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for in Bilmwe.
On Vine St., nae Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth Street.
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(TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
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l'Ali;itI. tAHK COl'XTY.
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.)
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One copy, one year ?2.no
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VOLUME XIII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1877.
NUMBER 15.
Extra c. pies of the ID i! vu for st.le
YoilllK. l'ostolVue down depot. ami O. .
son, corner Main and Fifth Streets.
NT
SKA
PIEST
National Bank
OK PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA,
SUCCESSOR TO
TOOTLE, IIAXXA & CLARK,
.T.HN KlT7.RUAM...
K. IMVCV,
A. W. M I.Ai:f;nLlN.
JOMI (J'UolRKE
President.
.Vice I'resideut.
f;is!iier.
Assistant Cashier.
This I5:nk is now open for business at their
new room, comer Main and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gsld, Government and Local
Securities
liOL'tJIIT AND OLD.
Dvposili Re'-eiced and Interest Allo'c
ed on Time Certificates.
Available in anv part of t lie I'nited States and
In all the I'rin'-ipal Towns and Cities
of l'.uiope.
AfiKXTS rIl TIIC
C E L E r. EA T E D
Inlian Like aud Allan Like
OK mTKAKKIS.
Verson wiidiing to biinj out their friends from
Europe can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
3Iuiu Streit, op'islle Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
J;2iavss2f? and SIin(jioJ;jff.
ESI'IX IAL ATTENTION GIVEN' TO
I uttlnx C'Zilidrc-n'smitl L.aIit?s'
!f:iir.
'J ALL AND sr.E llOOXK, KXT.-j,
Ami i-t i. l ii'iiie in a
WILLIAM HEROLD
Keejis )"n of the
Largest Stocks
GROCERIES,
IN TOWN. J
rnoritiKTOit UK
PALACE BILLIARD HALL.
(Main .St., c:i.st of First Nat. Bank.)
fllTT.SIOLTSe, - - - XEJl
5IY BAIt IS SUrri-IF.D WITH THE
BEST WINES, LiaUORS,
BEER, ETC., ETC. nyl
V O l" X I 51 Y
Machine Shags!
I-I.ATTSMOITH. NKI:.,
Ilepnirer of Steam Ewjin-x, Boilers,
Srttr and GrM JfiHi,
AM) STEAM EITTr."i;s,
Wi'ii;:ht Iron Pip?. Force and Lift I'ij.es. Strum
;a-.;.:ei. Safet v-Valve i tovernors, and all
kind of l'.rnss I nline Fittings,
it-paired ia slioit notice.
FARM MACHINEHU
Itej i.iied 0:1 Sh-.irt Notice.
4 Ol
YO UNO!
0
Can alirai't he found at HalVs Old
Stainl. ready to Sill the best Heats.
YOl'Xtj buys freh fat cattle, sheep, hoirs &c
lirect from the farmers every day, and his
M'-ats are ahvays g.d.
CAME, HSU, AXD FOWL, IX SEASOX
y
SAGE BROTHERS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
One Poor U;-st of the rot-Oftice, riattsmouth,
Nebraska.
... : :
Practio.U Workers in
SHEET IliOX, ZINC, TIN. Jii.'J-ZIEi:Y,iLd-
Large assortment of Hard ana Soft
COAL STOVES,
Wood ?.nd Cot;! Stoves for
II ATIXG Oil COOKING,
Always on Hand.
Every variety of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc
Work, kept in Stock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notii e.
ISTLVERTTHIXa WAIiRAXTED '. :4gJ
THICK LOW DtlWX.
SAGE BROS.
; I
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
f) C FANCY CARDS nil ft vies with name. JO cts.
mi J post paid. .1. It. Hu-t .'il", Xasnu.lieti t'o.N. Y.
255
FUTSSA2TS.No two alike, witli name loc
K. il AHl.Ki:. Maiden Itride, N. Y. 14
Ml packapf comic E
card-, p:iek scroll
Klin ; ail for inc. i
Envelopes, pk. comic
cards, p. oooK or
and .staiiip. Novelty
Co.. Miildlclioro. iass.
0-yj JT See tlas.Only l..Vleapltal
Mr reipiired to start caiiv;i-s-B
inir for MARK TWAIN'S
XNEWSCRAPfiOOK.Ap;.ly
w Uii Htainii to
CANVASSERS
l int. rv . iitnr-
uell.i;; East
Eititit St., New York
FDNi
1 coiiy curious love letter. 1 pk. comic
cards, 1 pack oppini: question canls ;
ail for 10 cts. .nd sian::i. Fun Card Co..
Midillelioro. Masn.
