THE REPUBLICAN. JUDSON HOLCOMB, t p uonurrous. CHAS. L. TRACY, JUDSON HOLCOZD, Editor " Reaso laza, honest expenditures. cons petenl officers, and no: stealing." harpers Weekly. /Jr 'intered in the Pont Offtre at Tottanda at SECOND CLASS 'ATTER. THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1881. Republican Cot* Ticket. PROTHONOTARY: GEORGE W. BLACKMAN: SHERLFP: WILLTAM T. HORTON REGISTER AND RECORDER JAMES •H. WEBB. fREASCRER: EBEN LILLEY. COMMISSIONERS:: DANIEL BRADFORD, MYRON KINGBLEY. AUDITORS: JOSEPH T. HESTED, w. V.T. MOODY. COO - TY NOMINATIONS. We regard the County ticket placed in nomination by the &pub ' lican Convention last week, as fairly representing all elements of . the party. - The underlying causes-that - have heretofore produced disaffec tion in the.party ranks in our local politics are in the main removed. The dividing line has been between - the Cameron and anti-Cameron ele ments of the party, or between the adherents of boss rule in State poli tics on the one hand, and its °pion- ents on the other. There is now, fortunately, bat one sentiment in the Republican party of Bradford on this subject and that is emphatically in condemnation of the methods by which the Republican party organi- nation of the State is ruled and con- trolled. All elements of the party came together in convention in harmony. Resolutions ' t approving the independent act'on of our Senator and members of , the last Liegistature in Utebenatonal contest, and approving the policy; of the present National Administration were _unanimously adopted and ap— plauded. The party here was also committed by resolittion, enthusias— tically adcipted, to the policy of submitting to a vote of the people, a proposition to so amend the Consti tution of the. State as to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors except for medicinal and mechanical purpos t es, The party is 'also committed to economy in county expenses, and a reduction of .the Treasurer's compensation. The Board of Commissioners have al ready taken action on this subject in - conformity with the recommends:- tions of the Convention. What have we then to qnarrel „ over ? Those who objected to the nomination of Mr. Webb and Mr. Bradford brought their objections into the Convention and there received fair treatment and a fair hearing. They were bath fairly nominated and here the obkc. tions should end. No one doubts the capacity of Mr. Webb for the faithful - and proper discharge of the duties of the Recorder's office. The objections to Mr. Bradford, grew mainly out of local conflicting inter ests and are not such as shotild make weight against his election. None can doubt his capacity or, his personal integrity. We_ mention these two nominations especially be cause We have heard no objections urged against any -other of the midi.; dates. The ticket as a whole is a good one, upon which the party should cordially unite. The ;vault, we trust, will show the party entirely harmonious with more than its usual majority. The Republicans of Bradford. we are happy to say, a re now practically a unit in opposition to the role of party bossew in our State politics over the Republican party. There is therefore no occasion for:further discoid among us on this subject. . it is the consummation of a . purpose for the accomplishment of athich we have long and persistently fought, sometimes against bitter and person al opposition. But we entertain no personal animosities, and have never been actuated by malicious or yin. dictive motives. Friend and foe alike in k n political sense, shall be cordially . indorsed for right action, and deservedly censured when, in -our judgment, he is in the .wiong, We all now meet on common ground and shake hands over the bloodless chasm. Let us as Republicans so act as to make. our inguence felt for good throughout the State. Oar County Ticket is a "give and take" ticket of good and capable men, representing the party as a whole, upon which all should unite cordially in an effort tc) give our can didates the fall vote of the party. Here is our hand for such an effor i t, Fall in boys, for the accomplishme nt of the work in hand. Col. McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, gives Wolfe a flattering send off in his independent candidacy for State Treasurer. This is litcClure's way of helping the defeat of General Bally. When he has worked Wolfe to his satisfaction he will drop him and pitch in for the Democratic candidate. , The personal popularity of His Royal Higimess, Attorney General Palmer in his zwn section is simply immense. The pleasure of the _ delegates from Lackawanna and - Luzerne to the State Convention in voting for Davies, was only equalled by the opportunity it afforded them to vote against Palmer. THE STATE CONVENTION. , The "will , of the people" found ex pression in the nominntion of Gerd. Baily for State Treasurer at the Republican State Cenvontion held at Harrisburg on . Ifie , Stb, inst. Probably no more:. degrading ex hibition 'of the wilful perversion of public sentiment-4e working ,of machiueauk! the "pure cus sedness" of the se lf-styled leaders was even witnessed. Penna., save and except in the CottiOntion 'of Feb. 1880, that "instructed" for Gen. - Grant. The mention of the name of Sena tor Davies in connection with the Treasurership called forth prompt and' hearty issuances of support from every quarter of the 'State and from every element of the party. Until within three weeks Iron/ the Convention, we neverkne*the party so unanimously in accoid with a candidate. The leading, spirits of the "Regulars," volunteered their active support, and number of them solicite.l Mr., Davies in the strongest ierms"tii be a candidate, assuring - him, not only , :of their de votion, but that he shbOld have no opposition. In order6.ltc) put the latter question beyond doubt cer tain of his friends interviewed Semi tor Cameron - on - the subject and he gave his word that he would not op pose him. His nomination up to August 20th, was a fact conceded on all hands. How, and why was he defeated? How ? by the "main strength principle; by the use of all the "ap pliances' of the State government; by the "thumb crew" ptocess; by the cowardice and treachery of "sum mer" 'friends; by the abject servitude to their ."bosses" of things, erron eously cailed-American citizens; by the combined efforts of a clique to whom