Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1878, Page 3

i a f xi 18 . of - fifth annisersary of * THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 23, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. 8 MILWAUKEE. Eduaation Matters in the Cream GCity. The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher Creates a Sensation. The Editorial Convention and the In- dians Divide Attention, Return of the Bumming Ezcarsion. ists to Their Homes. THE WEEK. From Our Own Corrcspondent. MLWACTKEE, Wis,, June 22.—The week just ending with the welcome shadows of Saturday piaht has been one of the mostnotable to wany of our peopic of any that has becn embraced fn the calendar of Time for the last year. Over 100 merchants, business-men, editors, lawyers, derzymen, doctors, bankers, and loafers left {he city on Monday, with their bust clothes on enda frec ticket in thelr pockets. for & weok’s jaunt in Minnesota. The Commencement ex- erctaes of the Milwaukee Female Coileze and {he snmual banquet of the alumnwm took place; the pupils oi.ullthcvllbfll: schools have been septon the fazzed cdze on account of the ordeat of oral and written examinations: grad- nates have worried over orations and essays,— what thes should speak, and wherewithal should their ieas be clothed; and fatbers and faculties have deepiy sympathized with incipient Ciceros_in anticipating failure ““to speak fn public on the staze,” apd vealy lovers have vegzed for an additional appropriation of pocket-money to be expended for bouquets to be tossed upon the stage at the proper time at the feet of & quivering morsel of femininity uuderxoing the chrysalis process of graduation, god done up inapackageof the whitest of virzin anslin and_adorned with the brigtest of pink ribbons. Adced to the futeliectual part of the eek's prograwme, there bave been the usual pumber of deachs, miarriages, abduetions, di- vorees, seandals, suicides, and arrests that go toswelt the_catalozue of lfe’s disasters and leasures. The week opened with the Bacca- Jaureatc sermon before the pupils of the Female Cotlege by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, and that was sutlicient of itself to causo a disturb- ance in amy peaceably-disposed community.’ Some one long ago divided tmankind into three frand divisious.—saints, sinners, and the Beech- er family, and it is the most_remarkable family fo many respects that hus vet avpeared as the product of American civilization. No oue of them, either male or female, can go anywhere without creating an excitement of some sort, foreliectual or social, and if one of them should £top off 4t & way station at midnight the dogs woula bewin to bark, the roosters would crow, sl the babies would wake up and begin to cry, 15¢ women would become nervous and restiess, and everybody would recognize the presence of a disturbing clement. Of course the Rev. Tom made 3 fuss here. true to the inevitabie tendency of his blood aud the traditional hieredity of the famil His_sermon was original, witty, vule: emivently orthodox in tove, admirably shrewd fn treatment, but whelly inappropriate in _sclection for such an oceasion. He attempted to hold Christ up before the class as a model, but ho signally failed to make outa eatisfactory case by stating the objections to & belief in the {m- macalate conception, death, and miraculous res- urrection more _strongly than the proofs of the vopular theory. Macaulay said of Pitt that in debate he usually stated the position of his opponcot more stronely than his adversary had been able to do it himself, and then showed his dexterity by demolishing it; but Beacher stated 1be objections made 10 the life and character of Jesus by Renan and Strauss with remarkable clearness of outline and streneth of framework, and then walked off and left it standing, as tliough befeared the crasnof the falling timbers i be pulied it down. The Rev. Tom is about 35 . years of awe, smaller and more slender than Henry Ward, and o a small way is quite as original and sensational as the famous Brooklyn pastor. He spent neariyall of two nightsin Putting things 1o rizhis in the observatory at the College. and viewing the wonders of the sidereal hiravens through the five telescope that lias recently been put in position through the Tiberality of one of our wealthy citizens and the enterprise of Prof. Farrar, He s esery jnch a Beecher, and lis public per- Jormsnces drew very large sudiences. The institution in_whose closing excreises be came bere to participate is one that gives celebrity and digpity to Milwaukee, and, slthough the class of 73 1s quite a small one, the prospects of the College arc bright and its permanency and usefulness well attested. The regular annual reunion of the alumn:, which took plate on Wednesday, wasone of the most successful ever Theld within the collere walls, and was attended by over fifty of the former graduates. After the responses to the regular toasts had been ex- hausted in a manner bighly creditable 1o the speakers. fifteen other classes Were represented. Mre, Peck sneaking for 50, and Mrs. Baker, of the class of ’57. responded for those who gradu- ated twents-one rears before. She said she did not feel as' 0ld DOW as LWCDty-OBC YeArs azo, and thought most people grew younger in be- coming older, and concluded with a pleasant re- sponse to President Farrar’s comparison, by ex- pressing tite perfect confidence of her class in the pregent captain. Mrs. Dana spoke for 58 and Mrs. Ely of 59 expressed in the ‘‘poetry of mathematics” some of the experiences and explons of her cleven classmates. Mrs. Flanders of "66, in be- half of her class, spoke of the grateful remem- ‘brance in which it beld Miss Mortimer, under whom the earlier school ¥ears of its members bad been passed, and the Misses Chapin, who g ably carried them ou to the time when they were g0 fortunate as to bLe placed under the Fflldnncc of Prof. Sherman, who graduated '66, 67, and *03. Mre. Kendrick represented *67 and Miss Badg- 1ev ’68, while Mrs. James of %69 and Miss Britt. of *70 paid to the present and absent members of their respective classes the pleasant tribute of appreciative words. Miss Britt 85 Sce- retary had referred feclingly to the death of ome of the class, Miss Sylvester. Aiss Caroline West then responded to the call for "7, one of the largest classes, and Miss Town- send for '72. Miss Lisle Turner cclebrated the , while Miss Steele spoke for the 4-vear-old 7. Miss Hand, of '76, clic- ited applausc and lauzbter by her happy re- sponse to the call for %76, Not many of 77 were present, but the speaker assured” the So- clety that its members_present and sbsent had not lost their desirc for cultivation, and were trying to gischarge the duties of their lives, re- Dporting for all pleasantly aud sppropriately. Prof. Farrar has infused uew life ioto the in- stitution, and_is erancly reaping where Miss Beecher aud Miss Mortimer have sown. His motto has been well expressed in the familiar lines of Pope: A little lesrning §s a dangerous thing: Drink deep, or taste not the Picrian spring: Thore shallow draughts intosicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Next week witnesses the close of all the pub- e schools in the city, with graduating cxer- dses in the High and Normal departments, which take place on Thursday and Friday even- Ings. More than ordinary interest attaches to these performances this year, beeause of the growing prejudice of a certain class of people ogainst the High School, and its work is_there- fore more sharply criticised. Prof. Hazds and the competent faculty under him need not be ‘ashamed of the results of the year’s labur, and may well challeaze any fair and candid exami- Datlon or comparisons. The graduating class in the Normal Department number twelve, aud the public excrcises will attract a large andience of the friends and acquaintances of “the younc Indies, who will soon e ready to take their places'as 1eachers in_the pubiic schools. T class is under the Instruction of Sarah A. Stewart, a graduate of Mt. Holyoke, who stands in the front rank among the educators of the State. During the four years that she has been the Principal of 1bis deparunent, nearly sixty young ladics and gentlemen have graduated, and about 95 per cent of the whole number have gince engaged in teaching. While upon this subject of Education, I may s well say here that the new School Board are Preparing. apother measure of reform for the parents of the eity that they will not be slow to appreciate, a5 it will cost them in the neeregate about $30,000. 