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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
1'he History og the Garfield Letter
About Rosencranas 10 Dana.

| NEW YORK, March 15.--A Washington
special says: Mi doubt az to how the Gar
field letter tothe late Chief Justice Chase
| became public has been removed BY tlae
admission Of A. ShuckerB, formerly prI-
vate secretary TO nr. Chase, that iae fur
niahed acopys to Dana Of the New York
Sna. 1ir. Shuckers says In regard 10 the
matter, Yes, gave that letter to Dana,
and that il all there Is to be said. NV mo-
tive, whether personal OF for the public
benefit, is 3 matter Of no account. shall
notenter into any public discussion about
that letter, suffice it to say it was given
ont by me, aud anybody vino declares it a
forgery does . very foolish thing. / hare
other letters OF Mr. Chase's correspond
ence. There are some III that package and
the resi- are locked up ia q safe In this
city. At the request of Mrs, Chase they
were put in my hands for the pu pose Of
aiding me III writing the life Of her laus-
band y
Washington specials say that the Stall
warts are sick Of their assault on GarfieId'a
memory. The Post says Of their recently
published letter attacking the dead Presi-
dent: The letter was genuine, the pro-
.duction Of a genuine Republican who sat
In the Chicago convention az a delegate
with Garfield and voted for him in Noveua~
ber. Ia q number of western papers
zChauncey I. Filleg is charged with the.
possibility, but sense Of fairness ltn~
pels tls TO relieve him at once from such
an innputation. Filley might have written
the letter. and possibly might have done
soil. he had thought Of it. It was Stall
wars=With q much more eoanmon=and fa-.
smiliar name, The. lettter itself cor ltained 5
statement that the writer was member of
the Chicago convention AND at no time
voted there for Garfield.
a distinguished offleer says that there.
was nothing nnaoldier-like in the letter,
but it bore thetone Of warm affection. for
Rosencrans.
The Critic, which has been credited With
being sstalvart journal, says: The great
body q the 1,erIeal1 people. have nladel
up their minds about CARTEL
watched IN feeling BY biz bedside al last
summer. hen he died they mourned,
and when be was laid away to rest forey-
er, thy took his fame into= their keeping.
These, lei us remark, are the people who
cast The votes. No matter what be may
have actually been made Of, they adopted
Gartlesa.as theIr idol, and e.1r word Tor It, /
that Waosoeyer, for sss,atever purpose, at
tempts TO drag hia fame through the mud
must encounter q resentment little ahorE Of
feroefty.
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New Rerk Press Conassa asaSa d.

NEW YORK, March ll,--On the ques-
ton of the Chinese and Naturalization5ahe
tribune says: The interest which the Chi
Aamen in this city take in the question and
tne TACT that they read the papers was IL
1aStrated In the clerks Office OF the cona-
mon pleas yesterday. Three Of them hur-
Fieo In and wanted to get ut once their
papers to vote. But Jarvis, the clerk OF
'ne court, found that they had never de-
elared their Intentions, AMI therefore they
naa to stop at that point, and will have TO
wait two years before they can vote.
ofcourse, If the bill passed by the Sen
ate with it's amendments becomes law, it
Will prevent the State as well as Federal
courts from issuing any naturalization pa
pers to Cinnamon. But the aftsenth
AAoendnent TO the Constitution win pro-
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" Wasxsiasgt0sa Nezgsa

