Monday). O'Connor's circna Icnst ita clown at Crete, bo eays the Lincoln Statesman. The Republican State Central Com mittee hold a meeting at Omaha to morrow at 10 a m. Braitsch denies the "soft impeach ment." lie says it is not a foreigner, Lut native born ! Prairie chickens arc quite numerous in this market, and find a ready sale at re munerative prices. Dr. Livingston has in his possession the skull of a white man found by the railroad men an Thirty-two mile creek, If you wish to fee a practical illuEtra tion of the operations of a "sooner" dog call on Ma, at the Platte Valley IIou.e. Tho Bakers kept the Oratorio of Es ther going for three nights in Lincoln. Tlie IIou.se of C. II. Cowles, near Wyoruinir. in Otoe county, was de- htroyed by fire recently. I lesser has a fine lot of those delicious rpg plants which render the raising of liens perfectly useless. Get a few and then say how it is yourself. A late correspondent of the Tecuraseh Chieftain pronounces the Millford coa mine a Fell. Yes, but it didn't sell the land. P. C. Patterson, of Rock Bluff-, has taken a homestead near Ulysses, in But ler county, and will remove his family there in the course of a few days. John F. Bell, one of the official report ers of the late inipcachmont trial; also of the Constitutional Convention, has gone to Chicago to pursue his profession as-a law reporter. The Omaha Tammany apologist de nounces Rolcrt Toombs for saying he would prefer Grant rather than Chase for President, a thing that journal never did for his effort to destroy the Union. The B. Si M. tracklayers were 120 miles west from Plattsmouth. last Fri day, and are progressing at the rate of about a mile a day. Another "Bccr-bloatcd foreigner ma le his appearance in our city last iiight. The new commer weighed 13 pounds on arrival!! "how high isli dot?" Braitsch wears his plug hat to day, and has good cigars, 'tis said. iiaj. n neeicr nas lorwaraed some fair specimens of Cass county fruits, to be exhibited at the National Pomologi ral Convention at Richmond. Among the specimens are grapes from Wolcott's vineyard, and apples from Walker's or chard. The Omaha lire of recent date says 'Lighteen car loads of tea passed through yesterday, twenty to-day, and nineteen will be here to-morrow." The B. & M. R. R. will connect with ihe China tea trade within the next sixty days. The Democracy of Council Bluffs had a Convention recently, at which a blood loss battle was funght between the Mont gomery wing and the Babbitt wins of the party. The Montgomery outfit suc ceeded, in completely "scooping" the Babbittite?3and came out glorious victors; we learn from the Xonparicl. rm w -- xue Lincoln statesman, wnntmuos to howl about what Gov. Butler is said to have done, but it cannot find time or sj.ace to say a single word in regard to the Salt Land Steal of Morton, Hopkins & Co. Mr. Donnovan, who knows all about that steal, is paid to be principal owner of the Statesman. Perhaps that journal could give us some light on the t arly history of this Steal. " Gov. James and Afy Gen'l Roberts fall to put in an appearance o i Morton's Sa't Land Steal, and loss to the State will probably be prevented through onr Congressional delegation. These two gentlemen will henceforth be found buried under a mountain of gait Free ruont Trilivne. The validity of a marriage contract entered into on the Sabbath day is now being tried in the courts of New York. The children of a lately deceased mil lionaire are about to contest the dispo sition of tho. property on the ground that the marriage contract was entered into on the Sabbath day. Perhaps the question of time as to the complete con summation of the marriage contract may become subject for proof in Ids case. Our f riend McCammant seems to think that our criticisms on his "beer bloated" letter" to the Omaha Herald were intended to do him some personal injury. You never made a greater mis take, Me. Wc would scorn to do any one a personal injury, and especially one whom we personally respect as much as we do McCammant, notwithstanding we think he has made a very great mug gins of himself on the foreigner ques tion. J. Stick ncy ITaka!l and lady, well known in Nebraska City as former re sidents or the State, are with the At lsSc and Pacific Circus, which exhib its n tnw city to day. Haskell is gen eral business manager, which is Fuffi cient evidence to any Nebraskian that the concern is a first-class establishment. Haskell would have nothing to 6 with a slow going arrangement The lecture of Chancellor Benton at the 51. E. Church last evening was not BO well attended .as it should have been, .yet a .fair .-number of persous who take :un iiniorest in educational matters were present, and all seemed well r Jeased with the positions taken by tho Chancellor. 