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GRANTS RESTING PLACE.
Correspondence Between Mrs. Grant
and the Mayor OF New iOrk.

Correspondence Between MIS-. Grant
and tho Mayor OF New York.
Statements have been repeatedly made and
widely circulated to tile effect that when
Congress reassambled there would be a con
certed attempt to have the boiy OF General
Grant removed to Washington for final
s~epulture. The following letter from Mayor
Grace to Mrs. Grant, with her answer, will
therefore be read with interest:
OcT. IS, 1856.
My DEAR MRS. GRANT: The executive
committee Of the Grant Monument assocla,
ton, to whom was intrusted the henored and
patriotic task of collecting funds for a sulta'
Bile national memorial to the memory OF your
distinguished husband, finds itself seriously
hampered in its work, and to q great ex'
tent embarrassed, by utterances which ap'
pear from time to time in the daily
press and often purporting to como
from your family. Our executive commit
tea is much concerned in the reports quite IN:
dustriously spread abroad and persistently
reiterated that on the Resembling OF Con-
gress q preconcerted effort, with the consent
and approval Of your family, would be begun
to nave the body of General Grant removed
to Washington for final sepulture. Dur fund
has already reached a generous sum-neariy
$40, 900; it will be Sl0O,U0 soon; it must be
obvious that any doubt which the public
NAV have as to the desire OF the family IN
regard to the Riverside park as a permanent
tomb and the site Of the proposed national
memorial acts as a deterrent to those who
would otherwise freely give.
May I ask from your family q clear and
emphatic expression Of your wish and pref
erence-may I add, observation-disclosures tho
use Of our executive committee? Very re-
spectfully. WILLIAM R GRACE,
Fice-President Grant Monument association.
NEW YORK, Oct. %, 1885.
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 10th came
during my absence, and was received on my
return from Long Branch.
Riverside was selected by myself and my
family as the burial place of my husband
General Grant.
First-Because I believed New York was
his preference.
Second-It is near the residence that l hope
to occupy as long as l live, and where l Will
be able to visit his resting place often.
Third-I have believed, and am now con-
yinced, that the tomb will be visited by as
many of his countrymen here as it would be
at any other place.
F%ourth-The offer of a park in New York
was the first which observed and unreserv,,
edly assented 10 tho only condition imposed
by General Grant, namely, that should have
q place by his side
lam, sir, very sincerely.
JULIA D. GRANT.
To WILLIAM r. GRACE, Mayor City Of New
York.
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" ashinEton.

WILLIAM E. SMITH, Of Plattsburg, New
York, has been appointed to succeed Charles
E. Coon as assistant secretary of the treas
ury. In 1854 MIR. Smith was one of the
Democratic leaders in the New York assem-
bly,.
Ex-CHIEF JUSTICE VINCENT, who was re-
Gently removed from his judgeship in New
Mexico, was among the recent callers on the
President. Judge Vincent claims to have
been unfairly dealt with in being sum.
marily removed, but it is stated that in his
interviews with both the President and at
torney general he received little satisfaction.
THE President has appointed Thomas E.
Heenan, of Minnesota, to be United States
consul at Odessa.
TIE report of the Mississippi River Com
mission shows that the total cost of bank re-
vetment between Cairo and Vicksburg up to
June 30, 1855, has been =, 240,0 0o, and of
works for constructing channel, S2,5Oo,0oO.
UNITED STATES SENATOR STANFORD: cs
California, has given orders to deed in trust
his three immense ranches, known as V;Da,
Grilley and Palo Alta. for the endowment OF
a university and schools about to be erected
at Palo Alta. The three ranches comprise
S., 900 acres, and together represent q value
Of So, 800, 600. 1t is Senator Stanford's in-
tention to make this institution the best in
this country or Europe, and the ablest pro-
fessors will be secured both at home and
abroad.
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Foreign.

