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VOLUME XIV.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1878.
J DUMBER 3.
Extra copies of the Hkrai.i Tor sal bv J. P.
Young, ri'tlTlcc news depot, and O. F. Jolia
son, corner ol Main ami Fifth Streets.
PIEST
National Bank
OK PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
SCC'CKS-SOR TO
TOOTLE HAXX.l 3L CLARK
John Fit2eralu President.
K. tr. Dovky Vice 1'resident.
A. W. .Mi l,An;ni.iN. Cashier.
Jonh O'KouitfcK Assistant Cashier.
This Bank is now open for business at their
new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a ueneral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold. Government and Local
Securities
BOUUHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Tntere.st Allow
ed on Time Certificates.
Available in anv part of the United States and
in all the Principal Towns and Cities
of Europe.
ac; i:ts 'rem the
CELEBRATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
OK HTKAM Kits.
Person wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. c. BOONE,
Jfuin Strut, opposite S.inndirs House.
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K H A V 1 N ; A N D S II A ?I P O 1 N U
lI' i-i.il altc ntion L-ivcn (:
rf TTIXff rilll.DUKX'S AX D LA
IHAH HAIR.
: '.a. axi ski: r.ooxK, ci:xts,
A nil pi-t a hooni' in a
rr.Mriiiivroit r
PALACE BILLIARD HALL
tMai:i St., east of first Nat. Bank.)
PLATTSMOUTH, ... NEIL
iv hai: is surri.iF.1) with thk
BEST WINES, LKilOKS, I'ltiAUS,
4..V, BEE!!, KTC. ETC.
AND
m aciiixi: shops !
johist "WvYnyrisr,
rurtsMoi TH, jiF.i:.,
Rtpairer of Steam Engine, Boihrs,
Sum and Grist Hill
UAH Al HTKAM ITTTlltiS,
Vrp:i"lit Iio;i Pipe. Eoree and Lift Pipes.Steam
t;au"cs.afctv-Valve tiovcrnors.and all
Ttin'ds of Brass Enine Kittins.
repaiied ou short notice.
FARM MACHINEKt
Bejiaired on Short Notice. 49T
"YOUNG!"
T II E 15 U T CHER,
Can always be found at
Ilatt's Old Stand,
Ready to srll the lest Meats.
YOU NC luv fre-h fat cattle, sheep, hoc s.o.
dii-ect "from the farmers every day, and his
meats are always pood.
OA VE, KSL A'D FUIVL, J-Y SEASOX
31.
SAGE BROTHERS,
lealers in
S T O "V E S ,
ET ., F.Tl. F.TC
One Door i:ast of the Pot-OfiUe. I'lattsmoutll,
Nehraska,
: O :
Practical 'Workers la
SHEET IRON, ZINC, TJX, 11 HA
ZIER I", tC d, d-c.
I.r;e assortment of Hard and Soft
50AL STOVES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HE ATI NO OR COOKING,
Always on Hand.
f.very variety of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notice.
zg-EVERYTHlXO WARRANTED ! S2
PKICK MOWS,
SAGE BROS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
HAM. yi. OIIAI'MA.V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office In Fitzger
ald Itlock, .
lay l PLATTSMOUTH. NEB.
l.M. WIIKEI-KK A CO.
LAW OKKICB. Real Etate, Fire and Life In
surance Airents, Plattsmoutll, Nebraska. Col
lectors, tax-payer. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Buy and sell real tftate, negotiate
loans. &c. 15yl
JAM KM K. MOIIKIHOV.
ATTORN EY AT LA XV. Will practice in Cass
anil adjoining Counties ; cives special attention
to collection an. I abstiactsof title. Office with
(ipn. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, Platt-mouth,
Netraska. 17y
siKO. 14. HM1TII.
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real F.state Bro
ker. Special attention jdven to Collections
and all matters a fleet in k the title to real estate.
Oftice on 2d floor, over Post Office. Plattsmoutll,
Nebraska. 40L
JOHX W I1AIXF.S
JUSTICE fK THE PEACE, ana collector of
dehts. collections made from one dollar to one
thousand dollars. MortRaes. Deeds, and oth
er instrument drawn, and all county business
usuallv transacted before a .Justice of the Peace.
Best of reference Riven if required.
itllee on Main street, West of Court House.
4o-yl - JOHN W. HAIES.
I. II. WHF.KI.KK, K. I. STONF.
WHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IMattamoutli fbraska.
It It LIYIXUSTOV,
niTSICIAN & SURGEON, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Cass county.
Resilience southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. ;
office n Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
Plattsmouth Nebraska.
