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Platte Valley Independent
Saturday, June 25, 1870.
THE 4TH AT LONE TREE
Lone Tree, Neb., June 19th
A meeting was held at this place on the evening of June 18th, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements for the celebration of the coming "National holiday."
Meeting was called to order by F. W. Moore.
On motion J. B. Adams was chosen Chairman, and Ira Prouty, Secretary.
The Chairman stated that the object of the meeting was for the purpose of making arrangements for a picnic and celebraton on the 4th of July. The following committees were than appointed:
On Programme: Miss Gertie Conrad, Mrs. T. F. Parker, Mr. W. W. Burroughs, Mr. W. E. Marsh and Mr. T. F. Parker.
On erection of bower; Mr. H. C. Martin, Mr. Zack Phales, Mr. T. A. Johnson, Mr. W W. Biggs and Mr. W. W. Buroughs.
On Ice, Sugar, Lemons, &c.; L. May, Ira Prouty and J. B. Adams.
On Tables and Dinner; Mrs. E. Bockes, Mrs. J. G. Brewer, Mr. W. E. Mars, Miss Phales, Miss Gertie Conrad, Mrs. McCarn, Mrs. E. Hilton, Mrs. C. Estaugh, Mrs. Elthourp, Messrs. W, E. Marsh, Zack Phales and J. M. May.
On Vocal Music; Miss Gertie Conrad and Mr. H. C. Martin.
On Finace; Messrs. E. Hilton, J. H. Berryman, A. Parks, C. D. M. Washburne and H. C. Martin.
To arrange place for Dancing; Messrs. Isaac Traver, G. W. Moore and W. W. Burroughs.
Mr. E. Bockes was appointed Floor Manager, and also a committee to procure music for the dance.
Mr. Isaac Traver was appointed Marshal of the day.
A motion was carried that the citizens of Hall and Platte counties should be invited to be present and take part in the exercise.
Come one and all, and bring your baskets well filled with the good things of life.
A BIT OF 1870 HUMOR
"Who tempted Eve?" asked a Sunday school teacher of a young scholar. The little fellow, after a moments thought, with an air of confidence, exclaimed: "It's the gentleman who lives in h-ll. I've forgotten his name."
The only prisoner in the Nantucket jail notifies the authorities that if they don't fix up that jail so that the sheep can't get in to bother him, he'll be blowed if he'll stay in there.
An Illinois reporter, in describing a gale of wind, says: "A white dog, while attempting to weather the gale, was caught with his mouth open, and turned completly inside out."
An Irishman who had lain sick a long time, was one day met by the parish priest, when the following converstion took place:
"Well, Patrick, I am glad you have recovered. But were you not afraid to meet God?"
"Och! no, your riverence! It was the meetin' of t'other chap I was afeared uv!" replied Pat.
"Here sonny, hold my horse while I go in this store a munte," said a gentleman in a western town, as he approached a ragged urchin, who was standing on the side-walk.
"Does he Kick?"
"No, he is gentle."
"Does he bite?"
"No, no, he is perfectly docile."
"Does it take two to hold him?"
"No, no, here take the bridle, I am in a hurry."
"Well then, if he don't kick, nor bite and it don't take two to hold him, hold him yourself.
July 2, 1870,
(perhaps the first issue of the Platte Valley Times to be published in Grand Island?)
HALL COUNTY
Hall County is one of the most properous, productive and thickly settled counties in central or western Nebraska, and is now settling up so rapidly as any county in the State. The county consists of about five hundred and twelve thousand, thre hundred and twenty (512,320) acres of as good farming land as can be found any where in America. It has many od, well established and valuable farms. Considerabe land is yet open to the pre-emption and homestead laws, and many valuable and desirable tracts can yet be bought o fthe Union Pacific Railroad company, at reasonable figures and on liberal terms. No county in Nebraska offers the actual settler grater inducements than does Hall. The inhabitants are all of an honorable, energetic and industrious blend of different nationalities, and from almost every point of the _____?. Excellent public schools are incorporated in convenient points throughout the county, which afford the best of facilities for educating the young. Good grist and saw mills are plenty, so that the farmers experience no difficulties in getting their grains turned into breadstuff or their logs made into building material. Hall county is one of the best timbered counties is the State, though the most of the timber is cottonwood.
GRAND ISLAND
Grand Island, the county seat of Hall county, is a town of about 600 inhabitants, standing on the Union Pacific Railroad at the west end of the first locomotive division, west from Omaha 154 miles. It has good churches and public schools, a fine steam grist mill, and a resonable amount of business houses of almost every branch, which are conducted by thorough-going and honorable business men. The R. R. company have here good substantial shops and round house, built entirely of brick.
The town society is as desirable as that of any place in the State. The citizens are all of a class who do not consider it dishonorable to earn their bread by the sweat of their brows. Both the town and county officers are men of undoubted integrity who devote their whole time and attention to the furtherance of the interests of the community at large. No county in the State can boast of a more efficient corps of officers.
