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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 27, 1881.
VOL. I.-NO. 50.
Important Intelligence from Ail Parta
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TlieU, S. Senate.
EXTRA   SESSION.
The Senate was called to order at noon on
the31st hy President Davis ...Mr. Sherman
called np the resolution offered Toy him prior
to the recess,, calling* on the Secretary of the
Treasury for the report of James P. Meline
regarding the investigation ofthe Custodian's
Department of the Treasury. An amendment,
offered by Mr. Farley, to include in the report
the testimony taken during the investigation was rejected—21 to 23—and the resolution
was then adopted by a party vote, Mr. Davis
(111.) voting with the Republicans inthe affirmative. ..Mr. McPherson presented the petition of certain members of the Legislature,
of the State of New York against the titles of
Senators Miller and Lapham, and, the petition
was referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections—In executive session the
nomination of A. S. Alexander, of Indiana,
was confirmed as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury.
The President pro tem. laid before the Senate on the 23d a communication from the Secretary of the. Treasury, in .response to the
resolution adopted March 4 calling for a coba-
plete list of all books,, papers, pamphlets, etc.,
published by the various Departments from
March, 1S79, to March, 18S1. The communication, wh.ch states that the records of the
Treasury Department fail to give the information called for, was laid on the table.
 Several nominations  were  confirmed an
executive session.
■Domestic.
Phesident Arthur issued an order on
the 19th that at the close o£ tlie Torktown
Centennial celebration tlie British flag
should be saluted by the forces of the army
and navy of the United States in that place,
'' in the trust and confidence of peace and
good-will between the two countries for all
time to come, '•" and especially as a mark of
the profound respect entertained by the
American people for Queen'Victoria..       \
The Universalist General Convention met
in Detroit, Mich., on the 19th, seventeen
States being represented. Rev*. Dr. Joy,lof
Massachusetts, was elected President, ajnd
Rev. Dr. Ryder, of Chicago, Vice-Presi-
dent. A report adverse to a uniform order
of public worship was adopted.
A iakcjb and enthusiastic mass meeting of
sympathizers with the Irish sufferers was
held in Chicago onthe evening of the 19 ;h.
Har-voet. owner of the mills which w.re
recently burned in Philadelphia and caused
the death of a dozen persons, has been
found criminally responsible for the loss-of
life iii neglecting to furnish fire-escapes, and
has been committed to await the action of
the District Attorney.
The Treasury Department at "Washington recently received from Chicago a package of coupon bonds with the numbers cut
out. The explanation was furnished in a
letter from Kew York, in which a gentleman stated that he ordered his wife .to forward the bonds from Chicago and send him
the numbers. TVith a pair of scissors she
followed his instructions to the letter.
Two cars of a passenger tram on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
were thrown down an embankment near
Pewaukee, "Wis., on the morning of the 19th.
"Fifteen persons were injured, three very
seriously.
A few days ago Albert Small was tried at
San Antonio for robbing a stage, and sen<-
tenced to the penitentiary for ninety-nine
years.
It is stated that George C. Maynard, late
manager of the Telephone Company at
"Washington, lent Guiteau the money with
which he bought the pistol to kill the'Presi-
dent.
George F. Roberts, an Englishman,
wasrpbbedof $1,900 in a sleeping-car between Indianapolis and Litchfield, on the
Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad, on the
night of the 19th. Two other passengers
were robbed of small sums.
A locomotive on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad became unmanageable on the
20th, and ran with great force into a stand-
ing.cpal train, killing five men and seriously injuring several others.
TriGkett, the Australian oarsman, has
sent a. formal challenge to Hanlan to row a
three-mile race ou Creve Ccour Lake, near
St. Louis, for $1,000 a side and the championship of the world, on or about the end
of STovember. .
The closing scens iii the recent Centennial
celebration at Yorktown is thus described
by a telegram of the 21st: "Yesterday at
five o'clock, just as the sun is sinking behind the Yorktown bluffs, the British flag
is shown on the fore of the Trenton and a
gtm is* fired. Instantly other ships run up
the same colors, and guns answer along the
line. The echoes are tossed to and fro between York and Gloucester shores. From
the grassy slopes of the old fortifications,
and from the distant camps down
the river,. come answering explosions telling that the army joins the navy
in this unusual and graceful act of courtesy
toward the Mother country. Sow the yards
are manned and a final salute given the
American flag, in which the two French
ships join, and so with hearty greeting to
Great Britain, against whose arms and fleets
America's hostile guns clamored for liberty
and independence a hundred years ago, and
to Queen Victoria, who has in this time of
sorrpwiwon new title to the loving respect
of every American 'heart, the Centennial of
the great victory at Yorktown ends.'-"
Carefuj. investigation has resulted in obtaining trustworthy figures as to the actual
extent of the losses by the late fire-disaster
in jSortheostern Michigan- It is found that
1,800 square miles were burned over, causing a loss which is put at $2,346,000, reduced
by insurance to f 1,722,000.
