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Ohls Tsbaeee 10 Baltimore.
BALriMoRE, May Sd. 1879.
"A, ~ -, ~ sha ua~tsf~r

According TO . cable Dispatch from
Paris, the French contrAct fos 1000 bids.
Ohio Tobacco has been awarded 70 Mean.
l.. Hueffar 4 Co, Of Paris. whose corrs..-
pondents are Messrs. A. Schumacher d
20. Nothing definite he's transpsrsd yet
in regard ~ the price. but u 10 geneully
supposed that this contract has b"en
taken at fraction under 81 co., s.s..
The contract f,r 1000 70 5000 hhns.
Mary land has bcen taken BY Aessrs A
Weber d. Co., Of Paria. whose Agsats st
this place are Messrs. q. A. Schlsns 4
Co.
The Ohio contsact cAlh fos Ne same
proportion OF grades - last year. WIS., 10
Der cent. OF Ane, 80 per cent OF medium.
and 40 per cent Of commoa gsades. The
delivery has 10 be made 10 thres install.
ments NJ follows One third 10 b de-
Iivered on September lsL one third on
December lst, and the lest third On
March Ist, 1877.
1t may be difficult under the circum-
stances, 10 realize full prices for Fsssch
Grades, ~ the contract calls only Tor .
limited amount, and for this description
there will be bat little compe(itiop. We
think, however, Il vii prove of Some Cd
vantags 10 the trade, that hess. Brn.
Boningcr, who purchase every year about
1000 hbds. Ohio Tobacco for their Duis-
burg factory, will not buy ios shs trssch
this year, - otherwise they would coa-
troll the uarkst 70 . Considerable sstspt.
A. there 10 q large proportion Of red and
,psngled Tobacco IN the crop, fos witch
grades we will have compstitioo In our
market, we think these descriptions will
sell st prices which will prove rsnunsss-
tive 10 owners.
During tho past month, sons ssl. Of
small lots Of pev Tobacco have bssn
made, for which fair prices have bssn
obtained, considered the quality Of the
Tobacco.
The prospects are favorable fos aa -.
tive market, and therefore We would sd-
wise shipments
The inspections Of Ohio Tobscco, uptO
date, arc 2,bl6 hhds. against 2.ll0 hhGs.
same time last year. -
Yours truly. wILxESs 4 BRALL.
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AGreat Curiosity from Mexico.

Prom the Can, .gnati u. Zette.
One OF t." ctri sites 10 be exhibited
81 Phla.ri.tIt = An erolite weighing
nesriy Ii ;rr. v,rn mas been sent from
ChIbushus, Nr,,co, by n Mr.. Muller n
wealthy baker oil that city. 1t WAS
found BY Mr.. Muller in 1866 in the pro-
cr'' o' excavations he had caused to be
made into The o,d Aztec ruins in search
Atsc earthenware The arolite had
Uato4Seily been regarded Ms MI object
ds r'bip. There are i'm Mexico, ac-
nlg,c "a correspondent of the Philalel-
pla Frsss, who gives these facts, several
%ae' Re nSrkahle srolites, perhaps rs
many As i've, within range OF sixty or
severity miles; but the largest, and per
HsPs the largest known in the world, is
10 The State oi Chihuahua, in the desert
hear 10 Psrria ot immense size and
weight, not less, it is supposed than fifty
IONS. Mr., Muller had license from the
Mexican government 10 take either %
these from the country to the Centennial.
Il the large one could have been removed
ihe public spirit OF Mr.. Muller, and his
desire to add 10 the interest Of the Cen
'ehn'sl, would have induced him to send
Il on.
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THERE are but two great divisions
among electors. On the one hand, the
psrtissns Of the Administration are ar
rs, ed, sustaining it blrndly and recklessly.
These are opposed, on the other hand, by
pstr ots who have widely differed in the
past, but who are to day animated by the
same common purpose of efscting .
thorough and radical change in the con-
duct of the Federal Government We
need bro,herly kindness, where nov all
is prescription and virulent hate. We
need frugal habits, where now We have
prcfigscy and thoughtless waste We
need scientific craftsmanship instead ot
crude and chaotic quackery.-Aibd"y
Argss
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NO. 262
Han ~ Wlss LyusAsa.

