agin bemllOT. 19J8M, frtega «wm* StOifraLnd. tt» -torn New Mllb*fMWk ftHMMByi Hg ifinnBtcttni cif day in th» Hotih. Ithan had but fiv® memben itt &. Blaine went to the Senate in I, wnStTKE. E«t»r*»« frtMUMr ILLINOIS, HcHENBY, •j? 4 ^ *i'" A » '!:»» fVEEKLT 1EWS REVIEW. THE BAST. a quarrel at Boston between titers Forbes and Oeorge W. Towiwend,a waD- ta*<rr| mrins diver, Forbes shot Townsend thrwyzh tibe neck and then shot himself in the bmdand feU dend. As he fell he rolled ow on his stomach and, strange to relate, when he vn found his heart and Inngs had been ejected from his mouth and lay on tfee floor mingled with a volume of go««.... Ut Ma. Charles Smith, crazed by loalrm-T killed his wife, infant son and mother- CSwT af*1 then vainly attempted the life of an Old ladv reiiding in the house A collision oocmtvd between two eastward-bound freight Mm on the New Yock, Lake Erie and Western railway, eight mUaa east of Elmira, N. Y. grvo persons were killed, two instant ly, ana a sixth i» fatally wounded {fo men, named Loaahan and Harvey, took their families rawing on lily lake, near Scran- too, P&. When sufficient whisky had been im- bffced, one of the party rooked the boat until it Npatad, a child of each being drowned in At «rf crowds on the shore--The board of VMiton to West Point report that hazing has (Men crashed tinder rigid discipline, but lingers to some extent Swkebvisob Ooates, a wealthy and in- eittEen of Cranston, N. J., dropped on leading the head-lines of the announcing the death of the * W'- dfe&v ;• r~A t iK*r THE wm. ;w DKPonr Marshal Holland, of Kan- '4a> City, and an armed posse went to the re gion of the recent Olendale train robbery and arrested J. W. Brasefield, an escaped convict from the Missouri penitentiary, whom they lodged in jail atlndependence for participation bathe Chicago and Alton affair... .Gen. E. A. Our left Fort Apache, Arizona, on Sept. 18, to toont far fifteen days in the region of Qk Cibien valley, wfaero tha main band of hostile Indians was supposed to be located.... The large three-masted schooner D. A. Tan Talkenburgh, laden with corn from Chicago to Buffalo, ran on to the looks at Whitcfish hay. In Lata Michigra. and was so badly wrecked tfcat scarcely anything was left of the vessel or tMr valuable cargo. Eight [persons were drowned and one saved,... .Ten men employed In cutting trees and clearing the track of a •aw xallroad line near Mnlteora falls, Colum- bta rivet, Ore., got into & small boat to oroaa the rim. The boat swamped and Are of the were drowned. | _ *i; »HniDenver (CoL) Tribune has opened VSsbseription list for Sergt Mason's benefit " ijwil linaili the list with f 100. The Times, of * that city, has a list for a monument to Gar- t(H in one of the public parks The Wiggins Perry Company, of St, Louis, has sued the CXuoago ana Alton road for (800,000 damages for broach of agreement. Mil Cybfs N. WaxIiS, of the Paris (DLX Jtepublican-Bencon, who mysteriously disappeared while visititing Chicago, on the 23d et July last, suddenly turned up in that city tlta other dav. He walked into a hotel and asked for a room. but when asked to register arid ha did not know his name. A Terre Haute ^udL)man met him afterward on the street and aaMea him by name. It was the first time in two BMathfl that he had heard it. He says he was robbed of his money, stabbed by the robber, and then nursed by so<ne unknown partit a. His Use i» certainly an extraordinary one. -:^Two blooks of building* in St. Lotus, fcatween Ninth and Tenth streets and Clark ar- •v, Mueand Walnut street, were swe pt away by fire, " winning & loss of over $500,000. The Collier WfaiteLcad Company sustains half the loss ..Abe Atlanta rolling-mill, the only one in Geor gia, and which was built soon after the war by ^:Unru Scofitld, a Chicagoan, at a Cost of flBOO^- iWO, has been entirely destroyed by ire. THE BOlTXm. Near Powder Springs, Ga., live two :% families, Cooper and Mitchell, between for many yean a deadly feud baa exist- V ltd. It aoent* that Cooper's chickens have been *' wont to ii!v• !e Mitchell's gronnda, The other day the Mitel tils determined to put a stop to it, and Mitchell and two nephews began stoning lite fowls, when Cooper, anneaVith a shotgun, flame to their- rescue. The Mitchells then set •pan Cooper with knives. A bloody rencoun ter ensued, in which Cooper waa cut all to pieces and win die. In the tight, however, Cooper fired both barrels at the Mitchells, kiii- i lag the onele instantly and fatally wounding One of tbe nephews, WHO died in a skort time. ... .Sana SUvetman, of Indian Bay, Tenn., was robbed of a ticket which drew tbe gfttoci paze of t<30,C00 in the Louisiana lottery. - A duel between Gen. Peyton Wise and L. L. Lewis was fought in Forbes' wood, aigMmflee from Warrenton, Va. Gen. Wise received Lewis' shot unhurt, and fired his own jMolintbeaiE. .iff CENERAI. *; :1Sobbow it the death of Gen. Garfield It not confined to this country. In England, jnflermany, France and throughout the civilized world it is deep, profound, intense. Queen Viotocia cables from Balmoral to Mrs. Gar field : "Word* cannot express the deep sym pathy I feel with you. May God support and •otniort you, as He alone can." The English , Journals of every shade of opinion have only words of the warmest sympathy for the Ameri can nation, and of feeling enlogy for the na tion's dead chief The subsi-ription started by Cyrus W. Field for the benefit of Mrs. Gar field amounted, upon the 21st of September, to fl90,e00. Director Swift, of the observatory at * lachester, N. Y., says that the very hour Pres ident Garfield was passing away a new comet made its appearance, and could be distinctly aaan with the aid of a good telescope. Four *t£esro Sre aow wihto to a psnoa with a good Pbesidzr! Gabtbld, in oonvenatkn with Secretary Blaine at the White • House on the evening of the 1st of July, said: "I have now completed four months of ad- awiii»tr»'i0n, and everything is doing well. The Cabinet is every day becoming more welded. There never has been an unkind word said across that Cabinet table.'1 This waa the last conversation of any length on affam held by Gen. Garfield with any -it' The deadly bullet taken by the sur- gfcns from tne body ®f President Garfield, at file autopsy, was handed to Private Secretary •Sown, who wiU preserve it as a part of Um evidence to be used in the trial of Guiteao. 5/; WAtHINGVORi abbes Cbockeb visited Ooitean in . hie cell, the morning subsequent to the death of - : < ffceaident Garfield, and was instantly satei about the condition of the President The as- . aaaain said he had felt very anxious about his ^Mlmfor the past few davs, and feared he wm nparthg his end. When the Warden informed Onitetu that the Cliitf Magistrate was dead, he aank upon his bed and appeared greatly agi- • tated. He afterward remarked that he would ' /Mot have committed the deed had he known the . jftjesident was to euffer m greater. The assas- has been in constant dread ot mob violence. 