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A Stream Of Death.

The Scranton pa Times says "But
few that live along the Lackawana have
become conscious of the fact that it is a
stream of death. Nowhere is there to
be found a living thing in its waters.
But few years since there were large
numbers of fish and cells in it. One
might see, in passing along its banks
between Scranton and Providence, num-
bers of men and boys fishing. Their
occupation is completely gone. There
are no snakes, no lizards, no frogs, no
toads, no reptiles of any sort found, and
no wild game upon its waters. Every
thing is dead. The water, at all times,
is perfectly transparent. But while it
has produced death to every living thing
that has made its waters its home it has.
at the same time, improved the health df
all who have come to reside near 1t.
These singular influences are attributed
to the drainage from the coal mines
which finds its way into the river.
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A Girl'S Swimming Match.

The New York Mercury says Miss
Kate Bennett has begun at Bath Park,
Bath, Long Island, her annual series of
girls natatory matches. Through a mis-
apprehension of the girls as to the day,
all did not arrive that were expected,
and those who entered the lists were
Miss Minnie Shine, aged 16 Adeline
Mason, aged II Katie and Annie Bar
clay, respectively II and IS; and Laura
West, aged 20. A few boats were an
chored at q couple of hundred yards
from the beach, and Mr.. John j. Pagan
and another gentleman fanked each end
of the line, to uphold any who might by
any accident need aid.
The girls wore loose bathing dresses
of gray, the pantaloons of which de-
scended only to the knees, and distin-
guished themselves simply by top-knots
of blue, red, pink, green, and yellow
ribbon in their hair, the colors of which
were soon lost to sight. The prizes of
the first race were gold chain, a pair
of earrings, and locket. The signal
was an outburst of music, but Minnie
Shine, who started behind the rest, lost
faith in her success, and swan back
hutuue MaSOH, HlsO DeIlnu III sutI lhB,
lost hope, and fioated leisurely home.
The remaining three kept well in line
for considerable period, buffetting
bravely the rough water, until Kate
Barclay shot ahead and won by at least
twenty lengths. Miss Mason reached
the boat second, and Miss West brought
up the rear. AS the distance to the boat
had not been measured, the time was not
reckoned.
At the second race, the prizes for
which were two rings, Annie Barclay re-
fused to swim, Minnie Shine again
baked, and Katie Barclay was again the
winner, Adeline Mason being second.
At the close Of this contest Miss Bennett
made her appearance in the water, and
displayed variety of aquatic gymnastics.
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BREADSTUFrs.


The grain markets were again active and
more or less excitement prevailed, while the
changes and fluctuations in values were more
or less severe. The movement was mainly on
speculative account, and the governing infu.
ences We're largely of the same class, the
weather having more influence and effect on
the market than any other circumstance.
The advices from the East at times
quoted trmer set of markets, and again
weakness and depression but, taken all in
ALL local speculative causes moro than coun-
teracted the effect that would naturally be
expected from the tone of the markets at the
East. The receipts were larger all round,
showing more marked increase, however,
when compared with the arrivals fer the same
time last year. The shipments were lighter
all round, and the result was quite a liberal in
crease in the stock in store. The shipping in
terests were slow in taking hold, and about the
only inquiry for cash grain was from July
shorts who had not made provision for their
maturing contracts. The unsettled weather
would always cause an upward movement in
values, while a change to favorable weather,
would favor downward movement. At the
close the tendency of prices was to higher
range.
The following table shows the prices current
at the opening and close of the past week.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

preceded the elections, with an in
trepidity which was a leading character
istic of the man. In 1857 he was sent to
the United States Senate. In 1862 he
was appointed Military Governor of
Tennessee. His administration was
marked with such vigor and at the same
time such moderation, he had made so
many sacrifices for the Union cause, he
was so eminently war man, that not
withstanding his lifelong association
with the Democratic party, he was placed
on the ticket with Abraham Lincoln in
1864.
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Broom corn used to be almost wholly
raised for this country's consumption in
the Connecticut Valley. OF late wears
Illinois has been able to raise larger and
cheaper crops. Therefore, although
RECOMMENDING is extensively practiced
in New England, the raw material is
grown at the West. The product of an
acre can be delivered in Northampton
for five dollars. Many brooms are ex-
ported rom Boston, and those made for
the foreign trade have handles stained
with bright colors.
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sl.l7 was bid, with sellers generally asking
Silly.
0ooDKRAGE, LUMBER AID WOOD.

