PLATT SMOUTH XEGKAXSA.,
Til miS DAY, OCTOUKi: 19 171.
I'rtif ii lrsii!itt iuti.
P.m., U. Du ( h..
ii.u writes ns
J JV:II(iij'i:U. Under :ltt f cntcinb-
r 1J.
OrbisJafa tinvcls bo ;ys: "I I
twice cros-cd Nm w.-i v mid Swcdirit, t
witli-ii tho arctic cin !", nnd t h r :i jt !i
tve
!l'0
in:
of tbft mo-t d.-so!:te and frrindc.-f coun- ;
tric of the world. i l.;ive ju.-t'eome ;
from Sweden. While in tlm mountain- j
ous country of tho ftr north I c;itm: n?:ir j
Rt'irvitg. Cro.vitii,' from N.s way and !
Sweden has been the hardest tiavcliii; !
on f!f)t 1 have ever Ln.c.Mi. The tide-, j
of the mountain-? w.-io covered with!
bowlders; no shelter at niidit: no peo;..o, j
ami the nuntntuin? oovdf.d with snow. I
On" glacier contained sum thirty s.-iiuie i
miles of ice. I madi. oVorvati-ns on j
the temperature ol' t L i.s jvu-icr and of j
the atinof-i'hcro- I have hi c n a n:on cr
the Ji
the Finns the Gvains, aii I
the poorest people of the land. I have
rjccn iccetveu knM;y overywhere. l'i than tho ob.-.-nro ti
each province of Sweden, the governors ; i..i-!-.-d. Gentlemen.
gave me a dinner atid recet.tion.
.1 1 - 1
TI
'O
JSweedes and Norwegians are a good and
lione-it people. 1 Jeave to morrow 1 r
thc interior or Norway, but will lie hack
iu America to at te n 1 to my lecture en
gagements in November. I ftm in
splendid health, thouch for weeks I have
"lived on thick sour milk, the food ef the
country."
I'orpisu I'anrj tJrceric.
It is probably not generally known,
saj's a Boston paper, what an immense
quantity of imported fancy groci.iies, in
ciudirtg pickles, sa;:oes, ami condiments,
is shipped to this country yearly and
frees into consumption amomj t!ie tijas.-es.
'fliere aro annually received in Boston,
from hhvjland alone, at Iea?t l(),()0d bar
reh'vthe pickles, tauces, jellies, olives
ece. , being put up in bottles an 1 then
packed iu barrels for .'hipment ) to say
nothing 01 r re rich
wines &c. Jjondon
fruits, t'reserves,
and I'uhun shin
large quantities of ale and porter here,
the quantity footing up annually be
tween r, !.) and .0,00 ) casks packed
with this bottled beverage; notwith
standing the large number of home
breweries, and the sales of forcigu ale
and porter havj increased very much
the past year.
One of the novelties in this line of
foreign goods is the London crackers,
which are ju-t now having a creat run.
J hiring the j a-t year more than three
hundred tons of these fumy crackers,
made up in all shapes, sizes, and de
signs, have been imported perstramer
from London, an I Mran.:e as it may ap
pear, con.siderabl-j American ilour is con
'umed
in
tl
ictr manulaeture.
I'loiir
tiW'ie m t. Liouis now finds its wav
,1
across the water to sujpiy the Ihia!i.-h
bakers, and comes back to her citizens
in the form of craekcrs, which are much
sought fr all through the Wc-t. One
firm in Boston hare also importeJ, dur
ing the past year, nearly l.WU eaks of
Day & Martin's blacking.
A very ingenious method of p
ing needlework rtyl J ptnta
rmnn
raphic emMoiUery has been invented u
Kmdish mechunie, and the affair i
aether a curious device. A i.umb
dto
T of j (
joint names are e::
ing tambouring or
h-yc.i, eacu earry-
owing ni
1 nev are so arran.-e-l and cotm
jcted to
get her that tho needles they carry may
be made to travcr-e in any direction
over the .suifuce of the fabric-; to Le
embroidered, an that the movement rf
the several needles shall be simultaneous
1 . : -1 'ii 11 1. 1
ana .-miliar, i ne ncca e iramei are ;d-o
connected with
. jiantaraph a traci. g
riein.' ltd by a woman
'."C'int capable of
over the lines of
a pattern which it i--
desired to ropy, and when it is done th
r.ed!cs will each travel in and work 1
tuong a path Mtmurto that passed ever
by the tracing point. Thus each needle
will produce embroidery resemMing the
pattern, though not necessarily of the
same size; usually it is preferred that
the pattern should bo 0:1 a somewhat
larger scale than the woik that is accoui-
Indiau Civilization.
Here is the opinion of the Chicago
1'oxt upon the question of civilizing the
noble red man. The J'vstln partly light
: nd partly wrong:
"Indian reservations arf a eon.l tliins
r the noble red man. While he Hv -s
Uncle Sam's rations, indulein.'' in
'ii -niGcd repese under military protec
tion, they make admirable lilting out
: i. unds for expeditions against strag
:!.:ig whites, and are perfection its-elf as
a retreat for horse thieves and lawless
Vvliitemen. In this respect they are
t r- o.ly equal to a Mormon sett! meat.
It U as difficult to track an Indian as a
o". For a tale retreat they like their
i - 1 i vation as much as the wolf does his
! . i. But there is always a terrible itch
ing for scalps all the while. The f-avage
L-ve for this adornment is fully equal to
. ::tof the fair sex for a fashionable
. o elation. Glory and other people's
I.hi? make up the red man's dream of
gVc itness. Without the latter the form
er would be as nothing. His ambition
in -lines him to tho capillary. A free
ie iucstead has no attractions thru can
out weigh native instinct for 'gory locks.'
tle has not the least objection to Vhak
:ng them. For this reason it can be
easily seen why the frontiersman put
m- re faith iu their rifles than Indian
civili.-uion, or the failure of a neutral
pt .p. nsity. A talk from that sourcejis
.pt 1.; be effective."
