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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
MIscELLANKous.
Rather srvere Joke.

The Racine Advocate tells Of a Joke
put upon a deacon in those diggins;-The
Postmaster stopped at his store on Sunday
morning, and the deacon seeing the door
open went in to hear the news. A pack
Of cards lay partly strewn on the counter,
and the deacon began to talk about the
sin Of using cards at all. At this juncture
another member Of the church came in
(the pos,-O Office was in the storey and oil
u, once the postmaster, placing his finger
on a couple Of cards on the counter, ex.
claimed
"Now, deacon, l tell you this won't do.
The queen always takes the jack, and the
ten the nine,a n so down,if you don't attend
you will never learn the game. That
Jack is a good card, but my queen takes it,
counts me one point, besides one on coun,
for game"
"Iyhy, neighbour" exclaimed the horri-
fled deacon "what do you mean by thati'
Exactly what | say" was the reply,
1.-THE queen takes the jack, and it's mine
you might have triumphed with it, and
saved it long ago; now this jack, with low
and game, puts me out"
AT this moment the surprised member,
who had just arrived, turned round, and
east a reprouchful look at the deacon, who
became at once indignant, and quilted the
store withou, explanation, much to the
merriment of the joking postmaster.
Of curse the horrible tale wa soon
told Of the deacon having been caught
playing cards on Sunday. He was cited
to appear before the church for backsliding,
and as the evidence was complete, would
have been convicted and severely punish.
ed, in spite of all proteststions of igno-
rance, had not the funny postmaster made
his appearance in the nick of time as a
witness in favor of the deacon, told a round,
u%nvarnished tale, and procured for him an
ncquitlal.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06

PowEsHIEK MURDERER LyNcHEp.-The
person who was under arrest, on a charge
Of having perpetra,ed the cold-blooded
murder in Poweshiek county, a few months
since, was yesterday taken out of the hands
of the Sheriff and deliberately hung by
amob Of 400 citizens. A change Of venue
had been asked for and granted. The
granting of this application by Judge Stone
was the signal for the seizure of the pris-
oner, and his execution in the immediate
vicinity of the town Of Montezuma. The
citizens, generally, male and female,
looked or a%pprovingly, at the bu,chering
of the miserable culprit. The facts are
communicated by the Sheriff of Poweshiek
who passed through this city this after
noon.-IoWa City Republican.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
A. Schimonsky,

TOPOGRAPHIC ENGINEER, Executes
l. Topographic, Fancy and Plain Drawing
OF very style and description. Fancy, 0rna-
Office at the Bellevue House, Bellevue, N. T.
RErEnESoEs;-P.A sarry, St. Mary, Iowa;
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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06

A DECISIVE TEsr.-The Providence
Jsasnal says: We had a better test Of
.~pisi,ualism than any Boston experiments
could afford. When the son of Henry
Clay took the stump for James Buchanan
and the spirit Of his great father did moi
rise from the grave, we made up our
mind there was no passing back from the
next world to this"
"a most excellent and decisive test,
beyond doubt-coaeluSive evidence that
the departed statesman was not iacensed
at the course pursued by his son, for had
he not said when the whig party be-
comes merged into a contemplate aboli-
ton party, then am l no longer a wing q
Had his son wenl for John Cattle FIRE.
mont. there would have been the "devil
to pay"-there would have been " spirit
rappings" then, sure.-Iopd Gazette.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
A M E.

