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IThunday, :::::::::::: July 30, 18S5
Death of General Grant.
Gonoral U. S. Grant passed Into eter
nal tiny on tho morning of the 23d Inst
Tlio events of Ills Wo nro matters of ntv
tionnl history. Tho elements ot his
character will be cherished ns national
treasures. Political animosities and
personal ambitions liavo contributed to
prevent a full appreciation of tho quali
tics of this great citizon ; but when time
shall sweep away tho films of projudico
and passion from tho eyes of men, they
will sco in this unobtrusive, reticent
man the form ot an angel standing in
tho sun. It is no' simulated sob of
grief that breaks out of tho national
heart to-day. It Is the wail of love,
sounding out of deep sense of loss, for
overy loyal citiren is profoundly grate'
ful for General Grant's manifold servi
ces to lus country. Confessedly ho was
the greatest military genius of tho age
Added to his capacity to inspire and
manipulate great bodies of men, he
possessed that rare combination of fore
sight and insight which made him al
most a prophet. General Sherman
pays tribute to General Grant's wonder
ful genius. Himself a soldier of world
wide reputation, ho is eminently quali
fied to appreciate General Grant's char
acter. General Sherman truly says
that tho renowned military leaders of
the old world moved armies across coun
tries that had been fought over a hun
dred times and along roads that had
been buildcd hundreds of years. Gen.
cral Grant organized campaigns in tho
enemy's country, of which it was al
most impossible to gam reliable infor
mation ; moved his troops through the
unexplored wilderness, and fought over
a vast continent. Sherman also says
that in councils of war, when a dozen
different plans wero proposed, all of
which seemed equally feasible, and
when it was difficult to select one, Gen
Grant would instantly take his choice
and give his reasons in such a plain and
forciblo way that all the officers would
wonder that they had not seen at once
that the chosen plan was far superior to
all tho others. At Fort Donelson,
when a confederate soldier was brought
in with his knapsack filled with rations,
tho officers all said : "They have come
out, provisioned, into the trenches to
make a desperate fight." General
Grant alone suggested : "They arc go
ing to try to cut through our lines." The
result showed the correctness of his sus
picions. He undoubtedly possessed the
ambitions of a great soldier; yet his
generous spirit won tho admiration nnd
confidence of his subordinates. He was
always ready to bestow honor whore it
was duo and never solicitous that credit
should be awarded him for Ins great
acheivements. Many, while ready to
concede' General Grant's wonderful
ability as a military man, entertain the
idea that he was deficient in intellect
ual power and qualifications of states
manship. "While it is true that his con
fidence in the integrity of men induced
tnjnJgaBBpint fnmc hid mnn tn im;
Uons of trust, yet ho was never, in the
remotest degree, connected with any
frauds or steals. After the war, and
during General Grant's presidential
terms, he was repeatedly placed in criti-
. cal positions of great delicacy and im
portance, under which he demonstrated
a capacity for calm decision, forecast
and Ecope of comprehension not sur
passed in tho history of public affairs.
General Grant's bearing and adroitness
during tho administration of Andrew
Johnson are well worth a study. It
was a trying place, to put a soldier be
tween the people and the chief execu
tive; and yet so skillfully did General
Grant adapt himself to the exigencies
of his position that he maintained the
confidence and respect of every one.
AYhen, in order to get him out of the
way, President Johnson desired him to
accept the position of minister to Mex
ico, he declined, and when the presi
dent summoned him before the cabinet
and, as commander in chief of the army,
angrily ordered him to Mexico, he re
fused, pomtblank, saying: "You have
a right to order me to military duty,
but not to civil." The point was so well
taken that the president himself yielded
ueneral brant's state papers were not
prepared by secretaries, as 6omo evil
minded persons have asserted, but
were written by himself, as the mem
bers of his cabinets testify. No man in
public affairs has been tho author of as
many popular watchwords that have
lived among the people. They have in
spired armies and rallied political ad
herents with wonderful power. "I will
fight It out on this line if it takes all
summer;" "Let us have peace ;" "I
propose to move immediately upon your
works;" "Unconditional surrender,"
and many other sharp, pithy sentences
that fairly burn with purpose and en
thusiasm. So, after rendering the great
est services ever given to this land, Gen
eral Grant journeyed around the world,
to receive honors from all great govern
ments of tho earth, and came home to
die, folded to tho heart of the nation,
canopied with its gratitude and cush
ioned on its love, and, meeting tho last
hour with gentle patience, his soul as
conded from, tho midst of fifty millions
of weeping people to "a multitude whom
no man can number" and to a land of
eternal peaco. History will write him
ns the most wonderful man of his time:
a hero, a genius, u statesman, and a no
ble character.
