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The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMARIZED.
Tho New oovernment omo.r..

AA0 &N0" 1OSOG0n00G VmC0c0,
Macolm Hay, nominated first assistant post
master general, has never held Office, except
membership of the convention, which framed
the present constitution of Pennsylvania, al
!nouga ne mas be on somewhat active in the pol
itlcs OF that state. He lives in Allegheny coun-
", IN the western part of Pennsylvania, and is
q lawyer OF large practice and good repu-
tatlon in Pittsburg. He was q delegate
TO the national democratic conventions of
l Ns and 1854. At the Chicago convention
MIR. Hay was q member of the committee
on resolutions and is credited with the author
ship Of the tariff plank ofthe platform adopted
by that committee.
Milton J. Durham, nominated to be first con-
troller OF the treasury in place of Judge Law
He graduated at the Asbury university, Ind, in
la4: studied law at Louisville law school. He
was one of the circuit judges of Kentucky in
1851 and ls62, and with the exception of those
years he has been engaged in the practice of
law at Danville since 1880. He was elected to
the Forty third congress and reelected to the
Forty-tourth, served on the committee on
banking and currency, department of Justice
and revision of laws. In the speakership con-
test he was a warm supporter of Mr.. Randall.
M. durham has an excellent reputation for
integrity and il a man of great industry and
far attainments as a lawyer.
Marnn '. montgomery, the new commissions
Ell OF patents. is a young man and a LAWYER of
considerable prominence in Michigan. iewas
once q member Of the state legislature, but
never held amy other office, although he was
urged but declined 10 accept the nomination to
congress from the Lansing district His friends
urged INN 10 apply for the position of United
States attorney Tor Michigan under the present
administration which he declined to do. Mr..
Montgomery was in WASHINGTON last winter.
and sppeared before the house committee on
pubic lands N connection with the Ontonagon
land cases He Is represented as being a good
.awysF and IS possessing great industry, aud
cansci;y FOR work.
Franz Wharton. II. d. OF Philadelphia, APP
Ho'::i<e: ev >eere;ary Bayard as his lesa! adviser
Oh questions OF International law. Is a descend
AIT Q: al ola Pennsylvania fanny. one of his
anes>io!a being Gov. Wharton. the first Revo-
!.i;onary GOVERNOR of Pennsylvania. He is tho
aspaew OF William Rawle, the first United
STATS District a''orney. He is a graduate OF
9a.e. ana was elected at the age Of twenty-five,
during the administration OF Gov. Skunk, as
sis;an; state attorney. In that position he was
hrst associated with Judge Kelly. with whom
he has ever since held strong and affectlonate
relations.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
A Yankee Farmers Wife.

She has received a certain amount
of instruction at a public school, says
a writer in CasseN's Family Magazine,
then marries young, and begins her,
to me, herculcan labors. 1t is her
part to perform all the daily house
hold tasks with but seldom any out
side aid. She must make butter,
milk the cows, feed the chickens, and
attend to the kitchen garden, as we'll
as to her special pet flower-beds
and vines. Chen she harnesses her
horse and drives toa neighboringtown
to barter Ono N else can) with her
butter, eggs, and garden produce. If
anything is broken or out of order in
the house or farm she mends it, and,
being a woman of infinite resources,
she may even construct some of her
own furniture or paint her fence. Her
%"parlor" is adorned with all the latest
absurdlties in the way of worsted work
or pressed bouquets, while her store
closet is we'll stocked with preserves,
and her garnet hung with dried fruits.
1t is probable that she has children,
and none are more thoughtfully tend
ed in all their needs, be they physical,
moral, or mental. The clothing of
the family, even to their stockings and
mittens. is her handiwork, while oc-
casionally a garment is made for one
of the village poor.
But where is her self-cultureP say
! you. All! there is the mystery-how
and when is it Accomplishment And
there is no denying the fact, anarrow,
provincial education it may be, but
that is owing solely to her circum-
scribed lite.
II you were to enter a small COM
monplace, whitewashed farm house IN
any of the struggling New England
villages, which appear little else
than a cluster of huts in a wilderness
to English eyes-if you were so bold
as to enter in, and so fortunate as to
have an uninterrupted conversation
with the mistress of the house, you
would find her plain, probably fad
ed, woman, clad in neat calico, sharp
voiced, and sharp-visaged, perhaps,
but gentle in manners, and displaying
Us She talks a well-cultivaeed intelli-
gence, and more or less familiarity
with literature in all its branches of
history, philosophy, science and bellies
lettres. You would find her a member
of the nearest library, and a subscrib-
er to all the leading periodicals. But
in order to make this a strictly truth
full account, l must add that she sell
dom reads the newspapers, and is
utterly devoid of that knowledge of
current affairs that distinguishes par
ticularly the women of New York and
Chicago. But then, consider how
precious to her is each moment OF
time, and how far is she removed from
the centers of life and civilization!
She has no amusements, no diversions,
no trips away; nothing but the dull,
everlasting grind. And yet is she
patient, and never resisting from her
round of necessary duties, and that to
her, no less necessary one of self.cul-
ture. Someone has beautifully said
that ''the hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that rocks the world. 1.-THE
children of Priscilla-or, more cor,
rectly, "Sairey Ann will doubles
be rich, and some will call them par
venus, perhaps; but as for her grand
children and great-grandchildrens
what may they not become!
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

