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... . . : :.'--..- . ! ' . ... 3 ' - .; .. r. . : ' - , - , - St J J w sir- Volume 7. HE NEBRASKA HERALD. H rtBLISHES ITICCLT IT SEYBOLT &. BROWNLEE, 0. L. SETKOBT . J. Q. IE01TSLR. Office corner Main and Second streeu. set TERMS : Weekly. fiOO per annum if paid ia advance, or J2.50 if not paid in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One squire, '10 lines or less) one insertion $1.00 Each subsequent insertion 50 '"""natctrus. ,1(,t exceodn.r six lints. ..in W 7 - 1 in 1 ail it 11 ui . V.0.fK) iCohimn. nr Annnm ..40.00 j 3 colninn do Onecoluinn do All ad vertis-inir tills dm. n a rtAriv .mm loo.iw Transient advertisements must Lopa'id in ad vanee. AUOB'JICVS. AfARQUETf. SMITH 1- STARBIRD At torneys at Law. t'ra--ti"e in all the courU oltha Mate, t-pecial nttention given to collao ti" and matters of Prohate OiBco over the Post Office Platt?mouth, Neb 1,'OX .t WHEELER Attornty'b a-. Law. Ppe i,iial ,aU,'r''i', riven to probate husinuHa I nn. inland title ciadf. fli":ca i.- the M.-isonio iocu, iMain fctrcet, Plattsinouth. Nebraska. f AX WELL t ClIAPMAXAttorroy at -' Law and fcuhcitorsi in Chancerr. P!utt mouth, Nebraska. OlEcc in Fitrgerali'sBlock, J EESE .t DF PER Attorneys at OlHeo ou Alain street. Opposite Law Brooks Special attention given to collection of claim ja.ii.xltw PIiyici:iss, R. R. LIVINGSTON. Physician and Fur treon. tfBk jrs hi- i?rofc??ioiial services to the citizens of C Kcorntv. Residncegouthe t corner of Oak an LSiith -treeH : cKce on Man Kreet. one door west of Lyman'? Lumber Yard PlatUmouiii. Nob. T W". IIAWL1XS. Surscon and Physicians L:iti a iirg?.n-iu-Chief of the Army of tho IVroin.-ie. PUttsmnuth. Nebm:-ka. Office at O. F. .Johnson's Drug Store ilain street, opposite Clark & I'luiBir.ers. InMirancp. t7 HEELER A- BENNKTT Real Estate and .Tax I'jyins Agents, .N its rie PuMicFire, ur. l Life Insurance Agcu, Plhttanioath. Ncl rwka. iiCltf iHFLVS PAIN' t General In.-uranre A?ent Keprcoeritc some of the iuoI reliable Coia l v in ihe United States. UCice with L!urat.3 & Poliocli in FitzeraUis Block . Liandi:wU Clmrclics. C1!RIti.x 5ervict in Court House Hall Q 11. M iilli.-, locul prcauhcr. Elders, Ljaie Wiles nl T.J. Todd. JiPisopL Comer Viro pnd Third etreeU lev. II. C. Shaw Srrv ices every .Sunday at 11:'J a. m. and - 7 . rn. Snu-.lay School t 3 I. ui., l'rof. d Aheinand, rut Saj Co.v:r.r.OATinsAi Corner Loeu.4 ar r. Ir. IS. 1 M anivell. resiuen :e 1 tr cn 4t:i ud 5itiers f 'ervicea every Sabbath at 11a. n::aa l 6;30 p. m. fcfc! i'th rh,I at i: 31) i. m. I'raiurF-meeting every Wctlnedday eruniDc. Catbomo North ,i!cof Pnbli.-S-inaro R'v V.ihpr ll:ivf. rirt Mrs every triath aC?:.AJ . in., Se.ron 1 Maa and ermn at l'W) Vmiienand IWnedictii'H at l1- w a. ra.. Mass At 8 a. m. every week day. r,-.,3T Ptur.vtf bian North fideef JIaia st. catofY-ixih liv. 1. CanAr..! ; Service eo-S:.S-ii--th at 11 a.m. end ir.W r- i- a . ah ricUoul at : in...lh03 Pollcok Sjupcnn--end.-at. lrny?r uiecting every Wednesday Terii:'lt at ti:2- o'clock. Meti'od!?t ErisrnrAi. West side of Sixib .trfet. wutii .f Slain-Rpv. J. U. Vrcsn. - e-vi-f: every t'.ibbiHh at l!:-i a. in. and p.m. i'ravr inet-ti.-iK every Thursday cvenii-e. ,Vl v"8 reeVs7 even- -Monday evenin and lcimediate- !y :iit:-r cU'fi of Subl.alh. liiorniog tubbath School at services ?ono''" don 2'i September hat die Dcutac.ie V? Luth. HeTiieind! in ihrcrn Suhulliaus vnj niiiiass urn 11 Utir .lottodienst. Lt bcrhaupt f-ndvt di-rsel'-e vn jett an rei'clmaejsi alle 14 Tj.ith stjit. Miaisler Rev. L Haanawaid. IOO F.Ceiruir.r ciceticira of Plr.tte Ledge, N""'l . . I'", every Saturda evcnicfr, at O ld Felloes Hail. Trncient Brothers are cor iial'.y invited o visit. J. V.-. JOHNSON N. G.J A.d'ALi.F.sitKi See. r r r T Til,.t jm.w.f K Knp-iuinnjont No. 3. KepulHr Convocations U.c ind nn-.Utn Friday s pi- c.n month at Odd Fellows llall.cor.dd and M-:ia u. Transient Patriarchs V'V-'i'',51 lP,y'Ae"X , visit. WJI. L. V LLLb. C. P. L. R " M ioxir Pi atismout.'i t'VGV. No. 6 A. F ' M. Hc?ii-'.r meetings at their had on tni frn'ar-d thirl Monday evening ot cacu month Tr-"tbrcth7AiiVALLE'ir. W. M. A. d'ALLZMASf. Sec. MroT Lodok No. A. F. & A. M.-ReguU jjia. at Uc,y J. M. EEARaaLKr. Sec. Viwjii CKAfTFR No. 3 R. A. M. Regulra jonvocations second and tourtn li.csday eve . m,T.r I oi PI" mjUl.'l I.l . o ';o.' n. I-. U.K. 'lliVINGSTOIi 11. P. H. Nkwha. Sec. I. O.G T. ?Livitr.HAXrFt.No.2--WpForree ck Lodjre Deputy. Meets at Clark rf-l'lummer's nll Bverr Tuesdojr evening. Traveling lempiars e?pectal!y inrived. BROOKS HOUSE. JOHN FITZGERALD Proprietor Main Street, Between 5th and Gth.St PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE. E. 11. SC1IUTT, Proprietor, Corner Mala and Fourth Streets, riattsmouth. decl2d.twtf. NATIONAL HOTEL CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS BREED & FALL AN - - Proprietors. Jnst opened to th public, for both day and week boarders. Tables set with the best the market allords. Accomodation. second to none in the city. decltidawtf ITIicellancoijs. f2. B. SVIURPHY, f Manuc'.urcr cf QAND DEALER IN fatness, Sattolts, riblcs C()LLARS, WUIPH. Blankets, brushes, &c. Promptly Executed. All work Warreoted. XSrFINE HARNESS A SPECIALITY. Nov. xO.wtf PliUtsmoulh, N IHi&cellnneoii JOSEPH SCIILATLEJ ESTABLISHED llf 1861. DEALEH IN IVATCHES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY SILVER ANT PLATED WARE. 1 1 1 .r r a 1 j i ' n . ..rt'n 1 mt . . . . VIOLIN HTRING: AND f 'A vnv rn ri-s Watehe. Cloeksand Jewelry "repaired neatly , uij with di.itrh. 1 -Knoved to opposite Platte Valley Howe j M'Mbtr U nov. lOwrf. - VI a Tl s 1 s 1 3 1 r 1 o a u n tt r-3 o H o yr 2 c n cr -1 c sr 4 O o 0. va 2. S 2. 