HI
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Scenes at Gen. Grant's Deathbed.
Uy an oversight wo failed to publish
the financial exhibit ot Coos county af
fairs last week. The joke is on us. We
set up tho table ; loaned it to Bennett;
housed it; returned it like a gentle
pan; we placed the galley upon which
it stood in an out-of-the-way place;
X.b?? w.LE2,d?UI2,W0 forKot a"d
tkat'a all tfctfre U of it.
Mount McGiusaoR, N. Y., July 22,
0 a. m. Tho actual condition of Gon.
Grant is pronounced unchanged slnre
tho last bulletin, except that ho is said
by Dr. DoughiR to bo growing weaker.
Somo fowl has been taken nnd retained
this morning. The patient is sitting
with slightly inclined head, conscious
and clear of mind. Dr. Douglas has
sent for Dr. Sands. Dr. Douglas antici
pates the end, during tho day or even
ing. Tho early morning hours nt tho Grant
cottage were cool nnd refreshing. On
the veranda whero tho incandescent
electric light was burning nil night the
thormomoter marked at 2 o'clock this
morning 72 degrees. It was equal to
tho temperature maintained in the sick
room whilo Gen. Grant remained in
Aow lork, and to it was this morning
added tho sweet smell of tho pine trees
that bend over tho cottaco roof. Bo-
teon 2 and 3 a. m tho gray tint of another
day crept up tho horizon bevond tho
green mountains, perhaps tho last early
day of tho sick man sitting within the
cottage parlor. About and around tho
cottage nil was quiet except for an occa
sional twitter of some birds in the
birches and pines. Occasionally tho
nurse walked out upon tho piazza for
fresher air, and a ghmpso of the night.
LOnce, at nearly 3 o'clock, Mrs. Grant
came out upon the veranda, and seated
herself in one of tho many deserted wil
low chairs that wero scattered about the
piazza, bnculenly thero came the sound
of a rattling, laboring cough from with
in. Mrs. Grant left the piazza quickly,
and seated herself by the general's sido,
slowly fanning tho sick man's face.
Tho cough was not severe, but furnished
the only incident of tho moming until it
had passed 3 o'clock, and the timo had
come to administer food. Tho nurse
touched the shoulder of Dr. Douglas as
he lay asleep on his couch in the samo
room. He arose nnd administered food
and afterwards cleaned tho general's
throat. As tho physician laid asido his
appliances Gen. Grant leaned forward
in his chair and signified a desire that a
lamp lie brought and held at his should
er, and in a moment Gen. Grant turned
his face toward tho light and upward to
bid the nurse bring his pad and pencil.
His wish was not at tho instant under
stood, and turning a trifle further the
general repeated his wish.
xiie scene ni wie moment was a pic
ture. In the shadows, ns the flickering
calm rays fell across the face of the gen
eral, it became a grim rembrant, with
strong, rugged lines, broken down by
suffering and pain. On his head was a
skull cap, beneath which straggled the
hair that clung about the emaciated
neck. A dark dressing-gown covered
the patient's form and a handkerchief
encircled his neck and the gray, close
cut beard. While the lines on the cheek
and forehead were deep, the eves were
clear and steady, show ing the general's
reason clearly at his command.
At 5 o'clock Dr. Douglas was aroused
to send a summons for Dr. Sands. The
general moved restlessly and his eyes
for a few moments gazed intently away
through tne trees. Then lie. settled
Uown in'Tiis chair and dozed. The
message to Dr. Sands said only that the
responsibility of the case at the close of
tho night should be shared by membes
of the. medical staff, and not with a
thought that any aid could be rendered
by any person at that time. The gen
eral was given stimulants, but he grows
weaker hour by hour. Tho morning is
clear and the mercury at 11 o'clock reg
istered 80 degrees. AH visitors are to
day kept from the cottage and a Sab
bath-day quiet nrovails about tho spot.
Dr. Douglas and Dr. Newman arc with
me tamiiy, and tne day is one of quiet
waiting. Tho general sits as he did
last night, his eyes closed much of the
time, but coherent and clear whenever
he speaks.
U. S. Grant, jr., arrived this after
noon and completed the family circle.
Once during the morning the general
attempted to write, but scuceeded only
in. writing the date, the effort being
greater than was warranted by his little
remaining strength. He has spoken at
intervals, but his voice is very feeble.
During this forenoon food was taken
and retained. With the declining day
tho physician believes be general will
also rapidly decline.
