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| 4 REPUBLICAN DELEGATION mas TALK WITT
Nit. DEvRNs.
aptetdt DtpdfeA to 7ns 7rtasns.
WASHINGTON, D. G.. March 20.-Tho soutl
Carolina Republican delegation had an interview
with tho Attorney y-Gcncral totiay, at which the,
rcstatcd their side Of the South Carolina case
The argument In The main Is the came a. thai
made yesterday To tho President. The Attor
ney-0cncral probably did not know that ono d
tho eminent Republicans who waited on l,,m !.
under six indictments found by a Republican
grand Jury OF hts own State.
CHARLESTON, g. c.. March 20.-J,it!Ro Reed,
IN tho Cly,it Court totlay, rendered. his. dc.
eislon In tho habcas corpus easc, releasing Firm
On On TIC ground that ChamberlaIn ilas not a,.
follows: - nm Of opinion Tint WAdo Ilamp-
ton vas natln Governor Of the State Of South
Carolina through tho ballot.l,ox In nc.
Sfofdanec With constitutional election
qualified, Il not following thc letter, in thc
spirit aud intent of the Constitution on tho It'll
81 December last; that lio has been since that
Time, and IL nor, The lawful Governor 0f South
t1oqr,, E9ro.,, nd ih9n3a b. obcye1 and respected
y; II. Chaulhcrlato WAS not Governor On tho oil
ol January, 1877, the date Of the commission OF
Y. !. Dover as trial Justice for the City Of
CHaf'esson, and that his appointment aud COM
yokl. "''A'1' 'A"'u' Aa'no'''S anu
1uEsou7n CAROLINA OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
wA,ntrd4Gs@ c@fAa As9cI, t% 1Snra. {rf raa IT. cn,m
berian witilraws vn,untarijr H. son,h @ Is. srn
Ina, uov. Hampton will, whenever the arrange-
meats Of tho Federal authorities arc completed.
proceed against him In the courts Of the State
eusca anafe b. sftf bs anbay s,b9y 1 Ths
ablc them 70 put out some Democratic Incutm-
ocnis. This statute provides for tic summary
nnSc .1lre ri ny p pcsanm lntsoing almself into
.fnd~c "xe, Tbn " waatant ssaea ~ CEcut
+. nH'n. nJ pasty e!ictca unacr such warrant
Of rlctensons IN Tic courts i % e wshes e. but st ho
must give way ffat and at once on tho issue
cicctcd. d"s'o" u 'u' "''1a'' 10 'ne officer
Uy the fo11ow,no tnttcr .5arc...a =, n.
rrcscnt two days aeo Il Uni be sesn tbst os tae
hampton has given guarantee that, II tho
troops arc withdrawn, no vlolcnro will occur or
Chamberlain by 1eraj mcana oniy:
WAau,xoro.. Mach In iii, Er.<,,-r-u -
Hav<s. Freddsnt Or tic UaHsd Sta;e.Mya,n: ~ <
sasrcd that II tc iroo5s ro 4as oesn
stato.liouse i. Columbia. ucv. Mampton '' wi iii
By civil process Or otherwise. ,cndets Il nrooe1
shst shoa inform yoa. E1eseney t1s t'ov
Wick he il nn3rr nhtiynoq Pa 20 tnts tssaa
in 20 fsr Al IL II his SonIc" dntx y, e1eent
public peace and assets IL sutoty NV Sy 1
10 t!ctcrm,," ihnt h. Ky ~ 5eae
o os Of fsetsaa sats he sss .s
m meae'a be withdrawn from he
tao courts may bo eeesaaly inroksd to se5mnafe
sh taa r..n, rasn.nsa bossess'o1, Of tho records Of
lin i9 1eanrs ~ T., aow Wtnae,a from
lava Of thu sa;c Whencx.r th nsi,on si,.i1 and
il TO longer hid in sabofna,on to o'1,, IN mta1r
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COLUMBUS, O., Marrh ':n.-tn tho House at
noon today. Stanley Matthews was nominated
by tho Republicans for United statcs Seuator.
Inc Democrats mulc no nomination. Tie
Aonsc proceeded to ballot which resulted
Matthews, o.; blank, n; Alfred Gather, q;
Frank iisrd, I, Thoso WIN voted for GaIsl,er
and Hunt wcrc Dc.uocrats who refused tu nh,,Ic
ny Tue decision of tho caucis last rd.ht.
In tho Senate, twcnty Rerubllca4s yotcd for
alattilcws nnA thirteen Democrats for blank.
both IL ouscs VII! meet In tolnt convention to-
morrow to officially celarn Mattt,cwa' cjcclior.
uANQuEfTEu.
Tho members OF both branches III the General
Assembly, Without regard to party affiliations,
tonight atteIaul q banquet gfyri By Stanley
Matthews at hEs hotcl. 6pccchcs wrro Illutia ttr
both Republicans and Democrats cV1,trutuIatiur
Senator afattEnws and each othcf thar SO fnIr-
minded aud cultivated u gentleman had been
chosen Senator from Ohio.
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In brought to his attention. Ecnnto. Conk1fng.
who was understood to have favored Payprs
appointment, denies all responsibility for ii.
knHtcftf T1rr

