g,aigaagsrHffggii&aA g3gS5Kaji4JSEZaiiLraaS3Sa!gS wyyy sssscas SHE ADVERTISER THE ADVERTISES ?W. FAI"SBK0TER- T.C. HACKEK. H.W.FAIRBKOTIIXE. T. C. HACKER . FA1RBROTIIER & HACKER, Publishers &. Proprietors. KAIRZISIOTEEER & iUCKER, i 1 &3 nte? V ruliIislier.H and Proprietors. ublished Every Thursday Horning ADVERTISING ItATES. AT :TP.OVNVlI..E, NEBRASKA. Onelnch.one year.. $10 00 5 60 ieo 36 Each socceedlDgiBoh. per year One Inch, per month. TMUOI'm IN ADVANCE: Each additional inch, per montD K0n- c"tv. one year 82 00 J (10 50 ,f.:a,adv,SrU',eme.mi,at lecRl rates- Oneyqnare (leiineof NonpareJl.orlf-tslflrstiBertioc II 80 eachsabscqHentlnertkn.$ec. f 5 All translentadvertlsementsmnst be riald fortn advance. B On r ".y., i5 monttm - 8 - y.-.tlifftmonllH! - -j- Nmtivrsral from thfofllc3c;ii?nin n. ESTABLISHED 1856. l Oldest Paper in the State. J BEOWVJLLE, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1879. rc un:tiATTEit qm:vertpae ii i ! ii 1 1 ii i iItt-t -1 Ji "fc' "- YOL. 24.-ST0. 26. T,... JL1I1I. i ..t-..'. u'jwrr - ' lgMCaMiWa3BMaBIWMMMMMB rW?k & A& iYiS &3 frS v - - ' 71 i4ift& :&& aertSSft i1 3 ray tea Bs SS3 fga eg v i S3 V Nl fH 3 ID Tlllll HI Hi OFFICIAL PAPFIt nv TiiTTrvnxvi-t. "IM"!PngnT i 1 1 1 birwrm maiu-"riTripii ! j. vuaixi IF 5. .t; r u f : id :qfficial bisector"? District OEcors. Jadce. tj -r., ixrxn . " Irfstrlrt Attorney VM U- HOOVER TS) lMlrJC4 i.iui. Ctmt- Officers. .,-. c-rtiir Ooniitv Jiidce 'v X- f MJrjTR-'ir-.-.fTert: and Keeorder j A I' ..TI.XUBfc .TrHittrw "Ki , Sherifl ; Coroei ISorrpvor jaefcool SapwiHtendent Commissioners O : KKKR ------- f.-r-- (-itor'ii:R J.. T H SRftOK. . jo.:-, n o!IL.scan j a ii:KRV, City GEcars. TT nmF.it5 Tfsynr i, i nn.Ri'Ku jpollc Jwtee ferk -...Treasurer . Xawbal V-'K 3 " ' r,KKK H ii'i ti- - J )H-m W. LOVK - rouscrnxBX. j -,:T"n r nv. i V. v tt-WICIX-s XI' n M'IK f T ""- HILT.. 'I I. IT' fi"RT. .lrtAVard 2d Ward SrdWard f. . l. .L-J.g- social. 5insiO"nH.-3r. 7rrtl.i-M.ct r.. r"irob.-Sc-v1arhfl.Wath o rn11- prRP. MtlnR Thurloy eveaiae. ' " . tsiN. raptor. - '- .-r 'it. Prayer XlnrWMiowT m " tfJclJefc.F W.J. Wkcbkb. P"r. a.r'.t'. ''b-r.-5rT everrav T.E "I iTT'fWr HIWRT. wsini.' ... V..-.0- :ut Plrint rn-iil.rrl-'n-T TJlZCTeZ. t r rt,.-abatti .in ech month C T-rh l. it tnJnntli-weof nro-'-y", -tLMti, An Mtn montn. j -. -" k.-n Vaster. r - vi'ns!"! rrarorm'Hnff "v,,,nd - . is KW'rCtmx Kw preaches tHeoomi , '-"v in every monUi. lr t. Scliinln. ,: n,: Mi-I-- T-. '""a;, T .. T tTllfv lt i"t: MW -nnr.r ;---", ,.f-. -jri,. .1 "i2- Am .: -. iitas Anna i nirnnrMw" i- V. AC- ..J and Mas Hmnta 3. Mors. Urt.Prlmari . ToTHTjlo'of Honor. V II Hovor W. ltec.: T. C Hacker. I.. D- -i "..i.. mnl verv Saturday after- Jc:v-,,,!M.eid.maTt MV9,;Mary II . i iT.c: Mrs. I..Mtnick.Supt. Sed Kl'h'bon''GlTil II" !ti1pflrtTt-wv of ech month. B.3I.I1 " l'r.. A. H.OMmore.Seg. ii. o. of o. r. -. -' Todav evening ot each -eeK." , , .,1rr,pprtfntly invited. A-ILGIlawre. i J as ivwhran.Secy. r-.hfl t'-ltr l.lcc i0-,.-1JiJ"4;:i:T -;, -,.v.ytU!rUy. pmlip Crother. .0. 1. C iiniMTr.R.fsec "vi'ili of Pjtliias. K h.s rnrdialiv Invited. E. H(Wrt. C. C. 1 Z iwjnan, K. of K. S- KasBnio. N-nnln Vnllry 1.isp, N. t, . .31. fc. ,i -nwtiii. "iinrlv on or before imp urn ' -n""r Ixw1er-vm op-" -vorv Patiir- . .- ,v;.v ..r-, i- ys " cr. . Brnvn-lllr rfcftpr "n- ' " V-"1I.VT v S!! JJJU-J?; TTUirdv M--;-2i- A.P.- 1U .s.i.. M.E.H.P. X.T.Kltey.Sec Mt.r-,rmeirm-,ndryN:-2.K.T,.-s j. ifn K.r.-. A. W.Xe41.Tt. n- K W. I'nrnM. X. P. Sr. B. T- KRinej. A Sih PHaPt rr X. .Jt.-O'rterot the Eastern tar. 'Vf-Irefnir third Monday IB ech weatti. Jlrv E. C Handley. W. X. Sonlr.tio5. Conner T7l AorHtien- A. EAwtev. V- ' ii n KMh. Yt -e Pnxt S A. n orn. i .. " . 3 v. TrwHridee. Trewr - - nnviiri ceirn. F. E. Johiwon. " r - Bath . Geo. Crow. J. V, fiavit. J V.-ir tHO-H.ioa B X. Bailey. Pres.: A.H. .re 5e : W. H. Hoover ri-1 Valor..-.!. C. McNahUm, Trert. J. B. ,.-1-. sec IJ'lf Drn-nTle .-.i-intiTi.--W'. T. Bagers, M . J.B P..rker. -. a.JTr"W -, ... r-. 'Inqi w T. cmlUi. Mb- n!'!r"""rKrH.rlTrrerandB9l- t Vinwer. BUSIrCZSS CAF-1JS. irnT.T.ATAY. J . rJi-rfl;c:an, Snrstoi'i OTstetr!olnn. A r- XalnjHtreei. urmniTiiir. .-.. L. ' 'iMJrcorthe rae. ubk m i.. iOT. 1 ne Brown vllle. Neb. OTrLTi & THOMAS. i) ATTOK.NKY; AT IAW. O"' over Theoaore inn jo.w", ...