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T II E HERALD. J. A- LVOillttIVUYv Editor. PLATTSifOUTTI.MAncrt. 2. 1$7, The Blair Times comes out flat-foot-A oat lie Pro Bat a Bill. Sco Pnter Merges big Ail, and read hi armaments for casli trade. Every exchange we get notices the Cass conuty coal mine in some shape. "W, D. ilerriaco sends us some Centen nial funds and a neat card besides. Thanks. We have received the mute Journal of Nebraska, published at Omaha by I)euf Mutes. We e by the Drown ville Advertiser that they are about to have a County teat tight in Nemaha. We sympathize. LJ- . u L J no. Carnrgan, a prominent lawj'er from Blair, was seized with an spplo pletic fit. in the District Court room at Omaha. The FlattsnaOutb Hj1xald man has been "down in u coal mine." Sutton Tiints. You bet we were. Wc have received the Veto Ifessago of Mayor Chase on the subject of taxes. It is sound, we had the same qusiion' up here, and we hope the matter may be kept before the people until some better law of assessment is raade by t'a Legislatute. It is pretty generally understood that Church Howe is a standing candidate for the goyernoiship next fall ; that is, he is a perpendicular candidate. After tdectiou he will be a horizontal candi date, or at least should lie. Beatrice Exprtts. Ijnt like Church, we should judge. STATE CENTRAL CUSIMITTEE. The Republican fetate Central Com mittee is called to meet at Lincoln on W-dnesday, March 8th. at two o'clock. Capt. l'almer is the member for this Gen. Babcock was acquitted by the jury almost instantly. He was carried to the Lindell Hotel, and St. Louis gave hii:i quite an ovation in II16 evening. This must settle the question of crook fd whiskey as far as the White House is concerned. Tlii: 'J HUNK BAIL KOAD. Our people must take the stock of this road, offered on such good terms inure liberally than they have so far. Only SI 8,000 have been subscribed, and there is no time to lose, spring is al most here and work ought to com-1 tnence at once. We do not think there is any likelihood of the road lein built unless a reasonable amount of stock is subscribed. You can all see where the trouble is: XeLraaltit f'lty Is still harping r.nthat roa.l from Avooit through Iowa to loin the M. I at their place. flirUmn'mttt Herald. It is but little difference to Nebras ka City whether the Chicago & Bock Island railroad run from Avoca, At lantic or Winterset, Iowa, so thy make the terminus of that road at this point. And we notice that folks up at Blatts mouth are "harping" considerably on this road, which it seems desires t tap southern Nebraska. There is almost every argument in favor of the compa ny building to this ioint, and being so much to their interest to build here, it surely is not so much out of the way that their attention should be called to ih fact. Press. C. I. WHITE'S BRUMiES AGAIN! in OHees Mads for tbe Benefit of the Officers, or for the Ileuellt of the People I Editor of Neb. Herald Sir: In your issue of Doc. 16th ult.. I find a report of the committee appointed by the Commissioneis to measure the bridges built by M. L. White, and also an editorial endorsement of the county Commissioners and their course in building these bridges, with a "crow" of triumph over the report, in the fact, that it proved to your satisfaction that M. L. White's bridges were all right, just a3 you told the people long ago. Now "it looks to me as though you ' were greatly deceived in reference to this report, or else you are trying to deceive the people. If you look at this report again, you will see that there are l wo measurements of eah bridge, one ihe "end bridging." and the other -main span." To most persons not knowing about the "crooked" way in which these bridge. were built, these so called "end bridgings" would be taken to mean the approach spans to the main bridge, and in bridges li!:e lhes. built by Mr. White, might be measured in as a partrof the length ;f the bridge. But upon a little inquiry I find that these so called "end bridg ing" are no part of the length of the bridge at all, but simply planks placed against the end iosts of the bridge to hold up the dirt ,of the end embank ments. By this report I find that there is Wi'feet and 11 inches of this "end bridging" that the commissioners have allowed to Ihj measured in as a part of the length of the bridges, and paid for at the alleged contract rate of S7.00 per foot, which would make upwards of S3.500 which Mr. White has receiv ed, that he has no valid claim whatev er to anvthing further than the value of the lumber used, which, valued, de livered at the bridges at &M.0 per if, a liberal price) would beS427, leaving till in Mr. White's hands 3,073 of the peoples money that he has no legal, or reasonable right to. whatever. Since the publication or that report, I have taken the pains to ascertain the cus tom of bridge builders in measuring bridges, and among the replies receiv ed. I have from the King Bridge Co.. of Cleveland. Ohio, the following: ... t . ..atrf- Vnown the eii1 p'jinkins zaint The f.iuii.latiot. at the en.l of ;i tm.l-e to h" im-:emred lii a a .wrl or the l.nJ ,'e. n.l tttiVl forth sam; a t, .r., I f.,,.i !iilf:ll rtot. twt.ifti ninon-' hrt.iue t There is no law. rule or I'tilders that wotilU alio- of thin r.