the success of the party is a minor consideratiOn to that of the success of the "machine"; by the combined efforts of a clique whose parainount object is to reward slaves and punish freemen and who would have i quietly striven for the defeat of Senator Davies had he been nomi nated.. Whv was he defeated ? For several-reasons—principally for two. First, because he had the manhood to honestly. represent the sentiments of nine-tenths of the Republicans in the State in the late Senatorial con test, and second, to allow said clique t 3 cram down the throats, and rub under the noses of the Independent element—not Geni. Bailey. but a political sentiment represented by him, A distasteful, as ,repulsive as hell itself to ninet?en-twentieths of the Republicans of this`" Common wealth, to wit: "306." The President's recovery meant Republican success. Here was an opportunity to punish Davies and at the same time elect a Grant man through the President's inisfortime. The resolutions' indorsing the Ad ministration, &c., ere koodT—thanks to the amendments adopted in com mittee, through the efforts of Hon. Edward McPherson, et al—bat does any one believe for a Mori:lent that this syndicate of 'politicians ralv in ac cord with Garfield's Administration? No ! It is as bitter as 'gall to them. We ask of them in the language of the Senator from New York, "Is this heartfelt, or is it bypocr,isy's mas querade ?" We are not speaking especially for Senator Davies, nor with his knowl edge or consent--probably will not receive his approval. It is an open secret that Senator Dtiiiis and'our self in the past have not. always been in harmony, but common honesty and a spirit of fairness dictates that we should say: that , we believe and know him to be a man who bas dared to represent his constituents :its against "orders"—true to his friends and his sense of right—a man of in tegrity, and in point of brains, stands a head and shoulders above the dis tinguished Senator that alas the pally whip. Let us be understood further, that we make no war upon - Gen. Bally; we believe him to be capable and personally honest, and shall support him—but we do object to the modus operandi of his nomination —the mo tive that actuated the men that brought it aboutLthe continued dis regard of the known and expressed wishes of the people which has-be come particularly obnoxious since the election of J. D. Cameron: to the Senatorship. We are Republican, and fight within the lin* We shall continue as we have in the past, to express ourselves at all times and umUr all circumstances, as in our judgment shall seem for the best in terest of the party. We shall assist in educating the - people 'to despise "machine" methods and: motives. We shall continue to cry halt! to party dictators. We say to them that a repetition of the spirit mani fested in the Convention of 1880, in the late Senatorial struggle, and in the defeat of W. T. Davies, will not again be tolerated. I We are interested in the perpe.' tufty of Republicanism—in the eleva tion of party politics upon it higher plane than it has reached in Penn. sylvania of fate, and we say to the "machine" that when all other means , shall fail to Make you respect public sentiment, we :shall assist in saving the party by crushing your ticket. Our leadei this week on the State donvention, is couched in more em phatic terms than . 'we ordinarily employ. But the occasion seemed to dennuad it, and language less ex pressive would not do justice to the . sabjec'. We de dire the Republicans of Bradford to iniderstamd that we do not abate one jot of tittle of our opposition to boss rule in our State polities, though we advise them to aupport General iftaib3y, WOLFE AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. The daily Preas of . Saturday last, !contained the following card of Rep resentative Wolk/ of Union county, announcing hitnisilf awlndependent Candidate for State Trerrer: ro a/ macro rao'Pnvo. c . Litman's% Pe., Sept. 9. —The 'black Sig- has bean - raised against the Inde pendent Republicans of Pennsylvania. Meese announce that ou my own re sponsibility lam an Independent Re publican candidate-for State Treasurer, in full sysiptthY with the Administra tion end against the rule of the bosses. I will stump the State and_give my rea sons for this action. Cusmaip. Wora B. While we not underestimate the danger to the success ofl the Repub lican nominee for State Treasurer, in consequence of Mr. Wolfe!s can didacy, we deprecate the 4E4 an ill-advised step he hasrin, aimed at the disruption of the arty. The time is not yet, when the well:being of the party and the promotion of better influences in the organization demand an independen movement. ; In - the Nomination of Gen. Bally, t‘ilc who is personallta cap ble and-an honest man , the niachin powers in the organization have en the re sponsibility of plaenig him upon the ticket solely because he I was a dele gate at Chicago, and ciiiit hi s vote for General Grant, making 'one of the Stalwart Band of 306, while his district was decidedly for Blaine. General Bally was a gallant soldier tif the Union army and earned his i title by valuable service during the war of the. Rebellion. While we ore opposed to the methods by which he I was nominated, we desire his eleCtion as a Republican; but not as a repre sentative of the factions spirit which ruled the Convention. In this view we advise Republicans . :to support General Bally, and with us, bide our time for; striking a blow 'at the bosses Of the party in Pennsylvania that wilLbe more effectual than the defeat of a candidate for State Treasurer, The time will come ere long, when an outraged public sentiment will be come so crystalized againgt boss rule that it will assert itself within the Party to the complete overthrow of . that power, as it has d on in Brad ford anA many oilmar n i nnnfloa -of the State. The party o ganization will then be placed upon a higher plane and will justly clai the con fidence and support to - w 'eh it is by its principles entitled. This must be the end aimed at. It cannot be done by abandoning the party or ganization, but by maintaining ilin tact until the better elements assert a mastery over its interests, when existing abuses of poirer will be cor rected. . The latest information from Presi— dent Garfield is highly encouraging. His physicians report, that no serious results are