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MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

The Boards Of Commissioners appointed by
the Methodist Episcopal Churches, North and
South, to remove all obstacles to fraternity be.
tween the two bodies, have, after a session OF
nearly two weeks at Cape May, n. Y, arrived
at an understanding which will result il, the
complete reunion Of the two branches OF this
great religious sect.
President Grant visited the Centennial last
week.
The funeral obsequies of Hon. Michael G.
Kerr, at New Albany, Ind, on the 25tb Of
August were of an imposing character. All
the business houses in the city were closed a.
token of respect to the dead Speaker. and
nearly the entire population followed the re-
mains to the grave. Among the attendants ON
the ceremonies were Gov. Hendricks and SOW
eral State officers, and large number OF cit
liens Of Indiana Gen. II. Keen and stafr. Of
the Department Of the South, and a number of
citizens of Kentucky.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has ust
issued an order relative to the postage ON
printed matter. A circular was issued July
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

Mrs. Paulina Wright Davis, widely known
from her connection with the so-called
womans rights movement, died in Providence.
r. l., last week.
Counsel Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in the
suit for alleged malicious prosecution brought
by Francis ID. Moulton, have served upon the
latters counsel notice Of application for a
change Of venue on the ground that the selec-
ton Of an impartial jury in Brooklyn is impos-
sible because OF the great divisions Of public
opinion among those from whom the jury would
have to be selected.
T. Dulitch, the most extensive boot and shoe
manufacturer in Buffalo, has gone into bank
ruptcy.
A New York lawyer, named William Henry
Cotterlll, has taken a change Of venue to Lon
don with $1,000 which he swindled his clients
Of.
The Sprague print-mills in Maine, Massa-
chusetts, and Rhode Island which have been
lying idle for some time past, will all resume
within a few days, stocks having become suffi-
ciently reduced to warrant this course.
Five members of the Molly Mcguire society
have been sentenced to death at Pottsvile, Pa,
Tor the murder of Policeman Yost.
West.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey will begin their
great revival in Chicago on the 1st of October
Dispatches from the army operating against
the Sioux Indians seem to leave little doubt
that active field operations are about over for
the season. and that the campaign will end
without intlicting any direct punishment upon
the savsges for the butchery of Custer and
his men. Gen. Miles, at last accounts, was en-
gagged in constructing wiuter quarters for
regiment or two at the junction of Tongue
river with the Yellowstone, aud it was
considerd possible that he might pick
up fght with portion, at least.
Of the wild bands who are supposed to be
pushing toward the Canadian border But the
probability of anything OF this kind is slight.
The pursuit Of the principal trails of the savage
hosts had failed, though further efforts were to
be made to run down some Of the bands. II
these do not succeed, Terry's force will turn
their faces eastward, leaving strong garrison
at the Tong1e river post, while Crook, it is un-
derstood, will follow the trails leading to the
agencies, beat up the camps of the predatory
bands who infest the Black Hills roads and
move generally southwark in the direction of
Fetterman. The cut-throat savages who left
the agencies are supposed to be ALL or nearly
all ct home again, or on their way thither.
while Sitting Bull and the untameabIes will
get out Of the way northward by the best routes
open to them.
At Republican meeting in Raymond, Mont
gomery county, Kan, few evenings ago.
key Of powder accidentally exploded while
firing salute, and John Banze was instantly
killed. and Joseph Dodson, James Sharp and
Sylvester Kesslinger MORALLY wounded. On
the same day Mrs. Issender and Mrs. Wright
were thrown out Of buggy while riding in
Louisburg, Kan, and killed.
A shocking tragedy was recently enacted near
Greenfield, Ind. A man named Jeremiah Reedy
had fight with his son James, which ended in
the father killing the son. The young man
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was lying on the floor In the front
door, when the old man commenced
striking him with buggy whip.
Some words ensued, when they got into the
front yard, when . desperate encounter took
place. the old man striking his son on the head
with the edge of sharp Ak, inficting CHASTITY
wound, from the effects Of which he died in
about two hours. As usual in such cases,
whisky was the cause of the difficulty.
1t is reported that large fur-dealer in Win
nipeg, Manitoba. has closed a contract with
Sitting Bull for q, 900 pounds of rife powder,
to be paid for in furs during the coming
winter.
Ohio is literally overrun with tramps. Six
teen of them, each armed with new corn
cutter, recently boarded a train ON the Atlantic
and Great Western railroad at Lewisburg,
Champaign county, about IL o'clock lat night.
They hacked the bell-cord in two, and probably
intended to extend their operations, but upon
being discovered by the conductor who called
to his assistance the train men and the passen-
gers, they were dropped of in corn field. The
raiload men being well armed, saved trouble.
There was an exciting yacht race at Chicago,
last week, between the Canadian yacht Ina
and the Frolic, Of Chicago. The latter won by
a close shave.
A fire in the southern portion Of the city of
San Francisco, few nights ago, destroyed
half million dollars worth of property and
rendered over 200 poor families homeless.
south.
A rotten bridge gave way beneath passen-
ger train on the New Orleans and Jackson rail-
road, eight miles south of Jackson, Miss, one
night last week, and made complete wreck Of
