Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 20, 1881, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, i33i. flfl_flmm‘-m’m THE DEAD PRESIDENT. [ ™ e it ™ i i o i Bkl Titngi folow ith the Wadh, by i garen of oMl ite ancRERte fve e, The viumd et . (Rl is followed with the Wash-Bl \Wearied by the cares of offic figure five tim wound | lawyers, = clergymen, nene vote, When Ind §the harassments of the struggle over thoflly elosed and August 7 ckemiths and (iencral Harricon cast 20 of her 50 votesliNew York appointents, Drosident GarJgmade below the twelfth rmers o together in the ranks and the storm broke. Mgald had for wi "looking forwardlof pus were removed Whilo engaged in his work of disciplining§ with a tromendouss et I wiioh Biia troops, Col, Garfield recel cheer and sho ted themselves hoarse, Towa, §iketoh of the Life and Pablio n, Buell to report with his regi nd—the whole line of] Sorvices of James A, Louisville. Kentucky was then@eistens advoea to Ohio cast their anti.Grant votes flnrfield st ont of the Union, but its « wwalty@was not to be for the stalwart, blng renator-elect,| oW cut was il and two ounces rent was made nothing on the subject of finance, repre- wenting that the state was swept into th greenback torrent, and that an indiscreet word might cost him the nomination, From the outsct General Garfield, both inf jcongress and on the stump, had b of ““Honest Money » his record on the presen Althotgh he could ! in Ohio ngain before the mnom-| inating convention, he attended Published overy morning, except Sunday The only Monday morning daily. spray, and ether his cairved nasea, 4 ’ h followed w. s an: ut fay orable to_ the patient's further recovery nd down, vibriting betwecn life « death, steadily growing wenkér, makin ndvances towards st Iy to fall ter vomit LERNS BY MAT ...£10,00 | Three Months £3.00% Months, .. 500 | One “ 100 ow 4 rest amid the Berkshire hills, in one autiful valleys of Mascachusetts velock on the morntng of Saturday, Tuly 24, accompanied by Secretary Blaine, he entered a_carriage nt the white housel " who. pale with surprise, sat at the head of the ~ Ohio delegation, sirrounded by o group of friends. Obito was finally called, " (LY BEE, pullished ov-§His Boyhood, Yoath and Ma-Bregion ar reception, and when called three of its forty-four votesin i drove tofarls the ore & Poto0ack again nearer to floath, this was a e D sl dil ety % o B> the country to sccescion. It wadgfor a speech with a moral courago rare in-lifor their leader, the missing vote heindger: et Wher e tho 5 ol nopets of the. pre ! W b, the ey W ] turer Years. Blcarcd that Marshall was rapidly gather-@deed among can didates, he made o speechGeneral Garfield himself, State after statel Branch, During the driveftime when, on the 10th instant, s 1 for homest money in the yery teeth of thelfrailed into line, W i land, the president conversed A happy tone from official cares and il manner over the pros- pects of & reconcilation n_the twol wings of the republican party, riage drove up to the door of th TERMS PO! PAID:— One Year......82.00 | Three Months., 50 Six Months.... 1.00| One Witie N0 CORRESPONDENCE—AN Communi oations relating to News and Editorial mat-J ters should be addressed to the Epiton ory ady wdition of the wled disense conscquent upon qun-shot wounds, had set in, On Angust King an army large enough to hang on WlBuell's flank and prevent his ad Wvance into Tennessce, Pyin dangerous advar tucky was lost to the Union. Arriving in Bl Louisville on Deces fiald at once sought Buell's } B0 found a cold, silent, austere m Typical American, whose Lifeifliaked o fow direct questions, re een votes for was o momen ination had_been made, Then susand throats there hroke ol pfused to be confined to the) e bands struck up the air o ¢ of Freedom,” aud th and _sung in chorus bygs s, For over a quarter declaring *“Much h te denounce this theory ¥ 1its way into the state o dishonest, unwise and unpatriotic, were offered a nomination and election fo By natural life from this district upon thi platform I should spurn it.” He shotly| lafterwards wa« renominated by acclamasy ion, and, although his firm stand for an he Inauguration and Last Ilness, N was found necess ns discovered that been thought cl Wh wnother ope ary, andthe physic the wound whi i to within a hid not closed wlqnarters n, whod pot by the main entranc Te Ber. othing, and eyed the new-comer with & ing side by side, passed into the ladies’ ro HHSINRSS LETTERE-AN Dulniell | T3, Beet Offered On the ciirious 'acarching exprescion, n though@lionest payment of the nation’s obligationsf unparalied enthusi s, sioe b Hide, passed ko the fadied o @ ovn and SI LETTERS Altar of His Country Fying to Jook into the untricd colonel, andfgwas always afterwards maintained, h in the, midat.of whichghehfivt Too A0l el towar ward and. for w distance of 12§ inches from the external surface of the last inci T had been pus there, for it ced oozing out through the wound — The conelusion was inevitable nabsorbed into_the