Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 27, 1877, Page 2

7 w0 THE CHICAGO I i TRIBUNL: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1877, e e g Certain Officeholders Inclined to Ignore the President’s Order. Buch Pe;snna Likely to Iteccive an Early Leave of Absence. R AW Al S R ErCas I bt = ot ¥ e neSET Tt RN Pt s “ ] Bitting Ball and His Family Not Wanted by the Canadians. Tho Aboriginal Representative Will Prove an Taofernational Elephant. A Brisk Demand for the Now Four Por Centa, TOE OYFICERS. VACANCIES IN TROSYECT. Bpeciat Dispaten t0 The Tribuna. Wanmxaroy, D. C., Jane 20.~It in expested that among tho first scta of the President npon his retarn will be to remove sach officcholders as have not resigned their potitical positions. After the present week applications will be {n order for the plices of all who bave not strictly cumplied with the President's order. A COMMON DODGE. 1t has been discovered thal one of the rmasors why the President declined to commisslon yman, the colored ex-Congressinan, as Collector of Internal Revenae in North Carolins, was becaore tha removal of Powers, the piesent Incambent, had been determined om by misapprehension, The President had been tnformed that Powers Eppointed only carput-bageers (o oflico, nod that & native itepublican had no chance under his ad- ation. This statement was made in Hy- ntercal, but Powers came here with the f hls office, howing that ont of the ninetecn ‘persons in hisemploy there weee bul three who were mot natives, sni these three two lived in the Bonth befors the War and served In the Confeder-, ate army. Hymsn scems 10 have been more par- tleular abant OFTTING S0MK OFFICE thea ahoud any mpecial ofiice. e llllx‘"ed for the mllllnnwlllyua snd eould not getit. Tle then sougnt to ba a doorkecper st the \Whito-llouse, and did not get thut, e Lhen applied for & posi- ton as mensenger In the Treasnry, and Secretary Bherman did not give him thst, and uow: he has lost the Internal-Revenus Collectorahip. DESIRES TO 1IULD ON. €. 8. Winston, Colleci Revenne in the Fifth North Carolina Disteict, has arrived hera 10 stlempt to prevent his ewn removal. Ile s srmed with s resolntion at 8 public meellnum- testing against his retnoval, but the Internsl-Rev- enve " Dorean hos good caure for lis re. moval, sod will unduubtedly lhalst npon 1t. Specinl Agenta Wn';ner #nd " Drooks, after a thorough examinution of that district, report thdt the Government, during the last vear and & half nas 1081 $200,000 by fraude In tobscco and whisky, An examination of the Looks at the llllfip!n af- ficen ahow that Amount more of tabacco Lias heon® thipped by " different than the have pald ‘taxes ltevenve offices, there bavo ocen GREAT SWINDLES in rates of tobacco on which the tax was not patd in the rural districta, These revenus vilicers Liave discavered an oxtendea aystcm in defrauding the Government both In tobacco and highwines in South Carolina. Thess revenua thicves have s large number of wagona and atattons in the difee. ent districts. The wagonn ase driven along obscure roads Where there are no. rovenue ageats, aod thelr contents deposlted st the nesrest warsliouso of the ring, and by thla mcans trausported from ono part of the Staie to another, firms on at the In additlon frmg Internal to this 1TEAS, Friends of John M. Lanuston, of Ohio, sap fo. Ight that the Pronident, throuch Secretary Sher- xman, has offered hit the mikslo (6 Hayti. Dowling, Pastmaster of Toledo, will De removed the 1st of July, and Alexander itéed, uf that city, appotnted in his place. THE RAYTIEN MIBSION, The Prealdent hus tendered John A the Hagticn Misslon. Tangston INDIAN AFFAIRS. SITTING-DULL Epeciat Dispaich to The Tribuns. Wasnixato, I, C., June 20, —Gon, Shorman’s projected tour to the Nortiment will occupy about “three monthe, aud will embrace all intercsting Lioluts fo the Upper Minsourl and Yollowstone re- @ivus, He will &n as fac weat as the headwators of the Columbln River, viskting the portion of Idabo whieh tw the &éerie of the present Tndian wae. The Temon the General brojuace to truverse fs tio anly portlon uf ths Western Torrltoriua with which he ls not already pretey well ncquuinted Uy parsonal Observation. A PRINDLY DISCUSBION s 1n progress thiough the medium of diplomeite correspondence hetween the Biate Dopartment and the Canadian outtorities in roference Yo the fuvas won of Canada by Siting Dall and hix warrors, ‘The Canadian Gosermnmert desires to bo rid of theso dangerous suvages we voon u4 possible, but no moane huvo yet been devined for retting thum back on Gnited Sates soll. — Our Government, while da- siruns of dolug ita il duty In the £, I natus zally not very anxious tu have Sitting Bubl return 1o bis old haunts. BLIGHTLY INCORRECT, 1t 1 stated at the Indian Bureau that the Nl for Indtans, recently publixhed as having boen put in evidonce before the Investigating Committeo, waa contracted In 18735 by an nemy oileer detulied to act as Indlan Agzent (n Arlzona; that the medicinen were purchiased, not in New York, an alleged, bt in Ari:ona, whete prices are much higher than in the East; that the diil waa eat down honyily bofore it was Pn-m‘fl Ly the Burcau; nud, finally, that it wan patd, not to Chlet Clerk Galpin, e cliarged n the publiahed articly, but to Nige & ( the bank- era, wha held the elajn. - The whole transaction, wxcept the tns) "‘l:’ :nl;‘ occurred under previous he L sdministration of lan Burean, TIIE OUR PER CENTS. BUBKCIUPTIONS POURING IN. Special Iapasch 10 The Tyibune. Waninarow, D. €., Juno:2d.—The popalar rub- ecrintions to the new loun aro belng made with greater rapldity (an wae auticipated by the Recre- tary of tho Treasury. At tha gutset ho estimated that 815,000,000 would be ‘aken fu thin way, but Lo now thinks that the total will considerably ex- ceed that sum, sud may go to 820,000,000, or even hlgher. 1t is probable that tho orders om fhe laet fow dags of tho thirty during which the bonda sre oficred for eate 8t par will be greater than thoss tor all the rost of tho time. It naturally takes s hitle time for the merita of tha lean o Lecome fully opurecisted. The advantages of fnvesting Idla, lll‘n‘il fu leli’m new bonds will acartely be fully got before tha public by advertisements ann newspaper srtlcles untll the thirty-day lHwit has nearly expired. NOTES AND NEWS. N1ssIseIIES, Bpecial Dispaioh 10 Tha Tribune. Wanumvezon, 1), C., June 20.—A well-known oflicer of the old army writew from Vicksburg; **The Kemper County mundors sbow Low Misals- #ippl goew. Tho truth {x, that whila » Republican In this State who keeps quiet may be tolorated, if be tukea an nctive part in politics with a fale show of success, he must Lo squelched even it & bullet- Lole has 10 be put through his carcass, Just now they aru not killing very tively [n the State, but it Republicans should so far elovate (heir heads as to show ulgne of dangerous life In political watters ould frequently hear of *Unfortuuste af- ‘tragudien,' and ‘fatal occurreuces,® but nover under the currect deaignation of io- famous and dlabolical wurders, The ety old duvil seewa o buin these puopls any way, NOLTUERN MINNK2OTA. ‘The Indisn Comwissioner, who recently visited Northerp Miunesots to Inapect the Keeorvations there, wus urprised at the fertility of the country bordering on the led fiver of the North and its tributariva, aud st the beavy tide of emigration fustwacttingin on both widus of the boundary. line between Minnceota and Maultobu, e lhln(l tuls section vue of the 6 wheat-growing coune trivain thoworld, and waye thet3s il woun be oc. cupicd by s largy und turiving population. The Capadian Gosernmunt Is doing 8 g desl to Sucourase emigtation to nds la; tueir elde of tho line, and kuepe an agent at Duluth to afford aid and infornativn to emigrauts, Acceaa i Lad Lo the reglon by way of the Northern Pacisc Railtoud to Morchead, and by steamers which run down the led River a8 for b Furt Garry. NOKTH CAHOLINA. 