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New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rnrruxE.i


WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Gcntlrmcn who are
familiar with the Indian question express the belief tat
the Government now has an opportunity, II 1t IL lu-
proved, to make end OF Indian and take long
step toward the settlement Of the Indian problem.
Bishop Whippo, who in Washington short time
ago, expressed the belief that fourteen bands
Of tine Sioux could now bo easily in
luccd To remove to Indian Territory. Should this
transfer b. and the hostile Sioux under sitting
Bull be thoroughly whipped and forced 10 go
eryaCn and remain there, another Indian war would be
improbable II not impossible. But the Administration is
unable u transfer any Indians to Indian Territory with
out an appropriation by Congress to pay the expense
Of the removal. and that Congress will not
grant No experiment. in the civilization Of the Indians
has borne such abundant good fruit the settlement Of
them territory by themselves Members OF some OF
tie wilder tribes occasionally escape and commit dnpe
dions IN the ncicLboring states during The first few
years ~ their residence Indian Territory. but they
gradually lose their habits, and following tie ex
ample s,t them by their civilized Indian neighhors.
slowly learn the arts oi civilization. The inhabitants oi
the STATE. that border Indu territory however are
opposed to the removal o; any Indians 10 that
country. They expect q have II oncucd to the
white people for settlement within Few
years. and then the Indians, although the
possession of the land hs been guaranteed 10 thcm or
ever will iu the way and have To BE- removed ord'
po .cd Of m some way For this the House de-
feat,d bin for the removal of few Indians to IN" Ter
itory a few day- ago, the Missouri Representatives
leading the opposition.
The great obstacle early settlement OF tie iHd!hn
question IL the dcuifv ~ Gnd.r- any place 10 establish
them where they will De e. ;hc way ~ 'ic white
people IN Wisconsin tho white people want The
timber that b. the src-rryHtu's, and ai" There
fore can,rins for the removal OF tn Indians.
In the Indian Territory. EornEa.t'i1 Oregon,
and oihcr places. tic rich farming lands
have .yc.tci TIC cupIli'y ~ The white people. when
gold was discovered tho Black IIils the pcop" Of
Montana at demanded the removal 81 the sioux
from that iou and hI Iudlau,ofN Mexico are IN the
WAY ofthe silver miner, 81 tba territory some spot In
TIE West could b. fouuI barron that 10 would NOT pro
ducc -ac entirely dc,tu" OF trees ana possessed
m mineral wealth Kind the Indians mich; be- allowed
10 nlabit H. provided some railroad cOmiany did not
hr.Irr ID hnIlA n.In.h u.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
LOCAL POLITICAL MEETINGS.

