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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11
Heated Term Experiences.
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LITcHFIELD, Aug. 1st, 1881.
 De0r Jack At last Pm in Litchfield. Do not alarm yourself for you'll get no descrip- ton of it only how the undersigned lies awake nights. Franklin says, "when sleepless. get out of bed, beat snp and turn your pillow, shake the bed-clothes well, at least twenty shakes, then throw the bed open aud leave it to cool, in the meanwhile remaining undrest, walk about your chambek When cool return to bed and you will soon fall asleep" l say this doesn't work. beat my pillow till we shed tears and feathers together and got goose pimpled also I've worn off with my bare feet the heads of twenty carpet tacks more ambitious to display themselves than their fellows. Bed-clothes like Charity Pecksnih have sbeen shaken" Henry W and spec ulate about lying awake. Hesays ''sleep Hest in smoky cribs" Not always. or my lamp would do the business for me. never abuse boys either for being asleep. F
 You write, "Why think of nervous things at bed time2 Resolve to sleep and you will" Just let me give last nights experiences I saw a spectral cat run across the room, minus a tail and dragging maugled leg just as real cat ran over the kitchen floor in the morning after escaping from somebody's trap. Ghostly pussy vanishes and ''resolve to sleep" ...
 Positively will not, as Dickens says, ''lie awake SO long that the dead begin to wake too." I'm not fit to entertain them 90 will think of my sins and my debts-then of the debt of nature-That must be paid if the oth- CTS are not Some debts are paid, some are due me, some won't pay and some I leave for my administrator He can lie awake and think about them if he wants to-a moth here gets into the lamp, and, like one of Bull wer's heroines ''does not die but exhales." ever caught by glare" and keep on saying it. Why wasn't it put men ? Because the feet wouldn't be right-mine are not either, for they took me out of bed to look at my watch while the town clock is striking the quarters. Whats the use of this fuss about the quarters if you don't know what hour they are driving at. Its only 12:30-Once more try Benjamin's pats. I've heard if something funny occurs to one, sleep will follow. If Blue Beard himself just then hsd tickled my feet l couldn't laugh. Evolutionists say that horses have lost some of their original toes and l wondered if man follwed their example what the corn doctors would do. This idea didn't tranquilize me. Thought of Dickens plan to get up and walk the streets, but this village is too quiet. Finally I remembered ''my last" cigar in it's easel went for that weed, rockiug chair and waking dreams. Soon dear faces were about me, soft hair curl ed into the fragrant rings-voices long hushed spoke to me bright hopes for the two worlds came to me- By and by mist instead of smoke was in my eyes and l slept. Now old fellow don't moralize-I never do va
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

The French Republic shows 6 capacity to Keep within it's means which is an excellent symptom. The present legislative body has rem'tted taxes to the amount of more than So5. .OOO. 900 annually, has paid $9O0, 0Oo, 900 Of the national debt and appropriated $500. 1000 to be expended upon public works in 10 years, and, after all this. comes out with surplus of SIG. 900. GOO. n.ef
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

It is pleasure to see that the whiskey deal. CTS have at last over-estimated the capacity of the whiskey drinkers. Kentucky has gone on doubling and trebling her produce of the finer brands of that article till it reaches one million barrels in the present year. They now ind that they have overstecked the market. and are threatened with failure.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

People are coming to drink beer Tn place of whiskey and to smoke cigarettes in place of cigars. The substitution of malt for distilled liquors is no doubts change for the better. Whether the cigarette is an improvement on the cigar, except in cost, is by 30 means so certain.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

The late Judge Clifford always threatened te publish the inside history of the electoral commission. showing how Judge Bradley first wrote decision giving Florida to the Demo! crats. With Frcode for g literary eaecutor such work might see tue light. but such executions are not common .. .,--.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

Itis difficult for foreigner to discover any vital issues at stake in the impending French election. Gambetta seems to be pulling one way the Ministry, another; and the enemies of the republic, though now in an apparently hopeless minority, may take advantage of Republican divisions to carry in deputies in divided districts. 'ttsnf
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11


