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1 - The Herald. no ft. JAacJAurpht, jlDITOR. PLATTSMOUTII, MARCH 16, 1880. Meeting: of Republican State Central Committee. The members of the Republican State Central : Committee arlierebv called to meet at the Commercial lfHtel In Lincoln, on Thursday, the 8th day of A jril, 180. at il o'clock p. in., for the purpose of coimiletiui; the organization of the Committee, and trammeling such other bui- nessas may properly come ueiore me same. JAMES W. DA YV 3. Chairman. Crete, Neb., March 15, ltwo The member for the 4th district, (our) U Hon. Orlando TeSt. BoWker, shot at Milford by the man Grangers, died Friday. Ik Chas. II. Gere didn't happen to write something good it wouldn't hurt "them democrat fellows" so badly. Do let Paul tell that littU Ander- sonville story as often as he pleases. He can get a "sub" while he's oat on a talk. State Teachers Associativa at Sew ard March 30th. "Our Educational Tendencies" is what our Prof. Love will tell 'em all about. Some of Hon. J. Sterling Morton's friends think his brain is softening He has subscribed for two exti a copies of the State Democrat. An inspection of Coal Oils at Oma ha reveals the fact that much of the j oil in the market is way below proof and ought to be prohibited from being sold. II w is it here? McCkide is still after the scalp of Peter Birkhauser, "Reformer," Itch ardson County ; likewise the Republi can's friend Howe, once Master of an institution called "The Grange." There ate a whole lot of enterpris- ingieiiowioui.uiuucaW..u. setting their pins for Congress. We just want to live long enough te pull some of those Dins out and leave the hole open. The "old man" of the Herald writes to us from 'Precept," that is to say M. II. Hathaway, and he is Gran- gering and Census-taking and so on, with a good heart and good success. "More power to him." A committee waited n Tlldeit to see if he and John Kelly couldn't make it up. The great cipherer said"Xor John Kelly was only a Ward bummer in his estimation and must retract, as his (Tilden's cause was national and Kelly's only personal. Kelly says, bum mer or not, he'll bum old Sammy out of existence vet. And the clans are gathering for "wall." The Omaha Xews, referring to the bouncing out of Morton and Miller by the democratic central committee. thinks that a party which sits down upon its brains is in bad shape. Did the democratic pArty, of late years, ever have any brains except where it would be obliged to sit down on 'em, or eat crow II a shelf. The U. P. and the li. & M. are hav ing a tussle at Omaha over the right of way from the R. & M. to the Oma ha & Northern Railway. The R. & M. sent an engine and some cars up and the U. P. backed across the track. The B. & M. engine was chained down to stay there. Pending the steam fight the big bosses got up a wind fight by I aid of Lawyers; the B. & M. getting out an injunction forbidding the U. P. from interfering and the U. P. one restraining the B. & M. from crossing the track. Who says monopoly won't fight now. Miss Raymond, of Georgia, cem- menced suit against Senator Hill of Georgia for seduction, employing Mrs. Belva Lockwood as her attorney. Af ter the papers were all ruade out and signed by Miss Raymond, Mrs. Lock- wood was astonished to read in the papers a statement from Miss Ray mond that the suit was not commenc ed with her consent and Senator Hill not the cuiltv Dartv. Further de velopments repeal thatMiss Raymond was approached by the friends of Hill and bought off by the paymeat of her board, &o. Mrs. Lockwood probably could not imagine a woman possessed of so little backbone, having demon strated the possession of a sufficiency herself. Since writing the above Mrs L.has published an open challenge to Ben Hill, charging him with ruining at least three families and daring him to go into the cotwts and get damages if her statements were not true. rn. T 1 r I ,"Jllfll,u' Air. Congressman take It off, put it I out, give the thing a chance. Ve mean the tariff on paper, leu you i wny it, s a goou cuance io experiment i and you can't hurt anybody. If you tamper with a man's tobacco he