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rLjiirn: THE ADVERTISER THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1876. CALL FOR A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 10 STATE KLKCT DEI-KGATia TO TJin RKTCXICAX NA TIONAL CONVENTION. Tho Republicans of tlie State ot 3Ccuniikft are hereby called to send deleffates from theseveral counties to meet In State Convention at Fremont on Tuesday, theSWday of May, 187G. at 3 o'clock r. m. for the purpose of electing six delegates to the Na tional Convention, to be held at Cincinnati on the 14th day ofJune next, to nominates candidates for President and Vice President or the United States, nd to transact snch other baslnes as may proper ly come before it. The several counties nre entliled to represcnta tlon in the State Convention as follows: Xl'URER Oy UEr.KOA.TKS. Adams Antelo;e. Soone Hart ItulTalo Untler Ca Chiy. .4.Knc . 2 I.ancaster , Ji J.iiicoln . 3 Madison 3IMerrick , 2' Nemaha. . 6 1 Nuckolls 4 Otoe Cedar. tJolfux Cheyenne Cumins. J Dakota J)atvsiii THxon Dodge Dnuclii'" . VlIlmore. "Franklin Furnas. Jace iiPHwnee 2 Platte 1 Polk 2 Hichardson I Saline .. 1 Sarpy- . 1 Saunders .. Seward .10 Stanton . Sherman. 2 Thayer 1 Washington. . a Webster 2 -I York 3 4 fireeleyand Valley. 1 1 Phelns and Goper 1 2 Dundy Chase. Jlltch- 4i cock. Frontier and 3 Ked Willow 1 1, Wayne and Pierce I 1. Hamilton- Hall JIarlnn... Toward . Jeffferson- Johnon Kearney Keith By OrderorState Central Commute. C. K. Yost, Sec. C. H. Oeiie, Ch'n. Zinroln, March 8, IS76. TO XOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES. The Republican electors of the State or Nebraska nre hereby called to send delegates from the several counties to meet In State Convention at Lincoln, on 2hth day ol September. 1S7G, for the purpose of plac ing In nomination n candidate for Member of Con gress, and candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent or Public Instruction, Attorney General and Land Commissioner, and to transact nucn other busslnessas may properly come before it. The several counties are entitled to the same rep resentation as In the State Convention called this day tomeetat Fremont on thc23dday of ZHay,187C . By orderor the State Central Committee. C. 32. Yost. Sea C. JL G eue, Ch'n. ZXncoln, ITarcli 8, 1856, Civil war again rages In Mexico. The lowpr bouse of Congress has passed a bill prohibiting contributions to election funds by officers of the United States government. Previous to the adoption of the bill Mr. Blaine moved to amend it by extending the application of the bill to Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress. Mr. Blaine then proceed ed to address the House. He said, It was admitted everywhere that there was as great a necesity for leg islation to secure an honest vote and a fair count as there was fo guard the poor clerks from $5 contributions for for election purposes. With that part of the bill he sympathized. He did not think there had hren, under Re publican regime Fr? Washington, any coercion of clerks or any dismissals for not contnouttng. But both par parties were in the habit of receiving assessments and contributions from office-holders. That was something altogether too well-known and too no torious to be denied or quibbled about It might run into a great evil. He thought if the house really designed to correct that evil and tear it up by the roots, the bill would have to be so amended as that neither a Senator, Kepresentatlve, nor delegate, nor a candidate, for such position, could safely use money for the purpose of securing his election. Then the Democracy, not being honest in any truly reformatory mea sure, began to squirm but Mr. Blaine held them to the rack, ns the follow- The Hon. Church Howe publishes a card in the Lincoln Journal which is directed to Mr. Rice Eaton, of the Kearney -Press, In which he accuses the gentlemen of being an infamou liar, a skunk, a coward,, a jackass and a fool. He dares him to produce evi dence implicaiing him or anybody else in the Patrick business. Falls City Journal. The famous-stallion Hambletonian In the 2Sth year of his age died at Chester N. Y., on 27th. The Senate has confirmed John A. Bently of Wisconsin Commissioner of 'Pensions, vice Gill, resigned. Corn in the Black Hills is worth twelve cents a pound. All kinds of feed for stock is very scarce and will bo until grass grows. f Gen. Crook had a fight a few daj'S ago with the braves of Sitting Bull, near Ft. Phil Kearney. 