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THE TIMES
NEW BL00MF1EL1). l'A.. SETTE1MHE11 27, 1881.
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Acw Bloom field, Sept. 27, J SSI.
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No Cat ofBtrrentyi'o will he limited In thl iiki
QnlMitllKhtfacpKnd on melal bane.
Hr-Twnntypproriit.tnpice of funlar rali-a, win
beoharKxil lorartvortiiamenU nctiji DiiulilpOolninn.
Mr. ,1. H. Bates, Newspaper Advertising Ag't.
II Park How, (Times RullcliiiK), New York, is an
thorl.ed tocnntrai-t tor advertisements lor tills
paper at our best rates.
President Aimim lins calletl a
special meeting of the Senate to be held
Oct. UKta.
The locomotives on moBt of the
xgreat railroads iu the country were
draped in mourning the day after the
Uleath of the President was announced.
The Judicial Conferees of Dau
phin and Lebanon counties have held
two meetings and had nearly forty bal
lots hut have not yet came to any agree
nrfent. They meet again on the 1st of
October.
Ctiie expressions of sympathy received
from Europe are not only gratifying to
the nation but must be particularly
go to Mrs. Garfield. Nearly every
court in Europe lias sent telegrams oi
condolence, and Queen Victoria sent
orders to the British Minister to get a
beautiful floral wreath to be laid on
J on
herj
;ct to)
the Casket as ft memorial from
The London Exchange out of respect
the dead President is to be closed on
Monday, which is a grand recognition
of the esteem in which the deceased was
held.
President Arthur took the oath of
office the second time before Chief Jus-
f tice Waite at Washington on Thursday
5 last. This was done because it has been
customary forthe Chief Justice to ad-Np-
minister the oath, though it wasnotnec
jf essary. In a short inaugural the Tresi
f , dent referred to the death of his prede
cessor in ft feeling manner, and declared
it to be his intention to endeavor to carry
out the policy began by President Gar
field. J He requested the Cabinet officers
to continue In their respective positions,
tVwhieli they all assented. He an
nounced that he should not convene
Congress in extra session. The tone of
the message is very gratifying and will
tend to relieve the anxiety of the Nation
which has feared radical change.
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A NATION MOURNS.
? ation mourns the death of its Pres
ident ! He was a man who had won a
place in the affections of the people, and
his. death seems like a personal loss to
every citizen. In this affliction neither
partisan or sectional feeling has a place
and all classes throughout our country
look upon it as a National calamity.
When President Lincoln was shot the
country was just emerging from a war
in which people had become accustomed
'""j to deeds of blood, and consequently that
act did not shock the feelings so badly
I as the shot that was fired when all was
,4 peaceful and harmonious. Fortunately
a kind providence spared President Gar
field till the nation had recovered from
the great shock experienced at the first
, news of the assassination, and time had
dispelled a portion of the fear and dis
trust which the probable change at once
aroused. Fop-this let U8 be thankful,
5 we mourn the loss to our na-
ion ana tenaer our sympainies 10 me
stricken wife and children, we can con
sole ourselves by the knowledge that
"God reigns and the government at
: Washington still lives," and though we
" have met with a loss, President Garfield
has made a great gain.
Detectives Guard Arthur.
New York, September 20. When
President Arthur went to Long Branch
. to-day four police headquarters detectives
were in the same train. They were
dressed in citizen's clothes and it is
doubtful if Mr, Arthur knew that they
were officers, if he noticed them at all.
The detectives were armed and were act
ing under private orders from Inspector
Byrne and President French, of the Po
lice Board. It is supposed that they
were present to guard President Arthur
against any possible violence, although
there was no reason to apprehend that
any person would wish to attack him.
No definite information as to Jhe move
ments of the officers could be obtained at
police headquarters to-night.
. Incredible Barbarity to a Wife.
Bill Myers, a bad character of Wa
bash, li:d., tied his wife by the thumbs
and applied a heavy black-snake whip
to her bare back until she fainted away.
The woman's back is fearfully cut. The
brute ought to be treated to a doee of
the same treatment.
THE NATION'S LOSS.
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President Garfield died at Elberon,
near Long Branch, on, Monday night at
thirty-flve minutes past ten, from the
shot fired by Charles J. Gulteau at 10
o'clock, July 2nd, 1881. We give our
readers a brief history of 'is last day on
earth and the incidents connected with
his death and burial.
