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said to be attributed to the Chicago fire
Several Chicagoans, who reached
here last night, recited their experiences
during the fire. The parties, at the
hotels, were objects Of attraction.
The committee Of Inspection OF Sewers
yesterday stated that they had not been
paid since July; their pay-rolls were
purposely kept back by the Ring in
order to involve good men in acts oI
violence.
The employees in the Registers office
are threatened with heavy political
assessments.
Mayor Hall states that he has only
two hundred and seventy-three inspec-
tors Of election selected, out of a whole
number Of ITO, as vacancies from last
year do not exist.
The steamer Cuba has arrived
VIM. N. Evarts has returned from
Europe.
The pay of sinecures discharged from
the Controllers Office yesterday,
amounts to $4,000 annually.
Plasterer Garvey Is supposed TO be
in Canada.
1t is generally credited that vigil
lance committees have been formed to
stop repeating at the next election.
The Times states that VIM. NJ.
Tweed recently lost 100000 by an
unlucky speculation in the West. 1t is
also stated that Sweeney advises Tweed
to resign.
The chairman Of the Chamber Of
Commerce committee Of Relief an.
nounces that the amount subscribed for
the Chicago sufferers aggregates $780,
COO
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EUROPE.
Aid for Chicago.

LONDON, October DISSATISFACTION
are progressing tavorably in all quarter.
Of the city. The subscriptions yester
day footed up $1,000 sterling. Genera
Schenck's meeting was successful, al
which was subscribed 9SOOO. CITY
municipal meeting, also, 5000 guineas
FRANKFORT, October l3.-Aid 70,
Chicago is being literally subscribed
throughout Germany. Meetings have
been held here and in other cities, and
committees organized. Many subscrip.
tions reported.
LONDON, Oct. l3.-The relieffund for
the sufferers by the Chicago fire is max.
ing rapid progress in this city, and the
amount of subscriptions received to-day
has been greater than on any previous
day. The committees appointed to
solicit subscriptions have been indie
fatigable in their efforts, and report as a
result of their labor to-day total sub
scription Of Gl4,0O0 sterling. Besides
the amount subscribed in this city,
kilograms received from Edinburgh,
Liverpool. Manchester and other places
state that the movement receives the
most hearty and undivided support
everywhere.
Accepted.
BERLIN, October l3.-The Emperor
Willium has accepted the arbitrator
ship in the San Juan boundary ques-
ton.
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ST. LOUIS.
A Significant Political Suggestions
Trial OIL MedlicOtt.

AEoh Va DEs -hSuhCOtts
ST. LOUIS, September l2.-The Re
publican Of to-day has an editorial OIL
much significance. 1t suggests that nc
Democratic candidate be nominated for
1872. tsays there is no national pre-,
cedent for such course, but the expert.
ment is not an untrisd one, and cites
the campaign in Missouri last fall. 1t
then asks why should not an expert
ment that proved so successful in break
ing the power ofRadicalism in Missouri
be employed TO break the power Of Rad
icalism in the Union? Why should
not the whole country find deliverance
from a party that is essentially pro.
scriptive and oppressive, unconstitu-
tional and violent in it's policy and prac
tice, in the same effective way in which
a single State found such deliverance.
The result Of the Missouri election OF
1870 was not, indeed, a Democratic vic
tory, but it was certainly a radical
defeat and the abolition OF dis.
franch;Sement, the substance of
aDimosities, the restoration OF concord
and good will among the people
and the revival Of cheerful interest in
public affairs, and in local enterprises
which followed that defeat, are conse-
auences which vindicate the wisdom OF
the experiment in Maryland, and at
least suggested its repetition in larger
field. 1t thinks the adoption OF this
policy would divide the Republican
party, and that the liberal element in
that party would nominate candidate
in opposition to Grant, whom the Dem,
ocrats would be able to support,
and the result would be a majority Of
Democrat. and Liberals in Congress,
which, while differing materially from
a Democratic victory would be an inesti-
mable improvement on the present
order Of things.
The trial of DR.. Medlicott, charged
with poisoning Isaac NJ. Ruth, at Law
renee, Kansas, some months ago, was
commenced on Tuesday. Two dayswere
consumed in obtaining jury. Yester-
day testimony was heard, all Of which
was medical in its character. Doctors
Sanders and Newman testified that they
found morphine and atrophine in Ru:h's
body. Prof Wormley, Of Columbus,
Ohio, watches the scientific evidence
for the defense.
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RELIEFFOR CHICAGO.
The subscriptions from Various
Quarters.

