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Centre Mark., Te-dax.

Meats, &c.-Beef, best cuts 2sa3oc. per H.; next
nest, zoc next, l2af5c-: Mutton, 2Ua26. per H.;
Slaughtered Hogs, sl2 per cwt.: Salt Beef;
l2al5e. per H.; Smoked Beef, 3Oc.; Sliced, CSC,
Chlpped, 30c-; Bacon meat, iSe per h.; Breast,
&c; shoulder, i6c-; Sausage, isaaoc.; Lard, 2Dc
Butter, i5a5Oc. per H.: Eggs, 33a&Oc per doz !;
Head Cheese. l5c. per h.; Cheese PC per H.;
Venison, 35c. per 10.
Pcaltry. Gams, dc.-Turkeys, 4oc. To-: Geese.
81 75as3: Chickens, 50aS2.50 per pair: Cedar
I.arks, sec per doz; Ducks, Sia3.tO per pair;
Prairie Chickens, Si.76 per pair Squads, 25c.
each
Sweet Potatoes. soc. per peck; Irish do, soc;
Onions. g 30 PIX; Parsnips, c.; Celery, Sc. per
bunch; Cranberres, 15c. per ct; Cabbage, lOaaOc.
per head: Turnips, SIC. Fer PIX; Hominy, Ice
baeas, aCc. per PECK; Carrots p ese suin-
mach, 5oc.; Dried Prunes, 25c. per H. Dried
Currants, &c; Raisins, 25c.; Malaga Grapes,
ST. Dried Cherries, Sc; Dried Peaches, 25c.
Blackberries, 25c-; Dried Whortleberries, 25,.;
Cream Nuts, 25c.; FiIberts, 25c: English Wal
nuts, 25c.; Almonds, Soc; Cocoanuts, 15c. each;
peck; Walnuts. 4Oc.; Grapes, Nc. per h.:
Honey, sec; Oranges, Acc. per doz Lemons
55a2ec; White Beans, I6c. per qt; Corn Meal,
BrSWsltS per S msslr. sasts s,,, sasee
Corn, shelled, s1.3Oas1.i0; Corn, by ear, $3.50
ash per Dbl: Oats, soc. per bushel; Hay
sl-35 per cwt; Straw, si-b; Buckwheat, &C.
Fish-Buneh Fish, Soc; Goldfish, Founders,
and Haddock, 15c. per H.; Haibut, 25c; White
Fish, 25e.; Salmon Trout, Soc; Smells, 3oc;
Blue Fish. 15c.: Lake PickreL, Csc: I.obstsrs
Re; Terrapln, S25 per doZ.; Soft Grabs, Sc per
dozen; Shad. 81 25af so pr.
NEW SoUP-HoUsE ARRANaEMENrs- The
following comm ication, to the directors of
the Provident Aid Society, explains itself:
WASHINGTON CITY, March 5, 1s68-Gentl.-
men; The following is the result of the confer
enee yesterday between the committee of the
Provident Aid Society and Gen. c. H. Howard,
assistant commissioner: 81. -.a-..'..'. I.. =
i. Gen Howard will pay the salary Of the
soup-hoUse agent in the First, Second, Third.
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Wards from the nth
OF February onward.
2. He will furnish the bread. meat and des-
SEATED vegetables to the wards named, to four
Of them ON and after to-day, and to the remain
ing two on and after tomorrow. If the yege-
tables are not good. that fact to be reported di.
rect 10 Gen. Howard at once.
3. He Will furnish the wood for cooking if de.
sired, the same to be used with the utmost
economy.
4. acquisitions to be made on Gen Howard
in advance for the supplies acquired by the di-
rector or agent - ..
5. He win not pay for the bread, bought since
the 18th of February.
To carry out this arrangement>you will uies.se
report at once to the secretary fat the STAR 81.
fce) the name and salary OF the SOUP house
agent, and also the number of applicants (white
and eolored) in your ward.
The Treas urer also desires that the accounts
for your ward shall be closed up and handed
In az early as possible. Very respectfully yours,
s. H. KAUFMAN,
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MILLER VS.. MILLER, AND WICK VERSA
Yesterday afternoon, scene was enacted in
the office of Mr.. Edmund +. Brown, Examiner