A new definition of the word "civili
.: i'i m" roaches us from Japan. Lately,
a. Japanc-c visitor to the Knglish club
v,' !!: lueed to take some i-linmtin .iie-
.0. 1.
exei:.
:!;a:
Hi
':: e
n putting away his third tumbler.
iuied with great fervor, "I li
Ke civ
11 ! I like civilization 1"
Alaska lleiai says
i bration of the mass
that during
in the Bns"-
ill.ice, t lie
di me .-vi-e
fishicins.
! .irch of an Ala.-kau
1' the priest attended
: 1 the. latest Yank
i she revealed to tin;
astonisht-d i I
' i e le ly having extremely petty feet
w-.-nt barefooted, however. Such are
th ;::.:ies of fashion among tho Aleuts.
A lerious incident took place in the
; -tnie caused by the melancholy accident
. :', i blowing up of a bright party, on
leu .i r f the Greek steamer Kviumiia.
The unhappy bridegroom riu-hed into a
...in. from amid tlie smoke be eiriicd
t :r wh' he believed was l is bride, an J
!-:u. -.m with her into the water. On
l i--. - picked up by a boat, he foun 1,
h ;v.ever, that ho' had rescued from
death a young lady of Athens, and be
! . : arced to the steamer to fia-j his wife :
OUITi'
On
rinc:.
..ip. :
Am: i
in.'- e
i to aeatn.
man in nun area rcaus a uujh,
nine in one hu
. Nearly a con
e an press, whic
j-irca rea.l a news
tur.' ago, wh.cn the
h is ra.vff a m
rreen Vs'ig, Tis
rcad-
011 is
i:. was in its
T .4-:-...;n so l 111 WOill 1 I'.ltfkr
0 m a
1 ut a
t; i . . : .... -- - -
iriili nr. ei rers anJ Wl
e'"-''-iii
i.:n in a couinrv iiu
i
govctr.'uent
I i.e : ress, in
but without n:v7cp:ip'.is.
stead of being the fourth.
A .'?i:ii7;e Ion t liiti ram! Jury.
At a recent session of tl:o grand jury I
oi" tho district court in Utah, Chid' Jus- j
ti -c .Mc-Ki -jm in Lis charge to the jury
:-:d: "You nro suuimoiied not to try :
criminal ca-cs. Iiut to i-.iy what criminal j
s-.'i-e.-J s-hall be re: -ntcd far trial. In I
the ui
-over 1
. iiich
.1,.,
this duty, you will
d '3- the same m ineip'os of lav
:."UC!I1 Cr.Hi'i Jill ICS 111 .'i 1:
1 aii.i
I'riii-
Mctitaiia, in 0 c.-:-.. a ;:i
m Oc-:--.:a::..t Ariz .in.
I s i.f 1 wr, v, L
ti' LI': .
ilno'.i'.'iiuul the rcj!i'ii .The ciiti." cf
mtU'dcr, ar.s.n, I a.v.my,, hi'.a::;)", aduhc-
iv. a:i i not in l t M. ui C he nam-i crimes
!i 1 1 .c tnr.-u2t.itt e. t.tr-t.-ii.iu'ii.
If then. i atiythin,.' j.cal-ar in in -t: 1
aiiot: in Utah, it is th." pecufar e m-hict
of soii; men h.-ic, and not any jh'cuI'-u
; -.1 r: 1 ;j Ics oi ilicy th.it aro t ! cn
f.rv.i K:t I 'tali 1 ihn-.-o t :h; i'ni
tod tit. lie.-, an i the pci.' ie of Huh, like
the pro; ) of li:c r ;-t of th" C unit rv, an:
::ni.-i;'i!.!e to the hiws st' the United
.i;e.
1 iiO.-e
v.Ii i o!,cv the laws inu-t
l e. :Mit shal! he, projected in the
:r!,e:It,
thi)e who do not must a:i-v.t ral th.; bar
of jii.-tiee. ;;tid th.-; men at' intinetice
w!i. in practice d- !i:iit, ly t : : : 1 1 1 d up-n
the Jaws themselves, :uid by n-c-'pl
tv.-ai-.i otl.i r- !) il j so, !'!:oii 1 t tlie i!:-t
I tf, fc, tlC jj,
. 1
of the l.; v, rather
n v hom tiey have
it i vmir duty an i
j mine to t-ubVee th.
laws. Let us do so
without fear, favor, affection, prejudice,
or the hope of reward."
ro y
A Si
raiuisls Iix-tlii: iblo h Juror.
Lak
di-patch sv.v.-: Tn rela
tton to the hrdieiK'O :m 1 rc;ejtion ot
Klders Georv'' Cannon, II. B.'Clawon,
and James Townsetid as grand jurors,
they having te.-tilied that polygamy is
o:e of the fiindamental doctrines of the
church of which they arc members;
that they believe that polygamy is a
revelation (iom God to that church, and
that thev do not beiieve tnat a man hv
ing in t.olvgamy i gi
"i',!f i" of" ?i.l:i!rerv.
Chief Justice MeKean has
'pronounced
the following oj iriion.
"The sophi-m by which polygamy is
sought to be justified as beitii in har
m tiy with American civilization is that
polygamy is a iciicdous practice; that
religious toleration is one of the funda
mental principles of Americau institu
tions, and of the Federal Con.-titution;
that, therefore, polygamy is protected
by the Constitution, and that the laws
enacted agaii.st it are unconstitutional.
