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American Force on tho Isthmus.

The secretary of the navy ordered $50 ma
aines and 100 blue jackets to sail on the AGA
pnlca from New York to Aspinwall. When
these men arrive at their destination the Unit
ed States will have a force of about l POO men
and loo officers on the istbmus. The marines
are armed with Springfield rifles and the sail
ors with Hotchkiss rifles. Four Gattling guns
and two three-lmch rifles with 100 rounds of
ammunition are with the men leaving New York.
The entire force is 10 be under comman of
Admiral %Jouett, who Is ex Expected to arrive at
Aspmwall with the Tennessee. Capt. b. II. Nc
cana and Lieut., Mason, who left Washington
for New York, ha:9 been ordered to proceed to
A%splnwall. Capt McCalla will be in command
OF the supplementary force of marines subject
10 The orders OF Admiral Jouett. Lieut.. Mason
Will be IN command of the artillery. With the
arrival of the Tennessee the fleet will consls,
OF flvn vessels, including the Tennessee, the
flagship of the North Atlantic squadron with
twenty-five guns, the Yantic with four guns,
tie Gelcna with eight guns. the Swartara with
eight guns, and the Alliance with six runs.
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Beecher on the Actors,

In his address at the Irving dinner, in New
York, Rev, Henry Ward Beecher said he sup
posed his hearers We're surprised to see him
there at all.
81 was born" said Mr.. Beecher, ''of old
Puritan stock, with all the popular prejudices
against the stage. l was taught that the thea
ter was the devils house, an actor an unregen-
crate and irrcdeemable, and an actress beyond
words. In those beliefs | refrained from at
tending theaters. Once, not long ago | turned
the thing over in my mind. Isald: Now YOU
are at least fortified by family surroundings,
and seventy years old. Wouldn't it be well to
corroborate the opinion of seventy years.
standing, by going once to the theater?'
somebody asked mo if the example would be
all right replied that it wouid, as the thea
ter must be harmless to any one who waited
until he was seventy years old before he went.
What was the result.: l will not speak of the
temptation and fall, but the temptation and
rise. | have tasted the forbidden fruit and
since then have eaten of every apple that cam
IN my way. | shall dream Oplelia and see
Miss Terry as long as | live. There have been
IN spots many Beatrices, but now | know what
Beatrice is. l can say that Mir. Irving has
touched many of the deepest and truest chord.
IN my nature, and after he has gone | may fee.
That the autumn of life has set in
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17
FOREIGN NEWS GOSSIP,

The parliament of the island of Jersey mega
hved q bill to expel Jesuits.
Catholic Bishop Coffin of Southwark. Eng.
LAND, is dead, aged sixty-six.
The death of DR.. Charles Theodore Ebold.
the well known German anatomist, is an
nounced.
The government has disallowed the Chinese
bill passed recently by the local legislature Of
British Columbia.
a fire at Toxic, Japan, March 10, destroyed
! 200 buildings, and over q thousand families
were rendered homeless. ,
Prince Bismarck has gone to schoenhausen
to arrange for taking possession of the estate
presented him on his birthday by the people
Of Germany.
DR.. Oscar Lenz Of Ieipsic is about to explore
the Congo valley, alone, under the auspices Of
the Berlin and Vienna geographical societies,
He will be gone eighteen months.
Mr.. Gladstone stated in the house Of com.
mons that he saw no reason why the present
difficulties with Russia could not be settled by
ordinary diplomatic methods. But the govern
ment Is continuing its preparation for arming
tho fast ocean steamers.
A dispatch from Berlin to the Standard states
'A"S A'oSCpOiiy, lOIu pTlVy seal ana nrSt
commissioner of public works, has arrived al
Berlin, charged with a mission from the Brit
1sh government to invite Prince Bismarck to
mediate between Great Britain and Russia,
Commander Kane, of the Galena, has tele-
graphed Secretary Whitney from Colon, under
date ofApril 6, as follows: The Panama rail-
road company is getting the road in order. The
government troops are anxious about their
prisoners. Tn railroad company and the Ca
lena are feed ng troops. All are in need. There
is great anxiety among The troops in Panama.
Brisson has completed a cabinet, and al
though the names Of the members have not
been made public, it appears certain that the
ministry will be composed as follows: Henri
Brisson, president of the council and minister
of public instruction; De Freycinet, minister
of foreign affairs; Allan large, interior;
Clamagerau, finance; Goblet, justice; Gen.
Campenon, war; Sadi- Carnot, public works;
Pierre Legrand, agriculture; Herye Mangon,
commerce; Cuyinot, post and telegraphs; and
colonies.
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More About Lees Surrender.

