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The Herald.! jJftO. ft. JAa.gJAJRPHT, - jiDITOR. PLATTSMOUTH". APRIL 28. 1831. A number of county papers are is sued on the half sheet, owing to high water. The Herald may Inve to come out on bed-ticking next week. The West Point Republican says Ihe ' Elkhorn Valley from O'Xeil City to Fremont is inundated. John D. Xeligh says the river rose in 'G7- 11 feet, 0 inches it is now 11 feet 8 inch es, And it rose 27 inches in 24 Louis. Me dear Michael, we didn't think you were so thin-skinned as all that. Making fun of the Irish, are we? Faix, it's better to make fun of them than to fool them as you're doing dai ly, me boy. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. AT the close of the last Council Mr. Weckbach offered the following reso lutions which were adopted and car ried unanimously and will be mutual ly endorsed by our whole people: Whereas. Hon. J. W. Johnson has. for the four yeais past been Mayor f the city of Plattsmouth, and whereas, with the honest efforts of Mr. John son our taxes were greatly reduced, therefore be it Resolced, That the councilmen of the city of Plattsmouth in behalf of all its citizens, extend to him their heartfelt thanks foi the very faithful and im partial manner in which he has dis charged the duties of Mayor for the years he has so honorably filled that office, and that with his retirement we wish him every success that faithful attention to business and integrity could desire." Editok IIeuald: Hereto is attach ed a little question which has been go ing the rounds among the teachers and county officials of Mills Co., Iowa, and owing to the diversity of opinion and excitement it has created among them we think it is destined to become equal to the 13, 14, 15 puzzle. Please give it to the readers of the Herald; an 1 help us have a correct solution from some one. question : "In one of the small New ..England towns an agent was appointed to sell alcoholic liquors at a salary of i?2 per annum; he was furnished with a stock of lipuors valufcd at 31.54. and with S32.19 in cash to begin business. Dur ing the year he purchased liquor to the amount of $59.91, and received for liq uors sold ; 3102.97. At the end of the year he had liquor on hand valued at .831.97. Did he owe the tow n or the town owe him, and how much ?" a. J. a. Floods, floods, floods -ill around us. Xot a paper can any one pick up from any quarter that does not contain the ravages of high water somewhere. It was expected that after a winter of such unusual snow-fall there would be high water in the spring but it has far exceeded the expectations and warnings of even the ct ronic -Old Settler" that has "told you so" for years at every turn of events. At Norfolk this State they took nearly all the inhabitants from the second story windows; all along the Loup, Elkhorn and Logan creel: the towns and settlers have suffered moie or less. The destruction and loss of life on the upper Missouri both on the Nebraska, and Dakota and Iowa sides is as yet not fully known, and the devastation of fields and loss of the use of lands for the season must bring destitution to many a family and break up many a hitherto happy and prosperous home. , Here we have scarcely known what high water means only as a subject of curiosity to see what it has done to our neighbors. Xo machine shops are under water, no low bottoms inun dated where much loss can occur. Our only trouble is loss, of mail con nections and travel, every one being obliged to put off business of a migra tory nature for the present. For a week we had no mails i rem Omaha practically. One could not go north, south or east by rail only west the great west was yet open to enterprise and location. Much speculation has been indulged in about the future whims of the Missouri, will it stay up now until the June rise or will it re turn to its normal condition and be again swollen to its present measures by the usual melting of the mountain snows in June. We have no doubt ourselves but that it will be a very high river all summer. Some Watchmen Notes. The good and pious people of Platts mouth have become stage fctrucii. Prof. Love, the principal, is stage man ager: Prof. Wooley, county supeiiiUen dent, the honev-worded-iover ; McMur phy and wife," of the Herald, heavy villain and woman of the world; Dea con Bushnell, of the Enterprise, the vicious man; Mrs. French, Chaplain Wright's daughter, a gal of the period; A.X. Sullivan, the stammering j ust ice; Mrs. J, X. Wise, soubrette wiili pretty ankles; Joe Jhonson, 1 tinny man; and so on. J. M. P. Col. Geo. II. Thompson, the architect and temperance editor of Plattsmouth. gave us some interesting notes of the W. C. T. U.of that thrifty burg. Capt. II. E. Palmer and his estimable wife and their pretty daughter gave us a pleasans call last Satuiday. They were getting architectural plans for high-toned improvements in their home. "Mac" also insinuates that the dem ocrats own the most of the town and pay the taxes and therefore Capt. O'Rourke ought to be Mayor. If they do or have and this is a fact, they ought to have made a better town of it before this. How She Saved Money. "For nearly six years my daughter wasmo3tof the time on a sick-bed from kidney and other disorders pe culiar to women. We had used up our savings on doctors and prescrip tions without any benefit. Our domi nie advised us to try Parker's Ginger Tonic, and four bottles effected a mar velous cure. As it has been our only medicine since, and a dollar's worth lias kept our family well over a year, we have been able to lay by, a Httle money again for a. rainy day." A Poor Man's