Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1882, Page 3

— Telegrams to The Star. > — ‘The Immigrant Problem in New York. New Yous, June 17.—S-ven steamship com- ies Sent letters to Superintendent Jackson, of tle Garden, this morning, signifying their Willingness to"pay the fifty cents per eupita tax for all pessengers landed at the Garden. All the tmmicrents at the Garden this morning who had arrived on steamers of lines not im the above list, including tue lame, sick and halt, were sent to the offices of the lines and lett there. ove a burden, as no hos- pital wil rece nd the commissioners of emigration refused to’ sliow them to be sent to Waru’s Isiand. The garden euthorities think that there wil! be a generul ylelding of the companies by Monday. ee A Big Mortgage. Povonxerrste, June 17.—The mortgag® for $5 000, was recorted in the office of the given by the Mutuol 1 covering their entire states, New n, New Jer- Minn2zota, and Dekaware, Philadciphia’s October Celebration. PrinapELrits, Jun» i7.—The first day of the bi- centennial cerem: October 2th, 18 to be de- toactvie d vor n-tration, in which the na- u : Nial association of the the celebration, and to sistance in Making the naval and military display a success. = ‘Three Roy. Drowned. Mass., June 17. cael Leon: sons of ant 13 this morn- z, N. ¥.. June 17.—Joseph Mantel, aged 7 years, fell into the E is morning ‘in the Village Of Ge tds, an at Alolse, his brother, sttermpted to rescue him, and narrowly escaped drowning. — Arkansas Democrats. Lrrrue Rock, Arx., June 17.—The democratic state convention this’ morning nominsted Clifton R. Breckinridge for Congressman-at-iarge, and Unanimously adopted the resolution Indorsing Senator Garland and urging his re-election by tne ture. fo ese Murder on Shipboard, New Your, June 17.—The ship Freeman arrived here to-day from Calcutta. On May 27th Captain Dwight was killed in his berth while asteep by the Chinese steward. The Chinese cook attacked the mate. Both Chinamen were killed by the crew. = Distressed Jewish Refugees. ‘TononTo, Onr., June 17.—A special cable to the Globe says:—A cable d'spate! lessra. Mark, Samuel and Louis Davies, of Toronto, has arou considerable interest In’Engiand. ‘The dispatch States that the Jewish refugees who have arrived in Manitoba are suffering severely, and strongly @issnades further emigration to’Canada The Jewish Chronicle, issued to-day, urges the discon- tinuance of Jewish immigration to Manitoba. The Cleveland, Ohio, Strike. ND, O., June 17.—More men went to work at the Cleveland roll:ng mills to-day than at any time since the lock-out began—between twelve and thirteen hundred in all President Chisholm says he has all the men he can employ at present, and In two or three departments applications for work have been refused, because all the places are filled. He further says he expects no difficulty tu procuring ali the non-union men the company needs; also, that the other departments wili be d nm asready. flith of thé entire works are now in tion, the remainder being closed for repairs, tion or of contracts. The quality of the i jolt savs, 1S aS good as ever turned “tills. No disturbances are reported to- The police and military are on guard as out at O day. usual eS A Denial from Alexandria, Loxpox, June 17.—A dispatch to Reuter’s Tele gram company from Alexandria says: It 1s an- thoritively denied that the British channel syuvl- Ton Will etmbark troops at Malta for Egypt. A Kus- Sian man of war has arrived. —————- High-Priced Paintings. Lospow, June 17.—At the sale to-day at Hamil- ton Palace, the residence of the Duke of Homilton, the historical painting of Charles the First, by Vandyek, roucht 770 gutneas. Vandyek’s portrait of Henrietta of Lorraine sold for 2,000 guineas. ‘The latter picture w: bought by Lord Roseberry. Railroad Magnates in the West. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 17.—There ts some curiosity manifested as to the occasion for the presence of so many e1stern railroad magnates in the west. The recent extended trip ot Jay Gould through the west has been followed by a siinilar trip of President Garrett, of the Balthnore & Ohio Tatiroad. by President George B. Koberts, of the Pennsylvania railroad, and President Jewett, of the Erie, who arrived here lest night. Vanderbilt ts expected early next week. ‘There is much speculation as to whether these trips are purely for recreation or whether the cotncidence of their coming so close together is not du: to some secret Pin of the managers of Importance tn railroad — = Fatal Target Shooting, Curverasp, O., June 17.—Warren Kyle was G@riving through the village of Olmstead Falls yes- terday, when passing acrossa rifle range forty Tots beyond! the tarzet, at which some young men Were shcoting. he wa struck by a stray bullet, whicb lodged near his heart, iofficting a probably fatal wound. — age The Hestou Fire. Bostox, June 17.—The loss by the burning of the storage building of Timothy Remtek,on Ham shire street. at the Hichlands, this morning 1s about $5,000 or $6,000. ineteen men were caught and buried beneath the falling walls They were rescued in a s All had suffered toa greater or less extent, nine or ten being seriously fosured. Two fire captatns,tt is believed,are fatally art, oe A Question of Taxes, PHILADELPHIA, June 17.—A committee of citizons Of Jersey City at 12:30 went ‘nto a private conter- ence with the finance committee of the board of Girectors of the Pennsylvania railroad upon the question as to whether the taxes on the company’s property tn Jersey Clty <hull be paid to that munt- Cipality or the state of New Jersey. It was an- nounced that the meeting was simpiy for consul- tation and that no action would be taken. — Singular and Fatal Mine Disaster. Wrixesparee,Pa, June 27.