the old have...was the first one the bulldozers came af-ter. two weeks before the election a crowd...

THE OLD WORLD.It Looks as if the Gladstone

Ministry Will beDefeated.

Gen. Gordon's Slavery ProclamationCauses Much Dissatis-

faction.

Affairs in Egypt are Becoming More Uncer-tain, and Will Cost Much

Bloodshed.

TOO THIS FOR AMERICANS.Bert/ix, Feb. 18.—It is stated that Bis-

marck's reasons for returning to the Ameri-can congress the resolntion of condolenceupon the death of Lasker,will shortly be pub-lished. The claim is made that highpoliticalprinciple formed the basis of tbe action.

GORDON AND THE SLAVE TKADE.

London, Feb. 18.—The Times discussingGeul. Gordon's proclamation says: "Gen.Gordon is well aware that steps are beingtaken in lower Egypt to discourage slavery.He knows, too, that England's guarantee tothe Red sea ports cuts offthe means of exitby which the slaves have been disposed of toother countries, while he believes his ownwork in the Congo country will effectuallycheck the inflowof slaves. In view of thesefacts the clause in Gen. Gordon's proclama-tion removing all restrictions upon the slavetrade assumes a character of little practicalsignificance.

TOKAR HAFE YET.

Suakiw, Feb. 18.—The commander at To-kar has written that he has supplies sufficientx> last tillthe end of the month, but asks forarms aud ammunition. The harbor at Sua-kim is too small to contain all the vessels or-dered there, aud the transports has been or-dered to anchor atRosmagda, forty-tive milessoutheast.

PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS.

London, Feb. 18.—The under foreign sec-retary announced in the House of Commonsthat England, France and other powers wereurging Chili and Peru to protect the rights offoreign creditors.

AFRAID OF ASSASSINATION'.

in addition to his sleeping accommo-dation, to four, and in somecases tofive meals a day, the bill of fare ofeach of which is as long as Leporello'sschedule ofthe gallantries of Don Giovanni.To be sure, at these collosal tables d'hote,considerable more attention Is paid to quan-tity than to quality. But the visitor may eatand drink as much as he likes; he can benearly always eating and drinking, if histatse "lies in the direction of gormandizing;he is not expected to drink fermented liq-uors "for the good of the house;"' there isno charge for service. Thus, for a totalabstainer with a teetotal appetite—which isordinarily a voracious one—the UnitedStates must be a sort of terrestrial paradise.The Elysium is said tobe haunted by thedeamon of indigestion: but there is an abund-ance of drug stores where pepsine and liverpills can be purchased.

CRIME RECORD.A Cotton Swindling Being Examined

into in New York,

Robbing the Mails-A Drunken Mur-der-Other Items,

SWINDLINO.

St. Louis, ',Feb. IS.—K. W. Reid, pro-prietor of the large retail confectionery, 2205Franklin avenue, and Louis J. Fuller, Wm.Reflly, Millard Sheppurd, einployes'of O. II.Peckham <Sc Co., wholesale confectioners,Main street, were arrested last night for rob-bing and swindling the latter firm. Theoperation consisted in furnishing to Reid,who was a customer of Peckham, two or threetimes the amount of his orders, and charg-ing him with only the amount ofbis orders.The surplus was paid for by giving Fuller,Reilly aud Sheppard. all of whom are quiteyoung men. mere nominal sums, and keep-ing them supplied with theater tickets, oys-ter suppers, etc. Peckham ti Co. believedthey had heen swindled out of £10,000 to812,000 and will attach Reid's stock.

COPIAH INVESTIGATION.The Evidence Most Damaging to the

Band of Armed Men.

Most Cruel Treatment Meted out to Many ofthe Negroes.

New Orleans, Feb. 18—The subcommitteeof the United States senate investigating theCopiah county, Miss., outrages, resumedhearing of the testimony to-day.

David Bell, colored, testified he was chair-man of the Republican executive committeeof Copiah county. He saw armed men rid-ing about. The night before the election hishouse was visited by a party of about twenty-five men, and they took the election ticketshe had for distribution away from him anddestroyed them. They were mixed tickets,Republicans and Independents,and the nameot Miller, the Democratic candidate was onthem. The witness was now assistant ser-geant-at-arms ofthe Mississippi senate. Hewas given the position, he thought, throughthe influence of R. N. Miller, whose namewas on his ticket. The witness

declined to give the names of the men whotook the tickets away from him, and sup-posed them to be a lot of drinking fellows.He denied having offered to testify for theDemocrats. The witness voted the Inde-pendent Republican ticket on election day,as did most of the colored men in his neigh-borhood, who were not intimidated.

Mrs. Wallace, colored, widow of Thos.Wallace, testified that on Friday night beforethe election, about 1 o'clock, a patty ofarmed men came to her house aud askedwho lived there. Her husband replied.Thomas Wallace. They .said they hail a writfor his arrest. A man outside said he wasWest Dunbar, Sheriff of Osykv. Finally thecrowd pushed the door open and wentthrough the house. They attempted to throwa rope over her husband's neck, when hethree ftp his hands, asking what they meantto do. One man then shot him In the neck.Several shots were fired, one ball striking herIn the arm und passing into her husband'sneck, killing him. The men then wentgwsy. She didn't know who they were. Af-ter iier husband was killed she went to thewoods and remained there until after theelection.

INVESTIGATION OF COTTON FRAUDS.

New York, Feb. 18.—The committee ofthe New York cotton exchange, investigat-ing the alleged frauds in transactions by thefirm of J. P. Bellaps&Co., cotton merchants,who failed some time ago, refused to makepublic their findings before its presentationto the board. From an outside source it islearned the frauds consisted in misrepresent-ing the grade or quality of the cottonpledged to the various banks in this city.In several cases it has been found that cot-ton represented as first grade, was almostworthless pickings. The heaviest loss wouldfall upon the foreign creditors of the firm.The investigation was instituted at the re-quest ofMr. Bellaps, who claims he was notat any time cognizant of the questionabletransactions, but lays the whole responsibilityupon his partner, Alex. Burgess.

