THE HERALD T-HE HERALD. ETRAJLB ADVEBTISIHO RATE. Published crtry Thumlay at PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. One i-iuare, (TO linee or less) one insertion f 1.6 9 Eaoh tatteeqaont Insertion . 9 O0M Corner Malu nnU Second Street Second Story. Profetiiionale aril, not exocediaf six line 10 W column per anr.am.......... ... ,..20.CX column, per annum .... 40.0y 'i column do 60.0flr OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE I CITY AND COUNTY. Obeeolama do' - JOO.w An advertUnic II1U due quarterlr, Tranaient advertisement niuat be paid la M" J. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. "PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS." TERMS; S2.00 a Year. vanoo. NEBIASKA Ml i. Terrrs, in Advance. One copy, one year S2-.00. One copy, tix months..... .. One copy, three months.. -.. 1:00. .00. ATTORNEYS. MAXWELL St CH A PM A N Attorneys a1 Law and Solicitors in Chanoery, Platts" pnouth. Nebraska. Office in Fitigerald'slilock' ARQTJET r. SMITH A STARBIRD At torneys at Law. Practice in all the courts of the Ftate. Special attention given to collcc . tiorid and matters of Probate Office oyer the Post Office Plattamouth. Neb f70X A WHEELER Attorneys at Law. Spe- J. eial attention given to probate business and land title cages. Office in the Masonic lilock. Main Street. Plattamouth. Nebraska. A DRAPER Attorneys at Law VI V Office on Main fctreet. Opposite Brooks House. ' Special attention given to collection of claims PHYSICIANS. t R. LIVINGSTON. Physician and. Sur aeon, tenders his professional services to hecitiiens of Casseounty. Kesidencesouthcast lomerof Oak andSixth streets; office on Main treet, one door west of Lyman's Lumber Yard ?lattinouth. Neb. TW. RAWLINS. Surgeon and Physician Late a Surgeon-in-Chief of the Army of be Potomac. I'latU mouth. Jiebraska. utnee t 0. F. Johnson's Drag Store Main street, I poeite Clark A Plummera. INSURANCE. 1 17 HEELER A RENN liTT Real Estate and l Tm Pavine Aeents. Notoris Public.Fire. rid Life Insurance AgcaU, I'liittsmouth. NeLg 1)11 ELPS PAINE General Insurance Acent a. - - ' ' 1 ... 1 .1 - -.n. . - V Represents some 01 the most reliable lorn h.i im in iha ITnitad States. Office with Barnes A Pollock in Fitzscralds HOTELS. a BROOKS HOUSE. JOIIN FITZGERALD Proprietor Iain Street, Between 5th and Cth.St NATIONAL HOTEL- CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS HIE ED & F ALLAN - - Proprietors. Just opened to the public, for both day and reek boarders. Tables set with the bust the inrket atfurds. Accomodations second to none D the city, aecltuwtt rOWNLEY HOUSE. 1 Lincoln, Neb. This Houao has Just been refitted and rcfur lished new throughout. Everything is new ind clean, and comfortable aecoinadation war -anted to guests. Mr. 0. D. Roberts, former derk ot this House, is still with it. Stage of loe for all parts of the State. Free Buss. Wtf 0. B. SOUTHWELL. Proprietor. MISCELLANEOUS. CITY Mb AT MARKET, BY JIAJN STREET, j Plattsmoutli; - Nebraska. Tie best of Fresh Meats always on hand ir their season. Highest Price Paid for Fat Cattle Highest Cash Price paid for green Hides. wtfdA CEDAR CREEK MILLS Is in running order now. Wanted 50000 bshels of Wheat. Satisfaction will be given tf customers in grinding and sawinr Jr ljur, Corn meal, and Lumber, will be sold Cheap for Cash. Come one. Come all, and give the Ceda 'reek Mill a trial. CHRISTIAN SC1ILUNTZ Weeping Water Nebraska. DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware. Queensware. Boots, and Shoes. Hat, and Caps. .Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Weir ar 'IX 1." Cultivators. Union Corn Planter Orandetour and Princeton Plows, Ac Sec adint' Mium, all of which we otter to the public at the oest retail prices. AH Goods Warranted As XSeprcseiitecl. -0ur constant aim will be to sell so low that it will be to the positive advantage of every far- Bier in the western and central portion of Cass county to make this their headquarters for trad. REED. RROS. IOWA &. NEBRASKA LANDS FOR SALE BY THE Burlington & Mo. River R. R. Co. MILLIONS OF ACRES On Ten Years'.Credit at Gperct. Interest JJo part of principal due for two years, and tienee only one-ninth yearly till paid in fu'i. PKODL'CTS will pay for land and improve senu within the limit of this generous credit. " .Belter terms were uver offered, ara not nw. ami probably never will be. CI KCU LARS trivinir t-ill particulars are sup pied gratis; any wifhing; to induce others to em, urate with thxm, or to form a colony, areinvit e( to ask for all they want to distribute. Apply to GEO. S. HARRIS. Land Comm'r. For Iowa Lands, at Burlington, Iowa, And for Ntbrotk Lands, at Lincoln Keb. nay23w3m. ATJook Tor tlie ITIillion ! MARRIAGEII A private counselor to the GUIDE. : Married