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THE ADVERTISER,
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Oleiai Piper of City,Conntr, and the
United States.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, STt.
Saloons of Nebraska City pay the
school fund $4,000 per annum in licenses.
Sid Wallace, an Arkansas despera
do, was hanged on the 13th at Little
Book.
The grand jury at Pomeroy, Ohio,
recently found two-hundred indict
ments against liquor dealers,
A SLANDERER REBUKED.
lVB,B&JtlXllia TO SCHOOL MA.
TR8.
'Tbe Governor of the State as
a Tax-payer.'
A L,IK NAILED.
The jury in the Chaliis lible suit
against Wood hull & Clafliu on the
14th returned a verdict of not guilty.
The consumption of wool In the
United States exceeds the production
thereof some eighty-six millions of
pounds.
On the 14th inst. Lorin Smith, aged
11 years, was shot and instantly kill
ed by Augustus Davis, aged 15, a few
miles from Plattsmoutb, Neb.
A fire at Denieon, Texas recently,
destroyed $40,000 worth of bouses. The
Adams and Texas express office with
contents were entirely destroyed.
The Rhode Island House of .Rep
resentatives, on the 12th inst., passed
a resolution submitting to the people
an amendment to the State constitu
tion, authorizing women suffrage.
A Paris correspondent asserts that
Prance manufactures two hundred
thousand tons more beet sugar than
ahe consumes. 400.000,000 lbs. That
Is a pretty big beet story we think.
The otherevening in Lincoln while
a matoh'game of billiards wasgolngon
In one end of a 'saloon a prayer meet
ing was held in the other end. Rog
gen, the champion of Lincoln, defeat
ed Ellis, the champion of Crete.
A lad IS years old was recently ar
rested at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for
breaking into a store. When arrest
ed he had on his person a revolver
and the car keys of several railways
and confessed that he belonged to a
band of robbers.
Major Caffrey, lte of the Brown
ville Advertiser, and an experienced
and accomplished editor, is desirous
of purohasiug a newspaper located in
a thriving Nebraska town. Ho can
be addressed at this city. State Jour
nal. We would refer the Major to the
Granger of this city, whioh we under
stand, could be bought.
In the Omaha Herald of the 7th
inst. we fiud an article headed
' Straws from Nemaha Tte Govern
or of the State as a Tax-payer The
Grangers, Official protest," and signed
"Granger." This article was written
by some citizen of Nemaha county,
and with the design of injuring Gov.
Furnas, in both his private character
and official capacity, even at the sac
rifice of truth. The article pretends
to recite certain business transactions
which took place at a recent session
of what is termad a "county associa
tion," and after some"extra judicial"
blowing by "Granger," who evident
ly would be well satisfied to have the
grangers all by the seat of the breech
es, and manipulate them to his use
for any political promotion he might
choose, makes the following State-
I ment :
I umu. Tv....t.. n f ii.. ..v
lio revenues of this county is a grang
er and as in duty bound pays his tax
es. He attended the session of the
County Association held this week.
The deputy laid before theassociatlon,
for discussion, the fact that the Radi
cal aspirants for county and State of
fices were numbered mostly among
those who did not, L nor would not,
pay their taxes. That at the head of
this list stood his Exoellency, the
Governor of the State of Nebraska.
That there was uncollected an tin-
collectable personal property tax
against hira on the deputy's books of
over $400." Now, in the first place
we will say, that to satisfy ourself In
regard to the Governor's taxes, we
called upon Mr. Gilmore the Treas
urer of Nemaha county, and learned
from him that Governor Furnas'
name does not appear on his books 03
a delinquenttax-payer; that there are
no delinquent taxes, of any kind,
oharged against him on the Treasur
er's books.
But "Granger," In his unwarrant
ed and ungentlemanly attack upon
the Governor, makes the deputy Col
lector of tho publio revenues" bear
the onus of the charge. The deputy
colloctor is Mr. Shell Cochran, and
he has something to say about the
matter, in vindication of himself as
well as In justice to Gov Furnas, and
this is what he says :
l.oat week, in the city of Lincoln,
there was held a Convention of School
Superintendents. We glean from the
published proceeding the .following
which will be of much Interest to
many readers :
The committee to whom was as
signed the question of construction of
the school law, reported the follow
ing, which was adopted by the Con
vention :-
.Resolved, In the division of school
districts a petition must be presented
from each district affected, and the
County Superintendent need not act
on said petition until he is fully satis
fied' that a majority of the voters iu
each district demands it. And he
cannot act in the matter until one
third of the voters in each district af
fected, petition for the division.
2. In case a remonstrance Is pre
sented having the same names found
in the petition, the names shall be
counted on the instrument last signed
and stricken from the one signed at
first. In case the County Superin
tendent has any doubt regarding the
number of voters in any school dis
trict thus petitioning, he may use any
legitimate means to satisfy himself
that the faots are as set forth in the
instrument presented.
