Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED every tiiuiisday
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKASKA.
O ' I" I C W i
On Vino St., One Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth St.
NEBRASKA HERALD.
OFFICIAL PAPKIl Of CASS COUNTY.
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JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.
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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1875.
NUMBER 23.
THE HERALD.
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Streitrht, at the I'cwtoince, and O. V. Johnnon, cor
ner of Mailt and JrifUi stxwsu.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER IX
jEiii?iiitiii?e,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
KTC., KTC., ItC,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
"' ' "''i'"''- ? "i -S
Wooden Coflins
Of all sizes, ready-made, and aold cheap for eaiV
With many thank for pat patronage. I Invite
all to call and exam in my
LAUGH STOCK OF
Iuriiit 1110 uiid Co 111 ii .
AID
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai-d Jeofail Dealer tn
Drus sine! Medicines, Points, Oils,
Varnishes, Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
ITTRKPCKlPTIONjj carefully componndrd at
all hour i. day and night. 35-ly
Feed, Sale and Livery
Main Street, Plattsmoutfi, Neb.
I am prepared to acconunodata the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A HACK
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired,
jmii-ir
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SCCCESSOB TO
Tootle, I In 11 ii n. Ss Clarlc.
Jon FlTTOTBALD
E. DoTtr
A. W. MLroHX-i.N
JoilX O ltlHKKE
President.
Vice-President.
t'aohier.
...Assistant Cashier.
Tht Bank 1" now open for bnMness at their new
rnnm, enmrr Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared te transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Eeceived and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part of Hie- United Statrs and In
all the Vnuap.tl Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAH LINE and ALLAH LINE
OF M'X,1L,V311I.S&.
rcrsons wishing to bring out their friend from
Europe cau
runcnASB tickets mox rs
Tliroiifrli to PI i 1 1 ni o utli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
SEain Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting; Children" and Ladies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
CJ Tj 33 -A. 3NT SlliVVl!,
n41-ly
GO TO THE
Tost Office Book Store,
H. J. STEEIGHT, Proprietor,
roa Torm
Boots. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Norels,
Song Books, etc. etc
TOST OFFICE BUILDIG,
PLATTSMOUTH, STEP,
. O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IS'
Drugs, Medicines,
WALLPAPER.
All Paper TriiaMFree of Charce
ALSO, DEALER III
Books, Stationery
MAGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
nonprescription carefully compounded by an
experienced IrujiBt.4
REMEMBER TI1R PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
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THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER IX
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB.
AI.JO
UNDEE TAKER,
And ia on band a larga stock of
jMotallio Burial Cases,
Wooclon Coffin 3, Etc.,
Of all eizcp, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholcf al and Retail Dealer, in
PINE LUMBER,
Xtixtii, Shingles,
SASH, DOOKS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR CROCERIES
J V. Weckbach.
Cor. Third and Main Sts., Plattemoatn.
(Onthmann's old stand.)
H tteepl cb Band a larg. and weU-selected stock
f
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Eto.
Also, a larga stack mt
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc, Etc., Stc
Im connection with tb Grocery to
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Hlghent Prira Paid for Country Prod are.
A fall stack at all times, and will not be undersold.
Tats Btlc of ths Sign:
EMPIRE BAKERT AND GROCERY."
nljl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has on hand ana af tha largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR grRINO AND SUMMER.
I inrita trerybody in want of anything in my
line to call at say store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And conTlnc. themselves of tha fact. I have aa a
ipecialtr in my Retail Departments a stock of
Pine Clothing for Men and Boys, to which we in
vite thoaa who want ool.
I also keep on haad a large and well-selected
stock ef
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
Jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOJIOX V XATIIAX,
BIA(.BBa IH
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Laiies' Ymiilm Goois.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared t sell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE TJTS A OAT-X,
And examine our Goods.
fPStore on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts.,
Plattamoath, Neb. 16tf
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTH KEBRASKA.
Co5baj Eiisil, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Always en hand and for sale at lowest eaib prices.
The Highest Prices paid for Wheal tad Cora.
ParUcalar attention given to custom work.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Gko. 31. IJrcitANAN is the KcpuMicaa
camlidatc for JSUtc Treasurer of .Missis,
sippi.
Tjik American rillo team arrived at
New York on the 21st, from Europ', and
met with tin enthusiastic reception.
The late Emperor Ferdinand of Aus
ri:t Kit, l.y his will, $ O.tXiO.OOO to the
Pope, which has already been paid over.
The receipts of the New York canals
the present season to Aug. 13 were f 704,
217, a falling off, as compared with last
year, of $700,8.j0.
Official census returns for all the
counties in Wisconsin have been received
at Madison. The total population of the
State is 1,236,CJ0.
Pkemdent Nctt, of the Indiana State
University, died at Bloomington, Ind., a
few days ago, of remittent fever. He was
sixty-lour years of age.
Tiieke was a decrease of 8G.000 in the
number of immigrants to this country dur
ing the year ending June oO, as compared
w ith the previous year.
Ex-Gov. W. K. Marshall las been
selected as the Itepublican candidate for
Kailroad Commissioner of Minnesota, in
place of Charles A. Gilmpu, declined.
Vienna official reports of Aug. 23 show
that the wheat crop in Austria and Hun
gary had fallen in quantity and qualily,
and would not yield more than 5,500,000
quintals.
Commodore Jas. G. GooDENOCGn, com
manding the British squadron in Aus
tralia, died a few days ago in consequence
of a wound received some time before
from a poisoned arrow at Carlisle Bay.
