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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1885. NO. 7. VOLUME XXX ,f||
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repentant.
This summer breeze fraught with repentant
sighs,
Once a fleet force no heavenly law could
bindNow
wandering earthward in a gentler guise, j
Is but the ghost of some fierce winter wind.
? William II. Hctync, in the Century.
DYER'S FULLY.
a fri7.e story.
"Whr.t did yc say ycr name w.V?1'
We stood outside the wire fcnce,
Georgie and I, and looked at the old '
man who leaned 0:1 his plow surveying
us, wniie mc iwosnaggy norscs auacneu
to it languidly hung their heads as if in- j
tending a furtive nap.
"I'm Charline Bofd; this is Georgie, :
my little brother. We've come all the
way from Kansas City. We're your own {
grandchildren. Mother's dead. Father!
sent us here; he's gone to Arizona to j
work in a mine."
life looked dazed.
"Clarrissv (lend, V you her children?
Wal, it do beat all! An' you sic-li a big
gal, an' him her livia* pictur, an' I not'
knowin' she wa' gone. Come in, dears;
the gate's bcyant, but yc kin crawl under
* the wires. There! Now lemme look at
yfer. Laws, child! don't try to kiss me;
my face ain't none to clean."
lie was a pleasant-faced, blue-eyed old
man, with long, curling white hair, llis .
teeth were gone, but otherwise he seemed
unlike old men. for he was straight
and tall, his arms brawny and strong. His
flothing was neat, but neglected-look- j
Jnr, the buttons hanging, with little
t-'irs widening into large rents. 1 was
only fourteen, but mother had taught
me to do a grown woman's work; beside,
Georgie was live, and such a baby
made me feel older.
"Where's grandma?" I asked.
For answer he pointed his thumb at a
mound awayat the end of the level field, j
where a rude wooden cro-s was planted, j
"She's thar. She wcut a year ago. j
I've lived alone sence. an' it's the bless- ,
in' of Providence you children is come. 1
Oftentimes I've feared I might grow
desprat outer sheer lonesomcness V sor- .
rer. Maybe you didn't know't, but
Clarrissy 'n' mother quarrelled in years
gone, 'n' never got frcn'lv. wich was because
ycr marnatried ycrpa, wich seemed
to me a good man 'null; but wimmcn is
queer, 'n' mother looked hiuh for Clar- j
rissv,"
"I so hungry !" cried poor little
Georgie, his lips quivering and his round
eyes tilling with teats.
"UIes3 his little heart!" said grand- :
father, recovering himself and patting
my cheek softly. "Here you be, jest off <
a long journey, V me a-keepin' ycr in !
the cold, an' meanderin' on as if thar
x. J... l-.i. - 1 ) 4 1 !
wa'Q t no to-uay, uui uu u-aa-niais. ?
How did ycr come?" lie asked, unhar- !
nessing the horses.
"By rail to D ; then a gentleman
gave us a ride horc in his fine carriage. I
AVe came in the train with his daughter, :
Miss Bessie Littlo. lie owns a big ranch
near here."
"A fine young lady," broke in grand-,
father. "She was like a darter to ycr j
granma, an' though she lived miles j
^ away, she was over night an' day, a-gal j
lopin' 'cross (he plains on a black horse
as is a thoroughbred, an'a line speci-;
men of horseflesh r.s is seen in these '
parts. She kin ride, too, 'n' ain't a j
feared o' nothin'. Mother set a si'dit bv ,
her."
TVe were now at the house, a neat little
one-story cottage, containing four;
rooms. A comfortable barn and yard ,
for the cattle were near, and a well close |
by the door. There was a cosy kitchen, |
* sitting-room, and two bcd-room3; one i
the "spare room," grandfather feaid, j
.it-. 74. I
pruuuiy. it iuumu in-cu auvi j/iwwdv, :
but was ns cold and damp as the tomb.
The lonely old man had faithfully swept |
and dusted, and kept everything where j
his wife bad placed, even her work bas- j
ket, with a needle sticking in the half i
finished gingham sleeve.
Georgie and I took the spare room,and !
I built a fire and aired the bedding, In j
a few days I grew competent to take |
charge of the house, put things where
ehchad placed them, and cook the simple
meals?and these were very simple,
for grandfather was poor. Two old
horses, two cows and a calf comprised
the stock.
"I don't hcv no luck wi' poultry,
Charley," lie said, lie called me ('liarley,
for Charline was too "newfangled,"
and Charley was the name of his dead
son. "Mother used to raise a sight, but
arter ?hc went they begun dyin', an'
what didn't die was eat by cayotcs."
The last day of my first week on the
rancli Mis3 Bessie Little rode up to the
cabin on her coal-black horse. She was
a sweet-faced girl, blue-eyed and ycllowhaircd
and rode beautifully. She made
herself at home, petted Georgie, and I, j
shy a; I was, found myself conliding to j
ner an iny irouuies ana nopes. imic sympathized
with me an<l helped me, cutting
a frock for Georgic and a basque for me,
and when she rode oil, she premised to
come often.
The next day a w.igon camc from her
home, and in it was a fine rooster and six
hens, and a big bundle of clothing that
she had outgrown and that titled me.
IIow dreary the how's of the cavotcs
were at night, especially when one of
their number was killed! They would
seem to unite in a chorus of maledictions.
Miss Bessie rode up one day, and at
her heels was an overgrown shepherd puppy,
with big paws and jolly little black
eyes.
"Here's a cayotc exterminator, Grandfather
Bycrs," she said, as she jumped
from the saddle, and the black horse fell ,
eagerly to eating the short, cri^p bulTalo :
grass, just as though he was not stulTed j
at home.
She imitated tlie cayote's cry; the dng .
bristled, his eyes shot fire, he looked in j
all points of the compass and then, with j
a lierce howl, tore madly around the
house.
Through Miss I!es3ie's kindness I found
a ready market for my eggs and chick- j
ens, aud for the butter I learned to make;
and she showed me how to "lay butt2r
down'' for winter use.
Though she never had to work, she
knew every task in a farmer's wife's existence;
and perhaps it was best, for
there was a young man living near her
father's ranch, who himself owned a big I
ranch, and who took tea every Sunday 1
afternoon with her father, and went to '
church down in the village every Sunday j
evening with her.
About two miles from our ranch were
three low hiiia, or mounds. Behind one,
in a sou of valley, hedged in by the I
hills and facing the pla lis, was a well i
ninety feet deep, called, I regret to say, j
'T.yers's folly." Poor grandfather had
had the well dug, hoping to obtain :
the water to irrigate his land, lie could
not sec ahead to the time when a coin-1
pany of capitalists would intersect the
region with inigating ditches, and each
man's land could be benefited by paying i
a small annual water tax.
Grandfather's money gave out before I
the well was lini-hed,smd the wide,deep, i
black hole, carc'essly crossed by rotten
boards, and a big pile of earth, was all ;
that was left of his labor and his fortune.
Not only was his money sunk in the.
hole, but also lar^c sums borrowed from |
Jlr. Little, who, 1 knew, had forgiven it. !
and five hundred dollars borrowed from |
a Mr. Davieson, of 1)?, and to this man j
our ranch was mortgaged.
Grandfather grew gloomy and sad as 1
spring caiuc on. ue ongnceueu up a j
little when I showed him my account I
book,?Miss I>es>ie showed mc how to
keep it,?and I proved to him how much
money I had made with the liens and
the butter; but he sighed a moment after.
"Ef 1 hadn't a' done that, how comferablc
we'd 'a* been. You're sich a
smart girl, a son more'n a g.d, Charley.
JJut Davieson's a hard man; dunno as
ter-inorrcr'll lind us with a roof to cover j
us, an' 'tis a fine property too, now the .
irrergatin' ditch crosses it."
He seemed to take little interest in the
farm work. He would harness the horse,
plow a few furrows, and then stand in a
helpless attitude, looking toward I)-.
He would wander down to the road to
ask possers if they had a letter for him,
and then would sit outside the kitchen
door, his face hidden in his hands.
Georgie, playing near by, would try to
comfort him in his i?vingbaby way.
One day, however, a man came up on
horseback. He tossed me a letter?I've
hated yellow envelopes ever sicce?for
! grandpa, who was down the field with
his team; it was such a sunny March day,
it gave him new life for his work.
1 could not bear to take it, so I put
Georgia's sunbonnet on him, and pinned
the letter to hi* frock, and with a big
cookie in his hand, sent h'm down to
"danjm."
Tlicy came back later, hand in hand,
the same old horses following. Grandfather
hurried past me into his chamber,
and shut the door. His facc was ashcolored,
his eyes bloodshot. I waited a
long time; I feared he might be dead,so
I rapped on the door. lie opened it; lie
was dressed ill his worn black broadcloth
suit, with his old-fashioned liteh
collar. 1 remembered then it was the
tirst time I had ever seen him wear a
white shirt. He held an old beaver hat
in his hand, and was absently brushing
the nap with his sleeve.
'It's come, dear. That! I'm goin'
tcr 1) . I'll try if he won't wait till
fall.I'll work hard. Maybe t he crops'll do
summat. I'll sell the stock''?those old
horses were so dear to him! "No,
don't kiss me, dear; it 'ud break me
down. I've just found out I'm a weak |
old mnn. I never felt it afore."
He staggered out to the barn, i followed
him.
"I mayn't be back for two days or so. ,
Will you be afceredr"'
"No," I said, but I was. I helped him
into the wagon. lie seemed dazed and
half-blinded by his misfortune. Oh, if I
could help him! I did the work f.dth
iiiliy when lie was gone, anving inc
Cows nnd milking them, nnd taking care ;
of the house nnd Ueorgieand the poultry.
The next day a band of Indiaus?ten
or twelve?rode up to the cabin. I was
frightened, but met them as coolly as if
I had plenty to protect me. (Jeorgie, in
wild alarm, hid under the bed. The j
Indians seemed kind, and only wanted a
drink of miik. There were four squaws
among them, with kind, bright eyes;
one gave rac a necklace of beads as they
rode off.
Shortly afterward 3Ir. Little and Tom
Gray rode up in haste, their horses white
with foam.
"Bessie!"' shouted Mr. Little, as lie
came up over the hill. ''Is she here?
Have you seen her?''
' Not for a week," I said. "liasany.
thing happened?"
"Slie went to ride yesterday afternoon,
and hasn't returned yet, nor has she been
seen. We hoped she was here."
"She hasn't been.''
They looked white and scared. Mr. j
Little seemed to have aged in a night.
' There was a band of Indians here,"
said Gray; "they it ay have taken her.
