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THURSDAY, AUG. 31, 1S7G.
National Republican Ticket.
I"or I'rosiilent.
KUTIIKRKOItl) JJ. IIAVISS,
or Ohio.
For Vice I'nvtldcnt,
"WILLIAM A. AVIIKKLICIt,
ofKew York.
lion. 'John Wentworth, ofChicngo,
has come out for Hayes nnd Wheeler.
Gen. Tuttlo, of Iowa, will to take
tliq stump in Indiana for t ho Repub
lican ticket, during September.
Tbo Nebraska etato University
opens Thursday September 11th, In
stead of the 7th as haa been publish
ed by somo papers.
Gen.-SIocum, of New York, was a
delegate in the convention that nom
inated Tllden aud Hendricks, but
now eupports Ha3'es and Wheeler.
He can't go the old distinionlst, bnl-Jot-box
stutter nnd perjurer and what
good Democrat can? They aro all
going back an hi in.
Wo made n mistake last week when
we said ex-Gov. Curtain, of Pennsyl
vania, supports the Republican ticket
this year. Curtain Johnsonized In
tho days of Johnson, became very
unpopular in his state, soured because
he was shoved aside, and Is in good
condition for any amount of crow.
John Morrlsscy was never a Repub
lican never run nor elected to office
on a Republican ticket, and those
who say ho ever did simply tell a
-wilful Ho. They know better. All
Ktich New York bummers belong to
tho Democracy. That party has
elected him a few times to Congres?.
That Tllden swore to a lio in 1SG3,
regarding his Income, Is a fact. Tho
dates are matters of record, lie can
not extrlcato himself, aud If ho were
borne less important a personnge ho
would be indicted for perjury end suf
fer a felon's doom. Do the people
want such a man for President? Wo
think not.
Ex-Gov. Morgan last week was
nominated by the Republicans of
New York for Governor, and tho Hon
Sherman 1L Rogers for Lieut. Gov
ernor. This Is conceded to be a very
strong ticket, and consternation again
prevails in tho ranks of the sham re
formers. The New York Herald
says Governor Morgan is very popu
lar and Mr. Rogers, like Governor
Jlayea, is without spot or blemish.
The renegade, Tipton, by his bold
rrterancesin advocacy of theSouthern
i loa of Stiito rights, has disgusted his
less honest Democratic friends here.
There Is not enough of the low down
trneak and hypocrite about Tipton to
suit some of the self-constituted lead
ers hero of the old ballot-box stufler's
party. They would try to Ignore
such Democratlcdootrlneas they know
io bo unpopular for thid locality; but
thero Js no policy about; Tipton, and
never was. He is a Democrat now
ft id Is determined to make the party
stand up to Its articles of faith.
George T. Isbell one night last week
committed suicide by taking opium.
At tho tlmo of his death ho was resid
ing in Pueblo Colorado. He was a
printer, was orice local editor of the
Atchison Champion and then of the
Xiincoln Journal. King Alcohol
ruined poor. Isbell 'phj'Sically and
and mentally, morally and socially,
nnd led him tp take his own life. He
used to take just au occasional glaBS
with tho boj-s, you know ; was smart
and a genial companion. Then he
became a regular but moderate drink
er. Then his appetite becamo uncon
trollable, and mastered him, and
there was no escape from a miserable
life but in a miserable death. Be
ware, young, man, of tho insidious
beverage, perhaps your will is not
stronger than was once that of tho
strong, Intellectual Isbell.
The late Democratic House, of Con
gress removed during Jast.wlufer.the.
following Union soldiers : From the
Doorkeeper's department, 23; from
the Clerk's office, 19; from the House
postofllce, 13; from the Capitol pol
ice, 2,
In their places wero appointed the
following Confederate soldiers : In
the Doorkeeper's department, 19 ; in
the Clerk's office, 10; in the post of
fice, 14; in the Capitol police 1, and
3 committee clerks.
Tilden and Hendricks In their let
ters of acceptance say that our civil
service ought to be so reformed that
the offices filled by Congress should
not bo "made the brief reward of par
ty zeal,' and they hope "never again
to see the cruel and remorseless pro
scription for political opinions which
nas disgraced the Administration of
tho last eight years."
Now, in the namo of common sense
what justice or evidence of reform Is
there in men who tho momont they
are In power, most egregiously violate
the very platform on which they pro
fess to stand. They condemn Repub
licans for doing what they aro bold to
do the first opportunity they get in
which they can do so.
Governor Tiden'a privato Secretary
explains about tho former's income
returns as follows: "A lawyer might
"work for a long time before he got
"his fee, and n conscientious man
"would of course consider the work
"ho had done from year to year ns a
"case progressed, and that tho fee,
"though received In ouo year, was
"not his incomo for that year ; it had
"been, in fact, earned eaoh year dur
"IngtheprogresBofthecase. That was
"all thero was about tho matter."
