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Volume 8.
Plattsmoutb, Nebraska, Thursday, May 16. 1872.
Number 7.
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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.
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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.
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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 .