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Guiteau's Trial Commences.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-At ten O'Clock
Judge Cox entered the Criminal Court room,
and the Court was declared formally opened
by the crer. Immed lateIy after Guteau was
brought in by the Marshal and his deputies.
He looked much better physically and other
wise than when he last appeared to plead to
the Indictment, still he had the same restless,
turtive expression which characterized him
before. He was at once relieved of his haad-
cuffs and TOOK lis seat beside his sister, Mrs.
Scovie.
The c~lt room was crowded. District
Attt rney Corkh 4, Ptrlel, OF New Yerk, aud
Davidge, of Washington. appeared for the
prosecution. Scoville and Leigh Roainsen
for the defense. S-n tn was present to repre-
sent the Attorney, ,GAt.eral. Que OF Guit"aus
first moves was to thrust his hand into one Of
his pockets and La take out a roll of paper.
Scoville, however, in dumb play, ordered him
to put it back and lie did so. Then The Dis
trict Attorney declared the readiness of the
prosecution to proceed with the case. Robin
son Jt.en arose ami made a plea for still more
time to procure wi ncssta for the defense,
which appeared not to meet The approval of
Guiteau. All the time Robinson va. speak
ing Guiteau was carrying on what appeared
to be remonstrance with Scoyille, who was
apparently trying to quiet and suppre3 - hiin.
At the close OF Robnsons speech, Guiteau
insisted on being heard. He said he was
not aware that a postponement was
| 70 la fa1 10 SnSjrhA n htl 1p arb i'm
his own behalf at the very threshold OF the
case. SO far as he was concerned he did not
want further time. He was ready 10 try he
case now. Owing to the opposition of SEQ
vile and the prisoner to the application Of
Robinson for an extension of time, the court
stated for the present tho case s-ioud pro-
ceeL as far at least as the swrIrl { Of the Jury
was concerned and he then would CONSIDER
Tie question.
About IL o'cl>rl the work OF obtaining
iu;ymen be2an. TIE ;Lrsc presrured being
disqualified, two ou t., grouni they hau
other Oh the rruuid tla' hu mad rviI>r., il
lious srrupIes o. The ST ct Il capt.. ,.,r-
shmant. Iu examining tna Jury men >"9-
vlc went over a lays4 g,GSe of ques,.ous IS
10 religious and pol"jr4l ballet.
Five Jurors haze been obtained and sworn
IN. Tnrjr usnt.s and o..o,atiYn are as fol-
loas: john II. H4.ii, RESTAURANT keeper
E,,J. Y. Eraude,tb.r%. -,e,,>l uahcr; Cnrs
F a. s. warl, four aud fee,, dealer Houry j
Bright, retired tr1m H,,,,. -; /. o.. !
I,,nnI,,,- rIO.ar.
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carrier opened the box and read the address
on the envelope. 1t was agreed that if the
carrier found a letter addressed to Mr..
