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THE HERALD. rLATTSMOimi, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1872. 3. A. UACSimPUY..-. -Eoitob. Official Directory. CONGRESSIONAL. T. TV. Tipton. Brownville. V. W. Hitchcock. Otaaha, Jitha Taffo. Omaha, TJ. S. 5enator. U. b Senator. Representative. EXECUTIVE. yilliam TI- Jmcw, Lincoln, Aft. Governor. William II. Juuier. Liiicola, Sec. 1 Ms e. Jobn Oillerpie, Lincoln, ' Auditor. II. A. Koennr. Columbus, Trea-ur r. O. II. Rohcria. 0 in aba, Attorney General. Al. Mckooaie, Line In. Sup.. Pub. losauc'u JUDICIARY. O. P. Mat ot. eta-ask City. Cliief Justice. CORRE-SPONDH CK Fretn nil part of the Stn'e and country res Tetftilly ?olicitd for the IIxralb, We do aot read saoarmoua Inters sod com itinnications. Tho nxcse aud sddrezs of the rri ir are In all case ioJiipcnsabli. a a guaranty f cood frith. , SUBSCRIBERS Are rio;tci to notify the office if the paper is set delivered promptly. ee ocb nri.i:jrniDM.in i.isT. We call attention to the splendid Club List offered. It is oar desire to place before the people of Cass Co. erery opportunity for iofur-in-ition and instruct! a. To all tL -bj who wish to take any of the publications mentioned be low we offer them s tbe followirjf low rates : Harper's Magazine and llerald one year tl 75 W eekly 4 75 Baiar " 4 75 Leslie's lilt. New'per - " " 4 75 Chimney Comer " M " 4 75 6crilner's Monthly " " " " 4 75 Wood' house'd Msg. " 2 50 Let'ie't Ladies Ma. 4 0 Peters' Mus. Mom hly M " " 4 00 Atlantis Monthly " " - " 5 0 Prairie Farmer " " 3 00 Chicago Inter-ocean " 2 00 Spirit of the Times M - " " 25 Tnrf. Field A Farm " " " 6 00 K Yor Times " " " 3 00 - "World " " 3 00 - " Tribune " - - 3 00 - Ledter " - 4 0 - " Weekly " - " " 4 0i) Karal New f orker - 4 00 Ti.ledoBh.de " - M 3 0J "What Next? (chroaio)" " " 2(0 rhrea. Journal 3 SO Of cmrse these terms are understood to be strictly cah ia adrance. J II taltiaff adrantage ef this clnbMnir list will receive the Mkrai.o 'rom now till the fir.-t of Jsnnaryree. so t'ue sooner you oiae the mere you wtll get for your moocy. To tiiosft cw'nj back nVcrirtio5S on the IIbbald we make t'-o foilowiig offer to contin ue from now until the fret cf January. To any who will pay us two years subscrip tion, that!, their buck sub?criition. aai oi9 year in adrance we wi'.l give a handfdize ebro ino, a picture vt ortu two d-jlUrs. called. Tho Euittr (Von: Ir is cro- encircled by a wreath j ef flowers-nlorsl. Or. if they prefer it. W(kJ.j Pocket Alnificr. beitig a magnify. tig glass suiUUe tJ klip in the pocket, worth 2 50. To any one p yii.g two year's subscription a above srated and seventy-Se cents in Addition we will give The Globe Microscope worth 83 50 or a gold p&B with bUrer case worth the same We make the abevc liberal offers because we are rery SDxiuus to collect iu our subscription lirtandEturton an entirely caih batU. which we shall endeavor to make our ro e hereafter. A Splendid Chance. We will send the IIebld and Demorests Monthly, which i- S3 for one year, to any per ,rn who piy us f3.5) la addition to both Periodicals at the price named, a choice from lUt of eitraorlinry Premiums is given to each subscriber t- Dtic erest's Monthly. A mon thee are a fine p.ir of Chrouio Pictures (Falls of Niagara and Yo lemite Fall;, worth S10 : or a good Stereoscope wiih a series of views ; betides numerous other valuable premiums worth from two to ten dol lars each. Tbe best boys' atd girls magazine, and tho 2?BBiifK4 HrttALD at greatly reduced rates. "We will send NxnmK Uilraid and Dkmoh z Tt Yocng Amaict, which i tl (k fur one year, to uy per.fm wh p tys n" tl. 0. Detuor cil Yoitu America is always p)Tklini wita e-terta'ni:g StTie.. Foe"ii. Mj-ic, ruzzJra. U.V3IPS. fravets. and other plcHSiut fea'ure is profusely i lutrate J. and cuunot tail to amuse, inmruet snd elerate. and afi-t to make the livrs ut youtbful Ac-ricans useful, truth tul and happy. ' i i TES E017TS. A Esai to te ZuHt Sue. AQ Abort ths Coa;an7. Tis Weeping T7tcr Branch. Under all the circumstances we are very glad we did not treat this puhject last week, as Tfte should have been led into some errors, had we done so. Hav ing conversed with a number of the citi zens of Cas3 Dce then, w begin to un derstand where tbe shoe pinches- It would seem that nearly all our peo ple want a railroad, and nearly all would vote bocdi for eouie Lmd of a road to run somewhere, only each man's some where is in a different for, and fome folk-' somewhere is nowhere. 'aa they knows on," that is, they cannot very well define just what they do want, and whether they shall take sugar in it or go it plain. ' - It is not oar p!ace to urge yea to vote bonds for any road, neither ehall we. Oar duty is very plain. Our readers and patron are on both tides of the question, and it is plainly our province to show the man that wants bonds, that did not ccrtne from the Plat tsuouth peo ple at all, but from the chartered inem hers of the Old Trunk Road, aided and encouraged by liberal minded men in Omaha, who have foreMeu for mauy years the advantages that would accrue to Nebraska by the building of audi a road. . ... Jt was drawn up by parties posted in the business, and of course has, in view the eclling of the bonds in N. Y. or eke where, as well as the voting of them, and a very important fact to Lc borne in mind U that voting bonds is very ca?y, at least to you who vote them, but it is only tbe beginning of the commencement of the little game of buildine railroads. No parties will bay thee bonds