The frontier., October 06, 1881, Image 1

About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965

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ONEILL CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1881.
NO. 11
* IMnda Hewa.
The Bvtler oounty Prat rays at fifty
cento per buahel the corn crop of that ooonty
will boy the ty it tto aaeeeeed valuation.
The cattle men ta the tooth part of the atate
are looking In that direction for eon to feed
their etock.
The corn crop in Polk coontyle good,
and will bringftbe farmera a bandaome profit.
Many of the farmera hare from fifty to ably
acna whl n la of greater market value tb.n the
market toe of the one hundred and atoty
none «od oar which the eon noil atanda.
A few urghta ago in Nebraaka City
Chief of Notice Alexander Jlckejr «r»ot m|
mortally wounded JameaNeOnm. Jothwero
intoxicated. McGuire died of hla wound on the
morning of Sept 27th.
The Saline county fair wae a rucoeaa.
The reoelptoon one day amounted to about
1400.
It ia Mid tbat North Platte'a new
poatofflee will be the finest In the State outoide
Of Lincoln and Omaha.
I^'ih^ytorlan^and1 ttanpegatto^etaroinat
Oaceola.
Pawnee la the bann-r wool-growing
eomitj in the State. Sbe baa exported thla
year the product of 10,000 sheep.
From present indications Wood Hirer
Will hare a steam gist mill In Srstclasanumfng
eider by the first of January.
Walter Miller, a fanner of Vesat
precinct, Johnson county, was shot and killed
eeently In a quarrel with Emrl Shoady. The
dispute arose orer the renting of a farm.
A subscription paper ia in circulation
to raise $2,000 to build a Methodist church a
Exeter.
Damaging prairie fires are reported
In various parts of the State. They will prove
a matter of much loss unless the prouer pre
cautions arc taken against them. A little time
employed In plowing Ore-breaks may save a con
siderable sum of money.
A gentleman by the name of Bentley
Is making arrangements to put a cheese factory
on Thompson creek, six miles north of River
ton. He has liO cows and 800 bead of cattle
all told.
Fred Cobn met with a fatal accident
near St Paul a few days ago. He attempted to
pull a gun out of r, skiff when Itgwas discharged
Wounding him so batilv that he died next day.
DYNAMITE.
iMiMtrmu Explosion it Connell Bialik.
Council Bluffs, Sept 26—About half-past
4 o’clock this afternoon Just'before the close
of the Garfield memorial services, the city was
thrown into a panic by a terrific explosion of
dynamite at the Chicago & Rock Island depot.
Nearly ten thousand people were in and about
the park when the most deafening sound shook
the buildings and staggered persons a mile away
from the scene of tne wreck. On looking in
the direction from whence the sound came
there was observed a dense cloud of smoke
rising like a pall over the southern part of the
city.
Going to.the scene bouses were found fairly
dismantled, w.winws sMvered, plastering t*»r*
from the walls, cnitunevs thrown down um.
brick carried a distance of nearly half a mile
away from the disaster. The sight beggars de
scription. The car containing the dynamite
stood sdjolnlng the round house, on a side
track at that spot. There is a hole in the
ground at least fifteen feet deep and forty feet
m diameter, which lias undoubtedly been filled
up with the falling debris as mucli as five feet.
Masses of earth, weighing eight hundred or a
thousand pounds, are tossed around like foot
balls. Pieces ns large as a two bushel basket
were elevated into the flat cars several ieet
away.
Tne round house is demolished, scarcely
(me brick being left united to another, except
a small part of the west wall. Three engines
were in it at the time, two of which were
steamed up. They are half covered with the
ruins of tne round house and badly injured
otherwise. One bad the strong steel plate
around the boiler ripped off and the bolts are
twisted into iuextncable confusion. Several
passenger coaches standing near were splintered
into kindling wood. The peculiar action of the
dynamite is shown iu the way one car was
wrecked. The roof ami sides, except the
frame, was split up into slivers and deposited
aa carefully within the coach as could have been
done by hands.
About twenty freight cars are demolished,
some stauding nearly twenty rods distant. The
freight house is also a ruin, the powerful heavy
frame l*lng twisted like withes, the roof torn
off and sbattered and the coutents are piled u
in the greatest confusion. The origin of th
explosion was a burning axle of a freight ca
standing adjacent io the one loaded with dy
uamanite. The employes tried to run it under
the house at the tank and extinguish the flames'
but they gained such headwa) that it had to be
abandoned.
The employes had nearly twenty minutes in
which to plate themselves beyond the reach of
danger, and thus far none are reported hurt.
One of them claims to have been under a loaded
freight car from under which one pair of trucks
were torn. A small shanty about twenty rods
distant was raised and the inmates badly if not
fatally injured. A man who stood a few feet
from the house was struck with a piece of iron
and his skull terribly lacerated. Still further
away a little girl, already ill, received her death
shock.
The loss to the railrovl company is great, but
no accurate figures can be given now. The
damage about the city w ill amount to a large
sum, a» large French' plate window lights were
shivered a mile from the depot. Along lower
Main street scarcely any buildings of any im
portance escaped damage. In the county jail
where twenty-five prisoners are confined, the
gas was extinguished by the shock, giving the
inmates a severe fright. The explosion took
place at a very opportune time, as nearly every
body was cither at tiie memorial services, which
were being held in the nark, or were enjoying a
holiday and off duty. Half an hour later there
would have been three express trains passing by
there from the Union Pacific depot.
Investigation of the cause of the explosion
disclosed tiie fact that on Saturday last a car
load of gixut powder, bided common blasting
powder, reached l eu* over the C. R. I. & P.,
consigned to J. O. Reynolds, Denver, Colorado.
The U. P. company, however, refuted to receive
the dangerous freight, and the car was return
ed to the Rock Island y» rds, where it exploded
with fearful force thi> evening. The concus
sion demolished thee•muany’s roundhouse and
repair shops of bri k at d afrar
frame freight house,
beiridea fnrt-v nr fifu* fivi • ht cars.
The Horse and His pider.
