THE HERALD.
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VOLUME XL
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PLATTSMOUTH, . NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1875.
NUMBER 22.
THE HERALD.
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ner of Maui and Klfih streets.
HENRY BCECK,
SEALER IX
"Wooden Cofliiis
Of 11 sizes, rearty-maSe, and sold cheap for cash.
With many thank for pant patronage, I Invite
a!l to call and examin uiy
LARGE STOCK OF
Fur nit ur5 unci Co 111 11 w.
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MEDICINES
AT
J. H. GUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer In
Drug's and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Bledicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
ITrriiESCIlirriON'S carefully coi.npouudedat
all hours, d.iy and niht, 35-ly
J. w. siMnom's
Feed, Sale and Liverv
STAUiiK.
Main Street, Platlsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse.
0a Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A HACK
Will Run to the Steamboat Landing-,
Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
Jan 1 -if
First national Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
successor to
Tootle, Iluiiitn. S& Clarlc.
Jon; FiTzr.ERALD President.
E. O. Dover Vice-President.
A. W. M. r.i ;nLiN Cashier.
Jons O'lioiuKE Assistant Cashier.
This Bank is now open for bntnes at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to transact, a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bords. Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Tiise Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any part e f the United States, and in
all the Vriucipal Town- and Cities of Kurope.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAN LIKE aM ALLAH LIKE
of Ti:Lv:xisis-i.
Fersons wishing to bring out their friend from
Europe can
rritciiASE tickets rnox rs
X'lu-ontrli to XMtittxsmoiitli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children's and Ladies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
oxjEau js xx -a-"vr za .
nll-ly
GO TO TUB
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STEEIGHT, Froprietr,
roil tour
Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, NoTels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDISG,
PLATT3J10UT&, SES,
Furniture,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, j
XTC. ITT., ZTC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER UT
Drugs, Medicines,
-1SD-
WALLPAPER.
All Paper Trimmed Free" of Clarje
ALSO. DEALER I1C
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
iV " Prescription carefully eompoonded by an
experienced Drngzist. art
REMEMBER TUB PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
THOS. W. SHRYOCK,
DEALER T!t
InrrLLtnr e !
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - 3STEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
And as on hand a largs itock of
letallic Iiurial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes, cheap for eh.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. i. WATERJIM & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer. In
PINE LUMBER,
Latli, Shingles,
SASH, DOOES, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
a to
J. V. Weckbach,
Cor. Third and Main Sta., Plattemouth.
(Gnthmann'i old atand.)
II keep on hand a largs and well-selected stock
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Also, a large tteck of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Etc., Etc, Elc.
In connection with the Grocery ie
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
liigrhrat Prir Paid for Country Frodare.
A fall atock at all time, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the 8ign:
" EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
ITas on hand one of the largest etocki of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR STRING AND SUMMER.
I invite everrborty in want of any thine In my
line to call at uy :tre.
South Side Main, Let. 5th & Gth Sts.,
And conrince themclve of the fact. I have as a
peci:iliv 'n my Ki-txil Department a Mock of
r itie t loinitij iir .m n ana eoye, ie wmcn we in
vite iho.e who Aut ods.
I :f keep on hand a lare and well-celected
i'ock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOJIO &XATIIAX,
DEALER IS
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, LaK Fnrmsliini Goois.
Larsest, Cheapest, Finet and Best Assorted Stock
in the city.
We are prepared to fell cheaper than they can
be purchased elsewhere.
GIVE TTS -A. 0-A.X.X,
And examine our Goods.
l3BfStore on Main St., between 4th and 5th Sts.,
riatumonta. Neb. 16tf
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
Con Bab Dew el. Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Always en band and for tale at lowest cash prices,
The H'chest Trices paid for Wheat and Corn. .
rarlic&kr atts dUub siren to cuwn
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Messrs. Moody and Saxkey, tlic (lii
cago revivalists, have arrived in this
country from Europe.
The Democracy of Massachusetts will
meet in State Convention at Worcester on
the 22d of September.
The broken Freedmen's Bank at Wash
ington it is said will pay 20 percent, of its
liabilities in a few months.
President Grant attended the Na
tional Sunday-School Convention at Fair
point, N. Y., on the loth.
J. C. Madigan is the Democratic candi
didate in the Fourth Maine District to
succeed the late Samuel F. Ilersey in Congress.
Rev. Charles G. Finney, Ex-President
of Oberlin (Ohio) College, died suddenly a
few days ago, at his residence at Oberlin,
of heart disease.
Mrs. I'ock, a Texas lady on a visit at
Waterloo, 111., was burned to death a few
days ago while attempting to kindle a fire
by the use of coal-oil.
Col. Baker the British army ofllccr
who was recently convicted of an assault
upon a young lady in a railway car, has
been dismissed from the army.
TnE Hermann monument in Berlin was
unveiled on the lGth before an immense
concourse of people. The Emperor and
staff participated in the ceremonies.
A Spanish, war steamer, while ship
ping war material at Barcelona, Spain, a
few days ago, suddenly exploded her
boiler and sunk. Fifty persons were
killed or drowned.
The second annual meeting of the
Woman's National Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Cincinnati on the
17th, 18th and 19th of next November.
Each State is entitled to as man- delegates
as it has Congressional districts.
According to the August report of the
Department of Agriculture the cotton
averages on the 1st of August were as fol
lows: North Carolina, O'J; South Caro-
ina. 84: Georsia. 8G: Florida. 85: Ala
bama, 0;; Mississippi, 104; Louisiana, 5)J);
Texas, 93; Arkansas, 108; Tennessee, 107.
The firm of Duncan, Sherman & Co.
have issued a circular to their creditors
ollering to pay 33xa per cent, of their in
debtedness in full provided the remainder
will be released. They offer to pay in in
stallments running through 187G, with in
terest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum.
The Rockford, Rock Island & St.
ouis Railroad was recently sold at auc
tion in Chicago under a foreclosure of a
mortgage in favor of the Union Trust
Company of New York, and was bid off
by a representative of the bondholders in
Germany for $1,320,000, of which $200,
000 was in cash.
