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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03

A correspondent had an interview
with an unnamed detective, who says
that in the summer and fall of 1882
Chief of Police McGarigle, of Chicago,
and two or three detectives held nego-
tiaUions with Lewis G. Sweigels, then
serving term for robbery in the Ches-
ter, ILL.,, penitentiary under an assumed
name. Sweigels, who was known to be
professional grave robber, and was
concerned in the attempt to rob the
grave of President Lincoln, told very
complete, circumstantial, and consis-
tent story of the robbery Of A. I.
Stewards grave by himself, Larry Gavin,
and keeper of saloon in Fourteenth
street, New York. Swegels promised
to restore the body only on condition
of his pardon from the penitentiary and
receiving part of the reward.
His pardon was secured, and, accord
ing to the detectives story, a syndicate
with capital of $4,000 was formed,
which included McGarigle, Detectives
Capin and Lansing, and e. j. Lehman,
all of Chicago, for the purpose OF work.
ing up the case and securing $lOO, 900
from Judge Hilton for the return of Mr..
Stewards remains. Two or three visits
were made to New York, and negotla-
tions were conducted through Mrs.
johnson, a female detective of New
York, and at one time connected with
the Chicago force. Inspector Byrnes,
of New York, became offended because
he was not consulted after the first visit.
The remains were finally returned upon
the payment of S25, 900 by Judge Hilton,
las an evidence of which Sweigels had
plenty of money about that time"
Interviews with McGarigle and the
detectives are also published. They
deny the formation Of syndicate to
work on the case. McGarigle admits
the general details of the story, includ-
ing Sweigels' pardon and the subsequent
negotiations in New York, but says
that they finally became disgusted with
Sweigels because he trifed with them,
claiming that the daughter of the ex-
pressman who carried the remains to
the place where they were buried in
, stigated her father to remove them Sc
cretly to anothor spot unknown to Swei.
gels. The latter could obtain no infur-
nation from the woman as to the where
' abouts OF the body.
> McGarigle says he became convinced
that this was me ely "a trick Of Sweigels
to secure a pardon, and that the nego.
tiations were broken off before the re.
mains were returned and never resumed
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03

GOOD LUNCREoN NDIsH.-Boil pound
of soaked goldfish and when cold mince
it fine. Heat cup OF drawn butter,
STIR in the fish, pepper to taste, mix In
we'll two tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese; butter baking dish; pour In
the fish, strew fine, dry crumbs on top,
and set in the oven until delcately
Drowned. Gold, fresh cod, halibut, or
other firm, white fish Is very good pre-
pared in this manner.
PROFESSOR Low, an English authority,
says that boiled potatoes, mixed with
cut straw or hay, may be given to>hor-
ses Of every kind, even when on the
hardest work and this forms species
of food both wholesome anil eoonomi- =
cal,
Parents should modify their methods
according to the temper of their
children; no two are alike or require
exactly the same treatment.
king Humbert of Italy suffers
from dyspepsia.
Young Jim Mutt is farming near
Leavenworth Kans,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03
NUMBER 90.

on and oil of the pleasant days we had
spent in our own native land. talked
to him of his old home till the tears
would unbidden start, as he rolled out
the dough with a common Budweiser
beer bottle, and shed the scalding tears
into the flour barrel. Tears are always
unavailing, but sometimes l think they
are more so when they are shed into a
barrel of flour. He was an easy weep
er. He would shed tears on the slight
est provocation or anything else. Once
1 told him something so touchful that
his eyes were blinded with tears for the
nonce. Then 1 took pie and stole
away so that he could be alone with his
sorrow.
He used to grind the coffee at 2 A.
NJ. The coffee mill was nailed up
against a partition on the opposite side
from my bed. That is one reason 1
did not stay any longer at the camp. 1t
takes about an hour to grind coffee
enough for thirty men, and as my ear
was generally against the pine boards
when the cook began, it rufied my
slumbers and made me a morose man.
We had three men at the camp who
snored. II they had snored in my own
Language / could have endured it, but
it was entirely unintelligible to me as
it was. Still, it wasn't bad either
They snored ON different keys, and still
there was harmony in it-a kind ol
chime of imported snore as it were.
used to lie and listen to ii for hours
Then the cook would begin his coffee
mill overture and would arise. Wher
[ got home 1 slept from Monday morn
ing till Washington's birthday, without
food or water
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03
MY BIRD.

