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Buck Grant says the FANNY is Ruined.

In response to q request for u statement,
Ulysses s. Grant Jr. said to a New York Herald
reP Tba Grant family h,a lost H. ent;r. tortnn..
the ruin IS complete. Not only hayeI and my
father and two brothers put every cent we DOS
sessed into the firm of Grant & Ward but we
invested large sums which We borrowed from
our friends, %ssupposing that everything was
going along splendidly, and that we were amas-
sing great fortune. ] first put the s17,50o
yearly income on my wife's fortune into the
concern, and then ! put the principal in with
it. My, father-in-law loses $4,000
did my father or brothers, have the ~faintesi
idea that anything was wrong. Up to the time
of the failure believed that l was worth 81
10000 ! held the banks notes for upward Of
q 100000. Why, / have told my friends of
our fortune within . fow days, little dreaming
down to the Office the day of the failure, and,
as he walked across the floor toward me, /
said: Father, everything is bursted, and
we cannot get 9 cent out of the concern"
there was the slightest trouble.
Brother Fred had borrowed largely
from his friends and my brother
Jesse had put some borrowed money inthe firm
the day previous to the failure. So confident
were we all that Grant L. Ward were making
piles Of money that We invested everything we
could get. Ionly drew ont money against my
own account, but / kept putting in almost az
much, andthe only real funds which, retained
we're about sufficient for orr living expenses.
None OF us liked to keepa dollar out of the
firm that was not absolutely needed, because
We thought that we wese losing when we kept
money that might be earning very heavy prof
it Several times recently when ! went to
friends and asked them for loans on the prom
Use of enormous interest they
declared that such q transaction would be
usurious. Inever asked for these loans again.
To show you how littleI knew about the affairs
that it would simply prevent us for a time
from giving certified checks. No one in our
family Ind any idea that the firm had over
on the bonds which had been given as col
lateral for loans from our firm l did not know
that the bonds were being rehypothecated.
Ut course 1t is quite apparent that the immense
profits credited to member of the firm were
fictitious. ] TO not care to go into this any
further just at present, as the whole matter
! Will be cleared up, ] suppose, in the courts.
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NEWS or THE WEEK.
Warrington News.

Theproside emit Of the sonata appointed as vist.
tors tothc next annual examination at the naval
academy Messrs- Miller, Gala and Pendleton.
senator Edmunds' bill would secure to Gen.
Grant the pay OF . general, 4l4,O0O, and the
emoluments attached thereto, amounting in all
to some $4,000
h returns Of the department Of agriculture
for Nay make the crop prospect nearly as IA
Was Within per cent. OF the standard full con
dition.
Mr.. Strait had referred to the board of revis-
ion in the secretary's Office of the interior do
pArtment, the pension case of John Kerns of
Oronocce, MINI He was also notified by the
commissioner Of the general land Office of the
confirmation Of the title of q. Esnow and A.
Messcr, o. St Paul, to certain lands in the Du-
luth land district.
The house committee on Pacific railroads have
Instructed Representative Hanback, to report
Efayorablys the bill authorizing tho construction
OF q railroad from Sioux City, Iowa, westward
u, via the Niobrara valley, to such point on the
Onion Pacific west of the 10th meridian as the
company may select, under tho provisions of
the Thurman act authorizing the issue Of land
n bonds shall not apply to this road, and
that II shall be completed within five years.
Among the bills reported by the house COM
5mittee on the Judiciary 10 Mr.. Raymond's bill
providing for additional judges in Dakota.
~. AsayMouu Was DeIore gne cOmnhUee TUGS
day morning to urge that his bill shall be in
Guided in the measures they will call up, and
on hearing his presentation of the condition of
the Territory d Dakota, the committee decided
70 comply. with his request Mr.. Raymond
thinks his bill will undoubtedly go through.
Controller Cannon filed his bond, received
his commission and took his seat at the desk OF
the controller Of the currency Monday, the
18th, but was SO interrupted by callers who
came to tender their congratulations, that he
was not able to do much business. He re-
ceiyed q great many congratulations from
friends out Of the city also. Mr.. Cannon ex-
poets to get the run Of the school house in q
Few days. MI. Cannon's bondsmen are Isaac
Staples and i. Hersey, of Saltwater.
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no insisted, amounted to a war of conquest
against people struggling to be free. [Cheers
from the Liberals. The war which the Mahdi
10 waging is a war for iresdom. 1t is that
which the honorable gentleman wishes Eng
land to put down. Iienewed %cleersl The
prime minister denied that the government
failed to do one single act that was not for the
safety and success of Gen. Gordon. The charges
the honorable gentleman had Just preferred
Againatthe government are absurd. They can
only DO accounted for by his lack of knowledge
Of the true facts. The real object Of the mo-
ton, whatever may be its ostensible aim, is to
displace the government" loud cheers from
the Liberals.l Gladstone t%herenpon referred
to Official dispatches, to prove Glen. Gordon's
security and justify the action the government
had taken. He contended that the charges failed
to note the fact that Gen. Gordon had orders to
resort to military, il peaceful measures should
not prove successful. 81 have o duty" Glad
stone further said. tsto Gen. Gordon and a duty
to the country. Both will be performed de-
spite the SCOT of the honorable gentleman at
climatic danger and difficulty. 1t may be the
duty OF the government to plant a British force
in that terrible country, but the government
declines to BIO driven on without considering
the blood, honor and treasure of England, and
the government also declines to enter upon a
vast scheme of conquest to please the captious
opposition" [cheers.
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Crimes ana Criminals.

