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6.—NO.

261.

ELEGANT NEW BUSINESS SUITINGS,

JUST ASS SSI VE© •AT-

MOSSLER'S

Square Dealing, One Price Clothing and Merchant Tailoring Ho, se. 147 Main Street.

GRANTISM.

Some Correspondence Which Shows That Bristow is not a man After Grant's own Heart.

BUT IS REALLY AN HONTFST MAN AND A GENTLEMAN.

A Startling Misapprobatioii of the Secret Service Fund for Election Purposes in New York.

A Fraud of Wfaicli Grant «a» Cognizant, Which, in act. he Ordered aud lor Wliicli he Skonlti be Impeached.

Bristow.

Washington, April 20.—S. T. Suti has published a card denouncing as utterly lalse, warp and woof, and without the slightest foundation in fact, the story connecting his name with the alleged payment to B. II. Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury, of $40,000 as an inducement to him to resJtfn bis position as United States District Attorney, for Kentucky, and to release his distillery suits.

CAUFJELD'S REPLY TO ERISTOW. Representative Caufield, Chairman of tho Committee on Expenditures, in the Department of Justice, has addressed the following letter to Secretary Bristow. House of

Representatives: WASHINGTON, April 20,18/i».

Dear Sir: Yonrs of the 19th was received at our committeo room, nearly simultaneous with the publication in the evening papers. In reply, 1 atu directed by the committee to say ttiat the article you enclose from the Baltimore 3azettee, as well as one of a previous date in a Philadelphia paper, was entirely without the knowledge or authority of the committee. In reference to yonr criticism upon what you are pleased to term "methods of jour committee," we must reply that your committee claims the right to conduct the business with which it is entrusted as it believes the best interests ©f the country demands, al*nys having due regard for the rights ot every individual and

this

committee

will believe that your cr ticism ot their action was rather the result ot undone

excitement on your part than ot any,

iust

ground of censure of them. The

testimouey ot Judge Bartley made no'

charge

been told him by S. T. Suit. It contained nothing upon which a ^cross-ex-amination by von seemed to be demanded. We felt that there was no •ecessity of appraising you of it until couldjprocure tfcio attondauco of l\Xr. Suit, and ascertain from him under oath the exact fairts of the case. An officer was dispatched for Mr. Suit, who could V® found at bis place of business in Washington. As be lived some few miles in Maryland, his attendance was not procured until last Monday. He testified before the committee in an emphatic manner, utterly denying the truth of any charge linphed iu Jiid^e Bartley's testimony, as having been made by him, against you. Asa mat

ter

of course there was nothing ther for us to investigate so far as you were concerned, and we felt that no charge had been made and none proven against you. It was,

1 publtc

ney.

were seized whiie Mr. Bristow was District Attorney, and he (Wharton), was assistant that no distilleries of Mr. Suit's have been seized since Mr. Bristow resigned that upon a careful examination oi the records of the court, he linda no case against either distilleries or whiskies in which Suit was claimant or had an attorney. rant.

Washington, April 20.—It is known in the government circles that when Judge Pierrepont came into office as Attorney General, he found that within two years $150,000 was paid to Col. Whitely by his predecessors, Messrs. Akerman and Williams. Of this amount §85,000 was, it is said, paid to Davenport. To-day search was made for the vouchers, but none could be found. This statement creates much comment in official circles and it is probable that the committee to-morrow will consider this kindred subject. [From the Ne»y York I-lerald.]

An astounding development w:is made to-dav in Mr. Caulfield's Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, the testimony involving in a very painful manner the President of the United States The story relates to and confirms the charges made in New York in 1S72 that the administration had interfered, in an improper and even corrupt manner, in the elections of thatyeart It will be remembered that in tbayear John I, Davenport became notorious for his conduct as federal Supervisor of Elections aud United States Commissioner under the law giving the federal power authority to superintend elections of federal officers. It was shown to-day, first by the direct testimony of Colonel Whitley, ex Chief of the .Secret Service, and then by the confirmatory admissions of exAttorney General Williams, that Williams, through Whitley, sent to Davenport in all at Different times 330,000 of the secret service fund oT the Department of Tustice that all this was thus sent during the months immediately preceding in the elections in New York, and that it was given to Whitly for Davernport by Williams ^he direct orders of President Grant. The following is ihe story itt its details

