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THE ADVERTISER.
TnURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1878.
CXImTi FOR. A TtRPXTBrTCAHf STATE
CONVENTION.
TO ELECT nKkTOATES TO Tltl? EEr-DZ-ICAN KA
TIQXAL CONVENTIOX.
The Republican of the State or Nebraska arc
hereby called to send delegates from the several
counties to meet In State Convention atFremont on
Tuesday, the 23d day of May, 187G, at 3 o'clock P. M.
for the purpose of electing six delegates to the Na
tional Convention, to be held at Cincinnati on the
14th day of June next, to nominates candidates for
IYeMdent and Vice President of the United States,
nd to transact such other baslnes as may proper
ly come before It.
The severa counties are entllled to representa
tion In the State Convention as follows:
XUKBEB OF DELKOATKS.
Adams
.Antelope.
IToone.
Tlnrt
Buffalo
Butler
C-ttHS
Clay
, 4!TTnox
. 2. Lancaster
1 Lincoln
3 Mad Hon
3 1 Merrick
:Xema!i.
ei Nuckolls-
4 Otoe
1 Pawnee
2 Platle
Cedar-
Colfax
Chej-enne
1 Polk-
Cumins.
Jjukota
Dawson
I)ion
IKxhie
Toigl&
J'Ulnioro
Itlcuardson
I Raline
, I Sarpv
, 1 Sunders
, 5 Seward
,10 Stanton .
,. c Sherman ..
. 2 Thaver
1 Waxhlugton..
4
CSage.
. ." Webster 2
4 York 3
4 fireeleyand Valley. 1
1 Phelps and Gotdt 1
2 Dundy Oha. Hitch-
4 cock. Frontier and
3. Ked Willow . I
l'Wnrneand Pierce 1
JfHmlltou.
3 Tall
Harlun
J Inward
JpflVrson
Johnon
Kearney
Keith
1
By Orderor State Central Committe.
C. K. Yost, Sec C. II. Gkhe, Ch'n.
Lincoln , Jiareh 8, 1S76.
TO XOMINATE CAKDIDATES FOU STATE OITICES.
The Itepubllcan electors of the State of Nebraska
are hereby called to send delegates from the several
counties to meet in State Convention at Lincoln, on
26th day ol September. 1576, for the purpose of plac
ing In nomination a candidate for Member of Con
Kre. and candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor. Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney
General and Land Commissioner, and to transact
ucn other business as may properly come before
it.
The several coantles are entitled to the same rep
resentation as In the State Convention called this
day to meet at Fremont on the 23d day of May,lST6.
By orderor the State Central Committee.
C. E. Yost, Sea C II. Geke, Ch'n.
Lincoln, March S, 1STA
The Democratic convention of
Ohio will convene May 17th.
The Democratic State convention of
JCew York will meet at Utica, April
Gth.
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are in Montre
al, but still Clymerand Pendleton are
not happy.
In most the cities of this country,
St. Patrick's Day, the 17th, was cele
brated in grand style.
tf
Visscher, city editor of the Omaha
Jlcrald was married last week to Miss
E. Blanche Mason, a lady from St.
Louis.
The Cheyenne deader sa3s the road
between Cheyenne and Fort Laramie
Is lined with teams and men en route
for the Black Hills.
If the national virtue needed any
vindication in view of the Belknap
disclosures, it will be very hard to get
it since Clyraer aud the other Demo
crats connived at Marsh's escape.
Bills are pending In both the Sea
ate and House for the relinquishment
by the Indians of the Black Hills
country to the Government and for
the protection of miners and settlers
of that country.
The Globe-Democrat expresses the
very reasonable opinion that "no
party can be called corrupt while it
retains and exercises the power of
belf-purification, as the Republican
party has done."
We notice that some of the Demo
cratic newspapers have adopted Pres
ident Grant's motto, "Let no guilty
man escape." The Democracy how
ever, jet air. juarsu ana ns wile es
cape jnto Cauada. How's that?
Some publishing house wants us to
take a picture of "The Lost Cause."
in payment for an advertisement,
saying ''it should find a place in ev
ery southern home." As we are not
Tunning that kind of a home, we be
lieve we don't waut any "lost cause"
in ours.
The Inter-Ocean Bays, "The latest
Democratic "victory" which was sent
over the wires to cheer the New
Hampshire Confederates was the re
fueal of the Democrats on the Clymer
committee to supply the Grand Jury
with evidence which might convict
Belkuap.
The New York Herald, which has
been very bitter about the Belkuap
developmentd, says: "No remedy
for the evils from which we suffer
could be worse than that of handing
this country over to a party that is
only the fag end of the Confederacy ;
that believes Andersouvllle was a
modern Garden of Eden, and regards
JefT Davis as a martyr and a patriot.
That is not a remedy that the people
will accept."
i
Mr. John L. Bittinger of the St.
