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Fatally ShOt-PersOnal.

CHICAGO, September "A negro
named Albert &. Smith, while engaged IN
an alteration with bar tender in low
den on Fourth Avenue to night fired a
pistol shot which struck another negro
named Geo. Lynn IN the loft breast,
killing him instantly.
Mr.. Libby of the firm of the late A.
T. Stewart Il Co, was in town to day,
completing arrangements for their u"~
wholesale dry goods house which will be
opened here this fall.
Maurice Strakosch will at an early day,
open hero mammoth concert hall,
which he claims will rivsl the most re-
nowned European Institutions OF this
kind
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IMPORTANCE OF THE NEXT SIS.
,IoN OFTHE LEGIsLATURE.

The Huntington Advertiser, paper
Irn,ed in the Third District, enumerateS
The following reasons for saying that the
next session of the Legislature Of West
Virginia will be the most important one
ever hell IN the state:
First. The Legislature will be called
upon 10 eject two United States Sena-
tors. n thing which rarely ever occurs IN
any state, and especially is it important
low when the Radical Senate Is fighting
the Democratic House to prevent econ
uwy Ld perpctuato bayonet and negro
rule IN this country.
Then there j. the important question
q. u" capital cation To be settled; and
h.ndr-I 10 that, i the fight to be made
'y this Ir.l.lr, l"r It's just share of state
AppruprIHt ua. IL is y well known fact
t.at while .nI> cog . ut the state has been
paving I'D lar cent. more than its Just
proportion ul ta,, II has not received one
single cent in the way of permanent i'm
prUvements. Ali the state funds have
teen absorbed by the two upper districts
There is to be n re-apportionment OF.
the state and i'll this matter, this dis
trlct IS to be heard. By tue constitution,
CshelI county is entitled to two dele
gates, Wayne two, and kanswha four;
Hc, Csbell has one Wayne one, and
hsnswha three. This is glaring and
manifest injustice to this end of the
s!ste, which hiss been hesped upon us,
and must be corrected.
Now in sill these matters OF local in
i"rest, il is well understood that this end
oi the state proposes to make deter
mined fight this winter, and most Oi the
counties have, with this view, nominated
Their best and most experienced men for
The Legislature. Our people have AS ked
not who Is the most popular man, but
VII" will make the most efficient dele
ate. With this view they ought to
'Ut" ~ the coming election.
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mn0rfauf Decision

WASHINGTON, September 2.-1n the
appeal case of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad against Andrew l..
Bell, who improved some land belonging
TO the railroad and desired TO enter it rs
a homestead, the Secretary of the In
terror has given decision in favor of the
railroad company, on the ground that
the title TO the land in question was not
wrested from the railroad company by
the act of Congress relied upon by Bell.
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has been evacuated, but the fortress u still
held by ten ostsllions, and dsfsadsd "
powerful artillery. Another special
from Alexinstz states that the Circassions
entered three Servian redoobss
northwest Of Alexinstz, and mines flled
with dynamite were discovered. The
Turks have gained a base for opefAtion
against the two villages which protect
Ale1iRatz on the west The Rusians ara
determined 10 form Q special ,corps,
The Turks after beating the right wing OF
the Servisns made flank movement in
the direction Of Krusavstx, the object
being to reach Belgrade. The entire
military position p changed. GsAsral
Tchernsyef is marching with the bulk
OF his army toward Kruzevatx.
he has telegraphed to
Belgrade for reinforcements.
and The Servian Minister OF war has or
dered Gen, Antlick TO msrch 10 kruxer-
vatz with l2,00O men.
The Times correspondent at Belgrade
tslegraphs thst Fridays battle was the
battle of the war.
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Iarxe DemocIa MeeiInY,

INDIANAPOLIS, September 2-Shelby-
vile held Democratic meeting to-day
and was probably the largest he'd in the
state in this campaign. Ten TO twelve
thousand persons were present Gov.
Hendricks was received with great en-
thusissm and manifestations of welcome
to his nstive county, and delivered a
lengthy and eloquent address. Gov. Hen
dricks was followed by Hon. George
Hosdley, whose speech was prominent
feature Of the occasion. General Shields
and others are speaking tonight.
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MURDER IN THE PRIZE RING.