—The gas ignited in Ro. in the diamond mines of the Lehigh & Wilxesbarre coal company from a shot fired by a miner yest-rday afternoon and set fire to the braltice and timber. ‘This morning while clean- ing up the rubbish,a pocket of gas which had formed in one of the eross headings exploded, blowing down the braltice and burning four men. About half an hour later another explosion fol- lowed, burning four more miners. At 12 o'clock the men fighting the fire were driven from the imine, but will return again in the afternoon with a larger force. ——— treet ‘To-day. ‘The Post's financtal article says: Strength and buoyancy arestill the charac- Yeristics Of the share speculation, and the spectal features continue to be the Vanderbilt stocks, Lake Shore havine been bought up to 12; Mich fran Central to New Yorke Central to 133%, per cent, and Canada s general list thus far > @Xelusive of the Vanderbiits, is ssa2ty er cent. the latter Reading and Jersey, Central. After these stocks the strongest of the géferal isi have been the Southwesterns, Northern Pacife and Northwest, At times Den’ d Rio Grande and Loutsvilie and Neshville have been weak. Raliroad bonds are percent, the latter fe division—which second eonsols on to 95. ‘The y easy at t 3 pe ‘on United States bo: stocks, 8 per cent per cent for pri elem arket for nze nd in tone rather w There were no gold shipments to-vay. ‘The steamshin Main, which sails zor Eu- Tope Lodday, takes $125,090 in CITY AND DISTRICT. Division Schools. vises of the Anthony Bowen 001s took pl yesterday morn— has eight and the latter sixteen and Ka all se ing. ‘The former Nos 1,2 and 3, in the Bowen, Miss Tompkins, Mrs Martin, Miss Chare, and Miss Bowen, teach- rs, and rooms Nos. 1,3, and 3, in the Randall, Disses Merrett, Nalle, and H. Saunders, teachers, Were particularly Interesting and deserve xpeciai «idresses were delivered by Trustee Wilkinson, Rev. Dr. Laws, Rev. Arnold, Rev. T. T. Robdiuson, and Mr. Coleman Smith. The schools in the Miuer, Stevens, and Sumner bullding will on Monday. 9 _ Ixvrration eee on E of the Union Veteran Corps, has ex Amos Webster, general D. C. M., team’ =n contlal fevieaies to accompany the fn Ene aise instant’ aud to participate with test im the grand parade on that date” | Col. W acknow! of invit + Gratetal for the End ‘eterans which induced this i pee Prxep.—Judge Wylie to-day fixed the bail ‘Miles, indicted for the murder of Mrs. and Michael Walsh, rested by Detective clon. ‘They are pret as Mgbt-fagered THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, JUNE oe ee 17, 1882-DOUBLE SHEET. News from Lieut. fi: THE SEARCH POR. THE SURVIVORS OF THE JEAN- NETTE. Acting Secretary of the Navy Walker to-day re- celved @ long report from Lieut G. HL Harber, dated at Irkutsk, Siberia, April 11ta, giving an account of what has occurred In connection with the search for the survivors of the Jeannette since he left St. Petersburg, February 23 most of which has already been outlined in cable messages from that country and made known Chrough Lieut. Daneuhower since his departur’ for home. Lieut. Harber gives a detalled account of his journey to Irkutsk, and his reasons for breaking negotiations with the owner of the steamer Lena. He encloses a certified translation of the contract and also a photograph of the steamer flually chartered to proceed up the Lena river on the search. It !s not an excellent steamer, Dut It was the best that could be obtained’ It ts of such a chi tit will be necessary to take in tow. ‘Two or three aories wili have to be Dullt for work at the numerous mouths of the Lena. The steamer is now (April 11) lying 120 versts from Viteem, in Viteem river, where Master Schult and men will join ker. Lieut, Harber says he ¢: pected to leave for the steam named the “G that he will comm earliest possible moment. In nothing has been —_ heard hi further than that from a travell Lieut. Harber learned that he was in Veicho- Jausk on the Jena February 12, and about. to pro- ceed across to Belum; that all were well. ‘The same traveler passed Jackson, the Herald corre- spondent, about 2,000 versts north of this, but did not communicate with him. Lieut, Hurber savs he will communicate further from Viteem, after inepecting the steamer. eek ee CoxtRact.—Kurshedst & Bienvenu, of New Orleans, have been awarded the contract for furnishing the marble steps for the new custom house at New Orleans. ARMY OkDERS.—Acting Assistant Surgeon Fred- erick H. Hoadley, U.S army, is assigned to duty with the expeditionary force at Lady Franklin Bay. Leave of absence until August 28, 1882, 1s, on account of fl health, granted Cadet Joun N. Behan, 2d_class, U. & Military Academy. First Lient. Henry 1. Harris is transterred trom battery G to battery L, and First Lieut. John P. Wisser from battery L’ to battery G, st artillery. Capt. Junius W. MacMurray, ist arlillery, ts re- Heved from duty at Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., to take effect July 1, 1882, and will join his battery. Second Lieut. Frank Greene, signal corps, 45 assigned to duty in charge of the ‘construction, operation and maintenance of tne U.S. military telegraph lines in Washington and Idaho Terri- tories, ‘Tne Winpom investigating committee will meet at half-past ten o'clock on Monday, to examine Dr. Rush, secretary of the national distillers and Uquor dealers association. TBE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. ‘The following are the ovening and closing prices of the New York Stock Market today. a3 reported by special wire to H. H. Dodge, 589 15th street. Name.) 0. {| __ Name | @ C 41% bed «| 943 954 St. Paul pref. ./1253¢ 125% + 134% 1343 St. P. & Omaha} 88% | £93, 1093; 112%) Do. pref. (013g 1025, 8 | 82 Texas Pac "| 42°) 29 \1113¢ 111 45g, 93% | 845) Bie NJ. 273%! 