Handy Fortner, colored, testified that hewas the first one the bulldozers came af-ter. Two weeks before the electiona crowd came to his house aboil 10 at niirht.One satd he had a writ for him for stouliug amule. Witness continued, "they came inand cursed me, and said they had come forinc. They made me cross my hands andfollowthem. Some of them were maskedand some paint.d. They took me out in thewoods and made Pollard and West, coloredmen at my house, follow. When they got towhen- a hinre crowd was, they pulled downrtty breeches, and stretched me out on theground. They made Pollard sit on my heedand West on my feet, and commenced lash-ing me. The- pain was so great that Pollardand West could not hold me still. Thenthe mob-would lash them until they held mesteady. There were sixteen men in thecrowd, thirteen of whom took a hand inwhipping inc. They kept it up until mybody hitil no feeling and I ceased halloaing.After this Joe Reese Btruck me forty or iiftytimes with a strap. My back was nothingbut one bruised mass. The men cessed andthreatened to shoot my brains out. I toldthem I was going to vote the Democraticticket, and they said ifIwas within 100 milesol there next clay they would kill me. Theysaid the same thing to Pollard,and West. I then left my home and remain-ed in the woods for about four weeks. Mycows were destroyed and lour hales of mycotton. Matthew's Bent some hands who as-sisted In gathering the balance of the crop.I voted at Centennial ou election day. Thenegroes all slept in the woods for some timeafter the election as the mob continued itsvisits.

Cairo, Feb. 18.—A letter from El Obeidsays, El Mahdi is in great fear of assassi-nation. "Visitors are permitted to approachhim only on all fours, and must remain at aconsiderable distance. The condition of theChristian missionaries is most deplorable.They live in straw huts outside the town, andtre destitute of food, clothing and money.The negro novices have been enrolled In thearmy or sold into slavery. One priest has

become a Mussulman.THERE WILL BE A CLOSE VOTE. BOBBING Till-: KAILS.

London, Feb. 18.—The Irish parliament-ary party met this evening, but Parnell wasabsent. Sexton moved to vote against thegovernment in the division to-morrow.

Carried. The minority will abstain fromvoting. The defection of the Irish vote in-creases the discontent and disruption of theliberal party, and will, it is estimated, re-duce the government majority to twenty.The conservative whips are beginning tohope fora government defeat.

Fargo, Dak., Feb. 18.—Wm. E. Finch,postmaster of Ellen dale, Dickey county, wasarrested to-day o:i the charge of robbing themails of registered letters.

A DRUNKEN MCRDER.Dodge City, Ks., Feb. 18.—Reziah Marsh

a iicgres- of very low repute, who has beenliving lately witii Henry Chambers, colored,was found dead in the house they occupiedthis noon, her head being beaten into ashapeless mass with a stove lid. All that Isknown of the affair is. that Chambers wentto the house late last night with some whisky.He was arrested this afternoon at Fort, fourmiles from the city, and not able to tell asatisfactory story about himself, and also hasblood spots on his clothes.

ATTIMPTRDCTRAIX WRECKING.Sim.ixgeii.ld, 0., Feb. IS.—An attempt

was made to wreck the east bound night ex-press on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinna-ti cfc Indianapolis road at Moorelicld, lastnight, by turning a switch. The engine leftthe track and turned over, drapxini; the pos-tal aud baggage car after, it but no one washurt. \

GORDON POPULAR.

Khartoum, Feb. 18.—On Gen. Gordon'sarrival here, thousands crowded to kiss hishands and feet, calling him "sultan of Sou-dan" Addressing the people Gen. Gordonsaid, "Icome without soldiers, but with Codon my side, to redress evils. I will uot fightwith any weapons, but will mete out justice.There shall be no more bashi bazouks."The populace say that Gen. Gordon is givingthem more than El Mahdi could. Gen. Gord-on is Ken ding copies of his proclamation inall directions.

TIIE SLAVE TRADE.To Senator Saulsbury. Witness said he

had sued a man named Thompson, <>f Clai-boiiie county, end had beaten him ia thesuit, and thought this was the reason he waswhipped by the mob.

Ishum Gilmore, Jack Thompson and C. S.Oliver, colored, all testified substantially asthe previous wituesscs concerning the reignof terror in Copiah oounty.

T. AV. Bondurant, white, Republican, testified concerning the reign of terror prevail-ing in Copiah county preceding the late elec-tion, lt was caused by an armed mob ridingover the county committing outrages, as de-tailed by the other witnesses. Bondurantwas at Matthews' store, fifteen miles fromHazelhurst, when the mob came there andfired through the door with pistols unci guns,and shot offcanncn. Ormsn and Matthewswere with him in the store. The mobshouted, some one had better get away fromthere. They cursed them all the time theywere around the store, and some of themsaid, let's string them up. Witness frequent-ly met these armed men but they did notBtoleSt him. He related an incident attend-ing the meeting at Hazelhurst. Part mobwas there, and liurkesdale said he was glad tosee by the faces of the men riding about thetown that they were determined to carry theelection, regardless of the issue. Barkes-dale advised them to hang T. M. Bufkins sohiirh that the birds of prey could not burytlieirbeaks in his body.

George B. Hamilton, white, of Hazelhurst,testified concerning the killing of Matthewson election day. Witness was clerk of theelection. When the. tables bad been arranged,and everybody was ordered out, in orderthat the polls might be opened, Matthewssaid, "Iam here aud I will vote." Witnessheard some loud talk between Matthews andWheeler. When Matthews was shot down hewas standing about six feet from witness.When the smoke cleared away witness sawBurch, Wheeler and Matthews iu the room.Wheeler was standing about eighteen feetfrom Matthews with a pistol in his hand, re-loading it. He saw a man stoop down andpick up a pistol from along side of Mat-thews body. Wheeler was challenger for theDemocrats and Matthews for the Indepen-dents.