Col. Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, chief of
Gen. Lees staff, speaking of the generals sur
render at Appomattox, and of the meeting of
Gems. Grant and Lee, says: When shown into
the room Gen. Grant advanced and shook hands
viii Gen. Lee. The federal commander was
in undress uniform, Gen. Grant by way of
apology 10 Gen. Lee for coming without bag
gage and because of his desire To reach the
place for the ceremony he had fastened to the
place in undress uniform. This was tho only
allusion to Il sword that was made at the in
tervlew. After the terms Of surrender were
settled, Gen, Grant explained that he was adj
yised that Gen. Lees forces had a number of
federal prisoners who. like their captors, were
out of rations. Gen. Sheridan replied he would
supply $4,000 rations. Gen. Grant then in
structed him to send 5000 rations to Gen.
Lees commissary. After the interview Gen.
Lee asked for Gen. Williams and
thanked that officer for his kindness to
his son., Gen. Curtis Lee, who lad been
captured several days before. When Gen. Lee
and Col. Marshall rode away, the federal Off
GERS filled the front porch.
Col. Marshall is not sure Gen. Grant was
among them, for his thoughts were busy
with other matters at the time.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17
Tree Claims and Roads.

A correspondent at Redwood Falls asks il
q man who has lived on a tree claim with his
family six or seven years, and has planted all
lhe trees required of him, can properly sign a
petition for the laying out of a new town road
without waiting until he has made final proof
OF his claim Tho statute CHAP. Is, sec. 33).
requires that a petitioner for the laying out or
altering of a town road shall be a legal voter
ana must own real estate 'or occupy real es-
of the United States, or under contract with
the State of Minnesota within one mile of the
proposed roadway. Legal advice obtained up-
on the subject is to the effect that as tree claims
are not mentioned by the law, an occupant of
such a claim, unless he has come into full
possession thereof by proving up, is not prop
erly a slgner to a roadway petitlon-that is his
signature should have no weight
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Inc Democrats carried the Michigan election
recently, defeating Judge corley for the
Over one Thousand employees of the McCor-
mick reaper works in Chicago struck because
the company had employed 4scabs."
AT the Helena, Mont, city election Sullivan.
Democrat. was reelected mayor. v. English.
Democrat, police magistrate, and ClewelI, Re,
publican, treasurer.
Col Herbert z Hill of Boston mas inst RI.
ceiyed from Lieut. Gen. Sheridan the sword
which the famous commander wore Throughout
his brilliant campaigns in the civil war, and
the identical weapon which graced the world.
renowned sSheridan's ride"
A check for $4,000 has been received by
the city treasurer of Worcester, Mass from the
historian, George Bancroft, a native of that
city, who gives the money to found a scholar.
ship in memory of his parents, Aaron and
Lucretia Bancroft who lived in Worcester
life.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17
Mrs. Garfield Denies.

Camden Q. Rockwell, the brother-in-law of
Mrs. Garfield mentioned in a recent letter to
her the newspaper stories about her reported
intention to marry again, and received IN re-
ply a letter, written on the 4th of April, saw.
ing:
This cruel rumor, which seems to have been
afioat for two or three months, did not reach
me I'LL three days ago. Nothing that has ever
been said about me has 40 bIrt and nfroniad
me as this, and the deepest humiliation of it ia
thatso many are ready to believe it. To me II
10 as much of an Insult to be asked whether it
is tue as it would be were the dear general
stu here. That any ono can think me capable
regarded criminal. A d~ignifed denial bv INV
friends, l suppose, can do no harm, still it
hurts me to feel that any denial Is needed.
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Murders in Dakota.

