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RANDALL & BODEEN, Publishers.
MORRIS, MINNESOTA.
THE DAYS DOINGS.
WASHINGTON SEWS.
The secretary of war lias signet! the agree
ment between the Moline Water Power com
pany of Illinois and the United State*, as re
quired by the sundry civil act for the yeai
ending June W, 1SS3. The company there
fore relinquish all claims to its water power,
consisting of water power, pools, canals,
dykes, etc.. in and around the Rock Island
arsenal and the government agrees to make
necessary |ermanent and yearly Improve
ments: This action settles* a lone-standing
and vexatious question, and relieves the
army of an embarrassment.
The investigation by Special Agent of the
Treasury Exkfelds ot the charges against
the manager of the mint, resulted in the
breakdown of the prosecution, and the dis
proval of nearly every allegation in the
complaint.
MAIZSOAJt FEW8.
The Northern Pacific earnings for the past
week in September were $171,000 increase
$44
,493, on an increased mileage of 29 per
cent. The earnings from July 1 to Sept. 7
show an increase over 1SS1 of $"23,773,20,
The Chicago it Northwestern railroad earn
ings for the first week in September show a
de
crease of about $3.500, as compared with
the same week last year.
The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba is
at last near completion between St. Paul and
the international boundary line. The
Canadian Pacific is building down from
"Winnipeg, and will meet the St. Paul, Min
neapolis A: Mani:oba on the boundary line
before many weeks. Trains will then run
fccm Moorhead to Winnipeg, on the west
side of the river, making the direct route to
St. Paul.
It is currently reported that Assistant
General Freight Agent I.. F. Kimball, of the
Manitoba road, has resigned his position to
accept the gereral North.western agency o
the Albert Lea route of the Chicago fc Rock
Island.
CRIMINAL 'CALENDAR.
Six months ago two sisters named Merri
wether. daughters of a well known citizen
of Huntsville. Ala., eloped to Ohatanooga.
with two beaux and were married. One of
the sisters, whose name was Davis, discov
ered that he was a gambler and opium eater.
He mistreated her and she leit him. He
dogged her footj-teps, and on Tuesday night
told her to return to him or a murder would
follow. He had a pistol in his hand at the
time. She was also armed, and in an in
stant shot him through the bowels. He died,
asking that she should not be arrested, as
she did it in self defense.
John Hill of Mount Auburn township,
111., one of the wealthiest and most influen
tial citizens of the country, hanged himself
Wednesday morning. The coroner has just
returned, and states that the evidence before
the coroner's jury was to the effect that he
committed suicide because he would rather
die than see his daughter marry Lee Pettis,
one of the suspects in the Bond outrage
case.
At Council Blufls, J. W. Laing, a promi
nent diy goods merchant, is said to have
made indecent proposals to a respectable
married woman there whose husband is
away a good deal of the time. He came
home, and the case was laid before him by
his wife. That morning the husband pro
ceeded to the store and rawhided Laing in
public.
George Nesbit, a ranchman living in Tul
erosa canon. New Mexico, started for Las
Crnces in a wagon accompanied by his wife,
Miss Woods and a stranger. The" bodies of
the three were found. It is thought Nesbit,
who had been drinking, murdered them and
then drove off, as he and the team has not
been seen since.
W. J. Cooper of Indiana gathered to him
self six wives, when his surrounding became
too sultry and he fled to Kansas. One of
his victims secured a requisition from the
governor of Indiana, and followed and ar
rested her bigamoi s lord at Wilson, Kansas.
An unsuccessful ati empt was made to rob
the north bound Missouri Pacific passenger
train in the Indian territory Monday night
In the encounter Conductor Check "Warner
was shot, probably fatally. Warner killed
one robber.
A petition for the pardon of Wm. W.
Keene. the defaulting employe of the North
western National bank of Minneapolis is be
ing circulated by his wife, and the docu
ment has been signed by many citizens.
"William Mulby, formerly of Clinton,
Minnesota, was killed in a row at Maple
ton. I. T.
TIRES ASH OTHER CASUALTIES.
Mrs. Martin Robeski of New Posen, was
assisting to thresh some grain, and had just
stepped on to the platform to cut bands,
When her dress caught in the tumbling rod,
winding her ab ut it, and striking her head'
and shoulders on the ground. When the
machine was stopped it was found that her
legs and arms were broken, and that she
bad received severe bruises about the head
and face, besides being internally injured.
She died in about two hours after the acci
dent, after suffering untold agony.
The storm on the Louisiana coast wrecked
the concrete work of the jetties on the
South pass as effectually as if they had been
swept by artillery, but the channel is said
not to have been effected, the regulation
twenty-seven feet being registered since the
storm.
A fearful storm prevailed off the Louis
iana coast, backed the water up into the
lake and into the South pass several feet, so
that the pleasure resorts on the lake shore
were inundated, and also the crops on the
lower coast to a considerable extent.
John F. Robinson of Galena, Ks., was ac«
Oidentally shot and killed on the fair ground
•t Topeka on Tuesday.
eXJTESAZ NEWS SUMMARY.
In the Illinois Democratic convention at
•Springfield the Rev. 'Dr. Cross, an old time
Baptist preacher, made the opening prayer.
It was one that will long be remembered in
that state. Following the "Amen" there
was a perfect storm of applause and many
hats were thrown toward the ceiling. It was
as follows: O Lord, we beseech Thee to save
ns from the devil. O Lord God, we beseech
Thee to save us from star route and other
thieves upon the public treasury. 0 Lord
God Almighty, we pray Thee to save us
flom republicanism. For Christ's sake.
Am en.
The "Minnesota Farmer," of Minneapolis
Which has been running as a "Monthly" for
the past five years, is henceforth to be pub
lished as a weekly journal. The first num
ber of the weekly, is elegantly printed and
illustrated, and its able and enterprising ed
itor, H._ E. Newton, well deserves the suc
cess he is achieving.
Subscription lists have been opened
throughout the state of Georgia for a fund
of $30,000 for erecting a monument to the
memory of the late Senator Hill. Contri
butions are limited in amount to from 1
cent to £10, the aim being to make the
movement a thoroughly popular one.
A race war exists in St. Louis, the question
coming tip on whether or not colored chil
Otcn shall be sent to the public schools.
