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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1869)
4 a n L . 1 M la i . :.T, IE Hi rrr.t i: art bt" 1 asIiii'Mrcdi.ocr. j. u coLitAPr. I.C. HACK EB.. 2CH, COLHAPP (z CO., nbliohern and PrerrJelors. MS $2,00 PEU ANXfM. , 70 McFImtwod'h Block, up Stairs. TlVEItTISlNO KATrs. - line or lfsi first InKCftion.. uent jiisertien ... oi live lm at le.-ss.- :. nd line.....-. " -wh lied . .n tif v cm r l no Ml 5 mi 1 W 3 ID ,i. six Tii.inthN, tL5: three months 10 tm ii, .n ye:tr ... un, mi nmnilis.y.'l tiirrc nionll: 15 t i, line ver ' .x.te.x niniits, VJ; three nioiiUi... 21 ll mie year. ... ix ni'intlix. ("iii; three muntlm : no wrnentM )r b le ttnn thnn three u-J transient ; and must be paid ia i nnd Depart lire of the Malls. . id Eastern arrives at 12 m.; departa at r.d rstern arrive tit 4 p. m.; deiiarU -riven ut fi ft. m.: depnrt at 8 a. m. -;ves tU 1- m.: det,hri ut 2 p. m. arrive M utidu-. k. Wednesdays Stid :i.; depart.- Tu-sdays,Tliursdayand drives Fridays at 4 p. ti4 departs h. ni. . .ur from 7 a. m.. to 7' p. m. Hun hi'ji a. m. A. JJ. MA 1:U, 1'. X. md C. n. It. It. Time Table. ;ains ooim; noktil Aftf IMKOBATIOS. a nvi.Ii- uc.i i;;ufis W a. m- 'J:T7 p. in- . 50 p. la- , . :nn a. ni. 11-: p. I'l. 3:i iu p. ill. A II Vi.'c . .ucil JiiuHs HAI"M fJOINO KArTII. ArcoMMoIiAl ion. ;i uuiTi vwa. m. u.vtiMne 11:21 a. m. Jusepli AM p. m. r.s pr is. .1 r.',ii!TK llJ ra- ivii iii;..... P- nl- . JlJM'Jlll p. 111. ...rwrii- OmnlhiiNleHveii Brownvlilefor h m. mid 1. iu., daily. r'-Z-."JL.--i- ZSgV" '!B"1J .VTffPg ;:I business jfarbs. a ' ATTORNEYS. vii:tf.i: & r.KoWN. at L,mw and I.md Aptnli, irt llim, -with lTolwte Judjxe, TIPTON A HCT'KTT, and Counselor at Law, : 0 MrJ'liersoH's j;lock, up stairs. .IOMAS A r.IUiADY. aw &, solicitors in Chancery, " in li!rii't Court Jlxm. S. M. KIC1I. at I. a and Land A cent. urt JIous.', tin t door, veit ile. V.M. II. Mrl.ENNAN. y and C ounselor at Law, .raNia 'ity, Nebnihkiu li. F. I'LRKINS, y and ('ouunrlor at Law, inseh, JoliriKon Co., Neb. NVK HniPllllEV, ii U N i: AT UW, iii- lltv, I'uwnee Co., eh. N. K. CItKiOS. at Law &- Real Kitate Agent, ;c J;u'.- C.'Ui.ty,Ntl'nuka. LAND AGENTS. n. v. iironKs, e Atrent and Jncl lee of Peaee, Co;:ri House, riist d'Hir, west hide. l'.A P. Ill rr v LETT. ntiA,Land "Warrant Broker. No. 1 Main Street, ii rf to iHi.tiit'1 j are for X:n-reident: uUenlton uuen to tiiaJciriff Locations, .proved and unimproved, or tale on - iTMW. VM. H. IIOOVEK. tate and Tai Paj Ing Agent. iM'-ein Jiisriet Court Kooin. re rui,ipl attention to the a!e of Ileal nl J'aittivid of Taxes thrvughotU the Land Jtistrict. JONAS HACKER. tot for the City of Brownrille, lend to the J'tijwteirf of Taxes Jor A- ljand Aihhi-is M mdtttee .St'tmted, S'cin aha Vent id y. lt.-Hs II. SYDENHAM, HV Il HL1C LAID AGENT, V.rf h'i 'ir-iteu, Xvbrnxkn. loeale liunls for inlendini.ettlers, an I iv int'ori:i:ition reijuireJ concerning us of Soutli-YVeMcrn Ni-iiraska. l-4j PHYSICIANS. II. THVUMAN. I1VSK IAN AMI sl lftJEON, "mi. SI yn:ti s:ret. .ne d.H.r t of Peu- SlHIp. lii'uct hours from 7 to 11 a. m. and i. 4 -v H. It MATHEWS, IVS1CIAX AND sl'HtiEOX. tilliee No. 21 Malu Stn--t. A. S. i:0I.IMAY. M. IK, Ian, Surgeon and Obstetrician, il.iluei.iy A Co s lmiii Store. atfd in WI ;' latent cd in JiroirnrilJe in rx nu hn'id tinn;!efe fix of A mputaliny, iff rind Iris'f'rtcil Jttxlrtitent special nH'-nttun liven to obstetric and Mi of II iihk u inui Children. C. V. sTEWAItT. M. D.. IVSICIAX AAM StKGEOX, Diner No. 1 Main street, urs7 to St A. M., nnd 1 to 2 and C1 to 7'.: P. .V. Y. H. KIMPF.RI.IN. M.T. '.VMC1AN AM 1 Villi EON, Nt-braska Eye and Eur Itilinnary, iiiimenc-e jinK'tic at Lrownviile, . jMi'l. . MERCHANDISE. WM. T. HEN, rhlen'e mid Ilelml lienler in 1 Merchandise, and Commission md Forwarding Slerehant, No. G Main Street. Planters, pi-ties, ISfovcs, J'urniture, tc, on IfiioL liiyhvxt mar), (t jiriee paid Jor . Pells, purs and (Xtuntrii jYoducc. (J. M. HENDERSON, prater in pirrrirm runt llrrmextie riY UOOOS AM) tiROCEUlES, No. 53 Main Street. J. 1 4. MefJEE CO. lrr In General Merchandise, ). 7d Mcl'licn-on'N l!io k, Main St. DRUG STORES. HoELADAY & CO.,m WhrJesrde ami Jl--tml Peaicrt in Medicines. Paints, Oils, No. 41 Main Street, etc. MeCUEERY & NICK ELL, Wholesale and JletaU pealers in r, Books, Wallpaper i. Stationery No. 3i Mmiti Stn-et. BOOTS AND SHOES. CHARLES H ELMER, BOOT AM) SHOi: MAKER, No. fi t Main Str- u on hand a sitjM'rior stock of Pools and Custom Work done vilA ueatness and K A. ROP.INKON. 300T ANO SHOE MAKER, No. 5 8 Main Street, cm hand a and assortment of Genft, Misses' and Children's Hoot and Shoe. t H'or- done villi neatness and dujtaich. ri7 d'Oie on sh'trt notice. HARDWARE. JOHN C. DEUSER, r in St oves, Tinw are, Pumps, LcM No. 7 Main stm-t. PH ELLEN I'.l'RG ER PRO'S.. faetnrera Si, ltealer in Tinware. 1.7 Main St., M Therson"s l'.lock. t JIardirare, CUrjierUer Tolx, Plack- Purnuunis, ac, constantly on hand. SADDLERY. JOHN V. MIDIU FTON. AESS, KRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No. o ."Main Stn-et, and Isixhes of er erfi dexeription,and if Hair, kept on hand. i.Ush puui for 3. 