anticipated from the lung difficulty. On Tuesday he wait placed in an invalids chair and drawn to a - window over-looking the ocean and sat for half - an hour without fatigue. The unfavorable • features of his case are gradually abating, the swelling and ulceration of the parotid gland of his neck have abated and the flow of pus has ceased and the ulcer is healing in a healthy manner. The wound from the bullet is granu lating and has healed for several inches from the base. There is'now reason. to hope that the crisis is passed and thd President is on the road to recovery. I • NEW YORK. LETTER . The "season" at The Seas ide l and in the. Mountains is nearly ended, and residents of the city who 'have been summering oat of town are flocking home again. The .Buropevin steamers are crowded with returning tourists who have been spending their enamor vacs ,tion and their thousands on the Con tinent or in the British Isles. The Oitskills whose forests and bills have been ringing with the laughter of merry city youths and' maidens, - : will soon re- turn td the winter solitude : of a howling wilderness. and the 22,1 fiC3' waves will break, break, break on - the crags' .qf Long Branch and the white sands of Coney Island, with their mournfid sounds broken only. by the scream of the - seagull. Those who were wont to sport in the waves will be enjoying the beginning of a gay season iu the city. Oar theatres promise some treat in • their line this winter. Two theatres "The Academy of Music" and Booth's are producing the sensation of Paris. Jules Verne's "Michael Strogoff" and a third, siblos is said to be preparing for it. It is a grand spectacular play with:a vivid tableau of a battle field after the fight with slain men and horses and cannon wagons and small arms all in heaps, and the spectacle of a burning city. A grand ballot is introduced in the second and fourth acts. - Joe Jefferson is playing in "The Rivals" at the Union - Square. "The Mascatte" has been revived at the Bijou Opera House. "Quits" is on at Dalye. The world at Niblo's. "The Mascatte" at Fifth Avenue and "Tin; Professor" at Madison Square. Tarrigan do Hatt have liasifinished their new'and elegant theatre, the Comique, and have fought out a: new :play "The Major" on the style: of the side splitting 'Mulligan Guard series. Walhicki old theatie Broadway. and 13th streets will be occu pied by the Germania Theatre Com pany. ' Wallack is building a larger and finer theatre np town which it is said will surpass anything in the city. He expects to get ready to open Oct°. ber Ist, bat the brick walla are not near completed and it will probably be Noveniber Ist before it is ready for occupation. N. -- September 13th. 1881 . . Serenty-.Five!Tilznips Capture a liVvight Tiaip. lifennisneno, Pa. Sept it—Seventy five tramps boarded a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Middle town early this morning and threatened the orew 'with violence if not allowed to ride. A posse on a - special train was dispatched to the scene and twenty tramps were arrested. It is. swpposed that they belong to a gang who have been rohbinfrand burniig in Lancaster 9 0 =0' , • =EI STATE CONTENTION. GIRERRAL BALLY NOI.INATED —TUE NMI.. NATION MACHINE BADE-TNOTIN ACCORD writ me Portman yam —MS PLAT• PORN DORMER "wraiwawnsm"---ran 'CANDIDATE NOT IN RAID* arra TUB Pr o Zuwonir. - Tht, Republican. State Convention assembled at Ilarriguirg on,';'l'hursday The work was di - illegals:4lf un der the order ofthe ”Machine," Pllll. rdelphia, Allegheny and _Dauphin com bined with the delegateal from Demo cratic distriets to punish. the "lade pendeuts" of last winter. ',The Conven tion was called to corder by , thiairinan of State Cons., (karma, and:Quay was chos en teurporary Chairman en motion of a brother of Harry Oliver who was defeat ei by Independents for U.'S. Sena'. tor, The friends of Ur. Daviesentoport ed ei-ittorney General Lear. The result was a foregone conclusion. The Davies men scored 82 votes for Lear and the machine 162 votes for Quay: , With Qda,y in • the chair the machine went forward smoothly to its werk. - Zorn mitten on Pertnenent organizaion and on Resolutions were appointed. The permanent organization was effactedi by the leetion of General Harry White as . President, in accordance with the COM- Inipees report, as also a long list lot . Wee Presidents, beaded by George Handy Smith. of Philadelphia. A TILT IN comirrruut. • ' Nominations for Treasurer had been ordered, when a - discussion in the Cori mittee on ResolutiOns caused a halt. There were two platforms' before the Committee. The one a single resolution of Senator Cooper, and s ; the other, a more elaborate and speeifieseries, offer ed -by Mr. McPherson. Mr. Leeds fathered Senator Cooper's, and Mr Me t Pherson made his own fight. The re suit was 'a compromise. Cooper's sin gle resolution wut.ivided into two mid makes the first and stcond resointioes of the platform as adopted. McPherson is the author of the third, fourth and fifth, and the last, , which commends Governor Hoyt's Administration, was added on motion of homebody else. Thus it happeeed that about the only Independent victbrY of the day was scored by McPherson. It lies especi ally in the last clime of the third Peso lotion, namely, the, declaration that the act of.Gnitean. was en "assault upon the President for the conscientions exercise of proper executive power," a conces sion which many Stalivarts in the Con vention 'would not have made 'with their eyes open: There was a little breeie when the pugreeek, wee broil/slit batora the Convention," bat it was over in a moment. Attorriey-General Palmer, of Lazerne nominatel,Generrl S. M. Baily, Of Fay ette. and Hon. George Landon, of Bradford 4 nominated Hon. , Wm: T. Davies, Of Bradford, for State Treasur er, seconded by Senator Lee, ,of • Yen ango. 