4 THE District Attorney at Washington *, . ^-ho'ds that Guiteau need not be taken to New / , m»fcy i°T trial, while his assistant has reached .-M eonclusion directly the reverse. The As- s . jpt"115* Solicitor of the Treasury declares that J pe itss«Bsin can legally be tried and extcated the District of Coltimbia... .In a letter to . .P«orge C. Gotham regarding the threats to I v., %nch Guiteau, Gen. Sherman asks every 4. i 'Soldier and citizen toremember that we profess ^ lobe the most loyal nation on earth to the facred promises of the law. He admits, how- V,that shooting or hanging in too good for assaosin. THE family of Senator Jones will not return from the Pacific slope beforo January, «od President Arthur h« accepted that gentle- ' m*n% W«Mdence in Washington until that time. ^ Meanwhile the White House w.U be thoroughly POLITICAU ' Ths Nev York Prohibition Oonven. tkm, r^inalgltt^altow^t^ ;__Seo- (?oi&Bor(A Bobwrtso* nateiiil «haa«M to the New York Custom House, altho^gh tbe demand for plaoe has dwlaring himself an advocate of permanent placea Sekokant Ma80K, who shot at Gui teau, has written an address to the American people, which has been published. Hte address is rather disconnected and inoohereat, and waa evidently prepared by himself. He admits that his act was nusoldierfy. but maintains that he had jusiifioatfoo for it. Ha refers to Guiteau as a miserable wretch who deserves no consid eration such as a man is entitled to. Mason's address was written in reply to some newspaper article saying he would have been guilty of murder had he tilled Guiteau. Manon denies this, holding that it would not have been murder for him to have killed a cow- ardlv assassin who had ahotdown the President. Mason further says that be does not think sol- diera should be required to guard a dog like Guiteau; that while lie and other soldiers were outside, exposed to rain and bad weather, Gui teau, an assassin, was well housed and well fed; that jail guards are sheltered from weather and receive $100 per month for their service, while he and other soldier guards get only $13 per momh. He refers particularly to his poor wife and children, and says he does not want to be*r the brand of a would-be murderer for their sakes. Mason maintains that be did right, and savs that bis oulv regret is that he made a poor shot--that he did not kill Guiteau. ^ Chesteb A. Arthur took the oath as President of the United States Tuesday, S^pt» 21. It was administered by Chief Justice Brady, of the Supreme Court of New, York. The Wisconsin Republican Conven tion met at Madison Sept. 21. For the guber natorial nomination the names of Gen. J. M. Rusk. Hans R Warner, Lieut Got. Bingham and Hiram Smith were presented. Gen. RuHk oarried off the prize on the sixth ballot. S. S. Fifield was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on first ballot. J. Timme was agreed upon for Secretary of State, and K C. McTed- ndge for Treasurer The Massachusetts Re publican Convention renominated all at the present State officers by acclamation. rOBCICH. Ths Prussian wheat crop is folly 20 per oent below an average, the rye crop from 35 to 90 per oent below, and all other oereal crops are from 10 to 15 per cent below. The bay crop will not be one-half an average crop. .,. .It is believed in London that France has proposed and England accepted a joint mili tary commission to reorganise the Egyptian army. At the Methodist Ecumenical, in Lon don, a resolution condemning the opium traffic, with an addendum calling on the Government to deliver the country from the guilt of sup porting it, was passed. Upon a suggestion for a missionary conference to obviate the rivalry and confusion between different Methodist bodies in the work of conversion, Mr. Reid, of America, said he had only been able to find one case of collision of this kind, and, it should not go forth to the world that there were dissen sions. Thb Methodist Eoumenioal Council closed its session at London with the adoption of an address to all the Methodists, which was read by Bishop Peck and signed by the repre sentatives of every Wesleyan body, recom mending the views favored at the various sit tings, calling upon all to co-operate in the work of Christ; to maintain the traditional Metho dist means for promotion of earnestness, and declaring that a cajl should go forth for a great spiritual awakening. The meeting of the next council in America in 1887 was authorized. One of the most remarkable and grat ifying features of the esteem in whicti the dead President was everywhere held is the ex pression of sympathy which this sad occasion has called cut in Great Britain. The closing of exchanges and banks, the display of the flag at half-mast even in little towns and villages, the mourning flags upon the ancient cathedrals, the reboiutions of sympathy, the gathering together of workingmen to express their sorrow, the meetings of merchants in the cit ies, the tolling of bells, an unprecedented trib ute to a foreign ruler (these manifestations of respect ara remarkable, and were hardly to be expected. The Queen ordered the court to go into mourning for a week More real sor row could hardly have been expressed had death visited their own royal family.... Mr. Ellis Lover, of Manchester, England, has suggested to the American Consul in that city the establishment of an International College, to be known as " Garfield University," as a memorial to the dead President. Mr, Lever offers to contribute #5,000 towards the erection of the proposed university. .Bananas as rood. Some years ago I heard a lady, when lecturing on physiology, speak of the great value of the bauana as food. She said there was as much nourishment in a pound of banana as in a pound of bee£ steak. Accustomed as we are in New York to the numerous carts of bananas that adorn (?) our streets, and freely as the /rnit is bought, it does not seem that it is yet recognized as a food, being used between meals, or else to garnish and close a repast where an abundance of solid and liquid food has already been consumed. My attention has been called to an article which recently appeared in the New Orleans Democrat. The state ment is there made th%t" one pound of bananas contains more nutriment than three poumla of meat, or many pounds of potatoes, while as food it is far superior to the best wheaten bread. It grows spontaneously in the tropics, but when cnltivated yields enormously, for an acre will yield as much food material as thirty-three acres of wheat or over a hundred acres of potatoes." It is stated that it is the principal food of the labor ing classes of Brazil and Cuba. With the daily rations served to the hands on the sugar plantations are given half a dozen bananas. The article enumerates several varieties of bananas and plan tains, amongst which is named those growing on the Isthmus of Darien, which are eighteen to twenty inches long, Mid are never eaten raw, but Are boiled or roasted or made into preserves. The suggestion is made that it would be desirable to cultivate them largely in the South to take the place of fieat " which is becoming dearer and dearer.