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Z. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Ps., Thmaday, July 24, 1879
TnE Republican. State Convention . Diet
at Harrisburg, yesterday, (Wednesday.)
A caucus -was held Tuesday night, at
which General LILLY, of Manch Chunk,
-was made President. On motion a corn
rnittee was appointed to report proceed
inks. They reported L W. BALL, for
temporary chairman,GaLusua A. Gnow,
for perManent chair Man, J. E l jtannErr,
of
~.k.ackairanna, Wm. Wrran t ow, Alle
gheny, and Jno. McComaon, for tem
porary seeretariea.•
The probabilities are that SAMUEL
Ilurixn, of ;Chester county, was nom•
mooted for State Treasurer on the. first
ballot.
THE Republicans of Allegheny county
are in a row over the nominee for Coroner.
Charges of corruption and unfairness are
freely made, and the County Committee
recommend new primaries and a new
Convention.-
Tar. miners at the Mclntyre mines
have been on a strike, which has finally
resulted in the resumption of pork by
all who have been allowed to do so. The
company refuse to employ some of the
strikers, and they have left for other
regions.
THE West does-not have a monopoly of
tornadoes, as a destructive one 'swept
over portion of New England on Wed
nesday last, demolishing buildings, and
causing - the loss of several lives. Several
Knall'vetsels were capiized at sea, it is
feared with much loss of life.
IT is extremely important and gratify
_ lug to be informed by cable telegram
from Berlin, that the supposed new
planet discovered at Clinton obgervatory,
Auly. 17, by Professor PETERS, Is
41111 Frigga,"..:--and consequently is a heaven
ly body which is perfectly familiar to the
star-gazers. -
THE * New Hampshire House of -Repre
.., sentatives has passed it bill giying the
'State Railroad Commission the right to .
regulate the tariff of charges on any rail
road in the State, and prohihiting any
Railroad Commissioner from holding
• office in any railway corporation and
• irom owning the stocks or bonds 'of , any
railroad.
110 E. RUSSEL ERRETT, member of
Congress from the Twenty-second
dis
trict, has now an undisputable right to
- the rank and name of a Granger. He
fell from the fop of a load of hay at his
farm in Chartiers - township, Allegheny
county, on .Thursday last, injuring him
' self severely: iVe hope his injuries are
not fatal, as Mr.
.EartErr is one of those
public men who cannot be spared.
THE ocean steamer, State of Virginia,
from New ' York to Glasgow, was
wrecked on Sable Island last week, and
in landing the passengers,' a boat was up•
set and nine passengers drowned.
Amongst those lost - were three steerage
passengers - from Arnot, Ta., and one
from' Elmira. * The steamship is a total
loss, though a part of the cargo may be
saved: •
• • THE •Philadelphia Times, in common
with many others, confounds the Bradford
Oil region, with' Bradford county, and
4o bringsour law-abiding, cruelty pre-
Venting citizens under the imputation of
indulging in the brutal shows of bear and
bull-fig ding. Thh Times owes an apology
to the people ,if Bradford county, and
should at once give the geographical
location, of the' Bradford Oil. district',
which is in McKean county. -;
EVERY ono who bag traveled through
the South, or has had the testimony of
unprejudiced friends who have had;
opportunity of judging by personal oh
servation,.' will agree with the Boston
luau, Rho 'having 'traveled extensively
in t tbat reconstructed region, and went to
the South two years
,ago, believing the
people of that section to have been ma
ligned, and expecting . to make his,home
there, has returned after visiting every
one of the Southern States. He hays the
declaration Of JEFF DAVIS that] he has
.isee n no reconstructed Southern woman
fails to express the intense hatred of a
large portion of that clasi; toward the
lsiorthern . people.
ruk'Ordinary rislJ. of travel by rail or
boat are! , in themselves quite sufficient,
without 'the additional danger of being
blewniip through the freak of some hi
sane 'person or the scheme or . a scoundrel
intent upon . plunder. • Recently .a can of
powder was exploded in one of the state
rooms of a. Hudson river boat, injuring
several persons, and causing a panic
among the 'Passengers. It I? net clear .
whether it was • deliberately ? planned by
some thief, who expected to. reap a har
vest of plunder in the confusion.incident
to such an l extilosion,hether it was
done by an insane person. In either case
it, was not calculated to iinerease the feel
ing of safety with those who are travelling
from necessity or Aileasurc.
TOE favorable accounts from Memphis,
and the hoPes indulged in that yellow
fever would not become epidemic, do not
appear to be 'realized by later news from
the plague stricken city. The germs of
the disease" seem to be still there, and
the , unfavorable
r _condition of the heat,
isave brought them into 'lttivity., Several
new cases have occurred, and there is
every reason to,fear .that the terrible ex
peyienee of last summer is to be repeated:
The city is in a panic - a - rid the inhabitants‘
are fleeing for safety. Much excitement
prevails along the. river, to the great de
triment of , trade, almost paralyzing busk
ness. Eveithing is being done to ward
off the impending doom, but the prospect
is gloomy.
Accorwri from Maine, show that the
prospects of Republican success are stead
ily incrmming. The dissensions among the
Greenbackers increase daily, and the im
possibility of holding the. Democratic
party solidly to the poorlpeoncealed alli
ance with the Greenbackers grows more
apparent. One Greenback organ has come
out for the.Repnblicap ticket, which may
- pr may not be a help. The Democratic
organs are full of- excited appe4hs to both
Democrats and_ Greenbackers to allow no
diffeMuceiof opinion to interfere with
the common desire for the defeat of the
Republican party. It is pretty clear that
the Republican, party have already scam!
their•omments. This, before the battle
has opened, is a good sign.
TnE Dimociatici L Convention held last
•
week, was as quiet and:unenthusiastic an
- semblag,e as might: be expected tient a
- body of men who got together to make a
caudidate certain to be 'defeated. Tile
programme was carried out, as made by
the TILDEN managers, and Mr. DANIEL
0. BABA of Pittsburg, nominated as the i
candidate for State Treasurer.
and his Philadelphia delegation were us.
ceremoniously kicked out of the Conyers- ,
don. The resolution& are evasive sod
pointless, inflated in style and fallon
statement The President is declared to
occupy his position as the representative
of a conspiracy ; a free ballot is demanded,
which to the •Democracy, means unlimit•
ed ballot•box stuffing and bull-dosing
aid the most ludicrous of all Is the declar
ation "that the Democratic party, as of
old, favor a constitutional currency . of
gold and diver, and of paper convertible
into coin," particularly as the soft-money
element is-predominant - everywhere, and
the hard-mbney doctrines of the old4ime
Democracy have been ignored orabandon
ed.
A. CORRESPONDENT of the Tribdu who
attended ;We recent Democratic State
Convintion there, writes from Harrisburg,
that the interests of Mr. Timms were
well protected and that the party leaders
admit that "he has -a twisCon the party
which makes his nomination unavoid
able." It has also been ascertained that
an Interview took place in New York city
on Wednesday night, between General
EWING, of Ohio, Upd Senator BARNUM,
of Connecticut, the, latter of whom hie
been a faithful agent of Mr. TILDEN.