1t is in contemplation to change the readers, arithmetics, grammare, and histo- Tes, and mostdikely the geographics, in all the public scbools, snd_csch parcnt can fisare out the expense that such a change will involve in his or ber family. The school-bouk business, in some of its aspocts, has beeome a great frand a0d n nuisance, and the source of more cor- ruption between teachers, school officers, pub- Tiehers, and their azents, than almost any otber business, and rivals some of the most disgrace- fa) donbledesling snd selfishuess of the con- tractors sod ward_politicians. There must be, and ought 1o be, progress and improve- ment in toe production and comollation school-books _ as in everything else, and £o on the other hand there ouzht to be some protection to parents asainst the swindling operations of agents whoswarmabout every city like arasshoppers on a Kansas wheat- field, to collude, and corrupt, and bargain with those in autbority. Any teaclier in any city can £0 to any bookstore and make purchases at 20 |: 50 per cent off from the regular retail prices that are paid by other customers, aud whis re- ductiou is made to them for the ulterior purpose of getting their 2ood wil), and not because they &x:!!:m more books than other classes of cus- THE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION meets in Madison next Monday evening, when Henry A. Chittenden, of the News, of this city, will deli"‘er the aunual address. That it will be u fine literary cffort every one who knows him s prepared to belicve, anda large sudience will no doubt greet him on that oceasion. Gov. Smith has fnformation from the seat of war of such an slarmiug character that the #£00d man is really of the opiniou that there Is ta be serious trouble with the Indinns in some of the northern countles of this State. e has sent Adjt-Gen. Bryant up tnere to make a re- port of the situation, and if hostilities actually bre'nk out he will call for volunteers. The Editorial Assoclation mects at an opportune moment, and, 85 it numbers among its mem- bers many battle-scarred veterans who lave seen service on the tented ficld, the Governor will no doubt avail himself of their services and send the whole erowd at once to the tront. The number of heroic and distinguished warriors that the Assaciation could turn out would ut~ terly astound those red devils if they only knew 21} “about their skill in the use of "that imple- ment that is ““mightier than the sword,” ana they would flee before them like chaff before the wind. There 1s Gen. James Bintliff, of the Darlington * Republican; Gen. George C. Guty,” of the Chippewa MHerald; Gen. Atwood, of the MadigonJournal; Col. Robinson, of the Green Bay ddvocate; Gen. Utley, of the Racine New Deat; Col. E." A, Calkine, formerly of the Milwaukee News; Maj. Bactz, of the Banner ; Surgcon Magaun, of the Daily New: Surzeon haine. of the Sentinel; Comuilssary Cor, of the Whitewater Jeegister; Gen. Wood- ma, -of the Baraboo Kepublic; Gen. Allen, of the Oshkosh Northwestern; Col. Ryan, of the Appleton Crescent, and many others are no Jdoubt anxious to go where elory awaits them, 1f Gen. Atwood would vlace bimselfat the head of the Association. and ‘“‘rush to glory or the grave.” his white flowing beard woulid be the signal of victory, like -the loss of Marshal Nev's plume iu the thickest of the fight on the field of Waterloo. If the poor Indian who sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind could only understand English, the whole erowd of them could be stampeded by feading to them some of the bellizerent and blood-thirsty paragraphs which these ferocious editors burl at each other through the medium of the prese. THE RETURNING CURSIONTSTS. This evening the business-men’s cxeursion train, that left the cicy lasy Mouday morning for 2 week’s amusement, observation, and recrea- tion in Minnesota and [ows, will return home to ‘meet their irate wives and families. The ladies were as mad as they could well be because they were mot ssked to go along, aud have pouted and scolded all the week; but this morning thelr anger knew ne bounds. when they read in the daily papers how thefr Jords had conducted themeelves in St. Paul and Minneapolis among the fair danghters of those two charming cities. ‘The way those old fellows carried sail was inno- cently told by Mr. Keefe, of the euws, whois o bachelor whose heart is as fmpersious to the se- ductive charms of woman as an allizator’s hide is to the shot of the bunter. Here iga pare- eraph from his last letter: A landsome young lady from Milwaukee, ston- pinzat Minneapolis, was onc of the party in the ride from St. Paul to Minueapolis, and, of course, wes welcomed by all the gentlémen of her ac- uaintance. She had more admirers besecching for & recognition for that hour than she ever bad Quring any one hour before. . Aud even the old married men would have tarried were they not pustied aside by the young chaps. After reading that in the News, the Iadies rushed for the Sentinel to see if Keefe had not set this down In malice; but,lo and behold! the truth had wot half been. told.” The Sentine! reporter had it in this shapes Trasting wives at home who were led to_believe this was business excarsion were mistaken. It 38 hugely for pleasre and bright cyes of fuir females fzare conspicuonsly in thfs enjoyment. Beautifal Minneapolis was {wo-fold attractive by ladice® smiles, and two falr-halred orators ac- knowledged sly glanco during the speeches last evening. . Such a row as there will be in mauy a house- hold in Milwaulkee to-night will long be remem- bered, and many a Caudle-lecture will be impro- vised tosuit the occasion. The ‘“two fai baired orators ™ referred to by the Seatinel cor- respondent are well kuown as fady-kiflers at home, and what makes it worse is that one of them is apopular voung ciergyman settled over arich aed aristocratic societs. In bis little speech aliuded to above he is reported as quot- ing Campbell’s couplet, namely The world was ead, the garden was a wild; And man, the hermit, sizhed—till woman emiled, But most likely, after bis wife brinzs him to a realizing sense of his duty, he Will change his quotation to this: What mighty flls have not been done by woman? Who was't betrayed the Capital? A woman! Who lost Marc Antony the world? A woman! ‘Who was the curse of a long ten years' war, And laid at last old Troy in ashes? Woman ! Destractive, damnable, deceitfal wowman. A MT A CLEVELAND SENSATION. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., June 22.—3 good deal of & sensation occurred here to-day in she corridors of the Post-Office. At about 1 o'clock Mrs. Georze W. Segur, wife of the clerk of the Ken- pard House, recclved a note turough tho Post- Office siened “ Charlie,” whick: she considered very Insulting, asking that she meet the writer at the ost-Office. She sent the letter directly 10 ber husband at the Kennard liouse, and he placed a spy on the lookout at the Post-Office to sce whethier any man appeared. He- soon got uneasy, however, and went to the Post- Office himself. Just s he entered the corridor e was much surprised to see bis wife passing out with a man following her. whom he alleres to have been Mr. Oscar Townsend, General Mapazer of the Tuscarawns Ruilroad. Mrs. Segur turned and asked Townsend if he wrote the letter sigmed “Cbarlie.” He said that he did, when sbe struck bim jn the face with the umbrella which she carried. Segur, who heard and saw all this, immediately pounced upon Townsend, striking him several severe blows in the face. {le would have continued had not Mre. Segur stepped betyeen them., There will probably be further developments in _the case. M Townsend is a leading Republican pol and has borne & good character. Mr. Scrur is 2 Democratic member of the City Council, and i6 said to have assaulted one or 1o men before on similar offenses. g U BISHOP SEYMOUR. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. SPriNGRIELD, TIL, June 22.—The followlng was received this afternoon by the Standing Committee of the Springficld Dioces Grxeray TUEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORR— To the Clergy and Laity of the Dlocese of Spring- field—Dean BRETUREN IN THE Lomp: My conse- ‘cration ae Bishop of Springfield took place on the Feast of St. Barnabas iast Tuesday in Tnmli Church, New York. Your wish twice expresse with entire ananimity i8 o far fulfiiled. It re- mains that I should be with you as soon s prac- ticable in pereon to greet yon and minister 1o you 58 occasion may requite, nnd invoke God's blessing upon youw I lomg to see on and impart to you the spiritusi gifte which my ofiice a5 chief bastor e powers me 10 bestow. It ie my purpose, God {illing, to be in Springfield in the early part of July, and (o devote the following weeke to s vis- jtatlon of the principal points of the Diacese. Meanwhile, any communication swhich you may Swish (0 make to me may be addressed 10 me at the General Theolosical Seminary, West Twenticth streeth and Ninth avenue, New York, nntil Jaly +. After that date my address will be Sorinafield, TIl. iay the blessing of God Almighty. the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be with yonail. Amen, Af- fectionately your Bichop. “June 13, 1676. Gronor F. SETHOCR. e ——— THE WHEELBARROW MAN. CooxeiL BLUFFS, Is., June 22.—R. L. Potter, the wheelbarrow pedestrian, en route from Albaoy, N. Y., to San Fraucisco. arrived in this city today at 3 p.m.,in_compavy with his traveling companion. He will remain here over Sunday, and on Monday wil leave for the West to complete the last half of his journey. He I abour fifteen days ahead of time, IS in most excellent. spirits, and confidently expents to arrive at bis destination on time. —_————— OBITUARY. Nzw Yors, June 22.—Mrs. Elizabeth Vio- ton, widow of the Re. Dr. Francie Viuton, died this morning at ner residence in Brooklvn. Mrs. Vinton was daughter of Commodore Perry, bero of Lake Eric. e ——— FINANCIAL, Special Disparck to The Tribune. MILWAUKEE, June 22.—Tyrell Thomas, of ‘Baraboo, has filed a petition of voluntary baok- ruptey. g COMMUNISM. * The National Platform of Prin- ciples of the Socialistic Labor Party.” Proposed Abolition of the *‘ Wage System,” and Substitution of ** Co-Operative Production.” ldle Flies Demanding that Industrions Bees Shall Tand Over Their Honey for - Generat Distributlon. To the Editor of The Trivune. Pamvceros, IN., June 17.—The portentous Seventeenth of June Is 5o near.its close that the sctting sun is flooding my room with light through the north windows. 2ud I have been busy all day getting settled in our new Western Bome, far dway from my beloved Penusylvania Lills and laughing waters. I have given tiwo floors a coat of linsecd-ofl, and one & covering of straw-matting; and, being thus groveling inmy ‘employments, have been umable to Iook into the doings of those lofty-souled working-people who shoot fecble oldmen, and compel little ehil- dreu tocry forbread, that they may maintain the dignity of labor by compelling laborers Lo roam the country as vagrauts. But, in looking out, 1 see, walklng quietly up-strect, a_wman Who emoloys Lo othera: and from this I kuow that tyrants sill live, that the oppressors of the poorare not ail dead yet, and that Jabor is still aceraded! In fact, I know this from the fact that I myselt have not yet paid the peualty of my crime after birinz a man, this very forenoon, to eaw and split half-a-cord of wood, and paving Tim wages for his works after doing this when 1 knew that he came incompetition with other men who saw wood, and that competition is to ‘e abolished. The wonder of my escape’ is all the greater simce I have sinued against light and knowl- edge, for it Is weeks since I'received and read the, “Nattonal Platform of Principles of the Soctuiistic Labor Pirty,” and so fearned that “the wage system™ {5 to be abolished. and co- operative production substituted in its stead. Knowing this, I should, of course, have disided that wood with the sawyer, and let lum carry his sharc home, instead of payivg him tuat 73 cents; but I was a little confused in my mind,— did not quite understand the regulations, The third scction of the headboard of the Platform it is which decrees death to the waze system; and, below it, the ninth plank requires the payment of * all wages in the lawful moncy of the nation.” 1 could not just make out how the wages were to be puid in any particular way when there were no wages. The man who sold me the wood took his money without blinking, and did nov say o word about co- operation, but sald that part of it was s wages for drawing and delivering the wood; Jut. then, heisa capitalist, for he owns two horses, a wagon, and harness, which altogether must be worth asmuch as $10; and, on the co- operative plan, a part of this estate would prob- ably have been mine! The further T get along in the caleulauon, the more, puzzling it be- comes; for it just occurs to me that, os he is rather a weak-looking spocimen of mankind, he perbaps never would have worked for that team if he had not known it would be his exclusively. to have and to hold, when he got it. It would have been quite easy for him to have spent all the money hie could get in better food and clothing than he ever had, or iu s daily cigar and drink, while wwaiting for Socicty, or_somebody else, to sup- ply him * the meaus of Tabor,” which are now * monovolized ™ by *‘a small minority.” These *means of labor' are a puzzle to me, for, whnle T write, toere is a_yonng man of eighteen months' experience in this breathing world, who fils the houze with his imortunate demand for something he does not scem likely toget,and I know that he bas a square head covered with yellow curls, two active little feet, and a pair of stout little fists, and that, withont any teaching, he scems to consider them his very own, to do with just as he pleases, and use for his own benctit. If he finds an edible whicl suits his fancr, he uses those fists to stufl it into his mouth, and looks defiance at all who interfere with his rigiut to doso. Now, I wish Mr. Pareons would tell me if Johuny is a nsurper in claiming & rizht to use those little fists without permission of Society: and also whether the labor he performs in stufling bread and meat into bis mouth is not useful labor? No * associated efforts of the people ™' direct his labor, aua he has no respect for that * all- insflcc 7 which deerces tnat ‘‘the results of abor belong to societs 1 sometimes under- take to impress the youne man with o due ro- spect for the rights of Society, and signally fail every time; for no idea is so obstinately fixed in that little curly head as this: that his fiste are his own, and that certain things belong to nim. To sret possession of his property, he will fizht like a Trojan; and I should like to know if this demand for personal property is an inspiration of Satan, and one that must be suppressed for the good of Saciety? . So far 08 my observation cxtends, every child: comes into this world bringing his principal means of labor with him, and a fixed desire to acquire_property,—property that sball be all apd entirely bis own. Can that political system be corrcet swhich ignores this fundamental principle of nature? Can that partylead to ha {n’mess which Jays its foundations in falsehood? ocs not the every-dav experience of every one ing the care of children prove that the in- idual can and does perform *‘useful labor”™ without * associated effort,” and that he who works for his own individual benefit works more willingly than he whio works for another? Do we not all know that soclety is composed of individuals, and that it is what they are? A pioneer works by und for htmself, and gen- erally