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General Grant has written a most kindly
letter to a friend in Pennsylvania, Mr.. G. w.
Childs, expressing his pleasure at the cordial
welcome he has met with in England, where
he says the cities have overwhelmed him with
invitations. lie attributes his reception to
cordial feeling towards his country, and
says, with some %na5cet5, II love to see our
country known and respected abroad" There
can be no doubt that the reception has been mOss
warm, in spite of a little difficulty in settling
the Generals precise rank. Does he rank with
the Ex-Emperor Napoleo on, as the American
Legation maintains, or only as a General ? There
is little doubt that General Grant increases
this warmth by his personal demeanour. EGG
lishmen ware hardly aware until they saw the
Elk -President how unscrupulousIy he had been
Iibelled in his own country, or how exactly be
was what his admirers described him before
his first election,-a man the first elements in
whose character are simplicity and directness.
His well-known speech, " shall fight it out
en- this line, if it takes all summer" is the best
description of the impression he croates.-SPcc-
tator.
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Rlot al Scranton.

AT Scranton Wednesday morning
about 5000 men, armed with clubs and
revolvers, forced all employees of the
Lehigh Iron and Coal Company who
had returned to work after brief strike
to desist. They then proceeded to the
car shops of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Company, drove
the men from their posts and threatened
to destroy the car shops office. Not
satisfied with this they violently assault
ed several of the employees, both in the
shop and Office, and many of them
sustained painful though not serious
wounds.
Mayor McKune hastened to the scene
and at the same time sent to volunteer
organization of young men which had
been guarding the extensive stores of
the l.. 1. and G. Co. for about a week
past. The Mayors arrival at the scene
of the melee was the signal for general
attack upon him and but for the interpo-
sition of Father Dunn, a Catholic priest,
he would probably have been killed.
lie escaped, however, with o double
fracture of the jaw.
Meanwhile some forty or fifty of the
volunteers marched down Lackawanna
avenue to Washington, where they
were met by the rioters; and after brief
assault with the clubs and stones fired
into the crowd, killing four men. The
hoodlums, and in fact everybody were
dispersed, and as they ran, several fell
seriously wounded. The company re-
turned to their quarters unmolested. All
places of business were closed by order
of the Mayor, and citizens Joined the
volunteers in large numbers. Troops
were sent for and were expected on
Thursday, when fresh trouble was feared.
Meanwhile the streets were cleared by
the police and volunteers.
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What Is Wanted.

People are flattered with the idea that
good crops will make good times.
That would be the case. under other
favorable circumstances but not other
wise. 1t is not for want of food pro-
duction that times are and have been
hard, but for want of means to employ
labor. What good will it do to have q
good crop if people have not the means
to buy all the -four and meat they want.
Ireland has good crops generally, but
are the Irish people well off for all that
There are good crops IN Germany, but
times are bad there, nevertheless. Bad
legislation will offset the best crop that
Providence will give the country. Provi-
dence is bountiful, but Congress puts it
out of the power of the peoplet to take ad-
vantage or get the benefit of the boun-
ty. Better the cou ntry had wise legis-
lation and poor crops than good crops
and unwise legislation.
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Miscellaneous News Items.