TRIFLING
WITH A COLD IS ALWAYS DANGEUOUS.
W ELLs' CARBO LIG TABLETS,
a sure remedy for COUGHS, and all diseases
of the Til HO AT. L.UXGS, CHEST A.XI MU
COUS M KM UII A Xl-J.
1'L'T VI' OS'LY IX HLI'KI'mIXKS.
SOLI) l!' ALL DKI OOLSTS.
C. N. ' '.I ITTKSTOX. 7 Sixth A ve'r.i.;. N.
The Black Elite.
Ity II. N". M.;fIKK, w'no has spent 12 years in
this rci!ioii. 1,,-ttest accounts of Cidd and Silver
pr..spects, Asrricultuial and Orazin resources.
Climate. Hiintin;, Fixliin. Indians, and Set
tlers' Adventures with them. Mining and Wild
Western Life, the Wafeifulls. I'.oilin (Jeysers,
iioiilr S-em iy, immense Oores, ele. With 27
.:ne ill',istr;!to!n, and oi:e ia;-.p. Trice only
JOct. Sold hy A 1. 1. N I" wsiik ai.kus. or sent
jx -rpaid for Ue. 1-v i. k:L.lj LOY1)
A. '.. tmlis.. Chicago, I
I pack acquaintance cards, 1 pack hdkf.
flirt :i! inn . I ic.ck mtii'L ail soi I .-. f'ir diiIv
!o cts aud stamp, Fun Card Co., Middie-
horo, M;tsf.
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAK
Tiioronjrlily I'nrrs IJ3Keae of t!
tKin. Uciiittini-is th 'ompltfon, Ire
vcitlMunt! rciiM'thCK It;-u;::;t i.iii Hiitl
4OUt. llc.Hl-i HoreH mitl Ah';iiiius of
the t'utiel t' unit t'on Je !: I 'imttiuioii
S' LD BY h. LL D.TUaC.STS.
Pkices 2.".c pej- Cake ; Itox cj Cakes) 70 C'ciit-.
X. It. Sent lv M il. prep;iid, 011 receijilot' prie,.
C.N. CUITl K'XDON, IVop. 7 Sixth Avenue X.Y.
WW
'flit Tip Top I'ackaue is the
rtreM anil nesi seiiinir out.
REAU AMD SEE !8slie.'Miif
fl Note I'atier. 18 Fnvelo'ies.IVn-
noiiicj, OoUieu i en. Set ol Elegant .oia
Slone Sleive IJuttons, (iciits' Lake
!t:(ir'fi Dial'.iotid Fill, A mt t !iyt Stone
llin. iiiiaid with (inld, Amethyst Stone
Scarf l'ir., Cold-plated Wedding Uinir.
Set l.'o.seluid Ear Drops, Ladies' Flower
ed and Silvered Hat i'in. LaiHo' Eancy
Set l'iu and Drops. Gidd-jilate Collar
liutton, tienis' ioid-jdnte YVatch
Chain, smd Set of Three ;dd-plated
stud-. J hi- rttrirr. uii tt ifin
TH I i.nrlXAH Y IXTiUCE
MKXTS TO AGKMS.
IitIIK. Ciintnu lI.tJ, Xvxv Vork.
F 1 comic oil flirotnn, 7x1 1, moii'.ited,
r j worth i.v.!.. 1 pi: love card. 1 p.-ick
JH omic I'vel.iT'i s, 1 pk cotnie earns. 1
1 li n'v scroll. 1 i.'n bi.ok Fun all sent for
0:11 v . c. si ii. itVMivi M noUiM'itro. :,a-is.
BRYAN & CHAMBERS,
.ClUP.TS oi
1 D'-iilers in
jiL LGs Jv JLLH rtr iJJ
"rTE! Ta
! SADDLES.
! COLLARS,
I HA LTERS,
1 wrrrry-"
ETC., ETC., ETC.
REPAIRING
Done with Nsatii3:sl Dispatch
4111 iG.
HO FOR TEE
SBiaols Hills I
IN PLATTS1I0UTH.
V.'HOL!".SALK MilOlt
Ai tIAR STOKE.
OF
;T"M. ';i."IRE"S old stand still kept open by
the al)ovf.
CIGARS, TOBACCOS. dC. WHOLE
SALE & RETAIL.
Kl.F.l"
I Good Goods, Buy Largely
And invite trade to call and examine, ltf
Oood fresh n:i!k
DELIVERED DAILY !
