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THE ADVERTISER
TnUUSDAY MORNING. MARCH 18. 1875.
A Chicago pnper euggests in a Par
;nstio way that gold cannot he found
in the Black Hills unless you go by
the way of Sioux City.
There will be a grand re-union of
the soldiers of the rebellion at St.
Louis, May 12th, 13th and 14th, un
der the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
The Republican Central Committee
of Douglass eounty has culled a con
vention to nominate Republican can
didates for the constitutional convention.
What the editor of tho Granger
writes appears as editorials; he never
tkulks behind an assumed name.
Granger.
Ah. indeed, and how are we to
know that all that is so when we have
only your word.for it, Mr. Moore?
The matter of the massacre- of the
Americans of the Virginius by tiie
Spaniards has finally been settled by
Spain agreeing to pay the U. S. $S0,
003 in gold, whloh la $2,500 a head for
the slain, to bo distributed amongst
their families and relatives. England
was pacified on the same terras.
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Speaking of tho civil rights law,
'the Chicago Journal says :
. The negro is no longer on element
of political discord. Legislation has
now done its work. Henceforth the
elevation of the negro must be sought
outside of politics. Congress has dis
charged, to the last farthing, the debt
of the nation eo long enslaved.
honorable and fine old gentleman.
But in snylng this we do not wish to
be understood as retracting our form
er statement, which was in effect that
the prevailing opinion at the cupital
during the Senatorial contest was,
that ho obeyed rather readily tho dic
tations of Church Howo, for which
wo have heard many of his friends
express regret.
TIIE TURXK RAILROAD..
THE SAlXSE LAND DOSATIOX.
A telegram of the loth Inst, says
the government has determined to se
cure to the Sioux Indians all the trea
ty rights in'the- Black Hills to which
they are entitled. All persons will
thereforo be prohibited from going
there, and those there will be requir
ed to remove until the Indian title is
extinguished, which will be as soon
as possible.
The g.'.h. clerk has not time to no
tice the Advertiser, he says, yet ho
takes time to devote all his editorials
to the Advertiser on his chief edit
orial page, last week. The said g. h.
clerk, we have the charity to say,
does not know what he is talking
about, under the burthen of hard
questions wo have been poking at
hira. Moral honesty la the best
policy.
Extensive preparations are
mado at Sioux City and other
in the west for visiting the
Hills country in the spring.
companies are forming with
amounts of capital, and they declare
their Intention of going whether the
government is willing or not. Some
may get into that country In spite of was
the vigilance of the soldiers, but Gen
being
places
Black
Large
large
Intelligent practical business men.
not only in the State, but elsewhere,
are not a little surprieed at the tone of
tho interior presa of Nebraska in re
lation to the remaining fraction of
Saline Lands donated by the last
Legislature to aid In the construction
of the Trunk lino of railroad, along
the west bauk of the Missouri river.
It is not only short-sighted and self
ish, but comes with exceeding bad
grace, all things considered. It should
not be forgotten that everyacre of the
five hundred thousand acres "Intern
al Improvement Lands," donated" by
the general government, has been ex
pended to develope the interior of the
State. All other lands, save the mea
gre portion to aid the State Normal
Sohool. have also been expended for
tho benefit of the interior. True,
some of the lands have been used in
constructing roads running from the
river counties west, but still the re
sult has been interior development.
The river counties do not, have not
felt unkind to tho west, but on the
contrary have." been exceedingly
friendly, and have shown their feeling
by acts. Recently the State has gone
to the utmost extent of Its ability and
power, in the matter of bonding, for
the almost exolusive benefit of the In
terior. The great majority of this
debt will be paid by the river coun
ties, or at least with those adjoining.
Of this there has been no complaint,
will be none. Under all these cir
cumstances, we repeat, tho incessant
complaints of those in tho interior in
regard to the disposition of less than
ten thousand acres of Saline Lands
for the purpose mentioned, are, to say
the least, unbecoming.
Now, as to other facts. The best
railroad men who have operated and
invested In our State, .long since as
serted that the first railroad improve
ment the State should have made
ought to have been the construction
of aline of road through the river
counties from the north to the south
line of the Slate. This would have
given a base for the construction of
all lines heading Into, tho" interior.
As It has been, we have had-the Mis
souri river barrier to contend with,
and, beside, been compelled? to pay
tribute to foxeicn roads, more than
sufficient to build theTrunk line. In
the exports of the State every portion
is interested. In 1S73 the' grain ex
port alone was not less than six and
one-half millions of bushels. The
heaviest proportion of transportation
in the transfers and reaching
roads out of our State. Tho Trunk
IjET US WAKE" UP.
There was never a time Tn the his
tory of the State when those directly
interested In the further development
of the river counties could labor to so
great an advantage as at present. We
need more population, and particular
ly more capital invested. We on the
river have always had, haveuow, and
will continue to have very many nat
ural advantages that never will be en
joyed in the interior. In saying this
we do not mean, or Intend to derogate
one Iota from the merits of trxe- inte
rior, simply to speak of facts. Take
the State as a whole, and it has no
superior agriculturally speaking.