growls, raise his whisky and ne uowis, i take away his sugar and he votes "agin yer" but now nobody cares about the Newspapers, take half of 'em away and the people would be better off, they can't vote and we want this question settled. Does a tariff make things higher, or if you take it off do they get lower. The tariff men claim quinine went up after tlie tariff was abatei. Now just try white paper to prove the thing. Nobody chews white paper. drinks it, nor does it sweeten anybody (now a days.) Take off the tariff slick and clean. If she still goes up, tariff ain't to blame, if slie comes down, we give it up and away goes your protection. Terhaps our Sena-j tor friend.' who has the ear of the I President, would suggest to Rut her- I ford to send in a Message aud ask Con- I gress to reduce the tariff on paper, so- da ash, etc. The'd do it in a minit if be asked them. " I For the IIkuald. The Farmers' Creed. 'Early to bed. and early to rise." Kakklix. We believe every farm is entitled to have a goad farmer. We believe the soli lives to eat as well as the farmer, and should there fore be well fed manured. We believe in diving deep; hence deep plowing and plenty of it. We beliave in raising large crops to lift faA Anf rkn ffia f-i pin tliita linnrnv .. .... ... , ... me the condition of the farm, and the farmer at the same time. We believe the best fertilizer of tho soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise and intelligence! without which salt, lime, gypsum and guano will be of very little use. We believe in having good horses. cattle and hogs. We believe in having good hedges. houses, barns, orchards, good fruit and good children to gather the fruit, and We believe in good schools and good churches to gather the children In, and finally We believe in God the Creator and Ruler of the Universe, who doeth all things well. Cant you fellows wait until we really have a new census and a new apportionment, acid find out how many Congressmen we are entitled to and how the distiicts will be located. Then we voters will tell you who we want to represent us in Washington. .otes from Fnrnas County. INDITKD BT THE OLD MAN. Friend Mac: I feel it a duty to make good my pledge te occasionally drop you a communication, but the eternal sameness of things here makes it a difficult task to write anything that would be likely to iuterest read ers at such a distance. We have not had a severe storm, destructive fire, Indian raid, or anything to create a RPnsat.inn not. ovoti mud oniMtodi tn keepthe pegs from get(iug l0-ge ,n our shoes! The same bright sunshinv days, and gontle winds, warm enough for a man to perform his work in shirt i sleeves, has been the rule here during the entire winter. Of course we have had a few cold, blustering days, but not many, and only one snow, which occurred abeut Christmas, but only lay on the eround a few days. We have not had a rain sufficient to wet the ground since last September. I think I hear you say, "-nobody can live in such a country, where everything is dried and parched up in that fash- ion "but there is just where yo would be mistaken. We have a soil here ca- pable of enduring greater extremes of either drouth or wet than any that I I ever saw in my life. At this time I wheat, that was sown a week ago and ening to murder Porter. Porter pick well put in, is coming up nicely, and e UP a slone and threw it at Otidon, many people have finished sowing their wheat for this year. I hear of people planting potatoes, onions, etc. I I stated in a former letter that Fur- nas County was better supplied with timber and water than auy Connty in the btate, which I believe to be cor rect; but I wish to explain that the grounds upon which this statement is based, is the evenness with which both are distributed over the entire county. Any one can see by a glance at the map that we have three good sized streams passing from west to east. with many tributaries entering each one, and there are many small streams j not marked upon any map, that all bave timber and water in abundance. Go in any direction you please, and you will find a bright, clear stream of water, with rock or