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THE HERALD. BY BLANK & BLANK. (VESSINGTON SPRINGS, DAKOTA TEIOIS:-S3.00 Per Year in Advance DAKOTA NEWS. -R'ehkind talks Jof organizing a base ball club. 1 —The Rapid City wheelman are organ izing a bicycle club. —Lincoln County Scandinavians cele brated the 17th inst —The farmers of Hughs county hare organized an alliance. —The "Big Mnddy" is quite high at Bis marck and farther west. —The Territorial Railroad Commission met at Fnrgo a few days ago. —Sit a Fulls has raised the $50,000 guaranty for the Duluth line. —A reunion of old soldiers will be held at Blunt on Wednesday, May 18. —Miss Lydia Webber will teach the summer term of school at Jefferson. —The McLean County Mail, J. E. Brit ton, editor, has made its appearance. —A ball was given at Grafton recently for the benefit •of the fire companies. —Watertovm is already making arrange ments to celebrate the Fourth of July. —The Cass County tax title case, in volving $60,000, is being heard by the court. —Sturgis City people are jubilant over the prospect of securing a railroad this season. —Fargo claims that'the workings of the inter-state commerce 'law are not a disad vantage to that town. —The spring meeting of the Central As sociation of the Congregational churches was 'held at Highmore. —The laws are now ready for the printer, and it is likely they will be ready for dis tribution in sixty days. —The opening day of the Pierce boom isSixed for the 23d inst., barring accidents and misplaced switches. —Huron has organized a '"Homely Man's Club," and Col. Bob Lowrey was unani mously elected chairman. —The chances for the opening of the Sioux Reservation to settlement by the present Congress are considered good. —The number of settlers driven from the Crow Creek Reservation has been •greatly overstated. They number -500. —In a game of ball bstween the Pierre club and the soldier club at Fort Sully, the blue coats oame out ahead by a score of 23 to 12. —Dr. H. Russell, of Huron, has received $2,300 bock pension, and will reoeive $12 a month during the remainder of hie life time. —J. M. Quinn, of the Bismarck Tribune, has been elected Secretary of the Dakota Railroad Commission, with a salary of $1,500. —The mayor of Fargo requires the po 'licemen of the city to wear good clothes, •keep sober, and stay out of saloons while •on duty. —Grand Forks boys recently abstained from playing ball during an entire Sabbath, a fact that woe flatteringly commented on by the local press. —Jerauld County farmera complain tha a small insect, similar to a potato bug, is destroying the cottonwood groves in that part of the Territory. -—Jerauld County farmers complain that a small insect, similar to a potato bug, is destroying the cottonwood groves in that part of the Territory. —The May term of the Supreme Court of Dakota is in session, and it will prob ably be the longest and most important term of that court ever held. —Incendiary fires are of such frequency at Pierre that should an offender in that direction be caught he is very likely to have his trial before Judge Lynch. —C. L. Pinkliam, of Lynn, Mass., brother of Lydia E. Piukham, has arrived in Sioux Falls for the purpose of estab lishing a wholesale boot and shoe house. —Parrent, the Walworth County man who was arrested for incest a few weeks ago, escaped from the Ipswich jail a day or two ago and fled the country. He was as sisted by confederates on the outside. —Robert Gordon, a farmer of Hand County, was found wandering near hie home an insane condition. He was cared for 'by the county and judged to be insane, and sent to the asylum at Yankton. —There are to be two towns between Salem and Mitchell, one at Wolf Creek stone quarry and the other ten miles from Mitchell. They will be platted and sold this month. The name of the first wiT probably be Spencer. —The county local option convcntioi held at Huron recently was well attended, delegates being present from twenty-one townships. The temperance workers in Beadle County are fully awake and pro pose to keep the fight up until after lec tion. —The steamboat Eclipse, which toft Bismarck a short time ago, struck a fock six miles above Fort Berthold and sunk, her prow being in shallow water and her stern in ten feet. Another boat has been sent to take the cargo and continue t:'i« trip. The loes is covered by insurance. —The third annual Territorial Fair will be held at Mitahell September 26 to 