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l'LAtTSMOUTII. JULY 29, 1S73.
CALL FOR KEPUULICAN STATKAN1)
DISTRIIT CONVENTION.
Tlie Rppuhritwn eWtors of tin. State of Ne
hrnV. :ire hereby ealted to send lieleeate from
tlicir reioetive eountlrs to meet in Mate I'mi
veiiiion at Ke:irnev. on Weiliiel;iy, tli l.'.tli
lay of Seiteinter. l7". at 10 o'rlok a. m. for
tue iiirjMs of pl.u-inKin nomination throe ran
li l.kU's for justices of the Supreme Court, and
pi 'aii(Hl'iti-i for ltecents ff the I'niversity of
Nebraska- to he votej for.nt I lie geiieral ele.e
tiotl heltl in aecorlaiire,M itlt till? provision of
MiS projM'sert new crnihiitin, n I lie 2t Mn
tl:rtf in rtoter,next. Ami to tr;in;iet Mtieli other
1-nsiiics as may jiroerly eoine lefore it. '1 lie
several counties lire entitled to representatives
in tlic Stale Convention as folio ft it :
Ad Mins
Ant-lote ...
HoIH!
I. ulT.ilo
Hurt
I .tiller
':es
1 inlar
t li.-i.se
t'li-venue ..
'ay
lo;Xax
(lulling
lakota
li.iwion ....
I txon . . . .
I Mulxe
l'inlas
1 hiutly
I'il more
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
!aK
iosper
f.reeley
Ilrd!....
II. nuiltoii. . .
Harlan
Jlitcheoek ..
Howard
IJolt
KO. Or.l.KlSATKS.
. ... 3!-'ffTS01l
. 2l.lollllsoli
z Kearney
4 hrilli
;i Knox
?, I raster ...
5 l.iiieoln
2 M l"llsill
1 M.rriek
1 Nemaha
a Nuckolls
:i foe
3 Pawnee
2j Phelps
Pierce
2 1 Platte
5; I'oik
lo!l:el Willow.
1 1 Uiehardson..
4 '.Saline
:i;fvny
1 'Saunders
2 (Seward
4 Sherman ....
1 ' Stanton
li Thayer ..
Valley
MaMiiMKlon.
WeltNter
Waviie
ork
The Itepnhlieall fleet ora of the six Judieial
District, under the proposed new constitution,
are recommended to elect delegates to District
conventions, to meet at such limes and placs
.; are hereafter rlesi'.-nated, for the puris rf
placing in rWMiinfitlbm It candidate in cncJi
iriet for the .Jnstfre of toe Court lor such Dis
trict, and. in the First, Second and Sixth His
tileis. respectively, for nominating candidates
lor I ist. Attorney, in accordance with the pro
visions of the proposed new constitution, and
i transact such other business as may properly
Colne before them.
The Ncver-tl counties are entitled to the same
"number of delegate in their resjective Iisiricls
eonventioii as lias been apportioned to them in
the State convention.
Tlie several District conventions will lie held
as follows :
1st District, at Crete, on Holiday, Sept. 13th,
at 3 o'clock p. in.
2d District, at Nebraska City on 'Wednesday,
the day of rieptemli-er, at 2 o'cloek i. itt.
.d District, at Omaha, on Tuesday, the iM.it of
September, at 2 o'clock p. m.
4t.li District, at Columbus, on Wednesday,
'tciiilfer Nth, at 2 o'clock l. in.
Jth District, at Plum Creek, on Thursday.
S'-ptciiiber pith, at 2 o'clock p. in.
bill District, at Norfolk, on Frida), September
loth, at 2 oVIock p. m.
Jty order of the State Central Committee.
c. li. ;kkk.
E. '. Kwkk.t. Cai.rman.
S'-eretarv.
Lincoln, .lulv 2 till l05.
THE KEI'UIILICAN CENTRAL COM
MITTEE of this County are requested to meet at
tlie IIekald OlRce, in riattsmoutli, on
Monday, August 2d, at 4 p.m. to decide
unthe time for lidding County Conven
tions, and such other business as may
legitimately come before them.
Jno. A. MacMukiiiiy.
Chairman.
THK MEMBE1W OF TIIK COMMITTEE
ARE :
Pl.ittsmouth, 1st Ward W. I.. Ilobbs : 2d
Ward ieo. S. Smith ; Ml Ward M. 11. Mur
phy ; 4lh Wanl M. H. Cutler.
I-HKCTNCTS :
Ehuwoo.1 S. P.. Hall. Liberty E. W. r.ar
iiuih. IN;ittsiiioutlt-H. Eikenberrv. Weeping
Avstcr li. W. Ilyers. t entre s. I,, liranam.
I " 1 . 1 . I T 1 . 1 n
i:iKtk PiutTs E. A.
Kirk d.U rick
Teft. Ml. Pleasant Jas. Hall. Louisville Dr.
Waterman. Stove Creek Dr. Kenaston. South
lnd T. T. Young, tireenwood It. Knowles.
Tipton ti. W. Dai-tt. Salt Creek E. Doom.
Kiht Mile tirove Sainl Harker.
"We are under obligations to Senator
Paddock for a copy of Senator Conk
Hngs speech.
We call the Central Committee at I
o'clock, because the train does not get
in until half past three, and those
coming from the west would have to
stay over another day.
The late rise in wheat came very ac
ceptable to farmers who had threshed
or had old wheat on hand; and al
thTigi the markets have gone down a
little, we think it will soon go up
again, and in our opinion the ruling
prices this fall will be very favorable
to the grain growing interest.
