BUTLER CITIZEN
JOHN HTV WTC. WEGLEY. PROP'WS,
Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as
second-class* matter.
Republican County Ticket.
AaMclate Judge.
A. D. WEIR, Buffalo town»hip.
Sheriff.
FEBGUS.M..SHIRA, Parker township.
Prolhonolary.
M. N. GREER, Buffalo township.
Clerk of Courts.
W. B. DODDB, Moddvcreek township.
Reciater dt Recorder.
HENDERSON W. CHRISTIE, of Butler,
Treasurer.
J. HARVEY MILLER, of Butler.
Comity Commissioners,
CHARLES COCHRAN, of Concord township.
GEORGE W. HAYS, of Middlesex township.
County Auditors,
G. W. CROW, of Forward township.
J. H. SHANNON, of Franklin township.
Coroner.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, of Penn township.
Mas. FILLMORE, the widow of ex-
President Millard Fillmore, died at her
residence in the city of Buffalo recent
ly, aged 71 years. By her will she
left $5,000 to the Young Men's Chris
tian Association of Buffalo.
Wi are yet without rain and every
green thing is being parched. And it
is the same over the whole country
The loss of the pasture for beasts is
perhaps the one most felt as yet. That
rain may soon descend is another
prayer by all just now.
MR. JOHN CESSNA, of Pennsylvania,
has been nominated by the Republi
cans of bis district for President J udge.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania
delegation in the Republican National
Convention held in this city last year.
He will be remembered as the little
thick-set man with iron-gray hair,
who, when he had occasion to address
the president ofjthe Convention, would,
withont apparent effort, project his
shrill, sharp voice into and through the
tumult caused by the presence of fif
teen thousand persons, and command
close attention to what he had to say.
Even the locomotive whistles on the
contiguous railway liues couldn't
switch his words off the track. It he
had been s Methodist preacher, instead
of a lawyer and politician, what a
voice be would have had for camp
meeting purposes!— Chicago Morning
Herald.
TEE PRESIDENT.
The news on last Sunday sent joy
over the land. It revived the hope
that the President would lire. It has
continued good to this writing, Tues
day morning, and it looks now as if a
grand reaction has taken place. Nature
has asserted her slumbering power, and
the rally of the President proves that
he yet has the vitality to get him
through. "Time and patience," as he
said himself, am all that may be neces
sary That these hopes may not again
be dashed down is as earnest a prayer
as ever went up from any Nation or
people. In another place will be seen
the encouraging news.
THE following is one of the articles
we alluded to recently in a paper pub
lished in this place and professing to be
Republican. We have been requested
to publish it, and do so without any
remarks ot our own, further than to
sty that the sentiment it contains is as
repugnant to truth, in some respects,
as it is to the Republican feeling in this
county. Conkling had no such "stand
ing as one of the greatest legal lights
of the Senate." Whatever other
"standing" he had it was not in tbe
"legal" line. His position on tho Sen
ate committees show that. And, "that
he would shed lustre on any position
be may be called to fill," the people o
the United States know better than
that. His recent course and tbe action
of the Republicans of New York, his
own State, show what bis own people
now think of him. The idea of asking
President Garfield, if he lives, to ap
point a man to one of tbe very highest
places in the Government, who had
been personally abusing him up to the
day that Guiteau fired hu shot, is some
thing revolting to tbe feelings of all,
and a paper printed in Butler has tbe
exclusive honor of making the sugges
tion. Here is what the Eagle, of Aug.
3d, inst., says:
"ANOTHER JUDGE WANTED.
"The death of Judge Clifford neces
sitates tbe selection of another Judge
for the supreme Court of the United
States. This being the case, it is but
natural that the press of tbe country
take a band in the selection of tbe com
ing man. Quite a number of excellent
names have already been brought for
ward and doubtless others are in re
serve. The weak condition of the
President, too, will give ample time
for a thorough discussion of tbe subject,
as it is not at all likely tbut a selection
will be made until he has reached a
state of advanced convalescence.
"Of course almost any name sug-
Sjsted would make a good Judge,
ut in making selections many mat
ters usually, and properly are taken
into account. In looking at thiß ques
tion in all its bearings, many seem to
think that tbe fittest thing to be done,
under all tbe circumstances, would be
tbe selection of Ex-Senator Conkling.
To many the suggestions of his name
would seem singular; but there may
be good reasons for it nevertheless
In the first place, no one calls in ques
tion his ability. All who lay claim to
fairness concede his standing as one of
the greatest legai lights of the Senate;
that he would shed lusture on any po
sition be may be called to fill, is unques
tionable. Why then would not bis
selection be wise? That he was an
ornament to the Senate is well known.
