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?'?$> }•/. * * • » * « • < • . V*"! . -i* '" ' • rw* ; •*- - - :• ,vfp **iK * • " . / . ^#rnriiflaiudtalet 1. VAN SLYKE. U Herat* PeMsMr. McHENRY, ILLINOIS they use no injurious dyes. The mat­ ter will be thoroughly investigated. LABOUCHEHK does not take much stock in women as reporters. He says: "I never should dream of inserting a fact sent me by the best of ladies. The fair sex is credulous and imaginative. Still less would I insert any fact told by one lady to another lady." TH* latest Western drinker of whis­ ky on a wager varied the usual method by stipulating to turn a handspring be* tween glasses. The double gymnastic and bibulous feat was repeated nine­ teen times, and then the peformer col­ lapsed in a helpless heap, leaving the twentieth tumbler emptied, but the corresponding flip-flap unaccomplished. TWKSTT-FIVE years ago the ice con­ sumed in Texas was carried from Bos­ ton in sailing vespeln, and the people in the interior of the State seldom saw any of it. Now there are ice factories at Denison, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, JSan Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and in fact in nearly all the large towns, and "the cooling luxury is cheap and com* xnon. BROOKLYN Eagle:--"I understand^" said Prince Bismarck to his American visitor, "dot vellow--vot you calls him, Oxletree?" "You probably mean Col. .. Ochiltree." "Yah, dot is he--I unter- standt his hair is so redt it ofden gave 3iim inflamation of der brain." "Well, I never heard that," replied the truth loving Yankee, "but the Washington barber, who cuts it tells me that he al­ ways uses a pair of fire-proof scissors. Ain> there were no spinsters in those •days. India before the conquest by the Mohammedans was a country where •every year was leap year. When a young lady felt the inspiring emotions of April sunshine and her fancy lightly turned to thoughts of love the mar riageable young men were summoned ^ from the surrounding provinces and she simply cast her eyes over the anx ious crowd and picks out the one that euits her fancy. This is history, ac oording to Protap Chun der Mozoom- •dar. ' IT has been stated by Captain Gal- ton, in his work on "Healthy Dwell­ ings," that a new house, containing 100,000 bricks (each brick sucking up irom 7 to 10 per cent, of its weight of water), contains, at a reasonable calcu lation, 10,000 gallons of water in it. All this quantity of water has to be removed l>y evaporation, and the rapidity of this process will depend on the tension of the vapor at a given temperature. The rate of transmission of heat through Irailding materials depends upoatheir texture and composition. STAMFORD, Connecticut, Letter: |fot long since a pedestrian was seen walk­ ing along the old Boston turnpike carrying in one hand a pot of blue paint and in the other a brush. At intervals he halted, and on prominent rocks and fences he painted in large letters the words: "Pray earnestly and prepare for eternity," and other sentences of similar import. All along the road are the usual advertisement* of patent medicines, and the appearanoe of the strange announcements in blue was soon looked upon as a novel innovation. A man, who claims to know, says that the lettering had been done by a mem­ ber of a colony of Second Adventists, there being a community of that sect established a few miles north of Port Chester. _ THERE are real love matches in Rus­ sia, judging from the story that two people had loved and been constant to each other for forty-two years, the man being then twenty-five and the woman sweet sixteen. Fortune, however, in their case was crnel. The couple knew that to marry and be penniless would be madness. So for forty-two years they have waited. The man now, by industry, owns a two-storied wooden house, and the woman has saved, by thrift and care, 500 rubles, and their patience and preseverance are at last rewarded by a happy marriage. An eye-witness declares that it is impossi­ ble to relate the happiness which shone in the eyes of these old and faithful lovers as they were made one by the priestly blessing. A GOOD many ladies are troubled with a surplus growth of hair on their faces. Some of them resort to the de­ pilatories with which the market is flooded, but they generally have reason to regret their folly. Others shave regularly, but the new process of re­ moving hair by electricity is the most popular remedy. An electric needle is used for this work, and each separate follicle by the side of a hair is punctur­ ed with the needle, through which a current of electricity darts, burning up the root of the hair. When the hair is drawn out with a pair of tweezers the patient does not feel it, for the root has lost its hold and is nothing but an empty sack. No second grov th of hair ever follows this operation. During the operation the patient feels a sharp stinging sensation, but it ia said to be comparatively painless. r ' FOUR well-dressed men entered a London tavern and had dinner. When the moment same to pay they said that they had no money with them, but would leave a valuable diamond ring. A few days later they called, settled the previous account, had another dinner, talked to the proprietor, and finally sold him the ring for £55. He consid. •ered that he had made a good bargain, because while it had been in his posses «ion he had taken it to a jeweler, who pronounced it to be worth £100. The guests, however, had on their second visit substituted an imitation fac-simile for the genuine ring. A PARISIAN correspondent says that the archaeological researches on the «ite of ancient Carthage, conducted by Messrs. Salomon Beinach and Earnest Babelon, have brought to light a num­ ber of objeets of historical and artistic importance. Conformably to the in­ structions of the French Institute, this scientific mission has been chiefly oc­ cupied in determining the relative levels of the Roman and Punic soil on the site of Carthage. The great ac­ cumulation of rubbish and stones which forms the upper layer of the Carthag­ inian soil renders the work of excava­ tion long and difficult. Five meters <leep a series of wells, cisterns, and cel­ lars of tho Punic epoch has been dis­ covered. THE Washington monument, now 414 feet high, is invisible at a distance of miles from the city. The blocks of while marble of which the obelisk is composed are of all sizes and qualities and come from all parts of the world. Among some of the most interesting are a block from William Tell's chapel on Lake Lucerne, erected in 1838, one from the ruined palace of Hannibal at Carthage, a large white marble from a temple erected by Augustas on the Nile, a massive block from Russia, and finely chiseled stones from Baddock's Field,Bunker Hill, Yenauvius, the Bud­ dhist pile of 8nam, the Temple of Escu- lapius in the Isle of Pharos, and from other places of interest in evex^ oaunlry under the sun. MORB than half of the coffee sold is artificially colored, and the health offi­ cers of New York have recently made some startling discoveries. They pro­ cured samples of the coloring matter used, and of the unroasted beans so treated. They found that the coloring matter contained both arsenic and lead also chrome yellow, Prussian blue, yel­ low ochre, umber, Yenitian red, lamp black, gum Arabic, soapstone and char­ coal. The dealers try to make the cheaper grade of coffee resemble the genuine Java, which has a yellow color produced by the long voyage. Several of the large coffee houses in New York oi*im that while they «ok» their coffee IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT. MR. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, in a recent address to law students in New York City, oh the subject of litigation, dwelt at length on the subject of the delays which prolong a suit for tiany years and entail heavy charges upon litigants In New York it takes from five to ten years to get a final judgment in the Court of Appeals, in a suit respecting a disputed title to stock in a corporation. In one case out of three the Court of Appeals reverses the determination of the lower court and" the case is begun over again. "There is," said Mr. Field, <'a judicial administration, discreditable and demoralizing which you and I, and all who practice or expect to practice in the courts should study to find a remedy for." Thus it is that, between the judges and tho lawyers, long and expensive delays are manufactured, the blame not being all chargable to juries by any means. While the business is very bad for litigation in civil matters, when its principle, which is delay, is applied to criminal cases the injury is incalculable, and upon lawyers them­ selves, more than any other class, de­ volves, primarily, the duty of affecting very radical reforms; for they know where reformatory work is needed. But is the reforming element among law­ yers stroug enough? Caught in a Bear Trap. A resident of Antoine street who has a fine wood-pile at the back of his lot discovered that some person was help­ ing himself in the most liberal manner. Instead of loading a stick with powder, or of posting himself to watch, he set a large bear trap where he thought it would do the most good. Nothing came of it the first night, but soon after mid­ night of the second a great noise was heard at the wood-pile, and the citizen roused out of bed to find that he had a victim. It was a colored man about 40 years old, and he was taking on in the "most energetic manner. No'hing wan said until the jaws of the trap wen* sprung back and his leg pulled out. Then he sat down on a log and coolly observed: "I reckon you is kinder curus to know how I cum to be cotched in dat trap ?" "Well, yes." "Has you bin missin'any wood?" "About half a cord." "Well, dat wood was tookien by my nex'doah naybur, an'it went agin his conscience so much dat he axed me to brink back what he hadn't burned. I toted it ober heah on de sled, an* was pilin' it back when dat b'ar-trap jumped fur me an' gin me sich a shock dat I specks to tremble for a hull week." "Well, yon can go, but next time you come you may find a spring gun defend­ ing the wood-pile." • "Dar won't be no nex' time sah." "I think you'll find it cheaper to buy your wood." "Looks dat way, sah--looks 'zactlv dat way, though I tink I'll hole on till I know" whether you has de only b'ar- trap in dis ward, or whether dar am a sort o' placque-craze an' ebery family am stockin' up to cotch a nigger!"-- Detroit Free Press. THE physicians of England were strong on the code 100 years ags. A great court doctor was traveling with a friend in this country. The friend fell down stairs in an apoplectic fit, and the doctor refused to bleed him because it was contrary to professional etiquet for a physician to perform that operation. TRIFLES make perfection, but per­ fection itself ia no trifle--Jfichael Angelo. Enthusiastic Republican RatlUca- tion Meeting at the N*4, * tional Capital. - Ringing Speeches by Senators Sherman, Hawley, Mahorit* Harrison, and Others. , ' • . Mr. Blaine Officially Informed of Us Semination for the Presi- . * ("Washington telegram.] The Republican ratification meeting to-night folly met In all respects the most ardent expe- tatlons. The crowd was enormous, completely filling the great space in front of the City Hall. It might be placed anywhere from 15,000 to 30,000, according to the enthusiasm of the per­ son .making the estimate. It will ba sufficient to say that there were a multitude of i eople, many more than were able to hear any of t:ie three speakers who occupied three different stands at t he same time. The ptatue of Abraham Lincoln, immediately in front of the building, was drape i with flags, and about it were arranged shields with patriot ic mottoes. From the stand to the roof of tlie building there were stretched strings of flags, and in the center, at the apex of tlie main en­ trance, surmounting the columns, was a shield with a I ising sun, oh which, between the por­ traits of tae candidates, was inscribed, "The People's Choice for 1886." There were twenty-five men among the Mst of speakers. and three speakers epake at once from the different stands. At oiie time three men were speaking who, twenty years ago, the most enthusiastic friend of American liberty end union would not have thought it possible could have been speaking at the National Capital to­ gether in behalf of a oommon cause. At the center stand, beneath the statue of Lincoln, stood Senator Mahone, of Virginia, Major General of the Confederacy, one of i.ee's most gallant adjutants, addressing the vast throng in behalf of an honest ballot, the success of Republican principles, and the election of Blaine and Logan. At his le t, sixty feet away, stood Congressman Petti- bone, of Tennessee, addressing a crowd, who, as the leader of a band of Union soldiers, harassed Gen. Mahone's Confederate forces. At the right stand at the same time stood Frederick Douglass, a slave in Maryland when Mahone was a master in Virginia, all pleading for the one oause. Judge Shellabarger presided. The crowd in­ sisted upon heating (ten. Hawley. He came forward, and with the voice of a commander shouted, "Attention." Shellabarger extolled the nominees. Mr. Blaine he had known for y ars, and he considered that a pur. r or more exalted man does not live in the republic, but Blaine, he admitted, is not a good man in the sense that Mr. Surface or Mr. Pecksniff were nood men, nor • good man in the sense that those who partici­ pated in the Chicagoconvention and have bolted are good men. Fortunately there are but one or two such men in a million. Judge William Lawrence, of Ohio,read a series of resolutions indorsing and ratifying the Re­ publican nominations for President and Vice President, and setting forth the reasons why Blaine and Logan should be supported and elected by those who had at heart the best inter­ ests of the country. The resolutions were adopted with cheers. Judge Shellabarger introduced the Hon. John Sherman as the first speaker. Mr. Sherman said in part: 1 will support the nomination of Blaine and Logan as heartily as 1 have done thone of Fremont, and Lincoln, and Grant, and Hayes, and Garfield, and this I would do, lellow citizens, even if thev were less worthy than I know them to be of the distingished honor pro­ posed for them. I would do it lor my own honor. 