-." v '- N'eb. - . a rf -. -. n llA1Tn rrt T. c;nTTrrTv- I. " ATTOWTETATI.AAV. . nver j. L. McOeeA Br's8ere.Brewnvillc, in "a- R.A- OHOUX. n -e. No. M 7a rtruBrrnvile. Neb T H. BROADY, J Attornrr and Cnnneor at Law, Q"J -e iverStatc 'Bk.BrowavilU .Neb. TT7 T. ROGERS. V .A ittomrr uttri Coui.elor at IjVV. Will iv4.iliceBtaMti ioanyiciiir PTriMHltohUea. OIBee la the Ky WIIS. Dr jwavill. Neb. J. W. GIBSON, BL.CICSTIITII .151) IIOltSTS snOEK T .rkdetoardera4satfiMsMnKHarateed F --"5'rt, betwe Xata ana Atlaattc. nrown Neb. T)AT. CLINE, rf, FASniON.VRI.E rfln PlA 1J0(T AM) SHOE JflAKEU rVi TOV rORK RMtde t wrdr. and ts al way? 'ud. Kepatrtn etly and promptly done. " N... tT Xain !treet. Brownvilh?. Neb. JACOB MAROHN, IESCHMT y, and dealer in rUtEaslisa, French. Scotch anil Fancy Cloths Te;tin. Ut., Etc. RrowKTiUe, Scbraslta. M. BAILEY. SHIPl'KR AND DKAI.KR IX LIVE STOCK. xsoirxriLLK, itxbrasea. Tarmers, please oal land get prices; I want io handle yoar stck. . 0ce Main street. Hoftdley building. Baqoh &Rlacksmitkhop ONE DOOR WEST OF COI7RT HOUSE. TITAGON MAKING, Repairing. VV Plows, and all work done in the best naunerand on short aotice. S&Usfiiction cuaran eed. Givebimacall. f34-ly. 6 4-i.ES 2 GiZJ ceuty h tbel.i to kU tfcc .jcijm!i uf Iti. nurib VoLns" ly tlAKrifUac TmuauM with d rtfereaen, i.c Inuili iktcitCI trrr. fc'"- "- .u uwrr a n na'r sir f 1UU a huil . i 't. liTHJiiTliiiAL till. IU, k -x .ii. s Lew Mo. J Is now proprietor of the MIpqIIop! Ui LliliUULlUU and Is prepared to accomodate the public with GOOD, FRESH, SWEET :m i a m ' i Gentlemanly and acoommodatliiR clerks will at all timfs le in attendance. Your patronage solicited. Itemetntcr the place the old I'ascoe snop. .Mam-su, SSrotunvilic, - TVehrasIicz. The old Barberaliop. ICo. IT is now owned and run by JYB. Hawkins. It is the best lltted shop in'tlio cltj. and the place isfeenerally patronized by the people. Mr. Hawkins keeps uoasslstants whoare not Exnerts at Ths Business, and gentlemanly and accommodating their conduct. All kinds of in T0N30RIAL W0HK done'promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. TWB 333T -BTES made are always in preparation. At TIio !aGOERYAND FROV'iSIOI! 3 STOKE OiT St T,e Xe Jones is the place to get a Wi'orrncs, Provisions. Confections, Fine Cifras, Toilet So a j, Canned Goods, JPresJi Batter, Etc., Etc., Etc. Ve nlo" keen all the bet brands of, Hour, and everything usually kept In I a nrst class grocery store. weliavo incofl- rrr-n nrftPipi noct'-oa i-th Mr P5-Fr? rSiJr,l houeHHretcuws t-wy W i JllLm Keeps a full line ol Biiom papcee OililiKL bSLy MU Ornamented and Plain. Al!0 Shrouds for men. ladles and infants. All orders left with Mike Felthouser will receive prompt attention. S3- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed. 5G Main Street, imOTf XYILLE.XEB. George lOiera. -OF THE- WEST END 111 ? ET3 ra 55 fa ess rif no ta iz a raa a yg &f s j gHiHL keeps constantly on hand BEEF, PORK, mutton; POULTRY, and all kinds of SAUSAGES, Bologna, Pork in Casing & Loose. Liver Puddings and Head Cheese a specialty. Highest market price paid for BEEF HIDES & TALLOW. Ilereby calls the attention of the people of BrownvIlleandjVlcInlty to the fact that he keeps a full line of the best PAMIL1T GROCERIES, E1WVISIOXS. FLOZ'E, COAEECTIOXS, etc. And sells at the very Lowest Living Rates. He also has a ESTAUBANnp Where Jleals nt all Ilonrs are famished upo.t th shortest notice. Teopie from the country are Invited to call and get a "square meal" for. only 25 CJ2.VTS. .ETTER HEADS, BILL HEADi Neatly printed atthisofllce. w 1LUL5 TO IIS Ml JLIL J". Xj. IRO it, pficcTe nil a iiJLLn i'errcra SufFsrsrc-The Great European Heia-ed7-Dr.J.3.Siap:on's Specific ifeiicine. It is a positive caie for Spermatorrhea, Seminal weiknt-js, Impotency, and all diseases resulting irom Meit-aouseis mental anxiety, ios of memory, PAinsin Bark or side, and d'seaes that lead to con-sumptloa.lusani- ty and an early prave. Tlie Spe oifie Medicine is heinsr ned Mrltli wonderful success. Pamphlets sent free to all Write for them and pet full particulars. Price. -pecilic. ?1.00 per package, or six packnses for -' 01 Address aioiderstoJ D.SIMP-ON MEDICINE CO Nos. 101 and 10F. Mnin htreet.Hnflrilo.N Y. 5"Sold ia Urownville Dy A. W. Nickell.Gyl-al VUT1I0IUZKI) BY TlIK U. S. GOVEItXaiEXT. Zln . PI TRIM r 5 Si 1 Zvllii&l OF Paid-U2 Capital, $o0,000 Authorized " 500,000 IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A Seneral Banking Business BUY AND SELL 0013" & CTJEEENCY DEAFTS on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe MONEY LOANED On approved security only. Time DraftR discount ed. and special accommodation sranted to deposlt rs. Dealers in GOVERNMENT BONDS. 