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EMAILB O Volume 8. Plattsmoutb, Nebraska, Thursday, May 16. 1872. Number 7. NTS THE NEBRASKA HERALD. 18 rUBL!9HID VKEKLT BT SSYBOLT&. BROWNLEE, GtO. L. BKYBOLT J. Q. BROWILtl. Office corner Main and Second ctrecui. ec on-J rtcry. TERMS: Weekly. 52.00 per annum if paid iu advance. or t2Si0 if not paid in advance. ADVERTISING RATES. One pqaaie. i'IO linos or less) one insertion $1.00 E.v;h Fubscqaent insertion ........ 50 Pr.t;-thnHl e iri-, not exceeding six lines... 10 (X) JS c-iluinn i.er annum ?0.00 ! i column, per annum 40.00 5i column do tSO.00 Oni .rolu cn do 100.00 All HJiverti? inic Mil, due quarterly. Transient advcrtinenienU must be paid in ad-Tance. MARQUETT. SMITH & STAR BIRD At torneys at Lav. Practice in ail the courts of the State. Special attention given to collec tions and matterof Probate Office over the Post Office Plattsmoutb., Neb J OX A WII EELER Attorneys a; Law. Spe V cial attention given to probato business and land title case. OCice in the Masonic B ock. Main Street, Piattsmouth. Nebraska. f AXWELL Ac CHAl'MANAttorreys at .. Law and Solicitor? in Chancery, Piatt mouth, Nebraska. Office in FiUgerali'is Block. T EESK i DEEPER Attomoys at UlSce on Main street. Opposite Law Crooks House. Special attention given to collection of claims RR. LIVINGSTON. Physician and Sur- peon, tenders his professional services to the citizens of Cass county. Rcfidenceouthcaat cornerof Oak andSixth streets; office on Ma n street, ono door west of Lyman's Lumber Yard Piattsmouth. Neb. J. AV. RAWLINS, Surtreon and Physician Late a Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of the Potomac. Plattimouth. Nebraska. Office at 0. F. Johnson's Drug Store Main street, opposite Clark A PI a mm era. WHEEf.ER t BENNETT Real E-tate and Tax l'ayiiig Agents, N;Hrie Publicl ire, and Life Insurance Ageats. raska. Pli.ttsmouth. Nel ivZAtt IIIELPS PAINE General Inpurnnoe Agent Represent gome of the most reliable Corn pa ies in ihe United States. Office with Barnes A. Pollock in Fitzgerald Block . IjanTdAwtt' Ch arches. Mikisti ax ServW in Court House Hall G B. .Mull is", locnl preacher. Elders, lsaic Wiles and X. J. 1'oUd. tOpisoopAL Comer Viro and Third streets Rav. II. C. Shaw Services every Sunday at 11:00 a m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School t 3 p. in.. Prof. d'Allemand, Supt. CoxRr.OATiiN"Atx Corner Locust and Eighth Ms. Rev. li. FMinwill. residence Locust st be treen 4th and 5th su Services every Sabbath at 1 1 . m: and 6:M D. m. Sabbnth School at 12: 10 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. . Catholic North side of Public S iuare Rev FiO'Br Haves. First Mass every Sabbath at 8:30 a.''o Second Mass and Sermon at 10:;U a. in.. IV tiers and Benediction at 3:30 P. in. Mass tt 8 a, in. every week day. Firt Pbbttki!I an North sideof Main st. est of Sixth Rev. 1). W. Cameron; Services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 0:30 p. m. Mio-bb'-h School at9:.'50a- m.. Thos Pollock superin-t.-tiUer.t. Prayer" meeting every eduesday evening at 0:30 o'clock. miscellaneous oWSk Jos. Sch later XXfJf ESTABLISHED IN 1861. DEALER IN IVATCIIE8, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SILVER AND PLATED WARE,' GOLD PENS SPCTACLES. VIOLIN STRINGS AND FANCY GOODS. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry repaired neatly uid with dispatch. -.Retnoved to opposite Platte Valley Honse Main Street. nov. lowtf. to 9 P 3. a 3 9 2 S 3 S3 -a g o vr W c 5 re cr PS o a Cu T3 S3 a o o B a c 3 4 er o "-5 I P O o 9 e s a tt o H 13 5 '3- cr L. BRGIY3 & CO, Plattsmonth Cigar Factory on Main street, opposite Court House, Piattsmouth, - - Nebraska. We have on band a large assortment of CIGARS & TOBACCO, Consisting of the best qualities of CIGARS, FINE-CUT, PLUG AND SMOKING TOBACCO, As we deal exclusively in Tobacco we can sell a aheap, if not cheaper than other store in the 3t7- Give us a call before you purchase elsewherf. ts we know you will go away satis tied. L. I?roro x Co. F ebruary 11. 18C9.dtL SHOO FLY MEAT MARKET Micthodipt Eim-opal West side of Sixth treet. south of Alain Rev. J. II. Presson. Services every Sabbath at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Vlas8 sie. tings every Monday evening and imtne;tiate ly alte" close of Sabbath morning services - S.ibbatn MJttooi ki:.h The undersigned having rented the Sloo Flu Meat Market, n ready to serve all customers who may favor him with a Call, with the BCSt Of r&C&tS n SMOKED SAUSAGE etc at the LOWEST PRICE POSSI BLE. S-Contracts will also be made for furnishing meat in large quantities, and delivering it in any part ot the city raid for Fat Cattle (irccn Hides Ao Nenalor Wilson's) Prediction. Erom hit speech at New York Now, gCDllemeu, Mr. Schurz made a prediction the other n'ght, and he closed with the declaration that their banners would float over tr.e dome of the capitol in a twelve month. Now I will make a prediction here to-night, and I want you to remember it as long as you remember Mr. Schurz's prediction, and that pre diction is this : That if the nominees at Cincinnati are not supported by thedcni ocratc party of the country they will not have an electoral vote in the Union ap plause; that if they are supported by the Democratic party we will carry from 25 to 30 States of the Union for General Grant. Applause. -And I "want to say another thing. It may not be very modest to say eo, but I will say it here, I have looked in the faces of more men in public