THE HERALD.
ULATTSMOUTH, NKHKASKA.
. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1873.
J. A. MACMUIti'il V,.
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antee ol Rood faith.
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Instruct, elevate, and assist to make the lives
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happy.
The Nebraska Herald and the Omaia
Kkpl Bi.iiv.v, to one address 3.oo icr year.
Kemember Miss Kollojj's musical cn
tortainiuent on Saturday evening, next.
Onr County Fair is held on the 10th,
1 1th and 12th of September right
after the State Fair.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Republican of Cas3 county
iiavo with one vorie called their regu
lar convention at Weeping "Water on
the 20th of September.
It is to ha hoped that there will be a
full attendance, and representation
There is no other parly to-day that can
offer tc help thi people out of their
difficulties. There is no p u ty that has
taken such advance ground for the
rights of all the people and in every
respect as the Republican party. There
is no organized party taking decided
and strong grounds against purse
proud and jwwer proud monopolies,
but the Republican party.
Therefore, there is no need and no
tall for any people's movement in this
ornny other county of any State west
of the Mississippi. If the Republican
party were hanging hack, or were in
any way adverse or opposed to the in
terests of the people, there might be
tome show for what is called a tieople's
party; there is no ground for them to
stand on at present. The Republican
party it the people's party. It is what
the people" have made it, and if they i
desire to change its aims and objects
This action left a very small major
ity, 23 votes we believe, for a State.
Pretty close shave, but it has been a
remarkable success so far.
The next thing was to gi'i admitted
at Washington. Andy Johnson was at
the head of public affairs then, and
did not relish two Senators and a Rep
resentative being sent there to help
swell the ranks adverse to "his policy"
and he vetoed the bill for almis.sion.
The Congress of the U. S. passed the
bill by a two-third Vote over his veto,
aud we became a .Stat? on the second
day of March, 1807; Gen. John M.
Thayer and Hon. T. TV. Tipton were
our first State Senators, and lion. John
Taffe our Representative.
David Uutler was elected the first
Governor of the State.
There was a session of the Legisla
ture, called the first session of the State
Legislature, held in Omaha, July 4th,
1866. This body met to make the
projer application that we might be
come a State; another meeting of the
same body was called together on Feb
ruary 20th, 18GT, by Gov. Saunders,
still Governor of the Territory, to "take
action upon the conditions proposed by
Congress before admitting us as a State,
and still another on May lGth, 1807;
which wiis a called or special session,
consequent, as the Governor says, "on
the transition of Nebraska from a Ter
ritorial condition to that of a State."
This was the first real session of the
Legislature under State authority,
though we find the Journals of the
House and Senate of ihvfiftlt session
held at Lincoln endorsed as the "First i
regular session" of the State Legisla
ture, that means the first session after
the members were regularly elected
under a State Government.
AN EXPERIMENT.
During the third session of the State
Legislature, or the first session really
under the control of the State, a bill
was brought up for the removal of the
Capital from Omaha to Lincoln. The
bill was introduced in the Senate early
in June 1807. A strong majority re
port against the removal was made ba
llon. Geo. W. Frost in the House. The
whole Omaha interest was of course
against the removal, nevertheless the
bill passed the House on June ISth,
1SC7, by a vote of 25 to 14, and wa3 ap
proved on the 14th. It was Senate bill
No. 44, and called for the appointment
of thren Commissioners who were to
select the site of the new Capital and
let the contracts for the State build
ings. These Commissioners were the
Governor, David Butler; Secretary of
State, Thos. P. Kennard; and the Aud
itor of State, John Gillespie. They
were, before the 13th of July, 18G7,
continhetl. to grow, and incrcasp - in
wealth and population at a ratio that
has astonished the world a4 well as
on; selves. Our common school sys
tem was perfected, our public Institu
tions for the education of' the masses,
oriuerenei ot the sunenng were or
ganized and developed, and generally
on a scale so liberal as to excite the
wonder of all strangers who happened
to visit us. Railroads have been built
all over the State, one may say. The
ground for the tT. P. was broke Decem
ber 3d, 18G3, and in '64 was in full blast.
Shortly after the Sioux City & Pacific
opened up the northern country some
what, and the 1$. &, M. the region
south of the Platte. The fame of our
soil and the cheapness of our lands at
tracted the attention of the emigrant
from all parts-. The western townships
of the river counties filled up and on
ward and westward the tide pushed.
Out along the U. P. they swarmed,
and towns and villages iucreased and
grew with every change of the- moon.
