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-THE HERALD.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1373.
J. A. MACMURPHY,.
.Editor.
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FroTorll parts of the State and country respect
fully atdieited lor the Hfhald.
Atrrii-altiu-al note 3 and short articles detailing
tanner's experience particularly rci-Ftcd.
7e lo not read auo;i; ;i:(us letters and com
tniinfontions. The r.an-e and address of the
writer are in all in'!s:ensahle a.s a guar
antee of good faith.
A Splendid Chance.
ATe T.IH send the IlERsn and Demorost's
IIt:rhly, which Li ?3.oo fur one '?ar,to any per
son who pays us
In additl-m to Loth Periodicals at the price
nr.nied, a tholc irr-m a list of extraifrllnary
Premiums i-t ven to each subscriber to Detno
rest's Monthly. Anions these are a fine pair of
Chramo Pictures (Fall of Xiagara and Yosem
He F:il!s worth $:o ; or a good Stereoscope
vi'.Vu a series ef views ; besides numerous other
va'p-V premiums worth from two to ten doD
kf-s ce'!:
The best hoys and girls ir.aslzlne, j-.nd the
Xr.nRA"A HraAcn at greatly redr.ee d rates.
"We r.i:i send tho Sfpraska Hkra.t and
Democb't's Yoi'Sfi America, wMehisii.oo
l".r one ye;ir, to any person who pays us f2.oo.
D. !.-..: rrf.fs Youn.'j Ar.itiic:: is always ppaik'.ir.s
wfh tMiterf:i5!iins Stoik-s, IV-nts, Ma.. Tuz
z 'S, G jiiic. rr.ivfis, and olh:-?p':'.aut features
is profusely Illustrate.'!, art'! cannot foil toar.iu.se j
hstruct, elevate, and n&dsl to r.t.'.ke tVe lives
t:f youth'Ll Americans iLH-ful, truthful and
hippy. t. "
the wife of Hon. S. 13. Galey, died in
r.Ikivix Iowa, on the Cd inst.
F. M. AVoIestt, of A eepmg A aler,
was in town Tuesday, looking as gav
H-i a peach. -
Charles Nordhoif proposes to use
Alaska for a -penal Colony. His argu
hients are wortli rrulin nnd w? give a
jiortloa of them in another column.
The Court of Appeals (New York)
ha., refused to grant Stokes a row trial,
and we guess he'll have to hang by and
hy. when another dodge or two is tried
fjr leg.il freedom.
Hverytaiiig and everybody that could
ilrav.' ??.8 went up to Omaha on Tues
day, to hear Joe Jefferson. These ex
curs ions are getting to be quite a fea
ture in our societv
The Jubilee, at Chicago is said to i
have been a success, a great many peo
ple attending.. The Chicago papers
claim that more people are present to
s?e the wonderful growth of their city,
.than to hear I'. Gilnlore's music.
So far but two intimations have
reached t".'3 of any ceic!iialions oil the
Fourtli; one from AVeeping AVater and
the other by the Turner Society cf j
Plattsmoulh.
The? particulars of both celebrations
will be found in our local columns. '
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The change in the time table of theU.
& M. 11. R. is a great accommodation to
our people, both as regards Omaha or
Lincoln. AVe can now go to Omaha
;-.iul return the same day, with three or
i lour hours for business. They can !
also coma from Omaha here and return
the same day; and we can now visit
our capital and return to sleep a great
.;cccmmodation.
:LK AND BUFFALO AT SARATOGA.
Mr. James Harris, of Seward, Ne
braska, has presented to Mitchell Bros.,
ivtip -?Vrii:i. tAlr nn.l rnlT nnd nnr liiifT.-i
lo, Thev arrived at Siifiitftsa in fine i
CO
-..liri.n Til.-"-.- i.-,-. ilrivoM tlnww'i '
the village to Glen Mitcb.el!, and are I
no v. grazing cu
the I'lJ-id" O" the t"'ot-
ting track. A number of visitors dt i ve
to th ; Gle'n daily to see them. They
ri'Me one of the attractions for visit-oi-s
thii season. Turf, FitlJ and Farm.
L. S. Dickinson, a few minutes ago,
shot a Mr. Love through the heart, kil
ling him instantly. Both parties are
citizep.s of tliis town. The shooting
Was clone in the postollice. Love com
menced the fight. Dickinson pave him
self up to the sheriff, and an inquest is
now being held on the body Kearney
There is said to be a woman at the
bottom of this affair. Both men had
- been paying attentions to her, and out
of these attention-? bad. feel ing grew un
til one s!iot the other.
A SON SHOOTS HIS FATHER.
Frank AValworth shot his own fath
er, Mansfield Tracy AValworth. in New
York city, on the 2d inst. The dead
i:r.n vny a son of Chancellor AValworth,
and iriaiTied a' cfcifrghtcr of Colonel
Hardin, of Kentucky. Both families
held a high rank in soch'-l life. Mans
field Tracy, became very dissipated, and
ti bused the wife and children. He was
iilso an author, a!id wrote some books
wherein he maligned the mother of his
children. For these things,
Writing threatening letters
ind for
to his j
mother," young AValworth shot him in j
his bote! c.t New York. i
; Mr. T. "t!iew:, oi Four Mil creek,
has ju;i returned from a trip to Car
tinge, Jasper county, Missouri.
