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Volume 9.
Plattsmoutb, Nebraska, Thursday, September 18, 1873.
Number 25.
EXTit Cnrii'i or THK Urn M.l for :ifi W TZ.
.1. : bt. at the Post onico. ;ml O. F.Jvhft-
1 r of .'.lain and Filth Ms,
NEBRASKA HKKAILBo "
: . . : : :
ATTORNEYS.
", R ItEESE Attorney at I .aw. ! on
Main Street, over Chapman' Ilrmr Store.
Special attention given to collection of Claim.
. H. WHKKI-EIl, .1. V. STINClfCOM 11.
lt'Iieelcr & Sffncticomb,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
4i-ly Platlsinoiith. Xebraska.
fcAJI. M. ni.U'MAX. It. T. MAXWELL
Chapman Maxwell.
AT TORXKYS AT LAW and Solicitors In
Chancery. mice in Fitiicra'.d s "lock. Platts
uioiuri, ..'chraska.
f.r.O. 8. SMITH, H. II. Wl.NDHAX,
S 13 ITH & HrI.llIA9I.
Successors to Mariuctt. Smith, & Starbird,
A ttornrysat Laic & Heal Estate Brokers
PLATTSMOVIH, ... JfEB.
Special attention piven to Collections, and all
matters aitectmji tiie line to Keat Estate.
OfTVe on 2d floor, over the Post Ofr.cc.
PHYSICIANS.
11.
K. 1. 1 A'lNOSTON. Physic ian and Suureon
lenders his ti!iifesi:iial services to the
citizens of Cass count v. Residence southeast
corner of Oak and Sixth streets ; oillec on Main
street, one door west of I.yinai.'s Lumber Yard,
l latl onoiiin, chraska.
IXSURAXt E.
II KKI.KK Sz
PENNE'IT- Ileal Estnte and
'I'.lMiUl'M" Al'I'ltS
Xotaiies Public. Kin:
and Life lij-Miranee Ajrents, Flail sinouth. Neb.
1MKI.FS PAINE Ceneral IieuirnnCc A'.-ent,
kt'iiriMfuiii iuiiiii, ut' I hi' iint teli:illi I'iiiii-
panics in the I nited States.
jan7
-WII
HOTELS.
r.nooKS house,
JOHN FITZCEEALO, Proprietor.
Main Street, between Fifth & Sixth.
MISCELLAXKOrS.
lIa1(.sts!Uii!i 31ills.
HI'lS!-:t Pi-tiprietor. Have recently been
repaired aiid pl.f't l in tliuroi'li riinniii
c.
nnVr. Iki.k.i i'.usliels if Ileal wanted iiiinie-
liatelv t.ir whii li tile highest market price will
be p:i'd.
Abstract or Tillo.
rij!-: NT Mi;?:irAl. SYSTEM -The hest in use
I'or dese; i t! e ciretllal's. address.
AC ICES, ULUKMAi: & f.,
P.urliii'zton, lo-.va.
ttitEEXIIOrsK AXI
I'LAXTS.
UEDDIXfl
Tirii" and )ti-.ney :vd hv ordering of nie. I
hae the lar.-.'si and lsi Vi '.lection of Plants
-er ;Tered liT sale in the V.'et. Calaiouiu s
lv-. S'lri t potato. Cabbage, Tomato, and o!h
rr Plants for 'ale iii their season.
Address V. .1. UEsM-Ilt. Plattsmoutb. Neb.
rOK A F.OOK XEEDEI) P.Y A I.I.
'V'.-.f t-est Inx'ks d.!ished on the Horse and
tbeCow. I.iHeial t'erms. .i:i:ey made rapidly
t v a .d "soliiiiji liiese itooks. Send for circa-
iiiTt; poi:tki: & to vies,
iMiblis'ners, P!:iiaiieilliia. Pa.
FINE AET GALLERY.
jy-pbotn'grap'.i!. Aiitbr.-trpes and copies
fr.jm ' Id pi'-tures. 'lain or colored, either in ink
wafer or oil. All work i.ealiy executed and war
raired to give satisfaction.
V. V. LMN AR!. Art'st.
K ti Main SI., l latt.sr.ioutii. Neb.
NEW DRUG STORE.
TTKKflN'-i WATt.lt. sy.v..
T. L. POTTER,
Br.Ai.iiR in hi;r;:s, mk i-t' iNrs. paints,
OILS. VARNISH. ! i:;,'- 1 'MERY,
STATIONKUY. NO'l IONS,
ciii vi;-; vnd 'io-
HAl'CO. ICtf.
Li. GOLDING,
Iia!.T in
rLOTHINC,, FURNISHIN: C.OTS, HATS,
CVls. poors. SHOES. TRl NlvS,
VALISES. CARPET P.AfiS,
" &!..
Om of the oldest and most Reli'ihl Houses
in Pla'tsinouth. Main street, between Fourth
aud Fifth.
r-r.EMFMn:::: the place.
-tf.
NEW NTYLEti.
E. L. ELSTER,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Is in receipt of the finest and
HE ST ASZOHTJfENT
-JASPIMERES. CLOTH'S. VESTINGS. SCOTCH
GOODS, IRfSII FR1ESES, ".c.
Tti fact the largest at'd best assortment of
Cloth ever broue.bt to tl.is city, which I am
iiri'iinoi to nw.Ke ur in itie uhm .-ijii-.-. .m
and
, examine Goods.
aprill.
