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Le6QI Notices.
PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
STATE or VERMONT.

BgSsIyaaoS CorSrY, 81.
To Tie Hon, the Supreme Ujurtueu 10 b. hold.
@ 81 Manchester Rlti4ia auI q. The County II
bennington, % tHa sae1ad Tuesday aHer tie
fasFth Toe day ~ January A. y 1855 Your pc.
auoner Mary A. Fort whose ma5dsu name vac
Aar5 4. has q pQHfai, 10 tA5 C9aafy af Ban-
MsAsiln aflENsaid, wqnd respectfully Show b. said
court that a West Troy. iH iAe County - Albany.
ana susie q Mes YORK, on fhe l9tA dAy ~ 0et0-
ltf A. ~. Lsl3, Ga Nfss AHwlAig married 10 John
u FuFt ty d W4ckaa . Minister g thc Gos-
isit anl thai ailef hel saa marriage she lived
Niih tao sA5 3uAn II F8f i tat strict ahsefy-
anes q al tAa obligations imposed apaa bee ty
bef marriage slAltal}, gatl about sao th dGg
Il -, 4 Il. lsaa. Waal tla said Ga II
Fort, g.td at alg gust eaas., wiiiaGy aeser tad
yuaf petitioner. ami iel beg witA rs Isl - sup
paft whatever, and thar tne said iahu nj Ftst
has oaalnhsa bis SAID desaftoa rF,F s.Bea, and
EsuF sat4 PeiAti1aeg has hsfn eats et4e5 u SUP
p3n htferf aae Esla LltsaA Eart aeI a4aa at.E
iap snsprinp u sAll marriage 3. isHseHa n4us.
trf and tAe CHARTS 90 hcg flgEGas Ans t.sIlf f.e
U-.auer f0riheg ssioWs taAt iAe ss.a 5aaa &, East
hAe lata Eait} q tHt ssAtle ssfesltT ia 10 6gs-
alet ga ireatias g z sar saia aeueae and
- the cfiBar ~ adultery aad saut Bat5tl5Her
fagihtg shaNs tsa4t aiia haa tesaAsd Ia pasaal
q faal5 af 1arf fhaa tafH Fesr laet pact
q isaa prsgs sad e3r hHt
ah 4 4Fs Sass aassal ae8 aat DEL ~
4.Fa q Erkt 81 hGr G ttld esaf e afsI.esi e.
a 'eat rs asr SD u q tAs ESQ ~
l-tte tt - zEs lge
-
Ha'e 81 igHHaI leg $50 aatf ~ 4.eaaga- t.a
s M 9 Ash H
~ = F84f
STATE 8F rEaN0ST 60 avg a Cas.
NsENg8s s3aa ia fS s4ate
saas tat
sa.e H y Frt @ fsal@ a4ts4n ~ 5ss.
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tttNhEHHtaA E"..asaA srr
Yu tbe HHB- the saFHue Court nest tH Aa
bal1sH 80 Maaeaas u4tHia aaa lar che Gaanf
IF BaautaEJ.H. ESQ Gas .acagd Gaesiay H.Kt after
iss fnuh asslay ia JaaasE3, a D. lsa Your
petitioner. flsaEe Astes, . SALISBURY. lu tHr
gHg d n EenaHsta aforesaid uaala rssasgl-
fans ah4a 81 sa3d Court taat ai White lggaA tu
tGe eauuiy q Washington. aHA state af hua 1lrt
SEQ ibe I'd Dag - iaHury, J.. 1853 he was iaN-
fully mHuo4 % Er.fHDaa Eatus WAura ua.lau
uame was Eghstra Msttes8n hy Aaron siaWeH
Minister NJ ths Gospel and That after lls sall
marriage hr uauaHull t1 1--we wilb tbe -aid Ee-
a.tnt lH iHa strict observance al al the at5 -4-
aaus = ls marriage contract gut.l about tbg i5th
4ay " 3gaa A. ~ 1853 when tha said Reaat.a.
Hibgat auy just cause fetuHud lg tRo uitn NoUg
PetuEIuer aBd removed o. your pa gliuHcF has
bafn ut9mrd, o. tlt State q Illinois, and has
continued her said dessrti8u cvrr since Aud
soar prtiiuUer further shows llat hg has always
resided H hhattr6urN aforesaid Whorcup8u
faur petitioner prays that the bonds ~ mat7ino-
uy between him and the said Bchtgga may be tli--
solved and that d bil 10 divorce be eraatel tu
bm Hy the decree of this Han0sabs Court FOE the
caase aforesaid aud your petitioner viii ever pray
Dated a. SALISBURY 10 said Cuanty, this 2lth
day u Oltaber A. y. lbd5.
FEFNFyI,R pkTFy
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EBESEZER BATEs.
STATE OF VERMONT.