THE Egyptian rebels are massing for an at:
tack on lower Egypt. Their former cry OF
"On to Khartoum" has been changed to "On
to Cairo"
THE body of a lion tanner named Stewart
was found in O room near Paris. The man
had died of apoplexy. Beside him was the
body of a lion, which, it is supposed. died OF
grief at the loss of its keeper and hunger.
BLOODY fighting is reported at Baku, on
tho Caspian sea, between Moslems and Rus-
slams. The military had to be called out to
restore order. In the fighting several Rus
slams were killed and a large number wounded.
M. DE LRssEPs, protector Of the Panama
canal, wants s12O, OO0, 600 more w defray the
expenses of cutting the big ditch.
OPPOSING factions fought just before an
election in Bustament, Mexico, and after
several hours indiscriminate shooting, the
result allowed six killed and fifteen wounded.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

ROBERT TooMBs' estate is said to be worth
$3.50, ONO.
BONANZA MAcKAY's wealth is estimated at
$50, 900, 1000.
KING ALFONSO. of Spain, has consumption
in the left lung.
MRS. GARFIELD is writing biography OF
her husband.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON has turned her
SEVENTEEN birthday.
GEORGE w. CH1LDs, proprietor Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, has an income OF sl,2oV
per day.
FRANK JAMES, the ex-bandit, is now en-
ployed as a salesman in a grocery store IN
Nevada, Mo.
GENERAL Won MoLTKE has just celebrated
his eighty-ffth birthday. He is enjoying ex'
cellent health.
M. RoUsTAN, the French minister at Wash.
inglon, is rich and a bachelor, and the ladies
consider him a great catch.
JUDGE FORAKER, governor-elect OF ONO,
is still a young man, being about forty. lie
entered the army when he was u boy.
KING OSCAR H., Of Sweden, is engaged
upon an extensive historical work, embracing
tho historical events in Europe from loG4 to
1872.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND told the members
of the Baltimore synod the other day that he
remembered every word of the Presbyterian
Shorter catechism
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THE NATIONAL GAME,

A NEW Northwestern league IS talked OF
for 1886.
Boston has but three batsmen in the first
thirty eight; not so many as New YORK mas
in the first ten.
COLLECTIVELY the Eastern clubs Of the
National league were by far the best, anu yet
the %pennant went West.
ST. LOUIS was the great w~hitewashed team
of the league. Sixteen times was tho un'
pleasant coat applied.
THERE must be in the neishborhood OF
500, CO0 lost annually in this country III pro-
fessional baseball ventures.
New York was the least wLitewashed OF
any of the league clubs, only two white
washes being sustained this season.
In the American association the Western
clubs proved greatly superior to the Eastern
teams, and the rennant went whore IL De-
bnged.
THE National, of Washington, is the only
professional club in the country that escaped
being blanked. The Nationals won ITO OF the
Lbs games played during the season.
THE longest league game was the fourteen
inning game won by Chicago from froVi,
dence; the longest American was on April
"a, when Pittsburg won from CINCINNATI III
the sixteenth inning.
THE St. Louis Browns, champions OF the
American association, in their recent series
with the Chicago club, champions of the
National lesgue, won three games on their
merits, while Chicago won but two, and an
other ended in q tie.
DURING tho entire existence Of the National
league the championship penant has only
been held in three different cities. The pres
ent year makes the fifth time it has been
taken by the Chicagos. Boston has had it
three times and Providence twice.
A TEAM of Northern professionals will visit
New Orleans this winter under the captaincy
Of Carpenter, of the Cincinnati CLUB ana IN
Guiding Mullane, Baldwin, Pechiney, McPhee
and Jones Of that club; Hanlon,. Thompson
and Mcclure of the Detroits, and Ewing OF
the New Yorks.
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Revenue Marine Service.
Tho Ad;utantG General

Adiutant General Drurn, in his annual re-
port TO the secretary of war, invites atten.
ton to the subject of the obsolete arms and
ammunition in the hands Of the State militia
or stored in the several State ar1norles. l..
would, hesays, seem a most wise measure il
at the approaching 50 sion Of Congress q
general act was passed providing
Tor Immediate exchange, when requested,
of all obsolete arms now in the hands OF the
militia of the several States for improved
Springfield rifles, calioer IA, and appropriate
ammunition therefor. He recommends that
non-commissioned officers and privates on
the retired list be paid a gross sum in money
in lieu of their present pay and communication
Of allowances, and he submits a table em.
Lolving a proposition to pay them at rates
varying from $$j3. ~ per month for chief mu-
s;cians to :S.9933 90 for ar tiiicers.
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Wealth OF the Army.

