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SSJiilUiPfJ P06T CFFXC2 JSWSLSY 8l7S&-lUi ocd tSl rt tb ?" prtwe fbr cash. A tr-eH C2lecte2l 8cxj& tff Foreign aiiA Ainorioon WiUchos, LudiasGoiil Watcher and Cmua. solid Gold tun Wtv?i Srrttfl, King, "ixjrft &fi. A largo assortment of Clocks headquarters for Lai-shes' Patent Accommodation Spectacles. Repairing done on short notice and all work warranted. Call and examine for yourselves. HERALD- ;tue herald. Published every Thursday at lXATTM3IOE."l'lI, .lbraska. Omoo On Main St., Bet. 24th .n Bth. Second Story. 9FF1CIAX PAPER OF COUNTY. CASS Terms, In Advance One cony. 0:13 year Ch:ecor7, -ix months '. .-; Oae t-y, tlir-- mouths I i i ii iiiiMim.n im i .$2.00 j .. l.uu ,. 50 ATTORNEYS ?,f TTECSK. Attorn" v nt l-iv. Ofi'ev on - - Main Strc-fl. over ( fisi-iiii-in's Dnvj St on. B;iePial intention (-iven to p.1!.- Uon of Chums. f. It. VHKELKit, J. W. STINCIH'OMU. TVhcir & i!uiIaco:nb, attoeneys at lav.-, -l y l'hittsmouth. Nefra.sk.i. 8AM. M. C HAPMAN". Cliupman i. 11. T. MAXWELL. 'ATTOltNFVS AT LAW Mid Solicitors la Cl::iiifeiy. if::e i. Fitt.-mld's Elovk, Flatts ioutll, Ne'eri.ska. fAR(rETT. SMITH & STAFHIKD, Attor---"- iii-ys a! I.:i'.v. 1'rneli'"." in :td tli eonris of the Stale. Sm-i i:il attention, fdvt-n to collect ions ami mutter of rro':;:t.-. Otliro o.-er the post oil'.ei, l'l:ittsinniith. Xfb. PHYSICIANS. " K. l.f VIN;sT. I'liysi'-iaa nml Sareon. Ternlers his protessioaal fer-. iee to the citizens of C:m iwituv. liesidf nee southeast conier .f Oak and Sil h streets ; o'tiee oa Main s'reet. one 1-Mir west f Lviaan'H Lumber Vai'd, llattsaioutli. Nebraska. INrjfltAXCi:. UIKKI.K!: r.KNN'irTT lte;d !tate and Taxa iie,' Ateiits. Notaries lNii.'ie. 1-ire and Life Insurance Agents. l'lailMaouth. Neb. plllll.i'S I'AlN.i: Cetn r;d Iiisnranep AT" id, Kepr. seals some of t!ie liiost relial !e Colll- -iiiies in Ihe I i.itetl Stat s. junT-vtf HOTELS. BliOOICS HOUSE, JOHN 1TTZ;LT;AL1, rroiaictor. Main Strft t, lxtwtl-n l'ifch A, Sixth. MISCELLANEOUS. lJIaUs:nou(li .taills. I1EISEL. I'roarietor. Have veeently ben 1 1 HKiSi.L. rroanetor. -' r i.:iif-d and idaire r M'air.-.l ami place. i la ii.oioazn luana- ..r.ler. leu .mx) l'.n-hels of Wheat wanted inline diately for which the hiohct luarkei irica will be paid. .4:Ktruct.S f TUW. ririZ ;;i"M EKI' ' VL SYSTEM The best iu use i'or (J.2ci'i''iiv.- cir-u!ars. adtlres. ACKLS. 15UVCKM AK S. CO.. r.urjiieitoa, Iowa. GilEEXIIOl'bE AND PLANTS. UEDDINU T1m aad t-to'iev saved l.v ordering of rip. I jiave the largest and best cuileet'.oa of Piaats vcr oib-red :or sj.Ie in the West. "ata!ot;aes trri.: Ssei IVTato. Cabbatre. Tomato, and olh-o- liants fr saie in their season. Address W. J. HE.Ss'EP.. Platlsaanah, Neb. I'CU A LOOK NEEIM'U HY ALL 5 i --t Th" test t oel- s TMb?'rhed m the Kir?e .-.ml tb.. ( tf.v. f.;b:-i.-.l iir;;:-. Moio'V inale ra('i.!!y t a 'c' '-- "';;::. i tla e I ivikj. Se;!d for i-ircu- Ia-.i. ' " I ; KTKi: . OA i i:s. I'l li-i'-. i i, ri.:;aiie!i'ii:a. l'a. FINS ART GA1 LER STr.jot -Trn.t'ht. Ani'T'inr." rnd pfies tr ..! til pi t'i: j.Iahi "r e..i.,re'.. cither ia ink . Bi. r'T'i. AM work le-al'.y i'H'cuuJ and war i::.vi to iJtl-:':"-ti'.a. . v . Lr.ON Ai.i, AriiM. U-lf Maia lt., rUit.smoatli, Xcb. MEW DRUG STORE- TTEiriN' W ATI-It, Mill. t:l. potter, a:. Eli in (;:: :s. ri vi:vH. iiTATn n ;:uy. CiOAh uaccv IMTrTVlN'.:-. PMXTS. :kk;ik. s i r ; o ? levf. Ii. GOLDING. Lvab-r ia et0T;5N."i. vruvirfTiv.; nro!s. hats, C VPS. TlooTS. s;n;.;s. TKl'NKS, VA LiSKS. C KT-K r LAGS, S.C, vt..'.. L.C., !&'... rt.i of the oMest aa l most ReUabl? ITouwn ta l-'.artsino ita. Maia sir.-et, between i ourta , S4 r kill!. ;r-KEMi:MCEU the place. n-tf. XEY STYLES. E. Ii. ELSTER, MERCHANT TAILOR. It is rrc-.-irt of the 2nf rt and i E T A yS.OHTM EXT :ASSiMi;it::s. ci.oT.ts. vesting, scotch t CwoiiS. li:tU FItlESKS, &c. I ., . ... ' This lif.rvailed Med;ein is warratued not to Ii fart, the lar'e-t at' I b" t assoi-tmetit 'f 1 eo!it;uu a ingie particle of Mercury, or any ir Cloths ev-r brought to ! !,;s city, which I an! j jurious miii'Tal Mili-tai-e. but is prepared to make up ;-!!. examine Goods. d to make tip " G'-' Lat-. s: htj ies i au j Mrs- A. D. Whilcomb, DRESS AXD CLOAK MAKER. IVxian three doors v.-ot of Frocks House. CUTTING AND FITTING HADE A SPECIALTY. as f-f all kinds constantly on hand v. J. W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE, d- LI VEIl Y STAItL E. Jfaiu strc t, Flatfaaoufh, Xcb. I fttn pre wivh red t-t a!:nm date the public f".oi-',5, C'arrbercs. Li!;uies, 'iVa;n,i, "and a No. 1 Ileaisv. On short notice and reasonable terms. A Kfk will run to tin .Mf.iTiil.oal Landing, Depot and all parts of the city L: n d;iied. ja-llf. Blacksmith Shop. C1IAS. X. TIFFANY, MT. PLEASANT, NEB. Begs leave to iiifi-rm the farmers of C.vss County that he k-ps a good No. t L A C K H 3T ITU ,S' O I' jne mile north of Mt. Pleasant. All kinds of Iron Work attended to. ".Vagons repaired, Farm Implements c irefully mended. Lowest prices, and ail work done on short notice. Grain received in payment. . Give a trial. 0b6. N. Tiffany. J. A. MAGMURPHY, Editor. Volume 9. Official Directory. CONGRESSIONAL. T. W. Tipton. Prov.-nville V. S. Senator. P. W. Hite!ie:ck. Om;.h:' . .U. S. Senator. L. CrouuHu, Ft. Calhoun. ltoprescntative. KXECL'TIVE. li. V,-. Faniai, rronnvil!n Governor. J. .?. floper, I.iiiccln '. See'y of State. .1. li. We-,ton. IteHtriee Auditor. If. A. Kniii;i, Cohmdms '. Treasurer. .1. K. Vehster. Crete Att'y tien. J. M. McKfiiie, Lincoln. . .Sua'r Pub. iiisiruc'n. JFDICTAKV, f:eo. V.. I'ike, Omaha Chief Justice. laaiel ;aiiti. Nelnika 'iiy. 1 Associate Just's. uiiuci iU.ixweii, I'ialts in, I'LATTSMOUTH. i Ii. It. TJiiiKs!o:i Mayor. rhelj's Taliie City clerk. j AVti. V.'intersteiu City Tre.