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1 -v large assortment of Clocks beaacmartera lor LamliPft' "Piorif KrmAnt'n Rnn.tlfld Tr.-u as "l-V-Vi''i- : , ' , . - - . - v 7 - vv-.vwv r..v,. x o uuuc uu ouuifc uuuuy aim uu wuriv warrantee!. jail arid examine for oiirrfelvcs. W i ; i r I V .1 I ... r J THE HERA. LD Published every Thursday at Clc-On M.ih St., DeUZ-ilH ra Sth. Second Story. ' WrCAi PAVER OF CASS COUNTY. Terms, in Advance ne copy, one year $3.00 One copy, six months 00 Sue copy, throe months 50 "orioio' a w in Jol jdj Jit, J& 1J JLUo J. A. MACMURFHY, Editor. PERSEVEfiAHCE CONQUERS." ERMS ; $2.00 a Year. Volume 9. Plattsmdutb, Nebraska, Tliursday, October 2, 1673. Number 27. ATTORNEYS. 1. r1.E-TAttorn,"' at Office on t-w l-.i i"., .r,'et- over I'apmaii-s I'nip Store. bi'CH.Ul attention given to collection of Claiina. H. -WHKFXKK, .1. w. STlSfHCoilB. "U lieolcr & Stluclicomb, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 49-1 y lliUtsnmuth. Nebraska. AM. M. CU.U-MA.V. - li. T. MAXWELU Chapman & Maxwell. . ATTOKSkYS AT LAW ana Solicitors In Chancery. Oftiee In Fitzgerald' Llock, l'latfcj uioutli, Nebraska. Official Directory. com: ulssioxal. T. V. Tipton. Urownville. 1. W. Hitchcock. Omaha. L. Croimse, Ft. Calhoun.. .:.V. S. Senator. . ..IT. S. Senator. .Keprese m alive. EXECUTIVE. K. V. Furnas. Brown ville.... .. J. .f. fiosper, Lincoln .1. 11. Weston, Beatrice . H. A. Kenis, Columbus I. j;. vvi-nsu-r. Cr-te.. Governor. Sec'y of State. Auilitor. ....Treasurer. Att'y (Jen. J. M. McKenzie, Lincoln. . .Sup't Iub. lustruc'n A BliAVE ENGINEER. BY KEBECCA HARDING DAVIS. THE HERALD. AIVi;UTJSIG HATECV i One square, (10 lines or lens) one Insertion . .$,isi Each MiW'qiidit insertion ( l'rofesnl.inal card, not exceeding m linen. .10.(4 !ueoIuinn per annum jn.iiC Ueolumn per annum 40. 9C ieoliimn do 00.0 One column Uo lOO.Ot All iKlvcrtl.lnjr MIIh Jue "iiiarterly. , Transient adverthieiiienu uiiut b pnXl IthCti advance. I'.XTH A CM1 1'.t OF TIT K IT K 11 VLD Uit SltliJ try U. J. Strel-tit. lit the I'ost oi lee, and O. K. JuUb koii. corner of .Main mid l- iflh OBO. 8. SMITH, . It. WINDHAM, SMITH &. WIXWIIAM. Successors to Marquetl, Smith, & Starbird, A ttorney at Law & Real Estate Brokers PLATT8MOUTII, ... jjEB. Ppeeial attention given to CoUertions. and all rriAtLPM affeetiliK ttie Title to JU;al Estate. O'f'.ce on 2d floor, over the I'ost Ofiice. PHYSICIANS. K. LIVINCKTOX. Physician ami Surgeon, Tenders hi.s pnifcssional services to the citizens of Cass countv. liesidenee southeast earner of Oak and Sixth streets ; offiee on Main street, one door west ot Eyman'.s Lumber Yard, rlattsmoulh, Nebraska. JUDICIARY, Omaha Chief Justice Nebraska .Citv. ) . . . . .. Samuel MiLitwPil i'i;.tt-i. r Associate J uat s, (io7. B. Lake Oanlel Cantt Mayor, .. city i.ierk TLATTSMOCTIL R. R. Livingston Plielps I'aine Win. W iiitei-steiu City Treasurer. .i. . i aines I'olic-e .lodge. Mil;s Morgan . . . Marshal. v. joiinson Mreet Cbininwstoner. ALDERMAX. First Ward. J. Fitzgerald, IT. S. Xewman Sr.fojfi Waku. L Wavman, C. Nichols. Jhiki aki. H. C. Cushing, Thos. Pollock, rumni WAKU.-ifc Vivian, U. t. Jolinaon. CASS COUNTY. Ellison , McKinnon Ilohbs IXSUI1AXCE. YIIKELE, & P'KNNETT Real Estate and Taxpaying Agents. Notaries Pubiic. Fire and Life Insurance Agents, Plattsmouth, Neb. I!'!':!.!' I'AINE General Insurance A sent, nepresents some oi tne most reliable-t om- fanles in the Lnstel States. jauT-wtf II. F. Dai i 'I W. L. U. W. Wis. Jacob Valiery, i. t.iarKe. Lyman James J. W. Thonuis Probate Judee. County (. ' , lieasurer. ...Sup't I'ub. Instruet'n. .County Commissioners. Coroner. Churches. HOTELS. Brooks house, JOHN FITZGERALD, Proprietor. Main Street, between Fifth & Sixth. "OAITIST On the corner of Main and Ninth, Rev. T. J. Arnold. Pastor. Serviens everv Sabbath. at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath Sc!boI at yt a- in. .Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. r-JIIRISTF AX Service in Congregation Church at 11 a. m. and 6 : :io p. m. Comer of Locust and sth streets. Cordia. alt classes to attend. invitation extended to M ISCEEL AXEO US. CHEISEL, rrcprietor. Have recently been repaired and placed in thorough running order. l'K..')oo HuMicls oi v neat wanteil imme diately for which the highest market price will ca paid. Abstracts of Title. rpHE NUMERICAL SYSTEM The best in use For deseripi ;ve cireul ir, address, ACULS. LLAClvM V It & CO.. iitu-liiigtou, Iowa. LM'I.SCOPAICorner Vine ami Third streets, Minister. Services every Sunday at ii. uim e I', in. ouiiiiay scuooi at 3 p. in. 6IlEKNrIIOUSE AND PLANTS. BEDDING Time and mo.