Mrs- A. D. Vhitcomb,
DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER.
"Rooms t'.iree l west of Brooks House.
CUTTING AND FITTING JIADE
A SPECIALTY.
t3P rat t err s of rJl Kinds constantly on hand
2;-iy.
J. W. SHANNON'S
FEED, SALE, cf- LIVERY STABLE.
Main street. Plattsmoutb, Xeb.
t am prepared to accommodate the public
with
Horses, Carriages.
Rugbies, Wagons,
and a Xo. l Hearse.
Oa short notice and reasonable term. A
H.i-' "y run to the. Sfeamlxiat Landing, Depot
and all parts of the city when desired.
janltr.
Blacksmith Shop.
CHAS. X. TIFFANY,
MT. PLEASANT, NEK.
I3egs leave to inform the farmers of
Cass County that he keeps a kRd No. 1
BLACKSMITH SHOP
one mile north of Mt. Pleasant.
All kinds of Iron Work attended to.
Wagons repair"L Farm Implements
carefully mended. Lowest prices, and
all work done on short notice.
Grain received in payment. Give
sienna. ObAs. X.' Tiffany.
Official Directory
COXGICESSIOXAL.
T. V.Ti;.tnn.PrownvilIe
1. AY. Hitchcock, Omaha
I Croiinse, Ft. Calhoun
...V. S. Senator.
. ..U. S. Senator.
.Representative.
EXECUTIVE.
It. V. Fumas. Tlrownville
.f. J. C.oser. Lincoln
J. 11. 'Weston, licati'ice
11. A. Keiii, (lu minis
.1. It. W'elwier. Crete
Govertior.
Scc'y of state.
Auditor,
Treasurer.
..Att y (ieii.
J. M. McKenzie, Lincoln... Sup't Pub. Instmc'ii
JUDICIAUY,
fSeo. R. Uake, Oniaha Chief Junticc.
laniel Oantt, Nebraska city, I .!... ivfs
PLATTSMOLTI I.
R. P.. Livingston Mayor.
Phelps Paine City Clerk.
"Win. VYintersteiii City Treasurer.
.1. V. Haines .- Police Judge.
Miles Morgan Marshal.
1. -V. Johnson Street Commissi jner.
ALOERMAX.
KmsT V im. .1. Fitzgerald. Jf. S. Xewman.
Swo.ni Yai:d. .1. V ayinan, C. Nichols.
Tiiiuo W (kii.-R. C. Ciishiii', Thos. Pollock.
FoLiiril Waku. R. A'ivian, L. F. Johnson.
CASS COUNTY.
If. F. Ellison
Oaii'l McKinnon.
W. ! llolls
F. V. Wise ,
Jacob Yallcry,
T. Clarke. .
Lyman James, )
J." V. Thomas
Probate ,Tud(:e.
County Clerk.
Treasurer.
Sup't lub. Instruct
. . .County Commissioners.
Coroner.
Churches..
lJATTIST-
On the conier of Main and Ninth.
-- Rev. r.
I. Arnold. Pastor. Services every
Sabbath, at 11 a. m. and 7 i. m. Satlath School
at :'4 a. in. Prayer metli:g every Wednesday
evenii'.g.
f'lIRISTIAN Service in Congregation Church
at 1
and stli
. m. and n : an p. in. 4 onier of lcust
Cordial invitation extended to
ail classes to attei'd
T.TLSCOPAL Comer Vine and Third streets,
-1 J .Minister. Sen' ices every Sunday at
II :;u in. and s l. in. Sunday school at 3 p. i:i.
TVTHOLIC North sideof Public Square, Rev.
x FatloT P.ohal. First Mass every' Sabbath at
s-:a ;u in.. Second Mass ::ui sernioii at ln-oO,
Vespers ami l'.riiedietion at i p. 111. Mass at
S a. m. every week day.,
THIRST P;S:-:SBYTERIAX Xorth sile of M:in
-1- street, west of th. Rev. W. T. llaitle ; Ser
vices every Sabbath at 11 a. in. and, p. m.
Sabbath School at u-:1" in. I'raver meeting
t very Wednesday eventii); at H o'clock.
"TKTIIOI)IST EPISCOPAI
West side of nth
street
south of Main. Rev. C. MeKelviey
Pastor. Ser ices everv Sabbath, at 10 ::m a. 111..
and 7 p. 111. Prayer meeting everv Thursday
evening. Class meeting every Mommy evening.
mil Immediately after close of sabbath iimni-
lilg sen ices. Sabbath School at 2 :Ua, JH. If.
Reese, Superintcudaiit.
CONTAf! den "4 September hat die Peut.u he
Kv. Luth. Oeineinds in ilm 111 Schulhaiis vor
mitt.igs nin tl I'hr Jotteodienst. Fel'erhHiipt
t'l.det deiNelbe von letzt an regelmaessig allc II
Tag." staff. Minister. Rev. L. HiUinawatd.
Sabbath sebiMil at 1 1. 111.. Plot. d'AUemaild.
Sujieriiitemlent.
10. o.
7
F. Regular meetings of Platte ldge
I. O. O. F. even Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows' ll sil. Transient Rrothers are cor
dially invited to visit.
E E. CFXXIXtSlLAM. X. (",.
IJAi.ex. S'hi.k:ki., Secretary.
