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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Ncsc York Market.

NEW YORK, March ST. Flour quiet and
scarcely SO firm: super line Western and State,
"a 0OG4 8O; common to good extra, "a 95lQ5 NJ
good to choice, 50 1905 45; whlte wheat Vest
ern extra, sh 5u(gB; extra Ohio, "a 1906 w; II
Louis, s5ge. Rye flour steady at "a 0N95 n.
Corn-m duiet: Western, So GO(y4 10.
Wheat less active and shade lower: No.
spring, 81 s2gl IS; No. spring, " 12(gi 1s; No.
2Cnicago, 81 1901 18h; No. Northwest, 81 I'D
"; No. 2 Milwaukee,, 81 1901 81; ungrad04
Iowa and Minnesota spring, 81 1901 %; wintsg
red Western, 81 25tgl II; amber Western, 81 y
al ~; white Western, 81 29q1 eS. Rye quiut
at 0OaSoc. Barley scarce and Arm: primo Can
ada West held at 81 81. Malt quiet and firm.
Corn closed dull: mixed Western, "a a85ka:
yellow do, S5lGSolzc. Oats shade 1irmer; M
ceipts, 26O00 bu; mixed Western, G7igC9kc:
white Western, 68(17O5ac.
Hay firm and unchanged.
Coffee dull and heavy at decline Of xc:
Rio, 16NG17xc, gold. Sugar dull and noml-
uaI fair to good refining, 7sG7Xc: prime.
&c; refined, 9A@10hc; centrifugal, w. Rios
unchanged.
Petroleum dull and heavy: refined. 14k(1
14ssc; crude, 7kc. Strained resin steady as
~ f0tg2 35. Spirits turpentine steady at 36c.
Eggs irm: Western, 32a33c.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

NashyIne-2e feet largo on Harpeth shoals
Uairo-4s feet and falling.
The Robert Mitchell Is tho first boat leaving
for New Orleans next week. She will take
her departure w Wednesday evening.
The Arlington leaves. tonight for Memphis,
leaving next Tuesday.
The Bermuda has laid up at Evansville.
The Chas. b. Church gets GOU bbls. pork at
Evansville for New Orleans.
The Laura L. Davis left Nashville for Pitts
burg yesterday
Col. Sam Benjamin leaves on Tuesday next
for St. Louis, to accept his new position. We
wish him much success, as ne is deserving and
The Mollie Ebert will arrive here to-morrow
from Pittsburg. and returns on Tuesday,.
The new Belle Lee Is to be 816 feet long, IS
feet beam, ~ feet hold, and I9K feet between
decks.
Geo. q. Wolf, well known along the banks
Of tho Western and Southern waters, and for q
number OF years identified with river interests,
Is lying at the point Of death at st. LOUIS.
The Ed. HQbb, was preparing to leave st.
Louis last evening for Wheeling, with three
barges OF ore.
Tie John b. Maude Is at st. Louis. She will
be repaintcd and refuinished.
The Exporter passed Memphis yesterday,
bound up, with 2OU tons OF freight.
The X. w. Dugan left Memphis last night for
st. Louis. She Is to enter the lower Missouri
river trade.
The Charles Bodmann arrived at Memph is at
noon yesterday. discharging rs tons. She re-
ceiveu 4OO barr els oil, SOU sacks oil cake, 800
kegs beer, IOJ barrels potatoes, II bales cotton,
anu ~ passengers, anu proceeded on to New
Orleans,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
MarrtQ0e Licenses,

The following marriage licenses were
issued since our last report:
Eugene Bensinger ana Fanny Wise,
John +. Berg and Rosa DeBruyn, George
Slisel and Sophia Feller, Fred. Sharp
shair and Almeda Barton, Chas. Dickeil.
son and Laura McCleiland, Henry Baul-
den and Mary Austen, Aloise Woerth
and Mary Hotopp, I'll. Il. Webb and Laura
B. Gregg, VIM. S. Pryse and Ella Per-
kins, j. Henry Hoover and Ella &. Epply,
Henry Wrede and Lena Shuinhurg, JAS.
Schwartz and Barbara sRendsberg, Lo-
renz Ehrmann and Anna M. Schoepfiin,
Anton Schoemacher and Kate Muir
ply, Daniel OPEL and Sarah Collier,
William Auer and Matilda rheasan,
Sanil Resh and Har ietta jolly, VIM.
Lesher and Rehecca jackson, +. Perkins
and Philomena Bargmanh, G. .Granziadei i
and Carmala GiiOnna, Jucob Rebel and
Jennetta Stein. Edward Underwood and
Margaret Houston, John Donnea ana
Rosetta Buchheia, Cornelius Connell and
Nora Dongan, Chas. Cooke and Annie
NJ. Meitzei. Ludwig Bockelmapn and
Louisa Hartmann. -@
I'd. GETTIER. NJ. L. Clerk.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Dam 0Qe Ealits.