growing we ton, and sustained by enemas, the life of the president seemed to be slowly ebling away, until on THursday, with a pulse at 120 and the temperature at 98, delirious { exhausted, the physians were Letters and Remittances should be ad. dressed to Tue Omana pusLisiive Com-§ PANY, OMAHA, Drafts, Cliocks and Post office Orders to be made payable to th order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING C0., Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER, Editor. ver ince received the cordial mupport offlGeneral Garfield was quicklyspirited fromfh et oot w his district on these questions andfthe building by his® friends. He had Rt e D ey was re-elected by overwhelming majo -pnssed through a remarkable experience i THERCHIE 4 a(ERe o0 ities. In187) General Garfield was madefiThe tew-path farmer, the stroggling stn-B00Y GO0 B IO GRREE 1 T IR chairman of the committee on appropria 48 sful_general and cor Bvolver of thy Edglish bull dos patvets ’ s, which fimnportant position he heldffinan, had been nominated for president ey WEAT il PSSR RO BIESER: id then diefor fcur years, His speech on Public Ex@half” past one “o'clock in the afternoon,BIeer! [Arielty ot noticing the shot litures delivered on the 23 of Janufiwhen he could hardly have dreamed off e O VAR EIG SO Whel b SecOnd was in wome respects the mostfsuch a thing at nine oclock in the morn. 3! #ith an tely wonnd for the fulfllment of its pr k from which the +lood flowed S S S profusely, The sound of two pistol shot {ivine wh he would_suceeed or fail, aking & map; General Buell pointed out he position of Marshall's forces in east- m_Kentucky, marked the loc i hthe Union troops in- that vere posted, explained b1 ountry and its supplies nissed his visitor with this re : vou w.re in command of the sub-livison i castern Kentucwy what would you do% “ome here to-morrow morni e her Bincision The life Bt wentioth pre James Abram Garfield,§ ent of the United States, sans will point with pride. His ancestors) Beame from England, near the border of] ud the founder of the Ameriea rfields emigrated to this countr; field's nomination was re. —_ 1in Watertown, Massa-Jo'clock and tell me.” Colonel Garfield re gislator, Passing over the period " on e e Gosaat of & | sh s ) ! sl ; S helier investigation fromgBeeived with great enthusiasm hy the party fin rapid succession attracted the attention . win Davis, Manager of Ci five of his descendantogturned hotel, procured n map offfof the Credit Mohelier investigation fromfiys 8ot AR BTOCR FARASCHL Y e RAE I TR e, who at first faled tofgfe uctant mpelled to admi that Gen Kentuck 3 paper, fwhich General Garfield came out lik ¥ e ! : bl oral Garfieid's Jense of life was almost 16c- Circulation. v records that thell o ‘and Tk, and sat down o his task,eold tried n the furnnce, we approach thegib® kb L e Tl el Ak b sity ton, - Thelininaced and his troubles nt. an sud. O weir energy andfHo studied the r and_pop ing period of Gencral Garfield's legis. ATl POl AOF Sthe o wker, wos instantly pinioned hyffThursd v, Au ust 25th, & seoond in tive i miccessful _result, LAl ) ¥inh waf it T YB{was wa einthe wound. Ths pr The debate on ammesty in 18; lled forth xome of the most speeches which he ever daliver wress, His replies to Hill and L fered the whole ground of the history ol nection with rebellion and part; ility for its fall. In the fitt speech General Garfield made that bril liant and memorable defense of alation of every wtern Ken ucky. At d at nine ed o Juil. T have Garfield,” he_shouted; “‘Arthu ok ill be president. I am « stalwart, g TneSHY e Around the Dleeding form of 1% csidentfl eces it- ot 1emoving him from ¢ rfield wore yathered most of the mem-House to wore healthy surioundings. On bers of his cabinet. A mattress w.oE fiiey, August 26th, another EeTious re- SHGRIHE; tHE pre i iolapso took place and the life of the presi ) leut was despuired of, Hling o ch ngeforthe | hearts of the peop h o had been 1aging at 1} ropped to 105 = the temperature t9 93, The improvement @vwas continuel during the ensming w nnd yecovery veemed probatly if the m: feious iuflaenice. of the white house could e overcon oval to ansther loca- fion. On 31, the pulse to 05 aud the ecially, od pluck great uncle of] brave band of, John H. Pierce is in Charve of the Mail Circuation of THE DAILY BERE S0 U PR ST A TR TR Y X A NATION IN MOURNING. A nation ot fifty million souls sta owerfulhspeeches made by the Gener.l in return to fn condgeongr tulutory addresses, not one cong gt ined a sentence to which the most bitte onemy could take exception. On Novem| fler 'fi he was elected president, securing i ral votes oy wis perfectiy hims - f an { for uhe first time slans, { Hiaving read the paper huade it the b f an in ds, r reverently over the bier of James u rigad Abram Garfield bowed down with ce in Ering vpon the fi avalry, ordering him to y pel Marshall's fore 3 e result of this appoint nt was that the battle of Middle Cre was won, the first federal vicl and the confederates were dri hat