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Important Intelligence from. All Parts,
"Domestic.
' Another Chicago saloonist, named Mahoney, has been sentenced to pay a fine of
$50 and to a term of" twenty days' imprisonment, for selling licnior to drunkards.
General Beawegakjd, a vicious horse
which recently killed two grooms in 2"Tew
York, and had since been in danger of starvation because no one dared to attend him,
was shot in his stall as an unsafe beast on
the2Sth.
, The Acting Superintendent of the Department of Agriculture estimates the Illinois
wheat crop as follows: In 1S81—estimated
acreage, 3,219,016; ISSO-rTeported acieage,
-3,126,000; increase this year, 93,016. InlSSl
—estimated yield, 51,137,322 bushels; 18S0
—reported yield, 53,767^200 bushels; decrease, 2,629, S78 bushels.
The boilers of the Ohio River steamer
Phaeton exploded near Maysville.. Ky., on
the 2Sth, completely wrecking the craft, and
killing Cash Baylor, the engineer; Samuel
Reynolds, the porter; Joseph Carr (colored)
and Joseph Muller, deck hands, and a lady
passenger whose name was unknown., Six
persons were injured, one of them very seriously.
A WASHiK-GTOsr telegram of thfc 29th ult.
jays the comet was estimated at the "Staval
Observatory to be at that time about 30,000,-
000 miles from the earth. Its nucleus was
"TOO miles in diameter, and the envelope
about the nucleus 20,000 miles in diameter.
The tail Avas calculated to be 5,000,000 miles
in length. The dispatch says: "The fact
that its orbit lies within the orbit of the
earth explainsthe apparent paradox of its
receding from the earth while approaching
the sun. On the 20th of June last it came
nearest the earth, being then but 10,000,000
miles away, and some astronomers here
think it probable that the earth then passed
through the tail of the comet."-'
The newly-constructed water-tank on the
western hills back of Cincinnati, with a
capacity of nearly three million gallons,
burst about midnight on the 29th ult., undermining several houses.
A boiler in a saw-mill near Grant City,
SIo., was scattered over a mile of territory
by an explosion on the 29 th ult. The engineer, A.. E. Williams, was shockingly
mangled.
Ax the thirty-first annual Convention of
the American Protestant Association recently held at "Wilmington, Del.', most of the
States were represented. Samuel Liggett,
of Philadelphia, was elected Grand Master
for the next year, and John Pike, of Chicago, Yice-Grand Master.
The new city directory of Chicago gives
the city a total approximate population of
-341,711, a gain of 37,406 within the last year.
The twenty-second Sangerfest of the
"North American Sangerbund opened in the
Exposition building at Chicago on the evening ot the 29thult., in the presence of an
audience of 6,300. The chorus numbered
600, and the orchestra 140.
The weather was excessively hot at St.
Louis on the 29th ult., and there were
numerous cases of sun-stroke. Among the
prostrated was George Kissell, Assistant
City Treasurer, who died.
Kate Fitzgerald, who recently stole an
infant in Cincinnati, has been sentenced to
ten years in the Penitentiary.
Atoexado and hailstorm at Franklin, N.
H., on the morning of the 29th ult. moved a
church from its foundations and blew down
two residences.
A dispatch of the 29th ult. says the experimental cargo of wheat shipped from St.
Paul for Glasgow had reached 2?ew Orleans
in perfect condition.
The finding of the "Whitalcer court-martial, with a full account of the proceedings,
comprising 7,600 foolscap pages, was forwarded from STew Tork to "Washington on
the 29th ult. Although the verdict was a
sealed mystery" rumors were rife in 3Tew
York in regard to it, and the opinion of those
who had closely watched the case was that
It was either adverse to "Whittaker or that
the Court failed to agree.
The receipt? from internal revenue for
the fiscal year just closed, exclusive of the
30th ult., were $134,974,166; the receipts
from customs for the same time amounted
to $197,500,000. Commissioner Kaum-"s estimate of the internal-revenue receipts wa3
§135,000,000.
There are 4i,496post-ofnees in theUnited
States. During the last fiscal year 2,894
were established and 1,408 discontinued.
The number of postmasters commissioned
was 10,441.
Secretary Htjxt has appointed an Advisory Board of "Naval Officers to make a report on the number and class of vessels
which should be constructed for the United
States ZSfaval Service, and to recommend
such other Improvements as in their opinion
may be deemed necessaryfor the greater efficiency of the service.
Mr. Ecxer, a fireworks dealer, was fined
five shillings in Philadelphia the other
morning, for a breach of the Anti-Fireworks act, passed in 1781 ("against the
•peace of our sovereign "Lord, his mostgra-
fefoTJs' 3Iajesty, King George the First, of
-England"). The Magistrate insisting on the
fine being paid in shillings, the defendant
was compelled to buy them of a broker.
AT midnight on the 29th ult. tw.o masked
men robbed a stage-coach near Alamosa,
Col., securing from the sixpassengers about
|800.
The winter-wheat crop of Missouri Is reported at less than two-thirds of last year.
Korth of the Missouri River the chinch-bug
and fly were active destroyers.
Five members, of a party which left "New
York for a yachting trip in the sound were
lost in a storm off Bridgeport, Conn*, on the
mth ult.
JOH>' Davis, his wife and daughter, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., were recently seriously
poisoned by eating smoked sturgeon which
had been cured with creosote.
The public-debt statement issued on the
1st makes the following exhibit: Total debt
(including interest of $20,948,657), $2,089,-
962,225. Cash in Treasury, $249,363,415.
