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EIi.abeth.strucs by q rern.ao

ELIZABETH, n. j., July D.-Last night a
tornado struck portion OF this CITY. mr.
taking northeast and then a westward
course, extending not more than Am feat ia
width: Ii tore down numerous small build
ines, demolished four large barns, sent large
sections OF roofing flying hundreds OF Ieef
away, tore on Tree tops, raised q number OF
roofs, and lifted colored woman ten feet
from The ground. Chimneys, fences and
sloops Were demolished and doors tvistei
from their hinges. In some respects the
storm was of the nature OF Q wtirlwind.
Inc damage is considerable, but no Der son
Is known to have been hurt
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WESTWARD THE STRIKE TAKES
HIS WAY
IrOubIe BreMinZ On the 4 uiOn PACIFIC

OMAHA, July 20.-About 800 employees Of
the Union Pacific railroad held a meetirS
here last u light for the purpose of discussing
the recent reduction of from TO 10 per cent
In their wages. A committee was appointed
10 confer with Superintendent Clark, and the
meeting adjourned 10 Monday night
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Tfxa,iu. a Trades Vaisn

SNEA'USE, y. Y, July -0.-At a meet M
of the merchant tailors 81 Syracuse a usS1lu-
ton was upan imOusiy adopted % no longer
employ members OF tailors unions.
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Another broken 8aulx.

ported recent losses and The general depres-
sion OF business, the First National Bank OF
Ashland, this county, has gone into liquida-
and stockholders @ soon q possible.
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The Markets

NEW YORK. July IA dispatch from
Portland, oregon. 81 this date. says that ina
Grover investigation has al jouTnld sine die,
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GOING ron DIAz-Valdez, q Lerdo lead :
er, Ar preparing for q movement from rexas
into New Mexico against Diax. He n re-
cruifing on this side and will act I'm con,unc. .
ion with Earapjo.
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A BRAND NEW TWEED INvEsTIG ALTON.
The board of aldermen OF New York have
appointed a committee 90 inquire into the
whole affairs Of the Tweed ring and procure
the names of the supervisors who were I'm
power AT thai time, and 10 nnd out whether
any persons have been fnstru mental In sb ield-
ing thieves and preventing the city nom re-
covering money stolen.
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IRELAND WINS THE ELcHo SHIELD
The shooting for the Elcho shield al VIM
bledon terminated yesterday. The Irish
team won by large number OF points. The
highest possible score was 500. Ireland
scored 1,56s, England 1,sGs and Scotland
1853. The Lords and Commons mstch re-
suited as follows: Lords so4, Commons Sl5.
The highest possible score was 5oo
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The Situation This Afternoon

MARTINsBURG, July 20, l .. m.-Dne of
the trains which left for the west this morn
Ing was cut of at Sir Johns Run. After a
short delay ii was coupled up and went on.
captain Litchfe'd has gone on with two
companies of troops TO prevent a Repetition
OF the act. and with orders to arrest those en-
gagged in In. No fur her interference at that
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eight hundred and seventy seven. aud OF the
commonwealth the one hundred and SECOND.
tSeall J. r. HARTRANFr, Goy'r.
By the Governor
NJ. =. QUAY, Sec. OF Commonwealth.
Great Expectations Of the strikers
PIIrsBUkG, PA, July 2l-Gov. Hsrtrsnn
has issued his proclamation. II is now
being printed In the form of handbills, aud
viii be distributed among the strikers aud
posted along the road. But one freight train
has been allowed 10 go out since yesterday,
ard the moving OF that train was due IN the
strategy of the railway officials. At East
Liberty stock yards there are 80 carloa Is OF
cattle, hogs and sheep ready for shipment,
and leo carloads are expected 10 arrive to-
day from ne West over the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. The
stock loaded yesterday for shipm mt
had 10 be unloaded in the evening
IL is believed here that IL the Pennsylvania
railroad men hold ont till noon to day the
Panhandle and Fort Wayne men will join
The strike. The strikers say that In case the
men OF these roads join them. the men OF the
Michigan southern aud Lake Shore rail
roads Will do likewise, and thus a strong
effort will be made To stop all freight trAffic
between the east aud west, and thus bring the
railroad companies To terms.
The 18th Regiment
The 18Th regiment of National Guards will
be taken 10 the outer depot at II O'Clock this
morning.
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The 18th Regiment.
THE STRIKE STILL SPREADING
The EEie Rnnd I'm Irnnhle

