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THE ADVERTISER.
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1876.
CALL
FOR A REPUBLICAN
CO.WESTIOX.
STATE
TO XOITIXATK CANDIDATES FOIt STATE OFFICES.
The Republican electors of the State of Nebraska
arc hereby called to send delegates from the several
counties to meet In State Convention at Lincoln, on
SSth'day ot September. lS7fi, for the purpose of plac
ing In nomination a candidate for Member of Con
gress, and candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor. Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer,
Superintendent of rubllc Instruction, Attorney
General and Land Commissioner, and to transact
nucn otherlbusslncsslaa may .properly come before
It.
Tlicsevcral conntlw are entitled to the same rep
resentation as In the State Convention called this
day to meet at Fremont on thc2M day of May, 1876
Uy order of the State Central Commiltrc.
C. E. Yost. Sec. C. II. Geek, Cli'n.
J.tncoln, March 6, 1ST6.
The Independents.
TO ELECT DELEGATES TO TItE ItErULICAX .NA
TIONAL CONVENTION.
The Republicans of the State 01 Xcbratka are
hureby called to send delegates from the several
counties to meet in State Convention at Tremont on
Tuesday, the SJd day of May, IS76, at 3 o'clock p. k.
for the purpose ot electlwr six delegates to the Na
tional Convention, to be held at Cincinnati on the
Hth day of June next, to nominates candidates for
President and Vice President or the United States,
and to transact such other buslnes as may proper
ly come before It.
The several counties ore entliled to representa
tion in the State Convention as follows:
NUMBER OF DELEGATES.
Adams
Antelope-
Koone
Bnrt
Buffalo
Ilutler
Cass..
Clay
Cedar-
... 1
3
3
...2
... G
-4
Knox-
Colfax
Cheyenne
iumlntci Dakota
Dawson
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Fillmore
Franklin
Ftirnas.
Gnge
lImlUon
Hall
Harlan
Howard
Jefferson-.
Jnhnon.
Kearney
Keith
Lancaster-
Lincoln
Madison.-
Merrick
Nemaha .
Nuckolls..
ntn(
1 ! Pawnee
2' Platte
1 Polk
2 Hlchardson .
1, Saline
.. 1 Sarpy
1 Saunders .
.... A Seward-...
10 Stanton
. Sherman
2 Thayer.
1 Washington
. 5 Webster
. 4 York
3
., 4 Greeley and Valley 1
i J iltll" uun vvni"
2 Dundy Chase, mien-
:-3
i
i
cock. Frontier and
Red Willow 1
Wnyne.and Pierce 1
By Order or State Central Commute.
C. E. Yost, Sec C. H. Gehe, Ch'n.
Lincoln, March 8. 1S7C
Wisconsin Hand California fend
Blaine delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention, while Arkansas nnd
Mississippi are favorable to Morton.
Six extensive cotton mlllB In Massa
"cbusetfs have failed. Their liabilities
exceed gl.OOO.OOO, nnd 12,000 people
are thrown out of emploj'ment.
G. Peter TJiil, of Falls City, made a
speech four hours long in the recent
Democratic Convention at Lincoln.
No wonder that the whole affair was
an abortion.
,, BIchardson county sends Ed. S.
Towlo, J. Ii. Stephens, P. M. Gilbert,
W. W. Turk, Isham Renvis, and C.
P. Walther to the Republican State
Convention at Fremont.
Dom Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil,
now "taking in" this country, sports
for his first name Dom Pedro Joso
Carlosa Leopold Salvador Bibiaua
Xavier do Paulo Leccadio Migual
Gabriel Raphael Gonzago.
Affairs in the parish of Feliciana,
Louisiana, "have come to a crisis. The
'-- "White Leaguers are armed and ram
pant, and only the blood of RepubIN
fcans will serve to appease their wrath.
The parish officials have been com
pelled to seek safety in the woods.
The Indianapolis Journal says that
IBarney Caulfield, who is now trying
to smirch President Grant, wascourt--martlaled
at Chicago during the war
-fnr connection with a conspiracy of
the Knights of the-Golden Circle to
release rebel prisoners confined at
'Camp Douglas, and only escaped con
eviction on "technicalities."
A. Schoenheit, of Falls City, a life
long Democrat, was a delegate to the
county convention, and in a speech
-said that ho considered It his duty as
n citizen of the best governmet under
the sun, to leave the sinking ship of
the Democracy, and proposed In the
future to act with a party of principle
-and progression a party with ideas
of to-day, and of which he need not
be ashamed.
A great flood of water seems to
nave fallen in Johnson, Pawnee, and
other adjoining oouuties a week ago
last Sunday. Bridges and fences were
'washed away, and in many instauces
fat hogs and other domestic animals.
At Table Rock the whole of lower
town was submerged, and many
houses were carried away. A half a
car load of lime in a building took
fire and destroyed the building and
others adjoining. The A. & N. rail
road was damaged for many miles,
and trains were delayed for more than
a week.
The people of the western part of
the State seem to be dissatisfied with
the apportionment of delegates made
by the Republican State Central
Committee, and we notice that in
some counties a delegate for county at
large is chosen in addition to the
apportionment. It is not difficult to
see that the western part of the State
would be the gainer by such a repre
sentation; but it Is difficult to see
what justice there is in basing a rep
resentation upon the number of polit
ical subdivisions in a State. It would
be much more equitable to base the
.apportionment upon the popular vote,
but on this proposition the west
would at once rise to a point of order.
In the approaching campaign the
contesting parties will simply be
known by their old names. There
will not be any less or any more par
ties than usual. The Democratic par
ty, which assumed the Independent
role for several years, has played that
so Jsuccessfully that it has the pros
pect of making a reppectable contest
for the control of the Government
under its old name. That its strata
gem has been measurably successful, no
one Jn the temerity now to deny ;
and that those Republicans who went
into the Independent movement from
innocent and honest motives have
been duped, they themselves admit.
