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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19
The Rull Fight Disaster.

Marscil!es, Aug. l9.-It now appears
that the disaster attending the bull fight
here on Sunday last resulted i'll the death
of 81 persons, and the wonalipg OF 3o6.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pAsTORA

Washington, Aug. l9.-The president
received sort OF ongratulatory pasto-
raj from; Archbishop Nerces. patriarch
of Armenia, in which he speaks tlatter-
ingly Of America.
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Executive Mansion, Aug. 19.-At the
invitation of Col. Rockwell, the commits
sioner of public buildings and grounds,
Col. Woring, and his assistant, from New
port, r. l.. acknowledged experts in san
itary matters, are now in the city for the
purpose OF making thorough exanlina-
ton of the sewerage and drainage OF the
executive mansion with the view of as
certaining what impro vemcnts are neces-
sary to put the house in perfect sani-
tary condition.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19
A Los. Aer,naut.

Marseilics, Aug. l9.-An aeronaut of
Annen.;cres aseended from Montpelier
Sunday and has not since been beard OF.
Ii is presumed he was lost ;,t sea.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19
THE BULLETINS.
AFTERNOON BULLETIN,

Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug.
l9-l2:3o p. m.-The presidents condi-
ton has perceptibly improved during
the last twenty-four hours. The parotla
swelling is evidently diminishing and it
has not panied him since last night. He
is taking to-day All increased quantity of
liquid food by the mouth which is rel
ished and produces no gastric irritation.
His pulse is now LOG; temperature 9s.s;
respiration II.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

London. Aug. l9.--In spite OF The :.,i-
vance Of the bank rate it is understood
some farther sums will be taken to New
York this week.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

The record of target practice for COM
petition for the department., quota OF the
Creedmoor team, is published in general
orders No. II, headquarters department
of Dakota, and it appears that at 200.
500 and 600 yards, thirty shots at each
range, Lieut.. J. NJ. T. Particle, fifth in-
fantry; Sergt. G. Pentley, company F,
seventeenth infantry; Lieut.. j. Chance,
seventeenth infantry; Sergt. E. Clyde,
company F, seventh cavaly, and Lieut..
G. Chynoweth, seventeenth infantry, are
the first five on the list, The average per
cent being respectively SO.22, 1855, 1857
74.44 and 1911. In this connection 1t is
remarked that the monthly average of
First Lieut.. F. A. Boutelle. first cavalry,
stationed in the department of Colum-
bia, for the month Of April, 1881, was at
ut 200 yards. 81 per cent; 500 yards 9S
per cent, and at 600 yards, 100 per cent,
fifty shots at each range. The last named
score is certainly quite extraordinary.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

Washington, Aug. 19.-Dr. Bliss says
Doctor Pomerine, of Ohio, who was the
surgeon of Gen. Garfeld's s regiment dur
ing the war, came here soon after the
president was shot, and asked to be ad-
mitted to the presidents room. Bliss
said he replied that it could not possibly
do the president any good to let Pome-
rine see him, and might do harm, but he
promised Pomerine to submit his request
to the other surgeons; that he did 80 and
they fatty refused assent to permitting
any visi. from Pomerine. DR.. Bliss re-
ported this decision to Pomerine. A day
or two later, says Bliss, DIR. Pomerine
went to the white house, went through
the reception room up stairs and slipped
into the presidents room while his sur
geons were all absent from the room ;
that while Pomerine was beside the pres
ident talking to him. DR.. Reyburn en-
tered the room and very peremptorily
invited Pomerine to leave. Bliss says
Pomerine sneaked into the presidents
room alter having been refused admis-
sion, and because he was turned out he
has since assailed the presidents sur
geons.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

Washington, August 19-At half past
one O'Clock the condition of the presi-
dent was better than at any time in the
past four days. There is an increase of
hopeful feeling in regard to his recoy-
cry. Pr .1,-1
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19
WHO is SHE?