 Gambetta has bees masking 9 memorable speech at Tours. He advocates the ticket at large, opposes the life Senatorships, favors secular education and the giving worknen full liberty of association. lie is thought by some to be too extreme in his notions The only danger we can see is that his proposal of election by general ticket would centralize authority still more in a country where there IS too much capitalization already.
 On Friday Ex-Mnister Moves took formal leave of the President of the French Republic, introducing his successor, Mir. Norton. Pres. Grevy spoke as follows:
 France ardently desires the recovery of President Garfield, whose life was placed in peril 6y an odious attemp; which fills us all with horror. Our two nations have a com. mon duty to perform, and are in manner enlarged with fhe protecaiop of souls. They have great mission. namely, to show to the world that the true guarantees of human lib- erty are centered in republican instjtut;nns s
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

The House of Lords have amended the Land bill in such manner as to deprive that measure of most of it's vitality. The Com, mons will undoubtedly refuse to accept their changes and then the question will arise whether the Lords will adhere There is no doubt that they would like to kill the bill, but will they dare to'do SO? ssa s,. as..ks
 The future of Dartmouth college. if Pres Bartlett remains Tn charge. is foreordained failure. The trustees who have decided Tn his favor should now make . cleaning -out of faculty and students. q majority of whom say openly that the present president is bully and liar. Tbe mutiny has gone so far, that, failing to cashier the captain, there is no choice left the court but to bang the crew.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

Two bee efaneiers are abroad looking up new varieties. They have found a monster which makes combs 8 feet by 8 and an inch, aud half thick, in Ceylon and Java Thls insect is about of an inch long and is wonderful honeynlaker. The sting Of 3 bee of that size must be something more wonderful vet.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

The murderer Greenfield, was finally hung at Syracuse, N. Y:, on Friday. He killed his wife in 1875. He has been twice convict ed, some techincality giving him second trial His case has gone through all the courts to the Court of Appeals, occasioning near six years of delay. He asserted his in- nocence to the last. ...--
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

The fellow called Thomas Marvin whose marriage to and deseFtion of Virginia lady we referred to last week, married New Jer. sey woman, it now appears, just after leaving the Virginia lady He. ought to be caught and caged with Guitesp.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-11

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
L Utah Telephone Company are hereby
notified that on Tuesday, the Sd day OF
January, A d. 1882, at the hour of II
O'Clock, noon, at the office Of the Deseret
National Bank of Salt Lake City, in
Utah territory, there will be meeting
of the stockho ders Of said company for
the purpose of changing and smending
the Company's Articles Of Agreement so
that said company can buy, sell, own,
operate and lease any and all forms,
kinds and systems OF Telephone or Tele-
phOnic Exchange systems il any and all
the cities, towns an camps of Utah Ter
ritory with wires tor Telegram h business,
extra Territorial connecting lines, to
supply telephones for private lines, as
well as wires to connect such systems
with others between any and all the
cities. towns and camps Of, in and
through Utah Territory, and to fully and
completely so amend said articles that
the said company can do and perform
everything under them that is necessary
or proper 10 be done to facilitate com
municRtion between man and man.
L. S. HILLS,
h24 Secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NO. 900.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29, 1851.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
~ that Lewis Marier and Herman
ladder, whose postoffice address is Salt
Lake City, Utah Territory, have made
application for 7 nited States patent for
the "Wide West" Lode Mining Claim,
situate in the west Mountain Mining
District, Salt Lake County, Utah Terri
tory, consisting Of 1900 linear feet of
the lode (less the conflicting claim Of the
Albino Mine lot 10Y end surface ground
200 tees wide being lot 289, and de-
scribed in the field notes and plat Of the
official survey on file in this Office, with
magnetic variation 1t 160 30 east as FOL
lows:
Commencing st the discovery point on
said claim, where post narkedaU. S.
$50 D, IT is set; thence 26o 80 w, $50
feet on the centre line to the centre Of
southerly end line Of said claim; thence
S 63o so east, 100 feet to corner post No.
!. the place of beginning Of surface
bounds: thence n 63o so w, 200 feet 10
corner post No. 2; thence n 260 so E,
n OBS feet intersects southerly end line
OF Albipo Mining Claim, lot 20; 1926
40 feet intersects westerly tside line of
Albino Mining Claim, lot 7Q), 1000 feet
to corner post No. 8; thence 5 go 80 b.
(SS $40 feet intersects westerly side line
OF said Albino Claim No. 70) 200 feet to
corner post No. q, from which post No.
q D. s. Mineral monument No. l bears
h $50 52' E, 3.507 feet distant; thence
s 26o so, (2S7 ITO intersects easterly side
line of said Albino Claim, lot 20, } 1900
feet to corner post No. 1, the place of
beginning of surface bounds as before
established. Containing 6 SS7-1OO0 acres
total area. Area in conflict with Albino
Claim, lot 20, for which no claim is
herein made, 627-1000 acres. Area ex-
elusive of said conflict 06-100 acres. for
which patent is hereby claimed from
the United States,
The said mining claim being CT record
in the Office Of ths recorder OF said min
ing district. at Bingham, in Salt Lake
County, Utah, the nearest known locs-
ton being the Albion and Royal Mining
Claims, I direct that this notice be pub
lished in the SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD,
the newspaper published nearest sald
mining claim, for the period Of sixty
dsvs. 81. MCMASTER,
deI Register.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17

