1882-09-07; Saline Observer

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SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1882.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFES^IOITAIi.
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C  W. OHANDI.EBI K. D.,
Physician arid Surgeon.
AUcaUspromptly attended to.  Office at real-.
denes, first door north q
Q  C. JENKINS,
Surgical and\
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fM.E. Church.
Office^ 19 South Main S^treet, opposite First
National
Ji.ia.xi. A.i*toc(r,   -  2£icli.
D.
P.McLACHXAN
Physician
Office and residence'
and
Surgeon,
bpposite M. E. Church,
Adrian street, Saline, M|icb.
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And Justice of thePeJice.
Bro's. sjtore, Chicago street
Mechanical
1ST.
Bank,
B. GHIiDAHOJ,
Attorney at Law,
Office overNichols
, Saline, Michigan*
■g JO|NES & SON,
i       Attorneys.
All ktkds of legal papers neatly and correctly
drawn, j Collections made and promptly remitted.  Office on Me Kay street, Saline, Mich.
E. 3 oips. FitASK E. Jones.
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V\f 4 HUMPHREY,
Real Estate Agent.
Government Land3 located. 20,000 acres of
choice wheat lands for sale. Correspondence
solicited.  Ellsbury, Barnes Co., D. T.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. W. F, LARZELERE,
The Old and Reliable
DRESSMAKER and CUTTER
Again offers her serwees to the ladies of
this vicinity.
PRICES lE^E-A-SOlST-A-IBI-iEi
and Satisfaction Guaranteed.     Shop at
residence on Henry sLreet, west.
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CEO. R. SHERMAN,
The old and reliaole
Wagon and Carriage Maker.
Job work and repairing-promptly done at reasonable rates.   Stop on Chicago St., west.
MVKOM WEBB,
JUSTICE  OF THE  PEACE,
And Insurance Agent.
COSVBYANCING ATTENDED TO PROMPTLY.
Special Attention Given to Collections.
Office 2d door west of the postoffice.
E. A. REYNOLDS,
"Notary Public, Real Estate,
USrSTTK-CXCE ASD COLLECTION AGEXCX".
Office over ST. C. Putnam &Co's. store, Milan,
Mich.  All business entrusted to me will
receive prompt, attention.
3Pa,tr»o-jaiz©     Tli©    Soys I
HAUSER~& CLARK,
Proprietors of
THE NEW LIVERY STABLE,
 At the	
OLD AMERICAN HOUSE BARN.
TOPICS 01? THE TIMES.
According to The London World,
Victor Hugo is rapidly-declining physically and mentally. His journey to
Guernsey in company with the two
ladies who have devoted their lives to
him was undertaken for the sake of
what is almost "native air" to him.
There is now a constant silent struggle
between the sightseers who would push
the old man to write anything, and the
family circle which endeavors to restrain
his lyric overflow.
A gentleman who recently travelled
in the same car with Hon. Benjamin
Harris Brewster, Attorney-General
of the United States, says he was much
puzzled by the fact that Mr. Brewster
carried six hats with him, one on his
head and five piled up on the seat by
his side. One of them was a century
old in style, being of light brown felt,
very high, and furry. .For it Mr.
Brewster manifested a strong partiality, always wearing it when he left
the car.
The memorial to the late Lord Bea-
consfield in Hughenden Church has
been at last completed. It consists of
a window in the western side of the
church, an organ and some decorations
in the chancel. In addition numerous
other tributes to the dead statesman's
memory have been placed there, prominent among which are: the monument, presented by the Queen; the east
window, by Lord Bose; the south window and brass, by the undergraduates
of Oxford; two bells, completing the
peal, by Mr. Bobert Warner; and a
pair of brass candelabra, by two members of Lord Beaconsfield's household.
THOMAS ECCLES,
The Pioneer
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Is now located in the Burg building-, on
Chicago St., where he will be glad to see all
his old customers and many new ones.
Repairing Xeatly and Promptly Done.
W. HELLER & SON.
Horse Shoeing & Blaoksrnlthing
Ifyourhoivsa forges, interferes or is irregular
in hi3 gait, give us a call and we will regulate him sj he will not anoy you.
Special Attention Given
To horses having weak aud diseased feet.
SHOP OX ANS' ARBOR STREET.
GEORGE   EHfJiS.
Merchant Tailor and Cutter.
I have a full line of simples of goods carried
by a leading eastern jobbing house, which I
will furnish" my customers at
■WXIOHiSS^LILjE PRIOB-
I buy my trimmings of jobbers and give my
customers the benefit. Don't buy anything in
the clothing line until you have examined my
samples and got my prices. I will save you
money. All work warranted. Shop over Davenports 4; Son's s tore.
A- S. BL1TON. W. E. ISBELL.
BLITON & ISBELL,
PROPRXETOBS OF TOTE
Livery, Sale and Feed Stables,
STAGE AND DEAY LINES,
Office,   South Front Street,  West Broadway,
TOWER CITY, DAKOTA.
Stage* to  Etlsbury, Hope and Lybeck leave
ereryTcesday.   Land Hunter's Outfits always furnished at reasonable rates,
QOHAIBEE & SCHMIDT,
Proprietors of the Union Block
MEAT   IAEKET.
— All kinds of —
MEAT, POULTRY, FiSH ETC
At Jtowest Living Prices.  No. 2, Union Block,
saUne, Michigan.