EAST BUFFALO. y. Y, July 10.-OrderS
have been r. ceivcd here at the Erie railway
shipping Office 70 lake no stock for shipment
cas- To-Day, on account Of q railway strike
Ia the vicinity of HprneliSvlle. The stock
shiFpfd yesterday, 10 il reported. Will 20
through. ON the trains reachnE HornellS-
Vile this morning the men quietly quit
them, and there were no relays 10 carry them
on, hut there Is no demonstration. RamOrS
are rife of similar trOG ole on the Lake Shore
road, at Cleveland. All is quiet in this sec
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Arresting the Leaders at Martins.

MARTINsBURG, July 20, II a. m.-Up to
this time thirteen trains have been started
from this point, of which seven have gone
west and SIX have gone east Tie last west
ward train took another detachment of
troops, which will go as far as Keyser The
service of the Wheeling militia has ended
and they will probably leave this afternoon.
Ohcers are Low out for the purpose of ar
gagged in the obstruction of the trains. one
man named Davis has been arrested this
morning. Other arrests Will follow as fast
as the PARTIES can he found
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The Situation I'm ohio To. dax

COLUMBUS, OHIO, July 10, 1876 p. m.-The
blockade OF the trains at Newark in cOnSe-
Quence of the strike on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad continues. No freight trains
have been permit ed 10 90 out thus far.
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Latest rro,, Hor,c,,sxiIIe

BUFFALO, y. Y. July 2D.-AL one O'clocl
This morning the hramen and brakamen on
trains OF the Buffalo, Western and SuSgue
hanna division 81 the Erie railway qUit
work. At HOu'i Sville all the trR ms are
tied mp, the strikers allowing neither freight
nor passenger trains to TAOve. Up 10 latest
accounts no riotouS demonstrations were at
tempted against the company, and the Of
Meals are la king measures To suppress the
difficulty. The strikers say the reason for
the outbreak is that Mr. Bowen has broken
hls promise. but IL is learned from good au-
thoTity that 10 promise was made.
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"A dispatch from Col. DelaplaIne to GOV.
Mai news advances the opinion that the CO.
hesiveneSs OF the strike is broken, and that
IN all probability the disturbance will be
tern mated to-day or tomorrow.
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Meeting at USrneIisyiIIe.

NEW YORK, July 2O-At the Erie offices
10 day Assistant Receiver sherman said a
meeting of few per ons, ella inning TO repre-
sent fremen and brakemen, was held at
HorGellsville last evening, at which the
neers bad not Joined The movement.
The strike was led, according to present
information, by a man who was formerly
brakeman i'm the company's employ. and
was believed To be instgated by the strikers
on the Baltimore and OHIO railroad. Mr..
Sherman said that no disturbance had
been reported al HOrnelsville, and that the
strike appeared to be confined to that point.
AS the company had two lines TO Buffalo, IL
was thought there would be no serious inter
ruption OF traffic. The trains on the eastern
division Of the road were running regularly
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POPULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FOUR
PER CENTs.-The complete subscri ptions to
the four per cent. consols of 1907 as reported
10 the Treasury department are as follows:
Washington, $3.50 800; New York, g. 59l 800:
Philadelphia, eli5,e5 Baltimore, Si2O,95O;
Boston, S.3s 900; st. Louis, Sl37 $50; Chicago,
S39i ,Oc0; New Orleans, s2O5 COO; CINCINNATI
ss29,st0; San Francisco, S63, 100; total, IS
$500; syndicate, $4,000 900; grand toiai,
SG5 9S2, 500.
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THE STRIKE On THE PENNSYLVA.
MA ROAD
Governor Hartranft Asked TO Call
Ont the Hflitar~

