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THE ADVERTISER
G. W. rAIKBnOTKUK.
T. C. HACKKH
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FAIRBROTIIER & HACKER ,-
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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 18T8.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
District Officers.
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ifiriioo-VKR:
O. A. CECIL
.JodC.
I)lsi rict Attorney
District Clerk.
.Deputy Clerk.
Countr Officers,
jnitv 8 STUr-T. County Jude
WIION E. llAJORd
A. J I. OILilOllE
U-V BLACK
Trea.suror
aherlH
Coronei
f: B.PARKKR
JA51B3 f. HACKER
Surveyor
PIIILir Ulturiii.u
JOHN H.snOOK. "
JONATHAN UIGOINS,J-.;
J. H. TEEKY, )
School Superintendent
. Commissioners
City Officers
J.S. KTRLI
"K. E.KHHIHT
J. B. DOCKlCIt
W.T.TtOOERS
......'Mayor
Police Julse
Clerk
. Treasurer
...3Iarabal
;EO. II I.ANNON
COTINCILMEN.
T. ItirH.VItUa. I
JOrfEI'ir Hi IV.
W.A. JUIK1N1,I
J. J. M ERi'KR. i
LEWIS HILL. J
JSl vru
.. .-Jnd Waird
3rd Ward
CNEIDHAltT,
SOCIAL DIRECTORY.
Churches.
Jlt-tliiMlist K. Cliiirpli.-Servlceheach Sabbath
at 18:30a. m., and 7 p. in. Sunday Sscliool at
"S' P m I'raver ileetlns Thursday evening.
S. 1 . VILAl. IUIU1.
PrcMbrtcriaii Chnrrh. -Services each Sabbath
m 10-M a. in aud 7:i l. m. l'rayer Meeting el
8& c wuuISi: 4bbatl. School 3 o'clock
' a. m. 1L. B. Dyu, raptor.
"riirlt.t' Churi'li.-Servirrs every Siinday. at
lfrOT a. m. Hiid 7r . in. teunday School at: p. m.
Itm-.ilATTUKW 11K.N-RY. Missionary in charge.
-t. iMoasaiit C'miiberl.unl l'lesbytorlan.
? churc'h mur .ollt" t-mth-wc-i of Brou-nville Kcr
vlce JlMti-Jibbatii in each month. B. J. john
hok. Pastor.
Clirist'mn C'hnrrli.-Services every third Sunday
of each month, by Elder J. Conneron. Social
mectingi) f very Sunday at 11 a. m. Prayer meet
ings Thursday evenings.
. C'uthuHc. scrvlces every tth Sunday of each
. JiKMitli, at Jo ocloch a. in. Pather Cummlsky.
Priest.
Soliools.
Hrownviile Union (SmdfilclioiiN.-J-M-Mc-Kenzic.
Prlnciiml: Ml Jsio K. Bain. Assist
imt High school; Miss Liu Tucker. Grammar
Iieiwrtniiit: Mhs Alice Jlitt. 1st Intermediate:
Mivs ICate Cox. 2d Intermediate: MHs Emma
Hmlth. 1st Primary: Mrs. Carrie Johnson. 2d Pri-
. xnary.
I. O. of O. F.
Itrnwaville Lo.lce Xo. 5, I.O.H. F.-Regular
iiKieliiis Tuesday evening ol each .veek. Isit-
" hig brothers npectrully Invited. A.H.UIlmore,
N. . Ja3. Cochran. Seoy.
' rut aha City T.oilse No. -10, T. . O. O. . F.
iectveryUlturtlay. O. C.ZojK..i.. David
TorKTUl.OTT. Sc
Knicts of PytMas.
KvptUior I.odsc No. 13, "-ATV-if
Velnelay evening in Masonic Hall. '''nS
JCnights cordially invited. J. B. McCabk. C. C.
M'm. Kai'JT m vs. K. of It. H.
Rl.isonic.
-nn.lia Vnll-y l.odarr No. - A. V. & A. 31.
St.tfril meetiiiK "-a nrtJay ou or before the lull
of each in. .n." Lodge room open every batur
iluv evening for lectures, inetruclion and boclal
intercourse. J.C. McNuughton, W. M. B.h.bou
. ler. Sec. -
JlriMvnvilir Clinntei- No. I. U. A. 3I.-Sttecl
meetiug-jvtond Thurd.tvof each month. ll. .
Furnas M. K II. P. A. It. Davison, Sec.
Fnrnni Council No. :J, It. . S. E. HI.
Stateil meetings. second Thursday of racli monin.
J. C. MoNaughton. T. I. M. .A. It. Davison, Rec.
3It. CariiielCommanilcrj No.:5. K.T.-Slated
meetings t-oiid Monday in oneh month. v. l.
Rogers, E.C.: A. W. Nickel!, Rec.
Itosr anil I.ilj I'onrlave.No. (:J5 K ''j't.
,sC M-"is at Masonic Hall on the hltn alon
rtnvs. R W. Turnas. M. P. So.'. It. T. Ramey,
secretary.
Ailith CIi:ittr No. . Orderot the Eastern Star.
