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Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

Aurora, Hamilton county, con-
tains 25 buildings, including several
stores, one hotel, a printing office
and a lumber yard.
lin June, 1856, Columbus con-
tanned only one house and that was
torn down and converted into a raft
by a rowing mountaineer who
wanted to cross the Platte river.
The County Superintendent of
Thayer county he's absconded with
several hundred dollars of the peo-
pies money, ard without his desti-
tute wife ar2 children.
The Decatur school bonds have
failed, and the people of Decatur are
determined to build a substantial
brick structure by voluntary con-
tributions.
Firth, Lancaster county, con-
tains a dozen dwelling houses, two
general stores, a drug store, harness
shop, shoe shop, three blacksmith
shops, and two lumber yards.
La Porte, the county seat of
Wayne county, contains one store,
one hotel, and the county buildings.
A new brick court house is in pro-
cess of erection.
The doings and failings of all
the county officers, past and present,
who during the past five years have
fought, bled and oied for the tax
payers of Cunning county, are to be
Investigated.
The Grand Island and st. Joe
railroad grade will be completed to
to the north channel of the Platte
river, five miles, by next Thursday,
if the weather is favorable.
The Oakdale Journal advocates
the establishment of a military post
on the head waters Of the Elkhorn,
for the purpose ofprotecting frontier
settlements.
1t is estimated that there are
already $50 claims taken in Holt
county, and the indications are that
$50 families more will move into
the county between this and the
middle of July:
Mr.. Bever, Charles Ransom and
two other citizens of Wisner, will
start on a voyage down the Elkhorn
in a boat for Flattsmouth in about
two weeks. They will take a tent
with them and be ready to tie up on
the river bank wherever night over
takes them.
Col. Mulchay, of the United
States Army, is at old Fort Kearney
with a detachment of men engaged
in removing the dead buried there.
The government has been at this
work for some time. There are
about 2S0 bodies there now. They
will all be removed during the sum-
mer to Fort Mcpherson.
Last week L. w. Plat, of
Columbus, made a most valuable
shipment of buffalo robes, billed at
Sl0,4 400. These robes were collected
within the limits of our State hy
the Pawnees, and were sold to Mr..
Platte while green. He employs
the squaws to tan them and then
sells them to parties in the east,
and makes a handsome profit upon
them,
Last "Wednesday, Frank Ben
jamin, a young man who lives be-
tween the Blue and Indian Creek, a
few miles above Beatrice, accident
ally shot himself with a gun while
pulling it out offs wagon. A woman
who was i'm the wagon, drove to the
next farm house for help, but when
she returned, Benjamin was found
dead, and horrible to relate, his
body was burned to a crisp, 1t hav-
ing caught fire from the wadding
of his gun.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

REFERRING to the Grant-Sartoris
nuptials the New York Herald de-
clares, "while there was a large
party Of friends present at the mar
rage, an abundance of floral tributes
and a display of elegant toilets, as
was very proper, tbs event was dis
tinguished for that republican sim
plicity 60 becoming in the family Of
the first citizen of this Republic"
And the BEE desires to remark if
this be a sample of republican SIM
plicity the less We have Of it in
this country the better for republi-
canism.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

BRITISH subjects are never with
out some cause for %jubilating and
Illuminating. First came the Per-
sian Shah, then the Duchess of
Edinburgh ; still later the Gar of
all the Russians. And now they
juhilate because Victoria has reached
another birth anniversary.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26
GRANGE POINTS.
AT HOME.

