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New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
THE HAUsMASN CHARGE AGAINST DETEC-
TIVE FIELDS

Detective Fields told TRIBUNE reporter on
Tuesday that foundation for the story that
he had received 500 frOn Frederick Hausmann' who
was charged with keeping disOrdery house, except
perhaps that Hausmann had offered TO arrange the mat
Ter with money He thought he remembered such an
and the chief clerk of the District Attorneys
s,ce had threatened to kick the man out Mr. Clark
the chief clerk said yesterday that he had no recoec
ton Of the case 30 many such cases came up tna. ~
be very natural 10 suppose, he continued, that mr
Fieds was right because the his own testimony
was NOT uneT had only been served with one
Of the formal prnted notices 10 abAie the Nuisance
story Of the man probably moved by spirit oil
revenge toward Fields.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
o. Ubom it nflan Concern

SOVUEsE - ~"'s@D
NOTICE.-The "SUSSEX DAIRY MENn A.
SoCTtTION" having the milk OF than Loo covs
IN s of FOR the coming year. invite PROPOSALS ior its puf
either I'M lots or whole together To be delivered st
caneries the parties may agree For
particulars inquire Of - - .,.,,.,,
JOSEPH SrKApER, Augusta. " j. or
Sent g. 1878 FRANKLIN SMITH Newton. y. ].
DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that my
il wife born CAROLINE JULIA Mock, has deserted my
children about one year ago. and that
will not be responsible debts contracted BY er
GEO. NJ BEAU DOM.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
miscellaneous

E'RENCH FLATS-An modern eOnyeniences |;
beside bathroom. Inquire of the
i,or anitrc No. u West Fs trd st. between fifth
and sixth -sves-
CTUTTERING.-U. s. Stammeung Institute.
~ Dr WHITE ait Fourthavc Refercnces ffv
and Osh~rs No pAyment until eurc Gail send for circular
TINO LET in q private hOuse--A fine fat PAR
l. LoR, DINING ROOM, BEDRooNs. and KIT
CHEN hot and cold water; bath aud closet Appiy ~ 70
Irving phoet
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
INCENDIARY FIRES AT QUINCY, MASS.

INCENDIARY FIXES AT QLINCf, MAss.
BOsToN, Sept. 15.-During the past few
months about dozen ncendary fires have occurred IN
Quincy Mass entang a loss OF $4,000. and steps to-
ward the detection OF the criminals are being taken
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16

QUESTIONABLE RELEASE OF PRISONER
Commissioner Matsell tried large number
OF charges against police officers yesterday seret
Brooks of the Thirty-nrst Precinct was charged WIN
having wrongfuliy released female prisoner ON the
order Of Excise w. H. stiner without hsv
ing taken her before police justice. The testimony
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
Business Qhanres.

PHYSICIAN, old, wants . partner, or would
se everythng but little money required large paying
practco Addseas Dr. A. D. Ben ldo Tteans Omas r. Z.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
Deepening OF THE
ASTOR HOUSE,

ASIOR HOUNF,
NETWORK CITY, by ALLEN DAM
The AsTOR HOUSE. having been ENTIRELY RFNo.
WAITED with MODERN IMPRONEMENI- ana NM
FURNISHED Is now opened ~ LASs IN n, At I;
one Of the most and convenient IA The city tho
rnoms befng unusually LARGE LIGHT and AIRY one u
otis Bros ELEGANT PAesENGEk ELEN lAr,l ~ UR Rr W u
r1n ALI. DAY AND ALL NIGHT the BfST " II X
WANTS will be employed and pains viii he spared for
the COMFORT OH ITS PATRONS. Main entrance 0n
Vesev st. Rooms tl TO - day. -. =.
The RorUSDA has peen elegantly ftted as kEsrAI
RANT and WI furnish ALL the Decaccs 0i The Sea-n
The FINEST OYSTERS in the country SPEClALI1.
The Bar VIII De supplied with the choicest WlSES'
TIOI'0RS ALEs &c ALLEN & DAN, Ps0pnetors
eOUVERNEUR X. LANSING, Manaeer. . II,
X R-Mr. DAM will continue his pIuprefOrsLip or mo
UNION SQUARE HOTEL, New. YOrS-one u the best
known Hotels up town.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
Gotel5.

MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, 3sth-st and 9Th
vi ave- Murray Hin. the most Delightfully."- ocat' tamy
hotel in the city American pan families Hlslny 70 wcAs
the make favorable aTrangenen,s W. l.
FISH. Proprietor.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
Musiral Jnstrnme'1ts.

4 FIRST-CLASS BANJO FOR SALE. cheap.
"A silver nm Address p, Box ia Tribune III e.
A PIANO, in good order, to trade for good
n side bar SPRING WAGON, city make. Apply 10 Will
LIAM BARKER, l79 Broadway, Room .
A FOR KENT-Upright, Square and Grand
RENT a Of fine second hand PIANOs In perfect n
der. WILLIAM KNABE q Co, No. liz Ffthase' Above
Sixteenth-st
AN ELEGANT 7l4-octave PIANO-FORTE
n for sALE.-Cost 800 VIII be sold for s2o is lsbot
a piano q patent hnmbug cal and examine Do
Bleecker-st DEChEh ~ bt.oL I-Enn
4 BRAUTIGAM's Upright and Square
IA PIANOS second TO nonei prices modefate .on
sany on hand assortment n second hand Pianos
from best makers New and secondhand Pianos 10 rent
warerooms. 40. % Union. square
I IGHTE & ERNST, old house GO Lighte s.
IL bradbury offer their splendid PfANoFOkItS al l9S
prices and monthly psymen at IL Ease litht Also
Smiths AMERICAN ORGANS
C X. BALL & Co.,
-. NO. IS EAST l4TH IT.
Chickering's steinways AMI other Pianos and orgars low
for cash. ON installments, anu ior rent -------
UPRIGHT PIANOS, large and superior as
I sortment SALE RENT AT OtN RlEh x son :,
Manufacturers. n West l3>hst between 5i and oth aS
WATERS. NEW SCALE PlAAOS-square,
w Grand. Upright and Cabinet randas tie best made
thoroughly seasOned touch elastic tone even, p'
singing quality deicacy and poNcr OF
unsurpassed; improvements al nyiern 20.
sir years Piano reasonable price Terms
easy Pianos of them "a per con
tract Circulars. WarerOoms icl Broaiwayi = NeN
York HORACE WAIhhS X So'S
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
furniture.
Gurouran A0pertis emeuts.

DICHARD BELL, son of Richard Grey Baker,
IL late No. ~ sidney Mile End DATE l. Dd0n En-.
and-Daryman and keeper who believed % have e
Englan for New Zealand znce requested ~ I'M
me,iiatey communicate with Mr. SAMUEL PRENTICE q
Whechapel road, LONDON England solicito where
ne VIII hear OF something 70 his Advantage
Dated this lth day Of August lS74
New-York tribune., 1875-09-16
PRINT CLOTHS MARKET

PROVIDENCE sept l5.-Prnt Cloths steady light demand
3 &C. for standard and y CAS-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-25