Of this explanation tho New York
Tribune, which-has constantly main
tained the houosty of Mr. Tilden,
says: "Wo have believed Governor
"Tilden a thoroughly honest man,
"and have wltuessed tho ridiculous
"overhauling of old railroad transac
tions in which ho was couusel, In the
"effort to prove him dishonest, with a
"feeling of hearty disgust. But we
"beg to say to tho Governor's Private
"Secretary that tho above explanation
"of tho extraordinary statments about
"his incomo lax is too thin. That
"sort of logic is meroly a plea for uui
"vereal dishonesty. Jt would enable
"the richest man in tho countiy to
"cipher down his income in any par
ticular year below the posslblity of
"government taxation. The Private
"Secretary, tfnd tho astute gentleman
"who keeps tho Privato Secretary,
"ought to understand that this is
"mere trilling with a business Which
"a little more handling of that sort
"may easily make very serious. It is
"the first thing that has really touched
"Governor Tilden's character for In
tegrity. If the facts have been cor
"rectly reported and we ilo not un
derstand tho Private Secretary to
"deny them this tfocs touch it seems
"to touch it vitally and the Private
"Secretary's explanation does not
mend the matter. We hope thero is a
better one, and shall be glad to print
it."
A War Democrat on Tilden.
Major P. H. Grady, of Albany, a
war democrat and veterau, having
been elected captain of a Tilden club,
just organized, declined tho position
in a letter to Major Perry, president of
the club. Ho writes to a friend as fol
lows :
"I always have been a democrat,
and have never bolted regular nomin
ations. I have also been a Union
soldier and I may as well confess that
I lind it very difficult to work up any
degree of enthusiasm for a presiden
tial candidate who pronounced the
war of the Union a "disgrace," a
"failure," and who did all ho could to
discourage enlistments to the army
in the Held. Asa democrat I claim
tho right to vote for a patriotic Union
soldier in preference to a man whoso
selfishness and partisanship have al
ways been more conspicuous that his
patriotism, and I claim further that I
do not forfeit my right, as a member
of tho democratic party by so doing."
There is an honest Democratic Un
ion soldier. Major Grady went into
the army through the promptings of
patriotic impulses and pure lovo of
country. That man fought for his
oountryand not for pay. Ho never
believed tho "war a failure,'' in tho
"cessation -of hostilities" for the pur
pose of compromising with traitors,
and he does not now propose to sur
render to his old enemies the very
principles he fought to sustain. Ma
jor Grady Is consistent.
The National taxation for the last
eleven years has raised the following
revenues :
1SGC... .
.1S09.
1S70
1S71
1672
5519.919.561
Kri,S!G,CS0
J7tj,1oltlo$
357.1SS,25(J
SO 3 ,059, S3 1
571,431,105
. U,G91t230
1S73 :.... 522.177.G73
ici 4 ....... jii, j i (uyu
lo0 -5U Ui i A
Our Democratic friends are quite
fond of showing tho great reduction
which Tilduxi has brought about in
New York, and of course they will
appreciate tho great importance of
the above table in Its graduations to a
lower scale each succeeding year, and
perhaps upou reflection they will find
rnuch to commend In the administra
tion of national affairs as conducted
by a Republication Administration.
We admit that tho figures aro still
large but large as they are, are stand
ing evidence of the torrlblo cost the
Democracy put this nation to in sup
pressing their wicked, uncalled for,
and obstinate rebellion. Will history
furnish another example of such
amazing efFroutery of a party causing
such an expenditure of revenues and
of blood as the Democraoy has caused
this nation, and yet claim and de
maud tho privilege of controliug the
executive power of that nation so
soon thereafter? Will our Democrat
ic friends refer to any such, precedents
If there aro any?
In response to the call of Abraham
Xiincoln for volunteers to put down
tho slaveholders' rebellion Governor
Hayes enrolled his, name and said :
I would prefer to go into this war,
if I knew I -was to die or be killed in
the course of it, rather than live
through and after It without taking
any part in it.
In tho midst of the struggle against
treason and rebellion Samuel J. Til
den was applied toby a young man of
highgoharaoter for a recommendation
to certain State officers with a view to
raising a regiment of.volunteer Union
soldiers. Mr. Tilden replied :
Young man, you need not come to
me for any such letters of recommen
dation. This war is a perfect outrage,
and I will lend no assistance whatev
er to its prosecution.
There Is no equivocation about this
reply to tho young man who wanted
to serve his country. Mr. Tilden said
flatly: I will render no assistance
whatever to tho cause of the Union
against tho Confederacy not even to
the extent of writing a letter. Inier
Occan. And yet we aro asked to believe in
the unbounded loyally and patriotism
of old soldiers who yelp for Tilden.
Excuse us gentlemen we would if
wo could, but we cau't. Wo can't
reason the thing out at all, in any
shape favorable for you.
My Bon writes from Atlanta, Ga.:
"Georgia now has tho curse that Ne
braska had two years ago grasshop
pers by uncounted millions. Fulton,
DeKalb, Cob, Wilkes, Clayton,
Henry, Barton, Muscugu, Newton,
Gordon and many other counties are
being devastated by them. I weutout
n few afternoons slnoe to Huntville,
between Atlauta and Decatur, where,
although they havo not yet their
wings, tho grasshoppers aro eating
bare, corn and cotton fields. To-day
tho City Hall lot here is crowded with
people to witness the millions that
are in the clover in that lot. They
deem to come up out of tho ground.
When they get their wings there Is no
computing their coming disaster.
They devuor the cotton fields as vorac
iously as they do tho corn."
Tho foregoing was written on the
2Gth ult.
