Nebraska Newspapers

    The Herald.
NO. ft. yVlACyVlURPHT, - JiDITOR.
PLATTSMOUTII, AUG. 19, 1880.
National RepWican Ticket !
For President,
JAMES A. GARFIELD,
Of Ohio.
For Vice-President.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
Of New York
Call for a Republican Convention in the
50th IiepresentatiTe District.
The Republican electors of the 50th (or float)
district are called to send delegates to a Con
vention at Ashland. September 25th, 18S0, at 12
bi., Bharp. to place in nomination a candidate
for Representative for this district in the com
ing Legislature, aud for the transaction or such
ther business as may legllimatcly come be
fore it. And the apportionment sliall be ten
(10) delegates from each County.
J. II. McKINNOX. Ch'n.
J. A. MacMcrphy. Sec'y. 22t6
Call for a Republican Dit. Convention,
The Republican electors of the Second Judi
cial Distriet of the State of Nebraska are here
by called to send delegates from the several
counties in said district, to meet in convention
at Lincoln on Tuesday, the 31st day of August,
A. D. 130, at 7 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of
placing in nomination a candidate for the of
fice of District Attorney, and to trail suet such
further business as may come before the Con
ventiou. The several counties entitled to rep
resentation hi District Convention as follows
based upon the vote cast in each County for
Hn. Amaa Cobb for Judge of the lupreme
Court in 1873, with the exception of Nemaha
County :
Cass 10 delegates.
Otoe 11
Nemaha 10
Lancaster 19
By order of the Second Judicial DUtrict Cen
tral Committee, C. W. SEYMOUR, Ch'n.
- E. P. Holmes, Sec'y. 22t2
Call for a Republican C. Convention.
The Republican electors of this County are
called to meet in Convention at
WKEPIAd WATER, SATURDAY, AUG, 28, 18S0,
at 19 :3 a. in., sharp, for the purpose of plac
ing in nomination ne candidate for State Sen
ator in the 4th District : three candidates for
the 9th Representative District ; and oue Co.
Commissioner for the 3d Commissioners' Dis
trict. It is also further called to elect ten dele
gates to the State Convention at Lincoln, on
Wednesday, September 1st, and ten delegates
to the 2d Judicial Convention, to be held at
Lincoln, August 31st.
Also, delegates to the Float or snth Repre
sentative District Convention, to be held on
the date hsieafter fixed by the District Com
mittee ; and for such other business as may le
gally come before it.
Asd it is further recommended that the
ritlM AKIKS
for this Couvention be held on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 1830,
In each Ward and Precinct, at the times aud
places as below, the apportionment being the
same as in the May Couvention : --
TLATTSMOUTH,
5 del's. at Court House ,7! j
5 " Brick School h'se, 7!
5 Leuipke's shop 71
4 " Council Chamber 7!
rRKt'INClS.
7 del's, at TaylorV S. II. 3
11" at Bercer's " 3
9 ' at Fob ln's " 4
5 at Iliucliin't) " 2
1. Ward 5 del's. at Court House, i i p.m.
2. Ward
3. Ward
4. Ward
Plattsmouth
Rock Bluffs .
Liberty
Avoca
Mt. Pleasant..
Eight M Grove
Louisville
I 'ntre
5 " at Oilmore a " 3
5 " at iSlialer's " 7!
7 at iiiover & nan. i
6 ' tiraud Prairie s h 2
10 " at School House 4
6 " Stove Creek S.H 7
6 " at Dentin's S. 11. 7
4 " at School lloue 3
5 " at Greenwood 7
5 " at Kamey's S. II. 7
4 " at Eagle " 7
Weep'c Water
Stove Creek.. .
Klin wood
South lieud....
Salt Creek
Greenwood
Tipton
Total... 114 delegates.
The Central Committee would recommend
that at eacli primary some definite action be
taken regarding proxies, and that all proxies
must be from the precinct they represent.!
GEO. S. SMITH. Ch'n.
H. 11. Bcshsell, Sec'y. 2lt3
Send us the delegates elected.
Sam. Cannon is spoken of as a can
didate from Liberty.
Prof. Wig htm ax is a candidate for
State Superintendent.
Du. Root is mentioned as a candi
date from Greenwood.
Dr. Hobbs is a candidate, so said,
for political honors this fall.
Joe McCaig is said to be a candi
date for the Legislature out west.
Capt. Isaac Wiles is reported at
this office as a candidate for the Senate.
The Mt. Pleasant letter came on
Wednesday noon too late for this
week.
And M. B. Reese is talked of as a
candidate for Lt. Governor. The pot
is boiling.