When hushed the noise Of busy day
And gentle quiet round me falls,
The cares Of life 1 cast away
And listen to voice that calls
With power that makes my glad heart
stirred
And filled with deep love for my bird,
There may be birds that sing as sweet
And seem as lovely as my own;
But these 'twere ne'er my lot to meet,
And if such are they must have flown
Before their voices could be heard;
And thus know none like my bird.
I have known pain with my bird near,
When it's mournful song she sings;
And often, too, there falls the tear
At other scenes her sad voice brings;
But still such pain is almost bliss
And rapture comes with my birds kiss
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03

California has long had little trade
with Russian Asia. Small consign-
ments of supplies are sent every spring
to Petropaulowski, Nlelaefskl, and the
Amoor river. For the first ten years
after 1864 the amount was 81, ,16l, 700,
and for the last ten years 81 ,265, 300.
Flour has been prominent item in
these exports from the start. Last year
6, 900 barrels of flour were sent, valued
at $31 900. There was also value OF
$40, 900 in dry goods. A novel item in
the exports from San Francisco to Rus
sian Asia last year was steamboat,
valued at $4,000 for use in the Amoor
river.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03
Victims of Color I5Iindness.

The general manager of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company says that the
examinations have resulted thus far in
ascertaining that about four per cent.
of those examined have proved defec-
tive, either in hearing, vision or ability
to distinguish colors. Nearly five hun
dred men have been so unfortunate as
not to pass the examination, and were
suspended within the last few days.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03

THE REMINGTON has achieved reputation unexampled
the history Pows 1t is not surpassed in any particular
but it is superior in tom nh metal ar light weight any
other cast Pow produced The carbon Of which is
made being largely composed of cast STEEL has all the hardness
and securing qualities OF the chilled on and much stronger
is the ghtest and strongest OF the Cast Plows
Our line of HARVESTING MACHINERY is SUPERB:
all and elegantly finished with every improvement that
practical experience suggest. The new CHAMPION
BINDER is really mechanical wonder being reduced to such
simplicity to place it without rival The SELF-RAKE
REAPER, NEW MOWER and LIGHT MOWER; taken
altogether beyond doubt the handome line of harvesting
machinery be found the Continent and justly have the
title of CHAMPION
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-05-03
HAVE REMOVED TO II6 & iI8 KING ST.
WILMINGTON, DEL.

Our and facilities for the display of goods being mater
ally mcreased would invite attention to line of AGRI-
CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and MACHINERY Special
attention is called to the new
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS

IN the Senate on the 9Th the Indian aP-
preparation bill was taken up. The Senate
amendments increase the appropriation
S7J7, 413, making the total sum to be appTo-
prated SG,2l3. SOP. Pending debate on he
bill the Senate went into executive session.
..... In the House a remonstrance from the
Louisville Board of Trade was presented
against the enactment of a bankrupt law.
The bill passed granting the widow of
General Frank 2. Blair an additional PEN
sion.
The Greely relief steamer Thetis arrived
at St Johns, n. F., on the 9th.
MINISTER SARGENT will be banqueted
previous to his departure from Berlin.
r. J. MCKII, member of the Canadian
Parliament, has been arrested for forgery.
A NEW edition of the Medical and Surgi-
cal History of the War of the Rebellion
will be issued shortly.
The National Medical Association, in
session at Washington, adjourned sine
die on the 9Th
MANY buildings were damaged by thun-
der-storms in several Eastern States, on
the 9eh.
GOVERNOR CLICK of Kansas is in corre-
spOndence with parties who claim to have
located the Benders.
CONGRESSMAN HEWITT viii introduce a
bill to amend and simplify the present
tariff law.
MORE witnesses are coming forward
in the Sharon divorce case and confessing
to perjury.
JAMES S, COLEMAN, (colored) was hanged
at Columbia, S. c, on the 9th, for the muir
der of Sarah Willis.
EX-MAYoR SAUNDERS of Lawrence,
Mass, has been held to bail charged with
ballot-boX stuffiug.
Ex-CoRONER HOPE, Of Cincinnati, has OBJ
tainei a judgment of six and one-quarter
cents against the Comm ercidl- Gazette for
libel.
AN engine and a dozen cars were
smashed on the night of the Sth near Hunt
ingdon, Pa, by the wreck of freight
train.
AN attachment suit has been brought by
the Marine Bank against Grant & Ward,
and General L. S. Grants made co-defend-
ant. Wards elegant residence has been
deserted by the family and is in the hands
Of the Sheriff.
Two children perished by tie burning
Of a school building in Roth Rockville,
Pa, which was struck by lightning on the
9th.
AN additional appropriation of $780, 900
has been recommended by the Secre-
tary of War for the Southern flood suf-
fers.
The London Times explains the Kisses
with which Gladstone was greeted at the
Health Exposition as condemnation Of
the treatment of the Government towards
General Gordon,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