Joe Herald has been ludicted, charg
ed with conspiring, with others, To
defraud the Government out of the
tax on distilled spirits. The Herald
says :
Although there is no doubt that the
witnesses named are ready to swear to
anything that may be requiredof them
by Meyer, Mr. Bittinger will defend
bltmelf as best hecan and meet what
ever fatemay bein store for him, like a
man.consoiousthatheneverconsplred
with anybody to defraud the govern
ment. "
It Is stated that when the news of
the Belkuap fraud reached New Ham
pshire, oue of the leading Republi
cans said, "we had money enough to
carry the State, but this will cost us
S30.000 more" $10 each for 3.000 votes)
He thought they could raise that sum
easy enough, as it was very impor
to the party in nil parts of the coun
try that the State should be carried ;
ao matter how corrupt the party had
beootne, more corruption could sus
tain it. St. Joe Gazette.
Democrat votes, according to the
Gazette are very cheap In N. H. $10.
a-h.?S(1.Aparty that will stand by and
b theirstopk bought up so cheaply
-xwuuui raising the bid ought to be
i.fwr"J
In Washington City one evening
last week the colored citizens held a
largely attended meeting at which a
series of-resolutions were passed, de
claring, among other things, that the
Senate in refusing to seat Pinchback,
professedly on technical grounds, did
an unjust act aiTectlng the colored
race, ignored the rights of a sovereign
State, bowed to caste, and aided pro
scription, rebellion, and anarchy.
The resolutions also condemn Sena
tors EdmondB and Paddock for voting
against Pinchback, and eulograe Sen
ator Morton, whose course, they say,
makes him the lilting person for any
position in which law and justice may
be equitably administered and defend
ed by an honest and resolute person.
Those resolutions were supported by
Fredrick Douglass, George L. Down
ing and others, and unanimously
adopted, A procession was then
formed and proceeded to the Ebbitt
House, where Senator Morton was
complimented with a serenade. The
colored speaker who informed Sena
tor Mortoti of what had taken place
at the meeting ami the character of
the resolutions, said that heretofore
the colored people could only thank
their friends, but now they could ex
press their gratitude in votes. Sena
tor Morton responded, saying among
other things that Pinchback was fair
lv aud leirallv elected, aud had the
sympathy of the entire Republican
party throughout the country, and
that the great battle of human rights
would be fought in the coming Presi
dential contest. The procession then
poceeded to Capitol Hill to serenade
Pinchback, who returned thanks in a
speech.
Between Republicanism and genu
ine Grantism, there exists a gulf, as
wide as that between Heaven nnd
Hades. Centred City Courier.
Aud the Courier, so far as we see, is
for neither. Last week it put Blaine's
name at the head of its columns for
President, and says it did it to prove
its Republicanism. It needed some
evidence in that direction, but that
alone does not suffice. A tree Re
publican paper Is not easily mistaken
it gives no uncertain sound always
has the true, unmistakable rinp:. The
Courier takes a curious position in
dorses Blaine and abuses Grant. Ac
cording to its logic Grant is as far
from Republicanism as Heaven is
from Hades; when the truth is Blaine
indorses the administration of Grant
in every essential feature, and every
State Republican convention that has
been held within the last five years
has indorsed the administration of
President Grant. The next national
convention will indorse his adminis
tration, for the Republican parly
knows that the President te not re
sponsible for the corruptions of the
party. Some of his appointees have
betra3'ed the parti and the confidence
of the President but the party do not
hold him responsible for their treason
any more than the people held George
Washington responsible for the trea
son of Benedict Arnold.
In the Senate on the 14th inst. Mr.
Logan presented a petition from 3,000-
ex-soldiers praying for the passage of
a bill to equalize bouuties. Senators
should understand that whether the
old soldiers should petitition for such
a law or not, they all desire it, believ
ing that all soldiera should be served
alike and paid the same in proportion
to the time of service. No class of
citizens are truer to their country, in
time of peace as well as in time of
war, and the country should be true
to them. Tbey look to such men as
Logan and Morton in the Senate and
Blaine In the House to attend to this
matter and It is hoped they will do it
by presenting and advocating a prop
er bill to equalize bounties, and if It
fails let not the Republicans of Con
gress be to blatne for it.
Ab an off-et to the Belknap disci 03
ures, the Chicago Intcr-Occan & rak
ing up all the rascalities which have
transpired since the days of Nero.
Central City Courier.
All the Democratic newspapers of
the country, big and little, are attempt
ing to make political capital out of the
Belknap affair, and one would sup
pose from the tenor of the editorials
that all the corruption that ever exist
ed is in the Republican party. When
Republicans call attentiou to the fact
that frauds and corruptions as great,
do exist and have existed in the Dem
ocratic party, the Courier feels bad
about it, and the whole Democratic
crew feels bad at having their incon
sistencies made apparent.
Senator Hitchcock has sent us the
official report of the Bloodv Shirt tilt
in congress between Jim Blaine and
Ben Hill two blatant jacks who ought
Jo be smothered in a smoke-house.
Mr. Hitchcock has our thanks for the
docu m en t.PUttsmouth Watchman.
Yes, those two jacks did the job for
Deniocracj-. Blaine is a jack for call
ing down the Democratic "hand,"
and Hill is a provoking jack for
showing it and being so badly defeat
ed In the game. Democrats do get
terribly bored when some blatant jack
of the party has no more sense than
to expose its hideous deformity.
in
Belknap was only following the dis
graceful example of his chief. Cen
tral City Courier.
A bare assertion without a witness
(except unscrupulous Democratic
newspapers) or a single act of the
slandered "chief to back it. The
Courier, we are warranted in saying
from its general political tone, Is "on
ly following the disgraceful example
of the Democratic press from which
it draws Its inspiration.