G. M.Correll, of the Hebron Journal,
is a candidate for the Legislature, in
Thayer County.
CnARLEY Walker is a candidate
for the Legislature. His weight will
carry him through.
We call atteniion to the article on
the outside from the London Times
regarding the cattle question.
We found some mistakes in the
electoral apportionment as given last
week, and so republish with the errota
corrected.
Joe McCaig wants to know if Mc
Donagh knows where the Comet is
that was coming this summer and if
its that makes it so hot.
Twenty-five or thirty campaign sub
scribers added to our list the last week,
and we expect to add as many as that
every week for the next two months.
Whittaker, the colored cadet, is
granted an indefinite furlough, until
they can get ready to have a court
martial. Probably after lection will
fix it.
1880.
Please send us the names of your
delegates to the County Convention at
once, thi3 week. Take a postal card
and send right eff, you all want t
know who they are. ,
SIr. Tefft is a candidate for re
election; also Mr. Windham, of this
place. Mr. Stone is not a candidate,
and Mr. Polk we have not heard from
personally, but understand he is a can
didate. David Davis, the Independent party
of Illinois, lias gone over to Hancock.
Nw if the Adams party of Mass., will
get his fraud mark lithographed and
retire from active service, Garfield can
be elected.
The Congressional nomination in
Iowa is lively. They have had 320 bal
lots, and yet no decision (August 17).
Sapphad54; Anderson 49; Stone 40;
Hepburn 41. They commenced to bal
lot at Council Bluffs last Saturday.
We found a fellow out west who
could eat more fish than Geo. Smith's
Knox County friend and out-talk him
too. II ate most a wagon load from
the Ashland pond and then camodnwn
to Mainland aud said he was hungry.
We still object to having Cass Co.
labeled, tied up and handed over to
any candidates scheme's for U. S. Sen
ator, or to have a few men plan months
beforehand who shall be our members
of the Legislature. It's played out, or
ought to be.
x.ddy ivirkpatrick s folks are re
jolcing over a bonny new baby, born
last Saturday morning. It's a boy. he
is, and .d. is correspondingly proud
ihe Herald was along that way to
say good morning to him, but he
wouldn't answer.
Our Id straight-backed friend, B
M. Brake, is runuing a paper in Kan
sas City, we see by a copy sent us. He
is Hancock, as usual. Say, o?d boy. do
you remember the mornings we used
to gather in some office and concoct
legislative yarns for the Journal, Spy,
and other papers in Lincoln?
M. M. Neeven, of Fillmore, Editor
of the " Review," is a candidate it
seems for the Legislature, and the
Alexandria News says:
"If there is any one man in Fillmore
county who is justly entitled to an
office at the hands of the people, it is
Mark M. beeves, of Geneva, a man
who has never been a hanrer-on at the
public crib.
The Republican registration mud
dle in Omaha is rich. Rosewater et al
got up a registration scheme to purify
the primaries (they needed it bad
enough, no one disputes that). The
other fellows refuse to register, and
get up a protest, which is more largely
s'gned than the registration list thus
far. The result will probably be adou
ble header to the State Convention
from Douglas, and a democratic dele
gation to the Legislature from there
Ihe Blair limes comes to us wan a
salutatory from C. B. Sprague, au
nounciijg a change of name and poli
tics in the paper. It will hereafter be
called the Blair Republican, and will
inculcate the doctrines indicated by its
name. The Times was the paper
through which we first launched our
independent bark on the sea of jour
nalism in Nebraska, and was of course
Kepublican; since then it has lor a
time advocated Democratic doctrines;
but we are glad to know has returned
to the true faith. We regret to sve the
old name changed, however, but wish
it prosperity whatever the name.
One day last week a young man
asked us if we had been a prisoner in
Andersonville. Upon answering in
the affirmative, he said that his father,
a member of the 10th Iowa, died of
starvation in that hell on earth, and
that he could remember seeing his
father but once, when home upon a
furlough, and but a child; that his
father was soon after captured and
sent to Andersonville, to starve and
die. We told the young man that such
as he made stalwart Republicans.
With an emphasis that evidenced his
deep feeling, he made reply, that he
would as soon vote for Jeff Davis as
for Hancock, or any man who would
forget the past, and go over to the
solid South which repented nothing,
regretted nothing, but justified and de
fended such damnable treatment as
was meted out at Andersonville.
North Platte Ntbrasklm.
Gen. Garfield's trip to New York and
return was one grand ovation. All the
great Republican leaders met in New
York City for a general conference and
plan of campaign, and the best of feel
ing prevailed. The most confident as
sertions are made by those capable of
judging that we can carry New York.
