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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-09-25

l.FuER CHERRY SEEUER. We have on
- band number Of Spider Cherry Seeders
10 sale cheap
GILKESON, PUGu & VANCE.
fomuoy, July 10, 1874.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-09-25
Happy as Two Gould Be.

The sun went down in the western sky,
The tide flowed out to the sea,
md Minnie and sat side by side
AS happy as two could be.
Our boat went floating down the stream,
The lark few swiftly by,
Aud We were happy as two could lie,
Ny fair-hair Minnie and T.
Our eyes spoke more than our lip8 that day
A world expressed by a sigh;
We told each other our love that day,
BY Peerless Minnie and T.
Yes, rs the sun went down in the west,
The tide flowed out to the sea,
Her bead was nestled upon my breast
And knew that she loved me-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-09-25

The mile running race for S25, 900 at San
Francisco has been postponed until November
IL, and the entries will close October 20.
, 1874-08-31

Chicago 4 Lake Huron Itailroad. has retired. and
Ia Rucceoded by II. II. lsobortae, who llna boon
General Frolght Agont. Tho c'la''Eo takeh PLACE
Hont, /, Tho ollloo will ho continued In Battlo
Crock.
IOWA.
w.r. Alon's WHOLESALE ,lrns establishment At
Duhnann waa entered by burglars friday night
and yatuablcs to tho nmouut Of sa00 stolen.
Thoze wau Hafs IN tho store, which consninela
large amount of money, but ~ 1t waa all old
fashioned Dao tho robbon, did not succeed In
orslinE 1t. Thny loft 10 olue.
-ariehael Scott et:bbcd and kittod John Cot
ton, on Saturday, on tho stenmor Hook ls|nnd,
willis sllo was ~oosl1ng noar Dolleyuo. Scott 10
ahnor On tho steamer. Cotton was about to
striko Scott, OF Scott thought ho waa, whcn tho
lattcr, who waa sitting on tic guards. sco,ringa
large carving knife At tho tino, rushed npon
him, a"d stabbed him TO the heart. Scott wns
arrested. and will bo hold for trial.
The Loo County Normal 1nstituto closod on
Saturday oyonllg with reunion OF all tho
toaclors. hold at tho Fort s1adson Academy.
Sixty teacllsrs llnro attended rogularly during
tho ontiro session Of four wooxs, and alf agroa
that tho exercises have beon bonofoial. Lectures
wore delivered during tho past wook by W. q.
Hobbs, DR.. J. J. NJ. Angear, and Il. @. Willtama.
, 1874-08-31

Special !,.lasa e. 4Ae c4ffago ITfSHne; ;! & ~ =,
Dw1uur. H., Aug. 3o.-Mra. u: y. y. Aon, 81
tbs Motho;'iat Church upon temperance, Mra;
uo u Aet;poyseg1od ,!ignia'a, ,s eloar ,,v ana
What uud to Whnt End VIII tho
Wo1nou's Crusade End" Tho house
was crowded to oyeEllowing,. al'd
hIru. Gofl wuH llstouea to for MI hour with deep
attoMtin,,. Tho facts hhe pgesentcl seomod TO
nuke deep mproanton upolf the a,'!llanca. hlrs:
tut Ind grent iasth IN Tho ultimate sueeoHa ot
tho womau'a crusade, and believed t!iat through
TINT fundamentally tho Inst trace Of intelnpar-
ance Will DO ban'shed from tho laud. sl1e .
viii bo fought in tho City VI rhilalellA,la,
whoro tic question of allowing
brer to 10 Ht,d npon Tho Sabbath Is now loluff
nr,Iuted with great oporgy. AIRS. Colt Thought
If wns great mistake that tho idea should % 10
DonuIhr tllas hecr wuB not no bud as whsbtiy.
Gho nuotea Judge Pierce. Of phlladolphis,, who w.
stated to her t1Nt thu groateHt proportion u alh,
orderly caees which csa'no before him were eaeae'
by drinking bcof.
, 1874-08-31

Grand PEcsftientlns Tournament at
Caldwell, y.