The Senate has passed a bill re
ducing the President's salary from
$50,000 to $25,000, by a vote of 2G to
20. It was not a party measure, as we
see Bogy, Thurman, Kernan and
other Democrats voting yea with Mor
ton, Conkling, Dawes, Hitchcock
and other Republicans while Bayard,
Davla, Jones, of Fla., Withers, of
Virginia, and other Democrats voted
nay with Boutwell, Freliqghuysen,
Iugalls, Paddock an.d qth.er Republicans.
Church Iloive Writes Another Letter
t Uie Jiditor of the ltear-
ney Tress.
Objects to Suing lor Ubel Be-
cause Xliei'e is mo ifitm-
ey ill) ixi it.
JFc Calls Eaton a Liar and Bares
Jlim to 2uc lor His Character.
We find the following in the State
Journal of the 18th inst i
Lincoln, Neil, Feb. 1G, 1876.
Mr. Jitce laton :
bin You have, In a newspaper
published by you ut Kearney, la mis
otale, lukeu lue liberty to charge thai
at ttie recent bebbiou ul the Legisla
ture, 1 bold uiy vote for Uniteu (states
toenator for the sum ol $J,UU0.
Upou my attention beiiig called to
the article, 1 published a card deny
ing the charge, and invited you to
pieseut the evidence (which you stat
ed you had) upon wbich you based
the charge, to the nearest grand jury ,
that they could know all the facts in
your possession, and if sufficient pre
sent an indictment against me aud
give me a trial before a jury of my
countrymen. You noticed my card
and replied that "grand juries are
vague affairs and not the proper par
ties to investigate such charges as
these."
You go further and" say tnattupar
ties chartred bv you dare not com
mence a suit for libel for fear of the
revelations an investigation would
make. I will give you my reasons
for not commencing a suit for libel
ere this. First You are not financi
ally iesponsible. A judgment against
you for libel would not, I am told by
responsible citizens of Kearney, be
worth the paper upon which it was
written. It would be suing a beggar
and catching a louse. Second I nev
er saw an attempt made to prove a
negative. You make the charge I
deny it; and you refuse to give the
public you inform of the charge, the
evidence you say you have to sub
stantiate it. You give me no evi
dence to meet; still you pronounce
me guilty. .
I now desire to give jTou full oppor
tunity to prove in a court of justice
the truth of your charge by making
this statement which if untrue is
libelous, meaning to bring myself
I within the law of libel, as I mean to
hold j'ou up to infamy and disgrce by
saying that you are an infamous liar,
and a fraud, and a disgrace to the
honorable profession you pretend to
represent.
I hereby authorize any Attorney at
Law in Lincoln, to accept service of a
writ for libel on my account, within
the npxt ten days. And upon receipt
of information that that such action
for libel has been commenced. I will
deposit in the first National Bank of
Lincoln, a certified check for $5,000 to
meet any judgment you may serve
against me. This amount will cer
tainly pay for your reputation, if you
have any ; and be more in my opin
ion than it is worth when this matter
is fully ventilated, and the public
know you better.
If you are sincere in your state
ments, and desire to purify Nebraska
politics, come forward like a man and
produce the evidence, and upon the
terrible revelation of the best legisla
ture that the people may notagain be
deceived. You are no man if you do
this. Church Howe.
P. S. This charge of liar I also ap
ply and intend it to be understood as
applying to the part' who claims to
edit a newspaper in Saline county,
whose name I do not know, and
whose paper I never saw, but whom
I have heard of as the holder former
ly, if not now, of Midland R. R. pass
No 121. C. H.
If Mr. Howe could sustain himself
In a suit for libel or slander, his repu
tation as a bribe taker in that case, al
though Eaton might not be "finan
cially responsible," would, be as fully
repaired and look just as well as
though Eaton were worth a million.
A verdict for a fair amount of mon
ey for a damaged character goes as
far in vindication of the character of
a slandered individual before the
the money is paid as it does after
wards. Everybody with half sense
understands this ; and will at once,
upon reading Mr. Howo's reason for
not suing Eaton for libel, under
stand that his reason is not a good
one; his reasonable friends will be
disgusted and conclude that he had
far better have said nothing, if he
had nothing better to give than an
excuse that there is 710 money in a
suit against Eaton because he is not
financially responsible-.
It seems to us that a reparation of a
badly damaged charcter should have
been the first consideration with Mr.
Howe, and not how much money
could probably be made oHof Eaton.
There is not theslightest doubt that
this, In Mr. Howe's squirmings over
Eaton's charge, is a subterfuge In
tended to deceive the people a3 to the
proper manner in which he should
proceed to clear himself. But it is
entirely too thin.
Eaton will laugh at Howe's chal
lenge and pronounce it a little the
thinnest thing he. ever experienced.
Howe's epithets do not hurt Ea
ton a particle in any sense. Eaton
knows his leputation forftruth and
veracity is good ; that nobody but
Howe says he is au "infamous liar,"
and knows at the same time that
Howe's reputation as a bribe taker is
bad, for thousands believe it. So
Eaton is excusable for not commenc
ing a libel suit, for his character is
not in the least injured ; while Howe
is not excusable because Eaton's
charge has lujured him materially.