-u-arer. j .1. W. tfaiues I'oJire Jmivre. I Miles Alorvan MaisJail. V. N. JohiLion Street CoiiiniisMoncr. aldi:i:?ian. 11 kmt Wakp.-J. Fityeml.j. II. S. Xevnnan. SKro.NI WARD. J. Wayman. C. Nichols. Tiiiuo Winn.-U. C. ciisliin. Thos. I'olloek. FuMiTii Wahu. It, Vivian, L. F. ..ohnsoa. CASS COl-'XTY. II. F. K'.lison lan"l McKinnoli. V. L. Hobb.s C. W. Wise Jacob Yaliery, i T. Clark i1. . l.yman James. ) J. W. Tliomas Probate Jude. County Clerk. Treasurer. Suj't l'ub. Instruct'!!. . .County Coiuuii-ssiouers. Coroner. Churches. 7A1TIST On the comer of Main and Ninth -- Kev. T. J. Arnold. Pastor. Serv !c's every Sabbath School Sabitatii. at 11 a. a:, and 7 J. in. ata'.a. in. 1'raycr meet iiijj every Wednesday CVCIlllll?. CJJ.IKISTIAX Sendee in ConjrriMiation Church a! 11 a. m. and : :M p. in. comer of lx-ut and sth stre.-ts. Cordial invitation extended to all classes to attend. I'PlscoPAL Corner Vine and Third streets. Minister. Sen ii e.s every Sunday at 11 : a. in. and s p. in. Sundav school at o p. :a. C'ATIloLIC North sideof Iliblic Sijaaro. ltev. ' Father iiobal. First Mass every Sabbath at -a"i a. in.. Second M;iss al.d sermon at l'i-:m. 'cs;er and Henediciieii at 7 p. in. JIasS at 8 a. ui. every week nay. irillST FKF.SliYT!:i:r..N North side of Main A street, west of f.lii, l;-v. W. T. liaille; Ser viees every S.tbbatii at 11 a. m. and7 p. m. Sall.;'Th S-liool r.l !- a, m. Prayer inectiag every Wednesday eveniny at S o'clock. AfKTJloniST E PI SCO PA f West side of cth ' 1 street scintlj of Main. Ib-v. C. McKeivicy Past":-. Services i-very Sabbath, at Je .. a. in., and T p. in. lYayer lace: in everv Thursday t eiiimr. Class uicciiaj: every Monday e-ni:ai, and immediately after close of sahhath morn ing services. Sabbath School at S an, M. li. Itci-s, Siipcriiitcadant. C?ONTA; del: 24 SeptenilMT hat die Oe'.ttsche Ev. I.eth. ;eai-!inls in ilireiii Schulhaas vor- j m:!t;:;:-; um 1! t'lir ioiteo!ienst. l.'e hcrhanpt ! li inlet derselbi voti jet.t a:i ri'U'eliaaessiic nilc 11 A aire -l.-stl. Minister, ltev. 1.. llaitliav. ;.!!. S.vlibai i school at 1 p. in.. Prof. d'A'.leinand, Superintendent. Lotlg-es. I O. O. N'o. 7. V. Keirnl;ir meelii!tr f I'lalte I.oiU'e 1. O. O. 1". every 'I Lmsilav eveaiii-' at Oib! Fi liv'v. s" Hall. Transient liiotiiers are cor dial! v ii;ud to vir-'tt. K E. CrXNIXGHAM. X. . 1Z '.t-fcx. Si'ifLKcn.. Sfeieiary. T O. O. F. Pl.ATr-Miil TM E.vcavi-mkn r N'o. :(. It'.'i.iilar Convocation-; tt:e I'd : n.l 4tb i"ri.l:v's of each mor.th at Odd Ke'!o-,vs' Hall mier.'til ainl Mam streets. Iran.ciit I'al ar,hs ccrdiahy iavi:ed t- visit. li. j, STUEiGiir, c. P. I U.NFWMAM. Scnbe. "TASONTC l'l.M rsMfifTII IOIX5K v c. a. C. & A. M If Jar m.-eiin-s ar ib.-ir U ..11 on the lir-' aad t!.i.-i Mond.w evcMiur-: of each Sjiiit. 1 raf!:.::-:it br-ibre'i riii;n i.i visit. U. P. LIVINGSTON, W. M. A. (I'Al.l r.MN', Sec. A fACOV Mr.:r-: No. A. F. & A. M. Itciru lar niv.-iia?s at Macov IIr.11, l;it ami ibird Fii.hu-; J. X. WISE, W. M. J. M. pKAHti.-I.KV. Sec. VKBKASKA HAITEK No.". It. A.M. Kec- - ui; iar ColU'H'atieiis seeo::l :inl fo'irtli Tues day evenins of each nn.iitii at 7 -. o'eiix-k i. m. H. It. LIVlNtfSTON, 11. P. IT. Nkwiian. Sec. T O. G. T. OLIVE RRVNTIT. No. ?. H. H. 15. dv.i i!. V. ;. T. : D. D. Vartimlal:. W : t. w. siiryiwk. Lo.!i;e Deputy, meets ,t i v f: PliiniTuer's Hall - erv eiinesilav ve- Clark iiie.i:. frnvchni; iempiars respectfully invited, rpi ltNVEUEIN.-The Turner Soei.-v meets at - Turners ilali In Giithm i'i's Pl;k. oa the firt and third Wednesdays of each month. A. Von Setiwaiietibcnr." Presiiteiil ; O'-oi-'e K-treher. Vice presideiit : II. Newman. Treas urer ; W. p.recd. Kecordimr se.-retary : Paul Urai.lseh. Corres'Minili.ig S.-. ret;.i-v ; 'William Turn Vart : Oswald Gath'man. War.len Hassier. Fir-t Tnni Wan : John p.ons. Seeoad Purissima et Optima. ITKLLY VEGATAItLE. ' For forty years it has pr.ed its croat value in ail diseases of t!:e Liver. liowels and Kidneys 1 ThotitamW of tiie j;m(1 ami pi-eat In all parts of the country ouch for its wonderful and peenliar now or iu nitrify im' the blood, stiitiiilaiiinr tlic ! torpid liver and bowels, and imraninu ffew lifi ami vigor to the whole system. Simmons Liv- er lii as a ulator is acknowledged to have no equal LIVER MEDICINE. It contains four medical elements, never unit ed iu the same happy proiHrtioit in any oiber preparation, viz ; a geni le 'Cathartic, a wonder ful Tonic, an na -exceptionable Alterative and a certain Corrective of all iui'iiiriti.-s of the hod v. j Such siiiiiai succcs has atiei.ded its use, that it IS now regarded as the GREAT VX FAILING SPEtTFIC. for Liver Coiai laint and the painful offspring thereof. to-wit; .Dyspepsia, t'oustipatioii. In pr.-ssion of Spirits j Sour Siomach, Heart U.ini. c. &.c. Regulate tin Liver and prevent CHILLS AND FEVER. Prepared only by J. If. ZITLIN & CO. Drugirists. Macon. Ga. Send for a Circular i and Kfl An-h street. i Price by mail l.a y Philadelphia l'a. f For Sale by j:ir.4-wly J. H. Buttery, Plattsmnuth, Xeb. MONEY SAVED EY Buying Your Greenhouse and ! n u tit . i ueaamff riams AT THE Picnic Cxardcn FiONT send Ead for Plants when you ci-n frt just as good f..r h-ss monev nearer ln'iii". T my numerous lrimds ami patrans 1 mini I say that I have tiic largest and best stock of plants eer oiTer.