Las Vegas Daily Gazette, 1881-10-16

Ills Letter Accepting a Position In the Cabinet. Washington, D. C, December 20, 1881. My Dear Garfield : Your generous invitation to enter vour Cabinet as Se cretary of State has been under consid- aration ior more than three weeks, lhe thought had really never occurred to my mind until at our late conference you presented it with such congent ar arguments - guments arguments in its favor and with such warmth oí personal inendship. In aid of your kind olfer, I know that an early answer is desirable, 'and I have waited only long enough to consider the sub subject - ject subject in its bearings and to make up my mind definitely and conclusively. I now say to you in the same spirit in which you have invited me, I accept the position. It is no affection for me to add that I make this decision, not for the honor of the promotion it gives me in the public service, but because I think I can be useful to the country and to the party useful to you as a re responsible - sponsible responsible leader of the party and the great head of the government. I am influenced somewhat, perhaps, by the shower of letters I have received urg urging - ing urging me to accept, written mo in conse consequence - quence consequence of the mere unauthorized news newspaper - paper newspaper reports that you should have been pleased to offer me the place. While I have .received these letters from all sections of the Union, I have been espccjally pleased and even sur surprised - prised surprised at the cordial and widely extend extended - ed extended feeling in New York, and through throughout - out throughout New Flngland, where 1 had expect expected - ed expected to encounter local jealousy and per perhaps - haps perhaps rival aspirations. In our new re relations - lations relations I shall give all that I can hope to be freely and joyfully to your service. You need no pledge of loyalty in the heart, and in the act. I should be false to myself did 1 not prove true both to the great trust confided to me and to j'our own person personal - al personal and political fortunes in the piesent and future. Your administration must be made eminently successful and strong in the confidence and pride of the people; not at all directing its ener energies - gies energies for the free eleet and yet compel compelling - ling compelling that result by the logic of wants and by the imperious necessities of. the situation. To that most desirable eon eon-summation - summation eon-summation I feel that, next to yourself. I can possibly contribute as much influ influence - ence influence as any other man. I say this not from egotism or vainglory, but merely as a deduction from the plain analysis of political forces which have been at work in the country for five years past, and which have been significantly shown in two great national conven conventions. - tions. conventions. I accept it a3 one of the happi happiest - est happiest circumstances connected . with this affair, that in pledging my political for fortunes - tunes fortunes with yours, or rather for the time merging mine in yours, my heart goes with my head, and that 1 carry to you not onlv Dolitical suunort. but personal and devoted friendship. I can but re regard - gard regard it as somewhat remarkable that two men of the same aire, entering con gress at the same time, influenced by the same aims, ana cherishing the same ambitions, should never for a single moment, in fifteen years of close inti macy, have had a misunderstanding or coolness, and that, our friendship has steadily grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength. It is this fact which has led me to the con clusions embodied in this letter,- for, however much, my dear Garfield, I might admire you as a statesman, I would not enter your cabinet if I did not believe in you as a man and love you as a friend. Always faithfully yours, JAMES It. Í5LAINE. Conkllnur "Interviewed." A reporter called on Mr. Conkliiig at Washington, Saturday evening, alter his visit to the President, with the in tention of interviewing him. Before the reporter could open his mouth, Mr Conkling took time bv the forelock and took the reporter by the hand and said : "I sumióse vou want to ask how T came to bo in W ashington. 1 came to see the President. He and I hayo long been friends. I have not seen him since he has been President until to-day. We had a conversation on various subjects I do not know when I shall see him again. I had thought I could call unon him with as much safety as any other ot his mends, but it seems that gentle men oi the press are exercised over it. I assure you that you have no reason to be, anil i wis you a very good even That was a neat and workmanlike piece of business on the part of the great interviewed. . "Conk" mav be happy yet in the favor of the newspaper men. The unusual drought in Florida has had the effect of drying up Sibley Lake to such an extent as to leave only a few slush spots here and there, and in these alligators sought refuge in large num numbers, - bers, numbers, digging huge burrows into the ground. This has furnished great sport to the settlers in the neighborhood, who have gone in crowds to these spots, and lishea with fine success for the enor enormous - mous enormous reptiles. The manner of catch catching - ing catching has been to thrust long rods with hooks at the end into one of the cavern cavernous - ous cavernous burrows and stir up the occupants. One of the alligators would snap at the rod, a jerk would fasten the hook into the soft part of the lower jaw, and it would then be easy to draw the animal out and kill it with hatchets. It is not every year that such fishing can be en enjoyed, - joyed, enjoyed, even in Florida. Guiteau will not solicit aid from In In-gersoll - gersoll In-gersoll because he is afraid the Christ Christians - ians Christians might desert him. Beecher, so far, is the only christian constituency possessed by Guiteau, and Beecher, the poor assassin should remember, is cheek by jowl with Robert le Diablo. Omaha Republican. "I say, when does the train leave?" "What are you asking me for? Go to the conductor; I'm the engineer." "I know you're the engineer; but you might give a man a civil answer." "Yes, but I'm no civil engineer." Eli Perkins says Texas is the largest State in the Union. Now the State will have to be surveyed all over again to ascertain if that is so.

