Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 21, 1875, Page 1

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PRUSSING’S Yive VINEGAR STRENGTH mnd Ocdeurated for It l’Ul’U'L'\"i arranied 1o PREAXRYR LATA NS, B 2 L N 1 gancav.: Chioago, GENERAL NOTIOES. BASE BALL. CHICAGOS vs. HARTFORDS. Chamyionstity Game to-day, Poole ol a4 12 m. Also, oo DEXTER PALK BACES every doy during wsotiog, st FOLEY & RYAN'S, . 148 Clarkat, Xo Bondholders of the Northern Pacific Rallroad Co, The Northorn Pactfio Railrosd will be sold under s of Court omthe2d of Augustnext. A Hond- " moetiug sppolnted & committes 10 purchase y for ilic anedt of atuch Bondholdors ss as- 4 tbe plan of reorganization, Prompt action is an tho part of \hoss who wish to pratect Jats tateroate aud seouzo the advaulages of the plsa. ra oan obtain elrculsts, blanks, aod informs- Rion by calling upon or addrossing W, 8. MILLS, or the Dondholdors Pnummm{L Comualites, Hoom 1, Na. 167 Madison-ot Ghicago, I Comly Tressmer ad Connty Colleotor, OOOK COUNTY, ILLINOIB. Detics oo North Dearbornat., betwesn Alchigan and Tilinole-sts, ‘The annasl Tux Bale for Biate smd County Tsxes, $ur the year 1874, will commence 1u a few dsys, and alf parsOna I‘:“; havo not yet paid, snd dout want’ their m“’ all inlo the bands of tho tax-buyer, kad x coma forward now and settla up before it 18 (oo ota. . B, MILLKLL, Couniy Collector, DISSOLUTION. The partnerstap harelofors existing betwosn Wialle Mar & Blavik (Ohlcsgo Gornics Works) is this day dia- wolved. All pariies aze bereby notifiod nos o trust ‘W, Wisiiiter on ihe firm's account, Jualy 19, 115, FRANK BLAVIE, Residence For Sale. ‘The new and el brown o ol it SR Dt ro-al., on m‘:am: Tugt OF Larms and kays at next door FINANGIAL. MONEY T0 TOAN Onrealestate fn Chicagn and fmmediate Tmproved preforred. MEDD r co'é.::t" COLLECTION AGENOY. DIG. 1t 1a hardly competibls with anccess to 0 1o lay 1 Lad debis aud proises. 'n'x.:;' e nor foul babivk In pusbing overdus claimu his sgency comimends flaclf 1 a cosaity, 8 QOLLECTION AQENGY - % Cor. State and Monrogsta, TRUSSES, &o. s Common prudence Terew g Ve £ M\ roquires examinaty ELABTIOC WA x‘:'r;s;:; rot pos ; rose TRU 88 e "fl“ndgfl 3 lnn. retains the rupture day and nlgln il ured. Hent by mail. liroulars free. D, 838 Higlanss, CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2I, know hers, that thess long-settied sod comparativaly-wealthy counties will bo ablo to pull throngh, and the maro cerfatnly ms, whero the wheat wss grasshoppered, they plantod corn. Leaving ous thome river coanties, tho following reporis ere from tho southesstorn acction ~.{ tho Btate, west to Yort Kearney, and sonth to tha Republican Valloy ; and thoy havo boen propared by residents who know their ronpective codntios woll. Tha country from tho *Missourt River countles to the Big Biue River ia rolling praitio, sod is about 30 milea wide. De- youd the Big Blus to Kearney thoro are lovel tablo-lande runuing east Lo wost, with broad bottoms, waterod by rivers and croeks betwoen thom. Tbe most considerabio of the atroams ara the Weat Diue, tho Little Blue, snd the Republican River. The width of this region from oast to woat is about 150 miloa, West sgsin the country becomes more rolling, draln- ing north into the Platte snd south into the Bepublican. TNE KOLLING DEGION EAST OF THE D10 BLUE. In thin section, grasshoppors hatclied out in patches, and hiero and thore. Otos Couoty suf- fors considerably. Novestheless, from the mid- dle of tho county to tho wostorn border, the farmers will reap, and are roaping, sn average crop. Saunders County Is 1n tlio scoond tior of counties wont o7 the Minsouri, and is in & groat tond of tho Plstto Kiver, A gentleman who has farmed in the Htalo many yoars reports that bo bas teavoled through eleven preciucts of thia county, and ho finda that oats havo been damaged 2per cent, and whont sud corn 5 por cent. Another correspondont, writing of that portion of tho county which adjoins Lancaater County, saye that ju his district thate will bo mare than & full averago crop of all corcals. Tho sonson bas beon most favorable; and, if thore bad boon no grasshoppers, the yield would have been 40 to 50 per cont moro than an ordinary crop. Farmers, #ays this correspondent, aro i good spirits, and thoy all fool like saying that * A bird uever flow over a finor couniry ihan Nobraska, In Lancaster County, with occasioosl losses, the harvoss will bo a fair ono, Though tho spring was lato, the scod waa put into the ground un- der favorablo auspices, and, durivg the eoason, the rains have boon bountiful and fooding to the grain, ‘Tho barley-harvost cominenced with tho month of July,—tho other small grains following in succession, Corn stands well, snd it s liely that tho yiold will bo moto than'an average. In somo parts of Lancaster County, and chietly on tho bauks of streatms, grasshioppors hatcbod out in the gpring. Thoy took aficld, or partof o fleld, inspota ; but they dia little cotnparstive mischiof, aud appeared to feed largoly on tho prairle-weeds, until thoy got wings, whon they joivod tho crowd flymg northwest, sud disap- poared. 