The steamship City of Portland Wrecked
on Grind-StOne Ledge, on the Coast OF
Maine-The Crew and Passengers all
Saved.
RoCKLAND, Me. May ..
The steamer City of Portland,
plying between Portland and St.
John, N. B., struck on the Grind
stone ledge, Owps Head, yesterday
morning The steamer left Portland
Wednesday night with seventy passengers
and a two-thirds cargo. The night was
clear. As day was breaking the first
pilot sighted a striped buoy on the port
bow between Sheep and Fisherman's
Islands. In a few minutes the steamer
struck the ledge, slid on amidship and
stuck fast. The pumps were started, the
distress colors set and boats cleared. The
officers and crew were cool and the pas
sengers behaved we'll. The captain
Iaaded in a boat and drove to Rockland,
six miles, for help.
The steamer ROckland promptly an
sWerCd, and reached the scene at $50.
In the meantime a sloOp from Owls
Head answered the signals, and two
boat-lOads of women and children were
transferred to the slOOp. The rest of the
freight etc, were put aboard the Rockland
and brought to this city. The passengers
were well cared for here, and will be for
Warded.
The Captain of the sloop at Fisherman
Island, says: ''The striped buoy was out
of position and had the steamer passed
within one width on the other side of the
buoy she would have been all right"
The City Of Portland, formerly called
the New England, was rebuilt twelve
years ago.
She is valued at $685. 900. Heavy east
erIy gales were prevailing. The steamer
IS rapidly breaking up. The hull and
cargo will be a total loss.
When the revenue cutter left the wreck
Of the City OF Portland, at six O'Clock last
evening, the steamer bad broken In two
and all the upper works were gone and
the sea was increasing in violence. II
will soon destroy what remains Of the
vessel
The steamer struck going at full speed
and striking hard enough TO prevent slid
ing off, thus escaping the additional hor-
ror of drowning all on board. Captain
Larcom was in bed at the time. When
he retired the steamer was on the out
side course, but as the weather was
threatening when she reached Manhegan,
the first pilot, Bibber, altered her coarse
to Mustridge. The passengers were
mostly Jound to East Portland and St.
John
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
A Tennessee Tragedy.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, N ty q.
A fatal affair occurred at Marion, Crit
tenden County, this State, between w. d.
Hardin, ex-Sherif, and a man named
Murray. Recently Murray accused
HartSn of slandering him. The two
men went TO the person % whom
Hardin had spoken of Murray, and
the whole affair seemed amicably ar
ranged Murray then turned and walked
away. Hardin opened fire upon him.
Murray then faced about and drew his
pistol. Each man fired twice and every
shot took effect. Both men were fatally
wounded, Hardin dying last night and
Murray this morning.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

BLooMINGroN. IL. N

BLoOMISGTOs, I'll, May ..
Anaffray occurred here last night which
will probably result In death 10 a local
tough. James McHugh, hack driver,
who has given the police authorities no
little trouble for several years past, pro-
voked a quarrel with John Croaker,
another hack driver, and got whipped.
McHugh drank hard yesterday and fol.
lowed CrOaker all day for another fight
They met in the evening, a fight ensued
and McHugh had his nose broken and his
skull crushed. He is unconscious and Il
is thought he viii lie. Croaker is a slug.
ger from Peoria. de was arrested AMI
jailed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

A1A'' ''-SA'''' ii-'Si@f A'+A'st Na9 =.
The agent for the New York Juvenile
Asylum, and Miss Cronein, his assistant,
arrived in town yesterday with a com
pany OF children twenty-five boys and
two girls) from the above-named place,
for the purpose Of disposing Of them
amongst good families, mostly farmers.
People focked 10 town from a radius of
twenty miles, and the supply did not
equal the demand. They are taken on
trial for four weeks, at the end OF which
time indentures are executed, binding
the boys until twenty-one and the girls
until eighteen. The gentleman will re-
turn again in about four weeks with
another supply.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
The swarm Investigation.


