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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26

THE FoRTY-FoURTH anniversary of the Sab
bath-school OF the South Street Presbyterian
Church (ReV. s. Miller Hageman's) took place
last evening. The church was beautifully adorned
which was an arch over the pulpit bearing the
words "Our Anniversary" The music was
well rendered, and reflects great credit on Miss
NJ. J. jackson, who had charge of this part of
the programme. Rev. Drs. Newton, j. Wheaton
Smith, Atwood, Rice, and the pastor made
short addresses. The affair passed off very
pleasantly, and the children and their friends
who were present will not soon forget it.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
FROM THE WEST.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Exclusively TO The Evening Telegraph
Railway Opening.
ST. LOUIS, May 26.--The Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad was completed yesterday to Grand
river, Indian Territory, and an excursion party
has been over it. The grading has progressed
twenty miles beyond Grand river, and the lay
ing is pushed vigorously.
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p. O. s. OF A.

The COmmandery yCOnventiOn-Their De-
alterations Yesterday and the Pro-
gramme for To-day.
In addition to matters of business reported in
yesterdays TELEGRAPH, the commandery has
lnaugurated initiatory steps to have the Order
fully represented in the Centennial celebration
In this city in 1876. 1t is claimed that this or
ganization should be conceded proper position
In the line, on account of its patriotic deeds and
the principles it advocates.
Applications for new charters for comman-
derles to be located at Allentown and Harris
burg, were recommended and referred to the
Executive Committee for future action.
The convention concluded its business last
evening, and this morning the delegates were
taken in charge by the Philadelphia Comman-
dery and escorted to the State House and United
States Mint At 1115 o'clock carriages were
Iaken and the party proceeded to Fairmount
fark, and from there they intend to make a
visit to the Wissahickon. They will return by
way OF Germantown and Broad street. This
afternoon banquet will be spread in the Union
House, Arch street, and in the evening the
members VIII attend the Walnut Street Theatre.
BOARDING HOUSE THIEF.-Mrs. Van Zant is
the proprletress OF a boarding house at No. 40l8
Lancaster avenue. With her boards a Mr..
George Greenwood, aud yesterday a man
giving the name of Haywood applied for board
ana was given bed in Mr.. Greenwood's room.
ms morning about four o'clock the latter gen
ueman discovered that his room-mate was not
about, and he made another discovery, also. to
| the effect that his suit of clothes and a goId
watch and chain had been carried off by the
thieying Haywood The thief is described to be
| about torty-hye years of age five feet eight
inches In height, and about l25 poHnds in
weight. He has black moustache, high cheek
bones false teeth, large nose, and his dress con-
sists OF blue coat, black pants, and a low
crowned white bat
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
THE WEATHER.

The Detailed Meteorological Report for
To-day.
The following is the meteorological report OF the
Signal Bureau Of the War Department for this
morning, all the observations being taken at 7'43
A. NJ, Philadelphia time. The barometrlcal reports
are corrected Tor temperature and elevation. The
velocity of the wind Is given in miles per hour,
and the force is an approximate reduction to the
ReanfOrt scale =
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Gnnd Templars

WASHINGTON, May 26.-The delegation of
Good Templars, which have been in session in
Baltimore, reached this city to-day, and paid
their respects to the President Secretary Bout
well, the Attorney General, and other prominent
officials
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
New York Produce Market.

,ards ,ec oyyr ami 9hip Tp
S69b@6eO; Western, s5'60@T1b; and Southern, 1914
as Wheat easier. Corn dull mixed Western, 65
PORK steady. Lard, sH@lle. Whisky, CSC.
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FROM THE SOUTH.
LEY ASSOCIATED PREss.l

by ASSuOIATED PKESSsI
Exclusively 10 The Bvening Telegraph.
Virginia Election.
RICHMOND, Va, May 26.-The ballots in this
city were counted this morning, and show that
the Conservatives have carried the city by ITO
majority and elected 20 out of 80 Councilmen.
Two Of the Conservative Councilmen were also
voted for by Republicans.
In Lynchburg the Conservatives carried the
city. Petersburg is not counted yet.
In Norfolk the Conservatives carried the
Council. Twenty townships heard from show
no material political changes.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 26.-The Conserva-
tives carried three of the four wards of the city,
The Conservative majority in the city is 46,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26

AQUIcK RUN.-The Philadelphia and South
err Mail Steamship Company's steamer Juniata,
Captain HOXie made the run from this port to
New Orleans in nine days, having stopped forty
hours at HaYana in receiving and discharglDg
cargo.
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FROM THE STATE.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. |
20 The Epenino Teleqrdph.


