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THE ADVERTISER.
TH UIISDAY, SEPT. 21, 1870.
National Republican Ticket.
Ifwr I'rMltMt.
lUTIIKKKOJtl) 11. IIAYJ5S,
of Ohio.
JflarVloel'reaMent,
AVZ1.MA.1I A. AV1XKICM5K,
ut Kmw York.
Jtcpiihlicnii County Convention.
In accordance with u resolution of
tho Roptibllonii Contrnl Cotimiittco of
Kuinalia County jm&aod at the moot
ing of tho commlttoo hold on Iho 5th
of August, dolcgntuH from tlio differ
ent pruclncta of tho county will moot
in convontion at JJrowuvillc, in tho
Republican club room, on tho
2Si DAY OFSKl'TttMIIKIt, 1870,
i
nl 1 o'olool; p. in., lo nomluato can
didalcH for tho following oIIIcch, viz :
Ono Soiiator and thrco Jtcproson ta
li vos in tho State LogiHlaturo, and ono
County Comiiiltff'loiiur; and also to
olect nix (() dologiitco to tho Slate con
vention which inccls in Lincoln on
thclMlli of September, 1870; and lo
trmiHnct such othor biiMlnosa nn may
bc by tliu convention doomed proper.
Tho Ilopubliean voters of each pre
cinct in tho county will conveno at
the iiHiiul placo of holding elections,
on Snturduy tho 10th of September,
at .' o'clock p. in. and olect delcgntcH
to said county convontion as follows:
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Tho members of the central cnni
mittoo of any precinct, are authorised
to chango tho hour of tho precinct
meeting from 3 o'clock to any hour
deemed mora suitable, by giving due
juotloe.of hiicIi chiui Re.
Gl0. V. FAlltimOTIIKIt,
Ch'n Con. Com.
W.'A. Por.otvc, Pco'y
Call for (jiil)Uc;ui District Conven
i ion- .Second .Ttulicinl District.
The Republican electors of tho coun
ties of Lnncawtor, Otoe, Case and No
malm, comprising IheSocond Judicial
District of tho Stato of Nebraska, are
hereby called to send de!o rates from
"paid several countiew to meet in Dis
trict Convention at Lincoln, Neb., on
tho 27th day of September A. . 1S7G,
nt 1! -o'clock r. m. for tho purpose of
placing in nomination a CAtididato for
tho olllce of District Attorney for such
district.. Tho pevcrul conn tie above
named arc entitled to representation
in wild District Convention hh follows:
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J .mi dialer.
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Tt is respectfully reoomeudad that
the several counlles.nt tho convention
to bo held or calleil to mnnd ilulept,o
to- tho Statu Convention, send dele
irnloB to jmid District Convention as
above apportioned. By order of the
-Second Judicial Central Committee.
15. F. Waukks, Chm'n.
Notiniikn Clty.Xoli., Aug. Hh, Js7il.
Obsocure sheets of the opposition
fitamp are parading a fow such names
as Tipton, Warner and Ambrose who
have loft the Republicans and are go
ing for Tildon. Was tho Republican
press to engage In publishing names
of men formerly Democrats who are
now supporting Hayes and Wheeler,
their columns would bo entirely taken
up.
Tho glorious results of tho Maine
election make Republicans jubilant
but our copporbead friends carry long
faces like unto the faces of mules.
Over 15,000 majority ! A Republican
elected from every Congressional Dis
trict in t ho Slate I i Twenty-nlno Re
publicans elected to the Stato Senate
and onlj two Democrats!!! One-
hundred and twenty Republicans
elected to' the lower Houso and only
Uilrty-ono Democrats! !! !
Tho old truu-blno-Democratic-rlot-Inspiror-
rebel -sympathiser Haratto
Seymour, of New York, declining to
face the nuisto in that State this fall,
Lucius Robinson hnsbcen selected by
Tildon as the candidate he desires to
run .for Governor.
The respectable portion of tho Dem
ocratic party in New York hnvemdo
things so hot that John Kelly has re
signed as elector at large, Seymour
has consented to take n iuck at that
tout,
On. Sunday Spt. 10th, says the
AY est Point imWicon, tho "Tilden
Itetorniers" of West Point had a po
litionl meeting near the city. As they
. inarched out of town they carried in
front a Tilden and Hendricks banner
and in the rear a Union ling tcith tfe
IMioH dotrn, as if to insult and dis
grace the "dear old Hag" in regular
rebel style. Did we twelve years ago
Imagine that we would ever have such
treasonable demonstrations in Ne
braska? Rutauch is Democracy, and
verily the war for our Hag and country
etlli continues. And this disgraceful
affair was on the Sabbath day, too.
The result In Maine and Vermont
shows that tho old soldiers are voting
the way they 6hot to defeat treason.
. They will do it considerably more so
everywhere in November, when the
issue is directly between one of tho
boys who wore the blue and that old
mlvocato of Cnlhouniem and secos
nloii. Tho true old Union soldier will
voUvtttralght then every one of them.
The rebel Democracy will not carry
either New York, Ohio or Indiana.
It Irt realised every whore that this
contest Is but the continuation of the
war for tho Union and freedom, and
equality before Uio law. The boys
who wore the blue appreciate the elt
unliuti, Wld will vote the way tlxiy
elioU
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Tipton in Indiana.
"Jlifumid" Domocratic tolegram
that tho great reformer, Tipton, ad
dressed tho largest crowd over gath
ered on tho American continent not
excepting tho Centennial opening and
4th of July days at Frnnkfort, Indi
ana, on tho 12th of tills month. "Jl
igftoiiffU" ho entirely demolished tho
Republican party tho party that
warmed him into existence; made
him all ho ever was, and gave him all
that ho over had. "They wy" llayos
and Wheeler will, in all probability,
when they road Tipton'w speech the
same he has repeated continually since
he fell out with (Jrant docllno furth
er to remain candidates on the Repub
lican ticket!