l arkviiie and waldron and intervening country regarding a scourge which it is reported has. recently broken out there, at first thought to be small-pox, but which is developing symptoms of even more aggravated character than the ravagos oí this disease. Tho reports remain to be further au thenticated, and it can only be hoped that they are exaggerated and that the fact will not prove as bad as stated. Undertaker Carlat Informed a Times reporter on Mendav that small-nox was raging in Parkville, and that day shipped live coffins to that place. In Investigation - vestigation Investigation only served to indicate a more horrible confirmation. Mr. Thrclkeld. a farmer living near Parkville, arrived in the city yesterday and reported that although the disease had only been raging live days eleven deaths had occurred, and thirty per persons - sons persons were DOWN AVITH THK DISEASE. Of these only one man had shown symptoms of recovery, and he was not vet out of dsínffer. Tim disease hud broken out between Parkville and Wal dron, two stations on the Council Bluffs roads, the latter only nine miles from this place. It was brought there by a tramp laborer who came from Kansas City seeking work and was taken sick with the complaint and died. This was ten days ago and he was supposed to nave Drought the disease which WAS AT FIKST CALLED "SMALLPOX." He said everybody who attended at the funeral of the first patient has been stricken down with the scourge. The bodies were covered with the most hor horrible - rible horrible sores, and fairly ROT AND FESTER Before death ensues. Mr. Threlkeld is reported to have said that a person who had died with this disease cannot be lifted into tho coffin. The flesh falls from the bones and the bones them themselves - selves themselves crumble and break when hand handled. - led. handled. Many of the citizens think it is the old black small-pox, a very virulent form of tho disease, in which the body is covered with black eruptions, and few who are taken survive. It is said that Dr. Anderson of Leaven worth, one of the most prominent phy physicians - sicians physicians in Kansas, who visited on Mon Monday - day Monday the scene of the scourged district, has pronounced the disease to be THE BLACK SCURVY. This he saw when he was in England several years ago, where it devastated whole districts and was universally dreaded. An effort was made to find Dr. Anderson, who was said to be in the city yesterday, but it was unavail unavailing. - ing. unavailing. ' Dr. Painter, of the village of Waldron, was in the city yesterday, seeking vac vaccine - cine vaccine virus, lie calls the disease, so far as he has observed, small-pox of a viru virulent - lent virulent type, but he has seen it only in Waldron. There are now seven cases in the village, and the citizens are flee ing from the scourge. THE BLACK DEATH. Other citizens who have seen it think it is nothing more or less than the ter terribles - ribles terribles black scourge which devastated the countries of the East in the four fourteenth - teenth fourteenth century. ' Whether it is anything more than small-pox remains to be determined. The families reported to be the most afflicted in the part of the country where Mr. Becket came from, were those of Mr. Becker and Mr. Nay Nay-lor. - lor. Nay-lor. Kaunas City Times, To-day the exchange of courtesies among rulers, which is evident one of the fashions for 1881, will be continued by Queen Victoria's presentation to King Alfonso of her much-prized Gart Garter. - er. Garter. The Turkish envoy has also arriv arrived - ed arrived at Madrid to confer upon King Al Alfonso - fonso Alfonso the Grand Cross and Star of the Order of Osmanli. The young mon monarch - arch monarch will feel tho force of the adage that blessings do not often come singly. A perfect jam is made of plum, and yet a perfect jamb is never out of plumb. "Think of it," says the Emi Emigrant - grant Emigrant Gaul, "and yet Frenchmen are expected to write good English just the same." Scene bridal reception. Several of the guests, after shaking hands with the bride, and all speaking at the same time: "Where is the bridegroom?" Bride, naively: "Oh, he's up stairs watching the wedding presents." "A good husband makes a good wife," says a philosopher, but he stops there, anil don't say what he makes her do. Probably build the hre for him in the morning and sit up late for him at night. A certain gentleman must have been very proud of his wife when he describ described - ed described her as "beautiful, dutiful, youthful, and an armful." Illinois has the Vice-Presidency. There is honor in the office but mighty little in the man. Denver Iribunr. To make a successfnl man run office a man must imitate snow, must come down occasionally. for He Xotlee. Ladies and gentlemen who have promised articles for the fair, for tho benefit of the building fund of the new Jesuit College will please send them to the College by Saturday next. ü-12-lw. Fair Committee. The candy factory is now open, and is turning out the finest candy ever shown in this city. Center street, East Las Vegas. W. Cooper, 9- 28-tf Proprietor. Rohrer whiskey, ten years old, 25 cents a drink, at Billy's. 8-25tf

