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THE ADVERTISER.
Official Paper of City and" Comity.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21; 1874.
KEPUBLICAN" TICKET.
Election Tuesday, Oct. 13, lS14i.
For Member of Congress
LORENZOCROUNSB, Washington Co.
3or Member of Congress (contingent)
PATRICK O'HAWES, Douglas County.
STATB TICKET,
For Governor
SILAS GARBER, Webster County.
For Secretary of State
BRUNO TSCHUCK, Sarpy County.
For State Treasurer
J, C. McBRIDE, Colfax County.
JTor Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. M. McKENZIE, Nemaha County.
ForSrate Prison Inspector
N. S. PORTER, Dixon County.
For Attorney General
. GEO. H. ROBERTS, Red Willow Co.
For District Attorneys
1st Dist.-C. J. DIL WORTH, Phelps Co.
2d Dist. W. J. CONNELL, Douglas Co.
3d Dist. M. B. HOXIE, Colfax County.
COUNTY TICKET.
For State Senator
J. B. FISHER; Asplnwall Precinct.
For Representatives
B. M. BAILEY. Brownvllle Precinct.
J. P. BURDICK, Peru Precinct.
For County Commissioners
1st Dist. J. H. SHOOK.
Sd Dist. McFARLAND CAMPBELL.
TO THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Tho County Central Commmitte,
which is as follows, viz:
Brownvllle G. W. Falrbrother and A. R.
Davison.
Asplnwall J. S. Mlnlck and J. R. Larkln.
St. Deroln Leander Cooley and Dr. L.
Rico.
Nemaha City F. G. Holmes and Levi
Johnson.
Peru Samuel Pcttit and D. C. Cole.
Lafayette C. F. Hey wood and John Rob
bins. London John Strain and S. H. Clayton.
Washington O. J. Matthews and R. M.
Buckles.
Island Isaac Shields and L. Ellsworth.
Bedford Nathan G. Randall and McFar
land Campbell.
Benton Wm. Wlndsheffle and Henry
Steinman. .
Glen Rock C. H. Thomas and Thomas
Burress.
Douglas Wesley Dundasand Giles Reader.
are requested to meet in the Editorial
room of the Advertiser, on Satur
day the 26th inst. at one o'clock p. in.
for the purpose of organizing, and the
consideration of any other business
that may be brought before the com
mittee. It Is important that every
member of the committee shall be
present on thafcocoasion.
A. R. Davison,
G. YV. Pairbrother,
Proclamation by the Governor.
'.State of Nebraska,
Executive Department.
Whereas, The Senate and House
of Representitlves of the State of Ne
brska, on the 26th day of February,
1873, passed a resolutions in words as
follows :
"Resolved. That the electors of the
State be, and are hereby authorized
andrecommendedto vote for or against
a convention to revise or change
the Constitution of the State, at the
next general election for mombers
of the Legislature. The ballots at
such election shall be, wrtten or print
ed as follows: Those In favorof a Con
vention, "For a Convention." Those
against a uouvention, "Against a
Convention."
Now, therefore, I, R. W. Furnas,
Governor of the State of Nebraska,
do hereby recommend to the electors
of the State, that at the nest general
election for Members of tho Legisla
ture to be held on the 13th day of Oct.,
A. D. 1S74, under the resolution afore
said, they do vote for or against a
Convention to be convened for the
purpose aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have here
with set mjr baud and caused to be
affixed the great seal of the State of
Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln, this 8th day of
September, A. D. 1874.
R. W. Furnas.
By the Governor,
John J. Gosper,
Secretary of State.
THE CAMPAIGN.
Republican Mass Meetings.
r
- At Peru, Tuesday evening Septem-
ber29th.
Ipt London, Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 30th.
Sheridan, Thursday evening, Octo
- ber 1st.
Highlaud, Friday evening, October
2nd.
Lafayette, (Union School House,)
Saturday evening, October 3rd.
Johnson, Mouday evening, Ootober
fth.
.-.Benton, (Stone Church,) Tuesday
vening, Ootober 6th.
Bedford, Weduesday evening, Oc-
r7tb.
Si. Deroin, Thursday evening, Oc-
r 8th.
gtopinwall, Friday e'enlng, October
sxaha City, Saturday evening,
rlOth.
ville, Monday, October 12th,
hereon Hall.
Republican candidates will be
st these meetings, and ad-.
if ill, be made by speakers pro
brtfee occasion, touching the
f the people and the issues
by the various parties in
aftttpeifti. The people, irrespec
f fMkrigr ftfglifttlons, are cordially
to 4titff4 'meetings.
m ji tmmi
In tb B.XiOP(t wson City
: Mo., but mk, mbert L. GMIlau, of
KrJeetAoeBV! Q, W. Adams, of
fSsafrrillV Mo:Jmiil guilty of
la MQntfep Meney ; and
A. Whittak.er, lawyer of Sa-
VM tried and toun guilty of
tjr elaims. Tfcey were
t ih peniteatiary for a
yaw.
A AtlHey; JIfH,' 'four
jmtt M, f ft. ifoey .-. was
kilted by stroke erjigMpifti en the
ttthloet.
sg,
m.iM.