the train. A summary of the casualties is as
follows: One tramp, stealing passage
killed; two passengers mertally wounded, and
ten injured, but none dangerously.
The Carolina rice crop of 1876 promises a
yield in excess of that of any previous year.
The city OF Savannah, Ga, has been visited
by disastrous conflagration. Four six.story
story and three fve-story buildings in the
business pant Of the city were burned. Loss,
5000, 900.
The grasshoppers have made their appear
ance in Georgia and are creating consterna-
ton among the farmers. They are described
as three inches long, brown in color, with
prodigious mouths. The cotton and corn in
some sections is suffering sadly from their
depredatons.
State Tax Collector Yates, Of st. James Par
ish, La, has been arrested, and is now in
prison, charged with being defaulter to the
State for over $4,000.
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part Of the label. A Ccroner's jury decided
that he came to his death by poison, self-ad~
mlnistered.
The Commissioner of Railroads of Michigan
has just published his fourth annual report,
covering the year 1875. The report contains
few items of interest The gross annual earn
ings of the several lines operated In the State
were Sal .0S5, 220.54, q decrease from the pre-
vious year Of "A, slS. $40. 10. The Commissioner
says last year was the most severe in it's re-
suits to the Michigan railroad interests Of any
through which they have yet passed. For the
first time in the history Of these railroads, the
operating expenses, interest and rental have
resulted not from q decrease Of business, but
from the very low rates accepted for the bust
ness done.
MASON county has six townships about fifteen
miles east OF Ludington, which only short
time since constituted an Indian reservation.
On the south side of the Pere Marquette river
is well-established Indian village, with many
of the appointments Of civilized life. Along
the line Of the Flint and Pere Marquette rail-
road, north Of the river, quite number of the
Indian families have availed themselves OF the
last opportunity to pre-empt eighty-acre tracts.
Among the people OF this settlement is an ex-
tremely aged Indian. IL is claimed by the
members of the tribe that he is 100 wears OF
age. This statement is dscredited somewhat,
as an instance Of unreliable aboriginal mathe-
MATES, but there are good reasons for consid-
ering him LOG years old, and perhaps more.
His name is Oshing coke pronounced Oshing-
gokay).
AN Eaton Rapids correspondent writes to a
Detroit paper the particulars of family quar-
rel which occurred there a few DAYS ago. in
which one OF the participants nearly lost her
life. Two brothers, John and Almond Green,
who reside not far apart and few miles north
OF that place, became engaged in dispute,
which became 80 earnest that Almond ordered
his brother from the house. John refusing to
go, was threatened with loaded rifle. This
frightened the wives Of the brothers who were
witnessing the scene, and each lady took up
the cause OF her husband and the fight became
general. The gun, which was thrown and
knocked about promiscuousy was at last dis
charged the ball entering the leg of Mrs. AL
mond Green and making an ugly wound. DIR.
Knight, who was called, pronounced her a
cripple for life.
The following is the result of the labors O
the State Board of Equalization. This state
ment shows the population for 1874, number OF
acres OF land assessed in 1876, and the aggre-
gate of real and personal estate as equalized by
the State Board Of Equalization for 1876:
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Flying Machine.

An engineer in San Francisco recent
ly exhibited to the Academy of Sciences
a flying machine, which he hoped to test
practically before many days. He cal
cnlated its rate of flight from 100 to $50
miles per hour, and thought it would be
possible to cross the continent in it in
day. Buoyancy is derived from extern
ded aerial plane sarface, and great pow.
er is furnished by wings rapidly re.
volved and propellers astern. The pro-
pellers can be operated with either re-
verse or forward movement, aud with a
rudder or tail-piece. Steam Will be used
as motor.
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10. 1876 directing that postage on printed
matter, including books, blanks, charts, ETC..
be paid at the rate of cent for every two
ounces or fraction thereof. In the last order
this Is revoked, ~ the Postmaster General de-
cided that the term printed matter" rs used
in the act approved July IL, 1876. did not in
clude blank books, blanks, charts, etc. This
class OF matter, therefore, is liable to the old
rate OF postage Of cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof.
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which that idea is declared erroneous.
The former declares that during his
whole life, and until after the second
petition of Congress- in 1775, he never
heard any American of any class of any
description express wish for the indie
pendence of the colonies.
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DID she not return your love 2" in
CURED sympathizing friend of young
man who intimated that he had had some
difficulty with his sweetheart. Yes.
she returned it, and that it is exactly
what the trouble is. She said she didn't
want it,"
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SAYS the New York Express. "Nine-
ty-nine out of hundred readers be-
lieve that the idea of American indie
pendence was implanted in the minds
of the people long before the breaking
out of the revolutionary troubles. Let
tiers have lately been published, written
by John Jay and ex-President John
Adams, more than fifty years ago, in
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Except Bangor; not reported for that
township.
(i) Attached to Antrim. (u) Part of HouRhton
Q) Attached to Midland. (bb) Part of Iosco
(ee) Part of Keweenaw.
, 1876-10-31