The purpose of the interview is supposed
to have been an alliance in the interest of
Mr. TILDEN. Other reports state that the
berg has been again unheeded, and that
the statesman of Gramercy Park' has
promised a large sum of money to help
EWING in his uphill struggle. '
Cot. McCtunx, who with his wife is
Sojourning at Montrose, is writing letters
to the Times which plainly indicate that
the honeymoon has not waned. His en
joyment of the perfumes of the new
mown grass, and the sweetness that the
fields and the forests gives to the atmos
phere, has a freshness and keenness about
it, that should influence many a city read
er to seek 'the healthful retreat which the
Colonel now honors with his presence.
We notice too, with great pleasure, the
beneficial effect which his surroundings
have had upon his rendering of historical
and poli tical reminiscences. It would re
store—the serenity of the Colonel's mind,
and unwarp the twistings of his political
bias. and: prejudices, if he would tarry
for a long time at Montrose, and in the
quiet and serenity of that place, he could
learn a_,valnable lesson by noting the
steadfastness-with which the people have
stood by 'the principles which he and
DAVID WILMOT once advocated in com
pany.
Tux election which takes place in
California, in Setember, is not only
important on riccount of the political
significance of the result, but if the
pongressional delegation from that
State should be Republican, it will
exercise an importantand controlling
effect upon the election of President,
should there be no choice by the
Electoral' College,' which is at least
possible, if there are three - candidates
in the field. According to the con
stitution when the electoral votes are
opened and counted 'the person hay
ing the greatest number of votes
shall be President if such number be
a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed; * * * and
if no person have a majority, then
from the persons having the'highest
numbers, not exceeding three, on the
list of those voted for as President,
the House shall choose immediately
by ballot the President. But in
choosing the' President the votes
shall be taken by States, the repre
sentation from each State having one
vote." There are 3 j Statei in the'
Union, and in the present House of
Representatives, the Democrats have
a majority in delegations from 19
states; the Republicans control the
delegations in 19 states; and if they
should carry California the House
would be equally divided, counting
Indiana as Democratic. The Indiana
delegation, however, contains six Re
publicans, six Democrats, and one
Greenbacker, the reverend — Mr. DE
LA Marva. The vote , or the delega
tion would be either Republican or
'Democratic, as he-might determine.
Though, generally classed as a Green
back-Democrat, yet his politicalante
cedents are Republican, and in calcu
lating the result of, itn election by
the House, he may with propriety be
set down as an unknown quantity.
The result in California, is of the
utmost importance to the Republi
cans, because if it 'should return a
Democratic delegation, there would
be votes enough. 'without In liana to
elect a Democratic President. If
California is Republican, then even
with DE LA MATIVB vote for the
Democracy, giving them the Indiana
delegation, there would be a -tie in
the House voting ,for President, and
under the constitution the Senate
would thereupon - proceed to elect. !a
Vice President from the two higheSt
on the list of th6se voted for as Vice
President, and this °Ulcer, so chosen,
would, says the. constitution, "act as
,President, as in the case of death or
constitutional disability of the Presi
dent." The gentleman from Indiana
is not, under any circumstances to
hold in
. his hands the Presidential
issue.
That the election may be thrown
into the House, I s not probable, but
not °tit of the range of possibilities.
The Greenback strength as develop
ed in , some the states, would be suffi
cient if it could be transferred by the
leaders, to affect the result in those
States. But it has been rapidly di
minishing—and the untenable posi
tioni and crazy financial projects of
organizers so thoroughly expoied
and refuted, that it cannot command
the votes of any considerable number
of sane persons. It cannot hope to
choose its_ candidates for electors in
any; State, and it is not probable that
any serious or successful attempt can
be made to transfer its voters to either
party. The only possible influence the
Greenback vote could wield, would be
either to cast its fortunes with one of
the two great political parties, and
thus affect the ;result in a close or
doubtful State, giving the electoral
vote to the party of their choice; or
arrangements might be made which I
Would in suckim event allows Green- 1
back represenistlokon the successful , .
eleet(Sl kiSket ! Of .the Seate;inathli;
ekinr4tOr aid*
stew number of 'pt.'s in theEleitionii:
College—a •sufildient ' number t
laps, to throw" the election into Ilk
House. There is nothing to prevent
such an arrangemens, as an elector
can cast, his vote for whom he pleases,
regardless of instructions or even of
pledges.' That such an arrangement
would be repudiated by the voters at
the polls, is mnre - than probable,
though we have no doubt that the
Democratic kaderi would gladly
enter into it, to wrest, from the Repub. ;
' licans some State which they other-1
wise could not carry. But in our
judgment, the +Presidential 'issue is
likely to be fought sqnarely between
the Republican and Democratic
parties, and the Greenbackers will be
of little account when the forces are
marshalled in battlearray. The result
of the election in California
will be watched with some interest,
in view of the possible contingencies
we hive mentioned, and if the Re
publicans carry the State, as we are
confident they will, Mr. Ds ut Marrs.,
becomes a central figure, so tospeak,
in the speculations about an election
of President in the event of a fatinre
to elect by the Electoral College l .
The Democratic majority in the
House will not be hazarded by the
result in California, as they will be
able to count upon a majority in any
event. The majority, however, 1111
be small, not over two or three, and
it is possible that the popular verdict
in the North may awaken in . some of
the Northern Dkmocratic represen
ativesl a lively sense of what is due
to thir eodntry and demanded by
self-respect, and -that they will de
cline longer,to be the facile tools and
subservient menials of the Confeder
ate brigadiers.
THE Tunkhannock correspondent
of the Wilkes-Barre Record-of-the-
Times has discovered a veritable
"mare's nest," lupe shape of an Anti-
Bradford SecretlSociety, which it is
asserted is in existence in that (Wyo
ing) county; composed principally of
Republicans who are justly grieved
arra indignant at the course of Brad
ford county . in the past in gobbling
up even minor offices which come
within their reach, and more particu
lady relating to this Congressional
district. The information vouch
safed by this veracious 'correspon
dent is to the effect that the persons
who have affiliated are all Republi
cans ; the Democrats being in the
minority have no occasion to seek
political protection from that' all
devouring office holding county.
Already many of the leading Re
publicans of the various townships
are in the move secretly; and the
prevailing opinion seems to be a
unit on demoralizing the slate of the
Bradford ring when the time' comes
A Republican nomination in this
Senatorial and Congressional dis
trict, dictated by the old Bradford
ringsters, may be an 'empty honor,
with the 2,500 change in the vote
this Organization Can easily make if
they choose to. The feeling is not
alone confined to Wyoming, we are
assured, but is largely - "sympathetic
in portions of Bradford and Susque
hanna counties. The masses are slow
to move, but once moving the tide
overwhelms those who come within
its course.. It is a well established
fact or political history that a florid
cation is not always an election, that
. ring dictation in the matteed nomi
nations in the future may continue
supreme, there is, perhaps, no ques
tion, but for -!an endorsement at the
polls the ring may Sigh in vain.
Wyoming's blood is up politically
-3,000 strong.
