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Keeps constantly on hand a large and well I -RonaJrinr- of Clocks. Watches and Jewelry 'done on short notice, at reasonable rates. ALL WORK WARRANTED. TONSORIAL ARTIST, 1st door west Flrst'ational Bank, JBroicnvillc, - Nebraska. Shavinc. Shampooinc, Hair Cutting, &c, j done In the highest style of the art. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. Z2Y- BROWJnrLLLE T2E I, AST WEEK OF EACH MOKOUZ. MATHEWS; DENTIST, BROWNVILIE, NEBRASKA, METROPOLETaH HOTEL, SNIDER & WEIGHT, PROPRIETORS. This house Is now conducted In first-class Btvle. Lanre rooms tor coilJitttuiAij TRAVELERS. Billiard parlor and reading room connected with thfl hotel. The people of Southern Nebraska are solicited to try Metropolitan, when visiting Lincoln. ; FRAKZ HEIEER, Hf AGON &gLAGKSMITHHOP ONE BOOK VTEST Or COUBTROUgE, . TTTTAGON MAEZK G, Hepairiag, V Plows, and all work done in the best manner and on short notice. Satisfaction gnaran . ted. GIvehinaaca.ll. f3-Jy. Fire! Fire! For a good Fire call at tlie offi.ee o tlie where you can get all kiada of Fl. SCOTT, RICHMOND, ANTHRACITE. GOiL ESTABLISHED 1856. i Oldest Paper ija. tie State. J 95 Ho Main Street n I a 0 H a? c V u o o 1 o o as Meat Market. BODY & BEO. BVTCHJSBS, . KKO.VILLE, AEKKASHA. Good, Sweet, Fresh. Meat Always on band, and satisfaction guar antied to all customers. THE ADVERTISER JOB PHiHTfHG DEPABTilEKT. A tine assortment of Type, Bor ders, Bules, Stock, Ac, farjjlqUng,,, .. EMNE88,Yi8fflNC-&WEBBIHG CAHDS, Colored and Bronzed Labels, STATEMENTS. XETTER & BILLHEADS ENVELOPES, Circulars, Bodgers, Programmes, SIiow Cards, BLAXK WORK OF ALL K1XJ1S, With neatness and dispatch Cheap ok Ixferiok TYosk xot solicited. FAB330THS2 & EACS3R, McPherson Block, BROWKVU.LE, SEB. Keeps a f ull line o i BURiiLCiSES&CmETS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 56 Xain Street, BROWXTILLEjXEB. E. HUDDAET'S IPeace and. Qiiiet Saloon and Billiard Hall! THE BEST OP Brandies, Wines, Gins, Alcohols JLxid. Wlxijsliies. No. 4:9 Sain Street, Opposite Sljerman House, Broivuvllle, Nebraska. HAVE "2-Q1J SEEN Having purchased the 3E X, jE I EC A. K" T LIVEHYAHDFEEDSTABLES I wish to announce that I am prepared to s that I am prepared to hnclTiPfic. uo a Erst class Brery business. . , jTQSh Rogers, 2 S" Q Main Street J5 1 inrn ubtiihib1 UUX J.im1.2.jLUl-lJ . - S3 J - -4L m.. a m w vr JRSS; . 1 w r t. yi v-:-&. . krf rzi uj.a .3T OS fir HiH- C3 s- ? y-r dXVMBe kM -, S i" f I buy my beer " SS3 S I I don't. I by Jake. I I , - -- .. .. .,.- DimiTlKll y " i -tur JMW m ELEPHANT. ADAM HOLCOMB'S WHL. Adam Holcomb was dead at last dead after seventy years of money getting, and the grave had closed ov er him. He had no children, for he had led a single life, induced, so it was said, though nothing wbb certain ly known, by an early disappointment which had warped his nature, and made him lead a solitary and eelfish life, given up to Jlammnn alone. Adam ITolcomb was dead, and as yet no one knew what disposition he had made of his money. Three days after the funeral the next of kin and possible heirs were collected in the office of the lawj'er who was the custodian of the will and private papers of the deceased. They were few in number, for the family was not a large one. Thefe were but three, and these three may be briefly described. First came James Holcomb, a neph ew of the deceased, a man of portly form, and an air of importance. He was a prosperous city merchant, al ready in possession of abundant means, but be had no objection to have them increased by a legacy from his uncle's hoarded wealth. He was a vain, selfish, worldly man, all his thoughts centered upon himself and his own family, who had never been known to give a cent for any charita ble purpose. Next came Harvey Holcomb, a cousin of the last named, and about the same agp. He was tall, thin and angular. He belonged to the legal professon, in which he had managed to pick up considerable money, tho' his reputation was none the best. He was considered tricky, willing to un dertake any cause, however disreputa ble, for money. He was married and had a famil-, for whom he provided in a grudgiug manner. He too, had nourished sanguine hopes of finding himself much better off after his un cle's death. Xinst came a young man presenting a strange contrast to the other two. He was of light complexion, brown hair, clear blue eyes, and an attractive face. He was barely twenty-five years of age, very plainly dressed. and with a modest mien, which pre i . .... possessed one in nis lavor. He was the son of old Adam Holcomb's youngest sister, who had married a poor