Gov, HENDRICKS missed fino opporiu.
nifty last evening. In tho presence Of tho
largest Democratic gathering Of tho cam.
paign lso might liavo offered some explana.
tion Of tho misery and ruin that those poor
German miners in California suffered at his
hands, but l,e WIS silent on the subject; he
might have alluded to TINT indianapolis
wnter-works job, the bal otlor Of which
still clings to his skirts, but ho sail
nothing about it. 1t would also havo
been interesting, in connection with
his remarks about the advantages Of ~
change" if llo hal stated how ho expects cor
rupt old Tammany HILL and the hungry
Solid South to reform anything; how he
looks for honest government md m in,-
proved condition Of political morals at tho
Lands of tho Now York nlanipulators Of
fraudulent registration and naturalization
md tho Philadelphia forgers Of bogus tax
receipts. These are matters which Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice. -Prcsidsn. would tlo
we'll to devote some attention to III speech
to Il Chicago audience, to tllo exclusion Of
tho stale clap-trap which tic 1udiaua deu.a-
gogue rchaslcd last evening"
, 1876-10-31

Citlzons Of Chicago ought not to need to
10 reminded. In tho light Of tho experience Of
tho last two yoars, Of tho i1nportnnc, Of hav-
ing man in tho Office Of Sheriff who has no
nfiinity with tho hummer and criminal class,
Tho Office OF Sheriff is Of tho utmost i,npor-
tance to decent and orderly execution of tho
laws. The character Of the Shorif Ia reflect
cd in tho character Of tho iuon who servo on
tho jurios Of tho nino civil courts of this
county and who docido nil controversies bc-
tween litigants. lIo is also lnrgely RESPONSE
bio for tho character Of tllo grand nntl petit
jurors who servo in tho Criminal Court. Tho
Jail during tho last two yoara has boon l;ttlo
more than placo Of temporary imprison-
mont, tho prisoners going out Whenever they
pleased, singly or IN platoons. There is
room for large reforms in tho shosia's Office,
md there Is no person in the county bettor
adapted to accomplish those reforms thnn
hlr. CLouuu, He Inns the ability and tie
courage necessary for faithful performance
of tho dutics, and at tho samo time elevate
tho whole character OF tho sheriG's Office.
md of the way iu which tho public business
is done.
, 1876-10-31

Ono weak from to-lay tho American pco-
ple will visit tho polling-p!acoa 10 cloct n
President aud Vicc-Prcsitleat nml threo-
fonrths Of tue, monlbers of tho next House of
Representatives. Tie political campaign is
therefore drawing 10 close. FROM months
1t has been reduced to weeks, and from
weeksto days There rornnins only tiu,o for
"1ast appeals" aud the work Of committees
to got tho voters to tho polls, md
their votes into tho boxes. Tlera
woro cast in 1872 for GRANT and GREELEY,
G,43t, 149 votes. Tlero will be Gust for
HAYES and T1pEN over 100000. Tho
number would be considerably larger than
1t will bo il all the colored voters were al-
lowed to approach the polls but in snch
States rs Goorgia, Alabama, Toxas, aud Mis-
sissippi comparatively fow Of tho co1orel
Republicans will 10 permitted Ly tho Con-
felerates to vote. With fair election, held
without intimidation, tho Republicans would
curry l,alt Of the Southern States. As mat-
teEs aro being conducted down therc, it is
doubtful II thoy carry mora than two OF
tlree,
, 1876-10-31

hlr. llESpE1cEs was 20 prcoccupied last
night i'll abusing Tho Republicans tl.at hu Ind
10 time to expluin w!.nt "rcform eyer e1ua-
mated from Taninany iIali. lie forgot also
to Inform his audience that s. j. T.LpEv, tho
Observation-Disclosures canslitlato for presi~
dent, lind bcen one Of tho chiefs Of Tam,nnny
liall for upwards of u quarter Of century,
mud fur several years past has been ti.e Head
contro thereof. aIr. 1lESpRtoKs neglected,
furthermore, to explain, t:st T1pgx learned
his po'it'cn1 tricks in Tamuany Hull: and,
If ho 10 elected President, Tanmany Hall
will bo removed to Washington, lcaying q
branch Of tho concern in Rev York. When
Ta'nmany anu the confeilcrates laeet nt the
Capitol, they will reform things with ven
geAncu.
, 1876-10-31