-d for sale in the W est, and at reasonable prices. Re sure ami send for my Aciv S5cstripl!ve Catalogue. which will be sent free to all who apply for It. Then give pse your orders, anr I feel coiul lent I I can satisfy you. AlATt, W .T ILESSFK I 1t ! DARWIN. For;thennilcl. Thereiiiino God,"a5fool once said. And withjihat thought, he went to .bed ; Fdew out the light, put his night cap on. And kept a thinking on. and on. Ho thought to himself, howstrango.this la, To be In such a sphere as this, Xot knowing whence I coino or go. From somewhere nowhere, hcrcibelow. My ancestors, who knows, were cats. And lived by catching mice and rats ; : Or else, perchan.'c, Our.mg Outangs, With clubs and slicks for boomerangs. What wiirhty progress I have made Since this world's fabric first was hdJ. Who could believe the fall of man In contrast with so grand.a.plan? Tb-e human voice, if that were all. For such a hideous caterwaul ; Or what amounts to the same matter An Aie or liaboon's senseless clatter ! Selection natural as elfs. The self-hoed of the inner self. The Darwin scheme of Darwin's plan, An Ape or Monkey turned to man. There is no God, a fool ouce said, The thought ne'er came from out his head ; In that he made a fearful start. He only said it in his heart. THE (JIITL ACROSS THE WAY. A tlTTLE BOV'H VALEMIXK. Little girls across the way. You are so very sweet, I -shouldn't be a bit surprlred Ii you were good to eat. If I was a great t ig cannibal I'd give an awful cough When no one was a-looking, Aud I'd cany you riht off. Eut I'm not a great big cannibal, -1 don't like evenluiice. And so to eat a little girl Might not be very nice. But what I'd like, if you would to, Would be to go and play Well, all the time, and all my life. On your side of the way. I'd rather have you come to me If you would run across ; , Only my Ma objects to girls, And it might make her cross. 1 don't don't kuow.anybody yet On your side of tbe street, liut often 1 look over there And watch j oa you're so sweet ! Some day when all the blinds are shut. And Sis is inside thrummiii', (She's taktn' music lcstx-ns now)' And Caere ain't any horses coiain', I'll run across and turn your ro:e, Or pull you in your wax-a ; Put don't you tell that 1 said so, 'Cause they might cad it braggiu'. When I am big, I tell you what, I won't care what they say, 1"! go across, and stay there too. On your side of the way. OUR SALT LAKE LETTER. Salt Lake, Aug. 15. Mr. Editor: I do not su'in.;se it will be necessary for me to d-scribe this City of Zion, as nearly every one l ... , , , t ... ,..:u I yynuii irom e,e o tua.. .,u. ; say that it-is ltua out in tne valley, ai the foot of the mountains, on ground enough undulating to give the water running in the gutters of the streets, in most part3 of the city, a quite rapid and healthy appearance. The city is about four miles square and contains about 25,000 inhabitants. The Hocks are forty rods square, inside of the streets and sidewalks. Each block is divided into eight lots, which . , . . , . uiJiKcs an acre ana a quarter to uie aoi, tliere being ten acres in each block. The streets are one hundred and feet in width, fromcurb stone to curb stone. The side walks are sixteen feet wide. The Salt Lake Valley or more pro erly the Utah Valley is about five hundred miles in length, and from six to thirty miles wide. All the country outside of the towns, not cultivated, looks barren and desolate.texcept along the margin of the mountain streams, that go meandering across the valley, cr a little slip at the foot of the moun tains) not a spear of grass or weeds, or anything else green to be seen in the balance of this space except sage brudh, which don't look very green, but looks j country after a very poor season for I weeds. I have nvt seen a natural j growing tree in this whole valley, from. Ogdeu down to Provo, a distance of nearly one hundred miles, that I have traveled, and it is a dispute here whether there were ever any growing in the valley; but the old Mormons here ciaiui there were a lew cotton woods and willows, growing on the bauk of City Creek, where "Salt Lake now stands, when they first came here. But all bay here that this most unin viting sage brush land, w hen once the sage brush is grubbed, and laud irri gated, produces well, and that all the cultivated lands in Utah were once this kind of land; and in my travels down the valley, in several pla-.es I haw thiit where a per severing Mormon had cleared otf from ten to twenty acres of sage brush, and had turned a little mountain, stream down through it, vegetation looked green tliere, al though there was nothing surrounding il5m Lut s;le brus!l for sev-'riil miks This they call in this country the com- ) liibs mey can in mis country I Tnt'iir(iiiailt. if n nfv e-t flf-liint- There are very few people that live iu the country, in this Territory; they nearly all live in towns. They gen erally have a house and lot of from an acre to two acres of ground in the towns, which thy make their wives cultivate in garden and fruit; then many of them have from live to forty acres of ground in the suburbs of the town, which they make another wife and the children cultivate, in grain, hay and vegetables. Forty acre farms I are scarce around here, and ara cuu- . y Biderod largo far nrv PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS. Plattsinouth, Nebraska, Brigliiim Young, to-day governs the mormons with as much absolute power as the Shah of Persia. It Is true that he does not exercise the" power of life 'and death as well as he used to, whenever his subjects or an 6bnoxiou3 Gentile should offend him; '(but that is only through fear). Now, if one of ! his