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BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1858.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Real Estate,
City Lots and Claims bought and sold.
Purchasers will do well to call at our office
and examine our lit of City Lots, &c. before
purchasing elsewhere. Oifice in Cook's new
building, corner of Fifth and Main streets.
L. L. Bowen.
. TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
A. LAW, Dellevue. N. T. 1-tf
S. A. Strickland,
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TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bellevue, N. T. i-
T. B. Lemon,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW. Office, Fontenelle Bank, Belle
vue, Nebraska 1 crritory. ly51
C. T. Holloway,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW, Bellevue, N. T. Mf
"W. II. Cook.
GENERAL LAND AND REALESTATE
AGENT, Bellevue City, Nebraska. 1-tf
"W. H. Longsdorf, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office on
Main, between Twenty-Fifth ami Twenty
Sixth streets, Bellevue City. 33tf
W. W. Harvey,
COUNTY SURVEYOR OF SARPY CO.,
will attend to all business of Surveying,
laying out and dividing lands, surveying and
platting towns and roads. Office on Main
street, Bellevue, N.T. 20-tf
B. P. Rankin.
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TTORNEY AND COUNSNLLOR AT
LAW, La PI itte, N. T.
J. P. Peok, M.D.
SURGEON k PHYSICIAN, Omaha. Ne
brn ska Office and residence on Dodge
Street. Qy6)
Peter A. Sarpy,
FORWARDING & COMMISSION MER
CHANT, Bellevue, N. T., Wholesale
Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and
Cattle. I
D. J. Sullivan. M. D..
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office
Head of Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa,
nov. 13 I-'-
WM. It. SMITH. H. SMITH.
. ' Smith & Brother,
ATTORNEYS t COUNSELLORS at LAW
and Dealers i.i Real Estate, Bellevue,
Nebraska Territo-.y, will attend faithfully and
promptly to buying and selling Real Estate,
City Lots, Claims, and Laud Warrants. Office
on Main Street. 21-Bm
THOI. MACON. AU8. MACON.
Macon & Brother,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW & LAND AGTS.,
Omaha City, Nebraska. Office on cor
ner of Farnham and Fourteenth Streets. 42tf
, Greene, Weare & Benton,
BANKERS AND LAW AGENTS, Council
Blulfs, Potowattamie conuty, Iowa.
Greene fc Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Greene, Weaie t Rice, Fort Des Moines, la.
Collections made j Taxes paid j and Lands
purchased and sold, in any part of Iowa. 1-tf
D. II. Solomon,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT
fx. LAW, Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa, prac
tices in all the Courts of western Iowa and
Nebraska, and the Supreme Court of Iowa.
Land Aeency not in the Programme, no 4-tf
Y. L.KE'8
I FASHIONABLE Hair Cutting, Shaving,
. Pvlnir, and Bathintj Saloon, third door
west of the Exchange Bank, Omaha, N. T.
Omaha, Oct. 1, 1SJ7. 47
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OFFERS EVERY
To the Public, and will render
ASSIDUOUS ATTKIVTIOIV
To the vwits of HIS GUESTS.
3. T. ALLAN.
Bellevue, Oct. 23. 1836. 1-tf
j. ii nuowx,
ATT0RXEY AM) COIXIELOR AT LAW
GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platismouih, Cass Co. JV. T.
ATTENDS tobusiiifss in any of the Courts
of this Territory. Particular attention paid
to obtaining and locating Land Warrants, col
lection of debts, ane taxes paid. Letters of
Inquiry relative to any parts of the Territory
answered, if accompanied with a fee.
REFERENCES :
Hon. Lvman Trumbull, U. S. S. from Ills.)
Hon. James Knox, M. C. " "
Hon. O. H. Browning, Qulncy, "
Hon. James W. Grimes. Governor of Iowa.
Hon. H. P. Bennett, Del to C. fiom N. T
Green, Weare & Benton, Council Bluffs, I.
Nuckolls & Co., Glenwood, Iowa. 23tf.
Ira A. W. Buck,
J" AND and General Agent Pre-Emptlon
J Paper prepared, Land Warrants bought
and sold. Office in the Old State House, over
the U. S. Land Office.
REFER TO
Hon. A. R. Gillmorc, Receiver, Omaha.
Hon. Enos Lowe, "
Hon. 8. A. Strickland, Bellevue.
Hon. John Finney, "
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, Nebraska City.
