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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27
CuDi,l,s Christmas.

Benjamin II. Hayes and Barbara A. Hurdle,
both OF Prince George County, Md.
Peter g. Seaton and Molly McGill.
Charles W. Jones, OF Adrian, Mich, ana Mary
Sanderson of this city.
william L. Steinmeler and Ella !. Howison.
Moses Smith, OF this city, and Ann Eliza
Carmoday, OF Potomac City, ID. g.
James w. Berry and Bessie L. Diggs
George W. Brown, OF this city, and Lucy
Page, OF Richmond, Va.
Joseph A. Kinsey and Mary f. Moynihan.
william $. Bell, of Norfolk, Va, and Vir-
ginia e. Robey, of this city.
George II. Scott and Jennie Butler.
Edward J. Todd, of st. Louis, Mo-, and Mary
II. Durant, OF this city.
Hill, ID. O.
Lawrence NJ Herbert and Annie L. Tolson.
james McVarry and Winifred Kane.
j. wallace Barnes and Clara Abraham.
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Amelia docking AT mo LAGOON arour,l

Amelia docking at tho LAGOON group" All,
yes, flremen. see. But how did they become
SO intricately entangled In the hose ?"-Bost0n
Transcript.
The State OF Georgia has one town, Macon, In
which there Is q queer superstition. The mer-
chants say that when an organ.grinder enters
the town the price OF cotton falls.
"What Is the greatest charge on record :"
asked the professor Of history. And the alb
sent-minded student answered. "Seventeen
dollars for hack hire for self and girl for two
urs."-f'uck.
A collection OF great interest to Oriental
scholars, consisting OF 5,1O0 cuneifornl tablets,
Is now on its way 10 England. These were dis
covered by Mr.. Rassain at Sippara, near Baby
lon. II is supposed that they arc tho library
mentioned by BesOrus, which contained ante
diluvian records copied from earlier docu-
nlents by King sargon l., who lived 1900 ID. @.
London Is 20 have another public park, for
The purchase OF which subscription Of elOO-
900 Is being raised. II is behind tho Edge
ware ROAD, In what Is called the Workmon's
city. London is growing ON that side, and
seems likely " grow until IL includes Tx
bridge and Harrow itself, and tho famous
school becomes part OF the great metropolis.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27

The following story is told, not exactly a.
the expense OF New England college pro.
Methods OF Filtration" which recently ap.
peared In one OF the magazines. BY a mis-
print his subject was announced In the adyer.
tisements ms "Ancient Methods of Filtration"
much TO the amusement OF his friends, ono OF
whom tho other 0yoning ut II social party said
to him: "Professor, do give us your lecture
on Ancient Methods OF Filtration" Tho pro-
instantly replied "Niss -, that lecture
can only be delivered TO u single auditor at a
time and must DO illustrated with expert.
ments"
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27
Sam Duckett,s Cou,Ii,,nu

Tho negro Sam Duckett, who was shot In
South Washington Sunday night by onlcer
Branson, has been located, and wi Il, II he is In
n fit condition, DO brought at once to Justice
IL Is said that the ball entered the back of the
mans head and passed out through the fore
head, inhicting painful but not necessarily
dangerous wound. Duckett Is a well known
a great deal OF trouble, lie Is n vicious rascal
and II he were 10 die from his wounds, the
community would not be very much distressed
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27

Justice Cox this morning made third
effort to complete his jurios for tho December
term. Mr.. Oliver o. Spicer was accepted and
made tho complement for the grand jury. Mr..
Jesse ID. Wilson was selected as foreman, and
HIS Honor gave the usual instructions % the
inquisitorial body. For the petit Jury the
Marshal brought In as talesmen Messrs. John
Cammack, p. p. Little, Lyman A. Littlefield,
Albert Nj. Tubman, jackson Yates and s. j.
Meeks. All but the last two were examined
ana accepted. Both juries were discharged
until tomorrow week
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27
Fined for Selling Unsound Poultry.