5" L c c vs I a o S3 9 - n n n B 3" 5 L. BROIVI Sl CO Platismonth Cigar Factory on iluin street, opposite Court House. Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska. We have on hand a larce aMortiaent ft f-l r-l ,. rn., . it a: i ur Atl U, o-. ... tonsinun o-i tne nest suaI:iios of GiUAll, J?1.NE-CUT, PLUG AND I SMOKING TOI3ACCO, As ws deal exclusively in Tobacco we can sell a ;heap, if not cheaper than other atoro in the Jity. I iivens a call before yon purcha.e eljewhert. ta we know you will no av.-ay satUlied. L Hroin Cc Co. ' ebruary 11. lSoD.dtf. SHOO FLY MEAT MARKET The Rnder.i(,'r.el havin? rejify, ,V!n " Tu.-t'oiiiVrs who may favor hna w.tU a Call, with the Best HZg&!5 ; SMOKED SAVSAGE lc. at t'ao LOWEST PRICE POSSI KLK. -Coritracts will al.o be ma le f.irfjrnishlnj ireat in lr?e quantities, and ueliverinK it in any part ct the city. inr-iFf"r Dr?lfC raid for Fat Cattl niUnJl I iMUw (jrecu Hi'U' Ac. - 2. I). ARNOLD. Feb'J;w;f. To Advkrtisps. All persons who contem plate uiakinK contracts with uewpnrerslor the I insertion o! Advertise uecu saouia tcua io GYSlJ i-.w. Pirn'r nr in i-Inf 2- eentS for thtir One I hundred I'aeo Pmihlct. containing LiSi3 oi I 3,U Newj-p:ipers and estimates, ni'iwins tne j cpstof advcrtk'injr. also njuny useful hints toad- of uin who are known os successful advertis ers, this firm are proprietors oi tne American Newspaper Advertising Agency. tt-T onA a ra r,naaA,l nf uneuunled facilities for securing the insertion of advertisements in all Newspapers cd Periodicals at lewest rates, H. J. STREIGIIT, BOOK-SELLER, Stationery Jews AND PAPER. DEALER. Post Oflice SSuildii?. FLATTSIHOUTH, NEB. cSopts't. d -soljnband w tf. LEi: 1. GILLETTE Kehrashd City, General Agent Dep't Northwest. Union Central Life I1I5URAECS GO 01 Cincinnati Ohio, J. U. PRE350N, Local Aieu julylodAwtf T. W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE AND LSVERY STABLE. MAIN STREET, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Horses, Carriages, Ruggies and a No. 1 Hearse nr. hort notice and reaconablo ternw. A Hack will run.t -iithe steamboat binding, and to all part ol tbe city when desired. January 1. 1S71 LtrwtL PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. r. TI SlKR.r. Prnr.r5tor.Havinc recently been renKirei nu pmceii in iiulituuk" '"s ; ji ldu.uOO Lushed of AVheat wanted immediately or vhich the highest market price wjH be pajd 00. 4 ark Herald Column, rV r THE BEST Local F'aper 1 N NEBRASKA! OC Mi3 3UI One Year - Six Months - $2,00 - $i 00 IN THE . -m . , "J curaska lltirala" 7 C3-If 7on want your Business Knoira'CS For the HERALD is read by Farmers. Mer chant?, Mechanics, Contractors, Mock Dealers, Railroad Men, Business Men, Manufacturers, Consumers and EvorybeJy, THE IIERAL D Ta the t-lace tn st your - Jol Wcrlx Bone o-Ilaving recently ma le larire additions to our already extensive Etock of typc rules, borderland othprmjteriaj Vr o aro now prepared t do All lsiud-i of Work in THE BEST MA9N&R AND At Reasonable Rates, WJC AHK PKSFAe TO PRIX Business Cards, Wedding Cards, ' Admission Tickets, ! Ball Ticket?, Bank Checks, Deposit Tickets, Bank Drafts, Protest", Note Hcada, Letter Head Bill Heads, Statements, Shipping Bills, Way Bill, Dray Tickets, Circulars, Contracts, Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Catalogues, Pamphlets. Price Lists, Dodgers Programmes, Hand Bills, &o. Sic. &e. Give Us a Call. Qnficfhptinn Plattsmoutb, Nebraska, .ivxvaa-Auui, jamco uo., i eb. IDiroa Herald : As the tprixig is advaseiPif, so is a large immigraticn, seeking botues in our beautiful State. A word of advice would not be out of place to those who are desirous of la- Cdtin where they can get good aoil, a mild climate, abundance of water, and fctone. The Republican valley offers all of the above inducements to the enter- pridMig settler. Tho Republican River enters tne south-west corner of;tb.8 State, town 2, range 42 west of tb fcth principal meridian, and leaves u Ki wn 1, range 5 west, draining a be!f"of coun- iry lying uorth and t-outhtoC it ,fini twenty to fcixty miles iu width; -and-TMn i ... nmg along the southern border of fiio fctate for two hundred and fiitv'miles. I au area equai 10 tea large atmtiesTwe two, leavinir larce bottoms on eitripr si.l v'uui iuues Miuare. cuitincr mem in iuuj uuo wtii umcs in wiuin, aiongtiie wnoie iengtn or the vauey, wita numer- ous small streams putting in, heading in a nortnwest and souibwest course, ani varying rrom ten to twenty-five miles in length, and from five to fifteen yards iu width, forming uice bottoms. All of these streams are heavilv tim bered with ash, oak, elm, cottonwood, and box elder: cedar is also funnel in the canon Dockets, ntrtieu'arlv nn th south tide of the river. On all these small streams choice farms could be made, having water, timber, bottom and table lands. What could be more de sirable ? In some of the' eastern mutos the best locations have been selected by he first settlers, but thousands of nr-r.