He Fp-eaks very, favorably of this
lauifaJ lr.h!rd town r.rd the sur
rou:ie.'u:g country, and also fc'lvcs us
some information about the Joplhi j
Lead Mtnr-s. near there, specimens of
which Mr. T. brought heme Avith him.
Messrs. Murphy & Da is. who are
interested largely in Vh-e mtr.es, were j
--oth cf this place, one? v.oi? 3 time. -They
arc- running i:: Furnaces, ct
Siiielb-rs. in one building, besides otli
vf3 tho Mr. T. did not vi.-it.
One solid rihunk" of le vl ore weigli
ing 3J.l pounds Tfn h i"'jl V up from a
pixty foot mine just iVr'the" fun of lh,o
Ihincr, we suppose, and to sh-v.r a visit
or whut ey could do.
Nebraska ireds some miner.".! wealth
to develop her Resource j more fully,
and produce a hoi'trs' co-iisoicjdioin for
our f;ut!iTs' produce; and mc:A thew
davs will find it. .
Mr. Thomas was "niueh ).lc:sed with j
' -M vi.s9vsrt-5coiR$.houic t'o us looking 1
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CAUTION
We fc'tl kindly towards the" editor of
the IT 'aichman. "We two li;:ve got
alor3 here very fairly ; have not called
each other liar abovo once or twice in
six months, have never descended to
Idiot," and "Perambulating Distil
lery." We T'car him no ill will but when
ho neglects a duty, a solemn obligation
we deem it proper to utter a word of
caption and warning. .
lie accepted the City Printing on a
. solentcii contract of seven fools-cap
pages, and thereby agreed to print all
the proceedings of the Common Coun
cil. We are credibly informed that he
now refuse fo publish the Police
Judge's repo'rt, on tire foolish and in
excusable gnntnd that it would make
CG columns of matter, and his paper
only ha3 S3 columns.
This won't go down; he should en
large at once; the people don't want to
lose that report, and many other valu
able "minutes" that are never given to
tha wci'ld for the want of those other
four columns.
COLJXKiTl)AVID PTUIiY
Colonel David Perry, the hero of the
capture of Captain Jack, is a native of
Connecticut, and entered the army at
the outbreak of the rebellion a a sec
ond lieutenant in a Xew Jersey regi
ment of cava'.i Vj Ifc was a good offi
cer, and participated in many of the
battles of the rebellion, ultimately iit
tabling the captaincy of his company.
A.t the close of the war. Captain Per-
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soldier point
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ncc and qualifications as a
c 1 him out as eminently
fitted to receive a commission in the
lingular Army, then in process of re
organization, lie was accordingly ga
zetted captain in the First Kegiment of
Cavalry on the 12lh November, 18 t.
.since then he has been brevetted, under
successive acts of Congress, Major,
LieutenantiColonel, and Colonel the
latter on the 3th of April, 1SGS: This
last feat of his, the capture of the mur
derer of the brave Cauby, will add
fresh lustre to his name, already bright
with deeds of arms in the civil wan
Dull y Graphic.
THE RAILROAD OLLSTION.
As we predicted, in the outset of this
railroad war, Xebracka and the States
west of the Missouri, will get the worst
of any interference with the present
system of transportation.
Some very silly editorials have been
written in this State about the fact
that people have paid twelve dollars
from Chicago, or fifteen dollars from
Xew York to Omaha, and then erven
or eight dollars for twenty to fifty miles
transportation inland through the
St.tte, without any reflection on the
fact that that it makes but very little
difference what they pay for their
twenty or fifty miles of Nebraska trans
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lion across the ether States for a mere i
song.
Situated as we are beyond the west
ern termini of the great railroad routes
from the East, we have had the benefit
of what is called railroad discriniina-
tion throughout, and the least Nebraska
can say on that head the better.
AVe can hardly blame the great
States of Ohio, Indiana; Illinois, and
eastern Iowa, for finding fault with the !
present system, and yet when railroad !
rates are equalized, per mile through- j
out the entire length of the road as is
now proposed, it will cotnpl 'a ly shut i
out the extreme western States here i
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i'i,4 lu lilt: na:n.iiii. uutrsa i
some other method can be found than '
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i-m, it u.; i'iucn tii.lL liiuiiM'.:)
: can ie operated with profit at some- ;
thing less than half the
.tes claimed.
Council Bluffs has alreu by
seen the
point of the joke, and that the pro
posed alterations in railroad tariff will
be the death of western Iowa.
No system f equal rates per mile
can be devised that will not utterly kill
out a id curse some inrt of the country ;
and when the present restrictions in
Illinois are fairly carried out, and
should they extend through Iowa, there
would be sueh a howl from this part of i
the country as has never been heard
before. "
regulation" o fk7 h.feeigiits
BY LAW.
There are some rights that the peo
ple have against railroads which should
be enforced by law. There arc some
other matters that may be rijht but
that it is unwise to enforce by legisla
tion. AVe doubt very much if any system
of freight tariff can be devised by law ! enough of it. A vacancy oee irrcd in
that will do equal and exact jus-! the Constable's o'liee, and the Trustees
tiee to all the people. Railroad com- j appointed me to (ill the vacancy, and It
panics should be strictly prohibited by i bothered me so to do the figuring nec
the strongest enactments, fiom water- essary in the business that I thought
ing their stock, or attempting to real- j that I had drawn an Elephant. I most
ize profits from any scheme that has a j
false capital for its basis. J
They should be prohibited by strin-
gent measures from becoming. partners !
or interested persons in the buying and i
shipping of grain or any ether produce
over their reads, whereby lawful and
legitimate competition between grain
buyers and outside dealers, is estopped,
and railroad companies given a total
monopoly of the profits of transporting '
train or produce.
