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, 1884-02-23

This grand play is to be presented in
splendid style this evening at the Opera
house by the Holland Dramatic TROUPE.
This popular combination has recently
rendered it in the Pacific coast cities,
and this is the way the Sunday Oregon:
ian of Portland thus speaks of its fine
efforts /:
The company played at the New
Market during the entire week to the
best business of any troupe that has
played there since June. The first
three nights were given "Our American
Cousin" with Holland as the verita BILE
Dundreary. or ourse when this play
was first written it was a Yankee com.
edY, such as Hill, Hackett and Dan
Marble were wont to revel in. As
originally written, Lord Dundreary
C Contained less than fifty lines. Joe
jefferson was the original Asa Trench
ard Of the piece In America. and the
late E. A. Sothern was the original
Dundreary. He happened one day to
come upon the stage to rehearsal and
gave a nervous, spasmodic hop in doing
30. The ladies Of the company, among
whom was the late Laura Keene Leutze
laughed outright and implored him to
interpolate the hop into the piece. Tie
child was born that moment, aud from
that day out Dundreary became The
part of the piece and Asa Trenchard
receeded to the second place. From
that day henceforth the american
Cousin" vas a side issue. From year
to year the great eccentrician added
something or other to the part unit
Tom Taylor, author of the comedy
itself, would not have recognized hi
own creation. Holland did not play
the part as closely initiative of SotherI
as we FIRST imagined he would do. In,
deed, the strong creative power o
Sothern vas such that the part seemed
born OF his brain alone. But HOLLAND
played the part with strong distinguish
ing features from so hern's rendition
He borrowed the hop, the lisp and thu
stammer, but be omitted the drawl an,
gave a less nervous impersonation tina
Sothern."
II our citizens desire several hours o
hearty laughter, by all means let then
see Holland and his troupe this evening
, 1884-02-23
The Dead Arctic Explorers.

New York, February %. - This
morning the remains of De Long and
comrades were taken from the Brook
Ign navy yard, by the tug Nisa, to the
battery, where the bodies we're placed
In hearses and a procession was formed.
The procession consisted OF naval Off
GERS and band, a battalion of marines,
the survivors of the expedition, several
regiments Of militia, q battalion OF
regular troops, carriages containing
invited guests and various civic socie-
ties.
Among the prominent people in the
carriages we're Senator Warner Miller,
the chlefs Of the naval bureau, Major
General Hancock. Secretary of Wa
Lincoln, the Russian minister and con
sui general, Postmaster Genera
Gresham, Secretary Chandler, Comma
Upshur, of the navy, and Mayors Ed
son and Law. The procession went NJ
Broadway and across the Brooklyn
bridge to the navy yard, where th,
bodies will lie in state to-day.
The day was observed by a genera
suspension of business and flying flag
in the harbor and city were at hal
mast. The body OF Collins was late
taken to the armory Of the Ninth regi
ment in this city. Tomorrow morn
ing there will be a requiem mass il
the cathedral, after which the bod.
will be placed on the steamship City o
Chicago, and taken to Ireland. Tn
other bodies will be taken to the shurcl
of Holy Trinity II this city tomorrow
This is the church that Mrs. De Lon
attends. After the ceremonies tn
body Of DR.. Amber will be sent t
Alexandria, Va, the body of Seama
Boyd to Philadelphia and those @
Lieutenant Commander De Long an
others to Woodburn cemetery.
, 1884-02-23
Bad Breaks.

Cairo. Ills, February pat Mound
City two or three small slides occurred
during the night, and a very large one
this morning, the later back Of the
leyee, north of the town, and which
threatened to inundate the city. A
train load of rock and dirt raj sent at
once by the Wabash road, and it is now
said that it will take the united efforts
Of the citizens and railroad to save the
city. at present they are cutting a
gap on the National Cemetery road to
let the water run across the country
so as to relieve the strain on the levee.
The water has reached the top of the
@levee, and there is no telling what the
final result will be. Everything posi-
BILE is being done to ave the town.
, 1884-02-23
The Coal Mine Horror.