| WASHINGTON, March 13.--Tiae govern.
Eaent is moving actively for the relief o
| the sufferers By tt1e flood. Tie Secretary
Of War is particularly active.
| It Is now said that Edmunds has finaIf.
refused the Supreme Justicesl,ip thiE
| n,erili,,g and the President Immediately
nominated Blatchford, and that be had de-
tav.niued upon the latter upon Edmund 4
final refusal. .-.-..
The nominations Of Judge RlatcIlford.
for the Supreme Court, aud John Russell
Young, as Minister to China, were sent to
the Senate this afternoon.
Secretary Lincoln has se,,t:to the Senate
statement showing that the total sstima-
ted cost OF maintaining troops i'll the In1j-
an country during ten years has been
$225, ,69l 1864, an average Of $22, ,0oO, 600
annually,
Representative Black. Of Georgia, il
said obed sirsg.s .
August G. Soteido. indicted for killing
his brother, and for assautt witt, intent Co
kill Barton, was arraigned this morning,
and plead not guilty.
In the House to-day Pacl,eco introduced
bill to repeal the land grant made TO the
Atlantic Il Pacific Railroad as TO the lands
in California.
Rosecrans introduced bill granting q
certain right OF way to the. San Francisco
6 Ocean Shore Company.
General Rosecrans declined TO speak In
relation to the Garfield-Chase letter.
Secretary Folger will, It Is said, .iasue a
call for bonds this afternoon.
It is reliably stated that the cable COM
panies have perfected au agreement to
pool.
The Grophic's Washington correspond
ent says: There Is rumor that the pro-
moter Of the Bolivia silver mining scheme
is Governor McCook, Of Colorado. It Is
said, also, that ex-senator Chaffee and
Steve Elkins were In the scheme. Just
how far they had progressed when the ex-
posare OF the shipperd project threw the
South American speculation into disre-
pute, is not known. It's understood that
influential politicians were to be interested
IN the grant from Bolivia m order to induce
Chill to keep her hands of while the con1-
pany worked the bonanza.
The Graphic says hundreds Of strangers
visited the Jail Ia which the murderer
Guiteau y confined, yesterday, bat were
unable to, crafty their curiosity because Of
orders that no visitors aresto be admitted
on Sundays. Guiteau was annoyed at
this, because Ile expeeteetsto nlakea large
sale Of his pictures and auFograpIaa. X il |
his CUSTOM 70 ilnportune visitors 70 make
the proceeds Of which he eays
he intends to devote to pay the best legal
advisers for defending him, in the court
in banc -
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DeI4esaag Dead

New YoRK, March lA.-strs, Melville
wife Of Lieut.. Melville, engineer Of the
Jeanette exploring expedition has received
letter from her husband Ia which he
speaks of De1,ong ana the others IS having
periahed az tho mouth Of Lena river, and
intimates that when he set out on the
search in which he il now engaged, il was
without nope oI tin1ing liis commander
alive, but simply to perform the melsn-
choly duty Of discovering, II possible,
their dead bodies and whatever traces Of
their l1ardships and adventures they might
have LETT behind them.
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eet those Of them already latslralized.

teet those Of them already iaataraIized.
The sentence meted out to Mason gives
entire satisfaction to the morniug Jour
mails. ."
Commissioner Shields refusal to grant
citizenship to Chinese ia also favorably
commented upon.
Hazel, who recently won the great
walking match, and who keeps 3 rum mill
in Brooklyn, will soon return to England
to live. ...
The EPorzJ 10 evidently anxious Il, have
the people OF the Pacific coast know that
the Chinese bill recently passed is pse-
eminently 8 Democratic measure. and
points proudly to the fact that only one
Democrat voted against it, and that only
two Eastern Republican Senators favored
u. It closes long article by hoping that
the labOring men Of the Pacific will not
forget their Indebtedness.
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q 3I epaaPnaEgal Visit.
.pllatldef1a

ST. PETERSBURG, 3farch la.--1he Gear
visited hia fathers tomb to-day. He drove
In an open carriage TO the chapel On the
scene Of the murder, which was guarded
by two compaaies Of infantry. The Gear
and Empress prayed there and drove 70
the Winter Palace, subsequently returning
to Gatsehina. Anniversary services were
also held in Berlin, Paris and CONSTANT
nople. The Gear dismissed the escor:
while driving through the streets.
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Heev. Mfln,g Farewell 60 the pulpht

CHICAGO, March 12.-Rey. Geo. C. Min
preached his farewell sermon to the con-
gregation Of Unity church In the city this
morning. The edifce was crowded to
overfowing. DR.. Min reviewed the causes
which led to his resignation and the subse-
quent request Of . large part of his con-
gregation for him to remain despite the
fact that he had no faith and did not be-
lieve In the immortality Of man, and de-
nounced ia causttc language Unitarianism
as practiced at the present time. Hecon-
cl'tded his remarks BY saying that be was
glad 20 get.ont3of the pulpitand would not
enter one again. He was frequently ap-
n}aiIfspd
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8 Brkef e eae g m O:

