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THE ADVERTISER.
THURSDAY, JAN. 6. 1876.
We are pleased to learn that Sena
tor IrOgan la regaining his health.
One night this week a man was
knocked down and robbed on the
streets of Omaha.
Francis D. Moulton, of Beeuher
Tilton notorletj', has sued Beecher for
malicious prosecution, claiming $50
000 damage.
Prof. Church of Lincoln and the
Rev. J. T. Balrd of Plattamouth are
to have a debate on the divinity of
Uurlst, at an early day. So the
Viatchman learns.
Hon. E. M. Hungerford, a State
Regent, and editor of the Sentinel, Or
leans. Harlan county, Neb , died on
the 3rd Inst. He wis about 27 years
ofnge.
Our job press from dint and hard
attd constant work srnt out of order
Plattsmouth Watchman.
If you have so much work to do
Mo., we should think you would get
out a deoent readable paper for your
patrons.
From the 30th ult.. the secretary of
the treasury declines to receive checks
and drafts In payment of debts due
the government. This will prevent
national banks from payment of their
hemi-annual duties in anything else
than lawful money.
The Kentucky Legislature conven
ed on the 31st ult. It has been two
years since the legislature of that State
met. This session will elect a U. 8.
Senator to succeed Stevenson. It is
said that the contest lies between
Stevenson, J. B. Beck and Williams.
The Republicans of North Platte,
recently met and organized a "city
Republican party," so says the He
publican. We would oppose the organ
ization of a "city Republican party,"
but would heartily help the formation
of a Republican Club in our oity,
made up of material of the old nation
al party.
Grant's friends smuggle whisky;
Jit gulp It down. Plattsmouth
Watchman.
But what rea'.ly hurts the red eard
miokeys of the press, from the greatest
down to the one that Stanly bo right
eously and vigorously kicked, is
Grant's position on the school ques
tion, and his oppposition to the Ro
man Catholic idea of making State
subservient to the shnve-headed liber
tines and bigots of UonmniHtn.
A reporter of the New York Her
ald recently interviewed, in the Mis
souri penitentiary. Col. Joyce, the
chief of the whisky revenue thieves.
Had the reporter omitted to name the
person and place of theintervlew, one
would have supposed from the read
ing that Geo. Francis Train had brok
en out in a fresh place. Joyce is a
rattle iralu. and vainglorious fool,
besides being a rascal. Wo will tntes
our guess If Grant ever pardon Joyce.
"The Issue now to be tried between
Plymouth church and Mrs. Moulton
are questions by Mrs. Moulton as fol
. lows: "The action of the church in
dropping me from Its membership as
it did are Its reasons for this valid
and sufficient? My action in abstain
lug so long from services and sacra
ments of the church while I did not
wish to withdraw from Its. member
shipwere my reasons for this valid
and (sufficient?"
It was agreed that each side should
aeleot ten ohurches and five ministers
and that the council shall meet on the
18th inst.
Mr. Crounse reoently introduced the
following bill in Congress :
"Whereas, The military reservation
at Fort Kearney, In the State of
Nebraska, has been formally aban
doned by the military authorities:
Therefore
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress Assembled,
That the Seoretary of the Interior is
hereby authorized and instructed to
cause said reservation to be ftirveyed.
and the same shall be open to pre-em-eption
and homestead entry, under
the conditions, restriction, ami stipu
lations contained In the law ivlatinc
to pre-emption and homestead entry,
respectively.
There is no reason that we know of
why this bill should not become a law,
unless Sydenham still wants the land
on whioh to "build the "Now Wash
ington. "
We, like the North Platte Repub
lican, object to the appointing of such
men as J. H. Peake to government
positions under this administration.
While edltorr the Nebraskian and
Lincoln Spy Peaks was a most un
scrupulous Bourbon Democrat u d
-slandered the Republican party and
the President without stint. N t
srlthstaudJng this he did get a posi
tion as clerk or something of the
kind in one of the depaitments, but
he is out now. We lose faith iu men
and parties when good young men of
the Republican party have to stand
bach while men like Peake are serv
ed. We do not know who influenced
his appointment, but whoever It was.
Senator, CongreBsmau or any one else,
belittled himself in the extreme by
getting on his knees and attempting
to court an inveterate enemy.
A telegraph dispatch says that at
one of Moodv.& Siinkev'B mpptincm in
Philadelphia the other evening, "The
v""u'c" or jroniaueipnia were made
special subjects of prayers to-day."
Prayer is a cheap commodity and
many make up the balance sheet of
duty by it and they are not out a cent
in money. A thousand prayers, or
oo)thing that paused for prayers
ith the utterprn vou e.M v. i,
children of Philadelphia, but how
KQBnv r3OI. .