FIRE,  EIRE,  EIRE!
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P*teet yourselves against logs b  Are, by
insuring property with    *
W. H. DAVENPORT, Agent
For the following- first-class
companies;
OtflA&ABA, of New York,
CONTINENTAL, of N. Y.,
Detroit FIRE & MARINE
ASSETTS, $6,000,000
Losses Paid Promptly.
RATES AS  LOW AS  ANY
First-class Company.
A Troy officer recently found a
second Rip Tan Winkle sitting on the
doorstep of a residence upon the hill.
His name is Joseph Bower; but instead
of being asleep like Bip of old, Joseph
was exceedingly drunk. Beside him
sat his knapsack of enormous dimensions, and in'his hands'rested his rusty
shotgun. Ever and atfon Joseph would
cast his eye cautiotsly up and down the
street, and when a lone pedestrian
chanced to pass his way he would
place his gun to his shoulder and pull
the trigger, but all the pulling in the
world would not cause the hammers to
come down, for the locks were broken.
The gun had probably done duty long
before its proprietor was ushered upon
the stage of action, and it is doubtful
if the weapon had been fired off during
the last decade. The officer espied the
aged traveller and escorted him, gun,
knapsack and all to the station house.
An extraordinary cock-fighting transaction was recently brought to light in
a curious manner, in Wales. It seems
that one of those in the secret went to
the house of a local policeman, who
was away from home, and obtained the
loan of a tunic and helmet. Having
put these on, he proceeded to the scene
of the battle and suddenly presented
himself. Perceiving him, the sportsmen at once decamped, leaving behind
them palpable evidence of the sport in
which they had been engaged. The escapade of the practical joker coming to
the knowledge of the chief constable of
the county, an inquiry was set on foot,
which resulted in proceedings being ordered against as many of those who assisted at the cock fighting as were
known or could" be traced. .About a
dozen summonses have been issued, the
principals being gentlemen moving in
good society and occupying more or
less prominent positions. Among the
witnesses who have been subpoenaed
are an ex-mayor and others holding
still higher positions in society.
Lieut. Danenhower has given to a
reporter of The Washington  Star  an
account of  Alexy,  the hero   of the
Jeannette expedition, whose name was
little known until  found  penned  so
often in the sad journal of Commander
Be Long.   During all that  march to
death in the Lena delta, it will be remembered, it was Alexy who went on
ahead to explore the way, it was Alexy
who secured for the wanderers their
meagre supply of food, it was   Alexy
who gave his coat to save  Da Long
irom freezing, and it was Alexy. -who,
faithful to the end, at last succumbed
and lay down to die among the  latest
survivors.   This brave man was  an
Alaskan  Indian, from   St.   Michael's,
Norton Sound.   He was finely proportioned,   with small,    delicate-looking
hands and feet. Among the Jeannette's
crew he was a general favorite on account of his polite manners and readiness to help in any work.   He learned
the English alphabet, became expert at
stuffing bird3, and also learned to draw
He was a fine dancer, aud often amused the crew by illustrations of Indian
war-dances.   He was very fond of his
family, and at times became homesick,
fearing his wife and little boy would
not nave sufficient clothing while he
was  away.    Before sailing he had
made arrangements to have his pay all
given to his wife.   She will not know
of his death until next spring, and it is
thought that some arrangement will be
made by which she will receive his pay
up to that time.
The next attraction for the citizens
of Michigan and the country at large
will be the October rowing regatta,
SUNDRY SUBJECTS.
Both of State and National Interest
it to have a Larger
Post-office.
Debut of the New U. S. Three Per
Cent. Bonds.
The JLouisiana tottery Company
Brings Suit for Damages
Against the District
of ColumMa.
IMCHIGAlf.
England wants 1,000 barrels new
wheat flour from Kalamazoo.
Three Bivers has shipped an invoice
of velo2ipedes to Sweden.
Milford has been thrown into a state
of excitement over the attempt of -an angry
woman to horsewhip a prominent citizen of
mature years." The cause of the rumpus is
difficult to elucidate, but if what the woman
is reported to have said be true the prominent
citizen cannot be credited with a display of
either good judgment or taste.
In the case of Marquette county
against the bondsmen of Ward, defaulting
countytreasurer, a verdict for upwards of
*18,000 has been rendered in favor of the
ounty. The case will be carried to the su-
preme court.
Mrs. Peter Aten, 80 years old, died
near Tecuuiseh on the 28th on a farm which
has been her home over 50 years.
On Monday 1,070 logs were cut at
Sage's mill, West Bay City, by No. 2 gang, in
11 hours; the fastest work yet known.
Alpena has contracted for 14 electric street lamps, 2,000 candle power each, for
two years at $75 a year.
It has just come to light that con net
Emory H. Thomas was married in Jackson
prison to Mary Brown, by Chaplain Hickox,
July 28. This is Michigan's first state priBon
wedding. Thomas is in for seven years fcr
stealing silk.
