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ATTORNEYS.
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ITTORSEY, COUXSBLOR ASD SOLI
A CITOR.
Browiivllle, Nebraska.
Practices In the Courts of Southern Nebraska.
O. B.
irrWKTT. "- W. XKWMaK.
HEWETT A XETifAN.
ATTORNEYS Jfc COl!NSrM)ttS ATLAW,
Office, No. 70, Mcl'herym Block, up stairs,
oilivEY -FRENCH. W. T. UOGKU.S.
'"NrV FRENCH & ROGERS,
ATTORNEYS V COUNSKI.OIIS AT LAW.
OHice in Court HouM5,BuildirK. .
Will give diiiscnt attention to any legal business
entrusted to their care. 'rj
JOU A. DILLON.
jtTTORXKY &, COUKSELUR AT LAW
antl General Land Agent,
Tecumsch, Johnson County. Nebraska.
THOMAS & BROADY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITOUS
Ai IX CHANCERY,
OFFICE District Court Room.
AVAL irfMcLENNAN.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Nebraska City, Nebraska.
R. V. PERKINS,
ATTORXEA' AXD COUNSELOR-AT LAW,
Tecumseii, JoiiHn County, Neb.
NYE fc HUMPHREY,
ATTORNEYS fc COrXSELORS AT LAW,
Pawnee City, Paw iieo Co., Neb.
N. K. GRIGGS.
ATTORNEY AT LA WAND LAND AGENT,
Jteatnee. Gage County. Nebraska.
PHYSICIANS.
C. F. STEAYART, M. D..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGE OX,
Ollice in D. H. Lewis fc Co.'s Drug Store.
Ofilo hours from 7 to 9 n. m iind 1 to 2 and 61, to
?S p. m.
AVM. M. DAILY,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
St. Deroln, Nebraska.
Graduate of Cincinnati Eclectic College. 31-y
AY. II. KIMRERLIN, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON TO NEB.
EYE AND EAR INFIIOIARY.
Orv icK-5 Maln-st. OrricK IIociw 7.t. to C p.m.
It. C. TIIUIIMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Oflice No. 85 Main Street,
OCice hours from 7 to 11 a. m. and 1 to 4 p. m.
H. T. MATHEWS.
PHYSICIAN A.ND SURGEON.
Ollice in CityJJrugStore.Main-st.
LAKD AGENTS
"" "" r. VThugiies,
real estate agent &. notary
PUBLIC.
OCice over Hannaford & McFall's Furniture store.
WM. H. HOOVER.
REAL ESTATE fc TAX PAYING AGENT.
Ollice in District Court Rixim.
Will give proinpt attention to the sale of Real Es
tate and Parment of Taxes throughout theNVmaha
Xand District.
JONAS HACKER,
LAND AND TAX PAYING AGENT.
Oflicewith Probate Judge.
Will attend to the Payment of Taxes fbrNon
Uoident Land Owners in Nemaha County. Corres
pondence solicltedU
B. F. LUSHUAUOH.
RRAL ESTATE AGENT
For the purchase and sale of "Real Estate In Iowa
and Nebraska, Iliying Taxes, etc. Ollice. east side
crTweirth street, uear Farnliam (up stairs), Oma
ha, Nchraska. ?!
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
JULIUS GILBERT,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Post Oflice address,
Clifton, Nemaha County, Nebraska.
NOTARIES.
J AS. C. McNAUGHTON,
NOTARY' PUBLIC &. CONVEYANCER,
Ollice In J. L. Carson's Bank.
E. li. EBRIGHT. ?""
NOTARY PUBLIC &, COWEYAJIiail,
No. 72 Ma.! n-st., seconaTiOor.-" "" ' -?
Agent for the qultable nd Atn?rican Tetrtm
Life I nsurance Companies. ,.
DRUG STORES.
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McCREERY & NICKELL.
DEALEltS IN II RUGS, STATIONER! ,&c
No. S! Main-st.
Full assortment Drugs. p.lnU. Books, Stationer,
etc., on hand, and sold at wholesale or retail.
1IOLLADAY & CO..
DEALERS JN DRUGS, MEDICINES., &e.
No. 4 1 Maln-st.
GRAIN DEALERS.
EVAN AYORTHING.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Oflice and Wareroom ." Maln-t.,
Dder in all kinds r Grain and Country Pro
duce. GEO. G. START &. 1IRO.,
DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, Jfcc.
Aspinwall, Nebraska.
The highest market price i-ild for anything the
1-rnier can raise. We will buy and sell everything
Vnoxrn to the market.
MERCHANDISE
F. E. JOHNSON & CO. .."
DEALERS IN GENERAL aiERCHANDIMi
No. 72 Main-st.. McPherson Block.
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Forwarding As CoinniislouMercUnat,
No. G2 Main-t.. Brownville.
Corn Tlanters. Plows', Stoves, Furniture. &
w"sou hand. Highest market price paid lor liioes.
Pelts. Furs, and Count ry -Produce.
HARDWARE.
BHITT.rVTlPnRF.IL HRO'S..
DEALERS IN HARDWARE, STOVES.
"No. 74 M-ln-st. , , ,
Stoves. Hardware. Caneuter's Tools.Ulacksmllh
Furnishings. c. constantly on hand.
JOHNC DEUSER.
DEALER IN STOVES, Tl WARE, &.C.
No.T3MahT
SADDUERY.
t tt haher.
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HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, fctc.
Nc 9 Maln-st.
. Mendlcc done to order. Satisfaction guaranteed.
" BOOTS AND SHOES-
A. ROBINSON,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
No.53 Maln-st.
. Has eoastontly on hand a good assortment ol
bent's. lls. Misses' and Children's Booteand
"shoes. Custom work done with neatness and dis
tch. Repairing done on short notice. -
CONFECTIONERIES.
ISRAEL S. NACE. .-,--
CITY BAKERY AND COXFECTIOXEIt-.
. No. 31 Maiu-st- oppoUe CUy Drug fctore.
"Pies, Cakes, Fresh Bread, Confectionery, Light
an- Fancv Groeries, constantly on hand.
J. l DEUSER, ,
DEALER INCONFECTJIONERIES,
No. Malh-sL
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SOUNTY CLAIM AGENTS.
edT TX SMITH.
