Be ave x^^Bahxted ' PUBLISHED SYBRY FRIDAY. > YTO^;%!^^a3 0 AWyorM IW ADVANCE. • ' 5 BEAYER, 1873. ~ ' ■ TITM! SBiIWBW. *l< imw |iiw.' tat I teUna ta Wwtttoowii WpljPir*,! there Uofit. Now, what Imy Ita old notion, (a which many of I —» • ’ c «. ■*£„**,****..« bi,«go«..,« ' his flve-dollar bill could! for the being of a God is true there ere bi . mxMowas, ** ** “ 1,00 * , impracticable, hut how could we* U end (while the supply last- many glorious things that are possible. tkai*s hw “ - « - . -so Wthoul fttek'moß Uhlpt.' : itfor a five-doltar gold If untrue Jthey arc Impossible. To men. __ •• «• .-^ i> i^ ard ! M, - l> i* e another poor man -of logical mioda *hbsmile contemptn- I iff- tT'S" tS” “ tn !t * WOKm* —■ > «>•»»« of ouily at ««.. .t «<.(««. r:: . 510 |10.4# fetera 5£ the publisher. **“** OUt 10 the*. they g|| Sftnjrt; time gold would enter into | Mr. Abbot’s discourse is like a draught of not _ ’K i 3.' is 1 * lw 9jj Professional or Business Carta, not exceeding to *** usually glow to percelvartifc When As the people would cold water to a famishing msu. was nerei lat { 4!oo 5.40 9M lines of this type, 98,00 per annum. once fully aware of its oxistenoetmme- n>ore convenient than the - E. 8.0. higher. & fDe ,s;£ ?!§“ 7$ niiS lira wry r <Mßin it seem is.ospn 9.00 9.15 19.17x11 received, sad liberal deduction* mads in proportion Its effects. These men are aometimesso oar oaoer would be on a oar FROM KAFBAS. and' ,3 20 11.50 ujso 9.35 to length of advertisement and length of time ol f n ij paper wool aDeon a par ... 4.n 2.35 pm 3.55 am b.ob insertion. tun of plana that they get for themaelfe* Then the government would „ . -- J. 8 -? 0g ? Advertisements of io ituee or leea, $l,OO for one the name of “theorists,” and the geh«!s| receive more gold. It would Corre ®P o ’ M j® ooo . trains Gum_ _____ : -~= «Bertion,aod 5 cents per uae for each additional community look upon them as belngaiao SBlfefeom other sources than custom °* I I ( ; 1 ‘ aeertioa. impracticable to no lees degree than' w|ffiiP?WUhin a few months we would July 4th 1873 ) 3.15 am 9.30 am 5.30 pm 9.90 v« AU advertisements, whether of displayed or blank those of the ODOOSIte class whom th*V .. u ", . . w .*- 1 9.15 ; 12.02 pm 8.05 12.15 AM ones, measured by lines of this type. a s * ' J BB ftom l T y payments everywhere, and Owing to my very limited experience I PliLm 8 06pm Special Iffbttees Insetted among loca. items at w “ enom alarmiats. The world odHpreney would be settled Upon aas a public correspondent, I feel some "t oo J o!os 2.27 cents per line for each insertion, naiew otherwise knows but little how much it owee to wHPbaaia. The evils of immediate re* what backward in presenting vou a brief g ooam* ( w .4 15 li’aoAM 4gfoe<l opoa ** the “““t^ qaartcr or year. , the two classes, alarmists and theorists shJpdU would be avoided. Prices account of my trip thus far*; but very IT ! t!i9 r AM la ® " 9k Mough 10 rank . ; be so suddenly affected as to little perhkps of what I may say will be ii.oo : 10*53 sics 4.20 insertion, with either of these two claaeea of people, ftraphsinese. interesting to your readers; however, I , 4 00 P *l-‘.so ii.*4sam B.w> Marriage or Death annonaeements published free lum willing to acknowledge that llw: ia so simple that any one can shall offer this aa a kind of introduction f’. rTmtsb^ — of charge, obituary notices charged aa advertise- evils of a depreciated currency have it, and slrnpUcity is general* to something which, I trust, shall be Occerai Passenaer and Ticxet Agent, ments, and payable tn advance. been pointed out to me by others, and IV nnlfidered a great merit. I can’t see more interesting as I pass htrtber along r^L BT t“. ot , ti ,rop “ *?r j “ , ‘’ , ? ~hepBop,i! discioeed to the publisher, will be thankfullyrs t I tW UlMe evi " hftVe ® een WgjW^ l by of course, I know that every I left home pa Sunday, June 15th, at solved. Local news solicited bom every part of plana proposed by other men. Kever- in gold and stocks will oppose noon, taking passage on the good steamer goikg soutii—main Liya. . the county. thelesslh&ve ideas upcoa great many by the ductnations of the mar- Josephine, bound for the upper Misson* __”i MFB’a.j mah.; juxpk’s. | accom PubUcation offlce ila Tu» Radical Buttoma that are peculiarly my own* I are enabled to make such ri. and long were the hours of that first ! rjs“ jg« < 7?