| The three prtntJps3 rant]]tIatca for Inn Com
| miaaloncrship OF Agriculture ara i'rof, j. l.
{ I*econte, Of Philadelphia; px-Rcnrcscntnliyc j.
y: Ru.k, of Wisconsin; and Prot. Langstul, pj
gestcsl by thc colorc1 people, hut there ii little
probability TINT he will receive thc antx,fnfmcf,t
" the other tsso Prof. 1.cet,pto n rrcon,rncni
ed BY nearly all The. aucntlnc soe:ctIcs of tic
vcFsitY, Ya1c, Columbia. Princeton. AMI
and b. crcut number ot ieadna ap sgr,c}.m1ie,. s
Of t,tc United Htates. jtc etan,js at The hcad ~
moiprlst.-ai,ti n t,1rr,sfnn,lin1 mceho. ri II
Of Europe. Is pnSc oilIccr ss iu lad i'feas fonl
rcara' cxpcricnro b tho United States
twn Mc.1Isai .nu ~. mas, ,s oc.hs one 81 Inc
untreT iIee is ~ if9 @ .e y"
tot By prof. Henry. Of thc Smithsonian 1nstitu.
py yops ao Ess, s.f tat ef d, Sse! Ae.s1 ,ssts
secne Geifs r. s ses os hG2c ;se tho;sHghI
s;!,.S g. .ssPsst y te sdo & the Coat
sn{a,,.,oe 0S., i.,, asAFet vseT5satolJt ana nthcr
CHI t'.e prf nurfaus Q! ,ne .toses'imcnt. From
cron, OF Wisconsin, who calletl upon him in the
or Rusk wtli probably i,e sc,cctci al.houet b tbs
conc. A'' '0' ~ "''N'o 4o' i" ''o's' W
TIE eurRxMx cornr VACANCY.
Tic President intjt1atcd to-tlay init mn an.
pointn,rnt to Tho suarcu,e Uc1ch 10 euccce1i
JuI1c Dnyfa wn,1|d hc mails nj nresct,t snd
that IL would nut probably he n,n,In ,,ntft she
extra session, II thcru il one, Which sernnr,l
probable. At TINT time the np;,oIntmcnt wo,Ijti
bc male. fhcsc Wlscopstn tfrntJctncn scrtn
confident that senator liowc'e rIoI1ccs mrs. er.
ccllcnt.
WAR DEPARTMENT r1.ogrEcr11s.
~ tke T1Mtrn As.octattd iftss.
MAsHtSGTox. j. e., Marel, N.-2ccsctary
MeCraty has Issued The following circular III
regar.l TO removals. promotions, stc., in .hc
War Department.:
United b3atcs under tho war Department ara here.
~ Informed that hereafter removals viii lc made
,rt r. oeJs.a @ Ut enu.o on't: anu pfomot!ons
IT,. na oc osaGrca upon nc s0io ground Of merit:
sTr.5s une,as HHst u3aessIAnd that retention ard
rare., sasat n 't9 sosvteo VIII depend upon
NM .,,u,, VI sooa 1s9ASint anu eMclency. nnd
cal Ill II rc@ntrcd o"heper. hepert no no1ttl.
aupport Of tho Constitution md its
amendments, and proper resncct for The rlrhts
81 citizens guaranteed thereby. Industry md faith.
rn.nsss N s t,s lsch.rEe Of dat. coed moral
qurcd md enforced, md heada Of bureaus viii re-
port promptly any case Of .tdjencss nrricst NJ
duty. incapnclty. arunkenness or sny Iinraoral or
dtshopust Conduct. in casc nj sn"ssnr1 ,rno,t
thereof wili hc .uade. accompanied BY list of ali
n9 ~. ost lennoit as' eMclent clerks N the sonu
v.rsnrv shsi Z. ~ Ga1eau' '!om WHICH list the
'A~A''~' e""'' w n'''u.
...,.. aCHuhz.
., ucasgat'on sas. 81 Hesnan eltlzcnst appointed
~ ~. % .eEcnt MeettnE o. uermana held III tlIis
AMI nra.cn,af ht, tus asacna tnls 9iternooil
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10 saa Tteftrn Assocfdtff PFt&s.
NEW OHtnAxa, March a.-'rhe city Is vcry
quiet. No hostile denomination from any
quarter. 4 conflict involving loss Of life IS now
regarded "a improbable.
The Nichols police to-day nrscsted four moro
Of Packarl's recruiting officers. They wcro i'm.
prlsoued. charged Wifi treason.
, 1877-03-21

