Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PULLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, aT THE 8TAB BUILDINGS, Penasy tvauia Avenue, cormer 11th street BY The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, &. H. BAUPFMANN, Pree’t. TEE EVENING STAx: 1s served to subseribersin Se city by carriers, on theiz own secount, at 9 mts per week, or 44 vents per month. Bre orien, 2 Seuta cach. By ‘aall— cents a mouth: Ret Seon) BRALY 5 »Diisned on Priday—S2 a epee or maid. {0 copies for $15; @) copies | he Loening wanes: no paper sunt longer than so pa:d for, MES AU coat} sutecriptions mast be paid in ad | on applicr- | V. 52—-N®. 7,932. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1878. SPECIAL NOTICES. | THE EVENING STAR. Nitee Ur atte E <3 HOOL BLOGS AT Scoot Boaesp Prices, with Covers free, at ROBERTS’ BOOKSTORE, | augSl tw 110 Tih st , above New York av. Hs YWARD & HUTCHINSON, meett: 2+. day $17 NINTH STREET NORTHWEST, (Sear the Avenue,) tela In stock, and employ a 1 rge force of mechanics and artis's tn prodaclog new designs anc colors. and are filling ali orders Promptly at prices lower thanever offered, and, with a large force of mechani-s in their several traces of Pinmbing, Furnace, Range, Stove, Tin aud C: pper work, solicit Jebbing orders. a Sit S THE BEST SUMMER DRINEB, MILEURS*S POLAR SODA, With Ice-cold Tes, Coffee and Chocolate, at 1429 Pevnsylvania avenue. iy6-tr ‘Thiz TONIC SODA 1s unrivalled. CARD. aa Fe ail who are suiferiug from the errors and !n- discretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear.y de- cay, loss Of Banhood &c., L wih senda receipt that will core you, FRER OF CHARGE, This great remedy wae discovered by a mission: iu Bouth | a: @ Bend a addressed eavelope to the . JUSEPH T. INMAN, Siatlon D, Bibie House, New York Sep@5-coskly ea UNRIVALLED Lx QUALTY AND PRICE, ‘NOE the | PF oft P bee: Crampegne Wines of MOET & CHANDON, MOET & CHANDON, bilahed 1843. REN Paaie FEANCOIS & ©O., = erl-coty Sole Agenis for U. 8. A Phi ead bn UKRDER TU BEDUCE STOCK the WITHOUT DELAY, Seh TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR A LARGE FALL STUCK, rail cisi FUR THE NEXT FIFTEEN DAYS I OF ZR THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL BARGAINS. Extraordinary Reduction. DRESS AND BUSINESS SUITS. at TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF THIBVING | with a large herd o! through the park. The troops are tn pursuit. engineers. also been grante was to the effect that publi certain western railroads, which remiin un- sold at the expiration of three years from th+ completion of the road are, under the exp'icit provi-ions« fan act of Co igress, open to entry | Washington News and Gossip. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.—Internal | revenue, $236,706 91; customs, $179,817.77. SUBSCRIPTIONS to the tour per cent. loan to $144,000. Mr. Lew. WALLACE has been appoin‘ed | G vernor of New Merico, in place of Governor Axtell, removed. THERE WAS ISSUED during the month o August $607,910 additional national bank cir culation. month, $914,517. SECRETARY SHERMAN expresses much p'ea- Sure at his cordial reception in Ohio. states that the interruptions of his speech in Toledo came from about twenty-five e the gallery, and did not seriously aunoy im. Amount withdrawn during the He person Ban- KS.—A dispatch to the War department announces that a party of Bannock Indians were struck on Sunday near Henry’s bed Egan’s Second Cavalry, who captured fifty- six 3 head of stock. Colonel Miles reports fom Crow Creek ay rad that the Bannocks, f stolen stock, are moving 'ERSONAL.—It was Dr. Basil Morris, U. S. Army, who was invited to accompany the Presidential party west, and not Dr. Morris, he Navy, as erroneonsly published, there being no such officer in the service. LATE PRINTERS and their assistants have n employed for the twenty-five additional presses recently started in the Bureauof Es. ng and Printing, and there are now no cies in that bureau. BOARD OF NAVAL OFFICERS will meet in ladelphia on the Mth instant to examin> let engineers for promotion to assistan* A large number of civilians have permits to be examined for same position to Hilla few vacancies. SECRETARY Scuvrz RearrirMs His Dect- sion IN THR DupyMotr Case —Secretary urz to-day delivered his decision on the motion to reconsider entered by some of the road companies allected by the recent de- jon in the Dudymott ease. Tais decision lands granted to #125 per acre. It was also held that the lands were not disposed of by mortgage, as the provisions of land must have been understood by the mortgagees, and the company could only mortwage stich interest in the lands as it pos- sessed. the act granting the In his decision of to-day the Secre- ¥reneb Diage sold at $20, reduced to$15 | tary reaffirms his original decision coa- hh 's Cassimere. 30. reduced to 13 | struing the act, overrules the proposi- ‘Tart Weeden Cassi t 4s, reduced te 12 | tions brought forward by the railroad SS noes 12 reduced to 77 | CoMparies to the effet that by the grant the COATS AND VESTS. the in the sense intended right to sell was ves‘ed only in them,and to effect that to mortgage is to “dis: pose of” yy the statutes. The _ : €ecision is a long and very able one. The Basket Worsved. sold at 12, reduced to Laud Office will be ins‘ructed to issue the pre- pared circular, setting forth the method to be DEESS AND BUSINESS PANTS. gem | Hulsued In pre-en.pting sueh lands. j .-+.-+-S0ld at $7, reduced to eee cues Erie balls Cassimere: sold at 6, reduced to 4 50 Tue GERMAN Patent OFFIce.—The Com- ‘Taft Weed eee eB rere iS 3 oo | missioner of Patents has received, through redus 200 | the German minister here, a full set of speci- 180 | fications and drawings of patents issued by BOYS? SUITS. | the Imperial German Patent. Office, at Berlin. . td at § educed toga | They number 1.075, and the firstis daved July : oo st Si, Roa Sl 2iss ap containing 14 pumbers of Worsted Basket. suid at Abs rec.scod 97 reduead 0 @ nt Ci ere. sold at ht Cassimere pabe Se j- Wool Cassimes -sold at WHITE VESTS. w ite Vests... «for $1 00, worth $9 Fine Wisse Vout, “for “8 90, woru 3 COATS. sold at $8 reduced 10 $4 Sold at 6. reduced to soldat 3, reduced wo 2 T the whi chit the Tre: Al! cther Goeds at same proportion prices, Whi hea Pr com Nors.