Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. FUBLISHED DAILY, Ex¢ent Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Penusylvania Avenue, corner Lith street | BY se Evening Star Newspaper Company, | 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’. RAUE EARS: Tux Evenixe AR is served to subseribersin the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 centa per week. or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter, 3 cents Cae a ry mall -postage pre 80 ht one year, erTe WSERLY ST AE -pubiisned on Priday—$2_ | FefgPo se beevald. YD copies tor $15; B copies | jer All mail sibscriptions must be paid In ad- | waste: no Paper sent longer than 30 for. | ‘Bates of adver! Known on applicae he £nening Star. 2—-N2, 7,903. WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1878. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICE.—The mee 2 BICKLAY ERS" UNION Wi eld in Beck's Hall, Louisiana av . All requestei! to be p Thursday Evening. Aug: * importance wi'l be considere3, Wy81-2t) H.C. KLUBER, Pros, MAN-A) N, jallon THURSDAY EVENIN' S.o-clock. tor the payment of du cers for the easning year, T. VIER@UCHEN, secretary, * WM. WITTHAFT, Prestaent. 3y31-2t WAsiTtNGTON, D. C., Ju y 29, 1878. The STA ROUTE from the east side oi 9rh By order. Washington News and Gossip. RECEIPTS TO-DAY.—Internal :eustoms, $355,544. SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per Cent. loan to- day amounted to $1,561,650. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAvy is expected e return to Washington within a week or ten day PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT.—The Presi- dent bas appointed John R. Pennington col- sector, of internal revenue for the district of akota. sid of Noi rth Capit coro west side of J obert Coggins, has ‘rom this date noone is authorized to © Without my writtea authority, HAKRY CUGGINS, ‘Owner of Route. ORS’ OFFICE, 7, DL C., July 29, 1373. AYERS. changed i the seacerments of cal property made in compiance with the act o Congreseapproved April, 4873, may be examined by persons interested therein, on and after the TOF ALL t st, 1878. on PE HOARD OF ASSESSORS will hold daily sessions from the first to the twentieth day of Au- for the purpose of equalizing the hearing abd determining any aad ‘a uations theretofore made by DIXON, Geo. A. BOHRER. at B.D. CARPENTER, STICES:_ OFFICE, SURE as LOUISIANA AVENUE. ©7 8. BUNDY, opposite City Hall, Justic the Peace. jyé-La [> THE BEST SUMMER DEINES, “ -MILSURB'S POLAR SODA, Notice is hereby } assessors With Ice-cold Tea, Cotfee and Chocolate, at 1429 Pennsjivania avenue. This TONIC SODA fs unrivalled. jy6-tr j DE. JNO. J. DYER, om ind Residence: 433 Twelfth street northwest. Jyl-Im* THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT COM- PANY, corner 15th and New York ayenue, ‘unks of Silverware and other valuabies iso rents Safes, Its vaults are burgiar, Charges moderate. _Urtice jel3-2m 4 Feceives 1 Br ae damp proof. re Ab % hours, 9a, m. to4 p.m. WARD & HUTSHI Hast orn oreaee bp gtd hy turing vith very extensive facilities for manufac i dre row dowingaline of MARBLEIZED MAN- TLES unequal for richness of design and color and rivaiing In extent any establishment in the eount ‘Architects designs for Manties and Wainscoatings closely followed, and imitations ot rare and beautiful marbles ‘exactly produced. for BARSTUW WROUGHT IRON FUR- Baitimore KITCHENER RAN@ES; also fire-place STOVE, Contractors for 1 Copper Work. With a mechanics in their v3- vu 7 ‘of compete: ches and long personal experience, han any other house. us DYal do gocd work ¢ SELLING OFF! SELLING OF &! SELLING OFF! CASSIMER! CASSIMER CASSI MER! bets DIAGONAL SUITS DIAGONAL SUITS. IAAGUNAL SUITS. BLACK CLOTH SUITS. BLACK CLOTH SULTS. BLACK CLOTH sUITS* ALPACA COATS. ALPACA COATS, ALPACA COATS. LIGHT CASSIMERE PANTS, LIGHT CABSIMERE PA. LIGHT CASSIMERE PANT *S AND BOY'S SUITS. “3 AND BOY'S SUITS. °S AND BOY'S SUITS. WORSTED COATS ANU WORSTED COATS AN WORSTED COATS AN. css LY REDUCED PRICE GREATLY REDUCED PRICES REATLY REDUUBD PRIC. 2 aT A. STRAUS, POFULAR CLOTHING HOUSE, 1011 Pennsylvania avenue. Between Tenth and Eleventh sta, ‘Three doors from lith st, 3733 tr A maxinoLe LOW PRICES FOR LUMBER ar WILLET & LIBBEY'S, Corner Sixth Street and New York Avenue. fye-tr mue GHREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY HBUNYADI JANOS. THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT. NCET.—‘*Hunyad! Janos.—Baron Lie- TH iq atirins that ls richness in sperient salts surpasses that of all other Known waters.’ THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. —“Hun- yadi Janos.—The most agreeable, safest, and most efficacious aperient water.’ PROFESSOR VIRCHOW, Berlin. good and prompt success; most val! PROFESSOR BAMBERGER, Vienna. ‘I have Drescribed these Waters with remarkabie suc- cess.** PROFESSOR SCANZONI, Wurzburg. "1 pre- scribe none but this.** y. )FESSOR LAUDER BRUNTON, M D., F. Pe Londo finan ats) rt . 8. nm. ‘*More pleasant vals, and surpasses them in efficacy. PROFESSOK AITKEN. M.D., F.R.S., Royal tal, Netley, "** Preferred to darieshall.** LASSFUL A DOSE. to the Traveling Pwhlic, Zenuine bottle bears the name of THE APOLLINARIS Co. (limited), London. FRED'K DE BARY & CO., 41 and 43 Warren st., New Fork, Sole Agent for United States and Canadas, For Sale Dealers, Grocers Drug- The Laver on every genuine Borie printed On BLUE paper. aug27-mwt.eow, ly Kk HOT WEATHER. “* Invariably juable. ** ‘e are now prepared to furnish ‘EAST IN AMBOO CLOT! : Spices a MADE! 5 at reasonable raves for the heated tern. ¥. J. HEIBERGER, Tailor, AT THE WHITE Ho Among the distin- guished callers at the Exeeutive Mansion to- day were Genera's Burnside, Hunter and Scribner, and Capt. W. J. Vance. ALASKAN APPOINTMENTS.—Congress having made provision in the sundry eivil bill for two additional Treasury agents at the fisheries in Alaska, Gen. B. F. Scribner, of Indiana, and Gen. Wladimir Kezyzanowski were to-day appointed to the posicions. AFTER OFFICE.—The Interior department has been besieged to-day with those who had taken part in the recent competitive examina- ion, anxious to learn whether they are among the fortunate twenty who are expected to obtain situations. AN ORDER Will soon be issued by the foreign mails division of the Post Ottice department calling attention to the sang s in interna- tional postal arrangement* made by the recent postal treaty at Paris, and giving directions in accordance with its provisions. StccEss OF GEN. Howarp's INDIAN CaM- PaIGN.—The following dispatch has been re- ceived at the War department: PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 1878.— Gen'l Sherman, Washington, D. C.:—General ward telegraphs from Malheur Agency, 2th inst., via Baker City, as follows:—The crisis of the campaign has certainly passed. ‘The cheek at the Columbia serves to keep the peace north of that river. The Bannocks and Piutes fleeing southward have not fully sepa- rated, but divided their trails, and run over the roughest ain country. Iam moving my troops pick the hostiles up in de- ai!, follow nsiderable number as fast 5 rsyth has eight companies of Iry here. Green the three near mouth of eiser. To-day Crook has been telegraphed of eastward flight of the Indians, and asked to watch that they do not stop on reservation and escape arrest. (Signed,) McDOWELL, Major General. THE WASHINGTON RELICS ParD FoR.