30. The sum of $18,000 is offered in prem miums. Free power for machinery. Pre mium lists will be ready for distribution June 15 and can be procured, with any other desired information, by address ng the Secretary, W. T. T. Bushnell, Huron, D. T. —A Chicago man named John Donahue a few weeks ago went to Lead City with considerable money, intending to invest in a ranch ar other property, but instead he invested in se much whisky that he finally got snakes in his boots and was locked up in jail. After sobered np he made an al most successful attempt at suicide by hanging. THE NEWS. Telegraphic Ilems From all Paris of the Globe. THE FAll EAST. —Edward Morris, of the Fairbanks Canning Company, of Chicago, cables from Taris that ho has concluded a contract for l,5u0,000 kilos of canned meat for the French army, and for 8,000,OCO kilos for the navy. This is stated to bo the lavgeBt contract ever mado with an American firm by a foreign government —Bismarck has given official statutory no tice to house and land owners concornod that the Government Contemplates tho extension of the fortified area around Strasbarg, Motz an Posena. Stnmme, now German Minister at Copentyigon, will replace Vonsolms Sonno walde as Minister at Madrid, and Von Den brinckcn, at present German Minister at Athens, will be transferred to Copenhagen. —M. Bartholdi has just visited London for tho first time in more than tliirty-five yoars. —Viscount do Ponffivdiore, a journalistic young Frenchman, claims io have papers in his possession in tho handwriting of Napoleon III, showing that tho Emperor contemplated marrying the Prino# Imperial to an Orleans Princess. —One hundred and forty thousand Aus trian soldiers are under arms in Dolmatia, prepared for a campaign in Montenegrin. Tho army is reported ready for action also. —The report is current in Vienna that the Russian minister at Toheran is trying to in duce tho Persian government to liberate Ayoob Kahn, for whose safe keeping England pays a enbsidy. —An Ottawa, Canada, dispatch says that the Government estimates of expenditures for the next fiscal year, ending June 30, 1888, have been presented, showing a total of $35,01:0,000, an incrAse of over $800,000 over this year. There has been a general cutting down of ex penses in the departments, but the increase is due to tho amount required to build the Sault Ste. Marie canal—$1,009,000. Half a million dollars will bo spent on the Wetland canal in deepening it uniformly to fourteen feet The amount required to maintain the fisheries pro tection service is decreased by $35,000, and the subsidy of $17,000 for the steamer service between SanFranciBCo and Victoria, B. C., is •cutoff altogether. —Tho Russian Government has directed that all merchants in Posen having commer cial interests beyond the frontier must pay tho taxes of the Russian merchants' guild and ob tain licenses from the Russian minister of trado. —A London special states that Mr. Parnell's hoalth is alarming, and that it is doubtful if he takes any part in tho future political strug gle. The correspondent says he has reason to believe that Mr. Parnell's disease is cancor of tho stomach. PERSONAL, —Col. Bradford Hancock, the well-known live stock commission man of the firm of Keenan & Hancock, of Chicago, is deed. —AETHUE P. SEYMOCB, of Chicago, is dead. He was at one time editor of tho Living Church. Geo. E. Reed, for two voars city treas urer of Bismarck, is missing. It is believed he •has gone to Canada. His accounts are said to be $P,C00 short —On arriving at St Paul Bishop Ireland re ceived a warm welcome, and was presented with.a handsome carriage and pair of fine horses by friends, regardless of denomina tion. —Justice Wm. B. Woods, of tho. Supreme Court of the United States, died at liis resi dence in Washington, the 14th inst, of dropsy. —Prince Leopold and suite sailed for Eur ope in the steamer Eidor. —The lato G. L. Gocdale, of Angola, Ind., was a cousin by marriage to President Gar field, and it was for him the lattor onco worked as a canal hand. —Tho President and Mrs. Cleveland will pass tho greater portion of the summer at their country homo, but will probably take a trip to the Adirondacks in Augqpt —Miss Cleveland will assume charge of the province of history in Miss Reed's Now York school. Her contract enjoins upon her not to do literary work of any kind for outside parties. —Rev. Timothy C. Pitkin, an Episcopalian clergyman of Detroit, is