part. of Kentucky; and this by removed to the town®inferior in numbers to thy Cork,Bhad never been under his service he was made | of volunteers, He tc part in the battle of Shiloh, and afted le services he was ordered ta THE INAUGURATION, pu'se, wh Great preparatic made for th innuguration of General Garfield, in which§. all sections were to participate, -In thel..y aionths intervening between the el and the date of the outgoing of the H administration the popular reg: resident elect had greatly inc was felt that a strong-willed » Bwas about to direct the affairs of the gov- Bernment and the peole of all parties were repared to strengthen and support his ands. On March 1st the president-elect 5 wer The try4d 1 commission and af followed by Mr, Hayes' policy of eonciliation, which was et by a strenuons opposition from a large Buijority of the republican party Blaine had been elected to the senate, and Torfgon General ( eld now devolved the@ neralfigleadership of the house, No one who wit: important@nessed the mess with which (ieneral farfield took up the gage of battle on every portant question of public policy, andd loss of tlood.] ake me home,"” he murmured to his son, | am content to live or die, God's wall be! " An ambulance was quickly sum-§ o, and escarted by a guard of mouuted] % the sufferer was driven to the From the time he was place: the condition of the onsidered e 1. fa consultation of a bulletin was issus profound grief and unutterable sor Garfield and great grandfathen, i president, was a sol- f the Revolution, and af row. In every hamlet from Maine to, Oregon, from the great lakes to theSti m and mourn- gulf there is lamenta Bof Worcester, Ot nd thes eded to earve out a homel n the w 58, Here in December, ), was born Abram Garfield, the fatherd ing. Every household in Amcrical§ prember the qu President Garfield the phys feels in his untimely death a personal b Lr Pother valu an 4 bereavement. lent. Abram Garfield, likell ; 18 at Murfreesbor-@the ability with \\-!hivl]- lu-‘vh-lyu«lwll theleft his home at \Icntur[ on inmu;:{ml B t-;u"jlr ':m. the 1 manly man, endowed with all8his distinguished so s early cas ) In u rece Rosecrans says Qresumption act and the clection laws,Btrip to Washington. mmense crowds of@t L S MGl y decided ) gL Yot e iguitiiod mony vk early castbE) I ene G avBEi wicived L mitike ontaesl] doubted the wisdom o gathered at the stations along theCme {rom hor sickn at Long Branch wi { the qualitics that make mon respect-ggon his own - resources. Tis father®ynd o prejudice against him, 4 Less dashing 1§ Yo' Lid him wéloo! ging h R at the dispasal of the suffering ] 1 it ¥ 5 s I N mind aad L ing at Washington he at once retired} wule him even amore da a preacher who had rone intc 1tive by 1ts owners, and durin y was only three years of a man_of that cast I wa e, and the ehild vias taken and reared by from the dey dispateh to be : £ 1 8 m fuaturally opposed to.” But he adds, n debate, In Jany Yok shrined himself in the hearts of hisfneighbors. The father of tho presdent@ETUE Y IO competent and - effiolontMGarkeld was clected to ¢ o L had all the her ts of the Gar-officer, an ea from Ohin as the su 3 Y & i X ) v serionsly he not yet countrymen, regardless of section, 8 "hurman, und hopes you will con oon. He sends his love to v ALK fields Doth physical and mental. Broad and sinewy with the Saxon blue o THE CHICAGO CONVENTION, The natioual convention of the republi- vere arriving in Washington, The! local committee to whom had Deen as-§ gned the work of decorating the cit: ad spared neither time nor expense. Seats¥) ' were providea for 50,000 . Duringo'cl urday afternoon in a spec he night a heavy and slectggtrain, and ved in Washington at 7 A nt the car-go'clock in the evening. The meeting be ram, butleween the husband and wife was incxpres . September 6th, ely made in seven and , without pere unfavorable symptou, reezes seemed to gi ife to the and up to the end of the week stember 10th, convalesence se ar at hand. On Sundw: party or creed. Brave, generous and; fCumberland ly fie beganly 0.0 au of inf ot and hearty, agfm 3 ervice to the gov General Garl ud con-gno the hard fou y was_held in Chicago, on the Lof June, 1850, and_ General Garfields ler of the Ohio pledged to_sup; v John Shennan for the presid just, he was a typical man of thel people whose confidenco and affoc: nuwent and the army, d's next service was ing it battle of Chlean tion he enjoyed. ted to battle with adversity pr I SHIPhansSana; - self-odtioated circumstances, Early in life hefflwhere Lo was chief of staff to i body ‘was probably the grandest@rying out of the inangu 2 andia » Mitoscorans, Here he performed the wggregation of republicans ever secn at st noon the weather moderated, the clouds@sibly touching, huerh : "'l- er 11th, unfavor. roso from poverty and drudgery to ettt 3 wus and venturesome service of like athering, Among the 7 gatesgbroke and the sun came ont as if to yivefonce to soothe the sulfere 1is puls & not family, o race o 3 i i > the 755 