The state teachers' institute at Hillsdale was largely attended, ninbly-two laaies
and thirty-three gentlemen biing enrolled as
members. It was an iuterestiag and profitable meeting. *
A train of 20 Montgomery palace
stock cars passed through Port Huron recently, with 18 head of cattle in each car. The
tra;n, which was on a trial trip from Chicago
to New York, via the G. T. and N. L., L. E. &
W. roads, was drawn by two engines, and
made the run of 335 miles from Chicago in 15
hours 10 minutep, and expect to reach New
York in 48 hours from Port Huron, or about
one-third the usual time. Special Agent Horn,
of the humane association, expressed himself
well pleased. *■;
The Fowlerville Bevie*pfceports the
finding of the bones of a ma^fion in White
Oak, Ingham county. The "lione from the
knee to the ankle is four feet long and one
foot thick, short rib five feet long, a part of
the horn or trunk four feet long and six inches
through at the smaller end. The animal must
have stood 25 feet high.
About 40 survivors of the fifth Michigan infantry attended the reunion at Capac
and all had a good time. Officers were elected for the ensuing year. Meet next year at
Farmlngton.
"The regular annual attempt to revive the Grand Kapids and Saginaw railroad
company" has been made. Ten mileB of it
were graded 10 years ago, Bince which nothing has been done.
Grandma Garfield, mother of the late
president, is in Grand Banjds for a visit of
several days. She will.'/-lendercd a reception
by leadfng citizens.
Jack Butler, living four miles north
of Wayne, lost a leg recently on the F. & P.
M.road.
Bay City reports unprecedently large
sales of salt for this seasons sec d deal going
east; it is not believed piices wii advance.
Grand Bapids peninsular club proposes to invest $30,000 iu a club house, f 27.-
250 of which is subscribed.
Eddie Briggs, five years old, fell into
the river from a South Bay City wharf, and
was drowned.
White Bussian wheat, grown by B.
P. Gustin, Bay City, went 51 buBhelB to the
acre.
Good heavy horses sell at Bay City
$500 to $600 a span for luuiberHg.
The failure of the Detroit league club
to keep their engagement at Charlotte caused
great dissatisfaction, aa a large crowd was on
hand for the game and a large number of
tickets sold.
Fred Ward, the boy who stole some
money and clothes irom the Baird house, has
been sent to the Lansing reform school.
Chief of Charlotte fire department, J.
V. JohnBon, has resigned on accountof changing his home to St. Louis, Mich.
A. L, Gark, jeweler, Imlay City, was
seriously burned by the explosion of a tin alcohol lamp while using va blow pipe It is
feared that he will lose the eight of one of his
eyes.
It is reported that at the conference
of the Grand Trunk officiab at Port Huron it
was decided to double track the road to Du-
rand.
The wife of Capt. John Bailey, of the
sctiooner Gilletr, was drowned oil the vessel
while iu the dry dock at Grand Haven. The
captain was on deck at the time, and says his
wife lost her balance and fell overboard. The
body was covered within 20 minutes, but all
efforts at     uscitation failed.
Seven of the 60 cattle brought from
Iowa to Grand Ledge two weeks ago have died
from eomo disease resembling rinderpest.
They die quickly when taken. Possibly change
of water and feed has to do with it. The herd
coBt $3,000.
The Bay City man whose skull was
crushed with a slab hook, pas had 12 pieces of
he skull removed, and is doing wall. The
man who struck him not yet caught.
As the Mackinaw express on the
Detroit, Lansing & Northern railroad was approaching Brighton the engine struck and
instantly killed a man named Stephen Buck.
The accident happened at a croasing in a cut,
ani some think there aro Indications that Buck
was afoot at the time, having got out of his
wagon to take his horses by the head. The
wagon was demolished and the horses killed.
When the train reached the next station with
the mangled remaluf, an inspection of the engine .showed that a part of a horse
was 'still carried upon the pilot. Buck
lived at Green Oak. The coroner's jury exonerate the railroad company and its employes.
Of the $70,000 asked in aid of the
railroad from Toledo to Marshall $60,000 have
been already subscribed by citizens and farmers. The balance will te raised very soon as
pledges have been made sufficient to cover that
amount. The whole amount has been raised
within ten days.   - =
William Williams died in the county
jail, Grand Bapids, of consumption. He|wns a
well educated man, but an excessive drinker.
He had friends in Detroit, and the remains
have been forwarded to that city.
The corner stone of the new Episcopal
church has been laid at Ionia, northeast corner
of Washington and First streets. The services
conducted by Bishop Gillespie and Bevs. Morris and Burford, all of Grand Bapids. The
structure will cost $7,000, exclusive of site.
Fire at- Grand Bapids destroyed a
stock of groceries, the property of John De-
graaf. Loss $1,500; insurance $700. The
store building, which is owned by Wm. O'Connor, was damaged to the extent of $400; insured.
Wm. H. Kingsley, switchman in the
Michigan Central yard at Niles, had his foot so
badly crushed by a passing engine that it was
necessary to amputate it.
The Staats-Zeitung, Grand Bapicls
has a contract to furnish 500 extra copies a
week for a year to the German immigration
society of the state for immigration purposes.
Thos. B. Bice, ex-probate judge and
prosecuting attorney, died suddenly from the
effects of strong drink, at Menominee.
Mrs. F. L. Jennings, aged 76, of
Monroe Centre, near Travers City, WaB fatally
burned in the destruction of her house, last
week.
The reception to Grandma Garfield
and her daughter, Mrs, larabee, at Grand
Bapids, was largely attended.
A farmer of Hilliards, Allegan county, is building a barn of black walnut, butternut and white wood.
The electric lights are said ^ to prevent telephonic communication between Bay
City and Saginaw at night.
WASHINGTON:
SECEETAEY FOLGKR IN P00B HEALTH.
