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THE WEST.

The hostile Nez Perces Indians were
reported as camped at Hole-in-the- Rock,
stage station in Idaho, on the goth. They
destroyed the telegraph line in the vicinity,
and stopped all travel over the road for sew
8iIVshonoo at tie Fort Hall agency nave
gone to fight the hostiles.
On the 18th inst, 108 cars of stock
and Al cars of tea passed through Omaha
en- route east.
ALBERT HOWE, an old and we'll known
fire and marine insurance agent in the
western country, died at st. Louis on the
18th inst, after lingering illness.
The senatorial commission appointed
at the last session of the California legisla-
ture to inquire into the Chinese question
have embodied the information obtained on
the subject in a memorial to Congress,
which was to be presented to Gov. Irwin.
1t is understood that the memorial takes
strong ground against Chinese immigration,
and suggests remedy which it is hoped will
obyiate further trouble on that account.
1T is expected that a delegation of In
dian chiefs, including Red Cloud, Spotted
Tail, Little Big Man, and other prominent
men of various tribes will shortly start for
Washington for conference with the Presi-
dent.
APPLICATION was made on the 18th
inst, by an attorney of number of stock
holders of the Hannibal and st. Joe road, at
st. Joseph, Mo-, for the appointment of a
receiver.
The Hon. J. Failing, ex-Mayor of
Portland, Oregon, died on the 18th inst.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD little girl of S. G.
Herman strdyed from home at Blair, Neb
on the 18th inst. Two hundred men were
looking for her, butat last accounts no trace
of her had been found.
The Tri-state Fair association of Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan will hold their first
annual fair i'll Toledo, o., from Sept. "a to
90 inclusive.
The State Superintendent of Insur-
ance of Kansas, have revoked the license to
do business in the state of the Atlas Insur-
ance Co., of Hartford
THE following was received from Ban
mock on the 18th inst: "The Indians
crossed at head of Horse Prairie to Lemhi,
striking Stephenson's this morning, killing
the Pierce brothers and others on the route.
They are evidently making their way to
Snake River valley.
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Rocky mountains, and must reach the sea-
board by rail or river.
THE Georgia constitutional conven-
ton gives the Legislature power to regulate
freights and fare on railroads.
THE American Dental Convention
closed its session at Baltimore on the 18th
inst, re-electing DIR. Jonathan Taft, of Gin
cinnati, president, J. R. Walker, of New
Orleans, vice president, and J. G. Amber
treasurer, A. Tees, secretary.
REV. Asa DODGE SMITH, ex-president
of Dartmouth college, died at Hanover, New
Hampshire, on the 18th inst.
RALEIGH 7. DANIEL, Attorney Gen
eral of Virginia, and re-nominated, died on
the 18th inst.
THE Pennsylvania Independent green
back party has called state convention to
meet at Williamsport, on Sept. 13.
In accordance with the secretary of
the treasury's order reducing the force of
the custom house at Baltimore, 40 employees
were discharged on the 18th inst.
On the 23d inst the Adams Express
company will withdraw its agents and mes
sengers from the Marietta and Cincinnati
railroad. The express business will be car
ried on by the railroad company through its
freight department.
Col. JOHN G. ANGEL, prominent
commander in connection with the White
League during the late trouble at New Or
leans, died in that city on the 14th inst,
aged 80 years.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

