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E HP- THE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1876. CALL FOR A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. TO WOMI.VA.TE CANDIDATES TOB. STATE OFFICES. The ncpnbllcan electors of the State or Nebraska arc hereby called to send delegates from the several counties to meet in State Convention at Lincoln, on 56th day of September. 1876, for the purpose of plac ing In nomination a candidate for Member of Con grfess, and candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General and Land Commissioner, nnd to transact Kucn othcr3nHSlucs."i"as may properly come before it. The several counties are entitled to the same rep resentation as In the State Convention called this day to meet at Fremont on theZtrt day of May, 1876 Ily order or the State Central Committee. C. E. Yost. Sec. C II. Gkkk, Ch'n. Lincoln, -VarcJi S, 1S7G. TO ELKCT 1JKLKOATE3 TO TIIK nCTMICAS XA TIOXAX. COSVKNTION. ' The Itcpubllcans of the State ot Nebraska arc hereby called to send delegates from ttieseveral counties to meet In State Convention at Fremont on Tuesday, the 23d day of May, IS7C, at 3 o'clock l x. for the purpose of fleeting six delegates to the Na tional Convention, to be held at Cincinnati on the llth day of June next, to nominates candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, nnd to transact such other buslnes as may proper ly come before it. The several counties are entlllcd to representa tion In the State Convention as follows: SCSIBKR OF UKLEOATJCS. Adam Antelope. I'.ootic Burt JtufTalo Jlutler Cass Cluv Cedar- . A Knox- . Z Lancaster . 1 Lincoln . 3 Madison , 3 Merrick . 2 Nemaha . 6 Nuckolls. Colfax. fThevenne- ("uniim; -. T)Ixon.. Dodge. . 4 Otoe.. l Pawnee- 2 Platte. . 1 Polk. Richardson , l Saline ., 1 Sirnv , 1 Saunders TouRla Fillmore-. Cage Hamilton. Hall. ." Seward. ..1U Stanton.. . Sherman.. .2 Thayer . 1 "Washington. . 5 Webster . 4 York.. Harlan oward JefTerson. Johnson . 4 Greeley nnd Valley. . l melius nna uosper . 2 Dundy Chase. Ilitcli . 4 cock. Frontier and 3! Ked Willow . 1 Wayne and Pierce. By Order or State Central Committe. C. K. Yost, Sec C. H. Gere, Ch'n. Lincoln, March 8, 1876. It Is said there is a ghost In the mule scandal that will not down ot Briatow's bidding. "Eugene Gileon, a young clerk at DeB Moines, was burned to death bj' kerosene on the 26th, ult. e Australian r waters have been stocked recently with salmon ova from the United States. Landers of Indiana declines the nomination for Governor by the green back party, and says he will support the regular Democratic nominee. In the Massachusetts State conven tion Blaine and Bristow resolutions were tabled, and the delegates to the national convention go uninstjucted. Hon. E. B. Washburn declines to be a candidate for Governor of Illi nois. "What's the matter?" is tho most natuial question in the world in such a case. ExGov. Arohlbold Dixon, of Ken tucky, died at his residence at Hen 'derson, Ivy. on the'23d inst. He was the successor of Henry Clay in the XJ. S. Senate in 18-50. At Peoria, 111., a ruffian assaulted ' and beat a Gorman woman named Goebel, wben the husband shot the man, killing him, and the coroner's jury justified Goebel. Chas. Colliusou, a tailor at Des Moines recently, while drunk, got on araiIroad track and walked towards a train of cars that was approaching liini. He.was run over and killed. 1 - John Bannock, a farmer near For est, Ohio, recently while at work in the field with his little son and dau ghter became enraged at his son, kill ed him with a club, and buried his body under a log heap. Notwith standing the threats of the father to kill her also if she told about it, the sister did tell, the body of her brother was found and the murderer arrested. A Coles oounty, Mo., man at Custer writes: "We birds who have been caught in the nets of this excitement laugh at the damned fools who still come.'' Another writer speaking of tho many poor men who go there blindly to get work, says, "Labor is very hard to get and wages low. The nupply of men far exceeds the de mand." It may be better when min ing opens up in earnest and men can prospeot without running ten chances to one of losing their scalp. Large numbers of Indians are scattered through the Hills country commit ting depredations at every opportuni ty. The friends of tho several promi nent candidates for the presidency are just now assiduous in criminating nna recriminating the different can didates with a view of advancing their own favcrite tnau. It is certain ly a despicable mode of warfare by whomsoever practiced and is getting to be quite too monotonous. As perhaps the most prominent can didate, Blaine's character has been sought to be impugned by charges that he received $04,000 from the U. P. It. P., for some unexplained ser vices for that corporation. By a bold coup d'etat Blaine met the charges ocd dieslpated them in such amanner as cannot fall to srengthen hiB chanc es for the presidency. Secretary Bristow as another prom inent candidate, has been accused of irregularities in procuring the remis sion of the forfeiture of the vessel "Mary Merritt," and has been put upon investigation. The in vestigation has developi that before he became Secretary of the Treasury he waB of counsel in the case for the owners: that they were prosecuting in a legal and proper way an appeal to the Treasury Depart ment after his appointment;, that as a matter of personal delicacy,' on ac count of his having been of counsel in the case, he stepped aside and Ifeb vne ASBieiant Scoretary act In hie stead, and that thiB was the only proper course which he could pursue. And eo this charge ia disposed of. And now we