Wife 314 Our Water Works. Saturday a report came down that many people were suffering over on the bottoms below St. Maty and that they needed fod and help. A purse was made up at once by our charita ble citizens, and flint is one tiling Plattsmouth may be proud of. She always comes out strong in adversity or when the call for help arises. Provisions were secured and the Mayor, Capt. O'Rourke secured the services of Captain Simpson and the 'New Ella" Ferry boat, to vi.sit the Iowa side and se how matters really stc6d. Amos Graham, pilot. A number of citizens accompanied the boat and crew. Arriving at a point just above the mouth of the Platte on the other side. the boat was made fast to a stump in mid water, Al O'Xeil being on hand to catch the rope. The O'Xeil boys and several others came aboard and said there was no suffering and no danger then as known. Some fami lies were over in a school house and some in a fatm house near by. but they could stand two feet of water and did not feel disposed to leave or if they did they wanted to go to the Hluffd and not come on this side. Al! the little houses and places in sight had been abandoned by the peo ple. Chicken and pigs were plenty arrund the cabins. O'Xeil and o'.heis near then brought cattle and horses aboard; while this was being done, three skiffs were got out and some of our boys went over to the school house where they found things as above stated. The water was on the the lower iloor of the farm house, out the school house was two or three feet out of water. They had two skiffs and a Hat boat to take them selves to the IJluffs with if necessary. So our boys returned, the skiffs were drawn aboard. Major Wheeler whis tled "off brakes" and the Xe'w Ella pulled for Xebr.iska bringing 14 head of horses and 5 or ti of cows with some two or three of the owneis While we lay the water was raising all the time and must constantly fill the bottom more and more. Sunday morning the river had risen and cattle and people beiow the Missouri II. R. bridge were reported in trouble. The De'l Morgan wviit down there and old "Hans" got off lots of cattle all Sun day. Monday a big drove of a hun dred or more came over the hill by Wintersieen's o;i the way to some feeding place, mostly the Graham boys. Doty says he's '"all hunk" yet but he can't stand many days of such water aquatic and amphibious as he appears to be. The track between here and the Junction is washed now in many places, and all communication has ceased by rail. Individual skiffs are running from a point beond the first big fill. The Junction itself is badly demoralized, the Hotel flot r is cov ered and other houses entirely sur rounded. Waterman's lumber yard afloat and all day Monday the river was yet rising. Louisville Waifs. J. V. Glover has moved the cloth ing and boot and shoe department of his store up stairs over his main store. Marion Ward has moved to town, and the Ward Bros, hardware store is beginning to look as if the owners meant business now. Xew goods every day and customers numerous. Graham & Jenkins have bought a huge shelter to suit the capacity of their traction engines. They can shell over three hundred bushels a uay now with ease. 11. G. Hoover let a car load of ma chinery fall on his foot the other day, He wears crutches now half the time, but he sells "heaps" of machinery, just for spite you know. Frank blunder has bought the Jade property and rented it to C.-.ptai How ell. Jade has left the country, also left his wife and children. Some sneak has "got away" with our liberty pole. Those interested in said pole are willing to donate a few cents to the needy or greedy in ii vidual, if he will put the fixtures where they can be got at when wanted next July. Mr. Heling has bought a farm in Saline county where he will move soon. The pottery works are starting up again. They ought to boom now they have rested so long. The building boom is here loo. Mr. Pitney is finishing his third new build ing. Wm. Rringman and Mr. Dagley are each putting up a residence. W. II. I J., or -I(jss" Stout is putting up five new buildings on the east side. Dave Woodard is running the Atlas House for him. It is understood that he wiil work a hundred men here this summer. Why can't we hae another hotel or two; the town has been full of men wanting board fur nearly two years and still Miey come. Everybody that can possibly do so is taking boarders ami it is astonishing to notice how small a house i made to accommo date from titteen to twenty boarders. A large Hotel and twenty or more tenant houses would be paying prop erty and would all be occupied as fast as they couid be built. Our miller, Geo. Sante, will leave us soon. The patrons of the Louisville mills are sorry to lose him. lor George always gave them good flour, and a year of good bread is no small item. J. li. Toman who has been R. R. agent here for eiUl years has moved to Utiea. Louisv iil will greatly miss Toman. He was to be relied on in any work calculated to build up our town or county, lie h id built him self a cvd fort able httl home here and was loth to leave it. His new po sition, however, gives Jijt?) the same pay with much less labor. Wo have not yet learned tlie name of our pew agent but Toman assures us that he is an agreeable gentleman. QefLL. How Hiippiuess is Secure.!. Happiness is the absence of pain or annoyance, and wherever there is pain there is disease. A piii:i jn the lower portion of the body indicates ;ii:stor der of some kind. If there is any odor orco!orrdeposit in the urine, it means disease, and requires attention at once We have heard many nf wr friends speak of the remarkable povfir af Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and are convinced there is nothing so certain and valuable for all disorders of the urinary system, both male and female. 