Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882, March 28, 1872, Image 1

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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,
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ADVERTISING RATES.
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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
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-' 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.
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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.
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VIOLIN HTRING: AND
f 'A vnv rn ri-s
Watehe. Cloeksand Jewelry "repaired neatly ,
uij with di.itrh. 1
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Platismonth Cigar Factory
on iluin street, opposite Court House.
Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska.
We have on hand a larce aMortiaent ft
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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.
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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
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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,
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Mortgages,
Leases,
Catalogues,
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Price Lists,
Dodgers
Programmes,
Hand Bills,
&o. Sic. &e.
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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
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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-
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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.-
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per acre, and on ten years' time, with
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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