T O. O. F. Pt.ATT.s.iroi' ril E.vr AMfMFVT "n.
a. Regular Convocations the 2d and J!h
Fri lay's of ea-' luoulli at Odd Fellows' Hail
comer 3d and M:ii-i streets. Transient Patri
jirclis cordiallv invited fo visit.
H. J, Si REKHIT, C. P.
II. Xewnam. Scril'e.
A T AKOXIC IV ATTSMftlTir I.oioe Xo. (5. A.
-,J- F. it A. M. Regular meetings at their Hall
' on th- first and third Mond.iv evenings of each
month. Transient brethren invited to visit.
R. U. LIVINGSTON, W. AT.
A. dA 1.1.KM A'!, See.
ATACOY I.Ol.CE No. 2?. A. F. & A. M. Regn-
lar liieetings at Macoy Hall, 1:rst and third
Fridays J. N. V.TSK, V. M.
J. M. Ri:a5:isj.kv, See.
"V" ERR ASK A CI I A ITER Xo 3. R. A. M. Reg
nlar Coiivoeatioiis second and fourth Tues
day t'veiiiiitrs of each mouth nt 7'i o'clock p. in.
1 R. LIVINGSTON, II. P.
II. Xewman, Sec.
T O. O. T. OLIVE I5KANCH. Xo. 2, II. II.
x- P.edv.eli. W. C. T. ; I). 1). Martindale. W.
See. ; T. W. Shryock. Lodge Deputy, meets at
Clark t Pl'iiiii'ier's I' id every Wednesday eve
ning. Travelling Templars res'ctfii!ly invited.
rjM'UXVEREIX. The Turner Soeiety meets at
- Tiini'-rs' Hall in Gu'.timan's P.loeK. on tl:e
first and third Wednesdays of each month.
A. You Schwanenberg." President ; George
Kandier. Vice President : H. Newman, Treas
urer: W. F.reed. Recording Secretary; Paul
P.raidseh. Coit: -pondidg Secretary ; William
Hassier, First 'J'urn Wart : John Hons, Second
Turn Wart ; Oswald Guthman, Warden.
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jurious mineral substance, but is
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For forty years it has proved its great value
in all discuses of the Liver, Rowels and Kidneys
Thousands of the good and great in all parts of
the country vouch for its woaoeinil and peculiar
power in psirif ving the blood, stimulating the
torpid liver and bowels, and imparting new life
and vigor to the whole system. Simmons' Liv
er Regulator is acknowledged to have no equal
as a
LIVER MEDICINE,
Tt contains four medical elements, never unit
ed in the same happy proportion in any other
preparation, viz ; a g.'ntie (Vthartie, a wonder
ful Tonic, an mi-exceptionable Alterative ami a
certain Corrective of all impurities of the body.
Such signal success has attended its use, that 'it
is now regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC,
for Liver Complaint .;:i ! the painful offspring
thereof. to-wit; Dyspepsia. Constipation.
Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Heart
l'jtini, &e. iie.
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER.
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Druggists. Maeon. On.
Send for a Circular I and Arch street.
Trice t y mail 1.-5 f Philadelphia Pa.
For sale by j. h. Buttery,
Jan4-wly Plattsmouth, Xeb.
TONEY SAVED
EY
Buying Your Greenhouse and
Bedding Plants
AT THE
Picnic Gardens.
"TVOXT send East ior Tlants when you can get
1 ' just as giMHl for less, money nearer home,
i i my numerous friends and patrans I would
say that I have the largest and best stock of
plants ever offered :'or sale in the " est, aud
at reasonable prices.
Ue sure and send tor my
Xcw Descriptive Catalogue.
w hlch Will bo sent free to all who apply for It.
Then pive me your orders, and I feel confident I
I can satisfy you.
Addr, Ytt. J. 11ESSKR.
Lodges.
SELLING CELESTIALS.
A Chinese Stare Mart In San Francisco.
Nineteen Chinese lVomen Sold at Pnblic
Auction.
Correspondence of the Xew York "World.
San Francisco, August 27.
The Great Republic (steamer) from
Hong Kong, arrived at this port yester
day, bringing but few passengers, viz.:
103 men and nineteen women. When
the steamer was telegraphed it seemed
as though the entire Chinese popula
tion had turned out to greet her, prom
inent among them being the lately ar
rested members of the Hip Yee Tung.
Inquiry as to the cause of this great
turnout led to the revelation that there
were nineteen women oa board. I
hastened to the mail steamers wharf,
where I found several police officers,
who had been sent there by the chief
with full power and instruction to ar
rest every Chinaman who was on. board
of the steamer. As soon as the lines
were made fast the officers boarded her
and called the names of the unfortu
nates, who then were placed in close
carriages and conveyed to the City
Hall. There they were taken into the
Probate Court room, where the Chinese
interpreter, Kev. Dr. Gibson, of the
Chinese Mission, a native Chinese Mis
sionary, two police ollicers, and your
correspondent had preceded them. The
hallways and vestibules were crowded
with members of the Hip Yee Tong,
who attempted to enter the room, but
were prevented from so doing. Your
readers can gain but a feeble idea of
these females from a pen description.
Some were stout, some lean-, some
blooming with health, while cther3
were apparently in the last stages of
consumption, old, young, and ugly
though three or four, from a Celestial
standpoint, would be, and doubtless
w'cre, considered beauties. The object
for which these Mongolian women had
been arrested will become clear after
the following conversrtiou, carried on
between the missionary and one of the
women, is read, the reply in each" anjl
every case being literally translated:
Missionary. You came from China
to this country on the steamer which
arrived here to-day, did you not?