The residence o.f N* Jelleitch, near Jackson, CaL, was burned at an early hour on
the morning of the 20th, land all the inmates, consisting of Jelleificlu his wife and
two children, perished in the flames.    ,
Pro*. Kisra and Mr. Hashagen (thelatter
a representative of the Signal-Service), who
made a balloon ascension at Chicago on the
afternoon of the 13tb, were heard from on
the21sj". having made their appearance at
Chippewa Falls, "Wis- $hey report that
the balloon rose at Chicago to an altitude
of 4,300 feet, and .moved; southwestward.
At dark they were becalmed for three
hours, resting over Peoria. Early the
next morning they r passed over Spring
Valley, "Wis., where a settler fired at the
air-ship. At the Platte Mounds they
were forced to throw out ballast to ascend.
Tomah was reached at 9i_0 a. m. In pass-
in* oyer Little Falls they came very hear to
the earth, but the balloon soon went above
the clouds. An elevation of 9*600 feet was
reached at 12t45 p. m. They descended on
the west bankof the Flambeau River, sixty-
five miles from. Chippewa Falls> at
2:30 p. m. on the Mth, after a voyage of
twenty-two hours. They found themselves
in a cranberry bog,in which they floundered
for four days, reaching some woodmen on
the Flambeau at four o'clock  on the ISth,
in a ragged, dirty and hungry condition.
Messrs. Gibbs and Stanton, editors of
the Independent, at Sussex, ST, J.,. having
pleaded guilty of libel, have been fined $200
each and sentenced, respectively, to ten and
six months' hard labor in State Prison.
The St. Louis Merchants' Exchange has
recently passed resolutions stating that a
permanent channel two hundred feet wide
and twenty-six feet deep had been maintained in the jetties at the mouth of the
Mississippi.
A few days ago Rev. Abijah Green, of
Highland Falls, ]S\ Y., went to New York
City to attend*the Presbyterian Synod.
When he retired at night he blew out the
gas, and was f ound dead in the morning.
For the fourth time this year the mail-
coach has been stopped near East Belknap,
Texas, and the driver compelled to cut open.
the mail-bags.
Curtis Goddard, au aged and blind
wood-sawyer, of St. Joseph,1 Mo., has received official notice of the allowance of a
pension of $72 per month, with $9,700 in arrears.
In Chicago on the 22dw a Mrs. Hickok
died in the dental chair of a prominent dentist, while under the influence of chloroform.
Henry B. "White, the defaulting and ab*
sconding Secretary ot the Shoe and Leather
Insurance Company of Boston,. has been
captured'.
Sine thousand European immigrants
were landed at Sew York during the week
ended on the 22d.
Personal and Political.
Postmaster-General James has accepted the Presidency of the Lincoln National Bank, an institution recently organized in New York under the auspices of. the
Vanderbilts.
Guiteau's counsel proposed to summon
Dr. J. C. Spray, of the Cook County (111.)
Insane Asylum, to prove Guiteau's insanity. Dr. Spray writes to say that he believes
that Guiteau should be hanged " whether of
sound mind or not. If of sound mind he
richly deserves it, if not his execution would
prove a healthy restraint upon similar persons at large."
On the 19th Mr. Scoville, the counsel of
Guiteau, Issued an appeal to the public,
asking "in the interest of patriotism, justice, humanity and mercy,'-' that he be furnished with evidences of his client's insanity. "
At a caucus of the Republican members
ofthe Minnesota Legislature on-the 20th
Secretary Windom received 56 votes for the
nomination for United States Senator, Gil-
man 2S, Dunn 12, and there were 10 scattering. Mr. Windom was then made the
unanimous choice of the caucus.
The Republicans of the Eleventh New
York District have nominated William W.
Astor for Congress.
The Court at "Washington before which
Guiteau is to be tried has decided that the
Government will pay the fees and expenses
of witnesses called for the defense.
'Mrs. Garfield has announced that a
complete biography and au appropriate collection of the literary works of the late
President will be published at the earliest
practicable time.
Leigh Robinson, a young "Washington
lawyer, has been assigned by Judge Cox to
assist Mr. Scoville in defending the assassin
Guiteau. Mr. Robinson is a native of Virginia, the son of Conway Robinson.
Captain Howgate was arraigned in the
Criminal Court at Washington on the 22d on
the charge of embezzlement. He pleaded"
not guilty, and was committed to jail in default of $30,000 bail. His counsel promised
to produce the bondsmen on the 24th. The
District-Attorney said the amount which
the indictment charged Howgate with embezzling was $91,000, and he vouchsafed the
information that Howgate had been indicted
by the District Grand Jury for forgery.
•Ex-Postmaster-General Key states
that he read Tyner's report relative to the
Star-route frauds, and advised against its
publication. Key expresses the utmost
confidence in the honesty of both Brady and
Tyner.
At New Haven, Conn., on the 22a Justice
Booth rendered a decision, binding Walter
E. Malley and James Malley, Jr., over to
the Superior Court for the murder of Jennie
Cramer.   Application for bail was refused.
The body of the late President Garfield
•was quietly transferred oh the morning of
the 22d from the public receiving-vault to
Captain L. T. Scofield's "private vault, the
finest in Lake View Cemetery.
In the Universalist General Convention at
Detroit on the 20th oflicers for the ensuing
year were elected, as follows: Treasurer,
Edward B.Fellows; Secretary, Rev. Dr. G.