—I am determined to reduce this stock, f order to make room for an immense steck of Fal and Winter Goods, which I have ordered already, to be expressly manufactured for me. Call at once = A. STRAUS’, 1611 Pennsylvania avenue. auglétr Between Tenth and Eleventh eta, A NEW DEPARTUES, WILLET & LIBBEY, weekly warded w. item they will probably make atrip tothe Indian Renritary into the expediency of recommending the for mation of a new territory out of the presen Indian; Territory. chants, 1; engineers, 3; telegra) 1; musicians, 2; draughtsman 1; pl clerks, 18: conductors, 1; tinners, 3; publ eation of the same office was for_ With the specifications and drawings, BERE IS A LIVELY SCRAMBLE going on for office of bank examiner in Indiana, in eh Seeretary Sherman desires to make vg A dozen or more applicants wan place, VANCR, appointment clerk of the asui y, has gone into voluatary bankruptey en the Western papers catch up with th isplay it under th divg, * Shermani ROPOSED NEW TERKITORY.—The Senat nmitiee on territories will, ina few weeks y to inquir ENLISTMENTS IN WASHINGTON.—Colonel H. C. Corbin, recruiting officer, U. S. A., for the District of Columbia, has during the last six —— enlisted at this station 158 men. Of thes se there were soldiers, 27; lawyers, 1; mer- awe piraeettts, 2; gatpenters makers, 5; blacksmiths, "6; print iI Corner Sixth strect and New York avenue. | Mik atten, 1 Bockkespers, a; bakeee f; coai WB HAVE OPENED 4 NEW YARD, OPPOSITE OUR PRESENT YARD, ‘Where we will keep on hand a large lot of CHEAP LUMBER, Suitable for all cheap work. nat ral, VA. PINE JOIST, per 100 feet... sees$1.00 | isla VA. PINE SCANTLING, per 100 feet...... 1.00 ilu: YA. PINE BOARDS, all lengths, per 100 ft. 1.00 | roo, VA. PINE SIDING, per 100 feet.....-...... L10 Stal al VA. PINE BOARDS, 16 feet, per 100 feet.. 1.20 ++ 1,00 sur; WHITE FINE SIDING, per 100 feet. Seni th WHITE PINE SHINGLES, per thousand... 2.00 | Ina, WHITE PINE PAL INGS, Dressed, 4-4, 5-4, G4, B4...... % POPLAR, No. 3, per 100 feet....-ereeeeeee 9.00 the ‘THIS 18 OUB PUBLISHED PRICE LIST. WHO WILL DISCOUNT US? sugl4-tr G* FIXTUBES. at THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE CITY AND THE CHEAPEST, ALL THB LATEST STYLES. WULL LINE OF REFLECTORS And GAS STOVES. E. ¥. BROOKS, No. 589 Fifteenth street, Corcoran Batlding. on aug2s-tr EPARE FOR WINTER. ing Stoves repatred, member the p-ace. ee G0 E£ Ga eug@3m 815 Fh st. EAKY ROOFS AND Lt 7 ne WALLS 4 TRON-CLAD PA Bifectually res.sts a atinospherie changes, aad 29 & roofing Paint and for Damp Walls ias ndezual. Bll work gusranteed. Cail for cireuar, 180N-CLAD PAINT COMPANY, ¥ & MCLAIN, Proprievors, sug2e- ant OMTO™ OPTI G Stroct w vou ENNEDY'S KEAL. be ¥ (Odes: 1 re No. i Le ) seaman, 2; polisher, 1; 3; butchers, anatomy and diagnosing the the human system to say that out of the 158 enlistments only one man rejected by the SapeLe ne, surgeon at David s arbor. orde! charee of torpedo station at Newport, Capt. K. R. torpedo station at Newport, R. 1, 16th in stant, and ordered to report to chief of bu- reau of ordnance for special duty; Lieut. Com. Horace Elmer from duty at the torpedo sta- tion, 16th instant, and orders; Lieut. ger, Asiatic station, on the reporting of his relief, and granted permission to return home ; Lieut. Albert R. Conden from duty at the tor- ee station on the I6th instant, and ordered o duty at the Asiatic station per steamer of oth October from San Fradeisco, Cal. THE ARKANSAS ELECTION yesterday passed off very quietly. The democratic state ticke had no opposition. pate the resui cooks, 2; boilermakel ‘ardeners, 2; machinists, rers, 47. ‘Fhere is on an- chman, ‘I: | average about ten applicants a day. Not half of the number presenting themselves are ac- cepted. The men presenting themselves for enlistment are subjected to the closest exami- son of the surgeon-gene- is creditable to his skill in analyzing peculiarities of ion Py, Dr. Barn and it passed by him was nd, New York It is noticable like- wise that the character of those seeking en- listment is far above the average in point of intelligence and general morals. 1 An incident istrative of this is the fact that among the ent enlistments as a private soldier was a graduate of West Point, a captainin the United ites army before the war, and a major gene- in the confederacy. f four applicants ex- amined to day only one was accepted by the ‘geon. After the men are enlisted they are it every Friday to the harbors around New York city, and from thence distributed among made for them. ARMY ORDERS.—Major G. N. Lieber, judge advocate, is assigned to be professor of law at several regiments as requisitions may be military academy. First Lieut. J. M. Ropes, sth cavalry, will report for duty to conduct a detachment of recruits tothe! cific coast. transferred from Battery E artillery, and First Lieut. H. M. Anderson from Battery A to Battery E. NAVAL ORDERS.—Commodore Edw’d Simp- son is ordered to command the naval station Pa- H. W. Hubbell is to Battery A, 1st First, Lieut. New London, Conn., October ist; Lieut. Wm. P. Randall to the Ranger, Asiatic sta- tion, per steamer from San tober; P: ton to the seeelving: ship Colorado at New sores Commodore D. MeN. c New London, Conn., Ist October, and_ placed rancisco Ist Oc- assed Assistant Engineer W. W. Hea- Fairfax is de- ed from command of the naval station, waiting orders; Capt. Francis M. Ramsa; from present duties on the 16th instant and red as inspector of ordnance ce 2 reese from duty in charge of laced on xaiting Jas. M. Grimes from the Ran- The Sewer labo party had a ticket in Pulaski county. Th € Is very close, but no definite returns hav+ been received, and it impossible to antici- Bay, sel and vent : STATE CONVENTIONS THIS We&K—To-mor lee bee on Tow the Minnesota republican state convention Bongtt and Said on Commission. Will be heid in St. Paul, and the Kansas demo- Property Bents coliectad, tures paid and insurance eTecte¢ ‘without char ee. Pn cratic in Leave Resota democratic meets in St. Paul, and the rch. Ou pee the Min- 'w Hampshire greenback in Manchester. THE Zona Lipka PaRTIALLY ABOLISHED.— | Adispateh from Rio Grande Uity sa an edict has gone into effect in Mexieo abolishing the States, Coupon or By Zoua Libra, oar as to oras pe La- ‘Other Invest rest redo, and prohibiting commercial intercourse sugeer T at other Points. The people on the Mexican QHOET-HAN D.