minister, and her son, Alfred Graves, was studying medicine, for wBiciriie na'd aede"d"preullectlon. But he had been cramped by narrow means, and was even now teaching a country aohoo, hoping to obtain enough by the means to pay for his next course of lectures. He had ap plied to each of his two relatives pres ent for a small temporary loan to help him complete his studies, but without effect. He had been curtly refused by both. He iiad come hither to-day as amat terof form, without the slightest ex peotation of benefiting by the will of his late relative. He had known him but slightly, and never received any encouragement upon whioh he could build a hope. Yet .f be could but re ceive a legacyof even three hundred dollars, he thought it would help him materially. That was the amount which he had vainly sought to bor row of the merchant and lawyer, now present with him at the reading of Adam Holcomb's last will and testa ment. The merchant and lawyer convers ed while waiting for Squre Brief. "Have you any idea, cousin, how much the old geuUemau had accu mulated?" asked James Holcomb. "I have heard it estimated" at a quarter of a million," was the reply. "Quarter of a million 1" repeated James, slowly. "That is a large sum. I hope he has not been unjust enough to squander any of it ou charitable so cieties." "I hope not. That would be a great piece of injustice to his relations," said the lawyer, "He never dropped anything to you about the disposition he intend ed to make of his property, did he?'' "Not he. He was a close man, v-e-r-y," Baid the other. "J once tried to worm something out of him, but didn't get much satisfaction.' "What did he say?" He said he thought of endowing an asylum for fools and Innatics, and that I could tell whether I was likely to be benefited by his so doing." "Ho, ho !" laughed James, shaking his capacious sides, "hegot you there, eh?" "I don't see it," said the lawyer, sourly. "You don't appreciate the joke, hey?" "It wasafooIiBh piece of impertin ence. However, every body knows what the old man was. and I let it pass. Jfitbad been any one else, I would have given them as good as they eent." "But you were afraid it would spoil your chanoeB, eh ?' "As to that I have no idea. There Ib no question that ws ought to be joint heirs." "True," said James. "That would give us an eighth of a million apiece. That would satisfy me." "How about Alfred's chances?'' queried the lawyer,-glancing sharply toward that part of the office where the young man was quietly seated. "6, he'll getnothing," said themer ohant, contemptuously. "He be longs to a beggarly stock, and a beg gar he'll remain to the end of his days. Going to be a dootor, I hear." . oil, a Tusu uiin joy ui uib proies- eion, if he ever gets into itt which is "Well, I wish him joy of his profes- BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, somewhat doubtful. He wanted to borrow three hundred dollars of me the other day.' "And of me. Did you let him have it?" "Not I. I've enough to do with my money without giving it away. Of course he'd never have repaid it." "No, I suppose not. The coolness of some people is refreshing," "Well, I take it for granted old Ad am was too shrewd to lavish any of his money on such a fellow." "Trust him for that," The young man was engaged in reading a volume he had taken up, and did not hear this conversation. It was interrupted by the entrance of j Squire Brief. Both the merchant and the lawyer greeted him with defer ence and cordiality, as a man whose words might bring them prosperity or disappointment. Alfred Graves rose in a quiet and gentlemanly manner and bowed with the courtesy which was habitual to him. "Gentlemen," he said, "I hold in my hand the will of your late relative. I will at once proceed to read it." Of course his words commanded in stant attention. All bent forward to listen. After the usual formula, came the following item "I give and bequeath to my nephew, James Holcomb, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be held in trust for bis children. "To my nephew, Harvey Holcomb, I likewise give the sum of five thou sand dollars, to be held in trust for his children. "To my only remaining nephew, Alfred Graves, I give the sum of two thousand dollars, to be appropriated to his own use, as he may see fit. "I set aside thesum of two hundred thousand dollars to establish a public library in my native city, one quarter to be appropriated to the erection of a suitable building, and the remainder to constitute a fund of which the in come onlj' shall be employed for the purchase of books. This library shall be named from me the Holcomb Li brary." Here the