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Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
A r0stmnsler Mho Won,L GO.

The postmaster Of q burg about %
} miles from Detroit was In the city the
, other day in search of influence. He had
been informed that his official head was
in danger-not from the new adminis-
tration, but from his fellow townsmen.
81 tell you," he explained, as he
wiped the sweat from his brow, ''its an
awful strain on feller's brain. We got
our post Office about twenty years ago.
Our first postmaster was too high nosed
to play checkers with the boys and we
got up petition and bounced him"
"For a better one ?"
(Which was me. Yes, the boss put
me in, but after year or two they be-
gan to groWl. l wouldn't lick the
stamps on for 'em any longer, and the
first thing 1 knew old Davey had my
place"
"Good man ?"
"Tolerably; but the first thing he did
settled his hash with us. Got his wife
a new silk dress and had a doorbell put
up. 1t took us two years to bounce
him, but we got thar.
"And the next ?"
"Wall, we gin the place to a woman,
and she held it 5 years and died. Then
we gin it to the stOrekeeper, and he held
it till he busted. Then the boys rallied
on me agin, and I've held it for several
years"
"And they want to get you out?"
"They do. I've had six circus horses
wintering on my farm, and it's made 'em
all jealous. A lightning-rod man has
also made my place his headquarters,
and that's another reason they are down
on me- Jist the mint feller begins to
climb up in the world they want his
scalp. Soon's I heard they had petit
ton around to dust me and put in old |
Smith, my wife went out and washed |
the front windows, to show 'em that she
didn't consider herself no duchess, and |
put on my old duds and sawed two
cords of wood, but it didn't stop em.
They might have got over the circus
horses and the lightning-rOd man, but
I've been appointed State agent for a
patent windmill painted in three colors.
The CALLED jade can't forgive that"
"And what will you do?"
''Die in the harness. I've come down
here to hunt up a man who says old
Smith was sent to State Prison, in In-
diana, and I'm going to have about fifty
Influential citizens sign a certificate to
The effect that if my services are dis
pensed with they can't guarantee the
safety of this country fur more'n a week
rom date. "-DetrOit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
IN. lnn... q, Gen. cr.n,-


During the last week the death Of General
Grant was expected daily, and every bulletin
issued by the physicians gave the sufferer only
a few hours longer 10 live. He clung tena-
ciously 10 life, sleeping only as draughts were
/ given him and then his dreams were 80 full Of
trouble that he was glad to awake. One Of his
dreams was that he was travelling somewhere
with single satchel, partly undressed and
without money. The latter fact worried him,
but he thought he would get used 10 it. Before
he did 80 be came 10 a fence, and there being a
stne on only one side he got over it aWkWardly,
leaving bis satchel behind. Then he could not
get Il without paying duty on each side Of the
fence. This determined him TO go home and
borrow the money Of Mrs. Grant, but she had
only Sll ana that was not enough, so he was
very glad TO wake up.
On Saturday DR.. Fordyce Barker said: "The
General is in better condition than he has been
for week. The mucus is less adhesive and
therefore more easily removed, and this par
italy accounts for the apparent improvement
in his condition"
During Saturday afternoon Senator Chaffee
called on the General When he entered the
room he sat down, and the General walked 10
him and rested his hand on the back Of his
chair, exclaiming at the same time:
''Ihis is hard"
"Yes," said the Senator ''it is hard, but
suppose we must all come to it."
The General then told him that he knew he
must die, that they all knew It, and the doc
tors knew it. He said he wanted to die, for
each hour seemed a week Of agony The
General, Mr.. Chaffee said, seemed Indifferent
to everything and seemed very despondent-
more so than on the morning when all ex-
pected he was dying-at that time Mrs. Grant
broke down. He then said to her, Don't
make me feel bad; am going away soOn."
From midnight on Saturday to dawn on |
Sunday there was absolute quiet in the Grant /
household. The General slept peacefully, |
under the influence Of the anodynes, until /
shortly after midnight, when he aWOke.
Between 10 and IL O'Clock Sunday, many
prominent gentlemen called at the house to /
make inquiries. At this time the physicians
said that the General was in such condition
hat he might die in half an hour or might live
week. The trouble was not with the local
ilsease, but with the constitutional debility
Produced by the cancer The General was
nxious TO die and end it all, for he suffered
90 much TO care to live any longer.
At the consultation at 2 p. m. Drs. Barker,
lands, Shrady, and Douglas were present.
Tie throat was examined by strong reflected
nnlight. 1t was agreed that there was an i'm
in the local condition.
''Say that I'm very comfortable" said Gen.
irant. 81 am grateful for the sympathy that
as been expressed for me-"
Then he thought a moment, and said that
g was grateful for the prayerful sympathy
nd interest manifested for him by his friends
nd by those who had not heretofore been re-
arded as such.
At one o'clock Monday morning Gen. Grant
ept QuetlV ,
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10