* --Correspondtmc JFood and MeaMh* A Vow Uso for Criminals. An Australian paper thinks there is a better use to which men can be put *li»n hanging them. Instead of punishing convicted criminals in that way, it would turn them over to the doctors to be ex perimented upon for the cure of diseases like cholera, yellow fever, cancer; hydro phobia, consumption, etc., for which no certaiu remedy has ever been found. It would provide that if the criminal sur vived the experiments he should be enti tled to his life. For example, a malefac tor might be drowned until, in the ordinary sense ot the word, he was pronounced dead by the experimenting physicians. Then, if he was resucitated, he should gain his liberty. Let another be bitten by an unmistakably rabid dog, and if he was cured after a well defined attack of hydrophobia that should constitute his certificate of reprieve. Others Bhould be poisoned, inoculated with various contagious diseases, a id be * f/\ rlna1 »*rr ^k/v 1 James Abinaa in the Wiwmlltp^C Ohio, about 8ftean father, Abrahan York, but, like stock. Jamea waa ths young«A of <HBr*«htt- dran. Ths fattiw died in 183S, .tewing his family dependent upon a small farm and ths exertions of the mother. Then waa nothing about the rider Oarflatd to distingumh him from the other plodding farm ers of the rather steril* township of Orange. No one could discern any qualities in him, which, transmitted to the next generation, might help to make a statesman, unless it was industry; but his wife, who is still living at an advanced age, waa always foadot reading when she could gsttofmr* Oram bar hard household duties, and was a thocyaglUy capabl* woman, of strong win, atam pfcaoiples, and more than average forae of character. Of the chil dren no on* beside James made the slight est mark in tha world. The older brother is a farmer hi Michigan, and the two sisters are farmers* wivesL James had a hard time of it as a boy. He toiled hard on the farm early,' and late in summer, and worked at the carpenter's bench in winter. The beet of it was that he liked work. He had an absorbing ambitloQ to get an education, and the only road open to this end seemed that of manual labor. Beady money waa hard to get in those days The Ohio canal ran not far from whore he lived, and, finding that the boatmen got their pay in cash and earned bet ter wages than he could make at farming or e«p©ntry, he hired out as a driver on the towpath and soon sot up to the dignity of holding the helm of a boat. Then be determined to ship as a sailor on the lakes, bnt an attack of fever and ague interfered with his plans. He was ill three months, and when he recovered he de cided to go to a sohool ealled Geauga Academy, in an adjoining county. His mother had ! saved a small sum of money, whioh she gave him, together with a few cooking utensils wad a stock of provisions. He hired a small room and cooked his own food to make his expenses as light as possible. He paid his own way after that, never calling on his mother for any more assistance. By working at the carpenter's bench mornings and evenings and vacation tones, and teaching country saaools during the winter, he managed to attend the academy during the spring and fall terms and to save a little money toward go ing to oollege.' He had exoellent health, a ro bust frame, and a capital memory, and the at tempt to combine mortal and physical work, whioh has broken down many farm* boys am bitious to get an education, did not hurt him. OABFIELD AT COIXXOK. When he was 23 years of age he eoneloded he had got about all there was to be hud in the obeenre cross-roads aeademy. Hs oakmiavM he had saved about half enongh money to get through oollege, provided he could he^in, as he hoped, with the Junior year. He got a life- insurance policy, and assigned it to a giantfa- manas security for a loan to make up the amount he lacked In the fall of 1854 ha en tered the Junio* oksa ot Williaihs Oollege, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1866 with the metaphysical honors of his class. A daguerreotype of him, taken about this time, represents a rather awkward youth, with » shock of light hair standing straight up Atom a big forehead and a frank, thoughtful lace, of a very marked German type. Before he went to college Garfield had con nected himself with the Disciples, a sect having a numerous membership in Eastern and Southern Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, where its founder, Alexander Campbell, bad traveled and preached. The principal pecul iarities of the denomination are their re fusal to formulate their beliefs into a creed, the independence of each congregation, the hospitality and fraternal feeling of the members, and the lack of a regular ministry. When Garfield returned to Ohio it was natural that he should soon gravitate to the struggling little college of the young sect at Hiram, Port age county, near his boyhood's home. He be came Professor of Latin and Greek, and threw himself with the energy and industry which were leading traits of iiis character into the work of bniidiug up the institution.* Before he had been two years in his professorship ho was appointed President of the college. The vouug President taught, lectured and preached, and all the time stained as diligently as any acolyte in the temple of knowledge.' < He frequently spoke on Sundays in the church es of the towns in the vicinity to create an in terest in the college. Amon ̂the Disciples any one can preach who has a mind to, no ordina tion being required. From these Sunday dis cussions came the story that Gartteld at one time was & minister. He never considered him self as such, and never had any intention of finding a career in the pulpit His ambition,. if he had any outside of the school, lay in ths direction of law and politics. HIS KMIfSIAGR, During his professorship Garfield married Hiss Lucretia Rudolph, daughter of a fanner in the neighborhood, whosa acquaintance hs had made while at the academy, where she' was also a pupiL She was a quiet, thoughtful girl, of singularly sweet and refined disposition, fond of study and reading, possessing a warm heart and a mind with the capacity of steady growth. The marriage was a love affair on both aides, and has been a thorpnxrhlv happy one. Much of Gen. Gar- Held s suosequont auccess in lire may be a\r triouted to tne never-failing sympathv and in tellectual companionship of his wife and the stimulus of a loving home circle. The young couple bought a neat little cuttage fronting on the college campus, and began their wedded life poor und in debt, but with brave hearts. In 1859 the college President was elected to the State Senate from the counties of Portage and Summit. He did not resign his Presidency, because he looked upon a few months in tlis Lagislstifre as an episode not likely to ctuu the course of his