Nebraska advertiser., 1867-12-05
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John T. Hoffman has been reelected
Mayor of NeE York.
Ex-Presidenl Pierce offers Eve thou
sand dollars for the Democratic campaign
10 New Hampshire mex Spring.
Vincennes. Ind. is spelled By letter.
writer's in ifly-six different ways.
A man in Gardiner, Maine. thinks he
can hy. He flaps his arms, and Tries his
best.
A burgler in Brussels tied a servan.
girls arms, with a curl cut from her own
head.
A country fair in Mississippi offers
premiums TO the haudsonesl and health
lest boy or girl, between the ages of three
and SIX, born N The county, The mat
rons of the county are competing active
ly for The prize.
II is stated by a Paris medical journal
hat sulphur is.a cure for severe cases of
Group. ii is to be administered once an
hour, in teaspOonful doses of a mixture
Of a teaspoOaful of sulphur in a tumbIer
of water.
Look out, for counterfeit ten dollar
bills on the First National Bank of Phil
adelphia. Six different spurious bills
we're presented at one bank in Harris.
burgh in one week.
The Italians are beginning to suspect
tina. King Victor Emanuel is moi quite
honest.
Illinois is jubilant at having produced
an excellent COTTON crop this year. There
were 3 900 bales raised in our county.
Two hundred and fifty oil wells are
now being drilled in Pennsylvania.
Clay county, Ill. added TO the attractions
of a recent fair by a female foot.race.-
Prize-a handsome dress,
Vermont has not aud never had a the
atre of any kind.
Mss Emma Hardinge. the s~piritualist
IS occurring 10 London.
The Universe" Of Paris, says that
The American Consul in Rome fought in
Ihe battle of Nerola, by the side Of the
Papal troops and was slightly wOuaded.
Chief Justice Chase could not attend
lie Trial of Davis al Richmond on The
26th ult., so the ;rlal was postponed ull
the fourth Wednesday in March next.
and the bail extended to that time.
Ii is believed the Convention in S. C..
has been defeated for lack of the requI-
size majority of registered voters. Of
l25, 600 registered, only $4,000 are
known TO have voted in twenty districts
out of thirty in the Stale.
Secretary Mccullough is of the OPin.
ion that a new consolidated five per cent
loan can be properly issued at this time
and will recommend the same in his re-
port to Congress. He has had frequent
conference with various members of ;he
Finance Committee, all of whom have
expressed themselves as favorable to The
loan. Il is thought that Congress will
authorize the same IN the coming session.
l, is said that there are more people
out of employment in Philadelphia than
there was in 1857.
Gen. Howard, of the freedmen's bu-
reau, who left Washington about two
weeks ago. on a tour of inspection of
the fyeedmen's schools. returned on The
9Th, ult.. and had a long interview with
Gen Grant He visited the majority of
the schools in West Virginia, Kentucky.
Tennessee and Missouri, and report,
them in 4 highly prosperous condition.
Gen Howard is Of the opinion that the
freedmen are properly protected in their
rights, by the civil authorities. ssand thai
The operations of the bureau might be
dispensed with in the above States, with
the exception of Kentucky, where they
are subject TO gross outrages. The ne
grOes are comparatively free from annoy
anee in the ether States visited.