Senior poralla, Minister OF Costa Rica at
Washington, received a cable dispatch from
the president Of Salvador, Of which the follow
ing h iranslation Barrios killed at the bat
DC Of Chalchuapa. Complete victory. Long
live free Central America
HOstilities between Guatemala and the al
led republics have been suspended, and an
armistice for one month is announced. The
Legislative assembly Of Guatemala has an .
nulied the decree promulgated by President
Barrios on February 28, Ia which q union Of
the Central American republics was proclaimed
and Barrios was announced as Dictator and
Supreme Military Chieftain Of all Central
America. The gold-hilted sword Of President
Barrios was found on the battlefield Of Chal-
chuapa broken.
A private letter dated Aspinwan March a
says: Il have been lying sick in bed while bull
lets have been flying about my house for two
days. Panama city is under one Government
Our friends, and Colon CAspinWalO under
another GOYernment-0ur enemies. Some
seizures have been made by the anarchists
amounting TO several thousand dollars.
twenty-five men have been killed here IN the
Cathedral plaza. For several days We could
not 30 across the street."
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Indians in the Northwest.

The distribution of the Indian popu
lation in Manitoba and the Northwest
where the trouble with Riel is going on,
is as follows:
Ohippewas and Crees, of Treaty No.
l, 1896; stationed at Portage La
Prairie, st. Peters, Broken Head and
Fort Alexandria in Manitoba.
ChippeWas and Crees, of Treaty No.
2, 895; stationed at Lake Manitoba.
Chippewas and Santeux, of Treaty
No. 3, 2,605; stationed in the district Of
Keewatin.
Chippewas, Santeux and Crees, of
Treaty No. 4, 7,O79; stationed at Brittle
and Indian Head.
Chippewas, Santeux and Crees, of
Treaty No. 5, $3.50; stationed at Lake
Winnipeg.
Plain and good Crees, of Treaty No.
6, S,155; stationed at Battleford, Fort
Pitt and Carleton.
Blackfeet, of Treaty No. 7, stationed
at Fort Mcleod 6,673.
Resident Sioux, 1000.
Total Indian population, 33, $50.
The chief danger is in respect of the
GEees Gre at at Battleiord' ~Sat Carlton and Fort
be- Pl!l.ib lumber some 8, 157, and might
, .ble to put three or four Thousand
warriors in the field. At Carleton and
he neighborhood of Duck Lake, where
he rebels have their headquarters, the
lumber of resident Indians is 1, 791.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
ArbOr Day.

The Hon. John A. Martin, Governor
of Kansas, makes two very interesting
statements in his proclamation which
designates April as Arbor Day, when
old and young turn out to plant trees.
He says that ''the State which the pio-
neers found treeless" and a desert, now
bears upon its fertile bosom 'more than
twenty millions Of fruit trees, and more
than two hundred thousand acres of
forest trees, all planted by our own peo-
pie" And the Governor also says:
THAT there has been an increase in the
rainfall in Kansas is fully proved by the
statistics of our oldest meteorologists, ."
Every State should establish an Arbor
Day, and every citiz en- should remember
nat 1t is a good thing to plant trees on
ny day III the season.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
The symptoms Of HrdrophobIa.

The first symptom Of hydrophobia il
a sulky disposition. Tho dog slinks
away under a bed or lounge when in the
house, or into the darkest corner Of his
/ kennel, or under an outhouse, and tries
| TO escape notice. When called out he
comes unwillingly and goes back as soon
rs possible. He is very nervous, and
| frequently rearranges his litter and
skulks about from one corner to another.
His eyes show the change that is coming
to seek dark corners, but in hydrophobia
they are invariably restless. The next
symptom is a temporary hallucination.
He seems to hear something and jumps
up and runs to the spot, or snaps in the
vacant air as if for fly, or stands in an
attitude Of expectation. The symptom
is often overlooked, or, if noticed, is ig-
norantly supposed to indicate.a return Of
health. Another symptom is a depraved
appetite. He ceases to take his natural
food and swallows bits of wood, old
leather and all kinds of filth. The voice
of the dog is then changed, becoming
hoarse and lower in tone, beginning
with an open bark, followed by three or
four diminishing hOwls from the bottom
of the throat. The saliva, which at first
is abundant, dries down and becomes
ropy. The dog tries to clear it from his
throat and acts as if he had bone fast
in his teeth. Many people have been
fatally bitten when trying to help a dog
get the imaginary bone out. Following
this come the paroxysms OF fury which !
cause him to fly at everything he meets,
and death follows from exhaustion if the |
disease is allowed to run its course.
A common and dangerous error about |
hydrophobia is that the dog cannot and
will not drink water. The dog drinks
until the fatal paroxysms are
upon him, and even when he is unable
10 swallow he will thrust his nose deep
ntO the water in his fierce desire to
rink. He will often obey his master
md receive and give caresses until the
asst stages, and will even submit to pun
shment when liable at any moment to
ly into an ungovernable fury.
The poison will not usually remain in
ctive more than three months in an ami
nal which has been bitten by a mad
log; but unquestioned cases are on
eeord where animals have gone mad
ighteen months after they were bitten.
'eOple dislike to kill favorite dogs, but
afety demands that an animal that has
cen bitten by a strange or suspicious
og should be killed.-M Y San. !
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
THE FRENCH-CHINA WAR.