Michael Davis was charged in the Police
Court this morning with exposing for sale
number Of unsound geese and chickens In the
Riggs market. The arrest was made last Sat
urday by one OF Health Ofiicer Townshend's
men, who Immediately conveyed the poultry to
the Health ONCE, where IL was carefully IN
spected by DR.. Townshend, who found It TO be
Townshend stated to the Court that the poultry
looked TO him as II 1t had been embalmed.
Davis was fined SO and told 10 go and sin no
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-27

George Il. Herrlck to Harriet II. Herrick for
81, lot ID, square 30. A. Langdon 10 o. N.
Scott for $50, lot ~, subdivision square 675
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THE EVENING CRITIC.
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WEATHER. INDICATIONS.

The special bulletin issued from the Signal
ONCE to-day says: 49, , A.,
Fair weather Is indicated for wednesday IN
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FINANCIAL.
To.dny,s stock Quotntions

The following observations OF the tr2Asac-
lions In the financial market to-day, together
nished by the clearinghouse OF II. L. Cooke, Jr
4 Co. 400 L street, Washlngton, d. O.:
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We Represent
In Our Advertisements Only What we Are
Prepared to Prove.

IN the first place we are the Only Manufacturing cothers
~ ne CITY we have dealings only with the Mills Manufae-
turing Cloths, Cassimeres, etc. Our Prices naturally
10 to IL per cent less than other city, Our
Prices to Suit all Purses,
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We believe they do, but also believe that experience
has taught them to discount about per of what
generally represented We do propose Initiate this
to allow for pairing down.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
Eureka Mourning the Dead

EUREKA, September %.
Monday was Il mourning day. The
schools were closed, the business houses
were drapcd in mourning, and in ac-
cordance with the recommendation of
the Mayors proclamation, were closed
frem half past one to five O'Clock. At
two O'Clock p. III. the bells of the city
toiled half an hour, during which time
the Methodist church was filed by a
crowded audience. Rev. Mckinney had
charge of the exercises, which begun by
the singing of an anthem-"He's Gone, -
by a quartette consisting of DIR. and Mrs.
Wakefield, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jennings.
Appropriate scripture lessons were read
by ReV's. Outlet and Mckinney. Rev.
Scotford lead in prayer.
After hymn had been sung by the
audience, the last named gentleman read
a carefully prepared paper on Garfield's
public career. He spoke of his early
struggles, of his life as a teacher, sol
der, congressman and president; of his
determination never to ask for office at
the hands of the people; of his being
sought by the offices he had filled; of
his single aiEa, his invincible viii and
the purity of his public life.
He was followed by Rev. C. w. Gull
lett, who delivered an Grafton on Gar
field as man." viewing him as Il man
of LIST, work I'd, education; 3rd, Iaith.
He then spoke of him as friend, father,
son and husband.
The meeting was then thrown open 10
all and the audience called those named
who spoke as follows: /. r. Phenis:
"Sorrow is too great for speech. 1t has
been said: No great man but had a
good mother would amend by say
ing: No great man but was good to
his mother Garfield's devotion as a
son was the finest trait in his character"
Judge Little: at is grandly mourn.
full spectacle to see nation in sorrow
We mourn because he is worthy of ouI
grief"
II. G. Rizer: flames A, Garfield was
the greatest man of his time. He had
not yet reached the fnllness of fame. ]
am gratified to-day that 1 am said to be
the first man in the state1n suggest him
for the presidency He was fine law
yer. In the case of Bowles and Mill
gan before the supreme court OF thu
United States, though comparatively
unknown as constitutional lawyer, hi.
was the soundest plea made. Garfield
was personal friend to nearly all thu
prominent men OF the country, regard
less of differences of opinion
T. L. Davis: The ways of providence
are dark. He is cut down in the prim.
of life, a martyr to the bitter party spiri
of our time. 1t is hard to die at an
time; harder in the midst of life AMI
usefulness But deaths harvest is per
rennial. Happy IS he who is ready, ant
who is ready but he whose life has beef
full of good deeds.''
OF course your correspondent ca
give only few of the leading thought
of the speakers.
Rev. Mckinney closed the service
saying that Garfield was the first primo
who had linked the home snd the thron
together. He bound all hearts TO him
self and died, lamented as our presiden
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A WRErCHED N1IsTAKE.

