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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
Rarer Than a Day In Lune.

"What sort of watch is this P" asked
Duzenbury, picking up curious old time
piece from an Austin watchmaker's show
case.
"That," replied the matchmaker, "is a
real curiosity. 1t is a watch that
belonged to Alexander the great when
he died on the barren island of ST.
Helena"
''The sheol you say Why, man alive,
in the days of Alexander the great, they
didn't have any Watches"
'That's just what makes it such a
rarity"
"And Alexander the Great did not die
at st. Helena"
"He didn't, Ell? Well, that makes it a
still greater curiosity" and taking the
rare relic from the hands of Duzen-
bury, he locked it up in his burglarproof
safe.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
A FAMOUS ESPADA.

A cablegram announces that Frascuelo,
one of the most famous of the Spanish
bull fighters, has been seriously injured
in bull fight at Mineo, France Few
people realize the great danger attendant
upon bull fights, and foreigners as they
watch the movements of the men in the
bull ring do not comprehend that for
one OF the men to make single
false move is for him to endanger his life.
The bull fight is really drama in five
acts. First there is the grand entrance,
and it is grand sight to see the whole
train of performers enter to the sounds of
martial music and in the midst of the
waving of handkerchiefs by twenty
thousand hands or more. When this is
over and all have retired, there
reigns silence as of death.
The picadors are ranged around
the ring, and soon at the sound
of trumpet the doors of the dungeon
in which has been confined the
torro are opened, and out he rushes,
dazed by the light OF the day and the
brilliancy of the assembly. In his be-
wilderment he first stands at bay, for
around him are those bent upon taking
his life and for him there is no escape
from that fatal ring save through
the gates of death. He rushes
wildly and madly at picador,
and plunges his horns into the
breast of the horse, and, as with knife,
disembowels him. Perhaps he may cast
the horse upon his side, but the picador
as he values his life must not move, for if
he were TO do so, he would but draw the
attention OF the bull to himself and re-
ceive his assault When the bull has
been taunted and tired by the picadors,
the trumpet sounds and another
scene is ushered in. Behold there come
the gaily caparisoned banderillos, who,
with a dexterity most wonderful. plant
their painful darts in the shoulders of the
bull. When the play of the bull and the
banderillos is over, again is the sound of
the trumpet heard. Then enters the espa-
da, who, advancing to the stand of the
president, asks that he may be allowed
to kill the torro, promising to do so
in a manner worthy of the noble ladies
and honorable to himself. In
his left hand he carries small flag which
falls over his trusty Toledo, and with a
light and elastic step advances towards
the bull. The bull is attracted by the (
flag and at it plunges, but he finds that he /
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
EXECUTIVE MANSION,


WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. l, 1885.
DEAR SIR: l have read your letter of the
oath ult. with amaZement and indignation.
There is one mitigation to the peridy which
your letter discloses, and that is found in
the fact that you confess your share in it. l
do not know whether you are Democrat or
not but if YOU are, the crime which you
confess is more objectionable. The idea
that this administration, pledged to give to
the people a better government and better
officers, and engaged In a hand-to-hand fight
with the bad elements of both parties,
should be betrayed by those who ought to
be worthy of implicit trust is atrocious, and
such treason to the people and to the party
ought to be punished by Imprisonment.
Your confession comes too late to be of i'm
mediate use to the public service, and l can
only say that while this is not the first time
/ have been deceived by lying and treacher-
GUS representations, you are the first one who
has so frankly owned his grievous fault. If
any comfort is to be extracted from this as
surance you are welcome to it. Yours truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
There is no official beating of the bush
in this letter, and while it shows that the
President was angry, it has the merit of
being frank and honest and to the point.
1t is not couched in the respectful and
high flown language of conventional dip
lomatic correspondence, but is good,
straight English Evidently the man
who deceived Cleveland has not been in
the habit of regarding white lie as lie,
or he may have been making mental
reservations all the time; or, as
the children say, he may have
had Il kings " This letter of
rebuke will have a salutary influence
on all who have been making careless
or improper recommendations Some
months ago, Kentucky and Colorado took
the lead in making bad and unfit recon-
mendations, and it is just possible that
the above letter is addressed to a poll
tician of one OF other of these States. At
all events, it is matter of congratulation
that President Cleveland has always had
the manhood to withdraw improper NOM
nations and to do all in his power to rec
tify any mistakes. His letter should be
kept and studied by all committees on
recommendations.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
A REPUBLICAN REFUGE.