Duncan, Sherman & Co., a large
banking house in New York, having
the very best of credit and reputation,
have failed for six millions of dollars.
Tho true causes do not seem to be
known as yet, though loss in large cot
ton transactions is charged as part of
the cause. We are in hoies that the
fnilttTe wHl not affect western finances
or business men much, as they deal
largely in foreign securities, and but
little, comparatively, in home business.
We think that Omaha has wle the
first grami mistake it her public affairs
w-herv!e refused to locate the U. P.
headquarters in or near the present bu
siness center of the town. It is a fear
ful mistake to let the Itailroads build
up a town of their own in South Oma
ha aifd perhaps change the whole Ho
tel and business aspect of the place.
This move will be bitterly regretted
by' the business men of Omaha five
years hence. Mind the prediction.
The editor of this paper and Joel T.
(JrifSn propose to start on foot to Kear
ney, to attend the convention pretty
soon now,Joel is coming down to Platts
mouth to get a fair start and then we're
off. The only trouble has been suggest
ed by a friend. If we start now, when
we get there maybe wo wont be- elect
ed delegates,' and if we wait t:fis after
Primaries we can't get there by elec
tion day. Well, when Griffin comes
down we'll fix it up somehow.
The Democratic newspapers are loud
ly eulogizing the late (ien. Frank" P.
Blair, and proclaiming that be left the
liepublican party in 1870 and joined
the Democrats from profound convic
tion, and that his integrity and honor
was ofjthe sternest sort. IJut they have
found it out too late. When the Bour
bons denounced him in the Missouri
Legislature as a false democrat, an orig
inal abolitionist and a radical at Heart,
and elected Bogy in his stead to the IT.
Senate, and then afterward voted
ngainst his confirmation a majority
of them for tlie pitiful ofiice of Insur
ance Commissioner of Missouri, they
might possibly have in those acts en
dorsed his -honor as a man and his in
tegrity m ' a' statesman, but in what
kind of shape does it leave the outfit?
Judging their past" bleeds by their pres
ent utterances, we conclude either the
Bourbons lied then or they lie now. If
they are now to be believed. .the quali
fications they declare (ien. Blair posess
edpf, integrity and personal and polit
ical honor, are the very worst a man
can have to commend him to an official
position at theii -hands. Lincoln Jour-'
Squire J. T. (Irilfin, of Omaha, and
Tip-Top, of the Plattsmouth Herald,
on the ro:id to Kearney, to attend the
Republican State Convention.
TUNIS -"Coming throvyh the R$e?
CKOPS.3
We took il little jaunt through tho
county Saturday to look at the harvest.
We are sorry to have to record that the
wheat is not as good as we had hopd
it would be, but the trouble is not from
grasshoppers, but i3 caused by the
ehintz bug and blight owing to the
heavy rains in June. Barley w.'is bad
ly bleached and in some places destroy
ed, oats are fair and corn looks better
than ever, and if old Jack Frost does
not come too soon we shall have a glo
rious Jcrop. second planting and all.
Potatoes are abundant, the bug has
hardly put in an appearance. The
fruit yield looks as if it would be small
though.
Duncan, Sherman & Co aunounced
to the public on the 27th inst, that ow
ing to losses and misfortunes they
were obliged to suspend. This suspen
sion caused the greatest excitement, as
no suspicion had been entertained of
their weakness. Duncan has just re
turned from Europe. The liabilities
are understood to be between five and
six million.
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Committees for the ensuing year:
Committee on Foreign Correspon
dence Drs. It. It. Livington, Platts
mouth; F. Q. Fuller, Lincoln; Geo.
Tilden, Omaha.
Committee Ways and Means Drs.
John Black, Plattsmouth ; George Til
den, Omaha; F. B. Iteed, Rock Bluffs.
Committee on Publication Drs. F.
G. Fuller, Lincon ; A. Bowen, Nebras
ka City; R. R. Livingston, Plattsmouth.
SHEEP, SIILEP FOK NEBRASKA.
Mr. Iloldrege, f the B. & M. informs
us that eight car-loads of sheep passed
west on Wednesday, for the sheep farm
of Mr. Jansen, near Beatrice. This is
the 12th car-load Mr. J. has sent out,
and they are all doing well. Jansen
is a Russian, who came to this country
to escape religious persecutions. lie
has settled near Beatrice, and proposes
to try the sheep experiment in Nebras
ka, fairly. We hope he may succeed
and that the Herald will be able to
chronicle his success.
There was a good deal of chaffing
and some sour looks over the placing
of the Republican State Convention at
Kearney. It pitssed away though, when
the citizens of this State came to look
at the fun of the thing. Oh well,
times is moving; we are no more the
State of Nebraska. It has moved west,
and we must trudge along. Personal
ly, the Herald can go to Kearney as
well as to Lincoln, but whether our
country friends who come up as dele
gates will like so long and so expen
sive a journey is doubtful. It will
take at least three days' time, if not
four, and many cannot leave 'their
farms that long. We fear it will re
suit in a "proxy" delegation very large
ly
Rowcll's new A'ewxpapcr Directory shows the
failure of over one thousand newspaper In this
country dnnnz the past year, the loss to the
lmblishers. advertisers and subscribers amount
hij? to over $s.ooo,ooo. the ItepuJdie of New York
alone losing nail a million. tux,,
It is the testimony of others also that
the past year has been the hardest that
our newspapers have ever known
Among other causes, a prominent one
has been this: as payments have not
been easily made, people reason that a
newspaper subscription is but a small
amount, and the publishers cannot be
greatly inconvenienced for the want of
such a mere tritlle. They forget that
there are thousands of subscribers who
reason in the same way. Consequently
while the neglect 01 one or two to re
mit would be no great damage to a
publisher, yet the failure of thousands
to do so. is simply disastrous to him.