CINcISSArI, D., Nay 8.-At War.
saw, Ky, between IL and IL o'clock laat
night Ben. French and WIFE who were
incarcerated in the county Jail for pois-
oning an old and wealthy man named
Jacob Jones, were taken from the jan BY
q mob Of masked men and hung to . limb
Of tree, about two miles from town
The Frenchs had invited Jones to tea
and while eating he was seized with
symptoms OF arsenic poisoa and died
shortly after. The object ID supposed v
be TO get possession OF his properly. The
Trenches were regarded - bad charsc-
ters and probably no Steps Will be taken
to discover the parties in the hanging.
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Tue Sleubenville Herald having pub
li.hed all article alleging that certain
ScHELI, Assistant Sergeant-st-Arms Of
the House Of Representatives, had been
discharged for drunkenness, and that the
Sergeant.at Arms had been indicted for
snon and othr crimes, Mr.. JOAN o..
THOMPSON writes note to the Herald,
stating that S,HELL never held any such
position. AID th.t the second charge was
"is,e sod su infamous lie" Where
upon the H,,'ad makes the amende
iap,ra5,, b, .ki"g it all back and ex-
pressing regret that the article ever sp-
pesrej
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HOI'AE.

The House went into Committee
of the whole on the Postoffice Appropria-
tion bill, Springer in the chair. 1t
was agreed that general debate should
close at 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Vance, North Carolins,) ad-
dressed the committee on the subject ol
fraternity, and pointed out certain
things which he believed would greatly
tend 10 create Il better feeling in the
South. One OF these was TO stop partisan
appeals that were INDUCED in
by northern Republicans. Another
was to help 10 build up the waste places
Of the South Another was TO go as lar
a possible in the pay yment OF claims to
the Southern people for services rendered
the United State before the war. Among
these claims we're those Of mail contrac-
tors Tor services prior to 1861.
Mr.. Holman denied that some OF the
provisions OF the bill were chiefly IN the
interest Of the great railroad companies.
lie showed that by liking, as this bill did,
the rat. for postsl cars at six miles
per mile per foot of liner space on trains
running up TO twenty-five miles per
hour. AID FIVE mills for trains running at
a greater speed There would be saw.
in. of nearly sl,5G0,000 as compared
with the present rate. -,
The committee rose, and on motion OF
Mr.. Gibson the bill passed sppropriatIng
80 OCO for the expenses Of the committee
to investigate the Federal officers OF
Louisiana
4 resolution was passed acceptif an
invitation 70 sttepd the opening OF the
Centennial Exposition and adjournihg
:he House from Tuesday 9Th - Friday
the l2ih.
Mr. Blaine offered a resolution direct
iny the Committee on Ways and Means
10 consider at once some measure for The
relief of the country from the threatened
scarcity of fractional currency.
Aiter al Amusing debate Mr.. Springer
desired 10 offer substitute lhstraciipg
the Committee on wsys ssd Means 10
rrport The bill Tomorrow morning re-
healing the provision for the redemption
OF frscsio al currency IN silver coin.
Mr. Blaine declined 10 admit the
amendment. and moved the previous
question on his resolCtlOn-
The previous question was seconded
and the resolution adopted
Mr.. Paiue then ssked leave 10 report
, hi. bali allowing the issue Of silver coin
| in exchange ier greenbatks, remarking
that NJ. BlOGnt, tho bad objected 70 il,
now y xithtre~ his objection.
The message from The President de-
Ginning 10 furnish the House with infor-
ns;ian a. 10 his vsao1. abssrces from
! Washington, wss read, and MAS received
with col disdain on .he Democratic side
ard with evident epjoymeni on the Re
( publicAh side
Mr.. Randail moved that il Be referred
/ 10 ,se Judiei.ry Cemni,iee asd printed.
I So ordered
NJ. AeDsagal then offered resolu.
tioa instrue,ing the committee toi The
investigation OF FEDERAL officers in Louis
I vile 70 make fuii md complete inves-
,,yation gt the circumstances attending
/ The assassinatsen Of Mr.. H. T. Mitchell
ssd David King. os the Red r'ser, Loa
isians, partiealsriy a 70 uhethef ID
e.ase va o. vxs nos Of . poltscai char
Actsr- t ~
Nr Rss.iaIi-while that il STAT
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Mr. DoSALDG MIrcHELL.in respond
Ing 10 the toast of Agriculture al the
sanusl dinner Of the New Haven Chsm-
Der OF Commerce, said, among other
'l'ngs, that agriculture did not lead TO
sIch onenseS ss Belknsp's. He was Of
sne e 'Plsion that Belknsp did not spring
nom The piow There had been too
much worship Of the golden calf in this
voan''yi II Was seen recently in the gap
,Is crowds al Mr.. S,ewsrts funeral.
commerce had an object higher than
.lI' OF money making. Kind deeds and
seaef~lty, not spasmOdic, but overflow
,us aay BY day, year after year, give 8
.'e' -" odor to s mans memory than the
..'i;vS'ns after biers by ex-Governors or
god handles to cotins.
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Three Sutctdea.

