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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
OFFICE:
On Vino St., One Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth Street.
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PERSE VEHAXCE COXqUEIlS.
(TERMS: $2.00 a Year. ; k A" A,u-,,,s"-"MN,,"-v:iirt'r,y-
j f li.oi-i.'it ad ii l.'.-iimuT neet be 1 .til
for 111 mli.i'jrr.
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Terms, in Advance:
VOLUME XIV. J.
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LATTSMOUTII, XEBKASKA, THURSDAY JU.XE 13, 1S73.
XUMREU 12.
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oulll.'. I'osi.iUl..,. i.s 1.'m.i.-.;ith1 it. r.'Jollli-
.on, it. hum of Main ;iiul liitli Streets.
One eopv. one year
I iu? copv. xix months . . .
Out copy, three months.
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National Bank
OK ri-ATTSMOl'TH, Nhl'.KASKA,
Sl'l i .'HSOR TO
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TOOTIJ-;
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K. .. I V KV
A. W. M. I.MCHI.IN.
JoMl O'liOl'KttK.
President.
. . . Vice I'lesidcnt.
Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
This K.ink is now open for business :it their
new room, mrner Main ami Sixth .streets, ami
is prepared to transact a i4 ncial
RANKING BUSINESS.
Stgcbi. Conds, C dd. Government and Local
Securities
nonnrr ami s.ild.
De-posits JicceirrJ and Interest Allow
ed on Time Certiji'(its.
DRAFTS
AvaitiM" in anv ! of Ihe 1'nited States and
In all the Principal Towns ami ltics
..f -"iroif.
a a i:is Ton run
KI.IJ'.UATKII
In man Line and Allan Line
s-' mti:aiii;s.
ivi-.im to I'Mut; out tlo irfricmls froia
l.iiioi'C can
l-r H II A-K Tl lvl.l s t 1(1 M I S
T ! roiicli to I' I a t I m o u t li .
A. Schlcgel & Bro.,
M;:!inf:tctnrers 'f
.1
I'ttlers i:i
l . N't ' V
smiki !: a i:ti 'i.r.'s. smokin'i;
;.i..i rn;:viM;
T 0 U A C (' O'S.
...-..;,! 1.1: M ;.n i - i s of ( 1;.!;S made to
order, and .i t i-f act io:i .r.-iraidec-.i. ( i..ir
i !i;.'iii: s -'! I for siti.k:ni tnbacc.i.
M.iia .si. on" !!.. 1 nest ef S. Hinder- House.
i'i.att-mi .I'll'. N 1:1:
Excelsior Rarber Shcp.
j. c. BOONE,
:.r,,;,t ov. ,;..'. y.yni.h-rs
S II i N t; A 1 .s li A M r o O 1 N i:
I - pi e:.ii a ; 1 el. I ion :; v . i. to
ff'T.v..' ; .n,':i::rs a.xd i.a-
fit as a mi:.
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a i ski: r,oo'v:
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r.r.NTS.
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r.i..-i: im.fiMin iim.i
, M;ili, I . e:! I il -t Ni.t. I'.a';!.
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a y I- i: i- -i rn i n wilt! i n k
N ::p.
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m aciii x i: SHOPS !
,7 O HUNT WVLrVI-A-XT,
l-i.A 1 l s 1 11. N H-.,
i: j'Uiir f Hl.om Enyiiv. ',ilis,
S::rr itnn
;.Y!h .'.r.l HTKAM I ITTIH.
V. r-M '. Irci l'ip'. Poice and Lift Pipes-Stcam
;aa-. s. S.ii.-t v- a! lov.-i jir. and all
hinds "f irass i:i!:mr Kllii;-.
Ii p; ii d on Miort nolikc.
-- a H M M A C H I N E U
l:. ;i i::e.l on Short Notice. I''5l
"YOUNG!"
T II i: Ii U T C II K K,
('ail filw;;t lf found nt
Unit's 11 S t ud.
llxulu to s'll the i'.st Meats.
t
ViHMi bin fresh fat cattle, sheep. 1iol' f.r.
jlii.-ct from the lain. ers every day. and his
in.-als are alnay ood,
; IMF. FISH. .l.V lOlVL, IX SEASOX
:'.
SAGE BROTHERS,
llealers ill
S T O V IE S ,
k re., KTC-. kt-
One i.Mr K.t-
.f iv... .-.. i'i-.tt.,.....n,
Nebraska.
Practical W.n ken in
KHEET TROX, '.IXC, 11 X. liltA-ZIERY,A':,d-r.
I.artre assortment of Hard aim Soft
COAL STOYES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
Sii'ATIMi Oil COOKIMJ,!
Always on Hand
Svry v.eietv of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc j
"Work, kept in Slock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Hone on Short Notice.
&-Kvr.R'TMXa n'AitnAXTEV .' .'-s? 1
BAGIU BRS.
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS
SAM..M. C II A I' M A -V.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Aii'l Solicitor in Chancery. Office In r'itzcr
H'mi"r"" l'LATTSMOCTH. NKIt.
I. II. lVHKKI-KIt A CO.
I V OI FK'F. Kcal Rt:it, Fire and I.ifeln
surance Agents. I'lattsmoutli, NelrHSka. Col
lectors, tax-payer. Have a complete alintract
of titles. Huy and sell real e-tate, ncj;oti-ite
loans. &e. !"' I
JAJIKH K. MOKKISOX.
ATTOUNTY AT LAW. WillpractiepinCass
ami .-Klloiniiiii Counties ; jri ves speeial attention
to collection and abstracts f title. Oilieewltli
lieo. s. Sniitli, FitGerald Hi.n k, I'latt-mout !i,
Nebraska. J'1
liF.O. SMITH.
