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The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
PHILADELPHIA MARK ETs.
WEDNESDAY, August IL. 6P,

EDNESDAri aug ust IL, b +. M.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-Fleur is firm. but
l4OO barrels, tnolud Dg Minnesota extras,
at S5,76a 6.9T1a foe clear and at S6. Scat. as
Ior straight Pennsylvania Extra Fam l.
ly at S6a6.25 Western do. do. at 1926 at
675 and patents at s7a8. Rye -four II
nrm at S450a5. No sales Of Clrn Meal.
GRAIN .-Wh at Is unsettled nd higher.
Sales of 5000 bushels red at D.. l.25aI. .3iG s,ac-
cord1ng TO yuality and location. At the
open board 225, 900 bushels sold, closing at
Sl.S6H for august, sl.37T for September,
81 1874 for October and sI.4iA for Novem.
Der. Rye is scarce ana nom inal. Corn Is
fairly active ana higher. sales OF 10000
6Sa70c. I; steamer al 8sa69c. No. 9 at 8s at
&C, and rejected at b5a67c. AT the open
board ll5,l ~ bushels seld, closlzg at size.
for august, 6s1c: for september and 701z,
Iot October. Oats are active and higher,
Seles OF 500 bushels. including white, al
4b15a4gc. The receipts to-dry were 1900
barrels OF -four, 81 953 bushels wheat,
So,2l2 bush -is com. 1882 bushels oats. and
VIII SKY is scarce. Western cannot be
bought under Sl.l6 per gallon.
PHILADELPHIA OAI"rLE MARK EFT
MONDAY, Aug. 18th, 8 T.. M,
BEEF CATTLE were In good demand and
&c. igher. % head arrived and sold al
ine ,., ainerent yards at 3aza7c. per lb., the
| SHEEP were fairly active and firm,
| 3,0OO head arrived and sold at the diff ,r.
ent yards at 3a515c and Lambs at 7z<c.
per To-. as to condition.
Hoes were unchanged. 300 head sold
al the dlnerent yards ut slsaozc. per lb.
Park Drove Yard SD and Lancaster avenue.
West Philadelphia, Aug.A.
SHEEP Extra. Ito TO l20 lbs. ,51 good
W TO 10y lbs, 5A TO 511; saIr, 80 TO
ID sso IDS, ~ 70 stock sheep $500 10 $50;
~; common lambs .Sl3 To 2, 2,25;calyes q TO
IA Supply ample aud prices lower
Arrivals 5000 head.
FLOUR AND MEAL.-Flour is In fair de-
mand and firm sales of l2OO barre Is, In
tor clear, AID SO d11a6 so for straigh
Penna. extra family al IS S5aB W estern
do. do: at % 25a6 10, and Patents at $6 as
at IS.
GRAIN-Whest is excited and irregular.
Sales OF 700O bushels new red at 81 20al 30,
as in quality and locntio at the open
board, 100 QUO bushels sold, closing Of
81 w for August. 3l 3Os4 for Septe mber
al 13I75c. Corn is IN fair request and
firm. Sales of 1900 bushels, including
sail yellow, 60lza6lc. do. mixed, at Goa
6O15c.: steamer at 58a58c. No. 8 at 63a6ic.
and rejected at 45a54c. At the open
board 1900 bushe ls sold, closing at e0s<c.
Tor August, 611sc. for September and at
6i1sc. October. Oats are In good demand
cluding white, at Al t5a3sl<c. and rejected
and mixed at 40a40l5. The receipts TO day
were ssi5 bbls. flour, 5S, 900 bushels wheat,
-, 100 bushels corn, 15,0U0 bushels Oats, Is
barre whisky.
WHISKY is arm. at 81 IL for Western.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Condition OF the President.