The United States Land Office, transacting business for all portions of central and western Nebraska, is situated at this place, under the immediate supervision of E. W. Arnold, a gentlman universally esteemed for the obliging dispositon shown to all persons making inquiry concerning any business connected with his office.
The production of the soil, natural and acquired advantages, and good society, unite in making Hall county the most desirable locality in the State, for persons who desire to settle in an honorable, steadily advancing and civilized community.
For information concerning the land in Hall county, address
EBERHART & MOBLEY
INDEPENDENT OFFICE,
Grand Island, Neb.
The Platte Valley Independent,
Saturday, July 23, 1870.
Our exchanges will please notice our change of locality, and address all matter for the INDEPENDENT to Grand Island, Neb.
We are informed that lumber yard is being started in our town on an entire new plan; the lumber to be bought at retail and sold at wholesale, and transported to all parts of the town on a wheel-barrow free of charge. (A bit of "tongue-in-cheek"?)
We visited the garden of Mr. Geo. Loan, on Friday last, and were surprised to see so great a variety of articles in so small a space. Mr. Loan has two lots planted in garden truck, and if there is anything that would properly come under the heading of "garden sass" that he has not, we are at a loss to conjecture what it can be. His garden is nicely laid off, and he has in different parts of it many ornamental and fruit trees. Among the most prominent of these we notice red cedar, peach, plum; and around the outer edge of his lots he has two rows of fine cottonwood trees, some of which are now near twenty feet high, and still growing finely. On his premises he has several choice plants, the names we have forgotten, the seeds of which were brought from the old country. By proof positive we are led to believe that as a gardener Mr. Loan is a success. That he is a clever whole souled gentleman no one will dispute.
On last Sabbath evening, in company with Theodore Moll and wife, and Mr. C. H. Reif, we visited Mr. Henry Schaaf, a farmer very comfortably situated on the county road about two miles east of this place. Mr. Schaaf has 160 acres of excellent farming land, 80 acres of which are under cultivation. forty acres of this amount is in small grain, and the balance planted in corn. He has fifteen acres of oats that will turn out at least from 45 to 50 bushels per acre. His barley is all out and is of an excellent quality. His wheat, 15 acres looks splendid. He commensed harvesting this week. He has some corn that will average 75 bushels to the acre, unless some terrible ill luck happens it. The balance of his corn, which was planted a little later, will not turn out so well, but it will all be better than an average crop. The late rains have been a great benefit to the corn, which has just begun to tassel out.
Mr. Schaaf has about 200 bushels of excellent wheat of last year's raising, which he held over on account of the low prices offered for it. His farm throughout is as clean as a well kept garden. He evidently is an experienced farmer, and is surely a very hospitable gentleman. Not to say we enjoyed his hospitality would do he and ourselves injustice. He has a very promising water-melon patch, and our advice would be for him to keep a keen lookout for it, as we know a certain Independent fraternity that would have no great scruples against helping themselves to the fruit, though as we have had an invitation to "call and partake" we may be a little more backward about helping ourselves.
On our way to Mr. Schaaf's we passed the farms of the following persons, each of whom have from 80 to 160 acres, with from 55 to 90 under good cultivation, the crops on all of which, to say the least, look encouraging.
Christian Menck, H. Ruge, Charles Meves, F. Ridell, Adolph Egge, Henry Egge, F. Starck, H. Jeonhk [sic], Peter Stour [sic], J. G. Schuller, Theodore Schadzberg, J. F. Doll, Widow Hamann, Koeing & Wiebe and Fred Evans.
Quite a number of trees have been set out on most of the above farms, and some of them are adorned with very fine groves of timber, st out a number of years agao. More trees are being planted each year, so that in a few years this will be a well timbered county.
Next Sabbath, if the weather will admit, we intend visiting the settlement of farmers on the island south of town, where we learn there are some very fine farms. We will report what we observe in our next issue.
Wednesday, July 16, 1873
(The very first issue of the "Grand Island Times" established July 16, 1873)
We were instructed as well as amused in witnessing Mr. D. G. Phinister moving the ponderous safes in the Court House, which was executed with such precision that other cities would have been astonished by his practical ingenuity. Judge Platt's safe weighs 4,000 pounds and the Treasurers safe, 2,542 pounds. Under his command everything moved like clockwork, with the assistance of John Morehouse, who understands the application of knot and tackle.
County Commissioners, composed of Mr. James Jackson, George Cornelius and Edward Hooper, were in session at the court House on Monday the 7th inst., attending to the immediate interests of the county. Very important business was transacted. They are gentlemen of business worth and integrity, and the business of the county could not be intrusted to safer hands. They have adjourned until Monday the 13th of the present month.
Probate Court-July Term. Hon. W. H. Platt, presiding.
Walter Van Pelt vs. Charles Moore, work and labor. Cause continued until September term on affidvit of defendent.