TTOKN KY AT LAW and Ileal Estate Bro
ker Special attention uiven to Collections
and all matters allectimr the title to real estate,
oittec on 2l Moor, over 1W OlVit-e. i'laltsmoutli,
Nebraska. '
joifx w HAixKM
.n-STKT OF THK PKACE, arm collector of
debts. coll. eii. ,ns made from one dollar to one
thousand do'lars. Mort'acs. Deeus. and oth
er lilnimetits drawn, and all county bus ss
iiMiallv transacted before a .1 ustn e of the r"eace.
llest of releience iveii if required.
Olliee on Main street. W est of roiirt lloiise.
41,-yl JOHN W.ll.UNKS.
I. II. WIIKKI.F.i:. K. I. STONE.
WHEELER & bTONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ilattmout!i fhraska.
J. I.. MrCKKA,
HKNTIST. and HonuepaU'.ic l'liy'n iaii. Of
fice corner Mam and .Mh si's., over HerohCs
store. I'laltsmoutli, Neb. -ly
It it mvix;stox.
ril YSK I AN & SCIMIKON. tenders his pro
fessional scia ices to ihe citiens of Cass comity.
I.Vsidetiee southeast corner Sixth and Oak sis. ;
oihce on Main street, two doors west of Sixth.
I'laltsmoutli Nebra.ikn.
hi:, j. m. watkk.ua x.
Physio Medical Practitioner.
.uiVrifi'. Cl Co., Xch.-
I ; 5T Always at the ofiice mi Saturdays. y1
j l:t. V. II. XCHIMHiXr.CIIT.
I l'i: TI.-MN; riIVSK'1 AN. will atten.l calls
1 a: all hoius, iiit'hl or dav. 1'latt -moid h. Ne
l.r:ita. " -
josrrii ii. ii a i.ii. yi. i.
PHYSICIAN . sriICl.ON. will attend all
calls, day or ni;lit. Olliee wiih K. II. I.iviui;
sion. Main St., one door above Black & lliiil
tier's. M ly
iu:.; ii. in i.i J'.uic axi.
I'll i TI( INti PHYSICIAN. Louisville. Neb.
:!!-. pro:n;.ily attended to. Mly
IK. I. AV. ;nitio,
Druggist and Physician.
Wrrjilni; Vsitrr, At-I.
A ijood itxstoi-ttn nt of
fi:rns.
m i:d: a .v ;.,
STATlnXAIiV.
FAXry AUTICLEH.
j:tc
eh '..
l.'j't rno't'i:i!'; on mud.
():';.' ;i!.j'iiii!i Drn Store. Calls
promptly ai!sverel hL nil hours. !yl
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
1'IIKMONT, X 1 : 1 $ II AS K A .,
I'llAXK l'Ai:'ELL - '- - Prop.
(loud ro'iais. L'ood board and every tiling in
:.ppl.. pif order. O.. t. Jtie e i,ental w!;es:
vo:i i-it I- . m. .nt. lotf
SAUXPKKS HOUSi:.
.l.s.;i;i;;ni:Y, - - - PfoprU-tor.
Iocatioii Central, tlood Sample Iloom..
Pery altcntion paid lo guests. A.V.tW,
Pi.ATTs.vM.fTH. ----- Ni::t.
i HUKILVISl) HOUSE,
I V. WOODAIID, - - - Prop.,
j Water, !V'I.
I ;.mi 1 aeeoiiun -.dations and reasonable charg
es. A good livery kepi in connection with the
hoii-e. i;yt
C03I3IEHCIA L HOTEL,
I.IXCOtA. XKI5.,
; .. .7. IMUUFF, - - - Proprietor.
j The best known and next
t popular l.andlor.
ai the Commercial.
t
j mlli.-St.it.;. .Aluayssiop
I PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE,
I.
.!!! X IIOIIS. Proprietor,
run: oi.u siri.iAiii.i: tioi si:.
j flood accommodations for Farmers
(and tlie traveling public. Board St per
; day. Meals S.ic. Entirely refitted and
j re-furnished, and farmers are request
! el to call and get Ji meals and bed for
! S 1.00.
Sm3
"GRAND CENTRAL"
HOTEL.
i.APairsr and i inkst hotpl iuctwpen
CHU ACO ANI SAN VllJ- NCI O.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
omaiia. ni:b.
PLATTSMOUTH FfllLLS.
Pl-ATTSMOt TH. NKIi.
C. EU:iSi:i.. - Iioi ictor.
I' lour, Corn ' i & Ft-td
Always on hand
. f rsa!e at lowest cash
pi ices. 1 he liisln-st : i iees paid for '.Viieat and
Corn. Particular attention given custmi work.
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Krtail Pe;-.lei in
l'iNK Li'Mi:i:i:.
LATH.
SUING LKS.
SASH,
DOOMS.
BLINDS.
ETC..
- FTC..
ETC.
Mail, srreet. Corner of Fifth.
"L ATTSMO UT J f ,
- - - NEB.
till Better Rates for Lumber.
VEGETINE
Ik ItecoHi mended lly All
I'lIYNICIAXM.
Valley Sthkam, Qveks Co.. IX)X Isi.am,
N. Y.
IJIU il. IJ. STKVEXH :
Dear Sir: 1 take the pleasure of writinir you
a Miia'.l certificate concern in;; Veetine prepar
ed by you. 1 have been a sufferer with the
n.cjist for over forty years, and have had
th'cH Vir;dc IH:rrhta for over six mouths, and
have tried mont every thin;; : was given up to
die, ami did not expect to live from day to day,
and no physician could touch my case. I saw
your Vegetine recommended to cure Aix;'iwia.