--, . i were jspent to feed tb
in mrmrnnrs
starving, to clothe the naked, to save
from crime the miniature thief, or for
a general amelioration of the vicious
children of the great city. One so
ciety HkeBerKh's, for the protection of
children, will do more good in one
hour to save, physically and morally,
than the deolamatory prayers that
the firm of Moody & fcjaukey, could
blow off iu a life time.
The Cincinnati Price Current pub
lishes an elaborate pork packing re
port, with estimates for the entire sea
son, which indicates a falling off at
all in the interior points in the west,
amounting to 570,000. and with a pos
sible falling off at the leading cities,
enough to make the aggregate de
crease 750,000 in numbers, as compar
ed with last year. The Price Current,
however, regards the chances favoring
a final deficiency somewhat less than
this number, and that, taking the in
creased weights into consideration, it
may be safe to calculate the hog crop
will not, materially vary from five
inillionsatlastyear'sweightB, against,
5,806,000, a decrease of ten per cent.
The packing to date at ail points is
approximately 3,000,000, against4,000,-
000 hogs a year ago. The Ohio inte
rior shows ten to twelve pounds de
crease in weights; Iudiaua, about the
same as last year; Illinois, about the
same as last year; Iowa, fifteen
pounds increase; Kansas and Nebras
ka, fifty poundB increase; Missouri,
thirty-five pounds increase, and a
moderate increase in other sections.
During last week congressman Steele
of Wyoming Territory introduced a
bill for the election of Governor and
Territorial officers by the people:
We wonder if the bill is caused by
the appointment of Thayer as Gover
nor of Wyoming, or does Steele seri
ously object to having a Republican
for Governor who was so signally de
feated in his race for TJ. S. Senator
from this State 'iNeb. City Press.
Gen. Thayer dnd his friends are ex
ceedingly gratified in remembering
that notwithstanding he "was so sijz
nally defeated," hewasthersi choice
of a majority of the Bcjmblicans of
the legislature that defeated him ; and
that his defeat was attributable to a
coalition between the Democracy and
traitors aud desrters In the Republi
can ranks. This is.eevere talk, we are
aware, and will out some of our
friends, but it is true, and that is the
main consideration with us, in strik
ing a merited blow. Gen. Thayer
would have been one of our Senator."
to-day had there been a disposition
amongst professed Republican legis
lators to subserve the interests of the
party and promote harmony, rather
than the farming out of official posi
tions. The Press, and others who
had to go into the camp of the enemy
to form their guerilla combinations
whioh defeated Gen. Thayer, should
be the last ones to refer to his "signal
defeat," becauso the question uatur
ally recurs : how was he defeated,
and by whom ?
The State Gr.nge, which met at
Fremont recently, in considering af
fairs connected with theState Agency,
found the Ageuey to be indebted over
$12, 'KM). A grange correspondent of
the Bee aays "the testimony reveals a
very bad condition in this part of the
order," and that the late Agent "Mc
Caig, was very 'crooked','' aud that
"every step shows more aud more of
the loose transactions." This late
State Grange appointed an executive
committee, Church Howe, chairman,
with instructions to pay the debts of
the institution. The subordinate
Granges, of course, will have to foot
this bill that is, baud chairman
Howe the money and he will hand it
to the creditors. It is quite a hard
ship on the subordinate granges to
have to be taxed to meet $12,000 de
linquencies, occasioned by the fraud
or mismanagement of di.-honeat or in
efficient officers. The hundreds of
thousands of farmers, and their wives,
sons and daughters, who make the
aggregate grange so powerful, numer
ically, entered the organizution with
the hope, if not the expeotiou, of hav
ing their bjrdens of taxation made
smaller, and of inaugurating a better
system of economy ; but in view of
the numerous embezzlements aud de
falcations of exorbitantly aluried of
ficials, whioh salaries, embezzlements
and defalcations, the subordinate
granges the "high privates'1 in the
corn-field, and the sisters who carry
butter and eggs to market have to
shoulder besides dues and other le
gitimate and necessary expenses, the
question nuw frequently debated by
subordinate lodges, viz: "Does, it pay
to be a Granger," would spem to be a
very proper one for sincere considera
tion. o
A special from Vienna says that the
Secretary of State of the United
States has transmitted to every Eu
ropean government a circular asking
an expression of their views regard
ing American intervention in Cuba,
in order to obtain data to be used in
the preparation of President Grant's
supplementary message to Congress.
All the governments have replied
satisfactorily. England is ready to
endorse intervention at the present
moment aud the other nations ex
press a willingness to support the in
tervention. The stories so systematically cir
culated that the president intends to
pardon ex-3upervisrr McDonald and
ex-Revenue Aent Joyce, are believ
ed to have been put in circulation by
some personal enemy, aud there is
evidence that ex-Senator Henderson
had to do with it in first giving it
pnblicity at St. Louis. The attorney
general and president had a conversa
tion iu regard to this matter, when
the fact came out that Joyce had not
even made application for pardon, as
has been alleged. If he did, it is
needless to say that it would not meet
with favorable consideration.