In Chancery, on street, near It'll, which fortu.
nately is one of rare occurren in that locality
1t appears that in the Circuit Court yesterday,
when the case of +. Schmidt agt. w. NJ H
Mack was called, a motion was made by couu.
sci, and granted by Judge Wylie, that the testi.
mony in the case should be taken before Mr.
Brown, commencing at o'clock. Accordingly,
at that hour the examination of witnesses was
eommenced-Mr. W. J. Miller representing the
plaintiff, and Mr.. N. II. Miller the defendant.
After the testimony Of two witnesses had been
taken, proposition was made TO adjourn the
the case until the evening. This proposition
was debated at some length by the two Millers
one Charging that if the other made a certain
statement as the truth. he uttered falsehood
which drew out the plain Anglo Saxon
YOU'RE liar" and these words were banded
back and forth several times, when both parties
advanced, and several blows passed Mr..
Brown called upon them to keep the peace and
after Mr.. N H. Mixer had placed his hand as if
TO draw pistol threatening to give w. j.
something else, and calling him fool, and w
j. daring n. II. 10 shoot, order was restored
The parties failed to agree as to what time to
continue the examination last evening, but noon
to-day was finally fixed as the time.
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AyAeRANr WITH A Lora NAxH-yharlee
Lon iomimeho, a man without an occ upation
was yesterday fined 81 by Justice Harper, for
disorderly conduct q .sf.s-e5 a. = -
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STAR Once.
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To JAIL.-A colored boy named James Pope,
Is years old, was taken before Justice Harper
yesterday, charged with stealing from one
franS Porter. The justice sent him to Jail for
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ST. PETERS TEMPERANCE SocIRrY.-Ths
meeting of this soclety, at 81. Peters School.
Col. u Beirne, and Master Lewis Walsh viii
deliver a recitation. fF 81. = -tiiT - =
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BLIND ToN.-Many of our readers will re-
member the remarkable performances of the
idiotio colored boy, " Blind Tom," upon the
piano, in this city some ten years ago. He has
since been astonishing European audien ces, and
has now returned considerably changed in ap-
pearance, having grown to mans size. and ac-
CURED some sedateness of manner, but vet
more wonderful in his style Of performance
He has acquired more force and firmness of
touch, and has also a bass voice OF no little
capacity and depth. He is yet Enthusiastically
idiotiC, pausing in his most brilliant passages
to scratch his head or to make some grotesQue
gesture His performance at Odd-Fellows
Hall last night certainly caused great astonish-
ment to those who had previously heard him,
and stamps him as undoubtedly the most mex
phcable phenomenon that this world ever saw
in the musical way. He appears nightly at
Odd Fellows Hall, and the opportunity to see
and hear him is one not to be missed.
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LKCrCRE.-Those who failed to hear Prof
Fow1ers popular lecture on sLove and Mar
rage" at Metzerott Hall, last week, may have
an opportunity this evening, at Columbian
Law Building, 5th street. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-03-07

