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THE ADVERTISER.
OWeMIPapftrof City5Coantii tie
ff ! f : Haltei Stated
THURSDAY", DECEMBER 11, IS73.
. . A SANGUIS ART OUTLOOK.
"We have thought from the first,
that however much disposed Castelar,
- on the part of Spain, and Grant, on
"the part of the United. States, might
-Tseish and labor for peace, war-vould;
grow oat of the late outrage commit
ted against the U. S. flag In Cuba.
Castelar, as announced ia our last ia-
sue, has agreed to the surrender of
the Virginius and other demands
"made'opoiUmn by- our government,
bis obligations hence war will be the
only arbitrer. The people of Cuba
' are hostile to the Spanish government ;
and defiant of our own, and Castelar'
order for the arrest of the bulrher
Burrielt will amount to about as much
as would one of President Lincoln in
1863, for the arrest of Jell. Davis.
We are somewhat surprised at the
position assumed by several Ameri
can journalists and men claiming to
uc suiicsiucu! .. inavii uic ucjuu-
ation of the virginius was Cuba, and evening of this week, at some suita-
.tbe-abject of the passengers and crew I ble place, in order to make the neces-
to assist the Cuban insurgents, thejsary preparations, and appoint the
united fctaies uaa no groano or right
to complain. Such argument is
spe-
ciousand fallicious. Let us look
for
ane" moment at undisputed facts.
-The Viiglnius sailtd from New
York with proper papers, j. e. com- j
t-Acta Pminm Hniuo inininiP n !
merchant vessel carrying freight and
passengers under the U. a flag. AsjSe tea arnveu in unsioa oaroor,
such she touched.the shores of Jama- J consigned toRichard Clark & Sons.-
C1B,
where the families of several of
her passeneers were then
ucMii.i!
'""""O !
and still live. Under the same
nag
and papers she sailed from thence to
the island of Cuba, less thau one
hundred miles distant, and while up
on the open sea she was intercepted
by a Spanish war vessel, and, without
resistance, captured and taken to San
tiago de Cuba. It does not effect the
argument that when pursued she
changed her course and endeavored
- -r. r u !... .l,..
first seen, pursued and captured she
io esuaur. xt is euuuiru mat wueui
was on the high Bess, and not within
a- marine league (nine miles) of the
'Cuban shore.
The Virginius had on board over
one hundred persons Americans,
English and Spaniards mostly the
latter. Immediately upon entering
port four men were selected two of
them American citizens, Cupt. Fry
and Gen. Ryan condemned and ex-j
esuted without such form of trial as j
the law contemplates, even between
beligerent powers. Subsequently oth
ers of them were similarly brutally
and summarily dealt with. It is not
pretended that the vessel was taken I
cognizance of by any Admiralty
Court for condemnation or trial, but,
on the contrary. It and its cargo were
or nni TiihinntAfl nnn ttst nacapnerpr i
. ... ,. m, ..'celebration, each and every citizen
the Virginia was not a piratical ves-j
sel, io any sense of the term, is too'
clear for argument. Neither wa3 it a
neutral vessel, subject to any neutral
ity laws.. Inasmuch a3 belligerent
rights have never been conceded to
Cuba, and where there are no belliger
ents there can be no neutrals. A
state of war between Spain and Cuba
has never been acknowledged by the
present government, ergo no neutral
rights or obligations can rest upon the
United States or any of her vessels or
owners.
A belligerent vessel blockading a bel
ligerent port, may chase and capture 1
at - nt t 1 Jl r M - - W a . - tlin V V '
a ucuuu uiuutkoue iuuiit:i uu uic uigti k
seas, but in this case such a condition
of things is not claimed. The rule in
the case of the Virginius, if acknowl
edged to be an invader, as claimed by
the Cubans, is that such invading ves
sel must be seized and captured with
in one marine league of the shore.
Even if admitted that the Virginius
was fitted out and manned for the ex
press purpose of assisting the Cuban
Insurrection, this rule must be observ
ed. "Does any reader require proof of
this ? If so we are prepared to give
puch as even Spain must acknowl
edge the pertinency of. While the
Cuban insurrection was in progress. !
thirtv sun-boats were built bvAmer-14
!mR for thnKnnnish mvornmnL A-
thev were about to sail our govern-
menCon application of the Cuban !
