CITY finimum. Tae IGFAxars is punished in the city d?os aft clays,pf the week for 15 %rue per meek; by mail, 118 per annum: . 3 moo., $2. The Renege or the Sin. The eclipse' should be observed this afternoon through amilied or dari stained glass. It will commence at forty ifithibintes, fifty eli seconds past filar o'clock, and end' if .twenty minutes to seven o'clock. :Let nobody fail , to wit ness the sight, as it wears but once in a generation. NolOdy living in this sec tion will ever again see so much of the ' sun's suiftiee bidden by the interposition of another planet, and the sight will prove a treasure of recollection for a life time. There is not a single llainsed bar room k Washington county. • •ments.—The boat raze and the f the sun tits afternoon. Ana , ecllpse The oat race te 7 day will certainly be held on the Monongahela river come: The Thermometer registered only six teen degrees above.freezb:kg point yester day morning at daybroak. Cold enough Ibr Antst. The police telegraph dial. has been re moved from Justice Janeey'a office to that of Depaldr.lffiqq.r J'ikchxdoo, at the head of Forty-first street. " - • f —eighth o • eel nglts application of tba,*llk. of Vielets de lights 'and • pleases 'every lady who =sheathe triaL Sold by all druggists and fancy goods dealers. • Grand flop.- - -The first Grand Hop of the season will be given at the Mountain House, Cresson Springs, on Saturday evening. August 7th. Music by Feh ling's Band, of Philadelphia. • Perfo44---Cyrus L. Pershing, Esq., Vemogratio candidate for the Supreme bench, was In the city yesterday on his way from the commencement of Wash ,ington and. Jefferson College. Injured'hy a Fall.—John Whßenal& a resident of Tarentum, employed as a lablfer, at the county Work 'House, fell frCra tliwi'second to the first floor, Thurs. odav"tifternoon, ' and received injuries which it is feazed will prove fatal. • Resignation.—ltev. J. S. Hawk, pastor of.the United Presbyterian congregation of gist Liberty, hag been released from his charges, and granted a certificate to .connect with another Presbytery. Ells pulpit vas declared vacant on Sabbath --• Mr: John Setriphlll, of Derry county, - Ireland, will preach in the First V. P. ,church, Allegheny city, on , Ektobath morning at ten and a halt o'clock, and in 'the Third Presbyterian church, in Pitts. burgh; on Sabbath evening at seven and a half o'clock.. PersensiglhoL Gus. Husaelbangh, the -,:attentivsand po pular messenger of the Allegheny Councils, has just, returned ..from ;pleasant trip to Butler. The ' Colonel eeems to have been well enter tained Miring plAi stay in the pospitable town, and returns looking more bright , an. -charming than'ever. 1 °Eclipse ififfOrm the srabject of a ,disionrse by Rev. , Aclex. Clark, to.psor - row morning, is the First Methodist Cburdh, Filth Avenue, above GAZETTE office. In the evening Mr. C. will de ' liver the eixth *lure of the course on The Personal Deity,lta seen in his works.. Special them Animals. Horses tillied.-During the prevalence of the thimltt storm on WednesdAy evening, ' valuable - horses were standing under a tree In an open field, in Shaler township, *hen the tree was shivered by, a stroktf of lightning, which at the ea time killed - the horses. They belonged\ to Mr. James Wible, and wore 01,valuabinaubnala.. °e.t.a CAdcagO.L.Yesterdey a ljelega tion.of Turners lett for Chicago, to par - tiolnate in the-Turnervereln. The dela • gation - numbered about fifty, thirty of whom were from this city and the others Jram- Allegheny. They paraded the streets to the depot headed by the Ger . mania Brass Band,. ami attracted con siderable attention. • Barghay on Pena Street.—Last night an attempt to rob: the house of Mr. N. Holmes, No, 107 Penn street, was discov ered by the.police. The folks ere away from home, and the thief of ilaievels broke' In through a back door, when they thOronuhly ansacked the interior. It is not known how much they secured for their pains. There is no trace of em. Election of Teachers—The following teachers have' been elected in the Law renceville (Fifteenth ward) sue -district, toserve dnring the ensuing year: Prin. cipal—Mr. L. F. rattprson. Grammar Department—Was Louisa C. Ahlborn. Intermediate—Misses A. L. Mac Lachlan and E. Ewing.Primary-=Misaes Maggie Garret, Maggie Cromlich, M. Cuddy and Sophia Eloyer.„ r - The ii‘Keystane."