ear lnhrmary, made an examination OF
Guiteau's eyes soon after bis arrest and
dld not find any indication of any dis.
esse OF the brain.
Dr. A. McLane Hamilton. of New
I ork, had made diseases of the mind
and nervous diseases 8 special study for
the past nine years. Witness made three
examinations Of the prisoner at the Jail
and had also closely scrutinized him in
court since the 18th of November. when
witness arrived in the city. BE found no
defects in the conformation of the nris-
oner's head or face or any physical pecu-
liarlty or symptoms of congenial disease
OF the brain; on the contrary he found
from accurate measurements that the
prisoner had q symmetrical and exceed.
lngly well shaped head. Witness found
no external evidence of any mental or
physical disease IN the prisoner. He con-
sidered him al eccentric man
Guiteau-Exceedingly eccentric when
/ am abused. have had to take more
abuse since this trial began than during
my whole life before / don't take much
stock IN this head business, striking the
table and flashing his eyes upon witness,
lou study upon spiritualogy instead of
AOsJs anu yOQ Will lohrH some
thing. 1t is spirit that gets into the brain
and behind it, and that actuates a man.
Witness was then asked-W What is your
opinion upon the prisoners sanity?
Answer-I believe the man sane, though
eccentric, and fully able 10 distinguish
between right and wrong, and realize
consequences.
Scoville noted an exception, and
Guiteau, with al air of solemn serious
ness, added: "With all respect 10 this
courG and jury, this kind of examination
don't amount to q snap. Was nv tree
agency destroyed? that is the question for
this jury to decide. 1 swear that my
moral agency was destroyed. How is
this prosecution going to prove that it
was not? That is the short and sharp of
1t. That's sll there is in this CASE"
Pending the cross-examinstion of this
witness the court adjourned till Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
NO. 500.
NO. 500.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE Cry. Nov, %. I