No one questioned his ability. His
great weakness was in his political
methods, which had grown into prom
inence under the fostering care of his
friend Grant. These methods were
verv detectable to the American people;
they are now, happily, among the things
of the past. This being the case, why
should this country be deprived of the
great talents of a "distinguished states
man and jurist simply because he had
become the representative of an ill-ad
vised system of patronage ? or because
forsooth, he had a political controversy
with the Administration ?"
THAT lawyers are hard on railroads
is shown by the report of S. W. Dana,
who was appointed to manage the
funds arising from the sales of the New
Castle & Franklin railroad. He found
that the attorney's fees amounted to
$60,000, ond only SIO,OOO had been
set aside to pay the lawyers. In his
report, as filed in the Lawrence County
Court, the following fees are allowed :
To R. B. McComb, $3,000 ; to D. R.
&E. T. Kurtz, $2,800; to Samuel
Griffith, of Mercer, $2,500; to G. E.
Tread well, $250; to McMichael & Mc-
Connell, $1,500 ;to S. W. Dana, sl,-
500. The remainder of the $775,000
realized from the sale is distributed to
the payment of coupons, collateral
bonds and principal bonds.
HON. GALUSHA A. GROW, in an in
terview with a correspondent of the
Tribune, suggests a change in the
Constitution, in order to relieve the
President of the enormous and grow
ing load of executive duties devolving
upon him. Mr. Grow would limit the
appointing power of the President to
his Cabinet, the Foreign Ministers,
and the judges of the United States
Courts, placing the task of making tbe
selections for tbe suborinate offices of
tbe Government in tbe hands of the
Departments. Still further to relieve
the President, the ex-Speaker would
make the Vice-President a member of
the Cabinet, and put upon him the
duty of deciding a large class of com
paratively minor questions coming up
for executive decision. This would
give tbe President time to attend to
our foreign relations, and study im
portant National questions upon which
he has to make reccommendations to
Congress, with much more than he
can possibly give to them under the
existing system. At present the
Chief Magistrate is an overworked
clerk during perhaps one-fourth of his
time and a weary listener to applioa.
tions for office during nearly all the
rest of his working hours. The duties
prescribed by the Fathers of the Re
public for the President of three mil
lions % of people have proved to be a
mountainous load for tbe President of
fifty millions.
STA TE CON VENT ION,
Tbe Republican State Convention
meets at Harrisburg next week to nom
inate a candidate for State Treasurer,
the only State officer to be elected this
year. In the sad feeling existing all
over the country, on account of the
suffering condition of the President,
but little interest is manifested in gen
eral political matters, and this feeliDg,
in all probability, will continue for
some time yet. It is a time, therefore,
that none but very good men should
be presented to the people for their
votes. It is not a time to stir up old
sores or revive old wrangles. We see
it stated that one prominent candidate
for Treasurer is to be opposed because
he .was an "independent," and another
is to be urged because he was a "stal
wart," and "run with the machine."
No AT, all we have to say is, that tbe
nomination of a candidate on that
ground just now, will not be ratified
by the Republican party this fall. This
is evident to any man who understands
current events and tbe feeling of the
people. This county has presented a
candidate for State Treasurer free of
all such objections and our delegates
no doubt will adhere to him and strive
to secure bis nomination.
GRAVE YARD INSURANCE.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch is bringing
to light a species of gambling in life
insurance that should be condemned
by every honest persou in the land. If
all is true that is being unearthed by
the Dispatch, it reveals a very disrcj>-
utable and detestable business, and con
nects bigb officials of this State with
the same. It seems to have been prac
ticed in the eastern part of this State
for some time past and its agents may
soon find their way here. Tbe object
is to get insured the lives of old per
sons, who are expected soon to be
called off, and their plan of operations,
according to an exchange, is as fol
lows :
"They only insure subjects between
the ages of sixty and eighty-five.
When tboy find one to suit their pur
pose, as near tbe latter age as possibl;,
they get some relative interested in
their scheme by offering them part of
tbe swag. They then secure a physi
cian not overburdened with conscience
who examines the subject and gives a
certificate of IWB general good health,
and he is duly insured in the Grave
robbers Mutual Stealing Association.
If tbe victim dies within a short time
the policy holder realizes an immense
profit. If be does not shuffle off quick
enough to suit the policy holder, he is
helped out of tbe world as was done in
Dauphin county, York, Reading and
other places within the last year. The
whole business, savoring as it does of
gambling in human life, is so repug
nant to an honerit mind that one would
suppose it was confined to the lowest
class of blacklegs and human jackals,
but we are informed by a reliable
party that numbers of so-called respec
table people in this vicinity are deal
ing in this nefarious business and that
tbe agent has ho trouble in securing a
so-called respectable physician to make
the examinations and give the neces
sary certificates. The gambling mania
is bad enough when confined to stocks,
bonds and other securities, but when
lives are the stake audthe inducements
jue Untliet (Sitisjen: UntUtt 31# 188t
to murder are multiplied by the pros
pects of sudden gain, it is time the
people woke up to the necessity of
protecting society and crushing out
these rotten concerns that pay a pre
mium for murder."