'The ballot stood: {Bailey,ls7; 83,. and Bailey was therefore declared to "be duly' nominated. Gen eral Fisher, of Chester in a strirring speech moved to make the nominations unanimous. There were-no dissenting voices, bat not more than two-thirds of he delegates responded, A GOOD PLATFOIDI The declaration. of priucip les report ed by. the Comaiittee on Resolutions and adopted by the Conveution is as Resolved, Mat the Republican party_ of .Penfisyliania is in the moat hearty accord with the Administration of Pres ident Ocirapla, nod, vaiiio unitise ! , La the prayers of all good people for bis speedy recovery, pledge continued fealty and the most active, support in the prompt and courageous correetiob' of all governmental abuses.. , As Republi cans we are in favor of any proper and well-considered reform, either in the government of the nation, I the State, municipality or county. and we court suggestions to any or all of these ends, anctenly ask that in their advocacy well-establiabe4 safeguards shall not: be hastily supplanted ,by experiments. The Administration 'of President Gar field has set the right exaniple in this direction, and while firmly adhering to the principles and better practices of the great party i which called it into ex istence, it yet insists upon faithfulness and honesty in every branith of the -public service. That the bullet of an assassin should not interrupt this .work. It should be , pursued while its author lives, and beyond his life,' if through in creasing misfortune it should be taken away. Resolved, That the Republican party has ever been progressive and reforma tory, and while realizing that nothing in government is wholly right we de• sire to be always brave enough to- seek every avenue of approach to the right to the end that all our people may en joy the ever-increasing. blessings of good government. Resolved, Teat President *James A. Garfield, this tender and loving, this struggling and suffering, this pure and bravenian, now becomes the beloved of this people and the admired of all people. We tender for ourselves and our constituents arrurancee_of deep and hearatfelt sympathy, and, keenly appre ciating the,value of such a life to his country, we express the prayerful hope that ho zany soon be restored to the discharge of • the important' duties- for which he is remarkably qualified and from which, by a pecularly infamous crime anfi an undeserved assault for a cOnscientious exercise of , proper executive p l ower, he has been, temporarily with drawn. Resolved, That in State as in Nation, the Republican party is committed to the course of, economical and honest administration; : we demand the use of all necessary *leans and the enforce ment of air laWs intended to prevent fraud and waste, and we require a close and watchful guardianship over all of the multifarious interests committed to the care of our organization. Resolved, That in any revision of our tariff legislation which may . be made care shall be taken to discriminate in favor of oar Industries, and thereby promote the causes which :ore rapidly making America a controlling power in finance, as it already is an established leader in political thought. t. Resolved, That the administration of Govarnor Hoyt merits our Wannest ap proval. We regard with satisfaction the results of a purely Republican Ad ministration under his leadership, in Which all departments have been faith filly conclude), the credit of the State raised to the highest point, and its &lances placed upon a proper basis without increasing the burdens of the of the people. A new State Committee Was appOint ed, of-which Senator Thomas V. Weil er,- of Delaware will; probably be Chair man, and the Conventitin abjourned iinedie. • . We would like to aak of Davies and Monroe if they believe ..that J. D. .Cameron will lie? 'We would like to ask of Fanner Patterson, of Harrisburg, (when he gets' sober,) how he likes the in formatiOn be received from Col. Hooten in answer to his inquiry: "Where is Bull Davies?" - • - --- -•- --,,, , ,, T•';Z• , :' , .1: - ' 7 .-•• • •'-''77 ..F 47' . , - ', Fl T A'ir':! - ;•:!- -- -7 , :- . z;') ::::.::.•..2,=•i*,•:::,7.'i: - , :t '7'''''''' .• :' • ::', • -.--- ~-, f : . ,-.,.. ;,•,... THE PRESIDENT. At tonsil 1,440400... dvaloktsr, - week „isi e gg kt assret- with ig riumnte,4 aeue off the O 'L - our ;: ' ; week _: stricken °l" 1111 3 el i ed ef Magistinte froM'the White House. to Long Branch,- and the wonderful achievement u - railroad management performed Pennsylvania road Company. 11e arrived at his quarters at , the = Franklyn Cettage,' attached to the Hotel FJbeion, at 1:20 p. ni, Tuesday ,September 0. Since his arrival there, thernwere evidences of marked improveinent in hid case up to Sunday last, when a new complica tion was reported, in which one of his lungs was said to be involved from ulceration in consequence of blood poisoning. The reOrt produced in tense alarm in the public mind, but this was allsyed by thr:. more favor able report of Monday, and Tuesday, and he is thOught now to be convale scing. We append the official bulle tins of his attending physicians - since our last issue, together with the latest telegraphic: information relating to his condition, We are happy to be able to say that his . case has assumed a more hopeful aspect within the last week: • Wednesday, Sept. 7. ° emo ii:Ar 7 (official.) Loxo Bkpica, Sept. I.—Notwith standing the exceptional heat of the weather, the thetmometor in the PrOsident's bedroom rising to 94 ab 3:30 this p. m., there Was ;a breeze most of the day,,so that , the President was comparatively comfortable. He has taken nourishment regularly and slept at intervalsduring the day. At 12115 p. m., the pulse war 114, tem perature '98.4, respiration 18. ' Since then there has been some rise in tem perature, though less than yesterday, *and the pulse has somewhat, diminished in frequency. At the evening dress ing the appearance of the wound was favorable. At present his pidse is 108 temperature 101 respiration 18. man twat) Lowna. - as follows: "The President has not gained in the . last twenty-four hours. His fever increased considerably dur ing the afternoon; his temperature reaching 101. He takes food with- , out nausea, but without appetite, and' he has not improved in N strength. The day is said to be as hot,' as ww; ever known at -Long Branch. Cooler' weather is reported from the west, and lower temperature with relief to the President is_ hoped for to=morrow." Thursday Sept. 8. 