Everybody read the story OF brutality
and death that was told in the papers
Friday morning. There were two prin-
cipal ruffians and seven or eight hundred
accessory rufisns who crossed the Della
ware to point on the New Jersey shore
below Philadelphia, early on Tuesday
morning, to form the actors and audience
in what the newspapers given to sporting
parlance term "a mill" Two brawny
bruisers, by name WALKER and WEEDEN,
were to pummel each other, and the man
who proved himself able to stand the
hammering the longest was to be the
winner of some two or three hundred
dollars. The principals and the
select congregation elected to be worthy
of the privilege of attendance started
off from wharf of the Philadelphia river
front by daylight of Thursday. The
Philadelphia police did not interfere with
the expedition. The pugilists met at the
appointed place on the New Jersey
shore, and the fight was fought The re-
ports which we have at hand state that
the two men battered each other through
seventy-six rounds. As the ehd of the
brutality approached, WALKEEgave evi'
dence of his terrible plight. One report
says that in next to the last round
"he looked very stupid as he was roughly
taken to his corner by his seconds
lie was already beaten, but he was
forced up to another trial, although "his
face was shspeless and his eyes near y
closed" When he was brought up again
"his hands were open and hanging by
his side, though instinctively he clutch
ed them for an instant, but did not bring
them into position" After this the at-
fair was simple butchery. "WEEDEN,
perceiving WALKERS plight, rushed ut
him with his whole might, mashed
him with his right and left with
the force of cannon balls, and then
catching him flung him down and
again fell on him with his full weight"
This was the end of the fight, and the
victor was called off. There WAS feeble
and Intellectual intervention by the
sheriff, which amounted to nothing, and
IN the face of it the mob Of ruttans
cleared out and started across the river to
Philadelphia. They had their sport in
despite of the authorities, and they left
the field in the wake of the victor. They
had fired few shots over the head of the
county sheriff, and after that manifesto
ton of their dangerous propensities he
had let them severely alone.
Now. here WAS case of murder, clear,
clean and complete. WALKER died in
consequence of the blows of WEEDEs,
and WEEDEN is, in the eye OF the law,
his murderer, the murder being commit
ted on the New Jersey shore within sight
OF the lights of Philadelphia. The ques-
ton now is whether or not WEEDEN will
be arragned, tried, convicted and pun
ished Tor the crime ne has committed.
The majesty of the law demands that he
should be, and that this punishment
should be an exemplary one.
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Firenen ON n Strike

ST. LOUIS, September 3.-A dispatch
from Leavenworth, Kansas, says the
fremen along the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railroad are on strike, the
company having issued an order dis
charging all the wipers, thus imposing
double duty upon the i-enen Tao or
three attempts 70 throw trains off the
track on the south western division Of the
road have been made, but with no sue
cess. A few of the rioters have been
arrested
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ACCIDENT ON THE B. & 0. R. R.
Two Coal Trains and a Mail
Train Wrecked s
Complete List Of the Killed
and Wounded.

BALTIMORE, September BY the
breaking of an axle of coal hopper
at Weaverton, Hsgerstown junction, on
the b. Il o. r. r., short distance from
Hsrper's Ferry, this morning, several
cars were thrown of the track and be-
fore the flagman could be sent back q
second train of coal hoppers dashed into
the first wrecking the engine of the
second train and several cars, besides
throwing TIVE of them di-
rectly across the other track A
few minutes later the west mail train
due at Baltimore at 9 A. NJ came around
q short curve and ploughed through a
portion of the wreck, when, striking n
coal hopper, ran of the track down the
bank into the canal.
The widest Excitement and Con-
fusion
prevailed among the passengers, but 1t
was soon ascertained that none of the
passengers were seriously injured. J. q.
Shipley, the engineer, an hour later, was
found in five feet of water, wedged in
the cab, with both bands grasping the
throttle of the locomotive. He was
drowned. Stephen J. Reynolds, the fire.
man, was badly bruised and scalded.
He statas that on rounding the curve,
Shipley discovered the wreck, exclaim-
ing:
"Oh! My God
The tracks were torn up for some dis
tsnce, but were speedily replaced, and
the passengers arrived in Baltimore this
afternoon. The train hands state that
there was not time after the first accident
to flag the western train.
The Wounded.
1t is said Clifton Drovcr had his left
eye put out by piece of glass; Martin.
baggage master, had his right ankle
sprained; w. Delbroache, express mes
senger, badly cut about the face and
shoulders by broken glass; United States
mail clerks, Rittenhouso and Waite, were
slightly bruised.
All the mail bags were secured, though
they were thoroughly saturated, but some
letter cases fioated down the canal and
may be recovered at the locks.
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Murder I'm Arkansas.

