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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
Gaaieeaua 9 peakG.

: WASHINGTON, January 17.-As soon a.
the court formally opened, Scoville com
: menced his address to the jury by com
planning Of his unfamiliarity with tht
modes Of practice in criminal cases. Al
the defense asked was the fair, candid, i'm.
partial weighing Of the evidence by fail
and candid men. Guiteau then said:
Reed made q brilliant and lawyerly
plea for the defense, and Scoville is MAX
ing strong argument for his theory. but
neither Reed nor Scoville represent me in
this defense. am here as my own coun-
sci, and as stated at the opening of the
case no one can represent it to that Jury.
! know my feelings and inspiration in re-
moving the President and [ have set it
forth to my satisfaction in my speech pub
llshed yesterday, and ask your Honor in
the name Of justice, in the name Of the
American peopls, to allow me TO address
this jury composed of my countrymen,
when my life may be at stake. If a man
on that jury has a doubt as to his duty in
acquitting me, my speech win probably
settle him in my favor. Therefore in the
interests of justice, it is of great impor-
tance that they should hear me in nv own
defense. Your Homer can decide the
matter if you have any doubt as to your
duty"
ScoVllle began with general complaint
Ct the alleged unfairness on the part Of rhe
prosecution, particularly the prosecuting
attorney. He had from the beginning
prescribed who should visit the iail and |
who should not; he had introduced per-
sons into the prisoners cell under false
gtlise to worm out his secrets, and when
the prisoner said anything which might
De injurious to his case, the prosecuting
attorney was very careful to let it become
known. He complained of CorkhiH. Sco-
vile resumed his argument and was at
once interrupted by Guiteau, who had
oeen looking over toward the jury for
some time IN an anxious Or expectant
manner: Hadn't better deliver it now ?"
le called out. oh, yes;" replied Scoville,
L had forgotten" Then turning to Judge
Jox, he requested that Guiteau be allowed
Q address the jury. II have looked over
lis speech which he desires to make, and
an see nothing of an Objectionable char +.
cter." Judge Cox nodded assent, and
fuiteau said: II have written down what
wish to say and will read it. It is In re-
ard to my speech" He then read with :
emphasis:, tsI intend no dis
aspect to this honorable court. In gem :
raj, ann satisfied with the law az pro- :
osed by your Honor, butt have. suggest :
d still broader view which ask YOUR }
Lonor to follow, to-wit: That if the jury
elieves that believed I was right to re- d
love the President because had special Il
ivine authority SO to do and was forced =
do it by Deity, they acquit me on the u !,
round Of transitory mania. sSiekles, Nc u
arland and Hiscock were acquitted on =
le ground Of transitory mania.'' =
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
Ca@aesa OrpHaaaa. Asylum.

New YoRE, January 1.-THE Board of
Health ordered to be closed withinatWenty-
four hours the Catholic Asylum for infants
because of the 800 children received since
its establishment 179 have died, 1856 have
been discharged and 81 remain. 1t will be
reconstructed and made lit to live in.
There are a eases OF smallpox at the
hospitals.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
lBuJT LITTLE.