.-tuled int-etings third Monday
Mrs. E. C. Haudley. W. M.
in each month.
Societies.
-J. C. McNaughton, Preht.
Choral TTninu.
J. B.
Docker, bec
. Klakt- Draiuntir A.nclatinii. V. T. Rogers.
.. Pret. J. 15. IHicker, t-ec and Trau
Metropolitan ( nrnrt Itaml.-I'. T.Smith, Mu
sical Dln-clor. E. Jlnddart. Treasurer and Busi-iiO--s
Manager.
BriMviiviilc Llcrnry r3oriety. - W.Furnas.
ITesWelit. A.. Cn-tl, fc-er.
Z.O.OTG.T.
HBAND WJIK5EOFF1.-EKS.
Mits. ADA VAN PELT. W. . C. T Lincoln.
1 W. MITT- ALF. W.G.C Tecumseh.
Mns. U F. Market. W.IJ. V.T Itiverton.
y.O. KKKNm. W. .. sv -Kearney.
MihmKVa RANs-OM. W. C. Trcus ..tails City.
A. J. fcKKEN. W. M. .Brownytlle.
AV. F. WARREN, W. G. Chap Nebraska I ity.
A. J. SKEEN DiiU Dey. for Nemaha County.
Itruwiivlllc LoiIe No. Gil, I. O. or . T
Meets, evorv Friday evenliiginOddrellows Hall,
over Nxkells drue s-ore. Main street. Stran
gers of our order visiting the city are Invited to
meet with us. Lucius B. Church. W. C. T. It. 1
Hulburd. W. R.rf.
Nrniaha City T.oilcc No. 10.-M.ets .vcrv
Mnid.iy evening. S. A. Huntiiiglon. W.C.T. J.
B. Johnson, W. tfec
Aapinvrali I.oilce No.. lOS.-MeeU every Sat
urday evening. John S. Minlck. W.C.T. T.J.
Hltt.riec.
ZIun.No. V.17. MeoLs every Thursday evening,
at the Kennedy bchool House, two miles north
wwt tf Brr.wnvilie.
Sccnritj , No. 133. Meets every Saturday even
In, at Full-view Church, .six miles s.outh west of
Brownvllle. J. W. Rltchey. W. C.T. John Max
well, W. S
Linden. No. S.-Meets every Saturday evening,
at Linden Schoal House, ilt mllei north west or
Sheridan.
Pleasant Prairie. No. JOO.-Meet every Satur
day evening, "t Bratton School House, Benton
precinct.
lirilibril. No- lfiO.-Meeta every Friday evening
at dal T ir -sctiiKti House, four miles sjuth weit
of Nemaha City.
Sheridan, No. 1G2. Meets everj' Saturday even
ing. Other lodges In the county that desire a place in
this directory will please Inform us, of name, num
ber, when and where It mets. names of presiding
officer aud secretary- together with any other in
formation they may wish to communicate.
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.U'THOKIZCD RT THK U. S. G0TEKX3IEXT.
O F
BROTV ISILLIi:.
I'ahl-uj) Capital, $50,000
Authorized il 500,000
1 PREPARED TO TRANSACT A
General Banking Business
BL'Y AND SELL
COIN & CURRENCY DRAFTS
on all the lmncir-hl cities of Hie
United States and Europe
MONEY LOANED
On aprrovctf security owly. Time Drart-s discount
STATE, COUNTY a CITY SECURITIES
deposits;
Received payable on demand, and 1 NTEUEST al.
3u cd on time certificates c ' deposit.
PIRCCTOR". Wm.T.Den. B. M. Rallev J4 A
Haudley. Trank E. JoUumhi. Lr.ther iloadlvr
Wm. Fraiirher.
30RX L. GARS0X;
A. K. DA VISOn. Cashier.
. C. McN A l"5 111 ON. As-fLCashior.
I'resloeti'
EHANZ HELMER,
LUftn8 n.E!i;iAifMli-iiPunl
sftuuw s6ftLrtoj3miin.nur
ONE DOOR "VEST OF COURT HOX'SE.
"I7AG0N MAKIXR. Renairincr. i
,V Plows, and all wprk done in thebeit
m4an-r and on short n-jticc. 5all:raclKn Euarnn -
"d Girehlpiarxir.
rai-ir. I
m uTioiiL bih
BUSINESS CARDS.
T L.
HULBURD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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And Justice of the Peace. Office in Court House
Building. Brownvllle, eb.
s
TDLL & THOMAS,
ATTORNEYS 'AT LAW.
Office, over Theodore Hill A Co.'s store, Brown
vllle, Neb.
T.
SCHIfK.
ATTORWEY ATI.AW.
Office overJ. L.HcOi'eifcBro'sstore, Brownvllle,
.ouraBi:u.
J.
H. BROADY,
Attornev antl Coimselor at Ijmv.
Office overstate Bank.BrownvIlle.Neb.
WT. ROGERS.
. Atfnrll'vnllll Cminielor ttt IjUW,
"WillKlvedlllgentattention toanylegalbuslness
entrnstt'dtoliiacure. Office in the Roy building, j
Brownvllle. Neb.
