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Nov, 5, 1896., THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. f IN CITY AND coury. The Immense Republican Majority Nearly Wiped Out The free silver president and state ticket were given a decideded flattering vote in this county and city, and the normal republican majorities have dwindled to insignificance. This city, usually abont 2500 .republican, gives a majority, for McKinley of 1000, while the republican majority of 3500 in the county has been whittled down to per haps 500 or 600. Dp to the hour of going to press the returns by precincts for the head of the ticket aro as follows: Bryan McKinley , First ward, A........ 151 , 225 First ward, B 145 147 Second ward, A 160 .150 Second ward, B 136 166 Third ward.A................ 146 213 Third ward, B 114 179 Third ward, C 119 174 Third ward, D 131 133 Fourth ward, A.. 149 249 Fourth ward. B.... 89 196 Fourth ward, C 145 196 Fourth ward, D 162 177 Fifth ward, A.. 102 190 Fifth ward, B.... 128 208 Fifth ward, 0 121 183 Fifth ward. D 163 , 213 Sixth ward. A 146 237 Sixth ward, B....... 175 260 Seventh ward. A.. 212 220 Seventh ward, B.. 110 103 City totals......... 2804 . 3919 Buda... 108 96 Centerville........ 117 87 Denton 78 63 Elk. 98 62 Grant, 1..., 55 49 Grant, 2........... 130 90 Garfield. 34 54 Highland 91 48 T.nnRaster. 1 118 58 .Lancaster. 2 95' 73 Lancaster, 3 . 86 193 Lancaster, 4 76 42 Little Salt 120 39 Middle Creek 93 -. 78 Nemaha 157 143 North Bluff 110 52 Saltillo, 1... 62 68 Rfl.lt.illo. 2 50 108 Sfrwfctnn fmninritvl...... 27 - Waverly. 1." 100 123 West Lincoln 103 46 Yankee Hill 162 106 South Pass, 1 21 104 South Pass, 2 64 99 Stevens Creek.... 82 69 WW Oat 148 32 Total J. 5189 5911 Plurality for McKinley 722, with Oak, Olive BranchPanama and Rock Creek precincts to hear from. The democratic county committee contends that they will cut the republican plurality down to below 500. - The above are the figures compiled at the headquarters of the democratic county committee. The vote on the state and county ticket runs right along with that on the national ticket. The republican county ticket is probably elected, although it was claimed late this afternoon that Beardsley, fusionist, is elected treasurer. Some Corporation Medicine. ' The returns have not all been received on the legislative election, but enough information has been received to show that the legislature has been captured by the fusion ticket. The returns show that fusion has elected at least 66 out of 100 members of the house aud 25 out of the 32 senators. It is claimed that the returns will increase the fusion ticket TO YOUR DUTIES. All Patriotic Citizens Admonished to Pre serve the Spirit and Letter of the Constitution. To All Reform Organizations The su preme aud opportune moment in the de velopment of reform principles for the state of Nebraska has now arrived. With a two-third majority of each house of the legislature it is now possible to secure for at least a generation to come, wise and conservative legislation in flnan ' cial. economic and moral lines. This can only be done by concert of action of all the reform forces. Each and every club and organization must , keep up and sustain regular meetings, advance, advocate ana pusn tne educa tion of the people. Many issues of great state importance are rapidly being de veloped, and it will require the greatest of wisdom and conservative action to secure such legislation as will give credit to the reform movement and be of last ing benefit to the whole people Let your motto at all times be "radical in orinciole. but conservative in action By a strict adherence to the above motto reformers will hold the confidence of the people, and be enabled to carry for ward to full fruition every reform de manded by the people. Hasty, uncon sidered and undeveloped laws, passed nnder the whip and spur of victory, and an overwhelming majority will result in the defeat of reform at future elections, Reform clubs and organizatiods take warning. On national issues, if Mr. Bryan is elected the battle will only have been commenced, hen he is seated, and sworn into office March 4th next. Jivery effort will be made to tie his hands in the house of representatives. The peo ple by combined organization must be ready at every moment to assist in the bringing of irresistable pressure to bear upon congress to accomplish the desired legislation. . If Mr. McKinley is elected we all know that no more than a tem porary relief to the people will be given by congress, and the greater need of further