TILE HERALD. fbc Woes of lassaclincetts lVomcn In Wyoming, Boston correspondence Y, IWalcI.J Among the powerful arguments -which have been brought to bear on the legislators .".gainst woman suffrage is a letter from a former Massachusetts woman, now living in Wyoming, copies of which have been distributed among the Senators and Representatives. It ia addressed to Mrs. Ruth Williams, of Lynn, and is such a simple and graph ic story that I submit it in full: Cheyenne City, January .", 1877. My Dear Friend Ruth: I received your most welcome letter in duesea3on,and it received a hearty welcome, I prom ise you. We are all well except James who has been suffering from a severe cold; he is better now, however. As for news, I do not think of any that would interest you in particular. Hus band is prospering in buiness affairs better than ever. Ne is now interest ed in a land affair in Wisconsin, and next week leaves home on an absence of three or four weeks. You ash me for my opinion on the workings, etc., of woman suffrage. Well, in short, my candid opinion is this, that it is the greatest curse that ever befell the sex in the Christian era, and I will try to give you some of my reasons. Ever since suffrage became a law I have had trou ble with John. He deelars that I shall vote for his ticket, and I declare I won't; for in politics I am Democratic and ho is Republican, and so as make peace, I have never voted my ticket (nor his either, as for that, ha!) I get along first-rate with John, as he is easy to manage, and although lie talks hard just before election, he is really a good kind husband. Rut with the boys it is different. James has not spoken to me for more than a year for no other reason than that I won't vote the Republican ticket. And as for 1113 poor dear Edgr.r, the boy that I loved tended and made myself a slave to, be cause of his misfortune, lie treats me very ill. Sometimes I feel to curse the day that I ever left Massachusetts, and i happy woman shall I be when I again set foot on Massachusetts soil. You know, my dear Ruth, a more united family never lived than ours when we lived in good New England, but now it is sadly changed. But I pray to God who rules to deliver us and bring back my dear boys to their mother. I sup pose you would say, vote as they want you to for the sake of peace. Well, I would but when I look upon the prin ciple involved. I cannot any more than I could become a Spiritualist for the sake of peace. You know that I was born in a Democratic family, and you know also how father would feel about it, and ho is in his old age now, and he is so set in his way, that I don't know what would be the be the consequenc es for a child of his to vote the Repul lican ticket, No one'knows how much unhappiness this suffrage matter has mtie in cur family. You put quite a severe task upon me by asriing mo so many questions. About woman on the jury is the next question. Well, I will answer it the best I can. Xow, Remember as far as intelligence and competency go, I am sure we women are equal to men, but there is about as much sense in a ami nursing a baby as a women being drawn to serve on a case before the law. Anna Hapgood was drawn, and 3he came here to make me a visit af terward. She says she was never more disgusted in her life than with the absurdity of her position, and she declares rather than serve again she will commit suicide, and I don't know but what sho would, for she is very nervous and easily excited. I truly think had the measure been submitted to a vote of the women of the Teritory, j and tliey made to exercise an opinion on it pro or con, that it would have been killed by 99 to 100. You know well as I that a few women who have noth ing to do at home or no families to take their attention, they can scare up quite a rumpus, and the public think that all the women have gone mad. I truly think that Lucy Stone and her chums of Massachusetts, and Susan C. and others have clone as mnch injury to the women of the