This is important information,
(if true) and calculated to arouse the
apprehensions of the " ring II
; though just 7sthAt the- expression
means, we stululd be very glad to
have the observant correspondent
tell us. Wyoming county is en
titled to, and should receive . her fair
share of recognition from the
counties with which she is associa
ted, but if in the forttines of political
campaigns she is not.always success : -
ful, we are certain
..that her republi
cans are made Of better stuff than to
talk of secret organizations to defeat
the nominees of the party. Probably
the secretaoCieties above spoken of,
only have their existence in the
fertile imagination of the correspon
dent, and would - be as difficult to
discover as the - wrongs which they
are supposed to be organized to
remedy.
Ir is now stated, and apparently
officially, that ea-Senator ALEXAN
DER RAMSEY, of Minnesota, has been
tendered the office of Secretary of
War, and accepted. The change will
not occur, howeveromtil the present
Secretary retires from that position
to fill the office , made vacant by the
resignation of Judge Daum, of the
Eighth United. States Judicial Cir
cuit,'which will 'Probably be in Sep
tember. We trust that this report
is true, as Mr. ":RAMSEY, was origi
nally a Pennsylvanian, and has
never forgotten his native state, or
failed to advance her interests. -He
has been in the Legislature of this
state, and- 'represented us in Con
piss, and in both stations deservedly
earned i a reputation as an honest,
faithful and efficient public servant.
He was made the first Governor of
Minnesota, when she became a terri
tory, and subsequently elected U. S.
Senator from that st4e. Politically,
Mr. RAMSEY may be classed as
"Stalwart," his republicanism having
always been uncompromising. That
he goes int o'the cabinet of President
RATES is another evidence that the
President thonmedy nenterstands
the sentiment ettihit*lltitti and Is in
full eutp_rd wltkihethen of the
partj, ; deti*#*iire to the
oct uniiir :tie pnintissitibi lOf the prin
aktetroe'"'olol let 'inch of blood
"id treasure hiti„biteleiglended.
"-=. use= a maitned_Filien.loldier had
been removed him a subordinate
place-by-Abe Democratic-Sergeantrstr
Arms of the Senate, ban been the
occasion of much - severe comment
and tnisrepresentatio4biased it would
seein, upon, in imperfect knowledge
of facts. The Successor, it was
gaged ; was appointed upon , the re.
commendation of Senator Clextson,
and • was a Repuolican, 'Which also
opened a free field for animadver
sion to those, who were disposed to
find fault. The ghiladelphia Times
has been especially' vigilant in pro.
teeting Abe interests of Union sol
diers, where it discovered a pretext
for finding fault with a Republican
Senator, and harped upon the remo
val of this Senate messenger, as if
the character and interests of maim
ed Trnion soldiers was in its especial
keeping. The unfavorable and inac
curate newspaper comments have
brought from the , Sergeantnt-Arms
of the Senate, im,explanation of his
action, which we find in the Times of
Tuesday, as follows:
"Sergesmt•strArms BRIGHT, of the Sen
ate, haikexplained why he removed Wu.
soar, the crippled soldier, from, the tarsi
tion of Doorkeeper. He says that there
were four wounded Union soldiers orithe
rolls when be was elected • Sergeant-at-
Arms, and they were retained upon the
unanimous recommendation of the Demo.
cratie Senators. Three of them, Isle.
BENOIT says, have been excellent officials
and.he should regret to par with-them.
Wthsorr, 'however, though better able '
than two ofthe others, refused to do the
simple duties required of him, and was
therefore dismissed. The man appointed
In his place is Mr. Gnims, of this State,'
a Li snd of Senator CastznoN 'asui a Re
publican. But the Sergeant-at -Arms re
lieves Senator Campitisr of any responsi
bility for Wnsom's '
removal, and says he
doesn't believe the Senator ever heard of
him till after he was ffisinissed. We are
told that Mr. CAMERON'S friend was ap
pointed in accordance with the courtesy
tbat prevails in the Senate of allowing the
minority to name a portion of the officers,
so that their caucus meetings may be
served by persons of their own party
faith. If this explanation can be ac
cepted, and it looks pretty well, then
there has been enough fuss made over
this case."
~T liz negro ey odus from the South
still continues. Colored emigrants
are continually arriving at St.
many in a destitute condition.
BOURBON - BALLADS--No. 38.!
Serenade of John Sherman by the Glee:Club of
Confederate Brigadlera.
0, which of our foes wlll preiall!
There's Washbume, Whom Germans have heard,
And Conklin; with speech like a flail,
And Jimblatne with tongue like a sword;
And Grant, who said something to Lee,
And Hayes, who is making it hot
By sift:Ting his vetoes too free,
But Sherman's the worst of the lot
The greentmek—the seal of our doom,
The author and cause of our shame—
Supported the-Yanks In the Moon'
And led them through pillows of Same ;
It cheered them with victory's cry
When ride and canister-shot
Were mowing their mitts—by:the by,
John Sherman•s the worst of the lot.'
It dashed to the cavalry ride,
It answered the sentinel's rail,
It stormed up the parapeta side
And planted the flair on.the wall.
Wu It Burt? Why. 'Was all shot away
Who healed np the wounds It had pi?
This Sherman—and that's why we my
John Sherman's:the worst of the 101 l
It ionraleseed rapidly-1n
811 months the seareasUeel cuss
Would alt on its elbow and grin .
Ind twiddle its angers at us.
It ehalled the Confederate:debt
And talked about "raking the pot,"
The Impudent Treasury pet : •
John Sherman•s the worst of the lot
Now, bale Is the cripple of old
It foots it all trier the farm,
But chitty to its crutches.of gold
And carries them under his arm.
When Ewing asks, tenderly, "Why '
Don't be sell what be don't use a jot ?"
John Sherman - Jost winks with-one eye—
Which shows he's the worst of the lot I
Six names are upborne on the gale,:
('There's Washburn', whom Germans have heard,
And Conkling with speech like.a dal!,
And Jlmbialne with tongue like a sword,
And Grant, who &Id something to Lee,
And Bales, who is making It hot
By slinging his vetoes too trac—
But Sherman's the rorst of the lot !
Denmeratle and Greenback Platform.
The following are the platforms adopt
ed at the respective Democratic and
Greenback State Conventions :
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
REsoLvan, Fins; That we, the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania in conven
tion assembled, renew our vows of fidelity
to the fundamental principles prdclaimed
and practiced by the illustrious when who
,settled bur free institutions and founded
the Democratic party to protect and .pre
serve them.
SECOND. That the just powers of the
Fedifral Union, the, right of the States
and the liberties of the people are vital
parts of one harmonious system, and to
savemich part in its whole constitui ional
vigor is to save the life of the nation.
THIRD. That the .Democratic party
maintains, as it ever has maintained, that
the military are and ought to be in all
things subordinate to civil authorities.
It denies, as it ever has denied, the right
of the Federal administration to keep on
foot at the general expense, a standing
army to invade the States for political
purposes without regard to constitutional
restrictions, control the people at the
polls, to protect and encourage fraudulent
counts of the votes or to inaugurate can
didates rejected by the majority.