subjects offend him he excomimmi- ! cates him and cuts him off from all the j avenues to heaven, strips him of his ! property, and then lets him go to h 1 j when his time comes. A majority, of i his subjects' fear him more than they j do their God; but way down in the bottom of their souls they hate him worse thau they , do the d 1. Old j Iirigham's command to all of thein is : "do as you are told, and pay your j tithing;, and they-do it. Brigham, j through his Apostles, Bishops and j Priests, controls- all the domestic and business affairs of lay members of the Church as much as the master in the south used to control the domestic af fairs of the slave. The Mormon that has to work for a living is not allowed to buy anything from a Gentile. They are not paid for their work in money, but are paid in Mormon co-operate scrip, with which they have to buy good.-? from a Mormon store and all the Mormon stores are run under one corporation known ;is Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution, and Old BrighatiA is the. principal stockholder in the same. And a Mormon is not allowed to employ a Gentile to work for him unless there are no Mormons unemployed. Every Morman, before he sells any real estate to a Gentile, has to get Brigham's consent; and they have to be getting a large price for it, which gives the tithing o'lice a lift, be fore that consent is given. Every Mormon has to give every tenth of everything that is raised, earned, made or found by himself and family, if they only raise ten potatoes, they have to give one of them to the Lord; and if he (the Mormon) gets hungry and eats the Lord's potatov up the Lord takes something else of at least as much value. The Lord here is a just God, and he is net going to permit a few starving women and a score of naked children to stand between him and his iiotatoe, lie is also watchful and vigilant in collecting what is his, and he sometimes sends his tithing officer in the de:id hours of the night to pit.-; into the windows of some of hi j children, whom he suspects of conceal j ing from him a chicken, a squash, or a I turnip; and sometimes when the officer i iq nrrfnrntin!? this laudable dutv the Mnrm,n in ,..v0 , ,.ou -,ie is f . , ... to t...t tiino peeping lia.-., ju.-t prior to tnat lime, bwn ilubibing too much Valley Tan, , ,,; . ,a iUn ,,.,. v,,ri. nnni;. ty of whisky wliich Brigham makes and sells to his subjects). Sometimes, when he is in that state, he will get up in his wrath, put an extra head on the officer, and in the morning, after the whisky dies down, he is very penitent, and goes to work on the streets of Zion, for one month, wearing peculiar shaped emblems on his ankles, indicating that one of the children of the Lord was offended, thus atoning for striking one of Zion's agents. Yours, Ly. . OUK WEST POINT LETTEIS. "West Point, Neb., Aug. 25. My Dear Herald. I came to this place last Wednesday, and though a a perfect stranger to every inhabitant, I row fel, after four day's acquaint ance with the place and the people, quite at home. I never saw a more genial and sansible people, and consid ering the size of the town, the entcr- i prise of the business men is wonderful. I do not believe the town contains more thau 1,000 inhabitants ; jet they have four hotels, one of them a brick, as large as Fitzgerald's block, and con- ! taining '35 rooms. They are now roof ing a 30,009 Court House a very handsome three-story brick building, situated on an eminence in a large cottonwood grove, and near the center of the town. They are erecting an elevator, with a capacity of 20,000 bushels. Have also ordered pipe to convey spring water to the town. The town also contains a large merchant and grist mill on the Elkhorn river; a frame, court house; a Land Office; three drug stores, several large stores for general merchandise; one dry goods store; two hardware stores, two har ness maker's shops; two large lumber yards; a large brewery ; seven saloons; plenty of lawyers; five doctors; two or three resident clergymen and two churches. They have not had time to build a good supply of churches; but several denominations worship in the same "Brick Church." There are also a large wagon maker's shop and several blacksmith shops; and all the trades are well represented. We have two banks, and there ap pears to be plttnty of capital to push the town as fast as circumstances will justify. A largo frame store house is now being completed; a large brick block in course of erection, and anoth er to be built soon. As to the country around West Point, I need not say to you who- are so well acquainted with 'it' that there is none in all Nebraska that can surpass it, and that is equivalent to saying that it is a paradise for farmers. The people here are very social, yet attentive to business. I have not seen an individual that I thought either stiff, proud or stuck up, and I feel $ult? .3 auch at home here ma I hare ' Thursday, September 4, felt in some places after several months' residence. Bents are low here compared with towns in the South Platte country, and living is quite as cheap. Raw prairie can be purchased only a few miles from town for from 35 to ST per acre, and improved farms as low ns 812. Wheat is now bringing 80 cents, and corn 25 to SO. A party of our wide-awake men have just re turned : from the head waters of the Elkhorn and Niobrara. They found the famous pine 1 forests, about one liundred' miles from West Point, among the canons that divide the waters of the Elkhorn valley, much wider alcove, and the country just as good for farming for a