From reports received by tho National Re-
publican Congressional Committee III wash
ington from various Btate Central Commit
tees, great contiaeucu is folt In tho election
OF HAYES aud WHEELER. There is an oxcel.
lent prospect TINT tho Solid South will provo
70 DO anythlng but solid for T1LuEN, anil tl,at
i'll South carolina, North Caroliua, Florida,
anu Louisiana the Republican electoral
ticket will bo successful. From tho Pa
cli'c Slope con.o confident assurances with
regard to California md Oregon; Iuai-
ana III counted upon by tho Republicans
Of tho State to reverse tho yorlict in Octo-
ber; BEN WADE Puts down Ohio u. ~, 600
majority for HAYES; things look very bright
IN New Jcrsey and Connecticut, aud in New
1ofk tue confidence Of tho Republicans in.
ereases .'aily. Such il tie outlook at WISH.
lugton, in tho light OF the most accurate. 70.
llable, aud trustworthy Information possible
to be obtained.
, 1876-10-31

shir with tho Solid South, to pnt In opcre.
ton Mr. TlLnEs's "wisc finance" Having
robletf antl ptundcrcd tllcso two |nrgo n,ullio-
il'alities, md imposed an annunl tax nv.
craging $40 per fa1nily to pay tho interest OH
tho debt, tho heformer asks to havo Tan-
nnny Ilall, Of whicl, ho Inns boen so long tho
chief, put In charge Of tho Nationnl Govern
nlcnt.
Tho evil Of T11pEN's manner Of Govern.
mont has not boon confined to tho Cities OF
l'rooklyn aud Now York. Tho example Inns
found i'nitators In all pnrts Of tho country.
Every gang Of corruptionists In every other
city, inspired by tho SUCCESS Of T1LpEx's
policy md infringement In Now York, has
attempted, with moro or loss SUCCESS, tho
satuo business. It is to T1LpES mud Tn,ntnn-
ny HILL TINT tho country is indebted for tho
policy under which tho municipal debsa Of
tho United stntcs havo been swollen to their
present magnitude. 11o taught them how
to got money to spend by selling bonds.
undor this rninous Tammnny system tho
municipal bonds md indebtedness in Illinois
is now abont $4,000, 600, mud, had 1t not
been for the now Constitution, would havo
been twico TINT sum. That policy, go sue
ccssf1lly practiced in New York md initial
cd elsewhere, has placel mortgage on ov-
cry mans homestead, lot, farm, live stock,
md implements Of trado,.-a mortgage which
is present enormous tax for interest,
md which It will tako several generations 10
pay off nnd discharge.
Wo submit whether T1IpEAia SUCCESS rs q
manager Of political Government during tho
twenty-five ycara Of his rule III Now York
mud Brooklyn Is Of TINT character which
commonls linn anG his friends OF Tanlnany
Hall rs tho men WHO arc to reform the
abuses of Government, reduce expenditures,
reduce taxation. md put tho administration
OF tho Government on q wise, economic, mud
reformed basis?
, 1876-10-31

The Cntlsolic bishop LYNCH, of Charleston,
who certities TINT all ia peace and harmony
between The whito Confederates mud the COL
ored Republicans Of South CnroIiua, is the
same Disl,op LYNCH who, in 1861, when tho
Rebel calinon wcro loaded and sighted for fir
lug on Fort Sunltor, Issued M nl.lrcss asss,r.
ing tho people Of tho North TINT South Caro-
lin" WIZ peaceful and orderly, and loyal to
the National Government. Bishop LYNCH ia
about as nuar right now MI he was fifteen
yee.S Qf.Q
, 1876-10-31
in gold would buy slo9.75 in grconbacks at