PITTSBURG, PA. July 20.-It mas inst been
learned from reliable source that Sheriff
EIie, OF THIS county, has telegrapeed Gov.
Hartranft OF his inability to suppress the
rioters in possession of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad tracks, and asked him TO use his
authority In the premises by calling out the
military for tina nm rppSa ~
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Tbs morning, about 2i5 O'Clock, a dis
patch was received from Capt. Curtis, who,
with a guard, left on the train yesterday,
dated at keyser, stating that a large crowd
stoned the train at Sir Jehn's Run, but did
no damaPe. The stOning of the train was
by canal boatmen, who were not allo we'd to
hmm ON
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EVENING STAR.
washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Inter-
nal revenue, $780,, 1921; customs, slJ7 .3i265.
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Lieutenant Colonel and A. A. General.
Gov. Hartranft's PROCLAIM alton.

HARRISBURG, PA, July 2o.-The follow
IL Gov. Hartranft's proclamation:
HARRISBURG, PA, July 2O.-Ia the name
and by fhe oufh3rity Of the Commonwealth OF
pennsylvania, q Observation-Disclosures &c
has been represented to me by the proper
authorities OF Allegheny county that riotous
demonstrations exist In the city of Pittsburg
and various points along the line of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company, whereby
the property of said company and the lives
OF Its employees are put in jeopardy and the
peace aud good order OF the Community
broken, which the said civil authorities are
wholly unable 70 Suppress; and whereas the
constitution and laws of this common wealth
authorize the governor, whenever in his
Judgment the same may be necessary, to en-
Ploy the militia TO suppress domestic v,o-
lence and preserve the peace: Now, therefore,
l, John F: Hartranft, governor of the COM
monwea!th OF Pennsylvania, do hereby
admonish all good citizens and all persons
within the territory and under the itIrisdic-
ZION OF the commonwealth against aiding or
eDettlDg such unlawful proceedings, and
DO hereby command all persons engaged In
SAID riotous demonstrations To forthwith
olsperse and retire peaceably TO their re-
spective places OF abode, warning them that
persistence in violence will compel q re-
sort to such military force as may be neces-
sery TO enforce obedience to the laws. Given
under my hand and the great seal of the
STATE. ct Harrisburg, this twentieth day Of
July, In the year Of our Lord one thousand
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kilograms to The Star.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The Trouble Spreads.
War on the Pennsylvania Road.
Call on Gov. Hartranft for TROOPS.
A Regiment Ordered Out.
THE B. & 0. RAILROAD.
Running Under Military Protection.
THE UNION PACIFIC ROAD NEXT.
GEN. HOWARD'S VICTORY.
Pursuit Of Chief Joseph.
GEN. HOWARD'S VICTORY.
Pursuit Of Chief Joseph.
RUSSIA'S STRIKE AGAINST TURKEY.
III RAILROAD REBELLION
Lively Times at Martinsburx this


tSIecioi Dispatches to the Erentyg StdrI
MARTINsBURG, July 20, 6:l5 a. NAT this
early hour the railroad yard is all alive with
worbmen and soldiers, and the engines, num-
berlng about %, are all fired up and making
ready to leave with tr aims. The military are
yet on duty here, and along the line, and as
each tain is prepared guard will mount
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Strikers Defy ing the Sheriff at Pitts.
burg.