As the mask has been taken off, the
status of the Republicans who had
gone into the opposition movement
under the" various names of Liberals.
Independents and Reformers, is In
teresting and perplexing.
Of these there are two classes plain
ly defined in every community; eo
nluinlv that thev can bo named. The
first class are those who went into
the opposition, deliberately and
knowingly, for selfish and ambitious
purposes. Not, perhaps, for the pur
pose of assisting the Democratic par
ty as against the Republican party;
but for self aggrandizement, with a
view of advancing their own person
al interest, regardless of the results to
the Republican party.
The whirligig ofjlme has brought
about a period In which these men
cannot cloak their actions under an
ambiguous title; they are brought
regularly to the issue of choosing be
tween the Democracy in its true
name, and the Republican party.
The Democracy will not prefer, or
even own them ; they have no re
course but to Blink back into the Re
publican party. For this olass no
words of reproach, no humiliating
exaction, can be too severe. They de
serve to be covered out of sight in po
litical infamy.
The other class to which we allude
is that great body of honest but mis
taken men, who have been, many of
them, led astray by the first class,
either by persuasion, or by the ties of
consanguinity, friendship or business;
or who, having seen errors or abuses
in the Republican party, instead of
staying Its hands against them have
fallen innocently into tho reform
snare set by the Democracy. This
class of men have the sympathy and
well wishes of the whole Republican
party, and aro joyfully welcomed
back without any taunts, recrimina
tion or humiliation. And they are
coming, to swell the grand Republi
can army for the approaching contest.
It may be asked if it is possible to
keep up this distinction? Yes! But
every community, which knows best
the political history, natures, desires
and ambitions of its members, must
decide the question for itself, and it6
decision must be accepted by the
world as final.
We think this distinction is just to
all parties, is eminently practical, and
we hope to see it made the'rule of ac
tion in County, State and National
politics. "
about annual interest. To this it is
said that tho donations which Sheri
dan offers will make a fair offset. But
it is a fact that $2,000 in cash would
buy-all of Sheridan, and all the dona
tions it can offer. Besides all this,
the county is now supplied with a
sufficient building, which is paid for,
and is owned exclusively by the coun
ty. There certainly can bo no policy
in discarding the building it now
owns, and building a new one at the
great expense which we have estimat
ed, unless some corresponding good
will result to a majority of the peo
ple. 4. What Is the object? Ostensibly
it is the convenience of the public to
reach the public offices. The fact is,
three-fourths of the population and
wealth of Nemaha couuty lies east of
Sheridan. All of the towns lieon the
river. A railroad runs through them
from north to south. Brownvillehas
a post office from which six mall
routes diverge through differeut parts
of the county. There is still a pros
pect for a railroad westward through
the county. With these facilities the
convenience of tho public for modes
of travel and mail is subserved with
the county seat at Brownville.
5. The movement originated and is
prosecuted by Sheridan, and is wholly
a speculation in which less than ten
men are interested. If inconvenience
wan the cause of it, Lafayette and
Benton would have been thep:ime
movers.
6. There is no policy in moving the
county seat to tho center of the coun
ty in advance of a railroad. The
couuty town would be bled to death
for a road ; or If it refused to be bled,
it would be killed outriglit by a rival
railroad town.
More can bo said on this subject, but
this will answer for the present.
The Kearney Press and S. G. Owen.
A Charge A Denial, and a TYitncss.
The County Scat.
The trial of Belknap is to proceed
'at once. The attorneys for Mr. Bel
knap desired a postponement until
December next, but the Senate over
ruled the application. The managers
of the impeachment are said to bo
bungling and incompetent. The In-
icr-Ocean says : "The trial is gettiug
to be a game of fox and geese. The
managers are the geese, and are try
ing to get through the trial softly, but
the defendant's attorneys are foxes
worrying them in every possible man
ner." The first question to be decided is
whether the Senate can proceed with
the trial of Belknap, ho having re
signed and being no longer an officer
of the government.
The agitation of the question of the
removal of a county seat is most dam
aging to the welfare and prosperity of
any county. Tho supreme court of
Kansas, in a recent case, say on this
subject: "While this question Is in
controvcrsey, all the elements of
growth and prosperity aro still, ond
the whole county suffers, as well as
individual towns. Values are unset
tled ; improvements stop; county
commissioners are loth to add county
buildings, for tho people may aban
don all and locate the county seat else
where. The merchant waits till the
question Is terminated before he es
tablishes business; and if the contest
is protracted, moves on to some other
couuty. No place is benefited; some
are injured, and the whole county
suffers."
The truth of this proposition is too
evident to need any argument. Let
us then consider the issues.
1. Two years ago the drouth des
troyed all our crops. Last year the
farmers started out bravely to repair
the damage, and the crasshonners
came and despoiled us again. Many
men have been inevitably ruined and
driven out of the county. Many are
struggling to save themselves. The
only thing that can save four-fifths of
the farmers in this county is a good
crop and good prices in 1S7G. We
havo just hope enough left to make
one more desperate effort. Is this a
proper time to introduce the demoral
izing effect of a county 6eat contro
versy? Could a worse time have been
ehosen for the business interests of
then county than the present?
2. Our people are largely In debt.
The failures for two years have
thrown an astonishing amount of
overdue notes into the hanks, collec
tion agencies, and courts. They have
renewed, and put off the day of reck
oning, until they are oshamed to see
the face of a creditor or of their sure
ties. Many have borrowed money,
mortgaging their lands, and paying
12 per cent, interest semi-annually,
12 per cent, commission, all the Inci
dental expenses of negotiating the
loans, and will be unable to meet the
first payment of interest. Their tax
es are delinquent, all drawing 12 per
cent, interest, and much of it 40 per
cent, uounty warrants are worth 85
cents on the dollar, with a prospect of
rapid decline owing to the fact that
the levy has been exhausted. Is this
a time to contract uew debts? Is it a
time to strain our credit to a greater
tension? Does it accord with the
clamor raised by our people less than
a year ago against any levy or any
collection of taxes?