Uniontown. Pa, February 22.-The
funeral of the victims of the explosion
at West Leisenring. took place this
morning. A special train ran out to
the shaft from Uniontown and re-
turned with the bodies and friends at
9 O'Clock. Four cars were filled with
relatives and dead and the scene was
sad in the extreme. Three victims
were inferred here, six at Dunbar,
sever at Connellsville and two have
been sent to Washington, D. G. There
we're large crowds at each place with
no special services. Amoug the miners
a revulsion of sentiment has taken
place within the last tw~enty-four hours
and talk of the explosion being negli-
gence is now wide spread. The feeling
is very bitter and one miner has re-
tanned an attorney to attend the inquest
tomorrow and to exac truth from
witnesses concerning the condition of
the shaft. The miners are willing to
affirm that the air had been bad for u
week back and that they could not
work without complete exhaustion.
One miner who worked in room six
right in the midst of the place charred
by the explosion, refused to go to work
o the morning of the disaster because
he said no mar was In the place. A
committee of Inquiry representing the
afflicted families has been organized to
gather information and present it
before the coroner's inquest.
, 1884-02-23
Enuland's Tribulatlons.

London, February 22.-Earl Gran
vile has a dispatch from the British
consul ut Suakim to the effect that only
those OF the garrison of Tokar who had
wives surrendered to Osmsn Dlgma.
The remainder are trying to reach Sua-
kim.
General Graham, comhander-in-
chief Of the proposed Tokar relief ex-
pedition, announces by telegraph his
arrival at Suakim. He says no report
Of the actual surrender OF Toksr is yet
received. The troops were being land
ed at Trinkitat with the utmost rapid
ity.
Commander Goodrich leaves the
Thetis, recently purchased by America
for the Greeley relief expedition, and
takes command OF the Alert sloop of
war, which the English government
adds to the expedition. The Thetis
sails for America next week.
The house of lords agreed to the mar.
quis of Salisbury's motion to appoint q
commission on the housing Of the poor.
The prince Of Wales addressed the
house on the subject. He said he had
been Impressed, as all classes had been
regarding the condition Of the poor
He was grati6ed that a royal commits
sion had been appointed to look int
the matter. He took a lively interes
In the question, and felt fiattered al
being appointed a member OF the com
mission. The subject was not total,
unknown to him. None could say th,
laborsrs upon his Norfolk estates wer'
badly housed. The speech was received
with cheers.
ParneIl's amend ment condemning tn
governments policy In Ireland was de
feated In the house OF thi
evening. o'Donahue, liberal, censure'
the Parnellites and accused Parnell o
having humbugged and gammoned th
, 1884-02-23
Rascally Indians.

Winnipeg, February PA band of
Cree Indians from the Crooked lakes
reserve, north of Broadview station, on
the Canadian Pacific railroad, attacked
and overpowered the supply agent on
Tuesday and stole a lot of bacon and
nour. The mounted police have been
called. Trouble is expected when they
arrive. The news of further trouble is
received from an Indian.
The Indians of File Hill and Long
Lake reserves seized the government
buildings and stores and hold the in
structors and agent prisoners. The
mounted police have been ordered to
both reserves.
, 1884-02-23
Greenback State Ticket.

Indianapolis, February 22.-The
greenback state convention met to-day
and adopted a platform denouDcing the
present parties and demanding all
money issued by the government to be
legal tender, demanding the speedy
payment of the national debt and the
abolition Of national banks, opposes the
importation Of Chinese and other ser
vile labor. 1t favors the pensioning OF
all soldiers, the election Of civil officers
by direct vote and their removal for
cause by a two-thirds vote Of electors,
The following nominations were made
For governor. II. 2. Leonard; Lieuten-
ant governor. John b. Milroy; secretary
Of state, F. T. Waring; treasurer,
Thompson Smith; aukitor, j. II. Rob.
inson attorney general, John o. Green
superintendent public instruction, 8. 8.
Boyd.
, 1884-02-23
Chicago Selected for the Pres
identiaI Convention.
July 9th Designated as the
Auspicious Day.
Its Official Call Duly PromuI-
gated.
The National Democracy.