^!S!!S , i!!yS m<.w *»*, **» “»«• n« «y la 9“ foitg|,c, - > wh|ch >««° «ftw»oo>8tanoA«w—»■>««»»»» ; ! io!:3 s'.aa be addressed to SMITH arena,beaver. Pa. ting cheap transportation; a plan for re- j JJ-}g ®-*> r: -.r—: -, forming the civil service; a plan for.ieg- ■ ihteresls of the people. more rapidly. We had for onr pilots Mr. j i.iopm B.'uo 2BOM WA&HIITO TOM. ulatlng the relations of capita! and labor, inofe this plan is thought of the Jacob Poe and his eon from Georgetown, I r j-j?. : . - and among.other plans I have one for re- it will appear and (I am who lam happy to say performed.the dn- GOI NG Noitra-MAiNjjNx ‘ B«mmpitou of Specie paymeut. suming specie payment. oottlteot) the more practicable it will ties of their offlce with credit and ability. j j_!°*' coereepoMdenoe «f the Radical. It would be a useless and %a endless thought no little apoo the Wc were drawing all the wal r, hut with i s:io P * Washwotok, D. 0., July 1A 1873. to enumerate the many plana that sntyt. i have studied all the projects skillful management never lost a single 110.2* i 4.30 ; beer have been proposed. The first and most been proposed, Incinding the moment of time, except In the fog, or on jis’.oemi s!5B ftbe obvious quesefoa is as to the proper plan and its most remote op- account of some unavoidable occurrence, ! jo eg on t time. Some tew would suggest immedi- have tried to eliminate from and let me say just here, in all my steam nAST-RivKR DivisiQs ' »ur, - oAj resutuptlon, but the general opinion ia feaiarea that seemed least pract- boat traveling I have never met with a , , : vhic t l b»t this Is impracticable, even impossi* most complicated, and the re- more pleasant and agreeable set of offl ( her ble. and that if it were possible it would my oogltatloDs I have given above cers; of Capt Todd and his son, the i!oo A *i s'.r ipo bring with ft evils of greater magnitude in|M|brief Bpace as possible and there- clerk, it is only a repeated stqry to speak ” n \ f' aai than thoee which aow oppress as. They sbraewhat crude form, I trust of their kindness and ability aa steam b 1 ;re therefore favor resumption at perqte it carefully and boat officets. J i u, tim ® (which time is always in the fiimrifl myridcA tod lam Qaile_ a Wow’ A >t Onßon jnit? w on Wfldnag» -^ll^-^.- WiteT-HiVBH MVMibit. ' n future)-and urge a gradaftl' U. -ev VOLUME V. n iTTSBURGH. PT. WAYNE AND I ciiicaqo RAILWAY. —On and after June train* will leave stations aa follows: rtAtIONS. t’KtsbnJ'gb Rochester. Alliance . • OrrvUlo • Crestline ■ Fonsst Un» fort Wayne Plymouth.. (;tuca?o. stations. CSiea?o-' fort Wayne .... Luna Forest . t Ar Cicrtkw •• {■ D e , jlansfleld Orrvilie. Alfcanca.. Bochtf«« r pittsbargii /CLEVELAND & PITTSBURGH R. R Vj On and alter Jane 39. 1873, trains will leave (rationsdaily, (Sundaya excepted) as follows; STATIONS. t>velttod. tfiidwn. Kevenna Alliance... bayard IVeUmla. p'.nabnrjli • TATI OS 9. meborsh Bayard • ■ Karensa . Hai-on . C.cwiaad., IiULNIi STATIONS. 5.45a* | 10.50 am ! 6.40 pm 5.55 i 11.00 5.50 0.57 >l3.o7p*t «.B0 8.00 1.03 i 7,50 9.30 ; 2.35 9.26 .. j 1 10.40 j 3.40 10,30 ' GOING' Baiiair bntepon . .'■.oabcunllo Wells vi Do. . Rjehester. -'h:wbar:.’