find charges against the integrity of O. P. Morton, of In diana, in couuection with bis was ac counts while he was Governor of In diana. Morton will take an early oc casion in the Senate to explain the transaction. The result of it will doubtlesB develope unfounded charges made for political purposes. Mean while we shall wait for the next victim. State Items. In Lincoln county a father chases bis son about the bay field with a pitch fork, when the dutiful son re taliates, and makes the old gentleman skedaddle before a butcher knife. Pawnee City has had a bee for the purpose of planting trees around its new school building. A large part of Marysville, Kansas, was submerged last week by the over flow of the Blue river. The house of Mr. E. Luckey in Pawnee County was blown over by the storm last week and broken to pieces. The family escaped by going into the cellar. Stephen Muhafty, of Thayer coun ty, lost his barn and granary recently by fire, communicated from his Btnoke house. Hebrou voted $2,000 foe school pur poses for the ensuing year. Thomas Lambeth, of Nebraska City, leaped outof a buggy with which the horse ran away, and broke his leg. Nebraska City seem to be In a mud dle on the school question. There was a failure to elect officers at the annual election, and now the Mayor calls a special election, which, it is claimed, is without authority. The crop and fruit prospects are said to be very flattering in every part of the state. A shooting aflary occured laBt week at Sidney at the Globe Theatre. John Kurn got a scalp wound by a bullet from a pistol which John Daly a herder then and there bad and held in bis right hand. A party of 800 Black Hiller's from Montgomery, Ala., will pass through this state in May. Falls City proposes to build a $20, 000 hotel. The assessed valuation of Richard son county is $2,008,987.10. A prairie fire in Richardson county, set by a passing engine, recently de stroyed a great deal of property. Col. E. F. Smythe of Omaha, who was recently debarred on charges of fraud, has been reinstated by Judge Savage, on the request of leading members of the Omaha bar, it appear ing that the charges were exaggerated through malice of his accusers. G. N. Crawford, post master at Elk Horn station became so enraged at a movement for a change of postmas ters and a free use of whisky, that be shot at a Mr. Levanter, who was op posed to him for refusing to take a drink with him. FE0M PHILADELPHIA. The Ccn1ciwtial-"TIic World inaXnt Shell" Centennial Buildings Nebraska not Represented. Centennial Grounds, April 2Gth, 1876. J Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. You have heard of "the world in a nut shell." The great American Centennial Exposition will come as near that, perhaps, as ever has been, or will be. Nearly the whole world will be represented, and condensed in Fairmont Park. In addition to our own distriot, national and state exhibitions, there are already on the grounds the most extensive represen tations of the products from the Ar gentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, China, Den mark, Eucador, Egypt, France and colonies, German Empire, Great Brit ain, British India, Canada, New South Wales, Victoria, South Austra lia and other British colonies, Guate mala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Libe ria, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Orange Free States, Peru, Portugal aud colonies, Russia, San Salvador, Sandwich Islands, Siam, Spain and colonies, Sweden, Switzerland, Tu nis, Turkey and Venezuela. So far as mere exhibition is concerned, it looks now aB if some of these coun tries were going to lead any one of ours. Spain, Australia, China and Japan particularly, are most magnifi cent. Neither pains nor means are spared. Dom Pedro, when here, in structed his delegation to not take ex pense into consideration "make all the display possible." The preparations of grounds and buildings are of the most extensive and elaborate charaoter. Two hun dred and thirty-six acres of ground are inclosed. Five of the principal exhibition buildings cost nearly five millions of dollars. The main build ing is 1SS0 feet by 404 feet; art galle ry, 365 feet by 210; machinery hall, 1402 feet by 360; agricultural hall, 826 by 540; horticultural hall, 383 by 193. In addition is the TJ. S. Government building, covering about two acres of ground. Still further, many of the States have erected separate and mag nificent buildings; so have several of of the foreign countries. These latter, with a single oxceptlon, are intended for "headquarter" for the respective States and Nations. Fitted up for purposes of convenience, rest, re freshment, reception of mail matter, and other incidentals. A narrow guage railroad traverses the principal grounds, for the accommodation of visitors. Then there are the "hun dred and one" refreshment buildings and other ubiquitous appendages to 6uch like expositions. The "fat wo man," "big ox," "learned pig," "hoss trott," and other kindreds, ore not allowed inside the grounds. But out side are without number. When fairly under way, one can see and learn more of the world in one month here, than otherwise in a life time of travel. The exposition will open formally on the 10th of May, as by programme announced, but will not be in full blast until on and after the 4th of July. It is a fearful shame that our State made no provisions for being repre sented by her products at the exposi tion. She has failed to embrace an opportunity never again to be pre sented, and the loss thereby Is really beyond computation. Those of our people who come here will feel it most keenly when they see what others have done, and we unknown and un heard of. It