I told them ot the Indian's visit, and
thought it improbable, as they seemed
so kindly disposed; but thev rode oil
following the trail.
That night was more dreadful than
the tirst, and the dog seemed lrenzicd
over the cayotcs, who yelled till morning.
and I cried myself into hysterics
and frightened poor little Georgic, who
sat up in bed and screamcd the "kivos
were eating his dirl." lie always called '
Miss Bessie his "dirl."
The next morning a number of people
came up; they were hunting for Bessie. j
The whole neighborhood was searched. I
I could not leave home, but (Jeorgie
and I walked over the ranch, looking in
every ho!c, and wistfully across the
plains. Our dog, Sinarty, ran after us,
and a silly old turkey-gobbler, my pet
and the pride of my poultry yard, joined
in the procession. Smarty chased him,
and Gobble flew over the wire-fence and
rushed down the hill, through a valley,
across the road, and I saw the two, mere
specks, tearing up the hill near the well.
"He'll kill Gobble!" I shouted,seizing
Gcorgie's baud, and we rushed after
them, Georgie crying at the top of his
Iwtinrr winrli^ nf rvpri' ctpn
'U"S' "v,"b ~ 1" |
At last I took him on my back, and !
finished the racc with a heavy burden.
At the foot of the hill was the well. !
and there Gobble stood, scolding and
skaking his red neck, while Smarty
seemed to have forgot ton his very existence.
bnt was running around the well,
uttering short, quick barks.
The plauks around and over the well
were gone, and the earth about it was
plowed as if there had been a struggle. '
I dropied Georgie's hand and rushed
down. I pushed Smarty away, aud !
looked down. It was dark,but I fancied
I saw something white away down. Just
then a faint voice from the depths of the
earth shouted:
"Help! help!''
"I'm Charley Boyd. "Who's here?
Shout again!"
"Bessie Little. My horse fell: he's
dead, aw.iy down. I'm clinging to a
plank in the side. I can't hold on much
longer. My arms are breaking!"
What could I do?
"I!essie," I shouted, "hold on a little
while; I'm going for help!"
"I've been unconscious. I'm faint. I
shall die. Don't leave me. The dirt
fulling brought me to life."
"I'll leave ticorgic nero. iierc,
Gcorgie, your dirl is in that hole; sit
there and talk to her. Don't you cry."
Georgia's lip trembled, but lie minded
bravely, pleading the dog should stay,
but I was afraid to trust him. "Gobble |
tay wif Dorgic," he said, piteously; but
that sagacious bird was already winging
and hopping his way homeward. 1 left
Ik-ssie answering Gcorgie's scared
"Ilalloo!"
If she could keep conscious till I got
back! IIow I thanked grandpa for his
careful habits. I knew just where the
new clothes-line was, the crowbar and
the hatchet. Wc were eight miles from
any ranch, and I must act as if there was
no one in the world to help her.
IIow I got back I never knew. I saw ;
Gcorgie from the top of the hill. lie had
crawlcd to the edge of the well, and was
singing a little baby-song I had taught
him. His cheeks were red and feverish, j
and his voice hoarse.
"Ucssie!" I shouted.
"All right. Gcorgie kept me from
fainting. I made him sing."
"I)it dirl out! dit dirl out!" George
screamed,clinging to ray skirts. I pushed
hima.vay; there was no time to pec or
couifurt him.
"Kun to the road, Gcorgie, that way; j
nrm- lmllnn fnr hr>ln. Yes. take the doL'.
Tell everybody your dirl is iu IJycrs' I
well."'
I know his white, tear-wct face would
bring the most unbelieving stranger, and
I watched his chubby form, in the
bright plaid dress, ami the panting dog
disappear over the hill. All the while I J
was digging a deep hole with the j
hatchet, and sconping the earth out with !
my bunds, and shouting every few mo- !
mens to Ijcssse. I buried the crowbar
half-way, then I tried my weight; it did '
not move. I had seen men wind lines
around a post to raise heavy objects.
"Put this noose around your waist!" I
shouted. *
"I dare not." she answered, faintly.
' You couldn't help me. Oh, go for
help!"
"You must. The end's fast to a crow- ;
bar. I can't find anybody. They're all j
hunting for you."
"1 can't?" she cried, pitcously.
'Then I'll leave you!" I shouted. "'It's
getting late; it's your last chance!"
Thorn was .a <diast!v stillness for a few
moments. I wound the line around tlie j
bar j?nd around my waist.
"Look out!" she screamcd. I heard j
the beam g.? rattling down, and n tear- ;
fill strain tightened the cord. 1 thought j
it would cut mc in two. For a moment
1 thought ! was going over. Happily, j
the ridge of earth was a protection. The
rope lovscncd.
"Haul easy!" she cried. "I can catch !
my feet in the sides, the earth is soft." I
r wound the; rone around the b:ir and
myself. I was in a perfect snarl.
Suddenly the rope grew loose, there
was no weight. Was she lost? Kvery- j
thing gicw Mack, and I knew nothing, i
When I caine to, there were two men j
bending over me, trying to force brandy I
in my mouth.
"Where's I5es3ie?" (Jod be thanked she I
answered me herself! She had climbed j
up the last few yards by the broken tim- !
bers. The earth was torn no around me,
my hands were raw and bleeding, and I
bear the marks of the rope on my body
to this day.
Just then wc heard a shouting, and
Mr. Little and Mr. Gray rode up. and the i
latter wasn't ashamed to kiss Bessie just |
as her father did, and before all the I
people.
Georgie was up in the lap of Mr. Lit- I
t!c, and Smnrty lay down at mv feet, I
worn out. A party of the searchers met
| the poor Iiaby and dog, nrirl caught at
I the fearful meaning in the baby's inco|
herent words, dashed up to the well,
I and found us both on the brink,
j They could not believe it was I who
| had rescued her till they saw my hands
j and the rope and the crowbar still firm
| in the earth,
I Grand pa was there, and kissed me and
! cried over me, as if 1 too had been down
the well.
I If!-- T-> _ V-J t L 1 1? il.?
-MISS iiCSSIC 11511 IU3L ilLT \VUy ill H1U |
; dark after a long ride across the plains,
and her horse had stumbled over the
I planks and fallen through and broken
his spine. .Miss Bessie's habit had
i caught on a projecting beam, and she
I clung there two nights and nearly two
days. Yet with all the horrors of her
situation, she was only fifteen feet down,
j When Mr. Little learned that our
I ranch was mortgaged, lie went to Mr.
I Davieson, paid the money, and gave the
farm back to grandfather, lie made me
a present of a sum of money, and Mr.
! Gray gave Georgic a like present.
In the two years since that time, our
ranch has come to be one of the most
prosperous in the country. AYc have a
line herd of cattle, and an immense
poultry-yard, and grandfather hires a
man to help him, while I have a Swede
girl to work in the house.
Miss Jicssie is Mrs. Gray now, and still
my best friend. She never rides alone,
and is less daring than she used to be.
I am happy to say no one ever reproached
grandfather for hi3 carelessness
in leaving the well so poorly protected.
He sullered enough for it, and it is tilled
in now.
Though Mrs. Gray never says anything,
yet I think she often mourns for the noble
black horse, who, with shoes on,
saddle and bridle, found a burial on the
i\lMine?tlio n!nine wlimv he had so often
1 " ? !'
roamed with his fearless young mistress
under tiie blue Colorado skies, in the
shadow of the Uockics.? Youth's Companion.
Something About Salt.
A writer in the New York Tribunt
gives the following interesting and valuable
information about one of the commonest
articles of use in the household
?salt: "Fine saltyssuch as is used in
preserving and flavoring butter and
cheese, for curing meats, and for the
table, is made from pure brine, found in
immense quantities in several parts of
the world. Probably the best known
salt works are those of Cheshire, near
Liverpool, and of Syracuse. In both of
these districts the process of manufac
ture, while differing somewhat in details,
is essentially the same. The brine, found
from 150 to -100 feet below the surface, is
pumped into vats or cisterns, from which
it passes by different stages into hirce
iron pans. Here the water is evaporated
by boiling, and the crystals of salt arc
formed. This rcsidtim is drawn off into
molds, which arc subjected to a high
temperature in ovens or drying-rooms.
The cakes arc then crushed, and the
refined product of al! this manipulation
is ready for the bags and for the market.
Frequently the salt is sifted after the
crushing, to rid it of the coarser particles,
winch are not easily soluble.
The English salt is undoubtedly superior
to the American. They seem to exercise
more care in their work on the other side
and turn out an article that gives better
satisfaction; and wc are told that the
receipts of English line salt at the port
of Mew York alone ir. 1884 were not
less than o00,000 sucks, or M,000 tons,
wc can form an estimate of the popularity
of the foreign article in this country.
Coarse salt is made by the solar
evaporation of sea water. The places
cJioscn lor us production arc seiecieu on
account of the extraoidinarv saline
strength of the water tlicrc. This extreme
saltncss has been observed in the
West Indies and along the coast and
about the islands of the Mediterranean.
The water is allowed to run into shallow
ponds direct from the ocean, and when a
proper depth has been obtained, generally
two or three feat, the entrance to
the pond is closed and the water is cvapoiated
by the sun and winds, and a deposit
of salt is left. It requires about
four months to evaporate three feet of
water. The salt is then gathered into
piles ready for delivery. Its quality depends
almost entirely upon the capricc3
of nature. A dry and windy season
will produce large and hard
crystals, the most desirable
characteristics of coarse salt, while if
little wind blows the salt is fine-grained
and poor. The West India salts are
from Turk's Island, Ragged Island, St.
Martin's and Curaco's. Trapani, Torrcvieja,
Cadiz and Lisbon, cach furnish
salt of dilTerent grades and quality.
There is stiil another kind of salt, called
rock salt. The name describes it. It is
found in Austria, Russia, Algeria, Ireland,
Santo Domingo, England and
Louisiana. In Wieliczka, Austria, the
rock-salt is absolutely pure, an analysis
of it showing 100 parts of chloride of
sodium. The Louisiana salt is also clear
and pure, containing as it docs, 98.83
per cent, cnioriue oi sodium, ue jiut
line salt in our butter and chcc3c, preserving
and flavoiing thein: with Curacoa,
!?t. Martin's and other heavy grained
salts that dissolve slowly, \vc pack meat
for export. We freeze ice cream with
Turk's Island, and salt our car tracks
with Lisbon or Cadiz. The household
usc9 for salt need not be mentioned in
detail. The finest salt enters into the
preparation of chewing tobacco. Sait
imparts a grateful flavor to nearly everything
we eat. Without salt everything
is insipid."
A Horrible Spectacle.