Man wants but little here below, and ho
gets it-Nes0 Orleans picayu,ts.
There is a fortune lying iii wait for the
individual who will invent a stove from
which a grown man can get light with
tout burning his fingers or cracking the
Ilid.--At1aNta Constitution.
! A clerk in a grocery store in Petersburg,
Va, said he had weighed out powder and
smoked. a cigar at the same time for more
than year, but on this particular occa-
/ sion half the store was blown into the alley
ana the clerk found mashed fat under
barrel OF st1gar.-Detrou Free Press.
a Sc. Louis hardware dealer says. that
| one in every twenty revolvers sold aat his
! store Is sold to woman. We had already
heard Of the killing ways of the women .of
st. Louis, and now we believe the story.
But a horrid thought suggests itself to the
contenplative mind, DO these women
wear pockets, the same aa the purcfa-
sers of the other nineteen pistols in every j.
twenty? We fain would think otherwise.
Boston Transcript.
No, he didn't feel strrong enough to
push a baby wagon, although it wasaa
hne, bracing day, and his wife said the i
exercise would do him good but I'M the
tap room that evening it took three men
to keep .hlrn from licking the apothecary's
clerk, who wanted to bet him drinks that
he wouldn't dare to tell how he became
baldheaded. Brooklyn Eagle. =
4 prominent citizen of Austin who
drinks greatdea1, recently went into an
Austin avenue restaurant to refresh him
self After he vas through he called the
waiter, and asked what HIS BIZ. was.
Let me seeo replied the waiter. ssyou
nave had some pork chops, two bottles Of
ale and q bottle OF claret. Have YOU had
anything else?
I've had the delerium tremens time
or SO, but | don'tsee how IN tlle-------that
9 any OF your business was the indig-
1ant response.-T Tseas Siftinqs.
An English writer says pigslove flowers.
We have noticed this fondness for flowers
n the part of the pig. Should the ami
nal accidentally ind his way into gar
len containing one choice plant among
I've hundred weeds, he wouId instinctiyeIv
@ Tor the howerand root it out Of its Iittla
'ed IN the tWinsling OF an eve, almost.
! pig won thus admire 4 ten cent plant
2 enc garden if there isa i've dollar plant
the same incloanre AT least it viii par
: respects to the latter fIrat. Vorristoon
zsyald.
4 Vermont couple haye married after
eo',rfsh'p q twelve years, during which
1e brides father has put seven gets 81
I lges on the front gate. Bostoa Post.
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Ga1itea1ass Speech.

WASHINGTON, January 16-ln Gui
teau's speech intended for the jury, HI
wound up as follows:
Il beg you do not get the Deity down on
you by meddling in this case. [ beg fo1
you and for the sake Of the American peo-
pie and for the sake Of generations I'm
born that you let this case alone. You
cannot AFFORD to touch it. Let your ver-
d'et be that it was the Deity's act, not
mine"
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POINTS,.

rs your father a Christian 20 said a
gentleman to little boy on one occasion.
y es, sir, said the little boy; but be-
heVe he has not worked much at it lately.
When fellow gets a wife he exclaims
won at last.o When he gets the divorce
it is still zone at last.''
The young woman who used to sing SO
dlvlnely, ooh, had the wings of dove, -
is satisfied with chicken leg now. She is
married.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
SVaH4HHA VI RODGERS LUCK.
selling "a Quarter of "a Mime for
$4,000 and Recovering m
Naialiom Damages.

In 1856 Mr.. and Mrs. William Rodge1
lett Baraboo, Wisconsin, and went to Co
orado. Mr.. Rodgers was vigorous, en-
terprising young man, but he had boo
successin business ventures. Going West
he was for time employed as cashier in
bank IN one of the smaller towns, but hi
i speculative nature led him to invest il
mining property, and finally he foun.
himself one Of the four partners in firm
that owned the famous Robert E. lie,
mine, considered one Of the richest in th
world. The permanent development o
the mine had just begun when Mr.. Rod
gers was stricken with paralysis. The
power to use his limbs and voice was com
pletely gone, and for months, and ever
years, he lay upon his bed entirely helpless
Ills sight and hearing, however, were moi
| affected, yet it proved q torture to the pool
man himself, for he could hear and see
things which bred irrepressible agony ia
his mind. Heknew, but could not tell, OF
the vast resources. of ssthe. Lee;,' could
hear from the lips Of the watchers about
his bedside that the affairs of the mine had
become clouded over with deep mystery.
and that rumors were rife of it's possible
ultimate failure to yield paying ore.''
The management of Mr.. Rodgers, inter
est devolved upon his wife, and finally. at
the earnest solicitation of the remaining
partners and friends of the afflicted family
the friends believing the reports concer-
ming the property were true--and pressed
.Dy thelmn1inent want for the neeessaries
Of life, Mrs. Rodgers was induced to relin-
quish her husbands fourth, the considera-
ton being $4,000. No sooner had the ne
gotiations been completed and the money
paid than the Robert e. Lee mine com
menced to boom. The reports Of its un-
earthed wealth were simply fabulous, and
the treasures that came from it justified
the reports. The factis notorious that
500, 900 were taken from the mine In TWEEN
ty-four hours few years ago, the mana
gers desiring to test the capacity of their
Finally it was suggested that|I
there must be some redress for the wrong
that had been peTpetratetl, and Mrs. Rod
GERS was i induced to cons1tt q lawyer. She
u once sought the advice of Judge Dixon. |
onee Chief Justfceo OF the Supreme Court
y Wisconsin. All the circumstances were
aid before him, and the Judge said he
hought they had q case. Regular pro-
'eedings We're accordingly entered in the
roper court in Colorado. It was haz-
rdous business, for the owners of the
u nine Dad money to fight the case ii. every
'oint, but the. Badger lawyer persevered,
nd few days ago Judgment was render
q IL favor of Mr. Rodgers III the sum of
], 100000. The Court also allowed the
litintitf 9 certain elaimas interest conf
alton upon past productions of the mine.
-Bara6oo Bulletin. ~.
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Cabinet Positions and Foreign .pHfgu
sI0Ra@e