nineteenth century as the serpent when he tempted Eve. Rut you in Massachusetts are safe from woman's sufferage, for I think the men set too high a regard upon the home relations to see them upset, even to please, a handful of ambitious women. Xow, remember I have written this for your eyes only, and 1 don't want to gain any notoriety in having my views quoted, but I could write volumes ex pressive of my utter disgnt of this hateful measure. One thing more ami I must close this subject for this time. You remember Addie Adams. Well, she is on a farm about twenty miles from here. Slie and her husband have dep.irted,and she hires a man to work 0.1 the place, and she is taking c ue of her three children. All that caused their parting was on account of her voting opposite to him, and he gol mad and left her. I know of one man and wife who both agree upon this ques tion and vote in harmony; they are neighbors. I mention this as one re deeming case. Xow, Ruth, do write soon, as 3'our letters do mo good and and are a com fort tome in my troubles, which sometimes I fell to give up, but you know those comforting words. -He uhom the Lord love:." etc. My religion is my comfort and stay through all, and I hope, dear Ruth, you too have learned to love Him. av"e my love to all and tell them I hope my KHy will rest at iast in Massachusetts, if I :uu not permitted to in life. Father gave the children a Christmas present of $ 0 apiece. It was good of him. He won't La with us long. Xow, dear Ruth, good night. Fray for us; aud I beg that my private opinions may be kept between ourselves. I only write them at your request but 1 know you sometimes squib for the papers, but don't put in print any thing I hate written, for you know how 1 shrink from publicity. - liver your devoted They are having a big "Round up" in Western Nebraska. Here is the modus operandi, as given by the North Flatte Xebnyddan. "President, Charles Ferris, of Chey enne county; Vice Presidents, Sam Boyd, of Keith county and Guy C. Bar ton of Lincoln county. Secretary anil Treasurer, Louis Aufongarten of Keith county. The meeting then took up the dis cussion of the Round-up, and finally, on motion of Sara Mathers, it was agreed to commence the KOCND-irP, BSTWEEV THE RIVERS. at Xorth Platte, on the tenth day of May, and work towards the west, and meet the Colorado men at Julesburg on the fifteenth day of May. The i:ouNi-cr on Tin: nokth side was discussed by a great many from the north side, and on motion of D. B. Powers, it was agreed to commence at Pratt it Ferris' upper camp or ranche on tho north side of the Xorth Platte river, on the second day of Ma', and work from the government farm by Laramie down to the east. The SOUTH SIDE r.OUXD-L'I'. was arranged on motion of Alex. Struthers to commence at Xichols low er ranche, nearly duo south of Plum Creek, and work west, commencing at Xichols ranche on the tenth day of May. INSPECTOrS nEFORT. Mr. Pratt then read the following as his report as Stock Inspector . of Lin coln county : Xoiitii Platte, Lincoln Co ) April 3rd, 1877 To the President of the Stock Growers Association of Western Nebraska: CATTLE SHIPMENTS. During the year there have been shipped from Xorth Platte, by mem bers of this association, residing in Lincoln county, 10G carloads of beeves numbering 2018 head, compared with 71 cars, 1C00 hea 1. shipped last year." THE WAR AMI THE GRAIN MARKET. High Prices not Likely t;le Permanent. The London Daily Telegraph argues that the change in the market so favor able to the grain producers is not like ly to last long. It says: "At the time of the Crimean war the impulse given to the upward price of grain was feic for two years at least, but the conditions were totally differ ent from those now existing. We were then at war with Russia, so that the whole of her products were excluded because her ports were closed by a very tight blockade. It is now Turkey alone who is fighting Russia, and it is only the southern ports of the latter which are, for