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BUFFALO,.
ForEer Sentenced.

BUFFALO, April 12.-COl. Theodore
Tyner, who plead guilty to forgery, Thurs.
day, was this afternoon sentenced to five
years imprisonment In the State prison.
Col. Dan Myers was not sentenced, being
wanted as a witness in cases pending,
Bradley, a shoemaker, said'to have prac-
ticed the confidence game extensively in
all the large cities between Chicago and
Buffalo, by representing himself as mer.
chant Of Montana, and ordering large
stocks Of goods, and issuing drafts In pay.
meut, was today sentenced as q vagrant,
to the Erie county penitentlary for ninety
days. -
The Board Of Trade this morning reaf.
firmed It's views on the canal funding bill
and petitioned the Legislature to pass the
funding bill, In order to put the funds ID
proper shape to improve the canal, and
make It practically tree.
In pigeon shooting match here to-day
between Ira E. Paine, Of New York, and
James Ward, Of Toronto, for q purse o.
$500, Ward won by five birds.
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DEATH OF DR. CUMMINs.-Dr. ROBERT
H. CUMMTNs, ono Of tho leading physi-
clans and most highly esteemed citizens
Of Wheeling, died at tho residence of his
mother near Bellaire at an early hour
Saturday morning. Tho sad event had
been expected several days. 1t made as
profound an impression as any death that
has occurred here for long time. DR..
CUMMINs was known intimately to so
many families in tho city in his capacity
as physician, who feel his loss as that OF
near friend, and was so universally
esteemed for his personal virtues, that
there is wide spread feeling Of bcreave-
lnent that seldom attends the death OF an
Individual however prominent. The story
ofhis life and the leading features OF his
character are summarized by friend in
another column. We can add nothing 10
the estimate there placed upon the char
acler of our deceased fellow citizen, save
to add that it Is q just tribute to his many
noble qualities.
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the subject Of the christian policy o! the
government towards the Indians. The
notice Of the meeting was issued before
the information Of the MOdOc massacre
was received here. General Howard I'D.
dressed the GssemblBge and spoke Of the
former manner in which Indian affairs
were managed, saying the Indians were
plundered on one side and the government
On:the other. Grant has broken up the
corrupt ring, and placed the whole In
dian question in christian hands. The
peace policy here meant murder and
death. he had no apology for the
Modocs, who had struck q blow at their
own existence. The President and Com
missioners say, peace before war. But
they believe in punishing breakers Of law,
whether Indian or white man. He
thought the only solution OF the Indian
question was In comforting citizenship on
certain tribes, even before conversion
and regeneration.
The New Commissioner Of Indian Al.
fairs, Mr.. Smith said he had been struck to.
day by overhearing remarks in the street,
church, and Sabbath school in execra.
ton Of the Modoc massacre. Even plouS
persons said "kill the Indians who com.
mitted the crime" he knew but little
about the difficulty. The Government
has not kept faith with the Modocs, but
tne!U wss Nothing ha aajd. In extenuation
u this savage crime. This act OF atrUUivJ
should not, however, turn aside the
friends Of christian civilization from their
benticient purpose.
NEW YORK, April 13.-The Herald has
a special from the camp near the Lava
Beds early Sunday morning, to which
time there had been no battle.
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WASHINGTON.

