Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1877, Page 1

ff THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsyivania %. cormer 11th street, aY The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 4 nna UFFMANN, Prea’t. par atin vont ‘Tur Evertxe & served carriers to ‘at Teo Cents 5 weeny, or Forty- Cenw per month. at the counter, Cents By Bixty Cents a month; one year, $6. fae Were. A apa arta S2 & year, postage pr SPECIAL NOTICES. £2 TU FOuThess MONKOS AND THE CAPES, SEPTRMBEK 3 Lookout fr ad- Vertiven ent n°x. MONDAY engal SAVINGS, GOAN AND SOCIATION OF THE BIS 1A.—In accordance with Sec. nof this Assoc.ation, » ing an amendment to aaid Om wepecial meeting will be held at Nc + northweat_ on WEDNESDAY, Augu: #7 eOROK W_ CISSEL. President. E. W_ WilITAKER Claims and Keal Estate, boglé-6t 1425 a avenur. 4 GOSPEL MEETING 1s LINCOLN Halt, SABBATH EVENING at 8 o'clock. Bhort addresses by Young Men. Opes Air Meeting at J o'clock, corns: street aad Penn-yivania avenue, - suglé-tr THE NEW BIGGS MARKE street, between lth and 15:n streets, wiil be opened te the public, SATURDAY, Angust sth, at 5 o'clock Sang the regular market days thereafter will be AY. TURE IURSDAY. ard SATURDAY MORNINGS, eag? 1m And SATURDAY NIGHT. _ ws SABATOGA WATERS, ONLY 14 CENTS A BOTTLE, From the Usiebrated Histhorn Spring. W. 8. THOMPSON, Pharmacist, 703 loth street. mye ly GENUINE CONGRES Frou: the Origiual 3 aT SA 2 seo 1 McFAMLAN. Dentss rato 1340 NEW YORK AVENUE. jos New Jersey avenue, as erroneously printed tn Boyd's Directory tor 1577 jané-ly SAMUSL G. TOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, Ovvice—StAR BUILDING, ware PTICIAN. iam awarded to me by the Great World's sei Panel pain on my invented ted EYEGLASS, manufsc- in Gold. Silver and Frameiess, with genaine Brasilian Pebbies. Also, on hand «large variety SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES. MIOHO- BOoPES and SHADES for the Eyes, &o. in hot season niarly SN#R'S HUL- “Boouehamp of Maog Bitters.”? ‘beir use is ofthe greatest importance in localities where the inhaling of wisemic air s) dangerously affects our health Melancholy and Hypocnondria Usually are efforts of deranged digestive functions, ed perfectly by these Bitters, and they pro- Sossameetaitne a hesera es to reach an old and happy age. Bold by all draxgists sun WONDERS NEVER C: WRITING WITHOUT INK. THE MIRACULOUS PEN! ‘This Pen is used like an ordinary pen. It is anff- Ghent to dip it into Water as you would dip an ordi- m into ink. If the writing is intended to be fopled ty the ‘Prem, shake the first drop carefully from the pen. The Pen need and never should be wiped or cleaned. It always writes Haast care, It does not oxiaiz) and m gmeary. It supplies the place of «i fabs, and is prepared in dierent Colo as Dark Viclet, hed) and Blue The colors are une changeable ‘and indestructible; they do not injure the finest fabric. and are very brilliant. No office should be without the Red. No traveler with ut “Brice. 10 Cents euch or B for 9% Conts. Will be Sent by mail on receipt of price, if not less than three are order The MAGIC INKSTAND fornishos, by pouring the proper- Ittle Water in it.a Black Ink with all of the Magic Pen. It will Inst five years. For portantdecuments and deeds it is unsurpassed, as Feaists the most powerful acids, as chlorine, oxalic ac. Price 35 Cents each B. SILVERBERG, 312 Seventh street northwest, Sole Agens tor District of Columbia. LUMBER. OUR PRICE LIST. ANOTHER REDUCTION on WHITE PIBSE PICKS, Dromed. WHITE PINE SECONDS, Dressed. WHITE PINE SELECTS, Dressed. WE WILL MAKB & BEDUCTION OF 10 P! OENT. OB LOWEST MARKET PRICES. WE SELL JOISTS, STUDS. (medium lengths). OULLS, 12 tm. Stock, (best quality we VIBGINIA PINE FLOOBING..W. nnn BO WILLET & LIBBEY, Goerner Biath strect and New York avenue, mew Opposite Northern Liberty W. CLARK, T. EDW. CLARK & CO.. LUMBER, WOOD AND COAL, DOORS, SASH BLINDS, &e. npoator, and endures ‘or sale by Georgetown, D. 0. (@ter eGered for sale south York. jyl-tn" Che vet, 50—N2. 7.611. ASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, AUGU T 21, 1877. vening Star. — TWO CENTs. | democratic executive committee, writes to a EVENING STAR. _ Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-PAY. -later- nal revenue, $208,757 81; customs, $500,507 $3. | JowN G. THOMPSON, chairman of the Onto | | } friend in this city that Secretary Sherman's | ®p ech will be of more ad vantage to the dem- ocrats of Obto than to the republicans “SENATOR MoRTO HEALTH.—Ac‘ing Postmaster General Tyner to day received a dispatch from Richmond, Indiana, saying | ! thai Senator Morton wed @ somewhat rest- Jess nigh’, but that his physicians still think he is improvis g. THE PERSONAL TAX EXEMPTION.—W> are informed by the assessors that the $50 exemption referred to in the tax law applies only to household furniture and such otber per-onal Property owned and not held for fale, and that there is no exemption of mer chandise or stock in trade. MaJoR JAMES ForNEY, of the marine | corps, bas been placed under arrest by his commanding officer, Colonel Haywood. oa charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, on the occasion of the re- view at the marine barracks last week. The charges will soon be tried by acourt martial. | THE OMAHA was at Callao July 28th and expected to leave August ist fi Valparaiso and Taleabmana, touching at intermediates ports. Rear Admiral Preble reports the heaith of all on board gool. Tne Omaha Will return to Callao about the Ist of No- vember. MARS’ SATELLITES REvORTED.