!i. SIiTIOHS _&c&ster.. .... :St?abenvUle .... Bfi'teport fklUir TX6CARAWAB BRANCH .. Arrives vi iuJ.i.l) Wam* I.oopm | Bayard, 9.455m*400pm Bayanl.li.lo* 5 o,'p. m. | N. PhUa. 3.00 *7,3o pm. P. B. MTBRS. frer.erai Paaeeneer and Ticket Agent. PENNSYLVANIA. R. R. j December 22d, 1372, Trains will arrive '*od wpan ae follow*: •r IA',Il A ' , I, WAHa - WBBTWAHD. luwgh Trains Leave Thronjih Trains Arrive Union Depot. „ * Bxp <*, ~-i>o ami Mail Train, 1:06 a a Ma . Tnis. 7:46 a m Past Line. l,'-35 a m ! r‘'f- r) Ex „ W. 30 pm l Pittsburgh Kx. 8.00 a m L f j r '? l 1:10 P m Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 am r.a.-jdelp a Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Bx. 12:40pm rasMjne, 8:50 p m PacificJExpr’s, 1:10 pm i.orAn. • Way Passeneer, 9:50 p m fe* 0 . 1 ’ 6:10 am; local. p i.iiinsb :l f i Walls No 1 6:SO a m u ,V ‘ v . 'O5 l1111 Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m * "If lo:-* a m • Wilkineburg Ac w e V‘' n N h°''’ . 11; 45a m> Nol B:2oam «■ •■v.nsburir AC IWailsSoS, 9:10 am . 2:4»1 pm! Johnstown Ac. 10.10 am 'a'.sNoi. 3:20 p m : Walls No 3, 1:45 pm i Ac. 4:00 pm, Walls No 4 3:30 p m hrr '; n ,Accoia- Wilkinsbnrg Ac □'•dstnNol. IS) pm N 0 o 4.45 pm K.iii.oii A,-. No 2 5:40 p m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m i N11 „ 8; 15 pm Brinton No a. «;50 p m ir. ~‘n r; ; 8:20 p m Brinton Ac. No 3 7:25 p ra :l .No.ii ll:usp nj Brinton AcNo4 11:16pm ,' }u v ~'! Kx P ress - Cincinnati Express, Fast Line ai '■ . inl '* n Ac. No. 3.leave daily, jpii, Lxprusp driily, except Monday. - u oi her trains daily, except Sunday, r ,n C ac „ P rt ‘ s 8 leaves Fiitsburarh at 2:50 a m ar , ; i a ! f ‘ ljlri ' ,bnr S B t 11:40 a m; Philadelphia 3:30 \ u ?- i ; more 8:00 p m; Washington 5:40 pm. » )«rk «;3ip m. y Express leaves Pittsburgh at 12.20 pm; s .u, v “• ir psbiin: 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a tn; * ° r k bid» m. 1 ■ in.lup.uti Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p .p'c! ■ it Harri-bnrg 10:45p m; Philadelphia 2:50 v " ;mure i;ir > B m i Washingtons:ooa m. New ■ ■‘•S ii:lo a m . n . ’phi-fi Express leaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p 81 Harrisburg 2:55 a mi Philadelphia 6:55 •1 .7. New l„ rk 10:14 am. 1; .!' V' ine J oa . Ve s Pittsburgh at 8:50 pm; arrives at : ! ' ,:4 ' t ;V n: Philadelphia 9:50 a m; Balti a m; " a=lungton 11:30 a m; New York ' * p fll h 1,.' ..’ lr , cb Trains leave Wall's Station every 1-; ,‘,: r :,; 1 : •' 8 m.reacbing Pittsburgh at 10:00 am. : win- I- 'L uavi; Pittsburgh at 12:30p m, and arrive fjii, r„ V ,u 1:30 P m - heave Pittsburgh firv Bnnton’s 10:30pm. : 11,. fj'-k.ET OFFICE—For the Convenience it le.'sH <lf Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania f Nf. e Bn >' Olive opened a city ticket office ' 11 uvL-r.uecorner ofSmithfleld street, r j u ~1 t° r Tickets, Commutation Tickets V . u * Principal stations can be pur- V 3,1 - v ‘‘our oi the day or evening at the iii • u ;“ ;f v charged at the depot. j 1 ' n h.i '.'i Vl ’ be checked through to destination I 1. ri,. residences by Excelsior Baggage I K i- 1 ' ur b e rs left at the office. j ■, a.-r information applv to A ATT. 1) iL BOYD. Jb.. ritra - -Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent. \ LU:g uen y valley railroad r : '° r y ] r, 15th, 1873. Three *'■! ,i'rri [“’d- except Sunday. will leave ■' icity tine, for Franklin, u.,1 u-,;.’ u, '‘ oan d all points in the Oil Regions, 5 '-uai.d Central New York. I’v.Leave. Arrive i'v,;.'" 7.10 am 8.35 pm sikas‘ ~ 10.40 pm 6.15 am On ho na r 10.30 a m 4.45 am 8"( la \v, ri 8.40 am «.30am I '' Ac ■■ ■ 0.59 a m 8.00 ala L-.i,; ,• , i) ‘ • 11.40 am 2 10 a in ‘v Uuir.,n v Ac 3.25 p m 10.30 a m w*i,rb« . 5 00pm 3.55 am H ihon A ° 6.00 p m 5.45 pm A 8.50 pm 7.20 pm ,1- ,?, ncla -‘ ,rain leaves Pittsburgh every a arriving at Parker at 11.35 am. II ‘'hu-oVi’. 