5TA7E, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES DEPOSITS Recivedp'iv.ibh1 on demand 'and INTEREST al lowed o:i time ct-rtliicates of deposit. OTRECTORS. "VVm.T.Den, B. M. Bailev, M.A Handley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley Wta. Fralsher. J0HX L. CARS0X, A. R. DA VISON. Cashier. President. I. C.McNATjGIITON.Asst. Cashier. 33TAB:LISHEB I35J 1S58. O I J B S X EEAL ESTATE A-G-EISTCY I1V NEBRASKA. William E, Hooirer. Does a general Keal Estate Unslness. Sells Lands on Commission, examines Titles, makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ments pertaining to tne transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all Real Estate In Nemaua County. 1STCD. 43. f f rT l .J.J I I III I'l , i"f ' JSjfcrH BUsJY. E3 ! S3 I Proprietor ptrgjui?ivTo,-v--yr--r4g?1.' r. I Ota Reliable N S5f5T Wii Hi mm psi i i r H Si!CE.f. SiN3l9lfail 5K; sisci sr?TJr"v5attg wc-iyira a M Give ECim a Call ' And jok will be tc!S Served wii!i tlie best Use EIsrKei affords. r mii!wiHL.,.iJi;'Jt.,. iiuiuu.1.1 uu IsTO. 43. INDORSED BY . PHYS!C3A5, CLERGYMEN AND TME AFFLgGTaD EVERYWHERE THE S3SATEST EIHDIOAL rmm?n o? tks ase. Tf'TTC DJ? ? i Dr- TrTT hap enc- t U E ! Sii,Lo3cecdedincombin:ngin ri!Pr lfK HrAnAriiP Stiss puis tiiehereto- Qifnn vjl m jO.BlICSOrabXKCOTIJI.-.U, flrar ,, "t., . rcffectlstoicc-! r-V's C i 8 i"'v? Pig Qjappeuto by cfiUMLgiaa tb! ! U Fj.i.rJBt"ol to properly a& CURE CO.'ISTIPATIOK. EimslRtc Thnstbegyp- - 'ciaia nonri'hrd. and TJSVT'C? D E rt Shy tlHr tonic actionem CUBEWLB. SicSd bl WTB PiLLSi CURE FEVER AND AGUE.S OK FLESH IlSS nnucr ?ti5 latlncace of thuso 7!?7T' Ptf t QivUs. indicates their a IUi I C rlfafaWidaptability to noarisU CURE BILIOUS COUC. 1th0 bodr. hM,re lhclr PeSlcacym ccriag ner- n!TV?C? DIfSO5v0SS "ciIit5'. mclaa- f;i7i(- r'n t B.ichronic constipation, yi7T R PfSSlandinpartinshealth& suit J t tt.t.W IstrcEKJatothcsystem. CURE TORPID LIVER. Sold everywhere: ..... n....l Price 25 centp. fUTT'S PIUSL vJgr. . IMPART APPETiTE. 1 KEWYOBK. - riBTARLES HELaIER, FASHIONABLE Boot and Shoe rfV Having boucht the cus- -sv5S - la tom KnoP of A- Robison, .ia.Via.'.Ny X , ... . Z w" f r of all kinds at .-mi -. "- m i t- it rm rt w " a r r EKl n li . J? XS-Repairlne neatly and 0"5Jfe? prompiiyuone. -t& - Shop No. C2 Main Street, ISroicnvillc, "ebraslca. BEFORE. AFTKK. b e p r nnsIKsnif g-lS JUh CURE CYartrSlA. i Thoir f.t prrar,nt A THMKSGIYING STOEY. "The Badgerleys coming here to speu ri Tlianksgiving?'' said Mrs. Netttingley. "jSTot if I know it." Mre. Nettingley was a close-fisted and calculating matron, who lived in a hundgome house in a stylish neigh borhood In New York, and wa9 one of those who, a3 her maid-of-all-work expressed it, "would Bkin a flea to save the hide and tallow." Mrs. Nettlngely liked to make a show, but she had a deep-rooted aversion to spending money. And entertaining company on Thnnk8or,,!"S uay wa9 one of th tilings that could not be accomplished without the latter con comitant. Mr. Nettingley, a little, weak minded man, who viewed his big wife with respectful admiration, look ed dubiously at her. "But, my dear," said he, "how are you going to help it? They've sent word they are com ing." "I'll go to your sister Belinda's, up in Saugntuck County." Mr. Nettingley felt of biB chin. "They haven't invited us," said he "That is, not especially." "Oh, fiddlesticks!" said Mrs. Net tingley. "Belinda's always glad to pee me and the children. And as for staying at home to gorge Mrs. Badg erley and her six children, and Mr. Badgerley's two sisters, I won't do it. Why, such a turkey us they would expect would cost three dollars, at the very least. Get me a time-table, Nettincley. Send word to Mrs. Badgerley that I've gone away to spend Thanksgiving." Mr. Nettingley, who never dreamed of oppnsihg his wife's will in this or any other matter, wrote the letter ac cordingly, and put it in his coat-tail pocket. Where it remained. For he forgot all about it. Mrs. Nettingley packed up her own things and the things of the four little Nettlngleys, and took the afternoon train to Scrag Hollow, in Saugatuck Count3. "Mamma," said Theodora Netting ley the juvenile scions of the house of Nettingley all had high-sounding appellations "it looks all shut up and lonely, I don't believe any one is at home." "Pshaw!" said Mrs. Nettingley, "people in the country always live in the back