Tipton ban "enthused" wonderfully
slnco ho has been in Indiana, down
along the Konluoky lino among these
ox-rebels la reminded of his opposi
tion to tho continuation of Horace
Uroely because ho was on JclT. Davi'
Bull Bond, and his opposition to voto
of thanks to I'cabody, for his dona
tion to aid in educating tho people
of tho south. Ho has written his
.special, and only friend in Nebraska
Dr. Miller thoBamo Miller who, on
ly a few yearn since, denounced Tip
ton as "tho foulest and wickedest fan
atical Republican in tin? land" a lot
tar, in which ho Informs tho Doctor
that tho Tilden - Hendricks - UIuo
Jeaus -Williams - Confederate ticket
will surely prevail in Indiana. HIh
reason for so believing and so an
nouncing is, that tho chairman of the
State Democratic Central Commlttoo
of Indiana, informed him Tipton
that ho (chairman central committee)
had hoard of a man in central Indi
ana, who had been told by a gentle
man from Northern Indiana, that he
had seen n reliable Democrat from In
dianapolis, whoso brother had a spe
oiul interview with an inlluenlial citi
zen of Posey county, who expressed
it as his honest conviction, that if
enough Republicans would stay at
home, ami the Democrats could pro
curo bIioos to turn out on election day,
that tho State could be carried Infuvor
of tho Confederate cause by at least
"lo.OOO votes" "wtcs," not majority.
"Senator McDonald is of thesamo bo
llef I" Tho Jlcrakl rushes Into a half
column of display lines, and double
leaded matter, ascribing all tho honor
to tho fact that Tipton declined being
tho Democratic candidate for Gover
nor in Nebraska, and went over to
Indiana lo help tho Hooaiers out
of tho drag. Now let Warner and
Ambrose rise and aing :
"1.00V iut! we'M nil n comln wo 'ims."
No longer ago than tho (Uh of last
June tho Cincinnati Enquirer said :
Tho political jobbers, thieves and
betrayers of tho people aro very gen
rally in favor of Tilden.
Again :
Tilden is a hypoorito, a. political
swindler, has long been u public plun
derer, and Is really the only disrupu
tablo candidate prominently named
on the Domocratic side.
Again in the same issue :
Ho has sought this high office by
methods so unprecedeutedly shame
less and disreuutablo that it would bo
an nvm-lnSUnyf mlguia Itfwu tl DoiiiO-
emtio convention to nominate him,
Hiul a reproach upon tho American
people to elect him if nominated.
Again in the eume Issue "Tilden is
the unscrupulous oppressor of tho
great struggling industries of the vast
producing section of tho country."
And atrain, on the same day, the
Enquirer whoops It up to the old
"hypoorito and politlcnl swindler,"
after this fashion :
Should "God's Providence, seeming
estranged," permit his nomination,
by whom ami what would he bo nom
inated ? Uy the servllo conscience
less tools that money can purchase;
by the most corrupt influences that
ever entered Into a presidential nomi
nation ; by tlio system on which all
other quack medicines aro sold ad
vertising and even respectable med
ical associations read out of the pro
fession tho "doctors" that will adver
tise. It would eeem that tho Demo
cratic party should have as high a re
spect for the good namo of the party
and tho government as the venders of
pills have for their croft. It could not
but bo that a man educated in cun
ning, in hypocrisy, in Iniquty, nomi
nated in corruption and shameless ef
frontery, even though his millions
could elect him, would givo us tho
most corrupt administration the coun
try has ever known, "Neither Im
jiorlal dignities, nor tho gloom of sol
itude," says Tacitu". "could save Ti
berius from himself." And Tiiden
could not rise above himself, or above
the sourocs of his power.
On the 0th of July the Enquirer, re
ferring to Its previous references to
Tilden, said:
Republican newspapers continue to
copy from tho Enquirer uneompli
mentarv allusions to Samuel J. Tilden
previous to his nomination for Presi
dent. Wo have repeatedly said we
have nothing to take back.
The Ohio Deruocratic organ has said
many other uncomplimentary things
of Tilden. The truth that has baon
devolopod regarding Tilden 's charac
ter, proves that the Enquirer knew
whereof U spoke. Every ohargemade
has been verified by evidence that
caanot be caiusaid.
A corrosponden tasks : "Won't tho
Democr:Uio-coutUry-s cb o o l-l o u s e
stumper of this county, who recently
charged that Grantaud theRepublicau
party had sent one hundred and forty
thousand soldiers in to tho south to
prevent Democrats from voting, take
part of that brtck? The whole army
of the United States to-day, all told,
is but a fraction over twenty-three
thousand soldiers, oftleers and all.
And besides that resolution instruct
ing or authorising tho President to
see that the people of the south wero
protected in the rights to vote was in
troduced in congress by a Democrat
was a Democratic measure.''
Some of those school-house-stump-ors
aro ignorant as mules, some go out
tilled with rot-gut whisky and don't
know what they talk about when they
cot there, while others who know
they have no onse, unscrupulously
and braenly mlsroproentoverythlng
they talk about. An old farmer said
to us "I smollod ono of thoso Tilden
fellow's breath the other night olear
across the housoj when He got warm
ed up,"
TIUIE.VS INCOME.
The Actual Facts Inspecting it
the Amount of Tax lie Paid.
nnd
Tho Troy Times Iibb ascertained tho
oxact amount of tax paid by Mr. Til
den during the several years of the In
come tar, as follows:
1802.
This was tho lirat year for which
taxes upon incomes were levied, and
Mr. Tilden made a return of $7,118,
upon which ho was assessed nt tho
rato of 3 per cetit. Tho amount of tax
was $21'3..'1, and it woh paid Decem
ber 28, 1803. This year, 1802, was the
ono in which his professional fees
from tho St. Louis, Alton & Terro
Haute source wero $20,000, and the
Cumberland Coal Company paid him
$5,000. Ho was sleo entitled to re
ceive, and probably did receive, some
thousands of dollars as Intcrost on in
vestments, to say nothing of addition
al sums as personal earnings.
1SG3.
Tilden mado another return to tho
Assessor of Internal Jtevenues in 1804
for tho yoar 1S03. It included two
items of $7,020 and $7,800, rcspecti-c-ly.