gravel bed, and a belt of timber skirting its banks about every two to five miles of your journey. The people in this section fail to see why the R. & M. should have contin ued their road up the Republican, in stead ef crossing it near Orleans and Soing up either )iie Beaver or Sappa thereby heading off any other road from ever entering the country lying between the U. P. and the K. P. The route which they have selected carries them up so near the U. P., that a good opening is left for a road south of them through a rich country that is rapidly filling up with enterprising and thrifty farmers. It surtly can be but a short time before we shall have a roud Posing up either the Beaver, Sappa or Prairie Dog, and either one would accommodate us, and we are content to abide our time. There are many excellent water pow ers in this county waiting for some enterprising capitalist to utilize them, and thereby benefit himself aai the surrounding community. Like all new countries, what is most needed here uuw 13 .yJue, P"" weu soPPljea wu lue auu mcie tuo ran aim me ; tuai is wanting now is the omcers oi ener- ey and ability, with pockets full of ammunition (money.) . . I Immigrants are beginning to come in lively within the past week, and the covered wagons can be seen at almost I any time, xnere is very Jittie vacant land to be found in this region, yet many shiftless fellows are willing to sell their improvements at a reasona- I ble figure. We anticipate the census in June, if correctly taken in these westers counties, will astonish some of our eastern friends. Some estimate the increase in population of this Co. for the past twelve months at 50 per cent, but I think it w ill be greater than that sven. Well, I see you have tin ally had that fire in PlattsmouthT that I have been looking for so long. Why did you not have it where it should have been further down Main street? I can't see why you wanted to burn out Uncle Gregory, S nyock, Leonard, Mergrs, etc- who are all good boys, and pay you promptly. The only conclusion I can come to is that you wanted a clear- er view of Main Street from the Hek- ald office, so you could see over to Billy Baker's! and if my recollection of the geography of that country is correct, you have got it. Ilealth of tho country generally good. I hear of a few cases of typhoid fever. Buds on Cottonwood and t'lm tree swollen and look nearly ready to put forth leaves. IIojcjestbadeii. Elmwoftd reiut. The original Points from Central Park. It seems that the IIekalu received Points last week from this place bv Telegraph, now we want a rail-road. Fifteen new houses can be counted in these parts. Mr. Judy from Iown, . . . . has !oca!ed on an 80 south t the store about a quarter. Mr. King from Cana da has located on a 1G0 near Mr. Tur ner's. Mr. Woodruff has a new well. Rob. McDonald to Miss White, a! the squire's office. Joy go with, theiu Mr. Muttersbaugh has gone to Illinois, after his intended, we expect him back to-day. Mrs. Lo fbo ii r row's school closed last week. The school board litis of fered her the school for next term. Farmeis all busy. Mr. Clapp has rented his p. ace to Mr. Virt. Chas. is at home one week in four. II. VanEpps has sold out to Mr. Smith from Illinois. Hnny expects to go to the northern part of Nebraska. Frank Osburn starts this week for the Black Hills. A Ball every mouth in GioetisUte's Hall. Rev. Alton is away from home, hold ing meetings. Preaching in nearly every school-houso by some deuoruina tion nearly every Sunday. The Unit ed Brethren have been quite success ful in their protracted effort at Tipton. The Methodists held meetings in dif ferent parts of Elmwood circuit fur eight weeks, some fortv-Qve united with the church. Mrs. Dr. Kenaatwn is quite sTtk. Dr. Hobbs amputate'.' a fatty tumor from the heavjv iuuscI ef the thiirha. . . . , v-. .. l t r, i in its weakness. It breaks the father's of Mr. Hill, weighing T8J oz. Mr. J. M. Kuntz s little boy, about five years old, was nigh unto death with an abscess of the right lung. Our worthy and successful physician Dr. Hobbs was called, ho at once thiust his instrument between the ribs strik ing the bttsuof