- 7 Messrs. •8. Di. Kier A Co., proprietors of the celebrated Key stone PotterY, have on hand at their warehouse, • No. 383 Liberty street, a • very large stock 'of., QUeenswnre and Glassware of• the Keystone manufacture, which will be found equal .to the best in the market, addle . sold at prices which defy competition. An examination of the stock will convince the moat incred , Felonious Assaulti--Mrs Ellen J. Ailey stated to Aldezman McMasters, yester day, tbat Mrs. Susan Dean had struck her on the head with a bucket, 'and ac companied thWittion with Itourishlng a huge knife, and manifesting _an exceed inglywarlike spirit.: gni eart•iii Pro prietrei3a of a small' grocery on Wylie street r and the difficulty originated in a business' mienndertitAnding 'between them. She was held fokCourt. • Erratic Driving.—Lonis ..!Zennetneyer was in an uncertain condition yesterday, oane:tby too frequent , ptations. ,In an . , exec splrltalm endeavored to amuse 11mself.by driving. the milk cart on 'which he presides into collision with lifiti tti course. .. Els erratic driving attracted, attention of a Po- Lonlor-was- arrested and left the:Mayor'a. office Minus two dollars, the , amount of a flue imposed. Robbery Thursday morning Mr.-11341i Werd, proprietor or a bakery on. Palo Alto street, Second ward, Allegheny, hried a new hand in -bis astablshment. Yesterday new hand disappeared at an early hour In the morning,' very mysteriously, taking with him stirrer witott. ten dollars in money •: and a suit of dethist, all the property of a. fellow=workmatti with whom he . , lad • vetired to bed the attuning previous. The pplice eve %of paw hand, het thee far have no trawl ' • _ ' 4 DbdresidngAleithient—iiittle Girl Ban Over by the Cars And Terribly Blau gled. t!, : . , Yeeterday'afternoon a distressing actg. cident *occurred , to a little girl, in Alba , g he e y. gh e wee eneaged.with her sister, a year or two older, in picking up coal on the railroad crossing of the Fort Wayne road, at North avenue. Trains were passing backward and forward at inter= vale, and the switch tender observing the children ordered them away. They fail ed to heed his demand and continued their employment ,with apparently no fear of danger. The little girl, aged about ten years, was standing on the track when a train approached, and to avoid it she stepped aside to the other track. At this instant a train coming from an oppo site direction, which she had not observ- Watrucit and,knocked her down, with one leg over:the rail and the other foot resting upon it. The wheels in an in stant passed over, severing the leg just below,the knee and cutting several tow off the foot. 'She was picked up immedi ately'and conveyed in an insensible con dition the house near by; when &phy sician was summoned. After her in juries had been attended as well as the circumstances of the case would permit, thekvictiz a l li was taken tQ her home in the Eighth! ,; Allekhenni•where she at Present lies in a precarious condition. Her eadepe . from !Patent death-ins mar vel, but itia,t feared the injuries will prove Ilitat We could not ascertain her name. No blame for , the accident is at tached to any person connected with the railroad, as the girls had been warned of the danger and commanded to leave the vicinity several times. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Clawson held an inquest on the body of Micheal McCarthy who died from the effects of a fall. , 'The deceased boarded at §ehmer er's hotel'on Ohio street near East Lane. Third ward, Allegheny. Last Monday evening he rttlred to his room in an in toxicated condition, but during the night attempted to get doWn stairs again, in doing so he fell from the head of tne flight to the foot, and struck the lower landing with his head, causing his skull to be fractured. He was picked up, and a physician dulled in . The next morn ing he.was rnmoved to Mercy Hospital, where he suffered, until Thursday eve ning at six o'clock, death at that time coming to his relief. Froidtlie time' he was harts_until - he died, he was in a comatose state; . Dr: liraattear, the attending physician, watt examined and testified that death resulted from concussion of the brain, and the jury so rendered their verdict. Deceased was a widower, and so far as oonld be ascertained he bad no friends in this vicinity. He had been boarding at the hotel named about four weeks when the accident occurred. James Stewart was before Mayor Drum again yesterday. James has been there several times. Some smoke ado , he was arrested, tried and acquitted. of robbing a grocery store in Allegheny. Yesterday he was charged with stealing a pair of gaiters from Mr. Henry Wagoner, pro prietor of a shoe store in the Sixth ward, Allegheny. He entered the store, it is alleged, examined several pairs of gaiters and went out without buying. A pair ,of the iters wa missed simultaneously alm ga ost -with s his dis appearance. Mr. Wagoner