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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-03

HOLIDAY GOODS AND TOYS.-A LARGE
and completes assortment consisting Of Fine Pape-
tries. Juvenile and Toy Books Writing Desks, Work
books: PICKET Knives Dominoes Checksrs and other
Drums and Toys in great variety. Z. Z. LUNDY I28
Bridge street, Georgetown. d3-3w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-03
HOLIDAY GOODS.

DALLAS ROYAL,
1n7-111s PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
4o1-4os TWELFTH STREET NORTHWEST.
FOR THIS WEEK,
SPECIALS SALE HANDKERCHIEFS.
CoLoRED BORDERS.
PLAIN WHITE,
ALL LINEN, Csc.
SPECIAL LOT
INITIATED HANDKERCHIEFs,
IS CENTs-s1.4s PER BOX.
IMMENSE STOCK
VERY DESIRABLE.
REDUCED FOR Csc
FANCY LAWN.
AND CHOICE PLAIN
AND EMBROIDERED
COLORED AND WHITE GOODS,
A CENTS TO $3.50.
SPECIAL SALE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS GOODS.
WHITE AND COLORED BORDERS.
PLAIN AND FANCY,
MADRAS SILK AND
LINEN HEMSTITCHEDe
SILK MUFFLERS,
VERY ELEGANT,
FROM CSC. TO s. 90.
SPECIAL LOT
CHOICE CHINA SILK HANDKERCHIES SUITABLE
FOR EMBROIDERY. CSC. AND 81.
SPECIAL SALE
CHILDREN'S HANDKERCHIEFS,
FANCY AND PLAIN. COLORED AND WHITE,
&c. TO $50.
UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE WE SHALL HAVE
GRAND SPECIAL SALES
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
WHEN GREAT BARGAINS WILL BE OFFERED.
PALAIS ROYAL DE-
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

AN unofficial bulletin, dated II p. m.
on the 9TH, says: The condition of the Presi.
dent throughout the day has been such as to
give great encouragement to his physicians.
Nourishment which he has taken at in er.
walls has been assimilated perfectly, and has
noticeably increased bis strength. The Pres
ident has slept frequently and with apparent
refreshment, and the decrease in the tenn.
perature AID pulse has relieved all present
apprehension of serious Inflammation.
......Dr. Frank FL. Hamilton, an eminent
New York surgeon, being asked by a repor-
ter his opinion regarding the Presidents
condition, said: 'The danger to be appre-
hended now is Inflammation Of the peri
toneum, commonly known as peritonits.
When | examined Gen. Garfield yesterday
the Inflammation was only local. Severe
peritoDitis embraces the whole lining OF the
abdomen. So far as l could determine, the
parts affected by inflammation could be COW
cred by the hand. There were no symptoms
of paralysis. The tenth rib was broken by
the ball. which may have been detected to-
ward the spinal column, but from all that
can discover the course Of the ball was away
from the spine."
THE Talbot brothers, sentenced to be
hanged on July 90 for the murder of their
father, DR.. Perry HI. Talbot, near Mary
vile, Mo-, have made confession. Accord :
ing to their statements Charles e. Talbot
shot his father with gun while the latter
was maltreating his mother. Henry Wyatt
was present and saw the shooting. Albert
Talhott mo in soor, af+arward and tho
father was placed in bed. He realized that
his wound was mortal, and instructed the
family to charge the shooting upon some un-
known assassin, in order to clear the family
from suspicion. The broken window-pa
through which it was declared the shot had
been fired, was sha, tered Intentionally, by
order of the father, to further carry out the
alleged scheme.
Two young men, Bert. Christler and
Cyrus Bourne, aged respectively 10 and IS
years, were drowned while bathing in Cedar
River at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They went
down at the same time and place, and in a
mysterious manner, as the water was not
rapid, and both were good swimmers.
A FIRE at Rolla, Mo-, on the morning
VI tuc tlu, uc>tiUyi iuS lHC ost-OIHcC, LAM n,
Crandall House, Public School building,
Hoyt's grocery, Lang's liquor store, Paul
sell's dry-goods store, three saloons, two
boarding houses and four dwelling-houses.
ADvICEs received at Las Cruces, n.
NJ, state that an El Paso and Chihuahua
stage was attacked by Indians, about one
hundred miles south of Ell Paso, and four
passengers and two drivers were killed. A
report was current that the entire surveying
party of the Mexican Central Railway had
+ en- killed by Indians in Old Mexico.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA SATURDAY july O. 1881

