INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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National Cemeteries, 34. 



ya'ionalUies of Europe, 287. 



NAUDAIN, ARNOLD, M. D. Obituary, 601. 



Navigator Inlands. (See Navy of the United States.) 



Navy of the United States. Number of vessels, 559; their 

 distribution, 559 ; recommendations of the Secretary, 

 559 ; formation of the North Pacific and South Pacific 

 stations, 559; appropriations, 559; pensions, 559; 

 improvement of the torpedo system recommended, 

 560 ; hydrographic survey in the Pacific Ocean, 560 ; 

 number of students in the Naval Academy, 560 ; Navi- 

 gator Islands, 560 ; progress of the Darien Canal Sur- 

 vey, 561 ; table of gain in time and distance, 561. 



Navy Department of the United States. Condition of, 700. 



Nebraska. Meeting of the Legislature, 561 ; attempt by 

 the Governor to adjourn the Legislature, 561 ; the 

 Legislature declares a vacancy in the office of Govern- 

 or, 561; assumption of Executive authority by the 

 President of the Senate, 562 ; extension of railroads, 

 562; controversy concerning the terminus of the Union 

 Pacific Railroad, 562!; protest against the action of 

 the Iowa Legislature, 562; meeting of the Liberal 

 Republican and Democratic Conventions, 562 ; report 

 of the committee of conference, 562; nominations', 

 562, 563 ; resolutions adopted, 563 ; Republican State 

 ticket, 563; results of the election, 563; meeting of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, 563; Scandinavian 

 immigration, 563 ; inauguration of Governor Furnas, 

 564 ; recommendations, 564 ; State indebtedness, 564 ; 

 statistics of occupations, 564; of agriculture, 564; 

 of manufactures, 564; of newspapers and periodicals, 

 564; of libraries, 565; of churches, 565 ; of pauperism 

 and crime, 565. 



NELSON, Mrs. ELIZABETH KEY. Obituary, 610. 



NELSON, SAMUEL. Retires from the Supreme Court 

 bench, 772. 



Netherlands. Area and population of provinces, 565; 

 population of chief towns, 565 ; area and population 

 of the Dutch colonies in the East Indies, 565 ; revenue, 

 565 ; public debt, 565 ; army of the Netherlands, 565 ; 

 navy, 565 ; movement of shipping, 565 ; religious sta- 

 tistics, 565, 566 ; opposition to the treaty for the ces- 

 sion to Great Britain of the Dutch possessions on the 

 Guinea coast, 566 ; tercentenary anniversary of the 

 beginning of the War of Independence against Span- 

 ish rule, 566 ; introduction of an income-tax, 566 ; 

 formation of a new cabinet, 566 ; adjournment of the 

 Chambers, 566. (See Europe.) 



Nevada. Resolutions adopted by the Democratic Central 

 Committee, 567 ; results of the election, 567 ; silver- 

 mining, 567 ; statistics of occupations, 567 ; of agri- 

 culture, 567 ; of manufactures, 568 ; of newspapers 

 and periodicals, 568 ; of libraries, 568 ; of churches, 

 568 ; of pauperism and crime, 568 ; mining statistics, 

 568. 



New Hampshire. Temperance Convention, 568; statis- 

 tics of liquor-selling, 568 ; resolutions adopted, 568 ; 

 convention of the Labor Reform party, 569 ; resolu- 

 tions, 569 ; Democratic State Convention, 569 ; reso- 

 lutions, 569 ; Republican Convention, 570 ; platform, 

 570 ; results of the election, 570 ; composition of the 

 Legislature, 570, 571 ; election of Republican delegates 

 to National Convention, 571 ; resolutions, 571 ; meet- 

 ing of the Legislature, 571 ; election of State officers, 

 571 ; public debt, 571 ; finances, 571 ; new laws con- 

 cerning taxable property, 572 ; savings-banks, 572 ; 

 school statistics, 572 ; State Normal School, 572 ; Re- 

 form School, 572 ; State prison, 572 ; Insane Asylum, 

 572; railroads, 572, 573; agricultural progress, 573; 

 establishment of a State Board of Agriculture, 573 ; 



geological survey, 573 ; legislation in favor of women, 

 573; resolutions of Democrats and Liberal Repub- 

 licans, 573 ; election results, 574 ; statistics of occupa- 

 tions, 574; of agriculture, 574 ; 'of manufactures, 574 ; 

 of newspapers and periodicals, 574; of libraries, 

 574; of churches, 574; of pauperism and crime, 574. 



