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THE ADVERTISES
?W. FAI"SBK0TER- T.C. HACKEK.
H.W.FAIRBKOTIIXE. T. C. HACKER .
FA1RBROTIIER & HACKER,
Publishers &. Proprietors.
KAIRZISIOTEEER & iUCKER,
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ruliIislier.H and Proprietors.
ublished Every Thursday Horning
ADVERTISING ItATES.
AT :TP.OVNVlI..E, NEBRASKA.
Onelnch.one year..
$10 00
5 60
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36
Each socceedlDgiBoh. per year
One Inch, per month.
TMUOI'm IN ADVANCE:
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ESTABLISHED 1856. l
Oldest Paper in the State. J
BEOWVJLLE, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1879.
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Ctmt- Officers.
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Commissioners
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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.
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m " tfJclJefc.F W.J. Wkcbkb. P"r.
a.r'.t'. ''b-r.-5rT everrav
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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.
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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-
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Brnvn-lllr rfcftpr "n- ' " V-"1I.VT v
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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
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n!'!r"""rKrH.rlTrrerandB9l-
t Vinwer.
BUSIrCZSS CAF-1JS.
irnT.T.ATAY.
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1 ne Brown vllle. Neb.
OTrLTi
& THOMAS.
i) ATTOK.NKY;
AT IAW.
O"' over Theoaore inn jo.w", ...-."
v '- N'eb.
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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.
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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.
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JSjfcrH BUsJY.
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Proprietor
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Ota Reliable
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Give ECim a Call
' And jok will be tc!S
Served wii!i tlie best
Use EIsrKei affords.
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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.