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IIOIjLADAY.
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Itysictnii, Stirgcon, Obatt trlclaii.
:ritduated in 1S5I. Located In Brownvllle IBM.
Special attention paid to Obstetrics and diseases
of Women and Children. Office.41 Main street.
Q A. OSliORN.
O. ATTORNEY ATT. AAV.
Office, No. SI Main street, Brownvlle, Neb.
J W. GTBSON,
IILACKSMITH AND HORSE SIIOER.
Work done to order nnd satisfaction guaranteed
First street, between Main and Atlantic, Brown
ville.Neb.
T M. BAILEY,
SIIIPPHH AND DEALER IN
LIVE STOCK
JJIIOWNV1LLE, XEBRASKA.
Farmers, please call and get prices ; I want
to handle your stock.
OClce 34 Main street, Hon d ley building.
AT
CLINE,
FASHIONABLE
BOOT AM) SHOE MAKER
CUSTOM WORK made to order, and fits nlway
guaranteed. Repairing neatly and promptly done.
Shop. No. 27 Main street, Brownvlllc.Ncb.
A.
D. MARSH.
nn A TT AT?
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Jl-J-JLJVJ-V,
imOWXVIIiLE, - - NEBRASKA.
CuttiiJB. or Cutting and Making, done to
onler on short notice and at reasrnable
prices. Has had long experience and can
warrant .satisfaction.
Shop in Alex. Robinson's old btanil.
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILO!
and dealer in
1 FineL'iigIih,Fienc!i. Scotch and Fancy Cloths,
Nestings, hlc, Lie.
Brown ville. Nebraska.
WITOEEELY & HAWKINS,
Hair Cutting and Shaving
SALOON,
1st door west Firt.1 National Bank,
RroictivUlC) - Vehntslia.
I?r JiROWNVJLLE TJTJE
LAST WEEK OFJSACJI
MONTH. -
HEW
BENTIST,
IIROIVNV1L.LE, NEBRASKA,
NEW EESTAURAliT.
MEALS AIST LUNCH
AT ALL HOURS.
COIFECTIONERTWIUTS,
FRESH AND CHEAP.
tflE.l&S cVj&Y 25 CT8.
Oysters Cooked to Order.
XOKSJC-lS Olri Stnixcl.
J?Iis. Sarali Kausclikolb.
T. .A.. BATH
is now proprietor of the
nnd is prepared to accomodate tho
public with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
Guntlenmuly and accommodating clerks
will at all times bo in attendance. Your
patronage solicited. .Remember the placo
tho old Pascoe bhop, Main-st.,
ESrotcxvillc - JYebraska.
b.:f.sottde:r.
Manufacturer nd Dealer in
) unuULLUi
COLLARS, BRIDLES,
ZINK TADS, 1JKUSHES, BLAXKETg;
Robes, &c.
BROWSTILLE, KEBRASKA.
B. COLHAPP,
Sianufacturer of
i
5"9 Main Street,"
Efrownvillc, XetiTraskd.
i Orders From Nninhhnr.;n Tft,;i
' ,um "CignDOring TOWnS
Solicited.
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VEGETINE
Her Own Words.
Baltimohk, Md Feb. 13, 1677.
He. R. H. Stevexs :
Dear Ulr: Since several years I have got a sore
and verv painful foot. I had some physicians, but
they couldn't cure me. Now I have heard or your
VEGETINE from a lady who was sick for a long
tlme.nnd becanieall well irom your VEGETINE,
and I went anil bought me one bottle of VEGE
TINE: and after I had used one nottle. the pains
left me, and it bejran to heal, and then I bought one
other bottle, and so I take It yet. I thank God for
this remedy and yourself : and wishing every suf
ferer may pay attention to it. It Is a blessing for
health.
ilrs. a KNABE, 63? "West Baltimore Street.
VEGETINE.
Safe and Sure.
Mn. H.R. Stkvkns:
I n 1872 y.iur VEGETINE was recommended to me
and, yielding to tho persuasions of a friend! I con
sented to try It. At the time I was suffering from
general debility and nervous prostration, supurln
uced by over-work and irregular habits. Itswon
derfulstrengtlienlngand curative properties seem
ed to affect my debilitated system from the first
dose; and under Its persistent se I rapidly recov
ered, gaining more than usual health and good
feeling. Since then I have not hesitated to give
VEGETINE my most unqualified indorsement, aa
being a safe, sure, and powerful agent in promoting
health and restoring the wasted sjstcm to new life
snd energy. VEGETINE is the only medicine I
use: and as long as I live I never expect to find a.
better. Yours truly. w. u. ulaiik.
120 Monterey street, Alleghany, Penn.
VEGETINE.
TIic Best Spring Medicine.
CHABLESTOWi,-.
Mr. H. R. Stkvexs:
Dear Sir: ThLs is to certify that I have used your
" Blood Preparation" In my family for several years
and think that for Scrofula or Cankerous Humors,
or Rheumatic affections it cannot be excelled; and
as a blood purifier and spring medlcineitistbcbesl
thing I have ever used, and I have used almost
everything. I cau cheerfully recommend it to any
one in needot Mich a medicine.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. A. A. DINSMORE 19 Russell street.