Chicago Inter Ocean: The editorial
in The Inter-ocean OF Saturday relative
to the punishment of Guiteau has attract
ed much attention, and, having been
brought by telegraph to the attention Of
District Attorney Corkhill, has COM
PEELED the admission from that ctlicial
that it is essentially correct, that both
the district attorney and the attorney
general of the United States have been
mistaken and that the trial OF Guiteau
is surrounded with grave complications.
1t is amazing, and it is hardly too
severe TO say disgraceful. that the high
est law officers of the District and the
nation combined should make so
wretched mistake. 1t is evident now
that the courts of the District of Column
bia have no power TO try man for muir
der unless both the assault and the re-
sulting death occurred in the District,
except where the wound or the death. or
both occurred on the high seas.
It follows that the courts of the Dis
trict can only punish Guitcan for as
sault with intent to kill. and as the
court first assuming Jurisdiction be-
comes exclusive, it becomes of The ut
most importance that no movement be
made to punish Guiteau in Washington,
bur thai the case be transferred to New
Jersey, where by a most fortunate pro
vision the assassin can be tried for muir
der The proceeding will be consideE<
ably complicated and embarrassed by tho
refusal of Attorney General MacVeagh
TO permit q corenOr's inquest at Long
Branch, but this embarrassment can be
overcome provided the prosecution in
Washington is abandoned.
The unfortunate mistake made by the
law department of the government
seems most surprising, in view of the
statutes and the repeated decisions Of
the supreme court. Not only have they
had weeks in which 10 study the law,
but The very best counsel in the land has
been at their disposal, aud yet the pull
lie was assured. but tour days ago, that
the laws of the District were perfectly
adequate, and that no assistance was re-
quired from New Jersey or outside par
tics. Now, as We said, the humiliating
confession is made that there was an
error in this calculation. and that pun
isiimeut for murder in the District is
probably impossible. -f3I Eg2
We trust that this is The end of mis-
takes, and from this time forward the
case may be conducted with the clearest
foresight and certainty. The people
want Guiteau 70 be punished. according
to law and by virtue of it; they will
wait with some patience TO see this
done; but there must be no more errors,
or jurisdiction will be found 10 take
care of his case, which IS confined TO no
district or state, but extends all over the
land.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
A Gust Mt Abilene.

ABILENE, Sept. 3O-All day yesterday
the people of Dickinson county ex-
perienccd the StrangeSt weather ever
known in the state. Dense and threat
eniBg clouds would roll up in different
parts of the heavens as if by magic; fit
full gusts of wind would blow one mo-
ment and the next would be calm, and
the sun would come out: then again in
less than three minutes the sky would
be darkened and the wind would be
blowing great gusts followed by torrents
of rain. The greatest of the sudden
blows occurred ut noon, and for time
Abilene had we'll grounded fear Of
falling.
First were seen Ia fall the cliimneys of
the Carpenter House, next went those of
the Cottage hotel; then small out houses
began To be demolished or sent Scndding
over the ground like things of life. A
frei ght car standing on the track was be
reft of its roof which was sent crashing
through the side of a corn crib. Next
the sign of Rockwell s. Co. was torn from
Its fastenings at the top of the opera
house block and sent plunging through
the wooden awning below. Suddenly
the wind seemed to gather more force !;
windows were blown in and chimneys
were falling in every direction.
Those living in the neighborhood of
the Presbyterian church saw its
huge spire, that lifts its head one
hundred feet into space, begin 10 rock /;
once or twice it seemed to be going,
then it would recover itself as if deter
mined not to give up, but the struggle
was a short one the winds were the
stronger and the spire fell. creaking and
moaning, as if conscious of its own de-
struction it went crashing through the
Ar a
SO far.as to make them unfit for future
use in rebuilding. This church was
built in 1876 at cost of about six thous-
and dollars and was one of the finest in
the city.
The wreck is so complete that the en-
tire church will have to be rebuilt from
the foundation up. The loss will be
about five thousand dollars.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06