Up the Elkhorn they rushed, and sodn
the yellow banks were in the midst of
a thickly settled population; out on the
Loup,4 and down the Republican, south
of the Platte, they have opened new
counties and incorporated new towns,
and started newspapers until from a
few towns that a child could remcia
ler in '33 easy, it now takes a good
sized Directory to enumerate them, and
from counting the counties on your
ten fingers, it took a whole Legislature
to name them all last Winter; as for
the newspapers they have grown to
over one hundred. Not only have we
increased thus marvelously, but the
country has turned out much more val
uable than any one of the early settlers
supposed it ever would or could.
It is day by day being proven that
not only can we raise great crops of
corn and wheat, oats and potatoes, but
thal we have coal, lime, marl, bitumen,
lire-clay, and salt; great forests of tim
ber and acres of natural soda. We
have become a great fruit country.
We have taken the prize for peaches j
and built more "dug-outs" ami sod j
houses than any other State in the
Union. We imnaged to poll last year
more churches than we have preachers
and more literary and Iraivy men than
we have newspapers for them to write
in, and this must end cur general
showing of the wealth of the State.
WATtrt COCRSES.
Three large rivers traverse the plains
Of Nebraska from west to east, dividing
its surface into three-nearly parallel
valleys, of vast extent. These river
are the Platte, the Republican and the
Niobrara, called also L'eau Qui Court,
or swift running water. Of these the
Platte is the largest, and occupies the
central position dividing Nebraska al
most equally, north and south. Its
source is in the snows of the Rocky
mountains, which, form two large
streams called the north and south
forks of the Platte these streams
unite about three hundred miles west
of the Missouri river, and from thence
this river wends its swift way to its
junction with the Missouri at the city
of Plattsmouth, some twenty miles
south of Omaha. A word about the
derivation of tne name. Old maps
originally called it the Platte or Ne
braska river. Platte being the French,
and Nebniska the Indian for flat water,
descriptive" of its broad, level channel
or bed. This valley forms a natural
highway, which the Union Pacific has
taken advantage of to construct its
track, which is, comparatively speak
ing, almost as level as a floor. The
principal tributaries of the Platte, on
the north are the Loupe Fork and the
Elkhorn. The latter stream rises in
the northern part of the State and
flows southeasterly over a hundred
miles, emptying into the Platte about
fifty miles, from its mouth. Resides
these two streams there are still fur
ther west, Wood River and Prairie
Creek, which drain the counties of
BaiI:ilo, Hall, Merrick and Dawson
Wood River being some 100 miles in
length. On the south there is but one
tributary of importance, Salt Creek,
which rises in Lancaster county, flows
through the great Salt Basin, passes
the State Capital and empties into the
Platte about thirty miles above its
mouth. Its principal tributaries are
BARNUM'S HOTEL,
Cot, Broadway and Twentieth Street,
NEW YORK.
ON KOTII AMERICAN & EUROPEAN TL.VNS.
Complete vith all modem improvements ;
rooms en miite and single ; private parlors,
hatlis, elevators, &c. locution unsurpassed,
heinjr in the very centre of fashion aud brilliant
New York life. Jn proximity to Churches and
places of Amusement, and Ird & Taylor's,
Arnold & Constable's and .1. & C. Johnston's
Dry Hoods palaces. The hotel is under the
management of A. S. Hamuli), formerly of Bar
man's Hotel, Paltimore; I. N. tureen, of Iay
ton, Ohio, and recently of New 'Vork, and Free
man liurnum.of Burn urn's Hotel) St. Louis.
21-tf.
McGuire & Co.,
Wholesale, and Retail Dealers in
Jason
Dealer in
Streight,
Confectionery.
Fruit, Cigars,
Smoking Tobaccos
and
Foreign
AND
Domestic
m
ft
A large and well selected stock of
Bourbon, Rye & Monon
gahela Whiskeys
Constantly on hand. Our connection w ith the
firm of RindskofT Pros., Distillers, enables us
to sell at the lowest market rates. .
Sole Jlgdits
For the Celebrated
Hungarian
Fancy Groceries.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
New Boot and Shoe Firm.
Karchcr & Klinbcl,
Boot & Shoe Makers,
Slain Street, opposite Platte Valley House,
PLATTSMOUTH. - - - NEB.
NEBRASKA HERALD JOB OFFICE,
NEWLY FITTED UP,
Now Type, and 2cy Material
Call and see our new lot of LEGAL BLANKS.
All descriptions of work dVm.i in the printing lino.
New Press,
FINE CALF SEWED BOOTS made to order
in yood style.
All kinds of men's boots and shoes made and
repaired.
We are fully prepared to do
Every Kind and Style of Printing.