Monday morning he was attacked by a
severe chill which greatly weakened
him. Toward noon, however, he rallied,
and throughout the afternoon he rested
aud slept.
uurmg me nay lie called for
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a looking-glass, aud having gazed into
it, observed that it was strange that he
could look so bright and be so weak.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Monday night
Dr. Bliss asked the President If he felt
uncomfortable anywhere and he answer-
Eed,
Not at all." The President then
fell asleep aud Dr. Bliss withdrew.
About fifteen minutes after ten o'clock
the President placed his hand near his
heart, and said he was suffering great
pain. Dr. Bliss returned Immediately,
and found the President unconscious.
The pulse and the action of the heart
were almost Imperceptible. Dr. Bliss
said that the President was dying, and
directed the attendants to send for Mrs.
Garfield and Drs. Agnew and Hamilton.
The President remained in a dying con
dition for about twenty minutes, when
life was declared to be extinct.
All the members of the Cabinet, ex
cept Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln,
were at Elberon at the fatal moment.
Shortly after midnight the Cabinet
notified Vice President Arthur, who was
at his home in New York.
HE TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE.
Upon receiving the notice of the death
of President Garfield and the official
fc summons from the cabinet, Gen. Arthur
dispatched messengers to invite a judge
to administer the oath of office. Jus
tice Brady, of the Supreme Court of
New York, responded and visited Gen
eral Arthur's residence. The oath was
administered at two o'clock Tuesday
morning. The ceremony is described
as peculiarly solemn and impressive.
TOST MORTEM EXAMINATION.
By previous arrangements a post mor.
tern examination of the body of Presi
dent Garfield was made Tuesday after
noon, in the presence and with the
assistance of Drs. Hamilton, Agnew,
Bliss, Barnes, Woodward, Reyburu and
A. II. Smith, of Elberon, and Assistant
Surgeon D. S. Lamb, of the Army Med
ical Museum, of Washington. The ope
ration was performed by Dr. Lamb. It
was found that the ball, after punctur
ing the right eleventh rib, had passed
through the spinal column in front of
the spinal canal, fracturing the body of
the first lumbar vertebra, driving a
number of small fragments of bone into
the adjacent soft part and lodging below
the pancreas about two inches and a
half to the left of the spine and behind
the peritoneum, where it had become
completely encysted. The immediate
cause of death was secondary hemor
rhage from one of the mesentoric arteries
adjoining the track of the ball, the blood
rupturing the peritoneum and nearly a
pint escaping into the abdominal cavity.
This hemorrhage is believed to have
been the cause of the severe palu in the
lower part of the chest complained of
just before death. An abscess cavity six
inches by four in diameter, was found
in the vicinity of the gall bladder be
tween the liver and the transverse colon,
which were strongly adherent. It did
not involve the substance of the liver
and no communication was found be
tween it and the wound. A long sup
purating channel extended from the
external wound, between the loin mus
cles and the right kidney, almost to the
right groin. This channel now known
to be due to the burrowing of pus from
the wound was supposed, during his life,
to have been the track of the ball. On
an examination of the organs of the
chest evidences of severe bronchitis were
found on both sides with broncho-pneumonia
of the lower portions of the richt
lung and though to a much less extent H
of the left. The lungs contained no
abscesses and the heart no dots. TIih
tl liver was enlarged and fatty, but . free
from abscesses. Nor were any found in
any other organ except the left kidney,
which contained near the surfuceasmall
abscess about one-third of an inch in dl
, ameter. In reviewing the history of the
case in connection with the autopsy it is
quite evident that the different suppurat-
! ing surfaces, and especially the fractured
spongy tissue of the vertebra, furnishes
a sufficient explanation of the septic
I condition which existed.
ONE BON SICK.
The sons ho were at Williams Col
lege were notilled, and Harry Blurted in
the early train for Long Branch. He
left word that his brother, James A.
Garfield, Jr., who is confined tohlsrooin
with a severe attack of malarial fever,
contracted at the White House, should
not be Informed of his father's death un
til lie was better. The tolling of church
bells and the excitement aroused the
boy's suspicion, and it was thought best
by his attending physician that he be
luformed of the truth. A burst of grief
followed, but he I now bearing the trial
bravely, though he Is still In a precarious
condition.