3Iis argumennts in favor of a unity of iuterest.between our public schools and our system of State and National Gov rtriienr, also between our public schools aad the University, were unanswerable, and should have been heard by every man and woman in the city. rKIttllTFCL . K. At"CIIE T. A frightful railroad accident occured on the night of the 2G.h near Boston, causing the death, of over twenty per sons, and wounding over fifty others. The terrible slaughter was caused by an Express train runn ng into an accouinio dation train. A full investigation is de manded, and is likely to be had. 1I.NE STOCK. II. N Orr, Esq., returned from Hi noise a few days since with fifty head of fine stock heifers between one and two years old, to be placed on his stock farm close to this city. Wc are pleased to see such men as Orr men of capital and business capacity putting their means into fine Stork, it locks healthy for the future of Nebraska. ROH.CK i;xri.sio.v. Sixty l'oroui XiillrU Anil YVotindril, A Mobile, Alabama, dispatch say3 the Steamer Ocean Wave exploded her boiler at Point Clear at .1:30 p. m. last Sunday, killing and wounding sixty passengers. Two hundred excursionist were aboard. 3Iue no its e srr.ii.i.J. Sheriff Whitelock of Saunders county brought down a prisoner to sheriff Johu bon, of this county, last Saturday, for safe kecpine (they never get away from Joe.) lie is held for trial at the next term of the District Court for stealing a pair of horses in the western part of Saunders county. He came from Aberdeen, Kansas, (a good place to leave, but a bad thing to have it known), whjrc he claims to have been in the photograph business. We did not learn the particulars relative to the Stealing; A ou virK$. The more we question him the more thoroughly we become satisfied that Mr. Donovan, of Lincoln is the witness that the State of Nebraska wants in the Salt Land ease. He seems to understand all about if, and probably does not forget that he endeavoured to persuade a citi zen of this place to take a hand in the 'little game" when it was first inaugurat ed, and just about the time that Morton Hopkins Calhoun & Co. perpetrated the fraud upon the general government and stole these lands. Let Capt. Donovan be sworn. AK ITEM WOKTHY OF SOTt. It is an important feature of the trade of this place that coal dealers west from here can do better to buy their coal here than they can to go to the banks or to any Iowa dealers. A gentleman named Wintersteen was in the city recently on his way to Oltuiuwa to make arrange ments for coal to open a yard at Lincoln after he had purchased his ticket to Ot tumwa, and was about starting, hetouud that he could do better to purchase here than to go further, and consequently he has made arrangements to be supplied by Mickclwait & Sharp of this city. ISlVEUSirV Ol'EXI.XO. The Nebraska State Universiy will be formally opened on the Cth of Septem ber, by appropriate exercises. Wc are informed by Chaneelor Benton that the cabinets an 1 machinery for the use of the University will arrive in a short time and that they will probably surpass any thing of the kind in the west certainly anything west of the Mississippi river. The University endowment, when fully developed, will exceed a million dollars -equal to any of the older colleges of the cast, and far more munificent than that of any except ihe leading ones. How many pupils will Plattsmouth fur nish for the first class organized in our State University? TJir. SEI'EKATE AKTIf I.E. Wc arc unable to sec any special merit in any of the five proposed articles to the Constitution, submmitted separately, and we believe the people generally will oppose them ; but it should not be for getten that the Constitution itself can be adopted, and these five articles voted down. PROPERTY IXCREASEI IX VAI.VE. A prominent citizen of Lincoln was heard to remark, at the close of Chan cellor Benton's address before the Teacher's Institute at Lincoln, that property in that city was worth ten per cent, more in eon.-eqnence of the address. PJTlFCfc. Our Nebraska. City neighbor, the iVeiw, ackowledges that Plattsmouth and her railroads are too much for them, in the following pitiful strain : "Do oar readers remember the hor rible ttory of the prisoner who cvorv morning saw one loon-hole loss in his dungeon, till the noiseless walls crushed him in, forever? Such is the fate now impending Nebraska City, if we d not cut the iron birs that are hemmiBg as on every side." We are always glad to note the pros perity of our own city, but it pains us to see our neighbor consigned to such a horrible fate in conscqueucc of it. Fitzgerald arrived from the cast Sat-1 urday morning. He has Railroad con tracts in every direction, and his time is a mostly taken up in looking after the work in the various localities. The Atchison Cliampion says, among its railroad news: The Atchison & Ne- bra-k Road is pushing rapidly on to-ward Table Rock, and soon work on its three great branches, one going north towards Omaha, one northwest, to Lincoln, and one west to Beatrice, will be progressing rapidly. The Jhcnic'e says the law authoriz ing imprisonment for debt was repealed years ago. Wdll, -suppose it was ; what difference does it make so long as it makes a would be cwindlcr pay his hon est debts, when nothing cLe would. D'ye see ? BeMinzynr's Fcat is likely to bo a fine affair. The class is progressing finely, and we .predict a general jubilee at the public' Teait." THE CO.Wril l TIO-V. The Omaha Herald has finally taken position against the new State Constitu tion, and bases its opposition on the fol lowing grounds: That five Judicial Dis tricts are formed, when the Herald thinks three would answer the purpose, with less expense, that the macihnery of County Courts will be too