If the n.a-s of American people were
barbatous, or if the patriarchal or tribal
system of government prevailed among
them, it is m
iloss to say that our Con
stitution an 1 institutions e.tti.d not ex-i-r.
It is not a little humiliating that it
should seem to Lo t.eeesary to add that
our Cv:..-titu:ioti and institutions do not
require,
tion of
nrainst
na d ) not t ermit, ttie to:era-
i.
a ti -the
1 ra .-t'ee which waes war
existence cf civilization.
There have been
oniicd the c-Hering
religions wineii re
up oi' human acii-
1 1 1
liccs to the Miii. and tho casting of infant
children to the croecdiic of the Gance.-;
but if .-neb dc. ds were done in this
eonntry, is there in all the laud one man
-o ui honest that ho would attempt to
ju-tify them by the plea of religions
toll ration? But why wa-te time iu di-eus.-ing
such a jiropositi on as that in
volved iu thisea e. When the burc'ir
is a lit juror to inquire Info the 'rime of
huigiary; when the rot.-oer i a nt jur-;r
to inquire into the crime of larceny:
when the assa-sin is a fit juror to in
'i'o
. ... .1 . .....
e into t!
c:;u.e 0: muni :r, tlien the
imi-t, who
ios are hi- r
.years
ieion.
m suiistance t hat
i; ::y be a fit j iror
to inquire
adultery.
into the (
Bit th
i iii.e ; i' bigamy :md
,1 ks to the ccntui ios
.f Christian civ Y.. dion. tint time is not
now, and. .pa
eiesS of tilO b
ng from the steady prn
,!:i;inr:i, that time wiil
never cot
The challeii-e isMi-tain d.
dain
cctej,
a:ol the t
ii.
e ju: or
mcd are re.
.tJi.-siiir Jibblr.
men who have rushed blindly
East.
int
mi:
otis on the
Parilic
of the
with-..
Mei'.vKig any
sometimes
Oir;-
business, have
u lie red
veiely through the incompetence or dis
honesty of the agents whom tl.-yhave
infr'isted with the management el' their
affairs. One company paid ,0.)!,
for a mine in Nevad 1, locatid in a boul
der ot ci-dit e-r ten tens weight, re: tu;
far from i's oiiaiua! bed, and I uiit a
ixtetisive mi'l to reduce tiicir ore-
i-indium that U.is mine rave out verv
su'lh-iily, the company determined to
t even on the country, and sob-ought
anoih'T u in
.-mil of ;':;,(
for the very reasoii-io:e
). Tins' proving to be a
si;
J. :
10m a
n.-.ne
1 i:.
be!
ngiti
to
ot uer
!lcs, a
1 . ;
jiist five :r.:.s
ut, t he eoiii
in de
Tiie Beese
, . c
ore. :u;er w;i;-.i: ii gae
p.:iiyhaing expended
Vilioi::.' tin- two mit.es
Liver Keveille, puilbhid in Au-tin,
gives an aceoT.it of the Mile of a mine in
lViii, which very likely was one of those
nmiitione-1 above. An agent from New
York arrived in Austin, very anxious to
s -cure a min" at Silver Peak. Some of
ill.: siiar;)
fellows
,t.
at to. mi
hastily
pair of
procured a light vrago i and a
hor.-es nniOe a tiee one tor iM:ver
Peak,
located a claim a -cor ding to law by post
ing a notice on a boulder, and, returning
as s' on as possible, sold their newly
acquired property to the New York
agent for -1.).(mmi iu greenbacks. It
w" rumored in Audin that the amount
of purchase money paid to the enterpris
ing locators was only a portion of that
which was charged to the company, but
as the sellers were very well satisfied
with their bargain, they were not dis
posed to be inquisitive. There is now a
largo mill at Silver Peak which would
ba sold very cheap to a cash customer.
wm urn mmt m iwmm
Kplit I.e.-itlirr.
We have quite a number of exchanges
on our table that are published half at
Ch eago and half at home. When we
rea l one, we have read all, as they are
quite alike. Of course a "split leather"
newspaper, like a "split leather" shoe,
is better than none, but give us the
"whole stock" for choice. CJlenKood
aii :ti-:t.
The vault of the First National Rank
at Chicago v.a ; not de-trove 1 ly the tire,
i- ir, ,
; ana on being opened on iues-..ay, ns
! contents were found unharmed. The
men National Lank is also a!! right, as
all the valuables were lemoved horn the
bank be line the lire reached it. These
are the banks with which the bank-ng
hou-cs of this city transact their busi
ness, ae 1 we are therefore doul ly glad
that tb.ey have not been rained by t he
fire. A 'jn :t cil.
The Revolution, having learned that
pretty la.lv canvassers for women uews-
p ipid-s aie go:ng about hugging the -n
n or-er to oot im sunsvnner. .say.
1 1
any ol:
resort s
scriijcr
conncetcd with this vapor ever I
to rr.ch a course to ebtain a sub
"r an advcrtiemenf, wo l eg to
appi i-cd of the fact, that her e mnee
n with it m.iv be canceled at or:cc-"
Thus it i
everv at:
that poor irls arc ehckc i in
in Tt to help them.-i.Jvo-. Rut
by eonldn t
a i. 'ita::c bt ma lo in start
ing r.-.T s
sci-a-jy .
to t.ii real .
to 'V.'.'v.
the id. a.
n e o; tlie foil!.', lean, i loo ;! -ss,
cin.m .'.-.ii.en, with directions
n to hug r.nv man who refused
d"vri. l here s i evticv in
As
Ways .
w 1 j-!?' man says that he al-
:es of lb 2 l !:.:!:. jt'Jl' of : h- .'O - -
1
if. Il.ifier at liir I'ri'sicn-ntial
!(- . liott in 4 liit-au.