L. Demarest, of New Hampshire; John D.
W. Joy, of Massachusetts, Sidney Gorham,
of Maine, Rev. Henry Rugg. of Rhode Island, Mrs. J. B. Marsh, of Illinois, Alonzo
C. Raymond, of Michigan, Trustees for one
year; G. H. Robinson, of New York, Trustee for two years j. Preacher of Occasional
Sermon, Rev. Dr. E. L. Rexford, of Michigan. The question of revision of the profession of faith was referred to a committee
ofnin&j to report at the next annual meeting of the Association.
Mr. Edward Lee Brown, of Chicago,
has been re-elected President of the American Humane Society.
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Foreign.
The steamer Great Eastern was sold at
public auction on the 19th for £30,000.
Large bodies of military and police patrolled the streets of Limerick on the 19th.
Forty policemen of Dublin were disabled in
the recent riots. Longworth Daiihs, who
recently inherited estates in Westmeath,
reduced rents twenty pei' cent., when the
tenants cheerfully paid up. ' Miss Parnell
cabled her mother not to return to Ireland,
as she would be oTmore service to the cause
in the-United States. The Land League offices in Dublin had not yet been closed. Sir
Thomas Steele thought the reinforcements
then on );he way to Ireland would he sufficient to preserve order. The London papers of the 19th gave expression to the
views that the recent action of the Land
League in Ireland was a virtual declaration
of civil war.
A GREAT hurricane at Mazatlan, Mexico,
and In the Gulf of California on the 29th of
September destroyed many houses and vessels, and caused the loss of 500 lives,
Patrick Egan, Treasurer of the Irish
Land League, stated on the 19th that the
reserve fund amounted to over £50,000, none
of which was kept in Ireland, except what
was needed for expenses.
The news from Ireland on the 20th was to
the effect that the Land League had been
proclaimed *a criminal organisation, audits
meetings would be dispersed by force. Two
hundred tenants of a large estate near
Neaugh had paid their rents. The Land
Court opened at Dublin with a large attendance, and the announcement was made that
the fee for, entering proceedings would be
only one shilling. Mitchell Henry, M. P.
for Galway, offered his tenants a reduction
of fifteen to twenty-per cent, on past-due
rents, and expressed the hope that they
would settle cheerfully. William Dorris,
who was left in charge of the Land League,
had been imprisoned at Dundalk.
Advices from Lima" report thatthe Government of President Calderon had'ceased
to exist, in obedience to a decree of the Chilian Commander at Callao declaring that in
all parts of Peru occupied by Chilian forces
no other Government, otherwise than municipal, except Chiliau, would be allowed
to exercise Governmental authority. The
United States Minister had addressed the
Commander-in-Chief of the Chilian forces
informing him that the United States.viewed
with marked disfavor the Chilian ideas of
conquest on the west coast.
Archbishop Croke, of Cashel, Ireland,
has issued a pastoral* letter strongly protesting against the late Land-League proclamation.
The Directors of the Bank of Spain have
approved of a'plan for the conversion of all
treasury and redeemable issues into £60,-
000,000 of four-per centum stock, redeemable in forty years.
Fifteen Socialists -grere recently tried by
the Supreme Tribunal at Leipzig, Germany.
Four were acquitted and the others sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying
from three years to three months. .
A number of additional arrests were
made in Ireland on the 21st. Several popular assemblies passed resolutions of sympathy with Parnell, and the constabulary
dispersed some Land-League meetings. The
Roman Catholic clergy,ifc was said, indorsed
Arohbishop Croke'sprotest.butthe tenants
seemed to disregard it. A number of Col.
King Harmon's Roscommon tenants Were
evicted because they refused."to pay rents.
They held a meeting, and wrecked the
houses of Non-Leaguers. Notices were
posted up in various -places threatening
death to any persons who paid rents. The
County Dublin had been proclaimed under
the Arms act. The police stopped the
weekly League meeting at Monaghan. The
Land-League organ at Dublin urged
holders of Bank of Ireland notes to demand
gold and create a run.
In consequence of the proclamation
against the Land League, Freeman's Journal,
of Dublin, publishes an advertisement from
the League advising the people, while remaining firm, to abandon for the present
all projected meetings which the Government could take advantage of.
A meeting was held in Hyde Park,London, on the 23d to express the. indignation
ofthe participants at the arrest of Parnell.
It was attended by 50,000 persons, and
speeches were made from six platforms,
among the orators being Barry, O'Donnell,"
and Finnegan,Home-Rule Members-of Parliament, and Miss Craigen, of the London
Democratic Association. Thenames of Gladstone and Bright Avere greeted with groans,
and resolutions were carried denouncing the
attempt at forcible suppression of free
speech.   Hardly any police were visible.
It was stated on the 23d that the British
Government had concluded that it could not
seize the office of the Land-League organ,
but could arrest the editor. Hayden, Chairman of the Roscommon Town Commission,
hadbeen jailed. In spite of the Government's proclamation, a large meeting was
held near Coachford and resolutions passed
to pay no rent. Under the name of the
Farmers' Protective Association the Land
League held a secret, meeting in Dublin.