Hon. Wm. A. Graham, of North Caro
lina, died a few days ago, aged seventy-
live. He was formerly a united States
Senator, Governor of North Carolina,
Secretary of the Navy and candidate for
Vice-President in 1852 on the ticket with
Gen. Scott.
Louisville, Ky., has been selected as
the place for holding a convention of all
the Grange purchasing agents on the 1st
of October. The national executive and
all the State Executive Committees will be
present for the purpose of adopting a plan
by which business can be conducted on a
uniform system throughout the United
States.
Gov. Porter, of Tennessee, has ajv
pointed D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the deat'i of Andrew John
son. Mr. Key is about forty-five years old
and is highly esteemed aad cpaite popular
in East Tennessee, although he has never
been especially prominent in Tennessee
politics.
According to crop reports published in
a recent number ol tlic unieago inter.
Ocean, from a large number of points scat
tered throughout the Northwestern States
and the Territory of Dakota, it appears
that the general wheat average is Cj per
cent, oats 79 per cent., and corn 91 per
cent.; while rye and barley show a dimin
ished yield. The potato crop is repre
sented as excellent, with no inclination to
rot.
The total Government receipts for the
j-ear ending June 30, 1875, were $288,000,-
050, as follows: Customs, $157,167,722;
internal revenne, $110,007,493;. sales of
public lands, $1,413,640; miscellaneous
sources, $19,411,195. The total net ex
penditures were $274,623,390, as follows :
Civil and miscellaneous, $71,070,702; War
Department, $41,120,645; Navy Depart
ment, $21,497,626; Indians and pensions,
$37,840,873; interest on the public debt,
$103,093,544.
In a letter to the Indian Bureau, dated
Black Hills, July 31, Prof. Jenney says that
in some localities in the Spring and Rapid
Creek Valleys the gravel bars contain gold
in quantities sufficient to yield fair remu
neration for labor economically and skill
fully applied, assisted by proper tools and
mechanical appliances. While the valua
ble placer deposits as far as discovered are
by no means ncn or very extensivegm
pared with those of California, still there
is enousrh of the precious metal to develop
the country, and stock-raising and agri
culture will do the rest.
The Secretary of the Treasury has called
in for redemption $10,000,000 bonds of the
issue of 1864, as follows : Six per cent
registered bonds of the act of March 3,
1804, $100, from No. 1 to No. 72, both
inclusive; $500, Nos. 1 to 43, both inclu
sive; $1,000, Nos. 1 to 253, both inclusive;
$5,000, Nos. 1 to 1,366, both inclusive.
Total, $946,000. Act of June 30, 1864,
coupon bonds, $50, Nos. 1 to 750, both
inclusive; $100, Nos. 1 to 3,750, both in
clusive; $500, Nos. 1 to 4,300, both inclu
sive; $1,000, Nos. 1 to 16,200, both inclu
sive. Total, $5,500,000. Registered bonds,
$50, Nos.l to 30, both inclusive; $100, Nos
1 to 2o0, loth inclusne; $ 00, .Nos. 1 to
200, both inclusive; $1,000, Nos. 1 to 1,100,
lioth inclusive; $5,000, Nos. 1 to XO0,
both inclusive; $10,000, Nos. 1 to 1,520,
lKth inclusive; total, $3,553,400. Total,
$10,000,000. The interest on these bonds
w ill cease on the 13th of November next.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A cable dispatch of the 14th states that
Drexel, IIa3es & Co., of Paris, had up to
that date redeemed $100,000 of Duncan,
Sherman fc Co.'s letters of credit.
The Catholic clergy holding State ap
pointments in Poseu have submitted to
the ecclesiastical laws.
According to a London telegram of the
morning of the 16th all the Turkish regi
ments in the garrisons in Roumania and
Bulgaria had been ordered to march to
Herzegovina. The insurgents had burned
some villages and massacred whole Mo
hammedan families.
Mr. Edwin Booth, the tragedian, re
ceived serious injuries by being thrown
from his carriage at Coscob, Conn., on
the 16th.
The Board of Directors of the Winne
bago County (111.) Agricultural Society de
cided on the lGth by a vote of five to four
to sustain the previous action of the Secre
tary in inviting Jefferson Davis to deliver
tlic annual address in September. A tele
gram was subsequently received from Mr.
Davis saying that unforeseen events made
it impossible lor him to attend the fair.
According to the Louisville Courier
Journal of the lGth McCrccitf's (Dem.)
majority for Governor of Kentucky is 36,
139. The House stands ninety Democrats
to ten Republicans.
A Vienna telegram to the London Isexia
of the 18th says the Bosnian insurrection
was spreading. The towns of Berbir,
Dubieza and Kostainicza had been burned
and many Turkish nobles slaughtered.
Congressman Hymen, of North Caro
lina, w ho reached Washington on the 17th,
sa3's the delegates to the convention in his
State stand sixty-one Republicans to fifty
nine Democrats, the two delegates claimed
as Independents having been elected on
the straight Republican ticket.
The body of Newton S. Grimwood, the
companion of Prof. Donaldson in his last
balloon ascension from Chicago, was
found on the shore of Lake Michigan, be
tween Stony Creek and Montague, Mus
kegon County, Mich., on the morn
ing of the 17th. The body was partly
buried in the sand, and had evidently lain
there for some time, and was in a partially
decomposed condition. It had on all his
clothes except hat and shoes, and in
addition thereto a bursed life-preserver.
It was found by Mr. A. Beckwith, a mail
carrier, and was fully identified by letters
and notes of the trip which were found on
the remains. No traces of Prof. Donald
son or of the missing balloon had beendis
covered up to the morning of the 18th,
though diligent search was being made
for them along the shore north and south
of where Mr. Grimwood's body was found.
A serious accident occurred on the St.
Louis & St. Joseph branch of the St.
Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railroad
on the morning of the 17lh. As a passen
ger tram was passing over a trestle-work
over a ravine near Gower Station, Mo.,
the structure gave way, precipitating the
mail and express car and two passenger
cars down a distance of twenty feet. Feel
ing the trestle giving away the
engineer put on all steam and suc
ceeded in running his engine safe
ly over," breaking loose from the
train. There were fifty or sixty passengers
on the train, and over forty were injured,
but the only one killed was a man sup
posed to be E. J. Anglina, of St Louis.
Several others were likely to die from their
injuries, among them Capt. W. II. B.
Warren, of St. Joseph, Mo., and Judge It.
A. Debolt, member of Congress from the
Tenth Missouri District, who were badly
cut and bruised.
A London dispatch of the ISth says a
letter had just been received from Dalma
tia, dated Aug. 16, which stated that 16,000
Dalmatians were ready to join the insur
gents in the Turkish provinces. It was
also stated that the Slavonians were gen
erally arming to participate in the strife.
The garrison of Trcbigne, in Herzego
vina, made a sortie on the 17th, but were
repulsed. During the engagement several
villages in the vicinity were burned.
A yacht carrying the Queen and royal
family, while crossing from Osborne to
Portsmouth on the afternoon of the 18th,
ran into and sunk another yacht. A
party of ladies and gentlemen were on the
latter, three of whom were drowned and
one killed.
A split occurred in the Republican
Convention ol the First Mississippi Con
gressional District, held on the 18th. One
wing nominated G. Wiley Wells, ex
United States District Attorney, and the
other A. I'. Howe, of Pareda, for Con
gress the latter being favored by a ma
jority of the colored voters.
News from Madrid on the 19th was to
the effect that a royal brigade under com
mand of Gen. Delatre had routed the
Carlist Gen. Dorregaray while endeavor
ing to penetrate into Aragon, and forced
him to retreat with his command into
Catalonia.
A Berlin telegram of the 19th states
that Aus(ria had offered, under a guarantee
of the Northern European Empires, to in
tervene for the pacification of the Ilerze
govinians, upon the basis of reform in the
administration of the Christian provinces
of Turkey, but that the Porte had refused
the offer.
he white residents of Washington.
Burke and Jefferson Counties, Ga., have
been recently considerably excited
over an alleged conspiracy on the part of
the colored population to massacre the
whites. Several arrests were made, and
it is said some of those arrested have con
fessed to the conspiracy. An Augusta
dispatch of the 20th says effective steps
had been taken to preserve peace and good
order, and no further trouble was appre
hended. The rinsleaders would be tried
at a special term of the Superior Court
The serious troubles in Williamson,
Jackson and Franklin Counties, 111., have
resulted in the formation of Vigilant Com
mittees, and further outrages were report
ed up to the 19th. A few days ago J. B.
Maddox, a well-known Franklin County
farmer, was notified that the Ku-Klux
proposed to make him a domiciliary visit
on a certain evening. The Sheriff w.ls
notified and concealed his posse about Mr.
Maddox's residence. The outlaws came
as expected and, on being summoned to
surrender, opened fire on the Sheriffs
party. The fire was returned and one of
the outlaws mortally wounded. The ring
leaders were arrested and imprisoned.
The remains of Mr. Grimwood reached
Chicago per steamer on the 19th, where
they were received by the father and other
friends of the deceased and at once con
veyed to Bristol, 111., and buried in the
cemetery at that place. A large concourse
of sympathizing friends attendetl the
funeral. The watch found on Mr. Grim
wood's body had stopped ut 11:20
o'clock, thus indicating that the plunge
into the water must have occurred at that
moment, which was probably about
the time the aeronauts encountered
the fiercest part of the storm. Mr. Wood,
of the Chicago Journal, who superin
tended the bringing of Mr. Grimwood's
body over the lake, stated on the 19th that
traces of the balloon consisting of sand
bags and pieces of the cloth of which the
air-ship whs constructed had been found
about eight miles north of where the
drowned man came to land. The opinion
in Michigan seemed to be that the hotly of
Prof. Donaldson had been covered with
sand cast up by the waves.
THE MAltliETS.
August 23, 1875.
NEW YORK.
Livestock. Beef Cattle $11.50C12.73. Hogs
Live, f 8.13,i5.8.50. Sheep-Live, $4.50ts.OO.
BRBADBTUPrs. flour Good to choice,
6 70; white wheat extra, f6."0(it7.50. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, 1.81ai.32; No. 2 Northwestern,
$1.3331 81; No. 2 Milwaukee sprinir, $l.S6s
1.87. Rye Western and State, $1.08&1.10. Bar
ley S1.30&1.35. Corn Miied Western, 77
82c. Oats Mixed Western, 6064c.
Provisions. Pork Mess. $21.4021.45. Lard
Prime Steam, 13?,iS14c. Cheese SaiOlic.
Wool. Domestic Fleece, 50&G3C.
CHICAGO.
Livx Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.756.15;
good, $5.0Oi&5.G0: medium, $4.2j5.00; bntct
ers' stock, $2.73(34 00; stock cattle. $2.73
3. 75. Hogs Live, $7.70&8.OO. Sheep Good to
choice, $4.2j4i4.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 242.2SC Eggs
Freeh, 13!414c. Pork Mess, $20.75(320.80.
Lard $13.05ai3.10.
liRBADBTurra. Flour White Winter Extra,
$6.50&7.75; spring extra, $55026 50.- Wheat
Spring, No. 2, $1.18!41.19. Corn-No. 2,07
S57V4c. Oats No. 2, Rye No. 2,
SO&Slc. Barley No. 2, $1331.04.
Lumber. First Clear, $45.00 4(1.00; Second
clear, $43.00(345.00; Common Boards, $10.0L
11.00; Fencinz, $10.0011.00 "A" Shingles,
$2.5033.03: Lath, S1.75&2.00.
CINCINNATI.
Brsadsttjtts. Flour $6.75(37-00. Wheat Red,
$1.85(31.40. Corn 737JC. Rye 83!0c. Oats
65S70C.
Provisions. Pork $21.2c21. 50. Lard 13?
14c.
ST. LOUIS.