S1.l7 was bid, with sellers generally asking
Silly.
eooDERAGE- LUMBER AID WOOD.
There was but little life in the market for
cooperage, and no change was observable in
values. The inquiry, as usual at this time OF
the year, was mainly for light stock, and light
barrels sold slowly. The offerings, however,
were not large, and the market ruled quite
steady. Quotable at S1.12166o1.15 for pork
barrels, Sl.35@1.40 for lard tierces, $1,000 10
for whisky barrels, 456155c for flour bar
rels. The movement was rather light in the
lumber market, but the offerings were not
large, and former prices were maintained. The
market closed at SS.00@8.25 for joist and
scantling fS5O@16.0O for common TO choice
strips and boards, S2.10@2.60 for shingles,
and 1.50 for hath. There was but very light
demand for wood, and the malet was dull and
neglected. Prices, however, remain unchanged.
Hickory $500 maple, 800; beech, 5000,
and slabs s4.O0 per cord, according to quality.
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his funeral, and that all public business be sus-
pended that day. 1t is further ordered that 'he
War and Navy Departments cause suitable hohors
to be paid on the occasion TO the memory oil 'he
ilustrious dead. u o. "i'ANi'
The public debt was reduced Sl,2s4es' du-
ring July. Appended IL the official statement
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The South.

The St. Louis delegates to the Missouri Con-
stitutional Convention, now in session at JEFF
ferson City, have finally decided to recommend
plan for the complete division and separation
of the city and county of st. Louis. The city
is to sustain the same relation toward the State
as a county, and to become the owner of all
penal and charitable institutions and public
buildings within the extended limits, and to
assume the entire indebtedness Of the county !;
the county is to organize as new county, and
the county seat is to be selected by majority
vote of the people of the county.
The funeral obseques of ex-President john
son, at Greenville, Tenn, on the Sd inst, were
witnessed by an immense concourse of people.
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POSTAL PROGRESS.

The Lightning Train Between the East
and West-From New York to Chicago
in Twenty-Six Hours-Details of the Pro-
gramme to be Observed Along the
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
weekly Review OF the Chicago Market.
FINANCIAL

The money market has been steady with a
fair demand for favors and liberal quantities of
loanable funds. Rates 6@7 per cent. for short
time. Government bonds firm and steady as
follows:
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Washington.

Avery. late Chief Clerk Of the Treasury De-
partment was arrested at Washington the other
day. and required to give bail for his appear
ance before the st. Louis Criminal Court.
The Comptroller of the Currency has adj
vised the Secretary of the Treasury of the issue
of Il. go. $50 additional national bank circula-
ton, for the month ending July g. so per cent.
of which IL TO be retired in legal tender notes,
making the whole amount Of legal tender notes
retired since the passage Of the act of Jan. ii,
1875, S7244, 500.
Bishop Ames declines to serve on the Sioux
Indian Commission.
Secretary Bristow is on a visit to his ." old
Kentucky home"
Acknowledgement Pierrepont is after the
Marshals in the Southern States with sharp
stick. lie wants them to explain some of the
extraordinary charges in their accounts.
The following executive order was issued by
the President upon the reception of the news
OF the death Of Andrew Johnson:
II becomes the painful duty Of the President to
announce TO the people Of the United States the
death Of Andrew Johnson the last survivor of his
honored predecessors, which occurred in Carter
county, East Tennessee at an carly hour this morn
ing The solcmnity Of the occasion which called him
TO the Presidency with the varied nature and length
OF his public services, viii him TO be long re-
inembered and occasion mourning for the death Of a
distinguished public servant. A. mark Of respect
lor The memory OF the deceased IL il ordered that
re Executive mansion and the several departments
u me Government at Washington be drapcd in
mourning until the close Of the day designated for
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The rumor of quarrel between Secretary
Bristow and Treasurer New turns out to be
false. These gentlemen are not only on the
best Of terms in their official capacity, But are
on terms of intimacy in their social relations.
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26
MINOR TELEGRAMs