is the more aggravating when we know no other State could have made a better agricultural show ing. W. D. Lewis, well known to the people of Browuviile of the old firm of Rainey & Lewis is proprietor of the Wilson House, 223 South 8th street, between Walnut and Spruce, and will make guestB as comfortable, and at as low rates, an can be found in the city. In addition to the hotel proper, he has rented a number of well furnished private residences near by. He will make Nebraskians, par ticularly, "feel at home." To find hotel accommodations will be an im portant matter wben the exposition is fully going. In fact at present they are difficult to obtain. Arrangements will be made for Ne braska headquarters here, where those of our people who may visit the Centennial may, at least, register names, and learn when and where to find their friends. R. W. F. 0UK NEW Y0EE LETTER. Moody and Sankey The Emperor of Brazil The Grain Trade. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. New York, April 2S, 1870. MOODY AND SANKEY Have closed their meetings in New York, and have gone away to take the rest they have fairly earned. They have held meetings five times every day for ten weeks, and have, outside their meetings, performed an Immense amount of labor. At each of them Moody spoke not less than half an hour, and in the morning and evening his sermons were much longer. Mr. Sankey sang more or less every time, so much indeed he has well-nigh lost his voiced It ia es timated that a million and a half of people heard them ; that fifteen thou sand have been converted, besides the general awakening that they have done for the churches, the effect of which will be felt for years. On the last day they made an appeal for money to pay off the debt of the Youug Meu's Christian Association, aud to such purpose that $135,000 wns raised on the spot. The farewell meeting was very affecting, and the services impressive. There never was such crowd gathered together in that vast building. Every seat was occu pied, aud every inch of standiug room as well, and vast as the cowd was not one-fourth of those who came could squeeze in. It was a vast perspiring crowd of people, all anxious to give the .departing evangelists a hearty and cordial God-speed. There is no denying that Moody and Sankey hold the hearts of the christian people in their hands. They can get them to .do more, to work harder, and make more sacrifices than any two men living. Enthus iasts themselves they enthuse others, and by sheer work force their ways of working upon those who, before they knew them scoffed at them. In their way they are abso lutely great, and their power does not diminish. They received during their Btay in the city over $30,000 from gateful parents of saved sons. These thank offerings enable them to live and prosecute their work. Mr. Moo dy goes toForida for a few weeks, and Sankey goes for his home in Newcas tle, Pa. They will rest for.a month, and then open a series of meetings in Boston. The total cost of the ten weeks meetings footed up to nearly $50,000. The building will be occu pied, thissummer, by Gilmore's baud, for a series of monster concerts. THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL. The last sensation is the visit of the Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro. He came very quietly, for an emperor, and disappointed the flunkies by ab solutely refusing to having any fuss made over him. When this announce ment was made there was weeping and wailing in many circles. The politicians wanted a chance to air themselves at a reception ; the city officials wanted a big dinner at the expense of the city ; Delmonico want ed to furnish the said diuner at about three prioes, dividing with the offi cials ; the belles wanted a chance to dance at the grand ball that emperors are supposed to desire, and most ev erybody wanted to have something in connection with him. But the Brazilian refused to submit to any thing of the kind. He came here to see, and not to be seen, and he did it. He had splendid apartments for him self and suite at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and he paid his own bills the same as any man would. He drove about the city and viewed it in the most comfortable way he could in carriages that he paid for; he visited the shops, fortifications, big stores, theatres and other places of interest, in the most quiet manner, and when he had got through he paid his bills like a man, and went to Chicago. There were thirty persons in his suite, attending upon his person, and some twenty to take care of his wife, the empress. The expenses of the party at the hotel alone were $2,000 per day, the entire expenses being probably $5,000. It isn't a bad business being an emperor. Dom Pedro is a tall, well-built, handsome man one who impresses one as being a long way above the average. There is charac ter In his face. The empress is a rath er handsome woman, who looks as if 8he had as muclLwiJl, at least, as her IninlinnI .nJ nn !... t- i t i i-.uu..uu,.Uuu M muugu hub aau ner finger in what of government Brazil enjoys. The omcers accompanying him were all fine looking men except one the treasurer, the purse-holder, of the party. He looked like a purse holder a email, weascn-faoed, brown ekinned man whose business with the party no one could make out. It was surmised that he is the confessor of the empress, who, as is well known, Ib the most devout and bigot ed Catbolio in all South America. He looked the character, at all events. The empress never made a movement without consulting him, and what ever he Baid seemed to have sufficient with her to decide her action. It will be remembered that her daugh ter had a riot with