The surgeon general il his annual reportto
the secretary Of war submits the usual state.
ment of finances an | general TRANSACTIONS OF
his bureau for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1855. The money value of hospital supplies
Issued during the fiscal year was
slTi,2o5. lin addition to the ord.
nary re luiren,ats Of the service"
Ge:eral Murray says, "pro.ision should be
made for enacr .caciei, and in view OF the
strong possibility, if not probability, OF an
INVASION of this country by cholera before
tie close of the ensuing fiscal year, it IS
earnestly desired that Congress make provE-
ion b. adequate appropriation to enable
this department to adopt every means WITHIN
it's province to prevent, as far as possible,
~ s)rell ot 5l, lis,ls, in the ARM"
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THE championship race in the National
league was unique the past season. Two
clubs only fought for first place and neither
was ever lower than second place. Two con-
tested for third place and were never lower
than fourth, while none of the other four
teams ever held alone higher than fifth
place. The lower four clubs fought together
all tho season to keep out Of last place. .
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WHEN Judge Kelley, "the Father of tha
House." was last reelected, Sunset" Cox
said to him: "Well, Judge, you will probably
be kept in Congress all your life" told
my people" answered Kelley, II was a can,
didate for life-barring lunacy or paralysis"
"You make your exception too broad" re-
piled Cox; "luuacy does not disquaify a man
for a seat in Congress-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-18

A willow farm in Macon, Geo., pro-
duces about a ton Of switches to the
acre, commanding, when dried, 5000,
and, as the leaves and bark sell at
twenty-five cents a pound, the enterprise
pays better than cotton.
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Paym nster Generals Report.

Paymaster General Rochester, i'll his an
nual report to the secretary of war, shows
that the disbursements made by his bureau
during the last fiscal year amounted to
SIS, 4S3, 7277, including Sl97,00 to the signal
service, and s2l3,OJO to the military academy,
and $12,3 49, 4i3 on army pay rolls.
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RcDo:t Of the First co iMDtroller.

The annual report OF First Comptroller
Durham sho VS. that during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1855, 6S,G)9 warrants, aggre-
eating $1.G4, 81 SAL, were examined, regis
tered and countersigned, and that 26, $50 &C
counts, aggregating 1851, 52l, 445, received
from the auditing officers were revised, re-
corded and certified to the register.
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South and West.

THE bodies of two more Of the sixty per-
sons who fell through a bridge into the river
at East Saginaw, Mich, while watching a
fire, were recovered, making three victims,
with q number of people still missing.
A MASKED man named Ruckle with pistol
leveled tried to rob the cash box Of an Omaha
(Neu) street car, but was shot dead by the
driver. Some ten or twelve street car rob-
berries have occurred in Omaha within a
month, and Ruckle is believed to have been
the man who committed them all.
THOMAS HICKEY and William Rooney, re-
s~pectively first and second engineers OF the
steamer Miles, plying on Lake Superior,
were scalded 10 death at Duluth by the burst
ing of a cylinder.
AN unusual heavy fall of rain throughout
Virginia has been followed by disastrous
floods. A trestle near Lexington was washed
away, and n mixed train on tho Allegheny
road was wrecked. Conductor Whitaker,
Engineer Williams and Fireman Nyon were
killed. Tho mountains west of H~arrisonburg
were covered with snow.
GEORGE MILLER was hanged at Grand
Forks, Dakota, for the murder OF the wife
and cleven-year-old son Of Rev. e. II. SMELL,
a Methodist minister on whose farm he had
been employed.
Four men were killed and four more in
jured by the explosion of a tugboat's boiler at
Detroit.
In Dooley county, Ca, a colored man
named Rouse, q relative of a man who had
been Iynched last March for the murder OF q
farmers wife, was heard to utter threats
against a sister of the murdered woman.
The other night a party Of men seized Rouse
and hogged him so that he died.
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FATHER H%7Ac1NTHE, In a recent sermon
in Paris, declared that war could not be dls,
pensed with, and that those who advocated
it's abolition were dangerous people.
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The gentain in Colorado is called the
"'burros lily" because the burros MUNICH
around it without touching o leaf.
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Debt less cash in the
Treasury, Nov. !, 1859. 81 Al, G57, 1868 90
Debt less cash in the Treasury 80
Oct. 1, 1ss5::....:.".-. 1,4eo, 9s44, ss4ss 81
Decrease of debt during the
month. ........".."... 1926, 7741s
Cash in the Treasury.
Available for reduction of the
public debt,
Gold held for gold certifi-
Gates actually outstanding, SOB, O2O, 100 90
Silver held for silver rertif-
Gates actually outstanding, 93,146,7 90
United States notes he'd for
certificates Of deposit actual
ly outstanding IL, l4o,OO0 w
Cash held for matured debt and
interest unpaid. .......... 1s,549,es7 So
Fractional currency. ....... 2,305 Al
Total available for reduc-
ton of the deb .........S2 S64, 475 ~
Reserve Fund.
Held for redemption OF United 80
States notes, acts ofJan. ii,
1875, and July T., leSa......S 10O, 100000 0G7
Unavaila BILE
for reGuc- %
ton Of the Sc
debt: Frac-
e oGnal s'lver sae oc5 70
N1lUOl COlk4. =. y'"L ~ ~OySSStcSo ,
Certificates held as cash. ........ go, 432,3 1854 90
Net cash balance On hand ..66, SlS, 292 81
Total cash in the TREASURY as
shown by the treasurer's
general account ..... $780,. 4s7, 800, 49s So
Net increase in cash........... 3,884,S41 81
The following is n comparative statement
Of the receipts and expenditures of the United
States:
R'csipts.
Source. Otober. Since July I.
Customs ......,.. SIG. liz, 800 81, H. 500
Int. revn'e....... ll.3,O,S55 39,3S9,303
Misc'lan's...... ... 1,359,0S9 7,l13,375
Total .2s, SIP, 9O5 113,675,4 ass
Expenditures.
Ordinary vi, 400 4s,24s,s2s
Pensions. ......... 1910, 4l9 25,477,l11
Interest. ......... G~,s6l,76o 20,3o2,5A
Total. ......... 81, 533,672 95,o22,4sl
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle States,