At Jefferson, near Chicago, the corner
•tone of a new $160,000 poor house has just
been laid with Masonic cermonies.
The Minnesota Sasgerband at the late
meeting in Faribault, voted to meet in Still
water next year.
J. Sterling
Morton
heads the Nebraska
State Democratic ticket on fuvanti-j'rohib
ition platform.
Six hundred mormon emmlgrants arrived
i i New York last Wednesday, bound for
Trtah.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Estimates and latest returns from Maine
make the house of representatives as fol
io^: Republican, 102 Fusion, 4S. Last
year the republicans had S4 and the Fusion
ists 67.
President Dumont, of the Louisiana Re
publican State committee, has recognized
Henry Demas as the Republican candidate
lor congress in the Second district.
J. D. Ensign has been entered iu the state
-enatorial race against W. W. Billson in
the Duluth district of Minnesota—both are
republicans.
The democrats of the Eighth Wisconsin
ii. convention assembled at Eau Claire, en
dorsed W. F. Bailey, the anti-Price candi
date.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
A rejKirt is again current that Samuel J.
Ti'.den has been attacked by a disease from
which his physicians say he cannot possibly
recover. He may linger a while, but his
early death is a certainty. The present
trouble is disorder of the nerves, and in
plain fact an incident in the progress of
softening of the brain.
Washington Hesing of Chicago has a
letter irom his father, A. C. Hesing, on his
Mexican ranch, dated Aug. 27th, the day
after he was reported to have been killed.
The letter says the writer is in excellent
health and a letter from his nephew August,
also reported murdered, states that he is
likewise well.
Rev. Granville Moody, who, during the
late war as colonel of an Illinois regiment,
earned the sobriquet of "the fighting par
son," has requested to be supe anuated by
the Dayton. O., conference, and will remove
to Iowa.
Isaac Murphy, the first union or war gov
ernor of Arkansas, died at his home in
Madison county en the 8th inst., aged SO
years. He was the only member of the
state convention of 1861 who voted against
secession.
At (ireenburg, Ind., Rev. G. P. Peale,
pastor of the Christian church, is cliaiged
with drunkenness in the pulpit, the sacra
mental wine being his favorite tipple.
John F. Finerty the well known Chicago
correspondent for years Connected with the
Times, is favorably mentioned for congress
from the second district of that city.
There is no truth in the report that Samu
el J. Tilden is seriously ill of softening of
the brain. He was riding recently through
the streets of Yonkers, N. Y.
Mrs. Lucretia Garfield bought for $50,000
cash the Ralph Worthington residence on
Prospect street, Cleveland.
Calvin Green has resigned the presidency
of the Western Union Telegraph company.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
The Rothschilds ga^e the British troops
in Egypt twelve tons of tobacco and 5,000
pipes, the khedive remitting the customs
duties.
AUSPICIOUS OPENING
And Great Success of New Dry
Goods House.
Large wholesale houses usually obtain'
prominence by years of patient industry, and
do not start off fully e quipped with expert
clerks, surplus cash and eager customers, up
on a large business career. Public confidence
and popular favor are the growth of time.,
The exceptions to this law are phenominal
and always attract atttention bj their novel
ty. An instance of this kind is furnished by
the unexampled success of the new dry goods
firm of Burke, Walker & Co., occupying the
five-storv block,«100 by 1(J6 feet, 230 to 236
Adams street. Beginning business there last
January, under exceptionally favorable aus
pices, their trade has more than doubled
their expectations, and is increasing beyond
all precedent.
Mr. Burke, for the last twenty-five years,
has occupied a leading position in the
wholesale trade of Chicago, is favorably
known to the business men of the West, and,
by previous training and business experience
is specially well fitted lor this enterprise.
Mr. Walker, for the last five years, was the
business manager of the great Dry Goods i
house of A. T. Stewart & Co., in Chicago, and
was trained to the business and familiarized
with the details of a vast dry goods trade in
the New York house. He has added to his
knowledge of the dry goods trade in the East
a thorough acquaintance with the condition
and wants of this trade in the West.
As the firm of A. T. Stewart & Co., was re
tiri from business, they secured the
services
of a large corps of their clerks and salesmen,
so that the house thus organized knew the
standing and thegood will of wester mer
chants at the start. Importing largely, they
have been singularly fortunate in their for
eign connections in selecting one of the most
competent, experienced and trustworthy ex
perts in foreign goods at the head of their Eu
ropean house. Such a combination of favor
able conditions rarely unites in the persons of
so competent men to inaugurate their en
trance upon a great mercantile enterprise as
attended the introduction of this new house to
the dry goods trade of Chicago. Both the ac
tive partners are in the prime and vigor of
manhood, and good representatives of the
class of merchants who have given character,
wealth and fame to Chicago
With ample capital, abounding industry
and enterprise, courteous and affable man
ners adapted to make and retain friends, and
a resolute purpose to win success by deserv
ing it, and with the hearty good will oftheir
contemporaries, this house has taken a very
prominent part in the dry goods trade of the
west. It is the union of active, experienced
members of old, and eminently successful
houses in anew firm, to conduct a business
which they thoroughly understand in a field
in which they are well and favorably known.
Congressional Candidates.
E. B, Phillips, Pro., Fourth Minnesota
district.
Geo. C. Ross, Rep., Ninteenth Illinois.
P. N. Minier, Pro., Twelfth Illinois.
Benjamin Hutterworth, Rep., First Ohio,
(renominated.)
Amos Smith, Jr., Second Illinois.
State Senator Artley, Ind., Second Iowa.
J. H. Murphy, Dem., Second Iowa.
Henry W. Lord, Rep., First Michigan (re
nominated).
Henry F. Sheridan, Dem., Second Illinois.
Archie E. Baxter, Rep., Twenty-ninth
New York.
J. B. Weaver, Gbk., Sixth Iowa.
N. E. Worthington, Dem., Tenth Illinois.
N. B. Eldredge, Dem., Serond Michigan.
Alex. C. Botkin, Rep., Montana.
William Bromlee, Free Trader, First Mich
igan.
B. J. Hall, Dem., First Iowa.
Life at Alexandria.
From the London Daily News.
