r HE HE RALD.
rOHUSITED EVERY TIIOTISDaT
AT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
office
On Vina St.. One Block North of Main.
Corner of Fifth Street.
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tT-Transient advertisements must bo patU
fur in mlvunce.
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. J
"PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS.
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J. Young, bt the PostoU'co News Depot,. Mda
Street.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY,- MARCH G, 1879.
NUMBER 50.
VOLUME XIV. J-
THE HERALD
NEBRASKA
FIRST
National Bank
F PLATTSMOUTTI. NEBRASKA.
T700BH80 TO
TOOTS. K. UASXA A CLARK
JOH!f FlTZ?BAI.I
K. G. Dot kt
A. W. MrL.ACr.HLIN ... .
JO II O'ltOCUKE
President.
....Vice President.
Cashier.
.As.sl.sta tC'ashier.
Tbls Bank Is now open for bmlnc at their
Bew room . corner Main and Sixth st eels, and
prepared to trausact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
frtoeka. Beads, Gold. Government and Local
Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
XtjxmiU Received and Interest Allow
exi on Time Certificate.
Available in anv part of the United States and
ku all the Principal Town and Cities
of V.urope.
A CENTS roil THE
CELEBRATED
In man Line and Allan Line
OF NTKAnElM.
Terson wWblng to brine out their friends from
rope can
1'UBOUAIE TIOKItTS rilOU US
Through te Plsttsmenth.
WILLIAM HEROLD,
dealer In
DttY GOODS.
CLOT Tld.
BLANKKTS.
FLANNELS,
FURNISHING GOOD3.
:o:
a ROC E RIES OF ALL KINDS. I
Lare stock of
BOOTS ana SHOES
to be
CLOSED OUT AT COST
Notions, Queensware,
and In tact everything you can call for In
the line of
General Merchandise.
CASH PAID FOK HIDES AND FURS.
All kinds of country tiioiltice tiktn In ex
rbaoge lei goods.
SAGE BROTHERS,
Dealers lu
GTO"V IB S ,
arc. rrc. kto.
One Dr East of the Post -Office. Plaitsinoiitii,
Nebraska.
Practirat Workers in
OH BUT IRON, ZINC, TIN. BRA
ZIER V, fc, Jf,
Lcr2 assortment of Hard ana Sct
GOAL OYE3,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEATING Oil COOKING,
Always on Hand.
rrr vaelety of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Bne
Work, kept in Stock.
61 AKIN G AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notice.
ur-ErznrTMXG wa nitAXTED .
rmcr.H low iowx.
SAGE BBS.
LANDJ-AND!
BEST FARMING LANDS
IN NEBRASKA.
FOR SALE BY
3B. SSo.
1' XEBRAHKA.
Great Advantages to Buyers
IN 1S77.
Ten Yearn Credit at 6 percent Interest.
Six I'ears Credit at G per cent Interest,
and 20 per cent Discount.
Otfr l.lbrral IHwonnN For 'ash
Ilhehntew on Fsres mid Fretsntu,
and Freiulnnit tor linprove
nieutH. Iiijiirlilets and Slapn. containing full partic
ulars will be mailed frre to any part of the
world on application to
L.VN1 COMMISSIONER. B. & M. R. P..
Lincoln Nkbraska.
A. Schlegel & Bro.,
Manufacturers of
IFIZLsTE CIG-ABS,
And dealers in
FANCT SMOKERS ARTICLE'S, SMOKING
and CHEWING
TOBACCO'S.
SpecWU BRANDS and sizes of CIGARS made to
order, and satisfaction guaranteed. Cigar
ellpplnga old for smoking tobacco,
alaia St. one dooi west of Saunders House.
FXATTSMOCTH, NEB. 10Iy
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Vain Street, opposite Saunders House.
SHAVING AND SnXMPOOlXO
ljpeial attention ylen to
CUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA
DIAS HAIR.
CALL AND SEE BOONE. GENTS,
And Kpt a boone In a
OLEAU SHAVE.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J. I.. Jlft'KEA,
DENTIST, and nomnrpathlc PhyMcIan. Of
fice corner Main and Mb at'., over Herold's
store. Plaltsmouth. Neb. 21 y
T. B. WIMOK,
ATTORNET AT LAW. Practices In Sann
ders and Cass Counties. Ashland. Nebraska.
35mt
It. II. WIXOIIAJI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Pl.ittsmonth. Neb. Of
fice Front Room over Chapman St Smith's
Drue Store. 43ly
It. It. MVIXHTO, M.
PHVHICIAX & KUIIGCON.
OFFICE HOURS, from 10 a. in., to 2 p. m.
Examining Surgeon for U. S. Pension.
111. W. II. MCI1II.IU. KC1IT,
PRACTISING PHYV. will attend rails
at all hours, night or aZy Plattxniouth. Ne
braska. Office in Chapman & Smith's Drug
Store. 421y
;ko. h. MJIITII.
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker. Special attention given to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate,
omre on 2d floor, over Post Office. Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. 4ut.
JAHEN K. JIORRINOX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice lu Cass
and adjoining Counties ; gie special attention
to collections and abstracts of title. Office with
Ceo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, Platteinoutli,
Nebraska. Kyi
i. ii. viikf.ii:u A CO.
LAW OFFICE. Real Ktate. Fire and Life In
surance Agents, Plaltsmouth, Nebraska. Col
lectors. tax-ayer. Have a complete abntract
of titles. Buy and sell real entate, negotiate
loans, &c. I5yl
W. I'Ll'TTKR.
DBITTIST.
