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CAciUUrfl'S OFFICE JBW-fiLY STORE Ail good SoM at the rowtfsi prices for caifli. A wcii eeicctect stock or Foreign una ikmoiiuvu W utehe-j, .tui-.tu ifciU V u;clit ana Chum; soua Uoid fihd 1'Iatccl fcette, ita:a, i&i, ifec. A large assortment of ClocKSyheadqunrters for Larshes' Patent Accommodation Spectacles. Repairing done on short notice and all Work Warranted. Call and examine for yourselves. J5 THE HERALD; ..THE HERALD rci-Iishsd eery Thursday at TO 4 O 'ET A Oftlo-bn Muin St., Bet.r4lh and Sth. Second Story. OFFICIAL 'PAPER COUNTY. OF CASS Terms, In bne copy, on; year. . . . , . ne copy, Ix itionth. . . )ne copy, three irioittlH. Advance .$2.00 .. 1.00 50 ATTORNEYS. 1. II. WilREI.KR. .1. W. nrl.NCHCOMB. lYIiccler & Sflnclicomb, ATTORNEYS AT UV, 49-ly rtattsnioiiwv. Nebraska. 1AM. M. CHAPMAN. H. T. MAXWELL Cliapnian Si. Maxwell. ATTORNEYS AT LAW nnd Solicitors in Chaii'ery. office in Fitzgerald's Iilock, I'latts nouth. Nebraska. OKO. J. BMITII, It. K. WINDHAM, SMITH & VIIIIAM. Successors to Maniuett, Smith, & StarMrd, A ttorneysat Law & Real Estate Brokers PLATTHMOfTII, ... JtF.n. Special attention given to Collections, and all matters affecting tile 1 itie to llt-jii Estate. Office on 2d floor, over the Iost Office. PHYSICIANS. 1J. R. LIVINOSTON.l'liystelan and Surgeon, Tenders his professional nerviees to tlie itlMis of ':iss eoimtv. Keideiw1 Houthast i.nicr of Oak and Sixth Rtret-ts : office on Main ieet. one door west of Lyman's Luiiiber Yard, rintr-tiiioiith. Nebraska. INSL'llANCK. TVHKELER & REN NI-rrT Real Estate nnd ' Taxpaving Aleuts. Notaries I'lihlie. Fire ;md Life Insurance Agents. I'lattsiuouth, Neb. THKI.IS IA I N E General Insurance Asrent, - Represents some if tlie most relianle I m- Vanies tn the United Stales. Jail -wtf HOTELS. BROOKS HOUSE, JOHN FITZGERALD, I'roprietor. Main Street, between Fifth & Sixth. MISCELLANEOUS. IMattKinouth Mill. IIKISKL. Proprietor. Have reeently been repaired :ind placed In thorough running tl.itel'y for 'which the highest market price will lie pafd. AlsliatlS of Title. plIE NUMERICAL SYSTEM The best in vte For discri;tive eireulars. address. ACRES. BLACK M AR & CO.. Burlington, Iowa. t.yi.u .i l'lmln-U of lie:it wr.'.lieil lllllne- flREEN'HOl'SK AND BEDDING PLANTS. . Time and nitwy saved bv ordering of me. I have the l::n;i si a'ml best collection of Plants v ro:rereit for side in the West. Catalogues free. Sweet Potato. Cabbage. Tomato, and oth rr Plants for sale in their season. Address W. J. HLSSKR. Plattsnioulh. Neb. Ash Wanted. FOR A ROOK NEEDED BY ALL The best books published on the Horse and IheCow. Liberal lerr.is. Money made rabidly bv iwciiis selling these books, send for circu lars PORTER & t OA TES, PuMisliers. Pl.iladclphia. Pa. FINE AEGAl LERY. ! I f."Phot.ogr iphs, Amhrotyprs and copies from old pictures, plain or colored, either in ink ivater or oil. All work i.eatly executed and war i.tiited to eive satisfaction. V. V. LEONARD. Artist. lo-tf .Main St., Platismouth, Neb. NEW DRUG STORE, j WEKMNS WATER, XEIl. I POTTER & GAFFNEY, ! !: ILER IN DTtUGS. MEDICINES. PAINTS, OILS. VAKMSJl. PERFUMERY, STVTIONERY. NOTIONS, CIGARS. TOBACCO, AND GLASS. Prr.-ri prions ciwefully prepared. GOLDING, l.Jtf. Dealer in OLOTfHNG. FURNISHING C.OO.iS. HATS. CAPS. ROOTS. SHOK.. TRUNKS, VALISES. CARPET BAGS, &C. &C, &., .e. O-ie of the oldest and most Reliable Houses in Flattmouth. Main street, between Fourth wnd Fifth. fiT-REMEMREK THE PLACE. ns-tf. STYLES. E. L. ELSTER, MERCHANT TAILOR. I in receipt of the ffnest and liEST ASSOHT3IEXT USSIMERES. CLOTHS. VESTINGS. SCOTCH GOODS, IRISH FRIESES, &c. Tn fact, the largest and tet assortment of 'Cloths ever brought to this city, which I am premired to make up m the latest styles, t ail and" e ininine Goods. aprill. Mrs- A. D. Whitcomb, I) HESS AXD CLOAK MAKER. Itooms three doors west of Brooks Hoase. ciJttixg and fitting made a specialty. .y Patterns of all kinds constantly on hand 26-1 y. J. W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE, A LIVERY STABLE. Main street, Piattstnouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the public with Horses, Carriages. Buggies, Wagons. and a No. I Hearse. , Oa short notice and reasonable terms. A i Hack will run to the Steamboat Landing, Dcitot j and all parts of the city when desired. j jam u. Ooo-l fresh, milk delivered daily at every body's home in Flattsmouth, if they want B, by' J. F. Beanmeistcr. r. ytuT criers and I -oil try Er.l give saryi vert J A MACMURPHY, Editor. Volume 9. Official Directory; CONGRESSIONAL T. W. Tiptbn. Rrownville.. 1. W. liir'cheock. Omaha.. L. Crounstfi Ft Calhoun... V. 8. 8enator. l'.8' Senator. ..Representative. EXECUTIVE. It. V. Furnas, Rrownvil'.e Governor. J. J. Oospcr. Lincoln Sec'y of Slated 11. Weston. Beatrice Auditor. II. A. Krrnig. Columbus Treasurer. .1. It. Welistcr. Crete Att'y Gen. J. M' MeKcnzie, Lincoln... Sup't I'ub. Instruc'n. JUDICIARY, Gch. B. Iike. , Ilmaha. .Chief Justice. Daniel Can It. Nebraska City, An.- Ii,f, Samuel Maxwell, Flatts'th, f Associate Just s. rtATTSMOUTII. j R. R. 1'lMlr I.lvliuriton Mayor. City Clerk. City Treasurer. l'olice Judjie. , Marshal. lls I'aine Wm. Winterstcm i J. S'. Haines j Mi!'s Morgan. 