PITTsBURG, July 2O.-At l2 O'Clock last
night Sherif Fife, in compliance with a re
quest from the railroad officials, visited the
StrlkeTs AT 18th street and ordered them To
dlspeTse This they refused TO do The sheriff
remained There until after ) O'Clock this
morning, but bis authority was dehed He
Was informed that trains should not go our il
they could prevent IL, and that they did moi
care Tor any posse that he could muster nor
troops that could be brought out. Finding
u al The strikers We're Lot disposed to yield
obeclence TO civil authority, the railroad
officers de cided 10 call ueon the military for
assistance. "
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rs SAMUEL G. YOUNG,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
otH-r OrvIcE-s1.R Burprya
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HOME AGAIN-Secretary Evarts, Attor-
ney General Devens aud Mr.. Keim returned
last evening from their trip through the
agricultural and mining districts of Penn
sylNanIa.
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WHEELING, ". VA, July 23.-'Cne eX-
cltement caused by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad strike has not yet SubSiled. There
las been no violence attempted here, thougn
party of railro at men VINO came here from
Sieubenville 10 fill the place of the strikers
W. re warned off at the peril of their lives.
The strikers are nninf h11f datnrrrnin.nl
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troops from this place are being seut by
special train to that place. The strikers at
keyser are collected in large force, number
ing about 40 The small guard of ten meu
that arri we'd there this morning in charge OF
the first train from Martinsburg, is insult
fcient to cope with the large body OF strikers
mn OF &c cd
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~The Pennsylvania republican state
convention has been postponed to Sentan,her
9Th. 1t meets ct Harriburg.
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NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to-day
for redemption, S7l9.O,1.
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THE PRESIDENT informed Col. James B.
Brady, OF Virginia, Wednesday, that h.
would visit Virginia next week. He ex-
pressed himself as being specially anxious,
nrst, TO be present at the forthcoming postal
convention at Old Point. where he will re-
main one day. President Hayes stated TO
Col. Brady positively that he would visit
Norfolk and Richmond. There is a proba-
6Ility that he will include City Point and
Petersburg.
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Information has Just been received here
THAT there II serious trouble at Keyser, and
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FIJI ST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
IfNER says he has no idea of resigning, an
intention attributed TO him by the Wishing
too correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
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kFYSER, W. VA, July 20, 2:iO q. M
Ere gnt trains are arriving here from Mar
tlnsourg, and as they come in the firemen
are taken OFF. Thirteen United United States
soldiers came with the first train. There is
no distur bare yet.
GNote.-A special from Keyser last ight
aled that the strikers there were defiant
and assured yesterday, and would not per
INIT even the shifting engines TO be mYved in
the shop yards
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THE FOUR PER CENTS ABRoAD.-A dis
patch from London TO the u. $. Treasurer
says That subscriptions to the four per cent
loan amonnI tn ten million two hundred
thousand dollars.
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REVENUE APPoIFTMENTs.-Joh B. Den
mis-, Cassius VI. Carpenter, j. Ohm ID. job aston.
James @. Thompson, George p. kirkland
and James NJ. CrOfut have been appointed
revenue guagers for the district of ; luth
Carolina; Rymer Stats for the Sd district OF
New Jersey, and Robert Baugh for the sIh
district OF Kentucky. Mr.. j. EuglintOn
Montgomery, of New York, has been ap-
pointed U. s. consul at Geneva, vice Upton,
dec ased.
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The PRESIDENT AND CABINET TO VISIT
LoUIsvILLE.-GeneraI ]. NJ. Harlan, Gen.
Murray, j. Watts Kearney, and julius
Dome, q committee to invite the President
and Cabinet to be present at the Louisville
exhibition, on the Eth OF September arrived
In The city last night. They called on the
President This morning and extended him
The invitation. He asked them to return
when the Cabinet vas in session. Tney did
so, and the invitation was accepted by the
Pres ident and all OF the Cabinet officers who
VII be able 10 be absent from the City at
that time.
CALL FOR FIvE-TwENrIEs.-The Treas.
ury depa rtment yesterday afternoon issued
tie hfiy-secODd call for the redemption
OF fivs-twenty bonds of 1865. The call is for
el0,t u Geo con sOls OF 1861 of which 81 900 goo
ere coupon and 50 coo 900 registered bonds
The principal and interest will be paid AT
II Treasury on and after the 18th Of October
ext, al the interest will cease on that day
The following are the descriptions OF the
bonds Coupon bonds, dated July I, 1885,
Tamely:-S5O, No. "a DOL TO No. 81. OOO both
iTclusive; 800, No. 40 ,o0i To No. SO OOO botn
inclusive; $500, No. 81 ,0ot to No. AZ. Oc0 both
inclusive; 81 ,eo, No. 81 col to No. 20 600, both
inclusive. Registered bonds-.sRedeemable
at The pleasure OF the United States after the
lst day of July, $780," rs followS-Sso, No.
9ol TO No. ! ,l50. both inclusive; 500, No 1851
TO No. 10 eco, both inclusive; $500, No. 6,f51
TO No. 100, both inclusive; 81 900. No 1881
to No. 5000, both inclusive; g, 900, No. 5,9oi
TO No. 500, both inclusive; $4,000, No. 1855
10 No. $50, both Inclusive.
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BLACKwooD's MAGAZINE for July. (Scott
Co. reprint,) received from f.. NJ. Whitaker
d Son, has, in addition to its literary mat
Ter, an important article upon the Eastern
question, decidedly anti-Russian in tone.
, 1877-03-03

