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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31
Suicide OF n Bishop.

LONDON, July Sl.-rhe Tunes Inis mOrning
says; The Right Hon. aud Most Rev. samuel
Butcher, ID. ID. p. C., Bishop OF Meath, VINO
mas been suffering from congestion OF the
lungs and bronchitis, became deiirious while
BIS attendants were temporarily absent
saturday morniDg. Upon their return they
found the door locked. When the door yas
DuTst open the bishop was found on the floor
In pool Of blood, with a razor beside him
slip OF paper, on which was written the
single VOID "ms1," lay upon a table. The
oishop was speeches. when found, and ex-
pired shortly afterwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

BOSTON, Mass, July 3I.-Ex-Secretary
brlstow leaves to-day for Vermont 10 take
the stump for Hayes and Wheeler. speakinS
al some OF the larger places ana then will
pass few days in tue White Mountain re-
glon. he Will notsh up his trip in this sec
ton OF New England by a brief tay Al Fsst
Hampton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

AA-'os''-Dy @ANCTbiscueut Oh
the 10th May last proposals were invited for
mail service on seven hundred routes, which
were created by the present Congress Ne arly
SIX thousand proposals have been receive
1udorsed, examined and recorded Toe
awards were male to-day. Mr.. G. L. Hulse.
OF washington, was awarded a number of
routes In Virgin MIA and Maryland. All the
lettings were made at extremely low figures.
THE AVERY PARDON PsrIrroN.-The
President in conversation the other day re-
ferring to the applications for the pardon of
VIM. o. Avery said that the papers in this
case had followed the course or every SINH
lar petition In being referred by him to the
Attorney General and from the bureau of
Justice 10 the district attorney and judge at
81. Louis, as Is the tnvariable course. The
PRESIDENT said such papers never came back
TO him, and he had taken no action what
part OF the attorney general or to interfere In
the slightest degree with the judgment of
that officer In these premises.
PENDLEToN ExoNERATED Chairman
ely mer, OF the Committee on Expenditures
In the War department, has prepared the
report OF the committee. The only portion
OF any interest other than the Belkoap Fort
arrived at by the committee in the case of
George h. Pendletou and the claim he col
lected from the War department on behalf
OF the kentucky Central railroad. The COM
m1ttee Will unanimously report that Pendle-
ton Is guilty of no corruption. Representa-
tive Danford, republican, Will sign this yor-
ton OF the report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

A LAwYER's FLIGHT.-wllliam Henry
Cotterfll, a London lawyer, who has for
some years enjoyed a good reputation, and
whose ONCE was AT No. 81 Naussau street,
having gained the confidence of several
clients. is said TO have decamped recently
with so 600, belonging TO Major Patterson
au ex off1cer OF the British Army. The wine
age passage 10 England on SATURDAY. The
lawy er is said 70 have taken $4,000 with
him.-fN " EygreSs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

SINGULAR DEATH-The Lyncbburp IVA /,
News says: On Thursday last VIM Harms
OF Augusta county. aged twenty-five years,
was engaged In selling beehives In the neigh
boring counties, and went to the vicinity of
McGaheysvtlle, Rockingham. While there
be heard OF tree near that contained q
swarm OF bees, and on finding 1t climbed mn
about twenty-five feet from the ground there
"a nash Of lightning, and he was struck
dead, his body falling to the ground,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

Michael's r. Q. Church, Brooklyn, has be
gun libel suit against Colonel Henry E.
Roehr. proprietor and editor OF the Brooklyn
the complainant alleges he was damaged By
statement In that paper that he had been
expelled from the church and was undt TO
perform ecclesiastical duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31
II II % USE rE!

