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HEAVY ROBBERY.
A Merchant Has his Pocket Picked of
SE5,OOOO.

Merchant Has bis Pocket Picked OF
&I5,OOOO.
The New York Herald of this morning relates
the followbg:-
Quite an excitement was created in the Tombs
Police Court yesterday afternoon by the unex.
p, cted advent of the notorious desperado and
men as Dutch Heinrich" though he has as
n any aliases as be has nngers and toes. The
cause OF his arrest yesterday greU out OF the
following circumstances - ABOUT L O'CLOCK
P. M, as Mr.. Patrick, Dickey, the
well known glass dealer aud manufacturer,
aged seventy-dve, and residing at NJ. w.
Thirty ehth street. stepped from a Seventh
avenue Car at the corner OF Barclay and Broad
way, he suddenly became conscious that his
pocket book, con ntaniDg SIS 600 in United States
Government Five.twenty bonds, had been ab.
s'rac,ed from his pocket, aud he at the same
time remembered certain suspicious actions OF a
man who turned out TO be the prisoner already
alluded 10. As he bel eyed the mau to have
aid caught sight OF the fellow As he emerged
from Rushton's drug store, and gave the alarm
by shouting THAT'S the thiel; stop hm!"
As the cry was uttered by the despo,led mer-
chant the fugitive net a young man named
Joseph Odeuheimer, of No. 50 West Nineteenth
street, who attempted to stop the tello " and
received a blow from the shoulder right in the
mouth thereby being knocked do 6D and having
assault was witnessed by MIR. Henry BurneIl, of
No. l16 High street. Bro oklyn, who, hearing the
cry OF stop thief" made clutch at the assail.
ant, and the pair then engaged in lively set Of
istlcutis. This last struggle was in full and
active progress when it attracted the attention
OF officer Follis, of the Broadway squad, who
ran Gown to stop the 6ght as he supposed it to
be, when he ascertaned that Helnrchs, who
gave the name OF Ed ward Marks, had been
accused of picking Mr.. Dickey's pocxet, and
took the fellow in Gus ody aud marched blm od
to the II mbs, where he was arraigned before
Alderman Conan, acting magistrate.
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JAPAN.
The CUSTOM OF nurning the Dead.

A letter from Japan says:-
The burr ing of the dead is largely practiced
among the Japanese, and of the thIrry-iVe
different forms OF worship practlced here-all
equally ialse-but two demand burial in prefer
ence TO incremation. My acquaintance with
their mode of bury ng the dead is limIted to two
funerals which casually came before mY notice.
On one occasion l was returning from walk,
and my path led beside one of the little cemete
lies near Kob', in which a small party was
gathered. 1t was the hour OF sunset fitting
time Tor an event of tender sorrow. The mourn.
ers were dressed entirely in white, which con.
trasted with the gaudy robes of a small group Of
priests. Che corpse, III its incosure, lay upon a
bier, and an ottsrne o green rice and of flo Wers
was made as though to the names of the dead
Then came the beating of bells and the clang of
cymbas. The receptacle which contained tse
pse was shaped like half barrel, and in this
the dead was placed IN a slIting posture, aud all
vacant places were filed with cOmbusuoles.
The friends now all gathered round it and
commenced low, plainuVe chant so monoto-
nous that 1t seemed merely the repetition of a
name, which suppose 10 have been that of one
OF their deltes. They ben separated and only
few remained to a tend to the fnal service
The receptacle or coffin was placed over stone
troueh and covered with heap OF fuel. All
gathered in close circle, and the nearest of
kin lin this instance a Wlte) applied the torch,
and as the flames asc' nded The monotonous
chant and the sound of cymbals were rene we'd
in moUInful concert. Exec sve grief was de-
boy about ten years who wept plteously, aud
was taken aside to be comor ed. The group
broke, and one ter the other departed, leaving
the wife above referred to alone, the image OF
sorrow, and apparently uEaOle to tear herself
from the ashes OF her husband.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
The Registration of fVOtprs-MiIitia Called
out to Prevent u Riot.