CHURCH HOWK PROFOSKS' TO
IV AR AGAINST THE NKWSPA-
PERS OP THE STATE.
Church Howe is telling through
the country what he will do when he
gets into the Legislature. He is go
injr to have printer's fees- cut down,
and-will have the rates of legal adver
tising antr printing delinquent tax
;lists greatly reduced. We would sus
pect Mr. How, if he should, unfor
tunately for the people, be elected", of
doing some such thing rather than
the advocacy of any measurers of real
reform and economy. Why Mr.
Howe proposes to make this attack on
the press of the State we cannot Im
magine, unless he is opposed to good
newspapers, and thinks there are too
many papers for the welfare of the
State and the people, for the way to
kill them is to cut off their support
their bread aud butter. This Mr.
Howe would do by making their pay
so small as to starve them out. Or, at
least, Mr. Howe's promised reform In
the newspaper business, would have
that effect upon country newspapers-,
or the papers of small towns in new,
western counties. A few papers in
the cities and larger towns could sur
vive, but Howe's reform would be
death on all others, were it carried in
to operation. Does Howe dare tell his
constituents that he Is in favorof such
a monopoloy ? We are very credibly
informed that such is the case.
Does M. Howe not know that it is
with difficulty the newspapers of this
State can live even at the prices
which at present exist, and which he
proposes to materially reduce? or are
they making too much money, get
ting rich and indulging in the opu
lence and luxuries whioh money only
can purchase? There is no evidence
of any such a thing. The profits of
newspaper publishers in Nebraska,
as we know very well, is not such as
to enable them to invest in lands or
stockB, or to lay up anything for a
"rainy day." On the contrary we
know that it Is only by the strictest
economy that they can rako together
from time to time, enough money to
buy their paper and defray their other
necessary cash expenses to make as
good a paper as they possibly can,
and to do so are frequently under the
necessity o'f denying themselves of
many of the ordinary comforts of life.
But Howe, hard up for electioneering
ideas and hobbies, would make their
meagre support still less,
If Howe thinks he can make votes
and friends In this county aud State
by promising his Influence to gag
newspapers, we say go In Mr. Howe
the idea is a very small and con
temptible one and just suits you, but
if you make "four times" on that
proposition, wo will be much mis
taken. The newspapers of this State
are too highly appreciated as auxil
ariesof immigration, education, en
terprise and progress, Tor a narrow-,
minded blow-hard and blow-all-the-i
time like Howe to hurt very much.
The Democraoy of the State of New
York held a convention last week at
Syracuse. Samuel J. Tilden was
nominated for Governor. The plat
form adopted declares that gold aud
silver should be the only legal tender,
and that the public debt must be paid
In coin for the "sacred preservation of
publio faith." A few years ago,
everybody distinctly remembers,
whenthey run Se'inour for Presi
dent, their platform was to pay the
publio debt in greenbacks, or legal
tender notes and were correctly stig
matized by the Republican party aud
all who favored the preservation of
the bublio faith, as repudiatlon
ists. The people refused to repu
diate and elected General Grant,
thereby teaching the Democracy
a lessson they before seemed ig
norant of, that the great majority of
the people were inclined to be honest
and perform faithfully their "sacred"
contracts. After making this discov
ery they hastened to get on to the Re
publican platform, and now they re
peat the Republican doctrine, that the
credit of the government must be
preserved by paying the national debt
occording to agreement.
Why did tho leaders of Democracy
ohange or abandon their position im
mediately after the defeat of their
repudiation oandidate and platform?
Simply because It was very unpopu
lar. They have not changed their
opinions, as they profess they have.
Such profession is a lie and a swindle,
and they would repudiate and dis
honor tho Government to-morrow
had they the power in their hands.
The party which is forced to be hon
est is not the one to bo trusted.
If Hewett, Howe and the balance
of that outfit, are "men of the whole
country," as is alleged, why do they
abuse Brownville, and especially the
merchants, when they talk to people
in the country, and when they are in
the city go to these same merchants
and boast how they defend them when
ever assailed In the country? Howe,
especially, is notoriously guilty of do
ing this very kind of thing. He tak
es particular pains to have It under
stood here in town that he does not
like anybody scarcely, as well as
"middlemen." To hear him tell it
he has and incessant warfare with his
brother grangers on this subject. He
says most of the grangers are fools on
the subject of middlemen, while in
town. Our country friends know how
he talks about Brownville and her
business men, when he la soft soaping
them.
"Go and hear Major Chhrch Howe."
Yes, that would be interesting, as the
people have not heard his political
blarney hardly any since he has been
a citizen of the county. Yes, go and
bear Howe's patrlotio utterances, and
look .upon his honest countenanoe, be
lieve and swallow all his .hypocritical
pledges aud promises, give him quiet
and peaceable possession of your nose
.and let him lead you into the pure
and virtuous, incorruptible and
uncorrupted paths of Howe and then
-he will have done just what he has
boasted that he could do with "our
fellows out in the country."