47tl3 The Watchman of Omaha made a raid on l)ie Plattsmouth people gener ally, lust weU, Another Trip on the New Ella. Tuesday, Atbil 25th. Word having been brought that parties and cattle were suffering in the bend above the Platte in Sarpy County, Capt. Simpson with Mayor O'Rourke agreed to go np there Tues day morning and see what could be done or what was needed; securing Capt. Mann as pilot we went up there accordingly. The wind was very high j-nd the current very strong. Arriv ing at a point nearly east of La Platte we found Mr. Joseph Giles on a little plat of ground yet above water in some willows. Inland on little knolls we could see some 125 head of cattle which 1 ad been there several days without food except what could be brought on a skiff. The boat made fast and Geo. Edgerton, Jno. Lynch, Judge Vivian, Capt. O'Rourke and others in skiffs and by wading helped Mr. Giles and his neighbors drive the cattle to the place where the boat lay. The water was four or five feet deep in prices. The little calves' noses would just keep out of the water as they followed and were towed along. The cattle behaved very bad on this little point and would not enter the boat, and here a singular thing occur red showing the real danger they were in on the knolls farther inland. Just as soon as the cattle tramped what seemed to be the solid ground by tho boat, it became soft and spongy and in fact a perfect old fashioned quagmire in which the cattle sunk almost oat of sight. Foi a few moments we thought a large portion of the herd wonld be tramped in the mire; some got down, others cliiul ed and tramp ed on them and it was a wiggling, bel lowing mass of horns, hoofs, tails and mud. IJy great exertions ropes were put over the horns of the cattle and they were literally dragged aboard by main strength and awkwardness. In this way 40 or 50 head were got iu.tne calves being carried. Those of the herd not down escaped and waded back to the place they had left : from here they were driven in squads of live or six and now seeing others aboard they were crowded and forced over the gang dank and other planks and poles thrown down; wheij the water ran swiftly there seemed to be firm ground underneath but on the lai.d or in slug gish water they mired. By dint of hard work 80 head were put aboard and three horses; other horses mired and had to be left. The Captain then pulled out to take them to a point higher up where they could reach the bluff, but the clirrent was so strong Pilot Mann declared it unsafe and we turned round and came bacK to Plattsmouth landieg the cat tle here and they were driven to the 1. & M. stock yards. In the morning Capt. Simpson goes up to get the rest and a lot of hogs; we don't know what Mr. Giies thought of our .dinging his cattle here but there was no help for it. Coining down we had a good view ot Hinton's and the Iowa bottom. It is all under water, bad bad all over. They said the river was falling but it really seemed to us to be rising as we lay there, or filling the bottom more. We reached Plattsmouth about 4 p. m. Giles said he had one large steer die, and his hogs climbed up on the steer and were roosting there when we left. The Red Cloud was along two houis getting through this channel above us and stopped often to fed her way. A Canoe Trip Down The Piatte from Ashland. We are safely launched for a trip on the Platte, which with Wahoo and Salt Creeks have been on a tear just to see which could tear the hardest; we've hardly time to gj up in town as we are not dry nor anything of that sort. Hut here is the "Dean," he says Ashland is all right side up with care. Some of it water soaketl and some of it badly soaked with something else. Hut those new stores and those new shops show oil finely and are a credit to the place. Ashland has some of the finest, nicest prettiest and tallest cones in the state; they were raised or found at le.st in Conn. One of them the boys nicknamed Jo. So, JJcMid, Here we are! Well the Rend is bending away as best it can. The bridge is badly bent and the Church and saloons are bejidjng badly every span. Which party do you march with, pa? Well the Rend can boast of some of the finest fountains in the state, yes. in seven states. They were not all discovered at one time and perhaps not all are discov ered yet. And the weeds and such stalks of dill can't be. found this side of Egypt. Why! one weed pulled up by tin? roots and weighed green, would tip 200 lbs. One man picked one stalk of dill which he would not take $50 for. Louisville. Well, She is just on a boom: general inerchaiitliing, brick, pottery and milling. Louisville is also going extensively into the fruit business. Ti.ey have lately intro duced what is called the Xewbeny which the; are propogatjjig wi'.h ail possible speed- raising tame foxes of enoi mous sie and their k in.jr oversee all. The good people need no bridge for they have a Waterman who will take them safely over the the river to that country from which no traveler returns. Cedar Creek This place is sinail and young, yet they have a King and Queen anil Louisville need not feel so proud for even New York is dark ened when Cetlar , Creek comes be tween her and the Sun. Concord. Concord has all washed away or evaporated and we can't tell which. Cut some of the largest beav r are left to be found in these United States; three full grown ones would make a wagon load. ::pv I will tie up my canoe at Plattsmouth and go up ,o see that big 1 1 at t and have u chat tvith the good folks thai are a3 wjse as a Solo mon or a Xatham Yours very truly, IT&C'LK Tojf. (ireii tip by Doctors. "Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is up aoi ;-t ':?yk. and cured by so sim ple a remedy ?"' "I assure you it is true that tie is cn tirely cured, and with nothing but IIp Hitters; and only ten days ago his duet o titVp jdjn 11 P aid sii lie must die!