-.ov saved by ordering of me. I kae the largest and b L eolleetion of Plants jver ottered lor sale in me West. Catalogues free. Sweet Potato. Cabbage. Tomato, and oth er Plants lor sate in their season. Address W. J. 11ESSER. FlaUs.nouth. N th. AxfMtfe Wanted. FOR A T.OOIv NEEDED ilT ALL Z fi? tr 11 fiATIIOLir North side of Public Squar. Rev. Father Robal. First Mass every Sabbath at 8-CO a. in. t sect!iil Mass and sermon at M-;), Vespers and Benediction at 7 p. in. Mass at 8 a. m. every week day. "PIRST PRESHYTERIAX North side of Main J- Ktreet, west of ;th, lie v. W. T. P.artle ; Ser vices every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and; p. m. Sabbath fichool at o-:50 a. m. I'raver meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. ide of ftth MeKelviev I'astor. Services everv Sabbath, at 10 a m ami 7 p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. ( 'hiss meeting every Momlav evening, and immediately after "close of Sabba'th morn- iiis M-miri. riirnaiu nvuuoi a :dO, J1. li. iese, bupei liitend;uit. A I ETI IO D I ST E PI SCOPA L We.s t --"-street south of Mam. Rev. C. CONTAG den 24 September hat die Deutsche kJ Ev. Lutli. Gemeimis in ill rem Kchulhaus vor- mitta.'s uw 11 Vlir Gotteodienst. L'eberliaiit.t t'miet ilerselbe von ietzt an reLrelmnessi.r ;.n,. it i age st ait. Minister, Key. L. Haunawaid. Sabbatli sehHl at 1 p. m., iTof. d'Allemand Superintemlent. The lest books publ". -lied on the Horse am! the Cor. Libc-ntl term. Mni't-v made ramdly ty agents selling these hon';s. snd for eircu- lais. POK'lilR & dA'lJ'.S, rublislicis, i'hiiadeli.bia, l'a. FINE ART GALLERY. T. I. o. V. J-. Regular meetings of Platte Lodcre o. ,. 1 . I r. it. r . everv I iupu v pvpihik ! . r ... . ... V " VM! reiios nan. iransieiit I'.rotncrs are cor dialiy invited to visit. E E CTTXVINII -.T -V r. iFJAi.K.V. S !ilh.;ki,, Seeivt.uv. " O. t). b . I'LATTSMOI-TII ENTAMrMFNTXo. i. Keiritlar Convocations the A .m.i AiU Friday's of eaeh month at Odd Fellows' Hall eornr.::i pmi Mam streets, .transient Patri archs cordially invited to visit. 11. J, DtKKIGlIT, C. P. H. Nkwmam, Scribe. ATA SONIC Plattsmouth Loner. Xo. r,, A. F. & A. M.Reg7:l::r'ineethics at their Hall on the firs? ami third Mnudav eveniinrs if each li. It. LIVINGSTON. W. M A. d'ALLFMAN'n, Sec. T fACOY I.OLGE Xo. 22. A. F. & A. M. Rclh- lar meetings at Macoy Hall, first and third rrjdavs . J. N. WISE, AV. M. POTTER & GAFFNEY, r.i 1 .-.""' N o 3, R. A. T. Leg ...... --.I.,-. .miHi nti uii.i tiiKi UMiiill Ue- r?rhntoirra-hs. Ambrolvfies and copies frini old pictures, plain or i-lor-ut eit her in ins; ater or oil. All work h"atly executed and war- taiited to give satisia-tioi. V. V. LEONARD. Artist. 10-tf Main St.. FlaUsmouth, Neb. NEW DRUG STORE. Vr.BPINO tTATKIi, 'EB. DEALERS IX DRUGS. MEDICINES. PAINTS, OILS. VAKNISH. PEitFl ME1;, STATION 1'liY. N TIONS, CIGALS. TOBACCO, AND GLASS. IT Pr;ptioiia e:rfcf:iUt prep-rd. !. I. GOLDING, Dealer in raorniNO, furnishing conns. nATS, CAPS. HOOIS, SMOI- S. 1 I'.iMvS VALISES, CARPET RAGS, &C, &C, &.C.. iVC. On of the oldest ard most Reliable Houses Is Plattsiaoath. Main street, between Fourth and 1- iflh. fSyREMEM 15ER THE rUCE. n-tf. NEW STYLES. E. Xi. EIjSTER, MERCHANT TAIL02-. ! In reeetrt ot the finest ,md HEXT ASSORTMENT AAS-UMERES. CLOTHS. VESTINGS. SCOTCH i;ch)is, Jiusii fr:e.si, &e. Tn fact. th larr-d. and bet assortment of Cloths ever broucht to his ritv, which I am .re;ai-ed t make up in the Itte-.t Stjles. t.'all Had examine ;hk1s. aprilis. Mrs- A. D. Vhitcomb, DRESS AND CLOAK MAKER. m-s three doors tvest of BroolvS Jlonse.' CUTTING AND FITTING MADE A SPECIALTY. tTJ Pattenis of ?I1 kir. is cT'tantly on hand 20-ly. day evenings of each month ar 7'4 o'clock p. m R. R. LIVINGSTON, II. P. II. Nkwmav. See. O. G. T. OLIVE BRANCH. No. 2. II. H. Bedwdl. W. ft. T I) l M-irtiiifl-il w See. : T. W. Shrvoek. IxiiU'e IVimlv meet pi Clark & I'iummer's Hall even Wednesday eve ning. Travelling Templars resi'ectlully invited. fTH"RNVEl'j:iN.-The Turner Soeietv meets at Turners' m cmhinan's Rioelt, on the first an 1 third Wednesdays of each month. A. Yon Sehwanenberg, President ; George Kareher. Yi-e President : 11. Newman, Treas urer; W. Breed. Reeordinar. Seeretarv : T'.-ml Bmidseh. Corresoordid'T Seeretnrv Wi'li jin Hassler. First Turn Wart : John Bium s..',-,.n,i Turn Wart : Oswald (iuth.man. Warden. Purissima et Optima. man laugh- J. W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE, tf- L TVER Y STABLE. Main street, Plammouth, Neb. T am prepared to accommodate the public with tlorses, Carriages, buggies. Wagers. and a No. 1 Ileare. On short notice and reasonable terms. A Halt will run to the Sreamhoat Landing, Depot and ail parts of the city when desired, janltf. Blacksmith Shop. CIIAS. X. TIFFANY, JIT. PLEASANT, NEB. . Depr3 leave to inform the farmers of Ca33 County tliat he keeps a good No. 1 BLACKSMITH SHOP 3ne mile north of iit. Pleasant. All kinds of Iron Work attended to. Wagons repaired, Farm Implements earef ully mended. Lowest prices, frfld all work done on short notice, - Grain received' in pavment. Give 5if;rial. iT. Tiffakt. Tliis unrivaTIed Medicine U warrrnfel ni.f tn contain a sintrle oarl n le nf xtuwirv ri.v in jurious mineral sui-.sUiiiee. but is l'URELY VEGATAP.LF. For fort V years It lias rnvi..l ;t-. 1m all disease of the Liver. Bowels and Kfd'ievs I housaetls of the iiood :unl rre.