Preaching in the evening at the usual hour, by Rev. Stephen Smith. All are invited. The smallest kind of a man is the fel fellow - low fellow who bilks a newspaper by refusing to pay a quarter a week for his paper. Ex. A saloonist says an equally small man is one who bilks his restaurant and sa saloon - loon saloon bills. The Nellie Boyd Dramatic Company have closed a weeks' engagement of Baca Hall with Billy Burton, opening on the 24th. This is good news to our theatre going public. The wires were down north of this point last night, heneo we received no Press 'report. Work on the waterworks is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Narrow Escape of tita 2IIarguis of Lorne and Party. There was an accident to the through passenger train bearing the Marquis of Lorne and party on the Sioux City and Pacific road just after midnight this morning. The train was behind time and running faster than usual. When near Thompson's creek, in heavy tim timber, - ber, timber, four miles east of this city, cattle were seen on the track ahead of the train. The air brakes were applied, but the train could not be stopped. One steer was caught on the piloto! the engine and carried there until another was struck. The engine passed over and went into the ditch. The engineer, David Douglass, stepping to the cab from the tender, fell between and lav partly across the track just .beside the steer that had been left there by the pnot. he corner oí the tank rested partly on the steer and partly on the engineer's back and head, burying the face in the ground. The baggage car was thrown off on the other side of the track. The smoking car was derailed, as was the forward end of the ladies' car. The engine was so broken that the steam and hot water poured out, adding to the excitement of the occasion. The train men and passengers came to the help of the engineer, and, by digging under him andhttinghim off the tender tank, released him. At first they sup supposed - posed supposed him dead, but he revived so as to return home on the rtoon train. The car containing the Marqnis of Lorne and party, being the last of the train, was little disturbed by the acci accident. - dent. accident. His grace came forward to the wreck just as the tender was being lift lifted - ed lifted off the engineer. He returned to the car and remained until the wreck was cleared at noon. The train men say that the connections on the Lorne car did not fit the air-brake connection on the other cars; and the car being heavy shoved the train ahead, other otherwise - wise otherwise the accident might have been avoided. Turkish newspapers do not get a great amount of news, and are com compelled - pelled compelled to throw away a part of what they do receive. The Levant Herald lately said, for example: "We are ob obliged - liged obliged regretfully to bury in the tomb of silence some important and interesting information received yesterday, to together - gether together with a leading article connect connecting - ing connecting that information with the forecasts and comments which have lately ap appeared - peared appeared in our columns on the same sub subject." - ject." subject." This was in obedience to an order of the government censor forbid forbidding - ding forbidding the publication of any article re relating - lating relating to Egyptian affairs; but the editor takes a risk of punishment by giving a broad hint, as follows: "Our tele telegrams - grams telegrams yesterday relating to a depend dependency - ency dependency of the Ottoman empire, which it would be superfluous, even if it were allowable, to mention by name, we were unable to publish them, but we may state that the information they gave w.as of a nature to allay apprehension. How would this way of doing things suit Americans? Relationships are rather far-fetched sometimes, both in Ireland and Scot Scotland. - land. Scotland. "Do you know Tom Duffy, Pat?" "Knew him, is it?" says Pat, "sure he's a near relation of mine; he once wanted to marry my sister Kate." "There is a sad commentary on, our boasted civilization," a tramp despond despond-ingly - ingly despond-ingly observed, when he discovered that the ham he had taken from the front of the shop was a wooden one.

