Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1878, Page 5

No New Developmants Regarding the Big Steal. fotervlew with tien. Motace Torter, Yice. Prestdent of the Pullman Cothpanyg. Angell Was Ever Bright and Tair 8o Far a8 Boston Kuew. GLN. PORTER. specral Dispateh to The Tribune, Losn Buasct, Anc. 18.—Yonr correspondent pad an mierview to-day with Gen, Horace Porter, of the Pullman Palace-Car Company, at bis bean- titul restdence on Ocean avenuc. Gen, Porter 4aid he conld add nothinz In the way of facts to {he statement of M. Fallman. That contatned faller detalls than had been received by the offl- dale In New York, and scemed to tover the gronnd. He was gladkMr, Puitman had thie placed ihe matter cleariy beforo the publle. Me. Potter sid he had known Mr. Adbell for many years, and had sery highly estcemed him tn all thelr bual- neas and social relations, Tho present action was one of the tnings ulterly tncomprehensible to him. Jle was shocked and grieved, Ile conld not have greater confidenco in any man than ho hid placed toAnzell. Withan exceticnt malary, fine social positiun, anl husta nf friends, there was every in- dacentent, scemingly, for Angell to continne in piework. Noumount of money that he conld take could form & sufliclent fuducement to comntt such a crimo and leava his Infant child to shame, Mr. Porter, however, coold not hink that Angell was mentally afllcted. for hie plans were dald with much kil and papacity, and showed premeditsted purpose. The plans were only possible through the con- fdenco of Angell's atsociated. 114 knew how docply Angeil was affected by the death of his wife, and kiew ha was quite out of his head at the timeof her funcral, Lut ho attributed his fall to subeequent Assuciations, These were succesafully concealed from the Company, and they were not pware he had a single bad haoft, 1l was always cconomical. e attended to his work with moro then mero falthfulness, 1o was the firat 4y arrive at and the last to leave the office, and emined the entire confldenca of fae Company by hia devotion to thelr interests, Gen. Porter #afd nocluo had been obtalned hore asto Anzell's whereabouts. 1o did not belleve Angell wan able to convert the atolen securitics jato money in New York, for, If he had done sv, (he oflicers in New York would probably have dis- corered i, An Mr, Pulitnan stated, their business woald motsnffor, hot it waa very mortifylng to pave such & thing occur. In this case all wonld agree thete was more than ordinary roason for be- ing eaAlly decelved, alnce every one who knew tho man thared in the confidence accorded to Angell. In cloaing, Gen, Porter sald ho could not concalve liow guck men conld throw away thoir future and t9rn criminal after a tong career of honor and re- epect, Tho Jast year Lad been as remarkable ns rad for the number of such defatcations by menln high trust and esteem. HBOSTON. Futeiat Dispatch to The Tridune, Bosrow, Aug. 18.—Tughiry of Me, W. I, Hil, of the firm of Richardson, HIl & Co., bankers, fnthis city, clicited the Information that during 1hie past fouror five yeara the Orin hae had fregnent. dealings with Charles T, Angell, buying and sell- fug the stocka of the Puliman Car Company. Thesa trananciiona have all been in the reguise conrse of Uitniness, and thicre 18 no reagon to snspect lll(- thing wrony. A chcek has always followed tho rale, and there {8 no ontstauding claim between Mr, Angell and the firm, CIHICAGO. Tug Trnuse published yeaterday the particnlars of the fifght of Chatles . Angell,-Secretary of the Tallman Palace-Car Company, with about $120, 000 stolen from that corporation, Ifeleft July 24, end probadbly salled Linmediately for Europo, It wann deliberately-planned pleco of rascality. It <does uot appear that he hias been speculating, but for some weuks prior to his departure ho hnd been syending constderable money on a womau of thy town, who visited bim at his roomin the Paimer louse, Angell had some pecnliar idiosyn 1a'd of him thnt he was at times e \ bearidgg 1o those with whoii' Tie' eame "t toritdct,” but it was Isld to the fuct that ho worked hara, and that he had troubles of the beart, wiich caus- ed him ot times to bo morose, About ten years ego tho uow nbeent Hecretary loft ono day very suddenty, nnd nothing was heard of him for threa weeks, 1o was then in the employ of the Pull- wau Palace-Uar Company, and after. A thno he turned up in on interior town in Notw York State, e claimed then to have been fnsane, and had mo recollection of how he came to po away, or how hogot to the polnt whero e was dlscovered, In lis nbsenco an Investlgation was made in his ace count#, and they were found to bo correct, i Tubihitlon wero Tielit, and a critical exammation of Lix oasets doveloped n large drawer full of kid sloven, each pair evldently not having been worn niwre than once, Thin showed hin weaknoan on he gluve-gueation, and that cven in thoee dage he wanled to fcon-hlnn-d one of ** the idols of the day.” Hils {naanity at that time may account for unt theft, or lie tnay bave played the trick vor up sumo rascality. Duriug tho past yesr Nr. Angell was roumrkable for the elegunce of his utiire. Button-hole bouquets adorued the_lappol o s cont, and his hairwas always corcfaily part- wd in the middle, "l the thiet and tte hatlot belong therood things of this world, and the Incentive 10 live lornest 1o spparently banished by the examplo sot by fast men holding roaponsiilo positions. - Angeil had Inw vulut de chambre, e keut ha fast woinan, and with ber roveled in riotaus Hving, Lo 1w said 10 haye ordered sumptuous breakfasts for him aud felend—tenderloin steaks wilh mushroon apring chickens, delicatu trufles, chocolate, 1‘ all tho delicacies tho scasons afforded, washed down with &4 u bottle wine, of tho rarcss brands, That was bix style uf livinz. Hiw dittlo feasts at 1ha clnb aro suid to huve been sumptuous, and a little gamo of poker somet! whilod away bis Uws when ko was not othe: enasgod, —————— ; HYDE PARK. Ttailrond Communteation with tho Indlana Canl-Flelds. The Trustees mot Batnrday evening. Presont, Mesarw. Donnott, Wright, Coy, Pouter, and Beck. Abeent, Ureen, A potitlon was prevented for a passage of a rail- m;a ordinsuce, as followss 'n the Prestilent d o suveeafal oy the deinund Gt will constantly cuso o Lutaumption of the sulphurless ndians cuals e cons samytiun of which has wircady reached the Volume of 14 wns per this jolnt, tost they aerlre {ho connderation aud needtul cooperaiion o yoar I dy, wod respectully petitlon you to puss an urdinancy ald o Of 8 ralliond aerusd KI0R UPON & 1 Lrabls [ow {Fuin uf ‘the 2 aw o tho Biaic of Huots, by gentieuien s coubiected with oifiee ralls Tuad Jutereats us W lneure the cougiruction und uporas flow o tha proposnd e, whien, Hu oo Judi: ieus of - the underyigged, I contribute 1h & very cortaln asure (e fedemption of the la by thie dralnste the cone srucuiun of she liue wilf fuzutslie and tho Gillizatin of 0o vate, Which 70 bow UL Jtly value, as well as tho e uf Lt Culliinet Biver, which has 1o hecy Kaowi lubaof pruper capacdy wad doptl fur stipplug and . Cummerclal oper M prewint you lerewith u gopy of the articlea of ma: $actailon of tho Dadtau & sl Uicagy laiiroad Coin tllll- which t'ulr«rulluu ks tiuil yulr hohoraule e actiun wh $ho sresent {in. iy I el fi3 W. P. Uooshue prescuted the clalme of the Toad. It watd there would be vix wiles of rodd, £ which wero 700 fect of trestio and two mllcs of dredging, ‘I'ne fvanclal strenginof the Company Was excellent; oll the moncy 10 pli{ur 1ho rond Jind been gollected. e capital siock |v $23, 000, us fncorporators are ¥, W, Huldekoper, A. 8, Luntigin, W, ¥, Lue, J. C, G yibe, ‘The' Dircctors arp J, (& Uallouy, A, Dunbiam, . Forstue, 3. B, McCouncll, 0] 8 Yytora, ¥ W, Holdekopr, F. 3. Story, Tus following wus adopted ; ety Urdained by Frevident und Uoard of Trustees ar the Fuluge vf ¢ Murk: 0585 TRt perifibon Lo wad ts erely granted 1o or nore T ac W'"h‘“('""““.’