Charles Botsford vs. Harriet Fisher and husband, work and labor. Cause continued on affidavit of defendant until July 18, 9 o'clock a.m. Abbott for plaintiff, Hayes for defendant.
Vogel vs. Hoffman. Settled. Thurmmel, for plaintiff.
Handy vs. Hoffman. Settled.
Patterson vs. Miller. Judgment for plaintiff in sum of $25.00 and costs. Abbott for plaintiff.
AN HEROIC ACT
We are indebted to Mr. Eldridge for the following item: A severe and perhaps fatal accident came near occurring at Wood River. A lady and gentleman of our city, while enjoying a pleasant ride on the 4th of July, attempted to cross the river when mistaking the channel on the other side, horse, buggy and riders were intirely submerged in some eight feet of water. Mr. Charles Powell, standing some ten rods above the bridge, observing their pregarious condition, dashed into the river and saved bot lady and gentleman, and brought horse and buggy safe to shore. Honor to whom honor is due, and all honor to the heroic Charles Powell.
Judge Platt has moved his office up to the Court House.
HALL COUNTY COURT HOUSE
The new Court house is an imposing structure, located in the centre of Grand Island City. In proportion, 44 x 60 feet, three stories high, and constructed of brick and stone. The officiary of the county took possession of their various offices about a week ago. John Wallichs, County Clerk, William Hagge, County Treasurer, William H. Platt, Probate Judge, John D. Hayes, Superintendent of Common Schools, Ely A. Barnes, County Surveyor, and William Spiker, Sheriff, and all very pleasantly ensconced in their new and commodious offices.
Through the courtesy of our popular Sheriff we had he honor of visiting the county jail, in the basement of the Court House, where we found everything neat and the apartments cool and commodious. Mr. T. Hare, the county jailor, keeps everything under his charge in perfect order, and is very attentive to visitors.
We were also treated to a view of the surrounding country from the cupola of the Court House, which we most candidly admit to be the finest of prairie, wood and stream that we have ever witnessed in the West. We advise all who visit our city, and desire to see the beauties of Hall County in its vast extent of beautiful prairie, to call upon our courteous Sheriff, and with his permission, take a peep from the Court House dome, and we assure them that their most ardent desire for scenery will be more than gratified.
(Transcribers note: The "old" Court House, built in 1872-73, served Hall County until 1904. The "new" Court House is still standing on the corner of First and Locust Streets.)
OUR COUNTY JAIL
has two new boarders, Frank and Joseph Flowers by name, accused with stealing three sets of harness, about the first of this month, from a man by the name of Stevens, of Sherman county. They were captured on ???? Creek, north of Columbus, and brought to this city for safe-keeping. After a preliminary examination before the probate Judge of Sherman county, they were held to bail in the sum of $500, in default of which they will remain confined here, Sherman county having no jail as yet.
The Grand Jury's Report on County Buildings
Grand Jury Room, Hall County, June Term Court, 1873
To the honorable District Court, Third Judicial District, State of Nebraska
The undersigned members of the Grand Jury having examined the Jail and public buildings of the said Hall county would respectfully report:
Condition of Jail too damp to accord with health of prisoners, owing to extreme wet weather, the "newness" of plastering and perhaps somewhat too bad ventilation, and would recommend that the Sheriff of said county be intructed to allow prisoners all access to fresh air consistant with safety until plastering is thoroughly dried, and 2d, that he be instructed to supply prisoners with better and more sufficient bedding than is at present supplied, and to report that other county buildings are in condition satisfactory to members of the jury. In conclusion we would recommend the construction of an area wall about the Court House to protect the main wall from dampness.
Henry P. Handy, Foreman
William Eldridge
George W. Bus??
W. C. King
Peter Wiese
Fred Nabel?
B. C. Howard
James Cleary
A. P. Potter
C. E. Jerome
R.S. Buchanan
J. G. Nagge
J. D. Schuller
G. G. McKenzie
William Wasmer
W.D. Wilson
CARD
Mrs. Judge Platt, Mrs. H. P. Makeley, Mrs. Edward Hooper, Mrs. D. Morgan and other ladies, will accept my sincere and grateful acknowledgements for their very kind and constant attendance at the sick bed of my daughter, Minnie.
H. N. Chapman
Wednesday, July 23, 1873
LOCALS OF THE WEEK
-Two marriage licenses issued last week by Judge Platt.
-About 1,000 Mormans passed over the U. P. on Sunday, on their way to the promised land.
-For a nice clean shave, go to F. Drews on front street. He sets them up all right. Give him a call.
-We are indebted to B. B. Kelley, for a supply of choice cigars. Many thanks, Mr. Kelley; may your shadow never grow less.
-Fifteen cars of ore and bullion passed Grand Island for the East, last Friday morning, under charge of Conductors Moore and Mellugh.
