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FONTAINE BROS., Editors and Publishers.
VOL XXIII.
ANNOTATIONS.
It is reported that Dr. Tanner’s teeth
have all been drawn on account of sore
gums.
During the past ten years Minneap
olis has increased in population 100
per cent.
The rings and largest satellites of
Saturn are now favorably situated for
telescopic observath >u.
According to the census Boston is
the fifth city in the Union in popula
tion. Oln cage is the fourth
Marshal Bazaino has been added to
tlx* list of notables who have enjoyed
reading their own obituary notices.
Fifty cents per word will hereafter
be the charge for ocean cable tele
grams between New York and England
and France.
John McCullough has just signed an
engagement with F. 11. Chatterton to
act in Drury Lane Theater, London,
next May.
The wife of Fletcher W. Harper, of
New York, and her aunt narrowly es
caped drowning while bathing at Long
Bencn, Monday
An Illinois pastor prayed for the
absent members who wore “prostrate
on beds of sickness and chairs of well
ness.
The English hop crop has passed the
critical stage; the foliage is reported
clean and of good color, and a good
yield is regarded as certain.
The Ida/lffh Harden lias collated in
formation concerning the fruit crop
from all parts of the United Kingdom,
and finds the outlook very discourag
i i ig.
'The trustees of Princeton college,
New Jersey, have completed sanitary
arrangements which will effectually re
move all fears of an outbreak of disease
such as occurred last spring.
Gin no How, the Chinese diplomat
who was thrown into prison some
months ago and threatened with death
bv 1 1 is government for having con
cluded an objectionable treaty with
Russia, lias been released.
A Copenhagen watchmaker has con
structed an electromotor, to be applied
to a clock, by which the timepiece is
enabled to run a year with but an oc
casionablc renewal of the elements of
tin- battery-
It is estimated that the coal fields of
India extend over an area of 30,000
miles. Beams of 100, 120 and 100 feet
in thickness have been noted. Dr. Old
ham believes there are not less than
20,000,000.000 tons of coal in that em
pire.
Tom Ochiltree was years ago a part
ner with his father in the law business,
at Galveston, Texas. The old gentle
man went away fora few days, and on
returning found stretched across the
office an immense sign board, on which
was painted in huge letters: “T P.
Ochiltree and Father, Counsellors and
Attorneys at Law/’
Senator Jones, of Florida, is in a
state of great excitement in regard to
that land of (lower and fruit. He says
the state is being tilled with good and
industrious people, and its natural ad
vantages are beginning to be cultivated
with profit. He believes Florida is to
surpass in growth and prosperity all
the other southern states.
Mr. Chambers, of Texas, who is as
sociated with Mr. Weaver in the race
for the White House, has just written
his letter of acceptance. He explains
that it was prepared “mostly sitting on
the edge of my bed.” This will remind
Chicagoans of the gushing letters of an
enamored millionaire, afterward sued
for breach of promise, which were
mostly prepared “in the 3-story of my
billding.”
Bays a writer in Lippmcott's Magazine:
“Our Chicago girls are people of nous.
their talk is fluent as the flight of a
swallow; their manners are delightful;
American manners must be excellent,
so many Englishmen marry American
girls. Their playing makes us glad the
, seven poor strings of the old musicians
have been multiplied to seven times
even; no Chicago girl is a musician un
ess she has the masters at her finger-
tips. "
1 he total number of passengers hold
ing reduced-far© tickets who arrived in
Chicago between Sunday morning and
Tuesday noon by the several railroads
there, to attend the Knights Templar
demonstration, was 116,000. and about
">,OOO by steamboats and otherwise—
total over 120,(XXL This does not in
clude the regular suburban passengers
and the large number of people who
arrived before Sunday morning. Ihe
total expense incurred by the Triennial
Committee for the entertainment of
the visiting Knights is estimated at
$05,000. There were in attendance 272
Commanderies in all, 30 Grand State
Commauderies, and over 30 000
Knights.
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary ot Events During the
Past Week.
Latest Events.
A report lias reached Galveston Tex.,
that instead of whipping Victoria’s
Apaches, as reported, Col. Grierson’s com
mand was defeated by the savages.
Loeb & Cos., exporters and importers of
clocks, hardware, and silver-plated goods
at New York, have failed with liabilities
of $400,000.
Ma.i. Walsh, of the northwestern
mounted police, now at Ottawa, Ont., says
Sitting Bull is the most plucky, energetic,
and intelligent savage living, and that he
has had five wives.
The new' bridge over the Missouri river
at Plattsmoutb, Neb., constructed by the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and Bur
lington and Missouri River railroads, is
finished.
Not less than one hundred and ten
young ladies, from all parts of the country,
have taken the vows of school sisters of
Notre Dame, in the city of Milwaukee,
within two weeks.
The engagement of Jesse, youngest son
of General Grant, to Lizzie, daughter of
W. H. Chapman, a large California land
holder, is announced. The marriage will
take place at the Palace Hotel next month.
They put four hundred and fifty cattle
on the upper decks of a steamship at Mon
treal before the cargo was stowed away
below, and the vessel keeled over, being
saved from capsizing by the wharf on
which it rested.