Later reports say that the scene in tho
Chambers was serious. A strong force OF mill
itary was on Cuty to prevent a riot and pre-
serve order. Notwithstanding this precaution
the galleries were crowded with people who
plainly showed their irritation over the French
defeat at Langson by keeping up a noisy dis
cussion and hurting denunciatOry epithets at
the various members Of the Cabinet and their
supporters as they entered the Chamber.
When III. Jules Ferry, the Premier, arose
TO announce the decision Of the Cabinet Coun-
oil he was loudly hissed by those in the gal
leries. He had barely finished the declaration
when a number Of Deputies Of the Right
sprang to their feet yelling, sDown
with the wretch ~ while above the din
could be heard the voice Of NJ. Gle
monceau ns he fairly screamed, 'sTraitors !"
It was some time before order was restored,
and had it not been for the presence Of the
troops there hardly any doubt violence would
have boon done. During this scene in the
Chamber the crowd outside became bowling
mob and made several attempts to pass the
guards in order to get inside the building, but
were kept back by the determined attitude Of
lhe military.
NJ. Ferry read dispatches regarding the
Iangson affair He added that the retreat OF
the French had been effected in perfect order.
The troops found themselves confronted by
Chinese forces whose numbers il had been i'm.
possible to foresee. The French generals had
been Olnged 10 re-enter the hed River delta
and to maintain the defensive.
The measures already taken to reinforce the
French troops in Tonquin would not suffice.
i was necessary to avenge the Langson check
in the interest Of the honor Of France. He
therefore demanded a credit Of &40, 000 900.
He moved for the appointment Of a committee
to cxamino and report upon the credit and de-
Enanded that the motion be given priority HE
motion was rejected by vote Of 308 to 16I
This was greeted with CREST applause.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK NIARKFT.

NEW lOlAh mhIhhEE
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANs-Prime, s1.9O@s2OO; fair to good.
S1.70@S Sl.75 per busheL
BUTTER - New York sold at 27@2Sc. for
choice in pals, and 24926c. common TO good.
Western Creamery sold at 169lSc., and the
common Western at -@-c.
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 129121{c; do. fair
to good, 7t0815c.
Eeas-Quotations ranged from 49, for or
dinary to 1910. for New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Flour superane. s26O@s31O; Western,
S3.S59$5. so; extra New York, S3.50C9S425.
Hay Shipping, 60970o; clover, 70975o.
salt. 60c; straw 70@l5c.
HoPs-New York 15@l6o.; Eastern, 13914oi
yearlings, 90l4c; Olds, S@9c.
PoRK-Clear Back, sl4 25@s14 5Oi dressed
hogs, 51S96c.
waukee, No. 2, $40. amber, S-@S-i
white, &C. G905.
CoRN-UngradedW Western Mixed. 489[ [950SSc;
Steamer Mixed, 40 a 1850. in elevator. 5O16c.
delivered; No. 2, 4914 14@4915c. in elevator, $3.50
50%c., delivered White Southern, 5lG de-
RTE-state. 721(@75a
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLoUR-Statefamily, IS. 9.62160S3. IS; rye iour
S9621{9$3. wheat State, S-.-@951So.;
AMBER $0.0Oi corn, yellow, 49c.i mixed States
49c
PETRoLEUaF-Refned. 1870; crude, 6L(G
WOoL-State and Western ~, 46@50ai <,
A7@4Sc.; medium, 5O@51c.; coarse, 45o.
BOSTON MARKET
FLOUR - From S2s5@S3.15 for low and
medium. to S41O9S465 for choice Minnesota
Corn. 5405515c. for mixed and yellow.
BUTTER Common, l0c. 0l4c Vermont
dairy, 20@22c.; choice creamery, 22930&
CBEEsE-1156012e
BEANs-S .650$1.70
HAY-Choice, S1L50@s1S.
CATTLE MARKETS
BUFFALO - Cattle good quality, sA25a
o. 460i hogs, fair to good, s4.7O@S475; best
S4S5.
EAST LIBERTY. PENE.-Best cattle 60
e.; medium to good, S-@S-; common
to fair, S--@S-; Hogs Yorkers, $3.50
$3.50 Philadelphias, S4959S5,O1 Sheep
S5.25@S5.50 Id
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
TIE ANGLo-RUsslAN DISPUTE.
The sAmeer and EnRlRnd-Wnr PrepRra-
tiOns in Russin-AHRlO-Indinn Feeling.