Sir A. T. Galt, the Canadian Commissioner to England, has been appointed by
the British Government to confer with the
authorities at Washington on the copyright
and trade questions.
•LATER  N3.WS.
IN the United States Senate on the 2-th
Mr. Edmunds, on behalf of the Judiciary
Committee, stated that in the opinion of
that committee there was great doubt
whether the law warranted the method
which had been followed for the disbursement of moneys for the expenses of the
Senate since the death of Secretary Burch.
He then offered, as his individual act, a
resolution for the appointment of Chief-
Clerk Shober as acting Secretary of the
Senate, until the vacancy caused by the
death of Secretary Burch should be
filled, and empowering him to perform
all the official duties pertaining to the office
of Secretary. Mr. Pendleton stated that he
had been prepared to .offer a similar resolution. The resolution was adopted without discussion. A message was received
from the President and referred, transmitting a communication from the Secretary,of
State in response to the Senate resolution*
calling for information as to whether any
action had been taken by the Government,
since the last Congress, toward protecting
the rights and interests of the United States
in the Panama Canal. An executive session
was then held, after which the Senate adjourned.
On the 24th Uniled States Minister Morton drove the first rivet iu Barthokli's
statue of Liberty, at Paris, in presence of.
distinguished representatives of both Nations. The figure is 120 feet high, made of
hammered copper, and is to be presented
by France to ornament the entrance to the
harbor of New York.
Genekal Walker, Superintendent of the
Census, has tendered his resignation.
Several arrests tinder the Coercion act
were made in Ireland on'the 24th, including
that of a woman for keeping a "No rent"
manifesto in her window, and of Dr. Kiuny,
ofthe Executive Committee of the Land
League, for intimidating tenants.
On the 24th the Pennsylvania Railroad
fixed the price of tickets from Chicago to
New York at $17,50, with a rebate of $5; to
Boston $18.50, and to Baltimore, * $17.50,
with a similar rebate in both cases. The
Vanderbilt roads advanced the price of
tickets to $15 to New York and* $16 to Boston, with a rebate of $7.25. 'Che Lake Shore
& Michigan Central lines advanced grain to
15 cents and provisions to 20 cents from Chicago to New York, and the Pennsylvania
Roiid followed with a 20-cent rate in both
classes.
The police of Frankfort-on-the-Main recently seized all posters in restaitrauts giving information to those intending to emigrate to the United States.
President Arthur on the 24th sent to
the Senate the nomination of Edward D.
Morgan, of New York, tobe Secretary of the*
Treasury. The nomination was promptly
confirmed. Among the other nominations
by the President on the same day were those
of Rev. Henry Highland Garnett (colored),
of New York, for Minister to tlie African
Republic of Liberia, and John M. Bailey, of
New York, for Consul at Hamburg.
rOBKTOWN CENTENNIAL.
SECOND DAY.
roRKTOWN, Va., October 19.
About eleven o'clock Secretary Blaine and
the French and German delegations, in full
uniform, arrived at Lafayette Hall. On entering, the Marine Band of Washington
played an appropriate air, the military officers, Senators, Congressmen and other
persons of distinction greeting them as they
passed. At the end of the hall the President met the distinguished guests, and an
informal interchange of courtesies took
place. In a few moments the party started
for the grand stand, President Arthur and
Secretary Hunt leading. They were received with cheers as they appeared upon
the platform. Next came Secretary Blaine,
escorting the French Legation. General
Sherman with his staff, in uniform, were
next in line, General Hancock and staff following.
After a general handshaking, the proceedings were opened by prayer by Bishop Harris. He invoked Divine blessing upon the
United States and the Republic of France,
and in conclusion asked God's blessing upon
all the crowned heads of the world.
The Polndexter Centennial Hymn was
then sung by choruses from Baltimore,
Richmond and "Washington.
President Arthur was then introduced by
Secretary Blaine, and delivered the following address:
"Upon this soil, one hundred years ago,
our forefathers brought to a successful issue
their heroic struggle for independence.
Here and then was established, and, as we
trust, made secure on this continent for ages_
yet to come, that principle of government
which is the very fiber of our political system—the sovereignty of the people. The
resentments which attended and. for the
time, survived the clash of arms have long
since ceased to animate our hearts. It is
with no feeling of exultation over a
defeated foe that to-day we summon
up a remembrance of those events which
have made holy the ground whereon we
tread. Surely no such unworthy sentiment
could find harbor in our hearts so profoundly thrilled with the expression of sorrow
and sympathy which our National bereavement has evolved from the people of England and their august sovereign, but it is
absolutely fitting that we should gather here
to refresh our souls with the contemplation of the unfaltering patriotism, the sturdy
zeal and the sublime faith which achieved
the results we now commemorate; for so,
if we learn aright the lesson of. the hour,
shall we be incited to transmit to the generations which shall follow the precious
legacy which our fathers left to us—the love
of liberty, protected bylaw. Of that historic scene which we here celebrate no
feature is more prominent and none more
touching than the participation of our gallant allies from across the sea. It was the
presence of such allies which gave
fresh and vigorous 'impulse to the
hopes of our countrymen, when
well nigh disheartened by a long series of
disasters. It was their noble and generous
aid, extended in the darkest period of the
struggle, which sped the coming of our triumph, and made the capitulation at York-
town possible a century ago. To their descendants and representatives who are here
present as honored guests of the Nation it is
my glad duty to offer cordial welcome. You
have a right to share with us the associations which cluster about the day when your
fathers fought side by side with our fathers
in the cause which was here crowned with
success,and none of the memories awakened
by this anniversary are more grateful to us
all than the reflection that the National
friendships here so closely cemented have
outlasted the mutations of a changeful century. God grant, my countrymen, that they
may ever remain unshaken, and that ever
henceforth, with ourselves and with all
nations of the earth, we may be at peace.''