TIE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION.
TIE United States Fish Commission, which
now has its headquarters at WOl Is Hole,
MasS2c huSetts, - doing good WORK under the
direction oIProfeSsor Spencer r. Baird, the
Chief Commissioner. Professor Baird has
secured already very large and interesting
collection Of drawings in color. photographs
ard plaster casts Of rare and curious dsn and
other wonderful productions OF the sea.
The government has placed the II. s.
steamer Bluelight, Lieutenant-Comman
HeardSlee at + .ofessor BairdS service, and
she Is fitted out with travis, dredges and
other implements. beside a fleet of sail and
row boats with fishermen TO man therr
Every day these boats come in with pals
and cans of fish. Their catches sometimes
comprise horse ackerel weighing upwards
of six hundred pounds, and other specimens,
down TO the smallest microscopic inverte-
b. ate. Professor Baird's work is attracting
great attention among scientific men, and
he has with him most OF the time large
number OF professors and students from diff
terent colleges, who are making studies and
classifying the naval productions OF the
ocean which are daily discovered. Among
the most.pruminent professors from the COL
leges engaged in the study are Messrs. Gin,
Miner, Goode, Eaton, hya1t, Nerrill, Smith,
Bean, Hazen, Gray anu Faslow, together
with a corps OF artists, photographers, mol
ellers, Steuographers and assistants, WHO are
connected with the commission. W Hol-
berton, the fish painter, has recently been at
the HOie.-N !. EUe7l0l1 Post.
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EXTRAORDINARY GRAVE DISSERTATION
Al Attempt to Sea- the Body y General Shei-
dGsl'S F0'he7'.-Last Wednesday evening Mr.
Jacob Sites, accom- panied by his young son,
Tep9 red 10 the Catholic cemetery I'm this
place To prepare "a grave. While Mr.. Sites
Was engaged in digging The grave ms son
strOlled ABOUT the cemetery, and in the
course Of his rambleS discovered that the
grave Of John Sheridan, Sr, had been tam
percd with. and at once Informed his father
of the discovery. Mr.. Site notified Father
NoO.I Of the condition Of the grave. ami he,
with John l.. Sheridan and On. j ID. Mckin-
ney, proceed to make an Inspection or H..
when showed that the earth az far down IA
the boards covering the cOffiu hIt been
thrown out, buI thar the body had not been
disturbed. IL is believed that JEe reSurrec-
tionistS became alarmed, aud abandoned the
work very hurrledly, as they left 4 spade
and dropped case containing a pair OF
specie Giles ard pencil. Tracks in tue lane
back Of the cemetery show that they hat
with them OBe-hOTSe wagon and two
horses. The object of this attempted grave
robbery is difficult To divine. Mr.. Sheridan
has been dead for more than three months,
and il Is hardly like that the body would &c
desired for dissection, BY some IL is believer
that the robbers expected 10 get rewari for
the return OF the hody.-SoTteJSett ono Press.
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FATAL RESULT OF A QUARREL.-Fre,Ier-
lex BiusiUs and a man named Schimpf be-
came involved in quarrel in saloon on
SuSpueu8Eua avenue on the 9th instant The
dispute lasted some time, although neither
party came TO blows. While the two were
still Wraugting August Nogel, who was in
the bar room, struck BrusiuS upon the head
with a large kew, rendering aim insensinle.
he was removed 10 his home ON West Nor
rs street, where ne continued 10 suffer from
he expired. The police then started out 20
arrest NO gel, but found that he had sailed
for Ham burg, Germany, shortly after the
occurrence. Schimpf was arrested and
locked up Ia await the cOroner's action. \
postmorteIn examination of the body made
yesterday afternoon by DIR. L. II. Andrews
elected the fact that dea tn was caused by au
abscess OF the brain, which was proba bI '
caUsed bya blow or other Violence hHf-
delphlO RecOrt. 2ith.
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y. t. BARSCM BUYS A $4,000 HIPPoPoT-
AMCs-Hot1 1CdS CupttUed and Who, IL LiUes
On.-The New York Evening Post is authori-
~ for saying that Mr.. u. I. BaTnum has lust
paid 10000 for a baby hippopotamus, which
arrived IN New York on SATURDAY, from
Bremen, by the steamer Mosel This is said
by Reiche Brothers 10 he the second hippo
potamus brought to this country. 1t was
capsLt in Upper Nubia, and when taken
from its dam, which was slain in the strug-
gle for the possession OF the calf was scarce
~ able TO stand alone 1t has been safely
landed at very great expense. The animal
was carried a thirty Seven days journey
across the desert TO Suez, slung between
camelS. On the way TO the coast a pit was
every evening dug in the sand. a
large Skin was sunk in the pit, and the
"hahy" was allowSu To roll for a short time
in bath Of q pail or two OF water. Forty
goats were carried with the caravan 10 sup
ply the Young hippopOtamus with milk as
lie is yet too tender 10 take more substantial
nOurishment. He is about four or five feet
IN length, two feet in height and weighS be-
tween three and four hundred pounds. He IS
indifferent to strangers, but follows his
keeper. who has been his constant coinpan-
ion al the way from the desert TO SueZ.
across the Mediterranean TO Trieste. and
thence TO this country, with many demon
STATIONS OF pleasure and recognition.
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A NEW JERSEY ROUGH SHOT.-About 2
O'Clock yesterday morning, as Dennis Muir
ply, a youth about nineteen years old, re-
siding at No ll6 Brunswick street, Jersey
pa lions, they met party of three men, and
Murphy exclaimed, "Shoot the hat" at the
same tins knocking the hat OF the head OF
the man. The man drew revolver, and
saying, on shoot you" fired the ball taking
effect In the left side of Murphy's neck and
inf1icting serious, though not fatal wound
After the shot was fired the man and his
companions ran away. Murphy was re-
moved to the City Hospital, and yesterday
afternoon he was reported as doing well.-N.
Y Times, 9th.
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a L. &. COMMISSIONERS WARRANT Torn
INTO 100 PIECES When Mr.. Sch wan
Wehd6l, a beer saloon proprietor, was brought
into the United States court in BROOKLYN
yeS1ertay, on a charge OF not cauceIng the
revenue stamps on his beer barrels, Assist
ant District Attorney Herbert q. Hull aSkai
for the warrant, and gl6nclng at it, ex-
claimed angrily, this must he stopped ="
and he tore II in a hundred pieces, and told
the prisoner that he might go home. The
court officers looked on ia astoniShmeni as
the accusation against the man was made
by Louis Hecht, "a clerk in the Office. Mr.
Hull afterwards told d boy 10 collect the
pieces OF the warrant and paste them to-
getber. This torn and pasted warrant was
given 10 the comm SSiOner. and the United
STATES marShal's Office Informed of the dis
caaTi,e OF the prisoner. The marshal was
surprised ut the action Of the assistant lis.
trict attorney, and refused 10 sign the copy
OF Tie warranty. J. SIN, Pan.
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4 CURIOUS FREAK OLE NAT

CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE A Whit
ifaf that tgrOOted Z ees ana CarOOfed Houses.
90 Sunday afternoon, about half-past four
O'Clock. the residents Of Jefferson avenue,
North Elizabeth, New Jersey, were alarmed
by tne appearance OF q whirlwind extending
from the ground over one hundred feet. r.
crossed the North Park, swapping off large
branches of the trees, crossed the PennSylva-
MIA Railway and took tie roof OIL a house
and smashed the chimneys. and up Pennsyl-
wanna avenue, preceded by three water
spoItS, demolished al apple orchard and
nearly upset d cart 1t then took an liQue
course 10 WaveTley, where IL uproOted large
trees on Mr.. Goung's property, lifted up the
water bodily ont Of a pond, took the roof OF
a barIack belonging 90 Mr.. GrumesOn, and
did other damage. y lady is reported To
nave been lifted To the air and cast so vio-
tently back 10 earth that her leg was broken.
A gentleman, residing in Frelinghuy sen
avenre, describes the appearance of the
Whirlwind as wonderful I'm its destructi We
ness. He says il was 800 feet high and abOu {
three feet six inches in diameter, and moved
quite SLOWLY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-25

A DIsFRANCHISED Ex-GOvERNoR.-Ex-
Governor Holden Is the only man now In
North Carolina debarred from voting or
holding Office, he having been impeached by
the legislature few years ago, and as it is
claimed that his disabilities can be removed
only by a convention of the people, the Char
lotfe Democrat urges upon the members of
the approaching convention TO restore the
Ex-Governor TO citizenship.
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Didn't go to Saratnra

NORFOLK, August 25.-Put in mere to-day
the schooner Clipper, with the LEM Lenape
boat club of Philadelphia on board. They
hSG reached the Delaware breakwater, and
were forced back by heavy northeast stoi n.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Captain webb Swilns Across the Ing.
Hist, Channel

LONDON, August 25-NOon.-Capt Webb
entered the water yesterday n Dover for his
second attempt 10 cross the channel, and has
succeeded III accomplishing the feat without
the assistance of any floating or life saving
apparatus. The following dispatch his just
been received Announcing his arrival on the
other side of the channel:
CALAIS, August 25.-Captain Webb ar
rived here al Il O'Clock this morning IN good
health and spirits, although fatigned. the
passage from Dover occupied II hours and 40
minutes.
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CHARLIE ROSS.
SliII Another Bifler DiSn anoinfn ant

