The frontier., January 05, 1882, Image 1

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

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WUk attempting to inert a man In
awHnartwmpartof Webster ceunty, who
was fleeing In company with'one Thaddeos
Arnold, Deputy Sheriff M. W. Bird waa bru
tally assaulted by the latter. The aaaallaat
took a piece of board from the wagon in
which be waa riding and dealt the oflfeera ter
rible blow on the arm. He then knocked him
down and brutally pounded him. The atran
*er whom the deputy wanted to arrest, had
‘been charged with flgbting, and Bird, had a
warrant for bin. Arnold it under $800 ho^i
lto appear before the grand Jury for reelating
:an officer. ,
Mm. Axuba Douglas, who b the
mother of A. C. Root, the miller in govern
ment employ on the Omaha reaenration, near
Decatur, Burt county, la the maternity of
four generation! of children. Mm. E. A. Hall,
of Omaha, labor only daughter; lira. M. C.
Wilbur, of Colorado Sprlnga, la Mrs. Hall’a
only daughter; Mathew H. Wilbur, of Colo
t>ter.
mukieg five generatlone alive at thla time.
Mra Douglaa la within four moutba of 96
yean of age. Slie haa been alck tor aome
time, but la now improving. ,
'Tin said that Fremont girls staff old
coat sleeves wltb hay and then place them
mrooud their dainty walsta and muae away
the twilight hours Imagining the substitute
genuine. That will do very well, but tbe Bew
•ard maiden wbo tied a false moustache to a
'Stick sod tickled her neck, nose and lips with
the toy takes the palm. She declares the sea
aation Is most charming—especially after
dark.—| Fairmont Bnlleton.
Wo would suggest to the farmers in
this section to raise broom corn during the
coming year; It la easily attended to, and
with less expense than cereals, besides, It
generally averages from 105 to (80 per ton,
and always meets with a ready sale. No crop
la more profitable than broom corn. Try It
for one season and be convinced.—[Wood
River Gazette.
The rajie case against Mr. Nelson, at
Fliel|>s Center, baa been ended by the dis
charge of the prisoner. Mra. Olson, the prose
cuting witness, seems to be a calloused
“case,’’ and made the charge against defen
dant for the purposes of blackmail. Nelson
now commences suit for (5,000 against her,
which will be tried in the district court.
Citizens of Hell Creek, in Washington
county, hsve decided to edange the name of
their towu, and as soon at all arrangements
can be made, It will be knowu as Arlington.
This is dons to prevent confusion with the
iUell Creeks of othur states, and also to dis
tinguish the town from the Bell Creek couu
itry surrounlug It.
Phelps county will probably have a
railroad, since there la great probability that
the cat-off road from Hastings to Arapmhoa
will lw constructed. Tbe Nugget calls for a
public meeting January 14th at Phelps Center,
•to get the cars to eome that way.
Charles Nelson, who lives five miles
from Phelps Center, has beon arrested on a
charge of rape. The complainant, Mrs. Olson,
Is a person said, by tbe News of tbat town, to
be of uussvory reputation, while tbe prisoner
has rlways borne a good name.
Tlio question of adopting uniform text
books in [be Phelps county schools is being
sgltated. A correspondent of the News as
serts that the people are too poor to adopt tbe
eyatrm, and that tbe tax payers do not want a
change.
:lMr. Louis Losieucr has been declared
tbe legally elected county clerk of Sarpy. J.
W. Thompson, tbe contestant, failed to pu
in an appearance when the case came up.
The freight agent at Greenwood has
been too basy tbe pest six weeks “for any
use.” If butlnees keeps up, he will have to
employ help.
An “intelligent” citizen of Piorco rub
bed lyo on his beard to soften it befo e shar
ing. He now looks like a neglected case o
sneaelee.
An organ for temporary use In the
•Congregational dnm-h at Greenwood bee been
^ueived from Lincoln. A new one will take
:lta piece before long.
New houses are being started so rap
idly that they seem like mushrooms, which
• spring up In one night—[G. I. Independent.
Mr. Isaac Thompson, of Waterloo,
lias bad removed from his hand a large tamor.
'The operation was performed in Omaha.
A temperance saloon has boon opened
at Waterloo, where cigars, cider and bllllarda
constitute the stock In trade.
Franklin has an academy and the
academy is In operation and la a success.—
[Echo.
There is an opening for a shoemaker
at Franklin, In fact; ene is badly needed.
V all’s raise expects to be a division
railway station some time In the future.
Tbe Fierce Call evinces signs of pros
perity by constructing a new office.
The Catholic church at Minden, is
being rapidly pushed to completion.
• There are at present 89 teachers em
ployed In Maunders county.
A new map of Pieroo county has
been gotten up.
Minden will probably have a furni
ture store.
Blair has ten restaurants.
v TIM straaftk tl Woods* CoImms.
Some Important tests of the strength
of wooden columns, such as are in com
mon use in the construction of cotton
/ aud woolen mills, have lately been
' made at the instance of Mr. Atkinson,
president of the Boston Manufacturers'
Mutual Fire Insurance company. The
tests wore made with the testing machine
at the Watertown Arsenal. The form
ulas in use for computing the strength
of wooden oolumns are based on tests
. applied to oolumns of about two inches
on a side and four or tiro feet long.
The new tests m re made with columns
/of pine and oak of tliu sixo and length
used in actual oonatruolion. All but
two we*6 round, hollow columns, ol
from eight to eleven inches diameter,
the two being about nine inches square.
Tb'e greatest amount of pressure exerted
in any case was about *65,000 pounds.
The tests hare disclosed frequent in
stances of defective boring in the
columns. The object in boring is to
open an air passage through the hear
i,l the slick for the prevention of dry rot
i tier it is in position in the building.
