Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 4, 1879, Page 6

Gi CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1879-TWELVI PAGES. | ee CRIMINAL NEWS. “Testimony in the Armstrong-Blair- ‘Murder Case os Newark, N. J Verdicts of Mansinughtor and -'& Justifinble Homicide =~ ooh Rendered. - Hanging ,of Spattenhuber, the Mur= derer, at Lebanon, Pa, aye ne His Crimécthie, Killing of John Ivison in December Last. Erb, the st. ‘Louis Murderer, Pleads Guilty in Court. . ARMSTRONG. New Yon, July8.—The inquest concerning the death of John Armstrong, shot at Mont- clatr, N. Jy by Joseph P, Dialr, last Thuraday evening, tras contiuued to-day at Newark. A’ large number of people were present, “Dr. dotn W. Pinkham said be visited Arm- strong In the hospitat at Newark on Friday. * Armstrong was apparently asicep, but witness roused him by shaking hima little, He asked Armstrong how Blair came to shoot him. The wounded man asked fora gloss of water, nnd the Bister in charce anid the doctors. had. left orders to give him ice and brandy only, a6 it was feared water wyould increase the inflamma- tion.’ Armstrong said, ns if in suprise: “Inflammation. That will kill, me, wot’t itv? When auswered by the Sister in the neca- tive, Armstrong gave nn account of his trouble with Blatr. ° He sald when returning from Ogio- ‘vie'n Wedneaday evening he was very thirsty, nud stopped at the hotel for a glaas of ale; that the. horses were unruly, and that ha gave them two or three cuts with nwhip; thut Thuradsy evening Biaircame to the stable and abused him about it;, that Mrs. Blalr jofned hor hus- band and called him all manner of names; that Blafr went to the houss,—returned, and then ghot him on the stairs ss he was going up to his room. Witness also anid Blair tokl him that he. followed Armstrong up-stairs, believing he was golng fora pistol, and tried to restrain hin by eclzing the coachmau's left arm with lis Jeft hand, Blair sald that, after they reached the room, and Armstrong was reaching fora pistol, he fired, alming low and Intending to ult his'extremitios, When Armstrong got hold of ‘the pistol; and pointed it to him, Blalr sald he fired a eccond shot. James H. Duffy testified that he knew Arin- strong from childhood; that Armetrong was porn in Dublin, and was the sou of a well-to-do farmer. Armstrong was once a guard on the Midland & Great Western Hallway. to came to this country soven years azo, and went back about twu years ago to see his father und mother, He vot aeituation-again on the rall- road, but preferred this country, and so caine tack toit. He had an uncle in Minnesota who wiahed him to come out there. It was for that reason Armstrong left o situation at Grecn's Farms, Conn, He did uot haya moucy evough to pay his way to Miunceota, and he therefore entered the employment of Blair.” Witness sald that Armstroug was a very quiet man, Never ea him out of tempers never heard him use profane Inaguage. - Mary 1. Gallagher testitied sho knew Jolin Armstrong, and icentified hls picture which he ave her when they were both in te servicn of ir, Dunham at irvington. He was avery aufet, peaceable, gentlemanly young inan. Tils recom mendation from Dr. Dunham, whom he left voluntarily, set forth that Armstrong was ‘a trustworthy person.” De. Dunham told hia to come-to bim whenover he wanted o friend or situation. Ophelia Dwyer, a servant in the family of Blair, told her story of Thursdsy evening, She said she heard Joud talk- ing ont at the stable. She heard Armstrong swearing ina Joud voice. Biolr was talking lourter than usual, but not so Joudly aa Arm- strong. Sho went into the dintug-room and was clearing off the tubls when she saw Dlair hasten into the-honee by the back door, Bhe eth Oh, Mr. Biair, don’t get out of patience with the man? Blair. replied, ‘Iota sour jaw; I’m running this business.” Ho stopped to get sume keys vut of his pocket wud then went up stairs. She next saw bln in the yard with a re- yuiver in bis hand. He told bls wife, his chile dren, and: Miss Draper tu ze into the house, aud they went. Bintr then said, *1 can't holp ft. It must be done’? He watted until they vot into the house, and then went to the stable, Wit- ness then 4poke to Mrs. Blair. asking her to say gomething to Mr. Blair, but Mra. Blair replivd she couldn't, and scemed greatly avituted. Witness remarked, ‘It's an awful thing to shoot that mandown.” Then she heard two Bhots, su) beard. Armstrong ery * Murderl'? three times, She arked if Jolin had slot Blatr, and Mrs. Binlr roplied “No that. Blair bad shot Joh. fiatr returned to the house, and when sho asked him if he had shot Jobn, be re- piled, * Yes, Pve shot him, and Da sorry for it? The witness sald that, by Blalr’s directlon, sho took” some brandy out to Join. When Blair approached him, the wounded man sald: “Go aways. you're a murderous villain.” Binir offered im some money, und Jotin sald thot lo would not need it. There were come working: men thero,jand something was sald about yet- ting apiliow. She went into the house to get one, aud when she mentioned her errand, Miss Draper sald; ‘Lot bim dic, let tlm die, Jet him die.” Witness asked = how she could speak so. She beard Jotin say Blair clinched him, and shot him on the stairs, Ne Ooclared before hin God he never bad a pistol in ‘his bands. Witness took Jobu’s band and bude him good-by before the carrluge eame to take hlin away. i Under examination by counsel for Blair, wit- Dessadinitted thut when she heard the firing sho did say, "1am afraid John has shot Mr, Uinir." Bho neord Blair say: “Jotn, you cun't cow me down onu bit.” in answer to the prosecullng officer witness end when Blair came (uto the house for his pistol bo sald Jotun said be waa Boing to shout him, but he could suoot tao. Wiliam C. Stewart, of Green's Farms, Conn, called on behalf of the prisovur, testivied that Armatrong was in his ciploy from the Ad of April to the 13th of May,. Ho was not at all pleased with Armstrong, but bud decided to lus im. stay another month, until ho went tw Green's Forms on the 13th ol May, le asked Mra: Robinson, his wife's slater, how thinys were golpg on, and she suid very badly, He looked around the place and found u heap‘ ol ashes near the back dour. He mado the ashes & protext Jur speaking to Armatroug, althouch bo bad other reasons for wistingto remonstrate withhim, Armstrong replied with abusive lane guage buch ae no entloman would receive from a@.servant. Armstrong's tous was that of a men who had made up his mint to teave his omploy, andédid net care how much he sugered him. The man used onths. Wit- Heas told him he must Icave, and Armeatrong aald be would gy by the next train Hf fis wad paid haifa movth’s waves, Witness paid bin that amouut, aud suid the sooner be left the better be would bo pleased. When Arinstrong gut bie carpet-bae, he threw {t.down before wit- ness and asked hin to search it, aud not necise lim of takwe anything after he had gone. Witness replicd he never thought of accusing him of taking anything, but if be did miss any- thing of cours he should know whom to wue- pect. Armstrong replied ne had better net bo too sure of that, as he digit kuow who came about his place. . Witness replied be thought he did know. Arinstroha'a tans was very frri- tating sul quarrelsoine, Finally be went away, Stewart paid when he went to bed that night he placed a pivtol under bis pillow. Armetrong'd reputation while iu his service in respect to yeaceuble Deliavior wag uot rood, Ite had been dyfurmed Urat Armetrous abused his horses, George M, Wheeler, io the iron sud steel business. testilied be had Aringtroti his om- ploy at Scursdute for eix weeks, Arimatrong’s kenoral reputation for peaceable behavior was very bad, Ariustrong came to hlin with some eyod recommendations, He