U. S. WAR CLAIM AGENT,
Washington City, B. C.
Will attend to the prosecution orclalms before the
Ptnaxtment in person, for Additional Bounty, Back
r"Cft Pensions, laauiauiiu -umui, wau-,.
the Government du ring the late war.
StALOONS.
" JGSBPH HUDDARD & CO..
PEACE XX J O.UIET SALOO.
Jfo. 47 Maln-st.
The best Wlai awl JJwtrs kept on band.
RICHARD HARPSTER,
ALHAMBRA BIJULLtRD SALOON,
No. W Main street.
Tht best Wine and Liquors constaatlr on liana.
CAJffOITERSAOTJpnraRS.v
. GEO. AV. NEELYjfc CO., .,.,
BUILDERS, BRIDGE CONTR.ACTTORS
Brownville. Nebraska.
Win take contracts for building Bridges. BalsUur
or Moving Buildings, and aU kinds of Shop and
Jobbing AVork. Contractworksoliclted. Noticeor
StWge Leuings Solicited. Work guaranteed to
Sivesa&cUon,an44oneoa6l-)rt notice andrea
QPable terms, khop under No. SG Mains!. gr
MUSIC.
xrns?-!: GRAHAM.
- TEACHER OF MUSIC.
" Booms, Maln-st bet. itii and 5th,
Mrs.Graham gives Instructions In ocal and In
lfomenUl"Muwc,nd Is AgeutJbr.tue best Organs
d Pianos nthe countryfrom the firms orBoot fc
ply. Chicago. 111., Bradbury. Steck, Chickering.
Runway, Hains Bro,, Oalenburp and Vaupel. All
rranted for flvs years, arid will be sold at manu
Sgrer's prices.
BIJLCKSMrTHS
J. H. BEASON,
GENERAL BLACKSMITH,
-"- Maln-st lrvwBvaia.Nebi
is prepared to do aU kinds ofwerk in Iron, on
" i"t notice, and at prices In keeping with the
fines, a- &' a-y
. J, WjAf J. C; GIBSON.
?L ACKSJCtTH . HORSE 8HOERS.
' 1 - -.' Plrat-fc. bat: Mvln and Atlantic.
i vorlc dono to order anI t WctIon guaranteed.
.ESTABLISHED 1RSR.
Oldest Paper ixt the State
inters!
ushrcss (garbs.
HOTELS.
REYNOLTsHOUSE.
No, on ?":OLPS' PROPRIETOR.
os.!jjvj & 90 Main street, opposite Post Office
Newly furnished throughout; thoroughly remod
eled from cellar to attic. FJret CTasVsarnpIe ItSom
0:1 first floor, rost convenient House to .the b
5SS?,rt U,e Ci&' JM,ver?' accommodations wn.
ei lent. Stages Ibr all points leave this House
daily, making close connections with all tVhi
trains.
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AMERICAN HOUSE.
L. D. ROHISON. PROPRIETOR.
., ,?r0J't-st.. bet. Main and Water,
th H e1 d Livery Stablelnconnection with
JUSTICES.
A. AY. MORGAN,
PROBATE JUDGE, AND JUSTICE OP
f ' the-peTvce. "!'
Oiuce In Court House Rullding.
TAILORING.
CHRIS. HAUBOLDT, ' "
MERCHANT TAIIOR.
No. 62 Maln-st. .
Has on hand a splendid stock of Goods, and will
make them up in the latest styles, on short notice
and reasonable terms."
BRIDGE BUILDING.
a AY. AVHEELEIU
BRIDGE BUILDER & CONTRACTOR.
Brownville. Nebraska.
Sole agent for J- W. Smith's Patent Truss Bridge.
Thpstrongest and best wooden bridge now in use.
STAR HOTEL
Browirriile, Nebrnsltn.
STEVENSON & CROSS, PROPRIETORS.
General R. R. Ticket Oflice.
OMNIBUSSES TO ALL TRAINS.
Daily- Stages for All Points "West.
BEST SAMPLE J!O03TJX THE STATK
JOHN Q. A. hMITir.
E. II. WILCOX.
STORAGE. FORWARDING.
AND
COMMISSION HOUSE
OK
SMITH & WILCOX.
Dealers in all kinds of Grain, for which they
pay the highest market price In Cash.
5Oflice atStore of F.E. Johnson & Co. 18-6m
Waldter & lemmon,
House, Sign and Carriage
PAINTERS
- No. 56 Main St
jmOWXVTLLE.
Mixed Paints
FOR SALE.
GILDJUTG
GRAINING, SMAT.TING,
FROSTING, KALSOMINING, ETC.
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MERCHANT TAILOR,
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M. F. BOYD,
BEICKLAYER & PLASTEBER,
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
AVII1 takecontrncts for Brick or Stone AVork, or
Plastering, in town or county. AVill build Oisterns,
and warrant them. Good work guaranteed. 33-y
IU. J. BLAKE,
DENTIST
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K-asS2BKrC'-e vouiu respectiuiiy
auiinuuuceiiiai uc nua
?- located in Brownville
? and is now nreoared
toperform.In thebest
manner, a.. oper
ations pertaining to
the science of Den
tistry. Office Over City Drug Store, trout room. -16t
John L. Carson, Banker,
11ROWNYILLH, NEBRASKA.
Exchange bought and sold on all the principal
cities. Also dealer In t '
Gold and Silver Coin. Gold Dust, and Govern
ment Bonds.
Deposits received, payable at sight. Interest paid
on time deposits by special agreement. Taxes paid
for non-residents. All kinds U. S. Bonds wanted.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHUTZ,
No. 59 Main Street, .Brownville.
f? Keeps constantly on hand a large and well
y?S assorted stock of genuine articles In his line.
Mr A Repairing of Clocks, AVatches and Jewelry
wdone on short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL VTORK VTARRA2FTED.
CHAS. HELMER,
BOOT k SHOE
MAKER.
N. 49 Main Street,
BROWNVILLE. NEB.
Has constantly on hand a su
perior stock of Boots and
Slroes. Custom work done
with neatness and dispatch.
H. BRYANT,
Housej Sign and Carriage
PAINTER,
Gtuiincr Paper Hanger
No. 60 MAIN STREET.