"Woman. You know that I did.
Why do. you ask? For what rare we
arrested ?
M. Were you examined by the Com
missioner in Hong Kong before corn-
W. Yes; both in Hong Kong and
previous thereto in Canton.
M. Who paid your way to this coun
try? W. Why. I paid some and this old
woman the rest. She bought me in
Canton.
M. Bought you? How could you
pass if she bought you ?
W. I owe her the remainder, and
will soon repay her.
M. What did you come here for?
Are you married?
W Yes, I am married. I came to
join my husband, who is somewhere in
this country.
M. Did you not come over as a pros
titute, and do you not know you are
telling a falsehood when you say you
are married, or that the other girls are?
W. Xo ; Ave are nearly all married.
Those who are not intend to seek for
some employment. We have been
prostitutes, but intend to reform.
M You say you are married. What
is your husband's name?
W. I do not know his name. (Xone
of the women knew their husband's
M. Where does he live ?
W. How should I know?
M. Well, suppose you do not find
him, what will you do?
W. Work until I do. I can cook
and may perhaps find another husband.
M. If you do not desire to lead the
life of a prostitute, but are truly in
search of work or are married, you need
not go with this old woman, but will
be placed in care of officers. Which
will do?
W. We choose to go with the Chi
nese woman.
Further inquiries revealed that of
the women, five were twenty-one years
of age, four were twenty-two, two
were twenty-three, four were twenty
five, one was twenty-seven, one twenty
eight, one thirty-two, and 1 sixty-eight.
Being beyond the reach of our Infant
act, they were discharged after receiv
ing a caution not to pay the tax to the
Hip Yee Tong, and the following no
tice from the Chief of Police, viz:
"You have each been offered a good
home and protection if you desired it,
Lut have voluntary chosen an evil life.
You have doubtless been told how to
answer ; but remember that if any of
you are caught in houses of prostitu
tion hereafter, you will be punished to
the full extent of the law." The doors
were then opened, and they Avere per
mitted to leave. Desirous of seeing
the sequel to this social drama, I fol
lowed the crowd and noted the house
where the girls vrent (for unless I was
greatly deceived seA'eral among them
were in their teens), and then sought
Ah Chin Suey, my old comprador, lie
requested me to wait until 10 o'clock,
and said: "Him waitee dark;'bimeby
dark come; him Hip Yee Tong man
sell him public auction. You go with
me; can catch good see; him no see
you." I waited, and at the hour nanied
was stowed away in a room of a Chi
nese house on Bartlett alley. I have
ofteen seen negro slaves sold in the
Southern States, have seen Turks at a
slave m;irt in Constantinople, Arabs in
Alexandria, at an auction of eunuchs
and Eastern jockeys at a horse sale,
but never in my experience as a jour
nalist ha3 it been my lot to witness
such a scene as I did last night. Each
woman was brought in by herself in a
state of absolute nudity, after passing
in review before the entire multitude
was put up for sale to the highest bid
der. The prices opened low, and gradu
ally increased until the hammer
dropped. The prices realized ranged
from 6250 to 6425. Sick and disgusted
I left with my compraior and found
out, still further that, that just after
the women had been housed in the
mart or slave corral, that two leading
members of the Hip Yee Tong received
349 a piece for them, making $765, and
that they received 10 per cen. of the
purchase money, which, with the head
money, reached nearly $1,500.
Tho woman question gave me a.
chance to further my pursuit of knowl
edge as" to the social and political
economy of Chinese life, and I made
the best use of the opportunity went
with Chin Suey to the meeting-room,
where I had often before been, and
found an indignant crowd of mer
chants. They had been scandalized.
outraged and stigmatized by a crowd
of their countrymen lost to shame and
honor. I was, however, greeted cor
dially and my questions freely an
sweretL The result of my interview
wa3 as follows :
Correspondent. I noticed that your
people have again imported women,
despite all promises.
President. We know it to our sor
row, but intend to stop it, if it can be
done. We have been scandalized long
enough, and will use harsh measures if
-hall other remedies fail.
C. What will j'ou do at present in
regard thereto ?
P. We will send a written remon
strance to the head men of each sea
port by next steamer, and if, after a
sufficient time has expred, they still
continue to come, we Avill send a peti
tion to the Emperor to interfere.
C. Your Avornen are too much con
fined in China and too much kept un
der subjection to become otherwise
than mere tools. Do you not think
that if they wore thought moro of that
they would be better off and the pres
ent trouble cease ? Why also not give
over buying and selling women?
P. Our true Chinese women . are
small-footed, and from their inability
to Avalk with ease are seldom seen upon
the Chinese streets. You Avill find our
Avornen here have more freedom than
they have at home. But it is more
than Ave can as yet see, the placing of
women on an equality . Avith men.
They would want to rule, and then
would ensue riot and ruin. The sale
of AA'omen is a matter only for our Avise
men to talk of, and they are uoay trying
to abolish it in China.
C. In a former conA'ersation in re
gard to education I told j-ou I might
need more information. I notice that
your old men show as much politeness
to the young as the young ones to the
old.-
P. Yes ; Confucius teaches us that
"Politeness is an indispensable accom
plishment and virtue." In all of
our native schools in China the rules
of etiquette are as regularly taught as
is grammar in j our schools.