Some days ago' Colonel Whitley, ex Chief of the Secret Service, appeared before the Committee on Expenditure of the Department of Jus* tice and testified to having furnished john I. Davenport, of New York, large amounts of money from the Secret Service fund on the order of Attornev General Williams, and stated that he believed that h? had certain letters aud vouchers at his residence in Boston to prove the fact. Upon the order of tne committee he proceeded to Boston, and returned

oaiy

to-day, when his examination

waa

against you, but was sample

hearsay as to what he ^claimed Jiaa

llow®?.er'

agreed that one of the committee should communicate to yoa what bad happened.

gentleman of the corn-

initteo accordingly called on you the next morning, Tuesday, and apprised vou of the foregoing circumstances You informed him that you had already heard that these two witnesses had been before the committee under these circumstances subsequent to tho publication of the article you enclose irom the Baltimoie Gazette This can hardly warrant you in saying: "I must oromptly meet the slander as I find it

I remain very respectfully, fce.i B. G. CAULTIELD. Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department oi

To B. H. Bristow, Secretary ot the Treasury. Judge Bartley has written a lettei to Mr. Caulfield, criticising Secretary Bristow's communication, ana stating that the latter denies statements not testified to by Bartley, and concludes by challenging the Secretary to say there were no seiaures of distilleries pending in court at the time he resigned. "ouisville, Ky, April 20.-A CourierJournal reporter visited Col- G. Wbarton

United States district attor

a°d

called his attention to the tes-

timony of J. W. B-rtley before the committee on expenditures on in ine department of justice, as published numerous papers. The

B'at®m?n'

Bartley, was that S. T. Suit had pa Mr. Bristow a large sum of nj°"ey er the secretary bad resigned his positiou as district attorney of Louisville. to produce the release or certain distilleries belonging to Suit, and seized while Bristow was District Attorney,

jf" col. Wharton said that no distilleries

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continued. He produced to-day

receipts

from Davenport amounting

soaiething

ir)0Ueyj

bad

were

prints even at the risk of ap

pearing to reflect upon the methods of vour committee."

to further in

vestigation which you demand, the committee will willingly accord it to vou if you still desire, but we consider it wholly unnecessary as there are no charges made or proven against you. and you stand beiore us with the lullest exhonoration of even a suspicion.

over $1OIO0O, which

ne testified, he had paid to

Davenport, about $6,000 on the order of Attorney General Akerman aud the bala nee on tne order of Attorney General Williams during the years 1S71, 1872, 1S73 and 1S74, iu the months immediately preceeding the election in New York iu each of those years aud the most part during the presidential campaigb of 1872. He produced letters from Attorney Generals Akerman and William!', which are in themselves suggestive specimens of political literature. He also stated that his information derived from Attorney General Williams was that the money was paid on the order of President Grant.

Attorney General Williams was then summoned before the committee and testified, in effect, that Whit, ley's statement was correct that be had paid the money to Davenport at first on the written order of President Grant, being himself indisposed to make the first payments that he made the first payment upon the order or request of the President, and afterward saw the latter at the Executive Mansion, who informed him that Davenport was eugaged in a great work, preparing some books, which, as Williams cnaracte.iized it,

a kind of iuvention to prevent frauds iu the elections. The President said that he had seen the books aud commended very highly Davenport's plan.

Mr. Williams further testified that all his money was paid out to Chief Whitley and that no vouches w'ere ever retained in the Department of Justice to siow that Davenport had received a dollar from this

The

Secret Ser

vice fund, and that the money was paid to Davenport by Wit-ley without any agreement as to what it should be used for or how much should be used, Davenport's requisition being always honored, and that the department has never received any information as to what the money was used for. Mr. Williams was caretully interrogated as to whether this expenditure was in the line of Davenport's official duty, either as Chief of Supervisors in New York or as United States Commissioner, both of which offices the latter held, and was unable to state that such was the case. Mr. Williams was explicit in stating that he would not liave paid the money except by direction of th8 President, and that he never sought to ascertain '.the particular use to which the money was applied.