Omaha, June 20, 1857. 3o
II. T. CLARKE.
A. M. CI.ABKE.
CLARKE & BROTHER,
GROCERS,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Steam Boat and Collecting Agents,
BELLEVUE, WEBEASKA.
Dealers in Pine Lumber, Doors, Sash, Flour,
Meal, Bacon, fee.
f 7"Direct Goods, " Care Clarke & Bro.,
Reilevue, Nebraska." v2nl
BOYES & CO'S
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Florence, Nebraska, in Main St.
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and every description of plain and faney en
graving, executed promptly in eastern style.
3m32
Thomas Sarvis,
GENERAL LAND AND REAL ESTATE
Agent, Columbus, Platte Co., Nebraska.
Having traveled extensively over the Omaha
Land District, will enter land at the ensuing
Land Sale at reasonable rates. Taxes paid,
and money loaned for Eastern capitalists, at
Western rates on Real Estate security, n2t)iy
GEO. SNYDER. JOHN H. SHERMAN.
Snyder & Sherman,
A TTORXEYS and COUNSELLORS AT
iA. LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Coun
cil Bluffs, Iowa, will practice their profession
iu all the Courts of Iowa and Nebraska.
All collections entrusted to their care, at
tended to promptly.
Especial attention given to buying and sell
ing real estate, and making pre-emptions in
Nebraska.
Deeds, Mortages. and other instruments of
writing drawn with dispatch ( acknowledg
ments taken, ire, kc.
(V Office west side of Madison street,
just above Broadway.
nov 13 1-tf.
P. A. SAPPY.
FORWARDING & COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Still continues the above bnsiness at
ST. MARYS, 70WA, tt BELLEVUE,
N. T.
Merchants and Emigrants will find their
roods promptly and carefully attended to.
P. 8. I have the only WAREHOUSE for
storage at the above named laudiugs.
St. Marys, Feb. 20th, 1857. 21-tM
Tootle & Jackson,
T FORWARDING i. COMMISSION MER-
Having a Large and Commodious Warehouse
' on the Levee at the Council Bluffs landing,
are now prepared to receive and store, all
' kinds of merchandise and produce, will receive
-A. nAlllS. tUllllcll J3MII1 CUV. IUWI.
and pay charges on all kinds, of freigths so
I that Steam Boats will not be detained as they
, have been heretofore, in getting some one to
receive freight, when the consignees are absent.
RiPcar.Nccs 1 Livermoore fc, Coolev. 8. C.
Davis fc. Co. and Humphrey, Putt . Tory. St.
Louis, Mo.; Tootle fc. Fairleigh, St. Joseph,
Mo. . J. 8. Cheneworth k. Co., Cincinnati Ohio;
t W, F. Coulbmiih. Burling, Iowa. t-tf
POETRY.
The Wet-Sheet Pack.
Y CARRIE MAY.
Header, did you ever
Take a wet-sheet pack,
Rolled up like a lnmntny,
Lying on its back.
Wei cloth on your forehead,
Bottle at your feet?
You would truly find it
A hydropathic treat.
Listen, while I tell you
How they give a pack
The modus operandi
Is really quite a knack.
First, they wrap you closely
In a dripping sheet,
A bottle of hot water
Is then placed at your feet :
Blanket after blanket
Wrapcd about your form,
Comfortables in plenty,
Keep you nicely warm :
Firm about the shoulders,
Tight about the feet,
All the sides tucked closely,
To Veep In all the heat :
Then a cold, wet towel
Put upon the head ;
You are packed and almost
Helpless to the head.
Do not think of stirring
Head, or foot, or hand (
You must bide your time out
You can not burst a band.
Still 'tis quite delightful,
Lying at your ease 1
You're in such a happy mood,
Any thin will please.
Acting like a opiate,
Easing all your pain,
Calming down your bounding pulse,
Cooling off your braia
Puts you in a slumber,
Gives you dreams of bliss,
Naught In any " Treatment "
Is so nice as this.
When it all works nicely,
You have a charming time,
If you have not tried one,
Reader, do it's prime.
But, as faithful chronicler,
Perhaps I ought to tell,
'Tis not every one you get,
Pleases you so well.
If you're feeling nervous
Tired and can not rest,
You'll surely Nil to like them,
Though you try your best.
Now perchance the wet cloth,
Placed upon your head,
Will begin to drip drip
Drip upon the bed.
Till to your distracted nerves
The tiny drops will sound,
Large as cannon-balls, that weigh
Net less than forty pound.