the abscess, extracting Pt- liquid, the boy is now run ning around. Wanted a jail. . Mr. Coles has suedlhe H. & M. 1J. R. Ior k'g his colt- at bouth Rend, by runxmg over it. 5.00 reward for the thieves, who stole the Preacher's hay, the night oi the dance. Yesterday Mr. Porter and Ogden who has just moved in here, comtnenc- ed quarreling about a hog pen. one brought on another between old gentlemen Ogden and Poi tt-r. until young Ogden came running from the stable, drawing his knife and threat- he dodged the stone and threw the knife at Porter, striking him in the face, then ran to the house throwing the spade at Porter as he went, Porter throwing stones after him. The old man then came at Porter with an ax. but was stopped by Harvey Ken as: mi. by this time a few cametu the ground and brought lUxiut peace. Porter then arrested Ogden on th- ground of an a-sattlt with the iuli-nt to kill, they finally settled ir bj Porter paying the costs, and Ogden signing the paper to keep the peace. This morning Ogden has Porter under ar- rest, do not know how they will oomn out. Repokteu. YVeepiag Water Notes. Makcii 15, 18S0. Ed Herald: Another week ha passed since my last letter to you and here I am again. To continue tho re view of W. W. busiuess houses: Mr. Gus. Barry is doing a good live ly trade in Harness making ;md re pairing and gives general satisfaction. Our "Meat Market" man, S. A. liiu- ley, is always ;t hia stand now, doing at good business and ready to cut you a first-class roast, boil or fry from beef or pork, &c. We have two good wagon makers and repairers. T. Bull ani Mr. Russell, who are always ready to do good work in their line. Mr. Thorp keeps the only Hotel in W. W., styled the W. W. House, call and see him. everything u neat and clean and well worth your patronage. A. I. Hawley is our Jeweler, who will do you a Xo. 1 work, in his lino. en short notice, call and sea him. We .have here alo. a Xo. I Barber Shop, Otis Wilson, Proprietor, we pro nounce him one of the best barbers in the Slate and worthy of patronage. Qte talks same of leaving but we hope tuattne good people here will give him more work to do, it is to our bet interests to keep him here and we hope all will give their mite of patronage) to heln him .lono- r D. DudUy is now proprietor of our "Temperance Billiard Hall" has a good set of tables and is d.ing a good trade, Mrs. A. Joseph the Misses Rates and Miss Isa Reed are no- our Mil- liners, Hairdressers and Dressmakers Each having separate establishment and all doing a good business. D. E. Jones and Mr. lt. evw are blacksmiths, both are having an abun dance of work lo do just now, they do good work and cheap, just try I hem and see. J. Marshall & Sou are huildinr a lean - to addition to thi ir store for workshop; they are doing a heavy Boot and Shoe business now, trade in creases and more room is needed. V. D. Gibbon, M. D., has bought the workshop, formerly owned by Kat mour & Bull and has moved it down we.nt of the W. W. House, will relit it and rent as a business house. More by-aud-bye from Od. E. T -How lo tell Had Egg." ii- the title of an article in an exch-iiie. When you havo any thiiiL' to tell a ba-.l ess. you niu-t be careful not to break t Ii -shell while imparling the informa tion. ' Our Temperance Column. KDITT.D BT THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TKM rKUANCK UNIOX. " For Uod, and ome. and Native Land. The Public Library Is now kept in the office of Will S Wise, and will tin open for the loaning and exchange of books every Wednes day and Saturday afternoon, from 1 to 3 o clock, and on Saturday evenings, from 7 to 9. 