President

?f"

will probably

poenaed before the committee

between himself and the president

TERRE HAUTE

when the latter ordered the first payment of money to Davenport, the object of ihe question being to draw from the witness the admission that he h.id, as the law officer of the government, advised the president that such a payment of money was illegal. But the witness answered tnat he could not recollect precisely what the conversation was aud, when the question was put in a more leading way, almost directly, in fact, he still failed to recollect what had been said.

The question whether the committee shall call the Prosident before them or not, and in what manner they shall question him, will probably be discussed by the committea to-morrow. Presidents Jefferson and Lincoln appeared before committees of Congress to testify, and Gen. Grant, it is beiieyed, desires to appear, and will come as soon as summoned. In the Black Friday investigation the committee sent him a copy of the testimony, and requested him to send in such an» swers he chose tj make.

It is said there has been uneasiness in administration circles for some days, about a comiag and embarrass ing development. The commute have only begun tho investigation oi what has been done at different times ^th the Secret Service fund in the Da partment of Justice, and they are said to be on the track of other expenditures not different in kind from this made in New York, but in the aggregate very largely exceeding in amount.

There are fifteen or twenty receipts to Whitley from Davenport, amounting to $40,000, also letters from the Attorney General and Davenport. Attorney General Williams gave directions to Whitley as the disposition of the money, which were to give it to Davenport. Some of the documents were already in tho hands of the committee, and Whitley supposed that they were stolen from his_ oflico. Money was paid in sums varying from §1,000 to §10,000 each time. Williams said he was ordered to have it paid to Davenport by the President. Twenty thousand dollars of this money was paid to Davenport just beiore the elections of 1872. Witness did not seem inclined to give tho facts, but they were forced out ol hi in, aud when he saw that thoy had the letters he gave up. WAAT THE NEW YORK WORLD SAYS

OP IT.

The most melancholy news which it has ever tnllen to cur lot to lay before the public, hardly excepting the assasination of Liucoln, is that which we publish this morning reciting the political and moral suicide of President Grant in the use of Secret Service moneys as an election corruption fund for bis party's benefit and his own reelection. His agent was the notorious John I. Davenport. The moneys were spent in defrauding the New York City Democracy of their just weight at the ballot box.* The proofs exist in I7a'vcnparti*o his receipts as an officer. witness la

ex-Attoruey-General

Williams.

Not Belknap's crime envelops the administration and the Republican party iu so black an infamy.

What course will be taken by the House of Representatives upon this terrible exposure we will not now presume to suggest or say. Were the term of thePresidentbut beginning insseadof drawing to a close, his impeachment fjr a high crime and misdemeanor would be an imperative duty. As it is perhaps a sounder judgment will be that for the sake of his former services to the State he bo spared that public pillory, and, like Clive, his name be suffered to pass into history with its brightness and blots, to attest tho temperance of Democratic politics and the magnanimity of a Republic. WHAT THE NEW YORK ITERAIID SAYS OF

IT.

Scarce a day passes in those times of investigation that some reputation honored in the sight of the nation does not fall down in loathsome ashes at tbe merest touch. In all the scandals unearthed since the Belknap infamy burst upon the country, and, indeed, long before it, tbe vultures of corruption have been seen hovering and circling about the President. Yet a large majority have charitably hoped and believed that, near as the taint of evil came to him, he at least might come out unsmirched. It is to be feared that this hope will prove fallacious. The revelations made before tlie Committee of the House investigating expenditures, in the the Department of Justice show the President to have been the author of a raid upon the treasury whose unwar® rantable shamolessness even ex-Attor-ney General Williams has not the courage to defend. It seems that thirty thousand dollars was paid from tbe Secret Service fund at President Grant's order by ex-Attorney General Williams to John I. Davenport of this city, as head imp of the republican camp followers under the titles of United Starts Commissioner and Supervisor of Elections. This condition fund was forwarded uiainly at the time of them Presidntial election tion in 1872, and no voucher for its expenditure exists at the Department of Justice, care especially being taken tnat it should not appear in connection with a name which would at once reveal the purposes for which it was used. This is a great blow to tho Prosident. As to Williams and Davenport, they have no characters to lose that they would be likely to grieve over, or any one elso for them but to the President, who surely counts on a respected memory, this discovery must be as great a shock as it will prove to the country at large-

Chicago Crookedness.