In the history of Borne, says Cook, it
is related that in _ 831, B. 0., a
neat "!»«■» opened in the middle of
She fornm, which it was found impossi
ble to fill. The soothsayers said it
wonld dose when it contained what
Borne possessed of most value, and
then the state wonld be perpetual. A
noble yonth, named M. Cnrtius, de
manded if Borne had anything of more
vahie than arms and valor. He
mounted his horse, richly caparisoned,
and, amid the silence of the people,
•purred him over the brink of the tre
mendous preoipioe (vide Liv. 1, vii. 8).
X have seen a striking picture of this
somewhere. It represented the hone
and rider, after they had passed the
brink and were descending to unknown
depths. There waj a remarkable oon
trmt between the fright of the brute
and the unruffled self-possession of the
man. The limbs of the horse were
tightened to his body and the muscles
of his neck drew his head to bis chest,
and a shuddering terror expressed it
self in the flash of his starting eyes.
The rider was serene and calm, with a
solemn expression of majesty on his
faoe, as of one who lived with high
thoughts. If I were to spiritualize this
picture, I should my that it was no
mean representation of a ripe Christian
departing this life. The horse is the
body, ana the rider is thi spirit. Flesh
shrinking, spirit steady and calm and
• mlsswn. Flesh dreading the terrible
■hook, and spirit wrapped in the glory
Of notion, deeoendin$ that jt may aaoend.
WEEKLY REVIEW.
The Garfield fond on the 27th of Sep
tember had reached $321,000.
A forty boat rank near Atlanta, Sept.
28th, and 12 people were drowned.
The California stallion. Nutwood,
halt brother of Maud 8., waa Bold at Louisville,
Sept 28th for (15,000.
Holland's tobacco factory and storage
rooms at Danville, Va., were homed on the
morning of fept. 28th. Lose, 888,000.
Bv the explosion of the boiler of a
steam thresher at Belleville, Ontario, Sept 24th,
four persons were Ulled, and three others wen
seriously injured.
The Mutual Union Telegraph Com
pany Is about tola? Its wires andei ground with
in the limits of Chicago, and expects to open its
office In that city shoot Oct. 18th.
Of sixteen sools on board the ahip
Calcutta, foom the Cast Indies, booed for Bos
ton, recently, only the mate, carpenter and one
seaman were saved. Five bodies have been re
covered.
It is believed that the American wheat
crop for 1881 willjsggrvgate416,000,000tnuhe! s,
or ooe-elghth lees than last year. The estimate
Is based on the reports of the Agricultural
Bureau.
The author!ties at Copenhagen have
been Informed that Nihilists and Fenians In
America have arranged to ship Infernal ma
chines to Copenhagen for reahipment .to Russia
It ia reported that the winter wheat
In Northern Indiana to looking magnificently.
Some of It to already ao high that livestock
bare been turned In to eat It down. The
acreage In Northern Indiana to larger than ever.
Thirty Indian studente who have
(pent the peat three year* In the Hampton Nor
mal school, have left for Dakota to become In
structors among their tribes. The superinten
dent expects to bring back an equal number of
new students.
Isaac McCormick was killed'at Den
ver on the night of September 34th by the fall
ing of the walls of a brick building. Another
m«n was buried In the ruins, but was extricated
unhurt. Does on building and contents from
♦6,000 to 17,000.
The Michigan fire snfferers announce
that they have all the clothing needed. Provis
ions, grass seed, clover seed, bedding, under
wear, tinware, tableware and money are tmper
atlvely needed. The cash receipts up to noon
Sept. 87th, amounted to 1181,000.
At the regular quarterly meeting of
the Western Nell Assodatloi at Pittsburgh,
Sept 28th, It was decided to advance card rates
to $3.25, subject to the usual terms and dis
counts. This to an advance of 25 eents.
Reports from all peris of the coun
try fhow that everywhere the 26th day ef 8ept
was observed as a day of mourning for the de
ceased President Business was suspended,
and In nearly every church In the land, of all
denominations, memorial services were held.
A letter has been received at Wash
ington tram Captain Hooper, of the United
States steamer Corwin, sent Into the Arctic
Seas in search of the Jeanhette, stating that he
had heard nothing of that vessel on the Siber
ian coast, that he [bad discovered an Island nea
Cape Serdse and had victualled for the winter,
If be found that he had to be out so long.
The Indian Bureau learns that the
Arizona war has ended and the hostiles are sur
rendering. Agent Tiffany telegraphs that 4,
060 of his Indians ire on th* reservation, leav
ing only 17 White Mountain Utcs out, probably
at Cooley. "I expect to receive the surrender
to the military of all but Pedro’s bard and the
ch ef Ialrana, who will surrender near Fort
Apache.”
The Republican State Convention of
Minnesota, Sept. 28th, nominated the following
ticket: For Governor, I- F. Hubbard; Lieu
tenant Governor, Chaa. A. Gilman; Secretary
of State, Fred Von Bomai h; Treasurer, Charles
Lettleson; Auditor, W. W. Braden; Railroad
Commissioner, J. H. B ker; Supreme Court
Judges, Charles Vanderburg, Wm. Mitchell and
D. A. Dickinson.
A destructive tornado visited Quincy,
111., and vldnity,l8ept'24th. Foul persons are
kno rn to have been killed and thirteen injured
In bouses which were blown down. Three
school bouses were partly destroyed. Several
mil's were damaged, business bouses and resi
dences unroofed, trees blown down, and other
damag > done. The track of the hurricane war
two miles wide. The loss will not be less than
♦200,000. The wind was accompanied by a
terrific rain, thunder, lightning and hail.
The boiler of a locomotive on the
Hastings and Dakota division of the Chicago,
Milwaukee A St Paul road exploded near Prior
Lake, Sept. 26th, while running eighteen miles
an hour. The engine was thrown 150 feet for
ward and off the track. Engineer Grove Brad
bury was thrown a considerable diBtar.ee, and
soon after died. The fireman and conductor
Jones were slightly injured. None of the pas
sengers were hurt
The ex-Confederates at their reunion
at Mobcrly, Mo., 8ept 28th, adopted resolutions
expressing themselves In full sympathy with
the Nation's grief for the untimely death of
President Garfield, offering heartfelt condolence
and prayers for the stricken family, deprecating
the growth of seeds of assassination in the land,
denying that any ex-Confederate Soldier de
sires a pt nsion from the Federal Government or
any State, reafifiimlng the acceptance of the is
sues of the late war, denouncing the train rob
bers and calling for the extermination of that
class ef criminals.
