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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07

Nrv TnRs. May Ser Grant expects 70
finish riz hook Vithiu week The title Of
.he oook r. lHe Personal Memoirs Of Z. :
Grant It teIls the story u hrs hfe from
ehidhood - the grand reVlew. and - reriete
with interesting ssefcile@ ard anecdotes ~
Ldncoln and either xreat men WITH whom
t-eu lrranr caue in contact ~ cf7li and nil
'rarv hfe The general yesterday wrcte
twelve pare= ~ the rlan1ecript himself he
savs the work of competition - entirely his
nwu.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07
BASE G-BALl.
NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON,

Base hits, New York TO- Boston 9. Errors,
New York II, Boston 5 Pitchers, Welch and Buff
hngtOn. Umpire, Decker.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07
COMPE T|T|ON
rs THE
LIE OF RADE.


u CaBses lots of Work for little MUney buf
large receipts and WHFee filirFs lively fna TIE
Clerks NJ telling huv Iona price, sil iaef ~
ere,i to ans Iarts - TIE city = errsser .
T cas- per 10, go. 4oe and 50o.
h onsy, white clover. l5c.
ggs TESTED and warranted. 121kc per doz
stDeal. lbs for lie
= oherDiau DRIED Pears. 2Qo
e. full hBe ~ Scare a CO. and Kennedy
Biscuit ai bottom prioes
NJ ochs and Java Coffee 30 psr ID.
{ hoioe Creamery Butter. 2oc
Q ~ Roasted CaTes. l5c
c rs7svee ~ yer dozen.
81 water WHITE 16c. pal for 77,c
s osp. KIRK Ara Fanily 4 1-lb bars 2,o
e alr1on. ia per csn. < f1 ~
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THED B 4 II &. 60JS,EA.
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$40 deste-z lr rtove Nneo
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07

Base hits, PhiIa. ;. Provi. Errors, PhiIa. 10.
Provi. 22 Pitchers, Daily. Mccormick. Umpire
Robert furgusOn.
CHICAGO. May 6.-No Buffalo or Detroit game
to-day: rain.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-07
PHILADELPHIA.

Base hits Nationals II. Nets. 8. Errors. Ma
tionals 5. Nets. 7. Pitchers. Barr and Bucannon
Umpire Stearns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
A "A FAREWELL,
General Grants Wife and Children Sncnd
the Sabbath Alone With Their Dead
Impressive Religious Services Conducted
by Rev. DIR. Newman.

General Grants Wife and Children Spend
the Sabbath Alone With Their Dead
Impressive Religious Services Conducted
by Rev. DIR. Newman.
NEW YORK, Aug. "a Mount Mac
Gregor dispatch dated Sunday says: .This
has been a memorial day at the Grant cot
tage, and the family has been saving fare
well to the dead. Yesterday afternoon the
widow asked that DR.. Newman be sent for.
When he came, Mrs. Grant reminded the
pastor that her dead would be hers only a
little While longer, and asked him to be with
the family while they gathered in the cot
tagc parlor to say their farewells. Thus it
was that about two o'clock Mrs. Grant and
her daughter and each of her three sons
and their wives were in the room with the
dead. DR.. Newman and wife were also
present. The family surrounded the cata-
fatigue. Mrs. Grant, from a table, brought
her dead husbands Bible, which she opened
and passed to Dr.. Newman. 1t was found
that thcb book was opened at the eleventh
chapter Of Job. The chapter was read.
and then the clergyman reread the
sixteenth and nineteenth verses, and
then a prayer of gratitude was
offered up-gratitude for the beautiful
character of the silent one. After this the
entire family, there alone with the pastor.
entered with him into a religious cOnyersa-
ton, and then each and all dwelt upon
"reminiscences recalled of the Generals last
sickness. DIR. Newman, after carefully
scanning the Generals face. expressed salts
faction at its appearance and the opinion
that the remains are in a condition Of ner-
feet preservation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
BUSINESS A
No Material Change During the Week in
the Movement of General Merchandise
The Failures.