For his weekly payments are large, and
must be met. His source of supplies
being these rivulets, when they dry up
he must close his office. He cannot
even afford to wait for better times.
In what condition would a farmer be.
whom say three thousand persons were
owing for as many barrels of potatoes?
And what would be his thoughts of the
honesty of his debtors, each one of
whom neg.ects to remit his small
amount, and bv such neglect causing
the farmer without money enough
due him to meet all his liabilities to
f ai 1 ? Vh u rch Jo 11 rnal.
Please remember this, farmers.
NEGRO FREEMASONS.
The grand lecturer of the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of Massachusetts, J. N. Conna, in an
address before Widow's Son Lodge,
No. 1, on Legitimacy of Colored Ma
sons in the United States," made the
following statement:
"The introduction of Masonry among
the colored men in this country was by
the iniation, passing, Tind raising of
thirteen colored men into a traveling
lodge attached to Gen. Gage's army,
stationed at Boston, Mass., on the Cth
of March, 1775. Gn the 29th of Sep
tember, 1784, Frederick Charles. Duke
of Cumberland, Acting Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of England, grant
ed a warrant for the constituting of
African Lodge No. 439. In 1792,
Prince Hall, the Master of the said
lodge, instituted Hiram Lodge in Phil
adelphia. In 1797 he also instituted
St. John's Lodge in Providence. In
the year 1800 Prince Hall died, and
John T. Hilton was elected Master.
In 1803 the African Grand Lodge was
formed in Boston with the above nam
ed lodges. In 1837 the Grand Lodge
of Pensylvania was instituted, and in
1847 the National Grand Lodge was
formed." Tlie speaker said there were
nearly 109,000 colored Masons in this
country.
THE TIMES.
e have been reading Dr. Miller's
letters in the Omaha Herald, with a
great deal of interest; they have the
old ring in them and in quite a long
talk with the Doctor at Lincoln, lately,
he fairly inspired us with some of our
own old enthusiasm for Nebraska; do
you -know these infernal croakers all
over the country, and here in Platts
mouth, take the tuck all out of a news
paper man in time. It was a long while
before we succumbed, but when every
store we entered, it was only to hear a
growl and a grumble at the times, any
man would get the blues after awhile.
Now citzens let us turn over a new
leaf. You quit throwing wet blank
ets over every talk of doing anything,
and cease berating the weather, and
the crops, and Nebraska, and we will
write you hearty, cheerful, editorials,
and show you plainly, and beyond dis
proof, that you really are living in one
of the best, richest and most favored
spots on this continent. Please look
here at the brightsido a moment
with us. In looking over the scraps
on our desk, we find this;
Tho Chicago Tribune computes the
loss of human life, within the present
year, from famines, earthquakes, floods
and similar dicasters, at &6.500.
How many of this quota has Ne
braska furnished. Is it not an undis
puted fact that we never have suffered
from a real famine; we have never had
a flood that destroyed life to any ex
tent ; nor yet tornadoes ? No death
dealing epidemic has ever ravaged our
fair State.
In the matter of pecuniary loss,
in spite of grasshoppers and the
croaking of azure blinded philosophers,
it can be shown by figures that we
have been very fortunate. Read this:
DAMAGE MY FLOOD.
Cairo, 111., July 24. The Ohio river
here has fallen four inches in the last
twenty-four hours, and all our people
breathe freer,- although it has risen
nearly four feet at Cincinnati, and the
Cumberland two feet at Nashville in
the same time. The weather is cloudy
and warm, and indicatious are favora
ble for rain. No less than fifty farms
of corn were ruined this week in Mas
sac county by the rain. The loss is es
timated at SI 00,000.
We have no such items to record,
the loss to crops in this State, aside
from drouth or grasshoppers, in fifteen
years, have been so inconsiderable .as
not to be worth mentioning.
If you think or urge that times are
hard here, money scarce, real estate
dull,do just please read this, from New
York, an old rich state:
beutifvl villas VP THE HUDSON
B EGG IX O. FOR PURCHASERS.
Within the past season, a well-known
estate on the Upper Hudson, beauti
fully situated and carefully laid out,
which cost the owner 3100,000, was
sold for less than the mortgage upon
it, or for 30,000. As the traveler sails
up the Hudson from Newburg he will,
within a short distance, see three fine
properties, one of which belonged to a
British Ambassador, another to one of
our foreign ministers, and the other to
an equally prominent person, all of
which are in the market, unsalable
and unrentable, one, inded, being turn
ed into a brick yard. Passing still
farther up the stately river, tho trav
eler will bo pointed to other splendid
properties, belonging to the old
manorial estates some whose titles
came from the British crown, and
others whose deeds were signed
by the Indian chiefs now utterly
worthless as sources of profit, the ex
pense of keeping them up exceeding
any rent possible for them, and they
themselves not finding a buyer at the
prices of the mortgages upon them.
These places, too, it should be remark
ed, are among the finest in the North
ern states, with handsome lawns and
gardens, old trees and parks, and su
perb views 01 river and mountain.
The houses themselves are perhaps old
but not uncomfortable, and they are
easy of access by boat and railroad.
The same state of things prevails lurtn
er from the river. There is one plare
in Duchess county which is said to
have cost $25,000, and which could not
be rented, and probably not sold, for a
third of its value.
In the interior of the State there are
numerous other estates in the same
plight.