-From Rev. J. C. Smith we learn that a new $1,200 school house is being built at Wood River Crossing, by L. D. Trenfren & Son. Dimensions, 23 x 30.
-We noticed an improvement in front of Jenumans & Dumphy's boot manufactory, in the erection of a very neat and tasy sign, painted by S. W. Smith, ornamental sign painter.
-Geo. A. Sisson, conductor of freight train No. 6, brought into Grand Island last tuesday evening the largest train ever drawn upon the U. P. by a single engine-52 cars laden with bullion, ore and wool.
-We saw four men in our city last week, from Omaha, who came up with the intention of locating in our midst, that were unable to find a vacant house in the whole town. How's that for a lively burgh!
-Mr. and Mrs. Pyne, while enjoying a prairie ride, discovered a beautiful lily, which they carefully took up, brought home and transplanted it into a vessel, and now decorates their garden border. They have named it the "Pyne Apple Lily."
-Thirty-one young Chinamen, ranging from 8 to 15 years of age, passed through our city Monday morning, in charge of an elderly Chinaman, on their way to Springfield, Mass., where they are to attend school. They were clean and neat in appearance, and attracted a great deal of attention.
-A party of five, two of whom were Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack, passed through our city last Thursday, going West on a buffalo hunt. Bill and Jack made themselves generally familiar with the Pawnee Indians that crowd around the passenger trains, to the ?????? amusement of the eastern people in whom a real Indian was quite a curiosity.
Wednesday, July 30, 1873
FLOATING STRAWS FROM PRAIRIE CREEK
Prairie Creek, July 29, 1873
Dear Times--Seven times has bright Phoebus, the great and glorious gran'dad of all the planets, and diurnal obliteratos of the twinkle-twinkle-little-stars, sprung from the East like a red-headed Yankee tin-peddler, hopped briskly over the Boston frog-pond in whose miasmal fogs are bred those great moral ideas that ignore the rights of the white pioneer, and inaugurate the "Indian Peace Policy" which is so successful that it only costs on an actual average, the lives of three human beings and a trifle over seven thousand dollars for each copper-colored death deserving brute in the West.
Seven times, I repeat, has all this been repeated since I took my rake (a Faber stub) in hand to collect a few "Floating Straws from Prairie Creek," for the Times.
The water in Prairie Creek lies quietly in its little bed, with a slightly downward tendency.
A rattlesnake coming in contact with my boot-leg this week, frightened me so that I went right home and swallowed a teaspoonful of "For Medicinal purposes-only." I am fully recovered, but I learn from his mourning relatives, "rattling fellows," by the way, that the unfortunate R. S. took the jimjams and committed hari-kari.
South of the Platte
The sun was west of the zenith when we mounted our charger for a visit south of the Platte. The day was hot, and we took plenty of time to look at everything of interest in our line of travel, and even turned aside from the road in several places, attracted by the beauty of the large fields of grain, or to converse for a moment with the busy farmer. We found the crops on the Island looking well as a general thing, although barley and oats are not as good as last yers, and sod corn is not as good in many places as usual.
Grandpap Campbell's crops on the same section, look fine. The old gentleman is a regular pioneer, and full of anecdotes of the Indian adventures, which he relates in his quaint Scotch way.
We had he pleasure of a ride to Hastings, the junction of the B. & M. and St. Joe & Denver roads, with Mr. Burger. On the way we passed a number of fine farms that are being opened up this year. The town was not as hard to find as it was last fall, when it existed only in name, for it now contains about one hundred buildings and five hundred inhabitants.
STATE ITEMS
-Lone Tree has a new cheese factory.
-Blair has an organized sportmen's club.
-Jefferson county has voted $10 a section as a road tax.
-Extensive work is now being done at Lincoln on the State Fair Grounds.
-The horse disease has again visited Otoe county. Several fine horses have died within the past week.
-The Fremont Tribune says: "The grasshoppers are still at work heading the oats in this vicinity. Many farmers had to cut their oats green and make hay of them to keep the grasshoppers from destroying them entirely. They have not damaged other grains to any extent."
SHE CUTS HIS HAIR
You can always tell a boy whose mother cuts his hair. Not because the edges of it look as if it had been chawed off by an absent-minded horse, but you tell it by the way he stops on the street and wiggles his shoulders. When a fond mother has to cut her boy's hair, she is careful to guard against any annoyance and muss by laying a sheet on the carpet. It has never yet occured to her to sit him over a bare floor and put the sheet around his neck. Then she draws the front hair over his eyes, and leaves it there while she cuts that which is at the back. The hair which lies over his eyes appears to be surcharged with electric needles, and that which is silently dropping down under his shirtband appers to be on fire. She has unconsciously continued to bend his head forward till his nose pressed his breast and is too busily engaged to notice the snuffing sound that is becoming alarmingly frequent. In the meantime he is seized with an irresistible desire to blow his nose, but recollects that his handkerchief is in the other room. Then a fly lights on his nose, and does it so unexpectedly that he involuntarily dodges, and catches the points of the shears in his left ear. At this he commences to cry and wishes he was a man. But his mother doesn't notice him. She merely hits him on the other ear, to inspire him with confidence, and goes on with the work. When she is through, she holds his jacket collar back from his neck, and with her mouth blows the short bits of hair from the top of his head down his back. He calls her attention to this fact; but she looks for a new place
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on his head and hits him there, and asks him why he didn't use his handkerchief. Then he takes his awfully disfigured head to the mirror and looks at it and, young as he is, shudders as he thinks of what the boys on the street will say.
