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THE HERALD.
rLATTSMOUTH,
iliuitSUAVi JtJE 25. 1874.
i. a. macmuktiiy;. ...... .editor.
m The Omaha Ifttton goes for councll
taan Stevenson, from the first word.
Some one buy State Senator Gwyer
paper. He might as well be K'ari
tfeditor at once.
TRUTH.
In an able Article upon the approach
ing campaigiUn this State the Winfield
Courier states, the whole truth in a few
words, when Uiaj'. "Just as well say
that the American people arc incapable
of self government, as to hold that the
Republican party cannot (be reformed
within itselfone is about as fair as
the other." Exchange.
DIED. On Sunday the 14th inst.
In the faithful performance of his
duty, at the ripe age of eleven years
-Bob"
only a horse, but be deserved a better
ofa ix a wna nwnnl bv Mr. - John
inite ' ' w " w
(Fitzgerald, and has long been known
as one of the stand-bys of riattsmouth
itt the horse line. His disease was
uberrima fides et homo.
' nK vau'va run vmir hit
Your time in life was hard to beat ;
Yet beat you were by grim old death,
.Who broke you up and took your breath.
Political Lecture.
Y A Macon negro philosopher, discus
sing tne relations or ine races, saiu:
You know de turkey, he roost on de
f ence, and goose he roost on de ground,
you pull de turkey off de fence, and
fin toil! irlt ud anain. You crop his
vwings; but somehow or nudder he's
srwine to Ret bacK on ae ience. inow
V . . . M t -
you pui ae goose on ue ience, au hb
will fall off; he don t Deiong aar. ue
turkey am de white nian. He's down
our. but is trwine to get. up again, lie
nigger is de goose. He better stay
whar lie belongs.
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Unconscious Vandalism.
"Rflcent evidence about the last allied
?ar against China, shows that at the
aking of the bummer palace one Duna
infT wn full of silks, the produce of a
lax whicli requires every manufactur-
r to send in tn hrst piece ne manes or
:irh sort A Dart of these was used
listead of ropes, which were wanting
r . a: . I . T."1 I Imrau Ttni
ere was a palace full of drawings, a
4Hoa nf four thousand, illiistratiner
h whrkln history of China. The sol-
Mers, ignorant of their value, trod them
(oder foot and used them for kindling
lies. Scarcely two hundred were
wexu men mere was me
ilace, in which were found the mag-
Jicent coaches winch were presented
Ahe Emperor of China by the English
tibassy in 1818. Since then they had
ivor liirtorl H4ml. Tli iron vnrlr wiis
iinp-sliifl lciLilifr had become as hard
id brittle as wood. One palace was
l or rurs.
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The Printer's Estate.
We find in an exchanee. the follow
ing remarks, which all printers and
jublkhers will sirce in calling sensi-
ila, and commend them to me aiien
ioD of the reader. They will apply to
?Vlr--lHo, in nhich newspapers Clr-
iiate: The printers dollars
litre are they? A dollar here and a
ll;ir there scattered over the country,
ls and miles apart how shall, they
gathered to gather? The Faper
ker, the journeyman compositor, the
Iding owner, the grocer, the tailor
1 all assistants to him in carrying
his business have their demands
illtT av a t 1 1 1 i a o inrrlo sin II i J
j"ihe mites from here and there
Mndiligently gathered and patient
oarded, or the wherewith to dis
fge the liabilites will never become
jciently bulky. "We imagine the
jter will have to get up and address
kis widely-scattered dollars some
ig like the following: "Dollars,
ves, quarters, dimes and all manner
tractions into which you are divid-
collect yourselves and come home.
are wanted. Combinations or all
of men that help to make the
er a proprietor trainer in sucn
1:6 and demand with such good rea
i your appearance at this counter,
I; nothing short of you will pleas
ni Collect yourselves, for valuable
r p are you will never pay the cost
fleeting. Come here in single file,
lithe printer may form you in bat-
, and send you forth again to bat
r him and vindicate his feeble
Reader, are you sure you
't a couple of the pnnt-
lars sticking about your clothes ?
j, jhare, order them home immedi-
; ia following sad and melancholy
ii'ill.bS appreciated around many
rrtwful hearthstone:
raln that brought his wife came down.
u men weniic;piiK on ;
Woe to him ! his wife had brought
Jmother-ln-law alone
I:
ed. for life may well be borne
sorrow breaks Its, chain.; ,
is last streak just settled him
ever smtiea again.
Hi
An Old Ditty.
settled as a rule,
an' a fool. .
i t rnlii nn wants It hot.
ien it's hot he wants it cold ;
It gmntling at his lot,
an 's a fool. .
ler content with what he has pot,
JLlways wanting what he has not ;
fan niay take it, as a rule,
I Man's a fool.
'! may apply the above to the late
fen twas dry we wanted wet,
ow 'tis wet, we want It dry ;
l-ef satisfied with what we get.
hways on the shift or try.
.MACHINE POETRY.
V real literal machine poetry
out at a sociable, where each
contributes a line without
Vig what his or her neighbor has
y often Y'sry funny. We give a
;ire the wild wares saying,-
yo are playtng.
t the girls and boys went a sleighing,"
jAre were young and went a maylng
Ust wad saying,
VplJfren are all playing,
IjA 'vext Is praying,-
Q'i playing.
yA hla paying,
vjnwa went out to gather hay,
fce? ar laying, .