Margaret George has filed a petition
in the County Clerks office against
Lieutenant V. Wappensteln, Michael
Spaeih and Valentine Meyer, claiming
$lU.C00 damages by reason of an alleged
false imprisonment last February 2Sth.
John Renner has broughtA suit against
Orrin Il. Newton, in the Clerks Office,
petitioning for $1,000, with interest and
s., 900 damages alleged to have been in
cured by reason Of a fraudulent oon-
tract made by the defendant with John
Renner. The contract referred to con-
sists Of the sale of a bar to the plaintiff,
on the steamboat "Tidal Waye," and the
plaintiff AYERS that lie had had possess
sion OF said bar five weeks when the
steamboat was sold, and the purchaser
refused 10 allow him to remain. The
plaintiff further alleges that the plaintiff
knew of tie intended sale OF lhe boat at
the time the contract was made.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
LAST EDITION.
ny TELEGRAPH.

SAN FRANCISCO, March T.-The fire al
Maguire's Theater drd but little damage,
The stocks In the stores in the building
were considerably damaged by water.
BROOKLYN, Marchs2 27.-When Gen. But.
Ter was in New York, Sunday, he was
subpenaed to testify in rebuttal, in case
Gen. Tracy testiiies that he made no Ell.
forts to keep Moulton from publishing
his statement.
1 CAMILLA, GA, March 27.--A fire yes.
terday at this place destroyed the press
and certain material of the Camilla En-
terprise, together with a small building
owned by G. W. Pease. The tirp was in
ccndiary. No insurance.
MADRID, March 27.--The leaders ot
the Protestant, movement here assert
that there have been 30, 600 Protestant
converts made in Spain since 1858. The
P1otestanJ chapels in the country will
1e allowed to remain as they are.
POrTsyILLE, PA, March 27-The la.
bOrers and miners on the strike dumped
q number OF cars loaded with coal ready
for shipment. at Locust Gap, during the
graph Office OF the Reading Railroad al
the same place.
CHICAGO, March 27.-The letter oil
W III W uiCu
he traverses the Black Hills question
and shows that nothing but the color Oi
gold has been discovered at Harvey's
Peak, and his reiterated determination
to keep the miners out Of the reserya
tion, acts like cold water on the enthu-
siasts here.
PARIS, March N.-News has been re-
ceived in this city OF the escape ottwen
ty communist prisoners, from the penal
settlement of New Caledonia. The es.
cape is believed to have been the result
ofa well-laid plot, in which the prisoners
were aided by outside friends. They are
. supposed'to have gone, to Australia.
DOVER, DEL, March 27.-The Delaware
Legislature adjourned to-day after pass
ing bill providing that all railroad com
, panies, steamboat owners, h0t6l pr0prie.
tors. &C., may provide separate accom-
modations. for any class of persons OBJ
nOxious to their other guests or passen.
gers. This is intended as an offset to
the Civil Rights bill.
WASHINGTON, March 2T-The Daily
Chronicle, OF this city, comments edito.
rally this morning upon the projected
Senatorial trip to Mexico. Ii says il
these excursionists are going OH public
business they should have a Government
vessel to transport them as most econom
ical. But II they are going on private
matters they should. bear their own ex
penses, as they have no more right tc
Government aid to carry out their pri
vate ends than the most humble either
has.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
POLICE C0uRT.