Platteanooth. Xebrakv.
Office on Main Street over Solomon and Na
than's Store. 3Hy
MAM. M. CUAPMAX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office In Fitzger
ald Block,
I9yl PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
D. H . WIIKF.l.F.lt,
K. P. 9TO.NR.
WHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
riattmontli Xfbraska.
1 II ATI. LIS T'AKItKX.
Tonsorial Artist.
PLATTSJIOl'TH XUUAKKA.
Place of niLsitiL's- on Main St.. between 4th
and.Mn streets. Sliauipoolng, Shaving, chil
dren's hair cutting, etc. etc. Viy
C03IMEUC1AL HOTEL,
LINCOLN, NLR,
J.J. I3IHOFF, - - - Proprittor.
The best known and most popular landlord
in the Stale. Alw ays stop at tlie Commercial.
LENHOFF it- UONNS,
3Iornins: Dew Saloon !
Ouo door east ! the Saunders IIoue. We
keep I lie best of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
3111)'.)
Constantly on II;uul.
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. 8. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Cood Sample Room..
Every attention paid to guests. 43m3
PtATTHMOfTH. ----- N'KJt
HUBBARD HOUSE,
D. WOODARD, --- Prop.
Weeplnjf Water, IVcb.
Good accoromadations and reasonable charjr
es. A good livery kept in connection with the
huve. Wl
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
FREMONT. NEBRASKA.,
FRANK PARCELL - - -' Prop.
Good rooms, good board, and every thing hi
apple pie order. Go to the Occidental when
vou vUit Fr-mont. JOtf
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
C. IJEISEL., - Proprietor.
Flour, Com Meal d- Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The hiphest prices paid for Wheat and
Corn. Particular attention given custom work.
A.N D
MACHINE SHOPS !
I'UATTSMOUTII. MB.,
Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers,
Sate and Grist Jfillf
UAH AXI MTEAM FITTI'sttS,
froui;ht Iron Pipe. Force and Lift ripes.Steam
GautPs. Safetv-Yale tiovernnrs.and all
kinds of Bras? Engine Fittings,
repaired u short notice.
FARM MACHINEHT
F.3I . COX,
MERCHANT TAILOR
Over Solomon & Nathan's Store, Main St.,
Ik'tween 4th and Olli.
am prepared to d all business in my
line at Licing Rates, ami
Satisfaction Guaranteed !
In every instance.
WARRANT A FIT !
- Or make no charge.
fCall and examine poods and samples.
Good Stock of trimmings always on hand. 42m3
W. D. JONES'
Again takes the
Brick Livery Stable
PLATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA
The old Bonner StaMes. in Ffottsniouth, are
now leased by Wm. D.JONES, and he has on
hand new and handsome accommodations, In
the shape of
HORDES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
and
SADDLE HORSES.
I am prepared to keep HORSES
FOR SALE s TRADE!
And will
Train and Break Colts
On Reasonable Terms.
ALSO KE31E3IBER,
That wlthrplenty of room (that very one
knows I have) in my stable. 1 can get Farmers'
Mock and wagons, loads'of hay, &c.. under cov
er, where thev will keep dry.
Ttiauklne all my old patrons for their liberal -it
V. I solicit their frnl fnr tha
j that I can accommodate them Letter and do
j i4ioiii tuau everoeiore.
3yl
WM. D. JONES.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,
State tireelory.
A. S. PADIMCK. U. S. Senator, Beatrice.
AI.VIN SAUNDERS. U. S. Senator, Omaha.
Tlios ,T. MAJORS. Representative. I'eru.
ALBINl'S NANCE. Oitvnmor, Lincoln.
S. J. A LEXANDER. Secretary of State.
F. W. LK1DTKE. Auditor. Lincoln.
i. M. BARTLE rr, Treasurer. Lincoln.
8. R. THOMPSON, Sunt. Public Instruction.
F. M. DAVIS. Land Conimiioner.
V. J. DILWOKTH, Attorney tleneral.
REV. C C. HARRIS. Chaplain of Penitentlarr.
DR. H. P. M A IT 11 E W SON , Supt. Hospital for
the Insane.
o
Supremt- Court
R. MAXWELL, Chief Justice, Fremont.
GEO. B. LAKE, Omaha.
AM ASA COBB, Lincoln.
Second Judicial District.
S. B. POUND. Judge. Lincoln.
J. C. WATSON, Prosecuting-Atfy. Neb. City.
W. L. WELLS, Clerk Dift. Court, I'lattsmouth.
County Directory.
A. N. SULLIVAN, County Judge.
J. D. TUTT. County Clerk.
J. M. PATTERSON. County Treasurer.
R. W. H VERS. Sheriff.
v.. W. FAIRFIELD. Surveyor.
G. HILDEBRAND, Coroner.
COUNTY rOJtSUSSIOF.RS.
HENRY WOLFE. Mt. Pleaant Precinct.
JAMES CRAWFORD. South Bend Precinct.
SAM L RICHARDSON. Eight Mile Grove.
City Directory,
J. W. JOHNSON, Mavor.
J. M. PATTERSON. Treasurer.
J. D. SIMPSON, Citv Clerk.
P. P. GASS. Police Judse.
P. B. MURPHY. Citv Marshal.
WM. L. WELLS. Chid of Fire Dept.