FROM VICE PRESIDENT TO
PRESIDENT.
The Constitution of the United
States provides that in case of the
death of the President the powers and
duties of his office "shall devolve on
the Vice President." This is plain
language and would seem free from all
difficulty. To "devolve on" is to
down and into. Three cases have al
ready happened in our brief history
as a Nation, is which the Presidency,
by reason of the death of the Presi
dent, devolved upon and passed to the
Vice President, as his successor, pro
vided for by the Constitution itself.
The Vice President becomes the Presi
dent as fully and entirely as if he had
been elected as such. He is no longer
Vice President|in any duty or by title.
That title, Vice President, has been
merged into that of President. And
the oath to be taken in such case is
the same as that the President had to
take. 11 is therefore not a case of sub
stitution, or the filling of a vacancy ;
but the Vice President becomes the
President by name and in fact for the
balance of the term for which they
were elected,
If it be asked, what then becomes of
the office and title of Vice President ?
The answer is furnished by the Consti
tution itself. It further provides that
"the Senate shall choose a President
pro tempore, in the absence of the
Vice President or when he shall exer
cise the ojfice of President of the
United Stales." This President of the
Senate takes the place of the Vice
President, and there is no longer any
Vice President, or any necessity for
one, that office being iueFged, as we
have said, into that of President.
There is no vacuum or vacancy, but
on the contrary the President of the
Senate has even larger powers than
had the Vice President while he pre
sided over that body, for, being a mem
ber of the &en&to, he b.a.l the right al
ways to vote, which the Vice presi
dent had not. Just why the framers
of the Constitution clothed the Vice
President with any legislative duties,
as they did in requiring him to preside
over the Senate, but to have no vote
except in the case of a tie votp ajpong
the members of the Senate, it is diffi
cult to understand. And we do not
propose to discuss that question here.
But, being elected with and at the
same time the President is; and the
President being purely an executive of
ficer, It would ueem as if the Vice
President should also be a pueeiy exe
cutive officer. The whole idea in pro
viding for one was doubtless to have
an officer on whom to "devolve" the
powers and duties of the President in
oaso of his "'removal
or inability" to discharge the duties of
the office.
We have been lead to these views
by the present position of affairs. The
bead of the Nation lies suffering and
may be removed by death from among
us and from the office he was filling so
satisfactorily to all the Nation.
None of the other disqualifications
mentioned by the Constitution will
likely arise. It is only his "death"
that we bayp tQ few The "inability"
part of the clause of the Constitution
has not been seriously considered.
There has been too tender a regard for
President Garfield to raise that ques
tion to »ny extent, although be has
been on his back for now nearly two J
months and of course unable to attend
to all the duties of the office. Vice
President Arthur on this point has
shown a commendable feeling, in spy
ing he would only pass to the office on
the death of the President. But if he
felt otherwise disposed, there is no law
in existence that defines what shall
constitute "inability," or who shall de
clare such "inability" to have arisen,
and of course the Vice President him
self could not be the judge on that
question. But bore Is a place that
needs a speedy remedy. A lesson has
been taught us as a Nation and Con
gress should, as soon as possible, de
clare by law what constitutes "inabili
ty" and how it is to lie ascertained.
While there is no apparent fear at
present yet bad men might give
trouble in the future. This remedied,
and a further law requiring the Senate
of the United States to always elect a
temporary presiding officer, would fill
two defects that may prevent anarchy
and confusion, l'he fuilure of the
Senate to so elect at its late adjourn
ment is the worst feature in Vice Pres
ident Arthur's case. It is understood
that he failed to vacate the chair, and
thus induce an election, merely to ac
commodate Conkling, who had deter
mined ou his insane project of resign
ing bis s£at and giving trouble to the
Administration of President Garfield.
We have hopes for the recovery of the
President., but if it be so that he must
die, and Mr. Arthur comes to the
Presidency, then his first act, of neces
sity, will be to convene the United
States Senate, in order that a presid
ing officer of that body may be elected.
This presiding officer is the third in
succession to the Presidency, as the
law now stands. The importance of
this step will be seen when it is stated,
that if anyth'ng should happen to the
new President, Arthur, before that
was done we would be without a head
to the Government. There is no tel
ling what such a state of affairs might
lead to. And here again, it may well
be said, there is need of law lurther ex
tending the line of succession to the
Presidency. The Cabinet should per
haps be to those upon whom the I
office may devolve upon. Being
no President of the Senate, and no
Speaker of the House (who is the
fourth and last in succession) clearly
indicate the necessity of further enact
ments by Congress, to prevent the
present state of affairs from ever again
arising and to provide for the future
safety of the Republic.