At Duluth the lEricksons got five years for
murderotls assault,
Fritz Wachsmuth, manager Of Erickson's
brewery at Moorhead, committed suicide by
shooting himself recently.
Tom Grove is under arrest at Peoria. HI,
for burning his fathers barn Feb. IL, 1882.
Tom is q son Of Pat w. Grove, tue dynamiter.
Robert Neale, living fifty miles north of Wa
dena, has been committed to tho Ramsey coun-
ty jail in default of 81, GOO bail for selling liquor
to White Earth Indians.
A priest named Casima, from Chicago, was
robbed of BIB, 600 by three men on a west bound
Texas Pacific train Mt Fort Worth, Tex. The
make his acquaintance.
William i. Goggin, alias eKerry Eagle.
tried for murder at Miles City, was ACQUITTED
by the jury. On the announcement Of the YER
dict Goggin fell upon his knees, crossing him
self, prayed, and roso saying, 'gThank Almighty
Columbia City, Ind, died at Dayton, Ohio, Sun
day. Tho girl belongs toa influential and ro-
spected family. She came to Dayton three days
agO, being then i'll, and before she died said
she Was III a delicate condition, and that she
ran away from home to hide her shame.
At q San Francisco picnic last Sunday Henry
Casey, q respectable young man, was &C
cused by Julia Sweery with having
criminally assaulted her. The case came
mp for preliminary hearing in . Justices court
During the proceedings sweeny, the father Of
ct the accused, each ball taking effect. Casey
died. OF midnight Much sympathy ia felt for
the family of the young man, as the evidence
showed the charge of assault was ill-founded
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The difficulty Of reaching personal
property for the purpose Of taxation
has nude this question q lively issue in
some Of the eastern states. and a Mas
sach,asetts Legislative committee hos
agreed 10 report . bill for q tax of two
per cent on all property real and per-
sonall, either BY will or without, tile tax
To be paid BY the administrator Of the es.
tate before he pays over its proceeds to
the heirs, exempting a fixed amount Of
q, 5000. Il has the merit Of reaching
personal property once in q generation
to say the least. Vermont made q very
stringentlaw several years ago. and tho
result has been that personal prop
erty insthat state ROW paysll its share
9of taxes into the state ana local Treasure
ies. In the cities and large towns at
the west personal property, in many
cases.ayirtually eacapes taxation, owing
me difficulty Of reaching it and tie pre-.
yasence p perjury on the part Of the
Ooxaors and gross negligence or worse,
on The part Of assessors.
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The p1oou1nQ Dc x~a1a,u.ra.

