Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PLATTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA?"
THURSDAY, JULY, 18. 1872
. A. MACJIURPIir. Editob.
Official Directory.
CONGRESSIONAL.
T- Tipton. Brown ville.
P. W. Hitchcock. Omaha.
John Taffe, Omaha,
tT. 8. Senator.
U. S Senator.
Representative.
EXECUTIVE.
U ilium I? fe8' f nco!n Aet k waor.
illiam u. James, Lincoln, Keo if sit
HA&ieVL,inCOin' Aud?":
-.V Koenig, Columbus, Trra.nn p
iS-&rtt'-0,?h,O o Attorney'ienera':
a. M. McXcntio. Hoc In. Sopu Pb. Instruc'n
JUDICIARY.
GVS- ChicfTJu'tic
L. Croanie, Ft. Calhoun A!cate Justices.
CASS COUNTY.
H. R. Ell i on.
Daal McKinnon,
W.L. Uobbs,
ir X4.l!n8on,
Probate Jalgt.
County Clerk,
Treasurer.
, Sheriff.
SupL Pb. Instruction,
Countj Commissioners.
Coroner.
u. w. wise.
Jacob Valle-y.
V ; .11-
James.
J.W.Thomas.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President.
IT. S. G-SAOSTT.
For Vice-President.
HENRY WILSON.
CLCnjtUES fOttiTUEHJiPAItiX.
We will mail the Weekly Heuald to
aew subscribers and clubs, during the
Presidential Campaign, beginning June
20th and closing November 15th the
week after the Presidential election
twenty-two: numbers in all at the fol
lowing rates :
Ona copy $ 70
Club of ten copies 6 00
Club of twenty-five copies 12 50
Daily At fair Club rates.
We want subscribers for our we -kly
and dai'y all through the eonnfy. To a
person pending us a club of five name
and over a liberal discount will be made.
The Chicago Times strongly refuses io
support Greeley, and is consistent in do
ing eo.
"Brick" Pomeroy says that true De
mocracy will never support Greeley.
A good Democrat in Cass county bet
twenty dollars on Grant's election, the
other day, and ten dollar? on Cass county
going for Grant.
Schurz spoke in Raleigh, North Caro
lina, Tuscday North Carolina is the
first State to hold its State election, and
they are making it hot down there,
both sides. S
The New York Times says very truly :
"The election of Greeley in place of
Grant 'would merely substitute Fenton.
'Boss Tweed and the Blair Family for
'Conkling, Morton and the Dent fam
'ily. "
Seems likely to get clear, just as we ex
pected. The jury, owing to the charge
of the judge, no doubt, stand eight fur
murder and four for manslaughter
Chicago Inter ocean give3 an account
of the organization of a Democratic
Grant and Wilson club, with 150 signers
at first meeting. The President, G. D.
Wise, has deposited in bank $5,000 that
says Grant will be re-elected.
HOW IT IK.
The fun has commenced. Greeley
receives any amount of letters applying
for places already. lie persists in an
swering them himself, and his commit
tee, threaten to resign unless he turns his
correspondence ever according to rule
and custom.
Our distinguished neighbor Spotted
Tail, indignantly denies that he has au
thorized the association of his name with
that of Horace Greeley on the Liberal
Presidential ticket. The following din
patch from him has been received by the
talented editor of the Ceycnne Tribune:
"Greeley Squaw ! Ugh ! Me no run
with him." Denver News.
We know brother Swartr, ourselves,
and this is like him :
"The Rov. Mr. Swart, of the Meth
odist Church, continue- to give sati-f ie
tion to his large nieinbe.shlp, a- hi fu!i
houses attest. He has the tiue Metho
dist characteristics enthusiasm, ambi
tion, energy. Ex4 jt
:?9UTIC4L.
Mr. Greeley was formally notified of
his nomination on,Fridiy. He made a
neat little speech and got off a good joke,
said, "He was not much'ia the habit ol
receiving nominations for the Presi
dency. Gratz Brown waa taken sick on the
12th and the committee posponed their
call on him. He is rapidly recoveriug.
TO OCX (OCXTBY;BEiDr.RH.
Tie I'anncrs' Colann.
During the campaign it will be impos
Bible to arrange our matter in such a
manner as to give c!l our agricultural
newj ia one column. We shall none the
less attend to the wants and needs of
the farmer, but owing t J the press of
matter crowding us, and the fact that in
running a daily paper we have on Thurs
day a very busy day going to press
with two papers on the eame day, is ne
joke and with the help that a country
newspaper can afford, our matter gets
thoved. up the quickest way. After
flection times we fhall try and get these
items altogether once more.
'I HI NKIXALD f .!.
Habit and use enable a ru in to bear
the most rigorous climate with comfort.
The same causes operate with like effect
on the mental dispositions of mankind.
An editor is so accustomed to hear peo
ple denounce him accuse him of bad
motives and false prejudices, that he
gets callous and careless about remark
and innuendoes that pierce other people's
jackets. Once in awhile we are' force i
to laugh at the utter UD.comciou.-rjeaJ
with which persons will set down before
an editor and utterly demolish, to their
own satisfaction, some theory that he
has perhaps but that day advocated, to
tally ignoring the idea that he may hnve
any personal feeling about what he has
said or believes.
A foreigner will very coolly step iuto
the office and berate America or Amen
cans by the hour. The editor li-tens
with patience, pities his weakue-, and
lets him pass. Worse than a dry goods
clerk is he told twenty times a week that
he never tells the truth, and that his
business is to lie, and he is expected to.
take it all in good part. But let him
turn round and say a few word that cut
on the readers' prejudices, nationality or
business whew! what a niu-is Licked
up., and "stop my paper," shouts one,
"let's lick him," tugged another ; but
really, human nature is better th-rn we
think, for neither threat is put into exe
cution. A day or two of grumness, a
muttered growl or two as they paes, and
it is forgotten.