'There has beon no sccond doposit of oggs, and Lenco thera are no fears for tho fu- turo, At Deunett, in the southeasiern soction of Lunoastor, the position was about at the worst, and a correspondent there resident eatimates tho damages to wheat aud corn at & por cent, and to oats and barley st 1 to 2 por ceut. This cor- reapondent considers his ostimato a large ano ; Bays thore Aro moro puor crops from bad farme ing than grassboppers, and that fall-plowing de- stroyed tho oggs. From Beatrice, in Gago County, o corrospondent writes that the giass- Tioppors slt disappeared by the 20th of Juno, and that the alternato raius aud sunshine of the soasou had beon most booeflcial to the crops. Thongh there had boen spmo losees, vot tho county'would return s good yleld, and fall wheat has altoady bacn harvested. Two carrespionds ents deacribe tho condition {n Salino County, which haa the Big Blue on ite oastorn bordor. THE CROPS. Spectal Reference to the Large Yield of Cereals at the South. A Larger Acreage of Wheat and Corn than Was Ever Be- fore Planted. Tennesseo, 'Arknnsas, Alabama, and Mississippi Will Have a Sur- plus {o Dispose OF, Cotton-Raisers Boast that They ‘Will Sell the Staple for Gold This Year: Damage to Ripening Grain | by Ifcavy Storms in Xowa. The Situation in Nebraska... Reports from Various Sections. Grasshopper Losses Throughout fhe State Not Above 5 Per Cent. Twenty Per Oent Inorease Over Tast Year in Cultivated Acreage. The Present Crop Prospects Described as Magnificent. Encouraging Reports from Other Localities, THE SOUTHERN STATES. A NEW DEPARTURE. Svpecral Dispatoh to The Chicage Tribune, Mesins, Tenn,, July 20,—Prospocts witbin tho radius of tho Memphis Dopartment, com- prising West Tonnouseo, North Mississippi, North Alabamn, and Arkaosas, have pot boou ns favorable rinco 1861, an la shown In the monthly report of the Cotton Exchango, lasued June 29, 3,’:.“' m':‘r‘ll::l;sjl. Ill:umqu::’li‘:’bc% " u-'{l-o H;:fin ‘lyu and in corrospondenco and cquntry excliangou g 165 s ) recolvod pinge that dato, those roports baing 5o :""“m“:': "“;\“ b f{“p‘m“"”:“k““‘:: universally favorablo, and dooming orops of all kiuds safo from any possiblo damago by raln or drought. The Cotton Exchange did not iusue oalls for July reports, and will not lssuo an sggregato report for \ihio presont month, so that ho authentio statistics of the condition of the crops at the prosent time are at hand, The fol- lowing aggregato anawers to questions bearing upon the condition of tho crops at that time aro contained in tho Cotlon Exchsnge zeport for Juno: \ COTTOW. Prosent ocondition of crop—Recsived 145 re- sponses, of whiol 84 woro very good, 33 good, and 6 modorato. Ono bundrod and rty- eight reportod fros from grass and weod and ‘woll cultivatod, 16 1-5 that wquares are forming freoly, aud 12 roport blooms dating from sho 18th to sho 22d of Juno. Cool nighta were com- plaloed of in vory few instances, buttheir effoots upon the cotton crop have been counteracted by tho subsoquent favorable soasons, and it may bo said np to the prescut time sinco the cotton was planted, no woather bas provailed to ma- terisilly rotard its growth, * Amount in aareage planted about one-tlnrd fu excess of last yoar. OTKER cROPS, Up to the present time, jufdnpation rocoived from privato sources (snd your eorrerpondent has daily accesa to commnnications ou the sub- i:c:) of the crops from.all paris of the countr 0 tho offect that crops of all kinds have atead- ily prospored mwce tho farmors began work, Of tho whess crop, tho Jaons report of the Cotton Exchauge alao ?n the moat flattering account, both sa to condition and incroasod acreages sow, and intelligence roceived sinoo contiuues in the samo tone, excopt that in somo few localities ro- cont rain-storms have provailed, and caught many harvestors in tho act of Larveating their whest, which did considerabls damage, but in the aggregate of whoat ralsed in this depart- ment, compared with other seasonn, thia not be materially feit, other than above statod. Tle yiotd of wheat tho Memphia department is more_abundant “thau ever before, and s all now harvested and safe from any possibility of damage from any source. The corn erop, of which there was an in- crossed acreago planted, it is claimed to be equally propitious ae that of cotton, aud, under the influence of soasopable weather, will mature 1o the mast abundant yleld ever noted biofore in the dopartment. Uther small grains, as well sa grasaes, are ro- ported ia the eame condition ; also that farmers are giving more attention to diversity of prod- ucts, Bomo anxiety was aroused among lowisnd farmers the past weck in regard to sudden rises in the upper rivers, and their effecta upon the Miselselppi, which bas, risen several feet in the past fow dsys, by which a few lowland f-tms above sre submerged, but oontinuo favorable to tus end of harvost, tho crop of Saline will ba 20 to 25 per cent moro thau Liss hithorto boen reaped by the frrisors of tha county. Tho second correspondont, writing from Crete, ostimatos the damage to crops st from 2 o 3 por cont. Boward and Butler Countiss are waterod by the Big Dlue, A corrcspondent in Butler, writing s _fortnight sgo, oatimated the apparont louses thero'st 10 por cont; but lator and moro oxact reports reduce tho smount of damoago to 6 per cent,—resulting from she favor- able season,—fuily an aversgs crop of small graing, and noro than an Averago crop of corn. In Boward, a corrospoudent who has made caro- fal {nquicy reports that the corn ia not injured above 1 por cout, wheat 5, oats 8, aud barley aifll legs, Tho farmers are nll in good spirity, tho outlook being ail thoy could expect. DIVIDZS AND VALLEYS WEST OF THE D10 BLUE, In this rogion, the gravshoppors of last year loft but tow ogge, and it has boen s rave svent to hear of any young beiug doveloped. 