743, Wab. Pac. pid.| 52 || 52 N. Y. Central. 131%: 138 | West. Union..| 853) 85 NW. 50m) 51 | | ‘The Courts. Egurry Court—Judge Cor. Wednesday, Hasilp agt. Marshal; E. H. Thomas appointed guardian ad litem. Gordon agt. Fan William Gordon ordered to make certain ments. In re Josephine Todd; testimony ordere: | taken ‘before an examiner. Groat agt O'Hare; Feference to auditor ordered to tax costa. Russ agt. Graham; motion to quash execution and re- tax costs overruled. Morsell agt. Harrison con- veyance ordered and Marla P. Harrtson made trustee to convey. Delany agt. Delany; Francis Miller appointed guardian ad litem. Homan agt. Cutter;sale ordered. Christianey agt. Christancy; J. J. Johnson appointed spectal examiner. Thursday. Worthington agt. Reed; Bushrod W. Reed appointed guardian ad Mtem.’ Pearson agt. Smoot; sale ordered and F. T. Browning appointed trusteé to sell. Fitzzerald agt Fitzgerald; ac- count of receiver approved and receiver’ dis- charged. Connor agt. Connor; divorce decreed. | Wheeler agt. Wheeler; do. Brown agt. District of Columbia: on hearing. Yesterday, Green agt. Hounschild; time to take | defendant's ‘testimony limited to $0 days Bar- nard agt. Hitoz; Fleming J. Lavender appointed ian ,ad litem. Fournier Fournter; at- chment'of defendant ordered. Bell agt. Mankin et al; pro confesso against all defendants. Perry j Sale ratified and cause referred to the auditor. “Janin at. Gilmore; referred to the audi- tor in accordance with the decree of the General ri. Crrcorr Court—Juége MacArthur. Thurstay, Cotharin agt. Davis; verdict for de fioctenles ‘Duncanson Bros. agt. Cissel et al,on ng. Yesterday, Flagg agt. Kirk et al.; motion to suppress deposition granted unless certificate 1s granted in five days. Magee Spelshouse; judgment by default and judgment of condemna- tion. Webster agt. Blumenburg; time to plead | extended to June 19. Leddy, administrator, agt. Smith; verdict for plaintif for $207.57, with Int est. Buncanson Bros. agt. Cissel et’ al. for plaintiff for $207.57. O'Day agt. Vansant; tlon for new trial filed. Leddy’s administrator agt smith; jury respited. PRoBaTE Covnt—Judge Hagner. Yesterday, will of Andrew Joyce; citation acainst Robert Willett returned served: Will proved and admitted to probate and letters testamentary granted to Mrs. Joyce and Wiltlam J. Miller on bond of $14,000. “Estate of David A. Gardner; sec- ond and ‘titsl account of executor passed. Will of Patrick McNerny filed, with petition of Catharine McNerny executrix. Estate of Sir Wm. Palliser, late of Englond; order of publica- ton issued. In re June W. and Fannie Phillips, minors; petition of J. W. Phillips for gurdianship and order to show cause issued returnable June Estate of Frank P. Hill; will proved, ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary Issued to Mary E. Hill on bond of $38,000. Estate of Henry Washington; order appointing Oliver P. Johnson administrator on bond of $1,200. Esta ‘M. McIntire; Mary K. Ellis, adminfstratrix, bonded in the sum of $11,000. In re wardship of Thi D. Fuller; Geo. F. Appleby, guardian, authorized to surrender certificate of 16 shares of Globe mall company stock and to receive in Meu thereof 8 shares of new capital stock as_ reduced, without loss to guardian. Will of Jacob Hess; order of pub- Heation. Estate of Thomas McDowell; letters tes— tamentary issued to the executors ’on bond of | $20,000. Win of John M. Heck filed; order appoint- lng Beiva A. Lockwood guardian of orphan chi!— dren on bond of $500. Will_of Patrick Cummins filed. Estate of Josiah W. Deener; second account of executor passed. Estate of John J. P. Joachiin; order overruling exceptions in part ‘and sustatn- ing in part of Loutsa Joachim to the executor's: count, In re Myron H. and John B. R. Beawmont, minors; Mary Randolph, guardian, bonded in $1,000. "Will of Pius Relth fully proven. Will of Rev. Mathias L. Alig filed. Emma B. Sawyer; sixth account as guardian passed. In re John A. Schapp; second account of guardian passed. PoLicr CouRT.—Judge Snell. Wednesday, Abram Jones and French Wallace, | loud and boisterous; $5 or 15dayseach. Auzust seneh, vagrancy; bonds or 30 days. Wm. huzh, loud and boisterous; $5 or 15 days. Charles Smith, destroying private property, $10 or 30 days. Morris T. Brady, profanity; $ or 7 days, Henry bonds. Mary Holland, drunkenness; 30 days. agrancy; personi | Vagrancy ‘and habitu: | Wm. Robinson, profanity; $ or7 days. Freeman | Vernon, loud and boisterous; % or 15 days. Belle | n, Vagrancy and public prostitution; 30 days. | Thursday, Kate Mullen, Beas erat and public | prostitution; personal bonds to not repeat the offence. rbert, charged with being a sus- | pletous per: ersonal bonds to leave the city. Eitza Collins, colored, loud and boisterous; $5 or 15 | days. Hartman Klux, profanity; $5 or 15 days, Kichard ttarris forreted collateral Peter White- | field, colored, § | Turner and 'W. H. Willfams, | Obscene and rude remarks to hearing; continued. Geo. W. animal or 15 days. Lizzi Butler, larceny of a loat of Dread from Chas. A. Barnes; $5 or 15 days. Walter Wicks, larceny of a silver watch and chain trom Milton Heffner; six months in jatl. Josephine Taylor and Martha Ward, assault on Rachael Goodall; $5 or 15 days each. ‘Julia Tyler, assault on Martha Ware: $ or 15 days. Wm. fanity; $5 or 15 days. Chas Hilton, eae — Fowler and Jas. Murdock tera! Friday, James Whalen, loud and boisterous; $5 days Mary E. Neal, colored, do.; do. Lewis Lynch, forfeited collateral MiHy Mergin, loud and boisterous; $5 or 15days. Also charged with cursing and do. Robert Sceeenmaaes oat of the homicide of Jacob nile sie Yt with a razor, HOME MATTERS. BORING THE EARS FOR THE SAKE OF THE EYES— INSECTS ON GARDEN VEGETABLES—OW TO DUST FURNITURE — FERTILIZERS FOR HOUSE PLANTS — STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, DEVILED CRABS AND OTHER DELICACIES OF THE SEa- son. A VERY APPETIZING SaLap is made by chop. ping coarsely some cold boiled potatoes; then season well with salt, pepper, and mustard; line asalad dish with fresh lettuce, then putin a layer of potatoes; on the top pat a layer of cold boiled beets, also chopped and seasoned, garnish the dish liberally with lettuce, and just before sending it to the table add vinegar, plain, or with ordinary salad dressing. DeviLeD Crass.