Gould the carrier was to raise his hat and tue
detective was to arrest the person who had
dropped it. At three p. m. tall well-dressed
man of 60 years dropped letter addressed to
Gould into the box at 3Sth street and 7th
avenue. He was arrested at once and taken
to the police headquarters, where he admitted
his guilt. He gave his address as J. Howard
eller, 364 9th avenue. He would not give
any further information about himself, and
it was afterwards ascertained that the address
given in fifth avenue was not his present res
dence, though he had at one time boarded
there. He was so much distressed by his al
rest that he wa, watched closely tonight for
fear that he might commit suicide. 1t was
said tonight that Gould would prosecute
Weller,
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About the Trial Of Guiteau.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-Tle HeralTs
Washington special says: Guiteau's trial be-
ginning tomorrow will be long one. The
many perplexing points relating to the conf
potency of witnesses, qualification of jurors
and admissibiity of evidence cannot be too
hastily disposed Of Guiteau in his speech
will insist on having General Hernkle ap-
pointed as additional counsel to assist in his
defense. This he will do upon the assurance
of General Crocker, warden of the Jail, that
dernkle is a capital juryalawyer, and good
speaker and administration man. At t e
Jail to-day his sister was deeply affected by
| the appearance of her brother, whom she
had hot seen since the autumn of '7G. Tie
| prisoner, though pleased by the visit, did not
manitesr any unusual indications Of iov. In
fact he exhibited but little emotion, aud ap-
peared uDsco sciOus Of the fact that his rels-
tives were there in obedience to the demands
| OF duty. His conduct and manner then were
nothing different from what has been notice
able upon the visits of Scovilie. The party
| were with Guitedu LWo hours. lhelf con
velsation related to family affairs and wa
principally of a personal nature. The pris
sner, however, would talk about ditleren
mat ers. At times he laughed, but geLerally
he was calm though earnest in his manner
and emphatic in his utterances. When asked
by his sister about the shooting he said: "Th'
lord did it tor me-
As DR.. Mcdonald was examining this pris
oner when the party reached the Jail, Guiteal
referred to the experts WHO had visited him
lie said: "All these experts are satisfied tha
this was the act of the Lord and they will
rot testify against me in Court. They al
will 60 away satisfied with the act of Til
Lore, and as it was His act tley dare not ties
.ify AGAINST the Lord.'
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BUTTE. MONTANA: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1881.

terry, veteran cadets and Soldiers and Sailors
Union, started at II o'clock for the cemetery.
Arriving at the spot set apart for the oak the
exercises began by an air frena the military
band, followed by war song by the Schwab-
lscfer Saengerbund and an English oration
by Col. Lewis r. Stegman, the newly-eiected
sheriff. The planting OF the oak was accom-
panied by salute of twenty-o e guns.
Then followed German Grafton by Herr
Thomann and the ceremonies ended with
dirge. Tie throng Of spectators was i'm
mense and the deepest interest was mauifes:-
ed in the proceedings. The members of the
various societies wore badges bearing the
words, ave Mourn Our Loss" All were
dressed in uniform. Col. Stegman ia his ad-
dress traced the careers of Lincoln aud Gar
field aud showed how much alike they were,
and how from humble heginnings they had
risen to become leaders of the great Ameri-
can nation.
MERIDEN, Miss, Nov. 12.-The correct
story Of the shooting at the polls is that while
the State election was progressing at Marion,
having just voted, was insulted by negro at
the polls. Barrett raised his arm, to resent it
with a blow; some say he drew stick on
the negro, but before he could strike, Frank
! Johnson shot him in the neck, severing the
jugular vein and killing him instantly. Geo.
johnson (colored), formerly slave of Bar
rett ran up to defend his old master. and was
shot by negro, and lie died to-day. Cen
eral shooting among the negroes commented
the whites being al nnarmed. JEFF Segals, a
Gillespie. Vance Segars was wounded anC
is expected to die. Alex Harveys, Demo
cratic candidate tor County Assessor
while fifty yards from the scene, was rushe,
upon by the negroes and killed, being sho
through the head. He was shot in the face
by Frank johnson after he was dead. Jane
Hodges, (whitc) was wounded in the hand
The negroes doing the shooting were Giles
pie, Frank Johnston, Allen Brown and Mar
tin Malone. They were from an ther pre-
cinct. Will Vine, (white) Republican,
said to have given the order to the negroes t
begin firing. AS soon as the rews reache
Merden, six miles distant, great exciten,en
was manifested. The Sherif1"s experieuc
with them have been detailed already. Sew
eral rioLers have been captured and jailed. l
circus is in town to-day, and the streets ar
crowded with peaceable negroes. The fusion
ists' docrine for the negroes to carry pistols
the polls was the cause Of the distu banc,
Vance's house was the headquarters Of tn
white Republicans.
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The Trial of GuiJteau.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The trial Of
Guitteau will be begun Tomorrow ia the
Criminal Court. Arrangements are perfect
ed 10 seat all the spectators allowed in the
court room. No lounging is permitted in
the aisies or corridors. John W. Guitteau,
brother. and his sister, Mrs. Scoyille, visit
ed their bl other at the Jail this afternoon.
