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The New York herald., 1877-07-12
THE GUN CLUB, NOTING HILL.

The members OF this popular club attended in strong
force on Saturday last, when twentyour gentlemen
contended Tor splendid new brccch loader presented
for competition by tho club, and made by Messrs. f.
NJ Reilly Co., to which added II f5 sweepstakes,
tho conditions being 10 shoot at Elk rocks each at
handicap distances. On tho conclusion OF the sixth
round Colonel Long1cd IA very good game shot),
Mr. Wallace and Mr Henry J. Pcarcth had killed
all thor birds, ana shooting oil the Ties Colonel
Longncld won the first prize 600 and the gum,
By scoring seven 10 SUCCESSION. Mr.. Wallace and Mr..
Pearcth, having each missed their seventh rock had
shoot of TIES Tor the second prize (f30)
which was secured by Mr.. Wallace grassing eight out
OF nine.
Four handicap sweepstakes wcro also shot of. the
lrs with thirteen subscribers, being won by Captain
W Forester Leighton, killing three. Tho second. with
twonty competitors resulted in a division between
Mr. g. II. Beard and MIR. Arundel Yco, alter scoring
five each; and tho third, with twenty-five shooters.
was equally shared between Captain Francis Gist and
Mr. Charles Seaton, after grassinR SIX cncn The last
sweepstakes, with nineteen competitors, produced
some splendid shouting between Colonel Longncid
100 yards) Captain W. Forester Leighion (2T ~ ynrds
and Mr. Charles Kerr The two last named ultimately
divided tho pool (Elg alter killing IL In succession
Colonci Longheld scoring 10 out OF H.
On Tuesday there was only comparatively small
mus er az the club ground, and the principal event
Was Il f3 swecpstakcs at SIX birds Tor f20 cup rhs
trophy ana e34 eventually tell to Mr.. Saaton who
cated ID the Ties Captain Shelly, Captain r. Gsi. Cap
tain w. +. Leighton, Mr. Sutton Colonei Longneld.
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THE RIFLE.
MATCH ron THE MID-RASGE RIFLE-A SPLENDID
orr HAND SCORE.

MATCH ron THE MID-RASGE RIFLE-A SPLENDID
OFF HAND SCORE.
The second competition for the midrange prize rifle
came OF yesterday afternoon at creejmoor The con-
ditions wcre:Open 10 all comerS distance 200 yards;
position stanaips teen rounds without sighting shots
or the privilege OF cleaning weapons between nrngs;
the highest score take onequarer OF the entrance
money; the next highest one-sxth and ths third
highest etwsth; entrance fec aty cents the prize
three times, not necessarily consecutivey,
before becoming the personal property OF the winner
The day the best for of hand shooting and The
match bong interesting one brought out n consd-
cradle numbers the best short range shots IN the
country. Thors forty-hve entries MI j. y.
Hatnyn, who heads the score, has accomplished the
unprecede achievement OF making bui's eyes
and lvc centres, or 20 out OF a possible 'o In
fifteen shots. Mr Collins, who makes the splendid
record OF 06 ont OF IS points, surpassed yesterday
many of his old leading that be made tor the
Turf Field and FarSs badge.
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NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY JULY T. l87-wTH SUPPLEMENT-

increased Among the vast collection OF horses now
hore A. Belmont. of New York. has eight thorough
breds; Thomas W. boswell, oil Virginia seven; George
Longstan. Of New York, eight; D. j. Grouse OF Ohio,
four; William Mulkcy, Of Missouri, two; d. McDanie.
Of New Jersey, twenty four 0den Bowie OF Mary
land. FIVE; Z A. CIabaugh, OF Maryland. Ave; Rice 4
four; J. I. Williams, of Kentucky, -four; johnson
Co., Of Tennessee. four; f. ". Price, Of Missouri,
one; Dixon n WINNER OF Mississippi, four; !" A.
Hitchcock. OF Massachusetts. four; q. W. Modinger
OF Maryland, iour; 4. Smytne. of New York. nine;
Charles Reed and others, OF New York fifteen; Dwycr
Brothers, Il. V. Snedkcr aud others, OF New York,
nine Quarters have been engaged for the stables of
T. Lorlard, u. J.. Loriilard. Carr L. Co., H. Gainey.
William Astor, Thomas Puryear, d. d. Withers and
c. Lloyd, expected hero ths wcek. Several other
stables VIII doubtless attend including some from
Canaia The whole number OF horses 10 take part III
the summers sports will probably reach two hundred
Extra races are contemplated Tor each day Of the reg
uar programme. anu four extra days-two alter eacn
regular meetng-wii he gwen TO afford TO the great
number OF horses opportunities 10 win expenses.
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MONMOUTH PARK RACES.


FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND MEETING AT LONG
BRANCH.
There will be four interesting races at Monmouth
Park to-day. The lirst will be dash Of mic with
four starters. comprising d. D. wihers' imp ny
Chamois, carrying ll3 ibs g. Longstan's imp Oily
Yorkshire Lass; Mr. C!abaush's gcdng Cyrii 115 I5s,
and Mr.. Mcrris nlly Fathlcss Tnc second race Will
be mile heats between Burgoo, Carncalla and Fred
erick the Great. Tho third will be dash OF u
mile and eighth. There will bo six starters.
These will be Hattie r., carrying 95 lbs. Or,oc, 90
lbs; Kenny, 100 lbs; Caracaa, 100 lbs. KING Bee,
100 lbs. Love Chase, 93 lbs
Tho fourth will be steeplecbase the usual
There Will be Eve starters, consisting Of Dead
head, with 1855 lbs. on his back; RISK las Ibs.; Rcso
lutte, 14S lbs Don Victor, 132 lbs, and Problem, with
LIS lbs
The following are few OF the pools cold last night
al Long Branch on the abovo races, which show the
estimate put upon the horses in tho various engage
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MUNICIPAL NOTES.

Tho sale ol the ferry franchise from Whitehall street
to Staten Island again postponed yesterday until
the 18th INST
THIRD Avenue Railroad Company permission to exper-
imcnt with steam over their has become
ordinances.
Comptroller Kelly yesterday signed warrants
amounting TO $l63 000 oil which $780, 900 goes 10 the
brooklyn bridge.
request ha- been made by Alderman Morris Of tho
Mayor that the Board oi Airport comment should appro-
priaic from some unexpcDdcd balance the sum Of
$1,000, 10 be applied for medicine and medical adj ice
Tor the deserving poor OF the city during the heated
term. Mayor Ely promised to give the matter IS at
tput
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COLUMBUS DRIVING PARK.

COLUMBUS Ohio, July H. 1877
There was increased attendance at the raccs Of
tho Columbus Driving Pa, X Association to-day.
FIRST RAcE.-For the 2:25 class; purse 5000; $325
first horse, $175 second and s00 10 third. There
were four entries and all started. Jewcss won the
race, Lewenskt second and Beo Brassneld third
money
2:2S-2:33
SECOND RAcR.-Tor 1882 class; purse. $500; 1926 TO
first horse, $175 10 second and 500 to third; best
three In Ave. There ninc entries and seven
started. Deception the race, Bay Charlie second
and Bay Frank third money.
limo, 2:30--2 :26-2 23Ok-2:29A-2:30h. 80
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The fit SIX have thus secured or themselves places
the Irisn eight The last three would also, IN the
ordinary course, DO invited TO JOIN but II Is very
l9e,y that MAJOR Young, well known ri1eman, viii
be invited.
1t urther deserves 10 be mentioned that Icutena
Fenton was again this year the winner OF the Amcrl-
Challenge Cup, presented In 1876. on the occasion
OF the DoymOunt contest ny tho American rcmen
to their Irish brothers in arms During three days
Lieutenant Fenton lad scored 511 out OF possible
035. He IS sure 70 81 out 10 America In the United
Kingdom team.
1t Is worth mentioning that should any OF the respoc
tive 'eIghts" declare thcir rnwngness to cross the
Atlantic then the respective captains authorized 10
name other cOmpctItOrs
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STANLEY MATTHEW'S SPEAKS.

reporter Of the Cincinnati Enquirer talked thus 10
Senator Stanley Matthews Monday :--''l see by
this mornings paper that President Hayes has sent
Tor senators Gordon AMI Lamar, to confer with them
relative to the terms supposed TO havo been made
with certain parties by which the Returning Board OF
Louisiana granted immunity from arrest trial,
and feel certain, II ANY such agreement had been
made you as the Intimate Trend and advisor OF tho
President, would be sure 10 know OF It," Mr..
Matthews sad-"As far as that COOS you may suy
Tor me that never made any bargain with anybody
about anything ut any time connected with Louisiana
affairs, and all assertions to tho contrary puro In
ventions This is not the time Tor to talk, though,
OF course, shall have something 10 say al tho proper
momcntn
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
BASEBALL.