Exclusively 10 The EUening Telegraph
The Miners Returned to Work.
PTTTsToN, Pa, May 26.-The men in employ
of the Pittston and Elmira Company, Damar
Bawkley and Butler coal companiesS have
resolved TO resume work at the same terms
given by the Pennsylvania company to their
men, as soon as the operators will permit them
to enter the miEes. The only shaft remaining
idle in this place is that of Alva Tompkins, and
resumption will probably take place or before
Monday next.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26

THE MISSING MAN.-Patrick Garland, who
went out with a hshing party and did not return,
and about whom there was report OF foul
play" was found drowned this morning ON the
den. The Coroner has not yet examined the
body.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
FROM NEW ENGLAND.

IBY ASSOCIATED PREss.l
Exclusively TO The EUeliylg Telegraph
Obituary.
sPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 26.-Captain Fran
els w. Parker, of Detroit, recently of the edito-
rial staff of the Detroit Tribune, died at Monroe
yesterday, aged &c.
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A $4,000 FIRE THIS MoRNING.-This morn
ing at IL o'clock a fire broke out in n carpenter
shop No 1923 Salmon street, and communicated
to a stable, No. 1925, owned by John O'Briau,
and the frame dwellings N6s. 1929 and 1881
Salmon street. owned by JOS Gamble. The
total loss is $4,000. During this conaagration
Mrs. Munson, residing in No. 1929, was badly
burned about the face and arms.
AWAY FROM HoME.-One of Lieutenant
Thomas force yesterday was applied to by q
widow, aged twenty-five years, named Eliza
Eager, who stated that she is resident of
Indianapolis. She came to this city some time
failed. Her funds were short, and she had no
friends to whom ehe could apply for relief. She
has been sent to her native city.
AN ADVENTUROUS MUTE.-One of the Re-
serve officers picked up on the streets yesterday
a mute, aged thirteen years, named Alfred Van
Wick. The boy recently arrived in this city,
having run away from the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum at Stevenson. Van Rensselaer, county,
New York. The lad has been sent to the Aims
house.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.-About II 40 this morn
ing a horse attached to n milk wagon ran away
at Charlotte street and Girard avenue. and col
lided with n cart, throwing out the driver, a
man named Brown, and boy three years of
age. Both were slightly injured.
DIED FROM HER INJURIEs.-Mary Harris, q
middle-aged coored woman, who was yesterday
burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp, died
this morning at her home No. Fagen court,
Eighth street. below Lombard.
PARK GUARD BoAT.-The Park Guard have
now a boat stationed on the Schuylkill to ply
between the dam and the Wissahickon for po-
lice purposes, and also for the arrest of bathers
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26

WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS
w OF solid 1s-karat fine gold. QUALITY WAR
hand. FARR q BROTHER, Makers,
No. 324 CHESNUT Street. below Fourth.
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PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES,

Reported by De Haven Il Bro, No. 30 s. Third street.
SECOND pnADn
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
FOURTH EDITION
AFFAIRS IN THE DOMINION.
Great Flies in the Woods.
The Fishery Question.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
Health of the Vice-President.
The Treaty Investigation.
international Money Orders.
Etc., ETC., ETC., Etc., ETC., Etc.
international Money Orders.

ETC., Etc., ETC.. ETC.. ETC., Etc.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
The History of Coal.