—Major Dangerfieid Lewis, of Clarke county, Va., who recently sold the Washington relics to the United States, to-day received the #12,000 ap- propriation voted therefor by Congress. At first Secretary Sherman was inclined to with- hold #,(C0 of the appropriation until ee Lewis could sufficiently establish the identity of a painting in the collection, claimed to be a portrait of Washington. Major Lewis as- sured the Secretary he could do so, and would in time, and upon this assurance he was paid the full amount. It may be added that the painting in dispute has no resemblance to what is generally accepted as a counterfeit presentment of the features of the immortal “GW.” —Senator Thurman is visiting Hon. R. T. Merrick, at the country residence of the latter, near Ellicott City, Howard co., Md. ****Mr.and Mrs. Henry A. Willard and son sailed from Baltimore this morning on the Liverpool steamer cap hi ¥ is going to Harper's Fi 7 ; $ visit, after which she will return to Washing- ton and resume work on her painting of the Electoral Commission. Chief Clerk Up- ton, of the Treasury department, leaves here to-night for a three weeks vacation on the coast of Maine. During his absence Major Power, chief clerk of the warrant division, will perform the duties of chief clerk. ‘Cap- tain W. R. Brown, librarian of the Navy de- partment, and wife leave to-night for Oak iutt, Martha’s Vineyard. ***-Col.Audenreid, of Gen, Sherman’s stall. leaves here to-nigh to join his family in New York state. Senator Burnside arrived in town this morn- ing from White Sulphur Springs. He goes north to-night. “""'Mr. Buskrod Robinson, son and daughter are sumumering at Ork- ney Springs. SITTING BULL wants to come back to this country, and overtures in his behalf have been made to the government, but consideration of them has been declined. At the same time that he has been endeavoring to obtain per- mission to return, his runners have been at- tempting to arouse the Sioux in the United States to hostilities, sending to all the agencies the sneering message that “the bucks have become squaws.” Indian authorities will give him no encouragement whatever to return. It is his turn to be snubbed this time, FRAUDS By MaIL.—Information has reached the Post Office department that certain par- ties in the state of Massachusetts are engaged in defrauding the public by issuing illustrated catalogues for silverware, jewelry, and an in- yention by which the manufacture of butter can be accomplished at a cost not exceeding four cents per pound. Orders containing money for the purchase of these articles have already been detected by post office officials and returned to the parties forwarding the same, together with an endorsement to the effect that the advertisement to which they have replied is fraudulent; such action being required by law when postmasters are assure that the business is bogus. It is said that the parties engaged in this work, as soon as dis- covered in one town, immediately move to another, and issue additional cireulars an- uouncing the same. The business is confined to the smaller towns of the state. NavAL ORDERS.—Lieutenant A. B. H. Lillie isordered to duty at the navy yard, New York, Sth August. Lieutenant E. A. Field to the re- ceiving ship Wabash, at Boston, on the 10th August. Passed Assistant Engineer James H. Chasmar to special duty in connection with engineer stores at the navy yard, New York. Lientenant George G. Clay, from the navy yard, New York, ‘th August, and placed on waiting orders. Lieutenant N. J. K. Tateh, from the receiving ship Wabash, on the 10th of August, and placed on waiting orders. COL. CORBIN, 24th United States infantry, formerly on duty as one of the President's sec- retaries at the White House, arrived here this morning. He was in Ohio attending the Clear- mont College reunion. when he was apprised of the death of his son, Failip Swing Corbin, an interesting little fellow of 4 years, who con: tracted the Texas fever, while with his parents, when his father was on duty on the io Grande. The remains will be taken to Wilmington, Ohio, for interment to-morrow morning, previous toiwhich funeral services will be held at the house. THE MAIL REGISTRATION SY3TEM.—In con- hection with the question of the extension of the registration tem to third-class mail matter, some points touching its condition as at present constituted may be of interest. In the last fiscal year the total number of letters and packages registered was 4,318,127, and $567,458.58 was collected in fees. The percent. age of ordinary letters lost was only about one-fiftieth of one per cent. ; 343,64 packsaes of stamped enyelopes and pocsat cards, valued at $26,525, and 31,81 packages of U.S. bonds currency and internal revenue stamps, valued at 3124,147,040.51, were forwarded for the government without charge for registra. tion. Out of the large sum carried for the Treasury, ‘hot a penny was lost, and out of that carried for the Post Office department, only two packages of small value. The security of the registry system as a means of conveyance for valuable matter is thus placed heyond guestion. From reliable data collected by the Third Assistant Postmaster General It appears that the fees collected on registered matter are much in excess of the cost of maintainin; the system, in spite of the gratuitous wor! done for the Post Office and Treasury depart- No. 635 15th street, yor Washington, D. Cone DOWN TO FOUR CENTS. FORTY BUSHELS DELIVERED FOR $2.10. GAS-LIGHT OF FICE, 411 and 413 10th street. a articies bawed above. Orders bE inall sttended octl-tr ments. And there is little doubt the sys- tem will be self-sustaining when extended t all classes of mail matte! MOVEMENTS OF U. S. NAVAL VESSELS.—Sec- retary Evarts informs the Navy department that a dispatch received here yesterday from the charge d’affaires of the United States at Lisbon, Portugal, states that on the 29th ult. the U. ship Bt. "s, Capt. Phythian, ar- rived there from New London, and di on July 3d for Madei and that the . 