Washington, February 22.-The
democratic national committee met
shortly after moo to-day at the
Arlington house. The meeting was
conducted with closed doors.
When the committee had been called
to order the proposition to admit to the
next convention delegates from the ter
ritories was considered and it was
resolved hat each territory should be
advised to send two delegates TO the
convention. The question of the proper
date for holding the convention was
then taken up and wide diversity of
opinion seemed to exist, but on the
subject being submitted to members
generally were found favoring dates
from the latter part Of May to August
5. By a vote OF 81 to IT the committee
rejected a motion to hold the conyen-
ton on May 81 and the proposition to
select Tuesday, June "a, was agreed to
by a vote OF % to Is.
Delegations were then heard IN sup
port of the claims Of the various cities
as a place Of holding the convention.
F. x. Ward spoke for Baltimore, Judge
Follett for Cincinnati, Carter Harrison
for Chicago, A. S. Willis for Louisville,
Senator Vest for St. Louis and Hewitt
for Saratoga. About two hours were
occupied In hearing these gentlemen
and the first ballot wal not taken until
4:30 p. m. 1t resulted as follows:
Chicago, 10; st. Louis, IA; Saratoga, 5;
Louisville, 8; Cincinnati, l, Baltimore,
nome. Louisville was Withdrawn and
another ballot was taken with the fol-
lowing result Chicago, 10; st. Louis,
IT; Saratoga, 8. The third ballot was
taken Immediately and resulted in the
selection Of Chicago AS the place Of
holding the convention, the vote being
Chicago 81 and st. Louis IT. The
committee then ~reconsidered the vote
by which June "a was fixed as the time
for holding the convention and agreed
upon July 8 next instead.
Washington February 22.-The fol-
lowing call was presented by the erec-
utive committee and agreed upon:
The national democratic committee
having met in the city Of Washington
on the 22nd OF February, 1884, has APP
pointed Tuesday, the 9Th Of July next
as the time, and chosen the city of
Chicago as the place Of holding the
national democratic convention. Each
state is entitled to a representation
therein equal to double the number Of
senators and representatives In the
congress of the United States. The
democrats of each organized territory
and the District of Columbia are in
vited to send two delegates, subject to
the decision of the convention as to
their admission. All democratic citi-
lens of the United States, irrespective
of past political associations and diff
ferences, who can unite with US in the
effort for a pure and economical and
constitutional government, are COR
daily invited to join in sending dele
gates to the convention.
The call was signed by all the mem
bers Of the national committee, On
motion of McHenry, Of Kentucky, it
was resolved that the next meeting Of
the committee be held at the Palmer
house, Chicago, July 7 next. The COM
mittse then adjourned.
, 1884-02-23
An Arizona Lynching.

Tombstone. February 23.-John
Heith was sentenced yesterday to im-
.prisonment for life for completely IN
the Bisbee murders. At 8 O'Clock this
morning one hundred men secured
entrance to the Jail and this afternoon
Heith's body was cut down from a
telegraph pole where it had dsngled all
day. Heith took the matter coolly
saying: boys you are hanging an
innocent nan You will find hat out
before the other men (meaning Dowd
and Palo) are hung" While his eyes
were being bsndaged he said: II have
r favor to ask; don't mutilate my body
by shooting into it after l am hung"
, 1884-02-23

Cincinnati, February 22.-The exam
ination of the bodies of the Taylor
family, found in an Ohio medical col
lege, mentioned in last nights dis
patches, shows all three to have been
murdered, all the bodies showing I'M
mistakable signs of violence. The
skulls Of Taylor and wife we're frac-
tured. Whether the family was muir
dered for money or the dissecting table
is not known, but the general belief is
that they were killed for the latter pur-
pose. The house where Taylor lived is
in a desolate spot, a half mile from any
neighbor. Allen Ingalls,, JEFF Lout,
Richard Ingalls,, and Ben johnson, all
colored, residing in the vicinity of the
murder, have been arrested on sus-
picion Of being the perpetrators of the
crime.
, 1884-02-23
The Rebel Onslaught.