Form's.. That the right to a free bal
lot is the right preservative of all rights,'
the only means of peacefully redressing
grievances,- and reforming abuses. The
presence at the polls of a regular
military force and of a host of hireling
officials claiming the power to arrest and
imprison citizens without warrant or
hearing destroys all , freedom of elections
and upturns the- very foundation of self- .
government. _We call upon all good
citizens to aid us in .preserving our insti
tutions from destruction by these imperial
methods of supervising the right of
suffrage and coercing the popular will in
keeping the way to the ballot-box open
and free, as it was to our fathers, in re
moving the army to $ safe distance when
the people assemble to express their
sovereign pleasure at the polls and in
securing obedience to their will when
'wally expressed by their votes.
IfOURTII. That /lutherford B. Hayes,
having been placed 'in power against the
well-known and legally expressed will of
the people, is the representative of a con
spiracy only, and his claim of right to
surround the ballot-box with troops and
deputy marshals to intimidatethe elec
tors and his unprecedented use of the
veto to maintain this unconstitutional and
despotic,power are an insult and a men
ace to the country.
&rm. That the Democratic party, as
of old, favors a constitutional currency
of gold and silver and of paper converti
ble into coin.
SEVEiiTit. That WO are opposed to
the system of thibsidies by the General
Government under which, - during the
period Republican sacs ,
cal sad corporations :314001i,
pace ; t'
ation 91101111.11 W __
eredittiACallt• thin b lip ,
writ* The reGinis Mid altegtelli
forret hy the
advapktateirierlalhol6llll Imam 'Of
Congamigloye skald to thepeoidrimany.
millions of dollars, and we believethat a
like result would follow its. resiaridApn, to
power in the State of Pennsylvania.
MGM'. That the Democratic party,
-beingShanatural
man end having throughoutits history
stood between him - and all Oppressions,
renews its exprersion- of RV:apathy for
bonsia labor and its promise of protection
hi its rights.. -
-Myra._.- That :we look with alarm and
apprehension on the pretentious of the
great transportation- companies to be
above a fendamentsl law of this Com
monwealth, which govern all else within
our borders, and until they accept the
Constitutional amendments of 1873 in
goodliith they, should'renudnobjectsof
the utmost vigilance and jealousy by
both Legislature and people. ;
TIMM, That the, recent attempt, un
der tne personal direction of . ruling Re
publican leaders, to debauch the Legis
lature by wholesale bribery and corrup
tion and take from the Commonwealth
four minions of dollars, for which the
liability bad never been ascertained, is
.a
fresh and , alarming - evidence of the ag
gressiveness of corporate power in collu
sion with political nap, and should re
ceive the signal condemnation, of the
,people„ at the polls. present condi
tion
That the present condi
tion of . the State Treaanry, a - bankrupt
general fund, and even schools and
charities unable lo get the money long
since appropriated to their support. is .a
sufficient illustration of the reckless
financial mismanagement of the Repub
lican party. .
TUE GREENBACK PLATFORM.
The Naticmal-Greenback-Labor party,
of Pennsylvania, in convention assembled,
declare :
• FIRST. That it is in favor of the pay
ment of the national debt strictly in ac
cordance With the stipulations of the con
tract under which it was created and
that no more interest-bearing bonds of
the Federal Government be issued.
Sitcom:. That the Federal Government
only shall issue money ; that such money
shall be a full legal-tender, and that full
legal-tender greenbacks shall be substitu
ted for national bank notes.
Twat). We demand for the sake of
economy and convenience, that the trade
dollar and fractional silver coin be re
placed by fractional paper currency.
FOURTH. We demand the repeal of all
laws that fester inequality in condition
and opportunity, as they, are in violation
of univerfid justice.
, Fume. We. demand the enactment of
au income tax -law, with heavy penalties
for perjury in its violation, and that said
tax be graduated in proportion in income.
Simi. That all. debts due for labor
performed take precedence to ail other
claims.
Szvstqn. That , we demand the pas
sap and approval' of an act abolishing
the store-order or truck system, and com
pelling the payment of all wages due
laborers at regular stated rates and in the
lawful money of the United States.
EIGHT.' That we demand the passage
and enfoltement of such laws as will pre
vent all combinations, discrimination or
the granting of rebates by transportation
companies, and compelling common car
riers to furnish the service for the same
price to all men.
NINTH. We demand that no mole
public lands be voted to corporations, but
that they be held for actual settlers.
Timm. We demand that education
shall be free and industrial, and no child
shall be allowed to grow up in ignorance:
The above platform Was adopted, with
the following additions :
Demanding that there shall be a con
traction in official fees and salaries, to
correspond with the reduction of incomes
in other directions that there shall be a
specific tariff placed on all raw materials
produced here for the protection of
American industry ; that the hours of
labor shall be reduced to eight hours per
day ; that the contract system of labor in
our prisons and reformatory institutions
shall be abolished ; severely denouncing
any attempt at coalition with any other
party ; favoring the establishment of
national and state labor bureaux.
The llnfogi Army.
A statement has been issued by
the War Departzent giving -the
number of men furnished to the
Union army by each, state and terri
tory and District of Columbia from
April 15, 1861, to the Close of the
rebellion. It shows' that the total
number of volunteers was 2,678,967,
divided as follows:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts.
Rhode Island
Connecticut r 57,379
New York - 467,047
'
New Jersey 81,010
Pennsylvania 366,107
Delaware 13,670
Maryland 50,316
West Virginia. : .... ' 32,068
District of Colombia 16,872
. .
•
Ohio' 319,669'
Indiana
Illinois
Mictdgar!
Wisconsin
Minnesdta
lowa . •
Missouri .
Kentucky
Kansas
Tennessee
Arkansas -
North Carolina
California -
Nevada
Washington. Territory
Nebraska Territory...
Colorado Territory...
Dakota Territory
New. Mexico. Territory.
Alabama....
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Indian Nation
The troops furnished by the
Southern States were with the excep-
tion of those of Louisiana, nearly all
white. Florida furnished two regi-
ments of cavalry ; Alabama one
white regiment ; Mississippi one
battalion, and Worth Carolina two
regiments of cavalry...
Important Military Order
The; following order was issued
from the Adjutant General's. office
Thursday morning :
Headquarters National Guard of
Pennsylvania-- Adjutant General's
Office, - Harrisburg, July 171h,1879,
—Circular No. s.—The attention of
company commanders is called to the
fourth section of the act approved
June 12, 1878, which requires that
they shall file bonds in the sum of
one thousand dollars, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of their
offices. .
"Until such bonds, are filed all
issues '
moneys and. 'appropriations
will be with held from the companies
so delinquent. - • .
By command of
MINIM M. MOTT,
Governor and Commander-hi-Chief.
JAMES W. LATTA,
Adjutant General.
Instructions to iab•Treasarers.
WASIIINGTON, July 19.—Treasury
Department recently issued instruc.
tiuns to assistant United States
Treasurers requesting them in
making payments, to make no dis
crimination against standard silver
dollars. Owing to incapacity of the
Sub-Treasury- at Baltimore, to store
the vast amount of silver received,
the assistant treasurer has been
ordered to pay out standard silver
dollars for the fractional coin offered
for exchange. -
live New Came of Yellow lever.