Grandmother Glitrfleld.
WASHINGTON, August 25.—Intimate
friends of the President's household
here speak of the affection between the
President and his mother as something
peculiarly touching and beautiful
The General was but one week install
ed in the Executive Mansion when his
venerable mother, who bad been pres
ent to welcome him within its thresh
old, was taken very ill. The excite
ment and ceremony attending even the
first few days there was too much for
her feeble strength. A few hours after
she complained at all of feeling ill it
alarmed the President greatly, and
was the first worry that menaced the
then envied occupant of the White
House. Medical aid was summoned
and but little hope was expressed that
Grandma Garfield would recover, she
seemed so utterly broken down. When
the President came up to her bedside
with a "Well, mother, how do you
feel ?" she answered him: "So badly.
James, that I fear that I won't be long
with you." "Oh, no, mother," he
quickly said, "it is not as bad as that.
Cheer up. The new President cannot
part with his mother already." Very
much to her own surprise, sho rallied
quickly, and In a few days was talking
about getting away from the White
House "and out of the atmosphere of
the French cooking." She used to say
that fancy dishes would not help her
any, and it she could only get home to
her daughter in Ohio she knew that
they would give her something good
to eat, and she would soon get well
again Home-made bread, made by
an old near neighbor, brought up to
the White House to her daily was
what, she insisted, but built her up any
way before she Mt for Ohio The
same repugnace to fancy cooking has
always been prominent with the Presi
dent. No matter of what the breakfast
consisted at the Wbite House, be inva
riably ate a good portion of fried bacon
every morning in tbe year, and at his
dinner a piece of broiled steak would
form the chief part of his meat diet.
He has always been extremely method
ical about his eating, and once know
ing a particular food agre« d with him
he did not ask for mucb variety in
meeting a good appetite, Kven during
the late critical days the old taste is
displayed in the preference he shows
for the old fashioned milk porridge pre
pared by bis wife and always a relished
dish with him.
file Nation"* Mick.
Tbe experience through wbicb tfcp
people of the United States are now
passing is unique in the history ot na
tions. As a rule tbe assassins of
Kings and Presidents have either fail
ed or succeeded. Guiteau, at first, did
neither, but planted in the body of his
yictjm a seed of death which might
grow uo and ovorsnadow tiiia, op
might be crushed down by his native
strength and conquered. For fifty-five
days the Nation has been watcbiug by
the bedside of the President, hoping
and praying that he might be spared,
jet (earing ?vt almost auy tjn)e
mignt be taken away. Hiatoiy pre=
sents no pictnre like this.
It is doubtful also whether history
presents any parallel to this case in
the intense popular interest taken in
jt, in tbe intimate popular knowledge
of almost every detail, due to the won
derful development of tbe telegraph
and the press, and in tbe insatiable
demand for information on every point.
A good woman, speaking of this uni
versal manifestation of feeling, said tbe
other day, "We all feel as if there was
some one sick in the house." There
are few households where this could
not be said. There is no rhetoric in
the saying that the stricken President
is the Nation's sick. The details of
bis condition that, in private life,
would feldom be known beyond the
pirple pf the physicians am) nurses and
the immediate family, have in this
case been proclaimed in thousands of
newspapers and telegraphed oyer two
continents, and the most fastidious ond
refined, instead of thinking for a mo
ment that there was anything in this
freedom at which to take offence, were
and still are the most eager to learn all
that can lie learned, and are always
anjioua for more news than they can
get. He is the Nation's sick. Women
think of him almost as they would of
some near one who lay helpless in the '
upper chambers of their own homo,
and men's souls are racked with anxie
ty, and the springing up from hope to
fear again. This eagerness with which
every detail in the case, spread out, as
it has been, before the world with a
fulness probably never known before in
the history of medicine, has been wait
ed for and seised upon, is one of the
most remarkable features in this strange
history. The emotiou which has been
excited, and the anxiety which has
filled the public mind, have recalled at
times tbe tension and agony of war.
One of the first things President
Garfield said after he was shot was,
"The heart of the Nation will not let
the old soldier die." The heart of the
Nation is sore to-day, with hoping
against hope, and the long struggle
against despair. How gladly would it
save him if it could ! How tenderly it
hovers over the Nation's sick, clinging
to the last shreds of hope, and praying,
with, tears, to Him who "doeth all
things well."— New York Tribune,
August, 26.
Fairs* ilii* Year.
Mercer, Sept. 7, 8. 9.
New Castle, Sept. P5. 14. 15. Ifi.
Kittanning, Sept. 13, 14, 15.
