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The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18
THE sr. LOUIS HORROR.

The whole country is again horri6ed
by the news of the terrible st. Louis disas-
ter. The accounts telegraphed, as well as
those received by mail, mark the burning OF
the St. Louis hotel on Wednesday morning
as one of the most awful calamities that has
ever occurred in this or any other country.
The rapidity which marked the spread of
the fire from the moment and point of start
ing seems almost incredible, and it Is pre-
sumable that the fire was we'll under head
way before 1t was discovered. Be this as it
may, but a few minutes elapsed after the
discovery was made until the vass
building was filed with smoke and
fame, and the lives of hundreds
imperiled. The scene must have been
awful beyond description-the dense blind
ing and suffocating smoke. lighted up with
tongues of flame the shrieks of men and
women, cut off from escape, leaping from
windows to sudden death, defy pen or pen
| Gil, and fill the mind with indescribable
gloom. Catastrophes involving the death OF
men. women and children by scores and
hundreds are of such frequent occurrence Of
late as to invest the subject with the most
| painful and absorbing interest, which is In.
teasified 10 the last possible degree of en-
durance by the reflection that investigation
reduces to a certainty that in a vast major
| ity of cases the sacrifice of life is the result
of criminal neglect and csrelessness, or OF
the most reprebensible cupidity. We might
enamerste indefnitely. The Brooklyn
theatre, the Ashtabula bridge. are cases in
point, and now we add the Southern hotel
at St Louis. That great hotel with hun
dreds of inmates should catch fire and burn
down is neither an impossible nor an inn
probable event. but that the fire should
make such progress before discovery AS to
cause the death OF large number Of lie in
mates is an outrag OF such fearful proper
tions rs to demand not only a searching in
vesiigation butsrch penaltiesas as will contrib
ute TO greater security OF life. 1t is dificult
to understsnd why 1t 10 that the people 80
soon forget the terrible lessons taught by
fire end food. railroad collisions and bri5re
dsa- ters. bat Il ic true that the terror J. vf
short duration. Criminal neglect Is soon
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

The New Orleans Picayune gives some in
teresting facts regarding the crops on the
east and west banks of the Mississippi, and
saysssf t r l-ft .f.fs ~.
It has been noticed for some time past that
ers and climates: tnat frost on one side Of
the river very seldom travelled across 1t; tnat
while the righf bank might be enjoying rain,
drought: and, In fact, that the thousand yards
of the Mississippi produced the same effect, as
far as climate and weather are CONCERNED, as a
have shown wonderful difference In the
sngar crops Of The plantations on the cost
and wet banks of the river, and greatly In
favor OF the latter, differences that Is increas-
Ing eacl year y or instance, the crop on the
west bank plantalions this year was B,S
hogshead>, TO S,fD hog sheads produced by The
msr are ii per cent. more productive than the
latter
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

and all people who appreciate the value Of
keeping q memorandum Of business transsc-
tions, daily events and items OF interest or
importance, for future reference, should cali
on their druggists and get DR.. Pierce's Menu
orandum book free. Tue doctors Grand In
vaid's hotel at Buffalo, which costs, when
finished, two hundred thousand dollars. will
be opened early in June next for the recep-
ton of patients afflicted with chronic dis
eases and deformties IL will afford the
most perfect fsciliries for the cure Of
such affections. and its faculty of ply
sicians and surgeons will embrace grad
yates from both American and European
medical schools who have become distir-
eushed for their skill. The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser by DR. r. ".
Pierce, work of over nine hundred large
pages. illustrated by two hundred aud
eighty-two engravings aud elegantly bound
in cloth and gilt. is sent to any address by
the author on recsipE OF nn- dollar aud fity
cents Almost one hundred thousand copies
have already been ssld. 30
). A craig. E'q.. drasyist NJ West Ajax
arder, Pa. saws; Il sell IA nsrs II Or Pieree's
preparations than all % h srs combined. They
give sifisfA ;tion in eve-y case aud can.
chesrfully recommend them 70 the puolis"
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

plode like rockets with about tie same efeSs
He objects to having his s,spday msrnin,
nap interrupted, and remembers with affeo
tion the good old fashioned drawl. the iul-
ling sound of well worn sentences and tn.
monotonous hara,1gue for an hour or two.
A MOVEMENT Is on foot in Boston for thu
establishment of school shops. where boys
Immediately on leaving the public schools
can hn1 work. They will be taught various
trades, so that when they are thrown on The
world they will have q complete knowledge
of some means of making comfortable live
lihood
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