The campaign will be the most ex
citing since the old Log Cabin and
Hard Cider campaign of Harrison's
time. An immense canal boat, proper
ly decorated will Le taken from place
to place (in the Eastern States) drawn
by thirty-eight horses, one for each
State. The best speakers in the coun
try will stump the doubtful northern
States and New York; also carry the
war into Africa, and make an aggress
ive campaign in the south.
Meeting of the Float Distr't Committee
The Central Committee of the 50th
Representative District met at Ash
land, Monday, August lGth, 1380. Pres
ent, P. J. Hall, of Saunders, J. A. Mac
Murphy, of Cass, and J. II. McKinnon,
the chairman of the committee.
On consultation, it was decided to
hold the Float Convention at Ashland
on Saturday, September 2othS80, at
12 m.t sharp. The basis of representa
tion being the same as that of the
State convention, or ten delegates to
each county.
j
II. McKixxox, Ch'n,
A. MacMurpiit, Sec'y,
J.
A P.
J. Hall, Committee.
Personal.
I had occasion to write a letter,
published in the Enterprise, not long
since. Of course itjfound friends aud
opponents a3 all such things do, and
has been variously interpreted. I de
sire to sav that it was honestly writ
ten far good motives and told the
truth.
My name had been mentioned both
here and in the papers abroad as a
candidate for the Senate in this county
I there stated the only conditions on
which I could be even a possible can
didate, and in brief they were that if it
was the wish and desire of my party,
and would unite us for more
effective work and surer victory. It
was not a drive at any one, nor a bid
in any shape.
it also stated trie conumons on
which I would support other candi
dates, and they were that tue tomfool
ery and jealousy, sometimes exhibited,
should cease, and that others as well
as myself should work for the great
good of the party, and not wholly for
selfish ends.
In these views many sound-thinking
persons agree with me. Another bug
bear to some is that Mr. Iiushr.ell and
myself seem to be working together in
this campaign. Verily, people are hard
to pki3e. After the Spring campaign
we were charged with making all the
fuss. "If the newspapers could only
agree we could have a solid delega
tiou," shouted this one and that. Mr
Bushnell and myself, although our in
lerests in many respects arc diverse,
determined to show that we could and
would put aside our personal matters,
and work together for the success of
any ticket .fairly and honorably nomi
nattd.
That is all there is of that. Now let
us see if others can do as much, aud
put aside their preferences for the
common good. You can't say it is the
newspapers that divide you. If you do
this, we'll support you heartily; if not,
somebody else will be to blame.
Rumor says I have been withdrawn
as a candidate here. I never was put
up; I cannot be withdrawn. No man,
or set of men, could put me up with
out my consent, or in spite of my bet
ter judgment, and no men, or set of
men can withdraw me except the peo
pie. did I desire to be a candidate. I
merely write this to prevent gossip
and foolish talk; and the newspapers
propose to let you run your own mill
now. See that you do it wisely.
Jxo. A. MacMuepiit.
OUT 1)00 US.
The Editor Takes a Melting Ride.
While at Louisville the other day we
went through Mr. Glover's large store,
and were pleased to see the business
doue there. The Post Office there, of
which Mr. Glover i3 P. M., has lately
been made a money-order office, and
the business opens veay large for the
place. Our old friend, Cap Hoover, is
making brick, as usual; Billy Shryock
was scratching round, hunting taxes;
Dan Johnson rode into town from his
farm, and says he's going to feed a
thousand head of cattle this winter for
parties out West. Aibee is still alive.
and all the good people we ever know
there. Dr. Hasemier was sent for to
Concord in a hurry. Toman was hav
ing a law-suit, and Milton Polk anoth
er, the particulars of which we expect
ed ur correspondents would have sent
us ere this, and so have neglected lo
write it up.
AT GKKEXWOOD
the B. & M. are putting up a new de
pot, 20x40, with a platform all round.
in which there are 2500 square feet of
lumber. The Id depot there is to be
moved to Cedar Creek. Geo. Mayfield
ias his new hotel running first-rate.
MoseChevront is a" gay as ever; Hack
ney keeps the big store; Dr. Root has
more business than he knows what to
do with; and the little town is im
proving all the time.
OUT IN THE COUNTY
The crops are generally fair Corn, in
spite of dry weather, more than aa
avorage crop; small grain, oats espe
cially, is a good crop. But on, it was
hot last week, and no mistake, and
dusty. Southwest from Greenwood.
down towards Stove Creek, the wells
began to get low and everybody said
how hot, how dry!
We saw, riding along, our old friend
Billy Poole, and our postmaster Turner
Zink; besides many now friends the
Herald has not visited before. Had
a very pleasant chat with one or our
correspondents, in that region, and
trotted along as fast as the heat would
allow us to.