I commenced usinjr it. and I continued doiuso
and am now a well w-onian and restored to per
fect health. All who are afllicted with this ter
rible disease. I would kindly recommend to try
it for the benefit of their health, and ilis excel
lent as a blood purifier.
l!v Dr. T. 15, Foiii:e. m. I., for
" MILS. WM. II. ImIKBE.S.
Vkcftixk. When the blood becomes lifeless
and stagnant, either from change of weather or
of climate, want of exercise, irregular diet, or
from anv other cause, the Vk: kti x k will re
new the blood, carry ott the tmtrid humors,
cieanse the stomacli, reirulate the bowels, and
impart a tone of vigor to the whole body.
VEGETI2TE
Kr CunrcrM and
C4Ci:itOI S III
The llurtnr'N Certificate.
Ked it.
Ashley. WAsiiiMiTON Co., III., Jan. H, '78.
Mil. STF.VKNS :
Thar Sir This is to certify that I b:wl been
suffering from a Host Cana r on my ri tit breast,
wliicli jrrew very rapidly, and all mv friends
had Mveii me up to tlie.'w hen I heard of your
medicine. Ycuctine. recommended for Cancer
and 'ancer fluituir. I commenced to take it,
and soon found mvself beinninir to feel better ;
mv health and sofrits both felt the benign in
thience which it exerted, and in a few months
from the time I commenced the use of the Yej;
etine, the Canctr came out almost bodilv.
C A H K 1 K 1 Kl"l li U KST.
I certify that I am personally acquainted
illi Mt-t. I) 'Korresi. and c .isider her one of
our very best women. 1)15. S. II. FI.OWKKS.
All Disk.vsks ok the lii.nrm.- If V kcktixe
will ri-'lieve pain, cleanse, purity, ami cure such
diseases, re-torini; the patient i perfect health
after tryius different physicians, many reme
dies. siilTerin.ii for years', is it not conclusive
proof, if you are a sulTerer. you can be cured?
M"l:y is this medicine pei forming such reat
cures? it works in the blood. i:i the circula
tmir fluid. It can truly be called The (irrtit
IS'.'ukI purifier. 1 he K'eat source of disease or
iginates in t lie blood ; and no medicine that
does not act directly upon it. to purify and re
novate, has any just claim upon public alten
I ion.
VEGETINE
1 rtesnrd it n A'nliinblo
.tis:jitir.
Jan. 1. lSTs.
Mu. II. l: Stevens:
h iir Sir, I lake pleasure in saying, that I
have used the emetine in my family w ith ood
resulls. and 1 have known of several cases of
remarkable cure elleeted by it. I regard ii as a
valuable family medicine. Yours Truly.
i:i:v. YVM. M.TlON Vl.D
The Kev. AVm. Melmnald is well known
through the l ulled .-tales as a minister in the
M. i:. church.
Til i sam.s Sce K.- -Veuetine i acknowl
edged and lecunimcndcd by i.liysieians ami
apoi l ee:u ;es o be tin- best piirilicr and clean
ser of I he blood ytl discovered, and thousands
speak in its prai -c who l.ave been icstored to
health.
VEGETINE
Tin U. Have it.
Mr. II. !:. rn i:.Ns :
Ih-'ir Sir. I have sold Yenetine for a lonv
time, and Ilml it givvi mo-l excellent .-atisiac-tioii.
s. ii. ii: p::u:st. m. n.. nrmjuht.
I'l.iietK.t, lnd.
VEOTIN
Prepared by
SI. IS. STKV!:.S, Itoston, .llass.
Vesfiliaa is Sail Ly ail MggtiU.
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AXI
;la(;ks3HTH
to
HOP.
Wnyon, l!ti!y, Jlm-hinr and Plow re
pftiriii'j, and yeneral jobbing.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
ot tarui and ot her machinery, as there
is a pvd lath- in my shop.-
PETE P. HAP EX,
Tlie old K eliable Wasoir Maker
has taken char-c of the wajion shop.
He is well known as a
NO. 1 WOKKMAX.
Xfw nVayoiiM anil Itnyie made to
!!' .
SATISFACTION H'A PANT K I" I).
S'nop on Sivlh street, o ipoite Streiiil's Stable
C'.-l I. L i T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LIVERY, FEED AXD SALE STA
BLES. Comer 0th and Pearl St s.
Hons; i;oaj:iki r.v tiik
day, vi:t:rk, on itiu.vria.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD TBADED.
For a Fair Coniinission.
TCA3IS Am' AI.I ISO IKS.
Pauicular attention paid to
Driving and Training
TKOTTI.K STOCK.
Aio A luaise furnished when called for.
LEX HO EE f- POXXS,
Mornhiu: Dew Saloon !
One door east of the Saunder H011.-.C. AVe
keep I lie be.t of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
33in9 Constantly on Hand.
STltLlGHT k MlLLEft,
HarntJt 3Ian iifacturem,
SADDLES
UniDI.EK,
COLLAKS.
and all kinds of liainess ;tock, etmstamly on
hand.
Eli UI T, COX FECTTOXE Yr
AND
GKOCEKY STORE,
NCTS,
CAXDIES,
TEA
ICOFFEKS,
SVliAKS,
TOBACCOES,
FLO C It,
Remember the place opposite E. O. Dover's !
1 Lower Main si reet. .'
STREIGllT & MILLER.
In Tnree Chapters.
I. MORNING.
Past old vmy mlil and bab: lhijr brook,
Pitst woodland sweet with Song,
Past reedy bank and sheltered nook.
They drifted slow along;
And they heard not the song- of bird or stream
They saw not the sky was blue;
But that all was brig-ht in the morning lijht.
They knew they knew.
IX. NOOX.
Through many a hazy mist of enre.