-a ; of good land is still left. : but to those who want first choice keen coin w.ost until you can exclaim Eureka! 1 hi was done in settling up the States of II iinoi?, Icdiana, Missouri, Wisconsin and lowa: but the nubl cland has lonir .sinew disappeared in those States. They are uow numbered anions the old. This will be said oi the Central Star, Nebras ka, ere wo reach another decade, HOW TO REACH TUB LAND OF PR03IISE ross tno j'lissoun river either at 1 iatcsmoutn, Nebraska City, Urownville or Kuio, all good places to outfit. Those at luu UUH TOIIUS CinfiO 1 recyy west t0 utri, also a good place to bov (roods. to buy goods. The United States L-ind OlEce is located here. Tou will find two pleasant gentlemen in thi Register and ueceiver, wno will give you all the in formation pertaining to the homestead and pre-emption laws then from here to i'Jum creek, by the way Ft. Kearney. Those that cross at Plattsmouth and Ne braska City w II go directly tolineoln the capital or tne Mate, where they can find everything for sale usually offered at such like places From here take a straight courso for Ft. Kearney, either aUrng the line of the B. & M- R. R. in Nebraska, or the old wagon road alng the l'latte river. At Plum creek you wi.l find guide board, and a plain road from the Platte to ths Republican, with Kopfo YE4tSS I "fiilureifr Qjte'ty hun , dred oa this route mistiM s oughs. J steep hill., and numerous "unbridijed streams, thereby avo;.i:nr nM rn incident to anol Once in tha valley, the immigrant can take his choice up or down the stream. Tf v..., KoWts tho latter, he will find the streams tolerably we.i oriagen, uy iue 'llTJ -11 .1. cnttlrj tvhn are al.-o wiihnz to bhos them the metes and bounds of each sec tion corner, asking for no pay, but ex- . .l . .... V ...... ..1 r.e 'ing tnem to mate a tciusuiuuv become their neighbors. ironi this iv.int westward hrtt-clas claims for ten toou'ana persons can oe nau. ociuie reaching here, the immigrant will en- counter t n-i meet wun a gre.tb iun mi noyances while traveling in Iowa, and in some portioas of Nebraska by a lot of grtcnbaeked philamnropisis v. no vriu nrw.er. them in the following manner: "Going to Nebraska, my friend? a bad rv-mnt.rv ! it never rains there, the soil is not food, and water is scarce." Seeing no disannointment on the face of the pio 1. r. llinn fnrni tn t!l vrif. and lllOLh- er and dec'ares "it is too bad for such a nice family as yours to rave to go so lar f e murdered by the Indians " This is the last resort to intimidate the weak. But the story is too old, and has no effect on intelligence. Ihe way to find out more of this d iss of people is tn risk them what thev will ha ve you do, nnd thev v.ill answer bv savins, ".settle lire : vou can buv land a. te uo.iar.- j - - - , per acre, and on ten years' time, with . ... . i 1 . i : 1 1 six per cent, interest. vjtucr.s immj "tnke an SO acre homestoad, riiiht uere, I coal is cheap," or "I will sell you my in terest, lh-.s should be proot to tne immigrant of what they are after. One is an .Agent oi some r- uiouj tJiuiMuj which has a large grant of land from the Government. Sometimes he will be . : ' . 4 ..... found on the wagon highways. otli;r times on the rui'ways. and in most of the tnwna he has an ofhee. His name 13 Land Agent having lotsof maps, plenty of check, and some book learning, every person he can bleed, his percent, is sure. I The other class cf persons want to got all the eulled land settled up in tneir neighborhood, so as to enhance the value ef their own, or wishing to sell out to enable them to eo where the luiimzrant starfpd for. Manv a noor man has been swindled bv this mode of oncration, by . , I lies and double-dealinc. Such things as these will be encountered from the time vou leave nome unrii you get to iue Land Office. We will say to those not wishintr farmins lands, that there re several tb.rivin2 towns in the V alley, where the merchnnt, mechanic arid pro fessional man would all do well to take up their homes and erow up with the country. In most of these towns both business and residence property can be had. bv ercctinz a cheap building, either of sawed or hewed lumber. Most oi or neweu uimuci. wi . i these towns are already recognized by ihe people of the e different counties as the "seats of Justice." The following are the names of the counties in which these towns are situated : Red Clou i, in Webster county : Alma, narlin county : Arrapahoe, James county ; Red Willow, Red i:low county Arranahoe is a beautiful location lor a city, situated on a piece ot table land 1 consisting of three hundred and twenty acres, sloping toward the south, and handsomely laid out. All streets run ning east and west are one hundred feet ! wide, except idain street, which is one hundred and twecty. Those running 1 uu5 north and south are eighty feet wide ide ; f'e al'eyaare sixteen feet wide, and there nr Can lnma nr-'trt coin j fr f h i r 1 n iT ! about live afire each: al:o two lots anicce tn Lo dnnnfed to all Christian lanAmUo;B fr. Vin ATicnnallf Ii'h vnf'ji father owned an entire finl CkJA ITollrtri: wWli cuirnLld ffraiiml MV J VAA A LUU '.1 C-, I 1.11 I I 1 1 u I u .v...