Once a year, and at this season, it is conventional for newspapers to say something concerning the discovery of coal in this country. Complying with this custom, it may be noted that bitu- tninous coal was mined near Richmond, Va, as early as in 17O0. It was exten- sive]y used in the. vicinity in 1775, and 8 Richmond foundry employed it in making shot and shell during the Revo- lutio1i. It was sent to Boston, Philadel- phia and New York in 17S9. Obadiah Gore and his brother, blacksmiths from Connecticut, were the first to make use of anthracite coal in the Wyoming (Pa. Valley in 1768. Judge Jesse Fell, of Wilkesbarre, was the first to apply it to household uses. Philip Ginter, hunter in the Mauch Chunk region, discovered the Lehigh coal in 179l. Mines were opened in 1792, but it was ten years later before the coal was sent to Phila- delphia. The Schuylkill coal was first sent to Philadelphia in 1872. This brief ly sums up the early discoveries of coal in this country. The man who believes that coal will ever fall to it's former price of three or four dollars ton is yet to be discovered.-M r. Paper.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
A Singular Wife Murder.

A brutal wife murder was perpetrated at Mo- 324 South Fifth street Philadel- phia, as, we learn from paper of that city. The mtirderer, ist named William H. Oskins, and he has been employed for 0 long time past as foreman of the carpenters engaged in the construction of the government appraisers stores on Second street, below Chesnut. The victim was Mrs. Mary A. Oskins. The two lived for 6 ii1imber of years at No. All South street, where Mrs. Oskins kept millinery establishment. The husbaiid and wife appeared to get along very un- happily together, in consequence of his dissipatfng and drinking a great deal. On several, previous occasions his wife has left him. A day or two ago she said she would leave him for good, and went to the house of MT. Frank Register, where the murder was committed. Dur ing the time she was there the murderer called upon her several times and tried to induce Her to return and live with him. Yesterday morning he thade. another visit, and his wife told him in eonse-- quence of his bad habits she was afraid of him, and would not live with him, and that she intended to take measures for divorce. He expressed his willing hess to this, and said he would come again to-day aid talk the matter over. He then left. and Mr. Register cautiohed him against making any trouble, as it Would be useless, and advised him to meet the matter duietly. He answered that he would. "About :45 o'clock yes- terday afternoon he called again, when MT. Register was out of his office. The clerk, Mir. John s. Stow, was in the front office. Mrs. Register and deceased had just eome iri, having been out to consult a lawyer with fegard to procuring di- vorce. Oshins walked in, apparently rather excited, but with a steady step. He appeared to be somewhat under the influence of liquor. He walked up to said to her, ''Are you going to make this make some reply to the effect that she to: He mqmbled something, which could not be heard. He then deliberate ly took off his hat and placed 1t Oh the mantle, pulled 8 six -barrelled revolver from his pants pocket and fired several shots, two of which took effect, one in the head near the left temple, and the other near the heart: After he fired the first shot she tried to escape and get be- hind bookcase, but he forced her right into corner of the room and there fired the fatal shot. Mrs. Register, who was in the room, endeavored to get the child -o1t of the room and render assistance to ;, the poor woman. Before she could do this, however, the shooting was all over. The firing attracted the attention of the neighbors, and Colonel R. A. Winslow, who lives on the corner of Fifth and Powell streets, was called in. When he arrived he arrested Oskins and took him to the Central Police Station, where the pistol was found on him. He was ar ranged before Alderman Becker; who committed him to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. Oskins is about 4 years of age and his wife 45. She, fol her age, was very fine looking woman They have two children, one a young man nearly 20 years of age, and the other a boy of 10 or II.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24

