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W. D. Patten and Deputy Sheriff John Mound
were assassinated on the street In Fayetteville,
Ark, Saturday night by unknown parties
Great excitement prevails News is Just re
ceived Of the assassination OF Dock Daniels,
sheriff OF Columbia county, Ark, by q gang of
drunken negroes on the night OF the third OF
july
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A Boy DRowNED.-About three O'Clock yes
teTday afternoon white boy named Willie
Ryan. 10 years old, living at 7l6 23d street.
While bathing in the river 100 yards from Lit
tlef1eld's wharf, was drowned. His body had
not been recovered at sunset last evening.
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A collision occurred on the Kentucky Central
railroad near OoviDgton, yesterday. between
an excursion train and an express train, Dy
which seven persons were killed and twelve
wounded. all reSfdents OF COYingtOp.
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IMPORTED QUAILS.
They are Eluttering Their Wings
Now i'm Two States.

Last summer the Cuvter club. OF Cincinnati,
turned loose large number or Me5Slna quail,
which, when the cold blasts Of last winter
came on. spread their wings and took an air
line for the south. Several communications
have been received at the Tnes-Stdr office
asking whether these birds had ever returned.
A TimeS-Stdr reporter took the trouble OF hunt
ing up Col L. A. Harris, who, by the way, Is
and the query regarding the quail was pro-
Those quail have never returned, - replied
the Colonel ''but we have strong hopes that
they will, for some of them have been seen In
"Does the club intend to import any more:"
''Oh, yes. We have made arrangements for
the Importation OF 200 more"
"When will they arrive here?"
sina quail are an African bird that cross S n the
Nc diterTanean Sea TO Messina In the fall OF the
year and there they are captured. One oruer
Will be filed In the spring and we will try our
luck again."
"Tne Cuvisr Club is doing considerable good
towards the preservation of game In OHIO,
"a great deal. Our club here is the largest
IN the country, and every member takes per-
sonal fnteresI In seeing that game is protected.
We are now making arrangements for stocking
all the streams Of the state with the flnest fisS.
There has been great trouble caused US by the
defective game laws OF Ohio, which we hope to
nave Temedled next winter when the leglsla-
ture meets. For instance: The Fish Commis-
81 sion sets sslde 8 GOO for stocking the streams
OF OHIO with flsh, and at the same time the
legislature passed an act giving permission to
shoot and spear 1sh, and TO seine Tor ''mulets. "
Now what are muiiets? They are worthless
fish commonly called the "red horse" When
seining for muilets person is liable to seine
few black bass. Is he going to pick out the
bass and throw them back into the stream and
keep the mullets7 Not much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-05

WHAT bargains there is at j. e. Young's, 1856
18th street, Of the damaged goods by the late
StOrm.-AdCt
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.

BEST CINCINNATI HAMS.
OLD CROW WHISKY.
VERY CHOICEST SARDINES.
Delightful SWEET CATAWBA WINE, 81 per gal.
GREAT SWISS PROCESS FLOUR.
Ny 'sBOUQUET WHISKY" 81. so per 4allon.
HORSEFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
FANCY OLD 9OVEREMENT JAVA COFFEE.
One Bottle MOE WHISKY, SO cents.
Large Stock CHOICE TEAS.
Low Prices for Everything.
GEO. A. O'HARE,
WEoLEsALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
ie3O-2w 1918 7th st. northwest bet II and n.
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GUITEAU IN IOWA.
His Failure as q Lecturer.
SYMPATHY FROM PARIS.

SYMPATHY FROM PAkIS
The Secretary Of State has Just received the
following ror Mrs. Garfield:
PARIS, July 4.-To Madame Garfield, Execu-
tive Mansion: Accept expres sion OF our deepest
sympathy. tSigned> oUrRKY.
sYNPATHY FROM CATHOLIC BISHOPS.
FORT WAYNE, IND, July 8.-To the President
OF the United States: The Catholic bishops Of
Peoria and Fort Wayne desire to express their
most sincere sympathy and the most earnest
wish for your speedy recovery.
(StgneG,l j. l. SPALDING.
JOSEPH DEvRNGER.
wHITKLAW REID AND WIFE.
v1NTNoR, July s.-TO Mrs. Garfield: Love
sympathy and hope.
lSigned,) WHIrHLAw REID AND WIFE
1HH LADIES OF RICHMOND sYxPATHIzs WITH MRS.
GARFIELD.
RICHNoND. VA, July S.-To Mrs. Garfield: We
deeply sympathize with you In your sad Attic
ton. We shall to-day send up many earnest
prayers for the speedy recovery OF your hus-
haLd and our beloved President.
lSlgnedJ TIE LADIES OF RICHMOND.
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Affairs i'm Alexandria.

