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Year: 1876

WHEN the two fne-looking Republican
Senators from Colorado stood before the
President of the Senate yesterday taking the
oath the average Democratic Senator pulled
down his eyebrow and growled, "That's
fair sample Of the Houses loves labor lost"
Year: 1876

IF Gov. TnDEN's friends force him into the
Presidential chair, and he submits, there will
not be a nation of people on the face of the
earth but what will swear that there Is some
thing in the reports of his perjury and rail-
road sneaking.
Year: 1876

The body of a man named Peter Lusby was
found on the Marlboro road, about half way
between the District line and Forrestville, on
Wednesday morning, with three bullet holes
in his breast. 1t has not been discovered how
his death came about, but 1t is supposed from
the bruises on his body and head that he got
into an alteration with some one, and in the
affray was killed. Most of Tuesday was spent
by Lusby about the polls in Forrestville, and
he was quite intoxicated during part of the
day. In the afternoon he left the neighbor-
hood comparatively sober. Lusby lived just
on the edge of the District. He had q bad
name, and at the time of his death was under
Indictment in the District for an assault with
intent to kill 9 colored man named Alfred
Rowles in Uniontown, which affair occurred in
1879
Year: 1876

gerous instrument she was putting in Norris
hand.


There was one thing he wished to say
TO them and their race, and that was the
iphuman way in which you cut each other.
He knew Of no way of suppress sing it except
by making examples of those who Came be-
fore the bar.


He then sentenced Norris and Harris each to
six years, and Mary Ward to three years in the
penitentiary at Albany.


The Court was then adjourned to 10 o'clock
this mofninu
Year: 1876

As it is simply matter Of time when the
kindergarten will be a part of our public
schools, It Vould be well II ladies who now
have & precarious position in any of the De-
partments would be wise enough TO take the
normal course requisite to become trained
teachers in this special branch Of instruction.
True worth and merit VIII find Its reward. No
danger then Of being turned out of Office.
Year: 1876

4 white woman named Mary Ann Harmon
tried to commit suicide on Wednesday after
noon in very unusual way. She was on
the Bladensburg road, beyond the toll-gste,
and attempted to jump into an old we'll. Off
Ger Sullivan caught her 10 time to prevent the
act, and took her to the Seventh precinct
station. from whence she was escorted by her
husband to their home In Georgetown. No
cause is assigned for the act.
Year: 1876

The North Platte Ne6rdSkian gives
the following interesting item from
the land of gold:


A gentleman by the name of John
Ellsworth arrived here last night di-
rect from the Black Hills, ell route to
his home in Illinois, where be has a
family. He went into the Hills in Oc-
tober last, and has been there up TO ten
days ago when he left. He has a fine
claim on Spring Greek which he has
worked as the weather permitted.
During that time he has taken out four
hundred dollars in placer gold. He
showed Us two hundred dollars of the
precious stuff, which he had in a
0uckskin bag. He said that anybody
who Is in such a break-neck hurry as
to start for the Hills now is darn
fool, to use his own parlance. But
said he, as soon as the spring opens,
anybody not engaged i'm a good bust
ness is mighty big fool if he don't"


We asked him why a man was doing
a foolish thing by going in there at this
time. He replied that no work to
amount to anything could he done
now. and hadn't been done since the
latter part of November and IL would
be dead expense from now until
spring.
Year: 1876

A man named Fuchs, his wife and
a friend named Simmons. in Brook
lyn, recently got on O drunken spree
at the house of Fuchs, which resulted
in the most horrid affair that has been
recorded even in these times of terri
BILE crimes. While Simmons was ly-
ing on the floor beastly drunk Fuchs
took q band axe and chopped his
head off. Then to hide his crime be
cut the body into small pieces and
packed portions of 1t in jars. pots,
crooks, and other vessels and he hid
other portions of It about the bed, in
the celler and various other places.
or course his crime was soon found
out and the inhuman wretch arrested.
The pieces of the murdered man were
about all collected together, the muir
derer In the coolest possible manner
directing in the search. The excuse
offered for his crime and inhumane
conduct is that Simmons was too in
innate with his wife. The wife said
her husband accused her of infidelity
but that she was so drunk she does
not know whether che was guilty or
not.
Year: 1876

1t is probably known to many of the
readers of THE ADVERTISER that an
effort is being made to obtain from the
government grant out of the Paw
nee Reservation of twenty sections of
land and the buildings now on the
reservation for Normal School.