4d t are neighing!
'Jtra paper informs the public
's!& for the summer can be ob-
i,t a large shady brick gentle-
(rocrican reporter spoke of Co
,as?5 diamond in an oasis, who
jabtfte all his contemporaries.
arS in the refreshing "Western,
wrlonals : Ir Waggoner f otrnd
'K The beef at a Memphis hotel
r taorning, and the coroner,'
?n him." "Peter Ink, an old
jllnox Cotrrrty, Ohio, was blot-
'jseptner day 7g."
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COUNTY TO WEEPING WATER
FALLS.
Mb. Chaibm ast : Ladies and Gentlemen:
I appear before you on this momentous occa
sion to. address you iabehalf of agitating the
question of mbrlng our. County Sea.t to Weep
ing Water Falls which remOTal wiji be to the
welfare of every citizen within the limits of
CassCountyi -r ,
1st. Weeptiig Water Falls is neatly or quite
In the center of our County and is the most
convenient point in the County to locate the
County Beat.
2d. Because there u already a small village
erer ted and nice little trading point for the
people around. '. r?--
- 8I- Mr. . Hubbard, the proprietor of a grist
mill at Weeping -Water Fall, a well-to-do per
son, says he will give eighty acres of land pro
viding the County Heat should come there, anil
several other men propose to give in proportion.
4th. The little stream of Weeplnir Water
which winds its wav tliroutrh the villaee in a
southeasterly course and pours Its waters into
the Missouri river, affords very fine water power
for the running ox mius ana lactones.
6th. The land in the vicinity of the Falls af
fords very fine building material, such as sand
stone, lime stone, AC. It also has very fine fa
cilities for the manufacture of brick and the
burning of lime kilns, llils is a very Important
noint In the selection of a town. There is con
siderable natural timber about the Falls and on
Weepine Water ; there is also a great deal of
artificial timber belne set out in the country
around. That country will all be well timbered
in time, and a very short time at that, speaking
briefly.
.- .8th. Weeping Water Falls is situated about
fouiteesi mills' from the Platte river, about the
same distance from Otoe County j twenty miles
from Lancaster County And about the same dis
tance from the Missouri river. I don't pretend
to say that tliM is the correct geographical cen
ter of the county at all, but you see that's as
near the center of the county as is necessary
for the reasons I have given you.
7th. People living fit the extreme .western
or southern part of this county have fcot to go
very near to the extreme northeastern part of
the county to pay their taxes and attend to
other business in general. Those people living
so far away from the County Seat that it takes
them at least two days to go ana aiiena toiueir
business and return home again. They must
have good traveling horses if they do It fn that
short time : besides very likely it Will cost
them a hotel and livery bill (providing such
party or parties have no friends to remain with)
which would be in the neighborhood of five
dollars. That would be quite a little compen
sation for the poor farmer who has his pockets
already impoverished by the heavy taxes he
has to pay. Gentlemen f that is not doing jus
tice to our fellow men while if we put ourselves
about it we can make it more equal for all and
can go and return the same day (if they feel
disposed to do so) without any expense to them
or the people within. Allow me to ask, what
are we living for on this mundane sphere if it is
not to help our fellow men in some shape, form
or manner?
8th. The county will never be better prepar
ed to move the County Seat than at the present
time. Because she has nothing, you might say,
at stake in Plattsmouth. There is not a county
building there that's worth a continental.
What she has are old shaky buildings and are
decaying away rapidly.
It will not be long, at the farthest. before they
will have to be replenished. Why not then
erect them at the most convenient point in the
county and not away off in one corner. Build
a good lp rge roomy Court House so it will con
tain tne Jail, Jail-keeper's private abode, and all
the subdivisions of the county offices under one
roof. Not have them like they are at Platts
mouth. The jail in one place. Court House in
another. County Clerk's office in another, and
so on, scattered here and there throughout the
town. Have them all iii one convenient place.
Theretore.b'illtl a Court House like the Colos
seum; that will stand for ages and centuries to
come. If any of you have (and of course vou
have) ever read any of Lord Byron's hiero
glyphics, .you will know and understand all
about the Colosseum. I doubt, too, whether a
more convenient opportunity will occur in our
notorious existence of the nineteenth century
than at the present time. "Strike while the
iron is hot." I hope therefore for our own sake
as a part of the people and for the sake of our
future prosperity, we ought to vote heartily and
unanimously on this question and have the
Seals of Government of this county located at
once at its proper destination where it may re
main now and forever.
The time will certainly come, sooner or later,
when the fatal question that is being discussed
to-day in the minds of the people will flourish
proudly and the Seat of Cass County will be re
moved away from Plattsmouth. The people of
Weeping Water Falls are strnhgly anticipating
a railroad up the Weeping Water valley and
uniting with the V. & M. at Lincoln, ff this
is accomplished the Seat of Cass County will
surely be located at said place. For one is sure
to bring the other without doubt.
