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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JULY H, 1881.
VOL. I-NO. 35.
nWSiSJ*!i^W
NEWS SUMMARY.
Important lnteiiigen.ee from All Parte.
Doniestic.
Three "fatal cases of sun-stroke were reported in Chicago on the Sth, and twenty
deaths from cholera infantum. The burial
permits reached the extraordinary number
of seventy-nine.
AT Piscastaquog, K. H., early on the
morning of the Sth Frank Hutchinson found
two burglars rifling his pockets. He seized
one of them and fell down stairs with him.
Mrs. Hutchinson came to her husband's aid
with a revolver, aud pounded the thief's
head until he succumbed. Then the police
were called, and, after taking away the injured burglar, they captured the other.
The Secretary ofthe Treasury submitted
to the Attorney-General the question
whether National Banks should be permitted
to deposit any lawful money other than
greenbacks to the credit of the fund for the
redemption of circulating notes. A decision
has been prepared holding that gold and
silver may be deposited for the redemption
. of circulating notes, and that coin may also
be paid out by the Treasurer in redemption
of National Bank notes.
The American Bible Society met in "New
Tork on the Sth. The receipt of !$3I',391
during the month of June was acknowledged. It was reported that 107,285 volumes
of the Scriptures had been distributed during the month.
Mes. Howe's defunct Ladies' Deposit
Bank, Boston, will pay depositors five cents
on the dollar.
DCEES-Cr a thunderstorm in the vicinity of
Decatur, Ala., a few days ago, lightning
struck a bam where anumber of people had
sought shelter, and fourpersons were killed
and eight others seriously injured.
The feeding-barns of J. "Fermenich, near
the stock-yards at Buffalo, ST. Y., took fire
on the afternoon of the Sth, and 862 head of
cattle were burned, on which the loss was
$2S,000.
By the payment of P5,000, the Erie
County Savings Bank of Buffalo,. ST.. Y.,
has recovered $99,000 in stolen securities.
J. W. (xashwh.ee, a mining operator in
San Francisco, has filed a petition of insolvency, with liabilities of §520,000.
The heat was excessive in the "West on
the 9th and 10th. There were seven fatal
cases of sun-stroke at Dayton, Ohio, on the
10th, one of the victims being Dr. "W". I*.
Eeinn, a noted physician. At St. Louis the
thermometer indicated over 100 degrees.
Nine policemen were forced to give up their
beats, andthe morgue was crowded with
corpses of those prostrated by the heat. In
Cincinnati the temperature was 10S degrees,
the highest for nine years. Thirteen deaths
from sun-stroke were reported. srewere
twelve fatal cases in Indianapol so, and
cases almost numberless were re Hi from
the agricultural regions tribut. to Chicago.
The track of the Kentucky Ce «..   Railroad, for a distance of two hunc   *  miles,
was narrowed from five feet to tl   «*"* .ndard
■gauge on ths 10th,
- The First Comptroller of the ■*- -asury
,'has decided;that clerks in local Ig._^ offices
must not be paid from the proceeds of sales
of Indian lands, and moneys so disbursed
must be refunded.
Five inmates of the Reform School at
Portland, Me., recently threw pepper in the
eyes of Keeper Flint, knocked Min down,
took his keys and escaped.
The Buffalo City Directory for 18S1 contains 52,500 names, which, it is claimed,
represent a population of about 170,000.
The Indians ou the reservation at Fort
Hall, Idaho, have granted the right of way
to the Granger & Oregon Railroad.
Bowex Brothers, wholesale grocers of
San Francisco, suspended on tbe 9th, with
liabilities amounting to $50,000 and assets of
§20,000.
Personal and Political.
IK a letter to the Attorney-General, published on the 7th, "Mx. Conkling calls attention to the broad distinction between assailing the life of an individual and an attempt
to take a life of special value to the whole
people, and suggests rigorous punishment
for assaults on high Executive oflicers.
A Natiokae Greenback Camp-meetestg
is to be held at Bismarck Grove, near Lawrence, Kansas, thirty-eight miles west of
Kansas City, beginning Monday, August 1,
and to last through the week. Peter Cooper
has been invited to preside at the meeting,
and the opening address, August 2, at ten a.
m., will be made by GeneralJ. B. "Weaver.
The British Government has appointed
L. L. West as Minister at "Washington.
In accordance with the arrangement of the
previous day, fifteen Senators and fifty-one
Assemblymen of the STew York Legislature
met in caucus at Albany on the 8th to place
in nomination two Republican candidates to
succeed Messrs. Conkling and Platt. At the
opening of the caucus a letter was read from
ChaunceyM. Depew, thanking the Legislators who had voted for him during the previous five weeks, and Stating that he could
no longer allow the use of his name in connection with the Senatorship. This
course he adopted, he said, in the
interest of harmony, and that New
York may not be without representation in the Senate when Congress meets. It
was determined that fifty-four votes were
necessary to a nomination, and that the
nominee for a successor to Mr. Platt should
be first selected. On the fourth ballot Congressman "Warner Miller received sixty-two
votes, and his nomination was made unanimous. Candidates to succeed Mr. Conkling
were then balloted for, and on the second
ballot Congressman Bridge G* Lapham received sixty-five votes, all that were cast,
and was declared the nominee of the caucus,
which then adjourned.
Prof. C. V, Eiley has been appointed
Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, in place of J. H. Comstock, resigned, Prof. Riley formerly held the same
position.