STATE or VERMONT TO any Sheriff or
bEsaNaTUN CouNIf, -. Constable ~ the STATE,
Erntmgs by tlr authority 81 the State 81 Yer
mont, yuu are hereby commanded % summon the
said lcbooca Bates If 60 bo gpuud within yuur
precinct. e. appear before the Supreme Court
uoSt 70 be holden at Manchester, within aud for
tas County II Bennington, on the second Tues
day next after thu fourth Tuesday ID January, A.
u. laU9,to answer unto the foregoing petition and
abide such further order or decree as shall be
thtu and there made,
Bennington 10 said County. this 18th ddy Of
November, A. D. 1868.
JOHN v HALL, Clerk
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DEBORAH H. HLLMAS.

STATE or VERMONT, II any sheriff d
BESSlsorJS CoUSrY SIS. { C0astableia tho state.
hiree',a9: BY tho authority Ut tho State Of Vel-
mont yoH are hereby commanded to summon the
SAID Ltastgs D. Hlllman, it tp be f0aad within
yots ptgcuut tp appear TIDE sgyrgma Court. next
70 De holdca at Manchester, within and for the
County H Bennington on the second Tuesday
next after the fourth Tuesday Ia January, A. ii.
1907, g answer unto the foregoing petition, aud
abiae such further Ordor 4nQ decree as sL,lI be
then and there made
Bennington, in said Comfy, Nov. 18Th, A. D.
1868. JOHN V. HALL, Clerk
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PROFIT
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BY TELEGRAPH,
MIDNIGHT REPORT
XLth CONGREsS-.-Second Session

WAsHISsTo~T July q.
SENATE.
The amendment to the House bill for the
Payment OF the captors OF JEFF. Davis, was
ron-concurred in and Committee of Confe-
renee asked Tor.
The Joint resolution to regulate the carry.
ing Of passengers on steamships and other
vessels, was amended so as not to apply to
California steamers aud passengers.
There was q long discussion on the bill rel
the construction Of Railroad bridge by the
canal company.
Messrs Cameron and Sherman strenuously
opposed it as being to the interest of the B.
4 .. Railroad to control the Southern as we'll
as the Northern travel.
The bill WAS amended so ~ to forbid the
exclusive privilege TO any company, and
passed
The Senate, at u o'clock, went into exec
, usise session.
The Senate bill for temporary loan to re-
deem the compound interest notes, was
passed.
bill passed appropriating $500, 600 for
the Indian and State Departments, and the
expenses of the Surveyor Generals Office.
! The Senate amendmsnt to the House bill
to provide for an American line of mail and
emigrant steamships from New York to
Europe, Was nonconcurred in.
The Senate joint resolution granting per-
mission to officers and soldiers TO wear army
badges. passed.
| The Senate amendment TO the House bill
for excluding public documents with foreign
countries, was concurred id.
Mr.. Banks, from the COME Commit
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