There are, however, certain climatio
influences and characteristics; of the
soli In the counties on, and adjacent
to tho Missouri river, that do not ex
ist in the interior, and never will.
Here we can depend upon a greater
diversity of crops, and are subject to
less ills than elsewhere in the State.
Lands for general purposes are more
productive, and consequently more
valuable. With all these facts, the
rage for lands for the past few years
has been "west," until to-day lauds
possessing all the superiority men
tioned, commands less price, and can
be bought for less money than one
hundred miles west from the river.
One of the reasons is our people have
ceased making the effortB they used
to. and those west, with fresh zeal,
have been more active. With a prop
er and well directed effort, the river
counties that have scarcely held their
own, some of them, of late years, can
double their populatiou in a very short
time. Let us keep the advantages we
have beforo those looking to the west.
In our towns and on our streams we
want manufacturing establishments.
This will bring population and home
consumers, and solve, to an extent,
the vexed question and expensive
feature of transportation.
The Seward Reporter giver an ac
count of some curious freaks of light
ning during a snow storm In that part
of the country a week or two ago.
While it was snowing rapidly the
house of Henry Melnberg was struck
by lightning and nearly shattered to
pieces, and killed a little child of the
family. The lightning came down
the stove pipe, ripping It open and
breaking the stove; It ripped the
shingles off the house, knocked the
plastering off, tore the gable ends out
of the house, broke windows and
dishes, and some glassware that was
in a bureau, punched the wash boiler
as full of boles as thougliit had been
riddled with buoksbot, and the bolt
plunged through the floor breaking
three plank and making a hole in the
ground under the floor three feet in
circumference.
Sherman 8a3s this invasion of the
Sioux country shall be put down, ev
en If a resort to arms'ls necessary to
dolt.
The people of Yankton recently
passed and are circulating the follow
ing resolution.:
Resolved, That all the cities, towns
and publio men of the Northwestern
States be invited to co-operate with
our people in soliciting the President
of the United States to take such im
mediate action as is in his power look
ing to the immediate opening, to oc
cupancy by the white people, of tho
country kuowu as the Blaok Hills, of
Dakota.
Whites are bound to occupy that
and all other territory of this vast
country. The wheels of progress and
civilization will crowd back or crush
out all opposition, and lo, the poor In
dian, must get out of tho way.
Whoever the writer of tho short
note dated at London may be, we
venture to say he Is no Republican,
never was an admirer of the Adver
tiser, will not investigate any mat
ter that may confliot with his pro
opinions for fear he willsee-the truth,
and therefore we do not care a snap
for his love or opinion. Wc challenge
hi7)i, or the grasshopper clerk, or Mr.
Howe, or anybody else, to tako up auy
charge we have made on either Mr.
Howe, Mr. Hayden or the grasshop
per clerk, And fairly and caudidly in
vestigate it, for the purpose of arriv
ing at the truth, and if we have been
misinformed and mistaken, we will
give our readers the benefit of auy
new discoveries we make, and the
Advertiser's columns shall be open
for tho publication of the truth, as
they always are. We know whereof
wo speak when we make a direct
charge, and Mr. Moore and Mr. Howe
well know It, and Instead of showing
wherein we misstate, Mr. Moore eith
er eaya nothing about it or makes a
tnin evasion. That kind of way of
getting around a direct point at issue
suits "Reader," but it does not suit
any honest Investigator.
And, by the way. "Reader" utters
a glaring falsehood when he says, "I
see In every week's paper of the Ad
vertiser their dirty APd cowardly
flings airainst Church Howe and C.
M. Hayden." "Reader" see3 no
kind of flings at C. M. Hayden, dir
ty or otherwise, In the Advertiser
every week. He ceitainly was hard
up for something to say against us,
inasmuch as he had to make a story
to tell. Wo have said nothing about
Mr. Hayden one way or another
since we found fault with his course
on the Senatorial question, and that
was several weeks ago. We are sat
isfied that the g. h. olerk wrote that
note, for we cannot think that any
body else would wilfully lie about it.
Mr. Hayden, with the exception
mentioned, we will take occasion to
say, has suited us well as a legislator.'
We approved of his homestead bill,
with the exception, of one or two
ideas embraced In It, and approved of
Us passage, believing there should be
a limit to the exemption of wealth In
homesteads. As o oltlzen and neigh
bor wo accord to Mr. JTayden an his
neighbors eay of him that ho is an
line completed the "Iowa pool" would
be forever broken ; the Iowa and Mis
souri roads would bo brought Into
competition, and thereby not less
than twenty per cent, would be saved
to Nebraska on all grain, hogs and
cattle shipped ontt bub the same on
lumber, machinery and merchandize
brought into the State. These stub
born facts cannot be overlooked, nor
ignored. A little moro good judg
ment, aad less buncombe for solely
selfish purposes, would result in more
business like and sensible expressions
and ideas from our neighbors "out
west."
