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BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1879.
VOL. 24. NO. 4
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
District Officers.
s.b.T'Ound
j. a WATSON
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.District Attorney
District Clerk.
WILLIAM 1L HOOVER.
Countv Officers.
rMT-vra qtitt.t. County Jndce
WITSON E. MAJORS Clerk and Recorder
a it mr.MrtRK Treasurer
it. v n r. ( rr Sheri fl
o Ti PAiik-EU .. Coronei
J A M Ktf ST. HACKKIl Surveyor
PHILIP CUOTUKH
chool Superintendent
JOHN H. SHOD K.
JOHN H. POHLMA
J. H. PEERY,
Commissioners
City Officers.
W.T. ROGERS!
L. L. IIUMIUKD
j. n. pockkr
HKN'. C THOMPSON'.
JOHN. W. LOVJ3
..Mavpr
-Police Jndse
Gicrjr
.Treasurer;
Marshal':
COUNCTLMKN.
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JOSEPH BODY.C
1st Ward
W.A.
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3rd Ward
SOCIAL, DIRECTORY.
V ChnrcnoB.
lUt-thndMt'K. Chnrr-li. Scrvlccscaeh Rabbatb
r.ilO-.SOa. m.. and 7-no r. m. Sunday School at
2f n. m. Prayer Mating Thursday evening.
8. P. Wilson. Pastor.
Prcftfirterlnn Ohnrcli. Services ach Sabbath
at lffc30 a. m.. and 7:30 n. m. Praver Meotlnc Wed
nesday evnlnss. abbatk School at 9 o'clock
a. m. H. B. Dvk, Pastor.
Ghrlt' Clmr h. Servlcrs every Sunday, a
Ifc30a.m.nd7:90n. m. Sundav School atTp. m
Rkv. Matthew Hesrt, Missionary In charge-
Hit. I'teatmnt Onmherlnnil Presbyterian.
Church ronr miles south-westnf Brownville. Ser
vices first Sabbath In each month. B. J. JoriN
bok. Pastor.
ChrlNtlnn Phnrch. R.A.Hawlcv.KIder. Preach
Inir every Sundr.y at 11 a. m.. and 7:3n r. m. Bible
Readlnirand PravprinHtllnir every Wednesdnv
evenlnc. Elder Chan. Rowe preaches the second
Sunday In every mouth.
Ontbiillc Swrfe every 4th Sundav of each
month, at 10 o'cloch a. m. Father Cummlsky,
Priest.
Schools.
BroTrnvillfTTnlnn OrndedPchnol. J.M.Mc
Ivn7.l0 Prlnrini- Mini JpIp K. Tlatn. Assist
ant HlEh School: Miss Lou Tucker. Orainmar
IWpftrtmpnt: Mise Alice HHt. 1st IntPrmedlate:
Ml Kat Cox. 2d Intermediate: Miss Emma
Smith, 1st Primary; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, 2d Pri
mary.
TerriTjlo'of Honor.
Ilrntrnv.Hf. T.odiro. No. meot every Mon
day evening In Odd Fellow Hall. Vlultliitbrotb
cn cordlallv welmmed. Jn? I- Carson."tt -C.T:
Wm. H. Hoover W. Rec: T. C- Hacker. L. D.
Jnvenilr Teiiitilc, moots overv Saturday after
noon. MIks Orace Bte'virt. C T : 3dss Mary
HackDr.Sec; Mrs.J.S.Mlnlck,Sapt.
Rod Rilbon CIuTj
Meets the first Tue-1i of -ach month. B. M. Bai
ley, Pre-s.; A. H.Gilmore. Sec
i. o. of o. r.
nrownvlllp T.odiro No. .1, 1. O. O. F.-Reajilar
meetings Tureulav vnlnsc of each wk. vi.lt
lncbrotlir"'esnctriilIy Invited. A. H.Gilmore,
N.G. Jxs. Corhran.riecy.
Nomnhn CItr r.odcc No. 40, T. O. p. JF.
MepUevcrvtnlurday. Plillip Crother. N.O. T.
C. Klmhey.'R. Sec
TSTnii;hts of Pvliias.
Et-fWoi- l.n.leo No. 15. It. P.-Meoti every
Wndnesdav evnlnr In ArnsonlcHall. Isltln?
Knltrht-s ronllallv Invited. K. Huddart, C. C.
E. Lowman, K. of It. S.
7IaRonic,
Nptnnbi VnM.-y l.sdicp No. 1. A. E. V A. IF.
Stated meotfnss "Saturday on or berore the full
nfpaeh moon " Tortco room open oven SsUir
davevenliifr forlwtiires. Intnir'ioii and social
lntPrronrse. J.C.McXaushtoi),W.M. B.F.Son
der, Spc.
IJrn'v- -Rio ChiMtor No. 4. U. A. 1!. SSatod
TOOfHn2ssPO'vlThirsdivorH''h W"Jlb. A.R.