The material for the Grange
elevator at Bennett Station (Lan-
caster county, is now on the spot.
The county association of Paw
nee county Patrons meets ON
the first Monday in June.
The Otoe county Changers have
invited Judge Mason to crate on
July 4th.
The Changers of Firth, Neb.,
are agitating the proposition to
build an elevator.
The Douglas County Council of
Patrons will hold an important
meeting at Omaha Saturday, May
31th.
The Nemaha County Associa-
ton p. of H, will hold their reg
ular quarterly meeting at Grand
Prairie on the first Tuesday in June.
Some of the Washington coun-
ty Patrons propose to join the
Changers of Douglas and Sarpy
counties in the proposed Fourth of
July festivities.
ABROAD.
Tennessee has 500 Oranges.
North Carolina has about 345
Oranges.
The Changers i'm Coffee county,
Tenn, are talking of building a cot
ton factory.
Some of the Iowa Changers
have adopted the practice of APP
pointing one of their number as edi-
tor, whose duty it is to prepare a
paper for the succeeding meeting.
A Grange cotton tie mandatory
Is proposed by the Tennessee
Patrons at Chattanooga; several
other States indorse the project as
a means of Kidding themselves of a
monopoly.
A Mississippi Grange is offering
SIS for the best corn and the largest
number of bushels from one acre of
land; SIS for the best and largest
number of gallons from one acre of
cane; and SO for the largest and
best hog of any age raised in Win
stOn county.
The Grange store started last
fall at Winona, Wis, has failed (lia-
bilities, (Sl3,OO0, with no assets);
and a similarone at Owatonna closed
up after a loss of nearly $50, OOO.
The honest stockholders snuff the
odor of monopoly" i'm those
concerns.
The Changers Union of San
Joaquin Valley, CAL, for the pur-
pose of trade and commerce, and
a general mercantile
business on their own account and
for others on commission, has been
Incorporated. The capital stock is
s25O,OOO, of which S26, 900 is already
subscribed. Stockton is the princi-
pal place of business.
The sacramento Council of the
Patrons of Husbandry has formeda
fruit-drying company,
With a capital of $50, 1000 and will
rect suitable buildings at once, SO
g to be prepared to 60 into operation
With this years fruit crop. 1t has
'een decided to procure five Alden
and set them I'D soon,
The experiment of drying sweet DO
.toes and other vegetables by this
'rocess will be made.
The Carson, (Nevada) Appeal,
avs: "There is at any rate a move
nent of the grangers, which
re observe with pleasure; we
efer to a certain activity displayed !
y enterprising men in blowing up I,
nd bringing under cultivation ex- :
ensive tracts of sagebrush land in !.
he suburbs of Carson. 1t Is really I,
ratifying to notice the rapid disap- ,
earance hereabout of u aromatic ..
LIANT before the az, pillow and har- ,
Nv, especially along the road lead :
lg toward the State prison." ,
The Rural Sun advises Patrons !,
) follows: "Have no Grange can I
but vote for the men who {
Ill do most to protect and foster ,
but do not vote for one 9
IMPLY on the ground and for the '
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26
The Oldest Established
BANKING HOUSE
IN NEBRASKA,
Caldwell, Hamilton 4 Co.,
8ANKE7s

7ANARRs =
Business transacted same aS that
Of IN Incorporated Bank.
Accounts kept In Currency or Gold
subject to sight check without no.
tice.
Certificates Of Deposit issued pay.
able OF demand, or at fixed date
bearing interest at six percent. per
annsm, and available in in all parts
Of the country.
Advances made to customers on
approved securities at market rates
Of interest.
Buy and sell Gold, Bills Of Ex.
change, Government, State, County.
and City Bonds.
We give special attention to 2
tiating Railroad ard other COrSO.
rate Loans issued within the stats.
Draw Sight Drafts on England.
ireland, Scotland, and all parts Of
Europe.
Sell European Passage Tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
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Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

EZRA WILLARD, J.. H. WILLARD,
PRESIDENT. Cashier.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26

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Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-26
NOTICE.

On snl sft9 October tventy-hnt, 1877, the
Sty circulation Of ths DAILY BEE ID assumed
BY Mr.. Edwin Davis, TO whose order all sub
szipesas not paid ~ ths offcs win be payable
snA BY whom all receipts for subscriptions VII
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STATE JOTTINGs.