1L LAUER, Mnniifaeitirer and lttllrr in VESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No- GO1, Main Street. , no done to order. .Sdiif'icfion guaranteed. SALOONS. CHARLES REIEGFL, ER HALL AND LtNCII ROOM, No. 25 Main Street. PER- ;ER A- Roj'.vjtTS. LII AM Kit A BILLIARD SALOON, best Win and l.iininrx cimtnnUy mt band. N'a. , Whiiiiey's L.vick. lU-Ji JOs -Epii nrnnARD & CO., SALOON, No. 47 Main Street. The bef-t AVines and Liquors kept on hand. nanaaasMHHBwsnivsswpwMKxanaiaii J. V. D. PATCH. Manufacturer ntrj Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, ete., etc. No. 3i M:un street. Silver and S.li tr-pri!' d Ware, and nil rarie ie of Htectaeles cnnxtant.'.'t on hand. pfjriiring i'n in theneaU xt slide, at short notice. Charjt nodcrai Work w arranted. VOL. 13. HOTELS. PEWSYLVAX1A IIOrSE. JIKNUV FINK.lTorriftor. flood arcoinm. elation. InKinlms uy tne davorwwk. Tlie traveling I'Ublie aie invl t 1 to cl n i m a f;il 1. 1-u STAR IIOTE1.. CROSS & STKVKSSOX. JToprietofB. On I v-o Stree t, between Main and Atlantic Tit llt'itxe is convenient to the tfteavi J'gnt JxmdiiKi, and the busine part of the City. The beat urcum modntmii in the C .'.'. Jn t,e rarelin DVikinrj tpiexts comfortable. (sOOil .Stable and Orro'i eorn-eriiettt to the lluute. Au-nts for K. 1 N. Stue fu- AMERICAN IIOrSE. 1. I). i:oj:isoX. I'roiri.'tor. Front st,, Lotwci n Mair? nud V ator. A flood Fred and Livery tXuble in connection with the House. CONFECTIONERIES.' GEOnOK YAENEY. Baker)- and Coitfret loiiery, . 'o. ' Maiu Stif t, Offers to the jml-lic ut reduced rates a cliolce Kt.H-ls of (iroeeries, lTovisions, Confectioner le. etc , tc. WILIJAM r.OSSKLT., Baktrr, Conff et lonery and Toy Store. No. 40 Main .Street. I Yesh Jirend, i ike, Oiisier., J-'ruit, etc., on hand J. 1 DKUsER, Dealer in Confret loueries, Toy, etc. No. 44 Uin Street, NOTARIES. E. F.. EBRIOHT, Notary Pnlillc and Conveyancer, And n''it 1'or the EquitHldeand American Tontine Life Insurance Companies. 5-tf FAIRV.ROTIIF.R HACKER, Notarr Public and Conve ancer, I iiTiee in County Clerk's Office. W. FAIR ).KUTHJt. JAM! . HACKEI1, Notary I'ubhc. County t lerk E GRAIN DEALERS. c;eo g. ptXrt a p.ro., DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, A xoiiui (ill. Xehruxka. Tlie ljiptieM. mai ket jiricepaid for anythlns the Farmer ran raise. AVe wlllbuy and sell everything known to the market. WORTHING & WIICOX, Storage, Forwarding and Commission Merchants, -trifZ Dr-nlcrx in ad kinds of drain, for tt-.VicA Utey pay the Jli'hent Marlx t lrice in Cash. MILLINERY. MILS. F. A. TISDEL,' -MILLINER AND DRESS MAKER, Shop on First 8L, bet. Slain and Atlantic, (over F.A.Tisdel'8 Agricultural Store.) TTiw ronxtantlv on hand a full assnnment of all kind and -varieti of Zej-hyra. Feallier Braid, Star lir.iid. Swan siHiwn, lJt:ie Mohnir Coilb and Curl, Hunilnirj; Tninninii-'s, Cloaks made in I lie hilest biyle. The public KPMiivned tocall. etc Uresses aua 13-ly MISS MARY A. SIMPSON, MILLINER AND DRESS MAKER, First Street, bet, M:un and Water. Wishes to Uiforni the Ijidie of Jtrownvllle and vieinitv, that che lius a hrst cbusa Alillmery Shop, where Vi.rk will be dune with creat cure and neatr lies and after the latest eastern ptytf-s. Bleaching done in the verv lute-it stvles, and on short notice. Lalest st vlesl bnriies' aud Children s lUto and Bon nets rniwtamlr on haiifl. AbjleKt patterns ol I-a-diert" liress tloods,-Clouks, aud C'hilureu's Clothins; cut oo bliort notice. CAREERS. ,T. I-. ROY, BARBER AND II AIR DRESSER. No. 55 Main Street, Has a splii-dtd suit of Path Rooms. Also a choice stor k of 11 cut Irma n s Xotions. McNEAL & DORSET, BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS, No. 2 Main Street. Are prepnred to do.nll kinds of rTalrdressinjr for Gent and 1 jd;es. As Barlierstheynre No. 1. Also old riot ties renovated cm reiMoiiiiole terniK; ImkiIs blacked at all hours; aud washing and iroiiinc done mi Klu.rl mil ice. IH-l'J-v TAILORING. HAFP.OLDT ZK.rH, MERCHANT TAILORS, An, 5S,'o Main Xtrrtt, Have on hand a Vjileiulid Ktock of Goods, and will make them up in the latest styles, on short notice and reasonable terms. BLACKSMITHS. J. H. REASON, Blacksmilhing aud Horse Shoeing, Siioj) No. SO Main Street, Will do JsiackxmUhiiig of ail kinds. Make Horxe Shoeing, Ironing of Wcons and Sleighs, and Machine Work a tS'ieesaliti. J. V.'. A .1. C. C.IRSON, BLCIiSMlTHS, Shop on First, between Main and Atlantic. All irorkdonc to order, and satisfaction gnar rantecd. JOHN FLORA. BLACKSMITH, Shop fm "Water St., South of American House. Cnxtom Work of a'.l kinds solicited. WAGON MAILERS. FR ANZ HELM Kit. Wagon Maker aud Repairer. Stioj) West !' Court House. Waions, Piitjies. Piou s, Cuiiivutors, Sc., re paired on short notion, ut low rains, ajid war ranted to gice S'ttixjiu-ttvn. BOUNTY CLALM AGENTS. ED. I). SMITH, IT. S. AVAR CLAIM AGENT, Waxhiiiijton C.i.u, D. C. "Will attend to the pn-eution of claims be fore the Department in jierson, for Additional iiAimtr HucL- 1'hv ami Pensions, and all claims actfuins against the Government du- rins the late war. SMITH. T. TITTLE. E. S. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. Ollice in District Court Room. Xotary Public and failed bUUc War Vlaitn Aaent. Will attend to the proxrciition of claim before the Iejartment, for Additional Bounty, Pack Pay and Jiutionx. Also the collection of Ocmi-Annual Due on Pensions. MRS. J. M. GRAHAM, TEACHER OF Ml SIC. lvooms. Main, bet 4th & it li Sts. Leon eitrrn on the Piano. Oraan, Mclodeon. Guitar and Vocalization. Having had eight year txpertenct a teacher of .music t ie x ur w con fident ef givinx satisfaction. Cm. T. BERKLEY, House, Carriage and Sign Painter. No. GG Main St., upstairs. Graining.Guiidinij.tlluziiiyarul Paper Hang ing done on sJiurt notice, favoraitte lerms, ana warranted. A. P. MARSH, Bookseller and News Dealer. -Cit-l Punk lit ore. No. 50 Main street. Post ollice Buildlne. A. STAFFORD. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, No. 47 Main Street, up stairs. Persons wixhina Pictures executid in the latest style of the A rt, v ill call rt f i A rt Gallery. A. AY. MORGAN. Probate Judgre and?.Tuti e of the Peace otiice m Court House i;uiiUing. - J. K. REAR, Agent for the 51. V. Express Co. AV. C Telegraph Co. No. 73 Mcl'hei son's Block, and C. V. M'HEr.LKR. BRIDGE BUILDER, sole agent for R. "W. Snith's l'atent Truss Bridsc. The strongest and best wooden bridae now in use. KEIS WETTER EIRSMAN, ' BrowuTllIf City Meat Market. No. 00 Main Street, Will pat t.f higlst market price for ffood Beef CXUtle, (ilies. Sheep and Hoax. BLISS HT'GTIF.S. GEXEKAL AUCTIONEERS. Wilt attitot to the sale i,f 2 leal and personal Projierht in the Nemaha Land District. Terms reasonable. ALL yvllOA-lSJJ I " Tho BroinivillQ Transfer Lbs l uder the management of jacob no Guns, Is now Rnnning Ilepslar OciaibusKes from EroM-nviile to tlie RaiiroadTermimii . of tbe Council E!ufh and Si. Joseph Rsilrosd, At North Star, IIo., Two Jliies from Brownvilie and Nortu Siar Ferty Lrf.n.iiog. Good Omnitusses. Close Connection. 30-If Cliarges Moderate. JST- JOB AVOItK of all kinds, n-ntly and p.tinly executed, done at the Advertiser Job Rooms. - BKOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA; .THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1809. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. CHARLES U. DORSET. Att'y at Law. v , 6KOBGZ W. DOB8ET, C. G.& G. W. DORSEY, REAL ESTATE AGENTS A5D D ealers in Land Warrants. Rut and Sell Ucal Estate and Land Warrants. Select & locate GoYenrrnent Lands. ATTEND TO CONTESTED CASES IN THE U. S- LND OFFICE, AND PAY TAXES. A lartre taantlty of First Class Lanils for sale In Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, John son and Gage Counties, Nebraska, to which the attention of purchasers is specially invl ted, . Office-BBOWHVILLE; NEB. . Ttnclx O See BEATRICE, NEB. IUft-tf J. II. SHOOK & BROS., t Manufacturers and Dealers In Native Lumber of all kinds, lengths, breadtns ana inicsnesa, AT - . ' HILLSDALE, 9t NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA. Thev own and run oneof the best Saw Mills in the State, and will furnish MECHANICS AD J3UILDEI1S with a hill of Lumber of best quality, on short notice, at the Lowest Market Price. Lath and Pickets Always on band for sale. Thev also sell cheap at their store in Hills dale all staple Dry Goods and Groceries, and such articles ns are in peneral use. Kememljor the business, the men, and the place: l-iy JOHN L. CARSOH, T3 AN'KBE, BJJO WNVTLLE .NEBRASKA Exchange Bought and Sold on all the prin cipal cities. Also dealer in Gold and Silver Coin, Gold Dust and GOVERinxEirr bonds. Deposits received, payable at sighL Inter est paid on time dejisltu by special agree ment. Taxes paid for non-residents. All kinds of U. S. Bonds wanted. CITY BAKERY AMD COXFECTIO E1IY ! I ' Ko. 3 1 Cor. Msink 1st Sts. (opposite City Drng Store. AY ILL I AM ALLEN, Proprietor. Pics, Cakes, Fresh Bread, Confectionery, Llfrht and .Fancy Groceries; Constantly on Hand ! ! Fresh Bread Delivered Daily! ! First Class ramilyFlonx Warranted. WM. II. VALLEAU, IMPORTER and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ynraS; .AND liqugrs, Keeps constantly on hand a fall stock of all kinds of Native and Foreign "Wines BRANDY, "WHISKY, ALE, &c. ALSO, a full stock of CIGieS MID TOBICCO All of widen, lie ofTerMo the trade at rates low enough to suit all. To those wishing Liquors and Saloon Fixtures He extends a special Invitation to call and see Mm, knowing that lie has ail they want of the best goods in the West and can Guarranty Entire Satisfaction ! ! ! A SAMTLE ROOM IN THE REAR, WITH A 13 jl Supplied wish the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors Ac, Ac 1 JlITtEE LUNCH AT ALL HOURS." NO. 09, Corner Main and 3d Streets, BR0WNVILLE-.. JfEBItASKA. Ilrs. 71. E. Barsia; : , s 1 Dealer in. : !4 " i : j Fancy Goods and Notions, Which sh will aell at reasonable prices. She is constantly In receipt of New and Ele gant Patterns for Dress and Cloak Making, to which she pays particular attention. Fluting, Stamping, Sti tcliing, Braid ing, done to order. IMEIER. & lISOiH .. .LOCK STICII., , . - i .'' ''. :!.' SEWING MACHINE ! . . Awarded the v . , t . 1 1 FIRST PKE3IIF3I at nil the principle J'airs in the World. Er- prv Machine warranted for three years. In structions free. OFFICEAT THE BAZAR. s-tf " : CLOCKS, "WATCHES, AND j E"WErBY: No. 59 Main Street, Brownville. . v JOSEPH 61IUTZ, . . lias Just openfl and will constantly 4jv ka-p on hand a larsre and well aborted fciuistoek of genuine articles in his line. Repairing of Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry uone on short notice. ALL WORK WARRANTED CLOTHTNO. 