8till, tho tiying swarma did somo damage. As theso woro pasaing over the Btale norhweat, an uo- favorablo change of wind would rosult ina flock alighting, now in this placo and now fu that; put they got up snd laft just as soon sa the wind blow from tho right quarter. Two corre- gpoidents in Fillmore County—one_resldent at Exotor and $ho other at Fairmont—describo the oondition in that counly. ¥or 10 or 16 miles round Lxeter, the damage doea not excood 2 por cont ; about Fairmont, it does not reach 1 per cont, From York County, s correspondent, {from personal oxamination, reports logses at S por cent, which {s moro than compen- ented by the abundant yviold. In Clay, Adama, and Hamllton Counties, correspondenta placo the dumsge to whost at 2 por cent, barley 4, rye 5, oata§ 10 4, and corn not injured. Anot.er cor- respondent, reporting from Kearnoy City. statoe that Lio has bovn on »_proapscting tour through Buffalo, Dawson, Phelps, Harlan, Vravalin, Webster, and Kearnoy Counties, and hsa not soou or hoard of suy grassbopper-deprodstions worth naming. Bpiondid rains have fallen over all this portion of the State, and crops of sil kinds azo tho best ho haa seen during s loog Nebraskian oxpericnce. If the harvest be per- focted in accordsnos with thie promise ou the ove of the \ngl!heflnfp the crop wiil bo magnisi- cont, Porhaps, it should be addod, this lsst oorrespoudent may be {uclined to optimism ; but it in cortain that the drawbaoks in this Westorn rogion are few, and nov weighty. GENERAL CIOS OF TIIE STATK. ‘This lstter has been confinod to Nobrasks south of the I River. As to the North Tintts region, in which sottlemnents extend al- moet to the 100th meridian: Correapondouts in the nottheast counties report mo grasshoppers and good crops, From the countlos in tha mid- die ragion of the Norih Diatts, lomaos of from 2to 5 per cant (by grasshoppers which slighted ore th indi for a short time, aud shen flaw onwards nortn- ol e A pomnte 412 $muly, made } waat) aro reported out of abundsa cropa; and 1o rains proved fo upiand faime. All foas ¢ | £rom Greeley sud Valley Countios, in the west- o part, 1 lear that thero bas been no tronblo from grasshoppers, And that cropa aze abundant, Taking the Btate ss a whole, and including tuo southeastern counties, it seems aa 1If 5 per cout would fully cover the entire zrluhapsnr losaus. But the Incroase in the acreags under culliva- tlon in the Stata ls not Jesa than 20 per cent over 1as yoar ; and, apart from the grasshoppors, the ilohl 18 largo. ~ Yeutordsy, barley waa gold in tho ducolu market—this soason's barley—which had made 85 to 40 busliels to tho acre, ° Experts considor that tho wheat in this vicinity gwblnh 1 Just ready Yor cutting) will vield 20 to 25 busk- olu to tho acre, and oats 60 to 70 buahols. Cora 18 atrong, spd well forward; and, unloss the promise—the prescnt promise—beliea itwolf, tho crop will be magnificent. 8o thore is po fear damsgiog overflow Lias now subaidod, aod it no floods interyeuo our most sanguine expeotationy will be realizod. TUR LABOR QUESTION, which has hitherto been s source of great annoy- anco to our planters, has been so fixed by lagiala- tive enactmeut that we hear now reporte that Iabor *'is doing better than ever before.," In il years previous, sinco tho slaves were sman- oipated, st this sesson of the year the cry came up from the planting dimricta that the banda bad all quit work, leaving their empioyers over-plaotod, resulting {n bank- ruptey to Dboth the planter and bis merchank As it is now, the farmer can csl- culato safely on gathering in all bo plsuts, be- oause his hauds are bound by law to remain un- il the contract s fulfilled, which bas proved tho | fOF Nebrasks, “Tius narveat-time will rostors rostent stimulas 1o our furmers. It ous ao- ber to horealt. L ations are re ized, farmen o est Tonnes- ss0, Arkausss, Norit Bissouirl, and Norih Als- OTHER_STATES. bama, who have heretofore purcbssed bresd- ~ stuffs and feed for work etook sbroad, will baye ILLINOIS. pleuty at homo for their own conaumption, be- Spactal Dispalch tg T'he Chlrags Tridune, #ide some tosell, and will be able to demand Daxvireg, 1L, Jof§ 20.—The recent heavy cash for cotton. Cur merchsnts, D::!él.lms raius s0d wind Lsve blown down most of the this, sre preparing for au immenae i i iy NEBRASKA, A 000D REPORT, Spectal Correspondance of Tha Chieago Tridune, Lincory, Neb, July 17.—The lettera from your correspondent '* Harryth " Lave besn read with satiafaction in Nebraska. Woare glsd to bava a * chiol® taking notes among us who can disoriminate between the real and tha fictitious, —wha can 800 facta aa thay are, and record them truly, There is uo scare in Nobraska. Beotions of the Blato have auffered, last year and thus, In 1874, calsmity befell a portion of the Btate which waa not In & sbape (o bear It, whore the peoplo wers mostly new-comers and poor, and whoro they bad to rely 400 much oncorn. This year, tho southieastern counties of Riohardson aod Nomahs, snd alto Otos in part, bave coms under the harrow; bus “Uagyth” s sbowing, whas we well oata in this county, and it is estimated that not wore than one-half of a crop will be saved. Corn is looking well, though a little weedy. Wheat will ba more than an average crop If tha coutinued hoavy rains do not prevout ite beiug barvestod advantageously. Correapondance of fhe Chicaga Tribune. WareLra, DeWitt County, 1IL., July 19.—Wa were vinted with s heavy wind and rain-storm on l’ridt{ night last, whislh blow down almost all the small grain; (n fact, the ost crop s » total loss. Whoat is very poorly filiod, and will ot Avorage moro than ounvhdl aorop. The hay crop 1s good. 'The coru crop was damagud aboud 20 per cent by the late storm. Thore will be more than au aversgq orop of potatoes. Hyais harveatod, sud will wake aboat balt » yvield, Currespondence of I'hs CAlcaoe Tridune, ToscoLa, 1ll., July 19.—The rainy ssason is in full blsst here, and cropa are very bodly dame agod. The low lauds will uot produce s balf- orap of carn. Hat nH{ht, sfter a arowd of fully 1,000 Ppoople coliected tu see the aights of Bpring~ tallen. 