meetings than any public man in America applause, and in more States. I think I have some little kuow ledge of public opinion and public men. In 1SG9 I stated before the election how the states would stand ; I did not miss one. In 1864 I missed none. I missed one in 18GS, and that was the State of thy patronage of the aristocracy of Eng New York. I did not fully comprehend I1!:: i. as much as ten thousand pound?," hesi tated the nobleman. ''That is immaterial, your lordship, replied the banker. "(Jn second thought I will take tne ten thousand, and as I shall only need five thousand, you will please place the balance to my credit as an opening of an account with you in my name." The banker thanked Ins new customer escorted him with much politeness to his carriage at the door, and then bade him "Good day." The action of the banker was a long sighted one. It was a" good investment. The balance was soon increased, the loan returned, and the nobleman commenced to tell the story round at the court ot at James of the wonderful accommodating sj irit of the West Eud banker. Others soon bepositcd their funds in his hand3, and the story was so well circulated at the palace that the king's curiosity was aroused, and he informed the banker's patron ot his desire to meet tne Danker. Coutts went finally, lie was introdu ced to the king, and his quiet, modest manners won the favor of the court. His presence at the court created quite a sensation, fcr it was soon after wards reported that the king had given his private finances iuto the keeping of Burdett Coutt. The rest of the court soon followed the example of the king, and thus secured to the house the weal- the counting powers of Tammany Hall. Laughter and applause. Now gentle men, the Kepublican party has 3,500,000 votes. Twenty-eight out of the thirty seven states, on a fair square, and " hon est vote, are Republican to-day. Ap plause. If their is a combination at Cincinnati, I don't care on whom they make it, we will take more Democratic votes than they will Republican. Ap plause. The nomineee at Philadelphia gentlemen, will be elected. Applaue I make that prediction here to-night, and I say that to every man in America that my voice cac reach thrugh the press And gentlemen, let each one of us do our duty. Let U3 be as firm as the eter nal hills of our country, but let us be kind, conciliatory, treat our erring friends as erring friends until after they choose to take farewell of us and go away, and then, gentlemen, they will be where the men who have deserted us in the trials of the last twelve years have put tlietu selve, out of power and out of the con test of affairs, for they will have proved false and recreant to their own past. Loud applause. as is well known, the interests of the employes of the bank much at heart. It is a hard matter to get into the bank. Noble mens sons now seek positions in the es tablisRnent, and some of the partners are noblemen. College educated men are alone taken as clerks, and then an ex amination is conducted with the same strictness as in the examination into the family reputation and general recom mendation of the applicants. For every vacancy there are hundreds of applicants But when admitted, a clerk has a fine position. He will be told on his being admitted, that he must not wear a mus tache, but simply side whiskers; ana in his dress, although nothing will be said to him on the subject, every modesty of style will be expected of him. .This is done on account of the erreat dislike of the real aristocracy of England have for the paudy showy fop of the middle class es, who so often, in his ignorance and clf conceit, apes the gentleman. HIGHEST PRICE Soutag den 24 September hat die Deutsche Ev. Luth Gemeinds in ihrem bchu'.uaus vor inittag's uin 11 Uhr (Jotte ) lienst Lt bcrhaupt tindct dersclbe von jetzt an recehnaessic allel4 Ta.-PMt. Vi..UtHrK-v 1 Hannnwal.l. Letters i n n V l..:ir meetings ot flutie lioage. Xo71 O - F. every 8aturda evening, at n,l I Fellows' Hall. Trancient Brothers are cor- tially invited to visit. J. W. JOHNSON N. Q.I A.d'ALLKMASr-. Sec. 3. I Feb26wtf. B. D. AKN0LD. ay's and I.O. O. F. Piattsmouth Encampment No Regular Convocations the 2nd and 4th Fnu i ..i n.M fellow Hall cor. 3d M.un.su. iransien ric L. linoM.Scribe mTsonio Piattsmouth Lodok 'p. 6 A. F . . xt Kcg.ilir meetings at their hall on thi i-rV-nd third Monday evening of each month Transient bretherinvited Jv.gt. w M A. d'ALLKMASD. fcOC. m II.J.STREIGI1T, BOOK-SELLER, Stationery, Jl'ews AND PAPER DEALER. Iost Olliee Builtling. PIATTSMOUTH, NEB. eSepts't. d Jalmband w tf. M kc ot Lonor. No. 22 A. F. & A. M.-Ro meetings at Macoy llall. firn and third J. M rnlai Fri M. Bkard31't, Sec. V.ko.i Chavtkb No. 3 R. A . M . Regul n e.n vocations second and fourth luesaay eve "' of eao VkimSitGk U. P. II. Nbwmas, Sec. I O. O-T. Olivis Braxch, No.2 W D Ferree W C. T.i E. Bradley. W. S.: T. W. 5hry ck Lode Deputy. Meets at Clark r Plummer s hall every Tuesday evening. Traveling Templars esDectru!ly invited. Hotel. HKOOKS HOUSE. JOHN FITZGERALD Proprietor Main Street, Between 5th and Gth.St LATHROP R. BACON & CO. Wholesale Dealers in b'uilding Materials, Lumber, Lath, Ssinglss, Sash, Doors, Blinds &c &c &c Bills Delivered PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE. E. II. SCHTJTT. Proprietor. Corner Main and Fourth Streets. Plattsciouth. decl:Mwtf. NATIONAL HOTEL- CORNER MAIN AND TniRD STS BREED & FALLAN - - Proprietors. Jost opened to the public, for both day