—Pick the meat from aboiled crab (or use the prepared meat in cans) and cut in fine bits, add one-third as much bread-crumbs, two or three chopped hard-boiled eggs, and lemon juice; season with pepper, salt, and add cream enough to moisten well; clean the shells nicely and fill with the mixture (the shells can usually be bought with the canned meat:) sprinkle over with bread crumbs and small bits of butter, and brown in a pretty quick oven. Serve hot. Ferti.izers For Hovse PLaxts.—When plants are in a growing state they may be stimulated by the use of guano water. A small teacupfal of Peruvian guano dissolved in a pail- ful of rain water is strong enough; water the soil with this once, or at most twice a week. The water of ammonia (Hartshorn) of the shops is about as good, and can be had everywhere. If of ordinary strength add a fourth of an ounce (two teaspoonfuls), to a gallon of water, and use as above stated.—American <Agricul- turist, Dust Furnirure with a Wet CuaMors.—A Paris journal of hygiene warns housekeepers against the use of a feather duster, instead of a wet cloth, The duster simply chases the par- ticles from the furniture, into the air, where they are inhaled. Dust is formed of innumera- ble quantities of spores and eges and germs, as well as of inert matter. A flourish of the duster may set loose an assassinating germ. The dangerous particles attach themselves readily tothe dampened cloth. The origin of many dis- eases is traceable to the mere | which ought to be removed, and not simply stirred up. A New Way T0 Catcu Otp Mice.—Mice, in some houses, seem to be educated to such a sharpness that they will not go into traps. The following plan to catch them is recommended by a@ correspondent: Take a gimlet and bore into a cheese, so as to leave the channels of the thread fall. Then place this on the shelf resting on end of its T handle, and balance a basin on the other end of handle. The effort of the mouse to eat off all the cheese will cause the basin to fall over him, when he can be swept off the shelf into a bucket of water. If the sharp end of a gimlet is put Into a thimble, the sharpest mouse cannot nibble at the cheese without bringing the basin down. SwWEET-FLAG Canpy.—A good digestive candy for children and dyspeptics is made from the Toots of the sweet-flaz by washing and slicing them fine, then placing them in a pan with enough cold water to cover them, and slowly heating it over a stove or fire until the water boils. If the candy is to be used rather as a sweetmeat than a medicine, the roots should be treated four or five times in this way, each time pouring off the water. To each two cupfuls of the boiled roots add a cupful and a half of white sugar, then water sufficient to cover them, and allow the whole to simmer slowly on the stove till the water has quite boiled away. The candy is then to be emptied out on buttered plates, and stirred frequently till dry. ORaNGED STRAWBERRIES.—Place a layer of strawberries in a deep dish; cover the same thickly with pulverized sugar; then a layer of berries, and go on until all are used. Pour over them orange juice in the proportion or three oranges to a quart of bernes. Let stand for an hour, and just before serving sprinkle with pounded ice. Some use claret, port, grape or currant wine instead of orange juice. SrrawieRries wit WaIrrep Cr £AM.—Pre- Pare in layers as above. Take one pint of cream, whites of three eggs and a teacup of powdered sugar, whipped together, flavored with strawberry juice, and pour over the top. DarropiLs IN Fasnion.—Never before was the demand for natural flowers so great as now. The compulsion to appear with none but nat- ural flowers, and that these flowers should be assorted to the dress, has created an immens® call for blossoms of esthetic colors in vogue. Yellow is the wear, and the modest and homely daffodils are sought in such quantities that they become an absolute rarity. Large bunches of daffodils are carried in the hand, a knot of daffodils, with the blos- soms turned downward, is worn on the shoul- der, a single daffodil is worn in the hair, and at the last drawing room of the Queen this rustic flower studded the front of many of the white satin petticoats seen with the court trains of moss-green velvet. The fancy of assortment of color is carried even tothe choice of jewels. ‘The dull-colored gems, such as aqua marina and the olive green perodean, are at the present moment in great request. STRawBeRRy Suortcake.—In New England, where this cake originated, the wild strawber Ties are used for it. and are the best. The re— ceipt for making it 1s as follows: Take about two quarts of berries; make the cake as for soda biscuit; three pints of flour with three teaspoonfuls of cream-of-tartar sifted in it; a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of but- ter and one of lard rubbed into the flour; mix it with a pint of milk and a teaspoon of’ soda dissolved in it; roll it out half an inctf in thick- ness and bake in either one or two cakes in a quick oven, about fifteen or twenty minutes, Split the cake open as soon as it comes from the oven, mark it round the edges with a knife and separate it with the fingers, as cutting it makes it heavy. Butter both top and bottom cakes, spread the strawberries on the lower one, sprinkle thickly with powdered sugar, lay the top crust on the berries, and serve it with rich cream. Bake it in large round or square tins. To be cut at table. This is nice for dessert on the tea table —Germantown Telegraph. Eargincs aNp EYesicut.