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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
TELEGRAPHIC.



LkxfssTos. Ky. March 6.-Mambrinc
Iascnen. TIE oele6rated stallion. died
,ooay from rupture OF blood vessel
Mamorino Patchen was the greatest
| t1cky.
Sea- Grant's Csnaasfsa.
NV foKK. March e.-Dr. Doaelas
said toaighf: Gen. Grant sIept better
last night than for weeks. The General
DAD Also refreshing nap this morning.
De revised portions Of bis book during
the day, and took food without distress.
ne was stronger toward evening, and
bad no vomiting spells
TranscontinentaI Gem mmissisner,
NEW YoRK, March e.-It % thought
mat L. u. Cannon viii be appointed
Commissioner of the FraascontinentaI
Association.
Rank Statement
NV YoEK, March The weekly
bank statement shows, reserve decrease,
yl.735.Ooo. Banks nov hold x47, ,3s5 900
In excess of legal requirements.
General Grant.
kEw YokK, March 7.-General Grant
slept well last night. He is suffering
less pain than usual today, but no ma
terial improvement can be reported.
The skaters.
NEW YoKK, MArck The score of
the competitors in the rufier skstinR
match st 10 this morning was: Dono-
van l043. Boyet 9S3, Omelia 95i, Aad-
docks 9iS, Setback 500.
A Valuable Basket,
PHILADELPHIA, March 6.-Thres men
yesterday attacked q boy on Walnut
street, near Eighth, and attempted TO
take basket from him. Some citizens
prevented this, and the men walked
away. The boy pointed out one of the
men, and be was arrested. At his hear
ing, today, the boys employer, James
l.. Shaw, stated that the basket CEN
tanned bonds and other securities valued
az $40 900, and that be had sent them to
be deposited in the bank. The prisoner
gave the name of George Taylor. He
was committed in default Of 5000 bail.
The police regard the men as expert
thieves who knew the valuable nature of
the boys load.
The weather.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-For the Pa
eitie coast fair weather, followed on the
North Pacific coast by local rains dur
iAg the night.
FOok His own Life.
MARION CEsTKR, KS, March 6.-Wu.
Grow. the young man who gave the in
formation which led to the recent con.
viction Of X. Calhsun, who was indicted
for the debauchery OF no less than four |
teen young girls, oOmnitisd suicide this |
afternoon. Ii is supposed that Grow |
WAS partner IN the monstrous crime, |
and. TO save himself. inforned on Cal !
houn, when, fearing further develop |
ments, took his own life.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

Thank Yog. Ns7aRnoa- yAneoa-
yer Regisssrssys; I'VE are glad 70 note
the steady Improvements OF TIE DArsI
and WEzxxs Rosu-KSTxIzIaKsrN- We
like its so1s,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

vkxrFun sAlE. lin the Victoria Cat,
~ sso b seen d lonI, advertisement
~. Davies q Cd, aautioneers. which
a. s.s q follows; . I'VE have received Id.
ss,s'ns from tAH Puget SQUAD faEpa-
- q ssetsls, U. &, 60 ssll ey pab
seaon % liberal credit. at Our
sem. Wharf street, AZ II o'clack
AcecAs, March l6lh. isSs. q fen
ksfnissfs, fer the parpess OF
lcias tAeir ssAnnfaesnfss INTO he
- q this huvince.r Following
eela'ss dssesiptiosl ef the eaois--.
~ sesA rsxns furniture, chairs.
ss Tables, hedslaaas, whasnsts,
- -. eAa6saisra. lounges, .ss.,-.
- ane aAlf eelamn. eanraasasa by
~ oaaescasnt: lie auctionsers
sesasa % dis ssle o. hoasshola
~ ses Ut nsgwesl designs. blr,.ess
L sfsartaa tale sf fuFn Isare ever
n~sss = thss anatkst. The sals "a ps-
nj nd lniesstysd. The eseds
m.s esiAlasassI and 90 view on ssai
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
ealLY AND WEEKLY.

s,.ssMsoaal caitis, - per month for one
Il snA % per taonth for One-hElf inch.
fs.sia IS cents 9 llne for one week. and
800 4 line per month.
Ss1uercial advertising. ~ an ineh fer
= Week. aad - an inch per month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
Gen. Wolseley Not Recalled.

koKrI. March 6.-The report that Gen.
Molsoley has been recalled is denied.
His health is improving and his eyesieht
is better. When q eantonment Of the
troops is effected, Gen. wolselsy will 90
on q tour Of inspection to the Nile STA
tions between Dongola and here.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

.sgst wHn)PINl CoUGH and
an - i,ai.isdiaiely eiieysa By ,shi-
NA sead ~ A. b. Stewart.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
rmREarExEs AssAssIxArsss,

CoeneiIEaan Aorshap rsoeived through
The posssfscs the coDmaniostion
follOvine. from What pressnds tc he
the chairman Of the vigilance con-
mEssee. tse envslope being possmarksd
FEB. I'D. and addressed 70 ~Mr. Nor
ThaP CITY Ocuncfl seattle City;
SxArxLs W 7 Fesazry . lssS
Mr. NoxTfiaP Dsar Sih Noald Ad-
vise ys,a To RsSaSsN As yoaF life ID IN
nsNGss BIZ kesFlNG year PosiHioS
A. colaNoil NAN This MeaNs BaisSSs
No Morr fcolhSR CHAIRMAN
WIGS 90
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
NOTICE.