DO NOT LET
THIS CHANCE SLIP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

1850 CAvALRYMEN WANrED.-The Sec
retary of War has sent to the House OF Rep
resentatives the dispatch OF General Sneri-
dan, Recommending an increase OF the COM
10 one hundred men, as was done for the two
regiments on the Rio Grande, and SUBMITS
an estimate for the number Of men now re-
quired In addition TO the 25 900 which are
now authorized By law. The mum Der which
viii be required to I'LL all the regiments OF
cavalry on the frontier and In Texas, TO the
maximum OF one hundred men to each COM
pany, will be $500, and the expenses there
for q, 634, 700.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

THE WHEAT CROP IN THE VALLEY.-Ths
wheat crop Ia now being threshed, and The
yield In q majority OF cases heard ffUm has
BEFORE the crop was cut. Some Of our far
mers are so much disheartened at the re
peated failures they have met with a. Il
seriously entertain the idea OF abandouips
altogether the growing OF grain, except ~
family.-lC Clarke Vo-l Ob,rlcT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

A YOUNG GIRL KILLS HERSELF WITH
PRUssIc ACID = Miss Lillie Meagher. a
very beautiful young girl, was found dead
In her bed last Friday morning, In her home,
In Jamaica, l.. i. On q small table At her
bedside was q phial. which contained a
quantity of prussic acid. She was only ~
years old, and the only reason that can be
given for her fate is the committal 20 an
inebriate asylum OF q young man TO whom
she was devotedly attached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

WON'T REsIGN.-A few days ago Post
master General Tyner requested the resIgna-
ton of Mr.. Woodward, chief of the special
agents OF the Post Once department, and Fl.
L. Sperry, special agent In charge OF the
stamped envelope manufactOrY. at Hart
ford Conn. Both have refused TO resign, ana
Will be removed Woodward has been eleven
yeers in the setvice of the Post Office DEPART
ment. SpeTry is part owner with ex- POST
master General Jewell OF the Hartford Eren-
f1!O Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

Syas. II. Binford, superintendent of pub-
lie schools OF Richmond, Va, died yesterday
morning at the Red Sulphur Spring, w. Va.
~Says an Omaha obituary: "He was a
and systematic drinker.n
substitution and distress have been
more prevalent among the poor OF Brooklyn
ana Pittsburg the present summer than at
any tme during the past winter.
SLord Levitt, OF England, Who accompa-
MED the Prince OF Wales to India, and the
Count and Countess Won Arnims Of Berlin,
are ~ Montreal.
~The coal miners Of St Cleir and 1edi-
urday md resolved that amer August they
win not mine coal for lees than three eeuts
per busheL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

THE INDIAN WAR.-Tne Senate to-day
Iassed bill increasing the companies OF the
I'd, Sd, 4tb, 5th, and It'll cavalry regiments,
low operating against the Sioux to 100 men
each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

CHANGE OF SUPERVISING ARCHIrECr-
The resignation OF Supervising Architect
Potter has been requested by the President
The opinion generally prevails that dr.
Aullett is TO be reinstated, he having
shown exceptional capacity in managing
the affairs OF that office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

A FRIEND OF PRESIDENT GRANT is au-
thority for the statement that he proposes
TO take the matter of his vindication, against
the testimony of ex-Solicitor Wilson, In his
own hands, and that he Is preparing a state
menf TO show, as he believes, that BrlstOw
and Wilson entered into q conspiracy to In
jure him, so that Bristow might be promi-
nently before the public as a Presidential
candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

PERsoNAL.-Prof. Seelye accepts the
presidency Of Amherst college for q salary of
$1,000, and will continue the duties of pro-
lessor of mental and moral philosophy, and
have the liberty to complete his present term
In Congress. '."Chief Justice Waite and
hls wife are at Avon Springs, n. Y. mr..
Bristow will soon resume the practice OF law
In Louisville, Ky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