Yours respectfully,
P. W. J. EoiioLS.
Cohimbm Journal.
TILDEN A FEBJUBEB.
Will Do "Withdraw Prom The Cam
paign 1
Is There Sufficient Honor in tho Dem
ocratic Parly to Compel Him
to Withdraw.
A special New York telegram to
tho Chicago Inter-Ocean saya thero is
quito a stir in New York over tho pos
sibility of Mr. Tilden's withdrawal
from tho canvass for the Presidency.
Theterrlble exposure In the New York
2'imcs of Tuesday and Wednesday
has told strongly, and it Is question
able whether a candidate with suoh a
record can keep tho field. The Times
shows conclusively that Mr. Tilden
was guilty of perjury in swearing to
the amount of his income, and tho
question Is whether a man guilty of
this offense is tho right person to set
upas a model at the head of the Na
tion. From 1SG3 to 1S72 Mr. Tilden
made no return of his income, leav
ing the assessor to fix it, and paying
tho 50 per cent, penalty attached to
non-complianco with tho law. It
may be Burmised that ho did not pay
this penalty without substantial reas
on therefor. During the time men
tioned ho paid taxes on $15,000, though
ho was known to be a millionaire, and
though he admits now In answer to
the suit brought against him that he
received in one year $20,000 in cash
and a largo amount of bonds for his
services iB one matter alone. It was
during that period that, as counsel of
Oakes Ames, ho
GAVE THE ADVICE WHICH LED TO THE
CREDIT MOBIIilER, WITH ITS CHOP OF
FKAUDS
and scandals. It was during this pe
riod, too, that he stands charged upon
tho books of tho Erlo Railway Com
pany with $20,000 paid to him for le
gal services, extending over two
mouth only.
Tho Times artiole, alluded to, snj-s:
"If a suit Is brought wo can suggest
to the government where It will find
seme conclusive testimony. On De
cember 20, 1SG3, Mr. Tllden sworo to
a return, under oath, In which he
said: "I hereby certify that the fol
lowing ia n true and faithful state
ment of tho gains, profit, or incomo
of Samuel J. Tilden, of the city of
New county of New York, State
of New York, whether derived
from any kind of property, rents,
interests, dividends, salary, or
from any profession, trade employ
ment, or vocation, or from any
other sourco whatever, from 1st day
of January to 31st day of December,
1SG2, both days Inclusive, aud sub
ject to an income tax under tho ex
cise laws of the United States. In
como from all sources, $7,11S."
"In other words, in December, 1S63,
Mr. Tilden swore that his entire in
como liable to tax during the year
1S62 was $7,118, and upon that sum,
aud that sum alone, did he pay any
tax. But In his answer to the com
plaint in tho Circuit Court of the
United States, in the suit of the St.
Louis, Alton aud Terre Haute Rail
road Company against himself and
others, which answer wa3 filed a few
davs oko. Mr. Tilden swore under
oath as follows: 'That for such serv
ices the defendant Tilden made a
ohargo of $10,000 against said second
mortgage bondholders, and the said
charge wa9 paid by or on behalf of
said second mortgage bondholders, on
tho 17th of October, 1SG2;
that tho defendant Tilden, for a part
of his services aforesaid, also made a
charge of a like sum of ten thousand
dollars on account of professional ser
vices rendered to. the first mortgage
bondholders and tho receivers, which
was paid him by the said Azariah C.
Flag, and which payment
appears under date of Nov. 7, 1SG2,
in a statement annexed to the first
report aforesaid, as having been re
ceipted for by the said Tllden, 'on ac
count professional services.'
"In other words, having sworn, in
1SG3, that his en tiro income for the
year 1SG2 from all sources liable to
taxation counsel fees, dividends,
rents, profits was only$7,HS, he, in
1S7G, swears that during thesame year,
1S62, he received from two sources
alone his services to a single com
pany $20000. By his own sworn
admission, therefore, Mr. Tilden
stands indebted to the government in
a considerable sum for unpaid Income
tax for 1S62, and we have two oaths
by Mr. Tilden utterly Inconsistent
with each other. And yet this man
Is tho honest man, the reformer of the
countrj'l"
THIS EXPOSE HAS CREATED MUCH EX
CITEMENT in New York and at Saratoga, where
the Republican Convention was be
ing held. It was tho sensation of the
day, "W7hen the article had been
read, and It beoamo apparent that Mr.
Tilden had Bworn to a lie, either in
1S62 or 1S76, tho general opinion ex
pressed that if he were a Republican
candidate he would ba at once with
drawn by his party. Senator Wood
In exclaimed, after reading the article,
"Jim Blaine, even at the worst was
an angel to this old rascal, and still
wo refused to nominate him.' Even
Democrats admitted that the story, if
it could be proved, was a very danger
ous one; but they doubted that It
could be substantiated. One well
known antl-Tammauy Democrat
went so far as to say : 'If the Times
can furnish conclusive proof of what
It charges, Tllden should withdraw
from the canvass. I for one could not
and would not vote for him.' Simi
lar expressions were heard on every
side."
District Attorney Bliss being Inter
viewed, said : "I cannot at this mo
ment see how It is possible for him to
explain the matter. Why, just look
at it. He paid taxe3 on about $7,000
in 1S02, yet he himself has recently
sworn that in that very year ho re
ceived $20,000 of Income from a sin
gle company. At that period his pro
fessional incomo was notoriously very
large. He could hardly have receiv
ed less than $50,000 from other sources.