.""" G Tand, not excre g o hun: Sia oot 1o width, which sald'Cotiany way sequite i S Vi, Eicig i 8 Tt Ul Sad Fatiwny Ve euters sand viiluge oo fhe south T of e 0,1 Eo0b 4 Bl it e, wid 0, i e Calunet 3t & to Uhie wual BuUil i i les Luw cenlte lne of Lhieboe Lorth Whirough B4, sud ibrough ¥, Dasalig 1L10agh Boce. 86, 23y 24, Rud 1 ia Towa 37, M. 16, uud throukl' beca s 1T, i 10 0 Toww @4, N. 1L 13 K., aod wiw Urough Becs. 5, G, Cend 7, Dot AL Of thy Luidtai boundry oot ‘Tows a7, K Toadtmelia across uny airect araliey fu thelr | o whLlL tha bouudarivs aforéuls i d i 1apany aball bay suy aiid &l daniades wrlslng (rowm ur W“';Y 'I[ vuvlnkuuku such taklag sud uding sucly bogion ofsald strcets or lleya or auy of theis (o diy Pnwos infured ur daiiaged by the vames and ll. Aufditaliruad Cousyauy shali conatruct and alutalii good sud couvealent crobatigs and sidew kika, did uguu Buch rado or §rades a4 ay Le from tinia ta il yuiired by the Basrdof i riicen " us woll s ’ Uarys CIl, e warnlng-tables ecruss Welr Uacke”aud Grvuads ab the fateracciion of sl Bud strectannd afieys now exbiting. or whiely may ALLEP I AAthorized ar opened iy sud Baasd, and Ty whivamd be xubjeet toall inwe and_orituaoce age nuw I forel of which may heseafter be A roction warx alno added for thd*Company to &ive A botl af S60, 0. The raiteond enters the town at Dabton. ranning along the shore of the Calnmet Lake, crodsing the 1 0f the 1linols Centeal ‘Tailrond bridee, own's Mille, and thenee tn Sonth Chieagn, 1t will forin a drain by 114 ditches, And whil reduca fhie price of conl fue potn public and mul aee, 10 The Intter atont $756 per day, ‘The Ueit land s wre in teanait. An ordinance to_imprara Washingtoh gvenue, front Fiftv-seventh to Fifty-ninth streots, was paneed, The itoard then adjonened, & Btere Lavelle, of Sonth Chieagn, who is givan a vety hard reputation by the pollee, was last nivht Mol u-mnnn the arm while resifting Ofcer Tully, who teled to stop his disorderly conduct. He was brougnt to the Iyde Park Jall aud his wounds dresscd. e — FIRES. AT 1810108, CAL, 8ax Fraxcisco, Anz. 18.—A dispatch from Biges, Butte County, says: “ A firn here this morning destroyed nineteen buildings, all ‘busi- ness hiouses except two. Loss about $51,400; Insurance, $63,200. Scveral arrests have heen made of parties surpeeted of having started the fire, which orlginated fn an unoccupied building, here. r mdopter AT LEMONT. A, Porrsvitre, Ang. 18.~Last bt a block of buildings fu the business portivn of Lemont was burned, SNAKE-STORY. The Mast Wonderful Summer-Occurrence Yet fteported, Renting (Pr.) Eaale, Faren Polts, aged 45, Is a wooldman residing about twa mlles from Warwick furnace, For the past six months hie has been clearing & tract of land for lis brother-in-law, about one-halt mile from his home. Ie fa a staliwart, Lroad-shout- dered man, and wears his halr close cut. He hasa cleah face ahd heavy fawe, On Tuedday and Wednesday: of this week Mr. Potts possed through probably oncof tha most terrible or- deald of fis kind that any human being was ever called upon to sudure. _And all In the presence of his wife and four children. Wednesday ot this week ho left home us usual early in tho marning, taking his dinuer with bim In a kettie, 08 ho gencrally remalned alf day. He says hio worked untll hoon, ate his dinner, and ‘at 1 v'clock worked ou as usual, About 3 in tho at- ternoon he beeame drowsy, and the licat was opuressive. As he was working by the job he canvinded to take o vap, He reated 1n the shade of & large vak treo near a clump of rocks, his head lyving on his coat_near a projecting root. 1oy long he sept Mr, Potts does niot state, but suddenly hie was awakened by o choking sensa- tron. Ile jumped uwo, and, as ho jumped, real- fzed that he had his mouth open drring his nap, There was a strangte taste i hla monti, aud his throat felt raw. Buddouly ho ejected about a hait cupful of slime, and for u time bhe thought he bl been poigoned. Ha felt very sick, and he vonited mplmulf and baed pains, After yomiting he felt asif he was going to strangle, beeause, ho says, somelhing worked futo his throat from his stomach, and then sud- denly disappeared. Minutes scammed hours to him, and he says he was so terribly seared that .f ratfon stood in great beads on his fore- head, and he trembled (o fear. He i ahout 8 feet 3 lutlies tall, and welghs 103 pounds, He warked 10 moro that afternooh, but went to the apring and fled his kettlo with water. When ‘he stooped Lo dip it out, he rays he distinetly felt something twisting and tnoving in his stomach, Then hic felt possible that during his sleep b must have had his mouth open, and swallowed someghing. ‘The thoucht nearly overpowered bim, and he says that he relied on thu water he liad i hin ketble to keep himself from belog strangled. As he walked towurds bome, every time he felt lis tliroat Miing hoe” drank bplenty of water, ond by the time ho haa reached homo ho had drank neorly every drop in the kettle. He was frizhiencd, and when he told his wife that he had cither svallowed a snake or 8 lizard she dropped to the flvor in a fit. The oldest dougn- ter, azed 14, was quickly sent to a neighbor for assiatance. e wns buylng trees from an agent of n New York nursery, to be delivered in tho fall. Both men hurried to the homeo of Mr. Potts, and found him and his wife m'ulL' sense- less, Potts [rothied at the mouth, atd his cycs nearly started from theirsockets. ‘The clnldren were screaming in terror and fear. - Mrs, Potts ‘was revived, and the nzent, who was n physician somuwhial out of practive, went to work on the wlant woodman atretched on the floor. Mrs, P’otts was told Lo prepare some strong ten of a certain kind of plant growing in the meadow, aod, while this was betng done. Dr. Qephart, tho seent, and tho farmer lifted Potts to s bench and threw His head back to the wall. His throat was swollen, and he was given water to drink. He then Dbreathed slowly, and asked for more water. Gradunlly Le revived amlt he slowly tolil bis story. 'The Doctpr at once realized "what had taken place, Strong, hot tea was then admin- istered, which cansed o violent voiniting, buc nothiug unusual was ejected. Al that wight Mr, Potts sulfered, but his frinds remained with him, sitting up by turns and taking caro of him, During the night he had ten spasms, Ath o'clack In the moaning the * Doctor " placed o wat towel on Potts® breast, and then held his earclose to it Me then turned away, and seemed to he horror-struck. 