purposes of commerce, obliter ated. The northern harbors, affording egress to the great corn and seed pro duction of Poland, Livonia. Esthania, and Podolia are open, and are likely to I continue so. Xext, a quarter o( a cen tury a.o Russia was, relatively, a much more importnnt factor in our food problem than she is at present. Slie was our leading source of supply abroad, the eastern ports of the United Slates only sent a small portion of the cereals and provisions they now ship; Califor nia had hardly been drawn ui at all; Australia, Xew Zealand, Chili, and In dia were unthought of ; and the Levant was only half developed. In these days the whole world is tributary, and the facilities given by s.eam and tele graphic.communieation render this no mere figure of speech. The dispatch from England and the reception at Chi cago of a large order for rlour are al most simultaneous, and the arrival in Liverpool of the thing ordered is an af fair of, at the outside, three weeks la ter. In fact, the news of a sudden ad vance in grain hero transmitted abroad puts every grower and holder on the alert, and shipments immediately be gin, in the full assurance that thev are going to a safe and ever-open market. Doubtless the loss of Russian wheat from Odessa and Kerteh, and of Dan 11 biau or Bessarabian grain from (Jal ttz and I brail is not a matter of indiffer ence, out neither is it considerable enough to justify and prolong a panic rise in prices. Last year our total im port of wheat was 44,39-1,000 hundred weight, of which 8,700,000 came from Russia. About two-thirds of this was from southern ports that is, about 13 per cent, of the whole receipt from abroad. But the rise in the market price within the last three weeks has been more than double that figure, hav ing been fully 27 per cent, in England and 32 per cent, in America. This, therefore, is a panic rise; in other words speculative excitement seems to have shot far ahead, as it generally does, of facts and probabilities. It we could assume that the entire C.000,000 hundred-weight of wheat from the Black sea were to be lost to us and the world, and that no countei balancing help were to come from any other quarter, then only half of the recent advance in the corn markets would be warranted. But all experience is again t the assumption stated. War is a great destroyer, a for midable character to free communica tion ; yet it is astonishing how speedi ly, when a want exists, trade will adapt itself to the altered ciicumstaaees, find out new channels, and, after fretting a little against the obstacle, glide past it, as it were, and re-establish the former relations between buyer and seller, or provide compensation in t-oine shape. More especially is this the case when the continent is covered with a network of railways, a d when the borders of its chief granarie are laved by the waters of a mighty stream which persists in. uni ting by amicable intercourse those whom the soldier would put asunder by war. Durng the Crimean conflict we imported Russian tallow and hemp, but they came over tho laud frontier, and were shipped at German ports. If the preseut struggle lasts until next J ear, grain from the south of Russia and from Roumania will find its way either by the Danube or by railway into Transylvania, Galicia, and Hun gary, setting free part of the stores ac cumulated there, which in turn will bo sent eastward to France, Holland, or England. The additional cost of trans port will, in the leug run, yrove to be the main element in the altered value, and to little more than this extent is a rise in price justified." The London Standard says, on the same subject. "The war is not yet a week old, and already we are beginning to feel its disagreable consequences in an unpre cedented riso in the price of wheat. The upward movements in London since the beginning of April is nearly 0 per cent. To put the matter in a still clearer light, we mav sav that if the enhancement is sustained it would add even at