—A com- munication bas been addressed to the tary of the Navy by Rear Admiral Rod: superintendent of the naval observatory, re- sorting “that from observations made by Prof. Asaph Hall, of this observatory, 2-inch retleetor,'the viauet Mars t found to have at least two satellites.” DAILY REPORT BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING —Deliveries August 20, 1 To Comptroller of the Currency— Nacional currency notes, £302,500. Treasury cellaneous, #27 525. ance on hand at the $306,155,405. RATIONAL.—If the government record of the number of rations issued for red men be accepted as true, there are to-day about twenty-five thousand more Indians in the United States than when America was dis- covered. If there are not enough Indians to eat these rations, then who does get the ben- efit of them? MEXICAN RAIDERS CAPTURED.—Ger. O.d announces the capture of three of th> band of outlaws who recently broke ope the jail at Rio Grande City, Texas, and re- lea certain prisoners. The captives in- clude Camargo, the chief. Two of the band are residents of Texas. five are Mexicans, and the others’ nationality is unknown. The Mexican government is coniident that all will be captured. FREE CUBA AND FREE DRINKS.—The revival of the effort to induce the President to recognize the belligereacy of the Cuban triots brings to Washington a class of uMmMers whose Ouly hope of future exist- ence is that the trunk-full of Cuban bo ids held by them may by such an act of our gov- ernment realize enough on the dollar to en- able them to get a cockta!l without beguiling a barkeeper with their blandishments for a free drink. | ViIRGINIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR. — When Col. Holliday received his pomiuation for the Governorship of Virginia, Join Siepnen- son, & colored man residing in this city, of more than ordinary tnteliigence, and whose mother was a slave in the colonel’s family, wrote him a congratulatory letter under date August lth, from Winchester, Va. Colonel Holliday replied: “Your letter of congrata- Jation received. I thank you for it. and hope in the discharge of the duties of the office for which I am nominated, should I be electe |, I may rot disappoint the expectations of mj friends.” JAPANESE HONORS TO AN AMERICAN — The Department of State has received a (lis- patch from the U. S. Minister to Japan which states that the Emperor has conferred upon an American citizen, Dr. Verbeck, the decoration of the third rank of the linperial order of the Rising Sun. Dr. Verbeck went to Japan some thirteen years ago with let- ters of introduction from Mr. Seward, then Secretary of State, and has since beea em- bos ee asan instructor and official by the j#panese government. This order, so rarely bestowed, shows the high estimation in which Dr. Verbeck’s services are held by his employers. PERSONAL.— Wm. MePyncheon, chief | clerk to the Architect of the Capitol, has gone to the White Mountains to recuperate. -*--Commodore Ransom, U.S. N., met with @ serious accident last Friday evening at the billiard rooms at Richfleld Springs, N. Y., | by falling from a landing on the’ second | floor tothe yard, @ distance of fifteen feet, | failing on bis head. He was picked up in an insensible condition, and great fears are entertained that it will resalt_ in congestion of the brain. ----Mr.Wm. J. De Gress, of | Valparaiso, a representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States, 1.0 0. F., from the jurisdiction of Chill, ts tn this city. FiscaL YEAR FooTincs —The following | is an official statement of the receipts and | expenditures of the government for the fiscal year ending June, 1577: Receipts— Customs ...... Internal! revenue Lands... Miscellaneot Expenditures— Civil and mise. KAAS 5s - 8255,1160,008 93 NAVAL OBDERS.- Lieut. Herbert Wins- low detached trom the hydrographic office and ordered to the Ossipee at Norfolk, Va., on the 28th inst.; Lieut. John C. Irvine from the Ossipee on 23d inst. and ordered to the Monongahela; Lieut. F. M. Wise from the Hartford and ordered to the Naval Acalemy 15th September; Midshipmen Chas. H. Ams- den, Charles Laird, Moses L. Wood, Joho A. Shearman, and James T. Smith, from the Hartford on 3ist inst. and ordered to pro- ceed home and await orders; Passed Assint- = Engineer George 7: aatvitte from the 10 on board that vessel forexamination for pro- motion; Sailmaker T. B. White from the Pensacola, 20th September,and ortered home to await orde: maker John Roddy from the receiving ship St. Loula on the 3ist inst. ind ordered to the Pexsacola. North Pacific station, on 2th September next. “EXPERTS” IN THE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING BUREAU.