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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The newCommissioner of Pensions will
recommend to the next Congress the pas
sage of an act providing for the pension
ing of all Union soldiers who were con-
fined in rebel prisons during the war.
Our pension rolls have already grown to
such a magnitude that the people-tax
payers-are beginning to wonder where
the thing is going to stop, and while we,
in common with all fair-minded and pa
triotic citizens, would not deny to those
eelaie-s 4r14 sA--e- tlsei., aissS, limbs and
health in support of the principals that
were and are dear to the hearts of all
Americans, the pittance they and their
families now receive, we do think that our
pension laws now existing are ample and
sufficient to meet all cases. IF our under
standing of the law be correct, any sol
dier or sailor who received injuries or
contracted q lasting disease, whether at
Andersonville or elsewhere, is entitled to
the benefit of the several acts. We do
not think man who, after being incar-
cerated in a southern prison pen, was re-
leased without suffering any permanent
injury to his health, iseany more entitled
to pension than the one who went into
battle and came out unscathed. Our
pension laws are good enough as they are.
Let them alone,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
Guiteau's Legal Defense.

A special dispatch from Washington
says that Guiteau, notwithstanding the
careful arrangements that were made to
prevent any knowledge coming to him
Of the condition Of the President or as to
mat tiers relating to his case, learned on
Tuesday that District Attorney Corkhill
had returned to the city, and sent one Of
his usual communications, stating that he
had something important to say. Col.
Corkhill visited the Jail in the afternoon
He declined to say what particular thing
Guiteau wished to talk about. Twill say,
however, said the Colonel, that Guiteau
is looking very well, talks intelligently
and gives no evidence whatever of insan>
ity. He has found out that the Presi-
dent is still alive. 1t is curious, Colonel
Corkhill observed, how that story about
arrangements to lynch Guiteau got about.
II is made out Of whole cloth. There is,
however, an extensive, formidable and
earnest organization, the object of which
is to make it certain that, if the Presi~
dent dies, Guiteau shall not escape pun>
ishment. Word of this came to me acs
cidentally very. early after the shooting,
from member of the organization. 1t
does not pretend to be particularly ser
cret or to have the nonsense OF pass
words or grips. 1t is an organization
composed of men who are bound togeth-
er by common sentiment. They do not
contemplate breaking into Jail or violat-
ing the law Or anything of that sort
But it is their purpose, in case Guiteau
shall be acquitted on the ground of in
sanity, to see to it that he is not to es.
cape with residence in an insane asylum.
They do not propose that he shall ever
be taken to the insane asylum alive.
! do not believe that regiment of soldiers
could prevent them from accomplishing
their purpose. l received letter this
morning from George Scoville, Of Chica,
go, the brother>in~law of Guiteau, in
which lie said he would undertake Gui,
teau's defense. showed the letter tt
Guiteau. and he said, Il do not want tt
be bothered about these things till tbs
J time comes. am not a pauper. an
comfortably provided for. When l have
lawyer | want an eminent crimina
lawyer, and George Scoville is nc bette
lawyer than I am
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

Bunnell's Museum on the Bowery, New
York, was the scene of love affail
lately, involving one of the Zulus on ex>
hibition and an italian girl, and it has
resulted in marriage. The negro brides
groom is known as1C harlien in English,
but rejoices in the Zulu name of Mkano,
and his bride was Miss Anita Corsini,
aged eighteen. She saw the manly
Zulu in the Museum in February, and his
well proportioned, albeit scantily clad,
form and his physical strength captured
her heart. Day after day she visited the
Museum, and in time mutual affection
was developed. In the conversation the
Zulu dropped the harsh cries and sounds
with which he was accustomed to assail
the ears Of the public, and ceased to
brandish his assegai. In July, the Zulu
made declaration of love which met
with favorable response from the mai,
den.
The girls father, who is the proprietor
OF a show window case factory, discovered
her infatuation, and tried to end it. The
zula and the girl determined to elope.
Their project was discovered on Weds
nesday, and the girl was arrested at her
fathers request. He did not press a
charge against her in the jefferson Mar
ket Police Court, but instead took her
home. But the Zulu managed to CONS
municate with her, and they sought a
Gretna Green in Brooklyn. Accom-,
panied by Ukali, another Zulu, and
Charles Richards, as best men, the house
Of the Rev. 9. J.. Page, No. 318 Union.
street, Brooklyn, was sought. The min>
ister performed the marriage ceremony
according to the rite of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. They are living to-
gether happily. He is coal black and
bwenty~one years old. She is pretty and
eighteen.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
STATE ITEMS.