J i v. t. '-iP
A CORRECTION.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser:
You give me too much credit when'
you declare that I engineered the
nomination of Mr. Church for Gov
ernor at the late Prohibition Conven
tion. A speech of great power made
by Mr. Church on the great issues of
the day, was undoubtedly the occas
ion of his nomination-, which I am
hnnnv to-sav I think was one emi
nently fit to be made.
In your notice of the movement to
establish an organ for the Prohibition
party, I see my name as a subscriber
for $2,000 of the stock. Unfortunate
ly I am not able to subscribe for a
single dollar's worth of stock in that
enterprise. Respectfully,
W. B. SLAUGHTER.
JJroitmville, Sept. 19, 1874.
REMARKS.
When we intimated that the Rev.
Mr. Slaughter used his influence for
the nomination of Mr. Church we
thought we had information regard
ing the matter which sustained us in
doing so, but we did not wish to con
vey the idea that he had done any
wrong.
The manner of "engineering" Mr.
Church iuto the nomination was rath
er singular and not of frequent occur
rence. Mr. Maxfield, a Methodist
preacher, of Beatrice, was first nomi
nated for Governor by the Prohibi
tionists. This nomination was made
just after Mr. Miller, another Metho
dist preacher, had been nominated for
Congress. Mr. Church, who wanted
very much to be the candidate for
Governor, then made a speech of
"great power," which, from its tone
and temper, created alarm among the
Prohibitionists there assembled, that
they had entirely underrated Mr.
Church's vanity and ambition by put
ting him off with contingent Con
gressman. So they went to work to
undo and mend up matters to suit
Church lest he become still more ob
streperous aud kick clear out of the
harness. With this laudable purpose
in view, Bro. Slaughter, and others,
we will Bay, lest we give Bro. Slaugh
ter "too much credit," procured the
declination of Bro. Maxfield in oth
er words they squelched him they
told him it would not do to have so
many Methodist preachers, that he
must give way to a Baptist, or some
other than a Methodist Preacher, that
if he did not people would say that it
was entirely a Methodist raid, and
that Bro. Church's requisition must
be filled, on account of his ''powerful
speeches!!" Maxfield, however re
luctantly, was thus overrode and was
compelled to "come down and out"
to save the fellow who makes speech
es of such almighty "great power."
With regard to our statement about
what W. B. Slaughter subscribed to
start a paper, the mistake was not
ours, for he was so reported in the re
port of the proceedings of the convention-.
Mr. W. B. Slaughter informs
us that It was his son, D. B. Slaugh
ter, who subscribed $2,000, and so that
mistake occurred by the reporters of
the convention getting the initials
mixed, but the Rev. W. B. leaves
us to make the full correction and
statement of the facts after all. Had
he done otherwise we should have
made no comments on his note.
Attorney General Williams is con
stantly in receipt of letters and dis
patches from all parts of the South
ern States whioh indicate a terrible
and lamentable stale of affairs. The
"White Man's League" is organized
iu every locality throughout tho
South, and armed and arming for ag
gressive purposes against the negroes
and the Republican party. Treason
still lives in formidable proportions,
and grows in strength by tho organ
ized efforts of the White Man's
League, and is constantly inflamed,
and kept actively alive by their ora
tors and newspapers, who urge boldly
the driving off or killing of all "radi
cals," as they call all loyai people. It
is the duty yet of the Republican par
ty to stand by and defend and protect
the Government against all parties
that oppose. Therefore the Republi
can ranks should not be divided by
the allurements of a cunning foe.
Every Republican defeat is so muoh
aid aud comfort to White Leaguers
and those working in their interests.
IN CONFEDERATE UNIFORM.
A telegram from New Orleans to
the Inier-Ocean says that during the
recent insurrection in that city many
of the white leBguers appeared in
Confederate uniform, and that a Con
federate flag was carried by them.
LET THE3I BE SHOT DOWN.
During this time the rebel papers
were terribly blood thirsty, and by
their unreasonable and inilamatory
editorials aided in keeping the rebel
blood at fever heat. The Picayune
on one occasion, speaking of the
friends of the government, advised
the leaguers to unceremoniously
shoot them down. That paper in
sisted that:
"White men caught in the act of
instigating riot should be at once shot.
No formalities need be gone through
with at all. Let them be shot down
like the dogs and brutes they are.
We should have a mounted police es
pecially charged with seeing to this
matter, and the assassins caught sow
ing seeds of outrage should be dealt
with suddenly and conclusively. Lot
there be no mistake about this ; it Is
of the first Importance."
But thank the Lord for Grant. He
cut their devilment short, and the
triumph of the traitors was short
lived. Moulton, "our mutual friend," In
his late statement of what he knows
about Beecher's nest-hlding raids,
says that Beecher and a girl named
Edna Proctor, an authoress, were
guilty of nest-hlding, and thatBeeoh
er confessed the same to Moulton.
Now comes Miss Proctor and Institu
tes suit against Moulton for a damag
ed character and claims that not less
than v$100,000 will pay her for aald
damaged .charaoter.
Tilton'a second statement regarding
the scandal, makes four solid pages
in tho New York Tribune.
THE LOUISIANA USURPERS.