While taking charge of a county news
paper once, we gave some of our particu
lar ideas about clergymen and their ser
mons, holding that every man should try
and fit himself for the walk in life that
he proposed to fol ow, and that a clergy
man had no right to come into the pul
pit with awkward manners, bad delivery,
or inferior language, to address his peo
ple Sunday after Sunday, ; that lawyer.-,
actors, and every other class of men
overcome their natural disadvantages if
they hoped to succeed, &c.
As usual, the town had twice as many
churches as the needed and three times
is many ministers as she cculd comfort a
hly support, and the next day no less
than six Parsons waited on us to know if
we meant lam. It took us aback; we
were not personally acquainted with any
of the gentlemen, and our remarks had
been founded on general observations,
in 1 not on particular eases.
Just so in politics; when we say
iVuioerats did this, or Germans db.i
that, it is not intended to charge that
Jones over the way whs per.ieiiy the
man who did the act, or that Schmidt
up towu was tho individual responsible
for the misdeeds of a parly. Great
events can only be treated on a broad
basis. The average acts of a party or a
sect must be taken as a standard of
measurement and not the acts of indi
viduals; and the editor who does his
duty, so treats greatque.tions. Ouly
small miudfnarrow everything -down to
themselves, their town and their county.
HUH HI T IBl'E.
TPWARDS.
The Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania Tele
graph describes the progress of the De
mocracy toward Gretley, in the pat five
months as follows :
January The old idiot Gree'ey.
February The eccentric Greeley.
March Old Horace Greeley,
April Horace G i ecley.
May Mr. Horace Greeley.
June Honest Uncle Horace.
Wc might as well add tho Bee1 ver
sion of Democratic transmutation for
July, which wonld real Our square
toed, .unflinching and unchangable chain -pion
and standard bearer, the great,
good and sweet tempered Horace Gree
ley. DOWNWAHDS.
Did you ever hear the darkey barber
story. Here it is : A colored barber
joined tho church in good times, and
gave freely to its support. After a time
business fell off, and he could not "come
down" any more.
He thus described the situation to a
friend :
"Do fust year I gib $50, and it was
dear brudder Jones; de ncx year busi
ness wasn't so good, and I gib $25, and
it was brudder Jones; don I gib $10.
and was only Mr. Joues ; dis year I gib
notting and I'm ouly dat old nigyer
Jones yes san ! 1
If Greeley should be elected (?) and
give all the lat offices to .Democrats, the
Bee s opinion, above, would hold good ;
but did he dare to let Republicans have
anything, it wouli be :
Fir-t month ' Honest Old Horace.
Second ' Mr. Greeley.
Third " Queer old coot.
Fourth "
Fifth "
Sixth "
Crazy old loon.
Darned old fool.
Infirm, cussed old b'aek
Bo;;ti;VHst, same as
ever.
Seventh U;o lleii-houu-i : we
m'ght a known it ; what foul w Dero
crts was. "
the PoliHral Condition of I'tusj-J va-
nla. i
A very pleaant gentleman .d good
fellow, no doubt, is Mr. Morton of the
N. ir. Tribune, but the other day to
iourmns iu Piattstuouth. Either he or
the Pensylvania Editois don t know
much about politics in that State. Mr.
Morton says it will go for Greeley, the
Editor of the Bucks county Intelligence
has just bad a tour of the greater part
of Pensylvania, and writes his opinions
on the political aspect a follows :
Anionr the Republicans there was no
apparent division of seutiaient. Pre si
dent Grant will receive the solid support
of his party for le election. In the
northern and western counties, which
the Tribune, has Matt d to l.-e fu!l of GietJ
ley Republican-, they are really as scarce
as in the eastern portion of the State
We are assured hy intelligent and eaodid
residents that in Krie an l Crawford count
ies, where a great dissatisfaction ha fen
claimed, the sctual number of Greeley
men is very smU. Those who have
engaged in th? movement are generally
men wuo have teen disappointed in local
Dolitical anirationi. All the counties
in that region will give at least the u-ual
Republican mn'orities next f !!. What
ever defection there is will be more J tan
compensated by Democratic oppoi;ion
to the Greeley ticket, with a decided !
balance in oar favor.
G.n Cui'.nitilinn mist be doing
ome good work for the State or the
puny, so m.' where, by the acrimony of
his opponents charges. You can always
judge the worth of a man by the temper
his adversaries show.
Kill 'em by Kinlne.
Somebody propones er die ring p'l'yg
i;ny by introducing into Utah vast quanti
ties of fashionable millinery goods and
inducing the G.'Btile women to 'come out
in o geous style. This wi'd produce
s ir h a competition on the part of the
Mormon istejliool and f-ueh heavy bills
for finery, that the saints won't bs able
to stand the pressure.
It, is marvellous and
a-tonishing how
readily an imperfect survey can be de
tected by a man sitting in au office in
Omaha, or Nebraska City, or Brown
v.lie, and never be noticed by the &ctua!
settlers of the coun'ry where they are
made.
Give us a complaint from the settlers,
gentlemen.
If four shovels fail of dirt inike a
good surveyor's corner, how many would
it take to mi e one of the fellows titling
on tht3 Missouri River and telling about
W:iat goes on in the western counties.
Oar Rock Bluffs Letter.
Rock Bluffs, July 15.
Editor Herald. No wJthstandinc
the "perspiration pressure" the R'tk
Bluffites endeavored oa Saturday last to
forget, for a tiiu at Lvist, the heated
term, and assembled in Hutchesoti's
g ove for the purpose of having a pic
nic, giveu in the iuieie;t of tiie Pubi c
aid Sunday Schools, and also iu the in
terest of Mis-Raukui's Muic Class
Arriving ou the ground at an early hour
we found every t hint; apparently in read
iness. A platform had be n erected for
the use of the speakers, and upon it was
placed the "indispensable" organ.