News has been received at "Washington
of the death at Callao, Peru, of Rear-Admiral
Collins, commanding the South Pa
cific fleet. lie died of erysipelas after an
illness of three days, and was buried with
military honors in the Protestant cemetery
at Belle Uota, near Callao.
Col. D. R. Anthony, who was shot on
the 10th of last May by "V. W. Embrey,
recently made his appearance on the
streets of Leavenworth, Kan., after having
been confined to his room for 101 days,
lie intended going to Rochester, N. Y.,
for further medical treatment
The English swimmer, CapL Webb has
succeeded in crossing the English Chan
nel from Dover, England, to Calais,
France, a distance of twenty-six miles,
without float or life-saving apparatus, lie
was in the water twenty-one hours and
forty minutes.
In a swimming-match at Philadelphia,
a few days ago, between Coyle, the Ameri
can, and Johnson, the English champion,
the former, after swimming six miles, had
to be taken out of the water badly chilled.
His competitor, who was a mile ahead,
finished the course and won the prize.
The IxHtittiana Mate Jiegititcr of the
22d gives the population of the city of
New Orleans, as shown by the recent
census, as follows: White, 115,721; col
ored, 57,f17 ; total, 20o,:J8, an increase of
1 1 ,!;! upon the census of 1870. The pop
ulation t)f the whole State is: While, 401,
otil ; colored, 450,02i, an excess of colored
over whites of 45,MS, and total increase
of 128,115 over the census of 1870.
A decision has been rendered by the
Secretary of the Treasury to the effect that
the 5-20 ltomls of 1SG5, dated May and
Novcmlter, and known as the old C5s, were
in reality issued before the January aud
July 1805, bonds known as the new 't5s
bonds, and must, therefore, be the first
called in. The date given on the face of
the IkjihIs is not to be taken ns the date of
issue, but the fact as established by the
records of the department in application
of the law.
The Department ef Agriculture reports
the average condition of spring wheat,
Aug. 1, in all the States producing it ex
cept California as 87. per cent. The ex
tremes are 99 in Wisconsin and Minne
sota, and 00 in Nebraska. The condition
of winter w heat is not reported, except
statements that vast quantities were swept
away or damaged in degrees ranging
from serious injury to utter ruin. In
corn the highest averages- reported
arc: Kansas, 110; Tennessee, 111;
Missouri, 112; Mississippi, 111; New
Jersey and Arkansas, 10J; Virginia, 108;
West Virginia, 100; Connecticut, Mary
land anil Nebraska, 105; Pennsylvania
and North Carolina, 10:J; Kentucky, 102;
Oregon, 101 ; Delaware and Alabama, 100;
Illinois, W); New York, KG; Ohio, 91,
Iowa, 87; Wisconsin, b'.); Indiana and
Minnesota, 8'J; Georgia, 85; Texas, 85.
Other States range ltctween 83 in South
Carolina and !J8 in Georgia. The average
condition of oats was 91. potatoes prom
ised an extraordinary yield, the average
being 101. Tobacco was injured less than
feared.
In a call recently issued for the fourth
session of the National Agricultural Col
lege, to be held at Cincinnati on the 22d,
23d and 21th of September, it is specified
that " the congress is in no sense a sec
tional or partisan organization. Its ob
ject is the discussion of questions in
which the agricultural class in all sec
tions of the country are interested, dis
cussing them with a view to securing the
best permanent prosperity of the agricult
ural interest in all its phases, and hence
the prosperity of the nation. In accord
ance with this design the approaching
session will mainly be devoted to ad
dresses and discussions on political
economy in its special relations to
agriculture the production and dis
tribution of agricultural products;
education, organization, co-operation and
legislation for, by, or concerning farmers
and agriculture; transportation, finance
and taxation as affecting agricultural pros
perity." It is urged that all organizations
laboring for the good of agriculture be
represented by delegates. "Agricultural
and Horticultural Societies, State, District
and County Agricultural Colleges,
Granges and Firmers' Clubs and other
agricultural associations can meet here in
an organization designed to advance the
common interest without antagonizing any
association engaged in kindred work;.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A c a isle dispatch of the 21st says it was
reported in Paris that Turkey had finally
accepted the friendly offices of the foreign
powers in securing the restoration of icace
in her northwestern provinces. Announce
ment was made on the 22U of the capture
of seven forts near the Montenegrin
frontier by the Herzegoviniau insurgents.
James II. Nob, Sr., leading member of
a brush-manufacturing firm in New York
city, while inspecting his store the morn,
ing of the 22d encountered a burglar,
whom he attempted to arrest, but was
himself so badly beaten with an iron' bar
as to render his recovery doubtful. lie
was bound and robbed by the burglar, who
threatened to return and kill him if any
outcry was made before the robber had
time to make good his escape.
Joiln Gokdon, the Black Hills miner
under arrest at Omaha, was released tn
parole on the 21st. He subsequently sur
rendered his parole and then, by direction
of his counsel, attempted to escape. He
wits again arrested by Gen. Ruggles and
confined in the guard-house, when he
had the General arrested for false impris
onment and also caused the arrest of the
General and his clerks for assault and bat,
tery.
The news from Herzegovina received
in London on the 23d was to the effect that
the insurgents had massacred the ninety
five Turkish prisoners captured at Marsie.
Bands of insurgents were reported to be
assembling in the mountains of Crete.
Quite severe frosts visited portions of
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Michigan and Minnesota on the nights of
the 21st and 22d. Considerable injury
was done in a few localities to corn and
other growing crops, but the damage gen
erally is said to have been comparatively
slight.
i
According to an Augusta (Ga.) dis
patch of the 23d several negroes connected
with the recent troubles in that State had
made confessions. Jake Moorman, First
Lieutenant of a negro, company, testified
that nineteen connties were to have leen
embraced in the insurrection Friday, the
20th, being appointed for the uprising. In
a speech on the evening of the 23d Gov.