That the Utah Commission is a Re
publican institution all know, and the
work that it was appointed to do has been
done. To accomplish its abolition all that
is necessary is for the Territorial Legisla-
ture to pass such a law as the Edmunds
Act contemplates The one that
the Legislature did pass, and which
was vetoed by the Governor, was
not such law; it was too vague and
indefinite, and would have given loop
hole OF escape for those whom the Ed
munds act disfranchised. Experience
has shown that great many here do not
think that their violation of the law of
1862 or of 1882 is breaking of
any law, and so under the law
passed by the Legislature would
have been relieved of the disqualification
placed upon them by the Edmunds Act.
Whenever the Legislature pass an election
law looking to the abolition of the Utah
Commission, that law will have to be
definite and specific in all its terms and
co-extensive with the act which contem-
plates the enactment of such law.
1t is not at all probable that the
Legislature will pass any such law,
and so the Utah Commission will
be retained for some time. The Com
mission may very aptly be termed a Re-
publican refuge, and all that is done by
it seems to be done mainly in the interest
of the Republican party. When the
Commissioners came to Utah they found
it necessary to import large proportion
of their clerical staff. The imported clerks
were Republicans, and Republicans
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12

The Philadelphia Press, which has
been shocked at recent naughty scandals,
advises San Francisco and London to go
off and take bath. No scandals ever
occur in Philadelphia. That is the city of
merely BrotherlY Love.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
IMPOSITION.

Only officials who have patronage at
their disposal know how much imposition
is practiced by those who seek it and
those who recommend such as are seek
ing for office. The President has recently
been imposed upon in the usual way, but
the person who put the imposition upon
the President afterwards had the frank
ness, or unblushing efrontery, to write
the President that the man whom he had
recommended by signing his petition was
totally unfit for the position to which he
was recommended. Who the party is
still remains secret, but the letter that
was sent him in reply to his own letter
has been made public. Here it is:
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-12
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
B a M x
SALT LAKE CITY.

General Banking Business Transacted
Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and
sold.
Special attention given to the purchase and
sale of ores and bullion.
Returns for collections promptly made at cur
rent rates.
TelegFaphic transfers made and commercial
and travellers credits issued, available in the
principal cities of the world
Having in addition to our Bank correspond
ents, an Express Agency in almost every
town West of the Rocky Mountains, affords us
special facilities for making collections and
executing commissions.
Accounts of Banks and Bankers, mercantile
and manufacturing firms, corporations, min
ing companies, stock growers and individual
received on favorable terms.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
Storm Swept.

CHICAGO, July 30.-A terrible wind
and rain storm, accompanied by light
ming, ragged throughout Minnesota yes
terday. At 3 o'clock all telegraph wires
between Chicago and St, Paul ceased
working.
ST. PAUL, July Minnesota and
Dakota were visited again yesterday by a
severe wind and rain storm. AS yet but
meagre reports are received, but these iu>
dicate that while the storm was wide
spread the damage was not very great
Fargo, Moorhead and Detroint seem to
have suffered the most. 1t is feared,
however, that later reports from the
rural sections will show that crops suf-
fered considerable damage. In the places
mentioned chimneys were blown down
and several houses struck by lightning.
No one was killed. A. E. Hall of Moore
head, had six cows killed by the collaps-
ing of a barn; Hudson, Wis, suffered
some damsge. W. H. McDermed lost ten
head of blooded stock BY lightning One
or two buildings at Roberts Station were
blown down. In St. Paul, Michael Praz>
Ter, while standing in the yard, was struck
in the head by lightning and instantly
killed. Two residences were struck and
badly damaged. One house in Minneap-
oils was wrecked, but the occupants es,
capped injury. So far perhaps half dos
en- persons are reported more or less in
iured, but none fatally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
Fitz Hugh Lee Nominated.

RICHMOND, Va, July 30.-The demo
cratic state convention assembled yester>
day. Holmes Conrad nominated Gen.
Fitz Hugh Lee for governor. His speech
was an eloquent tribute to his candidate
and embodied a striking contrast between
Lee, as man of highest attributes and
"Mahones candidate" Remarks were
frequently interrupted with rapturous app
plause Col. VIM. E. Green nominated
Captain Phillip W, Kenny in stirring
speech His first mention of the name of
Mckinney was received with applause
that shook the house. John E. Massey
and Maj. B. P. Lee were also named as
candidates. Fitz Hugh Lee received more
than the necessary number of votes and
friends of Captain Mckinney moved to
make the nomination unanimous which
was done amid the widest enthusiasm.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
WHAT MUST BE DONE
TO IMPROVE OUR TRADE WITH
SOUTH AMERICA,
Judge Thatcher, of the Government Com
mission, Gives His Views-Steamship
Communication Wanted - A
Friendly Feeling Manifested.

