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NUMBER 49,.

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Grant cnrrcc.s the notable abuses that
characterized his first term. and which
be partly confessed in his letter If ae-
ccrtaner. and nalrss the Republican
patty exhibits the purpose and ability
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of it's sr"nnhre's. amend the drpravcd
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Sasaci:y Of a Mare.
A CASE FOR DARWIN.

A remarkable instance of the sacaci.
ty Gs it not reason = of a horse has
(, come To our notice. Mr.. John Flctch.
or, OF Norwegian, owns an nnhmken
casns maze. which rams in n pasture
adjoining his house. The mare, which
is very Wild, has a r"it mt her side. a
Ew rights since, after Sir. Fletcher
had retired, he was aroused by the
masr roming to the window Of his
hnnsr, and tw paving. neishing, and
IN every way p"sslhle trying to get his
attention. This continuing for some
time, he so, mp and dove her away,
aud returned again |" bed hut she inn j.
m"diatcsy returned. and, IL possible,
increased, her Recommendations heagain
went out, when the mare came ny to
him an,Ht"hncd !rr n"se asai st lin,
"i'i"nsl always hrIo,e SHE lad been
very shy "i allowing any one to come
wihin reach OF her then IAN on n few
yards before him. continuing her neigh g
'n.; then, as lie did not lnilnw her. size
returned I" him, rubbing against him
in the most demons'lati,c manner.
he attempted to drive her OF, struck
her 9Th Il s,ick, mud following her II
lew yards to fri.hsen her away. As
s"pn, however, IFS hr tuned toward
he house she return ned and tried in ev-
cry way I" prevent him fran 80 doing,
He ti':n remarked that her colt was
n"l with her, in fact he haul not noticed r
j, before asst was qnite dark. 1t oc-
cu,Ectl To i'm tn follow her, which no
did. 81 s,ssn as size saw he was doing
80, she ran "i before him, stopping ey-
cry few yards, Tuning Ground to SEQ
that he WIS still following. Then
again rmOniug on keeping up her call
ing, until she reached a distant part Of
the field. where she stopped at an old
prospect hole" On coming mp with
her she again commenced rubbing
against bin. aud drew his attention to
he hole where he snon discovered tho
colt. II appears it had slipped into it
aud WAS unable to get ont, and tho
mare had taken this method uf obtain
ing assistance. Being unable to get it
ont alone, Mr.. Fletcher went for some
If his ncishbnis, and with them TO-
turned. While they were taking the
little fellow out the mare manifested
the mos, intense delight, aud seemed
beside I,r,sri wi,l, joy; and, after
~ai,l when the men had got sut of the
hole, she came to Mr.. Flr,clur r, and
placing her Hose Oh bis shoulder, nave
every sign of gratitude that human
mother might under similar circnm.
stances. WHO will say that the horse
does not reason7- Virginia City
Mountain.
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| QUESTIONS BY AN AB5ENT-MlNDED
MAN. - An absent-min(led man pro-
pounds these conundrums:
/ Did you ever write . letter to Il dead
relation, and only find your mistake out
when you wanted The address?
Did you ever stand for thrce-quartcrs
Of an hour before the glass Wondering
where OIL earth you had seen that face
before?
Did yon ever 60 OH singing the verse
Of hymn after the congregation had
finished some time?
Did youevcr light cigar with at,n-
pound note, and then stick tic lighted
end in your mouth?
Did you ever meet your father in the
street, and wonder for fifteen minutes
who that rum-looking old buffer was?
Did you ever run about until the per-
spiration trichled from your two brows
looking for rour pen and spcctacles, one
Of which WAS behind your ear and the
other on your forciicad2
Did YOU ever taEe up anybody else's:
change for your own?
Did you ever hang yourself over tho
back of chair in place Of your top
| coat?
Did you ever pay the printer in an
| absent mood?
And did you ever sprinkle your
Strawberries with salt, pocket the sil-
yer forks, drink cut Of your finger
glass. or scratch somebody else's back
for your own:
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Champagne.