the emperor not long since. The emperor decreed re ligious freedom, which the daughter did not like, so she vowed a vow nev er to wear shoes or cover her head till the decree was revoked and the Cath olic religion be made as before, the only recognized religion. And she did go about the streets bare-footed, much to the scandal of the court, but with the entire approbation of the presthood, and, backed by her moth er, the emperor was compelled to suc cumb. The empress looks as if she were capable of the same thing. The party returns to New York in a short time, wheu the bummers and the fashionables will make another effort to gobble him. He has a remarkably good opinion of this country and itB people, and, as it is desirable that he keeps it, I most earnestly hope that he will steadfastly refuse to be wined and dined by the officials of this city, or be entertained by the equally ob jectionable snobs. THE GRAIN TRADE. The merchants of New York are in a state of mind about the grain trade. Statistics recently collected, show that Baltimore receives nearly the grain that New York does, and Phil adelphia about the same ; while Bos ton, which is supposed to be dead, is working up very closely to both. The papers are all discussing the mat ter, aud beccimr the merchants to take steps to bring back the trade. The trouble isn't with the merchants, though the loss fulls on them. The fact is the bloated railroad monopolies have done the work. There are no facilities in New York for handling grain, cheaply, quickty, or safely. That by the Central has to be lighter ed to the vessels, and very much of it moved in trucks. The system is one of stealiug, and inconvenience. Instead of running grain into an ele vator and from thence into vessels, at a merely nominal cost, there are tolls, charges, co3ts, delays, and everything else that is vile, till a bushel of wheat going through the citj' is loaded to almost its value. Consequently ship pers prefer other markets, and they have found them. Baltimore is tak ing the lion's share, and the prosper itv of that citv and the decline of New York attests the wisdom of the one and the stupidity of the other. Vanderbilt has been compelled to take steps to hold the trade of his road. He is building a big elevator at six tieth street, and the Erie will do like wise, so there is reason to hope that some portion of the lost trade may be brought back. The Western grain grower will feel the good effect of this at once. New York is the natural market of the West, and it is a pity to see its facilites thrown away. Pietro. I. 0. of 0. F. Celebratoion of the Fifty-Seventh Anniversary of Odd Fellowship, at Xcinaha City, April 27th. An Essay by Rct. D. B. Lake. The fifty -seventh anniversary of the institution of Odd Fellowship in the United Statas, was celebrated bv Nemaha City and Brownville lodges and their invited friends, ou the eve ning of the 27th of April, at the hall of the Nemaha City lodge. The ex ercises consisted of an address by Rev D. B. Lake, speeches by Messrs. J. M. Hacker, Capt. Mercer, J. S. StuIJ, T. C. Kimsey, aud others. Vocal and instrumental music, followed by a bountiful supper. After supper the following resolutions were adopted. Resolved, That Rev. D. B. Lake be requested to furnish a copy of his ad dress to our county papers for publi cation. Resolved, That a vote of thanks be given to the ladies for their generous repast, and to the young ladies who have favored us with music. The following is Brother Lake's address. .The age in which we live is one of inquiry; men are asking of every sys tem, What is the nature of your or ganization ? what are its objects, and what are Its general results ? I think it a privilege as well as a duty to an Bwer some of their questions as they touch the sooiety of Odd Fellows. I do this not to gratifiy a morbid curios ity, or to satisfy or silence the cavil ing objector, because that would be folly ; but good men have been mis informed in regard to the society. A straight forward statement of princi ples, therefore, will be sufficient to satisfy every reasonable man, and that will be our purpose this evening. When au inquiry is instituted In re gard to Odd Fellowship, the inquiry should be, what are its principles and what are its probable results? If its avowed purposes are good to humani ty, and Is age and experience show that to be Its legitimate fruit, a ver dict should be rendered favorable. The cardinal principles of Odd Fel lows are three, Friendship, Love and Truth, and our claim is good to hu manity as its result. Let us examiue these principles : Love Is the great center and power of this system, as it is the key stone of human society. It is a very general term, variously ap plied, as, love to God, toman, parent, neighbor, children, etc It comprises affection, attachment, tenderness, good-will and benevolence toward the object loved. Love is affection ac companied with desire ; affection is love unaccompanied with 'desire. Love is on ardent passion. Friend ship is-a calm and constant affection. Love and hatred are. the two generic passiona or affectiftn cf; tjje mind, which give rise to all the rest. The former is caused by contemplating something which is regarded as good, and the latter by contemplating that which Is regarded as evil. Love is to our prejudices what the sun is to the ice : it melts tbem and they disappear, it suffers long and is kind, thinketh no evil, hopeth all things, believetb all things rejoiceth not in iniquity, but in the truth. "When I approach her loveliness, so absolute she seems, and in herself complete, so well to know her own, that what she wills to do or say, seems wisest, virtuest, dis creetest, best; all higher