In the New York Legislature on the 9th
the vote for United States Senator to succeed Mr. Conkling (short term) was as follows: Lapham, 67;Potter (Dem), 50; Conkling, 81; Wheeler, 1. When Senator Astor's
name was called he stated that he and other Republican members of the Legislature
had determined to not enter any "snap"
conference such as that of the day before; he
also claimed that if the two men nominated
were elected,it would throw the United States
House of Representatives into the hands of
the Democrats; he voted for Mr. Conkling.
Senator McCarthy agreed that the majority
had the right to call the caucus, as had been
done; he voted for Mr. Lapham. Several
other explanations of voteeiwere made. Mr.
Derrick, who had previously constantly
Voted for Mr, Conkling; ca$t hl'8 fote this
time for Mr. Lapham. The vote for a successor to Mr. Platt (long term) resulted as
follows: Miller, 6S; Kernan (Dem.), 50;
Wheeler, 19.   No choice in either case.
The wife of Colonel Frank Bridgman, ol
General Sheridan's staff, fell dead of heart
disease in New York on the 9th. Her body
was tenderly carried into a banking office,
and a message sent to General Hancock by
her daughter and nephew. The deceased
lady was a sister of General McDowell, and
was on her way to her cottage at Martha's
Vineyard.
Emory Speer, an Independent Congressman from Georgia, denies a rumor that he
had informed the President that he would
vote with the Republicans in organizing the
National House of Representatives.
Bishop Kekfoot, of the Diocese of
Pittsburgh, died at Meyersdale, Pa., on the
10th, after a prolonged illness.
Phineas W. Hithcock, ex-United
States Senator from Nebraska, died in
Omaha on the 10th, the direct cause being
over-exertion in the sun.
foreign.
Among the persons captured by Indians
in the recent stage coach attacknear El Paso
was a son of ex-Senator Pugh, of Ohio.
King Kalakaua has reached London, on
his tour westward around the world.
A London telegram of the 7th says: "Dr.
Bucke, of the London asylum, believes
Guiteau to be in Mil possession of his mental faculties, but a moral idiot, incapable of
feeling any affection and utterly destitute of
conscience, and he should be killed like a
mad-dog, as he is dangerous to be at large."
Lefroy, the English newspaper reporter
who recently murdered a Mr. Gold in a
compartment of a carriage of the London &
Brighton Railway, and threw the body of
his victim out of the car window, was arrested in East London on the 8th. He made
a full confession of his crime.
On the Sth Mr. Forster, Secretary for Ireland, received a deputation of Irish laborers and promised relief as far as practicable.
James R. Keene gave to the poor of
Paris five thousand francs from the grand
prize won by Foxhall.
A company has been formed in Paris
with a capital of "$10,000,000, to develop the
mineral resources of Canada.
A daughter of the English General
Fyers fell into the sea at Hyeres, France,
on the Sth, and in the effort of her mother
and sisters to save her all were drowned.
Eight hundred inhabitants of Northampton, the borough represented by Bradlaugh, have petitioned the House of Commons not to admit him.
It is reported that the farmers of France
count on a good crop of wheat, and declare
that the vintage will be one of the best for
fifteen years.
In receiving a deputation of Irish farm-
laborers recently Cardinal Manning expressed the hope that, under the guidance of the
Irish Bishops and clergy, the Land League
would be directed into a safe path.
Oyer fifty persons were recently killed by
the fall of a roof of a church in San Matto,
Mexico. Thirty women at worship were
among the victims.
The Governor of Tripoli forbids Europeans to travel inthe Interior without authority from the Grand Vizier.
Large quantities of telegraph wire are
being imported into Tien-tsin, China, to
connect that city with the southern towns
of Europe. The work is done by a Danish
Company.
The French courts have condemned M.
Asselin, who killed St. Victor in a duel in
May, to imprisonment for four months and
to pay to the family of his victim damages
to the amount of 100,000 francs.
Tlie "Wounded President.
TnE President's condition continued favorable throughout the 10th, and up to the
morning of the llth the bulletins, official
and otherwise, were in the highest degree
reassuring. It was thought that one extremely encouraging feature of the case was
the disposition and ability of the sufferer to
obtain rest through natural and healthy
sleep, his experience in this regard being
more satisfactory on the 10th than at any
previous time since he was shot. Dr. Bliss
is reported as saying the President'.s improvement in his rest was very reassuring;
he had a good appetite and assimilated his
food well. The doctor added: "He is doing very, very well. We are confident of
his recovery.''
When Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of the Christian Church in Washington, spoke to the
President soon after the shooting and said
to him: "Mr. President, you have long
trusted in God, and I say to you that the
heart of the whole people will go out to God
in prayer that you may be saved," the President answered, calmly: "I know it, Doctor; I believe in God, and trust myself in
His hands. To the physicians who examined him at a critical moment the President
said: "Conceal nothing from me, Doctor,
for remember that I am not afraid to die."
When the evidence of internal hemorrhage
became unmistakable and all the indications
pointed to his early dissolution, the Presi*-
dent turned to Dr. Bliss and asked:- "Are
the prospects bad, Doctor? Don't be afraid;
tell me frankly. I am ready for the worst."
"Mr. President," replied Dr. Bliss, "your
condition is extremely critical. I do not
think you can live many hours," "God's
will be done," he firmly responded; ' 'I'm
ready to go if my time has come."