notary made a pause. The merohant and lawyer sat with looks of blank disappointment and anger which they made no attempt to con ceal. "He had no right to defraud his re latives in this way," muttered James. "It is a miserable imposition," echoed Harvey Holcomb ; "to put us off with a niggtjrdly fiv-tboudtnd-dollars." ".For my part, I am satisfied," eaid the young man. "I have received more than I expected.' "O, yes, it will be a great thing for a begger like you," said James, sar castically. "I am no beggar," said the young man, proudly. "Gentlemen," said the notary, "I have not finished rending the will." "My faithful old dog, Scipio, who is somewhat infirm, I trust one of my nephews will be willing to take home and treat indulgently for the sake of the master to whom he was attach ed." "That's cool," ejaculated James. "As for me, I don't choose to be both ered with the dog," "But," said the notary, "since your uncle has given you a legacy, are you not willing to incur this slight care and expense?" "I must absolutely1 refuse. Mrs. Holcomb does not like dogs, nor I. Moreover, my uncle has treated me too scurvily for me to inconvenience myself miich ou his account " "Then you will take him?" asked the notary, turning to the lawj'er. "Not I," said he, shrugging his shoulders. "The dog may starve for aught I care." "And you sir?" turning to Alfred Graves. "I will assume the charge of Scip io," said Alfred Graves. "It is a slight acknowledgment for my un cle's legacy." "You may find him troublesome.' "That will make no difference. While he lives be shall be comforta bly cared, for." "What a model nephew!" said the merchant, sarcastically. "Good youug man I' said the law yer sneeringly. "Gentlemen," said the notary. "I will now proceed to read the codicil." The two elder men looked at each other in surprise, which changed into rage and dismay as they listened. "To that one of my nephews who shall agree to take charge of. my dog, being yet unacquainted with this provision of my will, I bequeath the residue of my property, amounting, as near as I can estimate, to one hundred thousand dollars." "You knew of this!" exclaimed the elder men, turning wrathful faces toward Alfred Graves. "Not a word," said the young man. "I am as much astonished as you can be." "No one knew of it except myself," said the notary. "I congratulate you, Mr. Graves, on your large accession of wealth." "I receive it gratefully. I trust I shall make a go,od use of it," said the young man. "I hope now to repay my parents for the sacrifices they have made in my behalf." "If I had known," thought the merohant, with bitter regret. "I have thrown away a fortune." "And I," chimed in the lawyer, ruefully. But there was no help for it. The deed was done. The two disappoint ed men left the house feeling anything put grateful to the. unqle who they THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1877. persuaded themselves had cruelly wronged them. But there was a modest little home that was made glad by the news of Alfred's good for tune. And in his hands the money has brought a blessing with it, for it has made a fountain of good deeds and charitable influences. freezing to Death. Many yeare ago I became a citizen of the West, and commenced opening a new farm in a sparsely settled coun try. The place was about ten miles from the nearest town, and one pleas ant day near the la9t of December, I went to the latter in a Jight spring wagon to get some supplies for Christ mas festivities. The day was so mild that I did not even wear an overcoat. About the timelstarted home, which was a little after sundown, it began to grow suddenly cold, and presently a storm almost amounting to a hurri cane broke from the north, bringing with it the temperature of Nova Zem bla. In this region of marked olimat io vicissitudes I never before or since knew any so great. The mercury fell in an hour to forty degrees below zero. Under ordinary circumstances I could have easily made the ride home in that time, butl was going in the teeth of the wind ; so that J could make but little over half the usual speed. I suf fered from the cold, but not more than I bad many a time before, and have many a time since, but as you may imagine, was anxious to get home bs soon as possible. When I got within a couple of miles of there, I found the weather growing pleasant again. .My ears that had been stung and smarted with cold, no longer troubled me. My hands, though still numb, had a firm grip on the hues, and seated in the bottom of the wagon, with my back resting on theseat, I would have been quiet comfortable, except that I was so drowsy that I could scarcely