—Thorongh a od Ske d Mies et Reed: especially at SS hoduction given by een eat arene 3 | Camargo and Mier, and have sort conics faction guaranteed. Call at609 11th st. n.w. after | and threatening protest to the central govern- bom, augsl-3t* | ment, An Extra Session of the Next Con- Kress. WHY THE DEMOCKaTs WILL WORK TO HAVE ONE CALLED EARLY SEXT SPRING. Politicians whe hang arouud the city during the summer months spend their time in dis- cussing the dittereut puliticeal movements, and making predictions as to which party ts going to carry this or that state,and what Congress is going 'o do at the next session, and what it is not going todo. One of predic'ions has become pretty geaeral talk, and is made somewhat likely by the fact that a number of democratic members of the House thi..k it will be fulfilled. This preci - tion is that at the next session of Congress nu appropriation bills exeept of a minor chavac ter will passed, so that an ex‘ra session will have to be called shorily after the ad- journment, by limitation, of the present Con- gress op the 4th of March next. The demo. crats are going to make this extra session necessary. Why they are to pursue this course is fully explaiied. They expect to hold the House after the fall elections. They are cer- tain of the next Senate. If they holt their own in the fall elections, the present Honse is to refuse to act in any important matter with the republican Senate, and, by re fu-ing to pass Sppronria ion bills, our the Fre-ident to eajl Congress ig extra session shertly after the adjournment. Then having cou?rol of both Houses of Congress, the dem )- cratie party can, of course, shape all legisla- tion and fix the appropriation bills and other Measures to suit itself. But if the next House should be republican? Still the pco- giamme has it, there is going to bean ex'ra session. If Congress should pass the neces- Ty appropriation bills before adjoarning March 4, the present republican officers of the Senate would hold ever and draw pay until the following December. To prevent this, the present democratic House is to make an ex- tra session of the Senate necessary. Then tha cemecratic Senate can eleet its own officers, turn out the present republican employes. thoroughly reorganize that body to suit the complexion of the majority. and be ready for work the following December. This is th» programme as arranged by the floating puliti- cians here. Disease and Destitution. DISPATCHES FROM YELLOW FEVER DISTRICTS. ‘The yellow fever reports from the south give but the same melancholy monotone they hav2 sounded for somedayspist. It issatisfactory to observe, however, that from all parts of the country relief in money and provisions can- tinues ‘to flow liberally towards the stricken communities, and uurses and physicians are on their way from many cities. AT MEMPHIS YESTERDAY the day opeued clear and warm, with the little force of workers nearly exhausted. The fever continued without abatement. The board of health records show $4 new cases and 43 deaths for 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. A number of begroes, some of them drunk, assembled be fore the commissary depot, and, becoming riotous, made a rush for the door. ' They were kept back by the colored militia on guard, but a second attempt being made the guards fired, wounding ove negro, who was stil living last night, though believed to be mortaliy hurt. The doors were then closed, and Gen. Luke E. Wright spoke to the crowd, restoring quiet for the time being. The commiitee is duing all in its power to supply the peopie with fuud, but some of the EN A are dissatisfied with the manner in which the rations are issued. and further trouble is feared. Some negro agitators have been talking to colored people and er lege to create trouble, bur by prompt action of Major Wm. Wiilis and other members of the citizens’ relief commi:tes, they were arrested. Great difficulty {s being experienced in getting carpenters to mike collins forthe pauper dead and dig grave-, but so far all the dead have been buried promptly except in cases where persons have died urattended in sickness and the corpses Were oniy discovered by the health offic-rs. N.D. Menkin died iu Memphis last evening AT NEW ORLEANS YESTERDAY the weatler was! and warm. Tne deaths Surday ineinded 2) children un ler 7 y~4 age. and yes'erday 19. From noon to 6 p.m yestei day 2 deaths were reported, maki 1g to Tal deaths trom fever to date in New O leans 1,081, jucluding 461 children under eases include Wilis K, W: Parson, of the telegraph oftie formerly of the Peeayune ett, Viar general of 1 Orivans, er six days’ iliness. AtB esterday, 11 deaths oceurre { La., Te fever, four within twenty-four hours “Mar are down sick, and a‘l business is stoped) oh- or of Ba:on Rouge appeals to ma che Coua ry for aid. cee New YORK Custom House INVESTI+A7ION. The corgressior al sub-commi:tee of ways aud means to investigate the New York custom house have begun their labors in that city. The committee consists of Fernando Wood, of New York ; Gen. Garfleld, of Ohio; J. R. Tuck- er, of Virginia; Gen. N. P. Banks, of Massa- chusetis; Judge Phelps, of Connecticut: H. B. Harris, of Georgia, and Gen. Randal: Gib son, of Louisiana. Mr. Wood submitted a let- rT from Secretary Sherman, stating that he considered the inquiry so important to tha pantie service that he hoped pon ally at end some time during the meeting of :he sub. committee. The precise points of the investi gation will relate to the practica! entry of mer- chandise, the method of payment of duties, the examination of invoices and of the valua- tion in Se cent te system adopted for Tefunds, the bonding system, the practica- bility of consolidating departments or di- visions and placing the whole macninery under one head, so as to secure more effi Y, less complication and less cost of collectiva. MANY OF THE ILLICIT DIsTILLERS in Ten. hessee are anxious to compromise with the government and to conduct their business ia alawful manner. There are several hundred ofthem. They are willing to plead guilty and be sent home under sentence, but not to be disturbed unless they should be detected in illiert t ansactions again. Tue P. E. House OF Brsnops, in New York, got a quorum last night, after nearly a week's wane Bishop Odenheimer, of N-w J -rsey, arrived at Grace Chapel at’ 8 o'clock, and thereupon the house went into session, thirty bishops, the necessary quorum, being present. Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, ‘presided, and after a short and secret session the house ad- journed until to-d: SENATOR BLAINE, who is to deliver the in- augural address at the opening of the Great Northwestern Exposition, reached incea ee: lis, Minn., yesterday. He was received by the city authorities and a vast concourse of citi- zens, Who, headed bya band of music, escorted him to the residence of Hon. D. W. Washburn, whose guest he is. A GAMBLER SHOT DeaD.—At St. Paul, Ind.. lames Bennett, a “prgtessional gambler, was shot and killed by J. D. Arnold, who charged Bennett with influencing his (Ar: nold’s) son against him, and said he was the cause of the son’s leaving home. Bennett ad- vanced to reply, when Arnold caught his arm, and, placing a pistol to his breast, fred, the ball entering a little above the hea: SECESSION SPIRIT IN BRITISH AMERICA.