1 bare no patience with any man who for himself or any otlur perf-on would take his chances for success in * political convention and when disappointed wonld seek to thwart the action of the convention. Blaine and Logan have been selected iron, among millions of their countrymen to represent--not themselves but the Republican j'arty of the United States. They represent the American (Jnion, one and in­ divisible, snatched by war from the perils of se­ cession and disunion. After the speech of Sherman the Marine Band struck up and the glee club sang, "We'll follow where the white plume waves," a campaign song by Messrs. Taber and Sonsa. The refrain is: Then hurrah for the emblem white. And hurrah for th? Plumed Knight, For victory and B1 tine, From Oregon to Maine, 'We'll follow where the white pin me ware*. Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, was then In­ troduced, and beiran by calling for three cheers for James Gillespie ldaine (heartily rescinded to), then tor three more for John Alexander Logan (a like response), tl.en some one in the crow d shouted "Three cheei s tor Hawley." (JLdud cheers.] The Republican party, he said, was not made up of 1,000 or l,50u "good men of Boston" any more than 1,500 drops of water made the Mississippi River. These "good men" might try to estabhsh the new party of the future: but the Republican partvhad the "good-will of the busi­ ness," and had the name, and did not propose to discontinue. (Cheers. J Af rer Hawley's speech, there were loud shouts for Mahone. Mahone responded, and was heaitily cheered. He said that he came to in­ terchange greeting* with tuose gather, d around on the choice ot the Chicago convention. "I make no venture," he said, "when 1 assure you that in the old Mother Comm <n wealth (Vir­ ginia) every Republican heart beats with you. We have a tender feeling there for the great statesman whose anministiation of public affairs has been broad and unsectional and benign. It has been under his auspices that Virginia and the South realize that the National Government is the common heritage of Ameri­ cans, and that all are entitled to eoual rights, immunities, and burdens. Horr, of Michigan, made a bright spech, which was well received. He dwelt upon the records of Blaine and Logan, and ths manner in which they had been nominated. "When we selected our men," he said, "we selected those who for twenty-five years have almost been the Repub­ lican pa' tv itself. Now, when the Democrats choose their man. if they can find one who has been in the party twenty-five years, thev first ask what he has said in the past. If he has ever said anything, he won't do. Then they in­ quire what he has doue, and if be has done any­ thing, he won't suit. Now, I like to belong to a party with a record. 1 can go to bed at night and sleep well, thinking of the good deeds of the Republican party. If I was a Democrat I would not dare to blow out the light." Senator I"rye rid culed the idea that the Re- gublicans wo> Id have to tight a defensive battle, [e eulogized Blaine and Logan, and predicted their triumphant electiou in November. Senator Harrison commenced by saying that wherever a thriving population was to be found throughout the l.nd, there Blaine was the strongest. He was strong among the people who did not seek office, but helped the cause with their votes. "What," ask d Harrison, "is the matter with Blaine? Bring forward the best and ablest men of the nations, assemble the greatest men not only in our land but in others, let a su unions go out to the nations of Europe, let Bismarck and Gladstone lie in com­ pany, and we will not fear to have their measure appl e t to our candidate. ["Good, good."] I think that if it gets co be well understood in this couutry that any foreign coun ly does not want James G. Blaine elected President of the United Sta es, the American people will be just obstinate enough to elect l.im." {Laughter and applause. ]| Fred Itouglass presided at one of the stands, and mad? a short sp ech. The other spe titers were Representatives Bavne, Pinglty. le kins, Goff, O'Hara, Bel lord. Miller of Pennsylvania Smalls (colored), Milli- ken, and Bouteile. A letter was read from Sec­ retary Lincoln, in New York, expressing liejrty concurrence in the object of the meeting, and hoping that all who wish the success of Repub­ lican principles will unite in earnest and vigor­ ous support of Blaine and Logan. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. fAugusta (Me.) telegram.] Early this morning the streets began to as­ sume a lively appearance, and long before the time for the committee appointed by the na­ tional convention to notify James G. Blaine of his nomination ;o tlie Presidential candidacy of the Republican party to perform that duty, a considerable crowd had collected around the Augusta House to gaze with curiosity upon the members of the commit: ee. Promptly at 11 o'clock the National Commit­ tee proceeded in a body to Mr. Blaine's resi­ dence. and were received by Mrs. Blaine. As the day was oppressively hot. and the rimms of the mansion crowed almost to suffocation, it was suggested that the presentation address be made upon the lawn. Accordingly the committee and guests proceeded to a well-shaded portion of the grounds, where a semi-circle was formed and all stood with uncovered heads, mak ng an impre-sive sce .e. The ruxtlingof thespreading branches of the great elms and the buzzing of insects were the onlv sounds to disturb the still­ ness. Wh n all was in readiness Mr Blaine was escorted to the lawn, where he stood within the arc of the semi-circle. Gen. Henderson then stepped forward and presented the address of the committee. Reading