life, Bnt the war came to alter his plauu During the winter of 1861 he was active in the passage of measures for arming the State militia, and his eloquence and energy made him a conspicuous leader of the Union party. Early in the summer of 1861 he was elected Colonel of an infantry regiment (the Forty- second) raised in Northern Ohio, many of the soldiers of which had been students at Hiram. He took the field in Eastern Kentucky, was soon put in command of a brigade, aud, by nuik ng one of the hardest marches ever made by r> cruits, surprised and routed the rebel forces, under Humphrey Marshall, at Piketon. From Eastern Kentucky Gen. Garfield was transferred to Louisvil e, and from that place hustened to join the army of G»»n. Bneii, which he reached with his brigade in time to partici pate in the second day's fighting at Pittsburgh Landing. He took pari in the siege of Corinth and in the operations along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. la January, 1863, he j was appointed Chief of Staff of tho j Army of the Cumberland and bore a prom- I incut share in all the campaigns in Mid- ! die Tennessee in the spring and summer I of that year. His last conspicuous null- I tary service was at the battle of Chickamauga. I For his conduct in that battle he was promoted I to a Major Generalship. It is said that be j wrote all the orders given to the araij that day i .and submitted them to Gen. Roaecrans for ap proval, save sne. The one he did not write was the fatal ord* r to Gen. Wood, which was so worded as net to correct! v convey the mean ing of the commanding General, and which caused the destruction of the rigi.i mam && the srmy. ened at Uttea, adopted a platform, a rssotstaoo of sympathy with G*r- --. New York: BtessU; Treasurer, Fred Qatss; Attorney General, Gsocgs Brooks; State •r&J&iL: J subjected to death by the various mala dies which have defeated' and dtdied th« combined skill of the medical fraternity, and in the case of every one where a sore and definite remedy should be discovered such criminal should J hereby expiate his crime, and by his contribution to science for the benefit of the world he should earn and receive a full pardon. It thinks this would be not only a more effective deterrent of crime, but it would have the advantage of making worthless men useful •jmm' '• *-£t*?;.V SLECTED TO COHOBEm. Tha Congressional district in which Garfield t lived was the one long made famous by Joshua ft. Giddiugis. The old anti-slavery champion grew careless of the arts of politics towara the end of hi® career, and came to look upon a nomination and re-election as a matter of course. His ovcrconfidence was taken advantage of in 1858 by an ambitions lawyer named Hntcbins to cam a conven tion against him. The friende of Giddings never forgave Hutchins, and cast about for a means of defeating him. The old man himself was comfortably quartered in bis Consulate at Montreal and did not care to make a tight to get back to Congress So his supporters made use of the popularity of Garfield and nomina ted him while he was in the fl< ld without ask ing his consent. That was in 1862. When he heard of the notfltaation, Garfield reflected that it would be fifteen months be fore the Congress would meet to which be would be elected, and believ ing, as did every one else, that the war could not possibly last a year longer, concluded to acccpt. He often expressed regret that he did not help fight the par through, and said he never would have left the army to go to Cois- gress had he foreseen that the struggle would continue beyond ths year 1863, He continued his military service up to the time Congress was renomumtea in im», witnont opposi tion, but in 1866 Mr. Hutchins, whom he supplanted, made an effort to defeat him. Hntchins canvassed the district thoroughly, hut the convention nominated Oar- field by acclamation. He had no ofnMMition 1877 the muttle of BwubUean leadership ̂ in t he UmiM waa, by common consent, pUoed upon Garfield. In January, 1B80, Gen. Oai» field waa elected to the Senate to the seat vacated bv Allen G. Thunnan on the 4th of March, 1881. H« roccmd the unanimous vote of the Republican caucus, an honor never be fore given to any man of any party in the State Ot Ohio. NOMINATED FOR PBBKDENT. The circumstances of Gen. Garfiektta nom ination for the Presidency at Chicago are thus told by one of his many biographers : There were tome indications as the thirtieth ballot progressed on Tuesday, June 8, that the looser candidates were giving way. The next ballot demonstrated that the Grant lines could not be broken, and the Blaine lines were at this time wavering. It waa apparent the botivention was on the edge of. •a oreak. The next ballot, whioh was finished by luir- past 12, was without exciting event. The dose: of the thirtvtfonrth was marked with some ex citement growing out of a break to Garfield, Wisconsin easting tor him sixteen votes. This was the beginning of the end. To make up this number, Wssuburnc, Blaine and Sherman ware drawn npon. When the result WP.s uo- clsrad, Gen. Garfield arose and addressed tbo Chair. The Chairman inquired for what pur pose the gentleman ro*e. "To a question of order," said Garfield. " The gentleman will state it," said the ehair. "I rtuJlwage,'* said Mr. Garfield, " the cor- rectaess of the announcement that contains votes far me. No man has a right, without the consent of the person voted for, to have his nameaaaotioeed and voted for in this conven tion. Such consent I have not given." This was overruled by the Chairman amidst laughter against Garfield, who had made the point on the vote east for him by Wisconsin. Then ths thirty-fifth ballot was token. It was apparent that the Blaine men had broken up. The ballot resulted as follows: Grant, 818; Blaine, 357; Sherman, 99: Edmunds, 11; Windom, 3 ; Washburue, 23; Garfield, 50. The thirty-sixth ballot was taken amidst breathless exeitement. It proved to be the last. It resulted : Grant. 