No Material Change During the Week in
the Movement of General Merchandise
The Failures.
New York, Aug. Especial kilograms
to Brudstrcet's, while indicating no ma
terial change in the general movement Of
merchandise, continue to report greater
steadiness in Eastern and other leading dry
goods, wool, and boot and shoe markets.
There are no changes in prices of these
commodities, but sales are a little
more frequent and dealers inclined to
be correspondingly cheerful. The cotton
goods market has been Slightly stitfened,
particularly that for mourning goods, due
to the special demand at this time. A NUM-
Der OF special makes of the latter are re-
ported to have been exhausted. Iron and
steel are as dull as ever The decreased
production and increased stocks dur
ing the past half year are especially signifi-
a Coal is in no better demand. The
price of wheat has continued depressed and
downward. Yesterday there was a reaction
based on the reported damage to the spring
wheat crop in Minnesota and Dakota. The
measure of the injury has not been de-
termined. This has been particularly true
in the north. In the southern portion
of the region indicated some damage las
been done by chinch-bugs, but there has
been little or no ram. The hog products
market has been weak in sympathy with
wheat. The demand for grocery staples
has been moderate and without any special
improvement. Dairy products are lower,
with restricted demand both for the home
trade and for export. Cotton has been
higher. The reports from financial centers
east and west bring no sings of improve
mpnt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
A RACE IN CLOUD-LAND.

A Miraculous Escape from Death-Through
the Collapse of a Balloon a Daring
Aeronaut Falls Nearly a Quarter of q
Mile-His Rivals Hard Experience.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-The much advertised
balloon race between Profs. Tolbert and
Smith took place Saturday evening at South
End, Cheltenl:am Beach, and resulted in
both men sustaining injuries, which in Toll
bert's case may prove fatal. The latter's
balloon collapsed when in the air at a
height he estimates at about fifteen
hundred feet, and the daring aeroraut fell
with the empty canvas. The ascension was
advertised to take place at six o'clock, but
owing to the strong wind the balloon men
were afraid that it would be impossible to
initiate the air ships without setting them
on fire. Both men decided to make the at
tempt, and the work of filling the balloons
was gone through with in great haste. Toll
bert left the earth at exactly 6:51 30 and rose
rapidly, gaining a height of ], 800 feet. The
balloon was seen to tip and then collapse. 1t
dropped with a remarkable rapidity, but
had there been a strong wind the descent
would have been faster. Hardly sixty
seconds elapsed from the time he started
before he struck the ground. On the way
down he hung from the trapeze at arms
length, and when within fifteen feet of the
ground the trapeze ropes caught on a tele-
graph line about a block south of the
grounds, which checked the fall, but
jerled Tolbert with great force from the bar.
A large crowd gathered about the uncon-
scious man, and Dr. Lane did what he could
for his comfort. Dr.. G. b. Ferris said that
Tolbert was injured OF strained about the
spine, as he found trouble in moving his
legs, and seemed to be somewhat paralyzed
in his arms and legs. He was taken to St.
LulSe's Hospital.
In the meantime Prof. Smith had gone
up and down in about four minutes, landing
three-quartcrs OF a mile west OF the pavil-
ion, where he suffered several bruises and
had his ankle fractured by striking a picket
fence, while his balloon was also torn bad
~ III. the top. Smith had no difficulty in
reaching the pavilion.
1t is the opinion of experts that both bal
looms We're scorched during the initiation,
and that upon reaching a cool current Of
air collapsed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
GEN ERAL.

irish potatoes sell for 50 a bushd
in portions of Florida.
The society for promoting the us:
of Roman letters in place of the Ger,
man is fast extending into Germany.
1t is stated as Il curious circum-
stance that sheep placed on Key Wcss
Island lose their wool the second year.
1t is computed that it cost the Gov.
eminent Sl,S4S,oo to support 2,20C
Dakota Indians during seven wears OF
their savage life.
Eleven thousand dollars a foe,
front was the price paid recently for the
old Brandreth House property OF
Broadway. New York.-N. Y. Sun.
One of the New York newspapers
has presses enough to turn out twenty
six copies a second. Imagine the HARM
if 81 lie should evcr get into that press.
room!-C Chicago Current.
America has not given to the world
a single composer of the first order;
but many of the most successful vocal.
lists of Il day hail from the other side
Of the Atlantic. -Loudon Times.
Mrs. Abram Smith, of Port Jack
son, N. Y, while sewing YESTERDAY,
raj the needle" Of the machine through
her finger and was unable to extricate
it. Her cries brought help, but the ma
chine had to be taken apart to secure
her release.-Albanu Journal.
The New Hampshire militia is
composed of one brigade and three
regiments OF infantry, to which NAV be
added a section af light artillery and a
squadron of calvary, and. with co m.
panjcs fairly filled. numbers only about
1920 to 1000 men.-Boston Post.
The village of Shoebeck is known
throughout the whole of Germany "a
the chess-playing village. For centu-
ries every native of the village, from
the prosperous freebooter down to the
poor village shepherd, has been enthu-
slastlc and a more or less efficient
chess-player.
M. deLesseps relates that on the &C.
caslon OF his marriage. the day of the
opening OF the Suez Canal, November.
1869, his father-in-law handed him 100.
U francs as a present to his wife. At
that time, he adds, Suez Canal shares
We're selling at $50 francs, or tifty ner
cent: discount. Hemvcsted the present
IN these shares. on which he realiz.d
1900. COO francs.
"A Salt Lake iewcller has invented
a novel t;me-picce in the shane of a
steel wire stretched across his show
Winoo" on wh'ch a stuffed canaryhops
from lett to right indicating as il GOES
!ne nonfs OF the day by pointing With
l.s oeaN at a dlal stretched beneath the
"'te ana having the figures from l to
zen 1t reaches the latter figure it
foes across the window to l again.
mere Is no mechanism whatever that
can nc seen, it all being inside the
plru. The inventor says he was three
year" IN studying it out.-Dc"ver 1rib.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
HE A TO DO 1T.
The Detroitcr Who Had to Whoop'er Up
in Honor of Independence Day.