1 l e *- ™ ker at 4.40 p ta, and arrives at ■ | T,~ t H p la. *. ,ir i’i ' a> ,, pi 1 ,', 51 v° froinSoda Works (Sunday) If ‘ hor ? h ’ nt « to, and leaves at U. iliiAY LAWKfiNCS.Qcn’L Sapt. 1 A *. Ticket Agent. accok xaii.. Issrs'a., V ■ » «.30a» :1.15mt 4JSOn» TrW 230 6.06 8.40 8.10 7.15 9.80 4.20 8.29 tI.MO I 5.25 9.45 jll.lo | 6.40 10.00 » • i Doubtless there will be entire agree ment among all classes of the community concerning the proposition that the de preciated condition of our currency en tails upon as many evils which should, if possible, be remedied. There was a time when the people talked upon this sub ject, when our ablest financiers wrote upon it, when our Congressmen made speeches upon it and brought in bills looking to such a consummation,- when our Treasury qfficialsrefened to in their jrepbrts jina theTe wasa time when the question was one of exceedingly great interest to the public. But now we sel dom hear it spoken of. The people never mention it, the newspapers neglect it, the financiers have abandoned it. Congress men have turned their attention to other i matters, the officials of the Treasury , avoid it ; in a word, it has ceased to be a question about which the public feels any great concern. This is a cause for alarm. We are slumbering in a dangerous place. I am not an alarmist, but I look upon the apathy to this question as a very un healthy sign. We seem to have settled down to a determination to “bear the ills we have,” while apparently we are per fectly unconscious that other and greater ones must, sooner or later, follow it. Our physicians tell us that the existence of one disease in the bodily system makes it much easier for more serious and more complicated ones to fasten themselves upon it. So it is with our financial sys tem. The evil of a depreciated currency seems to have fastened itself permanent ly to it, and when greater financial dif ficulties arise we will not be in a strong and healthy condition, able to meet them and cast them off. We ail see this evil, but we seem to be resigned to it, and like Micawber we are “waiting for something to turn up.” We have ceased to act. We have almost ceased to think about it. Now, all this is to be depreciated. It is a very unhealthy sign, and we have good cause for feeling alarmed at the lethargic state of the public mind on a question so j important to the most vital interests of I the nation. | I do not pretend to say where the 1 blame for this condition of things lies, j For a number of years after the close of | the late war we started on a career great prosperity. Ohr paper had become ! so much depreciated that it required over two dollars and a half to buy one dollar of gold. Less than years ago the premi- j am on gold had sunk to less than ten per ( cent- But that was as far as we ever got. i It has since risen slowly and gradually, j with slight flunctuations, and on Satur day last it was quoted at 115?£ In this ; neighborhood it stands. Something ! must be done, for things cannot always I remain so. • There are two cla*es of people in the community of which I desire to speak. One is that class who so readily perceive the evils that exist, who can so eloquent ly point them oat, but who are utterly in capable of suggesting a remedy. Such people serve a most excellent purpose. Without them society would “go to the dogs." They serve in the capacity of sentinels to give ns warning when danger approaches. One ot the most eminent ol this dlass fjs Mr. Wendell Phillips. He can tell ua in language Uiat arouses os into life of the evils which surround us, to that foatfltidtt of things w, become practicable. . Horace r Gteelejr used rosay “If you want to respme, Se same.” Bateaid those of the opposite school, “This won’t do. We haven't the specie with which to do it. and, if we bad, it would not do to resume now, dor each a proceeding would so upset prices as to ruin business." It was therefore thought best to let the matter take its natural coarse, to allow the value of our currency and of specie to gr&dnally ap proach each other, so that the transition wonld not be perceptible to the business community. We have been following this plan, bnt the values of the two kinds of money do not natnrally approach each other. On the contrary they are becotn-1 