At Rising Bun, Ind., last week, a
Mrs. Rachel 3ordon and her three
ohildreu, aged twelve ten and eight,
were burned to death in their burn
ing dwelling.
TIIE IWEW YEAR.
A Glorious Send-off Given it Through
oat the Country.
The Ringing of Bells, Screaming of
Whistles, and Booming of
Gannon.
The Centennial of Our National Ex
istence Inaugurated in a Patriot
ic and Becoming Manner.
THE WELCOM AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, TCy., Jan. 1 The most
beautiful night of the season has ush
ered in the new year. At 12 o'clock
the fire bells rang out 1876. then a
centennial round of one hundred,
city buildings were illuminated, a dis
play of fire works from the new Cour-ier-Jourpal
buildings, and the whole
town was ablaze with spirit and pa
triotism. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Washington, Jan. 1. The Metho
dist churches of this city held meet
ings to-night, watching- the old year
out and the new one in. Just before
12 all fire alarm bells were sounded
aud struck 1776, and exactly at mid
night struck 1876. The engines, with
a full head of steam, were run into
the street and their whistles blown at
midnight. The war department fur
nished the necessary ammunition aud
loaned cannon to the district com
missioners, who at midnight caused a
salute of thirty-seven guns to be fired
The Metropolitan church chimes rang
at the advent of the new year.
AT CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Cleveland, O., January 1. The
Independence centennial year was in
augurated in this city in right gallant
style. The city hall and public build
ings, as well as many private resi
dences and business houses, were
brilliantly illuminated, a large bon
fire of twenty barrels of petroleum
burning in the public square. At
midnight a salute of one hundred
guns was fired, and immediatel' near
ly all the bells in the city commenced
ringing, and steam whistles blowing;
bunds of music and military paraded
the streets, which, iu the neighbor
hood of the public square, were dense
ly thronged with enthusiastic people.
ATlIADSSON, IXD.
Madison, Ind., January 1. Th6
centennial is ushered in by citizens of
Madison with illumination?, bonfires,
fire works, ringing of all the bells iu
the city, and a torch-light procession
one mile in length.
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, January 1. The cen
tennial celebration to-night surpassed
the expectation of its most sanguine
projectors. At an early hour throngs
began gathering in the streets, and as
evening progressed the illumination
became more gonerul, aud the crowd
in the streets thickened. As mid
night approached, the excitement in
tensified and shooting Chinese cractt
ers and cannon reminded spectators
more of the Fourth of July than
winter. At 11:30 promptly, the pro
cession moved, completing its line of
march at 1 a. m. While the proces
sion was moving at midnight fire
alarm bells struck the numbers of the
year; that was the signal for a salute
of one hundred guns from hills sur
rounding the city and general ringing
of church and other bells. 8team
whistles were blown, and the city
given over to a general jubilee.
Crowds in the streets were immense,
and the illumination aud the general
whole affair passed off without the
slightest accident.
IN NEW YORK.
JNew York, January 1. The cen
tennial was inaugurated at midnight
by ringing of bells, display of fire
works, screaming of steamboat aud
locomotive whistles, and firing of
canuon. Great crowds are iu the
streets, and Broadway is as full of
people as at midday. The belltof the
fire department sounded the numbers
1776 and 1876, ami Trinity churoh
chimes rang out many patriotic airs.
AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Columbus, O.. Jan. 1. The centen
nial year was ushered in hereby ring
ing of bell, display of fireworks, and
thousands of people iu the streets.
AT WHEELING. WEST VIRGINIA.
Wheeling, January 1. The natal
hour of tiie centennial year was tish
ered in with immense enthusiasm.
Thousands of people were on the
streets. All the church aud fire bells
were rung; bands played and cannon
fired.
THE SPIRIT OF '76 IN PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, Jan., 1. At this time
midnight the greatest enthusiasm
prevails throughout the city, the vi
cinity of the state house especially
being a seine of intense excitement.
Chestnut is thronged by a surging
orowd of cheering people; the air is
full of clanging bells and firing can
non and the sky is lit by fireworks.
As the bell noted the hour of 12, a
flag designed after the original pat
tern was raised by the mayor amid
tremendous acolamatiou, the firing of
a salute following the ruisingof the
flag. Public and and private build
ings are decorated with flags aud il
luminated. Collector Shoughnessy, of Missis
sippi, having reported to Commis
sioner Pratt that Deputy Collector
Redmon was prevented by armed
bands from discharging hjs duties,
aud that the Mayor of Summit, Pike
county, had notified him to leave, as
be and the other peace officers could
not protect him. The president sent
an order to the Secretary of War to fur
nish the necessary protection.