education of the people on mon- . etary principles. In the event of Mr. McKinley 'selection there will be a greater need of the education of the people to a better understanding of the true philosophy of a correct monetary system for the nation and the world. The ed ucation of the people on the money question has. so far advanced in tbis country now, that, as to what shall be ' the monetary system of this country for the future, will never be settled, until it is settled upon the eternal principles of natural law, and equal justice to all. Aside from the money question there are many other questionsof vast importance pressing for solution andyonr organiza tions is the place for their development. Therefore to your duties as citizens for the preservation of the letter and spirit of our state and national constitution. W.F. Wbiqht. SOLID SOUTH AND WEST. Chairman Jonea, Claims the Following States. ". Virginia. 12 West Virginia ... 9 North Carolina........................ 11 South Carolina......................... 9 Georgia 13 Florida. 4 Missouri.... 17 Kentucky 13 Tennessee 12 Alabama 11 Mississippi .'. 9 Louisiana: 8 Texas 15 Arkansas......... 8 Nebraska...... 8 Kansas 10 Colorado.... 4 Nevada.................; 8 Oregon 4 California 9 Idaho .. 3 Montana ., 3 North Dakota 3 South Dakota..... : 4 Washington...... 4 Wyoming........... 3 Utah , ....,.. 3 Indiana 15 Total...............;...............:..........224 CUTTLE'S SURPRISE. Why Hl Wife Cried It Oat Alone . There Was - Hitch, Thursday was the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Cuttle's marriage, and Mrs. Cuttle said to a neighbor that she thought it would be awfully cute to get up a surprise party for her husband and celebrate the event, says the New Tork Recorder. " "It would be Just too lovely for any thing," the neighbor declared, with an emphatic shake of the head. So Mrs. Cuttle went about the neigh borhood with great secrecy, and aha also invited several of her husband's business friends, and the program she laid out for refreshments was one well calculated to please. Everybody was to meet at the house at 9 o'clock sharp and give Mr. Cuttle such a surprise when he arrived home from the store, at this,' his Invariable hour, as would itay in his recollection forever. "Hush!" said Mrs. Cuttle to herself, noticing that it was 7 o'clock, and she went softly out into the ehed to con loct the cooling ice-cream. It appears that the only headache Mr. Cuttle remembers indulging in In eighteen years visited him on this par ticular day, and this was the reason, he now says, that he left the store at 7 o'clock in defiance to all precedent and went heavily homeward. Entering Che house and not finding his wife, Mr. Cuttle went directly upstairs, and, get ting into bed, laid his splitting head on the pillow and presently was locked in sleep. Two hours later, when the nests arrived, he was scheduled for an all-night run, with no stopB at way stations. ., All innocently the merry, merry guests filed in. "Hush!" cried everybody in hoarse whispers, stepping on each other and letting off little, subdued screams, while Mrs. Cuttle ushered them , into the darkened parlors, where they were to lie in ambush till Mr. Cuttle should appear. ; And there they stayed and stayed and stayed for two never-ending hours, while Mrs. Cuttle kept wondering where her husband could be, and run ning frequently to the door and crying finally till a little gentleman in a red necktie, who was tired of having two tat ladles stand on his feet, wanted to know in a sarcastic voice if it wouldn't be a good idea, Just by way of variety, to play something else. "Oh, dear," wailed Mrs. Cuttle.wrlng ing her hands, "you don't suppose there's an accident, do you?" Whereat the little man in the red necktie said that it seemed to him as though there was a hitch somewhere, but he eupposed he could stand it if the others could, and at this Mrs. Cuttle broke out crying afresh and went up to the bedroom for a new handkerchief to weep into, and when she turned on Jhe gas and saw her husband sleeping there so sweetly, with anything but an expression of surprise depicted on his countenance, she went softly back to where the guests were watting and pointed out to them in a calm and dis passionate way how much better it would be for them to go quietly home at once and say nothing about It. And this they did, walking over each other's dresses in a dull and spiritless way, while the little man . in the red necktie took occasion, to add that for his part he was as fond of surprise parties as anybody