of the house." And carrying a heavy carpet-bag in her hand she trudged around to the rear door, followed by Theodora, La vinia, Evangeline and Gervase, each lugging a smaller bag. Nobody responded to her repeated volley of knock?, but presently a lit tle old woman, who had come from a neighboring cottage to the well for water, was made to understand what was wanted. "Mrs. Peckfield?" said the little old woman, in a high pitched, shrill voice, which so often accompanies deafness. "You're her cousin from the city, come to spend Thanksgiv ing? Well, if that ain't too bad! Mrs. Peckfield started this very after noon for Lndd's Depot; got some re lations s lives there." "That's very strange," Baid Mrs. Nettingley. "I telegraphed to her that I was coming." "Couldn't have got the telegraph, I guess," paid the little old woman. But Mrs. Nettingley knew better than that, for uuder the corner of the piazza there lay a torn envelope of the Western Union Telegraph ! And she knew that Mrs. Peckfield had lied from her, juat as she, Mrs. Netting ley, had fled before the Badgerley j family. "But I'll be even with her," said Mrs. Nettingley, grinding her false teeth. "I'll go to Ladd's Depot. What are the names of her relations there?" The little old woman after some meditation, said thatit was Jones. At least she thought it was Jones. She wasn't auite certain. It might be Smith. Or it might be Thompson. But she believed it was Jones. And she believed they lived on Thorn Street. It was a long walk back to the rail road depot, and the four little Net tingleys -were tired and cross, but they fortunately succeeded in reach ing it before the last northward train started. But it was an express, and didn't stop at small places like Ladd's Depot, and as Mrs. Nettingley found to her cost when she paid five dollars for a hack to take her back to Ladd's Depot. On Inquiry, It was found that there was about a half dozen families of the name of Jones at Ladd's Depot. The first place to which they drove on Thorn Street, was 'a tenement house, where tbeyall had;thescarlet fever. "Oh, my!" said Mrs. Nettingley. "Drive on,' quick. This isn't the place?" The next was a clergyman's house, where a full-fiedgedjprayer meeting was going briskly on. "Tiis isn't the place, either," said poor Mrs. Nettingley, waxing more and more In despair. And the third was a vinegar-faced old maid, who lived with. her married sister, and never had heard the name of Peckfield In her life. "WhaUfiaKIdo?" said Mrs. Net tingley. "Better go to r hotel, ma'am," said the backman, who himself was begin ning to get out of patience. "But It costs so muoh," said Mrs. Nettingley. "And to-morrow iB Thanksgiving day. Is there a train goes back to-night?" "To-night?" said the backman. "Why its past 11 a'ready! And my horses have got the epizootic, and I couldn't keep 'em out no longer, not for nobody. But I a'pose I could take you to the 12:30 night-express for a little extra." And this moderate specimen of the tribe of hack men consented to be sat isfied with eight dollars. "Ma!" whispered Gervase, "where are we going?" "Home!" said Mrs. Nettingley, pronouncing the word as if it were a peanut shell Bhe was cracking. There was one comfort, though the Badg erley family would have been repuls ed by that time ; and after all, cold beef was acheu.ar rr,nttt,,-,tr.i o- the table than turkey" at 30 centB a pound. It was 1 or 2 o'clock the next day when eh6 reached her own door, hav ing paid in hack ant) car fare enough to buy half a dozen 10-pound turkeys, and with jaded and fretful children, a violent headache on her own Bcore, and one of her traveling-bags lost ! "I'll stay at home after this," said Mrs. Nettingley to herself. "Eh! Parlor window-blinds open ! People talking! I do believe Nettingley 'p got company to Thanksgiving, after all!" And her heart sank down into the soles of her boots. It was quite true; the servant-maid, with a red and flur ried face, opened the door. "Abby!" said Mrs. Nettingley, "who'se here?" "Lots of people ma'am," said Ab by, looking guilty over her shoulder. "Where are tbey?" demanded her mistress. "In the dining-room, ma'am." And Abby threw open theSdoor, thereby disclosing a long table with three huge turkeys well browned aud savory, a ohlcken-pie that wasa small mountain in itseif, and a glass reser voir of cranberry sauce, that set Mrs. Nettingley calculating at once as to the probable amount of dollars sunk In its crimson billows; while