Gentlemen I looking and reviewing this ques
tion in the lijrht it should be looked at. why not
put ourselves in a stat of readiness, not of sor
row, to benefit our fellow citizens. If we put
our minds about it we can just as well gain the
victory as lose It. If we fall it can be no worse
for us. But I am happy to say we will not fail.
Sirs, if you will please think bark to the war of
Independence and consider how the people of
those davs gained the victory. It was simply
by faithhope, perseverence and hard fighting.
If it had not been for faith, hope, perseverence
andourgrea men of the eighteenth century
America would have been ruled to-day by a
tyranical King, and this government would
have been a despotie one. "Oh! y of little
faith." "While there is life there is hope."
Please bear in mind that "Danger's troubled
nisht is uot o'er and the Mar of victory has not
yefcmadQ it$ appearance."
Hoping oia- honorable feelings will be con
tent with "this, and that you have had abund
ance of gentlemanly satisfaction.
Very respectfully.
Ekmest Thornton.
G Tie AT WEST
Travels, Trials and Tribulations, of !ix
PennsjlTaniaians on a Nineteen
Day's trip over the once so call
ed American Desert.
may 23d.
We arose, took breakfast, and visited
the town of Fairmount. Found by
inquiring that it was only two years
old, with about five hundred inhabi
tants, and fast building up. This is
the largest town in Filmore Co.; it has
a fine high-school building, 16 stores, 3
Churches, &c, and is surrounded by a
very level country. About noon we
arrived at Sutton, the County seat of
Clay Co., situated on a tributary of the
Big Blue river. This is a promising
town of 600 inhabitants, 5 Churches,
25 stores, 4 hotels, &c. Westward,
again over a beautiful country, some
what rolling, and arrived at the town
of Harvard, a beautiful place, 2 years
old; 10 stores, 3 churches, 300 inhabi
tants, a large and commodious high
school building, which is an ornament
to the town. Here we saw our first
curiosity, a Buffalo cow ; she was feed
ing on the grass with some other cat
tle and was as tame as any of them.
We halted for the night.
may 24th.
Off again, traveling over a very level
prairie, like most of the country that
we have traveled through, quite thick
ly settled. Sod houses and dug outs
here and there, a large number of good
and comfortable frame houses, and
some really fine ones meet the eye.
We passed the town of Inland, a small
place Of about a dozen houses and a
beautifift High School building. The
next plao of note is Hastings, Adams
County, a promising place of about 600
inhabitants and only 18 months old, it
has a good . Church and school buildings.
The crossing of the B. & M. and St.
Joe & Denver City R: R. i3 here. Af
ter dinner we changed our course and
drove southwest, leaving the railroad
we soon got into a wilder region where
we saw the remains of many a Buffalo
and captured the horns of ono. Here,
four years ago, the Indians had full
power. We next struck the- valley of
the Little Blue river. This valley and
stream abounds in game and fish, with
plenty of timber, but is quite thinty
settled. We encamped for the night,
not in the least alarmed about losing
our scalps.
MAY 25.
We found ourselves all safe and
sound, eat our breakfast, and crossing
the river on as fine a wooden bridge as
you will see across such streams in the
east, we traveled toward the Kansas
line, in a southwesterly direction, fol
lowing up the Little Blue, crossing In
dian Creek and numerous small
streams ; crops here look well, people
mostly live in log houses, some few in
frames, but all look healthy and appear
in good spirits. It is not so thickly
populated here and still thinner as we
go onwarJ; to-day we leave Adams
County, go through the northwest part
Webster County,- and come into the
eastern part of Franklin .Corfnty; all
along we see plenty 6f Catfis, or as
some call it. Prickly Pears. Buffalo
grass is plenty, and we take a share for
our horses when we camp at noon r on
Farmers Creek took dinner and trudged
along passing over quite a fine coun
try, not a moment were we out of
sight of buffalo skeletons this after
noon. On Thompson's Creek we found
a saw and flouring mill, each doing a
good business, the people are also build
ing another, flouring mill on a larger
scale At the mouth of Thompson's
Creek, on the Republican, is Riverton,
We found an abundarioe of timber and
magnesia limestone. The town has a
fine, School building. We encamped
for the night;
. ... May 29th.
We had the pleasure, of meeting a
couple of gentlemen and old acquaint
ances from Pennsylvania, Messrs.
Cranmer and Meyers. After a short
visit with them, we tailed on Mr. A.
K. Kinnear, a prominent Lawyer of
Riverton, and a gentleman ; from him
we gained much information. Our
visit over we drove up the valley for a
short distance: it was quite uneven
but soon we come to as beautiful coun
try as man need to look Upon, stopping
on our way to call on Thomas Murlow,
an Elder in the Baptist Church, apd an
old acquaintance, found all well. Pass
ing along we arrived at Franklin, the
County seat of Franklin Co. This is
as fine a town as we have seen on our
travels. A Sawmill is in operation
doing a large business. Also a Flour
ing-mill in contemplation ; the country
around is lovely, and nearly all taken
up, although some good chances are
left yet. This place bids fair to make a
flourishing town in a very short time ;
I understand that rare chances are
now offered to new comers in the
place. It is a good place for men of
small capital to start. We met elder
Shanifelti formerly of Pittston, Pa
and Kad a short visit with him, then
on we went, passing through and
viewing Prairie Dog towns and their
inhabitants, soo'h .Arriving at Bloom
Itlgton, a nice J'ttle town and well sit
uated, and like all the rest of the Re
publican valley towns, looking for
ward for the day When R. R communi
cation will open up to them the out
side world. Here we took a .Jia'sty
lunch and then onward, watching
closely for Buffaloes, across the River:
We saw five but too far off to get.
