The Lake County star., 1876-06-08

OF the preservation OF the pubic /
faith and credit, and the honest pay
ment of the public debt; that we are in favor
OF the assumption Act OF January. 1875,
but inasmuch as the National Convention of
the Democratic party is to be held within
the next thirty days, we deem 1t inexpedient |
to adopt any resolutions respecting the cur |
rency or finances of the country, but refer |
the same to such Convention, hereby pledg- |
ing ourselves to support its platform, and to |
give the electoral ticket Of Missouri for its
nominee" A resolution instructing the
delegates to labor and vote for Hendricks in
the National Convention for President was
offered, but the Convention refused even to
allow 1t to be read. Great confusion pre-
vailed, but order was finally restored,
aud the Convention quietly adjourned........
The Tennessee Democrats demanded, in the
resolutions OF their Convention, the uncon-
ditional repeal Of the Resumption Act the
substitution Of treasury notes for national
bank currency at the earliest moment prac-
ticable; the resumption of specie payments
whenever 1t can be effected without injury
to the business interest Of the country, and
with fair prospects Of being able to main
tain them, the policy Of the Republican party
having rendered early resumption impos-
sible without the ruin and bankruptcy of
the country. A resolution was passed ex-
pressing preference for Hendricks,
Dub lcit ucltSdbtS
The Maryland Democrats declared for hard
money and sent unpledged delegates to st.
Louis. Bayard was thought to be their
chOice..... Peter Cooper has at last accepted,
conditiOnally, the nomination for the Presi-
dency conferred upon him by the National
Greenback party. 1.-The California dele
gates having been instructed to cast the
vote of California as a unit, they will prob
ably at the first ballot go for Tilden, what
l,. .I.un La In In
Virginia, Just az the Republican State Con-
ventiOn was adjOurning, resolution was
offered instructing the delegates to support
Mr.. Blaine for President, but was withdrawn,
and one instructing the delegates to vote rs
u unit was carried.
A Democratic Convention favoring green
backs met in New York on the 1st of June.
One hundred and twenty five delegates were
present. Resolutions were adopted claiming
admission for their delegates TO the Con-
vention at st. Louis, as the only duly author
lied representatives of the Democracy Of
the State, and the only organization not con-
trollcd by money, and recognizing the duty
Of the Democratic party as the champion OF
the many against the aggression of the few.....
The Democratic State Convention of Ver-
mont nominated William Ii. Bingham for
Governor, and, favoriDg no particular candi.
National Convention to vote as a unit.....
There was an omission of an important word
in the Missouri Democratic platform tele-
graphed TO the press from Jefferson City.
The finance resolution should have read,
Eve are in favor of the repeal Of the Re.
Resumption act of January, 1876" instead
of we are in favor:of.the Resumption Act.
Itoms In GeneraI.
Chas. Blick, q farmer, was waylaid by
three foot-pads, nine miles from ST. Louis, Il
few nights since, and, showing fight, was
shot in the body by one of the robbers, and
died from the effects of the wound 1.-THE
New York agent of the Medlicott Manufac-
toring Company, of Windsor Locks, Conn.,,
| says that there is no truth whatever in the
| statement which has been circulated, that
Mr.. Medlicott has gone to Europe with any
| of the Company's funds. lie, however,
admits the failure of the company.
| 1t is stated that Grand Council of the
American League was recently organized in
Philadelphia, in which twenty-one States
were represented by two delegates from the
Grand Council of each State, and that a
| committee was appointed to call National
| Conference to meet at Philadelphia on the
| 10Th of July, to act upon the nomination for
| President and Vice-President. A former
| Major.General of volunteers was elected
| Grand President of the Council, and dele
CATION was appointed to attend the Cincin-
| natl and st. Louis Conventions in the inter
est of the League. Two miners were buried
by the caving of earth upon them at Bear
Ridge Colliery, Mahony Plains, Pennsylva-
| MIA. Both are dead. Twelve illicit distil-
leries in Brooklyn and the neighborhood
have been seized since April |. They yielded
three thousand gallons of whisky daily.
The execution of Thomas A. Piper, for
merly sexton of the Warren Avenue Baptist
Church, of Boston, took place at the Charles
Street Jail May 26. Piper was convicted
last February, on second trial, for the
murder of Mabel Young, aged five years, in
the tower of the church, on the 23d of May,
1875. The crowd outside the Jail hailed with
applause the announcement OF the execution.
.....GeO. NJ. ID. Bloss, the well-knOwn editor
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and author of a
volume of Miscellanies, was run over by a
railroad train on the Little Miami Railroad
aud killed, almost before his own door, at
Branch Hill, near Cincinnati.
District Attorney Dyer sends to Washing.
ton the cheerful intelligence that he has OBJ
tanned judgments on all bonds of distillers
arraigned for violation of the law at St
Louis, and that these, together with the
property forfeited, win amount in the aggre
gate ~ o million of dollars.
The custom of decorating the graves ol
the dead soldiers of the late war was gener
ally observed throughout the country on May
30..........By the upsetting of sail-bOat on
Fresh Pond, in Cambridge, Mass, four per
sons were drowned: Mrs. Duncklce, wife
of the proprietor Of the Sunnyside House
Brighton, Ler daughter, Maud, and Miss
Wilson and her little brother, Johnny...""..
| General Robert Orr, u veteran Of the war ol
1912, aged ninety.one, died i'm Kittaning
Pa, May 20. He was "a member OF Congress
during the administration Of John Quincy
Adams, and the oldest surviving ex-membel
of the Pennsylvania Legislature, having
served in that body during the session ol
1867.
Berry Davis and Lafayette Daugherty
two farmers near Martinsville, Illinois, got
into u quarrel recently over some remarks
alleged to have been made by the former
who, when accused, denied it. Bad Ian
guage was used, and finally Davis called
Daugherty q liar, when the latter attacked
him. Davis drew a knife aud cut the
throat of his antagonist, who expired in an
hour. Davis was held under bonds......Ten
thousand Knights Templar paraded at Phil
adelphia on the LIST of June.
Notes from Abroad.
Queen Victoria's birthday was celebrated
May "a, it being the custom to have cele
bration the Saturday following the ami
versary. There were the usual salutes
parade of troops and display of bunting
Extensive illuminations, in honor of the
Queens birthday and the Prince of Wales
return from India, took place. ......... Prince
Arthur will shortly marry the daughter OF
the ex.King of Hanover.........F Four more
rioters, who took part in the murder of Con.
suls, at Salonica, have been sentenced Ia
death, and thirteen to various terms of penal
servitude, some for life.......The London
Sdndard says that one hundred tons of gun.
powder and q million cartridges have just
been dispatched from Woolwich TO Gibral
tar, Malta, and the Mediterranean fleet
This il quite independent of the ordinary
supply. IL was stated in Portsmouth,, tha,
i ali .uaiInI,Ia ,unrL ,aa,, nra 10 ha ,,i.naI nj