New Jersey. Session of the Legislature, 574 ; legislation, 

 574 ; reapportionment of congressional districts, 575; 

 Republican Convention for choosing delegates to Na- 

 tional Convention, 575 ; resolutions, 575 ; election of 

 Democratic delegates, 575 ; resolutions, 575 ; conven- 

 tion of colored voters, 575, 576; resolutions, 576; 

 Democratic and Liberal Republican Conventions for 

 selecting presidential electors, 576 ; Democratic reso- 

 lutions, 576 ; sentiments of the Liberal Republicans, 

 576 ; convention of " Straight-outs," 576 ; resolutions, 

 576 ; proclamation of Governor Parkeragainst bribery 

 at elections, 577 ; election results, 577 ; finances, 577 ; 

 public schools, 577; Lunatic Asylum, 578; State prison, 

 578 ; Industrial School for Girls, 578 ; State Library, 

 578 ; statistics of occupations, 578 ; of manufactures, 

 578; of newspapers and periodicals, 578; of libraries, 

 578; of churches, 578; of pauperism and crime, 578; 

 important railroad movements, 579 ; leasing of the 

 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Companies to 

 the Pennsylvania Company, 579 ; lines controlled by 

 the united companies, 579 ; union of the Central Rail- 

 road of New Jersey and the Delaware, Lackawanna 

 & Western, 579 ; suit to prevent the National Rail- 

 way Company from constructing a railroad connect- 

 ing New York and Philadelphia, 580 ; important rail- 

 road projects, 581; amendment of the constitution 

 recommended, 581. 



New Mexico. (See Territories of the United States.) 



New Orleans. Political excitement (see Louisiana); debt 

 of, 486 ; rate of taxation, 486. 



New South Wales. (See Australia.) 



Newspapers and Periodicals. Statistics of, in the United 

 States (see the respective States). 



New York. Session of the Legislature, 581 ; provisions 

 of a new charter for New York City, 581 ; vetoed by 

 the Governor, 581 ; his objections, 582 ; rapid transit 

 charters, 582 ; veto of the bill for the payment of 

 claims against New York city created in 1871, 583 ; 

 passage of an act for the protection of tax-payers 

 against frauds, 583 ; opinion of the judges of the 

 Court of Appeals on the legal bearing of the act, 583 ; 

 creation of a canal debt, 583 ; amendment of the 

 constitution relative to the Court of Appeals, 583; 

 appointment of a commission for proposing amend- 

 ments to the constitution, 584; investigation of 

 charges against the insurance commissioner, 584; 

 impeachment of Judge Barnard, 584; charges against 

 Judge McCunn, 584; the withdrawal by Judge Mc- 

 Cunn's counsel, 584; their reasons for so doing, 584; 

 removal and death of Judge McCunn, 585 ; proceed- 

 ings against Judge Prindle, 585; impeachment and 

 acquittal of Judge Curtis, 585 ; convention of colored 

 Republicans, 585 ; resolutions, 585 ; Democratic Con- 

 vention for choosing delegates to the National Con- 

 vention, 585 ; resolutions, 585 ; appointment of Re- 

 publican delegates to National Convention, 585 ; con- 

 vention of soldiers and sailors, 585, 586 ; Republican 

 Convention for nominating State officers, 586 ; plat- 

 form, 586; ticket, 586; conventions of Democrats 

 and Liberal Republicans, 586 ; ticket and platform, 

 586, 587; results of the election, 587; state of pro- 

 ceeding against the alleged corrupt officials of New 

 York City, 588 ; appeal of the Committee of Seventy 

 for reform in municipal affairs, 588; strike of laborers 