806; Blaine, 42; Sherman, 8; Washbnrae, 6; Garfield, 399. . BUCOTSB AND IKAtrOUBATED. The cainpaurn that followed the nomination ot Garfield at^Chicago and Hancock at Cincin nati was hotly contested. Hie first doubtful State, Maine, was carried by a fusion of Demo crats snd Oreenbackers Sept, 18, against the Republican candidates; aud it was believed for a time that the eleotion of Hancock was as sured. But the Bepublicans rallied splendidly in Ohio and Indiana, and oarried both those States Oct. 12. Thenceforth no doubt wss en tertained of the ultimate triumph of the Re publican candidate. The election Nov. 2 re sulted in the choice of 214 Garfield and Arthur electors, and 166 Hancock and English electors. The Electoral Colleges vet ed accordingly Dec. 5. Gen. Garfield was declared elected by the two houses of Congress, sitting in joint convention. Feb. 9, and waa inaugurated March 4. ms domestic unc. Gen. Garfield bad five children living, and had lost two, who died in infancy. The two older boys, Harry and James, were until lately at school In New Hampshire, and both entered Williams College a few days ago. Mary, or Molly as everybody calls her, is a handsome, roey-cheeked girl of about 12. The two younger boys are named Irwin and Abrarn, General's mother ig still living, and has long been a member of his family. She is an intelligent, energetic old lady, with a dear head and a strong will, who keeps well posted in the news of the day, and is very proud of her son's career, though more liberal of criticism than of praise. His wife, who has been spoken of above, was in truth a compan ion of his Joys and a sharer of his sorrows. In person Gen. Garfield was six feet high, broMt-shouidered and strongly built. He had an unusually-large head, that seemed to be three-fourths forehead, light-brown hair and beard, which was fast turning gray, large, light-blue eyes, a prominent nose and full cheeks. He dressed plainlv, was fond of broad-brimmed slouch hats and stout boots, ate heartily, cared nothing for luxurious liv ing, was thoroughly temperate in all respects save in that of brain-work, and devoted to his wife and children and very fond of his country home. Among men he was genial, approacha ble, companionable and a remarkably enter taining talker. XICHlOjfffS ̂ CALAfStlTY* ;»• Proclamation* by the Goverasr aff the State. The following proclamation has bean issued by the Governor of Michigan: ExscmrvE MaxsxoiO _ Ijmuhg, Mich., Sept. 19. f To the People of the United States: On the 15th inst., in behalf of the homeless snfferera by the late fires in a portion of our State, we asked the people of this country to contribute to their great distress. Since that time I have visited the burned district and tra versed a great portion thereof, driving through the ruins. The knowledge thus obtained satis fied me that the foimer estimate of 200 persons having perished in the flames was correct, and the further estimate that there are 15,000 of these sufferers now dependent upon the gen erosity of the public was not exagger ated. The fire district covers a territory of about 1,800 square miles, about one- half of which escaped the dames and the other half is a blackened waste, the destruc tion of property being pretty evenly distributed over the whole territory. Thi« is an agricult ural county, with occasionally a village, or small business center, where wore flouring- mills, saw-mills, uteres, churches, etc., etc. Many of these places ana their industries were wholly destroyed, and in the farming portions, in the track of the fire, nothing was left lor man's use but the land. Barns, cattle-><lu-ds and structures of every kind that remain ara being utilized as temporary shelter for the homeless. Hospitals for the care of tho.-e who suffer frcm burns ore already established. They are fairly supplied with volunteer physicians •and nurses. Among the latter are some good (Sisters of Charity «vho are doing most efficient work. The exposed and overcrowded condi tion in which thousands are now living will necessarily increase the sickness and add to the needs of medical treatment and provisions tor the care of the sick. Food is furnished by those whose houie> were spared and by those outside of the burned district. There is little suffering from hunger in the main. The want of bedding is one cause of real dis tress. Stations for the distribution of supplies are established at convenient points and nnder the supervision of efficient individuals and committees. Careful lists are being prepared by personal investiga tion of the loss of each family, with data, showing their necessities. These are to be used to insure a judicious distribution of sup plies. The wboio work of those to whom the contributions have been intrusted gives evi dence of having been inaugurated and con ducted with care, skill and fidelity. In thii good work the people of Port Huron, from, their proximity to the scene of disaster, were first upon the ground, being represented by a committee composed of some of the best citi- Eens, prominent among whom was United States Senator Omar D. Conger. By the ex ertions of this efficient organization, aided hy the manager* of the Port Huron ana Northwestern railroad, extra trains with relief reached the sufferers before any could _ com© from more remote points. In con junction WitL other organizations th« work was Begun, and it i-t Ixinct prustcuted y« t. Mootof the people who*e destitution appeal* to the i.e- nevuence of the public are purely agricultur ists. They were in u. tsjrrlty condition, consid- t. -OH'rW i wing the time th« y hat! i ceupied these lands, but had no accumulated Hiirpluii. Th* v are de pendent upon the productions of their farms for support. There urn lew, if any, manufact uring industries near them to give them em ployment. The aid extended to the unfort unate by those whosa • homes were saved will soon eathattei the surplus of the iafc- ter. What these ineopi© require is aid to pro cure suoh necessities as wail enable them to live and till their lands. They must have food until the harvests of 1882 are gathered. Any thing short of this will fail to accomplish the j undertaking. The first effect of this disaster was to stupefy and paralyze the energies of the ! people. The prompt encouragement received has stimulated them to new efforts to help themselves. With the bare land and their labor only left they wiU begin to build anew. Already many &r@ constructing log houses, and every available team is be ing worked with vigor to put in wheat, th® seed for which is furnished by th© reiief com- mitteea. They appreciate their condition and the necessity for labor, and mil straggle bard to do their pert as they have an opportunity. I have thought it dm to tha puhho, who nave read the appeals heretofore made, to lay these results of personal iaspsctkm before them. ~~ * Mhttaaae to enable the coming winter _ log la In nowise abated. The wê koown generosity of the American people has never been invoiced hi a mtrnottons results or personal inspection Dei The necessity for cootinoed awlrtans the sufferers to gothroagh the con and to become self-eBstaining la CHESTER A. ABTKUR. Aa^tawfroU . of office waa ailwinlaleiad to PwMaat Artfcqgr. by Chief JusUoa Watte, In thaoMiUa room of the Capitol m Washington, took at Ifeorsday, Sept. 22. Among those present vera «*-Presi- dent Hayeat Senator Shaman, Bear Nichols, den. Grant and Hannibal H«mM» Within a few momenta after taking the oath of office President Arthur loosened the upper button of his coat, took from the Jnslde-pocset a small roll containing his address, which was written upon note pape% and proceeded to read his inaugural address, wfaioh is as follows: ' For the fourth time in the history of the re public its Chief Magistrate has been removed by death. All hearts ara filled with grief and horror at the hideous crime which has darkened our land, and the memory of IBS HEW PRESIDENT. Bketdl «f Arthsr. Chester A. Arthur was born at Fairfield, Franklin