Electricians are not agreed as to the
feasibleness CT the scheme to substitute
electricity for horse power in the oper-
alton of street rail ways, but the special
committee appointed by the American
Street Railway Association to investi-
gate that question reports that the
prospects are hattering. The electric
railway now in operation at Cleveland
is a surface line, and the conductors
which supply electricity to the motor
of the car are placed in a conduit, sim
liar to the conduit which contains the
cable of the cable railways, and brush
attached to the car is said to keep tie
crevice of the conduit free from OBJ
structions of mud or snow. A grade Of
500 feet to the mile occasions no diff.
Guilty, and the line is to be extended tc
twenty miles of track next summer, the
proprietors say. Few persons appreciate
the possibilities ofelectricity rs motive
power for railways.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Nellie Grant with Her Father.

The steamship Baltic which brought Mrs
Nellie Grant sartoris, passed Sandy Hook and
came to anchor at the White Star slip, where
she lay until a change OF tide. Mrs. sar-
toris met her brother with a look of anxiety
on her face, which was quickly d~issipat-
ed, however, by tho favorable news Of her
fathers condition which they were ablo to
give her. The party arrived at the barge Office
and took the elevated road TO tho gen.
erals house. Mrs. Sartoris ran up the stoop
with a quick, nervous step, and the door was
opened by Col. Grant. All the curtains were
pulled down, and lights appeared IN the sec
ond and third stories.only. Mrs. Grant welcomed
FASTENED up stairs TO the general room, where
he had gone to meet her from the library.
The general greeted his favorite pleasantly,
and whatever emotion he felt, except that Of
joy, was hidden under his wonderfully calm
face. Mrs. Sartoris was overjoyed at finding
her father appearing 80 well and bright, and
after an hours chat the general wentto bed
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
CONC VALENTINES.
New Varieties Which VIII Shortly Amuss or
Disgust Recipients.

