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McHENBY. (ti({ flaittdealrr I. VAN SLTKE. ttflUr art* PaWlshtr. ILLINOIS TOE NEWS CONDENSED. taEiun. THE Rev. William De Witt Hyde, of Faterson, N. J., has been elected President of Bowdoin College, and the Rev. Joseph Duryefe, D. D., of Boston, President of Untyti CoHjge Charles Dunn, a Grand Amy veteraA* was murdered in a shanty neat Erie, Pa., the head having been severed from the body with an ax. Hugh Blown, an octogenarian, the owner of the shanty, has been arrested for the crime.. .. The Harvard-Columbia freshman two-mile race, rowed on the Thames course at New London, Oonn., was easily won by the former. BEPOBTS from Mount MacGregor leave little room to doubt that Gen. Grant's dis­ ease is steadily progressing toward a fatal termination. The swelling in the throat and neck is hardening and increasing, and the ulceration burrowing deeper, and the illustrious patient is slowly but surely growing weaker, although he continues to devote a little time each day to work upon his memoirs. The following bulletin of the General's condition, prepared by Drs. Shrady and Douglas, appeared in the New York Mcdical Record of June 27: The proeress of the disease trom which Gen. Grant is suffering is, barring accidental compli­ cations, slow. Comparing the condition of the patient with what it was a month atro, the changes which have taken place can be ap­ preciated. Taking this period of time into consideration, it can be said that the swelling under the angle of the lower jaw, on the right side, has increased, and has become harder and more deeply fixed. It has shown a tendency to progress in a direction down­ ward and forward upon the right side of the neck, the infiltration extending into the neighboring glandular structures. The lancinat­ ing pains in thdse i arts, although, fortunately, not frequent nor severe, have a significance which can not be ignored. The ulceration on the right side of the base of the tongue lias be­ come deeper *nd more irregular, although its superficial area has not perceptibly increased. This is the seat of the pain occasionally in swallowing and when certain examinations of the throat arc made. The destructive process on the right side of the uvula is apparently quiescent, although a new portion of the mar­ gin of the palatal curtain is snowing a tend­ ency to break down. The voice has been re­ duced to a whisper, due partly to inflammatory involvementof the vocal chords and partly to nervous atonv of the latter. There is some impairment of general strength and some loss in weight, although the appetite is unchanged and the usual amount of nourishment is taken. The removal to Mount MacGregor has so tar proved beneficial. It has em bled the patient to recover lost ground, and thus in a measure has counterbalanced the effects of his local malady. THE WEST. the first session of the next Congress. "At what time during the session?" was asked. "As soon as 1 can get ready after Congress convenes," he replied. "Will the bill pro­ vide for an horizontal reduction, as did the measure you introduced during the last Congress?" "They say they do not want a horizontal reduction. The truth is they do not want a reduction of any kind. I will provide in the proposed bill for about such a reduction in amount as I provided for in my last bill. REPORTS from Washington state that the President is disposed to exercise a little more moderation in his treatment of the Crow Creek settlers. The first announce­ ment was that if any of them were found on their farms after June 17 force would be used to remove them. They are all there yet, and no troops have been ordered out. Indeed, it is now said that the administra­ tion thinks of removing one settler only, in order td make a test cake and get the mat­ ter before the courts.... Bichard T. Mer­ rick. an eminent advocate, died at Wash­ ington, last week. ACTION in the case of Minister Keiley, says a Washington dispatch, will be de­ ferred until the wishes of the Austrian Gov­ ernment are officially communicated.... Among the pall-bearers of the late Bichard T. Merrick were Postmaster Genecftl Vilas and Secretary Lamar. A. BILL was filed in the County Court at Chicago, June 24, on behalf of Sidney Smith in his contest for the Mayoralty. The complainants, six in number, declare, in substance, that "they desire to contest the election of Carter Har­ rison on the grounds that Sidney Smith received about 1,(100 majority, and that divers persons, who were not qualified electors, and who were not entitled to vote, to the number of 867 and upward, did vote for Carter H. Harrison for Mayor in the various election districts of the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Wards, and that these illegal votes were counted by the election officers of the re­ spective precincts for Harrison, and were included in the returns so canvassed and formed part of the aggregate vote credited to said Harrison." They also claim that if the illegal votes credited to Harrison had been purged from the returns, the canvass would have shown the election of Sidney Smith to the office of Mayor of the city. A MOST atrocious crime is reported from village of Bluffs, Scott County, HL women, the wife and daughter of a to-do former named W. G. McLaugh- were found in their home with throats cut and their bodies terribly mutilated with a knife. To make the horrible deed more fiendishly complete the tongues of both women were cut out at the roots. They rfere alone in the house and it is supposed that two meu en­ tered whose object was robbery; that while the dwelling was being ransacked the women awoke, and that the two miscrdints attacked them, leaving them for dead; yet, fearing the possible reco\ery of their vic­ tims long enough to furnish a description of their assassins, the precaution was tak­ en of cutting out both of their tongues.... Near Paw Paw, IU., a charivari party who vent to serenade a newly wedded couple la the Nettle ton farm-house were fired on bj Arthur Nettleton, brother of the bride, Claience White and WTilliam Hackman re­ ceiving what are supposed to be fatal