44tf The Fate of a Fast Young 31 an. (Written in lite Illinois State jrion.) Its curious. Isn't it. Billv. The change thai twelve month nay briu, l-ast year I was h! hartoa, Ah happy and rich an a King i I wa raKi.itf In yo.ils on the races. And loo in the wallers with Ten," And sippiii,; mint juleps by tw lliulit. And Today 1 ant here in the "reu." W hat led me. do It?" what always lad.s Jucn !o destruction and crime? The pruiliai ami. whom vuu'tc Scud t. Has altered .somen hat in uis tuna ; He spends his sui tanee ai freely As the Biblical fellow of old : Hut wheti It is gone lie fancies The uuskf will turn into gold. Ciiiiiiip.iun.a box :t the opera. High steps hile famine is flush, T!i pashioi.ate kiso( woictti Vhoe cheeks h.ivu forottou to blush. The did, old story Billy. Of pleasures that end in tears. The froth that foams f -r an hour. The drags that are tasted for years. Last night, as I snt here and pondere4 On the end of my evil ways. There arose like a phantom before uie The vision of t.ofliood dayx, I thought of my "hi home, itiliy. of the kchool-houne that stood on the bill Of the brooit that flowed liroui;li the meadow. 1 can e en near its music sua. Again I thought of my mother. tif the mother h. taught me to pray ; Whose love was a precious treasure T!;at 1 heedlessiy cast away. 1 s;itv ucaiii in my visions The (reslt-lippcd. careless boy. To whom th! luiurv was boundless, And tiie world but a iniijiity ty. I lhnn;lit of all this as I sat here, OI my ruini'd and waited life. And tho aiK of remorse were bitter. They inerccd niv heart like a knife. It lake some courage, Billy. 1 o lailKl) in thr face of f ile. When the yearning ambitious of manhood Arc blasted at twenty-eight. The Work of MrongrlJi luk. Strung di in r cu's down yotfth in its icilr. Tilfiuli iir.ii in its si ipiiitI Ii :mil cr heart, bereaves ths dotiug mother, extinguishes natural affection, erases conjugal love, blots out real attach ment, blights patcrii.tl h pe, and brings donvn mourning agp in sorrow to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength ; sickness, not health; doath not life. It makes wives widows, children orphans, fathers fiends, and all of them paupers and beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses gout, wel comes t pidemics, iuviles cholera, im ports pestilence, and embraces con sumption. It covers the land with idleness, poverty, diseaso and crime. It fills your jails, supplier your 'alms houses, and demands your asylums. It engenders controversy, fosters quar rels, and cherishes riots. It crowds your penitentiaries, and furnishes vic tims for your scaffolds. It is the life-blood of the gambler, the element f 1 he burglar, the prop of the higiiMajm.m, and the support of the midnight incendiary. It coun tenances the liar, emboldens the thief, ai.d encourages tho blasphemer. It violates obligations, reverences fraud, and honors infamy. It defames benev olence, hates love, scorns virtue, and slanders innocence. It ii cites the fa ther to butcher the helpless offspring, hslps the husband to massacre his wife, and aids Uif child to grind the p irrici nxe. 1 1 burnt tip man, consumes woman, blasts life, curses God, and d spisrs heavnu. It Mihorns witutMf, nurses ptrjort. l-fiirs the jury bj.x, and stains the judicial ermine. It bribes votes, disqii.ilUis voters, cor rupts elections, pollutes institutions, ami endangers government. It ue trades the citizen, delrases the legisla tor, dishonors the statesman, :nd dis arms the patriot. It brings shamo, ut honor; teiror, not .safety; despair, not hope; misery, not h.tppineM; and with the ifialovolenco of a fiend it calm ly surveys its frightful desolation, and uusaiiated wi:h havoc it puison feli city, kills peace, ruins mortals, blights coLilMeju'c, slays rcpiit:i. ion and wipuit uu.t national honor; then curse tho woild, am! laughs at its ruin. It dooe a.! that and liiorw. It murdrs the soul. It is the sum of all villainies, th father of ail crim.'s, the mother of all abominations ; Satan'.- best friend, and man's worst. The Christian. III a memorial to their bishops, 14. 