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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 8, 1881.
VOL. IL-NOi 4.
NEWS 01
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BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
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The Guiteau Trial.
Ouiteau was taken directly to the witness-
box on the opening of Court on the 3-tb. ult.
and resumed his personal reminiscences. He
narrated his experience in the lecture field.
He onee trie-lto lecture against B;>bIngersoll,
who was trvins* to prove the non-existeijee of
a bell, hut found that people were very ready
to pay fiftr cents to hear that there was no
hell, who wouldn't pay a cent to hear that there
was. He identified his revised work, "Truth,"
and read an extract therefrom descriptive of
the trials of the Apostle Paul in endeavoring to introduce Christianity. Witness
c'amedthat he had had as rough a time as
ever Paul had. Witness then detailed his efforts to secure employment as a Republican
..camt-afgn .speaker, and said ho was on free
> and eisy terms with Jewell and the rest of
ithem, ; He made* his first application for office
, so5n after tjeaei-at Garfield's election, and
Ms gettihjr or not fr.trina; th»oltiee he sought
had nothing whatever to do with the removal
of thePresident. 'Xh-.'t was aa act of inspiration,
and was done as a political necessity. His
mind was taken possession of by a superior power. He acted oatside of himself.
'.•"[Witness then desired to read from a printed
slip, elucidating the subject more at length,
but the District-Attorney objected, and the
Court sustained the objection. Continuing,
Guiteau sad tbat, after Conkl-ng's resignation, he thought that, if Garfield were removed, the party trouble" would cease. In a
lo might's time thxt thought had become a
fixed • evolve. The removal became necessary to save the Nation from ruin.
The Lord employed witness as the instrument of removal, Irifcause He always
employs the best material. He added: '-The
Lord uses the best means for His work, and He
has provided all these guards, the
Jury and these experts to do Hi
preserve me." The witness then briefly recited the incidents connected with the shoot-
ia-_* ar.d his subsequent arrest. He believed
President Arthur was a friend, for he made
him Presideut, but he ha 1 never asked a favor
of him, and he didn't believe he ever should.
"Witness owed about ?1,*'0J. and if Bennett, of
the New Vork Hrrnbl, sent him the I5-0.X)
he hud aslcel him for, he would be able
to pay ail bills and have something
over. Witness halthe idea that he would one
day be the _-vsi-'ent of the t'nited states.
He then said that he wishe.l i o say something
more &t>.)nt hi-s divorced wife, but the Court
wmid not permit. Guiteau then said he did
not know anything afcout her, but she had no
business to come to Washington for the prosecution. The cross-exnmbuit o-i was begun,
but the Court adjourned before it had been
fairly entered upon.
Trp 1:1 entering the witness-box for his cross-
examination 0.1 the moraine of the 1st. Guiteau mide another appeal for money. Judge
Porter conducted the crosr.-examination, eliciting from the prisoner in his several replies
ih;!t he was physica'ly a eowa-d and always
k.Ttaivay from personal danger. Morally he
wa-- a< \ rave as a ) on, wir-n th:> Deity was
btivk i-.f h.m. In his opinion the doctors killed
ti e P (■< dent. The aers of Jones and Mason
ii: .-lUi-nu-ting to kill him (Witness- wt re wrong
uni-'-ss they can show that they wc-r • inspired
by f'eiiy. There wa* id mu.der in hi* ease
a. d no killing. It was .-imply fi.r the jury to
d'-tenr.ii'!'' whether or n.>t ho was inspired
v,h n he sera veil the P-o-ddei-t. Witness ilatiy contradicted the testimony of Gen-
e:a£ I.o:rao_Cha-_es H. lieed and others. He
declined to di>ct:ss his b> u-diug-Irouse expert-
em. es, is they h-:d no b. nrin«- on th- ease. He
be --sine very inl-ig;:aut at Judge Porter's persistent use of the word •• murder," and said
that th - mere outward fact how he removed
the President had no bearing on the ca-e.
Preferring to his t'a'lure to obtain the Pa; is
Consui.rte witness saii that he would not have
taken the office a ter the 1st of Jure even if
be fctwl be -n appoint 1: to it and President Gar-
£et-i and Mr. Blaine hud both besought him :,n
theirkneestotako it. Witness deeiined to discuss -he.'i"estion any farther. There wasnouse
of wrist hi** of time in diseussing a matter w..ich
had beeu so often ventilated. J: tU*e Porter
then tjuestione I witness as to his opinion of
Ms'no, whom Guiteau characterised as a
* 1 m:i:, because he was using (ttiriieid,
who , .....iman. but a weak politician.
f'ar: f-ij, r sold hints-It, body and soul, to
Bhiin", Guiteau said. When Mr. Porter again
questioned the prisoner in regard to the
shooting the latte became greatly excited,
an* s;;id the • •m-st'on the jury was to pass
vi -:•!! w..s whether the- le ty and himself
d!'. the act, or whether witness did it
on his personal account. He said he ex-
pee .- > tb-re would be an act of God to protect hhi'. if n eessary, from any kind of vio-
ien '-. ei;her hanging or shootins*. The wit-
n* .-s ebiitned that his deed had saved the coun-
t •• tn-::i wa". In answer to th • question why
he _•■■'_:-■■•"■ ed <'eneral .-hernnm to send troops
to the .'ail to j r rtect him if he obeyed his inspiration, ('uiteau said he would have been
pho* ;<re! fa-rng :• bi;ie:re] tines if it had not
1 .(••.- to:-the troops. 'I he prisoner here e>m-
i:l£ii::'-d of fatigue and the Cor.rt adjourned.
'ihe t-r-'ss-exauiinati'in of Guiteau was re-
siini' I o-i the morning of the 2d. At the be
ginning h«» arose and addressed Judge Porter
j;-;ii the '.'ourt. declaring that hi? would not re-
s( erel to <,uestions covering the ground al-
r-a y ..me ->ver. If the prosecution had anything new to ask he would answer, otherwise,
he wbttid not. In response to interrogations
the v.i*n">s said one of the purposes he had in
view in killing the President was to create a
dent'ind for his book. This bor>I. was a sort of
ci.Ila' eral gospel—the Iriblebrouirht down to
the pres ..jit  _:>y.    He bel eved in the doctrine
< f pre lestination most decidedly, and claimed
that he was a man of destiny as much as
the SiiVior. Paul or Martin Luther.
It wa- bis destiny to obej* the Divine
w.II in removing Garfield, and He
ivi-aii take care of the matter. He (witness)
had :.ot been hnng ".* shot yet, and he was
s;.t!->!!"l with the Deity's management of the
c:isf> e > far. The crose-e.varni atiou was con-
tir.'ted with the v;ew of showing thatf'ui-
te;)'i's alleged i eas of inspiration were
j'iijgiiirisms from Noyes and from a book
t- V.i-<\ the "Kerean." Judge Porter offered in
_ v d tice a letter written by Guiteau on the
f.e<: sir,', ef h s 1(; iving the Oneida Communi-
t . I:e»uifiiing his cross-examination, Mr.
Po T";-as*;e!i witness if it was in view of the
p > itic'ii s t:::trion that he decided to murder
the I-': >: ident. The ) risoner here interrupted
ih • com .-ci ei.eitediy and Siid h- used that
w .:•■■' -;: iii-'e*:-*' altogether to freely, and
i..- srect that the proper word was
•••'•inove.*' Th" prisoner was then closely
«••:! s- joned as to his pistol practice and to his
*iir;i»!ge.;i(.nts for going to ja:i. AVith re-
g.-i i t>» th" last-named circumstance he
s.: ■: he desired to b ■ incarcerated be-
«••••:-e Le feared that he would be
in* ' "t; d bef.iiv he could have an od-
(■< ■■ :in.ty to explain his views to tiie people.
