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plattsmouthT nebbaska.
orrioHi
On Main Street, between 4th and 5th,
Hecond Story.
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BJRA
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JNO. A. MACMTJRPHY, Editor.
" PEKSGVEKAXCE COXQIEKS.'
TERMS: $2.00 a Year
PYt i? nit ur e,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coflins
Of U sizes, ready-made, and sold cheap for each.
With many thank for pat patronage, I invite
all to call and examine my
large stock of
Iui-iiit iii-o uiiel Colllnj-i.
AND
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.d Ketail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines.
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rSTUESCRlITION'S carefully compounded at
all bourn, day and night. 35-ly
J. V. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STABTjE,
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse,
0 a Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C K
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
Janl-tr
First MionalTani
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
OlTCESSOli TO
Tooilo, IIitiiu;i Olnrlc.
.Tohv Kitz:khai.o
K. G. Hover
A. Y. McLaighi.IN
John O'Koi-bke
President.
. . . Yice-l'res ident.
Cashier.
.Assistant Cashier.
This Rank is now open for bnsines at their new
room, comer Main and Sixih streets, and are pre
pared to transact, a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold. Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of the I'tiiied States and in
all the Vrincip.il Towns and Cities of Kuropc.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
MAN LINE ani ALLAN LINE
OF
IYrsons wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can
rrnciiASR th kf.ts mo ra
Tlnoujli to IMji 1 1 ssiiiout li
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. C. I500srI:,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
cutting iin.im:vs HAIR
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon in a
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GO TO TI-IE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STKEIGHT, Proprietor,
FOB TOCB
Boofcs, Stationery, Pictnrcs, Mnsic,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings.
Newspapers, Novels.
Son;; Books, etc., etc
TQJ5T OFflCE PULDISU,
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VOLUME X.
O. F. JOHNSON,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1875.
NUMBER 17.
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ner of Alain and l'ifth btreelv.
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KEM EMBER TI1E TLACE,
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER IS
ILTriiitui3?e !
Main St., lot. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - NBB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
And has on hand a laryc stock of
Metallic I3uiial Oases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of nil sizes, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. I. W.ITERMM & SOX,
Wholesale and Ketail Dealers in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOOES, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
J, V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sis , Plattsmouth.
(Gutbmann's old stand.)
lie keeps on hand a large and well selected stock
or
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees. Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots.
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also, a large stock of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Hinhrit Price Paid for Country Prodnr.
A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign:
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has on hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
I invite everybody in want of anything In mv
inc to call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And convince themselves of the fact, I have as a
specialty in my Retail Departments a stock of
nne Homing lor Men and Uoys, to which we in
vite those who want goods.
I also keep on hand a large and well-selected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jnrlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOI.OMOX &. XATIIAX,
DEALKK8 IX
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Ladies5 Fnrnisliiiig Goods.
Large, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE US -A. CA.X.Xj
And examine our Goods.
restore on Main St., between 4ih and 5th Sts.,
riatlsmouth. Neb. lfitf
PLATTSMOITII MILLS,
PLATTSMOUT1I NEBRASKA.
Conrad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
Alwayt on band ao4 for salt at lowttt cash prices,
Thi Hif kt t rri paid for WbtaV and Cots.
ruUtnlar nUntio ftytB 9 tnitom work.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Compiled from Ttlrgramj of Afcompinjing Sates.
Monday, Feb. 8.
Js a proclamation recently issued Don
Carlos does not protest against the as6urnp
tion of the monarchy by his cousin, but says
Ins protests shall be uttered in irresisti
lily eloquent tones from the mouth of
his cannon. On the 7th there was fiht-
in between the two armies in the viein
ity of Estclla, which resulted in the
repulse of eight of the Carlist battalions.
Jl-ixie Kooeks, of the Cook County (111.) Cir
cuit Court, has declared to be unconstitutional
the law requiring ballots to be numbered so
that every man's vote may be known.
The English Parliament reassembled on the
5th. The session wub opened by a sjeecli
from the throne.
The Ohio House of Representatives has
voted 44 to 43 against a bill to abolish
capital punishment.
Tsae Tiev, son of Prince Chien, has been
proclaimed Emperor of China.
Ge.v. Shekidax has returned to New Or
leans.
Tuesday, Feb. 0,
Ox the morning of the 7th the eastern-
bound express train on the Missouri Facific
Railroad, at a point one and one-half miles
from Osage River bridge, 115 miles from St.
Louis, encountered a broken rail, and
the smoking-car, one passenger coach
and a sleeper jumped the track
and slid partly down the embank
ment. The sleeping-car and the passenger
coach were badly -wrecked, and twenty per
sons were more or Icbs seriously injured, one
girl it was thought fatally.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch of
the 7th says Atty.-Gcn. Williams had been
before the Select Committee on Alabama
affairs and had been interrogated as to his
sending troops into that State last fall, and
it appeared that he had had no correspond
ence w ith the Governor of the State on the
subject, but acted on information from other
sources.
William S. Kino had been found by a
messenger of the Scrgeant-at-Arms of the
House, near Coinpton, Canada, and subpoe
naed to appear before the Committee on
Ways and Means and testify as to his con
nection w ith the Pacific Mail subsidy busl
ness.
J. L. Routt, of Illinois, Second Assistant
Postmaster General, has been appointed and
confirmed as Governor of Colorado, riV E. M.
MeCook, resigned.
President Gkant has signed the act to
amend the Customs and Internal Revenue
laws, and for other purposes, known as the
Little Tariff bill.
The Congressional Committee on Louisiana
AHairs have concluded their investigation
and adjourned to meet in Washington.
Wednesday, Keb. 10.
The National Grange has adopted a resolu
tion declaring the existing Patent laws op
pressive, and requesting Congress to grant
no more extensions and to amend the Patent
laws so as to allow any person to use or man
ufacture any patented article on the payment
of a reasonable royalty. The choice of the
next place for the meeting of the National
Grange is left with the Executive Committee.