A dispatch says: Mrs. Garfield will '
probably spend her summers at Mentor, In the 1
old home, and in the winter time with her rela- '
f ives In Cleveland, where Bhe will be near her 1
husband’s reAlns, and part of the time at ,
Willtaraston, Mass., where she will be near her
eldest boys, Harry and James, while they are at- 1
tending Williams College. Grandma Garfield 1
In future will make her home with Mrs. Gar- ,
field. Whither the bereaved wife goes, the sor
rowing mother will go. The aged grandmother
is very frail, and will spend her last days with
the family of herdead son.
At Harding’s coal mine near West
Belleville, 111., Sept. 23rd, Maggie the adopted
daughter of John Holmes, aged fourteen, and
Dickey, his son, aged five, went to gather coal.
The boy went upon what Is called a stack pile,
which generally has a smouldering fire. Ha
bad reached about the middle of the heap when
the mass caved In, enveloping the boy In the
fiery mass. Maggie, his foster sister, Jumped
in after him with a view to save the boy. She
got him out, but not before his little body was
burned almost to a crisp. Her own clothing
caught fire, and she was frightfully burned.
Her cries brought the miners to her assistance.
The boy died, and It Is believed the girl cannot
live.
In reference to Guitcan, Washington
dispatches of flept. 28th say: District Attor
ney CorkhlU cal!el on Gultean and Informed
him that the grand Jury would convene Mon
day, October 3d, and that his case would then
to called and Indictment would follow. Out
teau quietly remarked be presumed It would.
Corkhlll then offered to telegraph for any coun
sel Guiteau might desire. Intimating that* It
would be an early trial. Guitean named his
brother-in-law, Geo. Scovflie, Chicago. Cork
hlll promised to telegraph at once. Guitean
still clings to the delusion that If he can es
cape mob violence and get a trial before the
court he will be acquitted. Since learning of
the President’s death he Las expressed gratifi
cation that the murderous work waa accom
plished, always speaking of it as the Lord’s
will and expresses regret that the victim suffer
ed so much. He pretends and expects to get
sympathy from the people. He said to a jail
guard, “be was sure the American people would,
after President Garfield was burled, transfer
sympathy from that lump clay (meaning the
dead President) to himself.” He expresses no
remorse for the brutal cowardly act, but his
great dread Is mob violence.
Later particulars from the railroad
accident at Beaver Run, Pa., Sept 24th, say
nine persons were on the hand car when the
press train struck it Four were killed instant
ly, and two died In a few mtnntas-j. The other
three escaped by jumping from the car. A dis
patch says: It was, beyond all question, the
sheer recklessness of the section-men which
caused their death. A pilot train was run
twenty minutes ahead of the press, and warned
the section-men of the [coming of the special at
a very high rate of speed. Notwithstanding
this caution and a previous knowledge that the
train was to be run, the nine men In the party
lifted their hand car upon the track immediately
after the pilot train left, and attempted to cros
the exceedingly high trestle work over Beaver
Creek, near Follston. The consequence was the
special struck the hand car midway the bridge
with awful result One man and the hand car
landed on the pilot of the engine, the man lying
under the car, crushed to a perfect wreck. An
other man most horribly mangled, was left
hanging to the trestle, and four others hurled
to the sandy bed of the river, three killed out
right and the other mortally injured. Two men
made the terrible leap of sixty feet to the sand
below and escaped without injury. The train
was moving at a tremendous speed at the time,
and, as soon as possible, it was halted and back
ed to the bridge, and everything possible done
for the sufferers.
A strange and distressing accident
occurred 8ept 27th, at Amherstburg, near De
troit An express train over the Canada South
ern while transferring across the river was
carried by the boat against the dock on the
Island. It threw the sleeper forward on the
transfer boat and plunged Into the water on
the slip. The passenger coach also was forced
forward and the forward trucks fell off and
down, and the coupling between this coach and
the following car. It did not break but hung
on the edge at an angle of 45 degrees, one end
touching the crater. The boat and engines were
reversed and as it backed away from the slip,
the sleeper which was in the water, rose and
turned over, its truck having gone to the bot
tom. The greatest confusion and excitement
prevailed; passengers in the sleeper clung to
the sides and tried to break through the win
dows. Sixty or seventy others* in the passen
ger coach behind were panic stricken and
ru'hed pell mell for the furthest endof the car.
Some even Jumped into the wa'er and were
rescued by passengers-standing on the deck
of the boat. Windows were eventually bro
ken open and the dripping occupants pulled
out. It was found three passengers of the four
teen were missing. The darkness and confus
ion, and the fact that the passengers were
strangers, make it possible all were saved. •
Crime and Criminals.
William R. Reed has been acquitted
of the murder of Sheriff Kearns, of Bo
county, Nebraska.
Augustus D. Wheelock, the defaulting
bookkeeper of Walcott & Co., New Tork, has
been handed over by the English to the Amer
ican authorities.
J. N. Cream, the Chicago abortionistt,
on trial for the murder of Daniel Stall, of Gar
den Prairie, by poison, was found guilty, an
punishment fixed at life imprisonment.
A special from Independence, Mo.,
of September 28th, says Wm. Ryan, one of the
Chicago & Alton train robbers, was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary by the jury.
In the criminal court of Chicago,
8ept. aiih, Thomas Burns was sentenced to
to twenty years in the penitentiary, and Cun
ning, the wife-murderer, for life. Both (dead
guilty.
Geo. W. Hunt, paying teller of the
Importers’and Traders’bank, has been arrest
eqon Be charge of embexzlement of funds of
tee institution. It is believed that the defal
cation is not less than $25,000..
■' Bam White, alias Burton, who has
perpetrated some of tin boldest stage robberies
on record in Arkansas, Texas and Colorado, has
been sentenced to life imprisonment. His last
exploit was the single handed robbery of a
stage coach and its twelve male occupants nea
Alamoosa, Colorado.
At the stock-holders’ meeting of the
Nevada & Oregon railroad at Reno, Sept.