They cannot be at one and the same
ti:R2 coiemon carries and speculative
dealers m the wares and mercaaiHt'se
transported over their roads'.
They should be forever estopped and
prevented by law from meddling and
irmsr.ing in town sites, depot facilities,
Xthat r.d v.uit.ige ordy themselves), and
in endeavoring to make or mar differ
ent points along their route accordingly,
as the r'omxisayv or, which is oftener
the case, some nephew, cousin, hanger
on, or sucke r of the President and Di
rectors has or Iras not an interest in
them.
These things, it twins to us, might
and should be controlled by legal en
actments, but after this is d:r? the
regulation and prices for vhi5h lcy
he.ll transport rjcight and merchtrm-
wise, must be left to the natural laws of
Iraele and the exigencies cf ordinary
LUJW0LL'tf Id IH OF GBEELEV '-
We call attention to the advertise
ment of the "Life and times of Horace
Greeley" a work of wkice L. D Inger
soil is author, an 1 the Union Publish
ing Cov publishers. We judge from
the table of contents, and advance
sheets of tliis book, that it will be the
Life of Horace Greeley which the
people will above all others want. It
is full, graphic truthful, impartial a
work of interest and value to men of
all parties. Mechanically, it will be
the handsomest. book for general cir-'
culation ever published in America;
magnificently illustrated and beauti
fully bound. We can safely say it will
be one of the best and cheapest of all
American publications. Get ready to
buy a copyt
CHOP REPORTS FKOM GREENWOOD.
Gni:jJWoor), June 2, 1S73.
Mr. Edi tok t Sir I see you desire
statements of crop prospect.0, so here
goes for Salt Creek and Greenwood
precincts :
Wheat, double the acreage of last
year and looking fine; Oats, one-fourth
the acreage of last year and looking
fine; Barley, one-fourth the acreage of
last year and looking fine ; Corn not all
The thanks of the Herald, are due
J. E. M. and we are glad to hear so
good a report from Greenwood.
Loctsvillj:, Neb., June Cd, 1S73.
.Ed. Herald Dtar k'ir: It being
rainy to-day, and nothing doing in
trade, I thought best to let you know
that we are not all drowned, although
there is not a bridge left on either of the
Cedar Creeks in Louisville, and all
streams have met with the same f.ite.-
I will tell you something about the
town of Louisville and its prospects.
It i3 growing some. We have one
dry goods store, one boarding and beer
house combined, one
strength of sod ecru one
gToeery-
-the
lumb-er var
and hardware combined one doctor,
blacksmith, &c., ic, and all seem to be
doing a good business. AVe shall soon
have a good school house aud church;
we have conversed with parties from
iiunois wno sav mat mere win t;e a i
largo emigration to this
is part during
tl at Nebraska
the season, and all say
is the best farming country they have
yet traveled through. Let them come,
there's room. AVe need a good harness
maker and shoe maker here thev
could do well at those trades. "
The fanners have most of their corn
phmted, and what is not up will proba-
raining. AVe
II have hegieeted tt
cover our corn enbs, and will no doubt.
rav deaiiy for so doing,
Farjiixg Dax.
HEAD AND FOOT OF THE CLASS.
An Original and Humorous Article for
tho Boys.
I began mj existence in Ohio, on the
31st day of December. My father was
a farmer. He had a neighbor, Mr. T.
They lnrd farms of equal size. Mr. T.
had a son, J. T., and he and I attended
the same school, and we were equal in
every respect save one:" J. T. stood at
the head of the class, and I at the foot,
although I thought at that time this
t ? 4t tivni r ,-.3-j etiTI, in'iiM.i.-'ii.il ft
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ujj ruxj i i :i ihuii -v umaiu.,
and I could beat him "patting Juba.
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"'"i c icu-uvu mu i ijuireiuu j iv.i
ne look a school ana 1 too:; a wile, l
endeavored to select a wife whose edu
cation Avas about "equal with my own,
so there would be no reflections cast by
either party. I succeeded admirably;
we pulled equally in the yoke of life,
for we had but little to pull. I never
failed in business, I always failed to
get into business. Several times in my
life 1 thought 1 had struck a lead, but
when I come to pan it out the very
thing that I thought would set me up,
Up-set me.
J. T. was reading law, about this time,
and I read in a newspaper that Gov.
Metcalf, of Kentucky, was once a stone
mason, of Ohio, an defected the public
buildings in AY est Union, Ohio, and I i
recollected a storv mv Grandmother
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cum in.- v'l. t ah. in liKjnis iiuivi j in ir- j
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tUiUl J HI lll JJllJiV, VI 11J 11CIII IU llUlli. I
his father's stock and was anointed
King before ho returned;. I used to
wish soihe such luck as the cases above
.would happen me, but I soon got
solemnly declared that u I lived to see
the end of the term I would return to
private life, and all the people said
amen, ny tins tune J . 1 . was prac-
ticing law in the Territory of Iowa, and
had got Honorable prefixed to his name,
and av:ih a delegate fro theCvR?tlt.tioi
al Convention.