Debt, less amount In. Treasury, $1,840,598,-
811. Decrease during June, $12,323,159.
Decrease since June 30,1880, $101,573,483.
The 104th call for outstanding bonds was
issued by Secretary Windom on the 1st. It
is for five per cent, registered bonds, issued
under the acts of .July 14, 1870, and January 20,1871, which will be paid October 1,
1881, interest to cease on that date; or, if
holders prefer, such bonds will be paid on
presentation at any time prior to the 1st of
October, with accrued intere.-it from May,
1881, to date of presentation.
The Chicago Timm of the 2d contains reports furnishe 1 by the Boards of Agriculture of several of the Western States to the
following effect: In Ohio the yield was expected to be about eighty per cent, of that
of last year, the early sown being the best.
The acreage in Michigan was about the
same as in 1880, and only ten or twelve bushels per acre were looked for. ^Indiana
expected a crop of only 30,000,000 bushels,
as against 47^000,000 last year, the quality
being excellent. Wisconsin had a large
acreage in spring, but a half breadth of
winter wheat, and the crop was in fine condition. The Iowa Board estimated the
spring-wheat crop at half that of last year,
and the winter sown at forty-four per cent.
During- the six months ended June 30
241, S03, immigrants arrived at Castle Garden,
against 176,985 for the corresponding period
of last year.
, A military force ©n the 1st closed up the
business houses on the west shore 6f the
river in the Sioux reservation. The merchants were compelled to cross the river
with their goods, and a guard was stationed
on the bank to prevent their return.
During the past four years 1,003,514,000
postal-cards were issued from the Post-Office Department at Washington.
The coinage of the United States mints
for the year ended June 30,1881, was as follows: Gold,$78,733,S64; silver,$27,649,066.75;
other metal, $405,109.95, making a total of
$106,788,040.70. " . *
Is" a quarrel atBoston a few days a?o Otto
Tooker, aged thirteen, fatally shot Gustave
Bueltner, aged sixteen, with a toy pistol.
Fifty-four National Banks were organized during the last fiscal year, with an aggregate capital ol $6,409,700. Nineteen
banks, with ah aggregate capital of $1,620,-
000, went into voluntary liquidation, and
there were no failures. The number of
such banks now in existence is 2,122.
Personal and Political.
State Senator Sessions has been indicted for bribery by the Albany County (IS".
Y.) Grand Jury. Accompanied by counsel,
he entered the Court of Sessions on the
2Sth, and said he understood he was indicted for bribery, and wanted to surrender
himself and enter bail. Through his counsel, he pleaded not guilty, reserving the
right to alter or withdraw his plea in future.
Counsel on behalf of defendant demanded
an immediate trial. The District Attorney demurred on the ground that
he was not ready, and had other
cases to dispose of. Besides, he
said, this was not a case for immediate trial.
Judge Van Alstyne remarked something
about this being wanted as a record. Mr.
Smith, of counsel, denounced the action of
the District Attorney. Judge Van Alstyne
explained that the District Attorney wanted
to correct the record. Smith still demanded
immediate trial, to demonstrate the truth or
falsity of the charge made. Finally bail was
fixed at $3,000, Senator Sessions to appear
from day to day. It was understood the case
would not be tried this term.
The Republican State Committee of Virginia met in Richmond on the 28th. John
F. Lewis took the chair, but soon called upon State Senator Early to preside. A resolution calling upon Mr. Lewis and General
Wickham to resign was finally adopted. It
was resolved that a Convention be held in
Lynchburg, August 10, to which no person
would be eligible as a delegate who had
participated iu the Readjuster Convention.
J. W. Cochran (colored), of Rockingham,
was elected Chairman.
The Greenbackers of the Second District
of Maine have nominated W. R. Gilbert for
Congress.
It was reported in Albany, IS". Y. on the
evening of the 28th that Vice-President Arthur had stated that the only way forthe Republicans to get out of the United States
Senatorial difficulty was to concentrate on
Conkling and Depew.
The Iowa Republicans met in Convention
at Des Moines on the 29th ult. There were
1,017 delegates in attendance. Buren K.
Sherman, ex-State Auditor, was nominated
for Governor on the twelfth .ballot, and by
acclamation, after the eleventh ballot had
shown that he had received within one vote
of the.number necessary to success* O. H.
Manning, of Carroll County, was nominated
for Lieutenant-Governor on the third ballot. Judge Austin Adams, of Dubuque,
was nominated for Supreme Court Judge,
and John W. Akers, of Linn County, for
Superintendent of Public Schools. The platform adopted expresses, hearty sympathy
with the spirit of recent conventionsfor supplementing and improving the great water
routes of the Nation: declares the party to
be in accord with thepdpular demand that
unquestionable legislative, power shall be
used to protect the people from any abuses
and unjust extortions'" and that the plenary
power of Congress over the subject of patents should be so exercised as to protect the
people against the wroags and injustice
whic*hhave been developed and are practiced under the present system of laws relating to patent rights; etc.
Cardinal McCloSicey, with other 'passengers, suffered* serious injuries in a New
York Central car as it entered the Grand
Central depot atn high rate of speed on the
29th ult.