Joseph P. Jones, formerly an old linewhigthen a Democrat and now an Independent,testified, that he is president ofthe board ofsupervisors of Copiuh county. Had a diffi-culty on election day with George B. Nelson,who cursed witness, telling him he andMatthews had been running the precinctabout long enough. The crowd shouted forNelson and he became so excited thatfriendsadvised witness to go home which he did. J.L. Matthews, testified, he was at Centennialprecinct when he heard of his brother'sdeath. He started at once for Hazelhurst.On the road he met armed men, and was in-formed that he would be killed ifhe attempt-ed to enter the town, On entering the townhe saw a large crowd of armedmen. They brought up their gunsas though they were going to firebut did not shoot. Ayear ago we had 150votes at the centennial precinct, and ournumbers had increased. This year they gaveus twenty-four votes, and counted balancefor themselves. Witness is a farmer, andall his hands had been run off by armedmen. They were told they would be killed ifthey did not leave. One man was slow inleaving, as he thought the trouble wouldblow over after the election excitementhad subsided, but the mob went to his houseand fired several shots through it. Witnesssaid that some of these men had been withhim seventeen years. Seven of them wenttoKansas, witness paying their way. Hecould get others if the people would let themalone. This action against him, he said, waspurely political.

On cross examination the witnesssaid, at the election in 1877,when his brother was a candidate he wasunpervisor of elections. Acting on legal ad-vice they threw out two boxes, which gave aDemocratic majority. His brother gave up,and did not take office, but Harvey, the Re-publican candidate for clerk of the eourt,carried his case to the circcit court. He gainedhis suit, but was killed before he got office.

London, Feb. 18.—Gladstone, In replyingto the inquiry by Northcote regarding Gord-on's action, said, the appointment] of

Mahdi sultan of Kordofar and the remissionaf the taxes were within Gordon's powers.The true meaning of the order regardingslavery could not be understood from thetelegraphic summary. The government pre-ferred to await the receipt of the text of thejriginal order. Gladstone confirmed the re-port of the submission of the Khans ofMerv to Russia.

SHOT HIM.

Atchison, Kan., Feb. 18.—Isaac Cathrie,who keeps a saloon at East Atchison, Mo.,opposite this city, had a quarrel this fore-noon with Irving Andrews, who owns thelicense af the saloon, which resulted in An-drews shooting Cathrie through the head,killing him instantly. Andrews was arrest-ed and taken to St. Joseph.

A QUACK HANGED.

A VIOLENT SPKECn.Freei\ '.-, 111., Feb. 18.—News is received

here of hie hanging, by a mob, near Denver,Col., of Ell Madlong, a former resident ofFreeport. It seems Madlong pretended to bea physician, although he had no medical ed-ucation. He prescribed medicine to one ofhis patients, which resulted in his patient'sdeath. The victim's friends organized a vig-ilance committee and hanged the "doctor."

CASUALTIES.GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.

London, Ont., Feb. 18. —A quantity ofgunpowder in the top of Hobbs, Osbourn &Hobbs, wholesale hardware, exploded, blow-ing off the upper portion of the building andkillingDonald Smith, and mortally injuringFrank Shaw and Percy Ince. The adjoiningbuildings were badly shattered.

Later—Tne three upper fiats are a mass ofwreckage, aud nearly the entire stock Ishopelessly ruined. The stock was valued at$60,000; insurance if70,000. The damage toadjoining buildings is covered by insurance.

DIED THROUGH DRINK.Hubrard, O., Feb. 18. —Gabriel Erb, a

widower, aged 60,was found drunk in a field,near Hubbard, on Saturday night, with hishands, face aud feet frozen, and died OnSunday. Erb was lately sued for breach ofpromise by his housekeeper, and since thesuit began he has been drinking hard. Hewas wealthy.

FATAL SNOW SLIDE.

Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 18.—A snow slidethis morning, near Ontario mine, Park City,destroyed the house of Wm. Rich, killing histhree children and wounding his wife, whois reported now dying. Rich was at work inthe mine at the time. The slide struck the

r house of John Harris, killing his wifeandwounding him. The houses of Mrs. Drewand R. Johnson were struck by another slide.The citizens are moving out of the gulch andaway from the back strrets inPark City. Thesnow is deeper there than ever before, andsiill falling. Trains on the Utah & Northernand the Oregon Short Line, in Idaho, areblockaded. The trains of most of the roadscentering here are delayed.

SIX CHILDREN ROASTED TO DEATH.

London, Feb. IS.—The commons this;vening resumed the debate on Nortucote'saiotion concerning the government. W. T.Marriott, liberal member for Brighton, madea violent attack on the government, accusingitof vacillation and inconsistency. He de-clared the government had lost the confi-lenee of the country and of the liberal party,the truth of this he would test by voting torSortheote's motion, and then resigning hisicat aud offering himself for re-election,ularriott's speech was received with loud.•beers by the opposition.

London, Feb. 17.—It is rumored that ne-gotiations are proceeding between the homerulers aud the government relative to divis-ion on the Northcate motion.

rOREIGN NOTES.

France has suddenly Increased its activityn its shipyards, and the Mediteranean fleets to be largely augmented.

At Jeddah the natives are displaying greatineasiness as they fear that Britain is to to-ully suppress the slave trade, aud the fanat-

icism of the Mussellman?s Is increasing.A new proposal of the French government

is to have all American pork examined atthe ports of entry, charging therefore twenty-five centimes per box.

The rebellion in Yemen, in the southwestofArabia, against the Turks is spreading.

The French government has called the at-tention of the British cabinet to the dangerofau uprising in Cairo, and also a massacre,if the British garrison is awakened.

News from Rungoon says: The Britishship Brechin Castle from New York for Cal-cutta is totally wrecked, but the crew issaved.

England has addressed a note to the Frenchgovernment relative to the British lossesthrough the bombardment of ports in Mada-gascar.