LIGHT snow storms lave been reported
from various sections Of New York and
Pennsylvania.
A LARGE steam-ironing machine in q New
York laundry burst suddenly while it was be-
ing fed" Ivy a number OF girls. Margaret
Bowers, fifteen years old, was so badly
scalded that she died in the hospital. The
other girls were not seriously injured
A TUMoR weighing fifty pounds was re-
moved, the other day, from a woman in a
New York hospital.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-31
DISTRICT COURT BRIEFS.
a Blind Pig Proprietor Sued--l
Libel Suit


Judge Lochren yesterday filed decision
in the suit of j. IL. Bishop VS.. Ole Oleson,
ordering Judgment in favor of the plaintiff
for SS77.
In the suit of S. b. Loyejoy. assignee
of j. W. Laid, vs.. j. \. LovejOy, The Mer-
camille Fire IL Marine Insurance company,
Judge Lochren yesterday filed a decision
for the defendants.
VIM. Sehlener, who was shot by ". A.
Anderson, the alleged proprietor of a
''blind pig" in South Minneapolis. July 4.
yesterday commenced an action to recover
So, 200 damages and $500 expenses, alleging
his injuries 10 be permanent.
Anton HOffner, living at st. Michaels,
Wright county, commences a suit for libel
against Isaac GutZmiller, editor of the Del
anO Eagle, asking $50 damages. The
alleged libel was the publication July9 of a
paragraph in which the plaintiff was called
an ''eX-Hennepin county jail bird, " rowdy
and other pet names.
In the suit of Hector Cameron, William
Mckenzie, ct al, vs.. A. b. Baxter. j. G.
Dawes. ct al, which came up for hearing
upon order for the defendantstO show cause
why they should not be enjOined from sell
ing or diSpOsing of prOmiSSOry note for
S24, 600, given by William Mckenzie and J.
G. Dawes TO the MinnetOnka Mill company,
Judge Lochren issued temporary injunc-
ton, TO be in effect during the pending of
the suit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-31