from a manuscript, he spoke as follows: MB. BLAINE: Your nomination for the office of Pr esident of the United States by the Na­ tional Republican Couveu ion, recently assem­ bled at Chicago, is alreadv known to you. The gentlemen liefore you, 'constitu ing the com­ mittee, comiwsed of one member from each State and Teni ory of tlffe country, and one from tne District of Columbia, now come as the accredited organ of that convention, to give you formal notice of the nomination nd to request your a* ceptance thereof. It is, of course, kn own to you that, besides your own, several otiier names among the most honored in the councils of th-? Republican j arty were presented by their friends as candidates for the nomination. Be­ tween your friends and the lriends of the gen- tlem n so justly entitled to the respect and oontidence of th>ir political associates, the con­ test was one of generous rivalry, free from any taint of hitten»essc and equally free from the reproach of injustice. At an early stage of the proceedings ot the convention. It became mani­ fest that the BnnbUaa States, whose aid must bs invoked at last to Insure suocees to the ticket, earnestly deslietf̂ ciur nomination. It was equally manifest that the desire r-o earnestly I expressed \>y ti,e delegat«a from those States was but the trnthfnl reflection of the Uresis, i- ble popular demand. Ik is not thought, nor ' pretended, that this demand had itso.iginin any ambitions desires of TOar o/ n « r in ttie or­ ganized work of your friends, but it was recog- I nixed to b > wnat it trU hfuily is, the spontane­ ous expression by a free people of lov.; and admiration ot a chos n leaser. No nomination wou d have given sa.is.action to every number of the party. This was not to be expected in a ' country so extended in area and so varied in in- 1 terests. Tlie nomina.ion of Mr. Lincom in 1*H> t di-appointed so many hopes and overthrew so i many cherished ambitions that for a short time the disaffection threaten •d to ripen into an open revolt. In 1S72 the discontent was so pro­ nounced as to impel large masses ot the pariy to organize opposition to its nominees. 1-or many weeks af er the nomination of Mr. Garfield in 1880. defeat set med inevitable. In each case the shock of disapi ointment was lol owed by the sober second thougnt." Ind.vi inal prefer­ ences gradually yielded to convictions of public duty. The promptings of patr otism finally rose superior to the irritations and animosi­ ties of the hour. Tne partv in every trial has grown stronger in the face of threatened danger. In tendering you the nomination, it gives us pleasure to remember those gre it measures which furnished cause for party congratulations by the late couvcntion at Chicago, and which are now crystalized into the legislation of the couutry--measures which have strengthened and di^n fied the nation, and, while they elevated and advanced the people, have at all times and on ail proper occasions received you earnesi and valuable support. 4t was your good fortune to aid in protecting the nation against the assaults of armed treason; you were present and helped to unloose the shackles of the s ave; you ass sted in placing a new guarantee ot freedom in the Feue.al Con­ stitution ; your voloc was potent in preserving tne national faith when false theories of finance would have blasted the national and Individual prosperity. We kindly remember you as a fast friend of honest money, of commercial int gritv in all that pert ins to the seen it y and repose of capital, the dignity o labor, the manhood, elevation and freedom of the people, the right o£ the oppressed to demand, and the duty of the Government to afford protection, your public acts have received unqualified indorsement and popular approval. But we are not unmlndml of the fact that parties, like individual*, cannot entirely live on the past, how­ ever splendid the record. The pres­ ent; is ever charged with immediate carea, and the future presses on with its new duties and its perplexing r sponsibillties. Parties, like individuals, however, that are free from stain of violated faith in the past, are fairly entitled to the presumption of sin­ cerity in their promises for the future. Among the promises made by the party, in its late convention at Chicago, are: Economy in the party administration; protection of citizens, na­ tive and naturalized, at home and abroad; prompt restoration of the navy; a wise red ction of the surplus revenues, relieving the taxpayer without injuring the laborer; the preservation of the public lands for actual settlers; exp Tt duties, when necessary at all, to be levied not for revenue only, but for the double purpose of revenue and protection; the regulation of inter­ nal commerce; the settlement of international differences by peaceful arbitration, but coupled with the reassersion anvi maintenance of the Monroe doctiini- as interpreted by the fathers of the republic; perseverance of the good work of ctvil service relorm, to the end that dangers to free institutions which lurk in the power of ofti- cial patronage lie wisely and effectively avoided; and an honest currency based on coin of in­ trinsic value, adding strength to the public credit and giving renewed vitality to every branch of American industry. During the last twenty-three years ihe Republi au party has builded a new republic, a republic far more splendid than that originally designed by our fathers. As its proportions are already grand, they may ye>t be enlarged; its foundations may be strengthened, and its column; adorned with beauty more resplendent still. To you, as its a chitect-in-chief, will soon be assigned this grateful work." Mr. Blaine listened to Gen. Henderson's ad­ dress, standing under an elm tree, with his arms fo'ded on his chest, and his eyes usually cast down, but at times wandering about and scanning the faces of the audience. When Gen. Henderson had concluded speaking, Mr. Walker B.aine, the candidate's son, stepped forward and handed his father the manuscript of the ad­ dress in reply to that of the committee. Mr. Blaine then read as follows: MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF TUB NA­ TIONAL COMMITTEE : I receive, not without deep sensibility, your official notice ot the action of the national convention a.'ready brought to my knowledge through the public press. I appre­ ciate. more pioioun llv than I can express, the honor which is implied in the nomination for the Presidency by the Republican party of the nation, speiking through the authoritative voice of its duly accredited delegates. To be selected as a candidate by such an assemblage, from the list of eminent statesmen whose uames were