A review of the trade and com
merce of the city of Milwaukee for
the past year furnishes the following
figures: Flour received. 1,401.795
barrels; manufactured. 747.165 bar
rels; wheat rec ei ved.. 2.779,722 bush
els ; shipped. 2.226,331 bushels. The
Increase in receipts of wheat, as com
pared with last year, is about two
million bushels.
GENERAL NEWS.
Gleaned from our Exchanges and
Telegraphic Reports.
G. L, Ruffin, a colored lawyer, has
been elected a Common Councilman
in Boston.
Eulogies upon Andrew Johnson
will be delivered in the Seuate on the
11th inst.
Senator Ferry, of Michigan, has
been re-elected President of the Sen
ate, and is therefore Vice President of
the United State, filliug the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Mr. Wil
son. The report that px-SenatorNye was
recovering his health and his mental
faculties proves incorrect. He is con
sidered incurable.
Gen. Lane, candidate for Vice-President
in 1860. is now a farmer of Ore
gon. Hi son is a Representative in
Congress from the same state.
There are in the State of Iowa 8,865
Quakers.
The annual production of gold in
the United States is said to be $30,000,
000. The Republicans are more pleased
with Speaker Kerr's committees than
the Democrats are.
China departs from the custom of
other nations by sending two minis
ters instead of one to Washington.
The Georgetown Miner Says that
Colorado may sufely he put down for
$10,000,000 In gold and silver in 1875
aud $20,000,000 in 1876.
The military of Savannah are mak
ing preparations to celebrate the an
niversary of Gen Robert E. Lee's
birthday, Jan. 19, by a grand parade.
No Chinese bank has failed for five
hundred years. When the last failure
took place the officers heads were cut
off aud Hung into a corner with the
other assets
A New York court recently decided
that lager beer is lutoxicatiug.
i tiers are irom seven ty-nve to a
hundred thousand Chinamen iu Cali
fornia. John flourishes anywhere.
but seems to have a slight fancy for
the immediate vicinity of gold mines.
Nevada has pase-d a law forbid
ding any person practicing as a physi
cian in that state who has' not pracflc
ed medicine 'there for five years, or
does not hold a diploma from an es
tablished medical college.
Queen Victoria lias bestowed a pen
sion of $375 per year upou each of the
three younger children of the late
Mr. Birch, British Resident at Perak,
who was murdered by the Malays, and
the eldest son will be provided with a
position in the colonial service.
A cable dispatch of the 30th ult.,
from London says Reuter's telegraph
company, publishes a statement that
the American minister in London, in
the name of his government, for the
purpoaeof learning its views respect
ing a collective intervention of Eu
ropean powers, with the object of put
ting a stop to bloodshed iu Cuba. The
British government has deferred an
wenng definitely for the present.
This information comes from special
aud authentic sources.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in double eagles were recently
shipped from New York to Europe.
A darkey named Heckersmith at
Little Rock. Arkansas, on the 30th
uit, shot his wife aud another darkey
named George Scott, of whom !ie was
jealous.
The Rev. Henry Bi e!iem died re
cently on Staten Island. He readied
his one hundredth year lust June, aud
was probably the oldeot Methodist
preacher In the world.
A Mrs. Kincaid, lesidiug atSaxton
Station Mo. recently committed sui
cide by taking arsenic.
At a late meeting of the common
council of Philadelphia a resolution
was adopted "That the Board of Pub
lic Education be requested to inquire
of the Council by what authority the
readiug of the Bible has been discon
tinued in certain public schools iu the
city."
In White county, Tenn., a few day
since, Tom aud Win. Little, brothers,
attacked a man named Van Fisk, and
beut and shot him to death. An old
fued.
Buchanan county Mo. has had a
big suit commenced against it. On
the 30th Johu R Lionbergtr, Jamis
B. Ead-s J. H. Briltou, Barton BateB
etal., fiied a petition in the Ciicuit
Court, of St. Joseph, asking judg
ment against Buchanan county foi
$400,000. The petition alleges that
the St. Louis and St. Joe Railroad
Company owes them, as surviving
partners of the copartnership knowu
as the Lexington and St. Joe Road
Absociatiou, $46,000; that said rail
road company was adjudged bankrupt
and its assets fully distributed; that
the county of Buchajian subscribed
$400,000 to the capital stock, and
became the stockholders in the St.
Joe and St. Louis Railroad Company,
and they now ask judgment, as above
to pay the debt.
On Christmas eve, near Buslinell,
111., the sons of Thomas and Harrison
Head, two brothers, got into a fight
There were fvo of Thomas Head's
boys and three of Harrison's. Dur
ing the fight, Harrison Head's son
Alfred was killed. This was a cul
mination of an old feud between the
families.