The Iouisvillcs defeated The Bostons yesterday at
Louisville. This game places the Lousvcs even with
tho Bostons in games, and puts them ahead Of tho
81. Louis club Following is tho score:--
Boston. .............,0 o l. o
Louisville. .......... o g 01 OLA
Al Cincinnati the Hatiords, OF Brooklyn, won their
first Icaguc championship game since they have been
In the West, by defeating the newly organized Cincn-
natl nine by the following score:--
Cincinnati -. ......... IL
On the Capitoline Ground, Brooklyn, the Amcricus
Club defeated the Young Concords by score OF IL
to4.
Tnc Stars, Of Syracuse, defeated tho Buckeyes, at
Columbus, Uhio bv the following score:-
Star. ar.................... o y o 0 3-4
Az Rochester the Auburns defeated the Rochesters by
o OF q to 8.
10 day tho Borromcas and witokas play OF tho Capt.
tolinc Ground Brooklyn
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THE IRISH MISUNDERSTANDING THE TEAM
THAT Is TO COMPETE AT cREEDMooR.


THAT Is TO COMPETE AT cREEDMooR.
DUBLIN Juno 30 1917.
The annual meeting OF the Irish r1emcn was this
year held Al Dundalk. seaport about llty miles north
of Dublin. The selection was not happy ono. II is
in every respect fur inferior to Doymoun ard even
to Wicklow. The result was that the meeting was not
as successful as other preceding years.
Tue cher interest oil the meeting centred In the COM
petition for places in the "lrisn eight" who are to
shoot at Wimbledon Ia the competition for the Echo
Challenge Shield. with "oghts'' from England aud
Scotland. Now It has been arranged that when tho
Wimbledon competitions are over the three ''eghts"
are adjourn down 10 Cambridge and there all
twenty y-tour will compete for places on the United
Kingdom team who purpose gong out to America to
compete for the international Centennial trophy.
Thus the composition al Dundalk may have somo
interest Tor American romen. II took place during
two days. Each Gay thcrc were fifteen shots each at
the 800 and 900 ynrd ranges and twenty shots al the
1000 yards, thus allowing possible grand total on
the two days 0i 300 points.
THE SCORES.
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they In danger OF being strangled. They werc
close side by SIDE that when they rcclincd 10 rest
they tapped over on cac other The tails of the AMI
mails ranged IN parallel rows quite close together
and the tlth OF ,hc place was IN spots ankle deep
Tho ceiling o.! the Stable found to be only SIX feet
eleven inches IRON the noor eaboratciy decorated
with cobwebs. There was no ventilation and the AZ
mosphcrc OF the place was sitting. Many oil the
were sick and some worc found 10
be suffering from oph,halmia Through the pipe
which Mr.. Bergb spoke Of grains or swill was sent
from the distlcry 10 tho stable, and conduccu III
troughs running Immediately under tho heads OF the
Of animals. The swili was hot enough to sca'd
mans hand
Al this stage OF Mr.. Bcrah's examination the court
adjourned 10 assemble again this morning, wnon MT
Borgh Will again resume the stand
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
THE COSTON SIGNAL.

The inventor Of the Coston signal denies the state
ncnt that his signals have been condemned by the
Navy Department because OF certain imperiectlons
II Tue imperiectons claimed exist inventor main
ains that they are produced by alterations changes
introduced in the signals made up by the Navy De-
pgrtmcnI
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD.

POLO AND PIGEON SHOOTING AT HURrINaHAM
large and fashionable company assembled In the
Park ON Saturday to witness a match at polo between
team OF the Hurngham Club anu consisting OF
cavalry officers. The sides were :Hurlingham Club
Sir Bachc Cunard (captanl Sir Charles wolsclcy, Mr..
Reginald Iorbcri, Mr.. a. dc Murricta, MIR James Mel
lor; UMPIRE 81. Percy Burnett Cavalry-Mr. J.
Brocklohurst (capta.n) Hon. G. W. Fitwilliam, Hon.
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
A CALL FOR CRAFTSMANSHIP

OPINION OF OUR FRANCO-AMERICANs At NEW
ORLEANS
[From L'Arbeilic de In NouvelIe Orleans, July 81
In the United States in France important affairs
have been neglected and all the time OF the lawmakers
has been absorbed by those ardent struggles In which
personal ambition and rivalry play greater part shan
patriotism. The fanatics OF the radical party In the
United States threaten tho conflict In the
session. We nope they Will not succeed and that Con-
gress may address itself TO the financial, econ omical
and commercial questions, tho solution ol when 10
nnpatontiy looked tor by tho suffering clasacs Among
these questions ought to be placed III tho first ordcr
lent reform OF the customs duties which
established IN order satisfy certain coteries and not
tho general interests OF the country.
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
THE SARATOGA RUNNING RACES.

fFrom the Saratogian, July TO-
So large have been the acccssons Of racing horses
here already this that the stabng facilities Of
tho Saratoga Racing Association have had to bsargey
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
Owe OF THE DEALERS.