in the world, he thought, but so far as his observation went and he believed it extended- a considerable distance it seemed to him that in such cases it was apt to make something of a difference who was the party surprised. I' But Mrs. Cuttle cried It out alone. ' . How's Thir7 We offer One Hundred Dollars Howard for any mm of Catarrh that can not t cored by Hall's Catarrh Cora. F. J, CHENEY A CO., Propi., Toledo, O, We. the undersigned, hate known V. J. Cheney for the last 1ft years and bellere him perfectly honorable In all business trantactlone and finan cially able to carry oat any obligation made by their Arm. wast a Troaz. wholesale DraKtta. Toledo. O.: Waldlng, Rinnan Marvin, Wholesale finis tints, Toledo, O. Hairs catarrh core u taken internally, actio directly on the blood ahd moeons snrlnows of the system. Fries, Tie per bottle. Sold by ail drag fists. Testimonials free. Ripans Tabulea care nansea. A.N HISTORIC PLACE. POT WHERE CORNWALL WAS SOUNDLY WHIPPEpI flight of the British They Lets the Waandod and Dying and Found Safety Under tha Guns at Wilmington Fourth of July Celsbratlom. (Special Letter.) HE sections of the South which , have begun to feel In a marked degree the effects of the spirit of development and progress, yet linger a little reluctantly on the threshold of a new era, loth to give up old ways and old traditions, remind one of the unfortunate Queen in "Alice in Wonderland," who had "Jam yesterday and Jam to-morrow, but nev er Jam to-day." The Piedmont section of North Caro Ilnt is fast passing into the "Jam to day" period, and one need not ask the reason why, if he but looks for a mo ment at Its natural advantages. Lying to the south of and sheltered by the Blue Ridge and 8auratown ranges of mountains which divide Vir ginia and North Carolina, and to the east of the extension of the same Blue Ridge range which separate the state from Tennessee, the sunny Piedmont section seems to have received the most lavish kindness of nature. The days of old plantation life are fast becoming a mere fascinating talo to the new generation, and the spirit of the times is manifesting Itself in the building of new railroads, the opening of mines, the erection of manufactories of all sorts and the busy hum of indus tries in every" direction. The glamour of the old regime still lingers like the scent of the roses over some of the North Carolina towns, but it is fast fading. One could find no bet ter illustration of this fact than Greens boro (named after General Greene of revolutionary fame) the county seat of Guilford county. Within two or three hours' ride of matchless mountain scenery, and with a climate of unquestioned healthful neat, this little "city of flowers" forms an attractive gateway through which the tourist to the palmy tropio land of the far South passes and oft times lin gers. ; . As one passes through the wide elm covered streets of the town, he notices here and there noble specimens of the classie architecture of ante-bellum days. The simple, graceful columns gleam out with time-chastened beauty from the green foliage, and here and there are the remains of old slave quarters, weather-beaten and moss-covered, but made beautiful by a luxuriant growth of Ivy. One still sees a few specimens of the "real old Southern gentleman," and now and then comes across a venerable "uncle" or "mammy" who can tell those tales of " 'fo' de wah" which will never cease to play upon one's sympa thy and imagination. The practical mind sees with pride the many evi dences of Northern "push" in the town, but from a purely aesthetic standpoint one can bat sigh for the days that are not and say with a certain old darkey who was found sunning himself on a street corner under a great elm that had on its shaggy bark the name of the street nailed upside down: "It cer 'n'ly does beat me up like to see you all in seen a hurry all de time." Just as all roads lead to Rome, how ever, all minor points of interest give way to the culminating point of at traction, Guilford battle-ground,' five miles northwest of Greensboro, where in 1781 was fought the battle of Gall ford Court House, in which the British army under Cornwallis received at the hands of the untrained troops of Gen eral Greene the blow under which it staggered until it fell at Torktown. The Intervening years should not ef face that tragic record from our minds. Cornwallis, eager to meet the Ameri can army, which he had been pursuing for ten months through mud and rain, had marched out with flying colors to accept the challenge of the American TO THE