But you're very lucky,
If the drops don't steer
In another channel,
And trickle in your ear.
If you should make the effort
To get into a doze,
First you know, a saucy fly
Has lighted on your nose
Runs his sharp preboacis
Through the very skin
Delighted with the ovtsidc,
Takes a sip within 1
Sets your nose to itching,
Darts upon your eyes,
Dances o're the lashes,
Your patience sorely tries.
Then he scampers over
Brow, and cheek, and lip,
In your ear finds water
Stops to take a sip.
You twitch the muscles right and left,
Work tbem up and down,
Blow and try a broad grin
Then you try a frowu.
All your efforts will not
Start bin from his lace,
He's taken such a fancy
To your pleasant face.
Then perhaps the bottle,
Tucked up with yaur feet,
Loses out the stopple,
Water scalding beat.
This has eapp'd tht climax,
Worn your patience out,
With the strentgh that's left you,
Give 1 kiety stoout.
And scream perhaps until you're
bonne,
To make some person hear,
For you're more than lucky,
If any one is near
Unless It be some romrade
In the self same pligl t,
Lying on another bed,
And tucked up jsst as tight.
Still, with such exceptions,
A pack is very fine
If you never tried one,
Reader, it is time.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pecuniary Independence.
The following story (if thu Into Silas
Wright, taken from the Daily Wisconsin,
affords a lesson which Americ an youth
nnd American Hutcsiuen would do well to
ponder :
Silas Wright, with his estate of $ 1,000
was really wealthier than many others are
with SlOO.000. lie owed no man any
thing ; ha met his obligations with the ut
most promptness, nnd never indulged in
ny luxury that lie could not pay for. lie
was a modle of republican simplicity. It
should also bo understood that he was not
nean in saving money. There was some
thing glorious in witnessing a great states
man hue Silas right never usking pe
cuniary favor, or even accepting one, yot
possessing only an income that could bop-
ort him and his wits with frugality.
When he was elected Govcnor of the
Stato of New York, ho was known to be
too pour to furnish his house. His rich
friends got together, and, without Ins
knowledge, made up a subscription, which
was tendered bim as a gift, in order to
furnish his mansion. This ho respectful-
y but kindly declined, saying, with a true
Komnn grandeur, that he could not con
sent to receive such a favor from any one
even from his most esteemed friends :
ho was elected by the people to be Gov
ernor of the Slate of New York, and he
considered it his imperative duty to live
on whatever income the peoplo had np-
ended to that oliice ; and he did live on
thu income while he was Governor, in
good style, but with no osten'ation. Such
an example on the part of so eminent a
man us he was is one of those precious
legacies that the young men of the pres
ent day should bear in mind ns no true
greatness can ever be achieved so long as
they are the pecuniary slaves of even their
nearest friends. When a public man re
ceives favors that he can not repay, he
uses that tturdy independent so essen
tial to usefulness and an enduring popu-
arity. " Live within your income," is
more important to one who aims to be an
influential and useful statesman, than any
other maxim."
Coal Bunino Locomotives. Nu
merous unsuccessful attempts have been
made, durin? the last ten years, for sub
stituting coal for wood, as fuel for locomo
fves. When it is known that all over
Europe eoko is used as successfully as
wood is here, it is not easy to understand
why there should be any dilliculty in using
anthracite ; but practice tins shown that
there are many. There are now, mainly,
three different plans for the attainment of
this object, and they are all approved by
competent engineers. In one of these tho
novelty consists in making the flames fol
low a curved flue, instead of going
straight to the chimney ; the smoke is
thus more thoroughly mixed with air, and
consequently better burned; there is also
an arrangement to supply the furnace
with warm air. Another locomotive, bas
ed on a different arrangement to the same
end, wtighs 59,000 pounds, the driving
wheels are five feel in diameter, the
stroke is twenty-two inches, the boiler is
forty-nine inches in diameter and eleven
and a half feel long. The barrel proper.
extending from the name sheet to the
smoke arch, is seven feel and a half long
and forty inches in diameter. There are
179 brass tubes of two inches outside di
ameter and seven and a half feet Ion".
The fire box measures sixty by thirty-two
inches, with a combustion chamber extend
ing four feet into the barrel of the boiler.
This chamber is divided by a water leg,
extending from the front of the fire box to
within twenty inches of the tube sheet.