Through noon-Jay toil well borne,
Throupli clndsomo Joys that both might share.
They drifted since the morn;
And they.hcetle I not the briars and thorns
And weeds that round them grew;
But that hand nnd hand thoy still might stand,
Tney knew they know.
Ill MQHT.
Through lands nglow with sunsets bright.
Through vales of 6mlles and tears.
They passed their scant locks gleaming wh:t
With the whiteness of the yeara.
And they heeded not the Reaper's tread.
Nor felt thut the niifht-wind blew;
But that hand in hand they e'er would stand.
They knew lucy knew.
O. lYeathetiy,
THE QUILTIXU AT MISS JONES'S.
BY JOSIALT ALLKN'S WIFE.
Our minister was merried n j'ear ago,
and we hev been piecing him a bed
quilt; and last week Quilted It. I al
ways make a pint of -going to quiltings,
for you can't be back bi ted to your face,
that's a moral sertenty. I know wim
men jest like a book, for I hev been one
a good while. So I went.
1 hadn't been there long before Miss
Deacon Graves came, and then the Wid
der Tubbs, and then Squire Edward.ses
wife, and Maggie Snow, and then the
Dobbs girls (we call 'em girls, though it
would be jest as proper to call mutton
Iamb,, for forty summers hev gilded
their heads if one ha3 gilt 'eni). They
was the last tl at come, for Mis3
Brown's baby h .d the mumps, and oth
erwise couldn't leave; and the Kipleys
had unexpected company. But with'
Miss Jones, where the quiitin' was
held, and her girls, Mary Ann and Al
zina, we made as many as could set
round the quilt comfortable.
The quilt was made of different kinds
of calico; all the wimmeu round had
pieced a bl ck or two. and we took una
collection to get the batten and linin', ! a"a t!lC-v telegraphted for him."
and theclolh to set it together with,! 'So he said," sneered Betsy Babbet,
which was turkey red, and come to ' "so I"' 1 believe it's for good."
quilt it it looked well; we quilt-d it j "Oa, .learl" sfn ic ked Opl eila Dobbs.
heniir-bone,andarutinin'vine r.,,i j "I shall faint away; keich hold of me.
tlie border. After the pa: h-m -si or was ; somebody."
deuioiehzed. Hie school-mistress tore to "Ketch hold of yourself," said I, ee
litees, the party to Iiipleys scamb Iized, . verely, and then sez I to Betsy, "I don't
Miss Brown's baby voted a itnqaesiion- ( believe lie's run away any more than I
able idiot, and the rest of the un rep n- ' believe I am the next President of the
senteti neighborhood dealt with, l,u- ; United Stales."
cinder Dobbs spoke up, seed sez she: ! "Well, if he hain't, he'll wish he had,"
"1 hope the minisU'r will like the
bed-quilt." (Lucin ler is the one that
s;u lies m.-iti.enialies to discipline hei
mind, and lias the 11 ma 1 ii-.s. ).
"It ain't noways likely fie will,"' sez
h r sister Ophelia (she is one that has
lierjiair frizled on top, and wears spec
tacles). "It ain't noways likely he .Ti l
he is a cold man, a stone statute."
Now, you see, I set mv eyes by the
minister, he is always dom' good to
somebody, besides reachm' more like
a angel than a human b"in'. And I
w;.Mi"i goin' to i-ct s.ill and hear him
rim (io'vn; you see it li'.ed up the old
Smiih blood, and when that is riled,
Josiah says he always takes his hat and
leaves till il settles. And I. spoke up.
and sez T:
"Lucky for him he was made of stone
before he w.:s merried, for common
r'.csh and blood, sez I, would have gin
out a hundred times, chaste round by
the girls as he was" (you see it was the
town's talk how Ophelia Dobhg acted
before he was merried, and she almost
went into a decline, and took heaps ol
mother-wort and fetty).
' "I don't know what you mean, Miss
Allen," sez she, turning red as a brick.
"I never heard of his bein' chaste; 1
know 1 never could bear the sight of
him."
"The distant sight," sez Mary Ann
Jones.
Ophelia looked so mad at that, that 1
don't know but she would have pricked
her w ith her quiitin' needle, if old Miss
Giaves hadn't spoke up. She is a fat
old lady with a double chin, "mild and
lovely" as Mount Vernon's sister.
As I said, she looked mildly up over
her spectacles and nodded her purple
cap ribbons two or three times, and
said, "Yes," "Jest so," to both of us;
and then she was so afraid that we
wouldn't think she was jiuein' with
both of us, sez she, "Yes, Miss Allen,"
"Jest so, Ophelia." And - then to
change tho subject, sez she, "Has the
minister's wife got home yet?"
"I think not," said Maggie Snow, "1
was to the village day before yester
day, and she had not come then."
"I suppose her mother la well off,''
sez the Widder Tubbs, "and as long as
she stays there she saves the minister
five dollars a week. I should think she
would stay all summer."
The widder is about as savin' a wo
man as belongs to the meetin'-house
"It don't look well for her to be gone
so long," says Lucinder Dobbs, "I am
very much afraid it will make talk."
"Mebby it will save the minister five
dollars a week," sez Ophelia, "as ex
travagant as she is in dress as many as
four silt dresses she has got, and folks
as good as she is in the congregation
hain't got but one, and a certain person
full as good as she is, that haint got
any" (Ophelia's best dress 13 poplin),
"it wonit-take her long to run out tb
minister's salary. n
"She had her silk dresses before she
was married, and her folks was
wealthy," said Miss Squire Edwards.
