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The April in Illinois favorable f The the average DJ WANRMM. miaed fcn*l the rain*«fcd the OWMI S01»IMER« Gen. Onnt'i Obstinate BatUe -with Death. r ' i •" -a- i rested well throughout the day ot , tbe Sth Inst, chatted freely with mem- W tartly. sad the tew callers wl» «o« I to hi* preeeace, and there was unin- ' t»H»M uhiufala-- In the heme. The street r«S; WMflMar than H had been for some day*. A v igggg fMkller hobbled down the street and f i beaaa to tane up In front ot the Geu- % £-** eral% boose. Three policemen ran at htm, IM tfcapcd away Two ladles called ami kit jprawrves for the General. An W"' ef west Chester. Pa., called. He 'said * v i ttka Lord had aainmoned him to save Gen. a- : •? tiraat'a nfe. He had written two weeks ago to Mi*«raBtlm*lM»d jeoelvtd no reply. He bad i§ > therefore come on, and called on den. Sieklee ud Dr Newman. He thought the doctors • ' wete killing tien. Grant by Riving him coffee ' He showed a sear on his face, said be had bad *4 m* eanosr Oen, and the remedy for it was a tea made of senna and manna. He tttedte see Osl. Fred, was refuted, and went •way disappointed. Another old man, who said be haa fenjrht with Grant In the Wildei- r i - ?Beas twwity-one yean ago, tearfully iaqutre<t atthedo.rfor the old General's health. Toward ' "t 'the afternoon the General remarked that, ho .sL,' , feared another strangling spell, in which 'J I . be would probably die as quickly as a ftii*- man wenld perish nnder wat.«r. Shortly after . 3:30 o'clock on the morning of Toeedav, the 7th '/rfinst., the General's household were aroused and <r « alarmed, the patient having been seized w ith . isoother violent and dangerous lit of coughing, ~ . »\ jUhe In obamoter to those which oft one < r two ,l'i -V , 'iprevlons occasions cansed such grave apprehen- ' v:SV > slons. A messenger was suddenly dispatched , In haste for Dn. Shrady and i-ands. The Rev. / "Dr. Newman, ex-Senator Chs-itee, and lien. • t 3adean were al=o snmmoned ' A Oen. Grant, after suffering a slight hemor- <V;' tJrtSge of the throat, early on the morning of the jVtb Inet., relapsed into a condition of greater •;j\.:-;!y;:;gwwalrneoa. The hemorrhage was from one of i , Tithe arteries of the throat, and the General lost acapful of blood. The following incidents ot Ss$#wthe o*y are reported by teleimiDh: Gen. Grant Jdosed in his chair in a darkened corner of the loom. Dr. Shrady and Mrs. Grant iby his side. He . awolce suddenly 4snd paced vacantly about him. Mrs. Sartorls >" H; 4" end htesou Fred came into the room, bat he did „ not greet them ss usual with a smile. On the * contrary, he bent his head low and mattered •H, s - some unintelligible things. Dr. Shrady was by * r Ibis side In a second, lor tie knew that the Gen- ? *•»,* ,«ral's mind was wandering. It was said ; "3at lint that Gen. Grant was delirious; ' " ' that he laughed like a child at play, \\mtA .cave orders like a General; that he fa',%••*' *poke of funny things; and tried to tell a .<,*,-:5 funny story, but lost the thread of the narra­ tive. The doctor soothed the old soldier, and , ' ' * «oon afterward be recovered his accustomed >• Muantmtty. A strange fancy came upon him later on, and he asked that bis chair be moved , J> to the window that he oould look ont upon the >' , world. His wife came and sat by his side and to him now and again, and the General said "Dr. New- % messenger was sent for the divine. Newman came back to the house hurriedly, .and he and Gen. Grant sat down by the win- - * -idow. Religion, Dr. Newman afterward said, . Jformed the topic of conversation. The Gen- *' ' «ral was very resigned to death, and asked the • idlvlBe to nay. "Hie curtain was pulled down, nd the dying man and the doctor j rayed with |b» Grant and Mrs. Bartoris for some time. Xeter <m, U. & Grant, the eon of Orville >• iGiant, Dr. Newman, and Dr. Douglas were ,,^4 isested in bis room. The General's chair was ..-J" -pulled near to the window.. The fading sunlight ;: -l"- -: 45feil upon him. He looked at Dr. Donglas and , ' jsmlled gently. The conversation turned to Gen. t» ' ' "Grant's friendF>. "The people all seem to be , your friends at present. Dr. Newman said to ' ^3*he General. "\es," said Gen. Grant, "and I . ,<-i Jsjhave many friends cm the other side." "Yes," jnepeated Dr. Newman, "and they are waiting for *0o they are," returned the General. Then , he pnnsed a moment and added: "Iw.'shtbev b-'.'X * anay not hays )«jBg to wait." An ex Confederatw •f!% woldler seat up alWigf roses with this unsigned , .vote: "CoL Fred Grant: I'lease nlace these iSf®* convenient to your uiusti'Ws fatlief. i , They ate from an old ex-rebel soldier who snr- ,s rendered to him at Appomattox. There, with i- s *T? Jme, the wax ended." At s o'clock on the mora- jfj* of Wednesday, the 8tb, the General was i,/ - jrteepln* quietly, though it was feared the end * •, „ msw. • York dlspat hesof the morning of Thnrs- " t day, the Bthinst., reported Gen. Grant as resting ' * ,/ qiutly. His condition was better, apparently, V.v i than at any time for three days, though he was - '/ J gradually growing weaker, itring Wednesday, .. tbe ath, many distinguished people called . aft the mansion where tbe old veteran lay " dytag, though only a very few intimate friends, including ex-Benator Chaffee and Gen. Badeau, " admitted to tbe stok room. An express- nbrongbt a laraebox of flowers that bad sent tm from Philadelphia by Mr. G. W. " Tber were Invoiced at $l», and the ex- an said that * similar box wan to be dellv- 1 dally. Monday and Tuesday were anniver- i of the battle of Bbiloh. Dr. Douglas waa Is battle, and Gen. Grant and tbe Doctor 1 abent it. Gen. Bosaer, C. B. A., who was 'wounded In the cavalry fight at Winchester, waa among the callers. He saw Gen. Grant and <•expressed sympathy. He came from the Union v ' Sqnsre Hatid. and bronght a box of flowers. /J luric Twain called snd bad a friendly chat with CoL Fred Grant. He did not see the General. Gen. Grant's condition exhibited a perceptible change for the better on the morning of Fri da April 10, having obtained a good night's r< during ^ilch he slept soundly most of tbe tl . ' Througbout Thursday the Illustrious pat ' .4. took bis food regularly, and dozed at intervals, ,,. bis pulse and temperature being about nominal. .plPftf'WA cable message was received from Queen Vic- ; . .. toria inquiring as to tbe condition of tbe suf- • 4 * * Htm. The following facts relative to tbe *V>a _ General's condition were obtained from one InUmately acquainted with his case and in i--•» ^every way qaaltted to give a trustworthy r opiidon: It will surprise Gen. Grant's pbysi- "ana very much if be dies within a week. The ehanoea axe that he will live two weeks longer, 4 and 1 would not give much odds that t'. / he win not live until Ma v. What la to be feared *'? most is blood-poiaoning. The physicians are now trying to ward oft this danger. Tbev % , • < may suoceed for a couple of weeks. Wben his temperature goes np and bis pulse be- '*Miv34<'Oomea Irregular there is great danger ot death. , These