1ltlmbllunl from North Carolina small ebauce of winning over tho old Adainlstration party in that State. The principal Evason g thal the old Whigs now have coutrol of the Dewocratic party, and have nothing 10 gein by abandouing it for the Hepublican party. The Guvernor snd moet of the Democratic' State Officers are uld-line Judes aze old-liue W th S %9, ‘The Democraiic Btale 3 1. Five of the Congress- sacu sre uld-line Whigs. ' Thessme Js safd tw be relalively truc of Georyla. S NBXICO. An officer of the army nuw here from the Texas frontler yives some fuleresting Information show: 102 the veal attituds of Diss the bord: outragus, Disz informed oar oficers over 8 ¥ 4o tbat pot only did bo not object to_our fosce & Kunulux Nexican robuers scroas the border, bub ® would bu under obhigatlous te LUnited hlates officers If they would do e0. He declared ho 13d 0o sympathy wlih these thicves, and thy more the purvalt of them, el et Ay This ofiicer Mxila to aee the necomity for the Inta order to our officars uniesa it be desianed to etir the conntry np azainet Diax and favor Lerdo. STRICTER ROULES, ‘The Commisaloner of Internnl Revenove at the beginning of the fiscal year will fesue an onler wrescribing stricter rnles fur condacting the Inter- nal ltevenue bueiness, ‘The Commianioner says he ir determined thas thete shall be no InefMcient oficers In the nervice, present the fecorda show that lu rome disteicts Collectors arc absent frum their poeta fally halfl the tims. The new circular will direct that Cotlectors munt ba at their places of business cunstantly, nxferl during thirty days which tie Uovernment nsually Allows each yenr to its employes, 'be Commis- riauer thinks that thirty duys 10 a very liberal ale lowntice for absentees, and will hold all Collectors to this new order, ANOTIIER NOTTEN HOOF. Anotherone of Mullett's roufs showa signs of fall- Ing. This time It a the new District Jall bttding inthis city, It bas become neceasary to protoct | by means of props. BUDAISTENCE PO ARMY OFFPICERS. 10 e Western Assoctated Press. Wasuwnatan, 1), C., June 20, —The Sccretary ot ;\'M directs that enbrintence storea be sold o of. e I3 ing obtain fnel, partment witl ete., from the Qoariermaster's Ie be (raned, NAVY CTRCULAR. The Secretary of the Navy han lsred & clreular directing comtnandants of navy-yande and stations to conform strictly to the requirements of the navy regulations, and to hold all uumder thele command to & #strict sctounlabllity, Under theac R‘Ellllllnlll. laborern sliall ein. ployed, the * proper _ ufficeen L% In charge, with this reference to their skill and efclency, and withont regard [0 political of other consideratlons. No_officet or employe n any of the navy yards ehall require or request any workingninn 10 con- tribute of pay any money for political purnoses, nor sliall ‘nny workingman be diecharged for political upinions, A board of Inspection shalt ba appuinted to insvect the material purchased, and t docide if 1t 19 of good quality, aud ot & fair marxet price. REVENUE RATD, TRevenns-Agent Brownlow reporta to tho Com. minaloner of Internal Rerenue from Knoxville that he made 8 succeeeful ratd on ilticit distillem in Jiancock County, captaring Dol Itay and bud Raioes, ringlenders, and halfsn-dozen small of- fenders, and destroying two stlile, fourteen stille houses, cighty-four tnhs of beer, about 8,000 gallons of beer and 75 gnllona of whisky, TUE ANNKXATION CANAND. Sax Fraxcieco, Cal., June 2, —In roference to thestory in the New York Jun 28 to the schema by the Miminlstration for selzing the Northern Statcs of Mexico, ex-Senator W, M. Stewart, who was mentioned se baving had an interviow with Secro- tary Evarts un the rublect, gave, 2o far as he I conces n poaitive denial to thewhole story to- day to ¢ reparter, 1le had not, ho sald, reen Evarts orany one vlse for the purpose stated by the Sun, and knew nothing whatever of sny intention on the part of the Governtent to acquire by scis- ure or purchase any portion of the Mextcan terrl- tory, ' THE CROPS. ILLINOIS. Bpocial Disputch to Ths Tridune, Dwianr, 111, June 20, —Anotber terrible raln- storm last nicht, accompanicd by severe lghtning and violent winds, A tornado passed o few mliles sontheast of Dwight, tearing down feuces aud corn-cribs, and destroylng ontho: and barne Among those who have auffared are James Mo- Carier, honse moved twenty feot: barn destroyeil. Theo farm-honse of John 83, Campbell, occanied b Fleke, torned sronnd: outbnildings demolished. Francla Caror and Whitaker sustained lossea of watballdings and fenees, At Fairbury, in this connty, we learn that two churches were de:ualm by the tornado, If tho rain of yesterday did not quite **eook ua,™ {he rain of Iastnight has about **drowned na ont,* and, &8 Moody would eny, it luookas very much 10- dayssif lhoroflv‘lnl o4 'Imi'l. mh\mll";m e foectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Dwiont, [il., Jnne 20—Later. ~I have just re- turned from Bloomington, and nd the vutlook 100 T cent botter than [ expected. after two such errible storms of raln as have swept throogh thia State within the lust twenty-fonr hours. ‘Yha com, asa whole, ks well. The ground s clesn, has been enltivated well,and the corn Is growing very fust. 1 Lave never Leen ao azrecanly dixappotuted in my life at the stuntion of the crops, 1 axpected to find the ground covered with wator sud the corn vut of sight. Un the contrary, ihe ground seems L have abe norbed ft, and it was only in exceptional casen that 1 saw water standing, aud in every caao it could have been taken off if the land had Leen properly dfiched, The farmers were out In thotr felds with their hoes draining ot the water, and those with whom Iconversed seemed very hopetul of the preas ent situation, and were bound to raise a crop if they only had haif a chance, Tho oatsare not injused, anyg we hiave every reaxon to be thankfal that we. huve ascaped o well, The nir alt day hns been cool, and u fine soutberly wind In doing much to dry up the ficlds, Hpecial Diepled to The Tvidune, Cuanraius, 1L, June 26, —Crops in this connt; neo Jooking well, "Coru tv, however, quite mall, and tho stand tiiin, but tlie increased ocreawn wiil souke up for that, And If the fall Ia au avurago one the Inrgest corn-crop uver ralsod bere will be har- vested, Winter whost In better than for ycars, and will be ripe In about ton days. Oxts are heavy #nd heading out. Potatoes nover looked beticr, and the huga are dotng no. dnmnfi:. Hayinz tina beunn, And the crup will be up to the avorave. Cherrics are being shippod from bote in large quantition thix week. Special MapateA to The Tripune. Cannoxvaist (I, June D, —The wind and rain storm roported aa dolig beavy damage north of oK passed ovor thin viclulty abont noon yester- day, giving our people qnite a fright, but diid no particulur damage. ‘Mha wtorn L night, how- uver, was qnito a blow. Knin fell very hani for ovuran hour, the wind blowing & gate, and tae lightning playing ail the thne, heat'in shuck wl}u‘ tulllldunhly dietributed, but the damoge ie wligh Fpectul Diwpatch to The Trivune, DanvirLr, 1., June 20. —Reports from differ. ont poluts in this cunnty, recelvud to-day, make it ovidunt thet the wheat cropls vory badly damaged in all localities, and In son cos_entirely dus stroyed by the storm of yesterday, fn the north- ern pazt of the couniy, which s one of the bont wheat-growing roudons, the storm scoios to have en suvutest, and Lo Luve dune the groatest dam. ouwv.k!uvcllnu houses, uprooting \rees, and Kiling sl Bpecial DiepaicA 0 The Tyibune, Hamumnuig, Baline Co., June 20.—fTarvoest is nearly over, { have beeu nearly all ovar the State, and I'think ‘we bave the best crop of wheas and vats we cver baid, Coanting last year as an aver- sge, weare one-third abuve that, “Send us n good piirchusor and a0 agont, and wa will glve & good delivery. Dispaich 0 The Tridune, Uaniyieer, [, June ,—A wsiost violent wind aud hafl-storm passed uver \bls city wud conuty lavt nizbt, doing great damnge to the wheat ani vat cropa, M"f wupecially diwastrous to tho wheat crop, Juvollng it to the sarth, uud puiting un cnd (o the harvest for tha precent, . Apectal Dispaich 10 The Tridune, VirnNa, Johneon Co,, Juno 24, —Our wheat will Fo about eleven bashuts per acre: plamp and full, "There lu no vmut or scab, ur sy otbier defect in the whwal, Thers Lus beon w0 rain since we com- mun:'ud harvesting. We will b threshiug this wee - Kpecial Digpaich to The Tribuna, Famrinen, Wuyne Co., June 20.