Liva Stock. Beeves Good to choice, $5,503
6.37'. Huge Live, $7.308.25.
BRBADSTUrrs. Flour XX Fall. $5.75S6 25.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.4931.50. Corn
No. 2, 660Tc. Oat No. 2, 44! J45c. Rye-
No. 2,75. '6c.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $21.50322.00. Lard
13(3t4c.
MILWAUKEE.
BRBADSTtrprs. Flour Spring XX, $5 0035.2j
Wheat Spring No. 1, $t.2T.41.30; No. 2, $1.22 '4
(31.23. Corn No. 2, 683;9o. Oats No. 2, 54
&39c. Rye No. 1, 79380c. Barley No. 2,
$1.00 3107."
BRSADSTtrrrs. Wheat Extra, fl.47t31.50.
Corn No. 1, 75S76c. Oats No. 1, 42313c.
TOLEDO.
Briadstutts. Wheat Amber Mich., $1.4?
1.43; No. 2 Red, $1.3931.40. Corn-High
Mixed, leQTQ'Ac. Oats No. 2, 52354c.
CLEVELAND.
Brkadstufts. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.47!
1.48; No. 2 Red, $1.42',1.43. Corn High
Mixed, 81S2c. Oats No. 1, 4ti47c.
BUFFALO.
Livk Stock. Beeves $5.507.00. Hogf
Live, $7.758.25. Sheep Live, $3.0035.50.
EAST LIBERTY.
Liv Stock. Beeves Best, $G.507.00; me
dium, $6.00(3.25. Hogs Yorkers, $7.7o3
8.00; Philadelphia, $8.4038.60. Sheep Best,
$5.2535.50; medium, $4.755.00.
THE LOST HALLOO
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Tira tonofrnnhical survev of Great Brit
ain is to take 100 years and cost $91,000,-
000.
The valuation of New York city for pur
poses of taxation has fallen oil just about 5
per cent, in the past year, and now stands
at $1,100,943,000 a reduction of $54,000,-
000.
There were 2.076 national banks in op
eration at the close of the fiscal year, hav
ing an agieiate of individual deposits on
hand of $086,478,6:50.48. The surplus
fund of the banks amounts to $l:W,169,-
096.79; the capital stock paid in $.j01,5G8,-
563.50; national bank notes outstanding,
$318,148,406; specie on hand, fis.voy,-
482.30 ; whole amount of business done,
$1,913,239,201.10.
-Wondering what becomes of all the
lead pencils is in order. In one w eek of last
month a firm near this city received orders
for 445 miles of lead pencils. To make
these only 83,000 feet of cedar lumber are
required, and after they are made they
will load six freight cars. This immense
consumption of lead pencils is doubtless
caused by the attempts of women to
sharpen them with a pair of scissors or a
dull case-knife. Persons who have wit
nessed these efforts need no longer w onder
at the demand. JV. Y. Sun.
An official statement of the foreign com
merce of the United States for the twelve
months ended June 30 shows the imports
for that period to have been, merchandise,
$533,000,309; specie, $20,894,217; total,
$553,894,520. The exports for the same
period were, merchandise, $513,343,018;
specie, $92,132,142; total, $005,475,700.
Comparing that year with the previous
one the imports of merchandise show a
decrease of $34,406,033, or about 6 per
cent., while the exports of merchandise
show a decrease of $72,938,422, or alxnit
12)4 per cent.
The domestic export trade of Philadel
phia for July foots up $3,039,252, a slight
decline as compared with the correspond
ing month of the year 1874; of the present
total $1,156,579 being in American vessels
and $1,8552,673 in foreign vessels. There
is an increase of the exports in American
vessels and a decrease in foreign vessels.
During the month, savs the North Ameri
can, from which we derive these figures,
" w e'exported $9,615 worth of cotton goods
from the iort of Philadelphia to foreign
countries without making any stir on ttie
subject, as was done at the East. Ti.e
shipment of these goods is a real nov
elty." The first issue of stamied envelopes was
made by the Postoffice Department June
27, 1853, and during the following year
the entire product of this kind of envelopes
was only 5.000,000. The second year the
product increased to 21,384,000, the third
year to 23,451,725, the fourth to 33,764,050
and the yearly product averaged within
about 6,000,000 of the latter number until
1867. when the demand suddenly in
creased, and the product for that year was
63.086.050. Since that time the demand
has steadily increased until the product in
1870 reached 80,289,500; 1871. 104,675.275;
1872, 113,925,750; 1873, 131,172,600; 1874,
136.418.500. and durinsr the past year, end
ing June 30, 149,766,400 were produced.
The production promises to Ik? fully a third
larger than the last figures the present
year, which shows that the demand is
steadily and rapidly growing. Theaggre
"ate production of stamped envelopes
during the twenty-three years since the
first issue has tctu l,.Jiy,bOi,300.
Finding of the Itod? ( ettm 9.
rl in wood The ltemain Fully
Identified 111m Note Ilegliinlns an
Aceountof the Aerial Voj ajje.
On the 15th day of July last Prof. Don
aldson made a" balloon ascension from
Chicago, accnipanii'd by N. S. Grim
wood, a reporter attached to the Chicago
Evening Journal. The wind carried them
over Lake Michigan, in the direction of
Mukegon, Mich", which point, had the
current continued in the same direction
and of like intensity, they would have
leached about two o'clock on the morning
of the followingday. About midnight a ter
rible storm aroc, and the wind ptuldenly
shifted to an opposite direction. At that
time they were thought to be within
twenty or thirty miles of Muskegon, and
as neither aeronauts nor the balloon had
teen seen since the impression prevailed
that they had cither found a watery grave
in the depths of the treacherous lake or
suffered a not less horrible fate by being
curried into the wilderness of Northern
Michigan, where they must have inevitably
perished of starvation. The feeling of re
gret at their untimely fate was universal,
and, though some professed hope of their
ultimate return, the great majority believed
ihey had miserably perished.