or those about to mar 1 1 ry on the physiological myster ies and revelations of the sexual system, the litest dicaoveries in producing and preventing offspring, how to preserve the complexion fce. This is an interesting work of two hundred and tweity-four pages, with numerous engrav ings, and contains valuable information for those who are married, or contemplate mar riage. Still, it is a book thnt ought to be kept under lock and key. ard not laid carelessly about the house. Sent to any one (free of postage) for 50 cents. Address Dr. Butts' Dispensary, No. 12 N Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo. Notice to the Afflicted and Unfortunate. Before applying to the notorious quacks who advertise in public papers, or using any quack remedies, peruse Dr. ButU' work no matter what yr desease U or how deplorable your condition. , Tr v.!ittain Ka cnnsnUeii. personally or by mail," on the diseases mentioned in his works. Office, No.l2N. Eighth street, between Market adCaesnut, t. liouu, no. atc-utmj Volume 8. MISCELLANEOUS. OS" Schlater ESTABLISHED JJI 1861. DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SILVER AND PLATED. WARE, GOLD PENS SPCTACLES. VIOLIN STRINGS AND FANCY GOODS. Watcher. Clocks and Jewelry repaired neatly nd with dispatch. .Removed to opposite Platte Valley House Main Street. nov. 10 w tf. CUNARD LINE, ESTABLISNED - - - - - . 1840. Pasengers booked to and frcm all parts of .. . 1 ... .... 4 .. . 1 . CiUrui'Q b luwcob rutis, nj'MJj n H. P. DU VEBNET. GenTWestern A'st, 37ft State st. Chicago, or to ED. WILSON. 12 6m. Piatt smoiitH . ACADEMY! Summer Term FOE 1872, Commences July 1st 1872. Chicago Avenue. Plattauouth Cass county Nebraska. Prbf. Adolphe rd' Alleniand, Proprietor and I'nncipal, mh25t E T. DUKE & CO. AT FOOT OF MAIN" STREET Wholesale 3c Retail Dealers in Hardware and Cutlery, Stoves TINWARE. ROPE. IRON, STEEL NAILS AND Blacksmith Tools, Ac. Keep on hand a Large Stock of CHARTER OAK, BUCKS PATEjYT, CHICAGO, EMPORIA L O YA L CO OK And Other First-Class Cooking STOVES, of All kinds Coal or Wood kept on hand. JOB WORK OF ALL KINDS DONE. J. W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE AND LIVERY STABLE MAIN STREET, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Horses, Carriages, BuKeies and a No. 1 Hearse on short notice and reasonable terms. A Mack will run;to!the steamboat landing, and to all part fthe city when desired. January 1. 1871 diwtC NEBRASKA LAND FOR SALE BY THE Burlington & Mo. R. R. R, Co. On Ten Years' Credit at 6 per ct. Interest No part of principal due for twe year?, and thence only one-mttn yearly till paid in full. PRODUCTS will pay for land and improve ments within the limit of this generous t-red t. -jJetter termt were never ottered, are no now. and prOably never will be. CIRCULARS giving full particulars are tup plied gratis. Apply to Geo. S. Habits, Land Comm'r. Lincoln Nebraska. ay9w3m ROCK! STONE! T will furnish rarties with f.one for buildins purposes at a rea.-oBable price, at my quarries or delivered on the cars at Louis ville station. The following kind of stone can .be bad on short notice; sills, caps, perch rock ine or rod sand stone such as was used by the B. t M. R. R. in the construction of their stone work. All responsible orders, promptly filled J. T. A. HOOVER. Louisville Station, Neb, S9tr P. HODAPP House and Sign Painter. Graining, paper hanging and ornamental Painting, Orders promptly tilled, b hop north cf r rice 8 Black mitn bnof. ocid.Mn. PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. C. HEISEfi,Propr ietor. Having recent! yee repaired and placed t n thorough running ord luu.tiOO Bushels of Wheat wanted immediate or which the highest market price will be pa Among; (be Doetors. Dr. Miller on Dr. Livivingston: Gen. Livingston can and will do more than any other man in the States to solidify and perfect in organized form the cohorts ot Greeley and Urown. lie is a disciplanarian and his whole soul ia in this battle. The direction of the Doctor's soul ia much regretted by his best friends here we understand, as well'as his choice of a ather Confessor. Can the Herald 6hrive him? Next fall will tell. IIKISTLE8. The tanner and shoemaker can com plete the job. Sioux City Journal. Bet yer sole on that brudder Perkins ! Cedar Rapids Republican. We declare unhesitatingly tnat we shall jro.our axel on it. Sioux City Journal. Of course then you will heel all our national troubles. Onawa Press. Will they make an end of corruption? Burt Co. Pilot. Yes, by vjaxing the Liberals and sew ing up the Democratic party. AT O EX EVA. Some of our Liberal friends say they cannot support Grant because he backed down on the "indirect claims," and they won't support a coward. Of all charges this is the silliest and