The Russellville Democrat., 1881-07-28
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EXPERIMENTS are making in the White House, intended to test the probability of ascertaining by electrical means the position of the bullet which lies imbedded in the Presidents body.
 IT is estimated at the bureau of statistics that for the fiscal year ended the 30th of last month, the excess imports of merchant disc was about $260, 900 000 This is a larger excess than that of any proceeding year except 1879, when it was s264, 900, 900.
 Cor. J. s. MosBY, has given Washing ton friends to understand thathe has no in- tention of returning at an early date, as heretofore reported, but will remain at his post. It is known that Preident Garfield was always warm personal friend of Colonel Mosbey.
 RETURNS from twelve customs districts, Including the principal ports where immi- grants most largely arrive, show that the immigrants arrived in those districts dur ing the last fiscal year were in round num- bers over 660 GOO as against 452, 900 the pre- ceeding year. The estimate of the bureau of statistics for he remaining customs dis tricts is about 5000, thus bringing the total up to 668, ,000 which is over 100000 in ex- cess of the immigration during any pre- ceeding fiscal year. The highest number before the last fiscal year was 460, 900 in 1873. From that time forward there was a rapid decrease, and in 1878 the number was only 13S,000. The following year it in- creased to 178, 8,000, and in 1880 leaped to 457 900. During the fiscal year of 1881 the Germans constituted not far from one third of the total number of immigrants, while during the proceeding year they were but about one-fifth of the total. It is a very notable and significant fact that from S5, coo for the fiscal year of 1880 the numbr of German immigrants increased to two hundred and ten thousand during the fiscal year of 1881. This is something totally unprecedented in the history of immigra- ton. Despite the difficulties and excite ment in Ireland last year, there was an in- crease of less than one thousand over the proceeding year. Chinese immigration in- creased from $500 to 10,500.
 THE prison fare and discipline have taken much of the starch out of Guiteau and have even had a wilting effect upon his in ordinate vanity. When first confined he made frequent complaints of his treatment. He regarded himself as an important per. sonage, prisoner of state, and demanded better care than was bestowed upon his fel low prisoners, whom he nominates as com mon felons. He protested against being put on level with other prisoners; says he was gentleman, accustomed to having the best of fare, and, in fact, to luxury, and he insisted that he should be so treated. His demands were often made in an insulting manner and usually ignored. He is fond of writing about himself, and consumes every scrap of paper he can get in this way. He has not ceased to complain and to de- mand better treatment, but his manner is changed he is more subdued and appar- ently begins to realize that others do not regard his crime in the light he does. The other day he complained that he did not get enough coffee, and the warden allowed him two cups at meal, while the other prisoners got only one. This concession seemed to revive his spirit of self import ance, and he forthwith began to put on airs again. Then his extra allowance of coffee was cut of, whereupon he wrote lengthy letter to the warden couched in offensive language, and telling that officer that he was not fit to have charge of a man of such importance as Guiteau. The warden paid no attention to the letter except to deter mine not to allow Guiteau another favor, but confine him to the most rigorous prison treatment. None of the guards are allowed to speak to him.