wounds. All the members of the Nettleton household have been arrested. THE treasury of Council Bluffs, Iowa, is empty, and the police force, fire depart­ ment, and lights will be dispensed with un­ less funds can J>e obtained from sources other than taxalron.... A suit for $20,000 damages has been brought at Cincinnati by ex-Judge O'Connor against Judge James Fitzgerald, for language used by the latter fnm the bench in the trial of a woman charged with keeping a disreputable house, the Judge, who had learned that O'Connor owned the premises, reflecting on persons who rent property for such purposes.... Omaha dispitch: "Telegrams received at the Union Pacific headquarters here from the agency at Huntington, announce the discovery of wonderful mineral quartz in the Snake River region, at a point thirty miles from Huntington. A specimen from the vein in possession of railway men here shows much free gold in igneous rotten quartz and silver in pyrite. The former assays $473 to the ton, and the latter $86. The ore is most easy of reduction. One man has already realized from fifty pounds of quartz crushed in a hand mortar $142. The new fields are in Idaho, near the Ore­ gon State line, and can be approached within thirty miles by the Oregon Short Line, the closest stations being Waiser and Huntington." POUTICAL. THB President has made the following appointments: E. 1>. Bannister, of Lawrencebnrg, Ind., to be Indian Inspector; Edward H. Strobel, of New York, to be Secretary of the Legation of the United States to Spain; l'osey S. Wilson, to be Assayer of the United States Mint »t Den­ ver, Col.; William Allan, of Alabama, to ba United States Marshal for the Middle and Southern District of Alabama; J. P. Iinboden, of Georgia, to be Consul of the United States at Tuecaran, Honduras; t-hubrick Hey ward, of Maryland, to be Marshal of the Consular Court of the United States at Kan- agwa, Japan; William B. Fleming, of Ken­ tucky, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico; Mark D. Wilber, of New \ork, to be United States At­ torney for the Eastern District ot New York; William H. Denson, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Northern and Middle District of Alabama; Gen. W. II. IL Davis, of Doylestown, Pa., to bo Pension Agent at Phila­ delphia, vice A. Wilson Norris, suspended; lien. H. Heth, of Warrenton, Va., and William Par­ sons. of Connecticut, Special Indian Agents; A. Gabooski, of Georgia, Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, Kansas, and Walter It. ISren- nan of the Indian Territory, Superintendent of the Chiloceo Indian School. To be Third Lieutenants of the revenue marine service of th • United States--Johnson H, Qui nan, Kirtland W. Perry, Charles A. Barnes, and Byron L. Reed. Collectors of Internal Keve- nue: Kobert Black, First District of New York: Matthew H. Voiderner. Thir l Distric; of New Jersey; Francis Shields, for the District of Lou­ isiana; George H. Davison, for Sixth District of Kentucky; Thomas ilanlon, Seventh District of Indiana; A- olph Biermann, District of Minnesota; James W. Newman, Eleventh District of Ohio; Christian J. Knecht, Sixth District of Ohio; Kobert N. Banks, for the District of Mississippi. Post­ masters--Benjamin P. Brown, at Franklin, Ind.; Frank M. Fields.,at Spencer, Ind.; G. W. Sem- bler, at Citv Island, N. Y.; John Hayes Paige, at Schenectady, N. V.; Samuel T. Bass.'tt, at Rich­ mond, Mo.; Adam Ferguson, at North Platte, Neb., vice John Evans, suspended; Joseph H. Schelly, at Princeton, Mo., vice Thomas E. Evans, suspended; Howard Tatum, at Belton, Texas, vice J. P. Osterholt, suspended; J. W. McMaster, at Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss., vice J. L. Mead, suspended; Wm. N. Car­ ter, at Viroiiua. Wis , vice K. S. Michael, sus­ pended; Thos. R. McDarmm, at Danville, Va., vice A. M. Wheeler suspended; J a a. J. Oates, at South Cambridge, Mass., vice P. H. Carpenter, suspended; Frank T. Lynch, at Leavenworth, Kan., vice Job McKee,. suspended. (The Post­ master at Hazlehurst, Miss., was suspend­ ed because having been asked to re­ sign for reasons affecting the public welfare, not known to the department at the time of his appointment, lie declined compliance. The Postmasters at Danville and Viroqua. Wis., were suspended for partisanship, and the Post­ masters at Leavenworth, Kan., and Southbridge, Mass.. were suspended on account of the un­ satisfactory manner in which their offices were conducted. Charees of partisanship were also preferred against themj THE Massachusetts Republican State Convention has been called to meet at Springfield, Sept. 30....The West Vir­ ginia Prohibition State Convention, held at Grafton, last week, split on the third-party question. About a third of the delegates, favoring non-partisan action, withdrew. The remainder resolved that a third party is expedient in West Virginia. With a few exceptions they are all Republicans who left the convention. GEORGE CLARK, of St. Louis, is being boomed for Public Printer at Washington. Mr. Clark is a thorough practical printer, and is said, to be eminently fitted for the place. He has very strong support among Senators and Congressmen, and the labor organizations and printers seem to be almost THE SOUTH, ft THOMAS KNOTT, of Dayton, Ky., leaped ifjtom a railway bridge into the Ohio Biver, a distance of 105 feet He was unhurt, and •Warn leisurely to shore. He says he was Hot attempting suicide An insect called the dumb locust is committing ravages on apple trees in Southwest Virginia, and trees •re dying by hundreds. DALLAS (Texas) special; "News has reached here that the citizens'posse from the Texas and Indian Territory side of the Bed Biver, in the neighborhood of Dela­ ware Bend, who have for several weeks Wast been chasing the gang of outlaws who save been murdering and stealing horses •ind stock in that section so long, overtook the gang and captured eight of them, and hanged them to one tree. They pro­ ceeded a few miles further and captured four others, whom they killed in a similar manner. About three weeks ago three horse-thieves were lynched, making a total Of fifteen dead outlaws to