Grand Frcstticntlns Tournament at
Caldwell, u.
CAMBRIDGE, O., Aug. II, 1874.
TO tie Editor a. tn Chicaso Tribune
SIN Tho approaching soldiorB' National 10
union at CALDWELL o., Sept Is, will be addressed
by five disu.nguiHhod aapirnnta for tho rrcai-
dcncy, namely: 1lr. Speaker Blaine, Senator
Thurman, Gt,n. Sherman, Gov. Allen, aud Gov.
Hendricks, Ono Of theso gentlemen il absolute
~ certnin to bo PreBldous Grants SUCCESSOR; two
aro suro to be nominated by either political
purity, and ,fonr aro doomed to perpetual dsap.
posntnont. Their speeches at the reunion will
taIxo widc and liberal rango. and possibly aim,
10 fur ~ 1r.Iv b. to keep outside OF more party
politics, I'm tho uttorancoH of such prominent
ilall, 1T sou mon nl1ero all parties and oyory
state are rep reHonted, must attract unusual in
tcrest Dlsil 10 may avoid pressing his ciaims,
mud Thurman may prefer to talk OF matters aud
things in gcu erns but, depend on it, that bold
mud original thinker, Gen. Sherman; that atorn
aud nsepo,, don't old Allen, and tic polished
and far-6celng HondrickB, nill not leave tue
spoakers' sta lid till they, each in his own WY,
havo tloliyer I'd their views Oil those great public
questions VI nch most interest the nnsses. a
yaat crowd will assctnblo to witness the tournn-
ment Of Presidential aspirants. ard whoever
Bl,nl bost 'acTuit li1nsolf sha weRf tho yictor's
wreath. ioura, AMos WELTs.
, 1874-08-31

Railroad Receivers Ffc1norcu-'The
ErectlnacM'a Savings E:uMik-Plyln.
Quth GlAlltch.
NEw YonK, Aug. 3o.-Justice Bradley, OF the
United Staten Supromo Court, issued yesterday
m order removing tho present Receivers,
Abraham Murdoch aud a. Fustor Elliott, and
authorizing tho Trustees of the first mortgage
bonds 1t tho Alabama Il Chattanooga Railroad
Company to talso possession Immediately; also,
to soil to railroad for tha benefit OF its crcditOrs
subject to court ccrtitlcatcs au1 charges. and sn
Trustees aro authorized to receive bonds for tlat
purpose. .
TIE FREEpMES's SAYING BANK.
The sixty days uotico ut Freeamon's SnYing
Bank expired yesterday. but ita alTalrs remain
unchanged. and btBlltBs is stl suspended. The
Commissioners appointed to wind up ita affaitB
are husily engaged collecting the assets and loans
Of the bank. Tlloy declare that when 20 per
cont is collected diyideud will DO paid 10 de-
poHitors.
rLyaloErN CHURCH.
Services wore held in Plymouth Church. this
m. 1riaing andeyeuiug. No reference NAB nude
at a. s'ther service 10 the Doecher-Titton naatter.
At tue evening service Hrs. Deechor had ~ ut
tack Of l1sart-dsca.o. TO which she is subject,
md ind 10 bo taken from tho church to Lcr
homo.
, 1874-08-31

