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THE BORDER MARAUDERS.
SENATOR MORTON DYING.
PENNA. MINERS STRIKE.
THE NlNELAND SCANDAL.
HOWGATE'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
SENATOR MORTON DYING.
PENNA. MINERS STRIKE.
THE VINELAND SCANDAL.
HOwGATE'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
SENATOR MORTON.
His Conduit ON Very Crt.fcaI

HIS toudtti On Very Crtsfcal
RICHNoND. IND, August 25. - Senator
Morton's condition this morning is extremely
critical. He passed a rather Uncomfortable
night.
Worse this Morning
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 25-Doctor
Bliss reports, ri O'Clock this morning, that
Senator Morton passed a rather uncomfort-
able night, and his condition AT this hour is
much worse than II was at y o'clock last
night, when he authorized the statement
that The Senator was out OF danger.
Passing Away
RICHMOND, IND, August >. 10 80 "a. m -
Senator Morton is gradually growing worse.
LATER, III a Ex-senator MOrtOn's pains
are extending upwards. He is in a critical
condition.
The Worst Feared.
RICHMOND, IND, August 25. %. m.-Sen-
atOr Morton Is very low now, ana the result
cannot be predicted, but it is thought the
worst may come.
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AZ I'VE rog ,,. g; y =! RACES
Vas won by Dick Sw1veller In &25k, 2:2sx
E96x, 2;26K. The free for Ill trolling race
Wa won ~ Hopeful In & 1sx, 11s, 20, 2;2S,
EEK.
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~ Boards OF arbitration TO avert duels and
settle affairs OF honor are becoming popular
In Georgia.
SThe Shakers at Enfield, n. H.. have Lost
four girls lately by marriage, and are trying
10 preve mt further defamation by having one
OF the husbands pefsecuted for abduction.
1Gen. James Porter and his son, Ada
tant Gen. Porter, will leave Nashville, Tenn,
tonight, 10 stiend the governors Convention
at Philadelphia.
1Swiss papers complain that the numbsv
OF American tourists this year is only one
half of last year. The number OF Amertcan
bankrupts this year is twice as large a. last
year. Nov do you seer Bkcadaoe.
@The Rev. Charles Thompson, pastor of
the Baptist church In San Jose, Cal, is under
arrest on charge OF incendiarism. His
residence has been burned twice Within n
year, and the insurance agents claim 70 have
proof that be kindled the fires.
~Durtng Q row I'm a saloon In New York
Lloyd was shot and fatally wounded by Nc.
Sormick, The proprietor, who confessed ths
ne old the shooting, but said that be fired =
the floor. Lloyd was down at the time.
- In the libel suit Of CONGRESSMAN Page.
al Placervflle, California, against the pro.
prietors OF the San Francisco Chroaicle, ths
jury were unable 10 agree after being out eli
night, and were discharged. The jury stood
- The democrats OF New Haven contend
That The state law for cumulative voting at
town elections II unconstitutional, and they
stead OF four OF the seven rs the Law prov doo-
III they succeed, those favoring the law mus
test the matter In the courts.
~rhe English journals are beginning 70
adopt headlines. Especially the Duly Nes0s
IL making rapid encroachments On ne
American style. It ts often said that What
English Journalism needs most ~ the INN.
sion OF the American element 70 LIN II Out Of
it, dignined heavfness.
STAT Philadelphia yesterday afternooa q
man entered he Kitchen Of the house Of sx-
District Attorney VIM. b Mann during -
ab<epce OF the family and struck Q doWSsf1o.
Wilhelmina Hoaseom, aged 20 yearS, oV0f
injuries which may result fatally. Her -
Gallant has not yet been arrested.
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CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER OF TWEEN
TY.SKvEN PEOPLE.-John Wesley Harden,
who is said to have committed twenty seven
murders, mostly in Texas, was captured in
a railroad car yesterday as 1t was about to
start from Pensacola About twenty shots
companion, named Mann, was killed.
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ANOTHER PROMISING HORsE.-Mr Rob-
ert BOnners bay gelding John Tyler, with a
on Mr.. BOnner's exercising track near larry
town, last week. The time was 2.20x. The
last half mile was trotted In 1:0Sx and the
last quarter in 81 seconds. Longmau, to
wagon, ran In company with Taylor. Tay-
10y is eight years old, and promises to cut
his time down to FLA or better.