Chicago, April 20.—In the Uuited States district court, this afternoon, several gusgers aud store keepers pleaded guilty to whisky indictments against them.

The grand jury returned two in* dictments against Naithen D. Bapp, former superintendant of Rust fc Pablman's distillery, and one of their principal witnesses in the trial. One indictment charges conspiracy and the other perjury, Rapp has left the city.

P. 0. Appropriation.

Washington, April 21.—Tne Post Office appropriation bill has been agrepd upon and the amount is $3,, 000,000 about 3} million less than last year.

NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB.

The National Joekey Club, of the District of Columbia, has been organ nized and

arrangements

sub

made for a

spring meeting on the 16th and 18th of May.

swer these questions for himself. During the course of the examination .ifex-Attorney General Williams he was asked what conversation passed

BAKK OF ENGLAND.

London, April 21.—Amount of bullion gone iDto the Bank of England on balance to-day, is 97,000 pounds.

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Forty-Fourth Congress.

TilEXOBT/E RED MATS TO BE

ADMIT I'Eft

TO t)ITI-

zebiiip.

lKiuni«$liemaii^ Diamonds.

SENATE.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. Washington, April 20.1876. Morril, of Vermont introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of the treasury to ailow Mrs Minnie Sherman Fitch to receive free from the duty tho wedding presents from the Khedive of Egypt. It way passed unanimously.

After the expiration of the morning hour the bill to amend the laws relating to the legal tender of silver coin was taken up, and Bogy spoke in favor of making silver a legal tender for all amounts and receivable in payment.of duties at tbe Custom House.

Bogy moved to amend so as to make a silver dollar, authorized by the bill to be coined a legal tender for auy amount and also receivable for ens torn house duties and providing that the relative value between gold and silver of lawful standard value be fixed at fifteen and a half to sixteen.

Pending discussion, Morrill, of Vermont, gave notice that on Monday next ho would ask the senate to take up the bill to establish an educational fund, and apply a portion of the funds of public lands to public education, and to provide for a more complete endowment and support of the national colleges aud for advancement of sci* entific and industrial education.

Maxey submitted an amendment in the nature of a substitute tor the above bill. Ordered printed.

Booth from tho Committee on pensions, reported favorably on the bill to amend section 4,689 of the revised statutes, so as to allow a pension of thirty seven dollars per month to soldiers who have lost both an arm and a leg, in lieu of twenty-four dollars per month now allowed.

Edmunds, Conkling and Caperton were appointed members of the Conference Committee, on part of the Senate on the bill changing times of holding terms of the District Courts for the districts of West Virginia.

The Chairman laid before the Senate a message from .the President, enclosing the final reports of the Board o£t A a Ordered-printed and to lio on the table.

After the executive session, tho Senate adjourned till Monday. HQfUSE.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. Washington, April 20. The bill to transfer'the Indian Bu reau to the War Department was taken up.

Mr. Cox made a speech against the bill. Mr. Conger opposed tho bill in the name of the churches of the country of all religious denominations, which would look with amazement at this effort to substitute the sword for the Bible.

Mr. Mills advocated the bill in the interest of the white men of the frontier.

Holman suggested an amendment authorizing the President to detail army officers to perlorm the duties of Indian inspectors, commissioners, superintendents, agent and special agents. Rejacted.

Hunton "moved an amendment, allowing officers on the retired list to be employed as Indian agents. Adopted.