So let us stop injuring our towns,
and our State and spoiling the value
of our stocks, and out property, by
such reckless, thoughtless and inces
sant fault-finding and gloomy forebod
ings. Look hopeful, feel hopeful. The
future is full of promise; give us some
chance to recuperate .our own spirits
and we shall write for you like this
once more:
Our town i going -ahead rapidly.
We are adding largely to our mercan
tile accommodations this year. We al
ready have thirteen business houses,
and shall soon have two or three more.
The several manufactories are running
a strong force, and Nashville is gener
ally prosperous. Thorn Apple River
affords power for a llouring mill and a
feetl mill. We have more white hous
es than any other town of its size in
this part of the State. We are in Bar
ry County, where the cereals flourish
"like willows by the water courses."
Which we clip from a Michigan cor
respondent of the Inter Ocean.
A SERIOUS
CHARGE AGAINST A
PRIEST.
A Fraudulent Conveyance A Suit to
Recover $:!.,000 Damages for Impris
onment in the Insane Asylum.
From the S.-ui Jose (Cal.) Patriot, July S.
Suit has been instituted in the Twen
tieth District Court by Joseph O'Keefe
against his wife, Margaret O'Keefe, to
set aside conveyance of property,
Complainant alleges in the complaint
that for eighteen years past he has been
married to the defendant, having inter
married in this State in 1856: that for
several years prior to the grievances
mentioned in the complaint the plaint
iff had entertained a belief that his
wife had debased the marriage bed,
and that, in consequence, they were es
tranged from each other, and said
plaintiff labored under the conviction
(erroneous in fact and in law) that the
bonds of matrimony between them had
by reason of said defendant's conduct,
been dissolved. In August 173. the
plaintiff and defendant separated by
mutual consent. In pursuance of that
agreement. -a certain contract was re
duced to writing, and signed and sealed
by the parties thereto. The contract
conveyed-to Robert Watt property val
ued at about fcGO,e00in trust to apply
the rents, issues and profits thereof to
supiort of defendant and ber.childretl.
Shortly after the separation, O'Keefe
tii4 Kis 1 .nTi-n ropnnnilAtl llllt li f !
objected to their living together as hus
band and wife unless they were
AOAIX UNITED IN MATRIMONY,
as by the adultery, which he believed
had been committed by defendant,
their first marriage had been dissolved.
The complaint states that they were
called upon and were married by one
Dominie Spellman, a priest of the Cath
olic Church, both plaintiff and defen
dant being members of his church.
That the said priest, well-knowing the
error and fallacy of plaintiffs belief that
the first marriage had been dissolved,
did, for the purpose of fraud and de
ception, encourage and strengthen
that belief; that after application for
marriage, Mrs. O'Keefe, the priest and
B. P. Rankin, attorney for tho defen
dant, conspired togetner for the pur
pose of defrauding Rankin drawing
up or causing to be drawn up a draft
of a conveyance from the plaintiff, in
consideration of love and affection,
conveying one half of the real proper
ty. The draft, ready for signature, was
placed by Rankin in the hands of the
priest. The priest then visited
O'Keefe's residence for the ostensible
purpose of performing the marriage
ceremony, and there O'Keefe was in
duced to listen to what he believed was
the marriage formula of the Catholic
Church, the words spoken being in Lat
in. At the conclnsion of the ceremony
the priest presented O'Keefe with a pa
per which he told him was a document
to be signed, to be shown by the priest
to his bishop as justification for per
forming the ceremony, and that it was
A MERE FORMALITT,
which it was necessary to go through.
O'Keefe believing the paper to be as
represented, did sign his name to the
paper, and the paper proved to be a
conveyance drawn by B. P. Rankin,
disposing of O'Keefe's property. The
complainant charges that Rev. Mr.
Spellman knew all about the paper, and
that he used undue influence and fraud
to induce O'Keefe to sign it, the real
contents being to him (plaintiff) un
known. The priest then signed the
conveyance its a subscribing witne?
and the paper was acknowledged befo O
C. F. Wilcox, Notary Public, aiid recor
ded in the County Recorder's office hero
and in San Francisco, where the prem
ises conveyed are situated wherefore
plaintiff prays that said conveyance be
set aside as having been obtained by
fraud, and that complainant be decreed
a recovery of said premises. O'Keefe
has? also commenced suit in the Twen
tieth District Coqrt against B. P. Ran
kin to recover 825,000 damages for im
prisonment in the Insane Asylum on
complaint of said Rankin, whereby
plaintiff was injured in his person,
credit and reputation, and brought into
public scandal, infamy and disgrace.
Yes, that's our old Ben. Rankin, sure
enough. It sounds like him. We are
afraid he imposed on the good nature
of our Governor (Furnas) and the cre
dulity of his lawyer (Mason), about
that "church joining" business, and his
sincere repentance &c. Guess the Gov
ernor was about right to publish the
letters.
REP U B LIC A rNSTATE CENTRAL C03I
3IITTEE .MEETING.
BY POSTAL CARD.
ApportionmentDistrict Conventions.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee met at the Commercial Hotel in
Lincoln, on Wednesday. July 21st, pur
suant to a call of the Chairman.
Members present, C. H. Gere, Chair
man; E.N. Sweet, Secretary; C D.
Stevenson, Dr. F. Renner, Joel T. Grif
fin, A. Townsend, Joseph Fox, L. Ger
rard, Thos. J. Hewitt, A. S. Stewart,
J. N. Edwards, and J. W. Eller.
The member from the 12th District
was authorized to c:tst three votes.
John W. Taffe w:ts admitted by
proxy in place of E. Rosewater. Jno.