C. I suppose the forms and ceremo
nies of office are taught by parents?
P. Xo; there you are mistaken; a
student learns during his examination
all the necessary forms and ceremonies
of A-arious offices, and the correct
knowledge of the same is indispensable
to a successful examination.
C. You remarked some time ago
that Ave make frequent changes in offi
cers. Are your Mandarins named for
life?
P. Xo, Sir; our Government takes
care that no man shall Avield undue in
fluence nor be partial. To prevent
this no man can hold an office in the
proA'ince of which he is a native, his
term in each province is for three
years, Avhen he is sent to some place,
and so every three years.
C. With whom then does the re
sponsibility of error in local goA'ern
ment lay ?
P. In local, country or imperial
management in China that highest
official is responsible for the one below
him. A ruler of any province is held
responsible for any accidents or fires
occurring in his listriet, or fr any m
jury to the subjects or property of the
Emperor.
C. And the punishment t
P. The defender is degraded from
his rank to seA'eral grades beloAA He
loses some of his buttons if not his
head.
C. Do you think many, if any of
the Chinese merchants Avill return to
China?
P. If you ask each one, you Avill
find that lowing tasted the SAveets of
this country they have no desire to re
turn. Incidentally during my intervieAv I
discovered fiom others than the Presi
dent that the people who soAved rice
were being shown the difference be
tAveen the old way of husking rice by
Land and the neAV by machines, and
would ultimately adopt the latter
method; that the proposed railroad
from Shanghai to a point fourteen
miles in the interior, was looked upon
favorably, and would result in great
good every way to their countrymen at
home, and it will be one of the ways for
the introduction of a new civilization
in China, the results of which it fa dif
ficult to foresee. Wm. II. Seward, on
the 29th of July, 1852, in his speech be
fore the United States Senate on the
"Commerce of the Pacific," foretold the
present events in prophetic tones when
he said : "While the Pacific Ocean, its
shores, its islands, and the vast region
beyond, will become the great threater
of events in the world's great here
after." That we may be unable to
solve the Chinese question in all its
bearings from an- American stand
point is not to be wondered at ; yet the
"Heathen Chinee" i3 rapidly undertak
ing to solve the question, "Shall we
give up our exclusiveness?" China's
step is slow and steady ; she is sowing
seeds for her future translation from
ignorance and hate to civilization and
progress ; her wise men are busily en
gaged in the translation of foreign sci
entific works into the Chinese language,
and all the modern theories of naviga
tion are being studied, while her peo
ple are daily becoming more and more
enlightened. While we of this country
are in danger of "Caesarian," China is
rapidly on the highway to "republican
urn." I. Id. K.
THE STATE FAIR.
Continued, From the Journal.
Best collection illustrating botany of
Xebraska, S Aughey and Lizzie C
Aughey, Lincoln, 10 00.
Best raAV tobacco, F Kenner, Xe
braska City, 85 00.
Best collection of geological speci
mens, S Garber. Ked Cloud, $10 00.
Best botanical collections, A Beach,
Mil ford, SeAvard count, diploma.
Second best do, Col. J Beesbee, Oma
ha, diploma.
For lime, no premium was offered,
but the committee considered speci
men Avorthy of one, and so recommend
ed that the board award a premium to
such entry.
The committee also recommended
the collection of coal, iron, sulphur,
etc., on exhibition by V P 11 11 Co, to
the faA'orable consideration of the
Board, Avhich, though not placed in
completion, is worthy of the highest
commendation.
Committee oil Cl"5a lo. O, "Mooliin
ry and Farming Implements, recom
mended the folloAving aAvards:
lot 1.
King Hay Bake, Jacob King, Omaha,
second premium.
Best broadcast seeder, Keif er & Land
ley, Lincoln, diploma.
Best American corn planter, same,
second premium.
Best grain drill, same.
Best sulky hay rake, same, diploma.
Best Buckeye combination reaper
and mower, same.
Best Buckeye MoAver, same.
Best breaking plow, Keifer & Lind
ley, same.
Best two breaking, plows, J W Pat
rick, Xebraska City, diploma.
Best seven Avorking ploAvs, Wesner &
Co. Xebraska Ciiy, special mention.
Best gang pIoav, Wesner & Co, Xe
braska City, honorable and special
mention.
Omaha neAV Manney reaper and
mower, F F Hall, Omaha, honorable
and special mention for lightness of
draft.
Best breaking plow, Deere & Co. Mo
line, 111., special mention.
Best stubble ploAV, Deere & Co., Mo
line, 111., diploma.
Best Avind-mill, E Stover, 1 reeport,
111., second premium.
Best wind pump, same.
Best Marsh harvester, Wheeler &
Tucker, Xebraska City, diploma.
Best riding corn cultivator, same.
Best combination cultiA'ator and
seeder, same.
Climax corn, planter, Spiingfieid
Manufacturing Co., Springfield, 111,
special mention for most perfect draft.
Best Avind mill, A L Strang, Ag't,
Lincoln, diploma.
Best wind pump, same.
Best stubble plow, S F Woodworth,
ag't, Rockford, 111, second premium.
Best gang plow, same.
Committee on class Xo. 7, recom
mended the following awards which
are all that will be avrarded in this
class until the January meeting:
LOT 2.
Best collection of evergreens, Fur
nas, Irsh & Co, Lincoln, premium.