The cranky woman at the white house
was hnndsome young woman, and gave
her name rs Mary Louise Remington,
554 Broadway, Brooklyn. She CAME from
Paris especially to cure the president.
She was sent to tho government insane.
asylum. Under Her bathing suit she
wore the costume of ballet dancer or
variety actress. She was not violent.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

ment more frequently and the quantity
is being gradually increased. The stom.
ach offers no resistance, and the attend
ing physicians express themselves as
highly gratided With the outlook. The
Inflammation Of the right parotid gland
is gradually subsiding.
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
Executive Mansion, Washington, Aug.
19-2:3O p. m.-Dr. Hamilton left on tile
2:10 p. m. train tor New York. Agnew is
expected tonight. Bliss says the patient
continues to improve. During l,e day
lie has had twenty ounces Of beef extract
administered by means of encmata, III
addition to sixteen ounces lof koumcr
and milk cruel taken naturally.
A FEMALE CRANK.
Executive Mansion, Aug. l9-Early
this morning u young woman appeared
at the entrance OF the executive mans:on
grounds artircd in bathing suit, and
applied for admission, saying she must
see the president Immediately or he
would be dead in an hour. She had in
her possession q miniature saw aud vial
containing liquid. A curious crowd
gathered around the female. aud one OF
the guards informed her that ahp would
have to 60 with him, which she did a:te,
some parley.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-08-19

Oconto, Wis. August 17--Anson Ed.
WI wards saw mill burned. Loss, lOO,-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09
Confederate Bonds.

A southern senator who processes to be
well informed on the subject gives the fol-
lowing explanation of the recent speculative
movement in Confederate bonds He says
that the object of these recent purchases is
to get the coupons maturing on July /, 1865,
with the bonds attached as vouchers The
interest upon these bonds was paid by the
Confederate Government from funds alleged
to be in the Bank of England on January l,
1866. The rebellion collapsed the following
April; consequently the July coupons when
due were not presented for payment, My
informant says that a combination of Eng
lish operators have made arrangements for
the payment of the full face value of these
coupons from the fund on deposit, and are
now having them cashed for their face value
on presentation. Hence the demand for the
bonds. Not being able to purchase them
secretly, owing to the fact that the holders
are widely scattered and the bonds them.
selves out of remembrance, they have ap-
pealed to the public by advertisement.
Washington bankers say that the dispatch
from England declaring that no such funds
exist and that there was no purpose of cash
ing the coupons, was sent in the interest of
the clique The United States treasury, it is
said, holds a very large amount Of these
bonds, representing many millions of dollars,
and the government has had offers for what
ever amount it has of the class specified.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09
A War "Reminiscences.

The sack of -four that was sold so many
times on the Pacific slope for the benefit of
the sanitary commission is still preserved.
The work Of this famous sack began with
the payment Of an election bet. r. C. Grid
ley of Austin, New, in April, 1854, made a
bet with friend on a local election, the
loser to carry bag of flour on his shoulder
for certain distance. Gridley lost, and
on the Goth of the month paid the bet by
carrying this -four sack, ornamented with
ribbons and flags while band played John
Browns Body, as he was democrat. There
were great number of people present, and
when the end of the journey was reached
Gridley proposed that the flour be turned to
account for the sanitary commission. Some
body present suggested that it be made into
cakes and sold, but Gridley declared that
the whole bag should be put up at auction
with the understanding that the purchaser
return it to be sold again. Gridley himself
was the first purchaser, at $500, and after
that it was sold again and again to those
present. From this beginning there came
kind of rage for buying that flour sack, and
Gridley went about from one town to another
selling it until he had sent to the commits
sion over 100000. Gridley kept the sack
as long as he lived, and since his death it
has been preserved by his family, and it is
reported that the widow and children of the
man who did so much are now suffering from
actual want.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

