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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

NEW YORK, March 31.-The official bul-
letin issued from Grants home at 6:3l a
m, signed DR.. Shrady, says: "Grant thus
far passed quiet and comfortable night
sleeping by turns in his chair and bed for
five hours. At $3.50 he coGghed consider
ably, but experienced relief after the use of
the gargle. His pulse is regular and it has
a fair amount of force. He is breathing
easily. and swallows without difficulty. hav
ing just taken liquid nOurishment
At HOO a. H. DIR. .Shrady Is
sued the following bulletin: Grant
feels much refreshed after a good
nights rest.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

WHEELING, W. VA, March 31.-To-
days State exchanges report little change in
the condition of affairs in the afflicted coun-
ties of the State. Food supplies are be-
ginning to arrive, but the quantity is neces-
sarily small and the regularity of the sup
ply is uncertain. 1t is now reported that
there is great restitution in Doddridge
County. This county can be reached with
more ease than any of those heretofore re-
ported. 1t is now raining in the mountains
and better water will be one result 1t will
also open the streams and afford facilities
Ger reaching the interior.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
The Northwest Indians.

WINNIPEG, April 3.-Advices from Bat
tleford indicate that the Indians are still
menacing the barracks, holding pOw-wows,
war dances, ETC., six miles south of town.
The troops are wanted badly and at once
1t will take four days to get there, when the
barracks may have been taken by assault,
and the men, women and children sacrificed
Colonel Herscher did not advance from
Regina on account Of his Insufficient force
He is now at Medicine Hat waiting for the
South Saskatchewan to break mp so that
he may go to BattIefOrd by river with REIN
forcements and provisions.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

In a recent number of AbOW NdddGrG.
the Arab newspaper printed in Paris,
M. Sanua states that he saw the Mahdi
in 1868. The latter was then on his
way to Mecca, and attracted universal
attention as Mussulman devotee. In
conversation he proved himself an ac-
complished Arab scholar and theolo-
gian. NJ. Sanua denies that the Mahdi
was ever a slave-dealer. He is of the
ordinary Arab type, and has not the
flat nose of the SoudaneSe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

DULUTH, April 2.-The Minnesota Iron
Company has made contract with the
Wilson line of prOpellers for transporting
all its ores to Cleveland this season. The
terms are private. The company now has
O.. 900 tons of ore mined. and will have
10000 tons by the opening of navigation
Manager Stone, of the company, says the
company will mine and ship 100000 tons
this year if the market jus;ities 1t. All the
ore shipped to Cleveland last year has been
sold, and three or four furnaces are now
running on ore from the lower mines. The
Duluth IL Iron Range road Will haul $4,000
tons of ore a month from the mlneS To Two
HarhnrS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
a Summary of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.
EXTRA SESSION.

EXTRA SESSION.
The Senate in executive session on the
30th confirmed a long list of nominations,
most of them Postmasters.
Il the Senate on the 31st Mr.. Allison's
resolution providing for a committee OF
Senators to sit during the recess and devise
measures to reduce the contingent expenses
of the Senate after discussion, was adopted.
Mr.. Salisbury presented the report of the
Committee on Post-ofices and Post-roads
setting forth that the committee was not in
any wise responsible for the publication or
on the postal telegraph question and which
contained newspaper criticisms of the Asso-
ciated Press. Mr.. Salisbury also submitted
resolution directing the Public Printer TO
exclude the alleged report from the printed
volume of reports made after the adjourn
.neDt of Congress. The matter went over.
The Senate then took up the report made 10y
Dir. Van Wyck from the Committee on the
Mississippi River improvements providing
for the repeal of all resolutions passed since
March 3, authorizing committees during
recess of the Congress, which also went over
one day. After executive session, adj
jOurned.
THE Chair laid before the Senate, on
April ], several communications which he
had received in regard to the failing health
of General Grant, and they were read by the
Secretary. Upon motion of Mr.. Sherman, the
Chair was authorized to appoint the commit
sit during the recess and take into consider
alton the contingent expenses of the Senate.
The following Senators were thus named:
Allison, Platt, Plumb Miller of New York,
Cockrell, Harris and Payne. The Senate then
went into executive session
THE Senate in execution session on the
I'd confirmed a long list of nominations,
among them Henry G. Pearson to be his own
successor as Postm aster of New York City.
All nominations for foreign missions were
confirmed also the following Western Post
masters; Osbun Shannon, Lawrence, KAN;
Charles Z. Cook. Mcpherson, Kan; Albert
Shepherd, Waverly, la. Norman J. Colman,
of St. Louis, was confirmed as Commissioner
of Agriculture. The President notified the
Senate that he had no more nominations to
send in at present. In legislative session
Mr.. Morgan offered a resolution that the
Secretary of the Interior be and is hereby
directed to furnish for the information of
the Senate copies of all papers and CORE
spondence filed in his Office since the fourth
day of March. 1885, relating to the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the Cherokee Nation of
Indians, and the alleged transportation of
portion thereof. Mr.. Ingalls, objected to
the present consideration, and ii went over.
Mr.. Saulsbury's resolution to suppress the
spurious report from the Committee on Post
offices and Post-roads was called up and
adopted. At 40 o'clock the Senate ad-
journed sine die.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
A Monster.