1 . Johnson Street ConmiLssiontT. ALDERMAN. Fihst WAitn. J. FitZKerald, II. S. Newnian. Skj'onu Wakd. J. Wayinaii, C. Nichols. 1 iiiki Wai:i. It. C. Cushing. Thos. Pollock. Fo'jkxh V.vki. It Vivian, L..F. Johnson. CASS COUNTY. If. F. Ellison Dan'l McKinuon... Y. I.. Ifobbs V. W. Wise Jaenh Vallery. T.Clarke. V... Lyman .lames. ) J. W. 'lliomas Probate Judge. County Clerk. Treasurer. Sup't l"ub. Instruci'n. County Commisionor. Coroner. I Churches. BAPTIST On the comer of Main and Ninth. Rv. T. J. Arnold. Pastor. Services every Sibbath. at U a. in. and 7 j. m. Sabbath School at '.' a. in. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. C'lIRfSTIAX Service in Congregation Church ' at II a. in. and ft : :vi i. in. Corner of Ixcust and hih streets. Cordial invitation extended to all classes to attend. yr PI SCO PA I Corner Vine rnd Third streets. -L Minister. Services every Sunday at ii :a. in. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 3 p. in. CATHOLIC North side of Public Square. Rev. Father Robal. First Mass every Sabbath at -.' a. in.. Second Mass and sermon at lo-a, Vespers and Benediction at 7 p. in. Mass at 8 a. in. every week day. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN North side of Main street, west of ;th. Rev. W. T. Bartle ; Ser vices every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and? p. in. Sabbath School at tt-.'JO a. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. METHODIST EPISCOPAL West side of Cth street south of Main. Rev. C. McKelvlcy Factor. Services everv Sabbath, at 10 :Wi a. m.. and 7 p. m. I'raver meeting everv- Thursday evening. Class meeting every Monday evening, and immediately after close of Sabbath morn ing services. Sabbath School at 2 ::n, M. 15. Reese, Supcrintendaut. I CONTAG den 21 September hat die Deutsche Ev. l.iitlt. Geineind-t in ihrem Schullr-ius ror ! mittags inn 11 Uhr Gntteodleust. Uclxrhaupt I flndct dcrsclbe von jetzt an reg'dinaessig alle 14 j Tage statt Minister, Rev. L. Ilannawald. Sabbath school at 1 p. m.. Prof. d'Alleinand, 1 Sujeni!teiident Lodges. I. O. O. V. Regular meetings of Platte I-odge No. 7. I. O. O. F. everv Thursday evenimr at Odd Fellows' Hall. Tnuisicnt Brot.iors are cor dially invited to visit. ! r. K 1'.. CI .N.M.NtillA.M. U. PAlkx. Si-iii.e;ki., S'cretary. I. o. O. F. I'i.attsmouth Encampment No. 3. Regular Convocations the 2d and 4th Friday's of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall corner :sd and Ma'n streets. Transient Patri archs rordially invited to visit. 11. J, STKEIGHT, CP. H. Newmaii, Scrile. "V T A SONIC Pi-ATTSMouTit Inr,E No. P. A. F. A. M. Regular im-etinics at their Hall on t'.ie fn-vt and third Monday evenings of each month. Tmns icul brethren invited to visit visit. K. R A. d'Al.LZMANP. Sec. LIVINGSTON, W. M. AfACOY I.OLGE No. 22. A. F. & A. M. Regtt lar meetings at Macoy Hall, first and third Fridavs J. N. WISE, W. M. J. M. Rkakdsi.ev. Sec. VEHRASKA CHAITER No .1, R. A. M. Rec u!ar ConvoeatioTis second and fourth Tues day evenings of each month nt 7' o'clock p. in. It R. LIVINGSTON, II. P. II. Newman. Sec. T O. (1. T. OLIVE BRANCH. No. 2, J. Ph. Younij. VV. C. T. ; D. D. Martindale. W. See. ; T. W. Shryock. Lodge Deputy, meets at Clark & Pltunnier's Hall every Tuesday eve ning. Travelling Templars respecttully invited. rpURNVERF.IN. Tlie Turner Society meets at A Turners Hall in Gut 1; man's Block, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. A. on Schwanenberg. President; George Karcher. Vice President : 11. Newman. Treas urer : W. Breed. Recording Secretary : Paul Braidsch. Correspotulidg Secretary; "William Hassler. First Turn Wart ; John Hons. Second Turn Wart ; Oswald Guthman, Warden. Purissima et Optima. SIP- Tills unrivalled Medicine is warranted not to contain a single particle of Mercury, or any in jurious mineral substance, but is PUIiELY VEOATABLE. For forty years It has proved Its great value in all disease of the Liver. Bowels ami Kidnevs Thousands of the good :md great in all parts of the country vouch for its wonderful ami peculiar power in purifving the blood, stimulating the torpid liver and bowels, and imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. Simmons" Liv er Regulator ia acknowledged to have no equal aS LIVER MEDICINE, It contains four medical elements, never unit ed in the same happy proportion in any other preparation, viz ; a g mtle Cathartic, a wonder ful Tonic, an un-exceptlonable Alterative and a certain Corrective of all impurities of the bodv. Such signal success has attended its use, that It is now regarded as the GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC, for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring thereof. lo-wit ;. Dyspepsia. Constipation, Depression of spirits. Sour Stomach, Heart Burn. &tr. &e. Regulate the Liver and prevent CHILLS AND FEVER. Prepared only by J. H. ZEILIN & CO. Druggists. Macon, Ga. Send for a Circular I and 329 Arch street. Price St; by mail 1.25 f Philadelphia Pa. For Sale by J. H. Buttery, llattsmouth. Neb. janl-wly MONEY SAVED BY Buying Your Greenhouse and Bedding Plants AT THE Picnic wardens DONT send Eat for Plants when yon can get j To my numerous