Oil. J. M. WATKRMAX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
Ktn7?r, Cn.nt Co., Xtb.
t AIvays at the office on Saturdays. iyi
Ilt. ir. II. H IIIL,lIi.Kt'IIT,
PRACTISING PHYSICIAN, will attend calls
at all hours, night or day. Plattsmouth. Ne
braska. 421y
JOHK1MI II. If A l.l. M. O.
rilYSICI AN SURGEON, will attend all
calls, day or nii;ht. Office with R. R. Living
ston, Main St., one door above Black & Run
nel's. 9 Mly
IHl.ii II.IIII,IKlMtAXl,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Louisville. Neb.
Calls promptly attended to. 511y
I. I... MrCItKA,
DENTIST, and Hoiu.epathic Physician. Of
fice corner Main and Mil sfs., over Harold's
stoic. 1'lat t -mciul li. Neb. a'y
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. S. (iREUURY,
- Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample Room..
Every attention paid to guests. 4'Ini.T
I'l.vrrs.MoiTi-t, ..... Nk.h.
C0M3IERCIAL HOTEL,
I.TXCOLX, XEIi
. J. niHOFF, ' - - - Proprietor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
in the State. Always stop at the Commercial.
!!GRAND CENTRAL"
HOTEL.
LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL BETWEEN
CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. X'EU.
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE,
JOHN 1IOVS. Proprietor.
mi: old ki:imaiim: ikji si;.
Ioh1 aocoinniotliitions for Farmers
and the traveling public. Hoard 81 per
day. Meals 23c. Entirely refitted and
re-furnished, and farmers are request
ed to call and get 3 meals and bed for
S 1.00. Sm3
O. K. SALOON.
I keep constantly on hand
BEST MILWAUKEE BEER.
which can be had at no other
l'LACi: l. Til K C1TV.
Also the best of
n'lXES. LlQUtJlUi. AXD CIGARS.
PUKE APPLE 110ILEI) CIDER.
Boiled down from 3 gallons to 1
FOR SALE
At Ed. Rosenbaum's by the glass or
gallon.
33in6 KI. ECoaenbasiHi.
CM Z.2. si T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LIT FRY, FEED AND SALE STA
BLES.
Corner Cth and Pearl Sts.
HOKSM I'.OAROEIJ BV THE
HAY, 1VEF.S, OU 5IO.YTII.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD OU TRADED.
For a Fair Commission.
TEAMS AT ALL EIOI KS.
raittcular attention paid to
DrWing and Training
TKOTTI.VK STOCK.
Aih A hearse furnislied when called for.
A .reat ICedartion In I'rices of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
I'rices reduced from 20 to P per cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices
for 1STT. Address,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
91 Sinithfield St, Pittsburgh, Pa. 18yl
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
riXE LUMBER,
LATIL
SIIIX'GLES.
SASIL
DOORS,
J3LIXDS.
ETC.,
ETC..
ETC. .
Maht street. Coiner of Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - - NEB.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
OK
Chills, Shakes,
FCTER AIVO AGUE.
Takboko, X. C, 1873.
Dit. II. K. Stevens :
Ttear Sir. I feel veiy pTateful for what your
vitiuivmc uicuiL-iiir, l rKtriiuc, iio.s ione in my
family. I w ish to cxiuchs mv thanks by inform
ing you of t lie wonderful cure of my sou ; also,
to let you know that Veiretine is the best medi
cine I ever saw for ChilU. Shnkr, Vrrr mi'l
A(jue. My son was sick with measles In 1S73,
which left him with Hip-joint disease, My sou
suffered a great deal of pain, all of the time;
the pain was to great he did nothing but cry.
The doctors did not help him a particle, he
could not lift hi foot from the floor, he could
not move without crutches. I read vour adver
tisement In the "Louisville Courier-Journal."
that vegetiue was a great Blood Punner and
Blood Food. J tried one bottle, which was a
great benefit. He kent on with the medicine,
gradually gaining, lie has taken eighteen bot
tle in all, and he is completely restored to
health, walks without crutches or cane. He is
twenty years of age. I have a younger son. fif
teen years ot ate, uo is snojeci to i num.
Whenever he feels one comintr on. he comes in.
takds a dose of Veftetinc and that is the last of
the ChilL Vegetine leaves no bad effect upon
the syxtena like most of the medicines recom
mended for Chill. I cheerfully recommend
Vegetine for such complaints. 1 think it U the
greatest medicine in the world.
Respectfully. MRS. J. LLOYD,
Veoetink. When the blood becomes life
less and stagnant, either from the change of
weatner or of climate, want ot exercise, irregu
lar diet, or from any other caiwe. the Yr;k
tink will renew the blood, carry ofl the putrid
humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bow
els, and impart atone of vigor to the whole
body.
VEGETINE
FOR
DYSPEPSIA, IV'EUVOL'SXESS,
And General Debility.
Bernardstox, Mass., 178.
