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Year: 1876

For several weeks two or three large
birds of singular appearance have been
seen in Lake Winnebago. south Of this city
attracting the attention of sportsmen and
others. On Tuesday afternoon, Martin
Madison,a young man residing in the town
of Black Wolf succeeded in shooting one
of the birds and found it to be swami
Two of the beautiful birds were together
at the time, and The ether after valnly call
ing to its dead companion, flew away and
was seen no more. The one killed was
four feet high, with the magnificent arched
neck SO characteristic of this fowl, and
measured seven feet from tip to tip Of its
wings. In color it is of the purest white
except its bill and feet, vince ale black as
tar. The feathers and p!nmage ase fine
and soft, and, altogether, ii is capture of
which a naturalist might be proud
Year: 1876

SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug. 24.-The Grand
Lodge of Good Tempars closed its annual session here
TO day having adopted the following report on pohtci
action:


We recommend that the Grand Lodge rciterate its
former action in relation to prohibition or the nqnor
traffic and that the members Of our order he earnestly
requested TO elevate the standard until the nag O toIai
abstinence and prohibition Is devoted to the nasthe'
and keep 1t floating stiIi higher in the air than ever Oe
fore and never let it DO lowered until the IL, l
Uglorshop shall be closed and the last drunk
nrd saved Vote as you pray but DC sure
that you pray for the coming OF the kingdom of the
Lord of Hosts, who pronounccs voc upon him VINO
puttpth the bottle his ncighbor's lips. The Obligation
of every Good Tcmpar Is for total abstinence ana tor
the enre suppression OF the manufacture ana sht on
an intoxicating drinks. But while We caI upoh th,
mcmbcrs OF our order to vote against the licensed
hnuor traffic and its supporters aud for entire pr0D-


ton and those who favor the same, we do NOT deen
il the province OF this Grand Lodge To recommend party
politics or the support Of any political party candidate.
I'VE recommend the enforcement OF the rcstrlcNe 'o-
visions of all existing laws. and that the lodges ed'a
educate the community IN edCh lOcanly up " t'c
highest standard OF our order


The session next year will be held In Ithaca.
Year: 1876

WEST PoINr.-As the bill passed the
House making appropriations for West
Point Military Academy, reduction of
expenses for the current year of 100000
will be effected and about $4,000. from
the war department. This nice little
sum of S210,009 is sneared at by the Re-
publicans. They Will not remember that
If it had been made ten years ago the
saving would now have aggregated about
three millions and that by it in twenty
years almost six millions will be saved.
Now, when the House gets to work at the
larger appropriations for the Army, the
Navy and the Diplomatic and Civil lists,
we may expect to witness great turn
ing up Of noses. But we feel confident
the Democratic work will go right on
notwithstanding.
Year: 1876

PLUCK gentlemen, pluck The "hurrah"
of the hour is with the Opposition. There
are few Republicans who seem to have
been overcome by it. and become dispirited.
If they stop to analyze their feelings, how
ever, they will discover that their fears re-
garding The result of the election next
week are engendered by their appreciation
of the dangerous national calamity that
would ensue from the election of Tilden.
They should understand that this appre-
citation is shared and felt by every true
hearted citizen in the country-a fact
which will insure a full vote and Repub-
ican victory. We say again, Pluck
gentlemen, pluck
Year: 1876

WONDER how Samuel j. Tilden would
maintain the authority of the United States
in South Carolina if the rebels should dis
pute his proposition, that the war was right
and the results embodied in the war amend
ments to the Constitution must be accepted
as q fnality for all those issues. State
sovereignty, of course, gives the State a
right to withdraw from the Union and the
Union has no power to coerce.
Year: 1876

SUIT OF POLICY HOLDER TO RECOVER FROM


THE RECEIVER


Yesterday application was made in tho Supreme
Court Kings county before Judge Pratt for an order
require the OF the Continental Life Insur
snce Company, OF New York, to return the sum Of
s2.210, the amount OF premium paid up by policy
holder, which sum was paid subsequent to tho CON-
mencemcnt OF tho proceedings for the dissolution Of
the company. Counsel Ia making the application set
forth that in October, 1871, Frederick y. Lemon a
resident OF Boston, Mass, took ont policy
Of insurance the life of James Reilly
for tho sum OF $4,000 The premium
was paid up and tho ninth payment had fallen
due October 8, 1876 but Lemon paid 1t on the
4th OF October and asked for .'paid up policy" to
which he was then according TO agreement. entitled
He discovered that legal steps had been taken
two days previous TO his payment OF the premium TO
dissolve the company and that the 2jth OF the
month a receiver was appointed.