distance of 170 inile3, as it is here. They were far beyond any settlement, and saw only nine Indians. I am called to breakfast, and must Now close, as the mail leaves at half pxst 7 besides breakfast is I good, and we always have plenty of it. We certainly have good hotels here, and from what I know and hay heard, they give excellent fare at very rea sonable prices. Come and see. More anon. Yours truly, J. W. 11. To the Parents of the Deaf Slates of Nebraska. A Committee was appointed by the Legislature of Nebraska, at its last session, to investigate certain charges made by the Omaha Herald n?aiiu,l the Principal and Matron of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. This Committee litis not reKrted as yet, and the Directors of the Institu tion have, in consequence, delayed making a public report of their lull and complete investigation. The Directors, however, deem it a duty they owe to the Principal and Marion, and also to you. the parents of pupils, to state to you brietly, without further delay, the result of their investiga tions. The Directors examined carefully, not only the newspaper charges of cruelty, but the entire management of the Institution. The testimony, a copy of wliich is preserved and open to proper inspection, revealed that nearly all tke charges originated with one grown up female pupil, whose own bad conduct called for repeated cen sure, and whose unwillingness to do the work required of all the pupils by established Kules, was the cause of nearly all the discontent of others. These Utiles are such as the experience of this and older lustutions have ijjen j found necessary an i profitable. Two of the parents of pupils were present at om session of the Board j when the testimony was taken, and 1 read all t he testnionv taken at the! previous joint session of the Directors and the Legislative Committee. These parents, (Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Collins) concurred with the Board of Directors in the following resolution, unani mously adopted by them: Besolyed, That the investigation of charges of cruelty, made against the Principal ami Matron of this Institution, has devtloped no facts to justify such charges. The Hoard are fully satistied, after a "thorough investigation, that the pupils im this Institution are kindly treated, ami with a parental regard to their happiness and welfare. The organizing of a new Institution of this kind has many difficulties, but we are sati.siied, that in all respects, the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Nebraska will bear favorable comparison with any other in the country. By Order of the Hoard, JOHN S. BOWEN, G. C. Moxell, President. Secretary. Omaha, August, 15th, 1S73. STATEM EXT. The undersigned lives in Omaha, near the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; has had a child there since the Institution was first oeiied hxs visited the Institution frequently, and is well informed of its management smd mode of government. He fully concurs in the above statement of the Directors, and is fully satisfied, not only that no cruelty has been practiced there, but that the Principal and Mat ron, while exercising necessary authority in maintaining discipline, are uniformly kind and ali'ectionaie. C. E. EEDF1ELD. Omaha, August, 1S73. FAIJJl EUS CUN V EN IT ON. A special correspondent sends the IlEitALD-the following screed, we pub lish it fur the j-jke of the thing: Ed.. IIeiiald: You sire aware thsit our farmers met iu convention last Friday evening sit the Court House in Phtttsmouth, and the Heavens did not fall nor any other catastrophe occur. The wise men to the number of seven quite a liberal attendance met and reoluted to their hearts content. The firm of Paine, MacDonagh, Johnson & Co. were represented, and Farmer Mac Dousigh was the orator of the occasion and never shall I forget the enthusiasm on hearing that orator, when he said skim the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon, collect a thunderbolt in a bladder, break a hurricane to harness, pin a napkin on the crater of a volca no, hive all the stars in a nail keg, hang the ocean on a grapevine to dry, put the sky to soak in a gourd, unbuckle the belly band of eternity, but never sir, never for a moment delude your selves with the idesi that smy ticket or party can beat our people's reform or anti-mono'.iolv nartv. we. the farmers and producers, demand and must have a reform, and are determined that the middle men and non-producers shall rule this country no longer. Mr. Paine, the heavy sigriculturalist and raiser of Poland China pig, was next called for. He agreed with his friend MacDonagh that it was time we, the farmers, were demanding our rights, and begged to be allowed to offer the following reso lution: Be it resolved that in the future the office shall seek tho maa and not the man the oQc.