WASHINGTON Cry, July 30 --Onk Of the
members of the commission appointed by
President Arthur to go to South America in
the interest of American trade, Judge
Solon Thatcher, of Kansas has ar.
rived here. He had a terrible ex.
perlence on bis journey home,
having been shipwrecksd on a coral reef,
the vessel AMI cargo proving total loss,
while the pas engers barely escaped with
their lives In an interview the Judge said
In every country that we visited, except
perhaps Chilli, we found the authorities and
the people desirious Of strengthening the re.
lation between their country and the United
States In nearly every case they said: We
look upon the United States as our mother
country, but have received no attention
from her. Foreign powers have sent COM
missions to visit Us and have endea vored to
strengthen the feeling between themselves
and our country This visit of yours is the
hrst intimatiol we have had that the
United State takes an interest in US
The reception ct Chilli was indeed officially
chilly, though personally we were treated
very cordially The authorities did not ex-
press an eagerness to promote commerce
between the two countries In the other
countries the people said the United States
was big and rich country, and they looked
upon it as a guide.
Our practice was to interview everybody
from whom we could gain any information
that we thought would be valuable.
We had audiences with the highest
officials and with business men Amer
icanS Germans ani English. All
pointed out the advantages to be gained by
intercourse with our own country In some
of these countries We found American pro-
ducts, agricultural machinery, ETC., despite
the draw5a that are encountered in get
ting them into the South American mar
ketSn
The judge said that the establishment of
steamship lines to the ports of these coun-
tries was the solution of the problem, and
pointed out that France, England, Ger
many, Italy, and Spain all had already es
tabiiShed such means of communication
In most cases the South American
states would aid in establishing Ameri-
can lines. Judge Thatcher added that
all the countries visited were in favor OF a
convention OF North and South American
countries to consult on commercial and
financial interests, the United States TO ia 5e
the initiative and name the topics The
countries were particularly intere ted in
education, There were already American
teachers in the Argentine republic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
Virginia Democracy.

RICHMOND, Va, July 81 Tee Democrats
state convention organized Wednesday.
Hon. John S. Barbour called the conveu ton
to order, and made ringing speech. Capt.
Robert Crockett o. Wythe. was elected
temporary chairman, and William Thorn
secretary After effecting temporary or
ganization by the election of Robert
Crockett for temporary chairman, the con-
vention adjourned until o'clock in the aft
ernoon Great pressure has been brought 20
bear on Mr.. Barbour, and if thers is any.
Ting Ike bitter contest between Lee and
NchiGasy, it is possible that Mr.. Barbour
will be nominated for governor There Is
strong talk of giving Parson Massey the
seond place on the ticket
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

REGINA, N ". T. July SA-A jary ha,
now been secured in the Riei case, and wit
nesses Tor the prosecution are now beic2
examined. In his opening a aidrs>s COUNSEL
for the government stated that if the pris.
oner claimed to be natural,zei citizen If
the United States he would be tried ua Ter
the provision Of the Fenian act but il be
elected otherwi-s he would be tried under
the treason statutes OF Edward Ill Several
witnesses testified that all orders we're i.
sued by Riel personally
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

DEs MONIES, I)wa July SO-J l. Brown,
the suspended state auditor, has rsdeposited
$3.50, covering all bank fsss collected and
fled in the auiitor's Office, with nsw vouch-
srs in the form dsmande1 BY Governor
'.errnln. The evening papsrs publish a
.e''er from Brown to Governor Saerman.
.~nan lin- reinstatement or prosecution,
i Closing a follows: "The ODD petition t.
y IT political friends and mine hope
t.trnuSh tais controversy tt succeed in tue
coming campaign, and there is danger OF
thelr doing 50 unless it is Immediately -
D,ayAl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
PROPOSALS FOR ORDNANCE SUPPLIES.
Rock ISLAND ARSENAL,