o. nano, oioj i roí. iiacn. G. The Dream, (Violin solo with Harp acc.) Messrs. Bofl'a and De Cunto. 7. (Solo) Lover and the Bird, Mrs. A. Mennet. 8. Aida Fantasie (Seliagee) Violin and Piano, Prof. Lezzi, Mr. De Borla. 0. Solo Esmeralda, Miss Cavanaugh. 10. Grimalkin's first appearance. 11. Musical Smash-up. ''ndanie Dul'rec Win. The six day walking match was clos closed - ed closed last night at Baca Hall, with a good attendance. Madame Dupree won by forty miles, having walked against three men, she walking continuously and the men walking 48 hours each. The total distance made by Madame Dupree during the six days, was 492 miles. She is a splendid walker and has fortitude, courage and endurance. She walks honestly and fully eans what is made in these .long matches. Frank Dupree, her son, is a rapid and elegant walker. We predict that he will be a famous pedestrian. The three men pitted against the Madame, walk walked - ed walked as follows : Edwards, who broke down at the end of the first twenty twenty-four - four twenty-four hours, made 72 miles ; Fowler, forty-eight hours, made 150 miles ; Fos Foster, - ter, Foster, the best of the amateurs, made 101 miles in forty-eight hours., and Ed Edwards - wards Edwards finished with 09 miles in twenty twenty-four, - four, twenty-four, making the total score 452 miles. Last night was Billy Burton's benefit and he appeared in his special specialty, - ty, specialty, the lightning Zouave drill, winning the applause of the audience. The walk was a success in spite of the unpropi unpropi-tious - tious unpropi-tious weather of the week, and the full house last night attested the interest taken. We commend Madame Dupree and her son Frank to the good graces of the towns they may visit in the Ter Ter-ritorj". - ritorj". Ter-ritorj". The Madame is not likely to be beaten by any walkers in New Mexico. The special term of the District Court, after five days of active and effective wors, adjourned yesterday. The work of this term was very much needed, and the ends of justice have been un unquestionably - questionably unquestionably materially advanced by the work done, Some persons have been restored to liberty, who would otherwise have remained in jail, de deprived - prived deprived of freedom and upon the expense of the county until next march. Several penalties were imposed for violations of the Sunday law, and thus a wholesome precedent has been established in its enforcement in advance of the regular term. Besides this quite a number of complicated and vexatious civil suits have been disposed of, and the docket materially lightened. Judge Prince called and held this term wholly as a voluntary matter upon his part, because the law relating to special terms leaves this matter wholly within the discretion of the Judge himself. And by holding such terms he increases the burilen of his office without at all in increasing - creasing increasing its emoluments. Certainly even those whose prejudices are all in inimical - imical inimical to him will admit this, and record this special term to his credit. When court convened yesterday morning, Casimir Sanchez was brought in and Judge Prince sentenced him to six years confinement in the penitenti ary of Nebraska. While tho sentence was being translated to him he stood looking stolidly at the interpreter, and when it was concluded he needed as assent - sent assent and walked doggodly away. His face was one of the most villainous libels upon the human countenance we ever saw, and we don't see how a jury could have looked at him and hesitated to be believe - lieve believe him guilty of every crime in the decalogue.