1876. FOREIGN. ev’s circns, & forrible wind end raln‘storm pasaed over, broaking {he centre-pole, and csusing & fisnorsl stampodo. Many were hurt, but no one ilied. Thore waa a good trads, the noxt morn- ing, for bats and bonnata, The Carlist Genmeral, Dorregaray, 1OWA, Special Corresvondencs of The Chieago Tridwns, Seeks Refuge in France. Dzs Moines, Ia., July 19,—The hoary storm of 4 Thursdsy and Friday last, which swopt over the entira tate, did great dsmage to the grain, which was ripo for harvest. The straw wWas broken, and the hoads beaten into tha earth, Uata wiil not be harvestod, sa a rule, but given o hogs for pasture, \Whest in ko bad eondition, and thousands of ncros will havo ta be cnt with s cradle, Immouse quantitios of hay were also dentroged, Botween this city snd Stnrt, there is groat injury to corn by Datl. At tho lntter place, the hail wos ternfio. There wore about 1,000 pancs ol glasa broken ; neatly every wmindow fscing uorth was slisttered. Frult and corn weracut dewn by hail, which wolghed from 2 to 5 ouncan, In Guthrie, much damage was dono by Lall. In TPolk County, there was littlo hail,—hat portion of the gtorm passing to the suutbwest, over Madison and Warren ties. Farmers are in the city to-day annulling con- teacta for reapers, ws thoy bave no use for them. A Systematio Scheme to Drive Evan- gelists from Spain, The Straits of Dover Tannel Bill Befors the French Assembly. Meeting of the Universal Presbyterian Council in London. Incidents of the International Shoot- ing-Match at Belfast. MINNESOTA, Bpectat Drmateh 1o £ha Chicaos Trioune, B8r. Pavn, July 20.—Peoplo from differsnt parts of thie State visiting hero thin waok bring invariably tavorablo roports of tho appearsnce of all grain crops. Whest s expectod to go far above tho avorsge in all the rivor countien, but, being haavy in straw, s probably overestimated. Evop in the grassboppor regions over an averare crop_ls anticipated. Corn has como forward wonderfully in the past two wecks. Winter grains io the big woods of this Btate and vorth- weatorn Wisconsin oro ready for hsrrest. In eome interior aud northern parts of Minnasota and in Wisconsin, 20 miles back from 8t. Croix, tarmorn are looking for rain, lesring damsye from drouglt,but gonerally abundant raius bave Enthnslastic Roceptlon of Col, Stefnberger by the Samoan Islanders, SPAIN. IMPORTANT. Miprm, Juty 10.—24n official dispateh {a pub~ lished iu the Tiempo reporting that Gen. Dor- regaray ia wounded, and hsa taken refuge in France, noar Cautereta. BELIGIOUS LIDEMTY. Maparp, July 20.—Tho Constitutional Com: mitteo Las, by a vote of 26 sgainst 7, refected tho amendment to the new Cobatitution ia oppo- sition to principles of roligious liberty. INTOLERANCR. 5 Bawraspxs, July 20.—The recent deteption of Protestant books by customs authoritics hore ia believed to be & part of the coercive schome to foroe active Protestants to loave Bpain, This plag, inspired by prominent porsons in Madnd, 18 being executed here by tho clorgy and civil Governor, who hove by indirect pressure to ox- pol resident American evangelical ministors, ho impression slso provails that the.adrid Govornment hopea to_conciliate the Papal Nan- cio snd moderates with this underband parsccu- tion, while apparently pursuing s liboral policy rogarding public worship, NILITARY PRECAUTIONS are being taken in Iargo oitios sgaiust & Repub- lican rielog, s Tho Carlists claim that Goo, Dortegaray has roconcentrated the whols Carliet army, sod en- terod tho province of Lerida, and that the Alphonvists have retreated from Vittoria, Prov- incoof Alavs, with several Carliat divisions in purenit. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT REPORTS Wasmingtox, D, C., July 20.—~The July re- furns to tho Department of Agriculturs show that tho acrenge in coru m about 8 per cent grealer than last yesr, New England bea'ra- duced hior acreage about 113§ per cont, and tho Pacific 8tates nbout 1 per cent. Al the great oorn-growing regions have Increasmed their acro- nge, tho Middlo Blates 2 per cent, the South At- Inntic Statos 3, tho Gulf Btatea 10, inland South- orn States 12, States north of the Ohio 7. States weat of tho Minsissippl 14, Tho condition of tho cmr is bolow the averago 1 tho Now England, Midale, aud Soath Atlantic Blates, $be miul- mum _cooditlou, 82, being in Rhoda Ialand. Florida and Alabama are also bolow tha average, but tho other Gulf States aud inland bouthern Btatos are above, the maximum, 112 being io Missiasippi, All' othor States, exoept Missour, 103, are Lelow the aversge, mimimum condition, 82, being in Wisconsin, THE BAIE;IOAD COMIISSIONERS, Four Stntean Reprossnted in the Cens voutlon Now in Scwsion nt Springe fleld, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaco Tribune, Semivarierp, I, July 20.—Bomotling like & month ago the Nailrosd Commissionora of Mis- souri requested tho Commissioncre of this Stato to consont to & Convention of the varions Rail- road Boards in the United fitates boing held in Bpringtlold on tho 20th of July, 1876, Tho Com- missioners not ooly signified thoir oonsont, but alded to co-operate cordially in the offort to bring about the Conveutlon. Accordingly invi- tations to ail tho Boards of tho United Btates wera sent out by the Missouri Commissloners. The sosult waa tho attoudsncs hore to- day for tho objecta of tho Cop- vontlon of tho following reprosontatives: Missonri, Mortimer, MclIlbany, John Walker, and John L. Marmeduko ; Masaachnesite, A. D, Driggs, and Francis M. Johnson; Wisconsin, Jumes M. Osborn; Conncoticut, George Woodruft; Tilinofs, 'John M. Pearaon, David A. Brown, and James Steels, Charles Francis Adams, who was ooofidentty expected to bo horo, was, at tho last moment, preventod from coming by sickness io his family. The Conven- tion waa organizod by elocting “John Walkor, of Missourl, President, aud D. A. Ray, of Bpriugfleld, Secrotary. It was then de- terminod that, in “order to got at a perfect undoratanding of maiters relating to the enforcemont of the fHailrond laws of their respoctive States, that esch Board should verbally give s hlstory of the legisla- tion and attempted enforcement of tha laws and ocandition of the prosent litigation, Tho Illinois Commisslonars wera firet caltod upon, and Com- misaionera Poaraou aud Stoalo iu turn gave a bistory of this Btate ou the subject of rallway control by law, allof which is familiar to the readers of ‘iz TRiBUNE alraady, closing with the statement by Comnrmissioner Btecla that the case against tho Chicago, Burlingson & Quincy —— FRANCE. & ABBEMDLY PROGRAMXE. Vensamies, Jojy 20.