Dr. Newman has just related a singu
lar occurrence in the cottage at five
minutes to 1 o'clock. Gen. Grant ask
ed the hour of the day." "One o'clock,"
spoke one of those near tho general.
Soon afterward the cottage clock chim
ed 12 strokes, and tho general counted,
and then wrote on a pad that he observ
ed tho clock was wrong, and indicated a
desire to have it struck to tho right
hour, which was done.
Tho development of tho general's
weakness during the afternoon was not
particularly noticeable from hour to
hour, but between 3 and 0 p. m. there
was a clearly marked increase of weak
ness. At 3 o'clock it was possible to
measuro tho pulse beats, but at 5
o'clock one of tho physicians stated that
the pulse beats could not bo counted,
because they were so frequent and fee
bio. Towards tho afternoon the blood
tide had so quickened that it more rap
idly wore the system and exhausted tho
frail basis, if any existed, upon which
might be placed a hope that tho general
might rally. Tho point was reached at
0 o'clock, when thero was little to be
expected from attempts to administer
stimulants.
Soon after 0 o'clock Harrison came
up from tho cottage, .and told Drs. Sands
and Shrady that Dr. Douglas desired to
see them at the cottage. Thither wont
the doctors, remaining but a short time,
and then coming again to tho hotel. It
is believed the condition of tho patient
was found to have been as etatod aborts
and while the temperature wai nearly,
if not quito, normal, tho respirations
wore nearly 30 per minuto.
Tho family, beginning nt 0, camo to
tho hotel in twos to dinner, tho othors
remaining nt tho cottage In the moan
timo tho family dined in n privnto room
set apart for their use, at tho hotel, in
order, nt this critical timo, that they
might bo secluded from tho observation
of the many visitors nnd guests, with
whom tho general's condition, from
hour to hour, has been tho topic of tho
day. Tho closed and silont cottago had
nil day suggested mutely tho enactment
of tho last scenes in Gon. Grant's earth
ly oxistonco, and upon tho guosta nnd
visitors had settled n sense of nearness
of death, and thero soeiued n hush upon
tho mountain, and with nil thoso upon
it.
Ab tho sun wont down n cool brcezoj
like last night, sprang up, nnd again
laymen on the mountains endeavored
to persuade themselves nnd others that
tho cool night would bring renewed
strength to tho patient nnd help him
rally through tho night, but such was
not tho opinion of tho doctors, who wore
prepared to attend tho general's death
bed nt a moment's notico, or wait
through the hours and Into tho night for
tho end. More than that, they wore
prepared to find the pationt alive in the
morning. At 7 o'clock, however, ns the
threo physicians were at dinner, Harri
son camo to tho hotel nnd called Dr.
Douglas, who went nt once nnd alono to
tho cottage. Soon afterward another
messenger from the cottago summoned
T nt 1 - .... ...
ure. ourauy ana eanus, and uiey repair
ed to tho cottago, closely followed by
Dr. Newman. Tiie exit of doctors and
clergyman from tho hotel wore, how
ever, so quiet that few knew thoy had
been summoned to tho cottage. Arriv
ed there they fouud the general evident
ly sinking. The general seemed rest
less. '"Would you liko toliodown, father?"
asked Col. Fred Grant, who noticed his
restlessness. Tho goneral nodded, nnd
at the samo moment essayed to riso,
unassisted, but the effort was too great,
and he sank back into the chair. The
colonel and the nurso aided him to arise,
and then supported him to tho bed,
where he was carefully lowered to a re
clining position, and partly on his face.
Dr. Douglas then rolled tho chairs back,
anu one 01 mo puysicians 11ns since n-
marked: "Tho general has now left his
chair for the last timo."
Belief is that Gon. Grant has at length
lain down to die. Tho family aro all
gathered at tho side of tho sick man,
and again Dr. Newman, at about tho
same hour aB last night, and at Mrs.
Grant's request, knelt beside tho gen
eral and prayed. Heads were bowed
and silent tears were on the cheeks of
men as well as women. Tho doctors
sat somewhat apart, and tho family was
near its fast sinking head. After an
hour death seemed littlo less rap
idly gaining on the man. It has
pursued him just nine months to-day,
lor it was just nine months ago to
day that Gen. Grant walked into Dr.
Douglas' office to seek his professional
aid for cancer. That has done what
offt nCvu oottl.l -nots
Later the doctors and the clergyman
strode out upon tho piazza and sat near
the parlor window, and Jesso Grant
joined them at times, but tho other
members of the family remained in the
sick room and watched and waited,
while tho general answered "Yes" and
"No" to several questions.