becomes 8 power and o success alone, and while sceking his own interests. and these alone. Me clears and fenees his fields, raises Dhis grain, and builds his home for himself and bis family. Another ploneer builds a mill for ‘is own benefit, and grinds the grain of his ha neighbor, Still another Duilds a blackswith- shop for ls own benefit: and soon we have @ Society bound tomether by thi desire of each o do the best he can for himi- sclf. There most men are_so constituted s to find hapoiness in the fact that in belpin them- sclves they also_help othiers. The farmer gets his grain ground to please himself, and is glad " fn €0 doing, he pleases his neiwbbor, the miller. He gets his horses shod for his own Denefit, and 5o benefits the biacksinith; and by thiis means Society s built up and made pros- perous. Every coral-insect bullds its own cell to snit itevlf, and we have no reason 1o suppose that ay of them caleulate to make reefs and islands; but, from the individual house-bullding of each, great reefs and islands grow. Virginia was first. colonfzed by a Commune, and the colonists became Idle vazabonds. Then individual futerests were assizned to each, and the same people beeame a Prosperous commu- nity. Bar Indian tribes are ll Communes, and are each and all groups of idle vagabonds. ' There is no more certain way of converting a warking- man into an idle vagabond than by depriving him of his right to use his own hands for his own benefit : no surer way to make him a blind, stupid jgnoramous thav to deprive him of the contral of his own lavor, aud take away his power to make his own contracts or Lis obliga- tion to fulill them. Our negro slaves used to worlk under con- tracts made by their masters, and for the benc- Gt of their masters; and their masters plunged the country into a’ bloody war in defense of their_liberty to dispose of thie labor of their slaves. No sooner is that war settled than the Communc comes to claim_over white laborers a power as absolute and tyrannical as that ot the ex-master over the slave. A man who has his contract made for him, and is compelled to work according to it or not at all, is as truly and veritably en- slaved as anv chattel personal; and the party which comes forward, in the name of human freedom, to reduce Inborers to such o pass, is asimpudent 2 fraud as_cver were the South Carolina firc-caters, who were ready to die in the fast diteh in defense of 1hat human freedom which sofd men and workien on the auction- biock. All the fallc about the means of labor befor moncpolized by the minority, is rank falsehor and demagogers. The pompous declaration that useful labor is fmpossible_ without assocl- ated efforts, i5 a flat contradiction of common cxpericnec, in this country at least, which has been redeemed from the Wwilderness, and heaped with wealth by individual enterprise; and the whole ery is, or scems to be, that of the idle or incompetent, who wish to deprive industry snd ability of their fatural reward, “I'he men who have epent their wages before they were earned now cone and demand a com- mon divide with those who have saved and ac- cumulated. The flies which sported all summer now come to the bees and demand that they ab- dicate the hive and hand over its contents for generul distribittion. JANE GREY SWISSHELM. FIRES. CHICAGO. ‘The alarm from Box 37 at 12:50 yesterday al~ ternaon was caused by a fire in the four-story No. 159 Fifth avenue, owned by J. W. Free, and occupied by the Over Land & Sca Company, victure-frame makers, ~ Damage, $100; to stock, §25. Causc of tire, spoutaneous combustion. The alarm from Box 201 at 9:15 yesterday morning was caused by a fire in & bedrootn at No. 81 School street, owned by Justice A. Ral bury and occupied by Mrs. Cook. Damage, 350. Cause, supposed to be children playing with matelies. "The alarm from Box 251 at 8:84 yesterday af- ternoon was caused by & ir¢ in o frame shed in the rear of No. 1570 state street, owned by S. Touston, of No. 3 Eigteenth street, aud occu- pied by Mis. 8. Lee. Cause, boys playiog with fire-crackers. A shed in the rear of No. 167% sscaéo street, was mso destroyed. Total 10ss, 100. AT KEOTA, TA. MscaTISE, Ta., June 22.—The stcam four- intmill of Smith, Stickley & Smith, of Keota, Ja., caught firc at 8 o’clock this morning 2nd ‘burned to the ground. Tho fire cought fn the top stary. Cause unknown. Loss estimatedat £30,000; insurance, $10,000- CASUALTIES. FATAL PLUNGE- NEW ORLEANS, June 22.—James Coogan, & sailor, aged 32, for a wager of 15 cents tooka dive into the river from the foretopsail-yard of the ship Wyoming. He leaves a wife and two chlidren. Body not recovercd. WRECKED. HaAvaxi, June 2.—The American brig Har- riet G. Lss been wreeled on the coast of Coro. A steam tug with twenty men from Maraeaiho sent to her nssistance foundered, and seven men drowned. HOTEL WAR. The New York Bonifaces vs. Judge Hilton, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. NEW Yorg, June 2.—The Times says there is a repart that the hotel-keepers arc about to combine against Judge Rilton and Iis Park- Avenue Hotel. They are to form a society to be ealled the Hotel-Keepers' Association. A promincot hotel man sags: I have reason to conviuce me that the chief spirlts of the organi- zation will direct its power to the injury of the nanagers of the Park-Avenue Hotel. The svomen’s botel s not only turned into & com- mereial, but with its attractions is offered to the public under a lowering of rates. That is the straw that breaks the camel's back. It Was bad enough to add a large hotelto anumber aiready 100 great, but to force a cutting of rates into the barzain 15 heaping the coals with too hot & vengeance. My understanding of the move- ment §s, that it will be directed persistently against the interests of the business of A.T. Stewart & Co. There is not a hotel proprictor in the city who does ot influeace a great deal of the patronage of his guests. A combination of hotel men, so inclined, could exert so power- fulan influepce in diverting trade from some house which was the object of their attack as to seriously cripple, ff Dot rain it. Now, the ostensible object of the Rotel-Keep- ers’ Association is mutual protection, but I have Dbeen informed by one of the most active of the organizers that its power will be directed to- ward crippling the business of A. T. Stewart & Co., by diverting trade from it through all tho nietns kvown to hotel men. Judge Hilton was foolish to force himself into the hotel buaincss. He could have hetter stood a loss on_the wom- en’s hotel than have incurred the persistent en- mity aud opposition of the combined hotel men of New York. I understaud that every hotel in the citv is pledired to the combination with the exception of the Windsor and Fifth Avenac. On the other hand, Mr. Uriah Welch, of the St. Nicholas, and some others say the Associa- tion {2 to be formed simplv for mutual protec- tion neainat hotel beats, thieves, and dishonest or {ncompetent servants. e—— UNDERVALUATION. NEW YORE, Junc 22.—Continued progress is reported in the investigation of the undervalua- tion of kid gloves. Tt will be remembered that recently the Trefousse glove was reappraised and adranced about 25 per cent, and now a sim- flar reapprafsement and advance has been made in . the Alexander elove. 