It is announced that, as a measure of
retaliation and self-protection, the Chica
go, Burlington and Quincy railroad com
pany will immediately commence the con
struction of a branch line from Peoria.,
111., to Toledo, Ohio.
Laborers excavating for a sewer near
Wicker park, Chicago, came upon the pet
rified remains of a mastodon at the depth
of eighteen feet. Among the pieces al
ready secured are a section of the tusk,
four inches in diameter at one end and six
luclks at the other, and a tooth weighing
six pounds.
The New York republican committee
has decided not to call a state convention
to nominate a candidate for chief judge of
the court of appeals. Judge Charles J.
Folger, appointed to the place by Gov.
Cornell on the the death of Judge Church,
will he the republican candidate, the com
mittee having indorsed him as the choice
of the party.
About 200 machinists and blacksmiths
in (lie employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee
A .St. Paul Cos., struck on the2oth ins., for
an advance of 5 per cent, in wages. The
demand had been made some weeks
before but the company had been given
time to inquire into prices elsewhere.
They discovered that they were paying
higher wages than any western company,
and so refused to make an advance. The
men are peaceable but determined.
A Washington dispatch reports the
death, at Buffalo, of Gen. Albert Myer, of
the signal service. The immediate cause
of his death was Bright’s disease of the
kidneys, together with a chronic heart
disease. A short time since he paid a visit
to his friend and preceptor, Dr. Hamilton,
at New York, and under his advice went
to Buffalo for absolute rest and freedom
from care and anxiety. He was taken
there about two weeks ago and furnished
with retired quarters at the Palace Hotel.
On the 25th Inst., surrounded by his fam
ily, wife and six children, he died.
LOS PINOS AGENCY. COL.. Aug. 28, /
via Lake Citv, Col., Aug. 30. $
An Indian arrived last night from the
southern agency, with a communication
from Dr. Lacy, to the effect that Ouray’s
case is a hopeless one. Cheppett, his wife,
is with him. The ITicompaghee Lies are
almost in a panic at the very thought of
his demise, and the rival bands are already
discussing his probable successor. Ohief
Supereonra will undoubtedly be the man.
The death of Ouray will complicate mat
ters and may delay the settlement of the
Ete question.
Later —12:20 a. m. —A runner has just
arrived announcing Ouray’s death.
Accidents.
Mrs. Lavra Miller, aged 92 years of
West Springfield, Mass., took fiy-poison by
mistake and died in a few minutes.
J. Wilson, section hand on the Burling
ton and Ohio railroad, was run over and
killed near Newark on ihe 27th inst. He
was drunk and lying across the track. His
head and one hand were severed.
At a Peoria Sunday-school picnic,
twenty persons were poisoned by eating
ice-cream frozen in a copper freezer.
Though some of them were very sick, none
died.
Chase’s thrashing engine, at work near
Yandalia, 111., blew up killing Ed Luster,
engineer, and scalding Ed Brash and Jacob
Smith seriously, and setting on fire and
completely destroying four stacks of wheat,
two stacks of oats, and the separator. The
accident is attributed to carelessness. The
property destroyed is estimated at SI ,200.
F. A. Vasey, of St. Louis, who is sum
mering at Coney Island, was seriously in
jured while bathing. He went to the
Voorhis bath-house to swim. The bath
house is connected with the beach by a
plank walk which crosses a shallow pool
of water not more than a loot in depth.
Vasey, thinking that the water in this pool
was deep, dove oti' from the walk. He
struck on his head, dislocating his spine.
Ho was picked up helpless. His body and
legs are paralyzed, and it thought lie can
not live.
4k
The side-wheel steamer Marine City
was destroyed by lire on Lake Huron, off
Alcona, on’Aug. 31st. She had one hund
red and thirty passengers on board, many
of them were lost. When the llames were
discovered a panic ensued, and before any
thing could be done toward saving life a
large number had jumped into the water,
A tug-boat which was passing succeeded
in rescuing several, and others got ashore
in yawls. The steamer was valued at
$30,000.
Charles Albright and Vinton C.
Hedges, tinners in tho employ of B. T.
Wait, fell from the tower of a residence in
Greencastle, Ind., while at work on the
roof, by the breaking of a scaffold, and
were precipitated a distance of fifty feet.
Albright’s right leg and arm were fractured
and Hedges' left foot. The latter was
also injured internally, and both are out
about the head. It is thought Albright's
injuries are fatal. Both men reside in In
dianapolis, with their families.
A max generally known as “Kentucky,”
of Springfield, 111., met with a fatal acci
dent on the 27th inst. He was engaged
in digging a well, which he had about
completed. When being drawn from the
well, and when near the top, the bucket
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in which lie was standing turned, precipi
tating him head foremost to the bottom of
the well, and upon a bed of rock. When
lifted out it was found that his skull just
above the eyes had been crushed, and his
body terribly bruised, and that the unfortu
nate man was almost in a dying condition.
He was conveyed to the city, and taken to
he hospital aftei his wounds had been
dressed.
Cablegrams.
The harvest in the west of Ireland is
now certain to be not only abundant, but
unusually early.
Mb. Lane, a member of the Cork Land
League, having offered to give evidence
before the land commission, has been ex
pelled from Ihe league.