A loan has been agreed upon to each State
Grange of f 2.50 for each subordinate Grange
in the State.
An "official" dispatch from Madrid admits
that the Alphonsists have received a serious
check in their advance on Estella, and that
military ojHjrations have been suspended. The
Carlists claim to have won a decided victory,
declaring that Alphonso lost 7,000 in
killed and wounded and several pieces
of artillery. The Carlist chieftain Menderi
has been arrested and 6hot for treason, by
order of Don Carlos.
The first train was run through the Iloosac
Tunnel, in Massachusetts, on the Oth. It was
composed of three gravel-cars and one box
car filled with 100 passengers, The passage
was made in thirt3'-five minutes. The track
is not yet in a condition iit for running reg
ular trains.
Tire Bishop of Strasburg having issued a
pastoral letter to his clergy in which he al
leges that the church is persecuted, the
German authorities have seized the copies
and forbidden the promulgation of the docu
ment.
Wm. W. Eaton, Senator-elect from Con
necticut, has been appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Buckingham, the
term ending March 4.
The Indiana State Board of Agriculture
have decided to hold an exposition at Indian
apolis this year, to begin Sept. 9 and con
tinue twenty days.
Thursday, Feb. 11.
TnK new Revenue bill reported to the
National House of Representatives from
the Ways and Means Committee provides
for an increase in the taxes on distilled
liquors, fixing the same at one dollar er
proof irallon, and making the tax on all
brandy, gin, rum, and on all com
pounds and preparations of which distilled
spirits is a component part of chief value,
embracing all forms of distilled spirits im
ported from foreign countries, $2.50 per proof
gallon.
A Little Rock (Ark.) dispatch says the re
port of the Arkansas Investigating Committee
and the subsequent message of the President
have created considerable excitement there,
and business is very much depressed on ac
count of the unsettled condition of affairs at
Washington.
Ex-U. S. Senator John M. Tiiater, of Ne
braska, has been nominated by the President
for Governor of Wyoming.
Tm rtt-folu States and three Territories
are represented in the National Grange at its
session in Charleston, S. C.
Friday, Feb. 12.
A Conservative proposition for a compro
mise of the Louisiana difficulties, submitted
to the Congressional Investigating Commit
tee, has been rejected by that body. The pro
posal was to the effect that the election of
187- should not be included in the adjust
ment; the election of the Treasurer and
members of the Legislature in 1S74 to be sub
mitted, and the House organized on the
basis of the committee's award; the Kellogg
Government not to be disturbed so long as it
is sustained by the President, and the Sena
tors returned by the arbitration to be seated.
C. W.Jones (Dcm.) has been elected United
States Senator by the Florida Legislature.
The vote on the final ballot was: Jones, 40;
Bisbee (Rep.), 25; rest scattering. Jones had
the unanimous support of the Democrats and
Independent Republicans.
Twentt-three German Catholic Bishops
have issued a protest in behalf of the entire
Roman Catholic ' Episcopate of Germany
against any such interference in the Papal
election as is implied in Bismarck's late cir
cular dispatch.
The Bishops of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church have fixed upon Monday,
March 1, as a day of fasting and prayer, and
issued an address to the American people
pleading for the enjoyment of every civil and
political right.
RrciJfT telegrams from Shacghas and
ethtr portions of China IndiciU that a civil
wr wm lmmlmat in that country,
.Saturday, Feb. 13.
A general order has been issued from th
War Department with reference to carrying
out the provisions of the act of Congress ap
proved Feb. 10 to provide for the relief of
persons suffering from the ravages of grass
hoppers upon the Western frontiers
An enrollment is to be made of the
suffering inhabitants, families to be
grouped together when practicable
and applicants for relief will be re
quired to fill out blanks giving their resources
convertible with safety to their families into
a supply of food, and the names of such icr
sons as may be found to have resources so
convertible 6ball not be placed on the roll
until such resources are exhausted.
The Commissioner of the General Land Of
lice has replied to a request to permit the
Union Pacific Railroad Company to select
lands containing coal and iron in lieu of the
agricultural lands, which latter the company
proposed to release in favor of actual settlers"
to the effect that the company receives all its
coal and iron lands without any diminution
on account of the claim of any settler, and to
allow it, in addition, to surrender agricultural
lauds and take the reserved coal lands, of
greatly increased value, would be an enlarge
ment of the grant and an express violation of
the act under which the claim was presented
The Grand Jury at Little Rock, Ark., have
made a report to the effect that, in pursuance
of the instructions of Gov. Garland, the
rrosecuting-Attorney had summoned before
that body parties complaining of a reign
of terror in that State and that about
forty complaining witnesses have been exam
ined, and the jury was not able, after dili
gent questioning, to find a single iu&tance in
which any man had been deprived of his right
to vote or any other right, but, on the con
trary, unusual quiet prevailed.
The Executive Committee of the National
Grange has been enlarged to five members by
the election of Dudley S. Chase, of New
Hampshire, and John T. Jones, of Arkansas,
to serve three years. The other members are
D. W. Aikin, of South Carolina, re-elected for
three years, Wm. Sanders, of Washington,
who holds over for one year, and E. B. Shank-
land, of Iowa, who holds over for two years.
Later advices from China are to the effect
that the widow of the late Emperor did not
commit suicide, as has been previously reported.
Kino Ai.pnoNso has issued a royal decree
calling for 70,000 men to recruit his army.
Fifteen thousand of these arc to be sent to
Cuba.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 6th, the bill to
regulate the counting of Presidential votes and
the concurrent resolution to amend the twenty
second joint rule were reported from the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections A memo
rial was presented from 1. It. S. Pinchback, of
ljouipiana, asking action on nis claim io aumis-
sion as fenator Tne fenate bill t organize
the Territory of Oklahama was reported from
committee and Its further consideration was
postponed until the second Monday in December
A conference committee was appointed on
the Senate amendments to the bill amending
the National Hunk act The Civil-Riehts bill
passed by the House was received, read the
secoua time ana reierrca io me juaiciary com
mit tee.