New YORK, January 1.-THE Graphic,
Washington special says it's believed by
Secretary KirkWood's friends that he is te
be tenderedsa first-elass Foreign Mission
4 when hissuccessor is appointed.
THERE'S no doubt that the President'f
intention now is TO appoint Sargent. secre-
tary Of the Interior and the delay is moi
owing to hitch in this programme, but is
for special reasons that have their origin
in the appointee himself. Whether Kirk
wood will be offered the Berlin or Vienna
Mission, it is not announced, but it. is cur
rently believed that It ID one Of the two, as
it is said upon good authority (senator
Harriaon) that John G. New. is to go to St.
Petersburg to succeed Col. Foster. There
is a. good deal of gossip within the last
day o. two since attention was called to
many vacancies III relation To probable
changes in Diplomatic service. 1t is I'M
derstood the Secretary Of State and Presi-
dent have q number OF names on the slate.
for various places, and when it had been
adjusted throughout, and it is predicted
nominations will be sentin by which yohn
Bade1> will go to Chill to take the place Of
the late Gen. Fitzpatrick, and Pitkin, of
Louisiana, is TO be sent to Mexico. Geo.
A. Sheridan is talked of for gonsuI-G Cen
eral at Montreal, as well as . prominenfl
Illinois politician whose name has leaked
out. He is said to be a person Il friend of
Senator Logan. Report has il too IN this
connection that Judge Denny, now at
Shanghai, China, is to be promoted to Pc
kin and Mosby promoted from Hong Kong
y DeunY's place.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
NO. 333. 33

OF the ladfesz were not more sad-colored
than those seen at the receptions OF people
who are Philistine or Indifferent. In all
the rooms conversation was carried on he-
tween groups independent Of Mr.. Wilde,
but whatever the latter said was eagerly
listened to by the groups which stood
around him. The parlors and the refresh
ment-room were crowded all the time the
reception lasted.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
ScovfEless libel suit.

WASHINGTON, January 16.seovi'le,
counsel for Gtliteau. has ordered d libel
suit against the Chicago Herald Co., for.
recent publications concerning his bank
rnptey proceedings some years ago.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-26
Toward tine Close.

WASHINGTON, January l4.-Guiteau
lowing:
received thirty checks yesterday,
''pResenting about $15, 600. some Of them
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-05

THE fact that the world is governed
in small as large matters, greatly by APP
pearanceS, does not seem to be apprecia-
ted by some people who have printing
done. The deluge of cheap badly print
ed dodgers that afflicts the public is one
evidence of this. They are not only
badly printed, but put on paper that
was never manufactured to receive the
impression of type. An advertisement
on handful of this kind is worse
than no advertisement at all, for it
works a positive injury to the user, and
whatever may be the question about the
advisability of a handful advertisement,
there can be none at all about the effect
of a cheaply gotten-up poorly printed
one. In this era of boteh-work hanG-
bills, it would seem TO be profitable
rule that anything that is worth being
printed at all is worth being printed
well and issued on elegant instead of
shoddy paper. The effect of any other
than good job is undoubtedly disaS-
trous to the firm indulging in it as, in
stead of inviting trade, it repels custom
and inspires contempt for the firm in
the minds of both the intelligent and il
literate classes. 1t should be recognized
that a cheap, poorly executed dOdgtr
produces the inevitable result Of weak
ening confidence in the respectability of
the concern that distributes it-Printing
World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-01-05