knowledge in her presence falls, degraded ; au thorty aud wisdom on her wait." Love among other graces, In this world, is like a cathedral's tower, whioh begins on the earth, and at first is surrounded by other parts of the structure but at length shoots, spire like, many a foot into the air, so high that it gleams like a spark in the morning light, and shines like a star in the evening sky, when the rest of the pile is enveloped in dark ness, and by italightis many a travel er guided aright. Outof this grows another principle, that of frleuship, This follows as natural as cause pro duces effect. I have said that love is the result of contemplating that which is regarded as good ; now, when I have discovered the good, by the low of affinity I am drawn toward the man possessing this quality, and by that lay the foundation of real genuiue friendship. But friendship cannot exist alone; itsupposes the ex istence of goodness in two or more persons ; it is defined as mutual af fection, cherished by two individuals of congenial minds. Intimacy resting on mutual esteem. It is only this kind of friendship that means any thing. The friends of prosperity are with us to-day and In hours of advers ity. Tupper says "As frost to the bud, blight to blossom, even such is self interest to friendship, for confi dence cannot dwell where selfishness is porter at the gate. If thou seest thy friend to be selfish, thou canst not be sure of his honesty. Flattery hid eth her vadished fuce. Wben freind ship sitteth at the board, and the door is shut upon suspicion, but candor Is bid glad welcome, for friendship abhoreth doubt, its life is in mutual trust, and perisheth when artful praise proveth that it is sought for a purpose. It is therefore of the high est interest, and of the greatest im portance that our regard for each other be based upon motives higher than self ; but that this friendship may continne there is a necessity for another element, namely, Truth. The founders of our order were swift to ee this, they knew the close rela tion this sustains to the two former links, and the important place it oc cupies in the formation of good char acter, aud they therefore very wisely adopted it as a cardinal principle. She is represented in garments as white as snow ; her looks are serene, pleas ant, courteous, cheerful and modest; she is the pledge of all honor, the chief joy of human society; she is commonly called the daughter of Saturnbecause discovered in time, and if a man would be sincerely wed ded to her he must take her for her own sake. The contract must be to love, cherish and obey, but, grand as she may be, she is only a benefit to humanity when reduced to praotice. The air produces musio when it pass es through a prepared instrument, and then at the touch of the operator gives a harmonious sound, bo truin when reduced to practice in our lives produces the harmony of right doing. We nre banded together to teach aud preach and practice these principles, this, is our mission, this our apology for being as a socletj. We, have no cause to serve, other than that which rests upon this tripod. We are glad, too, that the history of our race nf- fords some worthy examples, which we have to study, and by carefully examining them, show what the re sult will be when our principles nre reduced to universal practice. (The nistory or jonatnan anu uavld was given as an example.) Also an in stance is found in heathen mythology. The King of Syracuse had imprison ed Damon and ordered his execution on a certain day. Damon desired to visit his family In the interior; his request was granted on condition that he would secure a hostage for himself. Pythias heard of this. aud volunteer ed to stand in his friend's place. The king visited Pythias in prison, and inquired into the motive of bis con duct, affirming his unbelief In the In fluence of friendship. Pythias ex pressed a wish that be might die, that bis friend's honor might be vin- Our objeot is to make audi friend ship more modern and frequent. But it may be said that the church teach es these principles and that her meth ods are superior to Odd Fellows. We grant all that, nnd claim there ia no coflict betweeu Christianity and our order. If they teach men to be good, so do we. Their object is to elevate humanity; po is ours. All that is good in Odd Fellowship, whether of principle or practice, is of the Bible. There cannot, therefore, be any con flict between Christianity and Odd Fellowship. It is urged again, "Some of your members say that that all the religion they want ia found in the or der. We, as Odd Fellows, are band ed together, for the support of the principles before mentioned. That is the import, meaning, purpose, design aud whatever claims individuals may make is hardly a good rule by which to judge our cause. As well might you hold Christianity responsible for for all the egotism and arrogance of the Pope of Rome. But, it is object ed again, "you are a secret society." We are not secret as to the object for which we labor. The means of knowing each other as Odd Fellows arc peouliar to ourselves. I meet a man in Chicago : I know him, not be cause bis mouth is larger, or his nose longer, or eyes bigger, than other men's, or by any other physical char acteristic, but by tho personal, Indi vidual characteristics, which are pe culiar to himself and distinguishes him from any other man and which I an only know, perfectly, by person al acquaintance. We are banded to gether on this golden platform of F. L. & T., and our law of recognition belongs to us as an individual society, and all who become associated with us simply learns the law of recogni tion. But, it is objeoted again, "good men will only use