Something, however, was apparently
stiil expected, and we were not long in
su-pense, for in casting our eye in the
direction of the public school houso we
beheld the Stars and S'ripes unfurled,
and beneath it were marching in regular
order, the youth of Rock Bluffs, togeth
er with Teachers and others directly in
tereted in tho schools of the towu.
Marching up to the platform, the pro
cesio:i w:is seated, and the exercises of
ti.e day introduced by the singing and
playing, by Miss Mattie Rankin, of that
beautiful song entitled, "Pic Nic." Af
ter the strains of this enlivening song had
died aw;ty, tlte R-jv. R. Burge Pastor of
tho M. J. Church at this place was in
troduced by the President of the day,
Judge Giiiuour, and addressed a fervent
and touching prayer to the Throne of
Grace.
It would be impossible for us, in a
limited space to give a full review of ail
the exercises, and must necessarily omit
much that was of desp iiiU;r-st to our
selves--The music selections were emi
nently appropriate, and tb.3 skill with
which Miss Emm-i Bridenstine, Miss
Ruth Clemmon, Miss Lilly Gai netr; Miss
Mary Becker, and Miss Laura Chalfant
performed their respective parts, reflect
ed much credit, not only upon them
seles, but upon tho manner in which
Miss Rankin had instructed them. The
literary selections were well performed
by Miss Anna Fitch, Miss Caddie Craig
Miss 1-aura Chalfant, Miss Florence
Smith, and Master Charley Graves.
Th 1 deeuuiation, "Somebody's Darling"
by Miss Anna Fitch, was peculiarly im
pressive, and wheu the closing coup'et
Carve on the Wooden slab at his head,
"catoebody'd darling slumbers here."
was Kpoken, not a few of the two hund
red and fifty auditors were moved to
tears by the sentiment and the pathetic
manner of the speaker. The closing
literary exercises on vhe, part of the
javmiles was a declamation, "The Mod
em Belle" by Master Charley Graves:
the diminutive size of the speaker, to
gether with the sarcastic character of the
piece, and so well accented and infleejed,
rendered Charley the object of much
loud admiration for a time. Rev. Berge
and Judge Gilmour delivered fine ad
dresses to children and 'parents, and af
ter partaking of a basket din er, an
singing and recreating until late in the
evenin-r, we all di-persed to our homes,
well pleased with the festivitie of the
day, and in conclusion we would remaik
that it never has been our good fortune
to attend a pie nic where all seemed so
well satisfied with the exercises of the
day, and where the pre loioinat'mg char
acteristic liceuied to be good order.
A. J. GRAVES.
Cunningham, my dear fellow, do for
f r the love of peace, and to save printer-
ink, o give these fellows a contract
on surveying. Do, please ; it will 6ave
the little Democratic editors so much
trouble in rehashing the Omaha Her
cbTs slang.
CSir.RJUE ASiU UKKKX COKJT.
It is d"ublles fortunate for Mr. B.
Gratz Brown that the present is tin;
season of cherries and green corn, a diet
when combined, prolific of stomach-ache
and colera-morbus.
For perhaps it is easier for that distin
guished gentleman to attribute pubic ly,
his recent severe attack of iilne-s to that
than to any less popular and prevalent
cause.
We humbly advise all those Greeley
and Brown men who would make it a
strone point against President Grant
that he likes a good cigar, admires a fine
horse, and relishes a glass of wine of
ome fine old vintage, to ascertain, be
fore urging it too far, ju-t what caused
the late sudden il!ne-s of their candidate
tor the Vice-Presidency. Wa it really-
green corn and cherries acting on a too
sensitive stomach, or was it the sharp
and sudden and very palnable effect of a
certain habit lonjr indulged.
Ttie question if we are rightly informed
is an open one. Council Blujj't Repub
lican.
AX IHINUiaaSi OW UK A NT.
U louche l'p tb Koldlvr Qtienlloa.
From t'e New York Standard.
In compliance with the .--oiieiiarir.ns i.f
the Ceilie n-s ocianon of Mid iie:iov!j and
I'oiilatid. Mr. M.'J. Fanaquer Keth,
their gifted ycun fei'ow-courit ryin n.
delivered a very able lectu'e iu the town
had, MiJdiet n. on the evening of
Juiv 4 The t'ast hall was crow di d to
sufroc.it io with a most tiithwsia-tie su
diei.ee. The subject chosen by the bc
tuier wan "Foo'prints i, ihe Celts '' In
the ionise of a tdowiriK peroration h
umde the fol owing a!lu-ions to ih- ap
preaching presidential election and apos
trophe, to soldier rulers, whieh will rank
higher than Meagher's sword speech as
a great oratorical outbur-t. "He said :
liefore the clo-e of the present year
you wii! be called upon to exercise the
highest privilege which the laws of your
adopted country can confer, that of
voting for the election of i?s future
President. Without introducim? arty
matter intlevant to my lecture, or ven
tilating any opinions to which you might
be slow to subscribe, I feel that whilst
tracing the lives of those of our coun
trvmeti who have climbed the steep
ascents of fame, and on tie "sands of
time" have left their footprints, I may
not inappropriately allude to the course
which iu my opinion ought tube pursued
by those who are willing to eurula'e
their deeds, and follow their noble ex
ample. You know me, know that the
grandson of oid John Keoitgh of 'US
would as soon cut ofF the jjnod ri.ht arm
which gives him su -'enanee, a ex ores
sentiment to hich my heirt did not
throb re-ponsiveiy. or counsel an action
which mien? tarnish the character of our
race, which seven centuries have left un
suit ed. Chee:S. To no men ought
the issues at stake in the coming on
te-d be clearer, or the results one of more
paramount importance than to ourstlves
"They je-t ar 5Crs that never e t a
wound," but we who have b en. and
iur father-, tbe victims of every indi.sr
naiioii pertaining to slavery, can or omht
fitly estiuuie and honor the labors of
tho.-e who clhiced that foul, dak
blot, on our in-ritut.ions. which inverted
the decrees of God an 1 degraded the
nature of his handniark, who imperiled
life to preserve the in'egiity of this glo
rious republic, for whose indepcnd nae
with a spartan heroism the New Eng
enders in 1775 foueht and bled.