81. LOUIS, September IA dispstch
from Little Rock says man named
Humphrey, was murdered yesterday in
White county, at the instigation OF re-
liglous fanatic named Cobb.
Later Advices
say that y coroners inquest was held on
the body OF Humphrey, and the jury re.
turned verdict that l.. b. and j. NJ.
Dover, Thomas Gsiney, and John and
Elizabeth Nelson, were guilty as principals
OF the murder of Humphrey, and John
and Lee Dover and Clementine Dover,
gully as accessories. L. B. Dover and
T. Gainey were killed by the posse
that made the arrests. Old Cobb escsp-
ed to the woods and at last accounts had
not been captured. Itsppears that Cobb
came from Michigan, where he taught
his attrocious doctrines till driven out.
He first settled in South Missouri, where
he made few converts and it is said
offered mp Infants as Sacrifices.
He was driven from there and with his
fsnalical followers went TO White county,
Arkansas, and induced few more ignor-
ant people to join them. The accounts
received don't give aay adequate
reasons or cause for the attack
on Humphreys and Blake, and the mur.
der OF the former, but the Cobbites seem
to have been wrought up to q high de-
gree sf religious excitement or frenzy
and were urged by old Cobb, who had
taught his de. uded followers that he was
not only Christ in person, but that be
uttered the DEGREES of God himself, and
that anything they did was devoid of sin.
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THE Hartford Times thus corners its
namesake: "The disreputable New York
Times devotes all its spare time to prov
ing that If Tilden did anything toward
the overthrow of the Tweed ring 1t was
TO make capital for himself. And yet
this same New York Times, les thsn
two years ago, editorialIy remarked, in
respect u this very subject, that mo one
ever Supposed that Mr.. Tilden acted
from interested motives in lSI2I"
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BrIgham's InfeIicifies.

SALT LAKE, September 3.-Thc order
Of July 81, 1876, of Ann Eliza We.
Brigham Young, not having been COM
piled with, it was ordered that the
execution be issued ss was provided in said
order and placed in the hands OF the
proper officer, who attached about
1000 worth Of property, consisting OF
horses, carriages and other goods, 10
satisfy the attachment tor 5000 as
ahmony due the plaintiff.
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Rank Robbers Arrested.

CHICAGO, September Captain Tut
ties detectives have successfully worked
up The case OF bank robbery in Renssler,
Indiana, and arrested three, James Fill
kfns, alias Martin, Martin Davis Of
Chicago and n. V. B. Warner, a saloon
keeper. The burglar had been some weeks
tunnelling under tho bank vault, and
were about to ready take the money when
they were captured. The vault con.
tanned S200,OOO besides valuable securi-
ties. Bill Wray put up the JOB, but WAS
drowned before its completion.
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The Alberto Brothors' steam saw mill,
Jonathan Boynton's lumber yards and
the railroad company's water tank, at
Woodland, Pa, were burned by an in
cendisry, yesterday morning. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
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'ERiSARi PRACTICE

Works on that subject giving concise
and plainly written instructions for the
treatment of all ordinary ailments q sli
Domestic Animals, are constsntly ksDt In
stock, togsther with appropriate Medicine
Chests. These books are specially written
for the Farmers, Stock Raisers or Livery
Stableman's use, avoiding - for - poaal.
ble. all technical terms. For Descriptive
Price List send stamp 70 the BALTIMORE
HOMROPATHIc PHARMACY, LIS We0
Fayetts street. BOERlCkE q TAfEL,
PToprietors- fsb19b
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The Western press wishes it under
stood once for sll that Sitting Bull is not
West Point cadet in disguise; that he
does not speak French; that he resem-
bles neither Napoleon nor Governor Til
den; that he Is not picturesque Logan
or Metamors, pacing with melancholy
mein up and down his wigwsm ana sigh
ing, "Where is the home of my fathers?
but that he is merely dirty, bloody, cut
:hrost Indian, with game leg and an
enormous capacity for whisky.
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Heavy suit.