STOVE CREEK,
That is to say, Elmwood P. O., whei
we found Dr. Kenaston, busy as a bee.
Dr. Hobbs off attending the sick folks,
and Si. Greenslate fanning himself
with the blade of a Patent Wind Mill.
Oh, it was hot. Getting a subscriber
or two we drove back to
" THE MCC-AICIS."
This was our first visit to this well
known stopping place, and we surely
were most pleasantly and hospitably
entertaintd, by the boys, Mrs. McCaig
and all, and never enjoyed ourselves
more at any comparative stranger's
home than there. Three stalwart boys
still run the farm, one (John) is mar-
riedind one away out in Colorado.
Mrs. McCaig says: " "N hen I had my
five boys all home I was a happy wo
man."
In the evening we went to the
" meetin " at Mc Caig's school house,
and heard Mr. A.cCarty and other far
mers express their opinion on matters
political and otherwise in which they
are particularly interested.
The next day we made for home,
passing by many beautiful farms, aud
comfortable farm houses, in this oue
of the garden spots of Cass Couuty.
Filmland p-u l Germany three mil
lions stcrlin-r for potatoes last jc:u.
Newark. N. J., last year
iiuuuac
turcJ 100.000 kegs "F boer-
The Missouri RUer Bridge.
Our new and handsome bridge across
the old Muddy is about being complet
ed. The last pier is 'swung," and the
false trestle work will be removed ore
this paper goes to press. The whole
bridge will be ready to be tested about
a week from next Mon.lay
When they get it ready for trains,
the Lord willing, and the B. & M. not
objecting, we are going to have a cele
bration. Gov. Nance, our congressman
and senators, and the Governor of
Iowa are invited, and we'll spend two
Fourth of July's this year. It is the
best and most graceful bridge on the
Missouri.
Origin of the Phrase, "Dark Horse."
From the Turf, Field and Farm.
This term, though in frequent use,
has its origin, and fis few turfites of
the present day are familiar with the
source whence it emanated, we give
place to the story:
Once upon a time there lived in Ten
nessee an old chap named Sam Flynn,"
who traded in horses and generally
contrived to own a speedy nag or two,
which he used for racing purposes,
whenever he could pick up a "soft
match" during his travels. The best
of his flyers was a coal-black stallion,
named Dusky Pete, who was aimost a
thoroughbred, and able ii go in the
best of company. Flynn was accustom
ed to saddle Pete when approaching a
town and r'de him into it . to give the
impression that the animal was mere
ly "a likely hoss.' and not a flyer. One
day he cams to a town where a coun
try race-meeting Avas being held, and
he entered Pete among the contest
ants. The people of tht town, not
knowing anything of his antecedents,
aud not being overimpressed by his
appearance, backed two or three local
favorites heavily against him. Flynn
moved among the crowd and took all
the bets offered against his nag. Just
as the "flyers' were being saddled for
race old Judge McMinumee, who was
ihe turf oracle of that part of the
State, arrived on the course and was
made one of the judges. As he took
his place on the stand he was told how
the betting ran, and of the folly of the
owner of the strange entry in backing
his plug so heavily. Running his eye
over the track the Judge instantly rec
ognized Pete and said: "Gentlemen,
there's a dark horse in this race that
will make some of yon sick before
supper. l lie Judge was right, rete,
the "dark horse, lay back until the
three-quarter pole was reached, when
he went to the front with a rush, and
won the purse and Flynn's bets with
the greatest ease.
A Soldier on Hancock.
From the Kansas City Journal
A Journal reporter interviewed Mr.
Jerry Ward yesterday. Upon entering
the printing office of Ward & Tew, 512
Mam street, Mr. ward was found
buiy engagedbut stopped and greeted
his visitor ordially. The reporter
said :
"You fought under Hancock I bo-
lieve' Mr. Ward ?"
"Yes; I was a soldier in the Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the First
Brigade, Third Division, of, Uie Second
Army Corps.
"Have you any objection to slating
what ike soldiers thought of Han
cock ?"
"I hove none in the least. Hancock
was always considered a good General,
although I cannot recall anything par
ticularly brilliant that he ever did.
Personally he was much dislikedbv
all his men."
"What was the cause of it:1"
"He was disliked aud hated because
he held his men as worse than dogs.-
He had no feeling for a private soldier,
and the men knew it."
"Can you recall any particular occa
sion when he expressed himself open
ly?"