Dr. Talmage, N. Y., recently
preached a sermon, against spiritual
ism, during whioh he said :
"I wish I could gather all the raps
that were ever heard from the blest
or damned, and bring them together
in one thuuderous rap on the head of
spiritualism. I would try to crush it
out forever. I hate the doctrine, and
believe that Its lonz-halred disciples,
whose heads are soft marshes, yield
ing rank grass, are doomed to de
struction." "From tho blest or damned," no
difference, so long as they are not of
Dr. Tal mage's religiorr. he would
crush out all. It was this spirit man
ifested through this self-assumed ex
pounder of God's laws that crucified
Jesus Christ and burned John Rogers
at the stake.
Political tricksters and buncombe
wire pullers may talk of specie basis
for currency until the crack of doom,
the facts are, the best basis is Uncle
Sam's credit! It is all nonsense to
continually howl about banking on a
specie basis, until our own products
shall more than pay our debts to oth
er people, and tho balance of trade is
In our favor. All the laws that oan
be passed will not amount to a row of
pins until exports exceed Imports.
This is the whole question in a nut
shell, and all long-winded speeches
or editorials to the contrary will not
alter the facts "one jot or tittle."
One of the fanatical Ideas of the
day Is the plank in the "new party's"
platform that thegeneral government
must "abolish all banks and Issue
creenbacks direct to the people." On
the same principle we presume, that
seed wheat Is now being issued in this
State to the grasshoppered west I The
people can only get money by having
something to purchase it with, the
same as any other commodity. That
is one of tho stubborn, and Incontro
vertible facts that must not be lost
sight of.
We are not fully decided yet as to
which is tho greater rake -Tilton or
Beecher according to the evidence,
leaving out Beeoher'a letters, Mrs.
Tilton's confession and Tilton's testi
mony. Beecher was In the habit of
visiting Mrs. Tiltou in her bed room,
had her on his lap, was discovered
by Mrs. T's brother in a susipejous'at-
titude with Mrs. T, Tilton, on his
part, was discovered at a hotel in
Winsted, Ct., with his coat and boots
off, in the same room with a Miss
Lovejoy while that lady was on the
bed, one witness says, and another
one says he saw the same lady next
morning in Mr. Tilton's room only
partly dressed. It Is barely possible
that Beeoher and Tilton are both vir
tuous, so far as any overt aot with
those women are concerned, but such
actions have a suspicious look, and
the wisest people think they are all
of the same stripe. But suppose Til
ton did nesthide with Miss Lovejoy
does that prove conclusively that Mr.
Beeoher did not nesthide with Mrs.
Tilton occasionally, just for Christ's
sake.
A correspondent in the Brown
ville Advertiser of last week, writ
ing from Lincoln, copies the Chief
tain's correspondence of two weeks
ago respecting the Hon. Church
Howe, and credits it to the the Chica
go Tribune. This is all right, we pre
sume, but at the same time we must
protestagainstsuch small affairs as the
Tribune being oredited with our orig
inal thunder. However, if that item
shall insure Mr. Howe's re-election,
then we gracefully yield all olalm to
the authorship. If, on the contrary,
it Bhall Insure his defeat, then we
want to be held responsible. Tecum
seh Chieftain.
We will make the amende honora
ble for our correspondent, so far as we
can, for we cannot but believe but
that, he was honestly mistaken as to
authorship of the quotation. We
had made the correction ourselfhad
we noticed the error. But then Bro.
Hassler, Mr. Howe is not a candidate
for anything that we know of, and he
dare not be, If we are correctly informed.
TIIE BLACK HILLS-.
The late legislature amended the
game law, and now it Is unlawful to
kill any deer, elk, buffalo, &o., be
tween the 1st day of January and the
1st day of October, or to kill or en
trap grouse between January 1st and
August 1st, or to kill ortrap wild tur
key or quail between January 1st and
October 1st, or to ensnare or 'trap- the
same at any time of the year. The
fine for killing deer, &c, or-turkey,
within the time forbidden by law, is
$15 for each offense; $3 each for quail
and grouse. Persons having any
such game in possession are liable to
fine whether they killed it or not.
This law will be, and ouglii; to be dis
regarded throughout the country gen
erally, so far as the killing of grouse
or prairie chickens is concernod. If
we were a homesteader, oron a farm,
and out of meat, we would kill every
prairie chieken we could, up to April
1st, law or uo law.
Mr. Oliver Johnson, oneof Beech-
er's witnesses testified that he Is man
aging editor of the Christian Union,
that he is a spiritualist, but not a
"damn-fool of a spiritualist," that he
had received communications from
dear frieuds, that he had reproved Mr.
Tilton in time gone by for being too
familiar with certain women, believes
that the whole human family will be
saved, that Mr. Beecher always ex
amines the articles for the paper. The
Christian Union Is Mr. Beecher's paper.
In last week's Beatrice Express ap
pears the announcement of Mr. Theo.