"Let not the cointry," says the
Inter-Ocean, "put'faith in the fair
promises of Lieutenant Governor (?)
Penn, of Louisiana nor iu the soft
words of men wlo stand by him
while he overthow a legally-constituted
government., Ho has taken
possession of Louisiana by force ; be
has caused blood o flow that he
might mquut to powar. His ostenta
tious disbandment of tho White
Leaguers, on the assumption that
there ;is to be peace, is a ruse to lull
suspicion. They ore still armed ;
they are still ready at a moment's no
tice to go forth and kill. The parade
of fine speeches lo the effect that
Louisiana has been rescued from the
olutoh of despotic power is a fraud
and a delusion. Republican govern
ment ha9 been overthrown by a des
potism, and a usurper sits in the
seat of power in Louisiana; and
while he sita there the the Federal
Government is openly and successful
ly defied. It is not a mere question
as to who shall hold the State offices ;
the question is whether the Federal
authority will enforce the laws of the
United States when legally author
ized to do ;so by the Governor of a
State. A political party has seized
nnRHpKCiInn of the eovernnient of
Louisiana by force ; by force it has
deposed every legally elected officer
in the State and the act constitutes an
overthrow of the republican form of
government which the Federal au
thority is bound to maintain. The
actual eitution at New Orleans Is suf
ficient evidence of this fact, but It is
not all. That the usurper, Penn, pro
poses to remodel the entire State
government on the basis of his forci
ble act of seizure is plain ; and that
he proposes to follow the course pur
sued in Arkansas is also evident. In
that State Baxter had no sooner taken
forcible possession of the exeoutive de
partment of the governmet than he
hastened to call together such mem
bers of the Legislature as were known
to be in his interest. Then followed
a constitutional convention procured
by intimidation and fraud. Penn has
already issued a call convening the
Legislature, and a constitutional con
vention after the manner of Arkansas
will follow. Thus, on the strength
of a bald usurpation established by
force, it is proposed to reconstruct the
organio law of the State. Into the
probable character of this recon
struction it is needless to inquire. It
it Is sufficient to know that followers
of the Penn party are at tho heart
hostile to the Union and hostile to
negro suffrage. In such hands the
reconstruction of the government of
Louisiana meaus tho virtual disfran
chisement of negroes, constituting
more than half of the population of
the State ; and it means equally the
expulsion of Northern white men
from the borders of the State. In a
word, it means the restoration of
Louisiana to its ante-war condition.
As evidence of the correctness of
these conclusions, we need only refer
to the violent language of the South
ern Democratic press during the pro
gress of the disturbances in Louisia
na, whiih have culminated in blood
shed and usurpation. On this head
there has been perfect accord, that
negroes are not fitted to exercise
and shall not exercise equal political
rights. This is the issue, and the
only issue, in Louisiana to-day. The
Federal government cannot avoid
this Issue if it would ; and the people
would not permit it to bo avoided if
they could. Upon its settlement in
the right way depends not only peace
and good order throughout the South,
but the character of justice and hon
or of the whola American people.
For the moment all the responsibility
rests upon the President ; but behind
him stands the law, behind the law
stands Congress, and behind Congress
the people. If the President should
make a mistake, Congress will reo
tify it ; and if Congress Bhould err,
the people will reorganize Congress.
Meantime there may be more blood
shed and more usurpations, the assas
sins and the usurpers are only "treas
uring up wrath against the day of
wrath." They are building a house
whose rafters will one day tumble
about their ears, and overwhelm alike
themselves and the deluded people
they lead. The emergency is a grave
one. In the action of the President
are involved consequences beueficient
or calamitious. There is, on one
hand, equal rights to all men, and
peace at the South ; and on the oth
er, injustice to a olass that may in
volve thewhole country in civil war at
no distant day. If time-serving poli
ticians advise the President to hold
his hand from instant reinstatement
of the legal authorities of Louisiana,
and instant punisment of the rebell
ious usurpers, they advise him to
his hurt. Mr. Penn must step down
and out to be promptly replaced by
Gov. Kellogg or a military command
er. There is a choice of these two
courses, but there is no other alterna
tive. It is not a time at this juncture
to talk of "our Southern brethren."
Our Southern Brethren of the old
class are traitors and cut-throats, un
deserving confidence or sympathy,
bent on high-handed crimes, and
they should be treated as enemies of
of law and order in the State and in
the nation.
GOV. FURNAS.
The Blair Times gives tho Gov. the
following handsome compliment. It
is more, too, than mere empty flattery
for it is the naked truth :
We regret that the press of the State
very generally, have failed to do full
oredit to R. W. Furnas, who for the
past two years has filled the honored
position of Governor of Nebraska.
No more faithful, earnest, honest, or
capable officer has filled any publio
office in this state since its admission,
and no publio officer is more deserv
ing the thanks of the people than
Gov. Furnas. Even his political en
emies, and they are many, have not
been able to cast one slur on his offi
cial acts -during all this time, and
when in the not distant future, the
record of our Nebraska Governors
shall be made up, the name of R. W.