MICIMPIIIN July 11.4+Fiew ,- ,1007
:1:41Se• of yellow teem...UW - 0'1a!) .4e.
Orteolitik TIM tbe4qtrd
~ of:Healtik.4 t hls
Asigralar 'weses,ooliei" . the
numbers , . of two: &tallies aimed
n e st,O_A i klifi g on ..014 street in
soaLthaf* ioortlai ettheLaity.
t-kintiwte, Jrity . '17. 7 .4ba
. present
sick people are members of the
families of Robert and Tames Heater,
brothers, whose residences are in the ,
vatneweighborhood asJudge -Roy'ir;
The fuuowing arc prostrated : Robert
Hester and wife ; Mrs. Jas. Hester
and tweet ber children. Mrs. Jas.
'Hester has been:. sick four days:
Her children were taken down Tues
day as Were also Robeft Hester and
"wife. = The yellow fever symptoms
were not fully developed until this
mernini when Mrs. Jas. Hester had
black vomit, and at noon was , dying. :
The two brothers are riier. men.
There will be another exodus of
citizens to' night.
- C HATTA NOG A July 17.-Today
the city, council refused to raise the
quarantine against Memphis.
Through passenger trains were
transferred at Wauhatchie, six miles
from the city, and trains passed
through at the rate of ten miles an
hour. I
Henri's, July 17.--LiTr.a.—Mrs.
James:l Hester died just after 112
o'clockend was buried at 3 p„.M.
No more new . cases are reported,
althinigh there are some people sick
Whose eases tire suspicious.
The i announcement of five new
cases did not create's panic. Many
citizens leave the city to-night and
to-morrow night. Business is
seriously injured by the development
of the- new cases. peveml firms
will immediately remove their stocks
to St. Louis, Louisville, and Cincin
nati. Gaston's hotel closes to-night.
A thunder storm is threatening,
which will be gladly welcomed.
LATEs.r.—The Howard Associa
tion are all ,ready for active work,
but do not consider the situation suf
ficiently alarming to begin operations.
A steady rain began falling at nine
o'clock.
THE 'SITUATION AT MEMPHIS.
NEW YORK, July 21.—A dispatch
from Memphis, from. Dr. R. W.
Mitchell, member of the National
Boord of limit'', says since 9 o'clock
yesterday morning, 19 cases of yel
low fever have been reported, and
seven deaths have occurred:
.Twenty
nine
. cases had been previously re
ported, and six deaths had occurred.
Fever is spreading.
WASHINGTON, July' 21.— At the
request of Casey Young, of the
Memphis District, the Secretary of
War will this evening forward to
Memphis 1,500 tents and rations' for
ten thousand people for twenty days,
to be used in aid of the sufferers
from yellow fever.
CASES OF YELLOW FEVER IN QUARAN
TINE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK.!
NEW YORK, July 2l.—Two pa
tients, C. S. Colby and Brand
Tallifar, seamen belonging to the
American bark "Antonio Salo,"
from ,ilavana, were taken to the
hospital at Quarantine yesterday,
suffering from 'yellow fever. Colby
died' this morning. John Sweeney,
steward of the steamship "Niagara,"
who was admitted to the hospital
Iwitbyellow fever some time since,
was discharged to-day. There are
now four men remaining in the hos
pital.
• MEMPHIS, July 20.—A -prominent
physician asserted yesterday that 50
people here were sick from yellow
fever. The citizens relief committee
will doubtless be reorganized Mon
day. The. Government dOubtless will
be called upon to aid the committee
by furnishing tents and supplies.
It is the purpose of the authorities
to depopulate the city but hundreds
will not go, preferring to remain and
take the chances of' death if free
rations are served them.
A member of the Board of Wealth
in a private interview says that the
outlook is bad. The fever is on the
increase. A full meeting of the
Board will be held shortly and the
propriety of declaring the fever
epidemic considered.
The Memphis and Paducah rail
road ceased running trains to-day.
The Avalanche, Appeal and Ledger
herefofth issue only half sheets.
EEL=
M,629
$5,262
152,048
23,699
From the Indiana Country.
BISMARCK, Dakotah, July 21.—The
steamer "Rose Butte" cleared yester
day for old Fort Peck, General Miles'
supply depot, with a battery of six
Rodman & Hotchkiss guns, 140-boxes
shell, 22,000 rounds revolver car
tridges, 200,000 rounds rifle car
tridges, 25 •travers, and several ambu
lances. At, Fort Buford the steamer
will take two companies of Infantry
and forty cavalrymen. General Miles
is in the neighborhood of Bear
mountain, where he expected to find
a large party of Siouxs. His fight
ing force does not exceed 600.
197,147
259,141
89,372
96,424
25,052
76,309
19,111
79,025
20,151
31,092
8,289
3,156
15,725
1,810
664
3,157
4,1p3
206
6,561
2,576
WASHINGTON,Iy 21.—A letter
received from a- military officer in
high rank in the west expresing be
lief of danger of an attack upon the
army by 4,000 of Sitting Bull hostile
Indians. Sitting Bull himself is re
ported to be peacefully inclined, but
is urged to hostilities by his chiefs.
The general cause of offence is said
to be the recent preparations made
by Miles to patrol the border more
thoroughly. _
!1
8,224
545
1,965
3,530
Ilartlsturg Telegraph
A week ago, while a laborer was
engaged in managing a large wooden
box used for hoisting brick at the
stacks being erected at the Paxton
furnaces, he met with an escape in a
perilous situation that perhaps never
occurred before under similar circum
stances. A load of brick bad been
delivered to the top of the stack,
then at the. height of one hundred
and forty feet, and the laborer in
question wasstanding on the edge of
this wall rising to this immense alti
tude,r guiding ascending bucket,
to keep it in t 'e center of the stack.
In doing this e.had to lean forward
to catch the rope, thus poising him
self over the fearful chasm. In this
position, when the box had descend.
ed about twenty feet, the man lost
his hold of the rope while still bend
ing forward. It was a moment of
terr.ble peril and awful horror, in
whichinesence of mind alone saved
him. The man instantly jumped into
the box, and thus descended with
lightning velocity to the earth be
neath, the box, when it touched the
ground, rebounding with great force.
The effect was tremendous, jarring
the man severely, but singular to
say, not doing him any serious in
jury. But what an escape! Had
the man fallen and even' caught an
outside hold 'of the box, he would
have been either torn to pieces in
slagging against the wall, or crush
ed beneath , the heavy box when it
reached the ground. The man is now
at work managing the samaiox, the
stack to rise nearly two hundred feet.
TROUBLES FEARED.
A Leip fee Life.
Trairesti al "walla, 11logo Comity, Pa
Correspondence of Wades Advertise!. _
ELKLAND, Pa., July 18,- - 1733:1A'
terrible tragedy, took tkiil I
morning about', o'clock, ,
house situat4 tibogt :;two . miles
southwest from - I.hhi'Place. It, ap
pears that min byi et, name of
James d'and and big wife went to .