and week boarders. Tables set with the best the market affords. Accomodations second to none in the city. dcclwlawtf of Lumber at Wholesale Rates at all Points on the B & M. P. R. b.R. in Ne V Buildinas Ereced by Con- m tract. A FENALn ROrilSl IIIID. The banking-house of Coutts & Co. is the repository of the old English aristo cracy, who from the queen down, most ly bank there. There are ikh old dowa- errs, maiden lad ie and horipi-aVf"1-lien old English baronet with his estates in the rich pastures of Berkshire and Kent, and his "shooting box in the North; the statesman, peer, and foreign ruler thev all intrust the floats & Co. with their i'unds. The Queen has banked there for years, and indeed, the immence wealth of Miss Coutts and oi the bazk is totally due to the patronage ro3alty bestowed upon her ancestors, the founders ot the bank. Her Majesty's "pass-book" is a most handsome book, inlaid with gold, bear ing the royal arms, in which all the en tries are made in the handsomest and most ornamental of writing. Indeed it is one man's work to attend to her ma- jcsties account, which is superintended bv the "Keener of the Privy Purse. - The Emperor Napulean, too, he would like ua to believe to trary, kept an account there, house prior to his fall, was continually making purchases of English consols to his order. There is no doubt that the Emperor Napoleon had, a short time ago a considerable sum invested in these English securities, as have most Euro pean potentotesat the present time. Another great feature of the house of Coutts & Co. is the large deposits ot jewelry, family papers, titles and other articles of value that are left in their hands for safe-keeping. Therj arc hun dreds of large, heavy family cases in their vaults, and during the season in London ladies go daily "to the bank" (they like to make use of the phrase) to take out some valuable ornameut for the opera, tto . or to return some after use. There Naples, A correspondent writes: Naples is about tt to noisest pface in Europe. In this respect it beats even London. It is true that during business hours the rat tle of vehicles is incessaut in Fleet street and Cheapside, and the rush of human life con'.inual. But this turmoil is only in the heat and burden of the day. At midnight the city is almost as desolate as Pompeii, while in many of the sub urbs there are "quiet streets," seldom profaned by any sound but the strain of a wheezy organ and the cry of the early milkman. Now, in Naples there is no such thing as a quiet neighborhood. Every street, terrace, fquare, lane and ri'n3 a'ntmaT; "always traversed' by vehicles of every size and shape; always alive with the babble of tongues with screams annd prayers and curses. And this hub huh never ceases. Arrive in Naples as house of early as you will; go Home, no matter in what directlou, noui a lueaire, a P"' or a ball, as late as you may, you will always meet, carriages ia the road; yeu will alwary hear, as well as see, men, nrr.mnn and children Quarreling, g3ticu- lating and shouting at open doorways and round ab ute busy stalls. The Neapolitans are the latest and earliest people in the world. Even the smallest theatres here do not begin now before 9 o'clock, and the performances often last till 1 iu the morning ; private concerts commence at midnight, and quiet family parties separate at 4 or 5 o'clock. Thj marvel of it is, that the same people are afoot again at cock-crow. They make up for their lack of repose in bed by taking their rest at odd half-hours tft snv nothing of the resrular siesta in whir-h manv sv.-teinatical!y indulge. Out of five men whom I found the other day in the reading-room of a capital club tn which I have access, four were last asleep ; and theirs was not the first snooze th "Pnrtv winks." of self-fornctfulness thev had cone in for a hard-and-tast sleep of a couple of hours, and had sue r.of,f.,l in their obiect. As to the com ,nnn npnrdiv t.hfiV snrawl about OO the , , , . - . , 1, . , The TleUet. mucn as the con- and the navement asleep through all the middle , - i . i t i. No wonder that they are to bed ! of the day. "snrv" when it ia time to eo The consequence of this habit of slcep tithes is that all "round the cock' ' the place is full of incessant noise From the St. Louis Democrat, The nomination of Greeley and BroWn will surprise no one who has been watch ing the movements of the political trick sters who have been engineering the Cincinnati Convention. Senators dchurz and Trumbull are beginning to perceive bv this time that they were mere cat's- paws in the hands of Fenloo and Blair. They have furnished the "noble senti iiients," hi.eh morality and rhetoric for the movement, while the latter gentle men have fixed up the ticket. Ihe bar gain was made before Fenton left Cincin nati for Washington, and when he stated there on the day the convention assem bledthat Greeley would be the nominee, he spoke advisedly and by the card. The cheap delegations improvised for the un represented States and Territories were just the material he desired, . and the coalition with Blair enabled him to util ise whatever strength Brown had in the convention, while brown had the sweet revenge'of rewarding the infamous treach ery of Schurz and Grosvenor by foisting upon them a Presidential candidate who hates every principle they hold dear. It is difficult to speak of Mr. Greeley as a candidate for the Presidency with gravity. Before his nomination thChi cago Times stated that one cf the great est