A London letter to the New York
Tchqram says: No sadder spectacle presents
itself to the eye of th-> stranger
visiting the metropolis of England, if
not of the world, than that vt its thousands
of unfortunate women addicted to
the use of intoxicating liquors. In itself
the mere habit on the part of fenales
drinking brandy, gin or whisky is bad
enough, but when the habit is carried to
the extreme of drunkenness it transforms
God's noblest and most beautiful creation
into something even below the
Iw.nctc AVfilL- iilfinrr Klnof. strnnt. net
slowly along the Strand or any one of
the many streets, lanes and alleys crossing
those two great arteries at light angles,
look into any of the beer or whisky
shops at any hour of the day or night
and count the souls there. You will find
more women than men ?women carrying
babes, young girls from sixteen tip. old
women with bloated faces and every
tender lineament of their sex blotted
from their countenances by the brutalizing
acency of alcohol: old women, too,
scarcely able to stand from the coinbinctt
effects of age and dissipation.
It is a horrible spectacle, which I have
never seen in any other part of the world.
The-e poor female wretchos huddled together
outside the bar in small rooms ten
feet sipiare, perhaps, imbibing the soul
poison from mcun till night, cheering
each other mayhaps by ribald talk and
jest, neglecting all the duties of womanhood
fur the sake of the loved drain or
pint, and afterspenrtingall their pennies
or ha'pence, as the case may l?c, reeling
out into 'he busy streets with some muddled
thought of getting "home again"
before husband, father or brother returns.
Aerial War faro.
In a lecture recently delivered in [.on
don, Professor (Sower suggests a plan ot
aerial warfare after this pattern: Could
armies, forts and arsenals be seriously
assailed from that quarter in which attack
was not now expected-the ait
above? His belief from four years of
study and observation, was in the aflirmativc,
and as a means to that end he
proposed simply to tranfer to the upper
levels the general plan,of torpedo warfare,
upon a larger scale and witli its effective
ranee indefinitely extended. 11c
suggested that I?y means of aerostats, explosions
of one thousand-pound shells of
gun-cotton might be arranged over the
enemy's position. Summarizing h's proposals,
the lecturer said, "In brief, I
urmm?.r> to voti a warfare by gun-cotton |
and hydrogen to make the loss of an
army a result of its meeting an opposing
wind, to destroy the security of fortified
positions, and finally to show, upon the
simplest principles of self-preservation,
that nations must keep pace and great |
armies be disbanded.
| A Kussian traveler predicts that Thibet
will prove to be a second California, as,
dunng a recent visit there he fomH the
natives gold-washing in the crudest way,
but with the richest results
GENERAL GRANT'S GRAVE, i
Selecting a Last Resting Place for !
the Dead Soldier.
Aii Immense Funeral--Detail3 of
the Arrangements.
I);?tails of tho various events of importance
ami i111>1 < -1. which orvnrreil ilui ing tlia first
few davs succeeding General Grant's death
nre given in dispatches from Mount McGregor !
ami New York city as follows:
On .June t-M, General Grant handed t.o Col- (
orifl Fred Giant a slip of paper on which i
was written sul^tantiaily this:
"There are I lirw places from which 1 wish 1
- - 1 . I
U onniii* ot mil'iui place 10 dp iiiuuc:
' \V?-st Point.? i would prefer this above
others hut f?r the fact that my wife could |
n<?t he |>\'ieed I.esiJe me there.
"fialena, fir s.mie place in Illinois.?Because
from that Statu 1 received my first
general's commission.
"Now York.?Be'ansa the people of that
city befriended me in my need."
When lie ha 1 delivered this slip to the colonel
he walk'-d back into the sick room. In
a few minutes lie reappeared, walking round
in front of the colonel.
"I don't like this, father," the son said,
holding out th? s'.ip.
' What is there about it you don't like'!"
asked the general, in a husky whisper.
"I don't Iik<? nyy of it. Tueie is no need
of talking of sucJi things."
The general took the slip, folded it, tore it
lengthwise, across, and again until the pieces
were so small that hardly a word could have
been made out from any of them, and throwing
them in the waste basket went back to
bis room without speaking.
Ontrnl S'nrk < hoscti nt first.
A dispatch from Mount. >! < 'p-g^r, dated
the ',4th. rays: tu-nVra! i> rant's bo ly will rest
in the city wlios? people I efriended him in
his need. New York has been decided upon
as the place of interment, and Central Park
as t ho spot. The generai's preference and the
fnmilv wishes will 11ms Loth be met. Tiie de
ciiioti was reach U this afternoon. Today
an early train brought Mr. W. L.
Turner, representing Maj*or Grace, to tender
a burial sito for the body in any of the
Ne-v York parks. lie mentioned the Riverside
park l?v way of suggestion from the
mayor. The family would not consider it.
Central park seemed to them the proper
plane There was some delay in a final
decision, caused by telegraphic correspondence
between Mr. Turner and Mayor Grace
in regard to the condition imposed in the
general's note that Mrs. Grant should
lie beside him The mayor evidently had
to wait for the common council to
meet in order to give ollicial assurance
that no obstacle would stand against
that condition. It was l o'clock before a
final message came from Mayor Grace pledging
his faith and that of President Sanger, of
the board of aldermen. that the wishes of the
family would be followed. Colonel Grant
said at once that he would proceed with arrangements
to that end.
The mayor was authorized by the aldermen
to appoint a committee of one hundred
citizens to proceed to Aibiny to accompany
the remains to New York.
The Funeral Arrangements
Another Mount McGregor dispatch of the
24th says: The body lay to-day in the parlor
near tlfe spot where "the general spent his last
night. The face was peaceful, unclouded by
any trace of suffering. A flag was furled over
the body. On the breast reposed a wreath
of oak leaves, gathered yesterday by
Julia, the colonel's daughter, and the two
child daughters of Dr. Douglas. The
threo girls went into tho woods yesterday
to search for the leaves for this purpose.
Tnkine them to the parlor the nurse Henry
helped them fashion tho wreath, and they
laid it with tearful reverence on tho hero's
breast. Then Julia, her little heart swelling
with grief, leaned over the calm face and
kissed it, while her sobbing companions tried
to comfort her wi'h caresses, and pressed
their young lips, too, where tho granddaught-rV.
had been.
Adjutant General Drum camo this afternoon.
He bore authority from the President
to make any arrangements for burial under
government auspices that might suit
the family. Colonel Grant informed General
Drum of the decision to plate the general in
Central pork. He informed him also of tho
ofTer from tho U. S. Grant Grand Army Tost
of Brooklyn, to guard tho body while here,
which he had accepted this morning.
A plan was soon devised leading up to the
time of interment. The body wid lie at the
cottage, in the room of tho death scene, until
Tuesday, August 4, when funeral services
will bo held here at 11 o'clock. A train will
start for Saratoga at 1 o'clock, reaching
there in an hour. After a stop of thirty
minutes the train will push on to Albany.
The body will lie in state ut the
Capitol from 4:#) o'clock in the afternoon until
noon on August 5, when it wii 1 proceei
to New York. It will lie in ttafo in the
governor's room in the city hall until Saturday,
.August \ when public services will he
held at the interin*ni- in Central park. As
the Brooklyn post will guard the cottage
Colonel Grant thought there would bs no
need of a guard hero by assignment from the
army. It was decided th it the ho ly should
pass, nftor the- services at tho cottage, to
thy charge of a guard appointed
by the President, such guard to attend it up
to the tim ;of interment. General Hancock
has I won designated for this duty. lie will
make ali appointment*. The arrangement to
have the body lie in state at the capitol was
brought. auant through .Secretary or State
Can-, acting not only for Governor Hill but
in his capacity commander of the third
division of the gran i army.
A wen!: ajo last Friday, in u note to the
Rev. i?r. Xewnian, tho general broached the
cnltWt hu fnn<?rnl fr> l>r Nnwut'in hi*%
spiritual friend. "I desiro tho funeral service
of the church performed," lie wr.it", "when
I am gone."' Hu ll will be the nature of the
service here. The eolfin will be brought
to the porch, near the old place where the
general used to sit None but the family
nnd cios* personal friends or special guests
will be admitted to the cottaco Tho President
and memfcirs ol the cnbinet, friends
eminent in military and naval service and
from civil lifo may bo invited us guests. There
will be very few invitations. The pastor
will stand on the porch. before
him, on the slope sprea ling toward the
h >tel, will gat hi* r those who may conio to
hear the services. The services will follow
the ritual, closing with an address. It will
bo a simple and net a long- service. It is
probable that at its close tho people will be
allowed to cross the porch to look upon the
general's face. Within two hours from
tho time of opening tho service tho train
will start for Saratoga. The services at
New York may be 1-ss simple, but they will
be strictly of a religious nature.
Tho embalming was completed to-day. The
cheeks and face by the process ma le use of
havo been made "to assume a fullness, tho
deeivr furrows and lines have been filled out.
awl the expression of the face is now one of
peave and l est.
Members of Wheeler f?. A. It. Post, of Sar
atoga, arc watching at the h<>u<o tonizht
They sit in the ball outside ti:o door. Over
the collin in which the general rests burns a
brilliant electric light, revealing with distinctness
every line in th* rigid face b?!ow
th" g!a<s cover of the eoftin. Across the
colli:) is thrown an American flag Members
of the family from tim? to time walk into the
room, and gaze long an I earnestly at the dead
general's lace.
Further ToXcui of sorrow and Sympathy.
On tlio seooivl day sir.reedin;; <leneral
Giant'- doath tie? sam? manifestations o."
so'to">v wore shown throughout the I'nitcJ
States a ;o:i th?<lny of his denu-e. ]>rcj?arations
neing nut-lo everywhere to obs.-rvo Iho
day of the funeral with puhlis ceremonies.
In Xew Hampshire nil oiiiecrs of the State
National Guard were ilirecteil to wear
mourning fur six months. Resolutions
c.f grief were passed Iiy Grand Army posts
and other military organizations in
nil parts of the I'mon, and preparation^ made
by them to join in tlw funeral ceremonies.
It was announced that there would i e a general
suspension of business all over the country
on the day of the funeral. Governor
Thompson of South Carolina ordered the
(lags to half mast on the public buildings of
that State. Secretary I.'ayard directed
United States diplomatic and consular otliee.i
to display fines at half mast over their o'lico-s.
and to show emblems of mourning for
thirty days.
General Benjamin F.BuMeraccepte 1 an invitation
to deliver an oration at th? nubile
memorial service; to lie in Lowell.'
The effect of thed raping on th? eapito! and
other public buildings in Washington was
very impressive, particularly at the Whit
House and tin; treasury building.