was adorned with profusion 1 eKarlnite NOV, nnn.
ers. Among tho guests woro Chief 1nhttce
Thirty OF tho stt1donta Of bates College. Of
Lewiston, Me-, have been employing their vaSa- a.
uon ~ waitors ut the Glon House, n. RI: Inc
Ono gentleman, wealthy eoa-captain Of Salon,
Mnas, aojonrninR al tho alon uouno, garo tl;o
AtuleutH $780, ,-A10 oach. This gontlamnn, It Is
undoratood, IL Capt. John Dotram. Another
go'!tlo,nan from Now York gavo Tho student VINO
wastoa on his table s5D. a woatthy lady from
Indy 'e aiding six young mon iu obtaining an
education iu a Western college.
IA suit under the Adair 1a~ hnA boon proso-
outed at Wooster, O.. by Mrs. Margaret Iuotl[e
ngainst Y. Joarott. for selling liquor. sho
CLAIMED s9' 600 damages, and obtained verdict
-Ihero Aro twonty-4hreo oouniiea III Virginia
tint grant no liceliHo To Hol1 liquor. Harrison
co,infy i!ss had no cersc for fourteen years.
bishop Joln Lamy, Catholic bishop Ut Now
Moxlco, hasaeoareda Government patent 10 II, :
000 acroB In Santn Fo County.
a minority Of tho Town Trustees Of Town
OF Gr1ggsvillo, ILL.,, hnvo put themselves on
record as nguinst tho ladies temperance crusade.
Thoy hnvo paaBea IN ordinance prohibiting tho
holding Of public meetings o,t tl1o public streets.
II enforced, this ordinance will cauHo livoly times
in that quiot town.
-Caifornin Ina paper currency on gold
baBis which is as goo1, II not better, tha,. tue
gold. When you 60 to California lank aud
want s4 200 or e5,Ouo In "gold back pnpol
money, you must pay for L IN gold, with Bligh
premium, though in ANAL luanuties tho pApo1
il saaGa for gold dollar ,yir f9T aoas IT, eo otes
cents Oh tho dollar-gold bearing pren,s'n
from 10 to IL cents. And yot tliorc arc Born
people in tho world who aay thoy don't wan
thoir papor money 10 DO on q " gold baais."
, 1874-08-31
WASHINGTON.

Now CONFERENCE.-THE fecvlscd United
state. Statutcs-F10svnrA Unlvuruity
-Snio OF Golti--Appoitttni mont.
Steeia, Dx,atch 10 The Ch{eaao Tti1nn<.
WARRINGTON, D. g., Aug. 30,-A counterfeit
e20 note Of tho Nforcbants' National Da''k. Of
Now York, WIS discovered ut tho Treasury Do
partmont yestordny, among some National Bank
currency sent for redemption. Thta counterfeit
Is 30 woll executed that 1t pasHod undiscovered
through tho hands Of several oonnterA but when
1t reached the Division Of Tissnos ewas detected
by lady counter. Tho Comptroller Of tllo
Currency will aid this Boros to tho nlroady
lengthy list Of National Bank notes to be called
in for cancellation, tito rifle being to ca ia and
abolish by cancellation tho wllolo issne Of each
denomination OF i uauk thut is successfully
countorfeiteo.
rnE nEy1arp UNITED STATES STATUTES
can't DO delivered from tho prutora It'll altor tho
1Ht OF Decomhor. Tho indoxing is now being
dono, but il d work Of great labor, consuming
much time. As it stands, tho United statog
Courts will soon convene for tto fall term. and
will be compelled to act almost totally in tic
dark. II WAS not proposed to radically chanEo
tho law in making the revision, but such hasty
examination as has already boon had
Of The work shows TINT very important alsera; !,;
tionB linye boon nado. How tho Courts Will
TRANSACT business under tl.cao diEiouitlos re-
nlaluH to bo Beon.
MowARn UNIVERSITY.
The friends of tho Howard university indiR-
nnutly deny that tho illsttution in financially
scripploG III has been represented By recont dis
patches. They point to tho fact that last year
thcro wern 8l3 students in tho institution, of
which number twenty graduated. 1lsoy do
ny that the University haa aver boon
sued by anybody, and claim that it ia worth, over
and above I'LL liabilities, at ieabt $780, ,oJ0, and
that It mover waa in better condition.
Mr. Wilson, Solicitor Of tho Treasury, returned
from New York yesterday morning, and hnd d
long secret confotonco with tho Secretary OF tho
Treasury relative to his Investigations Of tho So
cret-Soryice bureau and tho safe- burglary. Ho
is not expected to ronain any longth Of time,
but will continue His Investigations in tho Wast
THE REPUBLICAN, EXECUTIVE CoMMrTTEH
went into working oruor two ur thrce weeks Ago,
aud arc conducting operations quito vigorously.
ITO tho Asa'ciutcd P,css.1
BALE OF G0i.D.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 3o.--The Secretary
Of tho Treaeury llaa directed tho AsGiHtant Treas
urer at Now York to sell gold during the month
Of September NJ followa S1,0Q0, ,0OO ou tito lirst
atll second Thursdays, aud e5U0 0u0 on tlie third
aud fourth Thursdays, zesrectsyely, making ii
all ~. .000, 0W.
Tho Rov. J. g. Aues, Of Ohio has been Ap-
pointed Superintendent or Documents and Lii
brarian Of tho Interior Department., in the place
Of G. G. Adams, resigned.
, 1874-08-31