most unreasonable. No man in his senses ever charged Gen, Grant with being a coward, and worse still, with one and the same cry they charge hiia with being a despot, with wanting to inaugurate a military rule, being cruel and delighting in war, and yet with refusing the grandest and only chance of making a war that will proba- ly occur during his administration. Above all this twaddle, however, rises the fact that it is not true. There being no back down, no blunder and no non sense. The "case," indirect cfaima and all, has gone before the Conference and been decided on. We have not received any money value for our indirect claims, but we have gained the most decided victory in forcing a recognition of our ideas of neutrality, and probably caused a vexed question of international diplomacy to be settled for ever. So much for a farm man at the helm. SC'HUltZ ON OHEELET. Our German friends think this Sena tor has been badly treated, and in conse quence the entire German yote is going for Greeley. Hear what the Richmond Examiner says about it. This paper is an extreme Southern paper in principles, and is supporting Greeley with a very wry face. Listen to its opinions of Schurz and the Germans. : WHERE ARE THEY ? Where are Schurz and the Germans he had in his pocket, and where are the followers of all the Liberal Repurlican leaders who met in undelegated conven tion at Cincinnati? These are the ques tions we want our friends here who are so eager to force Greeley down the throats of the Democracy, Ion gre, mat gre, to answer. Sc :urz has not, to our knowledge, made a single sign or uttereu i , ti . i - t ii a single wora iavoraoie to me Vyiiappa qua philosopher, since the adjournment of the convention, and we nave watcnea the papers closely for some sign or word. On the contrary, we have very good reasons for believing that the entire Ger man vote will be cast against Mr. Gree ley. The news from the West is that it has been solidified against that ticket. Senator Tipton held a meeting at Fair- mount, in I'illinore Uounty on tne J4tn ingt. At the close of the meeting they gave three cheers for Grant & Wilson, and throe cheers for Phil. Sheridan. After a preamble setting forth their rea sons they passed the following Resolu tions . Whereas, After patiently hearing the eloquence of the lion. Senator, We, the iicpuDlicansoi i iiimore uoun ty, .Nebraska, are convinced Deyona a doubt of the following facts : That the Hon. T. W. Tipton is dis satisfied with the present administration," and opposes the re-election of U. S. Grant, lor the reasons stated, as follows: lhat the .President has not appreciated the wisdom and statesmanship of the Hon. T. W. Tipton. That the f 'resident has not used his appointing power witii a view to tne political interests ot 1. w. lipton. lhat Senator lipton cannot control! political influence with U. S. Grant and the administration in power. That Tobias Wellington lipton is con demned by the Republican party of Neb raska, who elected him to the high office which he now holds. Therefore, be it. Resolved. That the Republicans of i Ul more County gladly deliver him unto the Democratic Liberal anything for office party to be dealt with as they may deem proper. Resolved, That we endorse the admin istration of Prenident Grant, and hearti ly support U- S. Grant and Wilson, for President and Vice President of the United States. M. II. Brown, F. H. Gerhard, President. Secretary. Stale Journal. A correspondent of the Warren (Pa.) Mail tellsaeood story of Horace Greeley, which is not found in his "Recollections of a Busy Life." In 1841 the correspond ent was workincr at a saw mill in Wrights ville. Greeley being in that section on a visit to his father's family, came along canvassing for his paper. He started to cross the pond on loose logs. Now suih Iocs never keeD till. They bolt, and the bolting philosopher soon found himself on two logs and two legs spreading wider and wider apart the longer he tried to stand still 1 The writer called to him to eo ahead, but he diden't: he only went up to his neck, and that's all he knows about riding a saw log. Now if he can't ride two saw logs in one direction, how can he ride two horses runing in different directions, without coinc under ? That's the question. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, July 11. 