-"' "Well-a-day That in renin kabie I will go this day and get some for wv poor George I know hops are good." Xo farm work can be done as yet even in upland place?. OUR DAKOTA LETTER. I he Situation Graphically Described by a Former Resident of Mills County who is a sufferer with the rest or the People. From tlie Glen wood Opinion. Veumillion, D. T., Apiil 5, 1881. Editor Opinion: People generally like to read about calamities, and as we have one here of the first class, and I have nothing to do but to sit and look at the wreck, I will occupy a few minutes with some of the details. Our beautiful little city lies before me a perfect wreck. On last Wednesday morning, about the break of day, the flood struck us, and in two hours all business part of town was ovept away. Vermillion is situated at the lower end of a bend in the river, just above where the bluffs strike the river. Tin; ice gorged at that upper tad of the bend and threw the whole current n the wide flat bottom; and the bluffs approaching the river just at the low er end of the city, threw the whole force of the current right through the business part of town. The water was up to tlie windows of the second story f the houses, and the current, ice and drift was so bad that no kind of boat could leave the bluffs. Hut for a few minutes warning which was received in a roundabout way by telegraph, the loss of life would have been terrible; but as it was, everybody was got to the bluffs, by hard work, before the cur rent next to the bluffs became impass able. Hut every thing else was swept away in the raging torrent. Only a few of the strongest brick blocks are left standing. On Thursday the ice in the main channel commenced moving, but the following night it turned bit ter cold, and the ics blocked up and stopped moving, and it remains in that situation yet. The bed of the river appears to be gorged full of ice as far up as we can see with a glass, and the whole current of the river is sweeping over where the town lately stood, and how long it will remain so no one can tell. As long as the ice was running in the river, the la d of the stream was filled w ith houses, some of them com ing from as far .is Yankton, thirty miles above. When the ice stopped the river was full of houses as far up and down as one could see many of them fi led with goods just as they were abandoned by the families. The Hyena part of our community came in for miles and pillaged every thing that could be readied, and many of them got away during the confusion with wagon loads of valuables. One trunk was taken from a house with probably a thousand dollars worth of the finest of ladies wear and jewelry, but it fell into hands of an honest man, and the owner will get it if alive. We can get no communication with the wide and thickly settled button above us, and we fear the loss of life is terrible, but of this you will bt in formed long before this letter reaches you. While fighting g.raushoppers, hail storms &c, we had succeeded in build ing us up the best home we ever had, but from the bluffs we saw it crushed to pieces and off down the torrent. We saved our lives, t-he clothes on out backs, one horse, a cat and a bird, which now constitues our all. My heaviest item of loss was my law and miscellaneous library. The whole biulf is covered with families shelter ing themselves as best they can, and the suffering mast be great. Our ra'l road and teiegrapl: line is gtne, and we can g'et no word from the outside world. We can neither get away or get supplies here, and but few have anything to buy with if they were here to buy. I may not be able to get this letter out. but hone to be able to send it by private convevar.ee. We ate all on an equality now. We take it easily, and you would I e surprised to soe the mirth and jollity that prevails among us, especially among the wom en and children, who do not know where they are going to get the next meal ot victuals. e are brave peo ple and you piay depend on us puliing tnrougn some way. The Chicago, St Paul & Milwaukee rail road, fifty miles north of us, is our nearest accessible point, and wt? will have supplies from there in a fdw days, but still I would feel much more comfortable in my old quarters in the Court House al (lien wood, than here. FfiliMV. April 8.h, 1831. Sjnce writing the above another flood of ice has come down upon us, and what was U'ft is swept away. The ice is now gorged in the town and stands even with the roofs of tire bidd ings. All the lutubei in town is gone, and the people can get nothing to make shelter with. Fuel is also very scarce. Bridges are all gone, and no body can get away. The ice is gorged as far as the eye can reach both above and below. Houses were seen above floating with people on the roofs, but they did not reach here. Six inches of snow fell last night, but it is warm to day. Mapy women anil children are sick. I hope to send this letter North to the Milwaukee road. Our merchants saved a few goods, and they now have them opened out in the chinches and school houses, three of which were on the bluff. There is but Utile change in the situation. II. A. Copeland. Xebraskans Holding Positions in ., Washington. Washington, 1). C, April !. 