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Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25

THE OMAHA Bee,
The recognized champion Of popular rights and
progressive ideas enters upon this campaign
with q firm determination to expose and de-
nounee the plots and i~ntrigues Of corruption
lists, political hummer and ringu asters of
every faction. The independent and Outspoken
course of the BEE during the past three years
is a sufficient guarantee that it will sustain all
just measures, and ever be ready to assail cor
ruption and rascalify wherever it may appear.
An Outspoken advocate Of the rights of the
industrial classes, its motto Away. has been
SUP WITH THE PEOPLE AND
DOWN WITH M0NOPOLIEs.~
The issue OF the coming campaign involves
the prosperity Of the state fore decade OF years,
and the voice Of the Bee will be heard with no
uncertain sound, for
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25
Campaign Opened!
IN TINES OF PEACE PREPARE
FOB WAR.
Vigilance 10 the Price of
Liberty.

The Campaign Of 1874 promises to be by all
Odds the most important and exciting political
contest that has ever taken place in Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25

JunlOeodtoJ uly1.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25

ygvO RENT-A furnished room ; with or with
out board room suitable for gentleman
aud wife, or two single g~entlemea. Inquire
at l64 Jackson street. Je6tf
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25

T ANDS AND LOTS-The undersigned offers
for sale, On terms to suit purchasers,
desirable business and residence lots in this
CITY, and farming lands in this State.
WATSON Il. SMITH,
ielSeod2w SOC Redick's Opera Housa.
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Go West Through ST. Louis.

To all who are seeking new homes in
or about to take trip to Missouri, KAN
sas. Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska,
Oregon or California, We recommend a
cheap, safe, quick and direct route, ria
St. Louis, over the Missouri Pacjfc
Through Line. 1t is equipped with Day
Coaches, Bucks reclining Chair Cars,
Pullman's Palace Sleepcrs, the famous
Miller Safety Platform. and the celebra-
ted W estinghousG Air Brake and runs its
trains from st Louis to principal points
in the West, withom change We believe
that the Missouri Pacific Through Line
has the best track of any road West of
the Mississippi River, and with its supe
rior equipments and unrivaled comforts
for has become the great pop
uar thoroughfare between the East and
the West Trains from the North, East
and South connnctat ST Louis with trains
or the Missouri Pacific The Texas con-
nection of this road is now completed,
and passengers are offered first class.
all-rail route from st Louis to Texas,
either over the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad, via Sedalia, or over the
Atlantic IL Pacific Railroad, cia Vinita
For maps, time tables, information as to
rates, routes, DC, address S H THaMp
SON, Eastern Passenger Agent, Co.
lumbus, Ohio, or E. A. FORD, General
Passenger Agent st Louis, Mo. Ques
tions 'o'll be cheerfuIiy and promptly an
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Wheat Growing In Nebrask a.

Nebraska is now attracting consider
able attention as one Of the best fields
for settlement in the Union. In eli
mate and soil il meets the condi,ions.re-
qnired for the successful cultivation OF
all the productions Of the temperate
zane, and also some Of the sub-tropical.
1t is not often that corn and wheat
thrive equally we'll in any country; but
SO it is i'll Nebraska Corn is the first
staple crop, of course; but SO soon as
the farmer is well settled upon his land,
he puts in wheat Tue wheat of Ne
braska is in good favor; and in ST.
Louis aud Chicago markets it's price
averages several CENTS per bushel more
than the price OF the neighboring States
can command In bread making quail
lilies the wheat Of Nebraska only ranks
second to that Of California, with which
1t does not come into competition. The
agricultural triumphs which have been
achieved in Nebraska are the work of a
little more than ten years, and, as the
country is settled, and the position of
the IA mor becomes easier, wheat ranks
higher among the crops of the country.
In 1860, when the population was %,
900, the wheat crop amounted to l47,-
S67 bushels, or about ST bushels per
head an ! in 1870, when the population
was one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand, the wheat crop was 2,125,0S6
bushels, Or a little under 174 bushels
per head. Tue population for 1873 can
only be estimated, and therefore it is
hest nut given; hut the wheat crop oil
that year (which was an unfavorable
agricultural year, amounted to three
million bushels. The record is there,
lore still one of advancement for the
young State.
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Election Points.