On tho other hand, his return for 1S63
shows that the entiro amount of de
ductions to which he was entitled by
law was less than $6,000, yet in 1SG2,
if his return is honest, he deducted at
Jeast$13',000, and probably nearly $40,
000. of his Income that vear es
caped taxation. Moreover, his
return for 1SG3 discloses about
$13,000 of incomo for permanent
investments. Is it at all proba
ble that he had such an Income from
investments in 1SG3, and no income
whatever from the investments lu
1S62?"
A prominent politician, being Inter
viewed, said : "Tho article, if not dis
proved, would undoubtedly create a
profound Impression through the
country. Tho moral souso of tho
community could not fall to be shock
od at tho
FALSITY OF A STATEMENT UNDEtt THE
SANCTITY OF AN OATH,
and tho honest impulses of tho peo
ple would be keenly touched at the
dishonesty involved in tho non-payment
of money actually due by law.
Ho thought, however, that the up
permost feeling in the public mind
would be one of Indignation at tho
fact that in tho daj's of the country's
moat imminent danger, when evory
patriotic citizens was doing his ut
most to sustain its credit, Mr. Tilden
chose to cripple its resources for his
own personal gain."
It is rumored that tho World will
demaud Tilden's withdrawal.
The Result of Nine Years' Labor.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
If any of our farmers here in Nema
ha county are troubled with the de
sire to seo tho centenuial show at
Philadelphia they can be accommo
dated with a sight on a farm hero in
Nemaha county, worth ilvo times as
much to the most of farmers as any
thing they could see there. They
will not hero see the growth and pro
ductions of the last ono hundred
years but the growth and productions
of tho last nino years. They will seo
what can be dono on a farm In tho
short space of nine years, with no
other capital than good economy aud
willing hands to work. Nine years
ago this farm stood as nature had
formed it, a smooth prairie. Now
there is an abundanco of forest tim
ber for all purposes ; tho owner has
cut from his timber and fonced a large
pasturo, and has plenty of timber to
fence his whole farm if he desired to
do so. On this farm Is to be seen au
orchard of one thousand apple trees,
and many other kinds of fruit trees.
A part of this orchard is now loaded
with fruit that would be quite apt to
tempt Adam or Eve. There haa been
sold from this farm about two thou
sand dollars worth of fat hogs within
the last year and there is now to be
seen on the farm 350 head of as line
hogs as tho country can produce.
This farm has had tho grasshop
pers; but that insect that has eaten
up thousands of crops, farms aud all,
throughout the west, not tho print of
his foot, or the shadow of his Image,
has over been allowed on this farm
this Insect Is called the reaper. Not
a bushel of wheat has ever been rais
ed and sold from this farm. We
think tho owner of this farm must
havo been In tho habit of repeating
that part of the Lord's praj'or which
says, "Lead us not into temptation.'
We hardly believe thatSt. Peter him
self would have been ablo to have re
sisted the temptations that machin
ery and finery have laid before the
farmers, yet the owner of this farm
has done it. Yet we fear that one
righteous man or one that has farmed
right, will not be able to save Nema
ha county. But then we will not dis
pair, perhaps two or three more may
be found. This farm can be seen at
Clifton, and it Is owned and managed
by Mr. B. Aldrich.
Fair View.
Black Hills News.
Cheyenne, August 25. A party of
hfteen men, on a return trip from
Deadwood, were attacked by the In
dians on the 20th lust, ten miles be
yond Sage Creek, whero lieutenant
Taylor's company of the 23d infanty
Is stationed. Two horseo wero killed,
three wounded and six stolen. Tho
men escaped unhurt Into tho station
and Lieut. Taylor sent out a detach
ment which recovered the
and propei ty.
wagons
Tho latest news by tho Black Hills
Pioneer, published at Deadwood, Is
encouraging peyoud measure. Eight
hundred ounces of gold dust arrived
in this city to-day.
Yesterday a solid piece of quartz
was consigned to the Pacifio coast for
exhibition, which bristles with free
gold all over. The piece weighs
about twenty-five pounds and is esti
mated to contain a hundred dollars In
gold. This Is from tho Alpha mine,
and specimens of some ore is now on
exhibition In Philadelphia in the
name of W. C. Bennett.
The telegraph line whiohhas been
making rather slow progr.-J Jjof" iug
to the absence or an "'"' ilJ
working parties, is now making head
way, all the poles being set to Hot
Creek, fifty-five miles beyond Lar
amie. The work of stringing tho
wire has begun, and the first commun
ication was sent overit last night from
the Platte river.
The Republicans of Sanders county
havo nominated Hon. M. B. Rees for
the Senate, .and for Representatives,
J. A. Jerry, M. M. Ruuyon and E.
M. Menrel. In tho Omaha papers,
wesee there is much vociferation
about some of these gentlemen being
"Hitchcock" and some "Rosewater"
fellows. The difference of opinion is
a tolerably healthy indication that
they are not branded at all, but are
good Republicans with sense enough
to represent the party in Saunders,
when they take these seats with dig
nity and accetpibility. State Journal.
We heartily indorse that kind of
talk.