Dav!(nn, M.E.H.P. R.T.Rainey.Sec
nit.rnrmelComntnn.TTvNo.:i, K.T. Statod
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Ji tnr-nafctMoidr'Tidv In-nrhmdnih." It.
Furnas. K.C.; A. W.Nlokell.ltec.
hop nnd T.Ur ronel.ivt.. No. ;:i,K.H-O.K.
ftn,-r.reets "at Tnsonle Hall on be nnii Mon
davs. R.W. Furnas, M. P. So. R. T.Jtalney.
Secretary.
A dab rtmnlcr No. '. Onlerot the East ern Star.
Stated ini'otlns: third Monday In each month.
Mrs. E. C. Haudley, W. M.
Societies.
Cnnurr ""ntr Aorlil!nn. R- A. HawlPV,
President: John Rath. XVo Prt,: S. A. Oorn,
Secretary: J. M. Trowhrldp. Treasurer. ..fana-cers-H.
O. Mlnick P. (Vvl.rnn. F. E. Johnson,
Thomas Bath. Geo. Crow. -T. W. Gsvit.
T.lbrnrr A.sisc"tlonR.M. Bailey, Pros.; A.II.
Gllmnre.Sec: W. If. noover.
Cliornl rln. J. C. McNauRhton. Trest. J. B.
Docker, Sec. k
Wnlip lf,nint!p AKorlniIen. W. T. Rogers,
Prest. J. R. Docker. Sec. ami Treas
Mrtronolltnti Corner Rniul.-D.T. Smith. Mu
sical Director. K. Huddart. Treasurer and Busi
ness jHftT'irr.
BUSINESS CARDS.
A S. HOTLADAY.
iit Physician, Surgeon, Obstetrician.
Graduated In 1851. T.ocat-d In Brownville 1853.
O01ce.ll Main street, Brownville, Neb.
LIi. HUIjRURD.
. ATTOllNEV AT LAW
And Justice of the Peace. Ofllce in Court House
Building. Brownville, N?h.
STDIiTi & THOVAS.
ATTORSKVS AT LAV.
OHlce. over Theodore Hill & Cos store, Brown
ville, Neb.
TL. SCHTOK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofnco over J. L. McUccfc Bro'sstorc, Brownville,
Nebraska. "
SA. OS HORN.
, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ordco.No.81 Main street, Brownvllc. Neb
T H. BROADY.
U Attorney anil Counselor at Laiv,
Office overSt&to'Bank.Itrownvllle.Ncb.
WT. ROGERS.
Attorney anil Connsclor at Lair.
Will BlvedlllRcnt attention to nnylCKHlbnslness
entrnotetUoliIicare. Office In tbe Roy building,
Brownville. Neb.
T W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH AND HOUSE SIIOEK
IVorkdone to order and satisfaction guaranteed
First street, between Main and Atlantic. Brown
villc.Neb.
AT. CLINE,
w? a cllinV 4 T1T.17
ROOT Al SHOE MAKER Wl
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,rronvr inmr m-niotn nrder. and fltaalwars
guaranteed. Repairing neatly and promptly done.
Saop.No.27 Main street, BrownvIUe.Ncb.
B.
M. BAILEY,
SHIPPER ASD DKALEK IN
LITE STOCK.
BHOW2TV1LLE, NEBRASKA.
Farmers, please call and get prices; I want
fo handle your stock.
Office 31 Main street, Uoadley building.
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOS,,
and dealer in
FineEnsHshjFrcnch, Scotch and Fancy Cloths,
Testing, Etc., Etc.
Brownville. NebrasKa.
tHARLES HELMER,
FASHIONABLE
j-ajrres-. KftAP 2r5fi snrto
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HavlnK bougbLthe ens-
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(hyr-r tSfTt I am prepared to do work
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A torn suop oi a. uoDison,
-irfirOSk nf nil kinds nt
WfeSiP& Reasonable Rates.
JES-Repalrlng neatly ana
promptlydone,
Shop No, C2 Main Street,
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AUTIIOKLZED BY THE U. S. COYEIIXJIE.NT.
Firs! Naliona! Bank
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BROWN -VXTJISE.
Paid-up Capital, $o0,000
Authorized " 500,000
IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A
General Banking Business
iiui ANDSEMj
OOIU & OUEEENOY DEAPTS
on all the principal cities of the
United States and Europe
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts discount
ed, and special accommodations granted to deposit
rs. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
deposits;
Reccelved payable on demand. and INTEREST al
lowed on time certificates of deposit.
DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Ballev, M.A
Hundley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Uoadley
Wm. Fraisher.
JOHN L. CARSOX,
A. R.DAVISON. Cashier. President.
J. CMcNAUGHTON.Asst. Cashier.
ESTABLISHED IN 1856.
OLDEST
EEAL
ESTATE
A.G-E1STOY
IN NEBRASKA.
William H.Mooirer.
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Lands on Commibfeion, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all RealEstate In Nemaha County.
Keeps a full line ot
Ornamented and Plain.
Also Shrouds Tor men, ladies and Infants.