1G Indians and two soldiers were killed. .The Senate will probably not con firm Dana as Minister to England, the committee on foreign relations having reported adversely to him. The German Minister at Shanghai has given notice of the termination of the treaty of commerce heretofore existing between his Government and China. . It Is stated that a new paper will soon be started in Lincoln to be call ed the Qlobe. Z. T. Hedges of Mo., will bo the proprietor and William Sweet editor, and it will be a mongrel in politics. The miners on Dead Wood Creek, sixty miles from Custar City, recent ly had a dsperate fight with the In dians. One miner and 13 redskins were killed. A block of silver recently arrived ntNew York from a firm in the City of Mexico which weighs 4,200 pounds and is worth $04,000 in gold. It Is de signed for exhibition at the Philadel- phla Centennial. The Senate recently passed, with various amendments House bill estab- ing about -500 new post routes. The amendments were mostly in the shape of corrections, the House bill show ing a very limited knowledge of geog raphy and postal matters in general. As It went to the Senate there were over 300 errors in it. A wrestling match took place last week In St. Louis, for $500, between Mons. Bauer, champion of America, and Sig. Chrlstol, champion of Franco and Spain. The wrestling was after the Gneco-Roman fashion, some thing like "rough and tumble," or "catch as catch can." A fall Is not counted unless one is thrown on the flat of his back. Bauer In this match was the victor, but he might not have been had not the Frenchman become sick after the first bout, which he won. ing will show: 9 Mr. Goode also replied to some re marks made by Mr. Blaine illustrat ing the mode by which some election frauds are perpetrated in Virginia and which Mr. Bluiue had described as playing dice for un election, with one side using loaded dice. Mr. Blaine referred to a distinguish ed Democrat from Virginia as bis au thority, and mentioned the name of Governor Henry A. Wise. Mr. Goode (energetically) We do not recognize him as a Democrat in Virginia. Mr. Blaine Very well. He cer tainly Is not on our side.- To use Governor Wise's own words to me: "The fraud was one which out-Kel-logyed Kellogg which out-car net-bagged the carpet-baggers, ana which out-scalawagged the scalawags." Laughter. Mr. Stowell And that was In ref erence to an election case in which my colleague (Goode) was one of the parties. Mr. Goode I will be prepared when that case comes up to meet you or any one else. In further course of his remarks Mr. Blaine quoted the testimony giv en by Cornelius Wendell, a former Congressional prin ter, to the effect that 43 per cent, of the gross amount ap propriated for printing purposes had been used for the purpose of carrying Buchanan's election. Mr. Holman expressed the opinion that both sides of the House were willing to participate in any measure that would secure purity in elections, but thn proposition of the gentleman from Maine seemed to t;o far beyond the scope of the bill. He asked Mr. Blaine whether he was ready to go to the extent of Interfering with the legislation of states as to the mode of managing elections? Mr. Blaine I hold that the govern ment of the United States has a per fect right to prescribe the time, place, and manner of holding elections for Representatives in Congress. Mr. Holman Undoubtedly that Is right. Mr. Blaine Is the gentleman in favor of exercising it? Mr. Holman I am in favor of ex ercising it with proper regard to the legislation of States. Mr. Blaine Is he in favor of exer cising it so that it will achieve its end? Mr. Holman So far as its legisla tion applies to members of Congress I think it is proper; but I think the gentleman from Main will hardly seek to go so far as to attempt to cure the evils of State legislation. Mr. Blaine expressed the belief that the colored voters in the south had not a fair chance of voting. It was not enough to destroy bribery outside so long as the specter ghost of rascali ty stood within. He moved the pre vious question. The House refused to second the previous question nyes, 73; nays, 91. Of course tho amendment of Mr Blaine was voted down, as the Dem ocrats had no intention, as Mr. Blaine well knew, of striking at tjie root of election frauds, for if they did it would break them up in business in the South, but. he again mode them show their hand and exposed their hypocrisy and insincerity. Why don't the Journal tell its readers why Mr. Church Howe don't want to sue Eaton that he would sue if he could make money out of Eaton but will not sue to merely vindicate his reputation ? Howe of the Journal, we opine, is inclined to cover up the weak points of Howe the bribe taker. If he Is not and wants to do the fair thing he should publish the letter he alludes to, so that every intelligent candid reader, or any kind of a reader who can see two inches before his nose, may understand what a silly, poor, weak excuse Church Howe gives for not commencing suit against Ea ton for libel. And the Journal Is mistaken In saying that "the Hon Church Howe accuses the editor of the Press with being "a skunk, a coward, a juckass." The Hon. Church did not refer to anj of the near and dear friends of the Howe tribe in any such manner. Had he compared Eaton to a skunk, he would have meant Howe of the Globe-Journal, had he said he was a coward, Gere of the State Journal would have been alluded to, and had he called Eaton a jackass he would have had his mind resting gently on the editor of the Granger, and the Hon. Church wouldn't so abuse his pets No-howe, would he do it. GENERAL NEWS. Gleaned From our Exchanges Telegraphic Reports. and The Republican State convention of New York was held atSyracuso on the22d Inst., and appointed delegates