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CRIME.

HOMICIDE.
6sectai DitpQ.ch 10 Tie T}tbaaA
ST. Louis, Aug. 20.-A man named James II.
Light SHOT aud killed r. a. Habtnc ut Calhoun,
No., lust night. Rabsne owns pottery, anu
Light s. Dawson arc the proprfotors Of another
establishment OF the same Kind. l,ablnc md
Light had some trouble, growing out of being
In tic saine business, lust evening. They
met at the depot at tho time tho
tra!n from scdalia was due, and were
talking to zach other, 'anl 1t is saitl
that Light accused Rab'nc Of stealing batch
Of ware from Light s. Dawson Hot words
passcti, when isaiile struck Light on the nUse,
knock!ng lin down, and then struck hiM with n
club after he waB down. 1abiuc than ran, and
Light shot twtce, both shots tRl:ing effect In
RaDluc's back lsabine went to hts
house, whlel! 10 not over 2oo
he told ILLS wife, "John Light has killed n,e.''
Cornncr Davidson. of Clinton, held an Inquest
tt-ny, md the verdict was that lblue ca,ilc to
Ills death from the ciIcct of two pistol.Bhols
fired bT anne person unknown to the jury.
Light dues NOT deny that he did the sllootlag.
Light viewed examination so-dny. before Esqulro
4 HjrDt caD'Sn & # 4 r. f. 5sa ssa f. sSS CO.
bat:ly used up. TIC bridge Of Ills nose was
broken by the bIuws received from Rabine.
Light fs represented as being EuoI nlal and
pellceahy disguised, and tho community gener-
ally Justify the killing Of lsahtne uulcr tho cir
crinhtunces. RabIne is sall to haye been u bad
aud leaves wIte and three children. lIu was
buried Lllfs evening. The case will 20 befnro Tho
Glanil Jury at once, as tile Henry County Cir
cult Court will be Ia session Tomorrow.
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fnr their rrucIsy, wbrcl, I. xad to have been un-
parale!cti IN Thu history "f ans 1ani
a. tIlr time When tie maine u n landlord in
ireland was tl'n ayn"ny'" "i cruelty, there lirc
~ tho Cnunty 1susrUutIlot All a.l wllnw NAMED
Molly atngutre. She Ind n ANAL i,rldng Of
land, and struggled lard tn bring up the family
If m'ys Which her hus'And had left her. The
cuDstuAt failure Ut tho crops male her Burne-
what tur,ly Ill paying her rent; and at 1eugth
the 1aul-aecht--an uuscrupulo,m man--dcler-
mined 10
EJECT HER
from Tho 1tttln lionic that w.s 70 full OF saErcl
retollectfons to f,cr. lie summoned his 'crow-
LAYS BY every lasrl-agent, for the pnr.
lnnses oyer The ileatls Of those WHO
refused to leave, anil sclzing the cattle Of others
cottage nf Molly Mcguire. 1'hc sray.harc,i
inatr'n waa alone 1T ',cr srlnning-"hrtl Wien
the cruel gang ratnc. They commended her ~
leave, INT 50 attached was.hc to the o1d hearth,
60 lIcart-srnsen It the prnpett Of eytctipn, that
nnntth the work of destruction, a,ni, LAYING
their fcn'toeiasttc fa1rts III the cottage, soul
inllci IL ",er the iFostratc foFIn of old Mrs.
MnguiFe, who wn~
KiLLEn IN THE RUINS.
The cruel act stirred tie popular sentimcnt
to white l,ent, a1Il, at tho otd' wufuan's wake,
few cnragctf anil desperate nlrn pledged
themselves IL lie revehEc! FIR her death.
Healed tY two III Mnliy Magufrc'k hons, tt,ey
bundled Themselves fuiu sticIety, to which t1cy
gave the murdered wunank iMliic null, in d
short tftne, It kfrcai throughout tic ufotutut,
rnl,ntirs Ut Aluyp and tia!way. L.antl-agcnts
were hraatolaily shot, barns hirnc.l. and nftcn
In lhr informing WI agGnt went ittN Ills tluinatt,
and Wan sl,ueLci to sec 1sts iinc herd Ut cattle
disfRnIcl by having their tails cut OF during
the night. These ntroctEts continued fur sn,r,c
time, but at present lse unknown In Ireland,
This Introduction of tile Molly -Afagutrc move.
tnent IntN The coal.reE0nS bcGurretl about tie
cloHc Ut the War. 1t was revived ty Bon1e dis.
satisfied md desperate mluers, tor Tic purpose
Of having
REVENGE on M1SE-NossEa
and others n authority IL aud nround the col.
l1cres, nlli received iis tille from sumo OF the
yld workmcn, wllpt n their younger days, ut
l.otnr, held tryxt with tile leaders In suine &c,
clulc.l Bpnt Where the "ptcler6 !" would nut be
likely to i1nsl them,
As the society grew in numbers autl power, II
was merged with the Allcicnt Order Of 1Iiter.
nlatss, aud now exercises the widest nMl most
evil Influence II! scctlun Of Pennsylvania whcrC
law and ort]tr nrc nut respected The opera,
ttons OF McEarian, and other members OF tue
Pinkcrton detective Agrllcy, have resulted III
comparatively nothing, III hundreds of other
desperate uild 1nurtlcrnlts Molly MnEutres ruatr
ubnut the regions unL!b1csteL, and wait nu op-
rortunlty tn make grHnl onslaught upon tie
pcrsnns and property of tltcr cneinlcs. AlH.os,
my t!ay !nAy record Il terrible and bloody III.
rising Of thu bandits Of the coal-rcglons.
MINER
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walled With earth. and one Ut then, bad ditch

