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eral Gran Boston Trav. ler. General Grant 1n a recent conver- sation, said: ‘‘The darkest day ot my lite was the day I heard of Lin- time Table Mo Pacific BR. BR. |G GTon & SourHerN Brancu. | fail leave Butler daily as follows: GOING NORTH. ess (daily) - .C. Expres: Marrow Escape. : E seen Si25 Am! Tess +7750 P.M. |s in & (rat Freight f oo 2+2+Qi30 A.M. | GOI SOUTH. i coln’s assassination. I did not know ag eee eo a | what itmeant. Here was the re- {ori Freight etces : --9:30 A.M. | bellion put down in the field, and i teteamures Acene | Starting up again inthe gatters; we) | had fought it as war, now we had to SS a | fight it 2s assassination. Lincoln | was killed on the evening of the 14th | Secret Societies. ‘of April. I was busy sending out | MASONIC. | 2 | Butler Lodge, No. 254, meets the first saturday in each month. Miami Chapter Royal Arch Masons, No. 76, meets second Thursday in each month. Me : Gouley Commandery Knights Templar | orders to stop recruiting, ihe pur | chase of supplies and to muster out [the army. Lincoln had promised to ; SO to the theatre, and wanted me to meets the first Tuesday in each month. |gowith him, While [ was with the | 1.0, 0. FELLOWS. president a note came from Mrs- a Nog pommcere crety Mon Grant, saying that she must leave | Butler Encampment No. 76 mects the | Washington that night. She want- | ond and ath Wednesdays in each month cd to go\to Burlington to ace her children, Some incident ofa trifling | | nature made her resolve to leave that | evening. I was glad to have it so, as I did not want to go to the thea- | |ter. So I made my excuses to Lin- ' coln, and at the proper hour we | started for the train. As driving along Pennsylvania avenue a horseman drove past us on a gallop, | and back again around our carriage, | looking into it. Mrs, Grant **There 1s the man who sat near at lunch te-day, with some other men ane tried to overhear He was so rude that we left the dining room. Here is riding after us. I thought ét was only curiosity, but learned after- ward that the horseman was .Booth. It seems that I was to have been at- tacked and Mrs. Grant’s sudden re- solye to leave changed the plan. A | few days afterI received an anony- \ mous letter from a man saying that he had been detailed to kill me, that he rode on my train as tar as Havre de Grace, and as my car was locked we were i said: us our con- versation, he now . he tailed to get in. He thanked God that he had failed. I remem- ber that the conductor had locked our car, but how true the letter was I cannot say. I learned of the as- sassination as I was passing through Philladelphia. I turned around, | took a special train and came on to Washington. It was the gloomiest day of my life. CASH HOUSE Gen. Early’s Visit te Col. Gilmore | Gen. Tubal A. Early, in company with Gen. Bradley T. Johnsen, paid |a visit Fridav atterneon to Col. Har- | ry Gilmor, at his residence, No. 35 | Denmead street. Gen. Early was | deeply affected. He grasped Col. 1 . | Gilmor’s hands and stood over the Startling announce- | sick man’s chair, his head bent so low tnat nis long white beard touch- ment. A. SS. M artin ed Col. Gilmor’s shoulder. The | careworn. unflinching expression of ig the sick man gave way toa look of will commence on pleasure as he looked at his old com- |mander. Gen. Early was deeply Saturday, Feb. 1 Oth | moved,at Col, Gilmor’s condition, and his eyes were dimmed with : ., | tears. Seating himselt at Col. Gil- and continue until | mor’s side, Gen. Early entered inte | cheerful conversation with him. He = E +, | read several private letters and a po- 5 f = . Mai ch 15, to sell thei j}em which he had received from | prominent soldiers of the Southern stoek of Dry-ex« ods, | army expressing their regard for ae | Col. Gilmor and their sorrow at his y r : c » | condition. Gen. Early remained Var pets, N otions & | about halt an hour, aad, in taking | his leave, bade Col. Gilmor an at- at | fectionate farewell. Col. Gilmor’s | spirits were visibly raised by the vis- | it, and his condition was improved | for the time. ast night, however, | there was som@hing of a relapse. | t hat \ Dr. Boyland, Col. Gilmor’s brother- | | in-law and attending physician, re- ceived a Jetter a few days ago from perform |awell known gentleman in New | York, in which the latter reterred te | a conversation he had with Gen. | Phil Sheridamg in reference to Col. | Gilmor, Gen. Sheridan took much kindly interest in the colonel, ex- H pressed great admiration of the man- mer in which he was bearing his ill- | ness, and hoped he would soen re- ‘cover. Gen. Sheridan remarked: ‘ “He was a splendid, dashing soldier and one ef the bravest ot the brave.”’ Gen. Early spent his time in this city very pleasantly, secing his old friends. He was the guest of Gen. Bradley T. Johnson. He left for Washington by the 3 p. m, train Saturday afternoon. Goods | Millmery het cost for cash. Tt is well known We always What we advertise. & you willdo well to call vour friend, ALS. Martin. early: Daviess wolfe Daring the past year $45 50 ceunty has pa fer scalps. | tended the formal arraignment of his | which towers aloft about sixty | and his prospective trial! in Daviess Ashes to Aghesin J: Osaka Letter in the Hiogo News. There are three large cremation places in Osaka, and one of these I visited the other day. It is situated JOHN M. GLOVER. The Junior COunsel For Frank James Tells About His Client. Post Dispatch. John M. Glover, junior for Frank James, has just returned | trom the road is similar to that ot from Gallatin, Mo., where he at-: temple, were it not for the chimney counsel wall. notorious client. A Post-Dispatch! In the main crematory ee reporter met Mr. Glover this morn- } twenty large turnaces, each capable | ing and at once commenced to ques- | ot burning three bodies. so that sixty | tion him about the famous bandit | corpses can be reduced to ashes at) the Operations com- j mence at Ir p. m, and by 3 o’clock Frank Tames has / in the morning the process is com- to meet three indictments for murder | pleted. Cremations do not take and one for robbery returned by the | place dunng the day. When I vis- grand jury of Dayiess county. Mr. | ited the place there were five bodies Glover attended the arraignment in | awaiting cremation, three grown-up court at Gallatin on Moaday morn- | persons and two It ing, when Frank James entered in | them late and no more were expect- there are same time. county. He was not willing to say anything at first. | | i children. was person the plea of -*not guilty.’”” fed. I was particularly struck with ‘*When will the trial be reached ?"’ | the scrupulous cleanliness of the ‘About the third Monday in cremation establishinent. | June,”’ said Mr. Glover. ‘‘I amnot | —_——_—__—_ | anxious to say much about the case. Several valuable lead deposits | You understood that] am not the; haye been recently discovered in leading counsel 7” Washington county, on Burton | ‘*What are the charges in Davies | creek. Six thousand pounds of sur- | county against Frank James?” tace ore was taken out, and every *T can tell you that. One indict- ment charges that Jesse James kill- ed Conductor Westtall in the Wins- ton train robbery; Frank is charzed indication pointed to deep running deposits. large and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. = The greatest medical wonder of the as an accessory to the murder. A | world. “Warranted to speedily cure Burns second indictment charges Frank Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, « ancer , Piles, Chilblains, Corns, Teter, Chapped Hands, and a I skin erup- tions, guaranteed to cure in every in- stance, or money refuuded. Prine 25 cts per box. Forsale by F. M. Crumly & Co. 6 tt with the murder ot one McMillan, a passenger on the Winston train. A third indictment charges Frank with the murder of Sheets, a bank cash- Bs Sate ier at Gallatin, anda fourth indict Attorney-General McIntire, in ment charges him with the robbery | reply to aa inquiry from C. R. Seb- of the express agent at Winston.’’ astain. of Columbia, has given the “Did you accompany your client | opinion that, when a public schoel to Gallatin?" teacher suspends during legal holi- “No, sir. He was removed last] days, he can be required wy the week trom the custody of the Jack- | School Board to make up the lost son County authorities at Independ- | time. ence to the custody ot the jailor at Gallatin without any notice being given to his attorneys, C. P. John- son, Phillips & Slover, W. M. Rush A young man named Gibson at- tempted to walk across a pond on the ice at Moreod in Barton county a few days ago, when the ice broke r myself. He was transferred un- sue ven eas 5 letting him into about ten teet ot der an order signed by fudge White | wece water. His dead body was recov- of Jackson county. The detend- S 2 s : ered a few hours atterward. ant’s counsel were surprised by this actien.”’ Free of Charge. ‘Was there much excitement at All persons suffering from Coughs, Gallatin?” olds, Asthma, Bronchitis. loss ot voice, or any affection of the throat and lungs, are requested to call at F. M. Crumley & Co’s, Drug Store and get a trial bottle ot Dr. King’ w Discove tor con- tion, free of charge, which will con- ‘Frank had been confined there some days before the araignment, hut his appearance in court created | sump: a strong interest on Monday. ‘The ]| ‘ince them of its wondertul merits and at) show what a regular dollar size bottle yeomanry from all the country} will do. Call early. Nos around were on hand, and the court was crowded.’’ “What was the general feeling at Sis ? Gallatin? Greene county is looming up as a tobacco-growing district. Wuring the past year nearly three-quarters “The people there want a trial on of a million pounds of the weed has the evidence. They commend been Sian : ee we cand — pd Frank’s course in rurrendering to the ated aaxeee se a iu Seu authorities of the State voluntarily, P. W. Goebel, druggist, ot Louisburg, and some thought that an application | Kansas, says: “I have sold Prickly Ash for bail might be fayorably enter- Bitte1s tor five years, and I have never Ss ed NG ee beat has handled a medicine which gave more tained. No such application 54s } universal satisfaction, [tis fast becom- been made, however.”’ ing the family medicine of this section. I **What are the chances at the have warranted dozens of bottles and al 2”? never had one returned. Feb istm.t “I do not think that the evidence wil convict him. All the appear- ances favor acquital of the charges in Daviess county.’” ‘“*Will he be vigerously prosecut- ed?” “Yes, I should say se. At Gal!l- latin it is said that the parties actu- ally engaged in the prosecution are Messrs, Shankiin & Low, attorneys forthe Chicago and Rock Island} Railroad. The presecution im court | Wit howeyer, is represented by Presecut- corn-crib for a day or two because ing Attorneys Wallace and Hamil- he tried to sell property to pay taxes. tri- The St. Joe Lead Company (Boone Terre) lost about $250,000 by fire. The buildings burned cov- ered anacre ot ground, and were filled with costly machinery. About 200 men are temporarily thrown out of employment. ‘Lhere is trouble in Scotjand cour- ty over the collection of railroad taxes. A constabie was intimidated h pistols and kept a prisoner in a ton, of Jackson and Daviess coun- ties.’” **Hew is Frank James l-earing his | confinement in jail?” The southana Southeast Fler ada. Should you contemplate a trip to Nash- ville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Charleston, Well he looks thin and pale, but | S. C., Savannah, Ga,: Jacksonville, be bears it cheerfully. The Jail at) Sati Out itwill beto your intorest Gallatin is a small structure behind | to examine the advantages aS all other; | the Jailer’s residence. : F rank has | pe cree Louse) ron Moun: | an upper cell to himself. He is cen- | Route” in the way of fast time, elegant | tident of being cleared of any com- ' < quipment, &c. | plicity in the Winston robbery. At presenta Dailv Train is run trom saint Louis Grand Union Depot, attach- | ed to which will be tound an elegant Pull- man Palace Sleeping Car, which -uns through to Nashville, Tennessee, where { Thousands Say Sv. s : direct. connections are made with ex- Mrs. We Atkins, Girard. Kansas. j Press trains of connecting Lines, tor ; Writes: “I never hesitate to recomme: { point. mentioned above. 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