Saratoga, August 23. The Liber
al Republican Convention, called by
John Cochrane, Chairman of the Lib
eral State Convention, and other sup
porters of Hayes and Wheeler, met
to-day and resolved to support Hayes
and Wheeler for President and Vice
President, and soon afterwards took
recess till 4 o'clock.
Martin Freligh, F. J. Fittman, H.
Clarke and B. F. Manmore, were ap
pointed to confer with Gov. Morgan,
on their return to New York, in re
gard to the conduct of tho canvass. -
SB!M! Q1R JLT2w
Hon
. TH0S. A.
Will address the People of Jackson and adjoining Counties at
On Wednesday, Sep. 14, 1864, at 10 O'clock.
Let all who FAVOR PEACE, all who desire to oe
FREE from the death-grip of this infamously wicked,
imoecile and tyrannical administration, its arbitrary
and illegal arrests, and its drafts and conscription
laws, by ivhich peaceful citizens are dragged from their
homes, and all the endearments of domestic Life, to
batcher and be butchered, COME 0 TIT and hear this
advocate of peace and re-union. Come in wagons,
come on horseback, come by railroad ancl on foot.
Bring your neighbors, and especially your reasonable
Republican neighbors, who are seeking for the truth.
Bring your baskets well filled with' something to cat.
Other able speakers will be in attendance. Ladies es
pecially invited. If possible, arrangements will be
made with railroads to carry at HALF FARE:
August 27, 1864.
OX THE WING.
In tho "Wilderness," where "Dimc
krats" live and Grow Fat.
LiYclvDcscription of a Couiitry"Shako
Up" "Boys, it ycr Gals ami
gltKeadvforaTrot."
"Bill Sykes, yon and Siss Jones Stand
Thar" "Make a Bow to ycr
Tard-ners !"
Our
Correspondent in an "Uncom
fortable Position."
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
ROX.X.A, Mo.. Aug. 20, 1S7G.
"IinK -u tr nn "nvlrn 1MI11
!
aud a
of the
"forced march," I got "out
wilderness' last nigh t, or rather this
morning, to "lay over'1 Sunday in
this place. Many years in the west
on the border, plains aud In the ar-mj-
I thought I had seen primitive,
rough-and-turn le, uncultivated regions
of people! But tho country traveled
through the past ten days eclipses
anything ever before "run against!"
The pure, unadulterated, "tin washed"
"hogand hominy" type! No attempt
to improve or advance. They run in
the tame old rut their great-greatgrandfathers
did, "In tho year one:'
Go to tho mill horseback, with the
grist in one end of the bag and a
stono In the other; all go bare-foot,
men and women ; would hang a
school teacher sooner than a horse
thief; believo "book larnin' " makes
rascals. This is the homo of the true
"Dimekrat." Ho flourishes amid
these surroundjngaSiEi, think
'Gineral JacHaoh" is eun .uvo and
runniug now for President. The
towns, with few exceptions, are small,
and in keeping with such surround
ings. A "National Hotel," "O. K.
Saloon," "New York Store," are in
dispensable, and about the only pre
tentious buildings in the place. No
livery ! Everybody goes "hossback"
or "foots it." Two days last week I
was out horseback under the hottest
sun poor mortal ever broiled in. Fol
lowing a guide, the blackest, ragged
est, fattest, sleekest, sweattiest, smel
llngest, "gentleman of color" eyes
ever fe'l upou, or nose encountered!
Hadn't washed since tho war! We
rode single file guide ahead, of
course. Tho "gentle breezes" passed
the guide on their way to the subscri
be r ! th ey did ! !
Thursday tho writer "fell In" with
a rural "plcnio,'' held in a small grove
near tho "City of Calvy." While all
were clever, and unreserved as to ex
tended hospitality, the features and
characteristics of the gathering, were
in keeping with the description be
fore given. Soon as "grub' was dis
posed of "tho dance begins." For
tho benefit of some of your reader
ball goer3, let me briefly describe the
"fashions" on this occasion. Tho
geut'a or "feller's" outfit consisted
simply of pants of striped bed tick
ing, shirt of old-fashioned cross-bar
check, no suspenders, and bare-foot
all told ! Airy and particularly ad
apted to the day and weather go in
the shade. The ladies "gals" wore
pure striped ''linsey-woolsy," fitting
tho entire bust as neatly and closely
as a modern belle's tio-back does in
front; the hair plaited, tied with a
"yaller" ribbon, Jand hanging down
the back ; a few of the "first fami
lies" wore "shoes and stockings," but
principally, however, bare-foot, and
determined on a "good trot" the
reglar"hold-my-tater-Sal-while-I-trot
this-feller" order. The fiddler could
"play any chune yer want!" Just
where the change of tune camo in,
deponent discovered not. The "call
er" wa3 the "big gun1 tho "feller of
'em all." First "call" "Boys, git
yer gala and git ready for a shake
up.'' Followed by such a3 "Bill
Sykes, you and Siss Jones stand thar!"