Mr. Gladstone will take a sail about
the coasts of Ireland for the benefit of his
health and to inform himself more per
fectly concerning the condition of the peo
ple.
A noon Kuan, the victorious Afghan
chief, has placed his army in motion for
the purpose of opposing Gen. Roberts,
who is now' advancing to the relief of Can
dahar.
Public feeling in England, chiefly
among the working people, is excited over
the amendments made by the house of
lords to the employers’ liability bill,
which passed the commons in a shape
that favored the employes.
Gladstone has sailed from Plymouth,
on board the Grantully Castle, for Ireland,
to see how she stands for himself. He is
the first English premier that has visited
that troublesome country a second time.
Affairs on the Greek frontier continue
threatening. Three bodies of Grecian
volunteers are said to be awaiting a favor
able moment tc invade Tuikish territory.
Turkey is reported to have thirty thou
sand men at the menaced points ready to
meet the emergency.
Discontent is on the increase among the
Moslem population of Turkey. There is
dangerous agitation at Damascus, and an
outbreak is feared at Aleppo. The move
ment is political, and it is thought to be
due to the weakness of European concert
in the settlement of affairs relating to the
empire.
A dispatch from Calcutta says: The
more common impression is that Ayooh
Khan will retreat toward Herat, audit is
universally hoped that the government
will allow Gen. Roberts to follow him
to Herat If necessary. The cholera at
Peshawur is dying out. A telegram from
Simla reports thrt the Khyber valley is
fairly quiet.
Criminal.
Tremaine, an East St. Louis saloon
keeper, shot and killed Horace B. Vail, a
drunken customer, who assaulted him.
The residence of George Grass, in jail
at Urbana, 111., for the murder of Frank
Stilwell, has been burned by unknown
persons.
John Hociislrasser, a teamster, and
two brothers named Snurr, drank beer at
a Fort Wayne, Ind.. brewery, became
drunk, and quarreled. The Snurrs finally
seized clubs and hit Hochstrasser on the
head, killing him.
A colored man who was violently as
sailed in his humble cabin by four young
white bioods in disguise, on the 28th inst.,
near Cochran, Ga., shot two of them dead.
The coroner’s jury returned a verdict to
the effect that it served them just right.
A lot of white circusmen attacked a
party of negroes employed by the same
establishment, at La Porte, Ind., and a riot
ensued. The sheriff raised a posse and
undertook to capture the entire show r , but
he was driven off, and only succeeded in
getting three of the offenders.
The jury on the case of ex-Postmaster
K. O. Adams, charged w r ith the embezzle
ment of nearly 812,000, of Deadwood, have
brought in a verdict of guilty. Adams
will probably give bail and appea' the case
to the territorial supreme court.
The United States consul at Cologne,
commenting upon the prospects of the vint
age on the Rhine and its tributaries the
present season, says it is thought by expe
rienced observers, that the vintage will not
exceed one-fifth of the average vield.
Two lads named respectively Wellin and
Kay, the former aged 18 and the latter 14
years, living near Danville, 111., began
throwing clods at each other in a cornfield.
Ray “got mad,” and hit Wellin with a
club on the back of the head, killing him
almost instantly.
A Cleveland Lender special states that
a young man named Edward Mikesell on
the 25th inst., shot and killed his mother,
near Wauseon, O. Mikesell testified before
the coroner that he was attempting to shoot
a chicken and the gun was accidentally
discharged, instantly killing his mother,
sitting at the window.
General 3lii.es, of the array, stands an
excellent chance of getting the position of
chief of the signal service, left vacant by
General Myer’s death. The president has
long had in mind the Indian-fighting
which Miles did so well, and is glad to be
able to reward him in this way —at least
this is the common talk at present. Cap
lain Howgate, who has asked for the
place, w ill not get it.
A frightful runaway occurred at
Springfield, 111., caused by a country
man's team becoming frightened. The
driver was thrown out and his neck broken,
killing him instantly. No one is able to
indeniify him, and in consequence the
coroner's inquest was postponed until the
25th inst. The man is supposed to have
come or Williarasville and Elkhart.
Richard O. Adams, the defaulting post
master of Deadwood, whose trial has just
ended, and who was to have been sentenced
on the 27th inst., escaped from the custody
of the marshal on the night previous.
Adams' career has been a disgraceful one,
and his leaving the Hills is but a repeti
tion of his exit from various places. A
large reward is offered by the marshal for
his capture
An attempt was made on 4 lhe 27th inst., to
murder Judge Sherman Page, at his resi
dence in the outskirts of Austin Minn.
He was sitting at a table when some per
son unknown t>red a shot-gun at him
through the window, a portion of the
charge striking him in the head. Al
though severely wounded, it is believed
that lie will recover.
Thc body of au unknown woman, horri
bly beaten and bruised, was found on the
27th inst., in a seclued ravine four miles
north of Sidney, Ohio. It could not be
identified. Win. Cartis, canal watchman,
was arrested on suspicion, it being thought
the dead woman was cook on a canal
boat. The place of the murder showed
igns of a fierce struggle. The woman's
clothing was torn and scattered about.
Ax Hyde Park, on the hist inst., Mich
ael Boylson had a quarrel with his wife.