'i'; <,-.- w«.u: 1 .-a.- he was a disappointed ollice-
s. 1 ■:■.'• iiiid won'd hang him. Witness said he
~'.i i.-'": !i-.f hav shoi the President on the i'd
'it.'.iiyif Mrs. Ga lit .id had been with hitn.
Ti*.e    pris »ner     then     gave     an     account
< ' h ~ .'.cti'-n* oh the morning of tbe
•M ',-f July, but deeti-'ed to recapitulate the
liifi.-tartces of the shooting.   He d d, hows', -ay th it it was his intenti n to shoot
v.. thel-aek.   He hal no donbt as to "the
'•-■sty or the divinity of the act.   Ueinar f ,   ,,
pressed he Kcknowie-Jged that he felt   holder:
more than for the preceding year. The imports of gold and silver coin and bullion exceed the exports during the same period by
*pG9,931,13S.
Is his annual report the Secretary of "War
indorses the recommendation of General
Sherman that the army be increased to 30, -
000 men, and calls the attention of Congress
to the necessity for legislation to prevent
intrusion upon Indian lands, especially in
the Indian Territory, from Kansas. The
Secretary protests against raising the standard of admission to the military Academy,
but thinks the course should be extended
over five years. The army estimates for
1883 are *H_,5_1,276.
The coinage of the United States mints
during the month of November amounted
to $12,351,760, of which $2,300,000 were silver.
In his annual itijorfc the Secretary of the
2"favy recommends an appropriation of $20,-
013,710' for the fiscal year euding June 30,
1883, for naval purposes, to be used chiefly
for the construction of new Avar vessels.
These were in this country at the close of
the fiscal year (June 30,18S1) 183 life-saving
stations, of which 1_3 were on the Atlantic
coast, Si on the great lakes and 6' on the
Pacific. The number of casualties on the
Atlantic coast within the scope of the service was 151, on the lakes 94, and on the Pacific 5. The number of persons lost was 26,
and the number of persons brought ashore
by the life-saving appliances was 407. One
hundred and eighty-seven vessels stranded
Court and ! were enabled to get off by the life-saving
work and | crews.
I    On the 3d _d_*. Upton, Assistant Secretn_-y
I of the Treasury, tendered his resignation.
J A Kepcblican Congressional Caucus was
held on the 3d,  14(3 representatives being
1 present, including J. Hyatt Smith, of New
York, elected as an Independent. Messrs.
Hiscoek, Iieifer, Kasson, Dunned, Orth,
Burrows aud Eeed were placed in nomination. On the first ballot Keifer received 52
votes, Hiscoek 44, aud Kasson 15. The
vote changed considerably throughout
fifteen ballots, Keifer being chosen on
the sixteenth by a vote of 93 to IS for Hiscoek, 11 for Eeed, 10 for Kasson, 8 for Orth,
3 for Dunnell aud 1 for Burrows. Mr. Keifer is the. Eepresentative from the Eighth
Ohio District. For Clerk of the House,
Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, was
selected; for Postmaster, Harry Sherwood,
of Michigan; for Sergeant-at-Anns, Colonel
Hooker, of Vermont, and for Doorkeeper,
Colonel Brownlow, of Tennessee. The Dcm-
oc*i atic Caucus placed in nomination the officers of the last House.
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T-.tnaticn.    Mr.  *-*cov._i"  then procee led
ti tin dir'-et examination, the substance ot
;. r.\i> that witness w,:s as clear as to the
:;iTv ;•:.■: •;e.--esv.ty of the act then as he
- t,n the Yi' of .Iii'ie.   Dr. A?e.xander Hall
■-• .(• 1 th'- pri-oner at Columbus, (), three
;< nr ye.sr- ;;go.  axi i thought the pri-oner
■»  Ivi.'t'i-:   At this point the Court sid-
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he fir^t wi-ue-s called on fhe'Jd was Captain
'-.P. li-tru-H -, who formerly resided in
f-j-ort ;:!! I   I.aew  Guiteau an-i his father.
.ii'tw v/i^  an iiiva'i 1.   (hades c. Alien I
-v the  i.ui eau   t:,rii ly ii  l-:'!t ani l* 0. j
G'.-i t-u'-i v.- ts is tec'oie tit-idth.   Emery A.
r.-,<*,'*!i:"i.go Know Gu teau as a young
'''''•''**'• hfmgUr hehai an iiiy-b.-iknc-d '
i ..   ne iji. j r.e-.' r >:)-.",■ !»:iything in him to
'-—.tii tlHi'- he f:-i-jidiiot i'i tinguish between .
r •■:■■■ wi" ,i.!.',-t't in ijea'e tha* h- would [
•i;      !.'»j»,•:••;;:■•    f..r    cime.      Mrs.'
■v«£i'-    v.*.;-     j 1 lir-uiarlv     indignant     at I
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-edti'the h:!'.' pe.jure*!  himself.   Kd-
■ i ijc-iel  test .-."I .st'. Gu,team's oeeuiiur |
j-  .!•> v '-.'»■.-■    Mr. r*c viif- re.-d sevem; ex- t
• ■-   ?!-<!:i Stiii.-.sirt   •■'"•.vsp-ipt.e-s,    i-eaatorj
. i -J h-v.  * wi  eajedaui .ajctioned as t j
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testified that heh.td made the step-I
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1    (i li'etui n rjfi dttif'V'rt that, he
.I.pi■nil'* i-stied l<jr a large number
e=.   TheCourt h> r..-adj«<urne<l.
The East.
An Erie (Pa.) lad ageu nine years,named
George Furuess, being accidentally locked
in a school-room the other day, was attacked by a swarm of rats. The boj* fought
desperately for some time, aud when discovered was lying senseless, with a swarm
of rodents tearing at him. He will live, but
fright has probably dethroned his reason.
An accidental explosion of lire-works in
an establishment devoted to their manufacture in Eochester, N. Y., a few days ago
seriously injufed five persons, and the
building was destroyed. Two of the wounded were proprietors of the concern, and the
others were visitors.
The resolutions adopted by the Tariff
Convention recently iu session in New York
Ci:y declare iu favor of a policy of protection to home industry, and such an ''intelligent revision of the existing Tariff laws
by a Civilian Commission appointed by Congress as will give full and harmonious effect
to the protective policy, and that, pending
the deliberations of the commission, disturbing and destructive assaults upon protective duties or special industries shall not
be permitted." The resolutions also de-
maud immediate action by Congress in
regard to the practice of overturning
protective duties, and ask for the prompt
adoption of an amendment to the laws
which will furnish a rule for the decision of
cases of disputed classification *' in harmony
with the spirit and purpose of our carefully-
devised protective system of tariff legislation."' It was also declared that the decline
of American shipping is not attributable to
any lack of materials or skill in building
ships; that the blame restswith the Government;, which treats this great interest of the
country, not merely with neglect, but even
discriminates against it. It was resolved to
recommend the abolition of the tax on bank
checks, proprietary articles aud matches.
The residence of General Sickles in New
York City was closed for four months during
his absence in Europe. Notwithstanding
this fact the Gas Company sent in a bill for
1,000 feet per month, and he was compelled
to procure an injunction to prevent the removal ofthe meter.