AT
E VEU YBOD I".S UOM i: IX I LA TTSMV UTU
IK T ! I K V WANT IT, V.Y
J. F. IJHAl 31i:fSTS:31.
SKXI IN VOUlt OKDK1IS AVI) I WILL TH V AND
;IVK YOU
TE'TTIEWE MILK
40yl
and serve j ou regularly.
O. P. JOHNSON,
1EALER IN
Drugs? Medicines?
0 AND
All Paper Trimmed Free of
Charge.
ALSO DEALEIl IN
Stationery, Magazines,
-iA'7
Latest Publications.
Prescription Carefully Compounded
by an Kxperieneed Drusit.
WALL; PAPER.
CEM EMBER THE PLACE.
COR. FIFTH & MAIN S1REETS
I'LAITSMOTTII, XZB.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
II. IS. W IX UII A M.
ATTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Real
estate lioucht and sold. Taxes paid ; and so
cial attention fiiven to collections. Odice over
Dr. Chapman's Dnis Store, riattsinouth. 37yl
H.tl M C II A 131 AX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chan
cery. Oftlce in Fitzgerald's Block, I'lattsmouth.
Nebraska.
WIIF.ELKU& KF.AXKTT,
REAL ESTATE and Tax raying Acents, No
taries I'uldic, E'ire and Life Insurance Agents,
I'lattsmouth, Nebraska.
It It I.IVIXKTOX,
I'HY'SICIAN & Sl'RCIEOX. temlers Ms pro
fessional .services to the citizens of C:tss county.
Residence southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. ;
onice on Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
I'lattsmouth. Nebraska.
1 ;i:o. s. jshitii.
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker. Special attention Kiven to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate.
Office on 2u iloor, over I'ost OUice, I'lattsmouth,
Nebraska. 40 1.
JOHN W IIAIXI.H
M'STICE OF THE TEACE, ana collector of
debts, collections made from oiip dollar to one
thousand do:tar. Morttfagcs. Deeds, and oth
er instruiiieiitH ilrawn. and all county business
usually transacted before a J us! ice of the I'eace.
Best of reference triven if required.
Office on Main street. West of Court House.
40-yl JOHN W. HAINES.
IK. J. 31. WATEU2I A X,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
IjiAiinvillc, Caxs Co., Xtb.
"Always at the office 011 Saturdays. 4oyl
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
C. HEISEL,
Pro)3rietor.
Flour, Corn Meal, & Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The hiahest prices paid for Wheat and
Corn. Particular attention given custom work.
SAUNDERS HOUSiJ.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample Room..
Every attention paid to guests. 4:iin3
Plattsmoutu, ----- Neb.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
LINCOLN, NEK.,
J.J.I2III0FF, - - - Proprietor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
in the State. Always stop at the Commercial.
'GRAND CENTRAL'
HOTEL,
Largest and Quest IJo!eI Ie
luft'n tiiicaproiuid S;m
I'l'itntijsi o.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. XEli.
O. K. SALOON.
I keep constantly on hand
Rest's Milwaukee Beer.
which can be had at 1:0 ether
PLACE IN THE CITY.
Also the best of
ir.V "', LiOCfMiS, AX I) CIGA1ZS.
.".''in'; K.I. Roviiiianni.
LENJIOFF & BONNS,
loriiiii Dew S::loon !
One door e;.st of the Saunders Ilouso. We
keep the best ot
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
x;nii Constantly on Hand.
A rcut lieiurIon in I'rics of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
Prices red .iced from 20 to per cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices
for iS77. Address,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
Gl Smithilcld St., Pittsburgh, Pa. layl
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Uetail Dealers in
Pine Lumber,
SHIIsTGLS
Sash,
Doors,
Blinds,
ETC.. ETC., ETC. '
Mai., street. Corner of Filth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - - XEli.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
STK EIGHT k 311LL t,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES
BRIDLES,
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
Fruit Confectionery,
AND
Grocery Store
NUTS,
CANDIES,
TEAS
COFFEES,
SUGARS,
TOBA.CC0ES,
FLOUR,
&e.
i;mem?er t he place opposite E. O. Dovey's
on Lower M iin Street.
STREIQIIT cfr MILLER.
TLA
BEST FARMING LANDS
IN NEBRASKA,
1 Oil SALE BY
ix m:kamk a.
Great Advantages to Buyers
IS 1877.
Ttn Years Credit at G per cent Interest.
Six Years Credit at 6 per cent Interest,
and 20per cent Uun-ount.
Otlir I.tlerjl IMiirenDts Kr Casta,
Uebntex on Karen antl Fret eJi t,
cud l'reuluitt tor Improve
mrnis Pamphlets and 3aps, containing full p.trtic
ula.rs, will be mailed free to any part of. the
ws) rid on applicstion to
LAND COMMISSIONER. B. & M. II. K.