7 rt Xcand Fasalonablc stock ol CLOTHING, (NO SHODDY), Is now offered to the Public at J. S. HETZEL'S CLOTHING STORE, . V" ;i:o.r 70 3XaiB? Street, I Z who 1 a , , . to the interest of the pnblie ; and having pur. -tmt. chased my CLOTHING, (made undermy own supervision) exclusively for cash, I can sell as low, if not lower, than any iian in the Town or County. I beg to roll your attention to my LARGE AND WELL slected stock of HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Gent's Furnishing Goods, as can be FOUND TV IN THE WEST. Here Is a chance for the best bargains, as I have no dead stock on hand, all being en tlrely new. The public are invited to call and ex amine for themselves, . IDT BIcPhersonsg Block, 3R0T7TTVIXLE, ti'. where everything ia the Clothing line can be touna. J. S. HETZEL. a-tf Till' FLIGHT OP TIIi:. The hour cf twelve rings forth the knell Of anothr dyinar day, And in etm tone the ghDomy liell Chant rtuneral lav. Tis so wi'.i life, it fleeteth by, Uncoiiscously to man ; Each quic:en'd breath Is but a sigh. Closing he earthly span. . : And wit! J lie day a week has died, And pc' forever more, Adown ti- -Vrce, relentless tide, To dark livion's shore. .Thus 'tis ; ...h human hopes and plans, They, it; soon pass away, . And leavtthe wul in Rloomy bands, That ho., a giant sway. With da: 1 week a month has passed Beyon . ? rn pid st ream, A wrec-k i . ark oblivion cast. Where : ons never beam. Thus 'tis ; it jnvs we fondly love, ' They vnh like a breath; Opr ont'.!y is found above Below a I ends in Death. ' Dnys, w-.ks, and months, ami fleeting years Sink K: one common torn I), And nc a riirh or parting tear Can Ireak the midnight gloom. ' ; E'enso.;:h all of huir.an kind, From 1x.lv to buoyant youth, 'And hary head, they all must find ' - A cocmon sleep in death. i Then a' with time we pass adown The Etrhway to the tomb, ' May viVue wear a shining crown. To ro it cf its gloom. And wlen tiie prave of time I made, And tod the Son shall come. May wt, in robes of white arrayed, Be wehorue to our home. - . ' Capitol Correspondence. . Edibr Advertiser : I have noticed that fhe different newspaper cor respondents of the State of Nebraska, have yritteh a number of articles con cerning' the members of the Legisla ture, but they have, from some cause, negle-'ted to write any thing about the officers of the State. This is wrong, and I send this letter to you, hoping thebby to remedy the neglect. " First of all, and highest in rank, is David Butler, Governor of the State. : I know that I am deficient in that bump on my cranium, which Phre nologists call the Organ of Veneration.' I know that I care no more for a Gov ernor, simply because he is a Govern or, than 1 do for a laborer. Still I know that there is a certain amount of respect wlich we all should have for a person high in authority, and I do have a vast amount of respect for the gentleman, whom our Democratic editors facetiously call "David the Butler." . David is a man of dignity. Any B?rson can see that with half an eye. avid is the Governor of Nebraska, and he knows it. What is still better, he lets other people know it. No un due familiarity with me, if yon please ; is written on every feature of his intel ligent countenance. Ah! I love to see a dignified man. One "whom it clothes, as with a gar ment. "When. I come into the "pres ence of such an one, I stand afar off, and gaze hi wonder and admiration. With an humble heart, I ask myself. Whv am I not made, as this man is made? I admire dignity. You bet, I do. f-Arnl why piiould not David be dig nified. Tlie fir4 David that we read of, started ii life as a speaker. He after- waids became a great poet, a great warrior, and ultimatelj', a great king. Our David started in life as a cattle- herd. Is the Governor of the great central State of Nebraska. Is the founder of a city. Lincoln, in the wilderness. What he ultimately will become, is known only to that Being who know eth all thiuKS. Long live David! May he live a thousand years, and may his shadow never grow less. Jsext comes, Thomas P. Kennard, Secretary of State, familiarly called "Our Tom," and he is our Tom. Has the same pleasant face, and hearty grasp of the hand for the poor man, that he has for the millionaire, is as affable now as he was before the election. -Has verv little dignity. Iu fact, I think the Governor has so much dig nity, that there is none of the article left for his subordinate ; which I sup pose, 13 all right and proper. James Sweet, btate Treasurer, nas been nbsent from Lincoln nearly half of the session. Is here now. Seldom comes to the capitol. Attends closely to his business. Is a quiet, reserved gentleman, having very little to say to anv one. Last, but certainl v not least, is John Gillespie,-State Auditor. I certainly do not want to unduly praise any 5erson. Mr. Gillespie never has, and do not expect that he ever will, either directly or indirectly, put one dollar in my pocket, and yet, he cer tainly is the man of the State, officers. A genial, social gentleman ; a naru working man. The same now that he was when of the army, serving in me ranKs fighting the enemies of the Republic. Always ready when on duty, witii a joke for his friends, and when on duty, will with readiness, give any informa tion that is asked of him. Was the working member of Capitol Building Commissioners. People here say that he devoted more time to the work than either of the other Commissioners, and that more than once the