(Y) . - - ' 1873. Which was seconded and carried unanimously.' It v.ws then moved and carried that Paine and MacDon-igh should represent the fanners of t'uis district in the Fanners Convention to be held at Weeping Water. August 23d, and it was further recommended that Paine, that celebrated fariuer and stock raiser, should allow his name to go be fore the Convention for County Clerk of this County, believing tliat he would bo willing to sacrifice himself for his country's goud. And this Convention would recommend L. F. Johnson for Probate Judge, D. N. Johnson for Sher iff, and MacDonagh for County School Superintendent; not that these men want these offices, but because the in terest of the fanners demand it. It is to bo hoped that these men (the farm ers friends) will not shrink from their duty when the voice of the people call them, as we must have farmers in the office to study the farmers' interest and help to put down all monopolies. Anti-Monopoly. SEN I)-1 N T 1 1 E S A M P EES Those farmers who would aid the work of immigration to our State, should send in their facts as to crops, with samples of products, to the Land Department of the Burlington !c Mis souri lliver li. B. Co. This company are not only doing more to advertise Nebraska than any or all other parties, but they possess letter facilities for displaying samples of Nebraska's products, iney are making prepar ations to exibit them at all the State Fairs at the East, this fall, ami I sug gest that Nebraska farmers who would aid in swelling the tide of immigra tion to our Stale now, send in samples of their crops: wheat, barley, oats, &., to this company, with statements as to whether they homesteaded, preempted or purchased; the cost of their land per acre; how long they have been upon it; how much they have broken and under cultivation; the cost of their improvements; how much wheat, barley, oats, corn, &c, they have realized to the acre. Let them also ttike pains to give the results of their observation in regard to the healthf ulncss of the climate, the excel lence of the wsiter, the depth and quality of the soil, the quality smd varieties of our native products, such as grasses, berries, plums, &c. The B. & M. Co. will take all such facts and spread them broiid-cast simong the people all over the Eastern States and iu foreign countries. But the facts and the samples should come right along, sis they are wanted immediately. D- j:- J N E VY Vi H LSI 1 N A L CO E. The new Criminal Code of Nebraska went into effect on Monday September 1st. Among its provisions are these: MINORS AND HILLIAHDS. Any owner or keeper of a billiard table, at any grocery or public place, who sutlers any minor under eiguteeu years of age to pkty ;tt billiards in such place, or to rein;;iu or be upon the premises where such billiard table is, shall pav n rlne of $20 for the lirst offense, and rso'J for each succeeding ohense. THE ii ILK llfSINESS. Whoever shall sell anv milk diluted with water, or any milk from which j creani hsts been taken, or milk com- moniv Known as "skiniined milk, or shall Keep back any part of milk known as "stripping.-1," shall be lined not less than i5:iJ, nor more thsm profane sweauixg. If any person of the age of 14 ears and upward, shall profanely swear by j the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the i Holy Ghost, every such person shall, ! for esich offense, be lined not less than 25 cents nor more than 61. If this line can only be collected we can pay oil the National debt in no time. We hope the law will be throughly enforced in all its provision that are at all legal, in order that our legislators may learu to read and examine any codes they nisiy see lit to impose on the people, after this. The probsibilites are that this contraption will be found to conflict with the constitution in several instancs. General Butler has opened the cam paign at Worsester Mass. in a remark able speech. It appears that Judge Ilosir has written si letter siud accuses Butler of being si kind of blackguard &c, smd this is how Butler answers: A mob hsid burned an orphan asylum sit New York, and murdered soldiers, ! ami tho question was whether they would n:jt seize the city ttnd carry it uy siui ixi, u uiak lucic iuuiu uc jjo legal election, or so that the w hole vote might be counted or McCleiian. I was sent there with a smsill comiustnd, and the resuit was what you know. No orphan asylum was burned while I was there. No man, woman, or child was murdered while 1 was there. No disorder or riot was hsid while I wsis there. Applause. No! New York i .... . .i.... .t....... . i .... - had lor the last time, and almost lor i the hist up to this tune, isur and just ; to put him off. So the w orst we election, and me city wsts carried lor c;m U:J ifc not to give him a seat." Lincoln, and the city saved Horn blood- f oj pete's wife. Bos?, was with him sued and civil war. Appiau.se.. For j this time, and thev had been to a pic that a mail, not unknown to lame, j njc im the old camp ground at Bve Henry Ward Beecher, at the Fifth j Xccll: but the old man was troinL' home Avenue Hotel, at si levee given by the i citizens oi iMew iorh. m my Honor, i ..... ..A ...... 4.... 1 .'.l numiiKuiet me xo i n-siuna oa me U uueu Mtsues. inisisine occurrence whicn Mr, Hoar, in his letter, refers to, sis out-blackguarding si New York mob. He could not have done it if they had all been Hoars. Loud and renewed applause. When Mr. Uosir can show such testimonials as these, coming from any source, for his ser vices to the country, then I w ill put myself on an equal footing with him, but not till then. Cries of "Good!" "good I" and applsuise. The only pub lic testimonial which I know he can show is that he ciui show S5.00O given : to the -trustees of the school m liis district out ef the back salary. . o TERMS : S2.G0 a Year. Number 23. .: WIVES' COLUMN". Household Hints. Variety is the spice of life; and though the pine-apples we buy in the New York market are doubtless quite another article from those eaten iu Cuba, yet winter and early spring canned and preserved pine-apple is not to be despised. If lor nothing eise it serves as a Uelieuie ihtvoi iug lor pud dings and sauces. There are various ways of pulling them up. The evit rn al covering should in; quite removed; if tney