ASSSAPAOAV0s
The designs in comic valentines for
the present season are as varied as
ever. Every phase of life is represent
ed in its most exaggerated and ridic-
ulous aspect, n no event that offers
q suggestion of ridicule Or satire &C.
ours that is not seized upon by the
artist whose c%aricatures at this time
OF the year bring vexation and wrath
to the old maids and bachelors who
receive them. The moro nearly thew
hold to the truth on the overdrawn
side, the greater is the vexation thew
create in those who receive them and
the greater the enjoyment of those who
send them. The lines which accom-
pany the pictures also add to the bit
terness in which they are received ac-
cording as they approrch truth and
arc appropriate.
A visit was paid by a reporter of
1he Mai and Egpress yesterday to a
large manufacturing house of these
goods on Duane street. The tables
and floors were piled high with pic
lures of monstrous ugliness painted
in glazing colors.
Are there many new designs?" the
salesman was asked.
"Well, every condition of life al
most has been caricutured over and
over, but oftentimes there are other
circumstances to be added, ana this
prevents them from being stale. These
are the latest varieties" said the sales
man, showing the picture of a man
lying on his back on the polished floor
of a skating rink. His lower limbs
with a pair of rollers strapped to the
extremities, are elevated in the air at
an angle of 45 degrees, while his
broad hands vainly endeavor to hide a
rent just made in his pantaloons.
The young lady who inserts person
ais, has the following lines composed
in her honor:
You think yourself a lovely maid,
Got up in style and full Of grace;
Bus that in which you are strongest is
The brass you cary in your face.
10 catch a man, anu one with cash,
You naks tn S tancx-goods display,
The thought forever fills your mind,
Ills what you're after n ght and day.
A more refined assortment of the
comic description are made on trick
cardboard attached to the eascls. An
old lady looking very glum and mourn
full through a pair Of blue glasses is
one. A little attachment is pulled, a
cup and teapot appears on the table
before her, the frown disappears, and
in its place a s~elf-satisiied and com
placent smile that extends over nearly
half the picture.
Another is an old man whose chill
ing look would freeze the hot springs
of the Yellowstone park until a little
piece Of card is drawn out. Immedi-
ately a bottle and glass are on a table
in front of him, a pair of s%pectacles
lit off his nose and disappear behind
his head, and a most glorious and ex-
pansive smile takes the place of the
ICY frown.
A benevolent-looking face with
bloated nose and patches of sticking
plaster, develops on pressure, into a
jolly Fritz with a bean barrel for the
main portion of his body. These are
known as useful hints to refined COM
les. and others are designated sharp
darts, fault-tinders, hit-em-hards, long
jokes, comical dudes, etc.-New York
Mail and ErDress.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Braastreet on the Business Situation.

There were 247 failures in the United States
reported 10 Bradstreet's during the week end
ing alst, against $50 in the preceding week, 1872,
l!6 and us in the corresponding weekso Of 1854,
1888 and lSs. respectively. About 81 per
cent were those of small traders
whose capital was less than s5,UGO
Among those reported embarrassed
we're Frank Tousey, publisher, New York city;
Cambria County bank, Johnstown, Pa. Muske
gon. Mich, Car and Engine company: Southern
Agricultural works, Atlanta, Ga. II. ]. Mullan,
wholesale hardware, New Orleans; w. B. Will
ians q Son, cotton factors, Charlestown, S. c.
The cold weather checked trade during the
week, and from almost all the larger
cities word is telegraphed that the season
in business circles is backward. Tho
shipments of dry goods from Boston and New
York are about as heavy as one week ago, but
takings are no larger, jobbers in dry goods con-
tinue to monopolize tho business reported, and
makers agents await the depletion of stocks
in second hands. Collections IN general lines,
which were better during the early part of the
month, have fallen away
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Afraid of His Own Son.

A rural man who concluded to
bounce into wealth with a short jump
by the incubator route, was out hunt
ing up eggs one day with which to
feed the machine, and stopped at the
house of an Irish woman who had q
good many chickens.
Glow many chickens have you, Mrs.
Dempseyp' said he' ''and what kind
"Well, Mr.. Corey" said she, II sup.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Bcecher is strongly opposed to horse.

Beecher is strongly opposed to horse
racing as at present conducted. He
said: "When 1 look at the adminstra-
ton of race courses and see what the eff
fects are on the young and the easily
tempted, no matter how fine the horses
arc, | can't afford to waste a whole gen.
Grafton of young men for the sake of
getting one-tenth of d second off a trot-
ter's time. 1 don't think there is any
harm in l'orse-raTng to the horse, in
The first place, bat to the man q good
deal. Newspapers say We ought not TO
stand in the way of men that are devel-
oping horses, but I say it is very poor
economy to feed horses with young
men,"
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
The woman suffragists found chilling

Fhe woman s%uffragists found chilling
weather for "tle cause" in various
quarters during the Legislative sessions.
The Connecticut legislature refused to
allow ladies the humble privilege of
voting wen at school meetings. Leg
islatures of other states had their fun
over propositions for women suffrage
and then dropped them suddenly.
Dakota legislature passed a bill giving
women the right to vote, but it was
vetoed by Gov. Pierce. But the wom-
ell will up and try again.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
The New York Tribune estimates the

The New York Tribune estimates the
weight of farm products being moved
by the railroads from the Jar IVES. .
the eastern states at l5.G0Q. 900 tons.
At 81 per ton, the average charge from
Chicago to New York, the cos: .: all
this immense transportation is $50, oao.-
600. In 1860 the average price was
$l3 per ton, or sl95, 600 900 for the
same freightagc. This is a yearly saw
ing of sl35, 900 900 for the joint benefit
CT producers and consumers.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
The census bureau has at last bee,