Among the thousands who tdnok
hands with (itncral Grant la.-t londay,
in the jiailor cf the 'Jrcmotit House,
Chicane, Prof. J Jailer was one of the
very few who were luky enough to draw
o'i a re.--tos"! ff.au our taciturti I'rei
d.ii. The I'rtjfes.-or !.-ad conu; in i'roin
r uioiith amoi:. tlie buiialeej in Western
Nchta-ka with Griutrtd A'vord, IJ. S.
A., wed Liiov.ii in the aruiy as "'Oid
IK'n ," nnd w!i was Laptatii 01 the
Cm
i-at di !;"jion Barracks, iu wiiijh
erved Ui Lieutenant. Accor
1 .,.
dingly as the Profcs-or took tr.o 1're-t-dcot
hand, ho ai 1. "Ju.-t i:i from :i
buffalo hunt wirh Old lieu!
"Ah,"
r-jflied Gcrieral (i.-anf, turuina: around
toward the Professor who was pasinjr
0.1, "to yi .caw my old friend out
tli.re?" 'As,'' was the ar;-wer, "they
are ail your Ji tends out there.'
'e add a 'cw i v-nciiinrs of the Pro-
fesror on hiswayt'i the stamping prouHd
ot tiic Torino, wliicn we iiope to.-upple-
ch wt
mctit i'V it's excellences in tlie
ti e aaual h.ut.t:
icenes Oi
rot H pays ix xti1: iK.-i:rtr p::Nt ih-
I(iS I!Y TIIK WAY Vi:-lVA!tU IT.OM
TUT. l AI'ITAL f NKllitASKA.
.Si.i iKMhi;:!, s7l.
UiT Sept. 'Jth, fr m Lincoln, at (i a.
iu. Train mixed freight many rails
mo;v ties. One woman, unattended,
! from Ohio, locking at the eountty. If
she 1- pieased. her mi: hand has resolved
to migrate. If .-he i; not, he will not be
eti:ta'::;-;ecturod. Another woman from
Liidima escorting her sen's wife, with
two wee ones, to her son wh j is on his
home-tcad in Fillmore county. Nine
land hunters from Illinois, and seven al
from foreicn countries two Italians.
We look ba' k on the State Ilou.-o,
University and hotels. All wonder that
Lincoln, though only four years old,
looks .-o much like a city. We pass Gov.
Butlttr's u .(tn.-ion, and the temporary
asylum for the insane, built on the ru ns
cf th2 one lately burnt.
In pa.-slng on we geo little cultivation
and few cabins. The land is held by
speculators, waiting for a ri -e in land
values.
We steam slowly up the heavies grade
of the whole line though it is only
thirty two feet hurry down into the
valley of the Blue, and halt at Crete.
Here we look at the bc'fiy of" an acade
my, at hotels and a thriving village,
where a year ago there was only "a
green silence."
Ten miles after passing the bridge and
mill on the Blue, we reach Dorchester.
Here we find water dammed ip by tlie
grading so as to form a reservoir for rail
road needs. We are told that this ex
pedient for filling tanks, or providing
stock water, wherever tried, has proved
a success.
We talk
sometimes deri.dvcly, but
oftener ;k
miringiy, aoout the uiake-
sh i:s tor Jiouses which we gli
the tents, cabins famed and
h by
fin t died
v.Uii a simrie ioa'1 ot iuml'er, Uiig-outs
where the Ly of the land favored such a
triselo lyte burrowing, and especially bod
hou-cs. "Nebraska brown fronts."
Vv heie no h.jU.ses appears, we are often
sure that a homesteader has made his
pitch,
or we
see furrows turned over-
perhaps pa'cnes oi corn or melons.
The roa d is new, train long, engine
weak. So it is noon before we have laid
behind us seventy mile-, and put on the
breaks r.t School Creek. A construc
tion train commonly goes further but
not to day fer tho weather is rainy, and
o radread woik is in p: -egress. Here is
a railroad eating house and lodging tent,
hall' a dozen farmers' hou-cs in the dis
tance, an 1 f -ur saloons close at hand
ail creatures id vcsterday. e see two
workmen, hudim
innocent, dead
it hard to he idle and
elruuk and others
gamming.
Having each brought aroll of blankets
v.e ij.-t leave to spread them in the old
cuaL- e .r, which serves for a ticket of
:ie lit re we sleep, haid au 1 cold, jet
deliehd'ully, hearing the rain patter iu
vain on tho roof.
Je't'h. No construction train this
moroing, to we get carried on a hand
car iii'uen miks to the end of the track.
Take care on a lide of that kind, for the
lea-t motion endangers ban 1 or foot.
3b st ca-e is for those strong enough to
woik their passage. We notice many
trace-of incipient settlement, and call at
one house ihe man a soldier home
steader from Indiana house ldxlO feet
wile wi;h two wee 01c s, sanguine that
she has reached the land ef promise.
We drink of their we'll, an 1 wish we
c raid also drink in the young ileo-ier
hopes.
At ft,
f the rotvl we look round
prairies worth-.- of their
1. k. . 1
ie end
nr.-'. iviund on
ticrman name, which is 4 land sea.-
No house vi.-ill; in any direction, save
one half Luilt cabin. Wc walk to it,
take up the square lying on the floor ;
find its size is tin 12 feet." L d-e in the
car
ef the engineer on the floor. No-
I
joay
m ti is . e:tern roiigning ever
compfams oi to.ea siieets, lor no si.eets
whatever are ever seen or
nor j et i- a "bi'cd shirt."
and linen are made of wool.
thought of;
All bedding
We cat in
the railroad dining-car with hundreds of
track layers. Ibis tram moves on mere
than a mile daily, keeping pace with the
extension of the track. An antelope
comes near, a d is shot at, but not hit.