dead. —Col. Bolton, tho postoffice embezzler, has began service at tho Joliot prison He was aeBigned to duty as a clerk. —Augustin Daly says that the inter-state commerce bill has increased the railroad fares •of his company fully 300 per cent Mr. BL.ine will sail for Europe June 8. —Gen. Hawley thinks Blaine should not run again for tho presidency on account of his health. INDUSTRIAL WORLD. —Assistant Secretary Maynard has decided it is in viola ion of law against importing la bor under contract, to hire persons residing in Drummondville, Cannd •, to work in this country and who cross tho suspension bridge morning and night, goinD' to and returning from work. —The general executive biard of tho Knights of Labor, of Philadelphia, have sus pended district assembly No. 120 from tho or der on the ground of insulxjrdination. The dis'rict assembly is a national ono and in cludes in its membership over 10,00) po who are engaged in the carpet weaving t.ado one form or another. —In consoquenee of tho lockout of the master masons at Chicaco, iheie are now over ten thousand building la borers out of employment, and tho army is daily being added to. Tho brickmakers and her material men have agreed to stand the contractors and sell nothing during the trouble —General Master Workman Powdorly has issued a circular recommending that the Knights of Labor celebrate the Fourth of July with appropriate demonstrations wi.erever an assembly is in existence. The executive committee of the Union La bor Party of Cincinnati, has resolved to adopt tho name Union Labor Party, and en.er upoi a vigorous campaign next fall. —Several thousand factory employes at Bolton, England, have decidod to stiiku for an advance in wages. —Mrs. M. Louiso Thomas, president of So rpsis, has been ono of the most snocoMfal mm two-keepers in tlie country. She made 10,000 pounds of honey last year. —Yico President Potter has severed his con nection for many years with the Burlington railway system, and assumed his now duties with tho Union Pacific and Oregon Navigation lino?. HiB headquarters aro in Omaha. —Tho crop report "or May, issued by Department of Agriculture at Washin bkowa that crops aro suffering consid in numerous portions of tho county -^ant of ram. FROM A SHIN'j QN. —Upon application of al1,fil0 national banks in Omaha, Neb., the Coiraptrollor rency has designated Ilio Si 0f tho Cur 4,fiat city as a reserve city under the provisions or tlio act nassed at the last session of Congress. —The FresiiVnt lias appointed the follow ing namod Postmasters: Dakota—Benjamin Y. Osohnar, at Kimball, vice D. G. Grippen, removed. Iowa—Lena Gid'oy, at Malvern, vice R. Gidley, deceased. Wisconsin— Levi F. Martin, at Chippewa Falls, vice W. W. Creandall, commission expired Edward Whaley, at Prairie du Chion, reappointed James P. McGill, at Beaver Dam, vice R. V. Bogart, deceased. —Baltimore clergymen have appealed to the President in along letter to suspend the Hun day morning inspection at the military posts and onforco a more general observation of the Sabbath. —The Society of the Army of the Cumber land has voted to hold its next reunion it Chicago during "Chickamauga week" of Sep tember, 1838. Gen. Sheridan was re-elected President of tho society. —Byron Smith, of Chicago, has been ap pointed by the President as a commissioner to examine a portion of tho Northern Pacific Railroad, in place of J. W. Doane, declined. —A Washington dispatch says: "The work under contracts on the monitors Terror and Amphitrite is practically finished and the navy department is considering the nature of the tests that must be successfully undergone before the vessels are accepted by the govern ment —The report of tho dopartraont of agricul ture for May shows tno general average con dition of winter wheat to be 86, against 05 at tho corresponding date of 1856. Spring plant ing is unusually well advanced in most sec tion!*. The proportion of cotton already planted embraces more than four-fifths of tho proposed area.* CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. —A negro by tho name of Andrew Jackson, killed a fellow oonvict in tho Nebraska Poni tentiary, John Gleason, by striking him on the head with a heavy bar of iron. —Aucust Scholl and Charles Volner have been arrested for the murder of DenniB Quin lan at Miller's beer garden, in 0\naha. Volner admitted that he shot Quinlan, c'aiming self defense. His face was cut, whore Quinlan struck him with a stick. The prisoners aro two ignorant Germans. The coroner's jury heard their testimony and returned a verdict recommending that they bo hold for further examination. —Tho extensive shops of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad at Minneapolis were burned recently, with a loss of $150,000. A firo at Milton, Mo, destroyed tho county jail and a number of business structures los3, $53,000. —Destructive forost fires are raging in tho northern peninsula of Michigan, and in Wis consin near Waukesha. Afire that started near Bourne, Mass., a few days ago, has already burned over nearly 50,000 acres. —The loss caused by tho burning of the works of the Patorson Iron Company at Pater son, N. J., is estimated from $250,000 to $300. 000. —Peter J. Ford, of Ford & Iiyan, Morocco County, Delaware, an extensive real estate man, contractor and builder, has failed liabil ities, $100,000 assets, $80,COO. —Tho Henger brothers were arraigned at St Paul on the charge of manslaughter. They plead not guilty, and were held to bail in the sum of $0,000 each, tho same being furnished. —Conductor Georgo Cooley, in charge of a mixotl Rock Island train, was crushed and fatally injured wliilo setting out stock cars at the Rock Islaud yards west of Des Moines. He was ono of tho best known conductors on the Rock Island road. —Montie Harris, tho 10-year-old son of James Harris, living about twelve miles south of Garden Grove, Iowa, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting squirrels. His body was not found for several days. A faith ful dog remained at his side for twenty-four hours, and afterward attracted tho parents to tho body. GENERAL PARAGRAPHS. George Gordon, alias Fairbanks, a colored man, was fatally shot by Wm. Duuson, an other colored man, in the railroad yards back of Dearborn Station, Chicago, over the divis ion of the proceeds of a jowelry robbery. —The Mayor of Chicago has issued a proc lamation oidoring all dogs found running loose on the streets after June 1 to be killed. This order is caused by the large number of hydrophobia cases recently occurring in that ly. —Swan Brother*, tho well-known Wyoming cnttlo men, have made a general assignment for tho benefit of all their creditors. Liabili ties, $1,1.0,000 assets, nominally about the same. The cause of the failure is due to shriuka^o in valuer during tho last few years. They claim that if givjn lime they can pay in fulL —Sheriff David N. Miller of Omaha, has filed a bill in tha U.- ited States Circuit Court which revives tho failure of Loyal Smith it (Jmahi, in v5, for some $200,000. Itap' pears (hat tho sheriff ban in his hands some $120,i 00 of attachm-nt suits under which ho attached Suiitu's whole stock. —A xpecul from Ottawa, Ont, says that government lia-i decided to expend $0.1,00J morti than la*t oar in the way of coast de foiis -s, i.l itig the Atlantic and Pacific. land. The adjoining property is said to have been 'bought for a cathedral. -Tho lightning struck tho residence of /own at Holdrege, Neb., recently, and shiv ered it from top to foundation. The fluid took possession of the entire structure, and while it loft the houso standing BO far SB a residence is concornod, it might as well been burned. Mr. Brown and wife were in bod when tho bolt fell, but they were not injured. —Tho bay colt Montrose, son of Duke of Montrose, dam Patti, won the great Kentucky Derby, at Louisville. It was not a great raco, but it was a pretty ono. Timo, 2:39^. THE LATEST NEWS. —Hon. A. T. Soule, of Bochester, N. Y., who built at his own expense a canal nine miles long for irrigating purposes in the vi cinity of Dodee City, Kan., at a cost of $1,000,000, has announced his intention of extending it so that 1,000,000 acres of land theroabouts will always yield a full crop. He has given $50,000 to the Presbyterian college located there and has bought the First Na tional bank for $75,000, and also the Dodge City water works. —JohnRazer, of Peoria, III, who claims to bo tho personal friend of Anarchist Neebe, has been arrested at Trivali. He is thought to lie crazy. —Mrs. Catherine Rood, of Essex, Vt, died at the ago of 103 years and 7 months. —John W. Carey is being urged for tho ap pointment of president of tho St. Paul road —President Cleveland has been sitting for his bust to a H. Morse, a Boston sculptor. —The suit against B. F. Allen, president of the Monarch Insurance company, of Des Moines, has been dismissed. No