"As muclt a3 we have done and are
still doing for them, it seems ungrate
ful in her," sez Lucinder,"to wear such
a bonnet as she wore all last summer
a plain white straw with a little bit of
. , ., ... .. ... , , .
white ribbon on it; it looked so senmp-
ed and stingy. I have thought she
wore It on purpose to mortify us before
the Baptists, jest as if we couldn't af
ford to dress our ministers wife as good
as they did thehs."
Maggie Snow's cheeks was gettm'red
as lire, and her eyes begun to shine
jest as they did that day we found some
bovs stonin' her cat. You see she and
the minister's wife are the greatest
friends that ever was. And I see she
couldn't hold in much longer; she was
jest openin' her mouth to speak, when
the door opened, and in walked Betsy
Babbet.
"Why, it seems to me you are late.
Betsy," said Misc Jones, "but walk rite
into the spare bed-room and take off
your things."
"Things!" said Betsy, "who cares for
things?"' And she dropped Jnto the
nearest rockin'-chair and commenced
rockin' violently.
Betsy Babbet was a humbly critter.
But we hadn't no time to meditate on
her, for as Miss Jones asked her agin to
take off her tilings, she broke out:
"Wold that 1 had died when I was an
infant babel"
"Amen!'' whispered Mary Ann Jones
to Maggie Snow.
"Do tell us what is the matter, Bet
sy,'' said Miss Jones,
"l'es, do," said Miss Deacon Graves.
"Matter enufT!" sez she; "no wonder
there is earthquakes and jars! I heard
the news jest before I started, and it
made me weak as a cat; I had to stop to
every house on the way down to rest,
and not a soul had heard of it till I told
em. Such a turn as it give mo, I shan't
get over it for a week; but it is jest as
I .always told you; I always said the
minister's wife wasn't any too grxd. It
did'nt surprise me not a bit."
"You can't tell me one word against
Mary Linden that I will believe," said
Maggie Snow.
"You will admit that the ministei
went North last Tuesday, won't you?"
"Seven wimmen spoke up to once, and
said. "Yes his mother was took sick,
ee z she. "Ilis wife came night before
last on the ens."
Four w nimen said "Did she?" two
said, tell?'" and three opened their
mouths and looked at her speechless;
amongst tho last was Miss Deacon
Graves. I spoke in a kolected manner,
and sez I, "What of it?"
Yes, what of it?" said she. "I be
lieve tht poor man mistrusted it all
out, and run away from trouble and
disgrace."
"How da:e you!"' sez Maggie. Snow,
"speak the word disgrice in connection
wiih M.ry Linden?"
"How dare 1?" sez Betsy Babbet.
"Ask J.ke Coleman, us it happened I
ot it from Ids own mouth, it didn't
come through two or three."
"Get what?" sez I; "if you can speak
the English language, Betsy Babbet,
and have got sense enuiT to tell a
slraightstory, tell it and be done with
it," sez I.
"Well, jest as I come out the gate to
our house," sez she, "Jake Coieman
came along, -id he, 'Betsy, X have
get something to tell yo 1,' sez he;
want to tell somebody that can keep it;
it ought to bo kept,' sez he, and then he
went on and told; sez he, 'Miss Lindec
has got home, and e.'ie didn't com?
alone, neither.' Sez I, '"vTt. do you
mean?" He looked ks sisteriwT
ghost, and sez he, 'I mean v.ls'l I trj.
sez he; I drove the arna"- imn oin
the depot,' and sez he, 'as birt a? my
name is Jake Coleman, 1 heard her
talking to somebody she called Hugh
(you know her husband's name is
Charles); I heard her tell this Hugh
that she loved him, loved him bettei
than the whole world.' And then he
made me promise not to tell; but he
said he heard not only one kiss, but
fourteen or fifteen. Now," sez Betsy,
"What do you think of the minister's
wife?"
"Good heavens!" cried Ophelia Dobbs,
"am I deceived? is this a phantagory of
the brain, or have I got ears? Have I
got ears?" she kontinude, wildly glar
ing at me.
"You can feel and see," said I,
shortly.
"Will he live with the wretched crea
ture?" kontinude Ophelia. "No, he
will get a divorcement from her; such
a tender-hearted man as he Is too. It
ever a man wanted a comforter in a
tryin' time he is the man, and to-morrow
I will go and comfort him."
"I guess you will find him, first," said
Betsy Babbet. "And I guess if he was
found, there is a certain person he would
be as glad to see as he would another
certain person."
"There is some mistake,"' said Mag
gie Snow. "Jake Coleman is always
joking."
"It was a male,'" said Lucinder Dobbs,"
"else why did she call him Huih? You
have all heard tlie minister say his wife
hadn't a relative on earth except her
mother and a maiden aunt.'
"I have thought something was on
the minister's mind all the spring,"
said the Widder Tubbsr "I have spken
to sister Ann about it a number of
times." Then she kinder rolled up her
eyes, jest as she does in class-meetin,
and sez she, "It is an awful dispensa-
tion, but I hope he'll turn it into a
means of grace; I hope his speritooil
strength will be renewed. 13ut," sez
she, "I have borryed a good deal of
trouble about his beiu' so handsome; I
have noticed that handsome ministers
don't turn out well, they most always
have somethin' happen to 'em sooner or
later; but I hope he'll be led."
"Well. I never thought that Miss
Linden was any too good," said Betsy
Babbet.
"Neither did I," said Lucinder Dobbs.
"She has turned out jest as I always
iiiougui sue woum,"sjmu upneiia, "ana
. .... . . ,. ..
I have jest as good an opinion of her as
I JiHve for them that stand up for her."