the church' as the means of elevating humanity." Rail roads are not of the church, and yet good men use them for noble purpos es. Our mail system is not of the church, and yet good men do not hes itate to use it as a means to reach hu manity, and bring them under the Influence of truth, nnd while this or der may not belong to the church, yet men are reached by it and made better "But is this bping done?" Let the thousands of orphans who are being cared for, and educated, and the sick chamber which loses its gloom by these messengers of mercy, testify. Let the thousands and hun dreds of thousands of dollars which ure being used every year in reliev ing the distressed, feeding the hungry and clothing the naked, bear unim peachable testimony to the truthful ness of thiB foregoing statement. It has been said times without num ber, and quite recently in the western part of this county, that secret socie ties are the sworn accomplices of ras cals. To this sweeping assertion I have only to eny that 'tho central thought In our system gives the lie to this charge. Love rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. If I believe or have reason to think that an Odd Fellow is guilty of crime my sense of justice, honor, and every obligation I have taken as an Odd Fellow, requires that I assist in his punishment. How men could be so far deceived, into believing that Odd Fellows were obligated to defend ras cals, is the most incomprehensible thing to me. As members of this great family, it ouly remains for us to cherish in our hearts the kindest feel ings for each other, and strive with all tho powers of body and mind, to have the principles manifested in our lives, and draw others like minded to ub, remembering : "Tho deeds which selfish hearts approve, And fume's loud trumpet sings. Secures no prnise where truth and lovo Are counted noblest things. And work, which godless folly deems Worthless, obscure and lowly. To heaven's ennobling vision seems Most godlike, grand and holy." Correspondence. dicated. The fatal day came. The king sat upon his throne; Pythias mounted the scaffold nnd said, "My prayer is heard, the gods are propit ious for the winds have been contrary till yesterday. Damon could not conquor impossibilities; he will be here to-morrow, and the blood which is shed will have saved the life of my friend. Oh ! could I erase every sus picion from your breasts of the honor of Damon, then should I go to my death as to my bridal. My friend will be found noble, his truth unim peachable ; be will speedily prove it; he Is on his way now, accusing him self of theadverse winds aud the gods, but I haste to prevent his speed ; ex ecutioner do your office." As he closed, a voice in the distance cried, "Stop! stop!" A man rode up at full speed mounted the scaffold and em braced Pythias, "your are safemy be loved friend, I have nothing but death to Buffer, and am delivered from reproaches for having endanger ed the life of one so generous." Pyth ias replied, "Cruel, cruel ha3te; what envious powers have wrought Impos sibilities in your favor; since I can not die to save you, I will not survive you." The king was moved to tears. As cending the scaffold, be said, "Live, ye Incomparable pair, ye have borne unquestionable testimony to the ex istence of virtue, and that implies the existence of a God to reward it. Live happy and teach me by precept how to possess that friendship whioh you have exhibited this day." Sheridan, Neb., April 7, 1S76. Editor Nebraska Advertiser. It is said, and correotly said, that the county of Nemaha has boughtand paid for the ground on which the pres ent court house stands. I wonder how much the county paid for that narrow strip of ground, 22 feet wide by 128 feet deep, and what did Brownville ever give towards buying land, or helping to build the court house? Do the people of Nemaha county actually know that the proprietors of Sheridan deeded to tho county a whole block of ground, 300 feet square, with 80 foot streets running all around it? Well, such is the fact, and that block of ground is worth at this time one thousand dollars, tho way lots are selling around the square. And that is not ail. The people of Sheridan propose to give lots and lands enough when sold to build a better house than the present one in case the county seat is located at that place. At this time there are about 300 owners in Sheridan lots ready to help build up that place. One writer has said : "If the coun ty seat is to be moved, let it be done fairly and honorably." So we say. Then we are agreed on that point. We propose to show that the county seat ought to be moved. I will here say that not a man in the county but desires, if anything can be done to check the downward course of trade, and build up the general interests of the county, that it ought to be done at once. We think that the causes of de cline of trade and dullness of business in our town may be attributed partly to the large amount of tho trade of our county going to other towns in the counties around us. While the oth er towns are all life and prosperity, we are at stand still and are going back wards. Why is it thus? Your an swer is that they have their own trade and a fair share of ours. Is there a remedy? We think there is. Plaoe the county seat at the best practica ble point in the center of the county, concentrate all the trade of the coun ty to our towns. Induce all the capi tal to stop here you can. Encourage manufacturing and it wont be many years until the Brownville & Fort Kearney R. R., and. the. extentionof j the Trunk R. R., and a railroad run ning up and down the little Nemaha, Syracuse, Sheridan, Nemaho Citiy, Aspinwall, Hillsdale, St. Deroin, to