cvidonce of fraud in the transfer having been shown —The saloonkeepers and Germans of Oma ha are worried over tho initial move of Mayor Broatcli. For tho first time in months all tho saloons havo been closed at 12 o'clock on his order. In his message to the council he said that ho would enforce, all the ordinances with conservatism, and stated that if the ordi nances were discriminating it was tho coun cil's duties to havo thom changed. It is ex pectod ho will enforco the Sunday closing law, which has not boon observed for years. —J. Ganzi, a Minneapolis, Minn., jeweler, has made an assignment Liabilities $8,000. —Fivo of tho prinoipal assailants of tho Czar of Russia, March 13, havo been exe cuted at St Petersburg. —Viscount Cranburne, eldest son of Lord Salisbury, has married Lady Cicely Alice Gere, daughter of the Earl of Arran —Dr. Junker, the Russian explorer, in an interview, said he had received a letter from Emin Bey, dated last November. In this Emin Bey said the routes between Uganda and Wadelai were open. Junker says he thinks tho success of Stanley's relief expedi tion is, barring accidents, assured by the fact that the routes are open. —Three thousand shoe manufacturers were thrown out of employment recently at Haver hill, Mass., by tho closing down of forty es tablishments owing to a failuo of compromise being agreed upon. —It is now estimated that tho number of Chicago tradesmen idle on account of tho strike or of being locked out is 13,000, and this number is rapidly increasing. The out look is not promising for either side, each seeming to be determined as ever not to yield a point. —The President has reappointed Carrie Pattoii rostmistoBs at Ogallala, Neb. —The Cuurt of Claims at Washington have given judgment in favor of tho Stato of Ala bama fir $lo,2S5, and of Mississippi for $41, 454 under the recent decision of the court in a Louisiana case, that the Government cannot setoff the proceeds of tho sale of swamp lands against tho direct State tax. —At the request of the Japanese Govern ment Secretary Whitney has ordered tho ad mission into the naval academy of H. Nic, a Japanese youth of noble familv, aged 17 years. —The Governor of Dakota will shortly is sue a proclamation listing and quarantining cattle from or passing through New York, Il linois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Virginia, Texas, Ver mont and tho Dominion of Canada. Cattle for Washington territory will be exempted pro vided shippers will agree not to unload while en route. Cattle bound for Dakota and Mon tana will be quarantined ninety days. —Rockford, 111., has fixed the saloon license at 1,000 per year. MARKET REPORT. NKW YOISK. WHEAT -Ungraded No, 2 rod CORN—Ungraded OATS—VVhito I'ORK—New mess LAUD Boos MUX it/ Bridge company ha- trans ferred i:s fran hi-w to the Chicago and North western linilroad company, who will imme diately ti-gin np.-ritatn looking the oarly construct on abridge acro.ii t!ie Missour nv. rat .-'ionx C:tv, Iowa. The Northwestern will buili'. the bridge without a boum. They ho to Uav-j the a .me I0ini:0ted duri the year ItciS. Tna cost is estimated at upwards of $i,UKj.or o. —Tho res iicneo T. H. O.ika, on Summit avenue t-t. Paul, Minn., r. ce .tly purchased, is eui to be for a rerdonco for Risnop Ire 'J"WJU'J .95 1.00 .ilS'.jijs .0594 .50 .08 ,41 .15!»JJI .10 7.12V3 7.15 CHICAGO. EEEVES—Shipping steers BtockerB and feeders.. Cows, bulls and mixed HOGS 4-10 4.30 2 !H) fel 4.15 & 4.00 & 5.2a (!S 4.£ 2.09 4.91) 3.0U 4.25 3.70 shekp ".7.7.7.7." l' Locit—l-'ancy red winter" oxtra Prime to choice spring WIIRAT—fash Cons—No. 2 OATS—No. A ltvii—No. 2 BAltLEY—No. UlSlOTiir FLAXSEED .".7 ficiT&Br—Chice creamery V9 1.5,J & 4.30 .839.1 .40 .27 :0 & & .54 .54 .56 .57 J. 73 l.il Fine dairy 3 15 & 111 & 12 & OS!*® 08 (0 CHEESE—Full croiuii.7.7.7.'.7.7" Light skimmed...."" Flats PORK—Mess.... BBOULDEBS SHORT CLEAB SHORT KIN* LARD 20. i0 5.K5 7.75 7.00 6.77 "..'..77.7. (3 HlDKS—Green salted .*.""" i»ry sal tea...!" TAIXOW WHISKY .7777.7. 7.40 & 6.95 .07»i .10 .03!jd .04 1.10 & ... MILWAUKEE. WHEAT—No. 2 CORN—No. 3 OATS—No. 2 Bvis—No. BARLEY—No. 2... POBK—MoSS '. '.7.'.'.'. •82&® •StiSi'S •S0!4'i4 .58 & .55 & •845 40 •8154 •59 15.0J OMAHA." BIDES—Green butchers'. Dry salted POOX.IRT—Turkeys 7.7.7" .06 •09 ®i .10 Chickens FLOUR—Patent Second quality BUTTEB Eoos UEEVEB Hoos ••••, SHEKP •00 & .12 3.00 3.25 2.40 a 2.75 2.00 .. •1C & .10 .14 .11 8.7o & 4.40 •70 & 4.95 3.15 at 3.75 7.77.7" ST. PAUL, WHEAT—NO. hard.... No. 2 CORN—No. 2 OATS-KNO. 2 mixed White FLOUR, Batent...'