10l worat fears secmed to be realized, At 0 o'lock he told Mr. Potts that he had certalnly swallowed soime sort of a hissing reptile, “because its movements withio hiim could bodisttnetly heard, Potts was very weak, bub still ho sald he would subuut to any treatinent, Dr, Gephart assured D that he would stund by m- and do ol e cuukl, Finally Mrs, Potts was told to heata pot of milk, ‘Then Potts then inhaled thic steam of this by bending his head very low, lustantly he feil back in o strangling spasm, aud it was thought ho would die. He was with difikeulty Tevive Wo must pursue that piun,” sald the Doctor, and moremllk \\'l!&lul o the stove, Potts was then Jedout upder a ahed roof and nsked whether ho was willing to undergo that treatment. Ile conscuted, © A wagon pushed fn and the men got in It Above was a crosi-beam, - A stroni rope was tled to this aud then securely passed around the lower limbs of thu sufferin man, Tho wagon was then pulle away, and Poits was left banuing heaa down, Ho wan afded in holding Me hewd up. Then the boiling mitk was brought, and he inhaled tho steam, Dr, Gephart held Cott’s touth open, ‘The patfent’s tonguo protruded and bis cyes started, Tue thick steam flowed (nto his throut, aud the puor sutferer made a nolso as it choking, Then auick us thought the Doctur saw ahicad vrotrude, and, setziug {8 with his naked fingers, e qulekly utled, and the reptile wasdashed fitn an empty Euclil-t. Mrs, Potts was working hike o beaver, and, while the Doctor was suppurting tho hus- Lund, tho wagon wias backed in aud In o few sceonds f'otts was hing on the ground nearly dead, Me was given soms - whisky auid water and was rubted with coarse towel: Hny, und toally he seeined to be o e Jlis eyes were bloodshot, and every vein scemed bulged awt ready to burst, i carried Into the house aud put to bed, and light iy thruat was ver; 111 lie was thankful whea he was tol le bind Leen removed, “The Doctor examinlug it, The snake was afnrular-looking one, and mcusured ninete fuches in feueth, but at the thickest part of its body it was not more than a hall-inch. Tt was darli-green on the under sldu and black on tup, and apparently bad uo scales, It was killed and put into s bottle filled with aleohol, Mr, Potts safd ho would not huve it fnthe house, snd never wanted to see it aguln, Thoe tice aent touk it with him, saviug hu would oever forges the fncident io his lie. ‘The snako is a real curosity, because on its back, for about four {uches, there are small protuberances grow! looking lika feathers, and on the sides are sl tns. At last accounts, Mr, Potts was fi«mm: stropgg szuiu and his tbyoat slowly heal- g, B — LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Lato Jast pight Oillcer Patrick Lavin, of the Hinman Streot Stallon, arrested a wan pamed Michael Fox, who attempted to commit suivide by throwing bimsclf on the Burlinetou track Lefure au incomntug troln near the Wood strect crossiug, [T reeides at No. 84 Hebocen street, aud is ouly ¥ years of age. Domostic ditficul- ties are supposed to Lave been the cause, Sidney Kiue sod ‘Thomas W. Huuter, two boarders ut No. 414 Wabush avenue, had u quarrel yesterday, the one aceusing the othier with tou much {utimacy with the servaot wirl, who i3 said to be fu a fale way of setthug dowu Into wareled Jife, nmiy began chaling euch ulher, uud thls led 10 blows aud wespous, King druwlug 3 revolver, and Hunter & tazor, Fhy otber bourders futerferad to vruvent bloodshed, sud two of thew aliu lokd themscives liable to arrest, ‘There is @ sensation, but the charactor ot it is ol u rather low tone, e ——— CANADA, OrTawa, Aug. 18—The third Purllament ot the Dowlulon has been disiolved. Nowloations ke place the 10th of Soptember and elections ti‘.u th, except (o Munltoba, whore the elece tions take nlace the Til, WHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY., AUGUST 10, 1878, LOONY LEET. The Insanity of n Potter Witnesa Made Btill More Apparent. 1tis Beliet that Caligulas and Seros Are Bent on His Assassination. The Fine Frenzy into Which He Rolled Himself Yesterday. Apecial Diepateh to The Tribune, New Your, Amg. 18.—~That remarkable wit- nesa, Johu B. Leet, of New Orleans, who enter- tained the membhers of the Potter Committcs Thuraday and Friday last with choice storfes about having been the adviser of the princtpn! Repubifean politiclans of Louistana, is now locked up in the Twonty-seventh Precinet statfon houss Inthis city. 1la distinguished himscif thiscvening by discharging three pistol- shots through the door of a room on the second flour of TIR ARTOR 110USE. One bullet narrowly missed the night-clerle of the hotel. Another grazed the side of a polfee: man who had been called to assist in arresting tha reeklcss witneas. Lect Is afliicted with the notlon that he has beon folluwed duting the past week by persons who desire to murder bim to wrevent hhn from making further revelations to the Potter Committee, ‘There is to room to doubt .that ho ls insane. Wheu he was nrrested he raved of polsoners, nmd accuscd every person he saw of belng en- waged In the conspiracy acainst his life, lle fs very anxfous that a dlary which e hes kept In a peculiar manner for many years BUALL PALL INTO THR NANDS OF GOV, TILDEN, or thuse of sutie adviser of that gentleman, Leet, nccording to his own rambling story, started frotn the Belmont Jotel this mornhng, for Tilden's bouse, carrylng the diary, Ile noticed several suspiclous persons following him, and met soma_conapirators on the car that took him up town. Ile could not find Tilden, and started to give his dlary to Mantoh Marble, That gentleman was out of town. Before go- Ing to Marble’s housa he breakfasted ot the Rossmore flotel, where hetold the clerk who he was, and where he fmagined that anegro waiter tried to polson somo SBauterno wine served to him. Subsequently ho had troubie with scveral car conductors, whom he denounced as deslrous of killug him. After msking a slight disturh- ance In the Fifth Avenue Iotel, ho went to po- lice licadquatters. There, he sald, - " AUPT. WALLINO wan aldo engaged In the conspiracy agalost him. He scaled up his dlary, however, and left 1t-in tha carc of the Buperintendent. Leet weat into the Astor flouss at 9 o'cluck this evening’ ond engaged & rvom on the second floor, ‘Iwenty minates later lerang the bell violently for a porter, and, whien the latter knocked at the door, he eried out that he wanted the chief of police to take histestimouny. Ho was supposed tobe dritnk, and ho attentiun was pald to his request. He rang still more violentiy§and repeated his demand to the porter. When he rang the third tine, the nizht-clerk and the hotel deteetive went up- stalrs and rapped at his door. 1B ANSWERED TILEN WITIT A PISTOL-SIIOT. The bullet passed throush the door, and close to tho clerk, Three policemen were called, and Leet fired two shots ot them through the door. He alterward - gald ho was bound to kill somebody *‘as an experiment.” After fir- ing this third shot lic opencd Lis door and look- td Into tho corridor. Becing the policeman he threw down his revolver and saly: “ NERE, TAKE M2[" New Yonr, Aug. 18.