Secretary Folger is not in good
health and Asristant Secretary French has
Daen acting as Secretary for several days.
Secretary Folg6r continues at his deBk, however, and gives his personal attention to impor
tant questions that come before the department
He will go away for a short holiday Id a few
days.
DETBOIT'S     PHOPOSED     NEW     GOVERNMENT
BOI1YDING.
A report has been submitted to the
secretary of the treasury recommending an
extension of the present poBtoffice accommo.
dations in Detroit by purchasing one lot and
condemning another. It Is thought the report
will be adopted without doubt.
A SUTB FOB nAMAGE.
The Louisiana State Lottery Company have filed a suit against the District Commissioners for $7,000 damages, claimed to have
been sustained uv the defendants closing up
their offico in Washington, arresting their
agents, etc.
The first of the new three per cent
bonds have made their appearance.
The employes will now try the non"-unk>n ex-
pariment, and it is thought disaster will come
to the amalgamated association.
NEWS NOTES.
CHIME.
THE BOND OUTBAGE.
Miss Bond, the victim of the outrage
in a school house some weeks ago at Taylors-
ville, III., and for which the suspected perpetrators came near being lynched, is rapidly
failing, and threats of lynching are renewed.
ONE PHOTOGBAPHEB LESS.
A. C. N"orth, a leading photographer
of Toledo, was found dead in his chair in his
room adjoining his gallery in the Hall block.
He had shot himself in the side of the head; the
bullet passing through the top of his skull.
There is no assigned cause for the act. The
deceased was 45 years of age, married, possessed a good business and had accumulated
considerable property. He usually appeared
in the best of spirits.
MOB LAW IN INDIANA.
Mt. Vernon, Ind., has been threatened withamob growing outof efforts to close
the saloons on Sunday and at 11 o'clock nights.
About 1 o'clock Sunday morning the residence
of John Paul, City Marshal, was fired by the
mob and burned to the ground. The Deputy
City Marshal was terribly beaten by a gang of
roughs. Telegraph and telephones were
guarded to prevent communication with
neighboringtowns;
BIG BOBBERY.
A TJhiontown, Pa, special says: The
safe of L. L. Crawford's store at Greensboro
was burglarized of between $10,000 and $12,-
000 on Sunday night Tho burglars forced in
a door neat the combination lock and opened
the safe with keys.
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
What the Great French Engineer
Has to Say About it.
CONFEDERATE BONDS IN DEMAND.
An Atlanta,. Ga., dispatch says:
There is a boom in confederate bonds, caused
by a demand from Amsterdam, where they
are now selling at $5 to $9 per thousand.
LASHED FOB REBELLING.
A special from Indian territory says
that the trial of the prisoners engaged in the
Sands rebellion has concluded in a verdict of
guilty and punishment of 100 lashes on the
bare back has been duly inflicted.
THEIB FIRST ACTION.
The Utah commission has been heard
of, and the same item which records their first
action, also notes a breeze of dissatisfaction
among tbe Gentiles. The commission has appointed 24 registers for the 24 counties of Utah
under the Edmunds law. These appointments
consist of 7 Gentiles, 9 apostate Mormons and
8 Mormons. These registers have the appointing of assistants for every precinct, subject to
the commission's approval. The duty of registers consists in excluding polygamists from
acting, and Gentiles are dissatisfied that the
commission should appoint upholders of the
very evil they are sworn to crush.
THE FEVER.
The Governor of Texas has received
a telegram from the County Judge of HidalgoJ
stating that yellow fever is spreading to the
ranches above Brownsville on the Mexican side
of the Bio Grande. Sixty new cibsb in a day
are reported from Brownsville, and a few from
Matamoras There are 18 or 20 cases in Pen-
sacola, with a few new ones daily.
A STEAMER AGROUND.
The British steamer, Lake NepigiOn,
went ashore on the eastern icoast of Ireland,
Sept 1st, but the pi!3Bengers were all saved.
The ship was subsequently towed off at high
tide, aud hod sustained little damage.  >
GOING HOME.
Cetewayo is on his way to the, Cape
of Good Hope, whore~be will resume the powers of king of. Zululand.
THE DEAD.
A San Antonia dispatch states that
129 persons were drowned by the Concho
flood, and 15,000 Bheep cattle and horses. The
river rose 50 feet.
REJECTED;  -
The colored cadet Lemuel W. Livingston, appbintad from Alorida, could not pas9
the examination at West Point, and was sent
home.
DOES NOT FILL THE BILL.
A* telegraphic dispatch from Salt
Lake Bays it is admitted the Edmunds law
does not meet the case presented in Utah. It
is, however, a step in tho right direction, and
it is thought tho commission will recommend
to congress legislation leading directly to the
resolutions of Utah to n. condition of affairs in
harmony with the other stateB and territories
of the Union.
A CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Hon. Geo. B. Beeves, late Speaker of
the House of Representative, of Texas, is at
the point of death from hydrophobia. Ho
lives at Sherman.
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION.
The election in Arkansas resulted in
a democratic majority on the state ticket of
the usual number, but it is thought a slight
gain was made by gceenbackers and republicans in the legislature. Some bull-dozing is
hinted at by a dispatch from Helena. One
negro was shot.
WILL CONTINUE THE STRIKE.