— The Victoria (British Columbia) assembly, by a vote of 14to9, have adopted an address to the Queen, Praying that British Columbia ma; be allowed to withdraw from the union wit the Dominion of Canada, should the Dominion by the Ist of May, 1879, fall to carry into effect the settlement of 1874 u Now FOR BETTER TIMES. No more national bankruptcies. The summer of our discontent B overs Cr with the epee of ~ yellow fever, the future pros} oO! 16 country ar all that could be destrea. We have uce our indebtedness, rid of embarrassing ob. ligations, perfected our railroad and telegraph service; we have reached hard-pan in prices; our capitalists are bezinning to see that there isa profit in new enterprises; we ha\ mous crops, a laboring Peer eager to woik at very low rates; American inventive [pees ‘Was uever so prolific or so fruitful. lowly and surely our manufactured good: are being sent to all parts of the world, and the balance of trade Is enormously in our fa- vor; we are cctnomisne working, storing Up; our mines promise to be remarkably pro- ductive during the coming year—especially those which bring the precious metals to the surface of the earth; we are keeping our gold and si ver, and may duriog the year cause a flow of the precious metais from the other side. All the auguries are hopeful and press apd public can afford to look on and empha- size ihe bright side of things.—[ Graphic. KEARNEY’S CONTEMPT FOR FiGURES.—Say3 the New York World:—“Citizen Kearney swears that Cliizen Butler will get 200.00) votes in Massachusetis and be elected bi Aged ma- jority. If Citizen Butler gets 200, will get almost 16,000 more votes that in at the last election slat. TWO VENTS. About the Trade Dollar. Instead of decreasing, the num der of inquir- jes concerning the trade douar received by Treasurer Gilfillan, and at the office of the di- rector of the mint, increases daily. The fo'- lowing letter from the Treasurer to the cashier of the First National at Milton, Pa. 's che among many, and similar replies’ that bis biged to send “1am ip receipt of your communication of the 20th instant, inquiring relative to the val of the trade doilar, aud in reply thereto ha io inform you that*the coin named is no’ a iegal-tender, t's legal-tender qualities hwin heen abvlished by the second section of t jcint resolution of Congress of July 22, 1876." The joint resolution quoted is: “Tha "he irade dollar shall not hereafter be a l-ga tender, and the Secretary of the Treasur hereby authorized to limit, from time to ti ‘he coinage thereof to such an amount as he nay dem sufficient to meet the export de mand for the same.’” Since the passsee of this resolution com paige few trade dollars have been coins? ‘The only coinage of any considerable amuunt was from November last to February las'. This was at the instance of merchants in San Francisco, who represented to the de- partment that it would be a great conveni ence to them if the mints would receive bul. lion deposits for coining the dollar to meet the Chinese new year settlements. Th+ mints at San Francisco and Carson City were pat to work and a quantity coined. Instead, jowever, of going to China most of it was shipped east, and has with what was pre- viously held in this country become a souree of great annoyance, and has been attended with considerable loss to persons holding then. A large number of eastera manufacturers purchased the coin at a discount and paid it out to their employes as worth a dollar. There is now afloat throughout the country, throug) simiiar sources, about three mil ions and a half trade dollars, which came into. ulation at their face value but which, not being legal tenders, are in fact worth only their value as bullion, At this rate the government, pur. chases it, aud, according to the London quo- tation of silver, it Is worth 92.7 cen's. Mer- € and banks no where in the country give more tha! ninety cents for it. Thus it will be seen that a large amount of money has been lost on account of the presence of the coin. Inquiries about the Mexican dollar eon tinue to come in also; some of the eurions sand several newspapers out west are contencing that an old statute unrepealed makes it a legal tender. as n 34 of the revised stalutes says “ N» 1D gold or silver coin shail be a legal ten ayment of debts.” How many Mexi lars there are in cireulation it is im sible to tell. The only outlet for the de dollar at its full value isin China, But even here the demand {s yery small, and the cost of trapspoi tation would by far exceed its value. The cost of transportation is also i) the way of sending the Mexican dollar to Mexico. Once there, it would be a long time before it could be disposed of. There is a great feeling throughout the ccuniry against the government on accouut of issuing the trade dollar, and its consequent depreciation. The coin was only, intended for loivign trade. Its depreciation is owing to its egal ‘ender character being done away with by Congress, and tothe fall of gold and the eonsequent appreciation of greenbacks to the cetriment of silver. A number of members of Congress have ex- ressed the determination to secure sume egisation at the uext session in fayor of the holders of the trade dollar. In expecta- tion of this, banks and brokers are buying large quantities of it at iis present value. Th re is every liklinood that an act will be parsed making the government take these ees in exchange for the standard silver dullar. A SHoRT Topacco Crop.—According to the cflietal anuouncements, the tweive largest to- } xrowing states report the following rages of the condition of the tobacco erop in August, ing Juy of 1 souri 9, @ Mary Pennsyivania 85, a loss of 15; North Carolina 84, a joss of 10; O11 ), a loss of 9; Indiana 75, a loss of 17 ticut 105,a guin of 5; Uinols Massie will be si n necticut val-y is the only one that shows an ent dust Juty. In all other part at (he great tobaeco field the ee has fatlen i ersge condiion. As these staes repre hi So per cent. of the tobaeco culture of th uuiry, their average condition, which i ain of 4 | less thin 8. may be taken as decisive as to th - general yield, The present aspects of the crop dicate a greatiy reduced product, even upo. the «malt acreage of 1878 The August return: show a general decline in the coudition of the various fruit ereps. A SCREAM, A SPLASH, AND GIRL’S CORPSE.— Officer McDermott, of the Hobuken police, was told on Saturday night thata young woman Was seen hurrying toward the 5th street wharf. He started, but before he reached there he heard.a scream and then a splash. He hurried to the end of the wharf and found a dress and shawl, but could find no trace of the woman. He took the articles to the police station and yesterday morning they were identiffed as those of Margaret Kelly, a young Irish girl, who lived with Mrs. Kate Johnson in Court stieet. The body was afterward found float- ing eld Bremen steamship dock.—[N. ¥. yun, 2d. HER GOLDEN TRESSES STOLEN.