Smith said all danger was then over, and
that the great mass of colored people really
knew nothing of the gravity and danger!
of the plot into w hich they were being led
by a few bad negroes.
A Government detective in Chicago
named James E. Miller was shot at, a few
nights ago, and wounded in the arm by
some one, supposed to be acting in the in
terest of parties implicated in the whisky
frauds, Miller being an important witness
against them. He is an ex-Gauger and
had volunteered his evidence in behalf of
the Government.
A telegram from Constantinople on
the 21th says the Porte was concentrating
his forces in the direction of Nissa, incon
sequence of the position taken b- the
Servians in the Ilerzegovinian insurrec
tion. It was reported on the 21th that the foot
and mouth disease had broken out w ith
great violence in Dorsetshire, England,
and it M as estimated that 12,000 cattle were
down w ith it. The distemper was rapidly
spreading.
A dispatc h of the 25th from Alexan
dria, Egypt, states that the Khedive had
dispatched a large force to the Abyssinian
frontier with instructions to exact full sat
isfaction for recent trespasses upon Egyp
tian territory.
A National Greenback Convention
was held at Detroit on the 25th, about
1, (XX) persons being present. Thomas J.
Durant, of Washington, 1). C, was chosen
President. Addresses were delivered by
Judge W. D. Kclley; James Buchanan, of
Indiana; Mr. Daniels, of Virginia; Mr.
Mahony, of Iowa, and Mr. Allis, of Wis
consin. A series of resolutions were
adopted in favor of the Kclley currency
plan, and in opposition to the law provid
ing for the resumption of specie payments
in 1879 as being impracticable and im
possible of execution, and disastrous to
the business of the country, and demand
ing the repeal of the act by Congress.
A London telegram of the 20th says 500
Turkish soldiers had recently leen cap
tured by the ller.egoviuian insurgents.
A Belgrade dispatch of the Panic date says
the popular feeling in Servia had become
so strong in favor of the insurgents that it
was feared the Government would be un
able to prevent a conflict with Turkey.
The failure of Sterling, Ahrens fc Co.,
of Baltimore, said to be the largest sugar
importing house in the United States, was
announced on the 20th. Their liabilities
arc about $2,500,000.
The Bank of California, the heaviest
institution of the kind on the Pacific
coast, closed it doors in San Francisco
on the 2Gth. It had paid out during the
day alxmt $1,400,000 in gold. President
Ralston stated there was no doubt that the
bank would be able to meet all obligations,
but business would not be resumed. The
liabilities M ere estimated at many millions
of dollars. The excitement in San Fran
cisco over this failure M as intense. A run
was made on the National Gold Bank and
Trust Company, but it continued paying
out during business hours.
THE 31 ARRETS.
August 28, 1ST5.
NEW YORK.
Livb Stock. Beef Cattle SU.50&l:J .25. Hojrs
Live, J3.23&8.50. Sheep Live, t.MKas.'IS,
Breadbtuffs. Klonr Good to choice, t6.05
6.50; white wheat extra, $G.5037.. Wheat o.
2 Chicago, $1.3"l.'t; No. 2 Northwestern,
$1.3531.36; No. a Milwaukee spring, l
1.37. Rye Western and State, $1.0J1.10. Bar
ley fl.o5tJ.1.37!4. Corn Mixed Western, BlU
85c. Oats Mixed Western, B02,63c
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $J0 8OJ".20.95.
Ijird Prime Steam, lS.SSM'ic Chcest &3
Wool. Domestic fleece.
CHICAGO.
LOT Stock. Beeves Choice, f5.75JJ6.5
good, $5.005.60; medium. 14.25(25.0); butch
ers' stock, f J.75a4.tX); stock cattle, S3 00&4 0O.
Hoes Live, t7.658.25. Sheep Good to choice.
$I.OO4.rX).
Provisions. Batter Choice, 24"228c. Ekss
Fresh, 13VJU14C. Pork Mess, S-00&:0 25. Lard
fl2.85ai2.90..
Breadstcffs. Flour White Winter Extra,
6.S03.00; eprin? extra. t5.50a5.37H. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, S115W(S1.15V. Corn No. 65
b6!-4c: Oats No. 2, 4040 '4c. Rye No. ,
8i3s3V4c. Barley No. 2, $1.05G1.C8.
Loxbzr. First Clear, $-15.00(346.00; Second
Clear, $43.00(45.00; Comrson Boards, 10.003
11.00; Fencing, $10.00311.QO; "A" fhinsles.
f-,.:o33.00; Lath, 1.75a2.00.
CIWCIXN'ATI.
Breadstcffs. Flour fi.7r(rl7.00. Wheat-
Red, fl.35fil.10. Corn 74&75c. Kye-S"0ft
88c. Oats 1550c.
Provisions. Pork $JO.!&21.00. Lard li''S
13 Xc
ST. LOUIS.
Livk Stock. Beeves Good to choice, 5.3r.U
6.37H. Ilos Live, $7.2.77.80.
Bkbadstuffs. Klonr XX Kali, t5.73&i.25.
Wheat No. 3 Red Kail, $1. ISMS'-i. Corn
No. S, 67(p.fiSc. Oats No. 2, 38'4l"c. Rye-
No. 2, 77&7Xc.
PituviHioN8.--l'ork Mess, S21.&0&21.75. Lard
13&14C.
MILWAUKEE.
Brbadstuffs. Klour Siiriii!? XX, fi. 7535.m.