lheI'OTltU .FOT 1he St0f,
THE DAY.-There has been no Gel ebration OF
the 4th Of July here, except the hosting of flags
by the shipping In port. the closing OF the
banks. exchange, and post Office, AID OF some
stores. Hundreds OF peop.e left town upoL
various excursion trips, and no one was per-
mftted to forget 1.-THE day we celebrate for
IRE crackers and pistols spoke patrlotlcally all
day long.
The CHURCHES AND THE WOUNDED .PRKsI-
DKNT.-The churches OF Alexandra joined with
those OF Washington yesterday IN prayer for
the President. jew and Gentle were not divi-
ded. At the Catholic church Rev. Father Whyte
said he was sure be spoke the sentiment OF
not only the congregation but OF the whole
community In declaring their horror OF the
crime: He begged his congregation to unite In
supplicattDg Heaven for the recovery of the
Chief Magistrate. AT the Episcopal, Presbyte-
rian and Methodist churches there were also
prayers for the recovery OF the President
UNITED STATES COURT-The United States
court, Judge Hughes, opens here Tomorrow
There are several cases OF interest-the Car
michael doubled Malone postal card case and
.ome washington steamboat suits.
PERSONAL Mr. James ii. Neal, prominent
member OF the Alexandra Light Infantry, is
dying this morniDg,-W. G. Markell WELL
known plasterer, contractor for VIM. Bryant's
house, died yesterday evening. He was lead
ing member OF the Sun fire company.
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SAD YACHTING CALANITY-Flpe FSTSOne
employed in the silk establishment OF e u:
BENJAMIN, New York, hired Brooklyn yacnI
and went for cruise up the Sound, tsnng "
some friends at Port Morris, meune tnS pSsS s6,Ss
Ground iiehthouse, the yacht was struck ny Ine
severe sqIan which passed over L1ng s6 1slnmq n,9
on that Gay ana capeized ne1: SnG arG ..DS nv
ieaviDe S S m the yachting party struggllng IN the
ever else fisey could md, but one after the
ofser Wss drowned until only three Of the
men. Mr. Palmer, Nr. EDDY, and the sailing
master. Mr.. Tompkins. were left a1oat. At
this critical Juncture Tompkns sighted the
aseisfanca Tho schooner went pr0mptly to
the rtscue. but before she could reach the spot
Edjy hsd sunk. Palmer and Tompkins were
rs Year,; VIM. Sfaly. II years: Herman Eddy.
70 yesn; VIM. Edmondson, 1s years. ana Miss
Fannie taDphIeL
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An Act of espsct at Halifax.
HALIFAX, N. S., July 4.-The reception an
nounced for to-day by Captain Meade, Of the
Us. steamer vandalia, was abandoned owing
to the critical condition OF President G ardeld.
A Disarmament Needed.
TORONTO, ONT, July 4.-The Mail. In an ar
ticle on the attempted assassination OF Gar
field, says:-"It is obvious that the 'spoils sys-
tenn OF the United States tends constantly to
produce hundreds OF disappointed men OF low
morals and bad principles who, finding their
last hope Of al office gone may at any moment
resentative Of the whole political system OF the
country. 1t is singular effect OF one gr'4G
crime to produce Its own imitation, a. In
til times Of excitement no Presaents VIII
OF liberty SO far as to allow to the wick
edest classes the liberty OF carrying deadly
weapons as plentiful as penknives To
President with bodyguard, would be so
striking policy. and such confession Of fall
ure In republic, that We hardly dare to hope
the experiment will be tried. But it is obvious
that such disarmament Is needed"
TIE VICE PRESIDENTS NATIVITY.
The Mat adds further -" The position! Of
Vice President Arthur. in the event CT va
cancy In the Presidency, would be singular
one. In ordinary cases the Vice President sue
ceeds the President when the latter dies during
his term OF office. but Mr: Arthur is, we believe
Nova ScOt1an-a Canadian-and In that case
he is not eligible for the office"
A Canadian View.
TORONTO, ONT, July 4.-The Globe to day, In
an article on the shooting OF the President.
ys:-"The Globe thinks it likely enough that
no man Will recognize more clearly than the
Vice Prealdent his utter insufhciency for the
dignity to which he will probably be called, and
hopes he win not be as putty in the hands Of
the faction with which he is so strongly iden
tifed."
GUITEAU IN IOWA.
His Failure as q Lecturer.
DAVENPORT, IOWA, July s.-The Gazette pub
lishes an account Of the doings Of Charles j.
Guiteau in this city, october 18th and 10th,
1878. He advertised two lectures on Christianity
and on Paul the Apostle but having no au-
dience did not speak j. Wilson G11teau, the
assassin's brother, was lawyer here from 1855
to 1864.
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trouble. Guiteau furnished the securities but
they were found to be worthless. Mr.. English
taxed him with his knavery, and Guiteau re-.
plieo that the understanding was that he should
furnish securities and he had done 80, and had
earned his money. Mr.. Eaglish af1erward
sued him for this money. and secured 1udg-
ment.
GUITBAU'S wIFE'S DIVORCE.
Mr.. Ketcnum's present business partner, Mr..
Brown, said that be had been employed by
Guiteau's wife to begin proceedings for divorce
against her husband on the ground of adultery.
Mr. Brown learned that Guiteau was In Mr.
Haws' ONCE. while bis ONCE was opposite.
MIR. Brown then manifested some hesitation
about being retained by the wife, because there
was lawyer In the case, and especially because
the lawyer had Offices In the same building. Mr.
he had been retained by his wife iu the divorce
proceeding, and afterw ard told OF his dislike to
carry on the case. Guiteau did not defend the
suit. He requested Lawyer Brown to make
out the decree papers 80 that they would
not proviGe that the defendant was not to
marry again. The Judge before whom
vision, however. of his own motion, some time
aflerward Mr.. Brown received note saying
that Guiteau'S Wife wished to retain Other
counsel he, He said that 4 she would write HIN
never received any note from her to that effect.
io i6, ls ms opinion It that G9iteau wished to get
collust0n have the case reopened.
NOT INSANE MOB FOOL.
"Guiteau always made an unfavorable i'm.
precision on persons whom he came In contact. y
said MI. Ketchum. "Yet don't believe that
ne is insane. nor is he fool He had strong
SSgnl1ons Se a1%ays on religion During the Beecler trial
was guilty. he thought ne merited the
public interest he maintained the strongest
opinions They were not those OF an insane
nan nor Of q fool by any means. One daY he
was pecu1arly obnoxious, and taunGed me 80
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What DIR. Bliss Says.