gladiator Ial arena, he desires to hare fair play
anu is putting himself In condition for q
struggle.
, 1877-03-21

II Fustcr could secr,ta Ito unstcd votes vi hls own
pay f, hs e9hd eh sssrtainiy gss enough Democt*ic
the plan IL Y clect southern Democrat Speakcr.
n saa tct ths Nos;h hayo a tho o'let House
asat!abe canuiuate. mad Mr!'Lessou, Of Ieun.yi.
- St jals sass:. VII viii siat g sat
~ the Cotton statea plan io hal dignity abIiitY
tusee. and tact Then, too hs /. not as agYru.eiye
~ tbs recent prssldential excitement In iu il,use
llc look now Il that Randall cannot he elcctnd
Stoss!son h. no leadIng 10 commend
that 10 owes what ptoa,lnencc he haa ALREADY Vi.
spsases r; ks,f Tas danxes IL th.t dvad,ioek in
hoashSrn man clsc,ud, hu, Tho Nostlssa Dru,o.
Gratis Will not unite With thea. Thu Ncpusjicsu.
uos IL sleetsd oecl.c ho csanot ~. .trx M ii pen.
sss sst,;s r. +; s! s.
but twill weaxen aftsr ths In. sISft sss4ct thai.
increase; sayleF will gut good vote. and II hls
aor. succeed Il viii 10 b. ~ peJgs. ~ tof Southern
Committees and biz inhucucs ior southern mat
tor c!esk. Tue sltuatton ts th!s: Either South
Republican. sous = .hs eoae'u.ioa shat it i bet:
ter 10 set half luaf than no broad.
EuANBEKLAIH.
:, Tho most algnihcant straw In tho South Casu.
llna case Is the arrival hero Of Mra. Chamber-
ls!n ard child, wtth scYcn Or eight GREAT trunks.
tihii.utins m tntritioR tu staY. Chamberlain
certainly looks as though llc did not Intend 10
return 10 South Carolina. II is run,vred that
proposition bus been made him, and
he has CONG hero to siCn terms ou which hc
slon OF Hampton.
fx.FREalpksT GRANT cQM[AQ Wa.r
r., AttadteA ~ E5actaAaH COMMERCIAL
WAkAIhaToS, March th-Ex. President Grant.
accompanied bY AfF1 f:rnnt will 1rar.. NnEh.
nRton during the present week on q bricf vlslt |
o the West, with View 10 arrange bis private
business preparatory TO bis departure Tor Eurnpt,
'ha TO occupy the ttme between this aud tho |
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

vented. On the flap of the envelope
the words "Attempt to open" are
printed with double set of chemicals,
the first impression containing nut-galls
and the second green vitriol. II the
flap be steamed or moistened in any
way the magic printing will appear, to
betray the attempt to open.
The mines of Utah are paying bet
ter than any on the Pacific coast. They
are more economically managed, are
easier to work, and are permanent. All
the leading mills and smelters in the
Territory are running to their full Ca
pacity, new ones are being erected in
several of the camps, and the prospects
are that the production of last year will
be doubled. Never in the history Of
Utah has the outlook been so promis-
ing.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

AM ARB0R, Mich, March 15.-Don
]. Mozart, the unfortunate watch In
ventor, died to-day at the County Poor
house. 1t will be remembered that he
was once . well-to-do jeweler in this
city, and finally succeeded in inventing
q watch which had such superior quail
ties that stock company with large
capital was formed for its manufacture.
Every thing was in readiness for work,
when, taking his model apart
for some slight improvement,
he seemed to have been so
overcome with his success that his
mind was weakened, and he found him.
self unable to put the wheels together
again. Soon after he became hopeless
" crazy. His small fortune was lost,
his family left with nothing but hene.
He was placed under the care of physi-
clans 1t the Kalamazoo Insane Asylum.
but could not be curCi. The Masonic
fraternity have since provided for him
in connection with the county. He be-
came total wreck before his death.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