Vice President Ilcn-iricks telegraphed from
St. Clair Springs, Mich., to Serge:int-atArms
Canaday designating the followingnamed
Senators to represent the Senator;
to represent this Senate in the funeral ceremonies:
Justin Morrill. John Sherman. John
A Logan, J. Donald Cameron, Wade llamp j
ton, W. M. Hansom, Joseph lv Urown, J. (.?. j
Harris and John F. Miller.
The commander-in-chief of the State guard }
of North Caroliii.i i.-^iu'-i a general order to :
the Southern Stato troops in camp at Ashe- '
vii!??, praising tha patriotism and achieve
in-*nts of (jeneral (.Jrant, and recalling hi;
gonerou-, treatment ot U-meral Lee and the j
Confederate prisoners at App.unntton
11;? ii#:iowi;i^ are among hi* mi'iiur wie
tir'ims i>r(Mv.'d Ijv ill3 Grant family.U'ASKr.soro.N.
D. C. July 21 I
Mr.s. M. S. GRANT:
Her majesty t he nuecn requests me to convey
to yourself aii'l family her sincere condo- j
I Icu. e on the death of General Grant.
Biurisn Minister.
I.ONDO.V, July 2J.
MRS U S Grant:
Arcept o.ir deepest sympathy in tho loss of |
yoir distinguished husband. We shall nl- I
ways lojk ha.-k with gratification at having j
h.id tho advantage of knowing him personally
Prince axd Princess ok Wales.
Montreal, July 24.
Mns. Gkavt:
111111 greatly grieved to g;t the sad news
of the general's death. Pray accept my most
sincere sympathy.
Chester a. Arthur.
Windsor, Vt., July 21.
Colonel Fred Grant:
I hope sincerely t'mt tho universal and earnest
wish of the people ?f the State and city
o! New York may lead tin family to approve '
of the great city a?a l.urial place.
u'm M Evarts i
IVotes nnd Incident*
The disposition of thj cottage in whi-h
General Grant die.l rests with Joseph W.
Dtvjct-l, and it i* amio'inced that the collate
will never again bo o?citpie 1 by any family
or persons. Mr. L)re.v;l will indue time pre
sent it tn the State or national government.
The house will ho presents in!a t, with nil
its present belongings, furniture ami fixtures,
es a gilt to the nut ion or Commonwealth.
The last time General limit signal his
name was a few (lays before his death, when
he put it 011 the back of a cheek for $1,0)0
which ho had received from the Century
Publishing company four or f:va days beforo.
The mourning garments of the female
numbers of General Grant's family were
made in New York. All the gortms are of
very simpb pattern, and made of Henrietta
cloth, trimmed with heavy English crepe.
The bonnets are of crape, without trimming
other than the long crape veils.
The eollin in which General Grart will brj
buried was made in Rochester, and is six feet
long and made of polished copper, incased in
a shell of polished red cedar. This is lined
with lend and covered with purple silk velvet.
fastened in place by a framework of
solid silver. The top is of French plato glass
with beveled edges, and made to open the
full length of the eollin. The interior is lined
with cream colored satin elaborately tufted,
and General Grant's head will rest on a satin
pillow. The handles are solid silver, and
the inscription plate is gold, six inches long,
lour lncnes wtae. i no outsiao oox is riveieu
steel with an oval top.
A movement fdr the erection of
a national monument to General Grant
was initiated by Mayor Grace, who
has appointed a committee of the city's representatives
men to take the matter m hand.
General Grant left no will, but his instructions
to the disposition of all his little effects
were written from tima to timo within the
past, few we-.'ks and given to Colon"! Graift.
General Grant left no mooertv whatever,
.ne interest in his bjok belongs tf, bis wire
the contract with the publisher being signed
by her.
In addition to tin instructions which General
Grant gave from tima to tiin9 to the colonel
he has left a scaled packet of instructions,
which has not yet been opened.
General Grant's sister, Mrs. Mary Grant
Cramer, with her husband, Dr. M. J.
Cramer, arrived in New York from Europe
on the day after her brothar's death. She
was much affected whan she lenrned that she
had arrive 1 too late t) se.; her brother alivoMemorial
services in honor of thodead go:iprill
uvrr> in mniv nhipns. In KVinmiil
hall, Boston, the mayor presided at a mem- |
orial meeting, and Governor Hobin<on and
General Devens made addresses.
Service* in Westminster Abbey.
A number of American gentlemen as
semb'ed at the residence of Mr. Phelps, the j
\merican minister in London, to arrange for j
memorial services in London on the day of !
General Grant's burial in Now York.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field proposed a resolution |
for tho appointment of u committor to wait |
upon the Dean of Westminster find make
suitable arrangements with him for a commeinorativo
service in Westminster Abbey.
Senator Joseph H. Hawley, of Connecticut,
seconded the resolution, which was adopted
by u unanimous vote, and the committee wm
at once appointed. It consists of Mr. Phelps,
who is chairman; Mr. Hawley, Mr. Field,
Senator Fustis, of Louisiana, Mr. George W.
Snialley, Mr. Manton Marble, Mr. B. H. j
Browster, es-atjrn^y-genoral; Mr. J. S.
Morgan, Mr. J. T. Ixird, Mr. Thomas M.
Waller, I ho American consul-general; Mr.
Howard Potter, an I Dr. Harwood, of New
Haven. A subcommittee, consisting of
Messrs. Phelps, Field and Sinalley, was subsequently
chosen to see tho dean, anil in the
afternoon the sub-committee saw tho dean,
who readily granted the us? of the abbey for
the desired services.
(.'rnntN Letter on III* Waning Mfo.
Dr. Douglas has produced the following >eimrKaoie
document, which was written by
General Grant in Dr. Douglass presence at
Mount McGregor on Thursday, July
"I ask you not to show this to any one, unless
the physicians you consult with, until the ;
eml. Particularly, I want it kept from i
my family. If known to one man tho
papers will get it an 1 t liey (the family)
will get 11. It woulJ only distress i
them almost beyond on hirance to know it,and.
by reflex, would distress me. I have not
changed my mind materially since I wrote
you before in tin samo strain. Now, however,
1 know that I gained strength some
days, but when 1 do go back it is beyond
where I startod to improve. I think the
chances are very decidedly in favor of your
being able to keep mo alivo until the change
of the weather toward wint-r. Of
course there aro contingencies that
might arise at any time that would
carry me off very suddenly. The j
most probable of those is choking. Unlor ;
the circumstances 'life is not Worth the liv* j
ing.' lam very thankful (for thankful, glad
was written, but scratcho I out and thankful
substituted ito have been spared this long, i
because it has enabled rue to practically com-1
pleto the work in which I take so much interest.
I cannot stir up strength enough to re- 1
view it and make additions and subtractions
that would suggest themselves to me and are
not likely to suggest themselves to a:iv one i
else. Under thy above circumstances I will '
b? the happiest* the most pain I enn avoid. |
If there is to be any extraordinary j
cure, such as soino " people believe !
there is to be, it will develop itself I j
would say, therefore, to you and your
colleagues, to make me as comfortable as you j
can. If it is within God's providence that 1 j
should go now, I am ready to obey his call j
without a murmur. I should prefer going j
now to enduring my present suffering for a
single day without bopa of recovery. As I
have stated, I am thankful for the prov- |
idcnlia! extension of my tim-i to enable <
me to continue my work. I am further j
thankful, and in a much greater degree
thankful, because it has enabled me to see1
for myself the happy harmony which so suddenly
sprung up between those engaged but [
a few short years ago in deadly conflict. It
has been an inestimable blessing to me to bear |
the kind expression toward me in person ,
from all parts of our country, from people of j
all nationalities, of all religions and of no re j
ligicn, of Confederates and of National troops J
alike, of soldiers' organizations, of
mechanical, scientific, religious and ol her so- I
cictics, embracing almost every citizen in til"
land. Taey have brought joy to my heart,
if they have not effected a care. f?o to you
and your col.ea<?ues I acknowledge my indebtedness
for having brought me through
the valley of the shadow of death to enable j
ino to witness these things.
"U. S. Grant.
"Mt. McGregor, N. Y., July 2, 18n>."
71 r? Grant ?Iitci? Depressed.
A Mount McGregor dispatch of tho *Jf'<th
says: Mrs. Grant is still much depressed.
She stays in her room all tho time and has
her meals taken to her. but has 110 appetite.
Her heart is beneath the flap; that envelopes
her illustrious husband. Her children, who
are keeping up for her sake, aro with j
her constantly and do everything in
their power' to consolo her. Fvct? j
immediate trionds ot tho family are notal- i
lowed to soa her, as the least reference to the j
cause of her sorrow only adds to the intensity
of her grief. She will not visit tho room that '
contains the body of her dead, nor look upon j
his face again until the body is put into tho j
collin, which will arrive on Tuesday. Aftr !
the coiiin arrives the U. S. Grant Post will
take charge of it ami remain with tho body |
constantly until the end. They do not sit in
the room" now with the body, but remain j
upon the porch outside tho door.
General Horace Porter wont to the cottage ,
and Colonel I'red Grant met him and took 1
him in the parlor to seethe face of his old j
frimd and commander. He was surprised at <
the lifelike expression on the face. It was j
: aim. beautiful, and showed no trace of tho j
tovible ordeal through which the general
had pass d. His hair was a dark
brown and his whiskers closo cut were gray
and tho fave had tho same look upon it that ,
the tliottsaiuN who know tlie general in lifo
would recognize. Its characteristic features
were determination and strength.
The Brooklyn (fraud Army men were on
watch on the veranda of the "cottage all last .
ui^iit, an 1 the men from the Saratoga
I'o-t paced their beats in tho moon- I
light outride. They bavo already worn '
path"; which form a square, in the centre of
which is (ho cottage. There are seven of l
these men from Whe?!cr Po?t, of Saratoga, |
an 1 they relieve each other every twenty-four j
hours. Colonel < iranttliis morning requested ;
tlieni to remain. notwith.?tandidg tho arrival i
of the Brooklyn men, and they will do so. i
There aro tight of them from tho Brooklyn J
U. s. Grant Post, and two moro are coming
to-morrow.
ftctorlln? a IturiaJ Place
t'oioifi Fra.lcrick l>. Grant and i:is brother
Grant, utroaipanied by General Horav
lVrtM-, arrive I in XowYork from Mount
M'-fir.'xor mi the morning of tha MTtli. The
L.ivth-rs wore dre-.sed in black and worn
broad I'Minis of erapo en their lii^h silk hnls.
i lit y proiwded nt'omr? to tl;o 1*i th Avenue
hot'I. where, iti tin breaki'asl-room, they met
t ;iI Sherman am! ex-Senator Chalfec.