was a yory prutane man, sub woukt stand in the stable wil swear sloud when nobody was near bla. Wituces dia- charged him, but hud ay quarrel with the man, He was afruld wo thud fault with him. dls wife ‘Was afraid to give hin avy orders, _ The vesthinony concluded, the jury dellberated, Five returned a yyrdict Unt Armatrong came to bb by & pistol-shot wound, und the kill fug constituted manslaughter. Four of the Jaryeave a vordict uiut the killing was dove in self-defenss, and was juatiiable, Blair wos held by thé Coroner, | Application will be promptly wade to aurnit Blais to butt. MICIUGAN LRAGEDIES, » >. dpeytal Leopateh to The Trt, we Granp Harips, cle, duly Kent County, Micliguu, wow’ furnishes lis burrur tu duutch those of the East that have so startled 2 the people, dre. Ligwauuel Bervy, live in the Town of Bown, in thie Couuty, nearly ttenty miles southeast of this city, white In- sone, shot at least one of her children with 9 revolver yesterday, injuring tt so that tt will die, and then shot hersell, killing herrelf al- most fnstantly, ‘The ebild that fs expected to dio {a quite young. Two other children are missing, and it is feared thnt sho killed them and disposed of thelr bodies, as po trace of them can bo found, The oldest chitd—she had hut four—she sont away from homie to cet on onportunity to accomplish her Intentions. Her limeband was away from home at work at tie time, She had been an invallt ome thine, and occasionally showed signs of mental aberration, but not eyough to alarm her tomily or friends, Why hor insanity should a5- auine the phase it did, unless from having read of almilar deeds, no one can guess, ‘The com- munity where sho lived is horror-stricken, es- peelnlly asthe other. tio children had been hunted for some hours when my informant left there. @ A special to the Grand Kapids Times states that twofarmors inthe Township of Assyria, Barry County, indulged Inn quarrel and ficht yesterday, One. named Ashly, struck the otter, homed Artheral, with a scythe, cutting him in the body so severely that fhe Is not expected to five. Astiy. was also badly hurt. ‘The quarrel ‘was about the cronson a pleco of lund Ashly rented of Artheral. NMANGUED. Lenaxon, Pa, July 3.—Nimrod Spattenhi- ber, convicted af the murder of John Ivison tn oealoon fu Wis city on the night of Dec, 10, 1873, was hanged here this morning. He slept well last night and arose carly, Father Kuhl- man at 7 entered the cell and remained with the prisonor until 10:33, when the Sheriff and Dep- niles Informed Spattenlinver to prepare. ‘The priest and Spatteuhuber arose from their knees, ‘The priaonor asked fora glass of water, which wasgiven him. Ie trembled slightly and tears titled hie eyes, but he forced them back, and th walkeet stoadtly Lo the gallows, bearing the erneillx, : After short religious exercises, Spattenhuber kneellng most ‘ot the time, the Sheriff placed. the rope about hits neck, and a number of oflicinis aud counsel bade lim goud-by, — Spat- tenbuber’s grasp was weak, and bis voice not above a ‘nliispers ‘Nha trap was then sprung, but the drop balng a short one, the culprit was strangled. Io thirteen minutes the body was pronounced dead, and nftor the Inpre of twenty- five minutes was cut. down, The remains were then placed in a coflin nnd taken to the Catholic Church, from whence the funcral will take place to-inorrow. pk, PLEADED GUILTY. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune, Rr. Louts, Mo., July 3.—The very rare spec tacle of a murderer pleading guilty was pre- sented in the Criminal Court to-day, when Will- fom Henry Erb, who killed his wife a couple of weeks ngo, was arraigned thle morning. ‘Thisis stated by-tawyers to be the third case of the kind on record, the second being that of Rede- meler, who pleaded eutlty of murder in the same court Just winter, und was sontenced to death on the plea, which was afterwards allowed tobe ect aside. Redometer’s lawyers male a strong point of this in bultdlny up the Insanity plea, und as Judge Laughily di not propose toulluw Erb this advantage, he declined to accept is plea, and ordered cue of not, guilty entered. Erb, however, insists ‘that he {fs guilty, and will continue so to plead, aud that he expects to hang-for nis act. : a SOUGHT REVENGE. amectat Dispatch to’ The Tribune CAMDEN Statios, Md., July 3.—JamesH. Kit- tingham, a young married mao, and Arthur P, Jones, n young Lothario, met to-day In the yard of nealoon inthis city, when'the former drew a revolver and fired three shots at Joncs, onc of which took effect In iis lett std. It appears that Jones hos been too attentive’ to Kitting- ham's wife, and the busband recently seta wwaten and saw the pair at night enter and leave a notorious ngsignation-house, Kittingham thereupon assaulted and attempted -to kill his unfaithful wite, bat was compelled to draist. dons escaped, and the parties met toxlay for the first tle, when-the husband sought re- yenge unsuccessfully. Both partice aro held to bat for trial. A DRUNKEN VETERAN, gyectal Diatch to The Tribune. MiuawabKnn, July 3.—This morning Deputy United States Marshal Simpson proceeded to the, National Military Asylum and arzested an in- mate saincd Adam Kanfles on a warrant charg- ing hin with assault with Intent to kill. Tt ap- pears that on the 29th ult. Kaulles, while intoxi- cated, became disorderly on the Asylum grounds, when a member of the provost guard named ‘Thomas undertuok to arrest him. Kautlos ro- sisted, aud was struck over the head with’s club by Thomus. He then drew a knifa and cut and slashed Thomas in a territte mauner. Thomas {s now on inmate of the Asylum hospital, and in acrit{en! condluon. Kauiles was loded fn the County Jail. « TNE INDIANAPOLIS, MAN-HUNT. Bveciat Diapaten to The Tribune. Toranavous, Ind, daly '%—Search for the fliebting biirglars was continued all night. This morning word eame that the men wero now seen in the neighborhood of Brizhtwood, und a posse of pollco went there, and soon ran across tio of ile men asleep under a tree, , ‘They were Barney Moran and Joho Murphy, well Known ond dangerous hoodlums, Murpby suys one of their number, Mike Connors, was badly lurt yeater- day by two shots froin Oflicer ‘Richards’ re- volver, and, he thought, fatally. DBATIL SUNTENCT. Nasuvitay, Tent, July John fall and Burrell Stith, the negroes who murdered Maj. Pugh at Murfreesboro ‘six weeks uo to-ay, were to-day sentenced to be hanged at that point Avg. 8. A motion for a new trial was overrujed, und they took no appeul. CONVIC BENELLION: Conxcoun, Mass., duly3,—Thirty-flveconvicts, havlug refused to work In the hat-shep, bavg bven placed in solitary confluement until tholr aurrender, ‘There was n fire in the hat-alop this marulng, but-it was coun extinguisbed, A GOOD EXAMPLE. New York, duly %—The Spectal Sossious Court caused a sengutton to-day by eantencln: Patrolman Tully, who clubbed Roundsmun Orr, to three months tn the Penitentiary, LATE LOCAL. ITEMS. Christ opber Miller, living ot No. 103 Me- Gregor street, and employed by Libby, MeNeil & Libby, came home fron his work at 1b o'clock yesterday furenoon, and dled ut 2:30 in Uie alternuon, supposedly from heart-tiscaye. Deceased was 50 yeurs ‘of ayo, und lefea wife and four children In destitute circumstances, ‘The potiva yesterday succeeded in ‘arresting the shotyen thicf Albert: Bacder, allas Emmell, and Just nicht he was locked up ut the West Matisun BtreetStation, He was found ot the tutersection of the Fort Wayne Railroad and ‘iftyeflith street, The wound from the bullet fred by OMleur [nines is to bis deft groin, and ts not considered fatal. More's the pity. ‘ AC 1:30 this morning aman giylng the name oft. Hl, Brown, aud claiaug to be a railroad man from luwa, compluined to Lieut, Hayes that he hud been