symptoms mean that the poison bas reached tbe blcod. Tbe cancer itself of viator wheat b*«fe BM>re au­ la thia aapon.... M villi " in to wheat had some warm In soma of _ esteut of wheat thaftlMbMa ViaUr^med can be deter- minad with aoOM d^grte of aooaracy, and in not a few iastaacee one-half or more of the nrea is reported winter-killed The wheat rAnaia&g in Oalifomia is said to amount to 470,000 tons, and the increased price, remitting from the war news, has aagmented its valuation by at least six million dollars. TMBSOIJT& • FOtRJH husband has keen Moored by Mn. Sallie Ward Lawrence Hnnt Arm­ strong, of Lonisville, who for a generation has been known as the most beautiful womm in the South. The latest acquisi­ tion is G. F. Lonns, a wealthy and cultured gentleman, 70 years of age. Bishop Me- Closkey, who usually does the lady's mar­ rying business, was on hand in good form. INFORMATION has been conveyed to the Controller of Currency by the examiners in change of the suspended Exchange Na­ tional Bank of Norfolk that the concern is" insolvent and will have to be placed in the hands of a receiver. The amount due ta depositors alone is over $3,000,000... .L. K. Eldridge, a patient in the Tennessee in­ sane asylum, killed two men by crashing their skulls with a floor mop, and waa as­ saulting a third person when seized. ENRAGED because the Legislature foiled to reimburse him for time and money ex­ pended, D. S. Grimes totally destroyed the Colorado exhibit at the New Orleans show. This was accounted to be one of the most attractive displays of the exhibition. Grimes was arrested, charged with malicious mischilf. i »». WAMUJI«TOil> THE President last week gave audienoe to a delegation of Dakota citizens who came to protest against the proposed expulsion of the settlers from the Crow Creek Reser­ vation. Mr. Cleveland promised that the settlers would be properly cared for in any event, and that no further proceedings would be taken by the Government until a thorough investigation of the whole subject had been made. LAST week President Cleveland gave au­ dience to a committee representing the Grand Army of the Republic, which called at the White House to present an appeal for the retention of old soldiers in the Gov­ ernment service. Mr. Cleveland strongly expressed his sympathy with the views of the delegation. GEN. SWAIM has asked the administra­ tion at Washington to review his case, and the Secretary of War has promised to give him a hearing. It is said that the President is disposed to relieve the anny in some man­ ner of the embarrassment in which it was placed by the sentence of the Swaim court- martial, which effectively vacated the office of Judge Advocate General and made it impossible for the President to appoint a successor for a period of twelve years The Washington Monument was the other day struck three times by lightning, bat received 00 damage. in conaeirtiii* «| hoatile manifesta­ tions by fee iMmn he was com- sir1 £ T» BtMsiAn loss w»a three subaUetna aad ten soldiers killed and twenty-nine wound­ ed- When the fighting was eaded Gen. Komoroff returned acrqpa the river to the position he had formerly occupied. In the HOOM of Commons on the 9th inst., Mr. Gladstone declared that England had demanded from Ruaaia a full explanation of what seemed to hate been MI unpro­ voked and unjustifiable attack upon the Afghans. $tassia claims that the Afghans provoked the conflict. The war feeling is strung to a high pitch in England, and it is believed now that nothing can prevent an imme­ diate declaration of hostilities. Everybody is inclined to agree with Lord Duffbrin that war is inevitable, ana that it had belter come now than later. A large garrison is to be thrown into Herat at once, and it is hoped that the 70,000 British and Indian troops now stationed along the northern Indian frontier may reach Herat in time to prevent the capture of that important town by the Russians. ABOUT iMedatM aiitMi^MMMiftbetlnfl CMMMttler. ,<;• %. ; _ . ' MNW GBANT YBTXKD LLTDFC A*- KEY- MAN, ^ ' rOUTICAb , la really tbe last source of danger. It bas been - stationary for a week and is not likely to develop * « i .sufllciently In two months <0 prove fatal. A hemorrhage is likely to occur at any time, but • ^ will net cause alarm. It can be stopped at any - • time. The General's faculties are clear. He v. would be able to direct an army in the field to- . day, so far as his mental condition is coo- T£E Wisconsin Legislature has enacted a high license liquor law. It provides a minimum fee of $200 and a maximum of $500 in towns of over 500 inhabitants, and a minimum fee of $100 and a maximum of $400 in communities of less than 500 popu­ lation.... The Emery Candle Factory at Cincinnati was damaged by fire to the amount of $80,000. SOLICITOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE CHESLEY, whose resignation was request­ ed the other day by the Attorney General, is not to be removed at once. He has been asked to remain by President Cleveland, not for the sake of civil-service reform, but because the Commissioner of Internal Rev­ enue protested that the office could not do without him. How MUCH the introduction of women into politics would purify the political at- sphere, says a Washington dispatch, is trated by the fact that Appointment rk Higgins has found that a young lady loyed in the Treasury Department has nearly two years given one-half her thly salary--$62.50---to a lady outside ie department. She was anxious to ob­ tain employment, and offered to give one-half her salary to any one who would secure her a position in the Treasury. A lady possessed of influence secured her a position. The young lady is an excellent clerk. Mr. Higgins will see that she hereafter gats all her pay, even if he has to issue her another appointment in order to relieve her from* the obligation under which she now is to the lady who secured her the position Gen. Law ton, of Georgia, desiring to relieve the adminis­ tration of any embarrassment in regard to his case, has requested the President to proceed as if the appointment of Minister to Russia had never been tendered to an ex-Confederate. THE *Judicial Court of Suffolk County, Massa- chusetts, by the National Soldiers' Home , against Benjamin F. Butler, to recover $15,000, for which Gen. Butler is said to ?"f' have failed to account while acting as Treas- ^ urer of the home Cyrus W. Field, after fifty years of active business in New York, is resigning his railway and tele­ graph directorships, and intends to spend the summer (in Europe ^ Ryerson & Brown, livery-stable keepers at , New York, who introduced what are known , yi',' as the "black-and-tan" cabs, have failed for 1 ' 'J half a million... .A commission will " f| ceed to pro- ,,, England to examine wit- ^ nesses regarding t^e sanity of Mrs. Dud- 4 * ley, who shot O'Donovan Rossa fjsv Riobard Grant White, the Shakespearean f fK ' scholar, and literary and art critic, died at f < New York, aged 63... .John Mara ton, a *, Rear Admiral in the United States navy, ' vjfc ^ 4ied i» Philadelphia, at the age of Ml years. i'rf ' » xKiir- Sp I THEWBfV. • V- g||lk A ciHCUiiAR from Miss Frances Willard C .. wad to the Alton Presbytery, in session •t* ' " at Hillsboro, 111., asking that woman suf- be made a feature of church work. *^he document provoked an animated de- "* bate Ninety days each in the penitentiary # ' \ ^kona is the sentence imposed upon Bishop Stewart and Elder Robinson, of the Mormon Church, who had pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation... In the past two years the population of Kansas has increased 172,665, and 2,000,- 000 additional acres have been placed under cultivation An agreement has been made by Sullivan and Ryan to fight at Butte City Montana, in June, for the championship belt and $2,500 Fifteen hundred Okla homa colonists are still in camp at Arkan sas City.,, .James Hurd, a farmer, was killed by lightning at Hillsboro, 111. THE iate reports to the Illinois Depart­ ment of Agriculture, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, leave no room for doubting that the growing crop has been seriously damaged by the protracted oold dry weather in March. In some localities the reporters assert that the wheat waa damaged in January when the ground was bare of snow, and the plant was exposed to the extreme low tempera­ ture Quit prevailed during that period fc-V" * im: ' CUS21ERA1# j •• t > ' AtmCES from Fort Qu'Appelle in the Northwest Territory report that the In­ dians in that region are highly excited and anxious to fight. News from Fort McLeod is alarming, and a detachment of troops will be sent thither at once. The Piegan Indians are on the warpath, and raids are feared. Reports brought in by scouts indicate an ex­ cited feeling all over |he country. The set­ tlers at Turtle Mountain are surrounded by several thousand half-breeds, who are in sympathy with Riel. The navvies at the end of the Canadian Pacific Railway track are riotous, and the company has sent for troops. The Indians near Battleford ex­ pect to be joined by 3,000 Sioux from the American side. THERE seems to be no longer any doubt that Gen. Barrios of (Guatemala is dead. A formal alliance is to be made between Mex­ ico and Nicaragua, and the allied armies will march at once into Guatemala. Although Barrios is dead his spirit still survivef, and it is considered necessary to crush out the present Government in Guatemala and sub­ stitute another for it. RIEL, the half-breed feeder, has com­ pletely cleaned out the country between Humboldt and Prince Albert, and Prince Albert country has been turned into a des­ ert. Fugitives from the north are flying to Qu'Appelle in large numbers. There is every indication of a general Indian upris­ ing. The reports that American Indians have crossed the border to join in the revolt are not confirmed.... Capt. Norton, oi the Shenandoah, landed 150 marines at Panama to protect American interests. He has been instructed by Sec­ retary Whitney to keep transit open, guard the lives and property of citizens of the United States, and remain absolutely neu­ tral in conflicts between tbe local forces.... The markets all over the country were favorably affected by the war news from Asia, and wheat, corn, oats, flour, and meats have gone upward with a rush. At Chicago wheat advanced nearly 5} cents in a few hours, corn rose nearly 2 cents, and pork upward of 50 cents. An enormous totiwss WJMJ dlQflttd ^ N CM A - « >' JLDDITI05AL NEWS V " f KICHAHD FRAS&R, colored, was hanged in the yard of the county jail in Charles­ ton, S. C., for the murder of Jack Gethers, also colored, last July. Columbus Clan- ford, colored, was hanged at Yorkville, S. C., for the murder of Ellison Sanders, also colored. George H. Mills, wife-murderer, was executed in the jail-yard at Brooklyn. N. Y. THE President has appointed Robert B. Vance, of North Carolina, Assistant Com­ missioner of Patents, vice R. G. Dyreu- furth, resigned, and William E. McLean, of Terre. Haute, Ind., First Deputy Com­ missioner of Pensions, vice Calvin B. Walker, resigned. The President also appointed Postmasters at the fol­ lowing named Presidential offices: Ezra Evans, at Westchester, Pa.; Gt orge T. Gross, at AUentown, Pa.; James Drury, at Biistol, Pa.; George W. Statler, at Mansfield, Ohio; David O. Yerman, at Mar.on, Ind ; Nelson Bruett, at Jefferson, Wis.; J. F. Mackill, at Morehead, Minn.: G M. Houston, at Harrisonville, Va.; Ben­ jamin Smith, at Chillicothe, Mo.; Stanley S. Crittenden, at Greenville, S. C. It is expected that the President will soon direct hisatention to the Territoiial offices. THE Kansas State Live Stock Commis­ sion, at its meeting last week, recommend­ ed to the Governor the subjection to quar- nntine for ninety days of cattle from the following States: Connecticut, Pennsyl­ vania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and four counties in Missouri, namely, Callaway, Boone, Audrain, and Montgomery, to guard against danger from pleuro-pneumonia.... The new Police Commissioners of Cincin­ nati have ordered the immediate closing of gnmbling-houses, the expulsion of confi­ dence men, and the arrest of street-walkers for vagrancy and of sidewalk loafers for loitering ... The commission appointed by the Legislature of Wisconsin to purchase a residence for the Governor secured the house and grounds formerly owned by Ole Bull, for $20,000... .An epidemic among sheep is reported from Clinton County, Illinois, where a fanner buried thirty of his flock in one day. THE crop returhs of April to the De­ partment of Agriculture at Washington in­ dicate a reduction of over 10 per cent, of last year's area of winter wheat. The ag­ gregate shortage amounts to 3,000,000 acres. A decrease is reported in every State except Oregon. It is 22 per cent in Kansas and Virginia, 20 in Mississippi, 15 in California, 14 in Al­ abama, 12 in Tennessee, Illinois, and Missouri, 11 in N/ew York, 2 in South Car­ olina, 10 in Maryland and Texas, 8 in New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, and In­ diana. 7 in Georgia and Ohio, 6 in Penn­ sylvania and Delaware, 5 in Michigan, 3 in Arkansas, and 2 in North Carolina. The present condition of wheat, as reported, is worse than in 1883. It is 77 per cent as against 96 last year and 80 in 1883. The Chicago Times prints a variety of informa­ tion in regard to the winter wheat crop in the West and Northwest. Dispatches from Kansas and Illinois agree upon conditions which will lessen the yield one-half. Some portions of Ohio enter­ tain hopes for an average crop, while the central countics show a decreased acreage. Very little injury was done in Michigan by the severe winter. Great damage is report­ ed in the southern counties of Indiana. A crop of nearly 14.000,000 bushels is expect­ ed in Missouri, while the decreasing acre­ age in Iowa will bring the product of that State down to 700,000 busheis. The bulletins sent out on the morning ot the llth Inst, in regard to Gen. Grant's condition reported the distinguished patient as having passed a comfortable night, thCKreater portion of which was passed in natural and refreshing sleep. The pulse was CO and the temperature normal. He had, during the preceding six hours, taken tbe usual amount of nourish­ ment, had conversed freely with members of his lamtly and intimate friends, had scanned the newspaper headings, and evinced an interest in the European war news. Gen. Dent, the brother-in-law of Gen. Grant, is reported as saying that the Grant family have become reconciled to the tact that tbe General cannot recover. He says the can­ cer has made greater progress than any one who has not Been it can imagine. The artery in the throat must certainly give way soon, and then there is nothing to prevent the Ueneral from dying by strangulation. ; the advanced figures. FOBEIOK THE Russian version of the attack upon the Afghan forces on the River Kushk is thus given in a cable dispatch from St. Petersburg: Gen., Koraoroff reports that • W THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVKS. Hoos WHEAT--NA 1 White., No. 2Red....:...