The Grand Jury at Albany, N. Y., on
the 30th ult. brought in an indictment
against A. D. Barber on the charge of paying E. R. Phelps $12,500 for the purpose of
bribing State officers; he pleaded hot guilty,
and was admitted to bail in the sum of $3,-
000. E. R. Phelps was also arraigned and
placed under bail to the same amount, after
a plea of not guilty. Charles A. Edwards
was also indicted on a charge of receiving
from JosepTi Dickson $7,000 for the p"Urp08e
of bribing State officers. All the cases were
-held over till the next term of court. *
Sir Edward Thornton, for several years
British Minister at Washington, presented
his letter of recall to President Garfield at
the Executive Mansion on the 30th ult.
There was considerable excitement in
Albany, N. Y., on the 30th ult. over a reported scandal involving ex-Senator Platt
and an unknown woman.        *
John G. Saxe, the poet, lost a son at
Albany on the 30th ult*, with* whom he was
about to make his home for the future.
President Garfield has appointed R.
S. Foster to the Marshalship of Indiana,
made vacant by the resignation of William
W. Dudley.
At the request of his congregation Mayor
Kalloch, of San Francisco, has concluded
not to run for office again.
In the Joint Convention of the New YoiC
Legislature on the 1st Speaker Sharpe,
after stating that he had freen voting for
Thomfis C, Platt for United States Senator,
said that, at his request, and in the interest
of the Republican party, he withdrew Mr.
Piatt's name as candidate, and would, when
his name was called, vote for Richard Crowley.
Governor Cornell has vetoed a bill
passed by the New York Legislature providing that the pupils attending the Brook
lyn public schools should be furnished
school-books at the expense of the municipality.
General James B. Frye, Assistant Adjutant-General, has been placed on the retired list. By this change General Robert
Williamsbecomes full Colonel and General
Thomas Vincent Lieutenant-Colonel.
Secretary Kerkwood on the 1st notified
Mr. French of his suspension from the office
of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. French
thereupon intimated his intention to resign
at once. This action of the Secretary had
been decided on at a Cabinet meeting.
Foreign.
The French fishing-boat Emil Ernestine
was recently sunk off the coast of New
Brunswick, by collision with a bark, and six
of her crew were drowned.
Ax the Wiltshire Sessions in England on
the 29th ult. Marquis Townshend was fined
£500 and costs and held to keep the peace
for one year, for horsewhipping Lord
Edward Thynne- The latter had abducted
the Marquis' wife.
On the 30th ult* a flying column of troops
and police went to aid the Sheriff at Mitch-
elltown, Ireland, in enforcing evictions, but
in each case the tenant "paid m full. Thirty
persons were injured in a charge by the military. , .-;
A Constantinople dispatch of the 30th
ult. says four regiments of Turkish troops
were under orders for Tripoli, andwarmate-
rial was being shipped with which to arm the
native police. The French were considering the propriety of a naval demonstration
in the waters of Tripoli.
The announcement was made On the 30th
ult. that the De Lesseps Canal Company had
practically completed the purchase of the
Panama Railway for $17,000j000j and that
the Canal Avould closely f oltew the line of
the track*
In the Henley (London) regatta oh the
30th ult. the Cornell boat was injured by
striking that of the London Club> necessi1
fating a halt for repairs. On the second
start, the Americans lost the race by bad
steering.
The Canadian Government oil the §0th
ult. notified the Dominion bankers that
thereafter they would not be permitted to
issue any bills of any. denomination under
$5. All bills under that figure will be issued
by the Government-.
A recent festive gathering of German
students at Prague was attacked twice by
Bohemians) and several persons were
stabbed.
M. Deville, Senator and Member of the
French Institute, and one of the most celebrated chemists of the day, died on the 1st
at Paris.
Wallace Ross defeated Trickett, the
Australian oarsman, in the race oh the
Ottawa River in Cattuda on the 1st. The
contest was witnessed by 20,000 spectators,
Turkish brigands haVe reeently captured
the manager of the forest works belonging to
Baron Hirsch, and demanded £15,000 ransom. 	
"LATER   "NEWS.
The latest news received by telegraph
from the President up to the morning of
the 5th was a little more hopeful than that
which had been sent out during the night.
Surgeon-General Barnes had predicted the
death of the President before midnight, but
a subsequent telegram, dated at 11:45 p. m.,
said there was much more reason to hope
than there had been an hour or two before.
Among the appointments made by President Garfield on the 1st were the following:
Hannibal Hamlin, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Spaiiij in place of
Lucius Fairchild, who asked to be felieved;
Charles Payson, of Massachusetts, Charge
d'Affaires at Copenhagen, in place of Cramer j
transferred to Switzerland** George Carter,
of Louisiana, Minister Resident to Venezuela, vice John Baker, recalled' Rev* Heilry
Highland Garnett, of New York, Minister
Resident and Consul-General to Liberia, in
place of John H» Snlythe, recalled; Walker
Blaine, "Third, Assistant Secretary of State,
in place of Charles Payson, appointed Charge
d'Affaires to Denmark. The President sent
for Mr. Walker Blaine and tendered the appointment with many warm expressions of
friendly regard, telling him not to consider
it as done on his father's account, but on
his own. The President has known him
since his eai-ly childhood.
On the 2d and 3d a police force was employed to guard the entrances of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York, where Vice-
President Arthur was stopping, against the
entry of any person who might attempt his
life. a. detective .also accompanied the
Vice-President to Washington.
O'Connor, the Secretary of the Cork
branch of the Land League, has been arrested under the provisions of the Coercion
act.
In the New York Legislature on the 4th a
ballot was taken for United States Senators
with the following result: For successor to
Mr. Conkling; Potter, 27; Wheeler, 22;
Conkling, 16; Cornell, 6; Lapham, 6; scattering, 7. No choice. For successor to Mr.