Kansas City Times: The startling
rumor reached this city. Wednesday
night That President Arthur had been
shot. Beyond this bare and horrible
announcement no particulars were given.
Coming fast upon n report that
conspiracy had been discovered, or
revealed by department clerk who
had overheard the design of shooting
President Arthur discussed, some Gre
dence was given TO the appalling report.
TLis, however, was dispellcd on inquiry,
and the denial of the rumor was prompt
in following its first circulation. How
ever, between the time of its receipt and
the denial, as people were made aware of
it, the most intense excitement prevailed.
When the denial came there was gen
eral and joyous relief expressed. Such
horror as the assassination of another
President, and so shortly after We have
buried one victim fan assassin's bullet,
would be so portentOus with disaster,
that our country would be paralyzed
with the cnormity Of the crime. The
fears of the people will be aroused by
the hint that this awful rumor has given
of the possibility of such a crime, and
the hope is profound and appealing that
our country may be spared the reeur
renee of such a woeful act as laid our
late President in his grave.
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1t strikes US that good deal of trouble
is being borrowed by the country in re-
lation to the possible outcome of Gui-
teau's trial. 1t is difficult to speculate
upon the action of jury of twelve men,
or to estimate the fiexibHity of the law
as interpreted by cunning and adroit
counsel. But it must be apparent TO all
that the very worst fate that could pos
sibly befall the. assassin Of the late Pres
ident, would be q failure on the part of
the courts to convict him of the crime of
which he stands guilty in the eyes of the
whole world. The technlcalities of the
law may save him from the halter but they
cannot stand between him and the
eternal hatred of every creature of his
kiId within the limits of the American
Republic. The future holds in store for
him an ignominious death or that bitter
ostracism which made the first murder
or wanderer upon the face of the earth.
In any event the ends of justice will not
be defeated IN the case of Guiteau.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06

Pyemia, according to Johnson's Cy-
clop@dia, is a very fatal disease, which
occurs during the progress of suppura-
ton in some part of the body, and is be-
lieved TO be due to the entrance of
purulent matters into the blood. As it
is most frequently met with in hospitals
where there are many wounded persons,
some surgeons regard the exciting cause
in these cases to be a miasm which
arises from unhealthy wounds and poi
sons healthy wounds. The disease is
ushered in with chill. followed by
febrile, and then by sweating stage
The chills are often repeated, and at ir-
regular periods, sometimes as many as
three occurring in day. Toward the
termination of the case they are less fire.
quent Though the surface feels cold
during the chill, the temperature of the
body rises, and in the hot stage may
reach los degrees to los degrees Fahren-
heit- There is loss of appetite, thirst,
want of sleep, emaciatiou, sallow skin
and prostration. Acute cases run q
course of from six to ten days, and in
chronic cases from three to four weeks
Death results from exhaustion, due to
the poisoning of the blood; secondary
inffammations, as pleurisy, and the for
nation of assesses in internal organs
as the lungs, liver and spleen, or in the
joints aud cellular tissues.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
OVER THE STATE.

The cowboys who made raid upon
Hunnewell the other day were evidently
very much surprised to find it loaded
Topeka Capital: Several days ago an
accident occurred on the A, T. s. s. F.
railroad at Wilder, Kansas, in which the
Kansas Wool Growers Association had
injured a number of valuable Merino
sheep. There were on the car 1880 head
in all and about $50 were killed and in
jdred by the cars flying the track The
agent at Wilder, Mr.. Peter Cooper, find
ing more sheep on his hands
than he could conveniently attend
TO, decided to sell some of them
and soon disposed of thirty-Dine thor.
oughbred MerinOs, worth s. each, for
the extraysgant sum of fifty cents a
head! The sheep sold were nct injured,
and among the number sold was a buck
worth 800. the farmer, who evidently
had better eye to business than the
agent, getting about 800 worth of sheep
for about $50. To-day Mr.. T. Fl. VIII
Jams, Of the Wool Growers Association
will call on said farmer and endeayor to
get the sheep back. The new owner
however, CLAIMS that he bought the
sheep from the agent ia bona .fde sale
and as he has = receipt is not disposed
to let his good bargain slip without 4
struggle
Commonwealth: Mrs. J. I. Taylol
and daughter arrived from Wichita a
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06