Maffsrie Snow sooke ud then: iest aa
clear as a bell her voice sounded; she
ain't afraid of anybody, for she is Law
yer Snow's only child, and has been to
Boston to school- S(-7 slip. "Aunt Al
en" fslie is a little related to me on her
mother's side); "Aunt Allen, why is it
that, as a general rule, the very worst
roiKs are uienrsi ones 10 suspect oiuer
fcez I, "Maggie, ttiey draw tlieir pic-
tures from memory." And sez I,
"They want to pull down other folkses
reputations, for they feel as if their
own goodness is in a totterin' condi-
tion. and if thev fall, thev want some
thing to fall on, so as to come down
easier like."
Maggie Snow laughed, and sodLlMlss
Ldwards, and the Joneses, but Betsy
uauuet viiu in j-uuua luoueu
ii .i i. i 4i. , "i .ii. .i . l . .i 1
uiach. as .1,1001. ,s. ,,u, t ueisy ..u-
ue i 10 me, sez sue: i snouiun t iuiuh,
Josiah Allen's wife, that you would
countenance such conduct."
"I will first know there is wrong con-
duct," sez I. Sez I, "Miss Linden':
face is jest as innocent as a baby's, and
I ain't a-coin' to mistrust any evil out
of them pretty brown eyes till I am
obleeged to."
jest hi mis minute xne nireu gin
caineir. and said supper was ready, nd
we all went out to eat it. Miss Jones
saiu mere wasn t anyunug on uie iauie
fit to eat, and she was afraid we couldn't
makftniit . l.ut we did have, a stdendid
sunner. irood enough for the Zero 0(
liush v.
We hadn't more'n got up from the
supper table and got back into the par-
...1 ..... l r. 1 ...w.l ,,.0,, tl... I
. .
edit, and who, of all the live world.
saouiu waiK m v u uie 1.1.1.1 , x..c
, , . 1, i4i Ti
laeea ui me wjuuutru no nnvtvu
would have been a study for Michael
Angelica, or any of the old painters.
Miss Jones was so tlustrated .that she
asked him the first thing to tako his
bonnet off, then she bethought herself,
Mid sez she, "How's your mother?-' be
som tdie had sot him a chair or any
thing. But he looked jest as pleasant
and composed as ever, though his eyes
kind-r laughed. And he thai -.ked her
...1 liur .u lift liiv 111 itllPI' t l,o d:i
1i-t ..v.w... J
betore, a good deal oeuer; ana men ue
turned to JUaggie snow, anu sez ne:
1 have come alter you, juiss .uag
. ... . r
gie," sez he. "My wife come home
1.. 1 1 ...! ......I
nigut ueu'iB jiiM, tnu .iuieu. iu sec
you so bad, that I told her as I had bis-
iness past your !io,,e 1 wonld rail foi
t-, .11 -it I unl limii :l 111 1 vol IT 1 1 lOt hfl" I
' " - t j I
I me 3 oil w as ueiu. iumiimmmmi,
z he, "why she wants to see you so
very much now, she is so proud of 0111
boy she can't wait till"'
"Your boy!" gasped nine wimmen to
once.
"Yes," sez-he. smilin' more pleasant
than I ever tee him. "I know you will
all wish me joy. We have a nice little
boy, little Hugh, for my w ife has named
him already for her father. He is a
line, healthy little fellow almost two
months old."
"It wouldn't have done any good for
Michael Ange'.ico to have been there
then, nor Mr. Ruben, nor none of the
rest of them we read of, for if they had
their paletes and easelses all ready they
never could have done any justice tc
the faces of Betsy Babbet and the Dobb3
girls, and, as for Miss Deacon Giaves,
her spectacles fell olf unnoticed, nnd
she opened her mouth so wide that it
was very doubtful to me if she could
evershet it agin. And, as fer me, I
w as truly happy enuffts sing the Te
Deus.
Maggie Snow flew out of the room to
put on her bonnet, with her face shiniu'
like a cherubin, and, as I lived half a
mile on the road they was goin' and tlie
quilt was most off, and he had two
horses, and insisted, I rode with. 'em,
and I haint seen none of the quilieis
een.se.
Old School Iiid. pencience.
'Terley," the Washington corres
pondent of the Boston Journal, writes
of the fact that not one in ten of our
high officials who accept the hospitali
ties of the foreign ministers, ever in
vites those gentlemen in return to
dine. He mentions the case of T motliy
Bickering, who, when he w as Secretary
of State, was too independent to accept
the hospitalites of the Briti.-h minister
because he was too poor to return them.
Ilis note declining the invitation to
dine is characteristic of old school self
respect, which would not incur a debt
of hospitality if it could not pay. Here
is the note:
"Mr. and Mrs. Bickering have re
ceived t e invitation of Mr. and Mrs
Liston to dine with them next Monday,
which would be accepted with pleasure,
but that Congress dors not allow per
sons holding executive ollices undert.he
Fniled tates (unless th y possess pri
vate fortunes) to have any convivial in
tercourse with foreign ministers, and
scarce y admit of it with the most inti
mate of their fellow citizens. Lis deem
ed honor enough for execu'.ive officers
to toil without interruption for their
country, and indu'gence enough to live
on mutton, mush and cold water, -.
"Tuday, March 13, lalO."
State Items.
Pawnee City is building a new mill
r.uvm
l'awnee Co. has a curiositv. A hair
less calf
Decoration day was generally observ
ed through the state
Nebraska City paid out over 8T."i,oO:)
for stock. " the month of May
The Greenback men of Saunders Co.
wilf celebrate tho 4th at Bisels Grove.
.1 TTi'T'.l f - 1 i . , -.
u. o. ivaicy ui utu v iouo is an
nounced as a candidate fur Attorney
Genera!
John. B. Finch, reports that he lias
- enrolled 44,000 in the lied Kibbon
army of Nebraska.