THIS is the brief tae the Hazleton, Penn
syIvania, Sentinel tells: "a tramp stopped
at the house of Philip Harris, in Coleraine,
and was given something TO eat Noticing
'that John Harris, nged IS, was blind in one
eye, he told him to cut a sour apple in two
'and rub the cut edges on the eye. The
young man did az he was told, and regained
his sight. He had not been able to see out
of the eye for seven years"
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

ANOTHER cheat has teen unearthed, this
time with the money appropriated for the
benefit of the seamen OF the United states
IA gift of congress of SOC, ZOO. to purchase
clothing for the sailors, In the same way
Ii is given to soldiers-but the late secretary
simply transferred the entire sum to the
general fund. TINS not benefitting the men
at all. The attention Of the present secre-
tary has been called TO this matter by the
naval Officers
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

MISS GEUkDr" says that Joaquin Miller
ID In love with a pretty western girl. He in
tends to come west TO grow up with the
country. Probably the stock of poetry Min
ME Myrtle wrote for him being exhausted.
70 keep mp his reputation he will take new
wife and 60 back to the old stamping ground.
Pity the girl, though
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

SUPPLEMENTARY call Of the chsirmEn o
the city democratic committee will be found
fngepother colnmn, which announces the
piaces0f meeting in the several wards as
they now exist TIE ward meetings will be
held on Friday night the city convention
on Saturday morning. and the sldermanio
convention on Thursday night, the 10th in
slant.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

A RECENT London letter says: Miss Annie
Goodale, the actress, died three weeks ago.
Up TO yesterday she was not buried. The
corpse is warm and limp, and the features as
soft and mobile as when in life. Several
physicians have examined her, and have or
dered that the body shall be watched night
and day. The poor lady is evidently In a
trance, but whether she is destined to come
TO life it is impossible 70 say.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

SECRETARY EvARrs desires to make every
consul picket on the line OF commerce. to
Communicates TO the mother couatry items
OF imPsrtsDce to manufacturers and busi-
ness men generally. Thus the consular sys-
tenn will be of vast use tn the great mass of
producers and consumers. pointing out the
paths of fnture commercial progress. and
giving the demands Of the districts where
they are sfsfioncd
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

land scene, with large trees and . quiet
brook The work is unaffected. natural and
truthful, and the result is pleasing in the
extreme. 1t is silence on canvas, and the
effect upon the heart is sense of pensive-
ueae and quietude. 8
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

In 1885 the court house at Weilsbcro,
Pennsylvania, was built, Antrim sand stone
being used. After 4, years exposure this
material not only shows no tendency to
crumbie, but has grown as hard as flint
When 6rst quarried it was soft and easily
worked
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

The Salt Lake Tribune of late date brings
Brigham Young up with q round turn as
follows: s-rf-f
Why did not Brigham Young investigate
the Mountain Meadows massacre himself He
Lss s3vsrn1t 2. tne time, conn ander-in-
tendent OF Indian affairs for the territory. In
deed, he bad Utah under martial Law 50 far a
he had the power TO declare it.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

THE coachman of the president says Mr..
Hayes's carriage was 80 shabby that it was
not fit to bring to Washington. He is on
the lookout now for commission to count
NAV be expected.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

THERE is an old German proverb to the
effect that great war leaves the country
with three armies-an army of cripples. an
army of mourners and an army of thieves.
The latter are now In power in the United
States
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

The sultan's face is anxious and care
worn. No wonder, he eats dinner by him
self and has an Italian pianist. He commits
suicide lingeringly. A chorus of cats and an
organ grinder would have done the work
quicker and cheaper.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

MEXICO has no enterprise and no great pub
ic works; she gives no aid to popular educs-
len and no protection to home manufRe-
ures.-Louisville Commercial.
But Mexico does not elect presidents by
returning board frauds She hasn't got
down to that yet
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