lNplAxAPoLrs, May 4-Mr. Mary
Graham. " bo has been missing from her
home for several days, was found hosting
in the river today. The body was recog-
nized by her husband
Temple Z. Harrison, weii-knoWn CIT
izsn. wa. found dead this morning. The
cause of his death is supposed 10 be m
overdose Of chloraI or laadanum.
james Proctor committed suicide, this
afternoon, BY shooting himself through
the head.
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r.. Pope and ,ne Little Girl.

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Some ladies recently visited him, one
of them taking with her her little girl
to whom the Pope paid considerable at
,ention and. after questioning her as to
her name and surname asked: "Do you
90 to school, my little onef' Yes, your
Holiness" "And do you study geogra-
phy?" Your Holiness, 1 do" Can
Won tell me what is Romef" "Rome 's
the capital of Italy" "No. my child
they have not taught you correctly.
Rome is the capital Of the whole Cstho-
lie world" These who heard this con-
vrsation say that the Pope did not ex-
press the least bitterness. Indeed, he
seemed 10 be the first to want to jest
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MAJOR GENERAL w. 5. HANCOCK has
declined The command OF the Centennial
legion. and ex-Maior. General Henry w.
Siocum has accepted the position. Major
General Burnside has accepted the lied
,epsnt-colsneIcy, and Msjor General
Fi,zhuch Lee the majority. This com
ple,es the organization OF the legion that
i composed Of . company Of ore hum
dred men from each OF the original thir-
teen States. The legion will rendezvous
in PhilaGelphia July >
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Nouitfers, Slrtke.

CLEvELASD, May 4.-Some weeks ago
the moulders in :he Cooperative Stove
Works, OF this city, struck, and their
places were filed by non-Union men.
The strikers threatened the new men, but
beyond one or two personal encounters,
nothing eerious occurred until this even
ing. When twelve OF the working
moulders were going home, they were
attacked by fifteen or twenty OF the
strikers with clubs and bricks. Several
shots were fired, and one non-Union man
named ii. X. Fuller, was shot and seri-
ously injured. No arrests were made.
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AEGEAN for Rlaiae.