Ciclzen cholera prevails extensively in Hunter
don county. Samuel Bonnell, Of Clinton, recently
lost 300 fowls by the disease.
The Ocean Grove Association has purchased an
additional tract of land south Of the present
grounds for ten thousand dollars.
In 1928 gentleman named Hancock left Pater.
son. He returned last week at the age of 70 years
and the first man he met at once recognized him
Twenty-Five locomotives have been shipped
from the Paterson shops during the past month,
and there are contracts for thirty five more to be
delivered this MONTH
VIM. M. Moore, of Plainfeld, had Charles Reilly
a New York bootblack arrested in the latter city
on Saturday on charge of stealing his watch.
St. Marks Episcopal Church. at Hammonton,
Atlantic county, one of the finest church edifces
in South Jersey, was consecrated last week by
Right Rev. John Scarborough, Bishop of the Dio.
cese of New Jersey.
The room of Mrs. Castlebury. of Troy, a board
er at the Colorado Hotel Asbury Park, was en-
tered by sneak thief during her absence one
evening last week. The thief broke open trunk
and stole jewelry valued at over $500.
A writ has been issued against Fish Warden
Pearson, of Gloucester county, in the interest OF
Philadelphia fishermen whose nets he confisca-
ted recently, for the purpose of testing the con-
stitutionality of the fish law before the Supreme
Court.
A Herald correspondent states that State Pri-
son Supervisor Moore recently said that he could
have contracted for the employment of 900 men
ct sixty cents per day but that the passed last
Winter by the Legislature precluded him from
doing 50 because it provides that not more than
lO0men shall be employed at any one specific in
dustry- This law, it is estimated, will work loss
to the State this year of fully $4,000, and it is
stated that serious injury viii ensue both men
tally and physically, to those convicts who are
not elnuloyed
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

She poked her head in at the office
window of the village postmaster, and
innocently observed. Il expect letter
from Arthur to-day. What do you sup
pose vas the reason he didn't write p"
Annoyed by the interruption, Federal
official sharply responded: II don t know;
but perhaps he was engaged in writing
TO another woman last night" it hap,
pened, unfortunately for the postmas-
ter, that the lady who sought the in>
formation was niece of the Congress,
man for that district, and the next
month his official head rolled in the
basket. The county organ of the adj
ministration announced the change in an
article headed. Civil service reform
moves grandly on. n-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

A story related by an Englishman.
being the result of his investigation in
Hayti, is almost too incredible for belief,
According to him the African "Voudou''
and "Oh" are the potential gods before
whom Christianity stands but little chance.
Human flesh is used for food, parents
even selling their children to be devour>
ed, and the dead being disinterred to
furnish the unholy banquet. We think
this is case which furnishes food moi
only ',for not improbable reflection" as
the World puts 10, but which would jus.
tify the immediate interposition o.
Christian nations, our own in that duty
coming first. The project Of buying Sar
Domingo once rose to National impor.
portance, but here is something which
belongs to the world. No State within
the reach of the United States, no coun
try illumined by the setting sun shoulc
be permitted to lapse into a barbarisn
before which humanity shudders. 1t ii
to be hoped that the story is much mag
nifed, but it deserves prompt notice ane
quick action.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