- Thursday, March 28, s-Aiectei for depot purposes, to be given to any or all roaJj that may rmch that Pnt l'his town is situated in the geographical center of the county, as we'l as in the Republican valley, in this State located between tlirp with the Republican adjoining on the outh, the Bis Muddy ou the west and tao Elk on the east, forming beautiful ecenerv. Two "of these streams hnr, been leveled and found to have a full of 1 twenty leet to the mile, with high banks ad gravelly bottoms., A better vacant j water power cannot be found in the State, that will 'furBi.-h such a constant Kow or water, both n dry or wet weather. 1 II . - Mill men of experience have eT:niitifil tnese site? and pronounced them good, and it only requires means. eiiLre-v and pluek to get them. These sites are of- fered to any one who will build saw mills J on them within the nre-ent. wir rn l ""')' uu nave an me sawing tnev ccuia ao. lae n next son on thevcouIJ ue tranrormea into grt mills. Small grain will be by that time raised in large quantities in this neighborhood, giving tne mills that may be erected all th T. . I - . 1- J . ' ' If Ml 1 vfui n. 1 1 my may uesirc. -uiiiers, nereis a chance tor you a thing forever go lor it delays are dangerous, and you may iose a tea tnousan.i dollar mill Mte The county lying west of Jamea is to be called lied Willow. It is a splendid county. The town of Red Willow was laid out by a company of enterprising eDrastian3 Iroru JNebraska City and Utos county, who will be on hand thi: spring, turning over the prairie and nut ting up buuaiugs for their own use. Tha moviug of so large a colony of busi .. . .-u... j uiuicis uu.u orient tne Dest agricultural counties m tho State, l;ah.s vuiumes ror tne Uepubhean val lei', -ihe soil of southwestern Nebraska is a sandy loam, and is from one to four reec truck. Underlying this is to be found clay of an ashy appearance, inter mixed with sand ; and wherever this has been tried it has produced corn, forty uusneis to tno acre ; potatoes, two hun area and htty; wncat, twenty-eight to thirty-seven bushels. All kinds of gar- uea stun can do raised on this soil with but little trouble soma of which we saw being of enormous size of their kind, lue above results were 'for the nrst year and on the sod. Water, in most oi tne streams, is e ear and snfr and of a pura oualitv. Tha s.ims be said of wells. Tho weather the nast winter has Lmr. unusually severe, and mark. sI.a coldest in fifteen years, by hunters and trappers, yet all kinds of stork h dona well oa the native crasscs, without hay, when watered, and sheltered at eight. It is true a few head hnva brn iti. vy mo negiiger.ee oi their owners. i v ...... i. - i- . by not providing shelter and water for them Who is to Ma IBP ? ThniKunlj of cattle will be -Iriven to the l!nn?.!i can valley within the present year by stock-men of much experience, who have examined into its adaptability for stock thV iTUhdtered 'ulairii oYVotSfKP.B Wyoming to the .'hady eroves and laxu- itant pasturage ot to gt-e.-ic.TLuCi.' ai - " - , . . . I- J ways a ready raariiec ior iiieir pioaucu at their own doors, at lucrative prices, commencing at the first year. " ' There are several railroads pointing toward the valley, and completed within a few miles of the same. One of these roads ha already extended us survey up thi- valley a hundred nines, ana it win be put under contract w thin the present Miuinicr. The Union Pacific, Burling ton & Missouri, and St. Joseph & Den ver, are all running parallel, only varying "m distance from thirty-five to forty miles north of this valley with numerous pro- jectcd branches from the main tru; lines crossing this valley, whieu w.U gi trups i?e ii an outlet unsurpassed by any locality we it of the Mississippi, ior 'exttianting cattle aud hogs fur the lumber or tha North, an! flour and corn for the tropi eal nroducU cf the Souih There nre no Railroad jrrant-J m the valley. E' erybody that can fill the requirements of the law, whether na nas oecn in me a-myor not, can take one nunurea ana sixty acres either in a pre-emption or homestead, or both Dy taking a pre Anintinii first, ana liviui on me siuu a v..