started In pursuit and overhauled him with the gaiters in liishas' dry goods store, a short 'distance away. He was imme diatelyiuxested and taken to the look-up. When searched a pair of ! outsiders" was found upon him. At - the hearing he was fully. identified by Mr. Wagoner, who had made an information against him, and by Mr. Niehas. In default of 11,000 bail the Mayor , committed him on a charge of larceny. . , . Row at a Circus. Last night shoat nine o'elook a party of roughs attempted to break Into Noyes' circus, which is on exhibition in East Biimingham. They were prevented by the doorkeeper. and immediately com menced an onslaught oa the establish ment. Stones, bricks and clubs were freely used, and for a time affairs were lively. At length the proprietor of the circus finding ex : postulation in vain, fired into the crowd, wounding one man, and causing thb other cowards to quickly disperse. The wounded man was abot through the arm bat not dan gerously Injured. The affair created gieat'excitement for a tithe, and feels of a great riot were entertained. It is said this is the third or fourth depredation committed by the roughs in the South Side during the past week. The police are powerless to stop them. Trouble About a Note. L. Malone: made information before Alderman McMasters, yesterday, against James K. Armstrong for false pretence. Armstrong is a cigar dealer on Fifth Avenue. It is alleged that he persuaded the prosecutor to endorse a note for two hundred dollars by representing that he would tarn over as secunty a certain number of shares in a Building and Loan Association, which he failed to do. 'I he note was p rotested and Malone is held for the amount. The accused was com mitted to jail in default of bail for a hearing on Monday. Three Citisens.--Herman Hopfield, Benjaman Bowers and John Cash were before Mayor Drum, last evening. Herman behaved very improperly at a late hour Thursday night in Duquesne Borough (Eighth ward) to the annoyance ,of the neighoorhood." West street, in the Third ward, about the samstime was the scene of Benjamin's operations. He managed to. drive sleep away from every dwelling In ..the vicinity by his stentorian, voice. Mr. Cash :resides on East Lane and engaged 'JP an evening entertainment—whipping his- wife— which was not.relished by pqrsons hear ing her screaniing, who caused his arrest. The h parties Were sit-,flned r ; five dollars eac. • - • • School Booms toJLet.—Thostil elegant, well-lighted and thoroughly ventilated suit of schoolsooms,Vell furnished and supplied in hest of modern style; lately oconpied *via Normal Institute , bY Pref. H. I. Gourley, in Phelane' Thin Building, No. 24 Fifth•aventtei are - offered for rent at` a very 'reasonable' figure. We:can imagine no better location, or no better opporttinity for those wishing to estab lish a select sabool than thls, and:ream= mend It in most earnest terms to any propesing to ohange basis 0r . ..34pin a new place of education.. Britten Med. Yesterday morning, Button Jones, a uoulltul pussou," in en deavoring Ito defend a, friend, - Charles McFadden, who was intoxicated and was being robbed; got into a fight with the robber and Jumbled him down. The fight was progressing beautifully when Officer Moore hove in sight and suc ceeded in arresting 'the alleged thief. Jones in the meantime escaping. At the hearing the evidence woe insufficient:to hold the accused and helms discharged, while - litqAttiden', was.:,fite#ll34tlXt for drunkenness... ,*ht 4 p; MS Nan PITTSMTRGII GATETTEI - : SATURDA I F, ,ATIOVSIL Death filials, Wall. Caught Again. =I s The LlveryMadertaker Wfir-QV Mnssns .Enrrons: We do, not propose entering into any discussion on the merits of the controversy now going on in the daily press between the livery stable•proprietors and the undertakers; but we feel that it is clearly oar duty to ourselves and the public, to present a fair and impartial statement of the case, and let the public draw their eon in ferences. Several years ago a protection union was established in this City by the proprietors of the various livery stables, and, by resolution, the price of five dollars per carriage was established as the regular and universal rate for funerals. Where the undertakers hired the vehicles, and thereby became themselves personally responsible for the hire, a discount of ten per cent. was allowed off these rates to them, just in the same manner as any merchant or dealer allows a percentage to his agent, provided the payment is guaran teed or assumed! by, the later .' So long as the j demand - for car riages was greater than the supply and the number of livery stables less