Brownville, Nebraska-
MEDFORD & UOWARD-
ARCHITECTS & BUILDERS
Are prepared to furnish designs and specifications
tbr all kinds of "
BTJILBINGS,
PUBlilC AND PRIVATE,
of the latest and most approved styles.
ALSO TAKE CONTRACTS!
AU l-indt of Job Jl'or done, to enter
43-Sbop,or&er Main and Second streets,
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JOHHSr BAUSFIEUD,
Bricklayer and Plasterer,
Brownville, (Nebraska.
Is prepared to take contracts In his line. In cJJy or
country. All work done In the best or style. Also,
Trill build Cisterns', "and warrant Uiem perfect. -y
FRANZ TrFXIVrRH,
ft AGON &gLACKSMITH$HOP
ONE DOOB -EST OF COUBT HOUSE.
TX7AGON JrAl-rNG, Repairing i
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1870.
RepabllcRxs. CoHBty CoveUeB.
.ti"5,1.11?.15"11 County Republican Conven
5iSSfc!;elS.n tnl Court H.-e'n Brownville, Sep
tember 2h next, at one o'clock p. m.. for the pur
pose or nominating one Senator and four Reprsen
tatlves. The Precinct Caucuses to elect delegates
to the said Convention will be held at the usual
places of voting on the 17th' dav or September, at
Jour o clock p.m., and will send up to the County
Convention delegates as folIowH:
Peru
Glen Rock.
Lafayette
Brownville.
Douglas
AVashIngton.
Nemaha City..
Aspinwall
St. Deroin
Bedford
Benton ,
JABA'IS S. CHURCH, Cli'n.
FEOM AN OLD CONTBEBUTOR.
RAMBLER'S PENCELINGS.
V -UNIBR iAiaj ERIE.
Ob a stroll throUglTthe western por
tion of Cleveland my mind was di
rected toward the tunnel which is
now being constructed under Lake
Erie, for the purpose of supplying the
city with a purer article of water than
is now obtained from the muddy por
tion of the lake contiguous to the
shore.
After conversing awhile with the
superintendent of the contract, I en
quired if it was permissable for a
stranger to visit the tunnel, to which
he replied that it usually was not ; but
that if I desired to go down he would
accompany me in person and show
me through. He took a torch lamp
in his hand, ordered up the carriage
on which Ave stepped and descended
seventy-eight feet below the surface
of terra Jinna into the dark regions
below, reminding me of the many les
sons I had heard in my younger days
respecting the dismal and dangerous
abode of the unrighteous
TUNNEL.
As Ave landed from the carriage I
cast my eyes toward the end of the
work Avhere the laborers are engaged,
and as if miles in the distance beheld
only a glimmering lightas of a single
candle, although the lights were from
the torches of all the workmen.
The shaf. is constructed with brick
and cast iron "Avails, whilst the tunnel
is surrounded Avith a circular wall
eight inches thick and five feet in di
ameter. The digger gets twenty-fi-e cents
and the bricklayer fifty cents per
hour, and work day and night
calling eight hours a days work. No
accidents have yet happened to the
injury ofany 'fihifaKHough dari-1
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grajBaY-aocionaiiytiuretena
now reached completion fourteen
hundred feet, and when finished is to
be one and a quarter miles in length,
reaching out to the clear blue waters.
Once since the work commenced the
water and sand broke in upon them
as from a spring in a sand pocket be
neath the tunnel, but which was
stopped without much damage except
deay aud a little extra labor.
THE CRIB.
This is a, ponderous wooden struc
ture, forty-seven feet in height and
ejghty feet in diameter. It was built
on land, safely launched into the river
likea boat, and is to be towed out to its
intended position, which creates suffi
cient interest Jo induce excursionists
to employ steamers to accompany the
floating monster.
When located it will be lilled with
water xmd stone, and thereby.settled
to the bottom. In its central opening
tubular iron castings will be sunk,
creating a shaft or well about eighty
feet in depth, where they will com
mence tunnelling to meet the compa
ny -working from the shore. The
clay will be thrown around the crib,
thereby creating an artificial island
upon which a dwelling and light
house will be erected
OVER THE LAKE.
The city is now furnished with wa
ter from the lake by steam power,
which it throws up through a tower
one hundred and seventy feet in
height, over ten thousand barrels of
water per day. The water goes up
through one pipe, falls into another at
the top of the tower, which forces it
into the reservoir about a half mile
distant.
After acquiring much practical in
formation on the subject of water
supply, I commenced the ascent of
the stairs which winds closely around
the forcing pipe to the top of the tow
er. Here is obtained a magnificent
view of the lake, the waters of which
were about two hundred feet below
where I was comfortably standing,
from which position a beautiful view
was had of the entire city and its sur
roundings of mauufactories, farms,
and places artistically arranged for the
amusements requisite for the citizen
and stranger.
THE RESERVOIR
Occupies &bout an acre of ground,
and is an artificial mound fifty feet
high around the basin, into the cen
tre of which a column of water is
constantly thrown about three feet in
diameter. The water is uncovered
and exposed to the sun, butprotected
byafence'enclosingtheentire ground,
which to a great extent prevents in
truders, .from getting in at any other
time than during the day. It is also
located in the midst of a densely set
tled portion of the city, sodded with
blue grass and set with evergreens.
WAW-KO.
Many or the waves of trouble, like.
tTiose'of the 'ocean! will', if we await
tfcem' calmly; reak at our feet and
disnppear.
BROWNVILLE, KEBEASKA, 1 HlfcRSDAY. AUGUST 18, 1870.
PROCEEDINGS OF REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION.
Convention called to order by H.
D. Hathaway, Chairman of the State
Central Committee. G. W. Ambrose,
of Douglas, was elected temporary
chairman, and C. H. Gere, secretary.
The following committee on creden
tials were appointed :
D.J. McCann, Otoe.
I. H. Sahler, Douglas.
W. Horn, Schuyler.
T. M. Marquettee, Cass.
T. J. Majors, Nemaha.
Convention then took recess for
thirty minutes.
Convention called to order and the
following reportof committee adopted.
Johnson county E. T. Thompson.
C. WoodIeyI. Wilson, W.- Warner.
Nemaha county J. L. parson, T.