I teiij you I thought about this time
that hetd and foot made some differ-
ence." At this time I examined the
Bible myself and found the nun re
ferred to was not only Letter looking j
than I, but he was a head and should- !
err, taller, and a favorite with the avo
ii'ien, ir the bargain. On my fortieth
birthday 'my mother (who was still liv
ing) remarked to me that I was not
ohly born on the last day of the year
and month, but I Avas born 0:1 Satur
day, and in the afternoon at that, when
there wa3 not much doing, and I had
been'a do-little boy a shiftless man
that I had always been behind hand,
and she believad it would have been
fifty dollars in my pocket and five
times as much in hers, if I lrd never
been Ix.rn. AVhen I heard that I let go
all holds. I haA-e no 'hope, of s'uecess,
but shall ever consider the position a
boy occupies in school as an index of
his career in tifter life; therefore, my
boys, lei ibis be a Warning to yea all
never stand long at the foot of your
lu5 Hard Vf.
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jiuutm; ny rainy we;ui;ei, urot3 eiu.is, uiej, uatc ui.tiuwu im.-m3cj.ii c n0t terrib'e of E""lish prison-
of forest trees doing well ; over ( two J for uggressive'aetion. Under tho name Norfolk Island, was the" scene of so Svfm Ore-on Tune 5 '
car luads of fruit trees were sold at of PsltnMM of Husbandrv," twentv nmch gcnuiiA reform, that "the true T, -,",,; "V: ' 7f f"''r(Zw
this station tins spring, which speaks t. , ..Gri..c, of t,.e ' ler " principle is to ih-'e the prisoner in a t , ri.e fulloingdiSiKitca as rcccnod
well for Homesteaders. ' thoaand tia.. , ot t.ic older, com- J K. . . i ...,, )v Governor G rover to-dav. from Gen-
' Yours, J. r,. M. prising farmers, prodiuirs and ship- , hlmi!it wo.c hs yix'v bv hU 0,vn ! eYi1 j. E. Uoii of tlui Onion militia:
GOOi) ON HER HED
A ProliKc Karci
The Fuller" (Mo.) Telegraph says!
"Mr. AVinsor, who resides in the vicini
ty of Concord, in this county, is the
owner of the most prolific and valuable
mare we ever heard of. She was twenty-one
years old May 8th, and is the
happy mother of twenty-one beautiful
colts. At the hist foaling, April 10th,
she produced three celts, all living and
L doing well. She has produced twins
three years in succession, making six
eolts in three years. She is a good
work mare, and has worked in .a wagon
three trips to Texas and back."
Like to have a colt from her.
WHAT THE FARMERS WANT.
The agricultural part of the commu
nity have become fully awakened to
the idea that they have some rights
which the politicians are bound to re
spect. .Heretofore, they have nuidri no
distinct issue in our various political
canvasses, but have been content to
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dnft along with the tide. ow, luul-
ing that railroad monopolists and oth-
era who have the charge of transporta-
tion, have become , masters, of their
i-cis. tun c i-ri-a -
West and South." .They mean .business,
as the fall elections will show. Rail
road men will have to nav out an inp
mense volume of money if they wish
to control next winter's legislation at
the West. - .'.The -Declaration." bv
which the farmers declare th'-mso'ves
independent of all existing political or-
k 1
ganizations, reads as folov. s : This or-
anfcation is opposed" to railroad steals,
tariff steals, sahiry-grab steals bank,
steals, and every other form of thiev- I beasiia. e thought just so of the Lo
ing by which the farming and laboring j S -i", nd tlioii the Elkhorn, and umv the
c!afses are robbed of the legitimate j Loups, and otlicr streams in tho north
fruits of their labor." The platfonu i western iv,rt of the State are opening
! on which the farmers have decided to
taud is plain, but comprehejisive and
In that instrument. the i'ar-
ini-rs say :
First We are in favor of control-
ling Ijy law the railroad corporation of
cm State.
Second AVe submit t
o direct. taxa-
' lori iiU duties to meet the necessities
1 M ti"e Government, but denounce as
unjust and oppressive all taxation tor
the benefit of special classes.
Third We are in favor of the pres
ent banking system being so made that
! 1x11 UK'n ,J-V t?ivinS the l,rolHT st-curlty.
I !shouia L:lve e(iu l1 rviligft.-, so that
I Wl'1' a,lJ doia:lua sha!1 rtl,lat8 our
Fourth We are opposed to ail fur
ther grants of land to railroads or oilier
corporations, and believe that the pub-
lie domain should bj held sacred to ac-
tr d "e't'ers
Fifth-AVe are infavor of a true svs-
,f.,.,,,fe;,-ii v.r,-;,.a , 1.,,.;tr
honesty and capacity the only valid
claim for public employment ; and we
believe that the o'liee should seek the
man, ami not the man the olliee.
The brunt of battle lies against raii
roa l monopoly, and wili be likely to
prove successful. In effect, tiie plat
form intends its meaning to be under
stood that all railroads built hereatter j
must be completed by private parties I
or wholly owned b" the Government.
"Railroad steals" are only made impos
sible when tho state or General Gov
ernments absolutely refuse their aid to
private parties. Of course, since they
i have begun a work of reform, the far
! mers purpose to push it in all diree
! tioiis. Hence they denounce taxation
I for the express purpose of aiding spe
cial classes; ask for such relief from
the Treasury Department as will sup
ply the AVestern money market; and
ropiest of the. General Government
that honesty and capacity shall be made
the only valid claim for public office.