It is essential, of course, that the bore
should extend from end to end, but thin
has not always been effected. The
sticks were bored first from one end
' and then from tbo other, and the bor
ings have sometimes failed to meet ii
the middle of the stick. The tests also
show thdt to taper the sticks is a mis
take, inasmuch as it weakens the
column more than has heretofore beet
estimated. Reasons for exercising
more caution in other respects in tlu
construction and adjustment of woodei
oolumns in building hare also been dis
closed.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
- SEN EMU
Articles of incorporation have been
prepared and charters win soon be procurers
for another gigantic railroad enterprise In
Texas, to be known as the Gulf and Pacific
railroad from Mew Orleans via Dallas to Is
lets, and Mew Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Forming a Junction with the Atlantic and
Pacific, It wttl ran from New Orleans to the
Sallre river via Opelousas, then to Dallas over
the Texss Trank, absorbing 250 miles of that
road, thence northwesterly to the boundary of
the state in Bsyley county, then Tta Fort
Bumnerto Islets In the Talley of the Rio
Grande- The entire length of the road will
be 1,130 miles The road will be In three
separate divisions—the Louisiana, the Texas
and :tbe New Mexico—under three separate
boards of directors. Its proposed capital arlll
be at the rate of 315,000 per mile, making the
stock 316,1160,000 and bonds at the same rate
will be Issued. The read will be operated by
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the laws of 1
Texas and New Mexico.
It will be built by a .construction company
formed under the laws of New Jersey. The
roadie backed by some of tbe strongest bsnks
and capitalists of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Washington, as well as In Europe.
The Ailantic and Pacific win be very much
Interested In the western end of the road. The
old Bpanlsh mines east of Albuqurque, recent
ly reopened, are found to be incredibly rich,
and their owners will Invest largely in tbe
road. The Dallas and Western road, recently
organised to run through tbe rich coal Adds,
will be supported by the Gulf and Pacific. It
Is Intended to make Gen. D. E. Sickles, presi
dent, and ex-Gov. Throckmorton, of Texas,
vice-president. Jss. G. Blaine, ex<8peaker
Randall and bis brother Robert, the 8ellg
mane of New York and Nickersons of Boston,
with others, are Interested In the project.
During* a communists’ convention
held at Washington, a platform was adopted
demanding revision of tbe U. 8. constitution,
so that a number of citizens may propose a
law, which proposition sball be referred to a
popular vote, and that all bills before congress
shall be subject to a general vote, if sfi de
manded by a special number of dtlxcns. The
platform also demands political equalty with
out regard to creed, race or sex; establish
ment of a national department of labor, which
sball embrace a bureau of labor statistics;
that tbe government Issue all money; that
eight hours be a legal working day; entire re
striction from labor of children under 14 years
of age; universal compulsory education; elec
tion day to be a legal holiday; that all Ballots
be printed by the government, and that the
ballots of all candidates for office be sent to
voters two days before tbe election. Resolu
tions were also adopted favoring formation of
national and international trade sad labor
unions, and pledging that the socialistic party
for tbe next two years will not affiliate with
any political party not endorsing Its platform.
Also, sympathising with the Rnsslan nihilists,
and pronouncing all expressions of spmpatby
from this republican government to Russia as
shameful and cowardly; approving of the
anti-rent agitation In Ireland; denouncing
England, and glorifying In the success of so
cialists in he recent election tn Germany.
It is pretty well settled that the Amer
ican bar association will, at Its meeting In
New York in February, adopt a plan for the
relief of the.United 8tstessupreme court,
which contemplates establishment of another
court to consist of fifteen Judges. Members
of tbe committee state this action will be ta
ken In deference to wishes of the supreme
court, rather than for any other reason.
They say Judges of this court are unalterably
opposed to the other plan, which looks to sub
division’ of the present bench into separate
chambers, each with Jurisdiction over certain
classes of cases. Tbe judges think this plan
would not give the relief sought; would not
enable the court, even though it tripled Its ca
pacity for work, to bear cases coming up as
promptly as they should be beard, to ssy noth
ing of relieving the docket, and it would low
er the dignltytefid Influence of the court to di
vide it up for the sake of getting more work
out of It. They probably will recommend to
congress tbe passage of an act providing for
the creation of an additional court, which
shall bear and have Jurisdiction over most of
tbe eases that now go to the supreme court.
All higher and most important cases, such as
Involve constructions of the constitution, will
be reserved for tbe supreme court.
A terrible disaster occurred at West
Point, Virginia, on the York rives, to the
steamer West Point, of the Clyde line, playing
between that point and Baltimore. A gang
was unloading her cargo, and bad cleared out
all the freight between tbe decks and had
gone below Into the hold to take out a quan
tity of kerosene oil. An explosion soon took
place, which blew off the side of tbe vessel
Into the river and set fire to tbe ship. Nine
teen persons. Including four of the crew, and
nearly all the steward's bands, perished. The
first and second officers escaped, one of them
being badly Injured. Tbe captain, being on
shore, was saved. Tbe crew were lujitly
from Baltimore and the laborer* from Rich
mond and West Point. The West Point was
a new ship, having only made a few trips.
8be was valued at 360,000; Insured for 340,
000. Tbe origin of the fire Is not known.
The Washington Evening Critic com
ment* upon ex-Senator Blaine’s New York
tripln the following terms: “Ex-Senator
Blaine left here last night for New York. lie
will continue to keep up his residence with
his family here, but, it Is alleged, will be air
sent personally a great deal. Tbe assertion is
made that he Is already entered upon his cam
paign to capture the next presidential nomi
nation. Ills reported line of action Is to form
a combination of liberal democrats and re
publicans, drawing the former support to a
great extent from the south and from tbe
Germans in the west. His German support.
It Is claimed, will be from a sentiment of ad
miration atiraed up among them by bis pro
tection of the German flag from alleged French
indignities at the recent Yorktown celebra
Linn **
On the 3d instant encouraging ac
counts of tbe decline in the amount of small
pox at Chicago were received. During the
early part of December the number of vie.
tim • reported dally averaged fifteen, while at
the date above mentioned it had ran down to
four. Bat reports from other peris of Illi
nois were not so assuring. The i'trasfi baa
broken out at Woodlswn, in Iroquois county,
. where ten cases are reported. One case of
varioloid la also reported from Watseka and
one small-pox In Bock Island. No new eases
have been mcriloned at Keokuk. One of the
victims first attacked while delirious, escaped
during tbe night from the poet house and,
very thinly dad, went into the city, a distance
of three miles.