PLAINFIELD.-Rev Mr.. Swinnerton OF Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, preached In the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday, and Is to preach there
next Sunday. He was liked very much by those
that heard him. Alterations are being made in
the Congregational meeting house, In the pulpit
platform and for the singers to sit near the pulpit
1.-THE Ladies' Aid Society is to have social
visit at the residence Of o. L. Hoyt, ESD, on We'd
nesday evening OF this week Invitation is ex-
tended to all who wish to attend. :. Last Satur-
day, while some boys were at play, one OF them
accidentally threw block Of wood and broke
leg Of Charles Bean, a lad some fourteen years
old, son OF Harrison Bean. :. Mention was made
last week OF the sickness OF young son of Hon.
W. S. Martin. He is still very sick and but little
hopes entertained Of his recovery. e. Old Mr.
Yaw is very sick with softening OF the brain, and
1t Is thought cannot live many days, and his wife
Ia dangerously sick with gastric fever at Walden.
Cora, daughter of +. L. Yaw Is also sick with
fever Last Saturday Mr.. George Kelton OF
North Montpelier village, while assisting in rails
ing barn for L. Pray, fell from the high beams
to the cellar and was picked up for dead. but re-
vived and has escaped without any broken bones,
but with some severe bruises. When Mr.. Kelton
was hurt messenger came for DIR. Lazee, who
was not at home, and his son Willie jumped upon
a horse to go for the doctor, and when he had
ridden about mile the horse dropped dead under
him 1t was a horse twenty-five years old and
the doctor had driven 1t for many years. There
will be church meeting in the Universalist
church on Saturday evening, November u, at
half past six o'clock. 1t is hoped that all inter
ested in having preaching there will be present.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

HARDwICK.-The selectmen are building the
road to the new depot. 1t is located on the east
side and adjoining the town house lot. :. Mrs
Martha M. Woodbury. has placed a fine set OF
granite curbing around her lot In the new CEN.
etery at this place. Mack & Wheeler did the
work. This section was treated to its first bap-
tism OF snow this season on Thursday night and
Friday last. Eight inches of snow was reported
on the high lands in some localities, but only
about two inches lay upon the ground at any one
time at this place 1t has mostly disappeared.
Mrs. Hutchinson Of Dinville. an aged lady visit
ing friends in this place, suffered fall in the
church on Saturday, October Goth, and broke her
hip. She was in the act of stepping down into
the vestry from the entry at the time of the ac-
cident. She is now at the residence of L. d.
Hathaway, Esq. She is quite comfortable, but it is
thought she cannot fully recover. IA. NJ Wood
bury and family have gone to Lexington, Massa-
chusetts, and Benjamin Smith has moved into
Woodburys vacated residence. M. R. McCrillis
has repaired the brick basement of the Britain
house inside, and fitted it up for his harness shop
and business. lie also occupies the house as
residence. ....J. W. Bailey has sold his house and
water privilege at Mackville to Tucker & Bridg-
man for $500. This purchase gives them COM
pete control of the fine water power at that place
The numbering business is booming again this
season, thousands Of logs are being cut in the
lumber districts. John Bridgman Esq, Of this
place has sold from one to two hundred thousand
feet standing, alongside the Buffalo road at
~ 30 per thousand Some mill owners will prob
ably not stock their mills heavily last year,
owing to the lack OF railroad transportation and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09
Bankrupt Law.

A draft of a proposed bankrupt law has
been prepared by Mr.. c. G. Bonney OF Chi
cago, which has the great merits of brevity,
comprehensiveness, and freedom from def.
nitions aud elaborate statements of princi-
Piles which have been already made familiar
to every lawyer in the decisions of the
courts. 1t contains only nine sections, and
would occupy not much more than half a
column of this paper. 1t gives to the district
court equity jurisdiction in cases of bank
ruptcy, provides for voluntary and involun-
taTy proceedings, for the discharge of honest
debtors, and for constant supervision of the
proceedings by the circuit judge and the
associate justice of the supreme court
assigned to the circuit. 1t does not provide
any new Judicial procedure nor any new
officers, but retains the familiar practice and
the existing tribunals. The administrative
work, which, under the late bankrupt law
was done by registers in bankruptcy, is by
this bill assigned to masters in chancery.
II does little more in fact than TO give to the
district court jurisdiction in bankruptcy.
The simplicity of Mr.. Bonney's bill has
great attractions.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09
Educational Matters.