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 90, 1881. Z
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N that Lewis Marier, whose Postofice
address is Salt Lake City, Utah Terri
tory, has made application for United
States Patent for the Parvenu lode min
ing claim, situate il the West Mountain
Mining District, Salt Lake county, Utah
Territory, consisting of 800 linear feet
Of the lode, and surface ground 200 feet
wide, beipg lot No. go and described in
the field notes ami plat of the official sur
Vey Oh file IN this office, with magnetic
variation at l6o. so East. Sc follows:
Commencing at the discovery point
where q post marked . 200 D I is set;
thence S $40 W $50 feet on center line of
claim, TO the centre of westerly end line;
thence n s. w 100 feet, to corner post
No l, the place Of beginning Of surface
bounds thence S 90 Z 200 feet to corner
post No 2; thence y $40 E 1900 feet to
corner post Nos; from this post u S
mineral monument No u bears \ 800
go E 1,726.5 feet distant thence n 90 w
165 feet to post marked U S 800 W 7 4,
as witness post TO northeast corner;
thence n 60. w 81 feet TO northwest cor
ner of said claim, it being in the centre
of the led of Carr Fork creek thence S
$40 " l, 500 feet to post No l, the plsce
of beginning; containing 6 $4,000 acres.
The said mining claim being of record
in the Office of the Recorder Of said min
ing district, at Bingham, in Salt Lake
county, Utah. The nearest known locs-
lions being the Harriet Tilden and Stan
ley mining claims. direct that this no.
tice be published in the SALT LAKE
DAILY HERALD, the newspaper pub
lished nearest said mining claim, for the
period Of sixty days.
del b. McMASTER, Register.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
WHITE HOUSE EoTKL

TEB PRoPRIEToRs TAKE PLEASURE
= In announcing e the public that they
AeYe remocelled end Fehtted the Hosel.
1 ~ Dining Rooms are spacious and the besi
aAstls will be served night and day.
Single Meals, SOC,
tet Lunches (aI per eara), use,
Assu and Board, $50 to % per day,
8EO to sI2 per veSk.
AaEd, s7 Der week.
Tbs Bar has been removed 70 the north Of
as ROtei an2 fout Billiard Tables added fol
as sccomDOo alton 0i guests, and IL nov
10 A. TSOSEECA T. co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
ALL WORK WARRANTED.

Horses carefully led to and fr IN All
Parts of the City without Extra Charge
400
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
%R HA, HALLS
FOR TIE
LUNGS. Balsam

Cures Consumption. Colds Pneu-
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Asthma, Group, Whoopin Cough and
all Diseases of the Breathing Organs
1t soothes and heals the Membrane
OF the Lungs infamed and poisoned
by the disease, and prevents the
night sTeats and tightuess across the
chest which accompany it. CON-
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Of RELIEF. for this benign specific
will cure you. even though profess
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
BRIEF KILOGRAMS.

London papers are praising the acting
of Mrs. Lsngtry.
The Gillian minister at Washington
has cent long note TO the state depart
ment, correctly informing this govern.
ment of the condition of affairs in Chilli.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-17
VALLEY HOUSE
Audrey @. BrIxens Proprietor

UEDER THE NKH MANAGEMENT
y this central and popular hotel hes been
nktTsssd and therSEShly repaired feS thu
reception Of guests,
A&sss Per day, $3.50 to g.; peF week,
ssto $40, according to roOms.
Board Per weak, 81,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-12

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-08-12

Smith American Company Orean
with eight stops, knee swell. and heanu-
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-03
NOTICE

REALx4S ARE INVITEO TO BID FOR
furnishing supplies Of groceries snd provisions and
asats for theStAte Orphans Home for the quarter
teeian ing Nay 1881 Eeauist;ons may be had By
D. r. SESSIONS,
fSs0stAry Of tho Board Of Directors.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-05-03

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-07

While waiting in the Baltimore 4
Potomoc depot, on 9th street, in Wash
ington, for the $50 a. m. train for New
York, on Saturday, July I'd, President
Garfield was shot down by an assassin
who proved to be Charles j. Gitteau,
formerly of Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-07

Continued on Firth page.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-07
HEADQUARTERS OF ARMY J
WAsHISaros, d. c., 7
LII, o 1921 11.9n 81 \

July fool ~" - 80
This letter was handed to me this moment by
Maj WIN. Twining, U. 5. engineer commissioner n e
of the District Of Columbia, and Maj. VIM. u.
Brock, chief police. don't know the writer;
nevec heard or saw him to my knowledge and
hereby return it to the safe keeping OF the above
named parties as the testimony in the case.
Signed W. l. ohERhAS'
New YORK, July 2.-The Commercial!
says of the attempted assassination
This crime threatens the existence Of
the nation. 1t reduces the free, entel-
lige at, enlightened republic OF the
word to the level Of South American
confederation or Russian autocracy. Ii
Is a senseless, savage, cold blooded as
sassination of the nation, through the
heart Of its most honored citizens, min
gled with the cry Of grief and horror
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-07