A SALT MOUNTAIN The famous salt mountain of Palestine called by the natives Jebel Usdunn-is singular for nation, being solid mass of rock salt, of greenish white transparency, very much the color of shallow sea covered at the top with loose crust of gravel, fints, plaster of Paris and chalky mari. The mountain runs northeast and south west. It is about seven miles long and one and half miles wide In it's highest points tits nearly five hundred feet high. Around the base of the mountain the ground is full of dangerous Follows, into which animals often, and sometimes men, fall and sink out of sight. Little streams of water are constantly trieklipg, even in the dry season, from underneath the Salt Mountain and running into the sea. A. correspondent writing from there says he never tasted anything so salty in all his life /; salt itself, in the lump, is not so salty. This same cores pondent also mentions the strange fact that the Bible, nor Josephus, nor any ancient writer, directly mentions the Salt Mountain. Although only sixty miles from Jerusalem,- the best described city in the world, the first really good description we have of the Salt Noun tain, so far as his party could say, is Prof. H. B. Tristam's, written in 1864, and he only spent one day here. Only a little ways east-abeut ten miles-are rich fields of sugar cane, indigo, wheat. barley, and other things.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
Tbe Famine in Persia.

The following account of the famine in Persia IS taken from statement made at 8 public meeting recently held iii London to raise money for the relief of the sufferers
 "The lamentable famine now raging in Persia, and threatening to carry of hundreds of thousands of the scanty pop ulation of that extensive kingdom, has been caused by the unparalleled droright which has prevailad throughout the country during the last three years.
 '"" In an area far exceeding that of Great Britain and France together, no river of ang importance exists, and the quantity of rain in the spring and sum- mer is insignificant. In ordinary yeats; however, the fall of snow between November and March is considerable. It+thickly covers the. huge mountain ranges which intersect Persia, and as ii me]ts in the spring and summer it fills the watercourses and sn1a11 eafia1s from which the peasants irrigate their crops. The soil in the valleys is naturally fer. tile, and little labor insures large harvest if only the winter snowfall has been abundant. This, unhappily, has for the last two or three years been sin. grllarly wanting the springs, water courses, and rivulets have been complete. ly dried up, the corn sown over and over again has been wasted, the supplies ir the country have been exhausted, an6 famine, with disease in it's train, is now rapidly doing its deadly work.
 "The population of Persia has recent ly been estimated at about four millions a large proportion of whom are Eclyauts wandering tribes who corfespond to the Bedaweetl of Arabia and Mesopotamia These Eclyauts principally inhabit tht where the drought has been most severe Their means of subsistence depend mainly on their focks and herds, whicl have now in some places altogether per ished, owing to the total want of grass or the mountain slopes and in the valleys The most pitifuT destitution and the most appalling mortality are the results The towns have scarcely suffered less At Bushire, where relief is most easily afforded, and where much has been done under the auspices of the British Resi- ldent, deaths by starvation are of daily occurrence. It is reported that the pop ulation of Kazeroon, lately estimated a ten thousand, has fallen during these days of visitation to one-ffth that num- Der that in round numbers some four thousand have died of famine since this time last year, and like number have fled the place. A similar condition O. affairs. exists at .Shiraz, Koomesheh, anG more or less all over the large province of Kirman and Khorassan. while even 1T the less afflicted northern districts th' most 1amentable distress prevails. 1t i. reported that in the city of Ispahan alone no less than twelve thousand people have died of want, and more than double tha number in the province. No materia Improvement catf be looked for unti next spring.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
Kidnapping Extraordinary.

The Chicago Tunes gives the follow ing :: Some dozen years ago, in quiet village in the State of Illinois, there lived 8 young married couple named Warrington. On the occasion of the birth of their first child, girl, woman named Coulter was engaged as domestic. In about three weeks after her conhne- ment, Mrs. Warrington died while her husband was absent at work, and upon his return, he found himself not only a widower, but childless, as the nurse had absconded, taking the child with her, and no traces of her retreat could be found
 A few weeks since Mir. Warrington arrived at small town in this vicinity, and, while strolling through the princi- ral street, met a bright girl of about a dozen years, in whom he recognized the exact picture of his dead wife; but he had long since given up the idea of ever seeing his child. But after making a few Inquiries he became satisfied that his daughter was living, with, as she thought, ermother, in an adjoining city. The woman had been since married, and was now 8 widow. He discovered the woman, and was recognized in turn. The widow exhibited no desire whatever to retain the custody of the girl, and asked to be allowed a few hours to pre- pare her for her departure. MT. War rington called on the following morning, and was informed that Miss Coulter was not at home that she had gone out the evening before, and had not returned. MT. Warrington is again on the hunt for her, and will spare no pains to re- cover the possession of his child.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
The Cloud.