FoRT SMITH, ARK, April BLUE Duck,
the Cherokee murderer whom United
States Marshals have been chasing since
June, was captured recently and brought
here to-day for trial. Blue Duck, although
but twenty-three years of age, is one of the
worst characters that ever infested the In
dian Territory. His last crime was the
murder of John Wyrick. white boy, who
was working on his ranch last June Blue
Duck owed Wyrick some money, and not
having it on the day he promised to pay it
deliberately approached Wyrick and sho
him down, and then lifted his shirt ana
fired ten more bullets into his victims body
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

THE tug Arctic arrived at Grand
Haven, Mich, on the Sd, after being
ice bound for twenty days. Provisions
were taken to the boat across the ice.
This was the last of the boats from
Grand Haven to get out of the ice,
which was breaking up fast.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

SECRETARY LAMAR was much dis
tressed by the death of Assistant-Secre-
tary Clark. He was the noblest young
mani ever knew" said the Secretary
land if he had been spared his useful
ness in the Interior Department would
have elected the admiration of the
whole country. His death has given
me the greatest shock of my life"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

THE steamboat R. R. Springer, with
sixteen hundred tons of produce, ran
into the bank near Waterproof, Louis
lana, and soon sunk. Ninety-seven
passengers were taken off safely. The
boat was valued at $50, 200.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

A MECHANIC employed in the shops
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has perfected a new brake, which, in
stead of clamping the wheels, operates
on the track. A model of the inven-
ton is said to work well.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

MARSHAL HUGHES, of Richmond,
Va, was arrested recently for defalca-
ton. He declared that from various
causes he had as Marshal become in
debted to the United States in sum
greater than he could Immediately
pay, and would if he had not been ar
rested been able to meet the deficiency
by loans from friends.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

WHILE Rev. George H. Ide was
preaching in Milwaukee the other Sun
day, a confidence man gained entrance
TO his house and stole two hundred dol
hars worth of property.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

RECENTLY large number of "scabby
sheep arrived at the Chicago stock
yards. One flock, that had to be shOrn
before it left the West, so bad was the
outbreak, was under surveillance of
the sanitary Inspector.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

RENAN is said to have been accepted
by the College of France in spite of
his sweeping heresies. because of his
perfection in the French language, for
the preservation of which the college
chiefly exists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

DAVID R. SINToS has given $4,000
more to the city of Cincinnati toward
the removal of the old post-office build
ing to the art museum grounds, his last
gift being for the purpose of making
the structure fire-proof.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

An explosion of fire damp in mine
at Marcinelle, France, killed eighteen
persons recently.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

JEFFERSON DAVIS was reported suf-
fering from rheumatism and from an
unhealed Mexican War wound.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-09

The bucket-shop bill prohibiting
speculation in grain stocks and other
futures passed the Texas Legislature.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
NO.. 81.