-iyot lueurMtf. U is a ii. ve. cert Only " eei:i 1W i'"-"s- Jwu ' wistakeu about the n'" c. Kl. Trow M. S. Campbell, Civil Eugi .uer and Surveyor of Otoe Co.: The contractor that c niKl rXZ''" ureJ in this way woul-J ive a 'mpbkIu. From Henry T. Clark, bridge con tractor of Bellevue, Neb.: x p ever S tl cud 'ISw StZ th sroacbea same m VtnuVJ.l firassiicb. which to :: Sut usually thgr .:vl a: lei pruv. any reasonable tax payer that this way of measuring is entirely new and looks very much like a direct fraud upon the county. There is another chapter perhaps that has not yet hail much attention, Rnd that in tUe price per foot for the bridges. -You say Mr. White saved the county 94,000 by building them himself, instead of giving the contract at 37 cash to Mr. Clark. Now if I un derstand the ca.se, the plans and speci fications required these bridges to be built of thiee-iuch door and joists throughout, and Mr. Clark's bid of 87 was for three inch stull according to specification, while the bridges ac tually built by Mr. White are nearly all two-inch stuff. This difference in the amount of lumber used would make a vast difference in the cost of the bridges and would far exceed the difference between cash and county orders, and was the source of a great profit to the contractor. Now, if you will examine Mr. White's bill of particulars for these bridges you will see he has given credit for the 1440 feet of lumber at the Porter bridge. This is only the amount of lumber in the one bridge that Mr. W. built over, while the facts are that Mr. Bolter built two bridges; one on the road west of his house across Four Mile Creek, aud the other across the same creek, south of the first, near Mr. Cook's. This bridge is No. iS in Mr. Fairfield's report, and was built by Mr. Porter twenty feet long, a good sub stantial bridge, of three-inch lloor and three-inch joists, and the county paid him for it. Mr. White comes along and puts an approach span of fourteen feet on each end of the bridge (f two inch stuff) washed the whole over with coal tar and charged the county with building the whole bridge, 4$ feet 2 inches long, and 4 feet "end bridging" and the Commissioners allowed the charge and paid for the bridge again. Home may claim that Mr. White made an item in his bill for the differ ence of the lumber between 2 inch and 3 inch stuff, but if you look at the bill as published in your paper, you will see the allowance is only for the cop ering of 1274 feet of bridges and no al lowance is made for the joist, which in reality contain as much lumber as the floor. Jiut Mr. White here squeez ed the precious lemon again, and put in a great many 10 inch joists for the shorter spans, instead of 12 inch. And not quite satisfied yet with his profits ha substituted pine for the caps of the bents, where the specifications required all the frame work to be of oak. And when Mr. White got his bridges finish ed hedid not have anythingabout them according to the specifications in the Clerk's office, that the other bridge builders based their tills upon. If the notice to bidders had been is sued for bids on specifications like the bridges actually built by Mr White, the bids would have been very much less than they were, and would proba bly have been about 5 or 0 dollars a foot, instead of 7 to 8 dollars. It is the most ridiculous nonsense to claim that Mr. White was saving the county money by building for County Orders at the lowest bid of 7 dollars, when nobody ever bid at all, on any such bridges as he has built. Frpm the above facts it appears that Mr. White did not build these bridges according to any contract for there is no such in existence, and that he did not build ac cording to any siecilicationi, for noth ing answering tin? description of his bridges can le found, consequently it follows, that Mr. White not having any real contract, built the bridges as a Co. commissioner and could not legally draw out of the County Treasury more than the actual cost, with the pay for his time expended in overseeing the work. The people should demand that anything above that amount, that Mr. White has received, should le refunded. I lelieve,Mr. IIi;uali, that you have repeatedly declared yourself willing to end the columns of your paper and your own ersonal efforts to promote the cause of reform, in any reasonable manner, and alter crowing soexulting ly over this bridge report, 1 believe you will now be under obligations to let the facts come out. that your readers may know the whole story. It appears that you have assumed to defend the commiss'rs throughout this bridge busi ness, and when a few individuals met at the Court House to talk this subject over and bring the great fraud the com miss'rs were enacting, to the notice of the people, you called them