The following is an extract from a private
letter Alexandria, Aug. 2: "Youmav
make your mind perfectly easy about your
office. It is completely destroyed the walls,
even, are not standing. I went by yester
day, and I could hardly make out what was
once your door. I do not remember if you
had a safe or not. If so, we might fish for
it in the ruins. We have escaped pretty well
at the house it is not burned and has only
been slightly pillaged. The only things
taken by the Arabs were the knives, forks
and spoons, the house linen, about half a
dozen carpets, and all my clothes. Your
clock had a narrow escape. The Arabs car
ried it as far as the landing, and there left it,
finding if, I suppose, too heavy for trans
port. You are a lucky fellow to be away at
present don't come back until you are
obliged. Life is very miserable everybody
has lost something. Large numbers, of
course, are completely ruined. The appear
ance of the town is depressing, and we can
not be jolly do what we will. I never saw
such a change in a place all the square is
gone except our church, St. Mark's build
ings, Alderson's new stores and the tribu
nals. The advanced posts are at the Ram
leh reservoir and a small intrenchment, th
Ialaee side of Moss' house. They have a
strong picket out by Chapman's houses and
along there. Why they do not send the
troops out quicker I cannot tell."
THE EGYPTIAN WAR..
Old Time British Valor Against Arab!
—A Fierce Aattle iu Which Arab!
is Routed—Death
Blow to the
Egyptian Cause.
GEN. WOLSELEY'S ACCOUNT.
LONDON, Sept. 13.—The war office has re
ceived the following official dispatch from
t*en. Wolscley giving his report of the battle
at Tel el Kekir:
"We struck camp at Kassassin l«ck last
evening and bivouacked on a high ridge
above the camp until 1:30 this naming.
We then advanced upon the very extensive
and very strongly fortified portion held by
Arabi Pasha with 20,000 regulars, of whom
2,500 were cavalry, with seventy guns, and
6,000 Bedouins and irregulars. My force was
11,000 bayonets 2,000 sabres and sixty guns
To have attacked so strong a position by
daylight with the troops 1 could place in
the field would have entailed very great
loss. 1 resolved, therefore, to attack before
daybreak, marching the six miles that in
tervened between my camp and the enemy's
position in the darkness. The cavalry and
two batteries of horse artillery on the right
had orders to sweep around the enemy's
line at daybreak. The First division, the
Second brigade, under Gen. Graham, sup
ported bf foot guards under the duke of
Connaught and seven batteries of artillery,
numbering forty-two guns, with a support
ing brigade. Then the Second division,
Highland brigade, leading the Indian brig
ade contingent these were on the south side
of the canal, with the naval brigade on the
railroad, .md advanced.
Great emulation was evinced by the regi
ments to be the first in the enemy's work.
All went at them strai ht. The royal Irish
particularly distinguished itself by"its dash
and the manner in which it closed with the
enemy. All the enemy's works and camps
are now in our possession. I do not yet
know exactly the number of guns captured
but it is considerable. Several trains with
immense quantities of supplies were cap
tured. The enemy ran away in thousands
throwing away their arms when overtaken
by our cavalry. Their loss was very great
and Gen. Willis is very slightly and Cel.
Richardson severely wounded. Majors
Colviile, Underwood and Somerviile
of the Highland light infantry
were killed. Of the Black
watch. Lieut. McNeil was killed and Capts.
Cumberland and Fox were wounded. Gen.
Allison's aide de camp, Capt. Hutton was
wounded. Col. Sterling and the surgeon of
the Coldstream guards were wounded. Col.
Balfour of the grenadier guards was wound
ed in a leg and the color sergeant killed.
The cavalry is now on the march to Belbecs
and the Indian contingent is on its vay to
Zagazig to be followed by the Highland
brigade. Three Lieuts. Cameron of
the Highlanders were wounded. The canal
is cut in some places, but the railway is in
tact. It has been discovered that Eacheb
Pasha and Ali Fehmv Pasha were wounded
in the engagement last Saturday.
OCCUPIED ZAGAZIG.
Maj. Gen. McPherson telegraphs from
Zagazig to the
waroffice that he made a forced
march after the capture of Tel el Kebir and
occupied Zagazig ac 4:14 that afternoon. He
seized five trains with the engines. The
governor came in and surrendered to the
British. The people are submissive.
A GHASTLY SPECTACLE.
Many dispatches are received from Tel el
Kebir. Long-continued cheers went up
when the enemy's works were seized. The
sight below was a ghastly one. Hundreds
of dying Egyptians, camels and
horses were lying mangled on the ground.
The English dead and wounded were mixed
with those of the enemy. The English
troops were splendidly handled and marched
over rampart atter rampart, leaving behind
them traces in blood of the work which they
had accomplished. Tlie Egyptians were
taken by surprise in almost every direction.
The negro troops and Arab artillery fought
well. Gen. Wolseley watched the light in
the thickest danger, and the duke of Con
sauglit exhibited extreme coolness. Gen.
Wolseley ordered his soldiers to march with
unloaded rifles, and if possible, storm the
enemy's entrenchments without fir
ing a shot. The Highland brigade on the
left carried the first line of entrenchments
without firing a shot at the point of the bay
onet. The guards followed, behaving splen
didly. Half of the Egyptians opposed to us
in the attack were rabble. We will push on
to Cairo without delay. Arabi's troops are
evidently delighted at the prospect of an
end to the war. Immense stores of ammu
nition and 1,200 tents were captured. No
doubt Arabi Pasha was completely sur
prised. The disposition of the English
forces during the darkness of the
night was really beyond praise.
Col. Harriapi with great difficulty
saved RagheD Bey's life as the English sol
diers were excited and in no mood to give
quarter. Detachments of troops from Ka
farel Dwar were reported fleeing toward
Cairo. Another dispatch says the enemy's
earthworks were quite insufficient to check
the advance of our troops. The works were
certainly of an immense extent and sur
rounded by a ditch four feet deep and four
feet wide. The parapet was about six feet
and eight inches high, but the works put
out so abruptly into the plateau surrounding
almost at any point it was possible to en
filade the enemy. As soon as the English
troops reached the enemy's entrenchments
Arabi Pasha got on board a train and or
dered it to steam off the scene.
Another eye witness gives the following
account of the battle: Never did a body of
14,000 men get under rrus more quietly.