Rulo. Give us these three railroads, as we shall have sooner or later, and will give us eighty miles of road bed to be taxed, and with the increase of wealth, Nemaha county would then rank among the best counties in the State, as she naturally is, and one that we would be proud to live in. The river towns, being all placed on an equal footing, would all grow up to be good towns. Peru, with her Nor mal school and two railroads, Brown vile, with her high school and the Trunk R. R. and the Fort Kearney "R. TZ.. nnrl X'pmnlm f"!irv rrifh tha Trunk H. R. nnrt tho T.'ff la "NTomnhn t R. R., and the town lying on the last named road, Johnson, in the west part of the county, on the B. & Ft. K. R. R., well situated- to command a large trade, the county, at the point possessing the most natural advant ages, so that there would be a large town grow up the larger the place the better the market, and the wealth to enrich the county generally. Have we just such a place, possessing more advantages than any other? We be lieve we have, and if you will throw away all prejudice, you will agree with us that Sheridan is that place. In the first place, the site is a hand-some one. All will agree that it is situated at the orossing of two natural routes for railroads, to-wit: the Brownville & Ft. Kearney, and one up and down the Nemaha. The land lays first rate for depot grounds at the natural cross ings, and that at the northern end of the Sheridan town site. The cars oan easily stop and start again without backing a half a mile to get started up asteep grade, as they would have to do at some other paces talked of. There are three good flouring mills within five miles of Sheridan, and plenty of lime and good building stone near by. Long's Branoh runs through the northern part of the town nnd affords abundance of water at all seasons of the year for manufac turing purposes and 6tock water. We therefore, say fearless of successful contradiction, that Sheridan Is with in 80 rods of the center of Nemaha county, and possesses more natural advantages that any other town in the county. If any man has any doubts about the truth of what we have said, we kindly invite him to visit Sheri idan before he votes, and see for him self. Then, if these statements are true, why throw away your votes by voting for an indefinite place called the center, as your votes will not be in accordance with the law authorize ing this vote. The law says you must name the town, city or place on your ticket. Then be not deceived. Browuville's plan istogetyou to write 3'our votes or vote for an indefinite place, so as to throw your votes away, thereby defeating us of anoth er election. 'men we say again, vote understandingly aud without prejudice. Suppose your votes were counted for the center, and it was so located, and the center should be located on a tract of land adjoining Sheridan, either north, south, east, or west, what would j-ou gain by it af ter it was so voted ? The owner would have the advantage. He could de mand hfs own price for the land. In stead of your putting the court house on yourown land, and getting a hand some donation besides, you would have to pay for the land a3 you did in Brownville. Then think twfee, and vote understandingly, without preju dice to any one, and all will be right. A. W. Morgan. LEGAX ADVERTISEMEliT S. fcjvuii rtmi- March 27th i, Mil. . A" -. I)- v-"'"-.!. ? nt; Mortgagee's Sale. NOTICE Is hereby given that t McCormlck nncf TTo.J?.niW B. made and executed to Joim h a,,?r?Iclc d iilla ........ ... . - n lisi0.4ind recorded Mnrnh chattel tnorlirsice n-nmi nr Nebraska, In book 1. irt pnBe W . thf??? In now due on wild mmL VV"" :' that there will be due thereon Xayi'J'' ?2l the further sum of Sooto. ThfM.'.i. iiiupuriy isuescrioeuin.nnd subf.? . in covered by said mortgage, to-wit- n'aml hote, about nine years old ona hZS? Rra" about six years old. with b'lack mLlnax tall ; one set of double harness oZ one new three-Inch StudebakerWaPlete'-twenty-seven sacks of honey locnV :. ana same being about threo thoSpoa?,- The said property, or so mm h ?,UnJs shall be suflicW to pay he iuS" due. with costs, will be sd at nnh L- Unt at the court honse door In iFmnJ,.?,cUn said NeizahaConntv. Nebraska LUe-' day of May. A. D. l&fc at eleven oViT ' the forenoon, to satisfy said deo? Iock Ux Mayjth. lSjT ,?8aSee- Petition for Divorce TO8 L?.V?KHOLDEU. of the s,B.. --.-"". wm ihko notice that sZ"V uurunoiuer, or the county of v.," I the Slate or'xebraska. did on the-M.8 ,u April. A. D. 1S75. flle her petition !n ih of trlct Court within and f? Sftf malm, in said State of Nebraska m,i.VN' raid Thomas BiirkhoIder,dn?li?,S.Mthe forth Mint she has been n rraldent if vttlnR haCcunty,NhraSka.forttSoyelUA past, and Is at present a bona fide rSnt t said county and S-tale: that on m. fvl ?Vof cember 20th, A. D. 1ST, "he r bo?t Ds snld Thomas Bnrkhol.W- that sh '? while living with said Thomas BnrbhnM1' tho following named chthi YX ,0l,Jtr' Charles Burkholder. who was born nSlt, " 27th. A. D. 1SC1; that she haTcon?lnoi,?btr .seir towards said Tho nafffihoMi her falthfnl wife; that the said T homTh holder was. on or about the Stn dnvw t "rIi" ary. AD. 1S70. guilty of extreme cVuefe wards her without any just caiwS ,J, the Sth day of January. A. D lies .ii. u ever since that time, b"een of sufflcfen ahmS ty to provide a suitable rnalntenan L 1IU that said Thomas BnrkhoMe gro.sin ton y and cruelly refused rnd negK,! FS?i stll refuses and negleels to provide sultahfe maintenance for her; and nravln- tw e the final hearing or said caSIe shS m" divorced from Said ThomnT CrVn that the custody of said child creed to her; that said Thomas BurkntfjE laynHf ?,??? to pay "treasonable aUmo ny; and tlmtshe may have such nii..P,,i further reliefas equity may require md .A?2 S? d Th,,mfts MnrkhoWer Is'notlfl.M A.D.1S7G?'1 r the 19th ""Vrt ' JmIJ Dated tills 2Sth day of April, A. D. 1C5. j. s. sti'i r. Attorney forPIahmir. lawl A. w. me: DRUGGIST K.EJL "Wi agreo to deed to Nemaha Conntv. ac cording lo the cond Itlons above net forff', seventy-five (7.) lots of the town of Klien dan. Nemaha County, Nebraska. ltbeliiKtSi south east quarter of section sixteen ! , town five (5). range fourteen ril). Dated Sheridan, Neb.. April 26. 