1872. THE EDITOR Of THE II EH A I. D TO THE PEOPLE OF CASS COV5TT ASD TO THE Pit ESS OF NEBRASKA. In the Omaha Herald appears a let ter from Plattsmouth, signed Vindex. It contains the following statment : "In the Nebraska Daily Herald of this place, is the assertion that, at the close of the Liberal meeting held here on Thursday evening last, "three rous ing cheers for Grant were given." Ob serving this to be a stereotyped phrase, and one of the many contemptible tricks by which Grant editors of Grant papers, bought with Grant money, and controll ed by Grant offioeholdtre, have under taken to mislead the voters of this free country, 1 beg to inform the readers of your valuable journal that the facts in the case here were simply these: A couple of underlings in the employment of the Surveyor General, E. E. Cunning ham, who had been standing near the entrance of the Hall during Senator Tipton's splendid excoriation of the vil lainous practices of the partizan majority in the United States Senate, rushed down stairs at the close of the meeting, and under a preconcerted arrangement with a few Grantites, of which small par ty I am proud to say our honorable post master refused to be one, shouted, 'Hip hip, hurrah 1' as the Greeley men came out, and the latter not discovering the trick, took up the shout and cheered." We are not in the habit of answering unknown and unrecognized scriblers throughout the land. It would take up too much of our valuable space, and they seldom have character enough to make it worth a gentleman s time to show them up. We should not notice this except for this reason ; we desire to call attention to tfcfis kind of newspaper writing and this class of journalism. In the first place, custom in this country has ordained that the responsi ble editors of our political papers shall be known by name, and he almost in veriably is by person, especially in a town of this size. In England it. is different but here this custom obtains; observe then, thinking men, the meanness, and the safety with which any d.rty scribbler over a false signature can blackguard and abuse men whom sometimes they would not dare speak to on the street. The editor is a shining mark, all he says and does is known and commented on; he has a local habitation, a name and an office. W here should we nod index and Junius and Justice and Agncolus and Virtae and all the horde who under one signature or the other, indulge their malice and spleen in newspaper articles. A.S regards this particular article from Vindex we care nothing about that. It scores not on our hide, it injures not our reputation for veracity as we shall pre sently show. It is the principle we are after. You cry out tor relorm, you preach for a purer press. Is this the way to make it so? Did wholesale lying ever purify a press, a people or an indi vidual? Did cowardice ever elevate the human race ? And we end this portion of our editorial with the reminder to all these scribblers, that the man who stabs his neighbor in the dark- whether in his person or reputation may be classed "as a coward and assassin. the facts. A few words on the charges them selves. This paper is a Grant paper in the Rfnj tli at it surmorts Gen. Grant, and in no other. We bought it ourselves, we paid for it and we control it, as some of you will find out before this campaign is over. Tf Gen. Grant or any friend of his wants the Herald, and has the money to pay for it, they can have it and own U. and not hefore. There is nothing in this charge that the Herald need fear, but look, readers, to the utter Billiness and absurdity of using such an argument against your enemy. Does anvbodv suppose for a moment that a rank Greeley man tconld furnish monev to run a Grant paper, or that a Grant man would be ass enough to fur nish life and sustenance to a Greeley pa r.sr. or a Democratio abortion called Liberal. Who then should turnisli money for a Grant paper but Grant men. Who furnish money to support a Ger man paper but Germans; a paper demoted to railroad interests but railroad men, or a real estate paper but dealers in rea1 estate or their patrons. Who start and support any papers throughout the land but those who are in unison with that naner and desire it to bring before the world their views and ideas. There is to be a Liberal Fl.appiddle started here next week, they say. Is anybody outside of the Insane Asylum such a fool as to suppose that Grant men will start it or Grant men support it. Don't everybody know that Demo cratic funds buy it, Democratic work helps it, and Liberal brains are supposed to run it. What argument would it ha for the Herald to bring before a thinking, read ing people, on a vital and earnest sub ject, to rant out at them that Democrat ic money paid for the type and bought the ink. Democrats buy horses, mules, stores, and banks, and run them to make money, and so do Republicans. Newspapers are property just the same those friendly to one side will assist in one and the opposition in another. It makes no difference who buys or pays for them. Do they tell you the truth ? that's the question. Is the editor gentleman who aims to elevate mankind and scorns to resort to every petty lie to