There is no material change In the Presideut's
condition. Doctor Agnew. the eminent surgeon
OF Philadelphia. who came here this morning 70
consult with resident attending physiclans.
says that, In his Judgment there are some tea.
lures Of the Presidents case which are ex.
tremely encouraging. Among these b the fact
that the kidneys and intestines are entirely un-
injured and capable Of performing their func-
lions. The liver is lscerated TO some extent,
and the large nerves leading from the spine 10
the lower extremites have been 20 In
jured - to cause pain. which the President re-
fen 70 his feet The stomach, however, retains
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All ACt Oh II eSptCt at H81hax.
HALIFAX, N. S., July 4.-The reception an
nounced for to-day by Captain Meade, Of thu
Us. steamer Vandalia, was abandoned OWNS
to the critical condition OF President Garfield.
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A REASSURING BULLETIN.
THE PRESIDENT PASSES A
COMFORTABLE NIGHT.
HIS CONDITION DECIDEDLY MORE
FAVORABLE THIS MORNING.
$3.50 A. NJ.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

He PreS1dent'S COnd1tiOn DeCIdedIY
More Favorable
The following bulletin was issued at $50:
The President has passed comfortable night,
and his condition this morning is decidedly
more favorable. There has been no vomiting
been able to retain the liquid nourishment al
ministered. There Is less tympanitis. and no
abdominal tenderness. except In the wounded
region. Pulse ia; temperature 1905, and res
piration "a.
D. w. BLISS.
j. j. WOODWARD.
j. X. BARNES.
RoBT. RKYBURN.
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~ METROPOLITAN RAILROAD CON-
S PANY.

