, 1876-07-15
EASTERN STATES,

Especial TO the Daily Dispateh.l
New YoRK. July 11.-Gold closed a,
t11s4.
The Chamber of Commerce forwarded
to Sherman, Cha rman of the Senate
Committee on Finance, protes,
against the passage of the bill making
the old silver dollar full legal tender
for all debts. public or private.
Dispatches from every direction
speak of the intense heat, its long con-
tinuance and its fatal effects. Refresh.
ing showers have occurred on all sides,
but New York still suffers. No ruin
has falle.. for more than two weeks.
Deaths yesterday from sunstroke ex-
ceeded in number those Of any previous
day for 35 years. except those of July
I'd, 1872, when 68 were reported. Ev.
cry case of sunstroke reported at police
headquarters yesterday, with one OF
two exceptions. terminated fatally. Up
to 3 P. N. the Health Board had issued
80 burial permits an unusually large
lumber for any one day. The deaths
from sunstroke yesterday are believed
by officials at the health office to be
nearly 20.
New YoRK, July 11.-There was a
heavy rain storm this evening, accom-
panied by thunder and lightning. 1t is
the first rain in twenty days.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The Presi-
dent sent the following nomination to
the Senate: James NJ. Tyner. of In
diana, Assistant Postmaster General. to
be Postmaster General, rice Marshall
Jewell, resigned.
New YoRK. July 1.-THE band Of 500
Mormons who recently arrived from
Europe have started for Utah. Many
of the men have as many as eight
wives.
BALTIMORE, July 11.-Yesterday there
we're 27 cases of sunstroke in this city
IA fatal.
LONG BRANCH. July 1.-THE first
race of the second meeting, tor the trial
purse, one mile. was won by May; B.
Durango second, Janet Morton third
and Lexington fourth. Time, 1861.
Burgess won I'd and Sd heats. Time,
l :46 and :4S1a.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE confer
ence on the sundry civil appropriation
bills was not held to-day, owing to the
absence of Senator Sargent, who is con-
fined to his house suffering from the
effect of the heat.
New YORK, July 12.--The Emperor
Of Brazil and party sailed for Europe in
the steamship Russia. The men-of-
war in the harbor ran up the Brazilian
flag. manned the yards, and fired salute
as the Russia steamed past.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.-The heai
continues intense. Thirty-three em.
ployees of tho gas works have sban-
doned work. Twenty>one are known
to have died from the effects of the
heat. Among the prostrated who have
recovered is Gov. Hartranft. Two
wagons and furniture we're kept con-
stantly 'mployed yesterday carrying the
sunstricken to the hospital. The Coro-
ner is in continual session.
The parade of the loyal Orange insti-
tuition took place to-day, and was a
creditable affair in every respect. The
men. of whom there were about two
thousand in line. clad in their Orange
regalia. presented fine appearance Of
they proceeded over the route, and
were greeted with marks of apprecia-
ton.
NEW YORK, July 12.-The Crapgemen
hereabouts went on an excursion to the
Groves, and three hundred of the order
are parading in Lawrence, Mass, where
serious disturbances took place last
year.
New York, July 1l-Terrific thunder
storms are reported throughout tie
country in all directions. Many build
ings are struck and several lives lost.
The storm here has been unequaled fol
years.
The extraordinary heat has had an
almost depressing effect on all products
which are likely to deteriorate through