This the government can well afford
to give as Nebraska has been cursed
from her earliest history with hordes
of savages within her borders as no
other State in the Union. No less
than five reservations have dismem-
bered the State, dividing 1t into frag-
ments the reservations being so many
Independent monarchies over which
the State law had little or no control.
On these tracts were harbored hordes
of lawless savages or desperate rene
gades who committed frequent depre-
dations on the people.


A few sections of wild land with the
shells of buildings at the agency will
very poorly compensate Nebraska for
the destruction of heI property and
lives of her citizens.


Possibly Congress may have no
power to make direct donation to the
State; yet law can be framed per-
mittin9 the State the privilege of Sc
lecting twenty sections of land, or
more, including the buildings, and
selling sufficient of it to pay for all
at the regular price per acre fixed by
law.


1t is the duty Of our representatives
in Congress to reimburse the State in
some degree, if possible, for the losses
sustained and the eannoyances endured.


In no better way can it be done than
securing sufficient means to sustain a
good efficient school for the education
of teachers for our common schools.
Mr.. Paddock is earnestly working for
this object and it is to be hoped that
our representatives. will heartily
second his efforts.
Year: 1876

Senator Hitcncock's bill, which pro-
vides that the Indian department
shall be turned over to the army, is
one step in the right direction, and it
is hoped that the bill will be speedily
passed, and that the Indian rings that
are now robbing the white people to
fill their own pockets and furnish the
sinews for political warfare will be
driven out with a scourge made of
ropes, and that the money changers
tables will be overturned and that the
people may be allowed to rest from
their toiling to furnish money for such
bad use. But the Senator should have
gone one step further and made clean
affair of the whole business, and so
worded his bill that all annuities
should be cut off. and no rations or
blankets should be issued to any In
dian until he has abandoned his mi
gratory habits. given up the chase and
become permanent occupant of
reservation, and in that event let his
annuity cease after five or ten years.
PdpiLiOn Times.


That accords with our notion ex-
actly.
Year: 1876

der Gordon Of pearly buds festooned
to the wrist, and caught to the cuff of
the same flowers that finihsed the lace
of her sleeve. The bride had elegant
presents in plenty. but the cost of the
flowers alone at her wedding would
be a marriage portion for most of the
girls who read this.


DEFALCATIoNS.


Defalcations are as common as paw
ing stones. Winslow ran away from
Boston with $500, 900 of other peoples
money. Babbitt's cashier steals $780,
600. and now young banker ab-
seconds with all his customers money.
This last case is little peculiar. The
young man squandered it all upon a
woman but who do you suppose that
woman was? Why his own mother! !!
She is very handsome widow. forty,
who has passion for tho fashionable
life. The young man. her son, is a
weak, good fellow who loves his
mother-as very few sons do, and can
refuse her nothing. When he went
into business for himself, she emerg-
ed from the humble boarding house
where they had lived, and took an
elegant house uptown, and commence
ed living in the style of wealthy peo-
She set up a carriage, had the
house full of servants,-she gave ele-
CANT entertainments, she bought
diamonds, and camel's hair shawls,
and. in short, she lived at rate that
made all her old friends turn green
with envy. The son, all this time was
furnishing her with the means for all
this extravaganza, knowing that the
end was ruin, but his mother liked it
and he was too weak to say no. She
probably knew that she was living
beyond his means, but the madness
was on her, and she could not stop.
The end came last week. The young
man and his mother sailed for Rotter-
dam, taking with them every dollar
that was in the concern and all that
could be borrowed, begged or stolen.
It Is supposed that the absconding,
like all the rest of it, was the inspira-
tion of the mother, for all who know
the young man believe him to be
honest, if left to himself. The loss to
depositors will foot up $500, 900, and
there is as much more owing on notes
on the street. This vast sum of mon
ey has been spent within five years,
and that 1t was spent there can be no
doubt, for as near as can be as
certainedthey had mighty little to take
away with them. The fine house
was dismantled, though they had sold
quietly, all that they could without
exciting suspicion. Curious case !
Men have been ruined by women,
times enough, but who ever heard be-
fore of that woman being ones own
mother.