Ex-Gov. Abrnm A, Hammond OF Indiana, who
died at Denver Oh tho 2Gth, Aad about reached hiH
GutsI year. 4 lawyer by profession, he aftcrward
bocaiuo Judge OF tho Court Of Common Pleas,
Dy tho lcnth Of Gov. Willard, with whom ho ,yas
nasociatcd, Ii. 1HG0 llo bocamo Governor, holding
tho Office FOR about two months During his
latter yoara ho 9nIerod greatly from rhnrina-
tiBm.
Simon Willard, of Boston, tho wo1l-known
dealer In chronometers a,,d watches, died Nom
day night, last weokt agod 80 yeara. uo gratlsl-
atod at Wctt Point in 1916. aud after ono years
service aa Third Lieutenant resigned.
lit ia said that tha Iowa Anti-hlonopoly btato
Coptrnl Committee aro in correspondence with
Coy. Booth, of Californin, who will Boou 10 Oh
Ills way East, to hnyo him lay oyer ali he pasBes
through Iowa, mud mako few speeches 1t
Eo1s of ,ao % nofS prominent p0'n's III tn0 ''a0
5. 6. Wood, oi Hancock, n, H., died reeontly
OF voluntary starvation wilo laborsng. under the
doluBon that lie was iilIinG up aud could not eat
Ills Inst meal wGs eaton July !.
in nla1iy yards, about tho middle Of tho week,
aud noxt wook tho operations will 10 general:
Thp Weld ia quito light III rule but VIC 4cnr OF
noule yards tlat arc excellent. Thoro hayo been
no hop-lice or other enemy Of tho crop this
year, aud the quality will DO suporlor. Growers
are expecting tat tlo market will start Mt about
Is coutB pollnd.-rorigo( Hia.} Register.
Tho Texah cattle foycr III raging III son'o
parts Of Cass County, ILL.,. aud soTeral turner's
tmyo Lost nearly I'LL of thoir cattle Tho 9llro'
tinc.,on OF tho dBeaso, sayH the Charlottesville
Era, IL ascriLcd to aono Texas cattlo brought to
| tic county by air. Market, and paaturel upon
| tho promises OF Jsl!go plaAtors.
Mrs. Celia Durloigh. widcly-known speaker
and writer IN reform clrcloH. md widpw Ut tho
Into William II. Darlelgh, tho Connecticut loet.
hAa rccoatIy gono to tho CITY Hospital i'll lloehoa,
tor, N. y, probably to spend her last weeks. She
being fir advanced In consumption. She Inns re.
sided for u ycar past 81 waer-cuso in Now
York state, hut received no permanent benefit
Bho haa no home pr any immediate Frlunfls. Bht
| il y wou,nr Of 1nru CULTURE WIN hnH fought tlls
bEttlo Of life noby. alll her setting sun Ut lift
should bo al golann md peaceful III tho twilight
Of = juno evening. Hartford (C.) Post.
| Now York, nnd lately OF tho Geneva Coulnlt:l
! sio,,, aud Hottie Sherman, eldest daughter O
William III. Eyarts, Euq., maa recently oolob,atut
IN Ut. pauls Church, Windsor, Vt. Tho oha.lco
, 1874-08-31
SHOCKING TRAGEDY,
a Man Found at Blue Island with
His Head Blown OFF.
Ho ls Reported to Hove Bcon Murdered.
Arrest Of Six Hen.