LoNDoN, April G, 1ss5.-News from Rawal-
Pindi is conflicting. While some reports say
that the Ameer is dissatisfied with Sir Peter
Lumsdens conduct in encroaching on Afghan
territory in making the zone for the new from
tier, other dispatches say that he is highly
pleased at the presence Of the Duke Of Con-
naught at Rawal- Pindi, and has expressed his
intention to visit England to pay his respects
to the Queen.
Dispatches from Calcutta say that the Indian
troops now in the field openly express their
discomfort at the prospect Of a peaceful settle
ment of the dispute between England and
Russia. They are, it is said in high mettle and
don't want to return to their homes without
fight. The war preparations in India are said
to be the result Of information that Russia in
tended to send a large force to Herat in the
spring. 1t is the decided opinion in India that
the Afghan question will not be settled without
a war, and the sooner it comes the better.
Every days delay, say Indian officers, is Of ad-
vantage to Russia.
The London Morning Post asserts that the
rebellion of the half breeds in Canada was
fomented by Russian agents with the view Of
embarrassing the Dominion authorities and
preventing their sending troops to help Eng
land.
The news of the military preparations in
Russia attracts earnest attention in England.
A despatch from Odessa says that the Fifteenth
army division stationed there has been ordered
to the Caucasus. According to Russian Off
cial returns, the number Of men in active SER
vice in the Russian army at the beginning Of
the year was G62, 449, exclusive Of Cossacks.
The officers numbered 30,S89
Reports were current in st. Petersburg that
the Afghans had attacked the Russians at Pull
Khisti and that fight ensued. The reports,
however, proved to be untrue.
The Fortieth Army division has moved from
Saratof to Astrakhan in readiness to embark
for Kasnoyod.k, 70 the east shore Of the
Caspian Sea.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
TIE FEDERAL OFFICES.
Important Nominations.

Henry G. Pearson, to be Postmaster at New
York city.
To be ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenipotentiary of the United States: William
r. Roberts, of New York, to Chill. Charles W..
Buck, of Kentucky, to Peru.
10 be Consul at Liverpool, England, Charles
7. Russell, Of Connecticut
To be Commissioner Of Agriculture, Norman
J. Colman of Missouri
To be Collector Of Internal Revenue, District
Of West Virginia, John 4. McGraw, of West
Virginia.
10 be Naval Officer at New Orleans, Henry
P. Kernschaw of Louisiana.
To be Collector Internal Revenue, Fifth Dis
trict North Carolina, Andrew j. Boyd, of North
Carolina
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Beer Labels.

Our readers will be glad to learn that
the bill requiring brewers to label theil
kegs and bottles with a specified list Of
the ingredients used in the contents
was yesterday defeated by an over
whelming majority. The man who
wishes to know the component elements
of what he eats and drinks in these
'adulterous" days will only make him
self miserable. Childlike confidence
that things are what they seem is not
only the demand but the necessity of
the hour, and beer is no exception to
the general rule. -New York Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10

DID Nor WANT IT.-A member of
Congress to whom was sent free pass
on one OF the horse car lines i'll Wash
ington has returned it to the company,
with the request that it be given to
some poor man, as he, the member re-
ferred to, receives such a large salary
that he can well afford to pay his fare.
INSULTING. - You can't insult an
American worse than to hint that he has
not made particular study of every
national problem and isn't thoroughly
posted on what should be done.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Thousands Upon Thousands III

Of testimonials Of the most wonderful cures.
voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them.
ms they do not make the cures II is our medi-
cine, Hop Bitters that make the cures II
has never failed and never can. We will give
reference to any one for any disease similar
to their own if desired, or win refer TO any
neighbor, as there is not q neighborhood in
the known world but can show its cures by
Hop Bitterrs.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
ThOusands fastened to thoIr Graves.