LOCALS OF THE WEEK
-On the 20th, a lot of wild horses was seen near Brady's Island.
-A herd of Buffalo was seen passing West of Plum Creek, going South, on the 21st inst.
-Steam has been defined as a bucket of water in a tememdous perspiration.
-There is nothiing so effective in bringing a man up to the scratch as a healthy, high-spirited flea.
-A car load of Chinamen passed through our city last Friday, on their way to the Sounth.
-People who have lately lost friends and are troubled with an irresistible desire to play euchre can do so by using cards with a black border.
-Conductor Norton, one of the most able and efficient conductors on the U. P., ejected a man from the cars at this point, last Friday, for threatening to shoot him. Old "Nort" didn't scare one cent.
-A happy addition to the family of George Bochum, of the State Central Brewery, ocurred a few evenings since by the ushering into this world of a young and tender "breweress." The little one weighed nearly ten pounds. Mother and daughter doing well.
CALLED
-John Frederick at Dannebrog has erected a new blacksmith shop, and as he is a first class workman, is full of business having all he can do.
MARRIAGE
On Friday Evening last a pleasant event occurred in this city by the marriage of Mr. August Engel, one of our energetic and enterprising young men, to Miss Caroline Sigmond, recently from Hamburg. The ceremony was performed by W. C. Buderus, justice of the peace, who tied the knot very tight. In the evening we accepted an invitation to attend the marriage festival at Liederkranz Hall, where we learned that a general invitation had been extended to everybody. The hall and private rooms were crowded with the happiest gathering that could be imagined. The Liederkranz Society sang their best pieces, and their rich voices thrilled the throng. They sang the "Shepherds's Sunday Song," "To the Fatherland," etc. Friend Bohl, an old settler and pioneer lent a charm to the entertainment by his performance on the violin, with his wife playing an accompaniment on the piano. Mr. W. M. Madden, of Chicago, played the canopian and piano, rendering the "Mocking Bird," and whistling chorus with fine effect. It was an evening full of enjoyment, all passed happily and merrilly, and will long be remembered by the participants as a very happy event. A long and happy life to both of them is the earnest wish of their true friends of the Grand Island Times. A. Egge was in his glory dispensing good things to the guests.
OBITUARY-We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Judge Martin, which occurred in this city about 12 o'clock Sunday night, after a short yet painful illness. Words are powerless to express either comfort or consolation to the bereaved family. We can only extend to them our sincere condolence in this, the saddest moment of their lives. A wife and mother when taken from our midst, leaves a void in the family circle which can never be refilled. Yet God "doeth all things well," and to his will let us ever bow in faith and humbleness of heart.
Wednesday, August 6, 1873
LOCALS OF THE WEEK
-Straw is a very useful article-when one end is bathed in a sherry cobbler.
-John Newhart was fined $1 and costs in the Police Court last Wednesday, ro committing a nuisance.
-Everybody and all his friends will meet somebody and his whole family in the future Capital of Nebraska* today.
(*Grand Island, at this time, was hoping the State Capital would be moved to Hall County.)
ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-On Friday evening last, the 1st inst., Bishop Clarkson paid a visit to St. Stephen's-being the second one within four months. Evening Prayer was read by the rector, after which the right Rev. Bishop delivered one of his powerful and eloquent discourses for which he is so justly celebrated. He selected for his text words from the 23d verse of the 3d ch. of Paul's Epistle to the Colossians:-"Do it heartily, as to the Lord." The serman was eminently practical, and delivered with such sweet persuasiveness as to win any heart-not completely steeled in indifference and unbelief. After the sermon the Rev. Mr. Lyon presented for confirmation a class of thirteen. The words of Apostolic blessing which accompanied "the laying on of hands," must have strengthened the candidates in their Christian warfare; and cheered them in the perilous journey of life.
We understand that within eighteen months thirty-seven persons have been confirmed, and that during the year, the church has more than doubled its communicants.
The Anniversary of the building of St. Stephens will be celebrated on the first Sunday of next month, when a full, and accurate account of all church work done during the past two years will be given by the Rector. We hope the occasion may be a pleasant one, and that all interested in the prosperity of the Church will attend.
