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The Virginia EentinsI GecIics Gen. Hun'on's
claim for the sUtfrsges of the voters of the
eighth Virginia district, because he has failed
to make his influence felt ct Washington. The
same paper says that " Mostly has really repre-
sentGd the district. Within the last three weeks
we have seen six ladies and gentlemen ap-
pointed to Office, solely through his influence,
beside the many before. This, too, rot because
Gen. huntOn has not tried. He has tried re-
peatedly, it is said, but Invariably without sue
c6se.U
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THX LOUISIANA CoNP EoMIsE.-By the tele-
gram elsewhere it seems that the New Orleans
republican and democratic committees OF COL
ference have sgreea uPOn an equitable division
Of the membersh'P upon the election Uos-iz
ard the democrats promise TO do everything in
their power fer the maintenance o. order. il :
satisfactory to note the fact that the telxe.en.s
are disposed TO unite III sn Arrangement for a
lair election.
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THE GREAT
NETROPOLITANDOL STORE.
NEW AND HANDSOME GOODS JUST OPENED
slid wsIput TsbIos and s,a,1. Al

Solid Wslnut Tables and Stands, al
lrWei l. cas-, IS, &C and 81,
" 6.Dut Book RaCks, Ride AID Corner Brackets
@ III Boa :, SC., 81 cents 10 s.
!Cy bew ChrCmCs. Ia walnut frames, eos and {
Fine fTelt China SpiytO0ns, 81.
eEItUCtQ CLOCKS. warranted, 81.
Ten Pin DIAN Ond II 81 Racks, 3y55c.
EI { hyG Bottle Large C8stOrs, 81
Hard ONE Sslid " Iuut Frames, SIC,
me p Eshed Hesvy Frames, 81.
cary d AID Polished alnUt Frames, very hne,
az ] q aud So.
NolGut kmsH Franz 8, &c
Ladies two Burton Deg skin Driving Cloves, 75c
j0cies Zine Embroidered C1-sets, 81.
G Ct fer q, 81.
Gsti,s Beet English Half II 3se, three pair 81
kAcelieut uH brsli6s 81
Fine t. n and Twelve Bib do at 81 50 TO a.
Ladies Fine MeTino Vests, 81.
Lsales ine 7 nc garments, good cotton aud well
mage, fl IL to s..
Large a7soIrnCD Pocket Eniyes, Boz TO ST.
Pes II giBg Baskets, EOc,
100 dozen Of the celebrated MANHATTAN
TUILET SOAP, which Will be positively gwen
away a. the following prictS
Excelsior, Elk pieces, 3Jc,
rye Tbblets, four pieces, sc.
! inc Toilet, two pieces, 25c
This is really good soap, aud the pricD remark
ally low.
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W here tO Advertise.

TIE STAR has now a circulation very much
larger than that Of all the other city papers
combined, reaching every household in the
District and q wide range outside. The result
k that The STAR affords unsurpassed advan-
tages s q medium OF communication between
AL classes OF the community, In the way OF the
adjustment Of demand and supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-29

IL il quite evident that Governor" Kellogg.
OF Louisiana, should "step down and out" The
republican party can't afford to shoulder him.
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INSURANCE COMPA,
PRE- INSURANCE.

Niagara Fire Insurance Company OF New York
Assets, 81 SIS .fs. Surplus, SS5S.11s.
Republic fire Insurance Company Of Rev York
Assets, Sfoe 90. Surplus, S$oo,0y0.
Manhattau Fire Insurance Company OF Sep
York-Assets, Sso6 $50. Surplus, sSS,e0.
National Fire Insurance COMPANY OF Pnilsoei-
phis, Pa.-Assets, Se6S 90. Surplus, 8 1os,0VQ.
Old Dominion Fire Insurance Company OF Wiz.
Sfnfs-A ssets, esls,c00. Surplus, ellt0o0.
WILLIAM l.. BRAMHALL 9 90,
maySa-tr AGENTS, GOT It'll street northwest.
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PIANOS, dc.