roped’? avalust: oo game of fara at No, 5 Calhoun plivo by sume omen unknown to hig, After playing In $100 cash, he put up his gold watch awnd chain iid adiainond ring, valued at ahoue $00), which le alse lest, Jie wax thinking seci- ously of putting up aw mnaguilicent dlamnoud breagt-plu when lie began ta realize thet he bad been swimdied, Licat. Hayes want a aqtad oof nen went to the placeund succeeded in arresting sutay seven or clglit innuitus, who are all held for identifica: tion, ‘The keeper, James Conlisk, escaped ar rent, After entering eee Brown rau to tne Cran ‘ite Hotel and registered os from towa. Then ho got the elerk to write a Netitious wamo beneath his, This was tou thin for the reporter, however. Brown is evidently not his real vam, Dut he ds determined to keep his {dentity a secret, fe wants to get back bis property in the ¢aslest way possible. Rock Navegat, av Itallan, 18 years of age, living at No. 419 Clark street, Sant fooling with a revolver at an eurly hour this moraloy, shot ulioselt in the. Jeft breast. ‘The wouud was coustdered quite dangerous one, ‘(hte owas the drift of a | ree port mute by the police shortly after JLo'clock last nicht, A fuller tnyestization of the affalr reveals the fact thutit wes # marder, acedeutaily or Intentionally done, He war standing in front of a fruit stand at No, 4 Clark strest, and was suddenly pit by a bulict. Atis quite probable that the inissile Waa Dred by somo one celebrating the Fourth. ‘Tho . You can imagine, after a you - have heard about wound {s Just above the nipple, and the bullet must have gone nearly or quite through the body. Dr. Lacorio, who wae in attendance upon bing at an early howe this morning, ts of the opinion that he could not Hye until daylight. 'The pulice are busy Investigating, ————_— AMUSEMENTS. M'VICKER!S, At MeVicker's, last night, there was a roturn to “Pinafore.” “It was given ith tho same censt as when originally prodtced here by the ‘Duff Compans, oxcapt thot Mr. We Tf, Mne- Donatd took Mr. Mackin's place as tha Boats wai, and Mr. Charles Collins was the Dick Deadeye instead of Mr. Davitue. Mr. Hatch re- summed his position as Hath which, tt will be remembered, ha surrendered during tho pre- vious ran of the n Miss Stone evinced considerable improvement In ber action as the herolne: the nev-vomers Mled their roles satis- factorily; and all the oll favorites were fully up to thelr former dard of excellence, ‘Vhe ontertainment. conoluded with Gilbert and Bulltyan’s “Trial by dury,—Mr. Whitin Doing the Judge, Mr. Conway the Defendant, Mile. darbeau the Paintif, Mr. MacDonald the Plant's Counsel, niu Me, Collins the Optcer of the Court, ‘The laughable trifle was sunc quite well, amd acted with a good deal of vim. Mile, darbeau was espectally vivacious, wid demonstrated the posscsslon of inore power of vocalization than she bad heretofore received eredit for. ‘The samo bill will be repeated this afternoon and cveting, aud also at two per- formances on Saturday. SUMMER CONCERT, Kosenbecker’s Chicago Orchestra will perform at Baum's Park-Place Vayliion this gyening. ‘The programme includes: March, “ My Aus- trla,’? Hoffmann; Overture to “La Reino d'Uo Jour,* Adam; Waliz, “ Abonentoro,” Strauss; Potoourri, * Uitenbachiana,’? Conradl; aver. tureto" fra Diavolo.”? Auber; * Tho Posty? solo. for cornet, Schalfers * Amaryllis,? Louts XILL;. “ Coronation March, from” * Die Folk- ‘unver,”? Kretehmann; Potpourrl from “Ernani’’ Verdi“ Lockstone Polka," Her- mann; Quadeiilc, National Melodies, Scheuer, THE BERNHARDT FUROR. London {sat the fect of Sarah Bernhardt, and ig only distressed because, at $10 and $5 2 ticket, ‘there 1s no house large cnouch to hold the throngs which clamor for the coveted paste- boards, Writlg the 14th of Juno, Mr. Smalley saya applications’ for tickets for Bernhardt nights were told the'day before thut no place of any kind could. be had carller than July 0. ‘The newspapers “applaud her whether she oct well or 113 with this excuse,,no doubt, that, when sho is nt her worst, abe is botter than any En- glish actress at her best.’ This star of the stage fs equally: the star of society, notwith- standing her pecutlar code uf morals. When- ever suc isn cuest at a privato house, the host- ess fs besieged with requests for invitations. Her photographs have driven all the favorite “beautica’? out of the market. Following are some exttacts from London letters in regard to ‘the ereat actress: g + Tho ‘uror for Sara Bernhardt’s acting continues to rage wildly, and the fortunate artist is accumm- lating a handsome plum by her talxings in arlato- cratlcdrawing-rooma. Ierdrat appearance of this sortwvas at the house of Algernon Borthwick, the editor and proprietor of the Morning Host, and it is pussible no newapaper maneyerwelcamed under ie own roof somany Princes ant Princesses, native aud forolgn, '* Royal" and **Serene.” Wer next engagement was for tho Eartof Dudley's: bnt his Lordship was taken ecriously {1}, and all festivities at Dudley Hore have Deen stopoed, ‘The lovely Sara vots$500 for-her services cach time she ap- pears, assleted by Mile, Dumaln, whom she herself pays, In iy Inet tetter I mentloned on Snstance or two of the relaxation in Mile. Bernharat's favor of those restrictions or principles which are thought to standin the way of her social recogaltion, hardly know whether I daro mention that she waa asked todinnet last night Ina house which is not only fashionable but of Irroproachabie strictness in social relations, ‘The company wero without ex- cention exprevely.invited tu meet Mile. Hernhardt, and Included peryons of rank of both sexes, und persons with many other claims to distinction. An ambasaddor tras among the gucats. It very acldom happens in this countey that a ia¢y who is fore tunate enough to poseesa n tltle goes down to din- ner after a inay who porsceses none: but it hap- pened last night, and no disaster cnsucd. 1 have wane to the verge of temerity, 1f not beyond ft, In. eaying so much, and I will not add a word except that Mile. Bernbardt'a converaation {s hardly less brilliant and hardly lesa wonderful In Ite sparkling variety than thore performances, with which Lon- don fs now famitiar, on a more public atago, ‘A plece has been tritten for the Inet night of the season,—not in English, bat in French,—~and will be javenon that mht for the fret time. It has been submitted to Mile: Nernhardt, who has read, and approved it,—who is, indeed, so well sutisfed with it that ele regrets not being able to ploy it more than once before leaving England, Ther ace count of itisin substance se follows: She is to appear na the pen of William ‘Shaiapeare—Shaks- ware tls, ax abe kaye, ‘The xcene puseer ino {uve ern—The Mermaltl, perhaps, if the anthor ever heard of The Mermaid. A number of persons are present, and the conversation turns on the pinys of Shakspenre, The company decry them. ‘They any, that ho ts only a playwright; that ho in notx« poct; that he han no real dramatic genius, aud xo o1 Tho ron Hatens fora while, and sinally loves pr tence with this ignerant tatk. Ho becomes ¢: cited. brenks into the conversation and cries out, ‘What? You dare to aay my father {8 not a puct, notadramatist? Yon know nothing of poctry; nothing of the drama; nothing of him. Did you ever sec *Namlet'? Did you ever read tho acene with Ophea? Listen!” And ho the reupon: recites the acene—or squne scene or noljloquy. L’ns~ aages from other plays follaw,.--from.