If Howe is really desirous of hav
ing the matter of bribery ventilated
in court, he would sue Eaton, and
every one knows he would not be
called on to "prove a negative," for
for the onus of proof would be on the
defendent; and If the defendent
could not bring sufficient evidence to
warraut him in charging Howe with
taking a bribe, he would stand before
the world a convicted libeler and the
accused would be vindicated,
A slandered person has recourse un
der either the civil or criminal law,
and Mr. Howe could have Eaton ar
rested and tried under the criminal
statutes and compel him to make his
charge good or be subject to the pen
alties of a criminal offense.
But Howe will not sue because Ea
ton is not financially responsible. And
by this bombastic but boshy letter he
hopes to help his waning star, for
he knows Eaton will treat his eni-
thets and challenge with the supreme
oontempt they deserve.
Ex-Warden Woodhurst tells us tlmi
Church Howe dodges around like a
hen with her head cut off since the
editor of the Kearney Press fired that
politloal bombshell nfc hlm.Xtnnrrf
JZeportcr.
OCR .NEW YORK LETTER.
The Best of
Fashions -
all Charities SpriiK
-I'olllieai Bnsiness
Health.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, March 20, 1870.
TOE BEST OF ALL CirAUzTIES.
As there are poor people everywhere
who must be relieved, I am going to
give your readers the method of work
adopted by the most useful and effect
ive charity in the world. St. John's
Guild is a body of men and women in
this city, organized for the purpose of
helping the deserving poor. The of
ficers and workers get no salaries.
Every dollar contributed goes directly
tothe relief qf the poor, without being
pared down a particle. Any member
may recommend deserving people,
and on their recommendation visitors
call and ascertain the exact circum
stances. They get the number in the
family, its earnings, and what they
most need. Then the head gets a
ticket, and oi presentation, tieke1-. is
issued on which they can draw ra
tions once a week. The Guild has an
Immense warehouse on Varick street,
which is filled with meats, flour, gro
ceries, and medicines', all of which
they buy at prime cost, and 5,000 fam
ilies are wholly, or in part, supplied
therefrom. At this time 25,000 persons
are living on this charity, and there is
notan unworthy person among them.
Every one lias to give a reference be
fore an ounce Sa drawn, and tho mo
ment the pensioner gets work the
supply is stopped. In summer their
work is mostly caring for sick child
ren. The Guild own their own barge,
and have it fitted up for excursions up
the river with Bick children, which
they give every day. It is a sight to
go down to the warehouse and? see
the crowds of hungry people carrying
away their rations. Last Thursday
over ten thousand were present dur
ing the day, and all were supplied.
The Guild shows what organization
will do, and how effective it may be.
Every dollar is contributed without
solicitation, and they have no difficul
ty in getting funds, .for every oue
knows that what Is given goes direct
ly to the object for which it is intend
ed. SPRING FASHIONS.
The warm weather allows the great
est latitude in the tnattefof fashion.
It is not uncommon to see thick jack
ets discarded, aud the black silk suit
worn with a lace fichu, or the bead
fringe cape of last fall ; again, suits in
two shades of gray or brown debege,
will be tho first ciiarrgo" for" good, and
with these are over-dresses of soft
striped, basket woven or wool natte
cloths, in large stripes of indefinite
shading, cr subdued color3. Checks
are found In all fabrics, wool, silk,
cotton, black aud white, brown and
white, blue and white, but small and
modest though clear. The hats for
the half season, just before we take
to absolutely spring array, are white
felts, with colored velvet face trim
ming, worn with a crape or lace veil
of the same shade, Molded about the
head, closely, as a slight protection
against neuralgia while March winds
threaten. They will soon ha laid
aside for soft chip hats, of every
shade of tinted-white, pink-white,
cream-white, to bo trimmed with lace
scarfs of the exact tine of the straw
hat. Girls will be glad to hear that
lonir polonaises and turbans, the old
favorites in dress and
settled styles for the year to come.
POLITICAL.
The Union Lsagu.o Club, which
represents tho unofficial end of the
Republican party of this city, has felt
impelled to express itself. It has re
solved that no one should be nomina
ted who is not entirely above suspic
ion of dabbling in speculation, and
who Is not entirely free from compli
cations that would lead him in that
direction. This is somewhat ambig
uous, but there can be no doubt as to
its meaning. It is a digat Graut and
at Roscoe Conklin, and a protest
against the interference- of custom
house and Post-office emplo3'es in
politics. It is a demand for a throw
ing over board of the professional
politicians, and a call for new men to
come to the front, men not involved
in entangling alliances,, or mixed in
any way with what is known as
"management." Belknap has play
ed the dickens with tho regulars.
The people are not in tho humor to
be fooled with just now, and the ac
tion of the Union League Club is sig
nificant. The members do not pro
pose to quit the party, but thejT do pro
pose to clean it. They will have none
but clean men. Tho third term idea,
which had, at one time, some strength
here, is dead as a smelt. Right or
wrong, there is a terrible feeling of
distrust of the old stagers, and a de
sire for new men. The country will
do what it did in 1S54, when Sher
man, Colfax, Burlingame, aud the
now old leaders of the Republican
party came to the surface. That Con
gress was made up almost entirely of
new men, and so will the next be.