Intelligence has just been received
from the Philippine Islands, giving
the details of a dreadful hurricane
thereon the 30th of last mouth. The
storm was particularly severe on the
provinces of Aiban and Camarfnes.
On the Island of Luzon 250 lives were
lost, aud 3,800 dwellings destroyed.
Many cattle perished, and crops in all
directions were ruined.
Recently a large number of Penn
sylvania dairymen met at MeadviMe
and formed an organization to be
known as the Pennsylvania Dairy
men's Association. Its purpose being
to improve the dairy iu teres ts of the
State.
Heavy snowB are reported in Utah.
At Alta City it is said to be twelve
feet on the level.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Beecher Christmas Gifts English
Thieves Political.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, Dec. 25, 1875.
BEECHER.
The Beecher trouble will not down,
because the people of Brooklyn will
not let it rest. Mr. Beeclier's late ap
pearance of fight has not been main
tained. Shearman, his attorney aud
chief friend, holds himself in a defi
antattitude, the lie cnnnotkeep-Beech-er
up to the mark. The fact is tne Rev.
gentleman feels that the world is
against him he feels that whether
guilty of the offence aB charged or
not, there has been enough of impru
dence and folly in his intercourse with
the feminine part of his flock to leave
more upon his name than a clergy
man ought to have. He knows that
the clergy generally believe him guil
ty, and that he has lost standing in
his prefession. Therefore, Mr. Beech
er will very s.oon step down aud out.
Despite Shearman's blubter, and the
curiously devoted support of his
church, Mr. Beecher Is a lu-f man. If
guilty, of course it is all right. If Inno
cent, he is the most unfortunate man
living
What wide-spread destruction this
soaudu!hascau3ed! The ablest preach
er in the world has lost his power. Til
ton is ruined financially, and in rep
utation. Mrs. Tilton is eking out a
miserableexistence. keeping boarders.
Florence, their daughter, a delightful
young lady, teaches school and works
nights copying for lawyers, with the
aid of the type-writer. Mrs. Moulton.
a refined lady with a nasty quarrel on
her hands which she cannot let go;
Bowen, with two libel suits. There
has been nothing but misery, trouble
and wretchedness from begiuuing to
end. "Be virtuous and you will be
happy."
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
The large importing houses of fancy
wares show few signs of the hard
times during the holiday sea
son. To an accustomed eye the
stock may not appear so large as iu
former seasons, when money was roll
ing about; but articles are more taste
ful and select. Such cameos, bronzes,
and elegant pieces of gold and silver
ware never were shown as to-day.
The dealers say that they have not
felt the hard times affect their custom,
but expect they will before long. A
the next thing to seeing beautiful
things is to hear about them, your
readers may have some curiosity
of know what kind of gifts
wealthy New Yorkers make this sea
son. The gem of all the lovely ob
jects of "bigotry and virtue," is the
veiled Cupid, now on view in the
gallery of a house noted for its rari
ties. The statue is by an Italian ar
tist, is called "Hidden Love;"acharm
iug figure, with head turned aside
and arrows drooping iu the left hand,
a veil thrown over the face. The
charm of it ail is that the marble is
colored in the softest tints, the dim
pled limbs have the finest rose flush,
tender as flesh, ever is; the eyes, a
beautiful roguish blue, beam through
the veil, whioh i- wrought with mot
exquisite art, till it looks like a film of
whitecrapeflungoverthe lovely head,
not half concealing the brilliant roses
on its cheek. The statue was sold to u
New York lady for $13 QUO. The la
dies, perhaps, will prefer to he-ir of the
p-iir of solitaire diamond ear-rings
that cost $10 000. and the great ap
pire for a ring, valued at S5.000.
ENGLISH THIEVES.
L'ist Saturday thir'y Engli-h
thieves and burglars landed from a
Hteamer, and took up their abode in
New York. A telegram from the
London police to our chief, notified
the oity of this accession to our popu
lation, and detectives awaited and
spotted them. Foreign thieves like
America for they are not kept under
such surveilance as in European cities.
There they are treated as thieves and
are watched; here they become Deun -cratic
politicians, and get to be alder
men and city officials. Among the
lot were three noted burglars, who
narrowly escaped hanging iu London
a few mouths since. The others are
pick pockets, sneak theives aud
operators of smaller note. It does
seem as though some arrangement
ought to be made by which each coun
try should be compelled to take care
of its own crime. As it i3. when a
foreign cut-throat finds his own coun
try too hot to hold him becomes here.
America is the refuge of all the hunt
ed scoundrellsm of the world, and
New York is thesewer through which
it flows. And the great trouble is,
we don't hang as fast as they can be
imported.
POLITICAL.