AT Clifford, Oak, recently, in a saloon ROW
between M. Plummer and Peter Daily. the
FORMER was shot dead. The constable took
Daily to Caledonia.
Ilerre, Oak, Special Telegram: Startling
developments were made in the Bell-Small
murder case. Bennett, the accomplice of Dell.
has turned states evidence. and on inror''
nation given by him the BODY of Small
was FOUND buried in a piece of newly
RIiowed ground about four miles from
harold and two miles from Blunt The sod
liaa been first removed. n shallow hole dua
ana an carefully replaced to avoid discovery
Inc BODY OF small wrapped in a blanket and
covered with the blood-stainel overcoat of tha
murderer 1t was in u good state of preseryo,
uoh. Inc murder was committed with a
h%,tchet, the skull being broken at a numper Of
places and the neck gashed in a horrible man
ner' Ihe excitement is great, and the lynch.
ing OF Bel is o~xcltcdly discussed by the crowds
forming on the streets.
r. . Small, the victom of this murder was
iasi inli a candidate for prosecuting attorney
OF htshes county, Oak. Several months aso
ne mysleriously disappeared. No light was n
.liown upon the matter until the Doth of last
month, when J. II. Bell was arrested bv tha
she'll and taken to Pierre for examination,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17

A CURIOUS story OF Mr.. Hastings,
the legitimate heir of the earl of Hunt.
ington, is told by an English paper.
When a young man he net a pretty
chambermaid named Betsy Warner.
and, becoming enamored of her,
vowed to marry her if ever he got
possession of the family living. Thir-
tJy years passed by. Mr.. Hastings for
got his early love, married, lost his
wife. and finally gained as a second
living that he had always desired.
One day the venerable old pastor was
astonished by the arrival Of Miss War
ner,s who calmly told him she came to
claim the fulfllment OF his promise, as.
she had never swerved from her en-
gagement. The result was that the
reverend gentleman, finding upon in
quiry that his betrothed's conduct had
been exemplary, consented, published
the banns himself in his own church.
and marriad his early love.
N ~ 80 ZE NALE
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Murders in Dakotas

At Clifford, Oak, recently, in a saloon row
between NJ. Plummer and Peter Daily, the
former was shot dead. The constable took
Daily to Caledonia.
Pierre, Oak, Special Telegram: Startling
developments were made in the BelI-Smau
murder case. Bennett, the accomplice of Bell.
has turned states ovilence, and on infor,
nation given by him the body Of Small
was found buried in a piece of newly
plowed ground about four miles from
Harold and two miles from Blunt Thu sod
had been first removed. a shallow hole dug
and carefully replaced to avoid discovery.
The body of Small wrapped in a blanket and
covered with the blood stained overcoat of the
murderer. 1t was inS good state of preserve
non. The murder was committed with a
hatchet, the skull being broken at a NUMBER of
places and the neck gashed in a horrible man
ner. The excitement is great, and tho lynch
ing OF Bell is e~xcitedly discussed by the crowds
forming on the streets.
L. ). Small, the victom of this murder, WAS
last fall a candidate for prosecuting attorney
OF hughes. county, Oak. Several months ago
he mysteriously disappeared. No light was
thrown upon the matter until the Goth of last
month, when j. II. Bell was arrested by the
shelf and taken to Pierre for examination.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17
The Fight Batween Riel's Forces and the
p,1;o,

A correspondent learns the following con-
corning the fight between Ricl's forces and the
police and citizen soldiers on Thursday, March
70 The story is direct from half breeds who
were present. Learning that the force was en-
route for Duck Lake, mounted half breeds,
twenty in number started to reconnoiter They
met a force of 100 men police ana citizens
IN sleighs, and the half breeds scat
tered. Crozicr, III command of the police,
thought an effort was being made to sur
round HIM aud ordered his men to fire.
seeing balt-breeds falling dead at the first
IRE, his followers returned the shots with
much execution. The fight was short
but not The half breed, who tells the
story, counted thirteen dead on the
ned When the police returned the
route to Fort Carlton was traced with blood.
Inc half.breeds lost four killed, and one In
alan not IN the tight was accidentally shot. An
otlier story of the hall. breeds side of the fight
RAJ council, says Gabriel Dumas, one of Riel's
lieutenants, told him Cro2ier was coming TO
take supplies from Duck Lake. Dumas took
thirty mounted men armed with Reminrtons
and met Crozier's force a few miles from the
spot where the trail enters n coolie and
piutis. Both parties stopped. The half breeds
were ordered TO scatter in the bush, in order
mat they might not be SO much exposed.
CfoZler thought a surround was attempted
ana hred hrst. The half-breeds lost four kill
led and two wounded. Crozier had thirteen
Killed, who, according to the last story, were
lett on the field. Both half breeds above in
terviewed assert that Riel's orders are never
to fire first "
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Unparalleled Losse. bv Fir.

