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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-14

iExcAaaS-
A patent has Just been issued fer Q new
system for tho production Of spherical and
conicAl prc3sctileS By means o. the ns-
frocess proiectilss Of any shape or caiiher
q even The hardest ssssl are made aai ca
densrd with wonderful rapiday direc. from
The heatd bar, and .; one operation, And
of such precise dimsnsiSns as to hs ready
tor - without furtaer treatment
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-14
Yachts In America


JOHN c Stevens was the founder u
American yachting. He founded tie New
York ciuh, which originally numbered only
nine yachts Now there are /, 500 vessels %
the kind belonging 90 American owner
The Oldest American yacht i. the Minnesota
WHICH uas built IN ISIS
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-14

The Great MoguI" the diamond Of dis
nonis. after being los. TO the world for
many years. !, reported to have been die
several By a Frenchman IN Austria
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-14

16cAigAn has. By actual count over Adv
Gnnu nianl lalnx
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-14
WANT COLUMN.

Advertisements In fhp column riH be charged 10
af the rate Of Fire Ce-4fs per line Per ceek. NJ
adperfiscnenf taken for .ess than 25 cents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15

The Charleston NelrS and Courier adj
vocates an extra session of Congress for
the purpose OF making appropriations for
rivers and harbors. The Ne3CS and Courier
points out with considerable force the
damage which the improvements now
being made in the rivers and harbors in
different parts Of the country will suffer
il work on them is suspended. Not only
will there be damage TO the improvements
but commercial interests will be affected
iniuriously.
All Of these points we have made already,
not in advocating an extra session, but in
commenting on the folly Of reporting the
bills which provide for carrying on the
government and for public Improvements
to the House so late in the session. We
also called attention TO the coudnct of the
River and HarbOr Committee in refusing
to hear the representatives Of the sections
interested in the bill. thus making enc
mics for it, and also to the lack of man
aging ability shown by the Chairman of
the committee on the floor of the House.
We would very much like TO have an
appropriation for our river, but we see no
chance of getting it until the regular
session OF next Congress. We do not
think that The President could be induced
to call an extra session to make appro-
priations for rivers and haFbors. The
river and harbOr bill is not a very popular
bill, and if efforts were made for an extra
session, efforts equally as strong would
be made doubtless against it. We might
as wen make up our minds that there
Will be no extra session.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
Personal.

HENRY WARD bEECHER starts neXtMOnday
on a three weeks ltcturing tour in the South.
Mr. EDISON is in such danger of being taken
for a clergyman that he has to cock his hat
like q commercial traveller.
CAPT. A. d. PAYNE, Of Warrenton, Va. has
in his possession the original commission of
Charles Lee as Attorney General in Washing
toms Cabinet.
Pleasant Unity, WestmOreland county, Pa,
claims to be the real inventor Of the air brake
patented by Westinghouse.
OLIVER DoUD BYRON has dropped his
middle name, remotely suggestive Of q
dude, but the Oliver Will be retained to dis
tiDguish him from the late Lord Byron.
DURING his late visit TO Glasgow to lecture
the Duke OF Argyll was accompanied by de-
tectIves. THE easel o. the Vest is what
he WAS dubbed by the Glasgow Land RestOra-
ton League.
THE bust of Robert Burns. in marble, by
Sir John Steel, to be placed in Westminster
Abbey, is finished. 1t is the outcome Of q
shilling subscription among ScOtchmen in all
parts OF the world.
MRS. f d. RICE-BIANCIARDI, who died re-
Gently al Veyey, switzerland, was daughter
of Caleb Rice, the first Mayor of Springfield,
Mass. While young she began writing apOny-
mOuslY for the Springfield RspU6JicQH, but
her identity W8s s0Op discovered by samuel
BOwles, who encouraged her and gave her
all the aid he could. In later years she be-
came 81 contributor to the Cen uFy, Hdrpey'S,
In 1873. after the death Of her father, Miss
Rice went abroad, where she met and mar
ried Carlo Bianclardi, professor in one of
the educational institutions of Florida.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Points for the New Secretary-SOne Q
Chambers Notorious Jobs.