Two rather important political
movements are being inaugurated in
this city at this time. The Democrat
ic admirers of Gov. Tilden are organ
izing to foroe him on the National
Democratic Convention, as its candi
date for the Presidency, on a hard
money, free trade platform, whether or
no. They are putting oceans of mon
ey on it, aud are striving to have such
an organization perfected as will con
trol the Convention. The other is a
movement among the Republicans
for Grant for the this third term. ThN
latter embraces a great many very ex
cellent men who are not office-holders
but really believe that the best Inter
ests of the country demand his r
nomination. They are organizing
very thoroughly on the basis of ami
Catholicism, or rather the protection
of schools from Romih interference,
hard money and purity in public pla
ces, and tliny assert that to attain
these ends the re-nomination of Grant
is the only thing to be done I was
astonished to see the number of men
of character in the movement. The
action of the Methodists under the
lead of Bishop Hiven meets very
general acceptance here. It is not at
ail unlikely that the New York City
delegation In the National Republi
can Convention will be largely for
Grant. Pietro. .
Alexander H. Stevens is lying at
the point death, In Washington,
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser:
Washington, Deo. 31, 1875.
Eighteen seventy-five will soon
be remembered with the dead past.
In a few hours 1876 will appear, and
be welcomed by many who rejoiced
when 1S75 was born. But many who
a year ago celebrated the birth of the
New Year have since been laid away
and now sleep beneath earthy bil
lows. My mind now reverts to poor
Dick Hughes, of Brownville a year
ago the picture and seeming embodi
ment of health now "dead aud
turned to clay." And speaking of
him reminds me that eacli and every
day I pHss a sign on one of the aven
ues of this city which reads "R. V.
Hughes. Notary Public," but the
portly form of "Dick" does not show
at the door or through the window,
though the name and initials seem to
invite me in.
The adjournment of Congress im
mediately after Speaker Kerr made
known the result of his deliberations
as a committee maker, had a tenden
cy to hush harsh criticism, and cause
tho?e who linger behind to analyze
the committees, and determine as far
as may be what their action would
be. Having n-ahingelse to do I have
devoted some time to this study, ai.d
have concluded that the intent of the
committees is that they shall be ob
structive In character and aims. The
weakest democrats and ablest repub
licans have been provided places, and
when congress re-assemhles special
committees of investigation will be
created composed in the main of the
ablest democrats and weakest repub
licans; thus it is expected that the
Coxes and Woods will manufacture
more politicil capital for their party
by indirect means than they possibly
cnuld by direct ones. This is my idea.
Remember it, and tally one for me if
I prove correct in my diagnosis of the
intent of the invalid who has gravi
tated into tbeseatof the giant Blaine.
I do not believe it is the Intention
of the democrucy to legislate much,
but I do believe they propose repeal
ing the resumption act, whioh of
course the President will veto, and
then the waltz will commence and
the "band begin to play."
Already considerable Interest cen
ters on the question as to who will be
the republican nominee for President.
Thoso at all conversant with Pres
dent Grant's views know that he does
not desire re-nomination or re-election,
aud the only chance favoring
his re-nomination rents on the fact
that he will be the second choice of
every other candidate of Blaine,
Conkllng, Washhurne, el al. That
Grant is stronger with the people to
day than he was three years ago is
morally certain. His action in the
crooked-whisky business has devel
oped a heroism unparalleled. In
stead of using his influence to shield
men whom he clothed with position,
and who used such position to fatten
themselves at the expense of the gov
ernment and personal honor, he has
exercised his great power to bring
them to the bar of outraged justice,
and given orders to "let no guilty
man escape." It will not do to say
that Grant has drawn to him bad ad
visers. This has been "aid of every
President. Baron LeKalb. the brave
German who fell at Camden, writing
of Washington, sid : "If is a pity he
la so weak, and has the wnrt of ad
visers in the men who enjoy his con
fidence " Men are scarcely reliable
when criticising their fellows. As
history ha9 relieved Washington of
the charges piled mountain higli
against him by men of his time, so
history will exonerate Grant from
every calumny, and give him a place
in the God-head of our country with
Washington and Lincoln, If Grant
sought the republican nomination he
could get it, and if he should obtain
it he will be elected ; but It Is his sin
cere desire to retire in favor of some
g toil republican, and as sure a God
reigns, the oentennial nominee of the
republican party will be elected. The
party which sought to destroy the
life of the nation at the agp of 85 will
find the contennial a poor year for
victory of the fratricides.
But all around me is the hum and
buzz incident to smothered anticipa
tion of the joy awaiting the advent of
the new year, and which. In a few
hours, will explode with exuberant
enthusiasm, thus unfitting me for
writing. It Is astonishing how fond
the folks here are of eggs. They
don't consume them as they do on
Easter, but take the shells off and put
in some flavoring which makes them
tate very nice;but like the man
who died from taking grass in his
whisky, I apprehend that too much
or many eggs, highly flavored, wou'd
prove unhealthy. I do not quit wiit
ing to indulge iu eggs, but the fur
anundingsare not calculated to induce
industry, aud I will close this by
wishing the editor. Dory, snd the ev
ery reader of The Advertiser, a
happy New Year, and many returns
of the season. Caffrey.