II Is said that Hayes has such remark
able memory that he readily calls men by
the right name whom he has not seen for
years. II this is true it is astonishing how
soon he forgot the Leroy transaction.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

IT is charged that two st. Louis policemen
were asked to help raise ladder when the
Southern hotel was burning. and refused be
cause they were not fremen.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

A BILL has been introduced into the Ohio
legislature to make IS years of age cause
for challenging of person called as juror.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

STEALING small children is getting to be Of
such common occurrence as to alarm many
people residing in large cities.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

MULLEr1 has got back into government
employment Sherman did it, and the peo-
pie will pay for more bad architecture.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

Oss of Joe Jefferson's piotures. Forest
'snd Stream 10 rapturously praised, an art
critic saying that 10 represents . dim wood
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

SENATOR PATTERSON. Of South Carolina,
dare not go home, so says the New York
Tribune.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

ST.. LOUIS is considerably raked mp by the
big fire, and hotel architecture is being dis
cussed.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

PACKARD maintains that he will make 4
warm for Hayes if the troops are withdrawn
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

JAMES GoRDoN BENSErT has ordered hi
yacht Dauntless into European waters
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

A NEW roak medical college reoeatl.
turned out 1s women N D.'s.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

JoHx BnoveHaH is to make 3 farewell tesr
of the country.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

The New England Methodists are stil
fighting Hayes's ssuthern policy.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

MoLLr NAswBa trials are still progressing
In Pennsylvania.
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

THE Ohio Legislature wiA hang On TIL the
10Th inst
The Indiana State sentinel., 1877-04-18

MICHIGAN has temperance army 5000
strong
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-15
CLEARED.

Steamer Main GER, Reichmann, Bremen via southamp-
steamer Cityof Havana. Phillips. Havana and Mexican
ports-F Alexandra Sons;
steamer New Orleans. Dearborn. New Os.eans-Clark
steamer AIgers hawthorne Now OrleansBogort a Nor.
steamer San Jacnto. Hazard. savannah--Geo Yonge.
Steamer City OF Atlanta Woodruff Charleston JAS W
Steamer Benefactor. jones' Wilmington and Morehead
Steamer Old Dominion Walker, Norfolk City Point and
Rss%mnaJod Dominion mInh s.eamsP CO. DC
SteamerJ W Garrett. Foster Baltimore-wm DaizelL
Steamer Ellie knight, McCreery, Philadelphia -nogsrt
steamer Ann Eliza Richards philadelphia--Jas Hand
steamer Gen Whitney. iaIlct.. Bos;op-h Dimes.
ship Corsica steson, AMER for orders-Snow Burgess
Ship Roma (Br), Trunks. Liverpool-Bowrng * Archi-
Bark Fortuna Rispoli (ItaD, De MARITIME, Bristol e.
Funch, Edge 4 Co.
Bark Emilia (Kus, kedng. Cronstadt-Funch. Edye
BARK Pusnaes tNorj. pande Ams.ordam--Lous Tetsns
Bark Jon sjodn (swe), Goransen. Observation-Disclosures
Bark Joseph Baker, Ryder Valencia for orders-Miler
Bark vitoria 1taD. De Martina. Lisbon-Lauro sto-
BARK Francesca cleno dtaD, Porto. Gibraltar for
Bark Martha + Tucker, Tucker, Buenos Ayres-J Nor.
Brig Stella Lodge Obj, Nugent. London-D De Wolf
Brig Fcrnax tBr. Hossock. Queenstown Falmouth for
Brig Laura Virginia dtaD, vicar Cagliar Csardnis)
Brig Kate IBrj Fader, Gibraltar for orders Bailey
4 Go,
Brig San Frisco dtaD, Cahero Gibraltar Tor orders
Bcnham h Boyes.n.
Brig Edwin Rowe Griffin. Cmdad Bolivar. ven-.Jos
Agostin.
Brig Lizzie (Br). Ireland st Johns Nf-Bowring Ar
chibald
Brig ID C Chapman. Knight, Baltimore Hicks Il Bell.
Schr Frank A Magee, Hudson Blueields, CA-Strout
Bros
schr WIN II wotherspoon fBr), Pettis. Windsor and
Parrsboro. NS-D De Wolf Co.
schr Hattie King Crowley, Brunswick, Ga-warren
Ray.
schr S W simmons Campbell vle-warren
Ray.
Schr VI Byard. Camp. Richmond, va-Saght Il Petty,
Scir Hero. Baker, Salem Willis II Ropes
Schr Cabot, Chase. Boston-Chas Twng
Sloop Unity, Dewick, New Haven-Cartwright 4 Doyle
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-15
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