His step-son, Charles Hirschman, who was
up-stairs, heard it and come down, but
found that Boylson had gone out to the
pump in the back yard. Hirschman met
him on the steps. They clinched, sepa
rated, and Hirschman shot Boylson. kill
ing him almost instantly. Hischman was
held for murder by the coroner’s jury.
About a month ago a Airs. Bell went to
La Crosse from Stevens Point, accompa
nied by her daughter and a man named
Frank Ryant. Ryant, after selling Mrs.
Bell’s horses and wagon, stealing a gun
and skiff - , eloped with the girl and tied
down the river. Telegrams were dispatch
ed down the river for the apprehension of
the elopers, and they were finally captured.
The man is over 40, and the girl 14 years
of age.
Simon Zimmerman, residing with his
family on Clybourne avenue, Chicago, 111.,
shot and killed his wife at an early hour
on the 25th inst. He then reclined by her
side, placed the dead woman’s arm around
his neck, and fired a bullet into his own
head, dying instantly. Two children, one
3 and the other 1 year of age, were in the
room and witnessed the tragedy, the dread
ful import of which they could not com
prehend. The doors to the apartments
were locked, and it was not until twelve
hours after the fatal shooting, that the
dead bodies were discovered. The little
ones had been all of that time alone with
the corpses of their parents and without
food nr water.
Political Points.
The greenbackers of New Jersey have
nominated Thomas 1). Doxie for governor.
The democrats of the second Arkansas
district have nominated James K. Jones
for congress.
b. av. i jACY has been naminated for con
gress by the readjusters of the second dis
trict of Virginia.
James Pheli*s has been renominated for
congress by the democrats of tho second
Connecticut district.
The democrats of tlie sixth Virginia
district have re-nominated lion. Randolph
Tucker for congress.
I lon. Henry Poehleu has been nomi
nated for re-election by the democrats of
the second Minnesota district.
The republicans of the third congres
sional district of Wisconsin, have re-nomi
nated Geo. C. Hazelton.
The republicans of the fourteenth con
gressional district of Ohio have nominat
ed Colonel S. E, Fink for congress.
Ex-Vice President Colfax spoke at an
immense republican meeting in South
Bend on the 25th inst.
General Joseph Wheeler has been
nominated as democratic candidate for con
gress in the eighth district of Alabama.
After K>7 ballots the democratic conven
tion at La Grange, lowa, nominated Hon.
Hugh Buchanan for congress.
J. C. Clements has been nominated for
congress in the seventh district of Georgia
by the democrats.
One wing of the Kearney it es in the
third California district has nominated
Stephen J. Maybell for congress.
Hon. John AV. Ryon has been renomi
nated for congress by the democratic con
vention of the thirteenth Pennsylvania
district.
Senator Blaine will reach Indiana
about September 20, and Senator Conkling
will make his first speech in the state dur
ing the first week in October.
Hon. Casper M. Sanger has been nomi
nated as democratic candidate for congress
from the fourth AVisconsin (Milwaukee)
district.
John Kelly, the New York Tammany
boss, will, it is reported, make three
speeches to the democrats of Illinois dur
ing the coming campaign. One of them
will be delivered in Chicago.
The democrats of the second Michigan
district nominated AVm. 11. AValdby, of
Adrian, for congress.
Ex-Lieut. -Gov. A. Hart has been nom
inated for congress at Hillsboro, 0., by
the republican convention.
The democrats of the ninth Missouri
district have nominated General James
Craig for congress.
AVilliam Hatch has been nominated fo
congress by the democrats of the twelfth
district of Missouri.
Geo. AV. Webber, of lonia, has been
nominated for congress by the republicans
of the fifth Michigan district.
B. 11. Truesdell, of Amboy, was nom
inated for congress by the democrats of the
sixth Illinois congressional district con
vention at Geneseo.
The greenbackers of the fifth Illinois
district have agreed to run J. M. King, of
Rochelle, for congress.
Dr. J. C. Herberting has been made the
greenback candidate for congress in the
eleventh district of Missouri. In the
fourth district the democrats have nomi
nated L. AV. Davis.
The Hon. Isaac L. Morrison, republican
candidate for congress in the twelfth dis
trict, has sent a challenge to the Hon.'
AVm. M. Springer, inviting him to a joint
discussion of the issues of the campaign.
Eugene Hale says there can be no pos
sible doubt as to the result in Maine; the
only question is as to the republican ma
jority. He thinks the republicans will
carry all the congressional districts.
The democratic state convention of Del
aware nominated Colonel E, L. Martin for
congress by acclamation, and the following
electoral ticket: Charles J. Love, Dr.
AVhitely and George Kussell.
The lowa republican state convention
met at Desmoines on the 26th inst., and
placed in nomination the following state
ticket: Secretary of state, J. A. Thull,
auditor, AV. A'. Lucas; state treasurer E.
H. Conger.
The republican state ticket of Texas is
as follows: Ex-Governor E. J. Davis for
governor; A. Siemering, lieutenant gover
nor; J. B. Williamson, for the court of ap
feals; J. L>. McAdoo, attorney general; S.
>. Wood, comntroller; AV. Thomas, treas
urer; Jacob Keuchley, commissioner of
land office.