"Yes, indeed. Here is one sentence
I heard him say one day which I never
will forget. It was right after the
second battle of Buil Run. Lee had
flanked us, and after retreating, we
were advancing again. The affair
which I am about to relate occurred
betweeu Manassas Junction and ;ir-
renton. The Fourth Ohio was march
ing left front when we came to a
creek. A halt was called, and the
commanding officer of the Engineer
Corns suggested to Hancock that a
pontoon bridge had better be thrown
across. nancocK repneu: so. L,ei
the sons of b wade through. It
won't hurt them. I never forgot that,
and tho whole corps never forgot it,
nor will they forget it next November.
The entire army of over 30,000 men
had'to wade the creek, which was
waist deep. It would have taken but
twenty minutes to have thrown a pon
toon bridge across the stream, and
every man could have passed dry shod.
After crossing the stream the men
were oor.gea to tv.uk uirougn deep
sand for a mile. The sand worked
down into their shoes, and nine out of
ten men went lame from raw feet, the
skin being worn off in patches by the
wet sand. The wading of the stream
would not have caused a murmur but
for the brutal conduct of Hancock in
applying the foul and unsoldierly epi
thet to his men. I tell you the Fourth
Ohio boys carried the words to tho
Second Army Corps, and they have
treasured the words like I have. I
wouldu't vote for him for dog-catcher.
Another well-known gentleman said :
" I, was a member of the famous
Irish Brigade in the Second Army
Corps. Our boys just lived for the
honor of the brigade, and would gladly
have died any time to rescue the dear
old standards, the harp of Erin, and
the stars and stripes, which ever floated
side by side in the van. One day we
were a little slow in obeying an order
to chargo on account of a misunder
standing for God knows that the
'Irish Brigade' was always too willing
to attack. Our commander returned
in a few minutes and we charged. He
seemed down-hearted, and confiden
tially related lo his officers that night
that Hancock had ordered him angrily
to 'charge with his flannel-mouthed
sons of 1 s (a favorite epithet),
and let them be killed to make room
for better men.' Tho brigade was
nearly ruined by this."
There are many men in thecitv who
fought under this man for years men
who knew him before as well as dur
ing the war but not a man will tpeak
well of him who knew him.
The procession of Knight Templar
at Chicago yesterday was splendid of
course. It was estimated to be about
five miles long and to comprise about
20,000 Knights. It required about
three hours for the procession to pass
any given point. The streets were
densefv packed the entire length of
the procession. The reception at the
Exposition building in the evening
was a grand crush. Don't you wish
you had been there?
Mnuy hoii.'itokl servants at- Now-
port, iiow wear liveries that nro sai.l
to be iiiten-f'lv English iu style.
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The next 'en months will be full of
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State and National importance. The
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The Electoral Table.
Alabama
Arkansas
Calilornia
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florid;! ,
(ieonria
Indiana
HlinoiH
Iowa
Kaunas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
..10 Missouri
. . ' Nebraska
. . t: Nevada
.. 3! New York
.. 6! New Hampshire...
...l-
. .. 3
... 3
. ..35
... 5
... 9
...10
2
'!"3
...2i
.. a
. 4
. n
. . IS
..21
..11
.. 5
New Jersey
North Carolina.
Ohio
repn
I'ennsylvania. ..
Kliode Maud. . .
South Carolina.
Tennessee
Texaf
Virginia
Vermont
West Virginia, .
Wisconsin
Total
... 4
.. 7
...12
... 8
.. 8
. . 7
..13
.. f
.11
5
. 8
...11
. 5
... 5
...10
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To Omaha aud return from
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Ashland
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...2 23: Superior
...2 iioi Ntiiiialm
...3 50: Brownville
. ..4 25! Nebraska City. .
...4 00; Syracuse
jr. 50
..5 50
..5 50
..5 50
.4 5C
..4 00
Lincoln
Crete
Ileal rice
Friend ville
Fairmont
Crafton .
...4 50 Seward
....5 00! York
. . .5 00 1 Aurora
...5 no. Central City...
...5 OOj Hulo
....5 50. Fails City
. ..5 50; Humboldt
...t! tiOjTecumseh
OOj David City
. ..; 5oiColuiubus
...3 00
...4 50
...4 50
...4 50
...5 00
...4 75
. . .4 50
...i 25
...3 50
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.Tickets good during the week; fifty
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early in the day and return to their
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evening.
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I). II. WHEELER. Secretary,
State Agricultural Society
COi;UESPOXDEXCE.
LACE GENEVA.
The
Saratoga of the
t es
t.
One hundred and thirty-five Minutes'
Ride from the Quten City of
the West Chicaio.
A Famous Summer Resort, which
is
ast becoming more and more so.
Genoa Junction, Wis.,
August 14th, 1&80.