The Registration OfVOters-MiIitia of Called
out to Prevent u Riot.
Special Despatch to The Euening Telegraph.
ST. LOUIS, August 28.-Hon. John P. Phelps
the Democratic candidate for Governor, is ex-
pected here tomorrow. He will open the eau
vass for the State at Rolla, Phelps county, on
September /.
The registration business is progressing salts
factorily. 1t is generally conceded that if the
registration list for the city reaches 80, 900, the
State at the November election will be in favor
of the Democracy, as the Republican vote OF
the city will not be far in excess of 200. A
large number have been naturalized recently,
and these will mainly go for Seymour aud
Blair The registrators have rejected several old
citizens, one of them, Judge Moody, an intimate
personal friend of General Grant, with whom
the General formerly stayed during his visits.
Judge Moody has addressed letter to General
Grant on the subject, wherein he expresses a
profound contempt tor the puritanical villains
who are leading him astray. The Superinten
dent of Registration has removed two radicaI
registratcrs in Jackson county for incompe-
tency, and appointed j. Dowd aud Hon. NJ. j.
Payne in their ste ad; both the latter are Demo.
Gratis. Payne was temporary President of the
late Democratic State Convention.
At a late hour last evening it was rumored a
large force of militia has been sent to st. Joseph
being called for by the registrators there, in
anticipation of riot.
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OHICAGO.
Marvellous Rise i'm the Value of Real
EStnta.

The Chicago Republican has an iutere sting
article on the rise in value of real estate in that
city, from which we take the following:-
"The great appreciation in the value of real
estate in this city within tue past two years, the
certainty that this is to be great metrop polls,
the middle city par excellence of the United
States, has made many wealthy. Toe margin
that yet remains between existing prices AMI
those certain to be established far IN advance of
The same, by realization of those promises of
growth, derived from the analogies OF other
older cities, is making many speculative.
Whether 10 be speculative will be in these
instances to become rich, Is something lett
TO the control of circumstances varying with
every case. In scheme with so many rich
prizes there will be many blanks. Comparing
prices of our real estate to day with as nearly as
possible corresponding locations in New York,
Philadelphia, and Boston, there are certainly
large margins between $4,000 per front foot for
one hundred feet IN depth, the largest figure
ever realized in Chicago, and $4,000, $1,000, $4,000
and even Sl2, 900. That is TO say, the best pro-
perty in Chicago to-day is from S2500 to $4,000
per foot. The pest in other and older cities will
exceed the figures given above. That paid for
the Park Bank lot in Broad way was higher by
thousand or two than the largest of these
figures. The inference is clear. 1t only re.
mains for the operator to study the chances of
his being the best property in that gilt edged
day of increase, and the chances of that rresis-
tble and capriCious drift, now here, now there,
of the best quarters, until the great permanent
landmarks are made for all time in our business
centre.n
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DOUBLE MURDER.
Two Men Shot Near Big Rapids, Mich.
From The Grand Rnpids lMich.l EdqLe.

RIO" tue OTuItu LIuptuo NntCIHJ fbU9tos
Our readers will recollect the account pub
lisbed, few days ago, of the disappearance of
two men named Augustine and Henry b. Wvlch,
in The vicinity of Big Rapids, Mecosta county.
The brothers Welch came to B g Rapids about
the 10th OF June, and engaged young man
named William Burgess TO go with them into the
north woods Tor the purpose of looking at land.
About a week later he returned with their team
and reported that they had gone on foot to see
scme particular descriptions of land, and that
he was to meet them at Big Prairie or some
other point below, since which time neither he
nor they nor the team has been seen. These
facts were arrived at by the brother of the
missing men, Mr.. George Welch, who had come
on in search OF them.
The Ionia Sf1,tineI gives some further particu
lars, which confirm the suspicion that the men
had met with foul play-in fact, that they were
murdered. 1t says:-
1--WE were informed that George Welch, hav-
ing succeeded in tracing his brothers to Big
Rapids, there obtained the assistance of Frank
French, one familiar with the whole nor hern
woods, IN searching for the brothers. Proceed
ing to the point at which Burgess SAID he was
10 meet them, after a dlhgent search Frank
discovered the graves where the Welch bro.
theirs had been buried by their murderer. The
bodies were disinterred and identified, the
remains showing that their deaths resulted
from being shot. Young Burgess, who accom-
panied them in looking for laud, aud who is
suspected OF committing the murder, has not
only disappeared, but his father has not been
seen since the finding Of the bodies. We trust
no vigilance or efforts will be spared to track
out and bring to summary punishment those
guilty of so foul murder"
We are further informed that q man now sup
posed 20 be young Burgess, with team CORE
sponoing to the description given, pat up for
one night in the vicinity of GreenVille, Mont
calm county, soon after his disappearance from
Big Rapids. Our informant says that one of the
bodies eXhumed had the appearance of being
shot TIN oueh the heart. 1t is also reported here
that on the news OF their discovery being re.
ceived at Big Rapids, the elder Burgess sho we'd
| rhatt and
uuired of bystanders if they could suspect his
son of being guilty of so black deed.
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OUTRAGEOUS.
An AtrOciOus Attack Upon an Old On GER
at Long IStands