The democratic convention of the sixth
Michigan district nominated Edwin B.
AVnans for congress. The greenbackers of
the eighth congressional district of that
state have nominated AVilliam Smith, a
farmer of Bay county, for congress.
D. Wvatt Aiken* is the democratic can
didate for congress in the third district of
South Carolina. The fifth South Carolina
district democrats have placed George D.
Tillman in the field for congress. Hon.
John S. Richardson has been renominated
for congress by the democrats of the first
South Carolina district.
The democrats and greenbackers of the
twelfth Pennsylvania district held a con
ference at Pittston on the 27th inst. An
alliance was found impossible, and two can
dinates were nominated —Asa R. Brundage
by the democrats, and D. AV. Connolly by
the greenbackers.
The joint discussions which the Repub
lican and democratic state central commit
tees have finally agreed upon and definite
ly arranged between Judge Porter and
Drank Landers, the opposing candidates
for governor of Indiana, have been fixed
for the following dates and places. One
in each congressional district:
September 2 —South Bend.
September 3 —Fort Wayne.
September 4—Dunkirk.
September 6 —Frankfort.
September 7 —Terre Haute.
September B—Greencastle.8 —Greencastle.
September 9 —Fairland.
September 10 —Cambridge City.
September 11 —Brookville.
September 15 —Vernon.
September 14 —Winnamac.
September 15 —Vincennes.
September Iff —Boonville.
From the Capital.
The president, on the 2ffth inst., signed
the commission of Judge D M. Key, to be
district judge for the eastern district of
Tennessee. He also signed the commis
sion of Gen. Longstreet, as United States
minister to Turkey. Judge Key will re
main in the city several days before leav
ing for Tennessee.
Official advices from the City of .Mex
ico states that eighteen of tlie rioters who
participated in the murder of the three
American miners, John Connelly, Henry
Hymans and George Arnold, in Mlchonan,
in March last, have been arrested. Among
the prisoners are the ring-leaders, SV.
Cayeleno, Medona and Trinitam. The
supreme journal has directed the judge
not to wait for the arrest of tlie remainder
accused, but to proceed at once with the
trial of those in prison.
A session of the cabinet, on the 25th
inst.. lasted about half an hour. No ques
tion of public interest was considered. The
president will not issue a Chinese pro
clamation until pending investigations
with regard to Chinese discrimination
against I'nited States vessels is concluded,
and shows conclusively that no discriminat
ing tonnage on import duties are levied
upon United States vessels by the Chinese
government. The president informed the
cabinet lie would leave AVashington, Thurs
day, to visit the Pacific coast.
Gen. Sherman lias issued an order re
garding tlie death of Brigadier General
Myer. The order says: “His persever
ence, energy and tact, resulting in estab
lishing a uniform international system of
simultaneous meteorological observations
affords to the world the only full and satis
factory data extant for the study of meteorol
ogy. Struck down at the meridian of his
usefulness, the country has lost a most dis
tinguished and promising officer, and the
signal service an able, efficient and zealous
chief.”
Hereafter officers of the army travel
ing or stopping in foreign countries w heth
er on duty or leave of absence will be re
quired to avail themselves of all opportu
nities properly within their reach of ob
taining information of value to the mili
tary service of the United States, especial
ly that pertaining to their own arm or
branch of the service. They will report
fully in writing the result of their observa
tions to the adjutant general on their re
turn to duty in the United States, if unable
to do so earlier.
Milwaukee Market.
Milwaukee, August Sl.—Flour—lnactive
and nominal. Wheat —Opened firm and %c
higher; closed firm; No. 1 hard, 1.03; N T o. 1, 95;
No. 2, 89%; SOfor tel lor Augu. *■ 88 ** for
seller September; 88 s * for seller October; No. 3,
80 *4; No. 4. nominal; rejected, nominal. Corn—
Higher; No. 2, 38%. Oats —Scarce; No. 2, 27.
Rye—Dull and lower; No. 1. 76*2. Barlej
Weak and lower; No. 2, 74.
Chicago Market.
Chicago, August 31. — Flour — Quiet but firm.
Wheat—Active, firm and higher; closed easy;
No. 2 Bed winter, 92; No. 2 Chicago spring,
89 tor seller cash; 86%@57 August; 873s for seller
September; 88% @BB% for seller Oc
tober; 89 for seller November. Sales—Bß%
@B9 3 for seller October. No. 3 Chi
cago spring, 78@80. Corn—Demand fair;
prices higher; 38% @38% for seller September;
3934 @39% for seller October: rejected, 39%. Oats
—Fairly active and a shade higher; 2(1 % for seller
cash; 26% for seller September; 26% for seller
October; rejected, 22. Rye—Steady and un
changed; 76*2. Barley—Dull, weak and lower:
72*2. Pork—Steady and firm; 17.00@17.05 for
seller cash; 17.05@ 17.10 for seller September;
16.70@16.75 for seller October. Lard—Easier;
7.50@7.70 for cash; 7,72*2 for seller September;
7.80@7.82f0r seller October. The “ Drovers’
Journal” reports: Hogs -Receipts, 20,000; ship
ments, 7,000; steady; good to choice heavy ship
ping, active and stronger; 5.00@5,35; common to
fair mixed, 4.50@4.90; light, 4.80@5.00; grassers
plenty. Cattle—Receipts, 5.000; shipments,
2,600; steady; common to medium, 3.50@4.30;
good to choice 4.50@5.00; butchers’ quiet and
steady, 2.20@3.30; scallawags, 1.75; grass
fed Texans. 2.60@2.85; western half breeds,
3.60@3.70; natives, 3.25@3.40; Texans, 2.80@
3.20; calves, 2.75@3.00. Sheep—Receipts. 600;
firmer; common to medium. 3.60@L10; good to
choice, 4.20@4.40.