3. When a district has bonded itself
to build a sohool house, and the dis
trict is afterwards divided, the entire
territory is still held for the bonds,
thougli iaa of the two districts may
assume io pay the bonds and release
the other.
4. If a district has incurred a debt
for a sohool house a tax of more than
tan mills can be levied to pay such
debt.
The same committee made the fol-
partly written. No certificate should
be granted without examination.
It is the duty of County Superin
tendents to see to it that no moneys
are paid out except as the law pro
vides. Each district in the county, wheth
er It has had school or not, Ik entitled
to a share or the one-fourth appor
tionment; but no district except such
as have been formed within less than
three months of the district annual
meeting, shall receive any part of the
three-fourth apportionment unless
school shall have been held according
to section 33 of the school law.
It should be borno in mind by
sohool officers and teachers that these
resolutions, suggestions and recom
mendations are. if not official, of the
highest authority ; being made by a
convention of Superintendents; with
the StateSuperinteudent in the lead.
TE3IPERAKCE NOTES.
Woman's Crnsadc Against tVlxliky.
DEATH OP BX-PRESIDENT PILL-MORE.
lowing recommendations, whioh were
ac-
A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean has been trying the ex
periment of putting a spoonful of tea
into a plate of nice-looking white
yrup which had been supplied to the
family breakfast table by the family
grocer. The result was that it-turned
blaok asink, thus proving that it whb
made of sulphuric acid and rags. He
hopes that other may profit from his
experience.
A bill has been introduced Ipto
Congress to elevate the Commissioner
of Agriculture to the rank of Cabinet
officer. Why would not the passage
or sucn a bill be a good thing? We
think it would. The Agricultural In
terestst of the Republio is as import
ant, and second, perhaps, to no other
interest, and the chief officer repre
senting the same should In no way be
less dignified and honorable.
DEATH OP CHARLES SUMNER.
Charles Sumner Is dead. To all the
summons comes,
"The powerful of the earth the wise, tho
good.
Fair forme, and hoary seers, and all Join,
The Innumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall
take,
.Hi chamber In the silent halls of death.,'
In his death the Nation has lost one
of Its most illustrious statesmen and
ripest scholars.
me iounaation of his education
was laid at Harvard but he remained
throughout his life an indefatigable
student and acquired a vast fund of
information and attained a high de
gree of culture. As a lawyer at an
early age he published several legal
worKs and tilled with ability the pro
fessorship of Judge Story at the Har
vard law sohool. From this position
he was elevated at once to tho seat of
Daniel Webster la the United States
Senate, made vacant by a cabinet ap
pointment, in theyear 1851. This po
sition he held up to the time of his
death. Mr. Sumner's fame as a poli
tician and a statesman will rest upon
his anti-slavery record. He was ever
a consistent and unfiinohing ohampi
on of equal rights. The grandest ef
forts of his oratory were called forth
In the warfare upon a system of hu
man bondage; and he lived to see the
institution overthrown and the on-
pressed raised from the degredation of
servitude to the dignity of freeman.
Such a triumph of the cause which
he had so earnestly espoused and so
faithfully served, would, of itself,
make his life a grand success. But
his long and Important public service
in .the many and trying ordeals thro'
whioh the nation has passed has gain
ed for'hlm an enduring reputation,
wiae as tne civilized world, as a schol
ar, a patriot and a statesman. In hab
its, In tastes and associations Mr.
Sumner was an aristocrat. He was
nlso a profound egotist. His sudden
elevation from private life to a seat in
the United States Senate, the venera
tion of his constituency, and the re
spect lavished upon him by foreign
ers all tended to foster In hira the
growth of personal vanity. Ho was
dignified in bis demeanor, imposing
In presence, of astern nature which
repelled all familiarity, making him
indeed, an austere man. But his
faults were transient; hig virtues will
be a permanent legacy to the Ameri
can people, who owe his name lasting
veneration for the distinguished serv
ice he has rendered them.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
My attention has just been called to
a letter written to the OmahaJTeraW
from this county, by a person who
signs himself "Granger." In said
letter we read as follows : "The Dep
uty Collector of public revenues of
this oounty is a Granger, and, as in
duty bound pays his taxes. He at
tended the session of the County As
sociation held this week. The Depu
ty laid before the Association for dis
cussion the fact that the Radical "as
pirants for county and State offices
were numbered mostly among thoso
who did not, nor would not, pay their
taxes. That at the fyead of this list
stood his Excellency, the Governorof
the Slate of Nebraska. That tharc
was uncollected and uncoliectable per
sonal property tax against him on the
Deputy's books of over $400.00, some
of which has been due since 1866, and
from that time up to the present."
. Now, Mr. Editor, either "Granger"
was not at the Association that day
and got his information second-handed,
or else he has, to draw it mildly,
a very poor memory. The facts are
these: A resolution was Introduced
by a certain member, not myself, that
we would support no man for office
who did not maka a practice of pay
ing his taxes, or words to that effect.