3. If we build a new court house, it
will be economy to build a good one,
and it cannot be done for less than
$30,000. A jail will cost from $6,000
to $10,000. Our bonds Issued to raise
this money would not bring more
than
75 cents on the dollar, which
would make the cost of removal foot on him, and referred him to Owen
A few weeks ago the Kearney Press
made the following additional charge
against Church Howe:
In our former charges against
Church Howo as a bribe-takei, we
were very careful to state only that
which we could fully substantiate,
giving him the benefit of every doubt.
That he offered to sell himself very
cheap upon the Capitol removal ques
tion we havo very good authority.
Only $800 was all he asked for his
vote and Influence to prevent the re
moval of the Capitol from Lincoln,
and for a legislator who parts his hair
in the middle, this is dirt cheap. It
is ruinously low. in fact it Is a gran
ger's price, down to bed rock, and
will admit of no middlemen's profits.
But, even at this figure, Banker
Owen, of Lincoln didn't want to buj
In effect he answered "Now, Mr.
Howe. I will not pay your price, or
any other sum ; but you go and vote
and work the same as if I had, or I
will put you through for coming to
me with such a proposition." Was
ever bpfore a marketable law-maker
so shamefully treated? Offered for
three hundred dollars, and no bid
ders. Shortly after the above appeared in
the JPrcss, Mr. Owen published the
following card :
Hon. C. G. Gere, Editor Stato.Tournal :
State National Bank, "
Lincoln, April 3. 187G. f
Dear Sir: Herewith I enclose
you a clipping from the Kearney Rress
regarding Hon. Church Howe, and a
conversation which it is pretended he
had with me, and I wish to state that
there is not the slightest foundaton in
thewoildfor such a charge against
him, so far as I know. I never had
any such conversation as in pretended
in the said article with Mr. Howe,
and I never used any Inngungo either
in pubstnnce or effect like tho above
attributed to me, nor, did Mr. Howe
everat any time appronch meand oiler
to sell his vote or influence on the
Capitol question at any time.
Respectfully yours.
Samuel G. Owen,
President State National Bank.
The Press responds to this as fol
lows :
The "Hon." S. G. Owen says that
Howe never approached him with an
offer to sell his vote on the eapitol re
moval question. This, of course.
ought to settle tho question, and yet,
as we stated before, we have very
good authority for making the state
ment. With us this matter is nar
rowed down to this point: "Hon."
S. G. Owen has told two stories at
which time did he tell n lin? Wr
havo never attached any very great
importance to this matter, and we
don't care a straw whether It is true
or not. It is simply a question of
veracity between "Hon." Owen and
several other gentlemen among whom
are Robert Furnas and John L. Car
son ; and as we never heard of the
"Hon." Owen until this question
came up, he will please excuse us if
we still believe that he has made the
statement referred to.
Now, as we happen to have some
reliable evidence regarding this mat
ter, we propose to 6ay to Mr. Owen
that there is considerably more than
"the slightest foundation in the world
for such a charge" against Church
Howe. Ex-Governor Furnas having
months ago given us, in effect, this
matter, as oharged by the Press, and
on frequent occasions since, talked
with us regarding "Owen's charge on
Howe." As soon ns wp enw rwnr.
card of denial we went to tha fw
and when he had read the card he ex
pressed astonishment that Owen
should so declare himself. The Gov
ernor, while he regretted that he was
likely to have a hand in so unpleas
ant a matter, said again that he heard
Oweu make suoh a charge on Howe
and that lie could freely take an oath
to that effect. "But," says the Gov.,
"Eaton does not give Owen's answer
to Howe precisely as Owen stated it
to me. After Howe had made the
proposition, Owen said, 'Now, Mr.
Howe you have opened the door to
the penitentiary it will depend upon
how you act upon this removal ques
tion whetuer it will be closed unon
you or not I shall give you no mon
ey.' " This is what Gov. Furnaa said,
exaotly In sense, and very nearly
word for word, when he read Owen's
card.
Now. when newspapers or individ
uals, trying to ferret out corruptions
amongst officials, find such high au
thority for the most damnable rot
tenness.can they be blamed for making
charges, or at least calling the atten
tion of tho people to the matter.
As to Jno. L. Carson, we also called
heard the etory as coming from Owen,
but did not remember of ever hearing
Owen himself tell it.
We have been told about Howe
wanting Owen to bribe him many
times, always by prominent, leading
men of the State; and they usually
Introduce the subject by asking us If
we had heard the story that "Owen,
the Lincoln banker tells on Church
Howe." We believe Mr. Owen has told
the ptory to other gentlemen besides
Gov. Furnas, who were equally sur
prised with the Gov. in seeing Mr.
Owen's broad and unqualified denial.
This is bringing Mr. Howe into
pretty close quarters. He dare not,
for fear of the testimony, undertake to
vindicate himself. His few granger
friends that he dictates to in this mat
ter dare not push him to make an ef
fort to dear up these scandals, prefer
iug to shut their eyes and go it blind.
An Act to ProTide for the Re-Location
of the County Seat.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
me mate oj jsebraska, Whenever the
inhabitatunts of any county are de
sirous of changing their county seat,
and upon petitions therefor being
presented to the county commission
ers, signed by resident electors of said
county, equal in number to three
fifths of all the votes cast in said
oounty at the last general election
held therein, said petition shnll con
tain in addition to thesnames of the
petitioners, the section. to-naiijH ma
range on which, or town or city in
which the petitioners reside, their
ages and time of residence in the
county, it shall be the duty of said
board of commissioners to forthwith
call a special election in said county
for the purpso of submitting to the
qualified electors thereof the question
of the re-location of the couuty seat.