Saturday was generally observed as a holt
day in Utah territory in celebration of the ar
rival of the Mormon pioneers, twenty-eight
years ago.
phs and news from the lower Missouri and H.
linois rivers are causing serious apprehension
of another inundatiOn.
At Garrett City. Ind, Friday night, two
Baltimore & Ohio engineers, named Andrew
Keelan and John Graves, quarreled land Graves
buried Ratchet In Keelan's skull, causing his
doath.
Abelps planning mill at Warren. O., was
burned Friday. Loss $4,000.
The hotel AID outbuil lings at Fort Ann near
Whitehall, N. Y, were burned Saturday morn
ing Loss $4,000.
Hiram f. Wentworth's shoe mandatory
at South Milton, n. H., was, with contents,
totally destroyed by an incendiary fire Friday
night. Loss about $4,000; partially insured.
Mrs. Eliza Griffin, aged 50 years, committed
suicide at Manchester, n. f., Saturday, hang
ing herself to beam in the barn. Ill health
and depression of spirits are assigned as the
cause.
The Attorney General has sent to the Presi.
dent long opinion in the Chorpennng case.
1t is that the $444, 01060 found to be due by the
late Postmaster General, cannot be paid.
The church of st. James in Boston was dedi-
Gated yesterday. Bishop Healy took part.
The postofice department has sent to the de-
partment of justice the names of 80 mail con-
tractors to be prosecuted Tor failing to perform
service after their bids had been accepted.
The name of the woman who claims to have
been outraged on the New York tug boat is
Merritt and she is a confidence woman.
VIM. Bolles, aged years. was drowned in
Newport yesterday.
Ingleside, well known summer resort near
Hoiyoke, Mass, was compile tely destroyed by
fire last evening. Loss 100000; insurance
$4,000.
A negro named Randolph, who has been gull
ty OF several atrocious murders near memphis,
was caught and hung lately. Phillips, another
member of the gang, escaped.
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26

quet, in the reign of Louis XIV, has just oeen
knocked down to sugar refiner for @loo,ooo'
To build his chateau and make his park nou-
quet had to sweep away several villages ana
palace and gardens cost him the enormous sum
of Is. 000, 900 livres nowadays S5,ooo, ooot.)
Usher Caldwell of Plymouth Church has ar
ranged for special palace car to convey the
Beecber party on August I'd and Sd from New
York to the Twin Mountain House. The party
will include the Plymouth paster, his wife,two
sons, FL. b. Clafin, Gen. Tracy, j. B. Murray,
Mr.. cleveland and others, about % in all.
They will leave New York at 3 clock on the
afternoon of the I'd, and spend the night at
Easthampton, where Mr.. Caldwell has been
spending the summer, resuming their trip the
next morning. They will arrive at the Twin
Mountain House at p. m. on the Sd.
There is no longer any doubt that Chief
Clerk Avery was indicted at ST. Louisiana that
the warrant for his arrest is now under way.
Avery has made arrangements for his bone.
The law point is likely to be raised that he can
not give bail before United States Commls-
sioner in w Washington, but must be returned I'M
der the bench warrant to st. Louis. The process
under which this warrant is expected to be serV-
ed much resembles the distinctive features OF the
Poland gag law. This authority is conferred
uoon United States courts in states by very
old act
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26
Isles of Shoals Regatta.
The First Race a Failure.
Yacht Sparkle Takes a Prize in the
Second Race.