He will be a very clean man who sur
vives the impending storm. Belknap,
Schenck, and the other convicted as
well as suspected ones, have done the
young aspirants of the country an
immense service.
BUSINESS
Continues as usual. New York is sit
ting down with folded hands, and is
eating itself up. There is no business
whatever in fact the doing of busi
ness is rapidty becoming oue of the
lost arts. The spring-time is coming,
and it is hoped that there will be a
revival, but we have been so hoping
for three long, dreary years. Rents
are falling every day, and landlords
consider themselves lucky to have
their buildings occupied at any rent
at all. It is very bad. There were
112 failures this week.
the health
Of the city Is bad. The unseasonable
weather it is as warm as an ordina
ry June has brought influenza, rheu
matism, and fever of all kinds, and
all these ailments are of a fearfully
malignant type. The death-rate is
terrible among the Door, and the rich
and well-cared for suffer almost as se
verely. . Pjetro. 1
A Great National Work.
TI10 CentennlaTHlfifory of the United States,
Irom the discovery of the American Conti
nent to the close of the First Centnry of
American Independence. By James D.
McCabe. Author of "A Manual of Gener
al History," "The Great Republic," Etc.,
Etc.
There has long been a great and
universally-felt want of a History of
the United States suitable for general
use. This want is now being sup
plied by The Nationaf Publishing Co.,
of St. Louis, who have issued a hand
some volume, styled "The Centennial
History of the United States." by
James D. McCabe, a well-known his
torical writer. This work will, un
doubted', take rank as the Standard
History of the United States. It Is
no dry mass of details no bombastio
effort to inflame the national pride,
but is a clear, vivid and brilliant nar
rative of the events of our history,
from the dicovery of the American
Continent to the present time.- It
traces the evidences of that mysteri
ous race, ?ha first occupants of our
country, and gives a most interesting
account of the Indians of North
America, from the time of the coming
of the white men. The voyages of
Columbus, the explorations of the
different nations of Europe and the
the final occupation and conquest of
the land by England, are told with
graphio power-
Every step of our colonial history is
traced with patient fidelity, and the
sources- of those noble, and we trust,
enduring institutions which have
made our country free and great, are
shown with remarkable clearness
The causes of our great struggle for
Independence are told with a logical
force and ability unsurpassed in any
work of the day. Then follows aclear
and succinct account of the formation
of the Federal Costitution ; the estab
lishment of the Union-; the course of
affairs until the breaking out of the
Second War with Eugland ; and a
full and comprehensive account
of that War and its results. The
events of our career from the close of
that contest to the eommencementof
the Civil War, follow iu their order.
The history of the Civil War is rela
ted with Inteuse vigor, and with
strict fidelity to the truth. The au
thor pleads the cause of no party or
section. He states facts, points out
the lessons which they teach, and ap
pealing to neither passion or political
feeling, trusts to the good sense of his
countrymen to sustain his views.
The book contains an Appendix giv
ing an account of the aproaching Cen
tennial Exhibition.
It is comprised of one large, hand
some octavo volume of 925 pages, and
contains 442 fine engravings on steel
and wood of historical personages
and scenes. The price is so low that
all can afford to purchase a copy, and
each subscriber is furnished with a
superb lithographic engraving of the
Centennial Exhibition Buildings and
Grounds. It is sold by subscriptions
only, and the publishers waut agents
in every county.
The West Point Republican speak
ing of tiie legislative bribery, says :
The Kearney Press of the 17th ult.
prefers grave charges against several
prominent members of the last legis
lature in connection with the election
of U. S. Senator. The charges are di
rect and explicit, and must be met
with something more than a mere
denial or reference to books or bank
accounts to save the gentlemen nam
ed from jjrave suspicions.
We have delayed comment on these
charges, believing that the parties
would be heard from in some substan
tial denial that would carry with it a
reasonable conviction that the state-
head wear are'menL wn9 m,se; Ulls uiiktluiiuici
notmug 01 me iwuu una uuuio iu u
notice.
It is not enough that these gentle
men shall say "You're another," but
if they have been wronged, "'tis a
grievous wrong," and if their char
acters have'been willfully and falsely
assailed, thev owe it to themselves
and to the communities in which
they live, to punnh the man who has
been guilty of this worst of crimes,
and is most dangerous if not exposed
These gentlemen have achieved a
a prominence which will be hard to
maintain in the face of these charges,
and we shall await their vindication
with anxiety, and should it come,
hail it with extreme satisfaction.
We would like to have some gentle
man meutipnin the presenceof Judge
O. P. Mason that Church Howe is a
nice man, and would make a good
Governor. And speaking of Mason
reminds us to nominate him for Con
gress. He would do more honor to
Nebraska as a Senator thau any man
in it, aud in case some of the older
chaps would rout h!m out for a buffalo-chip
from the West, they would un
doubtedly wake up the wrong passen-
jaire.
when
mo nine hub iiL-.iiiv aiiiveu
men will be sent to Congress
'I'lin ;, l, !.. XA
from this State beoause of eminent fit
ness, and when that period arrives, no
man staud a better 6how than O. P.
Mason. Will some party Becond our
motion ? Falls City Globe Journal.