After considerable discussion, and
just before it was put to a vote, I arose
and said substantially as follows:
That I believed the passage of such a
resolution would have a salutary In
fluence this far : there were, In our
county, two or three persons who had
been delinquent so long that it seem
ed to be a chronic complaint with
them, and it was a notorious fact,
that, at every election, they were can
didates for office, and as they had no
property subject to seizure for taxes,
I knew of no other way of obtaining
them but by passingsuch a resolution,
and I thought that by the next elec
tion they would be clear of all delin
quent taxes.
I said nothing about "Radical as
pirants" or aspirants of any other
party. The truth of the matter is the
very ones I was alluding to are Liber
als and the books will bear me out.
I said not a word about our Governor,
for this reason, I wished to have truth
on my side. On my books a tax ap
pears against E. H. Bercbes & Co.,
also against Robt. Teare & Co. Upon
enquiry I ascertained the company,
or silent partner to be R. W. Furnas.
I then wrote to him in regard to it,
aiso saw the other parties. At the
time of our meeting I had not receiv
ed a reply from Gov. F. I wished to
ascertain who should pay said taxes
before chargingthem with delinquen
cy. Two or three days after our
meeting I received a reply from Gov.
Furnas, in whioh he says: "Those
old tax matters to whioh you refer,
are all old partnership matters, when
l had no control or management, and
I did not know they were unpaid un
til I received your letter. I have al
ways paid my individual tax. In
these old matters I was a partner, si
te, nowever, and if the other part
ners, who agreed to pay it, are not re
sponsible, I, of course, will have it to
pay. Should I not pay, however, as
promptly an the law requires, my
property is at the service of the offi
cer s.''
Now, Mr. Editor, the name of R.
W 1?llnaci A- A.
... imuMuues uot appear on my
book for a dime of delinquent person
al property tax. In conclusion I wish
to give a few words of advice to broth
er "Granger." Hereafter be present
at a meeting before you undertake to
report proceedings, and when you
report, report wliat was aaid, and not
what you wish was said.
Yours truly,
O. UOCHRAN,.
Deputy Col.
adopted : believing them to be in
cordance with law :
All divisions of school districts
should be made within ninety days
previous to the annual district meet
ing. No district should be divided be
tween the annual district meeting and
the July session of the Board of Com
missioners as the Board must levy on
the district as it exists at the time the
levy is made in July.
Monej-s on hand at the time of the
division, after debts accruing are all
paid, should be divided as indicated
in sections ten and eleven.
All taxes accruing should be divid
ed so that each district will receive
the amount arising from tho taxable
property iu each part, except where
the tax was levied for building a
school house or paying off bonds, un
less tue old district releases the terri
tory setoff from further obligation in
the matter of bonds.
Prof. McKenzie proposed the fol
lowing resolution :
Resolved, That in the election of
County Superintendents, politics
ought not to be taken into considera
tion, and that we reoommend that
the County Superintendent be elected
at the spring election for district offi-
Ex-President Millard Fillmore died
at his residence In Buffalo, New York
on the evening of the 8th Inst. He
was born Jan. 7th 1800. He died of
paralysis. During his life he held
many high positions of trust and hon
or, and was a good and a useful man.
Amongst other positions, he was a
member of Congress from New York,
from 1832 to 1840, and was elected
Vioe-President on the tioket with
Gen. Taylor, and became President of
tho United States at Gen. Taylor's
death. u, -
Upon receipt of notice of Mr. Fil
more's death, President Graut pro
mulgated the following :
Ex. MANiiox, Washington, "l
March 9th, 1874. J
It Is with deep regret that the Pres
ident announces to the people of the
United States the death of Millard
Filmore, one of his honored predeces
sors, who died at Buffalo, New York,
last evening. The long continued
services and ominent purity of char
acter of the deceased ex-President
will be remembered beyond the days
of mourning, in which the nation
will be thrown by the event, which is
thus announced. As a mark of res
pect to his memory, It Is ordered that
the executive mansion, and the sever
al departments at Washington be
draped in mourning until the close of
the day on which the funeral shall
take place, and that bussiness be sus
pended on the day of the funeal. It
is further ordered that the war anil
navy departments cause suitable mil
itary and naval; honors to bo passed
on the occasion to tho memory of the
emiuent citizen whoso life is now
closed.
(Signed,) U. S. Grant,
President.
Hamilton Fisir, Sec'y of State.