"All ready JJ'. "Make a bow to yer
pard ners" '"Let 'er run ;" "jine
hands;" "shako fer up;" "swing;"
"whoop 'er up," and to on, ad injini
ium. Soon after tho "shako up" was
underway "that bottle," hid In the
grass or bush, was looked up. Judg
ing from tho speedy effect, aud ran
taukerousness produced, tho benzine
must have been pure, double-distilled,
chain-lightning, shot-gun, kill-forty-rod
kind. Not long until some "fel
ler insulted my gal ;" a row wa3 up,
and tho "ball busted.' It wa3 made
so hot for that "feller" that he strad
dled a mule and "lit out" for the tim
ber, eIx or eight other "fellers' after
him shouting "shoot him," "skin
him allvo." In the ovening the dance
feature was resumed in an out build
ing near the "National Hotel," in
which your corresponded tkadeugaged
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"Jackson Union" Print.
quarters for the night. Tho ball con
tinued until "broad day light In tho
morning.' Tho programme was,
generally, about as given, except that
ono "feller," an expert dancer, bor
rowed a pair of boots from tho "store
keeper," and after paying a "nigger
boy" a nickel to "snifc on that air
brush and shine 'em up," proceeded
to "cut the pigeon wing" In the mo3t
approved style.
Expressing a desire to retire for the
night, the landlord escorted us to a
small room at the end of the porch,
called "tho gals' room," saying,
"them gals will be out all night,
stranger ; yer ken turn Inter their
bunks thar." We "turned in." Hot
as bllxen featherbed "muskeeters"
by the million! Sleep well? Not
much ! About one o'clock "the gala,"
tired of dancing, came home and pro
ceeded to their headquarters the
apartment occupied- by the subscri
ber! Fearing to disturb the repose of
"dad and mam," the gals approached
rather light-footed, and entered the
room, one remarkiug to the other,
"Kate, drat if I alnt tired out." At
tho same instant about, (his "feller''
began to get uneasy, turned over with
a kind of snore, when both "gals'"
slid out. "Sakes alive! somebody's
In our bed!" The ear of the old man
took in the situation at this instant,
and he yelled out: "Gals, that t rav
elin' "feller ia hi yer bed thought
you'd be out all night come out
thar." Fortunate escape! But for
the vigilant ,ear of the old man tho
subscriber would havo b'een mur
dered for his moue3 !
Yen i Viir.
Grasshopper News.
Tho York Hecord says :
Upon the whole we ttjinlj we havo
no reason to be greatlyalarmed or dis
tressed, thus far, about the grasshop
per invasion. Our farmers have had
a yield of small grain which is safe
from their devastation ; tho corn crop
may be seriously lessened, but still we
will have an abundance, for nn Im
mense acreage was planted this year.
Potatoes will be a good crop.
The Niobrara Pioneer says : J
Crops this season, though in somo
places considerable damage by grass
hoppers, has been done, are generally
good. Knox and Holt counties are
very fortunate this year, as they also
were last year. A large crop of excel
lent wheat has been harvested, and
that which has thus far been thresh
od averages 20 bushels per acre, while
in somo instances it has reached as
high as 27 bushels per acre. Oats have
averaged 45 bushels per acre. Corn
will yield fairly, but not as largely as
last season.
A letter from Harlan county, to the
State Journal, saya the hoppers have
damaged the corn crop in that county
about fifty per cent. There they wero
depositing their egga. Small grain
good and saved, and plenty of old'
corn.
In Webster county the hoppers
have damaged the corn to somo ex
tent, but there will be plenty for all.
The Seward Reporter, of the 24th,
says :
Grasshoppers winged their flight to
warmer regions yesterday and to-day.
Not more than one-fourth of tho grow
ing corn has been taken, and the
dumage may be considerable less.
The north wind suits them for their
passage.
The Bioomington Guard says :
They come and prove a calamity
Jlke unto a Democratio victory.
We've Kot 'em and not
fbad. The raid this year is later and
not so injurious ns two yeas ago, be
sides we have a much greater variety
of crop. Corn ia farther advanced
and will not permit of so general de
struction. Some fields up to this wri
ting are not damaged more than five
per cent, while others are entirely de
stroyed. The Kearney Press saya :
Throughout the grasshoppered dis
trict nearly overy field of common
Nebraska corn is entirely destroyed,
while the smailer and earlier varie
ties were so far advanced as to be out
of the reach of tho destroyer. As a
guide for the planter next spring this
fact may bd useful.
The State Journals&ys :
Messrs. Whcdonand Amea were out
in the country yesterday afternoon,
aud visited twenty-eight fields of corn
in order to satisfy themselves as to the
damage dono by the grasshoppers.
Tbey brought in a number of samples
or corn mac naa oeen worked upon by
the grasshoppers, whioh we saw". It
was only slightly-damaged not more
than ten per cent, altogether, and is a
fair sample of the total damage in this
locality.
Tho Saline County JYcu?, of tho
2Gth says :
I he grasshoppers they have como.
Clouds, tornados and sweeping tem
pests of thorn havo Dassod over Crete
and Saline county and are still pass
ing at this writing. Enough nnd
plenty, have settled down. As yet the
damage ii riot serious. A few days
will tell tho rest.