THE FUNERAL, SERVICES. ,
At 0J o'clock, Wednesday morning, a
short funeral service was held at tlifc cot
tage, by Rev. Chas. J. Young ofLong
Branch.
The coffin was black with silver han
dles, black rods ran along the side, and
upon the top was a sliver plate with the
inscription :
Ed .
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Jam ps Aura it aw Gaiifiei.d,
Born November 111, is.11,
Died President of the U. S-, Sept. in, 1S1.
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The coffin was lined with white satin.
Across the top aud crossing each other
were two long leaves of palm. Only the
face and shoulders were visible, and one
a needed to know that all that remained of
James A. Garfield lay there.to recall the
features so familiar during life. The face
to those who know General Garfield only
from his portraits could not have been
recognized. The cheeks were gone. The
brow had lost the massive appearance
which had characterized It in life. The
involuntary whispered remark of all as
they gazed upon the loved form with a
shudder was, "I never should have rec
ognized him, how he must have suffer
ed?" The shrunken earthly form told
how much. It was most marvelous that
he lived so long. ,
LEAVING LONU 11RANCII.
A few minutes before ten o'clock the
casket was removed from the cottage by
six strong men and passing through a
guard of soldiers formed in paralel lines
was placed in the third coach. The at
tendants and others who accompanied
the party took seats In the fourth car.
Dr. Reyburn is the only surgeon who
went on the special train. At exactly
ten o'clock the funeral train started from
the Francklyn cottage, moving from the
grounds very slowly. The train reached
Elberon Station at about 10.08, and
stopped up the road about a quarter of a
mile from the station. At this point the
special train which brought President
Arthur and General Grant from New
York was run up, and guards were sta
tioned In the vicinity to prevent annoy
ance from the crowd, there being from
fi five hundred to six hundred persons lu
the immediate neighborhood. As soon
as President Arthur's train was stonned
H alongside the train which bore the re
mains, the President and Gen. Grant
stepped across and entered the second
car of the funeral train.
THE ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON.
The passage from EJberon to Wash
ington was one continued manifestation
of sympathy and sorrow. In the popu
lous cities, in the smaller villages and
even in the country through which the
mournful train passed, demonstrations
of sympathy and sorrow were every
where seen. At the larger cities multi
tudes of people assembled and stood
absolutely silent with heads uncovered
as the train passed by, while the tolling
of bells, flags flying at half-mast and the
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iuuereai arapery wnieu covereU many
buildings all added to the solemnity of
the scene. At numerous points along
tue route beautiful floral offerings were
observed and at several places the track
was literally covered for a distance
more than a hundred yards with ferns
rns N
and flowers. No Incident worthy of
note occurred on hoard during the pas
sage, and at 4.35 p. m. the train slowly
entered the depot, when the casket was
at once removed to the hearse in wait
ing. The funeral party took seats in
carriages, and uuder military escort the
procession at once proceeded to the cap.
itol.
THE CASKET OPENED.
At 5.30 p. m. the ldof the casket was
opened and the face o the late President
IS was exposed to view. Woiselesslv Presi.
M dent Arthur and SecWry Blaine ap-
proached and gazed updfc the face of the
dead and then slowly attil sadly passed
out of the hall. A llneWas formed by
Sergeant-at-Arms Bright kid one by one
of those present advanced r,i i...,.i
r inuvcu
M at the emaciated and discoWd face of
tlie dead l' resident.
The public at large was theriadmltted,
H and hundreds of persons testified by
their reverential conduct and niournful
countenances the sorrow which they ex
perienced in looking upon the features
of their murdered President.
From the time the remains of the
President were exposed to view, a steady
stream of persons were passing through
the rotunda,' throughout the day audi
all night, and It Is estimated that over
0u,000 persons viewed the remains. After
it was found necessary to close the lid
the crowd still continued to pass and I
look upon the coftln. At 3 p. m. funeral
services were held In the Rotunda of the
Capitol, aud at 4 p. m. Frlday,the funer
al train started for Cleveland, Ohio.
The body , will be Interred In Lake
View cemetery, President Garfield hav
ing expressed a wish In that reapect.-
The train reached Newport at 10:14 and
and quite a crowd gathered at the depot
to see the train pass. The body will lie
in state at Cleveland until Monday
ternoon when the final funeral ceremo
nies take place. It is expected that the
largest crowd ever gathered In the city
will be present on the occasion.
Miscellaneous News llems.