1881. To the Editor of tlie Lincoln Globe. It may be of some interest to your readers to know who they are, and hat positions Xebraskans hold here at tne eaoito , and what pay they re ceive. In looking over the ollicial registry of the THEASUKKV DEPARTMENT. I find in the prjntiiig and engraving bureau; O. II. Irish, clil-if. ;tl;irv 94..1K' Jatuv . .foont. Vitiil'f keeper Mis. .Is'liii:it K. Crawford, i-U-ik two Trunk Mmili. iier ,;i;0 Stepliun Joauxon (i-oloreil; laborer o sKroN ii Ariuroii'ii ort-K'i". Cliarh-s E. Itic-e, vlt-rk M' I.IOIIT HOL'SK l'.OAl!I. Wni. A. Giov rjr.. clerk M Miss Mamie A. Wilson T It K A S L" 1 J h 1 1 S O V V i K. yoo Abruin oiler, clerk ... ... l.oixi t o ... l.L-O-J Mrs. Cliai lolte L. i.iviniitoii, clerk James Morris, clerk DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. Annie II. Irih tratudator 1.2O0 TlioiiiiiH V. Titou. eiiiuecr l.K'.ti Mrs. Coila II. Asliby. copyist "-0 Win! W. CowliuK, cleik I.4H0 Mrs. Helen K. tirav. olerk 1.4'h (ieo. M. l-illinoie clerk census ltliv..u IwO Miss Clara Hoover, " " too The foregoing are all the Xebraskans employed here n thpse two depart ments, and Ihere is a quest jon, whether or no. all of them should be credited to our 5';te. Some of them your cor respondent Liiinvs and some of them he never heard of before. However, that is no reason why they are not genuine residents, etc. fii;le'J lit Alton, Nebraska. Ai-niL 'J3, 1631. More grass for poor stock; less high winds; a good warn rain : carload o! dogs, to p it carrion ; some good seed potatoes; a ft,w more settlers ; less mud in creeks; good seed corn; buyers for a few good claims; more regularity in mails : a uood crop l Ins seasr n ; in dem ocratic victory; thellEitALO. E. s. Child. tmpcrauce Column.' KITKI 111" TIIK WOMAN'S CHUIMTIAX TKM I'KKANCK CNION. " For God. and iiouie. and Native I-and." A Mother's Influence. Mr. Wendell Phillips related the following in an address in Huston: In a railway car once a man about sixty yea s old came to sit beside me. He had heard me lectir e the evening before on temperance. "I am master of a ship," said he, sailing out of Xew York and and have just returned fiom my fiftieth voyage across the Atlantic. About thirty years ago I was a so-. ; shipped while dead drunk as one of the crew, tind was carried on board like a log. When I came to the captain sent for uie. He asked me: "Do you remember your mother? "I told him she died before I could remember anything." "Well" said he "I am a Vermont man. When I was young I was crazy to go to sea At last my mother con sented I- should seek my fortune in Xew York. He told me how she stood on one side of tlie garden gate and he on the other, when with his bundle on his arm, lie was teady to walk to the next town. She said to him: "My boy, I don't know anything about towns, and I never saw the sea, but they tell me those great towns are sinks of w ickedness, and make thous ands of drunkards. Xow, promise me you'll never drink a drop of liquor." Tie said:" " T laid my hand in hers and prom ised as I looked into her eyes for the last time. She died soon after. I've been on every sea, seen the worst kinds oZ life and men they laughed at me as a milk sop, and wanted to know if I was a coward. Hut when they offered me liquor I saw my mother across the gate and I never drank a drop. It has been my sheet anchor; I owe all to that. Would you like to sign the pledge"? said he.,. My companion took it. and h" added: "It has saved me. I have a tine ship, wift and children at home and I have helped others." How far that little candle threw its beams! That earnest mother saved two men to virtue and usefulness how many more He who sees all alone can tell. The Xew York Tribune, one Mon day morning lately, had the following editorial note of what licensed whisky can do: "Saturday night's whisky makes big score in the police reports this morning. Xo less than ten persons were staboed in this city during Sat urday night and Sunday, and most, if not all the crimes were due to drunk onness." WiTTlt be Enforced.' Lpon the appearance of a newr and stringent Temperance law, like that lately enacted in Xebraska, this ques tion is often heard. It is our dishon or as Americans that there should be any doubt on this point. Enforced? What are laws if they are not to be enforced ? In this particular we may learn to advantage from the English. They have a great reverence for law. What Parliament enacts is sure to go into effect. The resilience to any law comes before its passage, not after waids. H hen it was proposed to close the dram shops at a certain hour in the evening, and otherwise to place restrictions on the liquor traffic, the brewers and retailers spent plenty of lnoaey in endeavoring to prevent the passage of the act. The tight was in tlie halls ot legislation. hen once the measures had been passed, opposi tion was at an end; and no resistance was offered to what had become the law of the land. Xo one in England questions whether a contemplated law "will be enforced.' It is universally considered that until repealed, laws must be obeyed. With us, on the contrary, to push a strong law through the Legislature is often quite easy. It will bo passed without a struggle and by a decisive majority, the rum power making little objection. Hut as soon as the enforce ment of the law is attempted, then arises opposition. Little cares the rum power what laws are passed, while so many devices are at hand to prevent them from going into effect. line, lemperance laws are not wholly useless even when practically disregarded. Surely, it is worth some thing to nave liquor sellers branded as felons and their business defined as a