presented, fills me with embarrassment. I can only express my gratitude for so signal an honor, and my desire to prove worthy of the great trust reposed in me. In accepting the nomination, as i now do, I am impressed and I am oppressed with a sense of the labor and re- sponsib lity which attaches to my position. The burden is lightened, however, by the host of earnest men who BupDort my candidacy, many of whom add, as does your honorable committee, the cheer ot personal friendship to the pledge of political fealty. A more tormal acceptance will naturally IKS expected, and will in due season be communicated. It may, however, not be iuapi roi riate at this time to say that I have already made a care.ul study of the principles announced by the national convention, ana in whole and in detail they have my heartiest sym­ pathy and meet my unqualified approval. Apart from your official errand, gentlemen, 1 am ex­ tremely happy to welcome you all to my house. With many of you 1 have already shared the duties of public service and have enjoyed most cordial friendship. I trust your journey from all parts of the great republic has been agreea­ ble. and during your stay in Maine you will feel that you are not amonk stranger-, but among friends. Invoking the blessing of God upon the great cause which wo jointly represent, let us turn to the future without fear and with manly- hearts. " At the conclusion of Mr. Blaine's reply, the members of the committee were Introduced to him individually, and an hour was spent in social and informal converse. The members of the committee then repaired to the residence of Col. Osgood, where they were entertained at lunch. CAMP-FIKES. Hew David Davis Led Lincoln's Forces to Victory in 'S6, The second National Republican Conven­ tion was called to meet at Chicago on Wednesday, the 16th of May, 1860, and Mr. Seward's friends regarded his nomiuation for Presielent as certain. The Illinois State Republican Convention met at Decatur a fortnight previous. It was attended by the iioliticul friends of Abraham Lincoln, who lad written urging them to come, as he thought that if supported by the Illinois delegation he might secure the nomination. Few of them agreed with him, but they worked zealously for him, and elected three Lincoln delegates-at-large; -- David Davis, Norman B. Judd, and Stephen T. Log,in. The other elelegate, Orville H. Browning, was a Bates man, but Lincoln approved of his election, saying that Bates would have no show, and that when Browning saw this, he would not only go over to him but would take some of his friends with him. Judge* Davis had never attended a primary meeting or a caucus, much less a conven­ tion, but Lincoln prevailed upon him to go to Chicago and conduct his campaign. The Juelge arrived oil the Saturday night pre­ vious to the meeting of the eonventiem. He found that the parlors of the hotels had all been engageel, and he had to establish his headquarters in two small connecting rooms in the third story of the Tremont House. The outlook was not encouraging, as the oonly Lincoln men on the ground were a few* of the delegates from Illinois and Indiana. Thurlow Weed had thor­ oughly organized the Seward cohorts, and the streets were filled with thousands who were shouting the New York war cry. Lincoln's raw levies were scattered far and wide and left at the mercy of disciplined politicians. They had no organization. They were even without headquarters. The hotels were packed with the noisy friends of Bates and Seward. David Davis proved himself a political Carnot, and threw the railsplitter's flag to the breeze. The raw levies were gath­ ered and disciplined. Night and day was he busy, forming combinations and visiting delegations. Horace Greeley, under the guise of a delegate from Oregon, appeared as the leader of the Bates men, and Thur­ low Weed tooted defiance from his Seward bugle. Davis visited both leaders, auel was showered with chatf. But his raw levies were not without backing. On Saturday night he telegraphed to the lawyers of the Eighth Circuit, assuring them that Old Abe's stock was rising, and that its value would be greatly enhanced by the presence of his friends in force. It was an electric shock. The State was aroused. On Monday and Tuesday traius poured into the city over- flowing'with Lincoln shouters. They were enthusiastic friends, who gladly paid their own way out of love for Lincoln. They massed themselves in the streets, anil raised a din that astonished the noisy retainers of Seward. They thronged the corridors of the hotels and awoke the echoes of the night with their cheers. Hourly their number increased. They poured into the wigwam M soon as the doors were opened, ana the very atmosphere of the convention seemed pf|T TTTP A T surcharged with their enthusiasm. I * VUllivAli The two small rooms on the fhird floor of I the Tremont House were the scene of nn- < wonted activity. Every order was promptly executed. Lawyers acted as messengert and judges watehed the cars for belated del­ egates. Under Davis' guidance the work was thoroughly done, W hen he entered the city on Saturday night barely fifty weak- kneed delegates stooil under the Lincoln flag. On uie first ballot the rail-splitter polled 102 votes, to 173J for Seward and 48 for Bates. The lanky cohorts in the gal­ leries nearly lifted the roof with theii cheers. The second ballot gave Lincoln 181, Seward 184J, and Bates 35. Again the brawny friends of Old Abe roared with de­ light. The Seward men turned pale, and Thnrlow's knees smote together as he saw • . _. . _ . , _ . the writing on the wall. Lincoln was nom- i State Central Committee, who was inated on the next ballot by a vote of 354 to received with much applause. Prayer ins 110J for Seward, and the whole State of offered by the Rev. Dr. Allen. Illinois was thrown into ecstasy. That I night Judge Davis went to bed for the first' time in six days, having conquered at a total Isaac P., Gray the Democratic Nominee for Governor of Indiana. Bnekeye Democrats in COBTTBUM Da* dare for Tilden aad Citil- Serrice Mom. Indiana Democrat*. The Indiana Democratic State Conven­ tion was called to order at Indianapolis by the Hon. Joseph £. McDonald, Chairman cost, all told, of $700. Judge Davis went to Springfield the next day and hail a long interview with Mr. Lin­ coln. The candidate offered to refund the $700, but the Judge said that his friends would not hear of it. Mr. Lincoln's friends urged Juelge Davis to take the stump in his behalf. lite did so, and made the most ef­ fective speeches. Nor did he relax his ex­ ertions until the closing of the polls. Lin­ coln carried the State by a plurality of 11,5)46 over Douglas, and a majority of only 4,629 4,629 over all the candidates, in 41 popular vote of 338,683.