"Hope is somewhat revieed," SAYS
Mr.. Blaine's telegram to Mr.. Lowell,
and that Is about fair summary Of the
Presidents condition. There is In the
details Just suggestion OF improvement,
which all must appreheni will prove
delusive, for the people have grown used
TO peinful disappointments. There have
been SO many occurrences OF marked
Improvement and so many sudden re-
lapses, each additional one worse than
the other, that verybody naturally spec
ulates upon the point TO which this
tends. Ii the President could not rally
In three weeks, when time had fully
elapsed for the curative operations OF
nature to be in full play, how shall be
rally In his seventh week, broken down
by protrated suffering, but In no better
condition with respect TO the bullet? As
he lies bow, between life and death, with
that jagged, bad bit OF lead in him, with
bis wound still suppurating, chronic
pysmia. perhaps with an insidious peri
.onItis, we should be glad TO be able 70
believe that improvement was possible;
but where is the point Of support from
which any favorable turn Is possibl le
now hat did not exist four week since!
-Herald.
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Mr.. GIadstone's Surrender.

Mr.. Gladstone's government has re-
ceived a severe blow by the surrender
to the House of Lords on the Land
bill. The surrender seems to have
been complete and humiliating, and
was accepted by Lord Salisbury with
contemptuousi indifference. The Land
bill, which was to have been special
measure of benef1cence to the Irish
tenants, the end of all agitation, and
the prelude to happier times between
Ireland and England, will satisfy no
one. The tenants feel that the gov
eminent has surrendered vital princi-
eiples to the landlords. The landlords
resent any discussionof their privileges.
The Irish people, who were to have
been reconciled, consider that nothing
has been given except what agitation
could wiring from the fears Of power.
The agitation itself, which was to find
a quietus in the Land bill, has really
gained new life.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Railroad Interests.

PHILADELPHIA, August 16.-The
coal tonnage of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company for tbe week
ending Saturday last amounted to 1sO,-
253 tons, an increase OF 6S,3lJ tons as
compared with the corresponding week
last year, Total shipments for the year
to date, B, 1S3,904 tonss an increase of
7ls,565 tons as compared with cores
ponding period last year. Shipments
for the week. Schuylkill Canal, 1926
tons; shipments for year to date, 31s,7
tons.
Troy, August 16.-The towns along
the Lebanon Springs Railroad have sold
their railroad bonds at 90 cents on
the dollar to an agent OF q New York
purchaser, believed to be Samuel j.
Tilden. Surveys have been made be-
tween Canaan, on the Housatonic, road
and Lebanon, and the probable intention
10 TO build a connecting line between
the two roads and form a trunk line
from New York to Montreal, connecting
with the Troy and Boston and the Bos-
ton, Hoosac Tunnel and Western roads.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
eAMBETTA SHOUTED Dowx
a Meeting nj which the French NJ.
publican was Unable "a Sn.., me-

PARIS, August 18.-An sloo,.,
meeting for the purpose Of besrinl iiec,oial
Gambetta was held to-day. s at y, A.
iO,oOO people were present. Graz" "sich s
turbance prevailed, shouts being -. s.' us,
on All sides, so that the preli@in ralsed
could not be carried out, altbonah ltb''lles i
members Of the Executive Comm,,..wo .wo
vaioly attempted 10 secure silenca il''lee e.
Gambetta finally endeavored ee. ~ NJ
but amid the friendly and hostile sI, Speak,
the noise was so great that be conId II,VuIs ls
obtain a hearing. He yebemen,luu not
preached his uterrupters and s,,1 II.
"Citiz.ns, you number ten tSor'a' osa
but you are reduced to power,essau ,ssaaa
by handful Of fanatics, Addra.asas ,'snss
bis constituents, he SAID: az know
are towards, paid to act in ,bis rOm m.ns soa
You want to stife discussion annel' hson,a
you are unable to reply to our areno0ns ,oause
! shall meet You Sund4y. JusiIca a"eaI; win
have It's day." After altemptino |ia fo,
twenty minutes to overcome lle puS ,,,m,,, 10,
M. Gambetta withdrew, and The u' maa,
ing came 10 close. WV iiee''
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Qeneral News.