crime. Dopbtless there is a certain value in just laws, even when they area dead letter. Hut is not this a fault of which we ought to be ashamed and which we ought by all means to correct, that there should be so much uncertainty about enforcing just and constitu tional legislation? Cannot a senti ment be cultivated of reverence for law, as such? Our Government is one of law, and is endangered when the citizens cease to respect their own legislation. It brings contempt upon all our laws to have some of them dis regarded. The Legislature - is sup posed to reflect the popular wiiiaud when it decrees a certain punishment for the crimes of rum-selling, there ought never to be occasion for the question, "Will the law be enforced?" This is the same thir.g as to ask, "Will the people deal with public enemies as they have declared they vill through their representatives?" It is our disgrace that anybody should ever doubt it. Let every good citizen speak, vote and act in accordance with the righteous laws of the State. "Put them in mind to obey magistrates." A. L. P. I he Father and His Kuiiied S.ons. The Hon. William E. Dodge said he knew a young man, the son of a high ly respectable merchant, who was then a drunkard, banished from his father's house. He signed the pledge and for a time prospered in life. One New l ears day he called upon his father, and, as they had not met for a long time before, the father pressed a glass of wine upon his reformed son. He yielded, and that night was sadly intoxicated. He is now a poor, home less, wandering drunkard. The father did not heed the, solemn lesson; he still kept the fatal beverage in his boost and spread it before his chil dren. A second son was ensnared, and is also a drunkard. S. S. Visitor. 1 A IS -year-old dj.tihter of a wealthy merchant in Cologne, Germany, ran awav with her "music teacher, Otto Meter, and went to Hoboken, after hax itig been married in New York. Re tenth" she went on the stage to aid in supporting herself, and then fell in love with Otto Crola, n German newspaper man in Jersey- City. The pair now live together, and the former husband is apT plying for a dirorce andfqrthp rpcovery of some of the property bis wife carried away from bis house. Xow York U suppressing its sidewalk venders of peanuts, frnha, and knick-knacks. .The Eegonia and Cashmere Shawls. About two centuries ago a French navigator named Hegon brought from Asia a new plant, which is 'still called after him, begonia. Few readers would suspect the part this plant plays in tho production of the handsome shawls so prized by ladies. Tho best by far of these are made in Cashmere, a beauti ful district at the foot o the Himalaya Mountains. The material used in their manufacture is the finest down from the Thibet goat. Every one has probably remarked the singularly graceful pat terns with which they are ornamented, and perhaps wondered whether they were studies from nature or the pro duction of the artist's brain. They are the former. Nature in the East supplies admirably graceful leaves on which the sun designs delicate ornaments, and the workmen of Cashmere' imitate them, as the Grecian sculptors copied the curves of the acanthus in the Corinthian cap itals. These leaves are those of the be gonia. When the French arrived in Egypt, at the end of the last century, they were surprised to see the Orientals wearing costumes, shawls, turbans, sashes, etc., of beautiful cashmere work. They greatly admired these dresses, which fell so gracefully on the human form. When the conquerors of the pyramids returned to France they displayed their rich booty, which im mediately came into fashion among tho ladies. From that period they have constantly remained in high favor. Their prices vary from $200 to 400 Under tho empire, no lady with any pretension went out without a Cashmere shawl. The taste for these articles, al though not so great as formerly, has not entirely ceased. However, it is very rarely now that a person wears a real Indian Cashmere; the articles in general use are the product of French manufacture. Good Milch Cows A good milch cow is one that has, first of all, good digestive organs. A cow that does not digest her food well is almost invariably a poor milker. On this point we adopt the language of Mr. Allen in his work on "American Cat tle," as it hardly can be improved: 'These organs have a powerful influ ence on the exercise of all the functions, and particularly on the secretion of the milky glands. A good state of the di gestive organs U evinced by a belly of moderate size, with yielding sides, a large mouth, thick and strong lips, a good appetite, easy and quick digestion, glossy hair, supple skin, with a kind of unctuous feel. The constitution should be sound, and this is implied bv large lungs, a broad and prominent chest, a somewhat slow respiration, and a great inclination to drinic an inclination stimulated by the abundant secretion of miik." What is known as the "wedge shape" is desirable in milch cows. The head should be small and line, small neck and shoulders, bones small and fine. small evelids well divided but not wrinkle I, prominent eve and a kind. gentle look; hips broad, hind quarters large, veins prominent, udder fine and well developed. ihi; description, though very brief, indicates a good cow, Vruiriti t tinner. A Hartford man sent a pair of trous ers to his tailor to bo repaired. The tailor's workman foun I j?:$j0 in a roll in tl;e iocket. :'.nd returned it. The owner thanked him very warmly. Hoaxing a Manager. Mr. Henry C. Jarrctt tells the follow ing story: Ono evening, while tho party were plainr at the opera house in De troit, a