work would have been stopped had it not been for his personal exertions. And this brings me to another matter. The accounts of the Lincoln Com- rnissioneas in locating the Capitol, are as follows : DAVID BUT LEU. S1,1W 00 1,171 (W-S271 50 Per diem . Expenses THOMAS. T, KESSABD. n.')0 oo rcr diem K-vpene,s fcta 00-S1.S33 oO JOIIX GILLESriE. Per diem $717 Fi Expenses U e 1,IM to The bill of the Governor is nearly double that of the Auditor. This is because the Governor had to travel in a more dignified manner, and his ser vices were worth more than the Au ditor's. That most irreverent of all "cusses, J. Sterling Morton, has stated Lbat David, when startinsr on a journey, always took alomra lartre number of hottli's. filled with a certain kind of fluid, and that when he and his friends would empty a bottle,'it was thrown from the carriage, as leing of no far ther use. and that the road to Lincoln could be followed bv looking for the bottles thrown out by the Governor and his friends. It is a well known fact of history. that when Columbus wa3 returning toTviirone, after having discovered the New World, his ship came very near beine destroyed bv a storm, and Co lumbus, fearing that the knowledge of his discovery would be lost, wroto an account of it, enclosed that account in a cake of wax. and enclosed tnatm a water cask, which cask he threw over board, hoping that if the vessel and crew were lost, a kind Providence would cast the cask on the shore of some civilized country, so that his discoveries would be known. Other navigators in similar situations have sealed their accounts in bottles and threw them overboard with the same view. In the forest covered regie n of our own and other countries, travelers cut notches, or strip pieces of bark olf tree3, in order that others may be able to follow them, and that they them selves may be able to return. There are no trees on tha upland prairies of Nebraska, consequently the Governor could not mark the road by cutting notches in trees, and so, with that remarkable genius, for which he is celebrated, he conceived the happy idea of taking along a num ber of empty littles, and made land marks of them, that others might fol low to the city in the wilderness, and that they all might safely return. This accounts in part for the extra expenses of the Governor. In this letter I have endeavored to do Justice to the State Ofiici'-s of the State of Nebraska. If I have failed, the fault is not mine. W. A. P. A Diving-Dell Adventure. While in the harbor of Valparaiso, aboard the sloop-of-war Virago, one of our midshipmen touched me on the shoulder, and informed me that Lieu tenant Bardolph wanted to sec mc. "I have heard that you are some thing of a naturalist, Starbuck," said the officer, smiling. - "No, sir," I replied; "no naturalist, although I take interest in " . "Oh, wellt never mind," quoth the lieutenant. "You have seen our diving-bell?". I answered "es," when the lieu tenant informed me that he wanted me to go down under the sea, with our old boatswain, Itandolph, formerly a pearl-diver, to lok for a curious fish, which, on the day previous, had been pierced and killed with a pike, . In form the fish resembled a serpent, was about thirty inches in length, and had upon both sides of its neck a pair of singular appendages, sonic thing like wings. Its most striking peculiarity, however, was one eye, of a greenish color, situated on the top of its head. On being struck by the pike, the crea ture had rolled over, apparently dy ing, and then dove out of sight. "I think," continued the lieutenant, "that such a curiosity is worth obtain ing, and I have picked you out to go with Itandolph, believing that you are interested in natural history. Besides, I will pay you a guinea if you will go." My mouth watered ; bottels of aguar diente, and the black eyes of pretty Chilean, damsels, danced before my mind. I bowed acquiescence, and went away to make preparations. The diving-bell soon was on deck, ready to be hoisted and swung over the side. The instrument was a little damaged, but neither Randolph nor I anticipated danger. , We were presently In our places, singing out "All right!" when the belt begun to descend. Down, down, down lower and low er. We glanced round us on all sides, but yet saw nothing of the strange fish. Curious-looking specimens of the finny tribe, however, greeted us in many directions. We could see the sword-lish dart past, with its long, protruding, bone weapon ; the globe fish, the sun-fish, the moon-fish, the balloon-fish, and the spiteful-looking suarK, swept liirougu tlie green wa ters, almost brushing our bell with tails and fins. How singular'" I ejaculated. "Like a vision of the delirium tremens, as I have heard that disease described." Don't talk of the 'delirium tremen dous' here!" growled Itandolph with a dissatisfied air. "Grog is too scarce, do you see, for that. T auts is tauts everywhere, but damme, if they don't somehow seem to have dwindled mighty small aboard the Virago." JSow we hung suspended in mid-sea. The air was becoming somewhat im pure, so we opened the stop-cock, and let it out, feeling, a moment after, a fresh supply, sent down to us through the india-rubber "pipe" or hose se cured into the top of the bell. Ran dolph was about touching the signal cord, to intimate our desire to be low ered