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His Present.

Detroit Free Press.
He said he wanted to deal directly
with the proprietor Of the iewelry store
as times were hard and he wanted hard.
pan prices, He looked at a silver tea
set, at gold.headed cane, at a set Of Jew.
elry, and finally at gold watch. Then he
said;
II did think OF making my wife a
Christmas present, but she's always
growing around and finding fault, and 50
I'll let her slide"
won't you take the cane for your son
a. you proposed 7" asked the jeweler.
"NO, | guess not, Jim loais around a
good deal, and only the other night he
told me TO shut up and 60 to blazes. II
he wants anything in his stocking, let him
behave himself"
"Well, about the waIch2"
II guess I'll buy the watch and make
myself present. | never had much OF
anything in my stocking, and | feel that
| hain't been used right, What's your
lowest fgger ?"
1.-TWO hundred dollars"
Cant do 1t, You must remember that
these are hard limeS."
"Well, say $500"
Cant do 1t. Times arc awful"
"l'lI make you this watch for $3.50, and
not one cent less" said the dealer.
"Wall, guess I'll take 'er, though il
looks like big price"
The Jeweller placed the watch in the
box, stuffed cotton around II, and as he
laid II on the showcase the stranger said;
"You kin charge It."
"Charge II! ldon't know youP ex-
claimed the dealer.
"YOu don't"
mo, sir"
"DOn't know man who has lived
within % miles Of Detroit for thirIy.scv.
en- years p
mo, sir"
"Never heard Of me in your lifoT
mo, SIR"
"Wall, won't take the old watch, "
said the man as ihe backed off. "YOu
don't seem TO have much git.up and 90
ahead about you, and | always make il q
rule to patronize live firms. You'd bet.
ter subscribe 10 some newspaper and git
to know what's going on"
"You're no gentleman, Sirp said the
irritatcd dealer, who had lost full hours
time.
Cant help it-wOn't patronize no such
slow man-nO use talkfn'P replied the
stranger, waving his hand, and he paced
out TO visit some other firm who did
know man who had lived within TWEEN.
ty.eight miles Of Detroit for thirIy.seven
years.
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lerred to % and Wabash TO 9sS. Western
Union rose from 79to Is and was strong.
Erie advanced 10 1875 and New York Cen
tFal was quoted at l0l1SalO426. The trans.
actions we're 5000 shares, Of which q 900
were Pacific Mail, 1900 Western Union,
s, 400 Erie and 5000 Lake Shore.
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Toledo.

TOLEDO, December 27.-E'Iour-Dull.
Wheat Quiet; amber Michigan 81 1917;
seller january 81 iS94; No. . do 81 0O1g;
No. cred 81 ak. COrn-Dull; high mixed
b5c; no grade new 43c. Oats-Dnll; No. 2
and Michigan Soc.
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PITTSBURGH, December 27.--Petroleum
Dull; crude 81 ~ at parkers; refined I2%c
Philadelphia delivery.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BY TEIE0RAPH.
New York Money and Ntocits

NEW YORK, December 27.-M0SEY-
Loaned Mt Ga7 per cent and closed at 4at
pOr cent. Prime mercantile paper 0 per
cent. Custom receipts Si6s,0OO.. The AS
SiStant Treasurer discussed I,6si,OOO
Clearings $22,O00,0O0. ..
(ioLDsOpened and closed atli2N, the two
extremes Of the day having been at llS and
iigsG. The market was weak during the
morning IN consequence Of the nntlcirh.
lion Of The january interest by the Treas.
ury, but In the afternoon u iirmer feeling
set In and prices recovered to llS, The
rates paid for carrying wercS, 3, ~, | and
tiovERSMESrs-steady and fraction
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a,,nssI Letters iOF US should DO addressed
.E'ss Campbell" and should IL no case DO ad'
t,.S,i % either Individual member Of the hfm b
hlme,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
nR EDWARDS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Removed 10 LuNsFoEDs BUILDING, 1917
Market street, opposite McLure llOllle.
Residence, TO Main street, North Wheeling.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY.