D!
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IXJfCOLJf. NrBHAfrKA
For the Nebraska Hf.kalp.
In Hoc Sljno Yinces.
"In hoc siguo vinces.
Whether Constantine
Told the truth or no.
Looking for an omen
Ere he met the foe.
When lie said Jehovah
Favored his design
By the sin he showed him,
Is no care of mine.
Pictured on his senses
In hoc signo vinces."
By the cross he conquered
Where he led his hosts.
There the foeuian perished
Yielding up the ghost.
And this dreaded syiub 1,
Learned the adversary,
Was their sure defeat,
Were they d( ubly wary
Void of all pretence
"In hoc sijjno vincex,"
And tis e'er the same
Saving superstition,
Kiiht is more than might
Daily exhibition.
Right will win the battle
When the foe Is strong
If the praise be given
Where the praise belong.
"In hoc signo vinces."
Racine, June 23, 1S77.
ABIGAIL AND JAMES.
Gaily Miss Abigail
Twanged her guitar.
As she prepared to go
Forth to the war.
Singing, "For scalps and things
I'm on the trail :
Jimmy Blaine, Jimmy Blaine,
Trust Sister Gail.
"Witness the battle, Jiin,
But not to near ;
JCeep a distance off
Bring up the rear.
You dig the trenches, Jim."
Abigail said ;
"Then, when I pop 'em off.
Bury the dead."
Then she began to throw
Hot shot and shell.
Through a sharpshooter she.
Nobody fell.
Search Jim tho battle-field,
Hopeful, alert :
Quoth he, "Why, Abigail,
Nobody's hurt '"
Sadly came Abigail
Back from the war ;
Go:ie all her hlfalale,
Bust her guilnr.
Sad was the song she sung.
This the refrain :
"Didn't hurt the enemy.
But killed Jim Blaiae."
JUL FUNNIEST OF WILLS.
Jacob Van Divyer, of Michigan, was
nut only worth $3.,000 when he died,
the other day, but lie was the funniest
of the fuunv nut.. II was funny in
hi looks, in his ways, in his laugh and
in his speech, and one day, when asked
why he did not write for the papers, he
replied :
"Some day I shall pes'111 to s."
He began the other day, when he died
or, rather, just before he d;ed. When
told by the doctor that his flame of Fife
would not flicker beyond two or three
days, Jacob replied:
"Vhell, dot is all right. (Jo down
und tell my clerk in der saloon to set
'cm up for the poys. It isn't so hot to
die in Shanuary as Sliuly; also -pring
me a lawyer, dot I shall make my will."
He made a will.
The corpulent Mrs. Van Dreyer wip
ed her weeping eyes and wondered if
he would leave all to her, and her thin
waisted daughters and thick-waisted
sons felt sad-hearted, and figured on
about 61,000 each.
The lawyer was closeted with Uncle
Jake for two or three hours, and those
in the next room were frequently and
greatly surprised to hear the dying man
call out:
"Ila, ha, ha! but won't dot brovision
in der will shust make all der i.ewspa
pears read funny!"
.Something tickled Jacob Van Drey
er, but what it was no one could find
out; he laughed just as much after the
lawyer had departed, and as his family
gathered around his dying bed he smil
ed blandly and said:
"My dear ones, I haf made a will. All
der wives and shildren are brovided
for in der latest Paris style, und I hope
you will all be well bleased ha, ha,
ha!"
They thought his mind wandered,
but that's where they were lame; his
mind was as sound as a brick, and his
head was level. He was grinning and
chuckling when death overtook him,
and when the coffin was opened in the
church for a last look, the face of the
dead Van Dreyer wore a pleased ex
pression. The mystery was revealed when his
will was opened ; it was in due and le
gal form, and tte first provision read:
"To my good and faitnful wife I give
and bequeath the sum of 810,000, cash
in bank, provided that said Augusta
Van Dreyer suffers the loss of her ears
within three days from the date of ray
burial. In case she refuses to part ith
her ears, she shall have the sum of 6500
cash, and no more."
When Frau Van Dryer heard the
above provision read, she clapped her
fat hands to her large ears, uttered a
yell of dismay and despair, and fainted
dead away. If there was any fun
about that she couldu't relish it. The
second provision of the will related to
Carl, the oldest son, and it read:
"My son Carl is very fond of hunting.
I give and bequeath him the sum of
$5,000 in TJ. S. bonds, and I have secre
ted them where he will have all the
hunting he wants before he finds them.