ing mere widely separated. Gold is worth more than it was three years ago, or rather greenbacks arc worth less. We are told that this Is because there is too great a volume of paper currency in cir culation, and urged to con tract it. On the other band we hear the cry from all parts of the country, espe cially from the country people and resi dents of country villages, of the scarcity of the circulating medium. What are we to do? We all want our greenbacks to appreciate in value till they become as good as gold. How are we going to accomplish it ? By selling gold and buying bonds? We have tried this, but it does no good. Bonds keep up, but greenbacks continue to go down. Let me give my plan. The government receives annually from custom duties about one hundred and ninety millions in gold, a little over half a milliion daily. Inutead of selling this gold to the gamblers of Wall Street, I would endeavor to get it into circulation among the people. If the gold and silver of the country could he distributed among the entire people there would soon be uo difference between its value and that of greenbacks. 1 would suggest for accomplishing that result, that Congress pass an act in- structing the Secretary of the Tresasury from sod after a certain day to exchange this gold for greenbacks, a certain amount each day (say a quarter of a million, for we have the gold with which to do this! and to prevent rings and cliques from monopolizing it, let it be provided that ibis proceeding bo not limited to New York alone. Let the government} de- positarics in the various cities and towns tbroughout the country be instructed to make Ibis exchange to a specified amount each day. When the amount bo specified shall have been exchanged let it stop till the next day or the nest week as the case may be. To matte still greater provision against the possibility of the coin being bought up by gold gamblers let it be pro vided that no larger amount than (say) one hundred dollars be exchanged for any -one person on any one day. teUpecUWe : n'i ■* V l Porta* Beaver Radical, j Tlie |<tea of OoA—An Anehar to Uie iWlBdwaWL Everymanjatall Acquainted with what isgoingon- in the world of mind has no ticed the tendency to go from one extreme to another. This is especially true in the dome la of religion- Indeed one' extreme begets another, and the relationship is acknowledged in the maxim that "ex tremes meet.” The anthropomorphitic conception of God is so gross to the cultivated mind that it drives a man into materialism and atheism as the least of two evils. When the intellect finds oat that it has been fooled in believing a dogma which has no foundation in truth, in pride and anger at the insult, it rushes to the opposite dogma. Now while this is natural and usual it is uot wise. Beaver is a very homogeneous kind of a place, and very far removed from the dangerot heresy in any form. Yet doubt is the order o! the day. It is in the very air, and cannot be fenced out of any town, or any family. Let us not be alarm ed. It is the sign of life and progress. Hence there are minds among us which are compelled painfully to differ with the majority in their thoughts about Qod. Allow me therefore to recommend to such a discourse on “The Idea of Ood” published in the Toledo Index of the sth July, by the editor of that p*per, Rev. F. E. Abbot; in which he makes the nearest approach to a demonstration of tbeLexist cnce of Ood that I have ever seen. 1 differ with Mr. Abbot in that I belong to the Intuitional School whereas he be longs to the Scientific. I bold that all properly developed and thoughtful men instinctively believe and trust in God. He comes to this conclusion by a short cut acrosa lots. Mr. Abbot wants a dem onstration. Like a surveyor with com pass and chain, he starts from the place of beginning and surveys round all the angles of the field, blazing the trees, or setting the posts, at every step, so that