Suakim, February 22.-Five soldiers
who arrived from Tokar report the
rebels besetting the town. They keep
up a constant FIRE of artillery and rife.
Tuesday the garrison recognized the
necessity of comforting with the rebels.
On Wednesday Yakoob and Maccaivie
Efendi, chief of police, with a sergeant
of artillery, went out and conferred
with the rebels. On returning they in
formed the garrison they must surren-
der their arms. Many soldiers muir
INJURED at this, and a large proportion
of them escaped during the night.
Tokar was surrendered Thursday as
had been arranged.
, 1884-02-23

voted for at the coming presidential
election, will be held in the city of In
dianapolh ind, on Wednesday, May
%, 1884. Each state is entitled to four
delegates and four alternates at large;
each congressional district to two dele
gates and two alternates; each terri
tory to two delegates and two alter
mates; the District of Columbia to two
delegates and two a~lternates. There
fore, all who are in accord with the
views set forth in the platform of said
party in 1880, are respectfully requested
to meet In convention In their several
territories and districts, on or
before May l, 1884, and select delegates
aud alternates to said convention"
JESSE HARPER,
LEE CRANDALL, Chairman.
Secretary.
, 1884-02-23
STATUE OF LIBERTY.
Official Report Of the Meeting In Aid Of
BarthoIdi's Statue.

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, 1884-02-23

indianapolis, February 22.-The fol-
lowing is the official call for the ma
tional greenback-labor convention:
1.-THE national convention Of the
national greenback-labor party to nom
mate candidates for president and vice
president Of the United States, to b.
, 1884-02-23

Irishmen with promises which were
never realized. 1t was by such means,
he said, the Parnellites had obtained
power. Although he had separated
himself from the Parnellites, he denied
having changed bis political opinions.
o'Donahue indicated the action of tie
government in Ireland,
, 1884-02-23

Chicago, February %. -.Cattle.- Re
ceipts, e.l00 head; market firm; good
to choice shipping. IS. 9o@6.3 IS; com.
mon to medium, IS. 0095. 80; stock
ers, sS.7594.00; feeders, "a. 0o95. 40;
cor fed Texans, So. 0096.O0.
sheep.-Receipts, 5000 head; market
strong; inferior to fair. IS. 5O(Q4 so per
ewt.' choice to extra, 50. 60ae.2 %; me-
dium to good, 4.7o86.5O.
, 1884-02-23

Mr.. Walter Haynes, 147 York street,
Sidney N. s. W., aflrms hat he would
spend his last pound for a bottle Of st.
Jacobs OIL. 1t cured him of rheumatic
lumbago, with which he suffered SO he
could not rise from his chair.
, 1884-02-23

The dishguring eruptions on the face,
the sunken eye, the pallid complexion,
indicate that there is something wrong
going on within. Expel the lurking
foe to health. Ayers Sarsaparilla was
devised for that purpose-and does 1t.
, 1884-02-23

For the. best dental work and low
est prices visit DR.. Warmers dental
parlors.
, 1884-02-23

The famous New York Counts in
the shell at McEwen's Oyster Ocean.
, 1884-02-23

The best smoking tobacco is Little
Joker.n
, 1884-02-23

res g. Historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-31
DEATH.BED INSURANCE.
An Extensive NWlD6IiDE Syndicat
Uuearthed in L Illinois,

An Extensive >WlDdl1DE Syndicate
snearthed ia ILLINOIS.
Adispatch from Metropolis, ILL.,, under
date of the 23d, gives the following: IF.
J. Maxwell, adjuster of the Bloomington,
ILL.,, Mutual Life Insurance Company,
who has been here two weeks past looking
after the affairs of that company, is au-
thority for the statement that he has
unearthed some very sensational frauds
perpetrated on that company in this
city and vicinity. He says the frauds
involve a number of prominent busi-
ness men, lawyers, doctors and city and
county officials; that these people had
formed syndicate and have been en-
gagged in swindling the company by in
suring extremely old persons and peo-
pie known to be afflicted with incurable
diseases, which would result in speedy
death that they have already secured
$500 and have in process of collection
$4,000. They have plans laid by which
they expect to draw from the Bloom
ington company fully 100000 in the
course of the coming year. Mr.. Max
well says these parties have also been
working other companies, among them
the Northwestern, of Bloomington, the
Northwestern of Milwaukee, and The
Douglas Life, of Chicago. No arrests
have YET been made and no names
given, but it is said the evidence is con-
clusivo."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-31
The Cutter of the Period.