London Special: Nine. De alamire, the de-
serted morganatic bride of the tickle Grand
Duke Louis ~, continues TO occupy a consid-
cradle space in the newspapers, and many
stories are told of her conquests and love adj
ventures. A few years ago, and while she was
still the countess Czapski, she lived at Bernc,
minister. She was known there as tho Russian
Venus, and her beauty and the graceful aban-
don of her manner made her the center of .
large circle of masculine adorers, whom she
firted with and Tilted with great skill and com
posture. Among heryictims was the son OF the il
lustrious Russian statesman, and he threatened
to blow his brains out when she rejected the
offer of his hand and fortune. Prince Gort-
schakof, however, was too well posted in the
secret archives of Russian nobility not to know
that there was q page in the past history of the
fascinating countess which would make an hon
est man hesitate before making her his wife,
and NJ. Gortschakoff thus became reconciled to
seeing her become the bride of the young dip
lomat, N. Nicholas De Kalamire.
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Concerning Tact.
From the Boston Courier.

FROM Tue BOSTON courier.
The noble creature man vet lacks one
or two points Of being perfect, and
among these may be counted a rather
general absence of tact. To most wo.
men tact is inborn; to very few men is it
v possible to acquire it.
The femme mind, it is true, delights
overmuch, as a general thing, in crook
ed speech. An evasion is q delight,
and a white lie a fearful Joy. Man, on
the contrary-man an natural-is pain
fully blunt and honest. 1t might al
most be said, indeed, that the very best
men cannot possess tact. 1t is an inn
possibility to their natures. The habit
of thought before speech cannot be &C
quired. A hearty, genial college pro-
lessor, most well-intentioned and tact
less of men. was requested by his wife to
entertain a lady visitor until the hostess
herself had finished her toilet. De-
scending to the reception room, our pro-
fessor beamed upon the guest with a
smile whose kindly warmth must have
gone far to overcome the effects OF the
wild storm which ragged outside. "a
terrible day, professor, began the lady,
with q pleasant smile. Indeed it is
madame" the honest gentleman re-
joined; "a wild day. I was just saying
to my wife that those who had homes
to-day better stay in them" A sud
len rigldity settled upon the
co%untenance Of the lady, and the pro-
lessor could not understand why she
I1Sfnnn1 ca rnll1r {1 lsa "A
q new variety Of fern which he had re-
Gently discovered.
Rather worse than the professor was
o mild old pastor with a small and
peppery wife. So small she was that
If she wished to touch his toe at the
dining table, in conjugal warming, she
was obliged to slip far down in her
chair, almost disappearing from view.
At the same instant a corresponding
rise might be observed in the pastor.
He also betrayed himself by a hurried
"Eh, my dear? What" Upon being adj.
monished that this would not do. he
promised to mend. Very soon a
brother clergyman dined with him, and,
absorbed in discussion of the lost tribes.
he unconsciously served to his guest
nearly the hole of a dish Of
rare and early peas. AT this
juncture the wife sank almost from view
below the tables horizon. The minis
ter was like reverend Jack-in-the-box,
and began "Eh?" Then r~ecollecting in
structions he subsidized and remarked
blandly, II think they will go round,
my dear!" Either of these men was cap.
able of almost any noble and heroic act,
and it is, to be sure not q vital failing,
this want Of tact.
Many things, however, which in them
selves are far enough from vital, do much
effect our lives, and many a worried wo-
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Death Of Charles o,conor.

Charles o'Connor died Monday afternoon at
Nantucket, Mass. His mind was clear to the last,
when he exclaimed My God" and expired.
The remains were taken to New York. De-
ceased was born in 1904 and had reached the
advanced age of SO years. He was a native OF
New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1924
at the age of 20 years, and exhibited early in
his profession the rare qualities which
made him Tho foremost lawyer of
his city and time. He had but
little taste for public life but served for q term
as district attorney during president Pierce's
administration and was a member of the con-
~stitutional convention in 1864. But that was
in the limo of his profession and for which he
was eminently fitted by nature and by training.
In 1858 he was lured into a side issue presiden-
cy candidature which was quite distastaful to
him and was without any other result than to
disgust him with politics for which lie always
had a deep seated aversion. A few years ago
he retired from the practice of his profession
full Of years and honors, and took up his resi-
dence at Nantucket where he enjoyed good
health. He had lately returned from a visit to
New York.
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nost the entire revenue received in
Grc6ts Britain from customs is fromless
than adozen articles. There wasa gain
of tvo percent. ID the total revenue last
yesrswhich reached Ellie, 972, 1856.
This increase was due to larger impor-
staticns of tea and spirits. While the
c~onsurnption d wine was smaller, the
lnss ~ coffee and tea increased materil,
~ tact which oughtto afford pleas
ma n temperance people. The inn
port duties are mainly from tea, rum,
brandy wine, fruits. tobsccoand cigars,
and coffee, IN about the order named.
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The Providence Journal, great au-
fhority on astronomy, has been trac-
ing the star of Bethlehem, y and finds
that what may have been that star has
appeared twenty-four times in the last
mo Thousand years, and that there is q
possibility that the long lost stas Of
Bethlehem, the Pilgrim Star, the Star
of 1872, orsTyclo Brahe's Star-for it
Is known By all these names-win once
more become = shining wonder in the
sky. Such q celestial visitor will be
warmly welcomed by astronomers, and
fars more acceptable than . great comet
spanning the heavens with its gossamer
tail S9sss
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White Mountain Weather.