BUSINESS.


Is looking up little, and appearances
indicate a permanent improvement.
Money is getting plentier at the
West, and the merchants are buying
little more freely. May the improve
ment continue. PIETRO.
Year: 1876

A special telegram to the the Inter
Ocean of the 4th, says that Morrison,
an Illinois Congressman, and sort
of lickspittle among the rebels of the
House, on that day Frustrated himself
before his confederate masters. A PEN
sion bill was up in the House, the
claimant of which had a singular his
tory. He had brother in the Con-
fedeTate army, but his family were
Unionists. The brother was taken i'll
and the claimant went through the
lines to conduct him home. The con-
federate authorities would not let him
90. SO the claimant volunteered to re-
main as a hostage in his brother
place, and the sick man was permit
ted to leave the lines. Two weeks
later the claimant deserted the rebel
army, Joined the Union army, was
promoted to captaincy for gallantry
and received severe wounds, for which
he asks pension. These facts were
stated, when William r. Morrison,
formerly Colonel of the thirty-ninth
regiment Illinois Volunteers, rose in
his seat in the House and declared
that any man who would desert the
Confederate army was scoundrel and
traitor, and did not deserve PEN
sion.


Morrison was in the Union army,
but when mention was made of the
fact in his biographical sketch in the
Congressional Directory, he had it ex-
plunged - ashamed of the record -
thereby again getting in the very dirt
at the feet of his confederate friends.
Year: 1876

Chief Justice White, of Utah, in
charging the grand jury on the 9TH
inst, concerning polygomy said:


1--WE had better look it squarely in
the face, distasteful as it may be TO
some, and govern ourselves by right
reason, and manly discretion in deal
ing with it. Polygamy must be sup
pressed in this territory. Mormonism
NAV survive it, and, relieved from it,
would stand unshackled and free as
every other creed or mode of religious
worship, shielded and protected by
the constitution of our common couD-
try. but II Mormonism cannot sever
itself from polygamy, it will be to 1t
the bridal of DEATH"
Year: 1876

Hon. Henry NJ. Atkinson has been
confirmed Surveyor General of New
Mexico. We congratulate Henry on
his good fortune. Some of his friends
not understanding that he was going
from one good thing to better, felt
sorry that he had had his "head cut
off," Such a decapitation is not a
matter of serious grief to Henry, we
imagine.
Year: 1876

The Chicago Inter Ocean has re-
port from Washington that another
raid like that of last spring will be
made at once into the Black Hills,
and the enterprising prospectors cap
tured and brought off the reservation.
Those who have broken the parole
made by them when released will be
imprisoned and tried by the courts.
Year: 1876

Some of the politicians declare they
have evidence that Secretary Bristow
is so anxious to be a candidate for the
Presidency that he would take the
nomination from the Democratic
party.
Year: 1876

Some patriotic member of Congress
has introduced a resolution declaring
the birth day of Abraham Lincoln a
national holiday. and that on the 18th
of April the national flag shall float
at half mast.
Year: 1876

If L tell the girls about wedding


that came off this week, they will all


be dissatisfied If they can't have one


just like it. But they will be sure to


find fault now If they don'thear about


it, so here goes. The times are not


good, and money is not easy, but


there was pet daughter to be mar


ried, and 1t was for once in a lifetime,


so no expense was spared. On the re-


turn of the bridal party from the
church, they found the sidewalk, steps
and hallway strewn with flowers, ILL
les of the valley, in the height of their
season just now, roses and azalias,
trodden under foot to the door of the
drawing room. There the marvel be-
gan. The girl had always been pass
ionately fond of flowers, and they sur
rounded her In lavishness on this the
happiest day of her life. The back
drawing room where the bride and
groom received the congratulations of
their friends, was a great bower OF
foliage and blossoms, nearly as high
as the room, and large as an ordinary
parIor itself, where a bell of bridal
flowers loaded the air with odors. The
very doors when opened waited sweet
ness into the street, the house was so |
full of flowers, tea roses, jasmine and
baskets of violets hidden in corners. |
The bride was dressed in silk, trimmed |
with flowers, a wreath of orange buds
and half.opened blossoms falling in a
long spray on her shoulders; slen-
Year: 1876

NEW IoRK, August 16.-Samuel F..
Cary in his letter accepting the nomlna.
tion of the Independent Greenback party,
for Vice President, says that no man can
mistake my position. declare,


First-That am in favor of restoring
the silver dollar to its old position as II
unit of value.