If he never discovers them, they are to
be given to the German schools of De
troit." "Dot is a pig shoke ou me!" growled
Carl, and he left the room to lind con
solation in his pipe, while the lawyer
read the third provision:
"My daughter Katrina is .always be
fore the looking glass when she should
be helping her mother or mending her
brother's clothes. I direct that my sa
loon be sold as soon as possible, and one
half the money laid out in looking-glasses
for Katrina, while the other half be
given her for the purchase of ribbons."
"Oh, vhas I porn to hear such dings
as doze?" wailed the thin-waisted Ka
trina, and she would have fainted away
had not the son Carl made up a face at
her through the side window, and
aroused her sisterly indignation.
The lawyer had a solemn duty to
perform, and he continued reading:
"My second son, Hans, is lazy and
good-natured. I give and bequeath him
my grocery building, land and stock,
knowing that he will have nothing left
at the end of a year. Before entering
into possession he shall saw and split
six. cords of hickory wood. If he fails
to comply with this provision, the prop
erty shall be sold and the proceeds do
nated to some German orphan asylum
in Michigan."
"Such shokes, such shokes!" groaned
Hans, and he slid out to comfort the
fat Carl, who was Wondering if the
bonds left him were buried in the cel
lar or hidden in the garret.
There was sdll another son; he sat
in the corner, grinning at his mother
and winking at Katrina, and the law
yer went on:
"My son Gustavus is a good boy, and
he can take a joke as well as his father.
I therefore leave him just what I be
gan life with nothing and I hope he
will make good use of it."
Gustavus quit grinning and winking
in about a Cincinnati second, and he
faintly called out:
"If I can dake dot shoke den I doiv
know!"
The lawyer had finished the family,
but that wasn't the end ; funny Jacob
Van Dreyer had some friends whom he
thought tit to remember, and he lntd
said ;
"As Theodore Gust has been a life
long friend of mine, I desire to leave
him the sum of Before taking
possession of the money he mtit have
his whiskers all cut olT, anil his head
shaved, to attest his sorrow at my de
parture from this good world."
Mr. Gust was on hand to hear the
reading of the will, and he felt of his
bushy hair and long goatee, glanced out
at the howling winter storm, and he
smiled a sad, sweet smile, as he shook
his head and replied:
"I shust like to see myself doing such
dings. chV"
"And as Jacob Ilein has also been a
good friend of mine"' (said the will),
"and as he is inclined to think well of
himself, I will and bequeath him my
dying opinion that he is the gseatest
Dutchman in America. -If he shall
take the strawberry color out of his
nose will. in three weeks from my buri
al, he is to have money enough from
estate to buy him live barrels of beer,"
Jacob Ilein was also there. He had
worn a very bland look, and he had
chuckled over Mr. Gust's set-back, but
his own downfall left him as limp as a
rag. He slapped his leg and called out:
"Vhy does dot dead man make some
shokes on his best frent? I von't take
dot peer py golly, no!"
The fat widow, the lean daughter
and the lazy sons are making an effort
to break the will, and the effort will
doub'J js be crowned with success, as
each of them is ready to affirm that:
"D.izij man was more crazy as one
loon."
Nevertheless, Jacob Van Dreyer has
had his fun, and has won his title.
Still Anxious.
When Harden White was brought
out, on Mj:iday morning, to answer
the charge of drunkeness. h; said he
was very anxious to got home to Bay
City, and he was told to go. When he
was brought out again, Wednesday
morning, on the same charge, he ex
plained that he got left, had been rob
bed, and was still very, very anxious
to get home by the air-line route.
"And you are still anxious to get to
Bav City?" inquired his Honor, as the
prisoner stood before liini.
"I'm so anxious that I fairly tremble,
replied Mr. White.
4I suppose you'd charter a special
train if you had the money?"
"Yes. I would. I tell you. Judge,
this being separated from my loving
wife almost kills me. If I ever get
home again I'll stick there."
"Whats your wife's name?" sudden
ly asked the Court.
The man stuttered and stammered,
scratched his head and finally replied
that it was Mary.
"Well, I'll have the clerk drop her a
note to that affect, that you are still
anxious to reach home, but won't g-jt
there for thirty days. By-by trot
along."
Oh! heavens! but this is a crushing
blow," gasped the prisoner as he slid
into the corridor.
Bijah was beginning to feel sympathy
for him, when the fellow picked up a
new broom and broke the handle across
his knee and tried to tear the stove
down. Detroit Free Press.
The daughter of Charlotte Buff, Goe
the's Charlotte, Werther'sLotte, bread-and-butter
Lotte, has just died at Ba
sle an old, old woman.