WAsHINGTON, ID. C., May Z.
The Swain Court of Inquiry met to-
day. More than two hours were occu-
pied in reading the report of the proceed
lngs of yesterday and the statements
made by counsel and testimony taken.
Mr.. Bateman then continued his testi-
mony. He testified to the circumstances
under which he had Withdrawn his charges
made April lG, which he said were that
General Swain had agreed TO secure the
withdrawal of a suit against him (Batc-
NAM on a due bill, about which trouble
arose, to surrender this due bill and refer
the whole matter TO arbitration.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
THE MEXICAN PLAN.

How the Greasers Enforce Demands for
Government Claims on Bnnks-A CalI for
81 900 Refused, and $4,000 ForcIbIy
Taken Instead.
LAREDO, TEX, May 2.
About noon yesterday a company OF
Mexican Federal troops marched from
the garrison and formed into line In front
of Mlmo Bros, bank in New Laredo
A peremptory demand was made for
81 900 claimed due the Government, and
upon refusal by Mr.. Dave Miimo, an
American citizen and part owner OF the
bank, the Government officials entered
the bank and took outtwcnty sacks Of sil-
yer of $500 each and marched of. There
Is intense excitement on both sides of
the river. Reports from Del Rio say the
excitement over the Mexican raid still runs
high The Mexicans living ia Del Rio are
moving across the river and threats Of re-
taliation by Americans arc heard. A house
belonging to Alyino Perez, the leader OF
the Mexican gang, was burned in Eagle
Pass last night and no attempt made to
save it or questions asked as to how It
caught fire.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
Custom. ReceIpta for AprlI.

ST. LoUIs. Mo. May q.
The receipts at this port for
April were s19l ,42347, Of which
sI89, 9,HG.57 came from duties, and
the rest from fees and hospi-
tai taxes This is a remarkable showing
against the corresponding month of 1888,
when the receipts amounted to Ssl, ,92I
The increase Is due to larger sugar and
dry goods import trade, which have
sprung up within year. st. Louis ia
now doing an immense sugar business
with Cuba, the goods arriving in lots Of
$50. 900 at a time
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

MONTREAL, May g.
The steamer Titania arrived yesterday.
A large number of persons gathered at
the wharf TO witness the landing of the
shIpwrecked crew and passengers of the
State of Florida. As soon as the Titania
was moored to the wharf II was boarded
by the Custom-house officers, the Ameri-
can Consul and representatives of the
press. Shortly afterwards the crew and
passengers of the wrecked steamer caTsss
ashore in charge of the agent of the State
Line, who had secured OdatiOns
for them at the Albion Hotel.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

CLEVELAND, o., May Z
The annual meeting of the Lake Shore
Road was held to-day. The directors an
nual report shows the gross earnings at
SIS, 800, 600, an increase of over $3.50, 900;
net earnings, $500, 900, an increase of
S343.9O0. The operating expenses were
SIl 900, 900; surplus for the year, S55, 600
During the last fourteen years the road
has earned 96 l-3 per cent. on the capital
stock, of which 81 per cent. has been
paid the stockholders. The total funded
debt December 81, 1883, amounted TO
90 o.. 600.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
A Popular Loan.
wAsHINGToS. d. c., May

WAsHINGT0E, d. c., May :.
Mr.. +. F. Hilder, Missouri Commits
sioncr for he New Orleans Exposition and
a friend of the St. Louis Exposition, ar
rived here to-day, to aid in pushing the
bill for the loan of a million dollars 10 the
New Orleans Exposition. lie
saws from talks with Mayor
Burke and Missouri members he
thinks the prospects of the bill are
very good. Should it pass he thinks the
success of the exposition would be as
sured. All the States are much interested
in the passage of this bill, as it is under
stood if the loan is made each
State viii be allowed So 900 with
which to begin the work of pre-
pairing for the exposition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
German Evangelical synod.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, May Z.
The triennial meeting of the Missouri
Synod of the German Evangelical Church
commenced its sessions in this city this
morning at Trinity Church with sermon
by Prof f. A. w. Kraus, Chancellor of
the Teachers Seminary, Addison, Ill
This forenoon the Synod organized for a
ten days' session. After to-day the ses-
sions will be held morning and afternoon
in the chapel of ofConcordia College. About
500 ministers and 800 lay delegates, rep
resenting every State in the Union, are
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