Coleman that he has severed Ills con
nection with the Express, and thafr.he
will soon take up his residence in
Washington City. We much regret
the loss of Mr. Coleman from the
editorial staff of Nebraska. He Is an
able and ready writer, a gentleman
iu every sense of the word, and has,
by his enterprise and industry, made
the Express ouo of the best papers of
the State.
The recent New Hampshire elect
ion resulted in no election for Gov
ernor as no candidate received a ma
jority of all the votes east. Cheney,
tho Republican, candidate, had more
votes than any other candidate and
as the legislature on joint ballot is Re
publican, Cheney will be tho Govern
or. The largest vote was polled ever
cast by the State. The Republicans
gained largely over the vote of la3t
year.
The State Journal says the grass
hopper sufferer must have under one
hundred bushels of wheat on hand
before he can receive sustenance from
the Aid Society.
The same paper Bays the Nebraska
Relief and Aid Society a few days
since received a remittance of $700
from Whitelaw Reid, an installment
of the New York Tribune dollar sub
scription. Tho members of Beecher's church
have subsc?ibed $115,000 to aid In get
ting the old gentleman out of that
dirtjT scrapr- which he is into so deep
ly. But all the wealth In Christen
dom and all the prayers of the saints
cannot make the great majority of
civilized mankind believe that he did
not carry the-joke a little to far with
Mr. Tilton.
After all the blowing of the Omaha
Herald, Its satillte of this place, and
the tools Perky, Baumer and "the
gentleman from Nemaha," the Peni
tentiary Investigation matter comes
out fully sustaining Warden Wood
hurst. Those who attempted to Im
peach an excellent officer on the tes
timony of convicts, such as MoWa
ters and Bohanarjj signally failed.
Senator Paddook Is a member of the
committee on. Publio Lands and also
of the commutes. on Publio. Buildings.
Gen. Custar in- his report of the
Black Hills regions says : "Men go
ing to the Black Hills to engage in
agricultural or stock-raising pursuits
need not fear disappointment. The
country possesses every characteristic
and quality calculated to fit it for the
home of a dense population." This
strikes us much more favorably than
the gold reports. If it is a rich agri
cultural region and fitted for stock
raising, the soil Is truly gold producing.
After the close of Senator Conk
llng's Louisiana speeoh Senator
Howe is eald to have observed: "I
may change my mind upon further
consideration; but as it strikes me
now this speech of Mr. Conkling's is,
without any exception whatever, the
greatest oratorical effort of which we
have any record In English literature."
We clip the following extract from
Gen. Custar's report made to the gov
ernment after his visit to those regions
last fall. We do not wish to unduly
excite people, but everybody should
have the. best possible evidence re
garding all matters, and- we deem
Custar's report the best kind, and his
suggestions as worthy the attention
of the General Governments Ournx
tract readrf as follows :
I regard the discoveries made as
exceedingly promising.
At the same time In view of the wide
spread attention already directed to
the Black Hills by prospective raiu
ing companies, I deem it not improp
er to introduce in this report a word
of caution to those who contemplate
seeking their fortunes in the gold re
gions of the Black Hills before a more
thorough examination of the country
has been made. The area of the en
tire country embraced within the
boundaries of the Black Hills is not
very extensive, say 120 miles long
and eighty wide. A considerable por
tion of this is agricultural soil; that
which may prove to bo rich in miner
als will embrace only a portion of the
area I have given.
While I regard the gold discoveries
as very Important and of promising
richness. I do not think they have
been prosecuted to the extent, or that
sufficient information has been ob
tained concerning them, to warrant
an Immense Influx of gold hunters in-
to that region In advance, ora more
thorough and deliberote examination.
I leave out all consideration of the
fact that as yet no one has the legal
right to go to that region with a pur
pose of settlement, as there is no
doubt that nearly all our disoover'es
were made within the limits of the
Sioux reservation. Men going to the
Blaok Hills to engage in agricultural
or stock-raising pursuits need not fear
disappointment.
The country possesses every char
acteristic and quality calculated to fit
it for the home of a dense copulation.
The title of the Indians should be ex
tinguished as soon as practicable. Not
that I would recommend that land
which was being made useful or nec
essary to the Indian should be taken
away, but It is a mistaken idea that
the Indian occupies any portion of
the Black Hills to any considerable
extent. In much of the countrv we
visited, Indians had not been for
years, and In no portion of the Inte
rior of this rich region did we find
indications of their recent presence
in any large numbers. Their policy
in regard to the Black Hills is some
what s milar to that of the dog in the
manger they npither occupy nor
make u"e of the. Blrok Hills, nor are
they willing that others should.
