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Tho attention OF SCovilc having been
called to tho report that his wife had ap.
piled 10 Marshal Henry to protect him
against threatened violence, he expressed
great surprise, and said: ".Why, I knew
nothing Of this"
John W. Guitenu also stated that he
know nothing OF 1t.
Mrs. SCoville was then interviewed, and
made the following written statement:
81 did not apply for protection; I simply
showed Marshal Henry sample OF letters
received dnily from two to half dozen.
III postal which acCidcntly found on
table directed 10 Mr.. SCoville, the day and
time OF the day when ari attempt would be
made Upon Nir. Scoyille's life was started;
also that they would come from Norfolk,
Virginia, l25 strong; and | also showed
him a letter more bloodthirSty and definite
ne to time and means than those usually
received by my brother (the prisonerj.
He (llehryl stated among other things,
that 80 far as The prisoner was concerned,
his chief caro- was that lie should not
escape. This brought from me very
audible smile, and | asked him II he could
Imagine any place In this OF any country
where he could escape, except In a very
strong jail2 also told him he did not
care for his life, and did not wish 10 in.
dettake the care Of him, Under any cir.
CumstanCe, but that / should do all
in my power TO have him 60
through his trial without interruption;
that the American people and the world
might be convinced Of what know 10 be a
fact, that an insane man, and not a plotting
villain, had assailed the very life oil ouf
Republic through tho assassination OF a
ruler elevated by the people. lie spoke oi
the money which II had cost the Govern
inent TO bring witnesses for the defense.
said ! thought II the view held could be
established 10 the satisfaction Of all, Il
would be worth Nll II wns costing even Ia
the Government. The issue OF this case
seemed to me 10 he Of little consequence tC
the prisoner or his immediate friends, com
pared with tie Importance Of showing thai
we had not yet al least reached the liistOri
cal point In the downfall Of all Republics
namely, tho assassination Of rulers by thl
people. AS 10 the protection Of scoyille
he said they had not mon enough 10 detail
a guard for Scoville.
al answered desired nothing Of tht
kind, but wished the proper authorilie
10 be ON the lookout for any disturbances
i and, Il necessary 10 use detectives, a. hat
been done In getting evidence against III
prisoner
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DAYTON, o., DcCembcr25. yoting man
named John Krapf died yesterday inorris
ing under mysterious circumstances He
had been out over night In company with
several companions, and on his return COM
planned Of severe pain in tic head wlicro
he had been struck bya person whose nane
he could not give. lle died few hours
after and the Coroner this evening pro-
nounced death from tho effects Of blow.
The only clue TO the murderer Is lis lat;
which tho deceased snatChed from IN
head In the struggle. Tie police are ioll
lowing up this clcw, and expect to obtain
the murderer. n
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roo MUCII COFFEE.
Heavy Losses In the London Trade
IICMvy ShrInlRge In priccn.