Secretary Blaine arrived IN Wash
ington yesterday.
General Hancock left Portland
yesterday for Bar Harbor on the re-
venue cutter Woodbury..
Rich and extensive silver fel ds
haye been discovered within reserva,
tion limits in the Indian Territory
near Fort Sill. White men are illeg-
ally attempting to locate mineral
claims on those fields, and troops are
asked to protect the Indians from the
intruders.
At yesterdays session of the Grand
Lodge of Knights of Pythias the
membership of the Order in Pennsyl-
vania was reported at 90 400, an in.
crease of 1882 during the year. The
total amount disbursed for relief dur
ing the year was $l24,s77.
Hon. Andrew White telegraphs
from Berlin that he has secured Or.
Edward Augustus Freeman, the En-
glish historian, as a nonresident
professor for Cornell University.
OF 56,607 immigrants who arrived
in the United States during July,
2O,374 were from Germany
The U. S. steamer Ranger arrived
at Vallejo. California, on Tuesday
Albers Elsie, aged 90 years, was
killeaby falling from railroad bridge
--us Elizabeth, New Jersey, on Tuesday
night.
Dennis McNolan, aged 8 years,
drank a pint Of whiskey, in Hoboken,
yesterday, and died almost immedi-
ately.
The body of young man, finely
proportioned, was found opposite Fire
Island Light, on Tuesday night, and
taken to Babylon, Long Island. 1t
was not identified.
The assassin Guiteau Yesterday at
ternoon made savage attack on a
guard named McGili. who entered his
cell and commanded him to give up a
knife in his possession. In the scuffle,
the guards pistol went off, but no
one was wounded, aud, with the as
sistance Of two other guards, the as
sassin was overpowered and his wea.
pom secured. The knife is what Ii
termed "cheeser" made of the stee
shank of shoe, ground down to lin,
edge.
A gang of robbers boarded railroad
train at Grenada, Colorado, on Mon
day night, blew out the lights, anC
began searching the passenger. A
colored soldier OF the United States
army, refusing to give up $500. wa,
shot and wounded by one of the rob-
Ders. In turn the soldier shot and
Killed one of the gang, whereupon the
others ran off without having secured
any booty.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Attempted I.oisoning.

EAsToN, August 16.-The quiet bor-
ongh OF Freemansburg, just above here
on the Lebigh, Is In a high state of ex-
element over a dastardly attempt at
t Vino had tonarreIeS % with "n some ns,1hSers, USer,
and resolved to be avenged. During
last night he purchased quantity OF
paris green from DIR. Gross aud must
have thrown IL into q large spring. This
morning a peculiar color of the water
was noticed, and an xamination dis
closed q large quantity OF poison In the
spring. Mr.. Il. W. Ritter gathered some
OF 10 and brought II to Detective John
son OF Eiston this afternoon, who at
once made complaint against Meyer and
took out warrant Tor his arrest. The
spripg water runs through Freema ans.
burg and many families get their supply
from it. Had not the poison been dis.
covered early this morning many would
have been fatally poisoned,
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18

Patti and her sister Carlotta are
enemies. The story goes that while
the latter was lying aG the point Of
death in hospital OF the Sisters oil
st. Joseph, Adelina was all the time
in the neighborhood, and sent not q
single word of inquiry about her sis
ter. II is said that when asked to
attend the administration of the
sacrament she refused saying that
she did not care whether Carlotta-
lived or died.
A Connecticut COW, pastured some
where in Middletown, recently
swallowed q piece of wire used fol
baling hay, and it was found twisted
around one of her RIBS.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
A $4,000 Fire in Lexington.