000 of the clergy of the Church of England make thu following state- men t: "We, the undersigned clergy of England, vea:ure tespect fully to tp appeal to yutir lwrdhipu as the only members of our order iu Parliament hs such, most earnestly to support measures fur the further lw strictiou vf the trade iu intoxicating liquors in this countiy. We are con vinced most of us, from an intimacy with the people extending over, many yvars, that th-ir condition can never by greatly improved, whether intel lectually, physically, or religiously, so long as intemperance extensively pre vails among them, and that intemper uii(.m will prevail so long as tempta tions to it abound on every side." Thu following statement is signed by C7 of the leading business men and cioizens of Cohocton, New York: "We cheerfully say, that during the past six years iu which we had no license, business of all kinds has been better than when licenses were granted, and the law has been eufoittd. Meii wh formerly spent I heir money for liquor, now use it in buying dry goods. gn Cttrh'S, and other useful article. The experiment of no license iu Cohoclon has pro red a grand success, and we are fully satisfied with tht result." When a key was called for and the gentleman pulled out a cork-screw, some one remarked that that was the key that unlocked his gait. Boston Post. Why have we a geographical reus..n for nt getting drunk V BtTime wo live in tl.e temperate Zwne t'ijiciiiii iti f:rho.l lo.v's t'-tur -lit ; :nler u l.o bee Napoleon over Kit j down ou a piu without hollcrin?" My native land ! 'uiiJ tlie cabin homes. Amid tliy palaces, a demon roms ; Frenzied with rage, yet subtle luhU wrath. He crushes thousands la hid Cery'patb ; Stalk through our cities unabashed aud throw s Into the cup of sorrow bitter woes Gives to pangs of grief au added smart. With keenest anguish wrings tho breaking heart. Drag the proud .spirit from its envied height. And breathes nu fnudest hopes a killing blight. Heralds the shroud, tho coftin, and the pall, And the graves thicken where his footsteps fall ! William H. Burleigh. There may be seen daily on Chest nut street, a man dressed in faultless apparel, with a great diamond on his breast vainly endeavoring to out-glit ter the magnificent solitaire on his fin ger. In a German University he learn ed chemistry, and not even Liebig knew it better. Ilis business is the mixing and adulterating of liquors Give him a dozen casks of deodorized alcohol, and the next day each of them will represent the name of a genuine wine or popular spirit, lie enters a wholesale drug-store, bearing a large basket upon his arm. Five pounds of Iceland moss are weighed out to him. To raw liquors this imparts a smooth ness and oleaginousness that give to imitation brandy the glibness of that wnicn is matured.. An astringent ca techu that would almost - close the mouth of a glass inkstand is next in order. A couple of ounces of strych nine, next called for, are quickly con veyed to his vest pocket, and a pound of white vitriol is a1 silently placed in the bottom of the basket. The oi. of cogaac, the sulphuric acid, and other articles that give fire and body to li quor poisons, are always kept in store. The miser buys these from various quarters. They are staples of the art. Philadelphia Rulletin. A Hood ,lIowscvife. The good housewife, when she is giving her house its spring renovating, should bear in mind that the dear in mates of her house arp more precious than many houses, and that their sys tems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels to prevent and cure the diseas es arising from spring malaria and miasma, and she must knowThat there is nothing that will do it so perfectly and surely as Hop Bitters, the purest and best of medicines. See other col umn. 2Iontre.il Heard From. It. L. Mosely, of Montreal, Canada, cxrtiued feept, 2t, 18!), that he had suf fered terribly from dyspepsia, and was completely cured by taking Warner's Safe liuters. lie says: "My appetite is good, and I now suher no inconveni ence from eating hearty meals." These Jitters are also u specific for all skin liseasr. 