They went presently to General Sherman's
room, where a conference of some length was
held. an.l tilt; party separated.
Karlv in (lie day the New York Park
oiimiis-ionor.-. met and pa-^od tiie followiu.-,
a copy of which bad been sent to the
i::a'.'or:
Wiieukas, The tender of a placo of
burial for th:? remains of General Grant in
thep.uk has been accepted by the family
upon the a.-surancp that Mrs. Grant will
have t.li-.t ripit of interment by his side.
/.Vm</iv</, That the rigid of burial in tho
Dark in tlw same tomb with General Grant
iv. ;tii'l tii" same is hereby con ceded to and
vested in his widow.
The two < rants went to the City ITall and
call' d on Mayor Grace.
After inspecting tho governor's room tho
mayor, President Sanger, of tho board of aldermen,
and the Grants entered carriages
and were driven to the Fifty-ninth street entrance
to Central Park. There they were
joined by the four psric commissioners and
by Mr. Parsons, the superintendent. The
party proceeded to Watch Hill, at the northwest
orner of ih^ park, near 1 :i."?th street,
tind discus.-,i t':at point as a possibly suitable
final resting place for the dead general.
Then the Riverside Drive, from 110th to 122d
street alone the Hudson was visited. The
Grants seemed favorably impressed with ' is 1
that locality. They then rode down to sev- his
enty-second street and thero passed into Cen- 2
tral Park and inspected tho Belvedere tower, I ba
which has been suggested for a temporary | ma
tomb. ! tin
The Grants left without arriving at adecls- | Sh
ion about anything. Colonel Grant said he j tai
ivnnM rnnfW with liis mother before Eiviuc dis
a definite answer. lie returned to Mt. i til
McGregor on the evening train. coi
Considerable opposition had been made Gr
from all parts of the country against the so-j J
lection of Central Park ns n resting place for j an
tho remains of General Grant. It was argued 301
that the park was a pleasure ground, and j Go
therefore inappropriate. Some of tho dead j da
sjeneral's intimate friends would have pro- I tai
(erred to havo -een him buried in the grounds str
of the b'oldier's Home at Washington, while tin
others thought that West Point would bs the Su
most appropriate place. But as tho family ho
of General Grant had signified their wl3b to ser
hav? his remains interred in tho eitv of Now '
York, their desires were considered para- Gc
mount. Lii
Memorial services in honor of the dead gen- g?
?ral were held in many placos on the tITth. In soi
Faneuil hall, Boston, the mayor presidodat a at
memorial meeting, and Governor Robinson Jig
and General Derens made addresses. It was Th
announced that the memorial service in West- in
minster abbey, London, would be held on the
Oli, consent having bren obtained, and that coi
the Prince and Princess of Wales and other
members of the royal family would bo pres knt
Gr
rttrcraidc Park Chosen for General r.
Krant'n Keating riac?, J|(
Mayor Grace, of New York, receive! the ni(
following telegram from Colouel Fred Grant frc
>n the morning of the -'8th: (jj.
Mr. McGregor, July 28. nn
Mother takes Riverside park. Temporary wc
:omb had better be at the same place. {j,
F. D. Grant tei
When the New York board of aldermen
net on th? 23th President Sanger informed \7C
;ho board of the decision of Mrs. Grant, and
jflfored these resolutions. which were
adopted: fo
Unsolved, That the light of sepulture in f,
said Riverside park be and is hereby given to i!c
General U. S. Grant and his wife upon her
demise; and be it further
licstilend, That a proper deed of cession for
the purposo designated be prcparr-d by the !''
counsel to the corporation, when tlio exact ,J
locality and dimensions of the ground aro y.'J
fixed; "and t'.iu said dee 1 1x3 thereupon duly j'1
jxecute I by the city authorities. I1(
The site chosen is on a sort of promontory
nn the Hudson river, and is the highest point
:?f land in Manhottanviilo, the upper part of
Manhattan island. The outward swell of the
promontory b?<rins at 122d street, and the a
river bank'returnj to its regular line nt 120th
street. The summit of this elevation is an
almost level plateau of a little more than fn
twenty acres. On the river side the descent is
abrupt. At its foot, 200 feot below, are the M
tracksof that branch of the Hudson River railroad
which runs into the West Thirt ieth street a
iepot. From tiio edge of the bluff a stone
could be flung down to the tops of the cars.
On the northwest is the ferry to Fort Loo J'1
?1.? r,rtt.M.oneh rorl r>ri..|/ lO!
houses, stores, and manufactories of Manliattanvillo
cluster around the base of the hill. A ar
ateep footpath permits tho pedestrian to ne
shorten the road from Manhattanville un.
Tho regular road is the old iiloomingdale
road, made long before tho Riverside park
was planned. It winds up and around the
base of the hill and reaches tho top to the
south of the accepted site of tho tomb. of
If the observer on the summit of the hill pe
looks to the south, he has Oj>e:ied before him ai
tho long vista of Riverside parkland its 177
acres of driveways, hown-stone wall, and an- M
cient oaks and maples on the steep slopes of *v
the Hudson river. On his right are the fai
ever-widening surface of the Hudson and
distant cities of Hoboken and Jersey City,
and on the left tho spires and tall build- ..
ings of New York city disappear- L
ing in a haze. To tho east and southeast
only pasture land dotted with oaks can
be seen. It is unimproved private property,
and will, it is expected, riso in value and bj- w
com*? the site of handsome villas, with lawns, ">
walks, and shrubbery. Manhattanville, to
the northeast, lies in tho valley running re
northwest and southeast between Claremont \n
and th3 highland north of 120th street, ai
At the bottom of tho valley Manhattan
streot leads to Fort Lee ferry. (j?
The view up tho Ilud-ion to tho north is the
finest view from Claremont. All the wind- ^
ing from both the east and the west shores of
the river are clearly revealed as in a map for
twenty miies northward. On one side are P'
I lie Palisades, o? the other the heights a
which stretch from Spuyien Duyvil to j"?
Sing Sing and beyond. A high and ir- Irregular
line of bills makes tho hori- J
zon. As to the view from below, the monument
at Cluremont, if it shall be at all massive tli
and elevated, will bo n prominent object in fri
the landscape. With a glass travelers on lit
steamships arriving in Hoboken can distin- tb
guish it. For many inites navigators on the tli
Hudson cannot miss seeing it
The spot suggests Revolutionary war memories.
Fort Leo is a bold promontory on the- (jr
opposite side of the river, the old fort in C.-n- ni
tral Park is on the southeast, Fort Washing- cn
ton is on the north, and tho highlands near rj(
West Point shut in the horizon beyond the or
Tappan 5?ee. It has also been pointed out that
the water front and tho park, being the prop q
erty of the city, must remain undisturbed forever.
No structures can bo croct.-d to break
the uniformity of the view from above and
from below. Furthermore, it issaid that the
fact that the entire northern end of Riverside
Park is unimproved is rather an advantage t
than a detriment to tho building of the tomb. 1,1
The twenty ncres to he occupied arc now like
a plowed field. The only improvements there- re
a bouts are tho smooth driveway,* tho Claromont
restaurant, and tho old-fashioned horse a
shed, with six divisions invitingly open toward
tho road. " ^
The site is remote from lines of travel, and ^
is nearly eight miles, air line, from tho City
Hall,and six miles at least by any practicable
route from the Grand Central depot. To J'(
owners of carnages it is n twenty minutes' 1,1
drivo from tho north end of Central park
The driver may chooso between the River w
side drive direct to Clareinont and the tl
Boulevard to Manhattanville, doubling m
back up tho hill by way of the
old Bloomingdalo road. This road, however,
will doubtless bo regraded and made loss pro- ei
cipitous. Access to tho sito from cross streets gc
above 110th street is to bo had only at 125th ge
street. The streets between are either not jj
cut through, or are not graded for carriages. ^
From down town an hour is consumed
in riding to Claremont by tho shortest
route. This routo is by tho west J
side elevated railroad to liMli street, thence
by tho 12oth street cross-town cars to tho .?
IMoomii.gdalo road, and thenre about two '
oity blocks up hill. Tho. restaurant. Mayor ^
Grace said, is cn the site "where tho tomb will ^
be placod, and tho old building will ba raze 1
to the ground. Tho temporary tomb to receivo
tho body of General Grant i; to bo built 61
of brick near tho restaurant. a'
e'
General John B. Clark, the clerk of tho P
national Housa of Representatives, on tho n
2Sth designated this committee to represent 7
th-it body at the funeral of General Grant: 6'
John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, Samuel J. "
Randall, of Pennsylvania, William R. Mor- ^
rison, of Illinois, .T. Randolph Tucker, of J1
Virginia, 0. R. Singleton, of Mississippi, "
Frank Hiscock, of New York, Thomas B. ri
Reed, of Maine, Thomas M. Brown, of Indiana,
Benjamin Buttcrworth, of Ohio. n
At a meeting of the Fairmount Park Art
association in Philadelphia o;i the 28th resolutions
were adoptod providing for tho crea- N'
tion of a fund, to be called tho Grant memo- CI
rial fund, for tho erection in Fairmount park [J
of a suitable memorial statue of General "
Grant. Subscriptions of any amount will bo
invited, with a viow to in iko tin Grant nvj- ''I
morial a popular tribute of all the [>eoplo of J!
Pennsylvania. L
Mile General In Ills Coffin.
A Mount McGregor dispatch of the 20th ,fi
says: Tho coilhi caino to tho mountain in L
the open observation car, in which were the *
four undertaker's assistants and the soldiers
of tho artillery. The car was pusheI through
tho engine shed to'a platform beyond, upon A
which the heavy box was unloaded withditli- A
culty. Then it was placed upon a rough one* J]
horso wagon and drawn up tho hill to the cot- '
taj?e, with the undertaker's assistants walking
behind and holding it to keep it from slipping
out ns tho wnpon u-;cen(le<l tho st.-ej > iticiim*.
It was unloaded on tlie south veranda of the
cottage, and was t-iken to the parlor at once.