Artist and Emperor.
An interesting story of the artist
Couture is told by Mrs. Hooper. When
lie was painting a historical picture of
Napoleon 111. the Emperor summoned
him to the palace and found fault with
his original sketch, objecting to the re
lative positions of some of the person
ages. “Such a person must bo
placed here,” he said, “and such anoth
er here,” and so on. “Sire,” said the
artist civilly, but firmly, “the changes
that you propose would be fatal to my
picture as a work of art, since they
would totally destroy the harmony of
the composition. On all questions of
government I should of course give way
to your Majesty, but in respect to art
matters you must suffer me to main
tain my own opinions.” The Emperor,
unused to opposition in any form, and
accustomed to the suave acquiesencc
in all his whims of the artists of the
court circle, was highly indignant. He
literally turned his back upon the au
dacious painter who was officially in
formed a few days later that he need
not proceed with his picture.
Is it Possible
That a remedy made of such common, simple
plants a-? Hops. Buchu. Mandrake. Dandelion. &c.,
make so many and such marvelons and wonderful
cures as Hop Bitters do? It must be, for when
old and young, rich and poor. Pastor and Doctor,
Lawyer and Editor, all testify to having been
cured by them, we must believe and doubt no
longer. See other column.— Pod.
Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is building
in Hartford a handsome house com
manding a charming view. The cost of
building and ground will be altogether
more than 8100,000.
APOLITICAL GENERAL
Hancock Seeking for Pretexts
to Recognize Tilden for
President.
Full Text of His Correspondence
With Gen. Sherman on the
Electoral Count.
Very Pertinent Comment on the Let
ters by the Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
A Reminiscence of Maine Fusion Frauds.
Ilisroliaueous Political Notes,
haxuouk’s political maneuvering.
New York, Aug. 2ff.—The two letters
of Gen. Sherman, so frequently spoken
of as having brought forth the' recently
published letter of Gen. Hancock, dat
ed Carondolet, P. 0.. Mo., Dee. 28.187 ff,
are as follows:
HEADQUARTERS I . S. ARMY, /
Washington, Dec. 4,187 H.
To (ii a. 11, 8. lie ncock, Ni ir Vi,,-!.-:
Dear General :—I have just received your
letter of the 3rd, and have telegraphed you my
consent to your proposed trip. I cannot foresee
any objections, and hope soon that events
will admit of a return to their posts of the compa
nies detached at the south, but every
time I make a move in that direction 1 am met by
insurmountable objections. Three of tiie com
panies of the tirst artillery from Fort Sill re
ported at Columbus, Ohio, yesterday and will be
here this evening. Everything is ready for them.
The last company was detained at Ft. Sill to
await relief on the way. Tell General Fry, ad
jutant general, that in ease of any orders I will
have them sent to you at New York and he can
execute. The political orders to Huger at Colum
bia I preferred should go from the president
to him through the secretary of war. They were
not military. 1 dislike, much to have our soldiers
used in connection with a legislative body, but
orders coming from the president have to he
obeyed, They form a bad precedent, hut thus far
have prevented a collision of arms between in
flamed parties. I trust you will find Mrs. Han
cock and your St. Louis friends well.
Truly Yours.
W. T. Sherman, General.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY 1
Of the United States, s
Washington, Dee. 17, IS7(>.
To Gen. Tl . S. Hancock, Jefferson RorracLs:
My Dear General: —Lest your peace of mind
may he disturbed by foolish reports bandied in
newspapers, about your being ordered from New
York, 1 will tell you there is not a word of truth
in it: neither the president nor secretary of war
has ever intimated to me such a purpose, and I
know I have never said a word or written a sylla
ble to that effect. I see in the Republican, (of
St. Louis.) that not only was the order
made, but that I destroyed it and
tore out the leaves of the record book
containing the copy. The whole thing was
and is the invention of somebody who wanted to
create a sensation, The same is true about John
Sherman’s intriguing to be president of the senate
that he might be president ml interim. He has
told me that he has never heard the subject
broached. That he would not accept the place as
he prefers to be what he is now, chairman of the
senate committee on finance. I hope you will
find the family in good health and
spirits, and I hope you will spend
with me a peaceful and happy week of holidays.
This letter may be superfluous, but the emphatic
repetitions of a wild rumor in the St. Louis Re
publican, suggested to me the propriety of my cor
recting an impression, if made on you. No serous
changes in command are being contemplated, and
when they are you may be sure that I will give
you the earliest notice. There are men on mis
chief intent, who would gladly sow the seeds of
dissension among us of the army.
Truly your friend,
(Signed) W. T. Sherman.