All orders left with Mike Felthouser will
receive prompt attention.
g- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed.
50 Main Street, BROWNVILLE, XEB.
At Tlic
IROOERYAND PR0V1SI0
! SrJ?OK.li: OF
T.SLi.
Is tho place to got
Groceries,
Provisions,
Confections,
Fine Cigars,
Toilet Soax,
Canned Goods,
JFrcshJSuttcr,
JEtc, Me., Mc.
Wo also keep all the best brands of
Hour, and everything usually kept In
a nrsi ciass grocery store.
Wo have In con
nection with our
bouse u first class
FEED STORE
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Tho old Barbershop. No. 47
and run by
Is now owned
J". E.
xlawl:ins.
It is the best fitted shop In the city, and the
place Is genorally patronized by the
people. Mr. Hawkins keeps
no assistants who are not
Experts at The Business,
and
gentlemanly and accommodating
their conduct. All kinds of
In
TOHSOHIAL WOBK
done promptly and satisfaction guaranteed.
THE BEST Z&TTSS
made are always In preparation.
I" 1
Is now proprietor of the
and Is prepared to accomodate tho
public with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
will at all times be In attendance. Your
patronaco solicited. Remember the place
the old Fas we shop, Main-st,
Oroiviivifle, - Nebraska,
ITude ir taker
Mmimm:i
BOBIAL.
uiLji1iuuiificu.fl.ijL5
At the Gate.
And whoro wore yon Jast now, Mabcl ?
Whero have yon been bo long?
The moon Is ap, and nil the birds
Have snng their evening song;
1 6a vr yon loitering down the, path,
So lonely and so late.
Beyond tbe well and lilac bush,
And hanging by tbe gate.
I love to hear the birds, mother.
And see the rising moon.
And, oh ! the Summer air Is sweet
Beneath the air of June
My cow Is milked, my hons aro cooped,
And washed nro cup and plate,
And so I wandered out awhile,
To hang upon the gate.
The gato Is by tbe road, Mabel,
And Idle folks go by ;
Nor should a maiden brook tbo glanco
n' o.y otrunger's eyn -
Besides, I thought I saw a cap
I'm sure you had a mate;
So tell me who was with yon, child.
Just banging at the gate.
Now you know Just as well, mothor,
Twos only Harry Gray,
He spoke such words to me to-night,
I knew not what to say ;
And, mother, old for your dear sako,
I only bade him wait;
And mayn't I run and tell him now?
He's hanging at tho gate.
NEMAHA COUNTY.
Editorial Ifotcs of a Personal Excur
sion to the Garden County
of the State.
Omaha Herald, 8th Inst.
If Freuiout ia held by Tho Herald
to be tbe prettiest town In tbe State,
Brownville, tbe chief city of Its Gar
den county . must be conceded to be
tbe most peculiar and picturesque.
Taking root in a somewhat narrow
valley whioh furnishes tbe bed of Its
main commercial street, and looking
out upon the broad river upon whose
western bank tbe town was looated
and laid out by Richard Brown from
whom it takes itR name, a large part
of its homes and houses are perched
upon an hundred eminences round
about that are embowered at this sea
son of the year in an ocean of green
In which they are half burled. When
it is stated that Brownville Is tbe busi
ness center of one of the richest, best
cultivated and populous counties of
the State; that it contains 1,500 In
habitants whose intelligence, ener
gies and thrift are proverbial ; that it
buys and sells$150,000 a month of the
produots of Nemaha oounty farmers ;
that its social life and refinement, its
religious, moral and educational
standards are as high as can be found
in our own State or any other; and
that its politics are as hopelessly Re
publican as its people are kind, hospit
able and generous, as full a descript
ion of Brownvillo is given as in this
notice is deemed necessary to give of
the chief town of this great and grow
ing county of Nemaha In this hurried
narrative.
My visit to Brownville grew out of
an invitution to be "the orator of the
day" the people there so splendidly
celebrated last Friday. The invita
tlou was respectfully deolinod, but
another, much more acceptable, was
gladly accepted, which was that I
should, after an absence of nearly ten
years, revisit Brownville aud see old
friends and renew old relatione with
a locality aud with a people with
which and with whom, for nearly a
quarter of a century, despite little in
cidental matters that were never of
serious Import, I had cherished the
most cordial personal sympathy. Ac
cordingly, an early hour on the morn
ing of a Day that will long be remem
bered by tho people of Nemaha coun
ty, found the undersigned moving
through the iron web that carrieB the
traffic of a continent for connection
with the C. B., St. Joe & Kansas City
early train. Preparations for tho Fre
mont excursion hadj delayed the de
parture and wbenjtho transfer train
went over tbe bridge it buzzed
through that superb structure with
out much regard for sohedule time.
In a few moments the train was mov
ing away to tbe southward through
the oorn-gardon of the continent,
Conductor Hemingway holding the
ribbons, and a kinder or more courte
ous man than be never Berved a rail
road company In that capaoity. As
the train moved down the valley up
on its smooth aud solid track, the
scene at that early hour In the morn
ing waB both pleasant and inspiring.