Furnas will Btand out among" the
brightest, and his gubernatorial rec
ord will be found woithy of emulation.
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
The convention met at Sheridan on
September 19th, 1873, and was organ
ized by electing Geo. Crow, Chair
man, and Wesley Duudas, Secretary.
Rev. W. B. Slaughter offered the
following resolutions:
Besolved, That we have entire con
fidence in the temperance principles
of O. B. Hewett, Church Howe, C.
M. Haydeu, and B. M. Bailey, can
didates for the Legislature, and John
Shook, J. Higgins and Wm. Stokes,
candidates for Commissioners.
Besolved, That while we do not
think it expedient to nominate a sep
arate county ticket, we will support
only such candidates already in nom
inntion as are in favor of stringent
laurq fnr the removal of the curse of
intemperance from our midst.
After a spirited discussion the reso
lutions were voted down by an al
most unanimous vote.
The convention then nominated the
following ticket:
For Senator, O. B. Hewett; for
Representatives, C. M. Hayden and
Jasper Ewing; for Commissioners,
John Shook and Jonathan Higgins.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we are in favor of a
law making it a misdemeanor punish
able with fine and imprisonment to
sell any wine or spirituous liquors
that have been in any way adultera
ted or that is not genuine and what
its name imports.
Resolved, That we request the Com
missioners of Nemarja county to fix
the license fee for this county, so long
as the present law remains in force,
at $500.
Tho convention then elected the
following named gentlemen as a
County Central Committee :
Brownville, J. W. Newman ; Pe
ru, S. P. Majors ; Nemaha City, Ell
as Randall ; Asplnwall, Wm. Tid
row; St. Deroin, Peter Welty; Bed
ford, Dr. Traoy Seat; Benton, D. S.
Haoker; Washington, C. B. .Lee;
Douglas, Wesley Dundas ; Lafayette,
A. G. Ewing; Glen Rock, Curtis
Meader; Loudon, S. W. Kennedy.
The nominations and the entire ac
tion of the convention was by a unan
imous votei except that the Chairman
would have preferred an endorse
ment of the Independent ticket, be
lieving them all to be temperance
men. GEO. CROW, Ch'n.
Wesley Dundas, Sec'y.
HON. SILAS GARBER.
The Republican papers of the State
are all enthusiastic over the nomina
tion of Mr. Garber for Governor.
While wo have not the honor of the
gentleman's acquaintance, his reputa
tion as a good and able man is such,
ever3'where, that we are satisfied that
a better selection could not have been
made in the State for the Executive
office. The Omaha Union speaks iu
highly complimentary terms of Mr.
Garber. It says :
This gentleman has been spending
some days in Omaha, and he has met
many of our prominent citizens and
made the best impression upon all as
a man oft dignity, of character and
ability for'the position for which he
is nominated. Mr. Garber is about
40 years of age ; tall, rather stout, and
finely formed. His appearance indi
cates strength of character, firmness
and decision. He has a splendid rec
ord as a soldier, aud the whole south
western part of the State, who know
him well, speak of him in the high
est terms. He has honestv.inteirritv.
and
and
although modest, unassuming,
unused to public life, he will
make a first-class executive officer
All of our citizens who have spoken
to us of him have expressed them
selves highly pleased with our chos
en candidate. There is but one thing
to do, and that is, to elect him by
10,000 majority.
A dispatoh from Monticello, Miss.,
says that one night last week a dia
bolical crime was committed near
that place. The victim was a young
man, colored, named Wm. Davis,
aged about 20 years, of good character,
and who was not supposed to hare
any enemies. Ho was found dead,
hanging by a rope to the limb of a
tree. He had started from Bear Creek
to visit a sister living on the Rev. Mr.
Melborn's place, but never got there.
Two white men suspected of perpe
trating the crime were arrested and
brought before a justice of the peace,
but, as there was no positive proof
against them, and they proved an ali
bi, they were quickly set at liberty.
That's tho fashion. When a Re
publican, either white or black, is
murdered, his murderers undergo a
mock trial, prove an alibi and are
quickly released. That is the extent
of their punishment. But how dif
ferent If a white leaguer gets knocked
over. The first man suspicioned Is
lynched without an opportunity of
proving his innocence. No difference
about mistakes so a Republican or
negro is put to death.
News from all parts of the 8tato is
encouraging as to the success of the
republican ticket. The State ticket is
the same as if counted and certificates
awarded ; and nothing but personal
strifes will defeat the election of the
republican legislature. Omaha Re
publican. All personal and local strife should
be burried, at least for the present, for
Republicans have a duty to perform
at'the coming eleotlon, which if they
leave undone, they will regret but
cannot rectify hereafter. Notwith
standing the Independents in this
county, which have dlsaffeoted a
few Republicans who never would
do to bet on the Republican party
has not been in so good condition for
for years. Animosities which have
hitherto existed between individuals
and leaders In the party have been so
far settled or thrown aside that they
unite in their efforts to elect the tick
et, with a determination that means
success. And we are warranted in
the opinion that our whole ticket will
be elected by unusually large majori-J
ties, and old Nemaha will assist in
making the legislature Republican.