walled With carth and nne Ut them had ditch
A. Paint Greek. O.. arr atsn ssupendons an.
Il rfenmfercnee and embraces 12s acres Of land.
within tiI'F f0FtI1CatluH tre acxGntrch .n0tlnfs,
and 81. feet of the fort arr cneUInI,aasel BY wall
i2tcst high an'l ditch 10 feet deep:
many of tleto mound. and fHr.l,catous have bern
discovered hut in the region aroand the lllg
Mound, tboYe stated, are an lmtnen1e number.
eT;:s'' Ts.s NOR: '''' Ia '"' other section Of the
h.,e otten hssn on tsc n!s Monk Moand -
Or seonS :tos IT, M @ M In" %
:ank a' a:ss %si e's ,5s !s' :Ss ISs*' s' .hs
The mound. and vegetable, matter. In ons section
q The mound great number of human ir,nes were
,sgoyf,e n at !H Esstn = ,st ,s
t'Ie country. Other tptcn'atiuna MlEe IL place
q rrtrent !or t!,e inhabitants in lines Of tho inuh-
0s? es "es nss ,f e.,. # .sS,"s S,'o Il st. Clair coun
y, in TIT interesting mount. TltA IT. erected On
.he h:I !snsl, .nd is elcsa;r from, 60 70 W feet
Incl +. could never dlseo'er for what use It "as
sear Caledonia. on the Ohio River, in pula,kI
County. have examined m ancient Fortress. It
IA situated IN slope 70 thu OhEn River. nnd cou.
taius several acres within lts walls. t;ateways
e o e TX hs ns M 1asI
ntuunu It.
sumo distance from the G,eat stound. IN The
wassil.,uwern Or mounds u Earth. erected, vi
the sn:hnft ground IN thc vicinity. Dne of thets
Iaound. ~ 4 bnllt nn 'he l.ish fosky bmt. ,ntlea
call It .'Faia dt acre"-su;ur Lnnf. Another is
On The high hlnH. In Madison t:eanty. or niles
IN the BLUFF above ii. Charles, in missouri ii u
the general opinion that ticsc clcyatiunf were
wateh.sowert: End IN them at n'sht bcncon llsht1
III Madtsun County there IL 4 smaller mound.
ncnr the une narlye mentioned, and which induced
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Tho yoraclous grasshoIpers have come. They
arrived III Omaha last evening, hot fu full foscr,
but only comparatively few stragglcrs Of tho
grand army that III to-day passing northwass!,
high up iu tl!o uir. They hayo bceu lying to
tbs North vii day, aud their light has been
watched With considerable Interest. It Is quits
likely that they will not trouble this vicinity.
At least II IL ho[sd 81.
Those tha. ltaye dropped down upon thu
atrette arc very saurcy aud independent. W.
lnaku this statement from thv fact tAat at least
seven Ut eight layu invaded our sanrtnin Ut
different times, al4 interviewed not only our
pAstu-cnp, but ulso our e1changes, with ylcw
no doubt to pcruhc thu crop Reports, u'1 io dis
cover good foruEing ground. They llavc t!o
doubt REPORTED erv ilts tiiu result VI t,elr visit
tu tie Ber u.llce to tho " boss grassAupptrs.
The following IL from ths Council Bluffs
Npaareif OF this morning:
"La4t evun!ng nbuIt Ju'elocli thu grasshop-
pers lit down on tile strrcts Ut this city l large
humbeza- Ths Wind was blowing strongly from
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THIS, told u Thomas Campbell, u very neat,
a. illustrating tbs sentiment with which tils
;qfs spary ea y1 a. as Tx sse9 axs e.
psupusc toast, and gave thu lle4llh of Napo.
leon n0napartt. Tie war was ut its height, and
tte very n!elltlou' VI Nupoleona us1,le, except
III conjunction With aoMc uHcompIitnentary
rage. A .tnrnl Of gruans burst out. aud Ca,llp-
bell with difficulty could gst : few sentences
heard "uentlelnen," b. said, you must uat
mistake me. admit that tho French Emperor
is Il tyrant. admit that 10 IL nluusser.
admit TINT lc il the swosu loo Ut our own liz.
tion, and, II you Will, Of tbs wlole human rac1,
but, gentlemen, We must pe 1ust to our gscat
encuy. III aastst ttoi Jorget that hs ones shot q
b'okatatr." Ihs, guests, Of whom two out Of
every thsee iived by their pens, burst Into 3
roar Of laughter, and Campbell sat doxn 1n
triumph.
, 1876-08-21
mrrgc II willingly in q future Pauaavon!c