Upon tho llrst tho rato was 5 per
cent., and upon tho second 2 per cent.
Tho total tax was $523.G2, and it was
paid Juno 23, 180-1. In tills year a
special war lax was levied, which In
creased tlio amount. Tilden was re
quired to pay $710.00. Tills was re
ceipted for January G, 1805. No fur
ther return of inoomo was over mado
by Tilden. In the succeeding years,
during wmen ino tax continued, no
neglected wholly to make any returns
.vhatover, and tho Assessors were
obliged to guess at his Income, adding
thorolo a ponalty for the neglect.
ISO I.
Incomo estimated at $20,000, includ
ing penalty, upon which tho tax
amounted to $1,750. Paid October 13,
1805.
1SG5.
.Estimated Incomo. $20,000. Total
tax and penalty, $2,189.50. Paid De
cember 13. 1S0O. Tho penalty for the
year 1SG5 was an addition of 25 per
cent.
1SGG.
Income assumed to be $M,000.
alty raised by law lo 50 per cent
inf tax ami penalty, $1,050.
Pen-
To-
Paid
August 20, 1SG7.
1SG7.
Eslimato of income, $10,000. Tax
and penalty, $1,200. Paid November
21, lhG8.
1SGS.
Incomo claimed to be $11,36-1. For
somo unexplained reason no penalty
was exacleu. Tax,
February 20, 1S70.
$71S.
JO. Pahi
1SG9.
Incomo estimated
with ponalty, $1,275.
$17,000; Tax,
Paid February
25, 1871.
1S70.
ICetlmato of Incomo,
lowered to 21 percont.
$20,000; rate
Tax and pen-
alty, $7o0.
Paid November
ai
1871.
1S71.
The last yoar for which income tax
was levied. Incomo estimated at $25,
000. Tax and ponalty, $937,50. Paid
November 22, 1S72.
Here is a record covering ten years,
during which Tilden amassed tho
most of his princely fortune, suppos
ed to be $5,000,000 or $0,000,900, and
yet tho total amount of the income
for that period, upon which he paid
taxes, including penalties, was onl3'
$IGS,-17-1! Tho amount of taxes and
penalties combined paid by him to the
Government was $11,301.96. Another
interesting fact lo that from 1SG2 to
1SGG. inclusive, Tilden paid city, coun
ty and Stato taxes on only $5,000 of
personal property ! Is Samuel J.
Tilden an honest man ?
For ten yearn, or bo long as tho law
existed this reform candidato for the
rresidency refused lo mako a state
ment to the Assessors of the amount
of his Income so that ho could bo
properly and sufficiently taxed. He
let tho Assessurs guess at the amount
of his nronertv. nreferrinjr to pay tho
heavy penalty for his disobediance of
tho law. Ho took this course, no ono
can reasonably deny, to beat the gov
ernment out of revenue. He did this
because it paid him to do so. He
made -money by tho operation.
While honest men and good citizens
were giving in true statements of their
income and paying their assessed tax,
Mir. Tilden took a course to avoid the
duties of a good citizen. Iu those ten
years he mado millions of dollars, the
greater share of the'vusi woalth he
now has, yet tho total of the tax he
paid during the time wa3 only $11,
3G1.9G. Is it not a burning alwrno, a
disgrace, to tho party manipulators
who aro trying to foist him upon this
great nation as its President. Why,
if he resided iu Nemaha county,
with such n record, ho could
not bo elected -to tho legisturo or to
tho commonest office, and even men
who now in their intctuauon ana m
lluenced by tho demagogues, who
lead them by lies, shout for "Tilden
and reform," would not vote for him.
Ho who persistently by his cunning
and shrewdness defrauds tho govern
ment, not willing to stand his just
share of taxation, is not worthy of
uny oftlctcl position. And the agri
culturalist, and mechanic, and every
other class of oitizens who do their
share in supporting tho government,
will ignore, repudiate and defeat the
cunning oid New York lawyer, who
grows rich by snirKing ills responsi
bilities to his country.
The San Autoulo Herald, iu speak
ing of the Assassinations and terrible
state of affairs in Texas, says that "as
far as this section of the Stato is con
cerned we are positive tbat his excel
lency is mistaken. In fact, ho is so
much mistaken that instead of the
number of -murders committed being
exaggerated not more than half are
ever published. There are compara
tively few newspapers on the frontier,
and in some localities where they are
published, owing to the supremacy of
desperadoism, no mention is ever
made of outrages oecuring almost in
the presence of editors."
Texas will voteovorwhelmingly for
"Tilden and reform,Maud in every lo
cality where desperadoism prevails
most, there will "Tilden and reform"
be most popular. Very few Hayes
men in suoh places the Democratic-Tilden-assaSfdn
reformers will not tol
erate a respectable citizen among
them.
Before Tildon was nomiuated the
Cineinnati.iviMMjrrr, the leadiug Dem
ocratic paper of Ohio, said :
Tho controlling politicians, as well
as the masses of the neonlo in the
xiemooratic party of Now York, who
can araw a dividing line between an
honest man and a Bengal tiger or a
hypocrite, are alike well aware that
Tilden cannot carry his own State,
s-hould ho. by the wrath of Godt be
nominated to the presidenew
Facts and Figures.
Editor Nebraska Attvei tlsor.
That there were many sharp, shrewd
men and politicians in the south before
the war, during tho war, and tbat they
still exist, no well informed man will
deny. Under the pcculior institution
and surroundings, tho south made
politics more of a study and profession
than, perhaps, any other portion of
tho countr3'. They educated men In
politics. They understand most thor
oughly the "tricks of the trade." The
South always controlled the Demo
cratic party, and dictated its policy.
Since through the unpnralled magna
nimity and liberality of the Republi
can party, all disabilities were remov
ed, and these men permitted again to
conio to the surface, they as of yore,
control and dictato. The South orig
inated and promulgated tho program
me for tho present Presidential cam
paign. Knowing tho pronencss of
mankind not to stop and enquire why
things are as they are, but to hold the
man, or official with whom thoy come
in direct contact, or the party in pow
er, accountable for nil the ills or griev
ances with which thoy may bo affiict
od, or by which they may bo sur
rounded, thoy aro now Baddling all
the results of the late war on tho Re
publican party. On the principle of
"stop thief" thoy originated the idea of
making tlio great war cry of the cam
paign, "reform," "economy," "re
trenchment!" They ohargo that it
never cost so much to run the govern
ment; that taxes were never so high ;
that morostcalings or losses are found.