J. Majors, E. Worthing. Charles'F.
Stewart, G. R. Shook, P. M. Martin,
D. Y. Culbertson, D. O. Sanders, F.
A. Tisdel, Jr.,. J. Stevenson, W A.
Pollock.
Lancaster county C. H. "GereT'B.J
u. Jfound, J. l. Philpot, 1. Tunis.
H. Suddeth.
Otoe county C. W. Seymour, H.
A. Newman, N. B. Larsh, G. Mohren
stecher, W. H. H. Waters, Asa Strain.
Ii. Cook. J. Giles, V. C. Utley; It. Mc-
iee, L). J. McUaun.
Hall county A. Thornpccke, S. B.
Mobley.
Cedar county J. Andrews, H. Leb
be. Burt county F. Welch, Jas. Den
ny, W. Bules, H. C. Gonld.
Sarpy county A. R. Kennedy, J.
B. Crosdy, R. Tyrchuck, P. A. Smith.
Douglas county W. J. Clark, T.
Beaumer, J. H. Sahler, T. Swobe, J.
Werdensall, J. P. Cooper, G. W. Am
brose, G. O. Williams, A. R. Hoel, J.
S. McCormick, E. Loveland, J. N.
McCann, H. G. Dodge, T. J. Torrey,
W. It. Turner, L. Thamas, E. Bissel,
J. T. Griffin, H. Cossly, H. Chap
man. Dixon county N. S. Porter. W. J.
James.
Dakota county G. W. Wilkinson,
B. F. Chambers.
Stanton county E. K. Vallentino.
York county S. Mason.
Platte county J. N. Taylor, H.
Compton, J. B. Wells.
Merrick county J. G. Martin.
Richardson county H. W. Sum
merlad, E. E. Cunningham, R. Nyms,
D. Dorrington, G. S. Dundy. W. W.
Abby, J. May, W. D. Scott.
L'Eau-qui Court county J. C.
Brunner.
Cass county W". S. Latta, T. M.
Marquette, H. D. Hathaway, G. ll.
Seybolt, D. McCaig, B. Austin, A.
Lefft, C. G. Shefler, H. M. Wolcott.
Cumming county E. K. Valentine,
V. Bruner.
Dodge county A. C. Briggs, G. J.
Abbot, Geo. Young, S. W. Day, Wm.
May.
Hamilton county James Rolls. .
Gage county N. K. Greggs, W.
Augan, N. Augan, G. B. Felley.
Madison county C. Mathewson.
Saline county Isaac Goodwin.
Washington county E. Clark, E.'
GaylordrTrGibsou, J.'H. Vahorn, sB
iBiHamilton,"S. J.U.OffmsJ. I '.
Sewara county H., w. Park en?
-Wm. Hardeubunr. W. R. Davis .J?
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ct - , - fuiiiiir ir : - w rr t- w- a
H.HeatrA! Dey.o?' - ,jK3SI.V4i
Butler county A. Roberts.
The committc also recommended
that Lincoln county be entitled to one
more delegate, which was granted.
A committee on permanent organi
zation was appointed : C W. Seymour,
E. S. Dundy, Elam Clark, F. Welch
and E, K. Valentine.
The following were appointed com
mittee on rules and regulations: T.
Clark, J. E. Philpott, H. D. Hatha
way. On motion of C. H. Gere, all coun
ties organized subsequent to the meet
ing of the Central Committe were al
lowed one vote each.
On motion, the following committee
was appointed on resolutions: T. M.
Marquett, H. CrOssley, L. A. Steb
bins, J. B. Park and L. D. Abbott.
On motion, a committee of five was
appointed to examine the records of 1
the Secretary of State to ascertain
what counties were organized since
the meeting of the Central Commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. Abbott.
Williams and Pollock.
Mr. Clark, of committee on rules
and regulations, made the following
report, which was accepted:
1. The rules prescribed in Jeffer
son's Manual shall govern in all par
liamentary questions arising in this
Convention. -
2. Voting for all officers to be nom
inated by this Convention shall be by
ballot each delegate or proxy being
entitled to one vo'e.
3. A majority of all the votes cast
snail be necessary to a choice.
4. Nominations shall be made in
the order nnmet in the ca.ll of (he
State Central Committee, to-wit:
One candidate for. Member of Con
gress ; one candidate for Member of
Congress (contingent); one candidate
for Governor ; one candidate for Sec
retary of State; one candidate for
State Treasurer; one candidate for
Superintendent of Public Instruction ;
one candidate for State Prison In
spector ; one candidate for Attorney
General; and for 'three officers to serve
as District Attorneys in the different
Judicial Districts.
W. T. Clark, Ch'n.
C. W. Seymour, Chairman of the
Committee on Permanent Organiza
tion, made the following report :
President G. WAmbrose, of Doug
las. -Vice-Presidents G. W. Seybolt, of
Cass, A. Deyo, of Saunders.
Secretary Col. Park, of Hall.
AFTERNOON.
Hon. John Taffe was nominated
for Congress on the first ballot.
Mr. John Taffe was then unani
mously declared the nominee of the
convention amid greot applause. ,
The President then announced that
Mr- Taffe was confined to his room by
sickness. .
Mr. W. T. Clark, of Douglas, then
moved that the rules be set aside, and
that the name of Joseph E. Lamaster
du piaceu Deiore me convention ns me
candidate for Member of Congress
contingent, which was seconded and
carried.
The vote was then taken by infor
mal ballot for Governor, with the fol
lowing result: R. W. Furnas, 44;
David Butler, 51; Samuel Maxwell,
32: Chase. SL: Kirkpatrick, 1: Saun
ters, 4.
rue convention men proceeaea ioa
formal ballot for Governor; onthecall
by counties, the vote stood : Maxwell
31 ; Butler, 52; Furnasj 4S; Chase, 4.
On the second ballot'the vote stood:
Maxwell, 14; Butler, 58; Chase, 3;
Furnas, 60.
On the? third ballot the vote, stood :
Furnas, 63; Butler; 60; Maxwell, 12.
A movement was made to adjourn
till six o'clbck. and on the yeas and
nays being called, the motion was laid
upon the table.
C a thffcurjth ballot the vote stood :
Fu East )2, Butler, 58; Maxwell, 14.