A. MaeMurpy by proxy in place of
J. W. Barnes. E. Worthing by proxy
in place of R. B. Presson.
Jno. A. MacMurphy, A. S. Stewart
and J.W.Eller were appointed commit
tee on apportionment.
Messrs. Gcrrard, Stevenson, Griffin,
Fox and Hewitt were appointed n
committee on holding district conven
tions. The following resolution was adopt
ed. Itlre,(l, That it Is the sense of this commit
tee that no delegate as proxy shall be admitted
to a seat in a repullicai Staie Convent ion, who
is not a lumafl-le resident of the county or ilis-
tnet which lie may claim to represent.
Moved and carried that the reiort of
tho committee on apportionment be so
amended as to allow any county not
named therein, one delegate.
The report of the committee on ap
portionment was adopted as amended
Your committee beg leave to report
as follows :
That one doletrate be allowed to each county
there bcingr sixty-three counties, according to
the legislative manual ol '7;. and one delegate
lorevcry two hundred republican voters, based
on tlie vote of J Urounsc in .4, ami one uele
gate for every fraction ever one nuudred.
The time for holding the Republican
State Convention was fixed for n ednes
day, September 15th, 1875.
On the fifth ballot Kaarney was de
clared the place for holding the Con
vention, by a vote of 10 for Kearney,
against 7 for Omaha.
The District Conventions will meet
in each district according to the call.
MacMurphy gets after the Platts-
mmtthens in a three column article on
manufacturing. He represents to them,
and truthfully, too, that their town is
gone if they don t manufacture some
thing. Mc's address is stirring, sound.
sensible, and his suggestions are right
worthy of being followed. And tlie
Herald man announces that he will
keep pounding until the citizens come
up to the scratch, and make Platts
mouth a handsome manufacturing cen
ter. He's right. Omaha liejyublican.
Yes, we shall try and try as long as
there seems any use, but its up hill
work, without any encouragement
Nevertheless we think we have taken
the true course and shall urge it on the
people of the county from time to time,
The last Lakeside Library contains
Jules.Vernes famous "Twenty Thous
and Leagues UNDER the Seas;" mak
ing -a splendid double number, with
eight characteristic illustrations. It is
an intensely interesting account of a
voyage of 0,000 miles under the sur
face of the ocean, in a submarine ves
sel of peculiar construction. Thi3.
V erne s masterpiece, is a really won
derful book, intensely dramatic, vigor
ous, quaint, and abounding in startling
scenes, yet always so charmingly natu
ral one can not persuade himself that
it is not a veritable transcript from a
ship's log-book. It lays bare tho mys
teries of the mightv deep, telling of hid
den caverns, submarine forests, and the
strange monsters who roam there,
sunken treasure shins, and all th won
ders hidden from sicrht below tb sun
lit waves. There is only on other edi
tion pu i)l tahed, which sells at S4.0,
while the nrice of the Lakeside Lihr.-irv
edition is only 25 cents by.aiail, post-
.-1 4 .11
Donnelly, Loyd a co..
Publishers. Chicago.-
Afton, Frontier Co., Neb. )
July 16th, 1875. J
Etf. IIerald: We are having the
warmest weather of the season, good
corn weather. Heavy rain with some
hail on the 12th inst, did some damage
to vines. Barley is mostly harvested,
some of it is stacked. The late rains
insure us a good crop of oats, and a i
crop of -wheat if hoppers let them alone,
they are to be seen flying most every
day. Green corn, cucumbers, Ac, are
large enough for table use. This P. O.
i3 now a regular office. No. 34140, Af
ton being the terminus. Crops in Re
publican Valley are looking better.
We expect a heavy immigration this
fall. Letters of inquiry will bo cheer
fully answered by E. S. Child.
Uniontown correspondence Madison
ville Times: Yesterday we went into
tho country. A man was plowing with
a pair of mules and singing contented
ly in a field near the road. This is the
way he did it:
'I'm but a straniter here. Oee Ned,
Heaven Is my home, Gee Ned J
Earth is a desert drear, Gee .Ned, you dang
fool,
Heaven Is mv h rello !. Ouch 1 Gosh all hem
lock ! Oh"! Ixird ! Whoah !
The plow had struck a stump, and
the handle plunged Into the poor fel
lows stomach with a fixedness of pur
pose that sent the granger, song, plow
and above quotations all in a heap in
the furrow. Verily, farming is the
most independent way of making aliv
ing. We've been there, gentle reader,
we've been there.
THE MARKETS.
home markets.
Reported by White. & Darraii.
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Rye
Barley ,
Hons
Flax Seed.
Cattle
SOCft
;mt
7.V,CK0
waso
...5.5O&G.00
1.25
. ..3.iKXa
LATEST NEW YORK MARKETS.
Nkw York, July 28.
Money 2 per cent
Gold.
1 14'
LATEST CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago. July 2S.
Flour 4.GOSM 75
Wheat It"
Corn ;.. .. 7i?i
Oats .13
live 1 02
Barley 1 14
Cattle 4.5t3:G.50
Hogs 7.00a7.70
The Wrong Hide of tlie Meridian.
On the down hill side of life, which an old
medical writer quaintly terms "the wrong side
of the merdian," when the functions decay and
the frame gradually bends under the weight of
years, the system requires to be sustaincdjun-
der the burden Imposed upon it. Innumerable
physical ailments and infirmities then press up
on it to which it had been in earlier life a strait -jrer.
Tlie surest and ideasnntest support and
solace of declining years is found in llostetter's
Stomach Bitters, lonji recognized as Hie most
wholesome and airreeaole ot uinusiiiie stimu
lauts. the most potent of tonics and alteratives.