Any sensible individual would reason
ably conclude and concede, that it
ought lo cost more lo run the govern
ment now than sixteen years ago,
when tho Republican party camolnto
power. During that time, under Re
publican reign, notwithstanding the
natural losses caused by tho war, in
cluding even tho $4,000,000,000 esti
mated value of slavo property, the
woalth of tho nation has increased not
less than $20,000,000,000 in round num
bers, and the population 11,000,000.
National statistics in 1SG0 showed the
wealth of the country to be $10,159,
G1G.0GS. In 1S70 it was$30,0GS,5IS,507,
an incrcaso in ton years of neary $14,
000,000,000. These are actual figures
taken from tho national records. Un
der Ihcso oircdmstances, wo repeat,
ono would naturally suppose the le
gitimate expenses of tho government
would increase iu corresponding ratio.
But let us seo what havo boon tho
facts as shown by record figures.
Duriug the last five years of Deruo
craticpower -from 1S3G to 1SG1 il cost
$470,073,301.09 to carry on tlio govern
ment. During the same number of
years from 1S70 to 1S75 under Re
publican reign, it cost $2SS,575,203 S5.
Tlieso aro tho actual and legitimate
expenditures of government, not in
cluding the interest on war debt, in
crease in pensions, and other matters
caused by the Democratic rebellion.
Tli is sum is $1,200,777,31S.02, to say
nothing of tlio war debt itself, which
is chargable wholly and solely to'tho
Democratic party as an organization.
Thus it will be seen that it in reality
lnst but litfltt ovo" -a-JiJf. pmnu
to ruu the government five years un
der Republican rule, with all increas
ed natural and legitimate demands, as
it did under Democratic ruio before
the growth and Increase of wealth re
ferred to.
During the live years of Democratic
rulo referred to, the annual tax per
capita, was $3.92. During tho five
years of Republican rule, the tax was
i.j.
In tho matterof taxation, let the
people remember this fact, that all the
tax they pay, so far as the support of
tho National Government is concern
ed, is on whisky, wine, beer, tobacco,
cigars, patent medicines, matches and
customs! And that the custom tax
was reduced before Democrats had
control of the House branch of Con
gress, $59,564,749.S4.
Our political opponents charge that
corrupt government officials arostcal
Ing the country poor. Let us examine
the figures in this respect. Wo will
furnish Democratic authority for the
statement wo make, and refer to tho
Congressional Record, House proceed
ings, to sustain our assertion. The
late Democratic-Rebel House of Rep
resentatives smelliug committee, iu
the course af its unearthing process,
undertook toompare "stealings" as
they termed it of Republican admin
istrations with formerand Democratic
administrations. To this end they
went back and commenced with Gen.
Jackson, whose administration was
claimed to be pure and free from cor
ruption. Under the administration
of "old Hickory" they found that out
of every one thousand dollars dis
bursed by officials $10.55 was stolen,
or lost. Under Vau Bureu tberofce
of Gen. Jackson, the loss per thousand
dollars ran up to $21.15. From that
administration to that of Buchanan
there was a gradual decrease, Buchan
an's administration showing $G.9S.
Lincoln's first term cut it down to
$1.41, aud his second to 4S cents.
Graut's first term it was cut down to
40 cents and his second, aud present
term, down to 29ceuts stealing, or loss
on each one thousand dollars disburs
ed or handled! This cotnmiilee did
not 2ublish a report of these facts!
But they appear on record, in the
"Congressional Record" the legal and
lawful proceedings and record of Cou
cress ! Candor comnels us to sav that
the gradual Improvement iu these
matters since the days of Jackson and
Van Buren, is attributable in a great
measure to the improved, advanced
and enlightened manner and mode
oi Keeping accounts, ana transacting j
business, and to the increased honesty
and integrity of officials. But these
fraud hunting ex-rebel members of
Congress wanted facts. They obtain
ed them, and we publish themas they
found them.
The official report of the Secretary
of the Treasury, under date of March
22, 1S7G, shows the defalcation in that
department to be l-60th of 1 per cent.
The Commissioner of Internsl Reve
nue, of a still later date, in an official
communication, shows the deficien
cieucios iu his department to be
2fo party or
such a ehow-
i"g.
It is furthercharged by theso would
be reformers that tho debt, tax and ex
penses of tho government are cQ'ntin
ually on tho Increase, and havo boen
since the war. Let us see about this.
And to make the showing, wo again
refer to tho records. Since tho war
closed the Republican party has re
duced taxation from $558,032,020 to
$253,000,051, a reduction of $278,032,509
or nearly one-half. In the ten years,
from 18G5 to 1875, the expenditures of
tho government has been reduced
from $1,295,099,2S9 to $274,G23,39S, a
reduction of $1,020,475,890. All this
without a Democratic Houfl The
Republican party has, in -addition,
paid on tho war debt, created by the
Democratic porty, $3,575,284,220.35,
and $292,271,040.50 pensions which
have grown out of said war. It has
also paid interest upon tho publicdobt
$1,408,136,171.95, and reduced the In
terest annually $40,048,047.
As a certain class of cross-road pol
iticians and stumpers are asserting in
this county, aud elsewhere, that tho
Republican party is allowing the
country to go to tho "demnition bow
wows" tho bad generally we have
taken tho pains to collate the forego
ing statistical facts taken from official
records, and present them to our read
ers. Men may still assert to the con
trary. Rut we challenge the combin
ed cohorts of the opposition to show
to tho contrary, from official papers
and records, or any other reliable
source.
THE GRASSHOPPER QUESTION.