Counsel for the receiver opposed the motion and
OF the PAYNE OF the premium Tho proceedings for
the dissolution Of the company wore taken the 9Th
oiOctober which was four days aftor the petitioner
had paid his money. II the Court ordered this
premium 10 be refunded II would open the for
host OF other claimants, and there would be assets
Tor the receiver 10 dispose Of Hc believed that the
comnany in an Dsolvent condition three ago.
but that could only be determined after some furner
Investigation Judge Pratt said he did not believe
there much merit In the petition but he took tho
papers and reserved his decision
Year: 1876

Tho Old Gentloman's Unscctarian Homo appeals TO
the generous public for aid in It's good work OF car
ing for helpless old mon. This charity 10 one that
commends itself tho symsathies or tho charitaby
disposed Of all denominations Tho Home is poor.
But lately they have taken frendless pennIless old
man their house, without the means TO support
him. and this appeal made In hopes OF receiving help
Any fund sent to tho cashier of the HERALD Will be
duly acknowledged.
Year: 1876

me has ever Influenced my action. Perhaps
that Is fault in my nature; but In this
case, ] believe you have been guilty OF
wilfui perjury. The class OF thieves who


nfcst this city know well upon whom TO make
their assaults Tho aged. the inhrm, and the in
toxicatci they select for their victims and notwith
standing the large police force pstroilng the streets
and avenues u has become unsafe for aged irhrm or
intoxicated persons te tho streets SO long
The Bench intend 10 all my power to pro-
tcc the citizens against the robbers Who careless OF
tho lives of those whom they attack do not hesitate 10
sentence OF the Court is twelve years the State
Prison. =
Year: 1876

DON'T TAKE Down THE SToYE.-Now that
mild weather seems to have settled down
among us once more, it is not we9l 10 he
too Ihasty in removing the stove from the
family or setting room. TO be sure it NAV
Teo1. Te saving OF wood. but what is that to the
health OF the family? The weather is so
changeable at this season of the wear that I
very often, in the absence of fire. EVENINGS
are spent in an atmosphere so chilly as to
be productive of those shivering sensations
which are the sure premonitions of violent
colds coughs and Pneumonia. And it is
much safer even to face the "peltings If
the pitiless storm for half a day. and fb.r
have good, warm stove to run to. than to
sit for an hour in a room not cold enoncb


apparently, for a fire, and vet really not
warm enough to be comfortable without
one. "i'4o"C


II i. Is never safe, therefore, in this climate.
of June. 'iio HrsI
Year: 1876

The CHIEF JUsrICEsHIP is yet undecided,
but it is generally conceded that Mr..
Comegys is the coming man. The bar of
both this county and New Castle has sent
in a nearly unanimous recommendation to
the Governor in his favor, but Sussex is
divided as between him and Judge wooten.
it is stated.
Year: 1876

THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR


GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK PUTS THIS


PERTINENT QUESTION IN HIS ALBANY


SPEECH


rs it anywhere recorded in the
political history Of this country
that any party, corrupted by the
long possession Of power ever
reformed itself and corrected it's
own abuses ? It has never bssa
done, and will not be without q
change of Administration"
Year: 1876

NEVER IN OUR POLITICAL
HISTORY HAS THERE BEEN
SUCH A GIGANTIC AND Gun
MING CONSPIRACY AGAINST
THE FRANCHISE AS THE ONE
NOW BEING CARRIED OUT
by THE HIRELINGS OF THE
INFAMOUS CAMERON RING
Year: 1876

Y no would foster better fraternity
and fellowship between all sections
and classes OF our common country,
who detest the practices Of the par,


ty in power, and believe with us in
the necessity tor general and
thorough reform in all departments
Of the government, to you We send
Year: 1876