8. ship Alliance, Com: ler came into Lisbon on the July and left for Havre on the 5th. The offi- cers and crews of the two vessels are reported as being well. School Trustees Appointed. Appointments of school trustees were made this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, as follows: First district—Robert Reyburn, Benj. G. Lovejoy. fecona district—A. Lambert, Edward Bald- win. Third distriet—D. W. Middleton, jr., Madi- son Davis. wo district— Benj. F. Lloyd, George e. Fiith distriet—W. W. Curtis, Chas. M. Mat- thews. Sixth divtrietG. B. Smith, Jas. E. Fairley, 4) enj. P. Jas. B. Nourse. Seventh district—John H. Brook3, R. J Collins, M. M. Holland, Wm. H. Smith, A! fred Pope. Commissioner Dent recommends that they be divided into three classes, the first to serve one year, second class two years and third class three years, and that the appointments succeeding be for three years. Notaries Public in the District. DO THE OLD ONES HOLD OVER? It can be stated with authority that the Attorney General has prepared no official opinion with reference to the status of the notaries public in the Distriet of Columbia who claim to hold over by reason of the fact that their original commissions for five years issued to them have not expired. No opinion on the subject has been requested from him. It is a fact, however, that the subject has been casually looked into by the officers of the Attorney General's Office, and there isa dif- ference of opinion among the legal minds there on the subject. It is said taat Judge Devens has unofiicially expressed his opinion that all the old commissions were evidently intended to be vacated, and that the law by implication means that, although there is nothing in the act t> make it mandatory. Other officers of the department hold that the old officers remain notaries until their oflicial terms expire, and take the ground that while the President can appoint all the additional notaries public he may see fit, he cannot in pair the functions of those already comr sioned. In other words, the law authorizing him to appoint additional notaries does not empower nim to dismiss those already ap- pointed and whose terms of service have not expired. ALL QUIET ON THE RIO GRANDE. — Gen. Sherman this morning received a letter from Gen. Ord in which the latter states that Gen. MacKenzie has not crossed into Mexico, a has been reported; that the river is so high that neither party can cross, and Consequently: things are comparatively quiet on the border. U.S. Maris INTERRUPTED.—A dispatch re- ceived at the Post Office department announces that in consequence of the quarantine at Gai- veston against New Orleans, on account of the existence of yellow fever, the United Beate malls between those points are inter- rupted. Tre MAIL Lertinc.—In connection with the unprecedented rapidity with which the recent miscellaneous mail letting, in which Heatly 8,000 proposals were received, was ac- complished, It may be mentioned that all the contracts (and duplicates), aggregating over twelve hundred articles, were drawn, com- ee and made ready for delivery yesterday. e contracts will be handed over to the sue- cessful competitors to-day, and will be exe- cuted and returned to the department by the 10th of September. The rapidity with which the department, by extra work, has disposed of the propesals and contracts, is highly com- mendable, in view of the hot weather. THE PEACEABLE Nez PERCES. — Indian Agent J. B. Monteith, at Lapwai, Idaho. among the Nez Perce Indians, in reporting to the Indian office says under date of July 6, that there has been more or less excitement among the Indians on the reservation during the past month on account of the hostilities to the south and rumored outbreaks to the north. The Nez Perces have remained on their reser- ttending to their duties. In case the akes or Bannocks cross the reserve or coms near it, the agent reports that there are about 225 good trusty Indians who will fight them to the last. The Nez Perces and the Bannocks are old enemies. (Juite a number of the for- mer Indians have been rendering service as scouts for the military. The Indians on the Lapwai reservation are working quietly, at- tending to their crops, and have cut 2) saw logs and split ove: 000 rails, DANIEL PRATT “THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAVELLER” IN JAIL.—A telegram from Bos- ton, July 23, says: Daniel Pratt, better known as the Great American Traveller. visited Revere beach on Sunday to spend the Sabbath, enjoy the cooling breezes, and, perhaps, the delicious clam bakes of that famed resort. While there Dantel espied a pocketbook, which, upon examination, proved to contain $50 in money. Now, instead of prying to ascertain the owner thereof, and return the wallet and its contents to his or her anxious hands, Daniel removed the money, placed it in his pocket, and then flung the wallet into the surf. But: alas for human hopes! he was observed, and the fact reported at headquarters. Yesterday he was arrested, and now languishes in jai. The pocketbook which is said to have tempted Daniel, and made all the trouble, belonged to Charles E. Jones, of Swampscott. Benj. Gould Saw the larcenous act, and Mrs. E. R. Mudge found the pocketbook and returned it to the owner. Yesterday afternoon the incarcerated. orator owned up to Officers Smith and Knox, by whom he was arrested, that he found the wallet, and that his first thought was teadver- ise it, but, being short of money, he concluded to use &7 After this confession Otticer 7 of it. Noonan went with Daniel to the basement of 32 Pemberton square, where the remaining money $53, was found concealed behind a gas pipe. "Pratt willbe taken to Lynn, where his case will be attended to. BISMARCK’s ROUGH TALK TO THE TURKS.— A correspondent of the -Golos speaks of the rough tone in which Bismarck addressed the Turkish representatives at the late congress, when they protested against the occupation by Austria of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Do you really suppose,” said he, “that we are here to consider the interests of Turkey? We are are here for the interests of Europe, for the peace of Europe. What do you Turks want? You don’t want to retire to the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus. Very good, you shall not retire. You'll be pitched into it if you go on protesting.” SHOT FOR A BuRGLAR.—J. E. Gauthier, 17 years old, being mistaken for a burglar, was Shot and killed, Monday night, in New Or- leans, by Charles Hernandez, in ‘whose house he was rooming. A FAMILY POISONED.—A family consisting of four persons were poisoned in New Orleans, yesterday, by using oxalic acid by mistake for sugar in cooking. C.-A. W. Miltback has died, but it is believed that the others will re- cover. THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES in the fourth congressional district of Virginia indicate the nomination of Capt. W. E. Hinton, of Peters- burg. Capt. Hinton was the democratic nom- inee at the last election, and succeeded in cut- ling down the republican majority of 5,000 to about 1,000, and his friends are confident he will carry the district this time should he be nominated. THE total eclipse of the sun on Monday was visible at Havana. The sky was perfectly clear, and complete observations were made. CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.