Butler, Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23.
Greenville, Sept. 21, 2'i, 23.
Youngstown, 0., Sept. 20, 21, 22. 23.
Franklin, Sept. 21, 22. 23.
Sharon, Sept. 27, 28, 29, 30.
Harmony, Sept. 27, 28, 29, 30.
Stoneboro, Set. 4. 5. fi.
Beaver, Oct. 4, 5, 6, 7.
Conoeautville, Oct. 5, 6, 7.
A Quid Contnillon.
HARRISBCRU, PA., August 24, 1881.
A very interesting convention of the
deaf and dumb, principally of this
State, met here this morning for the
purpose of forming an organization for
their own advancement. Over one
hundred were present. A temporary
organization was effected, and a com
mittee on permanent organization and
bylaws was appointed. The Conven
tion will be in session three days.
HOPE REVIVED.
BRIGHTER PACES AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
The President Rallies on Saturday
Evdning and Continues to Im
prove Throughout Sun
day.
FEARS OF SPEEDY DISSOLU
TION DISPELLED.
The Favorable Symptoms so Mark
ed and Encouraging are to
Inspire Confldenca in His
Recovery.
WASHINGTON, August 28— 8 P. M.—
The improvement in the President's
condition has been maintained during
the day. and at this hour hope is
stronger than when the noon bulletin
was issued. The possibility of death
is, it is believed, gradually lessening.
A very confident feeling has taken the
place of the despondency which was
apparent at the White House last
night. Hope has asrain taken a strong
hold The effect of to-day's good
tidings is everywhere noticeable in the
better feeling that prevailed. The
gloom had been lifted from the city.
The Executive Mansion to-day has
appeared as it did in the palmy days
when it was believed that the Presi
dent was certainly on the broad high
way of recovery, and that the desired
endiug of the sickness was but a short
time ahead. There were but very few
people around. Not counting three or
four newspaper men and the employes,
there was nobody in the public part of
the house, and but very few employes
were there. As the hour for the eve
ning bulletin approached the gathering
gr6w larger, especially on the avenue
in front of the Mansion, where several
thousand people gathered to hear the
news. When the bulletin was posted
the crowd as fast as they learned ns
tenor dispersed. It has been generally
regarded during the day that the Pres
ident's rally has been of such a char
acter that a further relapse, while
among the possibilities, is not consid
ered probable Commencing at four
o'clock yesterday afternoou, there have
been, up to eight o'clock to night,
twenty-eight hours in which the Presi
dent wftS prououqeed as improving.
The improvement has not diminished
in strength, nor is it leas marked to
night tbau at the most favorable por
tion. of the rally. The patient has
been very quiet and restful all day.
II is mind has been clear and his ex
pressions more cheerful than at any
time during the past ten days or two
weeks. The pulse has not shown any
fluctuating tendency. Jt has remained
pretty steady and retained its improv.
Ed tone and character. '< here has not
been any marked fever. The nourish
ment taken during the day has exceed
ed in quantity that given during the
previous three days. The patient
seems to have relished his food to-day
more than on any previous day dicing
the past week. The glandular'*welling
has been doing well during to-day, and
has not caused any particular incon
venience to the President. The gland
has suppurated satisfactorily through
the ear and the first incision, and also
through a new incision made this
w&rning, be&xy wnioh
marked the President's condition yes
terday and caused so much anxiety
and alarm, has entirely disappeared,
and his rest to-day has been perfectly
natural and his mind is clear when he
awakes. The members of the Citbjflfct
j»re ail hopeful nuw of the most
ble results.
Whi.e tbe Fluent's condition is
regarded as still very critical, it is ad
mitted on all sides that the marked
improvement that has taken place dur
ing the past twenty-eight hours argues
well. Mrs. Edson, who has watched
the case closely during the most of
this time, says she has renewed hope.
Mrs. Garfield expressed renewed con
fidence, and was late this afternoon in
duced to take a long drive into tbe
country. She hag never been known
to I nave the Mansion unless there was
an improvement in the President's
condition. Should the President con
tinue to improve ever so little until
after Tuesday, the sixtieth day, bis
fiual recovery would seem to be assur
ed.
THE SITUATION ON SUNDAY —THE PRES
IDENT'S IMPROVED CONDITION
MAINTAINED AND HOPE RE
VIVED.
WASHINGTON, August 28.—Tie faint
hope raised last evening by the report
ed improvement in the President's con
dition was hardly expressed by the
few who shared it for fear that a
change for the worse would occur dur
ing the night, so the unexpected an
nouncement made by the physiceans
this morning that tbe President had
held his own during the night, and tbe
favorable developments of the night,
as related in the raorniug bulletin,
caused a still more hopeful feeling to
prevail at the Executive Mansion this
morning. Doctor Bliss and General
Swaim, both of whom were at the
President's bedside during the most of
the night, feel much encouraged at his
condition this morning. I>r. Bliss
thinks the favorable symptoms of yes
terday and the improved condition of
last evening were fully maintained
throughout the night.