—About §o'clock this evening John A. Lect registered at the Astor Jouse, and was nssigned nroom vn the third floor. At dark a man appeared laborlng under some excitement, Abuut half anbour after golog to his room the loud report of a pistol was heard from Leet's room, sud the crashing of o bullet through the door, accompanied by loud cries from the room. Beveral oflicers wers summoned, and they burst jotho door and IMMEDIATRLY A DULLET WHIZZED PAST TOEM and a party {nside slammed the door in thelr nces, Another attempt by the ofllicers to get in was mot by another bullet, but both shots fortunately missed. Tho oflicers then made o combioed rush and overpowered Lecet before ho could agaln fire, Leet was a witness hefore tho TPotter Investizating Committee last week. 1E WAS TERRIULY EXCITED, and sald there was a comspiracy to kill him, and be meant to kill tho flrst mau who entered the roomn, Heflred, he sald, in setf-defence, as he heard some ona trying to enter th room. Lect was taken to the City-llall Polico Statlon snd locked up, He sworo at every one, and denounced ail as part of a band of consoirators. In conversation witha reporter ho sald ho was satiafled X IIAD DEEN “ S1ADOWRD " for dags past by a fellow who wanted to put him out of the way on account of the testimony hogavo VLeforo the Potter Committce, as thoy fear e may tell somo inore, o says ho car- rled o private memorandum book with him con- talning soma additiunal startling testimony, and it was the book they were after, Ho went i search ot BOME ONE TO PROTECT i1, and called this morning at the Sux vifice to sce Mr. Gibeon, but e was not there, 1o then got Col, Pelton's address, and also Manton Mar ble’s, Tlo took n atrect-car, but the conductor took him DRYOND GRAMEROY PARK, his destination, which confirmed his susplcions, A visit was pald Gov. Tilden, but ho was absent, The Kossmoro Hotel was next visited, sud o glass of winc ordercd, but refused. Lot them wrote the following: “ Iam pursucd by assussina or poisoners, and caunot Lnd iy friend.” — THE DEAF AND DUMB. Corusnus, 0., Auz. 18.—The Convention of Instructors of tho Deaf and Dumb et this afternoon for tho purpose of cousidering the religlous fnstruction of the deaf and dumb, President Chapin occupled the chalr, A model rellzlous scrylce was couducted In sien-lauguugo by Dr. Peet, Principal of the New York Institu. tion for tho Deal and Dumb, after which the aubject, * Ilow the Puplls in Institutions for the Deat and Duinb Should Spend the Unoceupted Hours of the Habbalh,’ was discusscd by Dr, . M, tiuliandet, of Washlngton, 3 Musars. Talbot, of lowa; Schilling, of Wisconsia; Dr, Palinery of Outario; and Dr, Pect, of New York., The subject, * tho Best Mettiod of Reliriaus Justruction “of the Deafl and Dumiy" was next introduced. 1t wus discussed by Dy, Gal. lauget, Dr, Faher, Mr. Ely, of Maryland, sud Dr. Maciutyre, of Indiava. ‘Tue exerciscs closed with aner by Job Turner, & veneruble deaf-mute misslouary smoug his own class. Dr, Palmer, wlnulrn.l and Mr. A, Cbristle, bursar, of the’ Outarlo Tustitution for thy Deaf and Duwb, represcut Cavada. Hars County (Kv.) Democral, A strange story cuines to us froni down the river. Mr. Frank Billfuge, an old flshermun, nuar the upber Jock on the river, whils runoing bis troutline & few davs siuce, found that b iad bung a inonster catfish. In onder to wako surc of his game, he wrapped the lne around s wrist. ‘Tho lah, makiug o desperate elors for Mberty, upset tho skiil'yud tbe fsherman, bulng unabie to disentaugle hlmsell from the line, was drugged under the water and druwned before asstance could reach biw, SBowe ncigh- bors un the bauk witnessed the catastrophe, and bostencd to the scetio, but (0o late. They re- covered the body of the drowyed mon, andthen secnred thy tlab, which welghed 223 nounds. Tls s1atement comes to us 0 well autheutl- cuted shat we caunot doubt ite trusl, — ———————— A Uar ¥ Koasted Ly tho Woather, Prescott ( Arizona) Niner, Aug, 2, AL L. Fuwell, tho mull-carrier between Prese sott and Winkeuburg, un bis trip duriug the early put of the week, leit the Jatter place avout the' wlddly ot the du{. when the tuer- woeter stood 120 dew. in the shade, and, in tho suy, at a peat beyund the capaity of a ther- mometer to fudivaty, his course befdg over tho ‘Waluut Grove trut, which folluws saudy wush. soversl pulos. Belure passiug frum the wash, with ts scorchivz pand, Le noticed that his horse brcame teatfce and appareatls {n much tain, Upon making his exit from the eandy wash, and finding afarge tree that offered n rlrnmnt ahade, Mr, Fexell congluded to rest ils panting steed and examine, if possible, lnto the vause of the noble anlmal’s distress. Tho horse wonld first ralse one foot and then an. other, glving the rider to understand that wgomething was wrong with his feet; when he made an examluation and found the fiean around the upper part of the hool thoronehly roastesl, and the hoof ready to drup ofl. Tha andmal in a fow minutes Wwas unable to staud, amd the mafl-carrier waa _conclled to shoulder the mall, abandon hig noble charger, and foot it to Watnat tirove, & distance of “twenty tiles, which he iade, undergoing. however, consid able fatizue frum exposure to the excessive licat of the sun. A BOY'S DEPRAYITY, Btealing S11e O1d Father's Money nnd Squan- dering Itln 8 Bowdey Coneert-Saloon.tih Bpends 8130 in » Night for Cldor. Aew York Tribune. A Kentucky bov of 18 had an adventurous career abruptiy futerrupted yesterlay morning by Ofticer Jlogan. The boy, whuse name fs doln Staw, of Covington, Ky.. was scen to come out of a restaurant at No. 80 Bowery, grossly fntoxicated, in company with two dis- orderly womett. Officer Hogan learned that the three had Inuchad dn the rostaurant, and that Shaw temitered 2 $30 billin payment. Upon bulng told by the proprictor that he eould not change tha bl vue o} the women picked it un and “put it In her bosom, saving, 1N pavy fot the hreakfast, and change the hill afters wards." The oilicer started in pursoit, and saw he three get on o Desbrosses sirect ferry car, Jle vvertaok the car, and usked the women if they had any motcy belotgine Lo the boy, Une rephiead by vroducing the $50 il Hogan then took the three to the Fousteenth Precinet Sta- ttow. Jlere the girls rave their names as Jane Lowis snd Pauline Retlley. The boy sald he was on his way to Europe. When asked if he hacl any money, e drew from his pocket £1,400 0 850 billa, '{he prisoners were then taken to the Tombs Pollve Court, where tho two tiris were discharzed, and young Bhaw was held, to enable Supt. Wulllng to comnmunicate with the uu{‘- father, ‘0 Pribune reporter 1ast night the boy told hits story, 1le Is 16 years olid, short and slender Tor his ave, and is sunvarnt face and timid air wive hita the appearguce of a farm youth, He talks Itke a conutry boy, and tot his story with no littlo embarrassment, e sabl: ~ Ay father's namo fa William L. Shaw, and he, with my tnother and two sisters, lives Tu Covington, My father was n_mattress-waker, but, a8 he is 05 years old, he had given up work. He had saved about $2,000, of which I took all except 8100 befure 1'left lome. ¥or o year 1 bave worked {n a glues foctory and in a” tin-shop. T lost my place and could get nothing to do, and for thia reason my parents culled me lazy, abused me, wind tried to deive me from bote. A week nyto Saturday my