AVe. the undersigned, having used Vegetine,
take pleasure in recommending it to all those
troub.ed with Humor of any Kind, 7is;c,ia,
.Vcrtinies or ifr.iteral iJchilitit. it heinc the
Great Blood Purifier. Sold by R. L. Crowell &
Tons, who sell more of it than all other patent
medieiue put together.
MRS. L. F. PERKINS.
MRS. H. W. SCOTT.
JOSEPHUS SLATE.
Veoftixe is the great health restorer coin
joscti exclusively of barks, roots and herbs. It
is very plnaaaut to take ; every child likes it.
VEGETINE
FOR
NERVOUS HEADACHE
And ICIiciimaf iftm.
CINCINNATI, O., April 9. 1877.
H. R. Stevevs, Esii. :
Dtar Sir, I have used your Yegetine for
XerwM Humlttrhf.. and also for Itheumatim.
ami have found entire relief from both, ami
take great pleasure in recommending It to all
who may be likewise afflicted.
FRED A. GOOD,
Ids Mill St., cinn.
Y Ed eti.ve lias restored thousands to health
who have been long and painful sufferers.
VEGETINE
Druggist Testimony.
Mr. If. R. Stevens :
iMarSir. We have been selling vour remedy,
the Yegetine. for about three years, and take
pleasure in r. commending if to our customers,
ami in no instance where a blood purifier wouid
reach the case, has it ever failed to effect a cure
to our know ledge, it certainly is the ie jilu
ullra of renovator. Itesjtecl fully.
E. M, SHEPHERD, & CO.. liruojlr-t
Mt. Yernon, HI.
I acknowledged bv all classes of people to be
the best and most reliable blood purifier in the
world
VEGSTINiS
Prepared by
II. R. STEVEXS, Huston, .MasK.
Vepiins is Sold liy all Druggists.
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
W"GrO:Lr-
AND
BLACKSMITH
SHOP.
Wagon, Buggy, Machine and Plow re
pairing, and general jobbing.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
of farm and other machinery, as there
is a good lathe iu my shop.
PETER RAO EN,
The old Reliable Wagon Maker
has taken charge of the wagon shop.
He is well known as a
NO. 1 WORKMAN.
Xcw Waj'jns and Ituxsien marie to
Order.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Shop on Sixth street, opposite Streight's Stable
U.1T Mafhows
HARDWARE STORE,
In Plattsmoutll, Neb., on Fourth St., about the
MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK,
you will find :
Corn Planters, (hand &. horse)
Stirring Plows,
Sulky Plows,
Cultivators,
and all kinds of Farm Implements and
Shelf Hardware, Tin Ware, &c, &c.
ALSO,
Hungarian and Millet.
Seed for Sale
31111
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOUTH. NEB.
C. IIEISEL,, - Proprietor,
Flour, Com Meal & Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat and
Corn. Particular attention tjiven custom work.
STHEIGIIT & MILIEU,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES
BRIDLES,
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly ou
hand.
FRUIT, CONFECTIONEY,
GROCERY STORE,
NUTS,
CANDIES,
TEAS
COFFEES,
SUGARS,
TOBACCOES,
FLOCK,
Remember the place opposite E. O. Dovey's
on Lower Main Street.
2 1-1 y ST HEIGHT & MILLER.
Silent Language.
There's a silence that speaks,
A language that's mute."
God's trreat hills far outstretched Ho?
From towering c:iffs we view the scene.
Yet, higher still, peaks pierce the sky.
While deep below play brooks between.
High up against the azure dome,
Te gray rocks rear their lofty beads.
Kissing the fteecy clouds of foam.
Drinking the tears of love they shed.
Silence reigns w here rocks and clouds
Do meet for morning-prayers near Heaven,
For all the language spoken there
Was in deathlike silence given.
Deeper language ne'er was uttered
Than by rocks and clouds at meeting;
Ne'er did human heart to other
8peak such depth of love at gree'.i .
Let me learn from God's great to tntaint.
And the pure white clouds of Ilea u.
That the deepest love that liveth
Was by language never given.
A Description of the Monet Bell Punch.
From the New Y'ork Sun.l
While Xew York and Massachusetts
are beating the covers of temperance
reform and a proper Excise law, poor
old Virginia claims to have discovered
the true secret, and is reaping all its
advantages. Her people have practi
cally solved the liquor question. The
solution was born of the necessities of
the farmers and real estate owners,
who complained of the burden of taxa
tion. They could not pay the sums
necessary to run the State Government
and cover the interest on the State
debt. Their thinkers began to devise
means for their relief. They saw that
the taxes were not equally distributed
among all classes of citizens. The
great burden, as iti New York and
Massachusetts, f til I almost exclusively
upon property holders. To relieve
them, it was necessary to reach those
who, while able to pay taxes, uniform
ly slip through without assessments.