discontent ed sore heads from down in Liberty, who were trying to make electioneer ing capital out of it. and did use your columns freely to ridicule every effort that was made to expose the swindling that had been practiced in reference to the county affairs. With these facts before you, if you still think there is no cause for com plaint, and the people are satisfied with the management of affairs, I have noth ing further to sav. Isaac Pollard. Nehawka, Feb. 22d, 2s?G. BEMABKS BY THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Hon. Isiac Pollard, Cass County, Xet. Dear .Sir: I have allowed your com munication full switig in the Herald; first, because you have signed your name to it like a man. and not skulked behind some ancient "Veritas" or mod ern "Old Citizen;" nxt, localise you are the only man on your side of the question who has ever deigned to make a lucid explanation to the Herald of your case and lastly I havo heard so much about what Bollard (and Mieldou) have done ami what they are up to, since I came to Cass County that I am glad to li ive one of the firm, at least, before me on a square record, and where I can get at him, instead of beingoblig ed to take irresponsible rumor lor what these two celebrated men in Cass coun ty affairs have said and done. As you make no bones of "assuming" to know what I have done aud intend to do and criticise my course as editor of the Herald with great free-loin, you certainly can have no objections, now, to my returning the compliment in full, ami assuming what your mo tives and aims are, and also taking the liberty of tellingyou what construction other folks put on your life, your mo tives and your character. This is ex actly what you do to me, and what is sauce for the editor certainly ought fft be sauce for any other man. I shall not at this juncture reply to all your statement of the bridge ques tion. I might easily tear your statement to pieces on technicalities, or cover it with ridicule (as you "assume" I dot, for I tell you plainly it h;ts many weak spots, but foi the sake of a few good words vou said alout farmers honesty, and because I maintain now and al ways have that this questioa is one be tween yourself and the com'rs. and not between vourself and the Herald or the com'rs. and the Herald, you and the commissioners may fight it out about the way those bridgos were built. I shall confine my remarks to the ab surd attempt made by yourself. Mr. Kirkpatrick. and others to draw the editor of the Herald into this quar rel personally. At first reading your letter I was inclined to laugh at it, as all the ground has been gone over, in this direction, several times, but then vou demand vonr light toappear in the Herald on high moral grounds: and while niv phvsici.l legs are the shortest. Tiro rjUticd I ran climb as high a moral ladder as Mr. Pollard. ' THE SVM AM) SCIISTANCE Of your charge against the Herald is that I have "assumed to defend the commissioners throughout this bridge ! business" and that I called you a "few ! individuals" who met at the Court i House iVc.,discon tented sore-heads who I were trying to makeelectioueei ingcai ! ital out of it," and used my columns"to ridicule every effort made to expose the swindling in county affairs." I' might well afford to laugh at the re-iteration of this charge, for I have, gone over the whole ground several times, in answering Mr. Kirkpuliick aud in editorials; besides your own ac knowledgements in thisollice show lut I have been justified as an editor in coming to the conclusion that I did, and preclude as far as you and I are concerned any necessity of my answer ing this charge. FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE of Cass county, who are mostly tired of this bridge business, but to whom you appeal bo often I will slate my views of the lights and duties of a newspa per over again, not because our course needs defending here but because there is a great principle underlying all this, and that is whether any newspaper has the light to become a public siuut-miil or not. Let us see how the commissioners were defended. The Herald issue of August li '74 has the first article but ex pressly stating that it is the com'rs. ex planation Their side of the story Would you have had me shut them out from explaining to the people what they had done. The next defense says (Herald Ju ly 8th. 1875): The riiit to inquire and pet it ion should never be l! ;no never w iii we lioe i!i liiis Iree com;! ry. and it may uu taut the U lei'ini:iu.io:i of our I eiile lo see and to know how our iui 1U; auairs are managed will be productive of more caret ullne.-s, more economy ami better niana.i nu nt hereafter ; This was in reference to the great Bonanza Meeting and doesn't look much like trying to cover up anything. The next thing about bridges is Aug. lUth, please read: The last part of Mr. Kirk pat rick's letter needs no auswer. No one Maui in the ' uay ot Hie freer.st aod fuile.il iuvesIi;a:io:i ul county ;tiTaii;s -by anyone or any number of people. 