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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06

TRIAL OF REArERs AND MowERs.-
A trial of reapers, mowers and combined
machines took place at Hamilton, Butler
Co., Ohio, on the I'd and Sd Of July, un.
der the supervision of the committee Sc
lected 10 make the wards. The mowers,
of which there were several varieties,
were tested in a heavy field of timothy,
and every mower which was operated
was very successful. The reapers were
tested in a field of light barley on the Cd,
and the test wa completed in a field Of
wheat on the Sd. The following are the
awards of the committee: .
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LETTERS OF INQUIRY ?
WILL BE PROMPTLY ANSWERED

REFERENCES; John Thompson Hope,
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Estilville, Va. Hon. F. Ferguson, Chief Jus.
tice, Bellevue, Nebraska.
Glenwood, Mills Co., Iowa. 24-tf.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06

NEW FEATURES FOR 1857:
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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
L. Nuokolls g. Co.
BANKERS g. LAND AGENTS,

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and select choice Lands, Goa FIELDS, Rock
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and a Half Million Acres Of Land, eompris-
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extending along the Missouri River, from the
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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06
Entering Town Sites.

The following correspondence will show
that the act Of the last Legislature of the
Territory, designating the County Commits
sioners as the proper persons to enter Town
Sites, is not recognized by the Commissioner
Of the Land Office.
II is a question Of doubt whether the Judges
OF Probate, or the United States Judges, can
be regarded as "Judges of the County Court
AS soon as that doubt is removed, notice will
be given. In the mean time no entering OF
towns not incorporated can be made.
A copy Of the act Of the last Legislature
will be placed In the hands Of the Commits.
sioner, and, under the circumstances, the en-.
tries already made MAY be confirmed.
JOHN A. PARKER, Register.
Land Office, May 10th, 1857.
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Under the "act Of twenty-third May, 1s44,"
the auth ority to enter "Town Sites,n In this
Territory there are no such officers as "Judges
of the County Court" but the Legislature has
recognized the "County Commissioners" as
the proper persons to enter "Town Sites,'
and we have, in view Of the spirit Of the law,
permitted such entries, in the hope that II
will meet the appreciation Of the Department.
Very respectfully, your obed'nt servant,
JOHN A. PARKER, Register.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-08-06

EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONED
OF THE LAND OFFICE, pared
LAND OFFIce,
OMAHA, April is, 1857.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27
the War In China-lts Effects ON Trade and
(soverum

From the foodon Times, June IA.
Our present with China 10 certainly a. strange
kind Of hostility have lately To read the
counts In ell journals, British and foreign you'd
that the civilized world vas about 70 precpta,e ie on
the offending Celestial empire England France and the
United States represented by special ENJOYS Portugal
demands redress for certain Of her own Holland
STRENGTHENING her force In the eastern Ssr
dnis and spso will have iris OF the Chinese
One would think that at the Chinese port, would
and Iverpoo merchants would be winding 10 their deal
ings In tee In contemplation Of several months o, ssugh
ter; but nothing Of the kind likely 10 place
10 NOT 10 the common Of the word an enemy Al
all n all who have dealings with him are traitors
the business =, All The pors eroep, Canton Sos on mos,
continuously and prosperousy. While arsensls ring
with the noise Of preparation, and transports ecsrry
these money making barbarans the Chinese themselves
quietly gong In the old fashion, draining silver
by the Million and supplying with principal beve
rage a. n Yeh and Bo~ring had never existed
" Certainly trade mighty pos The great Napoleon,
wbsn he commanded Eurepe could prevent the dealers
Of Amsterdam and Hamburg from being supplied with
English coops, hardware and asnneh; and then nsopa
power, honor, aud even safety at stake, add each
people hated the other with hatred which Ia difficult
n the present day 70 conceive 20 we cannot wonder
that In this affair, which IL only the dispute OF an
enterprisng European nation with the oovernor, aud
populsoe OF q provincial Chinese city, the CONNER
cisl comm unity should hardly allow their dealings 70
be affected by the rumors Of Whatever may
happen shsl want tea aud silk and the Chinese will
cell them while British fleets are blccksdins Canton,
while gubbcas ascending the rivers, and perhaps
army 10 iul march for PeEin ITSELF the great body Of
the Chinese r plant and spin before, and bring down
their produce any spot where ned vessels rot
actually present What, then N 10 be done With this
pie ~ho cannot understand that they at war with us,
particularly ne they are abeted by legion OF English
traders vbo equally refuse 10 comp ehend The serious pos
ure d srsirsf We may attack Canton as before, drive
out or capture shoot Governor Yeh, retain the city,
evscuste II az we please. Whatever may take place n
likely that the rest OF China will take matters
oily as had spent shot and shell agains, any
ssvaees the OF Africa The northern ports viii
probably drive increasing trade, and, N our CON
anders appear before shsnsbse Foo ohoo they viii be
reoeiyet politely by o soId Mandarins, who will
press the greatest surprise hearing thai The babsisns
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27
DEMTIgTRv.