THE WAGNER BANQUET.
THE COMPOSER CROWNED wiru 4 aILvHR
wREATM--OENEnAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MAERa or WAGNER AND TaA VENERABLE
ARAit LfszT.
DispateA 10 .ytto lork 7s,n<s.
BAraHu7n, Aug. t8,-fhe Wagner banquet
to-day wn splendid affair, both Ia point OF
fewer than GOO persons were present.
Iierr Wagner tnatlo long speech, e1plana-
tory OF Ills words utterod during tho festival
previous to thIa evening. Tho romarks then
intiulged In meant unly that, Franco and italy
having operas Of tl.c!r own, Germany wished
that sl,e too could now have new lyric and
dramatic art. lie then thanked t'lo artists, to
wl,um all were Indebted. IIe also thanked tho
people of Dayrcuth, who. hal iloped him eu
much, and shown 50 much interest ia Ills work.
to tic Managing Committee, and said that to
them his success was largely due.
As hu tlnlshcd, tho gutsts ind the public out
.ds Of thS ball applauas11 g! to ths scno and ered
dcnlonstratlye way. Wagner was then eseoTtc,i
Him u he passed: Nine. Lucea and lts VIC
were with lIim. AZ tie sn1 Of his walk, hfs
sp an pssss II aJpssascs p5ss syss IT, 1e na's rbs IL
composer waa deeply touched, nsll lnn.!o scc-
ond speech, expressive Of the great impression
wllel! tl,p frstiysl l'a, prnaucca upon hltl. Dep
uty Duaekcr, Of Dcrltnt inadc most happy all
ii. AppouyI. Then Wagner pald a
glowing irI1a.c to Ilerr liszs, li's ofi fflend
mud teacher, aaylng that, but. for that great
lin. The venerable List rose, and aail with
1nusl, emotion, "Uthcr Countries grrct Dante
and Shakespeare" mud then, turning to Wae-
ner, "so a.n ! your most .'l'et!sat seEvant.h
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DAKOTA.