LEXINGTON, KY, August 16.-A de-
structive fire took place this afternoon
In this city. The losses will reach $780,.
900, with from SIS, 900 to $4,000 nsur.
auce. The fire originated in A. U.
Wendover's Stable on Short street, and
the building, extending through to Main
street, was quickly burned. The flames
then spread in all directions for an hour
and q half, when they were finally gotten
under control.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Chinese students Must Go.

EAsroN, August 18.-Imperative
orders from q commissioner Of the
Government were received to day by
three Celestial students at Lafayette
College to report in New York to-
morrow to be with one hundred and
seventeen other Chinese students ia
ken back to China. All the students
are charged by the Commissioner, who
is preludiced against the American
customs, with abandoning their ma
tional political views and religion and
becoming Americanized. The young
students are 10th to 60, but have no
alternative. When they arrive in
China all will unite in a statement OF
facts to the government in hopes that
the authorities will send them back.
A few years ago Chinese student at
Lafayette was ordered homo and was
soon after beheaded for reasons simi-
lar to the above.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
CROP REPORTS.
Spring wheat Light, Tobacco Fair,
and Corn Dried Up.

ana corn Drleu UP.
WASHINGTON, August l6.-Tbe fol-
lowing reports showing the condition Of
the spring wheat, tobacco and corn crops
were issued at noon:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
August 15.-Spring wheat-The returns
OF August give condition of spring
wheat of 81, against SO Of last year and
81 In 1879 at the same time. Compared
with the crop Of last year there is Iepor-
ted heavy decrease In the States OF
OHIO and Illinois, slight decrease IN
Minnesota, Nebraska and California,
while In Wisconsin and all the New
England States there Is an increase. Re-
ports from Dakota Indicate a fair crop,
with large increase In acreage.
Tobacoo-The conji ton OF tobacco at
the date OF the returns to this depart
tnent was some what lower than at this
time last year. In the North and Mid
die Atlantic states the crop was report
ed as better than last year. In Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Missouri 4: was
suffering from drought. In Wisconsin
it Ia reported better than last year.
The general average condition OF corn
on August Is ~, a very considerable
decline since last month, when 1t stood
at 80. In August, 1880, the condi tion
was 80, which, however, was exception
ally high.
The Atlantic Coast States make a
showing somewhat better than the usual
average, except a South Caro- ma, wi here
excessive drought has cut down the bg-
ures to Al. Louisiana and t. xAs are the
next lowest OF the Coast States, from
the same oause, reporting 81 and 40 res
pectively. Tennessee Is lowest OF the
interior States, It's average falling to ga
IU the great ooru-gr0wlng region the
highest reports are 50 In Wisconsin snd
go In Nebraska, and the lowast, "a, IN
Kansas.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
ALoyer's Terrible Suicide.

HARRISBURG, Va, August ia
shocking case of suicide occurred lew
miles east of this place yesterday morn
ing about o'clock. A young man
named Robert Lamb shot hlmsell 70
death with musket, dscharging sixteen
buckshot into his breast at short range,
tearing his heart out. He is sad 10 .,N naso
been disappointed in some love maael,
and told his sweetheart "lf she dldnt e
with him 1t would be the last she Woula i
see Of him alive" and walking aDOus @
fifty yards put the gun in between 'So lwo
rails and cooking it pulled 'he u,ssS, ',,
with the result stated. Tue coiOn,, ~
inquest summoned TO investigate S.urs rrs
facts rendered a'verdict IN accolaAn''
with these circumstances.
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HOW HE HAS surrERED.
Emaciated Features, Hollow Eyes
and Tightly Drawn Skin.