to the National convention. A plat form was adopted, the second plank of which is a severe but truthful ar raignment of the Democratic party. It is as follows: 2. We charge the Democratic party with being the same in character and spirit, as when It sympathized with treason ; with making its control of the House of Representitives the tri umph and opportunity of the nation's recent foes ; with reasserting and ap plauding in the national capital the sentiments of the unrepentant rebell ion ; with sending Union soldiers to the rear and promoting Confederate soldiers to the front; with deliberate ly proposing to repudiate the plighted faith of the government ; with being equally false and imbecile upon tho overshadowing financial questions; with thwarting the ends of justice by its partisan mismanagement and ob struction of investigation through the four months of Its ascendenc' in the low.er House of Congress; with prov ing itself utterly Fncompetent to ad minister the government, and we warn the country against trusting to a party alike unworthy, recreant and incapable. His name is Geo. L. Miller. In the early part of the rebellion, then a res ident of St. Joseph Mo., he was an active participant in the first public rebel meeting held in that city. Af terward by reason of some repentant representations, or promises, he was sutler at Ft. Kearney Nebraska, While acting in that capacity, he is charged with forging soldiers orders using the names of dead soldiers. He has never denied the charge. None of his friends for him has ever denied the charge. He Is now editor of the Omaha Herald His only bus iness now, and has been since in said position, is to traduce the good name of all who differ with him, whetbep in politics or morals. He Is the fel low who is crying fraud ! fraud ! ! In the Omaha Bee of the 24th Inst., the editor says ho Is ready td prove that Surveyor General Cunningham caused surveying "contracts to be made with blind names of Irresponsi ble men for the purpose of enabling Chauncy Wiltse aud several other politicians to gobble tho. bulk of the appropriations in violation of the or ders of the departments." Then some of these fraudulent entries are given by the Bcc in detail. He says one of Cunningham's employes swore to a lie In certifying to a report; that the surveying was never properly and accurately done, that the fields sur veyed do not at all correspond with the field notes mado out and filed. From the Bee's charges one is led to believe that Cunningham, while Sur veyor General, made it his whole work to swindle the government out of the appropriations made for making surveys and to survey nothing in ac cordance with law and duty as an honest and capable officer would do. If the Bee's charges are half true they are hard on the ex-Surveyor General and his principal employes, or would be if properly Investigated and exposed. It appears to us that Mr. Cunning ham and Mr. Wiltse, if Innocent of these fraudulent praotlces as charged continuously by the Bee, Bhould com pel Rosfiwater to come to time with ms proor or Bhut up. He of the Omaha Herald, Geo. L. Miller, for short, is now, in this day of "rising to explain," called up on to explain his member ship in the infamous "Credit-Fancier" Geo. Francis Train's Inside ring in tho genuine old he credit mo biller! He says he only had one share, and didn't pay that all up- only paid $750! Like the girl charged with being the mother of an illegiti mate ohild replied ; "it's only one, and a very small baby at that!" The said Geo. L. is also called upon to explain his interest in a certain sur veying contract. They haven't got him Into quite so close quarters as to compel him to "squeal" on that yet. A little more "pinching" will bring him. Where will all this "Investigating'' lead to? Gen. Butler would "trust a news paper correspondent with untold gold but not with a bit of news." And the goIdthatButlereter entrust ed to anybody has certainly remained "untold." He knows how to keep cold and silver as well as news ; the fate of table ware with whioh he "en trusted" himself at New Orleans re mains "untold." Bepublican. Our fine-haired metropolitan cotem porary rehashes au exploded Demo cratic lie as if it were a truth. Old Ben. may not be all right in all res pects, but the truth of history vindi cates him, and his reputation, where a mau most needs a reputation at home is about as good, to put It mild ly, as that of any editor wo know of, who throws dirt at him. A friend informs us that the Gran ges in Carroll coun'y, 111., nre not flourishing. There is a general lack of interest. Prairie Farmer. Making political meetings of the grange meetings Is the chief reason of the decline of interest in the granges of Illinois; and so it is everywhere where attempt is made to run the grange in the interest of any politi cal party. Republicans and Demo crats cannot affiliate as politicians, but as Odd .Fellows, Masons, Good Templars or Grangers, where politics are not admitted even to the ante room, they can unite and be brothers, fraternally, In pefect harmony on the true priuciples and teachings of the order. The recent Republican