patch has been interviewing III.
rhamlm.nr malnta!orirs, and thu,
.rSllrS over ,hr amber fluid, wl:icIl
! he calls the nectar of tEr Gods:
We shall! pass OVER tea nnI.rnt.
Tee until it gets cn.,!rr, and ,lrv.t.
now u few lines to ano,hrr M.vrr.
gc cal I'll champagne, - Win,
Which, like milk, gets mixed M
With some preparations before il
ran |" called genuine. The. only
difference between thea: mix re-.
nails milk : :,ntl good milk, too
if 1t sees no other preparations In,
hr natural nnrs ~ the cow; rl.an-
Im@Er, on he nllsr! hand, - much
like the eye I'll y pretty lass. Ii
wallis to- see Il pretty lad before it
srark!rs. Thus, also, ,lcn,a,;.ls uu,
e" inc some stimulus or other before
u may m justly called Imperial.
: Long lie to champagne and tn
HIM who drinks ii!' cries OF, en-
''nSI;,S' L. rep 'ltrr, who is Iu: Il ui
swin. that himself. AS he has
some none curinnS ideas abpui
champagne, we shall let him tall;
Tor 81 moment on his OWN account
IT'S we 10 not wiSl, iO take nrOu
ourselves The immrn>" responsible
ty Di his enthusiasm. Ilr,r lr is:
Every one vino knows Cham
payne loves it. lis name alone
:'a.nrS hap, mess Even temper
:''ire men strict temperance men
- r. kunwu l., lose their wrinkles
and to smile III the very sight Urit
1t :nakrs such sp!rn.l:.l lemonade,
anil that makes none :, renegade
And Wherein lies the cllain o!
King Champagne.
Is it in its clear and golden col
m?
Is it III its silver brilliant sparkle?
is: III it's perfume, in is "slol?
In It's taste so sweet, delicious Z?
1t is no,
Like an, other living substance
"n earth, thus Is also the spirit the
cSSc;cr 0t It's value. What gem.
me no''!rSS. is in comparison viii.
mrannrss, that, is c.:ampannr iii
comparison, with gin. N'io wom!,,
blink %! comparing Ha'Hu..S IRA
hu'os to 'lr half perry plrkwicks
If London? Gin rhr German raiIs
il tuS.l) CAUSES s:ul.!iratiun i;Iu.
'iri man calls IT s:"s".). All who
wiSt, I" attain The highest pinnacle
IF misery drink i,lS,'!. I'ho.sr DIES
j, on$!o Attaia the ri:pac!r ri E,et-
Ii,tent and earthly happiness II
least TIE sentiment Of i) devote
themselves 10 Clampasue (occn.
siGna ~.
Noble souls feel Interested in In:
Nv" beverages: Champagne an.'
'nSr'. One they love; the other
hey hate. Hatred and love in,m
he extremes OF our souls. All be-
tween shat is ,n,liil,rrrcr, he il
lager. soda, coffee, tea or temper.
ace. | ali, G.cyo.ri 10 CIyam-
n,.nr.
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V The Fip,,rl, ATE advised IT,
copy uar t &C institutions as TIE, "
rs they choose, but ate warned no.,
To Transplant that feature of on:
e iminal .iurisln u''cnce wtricl, con
swr,.s he treatment OF nu,slrrrSSr::.
That The warnin. is needed wu,;il
appear from the result uf Il recent
trial ut MarSril!eS. A .onng wu.
man named irua Glas, who is dies.
cril",l as Il magnificent brunette,
'la,l killed her Inver .,rcInS,' hr had
refused (" hay her Il gold watch.
Onr would think tlnat nothing less
than II California o; II New York
jury w"ui; he equal to slc!, aH
emergency; but it proved tl'at he
nhm who cluittr,l Mrs Fair at
San Francisco, anh those " il q
iaifu 10 c"hNlct FANNIE ilNuP III
Brooklyn, have their cnmprrrS in
France. The wnn,an WIS actually
found guilty. But to he crrali, at
the Mar>ci!leS jury hr It said tl;a;
they did not accept the rrc,cNt OF
rmoli"aal INSANITY" but put their
verdict on the g,onnd of "rNtrnu =
ting circumstance Well it WAS
doubtless very cXi,sprratin., the
ron,ui'acity Ut the lover in rcfus
ing To buy his intended IL go d
watch. Exchange.
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II y nrgt", vii" WIS suspected o.
snruI'itioasly mc'lsl'ing will. h S
ntistb rs frni:, hrirg caught in !,
Garden by snt,"',lisllt. non rlns>cd his
IL tcrtnrs b, raising lis eyes, cIaspi,g
his bands. aud ri"n>H exrl,mi. <
"Go",l Lord! this yc,r da,kry cant
Z" 'l"wh'r's 10 pay, any more, With.
ont being 'Inrbr,lr
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" MIR. Crrcry retires from, IN nm.
successful candidacy fur the Chief
office within the gift Of the Ant, lean
people III good company. He is not
II" first great man who WAS nnat!e to
!'ra; assmalI one. Nor is This all. lis
ha> made more than he has lost rs the
race and this can mt hc said for many
~ the greatest Of his predecessors il
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TREAT THE i.usAN MACHINE
/ GENTLy.-- he winding passage "a
Zee, it, l"n.Ih through whiri, the mni,,
pot ti"n at t!,r w.i>i:. ,,at,ri I'll the. =, y
TEN is discharged. is lined with IL mem
''ranr ns delicate Us six aud as >r,,S,.
tive rs Il network "f nerves can make
II. Neither cnusiiIa.i"n. ri'"lir. d,Hr
'h"ra, 81, >c"t'ry. 10 ANY 0ihci howe!
nntl,int, can be cured hr ni'u>in.
anh c"uvml>ing THIS tender nn.mlmnn,.
with Il ,uiinus pur. :uiv". III" best
and S,il st remedy in sHrIl rn>r> is That
mi'l im!s,n'c and delightful ;"u.c
laxasivc
farrlnt'S I.Ecrvcscent scitzcr hpcr;enl
which heals. ;":,cS aud invi.n,atrs the
ir.ilaIrd .,ntrSlinrs. while It ,clirv, :
them tr",S the m"thL hh,n"rs which
prnv"k" ai"inn!ual disease. Sold h,
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, 1872-10-23
SPORT1NG.