This is truly a very serious question
at the present tlmo to the peoplo of
tho western States, and one fraught
with deepest interest to all. A ques
tion so serious as ono which threatens
to cut short our bread, usually finds
somo wise person or inventivo genius
equal to tho task of solvipgor master
ing it; but what ehall wo do with
our grasshoppers? is a problem that
scorns to baffio wisdom aud genius,
and one might believe that infinite
wisdom alone can devise moans of
destroying tho innumerable armies of
grasshoppers from tho faco of the
earth. But thoso who have thought,
most upon the subject, believe that
j y uilllwvi iaiiii -i btiu jji.wfsjv n-; lut
ages of this scourge may to a marke
decree bo impeded. Governor Pilis-
bury of Wisconsin on the 30th of Au
gust issued a proclamation to his peo
ple on tho grasshopper question, and
made a series of suggestions as to
methods of the destruction. As his
ideas may be of advantago to our
readers, either by their adoption or
in leading to unproved methods, we
quote as follows from his Proclama
tion :
It is the concurrent belief of all
who have given close attention to the
subject, thai it is practicable to destroy
tho pests iu a great measure and to
insure a vast mitigation of the worst
results, by tho timely, concerted and
persistent efforts of tlio soveral com
munities directly concerned, aud the
employment of simple agencies read
iiv aviilable. To this end I havo ta
ken puins to collect, from the most
reliable sources, information of the
modes which have been successfully
employed, which I here detail for the
consideration of all concerned, and I
earnestly invoke tho united and reso
lute aotion of the peoj)!e in a manfulde-
fense against the common enemy.
1. The crushing of the insects by
rollers and ether implements, aud
the catching of them by bags aud
traps duriug the season of copulation
or mating, when by reason of their
stupid and inactive condition the'
may be destroyed in vast number.
This is the first vital step toward their
final destruction, and can be resorted
to immediately, the insects being in
tho condition named from about the
middle of August variously until the
approach of cold weather.
2. The plowing under deeply of tho
eggs and the thorough borrowing of
the bare dry knolls and other com
paratively small, warm spots where
tho eg;; aro deposited, so as to dislodge
them from their cells or pods, which
destroys their germinating power.
New breakiug being a favorite resort
for such egg deposits, this mode of de
struction is readily available in the or
dinary course cf farm-work, for
which purpose these operations should
be delayed as lato a period in the fall
as practicable.
3. Co-operative action for the pres
ervatou of the prairie grass uutil the
proper season for its burning in the
spring, by means of extending lire
guards along township bouudaries or
other large areas, to be accomplished
by means of plowed strips or by wide
parallel furrows and the careful burn
ing of tho intervening space. The
burning of the grass thus preserved,
when filled with the young grasshop
pers in tho opring, has been found to
be a very effectual means of their
wholesale destruction.
4. The placing of loose straw on or
near the hatching places, into
which the voung insects gather
for protection from the cold in early
spring where they maybe destroyea
by firing thestraw at the proper
tlmo. To this end straw should be
carefully saved, and not needlessly
destroj-ed at threshing time.
5. The construction of deep, narrow
ditohes, with deeper pits at intervals,
as a defense against the approaching
Insects in their infant condition. In
to these the young, when compara
tively helpless, accumulate in vast
numbers, and perish.
G. The sowing oi grain iu "lands" or
strips, fifty to one hundred feet wide,
leaving narrow, vacant 6pces be
tween through which to run deep fur
rows, and construct ditches into which
the young grasshoppers msy be driv
en and destroyed.
7. Tho catching of the insects at va
rious stages, and especially wuen
young and comparatively inactive, by
means heretofore employed, and by
such improved instruments and pro
cesses as experience rnay suggest.
S. And, finally, the driving of the
winged and matured enemy from the
ripening grain by passing over it
stretched ropes continually to and fro,
aided by annoying smoke from burn
ing straw or other smudges, and by
loud and discordant noises made by
striking tin vessels, and by shrieking
and yelling with the voice, which are
said to aid in disturbing the pests aud
inducing their flight.
Let the common enemy be thus
fought at every stage of his existonce
and at everv point of his attack. Each
one of the modes here prescribed will
doubtless aid to reduce the grand total
of the annual destruction, while all
of them, faithfully pursued In succes
sion, together with other methods to be
devised, it is confidently believed,
will achieve substantial exemption
from loss or avert its saddest effects.
CO-lOOOtbsof 1 percent,
government can make
Ex- Gov. Furnas, In a letter to tho
Omaha EcpuOlioan, treating upon this
important subject, says :
My idea of warfare against theso
incipient pests, lato disturb tho de
posit grounds as soon as possible after
the eggs aro laid, in every conceivable
manner rake, harrow, plow any
way to disturb the deposits and ex
pose the tender egga to the weather
In this way I think tho great maaa
of the egga might be destroy
ed. In tho spring after they ere
hjrlchcd, and while the young are in
huddles, and almost dormant, attack
them In any way, shape or manner
by which they can be killed with
boards, brush, brooms, coal oil, torch,
turning under with plow any way
to kill. Coal oil sprinkled upon them
most effectually disposes of overy one
touched by it. In fact, any oily sub
stance answers the purpose.
I am fully convinced that one day
of itnilcd, in tellljrently applied labor
this fall as Indicated, and anotherday
In thespriug, will so completely dis
pose of tho grasshopper that next sea
son's crops will not know the pest has
been about. But to accomplish any
thing there must bo united uud uni
versal effort. Every individual, ev
ery precinct, every county, must de
voto themselves. As well "throw
physic to tho dogs," as for this, that
and tho other individual or locality to
labor. All must work !
SELECT NEWS.
ALL ABOARD FOR TIIE BLACK IIILLS.
Sioux City, la., Sepember 15. A
party of foreign capitalists, with offi
cers of Coviugion, Columbus & Black
Hills railroad, passed over the first
thirty miles of completed track to
Ponca, Nebraska, to-day. The road is
three and a half feet gauge, and was
projected, built and equipped to tho
present terminus since March 1st, this
year, and is the first link of the pro
jected route via the Black Hills and
National park to Portland. Oregon.
Arrangements have been made to com
plete 150 miles tin's year and reach the
Black Hills in 1877.