seated in hospitable array around the board were Mr. and Mrs. Badgerley, the two t-istera, and the six children, Mr. and Mrs. SniHhers, and seven little Smith erses aud the six Leonards of Maine, second cousinB of her husband twenty-six in all including her hus band. Mra. Nettingley and her children Bat down and ate their Thanksgiving dinner with what appetite they might. But Nettingley had rather a hard time of it that night. "My dear," said the sacrificial lamb, "what was I to do? . They didn't get the letter. They said tbej' had come to spend Thanksgiving, and of course I ordered dinner. What else could I do?" "Do?" repeated Mrs. Nettingley, in accents of bitterest scorn. "Couldn't you close all the blinds and lock the front door aud go down cel lnr and pretend not to be at home? I've no patience with you!" Three days afterward the three youngest Nettlngleys broke out with scarlet fever. The seven little Smith erees took it of them the maid took it of the Smitherses, and Mrs. Net tingley bad her wiuter'a work before her. "I wish togoodnesp T had remain ed at home," thought Mrs. Netting ley. And the amount of thankfulness she felt that year was not oppressive, in spite of the Governor's proclama tion. Tirtnous 3Ioncy. Some Interior Nebraska newspnpor asserts that the iVcura has not the backbone to run a newspaper because it has discontinued its temperance column. The question ia not of backbone. The News lost over 150 subscribers through its'temperance venture. The gain at no time amount ed to over20 subscribers. From this we argued that the readers of news papers did not want a column of that nature. For ourself we are with the temperance people everywhere in their efforts to eradicate the great evil. The courage of our conviction does not urge us to go further than that. It Is not'necessaryjfor a news paper to conduct a temperance col umn in order to bo; brave. It is how ever necessarj' for a paper to "be bul warked no capital outside the tem- peance cause, in order to publish such n column. The drinker pays J for his drink, but the temperance man never pays for his temperance. If it is thought necessary we can con tinue this subject. We have plenty of material. Omaha News. The universal experience among newspaper men is that temperance people as a general thing do not go further than to give a temperance pa per their moral support. Topcka Capital. The wife of the late Prof. Agasslz rose one morning nnd proceeded ac cording to custom, to put on her stookings and shoes. At a certain stage of this process, a little scream attracted Mr. Agas3iz's attention ;and not having yet risen, he leaned anx iously upon his elbow, inquiring what was the matter. "Why, Professor, a littlesnake has juat crawled out of my boot!" 8'd she. "Only one my dear?" returned theProfessor,calmly lying down again ;"thereshouldhave been three." He had put them there to keep them warm. Many girls would rather wear their stookings with holes In them than have them darned, because when darned they are mended, and girls prefer men alive. XELS0N. The Trne Story of the Tragedy at the Gait House, Louisville. Erom the Indianapolis News. The presence in the oity to-day of the remains of General JeffC. DaviB, one of the best soldiers contributed by Indiana to the war of the Union, recalls the event which sent his name flashing over the wires to all parts of the country on the 2Gth of September, 1862 the shooting of Mjor General William Nel-on in tho corridor of the Gait House, that morning. A full and true statement of the oauseJead ing to the tragio occurrence, and the intense provication under which it was committed, has never been pub lished, and this is a fitting occasion for relating the circumstances. Gen. Nelson was one of the handsomest and most imposing men in the army, and a courageous soidler, but possess ed of an;irritoble disposition aud un governable temper, which led him to abuse and curse those who offended him in a most insulting and degra ding manner. The incident will il lustrate his Tcharacter. He offered Carter Harrison, present Mayor of Chicago, a position on his staff and requested him to report. Harrison arrived! at headquarters after night. Just as he came up, General Nelson was ordering an aidj to convey a mes sage to another General in the corps. Tlie night was dark,' the way led through a field covered with stumps, and the aid said, "Why, General, I can't get over there to-night; I'll break ms' neck on a