—The Assembly, after disposiog of the budget, will tako up the bill relative to tho propoecd tunoel betwoon Frauce and England. A private bill in reforence to the samo projoct has atroady psssod the Dritish goum of Commons, sud is mow bofore the ords. The Committes of the Assombly has resclved to report in favor of A rocess from Aug. 8o Nov. 16. O CREAT BRITAIN. TOUNO Mzx's CHRISTIAN ABHOCIATION. Loxpor, July 20.—A fow gentlomen breakfast~ od with Mr. Grabsm, former member of Parlla- mont, and ovened s subscription with 125,000 to build s Young Mon's Clristian Associstion Hall hore. TR PREARTTERIAN COUNCIL. The Couicil of Delegates from adl the Preaby- terian churchea in Christendom has met in Bogent squawe and opened its sossion. Mauny reprosentatives of Americsn and Csopadian ohurchos ara pressnt. Tho object of the Coun. cil is to demonstrato the unity of belief smong Protestants, srrauge mission work, concenteate the influence of Church upan educational and_soclal reforms, and organize resistance to infldelity and religious intolerance, Loxpox, July 21—G . m.—The delogatss ai- tonding the Presbytorian Conference number 100. The following American reprosontativea attonded yestorday evouing: The Rev. Morrig, Cincinnati; Dr. McCosh, Princeton; the Rav. Htuars Robinson, Lonisville: the Sloaa, %Hofihony City; and Bchaf and Rogers, of New o FLOODH THREATENED. Lowpon, July 21—5 & m.—lloavy rains bha're besn falling i Lancashire aud Yorkshire, 8 ad adjolniug countles. The River Calder has R flowed ita banks for 20 miles. From Halifa": to Ralirosd, now "in the Bupreme Court, | Barnley the roads are submarged. Many stroet whon disposed of would = mettle tho | and bousos in Todmarden and Eastwood Dridge question of the constitutionallty and | are flooded. The Don threstens to inundate tho effectiveness of tho Rallroad law of Illnois. It waa expected that a deciaion would bo reachod in this cassin Heptembor. A goueral tatk then onsuod among the Commiasioners, in which considerable deaire was evideut to faroe tho te: rible railroad monopoliea to subjoection to the law, The personnel of thoe Convention isup to the average of the Illinols Board for inteliigence, and has evidantly beon sclected with some dis- oretlon. The Convention sdjourncd tlll to- morrow, low-iying_parts of Shoffleld. The Ribblo has rison aud overflowed the country for a dislance of 80 milew THE OOTTON OPERATIVES, Lownpox, July 11.—The cotton-mill aperstivea held & mecting ac Oldham aud resolved to re- fuse the masiers’ terms fixing the rates of wages. Oldhain alone contains 40,000 opera- tives, Tho workmen in the lurmuner‘nF i trict are in an unsettled state. A geueral rup- ture in the Lancashire cotton trade may looked for, SPRINGFIELD. Meeting of the State Roard of Pnblic Oharitics—Senntorinl Resignntion, Svecral Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, BeamvorizLp, I, July 20.—The State Board of Pablic Charitics met horo to-dsy for the flret timo under tho operationsof the new law govern- {og our State charitabls inatitutions. The pur- poee of their meeting to-day was Lo receirs and approve or disapprove the vouchers fumished by the Trustees and Buperintendenta of the sav- aral Btate iustitutions, for the purchase of arti- cles needed in earrying thom on, Tho luw re- quires the Board to meet at least ouce in ;ému months. If they approve the vouchorm thoy forward thom to the Qovernor, who, if he approven thom, shal. sy them pefors the Auditor, who i thersupoa su- thorized to draw his warrant for the amount of -Epmpduuon allotted the subsequent quarter, It will be observed that this law is intended to be a wholesoma check upon extravagance in tha use of appropriations or on their misuse in any way, At least onoe in thres months, and often- erif necestary, the Dourd of Publio Charitios sud the Governor are porfactly advised of tho financial condition snd_mansgement of the Btate loatltutions. The Doard will remsin in soesion to-morrow and help to got the law futa urIInct working order and each ustitution ua- lor ‘The Hon, Willlsm B. Hundlay, State Bonator from the Thirty-fourth tienatorial Distnct, s tenderod hla resiguation to the Covernor, His tesin {8 ous with the Twenty-ninthh General As. sombly, and it ia pot thought the Governor wilt ordor an election to il the vacanoy unless a uocossity shiall arise calling for an sxtra session, a contingency thought by ¥ome to be possjtls. Louis Butler, of Champalgn Caunty, was held 1n 8500 ball by Commissioner Adams to-dsy for aelllng liquor without a licouse. He will answer at tho noxt term of tha United Htatos Court bore. gl r AN INSANE'MAN AT LARGE. Special Dispated to T'he Chicago Tribune, Jorier, July 20.—Hobert Whitesldo. & convict in the D'enitentiary, became jussne some time siuco, aud waa tranaforzed to the Insane Asylum at Elgin, 1o was sccompanied there by Dr. T\ D. Baird, the Hospital Bteward. Bince his tzans- for ho has su in eecaping on one or two ocoaafons, always eudeavoring to rosob Joliet, with » view of kitllog Dr. hfid. He was saon iu this city to-day by ono of tho ofliciais of tho Ponitentiary, and oftficors sre diligently scourng the vity 10,0ifect his capture. THE WISCONSIN DENTISTS. Mnwaukes, Wis,, July 90.~The State Dantal Assooiation has beon in seasion all day here. Al the prominent visiting dentiats aze Drs. i s B of Giagas. THY MANKANEX, Loxpox, July 20.