. 4 meeting Of the Boys in Blue of the Nth
Assembly District held saturday evening at No. 80
spliug-si. and the organization was completed 10y The
election OF Major dwar.s President Capt Miller. Wee
President and Moses +. Ross. Secretary Major Ld"ard
said that during the dark days OF the fcbr mon zen
HAYES fought for constitutional liberty ana ttt now II
was the duty of every soldier aud true ichd ni th "
rrument 10 support MN ana inc "h"o i''P""''''"
ticKcL
large and enthusiastic meeting and banner raising
were hcls at Rose Hi Hail. 1T "" ~ secoudaE' III
day evening. 10y the Iudcpcndcnt Republicans oi the
XVIII Assembly District. DE. Joseph Mo1rh'ih fI''E
dent Of the ASSOCIATION called the meeting 10 order ana
sniroiuccd 4 g. EroHuc, ir, who presided Addresses
were made BY the Hon. George H. Forster LHwood l.
Thurur. Mr. kitkpItrrk and Others Tue hatl"n'i h'h
i,,nns wrr. earnestly approved by as"rt, of Icsoiu
tnrs and hearty cheers were given for llayc, aud
Wheeler The desire for q, good nominations Tor 'he
STATE ticket was ycly cmpha;iciy cXPfrssod
At the meeting OF the Young Mems llidrn ana li'h-
drcks Dcmocraiic Campaign Club Of the Twenty .iifi
Ward saturday evening. at No. 5Gl sccondaye., The
following officer, cl,ct,d John J. Shrehan' fr'i
l,ut: John V. NrCio>scy aud Herman F"i,ttg, Vice
Presidents; William u. iioct"r. Recording Secretary
tLar.e. slyth, corresponding Secretary; hicih!d 6
BcaiIish, Treasurer; FatricN Connolly sergeant al
AIMS.
AT Concor,iia Hall. C,urtanltaye, Morusana. TIL
den and Hendricks club has hrcn oIgmzrd, with james
santos ~ President T. Hall Rec. riding secretary; ani
H. j. iiIL, turrr, ,P"JdinE secretary.
IN. follow Ing officers chosen Al meeting of The
German Iuirp, udeLt Ctiz,us Association ~ ia" NAl'i
Assembly District. held ga saturday cSenins; f'c'i
don't Prank or: T.rsi Nic,P., dent br God,,Lmiit;
second Wee President Conrad Jacobs; E,c".anf see
r,tary Louis stern Corresponding se.f'i-'y NJ Beck
ling: Treasurer. H. l-Icamund.
1Lrco Democratic club, have how been organized Ia
the town ~ Las'clc.tcr with headquarters IN To" VII
hsc On Houni Vernon. the lat one being ih' Uncle
sam" Tdtn aud Hendricks Campaign Club with W. q.
Thi.cton as President; D,hns Barry, NioePrc'ideht:
George Smith. Recording SECRETARY; tairrs 1aa,srg,
Tr,l-urrr: MaliciI Nulau sci grJutitA Anna 1hr i'h
ocIts of city Island have organized lidrn ana Hen
President
The Tlden aui IIcndrick, Campaign Club Of The Isl
District of Clscton. staten Island raised banner sat
urlay evening, az Richmond turnpike and NonrueHVc
NeyvTrIghtou TIi- the sixteenth Democratic ban
n,r raised IA Richmond County. Ilcu and llcudrich.
cIn wa. also orglnIsrd ia the IIi Election District oi
uiddIcioOu Inr Richmond County Democratic Cen
Hall, TOmpku.NIN'.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
CAMPAIGN NEWS.
TWO DAYS ELECTIONS.
ONLY COUNTY OFFICERS TO DE CHOSEN IN X

ONLY COUNTY OFFICERS TO BE CHOSEN IN KEN
TUCKY-sTATE OFFICERS AND NEW LEGISLA-
TURE TO BE CHOSEN IN ALABAMA.
Elections occur i'll two States to-day. In
Kentucky only county officers will he chosen, the
Mild Congress having provided that all elections for
members of the XLyth and subsequent Congresses shall
be held the Tuesday after the first Monday in Novsm
Der. In Alabama Governor and other state officers
and members of the Legislature will be elected. The
State officers and Representatives will he chosen for two
years In the evennumbered districts Senators are to he
chosen for years and in the oddnumbered districts
for four years. Hereafter elections will he held
biennially, q full House and half the Senators
being chosen at each election. The campaign opened
with three tickets the felJthe Democrac-Conserva-
tive the regular Republican and the Spencer Republican
The recognition OF the regular Republican delegation by
the Cincinnati Convention and the rejection Of the Spen-
delegation led to compromise between the two Re
publican factions division III theirranks made Dem
ocratic victory almost certain About the middle of July
the compromise effected, both tickets were with
drawn, and the two factions agreed TO sup
port an independent ticket headed by the Mayor
OF Salem, who supported Gov. Houston (Dem in 1874
In his address 10 the people Of Alabama Mayor Wood
ruff promises of 1874 have been broken taxa
ton has not been CSsencd the expenses of the Admins
tration not been adequately reduced the school
system has been crippled eXravagant compensation mas
been given commissioners unnecessarily appointed TO
adjust the public debt, fraudulent claims amounting to
millions of dollars have been directly or indi-
recty recognized and unnecessary Offices
have been created for faToritcs. ana unjust ana
oppressive revenue laws have been enacted II elected
Mr. Woodruff, who has not been 'rrg"y idenuheu WIN
politics promises to perform his duties on strict busl-
ness prucp;cs economizing and retrenchng wherever
possible" and seeking to make material reduction OF
taxation if possible" No county officers are to he chosen
this wear. The Legislature OF 1870 was divided as
follows the Democrats having majority of - on oiht
ballot; Senate, 20 Democrats and IL kcpaoI'"lS'
House 60 Democrats and 40 Republicans. or the Re
puicaus Senators and 20 Representatives were of the
colorcd race The two tickets before the people are
Given below
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.
MEAys FOR lis CIRCULATION -pEslEE OF B"Ih
HOUSES OF CONGRESS To RESTORE THE FRANK
ING rRlNILEGE-THEIR TIMIDuY.