0.30 P. X. (Official.) • At 12 m. today the, President% tipmperature wrs 98.4, pulse 94. res piration 17. At the evening dressing at 5:30 p. fh., temperature 99 1, Pulse 100, respiration 18. He has taken a libeial amount of food both solid and ' fluid, with apparent relish By a special request of the President it has been mad# our duty to : say in-this public manner to Surgeon General J. K. - Dardea, Surgerm 1, J. Wanciccsurd and Dr. Robt..Heyburn, - that L. in dis pensing with their service as his medical . attendants he was I actuated only by a wish to relieve them of labor and responsibility, which in his improved condition, he could' i rio longer properly impose upon them. Both the President and Mrs. Garfield- desire to express to these gentlemen person ally. and in the seine public manner, their high appreciation of the great skill and discretion which they have so constantly exercised' as asso ciate council in the management of his case up to the present time. [Signed.] . Buss, ' BLAINE CABLED LOWELL as follows: • "The President's rest was much broken during the first haF of last night, but .to=day his condition has been more favorable. lie has had less fever' this afternoon than for , several days past; has a better pulse and im proved , appetite. His surgeons are much encourastd. His. comfort has been promoted by a decided ehange in the, weather. The thermometer at 1010 was 75 degrees ,Fahrenheit; yes terday it,•was 95. AFFECTING PRAYER MEETING AT LOliC MANCH. At the union prayer meeting at - St. Luke's Episcopal Church today, thb prayers of the ministers were interrupt ed byL sobs and - exclamations of the audience, and so keen was the feeling that both sexes wept like children. From all parts of the house arose cries of "God Belie him," "Lord most high preserve our stricken leader," and "Help us, oh God, in our hour trouble." As the muting - continued the feeling becaine more end more intense and the _ house of, worship seemed to tremble with the emotions of the peoble. The service ,was the most memorable ever hel4 in this place. The members of the - Cabinet attended service in St. James' Episco-, dal chapel at Elberon. Friday, Sept. 9th. 6 P. M. (01plal.) At the examination of the President at 12 M. to-day, the temperature was 98:4, pulse 100, respiratioMl7. At the evening dressing at 5:30 p. temperature 98., pulse 100,and respira tion 18. " h is believed without Wet ring to the records, that this is the first day since the development of the traumatic fiver, that temperature, pulse aod respiration have been so near ly nortniil and uniform throughout the entire *. BLMNE CA.BLED . LOW/ILL as follows : "The medical repOrts are all favorable , to-day, morning, noon and night. The President has not for rutny weeks done so well for so many consecutive hours. lie has had very little fever. His respiratioi has been normal and his pulse has-not exceeded 100. Re slept without opiates and gained' strength wi'hout gamut n gain t. His nighte are not so zestful at could 14' ',desire& but in ;the twenty•four hours be • gets sufficient sleep. -The weather, though not eiteessively warm, continues" sultry and oppressive . Much . is hoped. from • the clear, - bixelag air which . may be expected lieip at this seascra." At-the examination of the President at 8:30 thiamorning the temperature was 99 4-10, pulse 104, respiration ,18. He slept well during the night, avraken ing only at intervals of one - half to one hour. There is a perceptible incre - ase of strength with an improved condition of the digestive apparatus. The tume— faction of the parotid gland has entirely disappeared and the suppuration greatly diminished. • The wound continues to improve and presents a more hralthy appearance. • . HAMILTON, = Blasi t• 9 HAMILTON, Aoszw. SahArdar. Sept. 10. 1:40 4. X, 6:00 PI M . At the examination of the President at 12 M. to-day, his temperature was 98.5; pulse, 100; respiration, 18. At 5:30 this evening his temperature, was 98.7; pulse, 100; respiration,lB. The President has taken a great amount'of liquid with some solid food, and with more relish 'than for several days. His general condition is quite as 'stor— able as yesterday. • BLUE, AGNEW. (Sunday Sept. 11. 9:004. M. (Official.) '1 At the examination of the President at 8:30 this morning his temperature was 98:8, pulse 104, respiration 19. He was more restless and the febrile rise was later than on the preceding night. He continues to take suffieienV ' nour ishment withont gastric distuibances. 6:00 P. M. )offleial.) The. President has passed a quiet day, although" ; his temperature has been - somewhatlligher and his , pulse more frequent. than during the previous twenty—four h ours. . At the evening dressing quite 'h large slough of con nective tissue was removed from the region of the parotid. Ile continues to take a , sufficient quantity of dour ishment, and enjoys it.- At the noon examination the temperature was 100, pulse 110; respiration 20. At the evening dressing, temperature 100.0 pulse 110, respiration 20. [Signed.] Buss, AGNEW. I , BLAINE 8 DISPATCH. Blaine cabled Lowell as , follows: "The President had increased fever List'night and, was very 'restless until During the day he his been somewhat better, but his pulse, tem perature and respiration have been higher for- the entire twenty-four hours than on any preceeding day since he reached Long Branch. His other symptoms are not reassuring, and his general condition gives rise to anxietr" Monday Sept.. 12. CIIRONTO BLOOD-POISONING. Dr. Boynton says to-day is one of the President's bright days. He con siders that there is no doubt that an abscess tins - forined on the President's right lung, but if no further trouble of a similar nature occurs, he pinks the patient, has sufficient vitality to overcome it. The doctor 'said the trouble is not materially worse now than before we. left Washington. He attributes the complication to chronic blood-poisoning. Secretary Blaine sent the following to Minister Lowell: "The President slept well last niglit, and' his condition to-day is more comfortable and more favorable. During my absence for a short time, Doctors Agnew and Hamil ton will send you a daily report" 6:10 P. M. (0/pedal.) The President has experienced since the issue of the morning bulletin, a fur ther amelioration of the symptoms. He has been able to take an ample amount of food without discomfort and bas bad several refreshing naps. At the noon examination_ the temperature was 90.2 Prig° 106, respiration 20. -At 5:3d p. m., temperature 98.6, pulse 100, res piration 18. (Signed) - - BLISS, AGNEW. DISPATCH TO LOWELL. MacVeagh cabled Lowell as follows: 10 p.m.