keep awake. I comforted mj'self with the reflection that I wouldsoon be at home snugly tucked in bed, where I could sleep to my heart's content. While indulging in this pleasing revery I dropped asleep, and what followed I only learned of my family. They had'conoluded that finding the sudden change in the temperature I had either determined to spend the night in town, or had returned there for that purpose in case I had started home before the cold began. At eight oolo6k tTaving given me" up they re tired to bed and to sleep. About nine o'clock my wife was awakened by the repeated whinnying of a horse in front of the house. She never suspected that it was ours, but took it for a stray, and from motives of humanity oalied up one of the men and ordered it put in the stable. When the man went out aud found that it was our own horse and that I was in the wagon apparent ly dead and frozen stiff, he made an outcrj that soon brought out the household. Fortunately my wife had lately been reading of the proper mode of treating persons partially frozen, and therefore knew that I must not be taken into a warm room, but must be rubbed with snow. Plenty of snow had fallen, and I Jwas stripped and well rubbed with it until I begau to show signs of animation. Then frictions with coarse cloths were used until I was sufficiently restored to scream with the torture they were putting me to. Every portion of my bodj' seemed as sensitive as a boll. I felt as if I had been stung all over with wasps or hornets until I was a swollen pulp, ready to burst at anj point like an over ripe cherry. The joints of my fingers, toes, ankles and wrists seemed as if acrewd in red-hot vise till the blood was ready to ooze out from the extremities, and could scarcel3T persuade mj'self that my fin ger and toe nails were not being forced off by the pressure. I soon becarqe de lirious, and a raging fever set in, from which I did not recover for weeks. But when I did recover mj physical condition was better than ever before. I had been slim aud almost puny be fore, but now I became hearty and ro bust as you see me, so that at sixty I am S3 strong and active aa most men ', are at forty. I attribute it to having been frozen to the verge of death. Exchange. The Vagrant Act. Down at tlie east end of the Central Market yesterday morning somebody threw the Bkln of a peach on the flag stones just three seconds before a citi zen's foot was planted on the spot. He keeled to the starboard, rolled back to port, and then settled away and went down in about seven fath oms of miscelaneous water. As he was getting up, a inan who bad beeu eating a raw turnip stepped out aud asked ; "Are you a vagrant?" "Vagrant! Why, sir, I'll knock your inferuaUnose off!" shouted the victim. "Can't help that" continued the turnip-eater, "I saw you when you started to fall you were clawing -this way and that. You could have been convicted of vagran cy then. "What's that I You lie, sir and !' "AndT'oan't help that. You bad no visible means of support, and that's vagrancy, or I'm a Hessian !'" The victim of the fall kept his mouth open for half a minute, want ing to say something, but bis jaws fi nally closeed and he backed out of the crowd. Detroit Free Frees. AS INTERESTING LETTER FROM THE TVEST. SoMething That TTill be Eagerly Pe rused by Those Contemplating Settling in the TVest. Interesting and Intelligent Corres pondence About Nebraska, not from a Land Agent or Rail road Speculator. From the Auburn (New York) Journal. Wre have been permitted to make thefollowing interesting abstraotfrom a personal letter from Nebraska to a Cayugan : Wilbeb, Saline Co.. Neb., September 29th, 1877 The postmark of this letter will doubtless occasion surprise and wonder, that a corpulent, paralytic old man should wander from the com forts of home and the 8001613' of life time friends into this(in your idea) far away and unexplored region. To you, perhaps, the Missouri, Platte, Blue, and Nemaha rivers sound very much as the Lualabe. White Nile, Zambosi and Congo, so frequently alluded to by Livingston, Sepke, and other ex plorers of Central Africa, and you may fancy that I am a sort of a Stan ley forcing my way through a dense forests, impassable swamps, &c, &c, My surprise and wonder cannot be less than your own, but from a very different cause, which I will endeav or to explain. When we were children (some fifty years ago) the geographies of that day (on whose accouut wo received sundry ferrulings and adorned the dunce stool divers times) represented- Illinoia,as sparsely settled, a few trad ing points, as Kankaskia, Kahokia, Shawneetown, &c, being the mostim portant. Iowa