The New York Assembly, by arising vote
on the Gth. unanimously adopted resolutions declaring that '' this Assembly, recognizing in James A. Garfield a Chief
Magistrate sincerely desirous of fulfilling
the responsible duties of his high office with
loyal regard to the interests of the whole
country, does* hereby tender him
its profound sympathy and respect, and the
assurance that, with humble submission to
Divine Providence, the Assembly does most
earnestly hope for his speedy return to
health and to the exercise of the duties to
which the people called him; that to the
family of the President, and especially to
his heroic and devoted wife, we tender our
heartfelt condolence and assurance of our
sympathetic regard."
A Washington dispatch of the 5th says
the physicians who were caring for the President had not lost sight of Mrs. Garlield.
She was extremely feeble, as might be expected when one considers how short a time
had elapsed since she arose from a bed of
sickness which threatened death. Tf Mrs.
Garfield had her way, she would pass nearly
all other time by the President's bedside;
but ihe physicians would not permit it. The
night before she had a good sleep. When
she awoke in the morning her first question
was as to the condition of the President.
When informed that he was better, sbe said:
" I told you he would not die." She had »
tinn conviction from the first that the President would survive his wounds.
A telegram of the 6th says it had beer,
suggested in Washington that, in case tho
President should recover, of which there
were then strong hopes, there should be a
National celebration, as a sort of postponed
Fourth of July, to give expression to tho
popular rejoicing.
It is said tho first prayers that were offered publicly in behalf of the wounded President were at the Eighth Street Hebrew
Synagogue in Washington. The congregation was in attendance on the morning of the
2d (Saturday beyjg the Jewish Sabbath),
when news of the assassination was brought
in. The whole congregation immediately
rose and joined inthe service for the President and those in authority.
Major Swaim states that early on the afternoon of the 10th the President desired to
see one of the bulletins which he had heard
some one speak of as having been issued.
The latest bulletin was brought from the
Secretary's office and handed him. After
perusing it, he remarked, smilingly, thathe
did not think it necessary to put his name
before the country every few hours. Major
Swaim thought that with the 10th the greater
part of the danger would have passed,"and,
unless something unfavorable occurred, of
which there was then no indication, the
President would gradually improve, and his
ultimate recovery be merely a question of
time. "His recovery," the Major continued,
"will necessarily be slow and tedious, but
in my opinion he is now on the sunny side
of life again."
The announcement made on the 7th that
the New York Chamber of Commerce had
subscribed $250,000 to be presented to Mrs.
Garfield was premature. A subscription for
the purpose mentioned Avas started, and has
been quite liberally responded to in New
York and other cities, the total amount subscribed up to the 10th being over $100,000.
The proposition was to make the subscription a National one, and some leading citizens and newspapers favored making its
payment conditional upon the President's
death.
On the night of the 10th Governor Foster,
of Ohio, sent the following telegram to the
Governors of the different States and Territories :
"Present indications encourage the hope
that thePresidentwill recover fro tn the effects
of the horrible attempt upon his life. It must
occur to all that it would be most fitting for.
the Governors ot" the several States and 'Territories to issue proclamations setting* Apart a
day, to be generally agreed upon, tor thanksgiving* and praise to Almisrhty* God forthe
blessed deliverance of our President, and for
this great evidence of His goodness to this Ka.-
tion. If this suggestion meets your approbation, permit me to name the Governors of N&w
York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and
Ohio as a committee to fix upon a day to be so
observed.   Please reply."
In nearly all the churches throughout the
•country—Catholic, Cs^ckss, Jewish, etc.—
special and fervent prayers were offered on
the 10th for the recovery of the President,
and many sermons were preached on the
subject of the assassination.
LATER   "NEWS.
The condition of the President was reported as still favorable on the morning of
the 12th, the surgeons being well pleased
with a.l the symptoms^ in the case. Dr.
Reyburn said on the llth: "I am encouraged by every day's report, and I expect to
be able to say, when the week is gone, that
the President is absolutely out of danger."
Dr. Bliss, said: "By the end of this week I
have the strongest faith that the President
will be out of danger and will be growing
stronger." Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, of New
York, stated that the latest symptoms of
the President's case indicated nothing but
gradual improvement. Dr. Carnachan, of
New York, another prominent surgeon, believed the patient had passed the critical periods, and was out of danger. Dr. Revburn
said that an effort to remove the ball would
not be made until the operation could be
performed without danger. The Jennings
system of reducing the temperature of the
sick-room had been tested and worked admirably. The temperature of the room on
the llth was thus reduced to about seventy
degrees, and the change had been very grateful to the patient.
Bradlaugh has announced his intention
to assert his rights as a member of Parliament at the bar of the Commons on the 3d
of August.
The contributions to the fund for the wife
and children of President Garfield at four
p. m. on the llth amounted to $122,755.
In the Joint Convention of the New York
Legislature on the llth the ballot for a
United States Senator to succeed Mr. Conkling (short term) resulted as follows: Lapham, 60; Potter (Dem.), 48; Conkling, 28;
Cornell, 1; Fish, 1. Necessary to a choice,
70. For successor to Mr. Platt (long term)
the vote was: Miller, 61; Kernan (Dem.).
48; Wheeler, 18; scattering, 11. Necessary
to a choice, 70.