Platt; Depew, 32; Kernan, 24; Cornell, li;
Crowley, 10; scattering, 6. No choice.
, - Maud S. made a mile on the Detroit track
on the 4th in 2:13%. * The track is said to be
three seconds slow.
In a double-scull race on Charles River,
near Boston, on the 4th, Plaistad defeated
Tricket, making three miles in 21:13.
A/State Temperance Convention was
held at Atlanta, Ga., on the 4th, at which
one hundred counties were represented. A
resolution was adopted asking the legislature to pass a Prohibitory act*
It was stated on the 3d that the Bank of
England had assured the Government that
if suitable arrangements should be made by
the United Stales and France the Bank
would.be willing to buy silver to the extent
permitted by the Bank act of 1844—namely,
to an amount equaling one-fourth of the
gold in its issue department.
MEXiGAir, official reports state that the results of the Morelos Railroad accident were
140 persons killed, and 112persons wounded;
forty-nine persons escaped, and about forty
were-missing. Seven engineers had been
commissioned to examine the bridge.
On the 4th picnic trains on the Kentucky
Central Road collided near*Covington, by
which four persons of that city were killed
and fourteen wounded. Two of the wrecked
coaches took fire, and were reduced to ashes.
The orders* of the train dispatchers were
misunderstood by the conductor and engineer. ^
Tub English wheat crop is said to have
passed favorably the critical blossoming period. The plant appears healthy, though
thin on the ground and stunted in growth.
At the gymnasium at Ekatorinoslav the
Russian police have recently discovered a
Nihilist press with a block already engraved
with a revolutionary proclamation.
THE   ASSASSINATION   OP   PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
Particular* ofthe Terrible Crime—The ."Dastardly Weed Committed "by One Charles J".
Onlteau, Formerly of Chicago.
From the great mass of. telegraphic dispatches sent out from Washington on the 2d,
8d and 4th, giving the particulars of the assassination of President Garfield, the following statement is compiled:
Just a little before half-past nine o'clock
on the morning of the 2d the President and
Secretary Blaine entered the Baltimore &
Potomac depot to take a train for Long
Branch. As they reached the ladies' waiting-room a man, who stood on the right of
the President, raised his arm and deliberately fired two shots from a revolver, exclaiming as he did so: "I am a Stalwart;
it had to be done. Arthur will now be
President.''
The second shot was fired within ten seconds from the first, and took effect in the
President's side, the first having struck him
i.n the left arm. The President fell, and
Mrs. White, who attends the ladies' waiting ropm, rushed to him and raised up his
head. Secretary Blaine also rushed to tile
assistance of the President. The assassin
passed out towards B street, but Captain
Parke, the ticket agent, jumped through
the window and caught him, he making no
resistance. He was then handed over to
two depot policemen and taken across Pennsylvania avenue to the police station.
Meanwhile the President was taken upstairs. He said not a word until he was laid
down, when he asked that his shoes be
taken off, sajing he felt pain in-hls feet. As
soon as his shoes were removed, he said to
Secretary Windom: "Go right home now
and send a telegram to Mrs. Garfield, saying, ' I feel considerably better, and if she
feels well enough, tell her to come to Washington immediately;' " This dispatch was
sent, and a special train Was at once sent to
Long Branch for Mrs: Garfield.
Secretary Blaine was hot going with the
partyi bht went down to bid the President
good-by. He said: *" The President and I
were walking arm in arm toward the train.
I heard two shots and saw a man run; I
started after him, but seeing that he was
grabbed jiist as he got out of the room, I
fcanie to the President and found him lying
on the floor. The floor was covered with the
President's blood; A number of people who
were around shortly afterward have some of
that blood on their person."
The' physicians made an unavailing effort
to discover the ball. It was evident that
nothing could be done in the presence of
such a crowd, and that the slim chance of
saving the President's life depended upon
placing him where he could have absolute
quiet.
A police ambulance was sent f oi', and the
President was brought down-stairs upon E
stretcher. The doors were thrown open and
the crowd parted while the "wounded man
was gently Md upon mattresses in the bottom of the vehicle. The President was easy,
pale and weak, but conscious. He opened
his eyes and gently waved his hand towards
the crowd. Strong men cried and sobbed at
the pitiful sight. A squad of twelve mounted policemen surrounded the ambulance.
The vehicle was driven slowly over the
Belgian pavement to Pennsylvania avenue.
As soon as the smooth pavement was reached
the horses Were piit At a gallop aud the cavalcade dashed up toward the "White House
at full speed. The avenue was crowded
with people, who stood upon the sidewalks
watching with tearful eyes the mournful
procession as it bore the almost lifeless body
of the President to the White House*. The
east gates south of the Treasury, building
were thrown open, The ambulance passed
withiri, and the gates were closed against
the crowd. Officers were immediately stationed at the entrance to the grounds, and
the public were excluded.
After arriving at the White House the utmost quiet in and around the sick room was
secured, and the physicians—Dr. D. W.
Bliss having the chief management ofthe
case—and attending friends anxiously awaited further developments, the wound in the
side being probed to ascertain the direction
and whereabouts of the bullet. It was finally ascertained that, it had effected a lodg-
hient in or near the liver, lacerating that
Organ.