The very orders appeared to be given in
lowered tones. The silence was broken
only by an occasional clash of steel. There
were frequent halts to enable the regiments
to maintain the touch. When the
troops arrived within 1.1000 yards
of the enemy's lines, they halted to allow
the fighting line to be formed. The Egyp
tians fled in a confused rabble. Two trains
filled with fugitives managed to get away
before the English came up. The engine of
another train just about starting was blown
up by one of our shells, and Lieut. Gordon
Carey, who had been wounded, killed with
his claymore three Egyptian officers who
Bet upon him.
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 14.—Arabi Pasba and
Toulba P.isha arrived at Cairo last night.
They are both virtually prisoners.
The first news of Wednesday's battle that
reached Cairo reported a great Egyptian
victory, and subsequently, when it was an
nounced that Arabi Pasha was on his way
to Cairo, it was rumored that he brought
with him Admiral Seymour's head. The
people of Cairo had never heard of Gen.
Wolesley, and imagined that Admiral Sey
mour commanded the British forces. When
Arabi Pasha arrived alone the populace
stoned liim.
Negotations for the surrender are proceed
ing satisfactorily. The British will prob
ably occupy Kafr el Dwar to-morrow. It is
stated the surrender will be unconditional.
Butras Pasha has arrived at Kafr el Dwar en
route for Alexandria, as delegate of the in
habitants of Cairo charged to declare their
loyalty to the khedive
The English troops are now entering
Cairo. Gen. Wolsely recently in a reply to
a deputation of chiefs from Tel el Kebir who
asked that the country be spared the humil
iation of a further advance of the British,
said he would occupy Cairo to-night, and
that in a few hours he would dispatch the
first train there with troops. This has since
been done.
The London Times, in an article on the
attack on Telel Kebir says:
It is impossible to conceive of an opera
tion more suo&ourfjitjftufl. in pmpre
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masterly manier. The whole plan of the
cxmpaigu wa1 settled by Gen. Wolseley
with the coHctrrence of his superiors and
hearty acquies:nc of his advisers before lie
left England. There never was anp quesiton
about the can# being the basis of operations.
Before he left England he put his linger up
on Telel Kebit saying there Arabi Pasha
would stand aid there we should attack him
on Sept. 15. Ve mention the circumstanes
to show that agreat deal which to an out
side observer 4661113 chance is really fore
seen, planned ir allowed for. Gen. Wol
seley has achie ed a success which renders all
apology lor hii methods snperflous.
STAR JUJLTIO VERDICT.
Disagreement as to the Leviathans
Brady, thdDorseys, and Vaile—The
Little Fiskes, Rerilell and Miner.
Convicted and Turner and Peck
Acquit led.
Judge Wylit delivered his change to the
jury in the District oi Columbia court at
Washington, in Friday, Sept. 8, and tliej
retired after 1C0 days listening to testimony
and wrangling of counsel. The jury came
into court sexeral times to announce dis
agreements anl conclusions but the court
would receive lothing but a completed ver
dict, and so th'y were kept out until Tuesday
afternoon, 11th inst.
At 2:05 the jury entered, and through the
foreman reported that they were unable to
agree. The coirt stated it had come to the
conclusion to accept a partial verdict. The
roll of defendants was called and all an
swered here. The jury then rendered a
verdict of acquittal as to Turner and Peck,
and of guilty a-! to Miner and Berdell. As
to the others they were unable to agree.
On objection oi Merrick that Peck had not
been arraigned, and consequently could
not be included in the verdict, the foreman
reported as to others but left out the name
of Peck. The jury were then discharged,
and Henkell and Williams, couusul for
Miner and Rerdell, respectively, gave no
tice of a motion in arrest of judge
ment, and for a new trial.
In the course of an argument on a motion
for a renewal of bonds in the cases of the de
fendants, wherein the jury Jailed to agree,
Merrick said:
My motion is double, to increase the
amount and require a new recognizance.
Ingersoll—It seems this motion is made
simply for the purpose of arrogance. The
bond now given is good, legally speaking.
The only reason for additional bonds is that
the jury has failed to convict the defendants
and the prosecution pretend that is good
evidence that they are guilty.
Merrick—The statement that the motion is
made for arrogance is gratuitous.
Ingersoll—I don't know that.
Merrick—I do know it.
Ingersoll—I don't care what you know.
Merrick said he had more respect for the
motive which prompted the motion than he
had for Ingersoll's opinion.
"I don't want your respect," exclaimed
Ingersoll.
"And I," retorted Merrick, ''don't want
yours."
"I don't want yours," continued Inger
soll, "and I should feel humiliated to have
t."
"Peace, gentlemen, peace," remonstrated
the court.
The court then said he was of the opinion
that the recognizance already entered into,
so far as the parties against whom there was
no verdict rendered or concerned, are sub
sisting and valid.
As to the two parties found guilty, Rer
dell and Miner, I am of the opiaion that
their is an end to their recognizances.
Henkle—Wftl the court accept a new bond
for them pending the hearing of the motion
for a new trial.
The court stated he would hear Hinkle on
that subject upon Wednesday, and he
would on that same day hear argument on
Merrick's motion to require a new bond.
Foreman Dickson said he was requested to
return the thanks and gratitude of the jury
to the court for the kind consideration with
which they have been treated. They were
grateful for courteous treatment on all sides.
Many of them, though performing compul
sory duty since early in March, with an ar
my of witnessess before them and almost
talked to death, would leave the court now
with pie isant recollections of an unpleasant
duty.
The Court—-The court parts with all of
you with sentiments of entire friendliness. I
had hoped we should have been able to de
cide this case, but you have not reached any
conclu-ion. I cannot regard it as a conclu
sion of the case at all, but I do not desire to
cast an imputation upon the motives of any
one. You have not seen the law, probably,
as the court has seen it, but you have exer
cised your power under the law of deciding
finally orr the matters submitted to you.
You have decided facts, no doubt, conscien
tiously, and it is not for the court to express
any dissatisfaction and I take pleasure in
saying that with entire feelings of respect,
the court begs to express its gratitude for
the patient and exemplary conduct which
they have exhibited on the trial from the be
ginning to the close. Parting with you on
these terms of friendliness and respect.