Around the combustion chamber there are
apertures which are opened and closed at
pleasure, and by wbich air can be let 111
to burn the gases not yet consumed.
The Highest Waterfall in the world is
in the Sandwich Islands, and it is stated
to be between four and five thousand feet
high. The stream on which the fall oc
curs runs among the peaks of one of the
highest mountains, so high that the water
actually never reaches the bottom, so
great is the distance, and ascends to
j 111c 1 iuiiu aaiu.
lioit.io Wheat roa Dkssliit. Pick
over and waah a pint of white wheat,
boil it four hours, put iu salt tho same ns
for rice; refill with boiling water, if more
is needed ; stir often tho last half hour,
being careful not to let it burn ; cook it
dry. Sometimes it looks starchy when
first dished, but that soon disappears.
Serve hot or cold, with sweetened nweet
cream. This we thiol" an excellent des
sert, and very line for invalids.
Another very rich dish, for dessert,
ran bo made of a pint of wheat, cooked
like the above, then boil in a quart of
sweet milk, one cup of sugar, one cup of
raisins, currants, or any fruit, (raisins are
prcfl'ernble,) two beaten eggs ; cook slow
ly, and stir until it boils j servo cold or
hot, without sauce. Or, after the wheat
is washed, soak it in warm water over
night, keep it wet till time for we. then
simmer the water all out of it; then add
tho milk and other ingredients, and cook
ns above.
School or Dkmdn ron Women. An
Englishman, William A. Neil, of New
York City, lias presented to tho School of
Design for Women, at the Cooper Insti
tute, forty casts of Thorwaldseri a princi
pal bus-rt!irfi. They oro of tho size of
the originals in the Copenhagen Museum.
Tho castsaro finely executed. Some other
casts were included in the donation. Tho
object of this school is. to teach women
painting (on china nnd in oil colors), on
graving on wood and stone, and the art of
designing, by which means they can sup
port themselves honorably without swell
ing the ranks, already crowded, of those
who depend for bread upon the needle.
Among the bat-rrlir.fi are "Night and
Morning," " The Four Seasons," The
Four Evangelists," " The Ages of Love,'
etc.
A Rich Scene. A few days since I
chanced to stumble into an auction sale of
damaged dry goods where the bids were
spirited, and thu large crowds of males
and females were viewing with each other
in their offers, when a pair of blankets
wero put up, and dozen bids were raised
for them. The puzzld auctioneer, how
ever, caught by the highest, which was,
I think a dollar, from a female who seem
ed determined to have them at any price,
when, ere he could sny " going" a male
voice cried out " dollar fifty," from the
opposite side of the room.
" Two dollars," echoed the woman, el
bowing her way through the dense mass
of females who were separated ' from the
males by a long cnuntr upon which the
glib-tongued functionary walked to and
fro with the goods.
Turning to the other side, he commenc
ed anew his stereotypye vocabulary of
choice and amusing figures of speech till
he touched the final.
Two fifty," nodded tho man.
"Thank ye, sir. Coin? at two fifty."
" Three !" screamed the woman.
" Four," replied the man.
"Go the fifty!" said the auctioneer,
turning to the woman with a half-suppressed
smile on his small, sober visage.
A nod from the woman.
Four fifty I'm offered ; give me five ?
Come, don t be afraid, they re worth doub
Id the motif y."
" Yes, nnd that's all."
" Sold !" cried the knight of the ham
mer, almost bursting with luughter, " to
Captain Smith, for five dollars."
" Smith !" exclaimed the woman, " what
my husband ?" raising herself on tip-toe
to catch a glance. " Why, you good-for-nothing
man, you've bidding against
your own wife ! Oh, you impudence! Jut
1 won't have them in the house !"
A Dutchman's Idea or IlESEoiTAar
Gout. An old friend, a distinguished
and ex-war minister, resident in Pennsyl
vania, tells a good story of a Dutch neigh
bor of his who had the gout, and was
greatly puzzled to know how he caino by
it-
nat 11 tne matter witn vou, my
friend ?' inquired the judge, who had
called in to see his sick neighbor.
. . . 1 - a. s !
" en, 1 11011 1 Know cnudee dey say
it ish de coid but w should have de
cout ? I lives plain ; I don't eat doo much
nor drinks doo much; vy should I have
de cout f
" remaps, suggested the ludire, "it is
hereditary ?"
" Veil," replied the invalid, with the
look of a man who had been suddenly en
lightened on a difficult subject " Veil, I
guess it ish hrrtditary I remember my
veife't tmcehad de cout !"