I 'Pl.n l.n.-.lu .l,....OIn I L lit. ,
' ".ua i.uL-rauncii inrougii
western Nebraska, are rapidly inereas
o 'i number,
Gov. l'urnas estimates that he wi
have ten thousand bu.slicls of peach
from his orchard this vear.
i wo horse thieves were caught bv
I -n ...
the sheriff of Lincoln county, at Bui'
falo Station on the I.' 1. II. II
wooi uie seven saloons in M.-.st
inz " " cioseu. in oniero make room
for tvvo 'Witional drug stores.
It is said that the North I'iatteeo.in
I .
try claims the i iulit of (.,,,si,. tl..
next (;UVl.rnol- of tliis slate.Kx
The Fremont Herald is convinced
that the Sioux City and l.,ciiic road
will be extended to Norfolk this ear
A l.a l storm p; s ;ed over north I'la t
l'y breaking nearly two tl,ous;in
lu,muH "g.u.s. -NoUamage is reported
to stoc';i '"' t'"ps.
j . x. j joyii, 01 Omaha cwn.s a ranch
near Fort Feiterman. w hich he has i-
f ccntlv stocked w ith iron, sr.iinii
A40,,m .....,,. ...... i
I ti ;. :., ..mi . .
10 Keep eoui.C of
" "' eis wagnns and outhts that
.ue uaiiy ana almost hourly passing
through Crete on the way to the new
homes in the slate. Saline Union
I lie 1 1 1 111 1 "i-:i 1 1. ti 1 ti Tl.. If ,.....,.!.. :.
huge this spring, fine hundred am
rt ,.vss ,,,.. iinnio K.
1 - -v.. ..'i nu.i iiiPi 11111
ber daims ju ,
Col. E. I Ireland has been appoint
eu Commissioner 111 Chancery by the
T T c -1. .1 .
l . .-, jisu icl ourr. 1 us is one of
the few- instances w here talent ami abil
ity lias been appreciated. IVru Her
ald.
Articles of incorporation have been
issued to the "Nebraska Exposition
ssoei.it ion," w hich has for its pur
I ... w. t I... 1 , , .
Mil; ItUlCIi.lMM'rf.l lllf I:lllll fill
whi(.h sl:it( f. ...
heretofore
, , , ,
" " "OM
J ne census if turns from the dill'er-
4 . ,.,,
i-iuiuuiRfsoi me .iaie are com in"
in slowly. Mr. Koggcu, private Seere-
:ary of S-,-.. Tchuck informs us that
. . . ...
ill.. I.Ot.lll'II Inn it'.ll ...11. -.... i .i .
. 1 . .
One of the employees of the B. & M
Kailroad, while unloading heavy tim
bers from the cars, for the erection o
a water tank at this place was caught
between the timbers and considerably
crushed, one shoulder was broken, and
he was more or less hurt otherw ise.
By the care of Dr. Huff, he was enabled
to be removed to his home on the Mou-
uay morning train. Beatrice Courier.
Every day this week prairie schoon
ers in twos and threes, have passed
through on their way to the Niobrara
country. They came from all parts of
the east and Some hailed from tla
northern part of Minnesota. They all
seemed to be well prepared for front j.-i
life and from the amount of stock the
possessed the inner man w ill not want
for Dio Lew is nourishing food. Jack
son Herald.
An immense emigration is pouring
into the Yellowstone vallev and the
Black Hills. At the point on Tongue
river w here General Miles was encamp
ed iu 1ST(5 there is a new town with a
population of nearly one thousand.
Tlie battle fields of Custer and his men
are occupied by fanners, and the count
ry from which Sitting Bull .vas driven
is in the peaceful possession of people
who have made permanent homes there.
Sidney Telegraph.
"A'e understand that quite a serious
accident happened to a boy named
Cunningham, at Steele City Tiks1.i
afternoon. Ilis father was unloading
some hog. he holding the team, when
the horses became frfghtened at th
noise made by the hogs and started to
run. He held on to the reins for s um
time but was finally thrown out, fall
ing under the horses feet and the wag
on passed over him. One rib w as bro
ken and he was otherwise injured.
Faubury Gazette.
Central City considers itself the "!
jective point of the Nebraska Bail way.
Nine-tenths of the people who let'.
Merrick County, during a grasshopper
raid which destroyed their corn, havt
returned. Merrick County is compar
atively new, but the strides made in
the last two years, will soon place hei
head and shoulders as ngards popula
tion, and prosperity, with counties tei
years her senior. Never before, in th
history of our county, has there been
so great a demand for breaking, am!
other plows, as at present. Central
City Courier.
Oar Afton Li tter.
Ai ton, June 1st. ls7s.
This is tho r.mn-.'st dav vet.s!) , ii
- n, i. ..,1,. ... ,i ,., " ' .
ly, everyihing in nop lino-promise
- well, fall grain well adv:mced. Two-
grist and saw mills under construc
tion, respectfully nine and nineteen
miles from here. Our butUr maker,
ai-o going to clict so making, as butter
j at eight cents per p.mnd don't pa
Large herds of texau cattle looked for
soon, then what a scramble for calve:-;,
they give tlii'in away to avoid killing
them or leaving them tostarve. More
anon. K. s. Ciiu.n.
Telegraphic Summary.
Bkki.in. June o.--Th(! Fuipei 01 'v
condition was general! v satisfactory
l li is morning. He is Very cheerful and
his ra piil recovery is confidently ex
pected. At the first lire the llnipior
rceeived seven shot in the l i;hl mm
and w ri.-d , and live in the head and
fa. e. Ilis In hin t w as completely i id
die. 1 by the second discharge. He i e-i-eived
about JO shot in tic left upper
arm and shoulder, and six iu the neck.
The folds of his thick military cloak
deadened Ihe effects of the sin t.