4 VI NLOa
DIANOS AND oEGANs
n Iar 5tSf Ttaht-s tfg-t1rH Trtrfyn aHf
Also the pEChER Bios. PIANOS, by-0fNft
G.. KUHN,
Practical plauouIAEer,
b33 New Hlrk avenue.
Pisnts AID Crssus tuI ed and repaired aHgIIiy
IAM. kRABE s. CO.'S WoTla-rsnoWEed Grand
w eqUare ard Upright PIANO..
fOklAS, pronounced by reading Judges 49,
the BEsT NOW MkuR. THE FANORTTETGNFN
nCCA1MOA PIANOS, well known f0T their evest-
ness II tone and beauty Of finish seCoD9 hapf
PlAhUs Tor Gale ~ prices fgOn $50 upwards on
eesy terms. Piauos a2d OrgRLs fer rent, ard
tuuing promptly Hrteuccd TO- A call res pectfTIfV
solicited a. kEICHEEBACH's PIANO VAR
ROOMS, S&S llLh street shove Pa ave sepIs-V
EREAT BARGAIas,
" FOR Cash,
IN PIANOS AND ORGANS <Zf
A. @. T.. WILD & bBO5' lnNlN
PAM AM ~ CSIC STORE,
72S ira fTEEET NoFTHwEsr,
Ha'f tIUare above Patent Hfice. seFlf tr
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NpwAsHINaroE CooPERA.

TTHEsECONDw WASHINGTON OOoPERA-
Wy TIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS will held
THURSDAY EYENIsG, Oct LIST, at o'clocf, IA
the Board Fl Trade Rooms, Pennsylvania avenue,
second door from the corner of 9Th street stairs
month. One thousa nd dollars may be purch asei on
each share. The low rate Of the shares eBsbes
thOse who obtain advances to reduce the monthly
has repaid. that ne IL not com PEELED - pay q
large premium On an amount Of money that he does
got really owe. Fer further infor the
printed constitutlon, which may be had land shares
.ut serlbed) from John Cook, An Auditors Office;
p. Calan, treasurer, at She office of the associa
ton. No. 6I3 7'h street; Noble ID. LsrnAr, Office In
druggist, corner 9TH and streets sou beast; Dun
csnscn 5ros auctioneers, corner 9Th and streets;
Thomas Horfieet, ssddler, corner 18th street and
street, between II aud 18Th streets west; A. s.
Eose, Adiutsnt Gener ais Once, War Department;
Ausustus Davis, builder; T. O Smart, Second Au-
'DR; y. HOWARD, President.
J.E- THOMPSON, Secretary. SEES At
TTOUNG MINIS, CHRISTIAN ASsOOIA
AS TIOH,
sO5nss s. and English
9rsAmar, Phonogrsphy. Matthew stics. ssrrad His
tcry. French and Germ an. commencing sept. q.
Free Resdine- Room and Circulating Library,
Daily Prayer Meetings ct HI5, 8 and 9 o. M.
sabbath evening Services at the Rooms at 3
WE WELCOME ALL. .usI.sr
f%sOHHHUK MANpRAKF PILLS-Thes
Wy Pills are composed exclusively Of yeeenable
Ingredients, and although they entirely supersede
ne use q DO not leave any q it's injurious
valuable remedy In ali cases Of deranssment result
trs from dtsordered state OF thst organ, Liver
lo<nPlaist, Bllious Disorders, INDIGESTION, SICK
No tee U.e 81 soneneSs s.ntrate Pi;is. Fer sale
b. Druggists and Dealers. ms-tr
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DIsPEEsARY,

fNENTRAL DIePEEsART,
Oorper 10Th and e streets.
opsn daily fron 70 ?; N sundays excepted.
ATTENDING sTAfF-Disesseso OF Women. DR.
b. II. Barker, Monday ana Thursday, Disess-s OF
Wednesday and Saturday. Diseases Of Heal and
Abdomen, DR. wm n; Boss, Tussday and Friday.
Surgery, DR.. W. o. Briscoe, Wednesday and satur-
day; Diseases Of Eye and Ear, DR.. q. II. A.
Kleinschmidt, Monosy and THURSDAY. Diseases 81
(,oHH LOAF oIYlol. svs. q IsA sr
fork sysnus; rhs nost griyste Loan omoe
q intsrsk on Cod and 1iivsr WsSch0, Disnsnds,
Plate and Pl.to4 y are, Qens, Pistols, Lsdiss' sns
ssatssnsaS oiothins, oasp~s ssd ~ ertiesss
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LOST AND FOUND.