In the main, the platform would aji
pear to be one th.it will be acceptable
to the mass of reformers at any rate,
so far as it ges. Ornphi".
A recent letter from Paris contains
this item ; Ilelmbold is here, but wast
ing his time in the American yVw7V.
i He wants to jet urn lo America if he-can
get his affairs in
shape.1
Two
norl
years ago
and the six-in-hand fever
rae-e.l hotly in New York. Among
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uuse iiosquuuueieu uioue, on pii.icc-c-ly
establishments where Fi.-.k and
Ilelmbold. No caprice was too costly
for these men. Thev were the pro ii-
gals of fortune and the people started j
gorgeous display, and wondered how j
longit would last The end was sudd'-ii. j
The Prince of Erie now sleeps iK-nertii j
the clay of A'ermont, having met avio
lent death, and the Prince of Buehu is
a bankrupt Avanderer in foicign lands.
VT.
ShoaU Alaska be :iale a Penal Colony 1
In place of building new prisons.
I v.h.' should we not trv exile penal
transportation'-' AVe have in Alaska
an immense territory, in almost every
respect well suited to be the scene of a
penal colony. It is isolated, and es
capes would be easily prevented; it is
almost uninhabited; it has a "chain of
islands suitable for separate colonies;
its climate on the coasts is sufficiently
mil l, aud yet not tropical, but bracing
and healthful; it otters few or no
temptations to vagrancy; and yet it is
a country in which convicts who had
served out their time, or earned their
discharge, could live comfortably, and
build up a new and prosjk-rous society.
At present Alaska is a useless and
expensive possession. Two Federal
artillery Companies hold possession;
but it lies too far out of the way to
tempt settle-vs. Used as a penal colony,
to which the most hardened of our con
victs might at fir.t be sent, it would
offer a clear field i'or interesting and
valuable experiments in the manage- i
ment anl reformat ion ef criminals. It
is not sickly, like the French penal set
tlement of .Cayenne; nor lias it like
Australia, a climate so mild as to ena
ble runaway convicts to live a vagrant
life in the bush. It is a' country in
which industry and foresight are nec
essary to enable a Avhitc iiati to exist ;
aud thus the natural conditions of life
would help itr disciplining the crinil-;
fcals seflt thithef; . y.
There would be no lack of work iii
Alaska for a penal colony, however nu
merous. TiicJ country has no roads; it
has no public "buildings; it has no me
chanic arts; it would need, if it hail a
population, artisans of all kinds; and
for half a ccntuary to come a penal
colony . in .Alaska rightly managed
ought to be self-supporting, with
abundance of useful labor for every
convictt
This is the true point to so manage
the criminal that when he lias suffered
his punishment he may have, at least,
the chance to begin a new and better
life, and to make even his period of
punishment -as natural and healthful
as is consistent with his seclusion from
general society. And this can be best
done by exile, or penal transiortHtion.
It is not done at all under the State
prison aystenl; - - - -
Two companies of artillery and two
revenue-cutters now hold Alaska.
This force need Ik but very slightly in
Creased to be sufficiently strong, with
proper, management, to control and
keep under discipline a thousand con
victs. The Aleutian Isles, the Island
of Kodiak, and the long Alaska penin
sula offer themselves for isolated sta
tions; and I do not doubt that our en
gineer officers could elalorate a plan of
I "i'frations for a convict colony which
; would make such a colony sclf-sup-
1Mlrtili;r aiul i,r-iifiil to the reformation
of the Convicts, bearing in mind always
! these words of that most successful
Vr '' ;i 1 ' 11,11 1 , ' aI,li""
; exertions ny uingent labor, aim a cm-
! ftant coorse" of voluntary self-coin-
-md':iUi selfiienial.': Charles Xord -
i "'-'-
j "
j . PERSONAL,
! .
j L',aw)yer S.inchcomb returned from
j trip m and down the Republican
. .
' f 111 wintry the sun ever shone on."--
Ahati v.iiat tney always say ot .e-
ikI each succeeding valley seems
j handsomer than the other
J. T. Hyde, Esq. of Oiii.ih t, c.dled on
the IIti:ALD, Friday. The Judge is an
eld resident of Nebraska, has held sev-
j end important public positions, and
now takes charge of the Branch Laud
Office the U. P. R. R. Company have j
estaulished at Lincoln. He wili make
a good man for the place.
Sam. M. Chapman returned home on
Friday, and looks delightfully content
ed to arrive here once more.
L. AV. Martin, of the Soldiers' Jiec
orcl, Madison, AViscon ;in, called on the
Herald last week. Mr. Martin is cir
culating a petition ;sking Congress to
grant the Sohliers Homost-ead Bill,
i whic
h was defeated last year. AVe
I lioi'O to be:ir
from him again, and to
j , . ,
' C. A. Danicn, corr-vpo:. lent of tlu
! St' L.oub alohr. eillled m 1,s la:jt wt?rk
! on his way to L tah and the great A est
lie represents a good paper, politically,
; brain-i-eally, lypognqhicaliy and en
i crgetlcaHj, and v. e wish both him and
! it any measure of success that won't
j bust 'em.
j E. Noyc-s, of Louisville, shows his
; smiling countenance in the Herald
office remi-oeeasionally, and by the
wav he orders bill-heads and "sich"
h Miiis-t be doing s..rne business out
there
L. I Ree l, Esq., of AVe eping Water,
dropped into the Herald office on
Thursday last and left his compliments.