Yes, it would do you good to hear
the Judge tell about Howe's manceu
vers in the Legislature in regard to
certain bills affecting railroad inter
ests In Nebraska.
iX C"
The Inter-Ocean very truly says
that there are a set of Republicans
who .are engaged in shaking hands
across the bloody chasm and making
friends with "ostray sheep," thinking
it of more importance to conciliate
their enemies than their friends.
There are several notable cases in
our tnougnts as we write, out we
will not name them, trusting that
In the future they will remember
that ingratitude is the unpardonable
sin. Express.
That strikes right home In this
State. Plattsmouth Herald.
That's what's the matter.
It appears that Clymer and Pendle
ton and Bobbins are about as odorous,
on a small scale, as Belknap. Pen
dleton bribed a railroad claim thro1
the war deuartment. Clvmer tries to
cover up his sin because be is a dem
ocrat, and Bobbins sold his vote for
$20.
The election in New Hampshire
took place on the 14th, gives the Re
publican ticket 3,000 majority and
elects a Republican legislature. Good
for the Granite State, which hurls
the first victorious shot into the bow
els of impudent rebel Democracy.
c
The Democratic convention of
North Carolina will be held on the
14th oj June.
Democratic Watchwords.
"Let no guilty man escape," and
"Fight it out on this linn if takes all
summer." Omaha Herald.
And pray inform us, doctor, how
long since Republican mottoes be
came Democratic watchwords? Is the
Democracy in such a bad strait that
it has to steal the devices of its adver
sary ? Beatrice Express.
The grand jury of the District of
Columbia indicted Floyd, the last
Democratic Secretary of War. for
stealing $870,000 in bonds from the
Interior Department in the winter of
1SG0, and he was never tried". The
witnesses all went with him into the
rebellion, perhaps, or were run off to
Canada. His party sustained him
through it ail, keeping him in place,
nnd trusting him as it had before.
He wa5? the first Cabinet officer indict
ed for theft, and he was iudicteiT un
der Republican rule.
If Tilden is not nominated until
Southern delegates vote to make liim
a candidate, he will wait a long time
for the nomination. There may be
some danger, too, that if Tilden is
forced upon the party, and the Re
pulicans put forth such man as Bris
tow, that some of the Southern Dem
ocratic sheep may wander into the
Republican fold before November.
Augusta, (Ga.) Chronicle.
The election news from New Uamp
shire comes to the country like the
rising of that bright particular Star
in the East, heralding to the Herods"
of Democracy the advent of pure Re
publicanism and sounding the death
knell of the newly galvanized rebel
lion. St. Joe Herald.
The Rev. R. E. Chalk, of Arm
strong, Kas., in attempting to reave a
moving train of cars, at Bismarck sta
tion, Kas. slipped and falling under
the wheels was crushed to death.
Willard Randall, a young man of
Washington County, Neb., was tried
last week at Omaha, for the murtier
of a woman, Mrs. Klienburg, found
guilty of murder In the second de
gree and sentenced to the penitenti
ary for ten years.
The opera house at Springfield III.,
was destroyed by fire on the 17th.
Loss $130,000. Other property to the
amount of $60,000 was destroyed.
A bloek of shipping ware houses
were recently" destroyed in Manches
ter, England. Loss, more thau a
million dollars.
At a conference of Massachusetts
Republicans held at Worcester, on
the IGth.it was concluded they would
like either Bristow or Adams for
Prcirfnt.
HMUP.l - '' U"J-"U
Keport of the Condition
OF TIIE
1st NATIONAL BANE!,
AT BROWXVILLE,
In tlie State of NeljrasUa, at close of
business, JUarcli 10r 1S7G.
RESOURCES,
Loans and DkcooilW... ...........
Overdrafts .. .. ..
..RK).r33 7-f
lie m
U. S. Bonds to secure Circulation.. .
Other btocks. Bonds and Mortgages
Due from approved reserve acents..
Due from other National Banks
Due from State Banks and Bankers
Real Estate. Furniture and Fixtures .
Current expenses and taxes paid.......
Premiums uaid . .....-..
Checks and other cash items.. . .
BIHsof other National Banks.. .
Fractional currency (including nickels)...
Specie (including gold Treasury notes)
Legal-tender notes
Bedemptton fund with U.S. Treasurer (5
percent, of circulation) ..
Due from U.S. Treasurer, other than5 per
cent redemption lund....... . ..
. 100.000 oo-
. 13.71 SB-
.. 4,ir 33
- 4i& 21
Hl'J IS
42 K"
.. 3,7."0 m
,. 8,!toJ 51
745 IX)
833 00
i5U40
1W 15
830 00
4,500 00
3.700 00
Total-
C52,045 C8
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid In
5100.000 00
. 11.0(10 00
. U..UI 18
. OO.OUJOO
SM)U0
surplus 111 iia ... ....... .
Otlier undivided profits
National Bank notes outstanding ,
Dividends unpaid......
Individual deposits 5CS.5.-1 a)
Demand certificates ordeposit 13,843 51
Due to State Banks and Bank ere ...
42,383 77
40 73
Total-
42T,!M5,G3
STATE OF IS-EBUASKA,"! ,
County ok Kkm.uia.