—A great deal has been written on the subject of “ boring the ears for the sake of the eyes,” says the London Lancet. It is always easy to find excuses for any practice which ministers to vanity. That the counter irritation set up by boring the ear and wearing a ring may, during the few weeks fol- lowing the operation, have some effect on the eyes, supposing these organs to be the seat of any low form of inflammation, is Just possible, but that permanent good should be done by wearing rings in the ears after they have ceased to irritate is inconceivable. The test for motive in the recourse to this device would, therefore, be lingness on the part of the applicant for this form of “treatment” to allow the healing process to be delayed, say, by wearing a rough ring dipped in some irritating application—in fact, so prepared as to act like a seton. This, indeed, might do good, but in such a case prob- ably recourse to a few blisters behind the ears would be better. It is nonsense to suppose the wearing of earrings can be of any service to the eyes unless they irritate, and, if they do irritate, the process by which the result attributed to them is obtained is circuitous, and, from a sur- gical point of view, awkward in the extreme. Issects ON GARDEN VEGETABLES.—In some localities one or more of the cabbage worms Is still troublesome. The most common ot these are the caterpillars ot medium-sized butter- flies, the wings of which are white, with afew black spots; there are three distinct species, but all are similar in their habits. Wherever these butterflies are seen flitting about over the cab- id cauliflower plants, trouble trom “‘worms” may soon be expected. Safety con- sists in attacking them early. Some worms eat into the forming head, and when they have thus hidden nothing can be done. In small gardens hand-picking will answer, but where there are many this is not practicable. The Persian Insect pres the best, and a safe rs H F i in EH HH €: an g SES5EE3 EE Le i t If THE ARMY WOR The Appearance i Singular Pest in Portions of Medley’s District, From the Montromery (Mfd.) Advocate, June 15th. Our correspondent “Nix,” from Beallsville, sends us information of the appearance in large numbers of a very singular pest in that vicinity, supposed by many to be the army worm, which a few yearsago did such great damage to crops in various sections of the country. Our corres- pondent describes the worm as follows: “The worm is about as long as the common cater- pillar, is black and ugly in appearance, with red head. and travels with remarkable speed.” The first appearance of the pest was noted upon the farm of Dr. Shreeve, near the Potomac, and in large numbers, soon covering the space of ten acres. They were traveling very rapidly, crossing fields sténe fences, ditches and every obstruction in the easiest manner. The main body seem to have halted upon the farm of Mr. Frank White, near Monocacy, just above Beallsville. Mr. White, upon discovering the invaders, plowed deep furrows around his wheat field, this pre- caution last year having been reported as effectual in stopping the progress of the worm. However, in this instance it was of no avail, the Worms passing over the ditches without the slightest diMiculty. In this section the worm has not yet injured the corn, paying instead particular attention to the wheat and oats. All the growing crops have so far given such fine promise that the appearance of what in the past proved such a destroyer, occasions the eatest excitement and uneasiness. Up to the te of our correspondent’s ‘letter—last Satur- day—Mr. White’s wheat has been heavily dam- aged and an entire field‘of fine blue grass has been destroyed. All the farmers are busy plow- a ee around their fields and attempts will be made to destroy the worms by burning or driving rollers over them. The activity aud excitement prevails, and every soul in the neighborhood is at work to crush out what may yet prove a serious evil. learn that in the neighborhood of Tennallytown the worm is at Shichi corn fields having d that he was going to Chicago on a for- “Wait till itis all over," said Garfield, ‘and see if it turns out to be so very forlorn. "New Yor In these three iphs are as many gross charges against . Garfield. The first graph asserts that he was a liar, the second that he was asneak, and the third that he was a false friend. We have to say in the first place that Gen. Garfield did not vehemently or in any way deny that he had written to Chase as he did write. He denied having been untrue to Rosecrans and unfaithful to his friendship, and his denial is justified now that all the documenta are pub- lished. Garfield always said all that he could for Rosecrans, and blamed him as little as possi- ble. The letter that is pronounced unfaithful was true, and the result of the campaign justi- fied every sorrowful word of it. Garfield wrote to Rosecrans January 19, 1880. “*Itis true that I was an occasional correspondent of tary Chase. times, while I was your chicf war, and asia tay Gpisises on vark a eee ea can g Pal teereainere algae wor lish an; Hoe ariel woul ta epikl Eaeae ade That was the whole of it. Gen. Rosecrans had no right to ask or expect servitude from his chief of staff. He made delays that were inexcusable, and that, in the