UNKNOWN, general, that "old cock, Nathaniel Greene." He looked with pride upon his trained soldiers; the half-clad and untrained militia of the opposing army were contemptible In his eyes. The scene at Camden was to be repeated; the militia would flee, the Continentals would be crushed, TarletrJn would avenge the defeat of Oowpena by' put ting the retreating masses to Uie sword; Greene would be vanquisher! and the royal government would be restored in the old North State, but atas for the "best-laid plans of mice and men!" He formed the militia "forty paces," with their rifles resting on the rails and aiming with nicest precision at his line. To the right he saw the Highlanders Irop, in the valley his Guards were weltering in blood; O'Hara was bleed ing at his side; General Howard wound ed and carried to the rear; Tarleton was met by Greene and Washington and hurled back with disordered ranks, and the truth was forced upon the Eng lish eommandei that the victor tf the battle was not always the maa whe held the field, for he dared not tarry. Greene had lost but 230 men and by the evening of the 17th of March he found still around him 1,350 Continental soldiers, 1,500 militia and 600 riflemen. On the British side S70 were killed and wounded. Cornwallis made a hur ried flight through the country, leaving dying and bleeding soldiers behind him, and only found safety under his guns at Wilmington, the proud hearts of the North State were never to be humbled before the British Throne. The fatal wound to royal authority from which it lingered, and lingering died on the 19th of October, 1781, was given at Guilford Court House on the 15th day of March, 1781. On the 6th of May, 1887, a number of the patriotic cltisens of North Carolina, headed by the Hon. David Schenk, of Greensboro, organised what is known as the Gull ford Battle Ground Company. They purchased the ground, about eighty acres, on which the battle was fought, and have spent a great deal of money in reclaiming it They have re stored roads, planted trees, erected monuments (one of the finest being that of Major Joseph Winston, of King's Mountrin and Guilford Court House fame, donated by the late ex-Gov. Thomas W. Holt They have also erected a museum containing many valuable revolutionary relics. The gov ernment has not been called upon to contribute, all money having been given by private Individuals. All honor Is due to the Hon. David THE WINSTON STATUE. Schenk, who has been the head and front of the enterprise, and has persevered in it under difficulties which others would have deemed in surmountable. Each Fourth of July the patriotic citizens of Greensboro and the surrounding towns assemble at the bat tie ground with speeches and music appropriate to the occasion. Not long ago when the old Independ ence Bell was making its triumphal return trip from Atlanta there was a stop made at Greensboro, and the vet eran bell, with cheers and song, was taken out to the spot where the he roes who had been inspired by its peals on that memorable day in 1776, had af terward fought and died for the liberty men hold so dear. Appropriate), in deed, was this little Journey, for it is a matter of history that the first Declara tion of Independence was signed on North Carolina soil. What wonder if the dead, who had lain for so many years under the blood-stained soil should have "waked and wondered and understood." Greensboro, by the way, Is where the scene of the "Fools Er rand" was laid, Judge Tourgee having lived in the town during the recon struction period, and the delightful drive to the battle-ground Is the same that was supposed to have been taken by Lilly Servosse. Not long ago, the writer, with a little party of ladles, after a pleasant drive through the pines, stood upon the place "where the battle was fought," undu lating ground, mostly covered with for est Guilford Court House is no more, having been moved to Greensboro in 1809, and the old town which once sur rounded it has gone to decay. Nothing remains to mark the place where once lived the Lindsays, Whitlngdons, Sev ille and Hamiltons, though many tradi tions still linger, prominent among them that of "Uncle Moee," a curious old negro who worked In the copper smith shop and was allowed a quart of whisky a day to counteract the fumes of the heated copper. Among the hand some monuments on the battle-ground are many rude headstones which mark the unknown graves. Not until the great roll call of Eternity will the names of the occupants of those graves be revealed. ? As we stood listening to the stories oi our negro