still further, when we felt a sud den jerk, felt the bell going down faster than we had anticipated, and, to our horror, realized that the rope by which the instrument was suspended had parted from the hook to which it was attached. Away went the "pipe" at the same moment, and we only saved tmrsclves from instant destruction by stopping up tne aparture tnusieit in tne top with a thick handkerchief, other wise, the water beneath, no longer meeting the resistance of the air, that element escapiug, must have filled the bell in a briet space. We heard the water roaring and gurgling round us as we descended; our descent, however, became each in stant slower, until finally the resist ance of the confined air in the bell kept us suspended about two feet above the bottom of the sea. The air in our floating prison had by this time become almost unbeara ble, not only froni its reing so densely compressed, but also from long con finement. Terror-stricken, we glanced at eath other. The eyes of Randolph, protrud ing from his head, looked bloodshot, rnd tinged with a strange green color, while his dark skin seemed to shrink like shriveled parchment. The most startling change in his appearance was the sudden apparently supperan nuated look of his visage. A man of fifty, he seemed at least thirty years older. Presently his teeth began to rattle in his head, his form was bent almost double, he threw his arm3 round him in agony, as if clutching at something. How horribly useless this panto mine seemed to me! He wanted fresh air to clutch at air! What a mock ery ! "Starbuck," he presently gasped, "I I wouldn't know you. You look to be fifty! You and I are a-dyin'. God have mercy on us! What shall we do?" What could we do? I could only stare at him, stupid with despair. The air in the bell became more and more stifling. The boatswain rlew to my side, and squeezed me in his mad agony, until n:y bones felt i3 if they would crack. "Air! air! air!" he shrieked in my ear. I endeavored to speak, but only a hoarse rattle in my throat obeyed my will. My brain beran to whirl. I gasped hard for breath. A terrible op pression was on my lungs. - The boat swain had now released me. I stag gered against the side of our prison my senses gradually seemed deserting me. Through one of tlie glass-cases irt thp tnsrriirvipnf. I fn-iil ,!t n nownniT. " . .s , ed out to me a luge sharK, -which, vvitn red. gloating eyes, peered down NO. 10. upn us, as if anticipating cur fate, and considering how it should get to 113. " Gradually, however, the eyes of the monster seemed to my confused sight, to ray whirling brain, to mingle with the water, to vanish in a dark, red mist cloud, that floated up all round the bell. My head now felt as it would burst; it sank upon my shoulder. Terribly oppressed, I fell upon my knees, and would have fallen into the sea but for the boatswain, who now held me, "Star-Star-buck, d3ing!" were the words faintly reverberating upon my brain. Then all began to look dark around me, and I knew that I was losing consciousness. My name was again shrieked into my ear. With a superhuman effort I half raised my scly and looked round me, feeling like one grouping in the dark. Bewilder ed, full of tlie niOft agonizing pain, I became aware that something was swaying up and down before my sight ; up and down in, that red mist-cloud, mingling with the water, I made an other effort a great tlfort to compre hend what it was, this swaying thing, and I at last did so; understood that it was a hook attached to the end of a rope, lowered to us from the deck of the Virago, so far above ! "Starbuck!" gasped the boatswain, "I'll dash open the lens this was of glass in the top of the bell ; then you stand by to hook iron the inside!" I just managed to hear the words, and they strengthened me with a wild hope, although I was still so bewil dered that I could scarcely see the swaying hook. The boatswain's arm was before my eyes. With one pow erful blow of his huge fist, dealt with the remains of his great strength, he shivered the lens, " There was a roaringsound like thun der; it was the upward rushing of the water into tlie bell as the air escaped. . There was no time to lose. I thrust my arm through tho aperture and drew in the hook, quickly attaching it to the top of the inside of the instru ment. Tfce next moment the water came bubbing over the heads of tho boat swain and myself, and that was the last I remembered of what" transpired in the bell. When I recovered my senses I found myself in tlie steerage, with the ship's doctor bending over me. "A narrow escape," were his first words. : "Where Randolph?" I exclaimed. "Here," answered a feeble voice, and rising, I beheld the boatswain in a bunk under me. "He had a narrower escape, than you had," said the doctor. "The thumb of his right hand was bit off by a shark, which made a spring for it just as we pulled you two into th cut ter, after the diving-bell was hauled to the surface." The shark, I doubt .not, was the same one I had seen on the outside of the bell while under wa:er. "You may both feel very thankful for your safety," continued the doctor; "and, by-the-way, here is your guinea," putting a gold piece into my hand, and giving another to the boat swain, "which the lieutenant charged me to give you on your recovery." Both Randall and I thought