The answer of General Hancock to these
letters was published some time since. To
Gen. Hancock’s letter Gen. Sherman re
plied:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY
Or the United States, >
Washington, Jau. 2, 1877. }
TANARUS" Gen. W. S. Hancock, New York:
Dear General: — I did not receive your most
interesting letter of December 28th, from Caron
dolet. Mo., till yesterday. lam very glad to have
your views in exlcnxo upon subjects of such vital
importance. Our standard opinions are mostly
formed on the practice of our predecessors, hut a
great change was made after the close of the
sivil war by the amendments of the constitution
giving to the freed slaves certain civil and polit
ical rights and empowering congress to make the
laws necessary to enforce these rights. This
power is new and absolute and con
gress has enacted laws with which we
are not yet familiar and accustomed.
(Bee pages 248,349 and 3JO, revised statutes, sec
tions 1989, edition of 1873-4.) Asa matter of fact
I dislike to have our army used in these civil con
flicts, but the president has the lawful right to use
the army and navy, and has exercised the right as
he believes lawfully and rightfully, and our duty
has been and is to sustain him with zeal and sin
cerity. As to the presidential election wc are in
no manner required to take the least action, hut
to recognize him as president, when the lawfully
appointed officers declare him to he such person. I
hope and pray that congress will agree on some
method before the day and hour arrive, but in,
case of failure to elect. By or before the 4th of
March, there will be a vacancy in both offices of
president and vice-president, in which event the
president of the senate bee nues president pro tern.
and anew election will have to be held under the
law of 1792. Sec Title 111. Chap. I, pages 21.
22, and 23, revised statutes. It is well we should
compare notes and agree before this caisis is on
us, but I surely hope we may pass this order
safely and peacefully. I will lie pleased to hear
from you at any time.
(Signed) W. T. Sherman, General.
General Hancock’s reply:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY /
Division of the Atlantic, >
Xew York, Jan. 2. 1877. j
Gen. 11. 7’ Sherman . I nitejl Suites Army , Woeh
inyton. D. G.:
General An anonymous communication to
the secretary of war, dated Louisville, Ky., De
cember 16, 1876, reached my headquarters on the
27th of that month, from the office of the adju
tant general of the army. It represents that in
case of a contemplated rising of the people to en
force the inauguration of Tilden and Hendricks,
the depot at Jeffersonville is to be seized, and it is
expected to arm and clothe the Indiana army of
democrats. The endorsement on this communic. -
tion, made at your headquarters, dated Deceml cr
24. 1876, is as follows; Official copy respectfully
referred to Major-General W. S. Hancock, com
manding division of the Atlantic, who may draw a
company from General Huger, commanding the
department of the south, and post it at the Jeffer
sonville depot, with orders to protect it against
any danger. The terms of the endorsement imply
the exercise of discretion on my part, which
leads me to write you before taking action. In
my judgment there is no danger, of the kind
the anonymous communication sets forth
at the Jeffersonville depot, to justify the move
ment of troops to that place. Such a movement
it seems to me, would involve unnecessary ex
pense, and would create or increase the apprehen
sion for which there is no real foundation. There
are no arms or ammunition in Jeffersonville de
pot, and if such a force as is referred to, could be
raised for rebellious purposes, it is not likely
that it would begin by seizing a depot of
army uniforms. And therefore, if these are
grounds for the action of the government
1 see no danger in delay that w ill result from thi.-,
presentation of the subject to you. If, however,
in your better judgment a company should be
sent there, it must and shall be promptly done as
soon as you notify to that effect. As I have al
ready said, I do not act at onee, because in your
instructions you say "may” send a com
pany. that which I construe as leaving it some-
what discretionary with mo. I returned on the
•'list of December. 76, from St. Louis.
I am very truly yours,
Winfield S. Hancock,
i Major General Commanding.
Another letter from Gen. Hancock:
New York, Jan. 9, 1877.
Gen, li. T. Sherman, Comminding United State*
Army, Washington, I). C.:
My Dear General I have been intending
to write you in acknowledgment of your two re
cent notes, but I have been so much engaged in
hunting a place for winter, and gathering up my
affairs of business, as well as personal matters
owing to my recent absence, that 1 have deferred
doing so. and now I write to enclose you a copy
of the letter I addressed, yesterday, to
the editor of the If arid in reference
to an article—special dispatch—which appeared
in that paper of Sunday the 7lh. The World
corrects the matter in its issue of this morning. I
would have preferred the publication of my letter
but as I gave the editor latitude as to the
manner of correction 1 cannot complain 1
suppose. I have written to no one on the
subject of my order to go to the Pacific, as re
ported by the newspapers, save yourself. I have
said nothing to anyone differing in letter or
speech from what I wrote to you and I have not
seen Buford for years, or heard of him. nor- do I
know of any person who has in that time met or
communicated with you. I enclose you a copy of
the If \>rld'* publication. I am very truly yours.
Winfield S. Hancock.
Major-General.
[iNCLOSCRE.]
New York, Jan. 8, 1877.
Mv Dear Sir : —Enclosed slip cut from the
11 ’arid. of yesterday, special dispatch from Wash
ington. headed “A Rescinded Order,” ‘Did Gen.