BIZ ppaa, in airtacs, p0.Iage prepaid
,.,,,,, ..........S s. OOlThrao months.,.,,.,S2 90
WV m5pths.....,.,.... OOOne month.........,,. Is
hiiyrrrd by Carriers In City lSe Per week.
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BIZ mHil, IN ddratoe' poi'a9e FeFdA'
,ar.......,......,sa OOSIz mOnths....,,..,,,,sI q
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OEEiCR FIRE 4 MARINEiNsuRANCE Co., |
WHEELING, ". Va March 81, 1870. !
RIIoited That the proposition d the Peabody In
IurahCe Company Of Wheeling for the reinsurance
Of tho fire business Of this Company e and the same
Ia hereby accepted and the President Of this Com.
pany, together with MesBra. Reid, uOahOFn and
UBfleH, are hereby appointed a committee 10 con.
sunllnate the transfer Of reinsurance. Provided,
that upon examination by the committee Of the
assets Of The Peabody insurance Company, II Ii
found to be perfectly responsible.
tSlghedl I. II. COLLIER, 9ec'y.
tsigncdl A. WILSON, Pres't
Upon examination Of tho assets and liabilities Of
The Peabody Insurance Company, we are fully sal
lshOd Is 10 lis responsibility.
IslEnCdl JOHN REID,
4. WILSON,
WM. 8. uOSliOlN,
TllOS. OBRIEN,
WHEELING, March SiSt, 1878.
Tho Peabody 1nsiitihee Company respectfully
SOllcItSA continuation Of the patronage Of the late
flrB and Marine Insurance Company, guaranteeing
EAlstactlOn, by ialt dealing, ample protection aud
'' " VIII. BAILEY, President.
]. Y, L. ROHEitS, Secretary,
LEWIS BAILEY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
VIM. Bailey, Henry n. Miller,
AlOnAO IOtihg, Henry Schmulhach.
Jas. r. Barnes, Thomas Hughes
ST. itilitpth, apS
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Accommodation Train leaves Relaire al $50 Pm.
and arrives al SteubenvIlle al 6:0jP.N.
Special accommodation trains leave BaAlre Of
$50 AM. and 1880 r. NJ; bridgeport 1905 Am. aud
los ?. NJ; arrive nj Martins Ferry 1918 AN. and
ll6 r. N. Returning leave Martins Ferry al 1850
A. N. aud BIO p. M; bridgeport li;i0 A. " aud $40
r. MI arrive at BellaIre NJ ll66 AM and at85 p. N.
Tickets 10 all principal points IN tho East md
West can 10 procured Of the Union Ticket Office,
M'lnrG House. aud At the station At bridgeport.
j. H. MYERS,
nO27 Gensm Passenger and Ticket Agent
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WEEKLY.
BIZ mail, II adrGHos, pOiiaga PTPatd'
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No. /, No. q. No, 5. NJ. I,
C0LUMBUs AND 1NDlANAPoLls DIVISION

Nos. l,2, ! and 10 run Daily to aud from Clncin.
nAtL All other trains Daily, except Sunday.
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SAN Francisco, June 29.-The steam
ship Oceanica, from Hong Kong June 3,
brings Shanghai dates to the 9TH China
apprOpriafes 10000 taels (S1SO,COO) for rep
resentatiOn al the Philadelphia centennial.
The local government Of Hong Chow pro
poses o send, Independently, ten thousand
taels' worth Of porcelain and silks. The
death is announced Of Tse, VicerOy Of Kan
sub, and the most powerful official Of the
old Chinese race in the Empire, with the
single exception Of Liyang Chong.
After repeated delays, work on
the telegraph between FuchOw
and Annoy is TO be re
sumed. The Chinese authorities openly
declare their determination 20 externinate
the abOriginees Of FOrmOsa. The latest
plan Of invasion adopted is, destroying the
interior forests by igniting bales Of cotton
saturated with OIL Many valuable cam
phor groves have already been destroyed.
In direct encounters with The sayages the
Chinese have thus far been wcEted.
The authorities Of Han kiang express
regret for the recent Il. struc-iOn Of the
American missionary chapel, and offer TO
make good all losses.
The steamship POyance was wrecked IN
a storm near MacO. One hundred and
tWenty-fOur lives were lost. One hundred
and fifty junks were destroyed and much
damage was done 10 property in Canton,
Hong Kong and WhampOa.
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NEW ORLEANS.
Progress OF the JettIes at the south
Pass.