A few mornings ago two women, one of
them an old lady, perished iu a burning
house ihScranton, Pa.
A father and son were recently drowned
at Leominster, Mass., the father going down
while trying to rescue the son, who broke
through the ice while skating.
A man recently convicted of illegal voting
at Philadelphia has been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment and to pay a fine of
•fl'1. and to be deprived of the right of suffrage for four years.
A max who had suffered from leprosy
for twelve years died recently in a New York
hospital.
A suit has been brought by the stock-
of the Keely Motor Company of
Philadelphia to compel Keely to take out a
patent on his invention, and to turn over
the patent and the secret of the invention to
them; also, such machines as he may have
in his posse.-sion.
Willie Blake, a New York child aged
three years, recently poured kerosene oil
over his infant brother in a cradle, and then
set fire, to the fluid, and the babe was burned
to death.
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Two •ni'Ktmknts were found on the
_.'<t.! ul>. lit the Star-route eases- one against
Cor fr.*'-for .".ott for bribing officials, and
th" other t-guii^t Deputy-Auditor Lilley for
•tc«;e»,ii!,g ,-i Itrili-.
'.'Hi. pn'>ji'*-d"bt statement for November
-liv.vs the following: Total debt (including
uitei*e- f;, >•>, nz',i,'',M, 2;>7. Cash in Treasury,
*-2'*'.''»2.*">.. Debt, less amount i. Trca;-
i"*., •ji,'(7*i!2-".,*Ml. De'-rea-e during the
■r.oiitb, .u.-zi'-Kli'j. Decrease since June 30,
'j*"*l, *t''-",«-•'.-*»*i.
Dh*i:i.v(* tfi'* five uiontlis rended Novem-
jjf.r '•><) -•S£,U''iAi'-) in National Bank notes
v.'f'va rt'.ib.cni'-.l. an increase of *t3,4'/*Jl5,i
over tin. redemptioni for the fsatiie period
ia .ft*-*.'.
M•:''•••''_'._•■i" Ff-i/'i-.i* l'-sucd a call on the
*_;i*'i u'-i. for '-•■,'*i''V''j** in extended bonds
_'?M'"iig three :ivA a Jjaif per cent, interest,
the d.s?" *-f r *Jei.i'»*ioi! '.•'•in!" .Tamwry 2').
Till,   il ■•Ml:'' ' of    tl""'lt
•   iu favor of  this
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elided October >'"1
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■   being iH2,m, WI
West and South.
The President, Cashier and Directors of
j the defunct Citizens' Bank of Atlanta, Ga.,
t have been indicted by a Grand Jury for con-
j lmuing  business   and declaring dividends
j when they knew the institution to be insolvent. •
j    In   a recent conference,  the  Eeadjuster
leaders and Legislators of Virginia resolved
I hat the Hi Idlcbcrger bill should be passed
as speedily as possible.
The Methodist Judicial Conference at
Tcrre Haute, Ind., on the 1st rejected—15
to 4--the appeal of Eev. II. "VV. Thomas, of
Chicago, from the decree of excommunication pronounced against him by the Boek
Iiiver (III.) Confcuence, The principal
reason for refusing to entertain the appeal
was because of Dr. Tmomas' action in resuming his functions as pastor of the People's Church In Chicago after his expulsion
by the Rock Eiver Conference.
Captain Payne aud a large body of follower-, recently crossed the Eed Eiver into
Oklahoma.
Kauj.y on the morning of the 2d the
dwelling of "J. J. Furrow, near "VVInterset,
Iowa, caught fire, and his three daughters
were burned to death in an upper room.
The National Butter and Cheese Convention, at its session on the 2d, elected
Austin Hclknap, of Boston, President, and
Colonel Littler, of Davenport, Secretary, and
chose Madison, Wis., as the place for meeting next year.
A few nights ago a part f of eighty masked
men surrounded the jail at Oxford, N. C,
disarmed the guard, and took out and
hanged two negroe..* charged with the murder of T. 51. Lynch. The people, of Simp-
hardtown, 3iis<>,, on tho same nightlynched
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of Eoberfc Catlin. 7
In cauous on the Is. the Democratic
members of the Kentucky Legislature nominated Senator Beck to be his own successor.
Connection was recently made between
the Texas Pacific and the Southern Pacific
Eailroads, near El Paso, Tex., thus giving
the Mississippi Valley a third all-rail connection with the Pacific coast region.
A series of resolutions was adopted by
the Irish-American National Convention,
lately in session at Chicago, declaring the
English rule in Ireland to be without either
legal or moral sanction; demanding the
establishment in Ireland of a National Government, based upon the will of the Irish
people;pledging "the people of Irish birth
and Irish descent in this country to stand by
the Irish people in this momentous struggle to the full extent of their power and resources*'; indorsing the policy of the
Irish leaders in the present crisis; commending the" "No-rent" manifesto of the
Home Executive of the Irish National Land
League as the best available weapon*1 to
strike their landlord jailers, as a swift and
smiting instrument to abolish utterly a bad
aud hateful system, and as the fitting answer of the Irish people to the attempt of
the coercion Ministry to force the acceptance of defective legislation at the point of
the bayonet."- A resolution was also
adopted pledging the delegates present to
raise $250,000 by the 1st of January, to help
the cause. Nearly **f3),000 was subscribed
on the spot.
A fire broke out in the milling district of
Minneapolis, Minn., early on the morning
of the ith, and destroyed four flouring mills
and one cotton mill. An explosion in one
of the milis, probably caused by flour dust,
killed four men and severely wounded several others. The property loss was estimated
at $558,000, the insurance upon which was
about *f207,175.
On the 3d Ham "White, the Colorado
skige-robber, who was being taken to the
Detroitllouse of Correction by the Denver
Marshal, made a desperate attempt to escape while en route iu a Michigan Central
coach. He unlocked his handcuffs with a
toothpick, and struck the Marshal onthe
head with the irons until he brought him to
his knees. Seventeen men witnessed the
struggle without daring to raise a hand.
White next seized the Marshal's revolver,
when Mrs. Smithson, of Denver, who* was
on her way to New York, sprang on the
desperado and choked him into submission.
The Marshal says he will send her a draft
for $500. The robber says that if he could
have wounded the officer he would have
gone through the whole pack of cowards.
Foreign  Intellisrence.
The editor and the publisher of a Eome
(Italy) newspaper have been convicted on
the charge of having published articles insulting to the Pope, aud were sentenced to
two months' and three months* imprisonment, respectively. They were also finotl,
the former in the sum of 500 and the latter
1,000 francs.
Ox the 29th ult. the evictions ou tho Irish
estates of Lord Ban try, where the tenants
were two years in arrears, were quietly
completed. Eight tenants were conditionally reinstated.
ACCORDIXG- to a Dublin telegram of the
30th ult. over 1,000 tenants of the County
of Roscommon had refused to pay any rent.
Fox-hunting was broken up in Ireland.
About a dozen new branches of the Land
League were being organized each week in
England and Scotlaud, and subscriptions
to the Land-League funds were on the increase.
On the estate of Lord Doneraile in Ireland
a few days ago an entire flock of sheep were
battered to death. Three cows belonging to
a rent-paying farmer near Fearns, County
Cork, were, found ripped open. In the
former case, the proprietor, tmable to discover who had perpetrated the outrage, dismissed all the laborers on the estate.
At a recent largely-attended delegate
convention of farmers at Aberdeen, Scotland, resolutions were adopted demanding
the abolition of the laws of entail and primogeniture and radical changes iu the Land
laws.