A Committee of the Stalwart members of
the New York Legislature on the llth addressed a public letter to the Chairmen and
members of the Republican Caucus Committees ot the Senate aud Assembly, urging
that a new caucus be called, on the ground
that the one at which Messrs. Lapham and
Miller were nominated was irregular, and
that the nominees were not the choice*of the
Republicans of the State. The Committee
also urge that the election of Lapham and
Miller to the United States Senate would
endanger the supremacy of the Republicans
in the next National House of Representatives, and it enters into a lengthy statement
going to show how the Democrats may
prevent the successors of Lapham and
Miller from taking their seats
until after the organization of the
House of Representatives. Senator McCarthy, Chairman of the Senate Caucus
Committee, replied to the address, telling
the Committee that each of them and every
Republican member of the Legislature was
invited by public notice, by circular and
personally, to attend the caucus at which
Messrs. Lapham and Miller were nominated;
that two-thirds of the Republican Legislators did attend; that the caucus and the
nominations were regular. Mr. McCarthy
also claimed that there was little or no reason to tbink that the reorganization of the
next National House of Representatives
would take place iu the absence of the successors of Lapham and Miller. In view of
the facts ,-tated in the answer Mr. McCarthy
says: " The majority of the Senate Com
mittce decline to reopen the question of
candidates on the ground that the Committee has no power in the premises. The.
power to call a joint caucus for nominating
candidate-s for United States Senators has
been exercised by superior authority, and is
exhausted. If the committee were to assume the authority to call another caucus, it
will be an act of usurpation, and would lead
to complications much more embarrassing
than any which have hindered our efforts to
discharge an obvious public duty."
Up to the,evening of the llth Governor
Foster had received telegrams* from the Governors of Indiana, Massachusetts, Kansas,
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois,
Virginia, Alabama,Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, Nebraska,
Vermont, Florida, New Jersey, West Virginia and Wyoming Territory, approving
the suggestion in reference to fixing a day
to be observed as a praise day for the recovery of President Garfield. The Governor of
Georgia was added to the Committee on
Date, I
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Interesting Incidents Connected With the
Dastardly Attempt "Upon the Xlfe of th*
President—Tho Miserable Assassin.
A Washington dispatch of the 9th gives
Colonel Rockwell's account of the tragedy
as follows:
"Ihad several pieces of baggage to dispose of, and so drove directly to the baggage-room, and was getting the checks,
when I heard a crack, crack, with an interval between the shots as long as it would
take to cock a pistol. On the sill of the door
leading from the ladies' parlor into the general reception-room, or main hall, stood Secretary Blaine, calling for'me and pointing
to the would-be assassin Guiteau. It was a
terrible thought, but nevertheless one which
flashed across my mind, that the President
had been shot. Quickly I had the President's carriage brought to the main door,
the cushions arranged to make the President
as comfortable as possible, and was prepared
to take him directly to the Mansion. The
physicians advised against it, and for the
best. After Ihad written from his dictation
a touching telegram to his wife, and a hasty
examination had been made up-stairs, he
was removed to the ambulance. The President put his right hand in mine and the
driver was cautioned to proceed slowly over
the cobble-stone pavement until we reached
the*concrete at Seventh street. We had
traveled but two squares from the depot
when he asked: 'How far are we now?' and
in a subdued voice said: ' It hurts, oh! it
hurts.' At Thirteenth street he again asked:
•Where are we now?' I told him, and he
urged us to go a little faster.
"You know, the ladies' room, where the
shots were fired, is about twenty feet wide
—that is from the door-sill to the opposite
hall. The aisle-way leading to the main
hall is formed by a double row of seats heavily cushioned and of large frame work.
When the President entered the depot with
Secretary Blaine, he was in his cheeriest
mood. He passed half-way down the aisle,
Blaine preceding him a very few steps.
Guiteau stood at the inside end of the row
of seats near the main entrance on the left,
when he fired the first shot, which did the
President no harm, for he" turned to see
from whence the sound came, and saw
Guiteau advancing. He was preparing to
leap over the seat, that is he realized when
he turned partially around that the
man had fired at him. He instantly determined to attack the man. The
next instant the President would have been
face to face with Guiteau. His confidence
in his ability to spring over the barrier, for
the back of the seats is about four feet high,
flashed upon him, and his whole muscular
strength was strained for the act, when he
fell forward, struck by the second shot.
Guiteau was behind him. The instant he
pulled the trigger the first time he stepped
forward four feet. It was but the very
fraction of a second between the explosion
and the President's alarm. That fraction
was on the side of the would-be assassin.
His purpose was also to fire a second shotj
aud he stepped quickly forward to get as
near the President as possible. They were
not six feet apart, so that the instant
the President realized the situation his
intense activity of mind and muscle made
him aggressive, and it was at that instanthe
received the staggering bullet and fell forward against the wainscoting of the reception-room, at the head of the aisle leading to
the main hall. Till now the impression
seems to have gained a hold that Guiteau's
act was done so quickly that the President
did not comprehend what was going on. It
is true, as I told you a while ago, that the
reports of the firing were so close together
that it could not have been longer than it
would take to cock a pistol, yet during this
time Guiteau was advancing and the President preparing to advance upon his assailant. Any one who Will take his watch and
carefully observe the beats of the second hand will be surprised at the
distance one can get over in a second if
impelled by a strong motive. The position
in which Guiteau stood made it neeessary
for him to shoot at nearly an angle of forty
degrees, while the position of the body of
the President was also at about the same
angle with the seats when the ball struck
his right side. With this understanding of
the position of the two, it is evident that the
ball met with great resistance and was deflected. Its natural course would have been
through the body, passing out over the
pelvis, so it is a reasonable theory that, upon
entering the interior of the body, its force
had been exhausted, and the internal injury
is less than was at first supposed. All of
which gladdens tis with increased hope and
conviction that his recovery is now only a
question of time."