COI'NI'II.MKN.
1st Ward-ELI PU MMER, W. J. AGNEW.
2d Ward E. tl. DOVEY. G. W. FAIRFIELD.
3d Ward R. C. CUSHINt;. f HOS. POLIXX'K.
4lh Ward F. M. DORR1NGTON, P. McC AL
LAN. liatler JNO. W. MARSHALL.
B. & M. R. KTime Table.
Corrected Friday, October 18, 1878.
FOR OMAHA FlToMrLATTSMOUTn.
Leaves 7 :W a. in. Arrives 8 -45 a. in.
' 2 :35 p. m. " 3 o p. in.
FROM OMAHA FOR rL.vTTSMOUTn.
Leaves 9 :W) a. m. Arrives 11 :20 a. m.
" 6 :W p. in. " :5o p. m.
FOR THE WEST.
Leave riattsmouth 10 :25 a. m. Arrives Lin
coln, 1 -25 p. m. ; Arrives Kearney, a: 05 p. in.
Freight leaves 0 MO a. m. Ar. Lincoln 2 :M p.m.
FROM THE WEST.
Leaves Kearney. 6 :22 a. m. leaves Lincoln.
12 :1" P. m. Arrives I'lattsmouth. 3 :00 p. m
Freight leaves Lincoln 11 :30 a. m. Arrives
Plattsir.outh, 5 :X) p. m.
GOING EAST.
Express. C :1" a. m.
Passenger, (train ech day) .1 :.io p. in., except
Saturday. Every third Saturday a train con
nects at 'the usual time.
It. V. It. Bt. Time Talile.
Taking Effect Monday, Aor. 4. 18T8.
SOUTHWARD.
Arrives
Leaves
Ayr 8 :2t p. m.
Blue Hill, ..R p. in.
Cowles ! :4T p. 111.
Rod Cloud. 10 -.Ji p. in.
Hastings. 7 :25 p. m
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J.OUTIIWAKI).
Arrives
Leaves
1 Cowles 4 ill a. m.
1 Blue Hill,. ..5 :V2 a. m.
f Avr cia.m.
Red ClouJ.l :C0a ni
I Hitsiliigs.. . ." :'2o a. in.
v. , &. j. it. it. time: taiii.i:
WESTWARD.
Express
Iave Chlcairo 10 I Sam 10
Mendota 1 5pm
t;alesluig .V,pm ; 5
Burlington 7 40nn 8
Ottuinwa il05opiu.il
Chariton j 1 4.".am l
" Creston 1 4 2riaml 5
Red Oak ' 7 loam j 8
Mail.
fKI)lll
4.ram
3Tain
mam
:vam
ITipm
l.iin
Oopin
Arr.
Plaltsmouth 9 2oam:
EASTWARD.
Express Mail.
Leave Platt-smouth.
Red Oak
Crecton
" Chariton
" ouuuiwa
Burlinuton. .
" Oalesburg ...
" Mendota
. S Nipm ' 5 36am
' 8 oojuii ' H 5oam
. ' 10 .Vipni 11 loam
. 12 Mam. '2 ir.pm
. j :t Ltiaiu : 5 (Mipin
. I 6 :oam 8 40im
. ! s 55am 11 onpin
, 1 12 i:pm i .1 loam
.j 3 3npm; 7 ouam
Arriv t.'hicjigo..
ox I.Y 27 HOURS TO ST. LOUIS by the new
ROUTE just opened via MONMOCTH. PULL
MAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS run from
Burlington tost. Louin without change.
BY LE WING PLATTSMOUTH AT 3 0 P.
M..you arrive in St. LOUIS the next evening at
8 :20. and leaving St. Louis at :20 a. in., you ar
rive in I'lattsmouth 9 :20 the next morning.
Coupon Tickets for sale for all poiuts North,
South, East and West.
SAMUEL roWELL.
D. W. HITCHCOCK. Ticket Agent.
Gen. Western Pass. Agent.
J. M. Bkciitau Agent, riattsmouth.
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To Hoosiers in Nebraska.
Former resident of Indianla new living in
the Vest. desiring to obtaiu the news Irani
their old Hoosier Home, should at once sub
scribe for the best of all the we kly papers.
The Northern Imlianinn.
GEN.REUB. WILLIAMS, Editor and Prop.
Without a doubt The Northan InmAmax
Is the best weekly paper published wiiliiu the
borders of Iiidlaua. It Is a large forty-column
folio-the largest in the county and each num
ber is tilled to repletion wit'li Indiana News,
Editoruls on every subject. Choice Fragments
of History, Select Sketches, and letters from its
own correspondents in the East and Wet. The
great size of THk Northern Inihanian en
ables it to furnish Ita reader with a upletidid
Continued Story. In addition to its large amount
of Miscelaneous Reading matter, and it i con
ceded by every one to be thebet paper publish
ed in the old Hoosier State. In the first nnm
berof the year 1879, will be commenced a new
surv entitled.
K0XIE, A TALE OP THE HARRISON
CAMPAIGN,
By the Rer. Edward Eggleston, author of "The
Hoosier Schoolmaster." "The Circuit Rider"
etc.. the plot of which is laid in Indiana, and
which will far surpass any tale published in a
western Journal.
At the begiuinR of the new yearTnK Ivm x
Ian will print a manioth Double fcueet Holiday
Nuintier. which will he the
I.AWirsT l-ATKH EVER rRIXTED IN AMERICA.