to 3O0,W0. Among the things that r
haven't been able to find here are glass
windows, door-knobs, cooking -sto~es,
night-latches and hotel clevatora.
There is ono hotel here which boastinp-
ly "dvertises an elevator, but it is
merely trick. The elevator is for
food only, a very small one, and has
been out of order for some time. You
might think thore would be eos,
NO NEED FOR ELEVATORS
IN city where none Of the buildings
possess moro than three stories; but it
must be remembered that the hotel
stories in this tropic city are about twice
a" high as ours, and the stairs. therefore
steep.
The people one moets up the street
arc also an interesting object Of study.
AS look about me some evenings in
the Parcque de Ia India, or the Plaza de
Arnas, or the Parcque Central, am
disposed to shiver little at some of the
physiosnomies. am sure could rie
out good many private crews and put
Capt. kidds Mt the head of them all,
from the, material here. ,s%s
ON THE Plaza ..
referred to the upper crust promenade
each evening, the ladies by themselves
mostly and the gentlemen by them
selves. The exercise seems to consist
Of general walk around, interspersed
with seasons Of repose in metallic chairs.
for which privilege each person ,psys
ten cents (pnper.) The ladies' make =
very attractive spectacle, hooded in their
becoming Spanish wells Of black lace.
The soft peachy skins Of the, Young
mon, characteristic Of Southern Europe.
are also noticeable here, The negroes
and Chinamen, who do nearly all. tho
work on the island, do not .intrude
themselves upon theae squares, Ia, 3, sas :
These parks are not remarkable 1t all,
save for the seenes which thsy witness =
certainly they are not worthy Of repie
island. There are some very. decent
botanical gardens in the suburbs, of
which may write incidentaly ct, some
future time; but it ase0n,s. !. o. n,isnomer.
to call these grasslesa public frome-,
nades parks" I should call then opsn,.
places adorned with gsspnsts. statutes
Of Ceramics and Columbus, q fountain,
or two, and few spasmodic attempts,
at trees. More anon. ! poaBEpRY.. :.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
DiCHNoND AND DAxvILLE
IN ~ Ssr sS'S" = - RAILROAD.
pessesger Depdrtmenf.--On and after Apr.
Sth, 1885, passenger train service on the A.
aHd e. Division will be a. follows:

tBxpress. .fMail. as
Freight traias. on this road all carry passeu-
gers; passenger trains run through to Dan
vile aud conHect with Virginia Midland rail
way to all eastern cities, aud at atlanta with
all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond
IS n N and No. 81 arrives there 20 p M; 81
caves Riohmcnd at ! % = m, IS arrives there
atT 90 Q m
buffet Slceping Cars mithout
shaagc: On trains Nos. 80 aud 81, New
York and Atlanta, via Wsshii. Ston and
Danville. Greensboro aud Ashcvillc; on
trains Nos. 81 and SIS, Richmond and
Danyillc, Washington, Augusta and New
Orleans. Through tickets an sale at
Charlotte, Grcenvilic. Seneca, Spartan
burg aud Gainesville to all points south.
south west, north aud east. Il connects
with y. T.. railroad to and from Athens;
with n. K. to and from Tallulah Falls;
. with FL. Air Limo to and Fl ON Elhcrton
and Bowcrsvillc; d with Blue Ridge to
aad from Walhalla; with G. and G. to
and from Greenwood, Ncwbrrry, .Alston
and Columb bia; + with A. & s. and S..
u. & c. to aud from Hcndersonville,
Aston, &c; q with Chester and Lenoir
to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dali
lag; h with n. C. division. and c.. c. &
A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, &C
EpHUND DKRxLEI, Supt.
n. Slaughter. Gen. Pass. Agt.
A. Il RiSea. I'd Y. +. aud Con. Man.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
4 MYSTERY ExrI.AIllED.
THE SECRET OF THE .CONFED-
ERATE BOND CRAZE.
Ms. Behjamin's Sokems for Dividing
tho Secret SERVICE Balances AmA,nG
Why the Runof oG - 8uis';AEatnss 4.
the United: States Was Set, t,AAost. 4, +,

COLUMBIA, April 2o.-eTrlhse, hs,'ua up- :
solved enigma Of this decade has
been tho motive Of inducing the
demand in England for certain
Confederate bonds. ConiectlEes
have been numeroas,. bnt none
pointed to a logical reason for the
fact that worthless Confederate
obligations, which had for fifteen
years filled dusty chests spd
trunks in Europe and in the South
suddenly commanded from cloaa-
mouthed speculators price equal:
ing several per ,centum Of their
par value. preposterous stories
as to the cause Of the demand
have bcen circulated only to leavb
the public unsatished, and curl
GUS for IL logical sonlntion of the
ploblem. There has been no ex-
planation of the reason for the
cessation Of the demantl, and the
ultimate disposition Of the bonds
purchased and sent to London has
not been authoritatively announ@
ccd. Aftor vast deal Of 'inqui-
ry and conjecture the matter re-
mains as it began-a tantalizing
mystery. = .'''' '''i A.
Chance his just afforded mo Nh
explanation Of the whole busi-
ncss--an explanation which 7 scan
announce with confidence because
it is complete aud logical and con-
sistent with every phase of the
b ,nd speculation, but chiefly be.
cause it comes authoritatiySot
from ono of the few amens iff the
| United States who have been from
the frat cognizant OF the facts and
of the meaning Of the socalletl
''craze." He has been clossly
connected with tho bond opern-
tions, but now that .heyhsveibeen
completed he gives me tho tacts,
with tho understanding .that hia
name be withheld from, publiea-
tion.' Judah P. Benjamin; sscre-
tary Of State Of the Confsdersey
from 1852 until it's collapse. was
the originator Of the, plan By
which a demand wasscreatea tor
1.-THE bonds, and to his shrswdasss
is attributable the complste suei
cess Of the project. ., i, X ssstss.1
To begin .at aths bsginuins.
Several departments OF tho sC0ns
4 EAslounSo G~u~~nyns.,,< i. d.
the 4 ordinaace, t:qaartesMastst's
and samedical.4 ~ spusversf' 's:%.laA
| 4srSciak .fuRdss sdspOsiteax eaxwitae1 EN-
foPsSn bankersstss sske 4saspltaas
1 pfAuppllssp uhioh soasd anl5abA
pttaiAsb sinsa R.sapes. sTllisssa aiiaa
es tcsssn0Dxsssss 'SovarA4 4sSss} Il;
2 So itf.S ~ M ....,..
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