county, Vermont, Oct 5,1830. So say his biographers, and so says the official record, although other and unofficial authorities have located his birthplaoe on the other side of the Canada line. His fathor, William Arthur, was an itinerant Baptist preacher, born in County Antrim, Ireland, and educated at Belfast Col lege. The young licentiate came at once to America, and hore married and began his work, which, in a busy life ending Oct 27, 1875, led him to many pulpits in Vermont and New York and to Rome in Canada, the town of Fairfield, Vt, being among them. The early days of Chester A. Arthur's tuition wore passed under the tutelage of his father. From his home studies he went to the wider field of instruction at Schenectady, N. Y., in the grammar school of which place he was prepared for entering Union College. At 15 years of age, therefore, in 1845, he entered Union, and, after a regular course, graduated high in his class. Like many another ambi tious but impecunious student, young Arthur taught school in the vacations of college spe cially provided for that purpose. It is a coinci dence that in these days of sturdy Btrnggle the young student from Union College and a young student (Garfield) from Williams both taught •lohool in North Pownal, Vt With $500 in his pocket, the frugal savings of a school-master's sc&nty pay, Arthur went to New York city and entered the law-office of Hon. Krastus D. Culver, and was in 1852 ad mitted to the practice of law. But clients did not then* flrv^k to his standard, and, with a young legal friend in like circumstances aud frame of mind, two briefless young lawyers roamed the Western States for three months, seeking a place to locate. In the end, not sat isfied with the advice of Greeley, the young men returned to New York and pooled their is sues in the firm name of Arthur & Gardner. About this time Mr. Arthur made a happy mat rimonial alliance, marrying the only daughter of Lieut Herndou, U. S. N.--the brave Hern- don who went down with the Aspinwall steam ship Central American, which he commanded, i Mrs. Arthur died in January, 1880, leaving two children, a son now in his 16th and a daughter in her 10th year. ' The career of the young lawyer was made more successful by the interest he took in poli tics and the militia. He was at the front in caucuses and conventions, and on military parades. His earlier political instincts were with the Whigs, but with the decadence of that pnrtv he joined the multitude of American youth (at the North) in advancing the standard of the Republican party. He was, indeed, a delegate to she Saratoga Convention that organized the Republican party m the State of New York, and was a delegate in succeeding State conventionc- year after year, until he bad .attained the Chair manship of the State Committee and th© nom ination to the Vice Presidency. Gov. Morgan, in organizing his military staff iu 1861, named Mr. Arthur as Engineer in Chief. He had Just before this hold tho posi tion of Judge Advocate of the Second Brigade, New York city. A little later, Gen. Arthur was appointed Inspector General on the Gov ernors staff, and so continued during the first year of the great civil war--a year busy with the organization and inspection of volunteers for the field. On Jan. 27, 1662, Gov. Morgan advanced Gen. Arthur to the toon important post of Quartermaster General, which position he held untfl the expiration of Morgan's term Of office at the end of that year. In July, 1862, Gen. Arthur was invited to be present at a meeting of Governors in the city of New York, held f«r the purpose of discussing measures whereby the Union armies could be kent with full ranks, and it is said ho was the only person present who -was not a Governor. In tbe same year he WAS on the staff of Maj. Gen. Hunt, in the Army of the Potomac, as in spector of New l'ork troops in the field. With the end of Gov. Morgan's term of office, as already stated, Gen. Arthur's military career ended, and he returned to the law. Business of a most lucrative character now poured iu upon him. Muoh of this work consisted in the col lection of war claims and the drafting of bills for legislation. In consequence, a great deal of his time was spent at Albany or in Wash ington, whore his successes won him a renown hardly second to that of any other lobbyist He held for a short time the position of coun sel to the Board of Tax Commissioners in New York city, at #10,000 a year, and in November, 1871, was appointed by President Grant to be Collector of the Port of Now York. On the 28th of January, 1879, John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, addressed a commu nication' to President Hayes setting forth the necessity for a change in the New York Collect- orsbip, Haying that the Treasury Department stood ready to submit proof that "gross abuses of administration have continued and increased during his [Arthur's] incumbency." Tbe removal of Arthur and the appointment of Gen. Mcrritt as Col.ector of the Port fol lowed. The history of that memorable struggle at Chicago, which led up to the nomination of Garfield in June, 1880, is iresh in the minds of the people. After Garfield! had been nomina ted, on the sixth day, the convention took a recess, with the tacit understanding that New York might, if it would, name a candidate for the Vice Presidency. The New fork delega tion. therefore, spent the intervening hour in caucus, with closed doi rs. fljlr. Levi P. Mor ton, now Minister to France, declined to be oousidered as a candidate. Vice President Wheeler, Lieut Gov. Hoskins and ex-Gov. Woodford were presented without favorable re- •ponse. The sense of the caucus was so large ly in favor of Arthur that, after half an hour's talk, all other names being withdrawn, it waa determined to present bis alone. When the convention reassembled, late in tbe afternoon of Tuesday, June 8, tbe nomination of Arthur was made in short o$der. * Shall and WiU. In tbe South, as in Scotland and Ire land, shall and will are constantly mis. used. The West has caught the infec tion from the South. The correct usage is to employ shall in the first person and will in tbe second and third persona where mere intention 6r purpose is con veyed. The reverse is true where a much stronger determination is meant, snch as a threat. The threadbare story of tbe Frenchman who cried, " I will drown ; noboJy shall help me," is the l*«t possible illustration of the perver sion to whioh we have refsrred. In old times the East was free from this fault. Yankee children w^re so well drilled as to be incapable of falling into error, but the corruption is extending over there. A correspondent of the Boston Adver tiser thus bewails the growing degen eracy : I nave been a teacher of manv chil dren and young people of Boston. If I told their names they would be recog nized at once as good representatives of the city's young. I can not recall one of them who was uniformly correct in using ahall and willf should and would. Their sense for realizing the distinction seemed to be numb. They could not be taught it. Whether this is because oui children get so mnch of their habit of talk from un-English hirelings, I can not say. But the sad fact remains. English in Boston has got the dry rot. We hope we shall see a reform which will drive the innovation out of good society.