Cheers. You, I repeat, of all in the
world, ought to honor and prove your
gratitude to those whose stout hearts and
strong arms struck the tetters of millions
of fellow beings ere they burst them
selvesand to the ruin of the common
wealth armed themselves with the frag
ments. Great cheering for independ
ence. My countrymen, wo have many
faults, we lack many virtues. Bur one
vice no man has ever dared to charge us
with, one grand national virtue we pre
eminently possess, and that is-gratitude
to those, who held out to us a helping
hand iu the hour of peril. And now, if
you are true to the dime of liberty, for
which Owen O'Neill and Sarsfiell fell,
for which our fathers" blood made Wex
ford s harvest grow, and impurpled Lim
erick's bi-toric Shannon. If you are
true to the great land of your adoption,
you will turn with a loathing from the
men and t'ie cause which ate kept, albeit
by the putung ot a few literary footpads
and disappointed politicians of the Suiu
ntr .-tamp, who raiae a cry alike slavish
and 'contemptible ugamst the soldiet
President, whose cle;.r brain and keen
sword Ji.-aved ti? Union. Hear "the
head and front of bis r.ficndiiig." ''He
is only a soldier," th-y say, "his niilit i-y
habiisand martial training unfit him for
his office." Hear it you descendants ot
Hampden aul of Plymouth's pilgrims
Hear it, you sons of the men who held
Limerick's rampart- aud Derry's breech
es, and what is your manly and indig
nant an-wer? Do you think that the
man who bears the soldier's tlaiintie-s
Prea-t cannot pos -ess the metal tor a
Statesman . I 'o-
-ptse
th.
SOiUlt
r rub-
Who was it that made Greece the para
gon of obedience to iawa and exo-lience
in arm-, but tho.-e who drove the Per
sian hordes otT her tiered soil and raised
at Marathon a moral monument for pos
ter ty's veneration, the soldier consuls
Li o:iidas and Miiri irdes? Despise the
soldier
I Vrho was it that mould
ed the motley mass, vagrants and out
eats from every land, that constituted
tho population of ancient Rome, i:.to a
n :tion which became mistress of the
world ? the teddier con-ul Julius Ctc-ar
Despise the soldier mlerl 'Who was it
that plac-d the shield of his genius as a
statesman over th menuc'd freedom of
poor Poland, and at whoe fali that
'i'ref-dxio shi ieksd ?'' the soldier states
man Jobn Sobifski. Despise thi soldier
ruler ! Who was it that gave the world
the celebrated code of laws that bar hi
name, bat he whn broke forever the .-way
of ti':e van 1 .1 I arbutians, be who e life
wa-on the tented Held? the soldier king
Ju-tiniati. Despi.,e th" -oidier inlur!
Woo was it that conrVived the Napole
onic code, which is to be th basis of the
French Coo-tii ution, but "lhat little Cor--ican
captain'' who here her eagles
triumphant infoeveryeapit.il inKurope?
i ho soldier con-ul Napoleon. Dospi-e
the soldier ruler! Who was Tara's
killer when Ireland's I arp resounded in
free hulls "to chief- and ladies bright,"
when he was the island of saints and
scholars, bu C'ljuarFfc victor? the
sold er king Brian. Despite the soldier
ruler! Who was that guardian and
guiding spirit over the cradle of Ameri
ca's independence -n that memoiahle
4th "of July, 1776? Whose was the
hand that signed the charter of our free
dom in 1787, but the same which c r
lied that, constitution with his sword at
Stony Point, Virginia, Savannah and
Yorktown, the glorious soldier President
George Washington? Despise the sold
ier ruler whose was the head, hand and
heart that saved the Union in its night
of peril when reeling to its center! who
since the fratricidal struggle has ceased
has watc-heo. over the prostrate and
bleeding form of his country till to-day,
her scars are scarce visible, but her sold
ier President, U. S. Grant. Tremen
dous i heerint;, the audience rising their
feet. Joiu the canting parrot-cry of
the knave- who shout he is only sold
ier. My countrymen, do, and you b-lia
your pa.-t. you decrad your President.
and you oamn your future in the land of
your adoption. Do so, but then close
forever your tlorious history. Go to
the pu: lie squares and de troy those
statues of men whose up mory you dese
crate. Do so, and the spirit of every
hero who hallowed the rianwe American
eoldier and con-ecrated with their blood
her sat red caue on Vfry battle field
from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. from
Bull's Ruu to Rich mi ud, frowning on
your shameless apostacy, will exclaim.
"We are the witnesses."
The effect of this great appeal was
electrical, the whole audience, number
ing over 2.000. rose to their feet, aud
cbeered their gifted country man, and
making his bow he retired.
Thrre is but one step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous, said the editor of
the Omaha llrnld, when he handed in
his checks for Greeley, at the Baltimore
National Democratic Stock Board. Rx.
And but half a one, from the ridicu
lous to the infamois.
TATE ir.lf9.
Railroad.
Work commenced in earnest -on the
Northern Nebraska and C ntral Dakota
Railroad ou Monday, the 8th of July,
and will be pu.-hed vigorously to comple
tion. Mr. PeWr-oh, of Jsioux City , has
thf cot. tract for the fir-t eight miles.