This double number will he seDt to regular
ubscrsibers the same as its tLstial issue, but sin
gle copies of this special Usuo will be sent on
receipt of ten cents.
THE TERMS OF THE INDIANIAN ARE :
Three niouths ton trial so
Six months, i no
One year 200
Addres GEN. KEUB. W'lLLIAMsi
I.V1IANIAN BCILKINO, WABSAW.lND.
Five
"Rut a week Is so long ! he said.
With a toss of his curly head,
le, two, three, four, five, six, seven I
Seven whole daysl Why, In six, you know
(You said It yourself you told me so).
The great God up in Heaven
Made all the earth and the seas and skies,
The trees and the birds and the butterflies 1
Hoif can I wait for my seeds to grow?"
"But a month Is so long t he said,
With a droop of his boyish head.
"Hear me count one, two, three, four
Four whole weeks, and three days more ;
Thirty-one days, and each will creep
As the shadows crawl over yonder steep ;
Thirty-one nights, and I shall lie
Watching the stars climb up the sky !
How can 1 wait till a month U o'er?"
"But ayear Is so long!" he said.
Uplifting his bright young head.
"All the seasons must come and go
Over the hills with footsleiis slow
Autumn and Winter, Summer and Spring ;
Oh, for a bridge of gold to fling
Over the chasm deep and wide,
That I might cross to the other side.
Where she Is waiting my love, my bride!"
"Ten years may be long," he said.
Slowly raising his statety head.
"But there's much to win, there is much to lose ;
A man must labor, a man must choose,
And he must be strong to wait !
The years may be long, but who would wear
The crown of honor, must do aud dare !
No time has he to toy wlih fate
Who would climb to manhood's high estate I"
"Ah ! life Is not long!" he said,
Bowing his grand white head.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven !
Seven times ten are seventy.
Seventy years ! As swift their flight
As swallows cleaving the morning light.
Or golden gleams at even.
Life Ls short as a Summer night
How long, O God ! is eternity?"
Harper's Bazar
' Will ye love me thus forever !"'
And she looked into his eyes
With a glance that seemed a token
Of the fervor of her sighs.
" I wudu't guaranty it,"
With a smile responded Pat,
" For I'm hardly av the notion
That I'll laslit as Inns as that."
CIRCUMSTANTIA L EVIDENCE.
It is quite common, hikI some may think
it fashionable, to cry out against circum
stantial evidence; while the fact is- and a
fact not to Ik; disputed that no evidence
is more reliable.
Circumstances do not lie; they fire trust
worthy as far as they ri, and the only
thino; required to render their evidence in
disputable is that no link in the chain
bliall be l:u'kinr.
To be sure there is liability to error,
but it is not through danger that the cir
cumstances may rove treacherous, but
that a witness may bo mistaken in his di
rect evidence or testimony. Absolutely
and truly, direct testimony the recount
ing of what a man lias himself seen or
heard is always to be iicecjited with cau
tion; and it uufrcquentiy happens that
such testimony, given in the utmost
good faith, proves false and treacherous.
Let nie tell you a story to illustrate what
I mean.
It transpinnl about twenty years ago on
the shores of the Hudson.
A young lady I forget the names, but
we will supply fictitious ones Mary
Adams, was missing from her home.
Her disappearance caused intense ex
citement, and that excitement ran wild
when it was at length announced that she
had lccn murdered.
Her lody had Im-cii found on the shore
of a tributary of the Hudson River, with
bruises ujion her head, which gave ample
evidence that herdeath had been a violent
one.
Such bruises might have been gained
by falling upon the rocks alxive the sjxit
where the remains were found, but there
were other circumstances that pointed in
another and more ghastly direction.
A young man named William Claypole
was arrested under accusation of the mur
der of Mary Adams.
A preliminary examination before a jus
tice afforded sufficient evidence to bind him
over to ajijK-ar before a jury.
Claypole had waited 11 on Miss Adams
for a year or more, ami during the two or
three months last past their intercourse
had not xx-n of the happiest kind.
She was proved to have lieen gny and
laugliter-loviug, with a light, volatile dis
position, a heart warm and impulsive, and
impatient of restraint.
Claypole, it appeared, had been exceed
ingly jealous and exacting; prone to fault
finding, and ready to make his affianced
miserable and fearful if she dared to look
smilingly upon another man.
It was proved by several witnesses that
Claypole had threatened Miss Adams with
terrible vengeance if he ever caught him
doing certain tilings again; and a man of
the town a man respectable and reliable
had seen the twain together in angry
discussion on the very night of the disap
jiearancc. He had been on his way home on foot,
and walking leisurely a!ong by the river's
bank not a hundred yards from where the
dead Inxly had Iieen found.
He had heard Ck:ypo!e use language of
terrible significance, and one sentence,
sjioken loudly and distinctly, he could re
peat word for word and wear to it.
It was a bright moonlight evening, and
he had gained but a short distance from
the angry ptJr when he saw the man grasp
the girl by the arm and fiercely exclaim :
"I'd rather kill you, and throw your
IkxIv into this cold flood, than live under
such torment as yon have made me suffer
for the last few weeks. Ik-ware! I tell
you, woman, I am desperate."
To this the man swore most positively.
He rememljrcd the circumstances and the
exact diite, and that was the evening on
which Mary had left her home not to re
turn. William Claypole was committed for
trial, and in due time he wtis brought be
fore the jury.