Junta in New York, detained them j
on the ground that they were intend
ed for war purposes by Spain against
what was called the "Cuban Repub
lic" The answer of Spain was "Cu
ba Is. not a belligerent power, the Uni
ted States is not a neutral, and she
may furnish vessels or munitions of
war with impunity, neither Cuba nor
any one else.except a belligerent pow
er, has a right to object." This don
trine our government was forced to
acknowledge, and the thirty vessels
were-accordingly released. If it had
the right to thus assist Spain, it had
the same right to assist Cuba. Spain
can only have redress upon her own
soilor within one marine league of
her shore.
As we stated in the outset, we be
lieve war will ensne, and we are free
to admit that hope that it will is kin
to the belief. We want the stain now
disfiguring our flag covered by a star
representing the State of Cuba. For
this end the soldiers of the late war,
those who wore the blue and gray,
will march together, and thus wipe
oui the asperities of the rebellion and
swallow up the recollections of onr
civil strife in a war which will make
fh Starry Banner the real-as well as
the figurative emblem of all our- peo
pl e. So mote it be.
The first session of the Forty-Third
Congress assembled under the new
and Increased apportionment In the
House, making the number 292. The
Administrations hold 1S5 seats, giv
ing it a majority of 93, Last Con
gress the Opposition numbered 111
members, and now there are hut 97
Democrats and Liberals out of the
.!
TJt- Great BeatoB Tea Party sfOac
Haadrcd leari Ago.
Tuesday, the 16th of thfa month,
will be the one hundredth anniversa
ry of the destruction of three cargoes
of tea in Boston harbor, by some six
ty prominent citizen of the Hub,"
disguised as Mohawk Indians. TbiB
interesting, and rather unusual tea
party, was one of the prime causes
which precipitated war with Great
Britain..
We-observe that this tea-centennial
is to be celebrated in many portions
of the country on the evening of the
16th., by the ladies, who propose to
give old fashioned tea parties, with a
bill of fare comprising roast pork,
baked- beans, dough-nuts, pumpkin
- d cJder
In Philadelphia we
observe that the ladies axe to be
dressed in the old Continental cos
tume, whiie tea ware of Colonial
timea is to adorn the festiveboard.
It has been suggested by a number
of our citizens, that Brownville, in
order to be up with the times, and al
so to celebrate in a proper manner so
renowned an occurence of Revolution
ary days, should hold a public tea par
ty on that evening. If such should
be the desire of our people, we would
propose a public meeting on Friday
; proper commilties to arrange a pro-
gramme therefor.
In reference to
the
destruction off
tea in Boston harbor, and which led
to our Revolutionary war, Bancroft
relates :
"Durinc the latter Dart of the
mouth of November 1773, three car-
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II lib LU ftLCHC LllM LCU S UIC lOIUIIJSlH
were determined that they would not
permit taxed tea to be lauded or used
in that stout old Commonwealth.
Capt. James Hall, of the ship Dart
mouth, nevertheless prepared to land
his cargo of tea. On the morning of
the 16th of December, three thousand
of the people assembled in town meet
ing, and continued in session until
six o'clock in the evening. Just as
the meeting was adjourning they
j weretartled byau Indian war whonp
' .1 .. wvk Via. man mavlttean no 2A1rr
fx uuiu'c ui iXicrLi uisguucu iu aa og-
es, led the way to Griffin's wharf,
where lay the vessels containing the
tea. These vessels, though under the
guns of the fort, and guarded by Bri
tish soldiers, were boarded by the
disguised party, and some three hun-:
dred and sixty chests of tea were bro
ken open and poured out upon the
seething tide. This act was resented
by the Crown Government, which
took immediate steps to bring the cit
izens of Boston iu subjection, and
Lexington, Coucord and Bunker Hill
was the doughty answer rolled back
by the brave men of Colonial days."
Around this act of the fathers clus
ter the reminiscensesthat bind in fra
ternal cords a congress of great,
wealthy and renowned States. In its
. . ' . ; !
nan miuf. iniii llvr nmfo Ami lot crlmf
uicTLUuiicra aiiu uamuai iccuuca suilj
and rule the hour. We need scarcely
add, th;t but few of those now on She !
stage of action will survive to enjoy a
second centennial celebration of the
day.
2?ebraz!c& State 5ornal Scbool.
We have already given a descrip
tion of the new building, and pub-j
lished the admirable history of the
School, read by Hon. J. M. McKen
zic. State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, at the dedication of the
building, on Tuesday evening, Dec.
2nd.