—~Wheat hare veul commonced, Uraln well dlled. Average 8f- teen bushels per acre. Weather has been very flne for harvesting, Kpecial DisperteN jo The Triduna, Sauxx, Marion Co., Juno 28.—Our . harvest fu fine, Wealber good. Yiuid from ten to thirty Dushels per acrs, Aversgo eightevn bushels. Heads long and well Blled.” Berry plump. Corn good. Grass extra, al Dispaich w0 The Tribwne. Mounu, lil., June £5,—A vory leavy sbower fell yontordsy and heavy rine through fhe night that will cause great fnjury 1o the crops. # KANBAS, Hpecial Disgatch o The Tribuma, Osweao, Labette Co., June ¥U,—We have fust comncnced harvesting. The crop a4 s whole will not be wore than s ball, The ylold per acre, from fivo to twenty-five bushels, The aversge will be probably about twelvo bushols. 'The indications aro that the weather will bo dry and pleasant, Special Dispatch to Tha Tribune, Havey, Runo Co., Juno 20.~Wheat haa lled well, and we shiall commence cutting to-day. Oata promive well, i tho rust docs not wfect thew, Veather hob' and suliry. Corn backward and woedy Bpecial Dispaich (o The Tribuss., Hiwoutaxp, Doalphsu Co., June £0.—Comn is mare backward hery thls scason than for ten years, General coudition of sll crops (ulwuys cxcupting tho *hoppers) splendid. 5 Dispalch o The Tribune. Drrsngx, Swith Co., Juse 20.—Small graln la early this year; sowe will bu cut this w Corn 1o l‘nchud. but e dulng well now, The staud is xood. uyl Spacial Dispatch 10 The Trivune. Loxatox, Elk Co., June 26, —Prospects now for €10p# are gonerall, Cora, howsver, Lu back. ward. - Faruiers at work caliivatlog their coru. Land not sscloan al Dispaich 85 usual, 0 Tas Triduns. Pansoxs, Labeite Co,, Juue 20. —The corn crop docs not look eucoursingly, Whab thure te of i faic. Oats look very flos. Early potatoes povr. Wa are cultivating coru. Laand weedy. Arciisox, Ke., June 2. —No dawage waa done in Nortlern Kausss by the_ recent storms, and the £FOP proepucts wetw never botter at thils svason of the year. Whestlercady for cutuing aad corn growing very fluely. INDIANA. + Spectat Divgaich to The Triduna Trxsi Havte, Ind., Juno 20. —Yesterday after- oo & trcmenduous storm came wp from the nortbwest, bat apparcatly speot much of fte forco before reaching here. About I this moruing a ter- tible storm swept over, levellog over & thousand forct trocs about the city, uurvofing bouses, and supihilating swaller bulldingw Thore was bo great pecunlary loss, sod 0o injury to bife, Thy track of the storm was ahott twenty or thirty wiles 1o widih, The wheat urth was l{mln‘ down 1u ..... e A = damage. Corn will not suffer, unless thers be Sl e teh 1o The Tridun al eh 10 The TRDIANAFOLIS, done 20 —The "fowrnat han renorta {roin & lArge nnmber of polnts {n the north- ern, central, and eastern paris of the State, and In Ceatral 1llinois, which show that the damage to the crops by Monday's statn will not be ro great as fearsd ' Many foide of wheat, panially prostested by wind and faln, ratsed ander (o inflacnee of fa- vorable weather to-day, anid Tully au sversge crop will be gnthered froin preacnt appeamnces. In the southern part of the State witeat and hay are moetly gathered. Corn s not ll’fil)llll{ nart, al- "N"pnla‘: wet weather prevents working in bot- Il ) tom o 1eh to The Tridune, Fort WATNE, Ind,, June ), ~The storm yes- terdny did much damage to tho crops in this'and adjalning connties, Wheat especiaily saflered, many latge flelds being blown down. Orchards wore also_damagod meverely, trees being hiterally torn up by the roole. Other crups wre sulfering severely from an excess of rafn. WISCUNSIN. Epecial Dispuitek te The Triwne Fox Lare, Wis., Jnne 26.—Small grain & rale 18 looking wwell. Wheat rather thin, goed color, aboul fourteen fnchiew high, and beginning to head ent Corn about & foot high, guud color, but stands thin, owing to povr reedands dry M proapect for good erop 18 very flim, _Fotatoes are doing fisely: no damage from bage, 1t rained ver haril nestly'all yestorday afternoon tarmers wifl soun be erowling abant there beime tov much of it, and will be for getting our thelr dry-westhor pray- er. Spectal Dispateh lo Ths Tridune. Priatmix bv Bac, Sauk Co., Juno @, —Chinch. bups have come into the urlcy in great numbern, (nher amall graine an yet afe clear of them and ook well. Corn gencrally & pood stand, and has Ueen caltirated two or three tines. MIBSOURT. Bpecial Dupaich to Tha Triduna Brzcxkexminax, Caldwell Co., do., June £0.— 8mull graiu looks well, oxcept on “bottom land, rhera it hias Leen budly damaged by the high wa. ter. Comn s growing fast, bt Is fomewhat weedy, &9 wo are having frequent rains, whicn fatorfere to soma extent with n nm{el‘ cnltivation. Haying will commence Lhia week. ‘Pimuthy and clover . Insccts of all kinds—the ‘hopper tucluded o,fcarce, not enoush to glve ‘employment to the birde. Bpectal Dimpateh to The Tridurle, Kinpaibag, Osage Co,, dnne20. ~—\We bogan hare vosting on the 20th. There is very little ruat, The music of the reapora 1 heard in various directions, Boma fielde will go as high as twenty+ive tasheln Dor acre, and others as low as len, = The appoar- iatthe crop Ia at feaet 16 per cent 20, Oasts bid fair for & pood crop tn looks first-rate. NEDRASKA. 8pertal Mapateh to The Trituns, | Macon, Franklin. Co., Juoe 20.—Crops of all kinds laok tha best Thave aver seen nt this scason @1 the year. Spring wheat heading. Rye past bloam. Barley headed. Corn worked the second time, Farmers fn hich spirits, No gmashoppers, Apecial Dispateh 1o The Tribune, Pxno, Nemahs Co., June 26, ~Barley heading, with promize of a heavy crop. Small grains cutte tinua to look fine. = Seawon so farcool, with a great amount of ealn. Corn anly doinz maderately, Special Dispaltch to Ths Tridune. RLTTItAN, Juckson County, Junv 20, —~We havo commenced barvesting, \Wheat is of good quality, The yicld from filteen to twenty bushela per acie, :(;Ihu weather is very flne aud cool for this scasun of @ year, CALTFORNTA, Spectal Dispateh tn The Tridane, Caxnns, Cal,, Juno 20, —The wheat erop in San Lala Oblspo County {s extromely light, owing to tho excessive drougnt. Our ueual acreage, 3,500 acres, has dwindled down to 700 acren, with about twelve bushels to the ncre, The guality s fair and up to b rage. BURGLARIES, The Realdence of Ald, Kerbor Ia Vialtad— An Unuaunl Showrlug In the Hoaso-Break- er's Art. . 8kortly after 3 o'cloek yosterday morning All. Kerber, residing in 4 threo-story marble-frunt, No, 01 Judd atrect, & shott thoroughfare in the vicinity of Clinton and West Twelfth stroets, was awnken- cd by the nolxo of sume one forcing an entrance fo the louse, by way of n - baremeut window, Not the leust dannted by the sus- plcion that they were burglars, Mr. Rerber went down stalrs to welcoms them, and npon reaching the head of the stalrwny leadlog up from the bascinent howsae assaulted violontly by ono of them. Not being able to cupe with so desperato a villaln ow & burglar in the dark, he hit upon the happy orpediont aof Eolding fast between his tecth one of his antagoniat’s hands. As he did so tha fotlow drow. 8 revolver and made saveral valn cflorta to “snop It bui was prevented by Mr. Kerher, whin, with the sdvantage he had ai- ready gaine 1t from him. Finding himsolf fast hurglar calied to his Ve pal, " who tevponded prompuly. by doallng Mr. Kerher two eavera blowa in the mouth, knocking out two of his front teefh, and o badly loosentng two others that he had them pullad yeaterday af- ternoon. During this tine tho futiales of the funly wero enzuged in squealing at tha top of thelr volces, which brought wpeedily to the aceno Officers Caroy and Otio, who tan at once to the upper story, whence proceeded tho crics for hlp: and right hers is whore an anavolidable mis- take \was made, na tho bnrglars wer at thut tinio maklug thur escaps from Mr, Kerbor, Ofiicer Otto ‘canght sight of one of thom cloar- foe a high fonca in the rear, but after o #hort ‘chane they loat the trafl and gnve np the pursuft, Mr, Kerber retatua as sonvenirauf the noctuanal visit s small revolvar which e wrested from the fellow who tried to shoot