Progress OF the JettIes at the south
Pass.
ST. LOUIS, June 29.-Capt. Jas. B. Eads
arrived here to-day from New Orleans.
Just previous to leaving that city he wrote
to President Grant and Secretary of War
Belknap, advising them Of the progress of
the jetties at the South Pass. The main
point in the letter is thatproyisional works,
one thousand feet long, are already con-
structed on the line Of the east jetty, and
being pushed seaward at the rate Of two
hundred feet per day. Two hundred me
chanics and labOrers and four pile
driving machines are at work
and a large quantity of stone and othel
material are ready at hand. Additional
accommodations are being prepared, and
in short the working force will be largely
increased. Telegraphic communication
has been established between New Orleans
aud the head of the Pass, and the line is be-
ing extended to the works at the mouth of
the Pass. Capt. Eads says the provisional
work mentioned is what is known as sheet
piling, and while it is only preliminary in
character, it viii temporarily serve the
same purpose and produce the same result
as permanent jetties. The Captain is
quite sure that there will be twenty feet of
water on the bar, at the South Pass, by the
1st Of February.
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A sHORT FRTTT CROP.


The statistical reports just published
by the Agricultural Bureau indicate
widespread disaster to the fruit grow
ing interest, as viii be seen from the
following notes: Insect depredations
are recorded only IN Maine, II some
counties of which caterpillars were
troublesome. In New England gener-
ally the crops were late, and in some
parts a tendency to simultaneous
blooming excited remark. In the
Middle, Southern and Western States
generally, the climatic conditions were
very unfavorable. The severity of the
winter has not only destroyed
the fruit germs, but also the
trees. The cold snap in the spring en-
larged the scope Of this injury, and
heavy late frosts in many places de-
stroyed what had survived the winter.
In some cases it is noted that the
plums stood the severity of the season
better than other sorts Of fruit. Grapes
in many cases escaped on account of
late blooming, but the vineyards of sew
eral sections were greatly depleted by
the extreme ccid. Small fruits were
less severely affected and are reported
as producing very luxuriantly.
So far, however, as these remarks ap-
ply to Tennessee and the States south
Of us, they need very material modif-
cation.
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THE SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
Action OF the Recent Convention I'm
New York.
New York Times

New York.
New York Times.
Since February last there has been
considerable cutting of rates of freight
among the railroads Of North and
South Carolina and Georgia. About
the 10Th Of this month a general call
was issued for the representatives of
the different lines to meet in New York
for the purpose Of trying to come to a
settlement Of their difficulties. An in
formal meeting was held in the house
of Mr.. W. r. Garrison, who represents
the interests Of the Georgia Central
Railroad In this city, and an adjourn
ment until the 22d inst. was
made. On that day another meet
ing was held IN Mr.. Garrison's
Office, No ) Bowling Green, and on the
23d and oath inst. In the st. Nicholas
Hotel. AT this convention the Georgia
Central Railroad was represented by
Mr.. B. W. Rogers, its Superintendent,
and Mr.. George YOnge, the New York
Agent; the South Carolina Railroad by
Mr.. William McGraw, the President of
the road; the Charleston and Whining
ton steam ship interest by Messrs.
Quintard and Clyde; respectively; the
Richmond and Danville Railroad by
Mr.. A. S. Buford, the President, and
Col. Talcott, Superintendent; the Yir-
ginia and Tennessee Air Line by Nh.
Henry Fink, the General Superintend-
ent; the combined interests of the Will
mington and Weldon Railroad, the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad by Col. Bridges,
President and General Manager; the
Atlantic Coast Line, including the
three last mentioned roads, the Old
Dominion Steamship Company, the
S9a-board and Roanoke Railroad and
the Northeastern Railroad, by Col.
Pope, General Freight and Ticket
Agent. Among other gentlemen
who were present, but who did
not take part officially in the
meetings Of the convention. were Col.
Robinson, President Of the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company, plying be-
tween Baltimore and Norfolk, and
President of the SeauOard and' Roam
oke Railroad; Mr.. William 7. Waters,
and B. F. Newcome, Of Baltimore, large
holders of Southern railroad securities,
and Col. John B. Palmer, of Columbia,
S. c., President of the Southern Rail
way Security Company. After a
lengthy discussion it was finally de-
cided by the-members Of the COnven-
ton to maintain the rates Of 1873,
which virtually operate as a reduction
In rates from the North TO competitive
points IN the Carolinas and Georgia.
By this agreement the rates from BOs-
ton, Providence, New York, Philadel-
phia, and Baltimore were established
upon what is hoped will be a .perma-
nent basis, and tend to restore harmony
among the roads and keep the rates at
standard prices. No action whatever
was t-ken on passenger matters, and
the fares Will remain as they were be.
fore
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WASHINGTON.
Changes in the Treasury De.
partment.
Retirement Of legal Tenders.
Spencer and His Carpet-bag
Crew.