The License law drew from the liquor
sellers their due proportion of duties;
but a majority of the liquor consumers
escaped taxation. They could be reach
ed only by a tax upon the liquor at the
point of consumption. It was dillicult,
however, to impose such a tax without
conllicting with the State Constitution,
which forbade direct taxation on any
thing but property. The sagacious Ex
tra Uilly Smith wanted the Legislature
to override the matter by taxing whis
ky thirty cents a gallon. Tli is was so
plainly unconstitutional that it was
voted down.
Two years afterward a man came to
the front with a solution of the prob
lem. That man was Dr. Samuell II.
Moffet, of Rockingham county. He is
a plain farmer, though a graduate of
the University of Virginia. lie gave
the subject much thought. As a di
rect tax upon liquor was undoubted
ly unconstitutional, and as high speci
fic taxes or licenses would give a few
dealers a monopoly, he si ruck the hau
py medium of catching a eal tax at
the point of consumption under cover
of an Excise law. lie based this tax
in one case upon the ain.mnt of liquor
sold, and iti another upon the number
of drinks. The State was already tax
ing the liquor seller for a specific li
cense, and it certainly had the power
to graduate theso licenses or impose
conditions under them. He drew up a
law that deftly avoided constitutional
obstructions.
Summed up, it made the dealer pay
so much for the privilege of offering
the liquor for sale, and then charged
them an additional sum for every drink
sold; but it left him the power to col
lect the additional sum from the con
sumer by simply raising the price of
drinks. So that, while it was legally
an excise duty, it was really a tax on
liquor at the point of consumption,
and one that was paid by those that
drank it. The liquor dealer was actu
ally made a partner of the Common
wealth in the collection of the tax.
But the Doctor's ideas were value-
ess without some plan for securing the
tax. It would not do to trust the
word of the dealer, and the State could
not afford to keep an official in front of
bars to collect the tax for drinks sold.
While trying to devise some plan to
remove this ditlicultv. the Doctor visi
ted the Centennial Exhibition. As he
passed through the turnstile at the gates
he saw an indicator that ticked one
point for each person that entered and
kept an accurate count of the visitors.
It Hashed through his mind that some
thing like this was what was wanted
to render his proposed law effectual.
Y ith an indicator that could bo seen
and heard and could collect the tax on
each glass of liquor sold in the State.
Pains and penalties could be provided
for each failure to ring the indicator,
and the seller thus be compelled
through fear of spies to record the
drinks sold. Through the aid of Otis
Deane of Richmond he invented an
audible and visible register, and
brought the proposed law before the
Legislature. The liquor dealers be
came alarmed, and united in an effort
to defeat it. Rut the doctor was a
man of untiring energy, and the Legis
lature of Virginia is composed of bet
ter material than a rsew lork Assem
bly. Such men as Fitzhugh Lee, Gen
Echols, Uradley Johnson, Ths. S. Ro
cock, John M. Daniel, and Patrick Hen
ry's grandson are said to be controlled
by their convictions, and not by pecuni
ary or political considerations. After
a hot fight, the Moft'et law passed both
houses, and was signed by Gov. Kem
per. It was called ""An act imposing a
tax and prescribing the mode of col
lecting the same on the privilege of sell
ing wine, ardent spirits, or malt li
quors within the limits of the Com
mon wealth, for the support of the
Government and to pay the interest on
the public debt."
The law provides for four kinds of
licenses. A wholesale license gives
the privilege of selling not less than
five gallons. A wholesale and retail
license allows the dealer to sell one
gallon or more. A retail license alone
keeps the limit within five gallons,
and the liquor is not to be drank on
the premises, but must be removed by
the purchaser in jugs, bottles, demi
johns, or other vessels. The fourth or
most important is what is called a
"barroom license." The liquor must
be drank on the premises, but the
holder of a barroom license may also
obtain a retail license by paying for
the same. The penalty for a violation
of the provisions of the above section
is a fine of not less than S20 nor more
than 3500, and an imprisonment of
not less than one month nor more than
twelve months.
A man who wants a barroom or re
tail license must first apply to the
County or Corporation Court with a
bond from 6100 to 1,000. In case of
refusal he can carry the matter to the
Judge of the Circuit Court, and no fur
ther. The specific license tax is $50 in
towns of 2,000 or less inhabitants, and
100 in larger places. The tax on each
drink of alcoholic spirits is 2 cents,
and a half cent for each glass of malt
liquor. The registers are furnished by
the county or city assessors, who pro
cure them from the Auditor of Public
Accounts. The dealers are charged
310 for each instrument. At the end
of the month the assessor goes around
like a gas man, looks at the meter or
indicator, examines it carefully to see
that it has not been tampered with
jots down the amount of the tax and
departs. Five days afterward the
county or city collector appears, pre
sents his bill and receives the money.