Another new town was reii!tiy sur
veyed and mapped out on or near the ol t
tewn site of Galena. Dixf-n coun'y. Cn
the Fourth a larg crowd of the eitizi i.s
asscmpied. and a Liberty Pole a- erect
ed ou the town site.
Omaiia Rediels Opera House w.:s
crau rued fud to bear John A Lfyr-n.
last right. John II Keliom. Ksq., wa
Pr--ident of the meeting. He made a
telling and effective speech.
The big Indians came down to Deca
tur and gave a dance on tho ''JTumth."
Janus Sullivan was crushed to death
between two cars at Omaha. Friday.
Tip Top is mukin a lively paper t,f
the Piattstuouth Herald. Xtatftrnuii.
Baltimore is doubly afflicted. It is
suffering from a physical and moral pes
tilence, having at the same time the
Democratic Convention aud the sin .11
pox. It is difficult to determine which
is the worst. Council BlrfJ's Re.
Sudden. Df.atu Ou Tuesday a
young man named Fitzgerald, a boarder
at the St. Charles Hotel, was kicked by
a mule a he was coming from the tim
ber, with a loud of wood. He received
the full force of the kick in his chest,
and in spite of medical aid, died at two
o'clock on Wednesday morning. Trib
une mil Republican.
The Browr.vilie Advertiser says : On
Monday morning, about 4 o'clock, a
heavy thunder storm opened upon this
section, concluding with a revere ddug?
of hail, which fell upon window lights,
fruit trees and standing crops with mer
less effect. We have reports from the
country indicating considerable damace
from the storm, though not of a cfiarae
ter to alarm. Crops weie levelled by the
cool blast, but are again holding up their
heads aud receiving nourishment from
the warm sun.
If there be any Germans who sup
pose we had eny personal dislike to Car
Schurz, or gave only our opinions on his
course, wc refer them to the following,
from one of their o-.vu papers, and it is
but one from a hundred extracts we
could quote. .. The St. Louis Auzriger
des "Western, a straight Democratic Ger
mau paper that refuses to support Gree
ley on any condition, says :
The Geiman idea of a reformer, as
expres-ed by the word "reforuiater," is
quite different from that intended to be
conveyed by Mr. Schurz, and otln-is,
whi n they u-e the word as applied to
American politics. In Mr. Schuiz's
mother tonuue, reformer means a man
who, devoted to some great principle,
champions and tight for it through
thick and thin, legardi- -s of consequen
ces per-onal to hiiu-eif. When Luther
said he witdd go to Worms, though u 1
th" tile. on the houses wo--e deviis, he
talked like a reformtr When he took
hi hie in bis hand, and v ;in to Worm-,
be noted like a reformer WlunMr.
Schurz, in a fine g inburst of el.quenee,
in bis speech at the Cincinnati Conven
tion, denounced the cry of "Anybody to
b at Grant" as paltry and dishonorable,
he talked like a reformer. When he
stood with blanched cheek and pal-ied
tongue, and allowed Governor Brown to
override the rules of thu convention over
which he pre-ided, ate! when a few d.y
after he penned th. article for th; 'Ve.-f-'e.'ie
7W, in which fie te his brave
words and adopted as the .rule of his
own conduct the "paltry cry" he had so
recently and so vigorously denounced, he
acted bke a moral coward. A rcai re
former, is a reforms tor, is a man of deeds
a - well as words. A bogus reformer is a
man whose active campaigns rarely ful
fil! the hopes excited by the high-sjUTid-inc
phia-cs of his rronunciamtntos. In
other words, to use a homely phrase, he
is "all talk and no cmrr.
utB ni; ri u i tinr.R,
ISiff Ffeiirtti, 15 iu: Fn?linn. Ttij- blnner
lilt; I'lKrt', Ac.
Calhoun, Washington Co.,
Nebni-ka, July 8, J 872 j
Mr. "Tip Top : I an; ghul to learn.
from "others," that you are prospering
in, and helping to, make Plaft.-mouth
pio-perous. I believe that you do even
now consider it be a city, very beautiful
for situation, and a joy to Cas county.
at lea-t, and having a very cosmopolitan
population for there dwell together
Jews and Gentiles, Irish ancients, Eng-
li'htucn from Knglauds old and new.
Russians. Poles, French and German,
and I suppose. Chinese, Cretes aud Arab:
.satis, all -people good and kind, as I
proved them to be, at least the genera
tions of 1S6S and JS71. Piattrmouth i.-
an ancient city, and large, for the State
of Nebrarka, "a cot dly bairn, for a
Uiithor so young " Has Plattsmouih
ever heard of her little but fairer si-ter,
Decatur? Have you become unfaithful
to, or forgetful of your first love? Ol
all that I have heard you herald since
you left her caresses and crossed the
Platte, I've not heard you even breathe
her name. Have you told our cousins
aud aunt "Cass" that aunty Burt h s
tens of thousands of mos beautiful fer
tile land. to idve them for less than some
of th,eui pay as taxes per iicre, in her
own possessions. Have you told your
cousins of our gold n tpting-, our grand
valleys, and stately aud immeuse forests?
Let me help to keep you iu mind of De
calur and Burt, by telliug y ou of her
latest good deed, and grand.