small bov approached him and, holding out his hand, exhibiting fifteen cents, said: "Please, mister, I would so much like to see 'Cinderella,' but that's all the money I've got." The bov's manner touched Jarrett's tender spot, and after asking him two or three times if that was all the money ho had, and receiving each time a piti ful affirmative answer, he gave him a quarter. The boy's countenance beamed with delight, and he did not know how to express his gratitude. Finally moving toward tho street, ho said: "You don't know how thankful I am, sir. I am ever so much obliged to, jou, sjr; but now that yon have been so gen erous, I guess I 11 go to the other thea ter and see 'Jack bheppard.' A Fair Chance. Equality, too whatever equality may or may not be just or possible; this, at least, 13 just, and, I hope, possible- that every man, every child, of every rank, should have an equal chance of developing all that is m him by nature; an equal chance of acquiring a fair knowledge of those facts of the universe which specially concern him, and of having his reason trained to judge of them. I say, whatever equal rights men may or may not have, they have this right. L.et every boy, every girl. have an equal and sound education. If I had my way, I would give the same education to the child of the coiner and to the child of the peer. I would see that they were taught the same tilings and by the same method. Let them all begin alike, say I. They will be handicapped heavily enough as they go on in life, without our hand icapping them in their first race. W hat- ever stable they come from out of, w hatever promise thev show, let them all train alike and start fair, and let the best colt win. Charles Kinysley, The West's Populatba. At the beginning of the century the population of the great West, which is now about 20.000,000, was a little more than 50,000. From 1 i rat t street's the following interesting table is taken, which shows tho growth of that popula tion: Per ct. of Your. reputation. Increase. 170 1-K 61.om StKi.im 475 ISM S.VHT,7 l'.O 1X... ISiO... IH'Ml... lS'il). .. 1S70... 1SSJ. . . .. l,HI'U7:l 87 85l,542 &.5S2.4M .71i.tt 1.1.17 l.rc'l 74 43 lU,i:il,SIU 87 TJiat table is a very interesting one. It is ons of the most marvelous features in this remarkable age. Commissioner Lc Due is urging the home manufacture of sugar with enthu siasm, and a fair degree of success throughout the country. It is said of him that lie "has firmly made up his mind that the sugar problem is the largest question now demanding solu tion in this country; he knows that if we can make our own sugar ana syrup we will save from S90.000.000 to S120.- 000,000 annually, which we now pay to foreign countries for those, commodities; lie belieyes that sorghum solves the problem, and, with the sublime faith in himself which seems necessary- in, any one who would become a great bene factor of las fellow men, lie proposes to ponvince the country that he is right, and his critics are wrong on the sorghum question. A Paris dressmaker and ladies outfit ter has brought an action anaiust a belle petite well known on the turf of gallantry. The dressmaker claims the Sum of 67.500 francs for merchandiso furnished tq'thp&tiAk petite durng the jjiiat, uinums. x uu 01014 poim OI U1U adventure is that, in. order to prove that she intended to pay the biJL the belle petit? mentions the fact that she bad al. reaay paiu a certain sum on account or the 67.500 francs. The sum amounted to 58 francs THE C0TTAGK HOUSE. A. IJt:i:sO., Irupi !ulor. Ou Sixth. South of Main. lUxirdinu o'"1 Traniit iit Travl K:Utrlaincl. GOOD MEALS Ji Y THE DA F. FIBS T National Bank OF PLATTSMOUTH. NKliKASKA. John Fitzc.kisali . K. 1. Iiovry K. XV. Jli'Ui'i;iu.ix. JONH O ItOUKKK President. . ... Vice President. Cashier. .Assistant Cashier. This Bank is now open fur V-iisine.-s at ttieii new room, corner Mam ami Sixth streets, and is prepared to transact i;eiieral BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds. Gold, Government and Loral Securities liOUCHT AM) SOLI. Deposits Received and Interest A llu to ed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DBAWIsT, vailable in any part of the Cnited States nii-i in all the Principal Towns and Cities ot K.urope. CKI.EHRATKO km an Line and Allan Line OF KTS-M1I ICItM. Person wishing to bring out their friends from s.v:rope can PURCHASE TIf"K KTS F'ltOM CS Th rough to 1'lattNir.vut h t ii 1: WEEPING WATER BANK or aaiu ititos. This Bank is now open for the transaction of a GH! IE-TIE IK .A. X. Banking Exchange Business. jk::omitm Received, and Interest allowed 01: Time Certi- ttcaws. Drawn, and available in the principal tuwns and cities of the Cnited States and Kurope. o Agents for the rxltlrated Mm Line of steamers. Purchase your tickets from us. Through from Europe to any Point in the West. REED BROS., r-'l.f Weeping Water, Xeu. W 11 jmNTF.fi ... . , Sueceeoor to Jones & Agnew J Anain take. char ie of the Oil - aJ ' J wf Brick Livery Stable, PLATTSMOUTH, - NEBRASKA. The old Bonner Stalites. in Plattfiiioutli. are now leased by W. 1. Jones, and he h on hand Xew and handsome accommodations. m the shape of HOWES. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and SADDLE HORSES. I am now prepared to keep HORSES FOR SALE I TRADE! And will Train and Break Colts On Reasonable Terms. ALSO UEMEMHER, That with nlentv of room (that every one Knows i nave) in my Fiaoie. l can jier rami ers' f tock and wagons, load s of hay. &c. under cover, where they wiil keep dry. 1 nai.kri' all tlie old patrons lor tiieir nneraii- :v. Isoiicit their trade lortlie Intnre. catistieil tli it I can accommodate them better and do belter lv them than everbelore. ."01 v V. r. JONES. Palace Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Under Prank Carruth's new Jewelry Store. HCT & COLE BATHE ALWAYS BEADY. GLEAN NEW PLACE, and nowjs the time to get snAVEI) SHAMPOOED HAIB-UUT. orauythin;:.ele in tlie tonsorial way, at John IJoone's Xew Shop, Corner Main and Fifth Street, I'lattKinout Ii, - n ebriHk. HOTEL. CITY HOTEL . PL VTTSSMOUTH. NEB. First class Lodging Booms. First Class Boarding. (iood Sample Boom Ever thing ami every comfort A Good Hotel can Funiisli Also, Good Wines, (iuuu Beer, Good LfU.i s Good Lemonade, Good Ciarn, Kept at the Citj Sotel. 141y FBED. GOOS. Proprietor Ml' HARDWARE STORE, j. S. DUKE Has just opened an entire new stock of hard ware, on Next door west of Chapman & Smith's Dins Store. A Full Line of SHELF H AH D WARE, SHOVELS, RAKES. SPADES ana ALL GARDEN TOOLS. NAILS, NAILS, NAILS, hy the Ke or ronnil- ROPE, POWDER, SHOT, GRIND STONES, WHEEL-BARROWS. A Full Line of tl'TM'.KY. Special Rates ti HuilJers and Cut- ti actors. All good sold as lm they roKiblv cau bt aim live. 4iv 3I0KIUS 0'KOUKKE, once more comes forward with an entire new Stock of the finest Piece Goods ever brought into i lauHiiouiu : : EVERY GARMENT CUT IS WARRANTED to FIT Hundreds go there and they are ALWAYS SUITED. Shop opposite the Com t House. Give him a call and examine tor yourselve. -Jslf H. A. WATERMAN & SON Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FINE LUMBER, LiATII, SHINGLES. SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. ETC., ETC., ETC. Main street. Corner of Fifth. PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEB Still Better Rates for Lumber U JffWWfBta?e"f.n " U bi'titallf prtfincffi fcaadoreon fS Co.. i! die ton ?iicc, KeW Tor. NEW BRICK YlBDlv I ii:i l lsL A-IKIjEl! B R.TCK, this spring aixl vv in' l MAKE Til EM CUE A J'. lli.-'.t jM'op'e cui luiiM MUCK HOUSES IXSTKAIJ OF HiAMI:. 1 shall emit rn'i a:vl Build BRICK Houses, the coining car and v u'.l like thoe Intending to Build to give me a call before looking elsewhere JKIUtV II ART MAX. At my place on W-ai-lunufoii Avenue or at 1'. S. White't Store ou Main .Street, Pint tsmoiit h, Nebraska. -Vini3 NEW FIRM. NEW GOO DS ! ! JXO. B0XS SDN. liAKEHS AND CONFECTION!'!:.-,. At O. Oiitlunati's !! stoic.; A Kl l.l. LINK K Staple and Fancy Grocones, m;v and i i;i:.sii. BREAD STUFFS, of evert lesci i pt ion. Choice iind Fancy Can'jies and all kinds of Canned Goods. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS, of tlie lie.st 1'iands. CHRISTMAS TOYS, dt'., dr., in endless quantities. Fresh Bread Daily. Don't fail to Call. 3Sly J. 110XS & M)X, I'lops. NEW Livery, Feed & Sale STABLE, Or an Old Stable in nur Jmnds ntirrly. The New 1" i in i of rATTKKSON k 1IX0., open tlie it w i? w it: if i' n i i v on the Corner of tilh and all Si reels a it Ii a New Li very OulfiL UOUD HORSES AM) CAl:l;IA;i:s ;,i all -t inies- horses foi: sale. HOUSES HOUOilT A H SOLlt, HOUSES ICEl'T 11V THE DA V Oli WEEK. Call ami see I'A 1 1 l'.UMI.N .v HI . JAMES G-BACB Retail Liquor Dealer, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. PLATTSMOUTH. .... NHJi. Billiard Hall and Saloon on Mam Street, four door from Sixth at Neville' old i-iace. REST BRANDS OF CIGARS, . LES, WINES. dC. ' lie me filter the .aine nnl i'lace, y James Grace. MIKE SCHNELLBACHER, BLJIVKSM ITU house iioi:in;. WA:ON liEPAlKIN'l. All kinds of FAl::i IMPLKMKXTf iiu-inled Neatly d- I'romplp :0- Horse, Jlule A: OxSIioein-. In short, we'll shoe anything thtit Ikt lour leet, from a Zebra to a (JirafTe. Come and see us. n Pi l tli S' between Mainar.1 Vine St reels. list acros e corner from flir- T".v II KB A I OtKiri; iiiv' STItEltiMT .V JilI,Li:!S, Harness Man uf ' artry, SADDLES BIUDl.KS COLLAK.S. and all kinds of harness stock, t-oiiMai;t!y un hand. Repairing of all Kinds ! NEA TL Y DONE c:; SHORT NOTICE NEW HARNESS ! TURNED OUT IN SHORT dllt'ER Ami Satisfaction Guaranteed. iiBemenibcr th iilace. - Opposite He. Boeck's Furniture Stole, on Lower Main stieci, Plattsmouth. Net). 21-l.v STREIGHT t- MILLER. JOIIS SHANNON'S LIVERY SALE AND FEED Carriages always on Haiid AND HEARSE FUNERALS. TAKE WOTICJIE ! I w:in t ;in ,,1 PiV a -iouiil M'liicil ( flafe. aii'l I shall do i,., ii'oic en-oil I ni Pies . All ol.l accounts must he settled up. and no new ones will be made. I'nles- Hiieli accounts are fettled shortly they will be Mied. I isli lo ilo a Ml icl! c:!i Ixisllies" till . .MMIV SIIANM..-. Plat tsinout Ii. Neb. 11 , V, Mathe ws, DLAI.KK IN Ear&varo, Cdtlery, Nails, Iron, 1 Villon Mock, acm Slacrjiui-ni. STOVJiSand TIX-tVAKE, Iron, Wood Stock. Pumps, Ammunition, FIELD d- GARDEN nEEDS. ROPE, AND ALL KINDS Ul .sIKRT IRON WORK, Kept in Stock. .MaKiiir antlKcpali Inn, DONE WITH NEATNESS & DISPATCH. All Work Warranted. ZEIEIDS SIOISTS. Every wound or injiir . i ci . act-iiier,! or any oiM-.-o-e, entitle a soldier ot Ihe late warto a pension, ah c)nioh hy the iaw of .lanuaiy li.:i begin hack al dat of Ui-rhm-e (, dealli ! the soldier. All enlillitl - h. n il : v nice '1 lions mils who aie now il rawing j'u-.'i- - II .iic in ii icu to an inert ae. Soiuicis and .'mows ol tlie war of IMIJ himI Mexican wM aie milieu lo peiiM-ir,. thousand., are vet enti led to bouniy, but do not know it t- nrs in all Mser..l). 1'ay lor every iIcm ript ion of war laims collected. Einp!ov a:i Attorney resiil- 'lie, in W at-hinmoii. u ho C :n ve poismial at- r.tion to our biisiiies. American and F r- elun patents obta hied on short notice Send f Wo stamp for pension and In mot v law s. Ail. drt'stf V) . T. En ziJKitAi.u. P. s. I'la.m A;tiit, Lock Bd iXJ. WuthlngtOir, d. f. C1v