Gertscliakojf is siiliieientl v recovered,
to go to lie' Cd!i;;r-.
Iowa In Id the B' publican conven
tion of the s-'Veiilh Cougre.-.si-inal Di.il
at Des Moiins on the .'illi imA:
Congressman Cummings was le
nominated bv ad 1 ma! ion, and hit!
reeoid in (Vngre.s.s cord ally endorsed.
(Juito a h-iigth.v p!a! form was adopted.
Its more notable features are the dc
clarai i n. against ! le- Sont !n-i 11 claims.,
against the l'otlcr investigation, and
in favor of the belli r protection of
Il'-pulili-aiis in (ho south. The last
resolution paraphrase ihe speech of
President Hayes a; AM.iuta, affirming
that ll.e Cnioii soldier is entitled tt
to special en dit.
Colga'e i Cos soap faetoiy al Jel-
sev 'i t v c.xj.lo led on I h" "ili, nist, and
was entirely consumed by lire, making
a loss of .Vinoon and throwing :U
men out ol' luployment.
The races at St. Louis were attend
ed by ten thousand ptopleon tho r.;i.
int.
The senate has summarily disposed
of Ihe confederate brigadiers' propo
sit ion to reduce the army to 2u,(lUi
men. The o'e in favor of keeping
up the force as at present established
was 10 to Noim-thing like a test
vote on the bill to
i:i:i'i:.vi. tiii; i:i-:.-:cMi'Ti"N act
was taken up iu the Senate yes'erdav
'ooi het s made a frantic appeal in fa-
or of i mi ned i it e a t ion, but t he Sena to
V a vote ol ' to M. proceeoeil to lie
onsiderat ion of the army appropria
tion liil . J here is work en nigh on
lie a ppi opij.it ion bills to eoiiumj all.
that remains of the session.
Deba'e in ho Senate upon the .sec
tion of tin-army bill l ransfei ring tin
Indian bureau to (he war department,,
was de v cIojiih', u ne peel i cl strong op
posit ion to t hat ineasjii e.
'The Indiana slate I!epubliean Con
v ention net at Indianapolis on the'dh.
Tic-platform condemns the displace
ment of i'iiion"s'ildiers and substitu
tion of rebels, the payment of over
2fi' t.ooO.ooo of rebel claims, the lawless
action of Democrats i" the House iu
unseating 1!e public in I fepreser datives
fairly elected, and denounces f he action
of the loaders of .the l bi.ioerat ie parly
is revolutionary, and solemnly pledge
themselves to support and maintain
President Hayes and the law fully con
stituted authorities of the government
in resisting the revolution.
'The attempt at assassination of Kin
peior William is thought to have been
generally known by the .socialist
throughout Europe, and that a plot,
had been forim-d to as.sasinate th-.-whole
imperial family.
A Democratic C nsiiltatioii.
Scene, any u li'-re : Time, about new, 'I it.iei:, Ue -In
liioti. Itl.nr. jtnhi. i'-.dt'T, It i ue', D.ma.
Cli :!'.. :n.. I iiti.iT piiirna.i-iil I )eii: . rat eon
suit ovr tie aua;i,i!.
Tildea - H.'iicliinen I C i-.- y.nir wheedling
;i y s ;
luoji t lie pal : ;..ljc :
f' ic for me t!'.- '-'..aj- o Have- !
liehctii a - ll'nit ac ;;,ic;. u-, v l; k 'u an a s ;
Slate and SI ate hi li.-i -e array s
And War's criu.-ou li e iii-pl.i.' !
l'.lau I Si I il old. If I can rai-e
Neither le !1 b. f. i :l y ca",
(ii'nio'My I'll rial i:.y il .
Ililin ley ! I li -, -i in t 'i ci-ae !
To tie- plotter.. l,e ti e jirai-e ,
TiiN w;;: s.-t the i - :
Potter As lu-loie. at la I striys ;
Wli :. Demi.ci'ai;.; donk' y lira; --,
I w ill call tlie Vi as Mnl i..i i.
Rapim St.i'e-h i cr win-i e s ,v
Famiiii- wte-re tie eij
lio: that Ilavs an ! - '
!1 .ood p!s r
ntd.-n--Kapine. Kuin. ch;
t M.y lays
Fail thi s.- i.-'i.-ai-diy .!.. s '.
S.-1ef.-r me tiie chali ef JI o. es!
Chaes-Coii.e. !i-.u!ci '. In tl.c ..-iz
'I'le.-tMin ail the laiid l t; ay- t
Let us Mv!.!de ik Mal.o .s t
Dana Nun don't irnsve as .I.i-iicr s.i s :
Stand s.".-!:t sf aa-i bever f-ti ay ;
A! .' a.-: le ii. i-s " l raur' at II. .yes !
Ten-.-r-I-'Iv '. A Iiorseman rs survevs !
Awful ale the words In- i-as(
An t a lio-t l-.is le.d otj. j - !
Tibleii Stand !y hi" till Ho! b pa;,
Seie f.,- n,... the chair of Il.ijes
They did not waif, le - r. Healing a chei r
and the tramp of .-'.feioiciire,' cava.ry. tney in I
eattf-r pell-iiiel!. and pime-e,! , !T a 1. fell pteci
die i.:to an ui.f;-.; it .-unable uulf. A man oi
iiie!ia. k alp-ared. hatted o:i tl.c Urli.l;. ami
coked do vn. lb- "lis ll.il ill : eiM - W .
'. in New Voi k irnpfc.
n a farm in Lyons, Hire county,
van., tl.i ants in tla-ir e-civation-
iring to the suif.-.ce quantities of small
eads, suppose ! to have Liecii forui-.i:ly
a the i uSii.rjlo.1 f Indiai"i.