hVNty HuftHhNke III FrIteh.
New York, December 24.-It having
been telegraphed from London that there
have been great losses in the coffee trade,
some Of the New York dealers were asked
to explain. Mr.. James W. Phyce, OF No.
l2l Front street, said that for year or fit.
teen months past there has been q shrink
age in prices here and in Europe and IIol-
land. "The decline" said Mr.. Phyee,
during the past year has been from 30 10
40 per cent 1t commenced when the
failures Of b. Dash 4 Co., b. @. Arnold &
Co., o.G. Kimball & Co. and @. Rlsley &
Co. occurred, about q year ago. Prices OF
nearly all grades OF coffee haye been and
are still very low. The market has de-
clined, with the exception OF short re-
action during the past year or more. This
was due 10 All excess OF stock. Production
has been and is much greater than the con.
sumption, and the consumption Is greater
than ever. We expect reaction ut any
time now."
Mr.. Humphreys, Of Roland 1 Hum.
phreys, No. III Wall street, said, "Tliere
has been q heavy stock Of coffee In llavre
during tho past year or two. 1t isreported
that one Of the lIOthSchilds speCulated and
lost largely In the coffee trade. Tha prices
have declined there and in other parts OF
Europe, and III the United States. This
has been on account OF too much coffee.
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TEnnE l1AurE, 1Np., December 25.-1til
cits Rice, an old and prominent citizen Of
this city, died suddenly this morning m
the Congregational Church, Of whicli he
was one Of the founders. Tlioorgan yol1ns
tary, u Know that My lsedceinef 1.iyeliiii
was being played when lie gave d sudden
gasp and before any assistance could be
offered he sat dead IN his seat. The sor.
rowing congregation followed his remains
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LovtSytLLE, KY, December 25.-Ed.
mund A. lleilleId, foreman et Meikles'
plow factory, was seized Siih Ill Of In.
sanity this morning, and killed his wife
while she was sleeping by cutting open tho
large. veins IN her arms, causing her Ia
bleed TO death. lie then covered The body
with blanket and left. lie Is In jail.
Lincoln linntley, negro, shot and killed
Bill Thompson, another negro, this morn
ing, at the corner Of Seventh and Je'Terso,
streets. The shooting was unproyokej
Thompson Is still at large,
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combination at present are S, w Dorsey
and ], W. Bosler, Of Pennsylvania, and J..
W. Dorsey. Peck and Miner were bought
out nearly two years ago, The best illus
tration Of the extent Of the operations Of
the Dorsey ring is given by u statement of
the total star service Of the country July /,
1870. There were then, in all, about 10000
Star Routes, for which $5,0OO,OOO were
paid, and on 1874 of these routes the Dorsey
combination alone received SG229 sos II,
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ExrKAOnniNAnY CAsE.
tIIring Substitute to serve DOT a Sen.
tAueR.

NEW YoRK, December 24.-An oxttaor.
binary case was developed in the office Of
Chief Clerk Sparks, Of the Court OF Gen.
eral Sessions, In September, 1880, sher.
man Reed was sentenced by Judge Gown
to tho Penitentiaty for three months for
selling lottery policy slips. Reed was sent
to the Island, but in q day or two was
brought down on a writ Of hateat corpus
and pending an appeal was admitted tc
bail in 5000, Ills bondsman was Qllyel
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II So most noticeable fact that those
1,,,O'oia ., WHO advertise literally have no
s',' o. customers these days despite the
wy weather The stores Of these men are
U"Sacl , from early morn until after dark,
S,p u'elr sales during the past week have
~. '.yn SIMPLY lmmensc.-Konsas CITY Jour.
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CtSctSSAri, December ga Charles
inn. w, W., special reports tho murder by
shooiinp on Friday night Of Thos. Flowers
Nv William Faubef, on the steamer Vino
M. also that Peter Herring and his two
sons @ on Friday were swept over the gov:
ernmenl dam in the Kanawha river, and
drowned,
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NEw YoBE, December 25.-John Oryille
Evans, President Of the Mutual Union Tci.
egraph Company, died at tho tiilsey
House, IN this city, this morning, after I,
short illness. The body, ACCOMPANIED bV
ndmber ot personal friends oi i;yans,
viii be taken TO Fayetteville Monday loI
intefment at that place Wednesday,
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TRIPLE TRAGEDY,
Two Girls Horribly Murdered = BOY
Killed for diving Au Alarm.