On the day of the attempted assassination,
when informed that there was only one
chance in a thousand that he would live,
President Garfield promptly replied: "We
will take that one chance, then," and it is
the opinion of.many that the innate courage
and hopefulness of the wounded President
have had quite as much to do with bringing
him successfully through so far as the undoubted medical skill exercised in his behalf.
Arecent Washingtontelegram says: "Telegrams and letters from all parts of the
country continue to pour into the White
House and State Department. This morning's mail brought something like a bushel
of letters to the State Department, all touching upon the attempted assassination of the
President. Accompanying many letters
were handsomely engrossed resolutions
adopted by city councils or public meetings
of citizens. It is the purpose of the Department to carefully preserve all these letters and telegrams, with the ultimate view
of having them arranged, classified and
printed. They will doubtless make several
large volumes."
Colonel Rockwell, when he went into the
sick-room on the morning of the 9th, found
the President lookuig decidedly improved.
His voice was stronger, and he manifested a
strong disposition to talk, and had to be restrained. As Col. Rockwell stood by the
President's bedside the latter said: "I
hear that the Catholics have been saying
masses for my recovery.   Is that true, Rock-
'It is," responded  the  latter.
well?"
"Were they spontaneous, or ordered?"
asked the President. "Both," said Rockwell.
"Well" said the President, "when I get xip
I must make some 'recognition of this
Christian act."
The three children of the President then
in Washington, the eldest boys—Harry and
Jim—and the daughter, Miss Mollie, had
been very anxious to sec their father, and so
on the morning of the 9th they were allowed
to go into the sick-room, one by one, speak
to him and then pass out. The president
smiled pleasantly as he grasped his children
by the hand and kissed them tenderly. He
spoke a few words to each, and then they
withdrew,
Vice-President Arthur called at the White
HouSe on the morning of the 9th. There
were some of the members of the Cabinet
there, and he remained for about fifteen
minutes only, conversing with them and the
doctors. He expressed his gratification at
the improvement in the President's condition. The Vice-President was reported to
be looking better than he had looked during
the previous week, but he was still haggard
and pale. Thefe was no doubt that the
events of the previous week had affected
him deeply.
When asked as to the President's view of
death, Captain Henry, who had just come
from the sick-room, said: "General Garfield has lived an intellectual life, and has
taken a wider and more comprehensive view
of life and its results than most people. He
has to my knowledge canvassed the subject
of death in all its phases, and years ago came
to look upon it as an everyday adjunct of
life. He has always been prepared for it,
and looks upon its approach calmly. Then
he has a strong Christian faith. He became
a Christian in early life, and has remained
one ever since, although he has studied
deeply into religious and scientific subject's.
With him religion was an emotional matter
—a subject moving the heart and affections,
and he believed that assu-h it shouldbe
cultivated to the fullest extent. He and
Mrs. Garfield have talked this subject* of
death over time and again, and they most
thoroughly understand each other. The
faith of boihl)5,unite4 in one great Strength-
I^^^Tftr^fr"^^
>
ening Arm Which upholds them in a time of
affliction like this, and so both accept the inevitable with an obedient faith in the will of
God, and without stubbornness to His de-
crc6 •' *
In ah iht'erviewwith a correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press at Mississippi City,
Jeff. Davis isreported as saying: " This assault on General Garfield is a horrible crime.
There ean be but one sentiment among the
people of this country at the enormity of the
offense. What it may forbode to the country is hard to determine. When a man will
kill the President because he refuses him
office, what may not be expected? Assassination is usually the outgrowth of seasons of
galling oppression. Even then it is the resort of a force or sentiment too cowardly for
revolution and too contemptible for civilization to tolerate. But this crime is without
even the excuse of excitement. A vulgar
man murders the President in his wild delirium about office. Such a crime makes the
wiiole Nation kin, alters all prejudices, and
hushes partisan thought.''
At a prayer-meeting on the night of the
Sth Rev. H. W. Beecher said: -«In the history of this country there has never been
such a week of prayers as this last week,
and I hope the families of this Christian
church have been united in that prayer for
the President, and now when from day to
day we have been cheered with growing
hopes, and to-day cheered more and more,
I hope the brethren will not fail to give
thanks to God for the benefit received. In
the assault upon our President the Nation
received a shock which was on a large scale
an equivalent of the shock which President
Garfield's system received from the bullet.
The Nation was for a moment in the condir
tion of a child that wakes at midnight and
cries for nurse or mother and finds neither
of them."
the assassin.