—The In- dianapolis Sentinel of Saturday says: “Ru- dolph Mueller, a grocery keeper at 172 South Ilinois street, has a most beautiful daughter, about 7 years of age. She has, or rather had, a lovely bead of hair, of a light golden color, measuring some thirty inches in length. Oa last Tuesday afternoon the child, in company with several of her ae went to the corter of Illinois an Songs streets to witness the parade of the Knights of Pythias. While there she felt some one handling her hair, which had been neatly arranged by her mother, but as it was an every day occurrence for strangers to examine it, she paid no atten- tion to the forwardness of the stranger until she felt the click of a pair of scissors, and, turning around, she saw a man disappear in the growd with her hair, which he had cut off clo@to the head. The little creature ran home crying, and informed her parents of what had happened.” How HE Was Wovnvep.—The Lewiston (Me.) Journal tells this story: “‘A man came into the office of a Lewiston physician, a few nights since, with several knife wounds in one of his legs, one of which severed an artery. The man was exere lng) reticent in regard to the cause of the wound, but finally gave the doctor this curious statement: He said he lived in Lincoln street; that some one threw a closed knife at him, and that it opendd on its peosee and the blade stuck into his leg! The loctor dressed the wounds, and told the man that he must eall the next day and have a fur. ther examination, but this was the last seen of the mysterious caller.” THE MISsIssIPPI SPIDERS AHEAD.—At the Woodbine Saloon of Mr. D.C. Kearns, one of the barkeepers yesterday happened to notice under a chair a small chicken snake with its head firmly held by a spider's web. He found that the snake been caught in the web of a small, ordinary red spider, not much larger in than a grain of corn. After watchin; the actions of the spider a while, he found that it was gradually drawing the snake up from the floor to the seat of the chair. The snake was about eight inches long, and at a late hour Jast evening, he dee its desperate strugales to free itself from the meshes of the spider, it had been drawn up until about two inches only of its tail remained on the floor.—[ Natchez Democrat. A METEORITE FOUND IN NEVADA.—The Vir ginia (Nev.) Enterprise of August 2Ist says: “Henry Johnson, who has bee in to the northward of the Wells-Fargo min, i. the direction of Castle district, reports findins on the side of a mountain, about five and a half miles north of town, what is undoubtedly a buge meteoric stoue. He says the rock wii weigh at least 1.800 pounds, fates more, a: a Sood Pait appears to be imbedded in the ground. MURDEROUS UARREL OVER CARDS.—At Providence, R. 1, ina midnight broil, occa. sioned by an argument over cards, Edward Kenney stabbed Kobert Early dangerously and Jene Brown less seriously, with a jac. knife. Kenney eseaped. THE DgatH OF CoL. BUTLER P. ANDERSON, at New Orleans, of yellow fever, was an- nounced by the telegraph last night. He was @ man of great energy and cor known throughout the entire sout sident of the Howard tion, that sent its heroic missionaries to all places where buman lives were to be saved. He was a nobl3 man—a hero and a martyr. Halunt died in-sae Fianelece tol yonaan in ine Le at the office of his physician, where he hed Ser iitueses “the cause of his deat is aor nay en 18 Cal it tilly determined. A District Government Affairs. The contract fur furnishing and putting up eating apparatus for the new workhouse has been awarded to Mr. H. I. Gregory. B. F. Harpe: E. Welch have received commissions as additional privates on the police force, to do duty in the 34 (Georgetown) precinct The District assessors have come to the con- clusion to receive no more personal returns on and after the 20th instani, but after that date will proceed to assess all delinquents and add the penal y of 50 per cent , as the law pre. se1iles. This course is very reluctantly taken, but there seems Lo other Way to bring up the assessments in time. Auditos Vinson has informed the Distnet Conmi:sioners that there has been collected op eccoun! of repaying Pennsylvania avenue, $2,692.25, whieh has been paid to the Neuchatel Paving Conipany, also certificates to their attorney amounting to 2. ‘The report of the Health Officer for the week ending Augus: 3lst shows 420 nuisances re- ported, of which 210 were abated; deaths re- Ported, 9%; causes of death investigated by coroner, 6; burials at public expense, 16; in- vestigations for local cause of disease, 2; tons of garbage removed, 371; animal impounded, 174; redemed 34, killed 140; also reports of a large avaetly of unwholesome food con- demned. REDUCTION OF POLICEMEN’S PAY. The policemen yesterday received their pay for August, and in the afternoon the Distiict Commissioners announced that the salaries hereafter paid the force would be as follows: Privates—First year’s service, 370; year’s service, #79; six to fifteen : $3; over fifteen years’ service, $¥). (All pri- vates have heretofore received $4) per mouth.) The detectives’ pay is reduced from #135 to $110 r month; the pay of lieutenants reduced rom $105 to €100 per month; sergeants from 7 to $95; station-keepers are hereafter to tel tors, #5; police 35: proper : messenger! $75 and respectively. The mounted force is to be 3 increased to 25 men, and to be allowed $20 for | expense of keeping a horse. More mounted men are soon to be put on the force. No re- duetion was made of the pay of the superin- tendert, the captain, the clerk in charge of property, or the record clerk. NEW WATER MAINS. A six-inch water-main has been ordered to. be ‘aid on F street, between 2d and 4's streets southwest, at an estimated cost of $55. An- other main has been ordered on the south side of Qstreet, between 6th and 7th streets horthwest, at an estimated cost of $536. An- | other six-inch main is ordered on the west side of 6th street, between I and L streets southwest, at an estimated cost of $1.29, and one in the center of E street, betweea 3.i aud dig streets southwest, to cost not exceeding $506. The street improvement now being made on ldih street, berweeu N and Boundary streets, will require about 12,0 feet of pipe to be laid by Messrs. Gray & King, in the way of making house connections, many of which have never been made, and old ones replaced by new pipe. BUILDING, PERMITS issued by Inspector Entwistle :—M. S. Gris- 1, repair a brick, 811 1 street northwest; 3150, . Kock, repair brick structure, 710 6th street northwest; $100. C. E. Greer, make addition to frame corner 8th and O stieets pn. w.; $50. Wm. ©. Downing, repair brick, 131424 7th streetn.w.: $70. A. E: Bureh, make addition to frame, 22101 street n. w. ; $4). Rey. Father Alig, repair brick house, 446 H street n. $0. James Dobbyn, ‘repair frame, N sth street n. e.; $125. Geo. Rus- sell, repair frame on H street, between 6:h and 7th streets n. e. ; $60. Charles White, re- pair frame, 811 A street n.e ; #25. Solomon Stover, repair frame, I street, between 2ist and 22d streets n. w.; 2). Mrs, Stoughton. repair brick house, 1th street, between F and G streets n. w.; #200. J. M. Walker, repair brick house corner 13'h and C streets s. w.: #10. | Isaiah Bool, repair brick house, 729 7th street n. w.; 150. E. and J’ Cammack, con struct three three-story brick dwellings north- east corner 13th and E streets n. w.; $12,400. Christopher Hagar, repair brick house, $17 Asih street p. $5. A Baltimore ELoreMent.