To-day we give, on our firat
the Report read by the Princi
T"W1 ff A
I'-b'i
pal.
The exercises connected with the
dedication were very inieresting.
The weather was unfavorable and the
walking particularly bad, and yet a
large audience assembled on each eve
ning to listen to the exercises.
3Ir. H. 5. Kaley gave an address on
m . . 1 ! ;
great progress in the world is through
conflict.
This was followed by the history of j
the School from its incipiency to the
present. Rev. H. Birch, the first fi
nancial agent of the institution,
fetched the early hardships and sac-
""" Ui "a cuw 4 kUC .wv..
showing how earnestly the citizens off
Peru had ,abored lo la' lbe foUDda"
tions. of an titution Mglwr
1earniag-
I iion. e. r. -uajon recounten wuat
tne fccuooi nau none .or tne town, in
adding to its population, increasing!
its business, givingto it a wide spread j
advertisement. He paid a hiirh tri
bute to tne faculty for their culture,
piety and labor, and to the Normal
students for their uniformly good be
havior, and exhorted the citizens of
Peru to seek in oil proper ways to
j make the stay of the students a" plea
sant period to them.
On Wednesday evening, Dr. Ben
ton, Chancellor of the State Univer
sity, read a carefully prepared paper
on " The Relation of the Normal to
the University."
This was followed by an address by
his excellency, Gov. Furnas, on "The
Normal School and the State," set
ting forth the important work of the
Normal as an Integral part of the
common school system, and the duty
! of the State to sustain the School to
the fullest extent of its necessities.
Judge Hewett spoke on the "Rela-f
tion of the Normal School and Ne
maha County." showing that this
County, by the location of the School
in Its midst, derives very special ad
vantages, and its citizens should in
turn do every thing possible to encour
ane and advance the School.
The exercises closed with the Prin
cipal's report, given on our first page,
to-day.
Some of the late Confederate Gener
al! and other officers are said to be
red-hot for a fight with Spain. They
are boiling over with martial spirit;
and It Is asserted that the people or
the South deem the present crisis a
golden .opportunity to prove their
present devotion to the Union.
onnicis,-' snowing Dy copious anuj,,gh SChooI in the county, making
well chosen illustrations, that all j them all better: It will ereatlv in-
THE TECmK BAILROABv
TD3W8 OP GKX. T. J. MORG A2T.
The entire county Is interested in
the building of'this road. "The pros
perity of one part of, the county w ill
enhance that of the whole. If the
road should pass through but one pre
cinct in the county it would have an
appreciable influence on the whole
county. But the road is to pass thro'
the entire length of the county from
north to south. Peru, Brownville,
Nemaha City, Aspinwall and St.Der
oin will feel the quickening influence
immediately. They will increase In
population, wealth, enterprise and in-
rtelligence, will afford better markets
to the citizens for their produce, and
offer them better terms on everything
they may wish to boy. The land will
increase in vaiue, ana ie more saiea-
ble. Lands now unoccupied will bej
purchased and improved, and iei
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population Increased. A great addi
tion will thus be made to the wealth
of the county which is a matter of
personal interest to every man in it.
These considerations are enough to
warrant a personal effort of each of
our citizens to secure the early com
pletion of this important enterprise.
Again, the coropletien of the B.,
Ft. K. & P. R. R. is contingent up
on tne building or me lruns. ur.
converse siaieu to me mat tney naa
the money; and could buy the Iron,
any day, for the completion of that
road, .but that it would not pay to
build it so long 03 there is no eastern
outlet for it. So long as the Missouri
river and four miles of gumbo bottom
lies between the terminus of the
road and any other railroad, the B.,
Ft. K, & P. R. R., even if complet
ed, could have nothing more than a
purely local and insignificant busi
ness. If, however, the Trunk Road
were finished, connecting with the A.
& N. at Rulo or at Falls City, and the
St. Joe & Denver at Hiawatha, Kan
sas, then cars, freight and passenger,
from the B.. Ft. K. & P, R. R. could
pa3 through Brownville via Nebras
ka City to Chicago, or via the south
ern route to St. Louis, or via Leaven
wort li and Kansas Citv to Galveston.
The buildtng of the Trunk Road will
ensure the speedy completion of the
other and add vastly to its value. It
will not be built unless the Trunk is
first made and would be almost worth
less if it should be. Every citizen of
the county interested in the B., Ft.
K. fc P. is therefore interested iu the
Trunk.