him, and a polr of shoes and stuckings ba- longi 1o his ** pal,* At daylight, Otiicer Tio Mahouey. gpon information roganiing individinl being scen upon the eirests nt onr, proceoded to Mo, 142 Weat Adams whora he arrested a fellow giving tho Johin Annett, cluiming to bus blacksrilth only & few ‘weeka from Kochenter, N. Y. Hu was rendily end positively {dentified by Mr, Korber as the fullow who deait bl tho blow {n’ the month, and all ef- forta that may be made to provean libi—tiat Joop- hole fur wo wsny criminale—ls kuocked on tho head by the identitication of par- ties who had eocn hin - hatlews upon “thy rtreets, Up to a luto hour the pallcs had not found tha other fetlow, but he can hardly escapo, warked A0 badly ns bo is on the hand, The bito muws have boen a #avere ons, s« ho left tracus of Llowd on the fenco and n didloront placed at loat two blucks from the scene. Uue uf the boldeat burglarice of the. sesson wns perpetratod At sbout noun yesterdny at No, 204 an luren streot, the rusldence of Ferdinaud Gelu- wler, Entrance was effecied by uryln‘f open the front door. Tha famlly were from bume at the timo, und they freo sway to themeelves. After = packing up solld wlver. wal t all descriptions, jewelry, and several walches and chalus, thu entire lot valued at sbout they departed na they had entored. ‘dto hurglary wax enpeclally daring, a4 at that hoae the struet uiust have been ‘Hned with foot-pasaenzers. ‘The rubbery was discoverud soon ufter it oceurred, and was at once ruported Lo the police, batno trace uf the thicres could be fonnd. Last Friduy morning the dry-gooda eatablishment of K. A, Muilan, un 1o corner of ‘f'wonty-socond oud Waod streels, was_cntered by Lurglars, who forced entrauce through the front-door by meany Jimuilve, - They wers evidontly night-worklng Jm-kuluu, ol was bunglingly done, aud he goods taken wurs of the chieupest. The loss is entimated at about $250 ouly, The thieves ml(.'hl have had three times the sum, with 1111] trouble, it Ven rendy liss arrastod who Lried to bire a horse and wagon' va the morne lugol the hurglsry, Munday moruini; the storcof Charles Salzman waa unlered by burglurs, who gained cutrance by forcing open s rear window and prylng ot the lron bars, and then climbing futo sn sdjulning roons, “Fliey took abunt $300 worth of punznul property, facludin un[nln of watchies, clothing, and jow- artcd as thoy had entored, 08 morning the tailor stiop of L. B, .. in Browu bullding, corner of Madi. sonand Clurk wtreets, was cutcred by some one with falae Leya. Heveral bolts of clofh aud a lot of clothlug made t order, valued fu all at $300, was tuken. The fob was very neatly done, no marks belug left bobind. “The luck was somewiat tau| qumd with, but was not noticed an- 411 attee tho Toss of the waods was dlucoverod, Thera la wo trace to the thieves. Ve realdonce of John i, Coiloy, No, 311 Paus Nua strvet, was entered by burglars :lfl{ K‘llulv day morning, aud abvul §75 worth of olothing Is mlssing In consequence, i il — CANADIAN NEWS, Speciul Diepaich to The Tribune. Moxrazat, Juue 20,—The body of tho late Mr, Gilman, who suddenly disappearvd from thls clty last winter, was found floating In 1he river to-day, ‘The body wasmuch decompueed, but casily ideatie fled. Tho supposition la that Mr. Gliman jumped {hrough e hola in the lcv vpporlta the woper St. adgod on & shoal just below, and was dislodged by 8 dredging-machiue, 3, Gliman was the principal of tho llrw of Allan, Ullinsn & Co., the 1nesl extonsive umber-mers chanie in the world, The ship-laborcrs' strike s over, and the lsbors o0 buve roturned to ewploywent a4 the old rato of wages, with au understanding that no members of the Ship-Laborers' Union will b employed. e e —— — THE OHIO DEMOCRATS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Crycrnars, 0., June 26, —The recent action of & ¢mall meeting of the Pemocratic Exccutive Com- mittee of Hamilton County, supposcd ta be in the Interest of Converse for Uuvernor snd Pendicton for Scoator, io decidlug that delegstes to the State Counventlon shall bu sppoluted by the Exccutive Committee, bas ratsed & row o the Democratic camp. Au indizuation uicethuy of vther nembers of the Comulitcs was Leld to-day, at which reao- 1utions were passcd denouncing (b couray take reacindinyg the action, sud orderiut that the delus hud CRIMINAL NEWS. Trial of the Persona Accused of the Long-Point-Tank Assas. sination. The:Slunghter ot tho Poor Engle neer Possibly to Be Avenged. Othier Oriminal Matters Briofly Noticed by Tolegraph. ' LONG PUINT TANK, Spectal Dispaieh to Tha Tribunn. Gnrrexvr, 1L, June 20.—A jJury to lry the Long Point case was finally obtatned to-day, and the trial proper began al 3 o'clock this Alternoon, The Hon. 8. 8. Whitehead made the opening states moent on the patt of the provecotion, 1le sald that he would prove coucludisely that small and Iares annor was found at the Jong Point tank: that there waa a winall and large track fonnd where per- rous had Jnmped from the engine; that the cap found wan worn by Caothorne, and was une tbat Uennesy gnve to "Shoemnker; that &l Clulr Is idontiled by Mr. King, of the Indlanapolts Foumdry, as being tho perron who got lio armor made, andthat he bought a platol, 44 iu slze, Swith & Wesson make, in Indianapolis, eald platol shooting s conleal pro- Jectile preciacly theslze of those that killed Milo Ames, and that Shoewaker and 8t. Clalr were It Indinuapolis together but a short Hme before the criine waa committod. He will prodgee a letter from Aleck Canthurne, wrilten from Iudianapolin to his parents (n Torrs Hugte, which fmplicstos Shoemaker, Mr, Whitehead was followed by Jndge Dicina, who made a brief and conclac statement that he would be able to stow the imnocence of the nccuned. The fiest witners called was J. 1, Fraley, the conductor of the traln that was attack. ed. He told the circumatances of the murder, with which the public is tamiliar, e went to thesceno next day and saw the tracks—small once made by a light person snd larcer ones tade by 8 mau wears inzn No. §or 0 boot. He alsu found some of the armor, 8 colfee-sack, aml an old coat, The next witness woa £. 1L lh?:nt, an Adams fxpress agent. Ile alzo teatified 16 finding tracks, "Tiiere were 828, 000 in the expross car, Jucob King, one of the tnost imporiant witness- es, was examined. lic testified that, two years 420, ho waa oimployed In a fonndry In Indianapolte, and 8 man cane there and bud steel platen rivate: logether into A complete sbield forthe bresst and face. 1le might possibly ba mistaken, but to the beet of his knowledge 51 Clalr was the man, The five nccused porsone, fnclnding Jennie On- goid, tho Indllulrllh! prostitute, are being tried together, and % 18 thought the teial will fast all w Tho testimony of this last witneas ereated quite & sensation. In bis mavner he is cool nod collect- ed. lle sayn that he hoa scen St Clalr soveral tmes, and, from his actions and appearance, Is #imost positive that he Is the man that orderad the arwor, 5 ST. LOUIS, 8%, Louts, Juno 26, ~The report of the Connty Omnd Jury, which lias been anxiousty oxpected for scveral days past, was made to Judgo Jones, of the Criminal Court, thisafternoon, 1t Is very long and exhaustive, and shows that the Grand Jury binve dono nu Immenss amount of lahor and care- fully Investigated the numcrous subjects brought before them, After repurting the condition of various publle Inatitotlons, which fe nsaal, the report calls the Court's atientlon to the mattor of forfelted recognizancea in the Criminal Conrt, Court of Criminal correction, and the Polico court, and says that within six montha recogni- zances to the amount of $36,000 have been for- feited hu the Criminal Court alono, aad that Jndg. renta for $23,000 bave been had on a part of these furfeltares, and executions feeaed, but not a dollar has been collected, A numburof these exccutions arw agalust lawyara fo good standling, and the Jury hink they stiould be compelled to pay up or bo diecharged. Tho report further states that under 8 systen of bond Urokorage which prevalls, and which Is mEmlwmlhlc In tho highest degree, nnmod fre taken dnll( In the conrts mentioned an svcurity on