The frequent notice of educational meet
ings in different parts Of the state and the
accounts of the organization Of town and
county teachers associations indicate the
beginning of much needed revival Of in
terest in educational matters. A teachers
institute for Caledonia county was held in
st. Johnsbury last week which was largely
attended by the teachers and by the general
public. Superintendent Dart, Professor
Northend of Connecticut, Principals Fuller
Of st. Johnsbury academy and Conant of
johnson normal school, Miss Guernsey of
Underhill, and Miss Markham of st. Johns
bury high school, were among the leading
teachers present who took an active part in
the work of making the institute, which
continued through three days, practical and
profitable to the teachers in attendance.
In point of attendance, interest manifested
and the character of the exercises, this
gathering seems to be the most notable Of
any that have yet been held. 1t is expected
that the Washington County Association of
Teachers and School Officers will hold its
second regular meeting in few weeks.
The executive committee is undoubtedly
giving the matter its careful attention.
1t is possible that valuable hint or two
may be gathered from this st. Johnsbury
meeting and it would seem to be in
the interest of a successful and profitable
meeting of that association that their plans |
be perfected at an early day and the topics
for discussion published for the benefit of
all persons interested, or who may be inter |
ested. The roll of the towns in the county |
should be called at that meeting, the at |
tendance from each town noted, and the |
number of towns maintaining a teachers
association ascertained, for the purpose of
securing a more effective and more gen.
eral organization of the county educational
machinery. According to the last report of
the state superintendent of education there
are two hundred sixteen common schools in
Washington county About ten per cent
Of this number attended the meeting at
Middlesex in September, altogether too
small percentage. When the next meeting
is held the teachers of these schools will all
be engaged, presumably, in their winters
work and the officers of the association
should make an effort both to get them out
and to ensure meeting so interesting that
no subsequent drumming" will be re-
CURED to secure their attendance.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

THE NEWARK DEFALcATIoN. The total
amount of the defalcation of Cashier Bald
win of the Newark, New Jersey, Mechanics
National Bank, is not quite as large as was
reported last week. The state bank exam
liner thinks it will not exceed one and half
millions, but this is stupendous and un-
heard of amount. During the past week
Henry b. Marchbank, former clerk in the
bank, has been arrested for embezzling $780,
900, and it is known that there has been
robbery by one or two other clerks Of the
bank,-in short, it was rotten from top to
bottom, and must have gone pieces long ago
had the directors done their duty. The
mode of procedure was like that pursued by
Waite in Brattleboro bank operations, the
difference beng only in the extent of them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

THE following incident, narrated by the
Boston Journal, conveys valuable hint as
to the management of close-fsted congrega-
tions: "a good clergyman recently went
out to preach in town upon this coast, and
after an able discourse upon certain worthy
charity and the blessedness of alms-giving,
passed the contribution boxes about the
house of worship. They came back to the
pulpit with little in them to speak of, as the
preacher discovered by sly cast of his eye
in their direction. He thereupon recalled
the deacons who had carried the boxes
about, and saying, Brethren, we have not
been very successful this time; think we
will try it again., directed that they should
afford another opportunity for offerings.
This time the occasion was well improved
and the boxes were comfortably filed"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

WmTTIER's BoYHooD.-Mr. Whittier
has written this little letter to a child in
Pennsylvania who asked him how he spent
his days In boyhood: al think at the age
OF which thy note inquiries / found about
equal satisfaction in our rural home, with
the shifting panorama of the seasons, in
reading the few books within my reach and
dreaming of something wonderful and grand
somewhere in the future. Neither change
nor loss had then made me realize the I'M
certainty of all earthly things. felt secure
in my mothers love, and dreamed of los
ing nothing and gaining much. Look
ing back now, my chief satisfaction is that
1 loved and obeyed my parents, and tried to
make them happy by trying to be good.
That did not succeed in all respects, that
fell very far short of my good intentions,
was frequent cause of sorrow. 1 had at
that time very great thirst for knowledge
and little means to crafty it. The beauty
Of outward nature early impressed me, and
the moral and spiritual beauty of the holy
lives l read of in the Bible and other good
books also affected me with sense of my
own falling short and longing for better
state. With every good wish for thee, am
thy sincere friend John G. Whittier"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