The Blaok Hills country is conven
ient to the Indians in this respect: it
is along the northern and southern
bases of the hills that tho routes of
communication lie, between the hos
tile camps located iu the Powder and
Yellowstone River country and the
large agencies of semi-hostile, semi
peaceable Indiana on the Missouri
River. And it is along these route3
that all Illicit tratlio in arms and am
unition is kept up between the two.
forces. Young men belonging to the
agencies who desire to reap the bene
fit of the agency system, and at the
same time to take part with the hoa
tiles in their wars with the whites,
pass and repass over these routes, and
when pursued hide, or take tempora
ry refuge in the Black Hills. We in
tercepted two parties of this charac
ter whose admissions agree with this
tiieory. If the Black Hills were
thrown open to settlement, as they
ought to be, or if simply occupied by
the military, as they must be at an
early day, this illicit traffio In arms
and amonition would be broken up, a
barrier would be imposed between
tiie hostile camps and tho ageneie.
and the well-disposed Indians of the
latter would bo separated from the
evil Influences and warlike tendencies
of the hostiles. and the control of the
government over the Indian agencies
on the Missouri River greatly increas
ed, the result of whloh In time would
be to bring about a satisfactory solu
tion of the Indian question so far as
it relates to this section of country.
c
TIIE CREEXBACK CONVENTION.
FR02I GRAND ISLAND
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
Seeing In the Grand Island Times,
and again In the Advertiser, an ar
ticle relative to Mr. Creason's letter, I
consider it a rolling ball, just suited
to gather a few timely items. When
that letter was written, It expressed
the case-exaotly: "Unless help was
given suffering would be the conse
quence." Since then aid ha3 come,
agd relief been given to those who
( therwi8e would have perished for
food. Eastern men, speculating In
western lands and owning western
papers, have endeavored to argue the
case quite differently ; but fortunate
ly for thesufTerers, their efforts prov
ed unavailing. The truth would pre
vail, and in response came the con
tributions of our thousands of strang
er friends, and as recipiants of this
grand act of charity, the people of our
State, with one voloe, would" return
their sincere thanks.
Had It not been for the usual pro
portion of "dead-heads" begging for
aid, the supplies would have been auf
ficeut to have reached, the remotest
cases of distress. But the bold false
hoods of some In this district, has
been the means of consuming muoh
both food and clothing that, right
fully belonged elsewhere.
And now, owing to the total unfit
ness of the . officer the misrepresenta
tions are still going on In tho distri
butions of seed and feed. There Is
too muoh false swearing done. They
tako advantage of this total stranger;
he has no possible means of knowing
the true condition without very
lengthy Investigations, involving
much time and money.
Could there not have been a com
mittee appointed In each county to
have assisted. In some way this offi
cer, so that justice might have been
given; or, one man In each county
a prominent, reliable man instead of
this boyish Lieutenant. Weywaut a
man with sufficient discretion and
judgment to know an honest man
from a knave or fool.
I tell you there never was a greater
swindle perpetrated upon a distress
ed people, than the farce of distribu
tion of seed, just enacted by our Gov
ernment. "Have you been receiving pubile
aid all winter?" was the "open se
One of the best evidences as to the
future of our State Is the faith that
the business world has In us. The
first bonds of Nebraska, the $50,000
issued in aid of the destitute in the
western portion of'tho State, were
sold in New York at one dollar and
four cents tour per cent, premium.
The convention so-called has met,
consulted and adjourned. The re
sult, so far as we can see. is to furnish
a hint that might be of uso to the two
great parties of the uext Presidential
campaign. Some of the best ideas
advanced have long been part and
parcel of the Republican platform,
and tho single question of finance,
notwithstanding its Importance, is eo
beset with difficulties that a great
party can never be formed on that Is
sue alone. Omaha Jlepublicant
The Louisville Courier-Journal ex
presses the prevailing opinion regard
ing the scandal, as follows: "Really
there is little more to be said either
for or against Mr. Beecher. That he
is guilty is proven by a mountain of
evidence; that he is innocent rests
upon the word of himself and his
paramour."
A gentleman remarked to us the
other day, "I have no particular fault
to find with any member of the Leg
islature bartering away his vote, es
pecially these grasshopper times, and
when the price amounts to some
thing, but to offer his vote for twenty-
Jive dollars, and the proposition not
be accepted, is disgracing the profession."
We agree with the Lincoln Spy
when it eays: "Mr. Rosewater of the
Bee is pursuing a very questionable
kind of journalism In his fight upon
the Warden of the Penitentiary, In
pretending to publish the voice of the
State press, while leaving out a ma
jority of. the respectable, papers be
cause they differ with him."
The Hiawatha Dispatch is unable to
account for the mysterious disappear
ance of H. R. Stevens, a young man
who taught schopl in that vicinity
this winter. It is believed that he
has been foully dealt with and'that a
dark orime Is connected with the mat
ter of his disappearance.
The Grand Island Independent
says it Is reported that the Pawnee
Indians, who left their reservation
last fall to seteet a new home In the
Indian Territory, have failed to make
a choice, and are now on their return
back laden with buffalo meat and
hides.
The Albany, N. Y., Evening Post
believes that Roscoe Conkling will be
the Republican nominee for President
and Gen. Logan for Vice-President.
We could vote that ticket an believe
we had done the proper thing.