Points for the New Secretary-Sone of
Chambers Notorious Jobs.
WASHINGTON, March 12-It appears
that Secretary Teller was not the only
member OF the Arthur Cabinet whose
management will need careful investiga-
ton. Mr.. Whitney will find that Secre-
tary Chambers management Of the Navy
Department has led to certain results
which Will seriously embarrass him in
putting that department on a good basis.
Before Chandler went into the Navy
Department he was the attorney Of John
Roach before Congress. There were four
bidders for the contracts to build the new
iron vessels ordered by Congress. John
Roach, Mr.. ChandleT's friend and former
employer, was found to be the lowest bid
der and secured the contracts. 1t is not
generally known that the first thing that
the Secretary did III making out these
contracts with MS old client was to strike
out the penalty clause required by law.
This left the government without a single
check upon Roach, and without a single
means Of forcing him to comply with his
contracts, save through the holding back
Of 10 per cent. of the payments on his YES
sells as reserve fund from which
to extract penalties in the way of
fines. But even this last restriction
was set aside by the amIable Secretary
just before he went out of office. He
ca@sed to be paid over to Roach this re-
serve fund, 50 that MIR. Whitney is per-
factly helpless so far as having any au-
thOrity or control over R0ach's work.
None Of these vessels contracted for are
yet completed. The Dolphin was to have
been finished under contract last July. 1t
will be fortunate if she is completed by
the next Jnly. The Chicago ana the B0s-
ton and the Atlanta We're to be finished
this spring. They are nowhere near com
pletiOn. The Chicago is not yet launched.
This is a gross violation Of the contracts.
1t explains how Roach could put in
lower bid than all the rest.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
Brewster's Fancy Furniture


Attorney General Garland, it seems,
does not ind the surroundings in the office
set apart for his use entirely to his liking.
The office is fitted up something after the
style OF an art furniture shop. 1t is fun
Of all sorts of bric-a-brac. The walls are
covered with gorgeous paper and are
adorned with hne pictures. Elegantrugs
are scattered about the floor. A maguid-
cent screen stands in front OF the fire
place. ON the tables are many curious
ana handsome but useless articles. The
chairs and sofas are the finest that money
can purchase. Attorney General Brew
ster spent Il good many thousands Of dol
lars on the room. He appeared to devote
more time TO furnishing IL than to the
business Of his department. The Gem
mittee on Appropriations refused for
long time to make an appropriation to
pay for the stuff that Mr.. Brewster had
put into his Office, and it was not until he
went TO the capitol and said to the COM
mittee that il az appropriation were not
made he would leave nothing but the bare
walls for his successor, that the necessary
amount was provided for.
Attorney General Garland doesn't know
what to do with the fancy articles that
nil every available space about the room,
and it is said that as soon as he can, with
out occasioning gossip and thereby hurt
ing the eX-Attorney Generals feelings,
he Intends to have much Of the useless
truck packed up and sent 20 the lumber
room in the loft. Attorney General Gar
land is a plain man, and be likes plain,
substantial furniture. If he were COM
PEELED TO dress IN such fancy clothes as
those which adorned Mr.. Brewster's per-
son and to ride in such a gorgeous car
riace as that used by the eX-Atrorney
General in order 70 I'LL the office accept
ably. he would resign doubtless at once.
Mr.. Brewster was known for his Pc
culiarities in dress and for his liking for
display. Mr.. Garland VIII be known for
his close application to the duties of his
office and for his opinions bearing upon
the administration Of the affairs of the
government.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
MRS. sURRATT AND STANTON.
TIVE Strange Stories Told by William
p. Wood. Ex- Chief of Detectives.