A Washington telegram ofthe 9th says:
"There is general commendation of the
course pursued in regard to Guiteau. What
he would like would be that the newspaper
reporters should have access to him, that
his opinions and doings should be spread
abroad, and that he should be allowed to
feed his love of notoriety by gloating over
the papers daily. Instead of this, no information is allowed to reach him, and no one
is allowed to visit him save the law-officers
of the Government and District. This seclusion is the worst punishment that could be
inflicted upon him, and he chafes under it. A
Company of artillery is stationed inside the
jail-wall, and an officer is constantly on
guard ib the corridor in front of Guiteau's
cell. One of the Deputy-Wardens is also
there constantly} but they are forbidden to
speak to him. They are placed so that they
could see and instantly frustrate any attempt at suicide or escape. There is no
possibility of his breaking out, or of a mob
breaking'in to him. The outer-wall of the
prison is three feet thick. Within that is a
corridor eighteen feet wide* Then comes
another three'feet, of masonry, and inside!
this are the cells.-''
A New York dispatch of the 9th says
Guiteau joined Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in 1S67, and his name is No. 2,422 upon
the rolls of the church. He remained in the
church until 1S09, when his connection was
discontinued. He took a letter with him
when he went away. Some of the attendants
of Plymouth Church recalled him to mind
when they saw his picture, and say that he
was in the habit of speaking at the Friday
evening meetings. His talk was rational,
and nothing is remembered about it that
pointed to insanity. Guiteau was admitted
to the church by letter.
Chief Brooks, of the Secret Service Division, and who has been investigating with a
view to ascertaining whether Guiteau was a
member of a conspiracy, has come to the
conclusion that there had been no conspiracy, but that Guiteau acted alone.
Chief Brooks does not think Guiteau is insane. He i-j only eccentric, but. his eccentricity is of a fanatical and exceedingly mean
and dangerous variety.
Mrs.TheodoreDunsmore,ofLeadville,Col.,
the divorced wife of Guiteau, says he was
very cruel to her from the time of their marriage. When he Was a member of Henry
Ward Rdecher's church he would lead -in
prayer, and as soon as the meeting was dismissed would tell her of some of his swindling schemes, among others, that, when
given a note to collect for a client, he would
turn oyer one-half of his collection and report that it was impossible to collect the remainder. She thinks the attempt to assassinate the President was simply prompted by
his morbid desire for notoriety, for which
he would, she thinks, give his life.
Speaking of a report that he had loaned
Guiteau the money with which, he bought
the pistol, Colonel Bob Ingersoll said: "'He
asked me to loan him money, but I did not
do it. Of course, no man would loan
him money to buy a pistol to shoot any one,
The mean little whelp just cringed and
fawned until he begged it of some one,
avowing some great need or meritorious object for its use." On being asked if he
thought Guiteau insane, the Colonel replied: "No more than I am. Do you know
he has not yet given his true reason for
shooting Garfield? He shot him," saidthe
Colonel, " because he had been put
out of the White*House. The cursed little
egotist believed that he was mainly responsible for the election of Garfield, and he wanted
official recognition and reward for his labor.
He forced his way into the President's
room, and he was put out of it by his order.
This touched his vanity, and so prayed on
his egotism that he resolved on revenge.
Having made up his mind to kill the President, he sought for a reason that would
give a color of justification to the act. He
is lawyer enough to know that if he avowed
any personal hostility to the President his
act would show malice; so he carefully refrained from any expressions on the subject.
The quarrel between Conkling andth.c President gave him the desired reason. He put
it on the ground of patriotism, and eagerly
avows that he had no personal reason for
shooting the President. Have you noticed
that never since his arrest has he alluded to
the fact that he was ejected from the White
House?"
GUITEAU'S PISTOL.
Washington, July 9.
The report of O. M. Poe and James 31.
Whittcmore, who tested the force of the
bullet from Guiteau's pistol, has been handed to Colonel Corkhil 1. The pistol used was
a counterpart of that with which Guiteau
fired, except that the grip is of wood instead of ivory.* The Weapon is marked
" British bulldog," is double-acting, has a
reversing cylinder containing five chambers,
each of one and one-quarter inches in length
and forty-four one-hundredths of an inch
caliber. The barrel is two and a half inches
long. In the experimental firing three
cartridges of the four found on Guiteau, and
furnished to the testers by Colonel
Corkhill, were used, as well as three
similar cartridges furnished by Detective McElfresh. The fourth of Guiteau's
cartridges, and another furnished by the detective, were tised for the purpose of weighing the powder and determining its quality.
The target was made of six pine boards,
each one inch in thickness, and placed one
behind the other at intervals of one inch.
First, ascertaining that the .pistol was in
complete order, shots were fired from it at
the target -from a distance of four feet. The
results are given as follows: No. 1 Went
through three boards, and glanced on the
fourth. No. 2. went through three boards
and bedded in the fourth. No. 3 went
through one board and lodged in the second
with the point through. No. 4 went through
two boards and bedded in the third. No. 5
went through two boards and half through
the third. No. 0 went through two boards
and bedded in tho third. In each ease
where a bullet bedded it badly splintered
the rear of the* board. The average penetration from the foregoing is about three
inches in ordinary soft pine. The weighing
of the first cartridge reserved gave the following result: Rifle-musket powder, 23
grains; leaden bullet, 200 grains. The second gave: Rifle-musket powder, 23 grains;
leaden bullet, 200.4. The bullets were conical in form, with the head somewhat flattened, and, as the penetration shows, were
thrown with great force by the charge of
powder,
The Latest Snake Story.