Best specimen of Xebraska grown
fruit trees, same.
Best one year old honey locust, same,
Best exhibition of Xebraska grown
nursery stock, same.
Committee on Class Xo. 1, Horticul
ture and fruits, inade the following
awards :
lot 1.
Best collection of fruit, J II Masters,
Xebraska City, $50.
Best summer apples, same, $10.
Second best, do, S B Hobson, Mount
rieasant, Cass county, $5.
Best autumn apples, J II Masters,
Xebraska City, $10.
Second best do, Miss L Gilmore Xe
braska City, $5.
Best winter apples, J II M;isters,
Xebraska City, $10.
Second best do, S B Hobson. Mt
Pleasant, Cass county, $5.
Best collection of summer, fall, and
winter, J II Masters, Xebraska City,
$C5.
Second best do, Mark Morton, Xe
braska City; $10
Best seedling, Xebraska City Xur
sery, Xebraska City, $25.
Best collection of av inter pears J II
Masters, Xebraska City, $10
Second best, none.
Best fall pears, O Ilarmon, Xebraska
City, $10.
Second best do, Joel Draper, Xe-
brask City, $5.
Best collection of fall and Avinter
pears, same, $2C.
Second best do, J II Masters' $10,
Best collection of grapes, Joel. Dra
per, X'ebraska City, $25.
Second best do, none.
Best CataAvba, Joel Draper, Xebras
ka City, $1.
Best Isabella, same.
Best Diaha, same.
Best Hartford, same.
Best Concord, Wm Doel, Omaha' $1
Best Delaware, Joel Draper, Xebras
ka City, $1.
Best Clinton, same.
lot 2.
Best grape jelly, Miss X Vedder,
Lincoln, $1.
Best crab jelly, same.
Best apple jelly, same.
Best canned pie plant, E J Water
man Milford, Seward county, $1.
Best canned gooseberries, same.
Best canned raspberries, same.
Best breaking ploA-, E Cartwright,
DeAvitt, Saline county, special mention
Ward's combined reaper and mower,
S. E Upton & Co, Lincoln, diploma.
Best horse corn planter, same as sec
ond premium, and special mention for
simplicity.
Best corn sheller, hand, same, diplo
ma.
Best horse hay rake, same, diploma.
Best "sod corn planter, horse, Keifer
& Lidley, Lincoln, second premium
Best wilting machine, Colby Manu
facturing Co, Michigan, diploma.
Best cistern pump, Cole Bros.
Brock Avay, Green Castle, Indiana, sec
ond premium.
Best two Avell pumps, same.
Best water boiler, A J Patterson,
Guthrie county, Iowa, second premium,
Best stubble plow, Moline plow Co,
Kansas City, Missouri, second preini
um.
Best corn ploAV, same. "
Best Avalking cultivator, same.
Best six breaking plows, Deer & Co,
F,lt., Ill, spi'CUll tuotiituu.
Best six stubble plows, same.
Best .1 corn ploAvs, same, second pre
mium.
Best double shovel plow, same.
Best corn ploAV, double wheeled and
iron beam, same, diploma.
Best lot of cooper Avare, Azro Smith,
Bock Bl tiffs, Cass county, second pre
mium. Best fanning mill, EM Osborn, Quin
cy, 111, diploma.
Best prairie breaker, Briggs & Enock,
Hock ford, 111, special mention.
Trip hammer saAV set, M. C Fuller,
Bedford, IoAva, diploma.
lot 2.
Eureka clothes Avringer, X A Fal
ley, Greenwood, Xeb, diploma.
Best Avashing machine, Juglesbj', &
Hamilton, Saybrook, 111, second premi
um. lot 3,
Best doors, L II Case, Lincoln, second
premium.
lot 4.
Best 2 beehives, John C Smith, Omaha,
diploma.
Best colony of Italian bees, same.
Diploma in this report signifies first
premium.
CLASS 0 MISCELLANEOUS.
LOT 1.
Vehicles TAvo-horse wagon, Keefer
& Lindley, Lincoln; spring Avagon,
same, diploma.
Three spring open buggies, J C Clark
& Co, Lincoln, platform spring Avagon,
same, diploma.
TAvo-horse Avagon, Star wagon Co,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, diploma.
Dress boots and shoes, ConoA'er &
Druse, Lincoln, diploma.
Family carriage, G Ensign, Lincoln,
diploma.
Family carriage, same, diploma.
lot 3.
Cabinet Avare Bureaus, Crabb Mac
umber & Co, Lincoln, diploma.
This firm Avas also aAvarded diploma
for best bedstead, chamber set and
gcnpral display of furniture. j
lot 4.
Tanners' saddlers' and shoemakers'
work Light buggy harness, Jacob
Klepser, Xebraska City, diploma.
Light buggy harness, Henry Witt
man, Lincoln, diploma.
Saddle and briddle, George Seifert,
Lincoln.
Dress boots, Ernst & Haberle, Lin
coln. Mens' gaiters, do do
Dress boots, L Schwaibold
Three calf skins, tanned. J
do
To
Strine,
Xebraska City.
Five calf skins, tanned. II C Wilcox,
Xebraska City, diploma.
CLASS 1 HORSES, MULES AND ASSES.
LOT 2.
Draft horses Stallion 5 years old
and over, D X Ryan, Lincoln.
Brood mare and colt, T G Smith,
Solon.