WAsHIEGToN, June 29.-J. w. Power,
Chief Clerk in the Registers Office is to be
appointed Chief Of the Warrant Division
in place of Mr.. Gilfllsn, appointed Cashier
Of The Treasury.
The conference between the telegraphie
companies and the Postmaster-general took
place to-day. There were present, OrtOn
Of the Western Union; Blossom, for the
Southern and Atlantic, and Dunn, for the
Atlantic and Pacific, in the absence of Gen.
Ecllert. After long discussion, the Post
master-general informed them he would
not now decide, but would notify them it
was probable he would reduce the rates one
quarter Of cent on each word, making it
: of a cent instead Of as at present.
Orion gave notice that his company would
not consent to such reduction. Gen. Eekert
sent letter saying hls company was salts
fed with present rates, but hoped to be
able TO accept much lower rates for the ser
vice.
Secretary Bristow to day directed the
Treasurer TO cause legal tenders TO the
amount Of 81, ,292, APO to be withheld from
the available currency balance of the
Treasury, redeemed and destroyed, being
50 per cent. of additional circulation issued
TO banks during the present month. Till
further redemp.iOus are ordered, the
amount Of United States notes Outstanding
and TO be used as a circulating medium
shall not exceed 1915, al, $50.
Senator SPeneer's Dead-Beat Allies.
Special TO the Chicago Times.
With the downfall of Senator Spencer,
politically, in Alabama, follows his cohorts.
Among the dead-beats imported by him to
control legislative votes was Lon II. Mayer,
a resident of Cincinnati. Spencer had him
appointed Collector of Internal Revenue
for the First District of Alabama. He at
once entered largely into sWindling opera
tions. He borrowed money among such
of the presumed faithful as were foolish
enough to consider his autograph worth
anything. Those duped now wall their
own simplicity. One of the creditors ad-
veTtises that he will sell the note Of Mayer
with a face value Of S455 for 20 cents on
the dollar. This is only one of the many
instances Of the kind, and yet the carpet
bagging debtor has the efffontery to retain
his office, while Spencer, his master, is
hOnOred as chairman Of the Senate District
Of Columbia Committee, whose mission
viii be to please "Boss" Shepher and Gen.
BabcOck.
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EDUCATIONAL.
The Interstate Convention at
Chattanooga.
Distinguished Educators Present.

Ex.PresEdeRt johnson and Gen. JnO.
b. Gordon 10 Address the COnven-
tfOn.
Special to the Union and American.
CHATTANOOGA, June 29.-Delagates
from Georgia, Missouri and various parts
Of Tennessee arrived to-day to attend the
Interstate Educational Convention. The
session promises to be quite fully attended.
Gen. Gordon, ex-President johnson and
other celebrities VIII be here in the morn
ing, and will have something to say to the
teachers and people. Prof. Harris, of st.
Louis, and Maj. Davis, of Louisville, are
here. Prof. Fowler and other leading ed
ueators of Illinois arrive in the morning.
PreparstiOns are quite complete for the
entertainment of delegates as guests of
leading citizens.
Day sessions will be held in Temperance
Hall; night sessions in James Hall.
Preparations for celebrating the Fourth
probably detract from local interest and
benefit of the Convention. MACK.
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YOKOHAMA. June 13.- KIDD, a member
Of the imperial council, has been appointed
head Of the assembly Of officers from va
rious provinces, which meets for the first
time. June 20, in YeddO. This is a dis
tinct body from the recently established
deliberative house, called GnOin, which
is not vet organized. The population Of
Japan has increased 10000 since the cen
sus taken al the close Of 1873.
Okuba Y Yosemite, appointed President OF
the Commission to the Philadelphia Cen
tennial, will not be able 70 leave Japan.
Saigo Yosemite, recently General COM
manding in FormOsa, has been appointed
Vice President, and will start for America
next October.
The ediet against cremation has been re-
voked and the practice has been resumed
to a considerable extent.
A proposition is on foot to extend the
operations Of the japanese steamship line,
now running TO Shanghai, 70 San Francisco.
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KANSAS.
Jail DeIivery-EscaPe OF Noted Des
PeradOs.