There has been some guessing done
as to the items which make up the bill of
costa of President Garfield's Illness. It can
be stated on good authority that some of the
items are as follows: To Dr. Agnew, 1311,0001
He charges (5,000 for tbe first operation. Dr.
Hamilton's bill Is $23,000. Dr. Bliss Is con
tent with $8,000, or about $100 a day. Dr.
Kejburn would probably take leas, say $3,000,
or $8,000. The army officers will be paid by
brant rank, and possibly Increased P»T- °nt
question which remains to be rattled touches
the status of Drs. Bojntoe end Edson. Both
are physicians and both took the A lee of
mines. Shall they be paid u doctofi or u
men attendants I » jti
Congressman uuiunwiii <* luiuuiv,
wUl devote conilderabta otteBtloa to «he pe*
Mgs of t bin rerouting Inter-date commerce.
Ae It now etands a lew ■ peculator* and stock
holder* band together and wreck almost an;
read they attack, then buy the depreciated
property and thus are repMly getting control
of all the roads. Gen. Henderson says that
In the last congress he favored a law dking
minimum rates which railroads should charge,
bat now he is Inclined to faror a law Ixlng
maximum rates, so that each shipper may cal
culate precisely what hie transportation will
cost him. He says If the present congress
falls to pass such a law It will be guilty of a
neglect of duty that the country wil| not par
don.
A sensation is produced at Milwaukee
by the abgogndlng of f
>ezzler and forger to a large amount. En
fel was connected by marriage with the best
lewlsh families In the city and In Chicago, 8t
Louis and Cincinnati. A warrent for his ar
rest has been Issued. Speculations to the
amount of $10,000 bare been traced, but the
amount Is believed to be several times that.
No young man was more trusted in wealthy
Jewish circles.
Attorney-General Brewster says in
connection with the star route steals, that
the uttermost penny taken lawlessly from the
government must be recovered. He also says
the criminal matters must be diligently
pressed, but previously well prepared. He
proposes taking an active part in the prosecu
tions, which Is evidence that the robbers will
be brought to justice, .or the reason will be
made known why they go free.
Something is wrong in th J First Me
thodist church of Bloomington, Ulinois. The
minister, Rev. H. O. Hoffman, one of the
most promising and brilliant divines In the
jtate, is charged by a former female domestic
srith being the father of her illegitimate child.
He declares the charge blackmail and protests
bis Innocence. At hlB own request he has
been relieved of pastoral duties pending the
church trial, which occurs shortly.
The policy7 of the new administration
relative to the democratic postmasters in the
iouth, appointed by President Hayes and
Glen. Key, will be to substitute republicans in
their places whenever, from time to time, the
positions become vacant. The president,
Postmaster General Howe, and Assistant
Hatton are all untted on this point, but will
be careful that all new appointments made
will be of intelligent, honest citizens.
Henry Watterson, writing to his
paper from Washington* says about Guitteau:
“Never fear that the rogue Will not hang, and
irheh he Is banged it will be some comfort to
think that the hand that struck down Garfield
iras not, after all, the hand so much of a beat
>r crank, as of a moral monster, who will
iold in the history of a time a place peculiar
» himself’*
Mrs Scoville received $102 from the
government as'wituess fees in the Guiteau
:asc. In a published Interview Marshal
Henry, of Washington, stated tbe amount was
ttJOO. Mr. Scovillo thinks the point signifi
cant, as tending to prejudice the assassin’s
case, and publishes a letter in a Washington
paper to correct tbe error.
The relatious of President Arthur and.
3X-Secretary Blaine are entirely friendly and
cordial, notwithstanding reports as to their
lisagreement about Blaine’s retirement from
the cabinet. A recently published letter from
Mr. Blaine to the president shows that there
uas not the least difference or controversy be
tween the two on this point.
A telegraph report from Los Angeles,
Dal., announces the birth to a lady nafned
Mrs. Cruz, of six perfectly formed female
[children. This Is pretty good, but cannot
^ulte equal the Tennessee case, where a wo
man had seven in a batch, of both sexes.
Close newspaper students will recall this last
event as having been reported within about a
year and a half.
The civil service reform association,
of Boston, will circulate for signatures a peti
tion to congress, praying a bill providing tot
competitive examinations for appointments to
subordinate executive offices and that re
movals be for legitimate causes only. Gov.
Long, J. Q. Adams, Cha». Francis Adams, ex
Governor Gaston and others have signed It.
Keokuk is groatly excited over small
pox at the medical college. Forty cases have
been discovered, all being students. The
origin is hard to be learned, as the faculty re
fuse to state. One story is to tbe effect that
a diseased subject was received from Chicago,
upon which the students worked. The college
is isolated and quarantined.
New Year day was generally ob
served at the White House. The diplomatic
•orps and distinguished persons were re
ceived by President Arthur. Ladles who re
mained at tbe mansion were Mistresses Logan,
Cameron, Jones, James, Miller, Pendleton,
Pearson and Robeson.
Small-pox is reported at West Port,
Rhode Island. In New York city people are
becoming more and more alarmed about it
Chicago returns are more favorable, only 27
deaths from the disease being reported for
one week. Health officers of that city think
the worst of it is over.
The contents of all the saloons in Ce
darville, Ohio, were demolished the other
night by a body of masked men. The doors
were broken open and some buildings torn
down. Temperance men are supposed to be
the perpetrators.
Chicago lumber merchants on Decem
ber 27th decided to continue present rates
tor a time. Lumber operations In the pine
ries are very slow this winter, no snow ot
consequence haring fallen. When prices are
changed, a rise may be looked for.
The Iron Mountain, Texas Pacific,
and Southern Pacific road Is finished, and it
was the intention on the 29th to start a train
for San Frauds co via this route on Mew Year’i
day. The road will be called for short the
Triple Pacific route.