The Evansvllle Courier records a
case of another reverend seducer.
One Father Merle, a Catholic Priest,
In the vicinity of Evansville, Ind.,
was the wolf and a young girl was
the lamb destroyed. When the girl's
oonditlon could no longer be conceal
ed, Father Merle departed from his
Indignant congregation to find some
new field of labor and other victims. I
BOLI BANK ROBBERY
The bank at Wellsboro, Pa., was
robbed on the 16th by five men. The
president of the bank was gagged, to
gether with his family. The robbers
took from the safe, which the cashier
was compelled to open, $50,000, most
ly in currency. Five thousand dol
lars is offered for the arrest of the
robbers.
KELLOGG TAKES POSSESSION
About 9 o'clock on the morning of
the 19th Inst. Gov. Kellogg returned
from the Custom House to tho execu
tive office in the St. Louis Hotel, tak
ing possession. Governor Kellogg
and such other State officers as were
in the city went down to the State
House at ten o'clock and the milita
ry authorities formally delivered pos
session of the building to them and
and furnished a military guard.
The Secretary of State, the Speaker
of the House, the Lieutenant Govern
or and the Attorney General ore some
where at the North, and it is under
stood that Governor Kellogg has tele
graphed for them to come home at
once. He has also telegraphed to
members of Congress who are all ab
sent from the State, except Congress
man Smith, requesting them to re
turn to their respective constituents.
Washington, September 19. The
following was received this afternoon
from the headquarters of the depart
ment of the Gulf, dated 19th :
To Adjutant General U. S. A.,
Washington Last night, by request
of Gov. Kellogg, the city was placed
in my charge. All was quiet this
morning. Gov. Kellogg occupied the
State House aud resumed his guberna
torial functions to-day.
Signed. W. H. Emery,
Colonel and Brevet Maj. Gen. Com
manding. THE REASON WHY
Gov. Kellogg on the ISth sent the
following to Congressman Sypher
and Senator West :
I see by the western papers that you
have severely critoized my leaving
tho State House, I left It at the earn
est solicitation of all our friends. The
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker be
ing absent from the State, an acoi
deut to me they felt would have made
the complications desperate. There
were none but colored militia in the
State House, and had they made any
resistence they would have been
burned out and massacred.
RELIEF FOR KANSAS SUFFERERS.
The Kansas legislature recently
passed a bill authorizing the issue of
seventy-three thousand dollars in
state bonds, to be sold in the market
at not less than 95 cents on the dollar,
the proceeds to be employed In the
purchase of county bonds at the same
price, of certain counties named In
the bill, being the counties on the
western frontier devastated by the
grasshoppers, and whose inhabitants
are unable to provide for their own
destitute.
VIOLENT STORM.
A very violent storm recently visit
ed the country along the Mississippi
river from Dubuque to Davenport
and Rook Island. Houses were un
roofed, walls blown down and fences
scattered, while cellars aud basements
were filled with water. The whole
surrouudiug country Is flooded. At
Rock Island the First Presbyterian
Church was nearly destroyed, a por
tion of the roof being lifted up and
dropped through into the basement,
carrying with it the organ, pulpit and
floor, and upon theso a great portion
of tho walls fell. It is impossible to
estimate the amount of damage, but
it will be many thousand dollars.
POLITICAL. COURESPONDENCK.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
As the representatives of the Liber
al or People's party of this county
claim to bo Republicans, aud have
heretofore acted with that party, do
they now admit that they have been
wrong while acting with the Repub
lican party? or do they assert that
they are, as heretofore, true Republi
cans, advocating true Republican
principles, aud that the party has
turned aside become oppressive and
corrupt; so much so that with the
pure, unselfish principles that actuate
them they cannot fraternize longer
with the old party ? We understand
this to be about their position, and it
reminds us of the drunken man who
supposes all other persons in town to
be drunk, and himself the ouly per
fectly sober man to be found. Men
can only see and judge of other men
according to the moral standard pos
sessed by themselves. If they be
pure and actuated by pure motives
they will see pure motives in the ac
tion of others ; if thoy be corrupt they
will see corruption in tho actions and
designs of others.
O. B. Hewett, who represents the
new party at.the head of the ticket,
has been kept in office almost all the
time for the last twelve years . by the
Republican party, and was still will
ing to take an office from that party
two years since, when he was thrown
overboard as District Attorney for in
efficiency and some very plain charg
es of corrupt acts while acting as
Prosecuting Attorney. Immediately
after being defeated for re-nomination
by the Republican party this man
.tieweu iouna out mat cne party was
so corrupt that he could not stay in it,
and went to work to help the Demo
crats, with a few pure renegade" Re
publicans, like himself, to elect Gree
ley. Falling in this he fell in with
the movements of one Church Howe,
late of Wyoming Territory, who pro
poses, having failed to get elected to
Congress from Wyoming, to make a
new party in Nebraska, a party that
would appreciate his talents, and at
least send him to the lower house of
the Nebraska Legislature. His am
bition at first aspired to the Senate,
but Hewett, Wheeler and Senator
Tipton beat him out of that by nom
inating Hewett, hut for his, Howe's,
faithful manipulation of the Grang
ers they gave him a place on the tick
et for the lower house, along with the
old gentleman Hayden.