-, .... , - - . , few months, and then proving up auu nftprwanls availini themselves of the homestead laws. This will give the set tlor three hundred and twenty acres. The value on all land in this valley, as estimated by the Govern nieut, is.one dollar and twenty five cents per acre. - As there are no land grants, the settler will have none to pay lor. There is a bill before Congress, at present, drafted by Hon. P. W. Hitchcock, benator trom this State, which gives any person one hundred and t-isty acres of land that will plant one hundred and twenty acres in timber, not over eight feet apart, and keep the same in good cultivation for hve years, when the party claiming ui same can .trove up ou u jus us mcy would for a homestead. Only one quar ter section is allowed to be planted in each section, and anybody can avail themselves of this whether taking a homestead or not. This bill will pass, without a doubt, and will be the means of producing timber on a vast prairie country, and would be one ot the wisest i, .. . i-i i . i. .. . ia.vs nertatninsr to our puune luuu mai is now before Congress, ahd worthy of their immediate attention; and, when passed, will be hailed with joy by tha rfor.l nf tha country lying west of the Missouri River, as a blessing, and the introducer of the same never to be for gotten. Resictfuily, W F.STWAKI) I auuni-aa TT.m David Davis, who has been nom inated for president by the National La bor Reform party, was born in Cecil coun- w i " j t..u n iiil K . rr mi lrvi-inii Ti-irf-.ii it. .1 1 . . l vi n' v.v graauatea at ivcuj on .o.., . .' UO;o, lnisoa.anu BvmKMuU cu - the schools ef Harvard and Yale, remov ed to Illinois i 1835. and commenced th nraetice of his profession at Bloom- ington. He was elected to the Illinois l;Klatiir in 1S44. and in 1?47 was a rr.cmhor of tha state constitutional con vention. In 1843 he was elected judge of tho Eighth judicial districtof Illinois, and was twice re-elected to that position. In 1S63 Presideut Lincoln appointed Mr. DavU an associate justice ot the supreme court of the United States. Joel Parker tWa Labor Reform candidate for vice- I . . . - . . president, i the present governor oi Jersey, navmg aiso ua-upiiu tion from JS63 to I860 AOffiiianeia man uiaitca. practice to kindle his fires with kerosene I ravcvard ho poulia t be more reckless 1 1; . .... ' t 1872. ATU4l RESl'LTOF TREE PLANT- A Tlftlt to tli lIorncofAriliar Urjaat. Wm. Ccllx.v Urtant is well known to the literary world as a gifted poet. In beauty or expreision, and refinement of! taste he is rarely excelled. Few men hold such intimate companionship with na ture. ; IlisbrotherArthurisalsO a man of cul ture, whosjj life is a mingling of stern pro.se and beautiful poetry. His new work on planting of '"Forest Tree-," has iu it the genus of beauty, whose inspir- i :i t fi. .1 1 v aiiou win oe leit inrougu t;ie coming years. Ho is not alone a poet who writes fie who adds charms to the beautiful world, and, as to worker with God, lend: h.-s tIm.e enerfcy af?J taste, to the crea tion of some charmim? landseam. or d. lightful grove, has furnished inspiration to pleasing thought for year to come. He who writes his lines on this beauti ful world, in such a manner that the pass ing seasons, instead of etLteing them shall bring them out into bolder relief is a poet, if uot in word, atleast in thought and deed. Arthur Bryant, of Princeton. Ill . is ona of the pioneers of Horticulture in the jNorthwe.st. lie is now in the De cember of life, but he has surrounded himself with every comfirt whit-h - th dilligence of summer could brimr; and I thought, as I strolled thronch bis amr.le grounds, what reward's are in store for those who are willing to use their oppor tunities. It did not seem nossihln th .t all the beauty and comfort I saw there. could have been procured by so little ef fort, and in so short a time. There was a large variety of evergreens. Hemlocks with their freshness of color, and Cedars, with their paler tints, different kinds of and Larch, only 13 rears old. river 40 feet hi'h and struisht as arrow In mi lawn was tna neautitu: Tulip tree, with its smooth bark and clean branches, Pai'er-bireh, as white as if folded in a mantle of snow. There was tho Colfee tree, with its rouan b.u k, and the Per- siiamoa trees, with their angular branch es while a little further on were Chest nuts with the ground beneath them cov ered with bur.-t. witnesses nf thmr nm. ducti"eness. Mr. Bryant and son ac- companied me with measuring lin 3. to I take the dimensions of the trees, and gave me their ages, both of which I note for the encouragement of those com mencing hie on treeless prairis- First, we measured a Cataln.i rrpv whose rich foliase, and beautiful and showy blossoms give it a crown of glory among the neighboring trees. This is twenty-eight years from the seed, and, measured eighteen inches above ground. it nas a jcircumijrenca ol seven feet. Next, we measured a Norway Spruce, wincQ is more man rorty lcet high, very bright in foliage, raising its graceful trunk through a pyramid of" branches. The lower limbs of this tree do not drop off. but continue to push themselves out wnose uiameter is about twenty-five feet Tltia h-l-i A-.-i -- J-..."--' ' slowly. Do they? We measured this is wedoall the rest, cchteen in . .1 i i c j j.j et ches aoove tne jrrounu. auu uvi vn cumference to be five feet. 1 asked the ace; and find it to be only tweuty years old. A stately White Pino near it nine teen years old, gives the same measur r.prt A Tnlin tree, whose fragrant blossoms in spring, aid so much beauty to this vouug forest, i twenty-five year old, fortv f'et hih, and has a circuru fcrence of four f jet. A beautiful Che.