Wednesday, August 12, 1873
PROBATE NOTICE
In the matter of the estate of Theodore Moll, deceased
NOTICE is hereby given, that the creditors of said deceased will meet the Executix of said estate befor me, Probate Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, at the court House in said county on the 1st day of September, 1873 and or on the 6th day of October, 1873, and or the 3d day of November, 1873, at 10 a. m. each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for creditors to present their claims, and six months for the executrix to settle said estate, from the 4th day of August, A. D. 1873. All persons indebted to said estate must pay their indebtedness at once or make suitable arrangements with the executrix.
Given under my hand this 9th day of August, A. D. 1873.
W. H. PLATT
Probate Judge.
LOCALS OF THE WEEK
-On Wedneday evening a grand concert of vacal and instrumental music will be given by Miss Louise Irving at Liederkranz Hall. The Liederkranz Society having kindly volunteered their services. The citizens of Grand Island may expect a rich musical treat.
-A stranger entered the State Central Bank the other day and presented a draft, for which he wanted the cash. The Cashier informed him he would have to be identified; having been identified he informed the cashier that he had often been there before, and had been repeatedly identified and woundered at not being recognized, when the cashier explained by saying that sometimes he was shaved and sometimes he was not, when he came in. "Just so," says the stranger, "but I am always shaved before I get out of here."
QUITE a remarkable case of Replevin came before Judge Platt on Saturday last. George Martin vs. Henry N. Martin,-father against son. It seems that some difficulty had arisin between the plaintiff and his wife, the wife leaving home and going to her son's house, the defendant, and then sending said son to the father's house to get his private papers, deeds, etc., for which the father brought the suit. Jury trial-who after being out but a short time brought in a verdict for the plaintiff in the right of property and right of possession, and assessed his damages at $100. The case was most hotly contested. Abbott and Thummel for plaintiff, and Hayes and Nunn for defendant.
NOTE: This Henry (Henry Nathaniel) is one half of the Martin brothers who were pinned together by an arrow during an Indian attack on the Martin's farm. Both boys, Henry and Robert, survived.
INDIAN SLAUGHTER
Great Battle in the Republican Valley
Bloody Fight Between the Pawnees and Sioux
Pawnee Loss in Dead and Wounded Over One Hundred
Some two or three weeks ago the Pawnee numbering about three hundred strong, with squaws and papooses and six hundred ponies started from their reservation for their annual hunt in the great Republican Valley. While persuing their wild, yet peaceful a?????, they were suddenly surprised and attacked by fifteen hundred Sioux under the command of young Spotted Tail. The fight occurred between the Republican River and Black Wood Creek; it was long and stubborn, but the Pawnee were forced to retreat before a superior number. When the Pawnee were informed that there was a strong force of the Sioux in their front, they immediately hurried their squaws and papooses to a canyoun or ravine for safety and then went out in the presence of the foe to give them battle. The Sioux were splendidly armed and equipped. The Pawnee were not, having but few rifles with them, as it is their custom to use the bow and arrow with their revolvers, because easier handled in the hunt when in close contact with the buffalo. The Pawnee warriors soon learned that they were not equal in the fight, and no match for the Sioux with their fine Henry rifles and superior Spencer carbines, they were forced back and so rapidly that they could not save their squaws and papooses; for the foe had succeeded in getting between them and the Pawnees, who, with desperate valor, disputed inch by inch the ground on which they fought. The Sioux, like bloody tigers thirsty and ferocious, sprang upon them in the canyon and butchered them without mercy, as the stern resistance of the few brave Pawnee aroused a revengeful ire, and called into action all the bloody instincts and barbarity of their natures; braining and scalping the squaws, and with their long knives plunging them into the bodies of the papooses and hurling them into the flames of the camp fires. Sky Chief, one of he most brave and daring of the tribe, with his squaw and papoose fell a victim to the Siouxs' thirst for blood. By nature he was endowed with qualities that made him great among his people. A natural orator whose voice was ever heard in the interests of this nation at the council fire, and was a firm friend of the white man. The Sioux follwed the Pawnee on their retreat with a running fight for twenty-five miles, and lasting some ten hours. All this occurred within one hundred and twenty miles of this city of Grand Island. The Pawnee loss is reported at 120 killed and wounded. The surviving Pawnee with their wounded passed east on Friday evening last, the 8th, destined for their reservation. (The next two lines are unreadable.) A number of the Sioux were made to bite the dust, yet the amount will never be definitely known. The Pawnee had been very successful in their hunt and were just contemplating their return homeward, having killed some five or six hundred buffalo. This is a terrible and crushing blow to the tribe from which they never can recover. It is the most desperate and bloody fight that has occurred on the frontier for years. This loss of warriors makes a large gap in the tribe, but let the Sioux beware of even the remnant left, for when they are in heart and truly armed, one hundred Pawnee warriors would put a thousand Sioux to rout.