Drunk and Disorderly-MaryT Thompson, dis
missed; Fritz Wiedman, IS and costs; Mary
Gallagher, thirty days.
M,scellaneous-Wiil iiliam Colchester and VIM
Smith, false pretenses, dismissed: VIM. HOod,
tent, to kill, dismissed; Benedict Mark, abus-
ing family, dismissed; Sam. DAVIS, abusing
family, thirty days and 500, and resisting OH
Ger, ten days and $40; Geo. Lackey, har6orng
vicious dog, dismissed; re. smith, permitting
Dright, house breaking, continued to 3Otil
March; j. Murphy, petit larceny, thirty days;
Louis Weaver, malicious destruction, $40 and
costs, and $lUO damages; William Harney, va
grancy, dismI.sed; W. ii. GoidOn, petit lar
ceny, continued TO 18th March.
Assault and Battery-Heury Gusmeyer, bail
forfeited; John Gels and Peter 'Wirtz, DIS
missed.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Sullivam's Sentence,

John Sullivan. the man who outraged
the young girl, Mary Snyder, some time
ago, was sentenced TO six. years impris:
onment in the penitentiary and costs bi
trial, by Judge Murdoch, in the Criminal
Court. Sullivan, after having heard the
sentence, manifested only slight emo.
tion and some surprise. As to the de.
cision whether John Sullivan diseased
the girl or not, over which several medi.
cal gentlemen disputed yesterday, the
Court in private, stated that he had de-
cided the point mentally, but would moi
make 1t public.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
LATEST LOCAL.

The January term of the Criminal
Court closes next Saturday.
GEN. BANNING arrived last night al
his home from Washington, D. q.
DIVORCE and bastardy cases will be
disposed Of by Judge Murdoch nexl
week.
MAYOR JOHNSTON received telegram
thiS afternoon stating that the Potter
bill is being reconsidered, and that the
Board of Aldermen is still legal body.
HON. GEO. H. PENDLEToN has been in.
gited by the literary societies of Colby
University, in Maine, to deliver the ad-
dress before them at the next commence
ment.
AUGUST HEINE, tailor, residing at 16
Madison street, was lodged at the Bre.
men.street Station by Officers Henshaw
and Eting for cutting his wife severely
across the forehead. An old family feud
was the cause.
THE motions for new trial in the Egg
ner, Davis and Rufer cases were called
up before Judge Murdoch this morning,
but remained undecided, as the bills 0l
exceptions had not as yet been CON-
pleted. Final disposition of the motions
will be made next week.
CORONER MALEY has held an inquest
on the tody OF the man named Rudolph
Brunsman, who died at his residence, at
1876 Hopkins street, from fall, the par
ticulars of which are mentioned else
where, and the jury returned q verdict OF
death from accidental injuries"
THE HAWTHORNE CLUB give another
OF their entertainments on Thursday
evening at Vickers' Hall, northeast cor
ncr Eighth and Plum streets, when they
Will read sThe Little Treasure" and
f.Cousin Joe." The Club. have issued
programmes to their friends, and will
admit none others than members and
holders of programmes.
Z. JOSEPH DAVIS was arrested to-day by
Officer Fox, at the instance OF James IL.
Carpenter, the picture dealer, for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
He has been canvassing and represented
70 Carpenter that he had orders and OBJ
famed pictures, which be sold, pocket
ing the money himself.
THE following is the transaction Of the
Committee on Claims to be reported at
4heir meeting BY Mr.. Winkler, The Chair
man OF the Committee; 81 clsims were Q
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
The Spelling Epidemic.

NEW YORK, March 27.-The spelling
{. fever has reached New York. A matci
ts arranged tor Saturday night next, al
Cooper Institute, between proOf-readers
and compositors employed on the daily
papers and ehildren. of the public schools
A prize is to lie awarded and the pro
eeeds of the entertainment devoted tc
some charitable object.
THE PARADE.
Some of the Irish societies are greatly
exercised over obstacles which beset
them regarding the proposed parade to-
morrow in honor Of John Mitchell. Sew.
eral societies last night at the meeting
expressed a determination to parade in
spite of the police.
e Charles O'Conor positively refuses to
deliver the orati0n at the Hippodr0me
The Knights of st. Patrick decline to
take part in any Sunday parade, and il
is the general belief that the demonstra-
tion will be postponed until some day
next week.
Yesterday afternoon Richard Ryan,
aged 10 years, and Henry Finlay, aged
ii years, while playing on the, elevator
OF the public school building, in the City
Hall place, accidentally fell from the
his skull and died In few minutes, and
Ryan received serious bodily injuries.
WOODHULL.
Victoria Woodruff. it is stated, Will
publish, in the next number of Wood
hull & Clafin's Weekly, a statement
denying the correctness OF the state
ment of the colored witness in the
Beecher trial. She claims that the
statements that she was intimate with
Tilton are false; that Tilton only re-
manned In her house one night writing
her biography.
She never conversed with them ON the
subject of free love, and the story about
Ehe publication, the scandal and The pro-
spective hundred thousand dollars to be
made, she also denounces as false.
ABANDONED AT SEA. w
A cable dispatch from London says
that the British bark, j. r. Hea, from
Baltimore Tor Queenstown, was aban-
doned at sea in sinking condition. The
crew was taken off by the bark Daunt-
less,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