| JAMES WITHERsPOON, well-knCwn
citizen OF Memphis, Tenn, was waylaid and
fatally shot while returning home from
4Irand Junction on the night of the 18th
Ilnst. 1T is not known who his assaiant was.
A CHICAGO grain operator named
Stevens, alias Henderson, a former member
of the Minnesota Legislature, named Nelson
A. Gesner, and one f. B. Weston, Chicago
real estate brokers were arrested on the 18th
| inst, charged with CARRYING on a system of
forgery by which they have acquired millions
EARLY on the morning of the 18th
inst, }. Eckert, of Paterson, n. j., threw
his wife out of the window, after a quarrel.
Killing her instantly. She would have be-
| come mother within two or three weeks.
AT Cherrvfield, Me-, on the evening
OF the 18th inst, Charles Lindsay was shot
dead by young man named Anderson.
Lindsay was indulging in rotous conduct
about camping tent belonging to Ander-
sons mother Anderson gave himself UP.
MARTIN MONAGHAN, aged 81, was
Killed by his son John, who chopped him to
death at Detroit, Mich, on the 18th inst
The son had been of unsound mind many
years, and the coroner's jury declared the
murderer insane.
DANIEL BARNHART, an old man
claiming to be over one hundred years old
committed suicide at Dayton, o., on the 18th
inst.
WIN. CosTARY, a negro, murdered his
wife in church st st. Louis, on the 10th
Domestic troubles.
A. ID. SCHAEFFER, cashier of the
Farmers and Mechanics bank of Westmin-
lister, Md, committed suicide on the 18th
inst. Deceased was also treasurer and secre-
tary of the Taylor Manufacturing company,
of Westminster.
AT New Orleans on the 18th inst,
United States Commissioner Southworth
committed Louis Davis, an old paper and
rag dealer to appear before the circuit court
in default of $4,000 bail, for selling washed
revenue stamps.
A BOILER in the Touring mill of Foster
d Co., Groveport, o., exploded on the 18th
inst, killing boy eight years old and man
named Allen.
AN excursion train on the Troy and
Boston road was run into by a Montreal
freight at HoOsic Junction, Vt, on the 18th
inst, wrecking an engine and number of
freight cars. Five persons were injured.
By collision between two trains near
Pittsburg on the 18th inst, Conductor W.
b. Waltham and two passengers were
burned, the two former seriously.
A BOILER on a fiat-boat pile-driver ex-
ploded at Boston on the 18th inst, killing
n''d sari"rSly injurinu fnrr o+hars
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TELEGRAMs from Zara and Cettinie
state that the Montenegrins on the Goth car
ried the last out-work of Nicsics, and are
pushing forward through the town towards
the fortress.
LATER kilograms from Mukhtar Pasha
gives the Turkish losses in the battle on the
18th as 130 killed and 332 wounded, and the
Russians loss as 500.
4 STREAM of Russian reinforcements
are flowing now steadily through Roumania
1t is expected that both the guard and
grenadier corps will be in Bulgaria by the
first week in September The staff
calculate that $50, 900 men are now actually
on the march to reinforce the army.
THE Russian bombardment continues
Two hundred shells have fallen in town, and
twenty persons have been killed.
IT is officially announced from st.
Petersburg that Gen. Gourka's entire loss
from July 14th to Aug. 1st was 10 officers
wounded and 81 missing. The Bulgarian
Legion also lost % officers and 600 men.
EVERY detail of preparation shows
that the Russians have made up there minds
for long war; and are preparing great de-
pots of firewood. The Romanian govern
ment is also asking tenders for the supply
of great quantities of clothing and stores.
THE Russians officially acknowledge
loss of 14,459 men killed and wounded up
to August 9. heTurkish massacres awaken
horror and Indignation at Athens difficult to
described.
AN imperial degree issued at Con-
stantinople on the 18th inst, calls to arms
all hitherto exempted. Those who have
already served, but not reached their 40th
year. viii be divided into national guards,
who may ultimately be sent to the seat of
war, and national guards for protection and
internal security.
THE Russian batteries at Slobozia
bombarded Rustchuk on the night of the
10Th inst, causing confagration which
lasted until midnight. The Turks have been
bombarding Giurgevo but the Russian bat
teries are not replying.
FROM reports concerning the mas
sacres it seems that if affairs continue many
days longer, not single christian will be
left alive on the slopes of the southern Bal
kans.
BY the last military operation south of
the Balkans, loss of twelve thousand killed
and wounded was inflicted on the Russians.
The Turks drove the enemy from all locali-
ties south of the mountains.
AN engagement occurred at TopkeHy
on Monday the 18th inst. The Russians de-
feated the Turks and captured five cannons.
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MISCELLANEOUS,