Aohn i1oZCu, OIc VI Tic cHSluctls1 was 81
badly scalded that he cannot recover.
THOMAS SALTER, of one of the oldest
and most respected families of Montreal,
Cam, but lately member of a notorious
gang OF desperadoes, all Of whom are now
in ST. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, was
murdered in that institution on the 30th by
felow-convict, who had been placed there
through testimony given by Salter. When
the guards attempted to seize the murderer
he cut his own throat from ear to ear.
ABOUT 800 men employed in the vari-
GUS railroad yards at Kansas City quit work
on the 1st, on account of their demands for
an increase of wages being rejected.
A DISPATCH from Tunis says: The
Arabs at Sfax fired on a French steamer
conveying Tunisian troops thither, to keep
them from landing. 1t is stated that the
French Vice Consul was wounded. Great
excitement prevails at Mehedia, the inhabit-
ants fearing an attack from the Arabs.
The Supervising Inspector General
has sent a circular to local inspectors urging
rigid enforcement of the regulation in re-
gard to the quantity Of steam each vessel is
allowed to carry, and such other regula-
tions as tend to prevent racing by steam
boats. es.
PROFESSOR DRAPER, of New York, has
successfully photographed the comet.
THE experimental cargo of wheat
shipped from st. raul for Glasgow is said
to have reached New Orleans In perfect con-
dition.
SECRETARY WINDOW has issued a call
for all outstanding registered five per cent.
bonds.
AT Greenfield, Dade County, Mo-, on
the night Of the 1st. an infuriated mob went
to the house of Sherf IF Whitesides and bound
him while they secured the keys of the jail
They then proceeded 10 the Jail and released
therefrom three horse -thieves-Frank Craft,
William Underwood and James Butler
took them out into the courtyard and
hanged them to trees until life was extinct.
A fourth of the gang, Mitchell, they suffered
needed for witness against he members of
the gang who are at large, and for whom a
vigorous search is being made.
AN accident on the Kentucky Central
Railroad, twelve miles south of Covington,
on the 4th, caused the deaths of seven
persons and the injury of twelve others.
The names Of the killed are John Pye,
Michael Dixon, William Calapy, Will
liam Weichoug, John Cotter, and two
boys, names unknown, stealing a ride.
Pye was fireman, the others were passen-
gers. All were residents of Covington. The
accident was caused through negligence Of
the conductor of the cypress train, who
failed to obey orders to side-track his train
in order to let an excursion train go by.
Both locomotives were demolished.
THE official report regarding the acci-
dent on the Morilos Railroad, Mexico, states
that ninety-fv soldiers, thirty-fve women,
five children and fifty other passengers were
killed; ninety eight soldiers, twelve women
and two passengers were wounded; forty
nine persons escaped and about forty are
missing. The Government has commission
ed seven engineers to examine the fallen
bridge and condition Of the railroad.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

IT is announced that Gen. James B,
Fry, Assistant Adjutant- General, will be
placed on the retired list. BY the retire
ment of Gen. Fry, Gen. Robert Williams
will become full Colonel, and Gen. Thos
M. Vincent, Lieutenant Colonel. These
promotions will make vacancy which will
be filed by the advancement Of Col. VIM.
G.. Mitchell, an aide-de- camp Of Maj. Gen.
Hancock. His promotion by the President
is in compliance with the personal re-
quest made by Gen. Hancock.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
THE American Spiritualist Alliance is

The American Spiritualist Alliance is
the name Of an association recently formed
in New York and duly incorporated. Among
the incorporators are Henry Riddle, ex-Su-
perintendent of the Public Schools, New
York City, who is its President; Charles
Partridge, H. T. Newton, Helen Slocum
and Mary A. Newton. According to cir
cular issued by this organization it is formed
to s'further the cause of Spirituaism in its
highest and purest aspec s, and to apply its
principles and precepts to practical work
tending to the amelioration of society and
good of mankind"
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

j. F. MCCURTAIN, Principal Chief of
the Choctaw Nation, has issued proclama-
tion calling attention to the recent decision
OF the United States Attorney General in
reference to unauthorized occupants of land
in the Indian Territory. Permission is
given settlers to remain until their present
crops are harvested, providing they agree
then ofvoluntarily surrender the land or pay
the usual rent to the Choctaw authorities,
otherwise they will be suddenly dispos-
sessed.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