The sAtchisons Topeka, ,ds Santa Fe Com
pauy has bought the Sonora railroad, thu
securing an Independents line to the Pa
Eeifo.
Nine business houses i'll Decature wers
burned on the 10th inst. Less $50, 900, +
Representative Cobb, Of Indiana, pro
poses to continue his. war against those
railroad companies whose lands, BY reason
Of non-comp mpIia1ce with the terms Of tbs
original grant, should he claims, revert ce
the government. -..-.--.. .......~.
! I. fye-story brick hotel ut, Trenton, Mo.
was burned on the 10th inst. ...
The Cunard steamer Catalonia, just ar
rived iu Liverpool from, Jersey. City, coll
lided with al, unknoxn vessel in q fog on
the outward passage, and, It Is believed,
the latter was sunk.witll all on board.
ArnnaNay engine on tfe Denver & Bio
Grande, going 1T the rate Of fifty miles a1,
hour, approached within fifty feet Of "a
loaded passenger train, but fortunately
jumped the TRACK, thua preventing fear
fal casualty.
The Boulder Yallegfrailroad has sued the
Union Pacific. Tor $500 600 9 damages, which
they claim to have sustained by the U. r.
falling to pay, according *, zagreement,
500, 900 mortgage bonds against the for
mer.
Il has been found necessary to call ont
the military 10 put down the labor riot
near Omaha
Two persons were Killed and fifteen
wounded by . steampipe bursting On the
Ohio river steamer Sidney on the 10th
instant.
a man named Edwarda han been arrest
ed on charge Of numbering Mrs. Bell.
Canton, Dakota, had SO, 1000 IRE on
March 10th.
Senator Hills physicians do not think
him In imminent danger.
On the 10th inat., dredging machine
sunk In Boston harhor, drowning five
Iael1.
The alcohol and liquor bill has passed
the Senate.
A London dispatch says James Roarke,
partnerof Egan. the Land League ereas-
urer, haa been arresred under the coercion
ACT.
MacI.ean, The Queens assailant has been
committed for trial onsthe charge e,ef high
treason.
The London STANDARD rather scouts the
idea of an impending European war.
John Dwyer, pugilist, died on the loth
inst, III lthe BROOKLYN Hospital.
The general Democratic county convet1-
ton Of New York has denounced Kelly
and Tammany and their alliance with the
In consequence OF threatening letters
received by the police inapeeter who ar
rested MacLean, the Windsor police haz
heen reinforced.
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The House. By unatli1nnaz consent. /,

The House, By ,natni1nnas consent, has
ordered that the Legislative daF OF Monday
be extended until the aati-lplyganv bill il
disposed OF, but tilat Il sl5ali be open for
debate and amendment for one hour; that
the previous question shal, then be con-
sidered ordered; that smother hour shall
then be allowed for debate, AND that the
final vote shall then be taken on the bill
and any pending amendments. The Chi
nese bill raay, therefore. be expected 10
couse up between two aud three o'clock.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23
Costa Rica Earthquake.

PANAMA, March l5,--Intelligence has
just reached here OF All appalling earth
quake in Costa Rica.. Adviees thus far re-
eeiyed state that four towr1s have been des-
troyed. These are Alajuela, San Rauor,
Greca and Heridia, In Alajuela alone sew
eral thousand lives were lost. Those left
alive are destitute and homeless.
PANAMA, March 13,-The loss sof life has
been fearful Thousands Of. Inhabitants
were swallowed up and the destruction Of
property il widespread.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-03-23

Editor, dislike frivolous youngsters. Per-
haps We were frivolous ourselves once
oh ! how very long ago. New our hair is
white. our step infirm, but our intellect
ah . that feeds upon our body, aud rs the
latter grows feeble fha former increases in
strength. -. GAzLLARG.
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Interest Allowed On lme Deposits.
. Board Of Directors:
SzT MONS.

In the District Court of the Third Judicial Dls-
tTIee or the Territory of Montana, Ill and tor
the county Of Ghoteau.
IoHS 7. MURPHY, SAMUEL \ EEL,
v. W. HIGGINS and W. II. TonD
Plaintiffs, ! Summons.
8. e. DAVIS, Defendant
The people Of the Territory of Montana send
greeting to the above named defendant.
fou are hereby required 10 appear in an action
brnusht against you by the above named plaiu-
ztlns IN ttes District Court Of the Third Judicial
District oftne Territory OF Montana IN and for
tne tonnfysof Choteau, and 10 answer the COM
pialnG nted therein, within ten days fpxclnsiye Of
the day or service after the service you Of this
summons, II served within this county; or il sery-
ca out q this county, but in this District within
sWenGs flays; otherwise In forty days or judS
mens bydefault will be taken against you accord.
ing TO the prayer of said conuHint
The said action il brought 10 obtain = Judgment
OF sald Courtagalnst you. and in favor Cf DiaiR.
Ems, Ter the sum OF three hundred and sixtv-!iVe
ana S-I0o dollars for goods wares and merchan.
dise IUrnsEleG you by plaintiffs at your request as
plant herein.
And to secure the payment of auT Judgment
herein ehe following described property has been
levied upon. by virtue OF alta chment duiv is
ton, 81. r.
And you are hereby notified that If you fail to
appear ana answer the said complaint. as above
required, the said plaintiffs will take Judgment
DF aeIault against you for the s,d sum OF 1865
besides the costs Of this action
&xlVen unter my hand and the sea! OF ths EBis-
trict Court OF the ThirG! Judicial District Of the
territory or Montana, in and for the County al
Choteau this 9th day Of February III the wear ot
oar Lord one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
two.
Fseall A, II BEATTY, clerk.
ByJ0tIN NJ ,tfsl5AS,
MAJ wa..ua,, .t4n-e Deputy Clerk.
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L'.ELEl5RAINS.
Specfag Dispatches 60 the Record.
The Strike Growing Serious.

