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Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
GraSshOppers.

Since our last issue the Republican
Valley has been visited by the indom-
Unable migratory locust and we deem
it our duty to give true and accurate
account of the damage done by them
In Harlan and Furnas counties, we
are told by what is considered as relia-
BILE authority, that they have eaten
nearly one half Of the corn, but we
opine the estimate Is high. At the
mouth of Turkey Creek In this conn
.y. they nearly destroyed a number
of cord fields, but only In u small area.
In the eastern part we know OF but
two fields that are eaten much and
those are only claimed to have been
half destroyed. The average amount
of damage to the corn crop fthis cOun-
ty Is put at 10 to Is per cent, while
potatoes, turnip and all kinds of gar
den vegetables never were better. Our
wheat will considerably more than
bread the population Of the county
and furnish seed for the next season.
Frequent showers and cloudy weather
prevail which are considered very ia
vorable and our opinion Is this the
game Is up with these pests this sea-
son. n.-BloOD1ington Guard.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

1t is worth remembering says the
/ Washington Chronicle, that the pub
! lie debt at the close OF the war was
| So. 600. 900, 900. In about ten years IL
has been reduced nearly one-third-
or at the rate of more than 800. .OOO, 900
per annum. This has been done ex-
clusiv' ly by the Republican party.
And you may have the full glory
of this wlckedness, whereby you
have added to other crimes i'm the
ing the principal of n debt that ought
TO have been shared by future gener-
ations, to the oppression. and almost
ruin, Of a robbed aud overtaxed peo-
ple-HerGLd.
The Republicans have so reduced a
debt caused solely by the DEM
ocratic party In its devilsh at
tempt to destroy the union of
the States. But how will a robbed
and oveTtaxed people" like 1t when
the rebel debt ia sadiled on to them
by the Democracy when 1t gets into
power which 10 claims it will In
~ w IL khC vi
taxation to have to pay the rebel debt,
and pension the widows and orphans
and cripples of rebels? There are
some eighty ex-confederates now In
the Congress of the nation, and every
one of them promised these things to
their constituents in case they should
get control of the law making power.
The Herald knows this-every DEM
ocrat Of common sense knows it-but
they do not consider that 1t would be
oppression TO put rebel and union SOL
diers and the rebel and union debts on
the same footing; and to do this Is
one of the chief reasons why de-
mocraoy wants into power and why
1t will get into power. II Ii ever does.
Il Is the Democracy that has robbed
and overtsxed the people-the system
inaugurated under Buchanan,-and
they seek In the way we have indicat-
ed to still further rob and overtax
them.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

A letter from South Platte publish.
ed In the Grand Island Times of the
18th inst, speaks Of the approach of
Gods "invincible army" as follows
From the earth 30 the sky seems al
most solid moving mass of grasshop-
pers. the sun is daTkened, there is a
constant roar as of storm. No corn
stalk can withstand their weight, but
is bending and breaking down. AS
you walk they crush beneath your
feet, and the cloud of 'hoppers Is so
thick around you that you walk with
closed eyes, fighting them with both
hands. Cornfields look more like a
forest of whipstalks; vines are al
most entirely destroyed, leaving mel
ons, squashes gourds, etc., to perfect
and ripen gs best they can even the
flowers are destroyed.
Yesterday they were coming. COM
Ing all day cloud after cloud Of them.
To-day they have seemed to be going
southwest. The roar was constant,
but we don't miss any here. If some
have left others have taken their
places.
That is pretty heavy picture, but
we should think the writer would not
exaggerate about such g calamity In
his own neighborhoOd.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The editor of the Omaha Herald ex-
hibits his chronic sore head and mean
ness on the matter of Nebraska and
the centennial. He growls because he
thinks there are inot enough Demo
Gratis I'm the State Board and Commit
tees These positions are filled with
men known for efficiency. If the
Democratic party are destitute of these
essentials it must not be charged to the
Republican party.
The fact Is there is no politics In the
centennial operations-should be none.
Doctor Miller IL seems attended the
meeting the other day at Omaha. and
for reasons above mentioned, the Oma-
ha Bee says: ''The Doctor then turned
on bis indignant heel and left the
ROOM"
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The Rev. E. s. Kinney, an old
Methodist minister of Pennsylvania,
stationed this year at Sloan church.
near Media, has recently become in
sane. The first manifestations Of his
Insanity was at acamp-meeting where
he undertook to ravish two daughters
Of good sister who kept boarding
tent. In his wild endeavors to accom-
plish his purpose with the younger
girl he Injured her so badly as to re-
quire the aid of a physician. Since
then he at times seems 10 be worse
and "acts like a ravlng maniac" His
wife says that just before he commit
ted the outrage on the young ladies
he had been unwell and had been U.s.
ing stiDauldnts. Probably his insanity
was only emotional, or probably he
was drunk. People do act that way
sometimes, we. have heard, when
so attacked, and If some application
could be made to fix up his conscience
he might get over 1t. But he is aotu-
ally reported tc be crazy.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