—The Captains of the British, Irisb, and Beoteh vights, in a letter to the Coun- cil, exprosn a hope that the various suggestions for a match will lead uos only to contests be- twoou tho teama of the United Statos and the United Kingdom hereatter, but will insure an aunual competition at Wimbledon for the cham- plonlhlw the world. Col. ine, of the Americsn rifle team, is suffering from oold, He visited Wimbledon to- day, but was not tn condition to slioot. MoKenna and Pollock will not shoot in the Irish e:;hi for the Elcho Cballenge Bbieid. Groer, Hill, and Williain Rigby, bave beoa sub- stituted. Thia change weakena the Irish team. THE BHOOTING AT OLANDELOYE—GILDEMLKEVE'S GUEAT BULL'S-EYE VICTORY, Northern Whig (Belfaat), July 8 The rifls computition waa for s silver cup, pro- sonted by the Mayor sad citizens of Hoifaat. Tuore were twenty-four competitors, ten of whom belouged to the Americau team (Inoluding the vix who shot in the international watch), two from tho Dublin Bhooting Club, and twelve of the Olstor Riflo Association. ‘T'he conditions were five sl at 1,000 yards (twomighting ehots esch.) Tics to be decided by mr?& suiots each at 1,000 yards; sny rifle; auy position. The targets were 14 foot long by 6 foet high: tho bull's-oye, 8 faot wsquare; centre, 6 feaf square ; outers were 8 foes by 8 fest, at right aud Iafc of target. Value of hita: DBull'w-eye, 4 centre, 8; outer, 2. FINST BRSULT. Boon bl tetired bafore the o'oso of tha couteat, luclndiug Col. Bodine, who mado & miss on tLo third shot, and coucinded, sa there wers only fivo shots, that he waa qut of the match CoJ. Qildersicevs u;f Bl‘r o nofl u:;a:t ';‘l’x::. teon out of a o twanty, sand, thore X Hed—Mr, xml’fifi"(nmn) galng third with e lio, junior membar of the Ulater Rifle Anmotion, ade Sioalech wope,—foas bel's «yes,—and it e had been 88 fortanate wikh the mnd 84 with the other shots, tha match was Thers wsa contlderabla excitement sa Col. Gildersteove and Mr, Lea (Amorica and lrel-n;!‘} cams forward to fire tho tiren nhots prescrib b‘{ the conditions of the compatition (same aa st Wimbledon, 1872), though w ary informed that Mr, 'a flosl shot In the five (a bull's eve apainst s contro of Col. Gildoraleosn) would en- titlo bim to the victory under present etisting Wimblodon conditions, _Col. Gilderaieevn muls ouly s contre (3), Mr. Leo a buli's exe (4), amid loud cheets. Col. Gildersleovo replind With a bull's eve, and Mr, Lee only mada s centre. Bn:h competitors made on the final shots & bull's eye each, and agaln tied. Col. Giideratenve, A, 3. Lee, U, 1 A The oxcitsmon| now gotta a great height ; and aa cach nhiot was fired tha suuounceinen: of the result was rocoived with loud chicors from upwards of 1,000 peuplo. The third ties (threo shots sach at 1,000 yards), » thing almont unpro- cadented in rifle ahooting, was then announced, sod tha competitors wern shortly agnin at their posts. Bull's oye altor bull'a uye was aunounced. Col. Gildersloavo mado throe {12), aud Mr. Leo bad msde two (8), when lss fired hin final shut, which was anuounced as & eentre (3), making 11 |llug‘ouur, sud losing in the third tie by ous point. The rhooting of hoth was geally briliant, and wan remarded with ronnd afterround of applausa, Gul. Glldersieeve, A, P Mr. Loe, U, Acvadan 00 4 3—11—g5 Tho cup, which In of solid ailver, valuo 40 Ruineas. woa msoufactutea by Mr. Gibsno, Douoyall place, The resily magnificent shoot- ing of Mr. leo was auch that ho roceived quite an wredt an ovation an the Caplain of the Ameri- can team, who probably had never his work cut out so well for him before, To lose by ono point In tho third tio in hardly less bouora- vle than victory, v RUSSLA, THE COUE CON; RY L, Loxpoy, Jul "The Daily Telegraph saya: “Russis bas sunounced ler fotontion of with- drawing her propowal for & contiuuance of tho Druesels Conference.™ THE AMERICAN £Q°ADRON, Br. Prressncro, July $0,—The American squadron, which has becn viaitinge this city, has #miled for bome. Admiral Worden and his officors wero brifliamly onte rtalued dntiug their stay. The Czar accomras iied the Adwmiral w Cronatadt on his departira , EDUCATION A8 A MEANS OF FUPTIESSING ROCIAL~ IST AGITAT jONS. Pams, July 4.—1lo Rus sjan papers publieh o circuiar addressed o few + yeits a0 by the Miu- inter of Education to e chief educational au- iborition, urging them } o suppress o Bocialint agitation, attemnting to soduce ¢ .ildron, yonuths, sod un- nducated pooplo, sud @ .atsome parcnts, ns has Dbeen shown by a judicit | inquiry, Linvo impar ench doctrines to'their offapring. says, provos tho shall a “cortain section of oty and bin conviction that b | wmany eascs + many quires 0 bo cducatcd by it—a atalo known in other 1 iropean Btatce, oucht, thereforo, ® ; ake u; fo cic of parenta, and e e 5o .gmngflualmri; robbory aud muré or. and i toola of thom. T ruth, ba“lr;d:n“ sl tho light, avd ho & jo8 no reason fo this deplorable o ttack ca mocioty, teachers to coan' teract r _concealing ', but wishos such doctrines, to Lo warnod of it in on ler that they may train their | b familics to be usa fal citizons, TURKEY. TIE INEUTI \ECTION IN HERZEGOVTNA. CoxsTARTINOFI 2 July 20,—Tho Turkish Gay- ornment has ordered tho Govornor of Bosnia to dirpatch troops agalnst tha insurgentsin Horzo- govius, ) — CH!INA. RELATIONS WITI{ GREAT FOITATS,- 8naxomat, July 19.