YEGETINE.
What Is deeded.
Bostox, Feb. 13, 1871.
H. R. Stevexs, Esq.
near Mr .-About one year since 1 found mvselt
in a feeble condition Irom general debility. VEG
ETINE was strongly recommended to" me by a
friend who had been much benefited by Its use. I
procure! the article and. after using several bot
tles, was restored to health and discontinued Its
use. I feel quite confident that there is no medi
cine superior to it for those complaints for which it
is especially prepared, and would cheerfully recom
mend it to those who feel that they need something
to restore them to perfect health.
Respectfully yours. U. L. PETTENGILL,
jHrin of S. M. Pettenglll &. Co..
No. 10 State St., Boston.
VEGETINE.
AH Have Obtained Relief.
South Berwick, Me., Jan. 17, 1872.
n. It. Stkvevs. li-q.
Dmrfitr:! have had dyspepsia in Its worst form
for the last ten yeurs. nnd have taken hundreds of
dollars worth or medicines without obtaining any
rellef. In September last I commenced taking the
VEJETIN E.slnce which tlmemy health hasstead
ily improved. My feed digests well, nnd I have
gained fifteen pounds of flesh. There are several
others In this place taking VEGETINE, and all
have obtained relief.
Yours truly, THOMAS E. MOORE.
Overseer ol Card Room, Portsmouth Co.'a Mills.
VEGETINE
PREPARED BY
H. E. STETENBOSTOU, MASS.
Yegetine Is Sold by all Drntrists.
E. EUBDART'S
Peace and Q-uiet
t .Xj3SF7n S:
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C&tKA-tfcC-ta
Saloon and Billiard Hall I
THE BEST OF
ies, Wines. Gins.
And Wiiislcies.
No. -19 JIain Street, Opposite Sherman
House, Brownvllle, Nebraska.
ORGANIZED, 1870.
AT BROWKTILLE.
CAPITAL, $100,000.
Transacts a Kencrnl bar. nine business, fcells
Drafts on all the prluc It-Hies of the
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE
J&B- Special
depositors.
accommodations granted te
STATE, GOUHTY & CITY
SECURITIES,
BOUGHT JLNT SOLD.
OFFICERS. ,
W.H.McCREERY, : : President.
W.VI. HACKNEY, : Vice President.
H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
L. HOA DLEY. J. C. DEUBER.
WM. H. HOO'ER, (!. M. KAUFFMAIT,
W. W. HACKNEY. H. C. LETT,
W.H. MCCREERY,
Meat Market.
BUTCHERS,
BRO!?'XVIL1ijej KEBRASKA.
Good, Sweet, Presli Meat
A1Wanfle,Vta,I?dl and satisfaction guaf
antledto all customers.
"SSTCn : A'D CHAIX-a
fitfrtt t T"?rc?witnevej7 order. Oat.
,re- J-B-GaTlord &Co.chicago,Ul.
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The Other World.
BY HARRIET SEECHER STOWE.
It lies around ns like a cloud
A world we do not see;
Yet the sweet closing of an oye
May bring us there to be.
Its gentle breezes fan our check,
Amid our worldly cares ;
Its gentle voices whisper love.
And mingle with our prayers.
Sweethearts around us throb and beat,
Sweet helping hands are stirred.
And palpitates the veil between
With breathings almost heard.
And In tho hush of rest they bring.
Tis easy now to see
How lovely and how sweet a pass
The hour of death may be.
To close the eye and close the ear,
Wrapped In a trance of bliss,
And gently laid In loving arms,
To swoon to that from this.
Scarce knowing lfwewakoor sleep.
Scarce asking where we are,
To feel all evil sink away,
AH sorrow and all care.
Sweet souls around us watch us still.
Press nearer to our side;
Into our thoughts, into our prayers.
With gentle helpings glide.
Let death between ns be as naught
A dried nnd vanished stream ;
Our Joy be the reality,
Our suffering life the dream.
A Story o a Bank Cashier,
Outride the portal of the bank, a
cotnmidaionaire, named Copp, has for
many years taken up his position.
He is not in the service of ttie bank,
but, being a man of tried probity aud
trustworthiness, his right to the sta
tion is tacitly admitted. He is an old
soldier, and has served with distinc
tion iu man3 glorious battles, as the
numerous medals, which he proudly
displays upon his breast, bearwitness.
He has been a Sergeant Major, and
comports himself with a suitable dig
nity. Upon many occasions, on busy
days, he has been intrusted with mis
sions of delicacy and responsibility,
and has always fulfilled them with
tact and exactitude.
One morning I was waiting at my
desk for the arrival of our early cus
tomers, when T saw Copp advancing
toward me with his military step, and
with even more than his customary
dignity. He held in his hand a dirty
canvas bag, which he placed on my
desk.
"Well. Uopp." I said, "whose ao
count is this for?"
He stood at attention, and said, af
ter saluting:
"This bag, sir, was placed in ray
hands an hour ago by a mnn who ask
ed me to take care of it till he came
back. Thinking, perhaps, he was a
customer of the bank, I took charge
of it, and, as he hasn't come back, I
thought I had better bring it to you
sir, as it seems to contain money."