If anything, the evidence before the jury
was more conclusive than had been the
preliminary evidence. There was more of
it, and it all pointed directly to the ac
cused. In fact, Mary Adams had leen killed, it
was an alsolute impossibility that any 011c
else could have done it. That she could
have killed herself was a proposition, not
to be entertained.
William ClayjMiIe told his story.
Most of the evidence lie had heard ho
acknowledged true.
He had been exceedingly jealous, and
he had threatened the girl, and though he
could not clearly renumber all that he
might have said under the influence of
strong passion, yet he would not deny that
the man who had reported liis last tenible
speech Tij)on the river's bank had reported
it correctly.
He said he had been there with Mary
on that evening, and he remcmlcred that
he saw the witness on the read. Alter
seeing witness he spoke the angry, impul
sive words to Mary. He could not recall
all that he said. He could only swear to
the simple fact that very shortly alter us
ing the language just presented he had be
come startled by his own fierce passi 'iis,
and had sent the girl from him he badi
her go to her home, telling her that he
hoped lie might never see her again.
With that she had left him, and he kuev
no more.
Claypole's story lore the 6tai:ip ot truth
in everything, save the leariiig Unm it ol"
the facts already given.
Everybody was sorry, nobody believing
that William Claypole ever nourished
murder in his heart. He had been but
ths creature of dreadful impulse.
Yet the evidence was all against him
all, all and not a point whereon to hang
a doubt, and he was found guilty of mur
der. One bright pleasant day, while William
Claypolelay crushed anil broken in his
dark ceff and hile the ieople shook
their heads in sorrow that one so. young
and promising should meet so terrible a
fate on such a day Mary Adams appear
ed before the jailor and demanded to see
the prisoner who had been accused of her
murder 1
The jailer came nigh to fainting with
superstitious terror; but by-and-by the
applicant succeeded in convincing him
that she was a thing of flesh and blood,
like other women and he admitted her to
the prison.
We need not describe the scene that
followed the meeting of the lovers. In
some respects it was sacred.
In due time the custodians of judicial
power and authority came to the prison,
where they listened" to a new revelation.
Mary Adams was not dead at all I The
story which her lover had told was true.
On that niirht of the quarrel, fearing that
he might do some ra.li thing, and really
desirous, for the time, of getting out of his
way and lx-yond his knowledge, she re
turned secretly to her house, Avhere she
made up a small bundle of necessary
clothing, and then, unknown to any one,
she crept away, and before morning she
was U-vond the possibility of reach or of
rccoo-mtion.
Having found a new home in a far
away mountainous region, she had not
Keen nnv newsnnixT until she had been
several weeks in her new home.
She read the account of her own death,
and of the arrest of her old lover for her
murder with astonishment, and now she
had conic to set matters right.
As fortune would have it, on the very
day of Miss Adams' return an officer from
an" insane asylum appeared in search of
an escaped patient, whom after weeks of
lalior he had succeeded in tracing in that
direction.
He saw the garments which had lecn
taken from the body of the dead woman,
and recognized them at once as h iving be
longed to his patient.
The initials, "M. A.."' which had been
supposed to stand for Mary Adams, were
really meant to represent '"Mortonl trough
Asylum."
The officer saw Miss Adams, and de
clared that if he had met her on the high
way, or in a crowded public conveyance,
he certainly would have arrested her.
Her resemblance to the patient he had
sought was wonderful.
And so the truth was known at last. By
a fortunate revolution of the wheel, light
came to Mary Adams, and her re-apiear-aucc
upon the scene came with saving
power to William Clayjxile.
The lovers went away from the prison
together, and we have certainly j'l.-t
ground for the lelief that the ordeal
through which they had passed had been
sufficient in its terrible experience, to lead
and sustain them in the only sate and
peaceful way of life the way of trustful
love and wise forbearance.
'Behold from this," cries one, "the dan
ger of relying upon circumstantial evi
dence." But we beg that one's pardon. The
circumstances did not lie; it was the di
rect testimony that proved false, as is very
often apt to be the case. Frank Leslie.
By Proxy.
Some time since, one of the brightest
and wittiest of Cincinnati's girls went
abroad, says the Times, and when she re
turned home, about the first person to con
gratulate her upon her safe return was
l , a young blood of the city, whose
dollars exceeded his sense in the ratio of
alout a million to one.
"Aw, Miss Y ," ho said, "permit me
to greet you, I know you have had a very
pleasant trip abroad."
"Yes," she answered, "very pleasant in
deed. I was all over the continent and
through England, Scotland and Ireland."'
"Aii, in Ireland; and did you see the
Blarney StoneP
"Yes, I was there."
"Oh, I should so delight to see it. It
has always been a desire of mine to kiss
that celebrated stone, but I have never had
the opportunity."
"Indeed, then you should go there."
"I know, but I have not done so, but
why shouldn't I kis it by proxy? You
have leen there and kissed it, why should
I not take the influence of the Blarney
from your lips" and the smart Aleck
stepped forward to proxify the young
lady.
But she drew back, and looking him
squarely in the face, said: "I beg your
pardon, my dear Mr. B , but I sat up
on the Blarney Stone." Like a man with
a great sorrow. B sank down in a heap,
and hasn't said "Ireland" since and the
very word "Blarney" makes him delirious.
An Afghan Beaufj-.
The correspondent of a London paper
describes au Afghan beauty as having blue
black hair plastered stiff with gums, and
cither worn in various forms on the head
or plaited in long braids down the back.