-.t-nut tree twenty years old, is of tho same 120. A noble Honey Liocust is tweniy- five years old and mea-ures six aul a ha.f feet. A Sott Maple tnirty years o.a ts ol tne same size, -v i wuci . from this'ch-jrmmg spot, 1 thouant ol the possibilities of beautiful Nebraska, if people have only a mind to interest themselves in the matter. But it costs too much! I answer: any responsible Nurseryman will be jr'ad to let you have a much larger bill than Mr. Bryant has set out in his splendid grove for $f0 llisson Arthur Bryant dr., has a thriv ing nursery with trees enough to beauti IV in an v n home, and I could but wish thnr. thnir t.lace was in Nebraska rather than in those symmetrical rows. Send to him for his catalogue, and also for his father's book on "Forest Trees," price SI. 50. You cannot begin too soon, if imiir crmind is ready, if not. attend to that the first thing. Trees mu-t have thc. verv best of cire. or you will fail. l5tfore ong. I wui teliyou tiow to ouy, aud how to plant, so that you can get the mast value and comfort tor your money. And you will find that the great work be fore vou of planting one tenth-or your land ( which vou mu-t dot w:!l dwindle away to dimensions which you can easily n. You ae beginning now, and with a little exertion, you can add three values to your homestead. "God hulps the man who helps himself, is nevermore clearly pvpmt.litfed than in tree planting. This work requires attention for a few years, r . . and then you can surrender it to tne cars of Him who makes all the ministries of Nature tributary to. the weal ot man. When vour grove is once under way. you have only to look' on and see it grow. One 01 the most melancholy tacts oi our temporal interests is the rapid destruction of our magnificent Pine forests. But by a wise provision of nature, the cone-bearing trees grow the most rapuiiy wnen once started. Think of raising Piue aw logs in twenty or thirty year But it has been done. . -ii 1 C. S. Harrison. Supt: May Flower Colony, York co. , Neb. . A Washington dUnatch says the re- calcitrant Republicans decided yesterday t. spnrl Ssnator. probably Tipton, to Cincinnati, lo conler with the leaders ol .. . the Liberal Republican Convention. Sumner, Sehurz, Trumbull. Featou and Tipton have held repeated confereuces, and have agreed not to abide oy tno action of the Philadelphia Convention if it nominates Giant, butlook to Cincinnati for a candidate. Sumner is understood to favor Davis. A combination is form ing to make Senator Scott a candidate for Vice President, so as to make a vacancy in tho Pennsylvania Senatorship for Forney and other Senatorial aspirants in that State A thief stole tha overcoat of ono of the f ;i LUiCI SlU.C bUG Ulkl ' ' . 1. w vj . repC)rtcrs on the Cincinnati Gazette re cotIv. The paper announced the fact together wih the information tnat the owner of the garment was just recover ing from an attack of ths smallpox of the most maliguant typo. It is feared the ruse of the despoiled reporter will prove to be "too thin.' For the Nebraska Ilerald. S L'OTC II-IRI3 11-YA NK EES. colonies In Xerr Ilnaniltlre ud In IrdisrorGrely nnd Gov, Clrlincs. EY PROF. J. D. BCXLER. . IjIXCoLN, 'Neb. Feb. 22, 1872. At the tuneral of tho late Governor Grimes, in Uuriinsrton. Iowa, ic was re worked by the Rev. Dr. Salter, that tho uoveruer .s lorefathers woreamonz the Scotch Irish colonists, of Londonderry: New Hampshire. In the annals of that settlement, 1 hod the name of WILLIAM H RIM EH. ' It occurs among the signers of a local - oecluration ot Independence, drawn up at .Londonderry in Aprile, 76, or three mouths oeiore the national declaration in t hi.addnhia. 1 his declaration ran t J-hm 'We, the subscribers, do hereby solemu'y engage ana promise, that we will to the uLUKjso ui our power, at tne riss or our lives and fortunes, with arm oppose the hostile provocations ol tho JJiitsh fleets and armies against the united American colonies. Londonderry. as a colony, has a history which both in . .... , . i . i nuuui aim encourage men who are now contemplating simuar entarpn.ies. Its founders were of'a colonizing race Thei ancestors in 161-' had left Scotland for ths far wast, whitch at that time meant . 1. L ' T I I t me Luna oi ireiana, vvnere lana was cheap because just confiscate 1 from the rebles. A century there of paying titles to a church tney detested, and of dtily contact with wiu Irish, was quite enough. It prepared them for a gla i exodus to a land grant in New England, where they hud no neighbors too near ror elbow room, and paid nothing to preachers whom they did not elect. Their grant comprised a hundred square miles, wherever they eou'.d find lini not appropriated. Such was the form of the old colonial homestead bill. 1'heir pitch was made iu the new North west of New Hampshire. Founded in 17PJ, by sixteen families in Aprile, the colony numbered seventy families within five months. The first houses were buik only fifteen rodsanart f '"oai each other. Hence they were near unougti lor mutual protection and help, as well as for society, school and r-hnrph Their sixty acre firms were ten times as long as broad, resembling sticks of tape, .. .1... 