bonds which are not worth tho paper they ars written on, It alno eayn ~ that ot thls moment thersa ara in'the Volica Court cxveutlons fur ovor 89,000 re- turned nutla bons, all of which ara agalnst one cits iren, who is the ownor of real estate ssscssed at over 817, Under onr laws all fince, g\lnfllllen. and forfeftures inure 1o the benofit of tho public schooln, and the Jury say {f the Iaws wero properly administered a snmcould de renlized sufiicient to maintaln two or theeo Arl-clans schoola. On the subject of lawyers' feew, the report eayw tha cily fine pald $805,000 o lawycen Ln ita sk Byainat thio Gine comyany, and calls. wpetial attan. tion to tho fact. Itulnosays the County of Bt Louts, from March, 1474, to June, 1877, pal 3,000 for Inwyer' 'fees, It alsa cha “Liarlus @reen, County Assessor, with disrogarding the inntructions of the Court of 'Abpeuls in nasoes- ing banking capital in the clty, whomby tha ity rovenuo wad reduced §41, 000, In reward to the election of Ang. 22, 1870, when the schenlo to soparate the city from tha county wad volod upon, the jury say they wade an ox- tianstiva iavesthation’ of tia whols. maitur, and have definitely ascertained that iho ncheme and charior wers wmot csrrled 8t thal election, wud sssert that the cortificale marle by Mayor Overatolz and Charlen Speck, pro- siding Justice of the Cuunty Conrt, that the schome and charter had bu:n ratifled, was not based upon # personal exanatnation or fuspection of the balluts maudy by them, . TUE MURPHYSBORO AYFRAY. Bpectul Dispateh to Tha Tridune, Carnoxvary, Ill., June 20,—The preliminary examilnution of Jerry O'Connor, for shootlng aud wounding Willlain Lyous, in Murphysboro last Raturday, wus beld ut thal place this forencon. The fncta developed were an followss ‘Thronts bad boen wnade In an off-hand manoer AL O'Conner by Lyons and Jack Adawa, he having cut thelr board bill, On Baturdey the meu recelv- d their ineal-tickos, and O'Cunnor endeavored to collect his bill. Whlle seeking Adsms that porson ran away. Lyona, accomnpanitd by Charlos Bul- lard, & mincr pamlag by O'Connor's salvon, went 1n oud called for the drinks, which were refused, O'Connor thinking thoy meaut harm, Lyousas once begun o abuse O'Connor, They ciinchod, and O'Connor was battared and bralsed coneidera. bly, and thy ebirt turn frow Lla pervon. Gettilg the better of Lyuna, be put him out snd tarmned to wipe the hlnod from his face, when Lyons came to the door, remarking that hio haa u® “poppan* anut wosldaludt mm{-nu- ine ls worde Y acing his bawd overor in bis plstol pocket. O'Counor, from belind the counter, shot at hlm, the Lall eutering Just at the 1th b wnd paseing out ubout Gve inches back. Hullnpd reetnud to have no Interest in the mnatter, further than ws a witncss and fricnd of Lyon. O'Connor waa buuud oyer by 'Bqnirs Kennedy tu $1,500 bal, INDIANAPOLIN, InDIANAvOLI%, June 20, —At 4 o'clock this morne fna John Chiuaman and white uan entered the Chioese laundry og North 1lHuols stecet, and at. tempted to murder Ah Foo, one of the laundry. nien, al thn same tima robbing him of $100, Ah Foo was atabbed Ju the fuce, throal and arma, and evidontly struck with some heavy wespon, Aftor the robbery the assailanta fled. One of them wan recognized os Wung Lo Tung Foo; a rival laun. drymun, and ho was “l‘““"" and locked up, Huw- piclon resting upon Jra MHarter as an accom- rllce of Wuug Lea Tang Foo, he was also o it cked up, The preliminary exsminatlon of both ias boon continucd to swait the result of Loo inju. ries of Ah Foo, ‘Tha jury in the case of John Kennedy, on trisl for the murdec of Clarcnce Henaloy, returncd a verdict of murder_ia the secuud dugrve, snd sea- tence 10 the State Prison for life, A BERRY PICRED. Bpectal Divpatch &g The Tribune, Brrivarssen, 1L, June 26.—John Berry, the man arresicd hern yeaterday on suspicion of being the man who, on July 18, 1575, killed Jobn D, Vancor Iu or near Oscools, 8t, Clair Caunty, Mo,, and has eiuce eluded arrest, to-dsy, fn tho County Jull, admitied that he did the killlng, but clalmed ho acted in scif-defenso, Ho says, further, that $he reason he did uot surrender hin: sulf ai tuie lime was bocadse be feared local proju- dico againat him, lle will be taken back (0 Mise souri a2 suon a4 @ requlsition can bu obtainea from Gov, Paelps, OTTO LEUSCHNEI, Smctul Dlmatch $o Tha Tribune, East Bauixaw, Mich., Juue 26,—0Otto Leasch- ner, the defaalting bauk Teller, was scatenced the Circult Coust to-day ta fuur months iu the De- trolt Honse of Correction, aud (o pay a fine of 500, or, in licu theeeal, eighteen months longer u the Hoase of Cortectlon. " No less than five in. dictmenta—four for embezzlemont and one for forgery—huug over hls bead, but the powerful fn. flucnce of a largs circlo of fricads wus brought to Lear in hls favor, —— . ALLEGED MURDERERS ARRVSTED, Barrinous, June 20, —James Gardnor snd J. W, Grove were srrested at Sandy look, Md., un sus- piclon of belug the murdersrs of the Rev. J. M. Friday, the pastor of the Lutheran Church, at Harpes's Ferry, whoso body was found fa (e caus) there June 1. et THE DEADWOOD COACH, Hur Ciser, Wy., June 20.—The coach from Deadwood was stopped last night by two road- azentenear Cheyeupe River, The possengers, dve fo ‘o wegu - @ (! slout 81,500 la money, watches, etc,, George Crysial, & freighter, losing $700 and & valnable gold watch, The teeasurs-hox was riveted to tho iroowork of the coach, and the robbera, after wocking At it over an liour, laft withont auccoeding In openlng or removing th CONFESSED JIIS CRIME. Laoviavitie, Ky., June 20.—To-night's Clarks. ville apcciat to the Courler-Journal, reports that MaJ. J. P. Flood, editar of the Stowart Cannty (Tena.) Record, attorney-at-law, and Postmaster ‘In that aection, has confcased having stolen scveral thonaand dotlars from registered letters. 1fis rep- atation has been the very beet, and hia popularity the very highest, Flood was recently elected Yice-Presdent of the Tanncesea Press Associattun, "l‘m discovery of the crime prodaces qulte & senss- ok, . SIOOTING APFRAY, Spectal Diepaich to The Triduns. CARLINVILLE, 11)., Juno 20, —Scevars] weeks ago, Charlesand Willlam Donnelly got mixed npin a fow in & aaloon at Brighton, in which it Is clatmed they shot Charles [11gar, bat the shot was not fatal. ‘This morning lhe{ wers arrested by a Depoly Buerlf and brouht here, They walved examina. tion, und were held in 8500 bonds each o appeae at the Angust terin of the coutt, & PARDONED, Mrxrais, Tenn,, June 20,—United States Marshal Waldron to-day received from the Prusi- dent a full pardon for Esqmiro 1f, C. Brewer, cone victed of conspiring with M, Combs, aclaim agent, to defraud the Government, and sentenced hy the United States Conrt to the Penitentinry, Rrewer {8 quite old, almost totally bitnd, and’ unable to perform any Inbor, and has served elghtcen monthe In prison. TRIAL FOR IIOMICIDY. ? Bpectul Dispateh to The Tridune. ‘WATsERA, III., June 20, ~The teial of Charles Pinkerton, who killed 8amucl Keller, of Troguols, on May G, was commenced this mornlng. T. 1, Iarrin, Statc's Attorney, and Blades, and Kay op- [elrrd for the ‘\m:emnon. and Messrs. Stearns, eland, and Wright for the defense. The preater part uf the day was cousumed indmpancliug u jury, DBURGLARY. Special Dispateh to The Tridune. Joriet, 11k, June 2u.—In the Circuit Court this aficrnogn W, . Walsh was sentenced to the Peni- teatlary for two ycars for burglary and larceny, and G. 1L, McMullen and William Hartlgan to ono yenr ench for larceny. Lastnight the store of Bacr & Erb wan entercd by burglare, who sccurcd soe tobacew sud ubout $10 §n change. LIFE-SENTENCE, Special Disputeh to The 1ribune, Ixptawaronis, Ind., June 20.—Kennedy, the murderer, ws sontenced to-day to the Peniten- tiary for life. Elht of the jury favored hanglag, Kennedy kilied s fricnd In October Iast in a aunrrel ol\:hr..- woutau to whom they were buth vlalming a 7l STILL AT WORK, i Pomuanesris, June 20,—A dispatch from Vlymouth, Pa., says last night near Nanticoke o nparty of drunken Molly Maguires attockeda number of miners, injurlng all of them. Mariig. Mcintvro, ane of the coliters, was 80 budly woand- ed ttut ha died this morning. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Cnzatzn, Pa., June U0.—W. ;lI, Johnson, of Delaware Connty, lna At of jealousy last uight, klited hls consln, John Worrall, and then himsclf, CASUALTIES. TUE LATIE STORM. CiNeneiaTy, 0., June 20.—Thero a8 no mate- rial damage occasloned to property in this city by the great storm last evening besides that reported 1n last night's dispatches, At Springfield, 0., o child of David Winduam waskllled by o falling Larn, and two other per- gons wera zeriously injured from the same cause. Tho residence of M Click was leveled to tho ground. Mre. Click snffered a broken leg and am. Two students of Wittenberg College woro knocked scnsclces by falllng bricks, A dozen farge bulldings, {ncluding the 5. James Hotel and tho sowing-machine factory, lost roofws Tho dam- ugo to crops n incalculable, not only In the vicinity of Bpringfleld, bus along thie whole pathway of the sorm, At Neading, O., the stable of Henry Retwenberg was blown down, tna nnr killing tho proprictor, ~ At Laneaster, 0, realdences and slores were unroofed, and the Cathollo church steepie was blown down, LoxTiAc, I, June 0. —A violentatorm of lights ning, thunder, wind, .and ruin puswed over thia county yesterlay afternoun, It was purticularly severe at Foirbury, The Mothodists of that city bave recently erected a fino new brick church, which the_viofenco of ‘the burricano neariy da- ntroyed. The wind also blow tho roof off the Rap- tist Chnrch, cauning it to fall on an_ndjoininyg dwalling, crushing in the kitchen and seriously burting {wo of the inmates, & mothor and cofld. The large coal-ahaft building of Marshi's, at tho west end of Valrbury, waa also dentroyod, . Spectal Dishaich 10 TA Trivune, Lraytr-Mits Giova, Neb,, June 20.—We have had a firat-class storm, Throe houses wera hlown down nnd ns_wauy blown part away.. One stably wad blown down, Three houses wora biown off thoir foundations, In tho stablo were seven head of lorees and o boy, When the horses wero ceunhed down the boy' laid down by a lnrge maro untilall was stlll, and then crawlod oot Al tho horaes wore dug out und saved except ane, Br. Louis, Junu 20,—~The GlobesDemocrat's special from Mabomet, 1ll., snys the heaviest o for fifteen years passed over that place this aflurnoon, and cxtended o number of miley around, The fanm-house of Wylle Davls, four wlles sonth, was doatroyoed, and amphell so- rioasly injurod. Tlhe "hotre of Wenley Nelson, near Manefleld, was blown down, und’ Byivania Neleon very baaly hurt, Cars wera blown feum tho track of tho Chlcago & Paducah Hailroad at Calef. Whicat, rye, and oats were blown flat with the ground Uxaita, Neb., Juno 2. —Additional particnlars of tha storm show (hiat it did more damago In west. ern lowa than west of the Missouri River, ‘Troins wero dolayed East and South by wet track and bad bridges, A Haunmnura, Po., Jane 20.—A heavy wind and raln storm S‘llmd over the ¢h§ this afternoon. Marrinburg hridgs spanning the Snsquehanna from the Harrisburg slde to Longneckers Istanud, was ane roofed und u portlen of 1t blown out of position, amage, $2,500, Onu of the turrots was blown oft the Catholic Cathedral, and u number of dwell- Ings unroofed and badly damayed by water, EXTRAORDINARY ESCAI'E, Bpectal Dispatch 1o The Tridune, Dixox, 1H., June 20.—John Reymon, a worke man in the plow-ahops of Messrs. Cumins, Noble & Dodgu, of (hls clty, while in the act uf adjuste ing a belt on tho prlloy of a slaft fifteen foct high, ‘was caughitin tho snme by his cluthes, and revolved twico around tho shaft with the rapidity of light- uing, and, ‘when roscuod, not a shred of clothing ‘was on him except his soci A bystander was bit upon the head by Reymon's ho u the revolu- tion, and knocked senssless, most miracu. The Tons lhll,:h' i1 the whole allalr was that not a bono of his y was broke: DROWNFED, Ban Puancisco, June 20.—A Victoris press dis- patch saye: **1tobort Williams, Chie! Factor of the lludson Bay Company, whilo on & tour of fn- spection of the Comuvany's poats, on the northwest ¢oants, was drownod while crossin, fin!ln Chars falte's Bound n 8 canoe with Bvo Ju iaus, one of whom was vaved. " CoLunpus, 0., June 20.—A little don of Frank Deebe, o laborar at the rolling-will, was found this afternoon in a barrol of watee, drowned, CRUBITED DY TIGIITNING, Special Dispalch 1o The Tridune. Gosugy, Ind., June 26,~Duriug & thunder storm yesterday o man named Teracl Price, resid- ing near Miltord, Ind., was struck by lightmng, and {nstuntly killed, Krom sll appearances alinast wyery bone In Fh body was hroken. His boots wero tora’from bis feet and ploces seattered about hlm, —— FATAL EXIPLOSION, Toatox, June 20,—By the explosion of a boller of the tug-boat Ierbert, William Farrel), engineer, aad Willlam Usull, degh-tiand, wero killed, FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT, Diuperoun, Me., Juno 20, ~John Douglais and wife, of Porier, were killed by belng throwa frum helr carriage, —————— TE EGRAPHIC NOTES, Bpecial INapalch fo The Tribuns, Sraxarisiny 1L, June 20.~Gen. Jesse M. Moaore, Penslon Agent, to-day recelved olicaal Ine formation of (he cousolidation of Ililnote Penslon Agencles at Chicago, aud wad ordered to prepare gl- b?o\n, vouchers, cte., for tranafer fo Miss weet, . PitavsLputa, June 20.—1t is understood that preparationy are making for a grand Gubernatorial excursion in which tha Exccatives of all the States wiii unite for an jnterchange of officisl courtesivd 1 oxamination ot the great commercisl Hog centrew, he three leading visited sre Bosto: w York and Phlla. party remainingifeach city thrce daye, FIRE AT ST. JOSEPH, MICH. 8r. Josmpu, Mich., Juno 24.—About 2 o'clock fhis moruing fre was discorored in James A, Forbea' grocery, in Parker's Block, on State stroct. A geseral slarm waa sounded, but, notwithe standlug the strenuous cffurts of our Fire Department, alded by & steamer from Ben- ton Harbor, the fames steadily galued, and wera not subdued until the whole bluck was Rutted. leaving unly the walls sundluz. Tue tobe Gelpbia, the cotupantaof the bulliing and losscs are an follaws: ¥ D. Parker, owner of the block, valned nt 16,000; Invnred in the Home, of New Yark, for ,000; 'FPhenix, Brooklyn, $2,0005 Atna, Istt- ord, §2,000, ‘dames L. Fotbes, goods’ partly saved; “joen, $1,000; ineured In the Central, Hi. Lonla, $1,000;' " Firsinen's _Fond, Frane circo, 81,0005 'Continental, New Vork, $1,000, do MU Chambors, dry - goods, $1.000% fnenred’ In the Nor(h Britlsh, ~London, $1,0001 Phenix, lirooklyn, #1,000: Continental, €1, 0007 First National Jiank, cvorything eaved; Mien ‘Mar- tn and Mre. Calbirn, millinery, from water and remoral, 8100: no insurance; Trarel-rand Herald ofice, 85,0005 tatal loss: insured In the Tiome, “of Colnmbus, -~ $2,000; Continental, of New York, $1,000: Plienix, of Draokiyn, Glapy & Fyfe and . A, Winslow, attor- neys, firo, water, clc., £800: no insurance, James 3. Clarke, rance acent, loas slight. Echuol reeords eaved; Episcopal records burned. Most of the business men on both aides of State atreet, north, removed their stocks, fearing a total detriiction of the business scction, which copluus showers before and during the fire only prevented, e me——— . CURRENT GOSSIP. IN TIE RAIN. Quick, quick ope the duur— Wider—now, sot For hicte comen Miss Aune, With face ail netow. Breathiless she enters— Blie's reached home at Inat, ¢*tireat leavenst ['m thanklul Tlie worst ls now past. **1 was hurrying on, Fast as ever 1 conld, To get to the schoal Befare the atorm shonld, But not just four blocke ad I distanced from you, ‘When down came the raln, And drenched me right through, *0 goodnesa! don't mention That horrid umbrell’, For wheraver It's gune to I'm sure 1 cavnot tell, T wax holding it closely Down uver miy face, When, all of a sudden, | 1t went off on a race. *'1looked just ono moment< 1 thonght I would sce 1t 1 could Aind the umbrel)” ‘That once sheltered me. Bul 'twns not in sight— So onward 1 sped, With raln pouring swiftly Down on to iy head, ‘! Faster, more fnrious, The totrents of rain, Making me wish 1 were homne once agaln, But lhmwlmll O good hcavens! I'm dfire [ aball faint. The way thoss men laughed Would bave maddened » saint. **T felt my cheekn redden— 1knew that my clothes ‘Wera held I a maoner ‘That showed my atripod heso. Bue L did not caro— n 1 wonld nevor confoss That, for fear of such men, 1 had ‘spoljed 1y now dress, 1150 1 walked paat them quickly, Wit lipa firn-compressed, . Not heeding thele commenta On *how she was dressed.