1 he V -tor a the fifth ballot stood :
Fu,ns!l8; Jlutler, 58; Maxwell29.
i 'ollojrjns the calfor tffesixth bal
lot Mrij&hli'r, of Douglas, moved the
cojjveni on adjourn. till Zjt. m. The
taction ,-as leconded, wheneriesof
"divide mJ ieHahl it out. if it fnko
till we' ;e o' lock," w5re heard on all
sjdts. j imid much confusion, a mo
tio hrtj made to lay thq previous res-
"iMiya on ine tauie, wuicn wassec
onijpd unanimously adopted.
7 axth ballot was then proceeded
wiihen one of the tellers, Mr. G.
Co inBcalled on the Convpnfinn to
8toji( operations one moment, and
deUber. tely charged Mr. Joel Gritliin
pf ifi fo, tampered with the votes.
b?Ai)giTd his attention called to the
faiit byfveral gentlemen, and hav
in.siu shim on several occasions.
take jibs from the hat and replace
theiV others taken from the floor,
(wllwfc'wasfthickly strewn with votes
oCjNneviouballots)-saying that "if he
didufthjd-boped to be shot," which
was iramediately corroborated by two
person's in the gallery. This caused
gvatj' commotion. Judge Dundy
th n delivered a few telling remarks
oc thu different manner in which the
lull had been at the pleasure of dele
ga ea, antjhose not delegates.
.it'COffibaehded that the President
orjlenthoae'iiot delegates to go to the
rear ef the hall, and that the windows
be eltared
Mr.' Geo'O. W. Williams moved
thaf three new tellers be ordered,
whhh was seconded- and carried by
acchnmtkni.
J3.K.Wilentine of Cuming, Thos.
Clark, df'Diiuglas, and Dewitt J. Mc
Cann, of Otoe. They came and pro
eeeikd to strip up their sleeves caus
muafa laughter.
Ifaa then moved and seconded
thairach delegation select some one
of iti members to come forward and
defoertltcballot in the hat. Motion
c&K&Land anpw ballot ordered.
vE0th ballot was then proceeded
with arid stood:
Bec58; Maxwell 19; Furnas 58.
.Mtkifiin now rose and said that
yete .showed that he had not been
aruiltir of verv creat shprmnipnn. -iiiH
4-wthj'ag all he had to say.
jir.uouins repnea mat notwitn
pmadijig the result of this ballot, and
otwktjstandiug the possibility of a
mSfalje' he was willing to swear be
fore tilr Convention and before high
Heavthat he saw this man substi
stutii'Yptes. irhQ President said this is not for
'.huarniony of the Republican par-
Judge Dundy called the gentlemen
to order, advising them to go over the
rivlrnhl settle it, if .no. other way
was tossible.
Vr'Tue17th ballot was then proceeded
w'th and the vote stood :
foxwell 14: Furnas 65; Butler 56.
At 0, p. m. a motion was made to
take a recess of one hour and a half,
wlifca was seconded, and a division
caik&ibr, and after some further dis-
,tlic motion to adjourn was
!
m., theTcoBventioxi
wae
r A"
esident. requested that'4bJi
te cleared anihthu delegates
Ir'icats": also that tlfose not
ei!
srshould keep the rear.
;h formal ballot was called,
vote stood :
The
awUh"
ButljrOo; Furnas 54; Maxwell 16.
On the 9th foimal ballot, the vote
.Sl&OdV
- .daxVell 17; Furnas 45; Butler 72;
Lamas'rl.
"' By $Js ballot Butler was the choice
for Governor.
Mr. Carson moved that thenomina-
tioHQf'David Butler be unanimous,
which(tvas seconded and carried by
accla'nntion.
It wis (hen ordered that the con
vention prepare their ballots for an
informal ballot for choic of Secretary
of State.
On notion of Judge Dundy the
rulesrfiere suspended and an inform
al ballot omitted. The people of Otoe
countft desiring a Treasurer, and as
the German element desired Dr. Ren-
ner, of that county, for the office of
Secretary of State, Mr. , of Otoe,
declared that Dr. Renuer would not
be thchoice of the majority of the
people. To which Mr. Smith, of Sar
py .cr;mty, that if Otoe county objec
ted It having two offices given her,
she would find numerous counties
'who vould be glad to relieve her of
On Ihe first ballot for Secretary of
Stat? ihe vote stood : Dr. Renner 37;
Geo. fi. Seybolt, 30; Wm. H. James,
21 ; Bpn. H. W. Parker, 18; Hon. A.
B. F Ier, 11; Leander Gerard, 13; Dr.
Baumeif, 2; Wheeler, 4.
Dr. Bounier deolared that he was
not ti pndidate. The President said
that (ewas the first person whom he
had fcen to-day vho was not.
At the declaration af this vote Mr.
Geo. ' I. Williams moved to adjourn
till 8 A. M., to-morrow morning,
whltf , was seconded, and on the vote
being taken the convention adjourn
ed. - i -
At-a'4,5, A. M., the convention was
called to order.
The '"committee on resolutions re
ported the following :
PLATFORM.
Heaovf'd by the J2epublioan JPariy
of the Slate of Nebraska, in general
cCnvention assembled.' That we
re-afl1rin,'tte principles enunicated
in the -National Republican Platform
or lowland luat in tue judgement ot
this convention a firm adherance to
those principles, will advance the best
interests of ihe people, and establish
their prosperity on an enduring ba
sh. '
Revoked, Chat we heartily endorse
the ' 'administration of President
Giant, and commend it to the appro
voL the-tate and Nation, for its
xigd '.etpnoray in, every department
of theMteQVr,nment; its honest and
falttffiiieeilection and disbursement
of tbeipibLlc revenues ; and, above
-all for. ifi consistent and faithful ad
he n to the great principles of free
do.a -rfwTeqKality.
j?e4- That in the strutrcle now
in Europe, "we heartily
it with the people of Ger-
ma 3Jf vieH" heroic eflorts to pre
ser.Vttferritory which rightfully
bel iinpwflliem, and we cherish the
hopetlMtpftB termination will witness
the i jiwSat -of.the -Emperor' of the
FreMhillii ia the sacred name of
lib' rty,?Mivoring to extend the
dePOwffiiB -pf hateful despotism
ovetfcij?i of an unoffending: peo
ple.' 1. ,,;,
Jie?fW i?hafc we heartily approve
the acwlr6f the present Congress,
in provMnpfor a reduction of a .bur
den of,taxation imposed upon the
people, tberesultof the'laterebell
ion,aldJhvitve favor a still further
red uuoqk3 soon as it can be effected
conshTfeaHrStyith the preservation of
the pwwciWbU and credit
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On motion the resolutions were ac
cepted and adopted.