was "unexplored" aud west of the Missouri river "The Great American Desert." The impressions and prejudices of childhood are diffi cult to overcome, although Mr. Gree ley, after an extended tour, during which he had occular demonstration of the fertility of the soil, salubrity of the climate and inexhaustible de posits of minerals, gave the advice, "Go west, youag man." Though the internal revsnne census and ship ping returns had prepared my mind for something different from my childish conceptions, you cannot im agine, or describe -my astonishment upon crossing the Missouri river to fiud instead of desert wastes, cultiva ted fields equaling in luxuriance and extent to the finest farms in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania or elsewhere. Iustead of a squalid poverty a popula tion whose appearance conclusively showed that while not apeicg the fol ies of the fashionable or shoddy socie ty in the east were amply supplied with necessary comforts and many of the luxuries of life. Instead of igno rance, dissipation aud crime, every few miles, go where you will, the school house and church spire greet the eye, giving assurance that educa tion, moral and mental, is reckoned as the necessary requirements of life. Instead of the "Hog and Hominy" diet the early settlers of Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the deli cacies of the sea board at slightly more cost, are abundant. Fresh oysters, fish aud tropical fruits are as easily procured as in Philadelphia. Tne Parrish House in Wilbur, Pacific House in Beatrice, Metropolitan at Lincoln, and Union House at Browu ville, set a table which would satisfy the appetite of the most fastidious. I mention these houses not because they are the only hotels, but because I have had ample opportunity to test their excellence. These with a scen ery, or rather a series of landscapes, for the summit of each geutle eleva tion developesanewscene sufficient ly varied aud beautiful to charm even my old and uuartistic eyes, created an agreeble surprise which more iutimate acquaintance and thorough examma tionripened into wonder. You are aware that since 1S52I have traveled extensively In all the States east of the Missouri River (except New England and the Gulf States) the manufacturing interests of our firm requiring that we should be accurate ly informed as to the agricultural re sources of every section. To this sub ject I have given close attention, with what result the success of our firm fully attests. I came to Nebraska in May last, since which time I have carefully examined a large portion of the State, especially the counties of Saline, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Otoe, Lancaster, Pawnee, and Nema ha. I have no hesitation in saying that for fertility of soil, salubrity" of climate, purity of wuter and beauti ful scenery, I have never seeu a coun try of the same extent which equals the counties above mentioned. Con trary to toy experience and observa tion elsewhere, here the oldest lands produce the best crops. The capabili-1 ty of tiiis soil to resist drouth in dry, and absorb water in wet seasons, is such that the simplest truth would read like the tales of Baron Munchau san. The peculiarity of the soil se cures a perfectly natural drainage which, with the purity of the atmos phere accounts for the remarkable healtbfulness of the country, which is fully attested by the appearance of the inhabitants as well as the census j returns of mortality. Stock of all kinds do well, being free from many if noL&ll the contagious diseases com mon to the East. It is true that a few lots of "hogs, on the Missurl river. have had cholera, but the instances! VOL. 22. NO. 21. are few, and lam told those are at- tributable to crowded and Bauddy pen9. Wheat will average about 3S to 20 bnshels per acre, but 35 bushels is not uncommon. Barley about40 bushels, Corn, I am told by very conservative men, will average 40 to 50 bushels, while others claim 60 to 75 bushels. Oats is conceded to yield about 50 to 60 bushels all this with very careless cultivation. As to fruit, it will per aaps be news to you to know that Ne braska iat the National Pomological exhibition in 1875 received the first premum for best assortment of apples. WTiId fruit, suoh as gooseberries. plums, raspberries, strawberries, and! grapes are abundant. All this it-will be borne in mind has been accom plished in the short space of 22 years, for Nebraska was not opened to settle ment by the whites until 1S55. After mature deliberation I havei made up my mind to move my fami lo and settle my children here. T am induced to do this because I see with