friends and pairans I would l say that I have the largest and best stock of I plants ever offered for sale in the West, and ! at resiaonable prices, i Be aure and eud for Siy !Yew Oescriptive Catalogue. ; XS-5JJ?3S t? ?or ' keeDing said astray, shall tte" paid td the" 1 1 can Jtty yu. . ! county treasurer 7:tbis ten days afcer Til AT BONNET. SUBMISSIVELY DKDICATKD TO ITS WEARER S HILU5EK. Going along the other day I saw how ever could she don it A woman only five feet four. And one foot six or trat was bonnet ! Tier head had been a tidy bead But for the big chignon upon It ; Yet all was foiled, disfigured, spoiled; And swamped by said chignon and bonnet; On Sunday hut she went to church, And took her book to con it ; But all the time that she was there She thought of liule save her bonnet The parson took a winning text. And tried to fix attention on it ; But all in vain, for naught she cared. Except "the end of all" tc-i bonnet ! ' Yet stay 1 there is Just one thing more I must include in this sad sonnet : She sometimes thought of women there Who envied her her mortal bonnet Tlie luckless sermon, psalm and prayer All went for nothing out upon it 1 For every other woman there Was lost in hatred of 'that bonnet !" That morn her husband was noa eat Ills shirt neck had no button on it ; For hi in she had no time to spare. Intent alone upon her htmnet. Now mark me well, whom it concerns. And think ye humanly ujoii it : How could ye make her such a "guy," Ry rccunmsndhtrj such a bonnet? ESTRAY LAWS. Revised Statutes of Nebraska. Section 1. It shall be lawful for any person holding land in this territo ry lnr deed, title bond, or lease, for one or lnnrP vp-ir nnl bein" in nossession ' tr 1,11,1 e 3-lr. L''"o 111 Iumpsiou j thereof, to take u: anv estrav horse. in tile or ass, neat cattle, sheep or swine, found within his enclosed premises at any season of the year; any estray found around the premises of any les see or freeholder between the 29th day of October and the 1st day of April, may be taken up by such lessee or free holder; and any horse, mule or ass, with, any portion of the harness at tached to them, and any oxen, with yoke, that are believed to have strayed away from their owners, may be taken up by any person at any time. Sec. 2. It shall l5 the duty of any person taking up an estray to send a description of the same to the county clerk within ten days after taking them up, and the county shall immediately record the same in a book kept for that purpose, for which he shall receive the sum of twenty-five cents. The person taking up the estray shall, within twenty daj3 thereafter, procure the publication of the descrip tion of such anim.il in any newspaper published within the county. Sec. 3 The proprietor of sucji news paper shall publish said description for at least five consecutive weeks, and shall receive therefor the sum of three dollars: Prodded, That if two or more estrays of the same species shall be taken up by the same person at the same time, they shall be included in the same publication; and in such case the aforesaid publisher shall receive no more than for one of such species, ex cept, where the number so described shall exceed three, he shall receive one dollar for each estray beyond that num ber included in such publication. Sec. 4. The owner of an estray may, at any time previous to its sale, reclaim the same on proving said property by oath or otherwise, and paying for the advertisement, and a reasonable com pensation for any other necessary ex penses incurred by the person taking up said estray. Sec. 3. In ca33 the parties cannot agree upon the amount of expenses in curred, they may each choose a disin terested person to act as arbitrators, and the two chosen may choose a third. The decision of the arbitrators shall be final. Sec. C. "When an estray, if it be a sheep, swine or calf, under the age of one year, has not been reclaimed with in'six months after the advertising of the same, it shall become- the property of the person taking it up without fur ther proceedings. If the estray be a horse, mule, ass, bull, cow or steer, over the age of two years, it must be reclaimed within six months from the time it was first advertised. If any estray included in the last two named classes shall not be reclaimed within tte time specified respectively, the per son taking up an estray shall notify a justice of the peace of the county wherein said estray was taken up, who shall appoint two disinterested persons, and administer to them an oath or af firmation to faithfully and truly ap praise said estray, and said persons, upon actual view of said property, shall appraise the same at its true val ue, and make due return thereof, in writing, to said justice Of the peace"; who shall appoint a day of sale, and Cause notice of the time and place of sale to be published at least five weeks consecutively before the day. of sale, in a newspaper printed in said county, and by posting up written or printed notices in three public places in the precinct where the estray is to be sold; and in case no ne .vspaper is printed in said county, there shall be three addi tional written or printed notices posted np at the county seat of