objections to him was the fact that no two gentlemen could look each other in the face and mention his name without laughing. This may be a source of weak ness or strength to the ticket. Our peo ple may be so thoroughly alive to fun and mischief as to commit the interests of the nation to the hands of a political harlequin, but we shall be slow to believe it. The conceded honesty of Mr. Gree ley will not compensate for the conspicu ous lack of sagacity and stability of pur pose for which he isnoto ious. An hon est but misguided and obstinate man makes the worst kind of an executive. It is poor consolation to be told, when the nation is involved in commercial ruin and its peaceful relations with foreign countries are impaired, that tho states men who brought it about were consci entious men. The honest man in error is a very devil of mischief. The men who plied the tortures of the inquisition for the extirpation of heresy were honest enough ; Philip IP and Alva were hon est in believing that they were doing God serv'ce in their relentless persecut ion of the Netherlanders. The men of the South who bared their breasts to Northern bayonets, and risked all and sacrificed all for the sake of the lost cause were honest enough ; but they were no less dangerous on that account. If with all of Mr. Greeley's honesty of character there was a small leaven of sagacity, and stability of purpose, he might be regard ed as possessing some of the essential requisites to executive ability. We do not impeach his integrity in tho least by saying (hat he is one of the most uncer tain and unreliable men in the nation, shall and if the Democrats succeed in electing him they will be the first to dis cover it. We believe he is the only can didate naicd at Cincinnati who could be make his administration essentially Re publican. A leading Abolitionist before the Republican party had an existence, he used his paper to defame the people of the South, and while his incendiary articles stirred the passions of Northern men and put money in his pocket, they did much to drive the people of the Southern Slates to the unfortunate course that embroiled the cation in war. And vet he was honest. Frightened out of his wits at the prospect of war, he clamored for peaceful secession. In a 'ew weeks he was shouting On to lvich- mond!'' In IKlU he was hob-nobbing with the accredited agents of the Confed erate government in Canada, and in Sep tember ot the same year was sending printed circulars to his friends through out the country, inuuiring in the most innocent manner pos.;ible P" there was a Srospect of Liucoln s carrying a single orthern State. During the iuapeacri- ment trial of President Johnson he ac cused Trumbull of corruption, and last summer used tho Tribune to defend the ringleaders of the Tammany thieves. iNo one has been mora clamorous tnan he for the rigid enforcement of the Ku Klux law. and there is hardly a measire of the much abused reconstruction legis lation of Congress that has not received his warm support. And yet. who doubts his honesty in all tiiis ? Of one thing we may be certain, if anything certain, can be predicted of so erratic an individual as Mr. Greeley: If this huge joke of his nomination should be carried out by the Democrats, and ihe white-coated ihilos onher shall be installed in the White louse, the country will be treated to a on his back across a rope stretched from housetop to housetop if tho Republican ticket should win the day, and to forfeit $1,000 if he falls himself or drops his companion. This is a pleasant affair for both winner and loser. W hat earthly benefit these tomfooleries accomplish passes conjecture, but we presume it would be interfering with the rights and privileges of those independent and m telligent voters if the attempt were made to prevent them making donkeys of themselves. THE FAT I ritlBt rOR. lie Will He wCniirtldntc for President From the Cincinncti Times and Chronicle Ihe hour has arrived, l can wait no longer. The highest interests of the na tion demand that I present myself as a candidate for president of the United States. have waited for Foine one cUe to bring me out,' but in the multitude of candidates no one seems to have thought or me. And 1 don t think very much of myself; but a man don't want to think much of himself to be a candidate for President now-a-days. If ho had any self-regard at the outset he would think very little of himself by the time he got through with the campaign. I am one of the people I might say, one of the boys. I came up from obscur ity, 3nd I have brought up a good deal of obscurity with me. I never had any politics or much else. I am "Liberal" to a fault, and ready to receive votes from any quarter, although I am not ready to give quarters tor any votes. As for a platform, suit yourself gentle men. The lecture platform would prob ably suit me as well as any other. Hav ing stood upon nearly every platform in the West, it would be hard for you to get up one I could not stand on. In the ab sence of a platform give me four aces, and I'll stand on that. I am the special friend of the laboring man. No one likes to see a man work better than 1 do. In fact, I had rather sco a man work than work myself. I am not only averse to working more than eight hours, but I am opposed to work ing a single hour ! I shan't even work for my election, leaving that for the men who want the offices. I am in favcr of paying the national debt. It is in fact the only debt I am in favor of