UNAKEN Up ESTRAY, on tie 24th inst :, a brown
= Rad y hIte COW With horns. The Ow -er-~ks
VII c'ne toTHa:d, Prove property pa. kllES
charge. and take her away. CHAS a. NJ L. Al1
DiAAN, sCo llfh street southwest. es9St"
1 GhT-OD tie morning IS the 80 b. AZ CT near n 8
- GeLter Market, enc Black Morocco POOK 5r-
II lelurred 70 W NJ GkEEN. PCrser at p. P Little
% e, corner {, h and sts southeast. 1t
osT.Qn yesterday evening DIANt<ND
by leaving the same a. this of1ce. sep2s ~
STBAYkD AWAY on the 7Ilh ms ant, a white
~ COW, bIsCk spots, EoTBsy heavy with -
cali. liberal reward will be paid if re- 81 II
stTt els northwest. sep23,3t"
TEAkEE Up ASTRaY, on the 10th Instant, a
Il DARK BRINuLE cow. The ovuer-xs
VIII cone forward, prove property. pay RlgS
LIks, 27th aid II streets northwest sep25 81"
7 OsT-s5 EEWARD VII Le paid for g
IL the retnrh of lghI trown YOUEG2 Ak
DOG, al @ers TO the call Of SANDY ''--&--A
mgTo leather cOHaE-by WELLER 3 kEPETTI,
Vhoiesa,e tebecconists, No. sol P.npsyivanis
svfnne, under TatiOral Hotel. sep23-2t%
cIO REWBRD-Lort, my large white SET.
~ " TER BOG DASH" Had light
yellow ears, a yellow spot 70 al a sAaliSsa[
peach on his forehead, and some spOt5S-S-N
same color, on bis TUmp. Ais', a caiious or worn
trCt, IeI haps en- iCCh III diameter, each hin
Was well feathered on legs, and ksd finely feata-
cred long tail. WIN pay above reward for bis re-
tHTB, or for information where he may be folpd
J. q. p. BURHSIDE,
ser?S-3' Post ONCE Department
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lf0B RINT-October LIST, a large, nicely Far
Il rfshed ID story Trout ROOM, with BOARD;
southern txposuTe. 9e3 street. sePzs s.
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woODII WOOD
JOHNSON BROTHERS,
MEDICAL, &c.


nB a. 1, BOsw0gTB, Eiectropathic PEysi-
~ clan, 92l ~ street northuts t. cures al chISn-
us aees - special contract ChaaEiug nothing al s
s ssas Female diseases specially. Consultation
GsH's FAhoUs sPEKMATORRdEA ira,
~ NerFahttc LatIlloss, and q. cure seminal weak-
ags VITA toll a.rscions. A HUSH, r o Boz
ArSs4 New 1ork city. ssT3i Ia
IMPORIhEr TO LApIks -DTs- BEUTHERs
practice M the ci9 Of New Ysrs aud tgenty a.. 10
rms city enables inom 90 guars ,teo cure IL all
v hites, or other weakness Of tue Uterine OreaTs,
&C VITA e. era ctLtr disease incident 20 tue IL "a
y I, ID. Oihcc, BOO and 90 street s5uil.
eep2azE'
nR. BCCKLER JONES
old ofiict: IS \. Csiyert str q - i HUE
CInsuItstioIs cctu tenial. seplsimN
lbs FhCLEs TO ,MAKBI3GE 81 TBDg R-7,f
Abuses IN cary Lie. ManhScs resiored' Impsii.
h.,his &. Marl iage removed. New method q Tr5At-
circulars seLt free, ~ sealed snv.lopes ADDRESS,
ta-iphis, Pa an Institution having high rvpu-