SEW INDUSTRIES WANTED.
Number 1.- Beet Sugar.
The fact that the United States have
in the past ten years paid out the enor
mous sum of 81,000,000,000 one thou
sand million of dollars for sugar,
while all the European nations, no
more favorably situated than America,
are providing themselves through
their own industry with all they con
sume, and that France furnishes her
people with cut loaf sugar of the best
quality at five cents a pound at retail
and, further, that our lands are idle,
our capital is idle, and our people are,
for want of the labor to produce it,
suggests to us that one man's life may
be usefully spent in endeavering to
bring before the people of the nation
the great importance oi, as well as the
great advantage of inaugurating this
industry.
Our iron and steel men do not want
more furnaces or more converters to
give them success, but they want more
outlets for the products of iron and
steel. More industries demanding ma
chinery to prosecute them successfully
and in no one direction is there a more
direct two-fold gain than in saving the
money paid out for sugar, and at the
same time using it to employ and en
rich our people. To show its feasibili
ty, let U3 see the practicability of produc
ing beets, and the cost of machinery
and product.
1. The beets are easily raised as corn
in all the states from Maine to Texas.
An analysis of the soil of any given lo
cality may show too great a preponder
ance of saltpetre of some salts, and'
these soils may either be avoided or
neutralizing fertilizers applied. The
yield is 10 to 40 tons to the acre, ac
cording to fertility of soil, but a soil
whicli gives 20 tons is best, because a
beet of smaller size, growing entirely
under the ground, is best. At Si to
S3 per ton, the farmer obtains quite a3
much profit from his labor as in any
other crop.
2. To give a maximum of profit to
the machinery, it should be able to
work up 100 tons per day, and may be
run fully five months of the year north
of the latitude of St. Louis. This re
quires 15,000 tons of beets, or the pro
duct of 800 to 1,000 acres of ordinary
yield, and the factory should ba loca
ted with reference to the alluvial soil
proper and abundant for this amount.
3. The plant or factory would cost,
built new entire, from 75,000 to 100,
000. With the many failures of sugar
refineries, the machinery should be
purchased and put m opperation for
from $50,000 to 73,000, easily, as much
of the machinery for sugar refining is
equ?lly adapted to beet sugar manufac
ture. 4. The gross income from the fac
tory using 15,000 tons of beets would
be from 1,800 to 2,003 tons of sugar,
according to the per cent of saccharine
matter contained, 12 to 15 percent.
France obtains, by proper cultivation,
as high as 17 to 19 p?r cent. The val
ue of the sugar pefore refining would
be 830.000 to 35,000.
This industry is practicable in ev
ery state in the Union. A factory in
Illinois is now working up forty tons
of beets per day. Its machinery was
put up with too little knowledge of the
requirements of the business, and has,
we believe, from that reason alone,
been but partially successful. A scien
tific test of soils, of beets grown, and
explicit directions and proper care in
their growth, all learned from experi
ments made directly to that end, and a
chemical knowledge of the process, are
necessary. The rolling lands of Illi
nois, Iowa, Missouri, and especially
Kansas, are especially adapted to this
industry. Maine offers one cent a
pound premium up to 7,000 a year for
the establishment of the industry. Can
not the proper steps be taken to test
its practicability in the west? Age of
Steel.
From Dead wood.
A few spare moments allows me the
opportunity to give you a short descrip
tion of the gold prospects of the Black
Hills and Dead wood, the great center
of attraction and supply depot. Dead
wood is situated in the north part of
the Hills. live iniies in from the foot
hills. One half of this distance is a
gradual rise, it is onward and upward,
until one stands the sport and prey of
the elements above, and then onward
and downward, until one stands the
sport and prey of the Dead wood gold
seekers, which is far more difficult to
deal with than the elements of the sum
mit. In spite of Deadvood,s poor lo-
, locality, it at the first glance, attracts
the eye of the lover of nature with its
majestic beauty ; on either side the ti 11,
gigantic mountains rear their lofty
heads toward the fleecy clouds, whilst
myriads of dark, lofty pines cover
their brows with the vigor of youth
and beauty. The mountain bteezes
( inurmuiing through the dark foliage
I seems to whisper in its mournful strains
enticing notes, to lure the poor wan
: tiering pilgrim on to partake of the rich
treasures therein, for Deadwood and
the vicinity is rich; thousands have
been taken out and thousands more are
I being taken out daily. The city from
mora till eve is one moving mas3 of
men, silently moving to and fro, each
one intent on his own business, and, if
j perchance, in tbi hustle of the crowd.