In the House, on the 6th, a bill was in
troduced and referred for the transmission of cor
respondence by telegraph Mr. Poland made a
majority report from the Arkansas Investigating
Committee, recommending no action in the case.
and a minority report, signed by Mr. Ward, of
Illinois, was also presented favoring the restora
tion of Mr. Brooks as Governor and the over
throw of the present Constitution of that State
A conference committee was appointed on
the Legislative Appropriation bill The Henne
pin Canal bill wits taken up and debated, and a
motion was made to lay it on the table.
In the Senate, on the 8th, the House
bill for the relief of John W. Marsh (the Sewing
Machine Patent bill) was rejected 23 to 13.... A
memorial of citizens was presented and referred
praying an amendment to tne constitution to
abolish the offices of President and Vice-President,
and vesting the powers now belonging to
them in a council of seven members to be chosen
by the Honse of Representatives, to which body
they shall be responsible A message was
received from the President in regard to affairs
n Arkansas Mr. Morton, from the Committee
on Privilege and Elections, submitted a report
In the case or P. li. !. Pinchback, and a resolu
tion declaring him entitled to a seat as Senator
from Louisiana from March 4, 1X73. Objection
was raised that the report not being signed by a
majority of the whole committee was not a ma
jority report, but the Chair decided that live
members being present at the time action was
determined on, and four of the five signing the
report, it became a report of the committee,
which was ordered printed, and notice was given
of a minority report.
In the House, on the 8th, among the
bills Introduced were the following: To increase
the public revenue and decrease the interest on
the public debt ; providing for tax on incomes
above $2,000; appropriating fl.OiVi.0iK) for deep
ening the channel of the Missouri River from Sioux
City to its mouth ; for the improvement of cer
tain rivers and harbors... .The bill giving bounties
to the heirs of soldiers who served less than one
yenr in the armv was passed 101 to 30. ...A mo
tion to susnend the rules and adopt a resolution
declaring that, in the judgment of the House, the
election of a President for a third term is against
he traditions of the Republic, is in violation of
he example of Washington now sacred as law
tself and would be hazardous alike for the lib
erties of the people and free institutions of the
country, was lost 67 to 102 An adverse report
was made on the application for extension or the
Wilson sewing-machine patent.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the House
bill to reduce and fix the Adjutant-General's De
partment of the army was passed But little
business was transacted, an early adjournment
being had ont of respect to the late Senator Buck
ingham, whose funeral took place to-day.
In the House, on the 9th, after the
passage of some unimportant bills and resolu
tions an unsuccessful effort was made to have the
committee's report in the case of Delegate Can
non, or I tan, considered 1 he Indian Appro
priation bill was considered ia Committee of the
Whole, ar.d agreed to except the Choctaw and
Chickasaw amendment. This amendment was
then rejected by the Honse yeas 88, uavs 137
and the bill was passed 103 to 63.
In the Senate, on the 10th, after the
transaction of siunc other business relating to
the District ot Columbia, several bills making ap
propriations and providing sites for public build
ings in Covington, Ky.. St. Augustiue. Fhi.,
Topeka, Kan., and Harrisbnrg, Pa., were consid
ered and passed The Steamboat bill was recom
mitted to tbt Committee on Commerce.
In the House, on the 10th, a bill was
introduced supplementary to the acts concerning
immigration, relating to the coolie trade, provid
ing that when immigrants have entered into a
contract or agreement for a term of service with
in the United States such immigration shall not
be deemed voluntary, and making it a penal
offense for American citizens to le engaged in
uch trade A new Tariff bill was reported
from the Committee on Wavs and Means, and
referred to Committee of the Whole The Post
office Appropriation bill ($:7,'3t..T61) was con
sidered Hi Committee of the Whole, and several
proposed amendments were disposed of An
evening session was held for debate only.
In the Senate, on the 11th, a minority
report was presented from the Committee on
Elections, signed by Messrs. Hamilton and Sauls-
bury, against the admission of Mr. Pinchback as
Senator from Louisiana The House bill author
izing the President to appoint a commission to
attend the International Peuiteutiary Congress
to he held in Rome next year was passed.... The
Senate bill granting the'rlght of way to the Salt
Lake & Walla Waila iiailroad and Transportation
Company, and for other purposes, was discussed
and rejected yeas 15, nays 33 The bill to pro
vide a government for the District of Columbia
was taken up, and the amendment to have the
Commissioners elected by the voters of the Dis
trict instead of beiDg appointed by the President
was rejected - to as.
In the House, on the lllh, the Post-
office Appropriation bill was reported from Com
mittee of the Whole, with an amendment provid
ing for the free transmission of public documents
and seeds from the Agricultural Department
thrllltrh t h P m ails u- Vi i K a m .unl tjihh t o. r.
jectedC-yeas SM. nays 133. An amendment can
celing the Pacific Mail contract of 1872 was agreed
to and the bill was passed The Tariff bill wa
considered in Committee of the Whole, and a
lengthy debate ensued, Mr. Dawes advocating
and Mr. Wood opposing the measure.
Ia the Senate, on the 12th, during a
discussion on the Portland, Dallas Jt Salt Lake
Ballroad bill, It wsi ttatcd that ths Committee on
Railroads had befor thni, dnrlnij tha present
ces.tonifix or seven bills providing for enbsidice,
and atttr cartful considtration baa concluded not
to rport ujr of thi a farcrael to too 6oUi
The bill under consideration was refused a third
reauing tiy a voie mi twenty-six nays io iwo yeas
The District of Columbia bill wiis further con
sidered, and an amendment that two of the pro
posed Commissioners should be appointed by the
i reomeui ami one in: eieeieii oy me voters Ol lue
jjisinct was rejecteu yeas l-i, nays
In the House, on the 12th, the Kcvenue
bill Whs further considered in Committee of the
Whole, Messrs. Roberts and Kelluy, of Pennsyl
vania, making speeches on the same Several
private bills' were then disposed of A bill for
me reuei 01 certain loyal creuuors wuose moneys
were confiscated bv the Confederate Congress in
.onisiaua, providing for the distribution of f Sll,
ut-b opposition to the bill was manifested, and
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THE .tlAHKF.TS.