—Edwin Wil- lets was renominated for Congress from the second Michigan district at the republican convention at Adrian yesterday. ***-The na tional greenback convention of Huntingdon, Pa., nominated Hon. C. C. North for Congress +-*"The republican ‘convention of Lawrenca county, ‘ota, favors Hon. G. G. Bennett as delegate to Congress. AT THE ANNUAL ELECTION in San Fran- cisco of the Central Pacific Railway company, esterday, the following were elected dines: rs for the ensuing year: Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, E. W. Hopkins, T. H. Miller, :, Charles F, Crocker, David D- Colton ad harles Crocke! TWO DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS from Africa are noted at the New York aquarium, They are two baby bippopotamt from Nubia, weigh. ing about 250 pounds each. Their diet con- sists of several gallons of milk at each meal, into which half a dozen eggs are broken. THE ORANGE PROSECUTIONS in Montreal have been postponed to the 6th of August, yin 2 view of getting up a test case for the glish cou! was an arrange ment bet ear counsel on both sides. Labor STRIKE.—The emp! in the Dax- terand cotton mills, at Pa., number, were on Monday morn- ing noiihed cr it. reduction in thei r cent luction ir wages. The hands, being dissatisfied, left the Maine Republican Convention. NOMINATION AND PLATFORM. The Maine republican convention at Port land yesterday nominated Hon. Selden Connor for governor. Senator Blaine and others made speeches. THE PLATFORM, unanimously adopted, points with satisfaction to the fidelity, economy and success with which the affairs of the state administration have been conducted and the material and moral interests, of the people cared for in twenty iar of republican rule; favors wise prohib- tory legislation, and holds it to be a primary and sacred duty of the national government to protect and maintain the exercise of all the civil, political and public rights of every citi- zen of the United States. As republicans we are solemnly pledged to maintain these prin- ciples, and ‘until they are cheerfully obeyed and, if need be, vigorously enforced, the work of the republican party is unfinished. The republican party is committed to unremittiag efforts, not only to secure the legitimate re- sults of the war, the sovereignty of the Unio, equal rights of all citizens and free and un- trammeled rights of suffrage, but also to re- deem pledges which the government made to those who iurnished means or gave their ser- vices to save the Union, whether these pledges are in the form of bonds or greenback notes. We insist that boti forms of the debt of the nation shall be paid with the same fairness and integrity with which an honest man seeks to pay his individual debts. We demand hon- est money for the people. Our currency must be made as good as coin and redeemable in it. The government Breer the republican party has legislated to perform it, and in the course of resumption now nearly: Socamplisned. there must be no steps sideways or back wards. We congratulate our fellow-citizens on the unmistakable evidence that the near approach toastable currency is preparing the way for an ° permanent revival of business and in- stry, So long depressed by causes growing out o! the gigantic civil wai, among which a depreciated apd fluctuating currency 1s the most prominent, and is aggravated by the mischievous agitators and demagogues in and out of Congress for measures which, if adopt- ed as the policy of the government, would bring permanent disorder and ruin to busi- ss, discredit and dishonor upon the nation, «i tend to subvert many of those principles which are fundamental to the existence of civilized society. The evident purpose of the democratic party, if it should come into full power, to pay ut ndreds of millions of suspend. ed war claims of disloyal men, already pre- sented to Congress, or waiting a favorable moment for presentation, makes it doubly im- portant, now that the Senate is soon to pass under democratic control, that the House of Representatives to be chosen in the ineomiay elections should be in republican control, ete. The Solar Eclipse. THE RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED. A correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs from Rawlins, Wyoming territory, as follows in regard to the observations of the eclipse at that point: ‘Dr. Draper obtained four excellent photographs—one of the appear- ance of the sun during totality and three of the spectrum and corona. The latter were taken from a diffraction grating, and are of different size, the better to exhibit the phe- nomenon which they record. No trace of any ring indicating monochromatic light was found, which praves the light of the corona to be diffused light derived from the sun by reflection, and not due to ignited gas. In former eclipses it has been claimed that the quantity of solar light reflected from the corona Was so small as to be scarcely percep- tible, and it was doubtful whether the un hoffer lines were visible in the corona’s light at all, but Dr. Draper’s observations to-day revealed them. His eye observations show the absence of a true gaseous spectrum in the corona. Professor Barker's observations show no bright lines in either the inner or outer corona. The green line was not seen, although every precaution was taken to detect its pres- ence. The spectrum was continous through- out, and crossed by Fraunhofter’s lines, which were at the base of the corona, and’ which faded out about a solar diameter from the limb. ‘The professor saw no protuberances. Prof. Morton, president of the Stevens insti- tute, observed the eclipse with polariscopes from the summit of a hill. He reported that the approach of totality was gradual, no flying shadow being visible at totality. The corona was brilliantly white, with a marked prolon- gation of bright rays in a diagonal direction tothe horizon. He sawuo solar flames or prominences. His instruments revealed a continuous spectrum with no bright lines. His observations proved the light’ of the corona to be radially polarized. Edison’s tasi- meter showed its power to measure the coro- na’s heat. It, however, was adjusted ten times too sensitively. Never having used it before for a similar purpose, he had no means of telling the degree of sensitiveness neces. aay Tne heat from the corona threw the ray of Heat entirely off the scale, and before he could make the second test the eclipse had passed away. The experiment demonstrated hat cornpared to some of the fixed stars the corona’s heat was much greater.” ACQUITTED BY THE DISCOVERY OF 4 SKELE- TON.—Greenvillu, Greene county, was much excited two years ago over several incendiar: fires, ending with the destruction of the dwell- ing and barns of Benj. N. Finch, who dwelt near the tine of the towns of Coxsackie and New Baltimore. Finch was not living very happily with his family, and afterward, when he was accused of forgery and arson, they were the most important’ witnesses against him. He was not put on trial, and matters ran along in this way until the development of new facts a day or two ago. On Saturday last, James Simpkins passing through an unfrequented piece of woods about three miles from the former residence of Mr. Finch, discovered under a tree the skeleton of a man. Further search disclosed a bottle suspended from the limb ofa tree, above the skeleton, which contained two letters, in which the writer confessed that he had burned three barns in that region, and afterwards got into a window of Mr. Finch’s dwelling aud set fire toit. The writer further said that, after the burning of the house, he wandered around some days without food or shelter, and becom. ing discouraged, resolved to commit suicide.