my own eyes what I have so imper fectly described, and I argue that if Nebraska has in 22 years, with draw - backs incidents to frontier life, with a gigantic civil raging to the success ful termination of which sho gave more than her proportional quota of men without the corresponding ad vantage of wealth from manufactur ing) has made such strides towards the fulfillment of the prophetic vis ions of Mr. Greeley, what must be her condition some 20 years hence? Where Mr. Greeley saw extended plains over which the buffalo, coyote and the wild Indian roamed at will, now comfortable dwellings, school houses, churches and vast fields of luxuriant grain attest the triumph of civalization. The lumbering 'stageiago since which he has occupied a coach has given place to the palace j bench under one-of the trees In Madl car, the buffaloes and Indians to sou Square almost constantly He ap herds of cattle aud sheep, which for 1 pears at his seat both summer and quantity and breed would not discred it New York and Pennsylvania. Even those immense ranges of moun tains on our west, which seem to pre sent an impassable barrier, and in whose gorges Mr. Greeley saw a few straggling mines whose sole depend ence for transportation was a pack mule, is now enlivened by the clatter of stamp mills grinding out the prec ious metals. Those lonely canons which only heard the shrill scream of of the panther, hoarse growl of the grizzly bear, or the war whoop of the Lw.iId-Indian,,now echo the wbistleof the locomotive, as through defile and ever mountain it rushes with Its prec ious freight of humanity and mer chandise. Those mountains with their untold millions and billions of coal, iron, lead, gold and silver, will afford a ready market for the agricult ural products of the country, and the day is not far distant when the grain and meat of this section will be ship ped west to supply the thousands, aye millions of mining and manufactur ing operatives in the mountainous re gion. Iu contemplating this subject I feel as though imbued with the spir it of prophecy, and involuntarily I exclaim with the poet: 'Oh ! the transporting rapturous scene That rises to my sigh., Sweet fields arrayed in living green. And rivers of delight-' I though that whatever of enthusi asm or imagination I posessed in youth had been crushed out by fifty yeurs of struggle with the stern reali ties of business life in Pennsylvania, but as I view thesceuery and products of Nebraska aud contemplate its mag- j uifiuent future, I feel us though I were a boy again . Now, my dear brother and sister, having told you what I propose to do, I earnestly advise you to come to Ne braska and look for yourselves. Next to tny own children, my nephews aud nieces and old friends are dearest to me. I greatly desire that they should share with mine iu the blessiugs of this goodly land. Many iiave been prejudiced against this State on accountof the grasshop- pers. Careful inquiry show the facts to be that for twenty years Nebraska has never suffered a failure of crops, unless you couut the graeshopppr raid of 1874, which destroyed corn on lj, as the small grain was harvested before they came. Tne shipping books here show that even in that year hundreds of car loads were shipped from here. It is true that some counties farther west where the people were newly settled, and had only "sod corn" which was destroyed, suffered ; but the fact is as I state, that Nebraska bus for twenty years past had a surplus to ship every j... j uUuUCv.C ,. , 0 Ulinti 1j m rasvn fX rim. tlkn T I iiuve puiuuuseu over 9,uuu acres oi land, aud design investiug every dol lar we can spare without endangering other interests. I am not alone or sin gular in my tiews, for the large num ber of Mennonites holding similar views to tho-e in Pennsylvania, era bracing many of great wealth aud in telligence, after having examined Io wa, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois and Wisconsin, have purchased land in large quantities in Gge, Saline and Jefferson counties In Nebraska, while thoseEuropean Mennonites are most J Tne wFfe of Ex" Governor OaMIo, af estimable people and a valuable ac-j Connecticut, at the mature sgg of 7 cession to the counties in which they I ltJ a fine BW,inirer, and every morn have settled. I cannot help feeliug ' iD? may be seen oufie& the wavea proud of ray old friends of tbe same off the be?ch 8t Watch HiM. persuasion iu Lancaster county, j ' ' Pennsylvania, who, I am sure, can' Tlbe pair of horses whieh drew the give their European brethren many j President's carriage in Louisville ha valuable lessons in farming. tbeen bought by a New Yerfcer for In conclusion I would urge you, and S5G0. all my old friends to take a look at ' "?