guide a sudden storm came up, and Judge Schenk, who often seeks recreation in the keeper's lodge from his professional duties, came out an with true Southern hospitality offered us sneiter. An oia-tlme auntie made us some delicious coffee and waffles, so we had cause to thank the seem ingly unkind elements for a delightful hour. We left with our hands full of roses, gathered for us br our rental host from the spot where the battle had once raged most fiercely fit emblems of war's great aftermath of peace. " ' ' ' : Against Her Principles. Mrs. Archer What do you thlik of the new preacher? Mrs. Bavswater I like him very much. Mrs. Aeher So sorrv I eouldn t go to hear him. What did he preach about f Mrs. Bayawater I didn't catch the text bnt it hari something to do with the golden calf. Mr. Arcner (just waiting up) That set tles it! I shall withdraw from the church. I can't annrove of this thin of carrying politics into the pulpit- Cleveland Leader. The Deadly Wheal. He How old are you, Miss ChaffleT She I hare seen 18 summers aad aboat 140 sails. From Texas Sifter. i ft b Here is the story in a nutshell: Eilher we can save you mon ey or we can't. Either we misrepresent things or we don't . Either we are deserving of your trade or we are not, and be are you going to know unless you find out? One way is to send for our catalogue B, which will cost you a cent for a pca tal card, and another way is to ask somebody who knows us, which won't cost you anything at all. For eleven years we have been doing business right here in Omaha on the same principles, by the same methods and in the same place and selling goods to the same people year after year. There isn't a township in Nebraska where you can't find a dozen customers of ours. There isn'4 a state west of the Missouri river where we don't ship goods. During all the years we have been in business, and of all the thousands we have done business with we have yet to hear of one single solitary instance where a customer was dissatisfied with our dealings in any way or shape. That alone gives us a claim on your consideration. But we aren't doing business on our reputation alone. Peopli want values before they want history, and values ate what bind the people to this store. Why not? We give as good an Ulster for $3. 75 as you can buy at home for $7 cash. Other articles the same way. Catalogue B tells. LARGEST BRANDY STILL. California Boasts an Establishment ; Turning Ont 18,000 Gallons Daily. The largest brandy still in the world h at El Pinal vineyard In San Joaquin county, not far from Stockton, says the San Francisco Call. Part of it has been built about four years and the other part was finished only a short time ago. As is well known, the El Pinal vineyard has always made a specialty of brandy and sweet wines. It was the Intention of the proprietors to do this when they went Into business, and for that reason they had the largest still built that was ever put up. That was, 'as has been stated, about four years ago, and even then It was ahead of anything in exist ence. It could produce more brandy in twenty-four hours than any other still In the world, and It has not been sur passed since. But even that was not enough to supply all the alcohol needed in their business, so another still was bulH and made to work in connection with the original one. The two are really one still as they are need and have about three times the capacity of any other still in the world. This enor mous machine is located in a building by itself and part of the year is kept running day and night It is very com plicated In Its workings, so that a de scription of that part of it cannot be at tempted here. It will be sufficient to state that the grape Juice or wine Is pumped from vats to a tank on top of the hill. From there it simply passes through a series of heated chambers in the form of a vapor and comes out in the shape of brandy. It can be tested In the different chambers and the change noted. In the first chamber it is little more than warm wine, and it gradually gets stronger and stronger until it is sharp to taste. From the time the wine leaves the tank until it comes out as grape brandy only ten minutes is occu pied. In the old method of distilling it used to take about three hours. In ap pearance the largest brandy still in the world is simply a conglomeration of tanks, pipes and boilers. The capacity of this still is enough to make a per son wonder what becomes of all Its products. When running full time It can convert 15,000 gallons of wine Into brandy In a day. This will