The prisoner betrayed 10 unusual emotion
at the meeting, and after exchanging saluta-
,ions began the old story of the causes which
pr0mpted him to commit the crime. He ex-
pressed no regret for the action, but repeated
his previous story about 'being inspired by
God" George W. Scovllle, Guitteau's coun-
sci. STATED this evening his client had ia
sisted that it should be his prerogative to
make A stat -ment in the Court tomorrow
| and that Gllitteau has been engaged the past
| ten DAYS in preparing document setting
| forth his views, which he will pr0b@biy pro
duce as soon as the Court "opens to-morr"W
| unless prevented by Judge Cox. ocovlIlf
said tonight it was not the Intention o
counsel 10 intrude tragcal objections il. sc
lecting witnesses. Ihey will eudsaYor t(
obi ain jury composed Of men capable o
rendering lair verdict after hearing the evl
dence, and who will not be carried away by
public camor against their convictions.
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WHOLE NO. 2S5.

general opinion is he is acting with that same
shrewdness with hich he planned the assas-
slnation, and his escape from the mob prompt
ed him to his line of conduct this morning
with view of backing up his plea OF insan-
ity by his actions. He was undoubtedly
much excited, especially when two policemen
seized him. He threw them off violently
and told them TO mind their own business.
He pI opposed to conduct his own case. The
course of Robinson, asso ciate counsel, in
asking for postponeiuent and for additional
counsel without consulting Scoville, his chief.
was commented on as unusual in tue prac-
tice. Scoville says snch proceeding is un-
heard of and that he will retire from the
case if Robinson is permitted such high
handed course. Scovllle was very indignant
in court and was only pacifed by the as
surance of the Judge that nothing should te
done without consulting him. The begin
ming of The trial was full of incidents and
excitement. 1 he panel was exhausted after
five jurors had been obtained, and at the
suggestion of the District Attorney an order
was issued for the drawing of seventy-fve
er at this point slowly rose and informed the
court that he would like to make speech to-
morrow morning, but he was ordered by the
court to take lis seat. He then passed his
manuscript speech 10 a newspaper man, but
before the latter could leave the court room
Scoville called him lack and com-
pelied him to return it. This raised the
| anger of the prisoner who exciledly dsclared
| he was not under the control of his counsel,
| that he was lawyer and knew law himself,
that W hen he wanted help he would ask for
il, and he desired his speech to be published
| for the purpose of influencing public opinion.
He was again silenced by the clerk, aud it
having been agreed the setting of the court
should be from 10 a. IN. to 3 p. N. daily al
lowing half An hoar for recess, the court ad-
iourned.
In the speech which Gutteau had pre-
pared Tor delivery iii court to-day he says he
is charged with numbering one James A.
Garfield. Nothing can be more absurd be-
cause General Garfield died of malpractice,
Gen. Garfield was good man but a weak
politician. Being President he was in posi-
tlon to do vast harm to the Republic, and he
was doing it by unwise use Of patronage, aud
the Lord and limseIt took the Responsibility
Of removing him; that his duty 80 the Lord
and to the American people overcame his
personal feelings towards Gen. Garfield and
he sought to remove him. Not being q
marksrnan Gen. Garfield was not fatally
shot, hut incOmDetent nhys ioi,ps fi,;slol a. .
work and they, not himself, are responsible
for his death. He then speaks of the breach
in the Republican party and his resolve 10 re.
) move the President and claims the deity or
dered him TO fire the shot. He refers to hi.
work on theology; insanity in his family
his married life aud his life in prison, a.d ap.
peais to those whom he says he has
put IN position and to the general public tc
send him money for his defense.
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The Brahnln.