New ToRK.-t'uon- l.-vScftltic. Flour Good
to e hoice, j; t.sil'Jfc.Vi-j : white winter extra. $5.-.ift
5.U0. It Aral No. 3 Chicago. tl.(M(.U: Jso
Northwestern, S t .05'ctl . 11 : No. 3 Milwaukee
Spring, l.KKai.l2'4. Iltic Western. W!ic.
JiarUy -$1.3.Ya,1.40. Corn l',(rWc. Oat Mixed
Western, titiv4tMtfc. Pork New mess, fiU.-hXTa
lAira Hfrci I'.c LtifMtVM&irtK.
H ool Common to extra, 536"c. Jieert )(U)0
fir.13.sn. lions Dressed. $S.3WiS.75; live,
$i..j(f.ou. afietp Live, $0.50i7.uO.
OficAno. Iteer Choice, f r.7Tyi7,6.2r: good.
$r.UOsji.".5l); medium, $ 1.35(051.75; butchers'
stock, -1.00&t.35: stock cuttle. 2.7iVfft
4.1. IIoijk Live, good to choice, Si.7.V".7.10;
dressed. $7.Wr.8.JO. Sittp Good to choice.
xj.H-iumjm. Jiiiuer Choire vellow. 3iif.fJiic. r.uq
tresn.-iY..c. fork -Mess, new, six.ikm.13.
Lnni $ Vi.WQfAXfA. Cheese "Sew York Factory
l.erii'ic; western jractorv. lil-4"'l7c
Flour White winter extra, $l.3."Jitj.o;
soring extra. j:i.75ir.I..V. U neat Sprin
o. 3, m?j''l7ic. lorn ISo. 3. b3'"0
hic. OafXi. 2, 52V".Wic. Hue No.
7;-Sc. liarleij'So. 8, 1.11(51.13(4. Wool
Tub-washed, 4.VT;57c; fleece, washed,
4Hc; fleece, nnwashed, 27(i37c. lumber
First-clear, 52.t)Oi'r"5.UI: seeoiid-cictir. SHi.OO
ri.5.0ll; common boards, 11.01 IC.il 2.1 HI; fenc
ing, $13.fXK'l:i.UU; "'A shingles, $1.00(1.3
lath, $2.00(2.35.
Cincinnati. Flour I. n.VM.10. Wheat Red.
$1.10rgl.H. Corn tH.atSc. Ji'je $l.(4'ifio
l.uri. uais fi'iavsc. jjarleij-:.niLl.V. Fork
$18.!HXai9.0(). Lard i:5?iai !ic.
St. Lons. Ca'tle Fair to choice. SV2.V.5.75.
Hone Live, $ii..riV-,7.35. Flour XX Fall, $ l.iVTo
4.50. IUM1-JIO. 3 Ked Full, fl.lii(&1.07,
Corn No. 3. l'4;iijc. Ont No. 3, .Wn
57'4c. IlyeVW(tM. linrU -No. 2. 1.307a
1.3. Fork Mess, lS.ti2'(,lS.75. LardWn
13V4C
Mli.WAl'KEK. Floti) Snrliisr XX. S5.25frr.S.5n.
Wheal Spring. No. 1. !1(? !UUc : No. 2. tvi-'-xth
HS'sC. Corn No. 3, 4l4til3..c. Oot No. 3. 51 "4
cT)lJic. Rye No. 1, SjHu,97c. BarUy No. 2,
$1.16!. 17.
Cleveland. Wheat No. 1 Ited. l.l0'4Ti1.ll :
No. 2 Ited, Sl.lMliai.05. t'or.-7Urt.71c.
Oats No. 1, b'JStkK.
Detroit. Wheat Extra, $1.12..?.1.12!4. Corn
n!i(ft70c. Oats-l&iiiM,,ic. Dressed JO'js
r.atxsis.oo.
Toleihk U"rtvir Amber Michigan, ft 1. 07 U (ft
1.08; No. 2 lied, $l.M7r.l.(l7. Corn lligti
Mixed, ti7a:-674c. Oat No. 2, 0ti?i.57c.
HrrFKAi.o. lleeres SS.OOffrfi.OO. lions Live.
$.7c&7.3.j. Shetit Live, Sj.OO&ti.ia.
East Lirkutv. lieeres Rest, S.25tf?.f.75;
medium. $5,507? 5.75. lion Yorkers, ii.70(fS
.10: Philadelphia. 7.5l 1(37.75. Hheei liest.
f5.35lj.tl0; medium, $1.505.25.
Report of the Arkansas Investigating
Lomiumee.
Wasuinoton, Feb. 6.
MAJORITY KEroKT.
The Arkansas Investigating; Committee
conclude their report as follows:
The new Constitution we regard as repub
lican in form, and in many respects an im-
rovemcnt upon that of lNs. The committee
are satisfied that the convention to frame the
Constitution and the Constitution itself were
voted for, and are satisfactory t the majority
of the voters and people of the State. The
istate onicers were certainly elected by a ma
jority of the votes cast, and we think by a ma-
ority of the votes in the btate. 1 he condition
of the State has been as peaceful since the
new Government was inaugurated as it has
ever been, the mass of people on both sides
are inclined to peace and good government,
ind to allow all the enjoyment of their legal
rights. But there is a class of men, the out
growth of former society, w ho delight in dis
turbing and depriving the colored people of
their rights. These are young men who can
not be restrained. This elass of men, togeth
er with the general custom of carrying dead
ly weapons another legacy of barbarism
are the real causes of violence and
bloodshed. The changes caused by the
war, giving freedom and political
couality to the colored people, are not well
relished by the Southern people. But most
of them would do nothing to disturb them.