— The committee ap- pointed by the chief on the 4th instant to re- commend, as a neces: minary step, s grading of what should Behad to const tute a day’s work, made on the 16th instant their report, which has been endorsed by all Ule superintendents of divisions and ap- to by the chief. Accordingly, to-day McPherson tasued an order fixing Sep- tember 50—the close of the current quarter— fs the date vp to which applications of ployes desiring to the new f | and second, are out of th | site to orders of knigh’h THE PROMISES OF AMUSEMENT. The Coming Dramatic Season ‘Washington Manager Harry Ford is back in Washing- ton from New York where he hal been w welcome his sister-in-law hore, the bean- teous Elia Chapman, who had been in Loa- dcn,@ reiguing favorite, for three years— Sharir g as the junior of Lydia Thompsoa tae App @ se of that great elty. He reports the National as in active preparation—cleans- ing, carpeting, and painting—for the coming Season, Wich which will be began on Mon- day, Sepiember 34. with the entire dramaric company,of the Park Th-atre, New York, in THE FRESH COM+DY OF “BABY “Baby” is a romantic trifle in thre a and well performed. It ix of the same school as Forbidden Fruit,” “Tne Great Divorce Case.” and all the other French farees, to the merit of which we seem to have suddenly awakened on this side of the Atlantic. It Was played at the Park Theatre, New York, sll of the present summer. The laughter during the second act was in at and spontaneous. Nothing could be 1 niously contrived than the scrapes i the various dramatic personw find them selves. A New York paper says: “Fro the rapture with whieh the audience on Mon- Cay night recetved the most distant lints at questionable allusions, it is evident the orig inal bigily spiced repartees might have been left in with advantage. Asit Is, the play is a@ thousand times more Ionocent than + For- bidden Fruit.” A nun coult almost go- to see‘ Baby” without being shocked. 4 is & supposition of unlawfal futrig pur in reality none of it. E imply & youag man who has been up under his motber’s Wing, an! who, thoaga twen years of age. ix still a bavy to her. presence he is the extreme ofdemu of ber sight b GEOL Sneciedi the loth of comedian, George S. Koight Wife. nee Sophie Worreil, with her no less gifted sister, and a new company, in Fred Marsdev's new play of “Otto; or, Taktig the Chances.” The author will be favorably re. Membered Ib his other plays of “Muse 7 Clouds,” &e. On Monday, Sepien- will appear Lip ber ith, THE NEW DRAMATIC COMPAS which promises tobe the (luest ke wa to | Washingion for a quarter of a century: Louis L. James, Milnes Levick, Harry Ruin forth, Charles Waverly.M. Lanogan, G sorge Hoey, Harry Taylor, Thos. Francis Meaga- er, jr., George W. Denham, Frank Balen, Julian Mitchell, Waiter Collier. RL. bown- ing, Messrs. Wise, Galloway, Bacton, Con- nolly and others constitute the male portion, and the ladies include Miss Eleanor Carey Miss Laura Joyce. Mrs. Germou, Mrs Octa* via Allen, the Misses Weidman, Perry, Brays, Richmond, Herbert and other: The orchestra department w.ll be under the charge of Frederick Prosperl. The stage mechanical department. Henry Santer; the property makers, Sherwood & Lyneb; ward robe, Mrs. Coombs; the scenic department, J Sommer Getz; treasurer, Samuel G Kins ley; the principal doorkeepers. Messrs. R- maine and Plant; the chief usher, Johu A. Ellinger. THE THRONG OF STARS. Dicn Boucicault, Joseph Jefferson, John McCullough, George Rignold. wrence Barreit I. A. Sothern, J.C. Williamson and Maggie Moore, (of Australia and Califoriia) Robson & Crane, Frank Bangs, Clara Mor- ris, Elizabeth Von Stammwitz, ad Granger, Louise Pomeroy, Maggie Mitcaeil, and others in pegotiation will comprise the chief dramatic stars. ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND BUR LESQUE OPERA. In opera we are to have the Herr English Opera, the Aimee Freneh Opera, the Kel logg and Carry Italian Opera,and the Ly- dia Thompson Burlesque. THE NEW PLAYS OF THE SEASON. Ali tbat are saecessful at the Park, the Union Square, Wallack’s and Soke 2 nue, of New York, inclusive « B Tour,” I 18 The Crashed le Lamar,” “Forbidien y .” from the Park; « from Booth’s, by Boucicault, Fruit,” ete. On Monday, October ist, Mr. John McCul leugh will open, in Manager Ford’s contro} the theater {n’ Richmond, Virginia, in a Shakspearian character. Tke National ticket office will open on We'lnesday, August 3h, for the sale of places during the first week of the season. GENERAL Howard Not FAR BEHIND JosEPH.—Thi? following dispaich was re- ceived at the War department late last evening CHICAGO, Angust 2—To General EB. D. Townend, Washingt, D. C.:—T have no offi clal news since the I7th instant, the lines from Montana being down on the 16th. Tue Indians were reported by Captain Bain vridge, of Fort Hall, as having crossed the stage road near Dry Creek station, north of Hole in the Reck, and General Howard was not far behindthem in pursuit. To-day an unofficial telegram from Snake River Bridge reports the Indians as encamped on the stage road at Hole in the Rock, but little confidence shoula be placed in this report. [Signed.) P. H. SHERIDAN, Lieut Goo. Ir Was Racing Usper Dirricunties at Saratoga on Saturday in the two-mile race, which was run ina furious rain-storm, the mnt flying so thickly that the riders were from Sto 12pounds overweight wheu they returned to Weigh in, a fact which made the Ume (3494) remarkably creditable. Both Galway and Cloverbrook, who finished first same mare, Mau- fact that when me. another of the dina, which recalls Cloverbrook won at Je 8 on the same day was ton of Mandina, to