, 1875-08-05

Secretary OF the COIeiBn OoP
The Prefect of the Seine and Frencl
Ambassador sat respectively on the r'gh
and left of the Lord Mayor.
| CINCINNATI, July 3O.-A cyclone pass
ed through Harvysburg. Fountain coun
tv Indiana, last Sunday night. tearin'
to pieces houses. uprooting the trees
and sweeping things generally before it
Five woman were killed.
SHxBoreAN, Mich, July 3O.-A hem
lock extract factory, owned by A. F
Newton, burned this afternoon. Los
S27, 900.
New YonK. July 30.-The bondhold
ers of the Northern Pacific Railroa,
yesterday confirmed the appointDen
of Charlemagne Towers as Trustee o
the rood. The purchasing commission
ers still hold daily meetings to maxi
arrangements for purchasing the roat
for the bondholders on Monday mex:
1t is stated that 5000. 900 in thirtie
have been received already. Yesterda.
$3.50, 900 were received.
Gold closed at 12sI@12s4.
The World says Henry Ward Beechel
has decided to give up his usual course
of winter lectures. and will devote mos
of his spare time to the building up o.
the Christian Union, writing for it every
week a series Of articles. When mol
occupied on the paper, and free from
church duties, he will spend his time in
completing his Life of Christ"
The liabilities of Mason & Co., oi
Philadelphia, are. now reported at 81
600, 600.
The assets of j. Board & Co., are sta
ted to be $4,000, composed largely Of
printing material, stock and books. The
assets, however, are estimated at cost
value. Their liabilities are given at
$4,000. -
CAIRO. ILL.,, July 28.--Two inches Of
rain have fallen here since last evening.
Still it comes down, and the prospect
for farmers and health grows gloomier
every day. About eight inches of rail-
have fallen in this city this month,
which is four times as much as usual.
At Ottawa the rains have raised the river
about three feet and done much damage
to farmers engaged in harvesting grain.
At Pontiac the rain has completely
vetoed prospects for small grain crops.
Wheat and oats are SO badly damaged
that they cannot be harvested.
KNOXVILLE, July 31.-Senator An
drew johnson died at 80 this morning.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Am order was
issued to-day by Commodore Ammon,
acting Secretary of the Navy. directing.
in pursuance sof the Presidents order
the death of ex-President
johnson, that the ensign of each Naval
station, and Of each vessel in the Navy in
commission, be hoisted at half mast
from sunrise to sunset and guns be fred
at intervals of every half hour from
sunrise to sunset at each Naval station,
and on board the 1agships and vessels
acting singly, on the day Of the funeral
where this order may be received in
time and otherwise on the Gay after.
Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps
will wear the usual badge of mourning
attached to their sword hilt and on the
left arm for a period of 80 days. An
order was also issued from the war
depal tment reciting the order of the
President and directing that in compli'
ance with his instruction, the troops
will be paraded at 10 A. NJ. on the day
after the receipt of the order at each
IL ilitary post, when the order will be
read to them and the labors of the day
will thereafter close. National flags
will be displayed at half staff. At the
dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired,
and afterwards, at intervals of so min-
utes between the risingi and setting of
the >un, ard at the close of the day, a
national salute of thirty-seven guns.
Officers of the army will wear Grape on
the left arm and on their sword, and
the colors of the several regiments will
be put in morning for q period of 80
days.
CHICAGO, Aug. Ia st. Paul special
says members of the United State Secret
Service, assisted by q. s. Marshall Nc
Laren, succeeded last evening in making
an important arrest of counterfeiters
and capturing the printing press. chem
icals, plates and material complete TO-
carrying on business. together with
hundred thousand dollars partially CONF
pleted currency.
PorTsv1LLE, Pa, Aug. Ia fire in
the slope of the Bear Ridge colliery al
Mahoney Plains was extinguished this
morning after burning thirty-two hours.
Loss on the breaker is $4,000, and
insured for $40,
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. - The public
debt statements shows the decrease of
the debt since June 30th. to be 81, ,294,.
SS7; coin balance. S6S. .942, 700; curren-
cy. 7.725, 100.
The Executive Department buildings
are draped in mourning and flags
throughout the city are at half mast in
respect to the memory of ex-President
johnson.
LONDON, Aug. 2.--The Times. in its
obituary article on Andrew johnson
says: ''His career illustrates both thu
strong and weak points of the American
social and political systems. During
his term of Office he showed himself
wanting in tact, refinement and tht
knowledge OF men, yet he had som'
qualities which are not SO abundant il
American politics as to be despised wher
found. He had dauntless courage, SOM