Send In your orders for
LETTER HEADS. ENVELOPES, POSTERS, DODGERS, d-c.
.1 . I - II - - C " " ! . I I l-l- I . I I
Has on hand, he of the largest stocks of
and Gents burnishing Goods for Spring
l-'-Ct.
F. KL1NUBEL.
Book for tiio Million
about 2.j,Uji) votes for President,and in a ,
, . .. j. , , , . I latte Iuvt-r, owni"- to the porous
shut us olT entirely, we shall be shov
ing our wheat and our corn in the mar
ket squares of London, ami our beeves
and sheep under the very no:s of the
old Bostonians and Yankees who not
long ago thought us barbarians froiu
the Great American Desert.
Main Street,
FLATTSMOUTII, - - -21
-ly.
NEBRASKA.
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER KNOWN.
Fourth Grand Gift Concert
nature of the soil, seldom overflows. or T,,J"
and its valley is scared the ravages of i PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY.
this scourge of other countiies This!
MARRIAGE!! A private counsellor to the
GUIDE. Married or those nlioutjto rnar
l 'ry on the physiological myste
ries and revelations of the sexual system, thf
latest discoveries in producing and preventing
oiVspriiijr, how to preserve ihe complexion, &c.
This is Kii interesting vork of two hundred
and twent -four p;i.es. with iiim.i loin engrav
in:s. and cont;uns valuable information foi
those who are married. r eouteuiplalinir nuir
riage. Still, it is a book that oujjlit to be kept
under lock and key, and not laid eurclesylj
about the house.
."sent to any one (free of postage) for .V) cents.
Address Dr. Butts' Dispensary, No. U N. 8th
street, St. Louis, Mo.
and Summer.
iiij store.
Xotice to the Afflicted and Unfortunate
Before applying to the notorious quacks who
advertise in public papers, oc using any quack
remedies, perns;- Dr. Butts' work, .no matiei
what your disease is or how deplorable youi
condition.
Dr. Butts can be consulted, personally or by
mail, on the diseases mentioned in his works.
OHice. No. 12 N. Eight street, between the Mar
ket and Chesuut. St. Louis. Mo. Uec2-ly
. .
St. Louis & Southeastern
Railway.
CONSOLIDATED.
"NASHVILLE SHORTEST LINE."
And Direct Route to
uuon actual view, to select from the
I l-m.lj rvf tbo Sittito n ciii t nlilp sito nf
they can effect such change at once ,' A, . . , .
t t. XL i r , tI i, x not less than C40 acres lying in one
body. This land was immediately to
be surveved and laid off in town lots,
through the ballot lox. It i3 idle to !
talk of a people's party when the peo
ple have one parly in the field who so
far, at least, has emphatically been a
party for the farmer and the masses,
and one that has faitli fully punished
fraud and corruption whenever found
in its ranks.
THE REPCBLICAN CENTRAL COM
MITTEE OF CASS COUNTY
Met in the Court House at Plattsmouth
on Thursday August 14th, pursuant to
call; John A. MacMurphy in the chair
kiid E. A. Kirkpatrick, Secretary.
On motion it was decided to call the
precinct caucus for e;ich precinct on
Saturday, snrT. 13tb,
at the times and places made known
in the "Cull", also to hold tlieir Ilepub
lican County Convention at Weeping
"Water on
Saturday, Sept. .20ih,
at one o'clock. The apportionment of
delegates was revived, and after a fair
and full debate, it was resolved that
ihe basis of representation should be
the Republican vote of 1372 for Mem
ber of Congress, each precinct to have
one delegate for every 20 votes, ami
one for each fractional vote over ten,
the "Call" is mode out accordingly.
Republican County Convention.
Pitrsuant to call the Republican Cen
tral Committee met at Court Hou.e
Hall in Plattsmouth, August 14th, and
decided to call a County Convention at
Weeping Water Falls on
Patuitdat, Si:pt. 20th, 1873,'
at the hour of 1 oVlock p. m., for the
purpose of putting in nomination the
following County ollicerst
County Clerk,
County Treasurer,
Sbetifr,
Probate Judge,
County Surveyor, -
County Coroner,
Co. Sup't Public Instruction.
Co. Commissioner, 1st District.