O'Dynamate Rosa and the parcel of
crazy murderers, who compose his gang,
have recently issued ''manifesto', to all
the friends of Ireland, warning them
against taking passage in British vessels
after September 1st, and Indicating an In
tention on the part Of the revolutionists
to annihllate the English navy by the use
of Internal machines. These troublesome
"liberatorsn should be given wholesome
lesson in the shape of prison cell, where
they may have ample opportunity to med
itate on the mutability of human affairs
and weep oyer the tomb of their buried
schemes. They haven't the true interests
of ireland at heart when they resort to
such despicable means to accomplish the
overthrow of their enemies-even if Eng
land could be overthrown in that manner
Intelligent Irishmen will do well to cut
loose from associations and leagues like
that headed by Rosa, whose every act
serves to bring the cause, for which
poor Ireland is struggling, into disrepute
and contempt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The question of the imposition by Eng
land of a tariff upon the breadstufs, but
ter, cheese, ETC., now received from this
country, is being agitated in that country
We make the prediction, however, that
the new party which is being formed up
on this issue will never achieve success.
Let there be one such crop failure as Eng
land has often known, and the laboring
classes of that country will not be likely
to submit to the increase of the prices of
American products when they are driven
to buy of us or starye. The effect of such
tariff would doubtless for time injure
the producing interests of this continent,
but when the extremities of bad yearin
England should come, English laborcrs
would be the principal sufferers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

Ex>Shepherd Cowley, finding no alac-
rity on the part of the Christian public to
respond to his appeals for money. has
now taken to writing long and tiresome
letters to the press. Herepresents him.
self as badly used person, and stoutly
denies that he was cruel to the wretched
victims of his misery economy. The
more letters Cowley writes, the less mon.
ey he will get, and the less brilliantly will
he appear as burning and a shining
light in the ecclesiastical fold which
whitewashed him instead of turning him
out for a wolf.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
The Tribune Of Monday morning tells


The Tribune Of Monday morning tells
the following queer story. We don't
know any such place as Holton, and it is
probable that the Tribune has been sold:
In the woods near the village OF Hol-
ton, N. J., about four miles from New
ark, party of men have been holding
meetings for some evenings for some
heretofore unknown purpose. TN their
way from the woods on Sunday night
their conversation aroused the suspics
ions of daughter of farmer living near
the woods. Last night they were
watched. They numbered about DO and
were nearly all masked. Each one
swore terrible oath, to which heavy
penalty was attached, to proceed to
Washington as soon as President GAR
field should die, and not leave there
until they have lynched Guiteau
Ex>Sheriff Rockwell and other persons
living in the ncighborhood, when asked
last night about the affair, stated that
they had been approached by men who
had asked them to join the avengers, and
that they had heard of the meetings, but
did not know any particulars Jerses
City journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

When Oliver P. Morton was Governor
of Indiana, in 1865, he was stricken with
paralysis and went to Europe in search
of health. Lieutenant Governor Baker
exercised the functions of the Executive
Office under clause in the State Consti>
tuition exactly like that in the National
Constitution relating to the inability of
the President. In his official signature
Baker subscribed himself "Lieutenant
Governor, acting Governor" Soon after
wards Mr.. Morton returned and resumed
his duties without the slightest jar or
friction in the machinery of the State
Government. This Indiana precedent
is interesting and valuable.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The Post Office Department has re-
quested the postal authorities of New
South Wales, Queensland, Victoria,
New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and
Shanghai, in making up mails for the
United States via San Francisco, to send
in direct mails to New York all letters
directed for delivery there as well as
those addressed to the States of New
Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island,
instead of dispatehing them, as hereto
fore,in bulk to San Francisco for assort=
ment and distribution in the Post Office
there. The method now in use neces~
sarily involves some delay, and some~
times leads to detention of twenty
four hours, there being only one mail
despatched eastward daily from San
Francisco. This suggestion will uns
doubtedly be complied with, and mer>
chants and others will thus be enabled
to receive more promptly their corress
pondence from those points.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