ING PRlNILEGE-IIElE 1lMIDlli.
[BY TELEGRAPH To THE TRinUNEI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-One OF the things
which both Houses of Congress want TO do hni when
neither hardly dareS propose Is 20 restore the fanhng
privilege in all its funess. one Of The large Items
OF expense IN the approaching canvass VIII he u" postage
on c!Nnpagn documents OF which millions VIII pr"hahy
be mailed from this city during the next three months
The Republicans will establish their headquarters Tor
the distribution Of documents soon as Congress
adiourns in the Senate fodingrOOm while the Demo
crats will i'm like manner take possession oi the House
foldugroom ana II the precedents established IN former
years are followed the and material employed Dy
each committee viii be paid fOr out of the contingent
funds OF the respective Houses.
Many Of the representatives, to whom has been as
signed the duty preparing campaign documents have
completed Them and by unanimous consent have already
printed them in Tie Congressional Eec)d. though they
had been delivered in debate in the House. THIS
enables them TO pass through tho mails without
charge, az the frgnk.ng privilege was l1AS ago
restored. so far as the free transportation
of IN, Lccgrd or any part Of IT, j. concerned. But
many OF the campaign documents cannot DC got I'M"
IN, R.cord some them because they viii not be pre-
pared in tina and others because no representative
would be willing 10 takei the personal responsibility 'i
their authorship. This makes the restoration OF the
franking privilege desirable IN political sense, ANA II II
probabe that an attempt will he made I" attach r. Ter
IA the postal bill now under confederation N the Senate
to effect IT, Both houses would without doubt vote tn
restore this abuse should the question up hut cch
party hes;aos aoout taking the responsibility oil pro
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
ANOTHER TOUCH OF THE HEATED TERM

ANOTHER TOUCH Ut TIE TEAILU ILTEI'
Nearly three weeks of cool weather ended on
Saturday The thermometer no higher than So'.
but the sudden change with close atmosphere and the
absence of the breeze which had been blowing for days
BEFORE made the heat severely felt. The boats and
trains from the city to the pleasure resorts bore more
than the usual Saturday night crowd fleeing rom Tue
heat 20 come and it did in good earnest fester-
day seemed segment Of the heated term" Inc rays
of The sun fc as ercely in the blazing days or Juy
The sky was clOudess and there was niue breeze
to make the heat endurdble. The churches li0t
clos ell for the vacation were sparsey attended
The streets were almost deserted. on broadway me
average less than person To block ~ lar as he
eye could reach. 1t was true AUGUST SUNDAY IN the
cty The mercury marked 93' at the hottest time III
was the first time in IS days that IL has b en- above 3O
since July 20 the highest temperature hds been cS ana
ON three or four days the highest temperature was only
GG while tho general average OF high temperature dug
IN that time has been about SOP.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
TIE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN TICKET.
UNJUST ATTACK UPON TIE CANDIDATES.
LEY 1LIEGKArH I'D IME IRIRrhkL

WASHINGTON, Aug G.-Thc attack upon the
Illinois Republican Stale ticket through The publication
Of document, alleged to relate to the Harper deaca"h
and the confession Of" A." smith, Is entirely ujushcd
, ouv facts in the possession OF the Government II
can he stated authoritatiycly that Mr. smith IN bis WI"
ten confession said nothing which coud IN any way re-
fleet personally upon any one connected win the aia''
ticket The whole subject th"roushlS
Ion. before the nominations made, and the charges
found 10 bascless. The revival OF them AZ TINS e Is
entirely due 10 partisan necessity ara seems 70 "'o
been iusiigated il quarters from which more party
loyalty might properly have been expected
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
BROOKLYN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM

THE DEMOCRATIC GENERAL COMMITTEES DEMAND
FOR THE REMOVAL OF REPUBLICAN EMPLOYEES
IN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
The subcommittee appointed by the ESecu-
tive Committee of the Kings County Democratic General
Committee to execute the demand of the General 'om
mtee for the immediate discharge of Republican EN-
poyGs in the Brooklyn City departments OF which the
Democrats have control have prepared circular letter
which is 10 be to the heads of the departments
After quoting the resolution adopted by the General
Committee attention called to the following consider
auons:
and departments of this city and county, under l'tlo
cratic control avowcd Republicans have been apl1hte
10 and are retained in important Influential ana iucra
tive positions II T. also apparent that fhe pcope o our
city and county have become impressed WIN th' pce.
that in many OF these departments ana ny nhD'Ls oi
bOtn political parties pulltlcdl p''h
placed retained in desirable positions Tor tht puFIo
preventing any close scrutiny of on'Lil colnu'l "hu
To enable dOuhlrhcadcd ring 10 exist, ana 10 manage
the policy of both parties in such manner as to secure
in any event sO-Callcd ring asccndency Inc Dcihocc
party should itself from such charge Nv IthOi
the cause. We 30 not believe III any clNlI service Wnc
in our own city county the support ana main
tcnaBCe of the Republican party 10y DCHocalc hh'ehtc
and patronage. wherein political leader o1 one
party can procure legislation through the ald ana lhn
public, bat solely tor the curlchmcht o lho'" CON
Ccrncd in the transaction We cannot gholo thc com
paius Of faithful honest Democrats tnat The patron
ac, of their party j. lvlsnly bcSoHed upon ac-
tive and uucomplumSing Republicans, Who nave III no
respect superior qualifications Ito serve Inc pbhl oIr
deserving member, ot their own party Inc Democratic
MARTY n us County able to bear and should ~ once
assume ull possibility Of thr olcal conduct "i -
own members, skiing flyor oi Republican friends ana
fearing no attacks from Republican enemies.
Tho action Of the subcommittee has caused good deal
Of comment and criticism in political circles IN Brook
yr. II &, expected that number OF departments VIII
I,,, ~ f..t f,-sIYx
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
DESPERATE BURGLARS AT LONG BRANCH

LONG BRANCH, Aug. 6.-Police officers a. Z.
viger and VIM +. YanDyke at an early hour TINS morn
ing discovered and captured three burglars while en-
deayorinG 10 break into TIE residence or r FRANK Cor
lies On their way to the station, the burglars sinultne
osv drew their r,yolycrs and fred upon the C.ces,
who returned the fire, but thOUt eject over Dozen
shots exchanged, during which Oihcer Nlgef was
shot I'm the abdomen VanDyke received two Dull"ts
throu zh hat but not injured TIE burglars mace
good their escape but the officers are upon thclr rack
Governor RcGlr has offered reward OF 500 for ther
arrest. officer Vigcr lies in critical condition.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
DELEGATES TO TIE SARATOGA coSvESroN.

\ meeting Of the delegates representing NO
It Assembly District 81 Ncschc-er Country va, held at
Morri.ua on saturday select delegates To the sara
tou., Convention There - delegates present, IN
rudius II from the Twenty third Ward ami from the
Tycnty fourth ward oi EcwIors II from l"hker- ana
fru the town -! Wc,tch'Stcr AMER Judge hihihs hil
hp unanimously chosen Chairman. the following were
elected delegates: Finest Hall Of Norrisana, John
n, Ecycr of Ioukcrs ana George H. Forster of hlng'
hrids,; alternate. John kryS"r of Morrsani'' j. l..
Wen. Of West Farms and John W Alexander OF noiAcI'
rcspint!ou was adopted expressing approval OF ,he
un.a llf. aud high social aud moral worm "l Ju'sr
william H. Rob. b.rt-on. and commanding him |" ia, Tih,'
uuyru;on "a. the choice Uf the HcpubHcahH "l west
chester County TOT Governor The del S'l'' Nl' .'"'
instructed but they are understood 10 favor Jh'b' I"
rtsou Five DELEGATES elected to the Cong
,,u,cio ion Of the y In District Hlhm Naiiah jam,
r. Angel, T.. \. Nichols, George ". kirk anJ w T.
In,
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
GEN. UARGIsON's NOMINATION.