if the con ditions under which they were voted are unfavorable, or if the proposed company ii hampered by a hundred te:hnicalities, tide issues, restrictions and useless forms. Like almost everything else in this world, a railroad p'opositien is best when short est, and something must ba trusted to the honesty of your brother man though he be a member of a railroad company and to the absolute wants a&d needs of basnets. - A railroad proposition is drawn by the parties proposing to build a road, mainly with a view to predicating the bonds ; that is, the skeleton ia generally pre pared by them, and it is then mi b nutted to the county official and county attor ney for their approval and correction on such matters as the county would natu rally insist upon, or thiuk they may need. Ail this ha been done in this case, and your county attorney, Mr. Maxwt ll, as well as several other Iral gentlemen, have ex a mired the propn.Mtion and pro nounced it a fair one. Now if there i? any great swindle in it certainly it in not to the credit of the intelligence and ability of the lawyers of Cas co'mty to suppose that roue one of them would not detect ths same. I a fict it is a good, ?afc and equitable proposition on both ride, as fir as any human judg ment can determine, and if any prepo sition to vote bonds is equitable, then is this one. THE TRUSTEES. Here comes a hue-hear. Wo want a raihoad ; we are willing to vote bonds says one party, but we are afraid of the trustees $200,000 is a big sum of mon ey: thy may iiobb'e it. Well, thry tuiht (?) but we fail to see how ; and in thi connection a f w words about (fell ing bonds may not be atni?. They are not sold as easily as butter and chee-e. Befor lhoe bonds can be sold or disposed of in any way, the whole proceedings connected with their hitory mast be for warded to the purchs-'erp. They require ;he tuioutes of th'i County (JcrumUsion ers, the cad for an election, the published proposition, and all the uiioutiaa Kur rouutiiog their inception, and their pro gress until the printed and shned bond is laid before them. If there is any in forujclity whatsoever about any of these things, your bonds are worthless they cannot be nego iated. We have received letters oureelf in like cases from New York city, a.kin if all the papers were Kent if the peo ple voted the bonds willingly, aud a re quest of the Editor to tnd files of Ids paper containing the proceedings, &c in addition to those taken on by parties ne" gbtiating bond.-". All these proceeding, the call, and all other pipers, are sub mitted to the ezaminatiou of an attorney of the bank or corporation loaning the money ; he uiut pronounce theut all le gal according to the statutes of the State wherein they are voted, before moneyed teen wilt loan or inve.-t a dollar on such securities. Now if all this process must be gone through when the proper per- n- attempt to negotiate bond for the r'ghtful purpose,. what bow would a set of tueo have to sell thosy bonds unlaw fully. Very slim, indeed, gentlemen, Set ut assure you. That proposition explicitly states that these trustees bold those bonds for a cer tain purpose, and they cm only sell them or dispose of them for that pur pose and none other, or you, that is the county, would never be obliged to pay them. The published proposition is the lecal warning to all persons negotiating these bonds to beware of fraud, and to examine carefully the ownership of. the. party offering them for sal or security, and you may rest assured that banks and business men scrutinize tnose things very closely. If you d not believe it try and sell ten or twenty thousand dollar worth, of bonds and see how it goes yourself. To obviate a'l this, however, the Trus tees offer to give reenrity for their safe disposal to the proper use for which they -were voted anl designed. IT 13 A rLATrs-MOUTU MOVE. We have already assured our readers to the contrary, and aain slate thit we f-i.il to see how Plattsmouth is to be i ar ticuhtrly berefutei by such road at the experi.-e of the county or to the detri ment of the county. The Proposition was not of their making nor of their suggesting, as has been explained before; and as to the Weeping Water project, it was left wholly to the County Comtnis Houer f'roui thit section and to the peo other as to warrant the cry we now hear, that there is a swindle somewhere in thef.c bonds. Business ij business, and it is your duty to take all due legal pre cautions that you may not be swindled, or that no company or set of men miy defraud you; but - when a square. op:n proposition pu)4ished and printed for the world to read is pet forth and a&reed upon by the officials and leg! authorities on both sides, it is a poor compliment to their sagacity or their honesty to suppose that a secret fraud lies hidden under the plain words of the at title. To charge this is carrying due caution to the verge of suspicious mulishness, and getting sored at ftneied evils that only exist in the iniud of soui-j over wrought anti-bond is t. THE WV.EPING WATER BRANCH We a ad intended to enter upon the probabilities and possibilities of this road in full, and to show up its udvan taei, but as we ars credibly informed, the County Cowmirioners are to meet agiin next Tuesday to take into consid eration a new proposition in regard to that road, an I one that it in hoped will suit all parties, we forbear any further comments, at present, except to add that the present proposition was set forth unJer the idea thit there was a Weeping TYater R. R. Co., or