which a A NATIONAL CONVENTION of the « and Select Masters of the Uni'ed Sta at Masonic Temple, Buffalo, N. last even- Ing. Delegates were present from nearly every state in the Uoion. The p'ano/! degrees in the American Masonite rite was discassed, and it Was agreed to memorialize the Grand Encampment of Knights Tempiar of the Uutted States, at their meeting at Cleveland next werk, to make these degrees @ prereqni- ad. The convention Samet subject to the order of the presi- lent. MURDER BY A BARKEEPER -In Phila- delphia, last evening, Wm. Bernhart and Wm. H. Hoffman entered the saloon of Jos. Maginnis, very drunk. Being refused beer they became troublesome, when Pat Dono. hue, the barkeeper, struck rt on the left temple with a beer glass, from the effects of which he died ina few moments. Dono. bue was arrested Bernhbart was removed to the morgue. GoveERNors' Day.— Mayor S'okely, of Philadelphia, has issued an advisory proc- Jamation requesting the closing of ail man- ufacturing establishments in that city oa the 30th of August, the occasion of the visit of the governors to the permanent exhibition. The mayor also requests of the citizens a display of flags and patriotic devices and c= participation in the ceremonies of ay. ———— THE TELEGRAPH Poo..—Tae Western Union ard Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph companies have at length come to an agree- meut, and the terms of thecontract are being &rranged. It is the impression that the earn- ings are to be pooled in the proportion of seven-eighths to the Western Union and one- eighth tothe Atlantic and Pacific, the former getting the controlling amount of the latter's stock. Roynt <"? met AT A MEETING OF WORKINGMEN in Philadelphia last night 1§ was stated that 150,100 persons are di ent in that city on the wages obtained by labor. Of this num- ber Leow percent. are in a condition ap- pre Ing to pauperism. The earniogs of these employed rarely exceed eight dollars | nn the average is not over three jollars. REsumEp Work. Newark city silk ton, N. J., also day. EZ THIRD OF THE ante mile and a ‘won b; bast in ‘Bushw! ond; the mile and five’ furlongs, shatiey , Was won Rappahannock in a aa Theconference of the ose New York state is to be ha! in Hochester oa ‘Thursday next. resumed Saratoga Races a The President tn New Hampshire. AN INVITATION FROM M&. BLAINE. | _ The Presidential party arrived atthe Tip dsy afternoon. They were conveyed in two cars, taken up by separate engines. The ride to the mountains was much enjoyed by all, particularly by President Hayes and wife. Points of interest were examined along the route, and an hour spot here in the enjoyment of the fine scenery fom tif ferent poinis. Theday was fine, ana more than usnally warm. A reception was held by the President and wife in the large par- lor, and a general sbaking ofands was par- Ucipaied in by all. A‘ so’clock sapper Was served after ‘which the spacious parlor of the Fabyan House was visited, and a recep- tion of balfan hour's duration’ was held by the President, members of the Cabinet, and ladies. The march from the dining ba'l was led by the President and Mrs (Governor Prescott, Gover:or Prescott and Mrs. Hayes, Secretary tvarts and lady, followed by o:her members of the Cabinet and tuvited gaesis, After al! had been ived, iInclading pr inent citizens from all parts of the aut: an address was presented to the President, #\gned by different states and of differeut po HiGeal ideas and associations, sojour: ing at the hoore, expressing theirentire satisfaction A President by ( z with che Course of the President was received by Un Copper, of Maice, invit ily, in the name of the people, to Portland as the guest of the state. The President also | recelved # telegram from Mr. Blaine, as fol- | lows: “1 sincerely hope nd it | practicable and agreean Augusta | im and his fam- 14 response to Governor Conuer’s invitation, and | ust that you and Mrs. Hayes at members of sour suite will aecept th | pi dit during your sta bay ernor Conner, and fi ir ate € harmonize with ies to be extended to you by ofmy bou msnited ¢ ois arranger Nothing New Uader the Sun nized, irrepressible nuisar past, and Usat fet would and a modification of the ¥ maintain te the fittest.” The { plhieants” of Eu the ancient Athe than t ein liown pides, likewise shows thet Republic, a little Later ner, had to stend with the proble 8. capital. Th ap itailst.” the the * demagozue,” aud the law-abiding, couservative midlls class, composing the majority, are thus puoto- graphed NGMEN’S PARTY workingmen's party” ju Balti- re has taken the field as a polilteal organ- has announced its purpose to hom)nate candidates for the legislature and for the manicipal offices. [thas a general commitice, called a city convention, whier met at Reine’s ball last eventing, elected per: manent officers and made arrangements for calling primary meetings for the election of delegates to the nominating conve tions. The nominating conventions of the citizens’ reform party were held in the three legisia- live districts of Baltimore last evening, the American says, but they were not well at- tended, and fo nominations for the legisla- tue were made. Jt was thought best to postpone the nominations until further con- ferences can be had with the representatives of the working with a view to Supporting Use same candidates for the legis- laure. In one of the reform conventions, however, |he dangerous doctrines whica have been set forth at som of the working men’s meetings were rep lated, and notice wax given thal there could be no affillation on such @ plalform. And there the maiter rests. THE Moxey Was Lost At Gaunt as Usvat.