Chicago1spring, 97Kc: No. Chicago spriaE'
94Ac for strictly fresh; g,6c for regular speS5
9lasc April; 9SSc, May; No. SChicago spr1sE.
s9gs9hc: rejected, s21sCas2c. Corn active al
advanced: No. mixed, 6Sc spot; 6sJkc bid foe
April; 16Xbid for May: rejected, 60c. Oats IN
good demand at fun prices: No. 3, 551Sc frcsh
spot, b5c bid for April; 5sHc biu for May. IIys
quiet and unchanged. Barley dull but holdem
are not Wiling to make concessions; Ne, q
spring, $l4O8 spot; II O4 for April ~
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
The Board of Aldermen.

The Board of Aldermen met in called
session this afternoon, with Mr.. Refs as
Chairman pro tem., and fifteen members
present at third roll-call.
A resolution to change the polls of the
Second Precinct oi the Fourteenth Ward
to the southeast corner of Linn and Pop
lar streets, instead OF the previous place,
on corner Of Livingston and JohD stie Gets,
was adopted.
A resolution to change the polls of the
1st Precinct Of the 4th Ward from Fifth
and Lock streets to the corner of sixth
aud Lock. Adopted. Adjourned.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

LOUISVILLE. March s7.-Flour and wheat
quiet and unchanged. Corn firm at e5GGSc
Oats firm sat 64QG65o. RE quiet and un-
changed at 81 11
Hay quiet and unchanged.
Provisions stronger, and tending upward.
Pork, 81 81. Bulk meats, 7XtQ1lXc. loose.
Bacon, ekOl23(o, packed. SugarAcured hams,
1SGl5kc. Lard: prime steam, 14Xc; tacrce,
l5c; Kegs, l6c. I:
BaGging firm ct 1sk0lSc.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

ST. LOUIS: March T.-Flour firm and NJ
changed. Wheat firm, put inactive: No. RI
winter, 81 l8K; No. 2 spring, y3k0lBSc. Corr:
No. > mixed, O9(G70xc. Oats but little done
and few sales: No. 2, 62(A 2lsc cash; SIC April-
Barley firm: sample lots OF choice spring. n Is
Whisky, VI 10.
Pork less firm and for futures lower, witA
sales at s2l cash; $40 25Qg20 ~ for up-country,
March; $50 here, ApIil
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
In[ed0 MarLcef.

TOLEDO, March -27e-Flour steady. Whca1
steady: No. 2 white Wabash, ~ nix; No. 1
white Michigan, " i8; amber Michigan "a ll;
April, 81 ~; May, 81 Tx; June. q ~
june, ~ IS; No. Bred, 81 90; No. amber nd-
nois, 81 ~; No. 8 do, II f4h. Corn steadys
high mixed, 7shc; April, 7Sc; May, 75c; Juna.
76Iac; low Mixed, TIC; no grade, 7Ihc. Vass
shade higher: No. l, &c; No. ., 60c; white.
TIE; Michigan, 6Jc.
Clover seed. S6 55(tT.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Phffadefpk.fa Markaf.

PHILADELPHIA. March ~. -Petroleum b
steady: refined, 14%W14xc.
Clover seed: Western, t01k(G11c.
Flour steady, with less demand: Wisconsia
and minnesota family. $5(g6 rs; Indiana aod
Ohio do, 10 25fg6. Wheat firm and active: ro6,
u 2Sgl Za1I; amber. 81 25Cp1 ~; white, 81 ~
70. Rye, S5c. Corn: yellow and WostcCn
mixed, BIC. Oats: white, 6sg69c.
Provisions steady. Lard, lS<Gl4ko.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Mti.cs,.kee Marset.