—Miss Ida Dean, a@ prepossessing youn: dy, living with her mother, Mrs. A. Dean, 375 Hamburg street.has been missing from her home for over a week, and the aid of the police has been invoked to asceitaip her whereabouts. It is suspected that the young lady has eloped with one Con rad Schuelder, who has forsome time been a frequent visitor at her house, but her mother objected to the iutimacy aud every effort was mace to prevent the couple from meeting. A couple of weeks ago the girl and her mother Went on an excursion to Hayre-de-Grace. Schneider met them on the boat and persisted in paying marked atten: ion to Miss Dean. The following Saturday Ida disappeared from home and has not been seen since. The young ugy was a teacher in the Sunday school at- tached to the Central Presbyterian chureh corner of Hamburg and Ridgely streets, and was well known in social circles in South Bal- timore.—[ Balt. Gazet KILLED THIRTEEN MEN IN DEFENCE OF HIS LirE.—From Santiago, Chili, comes the iafor- mation that Mr. Joseph Brower was killed by laborers employed by him on the isiani of La Mocha, which by his enersy and industry he had converted ym a wilderness info a gar- den. Mr. Brower sold his life and the lives of his wife and children dearly, for he slew no less than thirteen of his assailants before he fell. Unless the Chilian government sends a man-of- war to the island the assassins will re- main in undisturbed enjoyment of the mur- dered man’s property. DETECTED IN STEALING MONEY a YOUNG BOOKKEEPER BLOWS HIs BRaINs OUT.—A tele- ‘am from Trenton, August 29, says: “Arthur randt, bookkeeper at Fisher & Norris’, an oil factory in this city, was found dead near Atterbury’s bridge. this morning, with a bullet hole in his right temple and a pisto! grasped in the right hand. From marks on his head it was at first supposed he was the victim of foul play. Subsequently it was ascertained that he had embezzled $23) of his employers’ money, and that a warrant had been granted for his arrest. He had been informed that the officers were on his track, and after changing hisclothing eludedthem. He had been drink- ing, and on Monts, tied up a package of let- ters, which he left in his father’s room with a note, saying that his father was the best of Pere. and hinting that he would never see he son again.” SEIZING 4 BUCK BY THE HORNS.—A company of huntsmen were out one day last week, when Mr. Seth J. Kellam got a shot at a buck, wounding him only in the nose with a single shot. The deer was pursued for several miles, when he took himself to the Oconee swamp. Mr. Thomas Blackshear heard the dogs proscuing: while he was on the mar; ike, which had receded withi: the drought. He secreted himself, and the deer came 10} ang Op oe lake margin, and a3 he got opposite r. Blackshear the latter ares and seized the buck by the horns. ‘he buck then betook himself to the lake and gave one bound into the water, which was about 10 feet deep and several yards in width. Mr. Blackshear held on and the deer carried him out. When they She out, some brush which temporarily detained the animal en- abied Mr. Blackshear to get out his knife, cut his (the buck’s) throat id the prize was se- ree, “He weighed 115 pounds net=r{ Dubie cul . 16 weigher unds net.—| in Gazette. SnIP-BUILDING IN OREGON.—The annual report of the board of trade of Portland, Oregon, states that one of the largest ship- building firms in Maine has expressed the de- sire to transfer its yards to the banks of the Cotumbia or Willamette river, provided the state will aauk the firm immunity from taxes for 15 or 20 yearstocome. This subject will be pressed upon the legislature when it con- venes this month. The report makes this statement:—‘It is uoquestionably a settled fact that here at Portland we can build ships at least 25 to 30 per cent. cheaper than else- where in the United States or Europe, and in addition the vessel, immediately after’ Leing built, can secure to its owners a profitable grain freight to the United Kingdom.” A Woman’s Suicrps.—Yesterday afternoon @ woman named Catherine J. Buchanaa, re- siding at 1804 Federal street, placed a pistol to her head and fired. She fell‘on the flor, with the blood streaming from a ghas ly wound in the right temple, and when the people in the house ran in she was found unconscious. Three hours afterwards she was . Tae cause of the deed is said to have been capo and it is stated that stuce attending the Moody and Sanke: meretions she has given frequent evidences of a disordered intellect ; but no one for a moment believed that she contemplated Suicide.—[ Phila. Press. MURDER OF 4 SCHOOL TEACHER.—George Burke, school teacher living near Ohio Far. county, Ohio, was — igumeyer sister of @ dispute Craizhmey- er @ heavy instrament Knocking his brains out and produciag 'Telegrams to Tho Star. BARKER AND DARKER. ——_.——— HORRORS OF THE FEVER. | CONDON, THE FENIAN. | RELEASE AND FULL PARDON. — CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION. ——— EUROPEAN AFFAIRS TO-DAY . YELLOW FEVER HoREORS. Over Four Handred Deaths a Week in New Orleans. NEw ORLEaas, & pt. 2. midnight.—The How. ard Association reports a large increase of yellow fever cases among the negroes. One memter of the visiting committee reports on his list nine negroes in one house on Con stance street, and six in one house on Theresa stieet. The Same association reports 248 ap | plications for relief today. The Peabody Ke. lief Association are getiing well under f° They filled 1.300 requisiti | The Young Men's Christian Association relict committee are doing noble work. To date they have atiended to the wants of 501 fever patients, and to-day, in response to a request of the Peabody Association, issued $2 requi- sitions for rations The members are visi tng the homes of the applicants and satisfyini themselves of their wants. The weekly mor: (uary report, ending Sunday, 6 p.m., Shows fs6 deaths, {11 being from yeliow fever, of Which ol ave recorded as white persons ‘and 20 colored. To-day. New ORLEANS, Sept. 3. | deaths, 83. | The Victims in Grenada. GRENADA, Miss. Sept. 2, midnight were six de ‘New cases, There three white and three co’ persons, and cight new cases today. Whites were Col. B. P. Anderson, of the phis Howards, Postmaster Cole! and map, name unknown. Anderson's are just about leaving ona special train for Memphis. Like almost all other eases, he was vettiig along nicely until a very short time before his death. Relief from Montgomery. MONTGOMERY, AL. Sept. 3.