--Ben: Perlejf PgorCt in Boston Budget. POLITICAL ELOQUEN#£. Bob IngerBoil's nomination of Blaine Republican Convention Bight Years Ago. THB "PLUMED KNIGHT." ISpeeoh of Robert G. Insreruoll in presenting the name of James O. Blaine for the Presidential nomination at Cincinnati in June, 1S76.J MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND OKNTLEMKN: Massachusetts may be satisfied with the loyalty of Benjamin H. Bristow; so am I; but if any man can not carry the State of Massachusetts I am not satisfied with the loyalty of that 8tate. If the nominee of this convention can not carry the grand old Commonwealth of Massachusetts by 6eventy-tlve thousand majority, I would ad­ vise them to sell out Faneuil Hall as a Demo­ cratic headquarters. I w >uld advise them to take trom Bunker Hill that old monument of glo .v. The Republicans of the United States demand , „ . as tueir leader in tho great contest of I8"ti a man ' **• } ,,r" of intelligence, a man of well known and ap- I "• L>- Gibson proved political op nlons. They demand a statesman; they demand a reformer after as well as before the election. They demand a politician iu the highest, broadest, and best sens,?-- A MAN OF SUPERB MORAL COURAOE. They demand a man acquainted with public affairs, with the wants of the people; with not only the requirements ot tbe hour, but with the demands of the future. I Applause.] They demand a man broa<l enough to com­ prehend the relations of the Government to the other nations of the earth. They demand a mau well versed in the powers, duties, and 1 re- rogatives of each and every department of this Uovernnient. They dem..nd a man who will sacredly pnserve the financial honor of the I'mted States; one who knows enough t > know that the n tti >nal debt inu t be paid through the prosperity of this people; one who knows enough to know that all the financial theoiiss in th,' world cannot redeem a single dollar; one who knows enouuh to know that all the money must be made, not by law. but by labor; one who knows enough to know that the people of the United States have the industry to make the money, and the honor to pay it over just as last as they make it. [Applause.] The Republicans of the United States demand a mao who knows that prosperity and resump­ tion, when they come, must come together; that when the.v come they will come band in hand through the golden harvest fields; hand in hand by the whirling spindles and the turn­ ing wli, els; hand in hand past the open furnaoe doors; hand in hand by the chimneys tilled with eager fire, ureeted and grasped by the countless sons of toll. This money has to be dug out of the earth. You cannot make it by passing resolutions in a political convention. IApplause.1 The Republicans of the United States want a man who knows that this Government should The platfdrm was read by the Hon. W. H. English. It renewed the pledge of fidelity to the Constitution and to the doc­ trines taught by the men who were its founders, condemning the corrupt and ex­ travagant expenditure of the public money, advocated a tariff for revenue according to the necessities of the Government, and de­ manded the enforcement of the laws against Chinese immigration, and the redemption of public lands for the occupancy of citizens of the United States. Q A resolution to instruct the delegation to vote for McDonald at Chiqdgo was carried amid applause. After the adoption of the platform, Twiae P. Gray, M. D. Manson, and David Turpie were placed in nomination for Governor. On the first ballot Gray was nominated, re­ ceiving 699 votes; Turpie, 223; and Manson, 181. Gen. Manson made a speech saying he had supposed the soldier of two wars would have received more consideration in the Democratic convention, but he was sat­ isfied and moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Col. Gray responded at some length, arraigning the Republican party and discussing the Chicago platform. Several nominations were made for Lieutenant Governor, but all withdrew in favor of Gen. Manson, who was nominated by acclamation. W. R Meyers, of Madi­ son, was chosen for Secretary of State. James H. Rice, of Floyd, for Auditor, and John J. Cooper, of Marion, for Treasurer, were nominated by acclamation. Delegates to the Chicago convention were elected as follows: At-Large--Thomas A. Hendricks, Daniel W. Voorhee?, Robert C. Bell, and Cbarlee Danby. First District--O. V. Men-lesand P. Lowen- ate n. Second--J. M. Andrews and Samuel Third--Jason 11. Brown and Geo. Fouith--E. I). Bannister and J. H. Woolford. Filth--Thomas W. Woollen and P. H. McCormick. Sixth--W. A. Bickle and Henry Wysor. Seventh--O. B. Hord and Peier Liet er. Eighth--Thomas F. Davldst,n and C. F. McNutt. Ninth--J. V. Prunt and S. 8. Dally. Tenth--Clinton Cham t er lain and A. L. Jones. Kleventh--D. Yenglingand Huvh Dougherty Twelfth -Herman Frey- gang and Henry Colerick. Thirteenth--Hud­ son Beck and Daniel McDonad. After the convention adjourned the State Central Committee held a meeting, and or­ ganized by the election of Ebenezer Hen­ derson an Chaiiman and J. L. Riley Secre­ tary. The delegates to the national conven­ tion held a conference and determined to do everything possible to secure the nomina­ tion of McDonald. pro 1 ect every citizen, at home and abroad: who • , kn ows that any Government that will not de- ' limit _'d to the necessities of fend its defenders and protect its protectors to a disgrace to the map of the world. Tuey de­ mand a man who believes in the eternal separa­ tion and divorcement of church and school. Th< y d mand a man whose political reputation is as spotless as a star; but they do not demand that tneir candidate shall have a certificate of moral character signed by a Confederate Con­ gress. The man who has IN FULL-HEAPEI) AND ROUNDED MEASURE all these splendid qualifications is the present grand and gadant leader of the Republican party--James G. Blaine. , Our country, crowned with the vast and mar; velous achievements ot its first century, aa^s for a man worthy of the past and prophe ic of her future; asks for a man who has the audacijy of genius; asks for a man who iB the granclbt- combination of heart, conscience, and.brain he- n ath her flag--such a man is James G. Blaine. (Applause.] For ttie Republican host, led by this intrepid man, there can be no defeat. This is a grand year--a year filled with recol­ lections of the revolution: lined with the proud and tender memories of the past; with the Bacred legends of libeity--a year in which the sons of lr edom will drink from the fountains ot enthusia m; a year in which the people call for a man who