On the 2d ballot the vote stood:
Renner, 28; Seybelt 55; Walker 1;
Seymour 1; James 46.
Dr. Renner at this juncture with
drew his name.
The 3d ballotstood r James 74: Sey
bolt 61. ' J
It was moved and seconded that the
nomination of James be made unani
mous; carried;
Mr. James beimr called for mtnnrt.
ed that ho had no time to spend on
speeches, but whatever might be lack
ing in personal appearance in the
Governor's office, he hoped would be
uiuuu up iu mat oi tue secretary of
State. J
The vote for State Treasurer stood :
D. J. McCann 34; H, Koenig 54; John
McCounel 35; Howard Kennedy 1:
Sweet 21.
On the second ballot the vote stood:
Keonig 70; McCann 35; Sweet 15; Mc
Connel 4.
It was here moved by Judge Dundy
that the chair appoint one member
for the State Central Committee, for
uach Senator of the State, making a
committee of thirteen. Motion sec
onded. r
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
H. D. Hathaway, Cass. T. J. Majors,
Nemaha; A. Deyo, Saunders; C. W.
Seymour, H. A. Newman, Otoe; C.
Woodley, Johnson; E. E. Cuuning
ham, Richardson; M. B. Hoxie, Col
fax; J. N. Hays, Dodge; B. T. Hilton,
Washington; G. O. Williams, W. T.
Clark, Douglas; J. R. Brown, Jeffer
son. It was moved and seconded that the
chairman of this Convention be made
Chairman of the State Central Com
mittee.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION. - First ballot Joel Warner 8; James
Morris 1; S. W. Chase 8; J. M. Mc
Keuzie 61; G. B. Seagraves 2; S. D.
Beals 29.
Tiie rules were suspended, two can
didates withdrawn, and the nomina
nation of McKenzie was made unani
mous. The ballot for Attorney General
stood - Otoe Gen. Geo. H. Roberts,
112; Lancaster Hon. Seth Robinson,
17; Nemaha DeForest Porter, 3.
State Prison Inspector C. H. Gould
79; W. W. Wilson, 60.
District Attorney First District, O.
B. Hewett; Second District, J. C.
CowJn ; Third District, F. F. Gray.
A BEAR HUNT IN LAPLAND.
A peasant generally goes out in
search of his trail, and having found
it, goes in a ring some miles in cir
cumference, to make sure of having
him in it, he contracts his cir
cle, till he comes to the retreat of the
animal. Weeks are sometimes spent
in this search; the peasantry are
summoned to a skall by the landshof
oding or Governor of the province,
and put under the direction of the
jogmostare, or ranger of the district,
who marshals thiviMjd--ceni mauds
tlieir movementsTrle "peaiaats are
generally formed incirotes and cowi.
armi'd with whatever weapon they
.can procure. Though opposed singly
to a whole host ,the bear often spreads
havdc among his assaiiants. Every
ball that enters his huge carcass, but
adds fire to his fury, and woe to the
individual who his wrath has singled
out. It ceases to be a mere passtime,
and nothing but the greatest self-possession
can save hfm from a miserable
death. While at Haruosand I saw a
representation of an event that took
place at a skall in that neighborhood,
in 1831, and shows, that bear-hunting
mut be quite equal to tiger-hunting
in excitement and peril. The bear on
this occasion was very large ; nothing
like an American bear, with which
an Indian can grapple, but an enor
mous beast able to carry off a pony
under his arm. His temper, probably
never very good had been ruffled, by
ten shots lodged in different parts of
his body, all present entrenched them
selves, and awaited some desperate
effort on his part, should not a lucky
shot give him his quietus. At this
moment a man, bolder than his com
panions, advancing before them, the
bear rushed upon him, tore the gun
from his hands, and began to wound
him with his tremendious claws. The
wretched man was unable to contend
with his muscular antagonist; already
his wounds were letting out his life,
when a youn g Norrlander, unable to
look quietly on rushed to his assis
tance. Besides the danger which he,
himself, incurred, and which, of
course, he had no feeling of, there
was some danger of shooting the bear
without hitting the man. As he ad
vanced the bear rose on its hind legs
to meet its new opponent ; his victim
droDned before him : the Norrlander
seized the favorable opportunity, rais
his gun with both arms high above
his head, to bring it in a horrizontal
nosition on a level with the bear's,
and trusting more to feeling than to
sight, discharged his piece. An im
mediate death wound could alone save
either from their enemy. The success
which the brave man deserved atten
ded him, and the ball passed through
the brain of the bear, which fell dead
on the rescued man.
REALITIES OP A BATTLE.
The sights and sounds of a battle
are well-nigh indescribable. Noise,
tumult, danger and excitement all
blended together make a scene which
I think can have no parallel on eith
er side of the infernal regions. Dur
ing his first battle, perhaps, the nov
elty of the thing may fill the recruit
with genuine enthusiasm, atid put
fear in the background ; but, after
that, he will find the poetry of the
battlefield somewhat overdone in
"Hohenlinden," and fighting itself
rather a prosaic and dangerous butch
ery. There is nothing less like a
pageant, I verily believe, than a bat
tle field, The arms are not polished
and shinning now, for the dew of the
night's bivaoc in the grass has tarn
ished them; very plain blouses have
taken the places of straight-bodied
corsety jackets; belts are loos
ened, or, in the fury of the fight are
thrown away altogether; shoulder
straps and epaulets are discarded, out
of wholesome regard for the enemy's
sharp-shooters, and after the light has
progressed an hour, you will find
those who are still fighting dirty,
grimy, laboring to kill the enemy,
with about as hard manual labor as
your wood-sawer employs on your
wood pile:
"And like smiths at their forges
Labored the redSU George's cannoners.'
Bey. Peter Cartwright having serv
ed sixty-five years as a Methodist
minister, and'for ififty consecutive
years as a presiding elder, is nowde
voting his -time- ta lecturing on
"The risQ and. progress of Methodism
in the West.'