The Omaha Post-Office.
Postmaster C. E. Yot, furnishes us
with the following statement of the
year's business: Post oilire stamp
ales, S34 860 10 ; received for rent $1,
103.50; unpaid letter postage collected.
$218 54. Total, $36,202 14. The total
receipts in the mntiev rdr depart
ment Imvn been SI 053.458 20. making
h grand total of receipts Sl.aS9.660.34 ;
an Increase of $33,9-34.61 over last year,
Republican.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY!
Main Street,
TVr m Up stairs over Wltcherly 4
iSO- zti Smith's Barbershop.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Imakeeverv size or style of picture de
sired. Life-size photographs a specialty.
Every pains taken to glv pleasing and be
coming positions. None but
FISIST CX,ASS WORK
allowed to Ipavemv gallery. A fnll assort
ment of PICTURE FRAMES, of all styles
and end- on tiand. ALBUMS. LOCKETSL
COLORED PICTURES, nnu many other
PX2ASIH& OBNAMENTS FOB THE PABLOB
Persons wishing Photograph work done In
the best style, at lowest prices, should not
fail to call and see for themselves.
P, M. ZOOK.
LECTURE
-IN-
COUK.T BOOM
Thursday Evening;
on the subject of
WAR!
BY
J.R.'GRICE.
Admission,
- 25Cts.
Where Mr. Grice has delivered this
lecture, it has been highly spoken of
by the press. We hope our citizens
will give him a good house.
plotts' me ORiis.
Any person wishing to purchase a parlor
orgnu where there Is uohkp1 for the,-Star."
would do well to writo for special rates, to
Intrndnce this instrument. Address. ED.
WARD PJ..OTTS, Washington, Iff. J.
Plotts1 star Organs.
Any porson, male or female, who has a lit
tle leisure time, can procure a first class In
strument at a grpatly reduced price. Send
stamp for particulars. Address, EDWARD
PLOTTS, Washington, N. J.
s,
Furs.
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
PAID BY
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All for One Dollar !
Ten el gant Sheets o( Choice Music ar
ranged for the Piano Forte will be sent by
mall on receipt or one dollnr, (post paid), or
simile copies at 15 cents each.
Thev can also be ordered through any
Nevs"Deaer In the United States.
Happier Duvs Instrumental.. Tom Brown
Why can I not Forget.,...- .Clarlbel
Far O'er the Waves......- ..Maylath
High Life Waltz .. Strnuss
Down where the Violets Grow.. Wcsterne
When Old Juckon had his day .WeMrrne
The Grand Old Farm ............. Rublee
The College Quickstep- JStoddart
There's a Letter In the Candle .....Coote
Do you Really Think he Hid?
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tpU lv Cp'wU ot working people ot both sexes,
young and old. make more money at work for us
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Combine beauty and durability with worth.
Send for illustrated. catalogue before buying.
Address tne manufacturer, uuwaku
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LEGAL ADVZRTISEMEWri.
Probate" Notice.
la the matter of the estate of John BnrK
deceased. "
-VTOTICE Is hereby given thai .Ana r,Dp
1 dan has filed her petition, duly vLS
praying tht otters of AdtnintatnUM?'
granted to her of wild estate, and tnt" &
personslnteresredlnsald estate nr.. "
fore fne at the office of the Probat5fiSIL
iiv- xr,.i . T
lirtlipnnivirnf th roMMnn.. v '.V'
he granted. u uov
Dated December 2ith. 1875.
E. M. M(mM i u
"7rft i .. . i'
Probate Judge
Estray Xolice.
alAKEX up by the undersigned. Soim
- Herr -V1' 1S75'at hIi Plac "boat SlSlna
a half miles soutn enst of the Stone Uanrnh
in Benton precinct. Nemaha County 2k
an estray steer, three years old. of asoVrel or
light red color. 6w5 FRED.LAMPE
Legal Notice.
J- O. RUSSELL, of Red Oak. In tlifStnte..
. Iowa, will take notice that John A. pi,n
Court within and for tho County or Vcma
ha. In said State of Nebraska, against ih
said J. G. Russell, defendant, and setting
lorth that the said defendant, J. o "Ruwi
pave bis promissory nolo tc tald John a
Ponn on the 1.1th day of Mnreh, A l iff'"
and thereby promised to pay to a!d John
A. Ponn the sum or $41 53, with Intcreita"
10 per cent, from date, and pravln a cdt-Z
ment against defendant for said sum f .
creditor one dollar, September 11. l;. ThM
said defendeut is a non-resident or theState
of Nebraska, and has real property in said
Nemnha County, Nebraska, which is sooiht
to be taken in attachment for the sathfxe
tlon of said claim, and that an attachment
was levied on said property on the.lnldarof
December A. D. 1S75. and the said J. (. Rus
sell is notified to appear and answer saM n.