I have no suspicion nor does the court en
tertain any doubt, in regard to this verdict
as representing the conscientious conviction
of the jury. It is not such a verdict as I
should liave been glad to see, but it is your
verdict. It is your work you are responsi
ble for it. The court is not.
Dickson—As to another subject At the
close of proceedings last Thursday your
honor made some severe strictures on at
tempts made to bribe members ol the jury.
I stated then that upon the disposition of
this case I would present such facts as I
have. Will I present them in a sworn state
ment to you?
The Court. No, sir, not at all. Your ex
perience may have been different from that
of other members of the jury. No doubt it
is. That is a matter that will probably be
investigated in another way. It does not
belong to your ver diet.
Dickson—No relation whatever.
The Court—No. If it be true, as reported
to me by several members of this jurv, that
efforts to bribe have been made, I think no
more abominable, no more censurable depth
of crime can be reached. I think this is not
the place for the court or jury to talk on
this subject. It is a matter that should be
in the hands of officers of the law, and if any
scoundrel be convicted of such an attempt
(I don't know whether a jury would convict
here or not) we shall endeavor to do our du
ty as a court. Goodby, gentlemen.
Ingersoll—We have no objection to the
jury stating who approached them.
Merrick—Nor have we, and the govern
ment will examine the whole matter.
Wilson—And counsel for the defense will
have a hand in the examination. The gov
ernment will not make an examination by
itself.
Merrick—Pardon me sir, but the govern
ment will, and put it where it belongs.
The court (smiling)—I never was so hap
py in my life. Here are both sides anxious
to expose a crime and we shall certainly
have a conviction next time.
The court then adjourned till Wednesday.
The verdict was received with profound
astonishment by counsel and bar as well as
the general public. -s r.
The Story of the Champion (tor.
The champion liar is now located in Ovid,
Mich., and tells of a man there who, dis
gusted with the rain which was rotting his
wheat, seized a large butcher knife and rush
ing into his field, said he wished he could
catch God and cut his throat for sending so
much rain. No sooner had he uttered these
blasphemous words thar. he stood rooted to
the spot, from which lie has not since moved.
Two doctors from Flint tried to rescue him,
but they were frightened away by thunder
and lightning. The people of the communi
ty round about are praying for his delivery,
bat as yet without avail.
The Maine ElectlOBU*
The Maine election on Monday last
showed a republican plurality of from 8,000
to 10,000 in the whole state. The scattering
vote will apparently not be more than 100
or 2,000, so the election of Robie for govern
or is assured. All four of the republicnn
candidates fox .congress have certainly been
elected. Returns for the legislature show
net republican gain of six senators apd four
teen representatives, giving,
a
majority on joint ballot.
14@7(C
republican,
THE JEANN ETTE SURVIVORS.
Engineer Melville, Noros and Ninder
miiii Arrived in New York—What
Melville Han to Say.
Chief Engineer Melville and Seaman Wm.
Noros and Wm. Ninderiuan, survivors of the
Jeanette Arctic exploring expedition, and of
the party that discovered the dead bodies of
Lieut. De Long and his companions, and
Lieut. Robert N. Berry of the burned Arc
tic exploring steamer Rodgers, arrived at
New York on Wednesday.
The steamship l'arthia, bearing Melville
and party was met down the bay and as
Engineer Melville was discovered by those
on the tug they set up a shout of "There's
Melville. God bless him," and a party of the
l'arthia's passengers started the song of
Home Again, and it was taken up all over
the ship. Melville was soon on board the
United States tug artd made haste to the pi
lot house where the ladies of the party were
seated. His sisters and neices were warmly
embraced by him and everybody in the pilot
house wept as Melville sobbed convulsively
and held his sister to bin breast. Melville
stepped out of tli2 pilot house and encount
ered Capt. Wotten, tne aged and grief strick
en father-in-law of the late Lieut. De Long.
Capt. Wotten grasped the e igineer's hands
and, after saying something in an under
tone, wept like a child. Melville steadied
himself against the pilot house and, cover
ing his face with his hands, seemed thor
ougblyjovtrcome with emotion. The hospi
talities of the city were tendered by Aid.
McClave. In reply Melville said that he
was a New York boy. one who had been
brought up iu the public schools of this city.
He felt that he had a right to say that he
and his companions had done their duty.
He had been in the government service
twenty-two years and had stood many kicks
and hard knocks. "And I would have
stood by my friends if they had stood by
me."
Mfelville was introduced to reporters, and
when asked whether he desired to commu
nicate with the public upon any point of
special interest, he said, "No, not at this
time. The whole matter, the condition of
the Jeanette, the trip and the results, is to
be investigated by a naval court of inquiry,
and I am not allowed to say anything until
examined by the court, then everything will
be made plain." Melville has the Jeanette
log and a private log, Lieut. De Long's last
written instructions to him, in fact, is pre
pared at the proper time to repeat De Long's
last words to him. A file of marines saluted
Melville as he landed on the dock, and es
corted the
Arctic voyagers to a hotel.
THE MARKETS.
ST. PAUL.
FLOUR—Market quiet and unchanged. Patents,
$7®7.50: clears, $5.00*5.75: straichts. $6«.
C.25: common brands, $1(S4.50 in barrels, 25c
extra.
WHEAT—There was a fair milling demand, but
outside of that the market was quiet. Receipts
still light. Prices steadv without firmness. Xo. 1
hard, $1.07 bid, $1.10 asked: No. 2 hard, $1.02
bid, $1.05 asked: No. 2 soft, 95c bid: do Septem
ber, 90c hid 85c hid for October, November and
the year: No. 3, 75c bid.
CORN—Suot corn quie', and nothing doing in
futures. Quotations unchanged: No. 2, 74c asked
for soot and all the mouth. Sale: 1 car No. 2 at
74c.
OATS—Sunoly limited and market firmer in con
sequence, thoueh the demand was not particularly
heavy. No. 2 mixed, 34c bid: September,
34c asked October, 30c bid, 31c asked: Novem
ber, 29c bid, 31c asked: the year, 28c bid, 30c
asked. Sales: 5 cars No. 2 mixed, 30c.
BAKLEY— Market steady at 5c advance in bide
for all grades. Demand from brewers fa'.r. The
shipping inquiry was also good, helping tc
strengthen va nes. Quotations No. 2, 80c extra
No. 3. 65c No. 3, GOc. Bale 1 car No. 3, 59c.