convention of New York, in the 4th resolution of the platform adopted indorses Presi dent Grant as follows : Wo commend the good work of the national administration in protecting the public treasury and punishing public offenders ; and in laying down his trust at the close of the period for whioh he has been chosen, President Grant will carry with him the lasting gratitude of the American people for his patriotio services in war and in peace. Now oomes into court Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, the reserved Democratio candidate for the next Presidency, and is charged with one of the healthiest frauds yet unearth ed leads Gentleman Geo. Pendleton and Bro. Belknap all hollow. Two or three hundred thousand dollars clear steal in certain water works transactions. Of such material do Democraoy propose to reform the country. And so we all say. Next comes William Allen Rise up Allen Fog Horn Allen Gov, Allen, of Ohio, another Democratio head-light sum moned into court to answer to a charge of swindling his wife's relations out of an estate In Ohio, valued at over one million dollars. "One our friends depart from us' by one And here comes Senator Thurman another of the leading lights In the great Democatlc reformation party. Fifty thousand dollars out of the Great Western railroad enterprise. He"jlnes" tho Pendleton Belknap tea party. "Of such is the Kingdom of reformers! They read it now, Hendrloks Pen dleton Belknap doings. Rank them in the order named. Hendricks $2-50,000, Pendleton $90,000. Belknap $10,000. How beautifully the Clymer committee does unfold things. On tho 25th inst. Bishop Littlejohn one of the Diocese of Long Island of ficiated at the opening of the Ameri can Episcopal church at Rome. Large amounts of goods for the cen tennial exposition have arrived at Philadelphia for the French and Brazilian departments. Des Moines, Iowa, Is going to have a $500,000 court house. Most fashionable ear-rings are now mado with the hooks set quite low down on the drops, so that when they are in the ears the hooks are not seen. Mr. Hoffman Atkinson, of West Virginia, has been appointed secre tary of the legation of Russia, Gratiot Washburn removed. Some of Mr. Washburn's friends are Inclined to make trouble on account of his re moval, but his connection witli the Paris Circus Company, it Is said at the State Department, was proven beyond a doubt, and Secretary Fish objected to keeping a circus manager inthe diplomatic service. Simon Cameron declares-that the Pottsville, Pa., National Light Infan try wa9 the first company of volun teers whose eervices were offered for the defense of the national capital in 1861. The Boston papers are mad because they have heard a rumor that Gen. Butler proposes to be a candidate for Congress against Tarhox in the Sev enth Massachusetts District. Secretary Taft, while at Yale had or his pupils Wm. M. Evarts, Henry L. Dawes, Morrison R. Waite, and Edward Pierrepout. A brutal prize-fight took place at 'Newark, Del., on the 22d, between "Jack" Cleary, of Baltimore, and "Dick" Weedon,;of Philadelphia. Cleary, after a determined and terri ble contest won. The stakes were $1,000 and the champlonshipof Amer ican light-weights. A Mrs. Brown of Decatur, Neb., 58 years old recently committed suicide by cutting her throat. B. P. Rogers, teller of the Fulton bank, Brooklyn, hos absconded being a defaulter to the extent of $25,000. Sitting Bull and his tribe are on the war path aud much trouble is antici pated before they can be sudued. Milton W. Smith, of Polk county Neb., has been arrested on the charge of incest with his daughter 11 years old. North Platte Neb. has organized a building association. The woolen mills at Cranston, R. I. have been destroyed by fire. Loss about $200,000. The school house at Tonta, Iowa, was struck by lightning on the 10th. Several pupils were injured. About a year ago a school house upon the same site was destroyed by lightn ing. The lasi steamer from dhina to San Francisco brought over 1,000 Chinese ; aud tho entire steerage capacity of both lines of steamerd is engaged for the next six months for the transpor tation of coolies. The citizens of San Francisco have moved toward pre senting the coolie question before Congress. The Cleveland Leader's Sandusky special says on the 5th inst. a young lady named Appleton, living near Fostoria, O., apparently died. Her funeral was arranged on the 7th, and the body taken to church. Before the commencement of the services the minister discovered a moisture on the underside of the glass plate in the coffin over the face of the supposed corpse. 