Third. The Trunk Road will be a
competing line with the A. & N. Ev
ery citizen of the southern and west
ern part of the county who now avails
himself .of the advantages of the A.
& N. will find those advantages at
once increased by the building of the j
rival Trunk line.
Fourth. The completion of the
Trunk Road will greatly enhance the
prosperity of the State Normal School.
Its success in the future depends very
largely upon the success of this R. R.
enterprise.
The road would facilitate
access to androm the school, increase
the number and grade of its students,
enlarge its faculty, raise the standard
of work, widen the sphere of its in
fluence in the State, multiply its ac
tive friem's and intensify its life. It
would do fur it what nothing else can
do. This is all that is needed now to
make the institution a grand success.
This school sustains mot intimate
and Important relations to Nemaha
county. It will furnish to thousands
of young men and women of this
county an opportunity of securing a
liberal education, who could not oth
erwise obtain it : it will save to it tens
of thousands of dollars which would
be necessary to spend if children were
sent abroad to school ; it will supply
awaaa ui noiucu urutucis, uusuriugi
better schools for all the children of
the entire county than could be had
without it; it will be a spur and an
encouragement to every graded and
f s-
crease the population of the country
with a very desirable clans of citizens
attracted here by the advantages af-
forded for the liberal education of
their children ; it will, through its
teachers and students from abroad,
and through direct appropriations
from the State for building". &c,
spend millions of dollara in the coun
ty; the average annual expenditures
through the school cannot be, now,
less than twenty thousand dollars,
which is only a small part of what it
will be In the future when it rpRrhps
itB maturity. These are only a part
of the benefits conferred by this creat
institution upon the county. Iu oth
er States counties have been willing
to pay large sums of money, larger
than that asked from this county to
aid the Trunk Road, to secure the lo
cation of a Normal School. This
county has never been asked to give
anything. It could well afford to
give all that is asked for the Trunk
Road if for no other reasou than that
the building of the road would great
ly benefit the school. But the benefit
of the school is only one of ihe s:any
good things to result from thlsaction.
Fifth. The Trunk Road will In
crease our manufactories, to secure
which at least four things are needed.
First, capital, which the building of
the road will induce to seek invest
ment here. Second, growth. Manu
factories spring up in the midst of an
enterprising, progressive people. So
loug as we remain stationary-or ret
rograde they will go elsewhere, but
the hopefulness, the progress stimula
ted by these railroads would lead to
the establishment of manufactories c.f
various kinds. Third, facilities for
securing coal and material for use in
the things to be made. The Trunk
Road Would lay Fort Scott and Leav
enworth coal, as well as that from
other mines, at our doors. Fourth,
facilities for shipping the wares made
to market. No manufactories of more
than local importance can ever be es
tablished here so long as we aro with
out railroads to bear their products to
customers. That every citizen in the
county is directly and personally in
terested In tUaeeaa:emntof man-
u factories no one will question, and
in bo other way can they aid so effec
tually as by securing the construction
of railroads.
Canrthe Trunk Koadibe built? The
company represented by Dr. Con
verse is abundantly able to build; the
road would be at once productive;
they have built several lines already ;
have" expended- through Converse
alone twenty millions of '"dollars ;
they are now operating a road from
Seward to Nebraska City, the value
of which will be more than doubled
by extending it to a connection with
one or both of the roads south of us;
theUno. has already been surveyed
and located and part of .the subsidies
voted ; they are interested largely in
the B., Ft. K. & P. R. R., where a
large amount of capital, now useless,
would be rendered productive by this
action ; Dr. Converse has solemnly
asurred us that he will begin work in
lhe eary gpring (uniess the state of
thfl money market shouI(J abaoIuteiy
f . -d ,t . d h .. eu(o . t
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an early completion, provided the
precincts along the line will vote the
required aid, and the County Com
missioners put the county bonds al
ready voted into the hands of trus
tees to Le delivered when1 the condi
tions are complied with.
There Is no possibility now of se
curing any other road, but a strong
probability that if we act with
promptness, unity and wisdom we
shall, at an early daybegin to realize
our long deferred hopes. Shall we
not do it?
T. J. Morgan.
Peru, -Dee. Sth, 1S73.