ONE OF THE DEALEES.
william Harkness, an ocaginous looking gentleman,
concerning whom IL was remarked by an observer
.'bnter would melt in hts mouth" was arraigned
at the Tombs Police Court yesterday tho charge OF
selling ,mpure milk The prisoner waived exanina-
tion aud hc!d IN $500 bail 10 answer IN tho court
Of Special Sessions
The New York herald., 1877-07-12
BROOKLYN DRIVING PARK.

number Of the lovors of trottlng assembled at
Brooklyn Driving Park, yesterday afternoon 10 wit
ness an interesting race, which general satisfac
ton 10 all present Moscow won in throe straight
heats Tho following isa
SUMMARY
BRooKLyS DRIVING PARK- TRorTTyG, "Wednesday,
July 1l-Pursc ana stake $780, mile hoats best three
in live.
The New York herald., 1877-07-12

To-day the National Guard will send strong dotat
ments before The butts for practice.
, 1877-01-15
THE BLACK HILLS.

SperfT& 1t1rI}rh 91 TIC Tribune.
0uA1s, Scb., Jan l4,-Ur. 4. ". Meycr, OF
Dcatlsood unc III the cuiturs of tie Eiack iI's
Pioneer, who 1lns bccn elected Representative
from the DIrk Hills District tn the Legislature
Of Dakotn, anil also Congressional Delegate,
arrived hire to-day cn route to Washington,
his mission being an Important onc-nainp1y, 10
obtain recognition by the National Government
aud secure the passage of laws fur the rrutee-
tTon Of capital. lie proposes to ask Congress
for sonsc action by wl,i:l. the Blark fills Dis
trtrt may bc orgaulzeA Us srparatc Territory
outAidu al Dakota, covering BU.4n square
miles, to be called Eltiosadu, the boun-
darIcs of said Tcrrltosy to extend
froin tic FIJI parallel Ut latitude to the
41.h parallel, and fron meridian 1861
of longitude tn 117. II this canuut bc acc,ircd,
then second psuIn,ssion Will be made, that t's.o
degree may bc takcn from the western boundary
OF Dakota and added to Wyomtng, tlus
making ttse mineral district part Ut Wyoming.
AZ n,attcrs nuw stand, tller work mort rcrtoux
injury to inlllcrs aud business men, WIN ART
compelled tn mike lung and !rrIlous Journeys
to testify lwfurr cnurth at fanktnn III cuses of
crime to whell they hAys unfortunately hctn
witnesses, and many Ut them have thus BEEN
ruined by loss ii time. lnnney. claims, aud
property, OWN. t. thr1r nhsrrcc. 1sr. Never III
turfilpd your correspondent that &S1, ,fk, O0 was
the amount oF gnd taktu OUT last summer. Ilu
goes tn YAnktuu tsrnlurrow, thence to Wash
lurt0u.
, 1877-01-15