For the last three months, the Pawnee have been seeking friendly negotiations with the Sioux, but the latter, for reasons better known perhaps to their chiefs, kept out of their way, or would not meet them. It is thought, and very justly too, by many on the frontier, that this surprise in the Republican Valley was all premeditated and prearranged by the crafty gunning of the treacherous Spotted Tail, whom you perceive, was absent and not with his tribe on the big hunt, his son being in command; and then the new arms and ammunition, recently demanded and received from the government, tended toward the fatal results which had proved so disastrous to the Pawnee.
-The FINE BELL from Menecly's Bell Facotry, West Troy, for the use of St. Stephens Church, of this city, arrived here on Saturday last. The bell alone weighs three hundred and eleven pounds, and the tone is very clear and rich. St. Stephens is the only church in the diocese to our knowledge that can boast a bell.
PRAIRIE CREEK ITEMS
-A grove of several hundred sun-flowers, standing on an average, ten foot high, with several blossoms on each stalk, help hide he mud walls of Private T. Burton's palatial sod shanty.
-They didn't have the circus at Alda the other week, but a week ago Sunday they had a lovely little fight--all about the Darwinian theory. You see, Doty intimated that Benhiser was a "connecting link"--offspring of a canine, gender feminine, and refused to retract when requested. Result--two sore heads, one knuckle out of joint, several sore ribs, considerable blood-letting, one man that couldn't ride a mowing machine for three days, 'cause he couldn't sit down, etc., etc. Benhiser wears the belt, having come off high-cock-a-lorum.
-For the whole 52th part of a year I've been squirming-I've twisted like a corkscrew, rolled and played snake, till I feel like a "Third Party" man who has just succeeded in not getting any office under the Administration. From my actions you would have judged that I was a small pice of the circus-left behind by accident! Stomach ache is some complaint; in fact summer. I'm peppermint essence now-no, no, convalescent I mean, and yesterday I played ten-pins with teh empty botles; I put old "Castor oil," in front, flanked on either side with "laudanum," and "aregoric," and behind I put "rhubarb," "nitre," "peppermint," "spirits of camphor," etc. When I got them up the labels looked so pretty (Nathan has a seductive way of putting nice labels on nasty medicines), and they had such a sweet looking lot of corks, I had a mind to forgive 'em. But with a squint at eh head pin, "castor oil," all feelings of compassion flowed from my bosom; I rolled up a wad of "Magnesia," "senna," and "manna," and with a wild shout of revenge I threw it and mad a "ten-strike."
The doctor, who was very kind, and called to see me often (at $2.50 per call,) said it was bile, and considering the weather, maybe it was. But I think melons, assisted by those apples I got at Kenzie's & Greve's should come in for sonsequential damages. Tehold women of the neighborhood made my house their headquarters during the week, and such chaff about "when John Henry," and "Hannah Mariar had it," was never before heard-regular herb-tea matinees, peppermint readings, pennyroyal sociables, every afternoon. then the oldest and ugliest would persist in sitting up with me nights-they like nothing better than wrapping rags biled in cold water round a fellow's heard,a dn when he's a kicking, groaning, twisting and aquirming for all that's in him, they just love to ask-"Do you feel better now?" knowing, of course, you'll say "Nodamit!"If by a chance a fellow does feel easier, and drop in a doze, they at once want to know if his eyballs are yellow, and if his ongue is furred. I've got so used to running my tongue out during the past week that it works like the piston-rod of a steamboat, and flaps around like an old nightshirt on a clothesline on a windy night in November. One thing more I've ascertained-mustard sits far more pleasantly on sandwitches, washed down by lager than it does on one's abdominal department wrapped in rags.
U. KERR
STATE ITEMS
-Nebraska City has a distillery ready for business.
-Juniata Precinct, Adams Co., has voted bonds to build a grist mill.
-Omaha is going to introduce German into her public schools. Sensible Omaha-for once.
LOCALS OF THE WEEK
-Why is a certain young man, courting one of Grand Island's fair young maidens, like a traveller bound for a foreign port? He's bound to Havre.
A coal oil lanp exploded in the O. K. Store last Thursday evening, and had it not been for the assistance rendered by several parties present, and Babcock fire extinguisher, a lively fire would have ensued.
-The happiest man in town is John Flagg, proprietor of the Third Street hotel. Cause-a nice little boy presented to him by Mrs. Flagg, Monday, Aug. 18th. Here's to young Mr. Flagg-long may he wave.
-The new style of fractional currency is out, the firest piece of which reached here last week. In appearance it is not so attractive as the old "Greenback" and, we should think, could be much easier counterfeited.
CERSTE!
20,000 bush. Cerstezum virschiffen verlargt. Der Unterzelchnete bezahit die hoechsten Preise, und macht auf Veriangen liberalen Vorschues.
WM. COELLNER
Grand Island, Neb.
STATE ITEMS
-An emmigrant train from the west Monday morning, sported a small band, which "ground" out several good pieces of music for the edification of our citizens. The passengers were principally miners from Virginia City, Nevada, on their way back to "the States," which they had not visited for quite a number of years. they were all happy, and seemed very much pleased to think that they were once more in "God's county," as they termed it.