Mile. Titiens appeared at a matinee performance at
the Academy Of Music yesterday before the largest
house Of the season. The Academy was crammed to
its utmost capacity, from parquet dome, and never
has representa- Of the role of Norma stirred the
public in this city so strongly as on this occasion.
There is a grandeur about the Norma of Ttiens, epic
like In its classic proportions, emotional in its denea-
ton OF the Kaleidoscope phases Of the human heart
and grateful TO every musical ear in the noble voice


that unites the lyric queen to the tragedienne. IL IS
the Norma OF Pasta, Malibran and GrisL The insig-
ncance of the surroundings lost sight OF in the
magnihcence Of the central figure of the opera Even
Bellns polka and waltz kind OF music so adverse TO
the dramatic operas OF later date became Meyerbeer
like in intensity OF effect the hands of this great
artist Mile fitens will appear in Norma, at the
Brooklyn Academy OF Music, on Monday evening and
IN the same opera in New York Wednesday On
Friday LA Favorita" VIII be given and on Saturday
matinee Of NIl Trovatoren "
Year: 1876

The Executive Committee of the depOsitors Of the
Central Park Bank held meeting last evening at Bre-
WORT Hall II was resolved TO call mass meeting OF
the depostors for next Wednesday night and also TO
communicate with all those persons who have ever
been connected with the bank officers, asking them
10 meet the committee at the Astor House next
Wednesday afternoon. This meeting IS for the pur
pose OF giving these parties opportunity OF contrib
utng toward making up the deficiency oithe bank
Year: 1876

If the Commercial supposes the people
OF Delaware think any less of Senator
bayard because of that papers doubling
his loyalty during the war, Or calling
hlm rebel sympathiser now, it is
mistaken. very large part of our peo-
pie have been fully convinced d by the ex-
posure Of the thieves in Washington that
this cry OF rebel has been used very mucb
AS cloak to cover the acts of the dis.
reputable scoundrels who have been all
the while stealing from the government
At the rate things have gone on II will
coon be disgrace to be known as one Of
the loyal Office" holders. We believe
most men would prefer to be called a
rebel" than a perjured disposer of
post-trader ships, Credit Mobiler stock
gambler a District Ring swindler, or
straw bail procurer, with some of which
nearly every prominent leader Of the
Republican party has bee mixed up.


We have no fear of such "rebels" as
ere in Congress; the salvation of the peo.
pie now rests in them-they are now in.
Producing retrenchment and reform
Year: 1876

The radical majority in the Senate
have determined.t to letBelknap escape.
Ten days ago the Washington cores
pondents of republican papers began
to hint at this issue of the impeach-
ment proceedings and now the organs
of the party everywhere are announc-
ing with confidence that such will be
the result. These paragraphs on the
subject are simply intended to prepare
the public for the decision of no juris-
diction, which will certainly be made.
The Senate never thought of convict
ing the accused. To do so would be
too severe blow to the party, and
there is no more partisan body in the
world than the United State Senate, as
1t is at present constituted. Belknap
has, however, been indicted by u
W Washington grand jury, and there is a
dim and distant prospect that he will
be punished as he deserves to be pun.


ished by the courts of the District.
Although they are as subservient as
they possibly could be to the admins
tratlon, we cannot see how they can
so outage law and evidence as to
permit him to escape.-Bd9tl Gazette
Year: 1876

All intelligent travellers who have
visited Brazil speak in the most glowing
terms of the country. Professor Agassiz
regarded it as the most productive and
interesting country on the globe, and the
one in which it is the easiest to obtain
a livelihood. Some who have sailed up
the Amazon declare that vessel can be
loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense
of only few cents per bushel. These
constitute valuable article of commerce,
while the oil extracted from them is
very disirable. All the tropical fruits
are produced in Brazil almost without
cultivation. The soil in many parts Of
the country will produce twenty success
sive crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar
can without the application of manure.
No country in the world approaches
the land of Dom Pedro in the variety of
its forest productions. Professor Agassiz
states that be saw III different kinds
of valuable woods that were cut from a
piece Of land not half a mile square
They represented almost every variety
of color, and many of them were capable
of receiving a high polish. One tree
furnishes wax that is used for candles
another pith that is used for food
and still another yields juice which
is used in the place Of intoxicating liq-
uor. There is single variety Of palm
from which the natives obtain food
drink, clothing, bedding. eordage, fishing
tackle, medicine, and the material they
manufacture into dwellings, weapons
harpoons and musical instruments
Doubtless the day is not far distan
when the valuable woods Of Brazil vii
be used for various useful and ornamen.
tai purposes. Brazil is not only
wooden country" but country tina
produces the most beautiful woods IL
the world.
Year: 1876