The invalid actress, Mrs. Clara
Morris Harriott, is under treatment in
Santa Barbara, Cal.
Rev. DIR. E. o. Hovey, Professor of
Chemistry and Geology in Wabash Col
lege,. Charlottesville, Ind, died on the
10th, aged IS.
Joseph John, the artist, well known
from the chromos of his "Changed
Cross" Crock of Ages" "The Cur
few," etc., has just died Of consump-
ton, 1T the age of Al.
The newly elected Kansas Senator
was once a type-setter in Cincinnati,
and the Detroit Free Press says it
makes him sigh to hear the boys rattle
up headlines and chuck in leads.
Miss Emma C. Thursby has signed
a contract with Maurice Strakosch to
sing in concerts in this country and
Europe for three years for 100000
and the expenses Of herself and sister,
who will accompany her.
The verse which President Hayes
kissed in taking the oath was the 1ltl
of the llSth psalm: "They comprised
me ahout-yea, they cOmpassed me
about; but in the name of the Lord l
will destroy them"
Seward, in his autobiography, just
issued from the press, tells of the train
ing he received in boyhood for diplo-
matte career. He had to drive the cows
to pasture and bring them home; take
the gram tG mill; bring the lime from
the Kiln. and do the errands Of the
family generally, the time Of his elder
brothers being too precious to permit
them to be withdrawn from their Ia
bOrs.
President Hayes said good thing,
the other day, to Miss Phoebe Cozzens,
of St. Louis, who went up to the White
House to pay her respects TO him.
Miss Cozzens is lady who has studied
law, and who differs from nearly all
the ladies who have invaded the pro-
LESSONS usually practiced by men in
being decidedly attractive in personal
appearance. In the course Of her con-
versation Miss Cozzehs playfully re-
ferred to Gen. Grants having talked of
appointing her Chief Justice, and said
that, had he done SO, it would have been
her duty to have administered the oath
of Office to him on Monday. President
Hayes replied to her, "My dear Miss
Cozzens, in that case l should have
kissed something beside the book"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31
Science and Industry.

A Philadelphia oleomsrgarine fac
tory is said to turn out about 1OO, 900
lbs. a week, sending it to New York,
ostensibly for export.
The premium bale of cotton, which
won the $1,000 prize at the Centennial
Exhibition, is to be sent to the Interna-
tional Horticultural Exhibition in Hol-
land Dy the Cotton Exchange of Mem
phis.
An English company with s25, 000,-
600 capital, headed by Sir John Rose,
is buying up 5000 square miles of tim-
Der lands in Canada and purchasing
lumber-mills on the Ottawa and Gait
mean Rivers.
The Cumberland Ners announces
an entire suspension Of coal-mi=ing in
Western Maryland Not single mine
is working between Cumberland and
Piedmont, and not pound of coal is
being shipped from the whole region.
"A fine flow of green petroleum was
struck at San Buenaventura, CAL, the
latter part of February, at depth Of
only a few feet. Several other wells
have been discovered in the same vicin-
ity, none at q greater depth than $50
feet.
While the Government is shipping
granite from Maine to build Post
Office in Atlanta, Ga, and marble from
Vermont for headstones in the Nation
al Cemetery at Marietta, there is with
in sight of the new Post-Office an I'M
covered mountain of granite, and not
20 miles from Marietta there are in
exhaustible quarries of the finest mar
BILE.
Much has recently been said about
tampering with letters. To avoid this
calamity safety envelope has been in
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31
70 neutrality-suspicious..

All communications for this paper should be
accom- panied by the name of the author, not nee
essariiy for publication, but as evidence OF good
faith OF, the part Of the writer. Write only on
one side OF the paper BE particularly careful.
in giving names and dates, to have all letters or
figures plain and distinct.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31
school and Church.