GY- A Paterson, N. j., firm is running
30 to 40 looms on silk handkerchiefs.
eB- The Sandusky, Ohio, Wheel Com
pany, manufacture 10000 sets, or $4,000
carriage and buggy wheels annually.
EE- Owing to foreign demand leather
boot and shoe material is now ten per cent.
higher than it was one year ago.
rB- Fifty carpenters from New York
and Brooklyn sailed for England last Tues
day in the steamship Montana.
rB- The Lehigh Car Wheel Works are
making number of car wheels for the
Eastern Railway of England. 1t has also
orders from South America.
GEE Pittsburgh has 73 glass factories, 33
iron rolling mills, 8 steel rolling mills, 7
white lead factories, and 30 oil refinerics,
and the coal mines tributary to this market
number 1853.
cB- A stroke of lightning the other day
tore boys boot all to pieces and didn't
hurt the boy. The reason was that he had
placed the boot under tree and gone in
swimming.
GB Government officials have establish
ed number of monuments on the shores
of Salt Lake to indicate the rise and fall
of the water. The Nea0s says that since
the first settlement of Utah the waters of
the lake have risen about fourteen feet.
cy- The destruction of sheep in Califor-
MIA by the recent drouth is estimated at
2,500,000 head, or two-thirds of the sheep
in the State. Many of the great sheep
herders abandoned 1000 to 10000 head in
the mountains.
t$- The world now produces more beet
root than cane sugar; and the United States
would profit by initiating the example thus
set. Could we raise what we consume at
home, it would save us over $50, 100000 a
year.
NB Wednesday afternoon ar accident of
a frightful nature occurred at the foundry
of Totten & Co., Pittsburgh, by which 10
men received severe injuries and it's proba-
BILE that two of the victims will lose their
lives. The accident was the result of an
explosion.
eB- A wife-whipping was a sight in
Congress Park, Saratoga. The couple
were fashionably dressed, and were guests
at one of the best hotels. The husband
used cane energetically on his wife's
back, and was arrested. he gave his name
as Benton, winch iS saiu hoo W 10 Iho
truth, and at once quit the village, accom-
panied by his wife.
CB- About six months ago pair of
ladies' shoes were mailed from Troy, to a
place in Ireland, but were returned on
account of insufficient postage. The
package was then forwarded TO the dead
letter office at Washington, but was re-
turned, with instructions to deliver to the
sender. AS that person could not be found,
the shoes were again sent to Washington
but they have come back again, with the
former instructions duplicated
rY- Much public indignation has been
occasioned at New York by reports that
some members of the National Guard
would be discharged by their employers
for their obedience to duty in joining their
regiment when the latter were ordered
under arms to protect the. interests of the
community. Thus far, however, only two
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tend to that part OF the business. Scores
OF letters are daily received without stamps
ana many with no direction. These are
examined and In case where the writer's
address can be obtained, circulars are sent
them requesting stamps and proper address
for their forwarding the circular to be re-
turned. The Chief clerk of the division
that has this part is lady, who superin-
tends two clerks, and who told me that an
average of 900 of these circulars were re-
turned daily with the required stamps. OF
the "portable property" received through
the mails, that Is returned to the senders
whose address can be ascertained, and the
rest is variously disposed of. Articles that
are curious or wonderful or in any way par
ticularly interesting are placed in what is
termed the Dead Letter Office Museum"
kept In small room adjoining the Dead
Letter Office. Such others things as are of
any value are sold at auction at stated in
tervals, once in 2 or Q years, perhaps, and
the rest, useless and valueless, are burned,
after being allowed to remain reasonable
time to be claimed. The money coming
from these auction sales with that received
in letters the writer's of which cannot be
known, is used by the Government.
The Museum is of course more interest
ing to visitors than any other part of the
Post Office Department. All sorts OF
mailable objects are there, and many that
one would suppose unmailabe, such as
vial of gunpowder, and several snakes of
different kinds, which were sent and ro-
ceived here alive. The articles are arrang-
ed on shelves, which extend over three
sides of the room, and are protected by
glass doors. The serpents are now dispos-
cd of in glass jars of alcohol but were
sent in tin cans, sealed up tightly, and per-
forated to admit the air. In one of these
jars is a large rattle-snake, which was alive
and in good condition when it came to
hand. We can but pity the person who
was such great loser-the one for whom
this truly magnificent gift was intended
Indian relics abound in this Museum,
hatchets, arrow-heads, wampum, pipes,
quivers, bows, and even scalps that have
been torn from human heads. All countries
are represented. / saw upon the same
shelf pair of Chinese shoes, one of In
dian mocass.ns, one of Japanese slippers,
some Turkish sandals, and tiny pair of
baby's morocco shoes. There are all sorts of
toilet ornaments for ladies, hair pins, cos
metics, "rats" and mice, brushes, combs,
lockets and crimps. A pair or two of
white kids are suggestive of an i'm COM
plete party or wedding costume. Several
watches and large case of rings-rings of
every description, from bone and rubber
ones to diamonds and pearls. There are
many interesting notes connected with ar
ticles, relating to their histories or to cir
cumstances connected with them. 1 will
only mention a single case, most pathetic
that of an old tinsel brooch, blackened and
blotted attached to a slip of paper upon
which is written the words, 81 took this
pin when worked in your fathers fami-
ly, now return it to you. am sorry.
III. NJ. w.
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A DefauIter Lost by a Sheriff.