paying. And rather than not see it paid during my administration I will pay it out of my own pocket. In the matter ot civil-service reform 1 intend to do the civil thing by the na.im if the nation does tho civil f'ing by me. Being civil is go rare a condition now-a days in the varied walks of life (to say nothing about th j runs) that reform is urgently called for. Retrenchment is my motto. If you can t put a retrenchment plank in the platform put in a board. I am ready to work without any salary, but I shall in sist upou my board. i am rather inclined to free trade, pre ferring tO feel jViJA A fJ. reLwo. J pleae" ,;..;, put li in. x suau not on a far-iff I ain't elected. Pledge me as strong as you please to the temperance men. The temperance pledge won't hurt me one bit. No relative shall hold office, no matter whose relation he may be. I shall ap point none but old bachelors, childless widows, and orphans. Any man who has a relation iu the world need not ap r.lv for an office under mv administration I have a few relatives of ray own holding office now, but they shall be promptly kicked out as soon as I am elected. Oce brother in law has a little ccal office on the river. He must give '-.up- . A third cousin on my neighbor's side drinks too much occasionally, and gets office foot- I snail give him notice to quit. Another relation has a hankering alter George Ellis' "Office." It won't do him any good. You s?c I am determin ed to reduce the "relative" expenses of the government. 1 pnirmrfi not to accent anv cift, unless it be the highest office in the gift of the people. If I am ever called "our pre sent chief magistrate," it won t be a P.hifif maiestrate of presents. Not being a man of commanding presence anyhow, there would probably be few presents that T could command. What few na tural gifts I may have, however, I shall endeavor to retain. They are not worth mntinir nnv fuss about. - ' I am not in favor of woman's rights Imtnf woman's rishts and lefts. lam in favor of woman voting, provided they vote for me. I see no reason why a wo man should not hold office, except per COXXECTICt'T. Governor Jewell's Wessnsre. Governor Jewell does not touch poli tics in his message ot the 1st inst.. but contents himself with an interesting ac count of the industrial condition of the State. Money is the main crop of Con necticut. as everybody knows, and to the banks, insurance companies, an! so on. emtaced in the cultivation of this staple bis Excellency directs his remarks. The revenue of the State for last year was $2,091,035.03, whereof $421,129.30 came from savings banks, $344,101-73 from railroad companies, and $2G5,S90 .92 from mutual insurance companies; or $1,031,122 01 from incorporated com panies, making about half the income of the State. Ihe seventy-twe savings banks the Governor finds indulge in 'if legitimate practices" which he thinks "should be prohibited by stringent laws." They loan money at different rates of interest; their officers blackmail borrow ers by exacting commissions, and "stick" them with depreciated bonds at par. The four State banks are pronounced 'all right," but the five trust companies in the State are said to have "peculiar" charters and to conduct their bu-iness without any requirement of a reserve for the protection of minors, guardians, and trustees. The Governor adds . "These companies are undoubtedly tafe and sound now, but there can be butone eud to this loose sort of banking, if it should be carried to any considerable extent, and that must be disastrous." It appears also that there are what the Governor denominates "so-called banks doing business under the joint-stock law' which are announced as needing atten tion, the statutes being such now that the Bank Commissioners cannot pene trate behind their counters. Coming to the Life Insurance Compa nies, His Excellency enters the richest field in Connecticut finance. There are forty of these associations, ten of them State compani s, having $241,015,095 assets, and $1,576,497,000 at risk, or just threcfourths of the public debt of the United States, or $fi 50 of risk to $1 in assets. Another Chicago fire would make wild work with this. Any increase in the taxation of these companies is deprecated by the Governor, who says : Inasmuch as we are nearly prepared to reduce taxation in some directions, and these companies already pay a very large and constantly increasing tax, and as the money comes almost entirely from citizens of other States, put into our companies for safe keeping, and finally as mutual life companies are taxed in no other State or in Europe, so far as I can lcarn: I am not prepared to recommend any in crease of taxation in this direction." ' The message then touches very sensi- IlOfr Deacon Smllh CofirtrU lhf Widow, Tho deacon's wagon stopped one morn ing before the widow Jones' door, and he gave the usnal country 6ign that bf wanted somebody in the house, by drop ping the reins and sitting double with his elbows upon his knees. Out tripped the widow lively as a cricket, with ire-' mendous black ribbonson her snow-whito cap Good morning was said on both sides'and the widow waited for what was further to be faid. Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps yotf don't want to sell one of your cows, now, for nothiner, anyway, do you?" "Well, there ! Mr. Smith, you could not have spoken my mind better. A poor lone woman like me does not know what to do w'th so many erectors, and I &hou!d be glad to trade if we can fix it." So thoy adjourned, to tho meadow'. Beacon Smith looked at Roan then at the widow at Brlndle then at thci widow at the Downing cow then at the widow again and so on through the whole forty. The tame call was made every day for" a week ; but the deacon could notdecido which cow he wanted. At length, on a Saturday, when the Widow Jones was in a hurry to get through with her bak ing for Sunday, and had "ever so much to do in the house," as all farmer' wives and widows have on Saturday, she was a little impatient. Deacon Smith was ns irresolute as ever. "That 'ere short-horn Durham cow is; not a bad-looking beast : but I don't know another look at ihe widow. ' The Downing cow I kuew before iho late Mr. Jones bought her of Maj, Downing." Here he si.'hed at tho allusion to tho late Mr. Jones. She sighed and both looked at each other. It was a highly interesting moment. Old Rnarj is a fmthfulold milch cowh and so is Brindle : but I hate knoww- better." A long stare succeeded this speech. The pause was getting awkward, and aC last Mrs. Jones broke out: "Laws! Mr. Smith, it Tm the cow you want, do say so!" Ihe intentions ot tho deacon nnd thry widow Jones were published the next day. Row the Mnulrnl Klae In .Wlnlnff BloW Attertfd k llrokru flank. 3an Francisco Chronicle May 1 J Amongst the most romantic and tingu-- larofthe results of tho mining excite ment is that in connection with the bank ing-house of John Sirae& Co., the an nouncement of whose failure startled the community a few months ago. At tho time cf the failure it was found tLat the? bly on some of the governmental evils of $.23,ooO. and to meet this large amount tue uay, as me uiuuuiiii puiunm ui thcre was Iiallgi,t but the pitiful sum ot scoundrels out of the Penitentiary, the thievinc doctrine of State aid, and the detestable plea of insanity in murder cas- es. in this matter it is recommenuea that a jury of experts take the question duty to the community, if it wiH, with- out passing on the incipient,. V""'. tional.r "momentary," or "homicidal , lunacy point. about $00,000 in coin and a lot of min ing stock, the value of which was th n so insignihcant that some ct the creditor contemptuously referred to it as a "d d j 'parucular1yon occasions like t he pres ent. And that poor uespieeu mumi stock has wrought miracles iu this case, A large portion of the stock was Exchc which was then worm nuuui the settlement oi qucr, "The "Englishman abroad" is often' as "muddled a mau" as Josey Ladle himself. He has an unhappy faculty of getting things mixed in the most hope less and inextricable fashion. In mat ters American this peculiarity has r.een manifested so often as to be regarue i characteristic of tho Briton. Here is a ludicrous illustration ol it. rot long since a veritable John Bull stepped into the office of the Arlington House, ash- intrton. and asked the cleric where ne could see Colonel Fax. "Don t know any such a man, saiu the gentlemanly clerk. John looked puz zled. . "Don t know Col. rax "No. lam blessed if I do. What is his business?" The Englishman a surprise rose to a point of blank amazement. "How long have you nveu hcic, i- ter Clerk?" "Five years. "Got any acquaintances at all r Know everybody." John gave a curious look and then de liberately walked out of the cffic3 mut tering to himself: "Lived here five years, knows, everybody, and - could n t tell me where to find the Vice-President Col. Fax." Mexico' Decline. In the case of Mexico, whether the government or the revolutionists win, tliP ionntrv is left bankrupt. Forced ln:in are the resort and dependence of both armies. By this kind of robbery the people are ruined and the State no wise benefited. The effects of the fre- II. L. Johnson, Corning, Iowa, Lathrop R. Bacon, Lincoln, Neb. n . avq wnrtk-n ocni'frj I uiuv 1 1, i: lij t :l: i n ipiil (in I in 111 111c uiiuai'im ..tu&. aic viii ia " uvw . . j j i ' . , . . ,,- - rr hf nre ma.ia manliest in tne laiuus; uu of her trade The entire revenue of the country is but $18.219, 1 03, upon com merce which averaged but $51,000,000 nnnimliv. and which is constantly declin ing - Tn 1804 she exported to Great Britain nearly $25,000,000 in value, while in 1870 it had fallen to $0,000,000 The total foreign trade of $32,000,000 is now forced to vield a revenue ot nearly $13,000,000, she pays interest upon but $13,000,000. Of her entire indebted ness of $395,000,000. she pays interest unon but S35.000.000. This causes h to be excluded from the stock markets of the world. Her entire population miscellaneous. B. MURPHY, Manucturer of fe" DEALER InI MACHlN E SHOP! Wayman $ Curtis. .Piattsmouth. IVeb., Repairers of Steam Engines, Boilers. Saw and Grist Mills. . , (iaiana steam r itnnin, nroowi iron ripe. Force and lilt Pumps. tteaTU Oaugei. alaur Valve (lovernors, and all kinds f gjarntss, faults, .griblts, CObhAKS. WHIPS. ni.,..lrn I-tirhrtci .C-rrt "Dffirfi T-VlfiTirm c?lftnc a fVmtrs" said hia lordsmn. as the tanker millULtHN DIUMllO. W.. Oiaoo JJmu i uuu- , cVmaif:DCed couritirj. a Yu pac-U.e of crisp bank notes that were on his dek. "Your lordship's note of hand will be quite t-uffioier.t," gallantly responded the West End banker, and he handed him a note to si:n to the wants of these ladies. The great success of Coutts' banking- house is due almost to accident, as you will sec. Burdett Coutts, one of the founders, was a modest banker on the Strand, London, in George III s reign, and he made it a practice, as his uauik was situated some distance from the so called "city in order to keep himselt "nosted'' on the financial movements going on there, to dine with some of the leading city banters ana Dant managers as often as oportunity would permit. It was during one. of these reunions that a bank official casually remarked his sur prise that Lord had been refused a loan of XIO.OOO that day at his bank. The circumstance was noted by the West End banker, and the dinner, over he re naimd at once to the house of the noble man, left his card, requesting his lord ship to call at. his office the following morning on business of great importance. The next morning Lord was an nounced to Mr. Coutts, and on his in quiring what business had necessitated his visit, the banker at once informed him that s a banker he had heard that his lordship desired a loan of 10,000, and he respectfully offered him his services. But L can trive vou no security, 31r. will rut the tratton to the blu-h. ho racid and un linked for would be the mutations of Greeley's policy that fresh relays of cabi net oHicers would have to Jbe kept in waiting to fill the frequently occurring vacancies. The nomination of Brown was the f ul fillment of the bargain consummated be tween Blair and Fenton, who arc clearly entitled to whatever honor there may be combina- hans. the difficulty ot getting hold ot it Nor shou d there be any bar to a woman spectacle of personal government which accumulating property ana supporting lie" cavillers at lirant s aaminis-1 the lamuy it sne warns to. furnished on short notice. Promptly Eiecut-d. All work Warrentcd, 5rFtNS: HARNESS A SPCIAUTY."S j Vw r.n wtf Plattsuiouth, Neb FARMING MACHINERY IS a little over 8.000,000. Of this, over 6,000,000 are Indians or. mixed, 800,000 decendents ot fcuaniaras ana inaians. 300,000 Spaniards and 40,000 European Is it to be wondered at, under such cir cumstances. that Juarez is discouraged and that the idea ha3 been suggested of a crotectorate or annexation to the United States? Call. The camnaicn in Indiana has opened vigorously on the Republican side. The Democratic nominee for Governor will be T. II. Hendricks, and the most desperate efforts will be made to secure his ejection. Indiana is a closely balanced State, and really, occupies thisycar the center cf the line. The liberal movement, there . ha proved an utter jiaeo, and afair fight be tween the two parties is expected. Giving th present conditions, the Republicans seem safe to carry the ctate by 2,000 r j 2.500 majority, which may be materially ! increased bhou'.d the suburban vote hold m perfecting eo incongruous a tion. borne arc disposed to praise tne am sagacity manifested by Blair in bringing I as 1 about so uniookcd-lor a result;, but we recall the fact that he was equally suc cessful at icw lork in 18o3, when his name was placed upon the Democratic ticket and proved a millstone abcut tne neck of the party. 1 here were not want ing signs ot discontent in the convention itself over the result, aud the motion to make the nomination unanimous did not carry. Judge Stanley Mathews, the temporary chairman, has already an nounced his purpose to bolt the nomina tion and go lor lirant : and Judge iioaa siv; I may be asked how I would treat In dians. I would nt 'treat them at all. They have been treared too much and too often. My private opinion, how ever, is, that it will be a treat when there is not an Injun left. I stand by tha old constitution that has been tried. Few men have tried their constitution more than I have tried mine. I accept the amendments. ewrv nnn nflhem. When it comes to v - -j . , ... ends, 1 am ready to shout amen loud as anvbodv. T understand that there is an ambi- ,,nr mnrp. 1 111(111 IT the bank's affairs, the stocks were kept locked up, and behold the results: ura Monday, Exchequer was sold at $1()0' per share just twenty times the value it possessed when the failure was announc ed. The other stocks tf the bank have.' appreciated in an equally astounding manner, and in consequence the fiffaira of the broken bank have been lifted out of tho shadowy depths of poverty and nifrh in thfi radiant t-un-lu'ht oi Guancial prosperity. Last Saturday the cash in bank was $307,000. and yester day a further sum of $100,000 was rea lized, making the total assets $4'i7.000r and leaving 242,000 to the credit ot the estate after paying all indebtedness. It is not often that a lady sues a former lover in order to recover the present that she has given him. About seven years ago a musie-teacher appeared a mongthe denizens of Lafayette, Indiana,, and among his pupil were the daught ers of a widow. Soon the musician be gan to touch the cords of the widow hr.art initd of those of the piano, and. so successful was he that the lady, with her confiding nature, placed a gold watch and chain, and a fine gold ring in hi possession. Finally, the nmscin migra ted to Danville, and there rccicvcd $50 from his fascinated widow. Time won? on and the widow married an eMimab! gentleman, and the mu'ic teacher was appearently forgotten. Bat the latter, ra?h youth, took it into his head to call on bis former "true love, and having; called once and been kindly rtcic ved re peated the visit, but he went once too often. The last vir-it he maqe ho wa confronted with a bill for $250, the alleg ed value of the watch, chain, ijn; ani greenbacks, with seven years' interest iiddcl. He had a difficulty of virion, and a justice of the te-ice was appealed to hi eyes, .juugmcru ior mu piau;- TronJle With Mexico Ahead. Advices from the