Sutton continues to prosper.
Albion wants q gIistmill.
The Geneva jail has been con-
verted into a blacksmith shop.
Madison county wants to cstab-
llsh a tree nursery.
The assessed valuation of Lam
caster county is $4,359,014.31.
Columbus proposes to have a
grand fireman's turnout on June 1.
-Fairburry still prsys for a brick
maker.
Arizona, Burt county, Is affiic-
ted with grasshoppers.
Bennett, Lancaster county, is
jubilant over her new wind mill.
Wilbur, Saline county, is erect
ing fifteen new buildings this spring.
West Point wants to organize
q library association.
Cunning county's assessed val
uation is 81. 92,657.97.
Wayne county warrants are
quoted at par.
-Wahoo is to he reinforced by a
furniture store and bank, shortly.
The Pawnees are after their inn
migration agent with a sharp stick.
-Juniatta would be pleased to
have q Touring mill.
Chapman implores the Union
Pacific to put their lots on sale.
Lone Tree feels proud of her
new town pump.
Old Fort Kearney is now COM
pletely demolished.
Nebraska City is overrun by
dead beats and Migrants.
Harvard has q newspaper, and
its name is the Harvard Advocate.
-Wisner sports three blacksmith
shops, and one millinery establish
ment.
A semi-weekly steamboat line
has been arranged between st. Jo-
seph and Peru.
German theatricals and Omaha
lager are the favOrite amusements
of Fremont.
Eight a loads of cement have
already beeI shipped by the Beatrice
Cement Company.
Fremont has been victimized
by hotel thieves and providing vaga-
bonds.
The Brownville distillery was
at public sale by the United
collector last Saturday.
An extension of the Atchison
and Nebraska road from Lincoln to
is now talked of.
The Capital News is to be the
name of the new temperance daily
- be published at Lincoln.
According to the census maker
Lincoln returns a population of
1922, and Lancaster county 14,3OS.
Harvard is q Temperance town.
She draws her water from a public
we'll by windmill power.
Sixty buildings have been erect
d at Kearney Junction i'm the past
line months.
-Tekama has exported 49, 900
lozen eggs to eastern markets since
1.
Grand Island Is to have a foun-
Try and agricultural implement
Over eighty claims have been
Jed NJ the Norfolk land Office under
um5er act, since April LIST. q!
There Is q splendid opening for !,
tin-shop and hardware store at 4,
)avid City. !,
Over ten thousand head of
'exas cattle are now grazing In the !
sepuotlcan valley. !
Grand Island expects to be- I,
0me the practical terminus of the !
[idland Pacific within the next
ighteen months. 6
bloomington, Franklin county, '
Ill looks hopefully for the removal +
the u s. Land Office from Lowell b
} that point. q
-.Sarpy county wants q good was- :
D bridge across the Platte 1t some {
pint lear the west end of the 9
p
Crete Is improving faster this r
'ason than ever. Twenty-three 4,
lildings have been erected there in
'e past six weeks. =.
The total acreage of pre-emp- d
pms, homestead and timber claims "
ed ut the Lowell land Office since a
arch Isl, is nearly l45, 900 acres. 81
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21
lWHYs -NEyADA MkY0Rs RUN .lNTO
I7''~'|' THE GROUNU.

The Virginia Ci.y Nsv. Entsrpriss says
It's ! we'll kaown pseuliarity Of our Washos
rives that they sink into the earth. Each
river empt,ss into what is called it's sink,
or lake. None Of them get out Of the
State or empty into the sea. This curious
fact Was once ouriously accounted for by .
Queor old follow who made bis homo in the
shadow Of Mount DAvidson. Said he =
TIE way it come about w.s in this wise :
The Almighty, q the time he was orsat'a'
and fashioniu' this earth, got along -
this section late on Saturday evening
He had got through with oil the great
lakes, like Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie aud them !; had made the Ohio. Mis-.
sissippi, and Missouri rivers, and ~ . sort
Of wind up, concluded 10 make river that
would beat anything he had done In that
line. He started and traced out Humboldt
river, an Walker river, an Trukes R,ver,
an Carson River, an Reese river. an al
the other Rivers, an he w. leading of
'sm along, oalcula tin to bring 'em all TO-
ssther into one big boss river, an Il hsn
lead that of an le: it empty into The gulf
Of Mexico, or California, ~ might be the
most convenient; hut ~ hs5 Vas bringing
down ~. lsedin. along his :. hranohss -
Truokse, Humboldt Carssa, Walker, IN,
then-an at onee it came on dark, an not
being able 70 carry out his plan, ha just
tucked tho lower ends Of tho several
streams into Ii. ground iw;h.r they war p.
they've stayed there ever sinoe," GA" =
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

-T~enty.oue years ago . daughter
Of Pstsr Hawk, ESQ.,, of stsouds.
burg, Pa, vas bitten BY . mad dog.
Although cattle bitten by the same
dog were seized with hyarophobi., the
girl did not show any symptoms Of the
dise,se. She g1exi 10 :',vemAnhood
Ind WAS married. Recently, d 'she
v,s raising glass Of water to her lips,
4 shuddsr ran through her, and in =
hw minutes she was seized with hydro
phobis In ito worst form. A numhsr
Of phJsisiass wore called, but they
could do' sothioeI for; tbia tber. e. Sbe, be- died
in great agony. ''1
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80 80 49,. =. 49, -
E00S HAVE A SEX.