The iikargins of the cars are pierced, and
decorated with rows of small silver rings,
while large rings hang from the lolcs.
The neck and breast are tattooed with lit
tle figures of stars and flowers, and the
sparkle of the lustrous black eyes is en
hanced by coating the lick with black an
timony. The cheeks arc rouged and dot
tod with little round nioles of gold and
silver tia.-el fastened on with gum. A loose
muslin or silk jacket of yellow, blue, or
red hangs below the waist, and wide trous
crs of silk or other colored material com
plete the indoor costume. On goiug out
the lady wears leggings of cotton cloth,
gartered at the knee, sho;-s of red or yellow
leather, and a ljoorkaposh or cloak. Some
ladies wear horsehair veils, and others
fasten vinaigrettes to their foreheads wliich
contains attar of roses or other scents. Af
ghan ladies exercise much influence over
their semi-savage husbands, and one of
Shcre Ali's wives sometimes smartly boxes
him on the ear with a slipper.
Clippings from our Exchanges.
Mr. Finch 13 treating North Platte
to red ribbons.
J. E. Boyd, of Omaha, has packed 55,
127 hogs since the 1st of November,
and proposes to continue the packing
business all the year round.
Central City Courier: Central City
gives an entertainment on the 27th ult
for the benefit of Mrs. Mitchell the
wife of the man who was mur lered in
Custer county by Olive and gang.
Nebraska Eagle: Father Martin's
story " The Conflict," still runs on...
Col. Warner, Representative, worked
for the interests of Lincoln and Soulh
Platte but not as his constituency de
sired. Plaltsmouth people are jul ilent over
the announcement that the P. & M.
and C. B. & Q. companies will com
mence work on permanent railroad
bridge at that point 03 soon as the June
rise subsides; and they have reason to
rejoice, for it will make a city of Platts
mouth in a very short time. Beatrice
Express.
CORRESPONDENCE.
From Luella.
February 27th, 1870.
Ed. Herald: Another snow storm,
more cold weather, poor time for the
"warm" business.
We are sorry to see so much unpleas
ant weather as many of our old friends
and neighbors are on their way to
Kansas.
The social dance at Jay Bond's on
the eve of the 22d, was a decided suc
cess. The supper (as the girls say) was
just splendid, the table was beautiful'
iy supplied with the host of the season,
and after all had been filled, there re
mained several baskets full. We danc
ed till broad daylight, and went Uome
with the girls next day.
We hope Jay and lady will do so
some more, as we think with a good
supper occasionally, we may get
through the winter.
Were glad to see our friend S. E.
Greenslate out again. IIo seems to
think that the court in rendering de
cision in his case with Wall took in
to consideration the weight of (not evi
dence,) but the projectile thrown, price
.50 cents par pound, (short weight.)
Mrs. Win. McCaig started for Iowa
this week to visit her people.
O. II. Pitney and family soon leave
for Ohio.
Death has again visited our midst
taking the infant son of George and
Ella Hamilton.
The winter term of school in Ilolen
beck's district, (taught by Miss Clara
Uolenbeck,)closed on the 2 1st.
George Copple and Harvey Potten
ger have given up herding this sum
mer, and are going to till the soil.
James McMahon had an ankle badly
bruised a few days ago, by his horse
falling with him.
We noticed that the committee re
ported against the bill requiring Co.
Treasurer to make quarterly reports,
we think some law for the better pro
tection of the people, and a thorough
system of inspection advisable.
We saw 6ome good suggestions in
the Journal, of recent date, 011 the sub
ject. One of them would require Co.
Treasurer to keep a cash ledger in
which should be entered receipts and
disbursements of each fund separately,
to strike a balance at the close of bus
iness each day that the holder of war
rants might tell by personal inspection
whether there was fund on hand to pay
the saint) or not. Under the present
system, it would be an easy matter for
a dishonest official to say no funds;
and leave registered and endorsed
warrants to show interest, aud others
to be sold at 20 or 25 per cent discount.
While the necessaiy funds m'ght be
deposited in some bank, drawing inter
est on the McBride plan.
Please indulge us in explaining mora
fully our reasons for wishingthe Her
ald's mailed via W. W: Giving the
IIekald's until nearly 1 o'clock P. M.
on Thursdays to be mailed, they go
to AV. W. the s:ime day, from there to
.Stove Creek, Friday ; leave S. C. next
moriing, arriving at L. P.O. Saturday,
9 o'clock", A. M. If they miscarry our
next mail from the south arrives on
Wednesday. By way of Askland we
now get them on Monday, of the next
week after being printed, should they
miss, our next mail from the north ar
rives on Thursday.
By Comparing routes it will readily
be seen .that the time of arrival and
the chances are decidedly in favor of
the former route (via W. W.) and that
the trouble with "Bango," is not in the
back" but near the front end,perhats
in the length of the ears.
Adirondack.
Too Heavy for Him.
This cornea from Waterfonl, London
County, Va., the Harper: A colored
meeting was lately held in this place, at
which the attendance was large and the
converts numerous. The f tove-pie hap-
tened to fall, the minister asked one of the
jreddern to put it in Misition again.
Brother Johnson essayed to do it, but. be
ing rather slow, the old minister said,
"Pick it tip, brudder, pick it up; de Lord
won't let it burn you." Biot.'ivr Joi.iison,
with faith in the assurance, seized tho hut
pipe, and of course had his hands blister
ed. He dropped it with the inappropri
ate remark, "De debbil he won't!" It was
juEt a little heavy for him.