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LONG CONTINUED DECEPTION. The
Aruostook county (Me.) Pioneer, in noticing
tie death OF w. Delavan, a deaf mute" in
San Francis co, states that the man was nei-
Their deaf nor dumb, but represented hims If
as such. In Is he was al Presque Isle, as a
mute artist, representing that he was sketch
He was made much OF, and was admitted To
every house as welcome guest, and conse-
quently became the possessOr of many FAM
ly secrets. He ran off with black smith s
daughter, to whom he had revealed the fast
that he was an impOstOr, but the euraged
father overlook them, and they went back.
They were finally married, however, and he
subse Quenty deserted his wife and ran away
with another woman. He afterward Irne 4
up In the Lake Superior copper mines as a
deaf mute government detective.
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@A Western paper gives the following
as the proper motto for life insurance COM
Panils: "Soc ct IL ens."
~A Pittsburger demands $4,000 raim
bursenent for an eye expunged by q beer
glass.
~ The wcman's rights society OF Paris
has been dissolved by order OF Mac anon's
government. and ordered TO cease holding
meetings. The government considered II q
nest OF rad icalism.
ETT The Nashville (Tenn.) millers opened
direct trade with Liverpool, via Port Royal,
3. C., yesterday, by forwarding twelve hu q.
dred barrels OF flour, for waich the steamer
Mexican is now waiting.
~Fashion journals report that broad
gauge Earters OF the style worn in the Il me of
eaid gentleman to . lady Who accidentally
dropped one while passing ont OF Broa d.
way store, '"you're lostAe your dor collar
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phfIosophy.

AZ noon the wi~e man " ala "A abroad
Proud ith the l~aruing 20 great foods
IL laughed. and said. /" Their d. ~ tsoa.
lis furCr creates tis Reason rulr-
heek with the " iS,iurn e great faith
At uiElm a. knFlt. "a hila ANGELS ~rr.l Led.
Ard Nupi ant cried. with avEutsitai i-nafh.
Jehovah. Gou, save thou nav chai
A. - Wias..r.
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CHoLKRA-The French transport Correze,
with one hundred and thirty cases OF cholera
canal, but 10 required TO perform Quarantine
100 miles below Suex.
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WHISKY AND JEALoUsY.-AtN North An
dover, Mass, John Butterworth, while under
the influence Of liquor and maddened by
Jealousy, assaulted his wife, beat her severe
ly and finally stabbed her several times in
the breast. She died In half hour. Butter
worth attempted to kill himself His wound,
however, Is not thought to be fatal.
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The Conatellatf~u
The Hafk0e9.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Augusta 25-The u.
9. sloop Of war Constellation from New Bed
ford arrived here to-day.
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GEN. GRANTS PROPOSED VISIT tn Paris
IL delayed to prevent the possibility OF at
tentions 10 him refecaing Indirectly on Pres
ident NacNahon.
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LOWER SLEEPING CAR FARE~.-The trav-
elllng public Ought ~ dem and "A rtAlu stlon of
sleeping car prices. The Pulimau cars still
charge the same rates a. I'm l-i.1 aud thpv are
abomlnably high. By day the seats are a
wretchod substitute FOR those iu the common
ntst-ciass cars. They are noJ high enough
Ior comfort, the Top JUST coming 90 the mid
ole OF the back. The two seats Of the section
are too far apart To make the customary ele-
CANT American position a comfortable one.
AT night The lower bed Il comfortable enough
lntrinsically, but the air along the door is
apt 10 be foul. The upper bed Is difficult OF
access, the top OF the car rs remarkable for
It's contiguity 10 the head, and N the window
Is Kept open, one Il either filled, as 10 his
head, with cinders, or In danger OF a violent
cold. The price charged for this miserable
substitute Tor the ordinary comforts OF a
bed room is the same that asked Al any
nrst class hotel for a nights lodging. In a
hotel you have a room that, no matter how
small 10 Is, Is magnificent ia comparison
The Pullman car.-Cua. Tsaes.