RYE—No. 2, 50c bid.
FLAX SEED—Unchanged at $1 bid for No. 1.
MILLSTUFFS—Quiet and weak for ground feed,
for whick $27 per ton was asked. Bran, $10.50
bid. Corn meal,coarse, $27: bolted, $1.70@1.80
per 100 lbs, incoming. Liuseed meal, $1.70(Sl.80
per 100 ibs incomini.
BAXED HAT—NO change in the market. Demand
fair, but prices weak, owing to excess of supply.
Wild is worth $6 per ton, at which price 2 car loads
were sold yesterday*
NEW YORK MARKET.—Flonr. dull and un
changed: receipts, 18,620 bbls exports, 4,600
bbls. Wheat, cash lois firmly held: options
opened M@'2C higher, firm, afterward lost most
of the advance, closing strong: receipts, 239,000
bu:exports, 142,000 bn: No. 2 spring nominal and
unchanged: red, 85c®$l.o8?4: steamer No. 3
do, 97c: No. 3 red, $1.064?)1.0G14: steamer
No. 2 red, $1.07(®1.07^ No. 2 red, $1.07J4@
1.08*4: certificates, _$1.0.-34@1.09}4 delivered:
ungraded white, 95c\a$l .04h No. 2 do, $1.12
No 1 do, sales 9,500 hu, $1.15@1.16 steamer
No. 1 white, $1.11 No. 2 red. September, sales
176 000bu at$1.07?4L"1.08:l4, closing at $1.08%:
October, sales, 448,000 bu at $1.0834K1.095£,
closing at $1.09M November, sales, 581,000 bu
at $1.10M® l-10Tg. clo.-ingar $1.10-^ December,
sales, 152.000 bu at $1.1 1 1.1214, closing at
$1.12!4I January, sales. 61,000 bu at $1.1314(5.
1.14. closing at $1.13:,'.i. Corn, cash £ifi'lc
higher and strong options unsettled and feverish,
closing 1 ^c higher anl active: receipts. 75,
OOO bu: exports. 1.400bu: ungraded, 70(375'2c
No. 3 73W: stenmer 72c: No. 2 75.?7(ic: eleva
tor, 75
delivered: Xo. 2 white,
!77e: No. 2
September, 74©70c, closing at 7(ic: October,
7338@74:,4C, closing at 7-lJ4c November. 70(5
Tl^c, closing at 7034C: Deoember, 65^®.6668C,
closing at GO1". Oats, V" lc higher and fever
ish receipts, 102.000 bu exports, 1,200 bu:
mixed western, 33® 42c: white western, 40® 46c.
Hay, firm at G0'« 05c. Hops, strongly
held and in good demand in New York
State: 47(£f56c for fa'.r to fsncy. Coffee dull
and nominal. Sugar, demand fair and market firm.
Molasses, quiet but steady. Rice, demaDd fair and
firm. Petroleum, higher and firm: united, 61:isc:
crude. G^7IG34C refined, 7 «7^JC. Tallow, dull:
prime city, 8Tsc. Rosin, dnll at $1.75^1.85.
Turpentine, lower at 41c. Eggs, western, steady
and firm at 24@245c. Leather, in good demand
and firm: hemlock sole, Buenos Avres, Rio
Grande, light and heavy weights. 22®26c. Wool,
quiet and steadily held domestic fleece, 32^47c
pulled, 18if£.42c: unwashed, 3 2(jtf32c: Texas, 14®
33c. Pork, dull and unchanged. Beef, quiet
but steady Cut meats, scarce and i.ominal: long
clear middles, $1-1.25. Lard, higher: prime
steam, $11 .G'J1"®!1.95. Butter, null and weak
at 15S31c. Cheese, quie' but steady: western
factory, 9@10:,4C flat, Manufac
tured copper, dull and uuchmiged: uew sheathing,
28c: Icgot lake 18c. l'ig iron, dull and weak:
Sotch, 23i?26r: American, 22^?2G: Russia
sheeting, 'Jl lata
12c nails, cut, $3.G5i 3.75
clinch, $5.25@G.25.
MILWAUKEE MARKET.—Flour, quiet and un
changed. Wheat, quiet and steady: No. 2, $1
September, 99%c: October, 95Hjc November,
9456c: No. 3, 85c. Corn, stronger No. 2, G4?jc:
rejected, G\%c. Oats, irregular but in fair de
mand: No. 2. 31 ^c: white, 34c. Rye, nominally
firmer: No. 1, SS^.c.: No. 2, 55^0. Barley, ir
regular aud higher No. 2 September, 80c Octo
ber, 76c: extra. No. 3, September. 58c: October,
56c. Provisions, firmer: mess pork, $20 cash and
October: $18.65 January. Receipts—Flour, 1.980
bbls wheat. 20,300 bu: barley, 10,890l Ship
ments—Flour, G,U65
bbls:
ley, 4,747 bu.
wheat, 4.250 bu bar­
Canidates for Congress.
Richard (luenther, rep., Sixth Wisconsin
district (renomination).
Andrew C. Maxfield, dem., Tenth Michi
gan.
George R. Davis, rep., Third Illinois (re
nominated for third term).
William Cullen, rep., Eighth Illinois (re
nominated).
J. D. Horaley, dem., Second New Hamp
shire.
Lafayette Chisley, gbk., First New Hamp
shire.
James Atkins, rep., First Georgia.
George Carpenter, gbk., Second New
Hampshire.
Tomlinson F. Jenkinson, bolting rep.,
First Georgia.
Louis J. Sauer, rep., Sixth Louisiana.
E. W. Cliapin, pro., Second Wisconsin.
William H. Neece, dem., Eleventh Illi
nois.
Charles J. Willits, dem. and gbk., Eighth
Michigan.
Poindexter Dunn., First Arkansas (re
nominated).
J. H. Rogers, dem., Arkansas.
Another Minnesota Ravisher.
O. S. White of Long Prairi e, Todd county,
broke into the house of George White Mon
day night and committed a rape upon the
mother of the latter. He was arrested abou
three hours after the deed was committed
and bound over until the next term of court
in the sum of $500. The people are very
indignant over so small a bond and think
that $5,000 would not have been anv too
much. There is a strong feeling of indigna
tion among the peop'e which may result in
lynching White.