No more railroad on our route.
11th Hurl rain this morning; we
push on in a wagon, ourselves ensconced
in rubber. Espy antelorfes ranging in
the distance. They look like spots .of
white cloud or smoke on the reddish
brown fields. At the end of ten miles
wc come to four houses, at the corner of
a square, with a well in the middle.
Tbey ure occupied by preemptors, and
each stand.? oa a different quarter sec
tion. Here, doubtless, will be a station.
All day wo struggle through black mud,
meet only three persons but arc nev
er out of sight of "improvements" yi-t
siarting into life. At nightfall, close by
f ur more pre emption house", we gain
the shelter ef the engineer's tent. Sjutc
of rub bers we are wet ami col l. The
tent is small and damp. The fire is out
side smoking and suiouldc-ing rather
than I. timing lt:e ram seeps on and
wind rises. Fears nre felt that the tent
will fad. We unbuckle ouriod of blank
et c, Fprca-i our rubber ponchos on tr.o
euth ber.ea'h them, and sleep, pitying
tho-e w ho hick shelter and beds.
Our cok is an Afiican, with a little
caboose tent for his mvstories.
His
crockery is all of tin an I he gives us
coffee in a tcrt of pie-plates. Appetites,
if not ra.-enous, would be fastidlou-.
ItMi. We start on the ibui th rainy
day in .succession, but escape with a
sprinkling; travel a dozeu miles toward
the Platte River. Reaching the crest of
the bluff's, wc overlook the far-famed
lnt trim a sort of Nile valley and the
river stud led with wooded island. If
the tl.ores La,i l,eei) encircled by "fire-
break i
doubt
as tne islands are ty waier, 111
th?-- too would be covered with
. , i i j.
trees.
We pa- '-even buffalo skeletons, an
telopes and ducks. At noon we reach
the l-.ov.se i f George Martin, lho ol lest
mil mo-t prosperous pioneer in this
ouaiter. lie welcomes with hearty Lo.--
1- l - ... , . 1
pitality. e eat his peaer.es iruin uie
t:c s; cn'er lus traiiarv nlleil with wheat,
oits and barley, and perceive that the
crop of his corn ocean mut Cil all out
doors. We have now traversed the region
i n.t.imous as
tit, and find i
the Grat American
t ready to rejoice and
id
TI:
black, vegetable mould. e measured
tass blue joint ei.'ht f.ct bi.jh On
the other hand, we saw divers patches
of a pa.'e green grass, s-aid to betoken an
alkaline, or j oor soil. Far morj fre
quent were patches of Buffalo grass-,
which ba.- here niaiutaindd millions of
those animal; from which it takes its
name, and which is abo preferred I y
tamc cattle to ail other f tdder. Always
green at the ground, and self-cured at
he top i;ito a hav nutritious and to (!-
t,
seme, it is the main relia:
for winter grazing. It
trouble of raising grain,
c of h.-ldefS
les them the
and even of
mowing hay.
The only drawback i. that wood and
water are t"..;h sc ire.:. Yet we drank at
several wells which had eich le u bored
a hundred i'eet deep in a single day.
Many are no more tinn a third f that
depth. Stock w..ter i easily collected,
an i kept iu natural basins v. hich every
where dimp'e t he groni.d. W lure mil
lions of buli'does and ant lopes have h id
their paradi.-e, there ua.st be 3 iiucthiiig
for tame cattle to dunk.
Trees th'm'y rkirt streams but the
pra hies are tn eic.-s. In ton years thy
can be (ovcrc 1 wrh timber. Building
mate.ial is ea.-iiy inipoitcl from Wis-eoii-in,
and coal from Wyoming. Com
petitieu between mines Past and West
is already bringing d wu the price of
coal.
On the whole th.
reason to shoot out
artery t Nebraska.
its lualu migrational
Now were we sur
t the United States
prised, on caliiti
land o'.hee, in Lincoln, to ascL-rtaiu that
tie home, tea lers in Nebraska h ive
been more numerous than in any other
State except Minnesota; that iu the
dbtriet we have ju.-t explored the home
steaders amount to 0,00-1, the pre-emp-tors
to 12. 0t), and the purchasers of
the B. ct M. Baiiroad land to more than
one thou.-and. If Faneuil Hall is the
cradle of liberty, here is the cradle of
civilization.
The announcement having been made
that the coflins are to have a reunion at
Nantucket, .Mass-, it is suggested that
this last effort at a family convention
looks like running the thing into the
ground.
A Berkshire papa put it thus to bis
daughter's beau! "Jim! if yon want
Lu you can have her ; but I don't want
you hanging around unless you mean
business. If you intend to marry her
hurry up, for 1 can't be kept awake
nights much longer."
A lady writer blames the men more
than the women for ridiculous fa-hions
now in vogue, She says: "If all men
possessing S10),ono and upwards should
form a league not to marry any woman
who mounted a chignon, how long do
suppose the ugly monstrosities would
continue to be in vogue?"
The ex-Kmpress Fu cenie is said to be
in the habit of assuring her acquaint
ances, very confidentially, that the al
ways loved Louis Napoleon even lie
fbre she married hiui but that since
their fall from power, his resignation to
mi-fortune, and his patience in the midst
of adversity have raise 1 her affections
to tho point where worship is supposed
to begin.
The Uni
alists have b
that there was nr hell ; and now here
comes the spit itualists to overturn that
blessed hope by the revelation that poor
Henry J. ltayiuoud l- still editing a daily
newspaper.