said county and on the day appointed said estray shall be sold by said justice to the highest bidder, in cash ; and the prd I ceed thereof, after deducting tb.6 eesUi I of the proceedings and expfenSes 6l hPfiREVEflANCE CONQUERS." Plattsmouth, Nebraska, owner, prdVided the owner of said es tray shall establish his ownership to tlie same, to the satisfaction of the county treasurer df Said county, within one year from the day of sale, and if said balance is not so claimed within the time so specified, it shall be placed by said treasurer to the credit of the general school fund of said county. Sec. 7. The-pUc of sale shall be at the residence of the person taking up the estray. Sec. 8. AVheri an estray is sold it must bring at least two-thirds df the apprised value. In case it ttoes not, the animal shall be reappraised, and again offered for sale one week after the day appointed for the first sale, and no advertisement shall be necessary for the second sale. Sec. 8. "When the appraisers think the animal will not bring more than enough to defray the necessary expen ses of the sale and'advertisement there of, the sale shall be dispensed with, and the person who took up the ani mal shall, on payment of expenses, be the owner thereof. Sec. 10. The money received from the sale of an estray shall go into the county school fund, all expenses first being paid. Sec. 11. Any person violating sec tion ten of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Sec. 12. The appraisers of estrays shall estimate the value of the labor, trouble and expense of the ierSon in taking up and keeping an estray tak ing into consideration the services ren- dered by the animal. . Sec. 13. The appraisers of estrays shall receive fifty cents each for each appraisement, but when more than one an:mal is taken up at any time by one person, they shall be appraised as one, and the appraisers shall be ent itled to compensation for but one appraise ment. The justice shall receive for his services the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. Sec. 14. The advertisement, the ai- praisement, and the services of the jus-ice or tne peace, enan oe paut uy the person taking up the estray, and he shall receive the same, with fifty per cent, additional, from the proceeds of the sale of the estray, Sec. 13. If any horse or mule not gelJed, two years old or upwards, should be found running at large, it shall be lawful for any person to take up such horse or mule, and forthw ith give notice to tne owner or Keeper, lr he be known to the taker-up, and if the owner or keeper do not appear within three days . thereafter and pay to the said taker-up two dollars juj compensation for his trouble, the taker- up shall proceed to advertise said horse or mule, and the same proceedings shall be had in every respect as hereinbe fore provided in cases of estray mules or horses: Provided, That the taker up may, after tlie expiration of twenty days from the time of advertising, geld, or procure to be gelded, the said horse or mule, which shall be done at the risk and expense of the owner. Sec. 16. Should any animal taken up as an estray die while in possession of the person taking it up he shall not be liable for the loss, unless its death was the result of mistreatment or wil ful neglect. THE WOODHLLL. Personal Appearance of tlie S'j-Called "Scarlet Woman." How She Looks, How She Acts, How Slie Talks. Mrs. "Woodhull is about thirty-four years of agp, but seen at a distance she looks younger. She is of medium height, and rather slight, although by no means scrawny; has a good form, erect and firm ; her features are regu lar and of the aquiline type; eyes dark blue and very expressive, and when in speaking she gets thoroughly roused, thejT are dashingly eloquent. She i3 rather inclliied to paleness, except when excited in conversation or speak ing to an audience there comes a flush upon her cheeks which is of the hectic order; her hair, which is of alight brown, is worn short, and carelessly arranged; her forehead is high and broad, and her whole head and face in dicate more than ordinary intellectu ality and mental power. "When not engaged in speaking she has a sad and decidedly thoughtful expression, and is in her general appearance what the French term spirituelle. There is nothing masculine or sensual in her looks, and if she is the sensual, de-' praved woman that she is charged withal, her whole physiognomy is a glaring lie. Her manner is refined and lady-like. "When strangers are pre sented to her, she greets them with a winning cordiality which at once sets then! at case. She is a good donversa tionalirt, arid never wearies one with worn-out platitudes, but is original in her modes of expression, every now and then startling her auditors with some bold and novel proposition. She is apt to call things by their right names, and is guiltless of prudery and sham modesty, but speaks out boldly what she thinks, and we should infer that she has adopted as her own, the motto of the Knight f the Garter. A Close observer spending an hour in her fctttnpany, arid witnessing her greetings to one said another, speaking briefly to a ddieii different persons, and perhaps en n.3 hiirly diUefent