The valley in Franklin Co, has good
water priveleges, and we see they are
being well occupied. There is Gypsum,
Coal, Lime and Magnesia Limestone
in large quantities. We camped to
night at Republican City, a lively little
town, with about 300 inhabitants ; here
the town's-people had just killed a buf
falo. may 27th.
Still westward, passing over a beau
tiful country, and next find Orleans, in
Harlem Co, a new place of 8 or 10
stores, and all nice frame buildings, we
haltd a few moments, then onward to
Melrose, the County seat of Harlem
Co., about the same size of Orleans.
This place commands a large trade. I
called on my old friend. Jefferson Mc
Kee, formerly a resident of . Fa found
him hearty and well. . Crossing the
river we followed up Beaver creek, a
branch of the Republican, passing a
coal bank just being opened, also a
herd of Texas cattle, 2,200 head guard
ed by negroes on prairies ; this was so
curious a sight that we stopped and
took a good view of them. Up the
Beaver, and at noon halted on its
banks in the shade of a large cotton
wood tree, we took our dinner. After
dinner, due west, crossing the line in
to Furnas Co, stopping occassionally to
shoot at Prairie dogs, but in each in
stance failed to get one. Late in the
afternoon we arrived at Beaver City,
the County seat of Furnas Co, and a
nice little town, situated on the banks
of the Beaver, a stream 150 miles long,
running through a fine farming region.
They are building a flouring-mill here,
and we halted for the night. I called on
my friend J. II. McKee, a merchant of
this place but formerly from Penn.
The settlers are mostly all from Penn
sylvania. 3t ay 23th.
Our part j' to-day was attended by
Mr. McKee. We spent the forenoon
riding over the prairie and having a
general look, and in the afternoon we
dnrie souUi oii the Sapper, another
stream about the size of. the Beaver,
and encamped near the Kansas and
Nebraska line ; here we espied an An
telope aiid gave chase, but failed to'
get it.
MAY 29th.
Turned our course, and,, retraced our
steps to Beaver Qityl From the high
land we fbok. a View of Kansas, also
saw some more Buffalo, but out of
reach of our guns; arriving at Beaver
City, we made a short halt, then bid
ding our friends good-bye, we started
northward, arriving at Arapahoe, a
nice little town, situated in the valley
of the Republican. We were cordially
welcomed by our old friends, Wm and
George Colvin, two of the first settlers
in that place, and enterprising men.
MAY 30th.
Rained quite hard all the forenoon ;
we breakfasted and dined at the "Hood
Hotel," where we were kindly treated
by ye venerable host, had plenty to
eat and drink, and reasonable charges ;
therefore we recommend travelers to
go and do likewise. After noon we
started again, northward, camping for
the night on Elk Creek, 12 miles from
Arapahoe, in Gosper, County.
may 31st.
Arose this morning many miles on
the Prairie, from any house ; our pro
visions being low, we must travel or
go hungry, so we onward we went
through a region entirely unsettled.
Some very smooth and some very
rough prairie, now and then we could
see a herd of Antelope bounding over
the prarie. When we arrived at the
summit, between the Republican and
Platte rivers, we found canons run
ning in every directon, some 100 feet
deep, or more, with here and there a
cedar tree to add to the grandeur of
the place. With just enough high
land to admit our wagon to pass, we
worried our way between the preci
pices, and reached the north slope, de
scending towards the Platte. Arriv
ing at Plum Creek Ranche at noon.
Encamped for dinner, enquiring the
distance to the next house, was told 1 2
miles to the nearest settlement. In
due time we reached Williamsburg,
where we encamped for the night, a
weary set of travelrs.
jtrxE 1st.
This morning it rained ; stayed in
Williamsburg and visited the town ; it
is also the County seat of Phelps Co.
After dinner we were accompanied by
Mr. John SHafe'r, (formerly from Cass
Co;)' and. viewed .some vacant land,
which was soon found, and of the fin
est quality; E. X. Tegny, P. W. Lwis,
F. W. Tenny and myself, and took
homesteads ; after traveling and view
ing all, we concluded, this .was the
place to get homesteads and there is
a chance for many more. Our next
move was for the U. S. Land office;
passing on our way two herds of cat
tle, one with 2,300 head, the other with
1,100 head, all pasturing on the Platte
River bottoms. On the south bank of
the Platte we passed several old Forts,
long since gone to ruin. Halted for
the night at Kearney City.
jxtse 3.
Arose early and drove to famous old
Fort Kearney, found it was being torn
dwn and removed to Fort Mcpherson.
This strcn'ghold was built of hewn
rad cedar timbers many years ago, and
they are as sound and solid tqnday as
in firef. buil t Leaving Kearney we
drov to Lowell, the County Seat of j
Kearney County, visited the Land Of
fice, got the papers for our Williams
burg land, and put them in our pockets.