Addison the 4th. He returned the
same day, when she returned to their
home, or the one occupied by them.
No. hard word's passed- between•them,
and when they -retired' for the night
she took a bed situated on the south
side cf the- room while he occupied
the one at the north side.
This morning he went to her bed
and accused her of infidelity. She
said " shut up or I will leave you."
Then be said, " G-41 d—n you, I
will kill you." He then drew a
double-bitted axe and struck her on
the head. She raised her arm, and
the blow severed two of her fingers
and laid open the scalp, the wound
being-five inches in length. . Other
blows were given on the head and
arm, and then be struck himself a
number of times on 'the head, in
tlicting wounds, one of_ which was,
four and a half inches in length, but
not through the skull, while her
wounds separated the skull.. He fell
and has"since appeared to be insensi
ble, although he is thought to be
very slightly hurt. She 'scrambled
up the hill to the nearest house,Mr.
George Tubb ' s,' situated bout
seventy rods from where they live,
and told , her story as I have given it.
A doctor was sent for, but she is not
expected to live. Mr. Freeland is in
charge -of Constable Taylor ' of
Osceola. Her affidavit has been
taken, which corroborated the story
given. Mr. Tubbs. Inflammation is
expected at any moment. -Blood was
all over the floor of the room, and
the axe was completely covered.
Crashed to Death
BUFFII.Oi, July 20.—Yesterday
afternoon 'a quarter section of the
new round-house now in course, of
erection Tor the Erie Railway Com
pany, near East Buffalo, fell in with a
terrible crash, -.seriously injuring
twelie men employed in its erection:
A circular roof was being built on
the section. The last truss of one of
the sections was being put -in its
place when the section in which it
was being placed; without apparent
cause, gave away, burying the un
fortunate men in the debris.. Thorough
examination will .be made of the
cause of the disaster. For the pres
ent it is shrouded in mystery. The
names of the unfortunates are as fol
lows : Irving,Hall, backbone broken,
will probably die—has a wife and
two children; Laban Sutton, skull
fiactured and injured internally, will
probably die—wife and three chil
dren; Thomas Kirby, seriously ir.j u red
internally, left side stove in and
severely injured in the groin ; John-
Son Skinner, leg broken, left thigh
badly smashed and hurt in the head ;
Robert McLain, serious, internal
. injuries; J. Kaveny and John Mathie,
badly injured about the head ; M.
Fitzgerald, seriously injured irk the
abdomen; Leopolu Sowder, James
Brady, Wm. Martin and Joseph
Todd, slightly injured. McLain
lives at Toronto and skinner at
Downsville, Ontario. The. balance'
of the number are residents in this
city. None of the injured men .were
employed by the 'railway company,
but were all at work for parties hav
ing a contract for erection of the
round-house. Irving Hall died to
day, aged, thirty-five. There have
been no further developments as to
the cause of the accident. •
Wreck of an tteesto..lWearnshlp—Nlne
Lie - cs Lost.
HALIFAX, July . 17.—The steamer
State -of Virginia, 2500 tons, from
New York for Glasgow, went ashore
at Sable Island in a dense fog on
Saturday, and is likely to be a total
wreck. There • were 126 person§ on
board, including the crew. The
purser, first officer, and nine men
took one of the ship's boats and
landed at Port *Bickerton, 'West of
Canso, yesterday, and reached New-
Glascow to . -dayj In landing' the
passengers on the island, four women
and five children were drowned in
the surf. - The names of the lost are
as follows , : Miss M. G. Martin, a boy
named R. S. Wilson, Mrs. Peden,
and two children, a•boy, named John
Westrand, Mrs. .31. Glove, Miss
Cornon and Mrs. Walker. The ship
had eleven feet of water in her hold
when the boat left the island. Ihe
purser complains of the inhospitality
of the . people between Pint Bicker
-ton and New GlaSgow.
THE PURSER'S REPORT
The purser of the wrecked steamer
arrived here to-night. He reports
that the steamer experienced. a dense_
fog on the 11th, which continued .
until Saturday at Bp. m., When the
steamer ran;aground on a sand .
bank, seven- miles from 'the end on
the south side of Sable Island ; tried
to get off without success. Sunday
morning, in orderte lighten her, we
commenced throwing the clrgo over
board ; found it was no use, however,
the steamer settling down in the
sand ; we fired
. 6. minute guns, which
brought the GOvernor of the island,
Mr. McDonald, to our assistance in.
a surf boat. This boat took ashore
eleven-Women,, four men, the purser,
four officers , and the doctor, all of
whom. were safely landed, though
the surf was very heavy.
' Two more boats left the ship with'
eighteen persons. The second boat,
when fifty feet from the shore, cap
sized - and, all the occupant's were
thrown into the water.' -Some of
those struggling in the water suc
ceeded iir clinging to the bottom of '
the boat, which presently was righted
and was wished ashore. Those
clinging to her were badly bruised
but thankful to_ have . escaped with
their lives, as it was found• nine had
been drowned, as 'folloWs follows: Miss
Marie G. Mountain, about 11 years.
old ; her mother was, Saved. Alice
Wilson, 4 years , mother saved.
Mrs. Mary Peden and, two children ;
Mr. Peden was saved. Miss Cole
man, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. McGlure,
who had no friends among the pas
sengers.
The bodies of Miss Coleman and
Mrs. Walker were recovered and
burrie& The other boats went
around to the other side of the island
the next day, - and all were
at
landed. On Monday night, at 10:39
'o'clock. - the third officer, -with the
purser and nine men, started in an
open boat for 'the main land. The
first- night was raining and foggy, and
a most uncomfortable night was
passed. Tuesday night they made
the mainland, but the sea was run
ning. too high to land, and they
waited until 'morning; when they
succeeded 'in landing safely at Port
Beckerton, and. -drove to New Glas
gow, whence they came by. train to
Halifax.
Sunday night the vessel - had settled
down in the • sand. There was six
feet of - the Main hold, nine
feet in the engine room and nine feet
in the after hold. The weather was
fine r but the prospect of getting the
vessel off was not very encouraging.
The cargo consisted of 104 head of
cattle, American produce and general
merchandise. A number of attic
which were thrown overboard to
lighten the steamer got Safely ashore,
and part of the cargo was also washed
i ashore. •
Boiler. Explosions
Sam FILANOISCo, Cal., July
Tiro boilers in the Central Pacifie R.
R. shops at Sacramento,_ exploded
yesterday, demolishing the boiler
house.. Half of one boiler went
through s wall and landed in the cat
shop, and the "Ober half in the ma
chine shop, while the second boilet
- was found in the blacksmith shop.
Other buildings were somewhat
shattered about the doors, windows
and roofs. The damage is estimated
at $lO,OOO. Jim Keys, a fireman,
was blown to pieces, and a number
of others slightly injured.
Probable Loss of Three' en.