Made At Colnmbia With Columbia and Green
Siile railroad by train arriving At II 90 a. N.
aud departing at 527 p. ~; at Columbia
Junction With Charlotte, Coiuinbia and Au-
costa railroad BY same train to aud frnn. all
prints on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
su SATURDAY.; and on Tuesday aud Saturday Y
With steamer for Jacksonville and paints ON
Ct. johns river; also, with Charlcston and
Savannah Railroad to end from Savannah
aud all points in Florida. ~ ?!
At Augusta with Georgia aud Central rail
reads To and from all Joints West and South:
as BiacAvi,le td and from all points on BARN.
veil railroad. Through tickets can be pur-
chased to all points Soutl. aud West bY apply
Ing to sa.tr...s,.,''
d. MCQUEEN. Agent, Columbia, 8. C.
JOHN B. PHcx, General Manager.
p. G.. ALLEN. Gen. Pass. and Ticket Ag't
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

j #Dailv fDaily except Sunday.
( Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all points
at tht ough ratcs-baggags checked to dcsti-
nation. Competitions made at Greenwood
with G. i q. K. X. 4. T. .CHARLToS, &. y. A.
Augusta, Ga.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

A Cosmopolitan Cty--Rcscmblancc
to the East, with ;sh a.ies!or Differ
ence-NarrOW Streets and Gtissi ping
Net1hbors-Nuuici Cleanliness
-The Royal Havana Eottery. Other:
Mntterx.-ij I'D, ~, M -: ... :
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

q NOM 03ET. We have modern
q aiag power press, new
fnl blaek papsr, envelopes
.ad "a ss s sssselss sslst q ss.t!ssis s!s.sy /,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

COUTH CAROLINA
- RAILWAY COMPANY.
Com maeucins Sunday. Sept Tth, 1884, at
Z rs ~, Passenger Trains will run follows
satil further notice, eastern tinae:''
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

C0LUMBIA
~ GHEENvILLE RAILROAD.
o. aud after October S, 1894, PASSENGER
$EAISs will ran ~ herewith indicated upon
this rsad aud its branches. (
Ddf{U <r6<1f .So da NJ
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
COAST LINE,

PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
Wilmington. N. C., Juiy 10Th, 1881.
NEW LINE between Charleston and
d. Columbia and Upper South Carolina.
CoSDENsED SCugDULE
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29

Solid Train between Charleston and Celum-
bia. &. e..
J..F. DIVINE, Z. NJ. EMERSON.
Gen'l Supt. Gen'l Pas. Agent.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-29
COLUMBIA AND Az
w GUSTA RAILROAD.

Going Sou h So48 No 40
Leave Wilmington. 9 20 m II 10 p NJ
Arrive at Florence. ..... Il 50 m 220 n,
ARRIVE at columbia 6 40 a N
Going North No43 So47
Leave columbia. ......... 10 90 p m
Leave Florence. .......... 4 50 I'm So m
Arrive at Wilmington. u 40 pm 10 a m
Train No. ~ stops ut all stations. nos. 4S
aud ~ stop only at Brinkiey's, Whitcville,
Pennington, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florcnce,
Timmorsviile, Sumter, camden junction ard
Eastovrr. Passengers for columbia and all
points on & q kK, G, Z n X, Aiken juno
tion aud NIL points beyond, should take No. 48,
night express. Separate Pallman slcepcrs
for charleston aud Augusta on trains 48 and
Al. All traias run snlid between charleston
and Wilmington. 4.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
The Great Glacier of Alaska,