Notice of the time and places of hold
ing said elections shall be given in the
same manner, and said electron shall
be conducted in all retppcts the same
as is provided by law relating to gen
eral elections for county purposes.
The electors at said election thall des
ignate on their ballots what city,
town, or place they desire said coun
ty seat to be located at, or in, and any
place receiving three-fifths of all the
votes cast, shall become and remain,
from and after the first day of the
third month next succeeding such
election, the county seat of said coun
ty. Sec. 2. If it shall appear upon the
canvass of said vote that no oue place
has received three-fifths of all the
votes cast, and if it bhnll further ap
pear that three-fifths of all the votes
cast in favor of places other than
the one where said couuty seat is
then located, it shall be the duty of
said board of count' comniisnioueis
to immediately call a special election
in the same manner as provided in
section one of this act.
Sec. 3. At which election the elec
tors of said county shall designate
npon their ballots either the name of
the place where the county seat Is
then located, or oue of the two places
other than the said county seat,
which received the largest number of
all the votes cast at the special elec
tion first held, and in canvassing said
votes, no votes shall bo counted ex
cept such as are cast for one of the
three places before mentioned.
Sec. 4. If three-fifths of all said
votes shall be counted in favor of the
re-location of such county seat at eith
er of the places voted for, the place
receiving three-fiflhs of suoh votes
shall become and remain from and
after the first day of the third month
next succeeding said election, the
countv seat of such county.
Sec. o. If it shall appear that upon
the canvass of said vote that no one
place has received three-fifths of all
the votes legally cast at said election,
nnd If it shall appear that less than
two-fifths of all the said votps have
been cast in favor of tho present coun
ty pent, pnld board of county commis
sioners shall, at the next general elec
ton held in such county, again submit
to the electors thereof the question of
the re-location of the county seat.
Sec. 6. If the present county seat
received a lets number votes at the
second special election hereinbefore
provided for, than either of the other
places voted for thereat, then the elec
tors shall designate on their ballots
the name of one of the two places,
other than said county seat, where
they desire said county seat so located,
and the one of said places receiving
the largest number of votes sha'll be
and becotuw, from and after the first
da3'8 of January following such elec
tion, the county seat of snid county ;
but if at said election only oue of the
places voted for received more votes
than the place where the county seat
is then located, the electors of said
county shall designate upon the bal
lots, either the name of the place
where the county seatis then located,
or of the place which received the
highest number of votes cast at the
aforesaid special election, and in can
vassiug said vote9 no votes shall be
counted except such as are cast for
one of the two places before mentioned.
Sec. 7. If three-fifths of all said
votes so to be counted shall be In fa
vor of the re-locatiou of such county
seat, the place receiving three-fifths
of all of said votes, shall become and
remain, from and after the first dav
of January next succeeding said elec
tion, the county seat of such countv.
Sec. S. If at either of the elections
In this act provided for, more than
two-fifths of the votes cast shall be in
fuVOrof the place where the county
seat is then located, the ques
tion of the re-location thereof
shall not be again submitted for the
space of two years from the date of
said election, and in case the county
6eat shall be re-located as herein pro
vided for, the question of the re-loca
tion thereof, shall not be again sub
mitted to the electors for the space of
five years thereafter.
Sec. 9. When any such county
seatshall have been re-located, itshall
be the duty of all county officers to
forthwith remove their respective of
fices, and all county records, papers,
and property in their offices orcharge,
to the place where said county seat
Khali have been re-located ; and nny
count officer who shall refuse to com
ply with any of the provisions of this
act shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and on couviction thereof,
shall be fined in any sum not exceed
ing one thousand dollars, and a con
viction of any suoh officer of such
misdemeanor shall work a vacancy In
his said office.
Sec. 10. Section eight of an act
entitled an "An aot to provide for
the organization of new counties and
locate the county seat thereof,'" pass
ed. February 25, a. r., 1S73, and all
acts inconsistent herewith are herebv
repealed.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect
and be In force from and after its pass
age. Approved, February 24, 1S75.
Correspondence.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
I notice in your Issue of the 20th,
ult., that our "old aud much esteem
ed friend," Capt, Polock has under
taken the somewhat inconsistent (in
a Republican point of view) task of
advocating the claims of Mr. Church
Howe. And I also note in your issue
of last week an article from Judge
Church. Now the question natural
ly arises: is there not some arrange
ment or acreement between the Re
publican branch of the so called In
dependent Partj, and parties who
would wish to be considered as hav
ing a controling influence in the Re
publican party in this county ? I know
the attempt was made, and might
have succeeded last summer, but for
influences I have not time now to
discuss.
For my parti have always held the
opinion that we should use all just
and honorable efforts to induce our
"erring brothers'' to return and take
their old position In our ranks ; butjl
think that Judge Church himself
must be convinced that about the on
ly thing wo can do In the premises, Is
to extend a general invitation to that
effect; and if the Judge will attend
and take part in the primaries, &c,
he will be just as welcome as any
other citizen, but he certainly has no
right to expect a special invitation.
in tne great uatile to be fought this
Fall there will be but two parties in
the field, Republican and Democrat;
so that our Independent friends will
have a chance once more of identify
ing themselves under the old flag. It
is true as far as local matters, and ev
en state affairs are concerned, the In-
uepenueuts may cuoose to seep up
their organization, but in that event,
they would be very apt to get things
in such a muddled, mixed up mess,
that even the Inventive genius of Mr.
Churoh Howe himself will hardly be
sufficient to straighten matters again.