SAs FaAsct.co, Nsy i.-The Repub-
Ie.n State Conrentioa OF orcyoa eleeted
W. B.yantouton, J. H. Fcates, y. b
Bsvid H- K. Hines and J. w Scott 4,
coaplsss The delegation 10 the S.tsorsi
Convention. The cooventson d'd ro'
m. the usuai resolufioos endosing the
sdminrsrssios. The proxies Of the dre-
esses srs 10 Be heh By desegssEs suiy.
He coovention declared Tor Bisine-
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matter, l hope no one will object to the
resolution.
Mr.. Beebe desired to have an investl-
cation also into the killing oi two ne
groes and the wounding of eight others
q: the ate election at indianapolis.
Mr.. Townsend, of New Work, re-
marked amidst much uproar, that the
Republicans carried the election and the
Democrats killed the negroes.
Mr.. McDougal declined to yield for
Mr.. Beebe's amendment.
Mr.. McDougsPs resolution was adopt.
ed and the House adjourned.
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TaE Iaw requires all official acts OF the
executive officer 10 he done at the seat Of
government When Congress calls on
the Pr. ent 10 know if this law has
been complied with he shields himself
behind some imaginary vested inherent
right and refuses TO tell.
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TBxY say Ithe other side 10 cheating;
We must cheat to beat them. Fight nre
with 6re." Thn k monstroasiy bad.
This spirit is the root Of all corrupsson'
for il corrupss the ballot box, the founds'
ton Of our liberty. No party ought 70
have public confidence that resorts %
such means. A fair election can ana
should be compelled. Ifit can not iar,
then let decent men leave the svindnng
to the scsundr.la Success gained py
fraud is oaly deeper. corrupssoo.--'a'
diasspotis Ners
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RsehassA TsSsses AaSkss.
NAYi, 1876.

Since our last weekly revis~ the mar.
kst hs, shown more animation. and With
bes,er offerings Of desirsbls Tossnc"s
trade would squits beisk. Our sscs'pts
are not ~ liberal n they should b al
this season, from the fact thsi Wills vs
have hsd q very mild and cpss vistsr
we have had very httls vsstsss suitable
Tor handling tobacco. fos tbs past two
weeks the receipts In our uplssd pssksb
have besn very heavy. and hsacs 10 ths
next ten OF sitssn days thsy vili b isll
here. There b almost univessal CON
plant from the country about the sesre'-
" Of plsnu. The breaks Isss vesk con.
prised s0s hhds., 2zl tisscs ssd s'
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BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associsted Press Report. by Western
Union Line, offce Northwest cor.
OF Main and 18th Sts.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Hard Time. at the Black Hills.

Hard Times NJ the Black Hills.
OMAHA, May A recent arrival from
Custar City says that great scarcity Of
food exists throughout the Black Hills
Sugar is 40 cents per pound; bacon so
cents; corn so cents per peck; -four $22
per sack, in Custai City. He says that
the road from Fort Laramie 10 Custar is
strewn with wagons belonging to parties
who had been attacked by Indians. On
the 10th of April party OF Indians
came up within 100 yards Of Custar City
and ran off thirty head of horses.
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p.ws<r.l,e Ce..en,iea.

ToLKpo, .. May 4.-The Democratic
Convention for the Fifth Congressional
Dis,ric, vas held si Deh.sce to-day
General A. V. Rice. OF Putnam county,
wss renominst.d for representative BY
scclsma,ion. Resolutions we're adopted
in favor Of the uncondiiionai repeal OF
the rc.umpaico sct, the gradual .'ih-
drsxai ., national bank paper, and IN
..yor Of ex Governor Allen for Presi
Aaot
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JUDGE BLACK has written letter TO
the Pittsburgh POSI- declining to be
candidate for the Presidency. He sug-
ge,t, that Pennsylvania might cast her
vat. for HANCOCK as u isvorite son.
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Rpetgtst Rates-