are cut in slices and then into small square pieces one will have pinj-appie jam. To a pound of the lruit iiud tii fee quarters of a potiud of white sugar; boil very slowly twenty live or thirty minutes, and seal up. Or grate the pine-apple, and add pound for pound of sugar; boil about lilteeii minutes, or until it is thick, and put in tiiiufilers alter the manner of 'jelly this will be called marmalade. Or cut them in slices, cut out the hard center; boii them until tender, and add three quarters of a pound oi sugar to a pound of the fruit. Two or three lemons sliced and cooked with them will improve the flavor. Boil until soft ami clear, and seat. Some cans of lruu that I put up last year fermented and spoiled. In con versation wiilialtulv not long since. who is sKUicu iu lite art ot canning miu, a leuineti iwo oi mice ki jiis uuil tire valuable. Ttie cans should be 111 led lull and swaied up at once, then turned upside down, and stood upon their heads, so speak, until they are cold. If none of the sirup escapes it is cer tain they are air-tight; it it does run out, a half turn even ot th; screw will make everything secure. 1 have for several years put up fruit without sugar, and Ltid that it keeps juntas wed as with fcugar, and though nearly iiil the leeipt s contain ironi half a -pound to a pound of sugar lor every poUi.d of lruit, 1 shall use no sugar this season in canning. For jellies, jams, and preserves, of course sugar is indispensable. Tuose wno are new to the business will hud that if the j giass can is set on a very wet cloth, i removed lrom draughts of air, boiling- hot lruit may be poured in it without injury. Placing a silver spoon iu the jar, and pouring the lruit upon it, is also si preventive of breaka.-e. A tin lunnel ju.st lilting into the mouth oa the jar is an important item iu lacihialing the process. It costs twenty cents, and saves a great many tunes that amount in patience, fruit, and time. 1 am having the winter's supply of flannel made up. As it will snrmk a j little in washing, I Iiud it better to save the psirtly-woru flannels lor the ! coldest weather and wear the new ' while they are at their thiuest. Beside, by having them made now, they are certainly residy for Hie breezy days of autumn. There should stand, during theheat- ! ed term, in every kitchen a bucket of copperas water. Huh tins unhealth ful smd disagreeable odors may be promptly suppiessed. A sauceriiilof the water placed in a musty room, or one in which :i mouse has died in the, wall, will absorb the iil smell and prevent any bad effects arising from it. A pail of lime-water is au excellent thing iu one's bsith-room. This will quickly remove suiy unpleasant odor from vessels w hich it is used to rinse ... . . ,. .- , . , , ; out. o e iiecu ai o iiinc iu i.-.ivi-. precautions agsiiiist disease; and especially when a possible epidemic may overtake us we should rigidly observe every law uf life and Irsii.l i. Tomatoes are beginning to redden, and wo shall soon have the pleasure of picking them from our own vines. Our first mess shall be stuffed, for they go farther this way than any other, and are perfectly delicious. The stem : end ei the tomato is cut off, the inside j looped out, mingled with bresid crumbs and seasoning, then put bac-;; again, the eover put on, and the whole baked in a pan. Then we w ill have tomato toat, a breakfast dish. For this peel and cook the tomatoes in their own juice, then add butter, salt, a little pepper, and cream or milk; thicken slightly with Hour, toast the bread, and cover each slice with pre pared tomato. Gnssie says he will make some tomato figs this summer. Thev sue fussy things to make, but exceedingly pleasant. Tlie tomatoes j are hist preserved in sugar, pound for t pound, then spread on plates smd dried in the sun. Ihe juice is po'ired on them every little while, and they re quire frequent turning until they are quite dry. Kate Iluiuiibec, in llaarth and Home. OLD PETE. The Dead-head Centenarian of the New Haven It ail road. From t'.ic New York Sun. Passengers on si train from New Haven yesterday saw an old negro get aboard at Mamsironeck. He w as bent and grizzled, and his clothes were w orn and rsitged. He wsiiked with si crutch i i.:, i .... i ,i. v i I and a csine. p.m pf.gtnent of a circle. He did not enter j x Alto i"t uti iiiiiii t,nr7 I tlH. car i,ut ro,je on the jolting, sway- imr phitform, holding tightlv to the liar.d-rail to kecu liim fri.m fallinir off. Some of the passengers trembled for for the old man's safety, and spoke to the conductor about it. "Oil, he's all right," was the repiy : "he rides that wsiy often. You see old Pete that's his name, Pete Gross is a dead-he:id. He lives at Mount Vernon, and when he's out anywhere along the road and wants to go home, he just gets on the first train. He never hsis any monev, and we don't disappointed, for he had s;ane how mistaken the nature of tho an air. Old i.... ... .. , .... pete s dialect is sis purely mean as his skin, and his manner is :m exag- tii j ift.ntinii i,f tin. iiinst unite !km m i. i tions on the minstrel stage. j "I clar to goodness," he said, w hen asked the cause of his disapiOAntment, f "ef I ain't gone discouraged. Dev se-j li dar wsis goin' to be a meetiii" up on do ole camp groun', and 1 took dat sig- j gravatin' Hose wid mo, an' went up i ior si goooie time. jtu, cuss, w nen i i got dar, wid de soun of raises sin song a'ready on my lips, dar wsi'n't no camp meetin dar. It wa'n't nothiu' but a .,-ev.rtm' to.7 fbidi ,! , ir Tv-i'i-'r. no camp meetin 'tall." ! adviiiiyjssm; iiatcss j trnr ouiivr.