-it in i.r the cot.ntry voueh'for its vrmiderrul and ..eeuliar IKvvcr in purifving t':e bieod. stimulating the ........... v . ...... nuit Ull fl. I 1 1:1 lie', H1K tiu l vigor t t'.ie v, hole wst' in. Simmons' lay er Regulator is acknowledged to have no ctual as a - LIVER MLDICIXl?, It contains four medical elements, never unit ed in the same happy proportion in any other preparation, viz ; a gemle Cathartic, a wonder ful Tonic, an un-excepriouabI Alterativu and a certain Corrective of ail imparities of the body. Such signal success has attended Its ue, that "it is now refrardeil ut tin. GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC, ior Liver .nnii.-. at jmd the painful offspring LiLi. -11. i-.-.ii; ii;p!'(im;i, l Onsilpai lull. Depression of Spirits, Soui- Stomach, Heart lilllll. C1.C. Kegtilate the Liver and prevent CHILLI AND FEVER, rreparcd oi:y by J. II. ZEII IX & CO. Druggists. Macon. Ga. Send for a C lrcular and t Arch street, rnce ?1. by mail 1.25 l'hiiadcljdiia l'a; For Sale by J. fl. Buttery, j:;n4-vriy Plattsmouth, Neb. MONEY SAVED BY Buying Your Greenhouse and Bedding Plants AT THE Picnic Gardens. JJOXT send East for n-.nta when yon can get just as good lor less money nearer home. To my numerous friends and patrans 1 would i in. i i iiuj largest ami last piaius ever .aere l lor sale In the at rea-oonahlc prices. Ee sure and send for my stock of West, and Xeiv Veecrlptlrc Catalogue. which will be sent free tn n ii.rr 1 can satfsTy 0Uen d 1 feel nQdeIt i It was a clear June morning. The The sky overhead was dappled with the fleecy pink clouds of dawn not yet whitened into daylight; the dew still rested on the rows of maples and horse chestnuts that shaded the pavements f tnem- of the country town and the climbing masses of purple wisteria and crimson roses over the many gabled houses, Down in the depot the long train of cars stood ready to start. Two or three women were gcirg through them, giv ing the final rub and polish to the show Silver mountings, while the workmen outside went up and down whistling and clanging on the wheels to test their soundness. Inside the office window Mr. Pearce, the clerk, looked out, nodding good morning, and joking with the conduc tor and the officers of the station as they came up. His canary chirped and peered out of his cage beside him with his bright eyes, as if he too wanted to say good morning. Iu the foremost part of the new en gine, "Oneida," stood glittering in her brilliant crimson and silver coat as the sun slowly rose. Little pr.lfs of white emoke came out from her nostrils, and now and then she moved impatiently up and down the track eager to be off. 'She's like a young colt on the ram page to Le in the race," said liill Stokes to the engineer, Ilovey. "yes." The young man walked round her, trying her here and there to see that bolts and nuts were right, but with an ftflectionate touch, as the owner of a favorite horse might do before the race began. "Her first trip?" asked a by-stander. "No; second," said Ilovey. lie turned into the little room -out of which Pearce was looking as he snoke. That's a young man to have charge of an engine," said a stianger to Stokes. "Well, yes," shifting his tobacco from one jaw to the other. "J3ut the com pany haint got no more reliable ingine driver than Matt Ilovey. Ile3 pushed his own way, that feller has. "lies not pushed it very high, to drive an engine," said the ing. "That's as you look at it. Bill wa3 a porter, and in his eyes the engineer's was a post of hoiior. "Ilovey 3 father was a clergyman, I've heard sav, and died of cholera when he wa3 a baby ; since which ho has been left alone to hoe his own row. Likely his father bein' a clergyman has helped to keep him so straight. lie don't drink nor tetch a card." Put the stranger was tired of his gossip, seized the the first break to walk off. . Mr. Pearce inside the window above, locked at Ilovey and laughed. D'ye hear Stokes sounding your praises? How do you make friends of all the men on the road, Matt ?,' I don't know." But he did not smile, and his usually frank, bright face was sad and anxious. Mr. Pearce aited for him to speak. Ilovey was not only popular with the workmen, but with all the officers of the road. "What is it, Matt?" "Well, not much." The young man stroked down his bright check shirt, very much embar rassed. He was not of the age or class when men speak of their feelincrs. Only I've pushed myself up as Bill calls it, such a little way." "Don't you like engineering, then?" Mr. Pearce looked surprised. "Yes; well enough." He hesitated. ''It's a better business than I ever hoped to ect into when 1 was greasing whecis. And yet Well you see, Mr. Pearce, my father had a different sort of woik. He was of some account in the world. "But then, 5-ou know, Matt, he was an educated man." Mr. Pearce wa3 embarrassed, hardly knoi.g what to say. "Ye. That's what I couldn't get, an edicatior-.. A man can't be of anv use without it." He stood looking gloom y cut of the window at the passengers gathering for the outgoing train. . , "Now, look here 1" he said, suddenly4 "D'ye see that tall, slab shouldered fel low in gray? That's Mr. Toombs, the great temperance speaker. Why, Mr. Pearce, he spends his time goin about the country gettin' men and boj-s by the thousands to leave the grog shops. It's like opening the doors of the king dom of heaven, in my notion sir. Now look