CHICAGO, May 4.-The freight rates
eas. are gradually weakening in The abb
sence of f,ed prices. and il "" stated
to-day that large number OF engage
Inenu were made at Is cents per 100
p nd. 20 New York. This, however. is
n. known W be u fact and only shows
ts..t such rates are deemed prcbsb'e.
81 change in the passenger rats east
has Il been announced.
s,,psrvissr Mum, to-day, seizsi the
di,tliiery Of T. Wsich, I06 West Lake
street, Il being ssoertsined that be had
shipped fty barrel. OF whisky not pro-
perly stamped, 70 hiI~aak1e. Walsh
claims be can explain the msttsr.
The question was brought befors the
Circuit Court Of Cook eounsy,
today By = suit begun betveen ptonI-
nent fnembers Of the Board Of Trade ..
20 whether the new rules Of the bosfd
.doptsa September lAst have eSectssily
pu, an end 10 the ranring of eoyooers 10
Chicago. The suit viii probably ias'
Ionc and be On interesting test case.
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SkSrr THREE thousand dollars have
Deeh PAID IN for the erection Of q NOR u
.ed' !, IN the Capitol square of Richmond,
=. :. aohor OF the illustrious Confederate
,h 'e' IAN Robert L. Lee. 1t is thought
SO. & A"V more will be received In the
,GTTSe al @ OF s mouth The proposed statue
vii certainly be erected.
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Tax public debt was decreased during
Anril to the extent OF 81, 7si.4s. There
are $40, 500, ,0ss. As Of fractional currency
still outstanding to BE- redeemed Win
silver coin, snd the redemption Is going
forward rapidly. So there Is no excuse
for boarding silver
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TorEKA, Ks, Msy I-In the stste
Greenbaek Conyention, to-day, Twelve
ooantie- were represented BY thiFsy-evs
cslegEtes
Jsdge Beal xs chosen President, and
ds,evn,-s we're elected IN The Indianapolis
Coz OnTention which fneets on TIE iIth insI
A State Executive COMMITTEES vas sp-
appointed, and they decided 70 ofgsaiz>
eoanty lnd township esuts
Al effort vss made 10 bring the Con.
yention over 70 ne Democrstie psrty,
On. 4 did ncS socceed
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The Healhen Chinee.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-Beiore the
Senate Chinese Committee. at Sscramen.
to, yesterday, Lem Sham, q CbristIsnized
Chinese preacher testified that it isprac-
ticslly impossible TO convert q grown
Chinsman to Christianity, though some
times successful in the case OF boys; that
condition Of the women here 10 horrible,
bought and sold like cattle, abused by
masters, tortured, and afterwards killed
for trying TO escape. The presence OF
the Chinese in this country is disastrous
to both whites and Chinese. The
Chinese here Of a better class, desire i'm
migration stopped, and the whole thing
can be done in friendly way. The
Chinese Government desire 70 keep
its subjects at home, and il
the immigration, which is mostly
from the Province Of Canton.
were stopped it would have no effect on
the commercial relations with China
The Chinese government would assist
in checking it, but they are afraid they
could not do it as there are eighteen
provinces and revolution in almost
every province. Christianity Is not ad
vanced by this immigration and if stop
ped something might be done with those
here. Witness corrected the other syl
dence concerning the majority in which
the Chinese secret tribunals put the price
on the lives of those offending these laws,
ana carried out such sentences. As 10
the contract system, he said when men
have no money 10 90 TO California, they
borrow and make contract TO work
until they have refunded the money.
When the Cinnamon desire 20 go back TO
China the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany will not sell them tickets unless
they have a check or ticket from
six companies, or from the mission
aries. This is done 10 protect
creditor of Cinnamon living in this
country. DO not think the six companies
uan stop the immigration or importation
OF lewd women and improper chracters,
nor have they power 70 send them back
TO China.
Matthew h archer. chief Of police testi
fed at length as 70 the ruinous effect the
presence Of the Chinese had upon the
rising generation, driving boys and girls TO
crime by competition in household
and manufacturing employ ments,
and charact .rized the Chinese peo
pie, almost without exception,
as criminals thieves, liars and perjurers.
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D.le~.tN te C,.e,..as,.