The only Incident between C. B. and
Phelps worth mentioning was renew
ing an old but alight acquaintance
with Mr. Thomas Tootle, the St. Jo
seph banker, brother of Milton Tootle
who thirty years aeo was tho first
merohant wno 80,d da to tfae
, b F
uiu woo men uweit just souin oi
Hamburg. Mr. Tootle had started for
California on horse-back in search of
health. Disubledjin some way at the
outset, he took to a country store in
that vicinity and has since won his
way to a success that leaves nothing
for him to ask for in the way of busi
ness. But the boss Tootle in the way
of wealth is Milton, Mr. Maul's part
ner, whose name has been better
known through the upper MisBOurl
Valley than that of any other man of
business since its settlement by white
men.
Arriving at Phelpa, Ex-Gov. Fur
nas and Hon. H. 0. Lett were there
to convey me over tbe three miles of
space and Missouri bottoms that sepa
rate the station from Brownville.
With oharaotoristio stupidity I had
deferred going down the previous eve
ning to stop a foolish plot of friends
to meet me at tbe station at midnight,
and thus botched the whole matter,
oausing them trouble when I intend
ed to save it. The result was that I
was behind the time in Brownville
fixed for tbo ceremonies of the cele
bration In tbe beautiful groves a mile
1 beyond the oity, Tbe proceseion bad
moved out before my arrival, and
hence I did not witness the imposing
body. Capt. John L. Carson, Marsh
al of the Day, and the Brownville
Band were in town, however, and a
forward movement Boon found our
party entering tbe grove, all avenues
to whioh were literally alive and
fenoed with the family carriages and
vehicles of the farmers and people of
Brownville and Nemaha county long
before we reaohed it. On all sides and
everywhere horses and vehicles un
der tbe rioh shades of the forest, and
men, women and children moying.or
elttlne beneath" them gaveeyWencoof
the vast numbers who had gathered
there to enjoy the Day. As onr car
riage reached the center of tbe multi
tude near the grand Btand, a oheery
scene presented itself. Leading ladies
and gentlemen of Brownville were
preparing dinner for the multitudes.
There were forty or fifty aores of din
ner. No nonBenee like the long ta
bles that usually hinder eating on
such occasions and cause great dissat
isfaction, but tbe dinner, as rioh in
the substantials and delicacies as one
would wish to see, was laid out on
clean white spreads on tho ground
and a more bountiful or beautiful
thing than that dinner was never
seen or tasted on a similar occasion.
It was Brownville's celebration.
There had been discord in the county,
alienation and the prejudice of real or
fancied interests from and toward
Brownville on the part of other local
ities. There was to be a reunion and
there was one as hearty and joyous as
could have been wished. Not less
than Bis thousand people, and some
put tbe numbers as high as eight, re
sponded to the call, a thousand or
more going over from Iowa and Mis
souri to join in tbo patriotlo festivi
ties. All tbe people were tbe guestB
of the liberal-minded and generous
hearted people of Brownville. Nor
was it, like a certain kind of de
testable charity, a oommeroial trans
action. It was, on the part of Brown
ville, an overture made in a patriotlo
spirit of good will to its neighbors to
meet its people and tbe universal re
sponse to the invitation was a splend
id response to tbe spirit in whioh It
was tendered. Thanks to the liberal
ity of Its principal owner, the fine fer
ry boat piled all day giving free pas
sage to the Iowas and Mlssourlans.
Aores of dinner, cakes, confectionery
and other nice things by the barrel
and by tho bushel ; troughs of fresh
and living water a half a mile long
for the convenient refreshmenfof the
horses of the farmers ; floors laid for
dancing andmuslo; beverages, minus
all semblance of alcohol in any form
or shape; in short, everything, and
all ns free as air to all, was Brown
ville's Fourth of July for the people
of Nemaha county, Atchison county,
Missouri, and contiguous Iowa. It
was a grand affair. Owing to disap
pointment in an expected speaker I
had been the unconscious cause of de
laying, and finally of breaking, the
order of ceremonies, and instead of
being there In a purely private way,
the oppressive kindness of such men
as Lett aud Carson (one of tbe bright
est and soundest men in our State)
and Howe and Broady and Black and
Moore and Bedford and many more, I
was forced into a different position,
and the "ordor of the day" was ad
journed for dinner. Arriving in time
to partake of tho sumptuous repast,
soon thereafter the vast throng gath
ered in front of tbe grand stand to en
joy tho exercises. Thirty-eight young
misses representing all tbe States, all
In spotless white and wearing a badge
of each ocoupiod the rear of the plat
form, contained by the flag of our
country, the left of the stage being oc
cupied by the members of the Brown
ville Choral Union, the centre by the
President, Chaplain, Reader and oth
er officers of tbeday, and tho right by
two martial bands and the Brown
ville brasB band. The scene was very
Imposing and impressive, and the oc
casion was joyous to the last degree.