.. Straight MUTTER Eoos..... CHEESE. BBBVES Hons BHUF .78 .76 .38 .28 .30 a & & a •80J4 .70 .40 •HI 4.25 3.30 .90 .08 .14 3.00 •475 ... 3.75 & 4. SO 4.tO & 4.,«0 ,£X & .!• .14!£ 4.10 GARFIELD IN BRONZE. Sculptor Ward's Statue of the Dead Statesman and Sol dier Unveiled. Slany Distinguished Peopla Present— The President's Eloqrent Tribute. Reunion of the Army of tho Cr.inocv land—The Next Meeting to Be Held at Chicago. IWashlngton special.] The Army of the Cumberland eonld not have had a more perfect day for their dedi cation exercises. Promptly at 11:30 c.ocit General Baird, Chief Marshal of (he parade, gave the signal for inarching, and the procession started. A platoon of mounted police led the way, followed by General Baird and his aids, who preceded a carriage in which was seated Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and Rosecrans, three of the four living commanders of the Arinv of the Cumberland. On a grand stand near the 6tntue seats had been arranged for i,500 persons. Just before 1 o'clock the invited guests be gan to airive. James and Harry Garfield were escorted to seats by Gen. Mussey. while Col. Wilson performed a similar office for the aged W. W. Corcoran. Seeretm-y Bayard and Attorney Geueral_ Garland were among the early arrivals. The mem bers of the Supreme Court of the United States came in a body. The District Judi ciary, members of the Court of Claims, tind District Commissioners were also present. At 1 o'clock Gens. Sherman. Sheridan, and Bosecrans aud Gov. Cnrtiti arrived in a carriage, just after the head of the pro cession mado its appearance. They wen soon followed by President Cleveland, es corted by Gen. Anderson, and Hecrolary nnd Mrs. Faircbild. Secretary and Mrs. Lamar, Postmaster General Vilas, and Col. Lamont. Ex-Secretary Windom and ex Attorney General MaoYeagh of President Garfield's Cabinet were among the guests present. At 1:10 o'clock Marshal Wilson, taking his place on the stand, said: LAIIIKS AND GKNTLKMF.N—'The Hoeicty of tlio Army of tlie Cumberland, with thfi-o itis tiuyuishod guests, are uRsumbloil hero to-day for tho purposo of unveiling the atntoo ct tlnd hiding-place of au,d unnatural things should bo followed bji a solemn resolve to purgo forever °l'r political methods and from tho opera Jii? ou': Government the perversions and ^d CZi?\houJhts.11 & 1.08 .81 .19 .11 .13 .12 .06 ((23.25 & 5.7J & 7.HO the SaV0 birth t01)aSSlouato possibilities and opportunities of American citizenship bo renewed if our an preciation of tho blessing of a restored Union and love for our Government be strengthened a'innH °}lr wat' hfnlness against the dangers of tho af®1"Partisan spoils be quickened the dedication of this statue to the people of the United Mates will not be in vain. President was frequently inter- rupted by outburst of applause. When he had concluded the band played "Hail Columbia," and the Rev. F. f. Power who £athuep?taBt°r0f Geueral Thi JL y' Garfield's church Prtmoun-'ed the benediction. The troops were then dismissed and the ceremonies came to an end. At the buinesss meeting this momma of the society Colonel Henry Stone, of lfos ted as the orator, and Colonel fcllcMttihii6 of New York, as alternate teteg" ESS nSSlr"1vlraildpa' •W.U W. b.tatj S girl." Child—"What a long, long time you had alone wain™ for me."—GospU Age TERRIBLE LOSS that eminent statesman and soldier, James A. Uuv fii.'ld. Tlie oxercines will be opened with pmycr by tho liev. lr. Gicsy. There was a short lull in the proceedings while a battery of artillery fired a national salute. Gen. Sheridan then introduced the orator of tho day, Gen. J. Warren Eeifflr, who, on tue part of the Monument Committee, delivered an address transfer ring the statue to Gen. Sh&ridnn. At its conclusion Gen. Sheridan, in be half of the society, transferred the statue to the President in the following words: MB. I'BKSIDENT—This statue which has boen unveiled in your presence to-day was eroated by the comrades of Gen. Garfield belonging to tho Army of tho Cumberland. They recognized his merit as a soldier and tney wished to pay some testimony to that luorit and to his worth as a man. I have tho honor, sir, on behalf of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, to ask you as theraprosontativo of the .