On the 1st the German Parliament rejected an item in the budget for the expense
of an Economical Council, on which Bismarck made a vigorous protest.
Miss Reynolds, conspicuous at Bere-
haven, Ireland, for her advocacy of "no
rent," has been served with a summons
charging her with aiding and abetting criminal conspiracy to prevent payment of reat.
LATER,
A "crank'-'named Shively, who called
himself the "True Messiah," arrived in
Washington on the 5th, and immediately
addressed a letter to Judge Cox, demanding
" to be put on the witness stand to confront
Guiteau, and to convince the Court and
jury of the fullacy of Guiteau's theory of
inspiration. He was arrested, and would
probably be sent to the insane asylum. He
had been a traveling oil painter, and had
lived at Saratoga, N. Y., for some years.
When Guiteau arrived at the Court-
House on the oth he found an immense
crowd on the sidewalk, and literally
begged the officers to take him around to
the back entrance, buthe was taken forward
into the building. Ex-Speaker Randall appeared, in answer to a subpoena, but was
excused. Dr. Kennon, editor of the Medical
licview of Chicago, gave the opinion
that the prisoner was insane. The
assassin became incensed at the evidence of Richard Hinton, a Washington
journalist, and shouted out that he had
rather be hung as a man than acquitted as a
fool. Several medical experts testified that,
assuming Mr. Scoville's hypothetical propositions to be true, they believed the prisoner
to be insine. Guiteau demanded that
Messrs. Grant, Conkling and Jewell be
summoned.
The first regular session of the Forty-
seventh Congress began at noon on the Sth.
In the Senate the credentials of Mr. Windom were presented, and he was duly qualified and entered upon his duties. The
roll-call of the House showed 290 Eepresent-
atives present, the absentees being Messrs.
Morey, Scales, Mills and Deuster. Nominations for Speaker ware made as follows:
Bepublican, General J. W. Keifer CO.);
Democratic, S. J. Randall (Pa.); Green-
backer, Nicholas Ford, (Mo.) The balloting resulted in the election of Mr. Keifer;
he receivingr-<48 votes, against 129 for Randall and 8 for Ford. Total vote, 285; necessary to a choice, 143. Those voting for
Ford were Messrs, Brumm.Burrows (Mo.),
Hazeltine, Jones (Texas), Ladd, Mosgrove,
Murch and Eice (Mo.) None of the candidates voted. Messrs. Fulkerson and Pau)
(Va.), Eeadjusters, voted for Keifer. Mr.
Keifer was then escorted to the Speaker's
chair and took the oath of ofliee, returniuf
his thanks, in a brief speech, forthe hone-
thus conferred upon him. In'fhe Renata
Mr. Lapham introduced a bill providing fer
the punishment of attempts on the life if
the President af the United States, or othes
charged with the duties of President, pu t-
ishment on conviction to bo imprisonmc ufc
for life in solitary confinement or
at hard labor, In the discretfou
of the Court. Other bills wjre
introduced as follows; By Mr. Garland,
for the appo mtment of a Commission to investigate the questions of Tariff and Revenue, laws; by 3ii\ Bock, for retiring the
trade dollars and reeoining them as strhd-
ard silver dollars; by Mr. Miller ((;«..),
to enforce the treaty stipulations relative to
tho Chinese; by Mr. Windom, to incorporate the Garfield Memorial Hospifa ; by
Mr. Logan, to pi ice General U. s, 'Jnint*
up'ii the retir-d list of tin* arm*-; by Mr.
""hernia;', to 1 lovjilc fo, th'* issue of three
per cent, bonds.
The Bureau of Statistics.
The following interesting statements are
given in the report of the Chief or the Bureau of Statistics:
The total value of the foreign commerce of
the United States "during the year, embracing both the imports and exports of merchandise and specie, amounted to $1,075, -
024,31S, and was larger than during any
previous year in the history of the country.
The total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States during the last
fiscal year amounted to **-902,377,340. It exceeded the value of .such exports durihg
the preceding fiscal year by $.6,738,688, and
was also considerably larger than during
any previous year. The value of the imports
of merchandise into the United States
amounted to $G42,GG4,G2S, and was larger
than the value of such imports during any
previous year, with the exception of the
year ended June 30, 1S80.
During the years ended June 30,from 1S60
to 1S73, the value of the imports of merchandise into the United States exceeded
the value of the exports of merchandise
from the United States, the excess of imports ranging from $39,371,308 in 1S73 to
$182,417,491 in 1872. But during the last
nix years the value of the exports of merchandise from the United States has greatly
exceeded the value of the imports of merchandise in the United States, this excess
for the six years amounting to the sum of
$1,180,668,105.
The excess of the value of export, over
the imports of merchandise during the last
fiscal year amounted to $259,712,71S. During each year from 1S61 to 1879, inclusive,
the exports of specie exceeded the imports
thereof, but during the. last two years the
imports of specie have exceeded the exports thereof. This excess has, during tho
last fiscal year, amounted to $91,108,050.
The total value of the exports of domestic
merchandise from the United States during
the last fiscalyear amounted to $883,925,917.
It exceeded the. value of such exports during the preceding fiscal year by $59,979,591,
and was larger than during any previous
year.
The value of the exports of bread and
brcadshiffs amounted to $270,332 519; oi
cotton and manufactures, **2,2Gl,267,lo3; oi
provisions, $151,528,263; of mineral oils,
$40,313,009; of tobacco, $20,878,S.S4; wood
and manufactures of wood to $18,000,312;
of iron and steel and manufactures to $10,-
COS.707; and of live animals to $10,-112,398.
The total value of exports of these eight
commodities and classes of commodities
amounted to $795,943,800, and constituted
90 per cent, ofthe total value of the exports
of domestic merebandi.-.c from the United
States.
The value of the exports of bread and
breadstuffs during the last fiscal year was
less than during the preceding fiscal year
by $17,704,316. The value of the exports oi
the following commodities exceeded the
value of similar commodities exported during the preceding fiscal year ly the amounts
named: Raw cotton, $30.1*59,841; provisions, $24,485,020; mineral oils, $4,006,984;
tobacco and manufactures thereof, $2,436,-
611; wood and manufactures of wood, *• 2,-
302,932; iron and steel ami manufactures
thereof, $1,892,243; live animals, $530,278.
The specie value of the exports of domestic merchandise from the United States increased from $-28,398,908 during the year
ended June 30,1871, to $SS3,925,947 during
the year ended June 30, JSSl, an increase of
$455,527,039. This increase was due mainly
to increased exports of breadstuffs, provisions and tallow, cotton and manufactures
thereof, live animals, leather and manufactures of leather, and wood and manufactures thereof. Increased value of the exports of these commodities during the fiscal
year 1SS1, as compared with the fiscal year
1871, amounted to the sum of $374,059,476,
and constituted 82.12 per cent, of the increased exports of domestic merchandise.