If the number of journals published
In this country is a fair criterion of
the intelligence of the people, this
must be an unusually wise nation,
for more newspapers are circulated in
the United States than any other
country on the globe. In New York
are published a vast number of period
icals, yet, large as Is the number of
newspapers coining ceaselessly from
the presses of that city, freighted
with information upon which the
whole commerce of the country Is reg
ulated, and pregnant with Ideas out
of which the national progress Is in
volved, it is after all but a small
fraction of the whole periodical pro
duct of the country. At the begin
ning of the present year there were
6.76S papers and magazines published
in the Uniied States of these 627
wen daily issues, 95 trl-weekly, 9S
semi-weekly, 5,099 weekly, 23 bi
weekly, S6 semi-monthly, 672 month
ly, 9 bi-monthly, and 59 quarterly.
The Increase over the preceding year
amounted to 336, an average of near
ly ono new paper a day, against an
increase in 1S72 of 449. One-third of
the growth last year was caused by
the starting of new dailys throughout
the country, the number of the latter
in that period exceeds by 32 the num
ber of new weekly issues. As an il
lustration of the extent of American
journalistic enterprise, in comparison
with that of foreign countries, it is
Interesting to learn that the number
of periodicals published annually in
France is rather less than one-fourth
the number of American publications,
while that of Great Britain is smaller
yet. In fact, nearly .one-half . of the
aggregate newspaper production of
the whole world belongs to this coun
try. It is amusing to witness the unani
mity with which the Democratic
newspapers feign to rejoice over the
conviction of Tweed. A person not
acquainted with the ""facts would sup
pose that they were in earnest in their
expressions of joy. 'Twas not always
so. When Tweed was perpetrating
his biggest steals, and the Democratic
newspapers were cognizant of his acts
they lauded him to the skies and
paid him alleigance. Now that the
"Boss" ia down,.they spurn and kick
(him! The Utica Observer, for iu
stance, moralizes in this way : "When
Tweed dons the striped suit of the
convict, and takes his place with the
outlaws in prison, many visitors to
Sing Sing will ask to be shown to his
cell. And if among that number shall
come some public servant who has be
trayed his trust ; who has sacrificed
his soul on the alter of greed; who
ba3 bribed his way to power and
yielded to bribery when power was se
cured. Ifsuchaman shall cross the
threshold of Tweed's cell and shall
see him cast down, dejected, scorned,
dishonored, it is easy to fancy him
echoing Tweed's sentiment: 'I have
seen enough ; It shows what we may
all come to by and by.' "
This week we publish the more Im
portant portions of the President's
Message. We believe his suggestion
that a national csnsusbe taken in '75,
will receive Congressional approval.
If so, it will prove a blessing to Ne
braska, as it will result in giving us
proper representation in Congress.
Wo call secfaJ attention to his sug
gestion relative to enlarged veto pow
er for the Executive, whiclv has dis
tinct reft-rence to his dilemma in not
being able to veto the appropriation
bill which included the back salary
steal" withont involving the defeat
j of the whole measure, thus incurring
a special session of Congress and an
expenditure of money much greater
than said "steal" contemplated. Ev
ery salary grabber who heard the
message read knew that pnragraph
was aimed at him and gave voice to
Executive displeasure.
The terms of twenty-five United
Statos Senators will expire on the 3rd
of March 1S75. The outgoing Senat
ors are Ames, of Mississippi ; Bayard,
of Delaware ; Boreman, of West Vir
ginia; Brownlow, of Tennessee;
Buckinghara,of Connecticut; Carpen
ter, of Wisconsin ; Casserly, of Cali
fornia; Chandler, of Michigan Ed
munds, of Vermont; Fenton, of New
York; Flanagan, of Texas; Gilbert
of Florida; Hamilton, of Maryland ;
Hamlin, of Maine; Lewis, of Virginia;
Pratt, of Indiana; Ramsey, of Min
nesota ; Schurz, of Missouri ; Scott, of
PenuHylvannia;Sprague. ofRhodeJs
land ; Stewart, ofNevada; Stockton,
of New Jerspv ? Sumner nf xroco.
. j , w. ..-
ohusetts; Thnrraan, of Ohio; Tipton, I
of Nebraska. !
COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
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Preceedlags efthe Bsard f Ceaatr
Cemmtastoaer at the Decem
ber Term. 1873 '
$ V :
v -. ;
Present, H? O. MInick, A. Jj?t"
ter and H. Hoekemeyer, Commission
ers; James-M. Hacker, Clerks-Davidson
Plasters, Sheriff.