BY relying on testimonials written In vivid
glowing language Of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
their graves; the readers having almost in
sane faith that the same miracle win be per
formed on them, that these testimonials men
iion, while the so called medicine is all the
time Fastening them to their graves Al
though we have
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10

A CALIFORNIA paper tells this story {:
When the Lolita was coming down
Orankhorn slough, at Oordelia, with the
tide last week, they were surprised to
see a heavy sixteen foot timber coming
up toward them against the current. On
getting nearer they found the timber to
be in tow of four beavers.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10

BERNARD MURPHY, Champion Youth
Walker of Australia, says in the Mel
bourne Sportsman : On Monday pre-
yious to the match with Ormes, of Sgd
new. was attacked with the stitch. l
could not walk another yard, aud gave
up all hope of winning. l was advised
to try St. jacobs Oil. did so, rubbing
little on my side. have not been
troubled since. and won my match"
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Losing Joke.

"a prominent physician Of Pittsburg said
to lady patient who was complaining of her
continued i'll health, and of his inability to
cure her, jokingly said: TRY Hop Bitters''
The lady took it in earnest and used the Bit
teTs, from which she obtained permanent
health She now laughed at the doctor for
his joke, but he is not so well pleased withit,
.as it cost him a good patient.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
The Petitioner.

Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, is un-
doubtedly the most thoroughly bored
with office-seekers of any man in public
life. He is bounded at every step by
men who want places. Missouri seems
to have marshaled all of her place
hunters and sent them to Washington
on one day. The Senator is so besieged
at the Capitol that he stays at home
every night to get a rest. But they hunt
him up and present their little petitions
by the hundred.
A six-foot bruiser from "way back"
entered his house the other evening. He
was one of CockrelPs constituents, but
not sooner did he set eyes upon him
than he made up his mind not to indorse
him.
81 am candidate for postmaster in
our little town." said the Missourian,
pulling forth his petition, ''and I want
you to indorse me and take my petition
to the Postmaster. General" "
Senator Cockrell took the petition and
ran his eyes over it, as a matter of form,
then laid it down, over by his constitu-
ent, as much as to say, "I'm done with
it, take it up"
"Have a cigar, said the Senator,
handing the constituent box of FIVE
centers. "Oh take a couple" he in
sisted, his friend being on his feet ready
to leave.
The tall and lank fellow took in the
situation, sat down, inquired for a
match, Lit his cigar, put his feet upon
another chair, leaned back, and compla-
Gently inquired:
"Senator, have You another box of
cigars ?"
''You can't smoke but two cigars at
once, can you?'
"No, one is enough, but I'm a great
smoker, and propose to sit here and
smoke until 1 get an answer from you
about that petition"
The Senator bit his cigar in two, took
up pen, signed the petition, and said,
"Go. - Washington Hdtchet.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10

WHERE THEY WENT. "A French statis-
tician has discovered that up TO the
present 2, $40 emperors and kings lave
governed Ga nations. Out of this num-
Der 300 have been driven from their
thrones, Ga have abdicated, "a have COM
mitted suicide, IL have become insane,
100 fell in battle, 123 were captured, 25
died martyrs, ISL have been assassinated
and 108 have been condemned to death
aud executed according to law.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Given up by the doctors.

"Is is possible that Mr.. Godfrey is uu
dyT
assure you it is true that he is entirely
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, and
only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and
said he must die, from Kidney and Liver
trouble!"
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
Fees Of Doctors.

The fee Of doctors at $500 a visit would
tax a man for a year, andin need Of daily
visit, over 81 900 year for medical attend
ance alone And one single bottle Of Hop
Biters taken in tims would save the $1,000
and all the years sickness.
Milford chronicle., 1885-04-10
A Band Of Indians Found Dead.

Two men, who Travelled from Frank
fort to Cardillac, in the northwestern
part Of Michigan, through woods on
snoWshoes, report having found near
Pine River, in the southwestern part of
Wexford county, place where a party
of Ottawa Indians had camped. The
party consisted of four men, two women
and young girl. All but the girl were
frozen dead. After burying the dead
bodies they took the girl to the nearest
settlement, where she was provided for
The band camped near Oardillac last
fall, but moved where they were found
in order to get better hunting and fishing
grounds. The river froze over, drove
the fish down the stream and hunting
and trapping became very difficult on
account Of the snow, which averages in
depth three feet, and in many places
drifted terribly. The leader Of the band,
s'Indian Jim, was we'll known at Car
dillac. He was at Hubart q short time
ago procuring provisions,