exiensivc, that the Legislature has power to increase the number of'its members after another census ; and that church property is tax ed. These are the objections brought against the New Constitution by the Omaha Herald ufier full consideration, and these are the reasons why it opposes its adoption. Perhaps these may be ob jections, but it seems to U3 they arc tri vial ones upon which to oppose the adop tion of the New Constitution, and then leave us with the old document, which, it is universally admitted, is faults and even graver ones than those cited by the Herald above. We are not yet prepared to say to what extent we may endorse the new document, yet if no gra ver objections arc found than those cited by the Herald we thill certainly favor its adoption. We believe that this rule will hold good, and we would advise those who act without personal motives in the matter to adopt it as nearly at possible, viz: Vote for the New Con stitution, even with what may justly bo termed its faults, unless these faults are greater than those embodied in the pre sent Constitution. We cannot expect perfection in any document, or any ac tion of imperfect man ; but wc gain no thing by rejecting the Constitution unless it is more objectionable than the present one. Our Public Ncliool. In our city wc have- two public school rootiij, one in the Und and one in the 3 1 ward. A third is now being built in the 1st. ward. Let us see how these rooms meet the want of the children. In the 3d ward by crowding three pupils into a seat, designed for two, about eighty can be accommodated. In that ward there are two hundred and forty of the pre scribed ages that are entitled to the pri vileges of the cumuion school. Two out of every three are thus shut off from their most sacred and precious rights. In the 1st ward it has been far worse than this and will be but little belter with tho provision now making. The 2d ward has nothing to boast of over the other two. Not only are these rooms insufficient for the accommodation of our children; they are likewise defective in construc tion. The first great defect in this re spect is, no suitable facilities for ventila tion. In the summer this defect can be partially remedied by open windows and doors. But for a winter school, good ventilation is indispcnsible. Sixty chil dren in a fire warmed school room in winter, in a few minutes exhausts the air of its vitalizing elements to such a degree as to produce physical and men tal stupor unless that air is constantly changed. Now. every teacher knows how this stupor affects the pupil in his study. The action of the mind is slug gish. There is no clearness and sharp ncss of the ment il operations. What is assumed to be learned, is left in the mind confused and indistinct. It soon fades awa3' and is entirely lost. Thus the main object of attendance at chool mental discipline is lost. I need not step to speak of the results upon the health of breathing over and over the vitiated air of the unventilated school room. The seeds of scrofula and con sumption and epilepsy besides a dozen other diseases are thus sown. It is high time the friends of educa tion were awake to the importance of a reform on this point. I doubt if two well ventilated school rooms aro to be found in this county; if We are to have a high school building, let ns have it con structed on right principles. Brownville with only two-thirds the population of this city, has a high school room with a dozen good ventilators in it. These rooms, in our city, arc likewise defective in general arrangement. We have, for an example, a room 21 by 42 feet, such a room is too small for two teachers and two departments as indeed is any room. It is quite too large for one teacher and one school. No teacher ought to have 6ver forty pupils ; for that a room 21 by 3S is sufficient for a primary, and 21 by. 32 for a grammer or high school. I understand the design is, in the 1st ward, to divide the room into two by a partition. This makes both rooms too small, but is probably 1 . . . l .1 v . better man uie past arrangement. Jt is a pitty a little more money had not been expended in cac-h ward giving us a two story building 24 by 58 feet with four rooms Now we need a high school building with three rooms 21 by 32 each and two more 24 by 28 each for the high and Grammar and intermediate departments. Then these ward buildings will be crowded with primary pupils. As matters now stand there is no chance to grade our schools, Every thing is helter skelter ; high school, grammar school, and intermediate and primary pu pils all crowded into one room with two t 'achers, making confusion worse con founded, for each other and all tkesehool We ought to have 11 school rooms and a teacher for each room. It is very posr economy to take out of the brains of our children for the sake of taking off a lit tle from the burden of our taxe. I au sure we shall all see it to be so and act accordingly. More anon. R. F. Eugene B. Lewis Las been commis sioned as Mail Agent oa tfca B. & M. 11. in Nebraska, aud commenced operations last Tuesday. liewis will make an efficient agetrt, and wc are glad to note his appointment to this responsible posi tion. Judge Sprague, of Saunders county, is in the city for a day or two, looking physically