topics, will readi IV ir-jt'irar i;B -f fber 7,nr'er- Li LL JJ J Thursday, November 27, f ul poorer over both men and women. "We do not wonder that so many lof e her, for no one can be placed ithin the charmed circle of her presence rind remain insensible to the almost irre sistible power of her fascinations But it is on the platform that her pe culiar talents are most vividly exhib ited. - As a rule, female declaimers are not a succ't-ss, aild Mrs. Woodhull is not al together an exception to the rule, and yet there is a something about her that will not only attract, but hold an audi ence. She Is a radical of the radicals, and boldly, nay, defiantly launches forth her most ultra and advanced doctrines of free love, and, as we think, often shocks her hearers by preaching such extremes of social and sexual freedonl, as she would not herself put in prac tice under any circumstances. She has a pleasant voice, and ordina rily speaks with deliberation, enuncia ting clearly and distinctly: is at times quite logical, but often mistakrs soph istry for logic. She appears best when she is broken up in her discourse by his ses, or other uncomplimentary interrup tions ; they seem to evoke all the latent powers of her whole nature, and leav ing her desk and manuscript, she pours forth a perfect torrent of fiery elo quence, freely using (and effectively too) ivective, sarcasm, or ridicule, as the occasion demands. She is never at a loss for a ready and apt retort on such occasions. Her peroration at the close of a long and carefully written speech seems to be impromptu, and the ideas and words wherewithal to clothe them, to come from the inspiration of the moment ; and even an unbeliever in Spiritualism can almost believe that what she claims is really true; that she is controlled and guided by the spirit of Demosthenes, who, a3 she says, has for years been her special guardian, and that she not only draws her inspi ration from him. but also many of her ideas and expressions. She most as suredly has all the appearance of one so wholly rapt and absorbed by some invisible influence as to be hardly con scious of her own identity. She is very pointed and ofteii personal in her speeches ; and to use a pugilistic simile, "hits from the shoulder', and has no hesitation in hitting "below the belf." She is merciless ; sparing neither friend or foe; truth, as she claims, is what she is seeking, no matter where it may lead, or how many previously accepted opinions, or former friends and asso ciates are sacrificed. Xothing is sa cred or inviolate with her,, if it stands in the way she has marked out. She says "wherever I find a social carbun cle I shall plunge my surgical knife of reform into it, tip to the hilt." As it regards consequences personal to her self, she declares she never takes them into the account; she may be shut up in prison, or even led to the stake, but but she will not turn one hair's breadth to the right or left frcm the course marked out for her by her own con science, and the teachings of her guar dian spirit. In a recent speech in Chi cago she said, "I am charged with seeking notoriety, but who among you would accept my notoriety and pay a tithe of its cost to me? Driven from my former beuliful home, reduced from affluence to want, my business broken up and destroyed, dragged from one jail to another, and in a short time I am again to be arraigned before the courts and stand trial for telling the truth. I have been smeared all over with the most opprobrious epithets, the vilest names am stigmatized as a bawd and a blackmailer. Xow, until you are ready to accept my notoriety, with its condition to suffer what I have suffered and am j'et to suffer do not dare to impugn my motives; as to your approval or dissent, your applause or your, curses, they have not a feath er's weight with me, I am set apart for a high and sacred duty, and I shall per form it without fear orfavorr Fj-om tlie Great Sensation. Beverly Co., Chi cago. MUNICIPAL ECONOMY. Ed. Herald: How often do we hear our neighbors expressing a con tempt for city politics. Condescending to look alittle into the state of affairs, but reserving the main efforts of their great intellect for national measures. I have heard men boast that they rieVer voted in any but Presidential elections. This is altogether-wrong; for the near er at hand the government, the more ihipdftarit the individual; heiic'e the interest manifested should be exactly the reverse of what it is. . The United States government, with its huge three thousand million dollars' debt, does not oppress me. That is managed in such a way that I hardly feel it. Indeed, if we had ho other pub lic debt, bat that, it could be very soon paid and in gold, at that. But Cass county and Nebraska State debts with their tax of 17 mills on the dollar. (17 on the $1,000) comes much closer home, and much heavier,and is felt as a grievance and a burden. But the little village of Plattsmoutb, with its exjen ditures, makes me almost forget all other government; since it wrings out in taxes what ought to be a fair rent for a house and lot. There's a govern ment for you! visible, tangible, felt merciless, pitiless ! such as no com mune in