fhe Brahmin, says DR.. Sc.ddsr, has intel
fnally no superior. No man can mln&te
leh with them a I'd not have his wits sharp
ID. They are the learned meh ofthe ccun-
!. The SancrIt. .squeen OF languages is
Fir native tongue, and its vast literature has
.en their field OF mental training. The bIah-
is almost white, wor derfulIy neat, begins
|ry day in the water tanA, eats no animal
fd, believing that if be does he shall pass
Eough as many transmigraLious as there are
ms on the animal of which he eats. Pays
fly, these psople are of splendid form, ma
Vic heads and carry themselves grardiy.
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Tue French Cabinet.

PARIS, Nov. I4.-Gam5e,ts this morning
-n'nunced 10 President GIevy the definite
formation OF ii: cabinet. It, is confirmed
hat d. Frey Will mt ente- the minlsry "
..a& consequently Gambetta has renonnced
the idea 81 assuming the presidency of the
ministry " ithout he portfolio, and will him.
seli take the portf,lo oi foreign affairs. THE
ns" ministry viii be Sazttred Tomorrow.
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Chicago's New Rival,

CHICAGO, Nov. l1.--At Crown Point
Lake county, Indiana to-day, one Of the
largest real estate transfers ever made in this
section OF fhe cUiiIltry was rec, rded. Mrs.
Caroline Forsyth and her husband, Jacob
rorsyt3, signed warlsI.tee Geed 10 an 5000
acre tract OF i&nd e"ned 10y them, located at
Sheftjeld, Lake county, and bortering on the
Illinois line at the foot Of Lake MicHgan.
and about fourteen miles f.rm Chicago.
This is W ere The new city Of East Chicago
is 10 be located and is also the terminal
point of the Belt Line railroad. FORSYTH re-
ceives 81 100000 for his property, and $685.
334 was paid to-day. The rest comes due in
one, two, three, four and five years. in equal
annual instruments. He made his deed to
William ". Green, OF Ne. Jersey, who i'm
mediately gave warrantee deed to the East
Chicago improvement company, considera-
| ton S3,GOO,000. This company has recently
formed a coalition with the Belt Line COM
pahy. The capital stock of the combined
company is $4,000, ,O0o, and is already placed,
mostly abroad. Alexander u Greeu OF New
ork. are the financial agents OF the enter
prise. The intention is to build a great city
on this site, which is ADM. ably adapted to
the purpose.
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WAsnINGTON, NV. IL Judge Folger to-
daH assumed the duties OF Secretary of the
Treasury. EX->ecre:l"E WinGom turned
over to his sncc. ssor certain keys which are
ai0a,s kept ,'y lie secretary, and babe him
good-hye. WiudoIu vas considerably affected
anl rrnl,rNrd lti.a."Iy Dhu 1m,>e chauges re-
v!vrd sad inr,u"..eo Vi liz pas sunu.er. He
lrty the drpG."o..t III company Will Senator
Ferry, vi i iciu.&a.
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AN OLD VICTIM.

NIB. Should not have an opportunity
within six days, will surely DO SO TIE FIRST
opportunity that occurs.
Gould gave the letter to lis broker, wash
inot,n T.. Connor, and directed every effort
tn he made 10 find the writer and punish him.
Copnor gave the letter 70 Inspector Byrne, oi
the detective force, and they began devlsins
means to capture The rogue. Personals we've
inserted in newspapers which drew from the
unknown writer number OF other letters III
which he by turns threatened Gould anu IN
pIoled him to help him win back some huh-
dreds of thousands which lie Claimed 10 nave
| ,ost !, stock specrllatious. He sent Could
krv hy which personals could be p0Oilsheo
ucirp ciuEer words in the place OF tie names
of stock and by which Gould could give nm
Information Oh which he couid speculate
safely. Following this key, The inspector
and Mr.. Cnut4ur kcLt up CoifGspo1uehSt
| Will, lh. bIackmailer until To-day. MrAli-
while it was discovered that all iGticlS Sent
bv the blackmaIar passed through ; Anon -
34th street and Sth avenue, ard plan was
formed to capture him. The Postmaster aid
Postmaster General were consulted, and hity
carriers in citizens dress were placed al ths
dispos Il of Inspector ByrIcs today I'D
carriers assembled at Station L at an early
hour tins morning and were then 1rSy Dy
suall number of detectives. Soon ait rWU' 1
each of the 30 letter boxes in the district wer
watched be detective ami carrier. W he
ever person dropped a letter in the box tn'
detective kept watch OIL the person until Il"
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Farming in Dakota.