QUARTERS.
BANGOR, October l2.-Four thousand
dollars have been raised here, and col
lections will be made in the churches
on Sunday.
ROCHESTER, October l2.-The Active
Hose company raised $500 for the
widows and orphans Of firemen lost in
the Chicago fire.
WA.HlSGroN CRY, October l2.-In
the public schools to-day $1,000 was
subscribed.
New York, October l2.-The disaster
by the Chicago fire continues to excite
public interest. Every detail regarding
il is read with absorbing interest. Con
tribulions continue to pour in from
every quarter. Supplies are furnished
in large quantities tor consignment by
the railroAGs. Immense numbers OF
persons OF every age and sex, yesterday
came to the railroad depots with pack
ages of various descriptions, containing
goods to supply the wants OF the DIS
tressed. AT the Erie depot clothing
came in bundles, bales, trunks, valiseS
and cases. Boxes and barrels formed
BY far the larger part Of the offerings
Provisions were also contributed IN
abundance. Almost every article oi
every kind of provisions were most
plentifully offered. Many prominent
business firms gave substantial evidence
of their generosity. One firm, a sugar
refinery OF the city OF Williamsburg
gave one hundred and four barrels ol
! crushed sugar.
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Near the same place today ] saw q
man hanging from a lamp post, with a
handkerchief around his neck and a
label tied to his breast, with the word
Arson" written on it. In different
parts Of the city nine others were killed
in various attempts at incendiarlsm-a
lad of twelve years, and another, a mid
dle.aged Bohemian, who was literally
covered up under heap Of stones and
missiles. Just as the Illinois Central
passenger train was leaving this even
ing, a man was detected on Twenty
second street firing frame building.
When arrested, eight small vials OF
nitro glycerine were found secreted on
his person. After very brief council,
it was determined to tie rope with a
rock attached, around the fiend and
bury him in the lake. saw him
drown. To prevent incendiarism it was
necessary to surround with Gordon Of
guards every block in tue whole city;
and in spite even Of such precaution
several fires broke out.
Another strange feature Of the dread.
ful scene was the wholesale intoxicatioE
of the citizens. The Mayor issued a
proclamation to close all dram-shops.
Those who did not comply were raided
by the inhabitants and the contents
poured into the street. The Mayors Of
different Eastern cities notified the
Mayor of Chicago that all the suspicious
characters of their respective cities were
heading for Chicago, General Sherl
dan has called out the military. Sew
eral collisions have already occurred,
the thieves endeavoring to break open
the safes With the incoming Of ad-
dilional troops, a, d dtheimmense exodus
Of people by the different railroads, it IS
to be hoped that peace and security will
araip reirn eIlurpmp
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Ashes for Peach Trees.

DR.. George B. Wood, President o
the American Philosophical Society
has communicated a paper to tina
Society, which the Philadelphia Ledge,
thus epitomizes Peach trees in thi:
vicinity, after producing a few crops
not only cease bearing but perish them
selves in a short time; whereas, their
natural life is fifty or sixty years, OF
more. The cause of this defective
power Of growth is believed by Dr..
Wood to be owing to a deficiency oi
potash in the soil, and he assures us
that if this alkali be supplied to the
tree so that it shall reach the small
roots and be absorbed, the fruit-bearing
power is restored, and the tree itself, il
prematurelv perishing, is revived.
Believing with most persons that the
cause of the decay lay in worms at the
root Of the peach tree, he put in opera
ton a plan which he had seen his
father perform more than fifty wears
before, viz; Of digging around the base
OF the stem a hole four or five inches
deep, scraping away all the worms
that could be found burrowing at the
junction OF the stem and root, and
filling the hollow thus made with fresh
wood ashes from the fire, which, Of
course, retained all their potash. This
was done in the autumn OF 1865, and
with result, the following spring, at
which he was himself astonished. The
trees appeared to have been restored 10
all their early freshness and vigor;
they put forth bright green leaves,
blossomed copously, and bore crop
OF fruit such as they had never borne
before, many branches breaking down
under the load of the peaches.
DR.. Wood, in rejecting on these re-
suits, and noticing that several OF the
peach trees treated had no worms,
came to the conclusion that we must
look for an explanation TO some other
cause than the destruction of q fcw
worms, and this cause he believes to be
the ashes, the potash OF which being
dissolved by the rains, had descended
along the roots to the rootlets, and
presented to them the very TODD for the
want OF which they were dying.
Decaying apple trees, bearing stinted
and inedible fruit, have been revived
by similar process, and with the Ike
results.
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WASHINGTON.
Presidential PeregrinatiOns.