— [Hudson Register. FOUR MEN HaNGED BY a Mob IN Lovts- IANA—A y of masked men, variously esti- mated at from forty to five hundred, rode into Monroe, La., at one o'clock yesterday morn- ing, and forcibly took from ihe pera Tait four colored men who were confined there charged with murder. They took them to the court- house square and hanged them tothe limb of an oak tree. Three of the victims were imnli- cated in the killing in May last of W. CG. Fitz- gorala, a white constable, who had attempted ‘0 arrest them, as is aioe. for disorder!; conduct in the streets of Trenton. They hi been tried and one of them sentenced to the penitentiary for life, and_the other two re. Mmanded for new trials. The fourth victim Was charged with Sayama and murdering another negro in cold blood, and had been sentenced by the district court to the peniten- tiary, but had obtained a new trial. An in. «quest was held on the four bodies, and the jury returned a verdict “that said parties came to their death by hanging, and that the same was done by parties unknown.” The names of the men banged were Plea Phillips, Henry Atkins, Jim Beatty, and Tom Ross. ‘WHERE You Can Drink Up Your Taxes. Under the liquor law in Mississippi every saloon-keeper is required to buy of the state auditor a book of coupons, and everybody who takes a drink is handed one of these coupot which the state receives for taxes at1 cent each. If he pays for two drinks he receives an orange-colored coupon good for 2 cents, if five drinks, a blue coupon good for 5 cents’) Thus aman who goes at it properly and sticks to business can takein enough coupons in six months to pay his taxes for a whole year.— Louisville Courier-Journal. HYDROPHOBIA AFTER TWELVE YEARS.—A telegram from Cartl Mo., says; A most re- markable death from hydrophobia occurred esterday near Lamar, in Barton county. ‘he victim was a prominent citizen, John Hallam. Twelve years ago he was bitten by a mad dog, and the wound healed up, never giv- ing him any pain, and the occurrence had nearly: been forgotten. Last Friday he was suddenly taken with convulsions of a terrible nature. He continued thus until he died. The first two days of his convulsions he was perfectly rational, but on Sunday became crazy. His death and suffering were terrible to witness, it taking four stout men to hold him. He leaves a wife and two children. THE FAMINE IN CuINA.—In the earlier period of distress the living fed ‘upon the bodies of the dead; next, the ig devoured the weak ; and now the general destitution has arrived at such 5 Bape’ fast men. iavoar nee of their own an ry cont no re- cord of so terrible and distressing a state of things, and if prompt measures of relief inated, the whale region must become den i ay tt Local ly exhausted the tre drained dry, while the few w. people in provinete: have helped with c7n- butions loans till they ves are impoverished.—[ Pekin , The Chinese Ministers. THEIR FUTURE IN WASHINGTON, The North China Herald contains the follow- ing:—“ A Pekin correspondent of the Sin pao states that Chen Len-pin has now received his final instructions to proceed to Washington as resident Chinese minister to the United States. He left Pekin on the Isth, and at Tientsin was to visit Li Hung-chang, to have a conference with that statesman. Aftera stay of two days at Shanghai he will proceed by steamer to Hong Kong, where his secretaries, interpre- ters, consular staff and attendants await him. Chen has not attained his present dignity by the regular official ladder. He is a Canto man, owing his advancement to his knowledge ofEnglish. He was employed in the Tsung-li Yamen prior to his mission to the West Indies and the Spanish Main to investigate the condi- ton of the coolie trade. Little eise is known of his official record. Yung Shaa-tu (Yun, Wing, of Hartford, Conn.) will be associate: with him as co-envoy, He was a Canton boy, who went early in life to America, and he Is understood to be a wonderful product of the highest American culture. @ has recently acquired a button of the fourth rank and the grade of a prefect. He studied Chinese at the arsenal, and is a pet of Li Hung-chang.”’ The San Francisco Commercial Advocate (Chinese organ), July 20, says: Minister Chea .en-pin was formerly of the educational mis- sion, whose headquaiters are in this city, and lived here for some time. He is a man of some- thing over sixty years of age, of fine Bppeae ance and pleasing manner, and a Chinese Scholar of distinetion, but he does not know a word of English; consequently his promotion was not owing to his accomplishment in that direction, He was never empioyed in the Tsung-li Yamen, and the irregularity of his advance is just this: He successfully passed all the grades of competitive examination except the very last; he was one of the hundred in the last test and failed. This failure could not be said to attect his standing asa scholar, but it determined for hima lower official rank ; instead of going into the foreign office, as he would have done’if he had passed in the Supreme examination, he was made a clerk in the board of Punishment While in this office he was elected as one the ed- ucational commission to this country and sines then his promotion has been rapid. He has been made a mandarin of the second degree. His official position is that of secretary in the office for governing the imperial clans—or the tribes belonging to the imperial family—a very high positien. His next promotion’ will Fre! ably be as ex-officio secretary of one of he boards. Asto Yung Wing he never studied Chinese in the arsenal; he holds the rank of mandarin of the second degree uy, brevet, as we should say, aud he has not the grade of prefect, which is of the fifth degree. A fine and imposing building will be occupied in Washington by the new Chinese embassy, which, it is understood, will be permanent. The personnel of the legation will be much More pumerous than that of any of the other foreign legations accredited ta Washington, and the legation will mix freely in the society of Washington and give elaborate entertain- ments. The embassy will have charge of all Chinese interests on the North American con- tinent. D. W. Bartlett, a journalist, has con- pentea to act as American attaché to the lega jon. GLADSTONE’S ARRAIGNMENT OF THE Brit- IsH MINISTKY.