Harley, the tenor, dismissed from theRoyal Comedy theatre, London, for singingout of time, has recovered £250 damage fromthe directors.

There is an unconfirmed rumor that Tokarhas been carried by assault and the garrisonmasaered.

The rumor is contradicted that the militarycouncil at Cairo has decided to disband theEgyptian army. The brigade is to be recon-structed and officered by Egyptians, and therecruiting shall be from the Turks, Circas-sians and Albanians.

CROcnETT, Tex., Feb. 18.—Rheuber Hartand wife, (colored) residing three miles inthe country, went to church last night and

leftsix children in the house asleep. Hartlocked the door and took the key with him.On the way back the house was discoveredon fire and burned so quickly that it wasimpossible to save it or the children, everyone of whom were roasted to death. Theeldest was a boy of thirteen years.

The pope congretulated Prince Humber onhis escape from assassination.

The Cost ofDinners.Ithas been estimated by an American

authority that a party of two persons candine "moderately" at Delmonico's for $5,—that is to say, for £1 sterling,—the entertain-ment including a bottle of claret, very drink-able, although the cheapest in the list ofwines. At a first-class Parisian restaurant adinner for two which cost 25 francs, includ-ing a bottle ofmedium Bordeaux, would be afar from "modest" repast. Indeed, itwould be a very plenteous repast, and Parisian restaurants are always expensive, ow-ing, first, to the extravagant rents of houseson the fashionable boulevards; next to theenhancement, through the "octroi" duties,of the prices of provisions; andthirdly, in consequence of therapacity dt the proprietors. There is no"octroi" in New York; the market prices forfish, meat, game, vegetables, and poultrywould be considered wonderfully cheap by aLondon housekeeper; but house rent is asextravagantly high, and the rapacity of thefashionable New York restaurant keeper is asinsatiable as that of his cogener on theBoulevard des Capucines. Atthe same time,it must be conceded that there are plenty ofplaces in Manhattan where a dinner or lun-cheon of a varied and substantial and evenisemi-elegant kind can be obtained at acomparatively moderate tariff. Five dollarsiday is the maximum charge fora fullboardit a first class New Yorkhotel —one, at least,ttat is considered on the "American sys-•m." and a guest, for kis $5, is entitled,

Miss Anthony says: "Ihave been roundly-

abused and ridiculed for allowing a femaleclerk of mine to send a letter in which wo-man suffrage was spelt 'sufferage' and wasnot corrected. There is a little secret historyabout that letter that will be amusing to thosewho are laughing at me and my femaleclerk, who cannot spell suffrage. The factis that my clerk made a correct copy oftheletter, which I approved, and which wasthen sent to a male clerk, a college graduate,to make a large number of copies. Everycopy which this gentleman prepared read'sufferage,' and, what is still more startling,number ofmembers of Congress, in replyingto the letter, adopted the same unique or-thography." Purchasing a Wife.

It is related of a man who had been in-jured by an elevator that he sent for a law-yer, thinking he would institute a suit. Theattorney arrived just as his client was gettingup. "Good heavens!" he exclaimed, in

From Columbia, South Carolina comes thetale that in the year 1881, a mechanic fromNorth Carolina made his way to HighlandGrove, in Greenville county. After working several months, he sent forhis wife, whogladly came. In a short time after her ar-rival she deserted her husband and went tothe city of Greenville. After the lapse ofseveral months, the mechanic discoveredwhither bis recreant wife had gone. Hewent to Greenville city, and after a shortsearch found her in the possession of a Ger-man. He threatened the German with the

amazement, "go right back to bed again.Do you want to spoil your case."

The president of the society of publicanalysis in England recently, bought 300samples of milk in London and found 203 ofthen either skimmed or watered.

THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19. 1884.

penalties ofthe law forharboring the abscond-ing wife nnless he should fully satisfy him(the mechanic) for the injury inflicted. Themechanic proposed that the German shouldpay him $15 for the woman, for which he-would surrender all claim upon her and neverprosecute. The other demurred because hedid not have the money. The mechanic,after considerable parleying, finally proposedthat the German should give him $5 and apint of whisky for the woman, which prop-osition was accepted and the bargain wascompleted, the woman ratifying the agree-ment. The mechanic returned to NorthCarolina, where he secured another wife, andthe German and his wife by purchase residein Greenville.

OKXERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.

AFew Nen and Pleasing Anecdotes Aboutthe Old Veteran's Peculiarities.

An old army friend of mine who remem-bers Ben. Winfield Scott as a tall, fine-look-ing old man, with white hair, a strict marti-net, with a good head and a big heart, givesme a story or two about him. In his latteryears Gen. Scott was very irascible. Agreat

many people knew that, but few knew thathe was always sorry for a hasty word. Whilehe was still at the head of the army, with hisoffice on Seventeenth street, just oppositethe war department, he was coming out oneday to enter his carriage, cane in hand. Avolunteer orderly, who knew nothing ofScott's views ofmilitary propriety, approachedhim with u letter from a war department bu-reau, which he had been directed to deliver toGeneral Scott at once. The orderly reckingnothing of adjutants-general or chiefs ofstall, interpreted his order literally, andhastily giving a careless salute, began: "Oh,General, here's a paper Iwant you to look atbefore you " For a moment the proudcommander-in-chief seemed petrified. Then,

raising his cane, he said in a loud voice:

"Clear out, sir; clear out of the way." Thestartled orderly sprang to one side, and theGeneral got into his carriage and was drivenaway. The soldier then delivered his letter tosome one in the ofiicc and walked slowly out.Genera! Scott's carriage had not gone thirtyrods before it stopped aud turned about.The driver, raising his voice, summoned theoffending orderly to the door. Trembling inevery limb, cap in his hand, he approached.General Scott asked the name and regiment.He gave them, —"Well, sir," said the gener-al, '-report to your colonel that you wereguiltyof gross disrespect to Gefi. Scott as anofficer, and that Gen. Seott was guilty ofgross disrespect to you as a man. Gen. Scott

i begs your pardon. Go to your duty sir." In1801 a lady passing the season here was veryauxious to get Gen. Scott's autograph. Hewas very busy, and she found her tuwk verydillicult. One day the happy thought struckher that her pretty little 10 year-old daughtermight be able in this case to do what sheherself could not. So she sent the charminglittle girl to the general's office with her au-tograph album. The orderly told her thatshe could not see the busy general. Shewould not be denied. She would wait, shesaid. At the end of half an hour the orderlytook her request to the adjutant. The latteradmitted her, but told her she could uot pos-sibly see the general. She said she mustAt last the adjutant showed her the doorleading to Gen. Scott's office, and told hershe could go in if she dared. Taking him athis word, she marched right in. This is herdescription of the call givca at the time: "Iwas afraid at first when he looked up; but assoon as he saw it was only me he said rightpleasantly: 'Well, little girl, what do youwant;' and I told him my ma wanted him towrite his name in her book; and he lookedsharp at me and then smiled a little bit, andshook hands with mc and asked me Avho myma was, and I told him, and Itold him mypa was in the army and my ma was all alonewith me, and then he just kissed my checkand wrote in ma's book and said 'good morn-hi>j;- to me, and I came out, and nobodydidn't hurt mc at all." This is What he said :"Treason is the greatest crime—WinfieldScott.' Just once more: One Satuidayafternoon in the summer, just before Scottleft the army forever, President Liucoin withsome friends sat on the balcony at the rearof the White House, listening to the music ofthe Marine band, when Gen. Scott was an-nounced. The president immediately ad-vanced to meet him, and returned with thelieutenant-general, in full uniform, on hisarm. The crowd on the lawn saw the pres-ident and the white-haired veteran, stoppedtalklnir, looked at the pair for a moment, andthen broke forth into applause. The generalat once stepped to the front and raised hishat in acknowledgment. The band very ap-propriately played "Hail to the Chief," whilethe crowd continued the clapping of hands."You've got a good many young generals,Mr. President," said the old hero, turning toLincoln; "but they don't forget the old gen-eral yet, do they." "We could spare a hun-dred of them," said the President, helpingthe general to a seat, "better than him." Ithank you Mr. President; I thank you," saidthe general, with tears in his eyes.—Wash.Cor. Phila. Record.

DIPLOMATIC NOTES.

Sir Edward Thornton, English Ambassa-dor to Russia, had the honor of dancing withthe Empress at the recent ball in St. Peters-burg.

Mr. Lowell has several Americans on hislist for the honor of presentation at Court atthe ensuing levee to be held at BuckinghamPalace, London, in Maroh.

the knots is a sure indication of the measureof her annoyance. Some of the finest andmost firmly made pieces of macrame that shehas are mute evidences of the hours she hashad to listen to bores and long-winded peo-ple of all persuasions.

PERSONAL CHIT-CHAT.

It is said there are not so many ladies onthe New York press as formerly, Thoseprominent as having places on the officestaff are Miss Middie Morgan, of the Times;Miss Katherine V. Ferguson, of the MorningJournal; Miss Beatrice Biddle, of the World(granddaughter of old Nicholas Biddle, whowas vice-president of Pennsylvania whenFranklin was president, and was the fore-most figure in Jackson's bank agitation)-.Miss Mary Ferguson, of the Queen, and MissHelen Hutchinson and Mrs. Ruukle, of theTribune.

Emma Abbott is so thoroughly westernthat she is comfortable only when movingslowly backward and forward in a rockingchair. She takes one with her whenever shetravels, j

General Fitz John Porter when a studentat Exeter academy was a fine scholar, thebest swimmer, marble-player and athlete inthe school. None had a higher reputationfor honor, integrity and character than he.

Watt Whitman's poem for Harper waswisely deferred till March, eminently themonth tor blowers.

Edwin P. Whipple is preparing a criticalreview of Matthew Arnold for the NorthAmerican Review, and Matthew Arnold willretaliate by puplishing in London his "im-pres.-ioi:-" of America.

Lucy H. Hooper writes from Paris thatMinister Morton's wife cannot sit for herportrait to Bonnat because she is sotorment-cd by headaches. Lucy forgets that one ofBonnat's greatest successes was his pictureofJob.

The late Bishop Jacobsou, of Chester, Eng-land, was once present when two dignitar-ies of his church were discussing a sermonpreached by a Dean who—to introduce pol-itical slang into ecclesiastical affairs—wassomewhat "ou the fence." Said one: '-Itstruck me as betog rather Low." "That'scurious." said the other, "fori thought itwas pretty Sigh. What did you think of it.my lord?"—sppeslingto thebishop. "Why"replied his lordship, "to tell the truth, Ithought it decidedly longl"

A very handsome picture, enlarged from aphotograph, ofMr. Lowell, has recently beenadded to the collection In the main corridorofthe Foreign Office in London.

A l'rizr lieaaty in Court.

[Philadelphia Times.]

Louise Montague, Forepaugh's ex-beauty,sat nearly all day yesterday in Judge Lud-low's court waiting for the trial of her suitagainst the circus manager to recover the*10,000 prize to come on for trial. She wasdressed richly, tastefully and fashionably.Over a skirt of black silk, elaboratelytrimmed, she wore a dark-blue jersey, tightalmost to the point of bursting. She hadabout Her neck a narrow ribbon of someshaggy stull in silk that was tied in a largebow and ended in long tassels. Big solitairediamonds sparkled in her pink-and-whitocars. Iler hair was combed plainly in frontand drawn up in two knots in the back,which were held in place by a silver skewerwith a round gilt top. Her hat was like aU\'X flat shell, covered with brown velvet and

"famished with beads and long ostrichplumes. Itwas worn far up from the fore-head. A shadowy veil, dotted with tiny-beads, depended from the hat's brim andreached just to the tip of her dainty nose.The red and white of her complexion seenthrough this covering was not quite so pro-nounced as when looked at uuder it. A seal-skin ulster—value, as estimated, £750 —wasthrown across her lap. The toe of a tiny kidboot now and then peeped from under a partof it that trailed on the floor. The spectaclewas full of fascination for half a score ofcountry witnesses in a suit about a Roxbor-ough barn that had a place before the beau-ty's suit. But the beauty seemed no moresensible oftheir admiration than if she was awooden woman. The suit dragged so thatit took up all the session and the beautyfound herself left. Under the rules of thecourt her case went over tillnext term.