11 f:.u I is discovered let it be properly punished. Hold all tli meet ins you v;iut to, siiow.up the iln honest or incompetent ones, neither tile llb-K-AI.o. nor the Uepublie.ni p.aty. nor yet the citi zt'iisut l'iiitlsmoiitii, will tlirow astiM.v m your way. but t ae lather aid you mo to . ill ;il and noliie wcrks. Hi- honest yourselves, make cor rect and honest reports. That is ail we asii. and it is only what the ll::it LL has uored iorye.i s, that the people should tii.i!ia :e ineirowu busi ness, looK alter I heir own lm-.i:ic.-?s and elect and keep only honest men in oilier. If that looks like defending wrong, or ridiculing honest efforts at investi gation into county affairs I can't read or speak English. Again in the Herald of Aug: We 1.) not in the !ea-f object to all th-i proper investigation there can be made lo delect Ii.iud. In i he same paper: Tin- Hnui.i) proposes to stand by them in all reasonable and leu! measures until we have better ressoin for siipposiii - them either foois. rascals, or thieves, man at present. There, that tells just how far we de fend; in all reasonable and legal mea sures and no further, mind. It was our bounden duty to defend them thus far. and I should defend you or any other man elected by a majority, of the people oi this county until some proof more than mere assertion is brought, aud I respectfully submit Mr. Bollard, that until your letter above given there has never besn aught presented here to me, or in tin Watchman, but rank, hare assertions, calling the commission ers thieves, rascals, &c, charging fraud but no proof. Now 1 wa-nt to ask you conscien tiously if you think I would be justi fied in printing Tom, Dick and Harry's belief that the Commissioners were swindlers. I ask you as a man, if 1 would be warranted in putting in pub lie print such matters as woald sub ject me to a libel suit unless I could prove the same. Men may talk on the streets, and shout: "thief! fraud! swindler!" but the ma:i that deliber ately prints this stuff must h ive some thing more than a bonanza meeting to go on. By your own acknowledgment, the charge of fraud against the com missioners could not be proven before the last (irand Jury, and if ymi could not prove it yourself, how do you sup pose I could ? ASIIU: FROM ALL THIS, I have clear and defined ideas of the uses and abuses of t he press, and do not think the editor should be called on to act as public scavenger at his own expense. We maintain an extensive and ex pensive machinery of courts and offi cers just to do these very things, and I firmly believe that an editor should have something like such proof as would make a case in court, before he makes one in the newspapers. The plain facts are, and the people demand that if there is any proof against the commissioners, it be brought to the knowledge of the prop er law officers, and the bridge case has no more business in the newspapers. A portion of the press for some years, have so hounded public men that the better part of the peop'e have re belled, and the term "indecent press." has been applied to those papers. We do not desire to have the Herald plac ed in that class. about this bridge matter who thought the county was swindled." He is a number one man, but be acknowledged he was personally unfiiendly to White, and. moreover, did not want his name mentioned. I cannot accuse a public oilie r on such a basis. You have fought the party persistently for years Mr. Bollard, and I think I was fully justid.'d in taking great caution before acting on any charges from strong po litical enemies. There has never been any' extended complaint of tficse bridges throughout the county only . from a small, party in your direction. 1 h ive talked with a number of gen tlemen, democrats and republicans, since your letter was received, and they al-l say they are heartily sick of the bridge clamor. If you have any proof, bring it on in legal shape, if not, dry it up. It is injuring the county, finan cially and morally. It is costly ad useless in this shape. I have their word, and I add on my own account, and for : he last tinv that no man, no party will stand in your way, or the way of a proper investigation. l'ieass (lotit get up to-morrow and re hash the stale joke' that the Herald "has not let the facts come out." We all s;iv, in this and all other cases of real fraud. "Let no guilty maa escape," but see that no innocent men are punished. C3U 31 1 SS I tN i: ItS' B B0 C EKDIMJ S. 4.