As we now owned some real estate we
felt like going home and turned our
faces that wayt encamping for the
night near Kenesawl
JUNE 3, ,
Homeward bound drove slowly
along, passing through the town bf
Kenesaw, a thrifty little place, then
Juniata, also a promising town, we
next arriued at Hastings where we
left the Railroad and, went south on
our outward. bound trip. From here
I will not.describe the towns, but just
give an outline of. pur journey home
on the same route? we. went out on. .At
Harvard we tbo& dinner, and hear here
we met an old acquaintance Geo. Fell,
formerly . from Pennsylvania, In the
evening we halted at Sutton; where we
spent the night.
JUKE 4.
We were somewhat retarded by a
shower which made "it muddy until
about noon. Arrived at Fairmount
and took dinner. In the afternoon
were again caught in a hard rain storm.
Called n Mr. Albert Fisher, near
Friendville, Saline Co, and asked per
mission to stay under his roof, either
house. or barni Until after the rain, and
was gruffly answered "noT left him"
albhe in his glory, and next called at
the house of Mr. O. Parmer, one of his
neighbors, and asked the same ques
tion ; were politely answered, taken In
and Well treated, for which we felt
very thankful and hope there are not
many men with a heart like Albert
Fisher.
JUNE. 5.
Discovered that our horses were
gne, this was discouraging, we all
felt somewhat as Nasby did when the
crusaders made a raid on the Corners,
(loss of spirits) but taking the trail we
followed it about two miles, captured
the runaways, and got them back to
the wagon. After trading horses with
bur host we departed and arrived at
Crete about noon, called on a few
friends, atld after dinner jogged along
as far aLlcoln where we halted for
the night. Here we saw two Indians,
the only orits .wS did see on our jour
ney. We were again visited by rain,
so we determined . this Was not the
country of drouth, it certainly must be
somewhere else.
juke 6.
Left Lincoln and after a few hpurs"'
drive arrived at the house bf E. N.
Terry, in Otoe Co, where we had the
pleasure of meeting some friends from
Plattsmouth. Halted, for the night
and likewise ended cJur journey in com
pany. Your correspondent will return
to Plattsmouth by private conveyance,
and will say, in conclusion, about the
beauties of the country traveled thro":
Franklin, Harlan, Furnas & Phelps
Counties are fine counties of land, the
crops of all look well, but Cass and
Otoe Counties cap the climax, they
are really the finest Counties we have
seen, and have the most privileges. I
must say one word in favor of Frank
lin, the County Seat of Franklin Co,
it is, in our opinion, the foundation of
a large and flourishing place. Still, if
we had money to purcJiase lands, we
should prefer CaM and Otoe Counties
to any we have seen. With this as a
conclusion, after a journey of about
700 miles, I close my tale to the read
ers of the Herald.
Respectfully yours,
Chakles Viall.
How to Do It. A Truly Good Romance
of Contemporaneous Interest.
CHAFTF.R I.
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CHAPTER II.
Omaha, March 4, '74.
John Verysmart, Chicago.
Dear Sir: Having seen your adver
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chapter III.
Chicago, March 12, '74.
Thos. Dunce, Omaha.
Dear Sir: In receipt cf your favor
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tion, but have to request you to send
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CHAPTER IV.
Omaha, March 15, '74.
John Verysmart, Agent.
Sir: Inclosed you will find the re
quired fee of five dollars, in return for
which I expect, by return mail, to be
put in possession of your valuable se
ciet, hoping that the same may corres
pond with the rather high price you
ask for divulging the same. Respect
fully yours, Thos. Dunce.
i chapter y.
Chicago, March 25, '74.
Thos. Dunce, Omaha.
Dear Sir: In receipt of your favor
of 15th inst. inclosure as stated. I
hurry to place you in possession of the
valuable secret concerning a business
hitherto unknown to the public, and
you will no doubt admit that it posses
ses all the advantages claimed for it.
The business is very simple, and con
sists in the following: You advertise
in some newspaper of wide circlation
that you are able to indicate a business
by which it will be easy to earn from
8500 to 81,000 a year, etc, you will re
ceive many applications in answer to
this ; you will then request the appli
cants to send you a few dollars as pre
liminary fee exactly as I did in my
respects of 12th inst. When you re
ceive the fee you will make exactly
the same explanations I have given
you in the present, which I hope will
reach you safely. In this manner you
will, no doubt, without much trouble
or effort, have a yearly revenue of at
least S500, and congratulating you in
advance on thi3 agreeable experience,
I remain, yours sincerely,
John Verysmart.
chapter VI.
Advertisement.
At least $1,000 a year can made in a pleasant
and agreeable way, and attention is called to
the fact that no capital whatever is required for
ine establishment of this business. For further
Information, apply to Thos. Dvvck,
Omaha. P. O. box 66,78.
England holds "inch-of-candle' auc
tionsl' The bidding must be through
before the inch of candle has burned
out- .....
A Bostoniarf Jia.tad his eyes "some
what injured, " accbflng to a local re
porter, through being run into by a
railway train.
,
A young lady of Sr Louts has just
sent to Europe an order for fifty.. yard
of Brussels carpet," tWenty-fiv feet
wide. She is going to work a pair, of
slippers for the editor of local a paper.'