Time passed slowly, indeed; nnd at
length, nt8:15 o'clock, Dr. Douglas left
the cottage.
"How is it, doctor?" was asked him.
"He is dying," said tho gray-haired
physician.
"Will he livo an hour?" was asked
again.
"Vh, yes; and possibly more, but ho
is passing away," was the response.
After a little time at the hotel Dr
uougias returned to tho cottago. At 9
o'clock tho general's pulse was up to
105 beats to the minute, and was flut
tering. After his rally, and about 0 o'clock,
Gen. Grant sank into a sleep that was
described by witnesses as peaceful and
beautiful as the sleep of a child. This
condition, however, is not one to com
mand confidence, for tho pulse beats
are still rapidly fluttering, and the res
piration, which normally is 14 to the
minute, is now 44.
At 10:30 o'clock, however, it was
stated by reliable authority that the
general was in a slightly better condi
tion than two hours ago, and quieter,
nut as against any hopeful reference
that might be drawn from this fact, Is
the.other fact that from his present con
dition, which borders upon a lethargic
state, the patient may quietly drift iqto
final unconsciousness. During the even
ing tho extremities of the sick man have
been cold, and in tho visible symptoms
are tho signs that nature puts out when
death is chilling the powers.
Tho general, as tho night passes,
seems suffering no pain, though tho
lines of his face aro tensely drawn and
the furrows of his brow are knitted as
ho lies upon tho cot, beside which the
family aro constantly watching.
At 11 o'clock the general was not
asleep. His hands and forearms wore
colder than two hours before, but his
feet hot so much ho. His pulso and
respiration had not changed. Tho pa
tient's mind was yet clear and compre
hensive of events and utterances about
him.
Between 10 and 11 Dr. Shrady had
accosted tho general, nnd he answered
in a husky voico, and promptly stimu
lants were being used, but sparingly.
There was an opinion expressed by
medical authority about 11 o'clock that
the closing crisis may occur either at 1
or 4 o'clock to-night.
July 23. The general was quiet at 1
o'clock, the hour having been one await
ed with great anxloty. Bottles of hot
water have been placed at tho general's
fffct, to Wduce Varth, nd m'uteW
draughts nro npplicd to tho stomach
and breast, to prosorvo tho flagging cir
culation, ilypodormlc injections of
brandy nro being used.
At 3 n. m. Gon. Grant is in n somno
lent condition. Tho respirations linvo
gruwn shallow, and tho general Is no
longer nblo to expectornto, beciuiso of
weakness, which is increasing. Thoro
seems but littlo possibility that tho pa
tient will survive tho night.
At 4 n. m. the respmrntlons nro 60,
and tho pulso so rapid ns not to bo coun
ted. Hypodermic injections, which
hnve been quite freely administered
through tho night, hnvo no longer a
marked effect.
At 5:25 a. in. tho respirations hnvo
Increased to GO and tho death rnttlo,
occasioned by tho filling of tho lungs
and throat with mucus, is heard. Ho
now recognizes his friends by opening
IiIb eyes.
At 8:08 n. in. tho general died
A few minutes beforo 8 o'clock Doc
tors Douglas, Shrady and Sands stood
on the cottago vornnda conversing on
tho condition of Gon. Grant, and dis
cussing tho probabilities of his death
and tho limit of lifo left him, and Mrs.
Sartoris and Stenographer Dawson wero
conversing a little distance away, when
tho nurse stepped hastily ujkhi tho
piazza and spoke quietly to tho physi
cians. Ho told them he thought tho
genoral was vory near to death. The
medical men hastily entered tho room
where the sick man was lying nnd ap
proached his side. Instantly, upon
scanning tho patient's face, Dr. Douglas
ordorcd tho family to bo assembled to
the bedside. Haste was mnde and Mrs
Grant, Jesse Grant and wife, U. S
Grant, jr. and wifo and Mrs. Col. Grant
wero quickly beaido tho doctors nt the
sick man's cot. Mrs. Sartoris and Air.
Dawson had followed tho doctor in from
tho piazza, and tho cntiro family was
present except Col. Fred Grant. A
hasty summons was sent for him, but
he cntorcd tho sick room while the mes
sengor was searching for him. Tho col
onel seated himself at tho head of the
bed, with his left arm resting upon the
pillow above the head of tho cenernl,
who was breathing rapidly and with a
slightly gasping respiration. Mrs.