WAsHINGToN, October l3.-The Presi-
dent, accompanied by the Secretary OF
War and the Postmaster General, will
leave here tomorrow night to attend
the postoffice corner stone ceremonies
in Boston, on Monday. Secretary Bout
well will leave in the morning for the
same purpose, and will not accompany
the PARTY to Maine, but return to this
city ear ly next week.
Returned.
Secretaries Delano and Robeson re-
turned today from Ohio. Secretary
Fish does not 90 to Boston. All the
Cabinet are now here, except Attorney
General Akerman. Commissioner
Douglass has returned from Pennsyl-
vania.
Relief OF Chicago.
The response Of the people OF Wash
ington to the appeal Of the Chicago
sufferers, in proportion to its wealth
and the character OF it's population is
probably the most generous of any of
the examples, Even the school child
rem brought contributions to-day, to the
amount OF nearly 5000, besides several
wagon loads of clothing. Last, but not
least, the laboring women Of the Treas
urv Department added a days pay
each to the fund The total contrlbu-
ton Of Washington will probably reach
Sl50,00O.
Fires I'm the Rocky Mountains.
Gen. Humphreys, chief Of the En-
gineer Bureau in the War Department,
to day, received letter from Clarence
King, geologist, in charge of the
Geological Expedition OF the fourth
parallel, dated October 3D., in which he
states that extensive fires have ragged
throughout the Rocky Mountains since
August 10Th, filling the air with such
volumes Of smoke as to altogether stop
their typographical work. On the %
Of October a heavy snow storm prevailed,
and on the Sd, for the first time, the air
was clear. Engineer King says the
survey will be completed by the lst oi
December, and that the expedition is
very successful. -,
At the Cabinet meeting to-day all
were present except Mr.. Akerman, who
is absent from the city.
The President with Mrs. Grant, Post
master General Creswell and wife and
Secretaries Boutwell, and Robeson will
leave Washington tonight for Boston.
Secretary Belknap will leave for Boston
! tomorrow.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close OF business to-day
Currency, S., ,462, 79l 80; coiu, s93, 32S,
6O4. Sc; coin certificates, II, ,S34 800.
Appointments.
The President has appointed VIM.
McMichael Assistant Attorney General
and Chas. Chesley as Solicitor Of In
ternsl Revenue.
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sheep Oh Il Poor Farm.

Some farmers OF our acquaintance,
feel an antipathy to sheep, for the
reason that they "hite close" We con-
slider this their chief recommendation
They can only bite close when the
pasture is short, and the pasture is
short only on poor farm. A poor
farm will necessarily be encumbered
with brers, weeds and brush in the
fence corners. Under such conditions,
we would gay TO farmer who has so
or upwards in cash (or credit for it, and
then let him borrow the amount il he
has TO pay one per cent a month for
the Use OF lt, invest it in as many ewes,
not Older than three years, as YOU can
get for that money. Put them this
summer ia such a field as we have de-
scrbed and give them, in addition to
what they can pick up, pint OF wheat
T. IN and oat meal daily, with free ac,
Cess to water and salt They will first
go for the briers and clean them out
every portion of tha. field will he trod-
den over and over again, and the weeds
will have no chance Fold them on
that field during the winter, and carry to
them Iced sufficient to keep them
thriving. Get the use OF a good buck
in season-SouthD Down would be
prcfcrabe-and in the spring, il you
hare luck Chat means if You give them
proper attention ard feed regularity,
YOU will raise more lambs than you
have ewes. The money will be more
than doubled, and the wool and manure
will pay for their feed and interest.
Ia the spring you may put that field in
corn, with the certainty OF getting fifty
per cent increase Of crOp.--.UaiHc
Elr,r,r
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Gov. H. A. WISE is possessed Of
wonderful vitality. He made an eight
hours speech at Richmond las. week
in the case of Sands, on trial for forgery
iu conjunction with Chahoon. We do
not know how much bis age exceeds
seventy; but his physical constitution
was never strong. His strength con-
sists in mind and will. The war left
him stripped OF his property, colored
colony being settled on his farm. He
went to work with hand and intellect.
Rising at daylight, he lsbored some
hours in his garden at Manchester.
Then he walked a mile and half to
his Office in Richmond and devoted the
day TO law-practice, returning the same
distance at night Wnshast5 NHss.
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WISCONSIN,.
e. e"' fire-FearfuI Loss or Life.