York County. Neb., Is going to have
a fair. and speaking of the matter, the
York Sentinel says: "As our prospect
for a bountiful supply of everything
that grows In Nebraska soil is well
nigh an assured fact, and as there is
certainly not state In the Union that
can get up a better display Of agricul-
tural products than Nebraska, and as
the county of York dresses up with
the best counties in the State, II be-
hooves everybody interested in the
welfare of our county to see
to it, that the annual meeting Of the
county fair be made to excel anything
ever held In the western counties"
That Is the right kind Of ambition
to manifest.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
U. s. SENATOR PADDOCK.

The many thousand friends of Sen
tor A. s. Paddock throughout the
State are warmly earnest In their
praise of his course since his elevation
to the Sentaorship. No man in Ne
bFaska has the interests of the State
more deply at heart than Senator
Paddock, and we shall not be mistak-
en- in asserting that his time Of serv-
ice will be devoted to furthering our
prosperity; so far as II Hes In his pow
er to do. And those who are nearest
him know that he Is a never-say die
man, and we may therefore be certain
that his labors In behalf of Nebraska
will be neither few nor lukewarm.
The personal warmth which attaches
TO Mr.. Paddock from hosts of old and
tried friends in this State is as wide
and deep. He has said In both public
and private that HIS wish was TO serve
the whole State with all his might,
and to this he has devoted himself uu-
tiringly since his accession to the Of
fee.
We know Mr.. Paddock we'll, and
do heartily endorse the above, which
we clip from the Omaha Republican.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

A Mr.. Lee, left at the office Of the
cucum ber feet, inches long. This
will compare tolersbly well with that
$50 pound cabbage raised in Lincoln
county.-North Platte Republican.
We have been having our opinion
for sometime about immense growth
Of fittings in the western part ofthe state
as represented by papers; and We be-
lieve those stories of five feet cuoum-
bers, seventeen feet corn stalks, $50 lb.
cabbage, and turnips as wide acoross
the bottom as bushel basket are all
Internal lies. Why, in Nemaha ooun-
ty here, where we have had all the
heavenly and other kind OF advan-
tages just as much as the west has
had, and have much richer soil, and
never fail 10 raise corn stalks twice as
long and vegetables twice as big, as
the regions from whence cometh
these monstrous yarns. we haven't
yet heard Of a corn stalk over twenty
feet long or a cucumber over two feet
and a half, raised about here any
where; and the biggest tuYnip
wouldn't measure much more than
two feet across just below the top.
These western stories show too much
enthusiasm for absolute credence.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

AT recent meeting Of Spiritualists
In st. Louis where materialized spirits
come before the audience, q Globe
Democrat reporter by agreement, and
as test, was permitted to fire rifle
bali full at the face of a ghostly visit
ant that appeared at the window or
wicket In the cabinet In which the
medium was tied to the floor. The
face was that of q young girl. After
the shot had been fired the face re-
mained for moment and then dis
appeared, and the ball was found
imbeded in plank on the opposite
side. AS gentleman gave Atty dol
lars for this test, of course every pre-
caution was taken against fraud. The
cabinet, before the medium was plac-
ed In 1t, was taken 10 pieces and put
together again, and the medium, a
man, was stripped Of all his own cloth
Ing and placed In shirt, pants and
socks furnished by the gentleman
who had arranged 70 test the effect of
a rifle ball upon what was claimed to
to be spirit. If there was any effect
1t was not apparant to the Globe Dem
ocrdt man or any other person pres
ent.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Who said Gen. Brisbin was paving
the way for U. s. Senatorial honors
Who said Gen. VlfqusIn, Gen. Bris-
bin and the Omaha Herald had formed
a triumvirate-orgsnized q mutual ad-
miration soeiety relating to the Sena-
torial succession To rise and explain
why this is thusly, will be In order on
the part of any one-oards Of expla-
nation, legitimate. At present writ
ing Brisbin and the Herald are one
ahead of Vifquain Next! Vifquain!
Wouldn't accept any office! oh, no!
Two best in three; three TO start!-
Who'll hold the stakes
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The State Journal trying to tell
about the recent excursion party from
st. Louis TO this State, amongst other
things says:
They will remain In this city for
about three weeks, and during that
time will visit different sections of
Nebraska. with a view Of slughtering
prairie chickens and having lots of
fun In general.
Now that's all right, but we can't
exactly see how that party could
"visit different sections Of Nebraska"
while IL remained In the city of Lincoln
big as Lincoln is, and don't believe
suoh thing possible.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