We call the attention of the ladies' Of
TINS city and Puget Sound to the adver-
tlsement Of J. Strauss d Co. They are
determined to close out at onoe and
have made q big reduction in all de-
partments. Our mems furnishing
goods are sold at 20 cents on the dol
lar. ian
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
FOok His own Life.
FOREIGN.

A Conference aI the War 9nice.
LONDON, March ga conference was
held at the War Office today upon the
conditions Of service Of the colonial
troops in the Soudan. The result is not
known.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
B A R G A L ~ q
GROCERIES,. G E

THE GROCERIES, NOW IN STORE
Il at Tl5 Front street. opposite Sullivan
block. viii be offered at retail for q few
days af less than cost TO clese out the
business. store fixtures, including safe,
horse wagon. etc. can be purchased ai
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
Herbert Bismarck.

LONDON, March 6.-HerbeFt Bismarck
visited ths Prisce Of Wales today. He
was charged with conveying q special
communication 10 the effect that the
Emperor William was DESTROYS Of main
tanning cordial relations between she
statesmen of England and Germany.
The German ambassador had a confer
snce with Granville and gave assurance
that Bismarck was exertipe his influence
10 induce ths Russian Minister of For
eiRn Affairs to agree 10 q simultaneous
withdrawal of both Russians and Af-
Rhans from the disputed frontier oRt-
posts.
Troops over the Canadian Pacific.
MONTREAL, March 7.-Applioation has
been made BY the British military au-
thorities to the directors of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad to learn the earli-
est date At which the railway will be
finished, 30 as 70 take troops this way
10 India. IL is thoaRht to be Ia oonnec-
ton with the now improbable war with
Russia.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

yols DALEY

.-,.~sezs; esr1A - per month for one
" snd q per IsOzth for one-half inch-
fs.si1 Il enni line for one insertion.
= assntE lins fer si1 irisertona ana %
-. 4 Inc per aiontk-
cnmmerrial advertisements, ~ cents an
"a ocs lnsef1aoa- Si,0 an inca Tor six
-. wssks and 81 pen month
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
STEAMBOAT FOR SALE,

BIDS WILL BE RE
-ceived for the steamer Susie.
twin propeller. 81 feet keel. rs feet beam'
4i feet depth Of hold, feet draft, AZ tons
register carries under deck six days fuel
ana water: four years old and adapted 70
general passenger. freight and lowing
trsffc. Address owner. CAPT. w. III,
ELLIS. box s23 Seattle. mh5 I'm
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FOR WEEK

p,ase.sousl cards ~ per month for one
q - q. S8pes' mon III Tor ope-hsf inch.
tacslS 10 cefta line for Or ia6srtion.
y s cenfs lin, per mouth:
nn@meFrfAl Advertising. 81 per fRCh for
=. ;ssertgon, anil S2 per month.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

LkxissTos. Ky. March s.-Manbriuo
fatenen, the celebrated stallion. died
.oday from rupture OF a blood vessel,
Mambrino Pstohen vas the greatest
nosene sire ever produced IN Keu.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
A Valuable Basket.
The weather.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-For the Pa
eitie coast fair weather, followed on th
North Pacific coast by local rains dur
ikQ the night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02

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1t0olIrees CONSUMPTION Rntr SHE 81 al
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-02

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tt5rtsi;eTrs tdlntH 1il aEaEcy description keHi
constant, yum liHnIf.
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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
John Bulls Eccentricity.

No sooner does the month of July
sec the Englishman on his travels on the
continent, says the IaI MnH Gazette,
than an innumerable host of anecdotes
apropos of John Bulls ecccntricity fill
the foreign papers. Many of them are
twice-told tales, but the following is
new, and a respectable German con
temporary vouches for its authenticity.
A few days ago the inhabitants of AK
la Chapelle were amused by the sight
Of an Englishman dragging cock by a
string across n of the most fire.
quented squares of the town. 1t APP
pears that the gentleman had made a
bet for fifteen pounds that he would
drag a cock by a string from the Hotel
Belle Vuc to the theater. Notwith.
standing the violent struggles OF the
unfortunate bird, the feat vas accom-
plishcd and the bet was won, not, how
ever, without bringing the winner into
unpleasant contact with the police
courts for causing a tumult in the
streets and ~obstructing the thorough
fare by collecting a crowd There
seems to have been no charge OF cru
city to the unfortunate fowl.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
AN ENGLISH TRAIN.
The Carriages and the Locomotive as They
Impress an American Traveller.