The amalgamated association of iron
workers held a meeting in Pittsburg, tho other
day, 48 of the 63 lodges being represented. It
was unanimously decided not to return to wor^
under a compromise, and tbe strike Is in the
same condition as when commenced June 1st.
The Boston Herald publishes the following cable from Paris, Sept. 2d.
De Lesseps, who has just arrived
here, in an interview' on Egyptian affairs, said that the first fact that should
be known regarding the Egyptian matter is that the movement is a national
one. He was convinced that Arabi has
the whole nation at his back. His force
at present is between 25,000 and 30,-
000 Arabs. He has arms for 200,000
and when he needs men he can get
them. * De Lesseps had every reason to
be satisfied with the manner Arabi behaved toward the canal. The English
had no need of the canal for their opera- j
tions. The Arabs had not placed a
price on his head. On the contrary,
after the English had landed at Suez
he had received a letter from" Arabi
saying he knew it was not his fault, and
giving him notice that the sweet water
canal would be cut. The English sailors had behaved very badly. Firing
right and left in the streets and killing
many Arab women and children, and one
of DeLessep's own employes. The
English army was very well organized.
He thinks the war will be a long one
and its final result cannot yet be forecast. ~So serious operations could be
undertaken until the'hot weather and
the overflow of the Nile, were at an
end in October. It was not true that
Arabi had mutilated Englishdead and
wounded. He had heard nothing of
that from officers in Egypt. England
had been long intending to get her finger into Egypt on one pretext or another. The whole trouble had been
caused by the intrigues of Malet and
for the purpose of giving England this
opportunity. He had not seen any of
the actual fighting, but there had been
many more killed and wounded among
the English than reported. There were
also many cases of sunstroke and some
cholera too. When he had been in
Egypt before the troubles began he had
found some opposition to Arabi among
the Bedouin chiefs, but now he believed they were all for Arabi.
If Arabi was killed of "captured war
would not on that account come
to an„ end. The English might
by some of the chefs, but that would
not help them much. The Khedive
was a man who would never be able to
govern the country, even if the British
succeeded in re-establishing his authority. It would end if the English were
successful in his either being deposed
by them br in his being merely a nominal ruler. At present he was a prisoner and nothing he did had any weight
with the Egyptian people.
De Lesseps, in reply to a question if
this Suez canal trouble was not what
might occur with the Panama canal,
said: "No. The Americans have never
interfered in matters that did not concern them, while it has been the invariable practice of England to be always
meddling in other people's affairs. - No,
1 have no apprehension, that Panama
will ever hear a cannon fired.&.
De Lesseps. then said that"work on
the Panama canal was' progressing favorably and was pushed forward with
the greatest activity. ,HeJeaves Paris,
absolutely refusing a banquet from several sensational newspapers.
Prof. Blaekie Reads a Poem.
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
The Dublin Riots Cease and Order is
Restored—Progress of the
Egyptian War.
A Prominent Man About to Die of
Hydrophobia.
The Pennsylvania Iron Workers
Decide to Sold Out for
Their Demands—
Etc., JEtc.
The relations, which subsisted between this ripe scholar and his crew of
rough Scotch students were such as an
Oxford tutor would faint to think of.
Here is a sketch, not from the imagination, of the lecture of a session in the
Greek class-room at Edinburgh:
The Professor —And now I will read
to you a song I have just written. (Immense applause.) First, I will read it
in Greek, and then, since probably none
of you .will know enoughGreek to understand it—(Oh! oh!)—I will read it
ia the barbarous tongue which you can
comprehend.   (Laughter.)
A Celt on one of the back benches^—
Sing it, Blaekie!
(Cheers, cat-calls, laughter, roars of
"Sing it!" the Professor vainly endeavoring to get a hearing. In a lull of
the storm he ejaculates:   "You are a
pack of ;" the epithet is drowned
in howls.)
The Professor (gathering up his papers)—1 won't read the song at all.
(Profound silence.)
The Professor (smiling benignly)—
Very well, my dear fellows, since you
really seem able to behave yourselves,
I will read the song. (A.nd Blaekie,
whom all the rough lads adore, begins
to recite his song in Greek and then in
"the barbarous tongue"—and a capital
song it is.)—Whitehall Review.
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In the revised Bible ifc is spelled "Hades."
People who hit their thumb nails instead
of the tack while putting down carpets
should befit this fact in mind.
ITOIIEIGN AEEAIJiS.
THETHBONE  USJBPED.
The latest telegrams from Corea state
that the uncle of the King has seized the
hrone.
VICTOBX FOB  THE ENGLISH.
On the 28th ultimo, the Arabs attacked the British prosition at Kassasin, and
were repulsed with heavy loss. The British
lost 120 men, and captured 11 of the enemy's
guns.
"      PUNISHED FOB MUTINY.
Those afloat in the Alexandria harbor recently witnessed an unusual sight, the
keel hauling of three Arab sailors on board
the Egyptianfrigate Souda for mutiny. They
were first flogged and then tied to a rope and
hauled up to the port side yard-arm. They
were then dropped into the sea, dragged under
the keel and hauled up to the starhoard yard-
arm.   They were soon dead.
ANOTHEB WAB.
Dispatches from Constantinople and
Athens reportan engagement between Turkish
and Grecian troops on the frontier. The immediate cause of the trouble was the attempt of
the Greeks to take forcible possession of the
disputed territory of Karalik|Deraend, on the
Thessilian frontier, but they were repulsed
with heavy loss by the Turks under Bagheb
Pasha, while eight of the lattei's men were
killed. Two other engagements are reported,
in both of which the Greeks we*e repulsed.