—The debate in the English House of Commons on Lord Hartington’s resolution condemning the Beaconsfield policy Was continued last night, when Mr. Gladstone read a letter he has addressed to Lord Bea. cousfield, asking him to cite instances in sup- port of the unjustifiable and reckless attac! made upon him in his Carlton club speech. Mr. Gladstone said the partition of Turkey ‘was opal to that of Poland, and the conclu- sion of the Angio-Russian agreement was a practical contradiction of the high-sounding peecenens of Lord Salisbury’s note, as by it England had surrendered her power of action in the cause of freedom and allowed the selfish jealousy of other powers to prevail with re- gard to Greece. Mr. Gladstone contended that the government, by ratifying the conven- tion before Parliament had ‘been made acquainted with it, had pushed the powers of the crown to an extreme which had been avoided by the greatest statesmen with whom he had been associated for the last half cen- tury. This startling novelty set at naught the law of Europe, was unjust to the other powers, oyerrode the rights of Parliament, and laid new burdens upon the pespis. Mr. Gladstone spoke two hours and ahalf, and Was greeted with loud cheers as he took his seat. THE ONIO REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE met at Columbus yesterday to ar- range for opening the fall campai There was an unusually large attendance of leaders of the party, including Charles Foster, ex- Gov. Dennison, and Judge West, candidate Jor goyernor last year. It was decided to open the campaign August 24 with the following speakers, at the places named:—Masillon, ames A. Garfield and C. H. Grosvener ; Ham- ilton, Wm. H. West; Marietta, James Mon- ree. BISHOP KEANE’S CONSECRATION.—The Rev. Louis E. Hostelot, vice-rector of the American college at_ Rome, was chosen its president, to succeed Bishop Chatard, at_a recent confer- ence of Catholic prelates at New York. Bishop Keane will be consecrated Bishop of Rich- mond August 25. The papal bulls were mailed from Rome July 18. A. H. STEPHENS ON DEMockaAcy.—A Lexing- ton, Ga., correspondent writes regarding the speech made by Stephens at that place Saturday: ‘“‘Little Aleck’ just be- guu to tread water on one of those con- stitutional billows of his, and was dashing Jeffersonian spray all around him, when, craw ing, that little phial of Bourbon, he douched his lips with a gentle sip, and return- ing the bottle to his pocket, thus concluded his rhetorical swell, * Yes, fellow citizens, this is true democracy.’ "—[Aagusta Chronicle. THE FINANCIAL DISASTER which has over- taken Mr. J. H. McVicker, the well known theatrical manager of Chicago, leaves Mr. John T. Ford, of this city, the only solvent legitimate manager who has run an uninter- rupted course in this country for a period of twenty-five years. All the old managers who were in the field when Mr. Ford began his career are either dead or financially wrecked. Some idea of the precarious nature of amuse- ment catering can be gathered from this, and it would, indeed, be ditticult to frame a more thorough compliment to Mr. Ford’s business skill and tact.—[Balt. Gazett RETAINS Custopy OF HER CHILp.—The Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel of July 27 says: “The case of Mrs. Ida Pierce, of La Crosse, is asingular one. A divorced wife, she refused to surrender her child to the man who had been her husband, and was committed to the common jail of La Crosse county for. contempt of court. After many months of incarcera- tion, during which her sufferings, as hereto- fore described in the public prints, were ex- traordinary, she was yesterday released by or- der of the supreme court of Wisconsin. In the range of human comprehension there is nothing more purer or more enduring than the love of a mother for her child, aud the trials which this woman has borne with such unflinching heroism cannot fail to raise her sex in theeyes of mankind. No matter what the outward forms of justice may demand, en- durance such as hers is worthy of all respect and admiration.” THE GREAT “WHEAT CORNER” at Mil- waukee and Chicayo has quite demoralized the grain trade here. Telegrams from the first-mentioned point state that the chief en- gineer of the corner there is one McGeogh, Whose profits already are said to amount $250,000. The corner has been managed with great skill, and the squeeze has been adjusted with such good judgment that it has yielded enormous profits to the clique. There is in- formation also to the effect that a corner is impepality in August wheat. The principal sufferers from the squeeze thus far are said to be eastern parties —[N. ¥. Cor. Phila. Ledger. ROBBERY—PERHAPS MURDER.—On Monday pight two men entered the residence of John Beltzhoover, near Boiling Springs, Cumber- Jand county, Pa., and after knocking him down bound him “securely. They then tied Mrs. Beltzhoover and a lady li family. and Beltzhoover was compelled to point out where his money was placed, and it was sec bythe men. Mr. Beltzhoover, who is 93 years old, was so ego § injured that his recovery is doubtful. The robbers are sup- pet to be members of a band who have itely committed similar depredations in the neighborhood. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A CATHEDRAL.—At ira, N. Y., a painter named Eicholt, while at work frescoing the ceilings of St. ick’s iolic church, stepped upon. @ defective board in the seattolding and fell to the floor, a distance of 54 feet. head struck against the back ot a pet, fracturing his skull, and his side was ert d. He cannot survive. 4g-Mr. Moody went home to Northfield, Mass., to rest for the summer, but his zeal be- trayed him Into holding a few meetin; which have expanded into an active reviv: of religion, | oarsmen to get into line. | Wind had freshened, blowing from the same | upon Mr. | would retire; he would act no more. ‘Telegrams to The Star. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. ————— ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL TROUBL —_-+——_ HANLON-ROSS BOAT RACE A FIZZLE. ——-——__. RIOTS IN —_-_—_. THE HANLON-ROSS BOAT RACE SLAVE CUBA. A Fizzle—Ross Backs Down. RIVERSIDE, N. B., July 31.—The sun was shining brightly and a very light wind blow. ing from the ‘northeast at $:30 o'clock this morning. The water was in fine condition, the only drawback being a slight ripple on Torri- burn cove. For the greater part of the course, however, the water was perfectly smooth. and: altogether, a better day for the race could not be obtained. At 8:30 the judges’ boat came down from Appieby’s whari, and, stopping at Torriburn cove, whistled for the contestants to come out. “At 9 o'clock everything Was ready. The judges were in position at the starting point, and the sheriff called upoa the By this time the quarter as before and making quite a swell. water jumpy. said he “would not row.” Taere- ing, judge for Ross, protested that the water was not perfectly smooth, as the articles of agreement specified it should be. The referee (Sheriff Harding) here said, as the matter was being taken out of his hands, he Sherifl Harding madea written statement to the effect that the water was not perfectly smooth, but that it was smooth enough for practical boat racing, and that as Ross and Ross’ judge had objected he had no recourse but to retire. Hanlon came to the judges’ boat and said that if Ross would row he (Hanlon) would give him two lengths to start. Ross also came up and said the siarting boats were out of range. A general discussion now took place, but no re. sult wasarrived at. Finally the two men were ordered to their quarters, and the judges’ boat steamed up to Appleby's wharf, where the crowd was waiting in expectaney. Meanwhile the backers of the men were endeavoring to patch up matters, but they have not succeeded up to this time (1:5) o'clock.) The water is tow rough, and there is no appearance of it calming down. The condition of the water is not what would be called fit water here. The supporters of Ross say he was justitied in re- fusing to row. The backers of Hanlon inti- mate that Ross does not want the race to come off so soon. As matters stand now it is impos- sible to say what will be done. Nothing of course can be effected until a referee is chosen. The Race Indefinitel Postponed. BoetoR, July 31.