stump." To which Nelson brutally responded, "Break and be d d; I can appoint another aid in thej rooming." Mr. Harrifon said he would not accept the offer of the position and retired. Nelson and Davis had metin Charle ton while'tho former was In the navy and the latter stationed at Fort Sum ter, and had became warm friends. Shortly after the"war broke out Nel son was given a command in the ar my by President Lincoln and station ed in Kentuoky. He came of an old Kentucky family, and his appoint ment was popularly supposed to be due to the desire of the President to do what he could to secure'tbe influ ence of his relations in behalf of the Union cause. The two met on the field in frontof Corinth, where warm, mutual expressions of friendship and delight of the meetingjwere indulged in. After the surrender of Corinth General DaviB asked and was granted leave of absence by General Itosen crans. for himself and a son of John I. Morris, a volunteer aid on hi6 staff, aud he returned to his home in Clark County. In the meantime, General Nelson had been defeated in the bat tle of Richmond, .where, In his anger at the action of some raw reoruits from Indiana, without considering that it was their first action, it is said he struck them with his s'word. Geu. Bragg, flushed with victory, made his march on Louisville, and Nelson re turned to protect that city. General Davis, on leave, across the river, hastened to offer his service to the commanding officer. He was next in rank to Nelson, and military eti quette demanded that he should have a position assigned him commensu rate therewith, especially under the circumstances. Instead of this, how ever, he was directed to recruit the home guards, and with only a single staff officer (Mr. Morrl.'on) went to work, as becomes a good soldier, to execute the orders of his superior of ficer. The material he worked with was comp sed largely of steamboat hands and other low classes of the community, and being eomewhat of a volunteer militia organization it was impossible to keep a correct ros ter of the recruits. One day General Davis approached General Nelson at his headquarters at the Gait House, where were seated a number of offi cers, and asked for arms and accou terments for his home'guards. "How many men have you ?" "About 2.500 or 2,600," responded Davis. "About 2.500 or 2,600," yelled Nel son, rising. "That's a hell of a way for a General to make'a requisition. By God, sir, it Is your business to know just how many you've got." Stung to the quick by this ummeri- ted and unexpected abuse and insult, General Davis at once retired, but after considering the matter deter mined to take no notice of it, and on one occasion before the shooting of Nelson, when referring to it, said he should not pay any attention to it. Business, however, required that he should meet the commanding officer, and it is said on these occasions Nel son would drop into a stage aside and remark, "That's the Indiana fellow I pat down on," "Hsre comes that fel fellow Davis again," or some such re mark. The condition of affaire continued thus until the morning of the 20th of September. On that day Governor Morton was in Louisville, and in con sultation with General Nelson about the conduct of Indiana troops at the battle of Richmond, and probably taking the General to task for his ac tion toward them on the field. When General Davis came down stairs on his way to breakfast he saw Nelson and Morton talking together near the foot, having just come out of the dining-room. His resentment at his own treatment, and the thought of his abuse toward the Indiana soldiery, overcame bis determination to say , nothing to Nelson, and on the im- pulse of the moment he approaohed j tho gentlemen. Addressing himself GENERALS DATIS to General Nelson, he said : "General Nelson, you insulted and outraged me when I volunteered my services tons- o.w )uu.u iue ue.ease oi .uouisvine, when I was under no obligations to do so, being at home on leave of ab sence. Before I return to my com mand, I damand an apology for your treatment." Nelson, being somewhat deaf, asked him to speak louder, and the demand was repeated. Nelson drew himself up to the full height of his magnificent proportions, and laughed contemptuously at the quiet, determined little man who stood at his side. He then turned to Morton, "Do you come to see this little whif fet Insult me?" Addressing Davis, who stood awaiting a reply, he de nounced him as a