Woncrsrrk MASS, Nay 4.-At the
Republican Convention Of the Fourth
Massachusetts district to-day, Hon. A.
II. Bullock and Hon. George A Hoar, OF
Worcester, were elected delegates 70 the
Cincinnati Convention.
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.s.. s SALLIE RoaEss, . lady ninety
NJ years old, Who resides near Raleigh
s,,i u oaroliua had bern blind for sew.
hs, !ean up to . fev months ago when
she ,,snt suddenly returned, and lsisly
'ae nas Ncut" six new teeth
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W'htelina Re9ister.
|. Gold closed yesterday at ll2i.

The rsather to-day WtH be partly
e'oudy ,Cith east TO so''th ~'"as' T's'"9
,,,aperat,lre, ani ram
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mrs. benson, 8 very aged lady of
.;,. na county, Carolins, has been afflicted
n'" ~ palsy thirty years, but recently the
rsef 80, ot speech was restored and she ha.
os.,y e.y recovered. She is now enjoying
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AN exchange SAYS:

ine heeley motor promises to mater.
=. le between now and the 18th Of June.
.ae q ncu.sy lie TO find 8 receptacle strong
eauash e. 10 hold the power generated. A
vOmposlilon formed BY the union OF =
iP pedd!"rs cheek and a politician $
'1Hs' might answer the purpose"
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-srrrxsrrrLp. May A dispatch
from Paris announces the death OF BEN
amin p. Bovles, Of the hrm Of Samuel
Bovles h Co, pablhhen Of The RfP"s'
ieaa.
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BssSssrl msseh.

SEw osLEass. Nay Ala match
rane Of bilFiarcz, thfse ball tos the
Championship of tbs Stsss. Abf.ns
made 300, NsggiEi zze- Winners aver
.1e Ave and fye-fourfeenths.
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v,,..a Delerates 30 Ctneinnast.

FsrpKR1ck, Nd, May 4.-Tne Re
nublican State Corventios met to-day.
E q. Fulton and John Thomas, f- Of
baltimore, Jo.. B. Pugh, Hugh Cecil
.nd Esxart Walker, OF Kent were
elected delegates q, large 70 the Cine'n-
natl Convention
TIE delegates were instructed for
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The President throws himself on his
"inherent natural rights
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WYoMl county instructs for kENSA
for Congress.
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DIsasaPous Fire.

PIrrsBURGH, May A special from
Somerset, Pennsylvania, TO the Associated
Press OF this city says that IRE broke
out in the pattern shop Of the Somerset
foundry about one clock this afternoon.
and spreading very rapidly, wss attend
ed with disastrous results. The entire
block, including fifteen or twenty
large dwelling houses, two hotels
and five stores WAS entirely de-
stroyed. The tOtsl loss is estimated mt
nearly 100000, with nm insurance Of
probably $4,000. The principal losses
are: Somerset foundry, $4,000; Somer-
set House, $4,000; +. Weimer, black .
smith. 5000; Holdenbsum d
Bro, dry goods, $4,000; n. l.
Baer. attorney. $4,000; George Parker,
dry goods, $4,000; Solouan Bser,
farmer, $4,000; II. A. Flick. grocer,
5000; We entine Bay. attorney. 5000;
John UhL attorney, $4,000; DR.. Bru.
baker. 5000; Bsrnct House, $4,000, and
Hay's block, $4,000 The FIRE originated
by sparks from T. forge entering q pat
tern shop and coming in contac. With dry
sbavings and other inAsmsble materials.
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In the Louisville primary mssdnss
Rrstov men were elected delegates.
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Srw YoEk, Nay l-Thouas Estrods
hs been Lnsagurstsd President u tbe
Rspsbiie q CaoA- 1f,"-eF{