Special corrf.pondtnce af The Tydoant.
YlNEToS., D. T., Aug. Five have this
evening lad a ycry ]lcnyy thunder. rain. and
wind .tnrr,. dnr;,, rbtcl, th. f,,urr.e,,ior.l
" 1se' uas "1s. sas eone' eat'o"A'
enurcn w was stFuc@ ny nenlhlng and oauly uam-
aged Ilic bolt struck the westher-val!e, and
nftet badly BhattcrnE the belfry, tore large
portton of The roof up. bursting cut une hu1c
r. foo+ viii. t..-tnr.,gy a., ,...a.I.s. s 80
ul .ect "lae, 'earlns.on .he iseseosne on the
'us!ac' anu scattering II ali over thc building,
aud knocking over pews, DC. From the root IL
passed down tile side, buysting-off the sheath
inn, n,,a aottrrinr t,,e fragments for souc H..
.an,s a,.. ..o.,.', N''' AAsA' 1"A so'Ae "'''
'anss nv, "sou"e' ....-..-, -.....
1!afs ~oa3n DC poor Place for asau to come
to to get facts for moral, Sunday school story
as the moral seems 10 be On the other foot; for.
shouUh avery ntnrr In I'm rl,v IL a.nEo', ~,
s,.,'a sE sy s'o.s -. t"I 10y - ua"hcu VI
elt"ef s"'e oY ea'ooi,' mol ono ot tteh' has
been DAMAGED by any OF the numerous thunder
storms Of the past three months, while the only
t,lncrs that layc heen ,lanarc aro twt, rh,,rrl.a
nm, n n,rsonor,.
Anu 10 -. s"""ss' --....
VIC l'are allnbst got rld OF the Erasshoppcrs,
which have been our guests for tho past few
wccEs: pul the Eggs which were laid here dur
inE Their stay arc 6egtnuluc to llatch out,-so
Nc shnll have uu hulneyrop Of then,
here next scnson, as was fsaycJ, Thcy
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tho northwest At tho time, How far she7 e.
tci"a cast IT wc arc at this hour unable 10 ascer-
question, jumping over Tho sidewalks % aud into to
open t!oprs and Windows will, perfect impuntty
And sawlcssncss. 1t is not probable, however,
that they vii! do any material damage. Tho
sma'!,Eran crop is we'll secnrct, md 1t Is known
that they have made only eilort i1ait fl tho
southwest.
=" ACCOUNTS from Sioux City state that they
we're hying ~ Immense swarnis over that point
,lncs'ay, and that the wind was favofing their
Hight. The tall end Of the cavalcade ltt down
upon tlen, there that night. .Thosc that reach.
cd here last evening were probably tho advance
guard OF those tncmtioned above, aud will con4
ttnue on thctr Journey tt,-lay.'
, 1876-08-21

PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 20.-TAe murderers
Of Georgc Chisulcd, Mt Elwood, N. j., were ar
rested last evening at Muncy. Pa. On Friday
'rl'omas Lyons, who las a son on the police
forcc received letter addressed to Mrs. Full
man, decent, honest woman. tho mother Of
o,e Of the nurdcress, WHO lives with him. The
luttcr was post,nnrkeI Camden. Ile opened 1t.
u,,d found q letter pustnlarkctl Atuncy, aud
written by o brother. Of Mrs. Pullman, named
Creighton. Informing ler TINT her aos,, with two
other men, had arrived ut hls, house, that her
TINT tho whole purity bud left ship At tie city,
uni were Oh their way, to Lake. Erie to ship
ngaln. Lyons communicated with Lieut. Ever
ley. and yesterday by and Lis son, with Lieut..
Everlcy, started Tor Mumvy. They were not ut
CseiEhtola's, hut lie, susprctlng nothing, aail
that they were at h!s sous In tic ueighborhoud
The ulllutys went there mud found tho men they
want=d-Jo!ni llill, John Pullman, aud isA..c
Dayton. They surFendcred .at once anll
Bay that. they thought the ncghbors wcru
hunting them for stealing cranlesrtus, that they
flually got uut uf the sw,n,p into Philadelphia,
and to A[unry after the usual manner Of tratnps
The laughtcfot the murdered muu, 1t is thought
can recognize them, :
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Koc1fnsrE!s, N. Y, Aug. 20.-Iast night q
laatardly attelnpt was made to wreck tile st.
Louis express few tnilcs cast Of this city, near
Lincoln Creek bridge. Thu embank1nent ut this
paint Is Is feet hig!', and rail MAS placed III
Hurla n,nurer al to nlakc II un ahsolutu Ger
tailty that tho whole trlin would 20 over 1t.
Fortunately, u ,nan Walking on the truck dis
fnv,nrr near, na.acd Wright, who succeeded III
Gtopping tic trnin just In time by swinging
lantern. About 100 passengers were OH board
the traju.
, 1876-08-21