Such was the public feeling on the 16th
day of August. On the afternoon of" that
da-, thirty-three days after the ascension, a
telegram was received from Montague,
Mich., announcing the finding of the body
of yotintr Grimwood on the lake shore,
Let ween "Whitehall and that place. The
discovery was made by a Mr. Beckwith,
who carries the mail between Stony Creek
tntl Montague. During his trip along the
lake shore he noticed a peculiar smell and
was attracted by it to look along the
beach in search of the cause. When
he came up to die body it was
lying on its face and partially covered
with sand. Decomposition had ilreadyset
in, and Mr. Beckwith describe the ap
pearance of the remains as most horrible
and offensive. At first Mr. Beckwitli
thought it might be the body of some
sailor who had been washed overboard
from some vessel, and which, though a
sad event to those related to him, had not
a public interest sufficient to require him
to try to identify him. He looked again
and saw what appeared to be a life-preserver,
and then, remembering the loss
of the aeronauts, he overcame his
repugnance and carefully examined
1 he dead. The poc kets contained a watch
on which was ensrraved the name of N. S.
Grimwood, his diary, in which were brief
jottings of the incidents of his trip, a
numbered ticket to the Chicago Public
Library, and other -things which showed
conclusively that it was the body of poor
Grimwood. It had on a full suit of clothes
excepting boots and hat, and the prepara
tions made, by tightly buttoning the coat
and putting on the life-preserver,
seemed to indicate that the young
man had prepared to swim, and
might have succeeded in sustaining
himself above the surface for some
time had the life-preserver been of any
use. After being examined the body was
buried near where it was found, it being
impossible to transport it with the appli
ances at hand. As soon as the finding of
the bod- was known a search was imme
diately instituted for traces of Donaldson
or the balloon. The shore for several
miles was carefully looked over by men in
parties and singly, butno other body had
yet been found and no trace of the air-bag
had been reported up to the evening 01
the 18th.
A dispatch to the Evening Journal gives
the following as a copy of the jottings in
Grimwood's diary:
CP in a balloon !
From the earliest davs of childhood I have
always had a presentiment that some time,
sooner or later, I was bound to rixe. There
are some people who make sport or presenti
ments, but, after all, a presentiment is a
handy thing to have around. Where would
1 have been to-day 11 I naan 1 naa a presenti
ment? In accordance with my presentiment,
I have risen, as it were, to a " point of or
der." Like a great many p liticwns, I rise by
means of gas.
I regret the fact that there are only two 01
us Proi. .Donaldson ana myseii as iwouia
like to belong to the " upper ten." Prof.
Donaldson seems to be a very pleasant gen
tleman, although a philosopher and aeronaut.
Although it is scarcely an hour since I
struggled into eminence, the restraints of
my position are already beginning to be irk
some to me and wear upon my spirits. I
cannot help reflecting that, if we fall, we fall
like Lucifer, out or me neavens, ana mat,
upon our arrival upon earth, or, rather, upon
water for we are over the middle of Lake
Michigan we would be literally dead.
The Chicago Journal f the 18th says:
" Mr. Grimwood was a young man of
more than ordinarv Dromise physically.
stalwart, robust and strong; intellectually,
cultured, studious and unobtrusive; so
cially, of a peculiarly pleasant, good-na-
tureci and humorous uisposuiou oucu
witty, always gentle ; and morally, high
minded, o'f noble instincts, the best of
habits and above reproach. He was ambi
tious of excelling as a practical newspaper
man. He became a reporter only as astep-
ninfr.stonft to something higher in the
journalistic profession, and had he lived
he would no doubt nave ueen a suc
cessful humorist and essayist in literature.
His last words among his assemoieu
associates in the Journal onice on the
afternoon of the clay he ascended in the
balloon were jovial, and he was unusually
full of good spirits. He was twenty-two
years of age in February last, and was en-
gaged to be married to a lauy in L,ocKport,
111. His aged father, Mr. llliaru tirnn-
wood. of Kendall County, 111., is in the
city to-day, sadly awaiting the arrival of
the body ot his mourn-u son.'
The Shawneetown (III.) Flood.
Evansvillb, Ind., Aug. 13.
Persons coming from Shawneetown
give particulars of the flood of yesterday
morning. The dyke is rectangular in
shape, inclosing the town. The river
commenced to rise Tuesday, very rapidly,
owing to the rise at the mouth 01 tne it
bash, nineteen miles east of Shawnee
town. When the west wing of the levee
about half a mile below the town com
menced to show signs of weakness, the
people of the town deserted their business
and houses and worked with sand-bags to
strengthen the levee. Wednesday the au
thorities of the town gave the alarm that
the levee was expected to break, and the
people drove their stock to the hills north
of the town and many camped on them.
Everybody had mot-cd their furniture,
carpets and goods from the first floors to
the second stories, and were prepared
for the forthcoming flood with skirls,
flat-boats and rafts. Wednesday night
the whole male population worked at
the dyke, but at about three o'clock gave
up, as the river had reached within six
inches of the top of the levee. A con
ductor of the Northwestern Hail road says
his train was just leaving for St. Louis
and had got about half a mile from the
deiot when he was met by a man calling:
"Go back! for God's sake, turn back!
the levee is breaking." In a few mo
ments he heard a loud noise and loud
shouts of distress. He turned the train
back and reached the hotel and depot in
time for the passengers to alight and take
their baggage out. The furniture of the
Pullman palace car was taken up, and the
cushions of the passenger cars were car.
ried out. and the men 'deserted the train
iust as the water rolled uwn it. The
water was now eight feet deep, and the lo
comotive was covered w ith w ater to the
ton of the cab. Alout one mile
of the track was washed away by
the force of the water. The breach
of the dyke is Ii5 feet long, into
which me water trom me river
rushed, and soon the whole town for ten
square miles was in eight feet of water. A
few minutes liefore it gave away t ho work
men fled in time to save their lives. The
water ran into the streets in great rolling
waves, conveying before it logs ami drift,
antl entering the houses with such force r.s
to break pillars, plastering and partitions.