Wheat Spring, No. 1, $1 .2SQ1.2; No. 2, $1.2t)V4
ftl. 21. Corn No. ii, 67S4(.fctc. Oats No. S,
3'.V4!i40c. Rye No. 1, 81&S2c.: Barley No.
i, $1.0ft1.10.
DETROIT.
Breadstuff. Wheat Extra, S1.4J&1.15.
Corn No. 1, 7475c. Oats No. 1, 4343tfc.
TOLEDO.
Breadrtuffs. Wheat Amber Michigan,
1.411.41K; No. SRed, 1.37ViLT. Corn
llifh Mixed, T3'4(a74c. Oats No. 2, ljSljJic
CLEVELAND.
Bueadstuffs. Wheat No. 1 Red, tl.15',4(fj
1.50; No. 2 Red, tl-3-i4&l.S7. Corn High
Mixed, 78379c. Oats No. 1, 4!&50c.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $5.2--l7.0i. VJogs
Live, $7.30&8.35. Sheep Live, $4.5025.U).
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock.. Beeves Best, $G.75&7.20; me
dinm, f 60036.20. Hos -Yorkers, $7.8K7,.S. 30;
Philadelphia, t,S.5038.8. Sheep Best, $5,253
5.50; medium, S1.75C&5.O0.
The rrobable Time of the Donaldsea
Balloon Disaster.
In regard to the hour the fatal accKlent
occurred to Messrs. Donaldson and Grim
wood, the Chicago Journal of Aug. 20
says :
"In speculating upon the probable time
the balhton went into the water, the M atch
found on the body of Grimwood may
furnish very valuable assistance, if indeed
the testimony it gives is not almost abso
lutely conclusive. Though dumb, it still
speaks; and though it has become rusty
by lying live M-ccks in the water and on
the shore, still it reveals the secrets of the
last fearful hour and the struggle with
ueatn, upon which so much lias
been said and written. It is a small,
lady's gold watch, and when found the
crystal was gone. The breaking of the
crystal, in all probability, occurred at a
period subsequent to its going into the
water, and quite likely while the body
Mas drilling toward the place where it
Mas found upon the shore. The hands
remain undisturbed, and point to twenty
minutes past eleven. Was that the fatal
moment when, struck and overcome by
the gale, balhist all out, the balloon re
fused longer to carry its load of human
freight, and gave them over to a helpless
and unequal struggle with the waves?
The watch was received at this ollice
in exactly the condition it was
when taken from the pocket of Grim
wood. It is important to know, in
order to determine the value of the evi
dence, whether it M as run doM-n, and if it
Mas men Out little or nothing is deter
mined by it. This question was deter
mined this morning by an examination by
Air. J. II. Allison, the experienced watch
maker at the establishment of Matson &
Co. He opened the M atch, the first time
it had been opened since it was closed bv
GriniM-oocl himself in the balloon. The
examination revealed that the watch had
certainly not run more than five hours and
twenty minutes after it was Mound up.
.mr. Allison states, what accords with rea
son and the lielief of everyone, that the
watch would stop almost instantaneously
alter going into the w ater. The cases he
found somewhat loose, which Mould
readily admit the Mater to the works. Five
hours and twenty minutes before it stopped
would le six o'clock, the time when it
must have been wound up. The time
when the balloon M-ent up, as observed by
a Jmirnnl man, M as eleven mimttes to five.
So the watch must have been wound while
they M-ere in the clouds. The time indi
cated by th Match corresjonds to the
time they would meet the squall. The
gale that night is a known fact. The tes
timony of the Match conlinnsthe theory of
the disaster generally accepted by the peo
ple, which is, discarding all far-fetched
and fine-spun theories, that the balloon
and its passengers M ere swept into the lake
before the fury of the blast."
Resolutions Adopted by the Greenback
ational Convention.
The following is the platform adop'ed by
the recent National Greenback Mass Cou
enti6n, in session at Detroit:
Bt'olrtd, 1. That the pi-ople owe to the Govern
ment at all timc and in nil emerenrieK a loan of
money adequate to it in-i l, at a rale of interost
so low as to le the len.-t posi-ible Imrtlen, and to
offer the least possible compensation to private
enterprise.
2. The Government oww to the people on abso
lutely safe and uniform currency, adapted to their
varvins? needs, in amount and of value not mate
rially different from that of other civilized nations.
8. That the providing of a currency for 1 tie peo
ple is an attribute of sovereignty, and we demand
that the Government of the United Slute- r-liall per
form this duty in snch manner as to funiUhthc
public an amount of currency adequate to the busi
ness reiitiisetuetits of the country and iinleiH iiilent
of the action of banks or other private corpora
tions. 4. That wc are neither repudiiitionists nor inlla-tionii-ts,
but the friends of a safe, sound and reli
able currency; that we propose to redeem the
irreenback rirrillation of the United Slates at the
'pleasure of the holders thereof, in bonds of the
United SUites bearing a low rue of interest, con
vertible at the pleasure of the holders into green
backs, thus redeeming the origiual promise of the
Government when it tirt issued greenbacks, to
fin d them wheu desired into interest-paying
bonds.
5. That we ore in favor of the isne of United
States certificates or bonds bearing interest not to
exceed 3.6" per cent, per nullum, to an amount
equal to the whole Government debt, said bonds
or certificates being changeable and interchangea
ble with greenbacks at par on demand.
6. That the legal money of the country should
be endowed with the power to pay all debts, public
and private, except that ortion of the bonded in
debtedness secitically made payable in coin.
7. That as the enactment of the last Congress
providing for a resumption of specie payments in
187! is impracticable and impossible of execution,
and disastrous in its effects upon the business of
the country, we demand its immediate aud uncon
ditional reeal.