The mention of that gentleman's
(Church Howe's) name puts me in
mind to ask what benefit tho Repub
lican party or tho State of Nebraska
have received at hi hands that we
should put his name 'on our State
ticket? if willful desertion and per
sistent endeavors to destroy the Re
publican party is any recommenda
tion, then I concede him to be most
worthy, and this at least we all know
to be true of him. But we are told
that Mr. Howe is desirous of return
ing to his allegiance once more, and
like the prodigal son return to his fath
er's house (the Republican party)
again. Wei! this may be so, bui don't
let us be in any hurry to kill the fatted
calf. Mr. Editor, I have not much
faith in these sudden conversions at
any time, and when this apparentje
pentance of Mr. Ho-ve comes with
the gentle intimation that we
ought to reward him with the
offer of Lieut. Governor it
carries on Its face too much of a con
tract of bargain and sale to be swal
lowed by any one, however gullible
he might be. This Is the first in
stance in our State of an attempt to
reward a traitor nnd deserter from his
party, by promotion to one of the
highest offices within the gift of the
people.
The Republican party in this state
aud county have been called- upon to
carry some heavy Joada in their time,
but J ask to be excused when I state
that all the loads we have carried
combined would be only a feather's
weight compared with Church Howe,
and it is possible to ride a free horse
to death.
But we are told that if we do not
give him a position on the state ticket,
that he (Howe) will go to the- State
Seuate from this county. I can't see
where Mr. Howe is going to get the
votes to elect him ; will the Demo
cratic Independents vote for him af
ter his having fooled them twice. At
niicvcntsit irouIO be infinitely bet
ter that this count' should bear the
odium, than that the whole state
should be disgraced.
This attempting to dictate terms to
us.is quite consistent with Mr Howe's
consumato Impudence, and in return
the only offer I would make him
would be "unconditional surrender."
In the course of years, after he has suf
ficiently repented In sackcloth and
ashes we might be persuaded to vote
for him for road supervisor, or some
thing of that sort.
In conclusion let me ask the Inde
pendent party, (both wings Repub
lican and Democrat,) to try and ascer-
THE ELEMENTS.
A Terrible Tornado Sweeps Over
Chicago, Doing Great Dam
age to Property.
Leavemvorthj Kansas is Also Visit
ed, and the Description is Grand.
A DAMAGING TORNADO.
Chicago May 6. About five o'clock
this morning, a terrific rainstorm, ac
compained by a rotating tornado, vis
ited this city, and did great damage
to uronerty. The storm spent itself
on the south and north sides. The
west escaped almost uninjured. The
wind seemed to come from above and
dropped here and there over the city,
skipping some portions which lay in
its course. Among the casualties re
ported are the following: The Mich
igan Southern depot unroofed and six
laborers working in the vicinity more
or less hurt, one of them searously.
The massive steeple of Grace church.
tain how much pure, unadulterated
political principle they obtained in
the acqusition of Mr. Howe to their
ranks, when he seems to be so ready
and willing to sell out, and, (as the
Good Book says,) "like a dog return
to his vomit" again.
But I have faith that our leaders in
the convention will not be guilty of
such suicidal policy; and in that
faith subacriba myself,
Yours respectfully,
ASPINWALIi.
Got. Garber and the Centennial.
up to quite $50,000, saying nothing card. He sold he had frequently
Jennie Marshall, a servant girl of
Napanee, Can., took her newly-married
husband homo to England and
introduced him to a fortune of $1,000.-
000 which had been left her.by a rela
tive. She had run away from home
some time before, to escape a mar
riage her friends tried to force upon
her. '
As already announced bv the Re
publican, Gov. Garber leaves for Phil
adelphia to-day to make preparations
for the exhibition of Nebraska pro
ducts at the Centennial, and we are
pleased to note his energy in rescuing
Nebraska from the threatened dis
grace attending a failure to represent
the resources of the great state over
which he is the chief executive offi
cer. His action in this is highly com
mendable and will meet the cordial
endorsement of the people, and the
legislature win unaouuteaiy vote tne
$5,000 appropriation necessary to cov
er tne expense of giving the state its
proper showing, at the national expo
sition. The effect of the governor's
action, will result in benefits a thous
and fold, when the people of the east
are eye-witness to the remarkable fer
tility of our soil, and will be the
means of influencing the influx of
Immigration largely to this section.
reople will then be conxrinced that
Nebraska Is one of the most fertile
and productive states In the union,
and will be quick to avail themselves
of the privileges we offer to the indus
trious and energetic men of the coun
try at large. Omaha Republican.
The scandal mills are still grinding
away at Washington, but without Im
portant results.
175 feet high fell, and crashing thro
the roof, penetrated to the aisles. The
choir were practicing in the church
at the time, but were not injured.
Loss to the churoh exclusive of steeple
is estimated at $7,000. The spire of
the Wabash Avenue Methodist ohurch
also broke off and fell into a lot ad-
ioinincr. The tin roof of No. 517 Wa
bash aveuue was carried off and the
building left defenceless against the
storm. The upper portion of the roof
of the old county hospital was car
ried away and the chimneys falling
on the lower portions, caused much
injury to the building. The patients
were speedily removed, and none
wpre periously hurt. The wind took
off a largo portion of Osborn's har
vesting manufacture and sixty feet of
the weBt wall fell in, smashing the
machinery and inllicting other dam
age to tho amount of about $5.00. The
house of Henry W. King was unroof
ed and damaged badly ; tho omnibus
barn on Blue Island avenue near
Twenty-second street, blew down
the three story frame house corner
Peulina and Twenty -second streets
was blown down and one boy killed.
Besides this several tenants were in
injured and some limbs broken. At
5:15 the massive fog bell at the crib,
together with the newly erected tower
was swept into the lake and entirely
destroyed. The loss will probably be
over $5,000. Trees, lamp-posts, and
other debris strew the streets in some
portions of the city, side walks turni
ed over and jammed asrainst houses,
breaking glass, etc. Hacks anil car
riages were wrecked in the streets and
abandoned. Nearly flftv vehicles
f were seen on the south side after the
tornado passed, all turned over arid
some of them worthless, on account
of the damages by the storm. In
numerable chimneys toppled over
and signs were hurled into tho streets
in all directions. Little loss of life is
reported. Tho Palmer and Gardner
houses are said to have been badly
damaged, but no particulars can be
ascertained at this hour. On the lake
the force of the storm seems to have
been less, but nearly every vessel ly
ing Inside the harbor and in the riv
er, as well as those outside, havo lost
sails or masts, or portions of their
rigeing. The lightning struck sever
al times, but iu only one case was a
man injured and he only slightly.