The Ballston Spa (N. Y.) correspondent
of the Saratogian sends the following graphic
account of a recent battle with black snakes
at Snake Hill. It would seem that the old
hill still deserves its name:
" One day last week two farm laborers
were sent to cut poles for scaffolding near
the foot of Snake Hill, on the eastern side of
Saratoga Lake, and while there had a narrow
escape from being poisoned from the bites of
black snakes. As none of the parties wish to
have their names brought to the notice of tlie
public, they will be omitted, and their adventure* only will be told.
"Wishing to*get the best timber possible
for their purpose, they sought the southern
side of the hill, near the water's edge, where
the poles could be found the straightest and
taltest. * After felling a number of poles
they proceeded to a pile of loose rocks, and
there sat down to eat their dinner. The
spot chosen was very much exposed to the
heat of a very hot sun, and they were in the
act of stepping down from the stones to
geek a more shaded spot, and while doing
so sonle of the stones rattled from their resting-place aiid rolled down the bank and fell
with a splash into the water. Hardly a step
had been taken from the stone-heap when
the head of a black snake was seen to dart
from a crevice between two large flat
stones. One of the men secured a
stout club and stepped up to dispatch
the serpent, while his friend rolled
the stone to one side with a pole which he
found at hand. While in the act of striking
the snake, and as if by magic, the heads ol
snakes were seen to dart from every opening in the stone-heap, followed by their
bodies, and, with heads erect, their eyes
fiashhig, and their tongues darting forth
from their extended jaws, they made a horrible sight to behold. In an instant the
ground was alive with the crawling, writhing creatures, who, as if by human instinct,
surrounded the two men, who were nearly
paralyzed with terror, but, realizing that
something must instantly be done, with uplifted clubs they showered blow after blow
upon the now thoroughly angered snakes,
Which sent them flying in all directions,
as they were with every stroke of the
clubs caught up and thrown into the air.
" One of the unfortunate men, iii his excitement, had not noticed several of the
snakes which had crawled in his rear, and
not until he felt the cold and slimy body of
the reptile around his neck did he realize
his horrible position. Shrieking to his companion for assistance, he struggled to tear
the coil from his neck, and did not succeed
in doing so until the snake had bitten him
once under the Tight ear. Flinging the
body from him and nearly fainting from
exhaustion, he again took up his
club and struck to the right and left,
with every blow,
while stamping the
suddenly    felt   some-
killing    a    snake
His     companion,
head of   a snake,
thing crawling up his left leg underneath
his pants, and, glancing down, he
discovered to his horror that a large black
snake had taken refuge there. Before he
could grab it by its tail the animal had bitten him near the knee. With a fling the
serpent was flung far into the lake. The
snakes, finding the two brave men were one
too many for them, after about an hour's
battle, and as if by a preconcerted signal,
made for the rocks and disappeared, not,
however, before several of them had been
killed. The men, finding themselves the
victors, proceeded to examine their wounds
and, after attending to them, proceeded to
count the dead snakes, which amounted
in
the longest of
seven feet and
numbers to eighty-seven
which number measured
eight inches in length.
"An»ngthe number was found a blue
racer four feet in length, several large spotted adders, and one large white snake,
nearly Jive feet long, and some portions of
its body as large round as a horse's knee.
This snake was shown to the writer, and was
found to- be of a snow-white color, with
several small blue spots near its head. Men
are going to cover the stone-heap with
brush, and, after surrounding it with men
armed with shotguns, set fire to it and proceed to exterminate tbe snakes. So far the
two have experienced no bad feelings from
the bites. Luckily they had on heavy coarse
boots, as several fangs of the snakes were
found imbedded in the thick leather."
A Wedding Incident.
On last Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock a nephew of one of our most prominent real estate agents was married at St.
Paulus Roman Catholic Church, where a
huge assembly had gathered to witness the
ceremony. Previous to the marriage the
young man had been engaged to a respectable, well-behaving young girl, the niece of
a well-to-do brewer of this city. This
young lady, hearing of the contemplated
union of another with the one who had
pledged her faith, called upon Father Fer-
neding with the engagement ring aud other
evidences of the courtship, under the impression that the Roman Catholic Church
did not allow parties matrimonially inclined
to break their contract unless by consent of
both. But as everything had been prepared
for the occasion, the Rev. Ferneding
refused to interfere. The marriage was a
double one, the young man's sister and her
groom being the other contracting parties,
and when the procession entered the church
edifice, the mistreated young lady arose
from one of the pews, and, with the ring in
one hand and the letters of the voung man
—the proofs of his unfaithfulness—in the
other, she marched, amid the excitement of
the lookers-on, at the head of the bridal
parties-toward the altar. The father of the
groom, seeing the disagreeable position iu
Which his son was placed, stepped up to the
young lady, and, whispering a few words,
then and there (so seemingly well-founded
rumor has it) bought her claim on the young
man's future for a handsome sum of money.
—Ciiie'.nnati Gazette. .
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—Mr. Harris Moon, of Washington,
Village,R.T., has upon the shallow south
branch of the" Pawtucket River, a steam
yacht sixteen feet long and four feet
six inches wide, and claims that it is
the smallest steam yacht alioat. The
Ideal, as it is called, is a screw steamer,
has a Fuller engine of two-horse power,
draws sixteen inches of water, and, it
is claimed, can comfortably carry eight
persons "and make ten miles an hour.
.«^—-.^ . »   *—•—
—In San Francisco a handsome
Italian Avoman of eighty, with silver
hair, is a professional beggar. She
owns three houses, .for which she receives in rents $180 a month. At night
she sits in a comfortable room, sipping
wine with a masculine beggar who, during the daytime, plays a, musical instrument on the streets,
SCHOOL  AID CHURCH.