if not that the b.jt.ds could b givei to any company forming and calling themselves such. If this is not the ca?, it can ea sily be made the case, and al'our Weep ing Water friends hve to do is to gj ahead an 1 have a company that Ifgil on baud when the bonds are voted, and they will be alt riuht. As to its being buiit, i: is only a ques tion of time, an l as a suggestion we take the liberty of quoting a letter from Mr. John Uorbich, on that matter, written jnt after thepretent proposition was submitted ; HORBACll's LETTER. ''The ham of time on Weepimr Water Railroad runs four years and good may come out of it. fir before that titn", parties hre, owning main liue, would want branch of '.V. W. as a feeder. "Yours, Jfcc Horbacu." That thi branch would be built speedily, thre w n doubt. Our own opinion is that the Trunk road will be a paying road from its couimeneeujent, and that the same company would find they needed the W. W. brauch as soon as tha main line was fiirly in operation. Next Tuesday the Commissioners meet gaia and we hope for the last time, on raihoad affairs. Let all attend who de sire to be represented ou this matter, and let us gee at the bottom of the whole subject and thy wishes of the peopl-2. They have opened some new Stock Yards i' St.- Low's, which they think rival th.e of Chicago. '1 he cuujtny's stock is a million of dollars, aod $G00, OOOha.s been expended already. Kurtz, Mour&Co.'s "B.zaar of Fash ion," Omaha, comes to our table for Dewmber. It is a very creditable paper, and shows the enterprise and business talent of its owners. STATE mX3. While on tho way to a fire in Omaha, Engine No. 3 capsized, and was dam aged to the amount of four or five hun dred dollars. The dummy and passenger car on the transfer, at Omaha, were run into by an engine and shaken up considerably ; no damage done. Joe. Murphy's engagement in Omaha has been a brilliant succcs?. The failure of the High School furna ces to fulfill their office of ventilating and heating properly is ascribed to devi ations made from the flao by the Super intendent. The Thanksgiving dinner given to the inmates of the penitent iaty was a very pleasant affair. About forty-five of them underwent the penalty of capital punishm-nt. The Omaha Library Association ha inaugurated a series of Lectures. The first will be the fifteenth of December, by Mrs. Scott Siddons . Mr. J. E. B.yd, of Otuaha, is put ting up an ex'en-ine pork packing estab lishment, and will be r?ady after the fif teenth to buy all the hogs that may be brought in. A man name I Griffin bus an invention on exhibition in O-naha by which water is decomposed and burned in conjunction with oil. The Vestry of St. Barnabas parish. Omaha, are raising subscriptions to build a pirsonage. We find by glancing over our ex changes that the river is elo-ad above u and below u we alone being left to rejoice or grieve, as the ca-e may be, thtt the Mi--ouri still fluwj on, an bridged by old king front' iey track. Th Mi"?ouri is frrzen at Blair, and a short distance) above they have crossed with reams already. The Police of Omaha give a ball the 20th. Ijycuius an1 Liiterary rcieties tre being formed a!! over the State. A new towu is leing purveyed at Bea ver Crossing by a company frotn Lincoln. The Pawnee Jlpvhh'mn has taken the place of the Pawnee Tribune, of Pawnee City. We are sorry to hoar that the hand- )uie and lively Willet Pottinger has got the Epizootic Stitfctmam. Rev. Mr. Bilbiian has been annihilat ing the cambler and lottery men of Omaha with the thunder; of his pen. "Buffalo Bill," alias Hon. W. F., Co dy, iind family, with another celebrated scout "Texas Jack," are in Omaha, where they will remain three or four days and then start on a trip to the East where numsriu friends have extended them a cotdial invita'i.m ro visit CITE GLS17DALE LEITZ2. G LEND ale Neb., Dec. 2, 1872. Editor Herald : As in your last week paper you called for MSS." 1 will try and furnish an item or two from this section. In the first placs some of your many reader may not bo acquainted with the exact locality of the H urihing cit7 of Giendale. For the information of such, 1 would "rbc and explain. " It is situated in the State of Nebraska, county of Cass, Louisville precinct, T. 12, 11. 1211, Sec 29, S. W. i, or vice versa is one of the oldest Postothces in the county. If it is not a city it is surely, no fault jof its own, or of Uncle Samu el's, for it has changed its sire three times, of course with our good Uncle's permission if that is not hard trying then what is? Withiu a circumference of one-half mile, there are eight dwcl ling houses, one P. O , one school house and meeting houe combined, oq-j black smith shop, and several heu houses, etc., while all around are to be seen Cm; farms aud dwellings, tint wid conviueo the un prejudiced that we live very dose to the Garden" of Nebraska. We also have a lice population, in proof whereof I would state that every Lord's day even ing we have social meetings that are largely attended, and occasionally we have regular service. Some two months ago a "Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry" was formed aud is all O. K. Nearly two weeks ago a Literary So ciety was organized, witii a ro ust Con stitution, and By-Laws complete. U.h cers are titled as follows: President, Vice-President, Editor, Treasurer, Mar ehal. Janitor, Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Meetings every Fiiday even ing, until circumstances cau.