After the Republican valley with
other portions of the State in need of
aid have been relieved, and the State
acting up to the maximum oonstitu-
tional limit, did all in Its power, and
all through the efforts OF the State Aid
Society, now comes the Republican
Valley Sentinel, Harlan County, which
is pleased to designate the State Aid
Society as nothing but a gigantic
land grabbing corporation ia Disguise ,
This comes with exceeding poor grace
from that locality. under all the
circumstances. The Sentinel, and
Harlan county generally. were fearful
GROWERS all the way through aid ope-
rations, Rev. Tlbbles was from that
county.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The Cincinnati Commercial, which
supported Greeley In 1872, in a COM
prehensfve review of the political sit
uation in Ohio gives thirteen cogent
reasons why the Democrats will be
defeated in the October election, and
concludes:
We come therefore. to the conclu-
sion that Republican victory In Ohio
tnls time Is q certainty-and that the
majority for Hayes will be handsome
end emphatic, larger than he received
on former occasions, and sufficient to
pronouce the doom in the nation for
ever of the sort OF Democracy that is
now asserting itself in this State.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The Ohio Democracy are badly
scared ut the political out look In that
State, and propose to "trot" Fog Horn
Allen off the track as candidate for
Governor. They want to use him
they say as Presidential candidate,
and to have him beat for Governor
would injure his prospects.
All over the country, Republicans
who ran off after strange Gods, see
how sadly they have been deceived,
and like good sensible people are COM
Ing back to the fold. They see that
'Independent" and Peoples" VIC
tories tend to place the Rebel element
of the Democratic party In power.
The country is not ready for that yet.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The West Point Republican gives
an account of the suicide Of Lens
bennington, a German farmer re-
siding near West Point. He stood
upon a barrel in his barn, fastened
one end Of a rope to joice and the
other around his neck and then kick
ed the barrel from under him. He
was so years old, a good citizen. He
longed to return to Fatherland, and
because he could not was thought TO
be the reason why he put an end to
his life.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

In the city of San Miguel, San Sal
vador, recently there being some con-
f1ict between the catholics and the
State law, the adherents of o certain
Bishop, by his order, commenced an
indiscrimminate massacre of all the
opposition, and before the bloody bus
iness was stopped by the Interference
Of the Brithish consul and British
ship. the State soldiery which CON
stituted the garrison Of the city, were
nearly all massacred together with
many good private citizens. The ig-
norant religionists persuaded by their
priest to engage I'm the slaughter,
were warranted, should any of them
be killed, a safe entrance through the
gates, by the issuance Of the follow
ing passport to each Of the murder
ers:
peter, open the gates of heaven to
the bearer, who died for religion.
JORGE,
Bishop Of Sansalvador."
With too many people everywhere
ignorance is sadly mistaken for re-
ligion.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
The Red Skins Won't Sell.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2l.-The Indians al
some of the up-river agencies are al
ready dissatisfied. The prospect is
that some of the tribes will not send
delegations to the Red Cloud Council.
At Standing Rock they are very de-
oided. Since the Commissioners left
there, It has been unanimously resolv-
ed by the Indians not to dispose of
their rights in the Black Hills coun-
try. nor have anything to do with the
making of new treaty with the
Government.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Mrs. Bessinger and her husband, OF
Reading. Pa. did not live agreebly.
He took another woman into his
house, and his wife quarreled with
MIN about 1t. He then ordered her
to leave and take her two children
with her. This she did, and went to
she canal, filled basket with stones,
ana tied 1t to her body and then TAX
ing her children In her arms she
Jumped into the canal and all were
drowned. The Police had to take
charee of Bessinger to keep his neigh
bors from lynching him.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
LEGAL NOTICE