better than we ever saw him before. Tlie Judge wa looked upon a3 one of the solid men in the Constitution al Convention one who never "hot off his ruou'b," without had something to say. LETTER FROM PRESIDENT P. T. ABELL. TIIE TKt SK KAILROAD. It is generally known in this commu nity that Mayor White of this city visited Atchison recently to see what could be accomplished in regard to the. early construction of the Trunk Rail Road, and that President Abell was ab sent, and that it was understood that some proposition would be made as soon as Mr. Abell arrived at home. The fol lowing letter was received by Mayor White to-day, which we are permitted to lay before the public : Atchison, Kansas. Aug. 2Gih. Is71. J 2tf Hon. M. L. White, Mayor, ratis viouth XtLraska. Mj Dear Sir I regret 1y absence while you Were here. I am satisfied that our Company would like to build the Trunk Road if reason able aid can be bad from the. counties along the line. BiTt iUvill be an expens ive road to build and operate, and with out liberal local aid it will not be built for some time. I have written instructions. P. fully td Mr. Joy for Truly Yours, T. ABELL, Prest. A. & N. R. R. Co. In reply to the above, Mayor White has written to President Abell, request ing that some definite and authoritive proposition be made by the company immediate by, in order that if Cass coun ty county contemplates rendering any aid, it can be submitted to a vote of the. people at oace, before the adoption o the new Constitution, which will virtu ally prohibit the rendering of aid. W will keep our readers fully po:ted cn the subject. The North Platte Advertiser of the 2fjth says : uoi. l ark s surveying party came into town on Wednesday to replenish their comissary department. The party have been at work on the Loup river. They report the absence of any indica of Indisns in that region, and as a con sequence, a great abundance of deer, an telope, elk, and smaller game. In fact according to their statements, in thi country the hnnter would reap a rich harvest. One afternoon, four of their party killed five or six fine elk, one of them (the elk, not the boys, ) was a very monarth of the liills, whose ao Jupo is estimated at half a ton. His huge ant lers, which weigh nearly fifty pounds. the Colonel brings home as a trophy.' riallsiiioulh Aciwlemy. We are permitted to make the follow ing extracts from the "visitors book" of Plattsmouth Academy Prof. A. d'Alle mond, principal: Plattsmouth, Aug. 11. 1871. In company with Rev. James E. Jack son ol .Mexico, lo., I tins day visited the Academy of Professor Adolphe d'Allemand, and confess that his purely rational method ot imparting instruction to his pupils pleased and surprised me. Aside from the promptness and evident pride of the children in answering every question correctly, I found a truly happy raport between the m-tructors and the instructed. Not the mere com mittal to memory, and ordinary rout:ne of our eommnn schools was found here; but the reasoning faculties were aptly illustrated. Prof. d'Allemand's method deserves tho higlies commendatiou, and those parents who entrust the dcvelopo ment of their children to his care will al ways have cause to rejoice that they did so. II R. Livingston. Plattsmouth, Aug. 20th. 1871 Three hours in Prof d'Allemand's school to-day, in which I have been allowed the largest liberty in questioning his classes, has enabled me to judjre somewhat more carefully as to the methods here adopted and the thoroughness of the work hero done. The result of my obervation is a full conviction that the school is worthy of the public confidence. The teachers are pleasant in their intercourse with their pupils, making the school wear the the aspect of a well regulated family They are thorough in instruction, secur ing the main end of such a school men tai cuscipim. iney are not aiming, so much, at an outside show of smartness, as an inside reality of capability. Those parents who send their children here may feel that those children arc receiv ing right moral and intellectual training. R. Foster. Chancellor Benton, of the State uni versity, visited the Academy this morn ing, and has promised a written opinion as soon as he arrives home. He express ed himself well pleased with the school Prof d'Allemond is doing much to ad vance the interests of education in this city, and we are g'ad to know that his efforts to establish a first class Academy are meeting with a reasonable measure of success. He has now three excellent assistants in the English branches, Mrs. Edward. Wilson. Miss. Gertie Johnson, and Mr. Chas. d'Allemond (son of the Pofessor) besides Miss. Klla Crocker, as teacher of Instrumental music, and Prof. L. F. Johnson as teacher of vocal music. With this corps of teachers, the Plattsmouth Academy is second to no institution of learning in the west. Mr. Gray, of this city, has leased the Barnum House at Nebraska city, and will take charge of it in a short time. The Barnum is a first-class hotel, and Grey will make a first-class landlord. We will guarantee that Plattsmouth people will alwa3s stop at the Barnum while Mr. Grey keeps it. Will a few more business men mani fest the same energy that Mickelwait & Sharp have in supplying western dealers from this city instead of allowing