Bosi.oN, Mass., 'July 21.—Among
those who sailed from ,City Point on
Wednesday aftenfoon, when no sign
was given of the terrible gale, was a
party of three gentlemen for a sail
down the harbor. The patty were
Mr. Miller, proprietor of IL saloon,
Mr. Farrel, a western ,journalist on
a visit east, who had charge of the
boat, and George Martin,, of South
Boston. Nothing has been heard
from them and their friends have
given up all hopes of their safety.
Another Centennial
GosiiEN, N. Y., July- 22.—The one
ihundreth anniversary of-the battle of
Minisink, in which . forty-four of the
best sons of Orange county-_were
killed by the Indians •and Tories,
under Brandt, on the mountain op
posite Lackawaxen, Pa., was . cele
brated here to-day with a large. pro
cesiion and public exercises. •In the
proccssfon were a i:letaclinient .Of'2oo
boys and the Marine`•band from the
inited States school ship "'Mimic- -
sota," lying . at
.Ron(lout, under
Lieutenant Commander White: The
procession was a mile and a half
long, and occupied nearly half an
-hour in passing a green point. The
weather was fine and the parade a
success.
Of Intereensioners..
DEPAIVOIEN't OF THE INTERIvIt,
Pr.ssiox OrElcl,
H. C., July 1, 1879.
By virtue of an Act of Congress,
approved June 21, 1879, the biennial
examination of pensioners is abol
ished from that date.' The foll Owing.
is they provision, to wit; •
" That sections forty-seven bun;
died Eand seventy-one, forty-seven
hundred and seventy4wp and forty
seven hundred and Seventy-three, of
the Revised Statutes' of the - United.
States, providing for biennial exam
ination of pensioners, are hereby:re
pealed.'i
[signed.]
J. A. BENTLEY,
•Commissicmcr.
Premature Mara
• HurriNonoxi • Pa:, July
the premature explosion of a blast
in a quarry near this place this after
noon three men—Michael Ryan,'sub.
contractor of Philadelphia; Joseph
Roncoroni, and-a Mr.. Keith.were
stantly killed. The bodies . were
terribly mutilated. James Davis
escaped with the loss of Ids hearing.
Fight with the Sioux.
DEADWOOD, Dakotah, July
A Fort Keogh special says an en
gagement took place near thc.thouth,
of Beaver Creek the 17th instant, lie
tween two companies of. troops ,ana .
lieutenant Clark's Indian scouts of
Miles' command, and. three hundred
hostile Sioux. The troops ldist four-
Indian scouts killed and two soldiers
wounded. When Miles' main column,
which was twelve miles behind, came
up, the Indiana were pursued fifteen
• miles, but escaped- to Sitting Bull's
camp.
' It is:very probable that another
fight has taken place . before this,;
Bear Wolf's hand of Crows, who are'
at Terry Landing, ',report 300 lodges
of Sioux'on this side of the Missouri
on the way to Keogh, to make friends
with the whites. _
Disastrous Storm-Fire
POUGHKEEP.§IE, July 22 —A series
of severe thunder storms prevailed
along the Hudson this aftkrnoon.
This, evening lightning struef and,
burned, the shoe factory of •
John 0. 'Whitehouse. •• It was: the
largest manufabtory here and employ
ed '4OO hands.
Fallino. walls - crushed the engine
room and buried - George 31.crgan,.
the engineer, in the ruins. He was
taken out alive, but died soon alien
It is reported that several .firemen,
were-hurt The loss' is estimated - at
_5250,009.
Fall River Strike.
FALL Emu, Mass., July
But one man is •employed as a. spin
nef at the Shore Mills, the • rest of
the mules being run ,by ghis. ThiS
man says he has been. threatened
that unless he quits workihVliill . be
dead by Friday. .The, diiector3• of
the mill will investigate the ease.-
STATE NEWS
MERE are upwards of forty families at
the Wyoming Camp Ground.
IT 'is estimated that there are nearly
15,000 !nen and boys employed hrthe .
Mines of the Wyoming coal region. •
THOMAS WALL, a tad of 12 years, was
drowned in the river at Ptyttionth, ;while
in bathing, on Tuesday of 'last we6k.
Moses NYE was 'dangerously injured
by the premature explosion 'of a blast in
a quarry at Wrensville Friday afternooti.
WILLIAM HEINEN a retired merchant
and prominent citizen of Milton, died ork
Saturday, aged G 3 years:
F. S. Boas,-lumber dealer, of Reading,
has made an assign m ent. " I l is. I abilities
are said to be $.150,000, his assets "con=
siderably less." • -
A twelve-year-old "cracker" boy was
killed by falling 100 feet, down the-Sloan
Shaft of the Delaware and Lackawanna
Company, at Scranton Friday.. . - -
TitE.First National Bank of Miller,.
was closed Friday by Examiner 'Vining,
its capital stock and resertre being im
paired. It will be placed in charge of a
receiver. i
WILLIAM Cubism,. a well known eiti= .
zen of Chester, was run over while trying
to get on a railroad train there on Satur
day evening, and died of his injuries in a
few hours.
THE employees of the Pennsylvania
Iron Works, at Danville, were notified on
Saturday, of an advance in their wages,
to date froin - July Ist. The present price
of puddling is $3 per ton.
Form bOys filled a tube with powder
and eiploded it, at Elliland Friday aTter
noon. One of them, Frank Whittaker,
aged about 13 years, was fatally injured
and died list night. . - .
A 'COMPANY of sixty cadets from An
napolis Naval Academy Made a trip to
the Wyoming Valley last' week, visiting
the coal mines and p oints of interest. On
Tuesday They left for West Point.
Dn. -Annanem Smutlin, an old - and
welrknoiann_pbgalcian of chainberiburg,
diCallieie : TbnFidny. • ,
MSS.. THOS. WILLIAMS was seriously
and it was reported fatillY burned by the
exploidon of a lamp, last Fridary morn
ing, at, Hyde Park. She attempted to es
tingulib the lamp by blowing doWit the
chimney. The old story:
lar.the press room of Oen._ Owen's pow.
der works . it Laurel Run., an explosion
took place, ten kegs of p9wder becoming
ignited accidentally. 'There were six men
in the'reom. One of diesel maned un
hurt, two were slightly . Imrned, but the
-others were fatally injuxe r d- and
died-the,
following day.
JAS. - 24CCLOSZEIL, of rrttston, a man
about 40 years of age,,wis committed to
the county prison • last Sunday, July 13,
on the charge of raping . a little girl. Ile
was boarding at A. II: Sebyler's at the
Junction, and - on Saturday night was en
der ..tbe influence_ or liquor. At a hie
hour the parents beard a disturbance id
the its:nn of their daughter, a girl about_
14 years old, and upon visiting. her she'
informed them of till occurrence. The
man lied, but was arrested the -folloWing
day, and after a bearing was taken to
prison in default of bail. Ito has bon
married, but has not lived with his wife
for several years.' Ile had the name of
being a quiet, decent.inan when sober.
GENERAL NEWS.
JOHN CDADLEI naoI,
*grandbon of Alexander Hamilton, died
at..,Merced, Cal., on WOdnesday. r.