aid hu party. If he w this, support ; him and the paper he edit, if you ever hope to se journalism rise to the dignity that you claim it ought. underlings. We know nothing about Gen. Cun ningham's young men, don't know some of them when we see them, but we do not suppose they are any more under- ings now than when they were Gen. Livingston's young men, or Gen. Hitch cock's young men. Are they decent citizens of a respectable walk in life, and do they perform their duty there ? That s the point at issue, and all Vindex or any one else has to do with . their character. It is about time that Americans took hold of this matter and settled tho fact whether they want gentlemen and upright men in their public offices, or blacklegs and scoundrels. It is time they decided that the acceptance of an office from Government or under a Gov ernment officer does not take away a man's character and deprive him of the rights of manhood and American citi zenship, nor subject him to the vile abuse of every peripatetic skunk that chooses to sling dirty ink over him be cause they themselves have not been able to secure the same berth. This will be one more reform, and un til you elevate your own charactsrs and make politics respectable and the offices of Government honorable by regarding the private character of the occupants thereof, you can reform nothing. When a man knows he goes into an of fice to be abused and blackguarded right or wrong, he is more than human if he doe3 not earn some portion of the abuse, and as constant use hardens and dead ens to pain it is queer if any man does not come out of office something the worse citizen for having been an offi cial. lastly! cheers. We were not there at the close of that meeting. Vindex and every one else there knows that. Not less than ten of the first citizens of Plattsmouth told the editor of this paper that the meet ing broke up in "cheers for Grant," and if Vindex can stand it to have his neigh bors and brethren go forth to the world as liars the editor of the Herald can We have made this article long solely because it bears on a great principle of journalism in which we are deeply inter ested, and not on account of T index or his letter. Ave have chosen this occupation as our means of support and business in life, and we mean by every effort in our power to elevate aud dignify the prcsn, our press anyway; and we snail perse vere until we are satisfied that the peo pie will not support an editor who tries to'tell the truth and be a gentleman.- When that time conies, if it ever does, we shall sell out to tho dirtiest dog ot a liar we can find and let him try it awhile. Nebraska Through Johnny Bairn Specs. From the Liverpool Standard, we clip the following, which shows the be nefit of advertising, and also the views our English brethren get of us from our newspapers. The joke on the Doc tors is good. "The question which has puzzled poli tical economists so long is satisfactorily answered at length. There is no further need to ask "what shall we dtfnvith our surplus population?" From the State ot iSeorasKa, wmcn lies somewnere ue tween the Missouri and the Pacific, and which its inhabitants call "the Garden of the West." comes a circular inform ing all whom it may concern that land is .. . - V 11 1 to be had there tor tne landless, ana homes for the homeless, and that mil lions of Acres are almost donated (nice word that) to the brave pioneers of the world by the generous Government of America. In the description of the lo cality, sent out by those who are settl ed there already, are eager to in iuce others to share their happiness, Nebras ka is painted as a land flowing with milk and hnnev a veritable land of promise. There is not a cubic foot of putrid air or water there. All the cereals ot the 1cm- perate Zone are grown with ease, cer tainty, and success, while sorghum, to bacco, flax, and hemp do well. It is encouraging to hear that the hemp does well, lor it is occasionally very useiui in these newly-colonised regions. To add to the charms of this "fragment of Heaven let loose upon earth. we are likewise informed, in language dull Eu rope cannot hope to rival, that every species of berry will ripen lusciously in the pure sunlight oi Nebraska. fcheep are never diseased there, and of necessity must suffer death by violence, as they will not die otherwise; and it is uncon tradicted that for Wheat Nebraska is the Banner State. There is a city there Omaha, and a railroad runs by it, the Great Pacific. We have heard mention of the city before from the truthlul lios of Mr. George Francis Train, and there is a sort of hazy recollection on our minds that the noble savage is in the habit of stopping the trains on the rail road for the purpose of enlightening the