--Cincinnati Gazette. Mrs. Belva A. Looxwood, the woman lawyer of Washington, is said to ride a tricycle and to make long excursions . . the pathos death, will forever Illumine the pages of our history. "For the fourth time the offiecr elected by the people, and ordained by the constitution to fill the vacancy so created, is oalled to assume the executive chair. The wisdom of our fathers, foreseeing even the moat dire possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the un certainty of hnnutyulife. Men may die, but the fabric* of our free institutionsVemain unshak en. No higher or more assuring proof could exist of the strength and permanency of popu lar government than the fact that, though the chosen of the people be stricken down, his con stitutional successor is peacefully installed with out shock or strain, except the sorrow which mourns the bereavement All the noble aspira tions of my lamented predecessor, which found expression in his life; tbe measures devised and suggested during his brief administration to correct abwies and enforce economy; to ad vance the prosperity and promote the general welfare ; to insure domestic security, and main tain 'friendly and honorable relations with the nations of tbe earth, will be gar nered in the hearts of the people, and it will be my earnest endeavor to profit, and to see that the nation shall profit, by his example and experience. Prosperity blesses our coontry: our fiscal policy, fixed by law, is well grounded and generally approved. No threatening issue mars our fereign intercourse, and the wisdom, integrity and thrift of our people may be trusted to continue un disturbed the present assured ca reer of peace, fraternity and wel fare. The gloom and anxiety which have enshrouded the country must make repose especially welcome now. No demand for speedy legislation has been heard; no adequate occasion is apparent for sh un usual session of Congress. The constitution defines the functions and powers of the Ex ecutive as clearly as those of either of the other departments of the Government and he must answer for the just exercise of the discretion it permits, and the performance of the duties it imposes. Summoned to these high duties and responsibilities, and profound ly conscious of their magnitude aud gravity, I assume the trust imposed by the constitution, relying for aid on divine guidance, and the virtue, patriotism and intelligence of the Amer ican people," The occasion will long be remembered as one of great historic interest. There were praaent one President taking the oath of office, two ex- Preaidcnts, and an ex-Vice President among the spectators, while but a few feet away there was lying in state the remains of the late Chief Magistrate. After tbe reading was over, which occupied less than five minutes, all the persons present advanced and shook hands with the President, and immediately the party mingled in general conversation. All person* soon retired except the President and Cabinet, whereupon the doors were closed and they proceeded to hold their formal con sultation, ' The most important matter personally to the Cabinet officers was attended to without delay, and after some preliminaries each handed his resignation to the President President Arthur gave no intimation as to the course he int nded to pursue. There was some disciusion relative to the fu neral arrangements. The Cabinet agreed that it would be beat for the President to remain at the capital and not expose himself to the dan gers of travel while his life only stood between a lawful head of the Government and possible confusion. In deference to this opinion the President decided not to accompany the funeral party to Cleveland. Tne question of most importance to the public was that of a special session of tbe Senate, it having already been announced in the President's address that no extra session of Congress would be called. Tbe propriety of convening the Senate was admitted by all the Cabinet, but a finglo opinion , on the subject being expressed. It was agreed that it was an urgent necessity to have a President of the Senate as soon as possible, in order that the country might not be left without an executive bead in case of the death of the President of the United States. The new President, shortly after his formal induction into office, issued & proclamation de signating Monday. Sept. 26--the day set apart for the burial of the lamented Garfield--as a day of humiliation and mourning, and recom mending " all people to assemble on that day in their respective places of divine worship, Viarketa. teemed by tha imHIci of the tropica 19^%fi|Mildcni eaten by tbem. El platino grande, known to us aa simply i thepl*ntain, is also subdivided into -% varieties which are known by their j savor and size. The kind that rcatihea our market is almost ten inches long; ̂ yet on the Isthmus of Darien there are plantains that grow from eighteen to ij twenty-two inches. Thfey are never S eaten raw, bnt are either boiled or roaak- S < d, or are prepared as preserves. --Hx- ehtwee. ^ • • • • • -- - » - ' \ : *AC*S ftat THE £- every 100 inhabitant* of United States siateen live in cities. A locomottvb drinks forty-five lona of water every mile it travels. Thb finest thread in a qnder's web is composed of no less than 4,000 strands. When an orangoutang dies the othasa cover up tho body with great branches- of trees. M. Lk Gttat saw in Java a femsla chimpanzee that made her bed very neatly every day, lay upon her side and covered herself with the clothes. / THE heat on the Colorado desert ;1» terrific. At. Yuma the thermometer fit* quently registers 125 degrees and th» air is so rareded that objects 100 mitet distant appear very near. It is noted as a curious fact that no President, from Washington to Garfield, waa born in a city, and that only %»- second Adams was oven nominally • resident of a city when elected. * Some beetles, when counterfeiting death, will suffer themselves to be grad ually roasted without moving a single- joint. " I have pierced spicters with pins," says Mr. Smellie, " and torn them to pieces without their indicating the slightest marks of pain." ̂ The water-boatmen, among the most agile of water inseets, row themselves along under-side uppermost. Their habit of moving upside down is of great use to them in feeding, for many of their victims have hard backs, so the water-boatmen dive down and come up under their prey, thus attacking thou on their soft side. The unicorn still exists in the interior* of Thibet. It is there called the one-' horned tso-po. Its hoofs are divided j it is about twelve or thirteen hands high; it is