PORTSMOUTH, July 23.-The great ocea mic
regatta off the Isles of Shoals, which was post
poned from Friday on account of the inclement
weather, was sailed to-day. The contest, whlcn
has excited great interest among yachtsme
during the past few months, was not SO sue
cessful as could be wished for. This was due
more to accident than any msmanagement.
The invited guests boarded the judges boat at
about noon, and precisely at 12.1l the signal
gun for the start of the first class was fired.
The rice for the first ten miles was success,
but unfortunately the second buoy had been
claims to have found it and turned it, while all
the others say they could see nothing of it. The
Hacyon made the best time. but Capt Thomas
of the yacht Rambler, who claims to have
found the buoy, claims the prize, contending
that his yacht was the only one that sailed
over the course. The course was 80 miles. The
following is the time made by the different
boats, though owing to the discrepancies of this
course it does not fairly indicate the relative
speed of the boats:
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26
F OR E IG N.
Foreign Notes .

The yacht Leclair, of seven tons, from New
York June goth, has arrived at Granton.
Isaac M. Singer, inventor of the sewing ma.
chine gearing his name, died in London Friday
evening. He was GA years old.
Spain is contracting loan of 81, 600, 900 to
indemnify the owners of emancipated slaves in
Porto Rico.
Schultz & Mohr, general merchants, of Lon.
don, have failed; 81 100000.
Rooney, Dolan & Co., dry goods merchants
of Montreal, have suspended; liabilities $780,
O00
The Carlists undertook to surprise the AL.
consists at Guetana, but were vigorously repuls-
ed
Don Carlos has written letter to King AL
fonso, repraching him for allowing civil war
to be carried on with. such excessive rigor, and
threatening reprisals
The American team witnessed the conclud
ing shooting of the Wimbledon meeting on
Saturday. Major Fulton received the Wimble-
don cup from the Princess Louise. The Amer
leans were visited by the Duke of Cambridge,
Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Lorne and the
Earl of Kingston.
The lower house of the Bavarian Diet stands
rs ultra-mOntane to rs LIBERAL
The losses of the Carlists during the last
three weeks are estimated at 1000 men.
A meeting OF sailors and workingmen at
Birkenhead yesterday endorse Plimsol's course
A lockout in a number of English cotton
mills has been commenced.
The five mile race at Halifax between the
Ross-Foly and the Smith-Nickerson crews was
won by the former.
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26
NEW YORK.

John Morrissey snubbed by Tammany.
New YORK, July 4.-Resolutions were adopt
| ed by the 18th District Tammany Association
| of this city last night, demanding the retire
| many Committee, on the ground that profess
| sional gamblers and law breakers are not fit
leaders of the Democracy.
Various Matters.
Eight convcts from Blackwelps Island made
their escape Friday evening by crawling through
a hole of the steamer which was conveying them
from Wards Island, where they had been at
work during the day. All but one succeeded in
reaching the shore. -Four were subsequently
captured.
Michael O'Farrel and his wife, the latter sis
ter of the servant girl of Mrs. Dancer, who
was gagged and robbed few weeks ago, were
arrested Friday night. Mrs O'Farrell was
identified as the woman who endeavored to sell
some Virginia coupon bonds to a broker, and
several thousand dollars worth were found Sc
GREETED in sewing machine in her house.
The book trade had dinner here Friday
night, at which Henry Holt responded for New
England, and A. G. Barnes of Boston, to the
sentiment, Our profession telegraphed by
Charles Shepard.
The agents of the Bremen and Great West
ern steamships furnished memorandum of
checks Friday which they paid an ex-assistant
district attorney for lobbying in the Legislature
in their interest, aggregating for these two
lines over $4,000.
OeOfS6 .. Alien OF L all RlV6r, arrested on a
requsiton of the Governor of Massachusetts s
and the warrant Of Gov. Tilden, was taken be-
fore Judge Donahue Saturday ON writ of ha-
beas corpus. After hearing the arguments of
counsel, Judge Donahue dismissed the writ
and remanded Allen for extradition. He was
taken to Massachusetts by the Fall River
boat Saturday night
The O'Farrells we're held Saturday for trial
as receivers of stolen goods, in having taken
the bonds stolen from Mrs. Darzer's house.
HhA fhro Mo- IL 81
week foot up 956, being nearly 100 more than
last week. More than one-half were children
under FIVE gears of age.
The taking of the Buffalo census was con-
cluded Saturday The total population is IL 4,
1885, an increase over 1870 of 16, 400, and an in
crease over 1865 of 80, 746
kendalPs planning mill and lumber yards,
Powers lumber yard, Cooks wood works and
\ two tenement houses at Newark, N. j., were
burned Saturday evening; loss 49, 200.
The CORTLAND street terryboat, Jersey City,
ran into tow of canal boats and sunk one Of
them Saturday evening. The terryboat was
| considerably damaged. No lives were lost
The collector of. New York is Informed by
the Secretary of the Treasury that the sigma
ture of one partner of firm as bond for duties,
in behalf of the firm. does not bind the whole
firm, aud all the names must be attached.
The free summer picnicS to poor children of
New York were inaugurated for the season Sat-
urday, when over 5000 of the street waits were
taken up the river treated to ice cream, music
and romp III the grove They came back full
Of life, singing, joyful and as happy as if their
parents didn't beat and starve them for the sake
of rum.
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26
Later,