"' fire-FearfuI Loss OF Life.
BAY, Wis, October l3.-
l.. "uodEed and twenty-five bodies
e., Sssa .t found at Pestigo up to last
H.. 4he river was dragged to-day.
J ,r,I Iousnt One hundred more will
b, hn3;. Between sixty and seventy
f.,.S, u'TS 81 were brought to Oconto last
). Inc loss Of life on the east
T,aaPPaI!Ing. Terrible news comes
!,,I ,nU:e r lett are houseIess and naked.
B. rAr5EE, ,;,SE, Wis, October l3.-
E.nr,a5g 5gIeaders Of the gang who
pa iSs t>su 10 throw the passenger train
k.a s,e..1 ,s rack, night before last, have
b, Sf fts''ed, ,t and there is a fair pros.
X. IN. sae others being arrested. They
tav fass fas OF the Chicago plunderipe
"a; a. s;,l a;eelOg from Pinkertou's dealt :
(akjD,'.. WIN, probably, the intention O
Esir is, rand on Racine or Milwaukee
ll:csj Intention sd being apparent, tn,
(.n ~ authorities would not ALLOW
r,, ana come o. any farther north thar
.!sl..u,II.n Insy sI setalist.d BY attempting
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Railroad Accident--C0nduet vii.
Iiams KiIldr Three Others In
iured

A collision occurred On the Central
Ohio railroad, between Newark and
Columbus, yesterday afternoon, between
the eastward bound passenger train,
which arrives here at 9l7 P. ". and a
freight train ahead OF it coming in the
same direction. The freight was behind
time, and running on the time Of the
passenger train. Having no fagmau
out, the latter overlook the freight, and
the passenger engine struck the caboose,
smashing it pretty much to pieces. Mr
John Williams, the conductor OF the
passenger train, who was On the engine
was instantly killed by a portion OF the
caboose striking him on the head
Jacob Gates, the engineer, together
with the fireman, was injured, but no,
dangerously. A brakeman on the
same train was seriously hurt On tn.
freight train, all escaped unharmed
The passenger train arrived here abou
10 o'clock this morning. twelve hour
behind understandable Ness, I'm.
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Crime In Chicago,

Rev. Father PHELAH, editor OF the
Western Watehman, writing from Chi
cago, says: ..-. .- ~
1t is almost incredible, but nv eyes
were witnesses to seven diabolical at
tempts to burn the remaining portions
of the city. Two men were detected on
Monday night in an attempt to fire the
Church of the Holy Family. They
were promptly shot, and their bodies
exposed 70 the case Of the posulaes.
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HARTFORD.
Attempted Suicide.

HARTFORD, Conn, October 10" IL
son, the murderer, whose execution was
fixed for this morning, attempted sui
eide, early this morning, by stabbl!ng
himself, in the region of the heart, with
a sharpened wire. He was for some
time unconscious, but rallied. The
physician thinks the wound is fatal, al
though he may live a day or two. Ii
is believed that the wire was given him
by q visitor
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,,'s Contracts to be
Settled.
!. Grain Elevators Saved.
., ...or Bushels Of Grain Lost.