Sparks offered an additionalfsection, providing for the admission to United Ststes citizenship any Indian who may prove to the satisfaction of the court, nearest the reservation of his tribe or nation, that he is sufficiently intelligent and prudent to conduct his own affairs and interests, and that he has adopted the habits of civilization, and has for five years, at least, been able to support himself and family, but such Indian shall not, on that account, forfait bis interest in the property of the tribe. Adopted.

On motion of Cox the words "religious denominations," were substituted for the words "Christian churches'"

Without making a final disposition of the bill, the house adjourned.

MORNING SESSION.

Washington, April 21.

Mr. Knott introduced a bill to regulate priviliges of habeas corpus in certain cases. Referred. It provides that the supreme oourt shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to issue a writ ot habeas cospus in all cases where the party shall be detained or restrained ©f his liberty by authoriiy cr under orders of either the House ef Congress that whenever it shall appear by petition that the party is detailed or restrained of his liberty by authority of either the House of Congress, before State or United States Judge or Court, other than Supreme Court of United States. Tae writ shall be be denied if not issued or dismissed if issued, that iiany such State or United States Juige or court other than the Supreme Court award a writ of habeas corpus, in such cases the Supreme Couitmay award a writ of prohibition, and that the Supreme Court shall not be in session at the time, any Judge of su«h court may take such action'with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court.

Buchard, of Ills,, from the committee on Ways and means reported a bill outlined yesterday, concerning corporations engaged in the busines of distillery, liter a good dealN of discussion, the bill passed. The speaker thefcpproceerfed to call the committee for reports df private character.

TIE TURF ABROAD.

London, April 21,—In consequence of tbe American horse, Preanness, showing as be did on the International handicap atsNewmarket, the odds offered against Mate, his stable companion,—exposed to run in the city and suburban next week—are from $1,000 to?l|C00. ,r

JJOLAN HANGED.

New York, April 21.—John R. Dolan convicted for the murder of James H. Noe, in August last, was hanged this

merning in the Tombs. -..-,-4.^

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APRIL

EVENING

FRIDAY

KEXTUCMY KKOOKEI).

Arrest of Moonshiners by United States Marshall's. Louisville, April 21.—The United States Marshalls have been very active of late in arresting persons suspected of manufacturing crooked whisky. Those taken into custody belong to the class called Moonshiners, because they distil the crooked by the light of Luna. In main they area vary poor and igI norant class, who make the liquor I principally lor their own uso, Eight of this clas.s have been brought to this city for I trial. All are despsrate and will fi»ht very readily. In on° case Deputy

United States Marshal, Adair and a posse of soldiers, left Lebanon for Brush creek, Green county, to capture John Sweeny and his sons, illicit distillers and desperate characters. VVhen arrived at Sweeny's house, they found him and his sons gone. They started back to Lebanon, and after going a short distance, they were fired upon by Sweeney and his sons who were in the ambush. The Posse turned upon the fugitives and pursued them into the mountains. Ncne of the party were injured by shooting. Deputy United States Marshall Berry, in attempting to arrest some of the Sweeny family was fired upon in like manner and badly wounded several days ago. L.D.Clayborn, Sprecial Alien United States bailiff, arrested an illicit distiller named Gent, and, while escorting him along the road with two aids, ho was attacked by a party of twelve men, fired upon and compelled to give up his prisoner in order to make good his own escape and save bis life and that of his aids.

Little Emma.

Washington, April 21.—Mr. Park, ia the Emma mine Inquiry to-day, testis fied that by purchase and sale of stock in 1872,16700 pounds of sterling was realized, according to his understanding. General Schenck was entitled to one half but refused to take more.tnan 1894 pounds. General Schenck was interested to the extent oi 20a» shares. General Schenck a statement showing thi' his investments on account of tho hmnia mine, aggregated 53200 dollars to show for this amount. Schenck has received dividends, and holds stock as loilows: Dividends 13 months, for 1871-72, §8,500 475 original shares, §3,000, total, ill,000, leaving a clear loss a.i nearly as can be'estimated and ascer ained,at ?42,200. *fbe examination is now closed with the exception of certain papers from London.

Basting Blaine.