Tho Cnnabridges1aire StaKes-sTrotting
ut Lcxiugton--Ruse Ral1-.Tkaces ut
Baltimore.
LONDON England, Oct. 22.-The race fer the
Cambridgshire stakes took place to-day at New
Market. and was won by P1ayfair. Finisterre
second, and Pompadour third.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 22.-At DR.. Kerr's Colt
Show, this afternoon, about 200 porsons were
present. John Stout exhibited q chestnut fl1ey
year old. by Mambrino Patchen. dam by the
thoroughbred horse Mark Time. She was given
q two-mi1e trial, and trotted the first
mile in sos, and the second in 800, making
the two miles in GOT. This is the most wonder
full performance ever witnessed in the Blue
Grass region, aud, ne dare say, in America. We
never Baw such 8 displny Of speed as yet Of
Mambrino Patchen, full brother to Lady 1hor.e,
exhibited to-day.
New YonK, Oct. 22-Tho Bossons defeated the
Eckfords to-day by scora Of to 5.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22.-Base Da1l-Athletics,
6; Mutua1s, 8.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.-The races over Pamlico
Course commenced to-day, and we're we'll e.-
tended. The hurdle race for all ages, two niles.
wes won by Lochiel, beating TaInmany and
Blind Tom. Time, 3:391<.
The Dixie stakes for 3 year old, two miles, was
won by Hubbard, Joe Daniels second, True Blue
third.
Pimlico stakes, mile heats, for all ages.
Only two started. The rece WAS won by Tub
man distancing Fadladeep in second heat. Time,
1:47h 1881. The last race, three miles, for all
ages. was won easily b7 Monarchist, beating De-
fender and Flora McToon fifty to sixty yards.
Time, 60132.
, 1872-10-23
damaged BY fire to the extent OF 500, at hn1f-
past o'clock yesterday afternoon No insnr-
ance Cause unknown

damaged by fire to the extent of 500, at hnlf-
past s o'clock yesterday afternoon. No insnr-
ance. Cause unknown.
The two-story frarne building. No. 1415 Gold
street, owned by Cyrille Lebeau, md occupied
by John Hamilton and A. Fowler, caught fire st
z o'clock yesterday afternoon. The loss on
building md furniture amounts to S4O0; no in
aurance. Cause Of fre unknown.
The alarm of fire from Box 342, at half-past 9
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, was caused by the
burning of the frame cottages Nos % and Is
Bowery street, owned and occupied respectively
by Mrs. Ryan and Mre. Harrington The houses
were damaged to the extent Of $3.50 /; fully
insured in the Citizens, of Newark, and Girard
Of Philadelphia. Cause of fire unknown.
The barn of Hall g. Frost, at the corner Of
Sixtoonth and Batterfell streets, vas almost
entirely destroyed by fire at half-past o'clock
last evening, involving 3 loss Of about 3700. It
WIS insured in the Alps, Of Ohio North Mis-
souri, OF St. Louis Provincial, Of Canada and
Fairfield, Of Connecticut. There were several
horses and mules in the barn when the fire
broke ont, but they were all saved through the
ezertions Of Officers Bell and McKinty. One Of
tho animals was badly burned. The exact cause
Of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to
have been started by an incendiary.
The alarm from Box 81 at haIf-past s o'clock,
last evening, was cnused by tho breaking out OF
fire in the frame shed attached to J: 7. Scam
mons planning mill, nenr the corner of Twenty
ninth street and South Park avenue. Tho con-
tents Of the shed consisted Of seventeen horses,
5000 feet of ash, 1900 feat OF walnut, and
large quantity Of sashes, machinery, and farm
ing TOOLS The heavy wind which prevailed at
the time hastened the destruction Of the build
ing, which WIS accomplished SO rapidly that it
was with great difficulty that five horses were
saved. Mr. Scammon estimates his loss at
SIS, 900 no insurance.
, 1872-10-23
THE HORSE DISEASE.
Diagnosis of the MaIady-Fsta1 Gases
in Buffalo and ROchester-1ts Ap-
pearance in Brooklyn, Boston, and
other Eastern Cities.