4 .,s5, October l3.-Money ha'
| subscribed for rebuilding tht
4 p Of Commerce, and the work
,,nmence at once. Temporar!
49,. have been secured. Active
;.,t.oas are being made for restor
branches OF business. The meet
bankers last night favored early
rr,ion. The proposition from
,ss Of the Board of Trade, tc
outstanding contracts based on
.,,vs market, meets with favor.
4 E3,at elevators are saved. The esti
=. ,5ss is two million bushels oi
,,.egraph lines are overwhelmed
business, consequent upon the
s;e and little ia heard from the
=. Z world.
E-raaHses estimate the Republican
:.y in Iowa at ~, 200.
4 .e banking Institutions are all in
.sa. order and will at once com
Y gsying a portion Of their depos'
% meet the wants OF depositors tor
i'm, beng. But few are taking
.-,a.e Of the condition Of things to
.s;.er prices that usual for goods
"s Business OF the city is reyiving
.y Large amounts of lumber are
alaled 10 the burned district for
~'sry stores.
/ lie Governors OF Ohio, Michigan,
u a2i Wisconsin have issued proc,
.:oas calling on the people to aid
a.'
A;:sao'c,ock this morning as three
lanes unknown, were digging out
,se in South Water street, the
sa,l Of the building fell on them,
1.-TWO instantly and fatally iujur'
60. iAiri. The wall was eleven
s, ;Aick. 1t was blown down by
'a!.
Pclure Of the Battle Of Gettys,
co.ting $1,000, was torn dow Il
!: frame 10y Mr.. Rockwell and
= somewhat torn, was safely con-
; % tie Baptist University and
re 70 a town forty miles away.
:.o:hwell, the artist, has been tele
s,-eitor and will be here in a day OF
az city continues to be orderly
.':Ai Sheridan reports to the Mayor
lie earns OF no cases Of crime OF
air'. The many rumors Of at
s' lnceHdiarism, shOotings, hang
|t, are creaturen of an excited
.:1ailon. General Sheridal and
T; Mason, with the forces at their
1Aat are doing all that human vigi.
x A'i energy can do to bring order
" chsos, and protect private per
aai property, and preserve the
,peace.
4 ;. 49, on the street were made to-day
.S'@S ~ for spring and winter
~'l;; 20G 2jc for choice butter
~ dozen Tor eggs; 65@75c pei
- OF potatoes; 81 per barrel FOL
';@S' nails, 81 %. There is
ak about changing the present
'7'' o' the Board Of Trade to the
ID ne, beyond Sixteenth street. bu'
a.'i''y OF remembers are decidedly
It's the general impression
sc Present quarters will be re
''e business was transacted or
= and sales OF one hundred bar
.2nr were made. Spring extrs
4 " - ~ two hundred barrels o
I' ats' -; one hundred barrels
'@,ks At s. 80.
81. .ac' Is now positively stated tha
q ,,;SSt VIZ, Insurance companie. at tn,
a '.I promptly adjust and pay il
|r "e'F losses by our great confla
81 ~. Iils the most cheering new
n v !e'!eceIved since the Gala nifty
d -. % tar towards helping man,
4 ' on, Of the trouble and settini
y '' their feet again
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Dead Body FOund Evidence Of MUIR
der.

ucr.
On Friday evening last Mira. George
Andrews, living directly on the James
river aud kanawha turnpike, twenty
one miles wee of,uis place, in c"mpa-
nv with her cniIdren aad negro boy,
had gone into the wOod- near hy for the
purpose Of booking after some chickens,
when they .ound the atmosphere laden
with sickly smell a. of dead car.
cas- Continuing reir search the
party .Gdicnlv and UNEXPECTEDLY came
across the mauglsd body Of human
bcin--a man Mrs. AnIrcws at once
mair known her discovery. when sew
eral gentlemen (ue.ghbors) proceeded
to the -pot and there iounl the lileless
form OF tellowb being, who doubtless
had been the victim o! foul murder.
The body had been made sad havoc Of
by hogs running loose in the woods,
the legs had been severed from the
BODY and dragged 4 distance Of TWEEN
" or thirty feet, and when fsund the
feet were yet creased in tne boots
worn hv the unfortunate victim.
There was one bullet hole, and several
inlentures In the skull, the latter ap.
parently the result OF severe blows. A
coroners inquest was held on Saturday,
but the result OF the jury's investiga,
ton has not as yet been ascer,ained
Hence we are unable TO give fTl! par,
! t;culara.-GrssnGrisr Journal
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Written by Convict in Convict:
Cell

This truly unique work presents an inside
view Of State Prison Life, and from q stand
point never before occupied. Unmistakabie
Indications point 10 u ~ the great fsst-seiI-
Ing subscription book OF the yesr. Circulars,
cOpious extracts and eighteen sample en-.
cravings sent free; or bound prosPectus OF
Ia pases tor 50 cents. z. r.. VENT, PubltSn-
or, Is West Fourth street, Cincinnati, y.
ocl-dsa0r
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MAINE.
Heavy Fall Of Rain.

Heavy Fall Of Rain.
PORTLAND, October l3.-The rains OF
Wednesday are damaging the railroads
in this State. The rain fall 10 very
heavy. 80
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Sundries.

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Just Received.
Starch.

IN BOXES FoXs PEARL STARCH,
0U Just received and for sale ". =
spFl5 ". HEiLbf.
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LiyerDOOi Salt.
WANTED.

IN SACKS LIVERPOOL TABLE SAIL
w just received and for sale by
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TrIIsses,
For the Hair,

T'O REMOVE DASDRUFF: TO PRO
i mote the growth Of the hair; 10 clean
the scalp. use the "ATnerican Hair Dress-
Ing" In large bottles at 3 cents. Sold by
scp2l LOGAN, LIST n 90.