I opened the bag and found it con
tained 750 in bank-notes and gold ;
but there was no indication of the
person to whom it belonged, either
written upon a paper, as is customary,
or upon the backB of the notes. Copp,
seeing my surprise, added :
I beg pardon, sir, but I may as
well tell you that the party who hand
ed me the bag was decidedly inebriat
ed iu fact, sir, I might say drunk.
He could scarcely stand, aud didn't
seem hardly able to speak."
"Very well," I replied "you may
leave It with me, and, when the man
comes, bring him in here."
"Yes, sir," said Copp, who saluted
and retired.
J put the bag on one side, fully ex
pecting that the owner would soon
call and claim it. At the end of the
day, however, nobody had called, al
though Copp had kept a sharp lookout
at the door. I was tnuoh surprised at
this, and put by the money. The
nest day and the next passed by, and
still no claiinantappeured. I interro
gated Copp as to the description of the
man. He Baid he was a fhort, thick
set man, with dark hair and whisk
ers, but no mustache. He wore a
black coat, yery seedy-looking, and
his face and hands and shirt were
very dirty ; "looked as if he had been
on the loose, sir," he added.
At the expiration of another week,
I inserted advertisements in all the
principal daily papers, stating that a
bag containing asum of money had
been found, and inviting the owner to
claim it and specify the contents. No
satisfactory answers were received to
the advertisement, and the question
roinaiued, what was to be done with
the money? We could not place it to
any account in the bank, and we could
not, of course, open an account in an
unknown name. The manager was
of the opinion that, as the money had
been left in the hands of Sergt. Copp.
who was not an official of the
bank, and, besides, who was
standing in the street at the time,
there was no evidence of its having
been intended to be lodged iu the
bank, aud that, therefore, it should
be handed over to the commission
aire. Upon my telling Copp this, howev
er, he stoutly refused to have any
thing to do with it. "It waB not his,"
he said, "and he had only taken
charge o'f it upon the supposition that
it belonged to one of the customers of
the bank." The matter was finally
settled by opening a deposit acoount
in trie joint names or Copp aud my
self.
Two years rolled by, and nothing
further was heard of th'e mys'terlous
depositor, and I began to think that
the amount would ultimately fall in
to the hands of the worthy Sergt.
Copp or bis family, to whom it would
be a email fortune. At length, how-
ever, one morning, Sergt. Copp walk
ed up to my desk with an expression
of great pleasure upon his honest
face.
"Beg your pardon, sir," he com
menced; "can I. speak to you for a
few minutes?"
, 'Certainly," said I; "what Is it?"
"Well, sir, do you remeraher that
bag of money two years ago ?"
"Or course I do," I replied with in
terest; who could forget it?"
"Well, sir, I think I've got a clew
to the man who left it with me."
It appeared that the Sergeant's son
was apprenticed ta au upholsterer in
the city. Among the workmen in
; the establishment who had recently
joined was a French polisher. One
day, in the course of conversation, he
told his fellow-workmen the follow
ing facts concerning a foreman of the
firm of Smith & Jones, where he had
formerly worked. This foreman,
whose name was Thompson, had
been with the firm a great many
years; he was intrusted by his em
ployers from time to time with the
collection of large amounts of money,
and bad always been found.' honest
and upright. Upon one occasion,
about two years before, a shipping
order had come to the firm for a quan
tity of furniture from a new foreign
house of which they had some suspi
cions. The goods were ordered to be
shipped on a certain day, aud it was
agreed that they were to be paid for
in money before being placed on
board. As the order came to 750. the
foreman went down himself iu charge
of the goods, with strict injunctions
from his employers either to bring
them back or the money. The goods
were placed on board the ship from
the lighter iu the docks so much was
ascertained but the foreman, who
had received the money, and bad giv
en a receipt for it, was never seen
again, either by the firm or by his
wife and family. The lighter-man,
who had been present at the payment
of the money, and had conveyed
Thompson ashore, deposed that he
had not been able to get the goods on
board the day when they were sent
down, aud Thompson passed the
night in a sailors' coffee-house in the
neighborhood of the docks, in order
to be in time for their transhipment
in the morning. When he arrived on
board he acted very straugely, and
the lighterman noticed that his watch
and chain were missing. Altogether
Thompson's appearance was that of a
man who was still suffering from the
efftytsvjf a"n!ghtVilebauch.- On" tak
ing him ashore, the lighterman had
conducted Thompson, at his urgent
request, to a publio house, and had
there left him. From this point im
penetrable mystery hung over the
whole matter. Had Thompson de
camDed with the money, or had be
baen the victim of some foul play?
The first hypothesis was scouted by
Thompson's friends and fellow-workmen.
He had shown himself for
more than tweuty years a man of
probity; he was a sober and prudent
man, whose only delight was in his
home and his ohildreu. He was al
ways preaching habits of savlug and
economy to the men under him, and
when he disappeared, it wa3 found
that he had a considerable sum in the
savings bank, which he had never
touched. It was incredible, there
fore, that he could have irabezzled his
employer's money. The second hy
pothesis seemed the more reasonable
one. But if he had been murdered,
how had his body been disposed of?