Senator Hitchcook is again the
chairman of the committee on-Territories.
A better one could not be se
lected. Through his instrumentality
and Bhowing, Colorado was admitted
as a State.
After Gen. Sherman made, his
march to the sea, in all the wide track
of waste and desolation that he made
with the tramp of his footmen and
the Iron feet of his cavalry, there
sprang up a new and unknown grass
from the soil, which the farmers call
ed "Sherman's clover." It would
grow up in the most unexpected pla
ces, and it is said would root out Ber
muda grass; and as a strange similar
ity, we now hear that after the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-71, in many
districts of France a new vegetation
sprang up, evidently the result of the
invasion. St. Joe Herald.
same" to the applicaut for seed. They
asked nothing of your self-denials or
privations, your present means of liv
ing, numbers in your family, quanti
ty of stock, or your chance of exlst
iug till harvest. Oh, no! if you had
managed to live on a straw a day,
why, just repeat the dose till some
future time. So, he consientiously
hone3t man was rejeoted as wholly
unworthy. Hundreds of such cases
can be enumerated here in Hall Co.,
and I presume the same Is the case in
other counties.
Better that Congress had made no
appropriation at all. But I suppose
the old grab-bag is rather empty, and
this viammoth steal will help to fill it
up again.
A man here on South Plotto the
other day remarked to, a neighbor:
"I wish I really knew if the Grange
and Government are going to furnish
us our seed? If not, I will be out buy
ing mine, for I've got the cash to do
it."
Yes, he did havo the cash, and he
raised over two hundred bushels of
small grain, but when tho time came
his name was enrolled for seed and
feed. In both instances. Thero was
an example of a dead-beat, for you,
and there are many more of theu?.
.And now they are giving. In their
names for a share iu our late appro
priation. Forewarned 1h forearmed. If you
would that the agricultural interest of
our State shall not depreciate, then
sound aloud the notes of warning
that justice shall be granted.
If our State Legislators can not
remedy this evil, by giving more ju
diciously to those who honestly need
their seed, to those whose first request
for help this is, then beg.of them to re
tain their funds, and send out their
officers with paper collars-and spurs
to the heathen.
Yours in haste,
A Pen.
AN ACT
To Authorize the Registration, Col
lection and Resumption of County
Bonds.
When the first Republican Senato
rial caucus was held. Senator Pad
dock was there. A good beginning of
his Senatorial reoord.
This is what they say in England
about the American revivalists who
are trying-.to "convert" the people of
that benighted country: "A man
who Is unable to 'get converted' un
less he is rated and roared at, and
without writhing and screaming him
self into hysterics had better remain
where and what he is, (whatever that
may be,) since he is almost certain to
relapse so Eoon as the excitement Is
over. Conversion coming from God's
grace is the calmest operation known
to tho soul, and cannot ever result
from man's bellowing, carrolliug and
grimauces." St. Joe Herald.
The Chicago Tribune writes hope
fully of the fiuancial future, and
thinks It sees indications that wo are
on the eve of a general revival of bu
siness and prosperity. It would seem
that the force of the panio of '73 must
be very nearly spent, and that it can
not be very long ere good limes will
come again. Panics carry things
down to bed.rock, and thence they
Invariably go up together. Slate
Journal.
The Treasurer of MoPherson coun
ty, Kansas, was recently robbed of
$3,000 school money. He had no safe
to keep the funds in.
Nebraska City, Mar. 9tb.
A man was seen coming out of the
post office this morning with a copy
of the Ev en ing Star In bi3 hand, and
the report soon spread. He had six
hundred applications to borrow it be
fore 9 o'olock. Star.
Korect. The men referred to were
at the Can Can the night before, and
wanted a little waste paper; hence
the rush for such a sheet. Chronicle.
Black Hill fever is not raging hete
yet to any serious extent. But we
have heard of some parties who swear
they are bound to go.
It Is said that Moj. St. A. D. Bal.
comb Is about to retire from the man-1
agement of the Republican.
Beatrice, has. a new steam flouring
Lmlll In operation.
Re it enacted by the Legislature of
the Slate of Nebraska : That the offi
cers of any county in thid State, issu
ing bouds, shall, make registration iu
a book kept for that purpose, of the
notice of election, manner and time
of publication, questions of submis
sion, and adoption of the proposition
on account of which such bonds were
issued. Also, of date, amount, num
ber, maturity, when payable, where
payable, and the rate of interest, and
and where payable of such bonds;
and shall, at the time of issuing the
same, make out and transmit to the
Auditor of State a certified statement
of suoh registry, which shall be at
tested by the county clerk under his
official seal. Then the Auditor of
State, upou the receipt of such state
ment shall, in a hook by him kept for
that purpose, make a faithful record
of the same.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the
clerk of each county in this State
within sixty days from the taking ef-fei-t
of this act, and at suoh times as
tho Auditor of the State may request,
to make out, certify and transmit to
such Auditor a full and complete
statement of the bonded indebtedness,
of every description-,- in suoh county,
at the date of such statement,
particularly setting forth the nature
of such bonda and for what the same
were issued, which shall be entered of
record by the Auditor of State In the
same manner as provided for in sec
tion one of this act. The county clerk
shall receive the same compensation
for his service rendered- under the
provision of section one and two of
this act, oh are allowed by law for a
copy or like records, to be paid by
said county.