The first dispatches sent over the wires
telative to the probable result of the President's wounds were of a mixed and doubtful
nature. Soon more hopeful and
encouraging reports were telegraphed) the entire country awaiting th6
hews with alihOst bfeathless anxiety:
Early in the evening Of the 2d the news
Was of a discouraging nature, and the fears
bf a fatal termitiation cast a gloom over the
hearts 'df a waiting people; but later at
night more favorable symptoms were reported, and early on the morning of the
3d the glad intelligence was flashed over the
wires that the President; Swing to his niord
favorable condition and his robust constitution and courageous bearing, stood a good
chance to survive the terrible effects of the
wound in his body. The news continued quite favorable during the day, but
later on in the succeeding night a change
for the worse was reported, the President's
symptoms became decidedly unfavorable,
violent inflammation having set in, and
on the morning of the 4th—the anniversary
of our country's birthday—the sad intelligence was spread throughout the country
and cabled across the ocean that the Presi:
dent of the United States was lying at the
point of death from wounds inflicted by a
cowardly assassin. The preparations which
had been made for celebrating the 4th were
mainly abandoned In many sections of the
Union, or so modified as to be more befitting to the sadness caused by the critical
condition of the Chief-Magistrate of the
Nation.
Notwithstanding the fact that she had but
recently risen from a severe illness, from
which she had by no means fully recovered,
Mrs. Garfield, who was brought from Long
Branch by special train to the bedside of
Icr husband, exhibited the mostrheroic fortitude and presence of mind.   *
Speaking of the manner in which the news
of the'terrible tragedy was receded through*
out the country the Chicago Tribune of the
morning of the 4th says: "One of the most
remarkable features of the deplorable calamity is the intense anxiety of all classes
of people that the President may not die.
Republicans and Democrats and men of all
parties join in its expression. In every
part of the South as well as in the North,
and all through Canada, there is the same
manifestation of ardent hppe and desire
that the President will be restored to health
amd strength* The glad shouts and clapping
of hands by the crowds in front of the Trib-
une office all day yesterday, whenever an
encourging dispatch appeared, was an instance of this great anxiety."
Messages of sympathy were received at
Washington from the heads of foreign governments, and from almost every part of
the civilized world, as well as from all sections of our own country, came the earnest
expression of sincere prayers and hopes that
the efforts being used to save the life of the
President might be successful.
the vice-president.
Vice-President Arthur called at the White
House on the evening of the 3d, and paid
his respects to and expressed his sympathy
with Mrs. Garfield and her f amily. He had
been in communication with members of
the Cabinet ever since his arrival, and had
been governed in his action by their suggestions* An affecting account is given of his
meeting with Mrs. Garfield, on which occasion he was affected" to tears and exhibited
the most unmistakable anguish.
EX-SENATOR  CONKLING.
At New York, late on tho .evening".of the
3d, when ex-Senator Conkling had partially
recovered from the awful news, he left his
room and paced thoughtfully along the halls
of the Filth Avenue Hotel. "I hardly know
what to say," he remarked to a party of
gentlemen who met hinu "' I was prepared
for almost anything rather than this. Whenl
saw that dispatch in General Arthur's hands
t(j-day I was almost stunned. I felt as if I
could scarcely hold my breath. God grant
it be ndttrue. 1 cannot yet bring myself
to beljdYe it is as bad as was first reported.
Itis, if true, the most terrible scourge that
has afflicted this country since the murder
of Lincoln. And all I have to say further,
gentlemen, is (turning to go to his room and
throwing up his hands) may Heaven help
our country!"
TUB   A8SASSIX.
Charles J. Guiteau is his name. He wat
born at Freeport, 111., and is of French descent. He is about thirty-five or forty year,
of age. He hailed from Chicago, where he
was, or purported to be, a practicing lawyers
When first captured in the depot the prisoner made no resistance, saying that he had
contemplated the killing of the President,
and it was for the good of the country.
About nine o'clock he had gone to the
hack stand adjoining the depot to engage a
hack from Barton, a colored hackman. He
said he wanted to go to Glenwood Cemetery
in a short time, and wanted the hackman to
drive very fast when he should get in the
hack. He agreed to pay two dollars for the
hack on condition that the hackman would
drive fast. When stopped, the assassin was
going to the hack he had engaged, and he
insisted that it^was important for him to go
and deliver a message to General Sherman.
When the officers refused to let him go he
begged them to take a letter he had to General Sherman, of which the following is a
copjr:
"July 2,1881.
" To the "White House:
"The President's traffic death was a sad necessity, but it "will unite the Kepublican party
to save the Republic. Life is a flimsy dream
and it matters little when one eroes. A human
life is of small importance. During the watf
thousands of brive boys went down without
a tear. 1 presume the'President was a Christian, and that he will be happier in Paradise than here. It will be no worse
for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, to part with
her husband this way than by natural
death. He is liable tb go at any time
anyway. I had no ill-will toward the President. His death was a political necessity. I
am a lawyer, a theologian and a politican. I
am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts; I was with
General Grant and the rest of our men id
New York during- the canvass. I have some
papers lor the press which 1 shall leave with
Byron Andrews and his co-journalists at 1.430
New York avenue, where all reporters can
see them.   I am now jroing to the ,i ail.
'• Charles G-diteau.-"
The following letter was found on the1
street shortly after Guiteau's arrest. The
envelope was unsealed and addressed:
' 'Please deliver at once to General Sherman
or his first assistant in charge of the War
Department."
*' To General Sherman:
"I have just shot the President. I shot him
several times, as I wished him to go as easily
as possible. His death was a political necessity. I am a lawyer, theologian and politician.