VOL. 14 NO. 44.
SOFTLY ON THE BRUISED HEART.
How softly on the bruised heart
A word of kindness fall,
And to the dry and parched soul
The molsfning teardrop calls; '
Oh. If they knew who walked the earth
'Mid sorrow, grier and pain,
Tho power a word of kindness hath,
Twcre Paradise again.
The' weakest and the poorest may
The simple pittance give.
And bid delight to withered hearts
Return again and live.
Oh, what Is life Jf life be lost?
If man's unkind to man
Or. what the Heaven that waits bevonll
This brief and mortal span t
As stars upon Ihc tranquil sea
In mlm'cslory shine.
So words of kindness in the heart
'Rellect-theBonrce divine.
On. then be kind, wiio'er thon art.
That breathes tho mortal breath,
Apd it shall brighten all thy life.
And sweeten even death.
'Tft "
LITTLE FINGERS.
Busy little lingers.
Everywhere they go;
Rosy little ringers.
The sweetest that I know.
Now into my work-box.
All tho buttons finding.
Tangling up the knitting,.
Every spool unwiuging. '
Now into the basket
"Whoro the keys are hidden.
So mischievous looking,
Knowing it forbidden.
Then in mother's tresses.
Now her neck enfoldinir,
"With such sweet caresses".
Keeping off the scolding.
ODDS AND ENDS.
A widow is usually a practical crea
ture who mends her condition hi re
pairing. Josh Billings says that one single
hornet, who feels well, will break-up
a large camp meeting.
The postmaster at Norwalk, Ct.,
fumed a live kitten out of the mail
bag. The kitten had no stamp on it.
"There's good 'slaying' out here
this season," said an old frontiersman
as he scalped his fifteenth Indian.
General Custar has let his locks
grow until they are very long. The
Indians are very anxious to get his
waterfall.
A Chicago paper says there are 20,
000 men out of employment in that
city. Stealing is evidently not con
sidered employment there.
Nasby visited a suspender factory
at Waterbury, Conn., and said to thu
proprietor on leaving: "What a mis
fortune it would be if pants should go
out of fashion."
A little boy having broken his rock
ing horse the day it was bought, the
mother began to scold, when he si
lenced her by inquiring: "What's
the use of a horse until it's broken?"
The Chinese thus discribc a trial in
the English law courts: "One man
is quite silent, another talks all the
time, and twelve wise men condemn
the man who has not said a word."
The Hartfiir-l 'Gourant has fen
mrefally iHuul ui intcy ihmermt
the Alaska., purchase, and the'showlig
of its balance sheetds that it '"hopes
soon to see a hotice that Alaska.is for
sale."
There is an advertisement of a la
dies' academy in a Montana paper,
ending thus : "For further particulars
address Beverned Mother Mary, Su
perioress, thirty-six miles north of
Hell Gate."
"Patrick" said a priest to an Irish
man, "how much hay did you steal ?"
"Well," replied Pat, "I may as well
confess to your reverence for the whole
stack, for my wife and I are going to
take the rest the first dark night."
A fat French lady despairingly
says : "I am so fat that I pray for a
disappointment to make me thin. No
sooner does the disappointment come
than the mere expectation of growing
thinner gives me such joy that I he
come fatter than even"
The 'Gloucester Telegraph states
that a fish dealer ordered a box of
haddock from Boston, and it came
marked C. O. D., whereupon he in
dulged in extreme profanity, because
he had ordered haddock and got cod
fish. THE, FALL ELECTIONS.
The following; is' a list of the fall
elections, aud the dates on which they
occur:
California
Vermont Maine
Indlana
SepL C
Sept. C
Sept. 12
Oct, 1
Oct. 3
Oct. 3
Oct. 11
MLsouri.-.
Minnesota-
.-.Nov. 1
Nov. 1
Kansas-
-'ov. 1
.Nov. 1
.Nov. 7
.Nov. S
.Nov. S
IxMiisInna.
Florida-
New York
Mnrylnnd...
Maxsacbufetts-
Mississippi-Nebraska.-,
Iowa-
..-Oct. 11
Illinois-
.Nov. 8
.Nov. 8
-N'ov. 8
.Nov. 8
Ohio.
.Oct. 11
Michl can-
tpnnwnnla Ont. II
New Jerser-
West Vlrvlnla Oct, .7
Delaware -Nov. 1
South Carolina,
w isconsin
-ov. 8
THE FASHIONS -AS SEEN AFAR.
We might have thought it absurd if
Dr. Livingston naa written tnree
years ago, that he had found a tribe
in Africa that dressed as follows :
The Dayous are beautiful women,
with exquisite complexion and fine
forms, and they dress iu the niost per
fect taste. They wear short dresses
reaching to the ankle. Upon the
forehead is placed a small hat, the
front of which rests upon the nose,
they take large bags of hair and wool
saturate them with butter, and hang
them on the back of the head, cover
ing the neck. Upon, the small of the
back they tie a bunch of cotton cloth,
colored and cut into strips. Their
shoes are beauties, Loming to a point
at the toe, and having a sharp point
ed heel placed in the middle of the
foot. This makes the foot very small
in anpearance, and the wearer would
tip over forward but for the bags on
the head and back. Each woman,
when she goes out carries a large
plaintain leal to keep oil tue sun,
which she holds by the stem, between
the thumb and fore finger, crooking
her elbow from her body at an angle
of ninety. The effect is more beauti
ful than you can imagine! The gait
of the women is particularly admira
ble. The heavy ones have difficulty
in keeping their balance, but the
light ones pick their way along as
prettily as hens walk over hot ashes".
1'oung girls go barefooted for some
years. ner tney become or. age to
put on their own shoes they suffer
with lameness and sore feet; after
that their feet become permanently
deformed, and they have no more
pain. Walking is, however not a fa
vorite practice with th'em, and ruii
niug is Impdssible. The government
of the Dayous is really democratic,
the rnler being chosen annually by a
vote of the people, but it is said the
womeDdo not want to vote
All they
care for is plenty of hair and little
shoes. The men are satished with
this dlvisioa and. the State is quite;
prosperous, though the society is
rather vulgar and unintellcctual.