the Brooklyn Eagle.
"a sir,n resumed the Dakota man, as
lroyd of agriculturists drew back from
ar and seated themselves around little
"Yes, sir, we do things on rather a
Ia scale. I've seen man on one of our
srns start out in the spring AMI plow a
pn, furrow until fall. Then he turned
H and harvested back"
Garry his grub with him ?" asked Brook
fsrmer, who raises cabbages on the out.
10. sir, they follow him up with steam
and have relays of men to change
l. for him. We have some big farms up
gentlemen. 4 friend of mine owned
bn which ue had to give mortgage, and
lce YOU my word, the mortgage was due
me end before they could get it recorded
% other. You see it was laid OFT in
bties.'
are was murmur of astonishment, and
Dakota man continued
GOT a letter from a man who lives III my
ard, lust before / left home, and it had
lust three we, ks letting to the dweI~
house, though it travelled both day and
t."
Distances are pretty wide up there, aln't
?" inquired a New Utrecht asricult'r
Eeasonably, reasonably" replied the Da-
man. "And the worst of it is, it breaks
smllies so. rwo years ago saw awhole
y prostrAtel with grief. Women yell
childreu bowiing and dogs barking. One
| J; meu had his camp track packed on
/ II lo,u-mule teams, and he was around
i ia. every body good-bye.'
SDerc was lie going ?" asked GraVesend
He was going half way across the farm tt
tie pigs" replied the Dakota mau.
DiI he ever get back TO his family"
b lsll'I time for him yet," returned The
{ota gentleman. "Upthere we send youn!
red couples to milk the COWS, and thei
dren bring home the milk"
/ understand you have very fine mines N
vay." yenturrd Jamaica turn'p plant
Ees, but we only use the quartz tor fent
|" said the Dakova man, testing the blad
bls knife vita his thumb, preparatory t
biting it Oh his boot. "lt wouldn't pay t
Bin it, because we can make more mohf'
wheat. l put in $500 townships of whes
! SPRING"
How many acres would that be ?''
I've don't count by acres. We count b
nshiIs and counties. My yield was SOS
loco on whsat alone, and Pm thinking {
liking up from eighty to hundred MOI
mites next season."
How do you get The help for such eXtti
operations ?" asked Ins New UtrccL
Oh, labor is cheap" replied the Dako'
b. You can get all you want for fro
to SAT day. In fact, never paid oy'
l."
Us land cheap"
fNo, land is high. Not that it costs an.
pg, fer it don't; but under the laws OF I'll
fritory you have got to take 50 much
be. was in luck. Had friend at AM
who got bill through the legislatul
pwing me to take 10000 square mile
ich is the smallest farm there, though
Look here,' said. the barkeeper, as II
stern husbandmsn strolled out i'll bunt
consider the last statement. sis all tn
ng you've been telling true?"
fCertainly," responded the Western maj
least it is modification Of what l saw
pakota paper that was wrapped around
II Of shoes last night. l didn't dare put
strong as the paper did, for no one won
ieve it. You can slate that last round
nks and I'll pay in the morning. L Ii
lt here on Myrtle avenue"
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Anorhar Walking Match.

REw York, Nov. l2.-John DoOler, OF
eago, and Charles Roweil, OF England.
aOsited the preliminary stake OF 500 each
atwenty-six-hou Sa)king match, TO take
zee at Chicago, Nov. Doth
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AIaxnudria Affairs.

The trains OH the railroads leading to this city
are still delayed by the heavy drifts of snow In the
cuts along tine lines.