The river had been closely watched
from the Tower to the sea, but no
corpse answering to the description
had ever been found.
Young Copp had carried this story
to his father, and the Sergeant had
with much difficulty succeeded in dis
covering Thompson's unfortunate
wife and family, who were now re
duced to great poverty. From them
he learned the confirmation of tho sad
story, and felt sure that at last he had
found the missing clew.
The good Sergeant then waited on
Messrs. Smith & Jones, In whose em
ployment Thompson had been, and
ascertained two facts which confirm
ed him in his supposition. The 750
had been paid by the foreign firm
which bad bought the goods, in ex
aotly the same proportion of notes
aud gold as the sum left with the com
missionaire, and the date upon which
they were paid corresponded with
that of the mysterious deposit. The
unfortunate hiatus in the chain of ev
idence was that nobody kuew the
numbers of the bank notes which had
formed a purt of it.
"What do you think, sir?'' con
tinued Copp.
I replied that I thought the solution
probable, but that we should proceed
very cautiously in the testing of every
proof.
After turning over the matter care
fully in ray mind, I came to the con
clusion that the only means of iden
tifying the pum paid to Thompson
with that left with Sergeant Copp
would be a comparison of the num
bers of the no'tes in eaoh insfance.
But then came a formidable difficulty.
The foreign firm had been dissolved
and Us members had left England.
Tuev had already informed Messrs.
Smith & Jones that they had omitted
to" take the numbers of the banknotes,
which had been remitted" to them
from the continent.
The plan I at last hit upon was as
follows :
When the 750 were paid into the
denosife account, the notes which
formed a portion of the sum were sent
bv ua to the Bank of Engiand in tne
recular course 01 uusiuea. au
were
i - ,-J T l.lnnH
I ascertained at the'
4herecanceieu
Bank of England the name and ad
dress of the firm to whom the notes
had been first issued, and then traced
them through the several hands thro'
which they bad passed. Following
up the clew, I discovered that some of
them had been sent to a bank at Par
is. I wrote to this bank, inquiring to
whom they had been paid, and to my
great gratification was informed that
they had been sent to the very firm in
London a few days before they had
handed them over to Thompson.
Here, then, was the missing link,
and I had no longer any doubt in my
mind that the monoy paid to us was
the same as that whioh bad been lost
by Messrs. Smith & Jones.
Honest Sergent Copp was overjoyed
and wished to go at once to Mrs.
Thompson aud give her the good
news. This, however, I would not
permit, as I thought it would be bet
ter to endeavor, in the first instance,
to ascertain the fate of the poor fore
man. I, therefore, called upon Messrs
Smith & Jones, and Informed them
that I had obtained certain informa
tion, which led me to believe that a
sum of 750 paid into the bank was
identical with that lost by them, but
that the only person who could satis
factorily prove the fact was Thomp
son, and that he must therefore be
found. They promised to do their
best to aid my inquiries, and employ
ed a detective for the purpose. In the
course of a few weeks they were able
to inform me that Thompson had
been discovered in Paris, working un
ber an assumed name, and that, on
being informed of the discovery, he
had at once come over to his family,
who were overjoyed at his return.
On the following day Thompson
called at the bauk, and was recogniz
ed by Sergeant Copp as the very In
dividual who had left the money with
him.
The explanation given by Thomp
son of the transaction was, -that his
coffee had been drugged at the bouse
where he slept, and his watch stolen
from him. He had, however, nerved
himself by a violent effort the follow
ing morning to be at his post on the
lighter, and, although half stupefied,
bad with some difficulty received and
counted over the money ; that on go
ing ashore be had repaired to a publio
house near the docks, in order to get
some soda water; that, after taking
it, he had rambled through the streets
en the way to the workshop.
His mind, however, was a complete
blank as to everything which occur
red afterward, until he found himself
lying in a narrow alley, surrounded
by ill-looking people. When be came
to himself he was paralyzed by fear
on finding, as he thought, that he had
been robbed of his bag. His brain
was dazed with the thought of the
fearful accusations which would be
certainly brought against him. Who
would believe that he was guiltless of
any crime when appearances were so
much against him? How could he ex
plain away his seeming state of In
toxication when he went on board in
the morning? And, above all, how
could he explain the loss of the bag?
He could remember that up to a cer
tain time, after leaving the public
house, he still had the bag safe in the
breast-pocket of his coat, for he had a
distinct recollection of keeping his
arm tightly pressed ogaiust it. He
had a dim recollectiou of finding him
self amid streets of tall stone houses,
and of reeling against several people
on the pavement; but after that bis
memory was altogether blotted out.
All was darkness and vacancy until
he awoke.
Then a feeling of blank despair took
possession of his mind. How could
he ever again snow himself among
his friends he who had held his
head so high, and had been so forward
in denouncing vice and drink ? He
would be a laughing-stock to all the
world; then the stain upon his hon
esty ! Messrs. -Smith & Jones he
knew to be very hard people; they
never had spared anybody in their
business dealings, and they would
certainly bring n criminal charge
against him. The idea was horrible.