BEFORE the beginning of the ballot for
Platt's successor as United States Senator in
the New York Legislature, on the 1st, Speak
er Sharpe said he had been voting for Thorn
as c. Platt. At his request, and in the in
terest of the Republican party, he withdrew
the name of Platt as a candidate, and would
when his name was called, vote for Richard
Crowley. A majority of Platt's supporters
thereupon transferred their support to
Crowley, who received twenty votes.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

JOHANN MOST, editor of the Freiheit,
London, convicted of melting to murder, has
been sentenced by Lord Chief-Justice Cole
ridge to sixteen months Imprisonment at
hard labor. Lord Coleridge said the prison
er's offense was detestable and cowardly,
and, but for the jurors recommendation to
mercy, he could have inflicted sentence of
penal servitude. Herr Most, on leaving the
prisoners dock, exclaimed, eve might as
we'll be in Russia"
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
REDUCTION of the public debt duri

REDUCTION of the public debt during
June, $12,323, 152. Cash in the Treasury,
$249, ,3G3,4l5; gold certificates, $5,7S2, 920;
silver Ger ificates, $5l, $3.50; certificates oil
deposit outstanding, 11,925,u00; refunding
certificates, ,S6SS, 800; legal l-tenders outstand-
ing, $3i6, TAI ,551; fractional currency out
standing, $7,105, ,953. Tota: reduction of the
debt for the fiscal year, S1O1, ,573, ,4s3; availa-
Bile cash in Treasury, $170, 920, $50.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

THE removal of Gen. Smith from the
Me-, to give place to ex-Gov. Davis, has
provoked so strong a remonstrance from
leading Republican men and papers Of the
State that it is thought the President will
reconsider his action.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

SECRETARY KIRKwooD, on the 1st,
notified French of his suspension from the
Office of Commissioner OF Railroads. Upon
receiving the information French intimated
to the Secretary his intention Of at once re-
signing.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

GENERAL ORD, recently returned from
Mexico, speaks encouragingly Of the pro-
gressive spirit manifested by that country,
and predicts a steady improvement in all
directions
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

SECRETARY KIRKwooD denies the
rumor that the Pension Bureau has exhaust
ed the appropriation for the payment Of
pensions.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09
VOLUME II.
REPRESENTATIVE HOUSES.

n,-o foIlowing are among the leading Mer-
chauts, Dealers and Business men 81 hui's,
Vile Buyers will find them relaoie, ana
occupying commanding position III tneir
respective industries.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

rur ONE PRICE CASH STORE
\ Fine dry goods, etc. tc.co
Holding Block.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

,,n,rNITION, Guns, Pistols, and general
ns'.oi,. hon j. ID. FOSTER,
~ l0p"- East Side Public Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

ARGENT Washington dispatch says !:
"Register Bruce, Of the Treasury, has re-
ceiyed telegram from Mississippi stating
that the Republicans and Greenbackers OF
that State had failed to make coalition and
would not put tickets in the field, but will
let the election go by default"
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

CONGRESSMAN KEIFER, of Ohio, has
been in Washington recently, as report says,
working up his prospects as Speaker Of the
next House. Seven other Republican can
didates are said to be-: Kasson, of Iowa;
Hiscock, Of New York; Robeson, of New
Jersey; Burroughs and Hubbell, of Michi-
gan; Reed. of Maine, and Orth, Of Indiana.
The Democrats viii put forward Randall,
Blackburn or S. S. Cox, and Kelley, of
Pennsylvania, is mentioned as the Green
back candidate. Should the Democrats and
Greenbackers unite on a candidate for
Speaker, he will be Ladd, of Maine
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