Mare, 2 and under, 3 do do
Stallion, 3 and under 5, do do
1st and 2nd premiums.
Stallion, 2 and under 3, J Saunders,
Ashland.
Stallion. 1 and under 2, M Meacok,
Emerson.
Bicod rtare and colt; S Carter.'
lot 4.
Draft horses Pair of draft mares,
T Doane, Crete.
Pair draft horses, J O Dearborn,
Beatrice, 2nd premium.
J Warden, X'ebraska City, same, 1st
premium.
lot 5.
Roadsters--Stall!', n, 2 and under 3,
II H Petit, FlattsuH-uth, 1st premium.
Mare 4 and under 5, J J Cook, Lin
coln. Single carriage horses, A G Hast
ings. Single carriage mare, S G Owen.
Stallion, 4 and under 5, E W Cone,
Humboldt.
J Saunders, Ashland, 2nd.
Mare, over 5 aiid under C, C Bird,
Kingston.
Pair roadsters, j W Hollingshead,
PaAvnee City.
D D Johnson, Elmwood, 2nd.
Stallion, 5 years and over, J W Hol
lingshead. Mare, 2 and under 3, M E Powell,
Elmwood, 1st premium,
II Boone, 2nd.
Mare, 4 and undsr 5, S Carter.
Mare, 2 and under 3, J E Shotwell,
1st and 2nd premium.
Tair carriage horses, S McConiga.
Mare roadster, L R Moore, Kearney
Junction.
Stallion, 2 and under 3, J J Gosper.
Stallion, 5 years and over, J T Kin
ney, Xebraska City.
Roadster horse, L R Moore, Kearney
J unction.
Mare, J C Maddox, Falls City.
Letter from Henry Clay After His Pud
with Humphrey 3IarsIi.iII.
Henderson (Kentucky) P.ieK
We have in our .possession a letter
written by Henry Clay just after his
dtud Avith Humphrey ' Marshall. The
document Avas written before the days
of our convenient modern envelopes,
and bears upon its back the following
address: ''Samuel G. Hopkins or James
Clarke, Esq, Frankfou," Samuel G.
Hopkins Avas a brother, of the late Miss
Mary B. Hopkins of this city, among
whose papers the letter was found one
day last week, James Clarke, Esq,
was Governor of Kentucky a feAv years
after the letter was Avritten. Here it
is:
tx . - - :ii- -i t t n
"Dr. Clarke:
"I have this moment retrmed from
the field of battle, aa e had three
shots. On the first I grazed him just
above the navel he missed me. On
the second my damned pistol snapped,
and he missed ine. On the third I re
ceived a flesh Avound in the thigh, aud
owing to my receiving his first fire,
&c, I missed him.
"My Avound is m no Avay serious, as
the bone i3 unhurt, but prudence will
require me to remain here some days.
1IEXKY CLAY'.
FASHION STUD FAKH BURNED.
Two of President Grant's Horses Itaru
ed to DeaMi.
Tp.entox, X. J, Sept. 4.
This morning at about eleven o'clock
a carpenter employed on the Fashion
Stud Farm, near Trenton, observed
smoke coming from the cupola of one
of the stables, and at once gave the
alarm. A messenger was despatched
in hot haste to the city, a couple of
miles distant, and Avithin twenty min
utes the City Hall bell rang out the
signal for the hastening of the engines
in an easterly direction, Avhere by this
time black volumes of smoke could be
seen rolling up against the sky. SeA
eral of the engines, putting their hors
es to a dead run, reached the place in a
very short time, but altogether too late
to do any ood.
The stables Avere made of dry pine,
finished in style which rendered them
as combustible a3 tinder, and within
ten minutes of the first appearance of
smoke they Avere a mass of roaring
flame, doomed beyond all hope. There
were at this time nineteen horses in
the stable, and the alarmed keepers at
once turned all their energies toward
saving them. As is always me case,
the steeds became panic-stricken, and
fought like tigers against every effort
to get them out of danger. The keeper
of Harry B. it may be said literally
forced the noble fellow twice in suc
cession out or tne siaujc. Avnen ne
plunged back again into the smoke and
flame. A third time the keeper groped
through the suffocating vapor, and rec
ognized the terrified animal by the
sense of touch only. He managed to
g't him once more across the threshold
when the poor creature dropied dead.
The beautiful mare Rosabel fought as
desperately against her friends, but
they saved her unharmed in 'spite of
herself, although she lost $300 worth
of clothing. The keepers, numbering
over a dozen, worked like heroes tu
rescue the noble creatures under their
charge. These men made their home
in the handsome stables, aud in the
upper iortion all of their Avordly ef- j
fects Avere turning to ashes, and ye
they let them burn AA-hile they kept tip j
the desperate struggle with the horM s 1
below. Charles Cochran, the keeper of j
Goldsmith Maid, had $3,070 in his J
trunk in rrreenbacks. The trunk and !
eA'erything in it Avithin half an hour
was impalpable dust, and his own arms,
legs rind nose Avere terribly burned in
his efforts to keep the horses from
pushing into the blazing furnace.
Among the nineteen horses in the
stable these men succeeded in forcing
Out and keeping out eleven; including
the well-known Rosalind, Goldsmith
Maid, Hotspur, Susie Parker, Lucy,
and aci amen to (a fine trotter bclo ag
ing in California). All thtse Avere
saved entirely unharmed.
