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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1880
Page
4
Public notices list officers including Treasurer, GM, Public Instruction, Judicial District ties, and election duties. Road supervisors and constables are named. The section opens at eight in the morning and closes at six in the afternoon on the same day by order of the County Commissioners. J. F. Kenney, County Clerk.
The text mentions Republican victory signals and forged letters tied to the 1876 era. It names Logan, Conkling, and other political lights active in supporting the Republican cause in New York. It notes Democrats in the county resisting Egyptian-brine styled manipulation and hints at evolving political divisions.
The piece argues a great national movement will rise, shifting focus from sectional issues to national progress through arts and sciences. It predicts the Democratic Party will fade, with Barnum's scales symbolically leading its funeral procession on Tuesday at 6 o'clock p.m.
The piece questions why Democratic committees in Congress report and favor payment of Civil War slave and property claims, asking why Winfield Hancock cited only about 500000 of the claims and left millions unreferenced. It seeks an honest explanation for the party’s stance.
The passage laments Bill English and Landers of Indiana as intensely disliked in the United States. It claims their unpopularity causes thousands to withhold votes from their party and predicts one will pursue wealth while the other fades from politics.
On Tuesday between 8:00 a m and 6:00 p m the death and burial of the democratic party will occur.
The statement asserts that all schemes the Democratic party can devise before next Tuesday will not help their declining political standing. It emphasizes futility of political manipulation and frames the party as losing ground ahead of an upcoming date.
Vague wording depicts a planned display of the flag facing potential disruption as citizens contemplate altering the event next Thursday.
A Polk County plea urges every Republican to be at the polls on Tuesday to vote for a leading candidate described as a grand man. The notice emphasizes the importance of exercising the vote and supporting the party's choice.
A political notice urges votes for a united reform ticket led by James A. Garfield and others in the upcoming Tuesday election, promising prosperity, honest money, true government, and reform on the ballot.
A fragment notes that some columns claim figures around 329 dollars as the price for selling offices after Tuesday’s election, suggesting a discussion of corruption or transactional politics in the aftermath.
The article predicts Garfield will secure 231 electoral votes and become the next president, asserting confidence that the result will be announced in due course.
Lydia Maria Child died on the 20th inst at her Massachusetts home. Her pen left a lasting moral influence and a chaste model that will mold other lives wherever her books are read.
Soldiers are urged to apply disciplined judgment to policy questions beyond uniforms. When offering views on tariffs and related matters, they should use restraint and thoughtful analysis rather than purely military pride or pomp.
The text contrasts two sides of a postwar campaign: men working for pay for property destroyed during the war while in rebellion, and the brave patriots, the intelligent mass of freemen. The line suggests a predictable outcome based on these opposing camps.
A Western district meeting at Norton School House October 20 nominates J N Hurd of Platte precinct as the indepedent republican choice for county commissioner on the third ballot. Western district Polk County Neb endorses Hurd and urges voters to back him. Also notes comic verse about the printer and a forecast of many personal crisis reports next month as Democrats adjust to defeat.
Garfield and Jewell denounce a forged Morey letter as a bold forgery, noting its language and handwriting do not match. The dispatches claim the democracy clings to bogus schemes while Garfield defends Republican platform on the Chinese question and vows to pursue the culprit.
Dr Thomas accepts a call to serve as pastor of the Metropolitan Church of Chicago. He will preach at Music Hall in the evening on the same platform used by Prof Swing in the morning.
By virtue of a chattel mortgage dated January 3 issued and filed May 29 1880 in Polk County Nebraska Henry Rees to S Langworthy to secure 110 dollars default. We will sell at the front door of Polk County Bank Osceola Nebraska on November 18 1880 at 1 PM the described property including a lumber wagon eleven head of hogs six months old a bay horse about 11 years old named Dip a day horse about 6 years old Aurora Boy a McCormick Harvester. Cornish King attorneys for mortgagee dated October 25 1880
Assignee Langworthy states default on a chattel mortgage from October 25 1879 to John Fox for 160 dollars. Public sale at Polk County Bank Osceola on November 18 1880 includes a sorrel horse Charley bay horse Jim sulky plow Bain lumber wagon Westfield skein wagon. Attorneys Cornish and King.
The Land Office at Lincoln Nebraska announces that Mary E. Reedy has filed for final proof to perfect her homestead entry No 15205 for the W half of the NE quarter section 10 township 15 north range 3 west. Proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court Polk County at the county seat on Tuesday November 30 1880. Witnesses listed are Francis Ramey W A Lewis Fred Buchhoz and Robert Gray all of Silver Creek Merrick County Nebraska. J B McDowell Register.
October 26 1889 notice lists final entry procedure for Wm T Seymour Homestead No 14517 in Polk County Nebraska. Proof to be made before Clerk of the District Court on Friday November 2 1880 with witnesses John Bridget Jacob Deeds A P Calhoun Z Seymour all of Stromsbore Polk County Nebraska.
A two story frame house with seven rooms in Osceola Nebraska and 160 acres of land with 90 under cultivation, a good well, sod building, frame granary, and 3 acres timber eight miles from Osceola. Also a quarter section with 120 under cultivation and good buildings, and another quarter under cultivation with a good house and stables, no timber, all on easy terms. Details from Bittentender & Buell, Osceola.
Default occurred on a chattel mortgage from A J Swainstrom to S G Langworthy dated April 28 1880 for 45 dollars. Public sale for cash on November 4 1880 at 1 pm in front of the Osceola Nebraska courthouse to satisfy 7 dollars plus costs. Mortgagee B C Langworthy.
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