Tho coliin was enclosed in a heavy oaken hox, j n
,1-iHi mVirio.nlfttod urntoclors at the corners, i 01
On the top was a gold-plated inscription
plato, 011 which was engraved: p
tl
: U. S. GRANT, : I
: Died July >:!, 18s.\ : ! g
r<
The transfer of the taxly to tho?*ofTln was
mndo between 0 and 7 o'clock l>y tho under- o
taker's assistants, aided by Harrison, who L
dressed his master for tho last liiua with his
own hands. Tho general is to buried in black
broadcloth, with l'rince Albert coat. The p
body wears a low standing collar with a black '
necktie tied in a plain bow knot. In the shirt
| bosom is a singlo plain gold stud, t >n the feet | P
are white stockings and patent leather slip- j s'
j>ors. Tho hands rest across the breast, with 11
tho right a little above tho left. On the little I
linger of tho left hand is a plain gold ring, 1?
which tho general woro for many years. b
Tho coflin, as soon as the remains were i V
placed in it, was closed with the two heavy I
plate glass covers, and it will not be disturbed ; f(
again. The copper cover rests over it, an I is ; f,
removed whenever the bo ly is shown. When j
it is closed it is with sixty screws.
Tho reason the general was not buried in ()
his uniform was becauso he had none. Ilis i ,
uniform of lieutenant general was sent to | fi
Washington with the other relics of his career j
j lastspiing an<l was transferred tothegovern1
nient. All his swords went at the saint* lime, M
and when Mrs. Grant saw a. picture1 8
in an illustrated paper t'ie other | W
' -.lay representing the oollin with J
a sword resting upon it she was much fc
j affected. The general felt thr? parting with si
the swords lie had worn in li;o army more t l!<
keenly than tho loss of nil his other trophies, u.
and it touched Mrs. Grant deeply that, now
j ho was dead, thero was not oiu of the sw.ir.ls ?
| ho cherished so much to rest uiion his cofliii. g(
TIr>. (irnut'M Fnrrwcl) licvsngc.
A Mount McGregor disnatcii of tin ."Oth
says: When Colonel Grant last night,before his ' |i
I father's lioily was lina'lvonrlo.se I in the eollin, I
' touched it with his hands and lips for the last
I time, ho placed in the coat pocket a letter
| fr<>ni Mr*. Grant aihlre;s"d 11 her hushand. It J
| contained the simple ?vor.ls:
l-'ajcwcll li!i we meet iumIii i:t ft tieiirr wot!.I.
With it was also enclosed a lock of her hair, h
The letter is intended as a response to that , o
which was found in the general's pocket after I a
his dtoth addressed to Mrs. Grant,and.which
known to do so | r.'fious ro ner. a iock 01 1
i hair, too, slio will always carry.
Mrs Grant visited the remains of her lmsiid
about 10 o'clock this morning, ami relinccl
alone with them nearly ten minute?,
j guard of honor retiring when she came, j
o was much affected, evidently, hut main- 8
net lnr s-?lf-|K.sso-sion. She went imnie- o
itely to her room, where she remained un- s
to-night, when she visited them again, in
npany with Mrs. Sartoris and Mrs. Fred
ant. g
livery day has iU special incident, says p
other Mount McGregor dispatch of tho
h. To-day it came near being a tragedy,
neral 1>. H. Jackson, who 'arrived horo to- I
y to take charge of the artillery, and Cap- z
? r\r r>?i. f
ill ?v. i j. lJUVRj im ni'j X'li hi ii auna y y ncso tick
by n bolt of lightning, mid for a brief ^
ne it was thought that they wcro killed,
bsequently they recovered consciousness, I
wever, and it is now known they are out of c
ions danger.
Hie holt of lightning which struck down c
meral Jackson ami Colonel 1 Sock save Mr. t
nnokon, 'a uienilier of the lirooklvn l'o*t r
ardinj; General Grant's remains/a very t
n to shock. lie nearly fell over the coflin,
the end of which ho was standing. The .
Ills in the room went out at tho same time. [
io shock was so light, however, that 110 0:10 J
the cottage at the time was disturbed. It
is afterward discovered that ttio bolt did
jsiderabie damage to the Drexel cottage.
]
'I ho Pall Ifcnrcr*. (
rho President, who. at tho ro'iuest.of Mrs. c
ant, selected the pill bearers for General
ant's funeral, telegraphed her to know if
3 had any preferences or suggestions to
ike in tho matter. He received a reply <
>tn her by telegraph that it was hor wish ,
it I10 should name tho pall bearers,
d thnt tho only suggestion she
mid make was that in ens.) any prominent '
lion ofllcer like General Sherman or Liculant-Goneral
Sheridan be selected, a leud- '
; Confederate olliccr like General John111
or General Duckner bo also included in
3 list. Mrs. G'rint's wishes in this regard 1
re re-pectcd. Tho President appointed tho
lowimr. 1
Licucrnl William T. Sherman, Lieutenant- <
mernl Philip II. Sheridan, Admiral David
Porter. Vice-Admiral St-phen C. Rowan,
noral Joseph K. Johnston, of Virginia;
neral Simon 1?. Bucknor, of Kentucky;
unilton Kish, of New York; George S.
ml.well, of Massachusetts; Georgo W. ,
lilds, of Pennsylvania; John A. Logan, of
inois; George Jones, of New York; Oliver
jyt, of Now York.
FACTS ABOUT GKANT.
Throughout the war ho never received
wound.
His mother died over a year ago. His
ther has be<n dead several yearJ.
He leaves two sisters?Mrs. Cramer and
rs. Corbin?who live in Jersey City.
His last public speedi was at Ocean Grove
year aso before the Christian commission.
IIk always disliked doctors and resented
eir attentions as much as possible to the
st.
His mother was an enthusiastic Methodist
id believed in personal holiness and the
larness of the second coming.
Gexekal Grant's most intimate friend
as G. W. Cliilds, of Philadelphia,whose houso
i made his homo whenever "in Philadelphia.
Among the portraits in George AV. Childs's
iice is one of General Grant and the emror
of China, taken seated together arm in
in.
As far back as February last he wrote to
r. Childs that whenever he took a drink of
ater it felt "as if hot lead was going down
s throat."
Until given over to the government al'
e souvenirs of his European trip were at
e otlico of George W. Childs, to whoie cusdy
he confided them.
Like so many other great soldiers, he was
fatalist and* bolievod that "what is to be
ill be." If lie ha l adhered to any religious
rm, ho would have been a Presbyterian.
Tiib two greatest ovations of his life reived
by General Grant were those tendered
Philadelphia bofore he started on his trip
oilnd the world and upon his return.
Tub husband of Nellie Grant Sartoris, his
mgliter, is an Englishman, an only son and
nephew of Fanny Kemble, the actress, who
came Mrs. Pierre Butler, of Philadelphia.
When" a boy, it* ho ever went beyond a
ace he never retraced his footsteps, but took
round about tour to reach the destination
me other way. lie often said ho attributed
s success to a resolution taken in youth to
lever turn ba?k" in any undertaking.
General Grant smoked his lostu'garon
c '20th of November, 18-34. In a letter to a
i -n 1 in ntioning tliT> circumstance, 1? .said
) had smoked lnnuy thousands of cigars and
,ey had been his greatest comfort through
e last years of llio war on tho battle-field.
It is a curious coincidence that tho fathers-law
of General (i rant's sons all sufferel
lancial reverses like hims'lf. Fred Grant
arrietl a daughter of Mr. Honore, of Chi
go, onco a millionaire. Buck Grant mar?d
a daughter of Senator ChalTe?, of Colado,
who los'? heavily. Jess.' Grant mar d
a daughter of Mr. Chapman, a former
ilifoniia Croesus.?Philadelphia Times.
theTational game,
TnE Lancastors aro about tho freest batters
tho Eastern league.
The St Louis League club loads in one
ispect?being shut out.
Twenty-five thousand people witnessed
gamo at Toronto, Can., recently.
The New York team leads t'no league in
itting and Uelding, with Chicago close
shind.
Bennett's catching for the Detroits this
jar is said to bo something remarkable?the
jest in tho league.
There aro actually some Chicago papers
bich consider Now York a stronger club
lan Chicago, an l say so too "right out in
lectin'," as it were.
It now looks as if there would be few more,
any, disbandments to chronicle before the
id of the season. The Southern league is ;
did; the Eastern league bids fair to last tho
&son out, and tho Southern and Eastern
ew England leagues aro all in good condinil.
I.v the Southern baso-ball leaguo thoro are
Jo players, managers and umpires, engaged
b aggregate salaries of perhaps $15,000 a
lonth or $100 each. Of the clubs it is heaved
that Atlanta, Nashville, Macon, Auusta
and Memphis aro playing profitable
nsons in the ordor named, and tho other
ubs losing.
Henry's talk, as usual, was confined
itirely to base balL Nellie had not usually
lown much interest in the subject, but last
rening she evinced groat animation. "Which
layer do you like bostf' sho asked. Henry
jplied: "The pitcher, by all means; don't
oul" "No, Henry," saia Nellie, with a suesstlveyawn,
"I profer the short stop." The
nswer came so sudden that before Honry
covered his presence of mind he was out in
10 street, with his hat crowded down over
is throbbing temples, and walking at the
ite of fifty laps an hour.
The championship records up to recent date
o as follows: THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
iron. Lost. VTov 7.oft
owYork. 4T 15 Boston 21 m
liicnsjo 41 14 St. Louis 23 39
hiIiiiTi'lp'iin....3i) 8i Buffalo 19 42
rovldence. 3(5 22 JJctroit 21 4)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
:. I.onis 50 i'O I Brooklyn ..25 42
ilt'burtf 42 23 I Baltimore 42
*?vol Xtlili.rtrr ?jl :!S I
ouisvillo 33 311 Metropolitan.. .22 43
EASTERN LKACiUK.
?rscyCity 9 27 | Norfolk 21 32
uncattor 23 31 | Trenton 30 23
ntionnl 'SO 19 | Virginia... 43 U
ewnrk 2S 311 Wilmington 5 32 !
SOUTHERN' I.EAtil'K.
Ilant.i 43 14 C'olnin'tm 2fi 32
tigsifla 31 21 MiiC >n 2S 'it
irininglmm.,.13 S<5 Memphis 23 83
ljaUanoo^a...21 32 | Nashville 31 2i
PflQ3IINENT "PEOPLE.
Jitge Lamrert Tree, tho now American
liiiistor lo Belgium, is said to bo worth $5,JO.UOl).
Jnn.n bacn McMastkr, tho historian and
rofessor at Princeton college, is but thirty- i
iiree years old. j
General Lew Wallace, Into United I
tatos minister to Turkey, has two novels j
ndy for the press.
Bautholdi, tbo French sculptor, dosigner
f the great statuo of Liberty, is to visit the
rnited .States in September.
United States Minister PnELrs is said
> be tho best bird shot and tho most accomlished
driver of a four in-haud in Vermont.
rniNCi: Albert Victor, of Wales, the
respective kingof England, is,it is privately
lid, a very awkward and bashful young
lan.