1 he body was examined and found to be warm. It was taken home, and remained In that condition since, all efforts at resuscitating prov ing unavailing. The State Fair of Indiana will com mence at Indianapolis on the 25th of Sept. The Grange of Warrick county, Ind., have, purchased a tobacco ware house and are going to handle and ship the tobacco of the granges with out the use of middlemen. A successful Farmers' Institute ex ists in Webster county Neb. William M. Pruett was recently tried before Judge Weaver, at Hebron, Nuckolls county, for the murder of Albert O. Whittaker. The jury found a verdict of murder in the first degree and the Judge sentenced Pruett to be hanged on the 23d day of June in the afternoon. Pruett and Whittaker were both young men.and resided in Nuckolls county. On tho 28th of last September they went together to Be atrice to transact business at the land office; they had Pruett's team. After remaining one day in Beatrice they started home, but only Pruett return ed. Soon afterwards the dead body of Whittaker was found in the Little Blue river, and many circumstances formed a chain of evidence .which went to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Pruett murdered Whit taker. As the latter bad about $100 with him and Pruett only a few dol lars, the motive was altogether a mer cenary one. There has been no con fession by Prultt and tho evidence was purely circumstantial, yet so overwhelming as to fasten the crime upon the accused beyond perad ven ture. A few of the state papers take n very curious view of the bribery ques tion as made known by the Press. They are more interested than the parlies implicated, and rave like a tempest in a tea-pot, calling this pa per hard names, and consigning it to the lowest pit in perdition. They de mnnd instant and voluminous pro duction of proofs by us, aud unless it is forthcoming will probably take up their abode in the Lincoln nursery. The way we look at the matter, they are far from their proper position, and are talking about something that is none of their business. The charges were made against state officers, and reflect on them individually, directly, and again affect the entire state indi rectly. But so far as the question of vindication is concerned, the parties themselves are the only ones with whom the Press has to deal. We have made distinct charges, knowing their full import and seriousness, and our ability to substantiate them. We are ready to meet any of the gentle men in any way they may indicate to make good our assertions. If they desire to push the matter, we will ngree to keep up our end of the log Their risht to seek vindication thro. the proper channels is recognized, ond shall be respected, and due attention paid to it when they so elect. If they desire satisfaction as prescribed by law and custom, they have but to step forward, and wheresoever the path may lead, and however deep the maz es and labyrinths may be, the Press will be found pressing close after them. But for these lackadaisical parasites we have no thought. Their right to demand anything we deny, and their billingsgate will pass un noticed. A gentlemanly discussion of the subject is a privilege to all ; but calling names la not argument. Kearney Press. "We are ready to meet any of the gentlemen in any way they may in dicate," says the Press. That is cer tainly fair. But are all tho "gentle men" like Howe don't want to meet because Eaton is not "financially re sponsible." Eaton could certainly raise fifteen cents, and that would be ample to pay for all the good charac ter Howe would have left after the bribery case was ended. OUR NEW YORK LETTER. Tho Big Bank Failure $100,000 House Drew's Failure Tho New Hampsliirc Election. Mrs. Belknap says that her hus band, Gen. Belknap Is so much de pressed since his late troubles, that he does not feel favorably disposed to Clymer.. Ex-State Senator A. W. Tenant, vo represented Neb. from West Point In 1871, sends a telegram to Washington thatU. S. Senator Hitch offered him a sutlerBhip for his vote for tho Senate. Then Mr. Hitchcock goes before tho Congressional com mittee and swears he never offered a suttlership or any other kind of a ship for a vote. The impeachment of the Lieut. Governor of Mississippi has ended and he has been turned out of office, and now the impeachment of Gov ernor Ames la in progress. He will be served in like manner. Tho De mocracy of tbatjStato are determined 1 to have no Republican officials. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. New York, March 27, 1876. To the surprise of everybody, the Bank of the State of New York clos ed Its doors Tuesday. This was one of the oldest banks in this city, and was presumed to be one of the sound est, and the failure created profound sensation on the street. Stocks went down frightfully, other banks shiver ed in anticipation of runs, and for a while it seemed probable that a panic would sweep over the street. But, fortunately, the event passed off with out a wide spread trouble. This failure lets in a flood of light on New York business and New York business men. When this staid, sol id old bank thiseminently respecta ble "financial institution," went un der, and its affairs came to be investi gated, It was found that none of the directors, or, for that matter, any of the officers knew anything about its management, that not one of them had ever looked into It, there had never been a regular meeting of the board, and that the whole manage ment was left in the hands of one man, the Vice-President, Patrick ! As a matter of course Mr. Patrick had lent himself $200,000, he had lent the "Attrition Flour Co.," $400,000 on $600,000 of its