27th. ex-judge E. D. Wheeler, James McMeehan
and treasurer Coffin were told to withdraw.
They refused and a scene ensued. A pistol shot
was fired, wounding 8. C. Scovill, secretary,
and D. W. Balcb, of San Francisco. The phy
sicians think the wounds will prove fatal.
The Legal authorities of Monmouth
county, N. J., have addressed the Attorney
General of the State and the Attorney-General
of the United States upon the propriety of fil
ing counts before the grand jury of Monmouth
county against Gulteau for the murder of Pres
ident Garfield. It is held that the waiver of a
coroner’s inquest by the State does not deprive
the grand jury of the power to indict the crim
Inal.
A St Louis dispatch of Sept 27th
says: The Independence authorities have tele
graphed the authorities for rifles and ammun£
tion to prevent the impending; rescue of the
train robbers. The Governor has gone to the
spot and is attending the trial of Ryan. If he
is convicted, an attempt to rescue him will pro
bably be made. There is great excitement in
court ard on the streets. Many notorious char
acters are on hand and threaten the marshal.
Bloodshed will attend any attempt for his
rescue.
Three cow-boys, Mills, Carter and
Chapman, had a row in a (Jance-house, at Hun
nelville, Kansas, Sept 27th, after which they
mounted their horses'and rode up and down
Main street, firing promiscuously. When near
in* the west part of twown Mayor Hughes
fired upon them with a shotgun. The despera
does returned the fire, killing Miss Pouider, a
passer-by. The trio then left for the territory.
Mills was so badly wounded that he was left on
the prairie just across the line. The other two
were subsequently captured and jailed.
Colonel Corkbill, United States Dis
trict Attorney, has received from Attorney
General Stockton, of New Jersey, a communi
cation in which be states that no action will be
taken in Guiteau’s case bv the authorities of
that State. George 8covilJe, Guiteau’s brother- j
in-law, says, that owing to the solicitations of
his wife, who is Guiteau’s only friend, he will
act as counsel for the assassin, and has so in
formed District Attorney Cork hill. He has no
fears but that there will be a fair trial. He
will not take advantage of any technicalities,
but will make insanity the only defense.
Preliminary arrangements for indict
tag Golteau are being made, by baaing Bupce
nas forjthe following witnesses for prosecution:
Edward A. Bailey, stenographer, who has vol
uminous notes of the conversations with
Guiteau; George W. Adams, President of the
Evening Star Company; Jacob R. Smith, Sarah
D. White, and Robert A. Park, attaches of the
depot; and Patrick Kearney, police officer, who
witnessed the shooting; Drs. Bliss and Lamb,
present at the autopsy; Geo. W. McElrich, a
detective; Don Simon Comacblo, charge Pat
fairs Venezuela, present at the depot, will be
requested to testify.There has been no reply
received from Geo. Scoville, Guiteau’s brother
in-law, who was requested to defend him.
The Grand Jury will doubtless find a
true bill or indictment for murder, bat an im
mediate trial is improbable, t orkhill having
treated Guiteau as a condemned man by stop
ping his letters and giving their contents to the
press, and a refusal to let him see the news
papers, etc., will give his counsel greater
privileges. However, no change of venue can
be granted in the District of Columbia, and no
appeal in criminal cases lies to any other court,
nod the Supreme Court cannot review crhntaa;
cases. His counsel will only be able to secure j
greater time and prepare a defense. Corkhill
still treats the prisoner anomalously, Guiteau
only knowing by inference even now that he
killed the President It is believed that the
trial will be deferred until the first Monday in
December. Guiteau desires to set the day, and
■*ys he’can’t have a fair trial until there is a
cooling down in the community which has ap
plauded and never arrested two men who have at
tempted his life in his cell. How to transfer
him safely between the jail and the court
will be a troublesome question as the court room
only holds four hundred, and the admission
will be by card issued by the Judge or United
States Marshal, Heiuy. A mob Is not unlikely,
to form, though the general opinion is that
such a disgrace should not happen.
New* From Abroad.
ENGLAND.
A writer in the Times suggests that
American* in London would gladly join in
placing a slab of American granite in West
minster Abby with the words, “In gratitude
for the common sorrow of the English people
with Americans in the death of President Gar
field.” The correspondent suggests that
President Arthur should make this permission
his first act, and permit a stone from the
Abby with similar words to be brought to Wash
ington.
London dispatches of September 26
say: The Manchester Ouirdian appears in deep
mourning border. At various towns in England
having no particular connection with America
the municipal authorities have requested
the in habitants to show their respects forth
late President Garfield by closing of shutters,
more particularly during the funeral hour. A
meeting was held at Oldham to express sympa
thy with Mrs. GarfieM and the American peo
ple. In J/ondon a number of offices connected
with America were draped in black. All omni
bus drivers were ordered by the omnibus com
panies to have crape on their whips. All flags
on the river Thames were at half mast, as also
those on many of the halls of the city. At the
funeral services in the City Temple, Miss Beebe,
of New York, and Antoinette Sterling per
formed solos. The London commercial sales
rooms in Mincing Lane closed at 1 p. m. as a
mark of respect to the memory of the Tate
President, as were also the rooms of the Under
writers’ Association at Liverpool. The office
of the government of New Zealand in London
close
EGYPT.
A Cairo dispatch of Sept. 26th says:
Public funeral services were held at the Ameri
can Mission Chapel. All the Ministers and
Consuls and a number of European notabilities
were present.
IRELAND.
An attempt has oeen made to blow op
the residence of Captain Thomas Lloyd, at
Pallas Green, county Limerick. The residence
was occupied at the time by Captain Lloyd and
seventeen emergency men and police. One
side of the building was shattered by dynamite.
Nobody was Injured.
Parnell received sn extraordinary
ovation in Dublin on bis r turn from Wicklow
The people unhorsed his carriage and dragged
it to the land league hall, where an address was
presented.
TUNIS.
The camp of Ali Bey, some distance
south of the capital, was attacked by 5,000 in
surgents, who were repulsed after five hours
hard fighting. Ali Bey’B loss was small.
Not the Bight Hitching Place.
Texas Siftings.