The aged and infirm may place implicit confi
dence n this Invigorating'elixir,, which not only
checks those maladies to which elderly persons
are peculiarly subject, but in a me.-isure retards
tlie encroachment ot" time upon the constitu
tion.
FOR NEXT FALL AND SPRING.
Tlie most hardy, most productive and most
profitable varieties of Apple, Tear. Peach, rium
Apricot and Cherry trees.Grapevines.small fruits
strawberry plants, ornamental trees and shrubs
evergreens, bulbous roots.hedge plants, and ev
erything desirable for Nebraska soil and climate
can be bought of me on good terms. Orders re
ceived in town. No travelling expenses. I'll
ces low. All trees, shrubs, and plants warrant
ed good and in good condition.
There is an afplo tree in l'lattsmouth, which
I sold in 1SC5, and it now pays the interest of
one hundred dollars, and I have sold many oth
ers that are as good. One tree of a good variety
is worth more than ten trees of a poor variety.
Be careful to plant good trees of good varie
ties, and take good care of them.
Buy ttf a careful and experienced nurseryman
or agent who resides in your vicinity.
Be very careful to keep your trees In a coo
shady place, and the roots wet, water them well
when you plant them, then keep them cultiva
ted, or mulched. Call on me on Main street, ev
ery time you come to town, and sec specimens
of fruit and flowers. S. WEST
A. W. WHITE,
Healer in
GROCER
Main St., bet. 5th and fith.
PLATTSMOUTH, -
NEB
Highest Price Paid for Coun
try Produce.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
A. L. STRANG,
StatE AgenT
F O R
Jr4
boh
Halladay's Patent Wind Mills.
Double and Single acting
Force and Farm I'limps, Feed
Mills, etc.
The Halladay Mill has stood the test for six
teen years, both in the United States and Eu
rope and is the only one generally adopted by
ail i rincipai
llAilro&ds and Furmrn.
Term Liberal. Send for tAttdogue nd Price
Lttt. A. U. STACAiVQ, Untforn, Ieo
THE HOOSIER DRILL.
"THE BEST."
fT CONTAINS ALL THE LATEST AND
BEST PATENTS. AD HAS NEW POINTS
OF EXCELLENCE OFFEREO BY NO OTHER
DRILL. IT CHANGES FROM SINGLE TO
DOUBLE RANK INSTANTLY AND WHILE
IN MOTION. IT HAS A FORCE FEED
GRASS SEED SOWER. A NEW FEATURE.
WE ARE PREPARED TO SHIP DIRECT TO
PARTIES IN LOCALITIES WHERE WE
HAVE NO AGENTS.
Parties ordering, will ploa tar la what paper
tkej read this advertisement.
SEMIJLE, BLRGE & CO.,
AOBrCCLTTBAt, TM r LWY ETTS AJtp HAED
WAES fcPKCULTlKS,
13 South jnaiB Street. St. Iwm, Ttm
STOKE AND MILL
AT
Rock Bluffs.
j. $ ii. s ii era.
"We hare purchased the
ROCK BLUFFS
STEAM FLOURING,
AND
SAW MILL,
Ami will hwrefif ter run the same in
Connection With Our Store.
CUSTOM WORK
will be guaranteed to be satisfactory. Vi'e em
ployed the
BEST
HIM!
we could find,
whose reputation is well known, and it W pro
posed that U fanners and ali others haw
feoocL P'lOUE
if thoy bring
Good Wheat ! !
The highest market price paid for the
Best Wheat and Corn.
OUR STORE
IS
Chock Full of Goods
THIS FALL,
and we mean to sell them
At Low Rates
Having been enabled to purchase a large
stock
Uncommonly Low,
They will be sold to all. KQITALLT LOW.
XOW IS YOUR TIME
TO ZBTX"3T-
J.&H.Shera,
ROCK IBLnFrS. lAt.
31tf
Pr3
UK A I)
E.G.D0VEY'!
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC !
Having made up my'yinind several year ago
RETIRE FROM BUSINESS
about the end of
THE YEAR 1875,
and being till of the sanie"mind. I take thl
method of informing tlie public that I
am selling out my
ENTIRE STOCK OF GOODS !
AT COST.
and .shall continue doing no through this year
or uutil the
is tll.ipo.setl of.
During that time I Intend to
Sell Goods for Cash,
Lower than any other house ran do and sustain
themselves. 4Iy stock coiiiist-s of
GROCERIES,
DRY GOODS,
HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS A SHOES,
WALL PAPER,
CARPETS,
dC, tC O, d-C.
The whole stork will be sold nt
ottomPrices
until it 1
ALL SOLD OUT.
My object is not to
but to
GET out of BUSINESS.
M v me a call and s Tut ymirself.
j v. a Tinvr.v.
EM IPlMiaiEasaja'
SUCCESSOR TO
CLARK
&
PLUMMER.
More new goods next tveck. Come
without any special invitation.
A. new invoice of Spring and Summer
SI I AAV LS.
Genuine Plantation Ceylon Coffee.
Try it.
An assortment of Invisible Plaid
Dress Goods.
The Largest suul Cheapest Stock of
Ladies Hosiery in the City. Common
at $1.23 per dozen.
A large and well selected stock of
Yankee Notions. Purchased for cash,
and for sale cheap.
The largest stock of Parasols, will
be here next week, that has ever been
brought to this market. Come and
see them.
The largest stock and finest assort
ment of Ladies Neckties, and the
Cheapest. Come and see them.