tsn,n Tor honorable conduct and professional
('OhEIDEBTIAL MEDICAL TREATNEST-
y Cld DE-. DARBY hss greater facilities than
nats, Once AZ the Drugstore corner "a street sad
DB, JANE wISsOs.
~ AthoT0uEtiy e1JeFieboes snd scientific MID.
Ladies attended 70 taelr residence ct .ny hour,
nfs II OF day or pleasant ana the best q al.
tendance AZ the Doctors private residence, 10 n
street northWest, between lst aud 81 SIS. mar7-lY
EEMALE DISEASES u eli kiHfs treated. De
III ~ IaOs case sno shci ,,e q sir-s al medicine
$50 North l2lh street, Pm iiacslThfs JAM u
nh, ROBEHrS0N
Ale 10TH kTEEEra MAI Pa. AvENuI,
from long ez PerseBce n bcth hlspitAl aud
PRIV ste Prscfieet viii guarantee in all Dis
eases OF the Urinary DrEaus, GOnOrrhGa, elect,
strlCtcfe, syphilis, sDd SpernatorThJea. Cases n
SODorrherB recently contracted cured IL stogoaFs,
SYPHILIS "a all ts stages quickly cured, and the SOL
son entirely oractchfd from the system without the
use on mercury. bpermaturrhGss. frought on ~
excuses and atuse IN youth, causing loss on memOrT
and insanity, gsLsrai debility, organic weakness,
lnPstsGcF osrs ous itrttsbilty, syDptJu1s II coz
sumption, Indigestion paipifatf9n q the heart,
pains m beck, dimness % sisht ~ giddiness, eyd
tottt sslnst, se aEzirust, &c., speedily cured Is
newly discovered remedies. DR. q, located for
many T-srs 90 ~ :. Eutaw street RAltimors, Nd
has coLsetteat alter nalg sJlicitSious b Ne ash
E.-gtcE Pair'ls, @ 07Cu permanent ono IA tnsf
CITY. where De Gay % cgUEgl,sd ever Ne6nssdaT
sc saturday N each week from : u. - ,. ia
js.-1-iy
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eye IW PfJprltt1T.
pEMOVAL OF GRAYs,
The hue and spacious residence, lately occupied
By Gen. Ii. +. Butler, and known a the Mout gOm-
cry property, located at the northeast corner Of 18th
AID streets, opposite scott square, has been taken
by JOB A. GEAl, and il now open for the &C.
ccmmodatiOn Of guests, either transient or perma.
Ee;t.
The location being much more eligible than his
former place, and ths rOOls of much larger dimen-
sioEs he eeared &c give better satisfaction than
ever before.
II IL also provided with increased facilities as
CATkREB,t TO supply suppers and I'll orders 10Y eu.
q rta nnIs nts generally. sep25.2w
SPECIAL NOTICE.
until January LIST,
spound cars TOMATOES.............Sl9 % Dor dozen
2 p uBd caI TO MATO ks..........-.. ] 81
3 pound cans PEACH kS-.......-........ $50 -
2 pauld cans MACH Es....-...... .... 2 50
send IN your orders early, rs prices viii Likely
aGvaLce with the season. -
FINE GROCERIES,,
sepa6 tr 1918 Pennsylvania avenue.
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hR. BCCkLER JONES
IL Has aETf-khED 70 RsIrTHopr
nB. JANE NIGsVa.