1S76. WESLEY Dl'NDAS, A. V. .MOKGAN. In presence of VT. T. Keed. AND BOOK SELLER has every thing In his line at the LOWEST PRICES. Kortk Side Main St. fE!S& Plotts1 star Organs. Any porson, male or female, who has a lit tle leisure time, can procure a first class In strument nt a greatly reduced price. Send stamp for particulars. Address, EDWARD PLOTTS, Washington, N. J. PXiQTTS'STAR, ORGANS Are celebrated for their purity ot tone, ele gant design nnd thorough construction. Send for catalogue. Address, EDWARD PLOTTS, Washington, N". J I hereby agree to deed to the county, ac cording to the above article, lot No. tliret- . In block three (:j). In the town of Sheridan Dated April 2Sth. A. D. 187G. Iw5 UNO. II. DlXPs- A Lecture to Young Men Jait J'uljHii'H.tn a Smlnt lnr"i Trite tU mitt. A Tjccturcnn the Xafnre, Treaiment, ami Radical Cure of Seminal Weakness, or prmt"r rhcea, Induced hy Self-Abue. Involnntarv .'' sions. Jmpotency, Nervous Debility, ami Iini'J' menti to marriage generally ; nies.ftfiwun.pi:"' Epllepsy.ond Kit: Mental ami l'hyxlral Inr..' Ity.Ac. Br KOllKJtT J. CUI.VEHWKI.L. M i' author of the "Green Book." Ac. clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' surcc ful practice, that the o!ormln(;cnejuencM of ' nbusema7 be radically cared without the dan." ous use of internal medicine or the applicant the knire: pointing out mode or cure at fnr simple. certain, nnd eiTectiml, by means of w' ' every sufferer, no matter what his condition n be. may cure himself cheaply, privately, and r cally. XHT 77ULecturewiUpraveabcotothouKinlHi thousand. Sentundprse.il. In a plain envelope. t ar a'' dress, postpaid, on receiptor six cenlaertiroi" stamps. Address thepubllshprs. . V. BKUCMAS & SO, 41 Ann St., New York; VossOHlce ot. CttrC!OA perdayatBcme. Samples worihj! VO10 Utree. SUason& Co.. Portland. X Hawley & Douglas, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Agricultural Implements! FLOUR, FEED, SEEDS & GRAIN. Have jnst received the largest and best stock of goods ever bronglit to this market, consisting of DIXOjST plotvsistjlkeys CANTON PLOWS, Iron and Wood Beam, Vibrating- Harrows, Scotch Harrows, Dixon Hollow TootU Harrows, MAESH BIDING CITLTIYATOHS, COLE'S STAXK CUTTERS, Lomas Combined Riding and Walking Cultivator, FAST IfilliLS, &c. Also Agents for all the leading Harvesters, Headers, Headers and 3ofucrs THRESHING MACHINES, WIND jVEILLS, PUMPS, &c. Agents for Howe's Scales. Newton "Wagons and Bag gies, and all kinds of Field and Garden Seeds. Alfalfa Clover, Honeys Locust 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. To the Electors of Nemaha Co. "Wiirueas. an election Is now pemrin- fo the re-locntlon of the county scat ofnm. ha county. In the Suite of XcbrnkB-and W UF.KEAS .the undersigned nro Interest" in securing the said county seat to be locate Stun?" n DouSIas Precinct, In Il I Therefore, as an Inducement to tho elec tors of said Nemaha county to vote for In. eating the said connty seat at Sheridan aroreMild. and In consideration ofsecur'u sald location as aforesaid, the undersigned individually, hereby agree nnd bind them selves to donate to the people of said conn ty, for the purpose of aiding !u the erect!, n of county buildings, the tract, or trncN of land hereinafter described, each mbscrif.r purporting to give tho tract as designated la the description to which his name Is at tached. .,-Kni1 u, 'screed by the undersigned, fiat ir the. said election now pending. or ir eith er the second or third elections called ncron! Ing to the statute in such case provld.d shall locate the county seat of einilwv county nt Sheridan, aforesaid; when pursu ant to said election, the county reermNaul olllces shall have been moved fnSherldnn ,.s said county beat, that the unilr..t..ii..,i erally, shall immediately make con vet n M ces, conveying complete and valid title rv m deed f warranty. In trust to the on'nn m ciuiimiKsioners tor me Detielit of thecoun'r for the tract or tracts of land each has hah ' scribed. Dated this 20th day of April, IS76. Hy virtue of written authority from t owner. G. Williams, or Iterkshlre, New ork. I agree to deed to Nemnha Costntr r cording to the conditions ntove sHl-rtr one-fourth of the lotion the V l (!,, NW'Kof section 2l uuIoIiiIhl' Hi town t Sheridan. Given under my hand nnd seal, fMs3t'i day of April, 1S7C, at Sheridan. N.inilm Con n ty, 1 eb. WES LEV D L'N DA. Witnesses Ed. Juel, A. W. Morgan. I, the undersigned, hereby pjjrttiiuiirtinw Nemaha County, according to theroniiutuns above set forth, ten (10) acres in land or lot", including streets nnd nlieys, from the ent half of the N E' of section 21. rnnn II. township 5, adjoining tho town of Sherldas. Sheridan, Nemaha Co.. April 20th. lxTS. CROWELL WILLSON. In presence of Wesley Dundas. I. tho undersigned, hereby ngree to. deed t Nemaha Coutity. accordlngtothecondltlnns above set forth. i. of W , ten ncres In north east corner of the north west i of tlte north east i or section 21, township 5. ninae II. adjoining the town of Sheridan; said land to be dee'ed In alternate lots. Sheridan, Nemaha Co.. Neb.. 3 April. l'CC WILLIAM STODDAKK In presence of Ed. Juel. err ft m t 1