If a ban oom keeper or retail dealer,
desires to sell malt liquor under his li
cense he calls for a malt' liquor regis
ter. If he sells a glass of ale, he turns
the little crank, the bell rings, and the
indicator records it. If a customer
calls for whisky, the alcoholic register
is rung, and the drink recorded on the
dial. For every willful failure to per
form this duty, the dealer is subject to
a fine of not less than 20 nor more
than 6100, one-third of which goes to
the informer. The sureties of the deal
er are held responsible for this fine,
and it can be collected in ten days by
summary process. Druggists selling
liquor are compelled to take out retciil
licenses.
The Auditor of Public Accounts sent
a communication to the Assembly on
Jan. 19, based on the returns received
from thirty-three counties out of ninety-nine
in the State. Some of the coun
ties, however, refuse to grant licenses.
The figures indicate that under the
Moffet law the money received during
the coming vear will aggregate 6G00,
000, against'2G2,193 received last year.
This would give an increase of $337,
805. Without this law this money
would come from the pockets of farm
ers and the holders of real estate. Its
true effects is to keep ."5337,805 in the
hands of the producing and industrial
classes of the community.
For the purpose of studying the
workings of the law the writer last
week visited Richmond, Fredericks
burg, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Gordons
ville, Culpepper, and Alexandria. He
talked continually with public men,
dealers, bartendeis, farmers, and me
chanics, and, to his surprise, found ev
ery man in favor of the measure. The
f antiers favor the tax because it re
moves a burden from their shoulders.
The officials favor it on the ground
that it promotes public morals and gets
a tax out of people who neverpaid one.
One man termed it the best temperance
law that had ever been drawn. The
liquor dealer backs it because it does
way wit li the credit system, ami the in
dicator acls as a check ou his bartend
er, for the amount of money in the
drawer must tally with the register.
In every case the liquor sellers claim
that their receipts have been increased.
A proprietor itRichmond told me that
his gain in receipts for the first eigh
teen days was $39.50. In Culpepper a
hotel keeper claimed that through the
decrease in the credit system, it raised
his receipts 600 per cent. Of course,
the dealers have raised the price of
whisky from ten to fifteen cents a glass.
When suit was brought against
Stimuel J. Tilden to recover $150,000
alleged as due the government on in
come tax, his partisan friends through
out the country were vehement in their
charges that it was a trumped up af
fair intended to injure his Presidential
prospects. The case has been argued
at great length in the United States
District Court, and eleven out of the
twelve counts of complaint are sus
tained. The discussion of the court is
to the effect that it was Mr. Tilden's
duty to make a return of his income
during the year mentioned in the vari
ous counts, and that he had not done
so. As the case now stands, it will go
before a jury, the province of which
will be to decidelthe amout of his income
luring those years in which he made
no returns.
ETenlngs at the White House.
The President and f amily receive in
formally in the evening, sometimes in
the Red Room and sometimes in the
Library. These visits, however, are
only made by intimate personal friends,
or by those warranted through their
acquaintance to call in a social manner.
The evenings in the Library are very
charming. Brilliant and cultivated
men and women gather in little knots
in different parts of the spacious and
cheerful apartment, and wit sparkles
and smecdotes enliven conversation.
The President frequently disappears ;he
has a private library, where he retires
when any gentleman present wishes
to speak with hi m on matters .of poli
cy or politics; but he soon returns, to
all appearance as unruffled as if the
great sea of public opiniou had settled
into a perfect calm. Mrs. Hayes enter
tains her visitors in an easy, courteous,
cordial manner, moving among them
with stately grace, and scattering
pleasant words. Great gentleness and
sweetness prevade the whole domestic
life of the President's family. Little
Fannie, the only daughter, a bright
child of nine years, the pet and favor
ite of all who know her, is never visi
ble at dinner or to evening visitors.
"I am obliged to compromise with my
little lady," remarked Mrs. Hayes, with
a smile, "as I found her growing old
too fast for her years; we serve her
dinner in her room, which she esteems
a high compliment." The private dining-room
of the President's family is
the only one of their private apart
ments which is on the great main floor
of the White House. The meals are
breakfast, lunch, and dinner, instead
of breakfast, dinner, and tea, as in the
time of Madison. Xo unusual forms
and ceremonies are observed in the
services further than any gentlewo
man's table. The hospitalities of either
lunch or dinner are frankly tendered to
any familiar guest who may chance to
be calling at the specified hour, and
not infrequently accepted. Martha
J. Lamb, in Harper's Magazine for
March.
He who is puffed up with the first
gale of prosperity, will bend beneath
the first blast of adversity.