France, no hamlet in Turkey, ncfvillage In Ilussia, no city or town under imperial or autocratio domin ion ever excericrved. Our rcTTrty is La 1872L being mortgaged without our consort, to a considerable amount, witliout say ing anything about our share of the county railroad bonds which are about $?0,0d0; precinct railroad bonds, about 633,000. "Without saying any thing of the above, we have the city railroad bends, $30, 000; High School bonds, $25,000; Engine bonds, $2,000; Grading bonds, for Chicago Avenue, about $3,000; and $23,003 in bonds, laying in Xew York, for sale at 80 cts., (although the charter expressly says: that city bonds shall not be sold for less than 90 cents,) making a dead loss to the city of $3,000, besides the inter est on that $23.000 and I cannot tell how many city warrants are out draw ing interest at ten percent., but it will be safe t'o say that the city is in debt about $115,000, which is more than 30 per cent of the assessed value of the real estate in the city, exclusive of our share of the county and precinct bonds, ow, take th $115,000 debt at ten per cent, interest, and we have til pay 11,300 yearly; also one-third of the grading bonds, with interest, amount ing to about $3,000 or $4,500, to be paid each year, for three years in suc cession, making 23 on S1.000 for all the real estate and personal property in the city, and $17 on the S1.000 for the county, making in all $42 on the thousand dollars for interest on our indebtedness. The mortgaging of our property without our consent, makes the con duct of King George the Third, re spectable for he never oppressed the colonies half so bad as that. This works a hardship on the me chanic, and widow, and orphans, who happen to own a dwelling within the limits of the city that would not or never would have been tolerated in his days. When he wanted to put a tax on tea, of a few cents per pound, a few Americans boarded the British vessel in Boston harbor and threw the tea overboard risked their lives', their all, rather than be taxed a few cents a pound. But we their degenerated sons sit on the end of our back-bone and allow ourselves to be taxed as no other 'people on earth are taxed, and this is done at a time when men are thrown out of employment, wages cut down, rents and property declining in value, and houses standing empty for want of tenants, and business e.t a stand-still. But nothing would stop our city officers from squandering money for instance: they paid $6,039.- 00 in bonds, for work on Chicago ave nue, that could have been done for $3, 471.20 in cash; also for bridging 1, 732.05, which could have been done for $1,016.00 making a loss to the city of $3,324.43 besides throwing the poor men out of work, as they cannot take Bonds for their work to the amount of five or six thousand dollars, and wait three years for their money. So you see our City Fathers are fulfilling that passage of Scripture that says: "He that hath it shall be added unto, and he that hath not, it shall be taken from him that which he seemeth to have," (in taxes). This is not the reform that our wor thy Mayor promised us on the beer-keg at Billy Neville's, on the night of his election. He promised us he would do his best to lessen the city expenses, and that the taxes would not be oppressive in the future, and we cheered him, be lieving what he said and I still be lieve he meant what he said at that time for in the first month they only spent a little over $300; but nt the end of thirty days these promises became rather dim, and in the next thirty days they spent over $600 doubling the first month and at tlie end of another thirty days, they had forgotten their promises altogether, and spent over $900 doubling the first two months and in the next thirty days they kept on in the same way, besides letting a contract for grading and bridging at about two prices 'costing about $8000; and in the next thirty days they had issued $23,000 in bonds, and had them on the market for sale. This is the way they have gone on until this little viilage is burdened with a debt requir ing a tax .of over $30 per day to pay the interest on the city's indebtedness. And the end is not yet. The balance next week. Barnabas. HOU GUESSING. Tho Amusements cf Qaeen's County SportsTremendous Excltemont. From the New York Sun. The amusment of hog guessing is time honored on L4pg Island. Yester day afternoon the political and social magnates of Queens county, with a sprinkling of New Yorkers, gathered at the Bayside House, Bayside? tb in dulge in it. They found three fat hogs in a pen. The weight of these were to be estimated at fifty cents a guess, and after the killing and dressing, whoever had come neafest to accuracy was to take the hog upon which he had guessed. Solid old sports and well-to-do farmers stood around the pen and studied tbe question with profoundly serious faces. "Wise looks and knowing silence greeted every solicitation of opinion. A butcher,- whose judgment was deemed valuable, was piled with questions, but he was persistently dumb until he had been extensively and expensively filled with brandy, and then he was too tipsy to1 know whether he had or hadn't any ideas on the sub ject. Bi'.t