them to go farther east. They can do it if they only have the "git up" about them Who will make it a point to do a job bing business in the'groocry line ? Let the public hoar from you through the Herald. I'Ol'MIL PROCEEDINGS. Council Chamber Aug. 23, '71. Council met in regular session. Present The Mayor Aldermen J. II. Buttery, II. C. Cashing, John Fitz gerald, E. T. Duke, John Erhai t, Clerk and Marshal. Journal of last meeting read and ap proved. The matter of Mr. Palmer in regard to putiiug up frame buildings on Main street, presented, and On motion, an ordinance, entitled an ordinance for fire limits was put on its first reading; the rules were suspended, and said ordinance read a second and third time by its title and On motion, put on its final passage. Question called for and motion lost. The petition and bond of Henry Rob ertson to keep saloon six months, read and Oa motion, petition granted, bond ap proved and license given, upon his pay ing $100.00 to the City Treasurer. The following accounts presented and On motion, allowed to McElwain & Leach, for painting sign, $5.00 II. A. Waterman & Son, for lumber, $108.00. L. V. Johnson, for band playing for editorial excursion, $2.1.00. Account of W. J. White for $00.74, referred to finance committee to report at next meeting. It was then moved that a pile biidge be put on Main street at Fifth, and that the same be built by contract, on which a vote was taken, as follows : Messrs. Cushing, Fitzgerald, noes ; Messrs. But tery, Duke and Erhart yes. Motion carried, It was moved that the Committee on Highways and Bridges cin ploy Mr. F. W. D. Ilol'urook, Assistant Superintendent of the B. & M. R. 11., to draft a plan and specifications for the construction of a pile bridge across Main street at Fifth ; that said committee advertise that they will receive sealed proposals for con structing said bridge, in accordance with said plans and specifications. Said com mittee reserve the right to reject any and all bids ; that one week's notice of said plans and specifications be"priuted in the Daily Plattsmouth Herald. The matter of P. D- Bates, in regard to changing channel of creek referred to Committee on Highways and Bridges to report at next meeting. On motion, Council adjourned to meet Monday, Aug. 28th, at 7 a. at. Attest, M. L. WHITE, Mayor. 11. II. Vaxatta, City Clerk. (n .v(ii, rocEEuixtis. Council Chamber, Aug. 28, '71.- Council met pursuant to call. Present the Mayor Aldermen R. C. Cushing, J. II. Buttery, John Erhart, E. T. Duke, Clerk and Marshal. On motion, the reading of the Jour nal was dispensed with. The rules and regulations governing Council was by majority, put on its first, second and third reading and final pas sage, and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. I, entitled An ordi nance to provide for the regular meet ings of the Council, put on its first, reading, the rules suspended, and said ordinance put on its second and third reading by its title, and final passage, and ):i motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No, 2, in regard to dividing wards, read first, second and third time, on which there was no action taken. Ordinance No. 3, entitled Fire Limits, put on its first, second and third reading and final passage, and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. 4, entitled Public Peace and Morals, put on its first read ing ; Oti motion, read a second and third time and put on its final passage ; and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. 5, to Prevent Dogs from running at Large, put on first, scc- r.d and third reading and finul passage. and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. 0, entitled Providing Revenue, put on its first reading ; On motion, put on its second and third reading and final passage, on which a vote was taken as lull J ws : Messrs Duke and Buttery, no ; Messrs. Erhart. and Cushing, Yes ; there being a tie vote Mayor M. L- White voted yes, and mo tion carried, and said ordinance passed and approved. Ordinance No. 7, entitled An Ordin ance to provide a standard for Weights and Measure, put on its first reading ; On motion, put on its second and third reading and final passage and was passed and approved. Ordinance No. ?, entitled An Ordin ance concerning the In-pectiou of Fire Wood, put on its first, second and third reading and final passage, and On motion, laid on the table. On motion, Council Adjourned to meet Tuesday at 8 o'clock A. M. , to com plete work on Ordinances. Tuesday. Aug. 20, 1S7I. Couec 1 met pursuant to calk Present the Mayor Alderman Cnsh- ing, Shannon, Luttery, jinart, Cieik and Marshal. Rules were by m.ijority suspended, and Ordinance No. 9, entitled An Ordin ance for the Prevention of fire, put on its first reading ; On motion, put on its second and third reading and final passage, and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. 10, concerning Nuis ance, read first time ; On motion, read second and third time, put on its final passage, and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No- 11, prescribing the Du ties and Compensation of city officers, put on its first reading ; On motion, put its second and third reading and final passage, and On motion, passed and approved. Ordinance No. 12, to Restrain Swine from Running at Large, put on its: fir-t reading . j On motion, read second and third time and put on its final passage, acd approved. Ordinance No. 13, repealing certain ordinances of the city of Plattsmouth j put on its first rending ; On motion, put on its second and third reading and final passage, and On motion, passed and approved. 