WANTS A BEST.
Arabi asked for an eight days armistice. The request was denied by Gen. Wolseley,
who offered one day. The wisdom of Gen.
Wolseley's course is seen when Arabi's treachery in fleeing from Alexandria while the flag
of truce was flying, is called to mind. It is unofficially reported the armistice is wanted aB
preliminary to a surrender.
THE BOUNDARY LINE TBOUBEE.
An official dispatch from the frontier
announces that the Turkish commander has
demanded an armistice, which the Greeks are
willing to accept provided the Turkish troops
withdraw from the points they have occupied.
This the Turks have refused to do. It is reported hostilities have commenced, ^f ^government is djmlaying increased acl!yi27 in
military p^^ations. Five hundred troops
ara arriving-^fehe frontier daily.       i!
,i ABIGSTBIKE. $T«
#The agitation among the Irish^on-
stabulary took a serious turn in Dublin on the
1st inst. A meeting was held the previous
night, at which Capt. Talbot, chief superintendent, was denounced, and those in attendance were the ones that were released from
service—34 in all. A proclamation was widely
posted at the same time, declaring that
the services of special constables were
necessary and calling upon all loyal
subjects to come forward and under
take the duty. It also justified the dismissals.
Great Indignation was caused by the action
some of the men on duty tearing their badges
from their coats and declaring they would not
do service until tbe brethren were reinstated.
A general strike among all the police ensued,
and great excitement prevailed. Soldiers took
the place of the strikers. A mob assembled at
10 o'clock, assailed a tram car and broke the
windows of the police station on College street.
A short time afterward tho mob in Brunswick
street threw stones at the troops and one man
was wounded.  A magistrate read the riot act.
WHAT TUBKEY WILL DO.
The Porte has resolved to surrender
the disputed points on the frontier on condition
of]ils being declared neutral territory.
EXCITED DUBLIN.
Affairs in Dublin remained in a
fevered condition throughout the 2d instant.
In the evening the military charged on a mob
surrounding the O'Connell statue, and cleared
the spot. There was much stone throwing
and several persons were wounded. A settlement of tha difficulty was thought to have
been reached, however, the men who resigned
having sent a memorial to the castle express-
iag deap regret at their action and asking
Lord Spencer to consider their case. This
was done, and a number of men returned to
duty. Still later, a report came that the police would again throw off their lodges if the
dismissed policemen were not reinstated.
HOSTILITIES AT AN END ON THE GBEEK FBON-
TIEB.     ■
Owing to diplomatic correspondence
b3tween Turkey and Greece, the hostilities will
cease.
CHOLERA.
A Madrid dispatch says the deaths
from cholera at Manila avearge 800 daily.-
The morning of September 4th saw
peace restored in Dublin. It is believed all
the policemen will be reinstated.
ENGLAND ASSENTS.
The sultan has been informed by
Lord Dufferin that England gives her assent to
the landing of two or three thousand Turkish
troops at Port Said. The troops will go immediately.
•  ATBATNWBECKED.
An excursion train with 1,200 passengers left the track near Hagstten,Germany;
100 personB were killed and 900 injured. The
track had been washed away by heavy rains.
by the heads of the ehurch, who perform the ceremony. The woman here
receives a spiritual name, which &he
is not allowed to make known during
her life, It is confided solely to herself and. her; husband. During the
ceremony a veil is placed upon her
face, which she wears until she leaves
the endowment house, when she removes it and lays it aside. It is then
concealed until her death, when it is
again placed upon her face and buried
with her. Unless her husband shall
lift it from her face, and at the same
time call her by her spiritual name, on
the judgment day, she will never see
the Lord.
REPUBLICAN   CONVENTION.
What was Done at Kalamazoo--The j
Platform' — Candidates   Chosen,;
Etc., Etc. |
DEAD MEN'S  DESKS.
The Seats Occupied by Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, Douglas, Jeff Davis and Charles Sumner, in the
Senate.
The Mormon Endowment House.
—There is at least one building in Salt
Lake City which is closed against all
gentiles, and indeed against all mormons, too, except the faithful few aad
those  who have business connected
with the rites  and ceremonies performed there.   This is the endowment
house.   It is a plain  and  prison-like
stone building within the church in-
Closuro  at" the north end of the city.
All celestial or polygamous marriages
are performed there, and the secret records of  the  church  are kept there.
Judge McKean, while in office at one
time, thought of letting the light of
day in upon the establishment by sending a deputy  marshal to serve a writ
calling for some of its books and papers.   But he was advised not to do so,
as it would certainly lead to a fight for
which the United States government
was not then prepared.   When a man
and  woman desire to be spiritually
sealed, they enter   the   endowment
house at an appointed hour and are met
Daniel Webster resigned his seat in
the United States senate on July 20,
1850. His desk is still in the senate
chamber; but which one, where it sets
and who is the lucky senator that has
it are secrets to all the world, except
Capt. Bassett, whom Mr. Webster
brought here when a mere boy, and put
him in position as a page, eighteen
years before he resigned. Capt. Bassett has held a place in the senate from
that day until the present, being acting
assistant sergeant-at-arms now. But
to the story of the desk. As above
stated, the possessor of it, or its number, is as profound a secret to the senator who sits at it as it is to an Egyptian mummy. Capt. Bassett's reason
for keeping all knowledge of the numbers of Mr. Webster's, Mr. Clay's and
Mr. Calhoun's seats a secret is that,
knowing and understanding the desire
of the average7Ameriean citizen, both
male and female, for relics, he fears to
give the secret away lest the desk
would be chipped away by peacemeal
by the curious who throng the capitol
every day. There has been ho change
in these, desks from the day they were
brought into the capitol until now,
other than the annual coat of varnish.