Tho storm lasted but a few minutes.
At this writing it Is perfectly calm.
At a late hour last night, few furth
er particulars of damage have come.to
light. The loss to the Palmer house
is about $20.000 ; to the Gardner hou?e
$1,000; to the old count' hospital
about $8,000. In Page's candy btore
on Lake street, four girls were seri
ously hurt, and two of them may die
from injuries received from a chim-
Iney fafling through the roof. Six
men were buried under the falling
walls of the Michigan Southern
freight depot; one of them will prob
ably die, and the others had theirlegs
and arms and bones badly broken,
and some may not recover. The roof
of the passenger depot was partly de
molished. The total damace isrouch-
ly estimated at a quarter of a million
dollars, and win probably not bo less
that that. There are no great losses,
but innumerable small ones.
Leavenworth. Ks.. Mav 6. At
half past three thrs morning this vi
cinity was visited hy the heaviestand
most destructive wind storm Leaven
worth ever experienced. It has been
raining almost lncessantlv for sixty
hours, and at the timo the storm
struek the town the raia was still
coming down In torrents. At on ear
ly hour In the evening the lightning
began to play across fheskv; the
whole air seemed to bo filled with
eWtricity, and all night Ipn.-flnshes
and reports followed each other in
Isuch rapid succession that there was
almost an unbroken glare of light
ning and roar of thunder. At 3.25 a
dense cloud was seen in the western
horizon, and in a few moments after a
sharp breeze came from the east,
which continued not over a minute;
then there was a dead calm ; the rain
fall ceased entirely, then began to be
heard the distant tornado. In a mo
ment more the wind struck us. and
it seemed for a time that everything
above ground was doomed to destruc
tion. Just as the hurricane struck
the oity there came a blinding flash of
lightning with a crash of thunder
that made tho earth tremble. This,
with terrifio roar of the wind, which
cannot be likened to anything but the
creaking and groaning of trembling
buildings, crashes of falling walls and
flying timbers, mado an exhibition of
furv of the elements which those who
witnessed will never desire to see re
peated. Tho wind cloud was fuunel
shaped with the small end down. It
moved with an oscillating motion
from west to east rebounding like a
bombshell and scattering ruin in Its
pathway wherever It struck the
earth.
The Ios3 to the city and county can
not bo less than $150,000, and may
reach a quarter of a million.
Tho following are some of the most
damaging results: Leavenworth car
pet factory with machinery valued at
$50,000 totally destroyed. The roof
of the Odd Fellows hall, one of the
largest buildings in the city, I3 torn
off and the Interior of buildlncr is
ruined by water. Part of this roof
fell In on the agricultural ware house
of Morbett & Co., crushing that build
ing; and another part of it was car
ried two hundred feet distant and
crushed in one end of a large hoard
house, but happily without Injuring
any of the inmates. The roof of W.
C. Lobenstien's large ware house was
blown off; the iron roof of the union
depot was blown off, also a part of the
roof of the new market houpe; part
of the'south wall of Hoffman's liquor
store; part of the north wall of the
Leavenworth mill and the entire roof
of Harmon's block. Ten other Ianre
houses more or less damaeed. Some
30 smaller buildings were unroofed.
Now we learn that the democrats In
congress propose to "investigate'' the
governor (Morton) for this act as a
"violation of law " Would it not be
as well while on this branch of Inqui
ry to "investigate" the battle of Get
tysburg? That was also a "violation
of law." AT. Y. Herald.
Xurdered for 3loney.
A terrible murder perpetrated last
week at Seward has thrown the peo
ple of that town into a great state of
exoltement. From the Lincoln Jour
nal we get tho following particulars :
Our neigboring village of Seward
was thrown into violent excitement
yesterday morning by the discovery
that one of her citizens had been mur
dered during the night. Sir. Nathan
Clough, the mudered man, was an old
resident of the Village, and Was a
brother to the present proprietor of
the Blue Valley Hotel, located there.
He has been engaged in the business
of buying and selling fine horses and
has at times been the possessor of con
siderable money. He had, at the
time of his murder, several fine stal
lions in his brother's barn, where al
so some fine horses belonging to a Mr.
Hall were stabled. To better secure
the safety of these horses, Mr. Hall
and the murdered man moved their
beds last week into the loft of the barn
and were sleeping there. Sometime
during the later part of the week Mr.
Hall went over into Iowa to see about
pome horses that he intencd buying,
and Mr. Clough was left to sleep alone
in his bed in the loft of the barn. One
day last week the brother of Mr.
Clough gave him a cheok for $1,000
which was cashed at one of the banks
last Friday. Somo $300 or $400 of
the money was spent by Clough on
Saturday for various purposes, and It
was generally known that he carried
the remaining $700 on his person.
On yesterday morning Mr. Clough
did not appear at tho breakfast table
as usual, and at half past eight o'clook
his brother went to the stable for the
purpose ofawakening him. He found
him covered up with the bed cloth
ing over his bend and his feet expos
ed. Not responding to calls of his
brother, the bed clothes were pulled
off, when the ghastly, bloody corpse
of the murdered Nathan Clough was
discovered. The alarm was at once
given and an investigation made by
those who flocked In. It was found
that he had been murdered most foul
ly. He had received a terrible blow
with pome heavy intrument accoss
the forehead at the base of the nose
which had fractured tho skull In the
most shocking manner aud would
have been sufficent to have produced
almost instant death. In the absence
of the Coroner no minute examina
tion was made, but there were evi
dences of peveral other terrible blows
about the head by the same deadly
I instrument. A long gash on the back
and side of his head indicated the
place where he had .received a blow
that produced a second fracture. The
bed clothes were covered with red
stains, and on the floor by the side of
the bed there was a little pool of clot
ted blood which had run out of the
bed on which he lay.