The value of the increased exports of
breadstuffs, provisions, tallow and live
animals, which together amounted to
$322,802,768, constituted 79.5 per cent,
of the increased exports of domestic merchandise. These exports
were chiefly products of the Western and
Northwestern States. The increase in the
value of exportation from the United States
of the products of the Western and Northwestern States has been largely the result of
the reduction in the transportation charges
on the railroads, on tho lakes and on the
Erie Canal. Such increased exports have,
however, been mainly the result of the general extension of railroads throughout the
States referred to in connection with the
important reductions which have been made
in railroad freight charges. Under the
stimulus of cheaper transportation, the
value of the exports of wheat from the
United States increased from •'41,171,229 in
1870 to $107,098,485 in 1881. The value of
the exports of corn increased from -rl,2S7,-
575 in 1870 to .150,702,609 in 1881. The value
a* K"'\. exports of provisions increased
.' fir p, 175,539 in 1870 to *tl51,52,8,20s in
18SlJ.v|l the value of the exports of live
anim-W increased from $1,045,(139 in 1870 to
$16,412,398 in 1881. The value of the products of agriculture during the last fiscal
year amounted to $729.650,0*16. It exceeded
the value of such exports during the preceding yesr by $43,088,925, and it was larger
than during any previous year 111 the history
of the country. The value of such exports
constituted 82.55 per cent, of the entire
value of the exports of domestic, merchandise fr im the United States. The value of
the exports of the productions of agriculture (hiring tbe year ended June 30, 1881,
was a'xm. seven times the value of such
exports during the year 1880, nearly three
times the value of such exports during the
year I860, and more than twice as great as
the value of such exports during the year
1870.
The value of the products of agriculture
exported from the United States during the
yeais 1830,1810,1S50, 1870 and 1881, re>pect-
ivelj, showed a fluctuation of only about
thre- per cent, compared to tho total value
of the exports of domestic merchandise.
This indicates that the growth of the ex-
po-tation of commodities other than the
products of agriculture—namely: tbe products of manufacture—kept puce with the
astonishing growth of the exportation of
tie products of agriculture.
The total value of the imports of merchandise into the United States during the
hist fiscal year amounted to $G42)G('4,628, of
which the value of the imports of sugar
arid molasses amounted to $03I4')4,28S,
ot 14.53 per cent. The vaue of
the imports of coffee amounted to
$56,784,391, or 8.84 per cent. The value^of
the imports of iron and steel and manufactures thereof amounted to $40,439,747, or
7.23 per cent. The vahi". of the imports of
silk and manufactures t *jrcof amounted to
$43,944,065, or 0.68 per cent* The value of
the imports of wool ">*d the manufactures
thereof amounted to $40,800,394, or 6 80 per
cent. The value of the imports of chemicals,
drugs, dyes and medicines amounted to
$-6,590,473, or 5.69 per cent, and the value of
the imports of cotton and manufactures
thereof amounted to -"31.076,037, or 4.97 per
cent. The total value of the imports of
these seven commodities and classes of commodities amounted to $319,000,895, and constituted 51.30 per cent, of the total value of
tho imports of merchandise into the United
States.
—Letters received in Hartford from
the Chinese students recently ordered
home say that on arriving jn Shanghai
they were sent to confinement in a remote part of the town, the (.overnnient's
intention, apj arently, being to examine
them as to theiv belief or i-jsbelief ol
Christianity before they had a chance
to scatter through tho country. It is
said, however, that none of tiicm had
been much inclined toward the Christian religion while in Hartford,
—The difference between a cat and a
comm * is. that one has the claws at the
end of |/.'.ws. while the other has *h@
-pause at the end ot clause.
t
Comptroller Knox's Report.
Washington, December 3.
The Comptroller ot the Currency, in his
annual report, says the recent failure of the
Mechanics' Bank, Newark, las called the
attention of the public directly to the duties
of Bank Directors and of Examiners of National Banks. Sections of the Revised
Statutes and by-laws of the National Banks
are cited, and the report continues:
"The duty of a Board of Directors is
plainly defined, and, however innocent they
may be of any intention to wrong, thev are
responsible for the safety of the funds 'committed to their care. It it can be shown
any. of them had notice of illegal transactions, it is a serious question whether they
are not legally bound to make good the
loss which may occur; and it is a question
whether they are not also liable for losses
which may occur from neglect of duty,
even without notice. If this is not a just
and proper construction of the present law,
then it becomes a question for the consideration of Congress whether additional legislation upon this subject is not required.
The Examiner can have but limited knowledge of the habits and character of those
employed iu a bank. If the Teller is making false entries, and daily abstracting the
funds of the bank: if a book-keeper is
keeping false accounts, aud rendering untrue statements; if the Cashier
is placing forged paper among the bills receivable and upon the register-books, and
transmitting su.h paper to distant places
where it is purported to be payable, it is not
possible for the Examiner in a day or two
to unravel this evil work, wh.ch may have
continued for months, and obtain a cc ect
balance sheet. Examinations shou*.v be
periodically made by a competent committee, selected from the Board of Directors.
They have the whole.resources of the bank
at their command, and if they have any reason to suspect dishonesty or fraud, it is
their business to investigate thoroughly,
and they should employ experts to assist
them in so doing. The Directory must
continuously look after its own servants. The Examiner looks after the
acts of the Directors. The report of
the Examiner is confidential. It is
for the use of the Comptroller's oilice only,
and is in no sense a certificate of the good
condition of a bank. In many instances the
capital stock of a bank has thus been found
to be impaired andthe deficiency been made
good without the knowledge of the general
public. In other in»tanccs banks have been
obliged to pass their usual dividends, using
their earning to liquidate.all bad and doubtful debts. The number of banks passing
dividends the present vear is 175; iu I860.
230; iu 1879, 304, and in 1878, 343. Hundreds of instauccs occurred annually, and
many are occurring daily, wherein banks,
under the reports of Examiners, are notified
of violations of the act and arc brought under discipline of the law- The records of
this oilice show only one among all the Examiners ever appointed who ha. been found
guilty of any wrong-doing."
Speaking of the Pacific National Bank of
Boston the Comptroller says the Directors
had full information in reference to the irregular and illegal methods of the bank,
Which have since caused its ruin. His letter, in any properly-conducted bank, addressed by him to the Board of Directors,
composed, as is the case in these instances,
of prominent merchants and business men,
should have been sufficient to correct the
abuse, and save the bank from the disaster
which occurred. The law should certainly
be so amended as to make it a criminal
offense for an officer of a bank clandestinely
to make loans, cither by the use of certificates, as in this case, or otherwise.
A considerable part of the report is given
to the subjects: "Substitutes for Money,*'
"The Prooortion of Bank-cheeks Usi'd,'*
from data furnished by Pres.dcut Garfield;
"Checks and Drafts in the Principal Cities,'*
and the Comptroller says:
■■ It would be an interesting subject for
investigation to determine what proportion
the checks received by banks in New York
City on any given day" represent the operations at the Stock Exchange, and what proportions of these operations represent
legitimate, and what speculative, transactions. •' *
Report of the Secretary of War.
Washingtox, Decomher 2.
The annual report of the Secretary of War
is chiefly devoted to the consideration of the
important recommendations contained in
the annual report of the army chiefs. General Sherman's recommendation that the
army be increased to 3'',0 )0 men receives
Secretary Lincolu's earnest indorsement.
The attention of Congress is called to the
need of legislation to prevent au intrusion
upon Indian lands, especially from Kansas,
into the Indian Territory Secretary Lincoln invites special attention to that part of
the report of General Wright, Chief of Engineers, which refers to our seacoast defenses, nnd on this subject says:
"The Chief of Engineers shows that defense by fortifications and torpedoes is the
only one which is at all practicable for a
coast as extended as ours, comprising so
many rich maritime cities, extensive navy
yard's,and depots of supply; that any attempt
at any other mode of defense would be
enormously expensive, both for first cost
and maintenance, and it is the only mode
adopted by maritime nations. Experience
shows modern wars come on suddenly; that
serious international disputes occur between nations the relations of which are
apparently most unlikely to be otherwise
than friendly, and a condition of readiness
for defense and an attitude of belligerency
are sometimes the best preventives of actual
war. We know that the necessary new
works and the proper modifications of the
old works will require many years for their
completion, and it seems simply a matter of
common prudence that we comm 'nee without delay, and, under liberal appropriations, put our coasts ia an effective condition of defense."