ENLARGED! !
Two Stores in
One.
SOLOMON
tfATHAlT
m t
1X1
Eront.
r"We have just leased the
entire loWer part of the
building" we now occupy, un
derneath the Herald office,
and having thrown the two
rooms into one, we shall fill
them both with goods in our
line, consisting of
Dry Goods, Laces,
Shawls,
Men's
Furnishing Goods,
AND
The east room will be de
voted mainly to Fancy Goods
and Gents Furnishing Goods,
while in the west room we
sllall keep Staple Dry Goods,
Dress Goods, and the
Millinery
Department
OF
Miss Sweeney.
Look at Prices
for Summer
1874.
Latest Style of Ladies' Suits from
S3.50 up.
Ladies' Silk Farasols, 81.25 up
Ladies Summer Poplins, 15c up.
Corsets 50c up.
Silk Pongees 90c per yard.
French Merinos 90c per yard.
Alpacas, 25c up.
Fans f rout 5c,to $5.
Hoop Skirts, 75c up.
Kid Gloves, $1 up. , ,
White Marseille's goods 25c up.
Best Standard Prints'; 10c per yd.
Best Muslins, 9c per yd. up.
Summer Shawls, $2 up.
Summer Skirts, $1 up."
A nice line of Embroider
ed Trimmings, Laces, Edg
ings, Marseilles Trimmings,
Fringes, Guipure Lace, Tur
quoise, "Velours, Velvets, all
colors,- besides a nice line of
Men's Furnishing Goods and
a complete stock of Millinery
Goods, too numerous to give
in detail. Come iri and see
for yourselves. "We are
bound to sell people these
goods this summer if they
want any.
Also a fine and well select
ad asscrrtinent of
Amy
Pocket Cutlery.-
Once more we invite all
our friends and patrons to
visit cur new stores.
SOLOMON & NATHAX;
ioUw
1,000,000
Sweet Potato Sprouts,
IPOI5L SJSJLaEi.
-.- .-. ...; a ;i
Yellow and Red 7ansemonds, Br&ztlt&h
W hite, new. and llennudata Bed. AH the same
price, 40 cent per 100 ; $3.50 pet 1000 ; $30.00 per
10.000. - . - .
8O.000 Karly Jersey Wakefield, and KotHefS
Improved Brunswick .t-'abbaKe riaht.V twice
transplanted. 15 cents per dozen, $1.00 per 100,
ready for delivery by the 18th of April.
Also Cauliflower Plants, (frown in the same
manner, 25 cents per dozenil.50 per loo.
25.000 Tomato Plants; Canada Victor.the
Earliest Tomato yet grown by ten days, 50 cents
per dozen.
Also Trophy and General Grant.
Also, Celery, Kkr. Pepper, and any amount of
Winter Cabbage Plants fn season.
All orders filled with dispatch and delivered
at Express Ofiice tree of charge on receipt of
cash orders.
Vegetables in season i also 1,000,000 Osage
Hedge Plants No. 1.
AZItO SMITH,
Rock Bluffs, Cass Co., K'lh
THE BEST
IS ALWAYS
THE CHEAPEST
For your Groceries go t6
J. V. Weckbaeh,
Corner Third and Main street. Plattsmouth.
(Guthmann's old stand.)
Tic keeps on hand a lafjje and well selected
stock of
FANCY GROCERIES, COFFEES. TEAS.
SUGAR. SYRUP, BOOTS, SHOES,
&C. &c, &c, &c.
In connection with the Grocery Is a
Bakery and Confectionary.
Highest price paid for Country Produce
S3f?A full stock at all times, and will not be un
dersold. Take notice of the sign
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY.
niyl.
The special attention of all persons having
Lands or Town Lots for Sale,
in Cass County, is called to the fact that
SMITH & WINDHAM
will give prompt attention to the disposition of
all property placed In their hands for that pur
pose." ... !.-
If you have
Unimproved Lands
for sale they will seUitf,or you, if you want to
purchase they will g!ve you a bargain.'
If you have an
Improved Farm
you desire to dispose of they wiJU.flnd you a
customer. If you wish W bii one they can
supply you.
If you have
Property to Rent
they will rent it for you. And will
Pay Taxes for Non-Residents
and furnish any and all information as to
Value, Locality, and Prices
of Real Estate-
Those who wish to
Buy, Sell, or Rent,
or dispose of fieir property in any way will do
well to give tlicin
... r
PLATTSMOUTH, ' - - - NEB.
n31-yl.
0. F. JOHNSON.
DEALER IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
AND
WAI-L, PAPER.
ALL PAPER TRIMMED FREE
OF CHARGE.
ALSO DEALER IX
Books, Stationery,
Magazines,
And Latest Publications.
Prescriptions carefully compounded by an ex
perienced Druggist.
Remember the place. CornerFlfth and Mala
Streets. Plattsmouth. Neb.
mtKt mtiKt
I am now prepared to furnish the best una
dulterated milk
TWICE EVERY DAY
To all parties notifying me
rETEB GOOS.
BOOT & SHOEMAKER.
New Outfit, New Place.
George Karcher.
(Formerly Karcher ft Elingbell.)