OMAHA, July "a
The Editorial exeursionists reached the
end ofihe Union Pacific Road at noon yes
terday, and witnessed the laying Of one mile
Of track in three hours.
PASA, H., July "a.
The Turnbull Gift Enterprise has turned
out TO be swindle.
DETROIT, July "a.
Prank Reno, another Of the Seymour, In
diana, gang, has been arrested in Canada.
SCRANTON. Pa, July %.
Sheriff Van Heirs has Issued his procla-
nation warning the strikers in case Of re-
.fu al. he will call on the Governor for mili-
,ary aid.
AvBuRS, N. Y, July 81
The Wells Seminary for young ladies, 1t
Aurora. was dedicated yesterday. 1t cost
over $50, 900, aud was the fine gift Of Henry
Wells. the Express man, TO the educational
interests Of the country.
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FROM BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, July "a.
The rain commenced falling early this
morning. After slight intermission it be-
gan to pour down in torrents, and up to this
hour, p. M, has continued to fall incessant-
ly. That portin of the city adjacent to Jones
Falls is isinundated, and travel is entirely sus-
pended in that vicinity.
The irst floors of stores on some streets
lower down are under water and merchants
are compelled to remove their goods to upper
stories.
The river is rising. A few minutes before
| O'Clock it was rising at the rate of two
inches per minute, and has continued to rise
up to this hour, 2:45 p. m.
Culvert street is flooded to Lexington, with
in . few feet Of Monument Square. North
street. almost its entire length, to the depots,
the water is from four to eight feet deep.
Ford,s theatre is surrounded by water, which
is passing down Holiday, and Baltimore and
Harrison streets are entirely submerged
On many wharves south of Pratt ST. from
the Falls to Frederick street, the water IS
several feet deep.
city passenger car was swept from the
track on Gay street down to Harrison. with
q number OF passengers. The widest ru.
mors prevailed in regard to the number o{
persons drowned. But one person is known
70 De drowned, Mr.. Farda, printer. 1t Is
| now impossible to get at the facts.
A number Of dray horses and drivers we're
washed away and drowned.
There il no communication between the
eastern and western portions Of the city.
The food is row sweeping everything be-
fore it. There is no communication south
by telegraph, all the lines being down. No
such food was ever known here before.
!, The The. food to>d.y subsidized IS suddenly as
Shortly after, the Fourth street waters
we're carried of within the banks to Jones
| Falls.
At this hour the damage cannot be approx
! imated, but none Of the estimates put it be-
| low three million dollars.
The loss Of life in the city has not been as
| certained. Il is believed, however, but few
wers drowned.
Mr.. Ward, who was reported drowned,
[ was saved ard is we'll,
Trains to Washington are running.
| The damage to the Baltimoae & Ohio R,
X, is comparatively small
| On the Northern Central road trains will
not run for several days.
| A telegram reports the Granite Mills car
rIed away and sixty lives lost. Mr.. Owens
entire family, except himself, were drowned
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FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July "a.
he Senate passed last night in the course
Of two hours, one hundred and ten private
bills
Among the nominations confirmed by the
Senate yesterday, was Chas. +. Gasson, Post
master at Laeon, Illinois. Among the re-
jected nominations for Postmasters were J.
II. Noble, Manchester, Iowa, e. B. Shaw,
Waterloo, Iowa.
At a meeting of the brick layers last eve
ming, further donations FROM various trade
unions amounting 10 twenty one hundred
dollars were received. The strike is consid-
cred ended, as nearly all the men are now at
work.
The clothing cutters have organized a
strike for four dollars per day
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FROM CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, July "a.
Peter Melendy, Chairman Of the Iowa State
Republican Central Committee, has been in
town to-day in consultation with the Illinois
Central Committee in reference to campaign
speaking in Iowa by uniform tour crganiza
tions.
Senator Doolt,e will address the democ
racy of Chicago in few days after Congress:
adjourns
A settling OF accounts of the recent Sen-
gerfest shows the expenditures to have beer
S24,l73, and the receipts s27,4i2.
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NEW YORK, July "a
Officer Jno Smydeck, Of the twenty first
Precinct, was shot and instantly killed, on
The corner of first Avenue and Third street,
las. night, By ere Iao. Reed, who vas ar
rested. He does not deny the killing, and
gives as reason for it his desire to revenge
himself OH SmJdeck for being arrested BY
him.
There was large Democratic meeting last
evening at the Academy Of Music, in Brook
lyn, to ras;ty the nomination Of Seymour and
Blair
The weather is cloudy and cool, heavy
storm prevailing, to. day.
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Clocks Wholesale 4 Retail.

CoM.fIsslON MERCHANTS
\ stnrge= South LeYce
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FROM CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, July "a.
The journeym en- coopers held an indigna-
tion meeting last evening in reference to the
present system Of convict labor, and pledged
TO support no man for Office, who is not id
favor of abolishing the mechanical depart
ment Of the Penitentiary.
The trot yesterday at Dexter Park for
Sa5o-niIe heats best in to harness-was
won by Tom. Brady, against Heart OF Oak
and Yankee Mary Best time-22:35.
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MONTGOMERY. JuY %.
1---7-17777--7 = . - . -----77-------77-7
FROM ST. LOUIS.

ST. Lorls, July "a.
Edward Morgan, government inspector Of
steamboat boilers, committed suicide this
morning by shooting himself in the head. No
cause is assigned for the act.
A Georgetown, Colorado, dispatch says
General Grant and party arrived there yes
ierday and we're 10 leave for Cheyenne to-
day
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Iseyenue Sale.

ColIscroE's ortIcr, s. lsrrfs.L RrvEsur,
FiRsT DisrzItf tosA,
Heokuk July II, 1865.
In accordance with Section 63 of the Inter
= nal Revenue Law will sell At public auction, at
m In the CITY "t keokuk, Medn sday July 28B
1885, II csddies 3 pounds 6rape juice Tobacco
for violation sf Iatsrtal Revenue Law.
WM. " BELENAP,
jal5 IL! W Collector lst list lows,