THE Iowa Republican State Conven-
tion, held at Des Moines on the 29th, nomi-
mated Judge Buren r. Sherman, OF Des
Moines, for Governor on the twelfth ballo.
For Lieutenant Governor, o. H. Manning,
OF Carroll, received the nomination; for
Supreme Judge, Austin Adams,
of Dubuque, and for Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, John
w. Akers, OF Lynn. The platform congrat-
ulates the country upon the election of James
A. Garfield, and the National Administra-
ton upon the vigorous manner in which it
has undertaken to ferret out fraud and sup
press extravaganza in public expenditures !;
cordially indorses all measures which look
toward practical and jndicious improve
ment Of the Mississippi River; declares that
unquesiionable legislative power shall be
used to protect the people from any abuses
or unjust extortions of railways, ETC.. etc.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

nRY.GOODS AND CLOTBING-BoOts
~ and shoes; plantation supplies (whOle.
sale anu retaiD. J. KLAUS & Co.,
North Side Public Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

cr,oS AND COMMISSION MER-
A u.NT-lConsignments solicited)
- ROBERT Il. MURPHY,
Public Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

n rooKsToRE-Blank books and station
Is ery. John Holland Cold Pens.
~ AZ. MURRAY, East side Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

COTTON AND MERCHANDISE BRO
Y KER. A. ERSKINE, JR.,
Exchange Row.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

CARRIAGES. Buggies and other vehicles
L neatly repaired at ~ c.;ooa show
cor Washington st. and Melidianv1ile P1ke.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

roIORED GROCERY STORE-(Stapie
y and ancy). ,ii3I DA. ~ ~ Ai1.,,
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DrcGIEs, CARRIAGES AND SPRING
Is WAGONS. Repairing done; WoiK ,sa MAT
ranted. " ----
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

nEALEKS IN HIDES, FURS, COAL OIL,
~ Wrapping Paper, etc.
j. & B. LAMBERT,
Corner Holmes and Jefferson Streets.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

nYFR.-Colors warranted not to run.
~ Cleaning clothes a speciality.
SOLON BOWEN.
Big Spring.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DRV GOODS AND DGROCERIES- (Colorea
~ firm). DONEGAN & SCRUGGS,
Near Market house, Washington Street.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

ISAAC W. GIII-Dealor IN
cy groceries, fruits, cigars tphacnn laia' a.
1ooDs WARRANTED. 'oo"ooo' e'c.
huntsville Hotel
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

"'IhiEs-tTo suit everybody
Horsoshoo -, +. NJ. THURSTON,
i'o,sesn0e SGto af sign, Warwick Building. NORTH
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

AS AND STEAM FITTING AND
MosiU. j. S. CORBITT,
Madison ST., opposite Express Office.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

CONFECTIONERY AND BAKERY
u Fruits, toys, etc.
ERNEST DENTLER,
EustiS Sti ect.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

IkoCERIEs-To consumers).
ME-. FRANKLIN IL SMITH.
Mad'son Street, below Georgia Bridge.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

ob OFFICE-Advocate job Office Io
es' establishment in North Alabama.
NO. l3 Commercial Row
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

~ TRY PRODUCE.
GEORGE w. BRYANT,
Jefferson Street.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES-MAJOR
~ & BROTHER, No. Exchange Row.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS-J. WE'LL &
~ BRO, West side Public Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

nRY-GOODS AND Carpets, Oil
~ cloths, mattings, shoes and hats, cloth
ing, etc. CAMPBEi L 4 son,
Donegan Block.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

COTTON DEALERS
I TOWNSEND & HENDLEY.
Office in Moore Building, North Side Public
Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

Father Hudson, Of Gilroy, Cal.
while bathing was attacked by sword
fish and wounded in several places. A
bystander went to the assistance OF the
wounded man and brought him ashore.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

EoKNI'URE-(Mode priced).
). b. LAUGHLlN, Commercial Row.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

FAMILY GROCERIES-Boot and Shoe
i Shop in the rear of building.
LUCIkN Q. JONES, Madison Street.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

EANCY DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Il FRANK III. NEWMAN,
No. 2 Commercial Row.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS-Wh holesale
II and Retail DUNCAN & RAND,
North side of Public Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

Nj NJ NEY NEKY AND LADIES, FURNISH.
oooDo, MRS. A. HER,fEiN.
opposite Huntsville Hotel
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

The Ursuline nuns who recently
left Quebec for Chicoutini, en- route TO
Lake St. George. greatly wondered at
the steamboat, they having been clois-
tered for thirty years past, and never
before having seen steamer.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

DRUGS, PERFUMES, Etc.
~ JNO. l.. RISON, Bank Row.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

NlshlNG GOODS. Hon-
MRS. A. HERSTEIN.
opposite Huntsville Hotel.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