Some time after the execution of Mrs.
Surratt, says w. p. Wood in the Wash
ington Gazette, President johnson sent
for me and requested me to give my ver-
sion of Mrs. Surratts connection with the
assassination of President Lincoln. l
did so, and l believe he was thoroughly
convinced Of the innocence of Mrs. Sur
raft. He assured me he sincerely re-
GREETED that he had not given Mrs. Surratt
the benent OF Executive clenency and
strongly expressed his detestatiOn of
what he termed the "infamOus conduct
facts from him. l asserted my unchang-
able friendship for Mr.. Stanton under all
circumstances, and while l regretted the
course adopted by the Secretary of War
towards Mrs. Surratt, l would never
hesitate to perform any act OF kindness
for him. President johnson commended
me for my devotion to friends, and the
subject of the assassination was never
afterwards discussed between him and
myself. The great War Secretary of the
Union was no longer in power. He was
a plain citizen Of our Republic, broken
in health and tOttering between life and
death.
The Republican leaders had, after much
pleading, induced President Grant to
name Mr. Stanton for Judge of the
Supreme Court. The Senate promptly
confirmed the nomination, but Grant, for
some reason best known to himself. did
not put his signature to the commission,
or ii he did sign the commission he did
not forward 1t TO Mr. Stanton. 1t was at
this time the latter sent Tor me, and l
called at his residence on h street. When
ushered into his presence 1 was startled
at his woe-begone and wretched appear
ance. He inquired if | knew the reason
why that man meaning President
Grant withheld his commission. 1
told him. Then we drifted in our
talk to the executions herein referred to,
and he rebuked me for not making greater
effort to save the woman that was hanged.
He said he would have trusted his life in
my keeping; that would have saved him
the tOrments of he'll had l been more per-
sistent in my efforts. l reminded him of
my call on President johnson to plead for
mercy for Mrs, Surratt, and that l was
met by L. G. Baker at the entrance of the
Presidents house, and Boxer produced
an order over his (Stanton's) signature
which set forth that l should not be per-
mitted to enter the building or cOmmuni-
cate with the President.
''TOo true" he RESPONDED, EEand the
Snrratt woman haunts me SO that my
nights are s.eepless and my days misera-
bic, and Grant aids my enemies by refus-
ing to sign my commission, which would
afford me temporary relief and perhaps
prolong my life. He will not do 1t, and,
Wood, this is at last the end" Placing
his hands to his head he continued: 81
cannot endure the pressure; l am dying,
dying surely, dying now!"
a few parting words were exchanged
between us, and the following day the
death of EdwiA NJ. Stanton was publicly
announced. He never received his COM
mission of Judge OF the Supreme Court,
though he had been confirmed by the Sen
ate of the United States.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
Deeply Moved.

Il
A disconsOlate looking man applied at
the house of a citizen whose latch string
hung not on the outside and whose purse
string was always tightly drawn.
''What do you want? ?" asked the citizen
when he had opened the door.
81 hardly know. SIR" replied the man,
Keeling into the hall and sinking on a
sofa. ooh, sir, have pity on me-" he
cried, as he covered his face with his
tremulOus hands.
"Are you a tramp?' the citizen asked.
ooh, don't know what ann
II am sorry for you, but l can give you
nothing to eat"
81 want nothing"
II cannot give you work.
81 want none."
''What is the matter with you?"
"Oh, have j3st read Hugh Conway's
Dark Days."
"Merciful heavensw exclaimed the
citizen. Here, Sam" calling a servant,
''put this poor fellow to bed. Give him
the best bed, Sam. Bring him some cham
payne and partridge broth, and when he
has sufficiently revived feed him gently.
1t he pulls through, all right-but hope is
almost impossible. Dark Days'-Handle
him easily"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
A Horrible story.

MEMPHIS, March ia horrible story
comes from the Forked Deer River bot
toms, eight miles from Brownsville,
Tenn, which, as related to your CORE
spoudent, is as follows: An aged couple
canned Davids were taken sick during the
early part of last week. AS they lived
alone, with no neighbors nearer than a
mile, they were poWerless to send
for medical aid. On Thursday
last, after an illness of a
few days, the husband expired, but
Mrs. Davids, who was also very i'll and
inhrm, could not rise from the bed on
which her husband had died, and for
three days, unable TO move, she remained
confined in bed alongside the corpse of
her husband. Sunday she managed to
crawl to the front door, and luckily some
man passed, whom she hailed and told
the story OF her great distress. Neighbors
soon came, and after rendering assist
ance to the almost famished woman.
buried the decOmposed remains OF her
husband
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
U0H0B.
GEORGIA BONDS
QGHoe.
Five Per Cent Thirty Yeas.
EXECUTIVE OFF1cI