TIE CHINESE GND JAPANESE MISSIONS.
WASHINGTON, April 12-Rumors have
been repeated from time to time Of the
designations Of Ministers Lowe and De-
Long. Inquiry at official sources to-day
shows that loves resignation has not
been received and that ex-senator Coles
name has not even been mentioned by
the President in connectionwith the China
or Japan mission. Cole himself says he
Is not an applicant for diplomatic posi-
tion. Up TO noon today no one at the
Presidents house or at the Department Of
the State had any intimatiOn OF belongs
rumored resignation further than what
has been privately said by some OF his
friends, namely that he would retire
the should administration desire the
change.
THE PRESIDENT INTERVIEWS SECRETARY
RICHARDSON.
Tho President to-day gave an audience
to number Of persons on business mat.
tiers, and at one o'clock went to the Treas
ury Department, where he had long con.
sultatiOn with Secretary Richardson. All
that can be learned with reference to the
interview is that the President approves
Of the Secretary's course on monetary al.
fairs.
ASSIGNMENT OF CoLoRED RECRUITS.
The Superintendent Of the mounted re.
cruiting service has been directed to send
all the cOlored recruits at his disposal at
st. Louis to Fort Gibson, Indian Terrific
ry, for assignment to tho 10th Cavalry.
NoRTHRRN PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS.
The General Land office has notified
the Local Land offices along the line ol
the Northern Pacific Railroad that the
Secretary Of tho Interior has decided that
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
is entitled to tho lands along the line laid
down on It's map Of the preliminary loca.
tion as against all persons who made the
settlements on such lands after said pre-.
liminary map had been accepted by the
Secretary Of the Interior but before the
lands had been formally withdrawn-this
decision is adverse 10 several hundred
claimants andlinvolves about two hundred
sections OF lands in Minnesota, Washing.
ton Territory and elsewhere.
The Secretary of the Interior to-day
heard the argument Of President Becker
OF the st. Paul IS Pacific Railroad Com.
prny, In support Of Its application for
patents for about four hundred acres Of
land, where 1t crosses the line Ol the
Northern Pacific Railroad. Both roads
claim the land to be included in their re-
spective land grants. Ex Senator Wade
represented the Northern Pacific Compa.
ny. Further argument was postponed
till May 1st.
The President to-day issued an order
removing the Land Office from Vermil-
lion, Dakota, to Sioux Falls, Dakota Ter.
retofy.
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BOSTON,.