The judge is of the opinion that a good
many of the hereditary gout ef the pres
ent day will have to be traced in the
Dutch nan's mode of lineage, in order to
make out the descent.
A Physician once advised Sydney Smith
to take a walk upon an empty stomach
" Whose stomar-Jr asked, th.e wit.
Drucmr-TioN or the Towns or Utah.
Salt Lake City contains about a third of
the population of tho Territory, and has
a iirent inniiv fine, and soma elegant
buildings, the principal of which are tha
Tabernacle, in which all religious meet
ings are held; tha Council House, En
dowment House, the Temple in course of
erection Court House, Young'a two man
sion, nineteen public school houses, to
gcthcr with the costly houses erected for
the elders.
Tho next settlement north, is called
Sessions, eight miles from Salt Lake City
and contains several fine houses. It is
situated on tha main road ; the houses are
not compactly built, but extend nearly nvt
miles. This settlement conains the rich
est lands in the Territory.
Farmington city comes next a very
pretty little town the county seat of Da .
vis county ; it contains about 1000 inhabi
tants, Eight miles north is Keygville, cantain
ing about the same number of inhabitants
here is some excellent arable land, and
a fino slock range.
Weber river is about eight miles fur
ther north. On it has been built two forts,
called east and weot Weber Forts, contain
ing about five hundred inhabitants each.
They are very pleasantly situated.
Ogden City, one of the principal cities
of the Territory, is about three miles from
Weber. It has many costly buildings.
North of Ogden City, about two milss,
is a large, well built fort called Briny
ham's Fort. It has about seven hundred ,
inhabitants.
Northeast of this, three miles, is Ogden
Hole a very pleasant locality, surround
ed on all sides by mountains, with tho
exception of the entrance. It contains,
about five hundred inhabitants.
North of the Hole," twelve miles, is'
a well located fort, called Willow Creek
Fort. In this vicinity there is fins agri
cultural land, and the heaviest crops of
wheat in the Territory are raised hers.
Five miles north is Box Elder, or Bring
ham's City, being about eight miles south
of Bear River. This city is very hand
somely situated. It is inhabited princi
pally by Daues and Welsh, whose nouses
exhibit considerable skill m their con
struction and taste in arrangement. It is
built upoa a plain, about two hundred fset
above the level of Bear River.
On Bear River there are two small set
tlemeuts, and further north two others.
These are in Cache and Malad Valler.'
where the stock belonging " to tha
Church" generally is kept. CW. JlUa
Lalijorman.
Delicate Questioning. In ens of
larger country towns of Massachusetts, av
few weeks since, a young gallant invited
one of his lady friends, to go with him on
the Sabbath to a small gathering of wor
shipers of the Episcopal persuasion, and
while standing in the entry with one of
his friends, one of the " pillars of tha
church " came along, and wanted to know
if Uiry teere tht eouvU that vxrt going to
have a child baptised This was too much
for human nature, and the young spark
eft the church and went into a Catholic
chaple near by, where no better fata
awaited him ; for he had scarcely arrived
w hen the priest stepped up and asked
him if fie was the young maiu thai vat
to be xnarrvd J
These questions would certainly indi
cate an extraordinary amount of " inter
esting " business on hand at the churches
alluded to.-Suletn GixttUt. -,
YtLLOW
in Havana.
fever is making sad havoc
The Command or the Utah Asmt.
It is rumored, says the N. Y. Evening
Post, that General John E. Wool will ba
detailed to Utah to take General Smith's
position at the head of the United States
forces.
The Sex or Eo;s. M. Geniahasad
dressed the Academie des Sciences on
this subject. He says that after thrca
years' study, to state with sssurancs that
all eggs containing the germs of males
have wrinkles on their smaller ends, whila
female eggs are equally smooth at both
extremities.
"Here's Webster on a Bridge," said
Mrs. Partington, as she handed Ike tha
dictionary. "Study it eontentively, and
you will gain a great deal of lnna nation.
A Fop, in company, wanting hk est- .
vant, called out, " Where's thai block
head of mine 1" ?A lady present, sxaK"
swered, " On your shoulders, sir." .. '
Col. Titcs Gone. On Thursday
night the 10th, Col. IL T. Thus, ia coos
pany with about twenty-fiivt others, left
Karjcas for the last arid new field of ad
venture Arizona. . '