the credit of this posse. Fully twenty members of the gaDg Save been slain since last spring, and a half-dozen good officers and citizens have lost their lives." A telegram from Pales- line, Texas, says that the other two negroes •ngaged in the murder of Mrs. Hazell, near Elkhart have been captured and lynched In Houston County, making the full gang of seven who have been disposed of. rAMlOiGTOK. Xrf an interview at Washington Bepre- •entative Morrison, of Illinois, said that he purposed to introduce another tariff bill at U ' IN the League race for the base-ball championship, the Chicago Club leads, with New York second, Providence third, and Philadelphia fourth, while Boston, Buffalo, and St. Louis are struggling for fifth place. Detroit brings up the rear. In the American Association race, the club representing St Louis has a long lead over its competitors, and is almost sure to capt­ ure the pennant PRESIDENT CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, of the Union Pacific Bailway, presented his views on the transportation problem before the Senate committee on interstate commerce at Omaha. He declared that pooling was necessary to prevent ruinous competition among railways, and expressed little faith in the utility of a Government commission. He denounced the pass s\ s- tem in vigorous terms, declaring that it cost the Union Pacific Company $2,000 a day. THE new regime in Panama is arbitrary and .oppressive. A forced loan of $1,000,- 000 was assessed in such a manner that the poor were called upon to pay as much as the rich. Only about one-half was collect­ ed. Now the rulers propose a new scheme --a war contribution of $50,0(10,000. This amount is to be levied on those who fa­ vored the rebellion, those who resisted the rebellion, and those who have been obdu­ rate in refusing payment of the previous loan.... S. L. Phelps, ex-Minister to Peru, died at Lima when about to embark for home. GCAYMAS (Mexico) dispatch; "Two en­ gagements with Yaqui Indians occurred on the 20th and 22d inst. Two hundred Yaqnis and six Mexicans were killed. Three Americans are reported to have been killed near Salmaripa by Apaches, part of Geronimo's band. No names given." S. W. TALLMADGE, Secretary of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, has issued what he claims to be a close and re­ liable estimate of the probable wheat yield of the United States for 1885. This esti­ mate places the spring wheat yield at 121,- 000,000 bushels; winter wheat yield at 210,- 000,000 bushels. Total spring and winter, 331,000,000 bushels. From these figures it will be seen that the crop of 1885, com­ pared with 1884, will show a short­ age in winter wheat of 160,000,000 bushels; spring wheat, 22,000,000 bushels. Total shortage spring and winter, 182,000,- 000 bushels. The average wheat yield of the United States for five years past is 461,000,000 bushels. The estimate shows a shortage compared with the average five years past of 130,000,000 bushels.... A re­ port 1ms been received at the Navy Depart­ ment from Admiral Jouett announcing the failure by the parties interested to settle the disputes in the United States of Colombia. He says the political differences between the two parties are of such a nature that a peaceable settlement is quite impossible at this time. Hdstili- ties are likely to continue indefinitly.... The convention of the National G. A. B. encampment at Portland, Me., elected ex- Congressman S. S. Burdette, of Missouri. Commander-in-Chief. Delegate Griffin, of Eau Claire, Wis., created a sensation by presenting the name of Gov. Fairchild, and designating the proceedings of the conven­ tion as disgraceful and disorderly. His apology only made matters worse, and he was forcibly seated by friends... .Of one hundred immigrants landed at Montreal by one steamer, thirty-six were deaf-mates. FOBEIGH. THE Bussian Government has increased the tariff on imports from 10 to 12 percent .... Henry Kapp, an American, lost all his money at Monte Carlo, and then commit­ ted suicide. THE truth about the French expedition to Tonquin, since peace is declared with China, is coming to light A cablegttim says: "All accounts received from Tonqttin show that the ravages of disease among the French troops there are simply appalling. Three thousand invalid soldiers have been 6ent home. Three huudred soldiers down with disease await transportation. The deaths among the troops are from fifteen to twenty daily."... .The differences between Bussia and Turkey, growing out of the mand of the former upon the Porte for thi removal of the Governor of Salonica, have been amicably settled... .Sir Nathaniel Rothschild, Sir Evelyn Baring, and Mr, John Morley will be raised to the British peerage. THE cholera is steadily spreading in Spain, and the mortality is increasing to £ frightful extent All efforts to arrest the ravages of the plague, which consist chiefly of invocations to the Virgin and saints, prove utterly useless and unavailing. ADDITIONAL NEWS. ONE of the men shot by Arthur Kettle' ton at Paw Paw, III., is dead, and the other is in a precarious condition. Fears of mob violence induced the removal of young Nettleton to the jail at Dixon. AT Detroit, Mich., in the application of the Hop Bitters Company of Bochester. N. Y., for a preliminary injunction against C. D. Warner, of Beading, Mich., manufac­ turer of German Hop Bitters, to restrain him from using a similar name, bottle, and label in the sale of his bitters, • the court (Justice Mathews and District Judge Brown) ruled that the defendant. C. D. Warner, had a right to use the words Ger­ man Hop Bitters. JAMES ARCINE and William Parchmeal, full-blooded Cherokee Indians, were hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., for the mur­ der of Henry Fiegel, an old Swede, thir­ teen years ago; John McKeever, colored, who shot and killed William J. Trainor, on December 17 last, was hanged at Mem­ phis, Teun.; John Taylor, colored, was hanged in Hopkinsville, Ky., for the mur­ der of his mistress. Five or six thousand people, mostly colored, witnessed the exe­ cution; Bobert McCoy, colored, was hanged at Sylvania, Ga., for murdering James Edgar, a white constable, on November 20, 1884. Two thousand people witnessed the execution; Bufus Dortich, a colored murderer, suffered the death penalty at Mariana, Ark.... At Greenville, Tenn., the trial of Capt. E. T. Johnson for the murder of Major Edwin Henry in Green County, Tennessee, Sept. 23, 1884, ended in a verdict of acquittal. Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees was leading counsel for the de­ fense, and made an eloquent plea for his client. A short time before the homicide Captain Johnson's wife had committed suicide at Indianapolis, after confessing to her husband that she had been seduced by Henry. THERE were 184 failures in the United States during the week, against 170 for the preceding week, and 153, 165, and 153, re­ spectively, for corresponding weeks Of 1884, 1883, and 1882. Bradstreet'n Jour­ nal says of the condition of trade. From the leading business centers word comes that trade continues quiet and singu­ larly free from speculative movements. Sur­ plus funds at the banks at New York and Bos­ ton show no signs of growing smaller, and the demand for money at the interior has not equaled the expectations. The volume ot general merchandise moving Is made uj». of hand to mouth purchases. Since the labor trouble at Pittsburgh has been settled the local trade situation has assumed a better aspect At Phila­ delphia merchants are inclined to a more confi­ dent and hopeful view ot the near-by future^ while at New York the reverse is true. Cottoa, and woolen millmen in all directions are inclines' to regard the outlook as opposed to a revival, and their complaints as to the effects of the late heavy auction sales of cotton and woolen fabrics at the East are based, they claim, on the Injury done the textile manufacturing interests. Ac Boston there has been some activity in sales of dry goods by jobbeis, but agents and makers report trade as dull as ever. It is believed that the Mexican Govern­ ment has iu reserve a more extensive finan­ cial project than the one promulgated a few days since. The $4,000,1100 worth of nickel 'coin stored in the palace at the City of Mexico has been sold to European parties for $800,00(1... .Prominent French-t'ana- dians at Quebec are raising funds to defray the expenses of Biel and his associates iu tho coming trials at Begina. A NEW trial was denied in New York to James D. Fish, President of the late Marine Bank. The Judges held that there might be criminal misappropriation of fuuds of a national bank bv means of a loan, the contrary being a point raised and relied upon by Fish's attorneys.... The boat race between the Harvard and Yale crews, at New London, was won by the Harvards by fifteen lengths. RADICALS in Parliament propose a bit­ ter attack upon the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, which places they propose to abolish as unnecessary. The offices are filled re­ spectively by Sir Stafford Northeote and the Earl of Harrowby.... The Pacific Mail steamship Citv of Tokio, wrecked off Yo­ kohama, will bo a total loss. The company loses $1,250,000 besides the interruption of business... .Frenchcommanders have been authorized by the Paris Government to raise the biockade of Chinese ports and permit the resumption of trade on the same conditions as before the war. OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. Capt. Fred H. Mttrsfi, Unltott States Mar- ' thai for the Northern Illinois District. The fight over the Marshalship for the Northern District of Illinois was of such a lively character as to create an interest in political circles all over the country. Capt. Frederick H.-Marsh, the successful aspir­ ant, whose portrait is herewith presented, was born in England on Sept. 7, 1843, and became a citizen of Oregon, 111., in 1855, and at the present time is Sheriff of Ogle County. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, but was discharged some time after, on account of sickness. In October, 1861, he re-enlisted in the Forty-sixth Mi- nois Volunteer Infantry, and continued steadily in the servico until he was mustered out at Baton Bouge, La., Jan. 20, 1866, having been in the service four years and eight months, during which time he ytas promoted to a Captaincy. Captain Marsh was a member of the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. In 1869 he formed a partnership with his brother, Charles F. Marsh, and opened a book and stationery store under the firm name of Marsh JBros., until about 1870, when ho retired, and some time later was appointed express agent. In 1870 and 1871 he was Town Clerk of Ore­ gon. As Sherilf of Oglb County he has given good satisfaction, and is very popular with his constituents. Captain Marsh was a delegate to the Chicago National Conven­ tion which nominated Cleveland, and was from the first an advocate of Mr. Cleveland. In personal appearance. Captain Marsh stands six feet tall, slight build, and erect. He has black hair, dark eyes, and la heavy brown mustache. The Late Sir Julius Benedict. Sir Julius Benedict, the famous com- E)ser, whose death recently occurred at ondon, Eng., will be remembered by many Americans as the gentleman who accom­ panied Jenny Lind to this country in 1850. He was born in Stuttgart in November, 1804, where Hummel, the great piano virtuoso of the time, became his tutor. When seven­ teen years of age he was taken in hand by Weber, who came to regard him as his son. In 1823, on Weber's recommendation, he was intrusted with the leadership of the Vi­ enna opera. On leaving Weber he went to Naples and conducted the opera at the Saint Carlo. In 1835 he went to Paris, where he fell in with Rossini, Meyerbeer, Bellini, Donizetti, Auber, and others. Tho same year he went to England and adopted it as his home. In 1836 he took charge of the London Opera Bouffe at the Lyceum Thea­ ter. He led the Drury Lane orchestra at the time of the production of the great Balfe's operas. When Jenny Lind decided to come to America she incited Sir Julius Benedict to be her pianist and general di­ rector. Returning to London, he became manager of Her Majesty's Theater, and afterward at Drury Lane. For the last sev­ enteen years he led the Monday popular concerts, and his own annual concerts have for fifty years been events of interest in English musical circles. Among his well- known works are "The Gypsy's Warning," "The Brides of Venice," "The Crusaders," "Undine," "The Lily of Killarney," "St. Cecilia,"and "St. Peter." He was knighted by the Queen in 1871, and in 1874, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, he was made Knight Commander of the Orders of Francis Joseph of Austria and Frederic of Wurtemburg, besides receiving decorations from Prussia, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, and other countries . **' ' THE MARKETS. NEW YOBK. BEEVES..... :.... 