MILWAUKEE, March 27.-Fiour scarce and
firm. Wheat steady: No. Milwaukee, 81 U4X.
No. milwaukee, y4c; April, 94k May. So
Oats scarce: No. 54c. Corn firm: new, N
store, Il esh, 81 "a; Barley steady: No. spring,
fresh, ~ IL; NO. spring nominal at 92c.
Provisions firmer. Mess pork, $A cash, ana
$sO W, May. Sweet-pickled hams, lyx@lie
lOXM11hc. Prime lard fIrmer: steam, lSX8
14c: kettle. l4hc.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

An old, decrepit woman, at the head
OF q lot OF boys, takes jobs of cleaning
the sidewalks of Milwaukee. To watch
the boys and handle the greenbaeks she
hobbies along by the aid of chair, and
When she gets a job sits down in the
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

BOSTON, March q. Flour quiet, firm and in
goOd demand: Western super1ine, "A 25;a4 s0;
common extras, IS 25lg5 t0; Wisconsin and
Minnesota extras, So 25(G6 rs: white wheat
ohio, Indiana and Michigan, IS E0G6 25: nIf-
nos, IS 75a7; St. Louis, Sc 75(g7. Corn firm at
8J(gyic for mixed and yellow.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Me,,sDhis Marked.

MEMPHIS. March zT.-Flour in fair demand
and firm. Corn-mesl lower at 50 70. Corn ac-
tive and advanced to S6(gS7c. Oats in fair de-
mand and advanced to 7OQ07lc.
Hay firm and unchanged. Bran nominal.
Lard quiet and unchanged. Bulk meats
tending upward, but not quotably higher.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Defroif Market.

DETROIT, March 27.-Flour quiet and I'M
changed. Wheat active and advanced: extra,
u DGl .21k; No l, VI 1917; amber, ~ l3. Corn
10 fair demand and firm at 13c. Oats in fair
demand and firm at oUhc. Barley: State, SIG
z 40.
Clover seed, Sc bO(d6 IS,
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

NEW ORLEANS, March T.--Flour: superfne,
"a ~; Xxx, "A Is; xxx, $5(s5 25; choice, IS 5Utg
rs. Corn: fair demand Tor white mixed at
&c; white, S5c; yellow, s5c. Oats: sales at 500
82Hc, Hay in limited demand: prime s24
Pork higher at 81 Tbaa2 IL. Dry salt meats
are scarce and firm 81 8Jk0l &c. Hams ad-
Yanced To 1YkMlRkc I-I-L
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

CLEVELAND. March s7.-Wheat steady and
unchanged. Corn firm and unchanged. Oats
firm ana unchanged.
Petroleum quieG: standard white. 1lXc: Ohio
State higher ut l2Zc: small lots, 1tgzc higher.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

BALTIMORE. March T.--Flour steady and un-
changed. Wheat firm and quiet: Pennsylva-
mia red. 81 1901 %; other grades unchanged.
Corn buoyant and strong for Western; W Western
mixed, e3c. Oats quiet. Rye dull and un-
changed. Hay dull and unchanged.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
FINANCIAL.

Gold Is firm to- day at 1l6h.
Eastern exchange is very firm to-day. The
demand is good anu the receiptsare very light.
No change In Rates:
Buying. Selling.
n. Y. Exhange.. ... par lilo prem.
Philadelphia EX'ge.. par lilo prem.
Boston Excnange... par LILO prem.
Baitimore Ex' 'ge.... par lilo prem.
Sterling Exchange IS quoted 4S7 sight, anu
Ash sixty days, gold.
government securities are steady. The de-
mand here is chiefly for new '85s and ITS which
are advanced u from yesterdays rates.
The following is the 1:U Z. NJ, New York
olOtatiOnS. '
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Peoria Market,

PEORIA, March z7.-Corn irmer at 67Ic.
Oats: white scarce at Sc; mixed, soc. Rye
scarce and nomlnally shade higher.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

BEEF CATTLE-Are quiet and prices un-
changed. We quote common to good total
range, ~ 25lIB q per Genital gross.
HOGS-The market remains quiet and firm.
The offerings are all cOmm0c and medium
grades. We quote Common s6 75ta7 50; medium
to fair grades, $I 5OiU7 81 per Genital gross.
-SHEEP-Are in moderate demand at previ-
GUS prices. Fair to extra are quoted So 0u(G7 70
per GENITAL gross.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

CHICAGO. March N.-Flour quiet aud un-
changed. Wheat active and advanced: No. Z
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
Abo,.t our aldermen.