—A special from Riverside, N. B., says:—The Hanlon-Ross race has been indefinitely postponed. A Lawyer Shes a Fast Young jan. LITTLE Rock, ARK., July 31.—This morning Edward M. Orr shot, and it is thought fatally Wounded, James B. McLaughlin, a lawyer. The father of Orr resides in St. ‘Louis. Orr has been in the county jail for nearly a month on acharge of gambling and sharp practice. Yesterday liis fine was ges with money sent y his father. McLaughlin had been employed by him inthe meantime to defend him. He had turned oyer his valise to the lawyer, who was to keep it until paid for his services. On being released from a Orr demanded his valise, which McLaughlin refused to give up until his fee was paid, whereupon Orr shot him, the ball passing through his breast and touching the lungs. It is feared this shot will prove fatal. Another shot wounded McLaugh in the leg, and still another in the thigh. Orr is in jail. ———_ Saratoga Races. SakatToca, July 31.—It rained hard until 7 o'clock last evening, and was iowering all night. At 11 o'clock this morning it began raining slightly. The first race—a mile dash for all ages—was won by Bramble, with Idalia second. Time 1.47'4. The second race was a two mile dash for all ages, and was won by Al- bert by six lengths ; Virginius second, Feulips third. Time 3.45 The third race was for the Saratoga stakes, for two-year olds, three-q ters of a mile. The race was won by Har with Uncas Second and Idler third. Time r- The fourth race was a mile and an eighth. for all ages, and was won by Dan K.; Rhadaman- thus second, Spring Branch thi Time? 3'4. Slave Riots in Cuba. New York, July 31.—A morning paper says Reliable reports from Havana state that a negro riot broke out there on the 22d inst., in the locality known as Los Sitios. The prin- cipal cause of dissatisfaction among the blacks seems to have been their continuance in slavery after the liberation of all those who lately sur- rendered at the collapse of the rebellion. Dur- ing the disturbance the police charged, sword in hand, killing and wounding a great many. The rioters then dispersed and fied to the swamps around Atares Castle. Only a fe arrests were made, and the ringleaders es- caped. Arrival of the Shoewaecaemettes. New Yor, July 31.—Among the passengers by the steamship Utopia, which arrived this morning, were the Shoewaecaemettes, of Monroe, Mich., and G. W. Lee, of Newark. Mr. Lee and the “Shoes” were met b; mittee of the Triton and Eureka Clubs, of Newark, N.J., and escorted to the Continen- tal hotel at Newark, where the “Shoes” will be the guests of the Tritonsand Eurekas. The “ Shoes” have been invited to participate in the Passaic regatta, which takes place August 17th and Isth. A Steamer with a Hole in Her Bot- tom. Boston, July 31.—The captain of the steamer Lake Megantic telegraphs from Gaspee that the steamer has a large hole through her bot- tom under the boilers. The bottom is forced up under the foremast. Her forerigging and foremast is gone. She has been driven further up on the h and is a total wreck. The government steamer Napoleon Il, has goue ‘o her. Advance in Freight Charges. NEW York, July 31—The agents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads have determin« d on an advance in freights on first class goods. The new charges are #) per 100 pounds on bales at owners’ risk, and #12 per 100 pounds on cases. This is an advance of # per 100 pounds. acom End of Secretary Thompson's Cruise. PortsMouTH, N. H., July 31,—The United States steamer Tallapoosa, with the Secretary of the Navy and party, sailed at daylight for New York. A new shaft is to be put on the vessel on her arrival at that port. The party will not return east, butdisband in New York. Auction Sale of Coal. NEw YorK, July 31.—The Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad company to-day sold 50.000 tons of Scranton coal at the follow- ing prices: Steamboat or grate, $3.47!4a3 50; eB, $3.3734a3.00; Stove, $3.90; chestnut, #2214. Nominated for Congress. Bancor, July 31—The republicans of the ith district to-day Tenominated Liewellyn Powers for Congress, The Markets. BALTIMORE, duly 31,—Virginia sixes, old. 20; y os BB's; do, secoud series, 28; fast due coupons, 78%: North Sixes, old: 2b: do. new, 8: dor special tax, 1 bid Worday._ Suuat steady, bya0%s, qBALTIMORE. July 31, Cotton, quiet —mia- chased. Wheat, southorn duit aod weaker: west. ern ive at decline—southern t 1.0901.07; No, Ted, spot and Au 3 Beprem- B TLodis: Octoler, Loa, Corn, southein tess western white quiet Spa steady “pouthern wh: ber, 43. Oats stead: rowed up the course, and finding the | EUROPFA Gladston. reat Speech Lospon, July 1.— the debate on Lord E the House of Comm by the speech of Mr Earded as one of efforts, and is probab!: iu the present discussion. American Young Christ a mier's greatest ulminating pot Loxpon, July 31.—The delegates of the American Young Mens’ Chrisitan Association to the general congress arrived in London yes. terday, and Was entertained at breakfast this moruing at the roomsof the Loudon associa tion, in Aldersgate street. A general meeting of welcome to the American delegates will be held Friday even On Monday they will proceed to Paris. Albant to be Married. duly 3L—Mlle. Albani, prima don , and Mr. Ki tGye,are to be married in Warwick street chapel on the sthof August Another FE arepeen Complication Loxpon, du A delayed of dated Constantinople, July 2% Russian commissioner has objected to the con- tikuation of the inquiry inte the Rhodope ia- surrection, as the insurgents had disclosed some agree between themselves and the Kussian commanders. The Russian commis sioner threatened to withdraw if the inquiry Was continued. The English, French, Italian and Austrian embassadors at Constantinople being consulted, replied by telegraph that the inquiry should ‘coutinue. The Russian com- missioner then withdrew, leaving his drazo- man to represent him.” A Dying Cardinal. oun, Joly 1.—Cardinal Franchi passed a bad night. He received the last sacraments this morning. His condition is very The German Electio: BERLIN, July 01.— he ot bers of the German Pa national liberals were success! Leaps burg be necessa 1 er rist and a socia'ist candidat between a national liberal and didate. n terday the ul at Hamburg, A second ballot will between a partuta- nd at Munich aclerical can- I House of Commons. NDON ‘1.