Ynlnablc IiiSorm.li!i lap J'.iu run Is.
Wiih a view to answering the frequent
inquiries emanating from citizens of the
various European nations respecting the
quality and extent of the unoccupied
lands belonging to the United Sta'es of
America, and the maimer of acquiring
a title thereto, the Commissioner of the
General Land Office has prepared, and
is about to issue, a pamphlet, iu Eng
lish, Ficnch, Swedish ai'd German, giv
ing, in as simple a mr.nneras rraeticable.
brief st .teuients first, of the form of
Goveu nuient of the Lulled States; sec
ond, of our political divi.-ions ; third,
of the pceuli.-tritias of the soil an 1 cli
mate ; fourth, of the hind, system, and
manner ot aco'i riiig tiiics, and uitii, ot
our naturalization laws, or the manner ot
acquiring citizenship. In treating these
subjects, the leading feature wid alone
be given, and each subject will be di
vested of all minor details and technical
references where not absolutely necessa
:y to the full understanding of the sub
ject under consideration. This pam
phlet is also designed to take the place
of the annual report of the transactions
heretofore used for distribution in Eu
rrpe, and which contained much matter
not needed in foreign countries.
I'rt'farloiii Conditio?;
toria.
tf fiticon Tic-
Europcan mails, received at
NcW
York on the HGth inst. , bring ample evi
dence that the condition of ('iocn Vic
toria is more serious than is generally
anticipated. The London 7'iints grieves
to-day that her Majesty has suffered
from a severe and painful attack. It
commenced w ith a grave and general de
rangement of health. This was followed
by a violent affection of the throat,
which rendered swallowing or speaking
above a w hisper very painful and tlilli
calt, and the attack ended in very se
vere absce'os under the arm. The ab
scess was opened and proved much lar
ger than anticipated. This, however,
docs not begin to tell the w hole truth. The
Queen is &ti!l in imminent danger. She
is suffering from a scrofulous disease of a
very persistent and malignant nature,
and fatal results may arise at any mo
ment. When the (ueen is more than
usually affected in her mind, they al
ways send for Lady Churchill, and that
lady is now at Ralmoral.
Am li!Vr.
Nebraska City has offered its vacant
business houses free of rent till spring
to Chicago merchants and busincis men,
as inducement for them to come there
and d-j business. Omaha proposes to
Joilow mit. council i;uris, nas t.ut a
ew vacant liouse
but the best am lar-
gest
t hoi-
ftorercoui m
the city we are au-
zed to tender to any wholesale deal-
er from Chicago free for a year, if he
will come hero and open business. 1 he
building is one hundred mil twenty feet
long, three stories and a basement, and
will hold a pretty good sized stock of
goods for this Western country. Coun
cil JJuj's 'o)i)uni(. .
What will Plattsmouth do in thi
matter? She is not troubled, like her
neighbors with unoccupied business hou
ses, but she can build a few.
Legal Notice.
William II. Scliil ikcccht) On Probute Cnurt
r. Vi'fC.T1' County, Ne-
Jchn Snyder. ) br.-u-ku.
Xlie iluf-nd;ir.t nbove Pinard will take nttice
lhat on the Zlst (lay of Sfpte-inbcr, ls71. .-ni l
j l.-ontiS" commerced an a.-tion u'aii:?t ilefonil
unt in eni I c-ouii to recover the sura i.f i j7.2.
t.n im aciunt. J'r K-rvii es ri-u ii'rt.l ly i Ii. i it
tilfliir (le-fendant. :it hi? m-tiiw;: that on the-lcd
day of September. IsTl, ?aid pla intilf caused to
be issued Ly said ceurt.an orCer ef attaohr.icnt,
and did cau-e the inllunrins V-ropi.Tiy of the du
tciidHnt to be altuche 1. to-wit: Hue JoUrston
llcaj-cr, for the purpose of barinp the fame
sold to satisfy t!ic said iude'ut?.lac.-s and cu.-is;
th.it said cause !ia bi"n adjouriiod until tho
tali day of Novead i r. isTl. nt t o'clock a. v.. at
which time said licfVn.lant is required to ar pear.
,r judruicat f r iriT.J") and iattre.-t from S-cp-t.:::il-cr
Ll. ls.l, and co.ts. will be rendered
i-.-aiLst him.
William II. ScrtLnKXECiiT.
II.- ?.I;.xcil Sc Clmraiiin, A'.lc i :e. v-.
V I' l.cr S -. t
Mew
AND NEW FIRM
Call i&il kcc how eliem CkooiI cau he
AT
TODD & EATON'S,
Deal' rs ui
Dry Goods, Groceries? Clothing, Notions
AND FANCY GOODS. ALSO
filccfcs, filhtcjjcr, iMwIrn.
instruments
Agents for Ogans, Pianos, Melodcons,
.71 a in Street, Opposite !5rooks Eloue,
Wanted, City, County and Territorial Warrants, for which the highes market
price will be paid. Sept. 7th, w3m.
GREAT SALE OF
LOTS
HJsiarallexetl ULiaclKicemciils lo IPureliasvrs ! !