WHITEHALL, y. y, Angus 25.-Mr. Ross
drove from PlattSburgh to Schuyler Falls
early this morning 10 see the child in posse
sion OF p French family. II was not Charlie
Ross. The resemblance from the mouth of
the child UP was perfect.
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a REMARKABLE CAT-Col. ID. +. Slaugl-
ter tells Us Il remarkable story OF a cat be
longing To him, which we publish for the
benefit OF our readers. He says this ca had
a litter OF kittens which lac drowned. His
cat Immediately transferred her affections
after the death of her own progeny. The Cos
lings died, and three young turkeys were
taken into the house in their stead, and the
cat transferred her affections To them. She
watches them with all the sollcitude of a
mother. and tries to treat them IN all respects
as If she were their mother. Who will say
after this that a cat has no redeeIning quail
ties CulpepeT "a ObseyTS.
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THE SARA EOGA REGAEFA.
The ArEonaUts win the Pair cared

SARATOGA, August p The second days
amateur regatta in the single scull race was
for seniors. Twelve started IL was won
by Z. +. Courtney, the winner o.
the state championship yesterday. IN
the pair-Oared shell race three clubs were
acknowledgements, Beayerwycks and
INITIALS. The latter fOuleI with the Baav-
erwyCkS at the start, and did rot contest the
race. The ArgOnaDtaS won by Il length.
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THE SARATOGA REGATTA.
CAPT. WEBB'S GREAT FEAT.
HE SWIMS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
II OF LIE ROSS
n Ed 0'BALDWIN DYING
TIE GREENRAcIk CONTENTION.
z ns. GDuSp,.f nt Iau Sista~at I. E,fF,,ra

DETROIT, August 2j.-The greenbdC& mass
meeting, called by Mo cS w. Field, is coz
sider~t failure, and il was expect that AT
least lo.cC0 people would be present
and seats were provided Tor that mum
Der in the Iarzest park of tie civ,
but at the. hour organization only
4ome Geo present at the Opera House. which
can seat nearly 5000. ". =. Kelly, of Pa:
Matt. Carpenter, OF Wis; Wendell Phillips,
Of Mass; Senator Gordon, of Ga; w. II.
Horton, Of H., and las. Buchanan, OF Ind,
were annOu eel as speakers, but Kelly and
Horton are the only ones present.
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AN ELoPING FAMILY.-Elopement runs
in the White family OF Texas county, Mo.
Sallie White ran away some years ago
with her brother-in-law, Aaron Davis; he,
however. returned 10 his wife AID she mar
ried Mr.. Nelly, who eloped and LEFT her.
Two years ago her cousin, Ezekiel, ran away
with q Mrs Win,and, both parties leaving
families Last month Aaron Davis's son,
Marion, q boy OF nineteen, ran away with
his mothers sister, q woman of thirty, and
TO complete matters his father has again
eloped with his sister-in-law, Sallie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-25

A SURPRISED CALF.-As the night pas
senger train on the Virginia Midland rail-
ros 4, going south on Tuesday night, left the
Brandy station, the engine struck a calf and
the engineer supposed he had knocked it of
the track; but what was his surprise when
the train stopped at this place to find the
calf standing upon the cOw-catcher uninjur-
ed when il was invited 10 get down.-Cnlpe-
nor In ObeeTTtr.
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SURRECDER OF SEQ DE URGEL.-The gov
advantage OF some Importance over the
Carlist insurgents by the success of the siege
Of SEQ de Urgel. The little city in the Pyre-
nees has held out valiantly for many weeks.
but the efforts 10 reinforce It having failed
and the beSieging force growing stronger, its
tate was only question of time. BY It's sur
render the CarliSt forces will be deprived of
considerable number OF troops and the SER
vices of General LiZzaraga, one of the most
prominent soldiers OF the cause. The gov
ernment will also profit by having the be-
sieging army released for other work IN the
field,
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Died of His IuiurfeS.