-linoriean people to accept the statue from their liumU as it was {.'ivon to. me. |Appluuse.] The President, who arose as Gen. Sheri dan began speaking, then began his ad dress, accepting the statue as a gift to the nation. FELLOW-CITIZEXS—In performance of tho duty assigned to mo on this occasion, I hereby accept, on behalf of the j,eop)e of tile United States, this complete und beautiful statuo. Amid tlio interchange of fraternal Knittings botween the survivors of the Army of the Cum berland and their former loes upon the battle field, and while tho Union Ueneiai aud the peo ple's President await burial, tho common grief of these magnanimous survivors tiud mouruine citizonB found expression in the determination to erect this tribute to American greatness: and thus to-day, in its symmetry aud beauty, it presents a sign of animosities fuigotton, an em b'e:n of a brotherhood redeemed, and a tolcon a initios rostored. Monuments and statues ..uiitiply throughout tho land, littingly illustra tive of the love and r'.'ection of our grateful people, and commemorating brave and patriotic sacrifices in war, fame in peaceful puisults, or honor in public station. •But from this dny forth thero shall stand at our seat of government this statue of a distin guished citizen, who in his life and services combined all tiiese thinus and more which chal lenge admiration in American character—loving tecdorness in every domestic relntior, bravery on tho field of battle, fame and distinction in our halls of legislation, and the highest honor and dignity in tho thief magistracy of the nation. This stately effigy shall not fail to touch evory beholder that tho sourco of American greatness is confined to no condition n. de-' pendent alone for its growth and development upon favorable surroundings. Tho gen,us our national life beckons to usefulnet-a a'ul honor thoso in every sphere and oilers tlie hi 'h est preferment to manly hopes and suirdv honest effort, chastctied and consecrated bv patriotio hopes and aspirations. As louc as tills statue stands lot, it be proudly remembered that to every Aliieru c:i citi :on tlio way is open to fame and station, until ho— "Moving up from high to higher, Becomes on 1'ortuno's crowning slope Tlio pillar of people's hope, Tho center of a world's desiro." Nor can wo forgot that it also tcachoa our people a sad and distre-sing lesson, and tho thoughtful citizen who views its fair propor tions cannot fail to recall tho tragedy of a do.itli which brought griof and mourning to overv household tho land. Bui, while American citlzcnshixj BtandB aghast und affrighted that murder and assassination should lurk in the nudst of a free people and strike down tl.o litad of thoir Government, a fearless search and the tw^Tr» t1, tho, L'rit!in SOHSEKE w»"ing aaceputeaus OF L|f£, I'hrce Mexican Towns Almost Obliu ated by Earthquakes and Volcano^. One Hundred and Seventy Pcopie. stoutly Killed and a Large Jium. bcr Wounded. iGuaymas (Uoxico) dispatch.] The town of Bahispe, in the district Uontezuma, in Sonora, wns destroyed the recent earthquake, nnd 150 lives ,ost. Twenty persons were killed at On.!1 jy the falling of buildings. Munv pljj nere injured at Grunadas and Uusib. irhich towns were almost completely ilroyed. 4' IXIormoaillo (Mexico) dippatch.] The earthquake caused terrible danu Montezuma. It destroyed several vil ages, but those in tlie northeastern lufiered most terribly. Oputo had all louses destioyed, and nine persons \re tilled. Bahispe was utterly destroys md 150 people were killed. The hoi *ere leveled to the ground. Anew vclcw appeared, and its erupti.-.n destroyed all ti, timber and pastures of adjoining vall« and mountains. [City of Mexico dispatch.] The Governmenthas just received its information regarding the disastrous earth quake on the 3d inst. at the town of Hnhis in the district of Montezuma, Souor by which 150 persons lost their lives. earthquake occurred at 3.30 p. m. At same time volcanic eruptions began' the neighboring mountains, lighting up summits for a long distance. The prediction is made here by lot scientists that Mexico is abont to under a general seismic convulsion, and rece records of earthquakes show that there widespread volcanic activity from one en of Mexico to the other. [Tucson (Arizona) dispatch.] A paity has just returned from the Sat Catalina Mountains and report that canyons are full of water, brought io t. surface by the earthquake. This is a tr boon for this region, as there aro thoa sands of acres of good farming