The scene is laid in a beer garden in
the suburbs of Austin. A country fel
low, with a freckled-face, pug-nosed fe
male, with a snuff-stick in her mouth,
on his arm, and the swain, as he is
called in poetry, said to the barkeeper
with the white apron on:
“Be you the parson?”
The barkeeper hearing himself called
a thing so entirely out of his line of pro
fession, looked sheepish, and stud:
“I vos nod dot person.”
“So you air the justice, Is’pose,” said
the bride, removing the snuff-stick, and
throwing a bold stream of tobacco juice
at the cuspidore.
“I vos shoost as goot as anypody, and
don'tyou make no foolishness mil me,”
replied the barkeeper, filling his pipe.
“Then you can marry folks. We want
to get married.”
“Whebber told von dot is a liar vat
vants ter put up pome games on me.
“Well, then you go out and take in
your sign. We was cornin’ in town to
get hitched, and we saw that air sign
out there, Hitching Place, so as not to
lose no time we came right in. Beg
pardon if you ain t in the business.
Come on, Sal,” and taking her under
his arm, the couple sailed back to their
wagon, which was waiting.
Then the barkeeper went out, and
stood before the hitching place, and
studied the sign, and smoked steadily
for abont the space of half an hour.'
Crating*
The nervous mother of a bright little
boy «m alarmed leet he should take the
whooping-oough, which prevailed in the
neighborhood. She talked ao much
about it and worried over it, that ahe
had infected the child to each an extent
that he would scarcely leave her aide.
One night after the little fellow had been
put to sleep, a donkey waa driven past
the house, and, when just opposite, set
up hia he-haw. With a shriek the little
fellow waa out of bed, screaming at the
lop of hia voioe, “The whooping-cough
a coming, mammal the whooping1
ough is coming T_
“Why, old fellow, I thought you were
dead long ago," be exclaimed, grasp
gin hia friend’s hand and shaking it
with an enthusiasm that almost brought
tears to his eyes. “No, not dead,” he
responded, calmly, “I expected to be,
but a divorce oourt intervened •"
to save me,”
LA8T 8AD RITE8.
Vnmmnd Cem»onlea*»t Cleveland Orcrtlu
Bodj of Fnaldeot Cterflold.
Cleveland, Sept 25.—All lastnighi
workmen in the glare of electric light worked
at the great catafalque and arches. Lines ol
military Kept back the surging multitude. Only
he workmen and a few soldiers were allowed
n the square, and the coffin rested in solitary
state in the center. Four Knights Templar
stood guard all night beside the coffin. Morn
ing dawned on the completion of a structure
worthy of the city and the illustrious dead.
Long before daylight throngs of people, reach
ing from the western arch across the river val
ley, awaited the opening of the gates. Perfect
sflenee reigned throughout the living mass.
The great gates swung back, and the people,
with heads uncovered and bowed in reverence,
pissed in mournful procession up the doping
platform to where the mortal remains of James
A. Garfield lay in state for the last time.
Nearly every eye was dimmed, and many wept
aloud. The pavilion will be open until 10
o’clock to-morrow.
A STARTLING COINCIDENCE.
While the Marine Band at Washington played
My God, to Thee,” this afternoon, the
TORy-second Ohio Volunteers, Garfield’s old
regiment, passed right and left o! the bier, de
positing the bullet-torn and shattered colors of
the regiment at the foot of the casket. The
Guard of Honor, (four privates of the Cleveland
Grays and four Knights Templar) presented
arms, and at that precise moment a most mag
nificent rainbow emerged from the clouded
skies immediately above the pavilion, and ex
tending from the' woodland hills over the south
ern border of the citv clear to Lake Erie.
Thousands noticing the coincidence, bared
their beads and joined in the hymn. Then the
vast multitude moved on in silence.
The procession beiug longer than the distance
to the cemetery, five and one-half miles, a sys
tem of counter marching will be adopted.
The Cabinet members, Ex-Secretary Evarts
and General Hancock called this afternoon on
Mrs. Garfield. At least 200.000 strangers are
here, and 100,000 more are expected. The com
mittee is doing good work h supplying accom
modations. To the city’s credit be it said that
bo one has raised the prices. Several thousand
homes have been thrown open graIn tously to
the public. Eighteen Governo-- .aid their staffs
and about forty Mayors#*' city delegates from
the Uuited States . an ad a are here.
HIRAM COLLEGE MEMORIAL.
The Hiram College memorial service was held
In the Fret Presbyterian this afternoon. At 2
o’clock the President’s old regiment entered,
two color bearers preceding with the old shot
torn standard heavily draped. After a musical
selection and an earnest prayer by Dr. Orrett,
President Hinsdale delivered an eloquent and
feeling address.
THIS CEREMONIES AT THE PAVILION
began at 10:30, the members of the family and
relatives being about the casket. Beethoven's
funeral hvmn was sung, beginning “Thou art
gone to the grave but we will not deplore thee.”
Passages from the Scriptures were read by
Bishop Bedoll, of the Episcopal diocese of Ohio,
ncluding the passages beginning; “Man that
s born of woman ;” Lord, thou hast been our
dwelling-place;” ' “But now is Christ risen
from the dead;” “Behold, I show you a
mystery.”
THE FINAL PRATER.
At 11:45, Dr. Chas. E. Pomeroy delivered the
final prayer and benediction.
Dr. Everitt spoke forty minutes, and when he
closed a hu«h for a moment hung on the vast
audience. The Rev. Jabse Hall then read Gar
field’s favorite hymn, “Ho, Reapers of Life's
Harvest,” which was beautifully sung by the
Society.
A SUCCESSION OF HEAVY SHOWER8
so delayed the procession that the line had to
be broken before reaching the cemetery and
forming in files beside the avenue, for nearly
three nilles, made way for the funeral car. The
State Militia were stationed at the gates of the
cemetery and along the driveways to the vaults.
era. *M**the entrance there Venf an anchor'd*
tube-roses and a cross of white smtlac with ever
greens festooned above. A heavy black canopy
was stretched over the steps from which the
exercises were to be conducted. At 3:30 the
Parade.
ENTERED THE GATEWAY,
which was ‘appropriately decorated. In the
keystone were the words “Come to Rest.” On
one side were the words “Lay Him to Rest
Whom We Have Learned to Love,” and on the
other, “Lav Him to Rest Whom We Have
Learned to Trust.” A massive evergreen cross
was suspended from the center of the arch.