L specisItD fHY-(Copying old pictures a
IRA f. COLLINS,
East side Pubic Square.
Huntsville gazette., 1881-07-09

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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-06

AT EyENTIDE, or when the afternoon
shadows are lcngthening along the ground,
around between the Smithsonian grounds
and those of the Agricultural Department.
The long stretch of grcensward stretches
backward, the trees frame in the picture,
and behind, the quaint lines of the Smith
sonian building and the fine coloring of the
new Museum furnish Il handsome pile of
masonry. In the cool of the day the fore
ground is usually frightened with children
'darting to and fro, while gay groups of GRO
quot players complete the picture with the
pretty touches of color in their fresh and
dainty summer costumes.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-06

on THE FOURTH of July, ffty-five years
ago, no living human being could possibly
have known the fact that Thomas Jefferson
and John Adams had both expired upon
that day. Quincy, Massachusetts,, and
Monticello, Virginia, were them separated
by days of travel, and weeks elapsed before
it was known in Europe that so curious n
coincidence had connected in death those
who had laborcd in the same cause during
their lives. The facilities intercourse have
so increased since that memorable day, that
messages ofcondolence upon the tragic event
of Saturday were received at the White
House within twenty -four hours from many
of the foreign powers, not only marking the
rapidity of exchange, but demonstrating
the full recognition from European thrones
to the President of our republic in his
dignity as head of Il great nation.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-06
WEDNESDAY, JULY g, 1881.

TO THE IDIoTIC INQUIRY, repeated with
sickcning persistency, as there Con-
spiracy?" we deem it proper to reply once
for all " Yes, there is
The parties to it are Wayne MacVeagh,
A. Miner Gibson and William A. Cook.
The object of this conspiracy is to get the
names of the conspirators in print as widely
as possible and the motive is a wild craving
for sensational notoriety.
OF course there is nothing criminal about
such a conspiracy. Under ordinary circum-
stances it would be partly ridiculous and
partly contemplate. Under the existing
extraordinary circumstances it becomes mis-
chicvous in proportion as the excitable
frame of the public mind may make it sus-
ceptible to dangerous fallacies and fanatical
wrath.
But happily the later indications are that
Notwithstanding the terrific strain to which
it is being subjected, the public mind is
still sufficiently calm and rational to rem
der the silly vaporings of the three conspi-
rators, to all intents and purposes, harm
less.
The most striking result OF this curious
conspiracy thus far is the conviction which
has settled upon the mind of every honest
and right-minded citizen that the aforesaid
MacVeagh, Gibson and Cook are utterly
unft for any grave trust or power and
their base whispers entirely unworthy of
serious attention. There was n time when
we feared otherwise. But later indications
are that the public mind is calmer and
more rational than we at first thought it,
BE this as it may, it seems to us the part OF
wisdom to let Macveagh, Gibson and Cook
proceed with their conspiracy, unchecked
by even criticism.
So far as the actual prosecution of the ease
of the United States vs. Charles Guiteau il
concerned it is entirely in the hands of Tho
regular District Attorney, who is proceed
ing by ordinary and proper judicial methods
and who, therefore, avoids newspaper ad
vertisement of his progress. As soon as TIN
nature of the Presidents injuries become
sufficiently defined to enable the Distric
Attorney to determine the legal grade o
Guiteau's crime the prosecution will tak'
place in due form and then the public viii
know all about it. So far as developed thu
case promises TO be very plain and simple
one, without complications either as to law
fact or circumstance.
Under these conditions there would seen
to be no harm in letting MacVeagh, Gibson
and Cook proceed with their conspiracy o
volunteer sclf-importance to their heart
content.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-07-06

THE COMPLAINTS of Jersey City seem to
to be pretty numerous, and the latest one
mentioned is-cats. OF course nobody will
think of saying that such 4 complaint is
amusing, but it is just n little singular that
two contemporancous complaints are about
cat congregations. The first relates to n
regular cat hospital, which must be II hobby,
although the fact is not mentioned. The
ncighbors pronounce it n nuisance of the
most pronounced kinda crying grievance
indeed-and they Indignantly demand of
the health inspectors that it shall be
promptly abated. The other is perhaps even
more of public catastrophe, for it is ex-
prcssly stated that woman confines num-
Der of cats in cellar and sets them to fight
ing at night purposcly to wrcak her spite
upon the neighbors.