Hon. Mr. Plunkett, the new English min-ister to Japan, was formerly connected withthe Legation at Washington, and while inthis country married a Philadelphia lady.

M. Goutant-Biron, tbe distinguishedFrench diplomat, died in Paris last week. Hewas for several years French nftnister at Ber-lin, having been replaced there in 1877 byCount St. Vallier.

Prince Orloff, the present Russian Ambas-sador to France, is tobe transferred to Ber-lin, and Count Sabouroff, now Ambassadorat Berlin, is to receive a court appointment.The change is regarded as a tangible 6ign ofthe friendly relations between Germany andRussia.

A Big Verdict.

The case of Sulzbach vs. the J. EdgarThompson estate to recover claims againstthe estate for $800,000 was decided in theUnited State Circuit court in favor of theplaintiffs.

This suit, which was an equity proceeding,began in the year 1877, when Sulbacb" Broth-ers, German bankers, withdrew their claimafter lt had been lying before the auditor ofthe estate for about two years; that claim be-ing in general terms that the Sulzbachs hadsuffered by mismanagement in the con-struction of the Davenport and St. Louisrailroad. It was thought possible to makeMr. Thompson's estate responsible for thisloss, inasmuch as he had been trustee forthe bondholders, and the German firm con-tends that there had been an over-issue ofbonds, which over-issue had been coun-tenanced by the trustee. The Sulzbachs with-drew their claim from the auditor and filed abill in equity in the United States Circuitcourt against the Philadelphia trust company,George B. Roberts and William B. Spackman,administrators of the estate of J. EdgarThompson; ex-Governor William Dennison,of Ohio; Andrew Carnegie, of New York,and Benjamin E. Smith, of Ohio. SulzbachBrothers brought the action as bondholders ofthe Dayenport and St. Paul railway companyto recover damages for injury suffered bythem through the alleged over-issue ofbondsin violation of the terms of the mortgage.The late Mr. Thompson and Ex-GovernorDennison were trustees under the mortgage.The other defendants are alleged to haveparticipated in the over-issue of bonds. Noannouncement of an appeal was made.

Clara Bclden's Wardrobe.[Kew York World, 15th.|

The wardrobe of the actress, ClaraBelden Tibbits, who died recently atBellevue Hospital, willbe offered for sale to-day at Banta's parlors, No. 1278 Broadway.The wardrobe embraces many costumesmade by Worth, allthe stage jewelry, crowns,swords, &c. The most elegant costume in

the collection is one in which the dead act-ress appeared as Julia in "The Hunchback."Itwas made by Worth, but willprobablybring only a small portion of what was orig-inally paid for it. The skirt is of embosssdsatin in olive and cream colors, trimmedwith bead flowers and fringe, The waist isalso of embossed sat'n in white and old gold.A bridal costume of pearl satin trimmedwith sea pearls and orange blossoms, madeby May, of London, is exceedingly pretty.The deep flounce is of white silk lace. An-other Julia costume from Worth is of bluebrocade trimmed with white satin, pearls andlace. One of Worth's embroidered whitesatin evening dresses is trimmed with whitetulle and gold lace embroidery. In thewardrobe there is also a very pretty laceoverdress trinmed with spangles and a blackopera cloak embroidered In old gold. Thereare also complete Juliet, Rosalind and Romeosuits and many other articles that go to makeup an actress's outfit.

Mrs. Freliughuysen has received from theChinese minister at Washington, some pack-ages of very rare and choice teas in returnfor her courtesy in calling at the Legation toinquire after the health of the Chinese infantwhich is such an object of interest and curi-osity among the ladies ofWashington.

Lord Lyons, English minister in Paris,has never changed any ofhis servants—ofwhom he has eight—during his long resi-dence in that city, and a correspondentstates they esteem it the greatest honor tohave him shake hands with them, which hedoes regularly every ChristmaB morning.

Mrs. John Logan Electioneering.[Washington Letter.]

There is not a week but that Mrs. Loganhas from one to twenty Illinois sightseersand strayers on her hands, and even on herreception days she often has to step aside tooutline plans of sightseeing or write covetednotes to the guardian of some closed or in-accessible building that the visitor wants tosee. The state legislature ought to pass heran annual vote ofthanks and a pension forher kindness to its people here, for no othersenator's wife or family doe6 as much fbr hisconstituents as Senator Logan's. Other sen-ators' wives may be quite as willing, how-ever, and in proportion exercise the sameamiable spirit. Every man, woman andchild in Illinois has heard of Mrs. Logan,wants to see her immediately, feels thegreatest admiration for her and is at oncemade to feel that she is the same cheery, un-selfish and unspoiled woman that she wastwenty years ago. She is a great woman inthe best sense of the word, and in with hergreat mental and executive abilities she pos-sesses many little feminine and domestictraits that are especially charming in such acharacter. She has a woman's true passionfor fancy work, and makes beautiful ma-crame work, and many little jokes go aroundamong her friends concerning this lace.Whenever a visitor settles down for a longtalk Mrs. Logan produces her macramethreads, and the energy with which she ties

Latest Agony in the Town of Boston.[Boston Globe.]

Another agony—the portraits of the familyare now painted on the "company china"Apropos to this, the little, "swee#sixteen"ornaments the sugar bowl; the "flower of thefamily," the bread plate, and the artist may,"in a mild way," pose the 6harp features ofthe maiden aunt upon the teapot, while thedignified head of the house gazes mildly upfrom under the edge ofa quarter pound lumpof butter. What next?