** Macbeth," from ** far,’ and I know not.whot olag. In the ond tho boy triumphs; the Istenors are frst con- founded, thonsweptawiy in admiration, and the piece onds with a fervent eulogy on the great En- giishinan, Yon sec at once that this is meant to give Mile, Bernharat an opportunity of declatming: and acting fragmonts of some bf the great Shaks- pedrean rolts, ‘The author of this piece ts Mt. Jean ‘Aicard, tho youn poet whe wrote the prologue of the oncning nica, arising genius, aay bie friends, thy onthusliam pervading London society on the subject of Mile, Berubarat, what the curiosity will Le tu avo her in thie new performance, tt will be, rotaras Lknow, her first appearance tua malo character, In her studio, at work as n sculptor, Mile, Bernhardt hae lung Indulged herself in the eure of morculine costume, Shu cecelves visitors Justas freely In that drestas in any othor, dhe haa been photographed tt it, ant the puctouraphs are inevery shop-window. But rt will be a novel- ty on the stage, 3 MUSICAL NOTES. Mr. Goorge Magrath, the planist, of New York City; has been -playlog. recently In Edinburg, where he has had a great success, according to the local press. ‘ ‘There Ia x taik of reducing oyera prices in London, to counteract the prodiglous attraction of the Freuch Comedy Company, which hus “lured away all the Mgh-priced patronage, Diovor, a toner ‘who took Weeatny parts in Wagner's operas, died recently. tty was o member of the company at the Krollscha ‘Theatre to Berlin, At the time of his death he was a Junatic. a . ” Mr, Frank A. Bowen, Mr. Charles Kinorr, Mr, and Mra. Louls Falk, Miss Jessie Bartlett, aud Miss Adu Somers, of the Church Choir + Pina. tore" Company, Went to Fox Lake yesterday alteenoou to spuud their Fourth of duly holi- ay. Fernanda ‘edosea, an American by birth, has been aistinguishing hersel€ fu’ Paria by her violin-play lig, under Wilbelinf nnd Vienxteaps, and will wp- pear tn Berlin during the course of the next seasun. When Rubinstein was in Boston last, ho was so much iinpecssed with the evidence of musical abllity possessed by Miss Tleurletts Maurer that ho inmated that sho should go to St, Paterabury und becume bls pupil, which she did, She has now returned, ond 16 suid to be @ very floc plavlst. ‘The stage force at Hayorly’s Theatre wero very busy last eventog roculving and storing the scenery, firniture, and propertios for the *“Bauker's Daughter,” which arrived yesterday from the Unrow’ Square ‘theatre, New York. ‘rhe {ntention isto present the pl was presgnted Iu Now Yorks, with fi slightest detail. Mr. David A, Strong, the very excellent scent: artist of Haverty's Theatra, has been busy all this week petting up nm new stageruct- ting tor the Church Cholr *Viuufore Com- pany. The ealuof sests forthe reappearance of the company at Haverty's ‘flicatre next week indivates a very general desire on the part. Of the public to witness the most ovjoyable per- formance of "Hi. M, 8 Pinafore” yot given in Chicago, Maplusgn's company in London ‘nave been giving repetitions of * Purtinul,” ‘Rigoletto,’ “Carmen, “Kauat,? “Sopnambula,” “Lie Huguenots.” “Lohengelu,” aud Dinoral.! “Aida” ty onnounved fur tho firet thie tls scasou, for Mies Kellogg's debut; and ++ Aticu- on” is iv proparation, With Nilssou a3 the bero- fog, Allacvounts agreetn stating thut Nilssoa’s yoive was never in foer condition than this guason, and Uhit ber edwers as uv actress have igiproved by experience, so thay her assump- tone of the trytig roles Of grand opera ere thar- puihly satislucsory. Concerniug the other art- fate of the company and the operas ju which they have thus tar appeared, Usere is wothing to be recorded that Is now to us, exceps that Kouull, tue French baritone, has contirmed the Lightly favorable iupreesion that ho made oy his y here as it dellty to the Sho hus studled for some yeurs+ first appearance, as a atoger aud actor of exeop- Honal ability. A voncert combination that promises to prove attractive next scason will havo for its principals Sic, Campanarl and Mine, Persis Bell Campa- Bat ‘The lady will be remembered as Dersia olf, an accomplished violinist, who went abroad Wfew years ago. Shoreturns with ber husband, fa noted violinist, amt has developed a soprano {vokce, sal] to be of more that: naval excellence, duriug her absence. Sig. Campannrl was a fmerbor ofa celebrated string, auareet abroad, and bas+ played duets with Wilhelm) in cone tinontal concert-hatls, wadence of ability of no mcan qttality, 4 plans for this latter organization aro as yet Uncomplated.—Loston dleraid, Pattt continues to bo the great attraction at the Royal Iuilian Opera, Londou,—the other orima dontiag, including Mile. Bloch, the Inst addition to the company, bolng left in the shade by the brllitant.diva, A recent performance of “T'Africaine” ts mentioned at length in tho Loman papers, and in general with inuch praise. Pattl for tho fitet*time assuined the part of Secika, with Ming Valeria, Nicolini, and Lasalle inthe cast. ‘The, last-named artist, a French baritone of hich Continental repute, made tits debut in London on this occasion, and wos at uuce reveled into favor, Pattl had not entirely recovered from a alekness which ind compelled the postponement of the apera from the previ- ous week, but nevertheless achieved a pro- nounced success, Mile, Bloch made her debut in“ La Favorlta,”? aud, althotgh great promise was made of her abilities, her success Appears to haye teen onty moderate, the part of Leonora being hardly well sulted to her, Her second aeyeRaice was to beas Fides iu “Ia Prophete,” a tote fn which she {s sald to bo unusually strong, Mr. Jennings writes to the New York |orid, under date of London, June: i: “‘fo-night Miss Ketloge makes her appearanco for the frat time this season at Her Majesty’nTheatre.and it fa to bo hoped her nttractions witt help to revive Mr. Maplesuo’s fortunes, whichebsve thus far heen anythine but brillant. If hothad good Tuck fn the United States, ho hast to * pay un? forit here, alt his chict singers layin broken down, until at last nobody belfertd that Nilscon or Gerster nad been engaged nt all. Thele actual appearance dispelled many, mall clos reports, but the theatre has not vee recoy- crow trom the hiow if recelved early inithe po son. Miss Kellogg will be well receive hereyaud every seat has long been engaged for her first representation of Aida. She sang on Tite night at @ atate coneert, and carrier off the among the performers. that Patti sings botter than over, but it ts afl *Baust,’ and Gerster has surpassed her in some ‘Lucia,’ for example, Let noone say that the Engilsh publle is not a fair one for o stranger to make nn appeat to, Mme. Gerster came hero unherntded and unknown, without friends or connection, and, for some reason or other, the influence of the Zemes was throwao dead avalnst hee. Yer her success was assured froin tho fret night,—the pudlic tool wp her cause, sud mado friends with her, and have been faithful to her ever alnce, She has mude {mmense progress in her profession, and tt is not my opinion which 1 presuine to offer on such a riibject, but that of great musicians, that she now fs quite the equal of Pattl in all that makes an artiste. Simitar progress fs, I hope, in store for Miss Kellore. Ac any rate there will be an /mmense Louso to- night to Welcome her.’? —— CASUALTIES. UE IMPERIAL MINE: San Francisco, Cal, July 3.—A dispatch from Virginia, Ney., says about the tre iu the Twperial and Bullion Mines: Five men were putting ina bulkhead io tle incline nbove its connovtion with the 7,840-foot, lovel. This will shut off the gas in the incline, and the current of puro air from the Imperial coming through the 1,810-foot drift will make the facline so {t can be eutered above the point whers the bulkheading Is now being done, Bodies of men are working with sponges over their faces, and the afr is 0 bad in the inellno that the candles go out Immediately. Men workin five minute sblfts in a light thrown from the station abore. . THE REAPER. Spectat Dispatch to Tae Tribune. Crantox, Ilt., July 83.