—Charies B Vaden, deputy co ctor of customs at Richmond, Va, was ar- rested on Sunday, charged with embezziing 2500 of the government fands, and was ad Mitted to bail in $1,000. Upon farther inves- tigation by Special Treasury Agent Ayer it was fouud that Vadei's defalcation reached $2000, and he was rearrested yesterday on o ber warrant and bai! fixed at $5,009, and he was held for that amount. He says the soc ney was lost gambling, Col. Ayer tele- 4 ed to Norfolk ordering an increase in the bail of several parties arrested for irre- gularities in the custom honse of that city. SOLVING THE LABOk PROBLEM.—Gen. J. B. Rober(son, immigration agent for a Texas railroad, and formerly superintendent of the Texas bureau of iminigration, preposes to settie the labor trouble by having all the four m1) lions of peoplesaid to be out of work in the United States come to Texas and live. He says land of good quality ean be boaght there at from 50 cents to $5 an acre, and that thousands of #cres will be given away, and that there 1s room for all in the Loue Siar state. THE STRIKING MINERS at Beaver Brook, near Hazelton, Ba. projected a raid Sunday night on Crystal Ridge. one of the collieries operated by A. Pardee & Co. All the men of Pardee & Co.'s colileries have refased to strike and remained steadily at work. Citi- zene collected under arms (Or the protection of property, but the raiders, after having forced the Yorktown men to join them, had to relinquish their design because ohprs re- fused to join them, and thelr foree was not formidabie enough for the enterprise. COUNTERFEITING No C IN New Yoruk.—Jobu J. Harris, denust, from Brazil, who was arresied in New York aud commit? ted for trial a short time ago for atwempung nterte to ec t Brazilian currency, was not he grand jury, aud his counsel d for bis discharge yesterday on the ground that he could vot be beld under the revised statutes. Jadge Sutherland, in the court of general sessions, granted tke appli- cation. SIMULTANEOUS STATE ELeCrions. — It Would be co: duciveto the welfare «f the union if all states would have their electiovs on the same day in November. I: would tend to prevert interference on the part of FOl)Liclans of one portion of the country with the local affairs of another, prevent election frauds and go @ great way toward keeping pore undue excitement. —{ Pittsburg Dis- patch. FULLY one bundred thousand tons of coal weekly mined inthe Lehigh regton will be withdrawn from the market by the miners’ strikes reported yesterday. The consumers of coal and the workingmen themselves will be the most affected by the action. Opera- tors ciaim that so far as direct profits are concerned it makes little difference whether the collieries are idle or not. The strike will be all loss and uo gain.—{ Phila. Press. THE WEST VIRGINIA GREENBACKERS. A state convention of the ‘independent greenback party” of West Virginia was held at Charleston on Thu » About sixty delegal nearly all of Kanawha county and neighborhood, being in attendance, Resolutions of the greenback sort were bow tye including one of the paymeat of tha pad le debt, s0 far as itcan be done 1a good faith, iu gicenbacks. Crook: D Tonacco. — Deputy Collector Hairis returned to Memphis from Henry county, Tenn., yesterday, bringing Burton and Myer, charged with manufacturing and dealing in illicit tobacco. They were sent to Jail in default of 85,000 batl. “Twenty-nine Hifty-pound boxes of tobacco were seized when these parties were arrested. BRITroN JUSTIFIABLE IN SHOOTING U. S. MarsHAL PURNELL.—A dis: from Ausiln, Texas, dated yesterday, says: “Col. F. L. Britton has been discharged by the examining court, where he was tried for the shooting of U. 8. Marshal Puraell. verdict was that the being in self-defence. EXD oF A STRIKE. extensixe nail and | Top House on the White Mountains yester- | | the surf | fever te | exceedingly liv tir Sar: Lue extract from Homer's | ished in your paper a fewdays ago, ludicat edthat the genus “tramp” was | five DOWN THE Potomac. Poromac HoreL, > St. GronGr’s ISLAND. August ioth § Dear Star: St. George's island is 92 miles from Washington, straight down the Poto- mac. It les on the Maryland side, thres miles from Piney Point, 09 adirect live wit" Marhsli's. it ix bounded of the west the Potomac, and on the east the beats fel and placid St. George’s river. In this watery retreat I have fonnd the Potomac Hotel, which is being kept open for the a conmoedation of guests by R. J. Adams « Bro. The boating here is unsurpassed by apy point on the river, two beautiful sail boais being constantly kept ip rea tiness for the use of sailing parties from early mora *t]_ dewey eve without extra charg ; baihing is delightful, the guests either surf-bathing or the bath-hoases, as desired. When you recollect that th s is te farthest point down the river nearest Po nt Lookoui, it will be readily perceived tha a bing 1s excellent aud the water quite briny. Followers of Isaac Wa! pastime can satify themselces to Sporting with th sheepshead, and salt water trout ying fioney tribe. Taylors game fish known as th found in abund. ce inthe St. George. place is le, all the riv steamers y Potnt alm daily, wh veyances are always 2 to transport passenge Washington papers ar There are quite a nant here s« Harwood, Gibbs and a number of will just stoy last Week m the who gave us aca Point. from rwer Pot and son g. THE MINES AND THE CANAL.