A more Intelligent or orderly gather
ing never assembled in this State or
In any other. As I looked out from
tbe platform upon the vast sea of In
telligent and happy faces, note wbb
taken of the taste and refinement
which was everywhere seon in tho
dress and manners of the people.
These things were everywhere mani
fest. Not a jar occurred to mar the
pleasure whioh all enjoyed to the ut
termost. Capt. Carson presided with
a readiness and ease and freedom from
reatraint that showed how admirably
he is qualified to fill Buoh positions,
and that other position which he un
questionably holds in the estimation
of his fellow-citizens of Brownville
and Nemaha oounty.
I can not report in dotail the exer
cises as they actually ocourred. The
programme was followed closely and
was full of interest, as follows :
1st. National Air, Dy the Brown
ville Silver Cornet Band.
2d. Star Spangled Banner by the
Brownville Choral Union.
3d. Prayer by the Chaplain. Rpv. R.
P. Wilson.
4th. Martial muslo by London Mar
tial Band.
5th. Reading Declaration of Inde
pendence by S. A. Oaborn.
6th. Amerloa, by the Choral Union.
7th. Oration.
8th. Muslo by the Brownville Mar
tial Band.
9th. MuBia by the Brownvillo Mar
tial Cornet Band.
toasts.
"The Day Wo Celebrate" Re
sponse by Judge J, S, Church,
"Nebraska" Response by Hon. T.
J. Majors.
"Nemaha County' Response by
Dr. A. S. Holladay.
"The Farmere of Nemaha County"
Response by Hon. Churoh Howe.
'VTheOld Settlers of Nemaha Coun
ty' "Response by Eld. Thomas B.
Edwards.
"'The Press of Nemaha County"
Response by Geo.W.Falrbrother, Sr.
"The Commerolal interests of Ne
maha County" Response by Capt.
John L.. Carson.
'VQarMHfilqand Drama" Response
Dy T. Li. B0B4CK.
"Our Educational Interests" Re
sponse by Dr. Curry, of State Normal
SchooL
"The Ladies" Response by J. H.
Broady.
The vocal muslo was remarkably
good, excellent, splendid, especially
"The Star Spangled Banner" by the
Choral Union. I have never heard
it better rendered. It was an Inspira
tion and a joy to all present, and
showed what Is true, that musical
tastes In Brownville aro in a very ad
vanced stage of cultivation. This is
alto shown in their excellent brass
band. The soul-stirring martial
strains of the drum and fife presented
a fine feature and tbe novelty of a boy
only four years of age beating the bass
drum with surprising correctness and
keeping perfect time. The Bpeeohes,
that of weloome.by Gov. Furnas, and
tbe responses to toasts, were all good,
especially Broady on "The Ladies,"
and Lett's presentation of a beautiful
flag to tbe Ferry Boat for Its gratuit
ous Bervice. It was floating at its
masthead as I returned from the
ecenes of Nemaha festivities. Called
away to see friends of the olden time
I did not hear Capt. Carson on the
produots and commerce of Nemaha
and Brownville, which were strong
and cheering. Hon. Churoh Howe
made a capital little Bpeech, wherein,
with the peculiar way he has of doing
some good and some bad things, he
alluded to my funeral, burial and res
urrection In Brownville, once upon a
time. It was so well done as to cause
muoh amusement and no wounding
of anybody. Judge Churoh spoke
pointedly and well, and Dr. Holladay
was peculiarly happy on "Nemaha
County." I did not hear otherepeech
es owing to a necessity that existed
for my ab&cence in meeting old
friends when some of them were de
livered. As to my own part in tbo
nffairU Is duo to friends at Blooming-,
ton.d Platt8mouth,' and" to others,
to say that I should not have been in
Brownvflle"on the Fourth at all, as its
Committee well know, had I known
that arrangements had not been made
with others to do the speaking. I
found myself there in fact, and, with
out the slightest thought of prepara
tion, was indicated by Gov. Furnas in
bis welcomlug speech us a person to
be called out, and when the responses
came to bis intimation I was taken in
hand by Cnpt. Carson with an intro
duction that is still ringing In these
ears, whioh are altogether unaccus
tomed to such, extravagant words.
Thus thrust into tbe breaoh.I fought
my way out as best I could, in "u few
remarks," as Churoh Howe puts It.
FireworkB in tbe evening in town
were fine were a brilliant display.
They did not divert me from renew
ing old acquaintances and making
many newjones In the "Garden Coun
ty." I can not speak of particular
individuals In acknowledging the
constant courtesies and overwhelm
ing kindness with whioh I was wel
comed to Brownville. To Gov. Fur
nas and Capt. Carson and Hon.
Church Howe and the old soldier
friends who knew me at Kearney In
cluding my venerable friend Dustin,
I am under lasting obligations, and
particularly because they are Repub
licans. Such things wero expected of
tbe tried friends of twenty years like
Hooverand Lett and Broady and Sen
ator Tipton, and George B. Moore, but
not in such au oppressive way even
from them, and others of thoir politi
cal ilk and the Bourbon brand, but
the hearty way in whioh I was re
ceived in Brownvillo by the whole
people is one of tbe most agreeable
and grateful of all my experiences of
the sunny side of a long and active
life in this State. Only such an ex
pression, so kind and so generous,
and above all, bo undeserved, could
Induce me to bring my personality so
conspicuously into this hasty Bketch
of my long-delayed and unBpeakably
delightful visit to Brownville.