® - Boliera T am rafely Within my own door; And of storma I assure yon 1 don't wish for more,*" Quana P, Bontrvaans. Caicado, Jone 23, 1877, CONCERNING A DOG. Cincinnati Commercial, * As wo wandered west slong Fourthstroot yos- torday, on our return from the dog show, wo mut an old friend in a blao unlform, who asked cone cerning the prowpective surcess of the exhibition, the character of the attendance, anid the merits of the doge. Conversation natorally turned upon dogs In genorsl, snd subsequently npon mastin doge In particular, The Man in DBlue listened tn o kind of dreamy way to our criticisma, and suddenly cammenced wlowly and thoughtfully to narrato tha following incidont: **Ithink It was in ‘60 or '51 when I was cross- Ingthe Plalns to resch (he Gold Fields, Thero were only three of us; and wo were all (he time on the lookout for Indians. I believe'the Mormons had onty settled at 8ait Lake about four years pro- oas; and Lo cross the Plaln: 4 In those dayw n risky undortaking. Wo rude all dayand lln{ghl ong atwayw slood guand, ** Thero was an awful silence on thoso plainse; and somethues tho silence wolghod down npon us #0 strangoly that we would ride on for lonrs withe out spunking: and you nover heard even the bark- ing of n coyole, ** The alr wae raro and transparent, and the ex. ‘mnln aliout us level as s vaat nea, with occasional hillowy heavos which one could see ata dista: twenly miles, It was nonrly slways the eame; axe cept where the nuflalo-skulls. wero very thick), strown, or whoro thase queer Indian graven ralsc on polea stoud out syainat the horlzon, like odd black fnxects sith ve: lnng legs, & *! o we came at last to the Lead of the Sweat- wator—thon noarly a thonsund miles from any scte tloment; nud the skulls Iny Vcer'r thick there,— thick as bowldors in a torront-bed sometimes; and tharo wor little monnds all over tha plsin; and those mounds were sllgraves, **Each grave had s great baffalo orelk akull— all white, aud bleached, and ghastly-looking— at one eud of it, 1 temembor some of the vlk-axulls must have measured fve feot between tho tips of the horne; and the bons was white and dry s ealf. Aund on overy skull that was placed on's mound there had boen written In rflncll ar scratched in with s knito, the name of the dead wau below, such an * William ltawline, died Sth May; 27 yoare; Plke Connty, Missouri," 4 They wero nearly all from Pike County, Mo. ; and we' pot tired of reading so many of them. ‘There were uther skulld Iving along the road hers and there with little sentences written on them in pencil, statiug thut Bo-and.Bo ‘and ‘So-and-So had pansed by on_sncha dsy, Weused to pick nps clean skull ourscives, once in awhile, and writs numething of this kind on it, so thatwe mizht leave a sutt of clew as to what had becoms of us, It we should get killed, 4 Well, a8 'Wo wure stombling over the graves and reading the Inscriptions ou the sk} oud- denly vaw & great dog rlse from & mound &t sume distanco, and slowly retreat to unother mound still further off, where he turned and stared at Was 00y of thuse buge Knvlish mastifts, an have belonged to one of the dead men, wew through tilm s uo stsrving wolf coold have been gaunter, and bia great protruding eyes had the wildesl ook you ever l,'. lie seemed to havoe lost his volee and his lesh together, and lovked like the very vhautom of & dog, Wo calle W whintied to lilm, but he never barked, —only stared at us with the same wild look, ‘Then we went lo the grave he had been lying on, and It was namo. levs,—there was no skull on it, nothing to mark It 832 wrays except tho long coftin-shape of the mound. **Wa tried for aver eo long to coax_the dog e¥en to come sud et somothing: bt he would not come near s, and would run off_in & weak, shy way if ied Lo soproach him.' God know ad been theret We remained 8 who! hitle hiole for watar for t! could strike waler thers wi four or 6 among the graves, Then we Teft » and dry foud for him, sud rode away **As we went | turned and saw him return to the crave and le down on it at full length, as thouph ll"rlng to guand it. And [ watched bim, and watch. ed bim, untll at last when I tarned in my eaddle 1 conid see nothing except the white skulls all be- kiud me, and & few weird Indlan graves on tho --flu::' of the horlzon whero the night was creoplng up = s VAGARIES OF LUNATICS, Yo York Sun, *'Yes, slr, I'm the lyght of the world,” smd & hatchet-faced, omaciated man la the City Hosplial for the Insane on Ward's Island, And he looked at the Superiatendent, Dr. A. B, Macdonald, seem- ingly cxpecting some acknuwledgment of the trath of his assertion, Getting from the Doctor & nod of respectful as- sent, the patient continucd: ** You know, Doctor, that I have been skinned alive hero—burned all sculded ative. You know 1t,Doctor. My bons been taken out of my bady one by one, A1y bead bas been scrowed oft snd screwed on syaln, ¥ ':‘}\'hdv‘md thoy take your kead oif? the Doctor nquire: ?mn, yon kngw, Dactor. You know -well enouch ™ the patlent repifed, reproachfully, ** You kuow 1liag mny head 1s the moon and my aklin Is the wtars. Whore -uuld{nfl ®et your light at aizht, 1 abould lke to know, {f it wasn's for el Jlocan's my blood supply light' for ali the strect. Intmps in thet bk clty over’there?™ As ho said tkis, bo waved his band toward the opposite shore, whero the thousands of Mitls gay fets glimmere through the darkness, *‘Once,” ‘s continued, **my bead was 24 big as our friend, the Doctor's, bere, Now seohow thin ftfs."* And as he stroked his poor, vhrunken cheeie, his bead dropped upon E:‘hrlcu!.dhh Jaws dropped, sod he looked cnuge y sad. **Yes, bat," sald tho Doctor, trying 1o rally bls tlcnl." **if your skio is all Iak‘e’n{ gfi lmll’youl oucd are taken out, Low Is it that there s sny- thlug left of your* i The paticnt did not raise his oyes from the Hoor, As the Doctor was moving away the poor fellow wumbled |u avswer that upposed dy was Tepaired as fast as it was "’I““ *Tuat’s a carlous cass, " axid the Doctor. **T¢ 2 mifxture of wanis and melancoola, ™ A stout buill, excesaively nervous man, with black hulr und beard, woua auxtylaited. 1o fancies that Lo bas an eleceric Lattery in him, snd tuat his cuemies bold the wircs, and Usc thew to draw away Lua thougtts. S ley caiw avalo lasd mlolt Deetor! tha You coald | patlent sald, **They came and took mflungs ont.” » This care teminde yon of the patlent poaresscd of n almilar hallucination duscribed In Charies endo's ** Terrible Temptation.” Another fellow #ayn that he haa a doctor In his bady, who moves Bbout ta physic and torture him. *"Cam yui facl him to-day™ Dr. Macdonatdvae quired, 10 yes, " was tha ‘reply, “'Tean feel hig shoole gnr m:s’nlnfl hen,"’ and {r oot his hand to hiskieft reas ** Then, whera's his bead? " ssked tha Doctor. The patient feit nil over his body and sbont his throat, and then shook his hendhuylm:: **‘1don't know where bis hicad 1a to-day, A very remarkable patient is an eldorly man, an ex-coliege V'rofewsor, who i3 hard at work on o translation of lorace, with coplona foot-notes. e talka »o learnedly and logicaily that yoa wondeg whether lie has not been confined’ hr mistake. Iat resontly he tella you confidently that Charles r)lckrm wrote Iileak iloure for the role pllr‘;\)ll of injuring him, and if yon shoold sy anyihing about polann, he will Immedistely tell you that his whole ryster has been ruined by inoculated with the poiron contained in the lead of the waters I‘H|H'l> Ile admits that he (s fnaane, but says tha e |9 carefully studying bis caee in connaction with the lead-polsoning theory, and has hopes of gatting the puision ont of his system. g UIrS, ‘The centre of gravity—An undertaker's nose, A yonng man from ont West, viaiting Boston, carelcasly remarked that he didn't admire Emers’ son, Immediately arreated and fined 35 for profanity.