John b. TATE will take notice ,na,
- titiOn has been filed In the (fIstytss - -
OF NeInshs county. Nebrasks, IN Sn act,oa ctr
Mary Ann Tate. Joshua Tate ,.,ls.l tenn and W..
rate Martha A. Tate, John B. Tat S-,y,.,' "
Una Richardson and AlnnzO Tate are jas.e.,
ants The object and prayer saIf ns,,,,nI-
is 10 OBTAIN PARTITION OF the southweSt ,,,o.
yer ana south half Of the northwest ousrssr
number SIX (6), range number df,ssI ~ ~ u,
Nemaha county, Nebraska. among the .sif
parties TO said action oWnInginterests b.no ,S,u
In. Said John b. Tate Is required ,n ans,ro,
or otherwise plead 10 said petition on or -
lore the fourth day OF October, A. D. IS7F
Sw4 'O' ~ IL
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
California Barley-AttentiOn Farmers

California Barley-AttentiOn Farmers
OMAHA BARRAKS.
OMAHA, NEB., Aug. IL.
The farmers in Nebraska who re-
ceived from the Aid Society Califor-
MIA barley seed will please send me at
their earliest convenience the follow
ing information:
/. Number of acres planted.
IL. Yield or probable yield of BUSH
els per acre.
In case the seed did not do well, the
farmer will please state the cause of
failure, and whether In his opinion It
was the fault of the seed. Country
papers in the grasshoppered counties
will please copy.
Address reports to
JAMES. 8. BRIsBIN.
Omaha, Neb.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Prof. Jsnney has found gold In pay
ing quantities in the Black Hills.
Gen. Crook has Issued his order for
all miners to leave the Indian country
until the matter is settled with the
Indians. The Gen. is better disposed
toward the miners than the military
has been heretofore, and intimated
that when the question becomes set
tied the claims now made by miners
would be respected and restored. The
miners held meeting and resolved
to leave peaceably.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
DIVORCE NOTICE

TNHOMAS WIGHTMAN: Yoa ara b...,.
i notified that on the nth CseveDtssr,2y t.se,eoy
SsS Da,s,te ~ - tgusI iS.o' Mary e. Wightman sIa
Nemaha county, Nebraska. ,rbaro,I'' ,l'u -
prays for decree OF divorce from vog ~. s9e ~
causes OF adultery and grossly v.n,H1as r..a 10
anu cruelty neglecting 10 provide a sn,,as3.
maintenance for her. You will ansvra, az,
ber, 1875 MARY 4, VIZ, y'I,y III W. pten-
w. T. ROC ERs, Atty. nan
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

There has been quite run made on
Jeff Davis recently for Agricultural
fair addresses in the North. Kansas
City and Des Moines are both after
him. We understand that he will
surely be at the former place. and no
animal or implement will do SO much
towards drawing a crowd of the GU
rious as that old he rebel. To be a
more perfect success however they
ought to have him bring his petit
coats with him.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Croquet is getting to be about ss
popular game as base ball. AS a
game at which both ladies and gen.
tlemen play it is more popular than
any other. At Adrian, Michigan,
last week, a croquet tournament was
held, lasting two days, and which was
witnessed by hundreds of spectators.
The prizes were a gold championship
badge and eostly croquet sets OF choice
kinds of wood. Twenty-six teams Of
two were entered from the State of
Ohio.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
Notice TO stockholders.

