The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-10-07

ried free of postage during her natural life"
In 1870 the following act was passed;
- That the Secretary of the Interior be and
is hereby authorized to place the name of
Mary Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln,
deceased, late President of the United States,
on the pension roll, and allow and pay her
a pension at the rate of $4,000 per annum
from and after the passage of this act
The subscription to Mrs. Garfield's fund.-
started 10y Cyrus w. Field, now amounts to
about S325,000. President Garfield also had
$4,000 insurance on his life, which his
widow will get. The President made no will
and left an estate valued at about $4,000
Congress will no doubt do as well for Mrs.
Garfield as it did for Mrs. Lincoln. 1t will
thus be observed that she is to be handsome
ly provided for.
The Grand Jury will sit to day and will no
doubt bring in all Indictment for murder in
the first degree, against Guiteau. The in
dictment will then be presented to the Court
and the assassin Immediately arraigned. A
great deal of interest and speculation is in
dulged in this case. Many predict that Gui-
teau will not live to hear the verdict of jury,
while others are Of the opinion that the ex-
element has sufficiently abated to permit
the trial to proceed without an attempt being
ercised in taking the prisoner to and from
the Jail and City Hall. The distance is
about one mile.
Patent medicines and old women's reme-
dies to cure blood poisoning arrived at the
White House to day. They started on their
journey some time ago-most of them were
from the remote west-and the senders when
they made their shipments, evidently had not
known of the Presidents removal to Long
Branch and his subsequent death.
Extensive preparations are being made by
our hotels and boarding houses to entertain
the innumerable caravan" that is expected
to arrive when the Senate convenes on the
10th Such an event is always the means of
attracting hundreds to the city who are de-
sirous of shaping legislation to further their
personal ends. They are known as lobby
ists,' and their name is legion.
The President has not yet indicated when
he will want the White House for his occu-
pancy. He is now occupying the house of
Senator Jones, of Nevada. 1t is large,
handsome stone building just south of the
Capitol, and was built by Ben. Butler. If he
goes in at all it will not be for some time
The Executive Mansion will have to be
cleaned and new carpets and furniture put
in it. The carpets and furniture of the
house are old and worn out or moth eaten-
In the public part they are but little better.
The directions for cleaning the house and
getting it in order have not yet been given.
All of the late Presidents papers have been
sent to Mentor, together with his library
The private property of the family has not
all been sent away yet. Some of it has been
shipped, but good deal, consisting of pic
lures and similar articles, will require time
and care in their packing.
The beautiful stone contributed by the
State of Nevada to the Washington Monu-
ment has arrived in the city, and is an object
of great interest 1t is pure specimen of
native granite, and is deliberately inscribed.
The letters are of solid silver, and are about
as thick as a silver dollar, some six inches in
highth, and of proportionate width. They
are so neatly fitted into the solid granite that
the joint is almost invisible. Above the
word Nevada" is deeply cut in the granite
the motto of the State: "All for Our Coun-
try" and below, the date, 1881. The figures
of the date are plated with gold. The gran
lite composing it is the hardest ever seen.-
That part which is polished is almost blue in
color, while the remainder presents q some
what gray appearance. 1t is the most ex-
pensive stone contributed by any State so
far. The contributions for Kansas, Nebras-
ka, and other Western States are expected to
arrive here in few days.
The granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson,
Mrs Maria Jefferson Eppes Shine, accom-
panied by her son and daughter, called at the
White House Saturday and were shown over
the building. She had with her the medal
which was awarded Thomas jefferson by the
Continental Congress for drawing up the
Declaration of Independence. The medal,
which is of silver, is little larger than the
standard silver dollar of to-day, and is ap-
propriately inscribed. FAX.
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The following is the address of o. w.
Rowland, Esq, delivered at the memorial
exercises held in the Disciple church in this