Toledo elects the Democratic city
ticket by small majority. The Coun.
Gil ia Republican.
The vote for Judge Yaple for Judge
Of the Superior Court OF Cincinnati; was
1880. Both parties voted for him.
The Democrats were triumphant in
Cincinnati bv 1000 majority They
will have majority in the City Council
Of Is on joint ballot.
Ingersol's majority in Connecticut is
not far from $500. The Senate con-
tains II Democrats and 4 Republicans
the House l43 Democrats. 96 RNpubli-
cans and 2 Independents.
st. Joe. Mo I, elected a Democratic,
ticket for the first time since tie negroe,
began voting.
At Fremont ard Plattsmoath. Neb
| Peoples candidates were elected over
those of the Republicans.
The entire temperance tickets-botll
township and corporstion--were elected
in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, on Monday.
At Atchison, Kansas, the Citizens
ticket was elected. on which all the can.
didates bat one are Republicans.
In Kansas City, No, the Democratic
elected i've out Of six Aldermen and
the Mayor, by one hundred majority.
At Jackson, Ohio. the Republicans
elected q Mavor, Marshal, two ont o
three Counrilmen. aud Solicitor. Tht
Democrats elected the Clerk and Treas
urer.
! Omaha has elected a Republican May
or ny 6s5 maj ,rity also Republican
rrt asurer, Clerk and Police .Iudge.--
The Democrats elected the City Mar
shall. oig
At Fort Scott, Kansas. the entire Re
form ticket, with Col J. H. Ferry fo
Mayor. was elected excepting the Po
lice Judge and one Councilman. Th'
8ght was mainly on the Temperance
Issue.
| The st. Loui, city election resulted
in the choice Of FIVE Democrats, foa
Republicans and three independents t.
the Council, and three Republicans, ,thrc
Independents and two Democrats to til
School Board The Council will stand
II Democrats, 6 Republicans and 4 In
dependents The proposition TO issu
S2,500,000 of bonds for streetiimprove
ments was over fwhelmingly defeated.
/ At Manhattan, Kansas, a strligh
Temperance ticket was elected
| A temperance ticket was elected q
Higginsport Ohio, after spirited cor
test.
i At Bucyrus, Ohio, the Citizens de
feated the Democratic candidate 70
Marshal BY four majority.
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middle one being only two-thirds til,
hti ht Of the Ontsitle masts.

middle one being only two-thirds tie
hei,ht of the outside masts.
On the opposite side of the room from
this we discovered huge fat stone lean
ins against the wall On the smooth sur
face of this was also the engraving of a
ship, much larger than the others, and
near ;he bow the picture Of a large man,
with spear in hand, apparently male to
represent an explorer landing and taking
possession fsome country On remov-
ING this huge stone a passage four feet
high, and in some places wider than that,
led us into smaller chamber about thirty
feet square, though more interesting than
any OF the others. Here the party became
almost will at the strange and curious
things. Bones Of men at least nine feet in
stature were found near the entrance,
among which were two or three skulls
Near the center of the room was primi
tive quartz crusher in the shape of large
stone, holiowet out like mortar -
Arounl this were number Of tools, large
and small, and large sledge lay on the
edge fthe mortar, Just as the workman
had left it when ne struck his last blow, at
least q thousand years ago. The tools, so
far as examined, were found to he copper,
though tempered, as they were hard as
steel
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tFrom the Wheeling Register.)

RINGBoNE-I wish to inquire, through
your paper, for cure Of ringbone. l
have colt about ten months old that
has two ring homes started on his hind
feet I first noticed some difficulty
about six weeks ago He is not much
lame; the enlargement is not sore to the
touch; in fact, the colt is doing we'll, and
the ringbone entirely too well
HIRAM BOWMAN
"Stonehenge" recommends for ea'ly
treatment an ointment made of bini"-
d.de Of mercury drachm and lard j
ounce, to be we'll rubbed in after cut
tin the hair short, every night until q
rec wa'erv discharge is produced. Tie
foot should he well fomented with very
hot water every morning and afternoon.
After few days. repeat the ointment,
continuing The water all the time. A
seton, or even firing will sometimes ans
wer The disease can probably never
he cured without leaving blemish, nor
without liability to lameness. if the
horse is worked hard
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Settlement Accounts.