^.J;i CORN--No. % OATS--White ,1..... POBK--New Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to L'rime Steers. Good Shipping Common to Fair....... Hoos FLOUE--Fancy lied Winter Ex.. Prime to Choice Spring. WHEAT--No. 2 Hod. COKN--No. a ; OATS--No. 2 11 YE--No. BARLEY--No. 9 BUTTER--Choice Creamery..^.. Fine Dairy > CHEESE--Pull Cream SUmmed Flat . EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu Pons--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT-- NO. a CORN--No. 9 OATS--No. X RYE-NO. 1 BABLBT--NO. a POHK--Mess TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 3 Red CORN--No. a OATS-NP. a BT. LOUIS. WHEAT-HO. A Red CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed RYE PORK--Mess „R „ CINCINNATL WHEAT--N& 9 Red. CORN \ OATS--Mixed. PORK--Mess. ^ DETROIT. FlXHJB. ; WHEAT--NO. 1 White CORN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 White. PORK--Family „ INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--Mixed OATS--Mixed. „ „ BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 hard CORN--NO. 2 OATS--No. 3 White „ EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best Fair _ Common Booj^ S.7S a. 00 4.25 «.5<» 3.7.% a. 50 .81 .8ft .28 .CO .M •XT .1ft .11 .05 .12 .47 11.25 .77 .41 .83 .00 .67 lLas .83 .4» .84 .40 .82 .88 11.70 11.75 178 .#1 .48 .84 12.78 .86 .40 .83 .84 .47 .88 6.25 4.25 4.36 4.60 @ 6.00 5.50 ® 4.76 6.00 ® 4.25 (.« 4.W W .82 @11.75 A .78 • .42 <S$ .36 <9 .67 .68 011.75 • .88 f 44 0 .36 • .95 A .41 & .34 a .so 91X38 S :S 3.£ 0 8.38 § £ •18.35 II j; 0 .88 f T d 6.00 6.00 4.76 0 5.00 Onurt «M th« Boys--TIM Kind «F Haste the General Llfcwfc > j An army officer, now stationed In Bos­ ton, who was Inspector at tbe head quar­ ters of " the armies operating: against JHich- mond," says: "Theonly time I ever saw Gen. Grantshow any exhilaration was when Dews was re­ ceived ot Sheridan's victory in Winchester Valley, at Oder Creek. He came out of his tent, threw his hat up in tho air, yelled like an Indian, and then went back into his tent. He knew that that was the beginning of the end. "Some people attribute his success to lack, but all he ever earned was by hard work and carefully elaborated plans. He would fre­ quently sit all niffht by the telegraph instru­ ment at bis City Point headquarters receiv­ ing; and tendinr dispatches, and keeping tw.> operators constantly employed. I bavo looked out of my tent, many a time, and seen him studying maps ot the tie ds of operations in the East and West with Oen. John 8. Barnard, bis chief eugineer. He talked but little, but what he said was generally to the point. He always seemed to read tbe newspapers carefully, and never appeared to have any idle time. At the time articles appeared in tbe Northern papers charging htm with drunkenqes* there was no liquor at his headquarters, to my cer­ tain knowledge; and if a man wanted a drink he bad to put down bis 1ent-t)aps and take it secretly, knowing the General's opposition to it. He always seemed preoccupied, and fre­ quently seated himself in tbe sun on a dry goods box in front of my tent. While medi­ tating be would keep his foot going like a pendulum, afid thump the box at every swing. I was writing out my reports one day, and being annoyed by tbe continued thumping, w«p about to yell *c!ear out of there,' supposing the culprit •as an orderly. Fortunately, fboncludcd to look out first, and much to my astonishment discovered that it was Oen. Grant. > "I remember an incident that caused con­ siderable comment at the expense of the sut­ lers about that time. There was quite 11 fleet of boats, laden with sutlers' supplies-- they were principal'y schooners--lying right at the foot of the bluff, under Grant's head­ quarters, waiting for a favorable time to take the stores to the front and there sell them. Operations were going on at the time which prevented wagons from being on tho road. The sutlers improved their idle time by pick­ ing over their eggs and throwing the bad ones into the river.' The current threw many of them up on the shore, breaking them against the rocks at the loot of the bluff, anil assail- injf the Commander-in-Chief's position with a stench Quite equal to tbe 'stink-pots' used in Chinese unitary operations. Gen. Grant took in the. situation, and issued an order re­ quiring the sutlers to go in boats and pick up all the eggs floating on the water. This, as perhaps you can imagine, was anything but an agreeable task, tbe egas frequently breaking and almost overwhelming the sut­ lers with their powerful odor. "Mrs. Grant visited the General in October, 1864, I think, bringing two of the children with her. There was a flock of quail living In the underbrush on the Appomattox side of the bluff, and every morning they marched up on the lawn in front of the tents. On the oceaston of Mrs. Grant s visit, some per­ son in passing startled the birds, and they flew wildly in among Gen. Grant's tents. The Grant children tore after them, and the General, seizing his slouch hat, joined in the chase, rushing from tent to tent, upsetting tables and stcols, imd Anally capturing one of the birds under his hat. "He had no ear ior music, and could not distinguish between 'Ilail Columbia' and 'Hall to the Chief.' Occasionally a flnfe Vand would come down the Appomattox to serenade him at bis headquarters, much to the delight of his music-loving staff, but the General, always busy, regarded tne music only a3 an interruption, and usually sent tbe band away alter it had played one piece. Tl:e only satielactlou Jeft io the offi­ cers was the plo&sure of listening to the Mt&a aaenfr the ttaff and eaeort. The two generals eat there, however, without todtea- tioo of alarm, awl ootttteMd «4»i» consult* tion as if nothing had occurred^ ./ ^ "1 raw him moet frequently VA* wben IM wai ib«flfp«ift 1 waiiiear l43liarg«pF alii had #t6>iofif f ibnd thastoMKouaes k stonfe, On Aug. t, ^ rtment, located In the immodiate vicinity of the supply department, exploded, destiojv ing the storehouses and a large amount of Government property. Among other precau­ tions. taken in conseiuence, the colored guar.1 received orders to allow no smoking around tbe storehouses. Gen. Grant appear­ ed on the wbarf one day, unaccompanied by any of his staff, and puffing vigorously at a fragrant Havana which he had just lighted. He was soon stopped by one of the colored guard, who, not knowing the General, said: "Here, boss, you'se got to frow away dat cigar.' The General good-naturedly pitched the cigar into the James, and smilingly pass­ ed the sentinel without saying a word. That shows tho character of tbe man; he was walking around quietly and taking a look at things."