8. That the plan of Government currency pro
posed by this convention would, in our opinion,
tend to render our Government aud people inde
pendent financially of foreign influences or com
plications and not subject hereafter, as heretofore,
to the disturbing control or influence of foreign
onutries.
"J. That we recommend the organization of
Greenback Clubs in every State of the Union for
the purpOM of carrying out the principles and
measures set forth in the foregoing resolutions.
The receipts of butter in Chicago since
Jan. 1,175, may be stated at 10,$50,000
pounds, against 11,025,000 pounds during
the same period last year a decrease of
3,075,000 pounds. This does not include
the arrivals by express, which aggregate
about 20,000 pounds daily. The ship
ments since Jan. 1, 1875, aggregate about
!),000,000 pounds, against 7,750,000 during
the same period last year an increase oi
1.250,000 pounds. Since April 1, 1S75,
the receipts aggregate about 0,300.000
pounds, against",y50,000 pounds for the
same time 1871 a decrease of 2,50,O0O
pounds. The shipments of butter since
I : 1 , . . O 7- I U U) n.Miiwtc
acrainst 2.850.000 pounds for the corre
sponding period last year an increase of
925.000 " pounds. The above statistics
show a falling off in receipts and a mate
rial reduction in the supply on hand. The
decrease in supply is OM ing mainly to the
increased manufacture of cheese, the Cali
fornia demand and backMard spring.
Chicago Times.
TnE way they boil rice in India is as
follow: "into a saucepan of two ouarts ot
M ater, when boiling, throw a tablespoon-
iui ol salt; tnen put in one pint rice,
nrorirtiiclw -r.H Wttshpd in fn1t"l M'atr
Let it boil twenty minutes, throw out in a
colander drain, and put back in the sauce
pan, which should Btand near the re for
several minutes.
UONOIi TO OUJl UOA'AMAW.
Whom shall wceall our heroes?
To whom our praises sing?
The piuujHTvd child of fortune,
The titled lord or king?.
They live by ollier.-s' labor
Take all and nothing give;
The noblest type of manhood
Are thoi-v ho work to live.
Then tumor to our workmen,
)ttr hardy sons of toil
The heroes of the workshop
And uioiiarehs of this boil.
Who spans the earth with iron
And rears the palace dome.?
Who creates for Hie rich man
The comrorta of a liomu?
It is the patient toiler!
All honor to him then;
The true wealth of the nation
Is in her working men.
For many barren ages
Earth hid her treasure deep.
And all bcr giant forces
Seemed bound as in a sleep;
Then Labor's "anvil chorus"
Hrokc on the startled air.
Ami lo! the earth in rapture
Laid all her riches bare.
'Tis toil that over nature
Gives man'liis proud control,
And purities and hallows
The temple of bis soul.
11 scatters foul diseases.
With all the ghastly trains;
Put iron in the muscle.
And crvstaf in the brain.
The Grand, Almighty Ihtililer,
Who fashioned out the earlli,
Hath stamped His seal of honor
On Labor from bcr birth.
In every angel llower
That blossoms from the sod,
Behold the master touches
The handiwork of God!
Then honor to our workmen,
The hardy sons of toil
The heroes of the workshop
And uionarchs of the soil!
SHOOTING-STARS.
Tiikise ate probably few persons in the
world M ho have not, during their life-time,
witnessed the common phenomenon ol a
shooting-star." On every bright night
numerous bright points of light may be
seen to dart quickly across the sky, as
though the stars themselves were really
shooting from their positions in our
firmament. Many of them, if of large
si.e, oiten break into fragments lelore
they disappear from vicM', and leave taint
trains along a portion of their paths for
several seconds, while others are so very
small that the observer can hardly per
ceive them. 15y a single person from
seven to ten of these bodies arc observed
per hour on an average. Hut moreapiear
sometimes than at others, and in certain
seasons ol the year they are so numerous,
uid follow each other m such rapul suc
cession, that the occurrence of a "star
shower" is produced. Until near the close
of the last century poets dreamed and
other men guessed alsntt these remarka
ble oniccts, but they knew nothing M liat-
ever concerning their true origin. Finally
two voting German astronomers ascer
tained the fact, and informed the world
that those bright points of light Mhich
traversed the sky on every clear evening
Mere the upper parts of our atmosphere.
It is now knoMii that these luminous ob
jects are first seen when not less than forty
or more than ninety miles irom the earin.
"He also know that any shooting-
star was a boly of small and unknown
size, perhaps not larger than a pebble or
grain of coarse sand, even,, undoubtedly
solid, M hich has been traveling around
the sun in its own independent orbit, like
any planet or comet." When one ol" these
bodies conies within 1,0(XJ miles of the
earth's center it will enter into our atmos
phere, and its velocity is then so great
fifty or a hundred times that of a cannon
ball that even in our rare upper atmos
phere an intense light and heat is devel-
)ped by the resistance, and the ImmIv' is
scattered in poM'dcr or snKrfte. A shoot-
uig-star is nevei seen until it enters the
earth's atmosphere. The rapid velocity
Mhich it had acouned in space is then
suddenly arrested and converted into heat
by friction, Mlien it begins to glow Willi a
faint light, hardly perceptible. If. is only
when these objects have reached our at
mosphere and are heated to a state of in
candescence, or red-hot," that we can
perceive them. Previous to this they
wcr dark and invisible, nut alter moving
rapidly through ine carina ainiospnere
they are ignited and, in most cases, entire
ly consumed. .Many oi ihcm are so taign
that they fall to the ground ln-fore heat
can turn their substance into vapor, and
are then called aerolites. Several of these
have been found and seen to fall on va
rious portions of the earth, and in Yale
College there is a massive piece of me
teoric stone m hich M eighs 2,000 pounds.