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—The income of |the Free Ghureh-*of
Scotland last year was $3,000,000.
—The Association of Atlanta Preachers have signed a respectful protest
against the issuing of Sunday papers.
—George I. Seney, of New York, has
given $20,000 more to* the Wesleyan Female College at Macon, Ga., where the
finest college building in the South will
be erected.
—Bishop Wiley has appointed the
Rev..L. N. Wheeler to open the proposed, new Methodist mission in West
China. He will be accompanied by the
R*ev. Spencer Lewis. The mission will
be in the province of Szchuen. The
missionaries will sail about the 1st of
September.
—Mexico is becoming the favorite
field for missionary enterprise. The
Methodist Church South appropriates
$82,500 this year, and other,,denomina-
tions are showing increased energy in
that direction. Mexico will, at this rate,
soon outrank China and Africa in'missionary estimation.
—A committee has been appointed
by the Welsh Bishops to consider the
expediency of revising the Welsh New
Testament according to the Greek text
adopted in the English version. The
present Welsh was "not translated from
the original, but from the English version, and, therefore is not regarded as
sufficiently idiomatic.
—The London "Institution for the
Daughters "of Missionaries" opens its
doors to the daughters of all Christian
missionaries and provides them with an
education and a home. It was founded
forty-two years ago by some ladies who
sympathize with missionaries "in the
great trial of necessary separation from,
their children while carrying on their
work in heathen lands."
—The United States has double the
number of school children of any other
country in the world. The number is
stated by the Bureau of Education to be
9,424,08(5. The nearest approach to this
figure is made by France, which has
4,716,935. Prussia follows with 4,007, -
176, and England and Wales with3,710,-
883. Of the total population, the
school-children of the United States
form nearly twenty per cent.; of France,
twelve per cent.; of Prussia, sixteen per
cent.; and of England and Wales about
thirteen per cent.
—After all it appears that the Revising Committee of tbe "New Testament
in substituting "love'' for "charity"
have only returned to the old rendering. In the edition printed by Robert
Barker, of London, in 1610, "love" appears throughout the thirteenth chapter of the First of Corinthians, thus:
"Though I speak with the tongues of
men and angels and have not love, I
am as sounding brass or a tinkling
cymbal." Again in the fourth verse,
"Love sufferethlong," etc., and in the
thirteenth, "And now abideth faith,
hope and love, even these three; but
the chief est of these is love."
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
—It is said th6 German word "pfing-
sten" comes from the old Greek "penti-
eoste.*' Yes, and dyspepsia comes
from sauerkraut.^-Puck.
—Do not tell a man he lies. It is
vulgar. Say that his conversation suggests to your mind a summer resort circular.—Philadelphia News.
—The Old Testament will not be revised ior three years yet. People will
have to break the ten commandments;
as they are for the present.—New Haven
Begister.
—If the weeds in the field could be
chopped out over the counter of the
corner grocery, while talking about the
weather, the crops would not be so
" mightily in the grass."—Texas, Sift-
ings.
—"What is the greatest charge on record?" asked the professor of history.
And the absent-minded student answered, "Seventeen dollars for carriage
hire for self and girl, for two hour§."—
Boston Post. '
—The little ones will keep oh saying
things. Six-year-old Mabel is industriously engaged in1 "cleaning out"' a; preserve jar which her mother had just
emptied. Four-year-old Bobby looks at
her for awhile and then blurts out,' 'Say,
Sis, don't you wish you could turn it inside out, so's you could lick it?"—Philadelphia Herald.
—" Going away this summer5"' queried a bootblack oi af ellow-mortal at-the
postoffice yesterday. "Naw!" "Well,
you needn't he so short about it."
"Maybe I needn't, but the idea of
our going off to Saratogy when we
can't raise §10 to git dad out of the
Workhouse does us injustice as a family."—Detroit Free Press. - ....
The Old or the Sew.
Just as the church bells were ringing
their nine o'clock chime yesterday Mr.
Smilev remarked to Hannah, " Pass me
the book."
" Which will you have, Ichabod, the
oid or the new version," and she brushed
the crumbs from her apron and reached
for the mantelpiece.
"Hannah, as long as 1 live I shall
read from  that   old   leather covered
Bible. The first thing I remember about
my   grandfather was his reading the
parable of the foolish virgins from that
veiy book.   I was a wee 1 i ttle boy then;
but I   remember  I  cried and asked
grandma if she couldn't spare some oil
for those who were left outside.    And.
then,  Hannah,   I've heard my father
read from that very same book thousands  of times.    That book," and he
patted the open pages lovingly, '-'.that
book is old, the leaves are yellow with
time, but it is sacred in this house.*  It
has been in service at eveiy wreddino"
and birth and funeral in the family for
nigh on to a hundred years, and every
nibrning and every evening has some
great truth  heen read from it! "No,
Hannah, the new version may do for
the young folks, but you and I, with the
gates of heaven just turning their hinges
for us, have no time to fool with it.   I
will read this morning the last chapter
of Revelation, and let the ;g'loi;V'of the
Suture shine uponus and do our hearts-
good," and as he turned his eyes to the
printed page there was a thick mist o^
tojsglasses.—New Haven Beaister.
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