4 BINTI THUUBANU UUIIIAN FIIIhs
BosToN, April 19.-Tho New England
Organ Factory and Cresey & Noyes'
moulding shop on Worthan street, were
burned this morning. Loss 100000; in
sured.
EDINBURGH swINDLRRs RE'ARREsTED.
John and Andrew KeddIe, recently ar.
rested on a Cable dispatch for an alleged
fraudulent proceeding in Edinburgh, and
discharged for want Of Jurisdiction undel
the extradition treaty, have been rear
rested and held for examination. II 0p
pears that the accused were bakers in Ed
inburgh, and obtained about 700 barrels
Of flour from firms in that city and both
Of them, 1t Is alleged, converted 1t int
money and came to America.
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TuR Charleston Courier (Kanawhs) re-
cords that last Wednesday morning, In the
wee small hours,a "Whip.poor.wil" perch.
cd on the Courier building and "smoothed
the arduous Intellectual labOrs Of the
jaded journalist" with its strangely beau.
tiiul and lulling strainG." Tho cirCum-
stance Is construed to be symptom ofap.
preaching Spring. When snakes get to
coming around the Courier office, we sup.
poso the Spring may be considered full.
tledged and perennial" Probably no
fainting son Of the desert over welcomed
the sight Of tho oasis more gratefully than
the "jaded journalist" aforesaid did the
approach Of Spring which compelled an
adjournment ot the Legislature. He
has had hard shedding this winter, but has
fought through 1t oil with courage and
success that command our admiration.
The present condition Of the "jaded jour.
nalist" aforesaid, (of course VIC meau the
Public Printer remindsuS Of little story
that had an extensive circulation in GIN
clnnati Just after the great Presidential
Convention there last May. ItwaS about
parrot and a monkey; and it was told to
illustrate the dilapidatCd condition in
which certain revenue reiormers Of that
city, Matthews, HoadleY and others, who
had been leading spirits in tho Cincinnati
movement, found themselves after the
Convention was over. II seems gentle
manhad monkey and parrot, between
which there was an irreconclleAble teud.
The monkey never lost an opportunity to
rutlle tho birds plumage, so that 1t was
necessary to keep the pets carefully sepA-
rated. One day In the absence Of the pro-
prictor tho monkey got into the room with
tho parrot and improved his opportunity
to settle old scores. Alter long combat
tho parrot was so used up that not a
leather was left, and he only saved his
lllo by slipping under sofa where tho
monkey couldn't get at him. luthe even
lug tho gentleman came home, and en-
tcriug the apartment was surprised to find
the parrot missing; but while he wa
wondering at It's disappearance, the OirC
emerged from It's hiding place and added
to tho astonishment its wo.bcgone appear
ance created by cxclaimiug In its solemn
est tones: 1--WE had one - OF time.
That Is about the kind Of a time ou
friend Of the Courier has been having tht
winter. He comes out Of 1t in rather bet
ter keltCr than the parrot did, but he wi
roost pretty high in future when Jocko
around.
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OUR CHARLESTON CoRRRsPoNDENCE
Our faithful and intelligent correspon.
dent "HENRY," who has kept the readers
ol the INTELLIGENCER well posted for the
past four months on the doings Of the
Legislature and the aspects Of public ques-
tons at Charleston, furnishes his con-
Guiding letter this morning. We regret
that for the present "AENRY's" sprightly
correspondence will cease. His letters
have been copied and quoted, by both
Democratic and Republican papers
throughout the State. The writer has
dealt with public questions and public
men with q slashing, vigorous pen, and
his treatment while sometimes severe has
generally been just.
In making special acknowledgment to
"HENRY," VIC do not wish to bO under
stood as failing 10 appreciate the letters
of other correspondents Of whom there
were several. Excellent letters were
furnished during tho earlier part Of the
session by "ALrAA," while some Of the
very best were from "IcEBoUND," who
was never quite so badly frozen up buI
he could handle pen very effectively
1t Is not too much to say that some OF The
most mischievous measures brought for
ward in tho Legislature owe their defeat
10 the prompt exposure and denuncia'
lion ol them by our correspondents
These gentlemen have done the public real
service and arc entitled to the thanks Of
our West Virginia readers as they are to
our own.
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(From the Now York Journal Of Commerce.)
To show how easily the mind is puz.
Sled by any complication OF statement,
VIC once propounded the following to q
gentleman: A owes B $500, and admits
the debt. AS father dies intestate, and
B's father takes the benefit of the bank.
rupt act Does this discharge AS obllga.
tion to B? Alter no little consideration
OF the problem, several of the company
decided that it did It seemed 10 the
friend with whom we were arguing per.
fectly easy for an intelligent person to
throw out all the latter items Of the state.
ment as having no possible connection
with the first, but the test established the
point for which we were contending-
that this could only be a men
tai effort to which some men
were not equal at the moment
the question was asked. II we had not
witnessed such exhibitions we should sup.
pose that a question proposed by our
friend at Morris, New York, was designed
as a quiz. He supposes the case of a
hunter pursuing o squirrel who dodges
around a tree, and as the man with the
gun follows around to get a shot, the
nimble game he is seeking keeps always
exactly on the opposite side Of tho trunk
Now comes the all.important query:
Has the gunner, having thus gone around
the tree, also gone around the squirrel?
The town from which the question comes
seems to have divided as TO the answer.
With as much gravity as we can CON-
mand we reply that, as the greater in
cludcs tho lesser, and the squirrel Is on
the tree, and the gunner has been around
the tree, he has also been around the
squirrel.
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sudden Graynesy of the IIaIr.