The horned coloTed man is attracting good
deal Of attention III this city.
Midnight services were held in all the Methodist
churches in this city last night.
The Christmas celebution of the u. F. Church
took place last night at SaTepta Hall
Captain Wesley Davis. who 50 badly frost
bitten last Wednesday night, IS improving.
The soup-horISe for the benefit of the poor will
commence operations today. and soup will be
given out rom the sun Engine House.
The time allowed by law for shooting cartridges
expired yesterday. Ii il feared the present cold
weather win prove the destruction of the birds.
George Williams. colored, was Frustrated by the
cold yesterday morning az the corner of Pitt and
King streets, and carried to his home, where he
soon recovered.
An old colorcd man named Kelly living IN en-
alley Henry between Queen and Princess streets,
was stricken with paralysis last Wednesday night
and died the following morning.
The ferry steamers suspended navigation Thurs
day evening about four o'clock from this end Of the
line when the City Of Washington started out, but,
after battling with the ice for some time, was COM
PEELED to return.
All in this cityare unanimous in the opinion that
the present severe weather has been the coolest
known in this latitude fog many years past, Ger
tanly since 1856 One of the oldest inhabitants Of
the city says that he had never known before this
year ice six inches thick to be gathered in Noven-
ber
Inc ice DIockade III INC TEcr - now compete
and as far the eye can reach, nothing but vast
field of ice upon which number of boys, dotted
here and there, are skating, can be seen. The
scene presented is q drcary one, and nearly every
branch OF business is affected by the suspension OF
navigation
The confirming and settling up the details of the
sale OF the Virginia Midland Railroad to the syndl-
cate creditors was completed in the Circuit Court
Yesterday There still in the hands of the re-
ceiver funds amounting To over 1890, not arising
from the sale OF the road for future distribution
among the holders Of bonds and labor supply, and
other claimant r- ElAy hereafter be adluINcaIed
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VIII Not Receive.

Adams, Mrs C. c., 9i7 Rhode Island avenue.
Bruce, Mrs. Senator.
Barnes Mrs J. J., 1433 street northwest,
Bohrer, Mrs. George ~, 1920 q street southeast.
Conger, Mrs. Frank B.
DunWO0dy Mrs. ". p, 30 Grant Place.
Dye, Mrs Colonel, Sd Eleventh street northwest.
D0nohue. Mrs. Dr., 1874 Eighth street northwest.
Drake, Mrs. Chief-Justicc, Pill G street north
west.
Dodge, Mrs J. R. 1886 Vermont avenue
Fassett, Mrs. S. NJ. 1flS street northwest.
Fenwick Mrs. r. ".
Fuller, Mrs. B. T., and her daughter Addie, SOC
Maryland avenue.
Ford, Mrs. Dr. C. NJ, Capitol Hill.
French. Mrs. J. L.. 30 street northwest.
Hart. Mrs. 4. w, 109 7 street.
Hamilton, Mss. l37 c street southeast.
Hosner Mrs and Miss Jessie.
johnson, Mrs. J. B.. Howard University Hill.
Lacey. Mrs. 4. P. COL street northwest.
McGill, Mrs. Thomas, Ills Ninth street north
west.
Massey, Mrs r. D., SOS Fifth street northwest.
Norton, Mrs. c. H. and Miss Norton, 1881 Q
street.
Nealy, Mrs Mary Z.
Patton, Miss Carrie R.. University Hill
Pool. Miss Mamie L. and Miss Mary J. McCabe,
4l3 VI street northwest.
PreSbrey, Mrs. Otis F.. 901 street northwest.
Reed Misses Bette and Minnie, %G2 u street
northwest.
Seaman, Mrs William Il
Tyner, Mrs. Assistant POstmaSterfieneral.
Wills, Mrs. II. H., 9Ol VI street northwest.
Wilkinson, MrS. y. c., 152G X street northwest.
Window. Mrs. Senator
Williams Ms George H, 1879 Rhode Island