fFrom the New York Mail and Express.I
The cutting machine is run on table
twenty feet long and four feet wide.
The cutter does not move the cloth, but
takes the handle of the cutting machine
and follows the chalk pattern mapped
out on the cloth. The slightest twist
of the wrist moves the instrument with
it's guillotine. like knife over many thick
nesses of cloth clean through, leaving
smooth edges. The action of the knife
is up and down, like the sewing machine
needle, but it is so rapid, no matter how
fast the hand moves over the surface,
it goes through buzzing like whip-eaw.
The little knife makes 1000 revolutions
in minute. It takes eight or ten men
chalking out the patterns on the cloth
for each instrument, so rapidly do they
work. Twenty pairs of tick trousers
can be cut at one time, and almost the
same number of over-coats. In spring
goods forty pair of trousers is nothing
for the little knife to wade through to-
gether. The capacity for cutting alapaca
goods is almost unlimited. 1t generally
turns out IA alapaca coats at one feed
and 1900 of them per day. Forty five
white vests can be cut out in two days.
The use of the cutting machine reduces
expenses at least fifty per cent. besides
saving time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-31
The Modern Pugilist,

IL 1Ou tUo New xO1K xE1OUOes4 :.
The modern pugilist, with the ex-
ception of the short intervals when he
is supposed to be training, is employed
as an advertising card in some saloon"
There he drinks freely, lives habitually
in an atmosphere Of tobacco and smoke,
and takes more liberties with nature
than nature will pardon in brief
course Of training. Skill he may have,
but no noteworthy amount Of strength,
endurance and stamina. There are
hundreds Of young men in America who
have lived temperate and abstemious
lives, who if they practiced boxing for
some months so as to acquire q reason
able amount Of science" could make
q clean sweep Of all these apot- house"
pugiists, with exception perhaps of
Sullivan, and not . few would probably
prove more than match for him. He
has marvellous strength and 8 magnifi-
cent constitution, but abuses It after q
fashion that nature does not permit to
to 60 unpunished. a hard drinker
cannot long make hard fighter. OF
course there is no intention Of inciting
young men Of robust health and
strength and clean lives to become pro-
fessional pugilists. The country h8s
better work for them to do. But
meanwhile the pugilists that are at pres
ent trying to make q living off the pub
lto ought 70 pass fo1 no mo1s than they
ArO worth,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-31
How Gen. Grant Writes.

(NeW York corr. Chicago Irloune.j
"You can scarcely credit the pains my
father has gone to-" said Col. Grant,
ito make sure of points on which he
has relied on his memory, but which he
would not commit himself to until sat
isfed by comparing notes with others
that he was beyond doubt correct.
We have corresponded with soldiers
and officers all over the world. The
correspondence relative to the battle of
Shiloh alone would be something ex-
traor.linary fer an outsider to see. In
several cases my father has sent men to
the old battlefelds to measure distances
In fact, every assertion contained in
these papers can be proved"
In reply to my question as to the gen
erals method of composing, Col.
Grant said: my father never employs
a secretary or stenographer. He writes
every word himself. Then I usually
read aloudto him his manuscript, cor
recting as he suggests. He himself
then copies this manuscript, sometimes
adding great deal. Iagain go through
it, and so careful is he, and 80 anxious
to make this contribution to the war
history of our country worthy of the
place which, without egotism, he as
pires to, that no labor on his part is too
arduous for it's accomplishment. The
paper on Shiloh, which carried to the
publisher myself yesterday, was written
and rewritten six times bt fore he was
willing to give it to the public. Besides
these separate articles my father has
commenced history of the war, which
he proposes to have published in book
form. He has alread y written about
1900 or 1900 pages of manuscript
of fhie -