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY,
~ District Court Second Judicial District.
In the matter OF the assignment of Emile ]. Bar
thel.
The assignee, Edward s. Norton, in the above
entitled matter having duly made, verified and
filed in said court his final report herein, showing
his receipts and disbursements. and his doings in
that behalf, and that there is a balance remaining
in his hands and asking that his dOings and report
be ratified and confirmed; that the amount of his
compensation and counsel fees be fixed and al
lowed and that order be made for a final divi-
dend. AID for the entry of a judgment dscharging
the insolvent above named from all claims and
debts held by creditors who have filed releases,
and further that all creditors who have not filed
releases of their claims against said insolvent
required by law be ordered to do so on or before
the date of the hearing of the order to show
hereinafter set forth or be forever barred of and
from any share in the distribution of the funds of
said estate and further that an order be made
discharging said assignee and releasing the sure
ties on his bond.
Now. therefore tits ordered that said insolvent
all the creditors and all persons interested in said
estate. do appear before said court at a special
term thereof 10 be held at the court house in the
city of St Paul in said county and state, Satur-
day. the 29th day of August, A. d, 1885, at ten
O'Clock a. and show cause, if any there be- why
said report should not be allowed and confirmed
and the prayer of said assignee in all things
granted.
1t is further ordered that this order be served
upon said insolvent, the creditors and all persons
interested in said estate by publishing a copy of
the same in the DAILY GLOBE, daily newspaper
printed and published at said city of st. Paul,
once in each week for three successive weeks the
days before the day of said hearing and by mail
ing a copy hereof to each of said creditors within
five days from the date of this order.
Dated July 90, 1855
ORLANDO sIMoNs, District Judge.
HORTON s MORRISON, Attorneys for Assignee.
july3l-4w-fri
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was wonderful. Attic end of each act the
curtain and the applause was generous and
enthusiastic.
The Raymond excursion party of fifty
people is dOmiciled at the West hotel. The
party came from New England. and the
members are enraptured over Minneapolis.
Arthur l.. Holden and Charles II. Wilson
are in charge of the party, which will visit
the Minnehaha beauties to-day.
The firms of Y. p. Clark, c. A Smith &
Co, North Star Lumber company, Bank of
Minneapolis and J. Y. Thompson, were
yesterday notified by the city board of equal
izatiOn to appear and show cause why they
should not have their log assessment in
creased. The board lowered the assess
ment of S. a. Babb & Co.
The employees of the, Chicago, Milwaukee
* St Paul railroad shops are preparing for
a big time at their picnic at COney Island,
NacOnia lake, tomorrow. An immense
and congenial crowd will attend and Sid
wells band will make music for it. Thirteen
coaches have been engaged and the train
viii leave the Minneapolis d st. Louis
depot at 7:30 o'clock.
Two small fires occurred Yesterday morn
ing. 4 shed in the rear of J. B. Hanson's
feed store, 525 Cedar avenue. was fired by
children playing with matches. The loss
was about 500, fully covered by insurance.
One or the wooden bridges of w. s. Tain
tors lime and cement establishment, 1902
Franklin avenue, burned about 10 o'clock,
supposed TO have been spontaneous cOmbus-
ton. Loss about $500, insured for 81, 500.
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company will shoot tomorrow morning I'M
der the direction of Lieut. Castle and Sergt
Game. MeSsrs. Clark and Castle in a
friendly, informal contest yesterday scored
4S and AZ respectively.
Gillespie c. Harpers mill at Glenmont,
opposite Alton, made an excellent record
on Wednesday, their single rotary cutting
1900 feet in ten hours, with half an hours
delay from broken belt. The logs aver
aged six to 1000 feet. 1t was board cut
and not plank. Who can beat this?
The lacrosse match this evening on the
Old base ball grounds promises to be very
interesting. 1t is the second of a series of
match games for a challenge cup and the
state championship between the Saltwater
and st. Paul clubs. The local players for
Tomorrow are: Gushing, captain; Cowan,
Kennedy, Butts, Belisle, Norris, Osborne,
Birge, WEIGH, Merry and GrOsvenOr. The
game will be called at 6:15 promptly.
In connection with the Kerr case, Cashier
Prince has explained to his friends that his
only connection with the affair was that he
happened to be in Chicago on private bust
ness at the same time as Matt Clark, that
the latter employed the detective. but that
1t was necessary to have some one to guar
antee Mr.. Clark'S responsibility for the
cost of sending him after Kerr AS Mr..
Prince knew several of the Chicago bankers
he vouched for Mr.. Clark's responsibility,
which was all he had to do with the mat
ter