The Kansas City Journal says: A
short time since Sheriff ]. M. Hedrick,
of Reno county, Kansas, passed through
this city, armed with a requisition just
issued by the Governor at Topeka ON
the Governor of Florida, for the delivery
of the body of G. @. Bemis, three years
ago chairman of the Board of Commits
sioners of Reno county, who sloped
with $4,000 of the county funds. He
left Florida last Monday and made
fine home run with his prisoner as far
as Louisville, KY, where they arrived
on Thursday last.
Here the sheriff had friend, residing
at No. so Market street, on whom he
desired to call. To do this he put Bemis
in charge of German he found at the
depot, with instructions to watch the
prisoner and see that he did not leave.
The sheriff visited No. so Market street,
and was gone about an hour, and when
he returned his bird had flown, but the
special guard was there with the valise
of the sheriff, as also that of the default
ing commissioner.
He started short time after the sheriff
left, the party he had been told to notice
asked him to look after the two valises
and that he would be back in moment,
but If the other man came first to tell
him to wait as he would return in a
short time. He then walked off, and
nothing was afterwards heard of him.
| AS Bemis left his wife and two children
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arrived at Haselton "Wednesday morning
from Mauch Chunk, thereby breaking
the blockade, and returned on schedule
time with mails and passengers for New
York and Philadelphia. Another train
arrived later ia the day with twelve mail
pouches anda full complement of pas
sengers. Both of these trains were run
by crews belonging to the main line, MS
the men of the Hazelton branch are still
out. The pay car arrived about noon
and the men were paid Off Up to four
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon none of
the strikers had asked to be reinstated.
AS the morning train was on its way
back to Mauch Chunk 1t was stopped
about Ave miles below Hazelton by tie
that had been laid across the rails. The
obstruction was placed ut curve of the
road, but the engineer was able to stop
the train In time to avoid disaster, al
though the engine struck the tie before
the train could be brought to halt.
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Trains Stopped in Luzerne County.

A mail train bound north on the Lee
high Valley Railroad, due at Wilkes
barre at O'Clock p. NJ, Wednesday, was
detained three quarters of an hour by
crowd of 1000 persons at the depot. The
strikers uncoupled the passenger coaches
and threw the coupling bolts in the canal.
The bolts were replaced and United
States detective officers stationed on the
platform to watch them. The train was
backed below the depot, and under full
Some of them attempted to board the
train, but failed.
AT noon local train for Pittston was
boarded by the strikers, the engine cut
loose and run into the round house, and
the fire pulled. A large crowd of per-
sons assembled, but there was no inter-
ference with the strikers.
A crowd of six or seven thousand peo-
pie assembled at the Lehigh Valley depot
to see the mail train south come in at
S:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
strikers were out in force. A constable
and United States detective standing on
the platform next to the engine were
stoned. Master Mechanic Drumheller
was running the engine and the strikers
stoned him until he had to get off. AS
he did so he was struck in the face with
stone. The strikers cheered, mounted
the engine, cut it loose and ran it to Su-
gar Notch.
John Keitier, the constable, was seized
by the mob and roughly handled. They
were going to duck him in the canal and
would have killed him but for the inter-
ference of friends. He was taken to the
station-ho1se for protection. The mob
followed him through the streets hooting
and yelling. A large number of passen-
gers were compelled to lay over.
The strikers kept the engine taken
from the train and ran it up and down
the road blowing the whistle and cheer.
ing. The miners and railroad men co.
alesced and trouble was feared.
The first passenger train from the east
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THE RAILROAD WAR is pretty gener-
ally over There is yet some trouble in
Luzerne county, but the governor is now
there with plenty of troops, and 1t is
probable that no further serious trouble
will occur there. On the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio road the strikers
have taken to bushwhacking, rendering
travel unsafe, and the labors of the rail
road men who are trying to work not
only difficult but dangerous. Troops
are carried as guard on all trains, and
other bodies of troops are securing the
country trying to arrest the scoundrels
who are committing such devilish deeds
as shooting at engineers and firemen,
and placing obstacles ON the tracks. 1t
is to be hoped that when arrested short
work will be made with the miscreants.
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cases Of actual dismissal for this cause
have been made public.
CB Last week, Monday, the Lock
Haven National Bank suspended payment.
Inc directors, after meeting and ex-
animation of the affairs of the bank, say
they VIII reopen, and expect to be able to-
pay all tho demands of depositors in q
short time.
eB-A little boy named Egbert johnson,
OF Tuskegee, Ala, went out with o hunting
party few days since, when one of the
party shot and wounded crane so that it
was captured, and while Egbert was hand
ling II, II picked one of his eyes nearly If
not quite out.
GEE On Monday morning a week as the
Pacific train West passed through Harris.
burg, bullet hole was observed in one of
the plate glass windows of Pullman car. =.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained that shot
was fired into 1t the previous evening while
going through Jersey City.
EB- San FaDcsco has been agitated by
by noiseless stray bullets, propelled by some
invisible agency and flying about the streets
to the great inconvenience and danger of
pedestrians. 1t has just been asceftained
that small boys practising with "parlor
rifles" are at the bottom of the mischief.
EB- The Importance of keeping the
pumps at work in the coal minos was IL.
lustrated in the case of the Diamond mine
at Scranton. Ten years ago it's machinery
was disabled, and it took three days to
place it in repair. During that time the
mine, of course was idle, and it accumula-
ted 80 much water that it took eight
months steady work to pump it dry and
place it in working order once more.
CB- Mrs. Edward Spaulding of Lynd-
bore, N. H., felt little shock Of lightning
during storm the other night, and on
rising in the morning found one side of her
body paralyzed, but her hearing, which
had been impaired for many years, was
wholly restored to her. She remained
comfortable for day or two, but suddenly
groaned in her sleep and remained uncon-
scious for two days more, when she ex-
pired.
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Men Murdered.