It will not fail Of observation, as sigrlif-
cant circumstance in connection with tho
extraordinary zeal manifested by Southern
Congressman in telcgraphtng their approval
of T1LpEN's letter oil Confederate War.
clafn1s, that, with scarcely an exception,
cach Que Of these Congressman Mt tho INIT
session Of Congress introduced from ono
10 dozen bills for the payment
Of Wnr-claims. The proof is found III
tho pagos Of tho Congressional! Record;
but 1t wil1 probably bo urged in explanation
TINT these bills wero iu support Of claims for
loss and damage Suffered" not "incurretl,"
by tho various claimants during tho War.
Tint there is perfect understanding among
these Southern Congressman MS 10 the trr,o
meaning aud intent Of T1LpEN's declaration
on llo subject Of claisns, no ono chi doubt.
, 1876-10-31

In weok FROM to-day President will be
elected and an Administration chosen. The
Government will DO contdcl to Gov. HAYES
and tho National Union party; or it will
pass into tie hands Of TtLpEN, Ta1nmany
Hall, and tho Solid South. Arc there any
Republicans who really and sincerely bolieyo
TINT tho Government Of tho American 1ac-
public will bo hotter administered by TIL
DEN, Iamnany Hall, aud tho Solid South,
than by Gov. HsEs aud tho Republican
pasty2 What "refonns do they antici-
pate will issno from Tan,many lIall, and
what from tho Confederate holders OF two
thousand millions of Southern rlaius2
, 1876-10-31

ri the pcorlo l,as loen reduced H'JUO,-
100000 per year.
In tho Inst ton years tho Government has
not only lived within ita income, but l,ns
ina'le MI average annual sayingof $780,
142,1Sf, which 1t has applied on tho
public debt.
In tho Inst ten years tho public credit Inns
t'con appreciated from tho salo Of g per cont
gold bonds for t1cpreeiatctl grccnbacks to tho
really salo of u per cent bonds abovo pnr IN
gold.
The business men of tho country, whothcr
lagmocratic ur Republican In their political
affiliations, do not want any chaugo in tho
policy which Inns brought nbout these results.
They prefer to trust its continuance to the
party TINT Inns heretofore maintained 1t rather
tllan experiment with pnrty bcsct by hun.
cry politicians md greedy spcculatora, North
and South. Tile business inon Of New York
City have subortlinated all partisan consider
ntions to this common mud rila1 interest In
tho commercial prosperity which rests upon
tho political honesty, national integrity, md
conservative administration Of tho Govorn:
'ncnt. They cannot faco tho danger Of re-
1ewcl spccnlationH on tho Government
credit, nor rnn tho risk Of rcpudiation from
any iarty. They haye too much at stnke, and
they l1avo found their Senses and rallied
their forces in ti1no to avcrt 1t, just as
they did four years ago. They do not
want to 60 through the orlenl Of another
panic to give tho South tho benefit Of dc.
yelopn,ont Mt Government exnonEe nn1
, 1876-10-31

It will be received with q feeling Of relief
that II. Du Bous1EnAnn, tlIe Ohiot Com,nis-
sioneE Of France ut tho Centennial EXPOSE
tion, las made public statement to tho cf-
feet TINT the recent LITTER purporting to l.aye
been written by him, setting forth TINT tue
Americans burned buildings containing
Trench goods aud robbed the cases, aud lnak-
lug charges equally falso, baso, mud ,na-
lcious, is u pure fabrication. It IL difficult
To comprehend tho motive Of the malicious
scoundrel who forged this letter, unless It
were somo eneny Of Ii. Du sohMEa4Hp, who
sought to prejudice him in tho eyes OF Amer
icaus. Any other motive would 10 supreme
ly stupid, since tho relations between tue
French and American people hayo always
bcou too corliAl to admit oven Of suspicion
, 1876-10-31

tr,
lhc following, which tets the cat m, ~ H.,
~ tL, C1.,.'.'", rs p'o',sut 70 Inc editor
~ .uo etc3e4a'io d1eFdtd ny lgily-tcspectal]e
business tIr1n In TINT CITY. Tho JE,rot} sor. ~
H., o. ~ s-..,, poa,''a'hea "NeW York,
oct' "a, 1oectncf Will the original letter /, In
its possession It will be ercn hv H. .s.' "
srrint tl,ut tl,o ,vrtt,r i,,1 ,r.,.. - sne p"sl-
',s sas tAo "i'tGa NJ ""d "''tteh to Cleveland
Apo1lt slIlpinehte. The supposftE0n OF tlte fir,
receiving the letter is Tint ronnuuc,tr ,,'. n'A.
aI,;rr,ort, v,. .1..aI T.. ''N''' ''''o" aip9ut
ehiP''e''ts WIS Piaeed III tho wrong envelope
atld went to Wisconsin, whilst the lcttcr tuts,d.
ct1 fnr tl,n 1V{so,,,,i,, ,,r.,..,. " " '~h'''