Tho Town Of Dino Island furnished aensa-
ton Yesterday Which thoroughly aroused liz
dcnizcna and brought the Coroner aud Dotootvo
Morgan to tuo place. A telegram was received
at noon from ]. I. Hanaon, Que Of TIM Trustoos
Of tho town. ssntlng tint
MURDER HAD nEEN COMMITTED.
md an investigation waa Immediately necoseary.
Tho two officers abovo mentioned started at |
O'Clock p. M, and shortly aftorward arrived nt
Roche's Grove, 10 miles from tho city, aud
milo from Dlno Island, whore tho aupposod muir
dured mnn WAS found. THO Coroner found tho
body OF Kari Theodore potors with tho head
partially blown on, tho taco laceratod In shock
lug Manner and tho brai1lH scattered distance Of
CD foet. Inquiry revealed tho faot that deceased
waH one Of 4 barty Of four men who loft thia
city last Eria;ly to work on tho Chicago Southern
Railway. The names Of tho threo ollerB aro
Ti.omaH WeorceofBhy, Frederick 6chtlliug, and
Mnrtin Gnth. Ehore wnro abuut 100 mon enl-
pluyotl Oh the work. Tho pNtcs nbnvo named
Atsocatton Employment Bureau, aud COMM encod
1abor Saturday morning. In the nftoruo0n
DECEAaED WAS MISSED,
and Yesterday morning his dead body '.s found
by John Schultz, utstanco Of about G01 feot
from tho construction train, whore tsa railroad
lhborora lodged. Tho fnct WIS reported to tho
1nen and lii loss thAn m hour 500 people from
tllo town aud far1ns gathered about the remains,
Wild With excltenlont ',
ouT1t wtH THE COMPANION OF rETEnH
md stated that liz Ind loft = largo horae- pistol
and homo powder md bullota OIL hin bod In tho
morning. Tho Ccionor questioned Schultz ro-
garding tho 1neinE of . woapon nonr docoasod,
1nd, owiug to his inability to understand tho
English language, It was Bon1o tfno boforc ho
toId tho Coroner ne had found horse-pistol by
the sido Of decns'.1,
AND rsopucED TILE WEAPON.
It wss dnplicat, OF that left By petora among
his effects, and had boon lately dischargcd.
This information Indicated suiclde, snd II is
tho bolIef Of those acquainted with tho facta
that Peters, who Is q cigar-n,aker, md unused
to laborors' work, became dojected aud homo
Acl. i'o having loft l,B nativo place. Aagdoburg,
i'll Prussia, AZ 1ato III tho "a ult. Ono man
heard tho diacl,arge Of q g,ln OF pistol NJ 4
4'clock Saturday afternoon, and it III believed
tliat
pErEIzs nrLED HIMaEIr AT THAT TlNH.
Tho Coroner i,nparulea 4 Jury, and placed
Schultz, Woor,goisks, schiing Guti, aud John
aud Potter Sherman under arrest, to await the re-
aut Of tho Investigation, waon will DO held TO-
day at Biuo 1s,iaud,
, 1874-08-31
LATE LOCAL ITEMS.

James Ryan Ia accused Of climbing ovor tho
tranHom Of 6layson's grocery htoro, No. III
Monroe street, 1ant evening. and stealing como
otEara and $40 In money. Ho whb locke1l up IN
tho Armury. Officer Brouton arroHto1 him, md
o tnn,yS III biz poaaoasion.
i. Ono Of tho partios to the robbery OF young
mnn At No. 122 Randolph street. WAS arrested
yesterday by 0illcer Swanson. and lookoi up in
tho Armory. THO prisoner gayo hia namo as
Jamoa MCCARTHY.
whs caused by Hlight fire In a relief shanty OIL
.Yoalor asroos, occupedi by Margaret ursch.
Damage. s5. The oauao IL attributed 10 incen-
diariam.
About 10 o'clock Inst evcning, Martin Hogan.
Barney Gillian. and James Gillian lind o
fight in Gillan's SALOON. corner Of Thirty
Nth and UAl8ted streets. In thu
ne1oo Hogan was considorably bruised,
although MT nnnRoronbly lIo waH found IN
front Of dltan's saloon In an insonnibo condi-
ton and waB taken to s residence, 822 Douglas
streot. TIC two dillanB wero arrestod.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
ton il. McGrath, San Frsncipco Jn11aes Farrnr,
Boston; n. kirkpatrick, Snlt I4nhe; G. II.
CLARK, Providence, n. l.; a. Tol,any, Natollez;
E Roft ( "a0S t. st. sss aee" Kaosss a. k ssy1o Sy1 l. Sa &
DsyleB, Dayton; i. G. Gray l.olna1on; s.
Gage Loulavi1lo; J. A. Greo,, logans-
port; ]. T. Faxon,. Dotrott. -. rdlmer
Il. NJ. Guild. Cincinnati; i. A. Lloyd, London !;
Coursland E. Hastiugs Alexander o. Dodley r.
". Daynum, A. II. Gardner, Now York; W. 2.
Mcclellan, U. y. A.; DR.. Il. Hoffman, 81.
Louin; q. Baillio. England; deoreo, G.
trou1; ". ". o'Brien, peorin. -. Shc'-
man Nouse-D. ii. Dauiorth. Davenport !;
D. g. blarr Boston Jamen II. Coates, 81. Louis;
D. n. DAY, New York; G. q. Ifinckley. ssracNsa;
j. II. Cooper, Jr., Rochester; II. II. Morgan,
New Orleans 3. II. Plesou, New York: Maj
II. ". Roberts, Wapncca Wis. i. 1,'en,onl
Uouss--A: e. Mason and family, pl,iladolphin /;
Al1eu Jordan. OTTAWA; L. II. Jones. Milwntskcn;
George Il, Fox New Orloans; 9. Fl. l3nll. Quin-
cy; ". ". Hnrtor, Now York; L. Friend, Men
York .. Il. Griffith, New York.
, 1874-08-31