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wholesale hardware firm OF McNab, Marsh
Coen has been compelled to make an as
alignment In consequence OF the disappear
ance OF the junior partner OF the firm, and
the discovery that he Is q defaulter TO . large
anOunt-( Rail She, okfh-
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STRANGE CCIDBNT TO JUDGE -Jud ge
Carr, of Burlington county, n. j. met with
a serious accident at his residence Thursday.
One of the servants, while opening a door of
the judges room, started the burglar alarm.
and the judge, in his hurry tn get out of bel .
caught bis feet in the bed clothes and fell ont
teavily on his head, breaking his left collar
bone and severely iDjuring himself inter-
nallv.
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A JOKE THAT TURNS OUT TO RE NOT so
VERY FUNNH.-Jas. Stewart, Patrick Reed .
Patrick Weir and Daniel Connor, were ar
rested yesterday ard held in $500 bail. Wm.
weber, the complainant, makes affidavft
that on the 18Th Of July he was persuaded TO
test his strength by means OF = pulling ma
chine that was standing In Stewards bar
room, the defendantS' assuring him that the
apparatus could not iDJure him. Having
taken hold OF two rings that were attached
TO the machine, he pulled with Gil his
strength, raising himself from the floor.
When in this position Stewards barkeeper,
touching a galvsnic battery under the bar
gave him an electric shock so powerful that
Tor three minutes he could neither release
bis hold nor touch the floor. He saws, fur
Their, that through this shock he sustained
great and tncursble wou dds, LESSONS. strains
and bruises on his body, particularly Ia the
region OF the stomach and its umbtlical
part" and that the INJURIES have made him
eXpend large sums for medical aid. DR.. r 4
ward W. owen, in his affidavit, says that
Mr. Weber was severely Injured by The
electric shock.-IN T. Su3, 24th.
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DThree Philadelphia police detectives
ing.
~Gep. Grant has informed Gen Carl
baldi that he will visit him at Caprera dur
ing the autumn.
~The Mobile (Ala.I Register admits tn At
In the late city election the negroes voted
solidly against the democratic party.
R%Mrs. Fanny Forrey, of Lancaster couu.
ty, Penn, 10 los years old, aud doss All the
domestic work for family Of three persons.
ga farm hand for harvesting IL paid in
central Italy seven cents Q day, aud con-
siders himself lucky man 70 nnd employ
mept at that rate.
Tho police at Little Rock, Ark, ara to
Pc furnished with light scaling ladders, the
In second stories OF buildings.
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MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY OF BONEs.-At
Lancaster. Ohio, the skeletons of a youug
woman and fptus were exhumei Tuesday
by a cartman hauling ashes from the cellar
OF q small untenanted building on Main
street, which was occupied few years since
by prominent physician as his office. Two
plain gold rings were found on the bones OF
the woman's left hand, upon which were
clots Of dried blood. An inquest was COM
menced, but postponed in order to secure
lmpOItant testimony bearing npOn the case
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family have been soiourning at Ostend
where the King OF the Belgians lent them his
bathing chalet. The Prince attended, with
the King and Queen, 2 service at st.
Brussels This has Occasioned some talk. in
view of the strong anti Catholic policy of
the imperial government.
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MRS ELLEN FOSTER, a woman lawyer
OF Clinton, Iowa, has been appointed by the
district court one OF the committee 70 ex-
smine candidates for admission 10 the bar.
IL Is safe 10 say that no woman ever held
such an office as that before.
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w. II. E. Corn, jr., OF The wholesale hard.
ware firm OF McNab. Marsh & Co, of Toron-
10, Canada, has disappeared. IL is rumored
mat there is large amount Unaccountad
for, estimated as high as from $50 900 10
SEQ 600. The books are being examined. The
firm Will make an assignment
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A TRAGEDY occurred in Baltimore last
evening Charles Pitts stabbed Charles Will
son with butcher knife. killing him in
sfantly. The murderer and his victim were
cOlOred boys OF the same age. Both were
eDamored Of the same mulattO girl, and the
murder was committed in her presence.
Cause. iaal0uSIY.
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ST MARY'S COUNTY PoLITICS.-Theden n
Ocratic central committee OF st. Mary's
county, Md, having consulted as IN the best
manner to make nominations In that coun-
ty, adopted rule as to nominations for
county commissioners to the effect that as
the seven election districts of the county
have but five commiss toner's to vote for, the
five nominees should be selected from dis
tricts chosen by lot by the committee. Ac-
cOrdingly, st. Inigoes, Factory, Chaptico.