The committee of congress appointed
to audit accounts Inddent to the late presi
dent's death will meet soon after that body re
convenes on January 5th. One million dol
lars Is now thought suflldent to cover all ex
penses.
Members of the house committee on
elections entertain the belief that neithei
Campbell nor Cannon are entitled to a seal
from Utah. The question whether or nol
Cannon Is an alien will first be Inquired into.
The business of New York for the
year, as exhibited by the returns of the dear
house, reaches the unprecedented total ol
$49,400,000,000.
Ex-Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, whc
la well Informed on Pacific coast politics, sayi
Sargent, of Cnllfornta, will be secretary ol
the Interior.
An incendiary fire at Noravia, Iowa,
destroyed five stores and a lot of frame build
logs. Loss, $20,000, nearly all Insured.
The billiard match between Schaefei
and Sexton at New To* Id* 600 potato wflt
ad: 8cxton,000; Schaefer,575. *•
Wheat fields in the aoathern pnrtcW*
dlana an being nriooaljr damaged by ora
iogdag atmama . = . " ■.*'
P. Rounds will probably »uo
eaed Detnaa aa public printer. r r j;,
V The tow boat Bobin burned and
atCairo ncantly. Molirea loat
CRIME. ' ' -
J. B. Nobergnl, a prominent ttnner
of Bine Orau- township, near Darenport,
Iowa, hanged himaelf. Ill health wae thg'
Chaa. Boston, the Omaha murderer,
has been nleaeed on $10,000 bail. The charge
»gainst him U not bailable, howerer, only by*
Omaha precedent—being that of murder in.
the first degree. *
FOREWH.
The privy counsel, in view of thedftf
liculty of •erving’tbe nrtt,haa imped aprsn^hfe
<jurt by poillf good service la a proclaimed
district.
TURKEY. ■ j
■ The steamer Providence has been
sunk by a collision, near Constantinople,
boss £349,000.
IRELAND.
The police arrested a man named
Connelly, county Cork, charged with carrying
arms in a proclaimed district. A number of
loaded revolvers were found in his possession.
It Is believed he is the leader of the gang who
have been committing outrages In Millstreet
the past year. Among the documents found
in his possession was one containing a list of
persons upon whom outrages were to be com
mitted.
The police found a large quantity of
rifles, bayonets and cartridges in the vault of
the Protestant church at Kilkishen, county
Clare.
The president, secretary and trea.sunr
of the Ladies league at Roscommon have be< s
arrested. The three ladies arrested at Drum
collagbcr were released on ball.
k Potent Specific.
“And you say that you are a doctor?”
said tbe justice, regarding a squatty
looking colored man who nad been ar
raigned before the court.
“Yes, Bah, I’se a physician, an’ my
name is Dr. Bliss.1’
"Why do you call yourself Bliss?—
because—”
“I knows what yer’s gwine ter say,
but yer needn’t say it. Yer’s gwine to
say 1 calls myself Bliss ’case a man
named Bliss doctored President Gar
field. Dat is a mistake, jedge; my name
was Bliss afore President Garfield was
born. I’se a ole-timer;”
“You ate charged, Dr. Bliss, with
poisoning thorn us Hendricks, a highly
Respectable colored man of you neigh
borhood. What have you to say in your
own defense?”
“Nothin’, sail, case de case needs no
defense. Pse a regular physician, and
course I doan hab ter splain myself.”
“We’ll show you about that, Dr.
Bliss. Nopr, sir, this witness states that
you mad- your living by skinning rab
■ f< ’
bits and scaling fish lor a steamboat un
til you heard that Dr. Bliss had taken
medical charge of the wounded presi
dent; then, as your name happened to
be Bliss, you began to practice medi
cine declaring to the colored people that
Dr. Bliss, of Washington, was your
uncle. What have yon to say of this?”
“I says, jedge, dat -de black man
what circulated dat report is a liar
frum de right han ter de let han comer
ob his system.”
“Make use of another such expression
sir, and Pll send you to jail. You pois
oned the man. Explain or go before
the grand jury.”
“Wall, you see, de man, Hendricks
was powerful sick. He sent for me, an’
when 1 got ter him he was most gone. I
gin him a dose of my double ginted, re
volvin’ action syrup—”
“What is it made of?” demanded the
justice. “The chemists have declared
their inability to discover the secret of
its concoction.”
“Dem is putty big words for a justis
ob the peace, and mighty nigh settles
in my mine dat yer’s fitted fur the
s’preme bench. De medicino is made
outen roots an bark. Dat’s what it’s
made outen. Well, I gin de man a dose
ob de medicine, an’ it lifted him up in
bed at once. 1 neber seed a man rise
outen sickness with sich action. I left
a bottle ob the medicine, wid instruc
tions ter de nurse not ter gin him an
nder dose till de naixet day, splanin’
dat anuder dose would make him too
strong all ob a suddenly. Arter I left,
jedge, dat patient axed fur more, an’
de nurse gin him anuder dose.”
>n
“Well?” said the justice, after a mo
menk
“Why, sah, de patient got outen bod,
went out ter de wood pile an’ chopped
wood till he fell dead.” *
The doctor is now waiting the action
of the grand iurv.
The Gnat Vie* of New England.
From the Providence Journal.
Forty thousand dollars’ worth of
chewing gum is gathered in the state of
Maine every year. In Oxford county
is a man who makes it his business to
collect spruce gum. Every year he
buys from seven to nine tons. The
gum is found chiefly in the region about
the Umbagog lake and about the Ran:
geley lakes. A number of men do noth
ing in the winter season except collect
gum. With snow-shoes, axe, and a
shoboygan, on which is packed the gum,
they spend days and nights in the
woods. The clear, pure lumps of gum
are sold in their native state, the best
bringing $1 per pound. Gum not im
mediately merchantable is refined by a
peculiar process. Sieve-like boxes are
covered with spruce boughs on which
is placed the gum. Steam is introduced
underneath, the gum is melted,strained
by the boughs, and then passes into
water, where it is kept from hardening
until the packer takes it out, draws it
into sticks, and wraps it in tissue paper,
when it is ready for the market.