one runs against another and knocks
hirn down, all he has to do is to pick
himself up and go on, without any apol
ogies being offered or desired. Sabbath
day is the big day here, then it is al
most impossible to travel thd narrow
dirty streets, for it is one living mass
of human beings. One might think
Plattsmouth had moved out hen on
Sabbath day I stood on a street corner
and counted 17 men from there. Xo
one can comprehend the place till they
see it for themselves. The gold pros
pects is very flattering in this gulch,
every claim is now paying big; but
the manner in which these claims have
been taken up, has allowed a few per
sons to monopolize the entire gulch,
each claim calls for 300 feet up and
down the gulch and from run rock to
rim rock; which is a greater swindle
than was ever carried on in any min
ing country under the sun, by this ar
rangement 59 men have got what 500
men should have. The gulch diggings
are paying big in the vicinity of Dead
wood. The quartz leads are paying
well, some are very rich, the quartz in
the Hidden Treasure essays $40 to the
ton. Many old miners here claim that
there has not been one well defined
lead yet discovered in the hills, whilst
others claim several as well defined
leads as are found in any mining coun
try; be this as it may, I am not sitting
in judgment on the decision of the case.
The 20 stamp mills are turning out on
an average $1,000 per week, which is
very good. But if these leads prove
but floats, (as many experienced miners
claim,) they may fail at any time. The
placer diggings, in Deadwood gulch, are
about worked out, will be entirely
worked out this summer, and then if
the quartz leads don't hold out the hills
are gone, for a strip of ten miles from
Deadwood contain the entire gold bear
ing fields of the Black Hills. Castle,
French, Battle and Spring Creeks just
pay enough to make fools of the min
ers, not one claim on either of those
creeks has ever paid a man for sinking
the prospect hole, though many assert
to the contrary, but they don't produce
the gold; and few are working their
claims. Every kind of business is
overdone here, there is no chance for a
man to work at any trade, for there is
20 applicants for every job.
My advice to everyone who is mak
ing their board at home is to stay there
and eat it. In the charming words of
Shakespere, hold! enough. More anon,
Joe. II. Fairfield,
June 15th, 1877.
"Puck's" Puns on the War Map.
I am gratified to see, my dear Puck,
that you carefully exclude from your
columns all puns on the llusso-Tuikish
war. Such puns are stale, flat, aud un
profitable, and mere childs play to con
struct. Take Kars, for instance. How
easy to couple puns to Kars when you
are in the right train of thought. The
word itself suggests raillery, or rather
railroadery ; but my motive for "break
ing" into this subject is not a locomo
tive, and before you signal me to
"switch off", I wish to tender the re
mark that several thousand puns al
ready perpetrated on Kars are extreme
ly sill-', and their somnolent tendency
makes them only fit reading for per
sons who are not sound "sleepers." A
recent newspaper war map located
Kars on top of Mt. Arrat. How the
feat wa3 accomplished without an in
clined railway up the mount, and a
stationary engine on top, is difficult to
explain.
s To show the hollow mockery and ut
ter emptiness of Eastern war-map puns
permit me to relate a conversation be
tween two newspaper paragraphers,
which I overheard the other evening.
"Garsh!" exclaimed one, jabbing his
pen through a seven-syllable town in
Ilussia. "Garsh ! if an Fastern war-map,
from top to bottom, isn't as fnll of ma
teiial fo- Koppu-tal puns asXew York
Carnival is of imbecility!'
"Yes," returned the other Misrah-ble
joker. "I acknowledge the Choran I
can see Servin in one word, but it
would Tekman a Melichan man, as
Ah Sin would say a week to exhume
them all and he would be apt to
Kotchkol-d. while at his Torturous
work."
"Gumgum man," replied tht first
speaker, taking a chew of fine cut.
"You are Ingorrigable. 1 Xevakan
quietly listen to such lingual as-Sass-in-ation.
Bardess my puns were, yours
are in the van for diabolicle actroci
ousness. "I know there Ezreoum for improve
ment.," admitted his friend, "and you
mustn't get Maadanough to punch a
fellow's head if I tell yoa that your
pronunciation of Russian and Turkish
nomenclature suggest a mouth full of
Muscsh."
"Oh, I Kor(t)akold while Coumien
from the opera not the Kankan
last night. I heard Mile. Saratow,
but I don'c think Ersh.gen is as sweet
as Xilson's, though prehaps more
'mashed'."
Accldeut.
On the morning of 2Cth of June,
1877, Mr. Wm. Chalfanfs little boy,
Hamlin, while playing in the morning,
by climbing small trees near the school
house in dist, Xo 13, fell and broke his
arm, near the schoulder. The teacher
who was present, immediately sent
for Dr. Wallace of Factoryville, who
set the fractured bone, the boy is doing
well at present writing.