In the excitement which prevailed
in the village all day yesterday, it was
impossible to gather the full particu
lars. There is but one opinion in the
case, however, that he was murdered
for his money. A eoroner's inqueBt
was being held yesterday, but up to a
late hour last night they had not ar
rived at a verdict. It is said suspic
ion points very strongly to several,
but there were no evidence left near
the scene of tho murder that would
indicate the pertetrator of the horrid
crime. Several arrests have bepn
made as is usual in such cases with
but very little if any grounds of sus
picion. Mr. Clough was a man of about forty-five
years of age, a large, strong,
athalete fellow, who would" be able to
make a fair show in any hand to hand
encounter, which convinces the peo
ple that the fatal blow was given
while He lay a sleep in his bpd. Al
though he "was once mrirrfed he had
no fumlly. Ab the Clough are among
the most prominent men of the town.
the murder of the brother has caused
the wildest excitement.
KEGAl, ADVERTBElCEIfTS.
Mortgages Sale.
"VrOTICE is herebv pu- .. ,
IS McCormlck ahd Horace ,t,nmn B
motlo and executed to John s Htr,ck
cnnuei mortgage, dated ilarcti sth nr
'""c 4uuiiiiutitt rLfuirri nr v
AVMnft. - t
Nebrasfcn. In book 1. at pace wi-th.? ?? 1
is now due on said mortKa"e 3isn-- erer
that there will be due iheren jft:gi?
the farther sum of $907.50. The folio J?!7'
proper y Is described in. and subject to D?
covered by said mortgage, tcwlt onte
l,T" aPotU nlne reara old ; one bay 7
about 5lx years old. with black mane nT
tall; one set of double harness, corapffi
one new three-Inch Studebakerwacon- -1
twenty-seven sacks of honey locust eeii t?4
same being about threo thousand pound;
The said property, or so much therf".
shall be sufficient to pay the "alii a
due. with costs, will besold a Vnb iean?K
at the court house door In Brownvmi1?11
said eraaha County. Nebraska, on the iii
day of May. A. D. 176. at eleven o'clock
the forenoon, to satisfy said debt lQ
May.tb, IsiT ' S' STULL-Se.
Petition for Divorce.
rpnOMAS BURKHOLDER, of the Staf
ifc i7?', w, " that StSSW
Rurkholder, of tho connty of Xemal a il
wnT ?f Sr27kfr d,d on the 7 day $
April, A. D. 1S.6, tile her petition in thp.fi .
trlct Court within and for the conntr of ;"
maha. In said State of Nebraska. aualnVthl
said Thomas Rurkholder, defendantVset, w
ion.! ujub 6110 lias oeen a resident of XejJa-
1 . ;'. : ""." lueuiree years inut
pa;t, and is at present a bona fide resident nf
"ii'u TOumy iinu ruaier innt n m
THE RED DEVILS.
Thirty-one Head of Horses Kim Off
by the Indians One 3Ian and
Fourteen Horses Killed.
Fort Laramie. May 6. The In
dians run oil" thirty-one head of hors
es and mules from Hunton's ranche,
belonging to Col. Uullock, of Chey
enne, and Mr. John Hunton, yester
day. James Hunton, a brother of
John was killed. His body was found
elcht miles from the ranche, at Gosh
en Hole, nnd brought into tho ranche
last night, by J. H. Owens, of Chug
spring's rancne, ana Jjittie $at, a
l,,"'tpr and ppnnfc
Owin's ox train, and May &. Par
ratt's mule train of Cheyenne, were
attacked by the Indians on the liu
inst., in Red Canon. They made a
strong defense, keeping up a running
fight for some time, corraling the
trains and fighting from behind the
wagons and teams x finally reaching
a good point for natural defense, stop
ping there, and succeeded In driving
the Indians off. One man was
wounded badly and fourteen horses
were killed.
cember 20th. A. D. . she was married 1 1
while Ilvlne with sni.i Thm. nf.H
tho following Mml 7hu . :-er-,
Charles Bnrkholder. who was born 6cfV
27th. A. D 1S63; that she has conduct" l'rl
faithful wife; that the said ThomasBfc i
holder was. on or about tho Sth day'of Jn- '
ary, A. D. 1S76. culltv of extr,m L?"- 1
wards her without any just cause oti h-l
part; that said Thomas Rurkholder wm nA-l
ty to prpylrto a suitable maintenance for hir -5
unit saiu x nomas iiurKnoidcr crosstv
tonly and cruellr refused nn n..J '.,": 3
still refuses and neglects to provide snitaM1
r ,n,"hrr; " y- " . f b ,st aj
divorce,! tarn M Th" "n8 C"ff
that the custody of said chTiatXli
may be decreed to pay her reasonable alte
tiv nnrl f hot etin nn,. I. """"u.J-
V;w, u'A'rl"" '"It ""IC-S"CI oiner atj
bvu iLtivi aocuuiiT irutv rpniutA
And said Thomas IlnrtrhnMo !"..-.... .J
that ho Is required toappearanrfnnswerw J
a. b.is7c: "uto ",c iJ'a unrjBne.;
Dated this 2Sth day of April. A. D. Ife
.- , J. S. STl I L. '
4jW Attorney for Plaintia;
To lie Electors of Somalia Co,
TVnEREAS, an election Is now pcndln- fo-
tho re-locatlon of the countv spnt nt ?,A
ha county, in the State of Nebraska ; nnd!