A WOMAS'S OPINION OF THE CRU
SADE. Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm has writ
ten a letter to the Chicago Tribune,
giving her ideas of the woman's cru
sade against saloon keepers. While
some of her ideas are extravagant and
her picture too highly colored, yet
some of her points are well taken wo
think. She says :
Tho case Is not one that warrants
revolution, and Jbe whole movement
is revolutionary. There are few
rights more saored than that which
makes 'every man's house his castle,'
few laws more important than those
which defend him against Intrusion
mere : una lor women to trample on
this law is unjust and indecent. A
woman has no more right to go into a
saloon to pray than the proprietor has
io go into her parlor to swear. She
lias no more right to block the side
walk with a meeting than he with a
beer wagon ; and the fact that women
have been so seldom insulted, and not
once assaulted by the men whose
premises they unlawfully Invade, is
an evidence of forbearance and Chris
tian courtesy which must insuro re
spect. The saloon keepers have certainly
set the ladies a good example In pa
tiently submittincr to a wronor rather
than enforce existing and just laws.
Is it not better that woman should
Kuumu io even so great a wroug as
that of the liquor traffic, n matter
bow great it may seem to them, until
they can devise and execute some oth
er road to reach it than one whioh
leads directly across fundamental laws
protecting the rights of all? The re
sults of this illegal warfare may ap
pear inspiring for a time, but a reac
tion will soon come. The respect for
prayer is almost sure to be greatly di
minished by converting it Into a no-
litlcal battering-ram, and turning it
against a man's right to remain un
molested in his own house, by using
it as a substitute for ballots and a cov
er for libelous attacks on private character.
March 17, .1874.
oers.
The minutes do not indicate wheth
er this resolution was carried or not.
The 3heral tenor of the speeches
made was in favor of it.
The following, which would re
quire, for its enforcement, the law to
be amended, was adopted :
Jiesolved, That we are of the opin
ion that the County Superintendents
should be elected by a convention of
sohool district officers, and that he
should hold office for three years.
The oommfttee on State institutions
offered the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted :
1. That it is the sense of this con
vention that it is a wise policy to
unite alrour Colleges into one Univer
sity, in order to lessen the expense of
the teaching force, of apparatus and
State appropriation.
2. That we recognize the import
ance of furnishing a high grade of ed
ucation for working men, In the ap
plication of science to Agriculture
and the mechanical arts.
3. That we urge the importance of
such arrangements In connection with
the Agricultural college, as will furn
ish an opportunity to students to earn
a part, at least, of their school expenses.
ftesuiuuong were adopted recmi
menaing that a uniform course of
study be adopted for the various grad
ed schools, and that common schools
adopt a course to harmonize and fit
pupils for tho graded schools. The
following resolution! was adopted In
regard to Normal Sohools :
, .Resolved, That while we heartily
endorse the Normal School system,
we do not think that the time has yet
arrived to urge the establishment of
omer normal schools in the State.
The committee on the construction
of the school law made a further re
port as follows :
When a new district is formed of
the officers elected at the first meet
ing, the treasurer goes out at the first
annual meeting, the director at the
next, and the moderator at the next.
An appointed school officer holds his
office for the unexpired term.
ihe power of a County Superin
tendent and District Board to ap
point a school officer Is co-ordinate.
Every person of twenty-one years
of age, -having property that might
be taxed, and claiming the district as
his only residence, is entitled to vote
in said district.
The .mere voting, at the annual
meeting, to have school the length of
time required by. the school law, does
not entitle the district to the fundB
apportioned by the State.
The district, as a body, cannot hire
or discharge a teacher; neither can
they depose any school officer ; neith
er can the County Superintendent de
pose a school distriot officer.
When the district, at its annual or
special'meeting shall have determin
ed on the matter specified in section
thirty-two and thirty-three, the dis
trict board have no power to change
or alter the action of the district at
same meeting.
In hiring a teacher, the board
Bhouid be careful and make a oontraot
In writing and should also see to It
that the teacher has a certificate in
full at the time of making the con
tract. The teacher should make a
monthly report to the director before
any part of his wages is paid.
All funds coming Into the hands of
the County Treasurer belonging to
-the school fund, should be apportion
ed by the County Superintendent up
on the same basis as the State fund.
vuuu" oupermienaenw snould Ht. Patrick 'a Tav t T.!noi
hold monthly examinations, and jut-. otmrred-by-araadhalUt the Aoad-
Inthe Virginia Houbo of Represen
tatives, on the 13th inst., after the
news had been heralded over the
country that Charles Sumner was
dead Mr. Sj'phax, a colored Repre
sentative, introduced a series of reso
lutions eulogistic of the great states-,
man and anti-slavery advocate. The
resolutions were advocated by the col
ored members generally, but that ele
ment which still mourns for the "lost
cause" embraced another opportunity
to disgrace itself, and Bucoeeded to the
last degree In doing so, by tabling the
resolutions.
At Winchester, Iud.j every saloon
has been closed, suoh also Is the case
at Richmond, Ind. -
At'Bucyrus a number of saloons
have suspended. $30,000 was sub1
scribed at one meeting to help the wo
men In their crusade.
In Cincinnati where there are thou
sands of saloons, one has capitulated
at the request of the ladies ; one at
Newbury, Pa.; one at New Philadel
phia, Pa.