I'mvcr Hrvnv nf Riiflnnlwi'iT llrtS beCOine
y his inarriago with tho Princess Beatrice
pth uncle and brother-in-law to tiie Princess '
ictoria of Hesse.
TnEcmperorof Japan can tram his descent
?r-,5W years, during all of which time his j
iinily havo been on the throne. His name in i
apaneso is "Metsuhito."
Count Toi.stol, tho celebrated Russian
ovclist, has for some time past set aside his j
terary labors and applied himself to learnig
a trade?that of a shoemaker.
Mrs. Mauy J. Hoi.mks, tho novelist, has
ritten twenty roman xs, and lias made a
uod d"al of money at it. A New York paper
live her for one of her stories.
George lianfkokt, the historian, whose
inHni'.si for ms -s aniounis to a nositivo pas- !
on. sent nineteen varieties to" thj recent
ower show at .Newport, 11. I., and received
prizo for each.
Mk. Gladstone's popularity can sod ln'm
mch inconvenionco lately. Ho huppened to
u into a London book store, hut was unable
) leave on account of a crowd of o.wiO per>ns
before the door. Finally a c irriago was
rocured, and ho departed amid great eunisiasin
and loud cheering.
Dt'RiNO the cholera epidemic of 1SM-05
io workmen in seven contiguous lorax facjries
in Italy wero quite fiee lnmthodisisc,
which killed oft' one-third ?>f l!:o populaion
of a vil!a,;i' in their immediate neighborood.
An eminent Italian physician reo
mmends internal administrations of borai
s a cholera preventive.
NEWS SUMMARY
FftMrrn nnd IVTIddlo state*#
Babcock & Andrews,brokers of Syracuse, ?
?. Y., proprietors of the largest "bucket *
hop" in the Stato, with offices in numerous
ther towns, have failed for .*500,00:). Small
peculators all over tho State are sufferers.
Nine firemen were injured by a sudden ex- j p
>l03i0n at a tiro in a uig uunamj; on jjui <.iujr treot.
Now York. The pecuniary losses are
.1)0111 $100,1)00.
Ex-President Arthur lias been chosen
(resident of the committee of New York citiens
appointed by Mayor f?raco to arrange p
or the erection of a national monument to ,
ieneral Grant I
Fire at the works of tho Pennsylvania Salt "
Manufacturing company in Philadelphia tl
aused a loss of $-100,000. ?
A imirK building in course of construction 11
it Wilmington. Del., fell suddenly, burying n
l number of workmen in the debris. Two
nen were instantly killed, another was fa- n
ally injured, and several others badly hurt. C
Tiie flames have entirely destroyed the v
utsiness part of Mannsvillo, N. Y. Twenty- &
wo stores and shops, tho hotel, a church and r3dd-Fellows'
hall were burned. Tho losses
iggregate $75,000. I
Governor Hill, of New York, issued at ?
proclamation on tho 20th, declaring the day G
>f General Grant's funeral to be a legal holi- u
lay. - a
f
Nonth and Won? ?
John F.wgman. his wife, and three-year- r
)ld son have died in Baltimore from trichi- t
uosis. c
The prospects of tho cotton crop in Texas j
surpass thosa of the great crop season of 1883. g
v.. t
seven negro train nanus wero iuiieu uy the
ditching of a train at Suwauee, Ga.
A box expressed from Black River Falls, ?
Wis., to Chicago excited the suspicions of
the express messenger, and was opened at
Elroy, Wis. Insido was a man, heavily
nrmed and with a bottle of chlproform and
stout cords. He had evidently intended to
rob the express car at some convenient point.
The present owner of the house at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, in which General Grant was
born, says if a sufficient sum is offered he will
let the house go elsewhere. Ho has had one
offer of? 1,000 from a gentleman of Cincinnati,
which he would not consider. He says
that he could sell the house piecemeal for
relics, and, in fact, has sold a window catch
for $5.00 and a good many splinters from the
weather boarding, which had been renewed.
He says he was careful in making repairs to
leave the interior intact
Chicago will erect a monument to Ganeral
Grant in Lincoln Park. The contemplated
statue is of broaze, of heroic size, and
mounted upon a massive granite pedestal.
Thomas M. Braxtly was arrested at
Bainbridge, Ga., for terribly ill-treating his
wife. At night a crowd of masked men forced
their way into the prison, took out Brantly
and banged him to a tree.
The Virginia Democrats at their State convention
in Richmond nominat2d General
Fitzhugh Lee for governor by acclamation.
The court of commissioners of Alabama
claims has debarred Jerome F. Manning, an
? tr?i 1 i
attorney oi Boston, new luntnuu ouaum^- .
ton, for threatening one of the judges. I
Two brothers?Ed and Bob Hawkins?
were shot and instantly killed by Horace 1
Mallow, near Louisville, Ky. The tragedy
was caused by a collision resulting from al- 1
leged oiTensive remarks made by Mallow 1
against a sister of tho Hawkins'. j
Washington*
Additional postmasters appointed by the 1
President: Frank P. Crotzier atNanticoke, 1
Penn.; Simon Sawyer at Fairmount, Neb.;
Georgo C. Rembau^h at Winlield, Kansas;
Geo. F. I^askell at Larimore. Dak.; Thomas 1
B. Crawford at Graud Junction, CoL; Frank
Shutt at Litchfield, I1L; George J. Spohn at
Superior, Neb. ;W.E. Lewis at Chariton, Iowa:
William A. Flemiiigot Nashua, Iowa John
HaweatEdgerton, Wis.; Wm. B. Alexander
at Pino Bluff. Ark.; S: R. Davis, at
Creston, Iowa. Richard Sinnot, surveyor of
customs, at the port of Now Orleans. Collectors
of customs, Peter F. Cogliill, district of
Petersburg, Ya.; Benjamin R. Tate, district
of New London, Conn.; Bradley B. Srnalley,
district of Vermont; Theodore 1). Jersey, district
of Charleston, S. C.; Oliver Kelly, district
of Perth Amboy, N J.
The President has referred charges made
against tho recently appointed Postmaster
Jones, of Indianapolis, Ind., to the civil servico
commission, and Commissioner Thoman
and Chief Examiner Lymon have gone to
Indianapolis to investigate tho matter. It is
charged that Postmaster Jones violated tho
civil service rules in discharging employes.
The total values of the imports of merchandise
during the twelvo months ended
June 30, 1SS5, were ?577,470,850, and during
tho previous twelve month'?, ?007,61)7,693, a
decrease of $90,223,813. Tho values of tho
exports of merchandise for the twelve months
ended Juue oO, 1883, were $741,893,683, and
lor the tweivo months ended Juno 39, 18S4,
*?"? STIfl "15 r/11 nn inprenQA nf S1.3S0.074. I
- ,
Additional appointments by tho President:
Anthony Eickhoff, of New York, to bo
fifth auditor of tho treasury; Conrad Krez,
of Wisconsin, to be collector of customs for
the district of Milwaukee, Wis; Samuel
Slower, assistant treasurer of the United
States at New Orleans; Truman H. Allen, of
Oakland. Cal., to bo pension agent at San
Francisco; Morris A. Thomas, of Maryland,
and George R. Pearson, of Iowa, to be Indian
inspectors, and Jnson Wheeler, of Oregon, j
to bo agent for tho Indians of the
Warm Springs ngeucy in Arizona;
Postmasters?Charles W. Howe, Rochester,
X. H.; George W. Bell, Webster City, Iowa;
Tohn F. Pyne, Vinton, Iowa; Ebenezer M. j
.'-ockwoort, Burlington, Kan.: William j
3ecker, Marysvillo, Kan.; Henry E. Stay- |
maker, Lancaster, Penn.; C. C. Yonge, Jr., I
Ponsacola, Fla.; J. J. Shannon, Meridian, Mis;?.;
S. DeWolf, Rochester, Minn.; F. L. Thayer,
Waterville, Me.; Nathaniel A. Swett, Sacca- |
rapha, Me.; Alexander S. Haller, Wytheville,
Va.; George D. Sandford, Grand Haven.
Mich.; Samuel S. Lucey, Marshall,
Mich.; Dudlev C. Brown, Brandon, Vt.; W. 1
L. Howard, Fair Haven, Vt.; Francis M. j
Sitzer, Albany, Mo.; William E. Black, Gallatin,
Mo.
Tnv. PTnnfc amount of oav due General |
Grant at his death, as general of the army, I
was $802.50; his monthly pay was $1,125, or j
$o7.50 per diem.
Forelfn?
Two houses containing sixteen families i
collapsed suddenly in Cologne. Many per- I
sons were killed and many more wounded.
A firk in Paris has destroyed business j
buildings covering five blocks, the pecuniary i
loss reaching several million francs.
There has been a terrific storm at Torre !
Cajetani, iu Italy. . Thirteen persons were ]
killed and twenty-two injured by light- j
ning.
As a mark of respect for General Grant, ,
military bands throughout England refrained I
from playing tho usual Sunday selections on
tho 20th, but played dead marches instead. j
The cholera scourge is gradually making
its way from Spain into Portugal, the sani- j
tary guards having proved ineffectual
Incendiary fires havo become common
in Russia, and are attributed to the nihilists, j
Troops stationed at Saragossa, Spain, j
where Asiatic cholera is raging with terrible I
virulence, have been supplied with guitars to
keep up their spirits.
Sir Moses Montefiore, the well known
Hebrew philanthropist, who in October last ;
celebrated tho one hundredth anniversary of
his birthday, died tho other day in London, j
In consequence of the newspaper revelations
of vice in Lo:'dou, meeting are being j
held all over England I.: jf an amendment
to tlu> criminal law.
John Biuiiirr made a fierce attack on the
Pnrncllites in the British house of commons
declaring the land league followers of Par-j
tk'II were "utterly disloyal." and "a band of I
traitors and assassins." The speech made a
great sensation.
A tei.ecram from Simla says that the
ameer of Afghanistan is making a tour of
the country, delivering speeches to show tho
vast benefit to be derived from an alliance
with tho British. His jivopls nro reported to
l,o vi ry enthusiastic.
S:n Chaki.ks Dh.ke. a.prominent English ;
statesman and a member of Gladstone's late
cabinet, has become defendant in a scandal |
case, the injured husband demanding $100,000
damages and suing for a divorce.
Rohert Farqvhakson. manager of the
broken Minister Kink. Ireland, lias absconded,
and investigation shows that h* had
btolen $.'>.'ii',0 >0 of the institution's funds. j
NEWSY GLEANINGS, j
The lord mayer of London is a Methodist 1
minister. I
The present coal bods of tho world will bo j
exhausted in 10,875 years.