Has removed his Boot and Shoe establishment
up town, on the south side of Main street. OP3
POSITE the Postoffice, and nest door to Henrf
Bceck's Furniture Store. inP lattsmouth.'Neb.
GOOXf WORK WARRANTED, AND FAIR
,. - . . : . PRICES. ... ...... , .
Call an A tha n nlu nntliman An
old customers respectfuly invited to leave their
work as before, and new trade solicited. I shall
uy w give you as .gooa work, ax a low prices
as any 000 In town. GEO? KAECHEB.
Good fresh milkj delivered daily at erery
body'a home In Plattsmouth, II they want it, by
J. F. Beaumeister.
Send In yout orders and I will try and giT
you . ... ,
Pure Wlitlkf
and serve you regularly.
lf-ly.
J. PEPPEIiBEKO,
Has re-opened bis
Cigar Manufactory
In Plattsmouth once more, and now offer to
our citizens, and the trade,
CHARS, TOBACCO, &C,
at the low est wholesale and retail prices.
: pall and see them before purchasing else
where. JULIUS PErPERBERO,
26yl Proprietor.
E, T; DUKE & CO.
At the frot of taln Street.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Hardware and Cutlery,
STOVES, TINWARE,
IRON, NAILS.
HOES, RAKES.
SHOVELS, AXES.
KNIVES AND
FORES. &c. &e.
All kinds of
FOREIGN ADS.
Agents Wanted S
and Catholic, with Dictionary, Itokn f
the Illble, tie niiiy iimmniira. n.im-
pnees. a rna. i uiuiin-
ni roov at wholesale prices. 1 i
i-r. wis market street. Philadelphia. 12W4
2 mm A DAY OUAHAKUtu Mtag
Lwe:ll auger a drill u !
territory. Eadereed by Otnntn
ef IOWA, Afl KANSAS 4. OAK OTA
CUler T.OIUS.ft.LwU.K.'
Tinware Manufactured.
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Solomon & Nathan,
DF.ALKII3 IX
FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS,
LADIES; FURNISHING GOODS,
Largent;: Cheapest. Finest, and best Assorted
mock 111 the uity. e are prepareu
to sell cheaper than they
can be purchased
elsewhere.
GIVE US A CALL
?.rif rxamine our goods.
3PSttw on Main street, between 4th and 5th
streets, I'latUmouLU j-h. I6tl.
New Store ! New Stock !
Miu William li. AVooduuff
haviiicr taken the Store formerly occupied by
Mr. taion, win Keep a iuu ana com
plete stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES
All kinds of country produce taken In
EXCHANGE FOR GOODS
I propose to sell low, and keep a
STOCK OF NUMBER ONE GOODS,
and hereby invite mv friends to call nnd exam
ine the new outfit. (Srancers especially invited
to call and get prices.before ordering gobds,away
irum uoiue. i propose 10
Sell to grangers,
At Chicago Rates.
.. WM. G. WOODRUFF.
Wm. F. Bkkx ktt. Clerk. l-Sm
II. A. WATERMAN & SON
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Pine Lumber,
LATH, SHINGLES,
Sash Doors, Blinds, &c
On Main Street coner 5 th
PLATTSMOUTH ... NEB.
DON'T BUY
Until you hare
CAREFULLY EXAMINED
OUR NEW
AND
LOW RESERVOIR
mm.
TT ,71 .77' yxi
As we Lave 12 good reasons why they will do
your woric.
QUICK AND, EASY.
CHEAP AND CLEAN.
- BECAUSE
They are cheapest to buy.
They are cheapest to use.
They bake evenly ond quickly.
Their operation 18 perfect.
They have always a good draft, .
They are made of the best mateffa
They roast perfectly.
They require bnt little fuel.
They are very low priced.
They are easily managed,
Thev are suited to alt localities.. , .
Every Stove guaranteed to give Satisfac
tion
'"KIlKOiiRAPIIV." A new book on th
Aft of Writing by Sound ; a complete system of
Phonetic Nhort-IIaiid. the shortest, most sim
ple, easy and comprehensive, enabling anyone
in a short time to report trials, speeches, ser
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of the pen, and 140 words per tniuute. Tim
unemployed should learn this art. 1 Jlco M
its.' ApentS wanted. Addrcs T. W. EVANS
61 CO.. 13a 7th tt., Philadelphia. Pa. Uvti
Forewarned. Forearmed. To be fore
armed funr when you are threatened with all
Summer weav,. " iw l nullfullT lininl rrarnn
"iir--m i. iniiiii-d
wnieu will make the ljiveraenve. assuui.
fettlon. Purify the blord, strengthen the
'tertne and I'rinary organs. Invigorate the
Myntem, and make you enjoy life as you ought.
iYKi.i,ooo, Agent,
Price $1 a bottle.
New ork.
John q.
12W4.
SOLD BIT
EXCELSIOR MAX'Q COMPANY
ST. LOUIS, MO., AND
E.T.DUKE&C0.
PLATTSMO UTTf ,' STfe.'
' -V
8-Sm
200 PIANOS and ORGANS
!(fw and Meeomt-ltand. of FlrMt-t'lanw
Makem. will ne sold at Lower Irlee for
cash, or on Inntallmentw, or torrent in 'lt y
oM'oantry.durfngthlsinonth.by IIOKACI'.
