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The President.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The President.
WASHINGTON, July 30th.-Dr. Boynton,
Garfields physician, who has been stopping
at the Executive Mansion ever since the
President was wounded, says the President is
decidedly better this morning than at any
time since he was shot. He has been elevated
in bed by means of pillows, and has eaten a
small quantity Of beef which was prepared
for him by Mrs. Garfield. The President
has expressed himself as feeling much better
and stronger to-day than at any time since
the shooting. He watched the clock until
exactly o'clock, at which moment he re-
marked, "Well, it's exactly four weeks since
l was shot," DIR. Boynton is of the opinion
that the progress OF the patient toward recov-
cry will not be impeded again, and he is now
well on the way. The attending surgeons
seem assured of the President recovering
strength as rapidly as could be expected, and
say that he is in excellent spirits. generally
speaking. The Presidents recovery Is now
considered only question of time.
This morning DIR. Hamilton sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to his wife 1.-The President
has had pleasant night. He is now sitting
partly up in bed, while Mrs Garfield is Civ
ing him little beefsteak. We are all in the
best of spirits, feeling that his recovery is al
most absolutely assured.
The President before being wounded suf-
fered from chronic dyspepsia, and the ply
sicians say that the effects are now visible
and that the immense drain of pus from the
system must be replaced by healthy dieting.
Terrible DistilIery Explosion.
PEORIA (lls.) July 30th.-At 6 o'clock
this evening terrible explosion occurred at
Woolner's distillery, in lower Peoria, in
which Max Woolner. son of Abraham Wool
ner was instantly killed, and sixty others
scalded and bruised The following are the
names of the wounded Ignatius Woolner,
one of the propristors, badly burned, and will
probably die before morning John Kirkland,
Henry Williams, William Rice and two
tus Steeler, Tom Lswless Sinclair. of New
York, - Freeman. Henry Gushing, VIM.
Fehl and two sons, August Riefner all badly
burned, and some will, no doubt, die before
morning. This distillery was burned on June
9th, and the proprietors were engaged trying
tub of beer that was saved from the FIRE,
and through defects of the machinery of the
pipes of the still, the tub exploded with fear
full results.
A later report is that the wounded men are
at their residences tonight, and at least ten
of them are believed to be fatally injured
A Notorious Highwayman Second Time
WASHINGTON, July 30th--A notorious
highway robber named Ham White was
year or two ago tried and convicted for rob.
bing the mails in Texas. He was a noted
and desperate highwayman. He had robbed
stage coaches and individuals, and had COM
mitted several murders. Upon conviction in
Texas he was sentenced to Imprisonment in
the West Virginia Pen;tentiary for life.
Upon the recommendation of Congressman
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White The postal authorities knew moth
ing about the pardon until White was re-
leased. He Immediately resumed his career
on the highway, and has now been arrested
in Colorado, where he will be tried. He was
arrested under the name Of Benton. He
has numerous aliases, and has robbed the
mails in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico and
Colorado. Warrants have been procured in
Arkansas and Texas, and White will be tried
for crimes committed in those States as well
as in Colorado. The Chief Inspector of the
Postofica Department has several OF the
masks worn by White in the different rob.
berries. He is one of the most desperate
of border highwaymen.
General Strike OF Butchers.
NEw YORK, July 30th.-To-night, after
few fiery speeches, resolution for all butch
ers in the Union to go on general strike was
carried unanimously. A committee was APP
pointed to telegraph to the butchers of Phila-
delphia and Chicago news of the strike, and
request them not to interfere. The strike
begins tomorrow, Sunday, which is usually
one of the busiest DAYS of the week. There
are 400 men in the Union, and one of them
said if they could hold out three weeks their
employ ers would be compelled to take them
back and increase their wages.
Woman Decapitated.
OMAHA, July 30th.-Last night, at North
Bend, on the Union Pacific Railroad, Mrs.
Williams ran upon the track in the rear OF
the caboose on the freight train to talk to DIR.
Elwood, who was inside, when the train sud-
denly backed up and the bumper of the
caboose struck Mrs. Williams in the breast,
knocking her down. Her neck struck on the
rail and the car passed over and completely
decapitated her.
An Arkansas County Hinder Martial Law.
LITTLE Rock, July 90th.-The Governor
has placed Perry county under martial law.
Even the magistrates have been deferred
from issuing writs for the assassins and the
military have been sent thither.
Foot Racing.
New YORK, July 30th.-George Hazel,
champion OF England, defeated Charles
day, at the Polo grounds. Hazel ran ten
miles in 53 minutes 323 seconds, and Price in
30 minutes seconds.
Fires.
WHITEHALL (alich.), July 30th.-The main
business street has been burned. Loss,
Sl30. 900; partly insured.
DENVER July 3Oth-A fire this morning
in Lomois & Wheeler's lumber yard caused
IS, 900 or $4,000 damages fully covered by
insurance.
Sheepherdcr Murdered.
DENVER Gel J, July 30th.-The Repu5h
cans Trinidad special says At Browns
ranch, near here, to-day, Daggart, foreman
OF Stevenson's RANCH shot and killed one of
Browns sheepherders and beat another nearly
to death. The cause of the trouble is un-
known. The murderer escaped.
Resignation Filed.
ALBANY IN. ", July 30sh.-The resigna-
tion of Eldridge G. Lapham, as representa-
tive of the Seventeenth Congressional Dis
trict of this State in the Forty-seventh Con-
gress, to take effect August 1st, was filed in
the Secretary of States Office to-day.
FOREIGN NEWS.
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