A white little clcudlet up in the sky Born of the winds and of the.wave es am l, And soft I float through the tremulous biue,, When the shining stars of heaven peep through. I cover them often from mortal sight, And hold in my bosom their silvery light; And the moon enfolds me in soft embrace, |, And smiles upon me with tender face. The sun climbing high in the rosy morn My wilderness 'tints with the colors of dawn, And around me sheds through the long, long The glory and light of his shining ray; And the lark springs forth in the morning
 sweet s"
 And sings to me songs for the dawning meet; While he plunges deep.i in my snowy wave, The stains of eaI tn from his pinions to lave. When the sun sinks deep in the far, far west, On purple pillow, with golden crest, And stains with his glory the mountains dim, And tinges with crimson my curling rim, And the twilight dies, while the night-birds
 sing, @ . And darkness sweeps downward on noiseless
 wing,
 Then again hold in my bosom white The deep shining stars with their silvery light
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24
How They Suffered.

It Is estimated that the diminu.ion of the working classes of Paris amounts to one hundred thousand, chiefly killed, prisoners and fugitives, during and since the Commune. In 1869 there were thirty thousand tailors in Paris, to-day only about twenty thousand then twen- ty thousand cabinetmakers, now but fourteen thousand while of shoemakers and other artisans there is a like de- crease in numbers. The consequence IS that the city is in danger of losing it's Supremacy in elegant artisanship, as for want of workmen many orders cannot be filled for export and of course trade will seek other sources of supply, where conditions are more favorable. It is daily becoming more apparent that the Thiers Government made a stnpendous blunder in its frantic and indiscriminate arrests after the fall of the Commune. Not only were great numbers of the most valuable workers withdrawn from industrial pursuits which would have benefited the whole community, but the Government now has tens of thousands of prisoners on it's hands whom 1t must support, has promised to bring to trial, dares not release, and yet great pro- portion of whom it will be unable to convict of any offence. When the Yer sailles troops entered Paris, reckless slaughter of the Commupist-and all the Inhabitants of that ill fated city who were poorly dressed were deemed com munists-was followed by wholesale ar- rests, the killed and prisoners amount ing, it is thought, to not less than fifty thousand. Many of those imprisoned were the victims of denunciations in spired by personal malice others were seized in the blind rage of the moment, without any reason whatever. Now languishing trade, changed public opinion, and 8 continual development of facts favorable to the prisoners and injurious to the Government, combine to render any further postponement of a general amnesty an invitation for fresh eonspiracies and yet Thiers is power less to move in the matter, as law has made the act of amnesty privilege o1 the Assembly, which is in vacation.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24

A SUNSET INCIDENT AT BUFFA1o.-The Buffalo Express says: "The sunset of Saturday evening, as witnessed from Central Wharf, exhibited most singu- lar phenomenon. As viewed from that point the great lumiRary appears to sink into the waters of the lake, and presents 8 beautiful sight on all ordinary oeca- sions, but at the time referred to, just at the moment when the sun appeared to be floating, as it were, ball of fire on the surface of the lake, it suddenly as- sumed 8 conical shape, as if of molten iron and the sides had run down, the whole form evidently magnifed to twice it's usual size. Directly in the centre oi this body of fire was plainly visible the form of ship, as if sailing in and part of the sun. Many of the business men of Central Wharf, who have for years witnessed many curious features and beautiful scenes in the western sky, never before saw the like of this."
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-24

FOUND IT.-As laborers were at work cutting 9 new road through hill, in 8 hollow known as Hang Hollow, near Council Bluffs, they excavated sack containing $12, 900 gold and silver money. hidden there eighteen years ago by one Muir, who murdered comrade, Cali fornian, in that city. Muir was hung by moo of Californians, and said he had hidden the money under stump in this hollow, but refused to tell where. Many persons have hunted for this secreted treasure in vain. The laborers shared the booty equally,