nENTTsTRv-DR r. a. DURKTN, CANAL STREET
~ vsrict old No i7s xls) invites attention. 70
his long and successul experience Daily operations
and harmless benumbins agent fsen preve-ins
al rain. Prizes moderate
NOTICE TO DENTISTS = J. BAKER DENTIST SON or
~ Pr Fsker, late Of Tenth street wishes
himself with good mechanical and surgeon dentist
influence rsde Call address lN Nnth sree two doors
vsst II Broadway fron sto Pm
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27
Trade OF Paris.

[Paris (June 81 Correspondence OF London Times
The last week has been profitable for the Paris
shopkeepers The cutie Of the King of Bavaria other
foreigners sho visit Paris In great numbers made
large purchases Of articles of luxury The accounts from
Lyons more encouraging than those received fifteen
days since II would appear that the demand for
ia auref silk articles increases In proportion to the
creased price Of the material Some silk maafuctu
u Lyons find it difficult to execute all the orders
received for the fashioned expensive articles for
which that city 1, celebrated. Some American comms
sion agents bave Notwithstanding the bad accounts from
New York given orders for silk goods TO be delivered in
the United States after the lst Of Juy-tha Is when the
customs tariff shall come into oper alton.
The accounts from the silk producing districts still
contradic ory. They have, nevertheless become more
cheering for some days past under the influence OF fine
weather There exists, moreover, large stock OF raw
elk at Lyons and Other towns in the south, which, IL
hoped will prevent speculation. Letters from
vaence that the weather had been rather rainy and
that the skwor appeared to feel he influence Of the
atmosphere fresh north wind had subsequently i'm
proved the worms, which languishing and had
passed through their third STAGE and strong hopes
entertained that the elk crop will amount fair average
In the Ardeche considerable losses sustained after
the had passed through the third stage-osses
which were forur atsy repaired amer the fourth stage
Fortunately, the mulberry leaves abundant 5000
settles last week at 26fr the kilogramme The accounts
from Napee Lombardy and Spain calculate only two
nths of an ordinary crop.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27

fvHFEp BRAyDIFs AND wfNss-rOa sALa .
ouartv ~ vey, auperoy crgrac brande~ ri " R.i
lon wbch csnno, ercelled IN other houses for ~ Con
parsnn ~ the liquors would convince sven me oeununs p
ply At ts Pise streea, N. ".
omar sxpuyTIor ~. vIr1nrT IMPoRrnk "
IT purs French wnes srendes, Ac ku, No Is rcvth VI
liar, .tr~et Sares vine " per dozen bottles and highs
brandy q per rslos and higher; All hnds OF foreign VIVA
coediela okey EurcpeA
ordnc> NJ per cheaper than ohew kouse Ne cy
All wsr~ssd " be ~ boz hsuars vhars you sus
plr your~em
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27

THE CosMIrTEE ON MARKETS or rHE soskp y,
Councimen Gill bold meeting on "Wednesday, sur
In room No. " CITY Hail. at three occck NJ 70 ~ ~
Consideration the 1ropriety Of selling Washington" "s~
Parties Interested are invited 10 attend
wv Z go 55E.s., co-~.a..
gP BICKFDsDl \ 90
in sENFOLDA harheA
CHAa DOry.