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George Moritz Ebers is chiefly known to American readers as the author of a series of historic romances, among which "The Egyptian Princess" and "Uarda" have thrown a nineteenth century irradiation over that mysterious land of the Sphinx, which has been so long enveloped in truly Egyp­ tian darkness. These romances, however, were but the accidental sequence of previ­ ous years of patient investigation, which added his name to the list of distinguished Egyptologists. "The Ebers Papyrus "is the second in extent and the first in preserva- CABINET PORTRAITS. Bayard Patient, Whitney Blunt, Endioott Suave and Polite, Garland Plain and Sociable, Manning Non-Oom- ? t jjiittal, Lamar Queer. * £ ^Washington special.] - **^ > Secretary Bayard has a patient way of entertaining visitors. If be is satisfied at the first glance that he can dispose of a case in a few words, he will do so, but as a rule he rather enjoys keeping applicants, for office especially, on the ragged edge as lpng as possible. When he once gets in­ terested, however, tne Secretary is a changed man. In the discussion of any topic ho will go into the minutest details, and before he gets through he will exhaust his subject and listener as well. Mr. Bay­ ard has been longer in public life, and has had more experience, thau any other Cab­ inet officer. This experience and knowl­ edge of men and measures often enables him to dispose of business much more rapidly than he is given credit for. So far as personal manner of receiving visitors is concerned, Secretary Whitney is the sharpest contrast to Secretary B.iyard. Mr. Whitney is a youthful-looking and handsome man. He wears glasses, and his clothes fit him admirably. No one has ever yet complained that Mr. Whitney equivocated. In this respect ho resembles ex-Secretary Chandler, who had the tact of making the plainest, bluntest, and clearest statements in relation to matters in the Navy Department of any Secretary who has been in office since the war. Mr. Whit­ ney is a good deal like Mr. Chandler in gome other respects. He is quick, nervous, and alert, has the gift of instantly seeking the main point at issue, no matter how much it iB covered up with a mass of details, and the courage to speak out his mind at once. Secretary Endicptt is the most aristo­ cratic member of the Cabinet. Not every one can be admitted into his presence, but those who are have no reason to complain about their reception. A few days ftgo a gentleman called at the War Depaitinent and sent his card to the Secretary. In a few minutes the messenger came out and said that Mr. Endicott desired to be in­ formed as to the nature of his business. The caller grew furious and swore a blue streak, which made General Sheridan jump out of his seat and look up and down the corridor. Then the caller told the messen­ ger that that wasn't his style of doing busi­ ness, and went away in high dudgeon. Secretary Endicott is suave and polite to those with whom he comes in Contact. Attorney General Garland makes every visitor feel perfectly at home. Personally he is one of the most popular of Cabinet officers. He has a peculiar vein of humor and an intense appre ciation of the ludicrous. There is not a ti. er raconteur or a more inveterate practical joker in America than tho Attorney General. He is a jovial, whole-souled, generous man, who hates shams, and who works hard and plays hard. If the President had searched the country through and through, he could not have found a man more thoroughly un­ fitted for his surroundings than Mr. Garland. His is the grandest office in Washington. Mr. Garland is one of the plainest of men--plain in speech, action and appearance. Ordinarily he dresses in a well-worn broadcloth suit, and he invariably wears a black slouch hat. tipped well down over his forehead. He looks as though he came from Arkansas and was glad of it. If ex-Attorney Gene­ ral Brewster could only take a peep at Mr. Garland as he daily sits in his office, he would hasten his trip to Europe to get rid of the scene. The Attorney General has an immonse load of work on his shoulders, but he carries it lightly. For his friends he always has a neat story told in an in­ imitable manner, and next to teLing one he loves to listen to others. Secretary Manning resembles the Presi­ dent in the way in which he receives visit­ ors. He has a desk at the end of the jjig room on the. second floor of the Treasury Department, and his callers sit and await their turn. He is a good listener--has a face like a sphinx--and says but little. He is the most non-committal man in the en­ tire Cabinet. Occasionally, when arftused he shows the stuff that is in him; is phleg­ matic, impressive; and has the appear­ ance of being able to receive good, bad, and indifferent news with the same out­ ward calmness. Mr. Manning acts instead of talks. Like all newspaper men, he hates long stories. The man who goes to him with all his facts condensed, presents them with a few words and then retires, makes a greater impression upon him than those who weary him with an overabundance of verbiage. Postmaster General Vilas has his visitors sorted by the colored messenger before they are admitted to his presence. He is a jood talker himself, and likes it in others, but, like Mr. Manning, he despises the tiresome bore. Gen. Vilas can l>e one of the most fascinating men. From the stand- oint