I am Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with
General Grant and the rest of our men in New
York during the canvass. I am going to jail.
Please order out troops and take possession ot
the jail at dnce.      Very respectfully, .
" Ghakl-es GniTEAxr."
The Chicago1 dailies contain detailed accounts of the doings of Guiteau while iii
that city, all of which go to show that he
was very erratic and peculiar. He was
thought "by many to be a religious fanatic,
andin his writings usually styled himself
"a lawyer, theologian and politician. He
was pronounced crazy by many of those who
had dealings with him in Chicago, New
York, Washington and other cities. Frank
Gilbert, of the Chicago Evening Journalf
says he knew Guiteau and believed him in-
siiiie several ye'drs ago: Speaking soirie timd
ago of Guiteau's pretensions in Washing*1
irigton, General Logan said the man was
crazy. The National Republican, of Washington, says he had for months been a persistent
applicant at the State Department for an appointment as Consul, and had recently sent
Secretary Blaine several denunciatory letters, bitterly complaining of the Administra--
tion's neglect in not favorably recognizing
his application, and that paper thinks the
most natural explanation of the motive of
his act is that he had bfcen so long out of
employment, and had so persistently tried
to secure appointment without success, that
he had Jjecome so bankrupt in pocket, in influence and in character that he fancied the
President to be his especial enemy and the
cause of all his sorrows and trouble.
When being conveyed to the District Jail
from the police station, after his arrest,
Guiteau talked freely, and said what he had
done was for the good of the Republican
party aiid the tountfy. He had nothing
against President Garfield, but wanted Av=
thur td be President.-
Detective McElfresh, one' df the .ofnccfa
who conveyed the prisoner to the jail, says;
' 'I asked" him: ' Is there ans'body else with
vou in this matter?' and he answered 'Not a
living soul; I cdntemplated this thing for
the last six weeks; and would hitvc shot hini
when he went away with Mrs. Garfield; but
I looked at her, and she looked so bad that I
changed my mind.'
The description of the prisoner, as shown
on the books at police headquarters in
Washington, is as follows; "Charles Gui-
teauj arrested at 9:20 a. m.; July 2,1881;
fdr shooting President Garfield; Aged thirty-six, white, born in the United States and
by profession a lawyer. Weight 130 pounds;
has dark brown, thin whiskers and a sallow
complexion; dressed in a dark suit, with a
black slouch hat."
Speaking of the prisoner the Chicago
Times says:   •
"He is about forty years of 8ge, has a
strongly-marked French accent, aud is a native of freeport, til. He made his appearance
in Chicago about ten years ago. and married a
Miss Scoville. He failed to make a living in
the practico of law, and soon became notorious as a boarding-house beat. By many he is
believed to have been insane for year.-?. He
threatened to shoot Miss Sweet for refusing
him a clerkship in the pension agency. He
never paid his office rent. He talked of
founding a great daily newspaper in Chicago,
and actually made contracts for dispatches.
Advertising himself ns a lawyer and theologian, he delivered lectures and wrote newspaper avticles on the Second Advent. For
months he pestered with his attentions a
young lady on the North Side, and had td be
threatened with arrest. During the past two
mt iiths he has haunted the Executive Mansion and demandedan appointment as ConsuT.
It can be truly said that he represents nothing
in Chicago save unpaid bills."
A special from Freeport, 111*, td the Chicago Inter Ocean saj»s!
"'Charles Julian Guiteau, who, it Is claimed,
attempted to ftssasinate President Garlield.was
born in this c'.ty, and is about forty years of
age. His. parents are old citizens of this
place, well known, highly respected, and
move in the first circles of Freeport society.
Mr. GUiteftu, the father of the assassin, held
the position of cashier in the Second
National Bank of this city for over twenty
years, which position he held up to
the time of his death, about one year ago.
The assassin, from his youth, has always been
ftjear and a terror to his parents, and, on account of his mean and SSubbom disposition
his father could not control him. He left
home some fifteen years ago, and has been
leading* a dissolute and immoral life ever
since. On account of his bad conduct and disreputable habits his father disowned him as a
son and always predicted that he would
bring di6g*ace upou the family. By those
who best know him here he was always considered peculiar, and with many eccentric notions. He was never considered of sound
mind by his parents, and at one time received
treatment for insanity. His father did all he
could to. ell'eet a cure, and make a steady man
of him, but of no avail, as he was bound to
have his own way. He has a mother, brother
and a si?ter living in this city and a brother in
Boston. The family is highly respected here
and have the sympathy of the community."
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—Among the latest uses to which it
is.proposed to put the electric light is
the illumination of rivers to permit the
rafting of logs at night. The Muskegon Boom Company will be the pioneer
hi this direction. In Baltimore experiments hare been made with a view to
illuminating water fit night to a depth
of two hundred feet. Such a means of
illumination, it is believed, would be of
great service in searching for lost treasure and drowned persons, in raising
wrecks, removing torpedoes, and other
subsequent labors. »
^—   » «-♦—	
. --A woman cannot put on any, sidesaddle style when she goes in swimming.
She has either got to kick out like *
mau or aret drowned.
Women May Be Masters in Chancer j
in   Illinois.
We are pleased to announce that Mrs.
£chucbardt, daughter of ex-Governor
Dougherty, the woman Master in Chancery
of Union County, has at last won her case.