I WILL OFFER FOR SALE
onday, November 6; 71
A Large quantity of desirable property, consisting in part of
la My Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, and Several Lots,
main tesht acshs eih;
A D J O I N I N G
1 IM-.U. W ;J
These Lots
Hoa-thfu! localiiy. Comman ls some of the nio.-t Dcauiiful View.s on the Missou
ri River, and are convenient for Dwellings or Stores. The City of Plattsmouth is
destined to be one of the principal cities of the central part of the Continent. Si
tuated on the beauiii'u! Missouri River, r.t the mouth of the Platte River, with
thou-anls ofmiles of navigation above and below, it 5) :n Is at Nature's own Gate
way to the Rocky Mountains; over this route the Uuilington ec Missouri River
Railroad Company, have already completed some V) miles of the Lc-t railroad,
with the most level route in the west, and road will be fiei-he l and running to a
junction wiih the U. P. R. R. at Fort Kearney by next Movember. It is the ul-
t.mate de ign ot this road to reach the I
gr;;d.'s than any yet found, and thus Control the trans continental
will iii
pe-ur v.i
i-dvautages
A Bridge Over the Missouri Rive
will be commenced here without delav,
I. ova, giving this city the shortest and mo
railways are already noieeted to drain the
Artery ; a'l which prove conclusively .that
ncl Profitable Investment.
Cl u -W
can le fe.nn 1 than by '-renrip.g Ilea! K.-fat
ciiw L JjA 1 i.-oKH i .1 i- ..nn-.vtea lv
cf a rapidly s;tiing section of the fjne-t Agricultural lands in the West. It ha
conncetion with all iln towns on the river, above and b-iow it, an 1 all the main
cities east and west. Chicago is only -- bonis distant, whiie St. Louis is but lid.
Competition in transportation between liver and railway insures cheap freights to
St Louis, while three roads ) Chicago keep down exhorbitant rates in that direc
tion. Millions of dollars of materialcould be manufactured for tii? rapidly increas
ing demands of the inteiior poitioti of the State, and altogether, there is no more
truly encouraging locality to settle in than right here in Plattsmouth.
52TI&s Ilair&Giai, Ballance in Six Konths.
All letters ofinquiiy, containing
iswered. Address
JBOISrjSTJilll,
S T A B L B
Buttery & Lazenby Props.
s
LIVERY SALE & EXCHANGE
JtirThe brst ofllorsfs.in.l Raziries cnhnnd.t
Con. cr Vine and i'ourtli streeta.
GiTY nlkAT MARKET,
-BY
Crco. Picklcr,
MAIX STREET,
SMnttsinotillt; - IVrbraska.
The bc.n of Fresh Meat alwr.ys on band in
their sca-on.
ITigbcst Price Talcl for Fat Cattle
Oct. 4 iAwtf
ILJ rST K E IG I1T,
JiOOK-SCLLL'H,
Stationers?, 9cw&
AND PAPER DEALER.
JLost 0iiii.c linilflius-
PLATTSMOUTH, NE3.
tSeptIt, d olinbaDd w tf.
C UnsEL Propriftor. liavin recently btf 3
roi-iin-d and .iae-ed in thorough ruunicjr ordj?r.
l'.O.IJ!
for w
-iu
:-!i tiie hiS'Ost market
L-Swtl.
ire v. il I
1T.K'
s,
Silver cV )I;iici T&m, gTnsital
&,
Spectace!
and Sewing Machines of all Best Makers
:o:-
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, ON
T II E CITY
- J11' JtlPAI.A."'!
2ST
are well Situated, as regards
aeiLc eoa.-t hv a near route
OVel
better
which
trafiie,
. oi
at this
;o:
c
i
connecting this roil witli its n
f direct lotite Eist. Numerous br.it
b i-iness ,'or m-iny miles into this M
no better opening for
ml
1 homo; in this; juo-t promi-ing
L'l.co'n, an 1 the intciim towns
rail w
; i
o
a postage stamp for return, will be promptly
SHEPPARD DUKE,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
J. W. SHMKOK'S
FEED, SALE AND
LIVERY STABLE.
MAIN STREET,
Piatt sm oulh, Nc bra ska .
I ntu prepared to Rcoinnioilatn the public v.Uh
Horses, Carriuses. llupies a u 1 a X . 1 ilrav-c
on short noiiee and reasonable terie.s. A Hack
will l un to.the.-tcani l.i.al laudiiif;, and to all part
of the city when desired.
January 1. 1371 diwtt
"Luxuries cf fciodsm Travel."
In these days the taste r.f the Travcl'trr l'ub-
! ne lias nccome oxeceair.c-iy lastj.!.oi;s. lnorac-r
ft obtain their pa'.ronctre. a i'ui!r.u.l lino iiiii.t
; bo aule- to in-iire afc.y. .-'.oti.d an i eoinbjrtable
! t lansportat ion. by possessiiiK the neoessarv oualf
Cc-alionof a lirsl-elass cquipmeiit oi ei.ae-he anJ
locomotives, a solid road-bed and hoary iron
I'ulliuan'ri lal!ace s-Ie't-pinK cars, l'ulinian'o
diniiisr curs, a Uire-ct route, good voimectiuns and
careful iii.'nairciiient.
The liui lin rti n route is rnakinr? every effort to
po-st.-s ail 'Cn-se q iiilicatioas to a hitfh dt (Tree,
and oilers a route t i all points east, west, north
roath. by means oi iU: conij'i iii.NS Ijllows:
1. At Ouii.ha with the Pari tic roa
Z. At I'Uttsiaouth Titu tho B. A: r. It., ia
Xebaa.-ka.
3. At Jlamburij. with theSf Joseph Railroad
for all poinls in Kansas. Ac.
4. At Mi-.ivjwa, with the DejOIulnes Valley
and north .Mi.-soari riiroads.
:". At l:uriiiii.-ton with the P.. C. It. A M. It.
It., for ll ivenport. .Muscatine, &o.
ti. At .Moti-nouth. with the K. It. I. & Pt. L.
and Wistrrn l:nion H iiiroads. for St. I'.eil.and
points in the north, ajd for st- Louia and points
ui the s.isiih.
7. At I'e-'ria. with the slu r! line TJ'ooreirnr
ton route in j lidi-inn p. lis, Cincinnati, Lcuisviilo
ari l all p-dnts south and ra.-t.