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 4J.T 2-,.n5 24.03 12.20 42.1 r, 2 J 00 "31AKIKH ELECTIONEERING OCT OF IT." CAPITAL bv your own mouth you acknowledge i that was done and it makes no matter I whether vou did it or not. It was done and I was forced :is an editor to meet it in that way. When I came to this Countv vou were all making a little (lod or M. L. White, the whole Bepub lican party was Holdout to elect White; a democratic Co. Treasurer was elected to my very great disadvantage. In short you sold yourselves body and soul to White and if 1 mistake not Messrs. Bollard, Sheldon. Kiriipatrii k.aud Todd all voted for him. After awhile you got down on him. and then he was a devil. Now we have no-particular rea son to tak White's Pjtrt. The Herald owes him nothing, lie owes th" Her ald nt thing, but civil treatment. We neither worshipped him at first, nor cursed him afterwards. While White really received a large democratic vote, inanv have seemed to think if they could' beat White it would somehow throw odium on the republican party, and for this reason the bridge tight is kept up. You are too old a bird, Mr. Bollard, not to know this to be a fact. Here is their .syllogism: Major Bremise White is a Bepubli can Commissioner. Minor Bremise If we can prove White guilty we may overthrow the Bepublican Bai ty. Conclusion White must be guilty. On the other hand some of our fwlks put it up this way: Major Bremise Bollard and Sheldon want to run this county. Minor Bremise If White could be removed on a charge of fraud they might stand a chance to do it. Conclusion White must be removed. Blease remember, Mr. B I do not say the above is so, but I am no better ac quainted with you than with the gen tlemen who take this view of the rase, and was more bound to believe them, if anything. None of the people on vonr side of the question ever came to me and laid this matter before me care- But one Republican in this county ever came to the Herald and talked Tuesday, Feb. 1st 187G. concluded. Accounts were allowed the follow ing persons on their respective Dis tricts as follows to wit: Turvel Smith Dist Xo Supervi sors receipt cancelled Calvin (J. Tabor Hist No 31 Sup ervisors Receipt cancelled .... Robert Wellborn Dist Xo G Sup ervisors receipt cmeelled Thos Wilson Dist no 53 Supervi sors receipt cancelled Ambrose; Bickert Dist no 52 Sup ervisors receipt cancelled Orderol that th? Co Clerk have fur nished siich map as are neeessry for the AfisCFscru of the fractional pre cincts, for the purpose of assessing the same. The following accounts were allowed to wit: J. C. Cummins stamps for offiice etc per itemized bill $5.5.3 M. B. Cutler board of prisoners month of Jan as pr it'nii'd bill 102.10 M. B. Cutler expenses incurred in bringing Mr Tuoker an 1 Mr.i Baker frjm Linejlu ac companied by Mrs K. Clem- tu ns as pr it"iaiz"d bill State Journal 'Co 100.) Census Blanks SiG.O 10 Setts Census return Blanks 0 J. II. Battery Stationery Med icine pr bill of Feb 1 . . . . J. II. Buttery medicine &e ;x pr bill Henry B veck 2 tables ?7.50 18 chairs $:J5.25 '. Settlement was ru id with B. S. Williams S-ip'vli r Dist 57 order allowe I for a nt du hi n F. M. MeD onag'ii's a:- i:it was allowed for print'g Report of Comm'rs on B:i !ges Bl'ks Legil Xoik-ea &- S ! .' 81.0.) On this bill was t'iH fallo wing en dorsment "I h reby protest against the allowance, of the amount of this cle.im 11. 8. RAmsay" The petition of J. W. Birr and or it ers for a bridge across Greenwood Branch on the line between .sections -1 & 0 Town 11 R i ige 0 was laid over in daiinitely for want of f uu Is. Geo. 11 Brouger Co iun'r ap:i i:ited to locate a ro i l petitioned for by M. Briehard and others died hi.s report with field u ts of surveyor a'.t i ;:vod thereto. Claims for dam ige3 were presented by persona Firing along the line of the Road petitioned for by M. Briehard and others as follows to wit: J. S. Upton e 200.00 S.Bird 1,000.00 A.M.Storey 100.00 John Frew J100.00 Win. Lloyd 100.00 John F. Buck 600.00 Benj. Macoy 100.00 A Root loi.OO J. W. Bitmau 250.00 Levi Walker, F. M. Wolcott and I.. S. White were appointed commission ers to assess the damages sustained by persons claiming damagts living along the line of the above mentioned road The petition of J. 11. Toman and others", for a county road, commencing at the intersection of section thirty two and tiiirty-tlm-e. town 12 north; range 1 1 east, with township line on the south, running thence north two miles on section line, and thence by I the most practieab'e route to intersect some street in the town of Louisville, and terminating at ihe said town of Louisville, was laid over until the proper affidavit is made as the law re ft uirts. On motion court adjourned until to morrow morning at 0 o'clock. ber, Xov. and Dec, 1875, and January 187G,. 5 00 E.G. Dovey, Mdse. furnished jail, Clerk's office and pauper as per bill..- 25 8 J. H. Buttery, 1 day as commis sioner viewing road to be va cated online between sections 2D and 32, town 12, range 14.. 3 00 Xebraska Register, printing court notices,S!.0O, and teach ers examinations, .53.0 ) 9 00 J. W. Jennings. G days "making change in ta-list dupliaato.per order county commissioners.. 15 00 O. M. Streight, 9 days' baliff at Court, 32 13 00 L. C. Stiles,- 0 days' bailiff ac Court 13 00 B. Sprague, S flays' baliff at Court 10 00 Joe. Fairfield, 7 days bailiff at Court 14 00 W. Bennett, G days' bailiff at Court 12 00 James Sage, 6 days bailiff nt Court. 1 12 00 John Jennings, 3 days' bailiff at Court '. G00 Charles Viall. 