Telegraphic Snmmary.
The Earl of Leitrim of county Der-
ry, near Dublin, Ireland, was assassina
ted on the morning of the 2d, together
with his clerk and driver. It is sup
posed the assassins concealed them
selves beside the road and having first
shot the Earl, then shot the clerk and
driver so there might be no witnesses.
The news of the murder caused a pro
found sensation in the Commons and
throughout all England. The relations
between the Earl and his tenants
were unfriendly to which the cause of
the murder is traced.
Telegrams from Havana dated the
Sd state that within the last week 2,
600 insurgents have surrendered to the
authorities. Arms of all kinds given
up amount to 2,030 pieces.
Wm. C. Poor, a wholesale tobacconist
of Chicago, shot himself, on the night
of the 2d inst., and was soon after dis
covered in death agonies by his family.
The deceased was formerly of Cincin
nati and St. Louis, possessing a fortune
estimated at half a million.
A Montreal dispatch of the 2d inst.
says the demand for horses is increas
ing, and that several car load3 are be
ing taken over the Grand Trunk daily
for England. Large shipments of cat
tle are also being forwarded from the
lower provinces, and the country east
and west is being searched for suitable
horses for war purposes.
The latest Vienna dispatch, 4th inst.,
shows Austria in full sympathy with
England upon the present phases of
the eastern question. This appears to
have been brought about by England's
new Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Lord
Salisbury, and foreshadows Austria's
common action with England.
Special telegram from Berlin, April
4th, aunounces that the German iron
clad fleet will proceed to the east in
May, and take post in the Mediterra
nean. Count Cortis, foreign minister of the
Italian government, has promised the
Chamber of Deputies to explain the
government's eastern policy on the 8th
inst. It is expected he will say that ob
servant inaction and neutrality are in
exorably Italy's policy. Home compli
cations and the necessity of keeping
on good terms with Germany and Aus
tria will keep her quiet.
Washington Notes.
In regard to the resolutions of the
Maryland legislature to contest the ti
tle of President Hayes, prominent
democrats in congress say they do not
believe there are ten republicans and
not a single democrat in favor of them.
Montgomery Blair, however, is indus
triously at work.
Senator Edmunds of Vt. has intro
duced a bill for the appointment of a
consulting naturalist to be attached to
the agricultural .lepartment. Among
the subjects for his investigation will
be the following: The better preserva
tion of army and navy stores ; the cause,
prevention, and removal of infectious
and parasitic diseases of men and ani
mals, such as diptheria, the Texan cat
tle disease and the hog cholera; also to
conduct such other investigations as
may lead to the destruction of the cot
ton worm, the weevil, the Colorado
beetle, grasshopper, &c. This new of
ficer is to be appointed by the Pres't,
subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Doorkeeper Polk, of the House, was
dismissed from further service by the
following resolution; Resolved, that
the position of doorkeeper in the House
ot Representatives be and hereby is de
clared vacant. The vote upon the pas
sage of the above resolution was, ayes
139, nayes 80.
A private meeting of the republican
national committee has been held. The
object of the meeting was to consult in
formally about organization of the par
ty for fall the campaign. It was decid
ed to ask republicans in congress to re
organize the congressional committee
and to make arrangements for an ear
nest fight to carry the next congress.
The secretary of the treasury stout
ly resists all efforts to weaken his faith
in the power of the treasury to carry
out the resumption law, and reasserts
his convictions both of his ability to
do so and of the good policy of the act.
The republican senators still contin
ue to discuss the acts of the adminis
tration, but without taking definite ac
tion. There are three divisions in the
rank ; one approving, another aggress
ive, and the third and larger part coun
seling moderation and not desiring an
open rupture with the President.
The debate ou the Pacific Railroad
funding bill progresses slowly, but an
attempt will be made to vote on it the
present week. The Union Pacific have
a powerful lobby at work which is be
ing ventilated by some members of the
Senate.
Senator McMillan introduced a bill
providing that it shall be lawful for
homestead settlers whose crops were
destroyed or seriously injured by grass
hoppers in '76 who left their lands in
that year, to return thereto within
three months from the enactment of
this bill and perfect their settlement,
provided that no other settlement shall
have been made thereon and no right
or interest acquired therein by any oth
er person since the date of abandon
ment. The wheat crop of California for ex
port this year, it is estimated, will be
200. 000 ton.
State Items.
Correspondents of the Hebron Jour
nal are discussing the hell question.
Mr. Finch commenced a temperance
campaign at Kearney on the 28th tilt.
The post mistress and deputy post
mistress of Wahoo, were both married
at Omaha on the 25th of March.
Mr. Wm.flreenhouse, for twenty-two
years a resident of Bellevue, died on
the 30th ult., aged seventy jears.