0:i motion, the Committee on High ways and Bridges was instructed touiake the contract of tho Pile Bridge on Main street, in accordance with plans aid specifications of the contractors. On motion, Council adjourned. Attest. M. L. WHITE, It. II. VanAtta, Mayor. City Clerk. The Omaha Herald claims a vast amount of credit for having aided in the imreachment of Gov. Butler. How much credit docs it claim for having en dorsed Morton, Hopkins & Co.'s Salt Land Sua!, and for being just now en deavoring to secure a portion of the Hood money. lion. A. S. Taddeck has returned from his Michigan trip. If the new Constitution is adopted, it will knock our County Seat question endways. Shall we vote for it? Sc ard Atfas. It looks rather small to see a newspa per, which professes to be published for the public benefit, indicate a desire for the defeat of the Constitution because it will interfere with a question in which perhaps a hundred men are interested CIIVlit'11 TAXAIlO-V. The Omaha papers lay much stress Ui.on the fact that the proposed const!- tution taxes clmrcli proporiv". Tins i clause was inserted at the request of the leading churchmen of the State. The last Methodist Conference passed a reso lution, asking that just such a clau c be inserted in the proposed constitution, and j et such very religious papers as the Omaha Herald and Republican oppose the adoption of the con-titution because it works a hardship to the Church. It only taxes the surplus of 5,000 assess ment. W. II. Anderson and family, GleuwooJ, were in the city yesterday of A government inspector was in the city to-day and tested the boilers of the Mury Mary Magee. A pressure of 1G0 pounds to the square inch showed the boilers to be all "O. K." Married, on the 2('th of August, 1ST1 , at the Probate office in Plattsmouth, by Judge Child, A. Rudcbcck, Esq , to Mrs. Ulrica Gustava Lothman. If individual liability is a good thing in bank stockholders, whj' is it not ap plied to stockholders in all chartered or ganizations? We think tho laws of Nebraska, as now organized, are calcu lated to drive capital far enough from our State, without having any such clause in our fundamental law. Mr. Charles Wolcott, of the Platts mouth Yineyard, presented the Herald with a basket of grapes to-day that are hard to beat. Some bunches of the Dianna are a3 large as small hickory nutts. The Concord. are also exceeding ly large and line. Notwithstanding the storm destroyed several thousand pounds and almost ruined the vines, Mr. Wol cott says that if the fro.it keeps oQ'a few weeks longer he will have a second crop which have set since the storm Last week published tlu? re port of a man at lied Oak, Iowa, who shot iii.s divorced wife and then iot himse lf. The Jjj-prc-st snys : "The wounded woman is improving and the prospect is that she will recover. Tlie doctors say tlie ball passed through the kit lobe of the liver just missing the stomach. Shoot one hundred persons through in that same way and ninety nine of them would die. Cowdry will be awful mad when he wakes up in tlie spirit world and find chat he didn't kill her after all, and yet j blowed his own brains out. Thirteen newspapers have died in Iowa within the last six weeks, Ex. We'll bet our old hat that every one of them died of Chicago "innards" or "outards." That's what the matter. A place that cannot sustain a paper i:i such a way that all the labor, both edi torial ar:d mechanical, can Le done at home, cannot sustain a pap: Ol tu mica Courier. r at a! The Steamer Pontenclle, running be tween Omaha and Atchison, was snagg ed and sunk fifteen miles above St. Joseph, recently. The Brownville Democrat finds it somewhat difficulty to maintain its posi tion on the railroad bond question. A newspaper is to be started at Schuy ler, in Colfax County. The Times says "Ashland ships ice to Plattsmouth." We only wish you would ship more of it, as it is a scarce article down here. Tlie editor of the Ashland Time has examined the peat found in that county, and has no doubt it is a genuine article. The Omaha Herald has a lengthy ar ticle on the manufacture of beet Suaar, but it has nary word about stealing S-lt Lands. There is a ruuior of a railroad acci dent near Rome, in Iowa, a few days since, caused by running over a cow, which resulted in the death of four or five persons. We have no particulars. EXPRESS. The express has been changed to suit the running of trails west from Lincoln and now arrives Lere at ZAo p. in. and eaves at 4 j). m. A typo made us last night use the ex pression, 'buttered thunder.' That is a sort of thunder of which up to last night we bad not heard. The vrord should have been 'mwUered.' London Adierli.'er. The explanation was haidly necessary. Duubtbs-, the printer had an idea that 'buttered thunder' had some affinity to 'greased lir" tniug.' Torwto Leader. ' HE TRlMi KAIEKO M. Heeling of Citizens of Plnltwinntilh. Posters appeared upon the streets of our city last Monday calling a railroad meeting at the Court House Tuesday evening, and at the appointed time a large number of people wre in attend ance. Dr. Geo. H. Black was called to the chair, and J. J. Russell was chosen secretary. Mr. Fox stated the object of the me et ing to be to decide whether wc would ask for the submission of the question of voting aid to the Trunk Railroad, and if so whether we would ask for a rronosition to vote county bonds or precinct bonds. Mr. Fox al.