She invited all the good people of
Burt and Wiuoua couuties, and the
original Omahas, to visit her, diue and
make merry with her in c lebiaring the
Fourth. On that gloriou- day, 1 beheld,
and lo! a booth pavilion, extending
from the grand Fuller House under the
trees, to Goodelfs corner, within it two
tables extending its whole length, and
capable of accommodating at one sitting
nearly 700 guests. Midway, in front of
Main 6treet, an orchestra and speaker's
stand, and on the right are Ice Cream
and Lemonade stands. This was at S
o'clock a. nl. Ten came, andlo! teams
from the north and from the south, from
the east and from the west, came in
numbers great, bringing the old and
the young, the grave aud the gay. At
11 30 the street and square presented a
grand aud pleasant sight a va-t and
cheerful throng. Ou the stand, fair
creatures all eUd iu white, and arrayed
with blue sashes, bearing on their
1 feasts the limine of the States the
oid -t beariu thu nme. of the :de-t, I
and on i be bo oiu of the youngest v. a-
1. ....... ...... . .1... . ........uw sruip 1hrn i
Lrri.il tliai ci i.ti--wiii!i.-i
a i or at in, by Col. Warner, of Dakota ;
then music aud song and an oration fiom
layt l JdiU-or., of Ttkauiih. Then mu
B.e, v..cal ani mai tial ('ouipiiments,
vu cts of thanks, then a war-dance by
the ancient Omahas, very awful utid bar
barous But then came a scene of
peace, for behold ! the tables were laden
with all good- things. They had been
deKiited thereon silently as the Manua,
bestowed on the camp of Israel in ancient
days. Full 1,000 dined and feasted at
those tables, between the hours of 1:30
and 3:00 that day. There then was mu
sic an d crackers. The Iudians got their
ox, &c, slaughtered it, and I suppose
supped theiton. The eveniug gleamed
with fire works, the lighted hall with the
brightness of the dance. The morning
of the fifth arose silent, calm and clear.
The 4th, No. SO, had passed away !
XENoraoN.
Plattsmouth, July 13, 1S72..
Ed. Hkkald: Geu. 'Livingston, it is
?aid, in bis speech at the Democratic
Greeley arid Brown ratification, at Fitz
gerald's Hall, last Thursday evening,
deuounced the "Ku-Klux act," and so
called ' force bills,", as "a transfer of
shackles from the limbs of black to the
bodifcs of white men. He held in gen
eral terms that the Republican party has
accomplished its real and legitimate mis
sion ; that it present measures and poll
cy are extreme proscriptive and un-Re-publican;
that the "bloody cbasm'
sh- u!d be closed, &c. So far the Gen
eral's speech was a very fair average
Democratic argument. But when he
made his application, " therefore, vote
for Greeley," he played the mischief
with logic, consistency, and fact, and
must have sounded queer to the ears of
his audience. "Therefore vote for Gree
ley," the advscnta of all the radical re
construction acts of Congress, who only
last year said iu his Tribune "I therefore,
on every proper occasion, advocated, and
ju-tified the Ku K!ux act I hold it es
pecially desirable for the South; and if
it does not prove strong enough to effect
its purpose, I hope it wiil be made
stronger and stronger.'' And again, in
.May, '70, 'The law applies only to Presi
dential aud Congressional elections,
though wo heartily wish it could be
made to apply to all others."
Thee wre Greeley's words one year
ago. They have never b en revoked
' Therefore, Democrats, vote for Gree
ley." Republican.
'I be Mihihiij.
The Signal, published at Ventura,
California, thus enumerates the valuable
poitits of this hor-e :
"The mustang, or native Calif orni;
horse, like the Indian, wi;l s-oon be num
beied amonir the things of the past.
With all hi.-defects, he has qualities and
points of ra.c value, and should b-i pre
served. He can tbiive and subsist
w here the American aud English bloods
would starve; is fleet, and assure footed
as the mule, while his powers of endu
rance in the harness or uudtr the saddlo
ate umqualled. He is small of stature,
but as symmetrical as the Arabian
wild bv nature, and ofieu vicious, but
always .-piiiled, and, with proper train
im: and kind treatment, frequently ex
hibiis all the afftctiouate sensibilities of
the best breeds. It is no uncommon
feat for him to carry a good rider 100
unles in a day, and it is churned that
many of them c-m go much farther iu
tiiat time. We have seen specimens that
at. the a:e of 16 years were as gay and
tierv as the be.-t blooded fave year old
a;id that would kdl the most enduring
of tht ui on u short or long journey. A
saddle horses, thev are prefened, by all
who know them best, as they are also for
I fcht woik. It has always seemed o us
passing strange that no attemp.t lias ever
yet been made in California to prcscive
the admirable qualities or tuts ancient
stock of horses in their purity, lo per
mit them to ignobly pci ih, as now seems
nke!y, would tie as singular as unfor
tunate. v hoover undertakes and sue
cee ls in brerding him up to a higher
peilectiun, or preserves his present mer
its, will cam a name and a fortune.
'I' lie Fur Truile.
Few of our people comprehend the
magnitude of the lur trade which tin
an outlet through our city, the larger
share of w hich is controlled by Me.-.-rs.
Duriee & Peck, of the Northwestern
Tian.-por ation Cotej.any. Including
those iu tiansit from above, the firm h'ju-
this year secured forty tons of antelope
and deer skins. On an average these
skins weigh two and a half pounds each,
which makes a total of 32 OQO skins,
worth at least culcu'ation $d7.K)0 The
Hceumulation of buffalo robes readied
10.000 and, estimating these to be worth
6 50 each, which ia low estimate, their
value" is $00, 000. There arei the skins of
L000 wolves, 1,000 foxes, 500 elk, and
bOO beaver e-timated to be worth $15.
000. In addition to tho above there are
skins of bears, wildcats, jack rabits, bad
gers, mu-krats, minks, etc, the total val
ue of w hich is placed at $5,000. bVoi.x
City Journal.
Of the adoption of Greeley by the
Democrats, the Nation says : "It must
be admitted the nomination of Greeley
by the Democrats will be, on the whole,
the mo-t ludicrous which ever overtook
a great organization. We know of noth
ing in sacred or profane litcmture to
which it can be likened, except the rush
of the swine, in th- New Testament,
"down a steep place into the sea." when
the devils entered into tbeni. The
party in electing Greeb y ipse fa cm ppr
ishes. and perishes in the tuoit ignoble
way."