any man may follow after him. I think the belief in God is so important in its consequences, and so satisfactory, that in the present partially developed state of the human mind men adopt it intuitively. For you know, Mr. Editor, that there it this difference between men, and espe cially betwen men and women as classes, that one reaches a conclusion by a slow and painful process ol reasoning which another may arrive at by a single glance. - Those ot us who are intensely ortho dox may indulge ourselves in the luxury of abusing Mr. Abbot as an inffdel; but in my judgment this discourse of his dh the idea of God, so satisfactory to men of mind, will be deemed a sheet anchor for ns in that storm of opinion which is gathering, and which is bound to sweep mber of thinking Bam. ening, Jane 18th, and there re mained until twelve o'clock the nest day, when we left for Bt. Louie. 1 Boon formedthe acqnaintance of oar new pi lots, Messrs. Williams and Frazier, the former of which I soon took pleasure in recognizing as a brother. It seemed a pleasure to each of them to instruct strangers in regard to the history of the country, &c., as we passed along. Upon arising Friday morning I found we were abont to enter the great canal at Louis* ville, Ky. It took some four hours to pass through, during which time ttook the opportunity to inquire into the cost and probable expenses to keep tt ops—a yankee’a first inquiry—and I was inform ed that it cost about $6,500 dollars per month to keep it np. The two gates of the middle lock cost $45,000. The whole presented a beautiful piece of workman ship. Reaching Cairo, 111., on Sunday afternoon, we changed our coarse down the Ohio to contend with a strong and steady current, filling the hanks of the mighty “Father of Waters." So great i was the change that it seemed it would lake a week to reach St. Louis. i j In ascending this rapid stream I thought of the beautiful comparison to some men’s life. At first it is calm and pleasant; how smoothly they seem to pass along the stream, almost unconscious of its constant crurent, until maturer years of responsibility are reached, then to them everything seemed raffled and in a spirit of contention. They seem to re gard life as one of our great poets have said— “a scene of fancied bibs and heartfelt care. Closing at last in darkness and despair." Finally, with the constant turning of the wheel, we reaohed St. Louis on Tues day evening at seven o’clock. Next morning I was employed on the levee in helping the clerk to discharge the freight. We were both kept busy for two days, during which time the beat of the sun seemed unbearable. Here I met friend Rev. J. H. Aughey, who had shipped his household goods at Rochester on board this steamer for St. Louis- We left St. Louis on Friday afternoon, June 27tb, for Sioux City and Yankton. Upon reaching the mouth of the Missou ri we found extremely h igh water, and thus Car we £ave had a very strong cur rent to contend with. As we'pass along we see beautiful fields of grain washing away. In some instances whole farms are washed away in a short space of time by a sudden change iu the current, bat yesterday I saw a family leaving their home on account ot the water cutting the shore, and I thought of the foolish man who built his house upon the sand. Yet for rich soil, I believe, I have nev er seen its equal in Pennsylvania. It is so productive that hundreds of bushels of wheat can be bought for 86 and 85 cents per bushel. When running my time is employed in standing a regular walch .