ATLANTA, ga, March 10. lN5S.1
/ NDER authority Of an act approved Dee.
- ., 1854. authorizing the Governor TO ISSUE
Bonds for payment of principal of Bonds ma
turing n 1883 and 1855, sealed proposals. viii
be received at The Office Of The Treasurer Of
Georgia up TO u O'Clock NJ. on APRIL -, So,
for three million four hundred and Ltty.H
thousand dollars (S3,455,C00) Five Per cent. y
per cent? Thirty Year Coupon B0n0s, as
hereinafter set forth, bearing date July J,
1853. Prlncipal and interest payable Ia the
city OF New York, 1T the fiscal agency OF
Georgia; and az the Office of the Trta sr Of
Georgia. in the city OF Atlanta. iu;.re-t
pavable sem annually on Jan. ! and July,
Bids vii be rec iv for two hundred .. ou-
sand dol ars 29o.nt0) OF The amount 20 s' le-
lVercd on jaw 1885. AEG for two hundred
and twenty-five thO9sand dollars (S22l.CJr, 30
be delivered Jan. l, 1886. the accrued interest
being withheld by the state. And FOR tie re-
mdlnder OF the amount OF three million Jour
hundred and ffty-fve thousand do lars
t$3455,000), tor so much thereof as may D. ne
cessary for the purpose aforesaidl, on June
J, 1886, the accrued interest wit held o. af0re-
said. As to last delivery, however, successful
bidders VIII have the option Of tenderlEg any
GeOrga Bonds maturing as aforesaid. "a their
PAR value, in payne ut therefor, at an time
after July ], 1885, and receiving new bonds.
Bids must specify amount of bonds desired
In muliples of one thousand dollars $1,000,
accompanied by certified check or certificates
OF deposit Of some solvent bank for five Uer
cent. % per cent? of the amount 81 such BID,
payable 10 the order of the Treasurer Of Geor-
gia, or by deposit of bonds of the State Of
Georgia.
Bios viii be opened ard declared BY the
Governor and treasure, the state reSerVIng
the right to reject any one or all of the bids.
The state Will issue registered bonds IN lieu
OF any of the above named Five Per Cent.
Bonds rs provided in said act at any time on
demand Of the owner Copies of the act Of
the Legislature, and Information touching the
proposed issue OF bonds, will be furnished on
Application To the Treasurer.
n
BY the Governor.
X. u. HARDEMAN. Treasurer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
The Thrifty Rat.

An able-bOdied Rat had burrowed into
the Centre of Cheese, where he ate out
Place for himself, and enjoyed Life i'm
mensely.
He had grown so big and fat that he no
longer desired to issue forth, and had set
tied 1t in his Mind that he would pass the
Remainder of his Days in the Middle of
the Cheese.
But the Owner Of the Cheese, perceiv-
ing how light it had become, cut 1t open,
discovered the Rat, and called his Cat to
Kill it.
Gin the Absence of an ironclad Return
ing Board l must perish" said the Rat
as he prepared to meet his Fate. "But
shall Die Fat, and will have the ConsOla-
ton OF Knowing that l have Improved
my Opportunities"
MoRAL.-It is a Big Thing to be able to
Point with Pride to the Record Of your
Party.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
STRANGE STORY OF A CORPSE.
A Dead Woman said to Have Revived
and Spoken to Her Friend


PORTLAND, ME-, March 10.-Mrs. Jane
Fossett died four days ago after brief
Illness. The body was prepared for the
grave and lay in the best room in the
house. Last night one Of Mr.. Fossett's
lady friends was watching by the
corpse, as is customary still in Maine.
She tells the following story Of her re-
markabIe experience:
81 was sitting near the body and look
ing iDtently upon the features that had
been so dear TO NE in life. IcOuld not
restrain my tears, and said in a low voice.
Where are you nowY At the sound OF
my voice the apparently dead body moved,
turned on its side and at last sat
up. The eyes opened, and
in a thrilling voice the woman, VINO
had been dead, but who lived again,
spoke. Mrs. FOssett said she had been in
heaven; that she had there epioyed a
happiness that was beyond her power to
describe; that she had met and talked
with her mother, long dead, and with
other friends. For some time Mrs. Eos
sett talked, giving me a description of her
experience in the spirit land. Gradually
her voice grew fainter, and she fell back
upon the bed clad as she was in her grave
clothes. AS the last word was spoken the
spirit took its final departure and re-
turned no MORE"
Some people believe that the lady saw Il
vision in Dream but she is convinced it
was all reality, and that her friend re-
turned and talked with her.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
THE NEW TEN-CENT STAMP.
a Plan that win Secure Quick Delivery
of Letters.