passengers, who may have been misled by Fesnimore Cooper s stones, as to the manners aud customs of the aborigi nes. Ihere is a weekly newspaper in Omaha, verv brilliantly written, in which such lively little paragraphs as the fol lowing occur : "That familiar rambler, "J. A. Tookes has lost three of his front "teeth: thev were knocked out by Nicrv "olas Robling, of the Marble Hall "Saloon." . If these pleasantries are freauent they should be an inducement to intending emigrants in the dentist line. Singularly enough there are doc tors there. We find the advertisement of a patent pill maker in the Omaha Trilnue. but what can he want in such a salubrious neighbourhood? Tha pitia ble speculator must be lean as the apothecary in Romeo and Juliet. If we are to believe the Tribune Omaha mu be a second Eden. There ought to be a fine opening there for architects and surveror3 of the Martin Chuzzlewit and Mark Taplcy school- We recommend all such not to stand upon the order o: their going, but go at once." THE FOURTH OF JULY 1872. IX CASS COtfSTT. At Plattamntli. The Turners turned out, and turned over a new leal to American eyes Dy celebrating the anniversary of our Na tional Independence ia the good old way. At ten o'clock they marched in procession from Turner Hall to a hand some grove south of town, where stands and other accommodations had been pre- prepared. The Declaration of Independence was read in German, and speeches in the same language by Messrs. Jacob Vallery, sr., J. T. Hoover, Herman Newman, and others. Not satisfied with this they sent for Dan. H. Wheeler, Esq., and had the Declaration read in English, after which Mr. W. made a short speech congratu lating them on their enterprise on this day, and the good feeling that it must engender to see peoples of all races and all climes thus meeting under one ban ner, A vote of thanks to Messrs. Val lery and Wheeler wa3 carried, after which dancing commenced and a general good time prevailed. In the evening everybody that could go went to THE TURNER BALL. To most excellent music in Fitzger ald's famous palace of terpsichore, gay couples, laughing maidens, jolly dutch girls, stout old bachelors, and good na tured married couples balanced and chasseyed swung and do-so-two'd (do-se-do'd) until the 5th day of July made its appearance, and then they a. went "home in the morning," and that was the last turn of the Turners. AT SCHILDKNECHT'S QROvE There was held a basket pio nic. The Rev. Mr. Puckett gave them a timely and eloquent speech, and Miss Olive Horning, only 10 years of age, read the Declaration of Independence in a very creditable manner. Some 200 people were present and all declared they had one of the pleasantest fourths they ever spent. EIGHT 5IILE GROVE. M. B. Reese Orated, and Bro. John Barnes Declarated, both in good style. It was a Basket and Sunday School pic nic. Rev. .Mr. Presson spoke to the children, and every body that went to Eight Mile Grove 'tells the Herald that out of a hundred Fourth of July's none ever were so delightful. ALTAFFER'S, SOUTH 'WEEPING WATER. Independcnced as follows : good spea kurs, good dinner in the woods, good time generally. AT WEEPING WATER. Sam. M. Chapman, the orator of he day, told us the story of our country's wrongs and triumphs in good shape. Mr. L. Reed declared we was free, and more victuals were disposed of under the trees there than this reporter cou.d keep count or, lor particulars oi which see to-morrow's Herald. ALL OVER. Havn't heard from the rural districts of Omaha, Lincoln, and Nebraska City as yet, presume they Fourtlied it "like everything," by and by will hear from 'em and tell you all about it. COMMENTS. Yesterday was the finest day, atmos pherically, for the Fourth of J uly that this generation ever saw. Old Sol gen erally takes that day to celebrate on too, and displays ms powers until every one is disgusted and overheated or else the clcuds givo out in holding water for sheerj laziness, or because they are independent too, and everybody gets a memento of the Fourth in the way of colds, sickness, spoiled dresses, or clothes of some sort, that causes them to declare "they'll never, no never, go to anybody's Fourth of July againj" All this was avoided this time. The sun behaved like a gentleman, the gen tle breezes whispered in the trees-es, the musquitoes took a vacation, and the clouds like a beautiful veil o'er spread the earth, and did duty instead of tents and umbrellas. For once the whole creation seemed of one accord in allow ing the poor humans that inhabit this world one perfect and happy day of re- wu l joicing. w e never saw so many nappy faces nor heard so many satisfied people come home from a public holiday. Glo rious day, glorious country; glorious thing to celebrate, and, By