~ .China proposes to send a0 embaasy to England. relative to the murdor of 3. Mazgary. ———— THE SAM OAN ISLANDS. MOW COL. ATEINRY BOER WAR RECEIVED~—THE NEW CONSTITUTIIN AND ELECTION oF TuE NEW KING—STEL (NERGED CHOSEN PREMIER. San Fron ~sco Chronsele, July 14, The United £t tes stenmer Tuscarors, having on board Col. & einberger, Special Commission— o to the Bamorin Islands, saited from Houolulu on the 4thof March. The deok cargo was of coal and rmyy utensils. ‘The guny aud smmuni- tlon were in/.ended for presents to tho islandors. Soou sftor the arrival at ‘Apisa Court of In- quiry. com'pozed of the ofticora of the Tuscarors, convened for tho purposs of invostigattng claims of Amorioans agaiost Samoans. Thirteen claima wers bronghs bofore tho Court, resulting from deptedations commilted upon real estato and other property daring the late Hamoan wars by the difforent war pariies. About £13,000 was claimed. Col. Steinberrer's reception was ons which fa highly iatiering to tho Awerican people. The mal demonsirativn of real plesure and matistaction, wo distinctly expressed by theas peoplo upou Lis arrival, surprissd every ouc. They had been anxiously awaiting and jraviog for his coming, aud his opportane arrival alove provented the dissolution of their then frail existing CGoverumant. All political aod por- aonal fends comsod to exist, and all looked to bim to guide sod instruct them, He hay oyerys nnhmfnn h‘lll )cumn"md to msum:-I Il,m; “d”ixm ue moie universaily respected aud boloved than ho Is could uot be; and bo has also tho syin- paihy snd eoouragement of Lis own dovern- ©3,500 mont, On the day uppotated as many officora as pos- sible visitea'tna Guvornmon seat, whoro 10,400 Datives, repimacntatives from all the isunds, wors sssompled. Commander Lbou read firt his address presentiug Col. Bteinberger, aud re~ lote with 1gards of enconragemout and advico. Chon the President's letter was read, one similar in, purport to the former, and Instly that of Ccjl, Bieinberger. After this tho ropre- seutalive s from tho different districts of tha fsl- and wsrched up i regular ondor, performin, feats of arms, athletio foats, sud singing. wat! Sheir pjrosteat warriors in adyance, dressed n war o stume (& clout, hesd-droas, aud tho ro- maind or of tbe body smested with cocoanut- oll), ¢mucing and handling war-clubu or paddies na url)rmuzlydexlamu- stvle. Au each party amy e in frons of the United Htatea roprosentu- tve Loy dopoalted thir suveral presouts. Dur- ing this time, which occupled about shiree boury, the greatest outhusinawy prevailod. It was by far tho most extensivo exhibiion of tho kiud av pr aean on these islands. The gifis amouuted to 700 chlekons, 70 pigs, and about 8 tons of ¥ ams and taro, besides many cocoannts. After 1 he coaclusiou of this Col. Bieiuberger produced and explained to them the flag which he hsd biought ss their nativnal emblem, which they unauumously approved of aud aocepted. It was saluted witl twonty-one guns, The *ill of Rightsa™ and '* Constitutlon” prowcutod by Col, Bleluberger for the consider- ation of the “Taimus” were adopted by them ou tho 18tk of May, with but an altoration of oua article, which waa that reforring to tho olec. tion of Kiugs. The original article provided for the eloction of & Ring to sorve his lifetime. There being two old families of Kiugw, that of * Maliotos " and "Tu{mm" tha * Taitauts " con- nidering 1t justice to both that neither shouvld uavo the proference, and, 0 dosiring to ru- spect their auuient ,oustoms aud traditions, s alterod tho clsuso that Kings shall sorve but for four years, and alteruate botweon those fam- ilios,” On the event of the death of & King ba- fore bls torma whall Lave expired, hiy successor shall be from the other of thu twy fawilics, Auottor article, which refers to s ** Fromior, thoy did not adupt until Cel. Bwiuberger would doclaro his iuteution of sccepting it for hia lifatime, whiok, bo did, Aftor & fow days the Taimua decided that the fret King slnuld be from tho Malistos fawlly, sud o tle folowing day Alalistoa lo_ Pauper wss elocted Klug. 18 & nepliew of o103 1" ho is at tho boad of the famly. took placa on tye 2lst of May, and on tho following day he wey lnstallod, loculnu}( aualute of twenty-one guns from the ehip. lie s s wan of repossessiog and comwanding sppoarsuce, tllgufilnd demean- or, aud apparentiy well fittad to oceupy the high position of trust o which be has boen callod. iy The Boott County Teachors' Inatisute, with attondauce of sixty teachors, is b setsiac e D vonport, Doloyatos ara alao present from Mus ) Court of Conneaticat has decided the I catine -} loa teature of the Licanso lay o Oonuty, Bock Laland, aud otbier placas, t statos tual “the liovoiutioniata aro | B¢} . Ao waens and Ig00fA” ch of R b»’-mflrms « is not the mainatay of : tha sohoal, bnt ?te’e‘l’fn::s!- of things un- ’fiugchen oficion- shoutd show tho eld: more intellizont 8 solay that. those peraoas —re 08, do not shrink even from doos not fear NUMBER -—H. FIRES. 8ixty Thonsand Dollars? Worth of Property Burned at Cin- cinnati, The Pire Marshal with Several Others Buried Under Falling Walls, One Fireman Killed and Others Yery Scrionsly Injured. Yeaterday's Bocord of Other Fires, THE CINGINNATI FIRE. Bpectal Iner.1':A to Tha Chicaqo Trivne, CrxcraTy, Julv 20.—Tho condition of Enoch Magru, Chiof of thy Fire Department, badly in- jured by tho fall of a burning building this mordlug, is quita favorably reportod tpon to- night by Dr. Willism Clandennin, his family physicisn, 1is examination proved that thero wero no bones broken, but he suffered a succeasion of Lruises from kead to foof, includiog & torrible scalp wound 5 inches in longth, which lald bare the ekull. His escapo from instant death was almoat miraculous, sa he waa litorally eovered with brick snd broken timbers. A printer’s cass fell athwart, hia body, and this equalized the press- ure of the debris, ood saved lim from belng crushed to denth, The feeltng of the public bas been manifosted by sn intense auxioty for tho safty and recavery of tha Chief and his brave asgistauts, Thodeath of Megru upder any circumstances would hava beon v gardod 88 & public calamity. K [s0the Adasecratea Press.) Cisersam, O., July 20.