JUDGE WYLIE's CAsE.-An attorney from
baltimore named Mullins this morning
r1a1e the argument before the special COM
r3ittee investigating Judge Wylie, In sup
Tort OF the allegations charged against that
official by \. Grant, OF this city. The COM
I1ittee viii endeavOr 20 report this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
after our report closed Saturday, the consid-
GRAFTON OF the reports OF the Committee on
Naval Affairs as the unfinished business was
resumed ,ihe minority report being supported
bJ Messrs. Danford, Garfield, Hale, Fry,
Kelley, Harris and kasson, and the majority
report by MessIs. Mills and Willis. With
out con- ing to col clusion, the matter went
over till to day. The evening session was for
debate only on the internal revenue bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

REQUESTED TO REsIGN-Mr. George II.
Cowell, chief clerk of the Post Office DEPART
n,ent. has been requested by Postmaster
General Tyner to hand in his resignation,
or Two. The report that his resignation was
called for on the personal grounds that he
was friend OF Mr.. Jewell, Is denied by Mr..
Post Office department holds q confidential
relation with the Postmaster General, and
that he has right to choose who shall oc-
cupy that position, and that this is his ONLY
reason for the action. 1t is expected that this
change will be followed by several more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and GOSSIP,
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Inter-
Ial revenue s65I $3.50 4s; customs, $50 ,7s2. GO.

No MEETING Of the conference committee
en- the legislative appropriation bill was
Ted this morning, but 1t Is quite probable
one viii be held to night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.-The
Senate Committee on Appropriations held a
meeting to-day TO reconsider the river and
harbor appropriation bill, which was recon-
United several days ago, their Instructions
being to bring the total amount appropriated
within s., 600 coo, the amount as reported by
the committee having been about 81 900 OOJ
The committee finished the considers alton of
the bill this morning, and 1t will be again
reI orted either TO day or To- morrow.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

JEKYLL's JoKEs.-Erskine. says the
New Quarterly Magazine, who was always
very fond OF talking about himself, was
once paDegyrising his own humanity.
"For instance" said he there Is my dog {;
msh Msh % bs s9 Rppy Rs byDRy m tie fs ofer Like the
Indian, wish that wherever | may go,
my faithful dog shall bear me company"
And corfoundedly unlucky dog he
would be" muttered Jekyll.
Erskine, when at the bar, once complain
ed to Jekyll that he had pain in his
bow els for which he could get no relief.
I'm give you an infallible specific said
Jekyll. Get made Attorney-General. my
friend, and then you'll have no bowels
at all
Il hear" said a friend, that our friend
Smith. the attorney, is dead, and leaves
scarcely any effects 1T could scarcely
be otherwise" said Jekyll, "he had SO
few causes"
An attorney named Else, rather dlminu-
tive in his stature. and not particularly
respectable In his character, once mel
Jekyll. Sir" said he. Il hear you have
called me a pettifogging scound-el. Have
YOU done so, sir ?'' "Sir" said Jekyll, witt
a look of contempt, Il never said yot
were pettifogger, or scoundrel; but
said you were little Else
| Jekyll could be coarse and impertinen
enought at times. A Welsh judge. motor
! ious for his greed of office and his want o
| personal cleanliness, was once complain
| iny of being neglected. "My dear sir,
said Jekyll in his most amiable tones
"you have asked the Minister for alInos
everything else. why don't you ask hir
for piece of soap and nail-6rushF
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07
Vol. XXI. Whole No. 1927, No, 36.
One Of Tilden's Bubbles Punctured.