ever ier prActiciug lie specially. Cas- on rIqr.s
Mats once AZ the Drugstore corner "a street sud
ia avenue. seFiI-1rIs
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Nh, ROEEh rNna

E'kmhLE DlcEASEs u ell kinds treated, De
scribe case and euci zee IS. a3yics All medicine
VII Dc sent. Address Mrs ar. THOMPSON. No
go North l2t h street, Pm ilacelrhfs JanE L.
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~ A.thOTOuEtiy experiences snd scientific Mo.
wife and Lsdies' Physician.
Ladies attended 20 81 tleir residence 81 any hour
rfs ~ OF day, or Jsssst TOOSns ana The test q al
tendsnce al the Doctors private residence, 10 u
street northwest, between lst aud 81 IS. mar7-lV
The Portland daily press., 1874-11-14
Domestic Markets.

os sss Nov aegs of
ping extra held higher; Rye flour best 80; Buck
wheat flour duh at 90 50 for State and Pennsy-
Wheat-recepts 194,54O bush; exports So 4S7 bush:
sales 100000 bush: the market is higher and fairly
active; Nos and Spring &c in store; No Chica-
111t q 1915 closed held at IS; old do IA q III;
good choice No 1 16 g 26; Red Winter 10 q %,
and 20 in store; Amber Winter %; White rs "a
40; market closed firm at the advance. Corn-re-
ceipts $3.50 bush; exports 8479 bush sales 900
bush at % 92lc in store and o. g sac aoat for old
Yellow 90; White O5 q 06. Oats-receipts 81, 466
bush; exports 900 bush; sales 2 900 bush at 65k q
a SIC for White; closed firm at Csc for No Chicago
Mixed. Barley-recepts Al ,s11 bush; 6-rowed State
held at I so; prime Canada at co. Rye-receipts
quoted at SO q CSC. Barley Mat-recepts 400 bush
held above buyers views Oatmeal steady at 70 for
exps zoo bas sn0t Clover oG held s q
q 81 with BUYERS at q 81; Timothy quiet and NOM
inal at 2 70 q 80; Domestic fax seed O5 a 10.
Cornmealreceipts HOO bbs and 2400 sacks; exports
80 bbs sales $50 bbls at 90 q 10 for brandywine
410@475 for Western Yellow common to choice;
4lS g 60 to- Jersey and 7PoenRsyyanla Yellow; city
Yellow l IS; bolted White Is. Whiskey-receipts
2oi bbls tsales 25O bbs; opened at o5 and closed
spot; 123c seller for six months. Taow fra at SC.
Linseed Oil nominally at 7sc. Ptroleum is dull
crude in bulk nominally at 5sc; nominally at
at 20 a 80 for strained. Tar neglected; Whining
ton is nominal Spirits Turpentine dull at 49, Coffee
dull sales 1000 bags Rio extra Christina. Raw Su-
gar dull; sales $40 hhds molasses at a TIC; 900
boxes mixed lots on t; refined Sugar is quiet and
crushed I0bc Molasses-sales 800 bbs New Orleans
by auction and private sale at so 65c for strictly
prime to choice. ,r- --.I. .-rr
Cotton steady; Middling uplands 14sc; low Mid
dlings lac; good do 1870.
Ocean freghts dun at q 81 for grain; charters at
As Sd. = H. n ,ss7r- = n w q -s--
Gold closed at 110s.
The Portland daily press., 1874-11-14
NEW YORK.
The Iron Trade.

Enc iron Ifa0c. H.....f
New York, Nov. 13-A meeting of The mem
bers of the iron and steel trade was held to-day
at which committee was appointed to inves-
tigate the revenue laws relative to the iron
trade and to make such alterations in them as
may be deemed necessary for the welfare of
the business, after which they will be submit.
ted to Congress for approval ma
The Tilten- Beecher Trial Postponed
3 An argument was heard this afternoon be-
fore Judges McCue and Reynold of Brooklyn
City Court, on the appeal from Judge Nelson's
decision refusing to order bill of particulars
in Tilton's suit against Beecher. 1t was at the
same time decided that the trial of the case
shall not occur before the first Monday in De
cember.
Bowen and til Brooklyn Eagle.
An argument was heard before Judge Neil
son on motion of the counsel for the Brooklyn
Eagle that Henry G. Bowen be compelled to
give testimony before the trial of his libel suit
against that paper, the defence asserting that
they are unable to frame an answer from what
is set forth in the complaint. The alleged lie
bel was an article ascertaining that Bowen
was stakeholder in a company formed to dis
cover Capt. Kidd's treasures. .al =.
The Removal of the Commissioners OF
r Accounts. an
The action of the Mayor in removing the
Commissioners of Accounts without assigning
any reason, and just as Commissioner Howe
tions, is strongly condemned. Nearly years
hard labor has thus been lost There are
rumors that condition of things in some of
the departments has been discovered that lit is
desirable should not be known to the public
Comptroller Green is charged with procuring
the dismissal of the Commissioners.
A Remarkable Verdict.
= The Times. in reviewing the coroner's verdict
in the election day murder case, says that the
verdict suggests the conclusion that the jury.
was determined from the first to wbisewash
Coroner Crocker and his fellow ruf6a1s. Neither
the evidence submitted nor the legal require
ments binding on the jury in such cases can
Justify their extraordinary conclusion Amid
all the contradictions of the testimony, de-
signedly confused by an Inscriptions coroner,
these three facts were clearly established.
The dying man said not merely once but re
peatedly and circunistantially, "Dick Crocker
shot me, and he ought surely to be the best
has likewise been proved beyond any doubt
that George Hickey fred two shots at McKenna
after he was down, a fact to which the dying
man was also heard to bear testimo ny. Subse-
quent shots were fred by Henry Hickey and
John Sheridan, but apparently after McKenna
had received his fatal wound. There is a
strong presumption that McKenna died from
the effects of the first pistol shot fired in the
affrav, and there is an equally strong presump.
ton that Richard Crocker fired that shot.
The Portland daily press., 1874-11-14
WASHINGTON.
The Safe burglary Case,