The Carriages and the Locomotive as They
Impress an American Traveller.
The first impression which an Ameri-
can who is experienced in railroad tray
cling in his own country derives from
the exterior aspect of an English train
is u~nfayorable. The cars, as he must
necessarily call them, e to be small;
they lack. apparently, the weight and
solidity of the American passenger
coach; the compartments are narrow,
the ceilings low, the ventilation appar-
emily doubtful. They stand upon two,
three or more pairs of gaunt high
wheels, to the axles of which their
springs are directly gearcd. He misses
the little Independent vehicle, the truck
or bogie, with its four or six small.
compact, solid-looking, wide-ilangcd
wheels. which s~ustains each end of the
American car--that rolling gear which
looks so strong. so adapted to Unequal
ity of rail or curve, 50 res0urceful
against disaster and so complete in its
equipment. The cars are small-thcre
is no doubt of it. They are narrower
and they are shorter, and to the Ameri-
can eye they look even shorter than
they really are, because they have no
projecting platform at the ends, no
overhanging roof or hood, but are
buckled close up to each other, and
their contact controlled by small metal
buffers, the springs Of which allow a
play OF from eighteen inches to two
feet and u half between car and car
The Miller platform, the Janney
coupler, the link and pin-of all the
familiar devices of the United States
there is not one to be seen. The brakesP
None visible. Nor, for the matter of
that, a brakeman. This influential
and numerous person has no existence
in England. There is not ever a rudi-
mentary type of him. That you do
not find him is the first stern intima-
ton that you receive that in English
%railroading there are no autocrats.
The wheels are fitted with brakes, how
ever, and the trained eye notes a rub.
Der hose connected between the car
riages, quite different in its application
to that known at home, but which,
nevertheless, betokens the air-brake.
lie takes account Of the distinctions
of class and reflects upon his country's
yelled progress in that regard in the
matter Of parlor cars and limited Ok
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
Then he finds that there

press trains. Then he finds that there
Is no baggage master to wait the VIOLA
tile Saratoga to its doom, as his W
newspapers would express it. There is
perhaps a luggage van or two, or there
are in the carriages themselves luggage
compartments according to the way IN
which the train is made up, the length
of journey it is to take or the custom
of the particular line under observation.
His final contemplation is perhaps
devoted to the engine, and II he has
ever given any of his attention to the
American locomotive it fills him with
a deep concern. He recalls the impos-
ing splendOr of the latter. its comfort
able and lofty cab of oiled and polished
wood. its gay brass bell. the soul-stlr,
| ring whistle. the noble headlight ana
the Notwithstanding pilot, the great
understanding Smokestauk (tnless
| il be a hard-coal burner, in which case
that feature shrinks to moderate pro-
portionS,) the powerful drivers ana
compact cylinder, the eccentric con-
Meeting rods and all its parts radiant
with the glitter OF polished steel or I'M
FURNISHED brass or derked with appro-
pirate yermillion or emerald green.
In all of these matters the English
locomotive compares with it much as a
lawn-mower does with a New York ire
engine. 1t is a humble, awkward
green or monochromatic machine. 1t
has neither polish OF decoration about
it. There is no cab. The engineer and
his tiremen-that is to say. the engine
| driver and his stoker, as they are styled
in England-perform their duties with
only such shelter as is afforded by II
board screen in front Of them, pierced
by two round aperturcs filed with stout
glass, technically known as ~''specta-
cles.' The smokcStack is short and
thick; there is an unsightly green hump
on the back on the boiler: the cylinders
are under the front of the latter instead
of on each side before the drivers; the
wheels are all large and the engine is
perched high above them and looks top
heavy and dangerous.
The whole thing is rigid and stiff
looking. and to the observer who has
had to do with the external aspect oflo.
comotivesit isunprepossessing and un-
lovely, The practical American engin-
ecr whistles th~oughtfully as he surveys
it, and wonders to himself how long il
would he before he would ditch his
train if he had to run on 4 new Yves
tern railroad with such an engine.
| Where would he be on a sharp curve
or how would such q running-gear
adapt itself to an unevenly ballaSted
track?--H0rperS M0gazinc.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
How Webster Paid His Debts.