-e a change. Last Friday evening the question was, "JiexoUed, That War has been oioro de structive to the human race, than In temperance." Leading debaters Geo. W. Boutou, affirmative, Columbus Jen kins, negative. Af3 native way ahead. Next nuiou is. " Iieso?cei. That thi Bible should be admitted into our public schools " Leader, K. S. Child, affirma tive, Geo. W. Bouton, negative. If this article does not sicken you of Gleudale, perhaps our Secretary keep you posted. But even if . v.' sick of this do publish it, for oiion can tell the anxiety with whieh-te,0' .-t. i- -.torJr wi(. ior our next ijehalu "phe.'inx" we should U'-rtj 0. 9 A. LA I a TUI'JIIII J "1 ww remain, iver x our-v Z i on m;i4t hi a hnl'v J.-ad eye, oy me way y and see a feller E'A. " -j In givinc nublie W 11 tl sviu rv Y., we have no L -Whereas. It has pleased God Al mighty iu this dispensation of His provi dence, to call from this life, after a biief iilness, our worthy brother, Alfred Joilvson, and Whereas We deem it appropriate to express the sentiments of affection entertained for him by Cvcry member of this Lodge ; therefore, be it JieHa'ceii, That in the djalh of brother Alfred Johnson we recognize that in scrutuble Providence, which, while it re moves from us an esteemed brother, from his domestic circle a kind father, and from society a good neighbor, ad monishes us, not only of the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life, but of the utility of practical virtue which he exhibited in his da !y intercourse with the world. , - Iiesolcel, That, as members of Platte Ldge, No. 7, we offer our condolence, and sympathy to his fatherless eons iu tiii hour of their af3 ction. ienoct'l, 31) at the Secretary be re quested to furnish the sons of the de ceased with a copy of the foregoing resolutions under the Seal of the Lodge ; and also that a copy be furnished to the local papers for publication. Adlphe d'Allemand. ) E. E. Cunningham, V Com. S. Chapman, J Terrific Gale in England. Gaston rc-EIectcd Mayor of Boston. Suit commenced Against Diamond Swindlers. London, December 9. A terrific westerly gale throughout England yesterday prostrated telegraph wires ami demolished many buiMinirs in this city. A larce number of pedesfri ans were dished violently to the ground. Strtet tamps aud signs were blown down injuring many. Numerous marine dis asters are reported. BN'narck hs fiiiillv c .u,bi led to turn the strong arm of Government aenn-t emigration from Ovrnimy. The pies is imminent war with France, in which all able bodied Germans are needed. A CZZD GaZZZ. U, railroads, the best ray to get them, J pie representing that part of the county an i to poins out m3 dangers no incurs The American Sunday School Union, now in the 49th year of its labors, with .02,000 Sunday Schools organized as its record, is still puhiog its work vigor ously, for which there is greater need thnn ever. There are thousands of neighborhoods in the North-West that are dttitut of Sunday Schools. Siuce March 1, 1872. this Society has organ ized 325 new Schools in this depaitmcnt. aud in the last three years over 4,000 in the whole laud ; and thaf, too, iu oeg lected places anl frontier settlements. The importance of this pioneer work cannot be over estimated in whatever aspect it is cou-i Jerel. It reaches the most hopeful and impressible class, the childtcn, and provides them wuh mean ot moral aud religious instruction. As this is the ouly National Union Society that devotes itself exclusively to the children, otherwise unprovided with Sunday School-, its appeal should find a hearty and liberal response. All, with out regard to name or sect can syuipa thiza with its work and confidently aid iu its support, with the assurance that their contributions will be devoted to planting Suuday- Schools where there are none, yet where they are much need ed. At least $10,000 is required for this work in the North-Wi-i this year, and friends of the children's caue are requested to send their contributions to F. G. Ension, Supt North-Western Dep't Mis-ions, 201 Weal Madison St., Chicago. All contributions will be acknowledged personally aLd iu the Smuutj School World. Notb. We cheerfully commend this cause to our readers as one worthy of a bberal support Kd. Mr. Greeley wrote poems in his early literary career, it is aai 1. He was 61 years, 9 months and 26 days old when he died. NZ22ASZA winter Heetinj. by delay, by suspiciousne-s, or by fraui. and to set before the anti-bond man ful ly but plainly, the advautegss of the road, the aims and objects of his oppo nents, and the probable re?u!t of his re fusal to vote bonds on the welfare of the ccuBty. Each party must then judge for themselves and shape their own course. We will try to maku it our busi ss9 -to give yc.u 'icts Teuton, on both 6idoa, ind our jr&adtrs raay do the wsigb ic and balancing. WANTING BONJ38. Of tne ihero are many; bat jtJiey are dissatisfied with the proposition, or they don't like the Trustees, or they are afraid it's a I'att3iouth ove. or wow yet they may get swindled. All these 4hirgs are po3ib!e i this worid, and we thai! caasiioc them is detail. rajr riuyoei.Tiay To draw it up aai to appoint their own Trustees. Plattsmouth had onthin-jr to do with it. Her people undoubtedly think they will be gain-rs iu th-j long ruu by a north and south railroad. So do ne; but that she will gain at the ex pense of any other part of the county, is just ici po-sible. O.i the contrary, our cpinion is, that other towns and villages will spring np on the route that will di viJe the power and influence of Platts mouth in the