Rock ISLAND ARSENAL,
Rock ISLAND, ILL., July 20. 1885
sEALSD PROPOSALS. in triplicate, upon the
blank FERNS furnished from this Office only will
be received at this Arsenal until O'Clock p M ,
on THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1885 at which time
they will De publicly opened, for furnishing the
following classes of supplies, in such quantitie
and at such times during the fiscal year ending
June 90 1856, as the Commanding Officer of this
Arsenal may require, viz: Blankets Blacksmith's
Tools, Forage, Silver, Gold, Steel. Tin. Brass
Iron Copper and Brass Rivets and Burs: Iron,
Brass and Copper wire Nails, Screws, Tacks
Bolts, Nuts, Leather, Thread, Rcpe, Duck, Paints.
Oils. Chemicals, Paper. Cleaning and Polishing
Materials; Tools. Files, &c, &C.
All articles i'll be subjected to a rigid inspec-
ton, fan compliance with the specifications will
be insisted upon, and no articles OF inferior
quality will be accepted
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals. or parts thereof. prefer.
ton and manufacture, conditions Of prices and
quality being equal.
| Forms containing instructioBst 70 bidders a copy
| OF this advertisement, blank form of proposals,
| and specifications for supplies. with column for
prces 10 be filed in by the bidder. can be had up
on application by mail or in person to the under
| signed and samples Of the supplies can be seen
at this Arsenal Bidders are requested to be
! present at the opening Envelopes Containing
| proposals should be marked Proposals for ord
nance Supplies and addressed to the under
signed
D. ". FLAGLER.
s9St 1t. Col. Of Ordnance, Commanding
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

CENrRALIA, Ills, July 80 1T. L. Stewart
went to Salem and procured marriage Ii
cense. intending to make Mollis johnson
his bride. When the time came the girl
backed out. and her youngest sister offered
herself and was accepted. The wedding
ceremony went on after a chsngs Of name
had been made in the license.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

CHICAGO, July 80. 1t mas been ascer-
tsinsd that William Starr, who abscondsd
last week with the funds of the Bricklayers'
union, OF which he was treasurer, did not
go alone, but took with him young music
teacher, whom it is believed he intended to
marry. He left behind him another cir,
who loved not wisely, but too well, and is
a bereavad mother in consequence.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO. ,July q

OhlCAGO, July ~
The market quotations on the board of
No 2 August opened S7kc, closed SsEc;
September, opened 9Oc, closed 901Sc: 'Oc.
tober, opened a2c, closed 924c, Com-No
July, opened 46Ac, closed 45Xc, August,
opened and closed 455sc; September,
opened 451dc, clossd 45xc Oaus-No. . July,
opened 33c, cl,ssd Bic; August. opened
aud closed 25Hc; September, opened and
closed 247Sc. Pork-August, opened $40 %,
closed slJ- ~; September, opened $40. S21<<
closed sl0s5, October, opened slO.S71l
closed 81 52J1
Live stock-Ths Union Stock yards report
the following range of prices: Hogs
The market opsnsd active and firm with
packers paying about Sc higher prices; light
grades S4.oO@5. 10; rough packing, a. 2O@
44D; heavy packing, $4. 4Sa4.7s. Cattle
Steady and hrmsr; shipping, S46085 IS;
butchers, So 00@4 25; stockers g. l084 80;
Texans, s3.00@400. Sheep-Steady; com.
mon to fair, S2.0O9275; medium to good,
So 75C94 TO-
Produce: Butter-Gilt-sdged creamery,
17@lsc fancy dairy, 15@l6c; packing 6a7c
per lb. Eggs-loH@llc per doz. Potatoes
81: l:lO@L35 per bbL Poultry Spring
chickens, 13@l4c, and old hens, 9Aal l0c
per lb. Apples-Old, $3 75460O, and new
g.. 50Qa3 Sd per bbl Berries-Black and red
raspberries, 75c@sl0 90 per 24-pt case; black
raspberries. 81 25@L5O per LOOT case; blue
berries, SO@9Jc per l2-at case; blackberriss,
S29o@2.50 per l6qt case.
New York.
New YORK. July 90
Wheat-Opened depressed and A@kc
lower, afterward strengthened and recov-
cred from the decline, moderate business;
No I al.
9S3l @99Ac; September sL0I@L0l&; Octo-
Der $l.03@l.t35s; Nevember sL04%@
1883 December, sl07@L07h Corn
Without important change; dull: mixed
western spot, 50t953c; future, 5l3IG5SsSc.
Oats-WIth, ut decided change; western,
37445c. e Provisions Beef, quiet and un-
changed; new extra, $1,000 Pork, firm;
new mess, sll. 50@lL75. Lard shade bet
ter; quiet; steam-rendsrsd, S. So
ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 49,
Wheat-Sold Nc higher early but broke
and closed about as yesterday; No. red
cash, 99c; August, 99c bid; September
Sl.00Xc; OctoDe-, 81. 02Ec Corn Very slow;
cash and July. higher 435c; August, 424c'
Oats-Dull; cash, 25@251c; August, 23 C;
September 23Hc. Rye-Dull; 54> asked
Whisky Steady; sllS Provisions Pork,
firm, $40. 50@lO.15. Lard nominal
Toledo.
TOLEDO July go
Wheat-Dull and steady, No. , red
cash, July and August, 94c; September,
941sc; October, 96c; November 97j&c; No
, soft, 97@971lc; do August. 97c; Sep
tember, goc; October, 99c Corn Quiet
and easy; No. , cash and futures, 4sc
asked. Oats Unchanged, No cash,
S21lc; August 27c asked; September, 26%c
asked; May, Bic.
Milwaukee.
MINIATURES, Wis, July 20.
Wheat-Steady; Milwaukee No. 3, 57lc;
August, size; September, 9o%c. Corn
Steady; No ;, 1870. Oats-W eaker; No.
2 32c. Rye-Steaiy; No. l, 5s15c Bar
ley-Unchanged; No 2, nominal
Detroit.
DETROIT, July go
Wheat-Firm; No. l white, 95c cash
and Augu,t; No = red, 971s@97$4c cash
and August; y9c, asked September; 81. 00x,
October; NJ. ) red 91c bid Corn-47xc
asked Oats-No. white 3Sc asked; No
:, a4c cash; 261c bid August
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