light of the subse- auent events of the war, were preposterous. He would not move when the right time came to do so, and wasted precious months. He procrastinated until the enemy combined their armies from the east and west and defeat- ed the Army of the Cumberland. It is Chicka- mauga that justifies Garfleld, and Rosecrans ‘was so inconsiderate as to selze upon the occa- sion of the oration of Blaine to claim that the combat which resulted fn his retreat to Chatta- nooga, where he was reinforced and super- seded, was a victory. Why. it would have been national suicide not to remove Rosecrans after the battle of Chickamauga. There was no serious pur; ever entertained by any one in eer that to maintain in com- man ‘The assertion that Garfield wrote his true and faithful confidential letter to Chase, with ste purpose of undermining Rosecrans in the confidence of Lincoln’s administration, is gra- tuitous and untrue. Chase knew enough about the eccentricities of Rosecrans to be uneasy abont him, and he had stich a degree of respon- sibility for his appointment to high command as to make him especially solicitous. There is no doubt that Chase made anxious inquiries of Garfield about Rosecrans. We know he did make such inquiries of others, and was glad to have assurances that Rosecrans was notacrank, but a man of genius. Garfield wrote, as it was his duty to write, the square truth, and did it with all the delicacy consistent with stating the whole case. This was not done in a self-seeking way, or for any selfish, low or sinister pur- poses. The confidential letter is transparent truth, and justified by history as faithful and friendly testimony. 2 In this connection is revived the old story that Garfield was unfaithtul to Sherman at Chicago. The truth is that Garfield stuck to Sherman at Chicago, aslong as he dared to do 80. We were intensely solicitous that the friends of Blaine and those of Sherman should co-op- erate in the Chicago convention—that they should stand together against the third term, @nd that either Sherman or Blaine should be nominated. It became evident that neither could swing his whole force to tHe other, and that therefore, if the contest was forced between. Grant and Blaine, or Grant and Sherman, the nomination would go to Grant. Our choice ot & man upon whom to concentrate was Ben. Harrison, of Indiana; but, partly owing to Har- rison’s chivalry, and partly owing to the im- mense personal impression Garfleld had made ae convention, Garfield became the candi- ite. ‘The forlorn hope referred to in the conversa- tion which the Sun quotes was no doubt that ot beating Grant. The bosses had kept up such a jamboree, and had used the machinery in their hands so unscrupulously, that a vast majority of people had been driven to believe that the nomi- nation of Grant had been fixed by fate. Gar- field thought that the hope that Grant might be beaten was not forlorn, and It turned out that he was quite right about that. Thecapital mis- take in the management of Sherman's cause at Chicago, and the one that made his nomination impossible, was made not by Garfield, but by his_personal representative from this city, who declined to act upon a dispatch that Sherman sent, which might have changed the history of the conyention had it been read then and there, as the intention was, but which ‘was suppressed on the spot and never has been published. We refer to Sherman's telegram de- Dr. Hedges dealt the first hand after my return. [received three aces. I drew two cards and ft the fourtn ace. Scott drew one card, and r. Hedges announced himself as satisfied with his. We betting in amounts from $50 to 1,000. Wi the ‘pot’ reached 36,000 I wished to withdraw. ie other two continued betting, and I stayed. When the ‘ pot’ went up to 960,000 I said, ' Boys, there is no use of our playing; there is not one of us who will pay the amount.’ We continued, and the hands were called when the bets amounted to $150,000. Scott had a ‘ straight flush,’ which was the win- ning hand. I said, ‘I am through, gentlemen. I will give you my check for $20,000 and call it square.’ Scott laughed and refused to accept peter ee fall gta ees se cretly proposed to get even wi iim by mark- ing the cards. We had several talks about set- tlement, and finally Scott agreed to take €20,000 in cash and my note for $100,000. I objected to give him my note, but endorsed a note of Hed; for $100,000 at three months, dated June It was understood that the collection of this would not be pressed, and I would from time to time reduce its amount by payments from my income. In addition to the note, I paid on June 25 $12,500 toward the $20,000 Incash. This was adraft on Goff & Randall, of New York. The payment of this $20,000 was completed in July. “Scott went away shortly after our settle ment was on. In September, a week or so before the note for $100,000 came due, I was told by Hedges that Frederick Bostwick, cashier of the Stissing National Bank, in Pine Plains, had written to say that the note for $100,000 was in his hands, and that It had my indorsement. 1 replied that ¥ would pay $50,000 and give another note for the balance. Hedges and I Went to Pine Piains. 