The question as towhether our Board
Of Aldel men is or is not, appears to re.
main unsettled. At the City Buildings
no report has been received from the
committee which left for Columbus last
evening. /.
At the Board OF Trade Rooms, how.
ever, the report is being freely circu.
lated that Solicitor Warrington had de.
cided that the law applies to'Cincinnati
as well as Toledo, and that consequently
the Board is defunct.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27
LATER.

Dispatches just received from Colum.
bus say that Solicitor Warrington de.
cides that the bal Affects Cincinnati to
the same extent that it does Toledo, and
that the Board is abolished.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-27

The foilowingIs the | :sU r. M. report OF New
York Stock Market, as received by Lea, Ster.
rett " Co.. 70 w est Third street:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
New Series-Vol. 15. No.11

! ST.. NICHOLAS has for one of its prin.
cipal features an article by Mr.. Joel
Stacy, entitled John Spooher's Great
Human Menagerie.' The manager o
this wonderful show-with a generosity
unusual among men of his profession
lets us at once into the secrets of the
exhibition, and describes each animal
SO minutely than any talf-dozen boys
with enough ingenuity and and paste
board can easily form a similar collec-
tion for themselves. The two serials,
'The Young Surveyor and Eight
Cousins, Though doubtless equal in pop
ularity are quite unlike in character,
and there is variety enough in the
April installments. We find in this
number also bit of history concerning
the famous 'Bunker-Hill Powder an
illustrated narrative of q hard-fought
battle with grizzly at uncomfortably
close quarters; sketch of a'Piiot's life,
with its dangers and incidents; and, in
The Great Freshet,' a graphic story
descriptive of sceneS-both comic and
dangerOus-attending the rapid rise of
river. The number contains several
good poems, by H. H., Anna B. Aver
i'll and Others; and the list of artist con-
tributors includes, besids other names,
those of F. o. G. barley, Eytinge, ,Shep-
pard, aud Addie Ledyard. s-. .
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
The First Church in America.

On Cozumel Island are yet to be seen
the walls of the first church ever built
OH the continent of North America.
Cortez, before his conquest of Mexico
say about three hundred years ago
built his first place of worship on this
beautiful island. The foundation and
walls are yet partially preserved; each
side has an elevation of some ten feet
in places. The altar is covered with an
almost impenetrable growth of chspar-
raj; and all about and even inside these
ruins are anciedt and modern tombs,
where patriarchs rest. The wild fiow-
ers bloom over them in great confu-
sion, anG the birds carol sweet songs
morning and evening. A paved walk
extends from the portal several hun
dred yards westward, but is almost
buried from sight in the sod. Excava-
tions are seen, where searchers after
hidden treasures have delved. There
is fine field yet there for the curious
to explore. But the natives of the To-
caliIy allow it to rest so quietly that
the dense shrubbery almost buries it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-01
Massacre of Americans in Mexico.
Washington Republican.

The massacre of American citizens
in Acapulco, Mexico, which took place
some weeks since, has ever since the
first authentic information of the affair
reached this country, engaged the most
serious attention of our Government.
Proper representations were very prop
erly made to the Mexican Government
through our Minister to that country,
and It is understood that the Mexican
authorities have promised to make a
rigid examination into all the circum-
stances attending this and similar out
RACES that have been perpetrated upon
American citizens temporarily residing
i'm Mexico. Simultaneous with the ac-
tion taken by the Department of State
the Secretary of the Navy ordered
Captain Walter Queen with his vessel,
the Saranic, eleven guns, to proceed to
Acapulco at once and investigate as far
as possible the circumstances of the
massacre, and TO establish a general
watchfulneSs over the interests of
American citizens at that and other
points On the western coast of Mexico.
No one who knows Captain QCeen
doubts for moment but that the deli
cate duty intrusted to him will be per-
formed in manner satisfactory to his
superiors and in u way to reflect credit
upon the country.