The haffia of representation and the
hour and place of holding primary
conventions was fixed fcrr the 13th of
September as follows: the 1st, 2d, 3d
and 4th Wards in the city of Platts
mouth, to meet at the usual place of
holding elections, or at some place to
be designated by the Committeemen of
tlx Wards, at the hour of 7" o'clock;
fhe 1st Ward dia!l be entitled to 1 del
egates; the 2d to 3; the 3d to 3; the
4th to 3. Eight Mile (Jrove to meet at
Eight Mile CiTcve school bouse at i
o'clock, and shall be entitled to 4 dele
gates. Elmwood at Rolling Green
chcol bouse at 4 o'clock p. r.u and en
titled to 3-delegates. Liberty at Tay
lor's Sehool houe at 4 o'clock p. rn and
entitled to 3 delegate. All rfther pre
cincts to meet at the usvfcl place of
holding elections at, the lrenr of 4
o'clock p. rrJ., and entitled to represen
tation as follows: Plattsmouth Pre
cinct 3 delates; Oreapolis, 2; Rock
Rlufs, 4 ; Ay oca, 3; Mt. Pleasant, 5;
Lcmisville, t ; Weeping Water, 7 ; Stove
Crock, 3 Elinwood, 3j South Bend, 2;
fe:rft Creek, 8; Green woo., 4', Tipton,
9, JO. A. MACMUKT1IY, ,
Chairman Rep. Central Com.
fit, Kini?FTriCK, Ste'jv
blocks, streets, &c, "which shall be
kiiown as Lincoln, and the same is
hereby declared to be the permanent
seat of Government of the State of Ne
braska." These lots and lands were afterwards
to be sold to the highest bidder, and
the same was to be kept as a State
Building Fund, out of which all the
public buildings necessary for the
transaction of the State business were
to be built, free of liny other expense
to the State.
The site selected was in Lancaster
County, just east of the Great Salt Ba
sin and the first land sale took place in
September, 1807.
LINCOLN
Oil All A.
Ferhaps no better idea of the growth
and history of the State in a financial
cr populational point of view can be
given than that of Omaha itself. It
seems but .yesterday when it was a
straggling village with a little clump
of buildings around the Douglas House,
another down on Farnum st., between
13th and 15th, and soma suburbs out
towards the Great Western Brewery,
which seemed to be way out of town
on a dry and dusty country road. The
Herndon. now the offices of the Union
Pacific R. R. Co., was a gaunt, bare pile
of bricks standing ail alone by itself
on the river bank and seemingly acres
away from the civilized part of the
town. Many a time, in years gone by,
has the writer driven into Omaha from
the north and crossing the creek where
Hall's Foundry now stands, would
water the horses for the last time "be
fore we got to Omaha." The bridge
was a little low affair then and on ris
ing the hill on the south side we could
see the lignts gleaming morniy up
alKut the Douglas House, then the
great stopping place, and would shout,
"hurrah! we're almost tiiere' It is
useless lo tell the residents of the State
that I tali's 'foUndry js in one of the
thickest settled parts of the town. As
fact is applicable also to the other riv
ers and streams of Nebraska, owing to
the same fact, and also to the deep
channel which the swift current cuts.
The porosity of the soil enables the
water of these rivers to penetrate to a
great distance, which accounts, in a
great measure for the extreme fertility
of their valleys.
The Republican River is next in size
to the Platte. It rises in Colorado,
llows through a corner of Kansas, and
thence northeast into Nebraska, where
it follows a general easterly and south
easterly course, returning again into i
Kansas. Tlie valley of this river is j
! from eight to ten miles wide, and is
considered exceptionally good for graz
J ing purposes, being well watered aud
covered with a luxuriant growth of
various kinds of grasses. For the hist
year or two the immigration to the
Republican valley has been constantly
increasing. It is the favorite grazing
ground for v;ist herds of buffalo and
elk, autelelope and deer. Some of the
principal streams which empty into it
are: lied Willow Creek, Medicine
Creek, Stinking Water, Spring Creek
and Turkey Creek. The Republican
runs in Nebraska about 150 miles,
draining some eight thousand square
miles.
l'i,GOO CAS3I GIFTS 3,50y,OGO
Ftery Fifth Ticket Draws a Gift.
8250,000 FOlt 850.
Belle-rille,
Centra I ia,
Cairo,
Siiaricetorrn,
Ecaitsn'fe,
Memjihis,
Vicktilairt,
Mont'jomery,
Mobile,
New Orleans,
Gal cento n.
Naslt cille,
Chattanooga,
Atlanta,
Jfawn,
Charh'Htown,
Xacannsth,
Kno.vcille,
Rtistol,
Lynffibiirg.
Richmond,
Norfolk,
And rM Points
tV I Invite everybody in want of anything In my line to call at i
South Side Main, Between Fifth and Sixth Streets.