Grant, calm, but with intense agitation
bravely suppressed, took a scat close
by the bedside. She leaned slightly
upon tho cot, resting upon hor right
elbow, and gazed" with tear-blinded eyes
into tho general's face. She found
thero, howovor, no token of recognition,
for the sick man was peacefully and
painlessly passing into another lifo.
Mrs. Sartoris camo behind her mother,
and leaning over her shoulder, so wit
nessed the close of the life in which she
had constituted a strong clement of
pndo. Directly behind Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Sartoris, and at a little distanco,
stood Drs. Douglas and Shrady, specta
tors of the closing lifo their efforts and
counsel had so prolonged.
On tho opposite of tho bed from his
mother and directly beforo her, stood
Jesse urnnt and U. . Grant, jr.,
near me corner 01 me cot on tho same
side as Jesso and near t 4. -.
N. E. Dawson, the general's stenograph
erand confidential secretary. At tho foot
of tho bed and gazing directly down into
the general's face, was MrB. Colonel
Fred Grant, Mrs. U. S. Grant, jr., and
Mrs. Jesse Grant, whilo somewhat re
moved from the family circlo, Henry,
tho nurse, nnd Harrison Tyrrell, tho
general's body servant, were respect
fully watching tho closing life of tho pa
tient. Dr. Newman had repaired to the
hotel for breakfast and was not present.
Tho general's littlo graudchlldren, U.
8. Grant, jr., and Nelllo, wore sleeping
in a nursery room abovo. Otherwise
the entire family and household wore
gathered at tho bedsido of tho dying
man.
Tho members of the groupo had been
summoned not a moment sooner than
was prudent. Tho doctors noted on en
tering tho room and proceeding to tho
bedside that already a purplish tinge,
which is one of nature's signals of final
dissolution, had settled beneath tho fin
ger nails. Tho hand that Dr. Douglas
lifted was growing colder than it had
been through tho night. The pulso had
fluttered beyond a point where tho phy
sician could distinguish it from the
pulse beats In his own finger tips; res
piration was very rapid, and was a suc
cession of shallow, panting inhalations,
hut happily, approaching tho end, was
becoming clear of tho rattling fullness
of the throat and lungs, and as respira
tion grow quicker and moro rapid at the
close, they became less labored and al
most noiseless. This fact was in Its re
suits a comfort to tho watchers by the
bedsido, to whom was spared the scene
of other than a peaceful death. Tho
forehead and hands of the dying gener
al, nnd at times, as a passionate long
ing to prevent tho event so near, would
rise within hor, Mrs. Grant pressed
both his hands, and leaning forward
tenderly kissed tho face of tho sinking
man.
Col. Fred Grant sat silently but with
evidont feeling, though his bearing was
that of a soldierly son at tho deathbed
of a hero father. U. S. Grant, jr., was
deeply moved, but Jesse boro tho scene
steadily, and tho ladies, whilo watching
with wet cheeks wero silont. Tho morn
ing had passed flvo minutes beyond 8
o'clock and thero was not ono of the
strained and waiting watchors but who
could mark tho nearness of tho life-tide
to its final ebbing. Dr. DouglaH noted
the nearness of tho supremo inomont,
and quietly approached tho bedsido,
As he bent abovo It tho sorrow of tho
gray-halrcd physician seemed closoly
allied with that of tho family. Dr.
Shrady also drovv near. It was seven
minutes after 8 .o'clock, and tho eyes of
the general wero closing. His breath.
ing grew more bushed as tbe last fane
lifo. A peaceful expression soomod to
bodcopenlng tn tho firm nnd strong
lined face, nnd It was rellectod ns n clos
ing comfort In tho sad hearts that boat
quietly under tho stress of loving pus
ponao. A minuto more passed nnd was
closing ns tho goneral drew n doopor
breath. Thero was an exhalation like
that of ono relieved of a long and anxl
our tension. Members of tho group
worn impelled each n stop nearer tho
lod, and each waited to noto tho noxt
respiration, but It did not come. There
was nbsoluto stillness in the room nnd a
hush of expectancy, so that no sound
broko sllonco, savo tho singing of
birds in tho pines outsido tho cottago
nnd tho incaHiired throbbing of tho en
gine that all night had waited by tho
mountain depot. "It's all over," quiet
ly spoke Dr. Douglas, and there camo
then heavily to each witness tho roalixa
tion that Gon. Grant wsb dead. Then
the doctors withdrew, tho nurso closed
tho eyelids and composed tho dead gen
eral's head, after which each of tho fam
ily group pnssod to tho bedside, ono after
the other, nnd touched thoir lips upon
the quiet face bo lately stilled.