NOTICE Is hereby given that there will be
~ a meeting OF the Stockholders OG the
BrOwnville. Fort Kearney and Pacific Rail-
road Company, ut the office OF the company,
In the city OF BrOwnviIle, Nemaha County,
State of Nebraska on the twelfth day Of Oc-
tOber, a. d. 1915, for the purpose of voting up
on an agreement for the consolidation of the
BrOwnville, Fort KeaTney aud Pacific Rail-
road Company, with the Midland Pacific
Railway Company, into one consolidated
company, and to consider such other bust
ness as may be brought befOreIhe meeting.
By order of the Board Of Directors
3w6 W. NEVINS, Sec
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

For clean-quill, maximum toadyism
and pure slobber, see the Omaha
Herald respecting the late visit of
Gen. Sherman to that city. The
President Of the merchants club"
fairly outdid himself. Perhaps. from
the fact that when Gen. Sherman is
In Washington, Miller takes the other
extreme In abusing and villifying the
General Of the army, he must needs,
when In his presence. characterize
him as 1.-THE greatest of living men,
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The Nebraska Constitution Conven-
ton largely Republican did not use
up the legislativeappro of SIS
600 for its expenses, and presented a
constitution that will meet with little
or no opposition, while the Missouri
Con. Con. large democratic have ex-
pended some $4,000 and quarreIed
almost continually. Here you have
an illustration Of democratic econo-
Tecumseh Chieftdin.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Why don't they hurry up the
Beecher trial again? The people want
something more interesting than a.
nance. grasshoppers, OF political spec
ulations. Such subjects are too dry.
There never was anything devoured
with greater avidity than the Beech
er trial and the quicker the new trial
commences the better will the gen.
eral reader be gratified.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Gov Beveridge, of Illinois, has is
sued proclamation offering a reward
of S400 each for the arrest of the per-
petrators of the murders committed in
Williamson County within the past
two years. This is in addition to the
81 900 reward offered by the county.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Mr.. Edward Cain Of Blair Neb.
was killed by a threshing machine
one day last week. In undertaking
to handle or rearrange a belt which
bad been thrown off, his hand was
caught by the pully of the cylinder
and instantly torn from the arm,
from the effects Of which he died In a
short time.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

jeff Davis has revoked his accept
ance of the invitation to deliver the
address at the fair of Winnebago Co.,
ILL.,. this fall. He says in another let
ter that as the farmers are making a
fuss about It. he gusses be had better
not go to Illinois on that occasion.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Three brothers named William
Thomas and Nicholas Moran, of Gin
cinnati, recently got into a fight, and
the two latter killed the former. beat
ing and kicking him to death.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The louisiana census taken recently
gives New Orleans a population of
203, 900 of which AS 900 are whites
and $1,000 colored. The population
of the state is 100000. the excess of
the colOred population over the whites
in the state is 450, 700.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

In the races at Utica n. Y. on the
21st inst, Goldsmith Maid was the
winner in three straight heats. Her
time was 2:1Sa, 2:174 and 2:16. Lulu
broke badly and was distanced on the
last heat.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The census returns from all cOun-
ties in Wisconsin except one give the
total population of the State at l 1885,
$40. being an increase Of l81, 800 In
five years.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Gov. Garber has issued a proola-
nation for the election In Coto-
Der of Representatives In the legis-
lature in districts where vacancies
have occurred, viz: the first, fifth,
seventh and fourteenth, and a sena-
tor in the fifth senatorial district.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
From the State Journal.
OUR POPULATION.

Complete and correct abstract of
census returns for 1875 as far as re-
turned. When no returns were made,
estimates were made by adding a
fraction less than per cent, which
is the gain for the State ovor 1874:
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The Chronicle says that Mr.. Moses
Stockings, 'the veteran farmer Of
Saunders county" has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the address at the
Nebraska State Fair to be held at
Omaha. Sept. 2lst.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

The population of Nebraska, ao-
cording to the census returns of the
"a organized counties. has just been
made public from the State Secretary's
Office, and foots up 24S, go.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26
A beautiful utterance, that of Gen.

A beautiful utterance, that or Gen.
Cowan of Omaha, I'm welcome to Miss
Sherman to that city:
"And. General, permit me to refer
to another of your party; one who
from the mystic influence of your
home. bade you, amid the carnage and
destruction of battle. remember that
you were a husband and father. We
wei come her; she can march TO the
sea of our affections and enter the
forts Of our hospitality. without trav-
ersing an inch of hostile territory. or
coming In contact with single ene-
my"
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

A lady In Grinnell, Iowa, recently
was surprised after night in a privy
choked until iusensible and then rap
ed. The outrage, it was believed,
was committed by harvest tramps
who are numerous in and about
the town.
Nebraska advertiser., 1875-08-26

Mrs. Chss NJ. Oglesby; residing In
Hamilton county, ILL.,, had her throat
cut with q razor on the 18th. Her
husband has been arrested for the
murder.