And convince themselves of the fact. Ihnvens.i specialty In inv IJ' fail Department a sele
stock of Pine Clothing for M'.-n and lioy to which wo invite'thoue who waist j.'oids.
i.if I also keep on hand a inrge and well selected ."leek of Hats, Caps, Roots and-Shoes. 8-10
3L.. IE"1. JOKIsrSOlT,
W Opposite the Platte Valley House, in Schlater's Jewelry Store.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
ST. LOUIS,
.aL-n-'.i - vial veMiiST?
DECKER BROS.. ZitJXJl
G. A. MILLF,
r.5
BUKDET
SMITH'S AM'N
A X h HOSTO N.
ORGANS.
o s.
vh thi Jfirst-dass -pianos anb Organs.
Wholesale and He tail Deiderin Si iintf, Sheet Music, v.nd all kind of MusieM Merchandise
Mimical IxsTitCMKVrs T lined and Iicpaired S3!l-fa-!ion (iuaiaiitt i d. 8-ntf.
CHOICE TOWN LOTS FOR SALE
The Fourth ;rand tli't Conceit authorized
hy specinl act of the legislature li.r the henelil
oi me Puliie Library of Kentucky, will lake
place in Public Liorary Jiali, at Louisville, Keu
mcky, on
Wednesday, December 3d, 1ST3.
Only Sixty Thousand Tickets will be sold and
or.e-iiait ol these are intended for the Euro
pean MarKct, thus lean only ;t.noo for the
l nited States where JiiO.iM) were disposed of
for me 1 hint Concert, i tie tickets are t: idea
i:ilo ten coupons or pat is, and have on the OacK
tne Nciimic wall a lull explanation of tue mode
of drawing.
At tiiis toticert, which will he .the grandest
musical display ever witnessed ia this country,
ine uupreceuemed sum ol
$1,500,000,
divided into 12.;H cash gifts, w ill he distributed
by lot among lie t:c.et lioidcrs. The numbers
ol tiie tickets lo be drawn iroia one wueel by
blind chiiurt n and the gilts lrom another.
LIST OF GIFTS:
OXH C1KAXD ( ASH t;iFT ?2r-O,000
O.NK t;i;AM t'ASil til FT loo.OW)
OSK tlKA.ND CASH lilr i .rl.W0
ti.Mi (.liANh I'AMi liH T 1:5,000
O.VK (lUANll t'AMi til FT Km
10 CASH (ili-'is jfHi.ooo each 1cti.(X.O
ai CAM! til ITS 5,ih.io cacii..w lVi.ow.-
& I'AMI tiiFTS l.iiii facn 5u,(H!0
o CASil till IS art) each lc.cim
1 Cash GIFTS -HKi eacit .-oo
Ifi.i CASti (ilFIS :hki each 4.r.MKi
ivo CASH till-' IS -fxi -;icll ;"().(p(,o
;o i ami tilt im iiNit.iri, :i'.-A
ll.isw CASH 1,11-1 S ;":0 e;teii ZSf.txot
South nntl Souilicast.
fiOOL) UEASOXS WHY this is the preferred
ltoute.
IT IS Till OXI.Y LINK mnnirg Ptillman
Pahn-e Drawhjif K(oui S'.cej.frg Caii through
from .St. J.i;i it to Nashville without change.
IT IS Till! ONLY LINK under one manage
ment between these iiiis.
IT IS TliK ONLY LINK hv which passen
gers can save from cj tu iiki miles travel, and
from six to twenty-four hours time. j
IT IS CrtKAPKIt from St. Louis to i
Nashville than the circuitous route via. Louis- !
ville.
Ot'lt MOTTO : ;
QUICK TI?E
GOOD CARE!
CLOSE CONNECTIONS !
Xewand rkgant dav coaches q!!ipK-d with
the AVe:lny;housp A'.r lliake and the Miller
coupler and Plat form ssre t en in all trains.
Through Tickets on ;i!e and .sn:ivf check
ed at nil the principal Ticket O.liccs in the West
Asli
way.'
AT
tow tnm $ EASY TEHMS.
Z Tits can now he hnuzht in Duke's Artditlon to the City of I'i.itu.nomh, at prices ranging
from $ to $W and on terms so f.u--y that perstn9 with
THE SMALLEST INCOME MAY MEET THEM.
For those who want town projK'ily either to hoM for a speculation r to hiiilJ
upon, this is a rare ch.iuee to pet it. These lots are in a delightful
loeation, and :ire dotted over with a
or tickets via the "oonthea.terri UkU-
K. T. WINSLOW.
tlrn'l Manager. M. Leuis.
V. B. DAYENPOKT
Gen'l Ticket .Agent. St. Louis.
Young' and JK'alitiltil Growth of Forest Trees.