The Chicago Inter- Ocean thus complete
ly takes the wind out of one Of the pet
hobbies in Tilden's letter:
We never saw a man so full OF plans as
our good Mr.. Tiden. He has one plan
simple and effectual, for resumlng specie
payments He has another equally as novel
for paying the public debt. We have Civ
en- the former; let US state the latter,
which is 80 exceedingly simple and plain
that child might grasp it. I'VE are pay
ing, says Mr.. Tilden, IS and Q per cent,
interest on our debt. A saving Of per
cent in interest on the whole debt would
amount to $1,000, 900 per anuum. Iu-
vest that saving Ia per cent, and in
thirty eight years you have the entire Or
ignal debt paid without lifting a finger"
Without here and now questioning Mr..
Iilden's figures, hwicb we may have oc-
casion to do hereafter, we express our sur
prise that he did not calculate on a basi.
of9 per cent. and thus pay the debt twice
as quick. When one Is engaged in this
business he might as well get through
with it rapidly. But suppose we apply
Mr.. 1flden's calculation to something that
has already been done. He will perhaps
be amazed, and the people who believe In
him will perhaps be gratifed to learn that
his plan has been long time in operation,
and that according to his calculation the
debt must soon be wiped. Since Grant has
been President over $500, 100000 of the
public debt has been paid, and the interest
has been reduced from $50 900 900 in 1865
to 100000 900 in 1876. Fifty million year
ly have thus been saved, and have gone In
to the pockets of the people in the shape
of reduced taxation. 1t has no doubt been
Invested where 1t pays more than l-2 per
cent? but even calculating at the latter rate
will Mr.. Tilden tell us how soon the debt
will be liquidated by his saving7 II gain
of Sl7 ,000,0 900 will do 1t in thirty-eight
years ought not saving Of $4,000 900 to
do it in little over one-third of that time,
and isn't that debt therefore pretty near
paid already! We look anxiously for an
other revelation from this great financier.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

If you will make nue happy by giving
me your name
She laughed and showed her pretty teeth
then brighter, happier light sprang into
her eyes as Tom Spencer rushed up and
caught both her hands.
'Florrie! Halo, Revlington! you by this
train?
Mr.. Remington bowed dignifedly, and
'Florrie' turned her bright, laughing face
to him.
Mr.. Revlington has been very good to
me, Tom, Introduce me, won't your
Tom laughed-more at the odd expires.
sion Of Mr.. Revlington's face than anything
else.
'Of course. with pleasure. Mr.. Rev.
lington, this is Mrs. Estcourt, known more
famillarly as Florrie to me, who has come
to visit my family, prior to making one OF
It in a.few weeks. You'll get cards, Gus,
In good time
And yeu'l be sure to come, Mr.. Rev
linston? do hope you W Ill take my ad-
vice about the sweet girl you were speak
ing Of, and thanks for your Kindness. I'm
quite ready, Tom. dear
Mr.. Revlington bowed mechanically and
watched them walk off,w more of home
sick pain in his heart than had ever effect
ed 1t before.
Then he went about his business like
sensible man, and by time the bewitchng
widow wrote her name Florrie Spencer he
had come to the conclusion that perhaps
after all, Tom had The worst Of it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

LEB. CRU MMET LLHs-. ..-y -.
eggs be rotten at break fast, your meat
spoil before dinner, and you go supperless
to bed.
May the bed bugs pull the comforts over
your head on hot nights, and walk of with
every rag of bed-clothes in the winter,
May your wife be cross, your servant
girl prudish, and your neishbor's fences
high.
May your dreams be varied between the
embrace of crocodiles and the acting
back stop of mule.
May you hsve steel filings In your eyes,
and obliged to use chestnut burs for eye
stones.
MAY you be speechless and be Obliged to
shout for cocktail"
May the ghost of starving editors and
printers devils, gaunt, lean and hungry
haunt you constantly.
May your boots squeak and run down at
the heel, and pinch your corns terribly.
May your horse be balky, your cow give
sour milk, your chickens get lousy, and
your pigs have the scurvey.
May your creditors never let up on you
your friends be sent to an insane asylum,
and your enemies prosper
May your wife run OF with aeircus, your
business 20 TO ruin, and you 20 to
Chicago, = Union Springs Gala. Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