fecstt =-s,fss 5 srF
PROBATE JuDeE'sO OFFICE. MONROE couSrY,r
al WooDsFIELp,- OHIO, April Z, 1874. &
THE following settlement accounts Of Adj
ministrasors and Guardians will be tor
hearing on Thursday, April 80. 1874:
Geo B Davenpor: Guardian of Josiah Bayner's
heirs. partial & g ztasE q
John Ludy Adm'rof jacob lfomj partial
Hugh Dimes Guardian Of David MoCatcheon's
heirs partial. -,
Jonathan Conner Guardian Of Mary & Mills,
final.
Josiah Dement, Admir- of Vincent Dement,,
final.
1T Culvsrhouse Guardian of VIM Ullom's
heirs. partial.
John U Steigsr Guardian Of Mary Hardy,
final. -v s-,,-.r,
Thomas Murphy Admir- Of James v Black,
final.
John Kerr Guardian Of Frsderick Attle's
hers. partial.
B r briggs Executor, of Mary Moore. fnal.
JAS. R. MORRIS, y .
apr7.T4wS. Probate Judge.
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Stanley on Livin=st0me--The Seal
ci Diary OF the Traveller.

Mr. S anley has written to the London
Daley News long communication in re-
gard to the death of Livinetone,in which
he saws:
at will all come ont right at last" he
was accustomed to say to m, continually
when any reference was made to his re-
turning home. BY this faith be breathed
into me the strong hope that he would
live to return, until | became firm in the
belief that he was destined tp receive the
laurels the Christian world was rea ly to
shower upon him in person.
1t is aow asked what he has done since
he left England, in 1866, and whether all
he has done will ever be made known, and
how much of the knowledge thought to
be gained by his knowledge is lost? To
the first question would answer, that a
short resume of his discoveries. such as
he gave me. and such as I obtained from
the study of his map, has been already
published. To the second question I
would answer that copious record of
his discoveries. extending over period
of six wears, which I brought to England
I'd of August, 1872, is SAFE in the hanis
of Miss Agnes Livingstone, his eldest
daughter This record hegins from the
day he left Zanzibar in December. 1866,
TO the 18th Of March, 1872 1t embraces
his discoveries from the mouth OF the
Rovuma River on the east coast of Afri
ca to the Nvassa Lake, those made from
the Nvassa Lake in the new lands west Of
Nyassa, in the districts of the MaZtu.the
Bobisa, Bohemia, the Wa Marungu-Ca-
zemhe Rua. Manvuema- Waguhhah,up to
Ujji, where he arrived the 22d Of Otto
her. 1871. 1t also contains his discove-
ries made while he journeyed with me.
from about the middle of September.
1871, to the 10Th Of February, 1872, when
he arrived at Unyanyembo.
To ordinary readers al this may ap-
pear very vague, hutif I tell them that
Livingstone has tramped distance of s.
800 miles afoot in that period they may
have a conception Of the value of the
journal which now lies in the strong room
Of Glasgow bank,and which was sealed
bv me on the evening of the 18Th of
March, 1872. They will be prepared to
appreciate the treasure which must now,
according to Livingstone's instructions,
see the light (; they will be able to judge
for themselves what Livingtone has
done; of the length Of the journey the
brave heart accomplished.
Livingstone was lahorious note-ta-
ker. A little note book was ALWAYS on
hand to jot down on the march what OBJ
servations he made-which were faith
fully copied orimproved upon in the big
journal after his arrival in camp. And
as Livingstone set great store upon these
I thev must he of value, and contain much
additional information.
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THE w EST.

