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.
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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.