Daniel Webster is said (althongh !
don't fully credit the story to have
made a bet with Elizur Wright in 1874
on the genuineness OF a letter which
purported to have been written by
Burney, the liberty party's candidate
for the Presidency. Burney having lie.
MED that he ever wrote such a letter,
Mr.. Webster sen Mr.. Wright two
hundred dollars, the amount Of the wa
ger. It happened-so the story is told
that Wright was in debt at that time to
one Of the Appletons to the amount Of
one hundred dollars. and taking the
money paid him by Webster he went to
lit his note. He explained to Apple
ton how he came by the money, and
Appleton, breaking into a laugh, said:
That is pretty good. This is my
money. Some of us yesterday made
up a purse for Webster, and ! put in
this two hundred dollars. Now hall
of the same money comes back to me
in payment Of another mans debt
Ben Peylev P0Oye.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
A Woman's Won't.

"Won't you obey the order of the
court now?' said Judge Clement, of
the Brooklyn City Court, to Mrs.
William Kenny. a pale-faced, deter
mined-looking, middle-aged woman,
who, at the instance OF her husband, a
contractor, if the New York Herald's
report is true, had been arrested for
contempt of court in refusing to con-
vcy to him a deed of property on Clas-
son avenue, though ordered by the
court to make the conveyance.
Il will not was the unllinching
retort of Mrs. Kenny.
IF vou do not you will be sent to
jail, said his honor
That will not alter my determine
ton not to give up the Decd with EN-,
phasiS.
What are your reasons for such
strange conduct?' continued the
Judge.
"My only reason is that ! won't do
it, was the make-nO-mistakc-like re-
ioinder.
DWELL, you are remanded to the Gus
tody Of the sheriff until you agree to
do as the Court ordered. When you
are willing to comply You will be re-
leased" was decreed
Then | will die in jail and Mrs,
Kenny, seemingly unmoved, was taken
into custody by the sheriff, Brooklyn
TIMES,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
HYMNAL

This dear old book
hut g~entlest handling will it longer brook,
SO many leaves the binders stitch eyade,
And many more are sadly worn and frayed,
In this Old book.
Full well we know
Whose skillful needle, plying to and fro,
With hOmely art these parting covers
stayed;
And who most often turns to thee for aid,
Full well we know.
A faithful friend
Thou long hast pfUvtu, iiid Wilt prove TO
the end;
For does not power to stIll the souls I'M
rest,
To strengthen hope, and sile nee fear, AT
test
The faithful friend7
tbs thine to hold
Treasure whose worth may not be rocked in
gold.
Mans God,ward thought, .devout, aspiring,
strong,
In clear-cut crystal of enduring song,
'Tfs thine to hold.
It's thine to cheer
With thy sweet hymns through all the change
full year;
When human life seems all too deeply
fraught
With greet and care; its joys too dearly
bought,
It's thine to cheer.
Would it were mine
To yield a twO-fOld ministry like thine:
NO grdy-rObed nun nor COwlGd monk could
A grauder mission or a nohler task;
Would il were mine.
Ruth OgdCu, in s. s. Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-05
Q
An Element of Human Character Which Is
Readily Developed.

An Element of Human Character Which Is
Readily Developed.
Another terrible murder committed
in this city the other day, vas the
fruit of the most trifing cause. The
little children of two neghboring fam
lilies failed to agree, their disagreement
became Il petty quarrel, their parents
angrily took it up, Indignation on each
side soon became frantic passion, and
now the head of one household lies
dead before his widowed wife and faith,
erlcss children; while both parents Of
the other family are in prison for muir
der, their five children, of whom one is
less than two years old, being left 10
look out for themselves or to be cared
for by the CITY. The saddest thing
about the affair is that, sad and shame
full as it is, it is an old story. 1t is not
the first time by many that the failure
to maintain a proper s~elf-eontrol has
destroyed human life, and wrought
scandal in society.
lltt parties ~ LIS IIluluCl iiO w vi
foreign birth. and evidently have had
little of that helpful training which 6
good home gives to its inmates. But
the same lack of sclf-control frequently
is really apparent in higher circles Of
society than theirs. 1t does not otter
lead to the shedding of blood, although
it has occasioned ven that, but i,
causes the shedding of bitter tears, ant
| sometimes stabs as keenly, and does
as cruel and lasting harm, as if it usec
Q material knife. The unguarded re
mark-which assumes that which ought
to be known before being mentioned
and which, were it known, would b'
better left unmention-is an illustrator
of this want of self-control.
If we only could have Il secont
thought first! If the misery of self
reproach and shame which awell-mean
ing soul feels, when it finds itself fac'
to face with the consequences of it
lack of self-control, could be foreseel
as wildly as it is experienced, how
much easier it would be to rule one
self! 1t is q comfort to remember tina
no good element of human characteI
develops faster, when attention is he
slowed upon its cultivation, than thi
same invaluable power of ~self-control
Boston CongregatiOnditst.