deleg e oy ivefiiice to sooblle, i t v §ir 48 N ) i X s eing to General Thomas the message th escpled in the Exposition building werof§countenance to the beginning of an admin- 1 iotl g in the highest station in public life, al- floreachers who forvid — eloquencegaved the day by announcing the advancegthe leaders of the party from every state fistration which was shortly to have such fi°Leeping quictly, S N mal ] yesterday the and unaffected pie'y have leftiof Longstreet with his twenty-five thou-flnd tevritory in the unionj men whose} raised and aske 5, Bliss to tell him the » case was sformly downwards, his condition. “‘I consider| rising itruth regarding ways remaining fully in sympathy withg' © K 5 i The commanding general in orators and statesmen wer : 3 heir mar] on the P L 3 your case very critical,” raid the ud inereaai r )n Frid; tho tolling masses. T P tof the battle said, “To Briga 14, and wany of whom hadf S e R e LS S id increaning temperature, | On - Friday, “ '1 Y (“' LA seneral Garficld, chief of staff, T amf@fought bitter battles in previous conven 4§ At 10:4) President- @ 41 lave probab! eptember 17th, the condition of the dent Garfield tions for the candidates of their choi jch of recovery, president was admitted to be critical the clear and ready manrer inf} zed the point of act 3 ed in orders the ideas i fortnightlh o of u major-generalgy “for gallant conduct 1 important services” in the ficld of Chicka. naugua, Brief as was General Garfi rmy carcer, it served to that he ~was the possessor o the most brilliant qualities of a soldie Devoted+to duty, prudent and sagaciou; he was stili quick to seize upon the mos d his speech and manuer it is thougi advantageous plan of actionand prosecutedwill wake a very favorable impression onl it with courage and perseverance. As afthe convention. The applause which| wilitary commander he retained at onceffgreeted his name to-day was a markec he respect and obedience of his commandfcompliment which has not been forgotton| nd the confidence of his superiors. Presi-8in the calculations of the thonghtful men,’ A sterling patriot he sprang o thel mpanied by President | ent, cheerfull ot rek had s $replicd the pre take that chang i The lungs which e nce of n keen a imaginativ nd spiendidnervous forces. s _family more even than to his ather's, President (i owes those traits of character which contributed sol wely to his future eminence and success. James Abram Garfield, the fourth child bf Abram Garfield and Eliza Ballou, horn in Orange, Cayshoga county, Ohio, where his father had removed o few, buonth previous to his birth _and purchased a tract of eighty] acres of land In the unbroken wildernes ere_with his broad axe he hewed fo himself a modest cabin, miles away from| ny other dwelling. In’ this rude cottage,d sreatergs excited el Among the number none 8 defense of the nation in the time ead of the mighty pre to_escort them to thel her greatest veril; a broal mindedj The news that President Garfield had| been assassinated was immediately flastec town and city ew Boston, Chi- d other large cities pubd lic sentiment was aroused as by a migh whiclwind of feeling. Crowcs gathe \ statesmany he never lost sight of thel n never to be forgot- the cabital was reached. he presidential party entered the senatel amber which was bri f the diplomatic corps and the most dis- guished officers of the navy and filledfy ound the new per offices, blocking th §lvith members of both branches of the na-Btreets and watching eagerly for the latest ional legislature, At 12 o'clock the great @), HEH 0y AT La0t o v ora bronze doars on the east side Ipsessed on everytace, Strong f the capitol opened and@children, At first there o tendency® (ien. Garfield, escorted by President®e) counect the assassition with politica whole country in framing her laws; al neeting of thie con New York paper contained the feant words: *(ieneral Garheld fent the name of Mr. true republican he exhibited unflinch- ‘ ing devotion to the principles of free-g dom and the equality of mankind. Faithful to friends, a devoted son,)| husband and father he has set an! opes of recovery s reported else- where the last spark flickered and went Notice to Sewer Contractors. Sealed proposals will be received by the o] oxample of Christian fortitudo@with chinks plustered with mud, ProsidentB®iont Tincoln declared that the buttle ofBfThe fivet day of the conventi 5 ended witk [Hayes and the supreme judges, walked. toRfactioni ool > isheq@undersigned until 12 o'clock noon, of the i . uring the martyrdom of his last ill-@ber, « He was the youngest of fou us far in the war, General Rosecranscontest opened on the motion to instructfgmoment the immense crowd which filled®act of madman, As the day wore ong§and construction of a sewer from 8 to 83 i feet in diameter 3 rings thick, and about hildren, one a boy, the others girls, Be-| ffore the younger Garfield was two years fold his father died and the young widow} was left alone to bear the burden of agar- jing the family. 