Dear Hekald: How few of the
overheatod and suffering humanity of
Nebraska know that within a day's
ride from the old Muddy can be found
one of the coolest and prettiest lakes in
the W est, whose shores are lined with
permanent summtr residences by the
d7.n, parks and picnic grounds by the
score, and tents by the hundreds the
occupants of which number from one
to three thousand daily, filling the
three public steamers and numerous
private ones for an excursion around
the lake every morning and noon, and
often for moonlight rides afterward.
At 2 p. in. to-day, while the inmates
f the old Hekald office were "a set-
tin' and a sweatin'," your informant
was just coming into Geneva Harbor
after a twenty-two-mile ride, with his
coat-collar turned up. and hugging the
railing around the engine to keep
warm.
The Lake is situated about SO miles
west of Lake Michigan, 3S miles from
Racine, 44 miles south-west of Milwau
kee, and (53 miles north-west of Chica
go. It is about 10 miles in length, and
has no inlet, but is supplied by springs
or. as iome ininK. oy a suuierrainan
passage from Lake Superior. No
marshy or bottom land adjoin the
lake, the water oeing deep, pure and
clear. The depth ranges from 10 feet
along the shore to 200 feet in the cen
ter. On nearly all sides the bank slopes
gently down to the water's edge, and
the shore is lined with sand and line
gravel. The water is so clear, and the
bottom so bright, that it can easily be
seen through ten feet of water, as also
can be seen thousands of fishes, large
and small.
The Park House has fvccommnda
tions for over one hundred guests, at
from S3 to $14 per week, according to
location of room.
On the opposite side of the Lake Mr
C. F. Hall has built a hotel in his Park
which he has given the Indian name
of "Pish-co-ta-qua Park, ar "the park
of the sparkling waters." The hotel is
150 feet long, and extends back in an
L 90 feet, and will accommodate about
200 gues's. erandas extend around
the house from every story, 14 feet in
width, making over 2.000 feet of parti-
- '.At
co, eacn room opening into veian
das, making them all pleasant and cool.
Terms from S lo 18 per wT-k.
The weather is col and dry. and.
like Nebraska, a little breezy. "Nearly
everybody here expects to -go into ihe
city" to see the Knights, and we hear
khat everv window on the line of
march in Chicago is engaged for Tues
day. R. ?
Luella Notes.
A public meeting was held in Mc
Caig's School house the 14th inst. Meet
ing called to order by Thos. McCarty
David McCaig was elected chairman
of said meeting and H. W. Ziuk
Secretary; Thos. McCarty then stated
the object of the meeting. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Clark, YV. II,
Pool, MacMurphy of . the Herald,
David and Joe McCaig and others.
Motion made to organize a Farmers
club. Oil motion the chair appointee
Joe. NcCaig.Thos. McCarty and II. W
Zink as a committee to draft constitu
tion and bv-laws. Motion carried that
we convene in meeting next Friday
eve. On motion, adjourned.
It is only justice to say that the
speeches made were ex-temporaneous,
as none were prepared to address the
public. Mr. MacMurphy, we under
stand was present accidentally.
II. W. Zink, sec'y.
Sad Accident.
Factouyville, Neji.,
August 17, 18S0. (
to. Hekald: n hue the two sons
of one Nicholas Young, fanner of Lib
erty I'recincr, Cass County, were en
gaged in deepening a well on their fa
ther s farm, Andrew, aged 17. and the
youncest, being at the bottom, was
struck with tire-damp. John W. Young,
tfTfe oldest, not icing something was the
matter with his brother in the well.
picked up a rope to fasten round hi
brathers body, and went to his assist
ance. Having secured the rope to his
brother's body, he told his father, who
was at tne top of the well, to haul
them up, and whilo doing so the oldest
boy was also struck with the damps
and they were both taken out dead,
An inquest was held on the bodies
yesterday, and they will both bo bur
ied this morning.
I his sad casualty occurrred on the
same farm where some two years ago
another man was killed with damps
You, no doubt, will remember it.
Yours truly, John Mukfix.
(rand Prairie Items.
August 14, 1880.
Ed. Hekald: As I have not seen
anything in your paper from this vi
cinity, 1 drop you a few items. Quite
a number of the farmers here are put
ting up ha-, and those that have not
commenced i3 yet, intend to do so du
ring next week. Grass is very short,
and scarce at that. The ground is so
dry that nearly every one has quit
plowing.