AtTecumseh, Neb., the ladies and
others are organizing preparatory for
commencing the crusade. A Miss
Smith has been delivering temperance
lectures in that city recently.
At Zanesville, Ohio, the women, in
great force, have opened the war. Sa
loonistshave held mass meetings and
agreed to firmly maintain their law
ful business. Over 200 saloons in that
city.
A Des Moines saloon keeper has
put over his door the following:
" 'When thou prayest into thy closet'
not in to somebody else's rum-shop."
The women undoubtedly think that
this thing of closet praying is too thin
for rum-shops.
At Cincinnati recently 150 leading
saloon keepers held a meeting and ap
pointed a committee of two In each
ward of the oity to make a list of the
men favoring the temperance move-s
ment and report the same. They
further resolved to withdraw their
patronage from all persons on this
list.
At Dayton, Ohio, saloon keepers
are discriminating Id their trade
against merchants who help the cru
saders. Temperance people prompt
ly carry their trade to men who are
thus singled out, and help their busi
ness more than they lose by the bad
policy of the liquor dealers. If tem
perance sympathizers adopt the poli
cy of retaliation, one-third of the Ger
man grooeries in the city will break
down.
The crusaders at Lincoln, Nebras
ka, have been besieging the saloons
for several weeks paot, but up to our
latest news from there had not suc
ceeded in effectually closing up a sin
gle saloon, and since the matter is
getting "old," are not likely to. Li
quor flows as freely as ever and in
very nearly as large quantities. There
are, however, some cases reported of
men being induced to reform and
Bign the pledge to abstain. With oth
ers wo have noticed the name of Ex
Gov. Butler as acting with the tem
perance people.
President Grant recently presented
a message to Congress recommediug a
liberal appropriation by Congress to
prepare and carry on the Philadel
phia Centennial Exposition ; and aleo
recommending that the Exposition
be international, a world's fair, that
the various nations of.the earth be in
vited to be present by their represen
tatives with their .wares, inventions,
&o. But recent action by Congress
In the matter indicates that the Pres
ident's suggestions with regard to ap
propriating money will not be adopt
ed, and that no appropriation will be
made out of the national treasury to
carry on the big show of 1876. We
think that Congress, if it adheres to
this policy, will do the wiser thing.
Let the movers in the matter carry it
on or drop it. The people would not
approve of millions being taken out
pf the treasury for that purpose.
We also think that the Exposition
should not be International, and hear
tily concur in the remarks made by
Senator Sumner a week or two ago,
and which we published week before
last. Let the one hundredth birth
day of our national independence be
exclusively and purely American and
cuaraoierisuc oi Americans a na
tional celebration of the Fourth of
July, 1876. If any of our neighbors
wish to cross over and see how it is
done under Stars and Stripes all
right let them come. A world's fair
would be more appropriate on any
other occasion than that, and on that
oocasion it would be in the last degreo
inappropriate.
Congressional Itenis.
The Civil Service committee have
agreed to report the following bill to
the house with favorably recommen
dations: That no officer of the
United States shall directly or indi
rectly receive or be paid for his own
use or benefit any money or property
whatever of the United States, except
the salary to be fixed by law ; and
that no publio property shall be used
by officials or by any persons for pri
vate purposes j that this act shall not
be so construed as to prevent the
payment from the treasury of all the
actual and necessary traveling ex
penses of United States offi dais when
performing the legitimate and neces
sary duties pertaining to their offices.
The House Committee on Invalid
Penisons has agreed to the bill whioh
provides that all penisons granted on
account of deseases contracted in the
United States service or wounds in bat
tle since March 4, 1861, which have
been granted, or may hereafter be
granted on applioation filed previ ous
to Jan. 1, 1875, shall commence from
the date of death or discharge; The
bill alsoprovides that in case of appli
cation for penisons, if uot filed prior to
Jan. 1, 1875, the penisons otherwise
shall commence from the date of the
filing of the last evidenoe necessary to
establish the name. The limitation
herein prescribed does not apply to
claims by or in behalf of insane per
sons or minor children of deseased
soldiers.
Mr. Conger, from the Committee on
Commerce! reported a bill to amend
the act of July 1, 1870, to prevent- tho
exteminatlon of fur bearing animal
In Alaska, so as to authorize the
Secrety of the Treasury to designate
the months In which fur-jeals may
be taken for their skins on the Islands
of St. Paul and St. George, and the
waters, adjacent thereto, and the
number to be taken in or about each
island. Bill passed
Mr. Logan, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported favorably on
the bill authorizing the Secratary of
War to issue a supply of arms to
Nebraska.
In the Senate a bill has been Intro
duced for the organization of the In
dian Territory, which has" the support
of all friends of similar measures.
It provides for organization on the
same basis as existing Territories,
makes the Indians citizens, and gives
to each man, woman and child the
land they have Improved, and if they
have improved more than 160 acres,'
uot to be'alienated by sale for a period
of ten years. The rest of the land is
to be sold at $1.25 per aore, and the
proceeds held in trust for the Indians.