stock, which stock was worth about four cents a pound, and equally as a matter of course every shysler concern in New York in which Mr. Patrick was interested, or felt friendly toward, had its money on just as worthless security. The directors were all surprised when the failure was made know to them. The effect of the failure will be bad in one sense and good in another. It will be bad because it will unsettle confidence, and make distrust. It will be good because it will compel di rectors to look into the management, and see what is being done with the money with which they are entrusted. All tho banks, with a few exceptions, are in a tight place. Their securities are unsound. Real estate was their favorite security, and on real estate loans have been made quite up to its value. But. alas. real. estate has shrunk in value over a half since these loans were made, and when the banks come to foreclose only a half can be realized. Business men dread to have the condition of the banks looked into, for fear that they will all be found to be rotten, which would result in such a smash-up as this city never saw. They prefer to shut their eyes and let things drift, hoping that something will turn ut to let them out. But it'bas got to come. New York is not at the bottom of its troub les yet. a $100,000 nousE. Do yju remember the failure of the "emiuent" banking-house ofDuncan, Sherman & Co.? Of oourse you do ; and you remember also that they did not pay scarcely anything on the dol lar, and that their creditors were fear fullv indignant. It ia comforting to take up a Newport paper and read that Mr. Watt Sherman, one of the partners, is building a cottage In that "oity by the Bea," the coat of which la only $100,000! and this for a sum mer residence only. Failing is not a very bad business after alL If a ruin ed man can.afford a $100,000 house, what ought one to have who sticks to his legitimate business, ana goes on regularly? The Vice-President of the bigbank failure of Tuesday will prob ably build himself a cottage next year. DREW'S FAIITURES. The failure of Daniel Drew, once the king of Wall street, produced no sensation, for the old fellow nearly failed a year ago. He has been uni formly unfortunate for some years, and "the boys" as he was wont to term the younger members of the board, have squeezed him unmerciful ly. And finally they got him down, and everybody ia glad of it. In hia day, when he had power, he showed no meroy. He never asked or gave it, and now that hia enemies have him, they mete out to him, hia own medi cine. Drew's career was a atrange one. He commenced life as a drover, and having accumulated a little monej', went into Wall street. As he was to tally unscrupulous, very bold" and daring in his operations, and very shrewd as well, he amassed and Im mense fortune. At ono time he was worth aot less than fifteen millions, and he was never quoted at less than ten. He was probablj' the most igno rant man that ever did business. His ignorance of the English language was one of the standing jokes on the street, and "Drew's last" was aa com mon as lying. He approached a bro ker one morning with the remark, "Don't you b'leeve that the ekrim mage on Nor'western hez about cal umniatedl" "Calumniated" was aa good a word for him as "culminated." He Ia a loud professor of religion, aud after a particular villainous operation In stock would endow a religious school, or a church, with as much unction as though he had been in dead earnest. He built an J endowed a seminary in New Jersey, and his benefactions were wide-spread. It is said of him that he was applied to to give enough to endow a school at a time when he felt rather poor. "I wanted to do it," said Drew, "but I didn't see my way clear, so I prayed over it, and wrastled long, and I got a anser right away. I riz from my knees, and went down on the street, and skiuued the boya out uv it, jest es easy'1 In the schedule of hia ef fecta, he takea great pains to- include "Bibles and hymn-booka, $150." The losa of those hooka muat prey on the old man's mind! Aa it ia said that he has something in the neigborhood of five millions safely put away In the name of his family, it is not prob able that ho will suffer in his old age. He was a great admirer of Jim Fisk, and did a great deal of business with him when Fiak waa on the atreet. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. You can't imagine the wild delight with which the news of the glorious triumph in New Hampshire was re ceived by the Republicans of New York. If there is any one thing that the New York Republican dreads, as a business man, and aside from any political feeling, it is the return of the Democracy to power, for it means to him the old Tweed rule, which is an other noma for ruin. The sentiment of the Republicans of the city was well expressed by a prominent busi man of the Union League club ! "The election and the victory," said he, "Is not an endorsement of Belknap and the theives It Is a verdict that the Republican party Is not responsible for the acts of a few corrupt men." And speaking of this election, it is singular how It tears into tho Inde