Jail DeIivery-EseaPe OF Noted Des
PeradOs.
LAWRENCE June 29.-FOur prisoners
named w. J. NcDaniels, one Of the Mum
Gle railroad robbers, and a noted desperate
of Missouri, at one time connected with
the notorious James gang; William Dunn,
alias A. E. Montgomery, a horse
thief and Kentucky outlaw, and
Robert ingalls, and Elijah Ledford,
railroad thieves, oyeTpowered the jail
guards here Sunday evening and escaped.
They stole rifles and pistols from the jail
Or's Office, took the sherifi7s horse and stole
another from a citizen and fed westward.
About hundred citizens armed and started
in Iu suit yesterday afternoon, and drove
McDaniels and Dunn into the woods seven
miles from the city, and thorough
search was made for them
but without success. Early this morning
McDaniels clme out and surrendered to
the sheriff and was brought to the city.
He was wounded by a shot fired By citizens
yesterday, the ball passing through the
lower bouels, and physicians who eX-
amined him pronounce the wound mortal.
None Of the other prisoners have been
heard from
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CINCINNATI.
Presentation Of silver Service.

Presentation Of Silver Service.
CINCINNATI, June 29-Col. Sidney d.
Maxwell, Superintendent of the Merchants
Exchange, was presented to-day by men,
bers Of that body with handsome set Of
solid silver, consisting Of ninety-six pieces
OF table ware. About two hours previous
the Pork Packers Association presented
him with a silver tea service, complete.
Capt. Holloway, president of the Chamber
Of Commerce made the presentation
speech on behalf of its members, and
Briggs S. Cunningham, Esq, offeiated on
behalf Of the POrk-packers' Association.
The occasion was one of most agreeable
character, and imprOmptu speeches of many
gentlemen gave evidence of the high ap-
probation in which Col. Maxwell is held
by members Of the Chamber Of Com
merce.
Col. Maxwell is to be emarriedto-moFroR
to Miss Blanche Neff, daughter of Peter +.
Neff, E q, of this city.
A COrFuptiOnist Invited TO Take a
Back Seat
The city Democratic Executive Commit
tee, at a meeting tonight, forced its Presi-
dent, Jas. 7. Redmund, to resitn because
Of his connection with the Water-WOrks
scandal.
A decision rendered in the Supreme Court
to-day sustained what is known as the
WOrthington law, which says the city shall
contract no debts unless it has money in
the treasury for their payment.
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THE TEMPER OT THE SOUTHERN
CONG RESSMEN


Washington Correspondence New York Times
In conversation to-day Senator Ran.
som, Of North Carolina, said that he
has recently cOnVersed with a number
Of those gentlemen elected to the next
Congress from Southern States who
were officers IN the rebel army, and is
led 10 believe that they viii
be more conservative in speech
and national in their ac-
tiOns on the floor Of Congress than
very many Northern Democrats who
will be members of that body. They are
determined to avoid everything that
might be construed as seetiOnahsm. and
viii strive to discharge their public du-
ties IN such manner as viii command the
respect and confidence Of the people Of
the entire country. The Senator be-
heves that those Wno expect to see these
ex- -COnfederates moving to undo the
results accomplished By the war,
advocating payment Of debts incurred
by the late rebellious States. or any
other follies so frequently alluded to in
this connection. will be egregiously
disappointed. He says some Of the
more prominent Of this class EXPIRE e
the belief that they will find more diff-
Guilty in curbing some Of the Northern
Democrats than in disciplining their
own number. They WI, be thinks,
prefer to follow Gordon and Lamar
rather than hot.heads like John Young
Brown.
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UNION AND AMERTD :,
GOLD vas steady in New York,
Yesterday, at ll74.

TENNESSEE BONDS declined frac.
tion in New York, yesterday, the old
issues being quoted at 49, and the
new at 46.
The NelC York Commercial and
Fissancial Chronicle Of the 26th says:
Among the State..bonds, Tennessee's
have been the most active, and, after
selling down to As and a fraction for
new, have recovered sharply, with hold
e-s asking 48 to-day and no transae-
tons at the Board. The fluctuations
depend mainly on the different views
entertained from day to day as to the
payment of July interest, and as to
this we have no further definite infor-
nation.
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ONE Of the many good points OF the
new constitution Of Arkansas, adopted
less than d year ago, is the provision
for the payment of the State debt}
This provision is now being carr
ried out under the means provided
by the last Legislature. Through the
Board Of Finance, created for the
purpose, a commencement has beenN
made by paying the interest on the
Brooks war debt, which is regarded by
the people as a debt of honor rather
than an honest one. 1t serves, how
ever, to show the spirit Of determine
ton on the part of the people to re-
deem the credit of the State; and while
there are many debts contracted under
the carpet-bag administration which
were undoubtedly fraudulent and will
be repudiated, yet this is an earnest
that those who have honest claims
against the State will be protected.
d The Memphis AUalanche may as well
<make a note of this.