'! he people of the State of Nebraska
may safely conclude that the present
surveys being made in this State are cor
rect, and that the surveyors are doing
their duty, by the character of the men
pitching into them.
The marriage cermony in Japan con
sists of the man and woman drinking
wine from the same cup. Divorce is not
uiuch more elaborate thin tutrriage.
The hu-band give the wife a piece of
rater with a few lines of characters on
it. and the knot is untied. A translation
of t e lines is given by recent corres
pondent as follows. "I no likee you, I
thinkee you likee other man more better.
I give you piece a paper, loa can 20.
Goadee by."
PURISSLMA ET OPTIMA.
r - - "
i.iBlf a ilm " " '--s -jj
Th:3 nnrivallrd Medicine i.s warranted not to
roiitu n a i-gle p:irt-cle ol ' Mr-cury, or any in
jurica mineral suVwim.ee tut is
P U K E LY V i: 1 K I A 1? L K.
For forty ear it has proved its crcat vtdue
in nil difefSO( the Liver. JJ.iwI:-. and Kidneys
'i ho'.sai'ils ol the tc'od nmt ri eat in ull p rts of
the country vouch fi r - wcii.terlul and peeu
lirri'owe lr purifying the blood, stnuul.i inff
th t iptd ! vcr mid bowels, and imparting
new lis nd Vi,or to th whole PVincni. 8uu
nions' Liver Regulator i.-aL-knoledicd to have
i.o equal as a
LIVER MEDICINE.
It contains four medical element , rover uni
ted in the sume-haipy proportion in auy other
pr paration vii . a Kentle Cathartic, a wonder
ful Tooie, an un-exceptionatile Alterative and
a certain Corrective ofall iunurilia of the body
Such nirfiial FDfcefifl had attuudei its use, that it
is now ririrdrl nstho
GREAT UNFAILING SPI CITC,
for Liver Complaint 8'id the painful oil'spring
thereof, tt-wit. Dyepep-iii, oi;s:iiiiti n.
Jaundice Bilious at a ks sick hcid.u-ho, (.'olio
li :'preNinn of Spiriti, Sjour sjtuuiacu. Heart
Burn. Ac Ae.
Rt-gula e -lie liver and prevent.
ClilhLS AND FEVER.
Prepared only by J. 11 ZF.ILIN .t CO.
Dru'irists, Mniiin, Ga.
Send for a Circular t and ::'9 Arch street.
Price 61; by imiil l.?5 ) Philad. lphia Pa.
For Sale by j R BUTTERY,
janrwly. Plattunouth, Neb.
A grand chance to obtain
choice building" lots, at pri
ces and terms to suit the
times.
I am now offering to sell lots in my
addition from
$3 to S
Each, from ono third to one-half down
and the balance payable in six, nine and
twelve months, according to the value
of the lots, with ten per cent interest.
tk&A discount often per cent will be
made for cash.
This is certainly ono of the finest
chances ever offered in Plattsmouth to
parties of limited means, to secure a
piece of ground upon which to erect a
home.
My lots are beautifully situated and
nearly all are covered with aline growth
of young forest trees.
Come and look at them. No charge
maae for showing.
S. DUKE.
July 5th 1872. 10d2wl4wtf
Shsrifrs Sale.
By virtue of an -order of sale, issued
out of the District Court for Cuss county,
Nebraska, and to me directed, I will, on
the 5th day of August, A. D. 1872. at
one o'clock p. in. of said day, at the
uth front door of the Court House, in
the city of Piattstuouth, in said county,
sell at auction, the following real estate,
to-wit : The northwest quarter (i) of
the southwest (i) anil the southwest
quarter (i) of the northwest (i) and the
southeast quarter (1) of the southwest
quarter (i) of section No. eleven, (J 1)
a""d the northeast quarter () of the
northwest, quarter (i) of section No.
fourteen (11), all situated in township
No. twelve (12), north of range No.
thirteen (13) east of the sixth principal
meridian, in Cass county Nebraska, ac
cording to the government survey. Sold
to satisfy a decree of foreclosure ren
dercd at the April term, A. D. 1871, of
the said District Court, in favor of
Thomas E. Tootle, and again.-1 A. G
Barnes and Lucinda Barnes.
Given under my baud this 3d day of
July , A. D. 1872.
J W. JOHNSON,
Sheriff C-ss Co. Nebraska
Maxwell fc Cuapman,
14-5tw Pi ff's Att'y's.
Notice.
M. SLAUGHTER, is hereby no
1 J 1 TV J 1 1 - 1 1 1
tih'-d that omiifii ijiuid li:i.-
this day commenced a suit at law in the
District court for Cass county and Mate
of Nebra-ka, rainst him tha said W
M. Slaughter and others akin the court
to compel him the s-rid W M. blauuh
ter fo perfect a deed nude by hiiu the
said Slaughter to the said Child dat&i
May 30th ls57, purporting to convey to
the said Child the north halt 01 the south
west quarter of section twenty-two in
township twelve, 01 range thirteen cast
of sixth principal meridian, of land in
saiil Ca s county, which cause will be set
for hearing at t c September term of
said court for the year 1S72.
July 5th. 1872.
D. W. McKINNON, Clerk
of; aid court.
M. Gaston, Att'y. 15wft
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF PLATTSMOUTII NEBRASKA.
SUCCESSOR IO
Tootte, Manna & Clark.
John FiTzr.irRALn.
frenident.
John R. Ci.akk,
C'uih ier.
C. If. PlPMK.t.K.
Pi t'rrHidfr.t
T. W. Evans.
A't Canhier.