Those that were burned to death
Avero "Harry B." owned by Budd Doble;
and valued at $1,000 (he was sever.
years old and has trotted a mile with
ease in 2:35); W. C. Hutchinson's bay
stallion Young Windsor, live years old
worth $3,000; President Grant's three
year old. Cinderella and Blackshaw
Maid, worth together 10,000; L:i
Pierre, a black horse, seven years old.
who bad trotted a mile in 2:33, and
Avas valued at $5,000 (he Avas owned by
J. B. Butlerworth, of the La Pierre
House, Philadelphia, Avho also lost a
fine bay horse Avorth $2,500) ; Xcd Per
ry's bay mare Lizzie Ferry, worth $4.
000, and a lino black horse owned in
Bethlehem. Pa.
The "other property destroyed in
cludes fourteen sulkies, worth $123
apiece; five track wagons, Avorth $300;
three road Avagons, Avorth $yoo ; twenty
sets of harness, Avorth $2,000, besides
seven tons of hay, six tons of straAv;
buo bushels of oats, and a larjro numlxT
of saddles, blankets, .c. The total
value of the property burned, including
horses, isalittlo short of $100,000.
Fashion Stud Farm is one of the most
noted breeding and training establish
ments of the country, and is in full
vieAV of travelers passing between Xcav
York and Philadelphia. The tract in
cludes, 113 acre, belonging to the
banker, XT. Xr. Smith, 73 Broadway, Avhd
purchased it ia March. 1873, of tliO
Xcav Jersey agricultural society, paying
$81,000 therefor. The building cost
$10,000, and is insured for $10,000 only;
The origin of tho fire is uncertain.
One of tho theories is th.it it was '.ft
on fire by the sparks of a passing loco
motive; but this seems hardly proba
ble Avhen it is borne in mind that the
stable stands 200 yards from the rail
road, and the Aind at the time the
flames appeared Avas blowing in pre
cisely tho opposite direction. Many
believe that it Avas the Avork of an in
cendiary, A.hile it is by no means im
possible that it resulted from tlie care
lessness of some of the employes them
selves. There have been a large iium
1 i' of very valuable horses at the
i!;x for more than a Aear past, the-rei
b' iMover 100 at present. It was un
der the charge cf William Doble, avIhV
AViis telegraphed for at Philadelphia,'
iui'l reached the place in the afternoon
to-ii'-.d l!i;'t about all the property
s:tvi'd ;is summed up in a couple of
w:i-oi;s and sulkies. N. Y. World. .. .
A 1ARINU RESCUE.
Ihw a Tennessee Woman FrerI Her
Husband.
Memphis. Turn, Sept. 7.
Some ten days since quite an excite
ment Avas created in the eastern .sub
urbs, by the arrest of J. E. White, a
prominent citizen, on a charge of horse
stealing, and within a few days no less
than a dozen specific charges for similar
offenses Avere made public, lie Avas
remanded to jail Avithout bail. This
afternoon his Avife called to see him,
and spent half an hour with him.
Shortly after she again made her ap
pearance at the gate and asked to be
admitted and Avhen the guard opened
the gate White presented a cocked re
volA'er at his head and said: "Let me
out or die." Tho guard sprung back
and White, darting out, mounted a
horse in Avaiting and diished off before
the alarm could be given. Pursuit warf
instituted early as possible, but up to
dark he had not been recaptured. Hi
wife had carried the revolver envelop
ed in her panicr and had the horse ii:
Avaiting. She Avas arrested.
The origin of the vagrant Avords for
fine girl, "Mullingar heifer," is too good
to be left untold : Many years ago a
traA'eler, passing through Mullingar,
Avas struck with the thick ankles of
the Avornen, and made inquiry about
the local peculiarity.
"May I ask," said he to a strapping
girl, "if you wear hay in your shoes V'
"Faith an' I do," replied the damsel,
"and what then Y
"Oh, nothing," added the stranger;
"only that accounts for the calves of
your legs coming down to fodder."
Hew to Manage an unuianuirMc Horse V
From the Commercial Advertiser.
A beautiful and high spirited horse
would never allow a shoe to be put or.
his feet or 'any person to handle his feet
In an attempt to shoe such a horse re
cently, he resisted all efforts, kicked
aside everything but an anvil, and av;1.:
near killing himself against that, ar.d
finally was brought back to his stable
unshod. This defect Avas just on the
eve of consifr!i!:.g him to the ploAV, sc
h might work barefoot, a; hen an offi
ce: in ourfcrvice, lately returned from
Mexico, took a cord about the size of a
c i ajem bedcord, put it in the mouth
of the horse like a Mt, ana ilea uou
the aniiral's head, passing his left ear
vnder the- string, not painfully, tight,
' I't tight enough to keep the eat
down and r!.e cord in place. This done
he p:utt J il.e horse gently on tho side
of the I.e-.iJ, and command-d him t
follow; ;.n-l instantly ine uorse oocjee
! pi rtectiv 5-abauca ana as geniic , nnu
' oU-dieui its a weU trained dog; suffer
; ir.g his feet to be lifted AA'ith entire ira
j panitj', acting in all respects like an oiu
stager. The gentleman who uius n'.r
nishedthis exceedingly simple nrtaus
of subduing a A-ery dangerous pre per.
sitv intimated it is practised in Mexic:
and South America in the riranajerr" '
of wild tor?c?.'
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