CIIAJRLE8 DICKENS.
Method of Composition—Low Society
Drinking-and Cigarette.
Garrett Dumae publishes the follow
ing interview with the private business
secretary of the great novelist, Dickens:
"You were Jin amanuensis of Charles
Dickens', were you not?"
"Yes 1 did short-hand for Mr. Dick
ens for eighteen months. I did rot take
dictations for any of his novels, only his
fugitive pieces. He dictated to ine most
of his articles in All The Year Round.
He was a very clever gentleman to those
under him. ile always treated me very
well indeed. Most people seem to think
Dickens was a ready writer. This is by
no means the case. He used
to come into his office in St. Cath
erine street about eight o'clock in the
morning and begin dictating. He ould
walk uj and down the floor several times
after dictating a sentence or a paragraph,
and ask me to read. I would do so, and
he would, in nine cases out of ten, or
der me to strike out certain words and
insert others. He was generally tired
out by eleven o'clock, and went down to
his club on the Strand. A very singu
lar thing was that he never dictated the
closing paragraphs of his story. He al
ways finished it himself. I used to look
in the paper for it and find that he had
changed it very greatly from what he
dictated to me.
"Dickens had a very odd habit of
combing his hair. He would comb it a
hundred times a day. He seemed never
to tire of it. The first thing he did on
coming into the office was to comb his
hair. I have seen him dictate a sen
tence or two and then begin combine.
When he got through he "dictated an
other sentence. He was verv careful
about his writings. He wanted everv
sentence to be as perfect as possible be
fore letting it go to press. Dickens was
an odd fellow regarding the company he
sought. I have known''him, while Twas
employed by him, to go down to the
Seven Dials, about the worst place in
London, and eat and sleep there. He
roasted his herring where the rest did,
and slept with the poorest. He loved
low society. He never seemed so
happy as when seated in a poor coffee
house with a crowd of the lower
classes talking around him. He never
missed a word that was said, and was
the closest observer I ever saw. Noth
ing escaped him. The most minute
mannerisms •were noted and stored
away. When I was working for him he
was at the zenith of h:s fame, just before
his death and even then he loved these
careless, rollicking rounds, among the
poor better than a high-toned dinner/'
"Was lie as great a drinker as he had
the reputation of being?"
"I never saw him drunk myself. I
have seen him several times exhilarat
ed, however. He only drank the best
wine, but he drank "that verj- freely.
Sherry was his special favorite, and
he never refused a glass of fine old sher
ry. He was an insatiable cigarette
smoker, and when dictating to
me always had a cigarette in
his mouth. He was a very spruce man,
too. He brushed his coat frequently,
and changed his collars several times in
a day. He was every bit as humorous
in his speech as in his writings. When
he was in a particularly fine linmor he
could keep you laughing by the hour
with his witty talk. He was not one of
those men who are above those they
employ he chatted as freely with me as
am- member of his club on the Strand.
Dickens was undoubtedly the best after
dinner speaker in England. I heard
him at Whitehall* once, the occasion be
ing an anniversary of the British Mu
seum. There was an enormous crowd,
hardly standing room, and he kept them
in one continual roar. He was a fine ac
tor, and this added to his wit made him
it resistibly funny. He was a great eater,
not an epicure but a gormand. He ate,
and ate, and cared little for the quality,
so there was enough before him.
HER LOVE NEVER DIED.
How an Ohio Girl Remained True to
a Lover Who Wore Prison Stripes.
Sabina Letter in the Cincinnati Gazette.
Two miles to the west and in sight of
this village lies the little hamlet of Rees
ville, Ohio, with its one street and half
dozen alleys. In the spring of 1876 a fine
looking young man of athletic form and
of about 24 j'ears of age arrived there
from Pittsburg and engaged work with a
cousin. After a while a revival broke
out in the village church. He attended
the services, was converted and became
'one of the brethren." Another mem
ber of this church was a modest girl of
eighteen summers, a beautiful brunette,
who is the daughter of the village miller.
The young man and maiden fell in love,
and love's course ran smoothly until the
last Sunday of the following July. On
that beautiful summer morning the
young man escorted the black-eyed
damsel up the one long street to the
church, thence back to the starting
point, leaving his intended with a prom
ise that they should enjoy in the evening
one of those delightful pastimes to coun
try lovers—a buggy ride.
Before the evening two men had sud
denly appeare to the voung man as he
sat in his emplover's door and invited
him to take a Twiggy ride with them.
One of these was the Sheriffof this coun
ty and the other a similar offical from
Pittsburg. It soon became known that
a poor orphan girl in his native heath
had strong claims upon him. The offi
cials housed their prisoner in the coun
ty jail until a requisition could be ob
tained from the Governor. The miller's
daughter did not weaken in the confi
dence she reposed in her betrothed and
early the next morning set out with a
friend to the place of incarceration. A
bystander says that the scene here was
a affecting one. The prisoner
Eemost
leaded that it was a set tin job and that
was as innocent as Marv's lamb.
After their love was again plighted, in
company with the Sheriff the doomed
lover went to a jeweler's and procured a
handsome ring. This was use in the
usual manner. After the honest girl
had again and again promised to be true,
if it was necessary to wait ten long years,
and convulsed with sobs, Bhe slowly
wended her way out from the gloomy
cells. In a few days the necessary
papers were made out, the prisoner
taken before the proper court Pitts
burgh, and there sentenced to one year
at hard labor.
Five years went rapidly by, until the
little hamlet had about forgotten the
fore-going circumstances, when three
weeks ago the principal actor of this
drama suddenly reappeared. When he
arrived he did not know whether the
girl he left behind him would so much
as condescend to recognize him if they
should meet. However, it was not lonir
until he had obtained an audisnce. In
a few days the good miller had drawn
on his bank stoclv, the family was seen
exceedingly busy shopping, and the
village was at once rife with gossip.
Three weeks almost to an hour after the
prime actor's arrival Rev. J. H. Lease,
the popular pastor of the Methodist
Church at Wilmington, in the presence
of nearly all the village people, pro
nounced"
John A. St rouse and Miss .Belle
Bloom man and wife.
Ben Hill's Godl a Living God.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Senator Hill, it might be said, admin
hia ona octavo dttringhiaUfetiipe.