Sec. 3. Whenever the holder of
county bonds shall present tho same
to the Auditor of the State for regis
tlon, the auditor, upon being satisfied
that suoh bonds have been issued ac
cording to law, shall register the same
In his office, in a book to be kept for
that purpose, in the same manner
that such bonds are registered by the
officers issuing the same, and shall
under his seal of office certify upon
such bonds the fact that they have
been regularly and legally Issued, and
that suoh bonds have been-reglatered.
In his office in accordance with the
provisons of this act, for which regis
tration and certificate the auditor
shall be entitled to a fee of one-fourth
of one per cent, upou the dollar for
each, bond so registered, to.be paid by
the holder theteof, the date tiled in
his office being the basis of such cer
tificate. Sec. 4. When any of the bonds of
the county shail be so registered, the
Auditor of State shall, annually, on
or before the second Monday iu June,
in each year, ascertain the amount of.
sinking fund and interest accrued and
to accrue before the tax for the next
succee'dlng year shall be levied, upon
all bouds registered in his office, shall
certify the amount thereof to the clerk
of the county in whloh such bouds
were Issued, specifically setting forth
the amount thus due, and to become
due for such year.
Sec. o. The clerk and recorder of
any county, upon receiving such cer
tified statement from the Auditor of
State, shall proceed to ascertain from
the assessment roll of the county, the
amount of taxable property In such
county, and what percentage Is re
quired to bo levied thereon to pay the
said Interest and to create a sinking
fund, In compliance with the certifi
cate of the said Auditor, and when
ascertained shall levy such percentage
upon the taxable properly of such
county, and shall place the shall
the same upon the tax rolls of the
county, In a separate column or col
umns designating the purpose for
which said taxes are levied, and the
said taxes shall be collected by the
oounty Treasnrer in the same manner
that the taxes are collected
Sec 6. Upon the receipt of suoh
moneys he shall, out of the same, at
once proceed to pay off the Interests
aucru upon such registered bonds
at the places where such bonds are
made payable; the county treasurer
shall cause to be surrendered the cou
pons for all interest thus paid which
coupons shall be filed with and can
celled by the county clerk and re
ceipt taken therefor and retained by
said treasurer. The moneys thu3 col
lected and remaining in the hands of
the county treasurer, after the pay
ment of said interest, as herein pro-,
vided, except a sufficient amount to
pay the accruing interets upon suoh
bonds for sinking fund for theenrrent
year, shall be retained as a sinking
fund for the final redemption of such
bonds, and shall be by the county
treasurer, when so ordered by the
county commissioners, invested as
follows, to-wit:
First. In redeeming the bonds of
the county issuing the same.
Second. In the bonds of ttie State of
Nebraska.
Third. In the bonds of the United
States, provided that the bonds thus
purchased shall, in all oases be fpur
chased at the lowest market price af
ter twenty days' notice by publication
in at least one newspaper published
and in general circulation at the cap
ital city or town of the State, the
cost of which advertisements at legal
rates, Bhall be paid out of the sink
ing fund for the redemption of such
bonds.
Sec. 7. When the interest and prin
ciple, or interest only, of such regis
tered bonds, are payable in New York
city, or elsewhere out of the State,
payment shall be then made at the
designated in such bond orcaupon, or
at the financial agency of the State
for such purposes, anil in order that
the funds may not be misapplied the
county treasurer shall procure a draft
for the amount to be transmitted by
drawing his check on some bank in
this' State, and botli check and draft
shall be so Indorsed as to show upon
what bond or bonds the funds shall
be applied, or at the request of the
party holding or owning said bonds,
payment may bo made at the office of
saul treasurer.
Sec. 8. The tax and funds so col
lected shall be deemed pledged and
appropriated to the payment of the
interest and principal of the register
ed bonds herein provided for, until
fully satisfied, and the county treasur
er shall be liable, on his official bond
for the faithful disbursments of all
moneys so collected or received by
him.
Sec. 9. That when any registered
bonds shall mature, the uuiue shall be
paid off by they county treasurer, at
the place where the are payable, out
of any money in his or under his con
trol for that purpose, and when paid
the same shall be indorsed by the
county treasurer on the face thereof
"cancelled," together with the date
of such payment, and thereupon be
filed with the county clerk, who shall
enter satisfaction of such bonds in the
record where the same are registered.
In case said bonds are payable out of
the State, an allowance of one-fourth
of one per cent, shall bo made to the
county treasurer for the expense at
tendant In making such payment, to
be deducted from any money In his
hands remaining after payment of
such matured bonds.
