Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-07
Personal AND GENERAL.

Mount Nesuvfns - again 10 = very
lively state of eruption.
The Ohio river ia an inch lower at
this time than ever before since a record
of its condition was kept.
The population of India is 252. 500,
900, as shown by the census recently
taken.
Rise and Fall of the Southern Confed
eracy," has arrived in England, and is
said TO be in poor health.
There were over SO, 900 cases of
diphtheria in Russia in 1879. About
thirty three per cent. of the cases proved
fatal
The Governors of Massachusetts,
and New Jersey have appointed TO NOR
row, Thursday, as day to be observed
by their respective States in prayer
and application for the recovery of
President Garfield.
The day of prayer for the President
was pretty generally recognized yesterday
throughout the entire country, and it is
pretty safe to say that, in no single
inst ance, perhaps, was the Throne of
Grace ever before so universally be-
sieged.
Yesterday, at Providence, R. l., and
Hartford, Conn, the day was extremely
dark, and the heat terribly oppressive
II was necessary to resort to the use of
gas, and its light which, under ordinary
| circumstances, exhibits yellowish cast,
| was as white as the electric light. The
exciting a great deal of surprise and
| comment
| The Cincinnati clique which so sue
cessfully manipulated the recent corner
in wheat in Chicago, and gait the deal
with some 81, 200, 900 in profits, will, we
are fain to believe, if they remain long
enough in the latter city, live to find out
that the sum was only borro we'd. IL
other words, they may stick their shovel
in" once too often, and be brought to q
realizing sense that gambling, as well az
other affairs in life, has its reverses.
There seems to be NO question, from
the evidence adduced, that Shinkle, the
stroke of the Cornell crew, gave the
boys away in their various contests Ill
European waters. He was evidently Oh
the make, ignoring the honor and credit
of himself and the institution which he
SO disgrscefully represented. 1t is among
the probabilities that it will be q great
while before he will put in an appear
ance at Ithaca, where it is understood, in
case he does, very warm reception
awaits him.
referring to the inability question
| of the condition of President Garfield,
United States Senator Hoar, of Massachu-
sets, makes the following very sensible
and pertinent remarks:
Common sense is going to take care
| of this matter, and Mr.. Arthur will dis
charge the powers and duties of the Pres
idential office when the necessary time
| comes and not before; and when Con
| gress meets it will make such provision
that future contingencies of the same sort
will be taken care of by law. What that
provision will be l can not say. Per
/ haps q commission, composed of a
Supreme Court Judge, the Junior ex-Pres-
| ident and senior Governor, with author
ity to select medical and other experts to
determine the question of inability"
Mr.. Jap Turpen, the New Mexico
correspondent of the Indianapolis Jssr-
nal, has the following concerning boy
who left New Castle, Ind, some years
ago, and with whom the writer was
quite well acquainted. Mr. Meek was
born in New Castle being the son of L.
D. Meek, former Treasurer of Henry
county, and nephew of Colonel Carey
of Marion, Grant county:
Mr.. Samuel Carey Meek, now Deputy
Clerk of Socorro county, is a native OF
New Castle, Ind, who, drifting from
that place to the Pacific slope in 1880
became in 1851 member of the First
California Volunteers. Mustered out in
this Territory, when the war was over,
he concluded to grow up and has sue
ceeded He is familiar with the tongue
having served two terms as Alcalde and
| iourneyed through old Mexico, inter
preting for mercan lie firms. He in
forms me that q strong sentiment favor
ing annexation to the United States
exists in the northern section of the re.
public. Revolution succeeds revolution
and the people are literally taxed to
death. The Mexicans are moved to this
by property interest.