He would rather die thanjsubmit to
such indignity.
Pondering these things over in his
mind, he had wandered heedlessly
through the streets without remark
ing whither he was going. Fate or
instinct seemed to lead him to tho
riverside again, and he found himself
at last at St. Katherine's dock. Ex
actly facing where he stood was a
flaming placard, announcing the de
parture that day of a boat direct for
Calais, at a very low rate of passage.
The thought darted into his mind :
Wliy not cut the difficulties at once,
and put the sea between himself and
the scene of his disgrace ?
Itwasacowardly temptation which,
if his intellect had been in a clearer
state, would have been instantly re
jected with scorn, but the poisonous
drug which he had imbibed seemed
to have utterly unmanned him and
deprived him of the courage neces
sary to face his trouble. He yielded
to the temptation and made his way
through to Paris, where, under an as
sumed name, he succeeded in getting
work, for he was very expert in his
business.
Nothing could exceed the delight of
the worthy coramissiona'ire at having
been the means of clearing up the
mystery, except, indeed, his pride in
re-telling the oft-told tale. Nor was
honesty unrewarded in a more sub
stantial manner. Messrs. Smith &
Jones presented him. with 100 as a
recognition of his integrity and intel-
Hgence
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jliic umiciaiij, iim xcupiu uuu me
Press.
In conclusion is it too much to ask
that the editors of the State exercise a
little more caution in respect to ad
mitting into thpircolumns statements
regarding the University which are
both untruthful and injurious to its
best interests? Chancellor Fairfield's
Letter.
We yesterday published Chancellor
Fairfield's letter, of which tho above
is the concluding paragraph. We were
gratified with its disclaimer of un
pleasant personal differences and the
denial of religious feuds in that Insti
tution. So far, good. But we protest
against the insinuation, In tho above,
of nny disposition on our part
whether by omission or commission,
whether from want of "caution" or
lack of friendship for the University
and its managers to admit "untruth
ful" and "injurious" statements with
out fittingand fullconsideration. We,
for one, are accustomed to consider
with the utmost care every position we
take, and to facan the purport and effect
of any statement whioh we publish
from others, and more especially when
the interests and good name of any
public institution or any citizen are
involved.
The shortest way and the frankest
statement is the best, and we shall
simply, therefore, say that we are
aware and we do not believe the
Chancellor i9 unaware that apparent
ly well grounded reports of religious
professional and personal differences
in the government and faculty of the
university have been fur some
time current. We may further
more state that we have not
yet been made aware that each
and all of these reports are whol
ly without foundation. If they are
groundless, so far as the Chancellor is
concerned as we accept bis assurance
that they are that Is well ; one good
point is gained and the publio should
know the fact.
We cannot, however, accept Chan
cellor Fairfield's dictum for the con
duct of a people's journal, in relation
to public institutions and interests.
Here is the State University of Ne
braska, supported by direct taxation.
All citizens and ail the property of
the State bear their proportion of the
burden. The people's Trustees of that
institution, in their disposition of the
public fund placed in their hands, have
certainly gone to the fullest extreme
of liberality. The average of salaries
paid chancellornnd professors is high
er than the average in any other col
lege west of New England and New
York state, sectarian of private! Its
chancellor receives a considerable
higher salary than any publio officer
in the State, executive or judicial. Its
professors receive au average higher
than that paid the professors of the
Michigan University. Of this we do
not complain. But these publio ser
vants, paid to do a specifics work, and
chosen with view to their capacity
and accomplishments therefore must
expect to do that work, and must ex
pect to do the whole of it in the eye of
the "public. The faculty cannot expect
to exist as a "close corporation," an
swerable only to another "close cor
poration" (the Board of Regents), and
that body amenable alone without
question or protest from any one, to a
legislature which imposes upon them
no restrictions, and which meets in
hurried session but once in two years.
We think, all things considered,
and, especially in view of the confess
ed fact that it is a free and independ
ent press alone which stauds between
the people and their servants, that
theeditors of Nebraska have generally
exercised a "caution," a prudence and
a judgment worthy of a recognition
somewhat different from that contain
ed in Chancellor Fairfield's letter. We
do not believe that there is an editor
in the State who would, even incau
tiously, publish an "untruthful" state
ment, and least of all one, "injurious
to its best interests," concerning the
University, or its regents or faculty.
At any rate. It is better nay, it is in
dispensable that at the risk of pub
lishing even such statements, in the
absence of any disclaimer from the
University, the editors of the State
be at full liberty, and freely exercise
the right" to criticise the administra
tion of theUniversity, and to publish
the alleged errors or short-comings of
its regents, chancellor or professors,
one or all. We think that the events
of the past three years (those of the
past two not excepted) sufficiently
prove that if the editors were to keep
silent in these matters,' waiting for
iuformation or permission from facul
ty or regents they, might wait till
doomsday before informing or coun
seling' the people in regard to the of
ficial management and the true in
wardness of that institution, or of any
other public instution in the state.