make about 4,000 gallons every twenty-four hoars, or enough to keep about 40,000 men la a state of Intoxication during that time. In a month there would be enough of brandy on hand to intoxicate 1,700, 000 men, or about the entire population of New York. But, as it happens, very little of this brandy is sold as brandy. It is used to fortify sweet wines so that they will be in a condition to keep until ready to send to market The alcohol acts as preservative of the grape Juice the same as it would of anything elsa It keeps It from turning sour. The Dear Old Fellow. "What do you admire most in my new dress T" she asked of those who were praising it "Just what's in it now,"answered ths veteran beau of forty gay seasons, as be blew her a kiss. A BaaebaU Town. "This is a great base ball town, isn't ItT" "I should say so. A fellow can't even get eft to go to his grandfather's fun eral without showing a doctor's cer tlfloate "Buffalo News. The Psaal Way : Nell "Do you like the girl your brother Tom is engaged to?" Amy "No, but Tom Hires her "well enough for the whole family, so wfca earthly difference does it make?" New Tork Weekly. ' Most ef the canal barges in the south f England are worked by worn, Ripans Tabules cure constipation. 1 1 Change of the Tineas, "Tea, indeed," said the 14 rza thoughtfully, after bid wife hai deliv ered a dissertation upon the tttttn of the sex, "the new woman is itztlj different from the old." "I thought you would realise ti.-t tl time," she returned rather sharply, "I have Jprt been reading," he wr.t on, "how girls used to be sold ty Cr parents, and some of them trtr fancy prices." "But there is none of that now, ilzzl neaven! Woman has asserted terc.'.i and" "No, there's none of that now," in terrupted the old man. "A man do:i, not buy his wife in three days. Now he aa to be paid to take her, and ber poor Did fnther has to wreck his bank ae ount to provide the do vry." St. Louis ppubMc. It Wasn't 1 At Red Creek the stars itrrT-3 f 7 half an hour for the passercrs i dinner and the driver to ehasrt ttrr " z As we drove up in front of ti : " hotel from the west an army r xrz:: ' in an ambulance drove trc3 t j south. With him was a gucri ti Cz cavalrymen, and while the rryi:.; entered the inn with us to take C" 7 the soldiers ate their bacon and 1 1; 1 tack In the shade of the stables. TJj had bea eating for about ten clmu when there was a sudden hurrah out doors, followed by a dozen ri2e sheti Five men on horseback and a sixth la a buckboard drawn by a mule dashed act of the thicket a Quarter of a mile away, and, sweeping down on the paymaster's rig, had transferred the safe to tie buckboard before one of us reached Use door. One outlaw had been killed by the fire of the soldiers and tro soldiers had been wounded by the ire of tit outlaws. The fellows were off at f&3 gallop and the score of shot flred ar them only hastened their Beed. TLs paymaster was the last one to leave Cj table, and as he came out an exdUJ stage passenger called to him: "There they go, major!" 'Tea. Z see 'em!" quietly repliei tl oScer. "And they've got your safer "Tea, I expect so," "Great Scott, man, but are you gatrj to let 'em git away with all thc money?" shouted the half frantto pa senger. "All of what money?" "Why, In the safer "There isn't a shilling tn ltr sU the major as he returned to the) table. "One of the door hinges was t of order and so I was carrying V money in this carpet bag." He reached down and lifted tta bag and opened it to show us fl0,C: in crisp greenbacks, and as he saaxl the lock he sighed and said: "Sorry for the fellow out there a&i his gang, but perhaps they'll have'teW tor luck next time!" Boneless Carriage for Looomatrra, The gentleman who has amused hizi self of late by using a motor ear la Westminster has been a little "too previous," as he found to his cost aft Bow street, although ' we notice that he stated that he had driven his vehicle for live years. It came apon him with a' shock of pained sunrise that his hami cle could be called a locomotive, but the law, though possibly a "hass, is clear. So the motor carman found he had committed three offenses: (1) la allowing a locomotive out between the prohibited hours of 10 and 6; (2) in net being preceded by a man : with a red flag, and (3) in driving the locomotive at a greater speed than two miles an hour. A promise, however, not to , oStxl tgaln, but patiently to await the prom ised legislation, got him off with quit! a small fine. Westminster Gasetta. City ticket office KkhorB-Eoriiweitrj line, 117 80. 10th tift. V : i; i' i r