acrost the platform at that one legged man. That's Col. Roberts. He lost his leg and his health too, in the war. Now he's done something to earn his breath, d'ye understand? And wait a minute, look at that little dried up man m black. You wouldn't think he w.".3 of much rale to any tody, would you? Well, that s Shelton, the millionaire, of Albany; an' he's goin down town to-day to sign the papers making over one-third of his great estate to support an asylum for or phans. Just think of the hundreds and hundreds of children he will lift but of the gutter and make good men and women put of!" .Pearce, though an educated man, was duller than his companion. "Sa j-bu want to be a lecturer or to found an orphan asylum, Hovey's he said, perplexed; "Most fellows of your age are contented if they can pay their board bill by honest work, Ilovey smiled. "I'd like to do some thing more-with myself than that Any horse or cow earns its victuals. But there don't seem to be any open ing for me." -1 imnK 1 Know wnat you mean, Mathew," said a grave voice behind Old Mr. NEARLY ORIGINAL. Farmer Taine on Short Horns. For the Herald. It is just fun alive to observe how suddenly our liberal-democratic friends are become farmers, and most intense ly interested in husbandry. Since the Granger movement has been inaugur- Duprey, the' superin- ated they are intent upon capturing tendent, had entered as they were talk ing. "No man singly earns his vict uals. He influences the world around him at every moment; and I vill say candidly, Mathew Hovey, the influence you exert on the road has been very marked aud always for good." Matt s face grew red with pleasure, "I am glad to hear you say that, sir," he said simply, taking off his cap. . " hen God finds better work than engine-driving for you to do, yo man, depend upon it, Hell open the door to it," said the old nian earnestly. "There's your bell now." "A clever young fellow," he said to Pearce, as Ilovey hurried off to his en gine. "Very." "I must look about and see what can be done for him." Meantime Matt had climbed up to his seat and glanced over his engine cool and collected. Whatever fancies or day dreams he had about other work, they were quite put out of his head now. Matt knew his duty and took it up with his whole head and heart. On the engine he was n engin eer, that alone. The train ' rapidly filled. The tem perance lecturer, the soluier, the phi lanthropist who was going to rescue so many thousand children, hurried in aud took their places in the crowd.- There were mothers with their babies, young husbands with their brides, a hundred bright stories of life half told on the passing faces. Matt, busied with his levers and valves, saw nene of them until a troop of schoolboys rushed into the cars, shouting, to tttke their seats. They were just loose from the academy for'their summer vacation. The thought flashed through his mind that each of theso boys had the "open- in'" that lie wanted; had, perhaps, the long useful life before him, full of the strength and knowledge to help his fellow-men which he could not con quer. "But lie forgot that in a moment in the necessity of his work. The engine shrieked, the bell rang once, twice, thrice, and away went the long winding train out of the wakening streets. Out through the brick yards in the suburbs, the sleepy little villages with the smoke beginning to steal drowsily from the chimnej-s, out into the broad, green slopes of meadows and heavily woodsd hills, with the broad 1 !) 1 . cret-Ks yet neavy wiin mist creeping between. Suddenly, as they came to the edge of one of these broad, pure streams, Matt glanced out. The whole dewy morning, the silvery light, the green ness and silence touched and moved him as never before. Who can tell why? But it seemed as if for one brief moment some awful, tender po er held him close. The next There was a low, shrill hi3s, the ter rible warning of escaping steam, and then a hustling roar and tho hot, blind ing dash full in his face. For one in stant he staggered back. Then he saw the single chance that rested on that instant. Groping his way, blinded and dizzy, he gave the signal for down brakes, hung to the edge of the shat tered engine over the precipice, tugging at the valve which was to save the lives of all who were in the train be hind. He felt the shiverins led;?,'' on which he stood move, move slowly and stop. The train was safe. The long line of cars stopped on the ziasoy vn.ih. ana me lerrinea passen gers poured out. There was the beau tiful "Oneida" a hissing, ghastly wreck, and dropping from the ede of it tho body of a man, the face so mutilated that even those to whom it was near est should ever ever know it again. The men stood around it alarmed, per plexed and curious. "Have we been in danger?" they cried, crowding together. The old su perintendent of the road, Duprey, was on board and made his way up at last. In another moment," he said solemn iy,uie lives of every soul on board would have been lost. This young fel low in the agonies of his; own death, saved them." There was an hours horror and hush. But what could they do ? jLiieuayrose clear and