the present rate, between two and three pence to the price of the quartern loaf. and if there are solid grounds for the rise that has t a'len place, the ultimate addition to the price of bread will be still greater. One-third added to the present outlay of a working family upon bread would greatly stint its means with the butcher and the grocer and still more witli the draper and the shoe-malu r; and in the present depres sion of t rado would seriously stand in the way of the much wished for revi val of business. There is another mode in which it may injuriously at feet us. It may cause such a drain of cold in the countries from which we shall have to draw our supply of wheat as may seriously embarrass the money market. We may hope, however, that the present excitement in tha corn market is largely artificial, and that the rise in prices is to a large ex tent speculative. In view of a possible blockade of the Russian ports, the Americans foresee that we are likely to require an exceptionally large quantity, and spec ulation has in consequence run up the price, of course, to an alamning extent. It may be, of course, that the Ameri cans are mistaken, and that by some means or other Russian wheat will continue to reach our ports. In that case prices will fall as quickly as they have risen." Xn?s of News. Five tons of maple sugar were made iu Gratiot county, Michigan this spring there ar yet a few hills remaing iu the county which will bear grading down. The Michigan State Fair in 149 was held in a live-acre lot with premium amounting to only 1.000. Xow an eighty acre lot is required and the pre miums aggregate about i?2o,000. The Indians living Fort Sill were supplied with horses and mules to en able them to engage in agriculture, but the beasts have all been stolon. Xot a very promising country for farmers. O'.ving to low water the lumber mills at Stillwater, Minn., have been compell ed to almost cease operations. The hands who are retained are paid but from :?3 to $l per month and board. The San Francisco papers profess an apprehknsion that the Spring Valley reservoirs from which that city draws its water supply may become exausted before rain falls in suiacient quantity to replenish them. There was a rush of gold hunters to the Leaf hill in Minnesota a couple of weeks ago, in consequence of a report that the precious metal had been dis covered there in quantities that were sure to pay. Later developments prov ed it to be iron pyrites, or "fools' gold." Irrigating the dry lands in Colorado from wells by windmill power has been recently found practable by a farmer, near Evans, in that stale. With one small mill an acre of vegetables was watered, and thirst of a herd of eighty head of cattle, horses, and sheep was quenched. A marble mine has been recently dis covered in madison county, Indiana. The vein is from one to four and a half feet in thickness, and the marble is of good quality, being of a yelloy clouded color and almost entirely free from grit. The increase ofsrholors in the public schools of Iowa last year was over twenty thousand, which caused a de crease in the ratio of apportionment of the school fund of two cents per capita to make the fund go round. DAVENPORT PUMP CQHPAKY. 5IAl FAriTI!E OF IBZE.A.ISPS PATENT STONE FORCE PUMPS. DAVEXPOKT. IOWA. J, bcAKl'S STONE FLMP. 1 IS J.O. CUMMINS, ri.ATTSMOCTII, XlUl. THIS JPTJJsLl? Postxci.vf.ft the Follotcinj Superiority s. 1. It is iievvr it fH" ctfd liy fr.t n-iitiirin mi t.iiin. rai-iirj.i of rht iiiiudli' or o! In-r I! si.nis tin" li.'-i r M'couii n:oii'.'!i of W.f luiMit.i'. a:i .1 t in? lio.v i';isc. i lit iiioi.ii-ii: you Mo. leaven; uo dripi'iivrs to form mud or icj in winter, on Ktnl around t in piatfoMi.; :t. 1 1 tiiorouiily veuulalis the well, lidding it of. foul air. 4. i t fin tvs its cost evt-iT year in I.thor ; it riiiis eav ft. 1 1 I Iiivalual!? in ras of tiro an engine rvi-r ri-atly at your ilnor. . 