The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-14
THE GARFIELD TRACT AND IA.
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I've Interesting Iaeidents In Csnnee
tioa With the Noniaatisn OF tea
Gar1elA.

The New York Tribune publishes the
following communication:
There are two incidents attending
the nomination Of Gen. Garfield at Chic
ago. one OF which has not appeared In
print. The other Is related by Mr..
George w. Rose, who has been for some
years stenographer for Gen. Garfield.
During the generals absence this sum-
mer from Washington, Mr.. Rose Is &C.
cupying his residence, which. rs your
readers may know from the descriptions
that have been given Of 1t, is situated
on | and Thirteenth streets, fronting
Franklin park, one Of the most beauti-
full parks that ornament our city. On
the day Of the generals nomination for
president, and rs stated, at about the
very moment OF absolute time las the
signal service would say that the no.
mlnation was made. allowing for the
difference in longitude between here and
Chicago, a magnificent bald eagle, after
circling round the park, swooped down
and rested on the generals house. One
Of Mr.. Roses children was playing out
OF doors Mt the time. and ran in to call
the attention OF the family to this strik-
ing spectacle. Several OF the family
and Mr.. Rose himself went out and saw
the source Of the child's wonder. Be-
fore the eagle rose from It's strange perch
q dozen people noticed and commented
upon 1t. An old Roman would have
seen In this an augury OF the most in
spring character. But We Americans
are free from superstitions, and so 1t
was u mere coincidence
Among Gen. Garheld's friends at
Chicago was Maj. Swain, Of Fort
Leayenworth. Kansas, formerly on the
generals stan, and now an officer Of the
regular army, who helped to open and
arrange the telegraphic messages that
poured in after the nomination had
been made. The general got forty Or
fifty before he left the hall, and before
no slept ut night q thousand andmore had
come 10 him. When he was about leav-
ing the city he asked Maj. S. to assert
the dispatches, letters, ETC., that he had
received, destroy those that we're OF no
use, and classify those that were to be
kept. He emptied his pockets on the
table; and among the contents was a
bit of paper with printing on
II, the history Of which, as Maj. Swain
tells US, Is even more singular than the
perch in Washington.
As the general was On his way to the
convention OF that memorable Tuesday,
the 9Th Of June, naturally solicitous
about the p~rotracted and earnest strug-
gle In the convention, and wholly un-
suspecting the personal issue Of the day
to himself, one Of the hundreds OF people
on the streets who were thrusting ad-
vertisements, circulars, political squibs,
etc., into the hands OF passers-by gave
him q little piece Of paper, which lie
took mechanically, and abstractedly
glanced at. His eye caught "Acts w.,
g." upon 1t. His thought was, "Ohl
that is some one OF the Moody and San
key people," and without reading it,
and thinking he would not throw a
"Blble leaf' into the mud, he rolled 1t
and put it his pocket. BY and by,
as the congratulatory kilograms came
to him, he thrust them into the same
pocket, and when lie laid them before
the major this bit Of paper was with
them. When the major read it, it
struck him with such force that, in
stead of throwing 1t aside, he put IL in
the generals hat. And there 1t remain
ed, unnoticed by the general, and I'M
upon by Maj. Swain, till
the general reached home, and taking
OF his hat, for the first time read 1t, rs
follows:
This is the stone which was set ut
nought Of you builders, which is become
the head Of the corner. Neither Is there
salvation In any other; for there Is none
other name under heaven given among
men whereby we must be saved. Acts
iv., 11-12.