—Datrokt Post. ** My hotel Is perfectly enfe,* snys a Richmona landlonl. **Wires run from evory window-sill to the roof of the bullding opposite, ‘and Ualancing poles can be had upon spplication at the ofMco. '~ LRichmond Enguirer, A town In Western Nebraska, containing elghte ecn familles, has had nincteen burglaries sinco April, In the last burglary tho man who was burgled got hack nll his own thinps, and the citi- zens have tacitly agreed to preactye shelr stata quo,—/lawkeye, When & amalt boy with n_prejudica agstnet yel« low duzs abecrres an old oyster-can In o condition of Insctivity he at once begina debating the quess tion whether it was crented to “m\lll & moral oe ndorn & tal, ‘The dug gets the first nows of the decision. — Worces'sr Freas, Ono stray Western grasshopper wandered ont this way lalel{ and=atrack 8 Boston suburbon bean-patch, When hu vot through, he lay iotiy duwn,_repentod of hin misdecdn, read a chapter from Emerson, and, with a lioston girl sooting bis foreliead, passed calimly sway into oblivion.—fuek, A great deal of dln;\“nlnlmenl in felt among Roine dealera hecauso_the Turks and Russians do not cat more flonr. Not much fighting fs going on, and it would bo no more than nelghborly for tha wartiors tocat an extra meal now and thon, onl give & li1t to their friends onthis shie of the walur, —{diome Sentinel, € Sportaman—**Do you know the name of thoso mins, my good man?™ Pat—¢*'Ay coorse 1 do, yer ‘anner.”” Sportsman—*‘But could yon tell nah* Pat—*'Could 1 tell yez? Av coorse I could.” oth sportamen—** Why don’t you, then?' Pat— “*Why don't 1? Sure ye haven't axed mo; and *tinn't a base Infornier yer ‘anncr takea me_for, to capoct volunthary Information?—HFunny Folks. When a dog sita up in the bask yard snd howls all night, it convinces the most unprojudiced mind ihat ie Is not off killing sheo) iere’s o general feellng In the comimpunity, however. tha m:‘-;'p should bo kept araund here, Abont font miles off, that 1. The kind of shoep that sttract dar. ‘There i no mom| grandenr aboot this fecling, bus rome of the most sonorona chards In tho human heart respond to It.—Norwich Zuiletin, PARISIAN MOTS. New York World, On board a Turkish monitor: Cherib, who sits up aloft—*Captain, it ta only a catfiah," Captain --**1t may bo & torpcdo, 'Bout ship and head hee- for Constantinople. ‘*Just my Juck,” sald a walting-mald, eadly, , *‘Herelamina family where cvery onuc has n+ lova-nflalr on hand and leavos lotters Jying abous ' opened, aud I can't read. ™ AL Reynsnd do Montlaus old Constitutional ANemb Liberty muat, 1n- deed, be a thing wroally to desized, for my Ja- wh:rlx“munds want thelrs, sod also to dcprlu\ us of our 5 'amons mot In the / \ Two free-thinking prolefaires are discnssing mat« ters in gcuwral In the Chausoe Clignancourt, Eaye ono: *¢ A rellaion where tho Sabbath is the only day of rest? Lah® What wo want Is a roligiow wherelt 14 a day of reat all the week roand.” **Cham, " apropos of tho Eastern war: Two re- porters wmeot on tho Danube: Firat Reporter— *\Where aru gmlr Russlans?" Becond Reparter— **Gono to chant a Te Denm. And your Turks, where are they?" Fimt Ileportor—**Gone kJ chant a Te Deurn aleo,™ . Ata rural Prefecture, durlng the recont ** shakiq Inuml cens, two frivnds, the ex-Prefect Snd new Incumbent, meot each other, curpet-sack ic hand. Ex-Prefect—**5o, you've comn?™ . Pro. fect Elocl—'*Ho, you'ro off?* Jix-Prefoct—**lp yon lum, I'll walt overa traln and'wo can go o iother, " gl Vil Nl P A MISTAKEN COYOTE. Aan Francisco Post, By the Senator, whirh arrived yesterday, 3fr, Wolcatt, of this city, brought iwu young black eaglea for Woodward's Garden, Ifs matos that this epecles of cagle 13 rare almost to extinction, They wero secared by him on a vory olevated por- tion of the Sarpa rangs of mountains, about save cnly miles northwardly from Santa Barbara, Iiay- ing'previonsly observed tho parent cagies malling down into the valley, ho elfmbed a trea twonty feet abovo the pround before a branch was Yeachied, and thon ten feet mora to the nest, some of Lha eticks composing which wero ad thick as 5 man' wrint, With some difiicully he secured the youug, birds, then about threo wecks old, and about tha alze of chickens, Ilo succeeded In de:ampln:i with them before the retnm of ono of the ol birds, which camo back aliortly aftorwards with a youug lamb In ita claws. Though the old bini raw Mr, Wolcott, it did not ses the young cagles he had, or thers wonld have been a squarv fight, Returning to the housc at which he staying, the birds_wore sacured in & pen and kept threo weeks, They are now ut six weeks old, about two fect fn Iulumt and can ispose of & Jackrabnt or %0 af 8 meal without indigcatio; A few dayaago acoyole visited the house snd destroyed all the chickons, The eaglen were then 1a ced in the chicken-pen, and un (he next morpe ngt the coyota retnrned to get xomo tuore chickens, undar the imnression that thewe eaglea would ; A1l the bitl, got hold of one of them, which alxu g0t Lold of him by inserting Its talona*in the nono of the laiter, but'waas nunable to drag bim into tho ren.l coyote belug equally puwerluss to drayg he eay s, The coyote then concluded that ho did not want any morc eagle just at that time, and expresved himscif to that effect loudly, hut,too h as Mr. Wolcott's attentlon . was +fdrawn Lo the apot, when he shot the cayote to ree love thu inisunderstunding. llo nays that tle . full-grown engles of this very rare cles aro clght fect ig aproad of wing, fone fevt in height, and vearcely uily man or aniinal conld avold being stnnned If attacked by them in tholr uausl mauuer, by pushiug with the breast. : —_— AMERICAN BNOBS ABROAD. s Puris Correrpondence Hurtfurd Tiines. The Americans would be glad to see the days of tho Second Emplre return, when the gay court was opes to them, and the leading lady Jo millinery roled Il Coatumes are very handeome now, snd cost enongh, Iam sure; but the show and the glitter are not tho 4ame as then. .and, whils the fincst taste fs scon ln certaln piac there {8 & plentiful lack of it "It acems rather fauny, bo o hear Mme, I"Americaun, with #es en Palrand such & crushing manner, obfeet to tlie manuer In which the bauryoolate w pnlhhla themselvea tnto socicty, Messieurs Durlanger o Cordonale not at sl to her liking, nlthou‘ih the furtune inberita may have Leen made In that redolont vortion of New York koown ewanip, There {8 no ooo who halos the smell of leather 88 your true ropublican, especially when he bas aattlod in Paris, 1o likes titics and ordery, and his gencalogical troe invariably goca back 1o st least William the Conquetor's thne, albeit, at home, his grandfather did not even know where he ‘was born. However, wo all have vur weaknouses, and thoy develop differently under differeut skice snd circumstances, Certatn r:o bol aspirations, and they canuol B10at of thtss come W Parfs. —— A CAT CITARMB A BNAKE, Detrot Tridune. Mr. J, T, Maon, of Osseo, has & tom-cat known by the name of Tim. Ile was obsorved by one of the nelghoors capering and pnrring around some- thing fn the garden. The neighbor, to ber eur- the prise, saw inacolla lln{o suake of :Ir::‘ t?l‘:l.a r‘l:l:r the but hed Yaricty, the cat scemingly having It teol, and fascinated, ‘The roptile, on lulln‘g lady, ran through the fonce aud out of sighf, was alterwands seon by Mrs. Mann, who watc its mavecuvres, Tho cat finall d purre tal s of Its sstisfactlon over sult. The lmkgnmunled three foet two daches. ———m— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Nzw Yous, June 20.- Arrived, steamers Both- nis, from Liverpool, Prisa, from Mawburg, sad Caland, from Rosterdam. Loxvow, Jund 26. ~Stcamships Tyrial and Boll- via., from New York, and Braunschwelg, trom Bal- timore, bave arrived out, Bax Fusxcisco,Cal., June 20, ~Arrived, steatn- er Colima, from Panstms. ———————— SUICIDE, ' Specal Dirpateh ko The Triduxe. * Dxrnorr, Mlch., June 26, —Samael Poat, 8 prom- 1peut citizen of Windsor, sbot himeel? dead to- pight. The cause ssslgned i busineas derange: went. ——— GEN. SHERIDAN. Oxaua, Neb,, June 20.—Gons. Bheridan snd Crook, accopsnied by Aldes, left 1o-day for s Western tour through the Yellowstons sod Blg Hosu cuuntrics,