-o related some points in a con versation he had or heard with Colonel Abell and others relative to the building this road, at which time Mr. Abell seemed inclined not to make any propo sition, but to have one come from the people. E-quirc Duke suggested that petitions be circulated asking the Com missioners to call an election for bonds. On motion of Mr. Fox it was Hesohed, That it is the scn-e of the meeting bat Cass county will give $100, 000, in precinct Lords lor the construc tion of a railroad from the north line of Otoe county to Plattsmouth. On motion of Judge Gass, a commit tee was appointed to circulate petitions in the different precincts asking the Commissioners to call elections in the precincts for the purpose of voting on the question of issuing bonds. P. P. Gass, S. Duke, M. I.. White, J. G. Hays, James Patterson, Mo F. Ilaood, an l J-'UCS O'Neill, were appointed said committee. On motion, meeting adjourned. the I'ltou iki rio.ir. For tho 1If.!:ai.d. The cause of Temperance is about to reach an interesting crises in our State. In watching the progress thus far we are convinced that it can gain no higher ground by the present system of regula tion; the poh.y hitherto has been of regulation- Under tho license system, drunkeness has become the crime "f the land, the parent of crimes and miseries manifold. We should no longer aim at regulation but the prohibition ot intox icating liquors as a beverage. But is this result to be obtained without work and self sacrifice on our part? Let all issues be brought insubordination to success. Morality, sound policy and the interests of the people demand that this murderous traffic should cease. The liquor interest constitutes an element of power which will not be given up with out a struggle ; already are measures being concerted to defeat the triumph of the prohibition. Law founded upon and in unison wi h moral principle constitutes a moral force. The people are educated into right deeds, thoughts, rijdit convictior.s and right principles. Our oppesers deny (lie right to curtail their liberty to drink what one pleases ; we do not foi bid your di inking we only desire to forbid another to sell, but 3 0U array yourself against the strong arm of the law, set up your will as a standard of action. If the security and interests of society demands it have they not the "light to bind you not to touch another drop ? But, snys one, you are taking away a man's privilege to drink what he pleases, this is a f:dsc view of the drunkards situation, lie dees not drink from choice, but frcui a morbid craving, ai.d gladly would he welcome that instrument which would enable him to overcome ' a desire for strong drinK ; ins nocrty is cuiargeu so he can exerci-e his deliberate choice. Could we but witne.-s th'. remorse, the deep down sighs and tears, his frailty wrings from him as Le resolves and re re solves, and is overcome when be burning liquid is in his sight or smell, we would appreciate the liberty the law gives him. He would ble.s tho hand that assisted him to burst assunder the fetters of his apfdite. E. Pl.ATTSMfHTir, Aug. 2".!h, '71. El. IIekald : It seems from the tone of your article in Tuesday's Herald, headed "An Tnsult." that it is your aim to do me a personal injury, and cause the foreigners of this city to become in censed against me and incite them to do me wrong by misrepresenting and mis construing my letter in rej !y to Mr. Yifqunin. I do not think thst you have compared my letter with Mr. Yifi juain's or you could not construe it as you did. It was intended as a political drive, and was not intended to hit any individual in thi s or any other city. It is true I may hare been a little too severe, yet not more so than Mr. Yifijain was on the class of people I represent, and I do not think that any of our foreign citizens who iil compare the two will say other wise. There is no better friend to the foreigner than I am, yet I desire to see the majority rule in all case?. I cannot compromise with wrong, under any cir cumstance3. ihe gentleman ?) c'yling himself "An American Citizen" 1 consider be neath my notice, and would not but to cor rcct the erroneous impression which his letter is intended to convey. lie says that X assail ''all Foreign eitizens such is not a fact. I only speak against those who do wrong, and I will denounce an American as quick as a foreigner, if he dose wrong. He further stoops to low personal slang, a thing which no gentleman will do, and then is too cowardly to sign his proper name. I am willing to compare either my pastor present record with him or any other man in Plattsmouth. If any of our foreign citizens feel agricved at my letter, I will be pleased to hear from them through the columns of either of our city papers, which I presume are open to them. All I ask is that those writing about my letter tell the truth in regard to its tone. T. F. McCauant. I" : i i a. . a uiaii nu-j reueiiii.v uiaue a cos'.iy : present to a church and the next dry! went into bankruptcy. I FROM WEBSTcR UOUMTY. WY.isstkk, Kit, ( Y.UNTV, NkIJ. 1 August yi.h. 1871. J A i I'piTOit Heuai.d. After a short but pleasant stay among friends and relatives in old Cass, I again pulled out for the Republican Yall.