Capt. Bassett has a memorandum record of their numbers and places/which
he keeps carefully under lock and key,
and will when he comes to shuffle off
this mortal coil, furnish to the proper
person all the information relative to
these desks, in order that their history
may be carefully preserved and handed
down to future generations as mementoes of Webster and his associates in
the senate.
DOUGLAS,    JEFF  DAYIS   AND  SUMNER.
% There are three other desks in the
s'enate chamber which curiosity hunters
would like to be able to see and know
that they were the right ones. Those
are the djjjsks of Jefferson Davis, of
Mississippi, Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois, and Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. Mr. Davis's desk occupied
the same ^fosition in the chamber that
Beck's does, now, but it is not known
to anyone except Capt. Bassett,whether
or not it is the same one. Mr. Douglas'
was in the same place as that occupied
by Mr. Pendleton, and Mr. Sumner's
was in the place now occupied by Mr.
Dawes.
In 1862, when the New Tork zouaves
were in the city, about twenty of them
weDt into tne senate chamber early one
morning to destroy the chair and desk
that had been occupied by Mr. Jefferson Davis. Just as they were in the
act, Capt. Bassett put in an appearance,
and asked them what they were about.
They quickly told him that they were
going to destroy "that seat and desk
because they were the ones occupied
by Jeff Davis." Capt. Bassett suggested
to them that their mission in Washington was to protect public property and
not to destroy it. They saw the point,
and Capt. Bassett at once proceeded to
change the numbers on the desk as to
be able to say to all who might inquire
about the several desks referred to
that the desks that were used by the
senators alluded to were not now in
the same places; that they had been
changed around for the express purpose of preventing them from being
mutilated by relic and curiosity hunters. Capt. Bassett is annoyed very
much nowadays by strangers who visit
the capitol to know which was Mr.
Conkling's desk. As yet he has not
seen proper to change it from its former
position, but anticipates doing so at an
early day. All knowledge of who has
the honor of using the three desks
above referred to—to-wit; Davis', Douglas' Summer's, is as profound a secret
to all the world, save and alone Capt.
Bassett, as any knowledge of Webster's
Calhoun's or Clay's.—Wash. Critic.
IX Glimpse of liire in 2*aris.
A Paris correspondent of the Boston
Globe -writes: "Paris is, indeed, a "beautiful
•:ity; its wonderfully clean and superbly
paved streets; its long miles of white
^ouses, of ruiiform height and style of
XicMtecturejtwui for this metropolis the admiration of every visitor. The water in
the gutters and drains is marvelously clean,
inQ the poorest workman is a paragon of
•ftiltcncss; rough in Ms outward appear-
Jiace, ^lieavy shoes, corduroys and blue
blouse, he is an agreeable disappointment
to one who asks some information in regard'to streets, or a boulevard he -wishes to
find. To-day I visited the Jardin des Plants,
and found it resembling in many respects
tho Zoological .'Gardens in Regent's Park,
iu London. All ranks, high and low, rich
rnd poor, were strolling in the inclosure,
feeding the animals, sitting on the benches
beneath the trees or examining the museum. There are collections of botanical
ipecimens from all parts of the world,
livery bear has its den to which.is can xo-
tire, its tree to climb, or burrow to dig in.
The feathered tribe have a pool of clear
vrater to bathe in and a grass plot to traverse and exercise upon at their will.
;>1,\nro is a circular building within the
■bSrjuds—a sort of amphitheatre—set apart
0 lectures on zoology and ornithology.
"'Tho French are strange people. In a
window on Kue St. Denis I saw offered for
sale prayer-books, beads, and chroihos ridiculing' the clergy, all side by side in the
same window, and also along several boulevards I observed the same strange inconsistency in the display of religious goods.
During my halt at Calais I saw the monument erected to commemorate the embarkation of Louis XVin for London, which
is near the 'ouaxof this ancient, seaport."
Delegates from all parts of the state assembled at Kalamazoo, most^of them being in the
city'on the evening of the 28th ultimo—to attend the Bepublican state convention. !
CALLEDTO  OBDEB. " j
The beautiful new Academycpf Music was \
full at the hour for opening, 11 a. m. August
80. A good orchestra stationed out of sight in
one of the galleries, was meanwhile discours- j
ing fine music. The convention was called to j
order at 11:20 a. m. by wm. Livingstone, jr., i
and prayer was offered by Bev. C. 0. Brown, |
who prayed for wisdom and harmony in the;
work of making the nominations, and that the i
ticket so nominated might be elected. This I
prayer was greeted with hearty applause.
After the prayer the formal call was read by i
DelosPhillip3 and a letterfrom Mr.Livingstone I
from ChairmanBaldwin, who was unable to be j
present \
J. W. French of Three Bivers waB then called i
to the chair, and accepted the honor in a neat
speech laudatory of the party and stater The
programme was thenchanged by calling James
fi. Stone to the secretaryship, a change that
was brought about by Morrison of St. Joseph j
and carried by a public vote. I
The districts then named their men, who had j
been previously agreed upon in caucuses, for I
places on the various committees.