IWOoo day recently as Henry Hank, of I
Myerstown, Lebanon county, was about toj
hand a visitor lu his house a cushion on
which to be seated, a copperhead snake!
eighteen inches long, crawled from under!
the cushion. It was duicklv dispatched
ra but how it got there is the mystery.
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IWA young woman threw her arms
around Judge Henry N. Ward as he was
IS walking down a street at Newport, It. I.,
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Q Tuompsou. The Judge after enjoying the
t hug,kiudly explained that she was mistak
en. There was 130 in his ruissine purse.
Lancaster. Sept. 22. Yesterday while
Jacob Foutz was picking apples in his or- K
chard from an extension ladder it gave way,
peiclpitating Sir. Foutz to the ground and
breaking his neck. lie lived about ten
minutes after the fall. Mr. Foutz was a
highly respected farmer of Couestago town
ship. tiWA singular accident occurred at a
party at Willianisport, on Saturday even
ing. AYhile the dance was going on, one
of the gentlemen engaged received a kick
from his lady partner, which fractured one
of the bones of his leg. The aocident
caused a suspension of the festivities, and
a physician was summoned, who reduced
the fracture.
tSTbe physician of the Kentucky
penitentiary said that Joe Josh, the negro
who deliberately chopped off his own hand
did so because he was threatened with the
M torture of suspension by the thumbs, and
not to escape work. The warden said that
the physician was a liar. They have bad a
fist fight without satisfactorily settling the
question.
gTMr. Carnes missed his wallet in a
Cincinnati theatre, and accused a young
man sitting near him of -stealing it. This
stranger was greatly excited by the pros
pect of arrest, and asked how much was in
the book. "Thirty dollars." was the re
ply. He hastily banded Carnes that sura
and left the house. Carnes subsequently
found the supposed stolen money where
he had mislaid it at home, and dow is ad
vertising for the sensitive fellow who, rath
er than be arrested for a crime of which he
was Innocent, paid (30 of his own.
Chinese witness in a Philadelphia
court, after taking an oath with a particu
larly loud kiss of the Bible, was asked if
he considered himself bound thereby to
tell the truth. lie complacently answered
that the Bible was no more to him than the
lawyers old white hat. The only form of
oath that he would tespect, he said, was to
cut off a chioken's bead while repeating
certain words in Chinese. A chicken and
knife were provided by the opposing coun-
Ejg sel, but the Judge said that, though ioclin
(I ed to permit the ceremony, he would ad
journed the trial for a week to consider
the quostion.
eyCummings engaged himself to marry
a Pennsylvania widow, Mrs. Kennedy; but
ho was disturbed by the fact that her first
husband had been dead only a year, and on
the day set for the wedding sent her a note
U saying that he would go into the solitude
of the woods to pray for Divine guidance.
The enraged widow read the message to
the guests when they assembled, and de
clared that she would not become Cum
mlng's wife, no matter what light he
might obtain from above. 'Williams, an
old and previously discarded suitor, saw
his opportunity and offered to act as bride
groom, lie was accepted, and when Cum
mings arrived, with his conscience quieted,
there was no widow. .
B3STA daring robbery. .was committed on
the road between f. tho Glen llouso and
Glen Station, N. H. on Tuesday. Mr.
Frank W. Andrews, of Boston, was driv
ing with his family ahead of the regular
coach, which continued several passengers.
A highwayman wearing a veil stopped
Mr. Andrews aud took from him $300 and
his watch, also a pin belonging to Mrs.
Andrews. He thou attacked the driver of
the stage and fired several shots at him,
but was run down by the horses, and after
being shot at by a passenger, retreated to
the woods. When the stage reached Glen
Station a watch was instituted on all the
roads in the effort to capture the robber
and two other men said to have been con
cealed ou the roadside.
ItaTTexarkaua lies partly within Ailtiu-
' saf and partly withiu Texas, with a broad
imiUBM. IJMUI JU1M11'. LI AVI IIMIMM OIJIiimMi
street mnking the boundary. It hns two
Mayors, and the state laws governing ou
one sldo have no binding force on the other..
Arkansas made a severe enactment against
the free sale of firearms, whore upon the
hardware merchants moved their stores to
the other side of the street, thus going into
Texas, where the sale of revolvers, like
their use, is free. The Arkansas Mayor
issued a proclamation against the sale of
liquor on Sunday, greatly to the advantage.
of the saloon men lu Texas, until the ven
dors on the other side moved over and
rcgaiued their customers.