An AtrOciOus Attack Upon an Old On GER
ut Long Island.
The New York Tribune OF this morning pub
fishes the lolloWing:-
On Friday evening last dastardlY outrage
was perpetrated upon Colonel Andrew Harrison,
an inohensive and enfeebled old ex'othcer OF the
United States army, at his residence IN Green
port, /. /. He was surprised by party OF i've
or six men, who were unknown to him, and was
red and feathered because he politically diff
fered with his assailants; The place where the
act was committed Is about nlnety-two miles
from this city. The proyocatiOn for the attack
was an address which Colonel Harrison deli
vered at Military Headquarters, Greenport, on
the Saturday evening previous 10 tne assault,
course Of his remarks, he eloquently urged the
claims of his old commander General Grant,
for the Presi iency, and his appeal enraged his
political opponents. His subect-the Four
Wars-was suggested by his extensive military
experiences. A ceriacate, which was given
HIM by DR.. A. A. Davis, the Resident Physician
of the hosp sptal, shows that he was an inmate OF
that institution from December 20, 1867, TO
March 81, 1865 and that when he entered he
was suffering of nervous debility, taxing the
form OF paralysis dgudas. caused, apparently,
by wounds, diseases; and expos ures III MS many
campaigns in the United states service during
the last thirty years. Before he had
entirely recovered from his last illness be was
again prostTated, tins time by stealthy midnight
assassins, Shortly after midnight on Friday
evening he Was awakened at the residence OF a
Mr.. Baker where he was boarding with ms Vile,
and was told that poor man wanted his help,
and was waiting for him short distance away.
| Being geDerous man, this story brought Col.
| Harrison olt of The house. he went out un-
suspeciing but he had hardly followed his guide
| twenty yards from the house when he was sud
denly surprised by the attack OF several con
| cealed rutfans, who sprang on him from the
| roadside and oVerpowered him before he had
| an opportunity TO prepare TOR resistance. He
| judged that six men were in the gang-cerlainly
| I'VE. They wore hldeous black masks which
| completely concealed their faces, and talked
| future recognition. After handling Colouel
Harrison very roughly, they blindfolded
| him and rode him on a rail several yards.
| Telling HIM that they were mem 0ers of the Ku-
| Klux Klan, they threatened greater punishment
fhe should still support General Grant for Pre-
sident Finally, they took him of the rail, and
after stripping him Of his clothes, nhumanly
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The Cholera of 1866 in England.

FTOnl Ule Pal Mall GdzeUe.
'Dr. Farr's report on the cholera epidemic of
1866 supplies the authoritative sta istlcs of that
severe visitation. The total loss OF life occa-
stoned by cholera in 1866 amounted to l4,37S
deaths, iu com parison with 20,097 in 1854, and
90, ,293 in the memorable epidemic of 1849. The
extent to which the last visitation was less de-
structive than either of the two former years is
best shown by the statement that OF ten thou
sand persons living in each of the three periods
thirty died of cholera in l849, eleven Ia 1854,
and seven in 1866. THIS reduction of mortality
mutton III the force OF the cholera virus itself,
but rather to increased vIgilal ce in regard to
preventive and sanitary measures. The salts
factory inference folio VS. that the disease may
easy reach of the community. The report also
bears out DR.. Farrs former conclusions. now
generally accepted as to the close connection
between the epidemic and the quality of the
water supply in infected distrIcts.n
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up as IT should have been, no accident might