Tho Gaxt!ts Atdica&e u Paris states that II,
Tamtn-Devpalie, in paper read before tho
Ac1.4iemy OF Sciences, says that patient Ut his
wns attacked with severe cerebral congestion
ut j in tho AFTERNOON. lie fell, aud, GU reeoy-
cring himself, found that thu whole Of tho
pulse was 50 anfl the iaee liyid. liz had taken
i hearty meal about an hour before. M. Tau,ii,-
Despalfe, III view Of ali tho Indications which
thu casu presented, thought he ought nut to
bteed, or alM!nistur an enlettc. HI ordered ftl-
Inspirations the paticnt felt better, aud the
power Of motion xnd senslblllty returned In the
parAlyzed side At 7 s'clock In the evening,
having taken In III about quarts Of puro
oxygen, he was well.
, 1876-08-21
CASUALTIES.
A PitifuI Tale Of Danger and
Death on Lake Michigan.
The Yacht Sylvia, Coming from Nil.
waukee to the Chicago Re-
gatta, Capsizes.
4 Struggle for Life Lasting Ten Hours
...Tw0 Of the Crew Perish.
DROWNED.
Epecfof DlsEafch to Tie Tribune,

R.r,vv Wi. In, .S,N NEf,n. ~ ~. ,,,o.
thr,I,I,,, ,,u.,ra,ins or ~. ,,ox,,. -, -, ,,'as.
t,hn ~, ',n,, u, ~, ,,a In .,,t,,s :, l,,t., ,-+s
~ al. ro,,,,, ,,an ~ ,,t,t, ~ w.. ,t,i ho.
.nss. 3oas "I" ,.na,,. 'nns n"S y. .t,. ' ,,,.
."ecn nefe ani Ml'"auhee' aoout . oe'"eK
on board JANIS 3rs,oks, james Day, Hermann
Ebgareng, Theron Engbr.ur, Thoruas Davidson,
ana another man WHOSE name jour correspond
owner, who was one Of the purity, to
enter hia yarbt In thc rey.tta at,out
n hc ,na,,r,,,.,sh =. cbt,.,.-, r. ~ o,o,S,n,~
49, ~ ~ 1's.so' ~ |" .'usA
gently, but suddenly u squall iro,n the l,urth-
east struck the vcssel aul turueil It OIL its s!dc
All on board clung 70 the runwale an,l .frIft.h
on N. f0.+.ft,-,rt,r ar, ,,,tt, x,,.,,.a,. az.
w s..,- -. =, .'s'ss .,,a e.a ua'1 oe'o:k 'n'a
taor'ang, IL was terrible situation fuF the
pour fellows, miles out fruiN the friendly
shore; iu a darkness TINT was l;rateu.,l
unIv hv thc t,,ut nj III. t,y,uv,v s,,r.
e ~. uau" .", ~ tns 'ala", , f'na
sAe uas "as l'tleas.'s IN Jury
every moment, md asenciitn, thu castnways
with au almost ,cy spray; with only the st,lc Of
the un,urncd boat aud the tangled sA,oudr to
.,,n1 r., .,d ,.v.- n n,sxtr,, sh,,, - In ".
sii'e w. s''u "e'es PASSING shp " na'l' ar
bfooks. the owner, was last sinking 1f"in e.
hauetion, and emily retained Ills hold with the
ail Of the heroic efforts Of IIcrnlann E,,gbrenv,
q hrov. fellow. win thcrref, an1 prr,r,ra,,m1 III.
s' w. 49, ,... .''t,, 80 '"'
mates tnrooen the lo"s' 'efi''ie neht.
About O'clock the sea llsinastea Tue yacht,
and she Instantly rlghteu with al1 for.
tunately on boarl. The hapless hea,I,cn dis-
covered the white sails OF pushing hoat through
the darkuess, and shouted desperately ior
hrlp, but the vision Of succor CAME uni went,
md lefi theuI drifting On tho trcalilerf,t1s Yarra
unhee,,ed. >'@0 ""'''
Ihout o,c,ork Mr.. Brooks i,.d fro,, IL,
go - 1.s 1890 rJ | .ta ~ ,, I.i '.o'.. NV
T..,,r, n,. 49, Il, H. hot 49,. rt ~ ~. 'in.ii i
uns, r tie y Il. oIeI @ anS a1ter ket
n.I ,''.t , W. H. uen", Hut a1s
haw III @ s, pr,s ts t,i sMs ,, "oHa
~ hoiu i tI*. Goks s ~aa siit ase w
, ~ ."s .ss ue nM mlnu .nas lau ~, 9ee' alsltME
asn st aSay 1tp!' , a SssrIa @ H.. naose y ahc
ga7.1 1,naS an H. lc va,, upasus rn .mG 5N9te er
, 1876-08-21