1 made a new note at four months for $50,000, and paid $50,000 and $1,025 for discount. Hedges gave me the old note a few cave afterward. In January, when this note fell due, I paid $35,000 and discount and pe a note for $15,000. This was due on June 2 and by the advice of counsel, I refused to pay On the cross-examination, which was con- ducted by Judge Hirschberg, Weed testified that after his large loss at poker, Scott had of- fered to give him his revenge in any way he chose. He refused at first, but finally played faro with him and lost $450,000 in half an hour. This was after he had pe the note for $100,000, but before he had all the $20,000 cash. It was then agreed ‘the #450, woukd in- cluded in the settlement already Weed testified that Hedges settled for hia Of $150,000 to Scott yrs pascal note, Scott re- marking that Hedges Do money at present. Weed began to believe that he had been swin- dled at the game when he heard that Hedges seemed to have plenty of money. Hedges sought to explain ae by saying he had learned from an expert in New York how to deal cards, and had won back his loss from Scott. Hedges called upon Weed in Newburg when he learned that action was to be taken in the matter, and offered $10,000 insettlemerft, mrng that he knew where Scott’s money was, proud get it for Weed if his proposition was The testimony of Frederick Bostwick was taken, en yes held in $2,000 Med to appear fore range county grand jury. The bail in the civil suit was fixed at $15,000. A Memorable Game. Alden in the New York Times. If there is any game that Mr. Weed can play better than he can play poker, he would do well to confine himself to such game and to abstain from poker forever. Nothing can be clearer than that he was never meant fora poker player, The purpose of his creation is undoubtedly a mystery, and is universally’ re- cognized as such by all his acquaintances; but though he may not be able to imagine what he was made for, he must by this time know that he was not made to play poker. There are two aspects in which Mr. Weed’s now celebrated game of poker with Dr. Hedges and Mr. Scott may be regarded. The first of these is what w» may call the sclentific view. Mr. Weed had a hand of four aces, Mr. Scott held a “straight flush,” and Dr. Hedges had a “full,” which he had dealt himeelf, Mr. Weed, full of faith in the efficacy of his aces, proceeded to bet as long as Mr. Scott would “raise” him, and thus the game went on until a “call” was made, and Mr. Scott secured the nice little pot of $450,000—of which $150,000 represented the loss of Mr. Weed. It is not many years since the “straight flush” was introduced into the game of poker and given the power to beat four aces. The history ot the development of the “straight flush” since the date of its introduction affords a curious instance of the way in which nature supplies every demand that is made uponher. In 1856 a “straight flush” occurred once in every 167,000 hands, “four aces” occurring at the same date once in every 9,027 hands. With the demand for “straight flushes” the frequency of their a) pearance increased, until at the time of the fa- mous transit of Venus, when scientific parties were sent out by our government to the end of the earth, the “straight flush,” according to the excellent authority of Prof. Harkness, of the Naval Observatory, could be expected to appear once in every 32,000 hands—in round numbers. In the very able paper on poker, read at the meeting ot the American Scientific Association last August, It was asserted that the “straight flush” had so greatly increased m frequency that it was commonly met once in every 1,147 hands, thus being very nearly as common as four aces. These facts Mr. Weed ought to have known, for to sit down to a game without knowing them would have been an incredible act of folly. Now, when he began to bet heavily on his four aces, and found that, no matter how much he might bet, Mr. Scott was always ready to hi ie ought to have comprehended that the latter gentlemen had a “straight flush.” ‘The argument was a simple one. Evi- dently Mr. Scott had full confidence in his hand, for no man continues to “bluff” when $10,0000r 20.000 is at stake, and his adversary is ready to bet to any amount. The only hand which could give him this fall confidence was a “straight flush,” for Mr. Weed had four aces, and as the game did not take place on the Mississippi river, there was no reason to believe that Mr.Scott was relying upona hand of five more aces. The chance that Mr. Scott held a “straight flush” was greatly strengthened by the tact that he had drawn only one eae In Al Sean even a wayfaring player, thor might be a protectionist, would have known the character of Mr. Scott’s hand fust as well as if his cards had been transparent. And yet Mr. Weed, with a fatuity rarely equalled in the annals of demo- cratic conventions, went on betting on his mis- erably inadequate four aces until he lost wrin ins srnotionl eevee pos- 'n its pract aspect the game gives no sible excuse to Mr. Weed. The deal, which was made by Dr. Hedges, reflected great credit upon his skill and judgment. Some men en- deavoring to earn an honest living by poker would have dealt much more suspicions hands. dealt Mr. Scott a “straight flush,” with “king high.” This was an act of great self-restraint. Most men in Dr. Hedges’s place would have given Mr. Scott a “straight flush,” with an “ace high,” and given Mr. Weed a “straight flush,” headed by a king, with the ex- pectation that the latter would bet his very last dollar on his hand. But Dr. Hedges knew bet- ter. With the instinct ofa thorough artist he would not overdo the matter in hand. He dealt Mr. Scott a hand which he knew would be good enough without the gaudy ornamentation of an ace, and he gave Mr. Weed a poorer, but claring war upon the third-termers, and ur; the solid vote of his friends against Logan's men, who were contestants tor Illinois seats. Sherman was sac! not by Garfield, but by the caution of others of his friends who thought it ie 2h to conciliate the Grant crowd, upon the foolish calculation that Sher- man might get Grant votes. Sherman knew better than thisyand his telegram said so in the piainest way. We do not speak of this forthe purpose of reproaching the gen- tleman who took the responsibility—the Hon. Warner M. Bateman—bnt to say that he made a mistake. He does not, we believe, now hesitate *° speaking of foriom hopes, th mn we know is the crusade of President belittle him—of which the Shtickers of the Rosecrans correspondence is a part.