A gentleman residing on Aberdeen
street was, until Friday last, inclined to
favor female suffrage. His wife had
prudently delayed moving until after the
1st, so as take advantage of the fall of
house rents. The house to which they
moved had tremendously steep fight
of stairs and an oil-clothed hall. The
wife had the stairs scrubbed down and
left the soap on the top step. Her hus-
band was up stairs with basket full of
clothes pins in one hand and clock
under the other arm, when his wife, who
was down stairs, saw mouse, and shak-
ing her skirts madly, bounded upon the
table and let off series of shrill shrieks,
beginning in high III above the clef.
Her husband, thinking the house was on
fire at the very least, started to run to
her rescue and, stepping on the piece of
soap that she had so thoughtfully left
on the stairs, sat down vehemently at
the top of the flight, and slid down with
the speed of thought Fire few from
his false teeth as he hit the edge of each
step, vOlleys of clothes pins were dis
charged into the air and fell, rattling
and rebounding on the oil cloth, and the
clock shed its inwards over the universe.
The injured husband had little time for
reflection when he reached the glare oil
cloth of the hall and shot across it with
scarcely diminished velocity. literally
making the oil cloth and the seat of his
pantaloons smoke with friction, and fin
ally bringing up against the door with q
violence that threatened to burst the side
out of the house. The fearful concus-
sion startled his wife, who turned back
somersault from the table into tub OF
soap suds, in which she was so tightly
wedged that she had to throw a hand.
spring and canter on all fours like 9
turtle with tub on her back and cata.
racts of suds inuRdating her. Mean.
while, the hired woman fell off the steE
ladder with a crash like pile driver
and Jared down most of the plaster
cornice. When the mans wife haC
sloughed her tub, she sauntered calmly
into the hall and remarked, "Well, mer
are the clumsiest-and the hall had
just been washed, too" Her husband
did not say much, but he thought gooc
deal; and now, he says. just let Susar
B. Anthony come and lecture here again
and if no other man has the courage t.
hiss, he will, SO help him Jasper Pack
lemerton.
Year: 1876




KEEP Your TROUBLES SAcRED.-A
worthy wife of forty years standing
whose life was made up of sunshine and
shade, gave this advice to q married
pair of her acquaintance. The advice
is so good and so well suited to all mar
ried people, as well as those who intend
entering that state, that we here publish
it for the benefit of such persons


Preserve sacredly the privacies Of
your own house, your married state and
your heart. Let no father or mother,
sister or brother come between you two,
or to share joys or sorrows that belong
to you two alone. With Gods help
build your own quiet world, not allowing
your dearest earthly friend to be in the
confidence Of aught that concerns your
domestic peace. Let moments Of diienG.
tiOn, If they occur. be healed at Once
Never, no never, speak of it outside
but to each other confess, and all will
come out right. Never let the morrow'i
sun find you at variance. Review and
renew your vow; it will do you good
and thereby your souls will grow tOgeth
er. cemented in that dove which il
stronger than death, and you viii become
truly one"
Year: 1876

As a farmer in neigboring town was
getting in his hay, he noticed an unusal
commotion among the swallows, which
had built long. row Of nests under the
caves ofhis barn. They appeared great
ly excited, flying rapidly about. and
filling the air with their cries Of distress.
As the load Of hay upon which be was
riding passed into the barn. be saw that
young swallow in nest directly over
the door had caught its neck in crack
between two shingles and was unable to
liberate itself. lie stopped his team and
set the young bird free. restoring it ID
the nest Upon has return 70 the barn
with his next load Of hay. noticing thai
the swallows were quiet. be examined
the crack and found that they had filled
it completely with mud, 80 that no mat
ter how enterprisIng or how foolish ths
young swallow might be, be could not
again endanger his life On the peace oi
that community BY any experiments
upon that crack.
Year: 1876

