The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-11-06

sales q Real Estate n Pstaawssanaais csurfty.
For tie Wssk EndaN Frtfsy, ca. =, Isue.
Reported Expressly for the Nonp.reil ~ s,sss r,ur.
Iavsstgstors u Titles and Rseeras,
william /. Dodd end wife, to John Eldrtdwe-,ots
and in Block Is Lots 10 and 20 in Block Lots 6,
and in Block p IN o. W. Pierce's Addition-allao.
O. ". Pierce and wife to william l.. Watd--yots II
and IL in Block ., o. W. Pierce's Addtion-oAoo.
Edward H. Reynolds and wife to william /. podd-
Lots and m Block Lots - and II Ia Block H. O.
w. Pierce's Addition-$7O0.
W. n. Hatcher to Nancy Dodd-Lots I, ., Z and s in
Block Lots 10, 10 and 20 in Block 4; Lots T. II
and II in Block Z; Lots o and in Block 49, Lots
and in Block Il; Lots l, O. and IN Block !. O. W.
Pierces Addition-$2,7O0
Enos Lowe, Trustee &C., to To & Ferry Compa-
ny-N W ofN W and Lot No of Section %, and
Lot No Of Sec 49, Town 49, Range n, 50 $500 acres
$4,000. .
CA Harrington to Lucien Harrington--S W Sec rs
Town rs, Range 80, 100 acres-$40o.
BR Pcgram and wife to Frank Street-Lot II in Block
l. yoorhs' Addition-S25O. f.
Stephen White to W W willingham-w kNE and
.Nw J. Section 10, Town II, Range 43. 100 acres
$3.50.
f johnson and wife to " W wlingham-w y sw
Sec ], Town IS, Range A, so acres-$li0.
Henry b Cox and wife to Mary Frazier-E NV
Sec IL, Town II, Range A, so acres-$320
Joseph 1 Town and Wife to L W Babbitt--Lot 8, il
Block 4, Hagg's Addition-$I5O.
Housed and wife to Z Bradstreet-S kNEA
and " W KNE Sec Town75, Range 40, 100 acres
$500
Thomas Officer and wife to Lee Tayior-S Sec ?;
NV Sec /, Town rs, Range; also Sw \ SW
J. Sec as, Town IS, Range 40, $50 acres-$l.
Sherman County Judge, to W James-SW
Sec II; NEhNw y and W aNE Sec IA; N
S E and S e X S E \ Sec Is; y NE \ Sec q,
Town rs, Range 4o-$44O acres.
The following communication, intended
for our last weeks paper, reached US too
late for insertion.-ED.] %.
Editor Nonpareil:-An article appears in
last number of the Bugle on "The Ladies
Tournament" which is SO grossly unjust,
and so misrepresents the sentiments OF the
majority Of those who witnessed the riding,
that it should not pass by unnoticed.
Evidently the editor had a favorite on the
ground, to whom he had awarded premium
in advance, but who, when the riding came
off, did not get it; and this has SO nettled
him, that in opposition to the opinion Of
both judges and witnesses, he sets up her
merits above those of any other rider, and
fancies he can compel people to believe what
he says, spite of their own eyes and their
own convictions.
1t is also evident, that while he had a
favorite for whom he claimed premium,
there was also one against whom he had
some personal pique; and this one having
carried off the prize, he cannot restrain his
jealous wrath, or conceal it from the public.
In the choosing of judges for the occasion,
it was supposed and understood, that their
decision was to be final, and acquiesced in
by all parties. And though individuals
might differ in opinion as to the merits Of
their respective favorites, yet all should
have refrained from censure-and especially
from public complaints, and reflections upon
the Judges, and the ladies who carried off
the prizes. That the judges were chosen on
the ground just previous to the ridlng-that
they were citizens of Nebraska and strangers
to the riders, and that they were gentlemen
competnt to decide in such matter, was
sufficient guarantee for their sincerity,
impartiality and correctness of opinion
Their decisionthen, should have stood I'M
Questioned and uncondemned by the press,
and the feelings Of the ladies been spared its
comments.
But not so thinks our knight of the Bugle.
Though he says he has "the fullest confidence
in the honesty, integrity and impartiality of
the judges" he takes occasion publicly to
pass censure upon them, by entirely reversing
their decision-putting their first choice
second, or doubtful-placing their second
choice far down below several others, and
elevating one whom they thought unworthy,
to the first seat of honor. Surely wisdom
and prudence and kindly feeling would have
suggested silence, if he could not speak
without such structures
Let US notice some Of the points in this
article. Miss JACKSON, evidently, is the
Bugle's favorite, and Mrs. ROBINSON the
object of his dspeasure. Of Miss JACKSON
he says her horse was "tolerably well train
ed for the OCCASION that for "gracefu
riding'' she was "not excelled, if equaled
by any on the ground"-that she Gwen
round at speed which made the bodies
rider on the ground tremble"-that she "i'
a careless, daring, graceful and easy rider
and ought to have had one Of the premiums,
&c, &c.
Now let US look little at this matter; ant
in doing so, not only express my own feel
ings, but that Of a large number who stooe
about me on the ground, and of many Others
whose remarks have since heard. Tht
general expression was this :-"Miss JACK
son rides well-she sits her horse GRACEFUL,
but then look at her horse who coulC
not ride well on such horse-any chile
ten years old could ride that horse," &c
and then her horse was compared to rocking
chair, a cradle, and various other things O.
steady gait and easy motion. 1t was wei
known that her horse was well trained-tha
he was accustomed to his rider, and that sh,
had been practicing on the ground fo
weeks previous to the tournament. Tha
she rode easily and gracefully none viii
question; but to speak of her horse as onl,
''tolerably we'll trained for the OCCASION" il
simply ridiculous. That "she went rount