Killed for diving an Alarm.
ASHLAND, KY, December 25,-This quiet
town was the scene OF one OF tho most hell.
ish murders ever committed in civilized
country Friday night, The residence Of j.
W, Gibbons was visited by Aends during
the absence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbons, who
terribly outraged the persons Of two
young girls, one the daughter Of
Mr. Gibbons, aged fourteen years,
tho other q young girl named Emma
Thomas, aged seventeen years, who was
stayingwith the family. Not being satis.
fled with their helish work, Son OF Mr.,
Gibbons, named Robert, attempted to give
an alarm, when no was quickly killed by
having his head split open with u hatchet,
The girls were then killed, ono having hor
head cut open with the same instrument
and the other from sutIoCatiOn. Their
clothing was then saturated with coal oil
and the house set on fire, the liends there
by thinking TO cover up their diuboli-
cal deeds, An inquest was held This morn
ing with tho results as stated above. No
clue has been discovered up to the time Of
writing The citizens are greatly excited
and hempen collars will adorn tho Mecks OF
the yillains II they are caught part Of the
furniture was saved, but the building was IL
total loss, nothing remaining but tho chin.
ney, as u monument to the terrible deeds
committed, A reward Of $1,000 Is offered
for tho arrest Of tho villains.
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CoL plS JOHNSON seems to have given
onr,Iitcs Tor the manufacture Of nail keg
saves, lie has moved toa thousand acre
ns,, in Tyle, county, and employs thirty
men. This is good exchange, Colonel.
S,irElOit.
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CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Decenbet25. Tile
shooting aIltay ut 1lcllehwocl, seems tSI
have grown out Of Il dog fight, Pistols wore
used freely, John Cfeil was shot dead,
and tho three West Brothers, W. Smith
and 9 man named Thompson probably
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TINS payment of pensions during the
,s,,wa ,cars will require alnrger amount
"fmoney than will be required to pay the
;a,e,..t ON the public debt,
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TIE nOURn0NS MTsT 90.
New Policy In the appointment OF Sou
thern POatmnsIers.

thern POStnInsteFS.
Special Dispatch to tho lntelligGnCer
WASHINGTON, December 25.-When Mr.
Hayes was President u great number Of
Bourbon Democrats were made postrnasters
in the Southern States. Mr.. Hayes himself
appointed several Democrats to I'LL promi.
nent federal offices in pursuance OF what
ho was pleased to call his Southern
Policy" By far the greater number OF
these appointments, however, were made
by the direction OF the Postmaster General,
Key, TO fill postolIiccs where the salary
was less than 81 900 per annum. The term
Of Office Of the late President Garfield
was too short to afford m opportunity
to observe how he would have treated the
Bourbon olllceholders in the South, al-
though the appointment Of Postmaster
General james was a guarantee that the
Republicans would be given the prefer
ance in all postoflice appointments. 1t is
now known that from time to time, as Of
fees in the South filled by Democrats be-
come vacant, their places will be filled by
Republicans. The President, Post
master General Howe and First
Assistant Postmaster General Hat
ton, who control all tho appointments,
Of postmasters are earnestly in favor Of de-
vcloping progressive liberal movement
in the Southern States, and tic Bourbons
will receive no assistance from the Admin
istration in their struggles to keep the
South in political shacklcs. In making
new appointments, However, especial care
will be given to select men Of intelligence,
ability and honesty for tho places V
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Tpsng arc indications that tho Pope
,bink. seriously Of quitting Rome. He re-
,sn,Iy declared to the Cardinals that his
.i,mion was becoming intolerable.
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Mr.. Scovillc stated that ho desired to
ask her n few questions now, us, owing 10
sickness in their family, 1t was necessary
for her 10 return home at once.
She identified n letter written by her
father In 1876, In which he said: "Charlcs
Is crazy, and should DO in the asylum"
Corkhill desired, as Monday will bo n
legal holiday, TO have an adjournment till
Tuesday, which was so ordered, and the
Court then adjourned to that time.
AS tho audience arose to leave, Guitcau
shouted
Tomorrow being Christmas, wish the
Court and jury, and the American people
q happy Christmas. I'm happy, and /
hope every onU else will be-" "
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r,,'nDtFcn December 24,-'rhe pig iron
,,, -,'{ is still excited, Prices wcro ad.
nIsS!7 per ton. ''"-'S ''''
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A pLRA FoR pM poYNToN.