—Th fire company, of this city, sends $100 to sociation of New Orleans. Outbreak at Hickman, Ky. Camko, Iiis., Sept. 3—A telegrain’ from Hickman, Ky., forty miles below here, reports forty-odd persons sick, and ten or twelve deaths from what is supposed to be yellow fever. None here yet. Deaths in Memphis. MeEmruls, Sept. 3.—Only two physicians had made reports of new cases up to noon to-day They report 18 cases. Undertakers report 51 yellow fever interments up to noon. Father MeNamara, of St. Patrick's church, died this Lomax tire as- morning. — NEW YORK CUSTOM-HOUSE INVES. TIGATION. Jackson 8S. Schultz the First Wit- ness. New York, Sept. 3—The custom-house in Yestigating committee met to-day. Jackson §. Schulz was the first witness. He said that the consular system and bonds system should be inquized into, and believed that mauy of the bureaus and departments of the custom heuse should be consolidated. He asked that aday be set epee by the com nittee to hear the chamber of commeice of New York aud the Boston board of crade on these questions, and Wednesday week was decided upon. Col. lector Merrit then took the stand and testi- fied as to the examining of goods, and said that if correct and honest officers eouid be ap. pointed there would be no need of a naval office check, but it is estimated that the loss is more than made up to the guverument in the correction of errors Witness was excused from further testifying, owing to illness, Another Witness, Mr. Chas. Freichel, auditor in collector's office, was hext examined. He deflued the many duties of his department, such as mat- ters connected with appeals, refunds, statis- ties of exports and imports. ‘There are 95 per- sens in the he pod ll and the force could not be reduced. Q. What, in your opinion, would be the ef- fect on the clerks if they were employed for life or during good behavior? Would it make them more efficien:? A. It would be miracu- lous, and would make them far more efficient, as men who are nervous and afraid of being removed cannot do ) ge to their work. ane ipcmnmnltkee) en adjourned until to- morrow, CONDON, THE FENIAN PRISONER. _ His Release and Fall Pardon. NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—A London special says Minister Welsh and his daughter set out this roles | for Paris, having brought to a con- clusion the negotiations concerning Condon, the Fenian prisoner. Mr. Welsh had previ- ously made a journey of 300 miles to Portland to explain to the prisoner why efforts had been made in his behalf and to prepare him forthe unexpected boon of freedom. Condon ex- preseod his gratitude for the kindness Mr. Velsh bad personally shown him and the in- terest the American minister had taken in nis case. Minister Welsh then assured the re- leased convict that his liberation meant his release with full provision for himself and his family till all were united. The British offi- cials, too, lent what aid was in their power to make the visit of the American minister emi- og | satisfactory. The whole transaction was decidedly a success, and shows how earn- estly the American mission interested itself in a case that to the average observer appeared hopeless. The British officials joined in assur- ing Condon that after his release he should find himself comfortably provided for and prepared to accept whatever office or position might. be offered him, with a view to his settle- ment in the mother country. Racing at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Sept. 34.—This was the first day of the western circuit races. The first race, a mile dash, was won by Bell Dillon. Time, 1:44. The second race, the ranning Stakes for three-year-olds, mile and repeat, was won by Spectator. Mollie Merrill, second ; Gov. Neptune, 3d. Time 1:43, , 124934. The first race ‘of the 2:40 class, for a purse of $500, was won by Lady Alice. John Cook, second i Boyal Chief, tid. Time 2:33, 2:3234, 25344. est. . B. F. Butler tart on a we: a few days, or the'national greenback party at tadistage, of the national I janapo- Us, Ind., September 20th, and Terre Haute, Ind., September 2ist. Fire. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 3—A. D. Joust & Sons’ tannery, at Mount Union, Pa., was de- stroyed by fire last night Between five and six hundred cords of bark were burned. Loss $25,000; insurance unkuown. Hon. Heister Clymer Renominated. ReaDinG, Pa., Sept. 3.—Hon. Hester Clymer was this morning renominated for a fourth | term in Congress by the democratic couaty convention. ——__ The Markets. . 3. —V: et BALTIMOE: 20; do. sizes, ol! act FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Thiers Memorial Service. PARIS, Sepi. S—There will be an impressive funeral ceremony at the cathedral of Notre Dame today, hi celebration of the anniversar death of M. Thiers. Many prominen nd fureixners will be present, In- ations from all parts of France. Madame Thiers has spent P prepara'ion of che cere. mony. ihe music will be rendered by 2,500 performers. The Gloria will be sung to the Se of harps. The cataedral has been decked ih floWers sent as offerings from the departments with which M. Thiers Was intimately associated —— his career, A guard of henor has been furnished by the garde repubitcan deputation from the muni cipalities of Paris and other cities and will walk in procession from the Palace Du Carrousel to the cathedral of Notre Dame, where sea’s will be reverved for tiem. Many persons went on —~ lasi to deposit flowers on M. Thiers’ tom The Projectcd Ratlroad iu Cypras. Lospox, Sept. S—It ts stated that Com- Manger Cameion wilt start for Cyprus soon. Thence he will cross to Asia Minor to survey aroute for the construction of a railway to the Perstan Gulf. sis route will lie through Aias, M . Aitab, Dearbekir, Mardia, Mosul, Bagdad and Busvorah. The survey ill probably occupy ten «tum. It is rumored ‘hat a spit: is impending in the Belgian clerical party. The constitutionalists will, according to a report, separate them- selves from the extremists (or par'y of the sylabus) and organize a Catholic constitu- tional party. It seems probable that the Pops is not unfrienciy to such movements. The New Russian Loana re. A special dispatch to the Tumes trom Paris Says:—*“ The new five per