Frogs are So dozen in Frisco.
The Kansas State levy amounts to six
m lis
The line of q narrow-gauge railway
has been located between Des Moines and
Ames, Iowa.
Work on the narrow-g gauge railway be
tween Mmphysboro and Cairo, Iii will
begin next week.
Kansas raised, last year, among other
things, $500 pounds of cotton. and 49,
047 pounds of tobacco.
Over 10000 new ties are to be laid this
summer on the Southern Minnesota Riil
way, between Lanesboro and Grand Cros-
sing.
The Plano, iii factory has just sent
200 Marsh harvesters to Russia. They
are shipped via the Mediterranean Sea to
Odessa.
A vein of superior black coal, six feet
thick, has been struck at Wheatland,
Knox County, Ind 1877 feet below the
surace OF the ground.
During the past week the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy Railway has shipped
from Aurora to the Indianapolis Rolling
Mills 665, 200 old rails
The needy settlers of Northwestern
Iowa use for fnel had twisted prairie
grass, and this substitute for wood and
coal is found to do very well.
It's estimated that Michigan now con-
tains sc, 0,000,0 600 feet of pine lumber,
AMI that at the present rate of taking it
off it will last about 20 years.
Shebovgan, Wis, has 49 different man.
ufacturing companies. one of which paid
last year 100000, of which all except
$4,000 was paid olt in the city and
county. as
Prentis D Ch .ney has farm of 1920
acres near Jerseyville, in Christian Coun-
tv, H., all under cultivation, and has on
hand 5 900 bushels of wheat aud $4,000
bushels of corn
Mr.. Car! Herman, long time resident
of Madison, Wis, has been notified from
Vienna, Austria, that an estate valued at
$500, 900 has heen left him there. He has
gone to look afterit.
An animal closely resembling a seal is
frequently seen on the ice at Pine Lake,
Mich. 1t plays about on the ice and oc-
casionally dives through into the water
and brings up lish on which it feeds
A paper is to be started in Lafayette,
Indiana, that is to he printed for six days
in the week in English, and the seventh in
German tits to he an evening paper
week days and morning paper Sundays.
Two Detroit girls have been arrested
for getting on locomotive, opening the
throttle valve, and starting the machine,
They then jumped of, but the engine ran
through q freight train, doing $500 dam
aye.
Samuel and Isaac Snideker own 1000
acres of land near Plain View, in Macou
pin County, Ill.,, and lately sold 10000
bushels Of corn, the product of this farm,
at SOC per bushel. They have 800 acres
OF land in wheat.
John Wolf, a geologist, in recent ad
dress before the farmers Of Fulton Coun
ty, at Canton, Illinois, estimated the seven
coal veins to contain 5.300,000000 tons,
all of which might be reached by shaft
200 feet in length He also gave much
valuable information regarding the iron
ore and stone found in the county.
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''ls it not the first duty Of the people
to suppress the so-caIled Uemotratic
party? The fitness of the Adminis,ra-
ton party to rule without reform comes
next in order"
The above is from the New York
Post. The same thing in substance, and
nearly the same In form, has been put
forward hy almost all the Republican pa
pers. IS the hest thing that coud be said
for their party. 1t deserves alleution,
tnr nothing else, because so much reli-
ance seems to he placed upon it. and
because It assumes to be unanswcrab'e,
We will venture, in reply to the for.
,niaahe question. to say that it is not
tho first duty Of the people to suppress
the so called Democratic party. For a
dozen years that party has been power.
less in the Executive b'ancf Of the gov
crnmenJ aud In a helpless minority in
the Legislative and Judicial branches !;
30 that, however fatally 1t may have been
bent on mischief, it has been, and is now,
overpowered by the Republican party.
Suppose it to be just as bad as the bit
terest Radical would have us believe,
what ia the need Of suppressing il' 1t
lie suppressed, aud has been for years, so
far as controlling national politics is con.
cerned.
The Republican part, has full control
now; it could have no; more if there
we're no Democrat in existence. If the
IRepnblcan party desires reform, it will
meet no opposition from the Democrats !;
and if it should, it is, and has been, am.
ply able to establish such reform in spite
of that opposition.
The argument implied in the question,
il thero be any argument there, is, that
| the present wrongs are not to be righted,
because there exists party which they
pretend to fear might commit other
wrongs if it should obtain power: First
suppress those who might possibly do
| wrong in the future, before. bringing to
accountability those who are doing
wrong now.
But the point that is really sought to
be enforced, is artfully concealed. It is
aicovert method Of saying to the author
tiles. Do not attempt to reform abuses,
for YOU thereby admit that abuses exist.
Do not expose corruption .ur voa there
by prove that corruption exists. Do
nothing which vii! confess any irnper-
feciion among US, so long as there is q
party to take advantage OF that comics
sion In short, let reformation be post
poned till doomsday rather than ''ininre
the party
Tho policy clearly inlicstcd by the
Postz question, is to suppress. not cor
ruption, but the evidence Of it. To try
to hold the party together by invoking
the often. used prejudice againstt the Dem
ocrats, in the meantime giving to their
own sepu'chre repa,.ed coatinss or
whitewash.
1t says to all Republicans, Let as leave
off investigations. aad all join in1railins
ut the Dem ,cratic party.
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Written for The Spirit of Democracy
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
WEST UNroN.W. VA April 3. 1874