As was suspected from the start, the
investigation to ascertain who slit the col.
ored cadets ears, has resulted in the
verdict that Whitaker, the cadet, cut
them himself. The farce of trial has
cost the government round sum, how
ever. We doubt il $780, 900 would cover
expenses incurred.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The Cars precautions in taking rail
road journey were illustrated on his re-
cent trip to Moscow when at every him.
dred PAGES bayonets glistened, and at in
teryals tents shown white and campfres
CLEANED. Nobody but an Emperor could
travel far in this kind of style. And, what
ismore, nobody but an Emporer wants to.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The railroad war still continues and
there is said to be no immediate prospect
Of a truce. The cutting Of rates will
doubtless go on until the smaller stock
holders are obliged to sell out, and then
the war willsuddenly cease, and the rail-
road stock will again be high. That's
the way it goes. People who are not
stockholders in the railroads favor a con-
tinuance ofthewar. If 1--WE were buying
railroads at this time, we should not be
contented until we owned fifty-one full
shares.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The announcement is made that the
heaviest mortgage ever recorded at AL
bany, N. Y, was filed there on Friday.
1t is for $5O,0OO,OoO, and is given by the
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Rail-
road Company to the United States
Trust Company of New York as truss
tee. The indenture sets forth that the
railroad company is formed by the con>
solidation of the New York, West Shore
and Buffalo Railroad Company, the
North River Railroad Company and the
Jersey City and Albany Railway Cons
pany. The purpose is to construct a
railroad from Weehawken, N. j., op~
posite the city of New York, along the
west shore of the Hudson river to West
Point, Newburg, Kingstown, Catskill,
Athens and Coxsackie to or near
Schenectady, and thence along or near
the south shore of the Mohawk river to
Utica, Syracuse and Buffalo, with
branches to the cities of Albany and
Rochester. The rate of interest is five
per cent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

A paper in Chicago having said that
that city uses 100000 gallons Of water
daily, a Baltimorian remarks that .half
OF that amount is made into beer, and
the other half is used to scald the bris-
ties off of hogs
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

As it takes all sorts of people to make
a world, so out of fifty millions Of peo-
pie few can be found who rejoice in the
assassination of the President and who
hope for his death, They are so few in
number as to make themselves unpleas-
antly conspicuous, although that may be
one of the stimulating causes that pro-
duces them. One of this class of soulless
wretches makes his appearance, we regret
to say, in the editorial profession. And
he, like his exemplar, Guiteau, stands
alone in his calling His name is Wheeler
and he edits the daily Herald at Quincy
Ill. On the nth of August he INDUCED
in this horrible sentiment: 1--WE believe
Guiteau to be just as honorable as the maj
be shot, and mighty sight less dan
gerous to the country at large" Tht
Herald editor has from time to time sinc'
that date reiterated and aggravated this
statement by such assertions as: "Wher
the doctors finish Gniteau's work, as they
seem likely to do, there will be no Ma
tional sorrow" He also added that HI
had the support of all the reputable Dem
ocrats everywhere, when the truth is tina
not even aSouthern Democrat has beef
base enough to acknowledge any feeling o
the kind, but they have as party and a
individuals denounced the criminal an
deplored the reault of the crime. 1
| Quincy the Indignation was intense, an
on Saturday night the editor was hun
and burned in effigy. No one would hav
complained very much had the live write
taken the place of the man Of straw
= Newark Sentinel
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The alleged amateur polygamist, Mar
vim, has been safely stored in prison at
Richmond, Va. He shared Guiteaus
fear of Judge Lynch, and with some rea-
son, for Virginia has a creditable reputa-
ton FORTS zeal in redressing the wrongs
ofiniured women, but theVirginians wise
ly decided to let the law take it's course.
There is ample assurance that the rascal
ly old Lothario will be restrained from
any further ''mashing'' exploits for years
to come, and the indignities of prison life
will be heavier punishment than the
"short shrift and long rope" of the mob.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02

The English Lords cannot swallow
the Land bill. They succeeded in swal-
lowing up all the land, though, in the
first place.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS
As furnished by MARTIN & CAsKEY
PAVING PRICES,
MARRIED.