Referring to the subject of the standard ef
requirements necessary for admission to the
Military Academy at West Point, the Secretary says:
* ■ I concur in the views of my predecessor,
that it would not be well to raise the standard of admission. The result of the last examination, in which 49 out of 118 candidates
were rejected, shows the standard is so high
as to prevent the admission of many who
would undoubtedly, if they had been so situated as to receive the proper preliminary
training, prove valuable oflicers. It has recently been recommended to me by the
Academic Board to permit the discontinuance of certain prescribed studies in the
course for the purpose of giving time for
others, the importance, of which was apparent. A consideration of the subject suggested by this recommendation leads me to
believe it would be best to extend the course
so as to cover five years. It is believed that
by so doing not only woidd the benefits of
tlie academy be more widely extended, but
that the graduates would be prepared to
render better service to the country."
The actual expenditures under the "War
Department for the fiscal year ended June
80, 1881, were $42,122,201. The appropriations for 1S82 were $44,889,725, and the estimates for 18S3 call fox* $44,541,276. The estimates presented to the Secretary for revision included, for the armament of fortifications, $220,000; fortifications and other
works of defense, $4,180,500; improving
rivers and harbors, .29,101,300; improving
the Mississippi River by the Commission,
34,'.'_3,000; public buildings and grounds iu
and near "Washington, $749,000; surveys
taken, $2,000; total, $39,099,800. ''This
amount has been reduced on mv revision to
an aggregate of $10,089,(100, which sum, if
judiciously allotted by Congress, will be, in
my judgment, a reasonable allowance for
this class of expense during the next fiscal
year." __
—While Mr, Gault, agent for a dynamite company, and having a lot of dy J
xiamite with him, was breakfasting at a
hotel in Australia, a terrible explosion
occurred. On the smoke and dust
clearing away, and when the confusion
had subsided, it was found that almost
tho Avhole building had been demolished. The landlady and her family
escaped unhurt, but were blaekened
from head to foot. A search was made
for the unfortunate gentleman, when
one lo<r with a port:oii of the body attached w is found hanging to therai't-
ers, the trunk and a portin ofthe head
being discovered on the roof of the
kitchen, thirty yards away.
-rM Marriage,'" said an unfortunate
husband,   "is the ohmvlna'd of love,'1
J-TICHIGA-f STATE _f__WS.
"And you men,    rep
the grave-diggers,"'
li* 1 his wife, "are
School Law.
The following are recent official rulings
and decisions:
1. A contract with a teacher must toe-authorized at a meeting ofthe District Board; it
must he in writing-, and signed by a majority
of the Board on behalf of tne district: it must
epecify the wages agreed upon, and shall require the teacher to keep a correct list of the
pupils, their ages and the number of days
each one is in attendance, and to furnish the
Director with a correct copy of the same at
the close of the school. Contracts must be in
duplicate, one of which shall be filed with the
Director and the oilier furnished the teacher.
2. The School lawis silent upon the subject
ofholidaj-s; but the Supr me Court has decided that there should be no deduction from
a teacher's wages on account of the observance of legal holidays. The legal holidays are
January 1, February 22, May 30, July 4, December 25, and all days appointed by the President
or Governor as days of fasting or thanksgiving.
3. A teacher must be governed by all rules
formally adopted by the Board, liefusal to
do so amounts to a forfeiture of the contract
--unless the rules are grossly unreasonable.;
4. The District Board is bound to keep the
school-house in repair, in comfortable condition, with neeess iry conveniences, and a failure to do so works a forfeiture of the contract
on its part.
5. A teacher cannot be required to "board
tuound," nor can a patron of a school he compelled to board a teacher. A teacher cannot
be required to render janitor's services, unless
it is so stipulated in tne contract.
-flicl-i_-an   Items.
The Circuit Court is in session at Charlotte for the trial of Mrs. Barnard, the Lapeer
murderess.
William Hovey, President of the Grand
Eapids Plaster Company, and a solid business man of that city, died suddenly on the
afternoon of the 21st, of congestive chills.
A young man of Vassar invited all his
friends to his wedding, taking it for granted
that the girl would only be too glad to approve the arrangement which he intended
to suggest to her the same evening. She
heard of the invitations before he called and
canceled the whole business.
Truman Lee, a lad at work in the Kent
Furniture Company's factory, at Grand
Rapids, fell through the elevator hatchway
from the third story the other night and received injuries that will grove fatal.
The Bay City F->-ess files its affidavit that
bears in the northern part of Bay County
scratch open the potato pits of farmers and
eat ihe raw potatoes.
"William Gray, a student at the Michigan
College of Medicine, and about twenty-four
years of age, died a few mornings ago nnder
peculiarly distres.-ing circumstances. He had
been feeling ill throughout the night, and
by mistake took three drachms of jconite.
This was about 8:30 o'clock in the morning.
He immediately began to grow very ill and
dispatched a messenger to the College. Dr.
LaFerte was delivering a lecture when the
messenger arrived, and immediately proceeded to Gray's residence. On his arrival
he administered emetics, but the young
man was thrown into convulsions and grew
[gradually weaker until he expired.
A delayed blast in Ztfoble & Co.'s gypsum
quarry, near Grand Itapids, exploded on
the afternoon of the 2lst, just as William
j Brooks, foreman of the quarry, and three
other men had reached it. Brooks is a married man with a family. He had his skull
fractured and was not expected to live.
Michael Me_\amara, single, had both legs
broken and was otherwise badly injured,
and was also fatally hurt. John McGlencon
had his jaw broken and was otherwise
bruised, but his injuries were not supposed
to be fatal. James McDonald was slightly
bruised.
The six-year-old boy of A.- L. Cool, station agent at Tustin, fell into a tub of boiling water on the morning of the 22d and
was so badly scalded that death resulted in
a few hours.
State Salt Inspector Hill has returned
from Manistee, and reports that there is no
use of men going there seeking work in the
salt blocks, as they are not yet running, ana
will not "be until April 1, 1SS2.
On the afternoon of the.25th John Spyker
a resident of Holland, was accidentally shot
and instantly killed b3* Chris Miller, while
deer-hunting ten miles north of Holton, iu
Muskegon County.
According to the bulletin issued by the
State Board of Health on the £6th. there
was, for the week ending November 19, a
considerable increase in the area of prevalence of bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza
aud diarrhea, and a marked decrease in that
of typhoid-fever. Several cases of smallpox had been reported from different sections of the State.
President James B. Angell, of the University, also United States Minister to China,
left Shanghai with his family on October
19. Their route home takes in Naples by
way of Hong Kong, Singapore and Suez,
and then, after a short European tc*n*, they
will sail for New York, where th©-" ^xpectto
arrive early in April. /
The State Board of Charities^ md Corrections has seut a card to every prosecuting
attorney in the State, calling special attention to the provisions of two acts passed by
the Legislature of 1881. The first found on
page 123 of the session laws of 18S1, relates
to treatment of children at the hospital ol
the Michigan University; and the other, act
No. 200, found on page 357, session laws
1881, is for the protection of children from
improper associations and influences. The
prosecuting oflicers are asked to see that
the humane provisions of these laws are observed and enforced.