The gum meets with a ready sale.
There is not a town, village, or city in
Maine where it is not in demand. >One
dealer last year sold fourteen hundred
dollars worth. In the large mill cities
Cm has a free sale. In Biddeford,
wiston, Lowell, and Lawrence, the
factory girls consume large quantities.
It is said that in the lumber camps gum
is used as a means of extending hospi
tality. After meal time the host lights
his own clay pipe and hands it to the
guest, Later, clear lumps of spruce
gum are placed before the visitor, and
he is asked to take a chew. Maine pro
duces forty thousand dollars’ worth of
gum in a year, some of which finds its
way to this market, from which it is
distributed to the various outlying vil
lages, where, as stated before, it is in
good demand. Spruce gum is adulter
ated, and those who adulterate take the
trouble to fashion the pieces of gum
to a pear like those taken in a pure state
from the trees. The ingredients of
adulteration are supposed to be the gum
of the pine tree.
THE ASSASSIN.
mfiMri Ftaallf Orders Min Maosd hi Hn
% ^pwfc-Ewsrt TssUpsny Ceatiiwd.
DBCEMBBR 27.
ij morning the trial of the
was mated. Or. McDonald
iufdfjtag first. In reply to arhypothet
iuol question, rehearsing many eooentrio
a^taM the prisoner, the witness said he
SMldd jbeKevaGuiteau a sane man.
had risited the assassin in jail
hiqton the rariou parts
• inelnding the president’s
wWofe CMtnsiB spoke of as his
Witness asked Mm at the
■'Jrhy if the act was God’s, he
hMRm j’the' details with the Al
•mt not practice'beforehand,
pistftl Hisfaoe flashed a little,
naijed; •'The Almighty often
Witness said he had frequently no
ticed that Guiteau's most violent inter
ruptions were made when the' evidence
was strongest against him, and reaf
firmed his belief that Guiteau was per
fectly sane. ’
The prisoner finally interrupted, say
ing the doctor was making a great ado
abont nothing: he did not pretend to be
insane now, and added: “Tell us what
you know about Abraham. Get your
money and go home.”
Corkh 11 then read the second hypo
thetical question, upon which Guiteau
commented en passant, with such ex
pressions as: “That is absolutely false,”
“ ' ' - ” lio *> «*Th«
That is that fellow Shaw’s lie,” “That
is all rubbish,” “It is nobody’s businoss
wheie I got the money,” “I did not kill
him; doctors killed him,” etc.
Witness answered, “Assuming the
facts set forth to be true, and adding
that statement to others, it strengthens
my opinion that the man was sane on
the 2d of July.
Exception to the question and answer
was noted by the defense.
A CHRISTMAS GREETING.
Guiteau was busy nearly all of Mon
day, preparing a letter for publication.
It commences by greeting the Ameri
can people with a merry Christmas, and
then goes on to rehearse his previous
history, with comments and opinions
profusely interwoven. He takes the
same position in regard to the presi
dent's “removal” that he has all along
maintained since the idea of inspiration
first entered his mind, and even rehash
es much of the language used by him
during the progress of his trial. His
reputation for egotism and moral de
pravity make these features of the let
ter unnoteworthy, though they are con
spicuous above all others.
IN THE DOCK.
After Dr. McDonald’s cross-examina
tion, on the morning of the 28th, Dr.
John H. Callender, of Nashville, super
intendant of the Tennessee lunatic asy
lum, was called. He hod seen about
2^000 cases during his connection with
this institution, and had visited Guiteau
injafl. He pronounced him perfectly
sane.
Tbe next witness called was Dr. Ran
dolph Barksdale, superintendent of the
Central lunat c asylum near Richmond.
He had visited the accused in jail, and
had also observed him in court And
from his personal examination and ob
servation was of the opinion that ‘ he
was sane.
After recess Scoville put a hypothet
ical question whiph embraced the
clause: “Suppose the prisoner believed
himself to be a partner with Jesus
Christ?”
Judge Porter protested against the
question as blasphemous, and it would
be a disgrace to a court of justice and
to a chnstian nation to allow it to be
entertained for a moment:
Scoville replied if no allusion could
be made to what was claimed by the
prisoner to be the actuating motive or
influences tnat led to this act, then the
whole defense would be swept away at
a single stroke.
Judge Porter proceeded to insist upon
his view, and declared tbe time had
come when, in the name of the Amer
ican people, and on behalf of the gov
ernment in the federal court, be felt it
bis duty to demand that the prisoner
be ramanded to t< e dock.
Guiteau shouted, “Oh, you do, you
big-mouthed Porter.” Court officials
sitting behind the prisoner attempted to
quiet him, whon he whirled around and
snarled at one of them, “Well; you
mind your own business, or I’ll slap
you in the mouth, you fool you.”
Judge Porter continued his remarks
and Guiteau again interrupted him and
shouted out, “Well, you had better
mind your business.”
Judge Porter—That is my business
here to-day, and, your honor, I must
now insist upon my motion of Saturday
that the prisoner bo removed to the
aocK.
Sooville arose to speak when Judge
Cox said: “Let mo know first if the
cousel desires to be iicard upon the mo
tion to remove the prisonerto the duck.”
Judge Davidge then proceeded to
speak upon the motion. He believed
the time had come when every one pres
ent was satisfied tho prisoner was per
fectly sane in respect of his behavior
and amenable to the same rules as oth
er prisoners. In the case of General
Sickles, who was tried in the court for
murder, the judge failed to deviate from
the rule, although he was a distinguish
ed lawyer and a member of congress at
the time, and he sat in the prisoner’s
dock during hts trial.
Scovillo said he would assent to any
proposition which might be deemed
necessary. No one had suffered more
than he had from the prisoner’s be
havior.