—About he o'clock this morning, tho buildi: alf-past 1 Fourth stroct, noas Elm, occupr «R No. 150 Co.as o vrinting ofice, and ¥ _ed by Dloch & . W. Donaldson, a oy fire. At 3 o'clock .+ which had fallen from 4 Wore all thrown down by «nd some dozen fireman, with slogrue, woro buried uuder the - Mograe wasin tho socond story, #t callod for o crowbar, when the ox- vecarred. A general alarm was immedi- . Riven, and tho wholo Piro Department wan o0 baod aud at work, searching for thoir Uufortanate companiods amoug tho ruins. At 4 o'cleck Clief Megrue's voico was beard calling for help. Tha firs blazod ap snew ot thid time around the buried fire- men, 8 hoso was suon broughs plas, and tho now danger was svertod. At 4:30 o'elock Chief 3Mogruo was taken from tho ruina, insensiblo and in a badly bruised condition. His injuries a10 noy thought to be fatsl, howover. Ot the firemen, James McCormick, of the Fourn, was tho first to be taken wut of the debris, Ho was badly bruised and burned, and it is feated thad hin tojaries will rosule in death. Dusis and John Polland, of the Fives, were uext roscued, slight!y injurea, Capt. Henry Schildmyer, of tho Tons ; E. 8. Bpence and Richard Holcomb, of tha Hook and Ladder Comvany, fell from a fivo-story Isdder, ut oscaped with alight injurics, Lo Slocum, of tho Theos, §s thonght to be fatally hurt. Throo meu on tho pavement woro severoly injured by R o ot 1 e losn is much largor than was at et moned. Dlock's 1os in between 50,000 .::i .000 5 tnsured for 4,000 cach iu tho Royal, Ningnar s, and Roods Isiand, and for 82,000 each in the Firo Arsociation of Philsdelphin, Phenix of Broaklyn, the National aud Etna of Hartford, the Amorican Central and St. Loui of 8:, Louis, the Fireman's Fand of Californis, the Northwestern National of Milwaukee, and tha Bt, Paulof St. Paul. Total, #3L000. Willlam Donalduon's loss is 37,650 ; insured for §21,600, most of which Is in local companies. Traun- stine's losa on building is $15,000. fully inaured, Dick Holcomb, of the Throcs, was found desd in the ruins, Hin body was horribly torn sud gxnng'l.ud., it boing broken in two just below tho reart. At last acoounts Chief Mogrno ta doing as woll s could bo expectod, and his physiciaus bave Liopas of bia rocovory. Ho 18 wounded in the head, and has wevore bruisva on his thighs and 1.§u. but s conscions and reating moro quietly, {cCormick, of the Fours, cannot recovor. Ha hnd ane sido of uis face knocked off, and in in- Jurnd woreo than was supposed this morning. ‘The rest of the injured are doing wall. LATER. Crxcinyazy, July 20.—Tho total numbor in- Jured in tho fira laet night, including Chief Mo- Gruo, was ton, all of whom wero reported daing woll to-night. " The following wore most several; injured: Josoph McCormick, rib broken an face cut; David Cropkin, arm broken and body bruised ; Hambrock, arm broken and somawhat brulsed otherwise. The othors wers brulsed or cut by falling bricks vr timber., It fa reported that oue floor of the building wan hearily overlonded with umo?mmo stongs aud prosses, which caused;tho wall to give away. lchographor, waa destroyed the walls of tho building tho effects of tho fire wnexylosion of g, Cnef-Engineer debna, Chie’ and had §r plosion AT MECHANICSBURG. O, Crxcrvwarr, 0., Jaly 20.—The Enquirer's Springfleld (0.) special saya a fire at Mochanics- burg early this morning destroyed cight frame buildings In the centro of the town, The total 1d8m ts eatimated st £18,000, with only 81,400 in- surnncu. Tho principal sufferers are amnel BMuun, photographer, loss 5,000 onalock amt P bunag: " lubared -~ for & Ailliken, ownory of ove buildivg, , no insurance. Charles Taylor & Soo. druggists, atock and building, $5,000 ; no 1osure ed. "~ Robert Jonos, drugsat, 91,000 ; no insar- anco, J. W. Logga & Bon, and shoes, €1,000; fully lusurod, J. Rogbrs, furnituro store, whoro' the firo started, $500: no insur- anoe. Collwell & Cauticld, logs on buddiug and stock, #1,000; no iusurance, Other smaller losses make tho aggregato 818,000, The dre is supposod to )mw“aesu incendiary, " £100. Fox 3, AT PEKIN, Epecial Dispateh to L'he Chieago Tridune, Prxin, T, July 20.—About 10 o'clock last night tho large brewery operated by Jieiner & Btaker was ot o0 fire and totally consumed, except the loe-housa and vault. Tho partnors have boen Mtigating and tho concern was oontrolled by & Receivor Iataly appolutod. Losa on stock emall s fully insnred, ~(icorgs Ehtlicher owned the building, valued st 57,00; insured io Home and Phaix for §1,600 oacl AT CLEVELAND, Creveranp, 0., July 20.—The plsniog-mill of Bolum & Stubr, on Contrs street, was partly de- stroyed by fire early this morntng, The loss on the mactmery aud tmil witl bo targs, but is not yob ascartalued. The w]g:;;n;lnd flhl:’l‘ factory of Chester & Burdy, » Bodford, was destroyed b; 6 Svoniva Tho losd 1o 620,000, with il loupuiee: Scveral persons were iujuied. A large number of mou were thrown out of employment. AT COVINGTON, KY. CivciNvATy; July 20,—At balf-past 10 o'clock this moning the distillery of 11, T, Jasser, at Coviogton, Ky., was destroyed by firo, together X 3 16 1048 ia ), 1o Cinolonsti companios for #3500, o AT WOLCOTT, N. Y. Osweao, N, Y., July 20.~Eighit business houses sad & hotel barn in tho village of Wolcots, Warne County, burned last night, ) 000; . vm"u.‘mgfn last night, Lous, §30,000; SOMEWHAT UNPOPULAR, * Pmraozrran, July 20.—Ex-Father Gorde- e | man, who was recently tried for embezzlement, umln uoar being mobbed to- seotion of the city, His section of tho citr. prosen: and, & largo crowd collsoting, hoots and yells Rrostod tus ox-priost. A squ: i :'ll:: \\eug, rodoued ucmmzn,un::l fim’fl‘i in the upper being disoov- u & beer saloon, K was soon nol aroupd, —_—— LOCAL OPTION. Husrroan, Coun,, July $0.—The Buprema O ceontizions