The waves made 11 moaning noise like tin:
rear of the sea. To-day the waler fell one
incji, but the town will not be out of waler
for a week. Not a house in the place was
spared, and the people are living on the
second floors. They go about in skills, but
man- have moved away to drier localities.
Many hogs, cows and chickens, but no
persons, were drownetl, as far as "in be
learned. The damage is not to be esti
mated. Home and Foreign Trade.
Wamiinoton, Aug. 14.
The detailed statement of imports and
exports for the year ended June 30, 1875,
has just leen issued by the Board of Sta
tistics. Compared with the preceding fis
cal year a marked falling oil in the aggre
gates of our foreign and domestic trade is
shown. The total value of imports for the
year was $553,906,253, a falling off of
nearly $42,000,000 compared with the pre
ceding year. Of the merchandise im
ported $l(i7,180,044 was non-dutiable,
leaving $380,725,609 to pay $156,479,131
collected from customs la.-t year. The de
crease in gold coin iinporteil was $5,773,
313, and in silver coin $2,205,916. Dup
ing the year the excess of gold coin ex
portcd, compared with 1874, was $30,542,
827, and silver ceiin $509,252, which shows
a loss in coin lor the last fiscal year of over
$3!,000,000.
IXITORTS.
The following table will show the values
of the leading articles imported during the
last fiscal year, compared with the corre
sponding ear 1874:
Cotiuiwditiet. 171. 7S7.
Cioltt coin $12.115.ira fl7.KS8.4i 8
Silter coin 5.!trt.i;0 H.U4.(Sii
eit.lit bullion 1.:S1.K8 l.t.M.iU
SiUt-r biiliion 1.2r,.7r4 fCiT.iXt
C'lu-iiiicaUt aud tlru;;... . 10.272.511 8.T.'iti.S:
C'otiee 50.59I.4S8 5:..(is.!k.7
Tea 22.Im3.7 21.112 -Ui
KUh 3.(i. 731 a.2V.!i2'.l
Hides and skins, not furs 1H.53 i.K4 lti.444.S77
Fur skiiiK. umirei'Hed 1.513.172 S4H.2Ki
Paper matt-rial 4.770.745 4.feJi.743
Buttons, all kinds 2 3'.M.34 7 2.132.037
Fancy goods 5.l.'2.1(r7 4..MH.'.is7
Fruits, including nut .. 12.5S7.M.8 8.21.41
Perfumery and cosmetics 3sl.'.c.il iHS.MDt
Precious stunes 3.!-'J..V3 2.274.790
Jewelry of gold ami silver t-S7.4'.Kl K-i:i.l30
Iudia-ruhher, crude 4.l.75.4'.rj 6.19ri.i40
Judia rubber, manuf's of. 514.H.1 .K30
limes, niauitf's of 2'.r..43 3.-r.f i2
e'oppcr. niunuf 's of 527.310 422.745
Cotton, manuf's of 27.li.V7.9sl 27.1i3.BM
Flax, nianuf s of 17.(.1M.2 1H.414.TO
lleinp. niunuf's of 3.21 8 i.l 3.'.'.15.
Iron and steel, nianf'S of. ls.07H.2V) 3l.if.l3.54'.
Jute, manuf's or 3.8-2.25S 8.3t.V2X5
Lead, uiauur's uf 1.44l,'.r.8 2,164, 78
Lea: her. nianuf s or, in
cluding kid gloves 10,218.5(17 10.271.' Mi
Silk, raw 4.rJ!.:t" J'.h .txM
Silk, manuf's or 24ANI.W6 23 V.)K2
Tin. niatmr's of 13.0-S.353 13.I6I.02
Tobacco, manuf's of ti,b.-l,er.;U 8.7!15,i.5
Wines, spirits and cor
dials 7.7r'.l.1fil H.iV5.T9
Malt li(Uors 174 .'.120 1.752 5 ;!
(ilass and "lasswure S.Hnri.oiri ti.57.'JM
Opin in and extracts of... 2.07 7'JI 2.5Hi.224
Salt l.StNi.74S 2.210.311
Su'ar 7.1.027.172 77.4'13 1H7
Molasses and melado 14.11 S.S21 15.372.1N)
Stone and cliinaware 4.3( !..'77 4.SS2.355
Wood and nianuf s of... H.07S.2".t.- 11.2l5.!i5
Wool and manuf s of 55,S0i),7iU 55,133,411
Straw and pnlm-lenr and
manufactures of 2,325,589 2,0S5,87H
Human hair and manu
factures or 57.ftl S!i7.f.'H
Coal, bituminous 1.7'.W.i's; l.ftVMir,
Spices, all kinds 2,25. 15 2,3ol,7i5
EXPORTS.
The total value of commodities, the
growth, product, ami manufacture of the
United States, exported during the year
was $613,081,433, against $693,039,054 in
1874, a decline for the last year of $19,
957,621. The Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics says the value of domestic mer
chandise exported to Canada in rail
road cars, not included in the above fig
ures, is about $14,009,000, which would
make the actual hilling off in elomotic
exports for the vear, compared with the
preceding, aliout $36,000,000.
The annexed table will show the value
of the principal articles of American
growth anil manufacture exported for
the year ending June 30, 1S75, compared
with the year ending June 30, 1874:
7X74.
f 3 (iS'i.7r.3
2. tW.S. I) 8.HI0.3SS
1U.45.Y3I ir.l.l'tR4
V.W.B3 r,-f 221. 223 50
4.071.7KB 3(P.5.K4t)
1.7W).12t5 2.23ti.lM
2.4'H(- 2.22 . '33
1. H33 520 'M.i-'i
4. :v."i.4-:t n.33:v;.-
4.72..723 2.5 .0 32
11.37 6 23.87
81.fli3.7H3 43.121. o7
5 13H3MI 4 f.r.C'ViO
79.3 2 323 TS 22'l.ol'
2.774.410 3.c-lli 431
1.227.HN7 '.753'7
1.71c K it 1 rut
1,22:.H14 I."7.5i7
K4H inr l.ir.l.MH
1.121M4 ?.75s(t:VI
2. fil. 475 1.057.3 4
1 1 iT. If I! .".!( H7i
!.-' 4'.7 27. !l'.3
5. i'-2 2 8.135.320
1.4KK) -. 5o :.r ;i
H'.I9.3.M 1.14 1.2 !