Nkw York, July 21. Tho Trlbuno
has tho following of Grant's last hours:
As Nellie was standing by the bedsido,
holding her father's hand and watching
tho quiet, impassive face on tho pillow,
she leaned forward, and with her mouth
clone to licr father's car said : "Papa, if
you know your Nelllo will you squeeze
her hand?" The emaciated fingers con
traded slightly, nnd this was tho last
ovidonco of existing consciousness,
Tho exact timo of the general's death
Is not known, as thoro was considerable
variation in tho watches. Dr. Douglas'
watch was exactly at 8, whilo other
watches wero a few minutes fastor or
slower. Dr. Shrady was watching the
general closoly. When ho saw a pallor
striko his face, and saw tho last slight
gasp ho. leaned slightly forward, and
said to Col. Grant: "At last, tho end
has come." Dr. Douglas gave a deep
sigh and said, "It is all ovor," and then
slowly moved nway from tho bed, whilo
toars trickled down his checks.
Airs. Grant was dazed for a moment,
and would not believe her husband was
no moro. Sho chisicd his cold hand to
her bosom, and Nellie, burying her faco
in hor hands, said: "Poor mamma!"
Mrs. Grant got up from her chair, and
leaning over the calm, silent faco, kiss
ed tho cold lips again and again, until
Dr. Nowman, who hnd entered tho room
just as tho general died, took hor gently
by tho arm and led her to a sofa. New
man's faco was flushed with emotion,
and he said that his prayer that tho
genoral might die peacefully had lioon
answered, "For such a quiet death I
never saw beforo."
Mount McGitEnon, July 21. Sitting
on tho hotel veranda this afternoon, Dr.
Douglas chatted at length with the cor
respondent of the associated press about
General Grant and of tho long trial of
suffering just ended.
"Do you remember," asked Dr. Dotiir-
and 'ns, "that during last week I said to
you mat thoro was a subsidence of tho
. iiiiu me overlying tissues on the
right sido of tho neck, and that I said
on tho day I spoke about it that I had
been ablo to examine tho general's
throat much deejicr and with greater
ease than in a long time? Do you re
member that?"
His hearer recollected It clearly, and
said so.
"Well, then," resumed Dr. Douclas.
"I am going to tell you of an exjierienco
i nnd with Ueneral Grant on the after
noon 01 'iimrsday, July 1U, and at tho
timo I had observed tho Indications
about tho throat, which I sjKjko of. Dur
ing the afternoon of that day General
Grant wrote this," and Dr. Douglas
drew from his pocket several slips
written by tho genoral, and read what
tho sick man had written, as follows:
"I feol sorry nt tho prospect of livlns
through tho summer and fall in the con
dition I am in I do not think I can;
but I may. Except I do not-gather
stiengtn, I feel quito an well from day
to day as I have done heretofore; but
I am losing strength. I feol it moro In
my inability to move around than in
any other way, or rather in a lack of de
sire to movo."
"iicni nan road that," added Dr,
T....l it .
ivougms, -1 mined to tho general and
tried to cheor him, by telling him of tho
apparently improved condition of his
throat and neck, to which In reply tho
Tho Nowb has ft groat doal to nay about
tho corrupt and Imbecile londondiip of
tho republican party. In Good county,
nud alleges that tho failure of the re
publicans to olcot (ho candidates on
their ticket Is to lio attributed to this
cause. This kind of talk nukes n tired.
Wo aro willing to put up tho lending
workers in tho republican party lioro
bosldo tho loading workers in
tho democratic party, nnd aro
not nfrald of n comparison between
them for honesty, Intelligence or ilocon
cy. Ills true, tho most of tho republican
leaders nro not willing to make pledges
thoy have no intention of keeping. In
order to got olllco ; thoy nro unwilling
to resort to disreputable, dishonest
mothods of political engineering. '1 hoy
aro not up In Rhysterliig and ward-poll-tlclaii
tactics ; but they are straight, so
Imr NiirrnHAfiit IiiiAlnnMS men. who imv
their debts and obey tho laws, and If
bad methods do win In elections, so
much tho worso for tho county.
MljcellnneouB AthettlHewLtT
Notice to Debtors.
All parties indebted to tde undersigned, on
note or lxxk nccomit, are requested to come
forward promptly mi'l settle up, If thU notice
li not heeded, oilier measures will have to Iks re
sorted to, nt, I ant compelled to liave a settle
ment. W. O. W'KMTKR.
Manhfictd, Or,, July 30. 1885.