0s~AS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-In the safe burglary
trial to-day, testimony was given relative TO the
good character of Zirruth.
Mr.. Gibson, correspondent of the New York
Sun, was put on the stand and asked if he
wrote certain articles denunciatory of the Judge
and jury, but no satisfaction was attained, as
he could not idenusy the articles from their
headings. .e., - sOi 1895 ---l l5.is
The prosecution has closed its rebutting tes-
timony, and the defence has introduced addi-
tional evidence. irrr -,... H. -..,f-,.
-.r.4 Treasury Balances. - ..-.t
The following are the Treasury balances to-
day:-Currency, SIG, 100, 821; special deposit of
legal tenders for redemption of certificates of
deposit $54, 2O5, 900; coin, $82078 431, including
coin certificates $21, 321, 700; outstanding legal
tenders. $382,0OO.000. -i- "
Patent Office Promotions.
The promotions in the patent office are as
follows:
First assistant c. P. Tilden Of New Hamp-
shire, to be principal examiner; I'd assistant. f
L. Freeman of Massachusetts, to be LIST assist
ant examiner, and Sd assistant B. w. Pond of
Maine to be I'd assistant examiner. s5ges
No Increase of Postage. nOlg
Postmaster General Jewell emphatically dis
claims intending to recommend any increase in
the present rate of postage. On the contrary,
he things letter postage should be reduced
whenever it shall be found possible to materi
ally diminish the expenditure for carrying the
mails without depriving the public of existing
facilities. IL .'rs,,..--.
Arrest Of Hayes. 1l-3 lliF
Immediately after the adjournment of the
Criminal Court, Michael Hayes, principal wit.
ness for the government in the case of thu al
legged safe burglary conspiracy, was arrested on
a warrant issued from the Police Court upon
the action of III. G. Whiteley, charging Hayes
with perjury. He was committed to Jail in
default Of $4,000 bail. ....eaa .i9t-'Iefs
House Committee ON Appropriations.
The House committee on appropriations met
this morning. All the members were present
except Parker of Missouri, Marshall of Illinois
and Wheeler of New York. The committee at
present are engaged in comparing the appropri-
atinns made last year with the estimates for
the ensuing fiscal year, of which about two
thirds have been submitted to them. 1t is as
certained that the estimates for the coming
year nearly tally with the appropriations made
in the legislative, executive and judicial ap
preparation bill for the year now entered upon :,
and which closes July 1, 1875. There in an in
crease in the estimates of the director of the
minis of a considerable sum. -.5....,,
1t is reported that within the next ten days
the legislative bill will have been disposed Of,
and the Indian appropriation bill will engage
the attention of the committee It is their de-
sign to perfect both these bills before the en-
suing session OF Congress tsH
The Portland daily press., 1874-11-14
Ares. of an ALLEGED Wife. murderer.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1S.-The Waterloo Oils
Times, to-day, has an account of the arrest and
preliminary examination of Barney McMahon,
farmer, living three miles from Burkeville,
Monroe county, for the murder of lis wife, on
the 9th of August, and subsequently burning
her body. The parties had frequently quar-
relied and on the 9Th Of August he sent his
children away on visit. They returned the
day following and were told that their mother
had started for Burkevile, since when she has
not been seen or heard of. On the day of her
alleged disappearance, Mcmahon fired a log
heap, some distance from the house, and kept
it burning. two weeks. 1t emitted a terrible
stencil, which, when questioned, he attributed
to chickens which had died of cholera.
Suspicious having been recently aroused de-
tectives were employed to work up the case. 1t
appears that after the log heap was burned, the
ground was ploughed over, but on examination
the other day several hair pins, buttons aud
bones which looked like finger bones and part
of an upper jaw bone with teeth attached were
found. This lead to the arrest of McMahon,
who was held to answer. Great excitement
prevails in the neighborhood. Nc Mahon is
well advanced in life and has grown children.
The Portland daily press., 1874-11-14

WHILE Rev. Mr.. Talmage denounces all
theatrical performances as devices of the
devil, the theatres and less reputable places
of amusement are opening Sunday evenings
and are largely attended by American born
citizens. There can be no doubt but one ex-
treme has tendency to lead to the other.
The young soon learn to despise the can't of
the PecksniAs respecting such matters, and
the result is they lose all respect for religious
teaching and go to the other extreme. 1t is
not for us to say how far rational teaching
might check improper and untimely amuse-
ments, but irrational denunciation we are
certain will only make the matter worse. But
by whatever agency it is brought about, it
will be sad day for this country when there
is no distinction made as to work and play
between Sunday and other days. TIE influ
ence of seven places of amusement open Sun
day evenings in New York will be felt in time
all over the country, consequently the ques-
ton is, how can the country at large escape
the Generalization which will most likely
follow from this evil example. lal .li