—In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Plimsoll (liberal) moved the re jection on the third reading of the bill to xrantan annuity te the Duke of Connaught. After two hours’ debate, Mr. Plumsill’s mo. tion was defeated by 151 to 13. Turkey's Losses. THE CONSEQUENCES OF HEK FO! FUSING REFOKMS. Bosnia, which hitherto has formed the ex treme northwestern buttress of the Turkish empire, is by the treaty handed over to be ad ministered and occupied by Austria. This dis poses of an area of 3),000 Evglish square miles and a population of upwards of 1,040.00). Aus {ria also receives about thirty square miles of the southeastern angle of Monte. 10 leave a sea divided, one portion the northeast and frontage of only about seven miles to that principality The accession to Montenegro is the other portion forming a long, narrow strip on the southeast, and reaching to the sea, with a small sandy landing pla Antivari, fitonly for small b ts and hing vessels, and forbidden to ships of war of all na- tions. “The area of Montenegro was 1,5.) English square miles, and its population about 1,000; the area of ‘this accession is nearly 1,4) square miles, and the population ts prob. ably 40,000, Servia receives the gi er part of the basin of Upper Moravia, or Saudjak of isch. This, although a valuable acquisition, is not nearly so much as was transferred by an Stefano treaty. The area of Servia ) English square miles, and her popu lation 1,36 The area of tilis accession is upwards of 3,0) square miles, and the popu lation is about 2), RKoumania rec the Dobrudja, but gives Bessarabia to Rus: The area und popula- tion of Roumania before the war stood thus 46,800 square miles and ,000 inhabitants ; her accessions amount to 4% square miles and about 21,00) inhabitants, but her loss in Bessarabia is an area of upwards of 4,300 Square miles, and 4 population neat qual to that of the Dobrudja, which she ves. It will thus be seen that Roumania gains less than either of the small principalities. Rus: siaacquires the portion of Bessarabia whieh was taken away from her by the treaty of 15%, and thus once more extends hex frontier to the Pruth and the Danube. The new tributary principality of Bulgaria extends from Sophia and Widdin ou the west to Varna and Silisiria on the east. The area is about 2s,000square miles, and the population is nearly 1,50),000. South of Bulgaria, and run ning ina long parallelogram extending from near the Little Su to the Black Sea at as Bay, is the new province of Eastern ja. For Greece nothing has been done act but the Porte is reccommended to rectify the frontier on a line foreshadowed by the congress, although not embodied in an article of the treaty. The Po’ indeed offer their good services in the event of the nob-agreement between Greece and the Porte that appears to be expected. This frontier will probably be advanced to a line runnin from the Adriatic shore near the southern end | of the island of Corfu, across Mount Pindus, | alittle tothe north of east, to the mouth of | the Salamycia river, which, coming from the slopesof Mount Olympus, falls into the - Y IN RE gean sea. | ,,,0n the Asiatic frontier at the eastern end « Black rive an accession t yen t 000 square miles and about a third of a milhon of people. Batoum, although annexed to Russia, i come a free port, essentially comm all the fortific: Alashkerd V aay which were arnexed to Kussia by the 5. fano treaty, are at the instance of Englan stored to Turkey. trade route trom Trebizond on the Biack Sea by way of Erzeroum to Persia, from the domi. nation and monopoly of Russia. The town and valley of Kotur. which lie to the east of Lake Van, are restored to Persia, a restora ‘h was recommended by the Turko- ja Boundary commission some thirty or forty years ago. From what precedes it_will be seen that the territory alienated from Turkey by the treaty of Berlin is, roughly, 71,5 square miles, or considerably more than the whole area of Eng- land and Wales. and the population lost to her ismore than three and ahalf millions, or somewhat more than the entire population of London. | A Man Killed and Mis Body Placed on a Railway Track. Particulars are received of a brutal and das tardly murder committed in Burke county, N C. On Sunday morning, the 28th instant, the body of a white man Was discovered ou the track of the Western North Carolina railroad, five miles below Morganton, badly mutilated and crushed OF the car wheels. A coroner s inquest was held on the same day and the fol- | lowing evidence was lied: That the dead man was Geo. Houk, who lived seven miles below Morganton, and was seen there on Sat- | urday, when he came to purchase some seeds, nd left town late in the afternoon, accom- panied by two white men. These men tes- lified that both Houk and themselves were drinking, and when some four miles from Morganton they lay down by the roadside overcome by liquor, Houk p:oceeding hoime- ward. Night had arrived, and shortly afver- ward two pistol shots were heard, but they were too sleepy to investigate it. Next morn- ing they proceeded homeward, not seeing any- thing of Houk on the way. The engineer of the night passenger train testified that he per- ceived the body of a man lying across the track seven miles below Morganton about 4 o’elocic Sunday morning, but too late to check the train, which passed over the body, which was not removed. The dead man Was carefully ex- amined and the wounds probed, but no pistol wounds or bullets were iY red. Several This frees the principal severe gashes were found the head and throat, committed evidently4Vith a knife. The body did not bleed on the track, indicating that it was dead when placed there. So the evidence was conclusive that the decease: was murdered by parties unknown aud after- ward placed on the railroad track, and the jury decided according! y. Houk was a mar- ried man, of respectable character, and his untimely death creates much regret in his neighborhood. He was not known to have any special enemies, so the murder is a mys- tery and no clue has yet been discovered lead- ing to the discovery of the guilty parties, WanTeD HER ENJOINED.—The Milwaukes (Wis.) Sentinel affords a little illustration of the extravagant ideas of the scope of the law which some people have. A young man, it ys, good-looking and well-d: nd appa- rently about 22 years old, hurried Mann's private oftice, in that city, and asked that an injunction be granted whereby a young lady should be restrained from marry & young man whose name he meutioned. Ha argued that he of the second part was unfit ta marry thé girl, as he was a confirmed cripples Tapers that the young, man wae gone tha junction was madly in love wi young lady himself, but her affections failed to beat a Eeepousive measure for the simple reaso:t that the lame suitor held undisputed sway ov. t her heart. The girl's father accompanied ths rumbne” a carterae ne See @ husband.’ The enterprising Ditterly disappointed to learn that a git] can’é be eujoined Te other animate objects. A CHALLENGE, But No DUEL It is stated that ex- Hays, of Alabama, Screw: for loci tienes mila sort of {eliows wit, state tor pecs for . charch music, foot ball, and old women's tcc uite fashionable in the becoming q foro campaign to