—At close of the railroad strike a lronble in the Peansylvania reg Of ali kinds of coal allvanced to th i a demand was mad another of after to line, and to day nee companies has fa! all the principal corm eS are al work @ fifty-five cents a ton for mining. On the canal several of thecompanies are premarin to thip. On Saturday the Cousolidated Started one boat, and this morning will load more. The Maryland company also commences shipping today, and will send four or five boais out. Mr. Gorman is ex pected here to day for the purpose of econsu! tation with all parties interested in shipping by canal. As we understand it the canal pany will propose to the companies to ver coal in Georgetown for $1.15 per ton, which will include tolls, freight and wharf age. Under the old workings the boatmen received seventy-five cents, the cana! com- pany thirty-five cents tor tolls and five cents for Wharfage—in all $115. U the pro posed arrangement the pric» to the compa nies will be 1be same, but the canal eompany will submit to the reduction and give it to the boatmen, who will receive ninety aud ninety-five cents. according to destina! = (Cumberiand Alleganian, 20'h. SUING AN ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Franz Grosz, aged six, through his guardian bezan asuitin the city court, Brooklyn, yesterday, for $10,000 damages for persoval injurtes, agai. st the Catholic Home and maa Or- pian Asylum of Montrose avenue, Brooklyn, E.1), In May, 1s76, the lad, who Was a half orphan, was placed in the institution. His father agreed to pay $2 a week for bis board. Soon afterward # contagious disease of the exes broke out among the children. Tue offic rs of the iustitation, it is alleged. made no effort to separate the diseased children fvem the bealthy, and all of the chil tren W.1e compelled ts use the same towel. Tha plain(iff soon caught the disease. His father took him away and gave him into the care of a New York occulist, who said that his eyes could not be cured, as they bad ben too long nexlected. Toe lad was soon wholly bind. His father, who is a laborer, appear= N. Y. San, 2 PLANETARY CONIUNCrION.— Before the end of the fail season Mara and Satarn will come twice into conjunction, the first time upon August % and ihe last on November 3 Al the Urst conjunction they will rise at hall-past nine o'clock in the evening, and they wilt be only eleven minutes apart, and can both be Included to the same telescopic field of vision, presenting one of the most beautiful sights that the hea’ forded. These two pla: , opposition with the sun within four days of ach other, the former on the 5th and the lat ler on the 9th of September. In that oppos'- tion Mars will be wearer the earth than iu thirty years before, a fact that the sup-rsti- Nous and imaginative may Invest with ta- terest in connection with tle eastern war. MARYLAND COAL MINING.—We have Doted from day to day the resumption of Inining at the old rate Of miners’ wages, by one company after another, and within the past Ubree or four days the going to work of two very heavy shippers, who will be fel lowed to-day by all but ove of the remaining companics. The Consolidation, the Ameri- can and the Borden companies will com- mence miving this morning, pay miners fifty-five is per tou. leave ovly One company, the Mary: std All excepting the Borden compapy wilt, tt is reported, ship by rail, bo settlement of the canal freight question baying been arrived at as yet.—|[ Cumberland News. REPORTED PREMATURE BoRIAL.—The Watertown (N. ¥.) duxpaich of the Lith inst Saye :— A st omes to us from Ed wards, SU Lawrence c y, thata man th apparently died one day last week funeral was held in regular time. ering the coffin into the grave, ¢ began w shovel in the earth, a about a foot of it upon the coffin woen pe beard some movement inside the casket. lie called the friends back, the coin was brough up again, ¢pened, and it was fouud that the man had turned over on his face, bat was dead. He was evidently alive wuea put inv the coffin.” HORSEWUipPING a WoMAN.—A Mr. Hol- comb, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been in Waterloo in quiet search of a Young woman for tbree weeks past, who, he avers, bas traveling about [ sdineery to be bis daugh- ter. She is young, utiful.and well dressed, and this forenoon he found her in the wait ing recom of the Illinois Central de He gave her a sound “epee age en aad there. After some deliberation she weot u town ard procured the arrest of Mr. Hol- Pome who Was fined &3 and costs.—{ bulweyue imes. as his guardian.