Indianapolis April 21.—The Evening News calls on Blaine to ask an imm.diate investigation into the cnarges of his obtaining $64,000 from the Union Paeifin and «.uiimr nce.s, upon authorify, that if no done, J. C. S. Harrison, of this city, will go before the Judiciary commit tee of the House, and, as a government director of the road, demand an immediate investigation of the matter.

A Tag Burned.

..JGJPBT.AUSTIN, MICH., April 19 —The tug Ooei^of Milwaukee^ while laying at the dock tbis morning caught lire and sunk. Lo&*.,$3,000 fully insured in Milwaukee

Yictorio.

PARIS, April 10.—Quean Victorio ar. rived to-day and procteded to Cher burgh on her way to Et-gland.

Austria.

Berlin, April 21.—Austria has in" augurated fresh negotiations with the Great Powers as to the proper course to be pursued if present efforts for pacification of Turkish provinces prove fruitless.

Tlio Penitentiary. Investigation. Jeflersonville Ind.', 21.—A meetiug of the board of prison directors, was held thi3 A. M. by Warden Howard, on the following charges. Drunkenness, profanity, sinning against the holy ghost and other minor charges preferred by Rev. J. L, Gay, tbe moral instructor. Gay appeared before the board, through his attorney Judge Jewet asked leave 'o withdraw the charges on file, which wa9 granted on condition that Gay would file a certified copy that l.e was misled and that there was no truth in his charges, which he agreed ti do, through his attorney. The Ikiard has fully exhonerated Warden Howard.

Bonn Piatt.

Washington, April 21.—Donn Piatt, before Clymer's committee, today, testified that lie used his influence with the Secretary of War, to have Cow lea & Jttregas' moth preventive used in the army, and gave them all the standing they had before the war department. They agreed to give him five percent of the. gross receipts and afterwards raised it to fifteen per cent. He may have received $1J,000 a year, or about $20,000, for his share afterwards had some misunderstanding with them and went to the Secretary of WH and told him he considered a patent of Cowles and Brega a fraud witness exonerated General Garfield from all blame about approariatiou for this matter.

NEWMARKE'I* ITACE.

London. April 21.—Morey Palmer won the Newmarket International free handicap race to-day.

RAGUSAN ROWS.

Ragusa, April 21.—A second attempt to relieve Mikisio has signally failed and the Turks are in full retreat. The Insurgents gained a very decided advantage and beat back the enemy with considerable loss. Several Insurgent columns are pursuing, and it is believed that the Mushatars army will be destroyed.

A Tramp Hat Tlilcf.

Last evening a tramp entered the house of Dennis McCarty, on Ninth and Spruce streets, and as Mrs. McCarty turned about, the tramp seized a hat belonging to Mr, McCarty and ran* Mr McCarty found officers Meyer and Downey, and with Reagan and Ross thev made a search through a lumber vara where the tramp was supposed to be biding with companions, but no one there.—[Express. 4ts

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The New York World describes a case of Pyramus and Thisbe in Paris. Mme. Eerrand, wife of M. Ferrand, sub-leider of the orchestra of the Opera Comique, came into court to secure a separation from her husband. Mme. Farrend was a rich widow at tbe time of her marriage with M. Farrand, but the latter took the funds into his own custody, locked them securely up in his strong box and only doled out to his wife what she considered a very inadequate pin-money. By way of remedy Madame took occasion once, when Monsieur was out, to break into the safe and help herself. Monsieur, npon returning, discovered that he had been robbed, and sought Madame for an explanation. He found, however, that Madame, with her maid, bad locked herself up in her own room, and refused to admit him over the barricade, He oflered to parley, but the enemy would not entertain his flag oi truce aud disdained his proposals for a surrender, and so the husband retaliated by effectively walling up the barricaded door so that it was impossible for tho wife to get out. Finally, when nearly starved out, Mme. Ferrand bit upon the plan of writing a statement of her perilous condition, wrapping At around some sous and throwing it into tbe street. Unfortunately, however, it happened to be all fool's day, and the gay Parisians were so much afraid of taking a poisson d'Avrile that it was seven hours before the police were notified. When they finally came to her relief Madame and her maid were prepar# iug a fricassee of kid gloves, having previously eaten a rice picture frame and drank a bottle of eau de Cologne and one of Hungary water* For this scandalous treatment Mme. Ferrand demands a separation, and it is hoped the courts will grant it*