Chester, Eaton County, has an old man,
aged eighty-six, who killed 24,730 potato-
bugs in 18S0, and 52,559 in 1881, besides the
time spent in counting them.
A concern at Grand Eapids is making
forty thousand hand sleds for boys, at the
rate of five hundred sleds per day. This
manufacture has become an important one
in that city.
lt is estimated, by those who have taken
some pains to investigate, that five thousand deer have thus far been slaughtered
this season in the lower peninsula of Michigan-
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: No. 1 White, $1.3-i_"@1.32S£, No.
2 White, $1.31@1.31M; "No. 2, Eed, $1.34®
1.34J_.
The Episcopal Church at Sault Sterjvfarie
was recently completed, but its occupation
has been delayed by the impossibility of
getting stove-pipe.
The vault of W. D. Garrison, merchant
of Vemou, was broken open the other night
by burglars, who secured $6,000 in stock of
the First National Bunk of Corunna, a
quantity of San Miguel mining stock,
amount unknown, belonging to Garrison,
$500 in cash, and $1,500 in notes belonging
to Thomas Hani tan, the clerk. Tire attempt to open the safe in the vault was unsuccessful. There is nc clew to the offenders.
No trace has been found of the $ 8,000 express package recently stolen at -Grayling.
The lumbering operations now being carried on at Ontonagon are more extensive
than ever before.
James C. Guitestu, an alleged cousin of
the assassin, was sent to jail in Grand
Eapids, the other day, for t8n days, for
drunkenness
Two school buildings erected in Kalamazoo at a cost'of $80,000, are condemned by
a local examining board, and experts will-ibe
called, .y
There was a balance of $J,_27,381,'k in
the j-tatd Treasury ou the _{5th»
/
A California Stage Bowery.
At 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning,
Bays the Stockton (Cal.) Indevendent,
as the stage from Sonora to Milton was
nearing the Garibaldi mine, ten miles
from Sonora, it wa_ stopped by four
masked men, who stepped in front of
the horses and commanded a halt.
The driver Mark Stringham, immediately pulled up, as there was ho other
way. The chief of the masks then,
without a word, but hy simply waving
his hand, assigned his men to their
various stations. * One took charge of
the driver, two of them attended .to the
passengers and the chief held himself
as a reserve for purposes of jdunder.
Everything being thus arranged, the
three passengers were ordered to dismount, hie to the rear and stand with
hands behind them and with backs
toward the stage. The driver asked if
there was anything of his they wanted.
The chief said:
'•_*Tq; the drivers on this line are all
•fine fellows, and I would rather give
them something than take anything
from them."
• Just then a second thought seemed
to strike the knight of the road, and
he said, laughingly: "Iguess I'll search
you; you may have a revolver and
might get mad. and try to use it." The
driver was unarmed, hence he was not
molested further.
The robbers then with a sledge hammer broke open two of Wells, largo &
Co.'s iron-bound chests and their iron
safe and rifled them of their contents.
The amount taken was not ascertained,
but is thought to be heavy.
. Having finished the safes, the robbers
•turned their attention to the passengers, who had been left standing as
ordered out. After seeing how much
money each had they returned it to
him. John Mundorf & Son, merchants
of Sonora, had in the coach §500 in
gold dust, which was in Avith their
lunch and was lying on the bottom of
stage. This fell into the robbers'
hands. They also took $40 from young
Mundorf, but on his asking them for
some money to help him go on, the
robber gave the $40 back. The young
•man ha'd.also-a S100 greenback on his
. person, which they overlooked.
; While all this was going on, Mr.
' Stringham, the driver, was growing impatient, and called out to the chief to
hurry np, as he (the driver) did not
wish to miss the Milton train. The
chief said, "All right." He then asked
what time it was, and was told 5:*30.
At this he said: "Go ahead, I'm
■ttrrough," shook hands with the driver,
wished the passengers a pleasant good-
morning, and, with a *'ta-ta," skipped
with the balance into the woods* and
disappeared.
When the stage reached Milton,
Sheriff Thorn was there. He found
the third passenger to be booked for
A_an'sville,W!th a through ticket from
Sonora. This man he soon persuaded
to accompany him back to the scene of
the robbery, and the two started at
,onee with fleet horses, and the Sheriff
'said he should commence pursuit at
once. At last accounts none of the robbers had been arrested.
PERSONAL AND LITERARr.
—Mr. Archibald Forbes will write a!
book on. "The South of To-day,»,        ^
—Burnand, the editor of PuticJi, haa.
a pleasant, handsome face.: Though
gray and bearded he is comparatively
young.   He has fourteen children.
—Edwin Booth writes that next year-
after filling contracts during the spring
and summer in England, he will go to
Germany, appearing first as! Hamlet,
and then as Richelieu. ;
—Judge Tourgee's new bofrk. is entitled "JohnEax," and in it hie pictures
some of the more attractive and romantic characteristics of Southern society.
Politics and the negro are left out.
—Hon. William Parsons, the celebrated Irish lecturer, has crossed the
Atlantic seventy-five times during the
past twelve years, and has lectured upward of 1,000 times in this country iu
that time.
—Mr. A. F. Gault, of Montreal, who
lately gave §40,000 for a theological
college and toward a stipend for the
principal, has offered $20,000 to free
Trinity Episcopal Church in that city
from debt.     " *
—The late Baron James Rothschild,
of Paris, was only thirty-seven at the
time of his death. Five other Baron
Rothschilds walked behind the hearse
on the da.y of the funeral, and these
were the Parisians barons ouly.
—Gerome, the French artist, is of a
very peculiar personal appeai*anee. He
is described as "one of the thinnest of
mortals, and seems mainly to consist of
a profusion of iron-gray hair ahd beard,
and a pair of piercing black eyes, the
rest of him being too fleshless and
fragile to be taken into consideration.'"'
—Mrs. Erastus Wells, wife of the ex-
Representative of that name from St.
Louis, is now at her home there, engaged in writing a novel, the scene of
which is laid in France and. America.
The Washington Star says: "She may
have inherited the literary talent of her
mother, Mrs. Katharine Warfield, of
Kentucky, who wrote the 'Household
of Bouverie,' which was a very successful novel when published over twenty
years ago. Mrs. Warfield was the maternal aunt of the Mrs. Dorseyi of Mississippi, who bequeathed her property
to Jeff. Davis about two years ago."
HUMOROUS.
The First Impression.
Mrs. Jones has a rich brother in California who lately intimated to her that
he would make her a visit, and the other night when Jones went home he
found the house all in a commotion,
and the brother expected by the evening train, so he fixed himself up with a
laudable desire to make a good lirst
impression on the rich brother-in-law
whom he had never seen.
"Howdoes he loo!*?'' he inquired of
Mrs. J., as Ire stood at the hat-rack adjusting his side whiskers.
"Real stylish,'* answered Mrs. J.,
whose idea of rich relatives were somewhat vague, "he will probably have on
a seal-skin ulster and a white felt hat
with a broad rim—all rich Californian-s
dress that way—and he is very handsome; they always said at home that he
favored me," concluded Mrs. Jones,
modestly.
"Buthe must have changed some in
a dozen years," hazarded Jones.
" Oh, he has probably grown stouter
and more portly; he was tall aud slender then, with lovely chestnut hair; we
always said Sam was wasted on a farm,
and so he was. He met with a banana
—bandanna."
'•Bonanza," suggested Jones.
"Yes, it's some kind of aspecu-ation
they have in mines, but hurry or'you'Jl
be late: you'll know him by his resemblance to me."