W ukreas. tho undersigned are interested!
i-i oi-uiimug lucNim county seat to De locate
at Sheridan, In Douglas precinct, In bai&4
Thereforo, as an Inducement to the e!ec-
"' sum Atemuim county to vote for lo
cauns tne said countv seat at sin.rH
aforesaid-, and In consideration of secnrlmrl
said location as aforesaid, the nnderslcned.
uiuKiuuiiii, liucuj jikiltj nan oinutiier
selves to donate to the people of said cr nn-
o.iuruiB purpose or aiding in tne erecUcr
Of COUntr OUildincS. the tract nr troMa ,
land hereinafter described, each subscrher
purporting 10 give wie iract as aciRnatctl lr
iue uescrjpiion 10 wuicn nis name is at-
uiciieu.
And it Is agreed by the undersigned. traS
If the said election now Dcndlncr. or ir ith.
er the second or third elections called accord
ing 10 ino sininie in sucn ease provided 1
shall locale the county seat of Vemahai
couniyatneriuan,aiorcsaiu; when purM!-
"i". i niiu eiccuuu, me county record ond
otHces shall have been moved tohprWnn ui
said county seat, that the underslRntd, sev
erally, snaii immediately maKe envrysn-
i. i-uuveyiiiKcuiapieio auu valid title, n
deed f warranty, in trust to tn mnnK
commissioners for thebenedtof tliecountj,
or me irncLur tracts 01 lanu eacn Has sue
scrioeu.
Dated this 20th day of April, 1CG.
By vlrtne of written authority frim V
owner. U. Williams, of Ilerfcshtm Ww
York, I agree to deed to Nemaha ( onntr.ae
cordlng to the condition above sctfjrthi
one-iourtn or tne lots;on the.N W ', .f the
X W K of section 1. adjoining tho tcivn of
Given under my hand and seal. V NJtt
day of April, .1676, at Sheridan, :wir.nbai
county, rieu. vfslm PIMa.
"Wltiies&es Ed. Juel, A. W. Morgan.
I, the nndersigned, hereby axreo to def 1 tc
ieraiiiin wouniv.accorclin'r tn tlirnnl"' ns
ubovn sou'forth, ten Meacres In 7anaor .Ltn
Including streets nnd alleys, from the costl
iinu 01 me m n y. or section 21. ranee HJ
township o. adjoining tho town of Slirr.lan.
bherldan, Nemaha Co.. April Itfth. ls"TG.
CROWELL ir.LSOV.
In presence of Wesley Dundas.
I. the nndcrslened. herbr acrpo to iTwh! tc.
Nemaha Coiidty. acconllngtothecondltlons
above set forth. J4 of W 14. ten acre-i In nr rMvl
fast corner or tne norm west , or ti e norri
east M of section 21. townshln 5. ranise .
adjoining the town of Sheridan; sail lan-fJ
to npueoi'eu in alternate lots.
Sheridan. Nemaha Co.. Neb.. 31 Anrll. 17.
WILLIAM STODI AUD.
In presence of Ed. Juel.
"We agree to deed to Nemaha Conntv. a-
cording to th conditions above iet f rtlv
seventy-five (7.1 lots of the town of Hher-
dan, Nemaha County, NebrasRa. It being thoi
soutn east quarter or section sixteen .,
town fivefo). rnngo fourteen (11).
Dated Sheridan, Neb.. April 2fi. 176.
WESLEY nrMUH.
A. V. MORGAN.
In presence of W. T. Reed.
I hereby aereo to deed to the connty. ac
cording to the aboveartlcle, lot No. thne ,
In block three (3). In tho town of Srerl!nu,
Dated April 28th A. D. 1R76.
4'iwS JNO. II. DUN) V.
7M&1
We are decidedly opposed to any
conciliatory measures that will result
in giving Church Howe a place on
the State ticket. There aro scores of
men who helped keep the party to-1
getner wnen he was trying to destroy
it, compentent to fill every position,
and while wo are glad to see him, as
well as others, file into rank again,
we believe he should serve a probation
to prove his sincerity. The etory of
the prodigal son and the fatted calf Is
an excellent one, and illustrates a
principle very nicely, but in that case
the soil didn't attempt to burn the
house and steal the farm. And we
also learn that the prodigal was will
ing to labor in the paternal kitchen,
whereas In this case he boldly ateps
up and demands that the keys to the
cellar and larder be turned over to
him without further ceremony. Falls
City Globe-JoumaL
A Lecture to Young Men
Jatt J'ublUhrd. In a SmTnl tut'.
A Xieetare on the Nature, Treatment. nnJ
jviimcun. lire 01 t-eunnai weuicne.or ,prr;
rlioea, induced by J-elf-AbiMP. Involun'sr- Ir
slons. Impotency, Nervous Debility, nnJ I" t
ments to xnarrlnce generally: Pi le.t'on r :' "
tpllepsy. and Fits: Mental and Phynlral I -ap"
ity..tc By noilEIlT J. CTLViJtUtLI. M 1
author Of ttie"C,rfen TJnnlr " .tp.
clearjy demonstrates, from a thirty years' stiver ,
fill nmttmt lhn tt.n.1,. ....I..-. n :...... .. nJ.a if.. I
abuniay be radically eured without th d.ws.i I
ous iu of internal medicine or the app.xa' a
the knife; pointing out a mode of cure at on
simple, certain, and eirectual. bv means or ws ,
evcrysalTerer.no matter what hteronditi. n rra
b. may cure himself cheaply, privately, an J rs.
callv.
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PLOTTS, AVnsUlngton, N. J.
Plotts' Star Organs
organ where there Is noagent for tho "Star." Combine Damyanuuuui..y-
would do well to write for special rates, to &ena tor ";"Sk'rM"BmvAlU
introdnce thU Instrument. Address ED- Address the manufacturer, .uwa
WARD PLOTTS, Washington, X. J. P.LOTTS, Washington. . J.
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