Friends there, and elsewhere, Insist
upon making me bo muoh of a public
oharaoter that, in justice to them, I
am compelled to accept tbe situation,
"just onae," as Mr. Greeley might
have said,
On the morning of tho Fifth,' ao
oording to arrangements, a drive in
the country was in order. Gov. Fur
nas, uapt. uarson, won. unurcu
Howe, Mr. Broady, Mr. Hoover, and
otbere were of a party in two carriages
who drove out about seven miles, ta
king In, en route, tbe celebrated fruit
farm of Gov. Furnas, and the new
one of smaller dimensions whioh that
pioneer horticulturist of our State Is
preparing for his new home. Both
will stand as enduring monuments of
the faith, energy end skill with which
Gov. Furnas has pushed these great
interests of hortioulturo in his own
oounty and in the State, I sympa
thize with bis misfortunes as keenly
aa though I had never bad a differ
ence with Gov. Furnas, and hope that
in being compelled to part with eo
muoh that is dear to him, he may be
rewarded by a brighter futuro in his
personal affaire.
I shall not attempt a description of
the glimpse I caught of the great peo
ple who dwell and thrive and are bo
thrifty and happy iifcNemaha county.
I was not merely surprised at what I
saw of the great farms and tbe great
beauty of that rich seotion of our
State. It Is one vast field of growing
corn and waving grain a large com
munity of happy, prosperous and con
tented people. It is indeed a garden
oounty, and there Is not a weed in it.
In tone and spirit the people of
Browovllle and Nemaha oounty re
mind me of Fremont and Dodge
county, which they very much resem
ble in their social life, and this is as
mucn praise as 1 need bestow upon
them in a sentenoe. The drive was
hot and instructive, and to tbe lost de
gree Interesting. Grown hedges and
young forests and broad fields of the
bounty produced by these soils, and a
surface as beautiful as human eye ev
er beheld, Is what we saw, briefly
stated, in a mere glance at the "Gar
den County" of Nebraska.
Closing as I began, I want to note
tbe general air of comfort and con
tentment that one sees and feelB Who
visits Brownville. It contains three
conspicuous gems of a public oharac
tor: 1. Tho Mnrsh House kept by Mr.
Joseph O'Pelt. It is, for neatness, el
egance in furniture, and bounty and
excellence of tables, next to the
Wlthnell, the best hotel in this part
of tbe West.
2. The OperaHouse Is, next to that
at Lincoln, the best I have seen in
Nebraska.
3. Capt. Carson's First National
Bank room Is the most costly and ele
gant room in Nebraska; there Is noth
ing that can at all oompare with it in
this city or State ; and tbe bank itself
Is as sound and solid as the business
room is rioh and beautiful.
Capt. J: W. Bedford has returned
to Brownville after six years abaenco
In Bultlmoro and other eastern parts,
and will probably remain there per
manently, although it. Is not easy for
him to see any great inducement for
him to stay there in a business way.
Captain Bedford has not been forgot
ten by his hosts of friends in his ab
sence, and every man of them will
join in giving him hearty welcome
homo.
aiuou nas oeen omiiiea mat ougnt
to have been said in this hasty sketch,
but with the murcury ranging and ra
ging among "the nineties," our
friends in the southern section will
make due allowance. It Is In the
heart of the writer to Bay so much In
return for his welcome to Brownville
and Nemaha, that it has been neces
to oheok the tendenoy to an undue
overflow. G. L. M.
The Grasshopper Pest.
Grasshoppers are hatohing out in
innumerable myriads on tbe prairies
west of the Missouri River now, and
unnumbered myriads have Leen
hatohing out for quite a while. The
ground 1b black with them. They
hang upon tbe grass like beeB after a
6warm. But this is not surprising,
for they hatch out in some way here
every year. 1 have been familiar
with them for tbe past ten years, and
see no ohange in them at all ; pos
sibly they are a little bigger, for un
der the lawB of evolution they ulti
mate In the kangaroo. On the plains
they aro at homo, they are healthy
and vigorous, for grass is their natu
ral food, and as long as they feed upon
grass they thrive, but let them give
up their natural food and forsake
their native land, the arid plains, and
go upon our wheat farms and luxu
riate upon the rioh, highly concen
trated food of cultivated grain, and
disease sets in, gangrene of the vitals
is the result, and the grasshopper per
ishes! Three crops of wheat will
destroy any one invasion. After pus
sing threo summers in cultivated
fields, an epidemio (worse than dys
pepsia) produocd by high living rill
carry them off entirely, and no more
will be beard of them until some one
situated like myself on tbo frontier
will report from their reoruiting
camps that they are preparing for an
other raid.