Notice is hereby given that the seventeenth an
nual meeting of stockholders Of the METROPOL-
ITAN RAILROAD COMPANY will be held at it's
Office, on street, on WECNESDAY. Jaly l3,
1881, when an election wi take plsce for seven
directors. The polls VIII be open from until
o clocE D. m.
The July dividend viii be paid at the National
Metropolitan Bank on and after the LIST Of July.
J. W. THOMPSON, President.
WM. ". MOORE, Secretary. je29- eotjyl2
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

Some of the South Carolina papers are discussing the perplexing subject of taxation. One of the papers, assuming that the State needs to raise about million dollars annual ly, suggests a uniform tax of five cents an acre on the land in the State, which would not be removed or secreted, and uniform tax on all land, improved or unimproved, would tend to stimulate the improvement of all If the taxes were all laid on the land and capital and labor freed from taxation, it is argued that there would be such an influx of those elements of prosperity as has not been known anywhere before.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

Hoopskirts are coming into fashion again This will be good news for Jeff Dayis.-Chi- cGgo Tribune.
 It is true, William, an umbrella is used to keep the rain from you, but the rain is much more apt to keep the umbrella from you Burlington Haaokeye.
 Hereafter at the West Point commencement exercise friends of the graduates will testify their appreciation of the essays by heaving plugs of tobacco on the stage instead of flow ers-CAicdgo Tribune.
 peculiarly sad event occurred in conneo- tion with the marriage of Mir. John Farr ell and Miss Mamie Coyle, at Cincinnati, last Tuesday, relative of the bride reading an original poem of six Chicago Fri bu7le.
 "How do like to look through a 'tele- scope,n exclaimed Gambler street young lady. ''Through telescope sneered her sour tempered aunt. Through 8 telescope? Humph! Give me a keyholei"- Yer non Repu6licGn.
 The newest self-registering thermometer has clock attachment that will tell the time of day in which the greatest heat comes, and an alarm bell that strikes at the lowest cold point This enables man to know when he is warm enough and to find out when he ought to cover himself at night. Or leaBs Picagalne.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
Soarnal all0 Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. oARRINaroN. HOWARD T. HARRINGTON. JOHN B. DARLINGTON, JR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
INTERPRETING EXPERIMENTS.

s'Fair maid, the color of thy cheeks Is like the tints that glow Where sunset smites the Alpine peaks Of everlasting snow. 'Tis natures perfect work, ween, And, seeking for 8 cause, I marvel whence her palette rare, Such wondrous pigments draws" "Ah, marvel not, ," the maid replied, ssThere are, in natures plan, Some secrets that were meant to be Unsearchable to man; But this is arts, and she, less shy, Her mysteries unlocks The pigments that inspire thy muse Cost fifty cents Q box"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
The Newspnper Man.

The reason why so few men comparatively succeed in journalism, says a sensible ex- change, is because so few have for 1t the tenl- perament and the constitution. More than @ moiety of mankind is slow, lacking in alacri- ty, and devoid of sense of proportion. The art of putting things rapidly in shape is not well understood by the public This is the reason we have the long winded sermons, lec- lures promotive of somnolency, and magazine work which presupposes that longevity vouch safed to the long abiding old gentle men and ladies of the Old Testament
 The public is not inconsiderate- is only ignorant. The newspaper is a mystery, the manufacture of which it knows hardly any thing of Those who give to it the enthusiasm of youth, the vigor of manhood, and what ever of wisdom old age migrt have brought with it, might have won abiding fame in this department of literature, or the other in the field of science or in the arena of public af- fairs. Taste or accident has betrayed them into an humble sphere of human exertion; nor do they quarrel with their fortune. He who drifts into journalism rarely leaves it; he still plods on in the daily toll which for him has rare fascination. Often there is no fame for him. The cleverest newspaper man may be utterly unknown, and not for membered. His heart, however, is stout at any rate; and come competence or the lack of it-come the highest or the humblest position, he still tolls with irrepressible cheerfulness, and hopes when all is over that his associates who survive him will be req sonably sorry or solemn at his funeral.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