THE MORNING BULLETIN.
The following official bulletin was
issued this morning:
8:30 A. M. —The amelioration of the
President's symptoms announced in
last evening's bulletin continued dur
ing tbe night, a>~d since midnight some
further improvement has been observ
ed, the pulse progressively diminishing
in frequency. The stomach has con
tinued to retain liquid nourishment ad
ministered, and last night he asked for
and ate a small quantity of uiilk toast.
Stimulating and nutrient enemata con
tinue to be retained. There has been
no mental disturbance during the
night or this morning. At present his
pulse is 100, temperature 99.4, respir
ation 17.
D. \V. BLISS, J. K. BARNES,
J. J. WOODWARD, KOBT KEY BURN,
F. H. HAMILTON, 1). HAYES AGNEW,
A CHEERFUL CABINET. SECRETARY
BLAINE'S GLOOM GIVES WAY TO
CHEERFULNESS.
WASHINGTON, August 28.—The
cheerless look that has haunted the
eyes of Senator Blaine for the past
three or four days, has disapjieared to
night, and while the anxious lines still
show strongly in his forehead there is
not that hopeless, ring in his voice any
longer in speaking of tbe President's
condition. He is filled with hope once
more, bright hope, and so is every
member of the Cabinet, unless It be
Attorney General MacVeagh, who
has been despondent all along. It is
from Hlaine that the correspondents
get the most reliable information as
to the true condition of the President,
and the great Secretary says that there
is a pronounced change for the better
in the President's condition. He has j
been improving steadily for the past
twenty-four hours, and is apparently j
not as near death as he seemed vester- ;
day. The progress is steady and
shows increased vitality. The Presi
dent's pulse shows that he is gaining
strength once more, and the fact that
his powers-of digestion are improving
adds to the hopes for his recovery.
Those hopes are being strengthened
every hour. All is bright and cheer
ful at the White House to-night. The
depression is rapidly vanishin? from
all faces.
NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT ON MONDAY.
WASHINGTON, August 29. —The
favorable condition of the President
reported this morning, continued with
out interruption during the forenoon,
and the midday bulletin, to be issued
as Jsoon as the doctors get through
with the consultation, in which they
are now engaged, will, according to
the indications at present, compare
favorably with fhat of the same hour
yesterday.
12:30 P. M. —At the morning dressing
of the President an additional point of
suppuration was recognized in his
swollen face, which being incised gave
exit too some healthy-looking pus.
The other openings on the exterior of
the swelling are likewise discharging,
but through less intense, the tumefac
tion has not yet materially diminished
in size. Nothing new lias been observ
ed in the condition of the wound.
The usual daily rise of temperature
has not yet oocured, and the general
coudition has not materially changed
since morning. Pulse 106, tempera
ture 96 6 10, respiratin 18.
Signed by all the physicians
CLEVELAND. 0., August 29 —There
is great satisfaction in the family cir
cle at Mentor and Hiram. Telegrams
from the President's sons to friends at
home say, "Father is safe."
FREMONT, 0., August 29. —Ex Pres
ident Hays has private advices of the
greatly improved condition of the Pres
ident, and feels much encouraged.
The immediate attendants of the Pres
ident promise an improvement so de
cided as to give solid ground for the
present well founded hipe.
NEW YORK, August 29—Dr. F. 11.
Hamilton said to a reporter, on his
arrival this morning and in reply to a
request for ait interview. "I think
you will be satisfied if I say that the
President is going to get well. J
nu time to dwell on tho subject now,"
He added : "But the worst has passed,
and I personally have no doubt what
ever that he will recover entirely."
RETURNING HOPE.
WASHINGTON, August 29. —The mar
velous improvement in the President's
condition fqqtitmes, aud there Is a
steady gain. Two facts are regarded
as being favorable—his desire and
relish of food and the absence of all
mental disturbance, which indicates a
subsidence of blood poisoning. Mr.
Rudolph, Mrs. Garfield's brother, who
came to see the President d,ie, relumed
l,oiy,e «*at Mgut fortified with favorable
assurances. As an evidence of the clear
state of his mind it is related that
when his little girl came in to see him
and said: "Papa, I must not stay
and tire you," his remark was- "Thti
idea of that 3\yept cMM "t ing mo,"
•Ifye gaiu io tt»e Pre*l«'»r.Vs con .
ditioil is Apparent in four important
symptons: The pulse is lower and
stronger, and the stomach works bet
ter, the iufiamed gland is throwing off
its disturbing contents, and the original
injury is again resuming its healing
processes. In a word, the President
has successfully passed another crisis.