Guitcau (interrupting) -Well, it is be
cause you are a jackass on this case. If
I had decent counsel I should not have
any occasion for remarks. You are do
ing well enough on your theory, but
your theory is altogether too narrow.
You have not got brains enough for this
case.
Col. Reed denied the assumption that
the prisoner's sanity had been establish
ed. No human knowledge could fathom
the workings of an insane mind, and
humanity would dictate it. Reasonable
doubt should exist, and leniency be ex
tended towards him. He thought ad
monition from the court should suffice.
Corkhill insisted upon the remova ol
the prisoner to the dock, and the re
moval from around him of the specia,
policemen who were not regular attache!
of the court; that he should bo kept ir
the dock without abo ut protection that
is accorded to any other prisoner.
Guiteau. trembling with anger oi
apprehension, shouted out, “You wan'
to shoot me," do you, Corkhill? Yoi
cannot convict me, so yon want to ge
me shot. You might as well hang mi
np outsile and tell the mob to shoot a
me. I tell you (raising his voice al
most to ft shriek) God Almightly wtmli
curse you, sir, if I was putin that dock
and (hot, you miserable wretch, you.”
After a most impressive argument by
Judge Porter, in whioh he repelled' the
reflection of counsel for the defence up
on the district attorney, Ju ‘ge Cox gave
his opinion, stating that no oertain
measure to silence the prisoner oould
have been taken that would not have
abridged his constitutional right, where
it had been deemed, (and ne thought
rightly) that the prisoner’s behavior
and utterances would prove the best
means of determining his mental con
duct The judge therefore ordered the
prisoner’s removal to the dock, whioh
was done.
The prisoner having been p aced in
the dock undqoietlumng been restored,
Porter said: “It is to be borne in mind
that the chimera whioh seems to haunt
the prisoner has no foundation. He is
in no danger except from the hamrman’s
rop , and so long as the offioqr of the
law stands beside him no man will
imperil. that offloer in the discharge of
hfe duty byflrfaj; ashotnt-the-prfaener.**
[Applause.]
cross-examination oeing resumea;
Porter’s objection to ScoviUe’s question
assuming Guiteau considered himself
the partner of Jesus Christ, on the
ground of its being irrelevant and blas
phemous, was overruled.
Porter (solemnly)—As this case will
be historical, as exceptions are utterly
unavailing, and as wo can in no case
linger the law appeal in behalf of the
American government and those they
represent, I protest against the decision
passing into precedent.
The Prisoner—Sit down, Porter, • nd
rest for the afternoon.
Witness replied he should not consid
er it an insane delusion for a man to pro
fess himself as a member of the firm of
Jesus Christ & Co., unless there were
other evidences of disease.
December 29.—The prisoner was
placed in the dock, which is located
25 feet from the counsel on the left of
the room, a narrow passage separating
it from a large window which overlooks
Louisiana avenue. He evinced some
nervousness at his exposed situation,
and made a speech complaining that he
did not have a sufficient number of
guards.
Dr. Walter Kempster, superintendent
of the Wisconsin state hospital for the
insane, had devoted his .attention to the
study of insanity the past fifteen years.
Witness was familiar With the process
of making conformity of the head, and
did not believe mnch importance as a
rule could be attached to the shape of
the head in determining the question of
sanity or insanity. Witness exhibited
a number of slips showing the contour
of the head of a number of gentlemen,,
including Treasurer Gilfillan, Col. In
gersoll, Judge C.artar, W. L Sibley and
Col. Corkhill. In the case of Col. In
fersoll, witness remarked (pointing with
is finger): “This side appears flat as
compared with the other.
Corkhill—That shows that Bob and I
are both cracked in the same direction.
“Col. Corkhill’s head,” said the wit
ness, “has a very marked depression on
one side.”
Guiteau—I’ll bet you could put your
foot in the depression in his head.
Witness continuing, said: Thedepres
sion is very similar to that noticed in
the prisoner's head, [Laughter.]
Guiteau—Oh, he is cracked a great
deal more than I am.
Witness related incidents within his
knowledge of persons who had commit
ted crimes while acting under the influ
ence of insane delusions, and defined
what he considered insane delusions to
be. Witness was then asked if he had
ever seen a case where a person com
mitted a crime and claimed divine in
spiration, and if so bow such persons
deported themselves before and after
the act. He replied that in such cases
the delusion or inspiration as they claim
it to be—comes to a person suddenly
and with intense pressure, and that
such persons act quickly and upon sud
den impulse, delaying neither to con
sider the opportunity nor weapons; that
it would be impossible to conceive with
out actually witnessing it the energy,
impetuosity and determination with
which persons acting under an insane
delusion carry out their purposes; that
it would be equally impossible to de
cribe it with language.
Guiteau—You don’t agree with Abra
ham, doctor. He took plenty of time
to make bis arrangements.
Witness stated that he did not be
lieve in a distinct type of insanity which
could be called moral insanity. _ It was
simply a convenient term which had
boon invented to excuse the commission
of heinous crimes. Witness had never
seen a case where an insane man, after
committing crime, paraded his insanity
and urgedit as an excuse for his crime.
Insane murderers do not boast of their
acts, but on the contrary very rarely
allude to them unless a good deal of
ingenuity is used to draw them out.
Witness, until he entered the court
room, had never heard of a case of
alleged inspiration* that came from
within. Always such persons claim to
have heard the voice of God, or seen
His image, or something of that sort.
Such inspiration is never a conviction
arrived at after mature reflestion on the
part of the person so affected.
Corkhill then read the hypothetical
questions of the prosecution, and wit
ness replied to each, “Taking facts set
forth to be true, in my opinion he was
sane.”
December 30.— At 10 o ciocKouiienu
was led into court by tbo bailiffs. As
be passed the table at which his counsel
sat he paused a moment and whispered
to Scoville, “If you will only keep quiet
to-day I will laugh this case out of the
court.” As soon as he reached the
dock he shoutod out, “Some of the lead
ing papers in America consider me the
greatest follow they have met in some
time At 8 o’clock last night I received
a te\pgram which I will read for the
edification of tho audience and the
American people.”