But the class to which we have alluded feel
that they may invade the rights of colored
men, especially in any political iiuarrel, and
that their offenses will be winked at. YVe are
atislicd that the true prosperity of the South-
rn States depends more upon just and stern
dealing by them with this lawless class of
men than any other cause. Arkansas proba
bly presents no dillerent condition from that
of other cotton States where political control
has passed into the hands of the class who
ruled before the war.
The people of every State have the right to
make their own Constitution to suit them
selves, provided it be republican in form and
in Harmony Willi me Constitution ot the
United States, and the National Government
has no authority to deprive them of that
right. The election held fer the ratification
of the Constitution was under form of law,
and the otlicers who conducted it acted under
apioiiitinent and under official oaths; and
although we regard all as defective, however,
eing prescribed by the convention instead of
the Legislature, still we believe they are en
titled to be regarded differently from mere
voluntary meetings held under m pretense
of legal authority. The committee do not
recommend any action by Congress or by any
department of the General Government in re
gard to the Stale Government in Arkansas.
This report ia signed by Messrs. Poland,
Scudder, Sayler and SIoss.
MINORITY REPORT.
The other member of the committee
Ward, of Illinois presents his views in
opposition to the report. In his report
he says:
If banditti or a mob of armed men may
take possession of a State, depose its officers,
rresi its juages, close its courts, intimidate
its people through violence and murder, pro-
ide its own way lor holding and its own
officers to hold elections, and its own ollicers
to declare the result, and the fruit of such
defiance of law is binding upon the people of
such State and upon Congress, then the pres
et preienaea Government ot Arkansas is le
gitimate, and must be recognized as such.
but not otherwise. Those who will read the
evidence must be satisfied that there was a
reign of terror throughout Arkansas during
the period in which the so-called Garland
lovernment was being formed and set in mo
tion, entirely inconsistent with a full and fair
xprcssion ol the will of the people on that
subject.
The report concludes as follows:
If these nroeeedinirs in Arkansas ro un re
buked, and arc allowed to stand as a prece
dent to American history, then Constitutions
may lie overthrown and the right of minori-
ics irampiea upon tiv parties for any pur
pose in times of excitement, and there is no
remedy. It is revolution legalized and scces-
lon made easy. This formula will anplv as
well to the National as to the State Govern
ment. The fearful conseouenecs to flow from
uch a principle incoriKirated into our law I
need not predict or ejieculate upon. There
an be no stabifttv in the State or in the na-
ion on any such basis: no protection or se
curity for minorities or protection to liberty.
n tins ease every lorm of constitutional and
statute laws was violated. The American
people cannot indorse the result.
Mr. "Ward then proposes the following
resolution:
Iieolred. That James Brooks, havinrr been bv
he people of Arkansas elected to the office of
iovernor of said State, under tho Constitution
of 18(s, for the period of four years ending in
January, 1877, and said Constitution never having
teen legally overturned or abrogated and being
still in force, is tho lawful Governor of said State
of Arkansas.
Message of the President on Arkansas
Affairs.
Washington, Feb. S.
The following is the message of Presi
dent Grant on Arkansas affairs r
Tothe Senntc of the United States:
Herewith I have the honor to send, in ac
cordance with the resolution of the Senate of
the 3d inst., all information in my possession
not heretofore furnished rcleting to affairs in
the State of Arkansas. I will venture
to exprets the opinion that all the
testimony shows that, in the elec
tion of IST'J, Joseph Brooka was lawfully
elected Governor of that State; that ho has
been unlawfully deprived of the possession of
his office etftce that time; that in
1874 tho t'on.tifutinn of Vio Klata
! wt by violence, InUmidaUon .& rev.
tl
Iolutionary proceedings overthrown
a. ihw Ct mrit it nt it in mlmiteil niul
new State Government established. Tl
tin icpcri in T.i if ticrmittfif hi Rtunif tiriictic
ignore all The rights of minorities in all Stat
Aio, whiit is llierc to prevent eacii oi
St. .(... mnuntl.. r..o.l...lll..l f, .V.!...,il
latious on certain conditions from cliang
their Constitutions and violating tl
tilcdircR if this action in Arkansas is uco
eseed in? I respectfully submit hetl
a precedent so dangerous lo tne stain
oi Mate Government, if not or the Nation
Government also, should be recognized
I ill.rrj.ca f .;! tiiut 1 w u L tliijt I 'niitrriil U'
takeTtletinite action in this matter, to relic
the Executive from acting upon questio
which snonia oc ucciucti oy ino legisiai
branch of tliu Government. V. S. Gkant
Executive Mansion, Feb. 8, 1B75.
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Lazzaronl.
In the late Congressional debates the
Democratic speakers spoke often of "the
South," and the same phrase constantly
occurs in the Democratic newspapers
It always means one tiling. When we
are told that 44 the South" is suffering,
that 44 the South" is oppressed, that 44 the
South" is a martyr aud patiently bears
its wrongs, only a certain part of the
people of the Southern States is meant
the white population. Before the war
the Democratic slave Senators spoke of
44 the people of the South," and at
tempted to justify secession as an unani
mous act ot "the people. Yvliatpco
pic? The slave-holding class and their
white dependents. In Louisiana, Missis
sippi and South Carolina 44 the people"
were not half of the population, and in
all the other Southern States those who
were not included in that term were a
very large proportion of all. It i3 the
spirit shown in these phrases, with the
meaning attached to them, which is
one of the reasons why the Democratic
party cannot siicly be trusted w itu the
Uovernment.