HOW IT STANDS IN MAINE.
Portland, Me., September 15. The
legislature will stand : House 120 re
publicans and 31 democrats. Senate,
29 republicans and 2 democrats. The
republicans gain 31 in the houso and 0
iu tho senate.
THE WHE..YT CROP.
Chicago, September M. Tho wheat
,crop of tlio United States and Europe
is now nearly all garnered. What are
the facts in the case? The winter
crops is not over a two-thirds averaee
yield, with the exception of California,
whereit is sa:u to be an aveiage.
Spring wheat is but a trifle, if any
over one-hulf an avarage yield, leav
ing a shortage of 70,000,000 bushels of
tho entire cron of America, calling
tho average yield 300,000,000 bushels
for the past four years. The quaiity
aud condition 13 excellent beyond
question.
The old sock now in store in New
York, Chicago aud Milwaukee,
amounts to about 5,000,000 bushels in
round numbers. The stock remaining
back is variouslv estimated at from
1,000,000 to 3,000.000 bushels in Min
nesota. It matters not whether it be
six or eight millions lest of the old
stock, it is fi3tjgoingintoconsumption
the millers converting it Into Hour
for which there is a uf '. healthy
demand, with a fair living profit
something we haven't had for many
months.
European crops nro far below the
average. Tho wants of the United
Kingdom for the past three years havo
been about 100,000.000 bushels annnal
:y. Tliu requirements tliia yenr-will
be more.
From the best information that can
be arrived at, I would advise the
farmers of tho northwest to go slow
and hold j'our wheot for higher prices;
you are bound to get it; higher prices
are inevitable.
A war in tho old world is now in
progress, which bids fair to be a repe
tition of tho Crimean war of 1S54.
Should this be the case, $1.50 per bu
shel would be cheap. At that time it
was worth that in Wisconsin. With
out a war. it is bound to sell in this
market at$1.25 per bushel before Feb
ruary, 1S77.
Therfore, farmers and brother
grangers, hold your wheat. Sell every
thing you have to spare first. Wheat
to-day is 15 to-20 cents per bushel
cheaper than the average has been for
the past twenty-two years, with the
cheapest freight to tlio seaboard ever
before offered.
Kail
JRoad Rales to the
1S70.
Slate Fair.
The B.&M. R. R. in Nob., will sell
round trip tickets from each station
along the line of their road to Lincoln
for one fare, good from Sept. 23d to
Oct. 1st inclusive.
Freight will be taken to the State
Fair as follows: To bo 'prepaid, to
Lincoln, at full rate; on being return
ed with certificate from the Secretary
of the Fair, that the goods &c, have
actually been on exhibition, they will
i be sent free, and the prepaid charge
will be refunded at the place of ship
ment provided all articles shipped to
Lincoln are returned. If any part of
tho original consignment is disposed
of at Lincoln, there will be returned
sueh proportion of prepaid charges as
niav be due at tariff rates on articles
returned.
The Nebraska RaIlway(formerly M.
P. R. R.)will charge one fare for round
trip for passengers, and samo regula
tions and charges on freight, kc, to
State Fair, as are charged bv the B. &
M. In Neb.
The Union Pacific R. R. will sell
round trip tickets from all stRtions to
Omaha and return for one fare, good
from Sept. 23d to Oct. 1st
II irnnilj I
V , . I
mach
on
ret
the certificate that same have been on
exhibition at State Fair.
The St. Joseph & Denver City R. R.
Co. will sell round trip tickets from nil
points along the lino of the road to
Hastings and return for one fare, good
from Sept. 231 to 50th. Will eharve
same on machinery, stock, fce. as U.P.
R. R. and return on sarao terms and
under same restrictions.
The Atchinsonaud Nhrwka Rll
wav sell tickets for one fare And one-
fifth. Sept 25 to 30th. Will charrre
same on machinery, stock, &o. np U. P.
K. R. and return on same terms and
under same restriction.
The Sioux City and Pacific "Railway
will sell excursion tickets (round trip)
for one and one-fifth fare from points
along line of roan to Fremont or Blair,
and return, good from Sept 2.th to
3)th. Will charge samo for freight as
U. P. Iv. R.. on same tornw and under
same restrictions, to return bj Ootod
ber-lth.
The O. & X. T . R. R. will stto ron -trip
tickets nt ono fare. Will elwirge
same for freight as TJ. P. R R on
same terms, and under same restric
tions, to return bv Oct. 3d.
K. C. St. Jo. & C. R. R. R. will charce
one fare and one-fifth for round trip
tickets from any point on line of their,
road to State Fair of Nebraska. X
redaction on Freight.
lours truly. sc, I
D. H. WHKRT.KK.
Sec'y State Fair.
luery, or?iOPK win pay mil rates they have en ioyetf. '
l.ft n-nv n such fiiir. anil will lio i a liberal d.onnt
, .-- - ir .,i.i price, bv apply tne to
urneu lite i" iinv,c ui rmniiciu nil I vn KT.Y fax ro
to-dar will be
found a telegram from F'remont, Ohio,
,.,.. t .! I M tiinsfftffmentnrMr. John
,,.. ......... ....w
M. Smith, a Democratic nN oi
the Board of Equalization in that city.
...I.. ,lt..n.l flnrn.mni' Tin ?,... 1
-VVUO lilVVBUHiJll-il vju.wmw, ""Jin
properly Jm.i.n, ,. nvH..... .u.
.... n...a..A -- .. n .if I. . ..... nna
..... -nt.H-n r.rtH flfflt Mvntft lirtnd
ttiem in an roapecis correct. Ainuavus
. - .1 . . . t . i..
nl.uo appear in me papers oi J'remoni
from Rppublicans and Democrats
alike, absolutely riddling these ridi
culous charges against the Governor.
It may be said that the absurd story is
being digit! fie'd too much by replying
to it, but it u best now to nail the lie
fast, and leave no hole for the calum
niators to crawl out of. If they are
too much lo3t to decency to admit
their falsehood, let them disgrace
themselves by continuing to retail It.
But that bo their lookout. Meantime
we wait anxiously to hear froru Tilden.