up as it should have been, no accident might
have occurred.
Az the time of the occurrence there were three
men on the roof one OF whom-David Mock
was fatally injured. He fell with the boards,
scan,liDg, panks, etc and seems to have struck
upon his head upon some cross timbers below.
He was completely buried up with the debris,
and sustained severe injuries entirely about the
head. AS soon us possible he was taken IRON
the ruins al was removed to the hospital. me
sticks OF tim Der upon which he fell we're much
bespattered with blood, and the poor fellow
continued to bleed all the way to the hospital,
where he died at hal1-past o'clock.
Dennis Doyle and another man whose name
we could not ascertain were al. o upon the roof
at the front part of the building engaged in
changing the tackle for raising the pole. Doyle
fell aDout ten feet, striking upon some beams,
and fortunately found lodgmelt there. lie
was quite severely bruised about the chest and
sides. His companion escaped to one OF the
side roofs, more scared than hurt.
Accident on the Shore. Line at stony
Creek.
From the Nor1Uich (Con,l) Bulletin, August 25.
The man who placed the rails on the Shore
Line Railroad on Saturday afternoon, the 10 b
instant, which resulted in tbro wing toe engine
off the track at The Stony Creek bridge, b;
been caught He turns out TO be a wandering,
shoeless yaPraut, who says he put the rails on
the track "for tuu," and walled in the bushes
near by to see the result. He was arrested in
Haddam Tor a trivial onense on FRIDAY. Sheriff
Buebee notified President scranton that he had
the man, and he Immediately sent the Sheriff of
Madison after him. On arriving at Haddam he
found that Mr.. Bugbee had left the prisoner
with hIs wife, and that during his abs ence he
had stolen a watch and left. Tue next heard
from the Madison Sheriff was from Hart-
ford, from whence he telegraphed that he had
got his man. He brought HIM down to Stony
Creek, and Mr.. Scranton went over the scene
OF the accident, and the man pointed out the
place where he laid the rails. The prisoners
name is William Warner, and he belongs in
Warwick r. l. He has no father nor mother,
o,NA thn rnlnt tIxrn1 hn ho1 inc
who live in Rhode Island. ln his conversation
with the engineer he said he did not put the
ails on the track to lnjure or kill any one, nor
to rob, but did not think the consequences
would prove as serious as they had. He appears
10 be foolish, but still answers questions very
quickly and without the least reluc ance. His
statements as TO the manner in which he laid
the rails on the track correspond with tne
eueineer's views In that respect. He had
walked all the way from Albany on the railroad
track, and was going to Warwick X. l. He
was examined before justice in BranloId Mon
day, and was sent to jail to appear before the
Superior Court
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
OFFICE OF THE hvESIse TrLEeRApHo
Fri, ay, August "a 1864