-In the absence of Secretary Blaine the attending ihysicians" have requested me to inform you of the Presidenes condition. He has during the day eaten sufficient with relish - , and has enjoyed at intervals refreshing sleep. His- wound and the incisions made by the surgeons, all look better. The parotid gland has Ceased suppura tion and may be considered as substan tially. well. He has exhibited more ,than his usual eheerfulneis of spirit. His, temperature and resperation are now normal and his. pulse is less fre quent, and notwithstanding these favor able symptoms, the • condition of the losier part of the right lung will con tinue to be a source . of enxiety for some days to Come." OPINION OF TES SUMMONS. Dr. - Agnew to-night said that the evening bulletin was a favorble one, and be could not say more than was contained in it if he should talk an hour. , Dr. Boynton adheres to the opinion that the lung complicaaion is the result of blood poisoning, yet he contends t hat . the President's vitality is sufficiently strong to overcome any serious results from., it, providing no further complications of a similar character' occurs. .Messrs by and Rockwell are encouraged the favor able indications, and say the dify has undoubtedly been a good one. Mr. Rockwell said he placed more, confi dence in the President's action, when comparing - his condition from day to day, than in the opinion of others. He said the President is a man not afraid of death, and ., has no more idea of dying than any of us who are enjoying good- health. He considered that if the President :should be near death's door, the full possession of his faculties would .enablehim to comprehend the fact and he would not hesitate tol, give due notice to those around, him. Dr. Hamilton arrived to-night to relieve Dr. Agnew; who loaves for P.hiladelphia in the morning. _ 6P. X. (O ffi cial.) • , At the examination of the President at 12 IL to-day; she temperature was N.% pulse 100, respinition 20. At the the evening dressing at 5:30 p. m , the temperature was 08.4-; poise 100, re spindiCnlA. The President was placed in a`semi-recumbent position upon an chair st 11. a. m., and remained half au hour vitt:Out fatigue or &meow fort. The wounds are making the usual favorable progress, and hisigener. al condition is re-assuring. [Signed] ENJOYING TEE OCEAN SCENE NEW. Yong, Sept. .13. -- Windom, Hunt and James left for the White Mountains this morning. Lincoln has left Long Branch for. Bye Beach and MacVeigh will probably remain there until the other members return. Buss, AGligW. The 2Wegram's Long Branch special says: The President after eating busk ins this morning, looked out on the ocean and remarked: "What a glorious day for those - who can have a sail.there." When he was taken. to the window in the chair, - he looked-around and said. "Boys, I told I would be all right." Then be said to Rockwell' "Stay here, Harry, and enjoy that lovely scene with me." HatiVeagh cabled Lowell as follows : There has been no material change in the President'Sr_condition during the last twenty-four hours. He was moved at his . own requeit this morning from the bed to an extension chair, in which he remained half an hour; and he his been less inclined to "drowsiness during the day than usual. The weather is now very favorable, and the physicians think they difoover signs of slight im provement in his symptoms. They ex pect him to pass a very favorable night. FIRING AT GUITEAU. A Girard Shoots Through a Window. Waenmeros, Sept. 11.—Sergeant. Mason;of Battery B, Second Artillery, when relieiing the guard here this afternoon, shot at Gniteau through the* window of his cell and c a me near kill ing bim. The ball grazed his head and was imbedded in the cell wall. Mason was promptly arrested and taken to the arsenal and incarcerated. SCORCHED AND CHARRED BODIES IN THE Deraorr, September 9.—Details con tinue to come in relative to the des truction by . forest fires. Huron and Sanilao counties have been the princi pal theatre of the greatest destruction and suffering. An eye-witness states that darkness and a copper-coloredisky preceded > the approach , of the _tire. Later the sky ehtmgod tu a deep red, and Monday afternoon it became so dark that lanterns were necessary, for people to find their way about. This condition of affairs continued until about 8 o'clock, Wednesday morning, when the wind shifted from west to north, cooling the air and bringing a slight relief. In the woods were many scorched and charred bodies, which presented a revolting appearance. The high winds that prevailed cutoff nearly every avenue -of escape,, and large burning masses would be lifted bod ily and borne along for a great dis tance. In many instances these burn ing masses started fires in fresh places. The skill and courage of 'man seemed impotent to combat with such flames, and the fleeing people were caught in the ire-traps and roasted. MAIMED BEYOND reEcoolorrox. One farmey.who was ploughing with his oxen a few mil 6; from Sand Beach percieved the - approaching darkness i and started for his house. , On reaching hOme he found that his wife had giirne to a neighbor's. He tl4n took t.wo of his children, his eldest &I - righter taking the others. Before going many rods they found themselves cut off by the flames. The farmer then hurried in another direction and escaped with the two children. His daughter and the other three children were found next day in a heap charred - beyond frecogni tion. Upto Wednesday night 45 bod- ies had been .fOund within a mile. In Paris Township many are missing, most oflt,hem Poles. The whole settle ment, buildings, fences, crops, etc., was swept clear. In Delaware Township, all the country south of Forestville from the lake seven miles back, there is hardly-anything left, not one house to the sipiare mile. They were new settlers and had sthall clearings, and the fire swept them like a hurricane. They lose all - they had and owe for their places. Many of them fled to the lake.