Certain it is that no regent and no pro
fessor is going to come forward to de
ny something which haa never been
asserted, or to defend an act or a poli
cy which nobody, and especially no
editor has complained of. The Uni
versity is not a cloister ; its Board of
regents is not a Star Chamber, nor are
Its professors, or any of them, monks,
amendable alone to an ecclesiastical
interest and a caste conscience. Its
regents must know neither fear nor
favor; its chancellor and professors
must know neither religionism no
creed; he and they would have the
same right, and no more, to adopt a
political policy, republican or demo
cratic, that they have to adopt any so
called religious, much more ec'ltsiasti
cal policy, christian or infidel, ortho
dox or heterdox. Such was the com
promise which was a compact, under
which the present admirliBtratiori wa
appointed, and language could not
make thatpolicy and tbatunderstand
Ing clearer than- did trie" installation
address of the president df the board
ofRegentsaod the inaugural address
of Chancellor Fairfield. Omaha Be
publican Feb. IQlh.
A Pllgrim.-
George Green appeared at a' bouao
on Third street at midnight, and in
stead of knocking on tho door ho
pounded on the side of the house un
til the proprietor raised an upper win
dow and shouted i
"Who In Halifax. Nora Qcotiaars
you, and what in Halifax, Nova Sco
tia do you want?"
"I want to be an ahgel !' was tho
thick reply.
The householder poked about four
teen feet of tho barrel of ari old shot
gun out of the window, and backed It
up with such blood-curdling threats,
that Green walked off. He was ab
sent about fifteen minutes, giving tho
citizen time to get nicely settled in
bed when ho returned, and pounding
on the bouse, agalii called'out:
"Fire! Fire!"
"Whoa what where Is the" fire?'
shouted the citizen, as he leaped out
of bed and threw up the window.
"In the infernal regions !" was the
sober reply.
"See here, you old flat-headed hye
na, I'll shoot the top of your skull oft
if you don't scatter out of this" shriek
ed the indignant citizen.
"I will scatter?" was" the soft re-
ply, and Green took a walk around
the block.
The citizen was beginning to dream
when he heard tthat same old pound
ing on the side, of the house, and a1
voice cried out:
"Awake! Awake!"
"I'll Kill that man as sure's I'm tt
sinner!" howled thegood man a he
left his bed once more, but as he rais
ed the sash a thick voice asked :
"Didn't you say you'd alicot the top
of my skull off?"
"Yes, I did, and I hope to be sawed
in two if I don't do it!"
"Hadn't you just as lief poison'
me?" tenderly asked the intruder as
he looked up nt the gun.
All this was known to the court,
and when Green walked out he was
asked :
"What is your business?"
"I'm a pilgrim, sir," was the meek
answer.
"Good! They want' you' at tho
House of correction to put the soft,
tender tints on verandah chaira. You
will please step up there for three
months."
"Wouldn't It be advisable for
me to ride?" slowly asked tha
prisoner as he backed' away. Free
Frees.
A Slight Misunderstanding
Capt. Ahrensi a' neat, nice little"
blonde of an ex-Prussian officer, best
known to fame as husband to Pappen
heim, qaused a laughable little error
at the Peabody Hotel ChrlslcJas Eve
night. Going to the Steward, the
Captain said":
"I want supper for twendy-sefen af
ter the obera to-nidt."
"Certainly, sir," from the steward.
"Te finest you can get up, minS
yu-"
"Certainly, sir."
The opera was overrand the c'ahta
trice was going to her room. The'
head waiter steps out, shows' Ills ivory"
and bows,
"They are ready, MaUamV'
What?" questioned the great Eu-'
genie P.
"The twenty-seven suppers you or-
dered." .
"Me?" And the eyes of MaUahi
stared.
"Your husband' ordered tb'em, Ma
dam." "No, not tweridy-sefen surjper, but
doo supper for number twendy-sefen
lorter," said the little Captain, as ho'
came up with his great spouse's
w'rapa
An explanation followed.. The can-'
tatrice's room was No. 27, but trie
steward understood tho Captain' to'
mean tweuty -seven'suppersj there be
ing just twenty-seven membera'of tho
trourJe staying at the hotel.
The bill was settled. Memp7ii3 Av
alanch. "Jemima Susan", did" yoif get my
letter?"
"Yes, Dick."
"I sent it In hopes" of raising a
flame."
"Dick, you'succeeded" forifc' lit the
gas '"
0 t jii
A squaw haa gone upon the stage.
She wears false hair like a white lady.
She is a s'wltch injun. N. T. JTcrald.
And when she is'ou the stage the au
dience see. the injun-near. Xorialow ri
Herald.
A New book of six hundred pages
on money is by'a gentleman named
p'oor Henry V. Poof. Star. We
don't see how Henry can be Poor as
he has a "V" to hii name. JKorrii
toxmi Herald.
He went softly behind the door and
murmured "I'nx'a m'aii'of very quiet'
tastes." Then he to'o"k a flask from
his pocket and tasted1 something.
Capt.'PolIard, of the English ria'vyy
has been dismissed from theservico'
for not seeing a rock sixty ,feefhign
fiftbe path of his vessal.