Tonv Or'iht knfW n aiiefnt its- TERMS : $2.00 a Year. Number 35 lie had been going to "liog gtiesings" about all his life, and nobody could tell him anything, ite had made up his mind tlfat he would take away the heaviest of those hogs, if there was any merit in system. Mr. Grant climbed intd tho pen, deliberately un rolled a tape line, selected the. fattest hog, and began elaborate Measure ments. Length and girth were care fully ascertained, and upon these fig ures he worked out in his head what the weight ought to be. HOW THE FUN COMMENCED. At 2 o'clock this largest hog was let out into the road. The distance to the hotel was .about twenty rods, but the hog was dilatory. First, lie wanted to go up to tlie railrdtld depot, and then he was set upon going back to the pen. Finally, six colored men, who were to do the slaughtering, formed in line across the road and steadily advanced. Behind them came the crowd of guess ers, and before these combined forces the hog was driven down to where a big kettle was boiling, in which, aftor his demise, to souse him. Then camo a tussel between the hog anil one of the negroes, funny enough to tickle the crowd, ending in the hog being thrown on his back. The process of killing and dressing was watched with eager interest and chattering teeth, but the chance of picking up a pdint was not to be sacrificed for the warmth which was to be had inside the hotel. . Id tho meantime the guessing had been going on. Upon paying fifty cents the guesser was given a card. On the card he wrote his name and whatever weight he chose. A cigar box with a hole in the top was presided over by James Sammis, were dropped, limited to- sixt v and into it the cards The guessers were on each of the three hogs, one of them being disposed of at a timo. as the first was consecutively stuck with a knife, dropped in and pulled out of tho hot. water, scraped hairless, dressed, and finally washed clean, the excitement steadily increased. The sixty chances were speedily taken, and bets as to the relative accuracy of guesses were very nmerous, ranging from bottles of wine to $20. Even the colored butchers caught the mania, and wagered drinks and papers of tobacco with reckless profusion. THE TEST OF IIOGCISH GUESSWORK. "When the hog was ready for weigh ing, Henry Salts and Anthony Frank lin were elected judges, and the scales were critically examined. "Two hundred and thirteen pounds,"' announced Mr. Salts. "Correct," assented Mr. Franklin. "By gracious, I reckon I've got him," shouted somebody. Then Tony Graiit Walked slowly and alone down td the beach, where a man was hunting for clam.-, and seemed to be lest in earnest thought. It was sub sequently shown that his guess was forty pound wrong, and nearly tb-y worst of the lot. ' The box was given in charge of judges, who retired with it to a private room to canvass the guesses. "While they were at it, the crowd was divided between guessing on the second hog and eating the chowder, cold turkey and baked pig, which wera" free to everybody. There was, too, a hea.y continuance of side-betting. After half an hour the judges returned with their decision. The most accurate guesses had been 211 and 213 pounds each equally near the true weight. These guesses, how ever, were both by a syndicate of five or six operators, whose pool included a number of chances. Sheriff-elect Sam mis was one of the lucky ones. In the anxiety for guessing, five -nances more than the stipulated sixty had been sold. It was decided that the $2.50 surplus should go to the second best guesser, and he was Mf; Crocherbn. The cost to Mr. Crdcherort in treating his friends to champagne upon bis good luck was $5. The guesses had been rather wild, ranging from 230 to 320 pounds. "Which shows, gentlemen." says one of the butchers, "that you can't tell how much meat a live hog is going to maka." The successful syndicate didn't know what to do with their lidg. They first discussed cutting him into as many pieces as there were participants in the pool, but the conclusion was to sell him by auction. The bidding was spirited until the price reached $28, at which ho was knocked down to whom ? The bidder would not disclose himself, and nobody else knew. A second effort resulted in a sale to Mr. "Watts, the" laridldr'd, at 821. The cash was divided among the nunTJc'r'j cf tlie syndicate who wera present, and largely invested ill wine. liefore all tlie questions relating tu the first and fattest hog and had been settled, the guesses on tha sejon-l were ready for canvassing. lie weighed 273 pounds, and James H. S.irrimis won him, his guess being only one pound less. It was dark before the fate of the third, hog vas decided. As the jolly participants drove away some of them in a stage-coach towards tlie rail road station, but the majority in sport ish skeleton wagons, behind preten tious liorses "a man with twinkling eyes and grinning mouth rushed out of the hotel. "Say, Jim," ho shouted to everybody, "I can't take y'oil home in my sulky after all. I've got to make room for auother hog. It was supposed that lie had won the third prize; .' : One square, (10 line or less) on inertlo'n. flirt Each subsequent Inset lion Professional care's, not