IHE following summary of latest crop
reports is from the New York Merchants
Journal:
The latest private and published reports
from the principal agricultural districts
show that the winter wheat crop, already
safely harvested, is among the largest ever
produced in this country. The spring wheat
is also in excellent condition, and an unpre-
cedented yield is anticipated. The cotton
prospects are also more favorable than last
year at this time, the product now being es-
umated at upward of 4,500, 900 bales. The
wheat crop OF last year was 260, ,000, 900 bus.
This year it will be more than 325 900
bus. The average export for five years has
been 81, 800, 600 bus. The largest amount
ever exported in one year was 90,0OO,0O0
bus. Of this years crop not less than 100,
0G0, eco bus may be sent abroad. An impor-
portant circumstance in connection with our
own abundant harvest is the reduced pro-
portion of southern Russia, resulting from
the disturbed condition of affairs in the
countries adjacent to the Black Sea. Recent
special reports from southern Russia re-
port the estimated crop of the present season
at less than one-half that of former years.
Russia has hitherto been cur only great
rival in the English wheat market. Before
1872 Russia shipped almost as much wheat
TO the markets of the world as the United
States. Last year the Russian supply was
only one-third as great as that of the United
States, and for the present year it is shown
by official communications that the proper
ton of Russian wheat will be much less. 1t
is shown by official reports that the wheat
crop In taliferria for the present season 10
saisii, ka t.eS its tet;nsHtsd sasPit4p 81 4C.,s
eee, $40 bgShfis uasl be Rgeansad sest al tbs
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Who Hurts the Bible MOst2

Says Beecher in a late sermon: The
man who revolts at Scripture, and throws
it overheard, certainly offends against
the whole moral canon; but who so
teaches Scripture as that the natural
sentiments of rectitude and justice in
men cause them to reject it offends
against it not whit less. Oftentimes
there is more contempt put upon the
Bible in defending it than in directly at
tacking it. Frequently the way in
which men construe the Bible is more
destructive to it than the way in which
they deny it. This Book of life, which
sprang from life, approves itself to life;
the natural consciousness of men runs
with it; it accords with the better feel
ings of mankind; but some men are
guilty of its destruction; and those who
have clothed it in sackcloth, those who
have by mystical and fantastical inter-
pretations made it unnatural are the de-
stroyers of it. Where men are infidels
they are so not from choice, but because
they are made so by Misrepresentation
of the Bible; and multitudes who disbe-
lleve the Bible believe it with the in
tensest affection when they come to know
what it really is. 1t is not only those
who overtly assail the Word of God, but
also those who suppose themselves to be
its friends, that are imperilins the
faith of the community in its truths.
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OF THE WEEK.
THE EAST.

THEtwenty-third triennial convocation
of the general grand chapter of Royal Arch
Masons of the United States began at Buffalo
on the 2lst inst.
THE striking employees of the Newark
silk mill, $50 in number, resumed work on
the goth inst, the company having arranged
compromise by which the highest wages
are reduced and the lowest raised.
SHIPWRIGHTs and sparmakers of the
navy yard at New York, have struck against 4
reduction of wages from S35 to s.. 90 per
day.
A DISPATCH from Summit Station,
"a, states that all the operatives in the
collleries in that neighborhood struck on the
lth inst, for higher wages. The number of
men engaged in the strike is aboutfive thou
sand.
NEW York dealers in oats made
the following changes in grades on the
18th inst: Extra and extra white oats shall
not weigh over 80 pounds to the measured
bushel, No. and No. l white oats not over
81 pounds, and No. and No. white oats
not over 29 pounds. No changes were made
III grade of No. 3, No. 3 white or rejected
oats.
GEORGE M. WHEELER, dealer in iron,
IN New York city, failed on the 18th inst.
Liabilities over $500,000. One-third of the
Indebtedness is due to English firms.
The Hundredth Anniversary of the
Battle of Bennington was celebrated at Ben
ningtOn, Vt, on the 10th and 18th insts
President Hayes was present on the 18th
and participated in the exercises.
The Atlantic State Nail Association,
on the 18th inst, resolved to advance the
price of nails 15c per keg.
a DELEGATE meeting, representing
majority or the golfers of the region of
Hazelton, Pa, resolved to quit work on the
18th inst, as the 1213 per cent reduction of
June lst Will not be restored. Operators
say the present prices make an advance I'm
possible.
IHE Maine Democratic State Conven-
ton, assembled at Portland, on the 14th
inst Joseph Ii. Williams of Augusta, was
nominated for Governor.
SUBSIDIARY High Court of the An
cient Order Of Foresters of the United
States met in annual session, at Newark,
n. j., on the 18th inst. Reports show 4,376
courts or lodges.
DARWIN A. SHERMAN, the most ex-
tensiye merchant of Warren County, n. Y,
failed on the 18th inst. Liabilities $50 900:
assets unknown. Many persons are thrown
out OF employment by this failure.
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WASHINGTON.