cover all.
A PLEA FoR DR. DoYNToN.
When it meets Marshal Henry will
go before the Committee with q
statement, the purpose Of which il
to secure to DR.. Boynton the rec
ognition as a physician equal in standing
to those in attendance uponthe case during
General GarGeld's illness, DR.. Boyntou
was looked upon by Dr. Bliss and the
other physicians merely rs IN attendent OF
nurse. Relative to this Marshal Henry
says; 1t isto be hoped that Congress will
not have tho thoughtlssSness to insult the
man who actually did more for General
Gar1eld's comfort, who made the weary
moments OF the sick room easier to bear
than all the other nurses and physicians
combined, by offering hlma less sum than
is paid TO the attendant or consulting ply
Fslciaus; to attempt to dlscriminatc on the
the score that he was merely nurse, or to
offer him the daily pay OF a nurse
WOULD BE AN INSULT TO TltE MEMORY or
GENERAL GARFIELD,
who had stronger desire for Boynton's
attendance than for any Of the skilliul men
who surrounded him while hc lay upon his
sick bed. There is not the slightest doubt
that had direct ISSUE between DIR. Boyn-
ton and the other physicians. arisen neces.
stating a decision upon tho part Of tho
President hs to which should withdraw
from the case, he would have unhesitatingly
demanded the retention Of Boynton. So
without disparagement Of the services OF
tho other physicians, which 1 AIN satisfied
were Of eminent value, | believe that DR..
Boynton was really the man who gave the
dying President whatever comfort he SO.
cured during those long months OF pain, n,who
cleared many thorn and briar away and
made the inevitable path along which tho
dying president had to travel as smooth and
easy 1t was possible for the hand OF man
to make It. DR.. Boynton will present no
bill, will urge no claim, but it behooves
Congress to see that he is compensated as
fully MS any man connected with the case.
Marshal Henry will also urgc that Miss
Edison DO allowed n reasonable compensa-
ton above that given to IN ordinary nurse,
rs shc had as q physician considerable
practice, whichBhe lostin her attendance
upon the President. Daniel, the colored
servant who attended the President SO
closely in his illness, will also be consider
ed in Marshal Henry's plea before thecom-
mitiec,
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o,n,,, No,. - nud ~ Fourteenlh stFeel,

:, now seems the country had narrow
,.,.,ro from Boutwell, for the Supreme
bench
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New YotI,,a s,,l,,lav ,ln.,,..

NEw YoRk, December 25.-Etwani
lloppe, carly this morning killed Lis wife
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Tnr aggregate of income liableto income
,,r in England has arisen from S2,225r rOOO,-
oyn $500 2,S9O,OOO, ,OOOin 1880.
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A MATTER OF HONOR.
HENRY's PLEA FOR DR.. soYNToND
DR.. Strouv's singing RsIolndsr to euItsau', Free
ATsusJ FOOlIIhne'I-SoW Deal In the AppOBt
RSnt Of Southern POstnlslsrs -StsalIngI
Of the DOnsy Combination.


sPeclM pHpRIch 70 the lhEelllRohceT'
WASHINGTON D, O., December 95.-The
Committee OF which Judge Taylorin Chair
man, appointed to audit the claims Incl,
dent to the illness Of the late President
Garfield, will meet Immediately, after the
holidays and call for the presentation Of
bills. 1t is not known what the aggregate
Of these claims will be, but it is thought
100000 will provo amply sufficient to
cover all.
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QUEENSTOWN, December 25.-while thel
steamer Catalonia was on her way out Of
Queenstown harbor, to-day, she rtii
into the bark Helen steO, Captain
Barry, from San francisco, for
Queenstown. Tile Helen stee sank and
ninc OF her crew were drowned, tile te.
manning sixteen being saved by the Gata.
lonia. The latter had her bows stove In. K
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DANGER OF THE DOCK.
oTorAL pEpRAMrNsn INsoLENeE
Leads the COurt to Threaten to Pat Him in th'
DOek-HIi OasnIIv0 Bearing Toward the
Witnesses and COuuIsl-TSEtInOHy That
Ought TO CSaTIAs' thSJurI.