Tho Paterson IN. j. Guardian HlyA Tint $50
mon aro illt!ustriously aagaGod ut tho Graut
.l.ocomotiyo Works, upon tho speedy and thor
,augh execution OF tho oror OF T. llusHlan rail-
road company for tho construction Of tho tfty-
tlvo loconlotiSos thoy now hnye under con-
works arc sti!l running will losa forco,
though Tho 1logors anl Danforth Worls'
nIul tIlo soyoral silk and other iabElc nnnu!uc.
tqriea ia tho city, aro already III poasoaBion at
tho industrial activity az will nssllrodly fead to
restoration Ut tho thrifty timea ausecedont to tho
falal day lust September.
At tho Grant Works every oto Of tile hun-
drads at mcp t.laro employed ara mt anly
"pulung In full timo."' hut putting ID
, 1874-08-31

Prtnea Napoleon anu the Cersicttsas.
Prince Napolcou'a term Of Office as member
Of tho 1enaral Council OF Corsica will expire
ti,is year, and aecorllng to lettor In tho Temps
ho lus not tho slightest chance Of re-elootlon.
Ho will not receive tue support OF tho Iopublio-
ais, wi,i!o tho Bonnlnrtlstf, WHO originally
eloctod him 10 tho preBidoney, are 70 incouBcd
with him that they abaonted themselves from
tho Apr aossioi aud a"otn ay 1,,;on soa not n coll
naio in opposition tu hln1 Prince Charles ut
Canine, sllono father, 4. a moinbor nf tho TO-
,n.u Constituent Assembly IN 1849t yotoa for the
deposition OF tho Pope, and there ~ snl'4o idea
of cluuging tho harc,litary ordor of tho Dona-
t,nrIo family in Prince Charles fuyor. "Tllero
IL no divissou,' tho wrlter nayu, "in tho party.
rriuca Napoleot. has simply bocn cut OF aud OK
communicated"
, 1874-08-31
'EIlSI1S.


Losses by tho nc,gbur,y, O.. Fire.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 3o.-1'ho loss cs by the
fire ut Nowbu1g lust night aro larger thau pro-
vIousy reported. lilo following is q corrected
ostlmate: Morgan Jonos-Loas, s t5,ooo Insured
fur 20, 600 III Sun, Of Cleveland; A[nphastnn, Of
Now York; and Imperial, Of ''ndoh. John
nurns-Loas, $500; 10 ipsura t'ce; George
Lucas = 1.oBs, II, 600; no INSURANCE;
Mrs, Il, L. Dcsu -Loaa, s1l,t 100; insured
far soON) In sun, Of CloYs ,Land; md
l5oo il nnt Of Hartford E'iaa a. ssplerd-
n A.bsny 81, l,5ua in MercLuuLs', OF Now York; !;
s5eoo s' IN tl.c North nritial Of London. George
i. Thomas-Ioau, 5000; fully ins l1red In the
Miborria, OF Cleveland. Nowburg I'oaaso, = &
A. M-loss, eloo; 10 insurance u Keoyos-
fona' 81 .00o; fully insured. Rugglea D1otacra--
Loua, % $4,000; insured Tor 1850 in the Sum- of
C1arafnnt
, 1874-08-31