I, A. It. Davison. Cashier of trie ahove named
bauk, do solemnly swear that the iibovs statement
is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
A. It. Davison. Cashier.
Subscribed and sivorn to before me this 20th day of
llarch, 187G. J,C. AIcNAUtniroN,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest :
JNO. I.. CARSON, )
W. T. DEN. J-Dlrectors
3f. A. IIANDLEV, J
The Nebraska Railway.
This Is positively the best route from Brownvllle
to all points
E.A.ST -A.3STID SOUTH.
Avoid a long and tedious buss ride through Mis
souri muii by taking the Nebraska Hallway. De
pot within a few steps of jour doors. Trams by
this route land you t Nebraska City In time for di
rect connection with
C. B. &.. Q. Trains for Clilcnpo and tlic
East, and It. C. St. Joe. &, C. U. trains
for St. Louls and the Nortli.
Also via LIN CO LN for
OMAHA, AENEY JUNCTION
and the
PACIFIC COAST.
No long omnibus transferby thisroute. Through
Tickets and reliable information regarding fare,
Ac. can be had on application to the undersigned a,t
It. B. Depot In Brownvllle.
D. F. IA3iGEt Aent.
Annual School Meeting.
mHE Annual School Meetlnp of Brovrn--i.
vllle School District No. 31. Nemaha Co.,
Nebraska, will be held at the School House
In Brownvllle, on
Monday, April 3rd, ISG,
nt 2 oclock p. m., for tho transaction of such
business as pertains to the Interest of the
school: .. . .
1st. Receiving reports of District officers ;
2nd, Election of Moderator of said district
for the ensuing year;
3rd, Providing for levy of such school tax
es as may be necessary and expedient for the
support of the school, and paying the in
debtedness of tho school.
All resident property holders, tvrpnty-one
years of age and upwards, are voters at such,
meeting. .
ROBT. V. FURNAS, Director.
Brownvllle, March 9th, 1S76. 37wl
nn ci
"TOTICE Is hereby given that-an election
iJ will be held In the several wards of the
city "of Drownville on Tuesday, April 4th
1870. "when the following officers will be voted
for:
One Mayor,
One Police Judge,
One Marshal.
One Treasurer,
One Clerk,
Two Councllmen 1st Ward,
One Councilman 2nd Ward,
One Councilman 3rd Ward,
Place of voting in 1st Ward, at Chicago
Lumber Co's office.
Place of voting In 2nd Ward, at W. T. Rog
ers' office.
Place of voting In 3rd Ward, at G. W. Brat-
ton's store.
Judges 1st Ward Geo. H. Lannan.M. M.
Conner, John Flora. Clerks Geo. Lock-
wood and Geo. t urnas.
Judges 2nd Yard J. O. Hamilton, D.H.
McLaughlin and E. Bachelor. Clerks R. C.
Berger and A. W. Furnas.
Judges 3rd Ward J. LIppItt, W. H. Lo
rance and Chas. ei I hart. Clerkb E. LIp
pItt and Schofleld.
Polls will be opened at 8 o'clock a. m., and
closed at 7 o'clock p. m.
By order of the Council,
37w4 J. B. DOCKER, City Cl'fc.
Mi Teaclers,
Coma and see my
mil BOOKS
G. S. DUNN.
M EMI
awly A Douglas,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Ag
ricultural
riOUl, FEEB, SEEDS & GRAIN..
Have just received tie largest and best stock of goods!
ever brought to this market, consisting of
DIXON" PLOWS I STJLKEYS
CANTON PLOWS, Iron and Wood Beam,
Vibrating Harrows, Scotch Harrows, Dixon Hollow Tooth
Harrows,
COIN'S STALK CUTTERS,
Lomas Combined Riding and Walking Cultivator,,
TAH MILLS, Sec.
Also Agents for all tlie leading
Harvesters, Headers, Reapers and Mowers
TKBESH2NG MACHINES,
lIITD MILLS, PUMPS, &c.
Agents for Howe's Scales. Newton Wagons and Bng-
gies, and all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds.
Alfalfa Clover, Honey Locust and Osage
Orange Hedge Seeds in Quantity.
We get goods by the car load, nnd will make liberal discounts to the trade or
CO-OPSRATZV3 ASSOCIATIONS, POR CASH.
022Ev
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:GAN
Surpasses In tonennd po-werany Reed Organ
heretofore manufactured in this country. It
has been tested by many competent Judges
and
Gives UNIVERSAL Satisfaction,
By a skillful use of the stops, and of the
Patent knee swell, the music Is adapted to
thehmnan voice, ranging from thosofte&t,
flute-like note to a volume of sound.
Unsurpassed by any Instrument
The proprietor ha noted for many years
the Imperfections and needs of the reed In
struments, and directed his practical experi
ence to the correction of such Imperfections,
and his experiments have resulted in the
production of n quality of tone which assim
ilates so closely to
That it Is difficult to distinguish between the
two. This fnfrnment has all
THE LATEST IMPEOVEMEtfTS
And cverv organ Is fully warranted, T.argo
Oll-Pollsb-. Black Walnut, Paneled
eases that
WILL HOT CRACK OR WARP,
And form3 in addition to a splendid intern
ment of music,
A 3EAUTIFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE
This organ needs only to be seen to 15c ap
preciated, and is sold at EXTREMELT
:low prices
For cash. Second
in exchange.
hand instruments taken
A.gents "Wanted.