WASHINGTON, December 24,-The pro
ceedings in the GuitOau trial to-day were
more interesting to the audience, at least,
than usual. Guiteau was very abusive, and
narrowly escaped being placed in the dock
reserved for criminals,
Dr.. Stearns, Of Hartford, Conn; DR..
Strong, OF Cleveland, Ohio, Superintendent
OF the State Insane Asylum at that place;
DR.. Shaw, OF the Hospital Tor the Insane,
Middletown, Conn, and Dr. Orpheus
Everts, of tho Cincinnati Sanitarium, ex-
perts summoned in part by the defense and
in part by the Government, testified that
they had personally examined the assassin
in fail and observed him in Court, and that
they considered him perfectly sane and
responsible to-day ,and on the fatal s4tur-
day in July.
Mrs, Scoville was recalled 10 testify to
some comparatively insignificant facts.
The weight Of the evidence already rest
ing upon the accused is crushing him TO
tho ground, The experts examined to-day
piled opinion on opinion upon tho sub
stratum Of fact already laid, so as to erase
from all minds almost every trace OF doubt
as to tho mans mental condition, and the
prosecution has not rested It's case,
On Tuesday, after DIR. Evert's examina-
tion shall have been completed, another
expert will be placed on tho stand; he will
be followed by another, and other, until a
dozen or more shall have testified that after
careful examination and observation, and
upon mature deliberation, they are con-
vinced that the man is and was sane, and
responsible for the murder Of President
Garfield.
The daily gazette., 1881-01-04
FISH IN SEASON

Goldfish is best in midwinter. and is
brought IN alive in the wells OF yesssls
In boiling goldfish it should be closely
covered and simmer rather than boII
Ten minutes is allowed to every pound
OF fish, and II must be taken out lnmedi.
ately when dObe, and served with drawn
outter or oyster sauce. For brolling a
cod weighing pound and a half Is best
served with melted .butter, Daniel
Webster's reci pc for Goldfish chowd.r ia
as follows. -Four taDlespoonsful of
onions fried with pork; one quart of
boiled Potatoes well mashed; one apl
a half pounds of sea biscuit broken,
one teaspoonfu of thyme and one of
summer savOry; half bottle of musb-
room catsup; half nutmeg grated, fe w
cloves, mace and alspice; six pnnnd
codhsh, cutin slices three quart ers of an
,neh thick; twenty five oysters a Gttle
Dlack pepper, and three slices of lennon
The whole TO be put in the kettle, cover.
Ell with an inch of water, boiled for one
hour. Mr.. Webster added a bottIeI ot
port or claret, which IL would probably
have been better for Mr.. Webster if he
had kept out of his chowder habitualiy,
The daily gazette., 1881-01-04


THE introduction Of the turbine wa.
ter wheel to our Water Works has
been source of trouble and expense
to the Department sufficient to dis.
gust nearly, everybody engaged about
the works. Tho old oYershot water
wheel did excellent service at a cost
20 light that it was hardly felt at all;
and it seems a great pity that it was
not renewed with another of the same
class. The turbine.that at a great cost,
was substituted, seems to have proved
. failure. 1t has been given numer-
GUS trials, the last of which was to
have been yesterday; but it failed to
work and another trial will be given
to-day or tomorrow. Should it not
then work satisfactorily, by the terms
Of the contract, ii is said the city will
have the right to reject it, and recover
the amount of the cost of the wheel
but the heavy sum expended in plac.
ing it in position will be an entire loss
to the city. Just how much this will
amount to we do not at present know
The daily gazette., 1881-01-04

LONDON SPEcTAoR:-One American
shell would liberate the Armenians.
bat it will not be fired. The world
may die of despair for Washington. =
The most generous individually Of
races will collectively strike no blow
for foreign freedom, send no fleet, is
sue even no command. There is a le-
gend current, which we have never
been able to trace fully, that America
once interviewed in the most decided
way to save Switzerland from an in
vasion, but unless that be true we
know OF no great seryics she has done
to mankind except in offering the dis
treSsed home-and that repays her.
The daily gazette., 1881-01-04
EPRS SARGENT AND JENNY
LIND.
Ta Tia Editor nfthe KarEd

SIR Your excellent tribute to the
memory Of the late Epes Sargent, for
ty years ago regarded as the cleverest
young writer in this city, omits a ref.
erence to his code to Jenny Liudn
which took the $500 prize offered bv
Barnum. There were over thousand
competitors. Mr.. William Allen But
Ter, author of Nothing to Wear,''
wrote a metrical travestie on the affair,
after the idea of James and Horace
emith's Rejected Addresses" which
he called, "Barnum's Parnasus." Mr..
Butler successfully initiated and bur,
lesqued the style of popular poets and
of some who contended. Ii was pub
hshed by Appleton and is so scarce
that copy brings $10 at an auction
ONE WHOSE 'ODE' WAS REJECTED.