Report of the High School or Weeping
Water
The following is the result of an ex
amination for the month ending Feb.
11th, 187D, of the pupils whose average
standing on all branches pursued, was
80 or above; 100 signifying perfect:
Annie Hunter 95 Ida Thorngate 93
Josephine Lineback.91
Bertha Shelton 90
Jennie Thorngate.. .90
George Farlen 89
May Russel ...87
Geoge Hunter 86
Stella Reed 86
Hattle Huuter 81
Arthur Woodford. ..91
Grace Ulisby 90
Jasper Ripley 'J3
Cora Johnson tS
Lizzie Farley 86
Gertie Potter 80
May Coat man 81
Louisa Marshall ..v80
TO PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'.
The most desirabla results of school
can ouly be secured by a hearty and
complete co-operation of teacher, pu
pils and parents, and the work of the
last mentioned is by no means insigni
ficant and small.
I wish to write a few words upon
one point upon which it seems pecu
liarly necessary to have the aid of pa
rents viz.: regular attendance.
The best results of school, of course,
can only be secured when the pupil is
interested in the school work when
he goes to school not reluctantly but
willingly when he performs the work
of the school-room, not as a task, but
as a pleasure. But it does not follow
that because a pupil reluctantly res
ponds to the sound of the teachers bell,
that he should not be required to at
tend school. No, he should go, and if
lie cannot secure the best results, then
secure the best he can.
The pupils of our public schools
may be divided into three classes: the
zealous, the indifferent and the unwil
ling. The class denominated "unwil
ling" embrace those pupils who have
little or no appreciation of education
and who prefer to remain away from
school.
All these classes are represented iu
every school. The relative size of each
depends upon many circumstances,
such as, the pupils own inclination, his
surrounding influeuces.teacher.etc ; but
I think, upon nothing more than regu
larity or irregularity of attendance.
For the sake of brevity and conven
ience, I will give the histo:y of indi
viduals, each of whom I consider to be
representative of a class of pupils. A.
is a pupil who dislikes school: but he
is requred to go regularly, to be there
at the opening exercises and t remain
till the closing, he does this as he would
do any irksome task, he learns slowly
(as such pupils always do when they
have such dislike.) He i3 placed in the
proper class with the proper work as
signed him. This ho does by faithful
application. He finds his task becom
ing less and less irksomn. He contin
ues in school. He retains well his
hard earned knowledge. He is slowly
but surely acquiring literary taste and
mental power. He finally reaches the
time when studying has ceased to be
irksome aud has become enjoyable.
He may or may not continue longer in
school, but you may reBt assured that
for the rest of his life he will study
xnd think and make intellectual pro
gress too.
B. a pupil.euters schol with indiffer
ence (as he would just as soon be in
school as at work!) or perhaps, with
considerable interest and without an
intention of an vancing as well and as
rapidly as he can. He enters the prop
er class with the proper work assigned
him, that is, the work that he can do
easily and thoroughly, if he be theie
to do each day's work on the day to
which it belongs. Father or mother
wishes his help at home, he stays out
one day, and returns to school to find
that he must make greater efforts for
the next three or four days, to regain
what he has loat. He does the best
he can, but, iu spito of his efforts he
Gads ho is not so thorough as before
and consequently not so weli prepared
to grapula with the coming work and
find his interest lessening in a cones
ponding degree. A few days pass,
Father or mother desires his assistance
another day, or maybe, he wishes to go
hunting or visiting cousin. He stays
out another day, returns to school and
3nds the same difficulties, but much
greater than before. His interest in
school does not increase and he loses
what he did have. He becomes dis
couraged and finds himself hopelessly
behind his clas. Teacher has seen
tli is and tries to aid him in overtaking
his class. He assists him at every op
portunity, he holds the class back.
Those of the clas3 who have dsne their
work, have nothing to do and their
minds become absorbed upon other
matters, (for their minds will be occu
pied) and their interest takes wings
and flies awas.
It may be the pupil will be absent
only one or two hours per day, (and
not whole days,) but if continued long:
the final result will be equally as dis
astrous. When it is reccollected how limited
the teacher's authority is in securing
regularity of attendance and how im
portant such regularity is, I 'hink par
ents will not charge me with speaking j
too emphatically, when I say that their
active and vigorous co-operation in
this matter is a necessity.
A. 11. Odell, Principal.
Plated silver is obtained by rolling to
gether a plate of copier of the liial qual
ity and one of silver; th-se art; cither
welded or united by placing their hot
and clean surfaces together wetted with a
concentrated solution of nitrate of silver.
The two metals are reduced and drawn
out about equally by the pressure of rolls,
and long sheets or hands of silvered met
al are thus obtained.
Tha Pension Arrears Bill.
The following instructions in reganl
to obtaining arrears on pensions as
provided in the Pension Arrears Bill,
have been issued by the Commission
er of Pensions:
Defartmhxt of thf. Interior, )
PnNsfWf Office,
Washington, I). C. Jau. 27, 79. )
Persons wh are entitled to arrears of
pension, under the act granting arrears,
approved Jauary 25, 1879, and whoso
pensions were granted previous to that
date, will not require the assistance of
a claim agent in obtaining amount duo
them. All correspondence in relation
to any claim for such arrears, will bo
with the person entitled, and no claim
agent will be recognized in such claim.