Judge Harker, of the Circuit Court, paid
her the compliment of saying that she was
the most competent Master in his circuit,
but held that as she was a woman she could
not legally hold the office. She appealed to
the Appellate Court, composed of
Judges Casey, Baker and Wall, and
they, without giving any reason, or
writing an opinion, affirmed the judgment
of Judge Harker. Mrs. Schuchardt again
appealed and took the case to the Supreme
Court, and on last Tuesday that Court, by
Judge Scholfield, reversed the judgments
of the two courts below, and held that a
woman could hold the office of Master In
Chancer}^. One by one the old rules of law
which prevented woman from standing side
by side upon an equality with man are being removed by the liberal enactments of
the law-making power and the construction of our courts.—Chicago Legal A~ews.
Rich Find in a Trunk.
Ayoupgfellow who was one of the "reserve" was ordered to Rouen last year to
serve the usual fourteen days. He had no
trunk. His funds were low. He asked a
maiden aunt to lend him a trunk. She had
nothing but an old-fashioned portmanteau,
which was so queer he refused to take it.
He could, however, find no other, and,
ashamed as he was to be seen in such company, there was no help for it, shoulder it
he was obliged to* do. Offered employment
in Rouen, he made it his home. The
trunk lay hidden and forgotten in
a dark closet, until one day while
rummaging be came upon it. He
determined to send it back t O his aunt. As
he emptied it he found that it had a double
bottom; hs opened this double bottom; he
found in it $16,000. He carried It to the
bank and found the money good. He capered for joy, not only with his leg?, but
with his tongue; so news of the discovery
reached his aunt's ears, and she said the
money belonged to her, and she found the
junk dealer who had sold her the trunk; he
willingly became her witness to this fact,
but added: " Zat drunk ees my righds and
zat niohish ees mine." So they have all
gone to law.—Paris Gar. if.- O. Picayune.
The Comet*
IiOtrisviLiiE, Ky., June 27.
Prof. Klein, of Hartford, Ky., claims thai
he discovered the comet now attracting attention last September. In a letter published
in the Courier-Journal of to-morrow he says:
"This so-called newly-discovered comet
maybe new to the world at large, but it is
not new to' me,- as I have been gazing upon
this yery comet ever sinee last September.
You will remember that I tdld. you in my
letters that it would be visible to the naked
eye In Juiie or July, 1881, and that it would
notbe seen again f or seventy-nine years. Furthermore, it is not the comet of 1812, but itis
the comet of 1783, which was supposed to be
the cause of the terrific atmospherical disturbances of that year. I feel that I know
more about this comet than other astronomers, as I have nursed it, as it were, from
its first appearance until the present, and!
know my comet by sight just a3 a father
would know his children by seeing them.
Prof. Swift and other eminent scientists
have written to me in regard.to it from time
to time, ever since last fall." The Courier-
Journal of September 5 contains an account of the discovery of this comet by
Prof. Klein, in which he, at that time, said:
"I am df the opinion that the earth passed
through the tail of this comet, and that its
vapors so gerhieated our atmosphere as to
be the direct cause df the' teccnt unprecedented rain-fall all over the country. I believe it was the cause of the great snowstorm on the lakes early in the fall. Indeed)
the tail of the comet may have actually swept
all over that portion of the continent. Many
recent hurricanes can, I think, be accounted
for if we accept the above theory.j'
New York, June 27.
The comet has been successfully photographed by Prof *• Henry Draper at his observatory at Hastings on the Hudsou. Prof.
Draper obtained ^several negatives* The
impressions will be made and pic.ures distributed to men of science throughout the
world.
AlHanv, N. Y., June 37.
Prof. Boss, ofthe Dudley Observatory, says
of the comet now visible that it is neither
the comet of 1812 nor that of 1807.   It is the
one lately seen, by the observers in South
America.
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A "Singular Mistake.
A party of eight ladies and gentlemen
went to Dexter Friday to attend the funeral
of their father. The}' arrived In Dexter,
hired teams to drive them some eight miles
into the country, and stopped at the family
residence, prepared to see the house in
mourning. What was their surprise when
they found the doors and windows open,,
the occupants baking pies, and the supposed
dead man in a neighboring field contcntedly
hoeinghis corn. The sons and daughters
did not know whether to laugh or cry at this
turn of affairs, and the old folks were puzzled to know whether they ought to express
joy or sorrow at seeing them. The blunder
arose from a grandson of the old gentleman
in Augusta, who in some way got hold of
the report and spread the news by telegraph.—Matigor {2Te.) Commercial.
A Dog Dies of Grief.
At the burial this evening of the infant
daughter of Captain Joseph Roland it was
observed that the dog that had been allowed
to play with the child while alive had followed the remains to the grave; and white
arrangements were being made for the interment of the baby, the dog hung around
the corpse, moaning most piteously and
otherwise exhibiting its grief, and when the
gnive was opened it jumped hf and refused
to come out for coaxing or scolding. . At last
the dog was tied with a rope, and taken
from the ground and secured to a tree to
prevent its going into the grave again. Al ter
the burial rites were performed, and the
dog was approached to be turned loose, it
"was found dead.—Caldwell (Tex.) Cor. Galveston Jf&es.
 4-.*-»	
—It is a singular coincidence that Sir
Edward Thornton should be sent to an
other post alter serving at Washington
thirteen years, the exact leugth of time
his lather served in the British Legation in the same city. The latter, low-
ever, did not attain the rank of Minister. He Avas Secretary of Legation
and sometimes Charge d' Affaires"* He
was there as a young man before his
son, the present Miiuster, was born.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
—The Methodist Episcopal Church of
Iowa has a membership of 74,781.