The Detroitcr Who Had to Whoop'er Up
in Honor of Independence Day.
"You see," he said to the Captain &C
he was walked into the station yester-
day, Il came to town to whoop 'er up
for old Liberty"
:'Can't help that"
"My %granddad fit the British, my dad
fit the MeXicans, and l fit the rebels.
Our family has allus fit for this blessed
old Republic"
Yes; but you must obey the law"
II know. but l was in a saloon uu
here. and a Teller suddenly yells out:"
"'Whoop! 'Rah fur met
and who are youy says I.
elm the man as licked the felle7
who rung the Liberty Bell says he.
May be you are down on Conti-
mental cooked hats. George Washington
and the Goddess?' says |.
'.And with that he gave three cheers
fur the tyrant Nero, spit on his hands,
and yelled that he could knock the glo.
rious Republic into the middle of nexl
week"
..Well!"
"Well, l had to paralyze him. If ]
hadn't done it I'd been ashamed to 60
home and look q calf in the face"
1--WE must lock you up"
.You must! Bring on your old bas.
tile, then. Whoop! 'Rah! Ur-r-r-r!
Lemonade = fireworks - oratory -
proud old bird-whoop! That's me.
and don't you forget it..''-Detrou Ere.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
A HORRIBLE GALLONS SCENE.
Two Men and q Woman Hanged in q
B%ungling Manner in Louisiana.

Two Men and q Woman Hanged in q
Bungling Manner in louisiana.
PLAQUEM1NE, La, Aug. George Will
son, Charles Davis and Matilde Jones, all
colored, were executed here yesterday for
the murder and robbery of Mrs. Henri
eta Cole, in this town on the night
of January ~ last. Fully five thou
sand persons were gathered about the
court house. Mrs. Cole was the wife of the
late Judge James l.. Cole, and was stran-
gled and the house robbed of money,
diamonds and other valuables. All three
said they were ready to die. Wilson ac-
knowledged his guilt, but the other two
protested their innocence to the last. Davis
was a little nervous but Wilson seemed to
take the ordeal coolly. After bidding good
bye to their friends the black caps were
drawn over their faces, when the woman
tainted and fell against Davis and
then off the gallows. Davis then
lost his balance and caught hold of
the ropes to the right which held the trap,
and was in that position at 12:45, Wilson
standing coolly all the time. After the trap
fell the ropes Of the woman and Davis
twisted together. The woman got her
hands loose in her struggling, and grasped
at everything in reach. The woman was
known as the wife of Davis. Life was de-
clared extinct fourteen minutes after tho
trap fell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
Can Not Lease the Land.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Secretary Lamar
recently asked Acknowledgement Garland
for all opinion as to whether any law em-
powered the Interior Department to
authorize Indians to enter into con-
tract with any parties for the lease
of Indian lands for grazing purposes; also
whether the President or the Interior De-
partment had any authority to make Il lease
Tor grazing purpose OF any part OF an In
dian reservations, oliwhether approved by
the President or the Secretary of the Inter-
iur would render such a lease lawful and
valid. Mr.. Garland in reply says each of
the questions must be answered in the neg
alive, no such power existing under the law.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
WIND AND RAIN.