The author ]. PIncus- Wiener Med
FfeSjc, No. 2, 1s7S-has CLEANED the fol-
lowing facts relating to this interesting
phenomenon. One case, that Of ply
siCian in Berlin, he gives in the sufferers
own words, as follows:
"Aly wife and daughter had gone to
spend the summer in one Of the neigh.
boring baths. was awaiting letter
informing me Of their arrival and domes'
tication in their new abode. The expect.
ed letter arrived as l was about 10 drive
with my Oldest daughter. opened the
letter and read that my daughter had
suddenly died. Instantly my hair became
gray, with hero and there a remaining
brown ono. had to go that afternoon
into the country to visit somo patients,
and met those knew and who had
seen me twenty.four hours before, They
were astounded to see l had turned gray
in o night Imust state that l was then,
always have been, and am still strong
aud healthy man."
Another case emanatcs from the Meth
crlands, on the authority OF Dr. Kooman:
IA young man thirty or thirtY.flve
yearsIOld, with black hair and beard, was
in the habit OF visiting me. One day he
came into my office, and was at loss
to recognize the man who stood before
me, for 1t was my friend, with his hair as
white as snow. He saw my surprise, and
told me the following tale: A few weeks
previous to his visit TO me, while passing
through the streets and canals Of Rotter-
dam, he saw crowd Of people excited
and calling for help. As he drew near he
heard that little boy had fallen into the
canal. Being good swimmer, he jumped
into the water and rescued the boy, but
life was extinct. He at the same mOmont
recognized the lad as his own little son.
Instantly his hair became gray.
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TIE EXACT F1GURRs.-A"TRANs1ENT''
correspondent at Charleston figures up in
our columns this morning the exact cost
Of the recent session Of the Legislature.
he makes 1t just $9OsGS. The first ses-
sion oI the Legislature in this State, when
a vast deal more and better work was
done, cost $4,000. The subsequent ses-
sions under Republican rlle ranged from
$4,000 to $4,000. The people Of this
State will come to understand alter while
that they were far more honestly and
chesply governed while the Republicans
werein control than they have been since.
Whether the Republicans are restored to
control or not, it is high time there was
a restoration Of economy and integrity.
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Tho general term Of the Supreme
Court Of New York has affirmed iudg.
ment in the case Of Henry FrGlich, con.
victed oil murder in Syracuse.
Todd s. Ritchie's jute and hemp mill,
at Patterson, New York, was burnd Sat.
urdGy morning. Loss dbout $4,000. In.
BurAnce $4,000. By this FIRE $50 hands
are thrown out Of employment.
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0hnG3telLi4euGtr.
startling News.-n Odoc Trcachcry.

There is startling news this morning
from tho scat Of the ModOc War. General
CANpy aud two of the Peace Commission.
crs, while holding a conference with Capt.
JACK and a small party Of his men, were
murdered in cold blood, JACK himself
shooting General CANDr dead. At the
same moment the Indians began an attack
on our troops. This, Of course, puts an
ond to oil peace negotiations, and deter
mined effort will be made 10 drive the saw.
ages out Of their refuge or exterminate
them IN it.
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PrrrsBURau, April 13.-River declining
gradually, the marks indicating lS feet in
the channel.
CNoNNATr, April 13.-River SO feet
and stationary.
LouIsvIILB, April 13.-River rising; II
feet 10 inches In the canal, 8 feet 10 inches
in the Indiana chutes, 8 feet inches over
the rocks, and 6f feet in the middle chute.
Weather clear and cool. Business dull.
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FOREIGN.
ROME.

The Pope In a Critical Conditions
Recovery Impossible =. Probably
Already Dead.
ROME, April 12.-Thc Pope after suffer.
ing many hours Of great pain Is now in .
lethargic state. His physicians have for
hidden the issue Of bulletins, and the cler.
ical papers have been ordered TO abstain
from making reports. It Is feared that the
recovery Of the Pope Is impossible. It is
believed that his death will be kept q SO.
cret until the conclave has elected his sue.
cessor, to avoid interference from GermR.
ny and Italy. All Of the Cardinals save
two arc now at tho Vatican. There are
four hundred Papal troops inside, and or
ders have been given to allow no one to
enter.
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Murders by ApachcS-.BlOody Rec
pFisal.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.-On tho 11th
Of March Gus Swain, John Mcdonald
and Joe Taylor were murdered by large
band of Apaches. The savages were
pursued and seventy.nino warriors killed
and twenty.six women and children made
prisoners. The troops were under com.
mand Of 1t. kicef now at Fort Whlpple,
They followed the trail of the Apaches
and learned that Taylor had been captnr.
ed alive and subjected TO the most horri'
Bile tortures. Captain Randall reports an
engagement with the Apaches, in which
they killed iorty.seven warriors and cap
tured seven women,
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THE GALLOWS.

PREsroN, GA, April 19.-EnoCh Ferdi.
naud Shaun was hanged hero yesterday
for the murder OF his wife May 4, 1879.
His paramour and accomplice, Susan
Eherhart, Is under sentence to be hanged
Nav 9d,
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Fire at ParkerSbuTg..A Little Boy
RuFned to Death.