Ths following Is the Centennial Ex
hibition bill now pending in the U. S.
Senate :
Be it enaoted that tho President be
requested to extend a'respeotful and
cordial invitation to the governors of
each one of the United States to be
represented and to take in the Nation:
al exhibition to be held at Philadel
phia under the auspices of the Gov
ernment of the United States, in the
year of 1876.
In the House a bill for the admis
sion of Utah has been Introduced.
v. s.
SENATE OX WHISKY AND
OPIUM
The following Is a copy of the bill
which fedently passed the U. S. Sen
ate for the appointment of Commis
sioners to investigate the liquor sub
ject in the United States :
Be it enacted &c., That there shall
be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, a commission of five persons,
neither of whom shall be bolder of
any office of profit or trust in the
General or State Government. The
said commissioners shall be selected
solely with reference to personal fit
ness and capacity for an honest, im
partial, and thorough investigation
and shall hold offce until their duties
shall be accomplished, but not to ex
ceed one year. It shall be their duty
to investigate the alcholic and fer
mented liquor traffic and manufact
ure, having special reference to the
revenue and taxation in distinguish
ing as far as possible in the conclu
sions they arrive at between the ef
fects produced by the use of ferment
ed or malt liquors iu the economic,
criminal, moral and scientific aspects,
in connection with pauperism, orime,
vice, the public health, and the gen
eral welfare of the people ; also to in
quire ana taKe. testimony to the prac
tical results of license and restrictive
legislation tot the prevention of in
temperance in the Several States, and
the effect produced by such legisla
tion upon the consumption of distill
ed or spirituous liquors, or fermented
or malt liquors; also to ascertain
whether the evil of drunkenness has
been inoreased or decreased thereby ;
whether tee use of opium as a stim
ulant or substitute for alcohollo drink
has become moru general in conse
quence ortuch legislation, and wheth
er public morals have been improved
thereby. It shall also be the duty of
said commission to gather informa
tion, and take testimony as to wheth
er the evil of drunkenness exists to
the same extent or moreso In other
civilized countries, and whether those
foreign nations that are considered
the most temperate in the use of stim
ulants are so through Drohibitorv
laws ; also to what degree prohibitory
locrlolaf inn lias nfTantaA ! ....
:legax,
misjtstv
Attachment x " -.
David Morton ys. j E "Ce
O . vld Morton, u Iaint"" th .
1 an action In Jnsffi ?v& La coti
Crother, Justice of th iwl"- beffl
maha county. State of iSF ln I frJV
said plaintiff clS of vn,rka.JQ kX-ty-eight
dollars and twen?vhesco(T
oiwu ueienaant In required t 2nd ii?
before the 13th dav of I VT ., "lawer ;
NOTICE OLEiTifj
Proclamation b3heJlnyof'
"VTOTICE Is hereby given ti,3
IN will be held in the cltyVp" eIeloa
onTuelav. Anrii7ii. Yt-.l ' Brmrn;iS?
officers : " r ""-,' Ior tho foliowvl
One Mayor,
One Police Judge,
One Treasurer.
One Clerk,
One Marshal,
Two Councllmen In First W'm
R Cowman in Second W&. "
One Councilman in Third vi
Polls will be open In theseViS" .
9 o'clock a. M.and close "at ?ffit? tt
Attachment Xoticp
"W'. S. Clark andl
Mary J. Clark, I
vh. f
J. E. Kentner. I
Before Jno. P. Crother, a Jmiicof tha P
in Nemaha County Nebraska.
T E. KENTNER. You are herebv nn
O. that on the25thdayofK,ttU
said fustlce of the peace Issued a'Sf.H
of Ml 00 CUt ,D the abVe acUo?" Stf
o!YiSrll"lKftWi,erSPhto
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V. B. CLARIC
MARYJ.cS
A ttafrif ment KetScc.
In the Probate Court, before F V tr
Probate Jnrt f'n i.i , ElM.
County, Nebraska!
Thomas G. Ferguson, PlnY)
J. E. Kentner. Deft. C" s-l:
THE said J. E Kentner Is notMed tlmt
the 21st day of February, 18 an om
of attachment was Issued la the abow J
tlon for the sum of Two Hundred anil
enty Dollars, and interest at ?
from the 1st day of August, 1873. nt-
Said action has been continued to tha ir
day of April, 1871, at 10 o'clock A. M Ir
m THOMAS O. FERGCSOV
T.L. SCHICK. Pl'ff's Atfy. ;,
In Jackson county. Mo., near Inde
pendence, a murdered man was re
cently found. It has since been as
certained that the body was that of a
detective, who was eeekiug'the arrest
of the Younger brothers and the
James brothers, the Gad's Hill rob
bers as Is supposed. Jackson oounty
Is the home of these desperadoes. The
detective, In Liberty, Mo., unguarded
ly told his business. The result was
as above stated. J. W. Whlcher was
the name of the deteotive.