At this title the hite of the Capital j late as 5-C this description would hold
was one broad prairie at least forty j gl. that time what a change,
miles from nowhere, with scarcely a j !olM Mtxks of brick have gone up, the
bush, shrub or louse in sight. The en- : KTfHt bottom east of the old Herndon
ergy and iersevercnce of the Commis- is nearly covered with buildings south
sinners made a great success of the land ' Oiaaha, over in the Hazel-brush, is a
and lot sales. The whole world seem- ! line city alone, and lGth street is built
ed to be crazy to buv lots in Lincoln, ! 1 fr two miles north. A new post
I
and the funds rolled in on a grand ti
dal wave of success. The state House, ' Central JTotel, c
Insane Asylum, and University were world, TT tin ished. The great L. P.
built; stores and houses went up as if ; Dejiot planned out and a city of over
by magic; solid blocks of brick and 20,00:) p?ople stands where we used
stone seemed to be created bv the wand 1 to watch for the darning lights of the
! nfUfo w np'irlv 'ini r.U't f 1 Tli l.raml
Central JTotel, one of the finest in the
of some conjuror, and in 1S70 Lincoln
had a ioplation of 2400, and it is now
(1873, estimated at six or seven thous
and soula. The country about there
ha3 kept pace with the town, and beau
tiful farms, fine out-buildings, and
magnificent young hedges greet the
eye on every hand as we approach our
proud young Capital of five years'
growth.
The first regular session of any Leg
islative body held at Lincoln assem
bled on January 7th, 18fl9. The reports
of the Building Committee or Land
Commissioners were overhauled pretty
thoroughly, and although much fault
was found with some of their acts, they
were on the whole approved ?.nd oar
state seemed to be moving along in
harmony and ieace.
flov. Butler had been re-elected in
the fall of 'GH, this being his second
term of office. He wsts re-nominated
and again elected for the third term in
70, which caused great dissatisfaction
in many quarters. The next Lrgishv-
ture met in January '71,
iness was the
States Senator in the place of Gen.
John M. Thayer. It resulted in the so- 1
old "Douglas."
In the same ratio, and proportionally
to their situation and surroundings has
beeli the history of the towns and vil
lage3 of the State from '04-5 to date.
1S7M.
The last Legislature of the State met
in January of this year, and true to
tradition and usage they brought up a
Capital removal bill, but the day had
gone by for that and it fell to the
grotiU'L
Our present ftjtate officers are: K. V.
j Furnas, Governor; J. J. Gosper, Secre
tary of State; J. 15. Weston, Auditor;
II. A. Koenig, Treasurer: J. It. 'Web-t-ter,
Attorney General; J. M. McKcn
zie, Sup't Public Instruction. Our
Senators are 1'. V. Hitchcock, fmd J.
W. Tipton; Uepresentative, Hon. L. L.
Crounse, of Ft Calhoun, Washington
county.
The imputation of the State in 1870
was 122,093, and by careful estimates
since made fp -m the record of the State
Sup't of Immigration and the Railroad
i, i.-eiirsi. ims- j jejuni Agencies, it is thought we have
election of a United nr rW(.t ,-) ono ru... !ii :ir ti.o if
i r e nave .an excellent common st p.ooi
system. High schools are springing
lection of lion. 1. W . Hitchcock for
the long term of six years.
This business over, the very next
move was lo call for an investigation
in regard to all the acts of the Land
Commissioners and of David Butler in
particular. The result of the investi
gation was an impeachment trial which
lasted the whole session nearly, and
during -which ll fact in regard to the
location of the Capita!, the sale of lots,
&c, were pretty thoroughly ventilated,
and the Governor was impeached.
W. H, James, Secretary of State, be
come acting Governor, which
tfctfi Ikj filled until the election of "73,
PEXKKAL llISTOBT.
DiK-fraTr tUtftf 7af tb State had
up all over land, and by the report of
tho Sup't of Public Instruction for
1872, we see that we have 43 organized
counties represented, 1,410 districts,
and 51,12:? children. The total wages
of teachers in the r?tate amounts to
291,4975.44. .The 'value of the school
houses ar S73U.099, and 'the total ex
penditures r 1872 are 8534,095.97.
Some " difference between this and W.
E. Harvey's modest little report in
lHC.Od. Our . University under the
able management of Chancellor Ben
ton numbers 105 students (Dec. 1872).