Jones went down to the depot,
found he was early, lounged around
awhile and then went into the waiting-
room and sat down. The heat and the
silence Avere so oppressive that soon he
began to nod, and the next moment he
was a,sieep. "
He was awakened by a hand on his
shoulder. A little, roly-poly man with
his neck tied up in a red wooleu comforter, and with features like those of a
bronze statue puckered into a raass of
wrinkles, held an old sachel tied up
with twine in one hand, while with the
other he shook the indignant Jones.
"How de do!" he exdaimed briskly,
"name Jones, eh?"
Jones drew-t^melf t*ipJi-UigktUy, the
blood of all the Joneses "oDursing in his
veins, -7
" Sir! my name « Jones, as you have
doubtless been I»-»--_-ed. but you are a
stranger to sie, and I do not wis!* k>
know you"-—
"Why, I'm'*-- .    '
"Yes, you're a confidence -haai;* but
I live in the city, and am up to yoUr
little game. You can get some one
else to cash your check.' You see lam
not to be dupedf' „
"But I'm—'' «*
"Certainly, certainly, they all are*
been buying!arming implements—going
out on the next train—bank closed-
etc, etc.""'
" Will you lemme!"
"No sir, I will not, and if you address me again I'll call a policeman;"
and Jones walked indignantly away and
asked the ticket agent crossly when the
train would be in.
"Why it's in half an hour ago, aud
that old fellow over there with "the carpet-bag was looking for you; says he is
your wife's brother fronTCaliforny!"
Poor Jones! It will take him the rest
of the winter to smooth that little affair
over and find out what lirst impressions
amount to on rich relatives.—Detroit
2>osi anil Tribune.
—The Postmaster-General is bound
to carry out the law to the letter.—N.
0. Picayune.
—'' I'll give you a warm reception,"
as the live embers said to the fresh coal.
—_V. P. News.
—The man who tries to stop another's hat which has blown off generally ' 'puts his foot in it."—Wil and Wisdom.
—Nature seldom makes a phool: she
simply furnishes the raw materials and
lets the fellow finish the job to suit himself.—Josh Billings.
—The fowls that are destined to play
the part of spring chiclvens next year
are already able to fiy to roost. We
live in an age of progress.—Atlanta Constitution.
—An exchange says: "The bicycle is
a great thing to put .'■ *li nn^a man's
legs."    It is also a great tning --ifike .
flesh off a man's nose and other portions of his face.—Norrisiown Herald.
—The Empress of Austria Ivears a
train thirty feet long. Being an Empress, she is bound to have a longef
one than the butcher's wife across th
way, even if it breaks her back (to drag
it.—Philadelphia News. I
—It is feared that the enormous
manufacture of wooden toothpicks is
utterly destroying the forests of America, but then the young man who
spends all his salary for goodelotheo
must have something to eat.—Burlington Bawkeye.
—Speaking of his friend Sncjdgrass,
said Brown, " Charley and I are* a good
deal alike. - Two hearts that beat a.
one,' you know." "Beg pardon."
replied Fogg, quickly, "I think you
meant-.two beats that art as one."—
Boston Transcript.   ,j
—Tbe Associated; Press reporter at
Wareham telegraphis that a resildent oi
that towa |ra_s yesterday " precipitated
out of iaiij^S.4"  and badly ipjured.
ProbaH^ JS%M_!®^Km-'ent*e'-'* t° con~
vey the i$^|p£-# tilje man was ihrown
from his w&m:^Boston. Post.
—*'Jenni*?** Tliefmai-ket is glutted
with The-da5-%re-d;jil) «u-d-the41eave3-
are-falliag class of poetry*. Write something with w?ltmth:,; in it— something
about oyster stews, dp mustard plasters,
or apple toddies, something that .will be
suggestive of comfort in these chid autumn n'ghts, aud wejjmay publish it, but
quit bothering* abou^ithe leaves. (..They
are bound to fall anyhow.—Tcxaf Si/i-
A Yomig lady's 1f.H_ndprflil Vitality.
There is at present every prosAeet of
the recovery bf Mii» Melinda J*. Jacobus, who T/ms ghdt by her -ofper at
Peru, M. J., onthe -i'th of October last.
It will Ise ren__jnoei;asL?ti-_4 Jobn H-
Wolfe,, a young m-JJjtSfeS^rsev* City*
who had for some t-fBPB-ippaylin-r attentions to Miss •^fljfBWpS'i "in her
on that day and pla^flHrom'ted a gum
at hei*. She told te«s!|JS*wiw* 3o»jd-1d, but
he did not k&sd. .th® f¥»t,B**_g,;a4'i ihe
gun went •d-C4-^_u!*'*'_-a** ^wge ol
shot in tile rijgrt fiMi _* HUj^ sMobus.
The phj^c$|»is,-***h0'
pronounced *&*« ""*
and did n«st "*
cobus would
or two.    lne&
alive, find, tfeTux
erable att«ri«on
oned
•Hy I fatal,
Miss Ja-
1 an hour
ie ik .still
tinff eonsid-
t-fc^mftaie U fra-
—An association of New England
hotel and boarding house keepers will
endeavor to procure the passage of an
act providing that, when a person attempts to fraudulently evade the paj*-
ment of a board bill, he ■ may be imprisoned at the rate of one month for
every three dollars of the indebtedness.
—Chief Justice Gray, of Massachusetts, frequently makes, his circuit
through the State on hor-.el*a<?k. He is
a man of giant stature, measuring' sis
feet four inches.
ternity of 8QW.&&%.-r-$m} woand was
ahout nine j^cJM*-tt^ii*«iJ«J-6f r; b 1* the
greater portion •^^^gj^amde -ty the
powder ajjd stray s_ro*. 1dW oiifu e was
two and a half -**Mjjlifc»* $o«g a*H two
iieheswide. _ **0-»'$i_(fc£&.ai_d eleventh
ribs were fractured, *Sid |i«jjjfei«n8 if Hie
tone carried into the bogfys The luiijj
was perforated, the fuji <i__arge $ti iking
t!_e lower portion of i£ im.4 laveratingit
terribly. . Besic'es fe twrnes of th j ribs
portions of tib- C-o*B__^g* jiiid corse-. —a
part of the wJ-aJ-eboiafe <sf the laiti?.-—
were shot into the fyhty, and, it is .I.3
opinion of the phy«t9lfe_ra, ©leaf thi oagh
the lung.' Til* gun was loaded v Lh &
charge of U30 dnok shot, There b-w**o
been taken out of the woimd twen* y-six
shot, so that sti Q about twd-hundr- d remain. None of the j-teees of dre ss or
wha'ebone have yet prdtru"*ded. ■ '"or a
few days after the snoot-Us the wound
discharged air from ths m«gs, vhich
issued with a gurgling utj.se, bni this
has ceased and th*~ young lady ii apparently doing well. No signs o* py-
t.mia have set in and thw «V*mi uT Is
gradually closing up.    The'dead flesh
is sloughing o'l and tie young 1,
idy's
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iUiin   Qtglki^im^i^^-^ii
mmi&mtmMSMh!mmi>di*
iin^v^'i^i^-YM'Kj-p^Yiyyr'
strength is aiding the healing ebnijidor-
ably. ' At iir.**t Wolfe visijt^d Mi2% Jacobus and insisted on her promising,to
marry him, but she becamc^o eTspitfed
that the physician prohibited lie? ^eR,
ing him again.—N.  1". fleraM.
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