bright. The happy schoolboys took home their strong, helpful lives into many homes; but the man who had given all this health and help to the world lay now stiff and cold upon the .grass. There was a notice floating about through the papers for a day or two, of his "brave deed." Mr. Duprey lifted the mangled hand as it lay in the cofiln. "God opened the door to other work than engine driving for him, Fearce ," he said. But Pierce stood silent with hi3 head bared. Ysut7is Companion. the lodges en toto. They are all, law yers and editors, and bankers, very sud denly, horney fisted chaps, with calous es on their palms as large as hickory nuts ; and if you watch them close, it is easy to catch them on the sly stand ing In the sun bareheaded, and court ing the favor of the Sun God, in order to tan 'em up a little. You will find them with their pants tucked into their boots, and they use hay seed for hair oil and they wear pins representing thresh ing machines, or perhaps a Durham bull, or a scythe snath, and they make their boys wear blue kankeen overalls and suddenly grow wise iii the rotation of crops, and the application of ma nures. For all thi3 wonderful interest man ifested the Grangers thank them and lay back and laugh. G ood young broth er Paine has suddenly become a horny fisted farmer, and wears clay on the upper3 Cf hjs boot3, while the soles are as clean as a hound's tooth. The other day an honest farmer met brother. Paine and knowing how he h id become an honest, horny handed farmer, thought it would bo pleasant to hold sweet com munion with him and discuss farmers matters. So he asks Brother Paine what he thought of the short horns. Brother Paine had the ruling passion strong in death, bad, and not being up in the stock vocabularv. blundered 'Short hern? ! I dont go a cent on short horns. The boys don't want to take iny sfiort horns this fall. (He goes in for long ones). This fall it's business. The good, honest farmer was nonpluss ed, but he rallied and explained a little. Our good brother Paine now thought he saw the point, and very wisely fell in with the old man, that short horns were a good thing" a good deal bet ter than the old fashioned long horns, for the boys could hear them just as far dovn in the field, and they wern't so hard to blow." This rather took the old farmer down the bank, as tho boys say, so he just told Brother I'aine what he did mean he meant real live cattle with short bonis, and Farmer Paine did see the point, and most unqualified ly expressd himself in favor of short horns, because they were less danger ous than long horns on the farm where the milkmaids and farmer boys were so liable to be hooked "Yes; short horns are what we want, nothing like short horns;" and then Paine asked the farmer in to see hi3 new invention a uoul led - and - twisted - fourteen- horse- power-trible-veneered-?rattZfTO-i'n:par- o-lightning-hister, for pulling beets. The farmer eouldn t see 't! Too thin! A Wonderful Snake. Mr. J. C. Beemer, living near Cole- ville, while out "huckleberrying, one day last week, discovered a worm snake crossing the road, about three feet in length. He assaulted his snakeship with a billet of wood, struck two or three blows, when the reptile began to spread out, crawling in every direction. Mr. Ijoemer was greatly astonished, took a closer view of the victim, when he discovered that it was composed of thousaitds of little reptiles, varying in length from an inch to three inches, about the size of a hair, all linked in together in such a maner as to com- 1 -.4. ..1 J 1 j . iuect-iy luiw a snaKe tnree ieet in length. On being struck with his club they all became alarmed, and endeavor ed to escape, cra, lingjand wriggling in every direction. Mr; Beemer conclud ed to' investigate the phenomenon, and accordingly retired a few rods from the scene of battle, to watch these peculiar reptiles. In about half an hour the little snakes A DEMOCRATIC DODGE. In certain sections of tho country where the Patrons of Husbandry hold the balance of power there seems to be a growing tendency to convert the order into one of a political character. The temptation to form a new party which shall represent a leading inter est, aud unite a powerful class against smaller and weaker ones, is both strong and natural, and to resist it demands the highest order of patriotism. We have large sympathy for the farmers' movement, and believe that by proper management U can greatly benefit the interest which it was formed to pro tect. Its founders saw the dangers which the introduction of politics would cause, and wisely excluded its presence from the order. We are glad to know that the prevailing sentiment of the granges is againnst the move ment now on foot by certain designing men to use the order for political purposes. Its best Iriends see in this movement the defeat of its principal objects, and the early dissolution of the order itself. Whatever tends to weaKen tne iiepuoiican party as a national power, takes from it the ability to djring about the reforms which the farmers of the West stand in need of. To break away from that party, and form another on