county. "WE MAY be swindled somehow." Jieadara of the Herald, we frankly c31 yoi we do not like to see you bo sus picion, so afraid of being cheated by your neighbors.' It is a bad sigu when a oamtouoUjr resolve themselves into a committee of distrast. No business can go on and no leading or loaning of money could be brought about if all the The winter meeting of the Nebrasla State Horticultural Society will be held at O'Jiaha, Frlduy, January 3d, IS73 Bui-mesa of great importance will be con-idered and transacted. A general attendance of members and friends is do siiabie. By order of the President.. Roht. W. Furnas, Sec'y. President Grant ailuduvto the Centen nial Exhibition in 1876, sevcal times in his message, and hopes it will be a success. An important fact noticed in the President mesfcage, is tbe providing of some cheaper transportation to tide water for western staples. The Chesa peake and Mississippi route ia recom mended, if found practicable. This is the way brother editors go for each other in a big city : "Grosvenor was muddled when he did it, but by !o.e stu ly it ia found to ruan something about the (!!!. revolv 'nir luv-t when empty. This is a poser to Willtamem, who revolves bot when full The. frequency with which Willinnetii, revolves best would dNeouraiie Gough. T5L232A1I3 33IL2D r:T7. The World pays several prooiincnt business men have sent money for the purchase of Samana, San Domingo. Sran'ey'd lectures have been aban doned. Report says Mayor Hall will fill the chair editorinl of tho Ilernhl, Jan. 1st, and Bennett will leave shortly ou a two yeer editorial trip. Number 0,430, of the Louisville lot tery, drew the grand prize, $75,000. There was a fearful sand storm at San Diego, on Friday last. The air was black with dust and sand. Eight men, seven colored and one white, were pilloried and whipped at New Castle, Delaware, ou Saturday last. Mrs. Cleveland, pisterof Mr. Greeley, is very ill in Ntw Yoik. St. Louis is organizing a fire brigade of men to supply the horses place while the epizootic rac-es. W. L. Ortusby is elected President cf tbe Liberal Club in place of Horace Greeley. Disraeli's wife is dangerously ill. CeresoK is elected President and Scheuek, Vice-Presidetit of the Swiss Confederation for 1873. The New York Evening Express office was partly destroyed, on the 8th. HSVJ I 1 j-m rm ST I . or r t feel if tyfAJ V.1n l.i:. t'i -J. liir. W 1 ftt ia t m r w 4 t 4 x S WW-' A r 1 I Boston, December 10. "or Gaston is re-eh-cted by 352 ma- New York, December 10. A. Dix has resigned as Eiie Di- Stewart denies his intention to building fur accommodation of og m;n ot the working cus-es on the 1 'tind latelv otVMioied hv thn New liar. jjlroad company. . ed i t; I ot heeJsujen who ,f tru't it will ete io; lyLwill that of the ,s" oner: Having gat; th large amouut of choicd"Qt Rocket, Tri Colored and i Ilur, cm., iiiM) euojee i ink iJmsmv illiaui Seed, in lare excess of my iitj dividual need, I will furnish a package free of charge, to any cf the subscribers of this Paper who will send me their address upon au envelope, with a post ege stamp to pay the return postage.'" Moore's Rural .Vettf Yorker. Louisville, December 10. .Sensation ws created at E!izabcth- this morning, by the coinmeuce- ofa suit in behalf ot W. M. L-jnt. r, -Francisco, acainst Phillip Arnold, iMCevk, and other parties entraged ; recent diamond operations in Col for $36o.OOO. A sal'- at Arnold's fence, Kiiz ibethtown. and valuables in fe bank of Thomas Polk Sl Co , at that s,)lace, were attached ution aCi Javit of Leut, through his counsel. . m m m North Platt. Neb., Dec 10. Jadge Dundy badly broke his leg be low the knee in jumping out of a wagoa to shoot a deer, while kun&g ccar thu wcold aotoi in suuh tad fkitda to eaoh plaoo to-day. HIS SCOT R7 37. LCUI3. From theUlobo. A decided irciease in the n imber of epiz'iotic caes appeared yesterday. Our lucal reports or the matter are lull and reliable, an l they indicate the h r e is will -ated for in St. Louis. The disease in is aggravated form has not yet shown itself here except at the Di.-i-atch ffioe and by vigorous enre ruay l at uiost wholly aveited from the city. Patrick O Biien, who keeps a large nutiiber of team- and supplies the telty bnats with coal is compelled to di-eoii- tmuo his business on account of the epi zootic among his horse. Uut ot twenty horses he can scarcely get force ! enough to furnish a sufficient amount of coal to keep the boats running. Mr. O'Brien is a great lover of his hordes, and his wife complains that he has stripped the house in order to make them as comfortable as possible duiiug their sickuess. A Dead Horse. A hor o belonging to Mr. Culloman on Cass avenue, was taken sick on Monday with coughing and running at the nostrils. He was steamed and nursed carefully, but grew worse each day. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, ha succumbed to the disease, and went to that bourne fioca which no horse haa bees known to return. ZZJ rZLLSTTC' T2X2T7XS TO THS LATZ U4. rex - Whereas, It hns plea-ed Almighty God, iu His gooduesss a:id mercy to re move from among us after a short, but painful illness, our worthy brother, J. C. Fox, therefore, be it JiesofveU, That in the death of our beloved brother Fox. the Brotherhood has lost a worthy brother, the wife a kind husband, and the son a loving and affectionate father, and thecommuuity an upright and good citizen; and we hope and trust that he i now in the Celestial Lodge, where Friendship, Love and Truth, forever prevails. Resolced, That Platte Lodg. No. 7, tender to the afflicted family of brother J. C F'.'X, their sincere sympathy in this dispensation of Providence. Resnlcet, That we attend tbe funeral of our deceased brother, and resign his body to tho earth from whsnce it came. Rentilcetl, That the foregoing pream ble and resolutions be entered upon the re.