Quite a number of young men, and
some with families, that went from
this community to Norton Co., Kans.,
have returned this summer, as it is so
dry in Kansas that they cannot raise
anything, and so came back here to get
work. Mrs. M. W. Moore has a sister
from Illinois visiting her. Miss Nellie
Andrus has been visiting friends in
Plattsmouth for a week often dajs,
but is now at home. Mr. Carlyle's folks
have had some old friends visiting
them from Seward County ; they say
the corn will not make much of a crop
there, unless it rains soon. Geo. French
has quit farming, sold his Learn, and is
now working for Mr. C. G. Taber.
Some ten or fifteen persons from this
neighborhood went to Liscoln to see
Earnum's shoy ; the only fault found
with it was, there were too many peo
ple there. Next time we shall stay at
home, and let some one else go.
Mr. C. Brown, from Illinois, is here
with a car load of horses. We have a
good Sunday School here at the Grand
Prairio school house. Mr. II. W. Zink
has been employed to teach the winter
term of school here; we congratulate
the directors on their choice of teach
ers. 1 esterday afternoon V like Ellis,
infant son of William and Anna Ellis.
died of cholera infantum. The family
had just returned from Kansas on last
Sunday. It was buried this afternoon
at Weeping Water. Ralph.
Good Company, Number Eleven.
Good Company. No. Eleven, opens
with Notes of Travel by Charles Dud
ley Warner, at the end of which he
thi'i ws the charm of his style about an
account of the itumen.se stock yards in
a way to delight the new Poikopolis.
An idea of the prevailing southern
diet and the obstacles to introducing
improved methods in cooking, isgiven
in an account of personal experience,
by Mrs. Helen Campbell. .
Those familiar with the attractive
grace of E. S. Gilbert's nature studies,
will not need to be told that his "Mid
summer" is pat to the season and en
tc-rtaining. .Seasonable, too, is Dora
Head Goodale's vividly descriptive po.
em, "A Summernight Storm," nnd an
other gracefully descriptive bit of
verse, "Sunshine." Mrs. Ce'este M. A
Wiaslow's verses, "Border Lands,'
have decided merit. -
Octave Thanet has the "Ilomance of
a Medicine Pottle," and there i.s a full
allowance of stories by Ellen W. Olru-
lev, L. K. Black. Mabel S. Emery aud
David Kerr; also contributions from
B. F. DeCosta, Mrs. Edward Ashley
Walker and J. B. T. Marsh ; and sever
al shorter sketches.
Xo liquor licenses have been rant
ed iu Potttr County, Pennsylvania'
since 1880, aud bore are the effects: At
a recent term of the court the district
attorney informed the court that he
had no indictments to present to the
grand jury; the sheriff also stated that
he had no criminals in the prison; the
directors ef the poor reported that the
county had 110 one to keep.
The young man who,
pressure of the least real
adversity, takes to drink,
up baby, but ho is nursing
bottle.
uuder the
or fancied
i.s a grewn
the wrong
WEEPING WATER BANK
or iti:i:i jjsios.
This Hank is now open for the transaction of a
Banking Exchange Business.
DEPOSIT.
Keceived. and Interest allowed on Time Certi
ficates. IIiAFTS
Drawn, and available, in the principal towns
; and cities of the United States and Europe.
Agents for the celthratefl
Haim Line of Steamers.
Puri ha.se your tickets from us,
Through from Europe to any
Point in ihe West.
HEED DUOS., -'!.f Weeping Water, Neb.
i3n 2
Li.;!-:;
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
17 STOP flPRAMS Stib-P,ans K Coupler, boxed
ii 01 ur UT.jflMa atl(l tMvul 011y S;)7.T-,.
New 1'iuiios, I'JJ 10 1.001).
for Illui-t'il free. Atlilresn
Wan hiiiton, N.J.
''-Miil-mti!iior of
l);iniel V. lienttv,
1014
Hr PICTORIAL BIBLES.
A (hirers, for Circulars, A. J. Hoi.man & Co.,
Philadelphia.
MONEY FOR MORTGAGES
OX It KA Ij KST.ITK.
THE COKBIN BANKING COMFAM",
114 P.roaUway. New York,
buy Purchase Mnuev Mortgagee wcV. secured
upon Country Ileal" Estate at the very bct
rates.
AGENTS WANTED to sell the LIKf-1 OF
GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD
Ky his comrade in arms and personal friend.
UEN. J. S. lSKIsiUN, an nuihor of iHlenh
brity. This work is rumiilrir, anlht.ntir, low-prU-td.
Pally illustrated. Positively the let
and cheapest book. None oilier oliicial. Send
5oc. at once for outfit. Wr jive tin; be t terms.
Act quick and you can coiu money. THOMAS
PKOTHEKt). Emporia. Kansas.