lather ordered me to Icave the house snd not to retury, saying that lie would give me €100 to start o life. My people went out during the dav. 1 took every cent of money in the house, £1,%0 In all, and crossed thic river that night to Chicinnatt, There Istayed until Monday night, and then concluded to eomne to Naw York, inténding to go afterwarl 1o Beifast, Jrelaad, where 1 have relatives. arrived in New York on Tuesday night. Ibhought o rivg and_scarf-pln, aud went to Brighton Beach and Staten Island. On Monday evenlug I Went to o varlcty concert saloon i the BDoss. ery. Here Linet the two glris, Lewis ond Redl- Ie¥, and when 1 asked them todrink they cakied for'wing, I wns chorged ‘83 n boitie fur what wus ouly champague cider, We sat in the sa. Ioon until 5 v'elock vestenday motning, when I had pald 2150 for vider sinve’ T went o there, The girla then started to take me bome, and on the way we were arrested.” y Young Shaw sald It was uot material with him whether he went honie or not. Hedid not show ooy outsrurd slgns of regret for his conduct. Ha sakl he had not been o o theatre during his stay i the city, but had yisited concert salvons, treated eversbody, aud felt like a young nabob who could well alfond a little extravuganoe. e — RVIL AGAIN. What 116 Clalins to Know Ahout the Gen- eral,” o Third Term, and Neveral Promi- nent Pollticians, Dispateh to Cinctnnati Enquirer (Dem.). BostoN, Aue, 16.—Ex-l'resilent (irant's Dbrother Orvll was {nterylewed fn this eity yes- terday by o reporter, e sald, regarding a third term, that the Qenernl had written to friends that he would dn no account accept o nomination for the Prostdency. . He does not want §L,"" sald Orvil. Then hendded: “Butl tuluk he could be educated up to it, as be was once before, If ho could be made to believe that he was the only men able to save the coun- try or the party, ho would, 1 think, allow his name to be used in the Convention. I think, somechotw, that they will snominate him; but that’s only iny own opinion.” A defeat wonld kill' the General, Mr. Grant thinks; but he(U.8.) would rink it If hethought it iblo to savuethe varty, Mr. Grant further mflu"um his brothersaw sotne things now that he could not be made to sec before, Inotler wonls, hie now aces Babeock in histrue light, and would never glve bim any more uld or comfort, 8o, tuo, MeDonald, Joyee, sud those fellows would, 1 the UGeneral beeame President again, be left to o to the devil. Somu of his old navisers would bo recalled, among whom (it the General ngrees with his brother) wonld be Zach Chan- dicry a8 Orvil considers him *“oncof the best men wo have," Bpeaking of the Ueneral's *royal progress' In Europe, Orvil sald that he had “received let- ters from lmn, in which ho expressed his wearl- nesas of the continued feasting to which ho s subjected, and sald that ne inteuded to take n sea-voyage for recreation. Mr, Gront trecly eriticised some prominent men. President layes wasa lugh-toned, hun- orable geutlemun, who was trylng to do rleht, but his Adifulstration was weak when there was no vause for weskness. Scliurz Is evident- ly 0o favorite of Osvil. For Dutler ho bl always felt & deep admiration, but bis present course had lowered him In his estimation, Kearncy was a blatherskite, o man whom peoplo £0 08¢0 us thsy do to see U'Leary,—for curios- ity,—and Butler bad demeancd himsell by making an alllanca with such o follow. Tue Demniocrats would probably elect the noxt Preal- dent, but it would not b Thurman. No inau who woes forthe ofllee ever gets it Tilden should by rights bave the nomination, N CURRENT OPINION. Tho ¢ Ohlo iden,” according to Thurman, {a to change front as often a4 Is neccssary lu order to keep up with tho party, —St.'Louis Globe- Demo- erat (Rep. ) Four yoars ago wo know tho polltician by tho haysced Inhis hairand tho trousers in Ins boots; now he may be known by his horny handa auu bis tin dinnor-bucket. —8(. Louis Pust (ind.). Tilden couldn't get a corporal's place down hero,—Chariotte (N, C.,) Obscrver (Dem.),—Ot eourso not. ‘Tilden pronounced sgalust the pay- picut of tho Soutbivrn claims, and that lins cooked his gooss down South.— Nushinglon Lepudiican (Bep.)y It Kearmmoy is not a mere blathering demagogue, the symptoms in his case are inlsload- ing, and his nstacority le manifest o denouncing tho capitalists without qualification, while uraing 1h8 workiugmen of Massachuseits 1o make pue of thew, aud & salary-grabber at thaty, Goveroor of the Blate, —Cincinnall Comumercial (Ind. ). 4 have only ane faith, and that I think is shared by you, sud that is tnat on Nov. 6 wo will elact to the bighest ofice in the Stato that ifled son of Massachuscits, Bonlawin P, Butler," ennia Kearn 3 i, yo loi!™ The s vl Massachy- Benjamin Butler, in his Maine spesch, gave 8 sketch of his party blograpury, sudasn- nounced that be had lefs the Rejpublican party, and shat nelther Ropublican uur Dewucrutic party isap 10 the Hutler domand. But thore ls one party which Be will uever riso sbove nor senarato hiue self from, and that fsn parl, of ablique visiun and crooked woral perception, of the ustie of Bunjamin Lutler,— Cincinauls Gdaelte (hivp. ). Johony, sged 7 (baviug attended tho Kearney mecting on Lyun Common the previous ulgbt)—** I say. papa, just pass along sowe of ticm bell-bound blsckberries,” Paterfamilins (s leeneraua boabolder snd blvody capitalist, glving coustaut vmployment and fuir wiges 1o sLout U0 workiugmen)—**Jununy, you wust wu. Leave Lo tavlo, pirl Igcorsuce fs 1o excuse for fool lanyusge, palther ta your cate nor lu Dests heuruey's.'—Houton Herald (1a Tho attention of James Gordon Bennott 14 respectfully luvited to the fuct that & fuo! of a very taulignant type has luveded tho columos of tho Herald. 1u s Jesdiug vditorial this woruing bo sliudes twice 1o the athor dellar of 41245 gruiue 38 belug **worth only B3 cents. "’ Now, we belivve tule atlver dollar o by vortt 100 crola To teat ucation, which is right, we wil) pay 00 cen Eatn o al} tha Bew aiiver doltars Alr, Bonavtt will deliner ut tho oflico of tua Grupkic, 'y ary worst ouly 84 couts, Mr. Benpett will make 11 gouteon, evry aollar, of $1lon every $100, or $110,000 on every §$1,000,000. ~Mr. Bronott coald wlcet the transfur Of tota list umount within a H week, anit it wonld be n oroftante week's woeK, Let bim eitnee han) off ha 3asncal fool, or eies accopt our uffer: elthcr putup o #hut pt—New York Graphic (Ind,), Bat he [Thurman] has now comnitted himself to ths Ohio platform: to & policy of irra. deemable legal-tenders, which means a polley ‘which esn henefit only epeculstors, and which, if it werre earried, woanld anly perprtuste the dreaty to- dustrial and inanclal devreerion. In the (ntarest of farmers, watkingmen, and producers evers. where, e fadat say we pefer anch Democrats a9 Senstdt Biyard and_Cov, Seymoir to sach Demo- Wfl: )n Senstor Thurmnan, —New York ierald 1eda )y ; The Hon, Alex, I1. 8tophens bas no need toranas an Independent candidate. fle has re- ceivnd the rezular patly nomination And has no- body ta thank fof 1t except his awn energy, sods- eitvand giftat chin. fa will of coarss be elected by an overswheltiin » -+ ourity and will resurn to tongress with or -aitga than ever, When one ronsidess th .