{ > Sextor i had go —$ ____ A Woman Cowntper Founn Gutbty. At West Chester, Pa., Harriet Kenny. daughter of Lemuel Kenny, proprietor of the Turk's Head hotel, cowhided J. Louis McCullough on the 11th ult., and he had her end Mary Horty,a chambermaid, arrested, The trial occurred last Friday. Miss Ken- ny’s witness endeavored to prove that the whipping was done in self-defense, stating that be had insulted and attempted to knock her down and that she cowhided him off the porch to the bar-room and thence into the street. She was found guilty. A Kansas TraGepy.—Bill Se , & ” wife hud lefi him because of ill treatment, and the killing was in conse- quence of a refusal to allow him to see his oe The murderer was pursued, when he a man. He then gave himself Up tojustice, but lynch-law ended the horri- ok ra entourage onlap ier oe —— RUBBING JoHN BULL'S Eaxs.—The fact is that is it THE WAR IN TURKEY. ——e | . The Russian Losses at Plevna. SUNDAY'S BATTLE. o——_. THREATENED MINERS’ STRIKE, ——_e—___ FIRE IN MONTREAL. TURKEYS INVADERS. 1 ney, admits that 1 two battles be i | to (men, half of whom w. r seriously wounded. About be hospitals at Sistova, Simnitza, laguereli. Of two hundred pers ed to the cross ambulanc | inciuding tne « | ec valor. adjoining their Sour mitis, nal bank, Wellington bridge. The whole Aro brigade was summoned Ww the scone of ac joo, after some delay, and when it arrived the fire had made cmsiderable to & short time the elevator and the whole of © Upper floors of the storehouse facing river were given to the flames, the fire having @ very strong bold of tne eastern side of the quadrangle which forms a portion of the mill. In this part @ large qui eat was stored. The gr.at \iding was an obstacle to th b taing of the ames, as the Water pressure was not Sufficient to throw astream to the top. It ly when the steam fireongines bad arrived. afier the flames bad made such headway. that efeetive work could be really done. The fre burnet from the top of the elevator down to the lower flats. ne | rior of uw: 1 | tally bu! stone and briek, but the inte ior Was ® Mass of Ligiber, which of course | fed the flames. Tue fre, notwithstanding all the efforts of the firemen, spread rapidly and the neizhborbood being covered with mills and factories, the fla ex ensive mills of Ura G: ax the ¢ Mills with aheass K Of RrAIn were reduced t ashes. W. M. Mooney & Ce tory also succambed, and ing mills was destroyed vnder control abo Was sli! engaged eringembers. Th but cancot at pres surance will wil The _ cestimaied. The tn- iso be large, but the amount tbe known autt! lw Not Se Bad as Was Feared. MONTREAL. August The damage ts NOL so EXtensive as Wasi first supposed, and the fire ix now completely extunguished, MeDongall’s miil thas tn 3 and the joss o ak ». Ira Gold S20. Tt was Pee not Mooney's, that » will probably nc . —— + THE PRESIDENTS MOVEMENTS the wounde osseth Canard 21—The n that Kossu ingarians, u yan andersta rthe extent of conces made promistog the in y of the pire, iS a canard | Britain's Warlike Preparations | MALTA, Aveust 2 clad svamehip Agincour:, esika Bay, took four nehing tools. Sunday's Battle August rT i Her uu Loxpon Sponder army of was very severe, and jon, for eight hours. | rt at began by a furious cannonade fr ibe Russian batteries ali aiong the line, Turkish artillery replying with great vigor. | The Russian fire was very well directed, and did great execution among the masses of Turkish infantry posted behind their works Under cover of this artillery fire the Rassian infantry moved out and advanced to the at tack of the Turkish. THE TCRKS DRIVEN OUT. The advancing Russian amns were subjected toa terrific fire from the Tarkish batieries, but the men moved briskly on, taking advantage of every accideat of ground that afforded a cover. and their skir | mishers keeping up a lively fasilade. Waen they came within a short distance of the Turkish line they da hed forward and swept | in on the astonished Turks with an impetu- osity that overcame all resistance in ao in- credibly short time. After a short, sharp struggle the Turks were driven out of their intren.chments at the bayonet’s point. They retired sullenly on their second line, under ver of a brisk eannonade, which kept the Russians at a respectful distance. The sec- | ond Turkish line being extremaly strong and nm, ge d dominated by heavy ba‘teries ou some beights in the rear, the Russians did not make an attempt to capture it. Tae al- tack was really a f-int, intended to keep the j aitention of the Turks occupied while a movement of great strategic importance was A being carried on in another direction constant fire was kept up during the grea! part of the evening, but toward nigiitiall th Russians retired cn their former position, | according to the plan alreaiy determined upon. - HEAVY LOSSES ON ROTH STD The loss on both sides was heavy. 