WILLIAM SLADE. the Presidents steward, Is
lying dangerously i'll, at his residence on Mas
sachusetts avenue. The President visited him
on Thursday, and remained tor some time, ex.
pressing great sympathy with his family in
their afiictiou -
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TESTIMONIALS.

hon. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
CRig Justice az tis Supreme Cc~-r Of Pa trytlss.
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1867.
~ md 'Hoofands German BitteTs' IL q good
tonic, useful In diseases OF the digestive organs
and OF great benebt in Of debility and want o.
nervous action u the system. Yours, truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD"
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JEWISH FAST AND FEsTIvAL-The Festival
OF PurIm, which commentaries the delivery of
The Jews from the wrath of Hannah will he
celebrated among the lsraelites in this and ALI
ether countries. tomorrow. The occasion will
D. one of Joy and en- ertainment, and for send
ing presents and giving aims to the poor, and
was preceded on Thursday last by the Fast of
Esther. Esther (Hadassal was a Persian q ueen
of Jewish descent, and wife of King Ahasuerus
Her history, As well as the narrative of the de-
hNery OF the Jews by her from a general mas
sacre, is gwen in the Bible. This massacre was
10 have taken place throughout the whole Per-
san empire on the 18th of the month Adar
hlng Ahasuerus, melted by his Jealous and
Nlholettye minister Hannah, who was incen ed
oy me independent spirit of the Jew MordecaI,
resolved upon the death of all the Jews in his
commons, but was turned from his wicked
purpose by Esther, VINO, inspired by Mordecsi,
saved her nation at the risk of her own life. To
CONNIE morate the most miraculous salvation Of
tner people and the destruction of their enc
nIeS, Mordecai and Esther introduced the fast
of the 18th of Adar-the dag of danger. 1t is
solemRly enjOined upon the Jews, wherever
they may be, TO observe this fast yearly at this
dat. ROVER was given the jews to defend
themselves against their enemies, and seventy.
Ave thousand of the latter were DESTROYED
among them Haman and his ten sons.
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ANOTHER BURGLARY BIZ SLIM JrM-H is
6retgae u oy q Brick.-About two O'Clock this
morning three burglars made an entrance into
Sne store Of Howell & Dement,, on N street
south, between Halt and South Capitol streets,
and went to work gathering up goods, &c. Mr..
hoWell and ms family, sleeping over the store,
heard the noise they made, and Mr. H. got up,
when they ran on. Mr.. Howell pursued them.
ano throwing brick brought one TO the ground
WIN the assistance of some citizens be was
qenSered 70 omeer Teeple and locked up at the
Filth Ward station. Hewas rccognjzed as las
M smith, better known as .sSlim Jimr who is
wei known to the police. He had a hearing
TINS morning before Justice Tucker, who COM
mlsd nlm to Iall, but before going tG Jail he was
'muzzled." They left in the store a rough
''Ilmmy," 'spick.' and dark lantern. and Smith
got only about 81 in money and 81 worth of
soap and tobacco
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TEE LETTER RoBBRRY.-Yesterday after
noon, Tlghlman Dorsey, the eoIored messenger
az the Seaton House, whose arrest by Special
post once Agent Depro, for robbing letter OF
SIC, was noticed yesterday, was brought bpfore
Justice Harper, at the Central Guardhouse
when Mr.. w. Y. FendaIl appeared for him.
MI. Dcpro produced the letter IA which the
bill was enclosed, IL having been Intercepted ar
me post ONCE, and IT was noticed that the en-
Neiope nad been changed, and The bill was
produced, when il appeared TO be q counterfeit
hr. Kendall raised the point that the bill being
a counterfeit was of no value ard therefore h;ss
client had committed no offence. After some
argument. the justice dismissed the case
Messrs. Depro and Smith stated that they
were not ANXIOUS to prosecute the case hut
heir object was TO show that many robberles
charged by the public TO post Office employees
were committed by other parties, and IN this
they thought they had succeeded.
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PRICES.
sonsnds German Bittsrs, Pc. bottle .........sl %
Hoonsnd1 German Tonic, pat mp in quart bottles,
0Do not forget 20 examine we'll the arttcte ycc
buy, In order 70 Get the genuine.
Sold BY Druggists snd Dealers svsryvhsss
21DAWeo6m
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mAh JOS. J. MAY L CO.'S mn
SG PARIS KID GLOVE DEPOT. XU
30s PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Between Ninth and Tenth streets
IMPAIRMENT OF THE INFERIOR.
IL Until ID STATES PaTENT n ETTCE
FULL SUPPLY
OF THE BEST PARIS MAKES,
JUST RECEIVED.

Ladies Gloves, 81; Gentlemen, s2.25.
NH k.0tif
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hon. JAMES THOMPSON,

Jxdse Of tAs SEprep1s Court Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, April d, 1856.
i consider 'Hoofsnd's German Bitters a ralHa-
1!t medicine in cases Of attacks of Indigestion OF
dyspepsia. can certify this from nay experience
JAMES THOMPSON
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L IRsr NATIONAL BANK
OF WASHINGTON.
h. d. COOKE, tof Jay Cooke Co. y President.
WIN. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier.
GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED
STATES,
15tk street, opposite the Treasury Department
Government Securities with Treasurer Unitst
States,
~0NE MILLION DOLLARS.A
We buy and sell ell classes Of GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES At current market rates.
FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Collection,
in ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE
UNITED STATES
We purchase Government Vouchers on the
MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, and give care
ful attention to
ACCO UNITS OF B USINESS MEN asd FIRMS
and to any other business entr listed to u.s.
FULL INFORMATION in regard to GOVERN.
MBNT LOANS at all times cheerfully furnished
WIN. 9. HUNTINGTON, Cashier.
Washington, March %, 1865. mN-tf
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Liver. STOMACH, OR DIGESTIVE ORGANS
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02
FOreign News.