pendents. The Tribune has awaken ed to the fact that the Republican party is the only one" that ever did any investigation in Its own ranks, and the only one that ever punished its own theives. It really seemed to feel good over theRepublican triumph in the Grauite State, and read more as it used to before Horaoe Greeley went insane than it has for years. It would not be singular if the Tribune should get back into the Republican fold, and be a power in the parti' once more. Pietro. Ag Ha-wley & Douglas, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ricultural Implements! FLOUR, FEED, SEEDS & GEAIN. Have just received tlie largest and best stock of eoode ever 'brongh.t to this market, consisting of DIXON PLOWSISTJLKEYS CANTON PLOWS, Iron and Wood Beam, YibraUngr Harrows, Scotch Harrows, BJxon IIolIoirTooth Harrows, MAESH BIDING CXJLTIYATOKS, COLE'S STAI,K CUTTERS, Lomas Combined Riding and Walking Cultivator, JPASRTuUS'S VAJUJSJTjSG CULTIVATOR, FAN MXLLS, &c. Also Agents for all the leading Harvesters, Headers, Reapers and Moicers THBESHING MACHINES, "WrSTO MILLS, PUMPS, &c. Agents for Howe's Scales. Newton Wagons and Bug gies, and all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds. Alfalfa Clover, Honey 3Loeust and Osage Orange Hedge Seeds in Quantity. We get goods by the car load, and will make liberal discounts to the trade or CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS, FOR CASH. lr i---V E"ZZj3'i".- One In which every Musically Intcrcstt-a Pahl Surpasses in tonennd powerany Reed Organ heretofore mnnufnetured in this country. It hns been tested by many competent Judges and Gives UNIVERSAL Satisfaction, By a skillful use of tlie stops, and of the Patent kneo swell, the music is nduntcd to inenuman voice, ranging irom uiesouesi, i pftj,t two bummers UUlC'lliXU JilllU bU 4 U1UU1C 114 OUUUU person that wishes to learn tho bclenccbt inusicsuouiu join. E. M. XiIPPITT is now prepared to give Ustructions innnv department, viz: Piano, Voice Harmony Special attention is called to the latter. Harmony. It has more direct application to correctness In reading music at bight, and n full appreciation of the same, than any oth er department that can be pursued. A deduction from the regular rate will bo made to those wishing Instructions in more than one branch. Tho following is n letter of recommenda tion recently received from Mr. K.W. Koot, under whose instruction he has been for tt PUT? The Lincoln Journal devotes its en tire editorial space in its issue of the 11th in the vain endeavor to convince some one that it is on the fence, when it is on the other side. The Brown ville Advertiser Intimates that the Journal was somewhat partial to Church Howe, which hurts the feel ings of the orphauted journalist to such a degree that a retrospection of Mr. Howe's past, present, and future reputation, if we may be allowed the expression, is given. This is done for a double purpose: to point out to its reauers me race mat it doesn't care a snap for Church and never has, and to apologize for having said anything In in his favor and why they did It. This is very necessary in the Jour nal's case, because no one believes it, and In order to arrive at the truth it must tell two untruths, thus covering the whole ground, on thewell-known principle that two negatives consti tute one affirmative. The explana tion fails to help Mr. Howe, and does the author no credit. One fact Is shown, however, that that paper Is getting: in rather clopo quarters, and can not avoid making a noise when the pressure is too severe. Kearney Press. Unsurpassed by any Instrument The proprietor has noted for many years the imperfections andneeds of the reed in s'ruments, and directed his practical experi ence to tlie correction of such imperfections, and his experiments have resulted in tlie production of a quality of tone which assim ilates so closely to mm That it is difficult to distinguish between the two. This Intrument hns all THE LATEST IMPKOVEMEtf TS And every organ Is fully warranted. Largo OH-Pollsh, Black Walnut, Paneled coses that WILL NOT CBACK OR WARP, And forms in addition to n splendid lratra ment of music, A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE This organ needs only to bo seen to be ap preciates aim is som ai JviitiJiiui LOW PRICES Chicago, August 21th, I'C". I take pleasure In giving an opinion of Mr E. M. Llpplttas a musician, and hope th.it what is said may assist him to a poslt; it where his ability may be made of the great est use. The statement is briefly this: I havr known Mr. IJppittfor three or fonryenr?. and have come to rejjard him as postsstn excellent talent and sterling perseverance Helms, under our direction, been made ac quainted with those methodsof voice, riac and harmony, which we believe to be u' best, and has Rone far toward mastering tli' principles of them in hNown perforinaj.fi. Believing thntMr.L, will never be superfi cial In imparting what he knows. Idont hesitate to recommend him ns teacher of music In any community. FREDERICK V'. ROOT. Plotts star Organs. Any porson, male or female, who hn a !'t tlc leisure time, can procure a Urstclii- in