I New York Tribune: The hearing of
the American people during the past
three months has been magnificent. They
have been quiet, calm. sympathetic and
gentle as children. When the weary and
wounded President was whirled to Long
Branch to get the pure air of the sea;
they stood by the side of the railway
track in solemn silence and uncovered
heads, not even whispering lest they might
disturb the sufferer, When death
claimed him, and his body was borne te
It's final home. they gathered again and
stood in silent throngs far into the nigh
TO catch glimpse of all that suffering
had left to the man they had learned L
love and honor. And now that all il
over they tam quietly back to their du
ties, never questioning the past or doubt
ing the future, but resting secure il
their faith that this nation is mighty
and is bound 10 overcome in safety 81
possible perils. d is a magnifesn
spectacle, and makes man proud TO b
an American.
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10 O'Clock Thursday morning, on the de-
laycd Santa Fe train which should have
arrived about O'Clock, and reported
that they had been robbed They state
that they came from Princeton, Ills, and
had intended going to Dodge City, but
having business at Wichita, went there,
and were on their way to Princeton.
They carried their money, 500 in gold
and draft for $500, purchased in
Wichita and drawn on Chicago, in
a small satcliel which the young
lady carried AT her side by means
of straps which crossed one shoulder
When they left Pauline the break
man announced that dinner would be
served at the next station, fTopeka) and
the ladies began preparation for leaving
the car. The saichel was placed on the
seat while these preparations were be-
ing made, and when they were complet-
ed it could not be found The case was
reported. TO Dustan, when the train ar
rived, and he obtained from the ladies a
description of two men whom they sus-
pected, and teiegraphcd to Kansas City
to have them detained. The reply was
not favorable. The ladies were furnish
ed transportation to Kansas City by the
railroad company, where they will visit
for few days.
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rALMAGE ON GuITEAu.

Mr. Talmage has tried, but he can't
bring himself to pray for Guiteau. He
said Friday evening in the Tabernacle:
20 that man all right should be put
out of the way by a man all wrong! A
wife widowed, an aged mother left child
less, interesting children deprived of
their father, nation orphaned, all be-
cause a l,rainless fool. could not get a
foreign eonsulship, II is a prlncIple
that all men, even the worst, ought to be
prayed for; but have tried eight sun
days 10 bring myself to pray for Guiteau
and confess 1 can't do 1t. Per
haps before he is hanged may, but at
present have to leave it to the old min
listers, who are good enough TO do any
thing When they kill Presidents they
kill the best. We have had Presidents
that amounted to nothing, or next TO
nothing, but they don't kill them. We
want law prescribing death within
three days 10 any man who attempts to
kill president. This is hard time
for my friends who don't believe in cap
ital punishment. What would you do
with Guiteau? Turn him loose? No,
you would hardly do that. Put him in
to an asylum for the insane? He is not
insane, lie put five bullets into his re-
volver. ImprisOn him for life? No,
you don't want him kept and imprison-
cd at your expense. No, you must come
back TO the old law in the Old Book,
whatsoever sheddcth mans blood, by
man shall his blood be shed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06

St. Louis Globe Democrat: Pulpit
plagiarism is again theme of popular
discussion. In the haste of preparation
for culogies of Garfield, some of the
clerical brethren in various parts of the
country may have been unduly preju-
diced in favor of the already prepared
orations OF gifted speakers, who upon
earlier occasions launched forth tributes
TO Webster, Lincoln, Sumner and OthE
national worthless. The assimilation
rs it is called, of Everetts funeral ora
tions, So rs To fiji other and like memoir
ial occasions, is n practice believed to
be not infrequently indulge d
Some years ago. upon Decora-
ton Day, a popular clergyman of
the Illinois capital delivered from the
Lincoln Monument mastery address,
which at first appearing to be cuttings
from Everett's Grafton at Gettysburg,
proved upon closer examination to be
substantially the whole of that address.
The publication of the Everett produc-
ton and the other in parallel columns
lied to the discovery of phenomenal
memory claimed for himself by the cler-
gyman-an accomplishment that fully
accounted for his depth of thought and
brilliancy of expression in the pulpit.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06

The conviction, at independence, of
Ryan, the Glendale train robber, and the
sentence of the court giving the criminal
twenty-five years in the penitentiarY,
goes a great way toward rcdeeming the
unsavorY reputation which has long
attached to jackson county, Missouri.
The precaution taken by the authorities
in guarding the prisoner prevented his
"Cracker Neck" sympathlzers
from getting in their work, and
before any attempt to rescue him could
be made Ryan was safely locked in
Jail in Kansas City. This step, though
tardy, is in the right direction, but it
Will avail but little if the work thus
well begun is not persistently followed
up. There is much yet to be done in
the way of the suppression of outlawry
in Jackson county, before there will be
any boom in real estate or immigration
in that section.