The census bureau has at last been
closed up, and the officers relieved from
their duties. 1t has taken the bureau
ever since 1880 to figure up the results
of the census and some volumes have net
yet been printed. The original plan
for the publication of the results of tile
census contemplated the issue Of 2G
volumes, and 10 volumes have been is
sued up to the present time. Proof
sheets numbering 5000 pages, primer
pally devoted to the mortality statistics
are now in type. The statement OF
these facts is enough to show how the
whole matter has been bungled-for
bungled it is, when it takes five years
to learn the result of d~ecennial census.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

Heavy shipments of oats have recent
ly been made to Liverpool from New
York and Boston, and a large quantity
is now in transit from Chicago. The
British markets have obtained their
supplies of foreign oats in the past from
Baltic ports, but the chance of war
with Russia has caused England to look
to the United States and Canada for any
prospective deficiency that may be ere
atel.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

kilograms from nearly all the larger
cities IN improved feeling as
to the outlook for general trade. At
most points, with the arrival of better
weather, there has been IN increased
number of sales in dry goods and other
staples, although interior purchasers do
not appear to be taking goods in excess
Of immediate wants in any instance.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
The New Delaware Senator.

George A. Gray, who will succeed Mr.. Bay
ard as senator from Delaware, is forty-ave
years old. He is lawyer and is now serving
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
Rear Admiral Jouott, commanding tho North
A lloA4: lao.. Lac. 4alu..asLal HA.nA.a,

Rear Admiral J0u0tt, commanding tho North
Atlantic squadron, has telesraphed Comman-
der Clark, of the Alliance, at New Orleans. in
s.ructing him to proceed to C%arthagena and
B%aranquilla. United States of Columbia, and
protect American interests in that country
during the present disturbed condition of af-
fairs. The dispatch informs Commander Clark
that vessels belonging to American citizens
which have been seized by insurgents without
compensation may be forcibly recovered, and
says tho United Magdalena Steam Navigation
company of New York has called the attention
of the secretary of state to the seizure of their
steamers by armed force.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

The dynamite internal machine found in the
Philadelphia postofice proved on examination
to be a bottle Of asphalt varnish.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

General Grant still lives, though his
death may be looked for at almost any
moment. He faces his inevitable fate
with splendid courage and submission.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

IN his second term as attorney general Of the
state. This is the only Office that he has eve,
the board Of education of New Castle. Outside
OF Delaware he has twice preser.ed the name
OF Mr.. Bayard to national Democrat con.
Dentlons as a candidate for president, the
frst time at Cincinnati in 1880, and again at
seEts the Bourbon end of the Democratic party.
as Mr.. Lore does the business end. PERSONAL
~ he will be an acquisition to the senate. He
IS a man of fine presence, of gentle and engag-
ing name Of a genial and obliging DISPOSE
non. He will be ~easy-soing, luxurious, court
cal comprehension he will be fair and just
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

III WALSH coullGy llaVe organized q tenn
perance society Oh q somewhat new
plan. The members are pledged not to
drink when they go to towns where
there are saloons, but they can keep
liquor at home and use it moderately.
Every violation entails q fine, and all
the fine money goes to purchase books
for O library. 1t is believed that the
town will secure O valuable library.
Col. Donan has an estate of several
hundred acres, beautifully located on
the border of the picturesque Devils
Lake, upon which he has expended
nearly $40, 900. He is now making ar
engagements for the accommodation of q
large number of tourists and friends
from tue south and east the coming
summer A company of some thirty
young ladies from st. Louis, Baltimore
and other cities is one of the parties.
Deputy Sheriff Miller was called be-
fore Judge Francis at Bismarck to ex-
plain why p. r. Smith, sentenced to
%penitentiary for assault with q deadly
weapon, was permitted, on the way to
the Sioux Falls p~enitentiary, to remain
several days at st. Paul. Judge Francis
took no action in the matter. The gov
ernor has not yet decided on the appli-
cation for Smiths pardon. The local
political factions are much interested
for and against Smith.
The Dells Mining company received
the news of the recent unfavorable de-
cision of Judge Edgerton in regard to
the school lands neal Dell Rapids, in
which the company's claims are located.
George A. Silsby, the secretary, says
they will appeal the case, and feel conf
dent that they will get a decision in the
supreme court of the United States, if
not before.
The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28