Wm. Brown of Isabella, on behalf of the
state central committee, offered a resolution j
thanking Chairman Baldwin for the capable I
and unsolfish manner in which he had con-
ducted the last campaign.   This wag adopted ]
by arising vote.
The convention then adjourned till 2 p. m.
aE-ASSEMBLED. 1
The convention re-assembled at 2:20 p i
in. The opera house was crowded with dele- j
gates below and the elite of Kalamazoo up !>
stairs. Before the opening of business the Kal- \
amazoo male quartette gave two neatly render- I
edlselectionB. I
The committee on permanent organization i
and order of business reported as' chairman j
Tom Palmer; secretary Daniel Crossman, with;
Delos Phillips assistant at large and one assist- j
ant from each district; two tellers were also;
named from each district. The report was
adopted. The order of nominations was fixed as j
follows: Governor, lieutenant governor, secre- j
tary of state, treasurer, auditor general, com- J
miBsjonerof the land office, attorney general, \
superintendent of public instruction, member j
of stato board of education. j
Mi. Palmer was introduced and made an
eloquent speech of ten minutes. I
THE EES0LUTI0NS. j
The report of the committee on resolutions j
was presented by Ex-Governor Blair, who waaj
heartily received. The reading, however, was;
done by Gen. Byron M. Cutcheon. The platform records with sorrow the loss of Garfield,]
and resolves that Arthur is worthy of the coun-j
try's trust. It declares loyalty to the party and!
demands the free ballot all over the country;!
denounces polygamy as the disgrace of our!
civiliza insists that care must be taken inj
the revision of t e tariff, and that protection to;
American man afactures, etc., must be main-;
tabled. It favors a nat'onal civil service and'
insists that dangerous monopolies must be pre-j
vented.
It also demands the submission of a prohib^,
itory amendment to the popular vote; protests;
against discrimination in transportation; uh
dorses Jerome's administration; arraigns the;
democratic party ae the same old bourbon ele-j
ment which had neither repented nor reformed,;
and denounces the fusion of ihe Michigan;
greenbackers and democrats as a shameful
political bargain and sale and political prosti-;
tution. i
Despite the objection of the anti-prohibitiorj
element the platform was adopted in to to by a
rising vote solidly. There was not a_ dissenting
vote, the previous applause having already
clearly shown that the prohibition element had
captured the crowd. ;,
A resolution to make representative districte
the units of representation in the state convene
tion hereafter evoked a feeling of opposition
from Washtenaw, through A. J, Sawyer. It
was postponed indefinitely after a lively skirj-
mlsh. j
"     JEBOME BE-NOMTNATED. j
An effort was made to renominate Jerome
by acclamation but it was choked down by th4
opposition, who wanted a balloty which was
taken and resulted: D.H. Jerome 561, Tonj
Palmer 97, D. Pritchard 10, Col. StockbrMgfe
M, and a few scattering for Woodman, Bich1,
Beal, Blair, eta It was made solidly unanimous. Crosby was immediately nominated by
acclamation fcr lieutenant governor.
Balloting next took place for a candidate
for '■■:■':
SECBETABY OF STATE j
and Harry A. Conant of Monroe, was chosen
on the third vote:" His nomination was sub-
ssguently made unanimous. j
OTHEB NOMINATIONS. j
Edwin H. Butler, of Detroit, was nominated
for treasurer on the second ballot, and W. 0
Stevens, of Iosco, for auditor general on thjj
second ballot. Minor S. Kewell, of Flint, wak
chosen commissioner of the .state land office
unanimously, and J. J. VanvBiperof Berrien,
was renominated for attorney general by acjr
clamation. Vamum B. Cochran for sup'ij..
public instruction, and Bela W. Jenks Jot
member of the state board of Vacation.; cornt
pleted the list of nominations.; ■'■_■/■
' THE STATE CENTBAL COMiTrTTEE
Edward" S.Llcey, Eaton, chairman. First
District—Wm.' Livingstone, jr.; E. Cottrelt
Second District—Burton Parker, Albert Dick-
erman. Third District—In,Q. O, Sharpe, O. C.
Tompkins. Fourth District—Jas.; Monroe, Jas.
M. Shepherd. Fifth District—E.^G. D.Holden,
G. W. McBride. Sixth District—0. F. Kimball, E. C. White. Seventh District—Wm.
Hartsuff, Edgar. Weeks. Eighth Distriet-J-
Wm. Kilpatrick, A, B. Barren, Kinth District
—E. O.Shaw, Jas. M. Biee. Tenth Districts
I Albert Polk, Theodore C. Phillips. Eleventh
'District—W.F. Swift, Thos. T.Bates. 7
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good! Ouryoungmenaxedymg^fleaa--
poison, and kissing is going; out of fashion.
A genius has invented a "fire-proof paper," which at first sight, would seam to
make it possible for Col. Ingersoll to Jiave
hifpaper'sent to his new address m *h«
next world, •*
"What did you do to break thk
vase?" "Ah! Madame, nothing could
be easier. I had it. in my hand—lil^e
tb.is~and I struckit against the corner
of the table, so—-"An& he breads
the mate to it.   ,
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