Jove, we made a glorious time of it so we did. Hurrah for our Fourth this year, and lXt'z generally. It seems to be a year of promise so far, God grant that it may nave been a year oi perlormance, as well, when the last day of" December comes. The lucky winner of the $50,000 prize in the Omaha Mercy Hospital enterprise, arrived in Omaha Monday. His name is J. B. Geggie, of the firm of Leffing- well & Co., Real Estate Dealers, St Louis. Geg-along, ye outsider, to haul all that money off to St. Louis. It is said the circulation of the New York Tribune has fallen off ten per cent' Horace did it with his little hatchet. The Peru post-office has, by order of the Post Office Department, been made a Money Order office, Advertiser. Number 15. COUXCIL PROlEEDINtin. Council Chamber, July 1, 1872. Council met pursuant to call. Present Mayor Aldermen, Buttery, Wayman, Vivian Cushing, Clerk & Mar shal. The Journal of last meeting read and approved, The Mayor presented the following call to-wit : Council Chamber, City of Plattsmouth, July 1st, 1872. The Councilmen and Clerk of the city of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, will take notice, that a Special meet ing of the Council of the said city is hereby called, to meet at the Council Chamber, on the 1st day of July, 1872, at seven and a half o'clock p. m. The object of said meeting is to take action on the following subjects, to-wit: To provide for a Special election, to submit to. the voters of said city a proposition to vote bonds ot said city in aid ot a College, or Seminary, and also for tho erection of a High School, and also to levy the necessary taxes for 1872, and the repeal of such ordinances as may bo necessary. M. L. WniTE, Signed July 1, 1872. Mayor. An ordinance levying certain taxes for the purpose of providing revenue, and other purposes, was On motion, read first time. It was then moved that the rules be suspended, and said ordinance put upon its second and third reading and final passage, on which motion a vote was taken, result ing as follows : Ayes, Buttery, Wayman, Vivian and Cushing ; Noes, none, and said ordinance was approved. A notice for a boccial election was then presented, and On motion, it was ordered that there be a Special election held in the city of Plattsmouth, on the 22d day of July, 1872. for the purpose of voting on the following propositions : 1st Shall the Mayor and Council men of the city of Plattsmouth issue bonds of said city to tho amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be used in the construction of a nigh School building, to be erected in tho said city of Plattsmouth said bonds to be payable on or before twenty years from the date of their issuance, but not until after the year 1880, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable annu ally, at the office of the .Treasurer of said city. 2d. Shall the Mayor and Councilmen of said city of Plattsmouth, be author ized to levy a tax, annually, on the as sessed valuation of the property of said city, sufficient to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they may be come due and payable. 3d. Shall the Mayor and Councilmen of the said city of Plattsniouth issue bonds to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, to assist in the erec tion and construction or a College, or Seminary building, within said city (Provided the said College is located within said city) said bonds to be pay able on or before twenty years from the date of their issuance, (but not until af ter the year 1SS0), bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable annually at the office of tho Treasurer of said city. 4th. Shall the Mayor and Council- men of said city of Plattsmouth, be authorized to levy a tax, annually, on the assessed valuation of the prop' erty of said city, sufficient to pay the interest and principal on said bonds as the same may become due and paya ble. On which motion a vote was taken with the following result : Ayes, Cush ing, Vivian, Wayman and Buttery; Noes, none. Motion carried, and the Clerk was authorized to have the said notice published as provided by law. On motion, the following named per- ..1. V l - sons ' were appointed to act as o uuges and Clerks of said election : J. R. Van atta, Nick Engle and Jason Streight, Judges ; Prof, d' Allemand and Parker Wise, Clerks; and On motion, Council adjourned. Attest: M. L. WHITE, R. II. Vanatta, Mayor. City Clerk. THE FOURTH. Ninety-seven years ago July 3, the Declaration of Independence was signed by Jefferson, Franklin and Adams, and on the next day, J uly the 4th, it was publicly read, and announced to all the world as the principles by which this Government proposed to- conduct its af fairs, and manage its own business. That's the day we celebrate, and