the guinea a hard-earned one, although we had not succeeded in finding the wonderful fish. IIo it Thermometers are made. ".What is this?" said Lawreuc-e pick ing up a peace of glass from the floor "It looks like a broken thermometer tube." "It was blown for one," said the gaffer. ."Blown? so small!" exclaimed Law rence. "I can't find any hole in it" "It has a hole or bore, as we call it of the usual size; but it is fiat. That is to make a very little mercury look to be a good deal. Do you see a narrow white stiip running the length of the tube?" Lawrence saw it, and said he had often obsesved the stripe in the backs of thermometers, buthad never learned what it wa3 for. "It is the background to see the mercury against. Would vou like to see such a tube made? Come here. Watch this man." . With delight and curiosity Lawrence watched. The man was gathering a lump of metal from oneof the pots. He blew it gently, and shaped it on a mar ver, flatening it until it resembled in form and size that part of a sword hilt that is grufped bv the hand. "In flatening it," said the gaffer "he flatened the bubble of air he had blown into it." Lawrence looked and could see the bubble, about as broad as his finger through the glass. "That ia to be the bore of the thermometer tho' of itself it is now larger than two or three thermometer tubes. Now they are going to put on the stripe." A boy brought a lump of melted opaque white glass on a polity. It was touched to the now hardened sword hilt, and drawn from end to end along the flat side, leaving a stripe about as broad a a lady's fiuger. The sword-hilt, with the stripe carefuly pressed down and hardined upon it, was now plunged into a not of melted glass, and thickly coated ; the soft ex terior was rounded on amarver, until the entire body of glass, enclosing the stripoand the flattened bore was in size and shape a little longer and con siderably larger than a banana. This was now slowly heated to, a melting state. Then came forward a boy with ajKDnty bearing on its end a piece of glass resembling an inverted conical ink-stand. This he set on the ground, the bottom of the inkstand uppermost. 'lhe blower, witn tne melting lump, now advanced, and held it over the ponty, until the soft mass droped down and touched the bottom of the inkstand to which it adhered. The man and the boy held the lump between them a moment ; then at a word of command, the boy shouldered his ponty, Iik8 a very large staff with a very small bundle on the end of it and set out to travel. Ashe ran in one direction, into a work room, the man backed off in the other, the glowing lump strech ing between them like some miraculous kind of spruce gum. In a minute they were seventy or eighty feet apart with a gleaming cord of glass smaller than a pipe stem sagging between them. This was presently lowered, laid out its full length upon the ground and broken from what was left of the lump at the ends. Even the Doctor, who had hitherto 6aid little, nowexpressed his astonish ment and admiration, exclaiming,"It is marvelous! it is truly marvelous?" "Of course," said the gaffer, "the bore streches with the tube and keeps its flatened shape. So does the stripe." "But what keeps the tube of uni form size? Why don't it break?" said Lawrence. "The reason is this. As the glass run? out thin, it cools, and stops stretch ing while it continues to draw out the i-hus from the thicker parts at the cuds. If we wi-h t r.::' a t ' . sfrvch itquivl;. .v I;!..- ;: : time to C'W'l. ' T i. . :' .' a L ; t . vre stretch !..wir. II U a j ' . -barometer tubi:: .-1 r ".-.'.. ! in srrms way ; so li this bt H: ::v thic medicine vials." 'i;... were a small it u-k cf L I! c conts, clout I've f t tin I .:!!:, . ing in a eornt r rf the work rm 1 which- tlevklt-rs h-i fi,i:o-.Vld boy." "Thcvrh cf ccur-v n ' !: ! gall or, "to make them we d- n-t i ten the bore but c :J y I fj-.v it L.r- "Then how arj vu'.i n... '. o: thoatucU?" "Thev aro cut Int-j pieces of r. : t:.3 ! i .-: right length, then the b tt. ms ar melted and c! r-ed in Ly mca:.s ' a common Uowing-pii-', tueh as ch;r.; ists use. Lawrence was about to a-k a similar question with regard to the thermom eters, when a man cam? along and, stooping, commenced cutting thelrrj tube into unform lengths cf about tivo feet, and packing them tcgeth-.r lata a narrow long box. "These" said the gafr, ,!he scxvU to his shop in Boston, for he is a thtf mometer maker ; there they are c.:t into tubes o? the right length; anrnJ of each one is melted and flown into a bulb. the tube iL-df serving ns a very small blowing-pi: r. To avoid getting moisture into tho bulb, initead cf breath from the mouth, air from a small india-rubber bag is used. A the bag is squeezed at one end, the t-ull swells at the other." "Then how is the mercury, put hi so small a bore?" said Lawrence, try ing to nnd it with a pm i-oint "The glass is heated ar.d that exr r.n-'i the air in it, and expels the greater part of it. As the air that i- I 'tccU and contracts, it is made to .