of pure oratory he has no rival in the )emocratic party. Secretary Lamar has a queer way of re­ ceiving visitors. He allows every one to tell his story. Probably there is not a more patient man in public life than Mr. Lamar; and the crowds that flock to bis office seem to appreciate that fact. When he is weary he has the highly original plan of ex­ cusing himself for a moment, going out through his private door to the street, mounting his thoroughbred, and speeding away for a ride in the country. MID MERRY R0Aft OF GUNS, Fair France's Great Statue of Liberty Receives a Wel- •;* come Moat RoyaL ̂ t Brier History of (he Great Work, • Sketch and Portrait of the Sculptor. Th* French war-ship Isere with the Bartholdi statfne on board was escorted up the harbor to Bedloe's Island, New York, on the 19th ot June, by an imposing naval precession, one hundred ttcamers and yachts being in line. The shipping a the harbor was gayly decorated, and enthusi- .rttc multitud e lined the shores of Long Island ad New Jersey. The Isere dropped anchor mid the thunderin? of cannons, the blowing t/f whistles, and the playing of bands. Two hours later the Frenca naval officers landed at the Battery and were escorted by a military procession to the City Hall, where a banquet was given, Mayor Grace presiding. The Statue's History. The history of the great undertaking which will give New York Harbor the largest statue In the world begins nearly ten ve?rs ago, when the iirst stei s were taken in the matter by a body of distinguished Frenchmen, enthusiastic lovers of liberty, whom its originator and crea­ tor then interested in his noble conception. These gentlemen formed themselves into a so­ ciety called the Union Franco-Americaine de France, and held a banquet Nov. 1875, to inaugurate the project. M. Bartholdi'a design was enthusiastically approved, and a subscription for the erection of the statue begnn. The city of Paris subscribed f2,ooo, and in live years France had subscribed, chiefly in small sums, the $'2so,ooo necessary for this purpose. Another banquet was then held in the French capital, at which an address to the people of the United States was adopted, recalling the alliance of France with this na­ tion in the cause of liberty during the Revolu­ tionary War.and embodying sentiments expres­ sive of their hearty accord in the maintenance of democratic principles of government. Work on the colossal statue was promptly begun un­ der the superintendence of its designer, who has witnessed its completion. Its SLTO. Springing up from the waters of New York. Bay, near the center of the harbor, and com-' mar,ding an unobstructed viewont through the Narrows to the ocean, Bedloe's Island is an especially favorable site for the erection of a beacon-lisiht that shall at once guide the mar­ iner to a safe haven and symbolize to the emi­ grant when he first reaches our shores the idea of liberty which has been so largely instru­ mental in brinsr ng him hither. The island itself is much larger than appears either from the New York shore or from the lithographic pictures of statue and island which have re­ cently been scattered over the country. It has an area of tour or live acres, and will doubtless be a delightful breatlrng place for the city resi­ dent, and a Mecca to the wonder-hunting coun­ try visitor, when it has received the last beau­ tifying touches of the Pedestal Committee and is returned to the Government. The foundation on which the pedestal Is to rest is a vast mass of sravel and sand and lime, ninety-one feet square at the base, sixty-seven feet square at the top, and fifty-two feet ten inches in height. It rests on a bed of grav­ el some twenty teet leloiv the surtace. This huge mass of what is for all piactical purposes a solid block ot granite represents the actual work, outside of plans and designs, which has thus fkr been done for the reception of the statue. Upon this will be built the granite p destal, 117 feet high and twenty feet squar« at the top. The facing of the pedestal is of Leetes Island (Conn.) granite, which is rich purple in color and of great endurance. The statue will be anchored to this pedestal by heavy iron rods passing from each corner of the statue through the pedestal to its base. The Statue Itself. The statue itself Is 151 feet high, made of cop­ per and iron, an l weighs nearly 200 tons. An elevator and a stairway will ascend from the base of the pedestal up through the statue to the head, whence the stairway will continue throuv'h the uplifted arm to the torch held in the hand. Upon the small balcony be-, neath the torch there Is standing room for fifteen persons. The height of the entire affair is reckoned as follows: Height .50 l.oi I.00M® 1.0134 54 .50 .39 & .4:) II.25 @11.79 .06ft® .0T & 0. 29 5.75 @ 5.0Q itit 4.7S & 5.50 & 4.50 .80 ig) 3.00 @10.50 & 6.73 10.00 <{$10.50 .59 14.00 10.50 1.01 .48 .35 .69 10.50 tion of all tho Egyptian hiulwritings known to us. It contains a complete manual of Egyptian medicine of the sixteenth century before Christ. Among the curious nresc tions herein contained is a recipe for hair- dye ascribed to Teta, mother of one of the earliest kings of Egypt. The original of this is now the property of the University Libra­ ry at Leipsic, a copy of which Mr. Ebers laid before the Congress of Orientalists in London, in 1874. "The Egyptian Princess'" appeared in 1863. A severe illness, result­ ing in lameness, keeping him a prisoner to his own room, proved the golden oppor tunity of developing his hitherto latent cre­ ative powers and crystallizing his science with a romantic form for the edification of geneml readers. Since that time his work has alternated between scientific researches and works of imagination. THE WET WORM. A Post That Is Playing Havoo in Kansas Corn-fields. A special dispatch to the Chicago Times from Parsons, Kan., says there is a new •worm making its appearance in that vicin­ ity, a scourge equal to the grasshopper. Large fields of corn, standing on an aver­ age eight inches high, looking fresh and green in (he morning, before night become withered and dead. Examination discloses in each hill