ISPWben certain powers are claimed for
an article, and everybody tostilles that It
af-ijdoes more than is claimed for It to gainsay
its worth is useless. This is the substance
of the St. Jacobs Oil record.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, September 22, 1SS1 .
All tlmt remains ot James A. Uarlleld Is borne
from Washington towards his last resting place.
Ilia llfelesFi body has lain In state under the dome
of the Capitol, near the scene ot his former tri
umphs, but so changed was It that those who had
known him during life could scarcely have recog
nized It.
There Is considerable discussion as to what
shall be done with the wretch Gulteau. It seems
to be a mooted question whether he can be tried
for murder lu this District, as death occurred
outside the Jurisdiction of our courts. Whatever
the condition of the statutes In this respect It is
certain that the authorities must find some way
to deal promptly and decisively with their prison
er or the people will take the Job off their hands.
There must be no trilling In the matter. Gulteau
must die and that without unnecessary delay.
The miserable wretch prates about a fair trial and
says that when the excitement cools down he
thinks he will have Justice done him. I think he
will too, but perhaps his Ideas of Justice In this
case will not correspond with those of most peo
ple. He Is, besides being a worthless creature, a
poor miserable coward and stands In constant
fear of summary treatment at the hands of the
people. When Informed that his victim was dead
he sank down on the bed In his cell very much
agitated not from regret or remorse, but from
fear for his own miserable carcass. To look upon
the scenes of mourning here and then reflect that
the wretch who, without reason, caused It all, Is
alive and well and guarded by United States sol
alers. Is a commentary upon the patience and for
bearance of the American people.
Of the political results o( this great tragedy It
Is perhaps too early to speak. Chester A. Arthur
Is President j and the people have faith that he
will rise to the situation. He Is not now the rep
resentative of any faction, but the President of
the whole country, with an opportunity to earn
for himself a place as high In the esteem of the
people as that occupied by him whom he succeeds.
It is not known here yet whether he will retain
the present cabinet or any part of Its but there Is
a general .wish that no sudden or radical change
will be made. It is no time for any but a care
ful, considerate policy. If the administration that
ths country had reason to expect under President
Garfield could be realized under President Ar
thur, It would meet with the almost universal ap
proval ot the country. An extra session of the.
Senate is expected to be called In a few days, and.
then perhaps some foreshadowing of what is to.
come will be developed. It is understood that the
new President will not live In the White House,
for a time at least. At present he is to reside
with Senator Jones In the large stone mansion
erected by Gen. Butler on Capitol Hill.
Gen. Arthur Is the first President who entered
upon the duties of the office elsewhere than at the
seat of Government, but there was a Vice Presi
dent who took the oath of ofllce In a foreign land.
Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, was elected.
Vice President In 18-12 on the ticket with Presi
dent Pieree. Ife was In feeble health, and early
In January, 153, his physicians advised him to go
to Cuba. Congress passed a special act under
which he took the oath of ofllce before the Con-sul-General
at Havana, March 4th, 1853. He died
soon after returning to his home.
Come and See !
We have again made additions to our
stock that we would like to show you.
We have a lot of handkerchiefs wo
are selling, "Four for 25 cts.," and a
variety of others of better quality.
We have as pretty a line of collars
and ties as you would wish to see.
We have good black Alpacca double
width at 20cts. per yard. If you want
a low price black dress it will suit you
for it is worth more money.
We have made some additions to oui
Dress Goods stock that are pretty and
cheap. And the old stock you can buy
at nearly half PrWe.
We have a splendid
and trimmings.
line of buttons
We have a handsome line of Floor
and Table oil cloths of the various
widths from 34 up to 84.
We have a good Hue of Hats for Men
and Boys.
We have a large assortment of Shoes
for Men, Women and Children.
We have an assortment of Mens' every
day Pants, and Shirts.
We have a complete stock of Iron aud
Hardware.
We have as good an assortment of
Groceries as can be found in this
county.
We have a full line of PaintH, Oil,
Glass and building hardware which we
expect to sell as low or lower than any
body in the county.
. We have Spokes, Hubs and carriage
wood-work and hardware, and our
Spokes and Illuts are the best that are
made. These we sell at the mauufac
tuers price, as we are his agents.
F.
Mortimer,
New Bloom field, Pa.
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