The Marine Band, continuing the sweet but
mournful strains it had kept up during the
march, entered first, then came the Forest City
troops, of Clevelaud, (which escorted the Presi
dent to the inauguration,) then the funeral car
with escort, artillerymen, battallion, Kinghts
Templar, and Cleveland Grays, the mourners’
carriages and those of the guard comprised all
he procession that entered the grounds.
AT THE VAULT
the cavalry drew up in line, with sabres pre
sented. As the car advanced, followed by car
riages with the mourners and the Cabinet offi
cers, the band played “Nearer, my God, to
Thee” As the casket was placed in the vault,
the Committee of Reception—Secretary Blaine,
Marshall and Hewitt—and one or two personal
friends, standing at the entrance. None of the
family except two of the boys left the carriages.
Remarks were made by Rev. Jones, Chaplain
of Garfield’s re'iment—42d Ohio. The Latin
Ode was then Ming, and the President’s hymn,
“Ho, Ye Reapers,” after which the benediction
was pronounced by President Hinsdale, of Hi
ram College.
THE MOURNER8
drove hurriedly back to the city to avoid an
other shower. The military aud masonic escort
left the cemetery in the same order as they en
tered it. When the catafalque was reached
they were dismissed. Adjutant Gen’l 8mith of
Ohio furnished a guard as long as the body re
mains in the vault The Fexton thinks it wiU
be but a few days until the final interment takes
place. Mrs. Garfield, while at the cemeteiy
yesterday, said she did not think there was suf
ficient time to prepare the grave for interment,
and the casket was therefore placed in the
vault.
The dais supporting the coffin in the vault is
covered with velvet, trimmed with black broad
cloth and deep black fringe. In the back
ground over the head of the coffin, hung a large
floral wreath, sent by the ladies of Dubuque to
Mrs. Garfield. The pathway from the carriages
Into the vault was covered with cedar neatly
sewed together. On this was scattered white
flowers, immortelles and roses. At the entrance
of the vault was spread a carpet covered with
white flowers. This was covered with a canopy
of deep black broadcloth. Just outside the
vault was a cross of elegant white flowers, with
the motto, “ Dead, but not forgotten.”
It was from the Bolivian delegation. Aftei
the college left the park the guards were or
dered to admit the public into the pavlllion. L
line promptly formed, and thousands passed
through theboildiug, casting a lingering glance
at
THE DESERTED BIER.
The scene was one of the most impressive of
the entire day. The demonstrations to a grea.
degree indicated a universal feeling of love am
sympathy for the eminent dead. Despite tL«
rain, between 3 and 4 o’clock, the people file.
in unprotected. Not less than 80,000 paid thit
tribute.
Chili Sauce.—Six large, ripe toma
toes, four green peppers, one onion, one
tablespoonful salt, one and a half cups
strong vinegar; chop peppers and on
ions; boil cne hour.
•‘The Doctor told Mo
to t*ke a blue pill, but f didu’t, for I had al
ready been poisoned twice by mercury. ^The
druggist told me to try Kidney-Wort, and I did.
It was Just, the thing for my billiousnese and
constipation and now 1 am aa well aa erer.”
Sold both dry and liquid.—lktrott Frm Pfm.
“See her kiss that ugly dog,” said
one gentleman to a friend, in a horse
car, in a loud whisper, calling attention
to a woman who was lavish with her
endearments of a pet poodle. She
overheard the comment, and glowering
upon the unfortunate man, said, in vin
egary accents: “It won’t hurt me, if I
do.” “Oh, I beg your pardon, madam,
but my sympathy was wholly with the
doK” _
WorUilMN Mall.
Not bo fast my friend; If yon could Me the
strong, healthy, blooming men, women and
children that nave been raised from beds o
sickness. Buffering and almost death, by the ni
og Hop Bitten, yon would say, “Glorious an
Invaluable remedy.” Bee another column,
rwi—ywejiYi
Th. Tendencies ef> Militant Society.
Popular Science Monthly'
Where activity in destroying enemies
is chronio, destruction will become a
source of pleasure; where success in
subduing fellow-men is above all things
honored, therp will arise delight in the
forcible exercise of mastery; and, with
pride in spoiling the vanquished, will
go disregarded for the rights of ptoper
tyfat large. As it Is incredible that
men should be courageous m face of
foes and oowardly in face of friends, so
it is incredible that the other feelings
fostered by perpetual conflicts abroad
should not come into play at home. We
have just seen that, with the perauitjof
vengeance outside the society, there
goes the persuit of vengeance inside the
<3; and whatever other habits of
honght and action constant war neces
sitate shtheir effects in the so
cial life at large. Facts from various
places and times prove that the mili
tant societies the claims of life, liberty
and property are little regarded. The
Dahomans, warlike to the extent that
both sexes are warriors, and by whom
siave-hunting invasions are, or were,
annually undertaken “to furnish funds
for the royal exchequer,” show their
blood-thirstiness by their annual “cusj
toms,” at which multitudinous victims
are publicly slaughtered for the popu
lar gratification. The Feejeeans, again,
highly malitant in their activities and
type of organization, who display their
recklessness of life not only by killing
their own people for cannibal feasts, but
by destroying immense numbers of their
infants and by sacrificing victims on
trivial occasions, such as launching a
new canoe, so much applaud ferocity
that to commit a murder is a* glory.
Early records of Asiatics and Europe
ans show us the like relation. What
accounts there are of the primitive
Mongols, who, when united, massacreed
western peoples wholesale, snow us a
chronic reign of violence, both within
and without their tribes; while domes
tic assassinations, which from the be
ginning have characterized the malitant
Turks, continue to characterize them
down to our own day! In proof that it
was so with the Greek and Latin races,
it suffices to instance the slaughter of
the two thousand Helots by the Spar
tans, whose brutality was habitual, and
the murder of large numbers of sus
pected citizens by jealous Soman em
perors, who, also, like their subjects,
manifest their love of bloodshed in their
arentfs. That where life is little regard
ed there can be but liMle regard for lib
erty, follows necessarily; those who do
not hesitate to end another’s activities
"By killing him wBl still less hesitate to
restrain his activities by holding him
in bondage. Militant savages, whose
captives, when not eaten are enslaved
habitually show ns the absence of re
gard for fellow-men's freedom, which
characterizes the members of militant
societies-in general. How little, under
the regime, more or less markedly dis
played in all early historic societies,
there was any sentiment against depriv
ing men of their liberties, is sufficiently
shown by the fact that even in the teach
ings of primitive Christianity there was
no express condemnation of slavery.