Inter Ocean.
Thefollowlnglsthestatementrefer
red to above:
Fremont, Ohio, Sept. 7,1876. In the
spring of 1874 I was a member of the
Board of Equalization of the city of
Fremont, and as such member in
quired into the tax returns of Govern
or Hayes and the matter of Mr. Birch
ard's personal estate, and was satisfi
ed that Governor Hayes had made cor
rect returns of his property, including
what ho had derived from Mr. Blrch
ard's estates. I reported tho matter
to the board as satisfactory to me, and
the board were also satisfied.
John SI. Smith.
Machine
store.
oils at NickelFa drug
THE
PRESIDENT
Will be a MAN, so givo no more
thought to THAT but READ and
profit by tho following :
LOUIS L0TV3IAN will return this
week from.
NEW YORK,
PHILADELPHIA,
BALTIMORE,
and CHICAGO,
where he has purchased the largest
stock of
MENS', BOYS' & YOUTHS'
CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES.
Ladies1 Dress Goods,
such as Silks, DeBeiges, ?I"erino, Al
paca, Potif
Poplins, DeLaines,
Tycoon Reps, &c, &c.
Calico, Muslin, Cotton Flannel,
Wollen Flaanel, (all shades and col
ors.) JSTOTIOJSrS:
Everything conceivable' in the
Notion line.
50,000 yards
Hamburg Edging
and Insertion !
from 5 cents to $5.00 yer yard.
Pure Silk RIBBON remarkably cheap
Gent's and Ladies
Furnishing Goods I !
Ladies' Merino Underwear,
Gent's Merino Underwear.
Gent's Shirts, Collars, Cuffsand Neck
wear, aud everi'thing-ln the line of
CLOTHING,
HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS, SHOES,
MZESS AND
FURNISHING GOODS.
If you will be advised to your own
good you will call and see our goods
EARLY, and you will have an as
sortment to select from rarely equaled
aud NEVER EXCELLED!
UIEAIi! MEAL.! SISAL.!
Bolted aud unbolted, nt F. D. Mulr'e.
RaSS395E&5SSKS:2f323
BS3XKSS3S
FOWLER FLY FAN!
TO THE I'CBLIC.
HAVING purchased the sole right to the
"Fowler Patent Fly Fan," we offer the
Machines forsale through Agents and Mer
chants, with lull knowledge and confidence
that tney will do what we claim for them.
The machine is elf-acting, keeps Hies oS"
the table, winds up l'ue a clock, and runs
el ut one hour and a half at each winding.
For convenience, a key is attached to the
cse, so t'lat It can be re-woundatany time,
and run as Iot as desired. It it, lipht aud
portaoie, a per.t ct Mib&titute for tho old nj
urush in the hands of a servant. It is orna
mental, and occupies les space on the table
than a cantor. It has a beautiful bronze base,
Wi'h the stem and projections nickel nktted.
lo which fan3 are attached, which revolve I
noiseiesiy, auove tne head, with no ineon
vcn'eaee to persons se-ted at tie table. It
fil'sa ions endur-.l Haul in the household.
p nd is so simple I nat a ehlld can operate it
The first cost is a p nanent Investment, as
it will last many yer- It has been adopted
in some of the first hotels and private fami
lies of the country, and whervver Introduced
1- is jtiven entire f atisfr -tion. His easily set
on a bed or chair, to keep dies off children
or tiio Ick;ii: is far preferable to net
wot, heinc mi.eh cooler. To f Invalid In
summer it wi!! boa most welcome compan
ion and faithful sentinel, never weary. Flies
freqnent most vrhw there is most :o feed
on. Us KowUr's Patent Fly Kan to keop
them irom the table, and they will lave the
noose ; this Is the bst receipt yet Riven, bet
ter than all the bttd i raps that draw inor
than they eth. In corroboration of Ut
value and nsWuInfe. of this machine, w
annex cople of letters rheet fully given ns
by some of on r most pron-1 nen t citizens, who
"ve " mn in nctoai u mhi who ocnpf
hers todenie the same comftwt from them
ro merchant and agents
will be made on retail
the office ot the FOW-
onth Sd St r frond
floor. Philadelphia. Pa.
CAREY Y7. ILAMBSTE:,
NEBRASKA CITY,
General Agent for the Western Stata.
From Jas. W. Haseihtnt. SKj Amtlmmt Jre-r-reary
' FiHttjt Insmrtate, Tnut mtd
y Depent Cfc. ; Hm, X. K. Bnrie. XSrSCe
rtiary tf V. X. Xarft : nnd BtUrm R. ftOer.
Btq E.H. fWer , O.
Philadelphia. Urrh 1. is.
I take treat pieaeare in reconuneodtn the
rwier riy ran. i mm it aunn tne whole
of last sammei and antnma. at Cie
May. and found tt a rreat ennvealencr. a
well a aw: asefet addition to oar tattle. I
vxu!d hardly believe that snch a quiet work
in invention could be so edfrctlve, Tewr
entirely free from the fly nafeac dortne
meals, and to a certain extewt ot the mos
quitoes. I sltwereiy trtfe that tt may beeooM
ffaneraUy known. J vs. K HAixuiritsx.
I concur. A. K. Bmub.
I fwlly endorse, Kswix H. Frrunt.
The fly fan cn
NetvsoM by
b toaad in BvownvttH
.TOSKPH X,. UOY.
Wml FrRXTTTRK DKAI.KR.
CEXTEXXXAX.
CASE AUD CHI COMBINED,
KerKtn To the FMMt!. ware w-e
of these lndtspnsAn- m pan ks, that ya
aaj sit when aal where yxnt jJease
wbo aaat pvsi&iy e4nre Uk fcftgwe
JftafcoHt . Wetckt ety 9 owaees, Prfee
- ifHt nnty rwee in ut amrxwt um: is .
jwsn Faatynn wimu.
WVHAKItaKKCttra. I
X!
In our (jfepftCenea
J5lrorcc Notice.