-. (in Hum or ; .-.-o one l::sortlti . .C40 j Illt'll M:lMi)ll'llt liint fill. !.... t ; Frof.-ssloiml furil. n( x -.--e! i j 1 JIhihi. !0K j 'folium -r aniiici) 7IM4 j 'iColll.tltl HT lailltllil 10. (K icolllllih C't .' W.DO iOiie iroluinn ! All advert Kim' liil!i diie iu.irtcr!y. Transient iiJvf i.is iin ala luusi UMDlIt r.vTi? Cor-im hi' vim UrRAi n for ,v tf fL. .1. stleulu, ::t tin- !" i !) ice-, iiiiil o. I'Jvkf son. --n.'T ot n;ila :nul I Ii f l. A liber il donation of pennies from the paasengers soon raised old Pete'a spirits, and ho talked away at hij highest pilch, for the noise of Ihe train almost drowned his voiee. "Vac ninety-nine years old," Im said, iu answer to ;t queiy. "an I V!ar to goodness, honey, J ;t IV : lib!,ed long enuff. Dis let" side ob my ole head i. clean dead a 'ready. Can't feel no hioro wid it d -n I kin wid di.j uar hobbll: slick." OM Pete' could i t meh.b-r all thd stereotyped things commonly recount ed by ci hl"i:iri.iiis who .have any respect for t!. nis' Ives. ll h:i,d seen Washington, tyi-l h:vd spoken to .lack son. He told a story al-jut being kidnapped from this city by slavo hunters, and another about a terriblu whipping that oid Colonel Albert Grey had once given him. "IK- only lie ihtt iber I tolc," he said, "was in the war of lsl2. I libbod iu Ma'j land den. sin" de Brit'isher.i w:is af"er my ole mass'i's house. 1 tole 'em dat :i Tory liUdar, an' ciey go 'long widout burning it. I Yl.u to'goiKlness, dat, Kossi 'll be de dusitli ob me." She wsis pulling' him o!f the st ps, tho train hai:ig stopped at Mount Vernon. "1 bought dat woman fm Car'Jina paid tie cash fer 'cr, niorc'n sixly years j ag.j an now she won t m::id nm j inore'n as if I didn't own er. Goo j mornin' bor,s!" The New York Independent sajs of tho farmers' movement for railway . reform: Whether th.) fusilado nf the Western farmers ;igain-t railways and other monopolies will take rank in history with that of the farmers of Middlesex, who "hied the shot hesird round tho world," may admit of doubt ; but it is certsiin that it is m iking no small p.lir throughout the West, and that it sure to introdti.v rsn important clement; into our politics. The farmers are proverbially slow to move, and equally hard to stop when tuny oncy get fairly started; smd that th.-y are ipjw in dead earnest there is abundant evidence. T!k; story of ad Jed grief to th-; Unhappy, fron tl-s Albany (N. Y.) Ectuinj Jvun.-d: The Liber;:!.-, h . I a design upon Maine. A r.-w . ing Democrats, tired of dmwing w a'.er out of an empty well, were for a ti.u' disposed to set up business lor Uieuisel ves, with tho Liberals as silent partners. I'ho Springfield RrjHtbli an encouraged tho id'iu but it somehow fell through, probably because the proposed "silent partners" proved themselves unable to to bring any cstpital to tho concern. As a consequence the old fogies had It sill their own way, went through the motions of nomiiiiiting a ticket, and retired with their patriotism satisfied, to be again voted down by the peopl bomethi.ng for wavering llepuliiicxns to think of, from the Bochester (N. V.) Dciii'M.ral. In the convention of the anti-monopolists, held at Des Moines low a, on Wednesday, there was one declaration which was distinctively charvteristii; of the assemblage. It stated that both of the existing parties h:id survived the iiirp:-.)Cs for w 1'ich they were or ganized, and that reform within their ",, . , . , , , ,., , r ,, ... . , ranks could not lie looked lor. It would be well for ev ry Bepublican going ititosuch a movement, to consider how much more it cost him to make such a confession than a Democrat. Verily, the sacrifices ma-do for builditig up these new parti s are by no mean equal. "state ITLaw." Ona hundred Vinnebagt.s recently Cito-,.- from Wisconsin to their Agency in the Northern part cf this State. A young girl named Mary Prussia, residing sit Neb. City, while drawing ; pail of water fell into the well and striking sigainit tho stones, was killed immediately. Dr. L. P. Va::ileusen, of Omaha, committed suicide on Monday th 11th inst. Cause, intemperance and a genert.1 dissolute life. PEE. SON A L. II. M. Uazelwoud, o Millfjrd believes in paying the printer and lives up to his belief. Ho says hi.i wheat averagfed 22J--J bushels to tho acre, and ho thinks -Seward Co. tho plsice to raise grain. Mr. Huntingdon, of the lirm of Huntingdon & Sharp, Omaha, a nicy gentlemen and an old friend of tho IIekald was in t:)'.vn last weik. Col. Van Annan has now gone off on the Irish schute, instea 1 of the "Dia- luoii'l-' story he has a real old Irish legead to tell suul bdls it well. The weather is cooled of! but tho dust still keep ; cn and tho fair is ono good thing, but our fair is a lcttcr thing. pat i ii cr. The great H.'i'. 't f Persia was&howa some very fat cat tie in England and on being told tliat they were fattened on Oil-cake he made the Interpreter inquire, "If Oil-cake wa good to- fat wives sis well." . A fat wife is all the go in Persia you see. CONNOlt'S WHEAT HOUSE. We paid a visit to J. A, Connor's wheat ware house, or Side Hill . 1 t 11 .1.. I.!.... i.-z.r.. raevator. -as wk. wu- ... f uil and sacks 1 ie tilled up for rods around the shanty. The old Fanning Mm WJW rattling awav and -car after . , , . .,i ..,-i.n.buf ;l-r backed P empty and was-hauled off full. Such livdy- times makes a body think all the-wheat in creation is eominz !,; Plattsmnuth but it is oiily , ,.rt;.1 r iv,.,f n,.,'I:ifc State. of Nebraska will produce this year. ' W atcrman & Son are sc-hing all eocarnon lumber at -325,00. 21 wU