1t was autumn, and %in: er ' was approaching. They were nof] nly poor, but in debt. “The heroio) nother went bravely to work, She spli Jrails to fence in her homestead, and selling] fifty acres to meet their most pressing wants, retained thirty acres for farming bpurposes. When spring came the older son, 'homas, then ten years old, hired a horse and plowed, while the mothér assisted in] he duties on the farm, The indomitable energy of the heroic mother conquered, pnd though the odds against which she dfought were heavy she bravely surmounted fthem. o the unyielding pluck and’ pad dent courage of his mother, General iarfield owe the best lessons of his life| Vs, Garfield gave the mound for he first wchool house in the settlement, vhere James was sent, at the age of three,| He was o troublesome boy, restless and 1 of rules, but bright and studious.) mbered that he gained a prize or reading in the first term. He attende he vicinity of the capitol, and was seated. A mighty shout went up, “*Garfield! Gar- field!” The mass moved, as by a commonfty' et the latest news of the president’ jimpulse, toward the platform.” A momentfcondition was earr.est and pathetic. Not d Jater the magnificent figure of General®withstanding the broiling sun, thousands [aud Blaine and “cleared the field for theliliarfield was seen approaching the front offliood patiently in the street watching fo A gihird day's action. On the third day oc e vlatform—Hayes on hiy left, Chieflthe news as it came i, The extras issuedflf 11 to be based upon detailed plans and urred one of the most exciting incidents@li ustice Waite on his rig! t, and his motherfly the papers were eagerly purchased aglfPecifications on file in the city engincer's of the session. The conyention ha ' hardlyflland wife behind him. The crowd became| printer 1 eat i <Woftice and to be separate and specific upon f nstently quict, while in o strong, clealieia’ (hrintet, and the ‘great journalellhy % 1\ wing points of detail. ige e proceeded to deliver his innugural Wiomnd. ho sniversi: sentinons wafl, Kate per libear foot for material and Lt was the production of a statesman, an [Boye of amazement and sorrow, The largef§Lrick work complete in wall of sewer in- vigorously outlined the policy which wouldfblace which the president had obtained infjclusive of excavation and back filling. fbe the chart of his administration. Duringthe great heart of the country was eviJj 1ate per cubic yard for concrete work he progress of the address the speaker wasBldenced by the universal grief. = Politicalf§complete, inclusive of waterial in the requently interrupted by cheerx, At itsBdifferences, factional disputes, all were eome. . SN onelusion there was o pause. . The presi@buried, and words of tender woficitude forfl . Iiate per linear foot for sheeting, inclu- lent stepped back, aud, with his eyes filled®tho wounded president were on every one's@l*ive of driving and extracting. 3 with tears, reached over and kissed hisgips,” Tn the south the feeling of sorrow@ Jate per linear foot of piling furnished enerable mother and his® wife, andfwal as gennine as at the mosth, Hyeryfand driven. i then surrendered himself ~ to = theluortion of the country were united by uf Rate ver linear foot of pipe laid for fost of hand-shakers on the platform.Beommon sentiment which abolished sec 8 or other purposes, he bands were playing their most stic-@tional lives. In England, in Ger) e per vertical foot for complete con- ring musre, thouands of flags and ban hnany, in France, in 'Humin, anddlfstruction inclusive of material of catch aers fluttered in the winds as the pioces, 3 @bains aud man holes, I e« BSpain the news created unmingled sur-gf*r q ion returned to the White 1h.um»w.u,|,£i,“m| astonishment, England’s queen@l . Rate per each sewer and pipe connec- ty atits heal. 1u thel ftion, was the first to cublo her, condolence andlg™ire Ler qubic yard for all embankment or news, From every ! r all em her grading necess iy outside of ex ieed workd came wmessageslll fonund refilling belonying to the nd its ch tfl’ the seeqied Lo oind $he globe, 1 felt in every 1 all the excitement” attending sreat calamity, doubts were never prensed as to the stability of our in tions, Sorrowing over wiat was felt to) he the nation « loss, thousands repeate the words of (eneral Garfield years ago on like ¢ ill reigny and the government live in Washington,” TIE LAST [LLNESS, 1 the president’s illness it ed to call in medical aid Drs, D, Hayes f Phila-2 , #nd Frank Han k, two of the most distingu titioners and medical authorities in the country, were sunmmoned and reinforced e, al staff then in attendance at the white house, The location of the woundd ) the \\;lth e never tired pf praising his clear head and oldierly qualities. These characteristi jhe was about to retllxire in another field of] still engaged in _his mili ary duties the telegraph flashed to him) he news that he had been elected to con the commmittee on contested seats to report, M This brought the opposing forces face t ace and the first call of tatos settlod the contested unit rule forever. The vote also indicated the relative strength of Granf 1200 feet long, on Jones street from a point near the east side of 13th street at the terminus of the 8 footsewer as constructed, east to a point about 40 feet east of the east side of 9th street, ness which stands without a parallel; ras largety suspended and the eagerne i in history. 