purely class grounds, may fcr a time insure local advantages, but tlese will be purchased at the expense of greater advantages, which must of necessity be national in their character. Cheap er transportation to the seaboard, and and to the markets of the East is one of the necessities of the hour. It af fects all sections of the country, and to bring it about requires the united efforts of the representatives of all branches of industry. The Republican party is fully alive to the importance of opening new outlets for Western production, and has already taken s teps to secur them at an early day. To cripple the party by withdrawing from it enough strength, to thiow the elec tion into the hands of the Democracy would'be to imperil the best interests of the West. We cannot but regard this movement towards the formation of a third party as nothing more nor less than a Democratic dodjre, having for its object the disruption of the Bepul.'lican parly by a division in its ranks. Every Republican farmer in the West should.be on his guard against the seductive influences of those politicians who assure them that noth ing but a farmers' ticket can secure the relief they demand. If the farmers hold the balance of power in any State, they have it within their power to elect men who shall represent their interests. This can be done through the Republican party without in the least weakening its power. We sincerely. hope that tho Republican farmers everywhere will frown down all attempts to nominate a class ticket. It will lead to organization of other interests against them, and defeat the projects now on foot for their relief. If they want to be felt in 'politics let them be more active "in the ranks of the party, and seek the nomination of men who trill truly represent them in the State and national councils. Trunk Railroad. Our friends who feel discouraged must cheer up along tho line of long delayed and much desired Trunk road. Prof. Rich had the pleasure of meet ing Rr. Converse during a recent trip from Lincoln, and the Doctor was on Lis way to meet gentleman in Neb raska City, to confer definitely touch ing the action of our neighbors on the Trunk. Dr. Converse has no further offers to present, or rather no modi fixa tion of past prepositions to make. The Trunk will be built whether Nebraska City subscribes a cent or not ; so Dr. Converse informed Prof. Rich. In tho event of her non-subscription, how ever, it is probable the Trunk road will hot pass through Nebraska City. Dr. Converse also informed Prof. Rich that a survey of the route back of Nebraska City, under any circumstances, will at once be made. Tho Trunk road should run, if practicable, through Nebraska City, but it will certainly be built, either through or by that city. Democrat of the oth. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OE THE CASS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. A fanner, in Newberry, South Caro lina, says the Progressive Age, has a mule soVontrary that lie can do r.otli: ing with it. Put him in harness, alu it is hard to say which way ho will travel. Pnt a saddle 011 him, nnd hb appears to doze; but try to mount himj and he will all of it midden kick every way, straight out, sti addle-bug, Avitll all four legs at once. As to eating, hd will out auylhing from his food-trough up to a wooden ssvddle. Tho owner took a notion to have him shod, but ho kicked out the blacksmith shop nnd returned home. The owner tried to kill him some time back, so lie tied his ears with a trace chain and rode hlui for six consecutive days and nights as hard as he could under whip nnl pur, The fact is, ho ne;ir!y killed himself in tho -effort, and had to be carried up stairs to bed, nnd Ins f;nri belief was that the mulo would die that night; but, to his astonishment, the next morning ho found that the aiulo had kicked to death a Chester hog weighing "00 pounds, bU a piece out of his horse's shoulder, eat up saddle, blanket, and bridle, tore down the fence, and was splurging rbont, more devilish than ever, to find something else meaner to do, To the Public! The gate receipts at the Cass county Fair, 1873, were, $452.50. Keceipts irom the iu per cent, on contested premiums, $74.33. Booth and wagon rent, 5 16.00. From County Treasury, $249.30. Due on advertisements, $103.00. Expenses, including 0150.00 as rent of Fair ground, were, $.(103.91. Amount of premiums awarded, $310.10. We hope the Directors will be at the next regular meeting, to be held on the first Saturday in October, at the Court House, at 2 o'clock, r. si. The Society is owing some old debts which should be settled at once. Arrangements should be made for the rent of ground the coming year. l he Directors are the proper persons to transact all this business, and the members will be much better satisfied than to have it performed by those not legally authorized. J. F. DOUD, Scc'y, Dated, Plattsmouth, Sept. 22, 187.'