1f the General Appraiseris sustained in bis conclusions by the ‘Tressury Department the kid-glove importing trade wili be reopened to the merchauts gener: ally in that line, not, only of this city, but of the larga cities of the West, who have litlerto been detarred feom forcign markets by uudersalua- tions at this port. ————— Political Adventures of Disracll. A London letter of recent date says: “The literary question of the day is, Who wrote the Political Advontures of Lord Beacovsficld— three numbers of which have appeared in the Fortnight'y. The frst two you must have read,—whoever cares apything about English ofities must read them; and the third is not infertor to the first two in brilliancy or in solid merit. As studies of political histors during the iast forty years, they would take high rank; as o study of the ndventurer whose name they bear. they have never been cquated. Leslie Stephen, Goldwin Smith, Frederic IHarrison, Jobn Morler, Alexander Ireland, odgson, Chamberlain, and Frank_[Till have all been named as the authors. There isa theory ac- cording to whichseveral of them have combined forces; mo one man could have written the whole, say many people. The remark is a com- pliment to the actual author, buil doubt its accuracy. By another set they are, half festing- Iy, attributed to Lora Salisbury; and” & still more refiucd wit assigns their paternity to Lord Beaconsfield himseif.. Ie, L am. told, pro- nounces them unmannerly; perhaps because they reproduce 50 many of his own carly attacks on cminent men to which the adjective could rightly be rpplied. It is lone since a literary sceret has been so well kept. If Mr. Frank Hill be really tho writer, the performance marks a distinet advance in literary power. The arti- cles have & wefuhit o1 matter, a restrafnt and sobriety of style. combined with such a power of vatfent invective, such art in the preparation of au intended effect, as belong to few but the masters of the Engtish tongue. With all this, their immediate politieal cffect is unlmpartant. Tie idolators of Lord Beacousficld will not dis- continue their worship because the image they have set up Is of brass.” ———— Turkish Manners. Contemporary Review. The Turks arc usually considered barbarous, aud surely they arc soin may respects: in their brutal eruelty to their fellow-creatures: in their utter absence of chivalry during war, when thefr conduct is not & whit abosve that of the redskina of Americas in their treatment of women; in their barter of slaves: in the dirt and tumbie- down appearance of their towns and cities ; and, above all, in their corrupt and ineflicient meth- od of administration. But, on the other hand, thiey have certaln cisilized habits in Which they are decidedly above all Europeans. The houses of the ordinars citizens are decidedly cleancr, and in some respects cujoy o better orzaniza- tion. No Turk will enter a sitting-room with dirty shoes. The upoer classes wear tight-ftting fine shoes termed_mests, aud, over these, @a- loshes. On entering a house the latter arc laid aside at the door, and so the visitor treads on the carpet without briaging into the dwelling- house & muss of fmpurity. The Turk never waslies in dirty water, like a European; water is poured over his hands, so that wheu polluted it is cast away, oud not poured amain over the hands and face. Certain conveniences in a Turkish house aro always decent and cleanly, forming in this respect 3 marvelous contrast to those of most European countries: morcover, near every mosaue are to be found these aids 1o health and decency,—giving in this respect 8 lesson to Enland especially. ———r— An Alligntor’s Meal. ZLake City (Fla.) Reporter. On the 3ist ult., whiie some of the hands were fofg to thefr work in the field of Col. McLeod, adjoining town, thev discovered a very large ul- Digator making its Way to Hamburg Lake. Col. MeLeod fired both barrels of a_shotaun, loaded with buckshot, fnto his neck. Then a ficld hoe was brought up, but the first blow snivered the stout pine belve. An ax was then brought, witlt which he was killed. An examination sbowed that it had feasted upon a hog’s head, 8 turtle, and sbout & neck of blackberries. Though but fifteen feet in length, it was the Jargest ever illed in this part of Florida in the lakes or fresh water streams, The buckshot @id not pencirate the skin. No one that we bave met ever knew before that allizators were fond of blaokberries, and Low one can manage to pick the berries {s still a mystery. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. QUEEN ISABELLA’S DIAMONDS. Zucy Hooper's Paris Letier (0 Philadeiohla Teleoranh. One of the great sensations of the Exhibition season s at hand, namely: the sale of the Queen of Spafn’s diamonds. The catalogue lies before me as I write. It isa stout and stately pamphlet, in those respects like the Royal owner of the jewels aforesaid, and containsa description of over 300 lots, so that if all these zems really belonged to her Majesty, she pos- sessed the best-furnished jewel-casket of any Royal lady in Europe, nbt excepling the ex- Empress Eugenie. But 1 think that it is very probable that several of the lead- ing jewelers of Paris have profited by the notoriety of this sale to try to dispose of some of thelr superfluous wares, as the mass of small- er articles s rather 100 grent to bave belonged 1o one Iady, and she a Roval one. However, the larzer and more importanz_pleces undoubted!y are the property of her Majesty. She talked of selling them just before the accession of her son 10 the turone, and indeed I know the American banker with whom negotiations were opened respecting their purchase. Sho changed her mind when the young Alfonso was made King, but apparentl¥ sne now prefers to realize some of the saperfluvns weaith locked up in these splendid ornaments to koeping them for Tier 501 o hier sou's wite. In justice to Queen Isabelln it must be re- marked that these ornaments do not form part of thecrown-jewels of Spain, but were purchased by bersell out of her own private incomn which, by the way, must hase been a rather ex- tensive one to have permittea her to collect ti- rrether not only so mueh jewelry, but the ex- quisite laces and valuablé modern pictures Wwhich she is said to possess. ‘The first article in the catalogue that attracts one’s attention is the celebrated emerald neck- lace, which enjoya a widespread renown in the world of fashion and in that of the jewelers as well. It is composed of thirty-one em- cralds ect with diamonds, formninz two rows, and united in the centre by a brooch in brilliants, with an emerald in the centre, and with three pear-shaped emeralds, forming pendants. Another necklace is com- posed of thirty-nine laree diamonds. A third iz formed of “pear-shaped. pearls, alternating with round pearls set i diamonds. In the way of full sets, there is, first, 2 magnificent parure ot cmeralds and_diamonds, probably intended 10 be worn with the famous neck! prising a large and splendid diaden whereof the central stone, an emerald, weighs 166 carets, carrings, two bracelets, and two smaller brooches to complete the decors- tion of the corsage. Another set is in viuk topazes and diamonds, and in- cludes a maeuificent crown, formed of fluerons of diamonds, and adorned with forty-nine pink topazee. A third is of turquolse and diamonds, and a fourth is of piuk pearls and diamonds. These last-mentioned sets have no dladem. A girdle in diamonds (it must have been of a gooalylensth to encircle her walst) is clasped with acoiled serpent, holding in its mouth o dizmond pendant. Then we havea Toyal crown of alamunds of exceeding splen- dor, formed of a circie of brilliante, surmount- ed with tweive fleur-de-lis in diamonds, and a pearl necklace of thirty=even Jarge round vearls, weighing over 1,500 «rains, clasped with one grent diamond, and with 2 splendid and unique pear-shaped pearl forming the peadant, this last gorgeaus gent weighing not less than 237 grains. Her Majesty’s set of cpral was in the Moorish style, in asetting of gold, sfiver, and black enamel, and comprised the bandeau, neckince, comb, carrings, three brooches, two bracelets, and two pins for the hair, Her diamond earrings weré very splendid, ‘being comnosed of the large solitaire with pear- shaved drops, the tops welzhing thirty-seven karats, and the drops forty-seven. And few tadiés would scorn a butterly in diamonds whereof the body 15 formed ot one magniticent pear-shaped brilliant weiehing over scventeen karets. The Queen’s prayer-book had o cover of solid gold ewriched with diamonds, which was furtlier dccorated with two paint- ings in enamel, surrounded wWith oroaments in wrought gold and foliage of green enmamel. Her smelling-bottle was in crystal, ornamented with enamel of different colors, and set in dead gold.” She bad 0 bon-bonnfere in gold and silver in repousse work. adorned with rubies, emer- alds, and