, 1879-08-18

THO Cnlveraity Observation-Disclosures Con-
trovcrsy lsr.wern II ticntl,rn philosopher
md :1.Eidcr--Temperanco EncamI,.
tncnt-Gvneral SnteA.
SrreiaF rnrrrspondenct Of Tht Tribune,
LINCOLN. Seh., Aug. 15.-Tl,e churches OF
Lincoln have never been In a very tourlshng
condition. III uthcF words, there IL nat IN cx-
cess Of ptcty iii the rity. This Is dur from the
iavt tlut Lincoln Is tho political metropolis OF
tie State, also tint It is coupatnttyrIy a
frontier town, whose cr0wulng yirtuu Is It's .
youth. Churches co baud sn hand with sclnols
ulld other institutions of learning, nlr where
there 10 tue onc there ia the other. Granted
that our church privileges are pnor our oppur-
tunfttes OF education are superior; VIC have
schools public und nriyate; Kindergarten, ulill !.
Lust, but not lcast, university, Where there Is
university there Is mudlte-put that down es
fact-at some period ot Its existence. There
Il muddle here, atll 1t is not. plant of rcceut
growth. For year or more tilu Faculty Of the
University hare been Mt loggerheals, principally
upon rcllgtous grounds. "We wnnt moro
p'rts," is !l!s cry .! tbs Chanscllor: "snd more
becr," 10 shc response o! the liberals. Last VIII
ter, Turing tue session Of the Legislature there
was I'M Investigation Of UNIVERSITY ai1atrs, which
resulted lll at expenditure of SGu1, and nuth,nE
cIrc. l'hcr investigation t'rovcd lint Prof. EnI-
lmersou adhered TO the German theory Of clu-
cation in relation to bcer. nI,d ltat Prof. Church
Is tserettcal In Ills tendencies. to hack ugail,st
which the Chancellor waa brnught un
as IN sxamns "' exirem' ncty one ,n e.
for thr ltgh position se now occupies After
three davs Of l!gtrprcssute delibrrailoa! Mlld III.
yestga.1on the Ylsr 1aen of :he Committee OIL
Investigation was only . s's'u i>.ue u thu san-
tl,et. tte liberals, IN a1l out of itic University,
had leun oil t:c war.path lonr while, and they
wrre nut tu 1o t!cteutc1 "flic institution sl,1l
viii, selected ns champIon ono. l.. VI. Bllli,gsIy,
MI attoruuy Of high rcputa aud n prominent can.
.lldate for tho Unic,! ssatcs srnute, or any
olhcr ul1rr tn the gfft of tue people: rnca be-
slxty days thr daily papers q The rIty have bru,
full Ut this business, n.l 1t haa bcrn surt uf
,Mil1laub!n.: business all around. II has been
hf1llngsly. t!1e hea1he.l, aEaipst nalf.crazy,
who was unce all Elder In the Metl,odiat Church,
bGt moro recently spccuntor tn mining stocks,
real csfute, und other sarthly possessions. 'Th,
- Elder" has proved h,nselfa warrior Vi ur.
Africa: he has rakod up thc past lifc OF lila ols
poneut, unll lnads the luturo Of that worthy a
howlll'g wilderness. In return, hlllsngss}--
who would Ds se,lator--has thoroughly yent!-
ulc Language oE an unclEarisablo newspapeF u
a,,l Statc, "sklnupd him alive" lllo who'll ai-
fn!r is not worthy Of note BY your cur
res|po,naent, ,ya|', only ;i,at tGa txo arc 80 70
tho controversy IL Ut rvlsgiuus nature,
with tho Statt University Vi tilu tune II conten-
thu. What tho result of 10 lnurh religious Ills
cussto,, Of our University a!fa[rs will bo 1t is
hard ~ tell but tAls fa!l two 1trgcnts ara tn lu
elccted, aI 10 onu will bu surprised II Tue yotv
turns suulY on the amount Ut pIety ur impety
co,!taltiel In tue different candidates.
The University !luII, for 1uly students. VIII
he co1ll lplrtud by tiIr Sth Ut 6Gptelbgr, ut which
tinu tl.u Un!yrrstty "Opens. IL Is tne lItluhsE,
uln! will c4,st w,cn tinisicd abaut Sl.,0l.
4 Eraint temperance etcafupnlcnt Will DO hela
tbs lltl l.th. 18th, and 14th uf Septcu!lrf, "
'reknlnaI, Hurt CnnlltY, this hsate, wrl will
bu presided oYcr by the 1eM1ing temperance r..
formers Of thu State. Tsk!n'all ls lrauil!ul
i.ttp city oil tho o. i: ~ Railroad. hitY tn!tts
west Ut Olt,ntIa. It IL expected that the at1air
will bo the grandest VI tho klud eycr held tn tl'e
State. .. |
Amendments to tho certihcate Of !rcorpora- |
tiun Ut llc Republican Valley ltlroad Ct!nl-
panY wcr0 lcu tn Ills Secretary Ut statc's Otlce
Yesterday Tht amendments invest the corpo- |
ration With power to build u rullroad from He'd
Cloud, In Webster CountY, through tue Coun'
ties of Wetstrr, NuckoIls, Thayer. Jeifosson,
tIaee, johnson, HuI Semahu+ 10 tbs Guy OF
Nr.nahu, IN Ncsn1la C0ults, md frun Tho west
I,nc of Franklin County, through llurtaA, Fur
nab md 1scl WilloH Cuunties, aud truEn lust
in:,s, III A,auls C,lunty, through Adams. liam
iltuIi, u,ut YORK Counties, to thn Towu Ut ynrk,
In York Couuty. Thu caplia! stock ot the Conl-