Who will be Mr. Sumnor's succes
sor? is the question whioh now en
grosses the attention of the people
and the Legislature of Massachusetts.
Congressman Henery L. Dawes, it
Is thought, has the inside track; but
there are other candidates who will
make a fight for it. Ex-Attorney-General
Hoar, Ex-Gov Bullock, Gov.
Washburn and others are candidates.
and Gen. Ben. Butler would nrvAnt
the position. Butler is the best man
for Senator that Massachusetts has to
day. o-
The State Journal is Informed by
Gov. Furnas, that Commissioner
Drummond has after due examination
of the case confirmed the title of the
section upon which is the Salt basin,
at Lincoln, to the State of Nebraska.
and issued a patent for the same J.
Sterling Morton who still claims a ti
tle to the land, will have to contend
wun cue general government, if he
proposes to keep up litigation. The
land has passed out of the govern
ments bauds.
According to the letter published In
the Omaha Herald, by order of grand
motherTipton and written by commis
sioner Drummond, Hon. T. P. Ken
nard presented a "power of attorney"
at the Land Department, as his au
thority to act in tbe prosecution of the
claim of Nebraska against the United
States. Of course he presented the
authority of hi- principals, which
wa- in the form of a contract with the
ntate, as tne act or legislation pre
scribed. But the Herald In publish
ing this letter of Drummond sudden
ly let the gas o.it of its own stomach,
and completely collapses in its idiotic
effort to mako a few fools believe that
Gov. Furnas had made a mistate
ment. If Mr. Kennard had his au
thority as Commissioner of Swamp
Lauds from the Governor, what need
was there of a "power of attorney?"
The Herald has once more cone
through its popular operation of ha
ri kari and its bowels bestrew the
earth by its own act. Did the Herald
ever hear of the employment of an
attorney for J such purposes? State
Journal.
o
THE'KABKE TS.
legmiHiion uas eueciea tne consuma
tlon and manufacture of malt and
spirituous liquors injthis country.
Seo. 2. That the commissioners, all.
of whom shall not be advocates of
prohibitory legislation or total-abstin
ence in relation to alohollo or fermen
ted liquors, shall serve without salary
and shall have authority to employ a
secretary at a reasonable compensa
tion, not to exceed $2,000 per annum,
which with necessary expenses inci
dental to suoh investigation, not to
exceed $10,000 for both secretary and
commissioners, shall be paid out of
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, upon vouohers to
be approved by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and for this purpose the
sum of $10,000 is hereby appropriated.
It sball be the further duty of Baid
commissioners to report the results of
their investigation and the expenses
attending the same to the President,
to be by him transmitted to Congress.
This, if we mistake not, is the first
aotion by our national legislature ever
taken on the promiscuous sale of In
toxicating liquors':
A PACT 1VITII A MORAL.
A young man has been spending
his time for some weeks In saloons
and other bad places In this city.
Yesterday his landlord attached his
trunk for his board bill. Bv Dawn
ing hiB rings and revolver he obtained
money sufficient to purchase tickets
to St. Louis and left this morning.
Should the ladies movement in our
country save a thousand young men
from such courses, will they have
prayed in vain ? Lincoln Farmer".
.No, Indeed, not in vain If
save even two-thousan'd.
In theProbate Court before E. M. HcComai
Probate Judge In and for Nemaha
County, Nebraska.
Thomas G. Ferguson, Plff.')
vs. CaaeXo an
J.E. Kentner, Deft, j ' "'
THE said J. E. Ke.ntner is notWed that on
theast day of February. 1CT. anortS
of attachment was Issued in the above Milan
for the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy
Dollars, and Interest at 12 per cent, from too
1st day or August. 1873.
Said action has been continued to the 13th
day of April, 1874. at 10 o'clock A. II
m THOMAS O. FERGUSOx
T. L. Schick, Pl'fl-s Att'y. a
Attachment Xotlc&
Before E. M, McComaH, Justice of the Vn-s
ln Nemaha County, Nebrntka.
J. P. Fogg & Son.)
vs. y
Sldnoy French. J
SIDNEY FRENCH: You are hereby not!
lied that on the 23rd day of February
1CTJ, said Justice of tho Peace Idscetl an or'
tier of attachment In the above .-.itlon ftr
226.05.
You are required to answeron the llthtlar
of April, X7i, at 10 o'clock A. M.
W. T. ROGERS. Atl'y for lTff i.
Lcal Advertisement.
John Umland, Plaintiff,
vs
Judson R. Hyde, adminis
trator of the estate of BenJ
F. Lushbaugh, deceased,
Marv I,U8hbfttith. Hen.
Jamln F. Lushbaugh, jr., V
uownru Ltusnoaugn anu
James l.ushbaugh, minor
helrs-of said HenlnmlnF.
l.ushbaugh, deceased, De-1
renaants.
they
Wm. M. Tweed, the millionaire
convict of New York has had his
penalty changed from a penitentiary
ajau,
to
spjbci Notices.