-Ex-Gov. Underwood Of Burlington.
VT, says of Mr.. Tilden's opposition to the
war:
II heard him declare, in conversation
with myself, near the close OF the war,
that everv man of the United States Army,
that marched across Southern soil was
a trespasser, and liable to suit for damages,
in an action for trespass. | asked him II
he undertook to talk such treason as that,
and if it was his opinion, as lawyer. that
this Government could enlist men, put arms
in their hands, and send them to the pro-
lection of the Government against rebels,
and then furnish tribunals to try its own
soldiers as trespassers-and he said that it
was"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07
I2I3I4I5I6I7IsI9II0IlI 10 II

Now, says she, ''if two of you gentle
men will 90 in No. bedroom and wait
few minutes IN find spare room for you
as soon as have shown the others TO their
rooms" Wen, now, having bestowed two
gentleman in No. l. she puts the third in
No. 2 the fourth in No. 3, the fifth in No 4,
the sixth In No. 5, the seventh in No. 6,
the eighth in No. I, the ninth in No. s,
tenth in No. Q, the eleventh Ia No. 10.
She then came back to No. l, where you
will remember she had left the twelfth gen
tleman alone with the hrst, and said, I've
accommodated all the rest, and have
still a room to spare; so II one OF you will
step into No. il, you will find It empty"
Thus the twelfth man got his bedroo IN.
OF course there is hole in the saucepan
somewhere, but leave the reader to deter
mine exactly where the fallacy Is, with
just warning to think twice before declar-
ing as to which, if any, of the travellers
was the odd man out"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07
TAKE The PAPER-Read what Holmes

TAKE The PAPER-Read what Holmes
SAYS, ponder and-pay up.
why don't you take the papers? They're
the delight of my life, except about cleo
ton time. and then | read for spite. Sub
scribe; you can't lose a cent; why should
you be afraid? Cash thus spent is money
lent at interest. four-fold paid. Go then,
and take the papers and pay to-day, no
pay delay; and my word inferred, you'll
live until you're gray. An old neigbor of
mine. while dying of cough, desired to
hear the news before going of. | took
the paper and read of some new pills in
force; he brought box-and he Is dead?
No-hearty as horse. knew two men
as much alike as e'er you saw two stumps;
and no phrenologist could find difference
In the bumps. One takes paper and
his life is happier than kings his children
could all read and write, and talk of men
AMI things. The other took no paper, and
while strolling through the wood, a tree
fell down and killed him-very good. Had
he been reading the news at home like his
neigbor jim, I'll bet cent that accident
would not have happened TO him; for he
who takes the paper, and pays his bills
when due, can liys " isrlter, iae pet33S6e with "'4
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

SAMUEL j. TILDEN.-The Democratic
platform Of 1864 declared the war failure,
and advised dlsgraceful surrender. The
people spurned the advice, and defeated
the ticket that approved it. Yet twelve
years after the man who wrote the treason
able resolution and was instrumental in
the platform is put forward by the same
party he then served as candidate for
President of the United States. His name
is Samuel J. Tilden. Can any man who
has spark of patriotism in his breast sup
port such man for the nation? He wal
untrue in time of the war. Can be b
trusted In time of peace.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

-ACCIDENT.-The Argus says that an
Indian attempted to get on to the in train
on the Maine Central at Morrilrs Corner
but he missed his hold on the railing and
tell between the depot platform and cars,
striking his head on one Of the boxes and
throwing his body onto the track. The
wheels of the car struck the back OF his
head, but fortunately instead ofpassing
over and crushing it. pushed it of the
rail, so that the man escaped with several
deep cuts.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

They were talking Of death when
one man asked: What were his last
words? He didn't say anything" was
the reply" That's just like him. said
the man, with an approving nod. "There
was no gas about him. He was all busi-
ness"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

A young man asked young lady her
age. she replied: SIX times seven and
seven times three added to my age win ex-
ceed six times nine and four, as double my
age exceeds twenty The young man said
he thought she looked older.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-07

AN OLD But GOop PUZzLE.-The old
puzzle in which the chambermaid put
twelve travellers into eleven rooms, and
gave them separate room, is going round.
Here We have the eleven separate bed
rooms.