4 Stricken down by the assassi ‘hand in the prime of his manhood, in) the hour of his greatest usefulness,) his name will be embalmed in the memory of future generations with] those of Washington and Lincoln.| In this sed hour of the nation's be-} reavement it is impossible to express 0 many years ably represented by Joshui R. Giddings. : 2 IN CONGRESS. The election of Gieneral Garfield to_the! jhouse of representatives was unlooked fos nd unsought on his part. It was eviden hat the war was to a long and desper- te struggle, and General Garfield qoes-} ioned seriously whether honor aud dut; lid not require him to remain in the g p Jarmy, For some months after his electionflinounting a table delivercd n sagnificent ided as to the course whichjidefense of the liberty of individual him to pursue, He wasgction which called forth loud an hearty cheers from both delegates an udience, Conkling desisted from his at-| empt to pursue the subject. The remain der of the third day’s ‘session was con. umed in a fruitless wrangling over the contested election cases in which thel Grant forces showed remarkable strengt! pnd still more remarkable leadership, On) he fourth day was marked by an alliance of the Sherman forces withthe Grant dele- gates upon the question of two contested| eats from West Virginia, 417 ballots be- ing cast against the Blaine delegates and only 312 in their favor. But another sur-§ triu: was in store for the supporters of irant. When General Garfield move ion of the report on rules Gen-} behalf of the third termers} ose to his feet and threw the convention into confusion by moying to proceed a Bonce to the zeneral nommation of candi. lates. General Garfield s leadarship, The order wes line for a dissolution of the ( I alliunce. TheSherman delegates at on: fhwvung over to the support of DBlaine anc ing that all delegate hould be bound to give a cordial support] 0 the nominee, Three West Virginiag men had the courage to vote against the eaolution and Conkling at once swung jthe party lash to stripe them before the lonvention. General Garfield, amid the reatest confusion, sprang to his feet and % the true measure of his worth, Hel Auty requi still unchecided when, as the beare; of dispatches from Rosecran’s Lincoln, he was wsent to Washington.| Arriving at the national capital e tated the case to Mr, Lincoln, and left it) his decision. Tt was given in emphatic , *“The republican majority in cond ress is small, and it is often” doubtfull [whether we can carry the necessary wa we are greatly lacking in me: ary expetience in the house to gulate logislation about the army. 1t is) your duty to enter congress,” Accepting the duty, on December 4,| Geperal Ga resigned i a8 major and thef duy took seat in th house of representatives as the younges ember in the body, He was at once as- gned to the committee on military affairs,| tant commi i gross, Throughout the of this momentous pe voice was heard upon ever: mestion, His eloquence in the “Broom and on the floor of the house was one of nature’s noblemen. Take] him for all in all, we shall ne'er look upon his like again, Ben Hill thinks that the New York} democracy should harmonize differ- ences by throwing overboard both Tammany and Irving hall. He says¥ with proper union of forces the New York democracy might have been th dsciding political force in the last! paign. Of all sad worde of tongue or pon, the saddest are these, it migh have Ben. ® bo buildiog «f the N I'he presid nd r spoc oroessure was brought to bear upon h the watt-r of appoi iting hiscabinet. mportunities «f t e staly d. October provision Work to he | 1881, and proseented as pe oni filed, . 1 dollars & month ming possessed with a ¢ ife he endevo nployment on the lnkes. iling in this, he hired Rinself to a cousin, wh owned o boat on) the mule for threg wed from drowning I, nnd feeling that he wa 1 for something better than a boat-} man's life, he rturmed to his mother and hrough her gentde guidan carpentering in o shin .(4.‘.‘5. After thred nate work and study, sire for a sailor’s| o-sing g (1), t Gafield con- idered all Caims thoughtfully and in the final composition of his ¢ binet gave the) portfolios of the secreta v +ud of! ntract, it awaided, i into in good faith by the bid- ‘Ihe bonds to ba read preyions 30 consideration of bid, and unless found to d and Lona-fide_hond the bid to be JEWETT. wppo nting Jumes G. Blaine to the he.d of the state de mitment. Oue of the very first wcts of the new adm nistra sointment of Allen I, Thuru; to the P ais Monetiry comu oguition of an old an | which was ev tom of th ) 3 dmin mpartial npisti-an eAs sane of office see hegan to wake itself felt. I bt wded daily with hundreds of pplicants for official positions for n the gift of the at least o hundied Tugke is less political oxcitement this year than is usual even in “off"# years, Elections will bo held in ten| states, and only six of these will elootB Ui Giiition, whero he foll under tho@ithe first dragt bill throngh governors, The president’s illncss has'y nllu-:u('ull;t oue it the teachers, Miw Al-G :':'!':"\!':v o ag Ly s . 