Syrup of Figs,
Manufactured only by Die California Fig Syrup
company, San Knniclsco, Cut, li Nature's own
true laxative. Tills plciuant liquid fruit remedy
may be had at the Coot 11av dnic store, Marsh-
field, or at Scneslatken's store at Knmlre City,
Sample I mules tree and large hollies at 50 cents
or St. It is the moit pleasant, prompt and ef.
fectite remedy known to cleanse tlit system, to
act on tne liver, kktneys anu bowels Benny, rt
thoroughly, lu disticf headaches, colds and fc
ten; to cure constitution, Indigestion and kin.
drcd Ills.
THE MARSHFI01
HARDWARE
x v x-t El
"AND A 8UPEW0
rJN, COPPER niul
HHEKT-IRON WAR
manufacture. In J. E
with a well.ielected Hock.!
KKliPS ON
niAllty of
Of horaa
1
When tub was sick, we ifae her
CASTORIA,
When she w.11 a child, the cried for
CASTOKIA,
When she became a miss, she clung to
CASTORIA.
When she had children, she cave them
CASTOKIA.
NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATK
Coos-
SIIElirFFS BALK.
OK ORICUON, COUNTY OK
11. Ur virtue of nn einrution lisutil
out 01 ttio urcnlt court ol the .State of Oregon
in nnd for the county of Coos, to m directed, in
favor of Kakaii K. Psbwctt and against Sam.
um. woiikkn. roe tne sum 01 459 15-100 dollars,
judgment, with interest thereon at the rate of 8
percent, per annum from the tst day of June,
A. IX 88$. and accruing costs, I have fevlcil
on the follow Ing-dcscritxx! real property, situated
in Coos couniy, Orrgon. nnd descrltjetl as fol.
lows, to wit. Southeast quarter of section ten
(to), township twenty-eight (j8) south, of range
ten (10) west, of the Willamette meridian. Now,
In pursuance of said csecullon, I will, on the
TWliNTY-NINTII DAY OK AUGUST, A. D.
1885. nt a o'clock p. m. of said day, at the court
houv; door, In Empire City. In the said county
nnd state, sell nil of the said defendant's nghl.
title and interest In and to the alMVc-descrlbed
real nroerty to the hlgliest bidder, for cash, to
satisfy said csecullon, Interest and costs.
Dated this loth day of July. iBfle
W R. SIMPSON,
JytOtd Sheriff of Coos county, Oregon.
GENERAL HARDWARE!
8tovca nnd Rftnoca,
Wood nhd Willow Wnre,
Farm Tools wid implement
Conl. Iron nnd Stool, '
Pumps,
I'nlnts, Oils nnd Brushes. V
JJoors nnd Windows,
HnrnoBH nnd Trimmings, '
OlnsswAro,
Lnmps nnd Crockery,
Tinted nnd
Qrnnlto Wnro,
Hope,
Itiflori, Pistoln nnd Ammunition,
tiBhlnt; Tncklo, '
Uird CnRe3,
Term Cotta Chimney Pipe,
gar-Jon Work nnd Kkpaiim
dono nt short notice.
E. O'CONNELL, PropV.
NEW CABINET. SHOP
.sNI
OD
m
J. D. GARFIELD,
Front street, MnrskleU,
Adjoining: tho MarsaSeld Drar Stoft,
Maaa&cturer ef end Dealtr la
AsslsBsHsKsEsV
ON FRONT STREK.T. OPPOSITP. TIIE
I'ostoftice, In the building formerly occu.
!u as a resiucncc uy a JSasUurg, where the
undersigned have every facility for doing cablnel
work of all kinds, imiioliii-rinr. nn, ,.,.. .1 i,.k
ling woik In wood, at short notice and on lib
eral terms.
Furniture manufactured nnd furnished 10 or
der nt bottom prices.
Handsome Chromos for sale nt low figures.
Also Looking Glasses of Msoned slws.
Pictures framed to order to suit customers.
ruiniiurcoi nil kinds repaired.