Governor St. John of Kansas, again asserts that prohibition is a grand success in that State, with the exception of two or three of the largest towns, in spite of the fact that tho liquor interests are expending thousands of dollars every week to retard the work of the friends of temperance. "It is safe to say," he writes, under date of June 10, "that in at least tnineteen-twentieths of the State our law is honestly obeyed, and prohibition is absolute"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

Hartford boy, 10 years old. jumped into the Park river the other day, so as to get wet and stay out of school. He nearly out his foot of on a lot of glass, and has sworn off on school for some months.
 The inmates of aqaiet Hartford home heard terrible sounds In the cellar a few nights since. and guarded the door till morn ing with quaking limbs, when rosy inoered dawn disclosed strange cat with it's head stuck in . tin can.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

The emigration statistics of Germany are engaging the serious attention of the Impe- rial Chancellor, who has submitted to the Bundesrath tables showing that during the year 1880 no fewer than 1l,454 young men
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

new and strins ent liquor law will go into effect in Rhode Island July 1. One of its provisions is that no license shall be granted for any place within 400 feet of g public school It is probable that this clause will compel the removal of number of hotels. Another provision of the law is that the ob jection of 8 majority of the landowners within 100 feet of place for which license is asked shall be sufficient to prevent the granting of license.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

While emigration from Europe to this country is just now surprisingly large, great many of the inhabitants of the United States are seeking other shores. Eight steamers which sailed from New York Saturday would not accommodate those who wanted to start for Europe on that day.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is 8 great scarcity of laborers on railroads which are building in the West, and on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad Indians are getting two dollars day. There is, how ever no scarcity of idle men in western and eastern cities.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27
liable to military service quilted the Father land for America As the sYodus dnrino the

liable to military service quilted the Father land for America As the exodus during the past year was nothing beyond the common, whereas this season the numbers are assum- ing alarming proportions, it seems likely that the military service will be deprived of at least 10000 young men. The worst feat ure of the case, of course, is that the emil grafton of this class means a twofold loss to the country-the sinew and backbone of the land are leaving it, and the aged, infrm, and children are left behind. The chief exodus seems to be from Prussia. Bavaria, with a population equal to one-ninth of the whole of Germany, only supplies one-twentieth of the emigfants, seeming to demonstrate the fact that life in the south is not SO unendur- able as in Prussia itself
 Americus Symmes, the son of the inventor of ''Symmes' Hole," is still living in Ken lucky, and believes that Arctic explorations will eventually prove the truth of his father's preposterous theories Some years ago, when an Arctic expedition was in contempla- tion, Mir. Symmes begged hard to be sent by the Navy department in some capacity on the exploring ship, but his prayer was de- nied. The steamer Rodgers, in command of Lieutenant Berry of the navy, has lately sailed in search of the Jeannette, which is thought to be somewhere north of the conti- nent of Asia. Before his departure Lisuten- ant Berry received long letter from Ameri- GUS Symmes, giving explicit sailing direc- tions, and describing what he would find if he should succeed in penetrating beyond the eighty degree of latitude. The letter says:
 "When the eighty-second degree is reached you will find much open water, and the needle will have reversed it's position, so that the north will be behind you. When the eighty third degree is reached you will find the open polar sea, a warm and genial eli mate, and more water fowls and wild ami mals than can be found anywhere else in cre- ation. The Symmes theory further teaches that if you steam out into the open sea and run south by your compass. you will find rich country, well timbered, large rivers and people such as Wiggins and Futile found, that look like Jews and speak Hebrew Ono doubt the lost tribes of IsraeD. Symmsonia is the name my father intended to give it, and if you find it please give it that name. I have no idea you will meet the Jeannette un- til you have reached the open water, where you may find her exploring around in Symm- sonia ''
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-27

The report of the tobacco product of the United States for the census years 1880 and 1870 shows an apparent increase in produc- tion of eighty per cent. during the decade. The product in 1870 was 262, 735, ,341 pounds, and that of 1880 473, ,1O7, ,573 pounds. This apparent increase, however, the special agent says exaggerates the real advance in tobacco cultivation, as the preceding crop was small one, and the fear of taxation may have ope- rated to prevent 2 full census of tobacco in 1870. The crop reported in 1880, he says was one of medium production, not in excess of the present requirements of home con- sumption and exportation. A curious fact in this connection is that there was higher average per acre in the northern than in the southern States, which would have been re- garded as an anomaly some years ago.