a myriad of worms, ranging from an inch and a quarter down to one- eighth of an inch in length. Apparently they become completely distributed over a field, thence commence simultaneously to work, and within a very short time the whole is demolished. Nearly every piece of corn is more or less infested. The eggs from which the worms are hatched are sup­ posed to be deposited by a small, yellow­ ish-white miller. The woim is by the farmers termed the wet worm. A MOB'S VENGEANCE Fife Black Fiends Lynched Texas for a Moat Hor­ rible Ckima of base of foundation above bifth-water mark, 8 feet; height of foundation-mass, 63 feet; height of pedestal, 117 feet; height of statue, 151 feet. Total, 32!) feet. This raises the torch several feet above the pinnacle of Trinity Church spire, the loftiest edifice in the city proper, ai}d makes it nearly as high as the water-tower on the blurt' near High Bridge, which is the highest point above the sea-level in the city. An incomparably beautiful view will be had of the harbor, the city, and the sur­ rounding country from the apex of the statue. The .S<Tulptor. The distinguished French sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, by whose hands the re­ pousse statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" has been shaped, was born at Golmar, In France, an l is aiiout !>o years of age. As a pupil of the famous Aiy Scheffer. his artistic ability was recognized in the bas-relief of ILLINOIS ELECTIONS. The New Law Enacted by the I.eglslatni* The new election law just enacted by the Illinois Legislature was gotten up in Chi­ cago, and is intended mainly for that city. The law, however, can be adopted by any incorporated town, if approved by a popu­ lar vote. It provides that the County Court shall superintend all elections; election precincts shall not contain more than 450 voters; no man can vote who is not upon the register; a canvass is to be made of each precinct by the official canvassers prior to each election; triplicate returns and duplicate tallies are to be returned; the polls are to close at four o'clock in tho afternoon. The bill provides penalties for all infractions of the law. The bill was framed largely upon precedents of the Massachusetts, New York, and California laws. A. "W. ROILINR, of Chicago, who gave $50,000 of the $150,000 required to build the college'iu Florida, has christened the institution, recently opened. "Rollins Col­ lege." It is under Congregational influ­ ence, though non-sectarian, and admits both sexes to its classes. 4.M m 0.00 ADA (aged four), -who was doing something, was told to desist by her mother. Mother: "Ada, am I to speak to you again ?" Ada: "Yes, ma; you may if you like." THE widow's home is with her second husband as soon as she can get one. GENEBAL SHERIDAN has invented a new dish, composed of young pigs' tails fried in oil, seasoned with cayenne pepper and trimmed with grated celery. All it lacks is a mystifying Froneh name. AM eagle kept in Vienna, Austria, died after a confinement of 114 years. "Francesca dl Rimini," executed in 1852. His name was first brought into prominence, how­ ever, in the United States in 1872, when his well - known statue of Lafay­ ette was forwarded as a gift from the people of France and placed in Union Hqnare, New York City. At the Cen­ tennial, where he was one of the French Com­ missioners, he WHS awarded a medal for the ex­ hibition of the bronze siatues of "Peate," "The Young Vine Urower," and "Genius in the Grasp of Misery." He i-> also a Chevalier of the Le­ gion of Honor in his native country. It was his wish that France should present to the people of the United States » suitable gift commemorative of the traditional fe ling ot Kood-will existing between the two nations. He therefore volunteered his artistic services tor the construction of an enormous figure rep­ resenting "1-iberty Knllghtening the World," to be placed on IJedloe's Island in New York Har­ bor, and he became so enthusiastic in carrying on the project thit when subscriptions lagged he pleased hi* own private fortune to defray the running expenses of the work. Bartholai has made his mark in Parisian art, and is at present engaged in the sculpture of a massive lion out of the solid rock In tne side of a mountain at Belford, which will be eighty feet long and thirty feet high. "DUTCH treating" is the fashion at Wash­ ington. Ladies and gentlemen buy their own theater tickets and pay their own car fare, or if it be a question of picnies the ladies furnish the solid and the gentlemen the liquid refreshments. A LIVINGSTON COUNTT, New York, woman is the mother of twenty-seven chil­ dren. Randolph Hazcll, living on the ontskirt* •f Elkhart, Texas, attended a village dance^ says a dispatch from that place. His wife^ ' only twenty-three years old, had intended £ accompanying him, but at the last moment, changed her mind and retired with her two children, telling her husband to go to tb# dance and have a good time. When Hazell returned about midnight he entered hii wife's chamber, intending to wake her an& gossip about the dance. He found the two little children sleeping, but the mother wa» gone. Striking a light, the husb md sooa discovered that his wife's clothing wa| all there, and, finding the front doof unlocked, he at once surmised the truth. He ran to town, gathered half a, dozen of his friends, and began a search. Near the doorway of his residence, in thli soft mud, were visible the tracks of tw$ men with large, broad feet Between these tracks was the delicate imprint of (t woman's foot. When the poor husband saw this he fell on his knees and aske<| God to kill him. He knew what the track# meant. Dogs were quickly given the scent,"' and at 2 o'clock in the morning, through v, the aid of the animals, the body of Mrs. ' Hazell was found about a mile from thlfc house, and only twenty-five yards froift the main road. She was nude, and lying, upon her face. The jugular vein hadbeeH severed with a common knife. Along' her cheeks were visible great gashes madO* with a dull knife, and around her neck wait a dark, black circle, as though she hadbeeb hanged. Near the body was found a pate of men's drawers, and 300 yards away wait found a man's undershirt. As soon a"s this Sheriff arrived from Palestine, some twelv# miles distant, a rigid examination was comt menced. Over twenty negroes were im» , mediately arrested and examined. The bodfe of the dead woman revealed the fan that she had been repeatedly out­ raged. The theory of the officers was that after outraging the woman the fiends, fearing they had been recog­ nized. determined to kill her. After mur­ dering her they attached a rope around her neck and dragged the corpse about one- eighth of a mile. All this took place with­ in a few yards of a public road about 11 o'clock at night Over a hundred persons traveled the road that same night. In the house of Andy Jackson, a negro near by, was found a rope clotted with blood anil hair, and also a white sheet with a woman?