Most of }iis property was disposed of bffor"
he died by gifts to his children and wife.
His will is short, merely disposing of the re
maining part of his property and giving di
rections about things that he wished done
and in which the public could feel no inter
est. Mr. U. H. Hill, Jr., is executor. In
item 6 is the following: "I now give and
bequeath to my wife and children that which
some of them now possess and which I as
sure them, in full view of death, is far richer
than gol and more to be desired than all
human honors. God is a living God and
Christ csme into the world to save sinners,
I beg them to have faith in Jesus, for by
this faith alone can they be saved."
The Cause of Tornadoes.
Mr. T. B. Maury has an interesting ar
ticle on Tornadoes and their Causes in
the North American Review for Sep
tember. He notes the fact that the tor
nado is to be distinguished from the cy
clone or thunder storm, which has much
less force, the rate of speed of the cy
clone being about twenty-five miles aa
hour, while that of a tornado is often
seventy miles. The one which struck
Grinnell on the 17th of last June trav
elled 200 miles in four hours. The tor
nado belt lies between tlie tenth and fif
tieth parallels of latitude, although
countries having a mountainous surface
are seldom visited by such storms, even
when they lie in the belt. The encoun
ter between the great anti-trade currents
and the polar winds in the belt specified
is the chief cause Mr. Maury assigns for
tornadoes.
The Mississippi valley is described by
Mr. Maury as a "grand continental high
way in_ summer for the vapor-laden
trade winds," which entering the Gulf or
Mexico, are arrested in their westward
eunent, and must find an outlet to the
north ward. The anti-trades, which form
the "equatorial" current, are simultane
ously moving northward as an upper at
mospheric force. A chance stoppage of
either of the two currents, causing a
conflict between the cold air force from
the pole and the warm air force from
the equator, occasions the formation of
the tornado. Mr. Maury describes a
tornado as "a mass of air in violent gy
ration, within which there is a center of
rarefied air rising upward and flowing
out above, the velocity of the surround
ing atmosphere, drawn into the vortex
below, increasing immensely as it nears
the vacuum.'7 Ti:e funnel-shaped ck-ud
of the tornado is caused by the conden
sation of vapor carried upward to colder
regions.
Mr. Maury can find no reason for be
lieving that the Mississippi valley will
ever become free from tornadoes, since
they have their cause in the great air
currents which no transformation of the
surface of the country can interrupt but
lie makes suggestions as to how their
fury may be escaped. With a prompt
telegraph service, furnishing simultane
ous weather reports from the threatened
districts each morning, a competent me
teorologist could give the public warn
ing of the existence of conditions favor
able to the production of a tornado.
Mr. Maury also suggests that by
choosing sites for towns and buildingB
with an elevation on the southwest side
of them, protection from tornadoes may
ordinarily be secured, since they al
most invariably move from south-south
west to north-northeast, and a hill in
their course will cause them to leap over
whatever is just beyond it. A witness
of the Grinnell tornado says: "It did
not always visit the earth's surface, but
often passed so far above as to inflict no
injury, but again would swoop down with
relentless fury, carrying destruction for
a few miles to every object in its path."
This description of "the action of the tor
nado which destroyed a large part of
Grinnell impressively explains why Mr.
Maurv advises the selection ofbuikl-ng
sites with an elevation on the southwest
8ide of them.
STORY OF MR. PITT.
How the Great English Prime Minis
ter Foiled an Assassin.
London Society.
Shortly after the breaking ont of the
French revolution, its advocates de
nounced our premier as "an enemy to
the human race that man so easily to
live with," who sang the song about
himself called "Billy Pitt, the Tory.'"
His secretary one day told him that a
foreigner, who spoke English tolerably
well, had twice or thrice asked to see
him but not looking like a proper appli
cant had been sent away, the great
man's time being too precious for him to
admit every stranger who, on frivolous
pretexts, might seek to gratify an idle
curiosity. This person, however, had
said he would return in an hour the
secretary, therefore, thought it was hifr
duty to inform Mr. Pitt of such inten
tion and ask his further orders in the
affair.
"Have the goodness.'' said the minis
ter, "to open the top left hand drawer in
that cabinet, and bring me its contents.'"
These were a pair of pistols and a mo
rocco case opening the latter he pro
duced a snufl-box, in which was set a
portrait.
"Is that like our visitor?" asked Pitt.
"It is the man, sir," answered the sec
retary.
"Ha! I have expected him for some
days. He is sent over to assassinate lae
so "when he calls again let him be siiowii
up."
"Sir!" exclaimed the attached retain
er, "will you expose to danger your life
on which so much depends?"
"There will be no danger, I thank yon
but you may be within call, ifyou please."
Accordingly the Frenchman, on his re
turn. was ushered into the room where
William Pitt sat alone, a loaded pistol
in one hand, tle miniature in the other.
"Monsieur Mehee de la Touclie," said
Pitt calmly, "you see I am in every way
prepared for you, thanks to an agent
employed by "thisgovernment. Attempt
mv life and yours instantly pays the for
feit. in any case I shall have you se
cured and handed over to the !aw."
Tbe intended assassin stood paralyzed
and dumb at the cool reception.
But," continued Pitt, "there is another
alternative—personal safety and high re
wards are in
5'our
power. Sell your ser
vices to Great Britain make your mar
ket of whatever secret information yon
can procure, that may guard us against
the machinations of your country be, in
fact one of the necessary evils which
policv forces us to use in desperate cases
do wliat no honorable man could do to
save yourself from speedy death your
conscience is stained by purposed mur
der. Comply, perforce, with these con
ditions, and you shall be as liberally
paid, as you must, by all parties, be just
ly despised."
The secretary used to repeat his illus
trious master's words, which were, as
nearly as possible to the foregoing effect.
The clever miscreant joyfully accented
these terms, and for many years earned
the bribes of a spy in our behalf.
No doubt a snuff-box was the safest
medium for the warning portra t,
88
fancy heads frequently adorned sucu a
thing while had the minature been set
as a locket, whoever saw it must have
been sure that it depicted some real in
dividual.
Over $2,000 has already been sub
scribed in England to erect a statue in
memory of Darwin, and it will be
placed the hall of the Natural History
Muaeum at eouUi Kensington.
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