1. A. Con a.
ROAD AGENTS AT WOUl
Eobberyof Stage Coaches far Thn
sccatire days A (J jood dt'al
Treastine Secured.
Special to the Oaisth.i Dally Kepublie
II.VT CiacKic, Wv., June
List night at U Vclook one and
half miles north of Clreyennerive
agents astacked the Cheyenne
coach from Deadwood. The
consecutive night they attacke
outward bound coach. Ou Mi
they could not open the treasun
but robbed the passengers of s?
Wednesday night they got the tte
coutain $15,030. Last night the
the treasure box and estimated
tents of 10,003. There were four
in the party last night. Full pari
lars by letter.
Hat Ckeek, Wv, June '.
Another robbery last night,
stage from Deal wood was stoj
near Cheyenne river. Both trea
boxes were taken. Passengers u
not molested. II o 1 1 agents sent w.
by the driver to managers of the t
line to send them a pair of gold sm
as dividing dust with a spoon is i
always satisfactory. A detachment
0 cavalrymen under Lieut, Iieyiio
left Ft. Laramie this morning
search of the robbers.
A Letter From General Grunt.
Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean.
Philadelphia, Pa., June i:. 'I
following letter will bo of general .
terest.
My Dear Mr. Childs: After
unusual stormy passage for any sea
of the year, and continual sea sitkne
among the passengers after the secoi
day out, we reached Liverpool Mond..
afternoon, the 2'3th day of may. Jes...
and I proved to be among the go
sailors. Xeither of us felt a momei;t'
upeasiness during the voyage. I hi -proposed
to leave Liverpool immedi
ately on arrival and proceed, to London
where 1 knew our minister had niau
arrangements for a formal receptiu:
and had accepted for me a few invitu
tion of courtesy, but what was my sui -prise
to find nearly all the shipping in
port at Liverpool decorated with flags o
all nations, and from the mainmast
of each the Flag of the Union mos.
conspicuous.
The docks were lined with as many ot
the population as could find standing
room, and the streets to the Hotel where
it was understood my party would stop,
were packed. The demonstration was,
to all appearances, as hearty and en
thusiastic as in Philadelphia on oui
departure. The Mayor was presen.
with his state car riage. to convey ut
to the Hotel and after that to his beau
tiful country residence, some six mile-:
out, where we were entertained at dinner
with a small par ty of gentlemen, and
re mained over night. The following
day a large party was given at the of
ficial residence of the mayor in the
city, at which were some ono hundred
and fifty distinguished citizens and of
ficials of.the coi porat ion present. Press
ing invitations were sent from most
of the cities of the kingdom to have
me visit them. I accepted Friday at
Manchester, and stop a few moments
at Leicester, and one other place. Tho
sums hearty welcome was shown at
each place, as you have no doubt seen.
The press of the country has been ex
ceedingly kind and courteous. So far I
have not been permitted to travel in a
regular train.muchlessin nc minon car
The Midland road, which penetrates a
great portion of the island, including
Wales and Scotland, have extended t
me the courtesy of their road and a
Pullman car to take me wherever I
wish to go during tho whole of my
stay in England.
We arrived at London on Monday
evening the 30th of May, where
found our Minister had accepted en
gagements for me up to the 27lh of
June, leaving but few spare days iu
the interval.
On Saturday last we dined with tho
Duke of Wellington, and last night a
formal reception at Judge Pierrcpont'.s
was held. It was a great success,
most brilliant in numbers, rank, and
the attire of the audience, and was
graced by the presence of every Amer
ican in the cify who had called on thri
Minister or left a card for me. I doubt
whether London ever saw a private
house so elaborately or taste! ully dec
orated as was our American Minister'n
last night. I am deeply indebted to
him for the pains he has taken
t make rny stay pleasant and the at
tentions extended to our country. I
appreciate the fact and am proud of it
that the attentions I am receiving aro
intended more for our country than
for m3 personally. 1 love to see our
country honored and respected abroad?
and I am proui to believe that it is by
most all nations, and by some it is even
loved. It has always been my de.siib
to see all jealousy between England
and the United States abated, and
every sore healed. Together they aro
more powerful for the spread of com
merse and civilization than all the oth
ers combined, and can do more to lc
move the causes of wars by creating
mutual interests that would be so
much endangered by war.
I have written very hastily, and a
good deal at length, but I trust this
will not lore you. Had I wiitteu for
publication I should have taken moic
pains. U. S. Gi:..vr.
To G. W. Child.', F.sq.
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