The PresiSent was not interrupted during
" the delivery of the address, but there was
great enthusiasm at the close.
Max Outrey then, in behalf of the French
delegation, was introduced by Secretary
Blaine, and delivered an address, in which
he said:
" The French Government has felt much
touched by the friendly sentiments Which
inspired the United States with the thought
of asking France to participate in the celebration of the Yorktown Centennial, and
heartily desires to respond in a manner
worthy of both the Republics to the invitation sent by the President of the United
States in behalf of the people of America.
The manifestations of public sympathy following the initiative taken by the Congress
of the United States, bidding France to this
National festival, has been looked upon by
us not only as an act of the highest courtesy,
but especially as a mark of affectionate regard, having the noble aim "of cementing
yet more closely the ties which unite the
two Republics. *" * * * France
is proud of haying contributed to
found this great Republic, and her
wishes for your prosperity are tleep
and sincere. Mutual friendship is founded
on many affinities, tastes and aspirations,
which time cannot destroy; and future generations, I trust, will assist again, in this
same place, at the spectacle, unprecedented
in history, of two great nations renewing,
from eentury to century, a compact of fraternal and imperishable affection. I will
not close without thanking the Federal
Government, the different States of the
Union of which' the delegation have "been
the guests, also the people of America, for
. the sympathy and welcome extended to the
representatives of France. Each of us will
treasure the recollection of American hospitality and friendly sentiments which have
been manifested to us in every place and
every sphere."
Marquis de Rocharabeau then followed
with a graceful response in French, after
Which Baron Steuben responded, In German, in an appropriate speech, which was
loudly applauded.
Vociferous cheers were then given for the
distinguished guests of the Nation.
A Centennial ode was sung by the chorus.
Harrison Millard, of New York, sang
"God Save' Our President from Harm,"
with good effect.
Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts,
then delivered his oration, which was
listened to with great interest. At the conclusion Mr. Winthrop was loudly cheered,
the band playing '' The Star-Spangled Banner. "
James Baron. Hope, of Virginia, then
read the Centennial poem with fine* effect.
Music by the band concluded the ceremonies.
During the celebration the following order
was read by Secretary Blaine:
' 'In recognition of the friendly relations
so long and so happily subsisting between
Great Britain and the United States, in the
trust and confidence of peace and good will
between the two countries for all centuries
to come, and especially as a mark ot the
profound respect entertaiuedby the American people for the illustrious sovereign and
gracious lady who sits upon the British
throne, it is hereby ordered that, at the'
close of these ceremonies commemorative
of the valor and success of our forefathers in
their patriotic struggle for independence,
the British flag shall be saluted by the
forces of the army and navy of the United
States now at Yorktown. The Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Navy will give
orders accordingly. *■'
' • Chester A. Arthur.
"By the President:
" James G. Blaike, Secretary of State."
.About 2,000 people were present at the
stand, but there were none outside of the
lines.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies at the
Monument there was a reception by President Arthur in Lafayette Hall, to which the
general public was admitted. Hundreds of
people thronged the- building. Secretary
Blaine acted as master of ceremonies, and
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, introduced
the people to the President. Among those
in line who shook hands with the President
was the wife of the late President Tyler.
THIRD   DAY.
Yorktown, Va., October 20.
The military review was successfully carried out. All the organizations presented
a fine appearance and marched well. The
route was aboutf our miles over broad fields.
One hour and twenty minutes were consumed in passing a given point. "When the
procession reached the grand stand General
Hancock and staff rode at the head, but then
fell out of line, and, with President Arthur,
his Cabinet, foreign guests, and other dignitaries/reviewed the troops from the stand.
General Hancock stated to the President
that there were 9,500 men inline. The
States represented by volunteers were
Georgia, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Kentucky, Michigan and Connecticut.
The President was quite enthusiastic over
the magnificence of the display. The only
colored troops in line were two companies
from Richmond, composing part of the
First Virginia Regiment. They were loudly
cheered by the spectators from the North.
In the afternoon General Hancock gave a
reception on board the steamer St. John.
Among the guests were President Arthur,
David Davis, President pro tem. of the
Senate, the French and German. visitors,
oflicers of the army and navy, the Congressional Commission, and the Governors and
other officers of the States.
The weather, being so charming, contributed to the brilliancy and success of the review, and the sprinkling of the parade
ground prevented the dust being as suffocating and blinding as on previous days.
The immense crowd lined the grounds over
which the troops passed, but sentinels along
the line of march kept them back, and perfect order was maintained.
