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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