Second-That all National bank notes
should be withdrawn from circulation.


Third--That paper money should con-
sist exclusively of notes issued by the
government, with such legislation as
would cause them to be fully equal in
value to the specie dollar, under ali cir
cumstances and throughout all time.


Fourth That the interconvertible
bonds of the government, bearing an
equitable rate OF interest, should be is
sued, so that the money circulation may
be determined, not by an arbitrary law
of Congress, nor by n board of national
bankers, but by the laws ot trade and
commerce, or, in other words, by the de-
mands of business.


1.-THE gold basis of currency is sham
and cheat The true basis Is the ma
tional credit, represented By interest
bearing bonds stripped of all disgulses
The point at issue is whether the
national banks shall furnish all
the currency, or whether it shall
be supplied by the government.
Both of the old parties are distinctly
committed 10 the policy of an untlmeiy
issue of nationa. bank notes and the
withdrawal and cancellation of al the
governments currency. The widest
initiation of the national bank notes is
provided for in the resumption act, which
both parties are in favor OF, differing
only as to the time when the work shall be
completed. l shall avail myself Of an
early opportunity TO print an address
TO the people of the United States show
ing the causes which have brought busl-
ness men TO the verge of bankruptcy and
working classes to starvation; the causes
which, if left to operate, must result in
financial embarrassment and ruin to in
divduals, to corporations, to municiPali-
ties, to states and the nation, Showing
also that tho policy of the Independent
party Is the only one that can bring sal
vation. Even if We do not attain com
plete success, we shall rally force OF
earnest, true men in each OF the states,
whichever the party that succeeds IN the
election and prevents its accomplishing
the purpose to which both are pledged
Year: 1876

New YORK, August l6.-A special to
the Commercial from Washington says the
new 4 80 loan for s300,000,000 Will be
bought in short lime. There Is the
greatest competition for the control OF it
among foreign and domestic bankers. 1t
is thought that all the parties in London
and New York will be brought together
by the administration. Neither the
President nor Secretary will favor an ex.
tensIve negotiation.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, April 5th-After the
heavy rain storm of the past two days
the weather this morning is clear and
the sun shines. The storm though
not equal in extent and violence to
that of a week ago has been according
to reports one of the most wide spread
of the season. 1t commenced three


days ago and came from the South
west. 1t struck Indianola and Gal
weston, thence North westerly towards
Virginia, reaching the Northern and
Middle States Monday morning. De-
spatches from the extreme Northwest
report heavy snow extending over
large area. The rainfall in this city
during the last two days has been
nearly three inches. The storm did
considerable damage on Staten Island
Two canal boats loaded with coal and
the embank ment of Britton's ice
house and the dam of Brittons mill
near New Brighton were swept away.
Year: 1876

COLUMBIA. November 1.-THE board Of
canvassers are proceeding, under the order of
the supreme court, to aggregate the vote of
the State for Presidential electors. and for
governor and lieutenant governor. They have
canvassed the vote of five counties for the form
er and ten for the latter, without announcing
the result. A large number of protests are
being filed by both parties, and irregularities
existing in several counties have been dis
covered. The order of the court does not
decide the powers or functions of the board


The petition for a writ of prohibition against
the exercise Of judicial powers Is held
under advisement, and the board is re-
quired TO certify the count OF the vote
Year: 1876

COLUMBIA, November 17.-No final deci-
sion is made by the supreme court in the
matter of writs of mandamus and prohibi-
ton against the canvassing board but the
court has granted an Intermediary order au-
thOrizing the canYassers to aggregate state
ments of the county elections, and the COM
missioners are to ascertain who have received
the greatest number of votes and certify the
result to the court This is entirely in the
line of the writs asked for under this order
The board is at work, committee of Demo
board will first canvass for Presidential
electors
Year: 1876

Special TO the Appeal.