AVe lire glad to see Mr. Reed, id ways;
doubly glad when he comes on such
errands as that of Thursday.
AVe miss Pottenger, on the street,
immensely, and Ave have no one to lay
our good jokes on now.
j D. H. Wheeler returned from his
' wanderings on Saturday, wearing a
spie-span new suit of store clothes, and
i a brand new stove-pipe hat. Times
! must be good where he has been.
R. G. Clisbe, cf AVeeping AVater,
called oji tin; Herald Tuesday, and
posted us up on crops, high water,
&e.
John Fitzgerald, Esq., returned hon
on Friday, from one of his many jour
neyir.gs. If is f.iee always lends a home
look to Pkitt-smouth.
J. C. Realty, of Union, Cass county,
a staunch frienlof the Herald, called
I on Saturday.
STATE IT ESS.
There was a report current in Lin-
coin that John Furnas, a son of Gov.
Furnas, Frank " Sheldon, and J. F.
Hobbs, were drowned in Salt Creek.
but happily they, got off with a good
wetting, after swimming the creek
several times in pursuit of their horses,
who were swept of a bridge which the
AVm P. Clark, one of the Commis
sioners of Antelope county, while re
turning to his residence from Oakdale
on the 21th of May Avalked into a slough
near the Elkhorn river, and was
drowned. The ground was covered
Avith water near the ii-er, and as he
Avas wading through it he walked into
the slough as state-;!.
Grasshoppers elid considerable dam
age in the northeast part of this county
last week. AVe are glad to learn, how
ever, that the pests h:we nov; nearly !.
all disappeared. ll'e:f Point liep-ib-lienn.
A young man from Decatur, Burt
Co., borroAved a pony of the father of
the girl whom he Avas courting, and
taking his departure for Dakota, forty
live iuiie north, traded the pony for
another Avhih he sold for a watch and
!?C. The marshal obtained informa
tion frobi Decatur and arrested him
taking Linl luiCi; to Decatur,
As no
one appeared agamst him ne was
finally released and told to "git" and
he "got." His name avos Horace
S. Mason."
The new Academy of music- in" Lift
coln was dedicated by a festival given
by Trinity Church ou the -iV.u
-They mo trying to rrc-t nn n frfo rerrd
irig foohi In Lihcolil.
A tn.an named Greeil Was assaulted
by another named Cook about three"
miles from Seward, with a club, and
left on the ground for.deach. His
injuries were very severe.
The first wedding ever", cohsumatexl
in Kearney Junction, took place there
on the 4th inst
The Lincoln Messenger is to be
merged into the Polk Co. Times.
The Ashland Times says several
cattle were struck by liglning around
there.
Mr. J. A. McKillip proprietor of the
Pacific House in Beatrice was stabbed
in the back of the neck with a pocket
knife by a boy 17yrs old who was under
the influence of liquor. The wound is
not serious.
The Republican River rose to a very
high point on Sunday, overflowing its
banks, but doing no particular damage
farther than covering up a few corn
and wheat fields for a few days.
The mail came in last night from
Lowell, the driver being obliged to
swim his horse over several creeks
which were overflowing their banks
and bridges. Jix. .
TELEGRAMS BOILED DOWN.
, IIkadk.s Lost River Spuixos,
June 4, via Ashland, June 3. (
, Governor G rover: The Modoc war
was emie.i i,y tne uregon volunteers at
12 o'clock last nitht. After a hard !
march of three days and nights by the
forces under mv command, the last
j was brought into camp. We captured
i ve men, four women and three chil-
! (iron. I hf iiMTiftviMM-4 ! ;!:irlr .1 im ia
of the number. T will march mv com-
, llUlnd to jJnfcYille to-dav. and" nlaoe
the warriors in irons to await vour Ex
cellency's order. Joiix E. Ross,
Brig. Gen. Commanding O. S. M.
The Governor set the following re-
To General John E. Ross, Linkville:
if you have any of the Lost River
murderers, standing-indited in the Cir
cuit Court of Jackson County, deliver
them to the Sheriff of the said
county; deliver all other captives to
the commanding officer of ths United
States torees in the lake basin. He-
turn the volunteers and muster them
out. Assure vour officers and men of
! ray highest appreciation of tlx
I liant conduct in behalf of i!ie S
their bril-
State, I
congratulate vou oh Vour success.
L. T. C, HOVER,"
Coventor of Oregon.
Corxrjx Bluffs, June 5.
Fannie Kellogg, Iowa's prima donna,
left for the Chicago Jubilee to-day.
Nrw York, June 6.
Victoria C. AVoodhull was prostrate.-.!
at her residence in Thirty-fifth street
this evening by an attack of heart dis
ease, which rendered her Unconscious
for sever.il hours, and will probably
prove fdtitl.
Keene, N. II., June 6.
Hon. John Prentiss, the oldest prin-
l ter and newspaper publisher in New
England, and perhaps in the United
States, died this afternoon, in the 93th
year of his age. He established the.
Noav Hampshire Sentinel in 1TU;I, and
conducted it for forty-nine years. The
funeral Avill take place on Sunday af
1 erOR.
... Omaha, June 7.
Postmaster Yost yesterday received
a telegram from Washington, stating
that free deliAery of mail in Omaha
had been ordered, and arrangements
will be made at once to carry the order
into effect.
The Grand Jury to-day indicted Gen.
Estabrook for embezzlement in unlaw
fully, fruu lulejitly, and feloniously
converting to his use, money collected
by him us fines, while acting as Police
Judge, about a year ago.