There was one place in New England
where the weather last month was only
ordinary. It was the tip-top place, the
summit of Mount Washington. The
total wind movement up there in March
was only 24,525 miles, which is 2,O65
miles than the March average. The
greatest velocity attained was 122 miles
an hour, on the 18th. The tempera-
ture ranged from 26 degrees below on
the LIST to 41.6 degrees an the 18th; and
the mean for the month was 1919 de-
grees, which is IL degree above the
average for March. Rain or snow fell
on twenty days, and, at the end of the
month, three feet of unmelted snow re-
manned on the ground. The total pre-
cipitation was 4.16 inches, or 2.6O
inches below the average. April opened
with clear and cold weather, followed
by the heaviest snow-storm Of the sea-
son.
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ELOQUENT French Preacher.

Pere Monsabre, who is probably the
most eloquent preacher in France, is
thus described by Mr.. James Stephens
in the Philadelphia Times: HE looks
to me to be a man of forty-fve years Of
age. He is well built, has q fine, open,
healthy countcnance, anda voice strong
enough to ill the cathedral and musical
enough to charm the ear. He breaches
in Notre Dame only six Sundays in the
year-that is to say, on the six Sundays
of Lent. He spends the remainder Of
the year in n of the houses of his or
der in Brittany or Normandy, preparing
his sermons, which he writes and re-
writes, and commits we'll to memory
For each sermon he receives the mod
est stipend Of a Thousand france, which.
of course, according to the rules of the
religious community to which he be.
longs, he hands over Immediately to the
bureau of the Dominicans for general
use of the order"
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The last army scandal created by the
conduct Of Gen. Swain and Col. Nor.
row y deeply regretted by honorable
cficers everywhere and by the friends
of the army. Many Of these things are
due to the growth 81 luxury and extrav-
sngance ut the seat of government,
where many officers are necessarily To-
cated and : expected to maintain the
highest position in fashionable life with
out regard 70 the question Of financial
ability to do L. To q lesser degree
these unfortunate conditions are felt in
every department, even to the remotest
and most secluded posts. There is eyi-
dent need Of q reform that shall re-
move the cause Of these frequent scan-
sdala, andthat reform must come from
the officers themselves, and not from
outside influences.
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Market Reports.

ST. PAu1.-Whcat, No. l hard, s1.o2@s1.N;
No. l, SOC; No. 2 hard, sc; No. 2, S5@0O.
Corn, No. 2, G05Sc; No. 3, 51054c.
Oats, No. 2 mixed, 3l15132c; No. 3 mixed,
32c; No. 3 white, Sic.
3, soc.
Rye, No. 9 SIC. -.
Bslea Hay, Wild, $40; timothy, slo.5o.
Eggs, 13@ls14c.
MnwAuKEE-Wheat, No. 2, $3.50.
Corn, No. Z, SIC.
Oats, No. Z, 35c; white, $50.
Rye, No. /, &c.
Barley, No. 9, 69c; extra No. 8, SO.
Mess Pork, $17. 47I6@sl7.G 10.
Lard, S. 45G1$855.
Butter, choice creamery, 22@24c; fair to
good, 20@s1c; best dairy, 21@a3c.
Eggs, 135z@14c.
@SS1dc.
Corn, 55ss5@s8kc.
Oats, SasA1@3s11sc.
Barley, no.
Flax Seed, s1.6S@1sLm
Pork, SlZ.S5@SI7.TO .
Lard, sS.35@a8.40.
Butter. creamery, @@ssc; dairy, 1s@1sc
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Cincinnati Riot Relics.