.AnTntat TOW SEND Swas murdered by
Indians .in Tulare county, Cal., a few
days ago, and the Indians were lynched
by the Ishites; - ' •
JAmis V. NETHEIL9 committed suicide
at Atlanta Friday,,. by putting his head
on the ailroad track and • letting a train
r au ove ~it.
THERE was a severe storm at Chatta
nooga Thursday which demolished sev
eral small buildings.. Two other build
ings were struck by lightning.
THE Secretary of War upon recom.
ruendatiOn of General Schofield _command.
. _
er at West Point,%ns: determined to dis
mis . sseveral-eadets for "hazing."
THE trial of Chastilie Cox for the mur.
der of Mrs. Dr. Hull in Now York, end-
.
ed hits conviction, anti he was sentenced
tO he hanged on the 29th 'of August.
THE New Hampshire House of Iterprc-
sentatives Thursday_ indefinitely.i*stpoti-
ed the bills abolishing-capital punishment
and reducing the .salaries of Stite off,
Ea
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Chandler Williams, in Danforth, Maine,
Friday, because lie was too intimate with
Mrs. Williams. The.. murderer Wiel ar.
rested.
• HEAVY rains 'and • terrific " thunder
storms are reported in Northern Texas.
In one of them, .at Kildare,. a woman wan
killed and a- child seriously injured Ly
lightning.
GREAT damage was done b • a storm
at .KingSton and Saugerties; N. ,Y., on
'Wednesday afternoon. The Wind blbw a
hurricane, and 'hailstones fell Which are
described as -" large. chunks of ice."
LEONARD Wit.C.ll, of Saco, al ine, has
been arrested on the charge of , attempt
ing.to kill his eight-year-old son ten days
ago. The boy remains unconscious from
the effect of the assault upon him.
• Jons Bnow.fi was shot dead -by John
Hodgson, alias "English .lack," a notor
ious ruffian, tear Sydney, Neb., on Timis.-
day night. The murderer escaped. He
killed a man near ned.Cloud a short time
•ago.
,STEPIIEN J. W. T.tnon, for sixteen
years Fourth Auditor or the Treasury,
tias resigned, and retire on the i t of
August: It - is believed he will be Pue
mak(' by W. 13. Moore, the pieseut Dep
uty Auditor. •
TEN new cases of yellow fever were re
ported in Memphis Sunday, against six
on-Saturday. •Several other cases exist
which will be reported' to the Boartl'of
There were four deaths from
the fever ,:=unclay... - -
Thomas N..D.u.r., the well-known silk
manufacturer, died suddenly in Patterson,.
N.. 1., Thursday afternoon. lie built dui --
splendid . " Dale Mills" in . Patterson,. but
lost them. with most of his propertY,.in,
the late plinic. .
EX-SENATOR Ramsu, of Minnesota, •
has accepted the office. of Secretary of
War,
to succeed McCrary, when thelitter
shall retire . to Succeed Judge Dilliou,
- Justice of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of .
the United States. - '•
• Two men. named Blanchard and Hed- •
ges quarrelled -about, the right
,to fink
raspberries on private grounds, near
Chej - enne,W.-T., Friday and fired at cacti
other. • Hedges was killed, and Blanch.,
and wounded in the hand.
Jour: SIIIIFELT NV:IS taken to Great
parri ng toti,. Mass., Friday morning for;
trial for the murder 4 his wife, who dis-'
appeared on "the Bth of May. After a
hearing,
be was discharged, the evidence
•
against hilly hisuflicient.
THE steamship Mosel. from - Bremen,
whi,•h arrived at New York quarantine
Sunday, brings over 000 steerage passpn
gers. Most: of them are Russians, ineltrd
ing 00 families with 211' children, and
posSessing an aggregate capital of $460,-
000.
Font building belonging to the Abra.
liam Mym estate, at Hart's Falls, 1%,
.were destroyed by an idcendiary lira
Thdrsday in)rning. Eleven stores and
dwellings in Morgantowti, Ind., Were
•
hurtled on Thursday night. •
TIIE colored military companies an
citizens of Atlanta, On.; and its vicinity.
decorated the grave of Colonel Alston on
Saturday, - in memory of his friendship for
'the colored race and his services in the
Legislature on the convict
. question. A
'memorial oration was delivered.
THE Conti .of Errors and Appeals,. at
Trenton,. N. J., announced Thursday that
the - decisions - in the Smitl-Bennet. and
other eases-Would be given on Satstrday
-of - next week. Governor - MeClellah has -
respited Covert D. Bonnet aud.lentile R. -
Smith n
ntil the 15th of August.
.Taians C. RonEssof;;,- a teacher in the
Industrial-School 'at San .Francisco r felt
dead on 'Wednesday afternoon*hile pun
ishing one of the imitates. He was at-,
tacked by a gang of the boys last Sunday, '-
and one of them.-Struck him on the-head
with-a heavy bar.
'GENERAL WILLIAM P. BALE . Y, Colonel
of the Second . Artillery, commandant at
Fort .319 Henry, died:Friday morning. lid
had long been suil'ering from kidney:dis
case, but the immediate cause of hisdiiath
- was an attack of acute dysentery, coniplf
• cated with pialayial fever.
_;;.
.NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, 'Coloreu, !v. :13,
hanged at Saidis,. Miss., oa Friday, in
presence of'ilirte thousand persons, ; for
the murder'of another coke cd time.
eil - Butler tin the tith of August'last. The
doomed manmade a few rem uks
tiug the justice of his punishment, but
asserting that he was the happiest, in in
in Sardis.' •
• Tun Georg'a House of IleprPsentatives
Friday, instructed its Itidiciary . Com
mittee tri prepare articles of impeachment.
-against. Con:molter General Goldsmith,
on' of certain trans
fers of titles to wild lands. Hinton P.
Wright, a friend- of, the . Comptroller, is
involVed, it .beinir. : alleged that he offered
to bribe two members - Of the Legislature.
Join; W. Maxst . irmn; trcasurer of the
Connecticut Savings Baok.of New Haven
twice attempted suicide 'Friday. Ile fast
threw himself in front of a locomotive,
but was pulled away by two boys. lie
then jumped into the- titer; 'but was fish
ed out. phySician said he was insane
from overwork .and the he:it. Last even,
ing Mansfield was reported to be improv
'ing.. An examination of the - bariks secur
ities has shown that they are "all right."
Tiiu Treasury Department is:buying
.Fh.e per Cent. :bonds under the Thurman
act, to be applied as sinking fund for
the dual: redemption of the bonds issued
in. favor of the. Pacific Railroads by ,the
flovernment. Evefy month an amount
due those roads by -the Government for
transportations is withhrild„ and from
Pat amount the purchases are made.
These purchases aggregate - $3ll,S:iO to
;date. •- .
. _
Wittrx the :steamer - Drew - was on her
way from, New, York. to Albany on Fri
day night an explilidon occurred in otei of
her state vommi, Which did considerable
damage and Slightly injured several per
sons. , The lights being all extinguish«l,
there was a panic for a while. It appears
that several cans of ponder, with fuses
'attached, had been placed in the State
timm, anti there..blew up. Henry Evans
was :wrested .n hen the heat leached Al
baty,ta:ud committed fur a-hearing.