Rio Grande indi iin that war niavat anv time be brought l. HI- - j v - r , on between lueiieu anu mv; States by the audacious rapacity ol tne Mexican chieftains in that section, -ah a rule, "Mexicans are freebooters by na ture. When a Mexican nabob becomes impoverished, he takes to robbery witn al -crity. He never tWnks ofgoing hon estly to work to earn a living ; in his opin ion, such a course would be acgrauing. A tho. Atnean chieltain naively inquir ed, "Why should 1 go hungry so long i s tjflf for tie kudo of ? JOS. .n appeal was mv sisters have children tnai i can t-ai i i taken, and the reruns is as yet. uuuju. so the Mexican chieftain asks, v i y should I work tor my living so long as An Itnornni Dot?. the Texan? over the border havo hocks . , farmer went out one day look- a .t . W A I . . and herds tnat l can Meai i :nfr ove, his broad acres, with an ax on op n elenhant is now turned over to the keep ing of the Democracy What will they do with it ? tious man named George Francis Train, Texans are not men to let their property . . v jj i,j a fuiai at his heels who aspires to be presitient on ins pro- De taken irom mem wimuut icmuuh,. They espied a wooJchuck. the dog; mise to free In Ian J. I engage not only and so murder is aauea io rouoery, yu cl,aso and drore him into a ton to free Ireland but to make Irish whisky only are sheep and cattle urn en on, nut , action itnmediattlyoommenc free in the bargain. I shall at least be bouses are burned, and the country iaia ij '1'he dog would draw the woo lebuck able to tie George I-raneis in the popu- waste. It is not in human nature w arnr oritfr.)nj the wall, and th? wood lar vote, unless one or the other is kept tainly not in American human nature I W0U1.J take the dog back. Tho away from thp polls, liang it l uciieve tamely to stana sucn outrages. m"-- farmer's sympathy getting high on tho 1 could tie the Davenport brothers l retaliatory raids on Mexican son, an a f , . . thought he must I shall inaugurate a wholesale emanci- general embroilment all along me uor- Uejp bjm g0 pUttjn;r himself ia positon. ition business as soon as i am inaugu tier. . I with a-i No goods retailed at tho White Nt Qnite Clear on Musical Term An Ohio iournalist read in another . . ik.t a uratpmpnc io me cueci mat. patioo rated. ly, a prominent Cincinnati reformer, has House when I am president I engage expressed a similar aeterminiuon. xiie i to emancipate woman iroui uiu uiraiuuui rooliith Bets. Several absurd bets are recorded as having been made upon the result of the Connecticut election. Oae man off ered to arry another on his back from Hart ford to New Haven if tho Democratic ticket was not triumphant, and an idiot ic eRthusi'-t undertook to eat two quarts of dried apples without drinking a drop of water it the Republican candidate was not returned. Stiil another has prom ised to eat a pair of suspenders, and an other is to go round the city park at Hartford on all fours if his favorite was defeated. But the wildest forfeit jet remains untold. A ilernocratia voter en- of fashions, to give the 'boya their rights, and abolish the cuatom which ex- eludes children in arms trom the eiavai inc and purifving influences of the thea tre. I have pledged myself to free Ire- land and to free postage; to free house Lnopera from the tvranny of servant girls, free pews, free passes and freeboo ters To free sail, to free tickets to! shows, free drinks, free press, and "J. N." Free. I trust I am not making myself too free. FAT CONTKIBUTOa. eyai';. oa !ior; aouoo. b5 j "But I do not thiuk I shall now want its own. A farmer reading a journal to his wife, io which was the sentence "The Presi dent was received with three huzzas," pronounced the lafc word "hussies." 'More shatna for him." exclaimed the i remains uni'iiu. viiwwiainiiwKi j . , i- j T i j gaged to carry hi Republican opponent indignant and ecaodanzed. lad j. naner 'Mi6s rvelloeg nas a larger tih.i i r than any other living, prima donna, and he considered it his duty as a cham pion of truth to sit down and write an article on the subject, in which he paid : "We do not, of course, know how Miss KViWiy was dressed in other cities but upoathe occasion of htrlast performance hre we are positively certain that her rrpvtoire diet not seem to extend out so far as either Nilsson or Patti's. It may have been that her over-kirts were cut too narrow to permit of its being gather e 1 into such a large lump behind her, or it t,xt Viirf that it had been crushed down accidentally; bnt the fact remain that both of Miss Kclloggs rivals wore rep ertoires of a much more extravagant size very mueh. ta their discredit we think. with ax above the dog, he waned tor the appearance of the woodc-Luck, when he would cut him dowh. Soon an oppor tunity offered, and the old mm sJruik, but the woodchuck gathering up at the same time, took the dog in far enough to receive t e Wow, and tho dog wj killed on the spot. Forty Tears after, the obi man, in relating the story, would always add : "And that dog don't know to thi d8y but what the wooucduck. Kill ed him." The papers out in the woods of Oresror appear to be very plain sp:kcn. The Eugene Guard, a Democratic organ of that frontier region, reminds county can didates that it dues not propose to fid lie for them for nothing thisycar. It says ' "This is simply a matter of bu-inss. Let him who engages in tho highly fic inating terpsieboreau amusement remun erate the performer upon the intru merit with fonr strings, played witi .