COFFINS made to order at lowest rates and
assorted slies kept on ItaniL
We are also prepared to do contract work,
such as house building, repairing, and every.
lllinp In Ihs r!irrtinirv tl
HARDWARE
An
I 2STW"A.BBi
T
ling in the carpentry line.
jobbing Work a specialty nnd promptly exe
cutcd at living rates. v '
Ot.K KVANSKN. J ,
apa VICTOR LACKSTROM, ( P'klon.
general again wroto:
t ".m1 n11 t,mt: however, tho dlscaso
is still thoro, and must bo fatal In tho
cu. iy jiium precious, or cotirso, to
my family, nnd would bo to mo if I
could recover entirely. Thoro never
wub ono rnoro willing to ko than I I
know most peoiilo hnvo first 0110 and
then another ihlnii to fix up, and never
got through. This was partially mv
case. 1 nrst wanted so many days
... ..u.u,, ,, uuuk.hu mo ntiinorBhip
would hnvo boon strictly mlno. It was
uraciotisly itrnnted to me, after holne
apparently much lowor than slnco, and
with a capacity to do more work than I
ever did in the same time. Sly work
had been done so hastily that much of
It was left out, and I did It nil over
from tho crossing of tho James river, in
1864, to Appomnttox, in 18(15. Klncd
that I hnvo added as much ns fifty pauos
to tho book, I should think. There is
nnfmnn innrn in In -n.l 11
.11,.. '" "" """ "lorcioro 1 am
not likely to bo moro ready to o than tit
this mnmntii .."
HENRY KERN,
COOPER.
HA,? .JOyKD IMS SHOP TO MARSH,
u. . .1 AA nn'.1 'J ,oca,ed on McKnlgut's
lot at the north end of Front street, where he is
Boof Barrola,
Buttor Barrols,
. , F,8h Barrels,
And nil that or any other character of coopering,
at shortest notice and on most reasonable terms
my7
rilANK lions,
COOS
OF ALL DKBOKIPTIONS,
FAHM TOOLS nnd IMPLEMENT!
OF ALL KINDS,
Stoves and Itangos,
BlackimUhV Supplies,
Croskory arid Glautrare,
rnlnts and Oils,
Lamps,
. Harness, v
Tubs,
Buketi,
Glials FlslilBff Tackle, ete.
r Plumbing:, Job Work sad Repfr
ing; of all kinds promptly executed.
inyLt)
J. 2 CIlAWKOni).
-B-A-TT
"9m FAMILY fii
General Grant will be buried at Cen
tral park, Now York, on Saturday, Aug;,
ust 8 a week from next Saturday. Tho
romalns will lio tmlotly nt tho cottuiro
,"n. 1 Trooin w,,.10r0 th0 Bnornl
until Tuesday uftornoon next, when tho
funeral cortege will bo placod on a
il.ii """""" w Aiimny, rcacli
Inij thero m tho oven ni?. Tim Vn...i...
Tim ...... -I....
w bo homo to tho canltol, whore thoy
will 0 in state until Wednesday noon,
nnd thence tho dead general will bo con
voyed by the funornl train to Now York
arriving thero Wednesday evonintf. Tho
body will then be convoyed to cltt hall
tlone of tbe heart end lunge wojo hasten- Jf "w' " " In "tato until Bat:
yCL.K.KZET
ront Ntreot, .tlurstltlleld,
South of the Poitoffice,
DII,M A KONN, IVoprlclor.
HAVINO JUST OPKNKD OUR NEW
..rrnd ""' ,ncal rnirke' J" ""h of the
Ilrer, Veal,
itlnlloii, Iork,
Null Meals, of all kinds.
t'liHmul flood nnd
FAMILY GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS,
pita? Uggi"B "'i" Pro,nP"y "p-
liC,,ia har,c of lub,lc Peonage as first-class
i5 C RAWFORD & ROSS.
THE BOSS
Spring Mattress!
The Gaylord Patontl
I
AM NOW MANUFACTURING
and (telling nt my shop, at the tUf
yard, tho cheapest and best sprlnjr
tress lor tho prico ever put upon line
market, It combines strength, Ibjh'
liens, durability, simplicity and adpt'
ability to beds of all kinds anddiraoa
sIoiim, and was awarded tho flrt pre
mlum nt the last Oregon stato Imr. (
Itotall prico, $0; wholesale, M M.
ileforo buying your mattress, extmW
mlno, which is decidedly the cheapen
article of tho klud on the bay. ..
lalO GEO. DAVIfl.
E. B. DEAN k CO.
J5. B. DEAN,
V. WILLCOX
AND
GREAT NORTHWESTERN REMEDY I
miOSIJ WHO WORK HARf.Y AND
remedy and preventative of diseases It cannot
'Ml- J' dwki Rheumatism Sd'iffiri!1
mm
0. II. MERCHANT.
Wr have Always ok Hand a Tvu
Asaortmout 01
General Merehandiw
STOCK ALWAYS COMtLTH
MANUFACTURED TO 0RDJ5B
And
SOLD IN ANY QUANTITY DUKKI
and t the
LOWflTLtVHrtfllWCIs