11.Wlf.Vi 0 57 S hill
h 3!: : : v 1 1 v
7.3:4 113 4.7'..5H
17.v..2!4 21.1 "3 7M
21.-.2tvS 11'.-1.S
25.241. 5W 3o3W.1hl
271H217 2.7!7.7.0
1.075 7Hrt 5S0 2.M
5!.:."ll.77i 2V7l'i.!i13
5.115 4170 4.555.41
2.23 $.775 3.SIS.513
2 :.4'.tS.7H2
Commoil'itif. 7"7.5.
Airriciiluiral implements $ 2.K25 372
Animal, living
Iiieadstutr
Cotton, raw
Cotton, manufactures of.
Coal, bituminous
lruir, chemicals, etc. . .
Fruits, preen and dried..
Furs and fur skins
llidof and skins not fur.
Mi 11 11 res
Oils
4il-rnke
Provisions
Kesin and turpentine...
Seeds
Sewing-machines
CIork
i-tilled spirits
Spirits turpentine
S'tuar
Molasses
Hops
'i'aliow
Ura-s and manufarfr oT
Hemp and mnnufact rs of
Iron und inaiiufaci r of
Sleel and manulact'rs of
leather and manuf is of
Wood and manufact'rs of
Wool and n.auuract'rs or
Tobacco, leaf .
Tobacco, mau
Quicksilver
Ciold coin
Silver coin
i .old bullion. .
Silver bullion.
r.fact'rs or
17,17.H14
miEAPSTCFFS IN PF.TATr.
The following will show the value of
breadstuffs exported in detail :
7'7.5.
r.arler
liresd and biscuit
1 udian corn
Indian corn-meal
ats
K;e
Kve-flonr
Wheat
Wheat flour
Other Muall grain
pulse
Muizena, rarina, etc.
and
f ' i.-'-ir
cino-o
84.4Vi.m7
1.2W.533
21 J.5 -.7
2 '4 5'
; 4 w
5!.f 07 H-;3
23.110,074
S04.214
3C4.153
PROVISIONS IN DETAIL,
F.acon and hams $28.R1! W)
lleer 4.1'.7.H50
I'.utter 1.5tit..7t;l
Cheese 13..5'.t 5 1
Condensed mi'k 123.'t 5
Kir 8.7-n
Fish, all kinds 2.W1.713
Lard 22!.4i
Meats, preserved 735.112
v-ter 17'.). :5ti
i'lckies aud sauces l.Nrl
I'oik 5.4.71. 4".-,
Onions M 250
Potatoes 522.111
Other vegetables l3'.'.:H;ti
Vegetable, prepared or
preserved
The value given f
except coin ntl Lulnon
value given fur imports
The value of lorelgn
ported from the Fnii.- i
year was ...',- 1, 1
"the previous ve:.r.
2.053
I7.
f2IO.'.3S
47'i.1'.i7
21 Tt.'.t.'.tT.t
1.520 H'.iO
33 7 2
1.5 S 3' 2
3S.!J!3
101 .421 511
20.258.011!
4)70.1 in
322-4-13
J33.S83.W
2 1'5-i.t 7t'.
l.'12 31
11.3 i-.lr.r,
711 til?
5 230
2.023 4: 12
l'.l.3 fill
M jii
2 I 7r4
5.: : f 12
5 : .57
471 332
l'.ll.t;2
46 3'H
The Mountain Meadows
Trial.
Massacre
dome-tic exports.
is ciin ciicv. J J.
s gold.
ooniiiio.iitit's cx
taVs eluring l!i
I. :ig:;:ii:.t J'.X'.';
li- vii'ti of forci.g;
e v.
I'C
ii'.-l
: o
merchandise n-i!i;;in!i: i.i
of the United .w'f.te- ':i
was iJ,22i, 5 vJ3 b
loM.
A fashion writer says: For light
carriage wear crepe de chine shawls are
much Worn, and are exceedingly pretty,
rrim ivliitfi and delicate shades of blue
and pink being the favorite colors. A new-
blue, called bluebell, is aiiin'jue, uaving
a silvery appearance in the evening that
is charming.
The American Sunelav-rschool Union
labors for the children and youth in tl
.icfiilir an1 rffr1 tf.fted nlitz-M tllirinrr tl
.IV, 7 j .... , v . j,. .v. ' - - - .
month of May it organized and aided 150
Sunday-schools in the Northwest, which
had a membership of 58l teachers and
4,591 scholar.
There is one block in Detrit without
a female gossip. It's a vacant block
Babies are elescribeil as cfmnons at
tached to the bonds of matrimony.
Thk Salt Lake City (Utah) eorrct'jiond
ent of the Chicago Trihuns writes un fol
lows coneeTning the recent trial at Heaver
of the .Mormon John 1. I for his con
nection with the Mountain .Meadows mas
sacre :
The massacre at Mountain Meadows
took place in September, 157. In July,
1875, eighteen years afterward, the first ar
raignment of any of the actors in that trag
'dy was had, ami the jury (two-third
Mormon) disagreed, rcntlci ing the proceed
ings a farce. This, notwithstanding it
was abundantly establishes! by the prosee-u-tioii
that the occurrt nee is rightly under
stood by the world, ami the failure: em the
part ed the defense to cither disprove the
facts 11s generally ree'eived or t e'stablish
even a pretext for the wholesale: murder.
Which shows, taken with the tone of the
community in which the trial took place,
as witnessed by numerous indical ions in
sideand outside of court, thatthe people of
Southern Utah, alter eighteen years f
re tlection, after the growth of a new gen
eration, sympathize with the perpetrators
of the massacre, ralhe r than with the ef
forts to punish it.