CINCINNATI, April ia fro at Par.
kcrsburg, West Virginia. destroyed the
dwelling of Mrs. Neal AIcCombs, occu.
pied by Philip Dolmeyer. A son ot the
latter aged nine years could not be reach.
ed, and was burned to death. Loss on
the house $4,000.
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UTICA, April 13-The vile Of Robert
Pierce was found dead in her house this
morniug, having been killed by her hus'
band. a child four years old says she
saw her father do the deed. The murder
er Is still at large.
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The Rochester Catastrophe.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, April 12.-The
body Of Willie Pratt, one OF tho victims OF
the recent disaster, was recovered this
evening. A diver will explore the base.
ment 10 morrow, for the bodies Of Others
who may have been drowned.
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VACCINE AOENTs-The Governor has
appointed DR.. John g. Hupp as Vaccine
Agent at Wheeling; DR.. Tios. Page, for
MartinSburg, DR.. D. Mayer, for Charles
tOn-RdndWhd Journal
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NEW YoRK, April 19.-The steamships
Dousu and City Of Brooklyn took $405,.
OOO of sDeoie for Europe.
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(Dy the Western Union Line.
Oh1c0 Northwest cor. Of Main and M0nro0 BtSl
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FoIRI FAII from RalIFoad ITnIn'
LOUISVILLE, April William Read
aged nineteen years, son oil General Il. z
Read, fell from q train last night on the
Ellzabethtown s Peducah Railroad and
was killed.
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Exclusively to the 1ntellIgencer.
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BY TELEGRAPH.

ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
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Brig. Gen. Candy, by the Modoc Chiet
and intelligence received ut the same time
OF the murder committed by the Apaches,
cause profound feeling Of griet and indlg.
nation, which finds expression In all
quarters, particularly in the army where
Gen. Candy was held In great esteem and
affection, with utteranCes and earnest de.
sire for exterminatien Of these saVages.
These feelings of indignation has taken
place Of all ideas Of peace and the slight.
est consideration cannot be given to any
other proposition than that to move at
once to the severest punishment Of the
Modocs.
The following is dispatch received at
at the Office Of the Adjt. Gen. OF the
Army: N,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Curious Fact.

We clip the following from late
number of the Scientific Journal:
The creeping Of rails has attracted
not attempt to explain it, we Offer a
point on the fact, that on lines rum
ming north and south, the western rail
''creeps' faster than the eastern rail.
That is, this strange movement of the
rail towards the south is more marked
in one rail than the other on the same
track. Furthermore; it has been no.
ticed that on such q line the eartern
rail wears out the fastest. Both of
these points, we think, oan be explained
by the motion of the earth as it turns
from the west towards the east. Motion
tends to overcome gravitation. A rapid
skater flies over the thin ice without
breaking through, and train at high
speed has been known to leap broken
bridge unharmed. Momentum over
comes gravitation, and the greater the
speed the less the weight on the rails.
Everything that has free motion is
dragged after the whirllng globe ; every
wind that blows, and every tide that
moves feels the influence, and our train
going north or south is pulled over
toward the east and naturally presses
the eastern rail most heavily. The
western rail, being relieved of it's share
of weight, creeps more freely and
quickly. It is also noticed that the
wheels that run on the eastern rail
wear out first, and we can but think
that this earth motion is the true
cause. The practical side of this is,
that the eastern rail and wheels should
! ho rtrnnror "
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Conversational Summary.

sENArr.-On Friday, the 14th. a
rcsolution was offered authorizing the Com
mttcc OIL Commerce t" sit during the recess
for the purpose of invest igating The subject OF
steamship subsidies. The Caldwell case was
again considered. - -,
SENATE-On Thursday, March IS.
Mr.. McCrecry was excused from serving on
the committees on Public Buildings and Hpri.
culture. Several resolutions were offered ana
referred. The Caldwell case was then again
taken up. =
SENATE.-In the Senate, on the 10Th,
Hon. Matt. H. Carpenter was elected President
pro tenn. A revised list OF standing and SPECIAL
committees were presented and accepted. The
consideration OF tho case Of Senator Caldwell,
OF KANSAS, was resumed, and occupied the re-
mainder of the session.
SENATE.-On Monday March 10th
the Committee on Elections were instructed
to examine and report ut the next session the
best and most practicable method OF electins
President and Vice-President of the United
States, together with plan for the organiza.
| ton Of tribunal to determine all contested
| questions connected Herewith. The case OF
Senator CALDWELL Of Kansas, was considered,
| but 10 action taken.