. STATE ITEMsT" The savings bank depositor is just now trying to convince the rest of the world that he is a very absurd species of lunatic' Perceiving that there has been a panic and among stock-brokers, he has apparently called his brother lunatics together aid said, "Come, let us try to break our bank." Thereupon a run upon the savings banks has been be gun, and the depositors are doing their best to break them, and so lose theif money and that of every one who has trusted those institutious. If these people are accessible to reason, insterd of losing hours in the noble effort to br.?ak the banks, they will quietly go home and mind their business, permit ting the banks to mind theirs. If a uanK is sound, a run vipon it cannot A man named Chas. Pound was shot and killed by one James Dunbar, at Meridian, on the 23d inst., in a quarrel about a horse race. A skeleton of a man was found near North Platte minus the skull. No clue to its identity. Cement. Some weeks ago eight bar rels of cement burnt' from the rock found here, were sent to Omaha, in or der that a thorough trial might be giv en to the article. The result of all tests applied to the cement is most satisfac tory. It was made up into piping by the Omaha Pipe Co., used in cisterns, and put into stone walls, and in all trials it was shown to be equal to the best American cement. The best build ers of Omaha agree in this opinion. Satisfied with the test, the Beatrice cement Company are now preparing to erct a permanent kiln, and put in the necessary machinery for the manu facture of the cement. They have de cided to conduct the business after the most approved methods, and in order to do this, Mr. Campbell, the member of the company best acquaintetl with cement manufacture, started on Tues day for the Rosendale works in Ulster Co., N. Y., where he will obtain all the information needed to enable him to carry on the business here to the best advantage. Mr. Roper informs us that they will probably use steam in running their mill, instead of water, as they have de cided it to be the cheaper power. Be Ctrice Express. Dick the l'ny-Csit " Mee-ow ! mee-ow ! mee-ow ! " Poor Dick looked around iu the dark. He was hungry, and crying for something to cat. Poor Dick had no home. Dea con Jchil and Mrs. Jehil and all tho little Jchils had gono away from tho brown farmhouse, where ho had ived for two years; and, in their stead, had come Mistress Sharper and live small Sharpers, with fierce gray eyes. All the Jehils had stroked Dick's fur softly, and given him bits of red becf- s;'k to eat, and sweet milk to drink but all the little Sharpers held him up by his tail, and i inched hlin uutil ho was sore, anil Mistress .Sharper beat him with a broom-handle whenever in his hunger, ho went into the pantry to look for a mouse. So Dick mourn fully left tho dear old place, aud went' forth to seed his frturio. Nightcame,' and he was ttill out on tho road. Mee-ow, mee-ow!" Oh for even a bit of dry bread to eat! But snoy blew into his pink iriouth instead.' Yes, the si'ow began to fall fash Dick trudged on through the drifts. "MeoJ ow! mee-ow! mee-ow! It was like the voice of a lost child. Patty and Uncle Bod s.it In the sleigh, quite hidden under a grea buffalo-robe. "Mee-ow! mce-owt nr.":-cw! v 'I hear a 'ittle baby ky or somcs- ing," said ratty. "It is the wind," said Uncle Bob. "It is a pussy-cat!" cried Patty.' Unky Bob, find him, won't Wf" 'I will," said Uncle Bob; and ho jumpejd out of the sleigh, and listened.' "Puss! puss!" "Mee-ow!" . A minuto more, and Dick was in Patty's lap, under tho buffalo-robe. He purred, well as he might. " 'Oo tunning snow pussy-cat!" said Patty. "'Oo shall go home with and 'lay as long as 'oo live so!" And so Dick won a new home. Lie, Salt is a simple rcine-dy for many things. . It will cure sick headache, make cream freeze, make butter come,' take ink stains out of cloth of any kind, kill.wers, kill worms, make the ground cool, so it is more congenial to celery,' cabbage, etc., cea.se the iUhing pain caused by irritable skin disc:ises, like hives, itch, etc., produce vomiting or stop it, as you like, uud many other things, too numerous to mention. had collected en nlasse into the. condi- better the i- i tdition of depositors; if "What's your business ?" asked a judge of a prisoner at the bar. "We.ll, I spose you might call me a locksmith." "When did you last work at your trade?" "Last night; whth I heard a call for the pcrlice, I made a bolt for the front door." tion when first discovered, when the mass commenced to move with all the likeress and characteristics of a black snake, towards a large ant-hill near by. On gaining tlxe object of their march, these seemingly thousands of little rep tiles disbanded and commenced a furi ous assault en the occupants of the lit tle hill, where a spirited battle was" waged against the ants for about fifteen minutes, for the possession of tho ant eggs stored therein. The snakes came off victorious, and soon collected again eti masse into' a greatly enlarged mass, resembling a large snake as before but twice its original size, gorged with ant-eggs. Mr. Beemer then assaulted the rep tile again, arid stamped it titerally to a mass of pulp with a heavy pair of cow hide boots which he fortunately had on at the time. A similar serpent was killed on the mountain, pbout four years