1 .V - 1.1... 1 I f ". ' vi u:o wis oi me rrenun nuitirans i: i , . ,. . lower L.anaaa. isat tins inconvenience was compensated by religious and educa tional institutions from the outset. Lond mderrv fulfilled tha honrs of it- rounder?, and uemenstrated the wisdom nf th.-ir V,ov It n,-..c. c.. to ba attacked Tnrliri..,. if, ,IL - - , . - .v., Kv pooi ndver knew tho privations of scattered settlers. It also proved ; a seed which brought forth after its kind, cr a north ern hivo from - which have Bwarraed many other coltionies a wall as Jegions -tV"Hu!ar leapers in church school and orute. Amomcr f.u, i o . . mtio ElclVD UCCII dence the Revolutionary TJen'eia!, Held nA s,fr!.- I)r. Anderson the veterm apostle of minions . to the heathen Hnmrn fireete'i. and. in Greeley's opin- inn t.iw tP!iffh?M thm hive been fur- ni.-hed bv any equal number of our pop- nliti.in (Ireidv s interest m his name- sake eo onviu Colorado, may it not have snrnn: in iNebraska several co.ouies ju.u r. . i . . i . . now starting in Londonderry styie. i acn members are so organiZ2d as to act eiitier in cne body or independently, according oa iif!i fnnrsti win ucn L'luujum n.v.. obi-cts. They first combine to get con- trol over one or more townsuips oi ia:ia Thzn four of them often purchase a sec tion, each of them becoming the indi- nniul mrmrnf nn fourth. xSear the ni,in whore the four farms corner, lour - - houses are built. If, ou a high divide or on table lands and r.o stream flows near, a sinerle wdll centrally placed, ac commodates all the families and by means of a windmill yields water enough ior ai their cattle even if they are stoc. raisers. The outlay for agricultural implements is lessened because a single one can Ire miHntlv suffice for tho four neighbors. Through changiug work imperiled hr saved. Thus the mutual de- i?n lenco of each makes all independent. Thi h-jartiness of sociality among tho-e wittinc down together in a now lioiu , is beyond the dreams of thosa who alway; UtLLl? V li j . ,, ' J I dwell among their own peopla ia an old ftmnnimiii V. Among the earliest cares of these colo nists are building school and en urea, ex cluding saloons and laying out a villa where merchants, mechanics, aud pro fsi.ninl men eouureirate. One of the Nebraska newliugs of which I have spoken is Plymouth, in Jefferson county, fifty miles southward ol 'the State capital, near a branch ot the Darlington Uis.nnri River R. It. Forty thousand acres in a body have been here reserved by the railroad lest any speculator should buy so as to throw a stumbling block in the colony 8 path, nr.? manager m im pntiirtirift is Ray D. E Jones, of Lin coin. He has already disposed of one il.ird of th colonial lands usually a ninrtrvMiiiin ta c .ch settler on ten years credit at six percent, uucrcsi, from to S10 per acre. for Londonderry and 1'iymoutii are not without analogies Lota were on a frontier; both on running founded stream. rhr former contained seventy families before the close of the first seis-.m. I he latter wilt, for more than seventy have ?i1riadw bought farms there. In Plym outh, no less than in Londonderry, there will be a compactness and a homoge-r-.ooiw phnmcter which insure to a new KPttlefient the privileges and enjoyment of an old one. Both resemble Minerva, horn fn'l ir r own. But I wns burdened with building two stone garrison houses, fr retugo lrom Indians. It was assailed by arm rl men wl-.n Maimed its lands under Id Indian lioth these annovaues P It safe from Indian, a nd its titles come direct from the United States. Not a few Iondouderry men were rcdemplionerx, that is. sold them coli.a inf.i .i kind of slaveTV for years, in order to reach that colony. But P. th;inLs to ideam oti laud and sea, is not thus hard to reach. ANOTHER NEBRASKA COLONY. Th "xMav Flower." also of the Lon- drrnderrv sramp. following in tho v of Plymouth, has secured four township in York county, and will begin to soltTe Number 52. them this spring. It is under tho lead of Rev. C. S. Harrison, whose postoifictf is Karlvillf, III. Although both oolouics were projecft d by Congrcgatioial min isters, they will welcome as co-woi Iters, all men of temperance and morality. Both are near railroads, but Plymouth ii fifty miles further xotith No nnldiri IiiiJ remains near P., but the May Flower colonist still has oi.ttortnriiti.iJ for homesteads m l prc-etfiptionj. Both, like Presbyterian loud onderry, will perpetuate and propagate tho prin. eiples ol their toundt rs. ''B'ood will tell. Loth, al.-o, mu-t erow as fiiu.th faster than their New IJa-imshirj mod.