2 A.Booth, a woman of extraordinary e ’? €Y < 9 dono much to divert attention fron awho led him o intellectunl heigh{agknowlodze of milit politics, and in Olio alone is thereffiwhich had been hitherto untrodden, - In i the arm of the much activity noted. Thirty-fived hiwself to join thel! nt, and winning Inm the admira y G, y-livey iams college; he hadll pect of his colleagues, Me speakers are stumping tho state, in-} i cluding Gov. Foster, Senator Sherman, Lcihs ges e ok both houses soon discovered ot and saved SKI0B11A8 o atrong intellectual foro cstined t ex-President Hayes and Register of the Treasury Bruce, re received #i leat's ingun. o8 in the Bl hat Grant had 276 ve Wthat the ficld had 474 Wwmotion was lost, K came and every seat in the immense building w tlled, Tt was known that the candidates ould be nowinated, and not a plage wasgghungry vacant when President Hoav's gavel felljovery o! The roll of states was ealled for nomina-g8there wer v ichigan, peech, which el fenthusinsm diring its p was followed Dy long cheering. Newf Y ork was called and Conkling arose amid thunders of applause. - He spoke with all the inspiration of one_who was ahout te crland of vie and elosed st of cheer 1ls whicl Iding. 1t was tienty min could be restored, \2RAHAM PAPER 00, 217 and 219 North Main St., 8t. Louts, —WHOLYSALK DEALKAN 1N—~ t PAPERS |Viiwidha NVELOPES, CARD BOARD AND nd probable 4 had taken pl lical authorlty ani physicians very properly ref Ly probing. The extremne ndition of the president was ad- o o men de many foes the) him for dect yon his bed in the dlaimed its patron s his own peculi; white house bravely Dutting against death.! broperty and had App A splendid physii i t 0 every president since the Leginning offwhi s wis unknown and a will his congressional career, President (iar ond those of ordinary men were esired to make every concession which: fenses. w July 3d until the was compatible with his own dignity and president’s pulse ranged from Chortly after his incuguration® sendBto 96 and averaged 108, Dur in the names of the incumbents of all il there was danger fro tympanite leading officers in the stite for reappoint-Bps e and all the dansers which are likely toshow them Rlians young CGarfield was noted for Lis@then which 1 larze general capacity and sterl huon sense. Ho graduated igh honors, returned home, 1 eretin Rudolph, with whom h wequainted at Guega unde n professor aud subsequently president, In 18 when scarcely * twenty-cight yean of age Gadield was elocted by the strong uti-slavery people of Portage and Suwd it counties to represent them in the sta nate. Up to 1856 he had taken no erest in public affairs, but the Kansas ebraska bill roused all his latent ener- des, The speeches which he made in th ampaign were largely responsible for hi lection, by the IIE“E e, to the legislature,| £#r Cash paid for Rags and Paper Stock, Scra @icon and Metals. BY Papor Stock Warchouses 1220 to 1287, North f A. G. TROUP, IATTORNEY - AT - LAW Busmess College, HE GREAT WESTERN QEO. R. RATHBUN, Principal, Creighton. Block, hubeas corpus” case of Muli / . three aitizens of Indi onced to life wprisonment by a wilitary comunssion for encourag Garfield Wy ¢ the defense, assocl 8 ch eminent jurists as H d David Dudley Ficld, case before the supren poke for two hours, and, f the most eminent L huade o mastorly and conclusive angument | The prisoners were released, and General {Gartield at once obtained high standin in the supreme court, which he ever after: ward waintained. When the war w fther, Scarcely had the wer the ditficulty of his cabinet ments to the satisfaction of Tue wvictory of Mr, Lorellard’ horse Troquois in winning the St. Leger proves greator than would ap pearat first glance. Only nine horse since the foundation of the stake, in| 1776 have been successful in carrying off both the Derby and the St. Leger. L All doubts of the magnificent thor- oughbred's ability have been st ot} 1 nomin tion n of applaus m was as much a compli ment to hiw as to his candidate. In a loquent and impassioned appeal he pre. ented the cl ims of his candidate fo recognitior 'he effort was in every Pwhere he at once took high rank as a m o h v o L " & . infRfrom the nfilitary committee and plac worthy of the spesker and of the subj ment, He reserved slone the ,m-lumu- r OMANIA, RS NEBRASKA., rest by this second performance, which inusally well Inforned and poworful ingh LEC52 Ui Wady Hoance. With padBWithout followlas the convention througiiship 6f the port. for Win. H. Robertson, uelves during the firt