Omaha has advertised for the pur
chase of a block on which to erect a
county court house, jail and city hall.
A Mr. J. W. Houghton, formerly of
Lincoln, was caught in some machinery
of a mill at Lawrence, Kansas, and
crushed to death.
At a late meeting held in Hastings,
under the management of Mr. Finch,
the temperance reformer, $350 were
pledged for the purpose of buying a
public library.
Schuyler has had a minister who
"borrowed" rings from his young lady
parishioners and watches from his old
er men ditto, and decamped with them
as well as with the missionary funds.
The Republicans of Nebraska City
elected all the aldermen, mayor, treas
urer, police judge, and member of the
board of education. The democrats
were united with them on all but the
police judge and aldermen.
Juniata Herald: The county com
missioners of Adams county have call
ed a special election in six precincts in
the county, to vote upon the proposi
tion to issue bonds in aid of the con
struction of the projected railroad to
the Republican Valley.
Chief Clerk Paul Vandervoort, of the
railway mail service at Omaha, has re
ceived orders forthequadrennial weigh
ing of mails over Nebraska railways,
to show the amount to be paid to eacli
railroad per mile for hauling United
States mail. The weighing will com
mence April 1.
Mr. E. Blocker, of Columbus, died
suddenly on Sunday evening, 31st inst.,
at the Clothier House. He had been
complaining for several days and retir
ed to his room early, where he was
found about an hour afterward dead
in his chair. The coroner summoned
a jury which rendered a verdict of
death from natural causes.
Neb. City Press: One of the most
intelligent and enterprising young men
of Delaware precinct, Mr. Win. C. Low
ery, eloped with Miss Louisa McWil
liara3, daughter of one of Otoe's prom-
nent farmers, on the 23d of March.
They were married in Missouri the
next day, and on the day following re
turned home, and in the evening were
welcomed with a serenade by the young
people in the vicinity.
The Sidney Telegraph gives a three
column account of the sufferings of the
man McDermott, who was lost during
the recent snow storm, and for twelvo
days wandered without food, accompa
nied by two dogs who kept the wolves
from him at night, and partially pro
tected him by the warmth of their bod
ies from the terrible cold. He was dis
covered by a herder in search of his
cattle and sent to Sidney, where both
legs had to be amputated below the
knee. He was a discharged soldier fol
lowing the occupation of shoemaker.
Some very interesting information
concerning a proposed extension of the
Atchison & Nebraska railroad to the
Union Pacific has recently come to
light. A corps of engineers are now
surveying a route from Firth, Lancas
ter county, across to Crete, on the B.
& M., which will give the A. & N. a
short and direct route to a Junction
with the U. P. at Kearney. Should
this road be built, the speculative re
sult is that the A. & N. will put on a
through train from Kearney via Crete
and Firth to Atchison. This news is
very important, at le:tst, and we are in
clined to believe has a large share of
truth in it. Pawnee Republican.
Personal and Poetical.
A letter addressed as follows was re
ceived in this city from the west yes
terday :
Ye trusty boys who wear the blue,
YeTl find the man this letter's to
By sending it to. T. F. Hall.
Although it's not for him at all ;
But Hall will know the "orphau" boy
A Chief Head Clerk from Elanoy,
Who made the speech at Kearney,
While (as it's told by Jim Megeath)
A nigger yelled till out of breath
And rang a bell, they call'd t a "band,"
Saying "Come to do meetin', 'kase Mistah
Vau
Has got de makin' of a tcech on ban.
An' I tell yer he's a whoppin maa
An' tells de rebs' no blarney.
Then all will laugh until they're old
At the funny things John Creighton's told.
Of how his shadinci?) etarved hU fill
In the loathsome cells at Andersonvllle.
And lived on less than nothing at all,
Till even yel he can hardly crawl
And looks so awful badly."
Of course, from what you've seen and caw.
You know this goes to Omaha ;
And Mr. Hall can, If he like,
Send It up by Carrier Mike,
Who at the third right door, down the hall,
Will land the missive unto Paul,
Who'll doubtless take it gladly.
Paul Vandervoort got that letter, we
may Ye 6ure, and he didn't get f urayous
over it either.
A woman thinks a man brave if he
only picks up a cockroach with his fin
ger, but she doesnt think it requires
any courage to swear off for three
weekjs.
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Generalship In the Kitchen.