Charlotte Hall and Patuxent were successful
In the lottery. The other two districts will be
entitled to representation two years hence.
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= TH1 InPR0VAD SODA.
I'm ersasis,xsdn dssi .. 80, ,,s..Ap
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} KHERAL BENAVIDHS.

GEN. GRAET.-A DIS ilguisbcd participl-
tor in b, a, pre- aching ma1uevr.S will prob
ably be General Grant, who has been favor
q with special invitation from his males
ty. The American ex- President. now So
iOurning in switzerland, is shortly to pas
through Berlin on his way TO Sweden auf
Norway. He will return at he b .ginntng >
Iext month and remain few days tn enjoy
the sights of the capital. Gen. Grant wn1
is greatly admired by German Officers will
be The guest OF the American minister, and
Will probably have an interview with Prince
Bismarck. expected also abo [ - sarnetime
in Be- lin = Reriin Letter 10 LOTuf, "a Globe.
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gina City Nevada Enfegprise says. The
gasOl inc uked by the Peoples Gas Company
81 Ills city arrives here I'm iron cylinders
much resembling large casks. The gasoline
u connned IN these iron casks by means OF
an Iron bung, screwed In place. The gaso-
line is so volatile and evaporates so rapidly,
even with the small room there is for evap-
Grafton when these casks are used. that a
rig OF crystals OF frost is found about the
bung OF each on their arrival here. When
gasoline is shipped In wooden casks the evap-
Grafton Is much more rapid and the quantity
OF frost formed Is proportionately greater.
wooden casks are often found TO have lost
e-thiTd OF their contents by evaporation"
GROWTH or HUMAN HAIR Arrrp
DEATH.-Dr. Caldwell, OF Iowa. srates thar
in 1862 he was present at the eXf amation OF a
body which had been brried two vears
before. The coffin had sprung open Al the
joints, and The hair protruded through the
openings. On opening the coffin the hair OF
lbe mead was found TO measure eighteen
inches, The whiskers eight inches, and the
hair on the breast eve or six inches The
man had been shaved before being buried
In lS14 similar Circumstance occurred in
Mercer county, Pa. In digging a grave the
workmen came upon the skeleton OF a man
that had been buried ten years. The hair
was as nrm as during life, and had grown TO
the length OF eleven or twelve inches.
COMEDY OF ERRORS that occurred not
long ago al tavern near Lancaster, Dot:
Messrs. Stewart and Mclean Quarrel
ABOUT their horses, and nght. Mr.. Stewards
brother-ln-law, Mr.. Helps, goes TO Mr..
STEWARDS assistance, but. being blin' fou,
bites of Mr.. Stewards thumb by mistake
In his remorse aud desire 70 do somethin.
Tor his brother in-lsw Mr.. Helps who was
pieces the valuable harness on a horse he
takes 10 be Mr.. McBean's property. bat that
IN fact belongs 10 Mr.. Stewart. Then Mr..
Helps gives IL up.
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CCMPosIToRs FURLoUGHED AT THE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.-In con-
sequence of the appropriation made for the
supreme Court printing being exhausted the
Public Printer has been compelled TO fur
Tough about So of the compositors. The ap-
preparation for this work was but 500 O0o.
Ii is feared that the appropriation for the
work OF other departments being small
another furlough will take place on Satur-
day next.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-07
Watching for william.

The father of William J. Florence,
the comedian, was man of strict family
discipline. His opposition to theater-
going was intense. He had rigid rules
for domestic government, and one of
these required the housing of his sons
at a very early hour In the evening.
Billy, through some agency. had ac-
CURED strong passion for theatrical en-
tertainments, which he gratified at
every opportunity. The old gentleman
had thorough knowledge of his boys
weakness for theatricals, and was deter
mined to modify his tastes at all hazards.
One bitter cold winter night bill of ex-
traordinary attractiveness was offered by
the Bowery Theater management, and to
the young fellow it was irresistible.
