The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-14

ADMIRAL Chas. Stewsrt, iamiliarly kaown
As '.0.d Iron Sldss," was 81 years Of age
on Wednesday, having been bcrn in Pbila-
dtirhla on July %, 177s. While hrs mind
rs as clear and vigorous - ever, and bis
gen erai health good, lt 10 reported that he
suffering fEoH what 10 supposed TO %
cancer Of the tongue.
TAG Anglo-Amyrican Telegraph Comps
~ announce their gross receipts from At
lantic caoles, since the landing OF the first
me, September 9th, 1866, at upwards OF
f45, 900 sterling. The number Of mes
ssges have steadily increased from daily
average Of twen,y-nlne under the EGO tariff,
TO tEo bundled and tnHty, under the e
tariff The daily aver,ee Of receipts shows
an Increase of irDm 4447 in June, 1868, to
f52l In June, 1869.
RETURNs of the Kentucky election shows
= majority fer Tate, De@ycratic candidate
Tor State Treasurer, Of between 40 600 TO
$4,000. 1t is thought that only titeen to
twenty Republicans are elected to the Lee
glsalure. Tue new etlssgero Of the city Of
Louisville is carried BY 4, 3S5 msjoriry.
TIE late Henry Keep left to his wife and
daughter q ,o00.OQo worth Of stock of the
Northwestern Railroad, with instructions
sot to cell i, as il would pay better than
any inves:ment. Hts,l .E-1H
JohN A. Roebling, the wefl-known civil
engineer, who died lately in New York,
leaves 10 bis business manager $50, 900 !;
to tie Trenton Oh3dren's Home and the
Widows II jme, SIS, 900 e.cn; to MS
widow, $l0O, 600; aud to each Of his chill
dren 100000.
"A LIrrLs girl 8 years ofage, died ct Pitts
burg Fl om LockjaV, the result ie 70 alleged,
of AN operation performed at . dentIsL's
,Ece, iDi extracting q tooth. IL is claim
ID that the operation was performed in
such . rough mshner. - % csslse lockjaw,
though this seems hardly probable or rsa-
sOOable. .n. rrr--,~
THE Board q Trade Of St. Louis. has sp-
poinled committee Of twelve TO raise BY
subscription $780, 900 to build an iron sea
Louis and foreign ports. The vessel VAL
be Of 1000 toBs capacity, sod will not
draw over feet light.
An immense Fenian demonstration was
held at Limerick, ireland on SuDdar. TWEEN
thousand pt opIe marched in procession, and
at the meeting held aflerward, letter to
Gladstone, demanding the release Of the
F,hians now in prison, vas read and adopted.
A COMPANY is being organized in England
to lay q telegraph cable from Scotland to
Qa.bee.
THR British Government is considering
the prsctlcsblliiy Of purchasing the Irish
railways.
COLONEL Robert M. Douglas, Private Sec
rotary Of President Grant. is gradually re-
covering his health at the residence OF his
ep-nother, Ms. Gen. Williams st Wash
lngtOn.
7, THE New York Sun positively asserts that
the Administrator has opened nrgotistions
with the present government Of Spain for
the independents of Cuba, aud that two
bulky tetegrHns have been received At W ash
ibgrOn FROM General S.ckl.s on the sui Ct
The LONDON Times con6rms the Suns re-
port.
GEFLE, in Sweden was destroyed by Gre
July 10. Seven hundred tenemeots were
burned
A private letter FROM Z lie says that the
G -umenicsl Council will last from twelve
u twenty mOnths.
The new fse,gbt train on the Union Paci-
ic Rad makes . reduction Of thirty 70 for
~ per cent on coal, particularly 10 the local
CT arge. A quantity will be shipped from
the Mountains 70 coDpets with the Missouri,
Iowa II Pennsylvania coal in market.
"A WAsaINGroN dispatch states that the
negotiations between the d mInic4n Gov
eminent OF the United States for the pur-
chase Of the Bay OF SImAua, has come to
a successful conclusion.
CAPTAIN Kendrck and crew Of the bark
Ontario, from New York to Melbourne, sbAn-
doned at sea May so, have been saved and
landed at M4uriuus.
IT is understood at Washington that no
regular cabinet meeting until about pit. l..
Preliminary surveys for Q ship canal
through SchIeswig Holstvin TO connect the
Baltic and the North Sea, have been CON-
pleted.
The village Of Moor's Flat, Nevada Coun-
tv, Cal was destroyed by fire Jnly 81.
Loss $l00, 1000.