Mr. Cox is an amiable man but a vchc
ment partisan, and in the late debate
upon the rules, smarting under the sar
casm of the Speaker that he had offered
his resignation from the Committee on
the Kules for dramatic effect, lie ex
claimed that the term was not applied
to (Jen. liutlcr when he went into the
Clerk's desk and spoke to the lazzaroni
in the galleries. That is his hon
est feeling. It is the feeling of his par
ty. The colored people are lazzaroni;
they are beggars, idle, shiftless, indolent,
ignorant, good for nothing. They need
a good master and a strong hand. How
ever this may be in fact, the contemptu
ous generalization ia the natural view of
those who have been bred to regard a
large class of human beings as cattle,
and vet suppose themselves to be Demo
crats, or believers in the rights of man.
There is nothing at once n.ore ludicrous
and revolting in history than the specta
cle of the old slave aristocracy, with its
2sorthern lackevs. sitting in the Capitol,
calling itself a Democratic party, mid
stretching and straining the power of
the Government to extend and perpetu
ate human slaver'. This is what Mr.
Cox aud Mr. Kandall and their party as
sociates were trying to do but yester
day, sluuting themselves hoarse about
44 freedom" and the 44 laud of liberty"
and 44 the home of the oppressed." And
to-dav thev wish to administer a Gov
ernment in which the men whom they
dealt with as property, as swine, as
things without rights, are their equal
citizens. They struggle to snow mat
they may be trusted. They 44 acquiesce,"
and by gones are to be by gones. But
the cat transformed into a. seeming lady
leaped for the mouse on the lloor, and lo
the "Democrat," as this country knows
him, 44 the South" means a class, and the
colored people arc 44 lazzaroni" and nig
gers.
But the Question of these people is the
most important of all before us, and its
treatment will bo confided to one of the
two parties at the next election. It is
alleged that the Republicans have failed
in dealing w ith it, aud that the Demo
crats should be allowed to try. But the
Southern situation, whatever it is, is
argely due to the Democrats, as every
man knows who seeks lacts ami not
forms. And what is it that the Demo
crats propose to do? If the Republicans
Lave failed, what is the Uemocrauc pol
icy? Of course echo answers, What?
The New Hampshire Democratic Con
vention, the first cf the year, says: 44 The
people of each State have the right to
regulate their own domestic affairs in
their own way, subject only to the Con
stitution of the United States." Certain
ly: to say we all; and that plank, there
fore, in itself foreshows no policy, in
asmuch as the essential eiuestion is,
What does the Constitution authorize?
The Democratic policy is to be inferred
from the character and antecedents ol
the party and from the expressions of its
leaders. These all foreshow passivity.
The party would grant Jell. Davis'
prayer at the beginning or luc
rebellion and leave 44 the South"
alone. This would mean the reduction
of the colored population to a pariah
class, and then the question would be
whether the general intelligence and
good sense of the whites could be trust
ed to avoid what in the changed condi-
ion of the Southern States would always
threaten them an internecine war.
There is another consideration. The
ruling political sentiment among the
whites of the Southern States is not, in
the American sense, republican. The
Southern orators always appealed to
Greece and Borne, because the democ
racy of Athens rested upon slavery, and
the freemen were a very inconsiderable
number of the population. But Ameri
can republicanism asserts individual
equal rights, and demands the sufirage
as their guarantee. In this sense the
sentiment of the white class in those
States is anti-republican. It is a senti
ment of caste. It calls itself democratic,
as when it openly maintained slavery;
but should it gain power in all the South
ern StatC3 they would be a unit of
hostility to the American principle of
equal rights. And this hostility would
only be confirmed were the national
Government in Democratic lianas, in
the worst sense, therefore, a Democratic
restoration would be a reaction. It could
not hasten the settlement of questions
that cannot be evaded, and which are
imminent. If the negro, as an equal citi
zen, in States where he is half the popu
lation, suggests the important question
of the fcituation, ought the answer to be
ntrusted to hn friends or to his enemies?
It is not a conclusive reason for taking it
from his friends that they have made
mistakes, unless it can be shown and it
cannot be that those mistakes must
necessarily be continued and maintained.
llarjer g Weekly.
A S500 Connterrclt
Oxk of the Secret Service officers of
the United States Treasury Department
recently discovered that a $."00 United
States Treasury note had been in circula
tion in Maine about which there was a
eloubt as to genuineness. The note was
found at one of the banks in that State
which had stopped its circulation, al
though the cashier was himself in doubt
as to whether it was a counterfeit or
otherwise, it having been examined
at the bank by a gentleman who is
engaged in teaching the art of detect
ing counterfeit money, and pronounced
by him a genuine bill. It was sent to
this city and has been examined by the
chief operative of the Boston district
of the Secret Service Division and by
bgtJa have pronounced it counterfeit. I
For the benefit of that portion of the
public who have many live-hundred bills
we have made an inquiry at the iS'cw
England ollioe f the Secret Service in
this city and Mr. Kent informs us that
the difference between a genuine $."K)
Lnited States treasury note and the
counterfeit is that on the genuine the
buttons on the coat if John (uincy
Adams are perfectly round, while on the
counterfeit they have an irregular or
more ol an octagonal form; on the genu
ine the small toes of the female tigtire
ot Justice are full and natural, while on
the counterfeit the email toes arc very
small and the little ones very obscure.
lie says there are very few of these
notes in circulation or even in existence,
and that probably no counterfeit, not
excepting the rives of the Traders' Na
tional Bank of Chicago, has ever been
issued which is so well calculated to
deceive. Bottton Journal.
Kecorerjr of a Stolen Hoy.
Mr. Henry Lachmueller, a worthy Ger
man living near the junction ot Tsew
housc avenue and Angelica street, is the
happiest man in the city, lie lias found
his little son Henry, seven ycarsold, who
was stolen by two vagabonds two and a
iiair years ago. It happened in this
way:
Mr. Iachmucller was residing in a
spacious house of his own in a quarter
of the city called 44 Benton Bush," and
was engaged in the business of quarry
ing. In July, 1872, he and his men were
engaged in quarrying near Bisscl's Point,
a considerable distance east of the
dwelling. He had a wife and six chil
dren, whose ages were from live to ten
years, lhese children were in the habit
of carrying the men's dinners to them
everyday. On the 3d of July four or
five of the children proceeded from their
home with baskets of provisions for the
quarrymen, and ou. their way back
stopped at the grocery store ol Bede-
meycr, where they were acquainted.