-y, in company with a party of friends from Mills County, Iowa. We arrived here safe ard tound, after a pleasant journey of six days, nothing having occurred cn route to' mar the the peaceful tranquility of our journey. I was much pleased on our arrival here to find that the precious topnots (vul garly termed hair,) belonging to the different individuals who had remain. -d here, had not been "torn" I y any ruth less hands; on the contrary tii: boys ha-! int been ni'dested anl were tnj yiiii themselves hugely. Refreshing showers in thi- part of the desert, have been, for tho l.i.-t few vcks like "Angels visits" few and far between, and the sod corn appears to be h; -'uied to be "khidor ycller", in c.n-Tq'ionv but a.- it is I think we will have a fai. crop. A .'hooting affray occured M"me ago in this county, on the south side t tho Republican river, resulting in tb death of one Mr. Hicks, a citizen : that part of the county. I have been unable to learn anything definite in r gard to the affair. A few words in regard to the cour' . and 1 am done. This county is boun-i ed on the west by Franklin county, m th-j east by Nuckols, and on the souti by the Kan-as State line. It is wi ! watered by the llcpiblican river whir! filns directly through the county, fro;. cu-it to west, tu; i by numero-.M ttrcan ; , ' - .w into the Ilep-.:b!i-;:ui cn cat .. w hit ii - sid nii Oi nl''1'''1 streams arc v.vi! tin. len d. The soil of lb!-; uV!'"!T , ts Wei. a? the adjoining (.unties. i a sandj Lam, and is thought !o l.e nr.-urpa.-.s e l for prodalivcne-is1. 1 w write you a longer letter on and fcitility of the southwe v.'.d liko to ti. beauty . ; n poi tioit st" Vc!ir:i An Lot Kin". wi!! .it. a ! 1 1 1 1 c and as I have already taken up Uiou jU your valu.io!.1 time, I wi!; f rl-ear lur- thi r lo'Iici ion. lie.-j c ! Yours. L. T. m". STccal llolicc. l!lMM! AT LAKtiE maic, old enctwh to vot" eve, long scar on hip. li -On' !'': el blind ol' !jt r i -i ii--" !i?id tail, is now running at larr-: i -1 r i.i . premises, fourtoi! s northwest o!'l'!a ! -mouth, where tho owner -an tin i !.' r. augolwJ E. K. P.uimh.k. Notice is hereby given that I h ive placed my accounts in thc.haruK .f .1 una than Adam lor collection. AM per.-oii- in (JeljtCiI to me Will (Jo Weil to tettn h:m and save cost. W.M. Stamilf Aug 2'sd.;.rcvl. I .V. For Sale I will sell at it:-- !i Gcures for cash, 12. :er ot' ..;;, pair of farm hrse., two c.i!i! ' ; , two stirring plows Tho pro;..-.-:.;-be seen at the fnrm of John ('. 1 i.i miles south ol' I'!. it turnout o. A; pi. oraddre-s Role.t;' C. IIm;:;i ," auglo'Uwlm Union I'o-t-otii.- o. I II ti I to rmMci x ami pvv.r.vus-t"., proI.-.--s:'.i'i;.l r.-rvi :.-s ;o tie? r;!j,:-n l'i ,- ty. U-.-iJ-iit i ri.ur li- i i.n.i r ( ( '.i I; :i n streets; olU.-o i.n n fu'. t. li.. hi - ii : ,.-!. W "-t i-l l. llll II ,- I;i:.ii'.r 1 liri 1'inll: I.J ,.!, J. s;.vj'3.2.-s4 ;.2. t PHYSICIAN AMI Si:i;i-M,., vn-in-Ch:;f if ihe Armv of ;;. (.. 1 i:itl .mouth, Xi-'i ;i--Uii.. l.!lic". L ('. i. 1:1,- nut 8 uniM.irc Jlmo fire.-l. ..- ..; ' "k ,5 i'lunnjcr.. I'ri-.-iito ri sM. s. r-.f j: kio J i)r. J. V. TEfO.'.Z vv, I. I-. ;.r ..TltiniK'litlv i.o;!t I r-t Wi tfr fulls, ti-ti 1. rn his irntirij!ii .-. -r; Citizciif of I'jMti county. Ne-o.-.i.-l-- I i 1 1 : ii( 'I lit. JIOSJEOS'AT f2; K.I5. I). J.-iMatvr. 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N t. rio I'utilif, 1-ircunil LiloIu.-ur.iuco A-. c-n:.- I '; tt--inouih. Mohnu-ka. i. ttf ui vrox smosT, CAKPEN-TKRS A- .101 VKKS.-Aic i ri-p i- r i-iuowoiK iii K"'i't ffylo, on fhoi-t. n .ii,; ; n n.s cheap as tho eh.-a;.p-l. sjhoi). i-orn-- o; Alien in . I honiii. Ktrc!-!!!. u,:i.i;; CAPPKNTl-U AND JOIXKK. , 8 r :k in hi.Hme on fliort notii-c an.; in thi- h.- . e. OiutrnrU for buUi!iu iii.-i.Jc on ri-.i-. iti i Jtcrrr. Shut. t.n l.!....l u ..t i t . . . i ai iftuusa. . r v..v v.wvi. flUUltl Ol i l.l' IU I ill' ill crry iiothl. - Holland. Prt-i rietor, coiner of Main nnJ ltlirj r'TerU Pliut.-iuoulh. Ni.hr.iska, Muvin been refitt!(i and newly furnished ofi'i-rn lir-t Clasu accommodation... JJo.-ird by the week ' ay laiiij''.liiwti 3, Ti. WISH, 'Jcnc-rai Life. A" idenr. Tire. Ii.I in 1 ;:nd Tr:ir' Insuiarice At-ent. Will take, ri-k- at n-a oi iilile rates in the rnoct n-lial.le Com .a ri i if in i f I lilted ft a ten Olhee GM.otito the Court JL.te". t lut.sk;outn. N ehru-ka. I may ; I :, Pf.ATTti.nULTII Mil!.. C. II Iils-HL, I'roi. i-ic-tor. Havinir refentlyheia rer.aireil and rliu-ed in thorough running order. l l.u.-hrl.! or Wheat wauled iinmerliatflv lor which tho biKhent market i.rice will bo i.ui.l taux-'SwU. ' BROOKS HOUSE. JOHN YirAlV.ZALh IV,.rk!or Main Street, Dctwecn 5ih and oth. riCIIKNOR HOUSE! KATES RKLTCLD TO S-J. 1 III DAY roAP.Dixt.;. ? .; 'm 7t..'l: Hoarding and Lvisrin-s. t-r week 7 ht B-m f.-r t- u-:7.ftho pa-yt..f the I -,rch ,.f ' "' '"-'"-'v . ! - - ,. i r