It is my oplnlou that the frontier
farmers will always be subject to
these desoltary inoureions from
grasshoppers, but as the tide
of empire rolls westward the
grasshopper will go with it, and
finally be will disappear, and
liko tho locust of Egypt ho will only
be terrible to read about. In tho
meantime he will continue to make
disastrous raids to the east, but tbe
distance he will or can go will be
limited, and the fear often expressed
that some day he will continue his
flight to tbe far East and become a
scourage to the Middle States is alto
gether groundless. Dakota Letter to
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A black oloud makes the traveler
mend his pace and mind his home ;
whereas a fair day and a pleasant way
wasteB his time. However others
may think of it, yet I take it as a mer
cy, that now and then some olouds
come between me and my sun, and
many times some troubles do conceal
my comforts ; for I perceive if I
should find too muoh friendship in
any inn In my pilgrimage,' I should
soon forget my fathers house and my
heritage. Dr. Luoas.
Summers Afoot
Two yeara ago. a lad; in Michigan
found his health broken down by too
constant application to his books. Ho
was & olever, ambitious boy, the son
of a poor olergyman, and was eager
to fit aimself to help the. struggling
family at home. While in this en
feebled state, he took a severe cold,
whioh Bettled on his lungs. The
physicians deolared medicine to be of
no use. The only chance of life waa
a change of olimate, and his father
oould not 9eu him. tc Colorado It
was as much as he oould do to keep
him a,t home. J,n this oriels an, unole,
living in tho mountains of East Ten
nessee, wrote for the lad to oomo to
him. He found his unole's home a
rough cabin on the top of a high
peak, surrounded by pine forests.
The pure ajr and the blsana of the
pines aotea as a tonic, tub young
man lived roughly, slept soundly, ate
with the hunger of a bear. As soon
as he was able, his unole started with
him oh' short walking excursions
through the mouutalne. Those in
creased in length with his strength.
He remained a Yer t the end of this
time he was able to make his 25 miles
a day. He went home a stout healthy
young fellow,! with an amount of
knowledge whioh no books, oould
have taught him.
Last summer, walking-parties
started from several of our colleges,
and we believe that the idea will gain
In popularity during the present
year. In Germany, almost every
student spends his vacation In tramp
ing through some part of Europe.
Our American boys ought to study
their own country, face to face, by
this means.
No more delightful or useful scheme
of amusement could be found than
for.a couple or four intelligent, clean
minded, fun-loving young men to
start out together to tramp through
some state unknown to them. The
railway would soon bring them, say
to New Hampshire, New York, Vir
genia, Pennsylvania, or tbe great
Southern mountains. Then let them
say good by to railways, and with
their guns, rods, bkotch-books, and
a little money in their pockets, what
a happy, beneficial summer theirs
would be! Youth's Companion.
A Sew Product Prom Beets.
Tbe wondors of naturo are amaz
ing, and welhavo to thank ohemistry
for presenting tcrua the extraordinary
disclosures mado through constant
experimenting in tbe laboratory. Tho
common sugar beet, erewhilea mere
food for cattle, was, within the mem
ory of some persons yet living, discov
ered to contain a pure orystallizable
eugar. After many years' labor a
successful process was invented to
utilize this discovery, and now not
far from one thousand million tons of
beet sugar are made annually in Eu
rope, with vast, indeed inoalouable,
profit to agriculture. But sugar is not
the only product of this homely root.
A great quantity of molaases Is pro
duced from the refuse of the sugar
manufaoturo; a large quantity of
spirits is distilled from the refuse of
the molasses ; from the refuse of this
lost potash is made, and used as a fer
tilizer. Now a more wonderful dis
covery than all these has come to
light. From tbo refuse of the distil
lation of alcohol therenow produced
a combustible gas which can be oon
densed into a volatile liquid, known
as chloride of methyl. This chloride
of methyl has been used In the pre
paration of some of the brilliant ani
line colors, but It has been now found
to bo a valuable refrigerating agent.
By rapidly evaporating it, a tempera
ture of more than Bixty degrees below
zero can be produced and maintained,
and murcury can be reduced to a solid
metal by this means. But the grand
value of the discovery will bo In the
use of this product of tho modest beet
root in the manufacture of ico. What
vast possibilities may exslstln aslm
plo root! and whatboundless wonders
are enfolded in the commonest pro
ducts of nature! Surely there can be
no more ennobling etudy for the
mind, or work for tbe hands of man
than that which brings to his view
the exquisite works of nature, or op
ens to his Intelligence the fairy world,
of whioh he may obtain a glimpse,
at least, now and then.
Celluloid Is rapidly coming into use
as a substitute for ivory, horn, bone,
Bhell, coral, etc., in tbo manufacture
of combs, knife-handles, oanes, pian
o-keys, pen-holders, card-cases, jew
elry, harness and carriage trimmings,
and a great variety of other articles.
Even collars and cuffs are made of it.
It is said to be a compound of cotton,
nitric acid, and camphor, a nice lit
tle inflammable combination to soat
ter all about our houses, and wear on
our porsous, and carry in our pockets.