A good many of these i were imposed
!Ss 'es 1Ss5:ss' Ss:s ,ss 1s Z H. +:
f. f[aaa H., Ths e1.y nfEfn nSa wGs ne nioFTe , 81
rails, and might have ki;5 s II they bad not
ben re-; 5e;tratns.,. ,s =, They t"ok him otl !"
There were uther similar instances.
LEADERS or THE BLACKS.
"The blacks arc not without t'cr lea1-
err, as well as the whites. Wade lamp:
tn na aI to no Dsos "5s s9mpfte .e se"tFG! S,,f S
than TIC eolorcd leaders hare in many districts
oycr their Own Tacc. IN Beaufort County,
where the blacks have tremendous lnu ujority,
two ,ro'ing rooreti 1nen bare absolute. cnn'rfd
Wheeler. One 0f them IL II native 0f PlItlalcl-
ph!a, highly educated nnsl allie man; the other
has had full collegiate anl professional 'oursc
North, anil received hts diploma frntn Northern
nut seen ab1cr, more Intelligent, aipi smarter
lncn IN The wtncss-stnnl for twenty ytare.
They arc moderate men, They control their
trouble, thug could le9i the blacks as ono mat.
"itTz.L1SERs -. HicE-FlELpEKs.
Another incident, showing the conservative
Influence which IL brought to bear upon the
white people of ttc state. wa. related t,v white
II the riot in the t:.ty Of Charleston, pending
the election. The Whltc-fraene clubs hail tax.
en- possession Of some of tI htrcc1s, hui barr1-
cadcd th:tn and had plsec'' artillery so as /"
tense state Ut excitement. Their. was \ rusnor
that MI ARMY Of blacks. men and wonsc1,.
we're coming from the ritc.aclla, armed
Sdte, h sani sa. 'Th's"' iey wei. a 1s,stns
!,pon burning the c!iy. The lcadtr II tic
White League approached one Of tho Republic
an officials In great terror. and begged him to
usc ts !hhueslec tn avert the Threatened Calarni-
nn1 n ri fhr rffy. Tte lftttit EptitfA.
iIcaa informed The Wllits..incr that thc eolnre,l
people had not placed artillery in thu streets.
mud had not lasrirat!tsl them; md that lc could
say nnth!na to restrain them 50 lon. az cannon
reinainc!l ,tiere, but would dn what lsc
cannon were almost instantly rvsnovc'L aud
succeeded IL Inducing !bc rIcc.tic'd mob
tn return to their holrer. II was currently be-
l!cvcd BY many that, but for this interpuntlso'!,
Thc.c facts were kept carefully concealed frosn
the North during tile entire caissast."
WADE HAMPTON As c.KsAH.
"W!'at." eatl !, - have You to say az To Wade
Hampton! II lie tin, conservative person that
he !. represented 10 tc; or Is lsc suI'ly engaged
In playing deep intTiruei'
II ian only Judge ol Hampton from his ante
cedcnts: 10 not rare. to say. MUCH
served az Columbia was enough 10 show ,ne
The character Of the man. On tue day ot his
Inauguration. after Ills speech, lie permitted
himself to be tarrted OIL = plank, alnu, the
to his hutc'. The while crowds ,ua,c .hc
streets. rcsound with the lsebcl yell, at'd Hump
ton fodc :;pon tic shoulders of these ncn, ptw-
Inc tn tho nuititudes With al: the imperial dtg-
nfty II CThar lmpctator. That in*icnt, to
my mind, illustrates tile character ot len. Wade
Hampton. 1t was to me disgusting spectacle
to have been witnessed In stute 10 Republican
America"
, 1877-01-15
WASHINGTON.
Mail Matter Rescued from tho
Wreck at Ashtabuta.
cronin's Mileage.-.Proposed Pu1chals
Of the Freedmen's Bank
Building.
Relief for the Evanston rostmaster..s
Colorado Judicial Districts.
POSTAL MATTERS,
THE NAILS IN THE ARHrAnuLs ptsAsrxH
.Spect1i pt1pd{eA 10 III TtfAana


!spectai Di1pateA to 7zs 7ftosna
WASHINGTON, ID. e., Jan. l4.-Thc Post~O Oflca
department has received reports from It's agents
sent to examine ami ascertain what losses vera
fustaincl IL the United States mails in the r,-
cent terrible dtsastcr at tho A.l,tabu1a brttre.
supf. ". u. Thompson reports that all Tho
mails were moro Or less damaged, but the post-
tnastcr nj AshtahA1a las managed to sccuno
trT'n the wr.tk flfty.1yc letters from Boston for
Minnesota, 100 from the same place for Wis.
cot's!s', c'sscn Packages for Illinois, ono for,
Chicago; one package Of letters from Dostons
anu New Turk for Springfield, Ill; one fort
''ackso1sIllr. ILL.,, and one fur Quincy, Ill.
There wric 135 letters frnm New York for ILL.,
nois' five Packages Of forcign und two Of
domestic letters for San Fancisco, Ca1, ALL
the a''ore arc damaged to a greater or
less extcnt, but most Of them ali in a condition
to read. Of thu paper mail, there fs not to cx-
iced two tte-sacks fu1l saved, and that In 50
bal condition BY lire and water as 10 make It.
ralucess. All the al>ore described mafl was, at
the time Of the rcnnrt, in the hands Of the Post
master at Itshtahua, who was drying It so 10 to
forward 1t To IT'S destination. There was about
half carload nf mat! In the tran. all of which
mail wa. loaded IN NV York, mud re- re-
mntnesl tn the car n which 1. was placed
I'll! the disaster. Tho rntlroal company
harc hccn working With gardcn.rakcs TO ret out
cvcryth!n. they could sarc; and what mall has
been sHvcd MI. recovered through these means
IL Il tafcr letter. Mr. Thompson writes that be
l,ad rakrti up III. ri tho wrrrE one package OF
foreign letters anu on: Ioetai-tnri for Sln Fran
cisco: alsus on: large letter 10. Cleveland, u,
ct'nta!nilig Two photographs. 1hc water under
the bridge Is quite c1cIr aud tho probability il,
that nearly tTcrythin. not destroyed BY the Gra
Will be recovered. 1t was thought possible
that, .whcu tie locomotive In tin river wsa
moved, more n,a!l might bc found, though sfr.
Thompson think. MI tito mail that left Ne1r
furli uftl Boston on the Pacific Exprces Dee. e8
newspapers. which nrc worthless. There was at
Ash:alltita OH the 7th {thc date Of Mr.. Tbon,r-
eoa's letter. two watcrsonkcl packn res OF nc,ys-
papers, which he spread out to dry In the Gu
Clnc-hursr.
, 1877-01-15