Sec. 10. The county treasurer and
county clerk shall, when ordered by
tho county commissioners, publish a
detailed statement of the business
transacted by them under the provls
sions of this act.
Sec. 11. All acts and parts of acts
Inconeitent with the provisions of this
aot. are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
and be In force from and after Its pass
age.
Approved February 25, 1875.
ONE ACBg
03F
WILL PAY BSftTj
THAN
TENURES
ODP
I
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-R'-A.i;;
Resort to a Species of rw
that will Bear Trans.
portation
Now is the Time get a
CHEAP
ORCHARD
TO MATRTH SUCCESS
SUES
Plant Trees Groivn In Your
own Soil and Climate,
IFruit Trees
;-; Evergreens
: Ul ctjJt) Y m
Will be Sold this Spriugjit Ta
noard of Loir Prleci.
O? II IS
mis mm
Bi-oAvrrville, IVel.,
Presents tbe finest and mist select varie
ties of frutt troes to be found anywhere in
tho west. The selections nro based upon
nineteen years actual experience. Onlysoch
varietlea us are known to be adapted to Ne
braska soli and climate nre cultivated. Tb
trees have had no other stimulant thrui thai
naturally derived from the soil In which
they grow. They uro cholcn in all respect.
We have no traveling agent"!. Orders will
be tilled at the nursery, and Ru.tWCw.Uon.
guaranteed. Thoso coming in person enn
make their own selections.
A 7 ory choice assortment of
HARDY
FLOWERING SHRUBS,
AND SPRING BTJI.BS.
TH2SSEASON,
To meet the excesslvo close times, we will
sell at pi lce far below ever before. For bills
of twenty-live dollars and over, one ycir
time will be given on good paper. If desired.
Corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, hay and pota
toes taken In exchange for stock at highest,
market price.
HARDY AND RELIABLE VARIETIES
Blackberries
AND
Raspberries
The Beatrice Express pertinently
aske t..
What have the Omaha Herald and
Lincoln Spy to Bay about Senator
Paddock's Conservatism? The fol
lowing extract from Washington dis
patches of the 7th Bhowhow the Sen
ator stands.
The Republican members of the
Senate are iu caucus this afternoon.
There is a full attendance. Including
Christiancj'. Cameron, of Wisconsin,
and Paddock.
iney are mum out ininK some
words.
Wo havo perhaps th finest collection cf
SIBERIAN CRABS In the United States.
These varieties of applo pay quicker acd
better Euan any other.
A tow hundred each will be offered thU
season of thoso choice varieties of apple,
Tetofsky, Lawver, Walbrldgo. Stannarf.
White Gravensteln, and forty different vari
eties of Russian apples, clons of which wer
imported direct;
naughty
The Omaha Herald worries out the
following remark :
"Senator Paddock's Entreec-Wc
notice that Senator Paddock's entree
to the Senate was marked by his usu
al personal dignity and decorum, and
by a prompt attendance on Mr. Mor
ton's caucus for the further consider
ation of Pinchback.'
Gen. Ord says in regard to the new
expedition to the Black Hills: '-An
expedition will start out and cut them
offjust as soon as we learn that they
have started."
"Warranted if our Direc
tions are followed.
For our own use. In orchard, and from
which to bud In fatnre, -wo obtained several
thousand Peach and Apricot from Pennsyl
vania last fall. Of these we will dispose of a
few huundred each. These trees, as well a
the varieties, are all of the choicest.
CITY ELECTION NOTICE
-VTOTICE is hereby given, that the regular
P . .an.n.Da1.flectJ.P ror y officers will be
held In the City of Brown ville, on
TUESDAY, APREC 6th, 1S75,
oeiween mo nours or 9 nvivir a t o,t -
o'clock P. M, at which time the foliow'lng of
ficers shall be voted for :
One Mayor,
One Police Judge,
One Marshal.
One Treasurer.
One Clerk,
Two Councllmen for 1st Ward.
One Councilman for 2nd Ward.
One Covncllman for 3rd Ward.
.uThP.Ulace9 for for holding the election In
the different wards will be as follows :
In 1st Ward, Newman's law onlce, corner
First and Second streeN.
In 2nd Ward. In the office of K. A. Hawley.
Si o. &l Main street.
In 3rd Ward, In G. W. Bratton's store room
south east corner Main and Sixth streets. '
By order of the Council.
35w5 01 S-DOCKER, City Clerk.
Do You Wish an. Early
Bearing Orchard?
We have a few thousand choicest varieties
four and five year old Apple, Pear, Plum and
Cherry Trees and Grape VlneB, we will dis
pose of this spring. Trees wo have planted
In our .own-orchard rows, but wnlcnare
found to bo too close and some mu3t bo ro
moved. To thoj.e near who can take up the
trees one day and put them out the nextr
this is a rare opportunity. We will alio"
purchasers to dig their own trees and dis
count tho amount of their labor.
ORDERS LEFT WTTET-
U. A.. ECa-wley,
at his Implement Wareroom. will W--prompOy
filled.. He Is oar. local agent.