the document contemptuotrsly flouted by the Tories, of our country, and the mon archists of all Europe has become the corner stone of a great nation, and we have fondly hoped the abiding place for all of our race that believe man- is capa ble of self-government, and tht we do not need the lash of a master to pre serve order and maintain a stable gov ernment in the land. This is from the Neb. City Cluronicle: Alreadv thev call Judge Mason an in significant Jackass. Does thab knock out his brains. News. They didn't hit the right place, per haps. While they bray, he will Jfhunder. News. He'll do what?. ...1 T 1 , A C and can, root out all corruption. But' ler's speech. So can a hog. Extra (hpietaftU IItD for ! fy fl. StreiBOt, at tne roin'mt, uiu j. , yuuu ton. North aide Main Street, between bccout and Third. Eric Railway Brings Suit Against Jay Oould. Twenty-eight discs of Sun btroke. Kew Postmaster at Omaha, Sir. Story returns to Chicago Accident on the Chicago & Northwestern R. 11. Greeley in Boston. Stokes Trial. The Fourth Celebrated by Americans Abroad. Robinson's Circus comes to Grief, Fire in Constantinoilev The Fourth at Homc.r New York, July 2. A corn plaint in suit, brought in tho name? of the Erie Railway against Jay Gould, has been served upon the defendant. The Strokes trial to-day was attended! by a great crowd, as it was expected Josie Mansfield would be put on the' witness stand, but the medical testimony" for the prosecution was continued. The thermometer is 103 in the shadcr and about 140 in the sua. The cornoners to-day have been not'w fied to hold inquest on twenty-eightr bodies, victims of sun stroke. Denver, July 2. Tho opening of the Denver and Ricr Grande railway to Pueblo is being cele--brated to-day by an excursion from Den' ver to Pueblo, dinner, speeches,- firo works, &c. Eight crowded coaches o excursionists left here this morning, Baltimore, July 2'. Dr. Lanahan is !to be given a public reception by his Mcdthodist friend on his returru Washington, July 2. The President to day appointed C. hs Yost postmaster at Omaha, vice Griffen, resigned. . Madrid, July S. The Archbishop of Madrid is dead. Chicago, July 3. Mr. Story, of the Times, arrived home to-night, having sufficiently recovered" from injuries recieved at Springfield, to bear removal. New York, July 3. In the Strokes case, this afternoon the testimony was closed on the part of the prosecution, and McKean made his opening speech for tho defence. He' claimed that on the day of the murder Strokes was not seeking Fisk, but met him accidentally upon the stairs of tho hotel ; that the latter drew his revolver to 6hoot Stokes, who drew a pistol and1 fired in self-defense. He also hinted at insanity in Stokes family, and said the prisoner's mind was upset since his in carceration by Fisk, on the charge of embezzlement. Fourteen deaths from 6un stroke be tween midnight and 8 o'clock this morn' ing. One hundred and six death Iron heat the past few days. Boston, J uly Z. Horace Greeley arrived this morning: and was waited upon to-day by his nu merous friends. He attended the jubilee this afternoon. Madison, Wis., July 3". The fixth anual re-union of the Army' of the Tennessee met here this morning. Many prominent officers aro present,, among other, Secretary Belknap, Gov Noyes, and Gen.-McOook. Denver, Col., July Z. Dick Allen, an enpincer on the Union Pacific, was run over by a locomotive or the Denver and Rio Grande load, and both his leirs cut off near the thighs. He- lived but a short time after tho accident. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 3. A fearful accident occurred on the Chicaco and Northwestern railway yesterday afternoon one mile east cf Belle Plaine. A freight train ran- into a con struction train and telescoped the caboose- of the latter, killing one man almost instantly and mortally wounding sir others, rour ol the wounded nave since died, and the other two cannot live. New York, July 5. The Day was celebrated with patriotic enthusiasm. WThile Robinson's circus was going under a bridge at West Haven, the briJge settled. The menagerie cages on the platform cars struck it, and tho cages were knocked off and broken up. The lien and tapir escaped, but were soon caught. A cage containing fifty monkeys was among the wreck. Thcr monkeys are all loose in the woods. Loss. $10,000. London,. July 4. The Fourth of July was more generally observed by American citizens in Europe this year than- ever beforer by special celebrations in this city. Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and other cities. San Francisco, July 4. The celebration was a magnificent success, and the procession two miles long. Gen. Joe Hooker received an ova tion at the banquet following the celebration. f i