More Hamburg Edging.
Cash paid for good Tallow.
A new invoice of Coffee, Yellow C,
Extra C, and New Orleans Sugar.
A choice Japan T, at 70 cents.
Salt Lake Peaches.
A splendid quality of Syrup in Five
Gallon Kegs. Pure Sugar goods,
cheap.
A large invoice; of Brown and
Bleached Muslins, bought before the
advance.
New Currants at 10c per pound.
Chcce Michigan Apples, cheap.
Pure Maple Syrup.
All other goods cheaper than elsewhere,
FOll CASH.
JOHNSON ORGAN,
srni
Manufactured by
Xj. IF1. JOHITSOIT,
AT l'LATJS.MOUTH, NKli..
Drew the First Premium
At the Eighth Annual Fair of Cass
County, Neb., over all competitors.
The following Organs were in
Competition: 3 Mason &
Hamlin, 1 Estel, and
1 Standard.
$W These organs are all put p in
elegant Black "Walnut Cases, and
Each Instrument Warranted
For Ten Years!
and guaranteed to gire perfect satis-factien.
THE TONE
Is tlie most erfect that has ever been
produced on any reed instrument.
The satisfaction they are giv
ing, and the universal praise
they are receiving are
justlj' merited.
They are
First Class in Every Respect.
Ivory Fronts for li.ey. I'.bouy Hlmrji,
ErNi Fin. Mortice Clothed,.
ho that there i no Krletion
or Kqueakiug.
Action as (Juick and Per
fect as tlie Dest Piano.
Z3f The Tuning and Voicing is all
done by myself, and the superiority of
Tone and its quick response to tlie
touch is acknowledged by every judge j
that has yet tried them, whether prej
udiced in favor of other organs or not.
If the' see and hear them they invari
ably give tlie verdict in their favor.
t? MT PRICE LIST is as low nn
for any
First Class Instrument
and those who wish to procure a good
and reliable organ either for P;irlor or
Church will advance their own inter
est bv trying my Orgaiw.
Address, L. F. JOHNSON
Plattsmouth, Neb.
int. ;iti:i:'s
FAMILY JILDICLVFS
AHK the result of an experience of thirty years
in tlie praetlce of s rtiieces.sful diyiieiau.
Hitter Tonic -An extra ej of root. and herh4
so Jndieloiudv and inedieinaily eomblned, that
every pait of the diseased body receives the
help"ieiiiired. It is tit rl.-ilmed as a panacea
for ;Ul the ills of life, but for dyspepsia, billioui
and liver complaints, fever and H ;ne, cholera,
debility, and ail disease of the stomach, liver,
and digestive organs. It is an effectual remedy.
As a preventative airainst fever and a'ue and
malarious diseases it is unsui pasm-d. It
strengthens and builds up the debilitated sys
tem, and given renewed vitfor to nil pails of the
lod v.
K'Iiiie'i 4'urc Acts in a diuretic r-vaeiunt
in eases of drousv. tout, iriavel. and diseases of
the bladder and kidneys, purifies the blood,
cures scrofula and erupt iv diseases, rheumatic
alul neuralgic pains, ami uu oisease 01 me uri
nary organs.
Kxnertoriuit A iirompt remedy forcoiiKln
asthiiiH. eioup. and nil diseases of the throat,
luujrs and chest, and the lust stipes ot con
sumption and typhoid fever.
Kcvcr and .nc I'illw Are prepared cx- .
piesslv to aid the tonic in euiinij acute and
chrome casiw. they act w Itlmut depletion.
4'rinicnn l.liilineiiT N ens me pore 01
the tlcsh. and pt I rates to the hone or sent of
pain, fcivinir relief to manor beast aa speedily
as anv outward application can.
Sold by all iMnujists and Dealers.
i:. r. it a kt in; w & co..
Hurlinptoii, Iowa
SOyl
W7
MUSIC! MUSIC!! MUSIC!!
UK VIST., AM AVIC MONEY,
by uniiiK the best and
Cheapest Organ Made I
At the Oryan Axeney of
K. II. KATuS, 1'L.ATTS.VnirrH, MKII.
WOULD KKNOWNICI)
Mason & Hamlin
I'AIIIXUT oik; A VS.
Declared by one thousand celebrated Muslclai.s
"I'nrivalled and Incomparable," winning tlio
First Medal at World's Katr, Tal is, in '67,
also the two highest Medals, and di
ploma of Honor at
VIENNA WORLD'S EXHIBITION '73
I'all ami see the
PIANO UAUlMHUnX,
Just invented and patented, rivalling the l'iv;
for purity and bnlli.Aey of tone; also tlie
Kleaut Oij;.'iii Ktaeere case, the io.i
beautiful ixxaii made, and many
other styles .exceeding any
thing heretofore manufactured
by the MASON & IIAMI.IN COU
I'ANV, TIllC Klt'lIlCST. MOST KKI.1AIU U.
ani Largest organ Manufactory in tho Vo;:i.
i:vi;itv m;t
WAitiiAyricn vt:nri:rr ix evchy
l' a in, A XI) WILL
LAST A LIFETLMK,
And sold at l'rictfs r0 per cent. Wss than many
other makers, tor Intiriirr ihycim.
t'?,-Kxaiuine price list and Organ bcfne
buying, ami compare for yourselvus. Trice list.
Illustrated Catalogue, and Cirenlais free on ap
plication to the Nebraska Musical AgM'.cv.
Store opposite the l'.iooks Jlousu, Tlattsmoiitli,
Cass Comity, Nebraska.
4lf i:. 1 1. K TO X .