'ill" Vyliiider 1 i 1 1 lc of .to!f. v.v.il p!:.Zcd on t!i inidi'. is Mu:il to jjla.s. a:id ifiueh Mi'o,n;er ; there i no slime .; iioii ever i-olieeiiiiir mi ir. T. 1 hi" well reoeli'. s no c!e;iiiin r owl afier one I of tlifo iin! w M-t in one tiiut is flea.i. x. It eouihines boih t lie ntiio;iiieiie iul foive l-l iucijile. hieh uives it nil ninal jn-epsuie on the water, throwimr a kte.idv Mream. tnili with the up and down motion of tlir? handle. !. Thi' pump always iiri::i:s rjel w;;jfr from the .ta.t. tlie w:trr sfandiiii; belt v.- tiiu iiiatl'orin in a siene eylinder. lo. The liiiekcts may l remove,! at auy time without moviiis the iminn or latf.u-.n. Thev w id f Iirow from tilty to Nev...ny-five fm-t fiom the end of a hose, from wells ujj to sixty feet deep, with one hand wer. -Th-y aie rery tncfi:! for w-l.iu carria pes, iniiis, sfCUiKiliii ia" US, 1 . a h U- j: if.'!.:-?:;. -1 TT3 1 Fred, border's Implement Emporium THIRD STREET, Is tho place to buy every kind of Agricultural Implement. SULKY GANC PLOW, of the Chietnm Plow Co.: STANDARD NEW DINO CULTIVATOR, of Rock ford. III; NEW MONITOR, (Check Roir) CORN PLANTER; CHAMPION and other CELERRXTED HARROWS 'JzarrisQJX and 4 Fella.' Wagon . SINGLE and COMBINED REAPERS and MOWERS, (New Manny, f.'hampion, and otlers.) WOODS' REAPER. MOWER, AND HARVESTER, (tvit7i Sclf-Bindiwj attachment.) THE VIBRATOR THRESHING MACHINE, Nicholls, Shcppard d- Co. .Satisfaction Guaranteed oino Sale. FISEI). GOHDEH, OiVicc In J. V. HVekbacJi's Store, corner Juiti and Third Street. B BY TMS BESTt x r THE a fy v: f! ir m 1 NEW SEYTITGr ES ft? This Machine- is Oflarod to the Public Upon its Merits Alone. Its Liyht and Still Runniuy Qualities, and its S W -Threading Needle and Sclf-Rfijuh'tinrf Tensions, make it the Most Desirable Machine in the irorld. FRANK CARRVTII, JE W EL Eli. AGENT, PL A TTS MO U TH, NEBRASKA. fvcncral If stern Office? D. A. KEN YON, Mannytr, '211 2 oi I A 'ill l'xcolsior C'onyin? Ihxdi. iQt Inl of 'lwnji;il ;:. i-1;!v ooji'u-j ifisv v.iil'ni Y.'liU-H T .":itcr, l it ;-.?.-. 'l iir,-. -. r I t'is. I'VITV i V ( r if i t lei : i oiioii t si:':t. ioi -h. We t-lii- u to Yfi i-o,.i :m-s h inv.ilu t" : vl!s : :.; lid . wiii li I. Tiff !. IIV .MA! I. !:ti.l t- ; 'I :' ivicr lo :riv t 'tii'iitu'ivi !t A for A ..!, ( I'll !;i : . y tv .. 3 i i.liiini rx.. 4 ii!'ii"). MI. Tor Tliroat. Lung. Asthma, and K Itlarya. g: ar ovtcn9 sumption. w1 i or Inhnl.mon for Camrrh. Consumption, ; brum httiit. ntl Abiiiuia. fcGTQCt Tar Troches, a Of i" rr,a inn.'ltl, Ji '-'.-I ?,-tiLSf liLJkAltliJ tUUU OUU y.ng the lirttii. 3t Tar Salve, or jit-antie inuoient borea, Liters, units, irarus, au iur l iit.ii. pos e3t Tar Soap, h or Chnnrwd Ilamls. Salt laieiini, tiltin DisenseB, B the Toilet and UaUi. Forest Tar Bnhalors, or Inhahus for Catarrh. Consumption, A&thma, JFor Sale by mil Druggists. MIKE SCHNELLBACHER, II LA VKSJS i Til A.V1 WAtiON IIEPAIRI X G All kiiuls of 'Allil IMPLEMENTS Neatly d' Promptly :0: Horse, 3Itilc& OxSIiocinix. In short, we'll shoe anytiiin.qf that has four feet, from a Zebra to a Giraffe. Ctme and see 113. IsTEW SHOP, o:t FKlli St.. helween IMain and Vine Strrf-M-just strross the comtr from Hie sew HEllAf.U unlet. u;yl BOOT? AxriD SZEaiOIEJ ' fil f fill f- v-rr "v ' fcj f - ?. I 1 : .; '-.; 'i;-- ' "i. 1 1 F I - I v - iif: ' ' - -'-i ? Q NORTH OF MAIN, PI- 'ALU -s, hi Co Co to t3 Si 2SouJ:ss Se oe, :nalia, !Y-I. 4i4 GO TO THE riERALp Office I'OR YOUR cr4 iLTti tiii. g THE PARKER GUM. SEND STAMP FOR CIRCULAR PARKER BROS WEST MERIDEN.CT. THERE 13 MONEY IS IT! ; Special Indaceinots to lie Trad AGE2TTS WAxTTED Everywhere for tha Sttle 3. JT "JT r-,'w:tjc--Vi II IS! s4 SCYYINC MACHINES lict&4-.. TUtV AUE TBS Simplest, Liglit.