ACW sCudtUf5-1ldy OIL DclaWare and
Wilson of Maryland-were sworn in the senate.
Senator Wilson is about five feet eight inches
tall, looks to be about sixty years of age and
has q scant head of hair, which is as white as
snow. His face, which isvery pale, is smooth
shaven. He was given a seat in the second tier
from the rear and to the right of the vice pres
ident. There are still vacant chairs in the SEN
ate to be filled by senators chosen from ILL
nois, Arkansas and Oregon.
Joseph Shelton and George X. Osborn were
shadowed by United States detectives at Chi.
ago, and arrested while passing counterfeit
quarters. In solne part Of the house Capt.
Hall unearthed Sl3O in counterfeit quarters,
IS in imperfect silver dollars, put aside to be
remelted, one face die for the dollar issue oil
1854, two back dies for silver dollars and q
face and back die for quarters of 1877, and two
strips OF German silver or composition in
which standard silver of 30 per cent value ia
found.
Congressman Wellborn ofTexas is not vel
pleased with the civil service reform. He
wanted a Democratic constituent appointed to
q postofice. This is what he says of his in
terview with Gen. Villas: The postmaster
general looked at me as if I was a public
enemy, and said only one way could any Of
hcer be removed who holds Office for a fou,
written charges showing either he misman.
aged his position or else has used it in a part.
san way. These statements must be sup
ported byproof.
1t does not appear that all the heads of de.
partments are yet educated up to the point Of
heroic economy reached b. Secretary Lamar.
Secretary Endicott uses the horses and carriage
provided for the secretary of war whenever he
so desi res, and says he has given no thought
to the matter Of dispensing with them. In til.
treasury department there are five horses ant
four carriages provided for the use of the off
Gals. Secretary Manning has given no motto,
of his intention to abolish the equipages othel
than that of the commissioner Of internal reve
nue..
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-23
GEN. MCCLELLAN AND THE PAN
THEIR.
A Western Adventure in the Early
Days ofHis Army Service.

! A Western Adventure in the Early
Days ofHis Army Service.
New York sun.
4 never see a panther" said a gentle
man who was standing in the Central
Park menagerie yesterday, without
thinking Of the way General Mcclellan
attacked one when he was brevet cap
tain in the regular army. The story has
never been told. Mcclellan was the sec
ond in command OF the first exploring
expedition that ascended the Red River
of the south to its source. Captain r.
B. Marcy was in command and broth
er Of mine was a teamster on the expe-
dition. On the 28th of June, 1852, the
troops had encamped, after a march of
eight miles over about the toughest coun-
try Il wagon ever crossed, at the foot of
the majestic cliffs that form the borders
of the Staked Plains Of New Mexico.
The escarpments rise to height of from
700 to I, 900 feet, and the streams and
springs which form the Red river rise in
rocks. Captain Marcy, with Mcclellan
as his companion, started to examine the
country on horseback, after the camp
was made, and when a mile or two from
the camp saw on the opposite side of
little meadow. half a mile away, a herd
Of antelopes. The grass and the lay of
the land favored an approach and Ieav-
ing the horses with Mcclellan Marcy
crept to within SIX or seven hundred
yards Of the animals and began to use a
bIeat initiating the call of fawn. In a
minute or two the herd started toward
him on the trot. He was about to shoot
one OF them when a rustic in the grass to
his left attracted his attention. He look |
ell round and, to his establishment, saw
an enormous panther bounding toward |
him. He at once fired at the panther |
and tumbled it over. He then started
back for his horse, and, meeting McCIel- |
Ian. the two men returned to skin the |
panther When they reached the place |
where it hal fallen they were surprised |
to see it jump up and make off at a live
.y pace, although ljmping. Without a
moments hesitation Mcclellan headed it
Oft and cornerod it, with some rocks on
one side and Marcy on the other. Al
most any animal will fight when corner
ed, but wounded panther is about the
worst beast that a man can attack. 1t
'rouched with its tail quivering and then
jumped for him. Mcclellan, without
apparent effort, stepped to one side,
swung has rifle above his head and
brought it down at the base of the panth-
r,s head, breaking the neck of the beast
1t one blow. Itmcasured eightfeet from
nose to tail"