The treasury department declares the
importation of sugars artifcially colored for
the purpose of securing their entry at the
custom house at a lower rate of duty than
would be charged upon color attained in the
ordinary process of manufacture. 1t is re-
garded as a direct evasion of the revenue
laws, and all importations of that character
made in the United States after the first of
October next will be seized and prosecuted
for forfeiture.
The land case involving the title of the
state of Kansas to over two hundred and
thirty-six thousand acres OF land, being the
aggregate of the grant of the state, under
the act OF 1861, admitting Kansas into the
Union, has been declared by the interior de-
partment in favor of the state of Kansas
THE Spanish minister, Mantilla, off
cially assures the Acting Secretary of State
that the government is disposed TO satisfy
complaints which the United States may de-
sire to make in regard to the eases of the
Rising Sun and Ellen Rizpah, even before
they are formulated, and to prevent here
after any cause for similar ones arising 1t
appears the acts complained of were COM
mltted by the same officer, q subaltern of
rank equivalent TO that of coxswain in our
navy.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 10th
inst, says: 1t is known here that parties
complaining OF Secretary Sherman and Nor
ton, Bliss & Co., had formed syndicate of
their own, had held conferences with the
secretary and had offered to Morton, Bliss &
Co., and other members of the present syn
dicate an interest in their syndicate before
the Rothschilds and associates had made
any proposition to the secretary and the new
per cent loan.
THE cotton report of the department
OF agriculture for August, shows no material
decline fnom July. The general average
for August is ninety-three. No state aver
ages higher than in 1876, except Louisiana
and Florida.
THE Cabinet on the 14th inst, author
lied that Gen. Terry and civilian in gov
ernment service TO represent the United
Safe. IN treating with Canada for The rs.
.asA u{ si.ssns asli sod hard, E-it Esrsin
he. sssa seFs.assa sssrss.<s q 40 6a@
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Russia and Germany,

The friendly feeling between Russia
and Germany is seen in the fact tn t i'm
mediately after the first Russian t1oops
had crossed the lower Danube the fol-
lowing telegram was sent by the Emperor
of Russia to Count Won Moltke, who on
the 10th of September, 1869, was nomin-
ated chief of the sixty-ninth regiment of
the Russian army: "By command of
the Emperor have the honor to inform
your excellency that it fell to the lot of
your excellency's regiment to cross the
Danube the day before yesterday, the
22d of June, at Galatz as the first de-
tachment of the imperial Russian army
to tread the soil of the enemy, and, after
a glorious sction, to earn for the men, as
Well as for the officers, the first distribu-
tion of the order of st. George
Adelberg, general adjutant of his majesty
the Emperor of Russia" 1t is also re-
ported that, by invitation of the Russian
government, Captain-Lieutenan Olde-
kop, member of the artillery expert
ment committee, has been sent to the
headquarters of the Russian army on the
Danube.
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ABROAD.
THE imperial governments of China has