ST. LOUIS, September 3.-The AtlsptIc
and Pacific Railroad Company brough,
suit against the ST. Louis, Kansas City
and Northern Company for the-com-
plisnce of contract in the matter of pool
ing receipts for treIghts conveyed be-
tween here and St. Joseph msde IT, sep
tenber of last year. Two hundred thou.
sand dollars damages is clsimed
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EASTMAN alone, since he commenced
to ship fresh beef to England last October,
has sent abroad between 5000 and 1900
cattle. He already has II steamers fitted
with patent refrigorators, capable of hold
ing about $50 csrcssses each, snd Is IN
cressing the number; while SamuoIs
Brothers are sending live stock freely,
and Sherman i Glllett are fitting up
steamers as rapidly as possible, in order
TO increase their shipments.
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The San Francisco Races.

SAN Francisco, September 2-1n the
trot at Oakland Park between St. Julien
and Dan VOORHEES, mile heats, three best
in five, purse $4,000, Dan VOORHEES, Won
the first heat in 2:263, and Julien the
next three in 2:25i, 2:30t and 2:293.
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Mr.. PETER COOPER is q very elderly
gentleman. with well preserved mem'
ory. 1t was not necessary to remind him
that he is candidate for the presidency,
so he made speech In New York the
other night for Cooper and Cary, but
skillfully avoided saying whsther he
would or would not be candidate for a
second term.
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fntIu re-.

LONDON. September s. Besides The
failures in the Cleveland iron trade there
has been an unusual Number OF smaller
bankruptcies during the week, the liabili.
ties ranging from $4,000 10 $4,000.
Advices from Dandee report tho clos
ing Of the largest works In that town,
throwing 1000 psrsons oat u employ.
ment.
The Manchester Examiner to-day rs.
ports the failure OF the Straubings, tea
and sugar merC h,nts Of Moscow, Russis.
with large liabilities, OF which $4,000
tall on England. .#"..
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Warrington News.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The Navy
Department has ordered the vessels of
the North Atlantic station To meet at
Port Royal tor drill and inspection by
the Rear Admiral commanding the sta
tion, previous to their distribution among
the West India Islands for winter cruls-
ing. 1t is not the intention of the Secre-
tsry of the Navy to visit Port Royal this
year.
General Babcock IN his annual report
recommends the appropriation by Con
gress of 100000 for the establishment
of geological garden, at the capital,
wherein to gather specimens of all the
animals of the country and such other
varieties as may be deemed best. The
appropriations for the Generals depart
ment were all expended. His estimates
for the fiscal year lS77-ls78 amount to
$4,000. There is no appropriation for
the current gsCal year.
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TuE strange and dreadful story is
IA bv our Ohio correspondent that
c,vsrnor HAYES WAS prevented from
,..Jinc JIM MURPHY, whose horrible
.,p,lon shocked the whole country, by
49,, Interference of one of the secret or
..rizstions on which the Republican
Marty now depends for support.
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Mr. c. f. BUTLER, of Jefferson county,
b.. been nominated by the Democrats
.. State Senator IN that district in place
,f Mr. custom, who has occupied the
,,.i,ion for the past four years. The dis
,-ic, is composed of the counties of Jetier-
IN Berkley ana Morgan. 1t is Democ-
.,,j, so Mr.. BUTLER is pretty certain to
b.. the Senator.
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Closing OF the Danube.