Herbert Blanchard, 20 years old, has
been clandestinely paying his addresses
TO the daughter of Mr.. e. Trask, resi-
dent of Savoy, Mass, and was warned
TO discontinue his visits. On Wednesday
last he was fired at by some unknown
person, and on Sunday went to church
atSavoy, where, after an alteration
with Elder Stark, he shot him dead
with a revolver and also mortally wound
ed brother of the latter, who came to
his assistance. Blanchard attempted to
shoot lady who was standing near, but
failed, after which he escaped, no one in
the crowd making an attempt to arrest
him.
He was subsequently captured at south
Readsboro, VT, and Jailed at Greenfield.
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THE SEASIDE LIBRARY.

Choiee books no longer forthe few only. The
best standard novels within the reach of every
one. Books usually sold from 81 to 50 given
unchanged and unabridged) for 10 and 20
cents.
!. East Lynne, Mrs. Henry Wood (Doubld No. 20c.
q John Halifax, Gent, By Miss Mul0ck 20c
g. Jane Eyre, BY Charlotte Br0nte Double No. )20c.
4. A Woman. Halter Charles Reade' new novel. zoe.
5. The Black Indies, jules Verne's latest. 10c-
6. Last Days of Pompeii, By Bulwer. 10c.
Z Adam Bede. By George Eliot. Double MOI 20c:
s. The Arundel Motto, By Mary Cecil Hay. l0c.
9. Old MyddetOn's Money BY Mary Cecil Hay. 10c.
10. The Woman In White, By Wilkie Collins. zoe
II. The Mill on the Floss, BY George Eliot. 20c.
IL. The American Senator, By Anthony Troll
la A Princess Of Thule. BY william Black S. zoe.
II. The Dead Secret. BY Wilkie Collins l0c-
rs. Romola By George Eliot, Double No.l 20c.
l6. The English at the North Pole and Field0f
Ice, In one book, By Jules Verne. 10c.
II. Hidden Perils, By Mary Cecil Hay. l0c.
Is. Barbaras History, BY Amelia b. Edwards. 20c-
10. A Terrible Temptation, BY Chas. Reade. l0c.
90 Old Curiosity shop, BY Charles Dickens. zoe.
"a Foul Play, BY Charles Reade 1Oc.
%. Man ana Wife. BY Wilkie Collins 2Oc.
%. The Sqlire's Legacy, BY Mary Cecil Hay. zoe.
For sale by all booksellers and Newsdealers, or
sent, postage prepaid. on receipt OF price by
GEORGE MUNRO PuBIisHRR.
p. Q. Box 5O57. 81. q, and 25 vandewater St., NY.
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A Liberal Gift.