GRANT FAnM, Mnu,, Aug. q, 1874.
n tbs Editor af Ths ChIca9o Tribune:
61n: / observe tint Jonathan DoBwloh, OF
vornillion. Minn., writes you TINT tho Hastings
Union laa published that 400 acrea OF my wheat
was worthless assd left anlaryestcl.
Permit mo to say that tho above statement OF
the Ul.ion reiterated in yonr paper by alr, H..
was unauthorized by me, aud ungrount!ed in
fuct have harvested, tlircahod. alld marketed
said 400 acleH aud all Of my what and got
yiellB, from tifnrent flos aud yntiotioa. ranging
from il to 95 bushels per aora. Yours, ku.,
O1IyEit DALI.yMpLE.
, 1874-08-31

Svsci1l Ditpatch To TIE Chttauo Tribune.
DuFrALo, N. T., Aug. 20.-31r. ATtllnr W. Fox,
ono Of our most prominent aud suscossf"l bus-
i.,oss men, WAS killed Saturday evening, Willie
attempting to CROSS r"ilroad track Oh Nam
street. 1llH buggy was struck by locomotive,
ant, ho was thrown about 10 feet. bren}iing his
necl; instantly. IIo was respected and loved by
everybody who know him. tie was \ lnelnher OF
1,;shnn William Il, Grosa, Of Eava1lna}.. Ga.,
lcctnrod hero tonight on liolnnn Catholicism.
Ho Ind yory largo Congregation.
, 1874-08-31
SUICIDE,

Special Dtspatch to 1He CAfca0s T,45nt,<
ALTON, Ill.,, Ang.- S0,-Iast night about II
o'clock q man named James Carpenter, living at
Cliftan, a gmall town 8 miles aDoyo this city, Oh
tllo river, committed suicide by a,oo ti,,g himself
through tho Aoad, tho ball entering h,a forehead
ind coming ont on tho back. lie Inns boen an
ceiyct while in tic nru,y. Dospnndonoy In nup-
posed to !4nye been the cauHe Ut the rash aet,
, 1874-08-31

4srectat Dispatch Ia 1hs Chicago 1ribnne.
ATHENS O., Aug. 29,--C0naidcrabo excite
mcnt vna manifested today at tho preliminary
examination Of tho parties to tlIo murdor Of Mc-
Whortcr on tho night Of tho 27th. Tho result Of
the trial wna the committing Of Wilson, Kincead.
md Drew III 81 600 bonds each for trial 1t the
MOTT session OF tho Criminal Court Tho in.ter
gaTo bail, b,,t tho two former, III efaut, were ro-
manded to await trial Tho only fresh evidence
induced WIS IN tho cnse OF kit,c1ad. which war
rnutcd hiH being hold in equal bonds with VIII
hon.
, 1874-08-31

New YonK> Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO-
public Tue Qa1e1 CITY of sua9na. ic. and uroeco,
SAN FllANcJsCo. Cal. Aug. 8D.--iTAe british
steamer Mikado, from stlnoy, arrived this morn
ing.
I.1vERrooL, Aug. 3o.-s Steamship Hesmann,
from Now York, Inns arrived out.
, 1874-08-31
The WEATHER,

WAsr1soros, D. c., Aug. 99.-over tho
q prcr I.ako region. high baiomoter stationary
Or falling temperature, winds veering to north
en- st and Houthenst aud generally clear weath-
3{i;,sorn va!ioys anil tho Northwest, winds yoor-
ing to northeast and southeast slight changer. in
snmporaturo, ge,,nra'ly eloar wcnther, followed
BY FILLING barometer, aud, in northern PORTIONS,
possibly rnln areas.
LOCAL. OBSERVATIONS.
CHICAGO. Aug. 80.
, 1874-08-31

4 $4,000 Eslszc in Ssia Francisco.
SAN FnASolsco, CAL, AAg' 3d. Herzog y
Company's Euroka hair works, on Fifteenth
street, wsro destroyed by tso this morning.
Losa over 100000.