81. LOUIS, Aug 20.-A nun named Nugent,
living OH kasson avenue, near Benton street, In
thu ucighborhood Of the FUR Grounds, went
home this evening Intoxicated, got INTO quur-
rel With h!s wife, and shot her III tho back Of
tho head, killing her a'noat instantly. Nugent
WRs arrested.
, 1876-08-21
FIRES.

MINER.

CINCINNATI, o., Aug, 2o.-A Commercial
spceal says tile Cllltrcn's Home at Ports
mouth, Ohio, new building nearly completed,
was burned to-tay. Loss, $4,000. No insurance.
a Commercial special slys n fire at uhrichs-
vile, Ohiu, last night, burned three large
buildings. o. 3. Bartlett loses sl2O00 iuaur-
ance sJ,5oo; W. b. LUdcr loses $3.50, no In
6urhnf
, 1876-08-21

LONDON, Aug. D.-A dispatch from Alcxan.
drIu, Egypt, says reports llaye hecn receiycs,
from Abysslnta That Waldo Mikacl, tho insur.
gent chief, las Defeated the Abygainlans ut
Hakraga, and 1,500 women and Children have
been iuassurrcL.
, 1876-08-21
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

rNlLApEtFH1A, Aug. 90.-ATrlYed, tho lteam-
or fndlana, from Liverpool.
NEW YoAx, Aug. 21.--Arrivcd, tho steamship
". A. Sel0lteu, from Rotterdam.
LONDON, Aug. 2o.--1'he steamships dcrmanic
aud Othello, from New York, gerInian, from
Montreal, and Ohio, from Philadelphia, have
arrived.
, 1876-08-21
TEtEGRAPHlC NOTES.

dF<e1dI Ul@p0sch 70 31s Tribune.
erRIA0FiEID, ILL.,, Aug. 2o.-rhr State Doarl
of Equalization rcasscn,blrs ncxt Tuesday, Tho
assessment ot three counties, including cook,
nrs yet out, ulla until they arc reported the
Bunsl can do little.
, 1876-08-21
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Ladies', II yeu feel lanGuld or exhausted,
with no inclIpailun IL exercise, use that yA1uAbls
tunkc, BulanA's Aromatic Bitter Hlus Of Iron. Dc.
pot, ta Clark street.
, 1876-08-21

IIurnett's Flavorlng Extracts aFs used aud
indosssd by tbs bsst hutel4 eonfeeNonAsz, kfps&as
and ths dsst families In ths souxAf3.
, 1876-08-21