The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin of
April Z reports the estimated loss of 50, 0OO,-
oDo by fire, during March, in the United States
and Canada. This is in excess of any previous
figure for the corresponding month of which
any record exists. During the ten years from
1873 to 1888 the average fire loss for March has
been less than s7,No,OW The Bulletin gives
a list, compiled from its own list, of ls9fires
where the reported loss was 500, 600 and up-
wa1d, and names fifteen fires of $1,000, coo Or
moro, .aggregatlng over $4,000, 600. or about
one-thlrd Of the entire fire waste of the month.
The total loss by fire in the first three months
of lSs! is shown to be s27, SOC, COCO, at which
rare II Kept up, the result WILDE $40, 900, 600
for the year, even if no extraordinary conla-
grafton occurs.
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Dress Points for Men,

Frock coats are rolled lower than last season
and close with four buttons. The cuffs are
four and a half inches deep and close witt, two
buttons. The fashionable length for a person
flve feet eight inches tall, is 1sA inches en-.
tire length. The lapels are faced with silk.
and the edges are bound flat with braid from,
eight TO ten lines wide.
Pantaloons are cut larger in the leg, the fash.
iionable size now beng is inch knee and l715
Inches at the bottom with a sliphi
spring over the foot. The seams are made up
PLAN, and pockets in front arc losing caste
with tasty dressers. Two watch pockets of lib
erai size are IN the waist seam in front. while
two hip or pistol pockets are all that are al
lowed IN fashionable pantaloons.
Vests are made to roll lower, according to
the character of the coat they are worn with.
and close with five and SIX buttons. The points
at the bottom are cut away slightly. 1t is re-
ported maj the double breasted vest is coming
into use, and by the arrival of next winter Will
be in "full blast"
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Famine IN West virri,,a

5. W. Wall, of Wheeling, especially detailed
on a horseback journey through tho famine
stricken district of West Virginia, telegraphs an
account of the terrible suffering in that part of
the state. He says there is need of haste to
the succor of the people. A section embrace
1lfg the counties Of Calhoun, Roane, Vert,
B%raxton, Webster, Nicholas, Clay, and Jackson
and parts of many of the counties adjoining
these are in bad condition. In that district
last year it did not rain from June until Noyem.
per. Drough hit spoiled the crops, and the IN
were left entirely without provisions. Az \
result their cattle have died by the hundred.
and the people have lived on corn meal and
water, and the mortality among the children
and the aged has been very great.
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

The Boston Ice company lost s1o0,OO 0 worth
OF ice in the burning Of AspinwaIl.
The March fire losses in the United States
md Canada were $4,000, 600, a portentous to.
9. +. Healey, bridge forman of the construc-
ton department, Union Pacific railroad, met
with q fatal accident on the I'd inst He was
foreman of the bridge crew at Marent guloh,
Rocky mountain division. employed on the
construction OF the new steel bridge now being
erected At that place to replace the towering
%trestles temporarily built by the construction
department two years ago. The bridge is we'll
known, 1t forming one of the sites for tourists
and others, Its height is 22G feet. Healey
feli from the top of the structure. He wal
well known in Minnesota ana Dakota.
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Genera, Grants Condition Last Week