has preserved in Congress what our soldiers won upon the field; a year in wh oh they call for a man who has torn from the throat of treason the tongue of slauder--for tae man who has snatoacd the mask of Democracy from tiie hideous face of rebellion; for the man who, like an intellectual athlete, has stood in the arena of debate and challenged ail ooiuero, nn l who is still a total stranger to defeat. [Ap- pause.l Like an armed warrior, LIKE A PLUMED KNIOHT, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Cougress and threw his shining lance tu.l and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country and the maligners of its honor. For the Republican party to desert this gallant lead mow is as thougn an army should desert their general upon the field of ba tie. (Applause.] James G. Hlalne is now and has been for years the bearer of tl.e sacred standard ot the Repub­ lics 1 party. I call it sucred because no hutnan being can stand beneath its folds without ba- coming and without r maining fiee. Genileinen of the convention, in the name of the great Republic, fie only Republic that ever existed upon this earth; in the name of all her def< nders and of all her supporters; in the name of all h-r soldiers livinir; in the name of all her Soldiers dead upon the field of battle, and in the name of those who perished in the skeleton clutch of famine at Ande sonville and Libby, whoa sufferings h-j so vividly remembers, Illi­ nois--Illinois nominates for the next President of this country that prince of parliament a: ians --that leader ot leaders--James G. Blaine. Ohio Democrats. The Ohio Democratic State Conv6htt8JBi was called to order at Columbus by Con­ gressman D. R. Paige. There were very few people present except the delegates. Gen. E. B. Finley was elected permanent Chairman. He reviewed the history of the Sirty, and predicted that it would carry hio this fan. Elmer White presented the platform, which reaffirmed the principlea set forth in 1883. It indorsed the princi­ ples of the party as in favor of personal liberty; demanded the purification of the public service, and the equalization of public burdens; favored a tariff for revenue the Govern- men, and so adjusted as to prevent unequal burdens; advocated the adjustment of the wool tariff; commended the action of the Democratic. Legislature in abolishing the contract-labor system, and its reform of prison management; and arraigned the Re publican party. A radical free-trade plank, offered by Mr. Russell, of Cleveland, was voted down unanimously. A resolution offered by Congressman Converse favoring the nomination of Tilden was unanimously adopted. An effort to force the unit rule on the Chicago delegation was defeated. The delegates at large were elected as fol­ lows: Gen. Durbin Ward, Allen G. Thur- man, John R. McLean, and Lieut. Gov. Mueller. The State ticket was named as follows: Secretary, James W. Newman; Supreme Judge, C. D. Martin; Member of the Board of Public Works, John H. Beufer. North Carolina Democrats. The Democrats of North Carolina, in con­ vention at Raleigh, nominated Gen. Alfred M. Scales for Governor and Clurles M. Stedmnn for Lieutenant Gover n". The delegates to the Chicago convention are di­ vided between Bayard and Cleveland. ILLINOIS 8TAA JS« --John Sulzenbarger and wife, formerly of Decatur, were struck dead while sleep* ing in bed at their ho m1 near Lincoln Cen­ ter, Kan. They left five children, wl have been brought to Decatur, where will be cared for by relatives. --William Ha'liday and R. M. Dobbs, of Wayne County, were sentenced in the United States Court, at Springfield, to on# year and a half, respectively, in th? Chester Penitentiary, for counterfeit ng. They had been molding counterfeit dollars, and con- fesscd when brought into court. --Statistics furnished by the customs of­ ficials ot the various seaports indicate that Chicago, in the number of arrivals and de­ partures, with only eight months of naviga­ tion, is the greatest port in the -United States. For the year 1883 her coastwise ar­ rivals and clearances were 22,695, while all the ocean seaports combined only reported 15,617. " r --The twenty-eighth year of 'Monmouth College closed recently. The attendance of students during ths year was 340, repre­ senting the States and Territories as fol­ lows: Illinois, 214; Iowa, 33; Indiana, 8; Pennsylvania, 8; Ohio, 6; Nebraska, 5; Kan­ sas, 4; Missouri, 2; and California, Minne­ sota. Wisconsin, New York, Washington Territory, and India, 1 each. „ --The Coroner's jury which was impan­ eled at Henry March 24 last to investigate the cause of the sudden death of Mrs. Eliza Knlp, have just rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased cume to her death from poison administered by Joseph Kulp, her husband, and recommended that he be held to answer for the crime. The arrest was made and the accused lodged in the County Jail. --Isaac Jacobson, tho Finnish sailor wt*< murdered George Bedell in Chicago, hav­ ing plead guilty, was brought befo:e Judge Williamson, of that city, for sentence. The brutality of the crime forced a sentence of death by hanging on Sept. 19. While the Judge, tho clerk, and the attorneys were almost overcome by emotion, the doomed man betrayed nothing but satisfaction. Ht has since, however, broken down and quested that a minister be sent for. --For some time a so-called Indian doe- tor has been pulling teeth at Mattoon, free, as a card to draw buyers for his medicine. He applied something to the footh, and then pulled it without pa'n. M iny of his; patrons complain of fce'ng po soned by this drug, and Bhow terrib e looking jaws. Mr. South, a prominent grocer, entered suit for damages, and the tooth-puller com­ promised by paying $200. Other suits have been commenced. The djct>r is be­ lieved to be the same individual who oper­ ated at Indiannpolis a while ago. His oir- load of equipments hive beea attached. * . --John Mchr and Daniel I^uogenbachtf,; both of Mt. Forest, a Chicago suburb, quar­ reled in a saloon in that village the other night, the dispute being about a contract fur grading a highw y in which both men were interested. Langenbacher kicked Mohr in the abdomen, erasing acute in­ flammation of the bowels, frcm which he died the next day. At the inquest on the body of the deceased, held by Deputy Cor­ oner Clancy, it was testified by witnesses of the murder that Langenbacher, who is a man of hard reputation, made au attempt to take hold cf Mohr, when Charley Darnstadt, who was present, interfered by seizing one man in each hand and holding them apart. Darnstadt testified that he said to the men: "It is a shame to be quirrelir.g this way;" and Langenbacher said: "Let me go, I want to go out of the saloon;" and as soon as be let go of the men Langenberger kicked de­ ceased in the storcach. The verdict of the juty was that death was caused by acute peritonitis, resulting from a raptura of the intestine, and tbey recommended that Lan­ genbacher be held to await the action of the grand jury. Mohr was a peaceable farmer, 58 years of age, married, and leaves a wife and nine children. Langenbacher has dis­ appeared from Mt Forest, and is still fl large. County Fairs--Whero and Whan Thejr WUI B« Held in Illinois Reports have been received at the Stat* Department of Agriculture, to date, of Up­ holding of fairs, as follows: Counties. Location. Date of Fair. Adorns.... Quln'y Aug. l'-M. Adams Camp Point....Sept. 1-3. Boone..... Belvtdere Sejt. 