knd at base of these mountains which only nee water to make thorn valuable. Asoth good effect of the earthquake is the open ing of two larpe gold veins which we discovered in the Santa Catalina Mou tains at a point where the whole side of mountain slid down. Several prospeetin parties left to-day to locate claims. Fro one to two slight shocks of earthqua have been felt here for soveral days. The are too slight to cause alarm. There is doubt that nearly overy high mountain Southi-ru Arizona has to a greater or le extent had its topography changed, but far as can be learned here tiiera is no a tive volcano among them. :Nogales'(Ari2on»| dispatch.] Later accounts received here tend •how that the report of a voicano havr broken out in the Whetstone Mountains true. Men who arrived from Sonora that there is strong evidence of a volcau eruption at a point about forty miles sout' east of Magdalena, and it is coniideu said that one [teak is throwing out lar volumes of smoke, accompanied by strea of lava. Smoke and tire can be distinct seen from several points along the liiu the Sonora Itailroad. As lar as can be certained, tlie volcano is in the Sierra Az range. 1 rom the ajipearance of the con try and the heavy earthquakes that ha occurred it is believed that other volcano will break forth in a few days. I.arei.o (Texas) dispatch.] Passengers arriving on the Mont!, train report that ^reat tires are ragitig the summit of the mountains in m" places on both sides of the road. Vi'hetii these fires have any connection with recent earthquake dlsturbanoes in Arizo aud New Mexico is yet to bo determin: as the tops of these mountains are alnr inaccessible. ALIVE IN HIS COFFIff, A Supposed Corpse, Shipped on a Kailro 1) OIIIKI to Have Itegainorf Consciousness [Vineennes (Ind.) special.] Dnriiig the session of the Luthe Evangelical Synod at Booneville Piul Gyer, a wealthy citizen of Mount Atib O., who was present as a delegate, arose make a few remarks. He had scarce! risen from his seat when he was noticed stagger, and the next second fell on tt floor dead. A physician was called an pronounced his easj apoplexy. The mains were hurriedly prepared for buri and ordered shipped at once to ti home of the deceased. Ten ho after the supposed death the rc-niai arrived here by special train from Evan: villa. John Kuster, the baggagemastet assisted by Clark Harvey, transferred t' corpse trom an Evansville and Tone Haul to au Ohio and Mississippi train. Harve declares that he heard the dead man kit' against the lid- of the box thr.'e or fo times. Mr. Kuster suid: "I have hand! more coilins than any man about this dep and I flatter myself that I'm not safer stitious. The sensation I experienced lilting the coliin from one car to anotle was the same as lifting a crate having live calf in it. The coffin seemed to alive. There was no dead weig about it. We only had a few minutes which to transfer the remains, aud it suggested by soine'of tee boys that the' be opened and an examination made of tl coipse. To this a strenuous objection*" entered by an unknown gentleman who sc companied the remains." Depotinait' Mechlin telegraphed from here to Wash* ingtou requesting that the coflin on arri there be opened and an examination nM of the body. There, as here, the man had charge of the corpse again interpost Word was sent from Washington to Chief of Police at Cincinnati, and was telegraphed that on the coffin being opened the man was lying on bid iflW' shroud was torn and there were other icd1' cations going to show that Gyer had to life after having been placed in coffin. states that tlie eleotrio. which is discharged during a thunder' storm is produced by the friction water and ice, that is, that tho ice electrified by friction of water. J®* before a thunder-storm water-clou^ (cumuli) and ice-clouds- irro, cirfW rati) appear simultaneously in the wf* The friction of these particles of 'J4 and water is a sufficient causo of "*9 electrfcity which is generated. A how oI(1 are yen?" NOVEL advertising scheme was r?" cently introduced by a merchant Carthage, HI. A series of prodigi^ boot tracks were painted leading each side of the public square ton establishment. The scheme, it »9fT, worked to perfection* for everyW seemed curious enough to foiled tracks to their destination. "I WALKED the floos all nigM' the toothache," said he -, to- whl njifeeling listener replied:. "You awjj, expect to walk tils' ceiling, with it fou?"