In all tho western counties thero Is
abundance of laatyear'a corn ; so thero
will bo plenty for man aud beast, and
no suffering from destitution and
starvation anywhere. And the wheat
crop Is saved aud is universally good.
j m
Mr. Hayes struck tho keynote of
reform in national as well ua local af
fairs, when he declared the source of
corruption to be the system of distrib
uting offices as rewards for services to
party leaders. Sadly enough do we
realize the extent of this evil in our
city. Political lire nus oeen me rum
of many a promising career. Indep
endence has been utterlv out of .the
question if a man expected to. retain of
fice or to secure promotion. Mr. Swee
ny, Mr. Kelly, or Mr. Morrlsscy
made and unmade judges. A de
cided advance in popular senti
ment has, however, taken place,
since political leaders were warned by
tho fate of Incompetent and unworthy
nominees that the people were in ear
nest. Yet there are men who think
that tho public have already forgotten
the crimes of Tweed and his associates.
and thev dare to present their sullied
names in connection with offices of
trust. Let it be understood that ob
scurity is a kind protection for men
who have failed to serve the Republic
honorably. The candidate for gover
nor of a great State declined the nom
ination when his associates discovered
that his record was not clear enough
to bear the hostile inspection of the
canvass. Unworthy judges on the
ticket in another State are plumply
assured of the Intention of their own
party to defeat them at the polls.
This is a bad year for objeotlonable
candidates the people ate In earnest.
Jewish Messenger.
A little boy in Red Wll'ow county
named Looniis was recently bitten
by a rattle snake and died the same
night.
FOWlSEy FAN"!
TO TOE PUBILIO.
HAVING purchased tho solo right to the
"Fowler Patent Fly Fan," we offer the
Machines forsalo through Agents and Mer
chants, with full knowledge and confidenco
that thev will do what we claim for them.
The machine is sclf-ucttng. keeps flies off
tho table, winds up Into a clocK, and runs
about one hour and a halfwit each winding.
For convenience, a key Is attached to the
case, so that It can bo re-wonnd at any time,
aud run as long as desired. It Is light and
portable, a periect substitute for tho old fly
brush in the hands of a servant. It Is orna
mentnl, and occupies less space on the tablo
than acastor. It hasa beautiful bronze base,
with tho stem and projections nickel plated,
to which fans are attaohed, which revolve
noiselessly, above tho head, with no Incon
venience to persons seated nt tho table. It
Alls a long endured -wan4 In the household,
and Is so simple that a child can operate It.
The flr6t cost Is a permanent Investment, as
It will last many years. It has been adopted
In some of the llrst hotels and privato fami
lies of the country, and wherever introduced
has given entire satisfaction. It Is easilyset
on a bed or chair, to keep tllcs oil' children
or tho sick; and is far preforablo to net
work, being much cooler. To tho Invalid In
summer It will be a most welcome compan
ion and faithful sentinel, never weary. Flics
frequent most whero thorn is most to feed
on. I'so : Fowler's Patent Fly Kan to keep
them from the table, and they will leave the
house; this is the best receipt yetglven, bet
ter than all tho baited traps that draw more
than they catch. In corroboration of the
value ami usefulness of this machine, wo
annex copies of letters cheerfully given us
bysomc-ofourmostpromlnenteltlaens., who
have had them In actual use, and who desire
others to derive thesame comfortfrom them
they have onjoyod. To merchants and ugeuts
a liberal discount will be made on retail
price, bvapplvlncto the Oilico of tho FOW
LKll FTA FAX CO.. 42 South 3d St.. second
floor, Philadelphia, Pa.
CARE'S" W. liAMBETH,
NEBRASKA CITY,
General Agent for tho Western States.
From Jus. TF. Hazelhurst. Eq., Assistant Sec
retary of the Mdelitu Insurance, Trust and
Mefc Je-osU. ; Hw. A. J-:. Jlori-'. IZc-Sec-
, retaryo I'. A7 ?iraiy: nnd Eduti II. FUlcr,
Hfir.. of E. II. FUler tt Cb. '
. " Philadelphia, March 10. 1S7C.
I take great pleasure In recommending the
Fowler Fly Fan. I used It during tho whole
of- last summei nnd autumn, nt Cape
May, and found it a great convenience, as
woll as most useful addition to our table. I
could hardly believe that such a quiet work
ing Invention could bo so cil'ectlv;. AVo were
entirely free from the fly nnlsnr.co during
meals," and to a certain extent of the mos
quitoes. I sincerely trust that it may hecome
gonerally known. Jas.W. IlAZRi.mKST.
I concur. A. E. Hokik.
I fully endorse. Eijvin H. Fiti.eu.
The fly fan can bo found In Brownvllle,
Neb., sold by
JOSEPH X,. ROY,
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WILTJAM ISABELL, or tho Btatoof Ked-i
tucky, will tako notice that Lurlnda J"
Isabel!, ot the county of Nemaha,' in tho
State of Nubrasko, did, on tho 29ta day of'.