strument at a greatly reduced prlo .s r t stamp for particulars. Address, KDWAKI PLOTTS, Wnshlngton, N. J. ii THE UIBIIIIC" NIB For cash. Second In exchange. hand instruments taken A-gents VV anted. (Male or Female.) in every connty in tho United States and Canada. A liberal dis count made to Teachers, Ministers. Church es, Schools, Lodges, etc., where there is no agent for the"Star" Organ. Illustrated cata logue and price list free. Correspondence solicited. Address the manufacturer. EDWARD PLOTTS, Washington, N. J. July 1, 75 ly The Republic hns the following sen sible remarks on tho influences of the press r On the lntelllgentand loyal press of the country the hopes of a nation de pend. The people look to the press for correct Information, and on this they base their judgment of govern mental affairs. A bad paper conveys a moral poison wherever it circulates. If it is edited with commanding abil ity, its power for evil is greatly in creased, and this is still further en larged in proportion to its circulation. How vital, then, in vfew of this, be comes the necessity of supporting good papers. Every citizen who believes in public and private morality should extend liberal support to his home paper. His first duty should be to strengthen that. If be has patronage, ft should go to his local organ before a dollar is 6ent to a paper at a distance. The principles of home protection should be applied to the local papers of the county. All for One Bollar ! Ten eli cant Sheets ot Choice Music ar ranged for the Piano Forte will betent by mall on recolpt of ono dollar, (post paid, or single copies at 15 cents each. They can also be ordetrd through any News Dealer in tho United States. Happier Days Instrumental..Tom Brown Why can I not Forget.................Claribel Far O'er the Waves................. Maylath High Life Waltz - .. Strauss Down where the Violets GrowWesterno When Old Jackson had his day.Westerne The Grand Old Farm.. .... .. Itnbleo The College Quickstep Stoddart There's a Letter in the Candle ....Coote DoyonKeaUyThink he flld? Address orders to.BE-j. W. Hitchcock Publisher, 353 Third Avenue, New York. 2hnG SKXBKc too. P.KOWEIiLCoNe-r York.for Pamphlet of 100 paKes.contalnlnK list or 300O newspapers, and estimates showing cost of adver tising. 37yl This entirely new Instrument, posse-stun all the essential qualities or moreexpt:isn and higher priced Pianos is oilered at a lou -r price than any slmlinr one now in tli ln.ir ket. It is durable, with a magnliirt'iut'rt tone hardly surpassed, and yet can be i'r chased at prices and on terms within tli reach of nil. Tills Instrument lias all tu modern Improvements, Iiicludlni: tli brated "AgrafTe" treble and Is full warrant ed. Catalogues mailed. WATERS' NEW SCALE PIANOS nro tho liettt ma dr. The touch elastic and a fine singing- tone, powerful, pure and even. WATERS' Concerto ORGANS' cannot be excelled In lone or lieniity, they defy competition. The Concern Stop Is a nne Imitation of the Human PIUCES EXTItEEJILT LOW FOB Cash it n ring tills month, .Monthly In MtnlmeiitH received 5 on Plnnos, 51" ,0 $20 5 Orgnn, $5 to SkO 5 Second hnml Iitrnment8, $3 to S5, monthly niter flmt DepoMit. AGENTS 1VASTKU. f liberal ithconnt toTteheM,JI!iilMfri Chnrches, School, Lorigeft, etc Spri' ial Inducement to tlie trade. Ill" f rated Catalogue Mailed. HOHACK WATEHS & SONS, 481 Broad" V New York. Hox' a?ESTi2sj:o3sriA.x.s OF v WATEES' PIANOS & 0KGANS, Waters' JJew Scale Pianos have peculiar merits. Jftw York Tribune. The tone or the Waters Plnno is rich, m -r-lowand sonorous. They possess great v.; nmoofsonnd.nndthecontinuatlJiiofsour or singing power Isoneof their icoht mark ! features. Netv York Times. Waters' Concerto Organ is so voiced as r have a tone like a full rich alto oIce It i espcciallv hnman in Its tone, powerful c. BWPet. Rural New Yorker. 6'l YOU CAW BUT "Tyro" writes a letter from Brown ville to the Omaha Bepublican, from whioh wo clip the following : Republicans in Nemaha county are alive to the Importance of the next election. It fs generally conceded that the party will be victorious this cen tennial year. Church Howe, whose political apos tacy in this countv might justly be compared with the criminal records of a Probst or a Bender, Is pleading a return to the Bepublican fold, if the Republicans can but vouchsafe to give. mm a good btate oince on the liepub lican ticket. ZDIR,"5r GOOD GROCERIES ! CLOTHING, Every subordinate Grange meeting is a school of Instruction as to plans, methods and resultB. It is doubtful whether any one can succeed in anv avocation, without bringing to it that earnestness which is at all times so essential to success. The student of law. medicine or theology, the educa ted mechanic or merchant, receives that special education which is calcu lated to fit him for his chosen vocation. This training also Imbues the mind with that degree of earnestness and enthusiasm more than likely to insure success. American Patron. HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, 1- Queensware, Glassware, CHEAPER OF JOHN McPHERS0N Than at any House in Southern Kebraskp. 72 Main Street, Brownville, Nebraska tt