A number of letters have been receiv-
ed in Dablin by prominent officials load
ed with explosive materials designed to
kill the persons addressed Several were
exploded by opening, but al latest dates
no person bad been killed. This is said
by the London press to be "the latest
Fenlan outrage" 30
The Londoners are much gratiied at
the reception Dickens received in this
country Dickens thought years7ago thai
the pocket nerve was the only one of
sensation Americans possessed.
The Pope has enioined the Rothschield
Bankers against paying the coupons of
Italian Bonds. 81
There is great excitement throughout
Italy which may eliminate in a rising
against the Government.
The Russian and PrssIan Governments
have sent orot 5 to the Colt Patent Fire
Arm Company, of Hartford. for large
quantities of Berdan rifles, and Gotleib
revolving cannon
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02
Communications.

H1eHLAND, Neb, Dec. %, 1862.
Mn. CHURcH:-Dear Sr-On Christ
mas morning the dwelling house of Hon,
w. B. Phillips, of Glen Rock Precinct
was burned to the ground. Nearly all
the provisions, bedding, and clothing be-
longing to the family were also destroy
ed. The loss is estimated at two thous.
and dollars. II was a sad Christmas to
themselves and the people of the viGini-
ty. The house was insured in the Amer.
lean Insurance Company WORTHLESS con-
Germ | am informed. The cause Of the
fire is no; Known. Mr.. Phillips says
that he and Mrs. Phillips remained in
bed until their son built a fire in the NOR.
ming, SO that they could watch the ma
nouvering of their two little daughters
when they discovered the contents of
their well filled stockings. The little
girls, on coming out of the room cried.
What is that up there 2" MIR. P. in
looking in hat direction saw a sheet of
fire. Grasping a bucket of water he ran
up stairs and found the fire pouring its
hot, scOrehing flames from a closet where
were deposited old papers and other COM
bustible material, and dashed the water
on The fast spreading flames. Mrs. P.
took another pail and ran to the well for
a bucket of water. but in her hurry she
twisted the brass line used on the pat
ent curbs and buckets, so that she could
not get the bucket up or down. Had it
not been for this there IS no doubt bat
that the fire would have been checked,
and the property saved without much
loss. Seeing thar the loss of the house
was inevitable, the stage company's host
Ter was called from the barn, and all
three went to work to save what first
presented itself 10 view. The people of
the n~eighborhood did not discover the
fire until the roof and siding were envel-
oped in flames. / wa over a mile
away from the scene of confiagration.
when l first discovered that The building
was on FIRE. The flames seemed to be
tapping the whole building with its forked
tongues. Mr.. Camp and myself hurried
to the stable, bridled the horses, and gal
topped one to the neighbors and the 9th
er to the fire. but too late to save any.
thing, although the first present, besides
the family.
With ropes the standing shell was torn
down, the cross beams pulled out. and by
this time water was Obtained, and by
some active working, the potatoes pork,
and canned fruit in tbs. cellar were saved
ip q slightly damaged condition. The.
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02
10 our READERS,

The old year has passed away, and vi
are now just stepping upon the borders
Of the new. The occurrences of the pas
year are now rapidly passing before Our
mind. And as we contemplate each sep.
arately, and reflect how brief the time
and how mighty for good or evil TO ma
ny souls these acts of ours have been.
we can hut exclalm, "How frail is mani
"How potent is his Influence and exam.
ple." He has lived in yaiu who has no
improved his capacity for good by the
experiences of the passed year. A mo-
ment's reflection will suggest improve,
ments in every department of labor in
which we seVerally have been engaged,
aud bring in review the new ideas stor-
ed in the minds treasure house, for fu-
ture use. Reflect as we may, the most
fortunate of our fellow men can but la.
ment over time lost-over opportunities
wasted-over a constitution impaired
and over knowledge misdirected. Fig
ure as we viii, Time, the great pres.
sing ShylOck, whose drafts must be hon.
ored, makes constant and increasing de.
mands upon the balances placed to our
credh-in each fleeing hour too soon
the bond will be forfeited and the place
that now knows US shall know US no
more forever" Then let US pause for
a moment before entering upon the Jour
ney of another year-contemplate brief
Iy the object of our existence-the aim
of life. Are we preparing ourselves for
the great hereafter? Are we adding to
virtue, knowledge, and 10 knowledge
temperance? Are we by our influence,
examples and virtues. lifting our fellow
man from the degradation of vice and
crime, to that purer plane which he is
destined to occupy? fire we If so,
may we not redouble our efforts in the
cause of humanity, as we enter upon
and prosecute the duties of the new year?
VIII not each strive to do more to lift
up the fallen, reform the vicious, edu.
cate the ignorant, encourage the virtu-
Gus, and improve Society. The history
of 1868 shall be our reporter.
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02