Boston, June 7.
About 3 o'clock this morning a fire
broke out in the boiler room of the
Hyde Park AVoolen Mills at Hyde
Park, destroying a large portion of the
buildimr, including the left Aving. The
loss is ?.00,000 ; insurance S400.000, in
scA'enty-four companies. Foreign Com
panies suffered heavily.
Omaha, June 8.
In consequence of the late heavy
rains Elkhorn River has oA erllowed its
banks severed days. As to-day's pas
senger train on the AVestern Union Pa
cific was passing over the trestle Avork
on the last approach to the Elkliorn
bridge, the engine, mail, express, and
baggage cars, and a car loaded Avith
fish, went through into the water. M.
II. Cary, road master, is missing, and is
supposed to be drowned. No one else
hurt. Passengers from the AVest Avill
be delayed until tomorrow. No trans
fer can be made until the track is
clear.
AVashingToX, June 8.
The President and Secretary of AVar
have already been informed of the
opinion of Attorney General AYilliams,
that such of the Modocs as are charged
Avith offenses against the recognized
laws of Avar may be tried and punish
ed by a military commission. The Avar
Department will, in accordance Avith
this opinion, send instructions to Gene
ral Davis through General Sehofield.
There is no doubt that the commis
sion Avill le organized Avithout delay.
tfcllVJ. C i 1 LiL;i .VI(11Us ncvvuiua "'
the regulations of army proceedings.
Tlie findings of the military commis
sion, Avhcro sentence is death, Avill be
transmiited to AVashington for review
and approval of the President before I
sentence can be carried into effect.
Several Aveeks must unavoidably pass
before the punishment of the Modocs
can take place.
THS MARKETS.
NIJW YORK, June 10.
Money 4a5 pr. ct.
Gold
GoATrnments Dull and Steady
17'
CHICAGO June 10.
Flour Quiet : 3 25l 75
AVheat Regular.
1 2fJ
Corn Weak..,
Oats Active
Bve Dull
BarleyDull ...
Cattle Dull
Lb ' LiAe. . .-.
83 f
27 H
(!1
70
5 005 4
Tho Howe Saving Machine
AGENCY,
i'LATrSMOUTU, " ... NEBRASKA.
Canvassing Agents wanted throughout the
State. Address
F. P. TODD, (ieneral Autiil.
rMnehlnes on exhibition at all times at my
Ouiee on Maiii Ktree-t;
E, T. DUKE & CO.
At the foot of Main Street.
AVholesale and Retail Dealers In
Hardware and Cutlery,
STOVES, TIXWAHKi
IKON, NAILS.
HOES, RAKES,
SHOVELS, AXES,
JCXIVESAXD
FORKS, &c &c.
All klndi of
Tinware Manufactured.
43tr
GO TO THE
Post Omce Book Store.
IL J. STREIGJIT, Proprietor.
For Vour
Books, Stationery,
Fielures, Mus'r,
Toy, Confcetiouery,
j
violin strings.
Xewsjiapers, X'Hc's,
Song Hooks, 6c.
POST OFFICE LI ILD1XG,
riattsmouth. - - - Xebraaka.
8-tf.
SWeet Potato e Plants
For Salo.
too 1.000 10.OO0.
Ren afttt Y'-Hflw-Xwisernoal 5'iots $ t. 30
lir.aidiafi White TSets $.
25,000 CABBAGE PLANTS
Of the Early Jersey. Wakefield." and Tofiler's
Erunswiek -wnietits, .-if 15 eenls jer t!ozen, 75
cents per 100. Ready May 1st.
Also. Trojihy and (ieu. i ;.-.i:it T(niat-j Plants,
at 3 cents per dozen, i.3j per :co.
Celery Plants.
PUO Plants,
Tobacco Plants,
Cauliflower Plants,
&, cC-c, tr., tfc.
In their season.
Orders from a distance promntlv filTed. and
delivered at the Express C):liee in l'lattstaouth.
C:rt:;".;e free.
Tlu-sc Ptuuts were all raised nt mv Gardens in
1:m-U Uluffs. AZlvO SMITH. Pnprietor.
t?f Frank White is my authorized A-rent la
riattsmouth. 5-tt.
The Best
THE CHEAPEST I
IS
I J. 3IETTEI2U
Has a lar?e and pood assortment of Farm Ma-chinei-y.
The :tiar-!i Harvester, a iteaj.er that two men
ea:i cut and bind ten ncrcn perdav. v.iiii ono
man t', drive, and tho bin Jo is can "woik in the
shade.
F. J. JrETTFFP, .
Main Street, Corner r.ih.
Platismnuth, - - - - Nelrash-a.
U. Y. MATHERS,
Fourth street, north of riatte Valley Hons?
r LA TTS MOUTH, X!JRASKA.
Dealer In
Hardware and Cutlery,
Stove.?, Tinware,
Iron, Nails
Glass, Locks,
Garden City Plws,
Hay Rakef,
farming Tools,
Farnilny MaeJiinery,
JfeCoriHMi's Reaper ami Hoiccr,
Bttk Fife Reaper anl Mower,
-c &c, dN?., eft?., cfc.
SEEDS
For ih? Garden,
For thi OnrhrrreK
CO'
7.
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;.-v". " ' ' '
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;st3i&
PHILADELPHIA STOliE.
SOLOMON in NATHAN
DEALEU3 IX
Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, .