- The shore line has been crowded with human beings, cattle and everything that could get to the water. Eye-witnesses say that the utmost con fusion prevails. Many could not - see. One man who had lost his all was both blind and crazy, and had to be led to the lake. Mirth of Satiihic the fire on Monday night was terrible, sweeping away al most everything, but it seemed to : leave the houses. The people here did not know any fire was_ near them until it was on them. They:had to run for the lake, and it being but a short distance away all reached it safely. John Kerr and family were asleep when their building caught fire; and a neighbor seeing it ran and succeeded in saving the house, but hist everything else. Mrs. N. Burgess got separated from her husband and lay all night in a ditch. Another person lay down in a mud•puddle and rolled over and over all night. A large party of men have gone to bury the dead: beasts in For rester Township. Dr. Hoyt who re turned for more medicine, reported several badly burnt. Many are so blind they bad to be led and many are without fool A number of parties+ Tuesday, Sept. 13. DISPATCH TO LOWRLIf. HUNDREDS ,LOST. WOODS OF IfICHTGAN. BLIND' AND NVITOQIIT FOOD. have already gone with food, 'clothing, shoes and medicine. More help must come quick, as suffering , will en sile. They half° no ion!. or prcivsions. George Ferguson of "White Hoek, who his been on the road since'Monday. re pcirts that he has Seen one htindred and sixteen burned bodies. At one - place he saw fine wagons bearing eight cof fins, !Atli one man walking behind, all alone. - ft was his family. Another man was three 'coffins. Every farmer hist some crops and tenses: On Wednesday night the burning • district between Deckersville and Sind ,Beach was visited by a rain storm which put out a considerable portion of the fires and cleared the atmosphere. !WICKING UP THE LOSS OF LIM Thelatest reports are that the fires nppear to be abating. A despatch-from* Port - Austin at the top: of the btmed penirunila sums up the general destruct ion as follows: The loss oflivei by the , forest fires on Monday and Tuesday is estimated at from 200 to 300. The . following villages were burned: Bad' Axe, Verona, Forrest Bay, Richmond vine, Charleston, Anderson, Deckers ville, •Ilarrisonville and Sandusky. The following were partly burned: Port Hopd, Minden and Elbly. The great loss, in villages is nothidg to that in the country, where the losses are ;too num erous to be named. Reports from Sag irutw, Tuscola and Lispeer, Counties, one tier back from the lake, while show ing much destruction of property, do not approach the losses in the shore counties. The losses by fire was much less sweeping and general and the loss of life was. small. But in each of these more •favored counties hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property has been destroyed. The latest reports from all these counties encourage the belief that rain his visited many , sect ions and that the deluge of Iflames is largely subsiding. The work of relief most now be systematically- entered upon. Lumber to -build houses, provis ion of all kinds, clothing and seed for future crops, must be furnished in large quantities to prevent still greater des titution. The benevolent everywhere can safely send money to Mr. E. C. Carleton, Mayor of Port Huron, or to Senator 0. Conger in the same place, with the assurance that the means will be judiciously used. Prompt, act ion is urgently demanded. BLUM, HANGIVTON. Drrnorr, Mich., September,9.—Rains have fallen in probably sufficient quan tity to quench.the fires, but not enough to soak the ground and revive the drooping vegetation. The" lowest esti mates indicate that 215 families have been.burned out in the towns of Mar lette, Flynn, Argyle, Evergreen, Moore, Lamotte and Elmer in Sanilac County, and thirty-two persons are known to be , dead, men who travel through the burned district yesterday reported that tho fires ate wustly outand the inhabi tants sitting about the ashes of their, bUrned houses, many burned and other- Wise injured. They are disconsolate and almost bereft of their senses. Pro visions, clothing, bedding and other necessaries are being constantly for warded and men are traveling through the burned sections distributing sup plies and taking the names of those in need. Many persons are still missing in, the burned district, and the exact loss cannot be known for some days. Sixty-five burials are already rePorted in six towns, and it, is said that twenty seven dead have been found in the country between Bad Axe. and Pori Howe. Trains are now 'running reg ularly to Sand Beackilnd'Marlette. CAPTURING A TRAIN. A WHOLE STATE AROUSED- REOULS HATTON BY THE GOVERNOR-SIX ROBBERS CAVORT. InimpEtirEscs, Mo., Sept. .B.—Nine masked robbers stopped the Chicago, Alton Sr, We,tern express -and mail train at eight o'clock last night two miles west of Glenda, by waving a signal lantern. The robbers bad also piled a great quantity- - of stones and logs on the track to wreck the, 'train. The robbers were heavily armed, and when the train stopped the leaders shouted, sinow.men to your work, fire." At the word the air was filled With the diacharging fire arms; shot's succeeded one another with such rapidity that the train men and passengers imagined the attacking party to be 'in overwhelm ing numbers. The effect of firing rendered the pas- - sengers and engineer an easy prey to the brigands. Before the first shock• was over a number of robbers took po seesion of the train, the shooting all the time vigerously carried on. The engi neer, fireman and brakeman were driven into "the woods. Conductor Hazelbacker offered resistance. but wai overpowered . and compelled to rem for his life. A few of the thieves boarded the caret, drew cocked arms, covered all •zits and ordered every one to relrain trona making a single movement, at the.peril of their lives. There was absolute compliance with the order on the part of scores or terrorized people. Two highwaymen boarded the express car. The express messenger made a bold stand and refused to yield, although the muzzles of two revolvers were against his temple. Said one of the thieves: "I admire your • nerve, you are too good a,man to be slugged," and then knocked , bim down with the butt end of his weapon. The messenger while conscious refused to surrender the keys. The robbers pounded him until he was unconscious, then rifled the car throwing out everything "valuable or movable, and they filled the keyhole of the safe with explosive and , blew it open. From the sate they secured many valuables and money, estimated at 1130,000. The work on the express car was done quietly and with nucom mon skill. The I trained confederates OD the outside curled the booty sway. During all thbi tim ethe rapid and ter= rible firing was continued.