\I'..u phens at hia full (ghtin woelttie the « - gat saty-fout pounds it mus; Lie coneeded tha 1@ o great dest of kieel Fprings, ch e aan b, and dynamite in his con- stitation shut upin o smail package.—~Jaitunore Guzette tHem, ), " Hanntor Fhurman's * groat speech” will net Add 10 his repuiatinn as & statesman. 1fe pan- detn o the dishonest money party of his Statoin s thamefol manner, making assertions which be knows to be contrary to fact and dsngerous th thelr tendrncy. Nothing, for instance, conld he more nntroe than that the money interests of tio conutry are not sifected by the herd timea. Ho reolds tike & fishwoman azafust the Hevublican part¥, but has not & wonl Acasnet the Kearneyites of the North or the hnlidozers of the South. Mr Tharman is apparently endenvoring 1o rival Kear- ney, Botler & o, in demagoylem. Jle oaght to boabove it..—HMartford Courant (fien.). As tho tail cannot wag the dog, the Enst will finally have to seknowledee that it canno longer wag the West. Uan the Eastern Democracy afford an attitude of antagoniem to the Democracy of the Wost! It beginxto look an though the freenoack is nationsl and may not be a pleasant nutlvo ol old sectional, This for those of ny who to “*hard money ' an the tring bixie of o Jt were asfatile for ttempt 0 aweep back the waves of the ocean as for the anaided Eaat 1o re- #lat the swelliug tide ol greenbackism. ~We are a nationa), not A sectlonal party. and, In view of 1340, tho Democracy of the East must take no narrow and conirscted, but a broad and hiberal surveyof the sitoation. —Syracuss Courier (V. ). Republiean government in Alabamn does not exist, A more hrntal despotiem I not to b found in thie worst-gaverned Kingdom of the East- ern World. The abeolutism of the Snitan of Tar. key snd the Afghan Emirs is mild and clement in compariton with Democratic derpotiam In Alse bama, To oe 4 Hepublican in such a State s to be un object of scorn and contempt. Tu be a neero in 1o 0e h ereature having nn righta that & white mau [s bonnd to respect, The rigit of sulirage {s inonopoltzed by the Democrats, and demicd ta the Repnbiicane, {l innot & State for a Repoblican 1o tematn in, and certainiy not orc to which any man wWht haw any self-respect or Anierican feeling will repaie to in‘order 10 acek a living. —Phuadeivhia Lroas (Liep.). ) Gail Hamilton, in her fourtcenth and fif- tcenth articies, havot last bronght down Ler pro- found researches Into Civil-Service reform from the dayw of Pitt and Burke to comparstively mod. erntimes, With the ald of an English ** Galde to the Civil Service, of the extremely recent dote of 1807, and of **{nformal " conversaiions with Cuos- toms olicers on the docka at Liverpool, she has discovered that the pretended openinz of the Brit- 1+h Civil Service to free competition isn ** puro dulurion, " and that ** patronage " and **{hfluence " are quite as potent as crer. This s 8 remarkable discovery, and ane whith wonld bo extremely comforting 1o Mr, Dlsine and the other ene. wies uf Civil-Service ‘reform in thia country did 1t not, unfortunutely, lack the esscntial cle- ment of truth. There s the ampicst svidence, not only in the reporta of the British Civii-Serrice Cosimission and of varfons Pariiamentary Com- mittees, biit In contemporancous magazine Iiter- uture, that the pinciple of open competition has Leen extended In goud {aith, and with the best results, 1o the enttre Civil Servic of Great Girltaln, with the single exception of the Forelen Ofticy and the diplomatic service. 1lad the fair critic but read to the end the article in Scribner's ,'lnrllml{ for June. 1677, from tho easlicr portions of which sho quotew with such frcedom, she would have found - the facts wset forth with fuliness and accuracy, Althouzh lmli- ed competitlon _ mmong - candidates nomi- nated by patronuge was voluntarily introduced toa considerable extent under the ortler of 1K5G, systom of com elitlon which {s now in oper: was not {utroauced 1) 1870, The order In Coun- cif of June 4inthat year directed that, with cer- tatn excentions, all_original appointments in any department of the Civil Bervice inade after Aug. 81, 3470, should bo made by means of ujien comp itlvcexaminations. This was an eglire change 1rom the systemn belore in forve, and rarks the be- ginning of @ new cra in Brutish Civil dervice, new aystem was soon put bos _continued in operation standing _ successfally the pented ~ Parlfamentary fnvestipation. siatetnents concerning the potency of patronaye aud the necesalty of fnfluence 1o the candidates for_ appointment, which Biss Dodgo quoics with such gusto from the guides and fisnd-hoaks Of 1867, refer, of course, to the aystem uf pans- examtuations fntroduced in 1855, and not to the comnpetitive system, which waw not introduced til 1870, and which made a radical chauge in the methods of sejectls ‘The statement that **what wis true in 18K and 1867 Is troc to-day,™ is, therclare, Juet the revetse of correcl. It ix aatou- ivhiug that o Intelligent a writer shonld bave stumbled intosach o very quagmire of errors in degling with a subject 10 whicn she bas brofess- ealy glven g0 wuch attention, when the means of cortect information wero so easily obtaluable, — New York 1 (ep.). LEGAL MATTERS. Y'rocecdings in tho Various Courts Satarday, R. E. Jenkins was appoluted Assitnee, urday, of Willlam B. und Alanson Diwight, The creiditors of Bimpson, Norwell & Co. ac- cepted a composition of 30 per cent, which whi ho pagable in cash in ten days aftcr the ratitica- tton of the vompromise by the Court. A flual dividend of 1 per cent was declared in the case of Samuel F. Ilawley and George it. Thorne to all creditors who have received tho first divideml, Thuse who have not had apy. thing will get 18 per cent, The proposs! for mmrmluon in the estate of Albert Fricdiey was withdrawn, and the com- position proceedings abandoued. At 10 o'clock this morntuie Assignees will he chosen for Authony C. Hestugand Washington Hestug, A composition meeting will be hold the same hour in the case of Wahl, Meyer & Co, A fluu! dividend meeting witl be held at 2 p, m. in the case of Parker & Boynton. DIVOICES. Henrfetta Young flled u bill Saturday asking for a divorcs from her husbaud, lsburn Youug, on the gronnd of desertion. Samuel Edgerie also wantsa decree of divorve from his wife Mary for a similar reason. Aut Mary 1. Goldie, haviog tved threo yeara slace her marriage without her husbaud, Cnarles Golde, thinks she can et along without him in the future. HAUEAS CORPUS, Micliaol Gavin tlied 6 petition for habeas cor- pus Saturday, sotelng out that ho was arrested about a week azo unlu\mrlmol bciye u vagas bond, st prowllng around. public vatherings, pitterivg habltually, snd veglecting to give a goud account of himsclf, He was trica belore Justics Hogers aud sentenced to pay 8100 ting, or to o to Jall. fle clalns that e hus uot vio- Jated any known las of the Btate or ciy, and thiat bis tmprisooment bs Blegal, sud usks” to bo discharged from juil. UNITRI) STATHS COURTS, ! Btorrs Bros,, uf New York, cormmenced a suit for §,500 Saturday azainst Sanel 8. Sunsou, Jr., und Whitam 5. Munson, and another for a I{ke amount azatust Alesander White, Henoen 8, Jennings bevan a suit against tho Board of Trade to reeover $10,000 dumages for unlawful use of hiv patent for an hurmvnmcm fu *Strading pits,” granted to him May 1, 1590, uwmui I'uprrr fled s bill wratnst Fraocls A. Stevens, Julla K. Stevens, N, C, Ferkine, Trustee, W. St. Jobn Wolseley, successor fn trust, C. . Fleld, successor infirusy, B, F, Sher- wap, ¥, L. 8tevens, J. L. Gates, 0. P, w, Wil- lums, £, P, Schnddt, Willlam _Bowton, A. A, MeKenzle, Aunio H, I‘qullon,l(ll.henlm Walsh, 8, W. Rausum, and Williau Nelson, to fureclose trust-deed tor §23,000, covering the E. 3¢ of Lot 8, Hiock 19, futhe origlnal Town of Chicsgo, BUPERIOR COURT IN BRIEF. > Margaret Carter, Thumas Iinmmond, and Qeorge Armour, Trustees of the estate of James_Carter, decoasot, tiled o blll acatust Jubu 8. and Jespie Mctilashan, F. H. Winatou, “Trustee, ana J. J. McCarthy to foreclose u trust deed on whics $10,000 s duv, covening Blocs 2 fu McCarthy's Sulsivision, aud the E. 3¢ of the 8. W, i of the N, E. }] of Bee. 173518 ¢ Heary 8. Clarke fled o bill sguiust George C, Joues, Elizabeth £, Junes, sud Eloise P. Conk- hul, to forecloso & moriguge for £3,573 on the south part of Lot §, Block i, {u the Vitluge of Eyauaton, froutitg nlucty feet on Ridee street, ‘She Chicugo, Wihuogtou & Verulliion Coal Cowpany besau a suit lor 81,600 ugulust B. K, Wigiue, Dunel. Bogle, Jr., aud Walter 8, z Bugle.. ‘v, CIRCUIT COUNT Bmith & (. for the use of John Bartou, be- Kan a suit to recoyr §4.500 ot Jubn A, Lomax, JUDAMBNTS. Surenium_ Uount—Coxrxssions=J. V. Farwell & Co.ve. Joun W. Freund and dtevhen Freuod No. 2, §1,401.88, —Petur Jack ve. Jubsanua aud C. L, Monry Melasner, §1,U12.72.-Joly Sauser ve. Nichoiad aud Burbara Mayruth, $34U, [LAGRANGE'S MYSTERY. A Fresh Clew Discovered as to the Real Assassin of Clark. Wihich Will Probably Let Joseph St. Peters Ont of the Serape, At last there has boen obtalned a clew to the “celebrated vase " of the murdered tman Ctark, wkich wili doubtless set the minds of sumcof the accuscd pdrtics at redt, thougl it wiil tmplicate others who have thus far been held above aus- plcton. It fs true that suspiciun has puinted atrongly taward the young man Joseph St. Po. ters, ahd the theory that Mrs. Clark herself was an aceomplice has not been without founda- tion. The alibl plea by the defendant last aturaay was a lame nffalr, and weakly support- cd by the witnesscs, every one of whom wero relatives of St. Peters, and, of course, intetest- ed partles. The testimony of Edward Martin and his wife showed that théy had met 4 voung man answering to the description of Joe on thy road walking towsrd LaGrange. Martin re- marked to his wife at the time that the footman Inaked like Joe, “who used to work at Mr, Clark's.” Betore they contd meet In the road the rmmm tnan puiled a black cap, which he had on his heald. down over his evea, jeaped aver the fence, and crodched behind #ume busties until Martin had passed by, and hen got back lato the road end trudeed un toward Latrange. Mrs. Papinot, Joe's sister, with whotn he resided in the city, swore that he had never been absent a night sice he came from Latirange. 1ler husband swore that he had been ont all one hight, and he beliered that it was Mouilar. Joe 8t. I’Plers was tecalled be- fore Martin gave in his testimony, and on belte questivned admitted that he owned a cap, that it was Itnen, and its color was biack. Then there was Mrs, Clark’s testimony thut ber hus- band bad o vevolver, which was neser scen by auy other Lerson,—not even dhe boy who ovecn- pled the room with his fother, Alw the dis- crclmwv between the testimony of Mrs. Clark and Jue regardine the letters, alin swearing pesitively that sho had written letters for him, sl especially remémbered having midressed one Lo * Migs Carrie Smith,” whtle Joe swore cqually as positively that ehe never wrote any Tetters for lum, and statud Lo a reporter that he did nut know u Miss Csrrie Sinith, All these facts Turnished coud grownds for suspieion of buth Mrs. Clark and Joe 8t, Peters, with the most plausible ticory i favor of the younie inan beiug the direct aesassin, with Mira, Tark as bis necomplice. But, as stated before, A CLEW WAS OBTAINED YESILRDAY which ecatters a)l the thevries herctofors men- tiotied to the winds, atdcorroborates the hint kiven In Tue Timese report of yesterday tnorning that there were othier ourites than thouse who had beew pamed that were partici- pants In the dastardiy deed. It will be rementbered that mention swasmade In this paper, u few dags awo, of certaln trucka having been tound by a Mro Woud, residnig ficar Mr, Clark, the orning atter. the munler, Tns TRINUSE representative tried 1o follow np this lead at the time, hut was des terred from secinz Mr. Woml, on account of a searcity of thae, The tracks Qg o a tine from thedirection of Mr. Clark's remuence towdrd the deput, neruss lote A distinet fiu- presplon was made w the mud newsr a diteh, which fooked as thouzh the per<otn making it Lad siipped in moking a leap ucro Wednesday evening, Mr. Wood, with his little eon, went down to Alaxon's grocers, ¥ depot, early i _the evening, abd pure some potatoes. They eat and talked for time. Mr. Maxon wus nsked what time it 9 by Mr. Wood, e replied that “by his clock 1t was half-past § w'elock.” Toey sat and talked for some time {onger, and then Mr. Wood and lis son starteit for home. 1t was all of # o'clock Inthe even- fng when they arrived AT TG CROZ3-ROAD leading to their hou Mr. Wood discovered that he had forgotten his potutoes, and sent his little boy back’ after them. He walked on toward his home, and he noticed a Loy, tie should judee about 18 years old, Ading npon nmnul r'llnch had no equip- irld e, insed aonie ment except A The young uau came directly from the rond leating to Mr. Clark’s barn, and when e saw Mr, Womd he leaned forwant "o the horse so that hie e coulil nut be seon, and hurried bis anfwmal on- wasl. About the samne time he saw A MAN RUNNING ACRURS THR PLELDS, He had on a white shirt and a slotch hat, Mr, Wood swrted and rou after both the parties, but was distanced, The reason he gave for running after them was that he had fost a gun from his house the dav befure, and ha thoncht berhavs the thieves tind come back fur o chest of tools that were ther Qtlier facte are In poseession of I'nx Tatnose reporter, but for very good reasons they a suppressed for the “present. The reat” fac st cotne to lght o o day or two, which m. Uring inte notoricty persolis who are now be Yand sutsplefon among those who know them, They ure i Latirange, aud their capturc {s cer- tain. Mr. Ao B. Wouwls and a fellow-detective from Cant. Turtle's a: were out looking over the pround yesterday and the day betore, amd It 13 pussible they have aiso found sume clew, thouzh it they Kave they are wise enough to keep it Lo themselves, e —— A Tragedy Caused by the Eellpso, Galeeston Aerws, An old negro fu Johuson Connty, Tex.. killod Tis Wik und then killed hisel! fast Monday, dupng the eclipse, whilo under the jmpression that the wurld was comingz to an end. e was heard to remark that *he heanl the world was coming toan emlihat evenlng, und if so he would Le so suund usteep that Gabriel’s trumpet wouldn't wake hitn" At the time the ectinro commenced liewns seen to runto his house witha hatehet in his hand, Ile_was