Naturally the like holds with the right
of property. Where mastery establish
ed by force is honorable, claims to
possession by the weaker are likely to
be litlle respected by the stronger.
The blue Glar.s Theqfy.
Professor Schlager, director of a not
ed insane asylum at Vienna, announces
the result of experiments made by him
in relation to tre blue glass healing the
ory, which at one time attracted so
much attention in America as well as
abroad. He had a room furnished with
windows of blue glass, and had the
walls painted of the same color. He
then selected sixty persons who were
more or less deranged mentally, and
made them subjects of experimentation
for a period of three years, placing
them at selected times in the blue room
and carefully noting the apparent ef
fects upon them. He discovered that
the abnormally aroused and excited
temperament experienced a remarka
bly soothing and quieting influence in
the blue light, and lie expresses the con
viction that with persons thus mentally
deranged, with whom every other meth
od of treatment has failed, this" should
be tried. He does not report any com
plete cures made by this means alone,
but says that in most cases the treat
ment has proved beneficial, and that if
continued systematically and persistent
ly, the indications are that it will lead
to complete restoration. In no case did
it work injury. He expresses the inten
tion to continue his experiments, and
calls upon all associates and colleagues
in the treatment of the insane to do the
same, and make careful notes of their
observations. Professor Schlager has
also made valuable and interesting ex
periments in treating deranged persons
of abnormally depressed or sluggish
and apathetic temperaments by expos
ing them in a similar manner to red
light. His conclusions seem to be based
upon careful and scrupulous study and
observation, and are attracting deserv
ed attention.
Scalloped Tomatoes.—Peel and cut
the tomatoes in slices a quarter of an
inch thick; make a force-meat of bread
crumbs, pepper, salt, butter and a little
white sugar; put this in 'a pudding dish
with alternate layers of tomatoes, hav
ing the tomatoes for the top layer; put
a piece of butter on each slice and dust
with salt,'fpepper and a little sugar;
stew with dry bread crumbs and bake
covered, half an hour, remove the lid
and bake brown.
Wild tea grows in abundanot is Ar
kansas eoontr. Ark.
Physiology a Physical Science.
PopuUr Science Monthly for October.
Those who are conversant with the
present state of biology will hardly hes
itate to admit that the conception of the
life of one of the higher animals as the
summation of the lives of a cell aggre
gate, brought into harmonious action
by a ooordinative machinery formed by
some of these oelis, constitutes a per
manent acquisition of physiological
science. Bnt the last form of the battle
between the animistie and the phytloal
"views of life is seen in the contention
whether the physical analysis of vital
phenomena can be called beyond this
point or not
There are’some’tojwhomj living pro
toplasm is a substance even such as
Harvoy conceived the blood to be,
"summa cum procidentia et intellcctu in
flnem cerium opens, quasi ratiocinio quo
dam"-, and who look, with as littiefavoi
as Bichat did, upon any attempt to ap
ply the principles and the methods of
physics and chemistry to the investiga
tion of the vital processes of growth,
metabolism, and contractility. They
stand upon the ancient ways; only, in
accordance with that progress toward
democracy which a great political
writer has declared to be the fatal char
acteristic of modem times, they substi
tute a republic formed by a few billion
“animulw” for the monarchy of the
all-prevading “anima.”
mners, on we contrary, supported Dy
a robust faith in the universal applica
bility of the principles laid down by
Descartes, and seeing that the actions
called “vital” are, so far as we have
any means of knowing, nothing but
changes of place of partioles of matter,
look to molecular physics to achieve the
analysis oi the living protoplasm itself
into a molecular mechanism. If there
is any truth in the received doctrines of
physics, that contrast between living
and inert matter, on which Bichat lays
so much stress, does not exist. In na
ture, nothing is at rest, nothing is
amorphous; the simplest particle of that
which men in their blindness are pleased
to call “brute matter” is a vast aggre
gate of molecular mechanisms, per
forming complicated movements of im
mense rapidity and sensitively adjusting
themselves to every change in the sur
rounding world. Living matter differs
from other matter in degree and not in
kind; the microcosm repeats the ma
crocosm; and one chain of causation
connects the nebulous original of sums
and planetary systems with the proto
plasmic foundation of life and organize
turn. _
The Future of the Negro in the United
~ ' States.
Popular Science Monthly.
What will be the direction of colored
migration in the future P This will de
pend in part on the policy of States and
of the General Government toward the
colored people. Formerly it was a cur
rent speculation that the blacks would
drift toward certain States in the South,
which would pass under colored con
troll in all respects, to the exclusion of
the whites. This, however, is not like
ly to take place, except by interference
of t|iG General Government. If, under
the pretext of a free ballot, the bayonet
is resorted to by any party in power at
Washington, and certain States in the
South are again brought under the con
trol! of ignorant masses led by political
adventurers. Southern society may be
forced into a different form from that
which now prevails. Under the contin
uance of such a policy, if it could be
maintained, certain States might be
come exclusively colored, and society
therein sink toward a form of semi-bar
barism. The whites would eventually
be driven out by.palicical corruption,
maladministration,1 and State bankrupt
cy. And let no man be-jdeeeived. If
the native whites are compelled to aban
don certain Southern localities on ao
count of umnstructea colored predomi
nance in local administration, the Yan
kee, or any other who is studious of
thrift, will not take their place. Only
a few sharpers, and the vultures in
search of political cariron, will be found
there. But this alternative of the “ne
gro problem” is not likely to be adopt
ed. Hardly sny party is ready to go
into history with such a policy, for, if
it tripped, as it might, it would be bad
for such party. It is the teaching of
all history that those who have had
freedom and self-rule have proved
themselves competent to take it and
hold it in spite of despots. This self
assertion is a necessary condition of
freedom and its maietenance. There is
no such thing as freedom under exotic
tutelage. If a people who are numeri
cally in the majority can only be secur
ed in their political rights by national
troops, then do such people illustrate
political serfdom in becoming the tools
of the party in power, and freedom be
comes an abortion by the method used
to secure it.