One of the boys, Henry, live years old,
took off' his shoes and playfully ran into
the yard. As he did not return, search
M as made for him, but he could not be
found. While the parlies were search
ing, two villainous-looking men in
formed them that it was useless to
hunt for the boy, as they had seen him
fall into the river and drown. .Mr
Lachmueller, believing the statement of
the men, caused the river to be dragged
in the hope of finding the body of his
child. While thus engaged, he learned
from some people in the vicinity that
they had seen two men cross the river in
a skiff with a little boy answering the
description of Henry. Mr. L., on being
satisfied that his boy was stolen, declared
he would make it the business of his life
to find his child, and would do no more
work until success crowned Ins ellorls.
He sold his house and removed into a
smaller and cheaper one, and set out to
search through the world for his son.
At the time Charlie Boss was stolen,
Mr. Lachmueller was struck with the
coincidence and persevered in his search,
thinking he might find either Charlie or
his own sou. He spared no expense, but
advertised in the newspapers in the
United States, Canada and Kuropc, and
wherever he heard of a boy being found
is it will be remembered many Charlie
losses turned up in various parts of the
country he proceeded at once lo the
place, only to be disappointed. He trav
eled through the Southern and Kaslern
States, and even visited several Kuropean
countries, but no tidings of his boy
reached him.
A clew was at length discovered about
hrcc weeks ago. Mr. Maurice Baker,
residing at Chester, 111., wrote at that
time to the Chief of Polige here an ac
count of a little boy at that place who
was supposed by those who had seen
im to be the inevitable Charlie Boss.
The letter of Mr. Baker was published
in the city papers, and of course was
read by Mr. Lachmueller. Some points
n the description led him to believe that
he boy was his own rod. and, after oli-
aining a full description, he proceeded
o Chester to remove all doubt.
What was his ioy, em seeing the child,
to find his hopes realized, and his long-
ost son found at last. Ihe persons who
had the boy in charge refused to give
him up without more satisfactory proof,
and Mr. L. returned to the city and pro
cured letters from Gov. Johnson and
Judge Wm. C. Jones, both ef whom are
well known in Chester, vouching lor the
respectability t)f Mr. L. Returning to
Chester with his "wife, and making oath
before County Clerk McBride, Mr. L.
was permitted to take his son. Father
diode, pas'or of the Catholic Church at
Chester, had taken charge of Henry, the
people there being satisfied that be had
icen stolen by loin fccott and Henry
Shipp, who had brought him there.
On baturuay last the lather, mother
and son arrived in the city, and of course
there was great rejoicing among their
friends and neighbors. Ihe children ol
the vicinity were wild with joy. They
crowded into and around the house by
hundreds and persuaded the boy to re-
ate his story over and over until all
knew it by heart.
Henry, who is a bright, intelligent boy,
now between seven and eight years old.
tells a very romantic story of his adven
tures with the kidnappers. lie says the
twe men put him into a room and locked
him up until dark, when they conveyed
him to the river bank and, placing him in
a skiff, rowed to the Illinois shore. I here
thev left the skill and made him walk a
long distance through the woods. At
times he would become so weary that he
would tlrop to the ground and they
would whip him with switches to keep
him awake. At length they reached a
lone cabin in the forest occupied by a
woman. They did not tarry long at the
hut but started out on foot on a begging
expedition, the boy being forced to do
mst of the begging and being instructed
what lo say and how to act. His captors
treated him harshly and required him to
obtain a dollar a day on pain of severe
punishment. Some days he would get
three or four dollars, and at other times
he would get nothing. His natural
shrewdness soon led him to "play sharp"
on his tyrants; when he obtained more
than a dollar he would give them the
exact amount they had fixed as his task,
and the balance he would hide away to
use when he failed to get the required
sum. In this way the two men and the
woman and the boy traveled through
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Arkan
sas and other States the boy begging
money, and the men and the woman
living upon it, and generally getting
drunk every night. Henry remembers
man- incidents of his weary pilgrimage.
He suffered from the ill-treatment of hia
kidnapers. At length the woman died,
and then the men ceased their wander
ings and stopped at Chester. Here the
bov attracted the attention of the people
of the village, and he was taken from the
vagabonds and placed in charge ot the
riarish priest. Ihe rest lias been loiu.
Mr. Lachmueller kihed the tatted call,
and after having expended about ',000
in search for hi son is now prepared to
go to work again. 5. Louiit Llcmocrat,
Feb. 3.
A very hospitable lady, who does not
ive over fifty miles from Utica, gave a
party for her friends, among the young
mis.-es and masters, the other evening.
Round dances were proposed, when the
lady said: "I cannot allow you to have
any round dancts. If any of the boys
wish to hug ths girls, let them eit down
upon the tetcs and go rlgHt at U m earn,
est, but no round daaevs, mind yeu !''
Wfts&'t that sensible 7
ALL SORTS.
A strange clock is said to have once
belonged to a Hindoo prim e. In (rout of
the clock's dixk w as a gong swung upon
poles, and near it was a pile of artificial
human limbs. The pile wan made up of
the same number of part necessary to
constitute twelve perfect bodies; but all
lay heaped together in apparent con
fusion. When the hands of t Iter cluck in
dicated the hour of one, out from the pile
crawled just the number of parts needed
to form the frame of ow man, part com
ing to part with quick click, and when
completed the figure sprang up, n ieil a
mallet, and, walking up t the gong,
struck one blow. This dune, he returned
to the pile and fell to pieces nuain.
When two o'clock came, two men arose,
ami did likew ise ; and at the hour of noon
and midnight the entire heap sprang up,
and, marching t the gong, struck, one
al ter the other, his blow , making twelve
in all ; then, returning, fell to pieces as
before.