On the grand stand, to which admission
was obtained only by ticket from General
Hancock's quarters, besides the President
of the United States and members of his
Cabinet, Senators, Representatives, Governors of States, General Slierman and staff,
French and German delegations, were a
large number of other distinguished men,
as well as many ladies.
Promptly at ten o'clock the review began.
The marching of the troops generally was
very fine, and excited great interest among
military men, and elicited loud cheers from
the multitude.
General Hancock and General Fitzhugh
Lee were bothlou.dly cheered wherever they
appeared, as a tribute to "the Blue andthe
Gray," and a recognition of the fact that
both are now marching under the common
flag of a common country. The men of Kentucky and Michigan were loudly cheered,
as were also the First Connecticut (thought
to have gone down with their ship, and arrived just in time to take position in line);
the Georgia Battalion, which has with them
two guns captured from the British at
Yorktown a hundred years ago; and the
regulars that marched from their several
stations" north to Yorktown. The State
troops vied with each other in the drill and
discipline, and the friends of each claim the
palm. The regulars excited, general admiration.
Baron Von Steuben spoke in German as
follows, yesterday, in response to President
Arthur's address:
" Mr. President: In the words of welcome to your foreign guests Which you ha-ve
just uttered you remembered and motioned in kind terms the family of Von Steuben. 1 assure you that, as soon as the tidings of our hearty and enthusiastic reception in this country, following the friendly
invitation to us by the President of the
United States, were received in the Old
Fatherland, there was heartfelt rejoicing
among all classes in every part of our country. It was a new and striking evidence of
the common sympathy that existed between
the American and German people. It
proves, too, that the American people,
which thus appreciates and hastens to
honor the great dead, stands at the height
of civilization and culture. Only this
morning I received a cablegram from
my country with hearty congratulations upon this happy commemoration day, so important in the history of the United States,
and I believe, Mr. President, I may express
to you the sincere congratulation of the
whole German people, and of the German
Govei-nment, upon this auspicious day.
Permit me, also, Mr. President, to return
to you, for all our Von Steuben family, the
warmest thanks of our full heart—thanks
Which I cannot adequately express—for the
boundless hospitality and for the cordial
greetings which we have met on every hand
at every step from the hour of our landing,
until you crowned the whole with your
welcome to us as representatives of our
great kinsman. I can only say to you, again
and again we thank you."
The Commission cut ofl to-morrow from
the programme, and the much-looked-for
naval engagement took place this afternoon,
and was witnessed by immense crowds from
the bluffs. Large barges and steamboats
crowded with people, naval vessels covered
with bunting, yachts, tugs, sail and row-
boats with streamers, music from bands,
and firing salutes combined to make the
scene one long to be remembered.
The President's party, the Congressional
Commission and, indeed, all the distinguished visitors left this evening, and only
the army and navy remain. Some of the
State troops took their departure to-night.
The remainder leave to-morrow^ and the
Yorktown Centennial celebration closes.
The camps present a yery animated appearance, and frequent guard-mountings,
drills, dress-parades, salutes, calls, courtesies between different commands, serenades,
speeches, social visits, etc., occupy a, great
deal of the time and excite great interest.
The raw recruits are having their first taste
of soldier life, and the veterans are amusing
themselves at their expease in ways which
would only occur to old soldiers. Two
pieces of artillery captured at the siege of
Yorktown and presented by Washington to
Chatham Artillery, Savannah, are here
in the battery of that old organization, and
excite the greatest interest. As illustrative of the discipline of some of the volunteers, it may be mentioned that one of their
sentinels refused to let Secretaries Lincoln,
Hunt and Postmaster-General James enter
the grand stand without the usual pass required of every comer. The commander of
the armies, the ruler of t_te navy and the
directors of the mails of the Nation had to
be subject to the orders of the " officer of
the day.' * Fully 10,000 troops were present
during the exercises.
BHCHIGAN STATE NEWS.
—-A, fond father said the other day,
"My son is a fine musician. He can
play an excellent* solo on  a drum  of
figs."—Boston Courier.
The Michigan Central road has pushed
an extension to Cheboygan.
The Michigan militia have evacuated Muskegon. Some mills are running variously
on eight, ten, or eleven hours' time, but
the greater number remain closed for the
present.
A family quarrel at Detroit had a fatal
ending a few nights ago. JamesValier was
shot by his stepson, Marquis Lafayette Defoe, in a quarrel. Valier came home drunk,
and began abusing his family, and threatened the life of His wife and Defoe. Hot
words ensued, and Defoe was caught by the
throat by Valier. The former drew a revolver and shot-Valier in the bowels, from
the effects of which he died shortly after.
Defoe was arrested, and claimed to have
done it in self-defense. Valier was thirty-
five years of age. The same revolver accidentally shot Mrs. Valier's husband some
years since. *       .
At Bay City a few days ago Michael Bug^
gie, an engineer employed at McGraws &
Co.'s mill, while oiling the machinery was
caught in the fly-wheel and carried around
until literally pounded to death. His left
arm was torn out at the shoulder and his
skull crushed. He was a single man, thirty-
one years old.
John Gregory, a brakeman on the Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railway,
was run over and instantly killed a few
mornings ago, at Champion. In endeavoring to jump off the pilot while the engine
was moving, he. slipped and fell under the
wheels.