In MEMORY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT
President Guzman Blanco, who during the
prostration of the late President Garfield
manifested directly, and through the Ven-
ezuelan minister, Senior Camacho, the most
lively interest for his recovery, as soon as
the news of his death reached Caracas, the
capital of Venezuela, ordered by decree
on the fourteenth of October last public
duelo, or mourning ceremonies, to the MEM
ory of our late president. The decree spoke
of him as one "whose valorous struggle and
painful vicissitudes were followed by man.
kind with anxiety and increasing admira.
tion." Five guns announced the news, and
twenty-five minute-guns completed the
presidential salute. During ten days the
national flag was displayed at half.mast
upon all the public buildings, and the ma
tional employees wore Grape, and all the
members of the cabinet went in a body to
pay visit of coincidence to the minister
resident of the United States at Caracas.
The decree was published in an extra mum.
Der of the official newspaper, La Gdcetd, as
a proof of the esteem of Venezuela "for her
great friend, sister and model"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09

COMPOSITION OF BEER.--The Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue has been inquir-
ing whether the New York brewers are in
the habit of reporting on the regular forms
the materials, other than malt and hops,
which they use, and he finds that many have
not. One brewery showed the use in a
month of ll,l30 bushels of malt, no hops,
and 3,046 bushels of corn meal. At one
brewery, where the returns to the collector
showed the use malt and hops only, investi-
cation revealed that for every ninety-six
bushels of malt there were used 500
pounds of coraline. Another large brewery,
which reported only hops and malt as used,
really manufactured their beer in the follow
ing proportions Malt, 1890 bushels corn,
26,30O pounds; glucose, 5000 pounds. An
other establishment used malt, hops, corn
meal and rice, the proportion of malt and
meal being fifty bushels of corn-meal to $50
bushels Of malt. The last brewery examined
had just abandoned the use of glucose. The
practice had been to use 600 pounds of glu-
cose to every 1876 bushels of malt.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-09
Ingers0Il.

The Burlington Hawteye sayso Mr.. Rob
ert Ingersoll's recent article: In treating
these great problems Of life Mr.. Ingersoll
has fascinating and plausible way Of stat
ing things, but they certainly are as unphil-
osophical as they are untenable. Water
always runs down HILL says Mr.. Ingersoll.
But IL does not. Sometimes it runs up hill,
and we call it capillary attraction between
the particles Of mobile matter and the inner
matter of the tube in which the fluid rises.
Mr.. Ingersoll would explain it by saying
that the fluid rises because il rises That
is certainly childlike and simple, but IL is
hardly in keeping with the role of philoso-
pher who proposes to dethrone God--the
God who is the designer and creator of the
universe. We not only find that Mr. lnger-
soil is mistaken in asserting water always
runs down HILL but there is wonderful pro.
cess Of nature that exceeds even capillary
action. The life-bearing sap ascends the
tree and carries with it nourishment that
sustains and enlarges the plant. The tree
has system of water works that actually
extends its own water mains. This phe-
nomena, we are told by Mr.. Ingersoll, hap
pens because it happens If that is not SUI
perstition that eclipses anything of the kind
so vehemently denounced by him, we do not
know what superstition is. Its genesis is
clearly traceable to the pagan belief that
the world is great plane resting upon the
backs of four mighty oxen, and the oxen
rest upon great elephant. What the ele-
plant rests upon the pagan belief failed to
state. Mr.. Ingersoll goes one step further
aud affirms that the elephant rests upon
himself"