On the 8,h nearly all the principals con-
cerned in the Marine Bank and the Grant
& Ward failures made assignments.
IN his reply to his partisans, Prince Je-
rome Napoleon says Il republic can not be
displeasing 70 a son of the first Consul.
ON the Sth Gladstone appeared at the
Health Exhibition in London and was re-
ceived with mingled cheers and Kisses.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ON the 81 the steamer Romano, from
Hull for Boston, was sunk by a collision at
sea with the Nevada from New York for
Liverpool. Passengers and crew were
transferred to the latter steamer.
On The 9Th the wife Of J. II. Wright, an
insurance agent Of Toledo, o., shot Miss
Celia Enright, a telegraph operator in the
Produce Exchange Office Of the Western
Union in that city. Jealousy prompted
the affair. Miss Enright's wounds are not
dangerous.
NEWS Of the sinking of the steamship
State Of Florida are received from Farther
Point, where the steamship Titania passed
inward on the 7th. Only fOrty-fOur persons
out Of 167 on board the vessel were saved,
and Of the bark with which she collided only
the Captain and two men were rescued.
The total loss Of life is l35.
On the 7 Captain II. y. Adams, Assist
ant Superintendent Of the Government
Canal Works at Louisville, had mis- neck
broken in an accident at the wharf
ALFHONsO LECLOVITZ, a fruit-pacl1er,
jumped from the fourth floor of the Clark
House, Minneapolis, Mimi, the morning
of the eth and killed himself. Insomnia.
On the morning of the eth spreading
track on the st. Louis division of the
Wabash Road ten miles SOuth of Decatur.
H., threw three passenger cars Off the
track and injured about forty people, some
seriously.
On the 7th the train containing the
Directors of the Mexican Central Road
was wrecked south of Huajuquilla by Mex
leans opening a switch. Another wreck
! occurred week previously.
Ten women were blown to pieces by an
explosion Of dynamite at Mobiles factory
in Ayrshire, Scotland on the Ssh.
OK the evening of the 9Th William Ellis
was shot and killed by George Jenne, in a
dispute about log-chain, at Tidioute, Pa.
on the Sth Baron st. Leonards was COM
mittcd to Jail in Brentford, Eng, on a
charge of indecent assault upon n domes-
tic in the family Of a friend he was visit
ing.
IN st. Petersburg, during the trial of
Dubetski and daughter, Nihilists, the for
mer stabbed himself fatally and the latter
seriously.
ON the morning of the 8 h the steamer
City of Portland, which left Portlnnd, Me-,
on the night Of the 7th for st. John, N. b.
struck on Grindstone Ledge at Owls Head
and was wrecked. The crew and seventy
passengers were transferred safely to an
other vessel, but the cargo was total loss.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

Among the appropriations not in book
estimates are: Colorado River, Col,
$40, 900, and Grand River, Mich, S25,
600.
There are a large number of minor APP
preparations in the bin for rivers and har-
bors in various parts of the country. The
bill provides for the Missouri River Com
mission. Also that no tolls or operating
charges shall be levied upon vessels pass
ing through any canal or other work for
improvement Of navigation belonging to
the United States. The bill as reported
appropriates SI2, 2,G19,IOO.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
RIVERS AND HARBORS.

what the Nations Representative Propose
TO Expend Next Year in the Improvement
OF the National HarbOrs and Maritime
Highways.
WASHINGTON, d. C., May Z.
The river and harbor bill, as reported,
contains the following appropriations for
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
CROP PROSPECTS.

The Outlook for Corn and Cotton in tfa
South and Southwest-The Indications for
the Wheat Crop in Minnesota and Dakota.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
Tht 8oIirar gnlIFtiu.
TERMS OF ADVERTIsING'

One square of eight lines, S1.50 for the FIRST
and 20 cents for each subsSgueps
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.

The steamship City of Portland Wrecked
on Grind-StOnc Ledge, OF the Coast OF
RIafne-The Crew and Passengers all