'i-5. Brown. Mt. Sterling Aug. 26-J9. Bureau.. P'incet n. Sept. 16-19. Carroll Mt. Carroll Sept. 2-5. Cas« Virginia A te. 19-3X Champaign Champaign. Aug. 36-3J. Coles Ci 'arl»-ston 8 pt. »-M. Crawford Robinson Sei.t. KO-Oct. "nmhorland Toledo Sept. 17-20. - !«»• 1 r Political Notes and Comment. BLAINE has already accomplished country observed rushing through the water in what no other man in this Devoured bjr Shark** While the Pacific Steam Navigation Com­ pany's steamship Chala, Cupt. Hogg, ndw in this port, 6ays the Panama Star and Herald, was leaving Bahia, one of her cooks, who was asleep on the rail, fell over­ board. An alarm was immediately given, the ship was stopped and basked, lite-buoys were thrown overboard, and, with amazing rapidity, a boat was in the water and i _ . . charge" of Mr. Kellick, the first office I'lease reiucnrtier that our stoc^ lq' pulling hard in the direction of the maivery department is very complete who was a splendid summer, and wlind tlmt our prices are always I lie made good progress iu the direction of t!owr*t 11 lift van be made. We will pot boat. Suddenly, however, the plait* uii'kTM'ltl by n»y |it>tt»e in licHriirr became alive with sharks, and it at onCo. llenry Colby. became apparent the unfortunate m: ^ was doomed. Once he threw himself o Screen Doors, all coinplf{e, of the water in ah effort to escape the ja4. Story'6. Call and I hep. of one of the monsters, but a few secon -- afterward he was evidently seized a Our Boot and hlioe department It dragged under, as nothing more was soiow unusually complete. A lull linft uf of him. Other sharks, apparently disiFoster's celebrated hue foods In u** pointed in their hopes of prey, were tit les just received *t Henry Colby's nKaorvorl rimhinor thrmiffh Vflfpr in * * * could possibly have done--he has forced tlie sphinx of Gramercy Park to lay aside his riddles and to speak out plainly for once in his life.--Provi­ dence Press. No CANDIDATE for 1;he Presidency since Mr. Clay has possessed so many personal and mental qualities as Mr. Blaine, so attractive to the better class of young men in the South.--Cincin­ nati Commercial Gazette. EX-SENATOR TOM PLATT, of New York, says he is advised that the Repub­ licans of the rural districts of that State are a unit for Blaine, and that, with the aid of Democrats who admire the Republican nominee, he will poll an immense country vote. DEMOCBATS are in high glee over Blaine's nomination. So they were over Garfield's. All the same, Garfield was elected. It takes something more than high glee to de.'eat any kind of a Republican candidate, and Democrats will do well not to forget it.--Newark (N. J.) Free Press. - DUBING the time that Mr. Blaine was directions, and even appeared to medit Tbe lightest jjratt Sulky I'|pw hi tlie an attack on the boat, which, after an world to the H»P£npd, funud at E. M effectual search, pulled back to the slOtven A Sou's, and sold low as*tlie* The sharks were apparently ravenous, icomiiion «ulkey the rapidity with which they swarr . -- around the unfortunate man amazed all ^ G I. ASS J GLASS } witnessed this striking proof of the vc We Keep Glut* af nil CQ|i$tftnt|ir ciousness of these denizens of thedeein,» band Special out arftlioqt • extra charge. 4oi|(, SruiU. Disastrous Effects of a Thunderstori The Cortland side-bar Top Buggy i* [Pittsburgh (Pa.) telegram.] light and tine, <Uid is the (post durable Much damage and loss Of life followei 1 Mijijy (Jiadp. always tee (hpiu af thunderstorm which swept a portioi s* ^ Western Pennsylvania and IJastern C St^ndqrd. Keystone. Avery, Peoria, yesterday. At Murraysville, Pa., a bV*'i,"tv corn planter*, named Wolf and four horses were struck bf lightning and instantly killed: a younger brother of the boy was badly burned. At Waynesburg, Pa.. Miss Josie Keener and William Rader were seriously injured by a lightning bolt and three horses were killed. At Corry, Pa., several head of blooded stock belonging to Henry Case were killed. At Salem, Ohio, Miss Minnie Westphor, aged IK. was standing in a doorway, when the lightning struck the verandah, killing her instantly. At \oungs- town, Ohio, lightning struck the residence killing his daughter of Abner Meadsker, Secretary of State he for* ibly and em- ! Minnie and seriously injuring severil oth- phatically remonstrated with the Iius- ers of the family. Three barns were also s an Government against the perse^u- destroyed near louj-gstown. kt lSew- tious of Hebrews in the Cz .r'a domin- ions, and wrote to the British Govern-, ^ied by a furious tomndo. ment requesting it to co-operate with | THE razor which was presented to Pre9i- America in remonstrance against the dent Lincoln by his father when a boy was persecution. For his action in this recently sold for $100. It is now owned by matter Mr. Blaine is a great favorite Prof. Worth, of Paris, 111. with Hebrew citizens, who will rep-1 „ ^ aWto<I ^ ^ P """""'J--fa* Montgomery... Hi lsbon>..'.--Sept. 23-tt. Morgan .J ark sonville Aug. SS-W. Ogle ... Koch.-lie S«4t. '.9--J6. Ogle Oregon Sept. 10-19. Peoria,.........Peoria S pt U-tt, Perry..Pin*kne.vvilla ..Oct. 7-10. Piatt. Monticel a Aug. 1S-J2. Pike.... Pitt field Sept. 2S-2#. Pope ..... Gol. end* Oct. 1-4. Ka do'ph. Sparta. Oct. 15-lT. Richland Olney 8 pt. 'Hi hock Island Port Bvron Sept. S-li Sal ne Kldorado Sept. 29-aTi Saline Hnrrisbu g Sept. J-®. Sam:anion £pr ngfleid S.»pt. 1-6. SolH!yl„'r........Uii8hvi le Au.r. l*-22» Shelby..........8 eli yville Sep:. Stark. S s k St. Clair.... .. Tazewell...... Taze eil Union Union......... Ye m ton \ enui lou Y>! ml lion. WHIT White Cauiii Whiteside. ...... Sterling... T. ulim. Sept W-3C .Wvomintr Sept. 'J-A . Wellille Svi t. ,l>elaian Sepc. 1^-1*. .Mu-Kinaw Ante Anus An;.*. JoneK^oro. Sept. lfr-11 .Darnlie Sept. 33-* Catlin Aug. *-3fc . Hoo estown Aait. 'J3-3& Munmouth. £«j>t. i-*. Se|t Att*. --It requires $36,050 to mn Dt&Tili t|ffc enrrent year. JLJ' / ..Mi