Coiinsi 1 for the defciisei xhibiteil a curi
ous spe-ctacle sonic of them working for
Lee, careless of the interests of the chure h
and of the exposure of the truth ; others,
and among I hem the venerable church
counsel, who seem to have: tippcan-d
volunt irily ami without fee, except it was
from the church, confining themselves to
a vain effort to de-fend the church. A
liltle examination will show that the theory
advanced is too thin ami too late.
According te it, the emigrants hurried
and iiniose-d on the people, jHiisonetl
springs ami sold the Indians poison'd
meat; that the Indians, justly incensed,
gathered ami uttat keel them in revenge;
that the Mormons thereupon hastened to
the scene to rescue theemigrants; that they
succee-eletl in persuading the m to give up
their arms anil property to appease the
Indians, antl were conducting them to a
place ef safety in the rear; that then
Klingan Smith (State's evidence) and 11
few (ilhcr blue k-lieaited .Mormons, from
native ferocity, fired upon them; that this
excited the Indians be-yond control, who
thereupon (being conveniently in ambush)
appeared and perpetrated the massacre.
If this were true, and Brigham Young,
then (Jovernor of the Territory, as well as
head of the church and Superintendent
of Indian Affairs, were: an honest man,
what indignation he must have telt against.
Klingan Smith and the few other .Mor
mons, and how speedily would he have
investigated Ihe matter, fixed the Manic.
ami punished the guilty. But he did not,
and he now has the ell'ronlery to say that
he never knew ol the atlair Ht all, except
from public rumor; that, when Lee at
tempted to report to liim he stopped him
peremptorily, lot his feelings should Ik?
burrowed up. Everything e very nicmbe-r
of the church eloes is well known at head-
epiarters, as in the case of a well organizes!
and disciplined army in the field. And
yet a regiment ed the church army
marches hlly miles under Us regular oill-
cers, and exterminates an emigrant train
of 130 persons, anil Brigham Young never
knew aught about it except from public
rumor. Anil, if Lee's ac tion on that oe-ca-sion
was taken to save and not to destroy
the emigrants, why did Brigham Young
make him the scapegoat in the case
two or three years ago by cut
ting him oil' from the church? Brigham
says the reason he didn't investigate it as
(jovernor was because he was pistthen sii
perseded in that olhce. and that he ollerod
all the ussistuncc in his powe r to the new
ollicers. The truth is, Judge Crudellmugh
icld the first court in tin: district after the
occurrence, and, at the c-nd of we-eks of
lnellectual scolding, was obliged to dis
miss his Mormon (Jrand Jury because
they would no nothing. Probably the
lK)nes of '(Ki murdered persons were tlu-n
bleaching in the district; yet they would
indict no one. (. rudcllmugh got 11 detail
of Johnston's troops for personal protec
tion, went souih, and, with bench-war-
ranls and soldiers, dragged the butchers
from the woods, anil ferreled out the fact,
such us the world knows them. And this
was how Brigham Young assisted him.
Had he said to that (Jrand Jury that he
wanted Ihe guilty punished, it would have
been done in short order. But how could
he have his Bishops ami Presidents
hanged for " living their religion?" Motei-
over, uunimings oiun 1 sueceeii mm as
Governor until nearly a year afte r the massacre.
But, say it was not in his power to pun
ish er to report to Vahington as Gove rnor
ami comptroller of Indian affairs, it was
in his hands as head ot the church to fel
lowship or otherwise these women-assassinating
ami baby-eating priests eif his
church. And he fellowships them all to
this clay, except Lee, and he fcllowshipcd
him 'us long its lie dared t'j. l ounsel lor
the defense say it was preposterous that
the church should have preached und
blowe-d" aliout it if they hud intended to
murder the emigrant. Preposterous or
not, the published dise-ourses of thechurch
show that not only tin n, but always, the?
church has taught murder (under certain
circumstances, ot which the church was
alone the judge) as a part of their religion.
nd. as to "blowing' there never was
such a set of crazy braggarts before under
heaven. The beggar Jo Smith announcing
himse lf as a candidate for the Presidency
us soon as be had si-cured a respectable
body-guard of elup-s illustrates the spirit
of the church from its founder down.
But from time to time the world has
been told that the emigrants were abusive,
that they poisoned a spring and sold
poisoned meat to the Indians. The de
fense attempted to show these things ; but
the testinifiny to that efl'ei t fell into shreds
at the touch of cross -examination. So that
the defense established nothing that could
be urged even as a pretext. Nothing
could palliate it, except a similar attack by
the emigrants on the settlements. The de
fense knew their jury and confined them
selves princ ipally to abusing the witnesses
for the prosecution. If they were as bad
as represented the wonder is their brethren
didn't find it out till they left the murder
ing church.
Tiic prosecution fairly established, on
the othe r hand, judicially, the facts of the
massac re as it long since passed into his
tory. Their witnesses disagreed only in
two ejr three insignificant mailers such as
they would have been likely to agree
about had they lx-cn telling a lie. It is
proper to say that Klingan Smith aban
eloned the church soon after the butchery
anil has since Jived in California, whene e
he was brought by the prosecutiem as a
w itness. He was a Mormon Bishop in
good standing at the lime, and he tells the
whole story no doubt us it lmpix-m-d.
There was no attempt to rebut his testi
mony, to break it down or to impe-ac h
him. But all the speec hes of the defense
were loaded wita abuse of hiin indeed,
contained little else.
Lee is to Ik: tried again next term. And
after him, if they me ever caught, Haight
IliglK-e, Stewart und others all pricsls of
the Latter-Day Thugism. Dame is in cus
tody, and it is to be hoped he will ne)t
cheat the gallows bv dying without a trial.
The others have f e"d the Territory. They
send buck weird, through their attorne ys
two lawyers from Michigan, imported by
the church to do its work that they are
innocent and can prove it, but they elon't
want to get into the clutches of the United
States Marshals. "We have not reached
the end yet, and our progress is nothing
to boast of; but, if Congress will give us
the Mormon Jury law which prevailed
Iiere for twenty years" will give us a free
ballot and repeal the Woman-Sutlrage act
of Utah, we w ill do better in future.