A letter addressed to the Commiss
ioner of Pensions, signed by the person
who was iu receipt of the pension at
the date afoiesaid, and two witnesses,
in the presence of a magistrate, will bo
the only application required and
upon which tho rights of all parties
concerned will bo adjusted.
The Pension Ccrlijb'ole should not
1)3 sent to this office but it must bo
exhibited to tho magistrate.
The letter should bo in the following
or equivalent form:
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
I, a pensioner under pension
certificate No hereby apply for
the arrears due me, under thy net
granting Aireais of Pension, approved
Jan. 25, 171. My post office address
is )here insert the name of thp post
office, and if the claimant resides in a
city, the name
and number of tha
street and
given.)
residence must also bo
Name of Claimant.
Tw 1Vitnsir:.
State of , Cocnty of , ss.
Signed in my presence, by
who is known lo nm to b,! the person
he describes himself to bo, and at tho
same time he exhibited to me his
pension certificate, which is number
ed Magistrate's Siy n:tu re."
J. A. Bentley,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Anecdote ToU hy (lie Late Emperor
.Napoleon.
Once upon a time, before I was Presi
dent of the Bepubiir. Thiers and Mole in
vited me to dine xv T 1 1 1 th"m nt the honso
of th" i'.vi.ir. "We. I.ill be by ourselves,"
said Thiers; "come a little early; we will
go up stairs to my room and meet Mole,
who will be there, imd we can talk over
some important mutters." I went, and as
cended in due cour.-" to M. Thiers' Mitig
gery, which, a. you know, was at th?! top
of th; house. He Ioh'k the ri'lit side of
the fire place and Mole tho left; I sat be
tween them," waiting for the grave c in
muniealions that two persons of such con
sequence inii't have to make tome. Thiers
began the , nvi ii.it ion. He drew a pic
ture of modi rn s:.ciety, in winch ha strove
to show t';;.t the civil element predomin:i
ted and even css'-mially characterized it.
Parsing from the character of society to
that which leaders and rulers of men were
bound to adopt to be iu harmony there
with, he expressed him ;e!f as strongly of
opinion that a ruler riiould repudiate all
military habits, even ti! 1 military appear
ances. "Vmi will," h : continued, "b.)
most certainly elevated to the Presidency
of th" llepublie. fi'rtv, in onl r to put
yourself in keeping with the actual state
and tendency of society. Mole and I think
you should cut off your mustaches. If lie
or I were elected we would not think of
w su ing tlu 111." The Emperor burst out
laughing, and they ic-vcr forgave him.
A Kace Between a Ciiri ior Pigeon and
a Lonsiiiotiu Engiii".
Dover is twenty miles from Loudon "as
the crow flies,"' and seiiily-ix tud a half
miles by railroad : and a f w days a:ro,
says the True Citizen, there was an excit
ing r;ice lvtrvceii the two cities. The
French Police wiOied to forward to Lon
don a very impo; taut d' '. uiii' iit as quickly
as posibl . aa I t'ie (ju -.-tio'i w.is, whether
a earner pigeon or tie; ('iiitinental mail
express" could take it tlu; sooner.
It was determined to try in a competi
tive mannr r both means of conveyance.
The railroad company s -lifted it; strong
est and fastest engine; and th" French j
lice hired the sen ices of a ''iirl rian voya
g -ur," which is of thrr lxt.it brciil of hom
ing pigcor. At the moment that the
train start." I toe little nu.-ss'.-hger with tho
document fa.'t :utl to l,;m, was tn.ed out
of window of a car. Flying about a
half a mile high, for a minute or two ho
circled about as if iii ftu-fh of lxariig--,
and th' ii took a straight conr.-e for Lon
don. Hi apparent h.-.-ita'.ion led tho
railroad cf.icvrs to feci confident i:i their
own success. Tin y made their iron horse
stretch every nerve, and they scored a milo
for every minute. But in the hazy, sunny
aiiiosphcre, and borne along by the -west
wind, the bjrd beat the train by twenty
minutes a time allowance representing
eighteen miles. He accomplished in fifty
six minutes what the engine was sevcuty
bix miautco iu accomplishing.
The Foes of Industry and Content.
You can all enumerate for yourselves the
fxs that prevent our industry from filling
theprc-ent and future with real happiness,
says The Citizen. AVhy should not the
laborer cxhuur-t upon to-day the wag. s of
to-dav, and upon to-morrow the wage of
to-morrow i The answer is plain. Life has
its Summer lime, and, if not its Wnter. at
least its fading autumn. The bird toiling
davs should not cover all c,f life tip to its
last hour. Work is indeed, the condition
"f sureer-s of both liody and mind, but not
a work which amounts to a servitude like
that of a g?.l lev-slave. As silver hairs
come, tip; quality of physical and mental
strain should Ik; diminished, and life
should flow mere carefully us it approach
es the sea.
It is one of the painful scenes of the
day to see indu.-try struggling against the
despotism of almost re-i-tic.-s fashion,
(lood men arc leaping to their toil as sol
diers hurl themselves against a parapet,
driven not bv the natural and reasonable
wants of society, but by the temporary
dreams of th-heart. Fashion slaughter
its subjects like a Dahomey king. In a ra
tional society it is thought that four hours
of laljor would sustain life ami that six
hours a day would provide for the future;
but the sacred laws of production and pro
vision are rudely broken by the enormous
appetite that wants all forms of t'tixigs
and in the passing hour.