41U3 Servants in Italy. Ill Italy the vocation of servant is an lonorable one in itscit ; or, at least, a3 it implies no personal inconvenience or sense of inferiority, the self-respect is inviolate, nnd the innate manhood or womanhood ot the valet or maid is on a level with tfcat of the master or mistress, and alwnys so recognized and respected. The.r manners, too, are fashioned after the politeness of good society ; so that, in courtesy of speech nd general deportment, both classes are virtually on tne same looting. The oldest civilization of the globe has interpenetrated decplv in the habita of thought and customs of each, estab- lishing distinct permanent classes, to common advantage, free of mental re- p roach, or prejudice, and singularly tree and easy in social relations, with out the slightest disturbance to the respective parts they fill in life, and those individuals whose living de pends upon the transitory wants of travelers, can form but an inadequate idea of the actual relation between tho two social extremes of master and ser vant in the average Italian household. It is almost patriachal in character. I havo known three generations mother, daughter and grandchild in service in the same family. As in marriage, both sides are inclined t? keen together until death do them part, unless for some cogent reason. lliere is nothing like caste in tne ser vant's position, for he or she usually comes from the peasant ry,than whom, especially in Tuscany there does not exist anywhere a more sturdy inde pendent, self-respecting and asserting, vet courteous, class of people. This i: particularly true of tho Pistoian ami liucchesc mountaineers, who cul tivate their own lands, and can always gain a subsistence. J? rugal, friendly, and virtuous at home, respectful and polite to strangers, self-unconscious and perfectly at case in their deport ment, with strong ties of family and neighborhood, and quick intellects, they carry these qualities into the vo cation of servants whenever they as sume it, as they frequently do as a re lief to overgrown households at home. Their employers are chiefly of the old nobility or landed proprietors, whose conservative ideas and modes of life arc in harmony, iu the main, with those of the peasants themselves. They require but little drill to lit them tor iheir new positions, and when they have mastered the requirements of a somewhat elaborate household, there are no more companionable, useful, and trustworthy servants devoid of nonsense and desirous to please, put ling heart into their work, and becom ing so attached to their new homes as to make their interests their own to I be found in auy laud. "U'ei-jlitingr Silks. The weighting of silks has grown to be an evil of such magnitude, that ex perts who have devoted special tstudy lo tho subject do not hesitate to alarm, of the practice in France, that its ef fects are becoming positively ruinous to tho silk-growing departments of that country. Jl. Moyret, whose opinions on the subject we have a! ready had occasion to notiec, iu a re cent communication in Keidni.'inV Farbcr-Zeitung, shows that the higii clas products of France are no longer in demand, for the reason that inferior and cheaper foreign silks serve tiuite as well for loaded tissue. Hence, nc-coi-ding to the writer, these districts, already suffering from the ravages of the phylloxera and from tho loss of the madder trade, are in the utmost distress. He makes the suggestion that the same principle thatTs followed in the valuation and sale of gold and silver should bo adopted with silks, namely, that the proportions of the real article and of the weighting matters be ex actly specified, and that a central office for the cheap and expeditious assay of silks 6hould be opened at Lyons. Iu conclusion, it may not be without in terest to note, that M. 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V nun l.i c. ,..u 1 V. accounts must he settled up. and no new ones will he made. Unless such accounts are f ettled shortly tliev will be Micd. I wish to ao a strictly casu business lit nil lire JOHN" SHAN NON. l'luttsiiioutli. Xeb. AMD! BEST FARMING LANDS - IN NEBRASKA, J-Oit SALE BY B. S XS2So. BL. -Z&. Great Advantages to Buyers IN 1877. Ten Years- Credit at 6 per cent Interext. Six Years Credit at Gper cent Interest, j and 20 per cent Dusmint. D.hr-r l.il.i-rtil UUronnta For Cuk Ii lU-lur- on rarm nH r rclslitn. Mi.d l'eiiiuiuM tar Impiove-mi-ntK. Kamii'iicl - Mid V:ii..-. t-..i:f aii.irtv lull r:irlli;- ulars vi i!i ' e iii.tlli-U fr. c lo ;:iy iirt ul li Aurld ai'i'Mral ion to UNli COMMISSIONKR. U. & M. il. It. l.I.CCIL. K1ISAIIKA. LANDJL ITIiat; FOE THE NEXT 30 DAYS! r 7-T ifil (r JJ r'.W.W.j t!i m MM . 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