It miis ascertained by astronomers long
since that about five times each year shoot
ing-stars could be seen in such unusual
numbers and followed each other so rapid
ly as to fall almost like hail from the sky.
The dates of these dillerent periods were
also determined, and among the most
conspicuous is that knoM n as the " August
epoch," first distinctly announced by
I'rot. J homas roster, t l Jjoikhui, in me
year !,:, Mitten occurs annually on tu
aliout the loth ol tins moniii. ii uus
time a remarkable display of shooting-
stars is irciicrally perceptible, and the
number then seen is live limes the aver
age; of the year. Another important
shower occurs between the 10th and 1 lib
of November, but this one is periodical,
and appears most conspicuous every thirty
three vears. If one observes the heavens
carefully during these two periods large
numbers ot shooting-slars can be per
ceived, and
Oft shalt thou sec, ere brooding storms arise,
Star after btar glide headlong down the
skies.
And, where they sht, long trails of linger
ing light
Sweep far behind and gild the shades ol
niguu
There are several instances on record of
shooting-stars falling in "showers," when
every star in ine nrmaiucni st ems hmisciicu
Irom Us sphere and moving in lawless
llight from one end of the heavens to the
others. The earliest phenomenon of this
kind occurred in November of the year
172, when "the sky apx-arcd to be on fire
with the corruscations of the Hying mete
ors." Hut the most sublime phenomenon
of shooting-stars on record Mas witnessed
throughout the United States on the morn-
inir of Nov. l:;. IW. Frof. Olmsted gives
the foiloM ing graphic and eloquent de
scription of tins remarkable occurrence:
"The first appearance Mas that of fire
Morks of the most imposing grandeur,
covering the entire vault of heaven M ith
mvnadi ot fire-balls resembling skv-
rockets. Their corruscations M ere bright.
irleaminir and incessant, and they fell
thick jLs'thK Hakes in nhe early snows of
December. To the splendors of thiscelcs-
tial exhibition the most brilliant skv
rockets and fireworks of art liear less re
lation than the twinkling of the most
tiny star to the broad glare of the
sun." This remarkable shower of
meteors produced feelings of terror in
the minds of all persons who M itnessed
the phenomenon, and it Mas believed by
many that the day of judgment had come
A gentleman in South Carolina thus de
scribes the eliect Mhich this shOMer pro
duced upon his ignorant slaves: " I Mas
suddenly awakened bv the most distress-
in? cries that ever fell on mv ears. Shrieks
of horror and cries for mercy I could hear
from most of the negroes ot three pianta
tions. amounting in all to about six or
eiTht hundred. While earnestly listening
for the cause I heard a faint voice near the
door calling ray name. I arose and, tak
incr mv sword, stood at the dror. At this
moment I heard the same voice still be
seeching me to rise, and saying: 'O! my
God, the M-orld is on fire.' I then opened
the door, and it is difficult to say M hich
excited me most the uw fulness of th
scene or the distressed cries of the
negroes; upward of 100 lay prostrate on
the ground, some speechless, and some
with the bitterest cries, but most with
their hands raised, imploring God to save
the world and them. 1 he scene Mas tritlv
awful, for never diil the rain fall much
thicker than the meteors fell toward tht
earth."
The theory is now generally accepted by
astronomers that shooting stars an; frag
mentary masses, revolving, like planets.
around the sun as a center, m hich, in their
course, approach the earth and, drawn by
its attraction into our atmosphere, are ig
nited by the heat generated through the
resistance offered by the compressed air.
These ImmIics have been found to move in
long, elliptical paths, similar to those of
the cometrf, instead of round ones, like
those of the planets; and it is also known
that some of them tire grouped in long.
thin streams, many hundreds of millions
of miles long, and that meteoric showers
are produced by otircarth passing through
them at various times. About the 10th ol
August and the 1 Ith of NovciiiImt each
year the earth plunges into a mete
oric stream and causes the showers
of shooting-stars which have al
ready been alluded to. The August
meteors appear to radiate from
the constellation Persaus, and those of the
November group have their radiant ioint
in the constellation Leo. This is owing
to the fact that our earth, at thesy times in
the year, is moving exactly toward the
regions ol the sky Irom which the shooting-stars
seem to dart in every concciva-
tlirection. A shooting-star coming to-
Miird the observer apears only asa bright.
stationary point in the sky. This point
is called the radiant, and is a marked one
in every star-shower. Other meteors to
the right and left of this one are also mov
ing parallel in the same direction, but
they appear to shoot away from that part
ol the skv Mhere the radiant is seen. In
other words, the tracks of t bests bodies,
produced backward, will all meet in one'
point of the heavens. "It will in general
rise in the east and set in the west, like
the sun or a star, keeping always its lixed
place among the stars."
l'robably the most startling ami im
portant discovery respecting shooting-
stars is their associat ion m ilh those won
derful objects of space known as comets.
though this fact m:is not dreamed of until
within the past lew years. I here is now
conclusive evidence that meteors are in
some manner associated M ith comets, al
though their connection is not yet fully
understood. It has been ascertained that
all the principal meteor systems follow in
the train of some known comet. For ex
ample, the August stream of meteors has
Iteen found to be intimately connected
Mith the third comet ol lMi'J, its their ele
ments are nearly identical, a circumstance
that could not have resulted from mere
iccidcntal association. This remarkable
comet, discovered by Frof. Tuttle at tht;
Cambridge Observatory in July, ls2, is
in all probability the origin of those fiery
meteors M hich have been seen in the heav
ens for ages on or about the festival of
St. Lawrence. It circles around the sun
in a period of 120 years, and its vast orbit
is strewn throughout with little comet ary
lragmcnts, Mhich at certain times enter
our atmosphere ami become " shooting
stars." While dealing with the wonderful
phenomena of meteors and shooting-stars
we are naturally led to inquire: 44 Do
these bodies subserve any useful purpose
in the economy ol our polar system, and
for what object could they have Ikcii
created?" These are surely important
questions to ask, but in the present state of
astronomical science they cannot oe
definitely answered. 41 Some may think
the meteors lly athwart the starry concave
as a sort of diversion to us poor mortals
driven forth into the open air these hot,
sultry evenings, while others penetrate
deeper into the. mystery for reasons."