1 The Ru ob killed aud 76 wounded Among the latter are four officers—vis: Ma jor Esigoveritech, Captain Miceliaet? and Lienterants Makropolo? and Comoro't The Turks are reportet tohave had 1,5») mea killed. ¢ Eve of Battle in Bulgaria Heral’s special correspondeat with the Turkish army in Bulgaria telegrap that asa junction has been effected by all t forces under Mehemet Alt and Suleiman Pacha at Statariger, the Turkish commander is resolved to offer battle to the Russiaos The Grand Duke Nicholas has assuine! per sonal command of the Russian forces, and altogether there will be over 210,00 men en caged. STRIKES THREATENED IN THE COAL FIELDs. ployes De: ITISTON, Pa., Augui Pennsylvania coal y's men gave their tinal decision upon the striking issue, and the result is wsexpectedly unanimou bot only not to resume work upon the propo- sition of the company, but also not to Laudle @ pick and drill agaip until an advance of 10 cents on the ton is conceded. This is virta- 'y asking for @ restoration of wages to tue prices ruling previous to the last reduction Tbis, in face of the fact that the company anticipated the employes by iniorming ther several days agothat there would be no in- crease in the compensation. The meeting held in Pittston today by the workingmen Was attended by some fifteen huodred be- lopging to the company and a large repre- ution from olber idle works in tuis sec- Joy at Wilkesbarre. KFSRARRE, Pa., August Sin this vicinity are ju’ determ inatio: the Per jant made by the em- & coal cons ay at emand Of 10 per 1 here imagine this Will have the effect of frightening tne com- panies into an early recognition of their de- they assert that by a complete { work in this cousty Frank Will soon get control of the markets. The operators, however, say that they will not give Way under any circumstances. They argue that it would be suicidal to future tu- Leresis to do so. eee AFFAIES IN PHILADELPHIA. ‘wo Men Milled. PHILADELPHIA, August 21 weg 4 8. Stout, a nd R. Link, of Backs county, Were run over over on the Pailadel ia and Readivg railroad, at oth Green streets, this morning, and killed. The Pit Lowes by the Strike. Com mittees of the board of directors of tne Pennsy!vania Railroad company and of the Maritime Exchange bad @ consultation to- day relative to the justtnent of losses in- curnd at Pittsburg daring the late strike A reement was arrived at by which suits wil brougbt against Al. county, and it was ut.dersiood that ‘afer tos neces- F tof 1 by mee wis ef amount of loss sustained by merchan thiscity by the destruction and delay of their goods in transit. posta: 2 EE Saratoga Races. SARATOG |. ¥.5 Al 31.—The regular ing was’ oun lay, with four § | fine vie | old Wile The New party iw and by special train pas baby ith igh the Notch. Tie morning was and warm, and observation from the view of the mountains | North Conway. « tained and the Kearsae where a recep jon was held b end Cabine grasp the har \LGlen Station a 6 id-shaking, « we dU the cars, hi ident and Mr. Hay point was much ¢ Was stopped at a gated. and passed ds with toe Pres- e ride from thie The train oO allow a down the valley of and the House e party arrived at this place at 11:30 for dinner, betore which a sbori reception was heid in the parlor, the guests of the house greeting the officials and welcoming them to the house. Atl o'clock the cars were taken for Plymouth. nd THE TELEGRAPH Poot. ak August 21.—Presideut Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph company, Was interviewed this morning tn regard to rms Of contract A company and the Aub graph company, at a ing, in the Mr. Orton said that public was that an ment had been entered into between these two companies whereby the Western Union would receive Tis per cent. and the A_& P.72y per ceat, Of the gross earnings of pooled receipts of both companies. The contract drawa ap was, he said,a lengthy documens, bat he refused to make pur ic anything more about i'S provisions. The arrangements referred to went imto effect this morning, and the an of contcrence would, he added, be Oval. Le New York, August 2 > letter carrier, attached to Station H. has for sometime past been suspected of embezzilng letters. Yesterday two decoy registered let- ters, containing marked money, were given him, and in the evening brought them back, raying that the parties could not be found. One of the letiers had been opened and $14.%, which It contained, abstracted. Part of the money was found on Reed son when arrested to day. He was beld in 33,000 bail lo await the action of the grand jury. The Centeni Murder. NorRisTownN, la., August A young German, who bas been held as @ witness against Whalen, accused of the murder of young Hoebne, at Elm station, in October ast, Was last night committed asa principal. He bad some of Hoebne’s clothing on when arrested, and the authorities claim to haveevidence to prove that the marder ‘Was committed at about 9 p. m., on October 7th, and that the parles now im custody are Loxpor, August Vill started at 5:40 o'clock yesterday after- noon from C: riznez to Swim across the English chanp In this attemp: ceeded, having arrived within fifty the English coast, near Dover, at 3 this morning. He was taken into a boat because the sea being rough and the breakers: high it was considered unsafe for bim to Killed by a Fire Escape. in a 5 wW YORK, August 21—S. E. Hardiman, manufacturer of Keayon's fire escape, was giving an exhibition of his aj at the Astor House to-day, which ended in the un- fortunate losing of his life. He bad fas- fened the instrument to bis breast, and lowered himself out of a third-story window, when the brass band parted and Hardiman fell headlong to tae ground, being instantly killed. Killed by Being New York, August man, who gave the name © Sickles, age of Philadeiphia, knocked ac ad run « Sunday night, in the B: day in Bellevue hospital. Toe driver of the cab. H. McMauus, has beea arrested and locked up. —? Singular Explosioa. eS Seyret