WILLIAM I8ABELL. of the tatortfTTon.
laeky, will take notice iht larlnJaY
- .- - A,tt,- M,, .,, -ir"""V""""U '
, TTof NebTa. dld," ri, Zo
Uogost. a.P. WW, file her ponton in"?i
I nM-o nt Ik. nllr nT t ho 1 ll.-l-.r r. '"toil
I -""- ---".. -. v..ak.j-ky.jrlwllj
I '
nl for (he eonnty of Nemaha, in MY,r
." """""i,iiii.HM:iaim iv inm
, suteof bwka.a.!r,st the Hal. ivixu
ImUmtU, itefcntlam. setu ic forth that she hi
ff.hk..ll .ir..i . . --.. -L . . .. "
lti H reIlT.t ul Mil., roontv nt Xt-inahn
hUiteof Ntbriwwft, for two years last past
ami Is st pretteitt bona Jltle resident of .Rli
r0"". "t on or aoout ts.eil lay of Octo
Ijr, A.D. JH59, be vn rj-teU tc said Wil
liam Isabel!: that ht hsw e?er since con
dueled he self toward him as a faithfnl anI
obeU-nt wife; ;hrt she had, while living
with said defendant, the following children
to-wii ; San oel A. Is-? bell. M r:ha C. Isabel!
and Mary E. Isahell ; that all of said chil
dren are infants; thatm or about 'he 10th
day of February, A 1. 1jJ73, the s-iid defend
ant was guilty of extreme cruelty toward
said I.urinda J. Isabel 1 ; that na or about the
loth day of February A.D. 1S7.T. the said de.
lend nt was cf suflji'lent aMUly to jrovldo
snltaenHln tenant". ' r her; thru said ae.
fende.it gn.ssly. want -n!y, .d cruelly re-
fut-cd and nolecled to p.-oT!e any main
tenance whatever for her. wlihcutr.i y cause
or Justification therefor on lr pur: ; and
praying that she may-to divorced from him,
and that tbo cotedy o'sau! , ahJren inay
bedec fed to lur. ani for snch other relief
as the nature of her case may require.
The said William IsaLxHI Is notll-d that he
Is required to appear unil answer said
petition on or befote the r-tu day of October,
A.D. 1S76.
Bated August 29th. A.D. 1578.
LTJKINDA J. I8ABELL.
lflw-1 By J. S. stull, bvr Attorney.
Divorce Notice.
JOHN I.. G. oC;HMIlT. of Petersbnrg. In
the State or Illinois, will take notice that
Tedte Schmidt, of the county of Nemaha,
In the State of JS.'ebra!k.. did, on the 15th
day of August, A.D. 137C. nlv hr petition In
the office of the clerk of the .Istrkt Court
within and for the county nt Nemaha and
State of Nebraska, apamst the ald John L.
G. Schmidt, defendant, sotting forth That on
or about Iho l&.u day of Aui -1. A. D. latjS,
she was married to the sa-d Join L. G.
Schmidt ; that she has eTer since conducted
herself townrd tesald d-inant as a faith
ful and obedient wife; tnat sl.e bad. senile
living with thesuid defendant. thefoHowlng
nnined child, to-wit, Joha;i L. Schmidt
who was born march l&t. A.D. 17 ; that said
defendant hr been wilfully r.U.ent from hr
for more than five yer.: 3 last past, without
any cause or justlfloatlrm thr?for: that the
sold defendant Is of sntfloieiit ability to pro
vide a suitablo maintenance for her; and
thft-. sa'd defendant grossly, wantonly and
cruol'v refuses and neglects t ro vide any'
maintenance whatever for her, and pray
ing that she may bo divorced from
the said defendant, and that the custody nf
said child rnay ho decreed to her and for
snch further relief nJ equity May require.
And the said John L. G. Seh.u it is noti
fied that he is remirod lo appear and an
swer said petition on or before tho 9th day
of October, A.D. 1S78.
Dated August 17tb. A. D. 187B.
TEDTE SCHMIDT.
0w5 By J. S. Stall, her Attorney.
rn-w"- - "-- i-n
Vy Am 4?t.ml- T. Sa
wuu;jut. amv e
"TftO? ItMtTf!
wnj jm . iu
oi' Jul3", ISTG, is past and gone
ASso, be it rcmesaUered ifcal
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a m
Sl
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can't fce JiE3crsId. liui tv1I
conilime to Siecp in isa; Rf ore
iJic best quaiity ol Vie fallow
lug liiereajaadise, ntilie lb treat
prices Tor casli or prodnc
NOTIONS,
Boots &-SE56':,
SATS A2?D CAPS,
QUEEHSWAEE, EA3BWAE2
PLOW5 WAGGHS,
FURNITURE
I3nIIe Rail S:atrJ2r5cJi
and JrluzzIc-L.o&tUivg'
SHOT GUNS
ana lUflcs, Poiyiler, 2tot, Cart
ridges, Wads and Uiii Ca;x.
AND TAKE NOTICE,
WI:y is it that Farit&ers like
good crops, and lake pain i
save them? WIij, because it
it pays best Tiien tUey d4.n
wan! t Smy siiody pocd, be
caase Sliey don't pay to snake
up. but deal vrHfc
5?
&F
aud sret th sl f ?els at
L.ovcjt Prices,
THS mSM.1 OF MBEASE!
THE FOE OP PAIS
Tt K1S AlfB BEAST
Is X.te GnwJ H
3ETJST-AsTC3-
wincit has STOor thi tsst of
YSASS.
TURKS i o $OUR iv -vir.x. XOT
Ul. . I.. XO I.A31KXRSS ITWlUt 3U1
cruK, xo jtcH, va paix.thai
AKVUfTS TWX SirilAA WOOV. K
THR BODY OK A HOSSK OR. OTHKK
UOMKSTIC ANiJiAI., THAT iOKS
XOTXlCr.O TO ITS VAi.IC T91CH.
A ROTTLK CO-sTIX , 3c, OK
$ HAS OPTRS SAVSyD TilK
.lK OK A HVJI.VS RRrsM. AXP RS
STOttKV) TO UXK AXO rSJBKO.
M2SS MANX A YAkT.VUS ROltSX.
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