There is no body in the universe, however
small it may be, that M-as made by the
Creator in vaiu; anil these little shooting-
stars, although apparently so very insig
nificant, were surely intended to exercise
sonic valuable influence in space, and
particularly in our solar system, to Mhich
they themselves belong.
All arc hut parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose bo J j Mature is, and God the soul.
It is now generally believed by astrono
mers that in the immediate vicinity of the
sun there exists myriads of these. I todies,
Mhich, by their constant downfall upon
his surface, maintain the solar light and
heat. If such is the case, shooting-stars
arc of immense utility to us terrestrial
dwellers, who depend uon the "great orb
ol day" lor all the com Ions which we en
joy. JJut. very little is Known concerning
the purposes which these objects Mere in
tended to subserve, and all our knowledge
rests upon theory alone. Astronomy in
itsonMard march will evidently develop
many new ideas respecting them before
the close of the present century. A. K.
Martlet t, in lktrvit Fixe I' rets.
FACTS AMI FIGUKLS.
Tut- hmt census reports lO.fi'i.l 41 va
grants" in Ireland and 15,59-1 persons of
ank.
Jlv the last census the total number of
hildrcn of school ago () to :) in (J real
iiilain Mas 5,:7 . or 2:) per cent, of
the total population.
Diking the last thirteen years more
than li:,0(K) Chinese immigrants have
anded in the United Slates. Of tltew,
10S,t)2 Mere males. During the years
jy;:;'(;l and lNW;-';7 no Chinese females
ime to the country, and only one in
1 ((;.--';(;.
Dtkinc the season ending Aug. 1, 175,
11:),!)70 barrels, or :!l ,000,000, menhaden
h Mere taken on the Connecticut shore.
from Mhich :5,lO0 tons guano and Si:J,0U0
llloni of oil were made. The iruano
brings from ten to twelve dollars per ton
and the oil from thirty-four to thirty-eight
cents a gallon. The Connecticut shore
furnishes about one-lilth ol ine supply
from the New England and Long Island
districts.
The returns of the Central Statistical
Bureau of St. Petersburg publish the fact
that, although the supply is decreasing,
Russia maintains a larger stoc k of horses
than any other country in Europe. It has
almost three times as many in proportion
to its population as either Kngland, Prus
sia, France or Austria. The number ot
these useful quadrupeds owned in its do
minions is upward of 20,000,000, or 27 to
every 100 inhabitants. Siberia has the
best supply, there leing in this district a
horse to almost every man of the popula
tion. Poland, Finland and Caucasia pos
sess but few, while in the south and south
western governments oxen take the place
of horses almost altogether for agricultural
purposes.
Vehy few churches in America have a
seating capacity of over 1,500. The fol
lowing shows the size of some of the
largest churches in Europe: St. Peter's
Church at Rome M ill hold 51,000 in-rsons;
Milan Cathedral, 37.000; St. Paul's at
Home, o2,000; St. Paul's at London, !.,
(i00; St. Pctronio at Bologna, 21,100 ; Flor
ence Cathedral, 21,:X; Antwerp Cathe
dral, 21,000 ; St. Sophia's, Constantinople,
23 000; St. John Lateran, 22,000; Notre
Dame at Paris, 21,000; Pisa Cathedral,
13,000; St. Stephen's at Vienna, 12,400;
St. Dominic's at Bologna, 12,000; St. Pe
ter's at Bologna, 11.400; Cathedral of Vi
enna, 11,000; St. Mark's, Venice, 7,000 ;
Spurgeon's Tabernacle, 7,000; Dr. Hall's
church, Fifth avenue, New York, seats
2.000.
An American is 44 dickering'
Egyptians to buy the pyramids.
with the
SENSE AMI AONSK.VSE.
Fa ii k w kll Peh Kim m a M'Kh. G o m I d i ii
ners.
Heoilak Branch Establishment.
Trees.
CnxsiiKH Ai:t.Y Pulled Down. Thcly
that Mas caught up a neighbor's apple,
tree.
The genuine-and no-mi dake Colorado
xlato-bug has reached Massachusetts on
his eastward raid.
Tun key's troubles grow daily greater;
and, to crown nil, Austria stands ready
w ith a carving knife.
Come, Old Prob. what arc you there
for? Can't you give us your theory on
the late protracted rains?
They are complaining of the excessive
heat in the Eastern States. The West docs
not grumble on that score.
A Wisconsin fainter has named his
pair of refractory mules " Facts," because
44 they are stubltorti things."
HomiiNSTOWN, Me., 1 toasts that It is so
healthy that within a lew years it has acU
ually starved out four doctors.
44 Voir look as fine as a hired girl!" is
the compliment a Hudson (N. V.) miss of
tender years paid her mother the other
day.
It has been ascertained by the an
thropologists that, as a rule, women nowa
days licconie gray earlier than men. Why
is it?
Sweden won't take our potatoes, eh?
Well, we never did think much of
Sweden's judgment, anyhow. -V. Y. C'utn
iiu rr inl Aitvcrtimr.