Beam & Mailhot's foimdry at Charlotte
was burned a few days ago, involving a loss
of $7,500. '.
Society at Grand Rapids is stirred over
the announcement of a double wedding in
which a mother and a daughter will be tne
brides, and they are among the most wealthy
and fashionable of the city.    '
The records in the County Clerk's office
at Detroit are being overhauled to be filed
away. The Court records date back to 1796,
when there was a Territorial Court.
A woman of Grand Rapids went into a
butcher shop to buy meat, when the butcher's dog bit her inthe face. She went away
and presently came back with a revolver
and shot the dog. Then the butcher wanted her arrested, but the police very properly said that she had served the dog right.
One Kalamazoo woman has a claim
against the village for damages sustained
by a defective sidewalk, and another for
damages by reason of falling over a grocer's
stock in trade, which he was displaying on
the sidewalk.
Charles C. Hopkins of Detroit, who received notice from Chief-Justice Marston of
the Supreme Court that on January 1 he
will be chosen Clerk of that body under the
new law, has been for two sessions Assistant
Secretary of the Senate.
The new mineral, springs at Springwells,
near Detroit, are now running independent
of the sulphur springs, and the machinery
used for boring the new well has all been
removed.
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: No. 1 White, $1.37@1.37^. No.
2 White, $1.34@1.34K. No. 2 Red, $1.41@
1.42.
i*.
New Railroad __aw_*.
The railroad legislation of the late session
is comprehended in twelve different acts:.
Act No. 144 adds two new sections to Article 5 of the General Railroad law, one of
which provides that the Commissioner of
Railroads shall prescribe a uniform system
upon which all railroad companies doing
business in this State shall keep their accounts, and the other that all railroad companies operating a road in this State shall
keep their general office at some point on
the line of their road and within the United
States.
Act No 289 amends Section 1 of Article 1
ofthe General Railroad law, so as to provide for the increase or decrease of the
nximber of Directors by a vole of two-
thirds of the stock; also, adds two new sections to Article 2 of said act, one of which
was Intended to aid in the union depot
scheme in case a separate bill for that purpose failed, and the other enables railroad
companies to acquire title to lands which
they may use for terminal facilities, and
which are held but unused by other companies.-
Act No. 175 adds some new sections to
the act organizing the office of Commissioner of Railroads, two of which provide
that the Commissioner shall determine the
sufficiency of railroad fences, and make it
his duty to prescribe the 'manner of constructing, and the time within which it
shall be done. This provision is the result of the opposition shown, in some quarters, to wire-fences, which are rapidly
coming into use for railroads. This act al sp
provides that the Commissioner shall devise,
if practicable, a uniform system of signals
to be used by the several roads at their
crossings, together with the means for enforcing the use of signals when devised.
Act No. 214 amends Section 14 of the act
providing for a Commissioner of Railroads,
so as to provide for the payment of an expert, when the Commissioner shall have occasion to employ one, for the examination of
bridges, etc
Act No. 252»aniends Section 21 ofthe act
for the appointment of a Commissioner,
relative to the disposition of moneys arising
from suits for penalties. The section as ifc
formerly stood provided thatthe money
should go into the State Treasury, which
was unconstitutional, as it belongs to the
School Library Fund and must go to the
County Treasury; and it gave 20 per cent,
of the amount recovered to the Prosecuting
Attorney. The section as amended places
the money where it belongs, in the County
Treasury, and leaves the Prosecuting Attorney to do the work without extra compensation. The act also adds a new
section to the above act which provides
that each railroad company doing business
in this State shall report to the Commissioner its'earnings for each month, not later
than the 25th of the month following.
In 1871 an act was passed requiring an
ax and Saw to be carried In each passenger
coach, so that in case of accident tools would
be ready at hand to aid iu releasing passengers from a wreck. This had fallen Into such disuse that on many of the i'oad>
tlie axes carried were too small and the saws
too short to be of any use. Act No. 56 of the
last session provides that the axes must be
of atleast.three pounds weight, and the saw
not less than 24-inch cut.
* Act No. 177 provides that railway compa-
panies shall deliver grain which is shipped
m bulk at any elevator or warehouse which
can be reached over tracks which they can*
use; also, that they shall permit tracks to,
be laid, connecting with their own, which'
can be usrd for such purpose.
Very many of the street and highway
bridges over railroad tracks are. not lilgh
enough above the tracks to allow brakemen
to pass under them while standing, as they
are obliged to, on top of the cars. Act 190
provides for the erection of safety guards,
by means of which the "brakemen shall be
notified of their nearness to an. overhead
bridge, so as to take the necessary precaution for their safety.
Act 191 prohibits the carrying of kerosene
or any of the numerous inflammable oils on
passenger trains. This will prevent the
carrying of oil for the supply of stations, as
at present, in the baggage ear, where It i_
peculiarly liable to danger from fire.
Act No. 146 provides penalties forthe embezzlement or carrying off of passenger tickets belonging to a railroad company, also for
the forging of such tickets or selling the
same.
Act No. 244 is the famous Union Depot
law. It comprises 37 sections and covers 15
pages of the session laws.