-ords of this Lodge, and that the Sec retary transmit a copy theieof to our bereaved sister, attended by the Seal of the Lodge, and that copies be furnished to the papers for publication. " Adolphe d'Allemand,) J. M Johnson, Com. Wm. Stadelmann, ) t New Orleans, December 9. Vie House of Representatives to day ;ted tbe flowing resolutions: That ry C. Wartn-mth, governor ot Lou isiana, he and he v hereby impeached for high crimes and uii.i-meaoors in office, committed agsinst th'i constitu tion and laws of the State of Ijouisian.i. SPECIAL LllMICTIO.Y. Thy are orunizin? n L'Hgn of Ma sons at Bloomington, Franklin county, Nebraska. At a meeting of J'iatte Lodge, No. 7, I. O. O. F.. hell Sunday, Dec 1st, 1872, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Rtsohed, That the thanks of Platte Lodge may be and the sam are hereby tendered to Mr. John W. Shannon, for his generous hospitality so kindly be stowed upon this order in offering his resilience for the members of our Ltd e when piyiog the- last sad rites to our well beloved brother, Alfred John son. Rrmhtd, Thit this resolution be spread up'n the Journal of Platte Lodge, and that tho Secretary tran-mit certified copy of the same to Mr. John W. Shannon, and also a copy bo fur nished to the local papers for publica tion. ADOLrnn d'Allemand. ) n m J. W. JoHNaON, 0om- RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE. At a meeting of Platte Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. F., held at the hall Sun lay, the 1st of December, 1S72 for the purpo of paying the lat tribute of respect to oar deceased brother, the following pre amble and resolutions ware adopted t Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the several precincts of Cass county, Nebraska, at the usual places id' holding elections on Saturday the 28th day of December, A- D. 1872, for the rui pose of voting on the follow ing proposition, viz: At a session of the Board of County Commissioners of Cass county, hM at Plattsmouth, in said county on the 20th day of November A. D., 1S72, it was, by said Board resolved, that the following lrotK.sition be stihiniited to the electors of Cass ccun'y, NenraLa "Shall the county of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, issue and itive to the St Louis and Ne-h-a-k Trunk. Rail Road Company, their iuoeesors or assigns, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars of her cou pon bonds in aid of the confruetion of the M. Ijouts and INehraska Trunk Bail Road through said Cass county, from some point on the south line of'-aid county, a northerly direction, and pa-s ing through the corporate limits of the city, of Plattsmouth and shall establish and maintain a passenger and freight de pot therein, at which all tra.ns shall stop, and shall u ake a connection wi:h tbe Union Pacilij Ra.l Road at or near Omaha, and secur ing to Cass county a direct con nection with northern Nebraska, and . . h uirect southern connection to fct. Louis through the state of Nebraska; said bonds to le issued and dated. January 1st., 1S73, and bearing interest at the ra'e of ten per eon t per annum, the piinoipa' and interest payable in the city or ew ior, tne interest payable semi annually, on the first day of Jane, and the 1st tiny of December, of each year, and the principal payable twenty ye.-irs from date ; said bonds, when so is sued, shall he deposited with Jacob Val lery, Jr., M. L. Wh'te, aud Isaac Wi'es, to be held in trust for said Raiiroad Company, ami to be delivered to said company, so constructing a first class western railroad upon ibu following con ditions, tn-wit : Sixty-five thousand dollars of said bonds shall be by said tru tees delivered to said company, when they shall have located, graded H'.d bridged the line of their road bed through Cass Couny and the same shall have been so certified to said trustees under oath of the Chief Ktixineer of said Company ; provided. however, that said trustees, upon the completion of any ten consecutive miles of grading and bridging, in Cass County may deliver a portion of sa;d sixty five thousand dollars and delivered to said Company under the terms of tins tropo-ttion, (iranv) on the 31st dav of December, A. D.. 1874, shall iu like manner i overt to Cass Coun ty, r Also shall the county of Cass, in th State of Nebraska, issue and give to the Weeping Water and 'Platte Valley, Kail road Company, their successors or as-i-igns, to construct a railroad from a point on said Tmnk Jlaiiroad in l'a.ss county, up tho Weeping Water Valley wesfvvardiy to a point on the B. & M. liailroud in Nebraska, at or as near as practicable to the towu of Greenwood, in said County of Cass, the amount of five thousand dolNrs per mi e of coupon londs of said county to aid in the con struction of said railroad from said Trunic Railroad in Cass County to or near said town ofV Green wood iu said county, said bond to be iued, dated January J-t, 1873, and bcar-nir interest stf tho r:ite of lo percent ir annum The principal and interest payable semi-annually in the j cityufNrtw York on the first days of June and December of each year and thn iniocipal pnyahleHO years f'roui date. Said lion Is when issued shall he depos ited with