— oO LOSING A FORTUNE. &£E, GAMBLING. Francis P, Weed, ‘Tells Bow HIo ‘Lost $430,000 at Fase ino yet an eminently seductive hand. What Mr. Weed ought to have done, on dis- covering that he had lost the “pot” was to claim that he was not playing “straights”—that “straights” should not be counted except by special agreement, but that with a view to har- mony, he would accept $10,000 from Mr. Scott THE STARVING \OUNTAINEERS, lief Cor. Boston Herald. Danvinte, Va., Jane 13, 1882. Your corres- pondent has Just returned from a ride through the lower end of Patrick county, where the peo- ple are starving, and some are dead from want of food. Going with a party of three in a light spring wagon, in which were placed three bar- rels of shelled corn, all it would carry, the party, after leaving the railroad station, went through Franklin county, anil, after a ride of six ho passed into Patrick county. The trip was rough and tedious, the roads narrow, mountainous and in an almost impassable con- cition owing to the recent heavy rains in that section. At the first house beyond the border line the party stopped and went in. A man, his wife three children and a negro cook were there, and told a pitiable tale of their suffer- ings. They had not tasted bread or grain of any kind for five days, and had-eked out a pain- ful existence by living on such early vegetables as they could get. When told that they could help themselves to some of the shelled corn in one of the barrels they rushed eagerly to the wagon, and fell ravenously upon it, eating the raw corn by the handful with a keen relish. Their nearest neighbor was four miles away, and was in a like deplorable condition. Every- where the 'y went the same story of saffer- ing was told, and the face of the r people spoke more ‘eloquently than words, the chil- dren, especially, presenting an appearance of emaciation and wanness which was heartrend- ing. It takes about a week of hard traveling to reach Patrick county, and the people, it seems, put off too Si, Panga appeals to the out- side world for help. e cry heard on all sides — them ts: “Give us corn and flour!” During e two weeks their struggles to keep up life have been terriple, and every expedient has been resorted to. Every known reed that was not poisonous was cooked, but, unfortunately, the season has been 20 backward that many late wild salads have not yet sprung up. The late spring weather killed the cherries, and the early plants have been nearly all that was left in the ecant gardens of the unfortunate mountaineers. and these were eaten up a week ago, many of them not being oyer three inches in length. Thus, by a series of unprecedented and unforeseen over 5,000 people in the most remote section of the state have been brought to starvation. The reports of their condition have not been and their situation is daily growing worse. Relief com- hee i out in ae, Richmond and Aer ities 1 state, are making great effo1 to get supplies. A Woman’s Visit to Billingsgate. London Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean. Nobody was ready to go with me the morning I wanted to see the Tower, so I put on my hat and sallied forth alone. It occurred to me that it would be very pleasant to go by one of the little steamers on the Thames. My guide-book assured me that if I got off at London bridge a few minutes walk would bring me to the his- torical pile which I sought. I got off at London bridge and plunged off into the narrow streets at my right. On and on I went. Fish stalls grew more and more a Dirty babies tumbled about on the sidewalks. Rough-look- ing men quarelli over their carts, swore frightfully at fates My only comfort was that policemen were unusually numerous. ed one THE WAY TO THE TOWER. “Straight ahead, Miss, just through Billings- gate,” said he. “Billingsgate!” My heart rejoiced that I had stumbled upon that historic and histrionic local- ity. I thought of Ben Jonson calling a fishwife a verb anda ee and thereby exciting her proverbial ire. WasI really to see a Bill- ingerate fishwife? 0, joy, O, rapture unfore- The policeman interrupted my mental rhapsody. ‘I think I'll walk through with you, Miss. You seem to be a foreigner, and it might be better for me to go with you.” “Thank you,” said I, and that minion of the law showed me Billingagate. I went into the ee market-place slimy with spilled fish,where should not have dared goalone. The men stopped swear: and let us pass through to Peep down a window upon the Thames. it was low tide. The fishing-boats which had come Soe the sea lay high and dry upon the sand. Men were cleaning fish down below; men were selling them here. Everywhere men—not ‘& woman was to be seen, notasingle fishwife. I looked earnestly for one, but saw none. LOOKING FOR FISHWIVES. Presently I pulled my companion’s sleeve, “Is that one?” I asked excitedly. “What? Where?” “There, Is that a fishwife?” pointing to the first woman I had seen. She had a basket on her arm. The policeman looked at me with curiosity. “‘A fishwife?” said he, interrogatively. “Yes, I have always read of the women who sell fish here. I want to see one of them.” “OQ, they did a good many yearsago. But that was before my time. It isn’t often one sees a woman in Billingsgate nowadays. Third turning tothe left, then up the hill, and you'll see the tower. You can’t miss it. Good morning, mem. Thank you, kindly.” The next minute I wished I had tigers’ back again. 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