—Mr. Robert Robinson, aged 60, living t{teen mites from this city, while driving a reaper in the harvost ficld, was | puiled off in frout of the sickle and horribly *thaagled. When oxtricated it was discovered that ho had his right arm and leg broken and a laree picce of flesh cut out of his face. It is feared thut he cannot recover. MOLTEN STEEL, Beranton, Pa, July 3.—A Jadle of molten steel upsetting iia milk here burned James Hurley und Henry Long. Tho tormer is dead aud the latter is dying, John Humphreys, fore- manoi Cornell & Co.’s mines, was crushed to death to-day, A SERIOUS FAL. Special Diepatch to The Tridune, Dunugvy, In, duly 3—Frea Beicko, a mer- chant of Littleport, fell through a wagon bridge which was belng repaired, and sustuined inju- rles which may prove fatal. DEATH FROM BURNS, TRronsonp, Va., July 3.—Mles Lou Bolling. aged 20, daughter of Col. Thomas Bolling, of this city, died this evening from the effects uf burns received last night by her dress catchlug fire from a pleco of burning paper, JUMPED FROM A TRAIN, Newonuna, N. Y., duly $.—-Mrs. Henry Laroe and sister jumped from a trai at ‘Turner's to- day, ‘The former, a bride, was instantly killed. ‘The latter, aged 17, was seriously injured. oo THE DEAD AT ISANDULA. A Visit to the Recuo of the British Disastor Tho Worst Visco fora Camp In All At lew, : Loudon Patty News, At the top of the ascent, beyond the Bashee, which the Dragoon Guarts crowned In dashtig atyle, wo saw on our left front, rising above the surrounding country, the ateep, Isolated, and alinost tnacccesidlu hill, or rather crag, of Isandula, the contour of Its rugged crest strangely resembling a side view of avcouchant Hon, On the lower neck of the high Rround on its right wereclourly vieiblo up ucainat the eky-Hue the abandoned wagons of the de- strosed colunin. No Zulus wero ecen, Flanking parties covered the hiils on ollher side the track, dong which the head of the columa passed at atrot with small detachments of Natal Carn- bineors’ in front of the Dragoon Guards, Now wo were down in the lust dip, had crossed the rocky bed of the Hittlo stream, and. were cantering up the slope that stretel¢d up to the crest. on which were the wagons. Already tokens of the combut and bootlesa flight were apparent. The line of retreat towara Fugitive's Drift, alone which, through a cllak in the Zul, environment, our unlortupate comrades who thus far survived tricd to cacave, lay athwart a rocky slupe to our right frout, with n precipitous ravine ot its base. in this ravine dead inen Iny thick,—mere bones, with toughened, dfarolored skin, like leather, cover- ing’ them ‘and ellnging tight to them, the flesh all wasted away, Some were almost wholly dismembered, heaps of clammy yellow bones, J forbear to deseribe the faces, with their blacks ened features, und beards blanched by rain ant nun, Every man ghad been disemboweled, Some were scalped, and others anbjected to yet ghastlier mutilation. ‘Tho clothes liad lasied better than the poor bodies they coy- ered, nid helped to keop the skeletotia to- gether. All the way up the slope £ traced by dhe ghastly token of dead men the ith luo of fett, Most of the mon hereabuut were tu- fantry of the Twenty-fourth. [t was lle a lon ates with knots fait, the string formed of single cores, the knots of clusters of dead, whore, as it seemed, ttle groups might have gathered to make a hopeless gallunt stand oad alte. Teame ona gully with w gun ihnber Jammed on ite edge, atl the horses, their bldes seared with est wtnbs, banging in thelr harnessdewn the eop futd of the ravine, A little further on was uw broken and battered atmbulance wagon, with itetyum of mules moldering dn their hore peas, and urufud lay the corpses of soldlers, poor hélplews wretches, dragyed out of an inter- cepted 'véhicly, aud done to death without o chance fof life, * Built tdtbbwing the trail of bodics through long raul ened amoung stoues, J approached thu crest. Hit the slaughtered cues lay very thick, Bo (yt the string became a broad belt, Many hetedibuts wore the auiform of the Natal puitee. On le bare ground, on the crest itself, ainoug “the Wyons, tue dead were less thick, but onthe slipe beyond, on which from the crest we’ loot down, the scene was the euddest and Wyre full of wend desolation than any Thad’ pt gazed upou., ‘Theru was pone of the starkivlood-curdllng horror of a re- gent battleteld; By pool of yet wet blood; no ite niet lonors of the evening, although Patt! was nlao: [ris the fueltion to sty). wera inude at lenat to concen nonsense. Nilsson completely cclipses her in-|'the men who had of the lightor operas.—as in ‘Sonpambnla? and: raw, gaping wounds; no torn red flest that seema yet aulvering, Noche, of all that makes the scene al yesterday's battle so tainpantiy ghastly shocked the senses, A strange, dead calm reigued fa thls solitude of nature; kratn had grown) juxuriant round the wagone, aprontiny from the seed that dropped from the loads, falllug fn soll fertilized by the life-tioad of gallant tron, 80 long in mort places had grown the grasa that tt mercifully shrouded the dead whom four long months toe morrow wwe have teft unburied. As ono strayed almtessly bows one stumbled {ti the grass over skelctons tnt rattled to the touch. tera Iny a corpso ‘with a bayonet jemmmed into the «mouth ,up to the socket, transfixing the head and mouth oa foot inte the ground.” There lay a form that scomed vozily cttrled in calm sleop, turned almost on its face, but sever nsseval stabs liave plerced the Dack. Must, horever, lay flat on the back, with the arms gtretened widely ont and hands elenched. I noticed one dead man under o wagon, with his head on a saddle for a pillow and tatpaulin drawn over him, aa iC he had gone to sleep and dled so, Inn pateh of long grass, near the right flank of the camp, ny Durnford's body, the long mustache stilt clinging to the withered ekin of the face. Capt. Shepstone recognized him at once, aud identified him yet further by rings on the fucer and on koifé with the “nao on it in the pockot, which relics wero brouxht aay. Durnford had died hard,—n central eure of 9 knot of bays men who had fought i% out around their chief to the bitter cnd. A stalwart Zulu, covered by Ils shield, Iny atthe Colonel's fect. Arount him, almost in aring, Iny about n dozen dead men, Walt boing Natal Carablncers, riddled by ussegai stads. These gallant fellows were casily Wentitied by their comrades who accom- panted tho colttinn. Poor Tout. Scott waa hardly at all decayed. Clearly they had ralited roupd Durnford inn last despairing attempt to cover the fiank of the camp, and had atood fast from chofce, when they mlzut have essayed to fly for thelr horses. Cloas be- aldo the dead at the picket-line a gully traverses. the ground {n front of the camp, About 400 paces beyond this was the ground of the battle before the troops broke from their formation, anton both sides thls gully the dead lic very Uitckty. In one place nearly fity of the ‘Twenty-fourth Me almost touching, as if they had fallen in rallying ‘square. ‘The iine of strageling rush back to camp is clearly murked by the skeletons all tong the front. Durnford’s hady was wrappedin a tarpaulln oud hurled under a heap of-atones, ‘The Natal Cara- bincers buried thelr dead comrades roughly. ‘The gunners did the same by theirs, Efforts all tho bodies of h not, belonged to the parents fourth Regiment. These were left un- thuched by special orders from General Newdl- vate, Ge, Marstu!l had nourished a natural and. scemly wish to give interinent to all: our dead who sq long tinye Jald bleaching nat andula, but iL appenrs that the Twenty-fourth wish to perform this office themselves, thinking it right that both battalions should be represent- ed, and that the ceremony should bo postponed § tilt the end of the cam- paga’ In yain Marshall offercd to won tey a burial party of the recimonts, with tools from Rorko’s Drift {n wagons. Ono hos ere paltty with theclatin of the regiment to bury itsown dead, but why postpone the Interment till only a tow loose bones can be gatherod? As the matter stands the Zulus, who have carefully duried their own dead, who do not appear to bave been yery uuimcrous, will come back to- morrow to‘find shat we visited the place, nut to bury ourdead, hut toremove abatch of wagons, Wandering abont the desolate camp, amid the sour o€or of stale death, was sickoolng. 