Ution on or beloro the 31st day of January
A. D. 1S7U.
Dated December 13, 1S75.
JOHN A. PONN.
25w5 by T. L. Schick, his Atty.
Estray Rot Ice.
ri.
red yearling heifer, the under part of her
belly white, and the bush of her tall whit
Tho owner can have said calf by proving
property and paying chnrgps.
23 wo MAKYE.BERQ.
Plotts' Star Organs.
New and beautiful dens. AGENTS
WANTED. Address. EDW AUD PLOTTS,
TVaahlngtou, N.J.
!!2U2r
S5HS
FR
Surpasses In toneand powernny Reed Organ
heretofore manufactured In this country. It
has been tested by many competent Judges
and
By a skillful uso of tho stop, and of tho
Patent knee swell, the music Is adapted ta
thehnmnn voice, raimlng from the softest,
flute-like note to a volume of sound.
Unsurpassed by any Instrument
Thoproprietor ha noted for many year
the imperfections and needs of the reed in
struments, and directed his practical experi
ence to the correction of such imperfection,
and his experiments have resulted In tho
firoductlou of a quality of tone which asslm
lates so closely to
TIE PIPE OBfi(fllOUifl
That It Is dlflletilt to distinguish between tL
two. This Intrument hug all
THE LATEST IMPKOVEMEflTS
And every organ Is fully wnrrant?d. Larg
Oil-Polish, Black Walnut, Paneled
cases mat
WILL NOT CRACK OR WARP,
And forms In addition to a splendid Instru
ment of music,
A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE
This organ needs only to be seen to uj ap
preciated, and is sold at EXTREMELY
LOW PRICES -
For cash. Second hand instrument taka
in exchange.
A.g'ents Wanteci
(Male or Female.) In every county In the
United Stntes and Canada. A liberal dis
count made to Teachers, Ministers. Chnrrh
es. Schools. Lodges, etc., where there 1 no
agent for the"Stnr" Orgnn. IHnstratcdcala
logne and price list Tree. Correspondent
solicited. Address the manufacturer,
EDWARD PLOTTS,
Washington, N. J.
July 1,75 y
THE
HILHARWOHIC 'PUHQ
This entirely new Instrument, pissMsIrg
all the essential qualities of more expensive
and higher priced Pianos Is offered at a Iowe
price than any similar one now In the mar
ket. It is durable, with a mngnlflceneeoi
chased at prices and on terms within trw
reach of all. This Instrument has all tne
modern improvement, including the cele
brated "Agraffe" treble and U fully warrant
ed. Catalogues mailed.
WATEES'
NEW SCALE PIANOS
are the best made. The touch elastic,
and a fine kinging tone, powerful, pure
and even.
WATERS' Concerto ORGl
cannot tw excelled in tone or beauty;
they defy competition. The Concerto
Stop is a line imitation of thelluma
PRICES EITREEMI.Y LOW KUlt
Cftali during tnls month. Monthly in
stalment received ; on Pianos, SIW
S20 Organs, S3 to SlO ; Second "
Instruments, S3 to S3, monthly ; "ef
nrt-repo(U. AGENTS 1VAKTJ--D- A
liberal discount to Teachers, Minister
Churches, Schools, Lodge n, etc. Pee
lal Inducements to the trade. "'"J.
trated Catalogues Mailed. HORAC.
WATERS cfc SONS, 491 Broadwiy
New Yortt. Box-"
OF
WATEES1 PIANOS & 0BGANS.
Waters 'ew Scale Pianos have peculiar
merlts.-New Yorlc Tribune. ,
The tone of the Waters' Piano is rich, rnei
low and sonorous. They possess '"
nmeofsound.andthecontlnuatlonofsouna
or singing power is one of their most mariscu
features. New Yorlc Times. .
Waters' Concerto Organ is so voiced a 7
have a tone like a full rich alto voice.
especlallv human iu Its tone, powerful 7
sweet.-KnraJ New YrUer.
the 17th day or January. aVd. IlhI
olock a. m. to show mna if n.. J tr vn
Urownville. Ni-mnlin Pnnr
l)
v.. iku ,vuit... v.. .iciu.iuii. iu me alatp rr
enraska, did on the aih day of November
a. i'. iou. nil.- ins ueiiuuu in iuh ill.
TAKEN LPby the undersigned, living In
the town of Aspln wall in Nemaha Co
Neb., on the 1st day of November. 1575 nn
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