Mr. EDITOR 1T was feared by ma
nv hat the country at large" would not
survive the shock occasioned by the re-
port that "CoI. Parker of Gen. Grants
staff .fcame up missing at an hour fix
for his marriage with a ''pale face" at
the National Capital3h The explara-
ton is perfectly satisfactory at General
Grants headquarters. The "Medlcine
Man. of the six Nations y accOmpani-
ed by the spirit of a"dusky maid, ''kwho
claimed the stall CHIEF" aren't for him f;
seized and bound him ; conveyed him 10
a secluded room in a secluded hotel.
."lhere then be" mixes and administers
the Drug" which causes a 'deep Sleep
and the wedding is spoiled. The differ
ence of opinion as to whether the drug
was an extract of corn, rye or wheat,
potatoes, or grape, will perhaps never
be reconciled, unless t'Our Reporter
made The discovery when he twas arres-
ted in his course, by bringing up against
a post at the pavement edge" or when.
he discovered that he had landed in an
In-aying HOspital-for decrepid barrels,
decayed store goods, boxes, and Oderous
hen cOOps." Did the Seneca "Medicine
Man. "go for'' tour Reporter 2"
DAN. F
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02
GonePaINaWSyy !

Il i LE ~ ~
Reports of the food in the Sacrament
to Valley indicate hat it has been near
ly as disastrous as that in 1861 and 1862
The Ievees al Sacrsmeplo are said tObe
safe. Such a disastrous storm was new
er before known IN the Nevada range
of m~egptains bs1ulso-boo2 aitssNtI
The Union Leagues Of the South have
generally declared in favor OF Chief JUS
Etice Chase for the next President.
There is great distress reported BY the
officers Of the Freedmen's Bureau among
both the whites and blacks in the South.
The Government tax Oh whiskey is 50
per gallon. The Ways and Means Com
mittee report that only eighteen cents
per gallon has been collected.
The Democrats have recommended the
legislatures of New Jersey Ohio. and
California to repeal the resolutions of
those States ra,ifying the proposed I4Ih
article of the national constitution.
1t is understood thar the new English
Minister to the q. S. is armed with au.
thority to again open up the negOlia-
tions for a settlement on a satisfactory
basis of the Alabama claims.
The late fire at Quincy, illinois, de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property.
The Telegraphic reports of the rising
of the negroes in the South side coun-
ties of Virginia are untrue. The Mill.
tary Headquarters and the Freedmen's
Bureau know nothing of the matter.
Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-02
Tha Railr0al.

Ma. EDIroR :-One word more upon
the Railroad question and / am done, as
the tiresOme and long-winded speakers
say, when about making a new start.
The question now pending before the
people of Nemaha County, and to be de-
cided next Tuesday, is perhaps the most
important so far as it concerns the ma
terial interests Of the county, Of any
that ever has been, or SO far as / can see
that ever can be presented.
1t seems 10 have reduced itself down
to this-that il is the question upOnTwhich
now d~ePends,the whole project Of secur-
ing to this county the inestimable bene :
fits which must result frombeing on the
line of one of the most important if not
THE most important. railroad line in the
world. For il is unqpestionably true that
the line of commercial transit and travel
which connects the largest and mostimPor-
tapt-eities of this continent, with Europe
and Asia, is the most important IN the
world; and that this Mississippi and Mis-
souri, Air Line road projected as prOPos-
ed by the BrOwnville, Fl. Kearney and
Pacific Railroad Company, to a connec-
ton with the Union Pacific line, posses
es this advantage, any can see for him
self by looking at the map. And if we
vote down the proposition to aid in this
enterprise as proposed, we virtually say
to Congress and to the world that We do
not desire this enterprise to succeed -
This, of course, will put the project en-
tirely out of joint. For Congress is not
likely to assist the enterprise by the
necessary aid of a land grant, unless we
desire it. Whatever fayOrs of this kind
| Government may have to bestow, she
has no disposition 10 force them uron a
people or locality contrary to their wish
es, especially when, there are other eoun,
ties adjoining which have been most per-
sistant in their demands for the very
thing we reject.
The same may. be said in regard TO-
all the other influences which wOnld ia.
vor our enterprise. By voting against
the proposed aid we spurn from US all.
the favorable and friendly Influences
which we have enlisted and might en-
list, and which have been, are now and
will be most ~seduously eourted for 9TH
er places and routes less favored by ma
ture but more alive TO their own inter
ests. as. II.