Diagnosis of the MaIady-FEta1 Gases
in Buffalo and Rochester-Ets Ap-
pearance in BEooIklyn, Boston, and
other Eastern Cities.
Specia, Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 22.-The horse disease is
creating sensation here, as it has been discov-
cred that some OF the horses of the city have
been i'll for over week. Hendrie's truck sta.
bles have about rs on the sick list, and the street
railroad companies are named as sufferers,
though not as yet to such an extent as to inter-
fere with their operations. There ia great unea-
siness among the owners OF horses, as the dis
temper has made its way into the stables in evory
section of the town.
NEW YoRK, Oct. ga Rochester, n. Y,
which is now rigging with great fury among all
tho stables in Western New York. is e form Of
influonza, aud is claaeed by veterinary authori~
tief under three heads, viz: Catarrhal, rheun-
etic, and gaetro-erysipelatous. The form of the
disease which has made such havoc in that Vi
cinity, is Of q catarrhal character. It's FIRST no.
ticeab1e symptoms are iIow Of tears from the
eyes, watery discharge from the nose, and
general languor, followed by cough. There
has b. pbes been great dsy1statio1 among horses
proper treatment and imperfect knowledge
Of the disease, over three hundred cases have
proved fatal in the past twenty-four hours.
ROCHESTER,, \: Y, Oct. = 22.-The horse dis
in the city that are not affected. The street
railway company have suspended operations, Ill
their horses being sick. Tho livery stables
and the express companies have also suspend
ed. There is hardly horse to be seen in the
streets, and not farmers team is in sight
herenbouts.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 22.-The importation of
horses from Canada has been forbidden at this
port, On account Of the prevalence Of the horse
disease, which is reported to have made. it's ap-
pearance here.
NEW YonH, Oct. 22.-The disease has appeared
in the stables Of the Brooklyn City Railroad.
BosroS, Oct 22.-The horse disease has bro-
ken out in Boston.
BUFFALO, Oct 22.-The disease here has be-
come public calamity. Many branches Of busi-
ness have been entirely suspended for want OF
animals to do ordinary transportation. The
street railroads are running with half their usual
force, and expect to stop ii g day or two. The
omnibus companies have entirely suspended
business, all their horses being sick. The canal
aorsea have until today escaped but now tho
mercial men ara alarmed.
, 1872-10-23
MICHIGAN,
Soldiers and Sailors, Convention at
Lansing-Stabbi11s Affray.

S0lQlefS' anu Sa1l0FS' convention ct
MISUNDERSTANDING Affray.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct 22.-The Soldiers and
Sailors Convention met at Lansing yesterday,
William Shakespeare, Of the Kalamazoo Gazet:e,
being made President The business consisted
in the organization of the Soldiers and Sailors
League OF the State of Michigan, adopting 3
Constitution therefor, and passing resolutions
declaring the object Of the League. The Con-
stitution provides that any honorably discharged
soldier or sailor, or those now or hereafter in
service, may, without regard to rank,
become members OF the League,
and says the object Of the Association
is to induce Congress to make liberal provision
for tho orphans and widows Of deceased soldiers
and sailors, and for soldiers and sailors who are
disabled. The resolutions first call upon all SOL
diers and sailors, Of whatever rank, to unite and
cooperate with the league; secondly, declares
eternal fidelity to the Union; thirdly, disclaims
any intention Of forming new political party
fourthly, commendB the widows and orphans OF
the war to the protection and care Of their sur
wiring conrades; filthy, thanks Congress for
gathering the heroic dead in the National
for various specially severe disabfements
brought about while in the service. A vote Of
thanks TO Congressman Stoughton, Of this State,
GCA
to soldiers and sailors Of the late var, WAS passed.
The following Executive Committee was ap-
pointed Charles $. Aldrich, Eaton County; s.
q. Row, Ingham County J. o. Barnes, Living
ston County; S. Bangs, Calhoun County James
Mcknight, shiawassee County Jesse WyckoI,
Kent County; Morris Kimball, Jackson County;
G. s. Van PER-, Allegan County.
man named John Ryan was fatally stabbed
yesterday at the village Of Warren, in Macomb
County, by man named Cornell, who made his
escape, and has not been arrested. John Ryan,
his brother Charles, and Edward Mccullough
took stroll through the village after tea and
while on their way home about 1880 o'clock,
Charles Ryan removed the remnant of cigar
that he had been smoking from his mouth, and
carelessly tossed it over his shoulder into the
street. At this time Cornell and his cousin John
Malborie were driving along with a horse and
buggy, and the stub Of the cigar struck the latter
on the shoulder. High words ensued between the
Ryan, and then jumped into the buggy and left
for parts unknown. Malborie has been arrested