WASHINGTON, August 16.-A peptle-
man who has seen the President within
day or two says he was SO shocked at
his altered appearance that be could
scarcely conceal his sense of painful SUR
prise. His emaciated features, his hollow
eyes, the skin drawn tightly across his
face, told tale of suffering aud weak
ness that the information dribbed out n
daily bulletins had not conveyed TO an
anxious nation. The great change in
the Presidents appearance may not have
been so obvious TO bis attendants as 10
one who had not seen him for forty days,
but even they realized the truth when
their attention was directed to 1t. II is
reported from the Presidents sick cham
Der that he, as well as Mrs. Garfsld, in
sists upon being kept we'll informed of
every phase OF hs Illness, and follows
with deep interest every movement look.
ing TO his comfort. The daily dressings
OF the wound have not generally caused
him great pain, but whenever the time
approached for this service he has al
ways manifested some dread that pain
would be inflicted. He Is said to have
sometimes expressed relief o. at the man.
lpulation was ended, but never " have
complained in single instance. Mrs.
Garfield has said very little that did not
indicate firm reliance upon the skill of
the physicians who have held The balance
Of life and death In their hands, but she
has seemed sometimes to he puzzled at
changes in the Presidents condition
which she had not been led to expect
from representations made to her BY the
physicians. 1t is understood that she
has faith In DR.. Bliss, but more In DR..
Aguew, and it was at her request that
DR.. Agnew was telegraphed to return to
the city when DR.. Hamilton was about
To leave. She desires TO have either DR..
Asnew or DR.. Hamilton here all the
| time. II is not that her confidence In
the skill OF the Presidents physicians
has been lost, but friends say she begins
to fear lest an undue sense OF RESPONSE
bility Involved in the case of their distin-
guished patient may have deferred them
from dealing with him as they would do
with an Ordinary patient. The idea was
expr, ssed by warm friend OF General
Garfield, who remarked that II he had
been hospital patient under the care OF
the same surgeons he would now be on
his feet.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
A Devilish Attempt at Train
wrecking.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, August 18.-A
special to the Ne,cs fiom San Antonio
says: An unsuccessful attempt was made
yesterday 10 wreck an excursion train,
having on bo,rd $50 men, women and
children, by laying cross-ties across the
track. The train was going at the rate
OF thirty miles an hour, and the engine
striking the Ties, threw them from the
track In every direetio1. Five men who
were riding on tbe ctw catcher were
badly bruised.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
yiee.President Arthur

NEW YORK. Aug.-Vice-Presi Ar
thur passed the morning very quietly at
his sLexinRton-avenue residence. At one
O'Clock he was seen and said be had re-
ceiyed no further tidinRs fIom Washing
ton, and did not intend starting tor the
capital until sent for.
Gen. Grant called upon Mr.. Arthur
this morning. Nothing could be lea ned
of Mr.. Conkl NJ furtber than that he was
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel all morning.
There was considerable stir at the Fifth
Avenue and Windsor Hotels over the
Presidents critical condition to-day, and
the latest bulletins telling Of the Presi-
denIs easier condition were recelved
with show OF relief.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks
were excited and teverish. The mark
ct was strong in the forenoon, weak in
the afternoon and closed with some
shares at fractional advance for the
day and others showing sharp de-
cline. Money on call loaned at per
cent in the early trade, commanded Q
in the last hour and closed at lie
commission. Governments were low
er. Foreign exchange was at the
same rates.
The cable telegram from London
yesterday quoted consols at 100 Gle
for money and 1904 for account. U.
s. bonds were quoted at 104a for the
SIS, 116s ex-coupon for the As, and
100 for the 4c. The rate of discount
for sixty days to three months bank
bills is 2s@2t per Ct, and for trade
bills in the open market is 24@2t,
which is from I below to the same al
the Bank Of England rate.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
RAILwAY-POsTAL QUESTIONS
The Heating Of Cars and the I,,..
change OF Pouches.