heV. DIR. Newman and DR.. Shrady left Gen.
Grants house on the morning of the Sd inst:
The general has just walked up, said the
former. "He slept peacefully Tor several
hours, awakening only at intervals for a little
nourishment The first thing he said this
morning was L an thirsty and the doctors
moistened his throat
DR.. Shrady seemed in light spirits as he but
toned his coat about him and stepped down
toward the park for q little morning air. To
your correspondent he said:
"Ibe change in Gen. Grant this morning is
simply wonderful. He has had a good sleep.
taken his no~urishment, and is again resting
quietly"
Does his mind seem bright9n was asked.
bright as a button, was the response. "He
seemed often to anticipate our own suggestions,
point"
elias he been able to rest on his couch?"
No; he rested in his reclining chair, which
has been made as comfortable as possible, and
lsmuch better for him than the bed. 1t per-
mits him to change his position easily, and at
the same time supports his head in a way to
prevent any accumulation in his throat"
How do you account for the change this
morning."
"No one can tell. When we look back and
think that his condition was such on Yesterday
morning that, at the closest calculation, a DELAY
OF five minutes in the hypodermic injection OF
brandy, which was given him, would have
caused his death, the change this morning is
SIMPLY REMARKABLE"
On Saturday morning, DR.. Shrady said:
There is one point about Gen. Grants
t;ouble," saidhe, that has not yet been brought
out, The cancer itself has not vet sufficiently
developed to put a man in ordinary health in so
dangerous a condition. If the generals consti-
tuition were only as strong as the average man
he would be good for six months yet at least
The severe mental and physical shocks he has
had the past year or 80 are the things that are
telling against him at this juncture. His
frame has been completely shattered by
them. For all that, I regard his rallies, and
especially that of to-day, as simply marvellous,
and almost beyond belief. There was one time
Wednesday morning when I thought another
five minutes would finish him. Tonight he is
better than he has been in o week. For all
that, however, he may sink away rapidly, and
be dead within the next hour"
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SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK.
sRoM

Ex-President Arthur is suffering from ma.
laria at Old Point Comfort, Va
Secretary Lamar having sold his carriage,
sent for q twenty five cent cab and went to the
cabinet meeting.
Ex-Chief Clerk Carrigan has given the names
Of confederates in the navy fraud cases in
washington, and will appear against them.
The new commissioner Of patents assumed
charge OF the Office and was introduced to the
employees. Mr.. McConville, the new sixth
anditor, also qualified and assumed the duties
of his Office.
1t will be understood that Mclean O fIudiana
VIII be appointed first deputy commissioner of
pensions. Andrew Jackson Gross of Glover
port, NY, has been appointed United States
marshal for that state.
Postoftices established: Dakota-French
Greek, Custer county; Gultup, Ewing county
Golden Lake, Steele county; Hillside, Douglas
county; Island Lake, Roletto county; Lebanon,
Potter county, Seyerdrup, Minnehaha county;
vanderwoort, Clark county; Eel, Faux coun.
From present indications, Miss Ada Sweet
will be compelled to walk the official plank on
the 3Oth of June next. A long consultation
was held by Commissioned Black and Secretary
Lamar in reference to Miss Sweets case. The
positive refusal of Miss Ada to surrender upcn
The demand of the commissioner has excited
the wrath OF that official and increased his de-
termination to accomplish her removal. Tho
commissioner is resolved to stand by his ac-
hon in demanding Miss Sweets resignation and
IN this he will DO supported by Secretary La
mar. SO much was determined upon ut the
conference held by the secretary and his com
missioner. What the president may do in the
matter Is not known.
On March II last Acting COMMISSIONS Har-
rison, of tho general Office, directed the regis
ter and receiver of the land office at Los An
geles, Cal, to publish notices to the effect that
the lands included within the land grant o. the
Texas Pacific railroad company had been re-
stored TO the public domain and were open to
settienlent On the next day Harrison ad-
dressed q letter to the Los Angeles land Office,
stating that the lands in tho limits of the grant
70 AID IN the construction of the branch
lines OF the Southern Pacific railroad would
not be effected by this restoration, the latter
road having been constructed within the time
hxed by law. On the 4th inst, Commissions
SPARKS wrote the same land office revoking the
Instructions of March 18, and saying: "You
Viii be governed by the instructions of March
~, directing. you to give notice of the ~restora-
non OF all lands heretofore withdrawn from
the Texas d Pacific railroad in California.
Mr.. Sparks says the second letter of Harrison
should not have been written. 1t seemingly
within reach of the Southern Pacific rail-
road company a half million acres of land to
winch 1t had no righto or color of title.