The father suspected Billy's intention to
be one of the audience, and at the sup
per table was prepared to issue special
orders for the evening, but to his cha
grin no William was present to receive
the parental injunction. Incensed at
the boys absence, the father resolved to
catch him on his return, and to trounce
him well for his temerity. He therefore
secured an instrument of torture,
and, parading in front of the street door,
impatiently awaited the culprit's APP
proach.
An hour of rapidly-increasing cold
passed, and yet no signs of the lad.
Billy, however, was on the alert, having
fortunately espied the angry father ON his
cherries patrol. Skipping around the
corner, he scaled rear fence and slyly
slipped mn stairs In n few minutes he
was beneath the coverlet, and wondering
how much longer the old gentleman
would be able to stand the bitter wealth
er. The father, thoroughly benumbed,
now thought he would change his tao
tics, and so re-entered the house to con-
tinue his vigils in front of Billy's cham
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Fashion Chit.Chat.

Clair-de-lune jewelry is the latest nov
city.
Bridal wells are worn under the bridal
helmet.
Seal-skin sacques are lower priced
than ever.
Veil-pins in the shape of arrows are
in great favor.
Seal-skin sacques are made in small
sizes for little girls.
Siciienne silks are the favorite ma
terials forfwinter wraps.
Long, black kid gloves are popular
for both day and evening wear.
The fashionable tie is of black or white
silk net embroidered in colors.
The latest styles of shoes have
matelasse tops and foxings of patent
leather.
The long circular cloak, with the Rus
sian collar, is the popular fur-lined wrap.
Gentlemen's dress handkerchiefs are
of plain white silk, with wide hem
stitched borders.
"Duchesse" lace is more extensively
used this fall than any other for hats
and evening dress.
The fine chinchilla fur is the most
stylish, and beautiful sets are offered by
the best furriers for $50.
One of the latest weaknesses of fash
ionable human nature is the issuing of
cards at the birth of son or daughter.
The very latest thing in rings is a
bangle ring, to be worn on the little fin
ger, the favorite motto for which is
''Mispah."
The latest novelty in toys is little
squat figure, with broad-brimmed hat,
who allows himself to be taken apart
piecemeal, and, in return, discloses to
the investigator the letters of the alpha
bet.
Fancy hosiery is constantly increas.
ing in favor. Black, with clocks in car.
dinal, blue, and other gay colors, are
latest. These styles are as much in
vogue for gentlemen as for ladies.
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Indian Corn Statistically Considered.

The amount of Indian corn exported
from the United States last year has
been understated at 60, 900, 900 bushels
in the figures published by some papers.
The Bureau of Statistics reports it at
70, $50, 983 bushels. For tile year ended
June 80, 1875, it was 49, 493, 572 bushels.
There has been steady increase for
some years in this line of export, and
the same causes which have operated to
make Indian corn more in request for
food abroad will undoubtedly work in the
future, independently of Mr.. Hewitt's
proposed stimulus of the New England
kitchen at the Paris Fair. The quantity
of this staple exported is but small
fraction of the product, and it is not
strange that our political economists
should become enthusiastic at the
thought of converting Europe into de-
voted customer for Indian corn. We
should then no longer hear of maize be-
ing consumed as fuel in the West be-
cause there was no better use for the
superintendent crops. To enlarge the
market for the cereal would add directly
to the wealth and prosperity of this
country. Those who see the most fun
in Mr.. Hewitt's notion recognize the
great advantages of disseminating a
sound knowledge of Indian corn and
creating fondness for it among the ma
tons that now ignorantly reject it. The
present year is good one for the ex-
pertinent, as this crop promises to be
the largest ever known, though it may
not reach the 1850, 900, 600 bushels
which we have seen estimated as the
product of the season. There is nc
need of exaggerating the figures to make
an argument in favor of extending the
market for Indian corn. The possible
yield of this staple in the country pecul.
iarly its home is unlimited. We could
grow enough of it to feed all the peoples
of the earth if they would sink their
stubborn prejudices against it. The
statistics of the production in the last
three Federal censuses are as follow
For 1850, 500, OF, 104; for 1860, $685..
1872, 742; for 1870, $50, 944, 500 bushels.
The annual average of crop from 1870 to
1874 was 992, 25S, 300 bushels. These
amounts could easily be doubled OF
trebled if the world would freely eat oui
Indian corn.-NeD York Journal o.
| Commerce.