-Messrs. Moody and Sankey have
been invited by the clergymen Of Hart
ford, Conn, to hold revival services in
that city.
An aged negro woman is pupil
in Boston infant school. She says,
Use gwine to learn suthin' afOre l
die"
1t is reported that the Methodist
Protestants of Georgia have arranged
terms of union with the Lutherans in
that State.
Father Hyacinthe has just obtained
leave to deliver course of public lee
lures on religious subjects in the Italian
rheater Of Paris.
The meeting house Of the First
Parish" bingham, Mass, was erected
in 1851. There have been but six min
listers in the parish since 1855, the short
est service being eighteen years and the
longest sixty-five.
AT the meeting of the Methodist
Book Committee, in New York, Rev. j.
C. Hartzell was elected editor OF the
Southeastern advocate at New Or
leans, in place of ex-senator Revels,
resigned.
The Central Baptist deplores the
weak standing Of the Baptist denomi-
nation in St. Louis, where it has only
l.600 white members. 1t credits New
York City with 1856 Baptists; Phila-
delphia with $4,000.
Some weeds can be killed and pre-
vented from growing in garden paths
by watering the ground with weak
solution OF carbolic acid, part pure
crystallized acid to 1000 parts water.
Sprinkle from watering pot.
Cardinal Ledochowski has been
sentenced by the District Court in Ino-
wrazlaw to two and half years. i'm
prisonment and fine of 800 marks for
having violated the Prussian ecclesias.
teal laws and offered resistance to the
authority Of the State. The Cardinal is
also found guilty Of high treason
The next International Convention
of Young Mems Christian Associations
will be held on Wednesday, June 6, at
Louisville, Ky, instead of st. Louis, as
originally intended. The St. Louis
Association foand it impracticable to
make suitable arrangements for the en-
.tertainment OF the delegates.
DIR. Philippe da Motto, the head of
the Department of Public Instruction
IN Brazil and Imperial Commissioner
to the Centennial Exhibition, is travel
ing through this country examining the
school system Of each State. 1t Will
be several years before he returns to
Brazil, rs he intends to examine the
European schools also.
Mr.. Kingsbury, the Treasurer of
the American Tract Society, has now
entered on the second half century o
his term Of Office. His experience has
been y remarkable one. During his so
years Of service there has never been q
dollar wrong in the cash, no note has
been protested, nor any debt left un-
paid. There are railroad companies
and other corporations which would
be proud to have such a treasurer.
Haps and AllsAaps.
Three children recently died in Lu
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

The English farmers are strongly
condemning the Government for having
in the present crisis Of their affairs,
omitted all reference toAgricultursl sf-
fairs from the Queens speech.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

to his wife was not forgotten :-"view
of the political situation, !" he added.
1t is more laudable to suffer great
misfortunes than to do great things,
says Stanislaus, and it's better to iust
stand and cuss the vocabulary dry when
the stove-pipe falls down than to kick
the stove over.
We are startled to learn, from the
Cleveland PlaiRdealer, that "Mrs.
Hayes doesn't want the editor Of the
Dayton Journal as private secretary to
her husband, because his head won't
match the furniture"
EAT Florence, Arizona, there is a
restaurant kept by Chinaman, with
Mexican wife, n negro cook, and
white woman for q waiter.'' Hash
with any kind of hair-dressing prompt
ly STANDARDIZATION Post.
While We are erecting COMMISSIONERS
over dead martyrs and placing laurel
wreaths on the brows of living heroes,
don't let's forget to drop tear on the
grave OF the man who conceived the
idea Of putting potato on the snout Of
q kerosene can.
-'.Oh. what becomes, !" said Chloe fair,
''Of all the pins that from my nair
drop UNDECIDED on the Goor.
And never miss or see them mores"
my dear, said Darwin. "shey all 60
Into our mother earth below;
There their development begins,
And ending they are terra-pinsi"
-Bs1aio Courier.
"A promising youth of only seven
summers, VINO had been accused Of not
always telling the truth, cross examin-
ed his father: "Father, did you used
to lie when you were q boy?" "No,
my son." said the paternal, who evil
IDENTIFY did not recall the past with any
distinctness. Nor mother, eitherp"
persisted tine young lawyer. "No. But
why?" "Ohi because l don't see
how two people, who never told lie,
could have boy that tells as many as
l do"
"A boy down in Flint River Town
ship got up ut 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning, sneaked cautiously out of the
house, and ran Scross 20 acre field in
the snow in his bare feet till he got to
the brush. Then he put on his boots,
made long detour. and got back To
the house. 1t nearly killed him and
gave him such cold that he has to use
= pair Of bellows to breathe with, but
he forgot all his troubles in the intense
fun he had watching all the neighbors
assemble with guns and dogs, and start
out to hunt the bear, which the first
man up had tracked as far as the woods.
Here is an incident of recent oc-
currence at q restaurant: A gentleman
summons the waiter, and points to q
hair which had introduced its sinuous
folds into dish Of macaroni on which
he Was engaged. "Ah!" said the wait
er, cheerily, III can tell you where that
comes from. Our chef is in love, and
is constantly opening medallion con-
tanning lock of his sweetheart's hair.
OF course. some Of it occasionally falls
into the dishes" The gentleman NUT
ters something about disgusting and
"beastly." The waiter continues:
=" Beg pardon, sir, but would you mind
giving me the hair? You see, he is so
fond Of her that it quite pleases him
when l bring back stray hair or two"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