STEAMER Cry VERA Cnuz. which put back 20 Havana
with shalt broken left yesterday or New York In tow OF
tie steamer City OF New York.
STEAMER S0t TIL TYNE jr which recently went ashore
near flre island had keel her slightly bent
out o positicn. She Is the dry dock
STEAMER STORM signal before reported sunk in Norfolk
harbor raised uly l3 by Messrs Bakers wreckcrs
sufr GEAR (Nor. Berent>en from Pensacola for Brcst
struck on one Florida reefs the 10Th inst She Is
not leaking and may come OIL
Rank .ItAcr living ut pier East River, damaged
10 the exten $3.50 fire. commencing in the GAL
Icy NJ 3 O'Clock yesterday IN ming.
Bgic ELLEN MITCHELL. from Boston for Machiasport
before ashore Island has been h0ated
and has destination She wi" 20 gu the ways ior
repairs.
scum sEApoc Strout Port johnson FOR Boston. with
"A cargo OF conl into 18TH IL IN, Stratird sloa
yLtship bearing by milca by schr l. NJ wheaton.
The stsrboard quarter and staving ~ IN 50 badly
ms 70 cause her aud sink bartlett Cosor eook VII"
was asleep In his bunk at the time was slightly injured
Ali bnr dis we're taken of by the w which vessel had
her stem twisted and would 20 on marine railway ut
Northport.
Sem FRANK WALTER (o Port Jcncrson). Saxfon, from
harlrston for with phosphate rock, was fallen ~
with ,y steamer Juniaia, savannah, on the izth on
Ilatterns with o both bms ghH s"ils ana
riruinr boat aud vessel lying helpless ~ lhe tr"rh
OF ia" soa Tue Iunuta took her In tow aud arrived At
Philadelphia Hh
Scur Many of DcnnysvIlle. was run down by steamer
Elcanora yesterday, aud three hves lost seo gehor"i
columns 4tJ3 Nfl Pr
scunM NJ MranImss Crane. from Nevburyport, wont
ashore on Hart LlAnd Yesterday She was taken on "
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-15
OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.

AREspAL. July 3-Arrived. bark woye Nor) Andersen,
Richmond, Va
BRISTOL, July 13Arived bark Brage (Nor), Christian
sen Wilmington, NC; brig Marius Coipel (Br). Shaw.
Charleston.
GLOUCESTER July 14--Arrived. bark II vero dtaD. &C.
lestina New YORK.
HAvRE. July H. noonSaleS. steamer France FD, Tru-
dele. Plymouth aud New York.
Lnlrn, July 49, Sailed, bark Lsigoid Nor) Evensen,
Now York
PInxus. July 3-Arrived. brig Catcllo Giro Qtal).
Guido. Now York.
PLYMOUTH July 14-Arrivcd brig Olaf Kyrre (Nor) jan
sen. New York.
Arrived of the Lizard 14th s:15 AM steamer Canada
(Fr, Franguel from New York for Plymouth ana Havrc
QUEENSTOWN. July 14-Arrved. bark Pc dtaD Schiaf-
fno, New York.
VENICE July 1O-Arrivcd bark Tomssso tab, Napoli.
Philadelphia.
Lospox July l4-steamer Bolivia Cr), for Now York.
which back the Clyde l3th broke her shaft July o.
when 800 miles Of Tory Island sho arrived at Greenock
in tow CT four steamers
LIVERPOOL July 1.-THE Jupiter, at this port passed
June 30 in lat AZ s. Ion % abandoned vessel OF
North American build bark rgged and supposed to be
laden with timber She apparently oi about 800 TONS
had u square stern, and painted light color.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-15
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
CLERK IN THE INDIAN BUREAU DISMISSED
FOR IMPROPER ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH
CONTRACTS.