MARRIED
August 16th, 1873, John D. Schuller and Miss C. A. Rohlf, both of Hall County.
Better late than never, John. Happiness and success attend you.
Wednesday, August, 27, 1873
PUBLIC NOTICE
THIS is to notify the public that Eben Stanfield, who was duly bound to me until he should become 21 years of age, has, without cause or provocation, ran away; and I hereby notify all persons that unless he returns within four weeks from date, I regard the contract broken, and shall not hold myself in any way responsible for the fulfillment of the contract on my part.
ISAAC WALDRON.
Grand Island, Aug. 27, 1873
Wednesday, September, 3, 1873
NEWS FLASHES
-After "banged hair" the ladies are expected to wear banged eyes.
-Here is the transcription on a tombstone in Pennsylvania. "In memory of Tabitha, beloved wife of Joseph Wright, Thomas Andrews, Eban Halstead, Edward Murray, and Charles Dean, by her devoted husband, Cyrus Morgan."
Another affecting epitaph reached us from Ohio. It runs as follows:
Under this sod
And under these trees
Lieth the bed
Of Soloman Peas
He's not in this hole
But only his pod
He shelled his last pea
And went up to God
CRIMINAL CODES
The New Mode of Things that Went Into Effect Monday
The following important items taken from the law known as "Warren's Criminal Code," enacted by the Legislature last winter, and which took effect last Monday, we copy from the Omaha Republican.
IMPORTANT TO DRIGGUSTS.
Every apothecary, druggist, or other person, who shall sell of give away, except upon the rescription of a physician, andy article of articles of medicince belonging to the class usually known as poisons, shall be required--
First-To register, in a book kept for that purpose, the name, age, sex and color of the person obtainig such poison.
-Second--The quantity sold.
Third--The pupose for which it is required.
Fourth--The day and date on which it was obtained.
Fifth--The name and place of abode of the person for whom the article is intended.
Sixth--To carefully mark the work poison upon the label or wrapper of each package.
Seventh--To neither sell or give away any article of poison to minors of either sex. Arsenic sold must have mixed therewith eigher root or indigo in the proportion of one ounce of root or half an ounce of indigo to the pound of arsenic. Offenses against these provisions are punishable by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $200.
GAMING AND BETTING
If any person shall play at any game whatever for any sum of money, or other property of any value, or shall make any bet or waer for any sum of money or other property of value, every such person shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $100, or be improsone in the county jail not more than six months. If any person makes any bet or wager upon the event of any election held under the laws of this state or of the United States, such person shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $500; and when the amount hazarded by such bet is between $5 and $500, the amount of the fine shall be equal to the amount hazarded.
MINORS AND BILLARDS.
Any owner or keeper of a billiard table, at any grocery or public place, who suffers any minor under eighteen years of age to play at billiards in such place, or to remain or be upon the premises where such billard table is, shall pay a fine of $20 for the first offense, and $50 for each succeeding offense.
THE MILK BUSINESS
Whoever shall sell any milk diluted with water,or any milk from which cream has been taken, of milk commonly known as 'skimmed milk' or shall keep back any part of milk known as 'strippings,' shall be fined not less than $25m, nor more than $100.
PROFANE SWEARING
If any person of the age of 14 years and upward, shall profanely curse or damn, or profanely swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, every such person shall, for each offense, be fined not less than $.25-$1.00 nor more than $1.00.
MARRIED
On Wednesday morning, September 3, at the residence of Dorr Heffleman, Esp., the Hon. George H. Thummel to Miss Lina M. Smith, by the Rev. Jno. Lyon, rector of St. Stephen's, Grand Island.
This event so long anticipated by the many friends of Mr. & Mrs. Thummel, was one of quiet simplicity-being celebrated in the midst of the happy couple's family relations. The morning was beautifully calm and we are certain, was emblematic of the calm, happy life they are destined to lead. Mr. & Mrs. Thummel left for the east by the early morning train.
DIED
In this city, August 29th, 1873, at 8:30 a. m., Seth, infant son of Seth P. and Maggie T. G. Mobley, aged 3 months and 15 days.
In this sad affliction, the bereaved parents, Brother Mobley and wife, have our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy. All the fond pride and hopes centered in their only child to be swept away by the cruel hand of Death, is an affliction to cause an agony of frief that none but the sufferers can feel. Again, we assure brother Mobley and his wife of our earnes sympathy and condolences.
Near this city, on the 23d ult., Johnnie, son of Daniel and Elisabeth Morgan, aged 1 year and 7 days.
On Friday, the 29th ult., Bing, son of Zalotes and Hannah Partridge, of Prairie Creek.
John Fagan was up before Judge Platt on Friday morning last, for disturbing the peace, by drunkeness and raising cain generally. He pleaded guilty and was fined $8 and 24 hours in jail, and to stand committed until the fine was paid.
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