ALEXANDRIA, LAssY.-At Hamburg June g.
| by Rev H Edsall George w Alexander, OF
Milton. to Catharine CLASSY. of Hamburg.
SToNE-LocKE-O the 18th ult, at the residence
James B Stone, of Boonton, to Abbie A Locke, Of
Buffalo, NY
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
A LIVE LOCAL Newspaper
1rorristown. N. j.. Sept. a.

tours are the plans of fair, delightful peace
Uqas0arped By party rage to liUe like brothers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
w. S. BABBITT.

This week we desire to bring
to your especial notice newly
imported article in the way OF
DRESS GOODS. It is called
Yeddo, and is in appearance very
much like striped or figured
satin. It is warranted to be all
cotton, and because of the choice
colors SO tremendously blended
also for its delicate texture it
makes the handsomest Summer
Dress you could desire. Samples
cheerfully forwarded.
While the Yeddo takes the eye.
for its peculiar beauty, FoULEY,
(accent the last syllable), an all
wool fabric, is considered better,
as it is lasting article. It is
rich and handsome as well as
durable, and the price moderate.
The colors are all plain-not al
figured one among the whole.
We have SPREADS and CouN-
TERPANEs, which are very reas-
enable in price for their size
and weight. One, Jacquard, full
size-2a yards square veryI
heavy, for sI.Is; same spreads
sell for sr.35.
w. S. Rabbit,
Morristown, N. ].
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
SAMUEL S. HALSEY,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Master in Chancery,
Notary Public, Commissioner Of Supreme Court,
and for the States Of New York and Pennsyl vania.
ONCE at his residence South Street, Next Door
to Dan'l Sanders store S9-3m
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
Notice of Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the accounts OF the
subscriber, administrative of James Dodd, de-
ceased, viii be audited and stated by the Surro-
gate, and reported for settlement to the Orphans
Court OF the County Of Morris, ON Monday, the
Third day Of October next.
ELLEN DoDD.
Dated July ii, 1881. 39-9w 3 30
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1881-09-02
A Zulu Marries an Italian.

AUGUST.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-04

How QUARTZ IS FORMED. -Wo were
yesterday handed @ piece of rock that
bore q marked resemblance to quartz that
had been partially decomposed and its
solid parts stained by the oxidation of
minerals. 1t was taken from between the
tubes of an old boiler that was being re-
paired at Lakenan's foundry. The boiler
had been in use for some years at quartz
mines in this district, and the rock was
the result Of accretions or precipitation Of
steam that pormcated or escaped from the
tubes, and in the course of years hard
ened into q stone some three inches in
thickness. To all appearances it was q
quartz formation, and would be SO pro.
Iounced by any miner of experience.
The process by which this stone is formed
would seem to be a strong proof of the
theory that quartz veins are of aqueous
formation, and that the forces may be still
actively at work in natures laboratory
creating the assures and filing them with
deposits of q distinctive mineral charac.
ter that come from the waters and so.
called country rock" We quote the
above from the "Union, and add that
having examined the samples of rocl:
taken from the old boiler, we consider it
most convincing proof Of the aqueous
formation OF cur quartz veins. - Foothill
Tidings.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-04
FHs gltEHE WEEKLY RECORD.
S,VuUnAY..... :. ISL

A late arrival from Eureka in Ward,
says the Reflex, heard surveyor con-
nected with the Stockton & Eureka Rail-
road express himself on the subject Of the
most feasible route to Eureka and has ar
rived at the conclusion that ono of three
routes viii be selected, which are given
AZ fcllow2: First, By way of Sacramento
Pass, in the Snake Range, three miles
north Of Osceola; through Rose Spring
Pass in the Schel! Croel; Range and Hero
ulssc Cap in the Egan Range. Second,
By the same route, substituting Robson
for ITerculoso Gap. Third, Further
north or by way of Egan Canyon. The
rolling hills cast of Egan, in the Schell
Creek Range, arc said to be the great
drawback to the last named route. The
immediate vicinity OF Hercules Gap was
from Sae start the objective point of the
Eureka & Colorado River Railroad and it
is fair to presume that has not sunk out
Of sight and will not be overlooked by the
road from Utah. The way it looks now
theroad must come through the Sacra-
mento Pass in the Snake Range.