THE NEW FOOD
MEDICINE
Do not confound tins M.uciilcss Kenovater at
Feeble and exhausted Constitutions with
violent cathartics, cheap decoctions of vile
drills, ar.d ruinous intoxicants innocently la
beled "hitters." MALT ISlTTEl.S appeal to
popular conlidt nee because prepared from ln
fermented Malt, Hops, and Quinine, anil other
precious ingredients, accordinu to the process
of J.iebix, and are richer in the elements that
restore to permanent health the Weak, Con
valescent, Consumptive, Over-worked. Ner
vous, Sleepless, Dyspeptic, IliHious and Fickle.
in Appetite, than all other forms of Malt or
Medicine. The yrttiiine are plainly t-igned by
the company. Sold evervwhere. .
MALT 1UTIEKS COMPANY. HUSTON. MASS
M A C II I SHOPS!
PLATTSMOUTH, NET"..,
Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mill
tJAS AM STEAM FITTlr;M,
iroiiKht Iron Pipe, Force and Lift I'ipes.Steam
Gauges, Safety-Valve Governors, and all
Kinds of Brass Engine Fittings,
repaired on short notwe.
FARM MACHINE K
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AND
HLACKMITJI.
SHOP,
Wagon, Buggy, Machine and Plow re
2airing, and general jobbing
I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
01 larm anil other machinery, as there
is a good lathe in my shop.
PETER RAUEN,
The old Reliable Wasron Maker
has taken charge of the wagon shop.
He is well known as a
NO. 1 WORKMAN.
Sfew IVniroiis and IJniririci made to
Order.
SATISFACTION GUA KANTEED.
Shop 011 Sixth street opposite S'.reiuht's Stable
-o-
The Id.
ALWAYS
GREATER
V" u
hV
BARGAINS
o
o show the largest ami
H4u fi$$z&H
WEST OF
WE ARE
'Flilc ftrmcrm in
This Season in
We will IDsflpllcatfe saaad -BMs-Csasat
sill . IPrice JhmiH
toy H per emit.
Call at the Thiladelphia
and yon
S0L0H01T
fast
pesa c
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CLicmcOk U.
H. A. WATERMAN & SON
Wholesale and Uct.ul Dealers in
riNELUM 11K11.
LATir,
SIIIXdJ.KS.
SASH,
noons,,
ULINDS,
i:tc.
ETC..
KT0.
Man. street. Corner ot Fifth.
I'LATTSMOUTII, - - - - Xi:j;.
Still Better Rates for Lumber
STIlEl(illT iV MI LI
If a rncts Ma tnifm-tnrt is,
SADDLES
P.KIDl.Ks
COI.LAIiS.
and all kinds i l harness stock, constantly oa
hand.
Repairing of nil Kinds !
NEA TL Y DONj; C;; SIK)rr NOTWE
HEW HARNESS !
TURNED OUT IX SHORT OR !KR,
A ml Sa: i f;!ct ion ( i u.i ran ;(!.
; Comemlier tiie place. -I'.'.i
rk's I'm i.il lire store, on l.i
Ojipo-ite Henry
er .M.J11 S reel
Plattsiaoulh. Neli.
21-1; STREIGUT A- MILLER.
JAMES a-ETACB
Retail Liquor Dealer,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
P1.ATTSMOIT1I, .... N.I5-
P.illtanl Hall and .Saloon 1. 11 .Main Sticci
four
doors from Sixth at Neville's
old i-lace.
BEST BRANDS OF CIGARS, ..LES,
WINES, ifC
Ilcmemhcr the .Vanie and IIac
ny James Grace.
HOTEL. CITY HOTEL
FI.ATT.SMOl'TH, NEH.
First class Lodging Kooius.
First Class I'oardina.
!ood Sample Kouiuk
Everjthing and every comfort
A Good Hotel cjuiIFuniisIi
Also, Good Wines, Good
Good Lemonade
P.ier, Good I.i'inors.
Good Clgar,
Kept at the C'itj Botol.
Illy FliEO. GOOS, Proprietor.
J. SCHLATER,
dealer in
cuihtcjits, (Sloths, tfoclru,
Silver Ware, Toys, Pictures.
31usical Instruments, and
MERCHANDISE,
POCKET CUTLERY NOTIONS
1
Particular attention paid to all kind:, of
Fine
Kepairhi;;.
Main, near Fourth SI reel, ii n c
rLATTSjioi'Tii, - - s:n.
3S.si
f
AHEAD !
rilAX EVER.
best
elected
stock of
Wl4 Da a&
9
OHIO AGO
GIVING
r.iwwi iln.i.flnw.nl
every doijurtnu'iit.
Store, make your
will be happy.
urchases,
& L'ATHAIT.