A Thrilling Scone.
LANCASTER, PA., Aug. 24.—A thril
ling spectacle that might have proved
a terrible accident occurred at the Cad
well House, a large three story hotel,
directly opposite the Pennsylvania
railroad depot, in this city, about noon
vesterday. The hotel is being painted,
and George Kreider, a workman, was
upon the roof arranging the lar#e iron
hooks that support the swinging-lad
ders, upon which the painters work,
whren a loose brick, lying near the edge
of the roof and in danger of falling
upon the pavement below, attracted his
notice. Kreider reached quickjy for
ward to seize the brick and prevent it
from falling, and the act caused him to
lose his balance. Spectators upon the
sidewalk were horrified to see the man
plunge over the side of the roof. The
hooks upon which the ladders are hung
were adjusted, and as he fell Kreider,
with great presence of mind, grasped
one of them. For a momend he hung
suspended in this perilous positiou,
when by a muscular effort he succeed
ed in drawing himself back and clam
bered on the roof without injury.
('aplnin Pecnla
lions.
WASHINGTON, Aug.— 24 —Captain
Howgate's bail was increased to
$!>0,000 yesterday. It is not improba
ble, the investigators say, that the
sum of his defalcations will reach
$400,000. According to indications
thus far discovered, lie appropriated to
bis own use about one-quarter of the
money which passed through his
hands. The average annual appropri
ation for the signal service is about
$450,000, and Captain Ilowgate had
control of the disbusement of the appro
priations for five years
When the signal service was first
organized, the outlay for instruments
and equipment was heavy; but in
succeeding years it should have beeu
considerably lessened. Notwithstand
ing this fact, however, the maximum
appropriations were by some means ob
tained from Congress each year, and
thus there was a considerable surplus
not expended legitimately, which its
custodian could in some way control.
Capt. Howgate's plan of operations
was to secure duplicate vouchers from
firms of which he purchased supplies,
representing that the money to pay
for them came from the appropriations
of two different fiscal years, and must
be kept separate, In this way he se
cured two vouchers in blank. General
Myers' name apf>ears in some of the
transactions; but investigators find no
evidence that the General knew of the
misconduct of his subordinate, and
think the use of bis name was ft 'blind,'
to make the dealers believe that the
transactions had the sanction of the
Chief of the Bureau.
General liazen ban written a letter
to the Secretary of War asking that an
officer be detailed to act an auditor of
the accouuts of the Signal Service
Bureau. It is probable that some re
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Pamily Grroceries.
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A "g - 4 - BUTLER, PA.
Summer Complaints.
At this season, various diseases of the bowels are prevalent, and many lire* art tout
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~ BAiNBRirKJK, N. Y., March 25,18RL
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N ICHOLVILLK, N. Y.. Feb. 2,1881.
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Ji ucs W. DIE.
MOI SOONI. IOWA, March 12,1881.
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M. C. ROCKENSXM,
DEALER IN 7
TREHONT COOK STOVES
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ALSO, AGENT FOR CRYSTAL PALACE STOVES AND REPAIRS FOR SAME.
Birdl Cage*, Tinware, Wood ami Willow Ware, Enameled ami Granite Ware, Sewer Pip* Fire
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movals from the bureau will be iSade
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.4 Costly fire Among; flie Hiui
ufaelorieM at Ke»ver I'allx.
About one o'clock Monday morning
flames were discovered in the flouring
mill of Win. Mellon & Sons, at Beaver
Falls. How tbe fire originated no one
could tell. The mill was a frame build
ing, and very dry, and as a result the
flames spread very rapidly to the Pitts
burgh Hinge Works, the Beaver Falls
Steel Works and the Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie trestle. At two o'clock the
flames were fairly under the control of
the firemen, but four streams of water
were used, and it was greatly feared
that the fire would reach o;her build
ings. Tije fire only lasted a short time,
but it destroyed the hinge works en
tirely The flour mill with its large
stock, was all burned, as were tbe con
tents of the steel works. Tbe build
ings were all wood, and owned by the
Ecouomite Society. The hinge works
were run by Oliver Bros «fc Phillips,
and the steel works by the Economite
Society. About fifty yards of the
Lake Erie trestle was slightly burned.
The damage was trifling, and will not
delay travel at all. About two hun
dred and fifty men will be out of em
ployment. Tbe flouring mills loss is
about $15,000 ; the Hinge Works $20,-
000 to $2."),000. The Economites'
loss is from s<>o,ooo to $70,000. In.
surance not known.
A Statement, or tlie 4mount
ol Ilur«e*t In Kurope
and America
LONDON, August 27, —The volume
of reports on the harvest of tbe differ
ent countries throughout the world,
brought out by M. Estienne annually,
is now being issued.