WASHINGTON, August 10.-At tb.
session OF the ltrIway Mail Superin.
tendents, held at the Post Oflica ne M
partment, the subject of heating nos, al
cars in such manner as to prevent pyIa ., "
recurrence of accidents by fire was
referred to a special committee. viii
instructions to examine the varor.
devices submitted, and also to confa,
with prominent railroad Officials n
order to arrive at a conclusion as q
the best method for the Department ,O
adopt. This Committee will at oucs
enter upon their duties, and At an
early day make their report 10 The
General Superintendent Of the Railwag
Mail Service, to be submitted to the
Department for its approval Ihe
subject Of Interchange OF pouches be.
tween the United States and Canada
was considered, and also the matter Of
how pouches shall be returned from
the different post offices 10 the general
mailbag repositories. After con
sideration OF matters of detail relativ
to the service, the Convention ad-
journed sine die.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
General Foreign News.
LONDON, August 18, 1881

LONDON, August 18, 1881.
Prince Bismarck has left Berlin for
his estate at Schoenhausen.
The property left by the late Dean
Stanley has been sworn to as under
600, 900.
Prince Leopold will probably visit
Dublin IN time for the meeting Of the
Social Science Congress in October
next.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone. son of the
Prime Minister, has been appoin ted
Junior Lord Of the Treasury without a
salary. -..
The Standard, in its financial article,
says ESQ, 900 were purchased for New
York account yesterday from private
sources.
Mr.. Alexander NJ. Sullivan, member
of Parliament, who was recently seize
ed with fit, Is now reported to be out
of danger.
A despatch to the Standard from
Vienna says "A terrible hail storm
has destroyed the whole harvest of the
lsoHZo fallcy'
A Berlin despatch to the Morning
Post says :-"Is is feared that Breslau
will shortly be declared In state of
siege because of the prevalence of the
social agitation there"
The River Nile Is now slightly
higher at Khartoum than it was at the
same time last year, but at Cairo its
height is thirteen cubits, against
twenty cubits at the same time last
year.
The members Of the Correll Uni
versity crew have returned to London,
having abandoned the idea of rowing
in a race at Frankfort, and will embark
for home in The National line steamer
Spain, which sails from Liverpool on
the oath INST. for New York.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18

Two IRON STEAMSHIPS TO BE
BUILT John Roach Il Sons, of
Chester, have received a contract
from the Mallory Steamship Line to
build two iron steamships-the
Guadalupe and San Marco, to run
between New York Florida, Nassau
Galveston and Matanzas. Their
dimensions are to be as follows:
Length, 800 feet 1914 feet beam and
80 feet depth of hold.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Right Of Way Through Indian
Lands.

WASHINGTON, August 15.-Assist.
ant Attorney General McCammon OF
the Interior Department, who was
recently sent by the President to con-
fer with the Bannock and 5hoshone
indians and negotiate for a right of
way for the Utah and Northern Rail-
road Company through the Fort Hall
reservation, in Idaho Territory. has
returned to Washington. In report
submitted to-day to the Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs he states that the
Indians have consented to an agree
ment which provides for occupation
by the Railroad Company Of q strip
Of land across the reservation am CUNT
ing in the aggregate to 772 acres, for
which the Indians are to receive
$1,000.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18

The men of an opera company
organized for New England tour
are to parade on the day of the en-
tertainmenL through the streets of
each town visl ed, wearing fanciful
costumes, and singing songs with a
bell accompaniment.
Nothing is more genuine than the
concern expressed by the Southern
people about the President. Every
where throught the land the latest
The daily gazette., 1881-08-18
Funeral OF Rev. d. w. Bartine.

The funeral OF Rev. d. W. Bartine,
d. D., who died at Belleville, N. J.,
took place yesterday afternoon at
Trenton. DR.. Bartine was at one
time Presiding Elder of the North
Philadsl phia district, and at different
periods occupied some Of the promi-
nant pulpits Of the Methodist churches
of this city, among which were the
Fifth Street Church, Trinity, Green
street and St. Georges. Revs. John
S. Porter and c. p. Whitecar, Of this
city, attended the funeral as repre-
sentatives OF the Methodist Preachers
Association Times.