Presbyterian Church. The dedication services of ths new Presbyterian church will take place to today - day today at 11 o'clock. Members of the Methodist, Baptist and Episcopal churches will all unite in the services. Hymns for the occasion will be circula circulated - ted circulated through the house and the whole congregation are requested to assist in the singing. Revs. J. C. Eastman, pas pastor, - tor, pastor, J. E. Cohenour of the Baptist church, S. Smith and W. II. Ashley, of the Congregational church, will con conduct - duct conduct the services. Seats have been pro provided - vided provided to accommodate all who can get into the house. It will be a great day in the church and long to be remember remembered. - ed. remembered. Union services of the different churches will be held at the new church at 7 o'clock in the evening. Rev. J. E. Cohenour preaching the sermon. This also will be an interesting event in our city and it is hoped members of all churches will be present. The Presby Presbyterian - terian Presbyterian Sabbath school, Mr. Giles Kel Kellogg, - logg, Kellogg, superintendent, will meet in the new church to-day at 9:45 a. m. " Raptist Chnrt'li. There will be no preaching services at the Baptist Church at 11 a. m., owing to the dedication of the Presbyterian Church. Preaching at 7 p. m. Subject, The Sacrifice of the innocent for the guilty. Sunday-school at 10 a. m. Methodist Church.

The Fair and Concert. The Fair and Concert for the Las Ve Vegas - gas Vegas College last night was a decided success so far. The concert was a splen splendid - did splendid musical treat, all the performers being competent and skilled musicians, and rendered their exercises with de decided - cided decided approbation from the audience. Where all did well it would be useless to particularize. The concert closed before ten o'clock and the fair opened. There was a beautiful display of fancy work at the various booths provided and attended by the ladies who have taken so active an interest in the enter entertainment. - tainment. entertainment. The following ladies keep stands: Miss Josefa Desmarais, Mrs. W. B. Stapp, Miss Matilda Vaur, and Mrs. Senecal, fancy stand; the Misses Esquive, fancy stand, Misses Dora and Hannah Friedman, Ida and Kate Cava Cava-naugh, - naugh, Cava-naugh, fruit arid candy stand; Misses Aurelia Baca and Philomena Perez, lemonade stand; Miss B. Baca and Mrs. Valerio Baca, fancy stand; Mrs. E. Rosenwald, fancy stand; Mrs. J. Rosen Rosen-wald, - wald, Rosen-wald, lottery stand. The sales were quite satisfactory during the evening. The fair and concert will be continued Monday evening. The program for the second concert is as follows: 1. Poet and Peasant Overture (Suppe) Orchestra. 2. Song, Willie Mills. 3. Instrumental, (Piano) Miss Vaur. 4. Vocal, (Solo) Mr. Blanchard.

CLOTHING! tWDo you comprehend that at Marcus & Clemm's, Centre Street, is n perfect eollection of HEAVY FALL AND WINTER SUITS AND OVEltCOATS. DO YOU BELIEVE " That riiflit here is the place where you can buy just what you want lor less money thun you pay for inferior goods elsewhere ? We are prepared to PllOVE. Permit us to sliow our froiids and Prices. They also keep the Largest Stock of Groceries, WHOLESALE and liE TAIL. Callón zmzircjtts & oliesimiim:

Furniture. Lockhart & Co. keep a fine line of fur furniture - niture furniture of all grades; very superior par parlor - lor parlor sets, chairs, etc. 10-5-tf Lake trout, black bass, fresh oysters, sweet potatoes and cranberries at Bell & Co.'s, the plaa grocers and bakers. 10-1 'i-tf