WASHINGTON, July 4.--The adyisa-
bilty of probing the presidents wound
for the bullet was carefully considered
at consultation of his attending ply
sicjans. ats o'clock yesterday after
noon. and it was then determined not
to make any attempt to extract the
ball. owing TO the fact that reaction
which should follow the shock Of in
iury had not taken place, and besides
GREAT fears were entertained at that
hour. that the president would not
rally, A careful and delicate examin-
alton made later in the evening, re-
yeal.d the fact that the location of the
hall as determined was such as to
make any effort last night for its re-
moyal unwaTanted.
WAsHISGTc ~, fuly 4.-This morning
the physician decide that no effort
will be made at present to extract the
ball AZ its present location, as deter
mined, does not necessarily interfere
with the ultimate recovery OF the presi-
dent Most membtrs OF the cabinet
who watched at the executive manson,
last night. remained until a late hour
this morning. Secretaries Window and
liant and Postmaste General James
we're the first 10 leave. Secretary LIN
coin and Attorney General McVeagE
remaining until nearly s o'clock, all OF
them. however, beforel leaving indicted
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-06-02

For fowls affected with chicken chol-
era feed cooked corn meal or oats, into
which mix little fine red pepper; also
feed vegetables, especially onions
chopped up fine, and in severe cases
give one drop Of laudauum in tea
spoonful of water twice daily. In the
water given the fowls to drink dissolve
one ounce Of bi-su phate Of soda in a
gallon of water Remove all sick fowls
from the flock, and keep them in a
warm dry room. Good care and very
little medicine will usually cure this
disease in a few days
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-06-02
Consumption
Positively Cured.

All sufferers from this disease that are
anxious to be cured should try DR.. Kiss"
ner's Celebrated Consumptive Powders.
These Powders are the only preparation
known that will cure Consumption and all
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ST, strong is our faith in them, and also to
convince you that they are no humbug,
wa will forward to every sufferer by mail +,
post paid, free Trial Box.
We don't want your money unit! you
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powers II your life is worth saving. don't
delay in giving these Powders a trial, as
they will surely cure you.
Price, for large box $500, sent to any
part of the United States or Canada, By
mail. on receipt Of price.
Address,
ASH & ROBBINS,
800 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Dec. Oily.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-06-02

and cut out all bat the most promising
queen cell.
If honey is wanted keep. from
swarming by giving them room to
breed Inv the brood chamber, By giving
empty combs or using the extractor
ard surplus store room as they require
it.
Every strong stock should have &C.
cess to one or two surplus boxes early
this month, where the Perfection Box
is used, and where a large crop Of hon
ey is looked for, chat they may not get
the swarming fever. Where once be-
gun it is hard to cure, unless by divid.
ing, when surplus honey would be out
Of the question in ordinary cases.
Watch the empty combs, and expose
to the fumes of burning sulphur if any
appearance Of the moth among them,
and keep in close box or hung up in
a cool room or dry cellar
Those W no wish to Italianize by re-
moving their old queens when they
swarm, should have the queens in
readiness to be introduced. Order of
some near and reliable breeder and
buy good queen. Cheap queens will
prove cheap-as in all other branches
Of business. Tie best will usually
prove the cheapest.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1881-06-02

FLOATING IsLAND.-Make boiled
custard of the yolks ofs ergs, large
quart of milk, sugar TO sweeten and a
pinch of salt The yolks must be we'll
beaten and strained before adding to
the milk. Flavor the custard, and
while boiling hot pour into dish and
spread the whipped whites smoothly
over the top, Cover tightly to cook
the whites When cold, sift powdered
sugar over the top. and you may if you
wish, strew over grated cocoanuts, or
bits ofjelly or jam. Very nice.