exceeding six Ilnc. to (xi Vicolunin per annum 20 Oft ficulumii per annum wod licolumn di .ed.wv One column do loo.r All HU-crtHng M-Is due quarterly. aasieiit adrertlsemenW must bo paid fjrWl ailvaij'.'e ExTu.i Corixa or tiif Hfxaui for sale by 11 J. Mrelght, nt the i'ost ontee, und U. F. John !on, corner ol Main mid Fifth Mt.r. " WIVES' COLUMN": TRIBUTES OF AFFECTION. "My friend; I wish thro happiness , but if then seek thy happiness on earth alon, I wish thee none Sayest thou this cannot be tha wi.sti of friendship? Whom dost thou call thy friend t Him who would wish thee for an hour to feed on air, and when that hour is past in which substantial and dentil qdod. had gone beyond thy reach Would leave tlie poor and famishing forever V Again I say I wish thee happiness, but if On earth alone thou seek, I wish theo were til! thou consUltlnjj Uy irljulo. be ing art convinced that an eternity of blessedness for phantoms of an hour is an exchange which proves that man to be thine enemy who says 'tis wise.. Emina: May the light of youth dwell wjtK thee, unshaded by a cloud, lor long long years to come, and may'st thou, find warm hearts to cherish thy given affections. May thy slumbers bo light thy breath come even and nlay tlm golden dreams of the night hours only fade before the brighter ones of dawn. May the soft step of woman be around thy couch in tho hour of sickness, and may I lis eye who alone caif protect iiiid SaVe watch over thee. May tho gentle light of religion guide thy foot steps May it illumine thy I it t bold resting place, and gild thy lone path way over the dark waves of Eternity.' May thy tiftucs ffhit'e brighter as the sun of thy life declines, and when at last it sinks in darkness, tthed a halo of undying glory around thy name. Farewell ! when in a stranger laud Slay kind hearts welcome thee j And friendship's cup with accents bland. Be offered by the free. Thy forest path shr.H be sti'ewi! t ith flowers At d Hope shall lighten thy way ; And thou shall tell of tho happy hour Where holy aaVctlon play. Then forget not the friends of thy Joyous youth; lfi.it have loved In tho by-goi.u day , They remember thec still with their early truth They forget not ! this fur a'A ;-. And the fervent prayer ohall off -red be, And fcJild he'pes On thi wind bo bono That the spirit of IPiaven may shadow thee, 'Till the hour nf thy safe return. DOMESTIC PKODLCTS. To appeal to the women of the coutry to come to the relfvf lii tho present financial troubles may at first seem absurd; but there is a reason for it that more specious calls have not: It is not asked of them to be mere eco nomical; tdsave money, and ctJutrlbutd it to the poor; or to change their ex penditure a whit; but to turn their monetary brooklets into a different channel in short, to buy domestic instead of imported goods. No great perspicacity is needed to comprehend that, while tha Bcpublic is paying; yearly, millions and millions more of gold for imports than it gets for ex ports, it can hardly return to specie payment; and just so long as that Li deferred, we must have panics and all sorts of monetary derangements. So, if the buying of imported good:! be the source of so much trouble, would it not bo well to refrain from buying them, and keep the gold we need, in stead of sending it abroad? There is" no need of leagues and clubs and much palaver to make this a practical move ment. All that. the wisest and most earnest womancari do is simply t6 ask' for a domestic brand when she is mak ing a purchase. It is to women that the appeal is made, because it is for their benefit that the majority df costly imports are broUgilt. It is they who demand and use theui; and therefore it is for them to act against the tyranny df mode. The sacrifice will not be so great or so difficult as might seem. "We manu facture elegant silks, only lefs Utiluti ful than their French and Belgian conipeers. We make as fine ribbons5 and flowers as are" inade anywhere:' Our alpaca: and other stuff goods are excelled; while all our cotton fabrics are world-renowned. W manufactured beautiful cloakings often sold under tlie head df "imported" a word having a mysterious but very powei'fdl attrac tion for most women. The flannels and feltings- of certain American houses are proverbial for their fineness. We make fringes, fancy triuiniings; a$d certain kinds of lace. Shawls; shoes, woven underclothing, stockings all kinds and qualities of goods arc in the catalogue of our products. "We do not suppose tho Treasury Department will immediately re3umd specie payment because of our little suggestion; but we do believe tkat if it were widely atted upon; it would' greatly lessen the monetary troubles of the nation. Home and Society; Serifs ners for December. Slow Matches Long engagements: "Where are the noble" -pit Us of '70 ?' r.J shouted a stump orator. "All drunlc up," came from a witty hearer. "Ilave I rot, my , son, offered ydt every advantage?" ''Oh, yes. sir, but I could riot think of taki2g advantage of my own father." . Art enterprising chap who is organic iiig a brass band of twenty worrici!; says that if h7 Jearn half as man? airs as they put on, the oxperirrit'H'f ttill prorc a ccrdpkte sncrrt: i