The following business was had and
done, to-wit :
The following newly elected coun
ty officers were qualified after the ap
proval of their bonds by the Board :
Wilson E. Majors, County Clerk; A.
H. Gilmore, Treasurer;-Edward M.
McComas, Probate Judge; Alexander
McKinney, County Commissioner,
2nd district; E. E. Ebright, Coroner;
also a number of precinct officers
from various precincts.
A petition was presented asking for
a change in county road running east
and west between sections 19 and 30,
and 20 and 29, In tp. 4, range 14.
In the matter of delinquent taxes
which could not be paid by the expir
ation of time as fixed by act of the
legislature, passed and approved Feb
ruary 27, 1873, the Board of County
Commissioners passed the following
resolution :
Whereas, G. W. Bratton, former
Treasurer of Nemaha county, being
unable to receive the amount'of taxes
offered by delinquent tax-payers at
the expiration of the time provided
by an 'act of the legislature, passed
and approved February 27, IS73, and
many citizens of said Nemaha county
appearing at the office of said Treas
urer ready and willing to pay their
delinquent taxes as provided by said
act, prior to the expiration thereof, be
it, therefore,
Jlxolced, That we, the Board of
Commissioners of Nemaha county,
State of Nebraska, do hereby author
ize A. H. Gllmore, Treasurer- of said
county, to receive from delinquent
tax-payers their delinquent taxes, and
receipt therefor, as of this date, all
delinquent taxes as provided for by
virtue of an act of the legislature
passed and approved Feb. 27. 1873. for
the period of ten days from this date,
and we hereby indemnify the said A.
H. Gilmore against all penalties, in
terests and osts that may be claimed
by the county of Nemaha and State
of Nebraska, on the amount of taxes
collected December 1. 1873.
An amount, not to exceed $150, was
appropriated from the eeneral road
ttinA tn imnmvck nnfl nrtan nn tho I
county road leading into Brownville
by way of North Avenue, the work
to be performed by David Campbell,
Supervisor of Road District No. 3,
who will bridge the branch near the
McPherson house and crade so as to
make the road passable.
It was ordered by the Board that an
appropriation of $50 be made out of
the general road fund to build an ap
proach to a bridge on Indian creek,
near Thompson's.
The following action was taken by
the Board of County Commissioners
concerning th distribution of the.
school funds :
Whereas, owing to a change in the
law for the collection of taxes, a large
amount of taxes have accumulated in
the hands ,of the County Treasurer,
which, under the old rule of distribu
tion, would remain in tho treasury
until May, 1S74, and, whereas, said
money is largely due to road and
school districts in the county, which
require their dues at the earliest date
practicable, therefore, It is hereby or
dered by the Board of County Com
miBloners that the funds on hand iu
the County Treasury on the 20th day
of December, 1S73, be distributed ac
cording to law.
For action relative to Peru petition
ers for a vote on R. R. bonds, see offi
cial advertisementin another column.
Perry Crippen, Jeremiah Marlatt,
John Delay, Lawrence Raines, B. F.
Mclninch and D. W. Shurtlefl, road
supervisors, presented their accounts
for settlement, which were approved
by the Board.
Henry M. Jones and Michael Bru
ner, justices of the peace, presented
their accounts for settlement, which
were approved by the Board.
The report of the Grand Jury at the
October term of District Court, reads
as follows :
To tils honor. Judge Gantt :
'We, the Grand Jurors empaneled
and sworn in and for Nemaha county,
State of Nebraska, beg most respect
rully to report that we, the Jurors,
have inspected the jail and are satis
fied that the ventilation is very im
perfect, aud the cell in which the
prisoners are kept is very small. The
prison was neat and clean, and the
prisoners stated that they were well
treated by the jailor. No complaint
was made as regards their food. The
cell is certainly not a fit and proper
place, in a sanitary point of view, to
keep prisoners in. So far as the jury
know the rules aud regulations have
beeu carried out according to instruc
tions from your honorable court.
J. H. Peery, Foreman.
Approved.
Margaret L. Hulet asked that a cer
tain lease to the nw qr of the sw qr.
and lot 2 in the sw qr of sw qr of sec.
36, tp. 5. range 12. east, school lands
leaspd to James J. Atkins, May 1st,
1S70, as the lease money had nut been
paid, and James M. Atkins having
left the country, that lease be declar
ed forfeited. Same ordered leased to
the applicant.