Candid.[Philadelphia Call.]

Little Nell—What church were you mar-ried in, grandma?

Grandma —I was not married in a church,dear.

LittleNell—Was you married at home?Grandma —No, dear; I was a very naughty

girl, and ran away with your grandpa.Little Nell—Mercy me! I'd never run

away with such a fussy old gentleman asgrandpa.

OFFICIAL.Proceedings of thejjoarl ofPnfflcf orb

Regular Meeting.

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St. Paul, February 4, 1S84.Board met at 2 p. m.Present: Messrs. Barrett, Hoyt, Koch,

Pet. ra, Terry and Mr. President.Minutes of the 28th ult. and 1st inst. read

and approved.John Espy presented a written protest

against the proposed paving of Fifth street.Considered and placed ou tile.

A communication was received from R.F. Marvin, claiming a reduction of the assessment against lot 11, block 17. WoodlandPark addition, for sewer on Dale street. Re-ferred to Engineer forreport.

J. H. Bohrer and sixteen others presenteda written protest against the proposed open-ing, widening and extension ofEaton street.Considered and placed on file.

John Mullen made application for licenseto tap and connect with city sewers for theyear 1884, which was granted and bond ap-proval.

Hans Hanson made application for licenseto tap and connect with city sewers for theyear 1884, which was granted and bond ap-proved.

J. C. Johnston made application and sub-mitted bond forplumber's license, which ap-plication was granted in accordance with therules and ordinances and bond approved.

A communication was received from Petern. Tierm y, a.-king a review of the action bywhich certain sums were deducted from hisa lal estimates for grading Chestnut streetand Pleasant avenue. Referred to Engineerfor report.

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A communication was received from theEngineer, calling uttention to the necessityof tixin? the date for the completion of theabutment and approach for the Mississippistreet bridge, before anything can be clonerelative to the structure iteelf. Consideredand placed ou file.

-\ communication was received from theEngineer, calling attention to the unsafecondition of the sewer on Broadway, be-tween Third street and a point 150 feet northof Prince street, to the necessity of its re-construction. Referred to City Attorney.

The Engineer reported that he had notifiedJ. C. McCarthy, contractor for the Jeffersonavenue sewer, to increase his force—in ac-cordance with instructions from the Board.Report placed on file.

The Clerk was directed to advertise for bidsfor grading Fillmore avenue (formerly Mc-Cartby street) from State street to the pro-posed Levee.

The Clerk was directed to procure abstractfor change of grade on Farquier street be-tween Seventh street and Earl street and toghre the first assessment notice.

A communication was received from MaryMcDermott claiming that the N 60 feet oflot8,block 1, Leech's addition, had been er-roneously assessed for paving Fort street,from Third street to south city limits. Re-fined to the Engineer for report as to front-age of said property on Fort street.

The City Attorney having reported as tothe correctness of the bill of A. J. Cooperof *r>0 for putting in a sewerconnection on Seventh street at the Com-incrci.il hotel, said bill was, upon motion,allowed.

The Engineer having reported in the mat-ter of tin assessment against lot 20, ParkPlace addition, for sewer on College avenuefrom a point 250 feet easterly of Rice street,to St. Peter street, that said property couldnot connect with said sewer, it was orderedtiiat tbe council be requested to cancel theassessment against said property.

The Engineer having reported in the mat-ter of the order of the Council to the Boardfor formal report on grading Payne avenuefrom Minnehaha street to Magnolia street,and bridging its railroad crossing, thp samewas referred to the Fifth ward member.

In the matter of the order of Council toBoard for formal report on grading Dakotaavenue and Goffe strect,thc Engineer havinganticipated the same and submitted planand estimate of cost, the following reportwas ordered sent to the Council, to-wit.:To the Common Council of the City of St.

Paul:The Board of Public Works have had under

consideration the resolution or order oftheCommon Council approved January 17, 1884,relative to the grading of Dakota avenue to apartial grade sixty-six, (66,) feet wide, fromthe end of the Wabashaw bridge to Goffestreet, and Goffe street full grade from Da-kota avenue to Dearborn 6treet, and havinginvestigated the proposed improvement, re-spectfully report that 6aid improvement isnecessary and proper, that the estimated ex-pense thereof is $28,000, one-half of whichneed not be paid into the City Treasury be-fore the contract is let; that real estate to beassessed therefor can be found benefited tothe extent of the costs and expenses neces-sary to be incurred thereby; that said im«provement is not asked for by a petition of amajority of the owners of property to be as-sessed therefor, but we herewith send a planor profile of said improvement, and an orderfor your adoption, if you desire us to makethe improvement. Yeas, 6; nays, 0.

In the matter of the order of the Council toboard for formal report on constructing asewer on Mississippi street from Nash streetto Pennsylvania avenue, it was ordered thatthe vote by which the same was laid over tothe 18th inst. be reconsidered, and the follow-ing report sent to the Council to wit:To the Common Council of the City of St.

Paul:The Board of Public Works have had

under consideration the resolution or orderofthe Common Council approved December6th, 1883, relative to the construction of asewer on Mississippi street, from Nash streetto Pennsylvania avenue, and having investi-gated the proposed improvement, respect-fullyresort that said improvement is neces-sary and proper; that the estimated expensethereof is $5,700, one-half of which neednot be paid into the City Treasury before thecontract is let; that real estate to be assessedtherefor can be found benefited to the ex-tent of the costs and expenses necessary tobe incurred thereby; that said improvementis not asked forby a petition of a majority ofthe owners of property to be assessed there-for, but we herewith send a plan or profile ofsaid improvement, and an order for youradoption, ifyou desire us to make the im-provement. Yeas, 6; naya, 0.