2 days' bailiff at Court 4 00 W. II. Gingery, 2 days' bailiff at Court 4 00 An order was allowed G. W. Mc Clintic, supervisor of road district number 50, on his said district, on settlement, for. . . 5 00 An invitation was extended to the Board, by the members of the Bar, to dine with his Honor, Judge S. B. Bound, whereupon the August Body takes a recess for half an hour for the purpose of regaling themselves at the ex pense of the membeis of the legal fraternity. Board convened after recess and the following was done to-wit: Ordered that an order be drawn in favor of supervisor of road district number 20. for use of district. Ordered that petitioners for the lo cation of public roads, enter into bonds and pay commissioners for viewing and locating the same as the law re quires. The following described school lands were leased to Smith L'a'mer to-wit: The west half of the north-east quarter of section sixteen, town eleven range ten oast of the sixth principal meridian. The. account of Geo, S. Smith for 4? 50 00, attorney's fees, in tha case of Carrie G. Ciemmons against John Spurgeou, was allowed en the recom mendation of his Honor, S. B. Bound. C. 1. Moore presented his bill for making tax-list and duplicate as fol lows, to-wit: Cass County Dr., toC. B. Moore, for tax-list and duplicate. ..1,474 97 IJy warrants already drawn. . 1,150 00 Wednesday, Feb. 2d. '7G. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Brescnt: M. L. WIIITF. ) W. li. ABXOLD. - Corns. B. S. RAMSEY. S B. Knowi.es, Deputy Clerk. Absent: M. B. Cutler. Sheriff. Journal of yesterday was read and approved, after which the following was done to-wit : The petition 'of Walter Bates and others, asking that David Shoopman be appointed to the ollice of supervisor of road district number fifty-seven was granted, and David Shoopman is here by appointed supervisor of road dis trict number lifty-seven. The following accounts were exam ined and allowed to-wit: C. II. Tolles, reporter in district court S 25 00 Herald printing as per itemized bill, January 20th, 7G 100 00 Jno. A. MacMurphy, printing as per itemized bid, January 4th, 'G6 52 50 Herald printing as per item ized bill, January 31st, '7G 49 50 Mrs. Browne, for 4 months' I washing fr.r prisoner. OrNv Balancedue Moore $32107 Attached to the above bill was C. B. Moore's certificate, certifying that the above account i.s just an 1 correct, and the amount above c!ai:ne I was wholly unpaid except as above stated, and ac cording to sworn computation made by J. W. Jennings. Also the aftidavit of J. W. Jennings as follows: John W. Jennings being duly sworn, depnseth mid saith that he made the computation of the tax-list and dupli cate for the year li75, and that the computation is made by figuring every lii'th page through the entire book,:hen striking an an average and multiply in said average page by the whole number of pages, and that the whole of said tax-list and duplicate is the sum of 81,474 97. sIGNEDj J. W. J K.N'SIXR. Subscribed in mv presence and sworn to before me, this 1st d iv of February. A. D. 187(5. C. B.MOOR K. ' Co. Clerk. Mr. Ramsey raised some objections to the allowance of the bill and the following agreement was entered into between the board and Mr. Moore, to wit : That the board engage Mr. Tiio.s. Bol lock to compute the tax-list and dupli cate as provided by law. Mr. Moore agreeing to pay one-half of the expens es incurred, and the board agreeing to pay one half of said expenses. Ordered tli.it an order be drawn in favor of supervisor of road district number 5 for 319.0J for use of district. On motion of B. S. Ramsey, it is or dered that all parties presenting claims against the county must itemize their bill. On motion of B. S. Ramsey, court adjourned to meet to-morrow at 9 o.clock a. m. Thursday, Feb. 3d, 187.1. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Breseut: M. L. WHITE, i W. B. ARNOLD. Corns. B. S. BAMSKY. S Wm. L. WelLs. Deputy Clerk. M. B. Cutler, Sheriff. Tin; following claim was presented and allowed on the general fund: G. B. C'rippen, itemized account. 830 00 Settlement still being continued, board a Ijourned to meet to-morrow morning. The claims of Chapman & .Sprague of '71 was laid over until next meet ing. The official bond of Michael Archer, as constable for Bock Bluffs precinct, was examined and approved. In the matter of tha application of Robt. T. Maxwell, to have part of tax ou certain lands, remitted: It is or dered by the Board that the same be, and it is hereby refused. Settlement with Treasurer still be ing continued, the Board adjourned to meet to-morrow morning. See ! Read ! Look ! ! mm mi7 1 Saturday. Feb. 5th. 1S7G. Board met pursuant to a ljournment. Present: W. B. ARXOLD. I Co. B. S. RAMSEY. Coma. M. B. Cl-tler, Sheriff. Wm. L. Wells, Deputy Clerk. Absent: M. L. White, Co. Commis sioner. And being op?nd in dua form, when the following was done to-wit: the settlement with Treasurer still being had. The following aeeount was examin- J them to do so. ed and allowed: Wm. B. Arnold, services as Co. Commissioner and mileage.. .!? 