INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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Netherlands. Ruler, 539 ; population, 539 ; do. and reli- 

 gion in provinces, 510 ; population of cities, 540 ; 

 army, 540 ; nary, 540 ; railroads, 540 ; telegraphs, 

 540; post-offices, 540; budget, 540; debt, 540; bud- 

 get of colonies, 640 ; imports and exports, 540 ; treaty 

 with Prussia, 541 ; legislative proceedings, 541, 542 ; 

 new ministry, 542. 



Nevada. Mining interest, 543 ; gold and silver yield of 

 the United States, 548 ; do. in the States and Terri- 

 tories, 643; bullion product, 543; gold and silver 

 yield of Nevada, 543 ; coinage, 543; profits of mining, 

 643 ; stock of mining companies, 544 ; case of litiga- 

 tion, 544 ; State Treasury, 544. 



New Hampshire. Republican Convention, 545 ; nomi- 

 nations and resolutions. 545 ; local nominations for 

 councilors, 545 ; Democratic Convention, 546 ; nomi- 

 nations and resolutions, 546 ; the result of the elec- 

 tion, 547; session of the Legislature, 547; State debt, 

 547 ; savings banks, 547 ; State prison, 547 ; educa- 

 tion, 547 ; Agricultural College, 548 ; geological sur- 

 vey, 548 ; legal reforms, 648 ; laws enacted by the 

 Legislature, 549. 



New Jersey. Session of the Legislature, 549 ; difficulty 

 in organizing the House, 549 ; a Senator elected, 549; 

 State Controller, 550 ; laws enacted, 550 ; district 

 courts, 550; nominations for judges, 551; difficulty 

 between the Senate and Governor, 551 ; his letter, 

 551 ; finances, 551 ; taxable property, 551 ; sinking- 

 fund, 551 ; public instruction, 551 ; Insane Asylum, 

 552; other institutions, 552; State prison, 553; 

 Greenback Convention, 553 ; nominations and reso- 

 lutions, 553; address, 553; Colored Convention, 654; 

 resolutions, 554 ; Tax-payers' Convention, 554; reso- 

 lutions, 654 ; Temperance Association, 555; nomina- 

 tions and declaration, 555 ; Republican Convention, 

 655; nominations and resolutions, 555 ; election, 556; 

 vital statistics, 556 ; land grants, 657 ; Delaware & 

 Lackawanna Railroad improvements, 557; militia, 

 557. 



New Jerusalem Church. Convention, 557; statistics, 658; 

 foreign correspondence, 658 ; reports, 558. 



New Mexico. Condition of the Territory, 558 ; education, 

 658 ; Indians, 558 ; finances, fi59 ; taxes, 559 ; debt, 

 659 ; events in recent history, 659 ; press, 559. 



New York. Treasury receipts and payments, 560; debt, 

 660 ; assessed value of property, 560 ; bounty debt, 

 560; canals, 561 ; common schools, 561 ; management 

 of prisons, 561 ; Republican Convention, 561 ; the 

 platform, 562; nominations, 564 ; Democratic Conven- 

 tion, 564; nominations and resolutions, 664; Labor 

 Reform Convention, 565; resolutions and nomina- 

 tions, 666; result of the election, 566; acts of the 

 Legislature, 567 ; Woodin's charter, 567 ; amendments 

 to the Constitution, 568, 569; new code of civil pro- 

 cedure, 569; code of remedial justice. 669; new capi- 

 tol, 670; population, 570; details, 570; relisrious or- 

 ganizations, 570; populations of cities, 571; land 

 proprietors, 671 ; debt of New York City, 571. 



NICHOLAS. Grand - Duke, 671 ; birth, 571 ; career, 

 871. 



NICHOLAS I. Prince of Montenegro, 671 ; birth, 671 ; 

 career, 571. 