--Boston Globe. If*? Be- A RKmNISCKNOE. flow a Fault-Finding Woman milled for Her Abuse ofj&l Wben Gen. Giant was in command at Fprt Donelson, in 1802, a number of Northern women went down there to assist as nurses in tbe hospitals. Among tbem was the wife of a certain Western Senator who distin­ guished bimsetf lor his hostility to the great commander when the latter was under a cloud. The woman in question was unwill­ ing to put np with things as she found them for the good of the old flag, but insisted upon having matters revolutionized according1 to her own ideas of propriety. The hospital locations wanted changing; the physicians in attendance were Incompetent; she would liko to have a carriage at her command; she called for an orderly to <lo this and an orderly to do that; the officers were remiss in their attention to her--In short, nothing went right with her, but everything was wrong, and "abominably so" at that. Grant knew this woman, well, having been frequently pes­ tered by her complaints and demands, and on one occasion, when patience with him had ceased to be a virtue, he told her plainly that he "MpW not sent to Donelson to obey the be- hest/^of petticoats, but to command the army." 8he flirted from his presence in a rage, and ere long Went back to her home. To reacb the iattsr place she took passage aboard of a .Mississippi steamboat, comma nd- edtjy a Galena mirn, an old river captain and a personal friend and great admirer of Gen. Grant. The first night out the skipper was making himself agreeable to his passen­ gers in the cabin, especially tbe women, when he chanced to remark to one of the lat- tar, in tbe presence of the hereinbefore- mentioned female, that he WHS a resident of Galena, and had lived there many years. " You say you live at Galena?" interposed the Senator's wile. "That is where that dirty, drunken Grant came from, isn t it?" she continued. Turning to the intermeddler the Captain glared at her a moment, and ftt last, in a voice trembling with passion, he said: ' Madam, I don't know who you are, but this I do kuow: that if you were a man in­ stead of an apology for a woman I'd knock every tooth down your throat if you didn't take back the lie you just uttered against Gen. Grant; and, by the Lord Harry, 1 have half a notion to bank you, night though it is, for the slander." There was great excitement in tbe cabin for the moment, the passengers heartily Sid­ ing with the captain, and manifesting their approbation of the severe reprimand admin­ istered by him to the Senator's wile. As for tho latter, with rad mantling her cheeks, she slunk away to tbe rear of the cabin without deigning to reply, and from that time until she reached the end of her trip she was not at ail troubled with company. -- Chicagu -, Tribune. LOUIS MEL When Grant Was Mad. t I never heard the General swear, says a writer in the Washington Capital, but I cer- Tl:e only satJelactioa jeft io the oft- talnly saw him mad enough to make things blue if ho had brokeii out. music grow fainter and fainter as tho little steamer carrying tho band movci slowly up tho river, soon disappearing in the darkness. llut there was one kind of music which, though prim­ itive, seemed to afford the General great delight. There was an American am­ bulance-driver at headquarters named Sam, who played toe banjo with great dexterity, and I had in ray employ a colored Loy whom everybody at headquarters dubbed ' Cupid,' who was remarkable for hlB Ugly features and expert jig-dancing. When the General had any foreigner of distinction visiting him he would send his compliments tame and ask to borrow Cupid. " Then he would get ^am to play the banjo and have Cupid dauce Jig after J'g in front of tbe camp-fire on the tail-board of an army wagon for the amuse­ ment of himself and guests. The General, convulsed with laughter at Cupid's antics, would sit there by the hour? with a cigar in bis mouth, apparently en jo ring himself hugely. He was rarely seen without a cigar la his pjouth."--Boston Qlobe. m 15.60 @ 7.50 4.76 0 6.25 .90 @ .91 Is .91 & .92 M (g .52 .»» (<it ,42 13 .00 (£13.50 ON GRANT'S STAFF.Ifs The Two Civilians Wlio Bqjayed the Com­ mander's Confidence--An Order Afcalast Smoking. "I was in Company A. Twenty-first Massa­ chusetts Volunteers, Sergeant Plunkett's regiment," said Col. D. D. Wiley, of this city, formerly on Gtant's staff. "We left Worces­ ter in June, '61, and I was mustered into tbe United States servioe the following J uly. I served with McClellan on the.Peninsula, and under Burnsido, Hooker, and others at differ­ ent Army of the Potomac stations. When Grant was ordered from tbe West to take command of 'the armies operating against Richmond,' the Army of the Potomac, under Meade, was lying in the vicinity of Culpep- er, Va. "I first met Grant at Alexandria, Va. 1 went there, lrom Culpeper, in oompany with Gen. Ingalls and? others of Grant's staff, and we accompanied him back to Cul­ peper on a special train. Gen. Ingalls, late Quartermaster General, now retired, was one of bis classmates. Grant was then, seem­ ingly, a very quiet, uncommunicative man, and in general appearance hardly such a man as 1 had imagined the hero of Vlcks- burg. He was In fatigue dress when I first saw him, and wore no ins gna of rank. He was accompanied by Gen. Rawlins, his thief- of-Statr, niter ward Secretary of War, and Col. T. S. Bowers, Adjutant General. These two offloers wero members of the Twenty- first Illinois, the regiment Grant was made Colonel of when he entered the volunteer service. At tho time of tho breaking out of the war Gen. Kawlins was a lawyer, and was made Adjutant and First Lieutenant of tbe Twenty-tirst Illinois at tho same time Grant was made Colonel of it. Though be bad never had any military training, Grant, recognizing his wonderful executive ability, kept Hlim as his chief adviser during the war, and, as you know, made him a Cabinet officer when he became President. Prior to the breaking out of the war Col. T. 8.