A st. Louis man had just said to .
friend: "Let's take another" when
his wife turned the corner, but his duty
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31

Haps and MlshaDs.
Three children recently died in Lu
zerne County, Pa, from the poisonous
effects of eating Skunk" cabbage.
Mrs. Tuckens, aged IS, was burn
ed to death ut Rochester, Pa, by her
clothes taking fire from CRATE.
AT Fort Wayne, Ind, young man
named T. d. Wilson was examining q
revolver, when the weapon was ACCT
dentally discharged, the ball entering
his forehead and inaicting 3 fatal
wound.
Three children of Thomas Hogarth,
, 1877-06-13

Tho Chtcago produce markets werc generally
easier yesterday, md mort Of them were active.
Mess pork c3oscd SIC per brl lower, at s12. 52.i1
II. IS for July md Sl2. B7M4b19.70 for August.
Iasd closch oc per 100 ths lower, At So. COOS, 0e
for July and So. 7oGf 8. 72tt for August. Meats
were caser. at 4Ac for loose shoulders, Baic for do
short fibs, anti 0Mc for do short clears. 1Iglwnc.
wcrc unchanged. ISL. OF per gnlon. Lake freights
were quiet at &c for corn to Buffalo. Flour wus
moro aetive and nsm. Wheat closed ~ q ic lower.
sl.50 for cash or June and 81. .4Dh seller July.
Corn closed 1.ie lower. at 45Hc cash and 4Biic
for July. oats closed 1fmtr, at :}s!ic cash md
11Se for July. Rye WAS dull, At G7QsGsc. Harley
sold eparng1y al h5c. Hogs quiet and easier,
coelns weak Al &c decline. snlcs at 81. 1oG5. 90.
Cattle were active and 1Oal 15c lower than Monday,
wtll sales at g. GOT g.. Sheep were firm. Last
Ratunlay evening thcru was In store in this city
S1H, 1T bu wheat y, coo. 1G In corn, .os. 4l hu
oas. 100 3e2 b', fyc, and Isl, 1f' bu barley. To.
tai, s, 37. III bu; bc!ng dcerease Of 4GB. o08 hu
during Inst week. Ono hundred iollass In Eold
would buy s1ol.s7 tn gtccnbac4s a. tho close.
, 1877-06-13

Mr. CnEsnaouon appcara to haya saslstac-
toFily answered tbs objections raised by the
North S'''e Citizcns' Union to tho operation
OF tie Fullcrton-nyenue conduit. The zen.
t'c'ncn FROM ever tho Rhine thought they
l:nd reason to suspect tho contamination not
only OF the lako winds, but also OF tho water
ns fnr out rs the crib, ii the contents Of ths
North Branch were pumped into tho lake.
and suggested TINT The lake be pumped iEto
the North l5ranch md allowed to find its out
lot through the canal. The City Engineer
BAYS TINT tho 6taynaut water will not reach
the crib, and that tho engines arc to be con-
str7'csed 10 as to pump both waya and thus
satisfy I'll parties.
, 1877-06-13

The New York Tribune publishes tables
showing the earnings Of nearly all the rail-
roads in this country, aud also tables show
ing tha dividends made by tho rnilroai COR
porations. From these 1t app&,arn that stock
amounting to 91.4oo, 100000 paid NO dtvi-
dends tho last year; that stock amounting
to $82c,G41, ,7o2 paid m average dividend OF
per cent, The dividends mn6e average
about 2.G per cont on NIL tho stock os,tstanl-
ing. The roads paying dividends havo abons
$500, 900, 600 OF bonds outstanding, which
practically represent the capital invested
Tie ronds being constructed by tho sale Of
bonds, and but small proportion Of cash
being invested in stock.