Timo liv Ciark. L II. James' and James M. Woods to bo held in trust for said Hail Bnad Com pan j', and to be delivered to said Company to construct ing a first-class Western Rail Road upon the following term., to-wit. Two thousand five hundred dollars per mile shall be by said IVu-tces deliv ered to said coinpiny when they t-hal! have located, graded and bridged the line of their road bed frem said Trunk Rail lload to 8)i id B. fc M. Rail Road in Nebra-ka at or near Greenwood and the saoe i-hall be certified to said Trutees under oath by the chief engineer of said company. Provided, however, that said Trustees uvon the completion ot ten consecutive miles of grliug an l bu lging may de liver a portion of said Bonds not exceed ing the sum of Two Thousand Five Hun dred Dollars per mile for the G radio? and Bridging so com plete! in Cass County and the re mainirrg Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per mile of said Bonds shall bu due and delivered by Paul Tiustces to said Rail lload Company when the ties and iron have been laid an I the Road fully completed from r-aid Trunk line to said B fc M. R. R in Nebraska, at or near said town of Greenwood n;id ready for operating the same. And it is here by provided that ail iiintured interest coupons of said Bon is before they are due and delivered to the company con structing said Bail Road shall revert to the County of Cass and be detached by snid Trustees before the deliv ery of said Bonds and any of said Bonds not due and delivered to said company under the t rms of this proposition on the 31t day of December, 187C, shall in like manner revert to Cass County. And shall thee be levied annually in addition to the usual taxes, a tax on th taxable property of Cass County, suffi cient to meet and pay the interest on said bonds as it becomes due. And af ter ten years rhali there be levied annu ally an additional tax on the taxa'ile pro perry of said County sufficient to meet and pay one-tenth pnrt of the principal of said bonds and continue from year to year, until said bonds and interest arc paid. The form in which the question in aid proposition sha'l be taken, shall be by voting them by ballot, upon the vote of whieh ballots shall be written or printed or partly wri'tcn or priired the words "For Railroad Bonds and Tax," o- "Affainst Railroad Bonds and Tax." And if a majority of the hallo's "n-t, shH have thereon the words, ''For Rail road Bonds and Tax," thfn it shall be deemed and taken in favor of tbe above propositions entire, and if n majority of said ballots c;ist shall have upon Ipeni the words. Against Kadrond Bonds an l Tax, ' then said propositions shall be deemed and taken to he lo-t. The question of adopt'on of the above propositions .-hall bj submitted to the electors of Cass County, at a special elec tion to be field for thnt purpose, on the 28tb day of December, A. D. 1872,' and a special election for that "purpose is hereby ordered to be held at said time and at the usual places of holding elec tions in the several Precincts of Cass County, Nebraska. Said election will be opened at 8 o'clock A. M., of the 2Sth day of December. .. D. 1872. and will remain open until 6 o'clock p. M. of aid day. And said election will he conduct ed in the manner prescribed by law for general elections. If these bonds arc declared carried under this proposition, then the bonds heretofore voted to the said St. Louis and Nebraska Trunk Railroad by tho several precincts in sai Cass County, shall be deemed null and void. By order of the Board of County Com misstoners. Attest; J. YALLERY, Jr , D. Wv McKinnon. President. Clerk. 3tw4 BfeywarwgwfwwsgB)Bewsweyt' juij hs the respective lolt aod pans of'ioL , and to indicate on suid tax iiht (by l.i'H; inal reference, or otherwise) tho amount as sessed per trout foot ut" each - of 'the aovo mentioned Join ami said usat-sa-tiient shail by knovni und Jcsinati d on r.jid lax list as a special assesMi.t nt for imp-ovei.-iaiils and. shall he colltctid ia the same w;iy as other tato arc cohect ed and if not paid shall be subject to tho same penalties. Snc 4. 'I his Ordinanco shill tAa elleet f'roui and after its pas-airc. Passe-l an I approved this 16:h day of November, 1872. Attest: 31. L. WHITS. M. B. Rek.se, iMavor. City Clerk. i.uCw2t Ordinaries No 35. An Oidinance levying certain taxes far the put pose of providing Revenue. lie it Uidniurd ly th M'ljjnr find (JoHHcihntii of the City I't'uttsinouth. Sf.o. 1. Thit there fha I be and is hereby levied on ail the taxable property within the said city a tax of two (2) mills ou the dollar for the year 1872. Said tiX to be known as "School Di.--ti ict tax" and all be certified to the City Tieasurer by tha City Ch rk on the tax list tor said year and to be collected by the proper officers as provided by law. SEC. 2. That there shall bo and is heicby levied on all the taxable propeity within the said (Uty of I'lif tsnmnth a tax of four (4) mills on the dollar for the purpose of pay'im; the intei -&t as it miy become due on bonds issued by said c fy for the purpose of erecting a high t-chool building which said taxes shall be ceiti fiod by the City Cierk mi - tho tax Ii.t .f 1872 to the city Treasurer and to be collected by the proper officers in tho satne way as other taxes arc collected. Sr.C 3. This Ordinance shall take ef fect from and after its pa-snge. Passed and approved November 22J, 1872. Attest.