THE WORST OF THE Two.—At the close of a tavern dinner, two of the company fell down stairs, tho one tumbling to the first landing place,and tbe other rolling to the boitom. Some one remaaked that the first seemed drunk. "Yes," observed a wag, "but be is not so far gone as the other gena

A SACRAMENTO paper says it spoils Christian man to find he has a hors which can trot in 2:30.

Try

Shewmaker's "Light "May Qaeen" flour, the market.

Yon Can

buy a good every day suit at the Star Clothing Store for $6.00. A good flting white shirt for $1.00. f-j- .1 *..*

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EVERY ONE

Who has called at the Opera House. Clothing Store is le

lighted. First, not only at the elegant and handsome ar

ranged room, but second, particularly at the idea to find

the handsomest and largest line of Men's, Boy's and Chil

dren's Clothing ever exhibited in this city, and Third to

find prices way down below their expectation.

SCOTT GRAFF & Co., as a substantial proof of their good business show sales of five jobs of work this week so far and two days yet to go on. Business with tbe carriage men has, indeed, wakened up.

Imprisoning a Wife.

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Look to vour interest, examine goods and prices all

around, and then convince yourself that the best place is

PRANK & ROTHSCHILD'S,

SHOOTING SCRAPE.

The Marshall of Mason Illa.» Gets His Feelings jfcxeited and Peppers Away.

This afternoon, about 2 o'clock, a lot of convivial souls were gathered together at the Exchange saloon, on the corner of Eleventh and Chestnut streets. Oo.e of them/ named Hartsock,- who represents himself a? marshal of Mason, 111., wore a large bras9 ring which the rest of the boys were makiag fun of. He became excited aud, being drunk, reached for nis revolver, a Smith and Wesson, number 22, a popped away, barely missing a t'hunkey little companion. Stock here interfered and officers Hay.warU and Stewart came iu and arrested fiarisock and conveyed hkaup town and locked him within a cell. The man who was shot himself left town.

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Mr. Stewart's Business Sagacity. Mr. Stewart introduced a special feature in the dry goods trade oi New York, aud the success which attended it furnished an evidence of hia business sagacity. Until within a few weeks before his death it was his practice to read every letter received by the firm. About eight years ago letters began to come in frequently from ladies living iu the country, requesting that samples of different classes of goods might be sent them for inspection. To these applications Mr. Stewart directed that particular attention should be paid. Many packages of samples were sent to different parts of the country, the firm always paying the postage, and in time the samples were returned with a money enclosure to pay for the goods ordered. Mr. Stewart foresaw that an immense trade could be built Jip by paying attention to orders for samples, ana with this view he advertised extensively in all the principal newspapers throughout the couutry always adding "Samples sent free by mail on application." The result was that in a short time he found it necessary to appoint a man to take charge of that branch of his business. In a short time the counter retail orders increased to so great an extent that tbree or four men were appointed to look after their proper execution and shipment, and they have continued to increase until the present time. About twenty clerks find it difficult at present to answer the retail correspondence and attend to the filling of retail orders by letter. The receipts of the firm from this source alone exceed the total receipts of many larger diy goods stores. Two years ago the amount received from retail mail orders is stated to have been over a half million dollars, and that amount was va8tly|increased by the passage of the law fixing the postage on third class mail matter at one cent for two ounces. Under this law Mr. Stewart's customers could order package of dry goods not exceeding four pounds in weight, and have them sent through the Post-office at a very trifling charge. The people in the far West, the South, and every other part of the Union availed themselves of this method of purchasing goods, finding that they could purchase the goods in New York much below the prices charged in their own towns and cities. Mr. Stewart made this a prominent part of his business, and houses which formerly consigned applications for samples of dry goods to the waste basket now feel compelled to strict attention to them.—[New ork Tribune.

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