Science and experisnoe have sufioi.
emily demonstrated that everything
that bears must possess both the male
and female qualifications !; but perhaps
1t is not generally Known that such Is
tho case with eggs. I have found BY
experience that it is, and BY the follow.
ing rules I raise as many pullets among
my chickens as I wish to, while some Of
my neighbors complain that their
chickens are nearly all roosters and
they cannot SEQ Why there should be .
difference. l will tell here what l
have told them and for the benefit OF
those that don't know: That the
small, round eggs are female eggs, and
The long, slender ones a1s males. This
suls holds good among oil kinds of
poultry and dare say al kinds of birds.
30 if you wish to raise pullets, sst the
small, round eggs; and if you wish to
1aiss rooster, get the long, slender
ones; il q ,his q Wy you viii be en,bkd
10 raise wbatsyer sex you wish To-
Rural New Yorker. s.
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

u 81 =
Mis- Nellie Grant will have q hard
dine, TO. not only must she dress for
h, bridal, but aiter1i;i.ra change to /.
s:,'.'iss drsss i.bd lt.,e; for NJ York.
- ssil two days .lterVard, when che
nu's encounter the miseries of see:
sickness, the dangers of, tho deep, aud
. vide sepsrstion from her parents and,
>sar ones 70 90 with . stranger and u
q hsns that she hes never even visited.
Will. III, Pr,esid.ut and Mrs. Gr....
have - objections to- Mr.. s.rtori., they
ny that they would have preferred that
N.lli. should h'.ivi.;. ; Welded !. young
army u hsvy omcel, and remained in
10, own county. 1t will u ! hard
eial for them to give up their d.ugh-
h.
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

Tho t"o.'sar old. d.aghtsr Of
Thomas Donelan, Of Council Bluffs,
1s~., le't Saturday A..t, w.s On: Tues,
day ahir6oon discovered about II
miles distant from its home, annd nY'ii Ii a. IL
isseosibls condition. Tho child .xaa
u hours sFpossd to ths storm and
Asngsf; ;'bst wilprteovsr:: Hd6dISdasof
sisissns mounted and joinedxdaw tho
sssrch. The child Wss fouod ID r fa;:9
zine, On its back, one sh3s' =. gone, nd i
leaves in it, moufb, ,"7svideosly Spliceed
there by the starviag babe. .gr9co :
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80 AK.


"A lady asked . veteran 1hieh riale
carried the maximum distance. Tho did
chap answered, 1.-The Minnie, num-" t.
"A country boy, having heard Of sail.
orc heaving up anchors, wanted 10 know if
it was sea sickness that tmads them do i.
"A matchmaker wants to know whethDr
il man runs sway from scolding vits.
his movements should be called lever e.
ospement. :
/ "A Sunday school scholar being asked
what became Of men who deceive their
fellow men, promptly replied. ''rhey so
to Europe" ;
--''Kind words ere wonderful in their
wsy," says an exchange, ''but 90 for ss
children 60, boot;jaok e1erts . nere pow,
erful influence"
"A Philadelphia youth was resently ,,
married to = girl who had refused him
eighteen times. He wishes now that be
hadn't asked her bat seventeen times.
-"Prisoner, Why did you follow this
man, and beat and kick him so sham efully?'''
IL am sorry, your honor, was : little
drunk, and thought it was my wife,"
A boy in = aConnecticut Sunday School,
who was asked who made the beautiful
hills about them, remarked that he didn't
know, As his parents only moved into town
the day before,
Taking care Of baby and sewing butt
tons on . wifs's shoes were adduced, in !
trial the other day, as evidence tending to
show = husbands affection for = wife whom
he subsequently shot. !
1t is now ascsrtained what. has be-!
come Of "Hannah binding Shoes" she
nartisd, and gave up trying to bind. because
she learned that the act Of q married. ,wo1
man was not legally binding in many cases
"A gentleman advertised for = wife!
and received answers from eighteen hunl
dred aud ninety seven husbands aayisa
that he could have theirs. This is given| l,ii,s
% an illustration of tho value of advertis!
ing. i.
"A gentlemsn of Louisville has q dog
pointer. The dog ran up tho steps Of .
house and refused to come down. His
master followed and found "A. PARTRIDGE"
oc the door plate. This illustrates the
force Of instinct.
While couple of women were discus.
sing. the other day, the merits Of . Ger
tain physician, one of them asked tho 9TH
er what kind of doctor he was. "5ure. I
dunno" was The reply, ''but I think it's IN
alpaca doctor they call him"
"A minister 1t celored Wedding. who
wished to be numerous, said ION such
occs'ions it is customary to kiss the bride
but in this case We will omit it, 70 wh,oh
'ungallant rensrk tho bridegroom peril
nently remarked =: .''0n such occasions it ~
customary 70 pay the minister ten dollars,
but in this case ,we will omit it." =" -.
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