AuguRt, A.U.. 1S;B, lllo her. petition in tho.
otllee of the clerk of theHlstrict Court with
in and for the county of Nemaha, In said
State of Nebraska, ngalnat tne saia WMIa'rri
Isabel, defendant, settlnc forth that she haa
been a resident of said county of Neirialra,
State of Nebraska, for two years last past.
aud Is at present a bona fide resident of said
county; that on or about thcIM day of Octo
ber, A.D. 1850, sho was married to said Wil
liam Isaboll; that sho has ever-since con
ducted herself toward hint as ji faithful and
obodlent wife; that she had, whllo living
with said defendant, the following children,
to-wit; Samuel A. Isabell, Martha C.Isabellr
and Mary E. Isabell ; that alt of said chil
dren are infants; that on or about tho 10th
day of February, A D. 1S75. the said defend
ant was entity of e'xtromo cruelty toward
I said Lurlnda J. Isabell; that on or abmttthe
10th day of February, A.D. 1ST5, the said dc.
fanrliiTit v!is of Htilllclont abllltv to Tirovidu
suitable maintenance for her; that said dc
fendent grossly, wantonly, and cruelly re
fused and neglected to provide any main
tenance whatever for Ker, without any causo
or Justification therefor on her part ; nnd
praying that she nlay be divorced from him,
aud that tho custody of said children may
be decreed to her. and for auch other relief
as tho nature of her ca may require.
Thosalrt William Isabell Is notified that ho
Is required to appear and answer said
petition on or before the 9th day of October,
A.D. 1R70.
Hated August 29th. A.D. 1S7G.
LUKIN'PA J.ISABErX.
lOwl lly J. S. Stull. her Attorney.
Chattel Mortgage Sale.
1st. Notice is hereby given that the prop
erty described luorcrtaln chattel mortgage
dated March 1st, A.D. 1S75, and recorded r.
second time on February 'JSth. 1S7B. lnth
county records of Nemaha County, Nebras
ka, at Brownvllle. Neb., will be sold en the
13th day of September. A.D. 1S78, nt ono
o'clock P.M. of bald day, at public vendue.
2nd. That the name of th mortgager la
Willlan Jewell. and that of the mortgagee Is
C. Anltman & Co.
Crd. That tho amount due on said mort
g.ageatthe tImeorflrstpubIIcat!anlR522l.
lth. That tho following is a trno descrip
tion of the Jibjve mortgaged property to
wt: Ouo Sweepstakes Threshing Machine
complete. Including mounted ten horse pow'
er, and all appurtenances In any manner
belonging to said machine bqlng the ma
chine bought or C, Aultmnn & Co. by Win.
Jewell et. al. In August 1S73.
5th. Said saletotaku maoeSeDtemriorlSth.
A.D. 1S7K, at one o'clock P.M. at the resi
dence of said Win. Jewell, In Nomaha Co.,
Neb.
August 19th, 1S7S.
C. ATJLTMAN A CO..
9w3 By W. C. Aikkxs. GenM Agent.
Divorce Notice.
JOHN Ii. G. SCHMIDT, of Petersburg. I
the State of Illinois, will take notice that
Tedte Schmidt, of the connty of Nemaha,
in tho State of Nebraska, did. on tho lith
day of August, A.D. 1S7G. Hie her petition in
the office of the clerk of -tho District Court
within and for the county ot Nemaha and
State of Nebraska, against the said John L.
G. Schmidt, defendant, sotting forth that o
or about tho 10th day of August. A. D. lSft.
she was married to the said John L. G.
Schmidt ; that sho has ever since conducted
herself toward the said defendant as a falth
lul and obedient wife; that nhe had. whllo
living with the said dorendont. the following
named child, to-wit, Johaiin Ii. Schmidt,
who was born march 1st. A.Dt 1870; tbatsald
defendant has been wilfully absent from her
for more than five years last past, without
any causo or Justification therofor: that the
said defendant Is Of snftlclentnbillty to pro-,
vldo u suitable maintenance for her; and
that said defentlant grossly, wantonly Had
cruelly refuses and neglects to provide any
maintenance whatever for her; and pray
ing that she n ay be divorced from
f thesr.ld defendent. and that the eustwdv of
said child may bo dicreeato ber anajor
such further relief as equity mny require.
And the said John L. G, Schmidt 1h noti
fied that he Is required to appot.r and an
swer said petition on or before the !Kh day
of October, A.D. 1S76.
Dated August 17th. A. D. 1S7;
TEOTE SCHMIDT.
i)ff5 . Ky J. S. Stull. her Attrny.
.-.wry -is
HemcEiiTjcr tlic great Fourtff
of" JuJy, 1S"G, is past and gonv
AJso, be it remembered that .
1ffc!lPi&
a && cSasdSr
can't he undersold, but wilJ
continue to Keep lu Iiis store
tie Isest qua3St3' ot the folloiv
liasr merchandise, at the lowest
prices tor cash or produce
!
NOTIONS,
Boots & Slioes,
HATS AND CAPS,
QUEENSWAKE, HAEDWAEE
PLOWS, TAGONS,
FURMTD
Double and Single Breech
and Muzzle-fcoaelin?
SHOT GUNS
and Rifles, Powder, Shot, Cart
ridges, Wads and Gun Gaps,
AND TAKE NOTICE.
Why is It that Farmers like
good crops, azid tal paths to
save thenrf TVhv. beeause it
21 pays best? Then they dos'l.
want to buy shody goods, be
cause ihej don't pay to malie
ap, but deal with
w.
s2sc!j
and get the best of goods
IjO west Prices,
af
:3tf 1 a'.'UBO from Ike ta of Stron nml Ataaes.
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Akirom HOWAKD AiJPOOIATTOW. J JT. 2WH
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rotation fer boMr&MecMtfMtf swi yrafctf it
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Plott's Staa Organs. .
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