According to some statistics just pub
lished by the Prussian Military Com.
mission the German army is to be COM
posed Of i01, ~ rank aud file, and 49,
29l commissioned officers (Eot includ-
ing surgeons, etc., of whom $50 are
generals, 1850 field officers, and 3, Gs2
captains.
The French army has $685. rank
and file, and %, 1856 officers, among the
latter being 3ij generals, 1888 field
officers, and 1852 captains.
The Austrian army has 9G3,SG2 rank
and file, and 9,Sl3 officers, of whom 1870
are generals, 1856 field officers, and
2,O7l captains.
The Russian army exceeding all others
in rank and file of which it has III eco,
possesses more than the French viz, 2S,-
O26, of whom ,0G4 are generals.
Belgium has 0,S94 rank and file, and
2,Sll olfCerS, 3S being generals and SOl
field officers.
1t appears from the collected statis
ties that Prussia furnished annually GS,-
100 recruits to the German infantry
force. Bavaria, 1l,02O; SaXony, $50;
and Wurtumburg, 4,2Ol the total OF
infantry recruits being $500, The to-
tai OF the annual levy Of recruits is
10000, 1910 Of whom are required
for the cavalry, 1875 for the artillery
5000 tor the engineers to the railway
corps, 3,l7O for the military train, and
9,775 for the sup lcmentary services
In addition TO $500 recruits required
for the naval service the total annua
requirements Of the defensive forces are
thereby raised to 14j,5O0.
, 1877-03-03

"Look here, squire, where was you born y
s0id persistent Yankee to IL liye minutes ac-
gminMNCc. ~ was born" !" said the victim, "in
fremont street, No, a, left hand side, on the
lst of August, 1910, at yGo'clock in the after
noon physician DR., Warren; nurse Sally
Benlamln, Yankee was answered completely.
For moment he was stuck. soon, however,
Ms facG frightened, and he quickly said
Yeas Wa'a | calculate you don't rccO!lect
whether it was u frame or brick house, do ye"
Jack, eating lively cheese one day,
Said, 81, like Sampson, my thousands
slay.'
A wog replies, "Indecd you do,
And with the selhnme weapon too "
Query. VIVA. was Jacks weapon VI de-
airuCtiUn
, 1877-03-03
The "Agoh"


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, 1877-03-03
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-06-06
The First Royal Convert In India.

A young Indian king was, by the fortunes
of war, placed under English guardianship.
A young Hindu-not a Christian, but edu-
Gated in mission school-was given TO him
for companion. The king, one night, could
not sleep, and desired his attendant TO read
to him. The Hindu books were brought !;
but the puerile and superstitious observances
and maxims did not satisfy him. He asked
for something else Here are the Christian
sacred books" said his companion. So the
Bible was read, The king listened, was in
terested, convicted, came under the instruc-
tion OF American missionaries, and finally
became Christian. The Koh-i-noor dia-
mond, so famous as the largest in the world
belonged TO his father, and was sent as
present TO Queen Victoria. Thirty-eight
years ago that father, the " King of Kings"
Runjeet Singh, lay dead in city of North
ern India. Though unable to read or write
his own name, and never knowing one figure
from another, he had, by remarkable mill
tary talents and administrative ability, be-
come leader of the Sikhs, martial sect,
and king of the Punjaub, the fan-shaped
country of the five rivers uniting TO form the
Indus. He was the greatest force with which
the English had to measure swords in the
maintenance of their Indian possessions, and
was known as the "Lion of the Punjaub." !"
At the death Of his father, this son, Maha-
raa Duleep Singh, was four years old. He
was in his sixteenth year when arrested
by the Holy Spirit, through the reading of
the Bible, and eighteen years of age when
he received baptism, and became member
Of the Christian church In his own royal