The special grand jury appointed to consider
the crime in connection with the riot and burn
ing of the court house, made q report to Judge
Avery. h report points ont tho defects in
the criminal code, commends highly the con-
the bravery of Capt. Desmond, who lost his
life in the court house. Fifty-four indictments
were returned, covering two different grades
Of crime. Ono of the indictments of the grand
jury was against 4 c. Campbell, the attorney
who defended William Berner, the murderer
of Kirk, for bribery. Campbell went to court,
waived legal notice of indictment, pleaded not
guilty, and gave bond in 81 900 for his appear
ance Mt this term Of court.
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The IRE loss in the United States and
Canada for April was $lO. 800, 900,
against the nsualEaverags April for nine
years past Of 47,6OO,OOO. Since Jan
pary the loss has been ss37 $50 900;
about % 600 1000 more than the
sanAss fcur months 81 1888. The insur-
Ancennensare not in the best humor and
prppossto:raiseth the rates 70 figures that
Vim meet Losses and give accustomed
dividends.
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General News Items,

Rhode Island savings banks have $5a2, 46O. 3C5
belonging to 190,4s2 depositors.
The apple crop in Michigan promises 81 and
peaches 50 per cent. Of the average,
The presidency Of Amherst college has been
fully endowed by the late Chester ". Chapin
Of Springfield
The high license has driven many Mime
Apolis, Mimi. saloon keepers out Of the business.
~ 10 also stated on. good authority that 800
gamblers have already left the city.
Livingston tMon.) Enterprise: Howell &
Baker claim to have sold all their Belknap
property. They have left the town, and it is
darkly whispered that they have ssleftn q great
proportion OF those who remain in the town.
The FIRMS liabilities are placed at about 500
COO.
The governor of Louisiana in a message to
the legislature says there is no data by which
TO estimate the loss by overflow this year. In
1881 the loss was over s12, coo, 900 in sixteen
parishes. The expenditures on the lcyees of
Louisiana by the state, parishes, railroad COM
panies and railroad commissioners since 1891
amount to s2,G4S,0W.
Galena, ILL.,, Specials I. B. Medary, one of
the creditors Of Fred Grant, who recently went
down on the heels Of the failure of Grant 4
Ward Of New York, was . farmer and IL a rela-
tive by marriage of Gen. Grant His sister was
the wife OF the late Orville Grant, brother Of
the general Medary made a fortune by OBJ
tanning surveying contracts from the govern
ment He placed the greater part OF his money
nine hands Of Fred Grant for Investment
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Fascinated by . Roller Skater.

Rockford, Ill, Special. Maggie, daughter Of
"a Cotton, agent of the Milwaukee railroad,
left home recently on the Chicago q Iowa tresn
for the purpose of meeting and marrying II.
s. Hume, a professional roller skater, former
" of Rockford, now of Manquoketa, Iowa.
Friends learned of her intentions and informed
her father, who followed on the next train.
Some Rockford parties notified the couple by
telegraph, and, as the father has not returned,
it is thought he has failed to find them. The
young lady is a popular member of society.
Her father had threatened to shoot Hume il he
ever came near his daughter, and when he left
in pursuit he made similar threats.
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J. TINAN, rablisher:
KIAfBAIsL


Baimlniigration and BY native increase
Sincathe c,ensus was taken, the popula-
Hon u Tia United States has got be-
yond tes 900 600. In All probability the
next csnlstsISl1lIiIl show nearly Is, 600, 0Oe.
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Casualties Of the Week,

Mayors brewery at New York was burned.
Loss. 100000; insurance, 100000.
The mills OF tho Kentucky Lumber company
at Williamsburg were burned Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
Pilot Lamb, of the steamer Oity of Yazoo,
reports q cutoff through Coles Greek, at q
point " miles below Waterproof, La. short
ening tho river nine miles around to u quarter
miles,