OMAHA, March i0.-'rhe strike Ia grow
Ing more serious. aud violence is feared.
Three hundred and twenty more men quit
work. Speeches were made Tonight Mt
meeting.
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: Passengers in this bus will do well to
look out for their pocket-books,o said 4
London policeman at the door of crowd
ed.ons1lIn nuss5 srs ttsyo 8 of
the swell mob il here. Tf that's the
case, y said > nervous man in white cho.
ker, who looked Ikea clergyman, ssI.will
get out II cannot. risk my reputation in
such company And H. said . res
peetable looking Old Gentleman, with gold
headed cane and snectaclsa, have too
much money about me 70 stand the chance
Of bein robbed. And 10 h1s1ls alighfstl.
Then the policeman said Drive On !,
they we both rot anI.
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a MAN WITH \ FALSE FACE.
He Sues a Surgical Instrument
Maker for the Value of an Ill~
Fitting Mask.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-Ellis Cart
wright, of Marshall county, West Va.
had his face frightfuily elisfigured by burns
about u year ago. He deyised anaaak of
gutta percha, with false nose and holes
FOR vision. Eyebrows and 1ashes Hrere
painted upon it, and faint nustactae de-
pended beneath the nose. TO give it e
more natural aspect and a support. Z pair
OF bow spectaeles were fastened on the
bridge Of the nose. The thing, vas found
to be close and heating, aud Mr. Cart
wright conceived the idea that q fine wire
mask, something on the plan Of those worn
by tl1e==off1cers IN some secret organizations,
would be an improvement. He came to
this city more than month ago and made
his wants knewn to William Snowden.
surgicalinstruInent maker, as No.. 75South
Eleventh street, whom hefasked 70 devise
4 mask =hich he could wear at meals or
in bed without Inconvenience. Mr.. Cart
wright alleges that the mask which was
made was 3 bad At; that it was colored q
eadaverons hue and had bloated appear
ance, and that when the wearer tried it on
at his drst meal at ilia hotel he was unable
to eat or drink, and had to take it OF and
resume hia old mask. He returned the
new one and demanded his money back,
and AYERS that he was refused, although
Mr.. snoWden offered to remodel the mask.
To-day this curious case resulted in ! civil
suit by Mr.. Cartwright against Mr. Snow
den before Magistrate Smith. The pros
eeutor, Mr.. Cartwright, who wore his old
mask, which produced > grotesque appear
ance, brought witnesses to show that the
new mask was not 3 flt and was badly col
ored. The magistrate held the case over
until tomorrow.
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The. Czar has told General skoneIe1s
that he l. diseIeasea with the lastsr,s;
epeeeh.
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Paid no Capital 500, 600
SURPLUS a7d Profits 100000
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First National Bank
Dc sleNATEo DEPOSITORY
OF e. e Z e e N.C a.

OF THE UNITED STATES
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The Atchisens Topeka i Saints Fe Com
pany has bought the Sonora railroad, thus
securing an Independents line to the Pa
,ifn.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-12-21
MINUTES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY
TEACHERS MONTHLY.
Held at Oak Hill. December 8. 1852.