ago, by Mr. Henry Cole, of Colville, and the old residen ts of that locality have occasion ally killed these "varmints," for the last fifty yeari Dectertown IN. J.I Inde pendent. it is weak, the run will break it and cause the loss of at least nine-tenths of money committed to its care, Ex. The Rev. I. S. Kalloch, of the Law rence Tribune, insinuates that "the hoary-headed old hooek-nosed devil of the Leavenworth Times" wants a con troversy with. hiin. The Times thinks the remark does not manifest a Chris tian disposition. But -vvhat can you expect of a man who left Massaehn- f setts as Kalloch did? From the Daily Graphic. The President is winning praises from all partie? for his firmness in re fusing to illegally tamper with the currency. He was urged by business men and capitalists of skill and repu tation, including Mr. Vanderbilt him self, to issue the reserved fund of cur rency, but refused to do so because the act would have been an illegal exercise of power. The journal which has made itself so absurdly conspicuous by its clamor about "Cajsarism" will find it difficult to explain this fact To make himself master of the whole, business of the country, and to accom plish thi3 by a bold disregard of law and a conspicuous exercise of personal power, would have been precisely the sort of thing which a "Cxsar" would have 1 icca eager to do. Instead of this, President Grant withstood the power ful influence brought to bear upon him, and contented himself with or dering the purchase of bonds, which he has a right to do. This careful rever ence for law is not the mark of the coming MCtesar.". Thank heaven the Graphic is com ing to its senses about Grant. Maybe it will about other thiugs. . Another Prominent Intester. Gen. C. II. VanWyck, M. C, from New York, after careful visits of in spection in the west, has purchased a farm between Wyoming and Nebraska City, in this State, and purposes to stock it with fine cattle. He will com mence breaking and stocking at once. He thinks, after mature consideration, that there can be no better investment of his money. Lincoln Journal. As an illustration of the wide-spread" use of a certain popular title, it is re lated that; a gentleman i ecently stepped into a saloon in Denver, and cried out in a loud, cheery tone, "Hello! como Professor, take a drink," Six men sit ting in the saloon at once arose and came forward, while a bootblack,' whose stand was just outside the door' and a passing corn doctor smilingly ac cepted the invitation, and stepped in. The library of the late Sir Frederick Madden, recently sold in London, con tained anrai? other curiosities a col-. lection of f;7,.j00 single half-ponny songs and 1 H tjuch jii in former times were su'rg about the streets by the professi m:i ballad singers. While the nondescripts in the North are busily proclaiming the death of the Democratic party, their brethren of the South sing quite another tune, the organs being flushed with hope. Tho Galveston (Texas) Commercial says: Radicalism is even now on the verge of the Tarreian rock. . The Democracy should take it by the thru.it and hurl it over as the Romans did their male factor, and once again "Freedom in dazzling robes attired, will walk the land enchanted and admired." The local editor of the Jacksonville,. Florida Republican, compliment; the honesty of the postmaster at that place because a letter containing a ten dollar bill, addressed to an old negro woman, was promptly deliverer! to the party for whom it was intended. The Manhattan, Jvlan., Natio)ialit says.' Mr. A. M. Coon, of Blue Bot tom, has i cow seven years old that has the largest udder we ever be held. Its circumference is four feet seven and a half inches ; ii two feet in depth at tho back part, and seven teen inches at the frotit. Who has seen a cow that can beat it? The two front teats yield eight to ten quarts at milking. The back teat3 are left fer the calf. The Republican Convention of San gamon County IIU will meet at Sprin j- . T . . 1 r- . . . ... The' editor of a new paper in Ne braska, begins his introductory article with the following sentence : "The ob ject in view in the establishment cf this' paper i3 the procurir'sr oi .means -rr- - Ior iae nominan011 ot wherewith to buv bread and butter and wui, uu.,c pyod clothes."."-.' F; Paper. Mrs. J. B. Dakin, pie ent incumbent and Miss Eaton, are rival candidates, before the Republican convention in. CVrro Gordo County, Iowa, for Super intendent cf Schools. Delaware Republicans are jubilant over their great victor' in Wilmington and their organ, the Commercial, thinks, the large majority foreshadows tho re demption -of the State in 187L . The Jonesbv.ry f7aZ 'f.nUHdvocatfo for governor of Vermemt the Hon. Y. r P. Walten of Montpelier, "a practical; intelligent, sensible, and able man; a than not .entangled in rirgs, and ono without guile." . Last year Matilda Fletcher did JXcc tive work in favor of t lie Ilifp.'iK.'cari cause a? a political speaker. And now Julia Ofj-rctsoii is taking the lead, among1 the grange orators. She spear! from the same platform with the Mas--ter of the National Grange in'd U ver; popular.' V