44 A MouitNfNU concourse of men, wom
en and children, horses and vehicles, fol
lowed her to her last resting place," says
a Southern exchange.
Hei-outs from all the large cities still
show a serious mortality- among infants.
Th prevailing disease is cholera in
fantum, M hich is on the increase.
A Mississippi Judge couldn't convince
a-lawyer that a certain decision M as con
stitutional until after he had knot ked him
down. Some people are just that obtuse.
PitoK. SilALEU. of the Geological Nchool
at Cumberland Gap, Ky., has received
some remarkable specimens of litho
graphic stones discovered in KowanLotin
ty, Ky.
The Pittsburgh newspaper reporters
Mire beaten at base-ball by lawyers re
cently. It has always been apparent that
the Pittsburgh paitcrs had a very poor lot
of reporters.
The miners arc alwavs saving smart
things, and one of them has jit said this:
Tso young lady M ho values her happi
ness will marry a m idowcr until at least
his first M ife is dead."
Local law at Long Branch, N. J., must
be ludicrous, indeed, m hen a prisoner de
clines to pay his line, blackguards the
Judge, defies the olhccrs, ami finally clears
out of the court-rttoiii at pleasure.
TiiKitE is one. town in New England
that claims to Ikt entirely happy and gtod.
It is Eaton, it'. icw Hampshire. I here
is not a physician, ditctor, lawyer, drink
ing saloon nor pauper in the place.
When n person feels disposed lo over
estimate his own imjMiitance let him re-
member that mankind got along very well
Ik-lore his birth, ami that in all probabil
ity they Mill get along very mcII after his
death.
A coitKEsro.NDENT m ants to know why
the little pest now threatening the New
Brunswick grain crop is called the army"
worm? We suppose on account of its in
variable readiness to 44 take the field."
JV. Y Adccrliifcr.
Heiie's a big thing of its kind: A lob
ster Mas recently caught off the .Maine
coast Mhich weighed nineteen pounds and
measured three feet fise inches in length,
the claws being eighteen inches long and
eight inches across.
The English colliers think bathing
tends to weaken the system. At h rece nt
meeting to discuss the question of provid
ing public baths on! of th i.s class mad)',
the statement that Id- had heard of a collier
who had nt washed for forty years and
lxtasled of the fact. ;
Postmaster Bi iit, of Boston, has wiili
drawn his objections lo the postal cards
criticising his management Mhich wens
sent out by a Bosbtn publishing -house,
but tells the firm that the cards were 41 all
mixed up" by the clerks and they must
send new ones at their own expense.
He hail a very promising Istil between
the shoulder-blades, and his Mile, who
M-as young and Itcaiitifu! and could play
on the harp, but hadn't nursed much in
the hospitals, put a mustard-plaster on it.
A lawyer subsequently explained to him
that they didn't grant divorces for such
causes in this State.
Theke are at present 2,000 men and (J00
horses and carts engaged on the construc
tion of the Southern Pacific Kailroad in the
Telegraphic Pass. The work to Ik; done
is of the heaviest description of grading
and rock cutting. In one place in J Id;
pass the road Minds around among the
mountains for seven miles, whilst actually
making a direct distance of but lilile over
one mile.
A LITTLE liy Mas sad, bilking of the.
death of his lather. The minister said :
4 'beer up, my Isiy, your lather M as a
gitod man; you should remember him al
ways, and strive to be like him. What
was bis la-t word?" 41 Nothing, sir,
nothing. You should k now t bat w In n he
had strength father M as talking w it h my
stepmother, ami he wasinitallowed to have
the last word."
How kind and accommodating those
learned men of sx iem e are, to tell us all
altout things wo don't understand and
make Ihcm plain! Here comes the great
German chemist, Prof. Kolbc, forevainple,
and assures us that In: has actually r
tained that 44 while sodium salicylate 3 iclds
on dry distillation sodium smI'io salicylate,
jKitassum salicylate similarly trcab.-d yields
potassu 111 panu txy bcn. tate."
A witiTEK on the Portuguese says: Tho
punctiliousness and formality of their
stcial converse exceeds even those of the
Castilians. In Spain a man may sat) ly
use the title Utl (your moi ship) in ad
dressing every class ami rank short of roy
alty itself. Not so in Portugal. He show s
his ignorance and makes himself simply
ridiculous if he failstodistinguish tit least
six dillerent classes, m ith their different
forms of address. A little beggar-boy ho
M ill speak V) impatiently or charitably, as
the case may Ite, but always in the second
person singular ' Vai tecmltora" (Go th v
way), or " Pcga n isto" (Take this). If
the same boy has grown to years of dis
cretion more ceremony must be employed
in bestowing or refusing alms: "Nao
podc ser" (It cannot be), " Va com deus"
(Pray go oil) in the third person lie it
observed. A workingman takes rank Mith
our magistrates at. home, and is literally.
44 his wor-hip." A tradesman is "The
lord" (Otenlur) or 44 Your lordship."
The somewhat novel theory has re
centlybeen advanced by M. Meunicr that
the planet Mars is much older than the
earth, because of the rarification of its at
mospheres and the small extent of its seas.
The form of the latter, according to M.
Meunicr, is exactly that M hich the terres
trial oceans would assume after partial ab
sorption bv the earth's crust. It, for exam
ple, the Atlantic Ocean w ere absorbed so
that only that portion included in the con
tour made by the uniform depth of l-'.O"
feet were lett the shape would be in all
respects similar b that of some of the stas
recognized in Mars. M. Meunier's theory
will hardly be accented, we think, in agro
nomical circles. Jv". Y. Sun.
1 Always in love the letttrv.