The problem, then, is to be determin
ed on the presumption that local self
government in the South shall be in the
hands of those who are competent to
direct it; and that existing forces, un
der which the South has multiplied so
rapidly in population during the last
ten years, shall continue to operate.
An exchange, ridiculing the ridicu
lous county fairs, which make no effor
at good shows, says that the Clearfield
fair consisted of a calf, a goose, and a
pumpkin. It rained so hard the first
night that the goose swam off, the calf
broke loose ana ate the pumpkin, and a
thief prowling around stole the calf, and
that ended the fair.
Corn Batter Cakes. — Nice foi
breakfast Proceed as for corn pat
ties, adding more milk and floor, ant
two eggs, making a regular batter.
A DREAM.
Philip Burke Minton.
Ham—when bat night aha came, even ahejtat
whom
I would so gladly live or lie down dead.
Came In the likeness of a dream and aald
Some word* that thrilled tble deaolate (heat
thronged room—
I alt alone now In the aheoluta gloom.
Ah! rarely on her treaat waa leaned mj -
head,
Ah! surely on my month bar Mae waa shad
And all my life broke Into scent and bloom
Giro thanks, heart, for thy rootless Sowar af
bllaa,
Hor think the gods severe though thus they
seem;
Though thou hast much to hear and much te
Whilst thou thy nights and days to bet canal
deem
One thing, and that thing veritably this—
The imperlshablannemory of a dream.
Jehn Angler’ Client*
~ Jon Anatcr waa an Irish lawyer of the .
Inst generation. A man of great and
varied erudition, tho tranalater of
Goethe’s “Faust," and author of many
poems. It was he who wrote the fa
mous rhyme to the Apocalypse, satiiis
ng himself thus:
Lo, Anster was there, with Ills pale flee and
chalky lips,
Like to the beast that's found In the Apoca
lypse."
Anster was never fitted for court prao
tice and devoted much more of his time
to poetry than law. So his friends got
him appointed Registrar of the Ad
miralty Court, whereof a very prosy
lawyer (the late Sir Henry Meredyth)
was the Judge. One of his cronies,
meeting Anster, congratulated him on
obtaining such a snug sinecure.
“What do you mean by a sinecure f”
asked Anster.
“A place with little or nothing to
do.”
••men you are greatly mistaaen u
you think I am so fortunate," replied
the ppet.
“What have you to doF” asked Con
way, in much surprise, for it was noto
rious the business was then next to noth
ing
“Listen to the judgments of Sir Hen
ry Meredyth," said Anster, and he
added the couplet:
“If you want to be bored, and bored to the ray
death,
Qo list to a speech from Sir Henry lleredyth.”
Anster only once defended a prisoner.
A man named Kelly had incurred the
enmity of the WhiteboyB, and his doom
was sealed. He was waylaid, and the
contents of a blunderbuss stretohed him
lifeless on the highway. Some clue
was obtained which led to the arrest of
the murderer, and he stood in the dock
in Cork, indicted for the capital crime.
Being undefended, the Court assigned
Anster to give the prisoner the benelt
of his legal skill. It was a trying or
deal for poor Anster, who had little ex
perience in common—less in criminal
—law, but by some fatality a material
flaw in the indictment to which the
prisoner pleaded, was whispered by
some veteran friend, and Anster. to the
surprise of every one in general, and
himself in particular, made the point,
obtained the ruling in his faver, and
the prisoner was acquitted.
Anster sat up late that night in his
lodgings in Old George streot, Cork.
All the inmates of the house save him
self were in bed, when a rude knock
startled the poet-barrister. It was un
attended to, and, when repeated, An
ster went to tbe door. He heard his
name pronounced, and, on opening tho
door, saw the Whiteboy whose life he
bad saved by making the point which
upset the indictment.
“Oh, Kelly, is that youF” he said,
naming not the living, but the murdered
man.
‘Tm not Kelly, plaze yer honor,” jo
turned the client: “'tis meself is the
boy that shot him.”
This hardy avowal caused Anster to
Bhut the door very speedly in the faoe
of his first and last client from the
docks, and he never knew whether he
had come to kill or thank him.
The Wonted Cli»cb«
The Wonted Church of Canterbury,
N. H., in the interior, ie • mosaic of
needlework of vines, flowers end
decorations of worsted, in all colon
and designs. Few persons wonld bo*
lieve that such charming effeots oonld
be produced with saoh material.
Crocheted lambrequins coyer the cur
tains at eooh window, and baskets filled
with sephyr wool flower* hong from tho
oenter. Harps, crosses, anohon,
wreaths of flowers, and festoons of
vines, are ploeed between large tablets
of artistio designs, gracing tho walls
like ancient tapestry, and inscribed
with scriptural selections. These tab
lets and inscriptions are composed of
various-colored crimped tissue papery
upon a background of doth. The let
tering is well executed, and no two in
scriptions are in the same character.
An immense ornament of flowers and
drapery is suspended from tho oenter
of tee ceiling, with two large arches of
flowers spanning the interior of the
church. The flowers look so fresh that
the beholder is almost tempted to
pluck a regal lily, a blushing rose, a
radiant dahlia, a modest ferget-me-nei
or the lily of the valley with its fury
bells. Who has done all this work? ▲
young widow, who made a work-room
of an apartment near the entrance of
the church, and who not only deoorat
ed the walls daring tee week, bat eon
duoted servioe every Sunday for five
years, reading popular sermons from
tee pnlpit. *
An awkward 'waiter, handing a plate
to a gentleman, spilled >some of the
gravy open his clothes, and immediately
cried out: “Take care, sir!” “Why,
you rascal,” exclaimed(tbejgentleman,
who thought he had suffered enough
from tee fellow’s jiegligenoe, .“are yen
going to do it again?"_
Canal locks were known in upper
Egypt from the most ancient times
known to history. They were intro
. duoed into England from Flanders In
1662.