Hancock refuse to be transferred to tlw Pa
cific coast ?” As an authority is given for the
communication, it seems that 1 should probably
notice the same, and it would gratify me if you
would in any manner you may deem best, make
such correction as would be most likely to re
movc any misapprehension on the subject. 1
have not received any orders transferring me
from this department, nor any intimation
of the existence or contemplation of such orders,
hence I did not refuse to be transferred to the
Pacific coast. I have not tendered my resigna
tion. All of my information in the matter has
been derived from the newspapers of the day.
I had no communication whatever in relation to
the subject with the authorities until after the
rumor of my removal was published from Wash
ington as groundless, then Gen. Sherman wrote
me a note to the same effect. 1 am in no wise re
sponsible for any statement contained in the des
patch in question, or for any misconception which
has arisen concerning this subject from first to
last. I am very truly yours,
Winfield S. Hancock,
To William 11. Hurlbut, editor New York If <W</
Another letter from Gen. Hancock;
New York, Jan. 19, 1877.
To (nil. 11. T. Sherman, I idled State* Army.
Wanhimjtou, I). C\:
My Dear General I have been quite busy
since my arrival, and have not felt like writing
much, so that I have not yet written you as I in
tended, in reply to your fa vor acknowledging the
receipt of my letter from Carondolet. 1 wished
to notice simply your reference to the revised
statutes and one or two other points, in a
brief way. I will do so yet, but not
to-day, as t am house hunting, or apartment or
hotel hunting rather. It is too late in the season
to accomplish much here in that way, sa e to pay
out money and get but little satisfact on in re
turn. The proposition for a joint commission in
sures a peaceful solution of the presidential ques
tion, if it becomes a law, and in my opinion gives
to Gen. Hayes chances he did not have before. 1
have considered that Mr. Tilden’s chcuces
were impregnable, but not so Mr. Heed
ricks’. Now, it seems to me that Go\.
Hayes has something more than an equal chance,
but definite results cannot be foreshadowed fortun
ately trouble need not be provided against by the
use of the army should the bill become ala w. If
the bill passes and General Grant vetoes it Mr.
Tilden’s chances will he stronger than before.
Certainly if he or his friends sup
ported the measure public opinion will
strengthen his position. The danger in the
compromise questioner joint commission plan, is
that the defeated candidate might appeal to the
supreme court, on the grounds of illegal or uncon
stitutional decisions.
1 am, very truly yours,
Winfield S. Hancock.
The correspondence closed by Gen.
Sherman writing to Gen. Hancock,
that: “The passage of the hill for
counting the electoral vote was ap
proved bv the president, and in my
judgment all possible danger of confu
sion or disorder in connection with the
presidential embroglio is passed.”
The Chicago Inter-Ocean, commenting
on the above editorially says:
In our dispatches this morning will he
found the full text of the remainder of the
Hancock-Sherman correspondence. It will
he seen that while General Sherman was
very clear that the duty of the army was
to “recognize him as president whom the
lawfully appointed officers declare to be
such,” Hancock throughout indicates a pur
pose, in case of trouble, to treat it as a
political matter and from which he
would, as an army commander, desire to
hold aloof, or, as suggested in his now fam
ous letter, reserve the right of personally
determining who he w-ould recognize as
president and commander-in-chief.
Democratic Fraud in Iluinc I.uhl
Year.
New Y’ork Times.
The supreme court of the state of Maine
has just decided what is known as the
“Cumberland county case.” the details of
which are instructive They illustrate
very forcibly the democratic methods pur
sued in Maine and elsewhere. At the
September elections in 1879 Wm. L.
Prince was the republican candidate for
commissioner of the county of Cumber
land, and Wm. B. Skillin was the demo
cratic candidate for that office. In mak
ing up the returns Gov. Garcelon and his
democratic associates threw' out the entire
vote of the city of Portland, the return
being rejected as illegal because two von
were returned as scattering, when the re
turn should have given the names of all
the candidates voted for. This rejection
of 6,3175 votes cast in the city of Portland
defeated the republican candidate on the
face of the returns. But it so happened
that there were cast in the whole county
1,108 votes for “Skillings,” who was not
a candidate. Obviously, these votes were
meant for Skillin, but if the rule which
had already been applied to republican
candidates were applied in this case, the
votes cast for “Skilling” did not belong to
Skillin, and he was defeated. The demo
cratic canvassers were equal to the occa
sion. Going over the returns, they erased
the terminal “g” from the name of the
democratic candidate in some instances,
and in others they drew a line through
the letters to indicate that they did not
belong there. Then they gave the certili
cate to Skillin, who entered upon the
duties of his office. Prince brought legal
proceedings to oust him. The supreme
court has just decided in favor of Prince.
Democratic ISurjflar*.
When the fusion legislature of Maine
“adjourned” last winter it was to meet on
August 5. The date has come and gone,
but the men whom Garcelon and his gang
of burglars counted in have made no at
tempt to reassemble as a legislature. If
they are still proud of that exploit for a
free count it is strange they should have
allowed so good an opportunity to slip by
unimproved of bringing their case freshly
before the people on the opening of the
campaign. Perhaps they concluded that
the republicans can be depended upon to
keep it fresh enough.
NO. 36.