IHDIANAPOLIs, Ind, Aug. 6. - Gen. Benz
Harrison returned homo on saturday night On the
arrival OF the train salute was fired ana large drIcs
tion of Republicans escorted him 10 hs house when the
mammal on for Governor was formally rendered him in
am address by the Hon A. g. POTlcr, to which G"a
Harrison re- Gcd promising to announce his decision ~
1 % his acceptance early TINS week.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07

A careless diet q change of water. OF n cold set
Ting in the bowels brings at this season of ho
wear an obstinate other toub some anec-
non OF the stomach lOSels. II would treat sneh
complaints IN rational way, Try at once Dr. JAMES CAR
NfTtyF BNsAH a simple but SAFE remedy fOr teln ana
r1ually cectual in Ol cramps, chOsrl morOus,
,ssrrtcly and S:unWpr complaint.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
1SSENG ER.S JBRIVED.

FROM LoNDONLe steqasliD Ds1sn.S' Arg G;,Cnas la,
\, sitt Nh ana Miss Bsnbidge. Mrs 4 Anght Miss L.
S.ort, Miss \. TInie, J. v rgi y. II. W Dnnha,, r.
tIonp,r Y Young Mr. AM i;Iil:Oa, Mrs NJ ColNeL
Mr., ahl Miss Johnston. T. wane, \ A. ne-ebowitt Ms.
tutlou O. stevens T. Muriel y. ca n, W 4. tonO1, ANON
Psiuter llr an Mrs NeWa Mr.. Fox. Mrs Spencer and
cAild. Mr. Fitzgerald.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07

TIE SILENT Hour =" When shall you
come home. mummy darlingf' Not till the middle Of
t6e night my ove" "Not III the middle OF the night
when the clocks strike nothing P-lPunch
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07

THE WITHDRAWAL. OF MR. CUILoM DENIED.
CuICAGO. Aug. Ga. G. BabcOck. Chairman
o, the Republican state Committee, denies positively
that Mr Culom the Republican cand date for Governor
will withdraw from the GubcIuitOriai contest or mat
anythg has been said OF the matter IN the COmmttoe
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
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Eif5isslal 81
GI.!...I.5.IZ5.I.I.II..l.I.IIlII &. !. j

yaTi-iOn of
divisions th
The horizontal line marks ~ nn-i
curv|t n~ IN more oi
bor sctlal OF eas
thos olrs carved line Il entirely above t' mn o h
m. weathr ~ UPON
excessive tlusti1ns noe.-ery storm
sppr0lch INDEBTED b. the frequency
by the OF the
the ile OF p'siife uncefhh
as from to s'to- th me o
tendency Sea'er
Al points unmistskaby to pleasant weather.
There has been little variation In ATMOSPHERIC con-
dtions the I'd inst, and only few bundredths In
the barometrc curve within the "a hours previous TO
midnight the line OF mean daily pressure keeping
firmly above that Of 30 inches. The changes due TO the
earlier d3ys the northeast wind having manly passed
away, and condition of general equlpolse existing the
Indications favorable steady weather over
the Middle and NswEngland States for week or more.
For this city and 100 miles around clear warm
weather partial clOuiness deep haze and gentle wud
may be expected; rainfall probably reaching this ciy
within three days.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07

MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
BOsTOy, Aug. G.-'Ihe Republican state Con
yenton viii DC held at Worcester Wednesday sept D.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
THE WARFARE IN THE EAST
STUBBORN fIGurING At GCRGUsOvATz-MUKrHAR
rAsm, N DESPERATE SITUATION.
LoSpoS. Monday, Aug. = 1876.
A dispatch from Widdin to The Stand

dispatch from Widdin to The Standard
says.
The news Of the capture Of GurSusoy9z by Eyo0D
plsla's army, which continues tts march north"aid
caused O,m.n Pl,ha defer his attack on s3tsChar
where De- awaits Eyooh's arrival The main SER
Wan army has probably retired, and saltschar
!, only held by guard. Eyoob should join
O,niu IN two days and their united forces viii then
march on parlchn. O,mans soldier, are impatient ~
dcluy. Lizzie more Fighting Is anticipated. The Seryi-
ans never the Turhish troops The latter are now
moving expect hear soon that Seryia has sued FOR
peace. Tho war j. virtually flushed At Nlssa the en-
Tire Turkish army IN the field, excepting the forces at
sophia aud Bosnia and Albania numbers 1000, Win
80 s,uudrons OF cavalry.
special dispatch says the capture OF Gurglsovaz
was a splendid victory. Bott sides fought well The
population cd to Paratchin whittier 800 wounded have
been taken.
The Daiiy TelcyrGph's Vienna telegram says Mukhtar
Pasha &, in desperate situation TrebIgne and is
pccted 10 surrender. The Widin army is operating
against the Scryian General Leschianin.
HORRIBLE TURKISH ATROCITIES.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
MIDNIGHT VEATHEB REPORT


For the upper lake region, higher barometer.
westerly Winds gradually backing 10 sontheryy, ssi'
changes i'm temperature, and clear or clearing weath
For ne Eastern and Middle St1les, rising y0uoned ~
falling bdr0uefe, Tcst9y to sOuLeriy rlnds stationary
10 rising temperature, and cted pdi ~ cOndy "c"e,
,cih possibly occasional thunder storms IN me ""rbT"
portions and Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
HORRIBLE TURKISH ATROCITIES.
A letter to The Daily Ners, dated Philip

popolis, July 81 says
An nve'tiSaon into the recent atrocities Is proceed
ing II will probably bc reported that 80 villages have
been burned and 1000 persons killed. Sir.
Schuyler thinks the reports OF atrocitics
committed by the Bulgarians uufOundcd.
There are horrible AT Batok. seven thousand
bodr, have been lying there since May H. rottng IN the
sun NJ crime invented by Turkish ferocty has been
left uucomwed There urgent need Of assistance for
starving families.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
Suerial Notlces.

The Cosuel Tent, Thirty fourhst, West and near sixth
ave Green Of Thirty ourths line pass the tent.
Preaching EVERY EVENING by Rev. w. = RAINS
FORD Singing every evening by Theodore L. Perkins and
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
TRAIN ROBBERS IN CUSTODY.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 6.-IIObbs Merry, OF
Carey one OF the suspected train robbers was taken
from oterye to Bonneville yesterday, and placed in
ia IN dcfault O, $4,000 bail Bruce Younger another
of those arrested is still held at sedalio Dispatches
from there are conflicting relative 10 his identification.
LArER.-Chcf Of Police McDonough has returned from
sedain where he went with Bruce Younger and Hobbs
Kerry the suspected train robbers lie says that Kerry
was clearly identified as being of the party
that robbed the train, and subsequently confessed
TO him (McDonough that he was one of the
party and gave the names OF the Others In
The gang. There seems To be doubt now
tnat the whole party Will be arrested within two three
DAYS and this gang OF robbers and desperadoes will be
completely broken up.
FIRE IN THE ATHENS DEPOT.
HUDSON, N. Y, Aug. Ga large fire broke
ont AT $50 o'clock here ut the Athens depot
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
THE GOVERNMENTS OPPORTUNITY.

now TO ESD THE INDIAN wARS-InE OBSTACLES TO
REMOVING MORE INDIANS 10 INDIAN TER
BIrORY-No PLACE WORTHLESS ENOUGH FOR
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07

The vote of tne State past years has been as foI-
New-York tribune., 1876-08-07
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LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.