1 chanced of taany snd relics—letters from home, photographs, Journals, blood-stalued books, packs of cards, Lord Chelmford’s copying- buok, contaming an impression of his’ cor- respondence with the Horse Guards, was found Inone of bis portmanteaus nnd {duntified fn a Lrual tivo miles off, Col. Harucss was busily gntaged collecting his uwn belongings, Col. Glyn fonud a letter from himself to Licut. Melyill, dated the day before the fight. ‘The «round was strewo with brushes, toflet-bags, pickle-bottles, nnd unbroken tins of preserve meats and milk. Forges aud bellows remained seat in ready for the recommencement of work, ‘Che wagons (u every case hud been emoticd and tho contents rifled, Bran lay spit in heaps. Scarcely any arms were found, aud no ammu- nitlon. ‘There wero a few stray bayuncts and asscyals, rusted with blood, ..No fire-arms, L shall offer fow comments on the Jsandula position. Had the world been acarched for a position offering the easiest facilities for being surprised none could haye been well found to surpaaa it. ‘Lhe position suems to offer s pre- militin on disnster, and asks to be attacked, In the rear laayered wagons would have discounted {ts defeets; bat the camp was more defenseless than in English village. Systematic scoutiog vould alone have justilied such a position, and this too clearly cannet have been carried out. I much wish we. had re- mained on the ground Jong cnough to remove every evidence of the combut, bring back or destroy all the wagons, aud construct a redoubt: iu the nelghdorhoud to be held permanently by aatrong detuchinent of infantry, ‘The moral offcet of this would, I@hink, have been creat, and 1 ahould have been pleased bid a cavalry brigade carried out a moro extended operation aud at least have cheyled the Zulus out of the Umquoto Mountatn, but Marshall was under engagement with Newdicate to risk little aud to join ulin early in anticipation of 9 specdy ad- vailea, JENNIE SMITHS BAPTISM. ‘The Woman Who In Condemned with Covert Bennett to. Bo Hanged on July 25 Re- ceived Into tho Church—Bennott's Strange Conduct. Nelo York Sun, duty 1. The Rey. Spencer M. Rice, of Grace Church, Jorsey City, administered the sacrament of bap- tism to Mra, Jennie R, Smith iu the Hudson County Jail yesterday, For some time past Mrs. Smith had been receiving religious Instructions from Dr. Rico in preparation for baptism. Scon after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Dr, Rico ar- rived at the jail, and was ushered into Jailer Allen's private parlor, in the left wing of the building. Jaller Allen had mado sppropriato arrangoments for the ceremony. tired in broadcloth, and wore a white necktie. Mra, Allen was prosent, wearlng a black silk gown, Mr. and Mre, Purdy and another lady and gentieman, friends of Mr. Allen, were also in attendance, Dr. Rice drew a small marble- topped table tothe centre of the room, and placed on it a small pitcher of water. Mra, Smith was then brought down from the cell, Mrs, Smith wore a plain black crove dreas, with alarge rose atthe throut.. ler hatr tell over her shoulders, She leaned un the arm of Depu- ty-Sheriff Pech On entering the parlor, Mrs. Smith shook hans warmly with Mrs. Allon and the oiler ladles, Dr. Rice led her to ono alde of the marble table while he stuod opposite to her, ‘The usual prayers preseribed in the ritual wore read by the pastor, and the formulated questions and anewe! followed, the auditors responding with “ Anen ” to the ond of a supplication, ‘Then the minieter took Mrs. Smith by the richt hand and grasped the pitcher of water with hie toft hand. © Jennie R. Smith,” he sald, “I baptize thea in the naine of the Father, and of the Son, aud. of the Holy Ghost, Amen!” ‘ ‘Then maklug the siga of the cross with water on her forenead, he continued: ‘ We receive Luis person Into the congregation of Christ's flock, aud do sign hor with to sign of the cross ta token Unt hereafter she shalt not be ashamed to confess the falth of Christ crucitied anc man- fully to Hebe under Lis banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to coutiiue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto her life's end, Aten,” Dr. Rice, Mre, Sinith, and the witnesses then knelt and repeated the Lord’s prayer. Tears ran down Mrs, Sinith’s cheeks as she held uy her hands whily the prayer was bulug repeated. ‘The witnesaes, after the ceremonies, surrounded Mrs, Siuith and comsratulated her on her adtals- sion to the Church. Sho exchanged a few words with them und was then Jed back to hor cell, On her way up atairs Mrs, Smith had to pass the iron door that oneos inte the corridor in whict Bennett {fs confined, Bonnett beard her ay prowch ond came out of lity ‘room. As she went by he gazefl ut her with an Intent look, Sho looked sideways at him, but cave no sien of recognition, After Bennett beard the bolt turn fa Mra, Smith's cell door he becuine furious, and acted, 93 on’ eyo-wituess sald, "like a hyenas? Mra. Sinith fs 10 be confirmed as soon a8 possl- Ble mua then comimunios will be administered 0 her. ee THE LOUISIANA CONVENTIOM, New Onreans, July 3—The Constitutional Convention has adopted su article prohibiting the sale of atcohollc und malt lHquors Sundays, providing the next Legislature pass alaw for the punishment of ylolutors. eee From Versalltes to Paris, President Grovy, belug asked whether tho ropaed removal of the French Legistature rom Versatlics to Pacis Je nota movement the aole futorest ot the revolutionary party, ta aaid to have replied: No, I will not say that every uno in fayor of thy chuugo ts a rovolu- tlonlat; but £ thiok that every revolutionist is in favor of the change.” peat ee ae, Busvett's Cocgalne cures scald bead. a Ilo was at-. W. W. O'BRIEN. Mrs, Dowin Finally Disposed of by “ Sending Her to the Bridewoll. and ‘van situated on the border of n Inka. When bu. retired the evening before his houso was faraway from ony pond, Inke, or river, but trpon going out next morning his aurprise can be tmngined when, Instead of his garden, an in- mense sink, ilty or sixty yarda square, Micd with water, ruoning up within ohteen or tienty feet of lis: residence, met ‘his froze, During the night this transformation oceurred, leaving not oven o vestieo of the tallest pine trees Which were standing in thelr fall majesty only twelve hours before. Tiese sinks, how- ever, ra not infreauont in that county, -1t haa only been a short time alncothnt a alnk occurred near Lavonder's Mill, more reniarkabl¢ than tha one alluded to aboye, in that ft occurred upon the very top ofa hill,—one ot the highest polote of land in that county, Tho Story of the Twins Concocted as a Blackmailing Scheme. Statements by Prominont Oitizons as to fer Character a3 & Blackmailer, . MARINE. ' ‘The Dewin-O'Brien case came tp again In the North Bids Pollee Court yesterday morning, the lawyer being defendant this time, -the woman (Mrs. Dewln) having sworn out ns war rant for assault, be having, as fs known, etruck and knocked her down, Tuesday evening, at tho Chicago Avenue Station, when sho was under arrest. Mr, Manchester, who appeared for O'Brien, said ne wished to entera plea of guilty, Mr, O'Bylen