The San Francisco CAroi '' cites the
case of a servant girl who had nvcpf to
gether .t'?0, which, v Im n tdrickeu with
the Bonanza fever, tdio ino nil incut ly
drew from the savings bank and again
scattered to tho winds on a meteoric
security know n as " Phil. Sheridan"
stock. A matron more prudent than
this foolish virgin, and knowing the
value, of a 44 nest-egg," drew if Kit) of her
$ IGT.oO, and left the remaining $7..'0 to
14 lay to" at a more convenient season.
Dcixisitors in the San Francisco French
and German savings bank seem to have
escaped the ravage:! of the fever v hich
has consumed the tuhstaucc of so many
of their American cousins. The French,
it is said, have no confidence in stocks,
wherein they verify tl.e correctness of
the old opinion that 41 the French are
wiser than they seem.
An exhibition was given at Ilingham,
Mass., some t wo months since, by Tom
Thumb, at which the juices were twenty
five cents for those over ten years of age
and twelve and a half cents for those
under. It was Johnny's tenth birthday,
and his cousin May, nged thirteen,
thought it to be her duly to celebrate it
by taking him in the afternoon to see the
dwarf. Arriving at the door she put
dow n thirty-eight cents and asked for
two tickets. 41 How old is the boy?"
asked the ticket-seller. 44 Well," r. i.li. d
Miss May, 44 this is his tenth birthday.
but lit tea not born until late in Urn after
noon" Ihe vender of tickets accepted
the accuracy of the averment and hand
ed her the proper certificates for admis
sion. But it was a close fit.
There is a child in this county, four
weeks old, a son of Joseph Philip Arm
strong, that has living four great-grand
fathers, ine great era tidniot her, three
great-grand-step-mothcrs, two grand
fathers and two grandmothers. None of
the males married under twenty-one.
None of the females marrried under
eighteen. The males are all idile to do a
day's work on a farm ; and all t he feiii.ih s
do their usual housework. They all live
in a space of four miles square. This
can be substantiated, and wo challenge
the world lo beat it. JVtfot Uvvnty (Ay )
He ami.
Those who are in the habit ol buying
plants at greenhouses know how lioli
and delicately green th yl ok when they
are taken out, anil how apt they are to
droop down afterward from the effects of
the change from the warm, moist uir of
such houses to the dry iitmophcie and
draughts of the sitting-room. W e see it.
stated that if the plants are enveloped
for a few days in thin soil pupcr, leaving
ari opening at the top, they will become
acclimated without feeling the change.
Sprinkle the: leaves daily on both sides
with a Email wisp broom with warm
water.
A new caprice among the ladies w ho
are proud to consider themselves fash
ionable is the use of Irish linen paper for
all ordinary correspondence. Tin sheds
are cut in the legal cap style, and have a
crest in the left-hand upper corner. The
sheet folds once, and fits in i n Irish
linen envelope adorned with crest on the
lly. When you receive a kettledrum in
vitation written on this remarkably nice
paper, you indulge in the most cxtruva
gant anticipations regarding the fortl -coming
entertainment. AV York Mail
A Judge in Norlh Carolina was a
great stickler for forms. One day a sol
dier, who had been battered considera
bly in the war, was brought in ns a wit
ness. The Judge told him to hold up
his riht hand. 44 Can't do it, sir," said
the man. 44 Why not V" 44 Got a shot in
that arm. sir." 44 Then hold up your
left." "Got a shot in that urin, too, sir."
44 Then," said the Judge, sternly, 41 you
must hold up your leg. No mau c-n be
sworn, sir, in this court by law unless he,
holds up something."
A stranger stopped at a bote 1 a few
miles above New Haven, m ar vhich
was a small cluster of houses. Entering
the bar-room he found a large company
laughing, singing and carousing, when
he remarked: 41 Well, you have got a
merry den." The name w as adopted,
and the town became 44 Meriden." J rly
Transcript.
Two handsome New Hampshire
girls have this winter threshed forty
e;ght bushels of wheat with Hails, set up
with bcaus every Su inlay night, shot a
hawk and spelled a school down.
English writers are once more dis
cussing the economy of close stoves, and
they say they "burn the; air." What
conception must a man have of the
meaning of words w ho talks of 14 burn
ing the air"?
The Girl of the Period at part his has
a fan, handkerchief, memorandum book
and vinaigrette dangling at her i-idc.
Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these!
Twenty six students of Cook Acad
emy, at Havana, Schuyler County, N.
Y., were poisoned lately by eating head
cheese which had been boiled in a cop
per kettle. They have recovered.
Black silk reception dresses are now
laced at the back in order to impart to
the waist a ,4 glove-titling" effect. If
you don't happen to have silk in the
house a shoe-string will do.
A Paris paper relates a story whcic
in an American lady is made lo jump
across a chasm eighty feel wide. It it
had said seventy-five feci the story would
have looked reasonable.
The Rev. Samuel Watson, of Mem
phis, kicked at a dog the ol her day and
fell and broke his leg. The dog grinned
and passed around a corner. Jklroit
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To err is human. No lives are passed
without errors. The best and meanest
of God's creatures can, without a great
stretch of memory, recall Ihe time when
they got hold of the wrong end of the
poker.
Rather good this: In a letter, after
urging his lady-love to come and see him,
a poetic youth said: 44 But if it rains
don't come, as you are so sweet you
might melt, and be lost lo your loer for
ever." Nevada ice-dealers are already pre
paring to double their prices next sum
mer, upon the ground that the crop will
be almost entirely eaten up by the grass
hoppers. When a poor voting lady hems hand
kerchiefs for a rich bachelor, it may be
suspected that the is sewing that she
may reap.
A Newburyport (Mass.) young mart
has Just eoM for ifyO.OW) a patch of land
that coet him but $"00 a few yatxi s"..
Caw, Ute illvcr-iniou manU.
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