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the constitution.
MONTGOMERY Ala, July 81. - The
Democratic State Convention adjourned
this morning. b. d. Lewis and W. II.
Forney are candidates for Congressmen at
Large. The resolutions announce that the
action of the Republican party necesstates
the consolidation of all whites in self de-
fense. They denounce the abominable yio-
latlon of the constitution contemplated in
the civil rights bill.
TEREE HAUTE, Ind, July Ex-senator
Morton spoke to an immense audience at
the Opera House to night, opening the
Republican campaign in Indiana. The
speech was received with marked evidences
Of approval by the audience.
PITTSBURGH, July 3l.-The subscrip-
tons to the reliet fund amount to 100000
The total loss of life is 1873 persons, so far
as known. The work of clearing up is
progressing rapidly and additional bodies
| may be found.
ST. PAUL, July 3l.-The grasshoppers
are rapidly moving eastward by myriads,
but the only damage they can now do is to
gardens and by laying eggs
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vigilance committee banded for hanging
horse thieves hung three men named Bell,
Brooks and Smith near Wilmington, Kan. !,
last night, These men made confessions
involving twenty other parties.
SHREVEPORT, July 3l.-Last evening a
negro named March entered the house of
widow named Slas in DeSoto parish,
and in the absence Of the mother carried
off her daughter, aged IA, into the woods,
where he outraged her and fed. She gave
the alarm on recovering consciousness,
and large mounted party started in pur-
suit. They captured the negro and sum-
marily hanged him.
New YORK, July 3l.--Henrietta Wal
with making three attempts to burn the
hotel of Leopold, 10 West Farms, and an
infant child. She admits the charge and
says that seeing the child asleep she took
a notion to burn it and was setting fire to
it's dress when it looked up and laughed,
which stopped her.
ALBANY, July 3l.--While the Sharon
Express was coming from Sharon to-day
to Cobleskil on the Cherry Valley branch
of the Susquehanna railroad, one of the
cars was throwa from the track and
turned over There were about thirty
passengers in the car, half of whom were
more or less bruised, but none seriously
injured The accident was caused by a
depressed rail-
Boston, July 3l.--The harbor steamer
John Roller ran down and sunk q sail boat
off Long Island Head this afternoon
The boat contained three men, whose
names are unknown, and all of whom were
drowned.
CHICAGO, July 81. The jury in the
EARL abortion case brought in verdict of
guilty this morning, and fixed the sentence
at one year in the penitentiary. A motion
for new trial was made and will be ar
gued by his counsel.
The steam fire tugs were out on Chicago
river this morning for the first time. The
experiment is not perfect success, but it
is believed that it will be made so.
The bribery IN the recent election of ar
chitects for the new court house, which the
Times has charged on members of the
Common Council, will be investigated, and
it is stated that several Aldermen will
be indicted for corruption for selling their
votes
OsKosH Wis, July 3l.-A Mrs Risdon
came here from Milwaukee in search OF
er daughter, who, she was informed, left
that city in company with the keeper of "a
house of i'll fame here. The girl was found
in The Cottage" well known bagui
here, and she was taken back to Milwaukee
by her mother.
A woman named Corrigan, from Wood
vile, Calumet county, Wis, was in town
yesterday, after her two daughters, Marga-
ret and Ann, who had been working here,
but who left for Woodville week ago, but
had not been heard from since. The police
are engaged in the search,
DETROIT, Mich, July 80 A soD of
Nathan Hurlburt, of Glddenburg, 6 years
old, was accidently shot to-day A mum
ber of young children obteined an old ri
fe, and while playing with it the boy was
killed
Williams T. Bros steam saw mill, at
Sagluaw City was burned last night. Los,
un mill, $4,000; l'ss ON lumber, $1,000
insurance $4,000.