The reports of the wheat crop in
France are this year from a large area
anp indicate a better crop than last
year. This years barley is not so
good as in 1880, but it is fairly good.
The maize crop is very ordinary. Oats
and rye are fair. On the whole the
crops are not up to those of last year,
but wheat is not much below the aver
age. None of the crops will be very
bad, but none will be very good.
Wheat in Great Britain is ten per
cent below the average, and likely to
realize only 10,000,000 quarters. Bar
ley is ten per cent above the average,
and oats are twenty per cent, below
tbe average. The year is one in which
farmers are not likely to recoup them
selves for losses during the past five
years. In Austria and Hungary the
crops are good all round. Wheat and
barley are both above the average.
Rye is very much, and oats are slight
ly under the average. The reports
from Italy agree that the crops are of
medium quality and much below the
abundance of those of 1880. In the
Turkish provinces, on the Danube, the
wheat harvest will be medium. Rye
is good and abundant, Barley is good
as regards quantity, but bad iu quality.
Oats is very much above the average.
All the reports from Russia agree that
the barley is the best crop of the year,
doubling that of 1880 in quantity, but
not so plump and weighty. Rye is
übundaut. Wheat is good throughout
Oermany Winter and spring sowing
are iu marked contrast, the former
yielding good and the latter very direc
tive crops. None of the crops are of
the average. In the I'russiau states
the crops are fair. Tbe Swiss wheat
is very poor in quautity owing to
drouth, but in quality it is very fine.
. . , ONEIDA, N. T., Feb. 19,1881.
.we bfnn nan# it over thirty yearn uo, and it
always met immediate relief. Would hardly dare
, to go to bed without a bottle in the hooee.
. W. 0, BPXUT.
v. . COBTTAYBOBO. A C., Feb. JB, 1881.
Nearly erery family In this section keep* a bottle
in the bouse. Db. E. Mobton.
U. 8. CONSULATE,
Cbotld, Rhenish Par MIA. Feb. 8,1881.
I have known Pebby Datim' Pain Kth in almost
from the day it was introduced, and after yean of
observation and use 1 regard Mi presence in my
household aa an indisp*n*abU necessity.
I. 8 Potter, U. 8. Consul.
T . . , Bobton-ON-Tbewt KNO.
I had been several days suffering severely from
dlarrbtra, accomraniei with intense rain, when I
I tried your Pain Killer, and found almost instant
1 «>Uef. H. J. NookE.
_ , SI Uoktaow St., London, Eno.
Durlnif a residence of twenty-three yam in India.
I have given it in many caaes of diarrhica, dywn
tenr. and cholera, and never knew It to fill to giva
I reltf. R. Clabiuoe.
Oats and barley are very good iu quan
tity and quality, but there is a small
area sown of the latter. Belgian
wheat is far below the average. All
crops in Spain are bad. All cereals in
Holland are in good condition. All
reports from the United States are
that the yield will be under the aver-
I age. "
The Queeu'i* Spm-h.
LONDON, August 27.—Parliament
was prorogued to-day with the usual
ceremonies. A great majority of the
members of botb houses had left town
several days ago, and the attendance in
the bouse of lords when the queen's
speech was read by the lord chancellor
was very small. Before the speech
was read her majesty's assent to a
number of local and important bills
was announced. Lord Cairns then read
the royal speech standing in front of
the woolsacks. The speech was rather
tame and colorless. Iler majestv wae
made to say she had received satisfac
tory assurances from the government
of France respecting British interests
in Tunis and Tripoli. With regard to
the independence of Afghanistan sbe>
says she will promote every opportu
nity arising for a restoration of peace.
She will continue to use every effort
to conclude a satisfactory treaty with
France. About Ireland, she says sho
earnestly desires the condition of that
portion of her dominion to improve,
thus enabling her to dispense with
with exceptionally repressive measures,
and hopes that the land bill may tend
to the pacification and improvement of
the country.
The speech was listened to only by
a few lords, the speaker and a very
small number of members of the house
of commons and a small number of
spectators. Immediately after the
reading the members of the house of
commons returned to their
when tbe usual farewells for the season
were interchanged, and an hour Uter
the halls of Westminister Palace were
deserted save by caretaker and police.
A Traveler'** Story.
Afler spending months at European
and American watering places and
thousands of dollars looking for health,
I returned home disheartened and
wretched. I had consulted the best
physicians and traveled far and near
without benefit and expected to die.
A friend urged a trial of Parker's Gin
ger Tonic. Three bottles and careful
diet have worked wonders and brought
me excellent health and spirits, and
you may publish my experience for
the benefit of similar sufferers.—A
Cincinnati lady.
Union Woolen Mill,
BUTLER, PA.
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