ST. JOSEPH, August 2j.-R. II Arnold. one
of those injured by the late accident on the
St Louis, Kansas City and Northern rail-
way, Gled OF his injuries in this city last eve
ming. Several others are in a critical condi-
tiGu
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THE WHISKY RING AssASSINs.-J. f.
j. l.. Miller, the eX- gaugeT, whose life rhe
Chicago whisky ring assassins attempted 10
take on Friday night, is a brother-in- law OF
Hon. Carl SchurZ. He has been connected
with internal revenue affairs TO. several
years, and viii doubtless be OF great value
as a witness for the government in the pros
ecution OF the suits against the ring. Miller
was but slightly wounded, and will be on
hand when the trial commences, TO tell all
he knows about crooked" whisky frauds.
II is supposed his testimony will be very
damaging to many men who are occupying
prominent positions.
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A Boy INSTANTLY KILLED WHILE PLAY

A Boy INSTANTLY KILLED WHILE PLAY
IsG WITH AN OLD Recommendations fatal
accident. caused by the careless use OF fire.
arms, occurred yesterday afternoon, by
which boy Of twelve years OF age was in
stantly killed. IL appears that shortly be-
fore O'Clock James O'Shaughnessy, the We
tim Of the sad accident. whose residence is at
No. Z(n west 10th street. was sent by his
mother into a room on the upper floor 10 pol
ism q stove. He had been gone but few
minutes when the sharp report OF n ride was
hearu, and Mrs. O'ShaughuesSy hurried up
stairs. only To find her son lying dead Oh the
floor. the blood OoZlng from a bullet wound
directly behind the left ear, and a carbine
still smoking from it's discharge touching mis-
body. IL was too late tOr medical assistance,
as death took place almost instantaneOusiy.
The fatal weapon, IL seems. had belonged 10
tie unfortunate boys father. and hal for
some time past been lying ia "A corner of the
room, loaded. II Is supposed that the boy,
seeing H. and not knowing II was charged.
began playing with it,wbeu ois life WAS lost.
y. l.. EcTdid 24i3.
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A nyinn GEatIsafar

INV YORK, August 25.-O'BaldwiD, the
Irish giant and well-known prize-fighter
who has but recently been discharged from
NOyamensing prison after a two-year term
is dying in this city Of lung disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-25

THE PROTESTANT CONVENTION. - The
ste amer City Point, from Philadelphia, ar
NV at Sea Grove, n. J., yesterday, with
vention OF all Protestant denominations,
which meets there to-day. mong the num-
Der were Rev. DIR. Newman, Of Washington,
n
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GAS EXPLOSION IN BRooKLYN.-An ex-
plosion, caused by escaping gas, occurred
steT. Brooklyn, y. Y. Mr.. and Mrs. Webs ter,
Mr.. q. Ihrall, and Eliza Wilson, servant,
were all badly burnt. All the windows were
broken and the walls bulged by the coucus-
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ANNE ARUNDEL's REPUBLICAN DELE
6ATks.-The An.Ie Arundel county republ!-
can convention was held ye5terday. The
1Siess'es CHOSEN 10 the state convention at
Westminster, September I2tb' are Eli Gai-
sher, y: Henry Seilman, John G. Taylor, and
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DEATH OF THE "QUEEN OF THE LOFTY
WIRE. " let )ria Anderson, a rope dancer
from Sheffield, who Will he remembered as
the queen OF the Lofty Wire at Barnum's
HippOGTome. aged twenty-three, fell, " On
day. August 3, from a veloci pede on q rope
eighty feet high, Oh which she was perform
ing. She was fearfully injured and died
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ANOTHER ENGLISH BANQUET TO AMERI-
CAN NAVAL OFFICERS--The BANQUET by
the corpoI alton of Southampton To the Off
GERS OF the American squadron took place
last night, and was attended by q distin-
guished company. The mayor of Southamp-
ton pres idea, and proposed tie health of
Admiral Worden referring in complimentary
terms to the services of that officer duriny
the war. and hoping that America and Eng
land would continue hand in hand as ex-
amples Of peace and unity. Admiral Wor-
den, in reply, said that the kindly feelings OF
England were reciprOcated by America
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

CUSTOM RECEIPTS to-day, sS15 ,1O7 SO; in
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