70 the Editor n The Tribune.
CHICAGO, Aug. V.--Your paper contained,
few days s!nre, tho notice ot tho death, at tho
age Of SO years, of Oscar brewster, Of Oak Park,
but formerly Ut thta city. liz WIS the son Of
Father brewster, go called, now living In Whea.
ton, and we'll remembered by many Of our cltt
.cns LIZ identified ycurs ago with our School
Boartl. tlse warm friend Of our public schools,
and loved aud a4ore.l by the hosts of clsld5e.
who knew him. Notwithstanding thu advanced
agc ot the elder brewster, llcarly Or quits 10
years, Ills plca,alt faee ID olten seen on our
strccts. Tic l'rcwasn,s eailu from tho State of
Now York al,,lt tto yenr 1880, and weru a4noDa
tlc pluMccE srttlcrs Ut knae County.
Tie deceased WIS 0u!,s we'll known IN this
city, where Ao Ind long lived, and doubtless
there were nlany wllu, like tile writer, hal not
6erU lin fur years, could not folluw tho re-
d teur OF surtuw Us they read III Thu TRIBUNE
tue i1otiee ot Ills death. liz was highly esteem-
Cd by those WIN knew h!tn. well, not for his
sll1cw.l,leos uld sharpness in trade, not Tor
l1is business qualifications or his power to ac-
rumu!atu welltll, but far hts honesty, his lovo
fur tho truth, a,ll notably fur tbs kindness md
generosity oF lila heart u.
, 1876-08-21
A FATAL RACE.

6pkc1a! NFU0tcA 10 The Tribune.
BLooN1NGros, ILL.,, Aug. D.-steel Admir-,
aged ~ years. was, while riding scrub race ut
the Clinton fair, Saturday, thrown against
tree and almost instantly killed. lie was the
sou Of widow living nt Waynrsyle,
, 1876-08-21
WAS IT DONALDSON I

MILWAUKEE, Aug. GA dccomposed bot!y
Was found floating IN The lake about mile out
tt,-day with nothing on but boots nni belt.
He could not he identified.
, 1876-08-21
PRINCIPALS AND HEAD ASSISTANTS.

10 Inc EdHof 1f 1hs tribune.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-1n I'LL editorial in TIM
TRIBUNE Of n few days ago the management
Of our public schools Is criticised, especially
with reicrencu to tic rank Of Prnclpa1s an1
11rad Assistants.
From the standpoint OF the writer, II correct,
tho criticisms were Just and mono Too severe,
but simple statement Of facts may lead tho
1tcad Assistants tavo prcc14eiy the same work
Charge of division, mud, IN add.
tiun thereto, the euro Of tho wttol1
school Wien from any cauee the Principal IL
nbsrnt, Thu ,la1ne "Frlncipal " is applicable
only to such as have chnrec Of largo build
tnSs owned by tbs city. III rented buildings
the person having oversight Is oilcially destI;-
nateu ns " teacher In charge" though tho turn
'' Principal bus been usctl for suci. fnalycr-
tcntly.., The recommendation Of tho President
of the Board md Of tho Superintendent to tllis
effect WIS ndopted by tile board last full. Tho
aatne pcrsots recommended TINT the "teaeher
III charge " bu ,us<l SO Or 500 extra, arcurtl.
ing to tic size 0{ tho SCHOOL. These
teachers In cllarge hAyo each the entire card
Ut q division, tile Battld as other teachers,
and In addition thereto, tle general oversight
q the scl!ool aud tlle kccpiny uf the records.
This ycar the extra pay for such extra acryira
Will be 315o to $73 per ycar, according to the
St2t Uf the Heltov!.
This Is virtual reinstatement Of rula OF
the board which prevailed for years, aud SC
lu,g us the old style Of Rchool-buildtngs ex.
stra, tIy yirtuo Ut which tcachgr in Charge Ut
lurc tlIa1l one division received SIS extra pay
fur each division additional to her own, which
rxtr4 pay LII 6utItG gnaes amounted to $l0O per
year. Very respectfully, j. l.. glcKAAp.