- M. L. WHITE, M. B. Reese. Mayor. City Clerk. w3C2t Notice to Contractors. .VOTH'E is hereby givm that biJs will be received by the City IVuncil of the City of Plattsmouth for the con struction of sidewalks on the Est side of ChiciiM Avenue along tho lines of the following lots in the City of Platts mouth, in Block 42, lots No. 1,2. 8, 9, 10. Iu Block 55 Lots No 1, 10, II, and 12. In Block 5", Lot No. 12. In Block 58, liot No. 5 and 6. In Block 164, Lot No. 3. Sidewalks to bo construct! d in accordanre with the pro vision of Ordinance No, 24. approved July 20. 1872. now on file in the offiee of tho City Cletk. The estimate of the City Knsineer of said work is for pine material fifty six cents m-r foot aid for Cottonwood material fifiy cents ter foot. and no contract will be let for a sum in excess of said estinnte. Sail bids will be received until Saturday the 7th day of December, 1S72, at seven o'clock p. m- M. L, White, Mayor. riattpmouth, Nov. 22, 1872. I28d!t 34w5t 1HE MARKETS. NEW YORK, December 10.1872. Money Easy at . 0,7 GoM Dull at 1213 Governments Firm CHICAGO, December 10, 1872. Hour Quiet $5 005 75 Wheat Dull Corn Less active, Oafs Kier f.'ve Dul". Birley Dull Cattle Good, 1 1 ops Live 1 HWI 12 3(,3l 25'.tt25 6;Jv.vr.fiI . til (",62 .$5 75; a 0 ?-0 f.i 8'(a4 5.) H li PI Ii II ou vao? AND MEDICINES AT Ordinance No. 35. of bonds, not exceeding at th'i rate of three thousand do.lars per mile of bonds on -uoli completed work, for the purpose ofsecurintf more speedily the construc tion of said Railroad. And the re-uain-ini; or last sixty-five thousand dollars of Bon Is hhill be doe and delivered by the said trustees tc said Railroad Ooiunsny, when the ties and iron have been laid, and the road fully completed and ready for operating the Mine, in connection with other rtads giving a continuous Railroad from the south line of Ciss county, north to Omaha, and it is hereby proi"ted, that all matured interest coupon-of said bonds lefore they are doe and delivered ro -ai I C-eutiany construct ing said Railroad, i-hall revert to the County of C-is and he detached hv said Tru-tees before the delivery of said hood And avoy of said booda not dud i An Ordinance levying a tax on certain town lots to pay for the construction or sidewalks. Sec. 1. Be it Orlaincd by the Mayor and Councumen ot the City of 1 Jatts mouth. That there be and is hereby assessed and levied on the lots and parts of lots hereinafter mentioned, a tax ot the sev eral sums and amounts annexed thereto The same beine the costs and expenses paid bv the city for the construciion of a sidewalks heretofore constructed by the Street Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. seventeen (17), entitled "An Ordinance requiring the construction of a sidewalk along the Etst sid'j of Sixth street" approved Febru iry 2 1st. 1872. Sec. 2.- The said several sums arid amounts so assessed and levied on the tid lots and parts of lots shall be so l ttie same is hereby assessed and levied as follows, to-wit: On lot No. seven (7). in Block No. nineteen (19), the sum of forty-eight dollars and thirty-live cents and the same is apportioned on the said lot to Imj thirty-threw and two third cents per front foot thereof fronting on M'xih street. On lot No. seven (7), in Block No. twelve (12). the sum of forty eight dol lars and isirtv-five cents which is appor tioned on said lot at thirty three arid two-third cents ter front foot thereof ttenrimr on Sixth street. On lo: No. seven (7), in Llnck No. ninety four (94), the sum of thirty-nine dollars and t wen. y cents, which is ap portioned on said lot at twenty-seven an I two-ninth cents lor eacn liont toot thereof fronting on Sixth stieet. On lot seven (7), in block eighty-nine (SO), the sum of fifty four dollars and thirty cent, which apportioned thereon at thirty-seven and two-thirds cents foi esich front foot thereof fi on ting and abutting on Sixth street. On lor No. six (6). in Mock No. ei-ht (8), of White's Additiou to ihe city of t'hll.smouih, (including all of that pait of sail lot south of the .-eerion line) ihe sums of fifty five dollars and t irry five cents whi-b is apportioned ou siid lot to Ikj thirty six and one h ilt" cents for each front foot thereof fronting and abutting on S xth street. NEC. 3. It shall be and is hereby made tho duty of the City Cleik to ch ige u J. H. BUTTERY'S? On Main Street, nearly opposite Herald Office. WLolcasle and Retail Deileria ll.O Dim? nnil Jldlicinr, P.tints. Oil V.-unMi-Csj anil Toilet Articles 4" Prescriptions carefully compound a all hours, ly act! night. 35ly THR "Silver Tongue." M A91T FACT C RED BY E. P. NEEDI1AM & SOX, ltt. 115 k U7 East 23d Strsst. Nw York. ESTABLISHED IN 184C. Responsible parties sppljinx for Sfencies io fee-lion still unfupiiiiad. will rece.ve prciopt at teuton an. I liberal inluccrn-nt. I'artle rt rhltn at a d:.t.oce rr m our authorised agents may oruer fj cm our Littery. Sood fr ii, unra ted rrice list. Oct 23 dXm:,ca Weeping Water, Nebraska. DEALIis 1JJ Dry Goods, tito. ii1. ukii cur. Quecnxw&re, LiooU. and Shoos. Hats, and Caps, ArWr-n-rural Itnrlciuont of all kinds, H'eir snd "t X L" Cultivators. Union Cora I'luatir. -nntptiiirti'l PrinfCtoi l'lowc. itc.. An .ndxu fiini'fiH all if whii-ji we odor to the public at to t.nei-t retail prices. SLII (aooil.H Warranted As Itep rescii ted. -Onr constant aim will bs to sell so low tliat it will be tg the pidve a J vantage of every far mer in the western aal central portion of Ca,- . I - , A- . I - 1 v . . .1.1 Mm.... n m ok. Ih.lr h .lllll II rl.T, JCT LTC T r. tne tax lists ior i ne ) e.) r io- mo i wsr v-w - --------" - aaioouta hereby wsed acd 1th4 U BbSO.