It was Invented in 1870, and has grown
to great proportions in tbe field of
manufactures. Being neat aud cheap
and popular, small thought will be
given to any stupid considerations of
safety. Aud very likely It ia no more
dangerous than some of our other
favorite goods and playthings.
An old miser havlne listened to a
powerful discourse on oharlty, said;
"That sermon so strongly proves the
necessity of alms-giving that
almost a mind to beg."
I've
Relations always take the greatest
liberties, and frequently give the
least assistance.
.v
"What aro yu yia$ to buildt
Surah," said Father Morse, one day
tc his son's wife, as he saw her leant
ing on a Bpade, and ruefully contem
plating a miscellaneous collection of
stones.
"I want, to make a mound," she re
plied, "I have seen them and they
were bo pretty that I thought I
should like to have one, and I waa
considering how to manage it."
Mr. Morse's face brightened into a
kindly smile. "I'm glad I found ou5
before you wasted your Btrengtht
what you wanted," said he-, "for X
have seen them made, and if you will
rest and look on, I will take it off
your hands.'
After a littt qearoh. ?found an
empty salt barrel, .removed the bot
tom, and after placing It on the de
sired spot, ho speedily filled it with
rioh earth. Then lie laid a wall of
stone around It, filling all the spaces
between them with the same mater
ial, paoking it well as he went, his
early skill In layingstone walla "down
eaBt," helping him very muoh in the
construction,. It was far from baing
an unsightly object before It was
put to its legitimate use, and Father
Morse took almost as muoh pride la
it as did his grateful daughter-in-law ;
and when, later in, the season, tha
top was filled with Pansles, China-as- -ters,
and Geraniums, and from every
orevioe bloomod a variety of other
flowers ; and running vines covered
the rooks with leaves and blossoms,
it was truly a ""thing of beauty," and
the hard-working woman who had so
seldom had an opportunity of grati
fying her finer tastos, gathered inspir
ation enough from it to case the rug
ged path of farm labor. Sho was nev
er too tired after her work waa, done
at night, to water her plants and give
each one a loving glance.
Why She Bid It.
Marriages between rich old men
and young ladles of the "sweet six
teen" order are not remarkable events
in tbe Eastern States, but in the far
West the case is widely different.
An affair of this kind took place re
cently, and the Eocky Mountain Hew
senta reporter to Interview the young
lady, with the following result ;
"Howcamo it," the reporter asked,
"that you wed a man so muoh older
than yourself?"
"Because I love him' was the pert"
reply.
"That's a reason, certainly. But I
should have thought a lady bo young
and beautiful would havo choson a
younger mate."
"Would you Z WeU, now, I'll tell
you. A young man Is very hard to
please, and it is very hard to displease
an old one. You know tbe old adage,
'A young man's slave and an old
man's darling.' I am aathcr fond of
being a darling."
"I should think so."
"Would you, indeed? Then I
don't think thore is any thing in the
world so oharmlng as a lovely young
widow, and suoh a thing Is possible
for mo."
"Then you are already counting on
tbe old man's death?"
"No, I am notoonntlusron It exact
ly, but I live In hopes," and with a
radiant smile the guileless thing went
off to join the dancers.
It Is not neoeasary to pursue tho
subjeot further. Any one can sea
there is something very bewitching
about sweet sixteen.
A barrister, noted for his absence
of mind, wa3 once witnessing t he
representation of Macbeth; and on
the witch's replying to the Thane's
Inquiry, that the wore "doing a deed
without a name," catching the sound
of the words he started up exclaim
j Ing, to the astonishment of tho audi
ence. "A deed without a name!
Why it's void ; It's not worth six
pence."
A fashion item says "charming
caps for breakfast are of muslin, have
mob orowns bordered with scant ruf
fles that are neatly scalloped. It
doesn't tell how they are oooked. and
we don't heliove we eould eat 'em, no
matter how they were served up.
Scalloped muslin caps for breakfast
can never take tho place of scalloped
oysters.
A few mornings ago, says a Ken
tueky rural paper, we meekly ap
proaohed an emigrant wagon, and in-.
quired of its austere proprietor,
"Whither hound?" My lord jem.ov
ed his quid to the larboard aid of his
mouth, and coolly remarked: "None
of your d d business,0 And tt
wasn't, either.
Sheridan Bald beautifully: Wom-t
en govern us ; let us render them
perfect. The more they are enlight
ened so muoh the mora shall we be.
On the cultivation of the mind of
women depends the wisdom of men.
It Is by women naturo wrltw on tho
minds of men. '
A timid Bostonlan has married a
lady whose welgbtverges close upon
200 pounds. "My dear," said he to
her, "shall I help yon over tha
fence?" "No," eaid he tQ h.tre,
"help the fence,"
Perhapa bank failures would be leas,
numoroas if the managers of the in?
amotions could manage to not hold q
fql hand against four of akind,.when
they uluyed poker Fulton 2TmM
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