Morning session called to order by the Presi-
Singing-"All hail the power of Jesus pame"
conducted by d. E. Phillips
On motion, j. j. Bennett was elec ed Temporal
ry Secretary.
ON motion J. ]. Allison, S. Morgan and ]. ].
Bennett were appointed committee to nom1-
nate officers for the ensuing term.
members was added to the present officers
On motion, Jackson was selected as the place
OF holding the next meeting of the monthly.
The regular programme was tnen taken up,
the first exercise being the importance OF His
which the importsnce of the subject. and the
benefits derived from the study OF History were
J. j. Bennett gave class drill in Percentage,
followed with criticisms by s. Morgan.
Higher Ripsr Was highly appeeaf
ed by the teachers present. Criticisms and com
sion closed with a few spirited remarks by Mr.
AFTERNo DON SEssIoN.-The first exercise of the
afternoon was IN interesting and instructive
lecture by j, E. Kinnison. The lecturer did not
oWn eonclusen II That he was talkng w ABOUT The
Funny Side of Man. omplimentary remarks
A ouartette, sang by D. E. Phillips and party,
received just commendation from the audience
D. w. Hunsinger read an instructive essay.
Allison and 8. Morgan.
J. H. Rowland then treated the audience to a
mirth- provoking song, entitled The Mule.
At the conclusion of the song, the irrepressi-
BILE Morgan rose and ridiculed His Majesty
An essay entitled How to Teach Composition
was read by Miss Lizzie Stevenson. Much use
full information to the teacher of this difficult
study was given by the essayist. A lively dis
cussion of methods followed, participated in by
johnson, Rowland, KinniSon and S. Morgan.
The Committee on Nomination of Officers re-
ported as follows: President, J. E. Kinnison;
Vice President, D. w. Williams; Secretary, Miss
Minnie Smith; Executive Committee. d. E.
Phillips. j. II. Rowland and Miss Ada Horton
Off1cers elected as reported.
Debate: "Reso1ved, That the township SyS-
tenn of schools be substituted for the present
sub-district SYSTEM Aft, DR.. D. B. Warren;
neg, j. e. Kinnison. Vice President Johnson
was called TO the chair, and after
animated discussion On one side of the question
the decision was given in favor of the af1rma-
tive.
]. j. Allison then proposed the following res.
olution: s'We, the mem bers of the Teachers
Monthly, recommend that our Representative
present the township system of schools to the
Ohio Legislature, and that we give him our
hearty cooperation in securing legislation in
regard to the matter" Resolution adopted.
Adjourned.
Such is IN brief, the report of the proceedings
of one of the most Instructive and interesting
meetings of the Monthly. Teachers are becom-
ing interested in the Association as shown by
the increased attendance, and the earnestDess
of the instructors and listeners. May the prog
ress of the Monthly still continue:
j. j.. BENNETT, Sec'y.
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DON'T give up and say there is no help

Don't give up and say there is no help
for Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in head,
since thousands testify that Elys' Cream
Balm has entirely cured them. Price
so cents. Apply into nostrils with
little finger.
Many persons in Pittston and vicinity
are using Elys' Cream Balm, Catarrh
remedy, with most satisfactory results.
A lady down town is recovering the sense
fifteen years. She had given up her case
as incurable. Mr.. Barber, the druggist,
has used it in his family and commends
it very highly. A young Tunkhannock
lawyer known to many of our readers,
testifies that he was cured of partial deaf
ness.-PittSton, Pa, Gazette, A7tg. Is. 1879
21dec2t
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-12-21

BY recent decision of the U. S.
Supreme Court, the heirs of Gen. r. E.
Lee now own the estate near Washington
formerly used by the Government as a
National Cemetery. So the heirs of the
Confederate Chief now own the remains
of the Federal dead.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-12-21

CLOSING out sale at Chesnut's. We
will place on sale regardless of cost, the
following Cloaks: 1 doZ. Ladies Black
Union Beaver Cloaks at the astonishing
low prices of $500, $500 and $3.50, former
prices $500, $3.50 and 5000. Also. doz.
better grade at $500, $500 and 5000 for
mer prices $500, $1,000 and $l2.0O. These
goods are certainly great bargains and we
have made them especially for the Hol-
iday trade it will pay you to buy your
cloaks of James Chestnut.
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BIGGEST stock of Boys Youths an

BIGGEST stock of Boys Youths and
Mems Clothing we ever had. No room to
put in more. We must sell cheap to get
room.
Suits, $500 and upward; Overcoats,
$500 and upward; Pants, $100 and up
ward. You can save 25 per cent by buy
ing at PHI. Washam & Co.'S Mammoth
Clothing House.
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IT is told of Democratic candidate for
Congress, from Wisconsin, that he intends
contesting for seat in the next House,
and rushed down to Washington few
days ago, supposing that the present
House decided contests for the next one.
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THERE never was time when better
variety of Mems, Youths, and Boys Fall
and Winter Clothing could be seen in
one stock. There never was time when
really first-class and stylish suits were so
cheap, or when it was easier trading and
so little trouble to find just what is want
ed, both in respect to goods and prices.
We can suit your taste and save you
money. Call and see, corner Main and
Broadway streets.
STERNBERGER BROS,
"The Clothiers"