A CLERK IN THE INDIAN BUREAU DISMISSED
FOR IMPROPER ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH
CONTRACTS.
WASHINGTON July H. 1877.
L. S. Hayden, clerk IN the Indian Bureau, was
to-day summary dismissed by the Secretary the
Interior, the first public result OF the pending
investigation OF the allegations OF Irregular
ties and fraudulent practices In tho Indian
service Secretary Schurz in his letter OF dismissal
sets forth that the testimony by Board Of
Inquiry shows that Hayden. according to his own
evidence has accepted money and other things of
value from contractors and that no held private
correspondence with OUTSIDE parties in relation
official business of the department. The Secretary
concludes by saying that such conduct rs utterly
incompatible WITH that sense OF duty and
those principles OF honor which should
animate every public officer and therefore, notifies
Hayden that his services will be Immediately dispensed
with Secretary schurz in conversation this subject
expresses an earnest determination OF summarily dis
missing any and all employees of the department who
may found guilty OF irregular practices.
has been clerk in the bureau Tor
tecn years. He says his testimony related 10
misunderstood. He has. therefore, this afternoon
asked suspension OF sentence for few days until he
can make an explanation, which no asserts VIII DO
found satisfactory.
- SUCCESS or TEE NEW LOAN. ryF ~
Subscriptions to the four per cent loan have already
reached $4 900 1t estimated at the Treasury that
subscriptions up to tho close OF business tho 10th
ns when tho time for general subscriptions will ex
pire. will aggregate about 500 000 900, which will be
excess Of the most sangune expectations OF the de-
partment
EARLY CLOSING.
All the Executive departments will be closed today,
and hereafter Saturdays during the summer months
at three O'Clock instead Of four O'Clock, has been
the custom for some years. This determination was
made at the Cabinet meeting yesterday.
REVENUE MARINE PROMOTION
Lieutenant W. S. Simons, VINO, since the promotion
of Lieutenant Shepard, has stood first in the list of
licuenants of tho revenue marine service has boon
appointed captain in that service in place OF CapaA
Cyrus W. Pcasc, resigned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-15
WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.


WASHINGTON July IA, 1877.
GRAPH-A DECLARATION THAT THE CITY Is
PERFECTLY HEALTHY.
Property owners in Washington unusually
thin skinned class OF people, paragraph in this col
umn a couple of weeks ago describing the sudden
sickness occasioned by brief spoil OF acute malaria,
superinduced by the tearing up of tho rot
ten wooden pavements aud the exposure
Of the underlying filth to the iermentng
process OF alternate sunshine and thunder storms,
produced wonderful commodore Tho sickness was
widespread and met distressing. the chief feature
being excessive nausea which often attacked people
Ia tho street. AS proof OF the severity OF this brief
visitation, the clerk OF leading drug store adjacent
to the Post ONCE and at tho junction
Of tho city railway lines, says that his
prescriptions Tor the week in question the largest
since had begun business, the articles in chief
quest being qunine and ammonia, specifics, it will be
perceived for malaria and nausea The local papers
vchemently denied the HERALD's statement, and a
committee OF doctors got together and pronounced the
city SO healthy, notwithstanding that the all
ments in question were treated by people without
to the physicians. whose denial therefore went
for nothing.
Rut, last ALL tho Board of Health was prevailed
upon to take part controvcrng the HERALD state
ment and 10 give its denial to the press agent, to
insure it's distribution tho general publls OF the
whole country Who OF the doctors OF the Board
said would be frightened from coming hcre to invest
in real estate II the HERALD report went uncontra
dicted. Accordingly tho Board of Health
issued extra official document asserting
that the city had not been SO healthy in
some Eve or six years By recurrence, however,
to the published annual reports Of the Board OF
Health II appears that IN 1872, when the Board FIRST
camc into existence, the death rate about twenty
900; that In 1875 1t had risen twenty seven.
and last year nearly twenty -scven. Further
more, these latter figures based estimate of
hundred and fifty thousand of population,
when there is to believe the population not
much ono hundred and thirty thousand. So much
for the official veracity Of the Health Board.