than that of the undertakers, this rule wor ken admirably, although, the undertakers were by no means responsible , for the high rates, as they were completely in the hands of the carriage owners, who controlled the matter to suit theniaelves. Oflate, the 'prollpelity of livery stable keepers led other men of meats dud capital into the busies* and the supply 9f carriages became suddenly largely in excess of the demand. The undertak e* outnumbered by the livery stable men, found it utterly impossible to be stow upon all a *hare of their patronage, The result was that the business elsome languished, and in self-protection they withdrew from the LiverjilLeeners' All3O. elation to act independently of its rules and regulations and to "cut tinder" in prices In order to attract a share of the patronage to their own doors. This led to a general breaking upof rates, andthe very gentlemen who had exacted to the last cent the full five dollars, less ten par cent. commission, from undertakers for funeraloarriages, entered into a com bination to breakdown their dissenting members and established a Union stable, where carriages for funerals were hired at two dollars each. The public neces sarily thought the difference between the rates of undertakers and the lat ter was clear profit.. The under takers were thus made rest under the imputation of extorting high rates when evidence was furnished that there was no business necessity for so doing in the acts of the livery stable combina tion to punish late membersof their own association, by breaking them down in their low rate experiment, by establishing such extremely low prices. We are willlng and anxious that funerals should be conducted at as low a price as possible, and can only desire that the public may not be im posed upon by exorbitant rates, or yet that the livery men may be forced to hire oat at prices which entail actual losses to themselves. We are outside the conflict, and can afford to await its final development, but cannot afford to accept may responsibility or be made parties in a business trouble entirely beyond our control and outside our province. Allegations have been made, rashly and imprudently, that we have enor mous profits on coffins, and figures have been published in attempt to prove the amnion. While these have been greas ily exaggerated. still we do not deny that our profits are reasonably large, but it will be remembered that we make no: charges for the .profassional services. time and attention reqeired in attending the details of a bur ial other than those embraced in the ostensible profit on the coffin which is made cover a number of details not necessary to itemize, but which aro fa miller to those who have ever required our services In their families, and which in no view can bellaid to be extortionate or unjust. We will pay no attention to any future attacks or charges made On undertakers by livery gable keepers, knowing that there would be no complaint; were we able to equally divide 'our patronage with all engaged in that bnainesa and contribute in that *ay to their pros perity. We regard our ..prontsidon one too solemn in its nature to be made fig ure' in a warfare through newspapers, and believing that the 'public will take no stock in the vile charges made against U 9 from any , source, we here let the mat ter rest for once and for 'all. FAIRIKAU & SAXSON, Wu. H. Divialus & Joszru Idgx.en & Sox. American Commercial Law. Some time ago we notiiid•the publica tion of a valuable book upon Commercial Law r by OD. Case & Co., of Hartford. This !book, which is sold only by sub scription is now ready for delivery to subscribers, and seems to be all that its promised that It ebould"be. As a book of this character is acknowl edged to be almost a necessity for every businessiman and as this work not only recommends itself but, is highly recom mended by many distinguished judges, merchants and lawyers: we feel safe in saying it is, what so many men have long felt the need of, a safe couns4 and guide in and through the legal intricacies of, commercial life. The name of its au thor, Mr. Franklin Chamberlin, Will, to many. be its highest recommendation. They agent for this neighborhood Mr.• Cummings, can still be found at 880 Lib orgy street. • • • *ad ;Spectacle. ;Yesterday afteiingrn Catharine 'Knee land, while wandering - through the streets in an intoxicated condition with an infant in her arms, attracted' the 'at tention of a policeman who conveyed heir to the look up. A few days ago the woman bad been sent from the Maybes Mike to the City Poor Farm, bat finding the provisions at the Farm, With respect to the ftulds,:not to