Eprctai Di*bafch 10 The 7ttsunr.
SrR1sGrlELn, ILL.,, Jan. t4.-The Democrats
continue In dreadful frame vi mind lest some
Of thetr 1ncn sh,11tl get sick md be absent
when the ballot for Scnator Is taken. Sexton,
1ficKey, arl Sheridan, Of Cook, arc, II IL under.
tt"ol, the objects Of special 6olIcltude In this
rrgartl. The only effect Of the stnry about the
tG,eN Of Tom Scott has been to further warn
these nervous managers. For the rest It las
proved blank discharge, and lss frightened no
Une.
THE OLD rARtE.
The result OF the inevitable Sunday caucus-
Ing among the few members who remained III
tho tnwn las been to develop that the gentle
man who undertook the Davls programme mag
find 1t hard work tn un:cat John II. Palmer,
now they hare sct him astridc The Democratic
nay for thu Senatorial racc.
THE ANDERSON MEN.
The more It IL discussed here The more In
comprehensive seem The ,actics Of the Davis
pcolic In nominating Palmer, only to hare him
get ont of the way. not for thu independent
candidate, but for Davis. The effort to make
deadlock that will forcc the independents to
withdraw Anderson Is laughed At by The latter
who know they nrc masters Of the situation.
One of them. Senator PsTrthh tonight trTly
summed up the Independent nttltudc a tn
Darts BY SAYING: ''.1udec Davis suits our Dcm-
ocra.!r friends too well. When man suits
them 70 well he Is not so apt 10 au!t us."
SAID TO DE 1SEL10sBLE.
1t II mysicrious!y whispered around tho Le-
land to-day that Representative j. b. Taylor, a
prominent official In the Iron-s1olicEs' Union.
wllo bulls fronl tho Third District Of Cook Coun
claimed that nj the date Of hi. election he
hal not resided In tic State tic five
, 1877-01-15

AN ISAUSPICIUEH COMBINATION.
!sp<rfdf Dft1,ateA to The Tribune
DAvESpoET, Ia, Jau. 14.-Two men 1iatnel
Charles Wcnak anl Thomas Crawford left Mus
catiue IN Thursday evening 10 TO to tlencya
Island, about trn miles tlowll the river. Both
lncn were drunk, their hurse WIS blind, the
night wns dark, aud they travelled oil the ler.
Nothing wus serll Or heard of the men Until
fatc yesterday ufternoun, when thr!r sleigh was
tracrd ~ large nir.l"lc 1t, the tcc, intn which
the 1ncn lI4tl driven. Both n,cn anil horst Ntru
drownel. Euorts arc being male to recover
tlIt hUiica.
, 1877-01-15

rison act - lawyer for Runyon, the
partner OF Martin, who.c firm drew the first
draft; that Tiden owns t6s ,00o IT ftock Of tho
hank, AMI Ia Il Director; that Peltnn Is not n
inan nf wcnlth; that one ". J.. Scott, Of tho
Democratic National Committee. agrccd wit.
Jordan on Dec. t. the night before to the check
was drawn, TO bc responsible for Pelton
OTHn EXTENT or $4,000.
scott has tccn very active in thc campaign. Is
wealthy. nt,si brother -in-aw of John f. Tracy,
Of Chicago. Scott paid for the unIforrns Of a
great many 1hicn clubs III Pennsylvania, and is