JOB DPIillVTrilS'G-
Of all kinds, done, oa short notice ahil at rOawna'
ble rates.
THE MITRAILLEUK.
TLe New Kreuch Engl&c efWar.
The Paris Journal of a recentr date
gives the following marvelous account
of the new French engine of war re
ferred to in our dispatches under the
name of "Mituailleur:"
"Two mouths ago, about, people
began to talk of enginesofwarnotyet
numeu or mo commander C
M . These, if we are t,o belieye tho
reportof one who witnessed recent
experiments with them, constitute
something miraculous in destructive
inventions. Their extreme range is,
3,000 yards, only, which Is the mean
range of themitrailleursy their elder
sisters; but these new and formidable
inventions surpassed them in massa
crcing power as much as the mitrail
Ieurs themselves surpassed everything
which has precccded them. At 2,500
yards th& effect of these engines,
which havo been temporarily, baptiz
ed "r.ES VTTXJPfi Titt rmnr.( vni x-t n -it
is so terriblo, so certain, that a single
regiment, we are told, could -force its
way with them from the frontier fo
Berlin, sowing death and' terror' be
fore it. '.'' t
...This arm was invented two .years
ago, and experiments with the first
motile we're made with the greatest
secrecy at Vincennes and Mendon.
To proent spies obtaining informa
tion, or getting a glimpse of the gun,
or rather mitrailleur, a cordon of
troops surrounded the place where tho
experiments were being carried on,
out of view of the inventor and the
gentlemen forming the commission
appointed by the Emperor to test the
merits of the arm, with orders to al
low no one to pass. The arm when
approved was manufactured in the
Vosges, thesamcsurveiliance and cau
tion being observed. As soon as tho
gUns were ready they were packed in
boxes, which were sealed and sent to
the various arsenals. . No instructions
were given in its use till three weeks
ago, when four men in each regiment
were conducted secretly to a conven
ient spot and taught how to ma
ccuvre it. A gentleman, now in this
cityt who had a relative employed on
the commission above referred, "State
that all ho would vouchsafe to divulgo
on the subject of the arm in that it is
on tho Gatlin principle of small cali
bre, and fs used to repel like moun
tain howitzers, it has no carriage and
ds carried by tvo men, who hold it
wneu nrcu, mere deing little or no re
coil. This arm must notbe confound
ed with the ordinary mitrailleur or
GntHn gun, which is mounted on a
carriage, t or mrst it be supposed that
it possessed equal powers of destruc
tion. lulcxhe former can bo used
by placing it on the sides of a square,
or at intervals along a cdlumu, to re
pel cavalry or mi advance In, colum,
the latter can be used as a field, bat
tery, and with deadly effect." . Tho
range, too, of the two engines of war
is different. Our sphinx has only a
range, as will have been observed, of
3,000 yards, -while the mitrailleur.
.propremcnl dite can be used at from
4 " l tr j-"A ."1 rt ? -
.sw .oo,uwyarH. to give an idea,
fcowevcrijefhe deadly execution-of
th.vwrsMtrHiifiir wq may cito -tho
resale of acpyj w tits made with it at
Sat'ory a'slinaTtline back. Three hun
dred old cavalry horses were packed
in a field a distance of-1,200 merits
from the gun, and thre minutes after
the other had been given to "turn tho
coffee mill" not one remained stand
ing. The- next day the experiment
was repeated under battle auspices, as
the gunner had been drilled to prefec
tion in the use of the arm. Five hun
dred rosscs were this time operated on
J arid in 90 seconds they' Were- lying
ueau uii uiu uuiu.
Another authority gives tho follow
ing description pf the new' arm;
"It is a light 37-barreIed' gurf, ar
ranged that its barrels lnay be dis
charged simultaneously or consecu
tively. The thirty-seventh cartridges,
intended for one charge, are contain
ed in a small box. A steel plate, with
corresponding holes', is placed on 'the
open box, which is then reversed, and
the catridge, full point foremost into
their respective holes. The loaded
Elate is then introduced 'into the
reech slot, and when the breech is
closed by a lever, a number of steel
pins, pressed by spiral springs, aro
only prevented from striking the per
cussion arrangements iri-tfie cartrid
ges by a plate in frontofthem. When
this case is moved slowly by a handle,
the cartridges are fired one by .one.
If the plate is withdrawn rapidly thoy
follow each other so quickly that their
discharge is all but simultaneous.
The invention is said to be well ad
apted for uso in forts and probably in
ships, as well as in other permanent
places of defense and offense, but that
its carriage and management present
obstacles to its general uso in the field.
In its capacity for wholesale firing at
least it resembles the ""coffee mill
gun" which was invented early in our
own war, but which the war depart
ment at Washington, we believe, de
clined to purchase aud discarded as a
failure. In vbat respect it failed was
never officially stated.
"The success of the Mitrailleur "in
field service is yet to be established.
The Prussians, however, view it with
some curiousity and concern, if not
with apprehension, siuce they have
ofleren, according to late dispatches,
a reward of five thousand thalers t'he
soiaiers wuo may nrst captura one
these extraordinary weapons."
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A Remnrknblc Phenomenon Nature
Suspends a Burning Brund In tue Air.
The diurnal period from noon on
Monday till noon on Tuesday was
note-worthy from the number of des
tructive fires that occurred three
large fires involving a loss of nearly
one million of dollars. On the morn
ing of the latter day, about five o'clock
a singular phenomenon, made its ap
pearance in the sky to tiie north-east,
and was observed by sevesai persons
in different parts of the city. The
sky was perfectly clear and the' stars
shining brightly, whoa suddenly an
object of an oblong shape a cloud
perhaps was seen suspended in'inid
air, to the north-east of persons near
Tryon row. It was a most beautiful
as well as,curious sight, having the
appearance Of a huge firebrand, near
ly decarbonized, plucked from a heap
of burning logs and hastily transfer
red to its position, the hasty transit
I imparting an added brilliancy. But
little stretch Of the imagination was
required'lo make it the'scepter of the
Fire GodjheId in lerrorem overutho
spectators-a reality beinggiven to the
idea bv the thought that there were
two large fires raging at the moment.
Scientists may explain the phenome
mm on purely scientific, ground-, but
the fact that the sky was otherwise
cloudless will render this a difficult
task.
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