30 00 The claim of Geo. S. Smith, was signed by W. B. Arnold, aud refused by B. S. Ramsey, on the grounds of not being properly itemized and was laid over to next meeting. Settlement with Treasurer still be ing continued, whereupon Board ad journed to meet on Tuesday, March 7th, 187G. M. L. WHITE, ) Co. W. B. ARXOLD, J- B. S. BAMSKY. ) Corns. Attest: C. B. MooRE, Clerk. The Compliments of the season to all our customers, from Moneys Collected, RF.niTTF.O I'HO'IPTLT. I'mmpt IXaforr'oirBt. When t?ie physical etiorsicsiire overtasked or fi:K through weakni'Ss or lise;ise, they need Iiomt reinforcement. Renewed vigor is inn.tt speedily supplied through the medium oi a ton ic stlumlent, and anions medicinal resources of of that cluss, Hostetter's Stomach Litters as suredly desereve a pre-eminet place. We:v!t nes, whether constitutional or :ui!ing from tlise.ise or over-f:iti;ee. catitiot be better com pensated for t lm it hy a rcnort to this prime sf.eiilhciiin ooidi.il. The ei.fcchled invalid, tliee coiivaleM cn and aged and intirin tind that it is mi lit bailing source of vior and roml'oi l. lis coi!i!iiH'd tonic and ulo-ralite properties al so constitute it ;.n invaluable remedy for indi gestion, weakness of the or.,ai;s of urination, constiji ition. torphOly of the liver, and many oi her irri inilai iii'-rf and disabilities, and render il an in ;thial.'!e protection against maieria. us well a-d:&ord-TS of th stom. nd bnwtis. Common Sense! Western Grown Treaa for Western Soil. 187(5. 1S7(. I have a iarjre rv.d complete stock of fruit and Op;;;;,ieuial Tlx s. ! i -.;ti s a:id Vins pow'ii at luy N'llsery. 1 lnih-north-east of the. INmrt lioue. in ;'.!vo 1. Mills County. Pnva.ij miles e.ist of I '.at turnout a. Ne!. f.r sale les ; prices tii.ui Nursery Stock is o!d !v cnsfiii tree prd drs, a:id I ivKl warrant it hKf I'KJv. (live me yii!i- orders f.-f nj and secife The hf.t. I hose wishing to l,r.v in hog ipiaiitiiies wiil he allow ed a l.i I'.krai'. DisculS f on my letaJ! ;;ies by appi i ln eai ! y. Specil attention is.L'ivrvi to furriViin'; suita ble oi i.:-!i!cn;.:ls fur :;tv. ves and cemeteries. I shall ii. ne a 1. supply o:" Cahb: jr. 'I'o'nii lo and Sweet l' t .io Hants, as eniiy as they may be wanted. 1'i-r farther p art ieuhirs address the proprietor at i ; leu wood. Iowa, r my i..-'iit "I". A. lavis. who w ill in; at l'.a. tsmoulh a ie.v days. 4 j-i3i. I.. A Williams. ROZSTTA ORNAMENTAL NURSERY ! MR. WM. F. BENNETT, At I. II. Wheeler & Co.'s Oftire in this City, is Agni. tor Cas County, for th C E LK IS It AT K O Uo::etta, 111., Nurseries. the pro lucts of which are with proper care, warranted to grow in this soil and climate. Jill. HEAiMOTT; will furnish Creenhocse. Deddii'2, and House Plains, choice Evergreens. Austrian, and White Kine. Kuropeaa Larch. or way Spruce. Ar!or it:.. Halsam Kir, Iloiiev locust I'lants. Osas;e Orange l'iauts, seed, &c., at the. very LOWEST HATES. ;y"-Kxtra early Vermont l'otatoes for Seed, oniv $l () per bu. ML'SMiOVE Ac WKI.I.S. 4i:w2 Koclta, Illinois. For Throat. Lungs. Asthma, Kidneys. Forest Tar Solution, For Inhaling for Catarrh. Consumption, Bron chitis, .ind Athm:i. Forest Tar Troches, For Sore throat. Tieklip.s Couch. Hoarseness, and 1'uryifyiiiK the llicath. Forest Tar Salve, For Ileaiinir Sores. Ulcers. Cuts, Rarns, and fur Files. Forest Tar Soap, For Chapped Hands, Salt Kiiem. .Skin Disease, the Toilet and Hath. Forest Tar Inhalers, tor luhaltai the Solution for Catarrh aud Eath T CHAPMAN 47113 For the increase in our traile nml the large business we have done t lie last year, we desire to thank our num erous friends and hone they may con tinue tha same as we expect to offer better and better inducements for REAL ESTATE BOUGHT & SOLD ! TAXES PAID? IV Jtxint LrtUr Aiwirrrf-I f rnrrtp'Jp, n. ii. Tri.tnriATf, ay n-.tm--t. p WINDHAM'S lEZEHi ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENCY I tak pleasnre In announeinif to th- jmhTVx W in.t hnsiness in the Stat ot N ehru.sk a, aT specially in Cass County, that I liar, established ill connection wilU tUJ l.ctsl Practice, COLLECTOIT, AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY I A nine years' residence in Sfat and CotMty. with constant husine-stelatlons among the peo ple, have qualified me for transacting buAlu of this character with GREAT FACILITY. All rmslneM entnutej to my car hy flrmi r individuals, will receive nninedhit at tention. All Wc hope to see you at the old stand, the ensuing year, where we are prepar ed to do a hire wholesale and retail business. We have just received a large new stock of goods, PURCHASED FOR CASH ! Right from Head-Quarters and the at the yery lowest prices; which we intend to sell at such rates as will as tonish everybody. We do not pretend to say we sell the cheapest in the world, neither do we profess to say that we keep everything from an axe-handle to telegraph matches, and from pics to bologna sau sage as so-many do BUT WE DO SAT: vre are the only Exclusive Dealers in our city in Staple & FANcy DRY GOODS. In those lines, ;tnd in NOT I