Act No. 238 is the land grant to the Ontonagon & Brule River Railroad Company.
Proclamation by tbe Governor.
The Governor has issued the following
proclamation:
Executive Offjce, Michigak, ■*•
Lansing, October 13.1881.    j
Under Sate of-October 8th I received from
the committee charged with the duty of rais-
ing*afund "lor the erection of a monument
over the grave of our late President James A.
Garfield" the following:
Cleveland, O., October 8,1881.
Governor David H. Jerome:
The committee having in. charge the movement already begun to secure a fund for the
erection of a monument oyer the grave of our
late President-, James A. Garfield, at "Lake
View Cemetery, which shall be a worthy tribute of the.Ameriean people to his name and
memory, are desirous of the co-operation and
assistance of citizens of the difterent States.
The contributions being voluntary can only
be made general by organized arrangements
in every State and county, and we desire that
an opportunity.for subscription be extended
to all the people. We therefore respectfully
request and authorize you to act as''general'
manager" of this movement in the State of>
"Michigan, with full power to associate such;
other persons as you may consider best, and'
with them to oiganize the work throughout
your State as you may deem most advisable.
We earnestly urge upon you to accept this ap-.
pointment and to signify your acceptance at
an early day. The committee has a beautiful
autograph certificate prepared, which will "Be
sent to all who contribute one or more dollars.'
"We inclose you specimen. Larger subscriptions than SI will be received and thankfully
accepted. The dollar subscription is only intended to popularize the movement.
Kespectfully yours,
J. Hl. Wade,
H. B. Payne,
Jos. Perkins.
In compliance with the above request
and for the purpose of affording all an opportunity to subscribe to this fund, 1 hereby respectfully invite the co-operation of
the Treasurers of each county in the State
to act as receiving agents of all contributions for the above object made within their
respective counties. In order to have a State
record of these contributions, 1 hereby designate General Benjamin D. Pritehard, State
Treasurer? Lansing, to be the Central Treasurer, to whom remittances, with lists of the
names ofthe donors, can be made by each
County Treasurer. General Pritehard will forward free of Cost all moneys so donated, and
will^be authorized to receipt for such remittances on behalf of the Cleveland committee
to the donors through the proper channels. I
bespeak for this commendable undertaking
generous contributions from the'people of
Michigan.
Local papers are respectfully asked to copy
this notice.
(Signed) DAVID H. JEROME.
Governor.
State Board of Health. *
The regular quarterly meeting of the State
Board of Health was held at the Capitol,
October 11. The Secretary read the annual*
report of property for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1881, which was examined by'
the Committee on Finance and approved.]
He also read an abstract of the work of oth-'
er State Boards of Health, and presented.a:
revision of the scarlet-fever document,"
which was discussed, aidopted and ordered
printed in English, German and Dutch;,
also a general circular in Illustration of cer- '■■
tain contagious diseases, which was ordered printed; also a report relative to the'
work of local Boards of Health? The Secretary presented analyses of samples of glucose
which were not up to the ordinary standard, and also a communication from P. R.
Phillips relative to overflowed lands, etc., \
in Gratiot County. Dr. Avery was re-,
quested to visit these overflowed districts
and report his findiugs to the Board. It"
was voted that the Committee on Sanitary-
Survey be requested to plan schedules for
the sanitary survey of townships, cities and
villages in Michigan. Dr. Baker presented!
an incomplete report on contagious diseases*
of animals, which was accepted andorderedj
printed in the annual report when completed. Dr. Kellogg read a report on the
relation of preventable sickness to taxation/
He toot the statistics of the State prepared,
by the Board of State Charities, Super-;
intendents of the Asylums for the In-'
sane, Superintendents of .the Poor, vital
statistics, etc., from which to draw his
facts*, and showed an immense loss to the
State from preventable sickness, pointing
out the nature of the diseases which were
most common and most easily prevented.
Mr. Parker presented a report of proceedings relative to public health questions
in the meeting of the American Social
Science Association at Saratoga, which was
also accepted arid ordered printed in the-
annual report. He also reported a bill
authorizing District and other Boards of
Education in Michigan to exclude from
school unvaccinated persons and persons
infected with small-pox, diphtheria, or
scarlet fever, or living at a house where
there is any one infected with any of these
diseases. The Secretary was requested to'
supply weekly bulletins of diseases In Michigan to Such papers and medical journals as
will publish them. Dr. Kellogg was added
to the Committee on Sanitary Conventions.'
Dr. Baker was authorized to' procure the
services of an architect in preparation of a
circular on hospitals for contagious diseases.
The Secretary presented a revision of tlie
document on the restriction and prevention
of small-pox, which was ordered printed in the annual report and
reprinted for general distribution. Dr.'
Hazlewood Was added to the committee on
the revision of a circular on the resuscitation
of the drowned, and the committee was continued." The Secretary read a Statement of
the* proposed distribution of diphtheria doc-,
umeuts, and 1,0DQ additional copies were
ordered printed. Dr. Kellogg was requested
to report on the necessity for printing diphtheria documents Inthe Scandinavian language. Dr. Baker was requested to attend
the meeting of the American Public Health
Association at Savannah, and Dr. Hazle-
wood was appointed alternate.
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