Says Alexander Hyde in the Wew
York Times: We see so many farmers
working hard from the beginning of
the year to its end, and that year after
year, till life ends, with such small re
sults, that we do wish to impress upon
the community the true principle of
economy. A farmer's wife once ex
pressed it to us In one word calcula
tion. We found her a slevder-looking
woman, surrounded by a flock of child
ren, and having the care of dairy of a
dozen cows, with no Bridget to assist
her, and still everything moved on like
clock-work. The children were tidy,
the house neat, the cooking nice, and
the butter of gilt-edged quality. Wo
watched her to study tlie secret of her
economical management. She never
seemed to be in a hurry, certainly never
in a fret, but went from one thing to
another as calmly and pleasantly as the
butterfly goes from one flower to an
other. We noticed that she had every
convenience for work. Water flowed
constantly in her kitchen and dairy
room, and her churning was done by
dog-power. We were satisfied, howev
er, that the secret of her efficiency was
not in churns, dogs, water, nor any
other of her conveniences for labor,,
and we finally asked, "How do you ac
complish all your work with such appa
rent ease?" With a toss of her head
and a pleasant smile she replied, "By
calculation. Before I go to bed I set
my table and make all my arrange
ments for breakfast. Before I get vp
in the morning I think over tle kihors
of the day, and plan everything out.,
assigning each duty its time, and when
the time comes I attend to the duty
and now the time has come forme to
skim my milk; so please excuse me."
Upon this she bowed herself out with,
the grace of a queen. We could not.
help thinking happy is the farmer that,
tas such a help-meetl
Domestic Recipe.
Rice Blancmange. Boil a cud and'
half of rice in two quarts Oi mim (yoik
can use part water if milk is scarce) tilt
very soft, then add a cup of sugar, a
small bit of butter, a teaspoonful of
salt and flavor with vanilla, put into
mold and cat cold for tea.
B jttermilk Biscuit. -Two quarts of
flo'ir, one scant teaspoon of saleratus;
rub the saleratus in the dry flour; take
two teacups buttermilk and a piece of
lard nearly as large tis an egg; mix, us
ing more flour if needed, roll out thin
spread with butter, dust with flour, roll
out again, mix over a few times, roll
out again, cut with a tin cake eutter
and bake in a quick oven. Eat as soon
as baked.
Kitchen Notes. A dessert spoon of
salt in the kettle with boiling potatoes,
makes them flaky. -
Cabbage Salad. One quart of finery
chopped cabbage; salt and pepper to
the tabte; the yolks of three hard boiled
eggs rubbed smooth with a tablespoon
f ul of melted butter; oue-half cup of
vinegar not too strong, and three,
tablespoonsful of catsup; chop the
whites of the eggs either with the cab
bage, or slice aud garnish the salad,
with them.
Everlon Taffy. One quarter pound
of butter melted with one pound of
brown sugar; stir over a brisk fire for
fifteen minutes, or until the mixture
becomes brittle when dropped iu cold
watei;add lemon or vanilla flavoring
before the cooking is completed; coot
on flat buttered plates and mark in
squares, before cold, so it can be easily
broken. This is a cheap confection,
and it is safe to say that no kind or
candy brings in so large a revenue to
the small manufacturers and dealers,
from the school childieu of New York,
as Everlon taffy.
Beautiful Island Pudding. Line the
bottom and sides of a glass bowl with
slices of cake, then take the yolks of
four eggs, one pint of white sugar, one
heaping tablespoonful of butter, four
wiue glassfulsof water, one tablespoon
ful of corn starch, the juice of two
lemons. Cook until it thickens, then
pour over the cake; over this put a.
grated cocoanut sweetened a little,
then beat the whites of the eggs to a.
stiff froth; add half a cup of sugar and
a few drops of essence of lemon; lay
this in flakes over the top of all and
brown lightly. Put the bowl in your
stove to brown. It will not break, aa
it takes but three miuules to brown.
Lip Salve. One gill sweet oil, one oz.
while wax, three-quarters of an ounce
spermaceti. Dissolve them over the
fire and stir till cool.
Bitters. One oz. of gentian root, one
oz. of orange peel, half drachm of saf
fron. Put them into one quart of bran
dy and let them stand forty-eight houra
shaking the bottle every two or
three hours. After it has stood that
time, add one drachm of cochineal,
finely powdered, then let It stand forty
eight hours more, shaking tLe bottle
as before. When it has settled pour it
off for use.
Jackson Jumbles. Three eggs, two
cups sugar, one eupsour milk, teaspoon,
soda, one cup butter, flavoring to taste;
mould very soft, only kneading in
enough flour to roll without sticking
to the board; roll a little thinner than
for biscuits and bake in Quick oven.
The large foreign trade ot California
in fruit and wines becomes no mystery
when it is known that the State has 8,
800,000 fruit trees and 35,000,000 grapa
Yines, and harvests from 300,000,000 to
500,000,000 pounds of fruit yearly. Sha
produces a large surplus, and foreign
trado follows as a matter of course.
Judging from the industrial epirit Cali
fornia displays, she will one day have a
large foreign tradA & taau'ifactuifca
frora tLe tame reasosr. .. .