-uck ir the mercury. To expel the rest of thj air, the- mercury is boiled in the tube. When there is mercury enough in the tube to fill, at as high a degree cf tem perature as it is exacted ever to go, the end softened bent over and clo-dl up. As the mercury cools and con-? tracts, it leaves a vacuum at the ether end of the tube. Our Yot.Mj i"u'.e for February. Land Speculation anil Actual Settlements. The following very sensible corn meats upon the policy of land job bers dividing up there "wil l estates," and putting at least half of them Into tho possession of actual st tilers, we copy from the Chicago Po-i: "The correct policy of this Govern ment with respect to tlie public lands, was never inaugurated until the Re publican party succeeded. Up to that time the "land sharks" controlled, and they inflicted many and great hardships upon the actual settlers of our frontiers. Whether a pioneer tu this day hates an Indian or a land speculator the more, it would be dif.l cult to tell; and there are ytt thou sands of acres of unproductive land . held by laud sharks who are greatly impeding the growth and develop-? . ment of large sectians of the country, "There is a plain and simple meat, however, of doing away with tho evibj of excessive speculation in land, to the benefit both cf the speculators and of the actual settlers. And we propose, briefly to point out that mode. "The value of the lands of non-rcsl-dent owners is increased only by the labors of the re-ident owners. Thus, Mr. Miles White, a rich banker cf Baltimore, buys a section of find la Iowa, Wisconsin or Minnesota, for speculation. Settlers buy all around him. Their labors in Improving their lands increase their value. The first thing they know4 their lauds, instead) of being a'dollar and a quarter an acre, will fetch ten dollars an icre. Their labor has added ten-fold value to their property. Not only that, but Mr. White's section is worth about as much im theirs. The work of the har- . dy settlers has enriched tlie banker, sitting quietlv in his Baltimore cfllce, rubbing his hands and talking Qua- ker fashion. , "But suppose Miles White and oth ers bad bought large bodies of land in the States named. They- would net increa.se a penny in value unless there were settlements around about, or they were themselves "improved." The land is les valuable than the sea except as labor makes it valuable. Now there are, as a matter of fact, large bodies of hind owned by specula tors in the manner we have jut sup posed. Holding on for high price the speculators p rc v c n t the settlement and growth of the country, and, what is more, they stand hi their own light in the way of making money. "If the heavy non-resident owners of lands in the Northwest would to day sell half their lands at mere nomi nal figures to actual settlers, the labor of these actual settlers would in ftvg years make the other half of the land worth from four to ten times as much as the whole would be worth lying" idle and uncultivated. If a man own ed a whole county of land in North western Iowa, for instance, it would be worth little more, ten years hence, than now, if allowed to remain in nndt ruo. If he should actually give half of it away to actual settlers, the re mainder would be worth immense sums of moncv in a very short time. "We beg leave to commend the practical application of the simple but all-important rule of practical econo my here illustrated to the holders of "wild land," throughout the North west, whether they be railway corpo rations or men with immortal soul. There is no particle of doubt that if they would adopt as applying to at least half their lands (ami we do not know but three-fourths would be mora profitable) the bencficientpoliey of tha Homestead law, thev would make quick fortunes for themselves, ami what is of Infinitely more imjiortanee to the general public, confer a great blessing upon the Northwest, the ef fects of which would be good and great in the highest degree. By the adopt ion of this beneficent rioliey, the whola Northwestin all parts of it would soon . bud and blossom like the ro,-u ; its pop ulation, and trade and wealth would be incalculably augmented. By its adoption the minimum price of "land anywhere to the westward of Chicago for six hundred miles or more, would be at least ten dollars an acre within a period of a very few years. Here then is an opportunity for sreculators to make money not only, and ia gen erous quantities, but to do a great, gen eral and lasting good besides. Rail way corporations and other heavy land holders will please take notice and act accordingly. Oiher.vise, they may continue to pay haevy taxes fjr many years on their lands, and after all, not get half so much for them a they might very soon get by carry In 5 into operation the policy here advo cated. It is reported that a feeret organ f za tion called tho "Grand Army of Pal estine, is now in course of formation ia New York citv. The object cf. the association is to unite with any po wer that may make war upon Turkey, and t5 aid in driving the? followers cf Mahomme-1 back "into Central Asia, An English paper .says tho Sutu:c9 twins, not diseourrged by the c.unioa of the Edinburgh medical f.cu'Ity as to the peril of undergoing a sgrgicai operation, are now on their wuy to Paris to submt their c-M-a to the pro feMsers in the French cr.pi Lai. They aro accompanied by two cf their datrgut-rs 1 A party of surveyors have j"ii left St. Joseph with the view t S.K-aiin -the proposed railroad from that city t- Denver, Colorado. A lino of steamboats will be '. trade between St. Joe and S o-.:; , j on the opening of tavijat." ui.