There Is o faiv demand for money, bit the
rates are unchanged. Call loaus rule at 4a5 per
cent. First-class ,mmercial paper ranges from
opened very dull this morning, but prices we're
steady. Government securities we're traction
higher. City loans we're unchanged.
Railroad shares were inactiye. Reading sold
at 465@45s, slight decline; Lehigh Valley at
544 eight advance; Camden and Amboy at
l29 no change; aud Pennsyl lvania Railroad at
Pa no change. A was bid for Little Schuyl-
kill; 66 Tor Nine Hill; 1885, for Cara Wlssa pre-
ierIcd; 255 for Phll ladelpha aud Erie; and AZ
for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares we're un.
changed. 80 was bid for Secoud and Third.
II for Tenth and Eleventh; 14S for Thirteenth
and Fifteenth; and 10 tor Hestouville.
Bank shares were In good demand for in
vestment at full prices. Central National sold
at l2l; and Farmers aud Mechanics at 1881 no
change.
In Canal shares there was nothing doing.
l9l was bid for Schuylk,ll Navg alton preterred;
2l Tor Lehieh Navigation; aud Ia for susque-
hanna CaLal.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY
Reported by De Haven Bro., No. 10 s. Third street
FIRST BuARD
.scSS Len s. [ % sh % Fsr saS 9s
'h Pen%s Go ,s- no 80 ,b II, Sch .s
bOsh Cent Nat BE..l2i 5 sh Acad Musc~....,Oi
-Messrs. Jay Cooke q Co. quose Govern:
1851, 1l4B@ll4S; old s 20s 1l3&@ll4; now 5-2Os,
1864, lG9i@1lO do, 1865, lliGlllt; 5-2Os, July,
1865, l08l@l0S8; do. 1887, l08s01l0s3; do, 1868,
lOsa@1O8t; lo-40s, l0s4 a 1851. Gold, 145t.
-Messrs. William fanler Co., sankers,
No. 36 s. Third street. report the following
rates of exchange to-day at IL oclock:-
United States 6s. 1851, 1140ll4s; o. 8. 6.2Os,
1852, 113l @ll3s; do. 1864, 1904 10 O94; do 1866,
11l4a11ls; do JulV, 1865, 1854 90lI0S4; do. July,
1867, 1Os@lOst; 1868, lOS@lUSb; Sc, 10-4Os, 1857
@ltS4. Compound Interest Notes, past due,
l194Q; September, 1865, 118{Q11S4; October,
1865, lIs@l1s4. Gold, 144} 0l45.
--Messrs. De Haven q bro,hef, No. 40 South
| Third street, report the owing rates of ex-
| change to-day at P. :-U. 8. 6s of 1881. ll4
@ll44; do. 1862. ll3{9l14; do. 1854, lO9s a
1O9b; do, 1865, ll1b011l9; do. 1865, new lOSi@
1888; do, 1867. new, l089 3l0Ss; do, 1868, 1854
| 0D10s9; do, IS, 10 40s, l0S! !o0l 1889; Due Com
| pound Interest Notes, ll9t; do. September,
| 1865, 119; do. October, 1865, llSt. Gold, l44f
| 0l45t. Silver. l37@139.
M. Schultz d Co., No. Al South Third street
report the following quotations per steamship
| do. do, 1U9@lU91a; Paris 50 do, do, 5tisI05:
5flssz@5Ei694: Bremen do do 7slS@97s1: Hambur9
| DO, 7l@7l9s Amsterdam and Frankfort so do. dO.,
| 4O4@D4O%. Market oul. Gold al noon, li5.
| The tonnage on the Canal OF the SchuykilI
| Navigation COMPANY for thee days Of the week
ending August q, 1868. was....... 10 1893 OIL tons
| Corresponding week last year,. l6,0i0I5
Increase for the week k...-........ 1852 O6 L"
| For the season to Aug. 30 1887 ....6 OO68l2
For the season to Aug 27, lS6S.....50S 642l0
Decrease..................... ,024 02
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FROM TENNESSEE.
The Militia BiIl-The Cattle PestiIence.
3oectaL Despatch % The Epenfno T'sLeoraph.


Special Despatch TO The EUentnO Telegraph
NASHVILLE, Aug. 2s.-In the State Senate
yesterday resolution was adopted appointing
Committee TO proceed at once to Washington to
consult the President in regard to sending
troops to Tennessee. This is considered as
hopeful indication against calling out the militia.
Influence was brought to bear on the Senate
from all directions, especially from New York
capitalists, and the fears of reputation at home
have given rise to the impression thatthe Legis.
lature will not pass the Militia bull, at least not
in its present shape. There is to be monster
mass meeting here on Saturday, projected by
the Taxpayers.
1he absurd story telegraphed that arms had
been sent to Franklin secretly, originated in the
shipping OF some boxes of furniture from this
city to that village.
The Banner has a letter from a gentleman at
Hun boldt, Tenn, which states that the cattle
plague has broken out in that loc Atty, and that
Thirty head died within the past week.
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subjected him to covering of tar and feathers
despite his urgent demands to be spared on
account of his i'll health. Subsequently they
rode him on the rail back to his house, and then
let him go. The next morning strenuous en-
deavors were made to discover the perpetrators
Of the shameful outrage, but owing to the
political complexion of the town very little
encouragement was given the men who sought
information. The only trace of the party was a
cloth mark which was picked up on the road.
Colonel Harrison and his friends have offered a
reward OF $500 for information which shall lead
10 the discovery OF any one of these Long Island
n embers of the Kn.kluX. Klan.