In candor, is this not a huge joke
on the farmers of Nemaha, who are
anxious to be represented in the law
making branch of the State by men,
who, from experience, understand
their wants, and who, knowing their
needs, would have honor enough to
honestly represent them, to have
these two worthies foisted upon them?
Neither of them knows by experience
their needs. Men whoso whole lives
have been spent in hunting and hold
ing office. Hewett thrown overboard
for incompetency; Howe discharged
for infidelity, makea a ticket that
neither Republicans nor Democrats
can heartily vote for. Z.
We call upon the Beatrice Express
to take notice that the Brownville
Advertiser still keeps at the head
of its columns the standing falsehood,
"oldest paper In the' State," in spite
of the faot and testimony we furnish
ed in reply to their own request, and
promise to correct on evidence. Is
that what you call newspaper honor,
or is it a part of the old system of pol
iticsto steal all you can, and hold
fast to all you can of what you steal ?
We hope the Express will give us
some light to "rest" on In regard to
this thing. Nebraska City Neivs.
As to what the Express has to do
with It we can't exactly see the point.
The 2fewa opens the subject again,
and the Advertiser is still equal to
the task of maintaining its point. We
have said and continue to say that
the Advertiser Is the oldest contin
uously published paper in the State.
The exact ruth is, according to the
News, that a few years ago a paper
published in Nebraska City called the
"Nebraska City Neio3," suspended or
ceased to be known by that name, af
ter which, for a few months, there
was a paper issued in that city known
as tho "Times and News," or "News
and Times," it matters not which.
Then the "Times and News" played
out and another paper, the present
News, was established. It may bo
said that it was the same paper all the
time. We say it was not, for it is not
good sense to say a paper is the News
when it bears the name of "Times
and News," and if the News changed
its name to the "Times and News"
then it ceased to be continuously pub
lished as the News. Any man who
has any respect for his race ought to
be able to recognize the point at once.
The Nebraska Advertiser, nev
er since it first sniffed the odorifer
ous perfumes of Nebraska's gentle
breezes, nearly twenty years ago, has
added to or taken from its name one
jot or tittle, out; goes ngnc on its way
rejoioing, from year to year, in being
the oldest and best weekly In the
State of Nebraska. Now we hope
the News will give us a rest about
that "standing falsehood."
HOBSE FAIB.
OPES TO THE WORIiO.
Two Days' Speeding Over the Noma
ha Driving
rarlc Course.
OCTOBER. lGtli AND 17th.
first day.
Running purse, S25.00.
Four years old and under, half mild dash.
Five to enter and two to start.
Frst horse, S15.00. Second horse, S10.00.
Purse $.30.00
Dash of six htmdrcfl yards. Five to enter
and two to start.
First horse. $30.00. Second horse, $20.00
Trotting purso, 323.00
Four years old and under, without records.
Mile heats, two best in three.
First horse, 315.00. Second horse. $10.00.
Mulo race
Sepclal premium by V. V. Hackney. Mile
dash for all Nernaha county mules. A pair
of Chicago Custom made boots to the owner
of tho winning mule. Four to start.
Sack race purse $5.00.
Special premium, by J. and E. Huddart.
Three to start.
First mulo, $3.00. Second mule, $2.00.
SECOND DAY, OCT. 17tu.
Trotting purse $20.00.
Mile daash. Nearest to four minutes.
Four to enter, two to start.
First horse, $15.00. Second horse $5.00
Running purse $30.00.
Four hundred yards dash. Six to enter,
two to start.
First horse 320.00. Second horse 310.00.
Trotting purse $50.00.
For horses that have never made three
minutes. Five to enter two to start. Mile
heats 3 best In 5.
First horse, $30.00. Second horse, 320.00.
Pacing purse $50.00.
Milo heats, 3 best in 5. Five to enter, two
to start.
First horse, $30.00. Second horse $20.00.
Running purse 3100.
For horses of all ages. Mile dash. Five to
enter, two to start.
First horse, 365.00. Second horse, $35.00.
Foot race.
Special premium by W. T. Den. 150 yards
dash, for all men over 60 years old. A pair
of fine calf-skin boots to the winner. Three
to start.
"Wheelbarrow race.
Special premium by Alex. Robinson. The
conditions of the race will bo given on the
day of the race. Pair of Chicago custom
made boots to the winner.
It Is expected that a number of other spec
ial premiums will bo offered on or before the
day of the fair.
Tho Metropolitan Band has kindly agreed
to be present on tho occasion. Every citizen
of Brownville and the County should work
for the success of the Fair.
On each of the foregoing races there -will be
charged an entry fee of 20 per cent, of the
purses contended for, except special prem
iums. All applications for entrance must be
made to the President on the evening before
each race.
Trotting and pacing to be conducted under
the rules and regulations of "The National
Association of the American Trotting Turf."