P011" j The Agricultural farm will be i-netl
in the Spring. A good Cabinet and
Museum w in progress and they had
The Niobrara Itiver runs
the northwestern part of Nebraska
from its western boundary, preserving
a generally easterly course and forming
a part of the. northern boundary of the
State, before uniting with the Missouri
TOTAL. 1-.I.0O0 GIFTS, AIL-l'AiiH,
aiiioiintinjr to $i,5ofi,r,oo
The disn ili;tion v ill he nositive whether all
I the licKcls are s.nl or not, unit the Il'.ikki ;ilts
I ail paid in proportio'i to the tickets sold -ail
through j unsold tickets oeiui; destroyed as at the f ir-t
aim ecoiiu . oucens anu not rcpiesemcu in
liie i!.-a wilier.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets. ..V ; Halves, j?i5 : Tenths, or
e:wi coiiHn, jn ; Kieven Whole Tickets for
t.V;o; Tickets for 5 I.mhi ; 1 1.1 Whole 1 ickels
for Si"i.iKci ; l'.T Whole TicKets Lr tftll.Ooo. No
disi'oiiut on less taau s.Vn worth of Tick-ts at a
Comparatively little is known of this j time. ,.,..
, , , , , , I he nnparallelled niccess of the Third Cift
section of Nebraska, although settlers Conceit as wi-U as the saiisf;,ction jjivi n hy ll.e
i r irsi ana reconu, makes h oiiiv necessarv io
Which add materially to their value.
Parties wishing to pi:n?h.t'e or look at lhes lots, will he shewn them, erjjiven any Irs for
mation doired, hv c:t!l;i:j on P. T. DI'KKorL. D. iKXLlf, Lxecntors i l ihe Lsl.ite of S.
Dl'KK or D. H. WilKKLLt: . ft)., and UAUN PS & POLLOCK. Pea. i '.stall; A-nts.
Korcash the aliove prices will he discounted ten percent.
Plnttsmoilth, XchrasKa, OColief ."u ls.i;.
LOW RESER70IR
BLOOM
8c
CO.,
are coming in near its junction with
the Missouri. Surveyors and other ex
plorers have reiHjrted that considerable
forests of pine are to be found along
this stream and its tributaries, ami also
other varieties of timber. It comprises
among its branches Snake liiver, Pir.e
Creek, and the Keya Paha liiver, which
also iorins a part of the northern
boundary of Nebraska. -
In addition to the above mentioned
rivers, the Big and Little Blue, with
their various forks i;nd the creeks
emptying ifto them, the Nemaha and
Little Nemaha, furnish southeastern
Nebraska abundantly with water.
The water of all the streams, with per
haps the exception of a portion of Salt
Creek, which flowing through the Salt
basin, becomes impregnated with sa
line qualities, is pure and clear, a bles
sing alike to man and beast and to
every herb of the field.
'Logan Creek is a considerable stream,
midway between the Missouri and the
Eikhorn, passing through a very beau
tiful and fertile country, draining the
western part cf Dakota county, the
Union Reserve, Burt aud Washington
counties, and emptying into the Llk
horn a few miles above Fontenelle.
Numerous other and smaller stream?,
affording splendid water power and
watering beautiful and luxuriant val
leys abound in different parts of the
State.
announce the round to insure the prompt saie
ot every ticket. Tne Fourth f.itt Concert will
lie coiulucted in all its details like the Third,
and fail particulars may he learned from circit
l:irs whim will he sent" lice from this olhce lo
all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready lor sale ahc! all orders ac
companied hy the money promptly filled. Lib
eral terms given lo those who huy to seii again.
THOS. F. BRA M LETT,
A (rent rtthlie Iahrary. Ky.. and Manager flift
Concert. Public Libr:trj iUnldin, Louisville,
Kentucky. Jlwts
TELEU11A3IS BOILED DOWN.
Friday Aug 15th.
A convict at Michigan City, Ind
attempted to murder the deputy
warden, Mr. C. A. Manning with a
broadax, but wa3 fatally shot by Mr.
Manning who escaped with few
injuries.
Sunday Aug 17th.
A terrible accident occurred on the
Chicago,- Alton, & St Louis, II. It. la.st
night by which eight persons lost their
lives and a number more were severely
injured. A freight traiu collided with
a passenger, smashing the engine
the boilers of which exploded filling the
smoking car with steam", and severely
scolding a large number. The accident
is said to be due to the freight train's
cash or hand '-M,4o7.$5, We Hive i ruening on the passenger tram ttm.-
NfiDMa State RliF, 1873.
I STATE BOARD OF AGEIOULTURE,
Lincoln, Sep. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6,
Open to the World!
$15,000, Cash, & 16 FARiviS
OFF LP ED AS PPHMIOIS.
Send to Secretary for Premium List.