followed homio by a negro woman named Naney Ellisou. dustas she entered the door she heurd his wife scream, and jmmediately afterward sho burst the back door open and ran across a cotton fleld, erylue **Come on, sweot chariot!” and wringini hier hands in the most pltitul manner, Nauey rushed into the house and found one of the children—a little boy about 10 years old— Zaspiug i the Just throes of death. “Miller had climbed o lodder which led to o gurret, sud presently lie fell from the openiog in the celling to the oor, o corpse, with his throat cut from ear Lo car. — Rumasclier's Deatlngs with the Treasury, Washinglom Star, A letter was reccived at the Treasury yester- duy from a rumscller in thy western part of New York complaiuiuy that & previous com- wunlcation, sddressed 1o the Hon. Secretary of the Teeasury, Bad not been acknowledged, and giving It as his opinion tlat Treasury olilelals generally wersa set of fruuds, e closed by saying that bo had futeuded subseribing fur 830 worth of the new 4 per cents, but that now Le would be dammed i ho did. "Notwithstanding the abuve there has been no perceptible faling off in the subsenintions to the new bunds, but, on the contrry, a steady incroass 1 noted, and It 1s now buhieved ut tho Treasury thut the sut- scriptions for Augnst will reach $25,000,000, Mauy of theso subscriptions come In small sums, which makes tho wrgregsto of the work to be performed i the bond division very heavy, Up to the preseut ime this work has been kept well in hand by Gen, Dan Baker and bis assistuuts, ———— A Lucky Womas, New York World, The wifo of u weil-known up-town hotel proprictor was walkive through Thirty-seventh streot on Friday oveulug, and was sturtled by the conversation of the women who passed by, One of thew stageered o zalust bor, and, with an oath, demanded why she was u that strect. This was In Capt. Willlsiow* prednet, aud the street s suppused to be patrotied by his oflicers, T fnsultedd woisan burried o wifright Lo her husband's hotel, uud told nhin the story. Il asked: DI you call ou the policu to protect fi::ul" “1ilid not,” eald the wife, The hus- nd embraced her and laugbel. “You did well,' ho sald; If you bad catled on the poilce, wy dear, you would auvo been taken Lo, —— Opeu the pores and break up eolds with Sanford's Juuinica Gluger, | e e —— The Tureo Graoces are represcnted with perfectiy-develoned forme, — buauty aud health combl Nodecayed-toothed widh of woiusn can bo bealthy, bockuss digestion muet bo Jwperfect. Usu Buzodont, , xot bealthy tecth, good dizestion, and s wound body, Hovive the Three Graces, TME FIRESIDE CONPANION, RS e S LN i LULLABY, LULLABY. ¢ Words aud Muslo of J. E et's (8Inous soag, L;[,LL.\,A\“,,u.uufi‘u, (S famaun soas, i pie wiithoiven awsrwit ¥o Sl ol tle N.X. ki e Couspasiou, which le fursal= by all news: 4. o following eoglven Way %l 1w suid b A :'vuua ‘uufl.‘-g ra OF s bave ft Al HETARY & 1 S 305 0 wty with No. 30 THE LANBOAUD AT w1th o, i1, Tlo subscription prive of ‘dhe Flreaido Cowpauloa §s snye LGB MU GEOLU] 1760 27 Vandewater-at., New Yors. cuTiuna., uticura THE GREAT SKIN CURE, Inpallivly Cures - Sell Rhcom or Begema, Ringworm, Tetter, Scald Head, Dandraf, Dry and Falling Halr, Pimples, Blotches, and Sorok lons Dleers aud Soves, Messts. WERRS & POTTEN, fWholeswia Droe: i 0 e 2iete, of tocton, !_\IA' rerpectinlly’ Infarin the prilnle a4, hte afretions ol sticceeded, sfter tn_ohtatntog vy ntly ihe skin and Healp, that th ELEE yenra of atdy end e perl AUNEIIATAn. fhmn Veietant ligre, before nexd EurahiiTe v Top erry Kind oi Sy ] rety Of Skin Disaese, fram & mmon Pimple Lo the w. fimmos Ptmote Lo thie worst akse of Rait ithaoin, scald CuTICE s 1 SUTICEIIA Jncarnestiy belfered 10 ho the only port nay ont, for the cgre of Nai K-y erernn Hineworm. Teres, Shhen s b Wi Psoriasle, Itci Groind tted, Birbers’ leh, lted aad Materatei Plmples and fiot A onnA, (Inaroen tedhevs of th X Heads, (jrith natuedl fednese of 1 e oee d zh ll¥! Crackrd Skins, and all Ve 18F, Scal! l?r Lruptjons and Jrritations of the Sk, all andruft, iirv, Thin, and_Faliing 1latr, froma- ture Hatdness, I} sesly Etnptiona [telitngeand fre fimtions of the scalpy (-'l"!.’ \Yu?ln' 4 Ilrul\"l.. 8.l Ih. inrnt. i xad [tehing Milen Bain ded Indathm o (nre!umlllurllll'!nlll":\'flf‘d fll IILXT:‘YI!! Slnln"hfllfiml Jotntit. wre Thront, Diphther up, 804 Tloarscnes. Al%0, an 8 Veterinary Spenific. id R, Serofuls, keronilous Licars and Glandular Sweltings suf the iaod and Jiones, and minst n 3 @ el 1D diseAle) DEapet 81 athave hi Tequite toth exter ternal (e < y at URA GBSOLVEXT 2 A Al Denzgtas, pod will bs nrice~%0 cents Tor smdll box. . contalitng two and one-half (mes s AUy of minall. and Sherefore Inuch the eneaper for elironit can 'ricent Cutienirs Repolvent (ean ba s bott e nal anit 1 1 CUTIC méfled iree on 85 Iarge hox sxpress €1 per ottie; ) vd by W, ) Wasifugiun Tor Cu-Ti-ci:- kA, ale, Azeute prevensit & Co., Lon Juribut & Co., Tolman & Lo, Chicaae SANFORD'S Jamaica Ginger The Quintessence of Jamaica Ginger, Choice Aromuties, and French Brandy, 1a delictous, harmiers, and strengthening au'mtitate foraii kindsof stimutants, It prompuly relleves Dys- Depsla, Oppresilan after Kating, and every apecios of Indiwcation, correctn ait distarbances of the Stomach and Tlowels, prevents slekness from chango of food, water, or elimate, cures Cramps and Patos, bresks up Culds, Chltls, and Ferers fn one night. It promotes persplration, restures the citculation, warms, strongth- 05, and fnyigorates the body, qulets the mind and ner- Youn fotces, and Induces refreshing slecp. For the Soung. the aged, and the infirm, on Iand or ses, under Al clreumstauces anil conditions, this great paosces of health stands without an equalfn the vast nd bulky eatalogue of the msterls medics. Bewaze of dituted and wurthicss imitations recommended by deniers for purposes of matn. Never furget o avk fur, and Malst npon having, Sauford's Jamaica Ginger., Sold by all Wholesale and 1stalt Druggists, frocers, And Deslers in Medicine throughout the United States and Canadar. & O ETEiL » Shoston, Ma 10 mrat Sy Cpe lier @ Vuiler, 'Van Sehaack, toutentarth & ., 1. A, King, Morrlson, Pluminer & 10 Drug Chas. Gossage ¢ Co. Great C!@Trring Sale HAMBURG ENMBROIDERIES AT LESS THAN HALF THEIR VALUE. 2,000 yarEs_m: 5c, Worth from 8 to 10c, 2,000 yards at lqic, orth 15¢, 3,000 yards at 15c¢, Worth from 20 to 25¢c. 3,000 yards at 25c, Good value for 33 to 30¢. 5,000 yards Fine Wide dges and Flounces from 35¢ to $1.26, Worth from 50c to $2. Tho abovo goods aro woll worked on firm Sclected Cloth, warranted to wear. Thoy are without oxception tho Cheapest and Most Dosirable lot of Embroideries over offored in this markat, ‘We invite an early inspeoction, as the lot, though large, will bo closod out in a short time, Chas. Gossage & Co. THE NEASIDE LIBRARY, SEANIDE LIBLUARY, AL containe unabridged—in_ the SEASIDE LINKARY. Fhese sry slregdy nearly four lubdrsd bouka=tuy very tuet of sluinet every novellst uf repute In Europe—1u he srias. This Library ie aleo th lanod tn aay couniry, and ite upprecedented pupaiart; iroof wnougs uf the favor with whict 1t 1s receive t Ethe 1 hict et 2 % thl public. 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