WEST UNIoN,W VA April 3. 1874.
Ed SPIRIT: Go West, Young man
go West, are words attributed % one
of our celebrated philanthropists, and
allow me to ask, why not jlst as sensiblv
say, "Go Esst. young man. When a
man sewers Old ties and associations for
THE purpose of forming new, his general
ldea is to remove to other aud different
scenes, with view to lettering his con
dition; and wherehe sup,,oses the better
chance to he, he will have n natural de.
sire to go Tie West no doubt holds
out many attractions. but in many in.
stances distance lend, enchantrnent to
the view,' and when the realities are ex
perienced the discovery is soon made
that .'a,l Is not gold that glitters."
In the Inducements held ont for immi
grants to West Virginia, we do not pre-.
tend. to say that crops will grow without
being painted and having proper care,
nor do We say that our timber will fell
itself, prepare for and transport itself to
market; but we do say. that very good
land can be purchased here at compare
lively low prices, and that, with proper
tlllage, produce of almost all kinds can
be raised In abundance, and that by in.
dustry our timber, growing in the for
ests of West Virginia and especially
along this railroad, can he prepared for
market and sold at good figures.
Oar lumhermen tell me that they real
ize from $40 to S24 per thousand for
poplar and white oak lumber and timber,
board measure, depending on quality,de
liyered at stations on the road. Black
and white walnut a great deal higher
staves from SIS to $40 per thousand, ac-
cordiug to size and weight; hoops from
So to Sl0,and railroad cross ties 80 cents
each. C"rn 75c to 81 %; wheat 81 25
to 80; oats 30c and upward; potatoes
60c to 81 so; butter seldom less than
25c, and eggs very seldom as low as l0c,
and these prices are ready cash; so you
see that by industry and frugality, far,
mer cannot help making money over
here, and that, too, without heiug in any
danger of contracting ague and other
diseases peculiar to strange climate, as
they do out West, for our climate is gen
orally about as at your place-if any diff
| ference a little mildcr.
But time and space say quit, so l will
leave many things Of which l desire to
spesk for another time GANo.
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NEWS ITEMS.

Griffin, Ga, is going to issue $4,000
of wildcat money.
There are S79 consicts in the Tennes
see State Penitentiary.
Charleston strawberries are selling in
New York at 81 75a quart.
The new railway tariff law of Wiscon
sin reduces frei yhts on grain from ~ to
20 per cent below present rates.
Philadelphia is about to ship fourteen
locomotives to Odessa, in Russia. The
freight is 81, 300 per locomotive.
There are repo' ts from the Portuges'
territory Of West Africa Of the ultel
failure of the second exploring expedl
ton Grandy was left With only sever
men,
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sHERIFF's SALE.
Sturgeon, Sharp 4 Co.
Samuel Pollen ct ux,

DY virtue If an order Of sale to me dirset-
ID cd from the court of common pleas Of
Molroe county, Ohio, I will Offer for sale xs
the front door Of the court house, in tho
town Of Woodsfsld, between the hours Of
lO O'Clock a. IN and o'clock p. m. on "
Saturday, the 9Th day Of Nay, 1874.
the following described real estate situate in
Monroe county. Ohio. to wit: 49, s.'v
The south end Of thu southwest half .ofths
southwest quarter Of section twsnty-one,
township four of range Ave. and bounded
and described as follows: Beginning at the
Woodsfsld aud Antioch road where the Sec
tion line crosses said road; thence east along
said section to the corner Of John Moflt's
thence north along sad Mohl,'s line
ten RODS; thence west to said Woods6eld and
Antioch road; thence southeast with said
road ten rots to the place Of beginning,
containing Eve acres, more or less. Aa5|f
Appraised at $500, -
sl q ha T.. o. LITTLE, 4
s' .5e Sheriff n. C. o.
HoLLIsrkR & OKRY, Att'ys, roR s7rs9 s.i{
apr7'7iW5
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AsTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.
F. ohlinger, Guardian,
VS.. .i,1
James Wells, ct al. EaaT

DY virtue of an order of sale to me dirsctsd
from the court Of common pleas Of Mon-
roe county, Ohio, will offer for sale at tho
front deor of the court house, in the town Of
Woodsdeld. between the hours Of 10 o'clssk
a. m. aud O'clock p. m, on
Saturday, the 18th day of Apri1, 1874,
the following described real estate, situate in
Monroe county, Ohio, to wit:
Five-elevsnths of the northwest quarter
Of section Ave, In township seven and range
seven; said quarter containing one hundred
and sixty-seven acres, being the part of said
quarter where James Wells now lives and %.
oupies; also, thirty-three acres one quarter
and ten rods of the west side of the north
west quarter of section Eve, in township
seven of range seven, oi equal breadth
through said quarter section, together With
the privileges and appurtsnanessi Herewith
belonging, ss1e tes q
Appraised at S6,270. si sssan
LOUIS HoEFRLRR,
.aa Mas. Com. n. C.U.
L. HoHrfLxR, Att'y. mchi7,,T4ws.