cent. Russian inter- Pal loan of 50).00,000 roubles, Which was to be issued by the Russian Imperial Bank at 93 ag the issue price, has proved a partial failure. At the close of the suvscriptions oaly 10100,000 roubles had been taken. The Russian Impe- rial Bank will probably take the residue, 199,(00.000 roubles, and distribute among its branches to be worked off privately.” Spanish Politics. > The Pall Mali Gazette dis- « d's Madrid dixpatch of about Marshal Serrano, Senor Sa- other constitutionalist leaders hay- yesterda: asia an ing had several conferences on the expedien- | cy of abstention or participation in the ap- ctions, Say “It is justly feared te abstention of moderate liber- rats would leave the feld be. alives and intrausigents, id encourage the government 1 repressive mea- iy ed at in several recent a cles in the miuisierial Journal La Politica, Murdered His Wife. proaching e that New Youk. Sept. 5—Isaac Robinson (col ored,) murdered his wife at Mount Vernon chester county, this morning, and ther rd himself. He literally hewed her head ther body with an axe. Jealousy was th. cause. —-—-re2-___ MEN Wo SHOULD ADYERTISE.—Persons whe received from the Cen’ enuial Fair turned th sunt fu the only possible Wa), by advertising them. They are of lide good if only hung up in shop-windows. The Tecipients Who advertised the most freely did the most busmess in consequence—and this reminds us to say, iu passing, that the liberal advertisers are Tot the men who are failing about these days. Thixmay seem like an in: terested statement, but we app sal to the bankruptcy lists for proof. Such being the teachings of experience, we admonish fnose enterprising fe: ceiving grand p als in gold, sil- ver and bronze and honvrable mentions at Paris not to put those candles under bushels, but let them blaze through tt u newspapers. We are happy io pay for and print free of charge the ‘telegiams mentioning these awards. That must be taken as news, of in- terest to all our readers. But when it comes to utilizing these testimonials, the lucky holder must make business for us and for himself too. He musi advertise extensively, or ho might as well never have gone to Paris with his wares. The expenses he has incurred there are but preliminary to those still_ more indispensable to his success at home. These great fairs are ouly instruments of adyertis- ing, and poor ones too compared with those always available in the columns of news. papers. Itis easy enough for those who did het win a prize at Philadelphia or Paris te work up an immeuse trade through the press, But we defy any one todo the same on the sirength of adipioma or medal without the use of printers’ ink. Verbum sap.—[N. ¥. SOUTHAM Of Co A Cry oF An alow of a great woe is bai our devoted city. The number sutle m the pestilence is fear- ful, as accurate reports published elsewhere Will prove, and every hour swells the list. The medical fraternity of Vicksburg ace worn out, and m: of them are on the sick list. Let immedia’e app ica fon be made for com: petent medical assixtance, for, as a distin- guished practioner las recently said, “aa epidemic is the true physicisn’s ‘battie ground.” Vicksburg and Grenala are twin sisters in sorrow, and we have not the heart to dwell upon ibe sad and heartrending sub ject. All tha’ humanity and self-abnegatior can accompli-h is being done, but aid musi come fiom sections uot stricken. Yesterday we saw corp-es burried to the grave withou! attendants, and God ouly Knows the ghastly sights and scenes of pain transpirinz in Vicks burg to-night. We have seen the Lorrors of the battle field, have tasted the sorrows and ne boar ns of piison life, have buried com- rades and friends on lonely and far oT fields, but we have never, iua varied and eventful life, Witnessed anything which so awakenet the sen-ibiiities of our nature. May God havo mercy upon us all!—{ Vickshurg Herald, A PECULIAR WILL Contest is in (oh gg in Providence, R. I. Col. Stephen Olney, a wealthy citizen, who had twice been a candi- date for mayor and twice defeated, as was aHeged, in consequence of current rumors un- vorable to his moral cl ter, wasin 1869 accused of an infamous erime. This fact un- settled his mind, and he suspected that his friends were conspiring to rob him of his estate and to poison him. About this time he executed a codicil to his will, leavin rtion of his p. rty to a nical inst ion, to the detriment of his near rela‘t 7 The validity of this codicil is now dispute! at the cost, of course, of roxio, up the old ad almost forgotten scandal. The evidenc of reputable cilizens goes to show that Col.() .ey was driven to insanity by the accus ion against him. The case was never brou 1. to @ final tiial, but, if he was guilty, hi own thoughts seem to have been punts nent enough. If innocent, his life was ruiuod by tjury. Col. O\ney spent his last days in the uutler Hospital for the insane.—(.V. ¥. Sun, KILLrp By a Man's BITE.—Thomas Kelly. « { No. 70 Box street, Greenpoint, was conm! 4 to await the action of the grand jury by’ -o- ner Nolan last night in consequences oft |. fol- lowing verdict rendered by a corouer’. jury: “We find that Michael J Russell can, > to his death on August 16, at No. 214 Frank!.n street, from pyemia, the result of a bite inflicted by Thomas Kelly, at No. 216 Frauklin street, om March 23, 1875". The evidence went to show that Russell, who owned both the houses om Franklin street mentioned, becoming _— nant atthe quarrels of his tenants en’ Kelly's room on the 23d of March and struck him, and in the clinch which followed over- powered Kelly. Officer when he entered the room to quell the distur- bance pear’ was on the floor with Russell's finger in his mouth. Russell was on wp of bim engaged in mang out Kelly's eye with his right band. —{¥. vorid, Aug. 31st. A PRISONER TAKEN FROM JAIL AND HANGED BY 4 Mos.—Mike Green, colored, who com- mitted an assault on Miss Alice Sweeny, of Prince George's county, Md., last week, was jail therefor at Uj lane and bung him toa cherry tree. Green is said to bave si desperately while the noose was ay justed about his nek, and to have made a full confessi_u,after which the usta inka Stet tea Early travei ig the road morn- ing Saw a revolting §; sth dangling trom imine = pa hr Ex-Gov. J. MADISON WELLS has announced that he is an independent candidate for Con~ a istrict of Louisiana. and A FIRE IN PeTeRsnvrc, VA., morning, destroyed the Library but Daniel y's grocery store. The of adjoining stores were badly | water. is insured for $5,00) on ing and $1,000 on stock, which his ~— The Library building is Jas. F. Webster, chief of police of Va., died val paraiysis. Mr Wet Soldier in the war of 1613" ine was the uncle of Mrs. Surratt, who was executed with the Lins