-Bowers was a clerk in a country store and entered the *Twenty-flrst Illinois as a private. Ho was afterward promoted to Sergeant-Major and assigned to duty at the headquarters of the regimont, where he attracted Grant's attention, and was made Adjutant General at tbe time Grant was made Colonel. He served in that capacity during the entire war, and was accidentally killed at West Point while attend­ ing the commencement exercises at the Mili­ tary Academy with Gen. Grant. Ho was very email in stature, but of a genial, pleasant disposition. While serving with Grant In front of Vlcksburg volunteers were called for to carry dispatches by tbe rebel batteries by river, and without Grant's knowledge Bowers, accompanied by only one man, suc­ cessfully made the trip. It was an extremely ha?ardous undertaking, for the slightest splash of an oar was liable to result in cap­ ture or death. "Grant WAS extremely fond of him--more so I should say, than of any other member of his staff. He often told of Bowers' brKT- ery with much pride. He and Gen. Hawllne became part of his personal staff, and wero retained in his military family during the en­ tire war. It seemed strange that <>rant, a gruduate of a military academy, with hosts of military friends, should select two civil­ ians, for his constant companions and ad­ visers. The other members of his military family, at the time be arrived from the West, were his brother-in-law. Gen. F. T. Dent, Col. Parker, a full-blooded Genesee Indian, his Corresponding Secretary (afterward In charge of the Indian Bureau), and MaJ. Dunn, aid-de-camp, now with Gen. Pope in the Department of the Pacific. "Yes, I have seen Grant under Are at Bpottsylvanla Court Bouse, in Virginia, one of our most disastrous defeats in the Wilder­ ness. Gen. Grant and Gon. Meade were in consultation undo* a tree, near a deserted house, surrounded by their staff oWcer^wben a solid shot from one of tbe enemy's hatter- les passed through tbe tree, cutting off sev- smt braaohes, and In the spring of 1874 a delegation came here from a taxpayers' convention in South Carolina to expostulate against the intolera­ ble extravagance, folly, and fraud in their State Government. Frank Moses, "the young native Governor," as be had been dubbed by those who thought carpet-baggers the sum cMf all evil, who had shown them that the finger of Moses was heavier than the loins of Scott, was nearln:? tho close of his term. To pr#- tare for a desperate effort to redeem the State, a non-partisan tax-payers' convention, was called, and tbe result was "an appeal tio Caesar." A delegation of twenty of the most distin­ guished men of tbe State came bere; Gen. James Chestnut, who died recently, was at its head. I went with ttfem, by appointment, to tbe White House to present the bill of grievances. As we were pa>aing up the stairway to the President's reception- room, Senator John J. Patterson, the carpetrbag representative of the lalmetto State, passed down. He bad a grin on his somewhat sardonic face which was Indicative of disaster to those he grinned at. Gon. >V. C. Butler, now Senator, certaln'y construed it es a danger signal, for he said to me: "Now, 1 wonder what Patterson has been tip to'C" The delegation was not long in finding out. Wben tbey tiled into the re­ ception-room Grant was standing to receive them, one clinched hand resting on the ta­ ble, an angry flush upon his face, and an expression of the eye titter for the battled field than for the reception-room. He went through the ceremony of Introduction coldly, and then said: "What can I do for youY' W. D. Porter, Charleston s most famous lawyer, presented tbe resolutions of the convention and the protest Of the taxpayers of South Carolina against the continued existence of the State government. Mr. Leathers unrolled three long proof-sheets of an individual pro­ test, which he would have proceeded to read had not Grant, with an impatient gesture, interrupted him. "Gentlemen," tald he, "that alt you have* to say concerning the •present government of South Carolina is true I do not admit or deny. The administration of affairs in that £tate is in tbe hands of those who were elected by a large majority of the people to represent them; you must find your remedy %t tbe ballot-box; but even If 1 had it in my power to prevent tho evils of which you complain, I do not think I am bound to do so. Why should I help those who shamefully abuse me? The convention which sent you here even dragged the name of my wife into its debates, and made her the subject of false and scandalous accusa­ tions'." the delegation was dumfounded. The members bad not *x Dec ted ariy very warm sympathy, but this turning of the tables was too suddeu to find them prepared. Those who had noticed the exit of " Honest John Patterson " wero, however, not so much sur­ prised at Grant's familiarity with the pro­ ceedings of the convention. That sly poll- tlclau had primed Grant for tbe reception, and on the table close to Grant's hand was a newspaper clipping--the report of Gen. Mart Gary's speech in the convention. GenJGary, a<i Chairman of the Committee on Federal ltelatlons, had opposed an appeal to Grapt. He denounced him as a drunken tyraht, no better than his fellow-radicals in South Carolina. "While Moses and his fel­ low-thieves," said he, "are robbing tbe peo­ ple of South Carolina, Grant and his fellow- thieves are robMng the whole people of the United States. While negro harlots ore ped­ dling legislative pay certificates in the streets of Columbia, the wife of Gen. Grant is selling tbe secrets of the Treasury to tbe gamblers of Wall street." So the tax-payers' delegation went away sorrowfu'. . IT is recalled in Washington society that the steamer Baltic, on which Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris lately returned from Europe to see ber slowly dying father, is the same on which she went with her husband on their wedding tour across tbe Atlantic a few days after their brilliant wedding in tbe White House, May £3, 1874. She has always been her father's special pet among his children, and while her mother maintained her com­ posure in telling her good-by when she was leaving after her marriage, her father broke down completely. GEN. WRIGHT, with his staff, was one day passing Gen. Grant's headquarters, and stop­ ped to pay his respects. During the conver­ sation Gen. Wright asked how long before they would enter Richmond. Gen. Grant re* plied:--"1 did Intend to get in by tho fourth of July, but I have just got a letter from a friend in California whohas been betting on an earlier date, and we shall have to hurry up a little." Richmond did not fall for neac* ly a year. THB Medical Record says: Fire per cent, ot all cancers are situated upon tbe tongue. The average duration of life in canoer at tbe tongue is, without operation, ten and one- half months; with operation, sixteen months. In some cases, after operations, the patients bavo lived for from two to five years, or even Lotds RIel was first heard of in 1849, the year in which tbe Canadian Government bought the neater part of the lands owned bv the Hudson's Bay Company. Somi after the Northwest be­ came a nut of the Canadian Confederation, snd the Government undertook to survey the whole oountry with the view of allot­ ments of land to settlers. Surveyors were then employed In laying out the countey In "sec­ tions" of square miles, to be subdivided among tbe settlers. These rectangles are measured off apparently without regard either to the natural features of the coun­ try or to the habitations or claims of the settlers, mainly half-breeds, who are already ln» possession. Even when the half-breed has nofr established a habitation he