—Pennsylvania has a new: la*vyr£tab!,r3
the first one to be adopted by any State,
forbidding the separation of white and
black children in the public schools.    *
—Dr. Sargent, instructor in the
Harvard Gymnasium, has been engaged,
by Andover Seminary, at the request of
the students, to make a physical examination and lay down a course of -exercise for each one.
—Ratio of ministers to members: Rer -
formed (Dutch) Church, 1 minister to
147; Presbyterian, 1 to 114; Protestant
Episcopal, 1 to 100; Congregational, 1
to 107; Methodist Episcopal,- 1 to 144.
The average in seventeen denominations is 1 to 141. '*•'
-—The singular spectacle of a Roman
Catholic Archbishop. and Presbyterian
ministers, noted for their aggressive
Protestantism, onthesameplatformwas
recently witnessed in Glasgow-. The ocr. •
casion was an expression of opposition,
to Mr. Bradlaugh's admission into Parliament.
—It is stated on statistical authority
that the non-evangelical denominations'
of the United   States, comprising "the?
Unitarian,  the' Universalist,  the -New'
Jerusalem or Swedenborgian ahd the?
" Christian"   Churches, numbered al-f
together nineteen churches or societies
less in 1880 than in 1840, and 472 less in
1880 than in 1860. '-*■ * ■■*
—The Charleston (S. C.) News, speaks
enthusiastically of the success Of the
Claflin University at Orangeburg, a
State institution for the education of
colored students exclusively. - Connected with it are a normal school, !a"
branch of the State Agricultural College and a Mechanics1 lnstitute,the university, as a whole, being directed by
co-operating Boards of Trustees. The
Faculty in the different departments
number nine. , ,
r—The first Presbyterian Church of
Trenton, !N7 3., celebrated the f ortifeth
anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev.
Dr. John Hall, May 31st, by the presentation of a life-sized photograph, a
gold watch and a chain, and a-seal. Dr.
Hall said he had preached 5,000 sermons and made half as many addresses.
During his pastorate over 1,000 burials
of members had taken place and inore
persons had been married in the church
than could now be accommodated with
seats.
—The Bishop of London has expressed some misgivings as to the effeefc
of the revised "New Testamentfofi youhg
elergymen and on other indiscreet and
ignorant persons. The Bishop-vvarns
them that it is not yet permissible to
use or even to criticise the new version.
f>Tot until the Old .Testament has also
been revised will the New Testament
revision be before the Church for consideration, and not until the whole
work has been approved of by clergy
and laity will it be ripe for authorizar
tion, and not until the proper authority
has been ascertained—and the Bishop
does not seem to be at all certain about -
it—will that authorization be given. In
the"meantime the Bishop deprecates
any invidious comparisons between the
new and the Old versions. --*• --*■
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
—A feast of freezin"—ice cream.—
Toronto Globe. -
—An umbrella is different from a
man in that it is only good for something when it is used up.—Boston Post.
—-A mucilage factory recently burned
in Rhode Island. The sad affair cast a
glu'em over the entire community.—
Detroit Free Press. \
—A strange astronomical phenomenon is seen in the fact that when the
irate father takes downThis trunk-strap
there are liable to be spots on the son.
—Lowell Citizen.,
—Spoons with a bowl at each eh d
have made their appearance. An indention that would enable a pair of
lovers to eat ice cream with the same
weapon has long been needed.—-Philadelphia Chronicle Becord.
' —Capt. Bogardus' feat of breaking
500 glass balls in twenty-five minutes
and fifteen seconds has been excelled by "
a Philadelphia man, who was carrying a
basket of glass balls to a shooting range
and stepped on a banana j>eel.—Phila- .
delphia News.
—Probably the meanest man on record keeps a boarding-house in San-Domingo. Last winter an earthquake
turned the edifice clear upside down
and the very next morning he began
charging the garret lodgers, first floor
prices.—Ban Francisco Post.    -     ..  _,
—'Twas in the art gallery the other
afternoon. They were looking at a plaster cast of Mercury. '"Pretty lively
boy, Mercury was, wasnt he?"* remarked one of the spectators. ''le-e-s,
but he has got to shin up the thermometer tube a little more actively if he
wants to keep up his reputation,1' suggested the other. And both feeling
very chilly they went out and warmed
up.—New Haven Begister. .-
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WJ«y Ostriches Eat Stones.
An ostrich's digestion is aided' by
stones.or pebbles, which the bird puts
into its stomach to grind the food it lias
eaten. This habit is brought out by the
following narrative told in Forest 'and
Stream, of a visitor's experience, while
at an ostrich farm in South Africa:
The firstfttmiliarity one ot them ventures to take is to make a snap at our
neck. We give him a slap and stand
back. .
" O! he's only after your breast-pin,1'
says the farmer; "1 forgot to tell you
to keep' your jewelry out of sight."
This is easily removed, but the inquisitive bird makes a peck at tlie top
button of my coat, and when I find at
last that he does not seem to be. very
strong in the beak, and that this is not
his weapon of offense, I let him continue
the operations. > .-,       "^i
If we ask why these birds* have a
passion for butt-ms aud studs* and bright
things generally, inetudiug jttcl-o-knives,
the farmer replies that tbey-'are'" in.- the
habit of eating pebbles and stones to
help .digestion by thetiituratioh of their
food. The harder the stone the better,
- and it is probable they assQbi-ite bright--
BQSS with hardness*
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