According to San Francisco paper,
the great glacier of Alaska is moving
at the rate of quarter of mile per
annnm. The front presents wall Of
ice 500 feet in thickness: its breadth
varies from three to ten miles and its
length is about $50 miles. Almost
every quarter of an hour hundreds of
tons of ice in large blocks fall into the
sea, which they agitate in the most
violent manner. The waves are said
to be such that toss about the largest
vessels which approach the glacier as
if they were small boats. The ice is
extremely pure and dazzling to the
eye; it has tints of the lightest blue as
well as of the deepest indigo. The
top is very rough and broken, forming
small hills, and even chains of noun
tains in miniature. This immense
mass of ice. said to be more than aver
age of Thousand feet thick, advances
daily toward the sea.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
NOrkmen'S Wages in 1900.

In the great cities unskilled work
men were hired by the day, bought their
own food and found their own lodging.
But in the country, on the farms, or
wherever a hand was employed on
some public work, they were fed and
lodged by the employer and given a
few dollars month. On the Penn
sylvania canals the dggers ate the
coarsest diet, were housed in the rud-
est sheds, and paid $6 a month from
May to November and S. month
from November to May. Hodcarriers
and mortar-mixers, diggers and chop
pers, who from 1898 to 1900 labored
on the public buildings and cut the
streets and avenues of Washington
City, received $40 year. or, if they
wished, $50 for all the work they could
perform from March to December 20.
The hours of work were invariably
from sunrise to sunset. Wages at
Albany and New York were three
shillings, or, as money then went, forty
cents day; at Lancaster, So to $40 a
month; elsewhere in Pennsylvania
workmen were content with $6 in
summer and $5 in winter. At Balti-
more men were glad to be hired at
eighteen pence day. None, by the
month, asked more than $6. AT
Fredericksburg the price of labor was
from IS to 81. In Virginia white men,
employed by the year, were given SIG
currency; slaves. when hired, were
clothed and their masters Iaid 81 a
month. Around Virginia pound
was, in Federal money, 50 80. The
average rate of wages the land over
was, therefore, sos year, with food
and, perhaps, lodging. Out OF this
small sum the workmen must, with
his wife's help, maintain his family.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13

Foolish spending is the father Of
poverty. Do not be ashamed of hard
work. Work for the best salaries or
wages you can get, but work for half
price rather than be idle. Be your own
master, and do not let society or fash
ion swallow up your Individuality
hat, coat and boots. Do not eat up or
wear all that you earn. Compel your
shelfish body to spare something for
profit saved. Be stingy to your own
appetite, but merciful to others neces-
sites. Help others, and ask no help
for yourself. See that you are proud.
Let your pride be of the right kind.
Be too proud to be lazy; too proud to
give up without conquering every
difficulty; too proud to wear coat
you cannot afford to buy; too proud to
be in company that you cannot keep
up WIN expenses; uoo pIoua tu ll1, "a
steal, or cheat; too proud TO be stingy.
The Home
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
Life Without a Newspaper.

Once upon time certain man got
mad with the editor and stopped his
paper. The next week he sold his
corn at four cents below the market
price. Then his property was sold for
taxes, because he didn't read the
sheriff's SALE lie was arrested and
fined So for going hunting on Sunday,
simply because he didn't know it was
Sunday, and he paid SO for a lot Of
forged notes that had been advertised
two weeks and the public cautioned
not to negotiate for them. He then
paid big Irishman, with a foot like
a forge hammer, to kick him all the
way to the newspaper office, where he
paid four years subscription in ad-
vance, and had the editor sign an
agreement to knock him down and
rob him if he ever ordered his paper
stopped again. Such is life without a
newspaper.-Ne1U York NelOsdealer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
HGrant'S BrOther.S

"Who is that chap in there who is
always hanging around Grants tan
nery?'
"The short fellow with cigar in
his mouth, do you mean?'
"Yes; he is always smoking, and
walks up and down without speaking
to anybody"
"Oh, that's Grants brother"
This was conversation that took
place in Galena, ILL.,, few months
before the opening of the civil war.
The man who was then known as
Grants brother" and who was an
obscure citizen even in Galena, was
soon to be the most famous living
general in the world, with perhaps
one exception, and nine years later
was inaugurated President of the
United States.-Ne,o YORK. Tribune.