The imperial government of China has
issued an edict against the use of opium,
declaring its use was bringing destruction
upon the Chinese people. In addition to
home production opium is imported into
China to the annual value of over $4,000,
600, principally from British India.
HENRI CoNNEACE, physician to the
late Emperor Napolean, is dead.
KING ALFONSO received Mr. Lowell,
the newly appointed United States minister
to Spain, on the 18th inst Mr.. Lowell spoke
i'll very tiattering terms of Spain. The king
replied in a similar friendly tone. No allu-
sion was made to Cuba.
A BERLIN special says it is reported
that Germany is demonstrating with France
for erecting Notifications on the Swiss
frontier, which is causing an uneasy feeling.
OVER thirty persons have been arrest
ed at Madrid in connection with the recently
discovered Republican conspiracy.
THE British rifle team sailed tor New
York on the 18th inst. The names are :
Henry Halford, Col. Peel, Col. Felton, Maj
Walter, Capt. Baulby, Lieut.. Fenton and
Messrs. Armitage, Evans, Ferguson, Frazer
Glider, Greenhiil, Humphreys, Wilmer, Pig
got, Rigby and Thompson.
A STRIKE is imminent throughout the
entire South Staffordshire coal fields, in con-
sequence of the masters endeavor to in
crease working hours.
WILLIAM LoNGMAN, the well-known
London publisher is dead.
A REPUBLICAN conspiracy was dis
oor-o-~I NJ Irid Snain on tho S+L -.
and frustrated, and many arrests made here
and in the provinces. In government cir
cles, however, the movement is considered
unimportant.
THE English Parliament was prorogued
on the 14th inst. The Queens speech was
received with great enthusiasm.
THE famine in India is increasing in
severity. DrCornish, sanitary commissioner
of Madras, says that there are already $780,
900 people being fed and over 100000 have
died.
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MANITOWOC
DRY DOCK.

IT is frequently thrown out at tall
lean men that they csn eat more than
their shorter fellows, because they have.
physiologically, greater capacity. The
assertion, however, like many other
reckless generalities of science, is not con-
firmed by actual test. One day last
week, in Brooklyn, two colored men
one tall and lean, the other short and
already fat-ate on a wager. Bread,
sausages, eggs, beef, buns and ham were
furnished unstintedly. There was a
good deal of quiet work done for a while,
but the tail, lean man was the first to
ask for rest, AMI tie short, fat fellow,
ven the ~hsss, having sstsa s.isss tea
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mission. The Cabinet also considered the
Rio Grande troubles at some length 1t was
announced that the Governor of Texas
would demand of Mexican authorities the
culprits who crossed from the Mexican side
to Rio Grande City on the 18th, broke open
the Jail and committed other depredations.
The Cabinet approved the action of the
Governor, under the extradition treaty.
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WHopTlsaEakY griddlescstes ere ths
lstsst spiensssa pQFslsS,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-07
Plain Facts and Questions for
the People Of 1OnOngalia
County ON the Cap.
ital Question.

We want the Monongahela opened
up and developed by railroads and
public buildings. Our interests are
directly concerned in developing
this valley. Can we do this by To-
eating the Capital at Charleston. We
desire that the University be built up,
fostered and cared for. Can we &C
complish this by locating the Capt.
tai at Charleston? By locating the
Capital at Charleston, we ALLEVIATE a
majority of "a members of the Legis-
lature; this majority would be array
ed against any enterprise that this
section might desire. 1t would be ar
rayed against appropriations for our
Univerity. And further, this major
ity would, in all probability, remove
the University to Charleston or some
other point.
All will admit that a railroad is
much more easily built 40 miles than
200 miles. Put the Capital at Clark
burg and a short-line road is guaran-
tecd to you. Our University will be
built up, and the Monongahela Val
ley will flourish like the rose. Three
of the public institutions of the
: State will be connected by rail, and
only halliday to either of them
Monongalians, look to your interests
in this matter. Your sympathy is
demanded by your own homes. The
Kanawha Valley has received more
than 100000 from the United
States Government for the improve
ment Of the Kanawha River Our
own State hiss donated for the inter
est of the Third District over half
a million of dollars. We have given
$3l, 800 for the use of the building
they gave for the use of the State
The State paid to parties who live in
New York, Louisville, Gallipolis aud
other parts of the Union more rent
for. the timethan the building is worth.
Charleston has never fulfilled a prom
Use she has made, but is always full
of promises. Is it the interest of the
voters of Monongaha to rob their
own beautiful valley of the improve
ments that will enrich and develop
it? Is it to your interest to thwart
the project of a railroad to the Cap
ital Of the State and within two hours
travel.
Let every voter consider these
things. well before he casts his vote
on this important question.