Mr. Charles J. Gultctu, Washington, D. C.
—All Boston sympathizes with you. You
ought to be president.
(Signed) A Host of Adhibsrs.
Counsel for the prosecution having
.entered, Dr. Kempster took the stand
and Scoville resumed his cross-examin
ation.
Witness did not believe in temporary
insanity in the sense that persons could
be insane, and wholly recover from it
in an hour. Witness was asked if he
believed Sickles was sane er insane
when he shot Key, and replied, “I think
he was sane, sir.’
Gniteau—“The jury did not agree
with von, sir. They thought he was in
sane.’’
Witness leavin' the stand, Corkhill
announced he him but one more wit
ness to introduce on the part of the gov
eminent. Be would like to hear iron
Sooville as to how much time he might
want to consume on surrebuttal, that
some idea might be had how muoh
longer this long-drawn-out trial would
continue.
Sooville replied: We have some wit
nesses whose names have beenpresented
since we closed our case, and I shall ask
the court to permit us to have them
sworn, and our reason will be upon the
ground of nowly discovered evidence,
marterial to the case. I shall only ask,
your honor, however, to allow me to
ask a few questions of these witnesses
relative to independent facts not here
tofore known to me.
Corkhill—We would like to know
what you expect to prove.
Sooville—We have evidence to offer
relative to the state of the prisoner's
mind just before tho shooting
Davidge—Could you give us an idea
ho# muoh time you will want upon
sunelrattalP '
Sooville—Several days; prqbably ail
of next week.
9r. Gray was enlled; badbeen fkmttr
tar with insane cases since 1860, and
had handled 12,000 cases. He detailed
the result of a visit to Guitcau in jail.
Among other questions he had asked
prisoner, was how he reached the con
clusion to remove the prsident, and
Guiteau replied: “If you will read the
papers of May and June will find exact
ly what the political situation was, and
will perhaps appreciate what I mean
by political necessity.” Witness asked
him if the alleged inspiration came as a
Vision, voice or a direct command. He
said: “No, it came into my head as a
conception, and I reflected on it until I
resolved it was justified by the situa
tion.” Witness asked the prisonerhow
this accorded with the theory of inspi
ration, and he replied: “The inspira
tion was in the form of a pressure con
stantly on me to commit the act.”
Guiteau—That’s all there is in the
case—short and to the point. You can
talk about it six months if yon want to.
Recess.
Dr. Gray continued the story of
bis interview with Guiteau, the latter
occasionally commenting, but not to
the extent of annoying interruption.
Adjourned.
Growing OM. .
How sadly settles down upon the hu
man heart the sorrowful truth that the
brightest and best of existence has fled.
Those dear, delightful years before we
trod the rough and nigged road of ex
perience and bit off more than we could
masticate. One by one we oount the
priceless bits of knowledge we have gain
ed and look over the store as the miser
reckons bis treasure.
We call to mind how the cold, clam
my truth was revealed to us at one time
that, in gathering the fullblown roses of
life, too oft we gather' also the feverish
and irrita de bumble bee nestling in its
petals.
How freshly now comes back to us the
memory of that bright autumnal day
when the sky was one vast sea. of
billows and the spicy aroma of decaying
vegetation pervaded everything; that
ijay when we made some scientific ex-'
periments with what is called tkrqp
card monte and went home without our
overcoat.
That was a long time ago, but how
fresh it is in our memoiy ana how fresh
it seemed to our parents when we un
folded the account of our scientific ex
periments.
Yes, we are not so frolicsome now as
we were forty or fifty years ago, but we
know more. It is true we cannot go in
swimming all day with impunity, or
walk around a billard table all day and
then glide through the Blue Danube
waltz all night as we once could, but
we have acquired some high-priced
experience and put it where we catf get
at it.
We were making an estimate last
evening of the value of a few items of
experience whioh we have now on hand,
and among the more valuable ones we
will name the following.
Cost of experiments with mixed
drinks, $2,000
Expense of calling a large, healthy
man a liar, $50.
Experiments in going without under
clothes, $5,750.
Experience with ostensibly disabled
hornets, $365.
Cost of winning the love and confid
ence of an orphan mule, $500.
Littte lessons in investigating differ
ent games of chance, with a view to
making them a business, $2,600.
Experience with watermelons, guard
ed by irritable bull-dogs, $525.
Cost of unavailing efforts to prevent
baldness, $783 20.
Expense of personal investigation of
lotteries, $935 26.
Actual cost of obtaining $13 worth of
fame, which is now for sale at the
above price and still in good working
order, though slightly tarnished, $17,
380.
There are other expensive little nug
gets and gobs of ripe experience tha
we nave on hand, and wo cannot look
on them without a pardonable pride.
’Tis true that what we have learned is
not very valuabte to others, but it is a
good thing to have, and we can use
it right along in our business. We
will try to work it off on our oldest
son when he gets here, but he will not
use it.
He would rather go and buy it the
way we did. Information that don’t
cost $2,000 a hunk is no good. It comes
high, but we have to have it
Writers el Books of Travel.
By Churl' ■ O. Lsltod la D»o. Allan tie.
There are four classes of men who
print accounts of their travels. First,
we have the makers of “tours” and
“trips,” and “views” and “vacations
abroad,” who write to be known ashav
ing traveled and as “authors.” To this
rreat primary division belong young
ords fresh from the university, who, be
fore going into “the House,” hang up
their votive tablets of transmarine ad
venture in the Temple of Fame in the
form of Rambles in the Rocky Mount
ains, and ladies who never dream that
there is anything worth knowing whicli
is not in their guide-book. Then wt
have the regular professional traveler,
who, like the “chanter” or talking mac
in a show, gets his living by exhibiting
the great panorama of the world He
is invariably “a bit of a Bamum,” has
existed in all ages,'and was provocativs
among the Greeks of several excellent
proverbs which discredit all truth in al
tourists. Above these wo have th(
perigrinations of great poets, scholars
or diplomatists; and hnally the scien
tide traveler, who, with an object ii
view, from which ceath itself must no
daunt him, pushes on bravely to the end
It maybe a question with the cultures
as to which of the last two write th<
most readable books, but with the worli
a Humboldt is higher as a traveler thai
a Goethe, and the immense popularity
in England of Stanley proves that, 01
the whole, feeling inclines to adventur
allied *o solid service.