COHsTASTISOPLE, September 2.-The
foreign ambassadors At meeting At the
English embassy agreed upon form
in which the medlstory proposals shall
be conveyed 10 the Porte. The Porte,
disq quieted by Russian news and the in-
fuK OF Russian volunteers INTO Servia,
is considering the advisablity OF closing
the Danube
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Gossip from the Centennial City

PHILADELPHIA, September 3. Mund
i Albrecht's establishment Oh the falls OF
the Schuylkill burned to-day. Loss $4O,-
600; insurance $4,000.
Ex.Secretary Bnstow and family were
among the 58,373 paying visitors at the
exposition yesterday.
The funeral OF kessler or Walker. the
dead prize fighter, TOOK place this after
noon from the residence OF his father.
The neighborhood was crowded with
people, thousands of whom view
ed the remains. Rev. w.
B. Erven, of the Protestant Episcopal
church, conducted the religious services
in the house. The entire route of the
funeral procession was crowded with
men, women and children. Weldon and
Goodwin, his trainer, arrived to-day
from New York in charge OF the police.
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IT is about as fair to say that Governor
Hayes stole dead soldiers money as to
assert that Governor Tilden made false
income returns, under oath. Both state.
ments are bosh, and no sensible man
believes either.
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The l-2 Per Z (enfa-

NEw YORK, September "A London
dispatch says that subscriptions for the
new 4! per cent funding loan are actual
ly coming in from private investors,
banks and insurance companies, both here
snd on the continent
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sub.eript,ons Increasing.

New YORK, September 2.-The syndi-
cate report increasing subscriptions to
the new four and half per cent loan,
some large amounts having been taken
today BY bankers and insurance COM
panies. The cable reports from the other
side liberal subscriptions at London, IN
cluding = number on the continent.
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KesignatioO OfU. y. Marshal Paekar
OFFICE OF U. 5. MARSHAL,
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA,
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3lst. J

To the President of the United States:
The fact that am q candidate for the
Office of Governor in the approaching
election renders it proper that l surren-
der the office of which / sm the incum.
bent. l therefore tender you my resig-
nation of the Office Of United States
Marshal for the District of Louisiana, to
take effect as soon as successor is ap-
pointed and qualified. | avail myself of
this occasion to express my high regard
for you, and my gratitude for the gener-
Gus and assuring confidence which you
have bestowed on me during my Of
fetal relations to the Federal govern.
ment, extending through continued
period of more than seven years, much of
the time under circumstances of extraor-
binary difficulty. In view of my relation
to the impending canvass in this state, l
respectfully suggested that the vacancy
bs filled with rs little delay as is consist
ent with proper selection. l have the
honor to be your obedient servant,
GSigned. I s. b PACKARD,
II s. Marshal.
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IettcrFrom Mr. SEYMOUR.

New YORK, September 3.--The fol-
lowing telegram, published to-day, ex-
plains itself:
UTICA, n. Y. Sept. 2, 1876.
Hon. Charles 4. Dana, EditOr Of the Sun,
Nsl0 York:
shall not accept the nomination. Ny
letter of declinstioa is now in the baOds
of Mr.. Magsne, the chairman OF the State
Committee.
1Signed. HoRATIo SEYMOUR
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,,xG AT wELIsBURG.

Hon. J. H. GooD will address the peo-
~, f Brooke county, at Wellsbarg,
iTrt,-.tsyIevening, September l4th. A
s, meeting may be expected, and those
attend will undoubtedly be we'll re-
, 6r their time and trouble.
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Failure.

NEW YORK, September John T,
Waring & Co, the heaviest hat manu-.
fscturers IN the United States, have fail
ed with their liabilities about 100000
OF which Sl9S,0O0 is due TO banks OF
this city. They employed 700 opera.
tives. The assets are said TO be greatly in
excess of liabilities.
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HORATIO SEYMOUR.
His Acceptance Universally Expect
ed by Democrats.

From Saturdays World.
The following letter reached this office
late last night, agreeing with an earlier
message:
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE,
EVERETT HOUSE. UNION SQUARE,
AND 50 LIBERTY STREET,
New YORK, september i, 1876. J
To tie Editor Of tie WorLd:
SlR:-Tbere is no question at all as to
Governor Seymours acceptance. | have
the most direct advices from Saratoga to.
day.
There will be no formal acceptance
until the committee waits upon the Gov
ernor. Very respectfully,
w =. ANDREWS
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The Greeabaekers.

NEW YORK. September The inde-
pendent greenbsck party of this state
viii hold convention in Albany, Sep
tember 10Th, 10 nOmin ate = slate ticket