The Virginia House of Delegat,
passed bill removing the political dis.
abilities Of all persons incurred under
the dueling laws.
AT Coolidge. Kan, Barney Elliott was
shot and killed by Postmaster T. E.
Hardesty for having committed an out
rage on the latter's wife.
At Waverly, Nebraska, q man named
Faris stabbed his wife and then cut his
own throat. Both will recover, it is
thought.
The annual report of the Mississippi
River Commission has been laid before
the Senate. The estimated cost of i'm
meniate improvements is SSS,0O0.000.
David Morat pleaded guilty at Phila-
delphia to Irregularities at an election,
and was sentenced to two years impTis-
onment and to pay fine Of $1,000.
Mrs. Marian L. Dow, the lady broker
of Philadelphia. has been arrested on
charge OF fraud, preferred by Emile J.
Emerson, a school teacher of German
town.
Senator Sherman offers to donate ten
acres of land in Mansfield. Ohio. or for
ty acres in the suburbs, 70 the wittsn-
berg College. provided it viii settle
thereon.
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Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship ever,
Sabbath; morning service, III evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 900 am. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
ersI prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
INlRev. s. +. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II an; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday .
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday I. m
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
" Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm:
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday OF
each month, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm Young womens prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
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New SeriestVol. 81. No. so.

and his fastidious and scholarly tastes
These manuscripts are voluminous, and
exhibit in remarkable way his habits
Of thought and work, his fund of knowl-
edge. and his versatility and reach in the
handling of the great problems of states
manship. There are no less than half
dozen separate and distinct drafts of the
address in whole or in part, each profuse-
ly aeorned with notes, interlineations,
and marginalia. The mass of rejected
material is valuable and suggestive, and,
il appropriately arranged, would make a
paper Of no small worth and proportion.
When, at the reading of one of these
tentative drafts to me in February last,
l had expressed to him my desire to pos
sess it, he exclaimed, in his characters
tic and original way; "Whati yOn wo'd
not wish the staggerings of my mind,
would you"
OPENING OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
Probably no administration ever OPEN
ed it's existence under brighter auspices
than that of President Garfield, but it
was not long before his great vitality
showed visible signs of yielding to the
dragging wear of the never ending de-
mands and opportunities for place
Each day brought its exhausting physi-
cal fatigue and intellectual weariness-
the result of a continual din of selfish
talk. Fairly staggering into the library
at the close of specially exhaustihg
day, he said to me: Il can not endure
this much longer; no mon who has pass
ed his prime can succeed me here to
wrestle with the people as have done
without its killing him." Yet through
| it all he was cheerful. As throughout
his life, so, even now, his great heart held
its accustomed sway the playful, almost
boyish, humur illuminating all. Leav-
ing behind him the stress of work and
| the cares of his office, he would often
say: "Now the fun is over, let us go to
businessl" referring to some proposed
recreation.
With two or three friends accompan-
led him to Mr. Chittenden's reception, an
the evening after his arrival. The con-
versatioR naturally drifted to the per-
sonal relations of Gen. Garfield to the
Presidency; its bearing upon his future,
and the bright promises for the public
good that would come from his admins
tration. The glOries of the present were
brilliant and attractive enough; but to
him the future brought SOLDERING, sad
dening prospect. -Four years hence"
said he, II shall leave the Presidency,
still young man, with no future before
me; to become political "reminiscences
"a squeezed lemon, to be thrown away.
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Belmont Co ur,y oniciaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk OF Courts-Alex. q. Darrah.
Sherif-Samuel Hilles-
Auditor-William N. Coffiand.
Treasurer-Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell
Recordcr-W. 8. Hobbs.
Commissioners-owen Mehan. Morris Cope,
[. J. Potts
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-Thomss Garrett.
lnirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, VIM.
James b. Ritchey.
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