has staked out a "claim," and has "located" it, as a matter of course, with the greatest possible frontage upon one of the rivers, which are the only highways of the wilderness. No record existing anywhere of these claims, the Government at Ottawa has disposed of many of them to persons who had acquired no rights by settlement, but who had complied, as the half-breeds in possession bad failed to comply, with the requirements of the law. One dav as a surveyor and hlB men were surveying a base line through some property Kiel, who was followed by a party of unarmed half-breeds, put his foot on the ch- in being used and ordered the surveyor and his men to leave work. Thev did so. Subsequently, in the fall of 1869, be took possession of Fort Garry, now Winnipeg, and armed his followers with 300 Enfield rifles found in the stores of tbe Hudson Bay Company. He issued a bill ot rights from Fort Garry and con­ tinued the insurrection until the following spring, when he wsa driven across the border into tlie United States by the forces under Col., now Gen. Lord Wolseley. Five years later he returned to Manitoba and was elected to the House of Commons, but did not take his seat. One result of the first Riel rebellion was that the Government gave 240 acres each to the half- breed settlers In Manitoba. As tbls excluded from the advantages of the concession more than it included, the grievance as described in the last paragraph still exists and is the cause ot the present trouble. The rebels now serving under Kiel demand that the claims arising from possession sball take precedence of the claims arising from patents where there is a conflict; that each settler shall bave his possession to the extent of 240 acres confirmed by patent, that his "location" of his land shall be respected, and that tbe Government shall make provisions for the education of the children of the half-breeds and for the sunport of the Indians whose alli­ ance is courted by this demand. Riel was born in 1844, within five miles of Fort Garry. He was educated for the priesthood in Montreal, and possesses the ability, especially in tact, craft, and persuasion, which, aided by con­ siderable attainments, and a strong sense of what be believes to be tbe wrongs suffered by the half-breeds, accounts for bis domination over tbe aggrieved Indians and half-breeds who follow his leadership. While tbe form of his features suggests the Indian, bis complexion is fair and his eyes are light blue. •& a-- held ma election on Monday, tho fth ot April, for a Justice of the Su­ preme Coort and Besents of AM Univer­ sity. Betnrns indicate that the ticket nom­ inated and supported by the Democrat* and Greenbackers is elected by a majority variously estimated, at this writing, at from 30,000 <0 40,000. In the city of Detroit, Judge Morse, the Democrat-Greenback can­ didate for Justice, received a majority of nearly 6,000 votes over Judge Cooley, who had received the nomination of both the Republicans and Prohibitionists. Whitman and Field, fusion nominees for Begents, are elected by probably 30,000 majority. Michigan Municipal KlecOons. _ SHmultaneously with the Voting for State officials, the cities and towns of Michigan chose local ofiLwhi. The Democrats, aided in most cases by the Greenbackers. elected their candidates in the following munici­ palities; Jaekson, Marquette, Escanaba, Grand Rapids, Bay City, Hillsdale, Kala­ mazoo, Laper, Niles, Grand Haven, Hol­ land, Battle Creek, Charlotte, Port Huron, and Adrian. The Republicans carried tho city elections at Coldwater, Hudson, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Big Rapids. Mason, East Tawas. . USURPER BARRIOS. The Woutd'be Guatemala Dicta* tor's Career. General J us to Rufino Barrios, the man re­ sponsible for the excited oonditkra of Central, American politics, and who is now reported dead, wss born the 17th of July, 1835, at San; Lorenzo, in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala. He was educated in the College of Guatemala, in the city ot that name, and was graduated in 1862. His special'study was law, which he pursued in connection with keen ob­ servation ot the mis >rable condition of the peo­ ple, kept down by bad government and the domlnanc; of the clergy and upper classes. He began his public career in 1S67, at the head ot H. revolutionary foroe, which in that year stormed the barracks of han Marcos and put the garrison to flipht. This success initiated attacks on the Government under bis leadership, giving him great prestige. Failing to capture him. the ruling powers made his lather and brother prisoners, and held them as hostages for the sur­ render of Barries himself. In lsfif his forces were strengthened bv the accession of Oen. Serapls Crua, but in tbe same year he was in­ capacitated by a wound received in battle Sub­ sequently, while he was still absent from the field of operations, disastrous reverses overtook the revolutionary forces, Cruz and his army being taken prisoners and many of them being shot or exiled. Barrios was published dead, but the Government reckoned without the host in this matter, lor upon his recovery he again as­ sumed offensive opeiat.ions, in which he was aided by Gen. Garcia Granadts. May 8tli, 1871, the revolutionists issued a proclamation. Subse­ quently thev entered the territory of Guatemala, with Barrios at their head, and published their proclamation. Severe fighting followed with ad­ vantages to the revolutionists, and June :J of the same year Gen. Garcia Granaries was proclaimed President. Success still attended the insurrec­ tion, and Gen. Cerna, I resident of the republic, fleil from the country. The revolutionary army entered the capital the 80th of June, 1871. Gran- ados was then made Provisional President, and Barrios accepted the command of the West De­ partments, from which he expelled all Jesuits. The President followed this drastic policy with the expulsion of the Jesuits lrom the whole country. A reaction followed, and Granados, apprehending danger, sent tor Barrios, who, having first forwarded tr ops to his coadjutor, followed them as soon as he could. Upon arriving at the capital he was commissioned to command the forces of the new Government. He disposed of the re­ actionary «anse in two battles. Parrios then re­ turned to his work in the West Departments., but tbe Government not being able to carry out, his policy without his jMirsonal presence and assistance, be was invited to take charge of it. In May, 1873, he entered the capital, the virtual head of the Republic. His immediate action was to dissolve all Roman Catholic societies and t • declare their properties national; to establish the liberty ot the press and < ITect other changes of the same general character. He then, onoe more, returned to the west, and In the early part of 1873 was again called on to take chaige of the Government A;>opiilar assembly was oonvoked, and Barrios elected President of the Republic, to suceeed Granados. He was in­ augurated the 4th of June, lH7:t. In October, 1876, his tenure was prolonged, and March 15, 18K<i, he was re-elected for a term of six years. Two or three months ago his scheme for con­ solidating the Central Amerli an States Into one Government, with himself at the head, was promulgated, and the subsequent details are too fresh to require repetition. Barrios had ardent admirers and fierce detractors, as men of his aggressive and powerful type are sure to have. Whatever may have been his faults as a ruler, he cannot be charged with a. toeii ei diligence and energy. .'