Tiik French republic has lasted fifteen i
years longer than either of its predecessors. j
Thk Florida orange crop lias been esti- |
mated at over ?1,73U,IHH) for tlio past season.
A wealthy Cuban lias litted out a steam
vessel for the solo purpose of catching sharks.
TnnEE thousand habitual smokers mSati j
Francisco oxpend Sl.OOJ.OJO a year for opium.
Amateuh photography still rages wildly ;
in Kugland. The princess of Wales has
taken to it.
Ski.i.i.vo whisky from tlio rear cud of a i
bogus emigrant wagou is a new industry in J
prohibitory Iowa.
Mexico has now a well organized merchandise
and money express service, it is
controlled by Americans.
I.v the last twenty-five years the Metho- '
disrs increased the value of their church
property about $f>u,000,uoo.
It is less than thirty years since an ocean
cable was successfully laid, and now there are
110,000 miles of submarine cable in the world.
%
French railways annually kill one passenger
in overy -,('00,01)0 carried; English railways
one in a,;2f>0,00 ); liolgian railways one
in y,000,000; Prussian railways one in 'J!,o00',000.
Fifteen tons of grasshoppers, comprising, ,
it is cftiinated, ('ti,000,0ou separate insects,
were captured at the Natoma vineyard, near
Folsom, L'al., by drowuiug in the irrigating
ditches.
Fobty Moors sent out by their government
to ?tii ly the manufacture of brccch-loariing
guns are coming to the United States, and
will enter the employ of various anns nianu- j
factoring oogcerua.
gap
A NATIONAL MONUMENT.
!x-President Arthur Made President
of the Committee.
ne Million Dollars to be Raised
for General Grant's Tomb.
A meeting of tho general committee apoiutcd
to raise funds for a national monulent
to General Grant was held in Mayor
I race's office at the Now York City Hall on
ie29th, and there was read theroport of asnb
ommitteo. Ex-President Arthur presidecC ^ '
'he secretary reported that the sub-com- y
littce had determined that the permaout
organization should be as follows:
:hairman, ex-President Chester A Arthur; j4<
ice-chairmen, Mayor Grace and ex-Secreiry
Hamilton Pish; treasurers, the firm of j
>rexel, Morgan & Co.; and secretary, d
'rot. R. T. Greener; and furthermore, jjj
hat the committee appointed by Mayor
I race should constitute " The Grant Moniment
Association." The purpose of the
ssociation, it was said, was to collect funds
or the erection over the remains of Genral
Grant, at their final resting place in
few York, a great national monument The
eport also stated that an executive commitee
of fifteen should be designated by the
liairman of the general committee, with X
tower to complete and direct the plan of or AinVntinn
n?>o{>ssarv to accomDlish the con
cmplated purpose, find authorized to appoint
ub-committecs from its own number, and
ilso from tho general committee, and, in
iddition to these, committees of citizens
if Now York and other localities to ' * ^
tid in the proposed work ; that
m appeal should be made to the v
jeople of the United States to contribute to
;lie proposed fund, to the end that on ado- ?~
iuute sum might be speedily raised: that all "
newspapers, railway, telegraph and express
?mpanies, postmasters, banks, churaies.
municipal authorities, commercial bodies and
jxchnnges, manufacturing and businesses- ;.v;
ablishments bo requested to co-ooerate in the '
immediate collection of contributions, to
be forwarded to the general committee
or to the mayor of New York city;
:hat suitable certificates of acknowledgment -j
from the committeo be furnished to each individual
contributor; that all amounts received
from any source be properly credited
to the locality in which the donor resides, 'X
and, finally, that the secretary be authorized
bo secure a suitable room for bis usa and for S
the additional use of the general committee,
ind also a clerk or clerks if they shall be
found necessary. The report was accepted.
A letter was received from the Western
(Jniou Telegraph company, making a contri- . J
button of ?5,0U0 toward the proposed monument,
declaring that subscriptions would be - - -*M
received at all the 14,000 offices of the com- J9
pany, and that messages would be trans- H
nittod freo over the wires of the company in '--?H
respect to the remittances of subscriptions.
F. R. Coudert said that he believed that jH
the time for obtaining subscriptions shonJd JO
be limited to thirty days. If it were universalty
understood that only a short time
would be given for subscribers to contribute,
then even the little boys and girls all over tho-' d
country would hasten to add their mites to f
the fund. It would bo better to erect the
monument now than to have it built after 3
the fashion of tho Washington monument. -' >
Mr. Coudert believed that a simple shaft ^
jrected now would be better than an elabor- '
ito monument to be finished in the future.
Then, on motion of President Sanger of
the board of aldermen, tho books were 1
opened for subscription. The Western Union
company's subscription of $5,000 led the list.
A member of the committee said that the i
sum of 91,000,000 had been mentioned in the - J
committee as the amount to be raised by snb- JM
jprinf(mw for the iwrmanent tomb of General " j
Grant, but that tlio committee did not men- |
tion any sum in its report, because even .. .
*1.000,000 may bo too small for the design \3||i
finally fixed upon. TCjS
LATER NEffS g
A tornado demolished farm buildings, Jfl
uprooted trees and ruined crops near Norria- > ^
town, Penn. y
Maud 8., the queen of trotters, gave an exhibition
trot at Cleveland the other day, and
succeeded in trotting a mile in 2:03% which h|
beat her own previous best on record by one "iH
half a second.
AT a ball in Rogorsvillo, Tenn., a revolver H
fell from a young man's pocket and was dis- H
cbargcd, the ball piercing the heart of Miss j
Martha Brown, a belle of that region. J
The county jail at Baker City, Oregon,
was burned the other morning and five pris- ' V
oners were cremated alive,and a sixth severeIy
burned
Prolonged and intensely hot weathor has ^1
prevailed in Iowa,Nebraska and Illinois,with
several casw of sunstroke.
A Washington paper publishes a tabulated J
statement showing that John Roach, the
shipbuilder* who failed recently, since 1SC2
* 1 41?.-v ffATTAimmnnf for pa- - J
1111*5 I'UCClVCU 1IVI11 iuc ^Viwuuiwu* .V. M.V *w
pair and construction of vessels more than
$10,000,0 JO. ' '-,J
Consuls appointed by the President: Alexander
II. Shipley of Now Yerk at Auck- * .A
laud; J. L. McCasldll of Mississippi, at Dub- '"Vfl
Jiti: Joseph Falkanbadi of Ohio, at Barmen;
James Wheelau of New York, at Fort
Erie, Canada. Tho President has also
decidcd to retain these United States
consuls on account of their excellent records:
J. II. Stewart, at Antwerp; PL J. Spragua^^^H
(who has been at his post since ISIS), at
raltar; R. S. Clifton, at Goderich, Cat SHB
Oscar Malmras, at Leith, England; Wi?*
Thompson, at Southampton, England; R.
Stevens, at Victoria, British Columbia^^DH
Philip Carroll, at Palermo, Italy; 11. 0. Wil^^HBj
liams (consul general), at Havana; aud C.
Ford (commercial agent),at SagualaGrande^^^^l
Joiix Cauivalader has been appointed
the President collector of customs in Fhila^^^^H
Cholera has begun to develop alarmiuglBflEM
in the south of France.
Many persons have been killed and nume^^^^H
oils farmhouses destroyed by furious thunde^^HM
storms in Southern France. .
A recent lire at Cardenas, Cuba, sprca^H^H
over six blocks, and destroyed mercban^^^^^H
and other property valued at $1,000,00).
A Si'akim dhpatch says that El Mnhdi
ill only two days.~^There wero no doctcn^^^B
present at the time of Ms death, which occurred
on Juuo '20. Tho maMi enjoined that
his successor continue to wage with the^^HI
Christians.
A EOT WAVE.
Terrible Kffeclm of (he Heat in ^rca9H|
Ilriinhi.
A London dispatch says that a fe/trfi^^H^H
.vnvo of heat extends over the whole of
I'll ited Kingdom. In London the effects of^^M
the long spell of torrid weather aro appallin.'.
Every 0110 is more or less affected.
Children are dying by tlio hundreds, seoros
of men are pros', rated by sunstroko each day,
and the roads are often blocked by horses
suddenly falling dead. A new terror is VI
aditel by the prevalence of hydrophobia. |
J lio streets are absolutely unsafe, owing to I
the number of inn I dogs running at large, |
and many person* who never carried weapons '
before are now buying rovolvers. M
A FIGHT FOE LIBERTY. jj
r**KisiiiT
of Convicts on 'llirir Way to
Ihc Siberian .Ilium, '"'.' I
Fixty lin.-si in criminals, who had been sen- ' H
ten -ed to oxil in Liberia recently, while en fl
route ros? against ilieir guards and, although V
unarmed. began a despcrat) tight for liberty
The bntti<? la>ted a long time and the ^
soldiers were absolutely unable to con- 1
i|iicr their manacled assailaut*. Twenty of
the convicts wore shot deal. an<l of the other
forty, thirty succeeded in in iking Rood tlunr^^^H
escape. Two of tuo soldiers were wounded^^^H
during the light. l^Hl
IIVMG A_CENTUBY. ^
Tiik liveliest man of Schoolcraft, Mich., la
Godfrey Knight. lie will soon celebrate bia u
10 Hh birthday.
Mrs. Henry Ai.phoxse, of Concord, Mo., A
no assistance in her household duties,
although 103 years old.
Uncle Joe Overton*, of Jackson, Tenn.,^^BB
professed religion after lie had lived a century. fl^H|
Ho Las bevu baptised.
Francisca Hernandez, n^ed 102 years,
and liafaela Cachu, aged 1 13, died on the
sa:i:e day in Coiiina, Mexico.
Wili.tam Sisk, of Columbus, Ind., wastho^hh
oldest man in the county, lie had lived
<i iitury. and li is funeral was the largest cver^HHH
known there.
An old Virginia colored man named Stephen
Mc'l'yre, 1 as just died in Chest erllelcM *e
lived to be 105 years of ug<<, and then nM
death from burus.
"Give me one more smoke from the old
clay pipe," said ttachel Varvel ot Owings /
ville, Ky., just before she died. She was lOlj
years old. i _
After fivo years of hard service, Frank'
Uoykin, of Montgomery. Ala., purchased hvt
freedom, and then married, i'hat was sixt I
years ago. Frank lias just died at hiscl
home at the age of 11"> years.
"Another man hurried to the grave by
scir-iiidnl^o:ico," was the comment of tha
lo-al paper of Milan, Mo., when .fam^s _ Williams
died. He was a whisky drinkg,and
a tobacco cbewer, and ho died a gee jotf
years.
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