The Patrons cooper alive store At
Wilton, Iowa, vas commenced in
March, 1872, with . capital Of. $780,.
During the balance of that year they
sold $24, 900 worth Of goods. e.. III eelsv7:
On months Of 1873 they sold $31, 1000
worth. All goods were sold, It 10 per
cent. above cost, and everything is
satisfactory with those who invested. -.
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

The following is from New Or
leans paper: A New Orleans printer
vho, when his fellow.workmen went
out to drink beer during working
hours, put into bank the exact amount
he would have spent if he had gone
out to drink He thus kept bis reso.
luton for five years. He then examin.
cd his bank account, and found that be
had on deposit $521.86 Ia the i've
years he bad not lost . day from ill
health. Three out of five of bis fellow.
sssknsu had, In the meantime, be-
come drunkards worthless, and Here
discharged. y The v.tsr driuker then
bought cut tho printing office, xsot On
sllazGiog the business, and in twenty
J'af' from the time be began to PIT
svsy hia money w.s worth 500, 900.
u
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

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aud many minor details, beautifal in them
selves, but which We have not space to
mention. |;',.,: ...,: '' -; = -.
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nAA0s On CEE0KIN0 .COU(
=. IN u EzlNG, ETC.

5gNA-Es@- EE-
L.sts~s Of Dr.. Brovn-seqsa'd a' Boston,
There arc many facts which show
that morbid phenomou. Of respiration
ean be also stopped by the influence Of
arrest Coughing, ior instance, san Be
stopped by pressing on tho nerves on
the lip in the ueighborhood of the
nose. A pressure there may prevent i.
cough whom It is beginning. Suevzine
may be stopped BY the same mech.o.
ism. Pressing also in the oeighoor.
hood OF The ear, right 10 front Of the
ear, may stop coughing Il ID .lso
true Of hieoougb, but much less SO
than tor sneeziug or coughing. Press
ing very hard on the top Of the mouth
inside il also = means Of stopping
soughing; and I may say that tho will
has immense power there. There was
. French surgeon Who used to say,
whenever he entered the wards Of his
hospital, "the first patient who coughs
here viii be deprived Of food to-day"
h Vas exceedingly rare that . patient
soughsa then. .
There sto many other affections ~.
scented With breathing which can be
stepped 'oy Tho same mechanism that
stops Tie hearts action: 10 ,pa,ms Of
Dc glo,tiss, which i, terrible thing 10
children, = yoa = !vell know, = = i ! some.
times causes death, and also in xhoop.
iss- -eSaeh. it is possible to afford relief
By throwing cold water on the face, or
By :iekIiag tho solss OF the feet, which
psodseea laughter, and At tho sane
sine' goes 70 tho gray matter that i.
produeing the spasm aud srre,ts il ii.
most At once. would not say that
vs can always prevent cough by cur
will; but lo maoy instances those
things .re possible. and il. yoa rsmem,t
bsr that bronchitis and pueamoni., or
any other acute affection Of tho lung,,
hacking or coughing greatly iscreaee~
ths trouble .s times, you can s,s,ly see
hov important it is for the patient TO
try 70 AVOID coughing q best be oau.
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

The dosk :. which Nj. Sumner
sat when assaulted by Brooks was eiv.
en- to him vbeo the old seu.t..sh cham; a.;
her was exchanged, for the n.x, and; it
has ever since occupied j. l, pla,e;ss In in bis
priv.t. study Il wsshiDstop.., - =,
The St. Cloud journal., 1874-05-21

"A bill declaring homicide in single
combat to be actual murder. and
wounds inflicted 10 duel as evidence
OF an assault si'e with intent 70 kill, j. b..
fore the French Assembly, supported BY
{ Government influence, and Is likely to
pass. A-. >"