Running to be in accordance -with the rules
of the Laclede Association, wherever appli
cable. Persons desiring the privilege of refresh
ment stands, mnst obtain the same from the
same from the President.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
For vehicle and driver, once, 50 cents; for
one person and horse, once, 25cts; for one
person, once, whether in vehicle, or on foot,
25CtS.
Gates -will open at 9 o'clock a. m., and rac
ing commence at 10 o'clock a. m. All horses
entered for the purses must be ready -when
called, as the programme must be carried
out without waste of time.
F. A. TISDEL,
President of the Nemaha Driving Park As
sociation. The Lincoln Blade cuts the editor
of the Omaha Herald In this way :
'Idiotlo in all he says and doe3.
Writhing under the castigation Na
ture infilots upon him in withholding
the power of reproduction, he be
comes an Ishmaellte on general principles."
OHUSETTS,
Burning of the Great ch
Mills at Fall River,
PRIGHTPDL LOSS OP J.ipt,
UNTOB1J SUFFERING i
An Indescribable Scene
of U
We can only give a conden
count of this holocaust of humj
ings, as we gather the newsftr.
egrams. The Are broke out -morning
of 17th inst., caused
tion of machinery. The
op.
principally females,
had iust
meuced work, and immediately
the cry of fire a terrible paufei.
them.
Many escaped by jumping fr.
windows ; others were killed
jured in their attempts to esca-.
this manner; others were bare
the building, being unabk to
by any meaus. Many Uvea
by attempting to jump fromt;:
of the burning house.
It is not too high to place the
ber of killed at forty-three, an,
injured at twice that number,
fire was under control shortly i.
half past eight a. m.
The following account of t
was sent to the Boston Journal
Mills Nos. 1 and 2 of the f -
Works had been running about
ty minutes whentheoperative
1 were startled with tho cry c.
and the escape of smoke wa3 ot
from the fourth story. In thU
to the upper floor, was the mxu
spinning depatmeut, aud ther?
nearly 100 girls at work unt
mule overseers. On the upper
or fifth, about 35 girls were e;
ed shooting and warping c
These were the youngeat open.
With the alarm tho llames see:
leap to this attic, comiDg frc
windows below and up tho gre;.
A.
er in front of the buildiug in
were all the stairs couiuiu:.
with each story. The fire cas.
the mule spinning room in tL
end of the mill, from friction,
mule-heads and by means cf
the floor and about the m:.
With great quickness it rt.s
ward the centre tower, tL
means of escape for those in the
and fifth stories beside four f
capes two on each gable etJ.
getting into the tower tho ih::
up and through the single enl.i
the fifth story, then, springk;
roof timbers, filled the great'
450 by 90 feet, with dense b'.
and flame. While the flam:'
making such terrible headr
operatives became fairly w..
overseers saw that there wa3:
possibe to cheok the fire, zz.
their sole attention to thossL
worklng. They called to L
save themselves, and poll
ways of escape to them, p
fire ladders.
The overseer of the spo:I.,
who remained until he wsj
suffocated, states that the see:
room, and it must have bee
than iu tho rooms below, a.
desoribed. Children ran at .
lug piteously to be saved, yett
ing themselves away wLr.
forolbly to be lowered, 'it
yet some chance for them at;
ders that reached the twosc
dows at the siuth end wbL -upon
the roof of tho baIcorv
head of Twelfth streot. Th:
dera were in position, but it'
possible to get the great m
take even this method to s;
lives. Some wanted clothL;
something else. As the fire!
ed them awaj- from the?e
they rushed to tho wind'
south guble end, nearly si
from the grouud, but daril c
down. Cotton rops v r j -'
them to slide down by, Lit r.
would tho rope bo lowereJ tl
was a rush for It from the afny
Too many would take hoi J,
would break, and all clin
would .come down in a t--soon
as the alarm was piv:" ,
rushed to the upper story, '
overseers, did all they poab
tosave life.
When the means provIK
cape in the mill were ret
available by the heat, Us::
smoke, the people procured .
matresses for tho poor un
to jump upon, and many '
themselves from tho wind:
ground, and in almost everj
receiving fatal or terrible in.
The loss of property wis
thought to bo very great, I
estimates put it at abou'
which is covered by insura:
j' .- -
When the White Man's I"1
ready to precipitate Ha &'
Louisiana, MoEnry, their -a3
they claimed, declined
into the fight and left the ."
Penn, who claimed to be t
Lieut. Governor, took en"
matter. When their more:
tory was heralded, Mcr
back to New Orleans to be
but Penn's friends claimed -ought
to be the Governor I
had the courage to stay a
take the risks; but while1
clamoring for the spoils,
ready to fight amongst t.-
President Grant interpose
ceeded to reinstate the
Government.
r?
An Inter-Ocean reporter
after the fight in NewOrlea'
and dispatches were sent a-
country aunoucing how
able and ouiet everything
ir1
city, and that protection
and guaranteed to all c-'
ed policemen was discove-T
streets, was ohased tol bw
shot and brutally niuru'
begging for meroy from hi
slayers That was the sty
league Penn-McEmry
X
proposed to be.
A New York merchant
attorney general that Iarge
of arms and ammunition
sold there to organized bo "
Southern States.