Severe Storms Cause Great Damage in
the Northwest-Fields of Grain and To.
bacco in Wisconsin Lcveled-Two Wom-
Ell Injured-Extensivc Havoc Wrought
in Minnesota and Dakota-A W]aterspout
at Lake Geneva.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 3O.-Minncsota
and Dakota We're again visited yesterday by
a severe wind and rain-storm. AS yet but
meager reports have been received. Fargo,
Moorhead and Detroit seem to have suffered
the most. 1t is feared, however, that later
reports from rural districts will show that
the crops have suffered considerably. In
the places mentioned chimneys were blown
down and several houses struck by light
ming. A. +. Hall, ten miles from Moor
head, had six cows killed by a collapsing
barn. Hudson, Wis, suffered some
damage. W. II. McDermid lost ten
head of blooded stock by light
ming. One or two buildings at Rob-
erts Station were blown down. In St. Paul
Michael Pruzzeler, while standing in his
yard, was struck in the head by lightning
and instantly killed. Two residences We're
struck and badly damaged. One house in
Minneapolis was wrecked. The occupants
escaped injury. So far half a dozen per-
sons are reported injured, but zone fatally.
MADISON, Wis, July 30.-About five
rifle cyclone visited the town of Montford,
about siXty-four miles west of this city.
Several houses were demolished, and
a number of buildings and sheds
were seriously damaged. The crops
in the immediate vicinity suffered
materially from the storm. Whole fields
We're blown down and lie upon the ground.
Two women, whose names could not be
ascertained, were severely injured by the
flying timbers of the dwellings in which
they were when they were struck by the
terrific storm. The full extent of the dam
age could not be learned, but it is believed
to be considerable.
Fort ATKINSON, Wis, July 3O.-A ter
rifle wind-storm occurred in this vicinity
yesterday afternoon, doing serious damage
to crops. Many fields of tobacco and corn
are fiat on the ground, tobacco suffering the
worst, as the leaves are blown to pieces.
Wheat and other small grains are lodged
badly.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, July 3O.-Reports
from towns in Southern Wisconsin show
that Tuesday nights wind-storm passed
entirely across the State, doing damage Of
minor Importance in nearly all the south
ern tier Of counties. The greatest loss will
come to farmers from injury to grain. The
principal damage reported from Iowa
County is at Mineral Point, where the roof
of the City Hall was demolished, a lumber
yard scattered and a number Of small barns
RACED. The wind was particularly fierce
in Walworth County, crops suffering badly.
LAKE GENEVA, Wis, July 3O.-A cy-
clone passed about four miles west of this
place, going through S. w. Allerton's place,
tearing up large trees and wrecking his
elegant steam yacht, Time, and sinking her
lake was carried up in a water-spout sever
al hundred feet high. No further damage
is yet reported.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
S~uDatantiany True.

LONDON, July 30.-The committee which
volunteered to inquire into the recent state
ments of the Pail Mall Gdzcttei in regard to
London vice has made the following rH)ort:
Having been requested to inquire us to the
truth of statements printed in the Pal Mall
Gazette from July 6 to July 10. we decided
from the first to exclude inquiry into charges
against the police. We strictly confined our
selves to an inquiry into the system Of Grim
inal vice described. After carefully Sitting
the evidence OF witnesses and materials be.
fore us. without guaranteeing the accuracy
Of every particular, we are satisfied that on
the whole the settlements Of the Pail Mall Go
settc are substantially true"
The report is signed by the Archbishop
dinal Manning and Messrs. Morley aud Reid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
M4Y THE CHOICE WAS MADE.