a Plan that wiz Secure Quick Delivery
of Letters.
The confusion of the business Of Con-
gress during the last night Of the session,
when the appropriation bills were sent
back and forth from one House to the
other, says a Washington special to the
Chicago Times, has left almost all Of the
members of the House, except those who
were members Of the Appropriation Com
mittee, in a fog about the ultimate fate of
some of the questions in dispute. Some
OF these were settled in conference COM
mittees, and in other cases one or the
other branch Teceded from its disagree
ment without afterwards informing the
other House of the fact. An instance in
point is found in the post office appTO
priatiOn bill It appears that after the
House yielded to the demand of the
Senate touching the ocean mail subsidy,
Senator Plumb arose in the Senate,
about O'Clock in the morning
of March 4, and moved that the Senate
agree to the sections relating to the spe-
cial delivery OF letters, as the House was
resolute and only few hours Of the ses-
sion remained. Mr.. Plumb's motion was
agreed TO, but no formal notice Of the fact
was sent to the House. These sections
which go into effect on July l next au-
thorize the Postmaster General to provide
special Decent stamps, the use OF which,
in addition to the postage, will insure the
immediate delivery Of letters to the per-
sons addressed at any free delivery Office
or in any town containing a population
of 1000 or over, or at any other office that
may be designated for the purpose by the
Postmaster General. 1t is provided that
letters having the special stamp shall be
delivered by messenger boys, who shall
be paid not more than $50 per month, and
the cost of this service is restricted to 80
per cent. of the receipts from the sales of
special stamps.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
BRANsCOMBE FOUND GUILTY.
His Talent for brilliant SwindIing win
Land BIN Again in State Prison.
I'LL

" SlC IOT'G sun, March Z.
The testimony in the trial, in the Gen
eral Sessions, of Col. Alexander {. Rrans-
combe, the leisurcly, One-armed South
erner who set himself up as the publisher
of The Only True Guide to the New Or
leans Exposition and ''The Diversified
Industries of the South" at 90 Broad
way, in August last, was closed on
Thursday. He YictimIzed a number Of
paper dealers, printers and engraVers
with about $4,000 worth of promissory
notes, purpOrting to bear the indo:se-
ment OF Col. Edward Richardson, the
millionaire President Of the Board of D.
rectOrs of the New Orleans Exposition.
The specific charge against Col. Brans-
cOmbe was that he obtained $4,000 worth
OF white paper from COnrOy Bros. paper
dealers of 33 Beekman street, in August
last, by means Of a prOmissory note for
$1,000, bearing the forged Endorsement of
Col. Richardson.
Recorder Smyth charged the Jury yes
terday, and they delibeTated for only
twenty minutes, cOnvicting Col. Brans-
cOmbe of forgery. He heard the verdict
with apparent uncOncerD, and lCunged
carelessly back to the prisoners box,
exchanging bows and smiles with a mum
Der Of pretty type-writers, several of
whom were formerly in his employ. He
was remanded by Recorder Smyth to
await sentence.
Col. BranscOmhe has had a checkered
career. He says he has had any number
of hairbreadth military experiences,
which he has put into print under the
title Of "Mysteries and VIcissitudes of the
Blue and the Gray" II his scheme in
regard to the New Orleans Exposition
publications had not failed, mainly
through his undue haste IL issuing
prOmissOry notes, most of which were
readily accepted on account of the in
dorsement by business men here, he
would have cleared $4,000.
A detective said yesterday that Col.
Branscombe might have been taken as a
model for "Col. Mulberry Sellers" so nu-
merous and gigantic have been his
schemes. He has never been identified
with anything small. He must have real
lied a fortune, but he does not seem to
have any money left. He has the most
astounding sel-cOmmand, never losing
his selt-pOssession under any circum-
stances, and his manners are excellent.
He can talk for hours in the choicest Ian
guage, and paint his projects with ROSY
hues. In 1880 he procured an Over-issue
of Jacksonville, Fla, bonds, and placed
most Of them in this city. He was detect
ed, and Judge GildersleeVe sentenced him
TO State prison for three years and six
months. just before the Florida bond ex-
plot he completed term in the Missouri
State prison. Though he has lost his right
arm, he is said to be able TO make fac
smile of any signature with his left hand.