C. M, Hayden was ordered to lo
cate a county road and to matk and
plot the same, commencing at the ne
corner of sec. 14, tp. 6. range 14, east,
and running west on the north line of
sections 14 and 15, or as near as prac
ticable. Complimentary resolutions to re
tiring officers :
Waereas. Judge H. O. MInick,
Commissioner of 1st District, and
James M. Hacker, the County Clerk,
are about to retire from office to give
room to their successors, we, the re
maining Commissioners, do cheerful
ly atfirm that the relations so long
existing between Mr. Minick, Mr.
Hacker and ourselves has been of the
most cordial and satisfactery charac
ter, and we shall truly miss from our
council the experience and business
qualifications, which they have ever
brought to bear in the transaction of
official business. We have ever
found them straight forward, honest,
capable and ready to do just what was
for the interest of the whole county,
on every occasion.
A. J. Bitter.
Hexrt Hockkxsyer.
Board adjourned.
A. J. BITTER, Pres't.
rY.nsorc E. Majoks, Clerk.
McMahon Is.to have things his own
.sow.&kcftwen vearr- to- coner No-
matter what constitutional changes
may be made by the Assembly, he
will be Dictator of France for s term
of seven years. The French will call
htm President, but5 Dictator is the
i fSMo Th neooJeare askedf
to deceive themselves into the belief
!, v.aw fior-n Renublic But let
thern.askGambetta what he thinks
about th'Republfc" as it la. There
is reason for devout thankfulness,
however, that Chambord is out of the
way at last.
la the arrangement of the Senate
Committees Senator Hitchcock. is.on
two, and Senator Tipton on two, the
former being on the Committee on
Railroads fi.nd Territories, and the lat
ter on Public Lands and Mines and
Mining. Senator Tipton refused to
be designated on 'committees by the
Republican caucus, but accepted as
signment by the Democrats. Schurz,
Sumner and Fenton accepted Repub
lican assignment, as did also every
Liberal in the House. Poor Tip. He
got mad at Grant and is now making
faces at the Republican party.
m
The Democratic Governor of Dele
ware (Ponder) has appointed his
drunken biother-iri-law Saulsbury to
the Chancelorshlp of the State.
There's nepotism for you, Messieurs
Democrats I
2tW ADVERTISEMENTS.
JLE1TTIXG OF THE
POOR IBRM
XTOTICE la hereby gtveh that bids will be
Jl received up to Wednesday noon, Janua
ry 7th., IS74, lor superintending the Poor
Farm for the year 1S74.
The Board reserves the right lo reject any
and nil bids.
By order of the Board.
"WILSON E. MAJORS.
9wl County Clerfc.
NOTICE TO
OWNERS OF LOTS ON
NORTH AVENUE.
AT a meeting of the Council held Decem
bers, 1S73, the following resolution was
passed :
Resolved, That all persona forwbom awards
have been maie, uy uommissioners Hereto
fore appointed for that purpose, lor portions
of city lots appropriated to open .Vorth Ave
nue, be requlnid to demand of the City Clerk
their warrantr. for the nmount so awarded,
within ninety days from this date; and upon
failure so to do. no Interest shall be allowed
on said awards after the expiration of tald
period.
Resolved. That a copy of the above resolu
tion be published in the Nebraska Adver
tised for four consecutive weeks.
A. P. COGSWELL, Mayor.
Attest. J. B. Docker, Clerk.
The following Is the award of damage, as
returned by the Board oi Appraisers, to-wit:
Lot 8. Block 43,. $2 aO
iS.
62,
.1 00
8,
14.
15.
M.
8.
11.
15.
13.
S.
61
65
S3,
65
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5 00
15 CO
10 00
1 50
81,
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.2 00
SI.
81.
.10 00
.10 00
80,.
50
J. B. DOCKER. Clerk.
Brownville. N eb. Nov. i. 1373. wt
SOTICE OF
SPECIAL ELECTION.
Whereas, many voters and tax payers of
Pern precinct. In theCountyof Nemaha. Ne
braska, having presented a petition there
for, and the Board of Commissioners deem
Inc It advisable that Ihe following propo
sition be submitted to the legal voter of
said Peru precinct : ..--..