1t Was General Grants Own Desire That
He BE Buried In Ono of New yorl&l
Parks-In Difference to Thu With Riv-
erside Park Was C~hosen-The Appear
ance of tho Body as 1t Was Placed in
the Casket.
WASHINGTON, DC, July 30.-Adjutant
General Drum has informed the President
that he wa told at Mount McGregor that
General Grant himself, before leaving New
York, requested his family to have his
body buried in one of the New York parks.
The family were only, therefore, car
rylng out his own desire in selecting New
York as the place of sepulture.
Old friends of General Grant and men,
bers of his family hope that General Drums
statements to the President will stop further
criticism. 1t is known that the feelings Of
Mrs. Grant. Colonel Grant and other mem
bers of the family have been sorely wound
ed by the attacks of the press and the com-
plants of the public regarding the place
of burial. The Washington news
papers, keenly disappointed because
the remains of the dead soldier were
not to repose in the National Capital, were
the most offensive in their criticisms, but it
is thought that henceforth they will keep
silent. The wish Of General Grant in this
matter would never have been made public
had not the expressions of the press and
public assumed the magnitude Of q Ma
tional scandal. 1t was to put a stop to this
that the family informed Acknowledgement
Drum of the expressed desire Of the old
Commander.
PLACED IN THE ASKET
MOUNT MAcG1sEGoR, N. Y, July 3d.
Thirty-eight members of Battery A, Fifth
United States artillery, arrived here and
went into camp last'evening. The casket
was brought up by the same train and, later
on, the remains were attired in a
black broadcloth suit, the coat of
the double breasted Prince Albert pat
tern, buttoned over the bosom. A stand
up collar, with a black tie, surrounds
cuffs and bosom. The right hand is folded
across the breast, while the left lies easily
at the side. The glass cover was screwed
down closely into the fittings, making the
caSket air-tight. 1t was then covered with
the American flag.
When the General S body was placed in
the casket it was observed by the UNDER
takers that the hardening process which
results from successful embalming was pro-
eeeding satisfactorily. The body should re-
tain its life-like appearance for at least six
months. The colored servant Harrison was
permitted, as a last service to his dead mas
ter, to adjust a black scarf around the
neck and tie the bows of the slippers encas-
ing the feet. After the body had been ar
ranged, Colonel Fred Grant entered the
room, and after a long and reverent con-
temptation of his fathers features, he
placed a plain gold ring upon the third
finger of the Generals right hand. He
then placed in the breast pocket of the coat
a small packet of mementoes.
The reason the General will not be buried
in his uniform is because he has none. His
uniform of Lieutenant-G General was sent to
Washington with the other relics of his ca
reer last spring, and was transferred to the
Government. All his swords went at the
same time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
A Terrible Fate.

LAREDO, Tex, Aug. 1.-The seven-year-
old son of a well-to-do Mexican is dying a
horrible death from a very unusual cause.
A few days ago the little fellow had a
slight attack OF bleeding at the nose,
and lay down to sleep without re-
moving the blood. While asleep a large
green fly deposited its eggs in the bloody
nostril. Physicians have extracted over
fifty screw-worms about half an inch long,
and have detected evidences of many others
eating toward the brain. Thew saw the
child will die. Many cases are known
where animals have died from the effect of
these worms, but the oldest physicians
have. no recollection of fatal results to
human beings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
P,rHI AND pon

They don'thav woman,
turers in England, but thu sr1
even just the same. TberoS o1
thousand of them in Loudes
sandwiches Y. MoI
As near as we can d..
ideal world is a place wbe r,sed
is dumb when we want ~
where we are deaf when ~
does the talking.-7roy Timss
# is stated in a Southern |
that tone of the best sugar nlaN
Louisiana is run by a dentjs ssa1
q fitness in a dentist deyot;.
to sorghums. - Pitssburoh
Telegraph.
The Pittsburgh Times do.,
there are too many pretty OWL
country The only help for i i
be for the girls to 20 to pt.
The smoky city is bound to ~
body.-Bostom Globe.
There is said to have i,
covered a kind of Tobacco ]
smoked or chewed will mai,
forget that he owes a doI1sl
world. We have several tr;s
smoke it.-Bostom Post.
The New York Times 60,
is a strong prejudice aeainl
birch among architects in M
try" This prejudice isn't co1
architects. All boys have if
ver.-Sacrancnto (Cal.) Bes
$50 you think Fcnders0n|
are finely molded?" remarkel
''well. perhaps they are; ldidu
they were nodded, but h.,
heard them spoken OF as
great difference, I suppose; 4
of speech. "-Boston Iransen,I
Host Something of a \
who is entertaining a KentucIl
at dinner)-Would you like !,
before dinner, Colonel? Thed
Well, | had two on my way hs
guess l can stand another ]
Times.
An exchange says: when
are engaged, there is seldom 4
BILE reason why all the world n
know it," We will not upde1
pass Judgment upon so imp1
matter, but we have no hesitl
saying that all the world dos
whether the couple are eneI
not. Nothing, not eyccptI
measles in a primary school,
SO fast as the news of an eneJ
-BM6alo Express.
"A gentleman from Pills
who went to New York not LODI
had a commission from a ladd
brother, which he was ANXIOUS
out at once. ''Where will
B, who is in the grocery td
he asked of a New Yorker.
are two brothers of that name,
the grocery bus ness in Bro|
was the reply. (Which do I'd
to sce:?" II mean the one iii
sister in Philadelphia" It'd
| mas.