extremely wild and florae, yet associating in large herds. Its tail is shaped like that of a boar, and its horn, which is curved, grows out of ite forehead. It is seldom caught aliveu but the Tartars frequently, shoot it, and use its flesh for food. . .. ; i The equatorial diameter of the earth is greater than the polar by some thirty- four miles. While the center of gravity remains as now the polar and equatorial regions will remain substantially the same; but if from any cause the polar shall preponderate, then a change in polarity will ensue. Such, without doubt, was the case when the tropical elephants were incased in the icebergs of Nova Zeinbla and Spitzbergen. The paintings of the ancient Egyptians show that we cannot mix paints as well as they. In manufacturing metals they were our superiors. They made a sword so exquisitely that it could lie put in a sheath coiled up like a snake without breaking. They had the steamboat and canal 5,000 years ago. and they had the art of mov ing. immense masses of rock, weighing 1,000 tons each. The pyramid built 1,500 years B. G. employed 360,009 men for twenty years. Twelve billions, seven hundred and sixty millions pounds of granite were used in its construction, and in dimensions it was 160 feet high. Astronomers say that the average number of meteors that traverse the at mosphere, and that are large enongh to be visible to the naked eye at one plaoe, if the sun, moon and stars would per mit, is forty-two in an hour, or 1,000 daily. The apparent size of meteors is greatly magnified by irradiation. Some of them have been computed to have a diameter of 100 or 200 feet, and others 1,000 up to 5,000 or 6,000; but this must be regarded as the diameter of the there to render alike their tribute of sorrowful j blaze of light which surrounds the submission to the will of Almighty God, and to their reverence and love for the memory character of our late Chief Magistrate." A STARTLING CHABttE. An Allegation that Gen. Garfield Was Slain by tbe Surgeons. The Chieago Ttmes correspondent teiegrapbs that Journal from Washington, under date of Sept 28, aa follows: "Certain revelations made to-day to the Timet correspondent by an unquestioned authority, of the inner his tory of the post-moitem examination of the the body of Gen. Garfield, will create a shook throughout tho country second only to the as sassination of Jnly 2. These revelations show that the President might have lived; at least tluy show that the report of the autopsy is false, and that, had it not been for Secretary MacVeagh, even a portion of the reluctant truth piaced in the report would have been suppressed. What will the public think when it learns that Gen. Garfield did not die from any result of the wound made by the bullet, but from a cause that probably could have been remedied in the early days of the case ? The original track of the wound hud fairly healed, and the ball itself had be come completely encysted. If it had noS been for the blood powoning, the President would have been a well man to-day. The blood poi soning proceeded from imperfect drainage of the wound the second day. A clot of blood that might have been taken out with an aspirator wa» the cause "of the blood-poisoning and the huge abscess upon the kidney. The spine was reported aa in jured in the autopsy, so tnat this would appear to be a mortal hurt, but it is said upon high authority that the post mortem revealed nothing of this kind. The spinal oolumn was not harmed, and if there was a slight hi jury of the vertebra it would not in itself have been serious. After the funeral ia over, Gen. Swaim, an educated physician, and Dr. Boynton will reveal the ium r secrets of the post yn rU'tii. Que of tbe moot startling ieatiu%s of the exposure will be the history of the scarch for tho balL One hour was passed in cutting for it. Then the bowels were removed and placed loose in a wash-bowl. Another hour was spent, and then some one looked m the coutents of the waah- bowl and discovered the encysted ball among tho intestines Yet the autopsy locales this ball in tho muscles of the back. Gen. Bwaim has been so indignant over the report of the au topsy i hat nothing will prevent him from tell ing the true story to the public after Geu. Ghw- fleld isburid. ) BAnanas as Food. A pound of bananas is said to oontain more nutriment than three pounds of meat or many pounds of potatoes, while • as a food to be in every sense of the j word far superior to the best wht aten j bread. An acre of ground planted with I *H1U' meteor. Tho meteor itself, before it takes fire, may have a diameter of only a few feet, or perhaps only a fraction of an inch. The mean distance of from the observer is about 105 miles. THB amount of money which the Per# vian Government has received from the sale of guano is estimated at $2,400,OOfy- 000 of dollars. All it has to show lor this large sum are four or five railroads, which have cost $150,000,000. On this night the contract for the Oroya railroad WJIS signed Meiggs, the contractor, is said to have presented the wife of the President of the republic with a hand some bouquet, concealed in which were bills to the amount of $500,000.̂ ~«f THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. Bfflm.. Hons Cotton F LOUK--Bnperflue Wukjit--No. 2 Ht>riu|{ No. 2 iicd. ConN--Ungraded Oats--Mixed Western........... Pouk--JJeas Lajio CH CFTGO. Bnvu-Chfflpe Ori'lnl Nteers 6 10 Cow* and Hmfer* a IS ! Medium to Fair 5 85 | Hoos 4 80 i Fl^>oa-Fancy White Whiter Ex.. 7 00 Hoc*} to Ctiofce Spring Ex. S 59 Whi-at-- No. 3 Spring X 98 No. a Spring..... 1 IS Coitttr-No. 3 M Oats-No. 2 80 Kyk-NO. 2 1 OT Uahi.k*-- No. 2... 1 00 Ur i TKii--Choice CtMBwy.. ST Kmix-Fitili. 19 Pork--Ala* 91 Lauo M .IT . 5 00 @ 7 00 . . 5 90 (3 6 2S . 1 87 % 1 30 . 1 47 914 : J? | " .t0 75 <|20 . UVd 1** J Whkat--Na 1. No. 2... Cons--Sn. i Oats - No. a.. MILWAUKEE. (UM -Ma a • ~ ItYV--No. 1 " 2 Baxl.!:t--No< 3 ••••••.« S 1® ?• I LABr u ; ST. LOTIBS. Whkat--Ka t Bed 14# I Cuhx--Mixed 89 I Oare - No. a « IlYE 1 07 ! J>.,.K--Mew 10 78 • • % "38 v^'ciS IMU>.. Whbat. Coax... Oatb. V"""oiHcixUirL i a 18 am- -....90 7# Xa 1 White t m No. 2Bed * 53 OoBH OATS.... Flo 0»--Choice... MJTHOIT. Wheat--No. 1 wito!!!!,'"' 1 ; Cork--Mixed ...IIIIII i bananas will return, according to Hum boldt, as much food material as thirty- three acres of wheat, or over 100 acres of potatoes. The banana or plantain (for until lately ̂ there was no Such word as banana) is divided into ! iiabijit (per oenUi)....;;^ several varieties, all of which are used for ; Pq"k--Me-- --* food. The platino manzanito ia a small, j PiANAPOLia. delicate fruit,, neither longer nor Btouter ( < ohk--No. 9 than a lady's forefinger. It is the most j t>Ari- delicious f«nd prized of all the varieties ' of plantain. El pl*tin<ugtt'MOi. calM by us banana, is probably more in de- -""•tfr *3hrr irnij rtfrr "mr:: ** ** sab- ' ; . ' v Oats--Mixed. EAST UBEBTT, K Cattlb--Beet * ami 10 Camznatt 3 75 KO«0 «00 f 1' ' -4 '• BM