#•1 HUGH CONWAT'S story. "Called BacV has been translated into French, German. Italian, Norse, Swedish, Dutch, Rouma- nian, and Welsh. THE congregation of which Dr. Burchavd was pastor has dissolved, and the property is to be turned over to the New York Pres­ bytery. MRS. WHITNEY, wife of the Secretary of War, puts a coat-of-arms oa her visiting cards and upon formal invitations issued by her* . ; I APTEB April 1 the average temperature of ShMtean is SO degrees in the shade. Other Municipal Kleetiafts. • ILLINOIS. The city election in Chicago was most hotly contested, and resulted in the success of the Democratic ticket, headed by Carter H. Harrison, who ie elected Mayor for the fourth term, though by a greatly reduced majority. Hempstead Washburne, the Re­ publican candidal e for City Attorney, is chosen over his Democratic opponent. Ex- Congresfman Johu F. Finerty, a recent convert from the Democracy, who was nominated by the Republicans *for City Treasmer, runs far behind bis ticket, and is the worst beaten man in the field. The Democrats were also suc­ cessful in the charter elections at Joliet, Freeport, Quiucy, and Carlinville, while the Republicans canied the day at Spring­ field. Jacksonville, Elgin, Rock Island, and Shelby ville. What are known as "Citizens' " tickets were chosen at Galesburg and Mo- line. At Mount Carroll, Canton, and Whea- ton the issne in the local election was li­ cense or anti-license, and the cold-water advocates carried the day at each place. OHIO. 5 In regard to the municipal election* in Ohio, a correspondent of the Chicago Times telegraphs that journal from Colum­ bus as follows: With the exception of Dayton, where only Counctlmen were elected, all Ohio cities made Kepubllcan gains over the unusual vote of last fall. In Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus. To­ ledo, and other cities thsse Republican gains are attributed to the unsavory re ord of the present Democratic Legislature. The Repub­ licans elect the Mayor of Cincinnati bv 4,000, of Cleveland by H,«MH», and Columbus by 1,000, to succeed Democrats. Th? unexpected sac- cess of the Republicans in all other cities of the State is attributed to the slowness of Cleveland in makin? appoint­ ments for Ohio. In nearly all these places there are factional lights for Postmaster, Rev­ enue Collectorships, ami other appointments. Mansfleld, tho home of Sherman and Geddes, elects a Republican Mayor and city officers for the first time since 187'.'. Lancaster and Newark elect their Republican city tickets for the first? time In their history. Mayor Constantine, of Springfield, who wanted to be First Assistant Postma <ter General, and came home mad, let his ctty go Repubtioan by 2,0(;0. He refused to run for re-election. In Zanesville, Delaware. London, Logan, Coshocton, Steubenvllle, and all the c ties ot prominence, excepting Dayton, Demociatic officials are succeeded by Republi­ cans. The old flitht between tbe kid and the mossback Democrats entered into the contest, and bas embittered the leaders so as to make it probably worse at the next State election. WISCONSIN. In tbe municipal contest at Milwaukee the Democrats s.\ept the platter, the newly elected Council being composed largely of men of that politic il persuasion. The Democratic city tickets were also chosen in Watertown, Madison, M'neral Point, Re- loit, Beaver Dam, Janesville, Appleton, Plymouth, Racine, and Oshltd'sh. IOWA. • The Republicans carried the city elec­ tions at Keokuk and Knoxville. At Du­ buque the Demociats made a clean sweep. ELSEWHERE. David R. Francis, Democrat, is elected Mayor of St Louis, Mo., bv abont 1,000 majority over Ewing, Republican, the pres­ ent incumbent. The Democrats elect their candidates for Mayor at Kansas City, Mo., and Lawrence, Kan. At Evnnsville, Ind., Bismark, Dak., and Helena. Montana., the Democrats were successful in the municipal contests. Death of a (iitit Composer. A cable dispatch announces the death of - Franz Abt, the well-known musical compos­ er, Deceased was born at Eilenburg, Saxony, Dec. 22, 1819. The son of a clergyman, he entered the University of Leipeic as a the­ ological student, but he soon abandoned theology for music. In 1841 he became musical director of the theater at Berne, which position he resigned to accept a sim­ ilar one at Zurich. In 1852 he become kappelmeister at the Brunswiok eourt. In the death of Franz Abt music loses one of her most appreciated representatives. Twenty years ago his "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" was sung everywhere. That charming inspiration was little if any more fortunate than scores of other songs that flowed from his facile pen. He was the author of a vast number of duets, trios, and especially of part-songs for male voices, in which line he was one of the greatest of living., composers. The great merit of his music is its sweetness, its melody, its expressiveness. The British Lien. London dispatch: The steamer America, of the National Line, has been ordered by the Brit'.sh Government to be gotten in readiness for naval transport service at sea withiu a fortnight The America is to be armed with ten guns. The Atlantic Steam­ ship Company, it is reported, are consider­ ing the question of the advisability of rais­ ing passenger fares and freight rates. If the contemplated advance be decided upon, the reason given will be the depletion of the Atlantic fleet by tbe Government's de- mandtt forlnuuports. 1TEXS. ! C-O'L 1* . MRS. PALMEKA, of Chatsfield, Minn., has reached the age of ^05 years. THE late Minerva Gredley, of Hartford, Conn.,-left $30,000 to* Carleton College, Minnesota. THE Fargo Arg%ts lays Dakota has enjoy* ed the loveliest spring weather for the last two months, JOHN TENNIEL, who has been connected with Punch as a cartoonist ever since 1851, has just celebrated his 65th birthday. ELECTRIFIED butter will soon be on tho market. A French patent has been obtain-, ed for a process of butter-making by elec­ tricity. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND selected a pew in Dr. Sunderland's church at Washington because the Doctor was his mother's pastor. THE youngest member of the New York Cotton Exchange is a lad of 15,' and the oldest a veteran of 82. The two are great friends. EL MAKKI, • rival of the False Prophet in the Soudan, is now said to be Larry Mackey, who used to keep a shoo store in Donegal, Ireland. PRINCE BISMABGK hi a regular sub­ scriber to the London Times for the rea­ son, as he says, that he wants to ronfl daily the same matter perused by the British no­ bility. THOMAS A. EDISON has bought a winter / dwsl!ing'hon*P «t Tort Meyers, Fk.