DIOK STREIGHT'S
LIYEBY,
Feed and Sale Stables.
Corner Cth and l'cftiists.
JlOKSr.tf l'.OAIlbKU IIV TIIK
.i.v, ivi:e:k, n moxtib.
HORSES DOUOHT,
SOLD OR TRADED,
For a Fair Commission.
TEAMS ATXLL HOUKS.
I'ai ticular attention paid to
Driving and Training
TStOTTIXC; STOCK.
Will ulso have for Men Ice during the ica"!i t.'.
CKI.KIUt TRI IKHViKM :
X OK 31 AN & T A L All AN,
' Known a tlet
yv. i. jox;kh iiokui:h.
I fFor iwrticulars, si c KlU or po;,teri, 3l
0
s
II ATT, THE HUTC1IEK.
OI.DI.HT AMI; llJvST I'.STA BUSIIKU
float .Market in llio City.
Not changing cimst.-uit'.y. but tho old Relinbi
Spot W here you call get your Me;ik, Uo.i-tn
tJstmif," KisH and Fowl In Seaxon.
South Side of Main St.,
PL A TTSlIO U TIT,
4iy1
NF.h
It B1WV i I jrv I 1 I f
i a m r a ipfji
r
1trE. t j sulfas
rT A. onr odrarUfittr haul not niotle hi advor.iiei.
ment ltifi-thor distinct, we will interpret nd c-ix
rate it an follows :
k. ii. i'ootj:, i.i..
Author of riaio Home Talk, MliiJ Common fit-:-,
Heience in Story, etc. IdO Lxlnton Avenne ("t
Eat 2-Sth Stroet), New York, ml IsnKrKNH : r
I'tlTMCIAX, treaU all formi of Lin wring or C'Arr
Ilim-aw, ami reeeivos letter frota all part of ! t
Civiljzkd Would.
By tin orlolwtf wnu ot eondnctm a Me-Ural Tra- -tiro,
ha in nuKcewfiiUT trent;nir r.uiin-TTm pntireU li
Kurnpc, the Wtit Indiea, loinlnlon of
Canada, and in every part of the United btatea.
NO 3VlEIlCUIiIA.il.
Or dtfiKteriout drag. nsed. He h, daring the r
twenty throe years, treated Bin'-ifaiiy nearly or q!ir-
40,(;UO canea. All fctn conuectod with each
cnrefuHy recorded, whether they be oommnulcatcd v
lettcr or in peraon, or otwerired by the Doctor or ! u
aa-wciate phyaiciann. The latter are ail aeVjiili
medical men.
HOW INVALIDS AT A DISTAKCZ
Are tredteJ. All invalids at a distance are rcja.ri.'l
V) answer a list of plnin fnwti(ms. whiro elicit .r'-.r?
vmiitmn nnd. which he invalid anfleni. Alt r, t.
tnuiiiUintut treated uti-iclly cunfiUnttal. A om:.
ayatem of rviUtrint fient ua-tnkcM or cx.nfy ' t:.
Lint of question sent free, on application, t ar.
of the world. Sixty-paire pamphlet of BviDcrs
Buocf.sh, bJho aent fr. All thesu teKtimotusl sn
from those who have be treated Ly mail and eui.
Advicb i orrici, 01 bt mail, fbji or chabou.
Coll on or addrcaa
DR. E. B FOOTEi
Ko. 120 Lxinyton Ave., N.
.V.
WHOLESALE and Fiil Dealer in
Strings, Sheet ilusie, ami nil kinds of
Musical Mercliitndi.se.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Timnl
and lU'iKured- Satisfaction guaran
tee. "Cv.1,
ffinM 1o StU ITFocfca Ftam Worn Thlc
and Medical Comma. Sens .-Also
3)rlbofcs Science-in Story.
jlrJbrffcutars cuidrsea .,
IfcirrayJ fiil iMlisi,in$ Company JZ91M2&ttoI
Dr. Berger'g Tonic Bowel and Pila Pii;.
Th"e pilli are an iafuillti'e reiue !y for eonntfpv; .n
and pil, oatml by weakness z npprtlon tf ti,
writiltic motion of the torrid Thfy ry ir-:.t!y
in-rean the activity of the int-t;nal rainal. proib:ce
oft ntriln and relieve pileatone Tfc'miands I
been enrad by them. Price ) cer.t. tout by mm' 'ti
rewiet of pric-. Prepared oniy by F. ALFIU.I
KKICKVRDT. PaiEMicira, 4J2 Vocirru AVKfv.
Kitw Yum CUT.
Dr. Barger'g Compound Fluid Extract cf
Rhubarb and Datdeiion.
The twt combination of pnrrly ri-cetablo mcd;f :
to entirely rplaoe CalotnM or Itine l'lt. ft atlmu -
theliTer, increases the flow of bile, and thin rem v, .
aton ie totiii bty of the lirer, bilionineaa and nab 'i..;
co ni potion, nnl the diaeate arutatr from nc'.
Wteoi.i nick headache, natulfnoj. ctar. Thee:.-
tivenoM of thjs Kxtract will be proved, vixib!.. at r,
to ihj pti-n', as one or two bu are mflicir i
ear th-T complexion beiutifu.'Iy. ar. i remove pi .;
an t rtnin e m-ted hy lirer trouble. I'r'ce I rert
ba-.Ue. S-; will be teuton rci ij.t of the ;
to anv ndlrem. fruo "f rr.nrire. Prepared ejn.v
V. A LFRlil-) KE1CU VltUT. Pu.tki. ictr, 4031'QI.'
i.vrt. Nl VottitCltY.
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