St. Louis, Mar. 10. Wheat, dull,
No. 2 spring, $1.21$1.22; No. 3 red
fall;$l,401.43; No. 2, $1.53 1.55.
Corn Inactive and unsettled ; No.
2 mixed, 6162c.
Oats No. 2. mixed, 4950o.
Bye No. 2 mxed 90c.
Hogs Firm and higher; light $4.
75$5.25; bacon lots, S5.25$5.50 ;
extra heavy, $o.40$5.60.
Cattxe In good demand and sup
ply light ; choice and extra beeves
$5.25$6.25 good to prime, $4,25$4.
75 ; Texan $1.7o$4.25.
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3" This Lecture snoultftfe In tfie hands of eve
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Sent under seal, to any address. In a plain sealed
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age stamps. Als7, Dr. cblverwell's "Marriage
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The above named defendants will tAka no.
tlco that the said John Umlnnd.plalntlff.biis
filed a petition In th District Court of Ne
maha County, Nebraska, wherein he alleve
that tho said Benjamin F. Luslibaugh, de
ceased, dnrlng.hls lifetime, made a contmct
In writing to convey to said plaintiff the wwt
half of thesouth east quarter of section num
ber thirty (30) ln township number tlvefSj
north or rango number fourteen (Heastlu
said county, to the said plaintiff, nnd that
thesald Lushbaugh died whllebonnd by such
contract, without having mndesnch convey
ance, and asking that the said Juihou It.
Hyde, administrator us aforesaid, be aathor
lr.ed and directed to execute and deliv
er to the aforesaid d Iain tiff a conveyance
thereof, and that the 6th day of April,
187-J, has been appointed as tho time, and the
Court Rouse ln Brownvllle, Nemaha Coun
ty, Nebraska, as the place of hearlngHatJ pe
tition, and that unless they appearand ans
wer at or before the time of hearing above
stated, the said matter will be heard and de
termined in their absence.
JOHN UMLAND, rnr.
Feb. 3, 1874.-33-6W
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"The Colonist, is the name of a lit
tle monthly paper jQst started at Co-
zad Uity, Dawson county, Neb., by
Dr. J. Ormsby Donogh, who is editor
and publisher. The motto of the pa
per is "Landless men want lands,
meuiess lands want men.'-'
We all remember Johny Reed, who
used to run a drug store at Nebraska
City, and disappeared without giving
much notice of his going, about a year
Waters, editor of Chroniole, Ne
braska City, is a trump. If we knew
brother Waters personally, we would
know better how to take him. Thnrp
Is a vein of sarcasm running through
nearly everything he writes, so that
we are often preplexed to know how
to take him. Pawnee Republican.
Take him straight, you damphool
you. One that's drank as much
whisky as you have and don't know
how to "take him!"
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On the 16th Inst. Prince Louis Na
poleon was eighteen years old. The
Frenoh people at Cbiselhurst cele
brated the occasion. Several thou
sand people were present, amongst
ago. The Chronicle Bavs he "ha7 tnem were many prominent French-
been heard from in St. Arnaud, AusQ mea-
Important la Farmers and
Gardeners.
Persons who wish to raise the largest and best
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JOSEPH SHUTZ,
No. 59 Mala Str-t, Brewnville.
"9 Keeps constantly on handalarjreandwfll
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XjJK Repairing of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
""done on short notice, at reasonable raterf.
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tralia, where he can be addressed
letter at 44 cents postage."
M
amlnatlons should be partly oral and
Kev. John Stevens, a Congregation
al minister, sent out by tho Boston
Board of Foreign Missions, was bru
tally murdered by a mob, on the 8th
inst., at Abualuooo, Mexico. The
mob was incited to the outrage by an
inoendiary sermon by a priest, who
advocatsd the extermination of the
Protestants.
Recently, while 278 pilgrims were
returning on a steamship from Mecca
to Algiers a storm was encountered
in the Mediterranean, and 117 of the
pilgrims were washed overboard and
drowned.
was
On the I5th Inst, a young man named
Kelly, of Camden, Maine, accompan
ied by a Miss Holt, of Lincolnville,
were driving Across a pond when the
Ice broke and all were drowned.
The Iowa Senate on the 12th adopt
ed the House joint resolution for a
constitutional amendment giving
women the right of suffrage. The
vote in the Senate on the question
was 27 for and 1 against.
The Central Pacific railroad was
blockaded on the 16th inat. at Emi
grant Gap. The snow on a level was
25 feet deen. Tbe toletrranh nn!
were burled out of sight.
emy of Music.
In Brooklvn. rprAnfltr ft AT iu 3.vin
and Mr. March wtra rnarried,
Cass Mattock, at Little Bock, Ar
kansas charged with the murder of
Missouri Boneae, han been found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
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