coward, applied a vile epithet to him, and struck him in the face. Boiling with rage, Davis walked into the office, where he met T. W. Gibson, a prominent attorney, whom he knew well. "Tom," said he, "have you got a pistol?" "Why, yes, of course I have," pro ducing a weapon. "You'd better let mc show you how to use It. It's a Tranter," (a new style just then out.) "Oh, I know how to use any pis tol," said Davis", and seizing it he rushed back to the corridor. From the manner in which Davis left him, and his words, "This is not the lastof it," Nelson might naturally enough have expected a conflict. Whether or no, he left Governor Morton and went up stairs. Davis wop just start ing up, pistol in hand, when Nelson appeared at the head coming down. He carried one band behind him, the other thrust into the breast of his coat. "General Nelson, stop!" said Da vis. He paid no attention to the chal lenge, but, with a lofty disregard for the consequences, and an exhibition of personal bravery almost unequaled, continued his descent. The demand to halt was repeated twice by General Davis, and then, when Nelson was about eight or ten steps from him, he fired, the ball severing one of the large arteries just above the heart. Nelson fell, and was at once carried to his room. General Davis' Btaff had arrived in the city a day or two be fore, and, strange enough, Dr. Ben Newland, of Mitchell, Davis' Division Surgeon, was the first physician at his side. When he learned, however, who had committed the act, he with drew, and Dr. C. C. Cummins was called in. Nelson died In about twen ty minutes. General Davis wa3 ordered under arrest, and remained in his room in the Gait House two or three weeks. Several times he sent to General Boyle, in command of the post, ask ing why he was not released, not un derstanding why he should be de tained a prisoner when no proceed ings were instituted against him. At the end of that time the suspense was over; a telegram was received from President Lincoln releasing him from arrest, and stating, in effect, that "from the information we have we do not see how you could have done oth erwise." A similar message was sent by Secretary Stanton, ordering him to report to General Wright, at Cin cinnati, for duty. He stayed there a short time, and wa3 thence ordered to rejoin his division at Edgefield, Tenn. The aflair created great excitement at Louisville, and threats of lynching Davis were made. The Indiana sol diers in camp thereabouts took a per sonal interest in the matter, and thronged the streets and public pla ces, proposing to have a hand In whatever trouble occurred. It was reported that an indictment was found against him, but nothing was ever done with it. General Da vis had too many friends, even in Louisville, for proceedings of that na ture ever to be prosecuted. The en tire army approved his course, and agreed with the President, that "he could not have done otherwise." Southern Literature The Atlanta Constitution comes to the defense of Mr. Paul H. Hayne, who has declared his purpose to leave Georgia and make bia home in the North, because a professional literary man finds no appreciation in the South. Starting with the assertion that "an enlarged vision, broad sym pathies, and national viewt are ab solutely essentials to literary work," the Constitution says : The results of literary effort in the South are pervaded with the most in tense sectionalism. Prejudice takes theshapeof egotism, and weunblush ingly allude to ourselves as the pinks of chivalrj and our neighbors as the sohb and daughters of every mean and unworthy impulse. In short, we have gushed until the general ef fect of so much gush has reacted upon us. Weare asked to support South ern papers because they are represen tatives of Southern literacure, and we are asked to buy books for the SGme reason. Uur poets are all Southern poets, and our novelists such as we have are all Southern novelists. Does a publisher fill a paper full of trash from the composition books of romantic school-girls, we must all applaud and buy for the baneflt of Southern literature. Does Miss Sweetie WJIdwood get together a lot of sickening doggerel, the newspa pers must gush over the gush, not only for the purpose of building up Southern literature, but because Miss Sweetie Is a daughter of Colonel , Wildwood. What 13 the result?, Why, simply this: that the stuff we are in the habit of Mailing Southern ! literature is not only a burlesque up- ' I