-v this country. If any of you should! wish information before coming you OFFICIAL PAPElfcOF THE COUNTY can address John L. Carson. Banker, BrownvIIle, Neb.j J. Z. Smith, Esq., j President of First National Bank, Beatrice, Neb., or X E. Dorm, Esq., Wilbur, "Neb. Neither or thesegen" tlemen are land agents, but will'cheer- fully answer any communications and give reliable information. Ed, Marsh (son of brother Jame?) is with me, and fully concurs in ail I have said of Nebraska, indeed is if possible more enthusiastic than I am. He- joins- with me in wishing you and yours health and happiness. E. Gt MAB3H. GEORGE ERaSGIS HR&IftV Row He Lives in Now York. Thousands ofour-readers swhohave listened to tho speeches of that erratic genius, George. JTrancis Train, and wondered at the wonderful verasitlity and lutelectual power, of the man, will be interested in the following picture i of his singular habits and manners for the past three years in New Yor,k,from the peu of a correspondent of the Buf- : falo Christian-Advocate You know George Francis Train. Of course you have heard of the Train who. ran for the Presidency of tho United States in 1S72. Everybody has heard of him, but his true historv has never been told. If you will walk over with me to Madison Square,, I will introduce him to you. No, I can only point him out, for he never speaks any more to a person over fourteen years of age. However, I no tice that he occasionally getsHecelved in the age of young ladies, and speaks f to those who are -two or three years beyond the standard. " - This eccentricity 'began three years winter, wet or cold, at preoiaely G o'clock every morning, anfll nevev leaves it before ten o'elock at night. In dress, except""wheu mussed by rain or.snow, he .is a .picture of neat ness. A $2,000 eluster sparkles front his bosom, and a $400 watch, hung to his vest by a $200 chain, keepsfor him the time of day. He owns a $6i,KK residence in Madison avenue a few rods away, the inside of whieh he has not seen in three years. In it,, plooe he rents a fourth-story bedroom in a house on Fourth street, near Saond .avenue, paying theraforSa weeljth money being handed to a ten-year-old son of his landlord every Sunday morning. Except in case of a severe storm, he invariably takes the blank ets from hi3 bed and ascends through the scuttle and sleeps on tba roof. His landlord stated to me that during the past year. Train had not missed above forty nights from his roof. Even the coldest nights of last winter found him there. He nevar wears any covering to his head, and aJtews himself but one regular n9l a day, which he takes at half-past five in the morning at a coffee hous on Third avenue opposite Cooper Institute. He enters tlie park in the morning with every pooket crammed with candle, fried cakes and crullers. In a papr bag he brings half a peck of pea-nuta. This stock he parcels out to children and birds during the day. The Wrds partake first of his bounty is the morning. Tbey have become so ao uustomed to his hospitality that the ground about his seat will We osvereti with them ike moment he arrives. They alight on hia head, shoulders aud eat from his hand, a dozii at a time. The children begtj te gather around him about seven o'oloak. They are treated with less gearosity thau the birds, his beg and pckbs being of less capacity than tbejstm aehs. Neither the ehiJdreB.aor sor rows seem to think Mr. Train insane. Everybody else about New Ynrk.dos, but a SKiumittee of doetors huyg Re nounced him harmless. 1 think him. j insane, and the cause I aUizftbtale Uv an excessive aud disappointed desfyy t for popularity and fame. A correspondent writes "Ij&ft yn think it id wicked to smok&T" Ohv dreadfullj', awfully, sinfully- whfked Send your chrars to this oilue and let. 1 Ul4 i,urQ them up for yu, while you swear off and reform before It s to late. It is already too late for as We went to swear off" bi&t wsek but the office was closed and the man Um! gone to a picnic Hawkeie. A CineinnaU liquar dealer apptted to a customer for' a letter of recooui- mendutitm of a certain brmnof whte- by wh,ch hg recetly sold n him. The custouter wrote : "I have trfed all sorts of insect poison, and fiud none equal to your Old Gubiaeft wM& ky. . "Silence iu the ceurt I thuiwterei; a Kentucky Judge, tbe oth-er raern ing. "Haifa dozen men Have been convicted already without tlie-Qeurfs haviug been able to hear a word of of the testimonv." T he bestahiug to.fuH ojvgmsj. a fJt overcoat, .--..- e; i.iflitoa j&i JtfMifttlS'flBria UJ- iT-w-Hfiri i j i iijTWTiji i ,!! il r