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Bismarck is in a state of irritability. He 
is suffering from neuralgia. 
The estate of the late General A. E. Burn¬ 
side is hardly sufficient to pay his debts. 
Senator Anthony has served longer contin¬ 
uously in Congress than any other member of 
either house. He has been in the Senate for 
twenty-two years. 
The Prince of Wales’ two sons have arrived 
in Japan from Australia and are to be the 
guests of the government during seven days’ 
festivities, the programme for which includes 
a banquet with the Mikado. 
Ex-Governor Furnas has returned to 
Nebraska from bis trip to the Pacific coast 
whither he was sent by the Department of 
Agriculture as oue of a commission of three 
to investigate the fitness of some ol' the unoccu¬ 
pied public domain for agricultural purposes. 
He’s delighted with California, especially as a 
fruit-bearing State. 
John Merry man, the genial, whole-souled, 
bright, energetic John Merryman, of Cock- 
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years he has been prominently connected with 
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several other agricultural organizations. He 
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South, where he traveled a great, deal, push¬ 
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name. He had one of the finest herds of 
Herefords in the country. His death will be 
widely mourned, for to know him was to like 
him. 
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BEAUTIES OF 
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Uounod'B "Green Hill fur away;" Fame's "Palm 
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lu number. 
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