pearls, and a pen-holder of shell set with turquoises. - Then there is a very larze and magniticent set of amethysts and “dinmonds, and one of lapis-lazuli set with dfamonds and pearls, and including the girdlc and samoniere; and necklaces of sapphires and diamonds, and rudies and diamonds, and other small trifles, literally too mumerops to meution, The first sale will take olace in July, berinning on the first day of the month, and continuing for six days: and. there will be two others, com- wmeneing respectively on the 15th and the 2th of July. THE SIENA HORSE RACES. Hurver's Nayasine. The races are so unique fn character tbat some, account of them may be interesting to those who have not been at Sicna at this season. The city is divided into seventcen contrade, or dis- tricts, each of which is named from some ani- mal or object, as the Turtle, the Goose, the Shell; each has & special saint and church of its own, also a distinct costume for fetes, and ban- ners, Only tep out of the seventeen districts are permitted to compete in the grand race cach vear, seven being chosen by turn and three by lof. Each contributes a horse aud jockey, but these arc assigned by Tot, so that a horse does mot always run for his own district, nor does & jockey alwass ride This own horse. The racers are Corsican ponies, small and delicately formed, quite different in size and style from our American idess of what a race-horse ongbt to be; but they sre full of spirit and endurance. ‘The races take dlace in the Piazza Vittorio ‘Emanuele, which is the central point of Siena. Tts form is that of o scallop shell hollowed out in the centre. and gradually rising to the cdses. It is said to be the crater of an ex- tinct voleano. It is about a third of a wile in oreumfercnce, paved with brick, and erossed by narrow lines of stone. The carrfage toad runs around the outside. At onc sideisa Jarze aod beautiful fountain, or rather basin, of warble, with decorations by Jacopo della Cuer- cin, which s fed by conduits that are <aid to bring the woter from springs fifteen miles dis- tant. It feeds twelve other fountaivs and a large number of cisterns. At the base of the shell, and opposite the fountain, is the Palazzo Publico, and some of the finest private palaces are intermingled in Italian fashion all around the piazza_with mean dwellings and shops of all sorts.. But on this gala day all the buildines, smalland_great, are oy with red, green, and white hangings, the windows and balconies are filled with spectators. Aeainst the luwer stories of the houses are built up rows of scats, which are let at 4 frane_a place, and are much patronized by the middle classes, the balconies beiag the aristacraric station, and the space in the middle of the piazza that of the crowd. The carriage-road has somie days before the races ‘been covered with_a thick laver of the yellow carth of Siena, and well wetted down. As the course is very uneven, with sharp curves, and steep ascents and descents at two of these, mat- tresses are placed azainst the barriers which have been ereeted at cither side of the road, o break the force of a fall, as the iockeys are not infrequently thrown off. Indeed, at ove of the prove, or trials, which preceded the race in 1! all ten of the jockeys tumbled off in rouuding the worst corner. There are three of these prove, and they are almost as interesting as the T ices themselves, and attract @ great crowd. It js cnrious that neither. in the prove nor in the Taces have T ever seen a watch taken out totime the horses, end T dohot at all know their rate of speed. Apparcatiy this is considered of no consequence abstractly. the only thing desired Deing to come in first, whether soon or late. On the afteruoon of the 15th of August each horse which 18 to Tun is conducted to the church of his confrada to be blessed. Ile is accompa- Bied by the jockey. the pages, and the flag- bearers, all in costume, and himself s as glossy a5 the most careful groomicg can make him, his hoofs gilded. anil sometiines gilt stars orna- menting bis back and sides. He is led up to the altar, and stauds there, while the other members of the procession kneel, and a_pricst in full robes promounces some prayers. and sprinkles man and beast with holy waicr. Then cakes and ‘wine are served, ond all present are xpoeca to drink fo the success of the blessed animal. 4 By thc time this ceremony is finished the Dlazza is filling fast, and preseuts a victuresque ond animated scenc,—all the mare strikinz from the background of sombre and anclent buildings. What with the surroundinas, the costumes of the performers, and the seriousness with which the preparations are made, one might fancy himself about to assist at 8 tourna- ment of the Middle Ages. I have seen as many as 40,000 persons in the piazza on these ve sions, and all, excepta few foreianers, appa- Fontly sbsorved in_what was taking place. en- joying with truc Italian intensity this bright interlude in their Yivés of toil, as if there were Tothing but enjosment under the sun. CHRISTINE XNILSSON. Parix Letter to Lincinnatf Enquirer. See, that is Christine Nilszon he s talkine to now, | She is a woman of commanding presence, and attracts the eye like a star, palinz all the gaudy little June-bugs around her into inglori- ous mothipguess, Her talent gives ler ea assured air which at once proclaims her a person. of importance, even to the eye of the unin- formed. Yet, in looking at her, one wonders what in the worid she comes to Worth to be dressed for! One would think she could fit herself out to act at the first boys’ dJothing shop sbe came across; and that Moses, the uuoaralleled six- teen-shillings-trousers man at Holborn and Lud- eate Till, would be just the jockey for her money. 1 she were to walk Qown Broadwas in Ahat rig. the boys would howl at her for ancther Dr. Mary Walker, or else this nesw, eccentric Mrs. Tom Jim~Jam, Rf-Joho, or whatever her name 5, who sells newspapers at St. Paul’s Churchyard, and mets arrested occasionally. Only think of the silvery-voiced Warguerite in'a billycock hat, and the Uignon dear to every music-loving heart wearlng apea-jacket made of a stuff searce fit for a blanket for a bcbtail nag. To esp the climax of eccentricities, herleft breast Is adorned with the various crosses, em- blems of royal distinction, aud thinee of that sort which she has_recently received, notably her Russian decoratlon as Imperial Cantatrice to the Court. Physically she looks jaded, but a fow weeks' sojourn whither she fs bound, in the sweet English weather of June and July, will repair the ravages of her winter Continental work and travel. After she has gone, Worth, who has a profound admiration for_her, tells us, to our surprise, that Mme. Nilsson cares lttle or nothing for drees. Her splendid toilets go into ner truuks, and there they stay, whileas moch as possible ehe appears in the **knockabout ” sort of suit in which we saw her. She has worn this curious masculine costune $0 much lately that she has derived {rom ner apparel the mapizh and swashbuckler air which accords with ft. Her cuet being buttoned acrosa the Lreast, and a veritable man's yest appearing under it where it Is cut away at the waist, with a watch-clain syung across exactly like n nan’s. it is odd to see her stick ler two thumbs in her vest pockets, and march about twiddling her fin- gers in an {osouciant fashion. Thus azain I saw her later in the evening at Musard’s con- cert, strolling about the grounds, and swaving her hend fn time to the rapturous strains of the muste. She goes to Loadon, but only for con- certs, her drawing powers as a lyric star bavlng waned fearfully of late in the British metropolis. The English aristocracy can never forget that, at a representation of “The Hurruenots” she indulged in familiar by-play, during onc of the most tragic scenes, with her husband, who sat in a stage-box, and such an infraction of pro- priaty they find ft bard to forgive. ROYAL WOME: San Franciseo Call's London Letter. The Crown Priocess of Germany has been over on a visit to her wanma, and has attended the