North Carolina. Condition of affair*, 572; session of the 

 Legislature. 572; act to regulate elections, 678; de- 

 partment of agriculture, immigration, etc., 673; ad- 

 justment of the State debt, 573 ; board of education, 

 673 ; the peanut crop, 574 ; letter of Governor Vance, 

 674; election of Chief Justice, 5:4; biographical 

 Bketch, 574. 



Obituaries, American. See Alphabetical List, 574. 



Obituaries, foreign. See Alphabetical List, 591. 



O'CONOB, CHABLEs.-Counsel before the Elector*! Com- 

 mission, 179-182. 



Officers of the Electoral Commission, 168. 



OGDEN, WILLIAM B.-Birth and death, 614; mercantile 

 career, 614 



Ohio. Finances, 615; debt, 615; local debts, (516; Uxes 

 levied, 615; increase and decrease, 615; public dejit, 

 616; animals, 616; railroads and telegraphs, 616; 

 earnings, etc., 616; debts and interest, 616; losses of 

 companies, 617; schools, 617; mine accidents, 617; 

 public works, 617; legislative session, 617; bridge' 

 disaster, 617; Democratic Convention, 618; resolu- 

 tions as to presidential election, 618; Prohibition 

 Convention, 618; nominations and resolutions, 618; 

 Democratic Convention, 618; nominations and reso- 

 lutions, 618, 619; Republican Convent ion, 619; nomi- 

 nations and resolutions, 619; Labor Party, 620; 

 Greenback Convention, 620 ; results of the election, 

 620; railroad disturbances, 621. 



OKLOBJIO, IVAN D. Russian commander, 621 ; birth, 621 ; 

 career, 621. 



Old Catholics. Fourth synod, 621 ; proceedings, 621 ; 

 gains in Germany, 628 ; controversies in the Church, 

 622 ; synod in Switzerland, 622 ; Italy, 622 ; France, 622. 



Ordnance. Improvement in arms, 622; Martini-Henry 

 rifle used by the Turks, 623; Winchester rifle, 628; 

 Krnka musket of the Russians, 628; Berdan rifle, 

 623 ; the Soper rifle. 624 ; English and Italian monster 

 guns, 624; experiments, 624, 625; steel guns, 625; 

 improvement in projectiles, 625 ; the Krnpp gun, 626 ; 

 the range-finder, 626 ; improvement in dynamite, 626 ; 

 new explosive for heavy artillery, 626. 



Oregon. Products of industry, 626 ; wool, 627; Improved 

 transportation, 627 ; State university, 627 ; State pris- 

 on, 627; valuation of property, 627; election investi- 

 gation, 627; fossil bones, 628. 



OKTON, JAMKS. Birth and death, 628; career and writings 

 as a naturalist, 628. 



OSMAN PASHA. A Turkish commander, 628; birth, 628; 

 military career, 628. 



OWEN, ROBERT DALE. Birth and death, 628 ; career and 

 writings, 629. 



PARIS, AUGUSTS. Biographical sketch, 819. 



PAYNE, HENRY B. Representative from Ohio, 186 ; on 

 the Electoral Commission Bill, 162. 



PECCI, j OACHIM, Cardinal. Birth, 629 ; ecclesiastical ca- 

 reer, 629. 



PEDRO II. Emperor of Brazil, 629; biographical career, 

 629. 



Pennsylvania. Legislative session, 629; resolution* rela- 

 tive to the presidential election, 630; United States 

 Senator chosen, 630; Democratic resolutions relative 

 to the Speaker, 630; finances, 631; revenue, 681; 

 debt, 681; taxable property, 681; personal property, 

 631; public Instruction, 681; institutions of charity, 

 681; railroads, 632; details, 682; Democratic Conven- 

 tion, 688; nominations and resolutions, 688; Repub- 

 lican Convention, 638; nominations and resolution*, 

 633; Labor Reformers' Convention, 884; nominations 

 and resolutions, 684; Greenback Convention. 685: 

 nominations and resolution*, 685; Prohibition nomi- 

 nations, 686; result of the election, 636; decision reta- 