I'snal U. It. accommodations on Nebraska Hail
Ponds, and one fare and one fifth charged on the
C. P.. & i. It. P., from Chicago, for the Pound
Trip. Tickets pood to return until Sept. 20th.
11. W. FL'P.N'AS. Prcst.
Lincoln, Neb.
. 1). II. WHEKLP.lt, Sec.,
Plattsmouth. Neb. 13-4
Great Public Sale
up
Short Horn
AND
I will sell at public sale, without reserve or
by-hiddtn;:. at my residence ten miles iiortli
weM of Nebraska City, and one mile southwest
of i'ac' ryviile, Cass County, Neb., on
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST QOili, 187;,
Fifteen head of Thoroughbred Herd P.ook Hew
ers and Hulls more iti.m half of which v. in
Prize animals, an. I an" as tineas there are in the
world. Five of the PdN were bred by such
preeders as Warheld Havis and Ludcth. of
Kentucky, and C. ". Parks, of Illinois, and one
iiiiwrted Pull. The heifers ottered ale all with
calf, bred in Kentuck and Illinois.
Also tiftv head of tirade Cattle, consisting""
Cows. lienor s;nd Pull Calves, some irrnded as
hiiih a-s ir.-ti-th blood. Fifteen head ol young
horses ami eolts of lio'h scxt.
Will :.!sii sell ten or fifteen head of first class
Berkshire iloir. im-iudim; the prize lioj;s at tlie
suite F:ifr held in lsT-J. Tlie s;ilewi!l be con
ducted upm the principle of all first class Mock
alcs gotten up in Illinois er Kentucky.
" TKPM3 :
All sums of ten dollars ami under, cash. Over
that am mut a credit of twelve month will be
then, purchaser pivins satisfactory note bear
iiip: in kt cent, interest from lste, until paid.
All thoroughbred stock put on thv ears free.
t'oneviinces will he ai IoHrofi & Ihllotl's
Stalde iti Nebraska Ci: v ots nmminc of S.ile, to
convey nrsons from a dist.uicc. to place of sale,
ssale to commence) at la o'clock a. m. ,
U-3t. JAXrS M. M-enW
r
BLOOM &. co , WV?,
nre Suited to all Climates;
AND F A1IOUS FOB
TO U32I
CHEAPEST TO BUT I!
EASIEST TO SELL HI
vWf(-' Famooa fur doiag Dor n4
BETTER COOKING.
VFi " . ivirti t-
Qalekcr end Cheaper
-ll1' TV C ..,
FAMOUS FOB cryiKd
Satisfaction ZTervrhara,
and Enxa
firm
BOYS A IVD CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
HATS, CATS. ROOTS, AND SHOES,
Blankets, Rubber Goods, Trunks, Valises etc.
ewi5i-
''Jm r vV 1
TO TUB
nm of mil mmu
EXCELSJoik AlANti (.'OMI'AXY,
ST. LOFPs, MO. - '
AND
E.T.Duke&Co
.Main Street, Second Poor Pit t of Court Hw, -
PP.ANCII HOU.Si:--Proa.lv.ay. Council Phi.Ts. Io.ra.
nalt wuouth, NehruAka.
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
Down Go the Prices !!
PLATTSMOUTH, NKB.
19-ly
AT
The Best !
j
IS THE CHEAPEST !
Ike w
Celebrated
V Q n K
STO
V. J. 3IETTEEU
Has a larjrc and giioi assortment cf Farm Ma
chinerv. The .Ntarsh Harvester, a Peaper that two oh
can cut and bhid ten acres K-rday. with one
uiiin to drive, and the binders can work iu the
bhatle.
S'i3(h"s;ost Corner Muin .Street, riattsmouth, Xebnuskx
AND SO TIIE PEOPLE TRINE WHO BUY
SS El IT C5E5.
Coots and Shoes,
Drcs.s dooils, Prints,
I)i-!:iines, Giuphx i
Dleaclied Cottons,' . '
Clark's new
ajMSEli j7r .y -.
F. J. METTEER,
Main Street, Comer 6th.
Thread,
In tho Grocer j line vc keep
Yiiovcn Sheeting,
Balmoruls, Carni-tF,
Cotton Yarna
the Fixest and 13est
Drk'u Fruits,
Tea, Coffee. Suar, 2Iol:i5es.
.Si'iiccs, etc., etc.
In fact for Your Groceries, Hardware,
Queensrfro,- AVoo.len Ware,
Glassware, ankce Xotions,
Hats and Caps, liooti and Shoe
0 TO
S3-tf.'
P &OHNAifiE 4 CO'