I!. At Peoria, w iih the T P. & VS. IX. P.., for
L-'gan-port, C-.'uia!us. ,Ve.
At .McroJotn. with a I ihe Illinois Cent ml.
10. At CiilCAeiO. with all i'ruiik lines for tbo
Eat.
better advice can be friven than, than to
Ta-' ho PurliiiKtou P.ou'.e." dtf.
F. ii O 2 A P I
House n l ?i;n ra'nte-, Hraining, paper-har-.iri;r
io: 1 imiini-ntal layir?. I'nin;
.rp:oj.ily tiii. l. ; 1 i r.ovth of I'ru'e'-i 1:1.
.-niiiii '!. i. .-'.'. l.-.ii'.
3?
L .A. I JST
AND
JOB W OHK
DONE AT
inu mu'jiihu
AND
JOB R O O M S .
CAIjL anjd
K X A I N E
t 2 c s
TO BUILDERS & OTHERS
THE PLATTStfOUEH STOHI
A IV D
Are prepared to supply the public with lime of
the. best quality, at their works, at the raits of
Thirty cent per Bushel
Ar.l when barrelled twenty-live cents extra
wi'l becbar-e.l per barrel.
Orders can be left with J. W. Shannon. Piatt j
mouth, it-bruska. or addressed u, the tubecri
btr li'jx uV. Plultsmouih Neb.
J. ii. bAMli, Pris t.
Plattsiuoutli, t ionecnd Lime Co,
scp Pldiwtf.
LOT8 FOR SALE
LOTS FOlt SALE
LOTS FOIl SALE
INQUIRE OP
L, HILLINGS
mm
I). JI. V1IKELEK
E. T. DUKE & CO.,
h:1
-1 j
OP'.-.
. -i 1 1
-:
.IT FOOT OF JLILY STRKKT
Wholc.-'ule .t Kttiiil .! rs in
Hardware and Cutlery, Stoves,
TiNWAhi:. liori:,
IRON, STEEL NAILS AND
JJla.'k.-initli T.m !. i c.
Keep on In ml a Large StocI: of
C1L1RTKR 0.7 A",
BUCKS 11TEXI
CHICAGO, J2MPORM,
L o y.7 . C O OK
And Other First-CIar . king
All kincft
Ci-it r A'ouJ to i l . n leuel.
JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS D )NE.
- M O L I n i:
Sh'ring and Uroiking
ri
At Net Cor,: for Cash.
Our
.State.
prices nre
any le
ii-e in tlii
iianJi,;!.
.tl u lXf ail.
TEE CHEAPEST.
f
f i
tf:
AuJ if you iil ei:!l f.n
r"i an "'e the best and late-t improved
. faria iuipknieuta.
rliho one and two wheel, nn.l tho froi.t and
l rear cut reaper and mowers.
rJ"be dropper and pelf raker reapcranJ mower
rr,ho Marsh harve!ep and renj)er that two men
a elm cut nnd bir.d ten i t. j per day, with
one man to drive, and nil of tLcai wurkinK iiith
shade.
Our reapers are (lie
latcrc-r comliried.
Chumpi .n rearer and
rJ'bn Ilusell reaper and mower combined.
T keep the Excelsior dropper and mewcr
cotubuied.
A nd the Fjsterly single gear, self r-ikinir ?. t-
v per anrl iiion er runs one horse lighter t i. ;
any other reaper.
Xyehaye the well known .Vas.-ililon ll.ra.-'ier
with inuuutfd power im; roved for l71.
re keep (he Milium wajreii on hand.
Te keep the -bi(.ar.-o" f.irm
' wells and ei-.ter.i:-.
Piinip, b..r drip
lsj the T2iif.-Vr.yc Milky rak-:
revolv.iiK hor.-e r.ikes.
liitil the Tift in
ATT l''olnnd rr.a-hinery WA i:iJ.T-
JlJ t l to KivesHtii-i.ti.,n.
-Vlal" between r.i h and Tab., p ,rth
o i-, n.reeuo rs we.-t ol Jlrook j II...
F. .). Ml
A. C. Mayneld and Churles Vi-il.
v i:i:i!.
Ti 'iv liai-,
Eituir TiiiiEs i
NEBRASKA. CITY NEB.
IPslII of 23T
"V.'O An le trees, 1 to 1 cu;s
cacti.
4.u.0 Pear trees, 1 to 3 years ol
each.
oloO Cherry tree, 1 o 3 yc.n i,
O.d, .' tj
:, i i to
id. into ;
) ets
i) c
a'!i
7".""0 Peach tree,5 eer.ts e-ir h.
.'i.i'kMl.saite llcdKe plants $lc' p'r. in.
i"J.W- iloney I.n, u.-t, ; o- o ,., r IM.
l-.vi i crer-ns and Ornamer.tal ; hriO liery. it
liahlias, iloweiine plants in li ... vai i' ty. '1 u
lips. Hyacinths, C'ioce-e.-.:s, Liliies, Ac., rv:i iy
for fall planeing.
Tor in Cash n1 llc Xnrwrry.
AJJres. J. W. PEARMAN,
Ni brasha City, Neb.
l!i0 mi and sec your tree dn out of tho
i i t sci- t, 1 w i d U in.
CITY IiOTFI
J. E. Hollaed. Proprietor, errner of M i'n r,J
Third streets, Plattsmouth, Nebra-ka, Having
teen refitted and newly furnished o2r-rs Crk
ei trr.-.muic.l.-.ti.it. . r n I by the week
;. r'l'"' 'I
WW ' I " s.
- 4J
; -:A -r. -t estate
lui. lea.m.
Oi ii.e oaek i a.
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