nine’ days after AR AENEARA 4 stamps him as the best three year old ve halls was cut suddenly short LyfPhetic instinct he realized that the curren-fits protracted length it is sufficientliwho had made brilli nt fight in the Chi-@gunshos wound, These were = howe I i in all England s upon Fort Sumpter. . When thegey and the national debt were o be thellto say that ot cvery opening General G sgo convention for the rights of the invid-fiskilfully avoided and from July 13 to Jul F R Ty S 4 : proclamation of PRESIDENT LINCOLN, call JE' 8t (uestions of the futur desivedffield " divided with” Conkl ! ueus, Robertson'«823 the patient’s pulse never ¢ WANTED! i shnt i1 ol0. Fepresent 4 T — g for seventy-five thousand men, wad@t Wmaster the subject, His subsequentflwelcome. Hix cheery, genial disposition, i fko » bombshell in thygbut ouce,—July 18. when i Knowles Complete Cyclopadia of s Tae corn crop is not the only crop®h ARV o0 Y (YR DRETIE. Kty W ceches on the public debt and speciefibis hearty hand.grasp and his power offfsenste, The vevublicaus were immediate 38 \Whether intentionally or v Dy Wants, y " . Beet and amid tumultous n),h\ufi oy y‘lymcnu were xleclmd by Secretary fpersonal magnetism won him scores offlly divided into two wings, administrationfithe physicians for several w ls is the Most Useful and Compact Literary ; voported short. Reports received atfffect and amid tunultous applause miovodBENie™0 idicate n depth of knowledgalirionds auong delegates with whou he hadfllend anti-sdministrat . the Lurger portionfthe peoplo to becomo overe Achlovemenit of the Age. [Tt has b (opetitors, e the agrioultural department in Wash-8.illions of 1’....::« v bo ab .,w} voted as thedRon the subject of finance rare in congre previously heen unacquainted. On thefsupporting President Garfield. When itffoerning the l]m-,.-.lem.u k uf'n:f.‘.')‘, fl:'.'-.'.‘[m s«:l:« l:u'n.' “M| poddl & i i g e men: Later he bestowed much time uponflithird ballot he received a solitary vote forfllbecamme evident that their polioy of ob-Bstrengthoned daily avd steps wore ovenfBUsM shiy |, Goulars, gl tull desription, 5! ington give a by no means flatteringaipiuota of the state, il. In Augusithe presidency, which on the next roll calffstruction to the wishes of the udwinistraftaken for holding public thanksgivingd* S LA " cpicagar i, CTAMBERS, i prospect for the cotton crop., Takin ARMY LIFE, 1860 & strong effort was made to wrenchflwas increased to two votes. The close offftion could be continued no longer, Sena the beginning of convalescence. |l déwim 3 \ Ly g S The trump that waked the north n-ut)«" 4 n to congress onflithe thirty-fourth ballot w&rlt)hellnglnuln ru:l‘unk]m- t‘l“d l'lnl'.t.wut lln; zlh.lm- res: h;d7t le’|:rufln‘ tl. |rnulnis “lml e - 4 ¢ ) i y . Resigni he ru ot fave ¥ ntense ex-ignations and the sen to immediatel a. mii At 7 poan, it had reached 12 Dhio from it very depths. Resigning bi rounds that e did not favor as high ofof the eud, and was marked oy cxmsagions anl i sapiio nipodiately oua e mh oty i b o Prof, W, J. Ander's Select Danc- oitement, growing out of Wisconsin's 10 Notes for (farields. Tn the thirty-fth bal: i 27 Indianjan , followed b from Maryland + nd 16 from Wisconsin, It was ovldeut that the Bluine wovemen ad broken up e tide was sel ing in in favor of the dark horse fron as was demanded by the iron inte eats of his section, Ho was, however, re. nominated, and eleoted by an_overwheln ing majority, Early in 1867 General Gas field, by the wdvice of his physician, mad a trip t) Europe. On his return in th fall he found that the republicans of Ohio nued, adopted u platform looking to the pay- versally admitted that no better drilled orffment of the government bonds in green ciplined regiment could be found infbacks, His friends in Ohio proposed to fpresidency of Hiram college, and takin ith huma hundred students, Garfield wen! once to Camp Chase, where seven day: ter the battle of Bull Run he accepted wmand of the Forty-second Ohio regi has fallen off during August 16 pe cent., which is 19 per cent. below the were entertained which afte wadly realized that blood poisonis in ¢ had et ing Academy. A. Hospe, Jr. Hall, 1619 Dodge 8t. [Class foF gentlemon commencing Tuesday even- g, Oct 4. Class for ladies cons mnu)‘f‘in .: duy o eillog, Oct. 6. Terms | The eas method Al have for teaching the Walts, Glids, ., | c4n guarantee perfect satistaction o fscholars, or terww, &c., call at A. Hospe, J1,, or address 1110 Cupitol Ave, b e Throughout the wearisome contest bo-| ween Sen tor Conkling and the admiuis- ration the sense of the country strongly upported the president, During the losing woeks of the struggle the preaid dent was compelled to undervo domestiol ouble in the erous illuess of hi ife, who lay for days at death’s door] from malaris) fever, On the 24th Dr, Agnew perfored ax cation and relewsed the impriso ) e portions of the shattored rib,| it days Inter the cut was enlarged. Fo fow days the president improved, ki pulse from July Wto August 7 averags d! i