New ORLEANS, November 17.-Since the
receipt of the news from South Carolina and
the Democratic response to the letter from
the Radicals, the latter have consented and
the returning board has agreed to permit five
representatives from both parties to witness
the count 1t is not yet known whether the
Democrats will agree to this or not,
Year: 1876

ment while all the members of the board are
! believed to be in affihation with but one OF
! the parties 70 the present political contest In
view of all this, it is hardly necessary to add
that the terms of our letter were not designed
to PREJUDICE the question as to whether the
functions Of TIE returning Hoard were judicial
or ministerial, or both, but simply to invite


you to see with US that whatever may be the


character Of these functions, they are openly,


fairly and honestly discharged; and we thus


retrained from any attempt at stating or con


strung the laws Of louisiana we deetiied it


equally irrelevant TO the subject of our CORE


spOndence with you to allude to the duties
devolving upon officers other than the
constituents of the Louisiana returning board.


under the laws and constitution of the United
States, whether. as YOU observe bv way of IL
lustratiOn, under the constitution. the Presi>
dent Of the sennte both counts
and declares the votes Of the elect
0rs OF the SevH,-a, cratas his dufv
D'i- 70 purely ministerial, and not subject to
the control Of congress, Or whether as has


been the practice for more than eighty years,


a practice inaugrrated by men Of some of
whom had been among the famers Of the
constitution the votes are TO be counted un-


der the direction and control Of the house of
representatives and senate, is a question upon
the discussion of whieh we deem il no part of
our duty to enter. In conclusion, permit us
to say, that notwithstanding your refusal to
cooperate; we still cherish the hope that the
returning Board, Waf1ied by the history Of the
past, and conscious that its actions are being
observed by the whole nation, will discharge
its delicate duty with such circumspection,
fairness and impartialty as will give salts
faction to the American people. To this end
we will continue to labor. Should different
result follow the action Of the board we shall
have the satisfaction Of knowing that while
you have taken the responsibilities declining
to act with us, we have done all in our power
to avert the consequences which may follow.
Year: 1876

constituents, and to the State and ma
tion as well.


Now, if what I have said is true, it is
very evident that the second district is
very fortunate in having an opportunity
to elect such a man to be its represen-
tative in the national assembly. And
that all I have said is the unvarnished
and unexaggerated truth will be attested
by every lawyer, democrat Or republi-
can, who has praticed with him, and by
hundreds of others who know him init
mately. say therefore without de-
tracing in the least from Major Strait,
who has made good and faithful men,
Der, that Judge Wilder is a much supe
rior man.


l do not urge his election on partisan
grounds. am not a partisan. l urge
his election upon the same ground that
/ should urge the election of :he Hon.
William Window to the senate-upon
the grand non partisan platform of
honesty, ability, experience and indus
try. 1t is time, my friends, that we
threw away miserable party prejudices
and selected the ablest, the puresc and
best men to office. When we do this,
then shall the North Star State be a
power in the land, and be pointed out
as a glorious example for her sister
States. Yours very truly,


E. j. HoDJsoN.
Year: 1876

The attention of our republican
readers is called to the following
political letter, which is one of prob
ably scores that have been circu-
lateds4in~ this district. There is
nothing wrong about it. Judge
Wilder has a perfect right to use his
influence in behalf of the democrat
ic candidates, but it is pretty good
evidence that he is a democrat,
earnestly laboring for the success of
that party, and that the claim that
he is not partisan, made for him
by some Of his friends is not correct.
Those republicans who vote for him
may rest assured that, in doing so,
they vote for a democrat who is in
full sympathy with his party. Here
is'the letter.


RED WING, Minn, Oct. Goth, '76.


NY Dear Sir:-As you know my
friends have put me in the field as
candidate for congress. 1 wish to
do all that l fairly may do to secure
the election of a democrat from this
District to that position and thus
aid in the triumph of correct prin-
ciples. The day of election is not
far distant and I shall be able to
see personally but few of our friends.
I write therefore to express the hope
that you as a Democrat and man
Of influence in your neighborhood
will see that the vote in your town
ship for "Tilden and reform" is a
full vote.


No man in this crisis should fail
in his duty. Very Truly Yours,


E. T. WILDER.