on true literary art, but a humiliation and a disgraoe to the people whose culture It is supposed to represent. These are very harsh words.'buttbey must be said some day, and the soon er they are said and uccepted as the truth the better for those who have any regard for our literary future the.better for those who have an In terest in building up a local litera ture. We must drop sectionalism and all the outlaying and resultant prejudices, and; along with them mnot i.nll.o jl R.lin... k.wt ortt . Ut have; misrepresented us at home and abroad. These aro true and timely 'words, and it is fortunate that a Southern paper has bad the good sense and courage to utter them. Such words, spoken in just as kindly a spirit by Northern critics, have failed to have any influence,and it has fseemed al most incredible to literary men, even to those who were politically In sym pathy with the South, that theSouth ern people could exhibit so childish a spirit in regard to what the Constiiu (ion now complains of. They must now see the evils of a practice that cauees wrong impressions to prevail as to their owu capacity and taste, and that hampers all literary work undertaken in their midst. Will thoy be hone3t enough to say, with the Constitution in its concluding par agraph : The sectionalism that is tho mo3t marked feature of our modern politics can never intrude into literature. Its intrusion is fatal, aud it is this fatali ty that has pursued, and overtaken, and destroyed literary effort In the South. The truth might as well be told : we have no Southern literature worthy of the name, because an at tempt has been made to give it the peculiarities of sectionalism rather than to impart to it the flavor of local Ism. Inter Ocean. The Franklin, Mass., FarmerB'club have had a potato competition this year. All the contestants planted seed of early rose, and each chose his own mode of cultivation. A. W. Cheever got the largest yield, at the rate of four hundred and eighty-eight bushels per acre, by the use of stable manure, four hundred pounds of sul phat of potash, and about eight hun dred pounds of guano per acre, spread over the furrows In which the pota toes are planted. A Louisiana paper says a woman "set" a hen on some eggs in a field, and when they were hatched four lit tle alligators appeared among the chickens. Thoy followedjtheoldhen as docilely as their half-brothers nnd -.isterfl the chickens and seemed eutirely?uticonscious of any differ ence. It is puppoaed'jthut an alli gator deposited the eggs in the hen's nest. The peculiar pebbles known In Aus tria as the traveling stones have long been regarded us great curiosities. Similarones havejust been discovered in Nevado,ulmost round In shape, and as large as a walnut. The cause of these stones rolling to a common point from distances of three or four feet is the loadestone or magnetic Iron ore of which thoy are composed. Springfield Republican: There Is no necessity for haete about It, the country has all the future in which to deal with the subject, but where one newspaper was culling for the inter ference of Congress in railroad man agement six mouths ago, Jen are ask ing it now. There are to-duy more than 242.000 Government pensioners. The amount of the year's pension to all pension ers is S25.'193.742 ; but the actual pay ment is millions in excess, because the newly admitted cases have arrears of pension due. It is stated that Indian corn char red Into charcoal will make a valuable condiment for poultry. It will put the hens in good health and cause a general toning up of the system that will be seen in more and lurger eggs. Another Greenback paper Iheis- gal Tender, at Pekin, Illinois has suspended for want of support, after sinking several thousands- of good dollars to advocate a mythical fiat currency. Winchester Sk7i.- Tryfngtu do busi ness without advertising is like wink ing at a girl in tho dark. You may know what you aredoing, but uobody else does. The prevailing fashion for silk neckerchiefs and handkerchiefs for ladies and children is meeting with merited favor. The Greenback-Labor Chronicle, of Maine, thinks there will be another assassination if Grant should be elec ted. a The distress from the famine In Montenegro is increasing. One-sixth of the population are starving. A neat head-line about Grant in the Cincinnati Enquirer runs "old-man-In-every body s-way ." Berlin papers announce that tho to- viva! in the iron trade has reached Germany.