PITrsBURG, July 3o-Ths 400 employees
OF the Westinghouse Air Brake company
have teen notified of heavy reduction in
their wages, averaging about 20 per cent
The cut being from per cent in some in
stances to S3k per cent. in others The re-
duction takes effect Aug. l. Scarcity Of or.
ders is the reason assigned by the company.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
BROKEN OUT IN FRANCE.
The Cholera Crosses the French Frontier
Terrible Mortality.

Terrible Mortality.
MADRID. July 80. Cholera has broken
out on the French frontier
ona-f'nrta OF the inhabitants of Monte
negro IN Soria died Of cholera during the
pas; tel lays. The survivors fled, with tie
= 'eption o. one gendarma, whl remained
- bury tie bodies OF the victims
Ia ,reiits voted fer the work Of combat
u the cholera throughout Spain are ex-
.tUs'ad, an! tie government will at once
a.Gvoka q state council ana demand further
ctolera credit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30

NEW YoRK, July 50 superintendent
Murray has received from Chief Adams, o.
Boston, photograph and description Of the
woman found dismembered and dis,scted j.,
the Char!e' river, aud ali the resources o.
the detective bureau and the bureau of in.
formation have been called upon to discover
who the woman was. As yet the police
have been unable to obtain any clew as to
the woman
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
COSTLY FIRE IN PiTTS8URG.

'toyie Company's Glass Factory De-
,troyed-Other Blazes
PGTTSBURG. July 51.-Ar . o'clock.
Wednesday morning, the immense frame
wiTeAcu ses Of Doyle & Co, glass manufact-
ursrS, wa discovered to be on fire. The
hu,ldlngS occupied nearly the entire square
betwsen N.nta and Tenth ,treetS, south side
a@d III aidition to q large quantity
Of gia aSwsre. contained several tons Of pack
Ing nay ami hundreds of barrels and boxes
Ii' ire. which seemed to envelope the
entire structure all at once rapidly spread
TO the brick mould shop, which contained
nany valuable noulds Of fancy tableware
From thance to the main factory the fame,
communicated, and then enveloped the
rthce. In less than an hour one Of the
anest and largest glass manufactures 10 the
'ouatry was totally destroyed. Ths loss is
paced st $3.50 900 The firm are
heavily insured. There has been no fire in
'h4 factory since the lst of the month. The
,ause Is supposed to be from spontaneous
combustion. After everything within reach
N the flames had been consumed, there
we're several explosions of natural gas in
rapid success ion, which scattered brick and
burning timber in all directions
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-30
The "commsrciar, CabI. Brol..

LONDON, July 30.-The Commercial Cable
company's cable between Waterviile, Ire
land, and Coney Island, N. Y, known Is
the Southern Cable" is broken. -
LONDON, July 80 The steamer Nina has
picked up both ends of the second American
tGouldl cable The connection will be mads
within iay or two