Male or Female.) in every county in tho
United States and Canada. A liberal dis
count mah to Teachers, Ministers. Church
es, Schools, Lodges, etc., where there Is no
agent for the"S;ar" Organ. Illustratedcata
Iogue and price list free. Correspondence
solicited. Address the manufacturer.
EDWARD PS.OTTS,
Washington, N. J.
July 1,73 ly
All for One Dollar I
Ten eh gant Sheets ot Choice Music ar
ranged for the Piano Forte will be sent by
mall on receiptor one dollar, (post paid), or
single copies at 15 cents each.
Thev can also be ordered through any
Xews"Dealer In the United States.
Happier Days Instrumental Tom Brown
Why can I not Forget Clarlbel
Far O'er the Waves Maylath
Hltrh Life Waltz Strauss
Down where the Violets Grow Westerno
When Old Jackson had his day Westerne
The Gram! QUI Farm Rnbleo
The College Quickstep Stoddart
There's a I-etterln tho Candle..... ...Coote
Do you Really Think he Hid?
Address orders to Benj. W. HrrcncoCK
Publisher, 355LThird Avenue, New York.
23m 6
SEND 2c to O. P.UOVEt.LfcCo..Xew York, for
Pninnhlut of 100 naccs.conlalnlne list or SX
nou'vtmnnrc nml M.f lmntp shmi lntrrrw.t ftT flllvpr- I
tlsiiiir. ' 3?yl I
T!!FSJP?flf3fi!!Hni!& NTT
YOU CAN FETT
IT
Gr
CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS,
SOOTS, SHOES,.
Queensware, Glassware,
CHEAPER OF
JOHN McPHERS0N
Than at any House inSonthemlfebraskp.
72 Main Street;, Brownvillet KTebraskav
ementsl
A GRAND EXCURSION
One In which every Musically Interested
person that wishes to learn the science of
musicshould Join.
Er M. liZPPITT
Is now prepared to glvo instructions in any
department, viz :
Piano, Voice Harmony
Special attention Is called to the lntter.
Harmony. It has more direct application to
correctness in reading music at sight, and a
full appreciation of the same, than any oth
er department that can bo pursued.
A deduction from the regular rate will be
made to those wishing instructions In more
than one branch.
The following is a letter of recommenda
tion recently received from Mr. F. Y Root,
under whose instruction he has been for tho
past two summers:
Chicago, August 24th, 1S75.
I take pleasure in giving an opinion of Mr.
E. M. Tiipplttas a musician, and hope that
what is Haiti may assist him to a position
whore his ability may bo made of the great
est use.
The statement Is briefly this: I have
known Mr. Llpplttfor threo or four years,
and have come to regard him as possessing
excellent talent and sterling perseverance.
He has, under our direction, been made ac
quainted with those methods of voice, piano
and harmony, which wo believe to be tho
best, and has gone far toward mastering the
principles of them in his own performance.
Believing that Mr. L. will never be superfi
cial In Imparting what he knows. I do not
hpkttntA to rppnmmpnd hfm ns toncher of
"i music in any community.
FREDERICK W. ROOT.
Plotts1 star Organs.
Any porson, male or female, who has a lit
tle leisure time, can procure a first class in
strument aC a greatly reduced price. Perut
stamp for particulars. Address, EDIVAItD
PLOTTS, Washington, X. J.
I3CE
ir pin
This entirely new instrument, possessing
all the essential qualities of more exponslvo
and higher priced Pianos is ofTered at a lower
price than anv similar ono now in the mar
ket. It is durable, with a magnificence ot
tone hardly surpassed, and yet can be pur
chased at prices and on terms within the
reach of all. This lnstrnmcnt has all thu
modern Improvements, Including the cele
brated "A grafib" treble and Is fully warrant
ed. Catalogues mailed.
NEW SCALE PIANOS
aro tho hest made. The touch elastic,
and a fine singing tone, powerful, pure
and even.
WATERS' Concerto ORGAKS
cannot be excelled In tone or beauty ;
they defy compeiltlon. The Concerto
Sto'p is a fine Imitation of thu Human
PI11CES EXTKEEMLY LOW FOll
CnHli during this nionth. Monthly In
stalments received $ oil Plnnon, 61 0 to
S20 ; Organw, S3 to SIO j Second hand
Instrument, 3 J? to $5, jfiontlily after
ilrst Deposit. ACEKTS 1VABTKD. A
liberal illtconrit to Teachera.MlnUterB
Churchex, Schools, Lodge, etc. Spec
ial inducement to the trade, lllun
trnted CatnIogne Mailed. IIOKACE
WATERS fc SOJS'S, 481 Broadway,'
Xeir York. BoxXffi
TjESri&roisrx-A.i.s
OF
WATEES' PIANOS & OKGAflS.-
Waters New Scale Pianos have peculiar
merits. New York Tribune.
The tone of the Waters Piano is rich, mel
low and sonorous. They possess great vol-
umfof sound, and thecontlnnatlon of sound
or singing power Isoneof thelrmost marked
features. NewTork Times.
Waters' Concerto Organ is so voiced as to
have a tone like a fuJI rich alto voice. It It
especially human in Its tone, powerful yetf
especial I V I
sweet. Rttral Aenv Yorker.
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