I Whal ii ■ RallreaS PmIT
Mr. E. P. Alexander, vice president
of. the Louisville A Nashville railroad.
In a recent argument before a commit
tee of the Alabama legislature, gave the
following explanation of a pool, aa it
is understood by railroad men:
“A pool is really an agreement be
tween competing lines at anv given
point, about to Oris effect: That if aU
will agree to maintain the eqdal rates,
which have been generally arrived at
by long struggles between the com
peting markets, in whioh eaoh baa had
all the benefit of its geographical posi
tion and advantages, then Any line
which does an excess of business, above
the average of former years, and above
what would seem its natural share of
the business, shal compensate the line -
whioh is deficient in some satisfactory
manner. It is hard toexplain how anon ':'r
an afbrt to prevent discriminations and : , .
lootnations should beoome so generally
misunderstood. wc,,;. fLV
vincod that by far the greatest good of
the greatest number would result from
what the railroad managers attempt in
their pools. The misrepresentations of
their policy and efforts doubtless come
from individuals who had been able to
turn railroad wars to their individual
advantage. In such wars large ship
pers have an advantage over small ones.
Their business is Bought by rebates and
private concessions, while small ship
pers are disregarded. The large ship
pers in those markets where railroad
wars have been common are therefore
often loth to see any arrangement by
which rates will be maintained, how
ever low those rates may be. In faot,
large shippers seldom care a straw
whether rates are low or high; their
profits for the handling are the same in
any case. Their whole care is to secure
rates for their markets lower than for
those for competing markets, or rates
for themselves lower than their neigh
bors. The large shippers too, are men
of influence and ability, and it is they
who usually cry out against the poof.
So the position of the railroad man
agers is that between the upper and
the nether millstone. The public cry
out, and justly, against fluctuations,
rebates and unjust discriminations but
to remove the temptation to commit
them. The. only way to remove the
temptation is to make some arrange
ment equivalent to what is. called^ a
pool; but against the pool, the large
shippers have an' especial antipathy.
The pool cuts off their rebates and
special rates. No law could cut them
off, because they oan always be made
by some part of the line which lies out
of tile'state, so that state law can never
reach ft. And even a wenersl law by
congress can be evaded in a hundred
ways.
‘•There have doubtless been com
plaints of the wrongs made by pools,
but these complaints are universally
that the rater are not positively high,
but only comparatively high, as con
trasted with the rates from some other
places.
“Questions of this sort are of the great- v
est delicacy and difficulty of adjust
ment. The twelve apostles themselves
could probably never give satisfaction if
they had to adjust the rates between
twelve competing markets. It is in fact,
to my mind, rather a doubtful qnestion
whether there is any such thing as just
ice in settling such a question. To
illustrate by an example away from
home, in which none of us have any in
terest or feeling.
“Boston, for instance, is further from
Chicago than New York is. Now, should
the principle ever be' adopted of making
all rates a pro rata per mile, the rate
from Chicago to Boston would be so
much higher than the rate from Chica
go to New York that all the foreign
trade now going through the former
port would be diverted to the latter.
This, of couse, would -be an enormous
injury to every interest of Boston. In
fact, no such principle ever could be
enforced, for the lines injuriously
affected bv it would never submit to it,
but would work at rates far below the
cost of transportation for years rather
than give up their through business for
ever.
“But wliatcvor criticisms may be
made upon either the purposes of the
railroad pools, or upon the practical
operations which have taken place un
dor them at any point, they have been
resorted to by railroad managers as
the only solution which their experi
ence in these matters has been able to
suggest; and that any imperfections
or aouscs have been the result of neith
er carelessness nor indifference, but of
the inherent difficulties of the problem
itself.
And as an earnest of their honest
intent to correct the abuses, and to ar
rive at just and fair solutions of ques
tions between conflicting interests, the
principle of arbitration of such ques
tions, by the most disinterested and
competent tribunals obtainable, is uni
versally recognized and adopted; and
if cither the state or the national
governments would provide such tribun
als the railroad managers would only
be too glad to avail thomselves of their
services.”
TIn Wit* Mu.
Notwithstanding man’s essential per
fection is but very little, his compara
tive perfection may be very considera
ble. If he looks upon himself in an ab
stract light, he has not much to boast
of; but S he considers himself with re
gard to others, he may find occasion of
rlorylng, if not in his own virtues, at
least in the absence of another’s perfec
tions. This gives a differentturn to the
reflections of the wise man and the
fool. The first endeavors to shine in
himself, and the last to outshine others.
The first is humbled by the sense of his
own infirmities, the last is lifted up by
the discoveiy of those which he observes
in other men. The wise man considers
what he wants, and the fool what he
abounds in. The wise man is happy
when he gains his own approbation, and
the fool when he recommends himself to
the applause of those about him.—[Ad
dison. _ _
Family Ties.
From the Cleveland rMiudwtier.
Departing gnest to hotel proprietor:
“Your porter is an insolent scamp.”
“I’m sorry to say that you are right.”
“He is lazy and impudent, ana will
drive away your custom.”
“Alas! Too true.”
“If I were you I’d have kioked him
outloug ago.”
“I’ve tried the game, but have not
been successful.”
“And why notP”
' “He is my father-in-law.”
[ -Discretion is the golden cord on which
! wisdom striligs her richest jewels.
I A Reliable Remedy,
i Kidney-Wort, not only cures bad cases of
r piles and all disorders of the kidneys and liver,
but Is a reliable remedy for a debilitated con
1 stltutlou. It acts on the bowels as a mild ca
l tbartlc, carrying off the obstructing elements
which cause sickness.—fPlalndealcr.