- Two rob bers then wen t from the express car to the passenger care. Passengers 'were ordered to hold up their hands, and the robbers emptied the peeke:a 'of every passenger- Of . valuables. =4 .110/11 :COVEITIOt ABOVSED. The spot selected for tho deed is in a WELCOME RAIN. dense woods, two miles from any bab f . tation. The train ran to Hans _ a„ ttit 7 sad garikthe alarm, and the chief, of police started with fifty men on hors t& A special train with poem also Went fa the acne. 'Large bodies of men lot being sent out from all points in every direction; The -" whole country aroused, and intense eicitement p re ,. vale. The leader of the party anoi nt the description of the leader of the party that robbed the Chicago & Ro o k Island train at Winston. July 17. commas 01 A szairsirAN. It is stated that the robbers ',lu m b er. ed twelve or fourteen men, ruined with -Henry. 'Hies, and made the lad* the floor and, took their earrings and jewelry. One man lost 4450. A freight train' was coming np _behind. Frank Burton, a brakeman, ran does the cut with a storm of bullets after him and stopped the train,. and probably saved many lives. After the cars .ere gone through the robbers jumped off and struck for the timber, where their horses were. The men in front helped the train , men to roll off the obstrs c . tion, and then joined their eem pinions. When the robbers were Magid Barton, the engineer said '•for God's sake don't shoot the boy, he is saving the lives of these people." One robber threw np his . arms and cried stop shooting. Barton rolled into the out And waved lantern. The freight train stopped only a ear length oft. The whole affair occupied 'only fit teen minutes. " . ~ SIX 01P Tali ROBBERS currunza. Hennas Cm, Sept. B.—lnformation has reached here that Chief of Polite t3pears, who went out with a - posse last night, has captured six., train robbers. A THOUSAND 3LEN ADS CHAELYO THE - BODDHEIS. ST. Loris, Sept; B.—The Governor his issued a proclamation calling upon the peoPle to rise en masse and exter minate the train iobbere. He has gone to Kansas City, to consult -the author ities of Jackson county. ,Fully a-thon sand men are organized into . posses from Kansas City, Jackson, Lafayette, Clay, Ray, - Clinton and Saline counties, and are now in the, field under the command of sheriffs and marshals. AMONG THE PAESENGEBS BOBBED are M. Mead, of Savannah, Ky., Mrs. Elington, Hrs. Haley Davis, Mrs. Dunkin, of Leßoy, N. Y., Nathan Perry, John Orßrein, wife and daugh- ter, of Penn tan N. Y., C. H. Brown, of Jordon, N. Y., A. S. Davis, - of Al bany, N. Y., C. B. Camp, of Fort Scott was accompanying a party of thirty. five land buyers from New York; who Were going -to Kansas to make purcha ses. Including Camp's loss the rob. bars- obtained trom the party 83,000 and $4,000. - TER ENGINEER'S GBAPItIb DEMIIMON Foote. engineer of the train robbed, says: Between three and four miles east of Independence is' a deep cat over which the Missouri Pacific trackorosies the Chicago & Alton, and it was just be fore entering the deepest part of this cut that I saw a pile of stones, probably three feet high, - on the top of which was a stick with a red flag attached, and behind stood the leader of the robbers. I stopped and was approached by four of the gang, besides the leader, who , said. "Step &im off that engine and do as I tell-yon, or I _will "kill 'you." He then told me to get a coal Tick, which I did, after some parleying, but as a revolver-was pointed at my head, I could not refuse. - They then marched ,me and Steaning- the fireman to the ex press car and told me to break the door down which I did. • Messenger Fox. had hidden in the weeds by the road side, but they swore : they would kill me ithe did not cemeont, so I called for him, and he entered the .car with the two robbers, whO forced him to open the safe" and pour the contents into the sack. They were disappoint ed at- not getting more booty, and knocked Fox down twice with the butt end of a revolver, cutting his head fear fully. ( They then marched us to the coaches, where they kept us. covered with revoliers, while they robbed the passengers. After the last car was gone through, they marched ns back to the engine, when the leader said, "Now get back there. We will remove the stones. You have been a bully boy and here is a little pressent for you," and hebanded me two silver dollars. I told them I would remove the ob structions, and the entire gang skipped up over the embankment and were out of eight in a twinkling. What was I taken from thepassengers was pbt into a two-bushel sack, which was neatly full of watches, money and other valuables. Brigham Young's Son Drunk. A Salt Lake City telegram;.Septem ber 9th, says: This morning there was a fine example of the discrimination the polies habitually make 'between a Mor mon and a Gentile in their official acts in this city. n A policeman was seen on the streets - with a son 'of the late Brig- , haul Yourig, the 'young man being so 'drunk that he could not navigate witii oat the : , friendly aid of the policeman, who was kindly steering him homewar(l. There was-no suggestion that the sou of the Prophet should be pdt in the .cala bOose, and such a thought apparently never entered the policeman's mind. A. short time afterward, however; this same policeman was seen - leadidg to the cala bx)se & young Gentile, who.was well clad and. as respectable as the other victim, and not as drunk. In the first place there was no thought of the cala boose; in the second, there , was no thought of anything else. The law is a. great respector of persons, it appears. Mormon justice is blind drunk. Fruit Eu u i Produce Ruined., New BnusswicK, September 2.—For a period of sixty-five days there has been no'rain in this section, and the late fruit and produce are totally ruin ed. Peaches are dried up; pears have withered and dropped from the trees, while the coin, such, of it as is left, is of an inferior quality ,and brings a heavy price in. the market. The grass has long.since withered and died, and cattle have been feeding on hard_ fod der for weeks. The small Ponds and Water-courses in the back country aro dried up, and the water in the pond at Weston's with which the city is suppli- . ed is at a lower point than has ever been known before. FREDXBICZ, Frederick Co., 111,1. I have used Dr. Clark Johnson's WWI Blood Syrup for Dyspepsia and Neuralgia. and hive been greatly benellted - theraby. I reconaliendite sum to all similarly atilloted. B. Kraut.