-vt r.unnintr, Bft Sfade and Moil IUiliaLia Jbcurintj alaeluiie in lha world. (Cut this out and renienilcr it.) Mid Ivmz H::hin3 C3 Ton Siii EX i IV1 mm t f n mm O And lie has brought Goods, Fancy P mts- Spring and Summer Goods eyer and ever so cheap, Now is your chanco hound to sell and undersell anybody. Hurry tip. I want to go East ayain next month. GOODS SOLD tQ S or Fill lOPJilUll As it is generally our custom to give you our prices for good3 so that you can calculate at homn what you ca.i buy for your money, we will give jou juices below which will be lower than ever and 10 per cent, cheaper than yo.t can anywhere in this City or State. We have the advantage of any merchant in this city buying direct from 11 manufacturers. We have opened a Wholestale Store in St. Joseph Ma, wl.ich will be attended by Mr. Solouion. LOOK AT OUK PRICK I.I- T. 20 yards prints for one dollar. Summer Shawls, 7-"c up. JJrown and I leach muslin, 12 10 Ulue and ln'own denims, one lied ticking, one dollar. Clieviot. one dollar. firass Cloth, one dollar. Malt Shades, one dollar. Table Linen, one dollar. Crash Toweling, one dollar. 4 12 As it is impossible to give the we will styles nly slate that it is the largest Poplins, Double Silk Pongees Japanese Silks. Matelasse Zephyr Suitings, Lawns. Grenadines, anil Percales, at prices ranging from V2 cts. up; also a fine line of irAMIJUHG LMIIllOIDLIUlS from 5 cents up.' LIXEX I:MI):;OIDI:i:1J:.S to match our LIXEX PIILSS ;OOJ).5. A full assortment of LL'XDLi: I'ltlXT. and evei vthlng l.'elonging to " -A. W v e arso Keep a luii line ot (ri:(B from 84. oO uj) for whole suits. Jeans line While Shirts $1 up; Calico Shir'.s, 7 .i Hats. re up; Caps, 10c up; Loots, -2 per pair up; Shoes. SI per pair up: TIJIWKS and VALISES, a gud ; i tiiit-.it. We do nut keep a little of everything, from r.n Axe Handle to a barrel - of sail., but what ueiioe.irrv . have in full and coun.iete slock. JL res i QSF jUiiMiiHIll0J We wouM in iVn in t lie hulis of IMailinouUi nrnl vicinity Uiat we are in ivreipt of the tJ.o fi;u ; Pattern Heads and Bonnets Direct from Paris. We have an Accomplished. Fahionble las.es; also a 1 nil line ot Mi-is. j u i.l.l 1 .N ( Jfil-bons, l- lowers and Ornaments. Sa-h Kibbous fiviu 3iv up; I..;;i.. Tiinuned Hats, Si and up. We have a large and complete stock Canvass, Perforated Card Lard, Zcp!: rs." Zepl.' Xeedles, Mottoes, and Silk Floss of all shades. " An immense stock of Carpets. per yard. Standard Carpet . nam, oi We have also, for the accommodation of our friends, added lo our already Oil Window Shades in all colors. Lace We present our annual price lit eioreand inaiua 111 ior ki patronage l'lattsmouth, Nebraska, March including (he greatest Jy TO p ara of Ci eliildren ever hrouirht to this market. Bim mmi mmm mm I shall continue to keep the best of workmen in my man ufacturing department. has come homo, ' finest line of the Goods and Notions anaeo . cap' " ttfilfl WITHOUT ARBITRATION I 3 to 7 Jmt b.b jqr one dollar, ilanuKeicuirls, ,i tor J.c. Ladies Silk Ilandkcrchier, 3jc each. Ladies Hose, a pair ftr 2c. Men's trucks 5e up. Cuffs and Collars, 2c a set, and up. lied Spreads, one dollar up. Corsets, good, rnc up. dollar. prices of our enormous . JIM - j9 and finest stock ever brought to this FIBST CLASS r& n ? v ranov wry uooc hhCm $?rM m Pants from .9 1.00 up. An unexcelled -10 cts. up; Cheviot Shirts, 50 cts. up; AND BOYS' II ATS AND WELLY, i'LATLI) WARE. CLOCilS. Hl li D Lady Trimmer who understands thf busiiu's thorunghlv -i-lE5 IB rZ3Z7 3 Oil Cloths. Lugs and Mats. Hemp Carpets per 3 aid ; Ingrain Carpets, " bundles only .Si. Window Curtains 2 cts per vard. satisfied that our customers will see that w e most rospcctiuiiy asK a continuance 22d, 1T7, THE LAIJGi:ST AND UCST SELECTED STOCK OF to variety of beautiful To r TEE i & i t ' ' " Dress Goods, Staple you over saw. like, anci S3) 11! w mm r ' j-m a s. , S city and consisting of tho followin i:ev, r? pt 0 MI6 lisiaoiisiime of it ri 4 n line GEXTS' F17HNISIIIXG GOO: Overalls, (Sj cts. up; Paper Cullnr; 1" CAPS. TA15LE aad I'OCKL'T ( TT1.1 i: V - .4 ,4 ."F- n pnj r ; a U 11 U. hilli v7 11 ii si and can svit a- extensive assortment a lar-e stcc -i we can do Letter for them than tvr oi the same. SOLOMON & NATHAN. - colored shoes he closed out at W7 f rJ a M .GES, 1 r-t r-m v r ITD f VK " n WW M NY A A