A cool young gent entered menag-
erie with cigar in his mouth. when
the proprietor politely requested tie
visitor not to teach the other monkeys
bad habits. The young man proved
himself equal to the occasion by prOduc,
ing his cigar case and saying Try one.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald thus describes
the present attitude of the Democratic
party "The great mass of the party,
how hungry it is The poor Confeder-
ates, under the command of Watterson
and Fitzhugh Lee, about whom the Re
publican delegates resolved and resolv-
ed the other day, have not had square
political meal for fifteen years. No
wonder they ask. who is the man to
win 2 Hard money or soft money, free
trade or protection, State rights or Gen.
tralizatIon, Allen or Tilden, Hendricks
or Bayard, anything or anybody, SO
they win, anything or anybody, SO the
hungry souls have beef. The question
as to Mr. Tilden, therefore, is not. is
he the first man in the party in interlect.
character, experience and acquire
ments Is he the man to bring back
the government to the customs of the
fathers ? Is he the best type of Democ-
racy? but can he carry New York 2 The
leaders of the Democratic party are dis
cussed, not from that lofty standard
which statesmen by political orators of
the stump. but simply from this point
of view, Can they win the roast beef 2
All is merged in that. We see nothing
of the old Democratic devotion to princi-
pie, nothing of the spirit of Jefferson
and Silas Wright. Upon every question
now before the country the Democracy
divide as irrevocably as the Republicans.
They have no policy on the finances, on
the revenues, or anything. They cry
reform vaguely. forgetting that in Tam
many Hall and the present House, they
have defed the first principals of reform
| in their treatment of civil service.
Year: 1876

TnE editor of the Register, who is rus
ticating and recuperating at Parkersburg,
furnishes some notes to his paper OF yes
terdsy in regard to the celebration. Of
the Fourth doyn dlere. 1t seems that
the colOred people were nottolbsiall6wed
to join in the procession but were to go
in q crowd by themselves TO the Fair
Grounds. This shows that Parkersburg
is not as far along on the road that has
led the American people to surmount SO


many of their prejudices in regard to the
negro as Wheeling. There was mo OBJ
lection raised here by anybody to the col
ored people participating in the celebra.
ton. We state this TO the honor not only
Of those who had the processionin charge
but to our people generally. Wheeling


is cosmopolitan sort Of q place since the
war, and believes in everybody enjoying
all the rights to which they are entitled
under the laws OF tie country. = 9G
Year: 1876

When the Senate assemblies tomorrow
Senator Morrill, will submit his report
as chairman Of the Conference Committee
on the Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation Bill, together with
some remarks concerning the general
condition OF other pending bills in con.
Aict. He will, within an hour or two
thereafter, qualify as Secretary Of the
Treasury.
Year: 1876

1t is peculiarly gratifying to the Republicans
Of Doniphan County, to be recognized by the Sc
lection Of one of the delegates to the National
Convention from their number. When we re-
member that the District extends over vast ter
ritory, and that it could have only three of the
delegates at most, the favor will be appreciated
as not small one. It is a position of no profit,
but is one of the most honorable that can be be-
slowed. Its recipient is intrusted by the Repub-
lican party with the great responsibility of Sc
lecting candidate for the highest aud most i'm
portant Office in the gift of the American people
At every Presidential and State election, Doni-
phan County has never failed to roll up a rous-
ing Republican majority, and she will excel her
self at the next election. This is the first time
she has ever been given a delegate to National
Convention.


The honor is no less gratifying to Mr.. Leland,
the delegate, than to the party. Whatever diff
ferences may have existed in the Republican
party Of the County in the past, and however
bitter the personal feeling, all have recognized
in him whole team when it comes down to
work. While he never misses an opportunity to
salivate his enemies there is no man better to
his friends. 1t is the positive man who always
makes it tell. When he is your opponent, you
may alwas bet upon finding him right there !;
and when he is your friend, you can depend up
on him. There is no man in Northern Kansas
who has done more work or spent more time and
money for the party than Mr.. Leland.


This result is the fruit of harmony in the par
ty of the County. For the past five years, there
have been nothing but discussion, quarreling
and contemplating, frittering away the strength
of the party, and placing it at the mercy of its
enemies. That is past and gone-let us hope
forever. Peace and harmony prevail, and the
party will show its oldtime strength in the ap-
preaching election. Besides being strong at
home, we shall command respect abroad. The
power of Doniphan County in State politics will
be acknowledged, and she will receive the con-
sideration to which she is entitled.
Year: 1876

ts~ Such tremendous stress is being placed
by the Bristow organs upon the asserted fact
that certain sore-heads, malcontents Democrats,
and odds and ends that have been opposing the
Republican ticket, will vote for Bristow if he is
nominated; and they hold this up as an unan-
swerable argument in favor of his nomination.
If that is the great object aimed 1t, we move
that the Republican Convention nominate Til
den. A majority of the Democratic party will
vote for him, and he cannot fail to he elected if
the Republican party supports him.