-I as the pace of the locoinotivo which briii as them suppliot and rarries their produce to market, is swifter thsn tho ox, or rather tho pack boarins Scotch porters, on whose shoulder i-.rn uml civilization first rntere 1 Londonderry. Albany- uml .ew Y.rU f.xIlAIU nn'a l)jll 1'frUJiS." I don't like Albany. It is filuated up here on and soma- times under the Hudson River. Thcra is too much water and ico about Albany to suit me. " A mail is not morallv remon.il.lrt fsr what h;j says or docs in Albany. If I were a juryman in a murder case, and it t&'pr. ,ni1n-i,ft-.T ....... .1.1. ....i. - .1 were conclusively proved that the accused accomplished orconceived thi bloody tct while in Alluny, I should be in favur nf acquitting him. I don't say this brcauso I am opposed to Albany, or out cf a de sire to criticise our Statu (nit.il Oh no! but ifa sliL'ri.l'ehjuld say to ma now: "Pork ins, you can put this rope irnuml .vour neck and become an nntrel. or vin can go and live in Albany, ' i should eU- orace Mm, lorgive everybody, aud ex perience religion. The climate about A!hnv It m.i a!n.- briousliko tho members of the lerila- ture. It is a queer china to. Wi have here only two seasons nine nionths win ter, and three month, late iu the i-priii. Tho city acj.irdiiiL' ti tin- old l)nti-K Geography, in 181:!, was composed of two hundred houses and eiifht hundred inhabitants, mn-tly with thtir uable end to the street. The numbei id'iiihabifatits ha iucreas-ed a trood deal since then. It was named after the AlLunv l.r.-.tii,,, Journal. Mr. Weed started the Journal a good many years before a hou-. wu built, and then people came and settled near by so as to bo where they could road the newspaper. The Let-i-datura is divided into unnor and lower house. Nobody knowg which house is the lowest. Tna tn rubers re ceive o pen day arid p.iv $4 for their' board at the Dtlevau 'Hou-p. That leaves them only $J per day to t unnlv "'e incin only ?,.d to.t.n.c,r. fuTering families at home, ., lV,l,v.it n hen lobbyists offer them Urge sums of money to vote for a certain bill, it is hard for tht in to refuse it. I think it would be, but :ih yet no one has ver kuowu how hard it was ta refuse. ' She? fi Krtisdtig'. upou the subject offchecp that I hope you will find space i i :.. . vincing Raising, for it in your nczt issue, ana ouiifco A. S. : yours, It is no exaggeration to pronounce the culturo ol ueep a, i m v.-.j niirnirpi its culture. 1 nc President of tin Irench ikepui..f, iu declaring that 'the Agricultuio ol f'lanca cannot d'upence with Sheep, utcicd a Hcotimcnt -applicable io tvery uiu.. which nimcs for the utmost development of its internal resources. r or cion.iuS armies, the chief product ot their cuuure is a muniment of war as essential as Iron is for arming soldiers. It is indispensable in the new territories as a producer ot neral husbandry, as it l the loo-t im- poitant acent of improving Agriculture in the older btatcsr. Ihe lulure ol domasticsupply ofwoil would b.) as fatal to our mills as th? drying up oi th streams of water which move tiim. As a renu!tof the ccr.cciio law that no nation does, or can, continue to import njore than one tenth cl adit cun-um--s, we c -uld not imrort and pay for ad the raw material which our machinery is ea- XMeitner coui'i American consumers aiiora to iw.yn. and pav for their present abuiidajr.t bt:p- V..Vipnti nnd food tl'.tr.mg. 1 no Gi- s " .... t l J ciine ot nationau-neep u.yiwij "- vi-a not ctiiVine Brruinij; mi i to new territory,'!. continue J improve ment of oil lands, the dim'.a.itiou of healthful food, the stoj ping of n ii!s and dispersing of laborers, but it involve the abandonment or cmtiiiinein vast clothing establishments in our treat cities' which arc depen lenfuf.ou Aijicri can fabrics, and a less abundant provision o!' comfortable clothing for tho t'reatnees? of our people. "Schyr liryUcr. Briachesoffrumnx-k I" Jaimu. The curious hold superstition ha ot tho mind of the Japanese is well illus trated bv the procee lings tiik.n bv a Japanese damsel when a lover proves false to his vows. VV liCii l lie worn it at re t. at 2 o clock in tho mM tung, th woman rises, cue uotis a w nitc ro!J aud high sandals or clogs- licr coif is a metal tripod in wtncti are inru.5'. three lighted candies, aiound her ujck .hc haug a minor, which falls upon her bosom, inherlelt hand sh? carne a small straw figure the effigy tf her faith less lover at.d in her right she g'a-p a hammer ar,d nail with which she fasten it to one of the ' sacred trees that sur round the shrsne. 1 hen she pray lor iIia Lfith of the traitor, vowio tha If ae dcatn ot tne trauor, vowm i . cr petition be heard hi wiil herscif pull ut the nail which cCend the god by hcl out wounding the my-tie tree. vht atu-r night she comes 'o the elinr.c, .m thu night rhe strikes in two more nails, ! lieving th it every nail will shorten her lover' h lire; for the god. l save his tre, will surely Btrike him dead. A Maryland p-ip. r tens the tcry of rv marriage under difficulties, where first the bridegroom f ailed to appear ir? ths appc-iated time thiough labfulness, uriJ wasdiscovered, pursued, and only brought to with a fcbot-gun; the Lndo then b canit indignant and refused to ff.'arry so faint-hearted a swain; un i finuliy tho cbirgyman, wha is sotuethiLg of a wag. settled the matter by threatening to ha e them both arreted for bre.vch of porrisj uiih.s tho ceremony w.i!.:tmadi.-tljr y$ formed - bieW it wars. 'C: F