two drawing-rooms which have been held at Buckingham Palace. On the otlier hand, the Princess of Wales has been abseot, assisting at the opening fetes of the Paris £xposition. and neither a drawing-room nor a drive in Hyde Park ccems qulte complets without a sight of the plessant face and the perfect fizurre of Alexandra. Yet the Crown Princess i surronuded by every appendage of grandeur which money can command. She isnot the beauty which Alex- andra is, but she fs a noble-looking woman, whose bearing bespeaks her every inch a Queen. To-lny the whole Royal and Imnerial party are out at Windsor. I met them as they drove through Hyde Park to the railway station in that britliant way always used by the Queen,— an open barouche drawn by four superb borses, ridden by postilions in scariet livery, and at- tended by a detachment of mounted eoldiery, aswell a5 by a pumber of rentlemen in civil- igns’ dress op horseback. The cortege is a splendid ouc, comprising not only the Queen’s barouche and that immediately foliowing fn which the Maids of Honor are seated. but vari- ous other Koyal carriages, containing the Imme- diate houschold of her Majesty, and finally a sumptuous-looking van fn whieh the Rosal bag- £age i3 transported. Just previons to the de- parture of these Royal Iadies from Buckingham Palace, the Empress Eugenie called on them, attended by tne Duke de Bassano and the Countess Clary, the two Yflncipxfl members of the little Court fu cxile at Chiselhurst. The Empress has been in town a great deal Jately, and it is said that " she fs 1o uezotiation for the vurchase of a magnificent town-house, where, when she enters it, she will emerze from her gcclusion as a widow and a deposed soverciem, and receive the ereat world of society azain in 3 manner befittini her station. It is my fortune often to see the Empress, as I have béfore mentfoned in these letters. This summer she {s looking ex- cecdingly well. The pensive beauty. of her fuce stil remains, in epite of the furrows which care has drawn there. Her figure, once so perfect,has lost its voutkful rlenderness, and is now decid- edly inclined to emhonpaint. The orincipat ob- jection that ean be made to her style is that she evidently objects to growinz old eracefully, and resorts to those adventitious zids to the toilet, in_the shape of the Indis-ink pencil, and the liquid-white bottle, and the yellow hair- bleacker, wbich, by the great mass of richt- thinkiug people, are considered subterfuzes more fit to be used by the cocotfe than by the grande dame. It must have cost Eugenie o Pang to do homage to_the Crown-Priucess, wife of Prince Fritz, and daugbter-in-law of the German monarch who was made an Emperor by the very war which unmade her an Empress. ENGLISH WEDDINGS. igh-toned English weddings have become so frssy and snobbish that an_ irate correspondent of the New York Times fecls maved to write as follows : . Ve seldom pick upa British newsoaver with- out seeing something like this: ¢ Married, at Ramszate Rovkery, near Oakley,Statford,at noon of Thursday, the SUth inst., by the Rev. Plan- tagenet Clutterbuck, LL. D, F.R. S, A.T. 8., M.N.O., Q. R. D., uncle of the bride, Ree- tor of St. Bartholomew’s Church, Elephaut's Head, Briar-lanc, Berkeley, assisted by the Rey. Theophilus Timoleon Titmouse, J. 0. B, R. R.R.R., X. Y. Z, D. B. F., consin of the bridegroom, Rector of Calvary Church, St. Martin’s in-the-Back-Cellar, Monk’s Nose, Grantley, . Gertrude Maude Beatrice Con- stance, ‘third _doughter of Granville Neville TBolingbroke Ponjogeers, Esa., J. B, M. O. T. S P. Q.. W. 0. N., of Bareknees Briery, Cholmondeley Chairbones. Somerset, to Har- eld St. John Evremont Scragsby, Esq., second s0n of Maj. Wellington Clive Nelson Scrazsby, late of _ner Majesty's Four-flundred-an Eleventh Foot, K. C. B, R. B. A, L. G. J., and. E. . C., of Pumpernicke] Priory and Stonme- Thenge und Stickelneei Lodge, St. Christopher’s- under-the-Hedze, Mumblepes, Hertford.” Tt fs enough fo take awny one’s breath even to read this; and how the sturdiest Briton can endure a ceremony <o weighted with titles, nomenclature, and geography, passes Amerfean comprehen- sion.? ——ea—— x BRYANT. Amid the wildernees of men 2 strong and noble colnmn, Foot-firm on Nature's correlated base, Yet crowned with faculties tnat wooed the solemn, Word-seeking karmonies that move through spuce, Tle was. That auetere rectitnde of face, ‘The (ndex of Experience, Life, aad Art’s jofnt ~volume, Tlze met the Recessary Denth with panaless grace: 1lia works are shrined whore nothing can befall them. Although they say that, os Was coveton of sofl. Yot. onx-Tike still, Tle caged no zephyrs in dark-foliaged wpaces. To atn's welrd sonzs aainet their fleaven-bent will But lent his hiealthy tones to thelr celestinl paces Toward the bloomy peace of some grave-covered il Cuicaco. i Bover H. CaxPBELL. —— The Modern Pacific Miner. Furetn (Ner.) Regubtican. Riot, dissipation, wild and coarse revelry, lavish waste of wold-dust pourea recklessly from buckskin sacks, murder, lynching, and gencral deviltrs Il the Bret Marte picture. Fureka i3a mibfox town of ths genuine stamp. The boy$ go slow on flowing beards and red shirts. Modest gray flanuel Is the presailing style of the honest miner, and he is devlish par- ticular about the eut of his mustache. Itis true that the average Eurckean has a fonduess for faro, keno, and puker, but tie idea of blow- ing his brains out because he bas lost at a game. of chance_nsver entered the poddle of a base ranzer. Larze auantities of whisky are con- sumed and there s sn occasfonal row. and a Dlack ese, but a shootlug scrape is a rarity, for the bearded miner, wilh zll his picturesque rec! Jessness, Aoesn't hanker any more after bullets in his carcass than the rest of maokind. Dur- ingz the past four weeks there have not been as ‘many arrests on criminal charges, and those for disturbing the peace merely. This, for a popu- lation ot about 6,000, is a vretty zood record, ond will stand a comparison with any town in the country,—with even the most pastoral vil- lage in New Eneland. In fact, Eurcka ina busy, bustling place, full of busincss and enter- prise, but it Is in the matter of crime onc of the deadest ond stowest holes that a revorter conld steer clear of. This is diszraceful, but ft is true. e Where Did the Lightning Go? TFarrenton Ufo.) Clivper. On -last Monday. out st the plantation of Judge Fitzpatrick, a negro man during o thuo- der storm was_stsndior under a tree. The lichtning struck the tree abose bim, and, skir- i downward, struck bim in the mouth. The ips ontside were tnijured; inside they were e, his strong basts much torn. Four teeth wers solidl blocked out, bone and all, from the lower jawj and thrée more were réat, from the upger}zw. Yo other injurv was done. He was up and walking about soon after the occurrence, and the indi- cations are that he will get well. What direc- tion the electric current took after striking the nezro no one can discover. MARINE NEWS. BOFFALO. Burraro, June 22.—Freights dull; nominally 80c for coal to Chicago. < Clearea for twenty-four hours ending 8 p. m.— Props D. Richmond, merchandise; Anna Young, merchandise, Chicago; D. F. Rose. Ty City; sches J. M. Hutchinson and Lafriner. ¢ coal; P. L. Marsh, Vaizenburz, tons coal; C. M. Burton, H. Blssell, and 3. W. Doane, 1,230 foms cosly F.W. Giffordand D. A. Van Valkenburg. 1,000 tons coal, Chicago: Typo, 630 tons coal, Milwau- kee: J. H. Hartzell, Toledo; 3. H. ead, Gi0 tons coal, Shoboygans barzes E. T. Judd, Chica- z0; T. IL Orton, AuSable; Maulds, Saginaw; stur Pearl, Cloveinad. Vessels passine Port Coitorne lock for twenty- four hours ending § p. m., June 211 Westward— Prop Lowell, Oydensbars to Tol=do: harks Dun- des, Kingson 16 Clevelaga: Acnes flope. Onvezo to Dlack Ruvers James Wade. Charlotte ‘to CBi- caco: Ads Medora, Oswego to Chicazo: schrs Belle Mitchell, Oawego to Chicago; Anne Falcuner, Kinzston ta (leseland; Macy Grover, Kingstan 10 Black River. tward—Prop Russia. Milwankee to Moutreal, America. Black Riverty Brockmile: Lady Dulferin, Biack River to Welland: L. 3. Hamy a 600 Riverto Kiozston. Oswezo; Montenlm, Chicago to Kingston; J. N. Carter. Cleveland to Toronio: Telegriph, Toledo to Sackatt's Harbor; J. 5. Mott, Black River to Brockvitls. PORT HURON. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Porr Hoso, Mich., dune 22.—Tha Hittld gtmt J. Holt, of Montreal, canght fire three miles from. the east passaze while bound from Wallaceburg to Chatham yesterday ot 2 p. m. She burned to the water's edge. The Crew and passengers wero saved by embarking in & small bost. She was partly insnred. and owned by Cspt. Hl. Bury- The tag Relief, with raft, is hard agronnd at Southeast Bend, St. Clair Flats. Ste {s weil out and bher raft in bad shape, and lisble to break fn svo. To the TWestern Assoctated Pross, Powr Turos, Mich., June 22.—Dosu=Proos Mackinaw, Java; schrs Trinidad, E. A. Mcbol- Son, William Hovwe. Tp—Props Milwankee, Atiantle, D, W, Powers, Qorllon Campbell, Russi, . B. Tuttle snd -cont sort, Tell Crosa and_barzes, Vienna and consorts schcs eass, . V. R, Watson. Wind—Northenst, gentle: weather cloads. Pons Tirnox, Jans 2210 p, m. ~Fassed Up— Props Mary Jareckl, Anuic Smith and_consort; aches M. E. Trewble, Peshtizo, Nettie WHldrr. own—Frons zeon. Maflower, Passaic and bazges: schr Thomas Gowan. Wind—~Northesst, fresh, with rain. LAKE FREIGOTS were more active yesterday, ot 145 for com to Bulslo. The rate to Boston on com wae 913@10¢, and to New York 8¢ by rail and Iske. Charters were made for 50,000 bu_wheat and 190,000 ba corn. To Buffalo: Schrs W. S. Crossthwalte and D. Vance, corn. at 1 props Newburs, whest and corn, and_Fountain City, corn throush. To Qswego:'Scbr Bolivia, cornat 43c. To Kingston: Scbr “Monteomery, corn st 453c. To Montrealt Prop Acadia, corn thronz! MARQUETTE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tridune. MamgETTE, Mich., Jume 22.—Cleared—-Praps S.E. Sheldon, N. Swain; schrs S. P, Ely, A. C. Maxwell, Negaunee, 3. O. Thayer. Passed np—Props Japan, Peerlces. Paescd down—Prop Winslow. Wind—North. ot SR SUBURBAN NEWS. LAKE FOREST. tThe past week has been ome grand whirl of dissipation,” remarked o Lake Forest belle ton companion, and 1t seema really as I€ this pleasant village were determined to equal Newport. First 3fies Johnson gave some private theatricals in honor of hercousins, the Misses Fabian, of New York. ¢ My Turn Next " was acted fn . manner very su- perior to the real staze. The actors were Misa Nellle Fabian, Mize Dora Johnston, Miss Williams, and Messrs. Fabinn, Wells, Necf, und’ Scudder. After supper Miss Nellie Warren gave a recitatlo and Miss Periceand Miss Jolinston gago somo bead- tiful music. < A Monday evening Mra. William Henry Smuth gave an impromotu churade party. The charudes were under the supervision of Miss Efie Neef, and were excellent. Taesday cvening there was 2 really enjoyable concert at the Seminary, ond Wednesday evening Miss Spragne rave 8 feception in bonor of the gradustes, of the day.—seven beantiful youug fadier. They were elecantly dressed in pink and cream-colored stlk. The fipral offevings wore su~ perb. The decorations of the rooms rellected great credit on the jnniors, whoee pleasant task it is to do this for the seniors every year. A spleadid “ brass hend " added greatiy to the enjoyment of the nromennders. A beantiful rastic ghair. with the fizures **1878" on the back, was presenteé to the institution by the graduatinz cluss, and occn- pied a conspicnous place during the evening. ‘Tharsday evening, Miss Williams gave n delight- fn) party in honor 0f her fijend. Miss Perlee, of New York City. There were present among oth- ers Mr. aud Mrs. Scudder, Miss Fablan and Miss ‘mma Fablan of New York, 3fra. Huntinztoh of Cincinnati, Mies Patrick of Indianavalis, 3ira. Henry T. Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Dwigat, 3z, zod Mrs. Capt. Sawyer, Mr, and M. Lonz, 3ir. and M. Johnson of Chicago, the Misses Jotn- ston, Willinms, Skinner, Neef, Wurd, Benedict, Smith, Warren, Brown, ana Messrs. Ferry, Holt, Barnum, Warten, Fabian. Williume, Col. Jotnston: Mr. and Mre. William Henry Smith. A weli-acted harade saded greatly o the pleasure of the ovea- ng. O next Monday evening Mra. Sabin gives a re- ception at the Academy. On Wedneaday the griid- nuting exerclses of tn¢ University and academy take place. "Miss Nellie Warren will zive a fotc on the 4th of July. Lawn tonals. archery. croguet, and other Turai sporta will make the occasion an enjeyable one. In the evening Of tho snme patsiotic day Miss Johnston will give a ** German. " Amoug the people gnending the summor in Lake Forest are Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Raymond, Mr. and Alrs. Dwight, Mr, and Mrs, Jobneon, Mr. and Mrs. Capt. Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Long Mr. and Mrs. Byron L. Smith, Mr. Willlam Fablen. In adaition to these. Mrs. Huntington, of Cincinnatt, iy visiting ber sister, Mra. Williams: Stiys Patrick, of Tndianapolis, is visiting Misy Kay. Mr. C. W. Smith, General Traffic Manager of ‘the Chicago, Rurlington & Quincy Raflroad, apent & few days in Lake Foreat last week with'some {riends. The Buckinghame hare returued to their cottag EVANSTON. The annual closing exercises of the Pnbiic Mirh- Sehool gceurrea Friday evenlog in the presence of an uadience that completely filed the anditorinm and pallenes of the Methodist Church. Prof. 0. E. Haven, President of the xchool, preaided. n conclusion, diplomss were conferred upog the followina: Grace Barrows, Etta Grover, Jesste D, Randolok, Sarah E. White, Chatles E. Beanett, Charles E, Gibson, George 3. Hless, Harry 1Ll Mitler, William J. Miljer,” Willlam R. Tubman, William G. Webster, Hattie L. Benjamin, Jennie H. Foster, Fannie J. Gardner, Flurence A. Panl, Jeunie C. Perry. Adele Somers, Lizzie K. Tilling" hast, Aliga G. White. Devillo 'C, Bannister, Al- bert Ti. Childs, William B. Dodge, John M. Fiood. BLUT ISLASD. The gradasting exerclses of the High-School of this plsce took. piace Friday crening at Turmes- Jiall, and were titnessed by a large oudienca of parents and friends. i SO LATE LOCAL NEWS. 25 tons Depaty-Coroner Korn, in the inquest upon . 3ichacl Brady, toe highwaymsn shot by Specisl- Policeman Connelly, found that the latter was justified in efiooting, and discharged him from custody. - Charles Lies.an employe of the Stwats- Zeitung, sna bosrding at the Billings Moose on West Jackson street, while on his way bhome st abogt 10 o'clock last eveming was sessalted by 10 men near the corner of Van Bu- ren and Canal streets, evidently intendinz to rob him. Thes did not succeea in cetting ansthing, but beat him severely, and broke one of his ribs. Minor arrests: Christopher Frank. taining goods by false pretenses from A, 3ortene son, of No. 140 Nurth Flalsted street, ho re: niing that be bad a customer for o auantity of brogme; . P. Schultz. an insne brataily assaulied Uobert Grifith. of Xo. 477 Clark street; John Waish, 8 sneak Wwho wis found on the street ropinz wm drunken men. “The platoon of the Second Rewiment do- ipzdutyat the battery ot the mnorth end of the Exposition Bailding were_badly acared last even- oz bya Tellow whom they caucht inside the incs. srwpected of befnz a Communist epy, tut better judgment —prevailed. and he wad broacht to the Central Station and way there Jocked np for drunken nnd disorderly condust. Ho bad broken 2 fence ana passed the guards. A pearly new suit of clothes were fotud in his pos- session. He gave the neme of Charles Zimmer- mea. g Sheppard and Giilard, of the Armory, last evening arrested a_tomaa named Sarah MeGuire, who Jises ot Xo. 316 Btate sreet, and who s faid_to be & procuress for houze’ of ill-fame. In her company %as fopzd a Younz girl gising her name as Alice Lowis, ang Claiming to be an innocent and respectable serving maid in_the employ of a good family in tka North Divisfon. The girl afiezed that the womsa had beea enticioz her all ihe ovenias to enter 3 hous2 o N-fame. o towsras fhat end had teen escorting herthronzh varinas Cheyenne dives in the bopc of gerting her deunis, Spe cried bitterly at being locked up. Beinz o foreizner, he was at once