This Banlc is now open for hu?ine' at theit
new room, corner Main a d sixth ntrect3, and
are prepared to transact a tce.icral
Banking Business.
Stock.', Bond".
Gold, Government
and Lociil
Securities
Lought and
Sold. DopoeitS
Received an J
Interest allowed
On time
Certificnts
Draft drawn, available in any part of the
United State and in all the principal towns
ana Cities ol Europe.
FOR THE C E L E B R A T E D
AND
ja.x-xE.rj iiriE3
OF S T E A M E R S.
Person -"ishinirto brinir out r ends from
Europo can purchase tickets from us, through
O elatumuuih. a . . 1
Prcbate Notice.
VOl ICE is hereby given to alt persons
having accounts or claims against
the estate oi' Robert M. Latta deceased
are notified to file the same in the Office
of Probate Judge, Plattsmrerh. C -s
County Nebraska on or before the 22 f
dav of January' A. D ls73.
July 10th. A D. 1S72,
II. E. ELLISON, Probate Judge.
Ir3
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J,
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Ay si
S"ATE AGENT
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IIALu AUAV'o PATtNT
WIND MILLS.
DOUBLE AND SIXGLE ACTING FORCE
AND FA KM PUMPS,
FEED KILLS, ETC.,
TERMS LIBERAL.
The IIuIl.tdiiT M ill hi Mood the tort for sit -teen
yours, hotli in thu United States and Eu
rope and is the only one
Generally adopted by all Principal Rail
roads and Farmers.
Send for catuloKue and rriee lini.-jrt
A. L. Bl'r.ANd.
aplSwtf Lincoln Nebraska.
T HE 13 E S T
IS ALWAYS
THE CHEAPEST
-:0:
For Your Groceries Go To
Corner Third and Main Streets, PlatUimouth.
:o:
"5?IIo keeps on hand a . hoice and
well selected Stock of
Fancy Groceries,
Coffees, Teas,
Sugar, Sxrup.
N to., Slo. Ac.
4Also a good assortment of Boots k Shoes.'
. ::0.
In Connection with the Grocery is a
Bakery & Confectionery I
iAll kinds of Country Produce bought end
S.ild
Take notice of tho sign "EMPIRE BAKF.KY
AND UHOCoKY. iiihj lti tl.
Miinucturcr of Ipr
A N D D E A L E R IN
Darntss, Sables, griblts,
OOLLAHH, WHIPS,
Blankets, Brulies, &c-
aMaiiBim.i:ji
Promptly Executed. All work Warranted
-FIN HARNESS A SPECIALIT Y.-
Nov. SO.wtf Piattsmoith, Neb
Legal Notice.
August Murphy non resident defendant,
will take notice that on the li2ud d ty f
June 1872, Wiliiam Stadehiunii liici his
petuiou, in the District Court ol the 2 J
Judicial District iu and for Cass County
Nebraska the object and prayer of which
is to recover a judgement, against y ou,
for the sum of $108.90 and interest from
April IS, 1871, at lo per cent on a
promisory note of said date aud that said
plaintiff has caused an order of attach
ment to be issued iu said cause, and has
Cituseu lot JO, iu fjiOcit cS, in .tadulm.'iuu s
Addition to the City of DJattsuioutb,
Nebraska.
Plaintiff prays judgment against you
for the sum of $lu8.'JO and interest from
the 18th day of April J 871, and that tho
said lot may be sold under said atta-h-mt
ut and applied to the payment of said
judgment. You are required to answer
said petition on or before the 10th day of
August, 1872.
WILLI A M STADKLM ANN.
Maxwell & Chapmam,
14 5w. His Attorneys.
tariff's Sale.
II. L. R. Stiles, plaintiff, vs. John
Snyder and William Snyder, defend
ants: Notice is hereby given that I will offer
for .-ale at public auction on Monday the
2'Jth day of July A. D. 1H72, by virtue
and authority of an order of sale t6 mc
directed find issued by the clerk of the
District Court of the Second Judicial
District in and for Ca-s county. Nebras
ka, at the front door of the Court House
in the city of Piattstuouth in s;iid eoun
ty. at one o'clock p. in. of said day the
following described leal estate, to-wit:
Lot No. five (."), in block No sixty
three (OS), in Plattsmouth city together
with the frame dwelling house situated
thereon, upon which building and lot of
ground II. L. R. Stiles has a Mechanic's
Lien.
Given under my baud this 2jth day
of June, A. D. 172.
J. W. JOHNSON,
Shetilf ('ass county, Neb.
Maxwell & Chapman,
Defendant's Attorneys.
n!3w5.
Sheriff's Sale
TY virtue of an Order of Sale i-stied
- out of the Di drict Court for Cass
county, Nebraska, and to mc directed, I
will on the 12th day of Aueut A. D.
172, atone o'clock p. m. of said day at
tho south front door of the Court House
in the City of Plattsmoutlrfin said countv
sell at auction the following described
real estate, to-wit :
Begining at a point 113 feet cast and
1780 feet south of the north-west corner
of section no. twenty seven (27) in town
ship no. ten (10) north, of rane no. (13)
thirteen, cast of the 6th p. in.; thence
e.ist forty (40) teet, thence nTtli one
hundred and twenty 1 12J f -t; th-
west forty (40) teet and ttc -i'i
one hundred and twenty (l:M)fo t n tl...
Iafe of begininnir, au l aisotle' li del
uilding Situated thereon: all of said de
scribed real estate beintr situated in I'ao
toryville, Cass county, Nebr-ka.
Sold to satisfy a inehanu; s hen in fa
vor of John Ballaotine. William Ballau
t'm and George E Brasrjr. -
1
Given under my hand this 10th day of
July A. D. 1872.
J. W. JOIl.NSUN,
Sheriff Cass Co.
Maxwell & Cuapman, Attysfor Pf
15w5.