PORTSMOUTH, July 25,-After a protracted
investigation and almost interminable discus
sion, the judges at 10. 30 p. m. last night rem
de-ed their decision at the Oceanic House, Isles
of Shoals, awarding to yacht Rambler of New
York, Capt. Thomas. the LIST prize for yachts
of the first clrss in the regatta of yesterday. No
Rambler was the only yacht that rounded the
second stake boat. Corrected time of the first
six yachts OF this class was as follows:
Fearless, 4h. 9m. 15s. Tempest. 4h. ION. los,
Ray, 4h. 12m. 2s., America, 4h. 26m 24s. /; Res
olute, 4h. 36m. g.; Rambler. 4h. 5Sm. 30s.
Capt Thomas of Rambler positively stated
that he rounded the second stake boat and that
at the time no other yacht was nearer him
than miles.
Others contended they could not find the
boat and that it was either not there or far out
of proper position. Investigation to-day dis
closed that the boat was on the course, but 13d
miles from first stake boat, making that side of
the triangle 81 miles longer.
In the I'd class, prizes were awarded as fol-
lows:
Keel sloops-1st prize, Tartar, Capt. Hast
ings, Boston; I'd prize, Mariquita, Capt. Dex-
ter.
Dorchester center boards-1st prize, Shadow,
Capt Deland, Boston; I'd priez, Magic, Capt.
Neal, Lynn.
Schooners-1st prize, Vanitas, Capt. Ware.
Beverly; I'd prize, Sparkle, Capt Thomas, Port.
land.
1t was announced that other prizes for the
LIST class yachts would be sailed for on Monday.
Also the sweepstakes race.
The Portland daily press., 1875-07-26

Supervisor Mathews and Revenue Agents
Gorratt Nance and Almon, have seized the en-
tire rectifying establishment of the River Dis
tillery Company in Chicago, for the duplicate
use of stamps and other frauds. More seizures
will follow. The officials are working vigorous
ly.
The Irishmen of Boston are making arrange
ments for an appropriate celebration OF the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of Daniel o.
Cornell Aug. 9th.
The usual number of thefts, robberies, bur
garies, ETC., occurring lately in Massachusetts
and adjoining states, is exciting attention and
alarm, and measures are being taken to en-
force vigorously the law applying to the tramps
and Migrants providing through the country.
An engine, tender, baggage and two passen-
ger cars were thrown down an emil ankment
near Bull Bun bridge Friday, on the Virginia
road. Sew eral passengers were bruised, but
only the baggage master was seriously injured
The accident was caused by an obstruction de-
signedly placed upon the track.
j. M. Bean, Collector of internal Revenue
and deputy collector were arrested in St
Louis, Friday, on an order issued by the com
missioner of st 'te court, on the complaint Of
one Ferdinand w. Hartman. The collector
had seized dstillery and its contents, to en-
force the payment of an assessment, and among
the contents were fourteen barrels of high wint
of which Hartman claimed to be the owner
The defendants were bailed in 1000 each.