Now therefore, we. the Hoard of County
Commissioners of Nemaha County, State of
Nebraska, do nereDy oruer inai a spwiai
election be held In said Prn Precinct, at the
usual place of voting thensln. on
Saturday, tne 17tn day ofJnurj-,
1374 for the purpose of submitting to the le
gal and qualified voters of said Peru pre
cinct, thft following proposition, to-wlt:
1st. Shall the Board of Commissioners of
Nemaha County. Nebraska, issue the bond
of said Peru precinct, for the pnrpuse of aid
in" the fxtejif-lon and construction or the
Midland Pacific Rail Road in and through
said Peru Precinct, to the amonnt of Twenty
Eight Thousand Dollars, payable tn the Mid
land P.iclflc Ra!l Road Company, or bearer,
twenty years after date, with annual Inter
est at the rate of eight per rent, per annum,
with Interest coupon thereto attached, and
both Interest and principal payable In New
York: ofie-tnth of theprlncipal payable In
the year 13SI. and one one-tenth annually
thereafter, and continue from year to year
nntll all sal-! bond are paid.
And shall the said Board of County Com
missioners levy a tax annually fot the pay
mont nr the urlnclDal and Interest of said
bonds In addition to theusual tax. and sod- i T . Z,
clentto pay the principal and Interest ''fjsS
year to vear until said bonds and Interest
are paid"; snld bonds to be Ksned. and dated
Jnlv 1st.. 1S74. and one-half the amount to
be delivered to the said Midland Pacific Rail
Road Company, or order. hi the wild Rail
Road Comnanv shall have graded the track
said bonus anu sam levy io cuuuuue irum
of said Kali Koail irom s enrasa viiy. in uioe
County, In a south-easterly direction to the
corporation limit of the town of Peru. In
Nemaha Conntv. Nebraska, and thehalane
of said bond when the said Midland Pacific
Roll Road Company shall have tied and
Ironed said Rail Road from Nebravki City.
in Otoe Countv, to thecorporatellmlts of the j
town of Peru. In NemahaCounty. Nebraska,
and shall nave permanently locnieu a sta
tion or Depot wlthin'the corporate limits of
said town of Pern, and have regular trains
rnnnlnz on snfrt tmc.K; Provided, the snld
Midland Pacific Rail Road Company shall so
grade, tie and Iron said Rill Road, and have
reenlar trains running thereon on or before
the first dav or January. IS75: and Provided,
further, that said Rail Road Company shall
not be entitled tn any Interest accruing on
said bonds prior to the delivers- thereof to
them according to the terms of this proposi
tion. The ballots tn be voted at the election or
dered herein; shall "have written or printed
thereon those In favor of the proposition
FOR BONDS AND TAX YES.
Those opposed to the proposition
AGAINST BONDS AND TAX NO.
The polls of said election shall be opened
and governed as provided by law for govern
ing general elections
By order of the-Board of County Commis
sioners or Nemaha County, Nebraska, De
cember 2. 1S73.
A. J. HITTER- "1
HENRY HOCKEMEYER. VCoxs.
ALEX. McKENNEY. j
Wilson E. Majors. County Clerk.
PROCLAMATION
BY THE 1TATOR.
TTTHERE:VS. The cltlrens of the Third
VV Ward of the City or Brownville, Neb
have petitioned the Mayor and Council of
said city to call an election in the Third
Ward, to All the vacancy occasioned by tl.e
resignation or removal of Sidney French,
Councilman elected from said ward.
And Whereas. At a regular meeting of the ,
Mayorand Conneilraen. held December Ut. J
isr-i. It was resolvec: tnai an eiecuon oecaiicu
in said Ward: I therefore do hereby give no
lice that an election will bo held on tho
12tli day of December, 1S13,
nt Geo. W. Bratton's store. In theTulrd Ward
of the City of Hrownvllle, for the express
purpose of electing a Councilman In said
Ward, to fill vacancy caused oy the removal
or resignation of Sidney French.
Witness my h-ind this, the 2nd day of De
cember, 1S73.
Sw2 A. P. COGSWELL. Mayor.
UTTLEJO FEED.
THE undersigned has one hundred and
fifty CherokiHi Steers, four and dvu years
old. In good condition, which I will let ont
to responsible parties on favorable terms, to
fall feed or to rough through.
Parties wanting cattle will do well to sec
me. Am stopping near Heady's Mill.
Address HENRY BIGGERS.
Swt Brownville, Neb.
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DEIT ORDAINED, by the Marsa
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: That iu case any elective cilice of au'?,
becomes vacant by death. re:gna:i-r-i
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Sec 2. That the Mayor shall alv t t.
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tloned In the flrst section ol tlils Orljua
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