Ladies Furnishing Goods
Largest,
Cheapest,
finest.
jid Do3t Assorted
Stock lnthe City.
Which wfl are prepared to sell cheaper than
they can be purchased clscwliero GIiu ua a call
aud eaiuinu our goods.
nr-Sic-re nn Main street, between 4th and Btn
streets, i'lattsinoutli Nebraska. letf.
Mothers, MotherS.
Mothers.
Don't fail to proeure Mrs. AVinslow's Hoothlnj
Syrup for Children Teethinir.
This raitialde preparation has been ued with
XEVEK FAILING iSl C'CESS IX THOtlS
ANDS OF CASES.
it not only relieves the eliild from pain, but
invl'-virutes the sioinaeh and bowels. eorreeU
jwidity, and rives tone and enerjry to the whol
system. Ii ; will tilso iiiMaiilly relievo
UKIl'INO IN THK ROWKUI AND WIND COLIC.
We believe it the best and surest remedy It?
tho world. 'ii all cases " Dysentery and Diar
rhea in children, whether arisiiijE.frout teething
or any other eanse.
Depend upon it, mothers, It will j-itre ret to
yours, -Ives and
Ri:i IKK AM) Ii ICAL.T1I TO YOLll I X JTART4.
Re sure and eall for
"Mas. AVinsi.ow's Sooxntsa Syricr."
ITavios the fac-siniilo of "CCRTI3 & l'EH
K I NS" on the outside wrapper.
Sold ny druggists tliroughoiil the world, t
iTlNcjTJiADJ':,
Furnas Nurseries,
CROAVXVILLE, XEB.
F U UN AS, SON X & F Jilt II A If IP.
Furnas and Sons, BroAvnvillo, Nebra
ka. and E. Ferrand, Detroit, Mich
igan, liave consolidated their
stocks and will hereafter
conduct business at.
Bro'.vnville, Neb., -where
they
offer thf largest and most select Sn
eial Nursery Stock ever offer!
in the AVest, consisting in
part as fblloAvs:
jnoo t li tiee 3 varold Apple Treat.
l.'lil.lilx) -J
-0 !
co.ow) " 1,2. 3 nnd 4 yer old Tmmt
Trees.
4C.C00 3. 3. and 4 jr,ar old Chorrf
i re-s.
" 1 nd 3 year old Reneta Tr
.ij,f."X) l'liiiii. Apricot and XectrtJn
Trees.
4 'O,0'O Xo. 1 lli.ney Fieust Hcdxa FlUt
2.0'W.O') No. 1 (Mane Iledtre Flanls.
6,);,(Hii) Fon-st Tree SeedliiiKS.
iXKi.N j:viT-reens, In arii-tv.
loo,o(j -.ieh lsiaekberrtes, Kiispberrlea u4
Strawberries,
fVl.wsi eaeh OiMWi-licrrifS and Curracla,
V;f,ih Pi jetiud and CliniUinj; Famwv.
10.(i. Flouerii"? Shrulw.
10,Ouo,'Ko Willow Cuttinjrs.
COOLEVS EAELY WHITE, AND ADAM'S
EXTRA EARLY CORN.
ITALIAN BEES.
Eerkshi & o'.and
J. It. Dilley, f i'ilvs County, w ill net aJ A ect
f thev.. nurseries iru this seetloti. F. O. addrcsM
I'l.ittstitottlir, Cass Co., Nebraska..
Zr?" C'orrtspondcMe solicited. Scud for
a Catalogue. 41-tf
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF FLATTSMOLTil, XEBRASKA.
act cjwson to
Tootle, Hanna & Clark.
John I"iTz:FFt.t.n.
Freni'lent.
Jouw R. Clakk.
Caiiicr.
C. II. FAnKnt a.
Vli-e I'nuiU'.oal,
T. V. KVAM4.
Ass't Cywhiar.
Th:s Rink Is n w open for huslne at thrl
new room, eormr Main and Sixth street!, m4
aru prepared to traussct a general
banking 13 us In ess.
Stocks, Tends,
Gold, Governiner.t
aud lyOeal
SeeuriUeo
Uoujrtt and
S..U1, Deposits j
Recelred a-iJ '
Interest allowed
On Un:
Ortlfleat".
Drafts dr.AwTi. avsllatile ki pny part of th
United States and in all the principal tows
and Cities of Etopc .
sex.
FOR TIIE CELEBRATED
I.YJIAN LIJVE
AND
ALIJ1IV LINE
OF STEAMERS
Persons wishing to britiff out their iiend
from Ettr;pe ean purchase tickets from u
thi-ouprh to l'lattsmouth
OLD RELIABLE
A Heavy Stock of Goods on
Band.
No Rents and Interest nn BorroUvd
Capital lo be mad? off Customers.
OLDEST 11STABLISII1W UOVSB
IN TUB CITl'.
Xorth side of Main between ?eeon4 and TnJrd
streets, takes pleasure iu annouueic; to
FAR JIB RS AND MECHANICS
That fce has a larpe and well r&eCU-i Ptoek ot
Drv ;tds, iroe-rie, lrovisions, s -were ever
briiuito the City ol X'UtUuiouth.
- It v. rv . iy xiniZ&vnPl hinjr to look at tliesa
sviMtuer yod' t v -"rfii examlntni; tlue
prices at the,yi;-.. " - " you will l
Mt nir-ll vhwv,; k ro ifwliuRe
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