OXS, we lead the trade. We have the best assortment of the latest novelties from the last patent needle to the most f.tshionable style of silk dress. We sell at the lowest prices that can be found between here and San-Francisco. Cal. We think that few mer chants c.i.v con pet a with tr?. and to convince you, w- especially a.k your candid attention to the following list of prices: jr.ST IX!! j cases of American standard prints. FOR RALE An Improted farm of M nerM, tti TiortS fcIf in' i) of the north - est quarter inw'4)of -etT town 10. raiitfe 11. Apply to t:if K. B. Tr-9a- rOR SALT! A f.irm fit I'll acres, partly ruHIAt(, ran t bought on 4 years' tlm. !o p.j inent rf quit! down. Apply 0 E. B. :tt FOR SALK On re.isonahlfs terms, a farm of Itn -r, ) acres under eultlv.it ion ; good wster. e. Ap l y K B. 3. 1TlVVAl 47if FOR RAT, 7! A yahiahle elty residence, with rlnsh' im provement', and on reasonable i-rm. Apply i 47tf R. B. Viiva-i. FOR TRATE. I will trade a dsir,hM reMdrnre U 1UV niufTs for a span of tf'l bors- s. Apply I 471 T . T. VTiKnaaw. ROBERT LKtNNELLT'X i2 vards tor 1 00 1 ca.se cotton flannel, at 10 yards for '. 1 00 12 cases domestic ginghams, at 10 yards for 1 00 5 cases of muslin, lest brand 12 yards for 1 no A very large assortment of black and colored alpacas, double warp, the finest in the city, from 25c a d. up. A prime lot of ladies shawls from .?1 up. Carpet chain, standard brand, 5 pound BLACKSMITH Wagon, Buggy, Ma ,ine and Plotm r-. pairing, and genu al jobbing. PETER HAVEN, The old Reliable Wagon Maker Las taken charge of iho waon !." He is well known a.s a 'MX I WOIiKM.IT Xew tTazn-i nti'I ltu-;xi mt Order. SATISFACTION f. I A R NTKEIX Shop on Sixth street, opposite Strcl;ht's Stb). FETZER it WAR I) FAN, Blacksmiths & Waon Makers, C r. Washington Are. and fth St. navinr lately hnn.'ht out I.I'N HOKF'S fll.D STANK v.e are prcp .rcd to d all -.-rk brought to us in this line. Horse-Shooing DONE It Y HKfL L FIT I. WORKM EN. A I.I- KINKS OF FAKMINM IM PLEJiENTS m t: y a k d . with jirATFSM ai nrspATCH. 4Mf package., . -SI A new and handsome lot of carpets. hemp, from . 27? j rts. up. Ingrain, from 61 " three-ply, from 8.1 " Xew stock of handsome embroideries, from 2)i cts. per yd. up Ladies fashionable collarets, from 3 cts. up. Xew stock, all colors, of worsted fringes 20 cts. per yd. In addition to all these new goods at very low rates, we offer our largo stock of LADIES' AND GENTS' Furnishing Goods I now on hand, at OcssiE&g sal PRICES ! Obstacles to Marriage- Ilnppy Kelief for Vounc Men from th elects of Kriois ;ind Ahic in earlv life. Man hood reMorod. Iiiipcdi:m-nts to !.irri:ire ie moM'd. Nets method of I rc.it im -nt. New and remarkable remedies. I'.ook and l ircnlais .-M free, ili-scided envelopes. Ad'li.S' l(OVVAhl) ASSOl l.V I ION. -!: N. Ninth t.. riill.idelplii. i'a. ar. Iiint it ntmn ha vlny a l.iu'h rercit t loll for boiiorai'le conduct ;ni.l prof .'--.toiia! klll. HI COLUMN c c A. W. WHITE HAft CONE TO Fit I DAY, Fel). 4th, 1870. II ard met pursuant to adjournment. Present: M. L. WIIITK. ) W. 15. AK.NOM), Coins. li. H. KAMEV. ) M. II. Cctlki:, Sheriff. Wji. I.. Wklls Deputy Clerk. The following accounts were then examined an I allowed o:i general fun!: M. 15. Cutler, serving subp en is for witnesses before (Irand Jury 8 Ci J7 C. 1. Moore, fees for services at Dec. Term, 1S73, ami .January term 187G, (of court) C. I'. Moore, fees as clerk of dis trict Court Witnesses before (irand Jury January Term. l$7t Bill of Grand Jury, January Term Bill of Petit Jurors, January WALL PAPER! McElwain & Hodapp- Ilave bou-ht FRANK STADTEK'S entire stock of Aud iucreaserl the sane bv inanv new patterm, i:cduccd Trices. S:uiijdes can be seen at DR. G. B. CHAPMAN'S nnua sTonc. We idsotaVe pleasure in announc:v to the pub lic, that we still continue PAINTING d- PAPER-HANGING. 47m3 Vm. Grambera, rear"i Lumber 5 Coal ilesire to disjxi.se of our HATS, ?APS, (i LOVES. BOOTS and SHOES, TRUNKS and VA- i LIZES, FURS, BLANKETS, AND COMFORTERS. JEWELRY, and Lalies Millinery goods will be clos es out at DEAD DOWN, BED ROCK, Cash Prices, SISHS; AV'lien he return he will brin; on an immense btock of jroods of every kiiul atn! varictr. (fine trimmed. CM SS 131 EH i:s, J i: A NS, WATERPROOFS, AND LA DIES Ar "Whites CLOTHS, in the same catalogue. . . IN SHOUT: . I flOlll Clirjn-O. i for country or city tra lo at -on his return LINEN GOODS, ALL WINTER GOODS, will be sold way down, to make room , t r White's ill about fl for an IMMENSE XE W Spring Stock !! j week. GO 13 ; 20 25 157 00 213 40 PXATT-S.OIT...X.P ,Op.natte Valley Ecu,.. all articles of luxurj-not staple, j Come and See the 11CW good On liund all kinds of LUMBER, DOORS SASH. BLINDS, SHINGLES, LATHS. ALSO MouldingS, BUILDING PAPER, CEMENT, LIME, Plaster Paris, etc. AT LOWEST MARRKP KATES. pH xyiyf i?t Xow come ahead, all of you; glad ( to show vou goods, and gladder yet to ' i SELL TO "yOU,i To 00 M)m for ca5u nn Solomon frMathan. ..lt A V. Whites, this sum- PlatUmouth.Xeb, .Tati'y UUu'76. 1 ... 'cry nrer.