Mr.. Vanderbilt, president of the N. Y,
Central railroad, makes the following
announcement:
SARATOGA, August Ito the En-
DJoyees of the NeU York Central and
Hudson Riuer Rdiyrodd Company. We
have passed through period of unpar-
alleled excitement. Surrounded on all
sides by common enemy, all good citi-
zens felt the necessity of sustaining the
authorities. Iappealed to you to resist
the wilful lawlessness of bands of rioters
to protect the property of the company
and assist in restoring order. Your re-
sponse has won the admiration and re-
pect of the whole country. OF this COM
pany's $4,000 employees less than 200
have shown any disposition to embarrass
it. The property remains intact and un-
injured, and you have everywhere, ex-
cept when overcome by outside violence,
performed your duties, and your example
has tended greatly to allay the excite
ment. 1 think am justified under the
circumstances in making some marked
recognition of your loyalty and faithful
ness and have this day. directed that the
sum of 100000 be appropriated for the
purpose to be divided ratably according
to their position on the pay roll among
til Uuc clupiOD etS SACSpU eAcCubtN0 anu
departmental officers and the clerical
force not directly engaged in operating
the road. The policy of the company
heretofore adopted will apply to the pres
ent as well as future emergencies. Men
who in time of trial strike and embar-
rass its operations by violently prevent
ing others from doing their duty cannot
remain or re-enter its service.
The late reduction of ten per cent. in
Guiding, as it does, every officer and en-
ployee in every branch of the service,
except those who receive 81 day, or $50
per month, was considered fair and
equitable result of the company's business
and the compensation thus fixed is fully
equal to that paid by corporations or in
dividuals anywhere for similar services.
Your pay will be increased the moment
the business of the company will justify
it. WILLIAM III. VANDERBILT,
President
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
United States Post Office Department
and Dead Letter Office.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 1st, 1877.
The first building erected for the accom-
mediation of the United States Post Office
and Dead Letter Office, and which was also
used for the Patent Office, was destroyed
by fire in 1886. The present building was
built in 1855. The style of architecture is
a modified Corinthian, and the material of
which it is constructed is New York and
Maryland marble. The lower story of the
North front is occupied by the Washing
ton City Post Office, and the rest of the
building is divided into rooms suitable for
the Department, which is of no special in
terest to visitors excepting the Dead Let
ter Office. There is more business done
in this Department than most people have
any idea of. Some parts of it are the most
tiresome and others the most interesting of
any Government business l have seen
transacted. Men sit there, where they
have grown old and gray-headed, whose
sole employment consists in cutting open
the ends of envelopes and packages, At
one table the contents of letters are exam
ined and given over to the various Depart
ments in the office. Those containing
money to the money division those in
closing photographs to the table assigned
to them and SO on, where they are close
ly examined for the purpose of ascertain
ing to whom they may be returned. When
this is discoverable, these letters are given
into the charge of certain clerks who at
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A Dam Disaster In Delaware County.

Last Monday morning Strathaven
dam, on Big Crum creek, gave way,
causing great damage to property below.
John Greer & Co.'S, cotton and wooden
mill at Avondale, Delaware county, was
flooded, and the machinery and stock
damaged to the amount of $30O0
Ten houses in Avondale were washed
out, and several persons carried down
the stream, but were all saved by ropes
being thrown to them. Great damage
was done to farm-houses, ETC., along the
creek. Three bridges, wool-house,
wagons, fences, trees, and almost every
thing, near the banks of the creek were
swept away. Considerable damage was
done at other points on the creek.
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THE PHILADELPHIA North american,
the oldest, and by far the most reliable
and best edited daily in that city has re-
Gently removed to the building, corner
of Seventh and Chestnut Streets. The
building has been fitted up in the most
complete manner, and this change in
quarters is demanded by the largely in
creased circulation of The North Ameri-
can.