* foolpiint upon it. Andy Jackson, Frank Hayes, Sam Collins, George Henry, Will- iam Rogers, and many other negroes were arrested. , The following day the Coroner began an investigation, which was in progress until midnight. The prisoners were in a large vacant store-room, which was heavily guarded by twenty Deputy Sheriffs. Dui-" ing the progress of the inquest at one f)lace in tho village another examination, ooking to identification of the guilty parties, was going on before Justice Parke., In the Coroner's court twelve suspected negroes were examined separately. In­ vestigation developed the fact that the negro Andy Jackson, near whose house the nude body of Mrs. Hazell was found, had been refused water out of the Hazell welt* It seems that Andy Jackson's wife had been in the habit of going to the well early drawing, water. Fearing prolonged drought recently, Mrs. Hazell objected to Jackson's using so much water. This cost tli9 poor woman her life. In her examination before Justice Parke, Mrs. Jackson partially admitted that she had threatened to kill Mrs. Hazell, but stub­ bornly refused to divulge all she knew. He* young daughter, Lizzie Jackson, was finalty sworn,and after a little coaxing and threaten­ ing she confessed what she knew about the crime. It was almost midnight when she told the awful tetory. She said her mother, whose name yas also Lizzie, and her father,, Andy Jackson, hatched the plot to murder Mrs. Hazell. Learning that Hazell would attend a dance, her father went out, and re­ turned with three colored men, named Frank Hayes, Joe Norman, and William Rogers. These men and her father, Lizzie said, committed the crime. At this point Lizzie's mother was brought in and confronted with her daughter's con­ fession. The mother broke down and Supplemented the confession with sicken­ ing details. She said she accompanied the- inen to Mrs. Hazell's house, and showed! them where her bed stood. After they had carried their victim some distance from the- honse they threw her on the ground, and while Andy Jackson held a pistol at hff head each of the other three brutes out­ raged the poor victim. Mrs. Jackson con- . fessed that she stood by and saw the out* rages pei'petrated. "After this." said tlie black woman, "we killed her and dragged her body to the place where it was found." As soon as the Coroner's jury learned of the confessions they immediately returned a verdict in accordance with the same. At 1 o'clock next morning the verdict was gejjis erally known on the streets, and Bquads <rf waiting white men began to form into com­ panies. All day and night teams from the country had been arriving, bringing men with long guns. At 2 o'clock "fully 500 were in line. Not a single negro was to b# seen any where. The mob marched to thl storeroom where the prisoners were con­ fined. At first the Deputy Sheriffs were inclined to show fight, when the leader notified them that it was useless. "We will kill every one of you, if it is necessary* in order to hang those brutes," said the leader. That settled it. The mob came id and picked out the negroes above named,, including Andy Jackson and his wife Li$w zie. mth their five victims the mob marched about a mile, until near the very ' Spot where the murder and outrage were committed. There, near a negro church, ©11 the limbs of a big tree the five brute* were st>'img "P- They were asked no ques­ tions, and given no time to pray. It seemed as though the mob could not get them quick enough. • Public Printer fNew York telegram.] The position of Public Printer at Wn ington, D. C , is an important one, althoug not as lucrative an office as some within t! gift of the Executive. It is one, also, thil only a piactical printer can fill, and, conse­ quently. interests the "craft" more par-, ticulariv. In every town and city through* out the country there is to be found an as­ pirant, who thinks he alone could run the office with profit to the people and advan­ tage to himself. But when the chaff to winnowed from the wheat there are vei^ few left One of these few is Mr. George Clark, of St. Louis. Those who know him speak highly of his qualifications to fill the offioe of Public Printer. He is well and favor­ ably known in labor circles, and five timef represented the St. Lonis Union iu tl^ International Typographical Union, of which he was twice President. It is said h" will have the indorsement of the labor press of the country, as he has of the labor organizations of St Louis. THK man who has no rlkltto la the man jrht lost h:'s right arm and limb In the late war* Chicago Realty. An investigation made by the Times shows that within the business district proper of the city, bounded on the nordk und west by the river, on the east by the lake, and on the south by Van Buren street all but forty pieces of property are owceft by residents of Chicago, with mortgage in» cumbraiices of less than 5 per cent. Tea years ago nearly one-fourth of this ar&t was owned bv non-residents and 90 per cent, of the remainder was heavily mort­ gaged. The buildings in this district cost more than $100,000,1)03. THE late Bobert Treat Paine, of ] bequeathed $50,000 for the endowment 1 ch:iir of practical astronomy at College. ' THE bicycle is to be officially in into the Bavarian army.