WATKHHANOX, so.4NI Broadway,
than ever before offt lPd in New York. MPE-ClAliTY:-
1'IanoH and Orcsnit to l.et
tmtil the rent money pays the price of the
flint rumen t. Illantrated t'atalorne malt"
ed. A Irjre IMsronnt to .lllnlaterw,
Chnrrhes, Nehoolm, Ledges, etc. 12w4
3,000 OutfltH ordered In Advaacet
'ELL IT ALL"
Uy Mrs. Stenhouse.'bf Salt Lake "Uy.2S years
the wife of a Mormon' High Priest. With In
troduction by Mrs. St owe. Over 3,onO outfits of
this extraordinary work Were ordered ty M
AgrnUf in Adranr'e, who are now scllinf 2i to 40
a day ! Its sale is wUhrnit ttarallfl. One Agent
(ladv) sold 20 in one wwfc. Terms big ; sales
potcittYly immense. Complete outfit free to all
agents who mean business. Circular free. Ad
dress, yUEKN CITY Pl H'Ng CO..
12w4 Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tl f g
1 ma mu'ik Mnchute ytres tlie x-jtt natix'aetum
to theuirr,it jtoUtfttr tnont readily, and it the
IxM. nf all to trlL If there it no " lk,mrtic"
Agent in ymtrlown, apply to JHtM KSTH" S. M.
CO.. New York. I.ADIIM HK1 for tl
egrant Faahlon Hook. 124.
KOIt
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,
and all Throat Diseases,
Wells' Carbolic Tablets.
PUT UP ONLY IN IILITR IJOXKS. '
trikd amu mvnr. rkmkikv.
Sold by Druggist. 12w4.
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE;
HAPPY Relief for Young Men. from the ef
fects of Errors and Abuses In early life. Man
hood restored. Impediments to marriage re
moved. New method of treatment. New nnd
remarkable remedies. ISooks and Circulars sent
free in sealed envelopes.
Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION. No. 2
South Ninth Street. Philadelphia, Pa. an Insti'
tution having a high reputation for honorablt
conduct and professional skill.
20 6m
BARNUM'S HOTEL,
Cor Broadway and Twentieth' Street,
NEW YORK. .
ON BOTH AMERICAN. & EUROPEAN PLANS
Complete with all modem improvements ;
rooms en tntitc and single; private parlors-,
baths, elevators, &c. Joo:itlon in. surpassed .
being In the very centre of fashion and hrilliair.
New York life. In proximity to Churches an'.
places of Amusement, and l-ord Si Taylor's.
Arnold & Constable's and J. & O. Johnston V
Dry tioods palaces. The hotel is under the
management of A. S. Iiarnum, formerly of llar
num's Hotel, ISaltimore ; I.N. (ireen, of Day
ton, Ohio, and recently of New York, and Free
man lt:imuiu,of Uamum's Hotel, Ht. Louis.
21-tf.
Manhood; How Lost, How Roitor.d.
Just published, a new edition of
Dr. Culverw.ll't Celebrated Ea-
sav on the radical cure without
medicine) of Si-hkmatoh.hu k.v
or Seminal Weakness, involuntary Seminal
Losses, iMi'OTF.xcv, mental and physical Inca
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Con.tmption, Kpilrpsy, and Pits, Induced
by sPlfft'hilgence or sexual extravagance.
Ci'rce in a sealed envelope, only cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable es
say, clearly demonstrates from a thirty year's
successful praoiice. that the ahmning conse
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privately and radically,. , . v- -
fgr?'hls LocUire shoiHd bo In the hands of ev
veryiyV'tith and man in tfie land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, post-paid
to any address, on the receipt of six cents, or
two poMuiefctiips. . ; . ,
Also Vjc. Culver's "MarrtaEO Guide," rrioe 6?
cents. .
Address the Publishers, ' " ' ' ' 1
CHAS. J. C. KLINE. & CO.
127 Ifowery. New York.
sep24-ly Post Office' Pox. w. -
Mm
The Favorite Home Remedy.'
This unrivalled Medicine is warranted not to
contain a single particle of Mercury, or any Id
Ju-iotis mineral substance, but Is
. Purely Vegetable.
Containing those Southern Roots and Herbs,
WHteb an all wise Providence has placed in coun
tries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It wil.
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Liver an itowels.
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For Dyspepsia or Indigestion.
With this Antidote, all climates shd' chang
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As a Itemedy in Malarious Fevers, Jtowel Coi.i-
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IT HAS ISO EQUAL.
Tt fei the CriAarwaait Tiirt onrl T.jat Vara - ?
Medicine in the World.
Manufactured only by
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MACON, GA and PHILADELPHIA.
50ly Price, $1.00. Sold by all Drngglsta.
STATE AGENT
Halladay's Patent Wind Mills
Double and Single acting
Force and Farm Pumps
reea mms, etc.
, jo iiaiiaaay aim nas stood the test for sf-
a?lPPriniplale 0lUy De general1 a0Pte 1 'J
Railroads and Farmers,
Lm. A. L. BXRANO. Lincoln. Neb.