interposed—"No, your Honor, I plead not gullty.? Mr. Manchester explained that there wero iniligating elreumstances, which Sully justitied Mr. O'Hrlen in the courss he took, Mrs. Dewln was called to’ the bar, and mado a statement—not under onth. Her story was that, aftor her arrest, sho was taken into the roll-call room of the Chicago Avenuc tation, where she hadan interview with Mr. O'Brien, who suddenly atruck her a severe blow over the left cyc, without cause or provocation. MK. O'BMEN WAS SWORN, nnd testified that he was aggravated to make the assault, After he had bad soma conversa- tion with the woman, she put her hand down in her pockets sie had proviously threatened his life, not only to himsolf, but to another; she had carried a revolver’ with that avowed purpose, whicl had -been seen by her counsel, Mr. Gribblor, and, consequently, when she put her hand {nto her pocket ho thought sho was golng to araw a revoiver, and was justilied in striking her. ‘It is not neces~ sary,” continued Mr. O'Mrien, ‘foraman to walt to be shot st before he makes a blow in self-defense, Under the common law, any man would bo justified tn defending himself after nis Ifo hag Geen throstened as many times as ane has. Erentaned mine. Sho sald ane would make another Weber cage on me.’ : "Justice Kaufman—" Perhaps tt Weber had not walted he would not bave becn killed.” - Mr. O'Brlen to. Mrs, Yowin—"' Hayon't you threatened my lifo?”” Mrs. Dewin—"' No, sir.” Mr, O'Brien Haven't you followed me all over the, elty 2" 5 Mes, Déwln.—"* No, ele.” “Mr. O'Brien—"'The fact is that this thing started from the timo that she first came to my ace. She cot me to take her case, when sha tried to kiss inc and T wouldn't lot her, fam tired and sick of it. 1 was walking with Bid- ner Smith not long ago, arin-to-arin, when sho came up and took my other arm, and I had take her ‘to my office to give her up to a police officer, when ale slipped away from me. She bas followed me into the elevator of the Lotel and tried to zo with me into my room. I must and will have protection. If te law don't give it to ine, I'll take it into my own hands. if sho don’t let me alune, and quit following me, I WILL KNOOK MER MKAD'IN, Imlght as well make that statement publicly now.’ ffc went on to say that after the woman bad been Jet off yesterday sho had como to his house, swearing, wringing ber, nands, and kick- ing up a rumpus to such’on extent as to frighten the children around there. Of this fact he had been informed by his neighbors. As to the twins which she had Ia{d at bis door, ne stood ready to prove she had told Officer Dutt: that she meant to disgraco him (O’Brien) on drive him out of Chicago. Justics Kanfmann told Mrs, Dewin that sho ' had tlolated the promise eho had made to him yesterday when ho had let her off by returning to Mr. O'Brien's houso and Faining adisturb- ance, and he would haye to put the $100 finc into execution against ber. 80 sho was locked up, aud, whon tho bus came along, was sentto the Bridewell. OFFIOGN DUFFT’Ss STORY. Aroporter of Tux Trinunx mot Oficor Duffy in the afternoon, nnd asked tim what he koew avout Mrs. Dowin, He sald: “Jn April, a year aco, I was cafled on by Mr. O'Brien to arrest ber (Mrs. Dewin), at the core ner of Monroe and LaSalle streets, near bis PORT IURON. Pont Nuno, Mich. daly 3.—Up-—Prope Colorado, Marine City, Pactile, Fountain City, Van Allen, W. IL, Barnum, East Saginaw oud: barges; achrs Marla Martin, Homer, C. Ke Mutr, 1. 8, Marah, Tosco, Curlew Dreadnaught. Down—Props Quebec, Huron City, Vander- bilt No, 2, D, W, Powers, Chicago with achr O. B. Jones, J. #. Joy, Nv Mill and barges; schrs Marté ‘Potd, Wells: Burt, David Vance, Red White ond Blue, -J, H. Breck, Oriental, Bis marck, Norway, Siberia, 11, Folger, Michigan, 4, Coyne, Laura Bell, Nellle Gardner. Wind—South, frost; weather fine. Pont Hunon, Mich, duly 3-10 p. m.—Up— Props Jay Gould, Oswegatenie, Forest City and, consort, nnd sehrs Pulaski, Monguagon,. Tuttle and consort, Wileon and consort, Havana and consort; achra Mary Amelia, Adventure, Fleut- wing, Athenian, New Hampshire. Dowu—Props St. Albans, Blanchard, Artzons, Monitor, Bertsechy, Nebraska, Mary Mills, Prine diville antl barges, Olean and barges; achre Marengo, Thomas Varsons, A. G, Moroy, Ste joseph. Wind—South, fresh; weather cloudy, EXCURSION BUSINESS. AML the vessots in port to-day will display their cotors fn honor of the Fourth, and the vessel of- flces nud agencies will be generally closed. Capt. St. Peter and his-life-saving crow will fire anational salute at sunrise with the now gun. ‘fhe Goodrich Company's steamers havo ibeon splendidly decorated with flags and evergreens and will make excursions this morning, alter-. moon, and evening os per announcement in Tue Trinunr’s advertising columns. ‘Tho boats willleave from the foot ‘of Michigan avenue, nnd those who desire to spend the. day by making an excursion on one of the stcamerat van reat assured that everything will be con dueted Just as itshould be. The Lake Michi- gan & Lake Superior ‘Transportation Company havo also decorate! two of its steamers ‘for special excursions, and leave from the: foot of: Washington street. ‘Three steamers leave from. Clark street bridge,—the Ruby, Faxton, and Lady Washington. All will have bands of mu-, sic on board, and if the day $s fine tho boate will doa big business. PORT COLBORNE,. Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Port convonny, Ont., July 8.—Passed up—, Steam-bargo Clinton, Kingston to Milwaukee, light; barge Grimsby, Kingston to Mitwankec,) ight} achr Casca, Oswego to Milwaukee, cual. | Down—Schr Herald, Ludington to Collins Bay, timbers W. Mcltae, Chicago to Kingston, wheat; Monterey, Chicago to Ogdenabure, cora: P, B. Locke, Chicago to Oswego, corn; Boltvte, Chicago to Oswego, corn. Wind—West, ght. Port Dalhousie reports the echra BM. L. Breck, Cecelia, A. Miner, Antelope, Albatross, Alba- core, and R. Gaskin, Inid upthere. The schr fingig Baxon is laying hore waiting for frelehts 0 pick up. LAKE FREIGHTS. Grain freighte were better for the vessel men yesterday, and an advance of 3{c all round was” obtained. ‘Ihe charters mado wore as follows? ‘Té Buffalo—Schr 8. H. Foster, ryo at 2c; schr Cossack, rye at 2c; prop dames Fisk, Jr»: wheat at 94/c; prop Waverly, corn at 2c; prop: E. State, corn; prop Commodore, comm on through rate, To Sarnia—Prop Nashua, coru on through rate. ‘I'o Montreal—Prop Europo. and barga Neiland, wheat on p.t. Capacity: 65,000 bir wheat, 153,000 bu corn, and 100,000 bu oats. ‘Thero fs no change to note in Inmberfreighta. J BUFFALO. Burraxo, July 8—Coal freights firm; char- ters: achr Zach Chandler, coal to Chicago, 50c; hice, because she , was mating ® fuss: | trotyetia, 8. V..1t. Wataon, coal to Billwankee, go fo sco your two bastards?” I asked | S0c. her if she wasn marricd woman with two bas- tards, and told.her she ought to go: and live with her husband, She said she wos a married woman, Isaid: *You ought to be thrown into the aewer if that fa the kind of woman you are.’ Mr, O'Brien asked If ehe bad ever said soy thin about those two children before, Stic sald *No.? ‘Why not?’ Tasked. ‘I will say it uow, G— d— you,’ sald she; ‘Dl disgrace sou.’ Bho {fussed around awhile, and asked to Do let go, and Tintereeded vdth Mr, O'Brien, and, after sone talk, he sald” All right.’ Ina little while sho was after him again, and I put her uoder arrest. Sho was xery violent, and said sho was going to disgrace Mr, O'Bricn and drive him outortown, Last April I ran across hor again, She was then hunting for o reporter to tell him berstory, She said eho would disgrace Mr, O'Brie! and shame bim and get him out of town, At also appeared from Mr. Duty's statement that, Mire. Dewin and another woman. werg are rested May 20, at No, 97 West Lake street, for robbing a Woinan named dane Colburn of StH. ‘Thoy were drunk, and, as it could not be proven: who took the moncy, they were dis- charged. ‘The woman who kept the house, however, said afterwards that the guilt lay betwoen Mra. Dewin ‘and ao woman by the name of Bissel, The house in which Mra. Dewin is now hying (No, 115 South Canal strect) {s bad on the first floor, und she has soveral rows every day with the inmates on account of her throwing slops from above, ‘On the day of tho first trial Duffy bad a talk with the ox-huaband, who aatd he. heda’t lived with her for niacteen months, his heart bein broken on her account, Duffy asked bliin if there was'not some moncy scheme in the thing, and Dewin replicd that bo shouldn’s wonder If hero wos, . In order to flnd out moro about the woman, a reporter sought several yentiemen who have kuown her more or less fora year or so back, and this ts mat he learned: «MI, GRORGE 3. KETTELLE, Mr. O'Brien's partner, eald; "Sho told mo that she would have revenge, and would shoot Mr, O'firien, She scemed to think a great deal of him,—to bu desperately io love with him,—and came to the office very often, and wos éuch a nuisance that he had to put her out. Onodasy she wanted his picture, and -ha wouldn't give Ittoher, She bung around the hallway, ond £ remonstrated with her, and sho said she would flx me—put ine tn the papors, 1 believe sho is ‘jooney’ on the subject of O'urien.”" WILLIAM MUNIALIy a clerk in Mr. O’Urien’s allice, sald: "One day Mr, O'Brien put her out of the ottioe. She came back. and swore and wanted him to give her moncy, I have heard her say to him, ‘Lt Ax you; 1" blow your brains out.’ I asked her ono day what elie wanted, nnd she sald, ‘It tix you, if you ssk me what I want. It's none of your budiness.’ JT have no doubt that she fs in- sane, Edward Dunne, a lawyer, said: “I know she was dogging Mr, O'Brien, aud I heard her say ou was the father of two’ of her children, and that she would make him pay for it, Sho asked me what property le had—what he was worth, 1 never heard her make any threats, [ don't think she fa insane, but regard her asa blackinailor," MU. O'DRIN BWORR OUT A WARRANT jor Mra. Dewi yesterday on the charge of perjury, she huying stated under oath Wednes- day that she hud not been at bls house, and had not minda threats against him. He will wale until she serves out her term in the Bridowell before having it served. Jf, however, sho takos an uppeal, fie will have her arrested at once. ‘The peave-bond of §500, giveu by Airs, Dowin Wednesday, and slened by her former husband, Jamea Dewln, who awure bo was worth $5,000, was eot aside br Justico Kaufmann, he being sat- foflud that tt was worthless. Mr, O'Brien ta also after Dewin for perjury, und atlicers were look- tng for him. yesterday, Lut could ot find hin. They went to the place where Dewin said bis $1,000 horae was, but there was uo fivery-stablo there. When the sult was commenced ayalost thy rallroad company tn 1875 he mede the alll- dayit that bo was a pauper. Mr. O' Brion is very much faveused at the way in whtch be bas boen unjustly scandalized by these people, and, ashe belleves be has good cases of perjury against both, he will prosecute them, and in thut way vindicate himself. a A Romarkable Phenomeuon, Tattahuasee Bioridian, on Wo are juformied that a geutloman residing in Wakulla County by the wamoot Cox, who ts cultivating a small farm, upon arising uve morolig lost week was surprised to Bnd tut during the night ils residvoce had been changed froin s region where water could uot bo s¢ou Cleared—Frop W. Graves, Marquotte; Tole-, do, mdso, Green Bay; Buffalo, mdse, Chicago; , Missourl, Bay Clty; schrs Gold Hunter, mdsc, Cleveland; C.J. Breed, 700 tons coal, Shoboy=, gan; G. W. Adains, Marquette; Owneco, 6u0! tons coal, Chicago; barge Orontes, Saginaw. NAVIGA'TION NOTES. CHICAGO. The prop Nashua had her bulwarks on tha starboard side stove in yeaterday afternoon in acollision on tho South Branch, ‘Yhe mombers of the Scamen's Union at pres- ent in port will join tn the labor demonstration toxlay. : The movement of vessels was not great ycs- erday, Thosearriving were towed in with soma te difficulty, owing to the strong southerly wind that blew. he ig - . ELSEWHERE. ‘The new schoonor Iaunched at Oswego lately ras named Leadville. ti dt corps ot engineers {s engared in survo: the Sault Ste. Mary River. aoe a SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. To the Eduor af The Tribune. Crcaco, July 83.—Have we any rights thata gambler is bound to respect? Dothe polica know that No. 184 South Clark street, over Lrewater’s hat store, fs ono of the vilest swindling holes in tho city? Itis kept by tho notorious M, C. McDonald and Capt. Brun. Minors are frecly admitted and promftly awindled. Boys are dally and hourly being ruined. A boy was sent to payabillof $1 ‘Tucaday morning. While passing this place ho was kindly Invited up to see the game, Boy- lke, ho tecopted, and Jost covery. cent of his employer's monoy, 18 there no remedy for this state of affairs! Must thu city tolerate sports? maun onouch to pluck our childron? OLD Sronn <<. What tho World Has Gained by the Mosse= mer Procoss, *Wew York Times, Bir Heory Bessemer has had an oxperlonce that fow inventors ure allowed to havo, in living to see the world-wide results of his invention, and to reailze the economy in resources which have been made ible by its use. ‘Lhe sew fugemactioe and the electric telegraph have been labor-aaying In thelr effect to an onormous exteut, but with these it Would hove been difll- cult for their orleinators when aliye to catl- mate the motietary value to mankind of tho discoveries.” With tha making of stest the caso, however, {s differnt, for the saving can be flz- ured down to a nicety on overy ton made, and the anousl product of = the vario civilized courtrics = fas pretty = accuratel: known. From data thus collected it estimated that in labor and material the world is a walner to the amount of ‘$100,000,000 a year by using the Bessemer process in vonyerting ore into steo}). Or considered tn another way, the advantage of a low-priced enduring material, such ‘Bessemer stecl, when compared with fron, has becn meade a matter of calculation as far ay raltroad tracks are cuncorned with the following astunishing results; Mr, Price Will- ans, who is an expert on matters of thls kind, has stated thit by substituting steel fortron o saving iu expenditure will be made during the fe of one sot of atwul rails on all the existing Mnes in Great Britain ef not less than $850,000,- OU, dn ylew of theso facts, if Sir Henry has obtained in royalties the suin of $5,250,000, most persona will concede that he has got no more than he deserves, ee A British Marriage. . Eacaange. We seldom pick up a srfttah newspaper with- out seeing something like thie “Married at Ramagate Rookery, near Oakloy, Biafford, at noon Thursday, Both ust, by the ey, Plautagenct Clutterbuck, LL. D., Ft. B., ‘A. 'E. 8, MON, O. QR. D,, uncle to tho’ bride, Rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, Klophaut's Mead, Briar Lune, Borkley, aseisted by the Rev, ‘Yheophilus ‘Iimoleon Titmouse, J, 0. B., R. Re Rh, ¥, ¥. 2, D. 8. F., cousin of the bridegroom, Rector of Calvary Church, St, Martin’s-In-the- Back-Cellar, Mati'a Nose, Grantley, Gertrude Maud Beatrice Constance, daughter of Gran- villo Neville Boll roke Bopjaygers, Esg.,Moe Py M. O, ‘ty 8. OQ, W.O. No, Of Bareknecs’ Hrlery, Chotmoudeioy Chalrbones, Somerset, to Herold St. John Evermout Stragsby, late of her Atalestys Four Hundred and Eloyeutn foot, KG. By IE B. Ay de Gi, dy and EL By of Pumpepnickte Priory and Stonehenge and Blick+ elucck Lodge, Si. Chirlstopher'a-Underther Hedge, Mumblepeg, Hertford.”