In the matter of the order of Council toBoard for formal report on opening, Widen-ing and extending Dale street, from N. lineof section 26, town 29, range 22, for a dis-tance of one-half mile northward, the CityAttorney having reported that the city has nojurisdiction, said improvement being outside of the city limits, the same was orderedto be returned to the Common Council withadverse report.

The Fourth ward member having reportedin the matter of the order ofCouncil toBoardfor formal report on grading Marion street,from Como avenue to University avenue, thesame was referred to the Engineer for planand estimate of cost, and he having antici-pated and submitted the same, it was order-ed that said matter be returned to the Coun-cil for an order to grade Marion street fromComo avenue to Fuller street, on account ofdrainage.

In the matter ofthe order of Council toBoard for formal report on the constructionof slope walls on Rice street from Biancastreet to the northerly city limits, the samewas referred to the Engineer for report as tocost of wall in front ofeach lot, not releasingclaim for damages.

Pursuant to due notice the matter of mak-ing and completing the assessment for theopening, widening and extension ofHermanstreet, (now Eaton avenue,) from the Leveeto Bridget street, (now Chicago avenue,)came up, and after hearing all persons pres-ent interested, the same was duly completed,and the Clerk was directed to give the confir-mation notice.

Pursuant to due notice the matter of mak-ing and completing the assessment for thewidening, opening and extension of Eatonstreet, from Herman street, (now Eatonavenue,) to south city limits came up, andafter hearing all persons present interested,the same was adjourned until the 18th inst.

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road viaduct, M. O'Brien, contractor, amountdue $2,975.00,

Estimate No. 3, and final, Sherman streetgrading, If. O. Toole, contractor, amountdue 1345.00.

Estimate No. 9, supplementary to No. Sand final, sidewalks, Peter Berkey, con-tractor, amount due $486.03.

Bill of Frank Morand, of $6.98, sewerpipe and cover, February 1, 1884.

Bill ofGeorge Mltsch, of $18.55, repalj oftools for street and sewer force for Janu-ary, 1884.

Bill of St. Paul Book and Stationery com"pany, of $99.76, stationery for Engineer de-partment for January 31, 1884.

BUI of Donald Cameron, of $1,10, repairof tools for street force, February 1, 1884.

Bill ofM. Crain <fc Co., of $3.80, repairof tools forstreet force for m6nthof Januar*1884. f

Bill ofF. Knatrft, of $J.35. grtoflfitOT.frfltftures, etc., February 1, 1884.

Bill ofF. G. Draper <fc Co., of $8.80.. nulls,etc., January 31, 1884. oupumumf

Bill of American Manufacturing companyof $99.60, model for Seventh street viAdUCt!January 26, 1884.

Billof Prendergast Bros, of $7, galTftnlzetliron pails, November 5, 1888.

Billof Traders' Transfer company ot |S.hauling stone to Smith park, December ft1883. j

Bill of Kenney & Hudner of $21.88,stove pipe and elbow, January 1884.

Bill of F. Morand of $0.98. pipe and cap,January 1, 1884. r r'

Bill of Burnham & Jones of $4.50, pipe,etc., for repair of catchbasin southwest Cor-ner Seventh and Wabashaw streets, Decem-ber 19, 1883.• Bill of Geo. Becker of 40c, repairs of toolsforsewer department, October, 1883.

Bill of P. H. Kelly of$6.20. candles, Jan-uary 15, 1884.

Bill of Andrew Delaney 15, cement,January 19, 1884.

Bill of Breuer & Rhodes of $5.80, nails,December 26, 1883.

Bill of McMaster & Getty of$7.15, oil andblueprinting solutions, August 2, 1«S3, toJanuary 30, 1884.

Bill ofK. P. Cullen of $10, livery forBoard of Public Works, January, 1884.

Bill of Wm. L. Anderson of $82.73, mat-ting, carpets, etc., for office of Board of Publie Works, February 1, 1884.

Adjourned.Jonx Fahrinoton, President.

R. L. Gorman, Clerk Board Public Works.

Minneapolis Markets..The receipts and shipments at and from

Minneapolis yesterday, were as follows:Recbipts—Flour, 2,125 barrels; wheat, 48,000

bushels; corn, 600 bushels; oats, 2,400 bagheIs;barley, 12bushels; lumber, 280,000 feet; coal,729 cars; wood, 21 cars barrel stock, 5 cars;

Flaxseed, 200 bushels. Total cars, 269.Shipments—Flour, 10,420 barrels; wheat, 10,-

000 bushels; corn, 600 bushels; millstufl, 324tons; lumber, 280,000feet; coal, 432 cars; bar-rel stock, 2 cars. Total, 292 cars.

The followingwere the quotations on 'change:Flocb—Patents, $5.75<2>0.00; straights, $5.«»

@5..75; clears, $4.75@5.25; low grades, $2.00^8.25.

Wheat—No. 1 hard,; $},00 bid. No. 9 hard,96c; No. 1 nor the m, Vic bid; No. 2 northern',86c.

Cork—No. 260c.Oats—No. 2 mixed, 32c; No. 2 white, 34c.Bh-ln-Bulk, $12.0Q@12.WJ. Insacks, JS.Ot

more.Shobts—$12.00(^12.50.Mixed Feed—$17.00@18.0O.Hat—Good upland wild, $5.60®6.00»

Hint to Brother Newman,[Philadelphia Record.]

IfRev. J. P. Newman has left in his ttiilar any of that famous gin which he broughtback some years ago from his inspection ofConsulates, be might distribute it with goodresults among the refractory member-, of hiscongregation.

Pursuant to due notice and the adjourn-ments thereunder, the matter of making andcompleting the assessment for the openingand extension of Mississippi street, fromMinnehaha street to Acker street came up,and upon motion, all proceedings were an-nulled.

Pursuant to due notice andthe adjourn-ments thereunder, the matter ofmaking andcompleting the assessment for grading Ricestreet, from Bianca street to the north lineof city came up, and was adjourned until the11th inst, at 2 p. m.

The following estimates and bills were ex-amined and allowed, to-wit:

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