«* ateeremaa * wbeo lying in port la*t Msm aamtant clerk. We have ao bar 6a tbi« boat, a«* everything ta done in decency and fa or* der. \ Since writing like Above I here been In formed by a ditteea that this rim bee not been so high for several years, and wm never known to be over three feet higher. Somellojee in making a croesieg it seems almoet like gulag to sb*-4ww and three miles wide la many places, I will try aod write you again before leaving the Stales. STOCK 8419UT6 IN NEBRASKA.' BY PttOF. J. O. BOTLBa. Lincoln, Nbbbabka, 1919. About the 20th of March, I took 4hw train from here for Chicago, 542 mifeft Leaving this city at two on oae after - noon, I ordinarily should have reached that Queen of the Great Lake* at three o’clock on the next afternoon. Bui on* arriving at the Missouri I found it im*' possible to cross, for according to the local phrase it was “gorged with ips.** It was as if a glacier had rushed down from an Alpine ravine and blocked up the track along a Swiss valley. Such -a» iceberg bad not been seen then before during thia season, and it was nest swept down the river. Meantime however, several care fitted with cattle and‘hogs for sent back 25 miles to Ashland to spaad the night in the yard where they had been kept through the winter,. I w.eat with them In order to inspect the Ne braska style of stock fattening. One yard 1 visited is on s neck of land between two rivers, one fresh and ooe salt, so that no salt is needed for the stock. The ooly shelter was a doss fence four feet high on one aide, and bay cribs orv another which broke the feres TBftogn toe WTSter oad been tbs severest ever known, the cattle were in good condition, and none of them had died. Tbejrhad.no covering what ever overhead. The food of the stock was aural): In dian corn, each car cat into three, pieces and shoveled from a wagon into huge troughs scattered here and there in the yard. Wild bay in the side cribs was al ways within reach, and some of cobs and ail, was ground in a horse ohII into coarse meai. The hay cost only the cutting, being free on what in England would be called “commons.” The corn was partly raised; close at baad, ninety bushels and up ward on a single acre—and partly bought at 15 cents a bushel. The cattle were Texas —bad been driven last year 1,200 miles from the far southwest. The first cost was $l2 per bead—and $6 more for driving to the ✓ yard. Five dollars more will pay pas sage to Chicago. The lost lot of a hun dred sent from this yard sold tor four nod a half cents, or more than fifty dol lars for each beef. No business is growing faster in Ne braska than stock raising. None will pay better- Indian corn is too bujky for distant transport. It needs a condenser. What it needs it finds in cattle and hogs. Hog skin and cowhide make the best bags—bags that bold ten" times more than canvas bags Of the same size. Ashland is a new .town on the "Bur lington Route” from the Mississippi River to Ft. Kearney, and twenty-five miles west oi Plattsmouth. In that land district over 25,000 homc-steaders and pre-emptors have filed claims at the United States office in Lincoln, and about 3,000 have bought B. & M. Railroad land on ten years’ credit and 6 per cent in terest. On land contracts since 1872, nothing of the principal is payable till the end of four years. —The indications are that there will te | three tickets submitted to the voters of Schuylkill county the coming fall, the Labor Reform party manifesting a deter* : ruination to enter the field again. Oa | Tuesday the standing committee held a I meeting at Pottsvilfe, at which the follow. ! log resolutions were adopted: Whereas, Reports have been circulat. ed that the labor reformers would pot nominate a ticket this fall ; therefore, Resolved, That we will not abandon the field, bot will use every legitimate effort | to inaugurate a vigorous campaign, ba j lieviug the labor reform principles to be Y .beat calculated to secure the welfare of the people of our county. John Siney, President of the Miners* and Laborers’ Benvolent Association, is opposed to the nomination of a ticket and thinks there are other (hatters to consider just now of more vital importance, to the workingmen’s interests. NUMBER 29 , Very truly yours, J. S. Biuoaa. ■ i t- ■*
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