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n. services proceeded ne occasionally
inhaled the perfumeo Of q beautiful red
roee which be held In his hand. Nc
Geehen,s beartaT was that of q sincere
and contrite penitent. Both men
kissed the priests and shook hands
with the sheriff. Boyle responded to a
remark of his attending priest with,
II amt a bit sorry"
Z McaEEHAN's SPEECH.
McGeehen then addressed the as
semblage as follows:
Gentlemen-I have nothing at all to
say to you about my guilt or innocence.
1 only ask forgivness of the whole
world. If 1 have done n wrong ia. any
one may Almighty God forgive me my
sins. Here the speech was ended, its
concluding portion having been deliv-
cred in a tremulous tone.
Boyle then addressed the crowd, and
without a symptom Of emotion, said:
81 have nothing to say as regards guilt
or innocence. L forgive those that put
me here. 1 hope they will forgive me.
l have done all that is in my power to
save my soul, and place my trust in
God. If there is any sin on my soul 1
have not cleared off God will makem me
suffer for it now. / offer up this death
that 1 have to die to God for the sake
Of him, to forgive me my sins"
THE LAS GOoD-BYE's
were o o said, and the arms and legs
of the men p%inioned, both calmly sur
veying the preparations, and McGeehen
occasionally murmuring a prayer and
gazing %intently heavenward. AS the
moose was being adjusted around his
neck he exclaimed, "Christ have mercy
on me; Lord have mercy on me-"
BOYLE AND MCGEEHEN DROP.
Boyle and McGeehen were now left
alone on the scaffold and at IL O'Clock
the drop fell. Boyle died almost i'll
stantly, while McGeehen gave symp-
toms of life for 10 minutes.
THE sICKENING SIGHT REPEATED.
At 1906 the sheriff led out Roarity
and James Carroll, attended by priests.
Roarity was affected by the situation
and said to the sheriff, "may God bless
you," and in a short address said that
he spoke the truth fully when he said
Thomas Duffey had been convicted for
giving him ten dollars for shooting n
man he never saw or heard of in Tam
aqua until he saw his name in a paper;
he had never seen Tohmas Duffey 4
third time before he saw hiin in the
Pottsville Jail. Roarity speech was at
times unintelligible and jumbled, but
he was earnest in his denials of guilt.
Carroll said calmly: Il have only to
say l am innocent of the crime 1 am
charged of-Roarity broke i'll with,
81 am going to die an innocent man,
but l forgive my prosecutors from the
bottom of my heart, and hope God will
forgive them toe" -Carroll did not re-
sumo. The nooses were then frightened,
the caps drawn and the trap sprung,
and in q few minutes the bodies dan
gled lifeless in the air.
land THE END Is NOT YET"
Thomas Mundy and Thomas Duffy
came next, neither of whom made a
speech. The drop fell at 1921, launch
ing two more souls into that unknown
bourne, and the execution was ended.
Despite the crowd present there vas
no disturbance, ard only one arrest,
that of q drunken woman.
Wilkesbarre, June 2l.-Andrew Lam
ahan was hung here to-day for tue muir
der OF Capt. John Riley in 1874.
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NEW BRUNSWICK.
ro,al pes,ruc,ion Of ST. Johns.

Total Destruction of ST. Johns.
New York, June 2l.-United States
consul w. b. Warren, at st. Johns,
telegraphs Mayor Ely that st. Johns is
almost totally destroyed. All the pub
lie buildings are burned, and but few
business houses are left. Fully IL e
half Of the residences are in ashes.
Send all the aid you ri Fifteen
thousand people are homeless.
Portland, Me-, June 2l.-A dispatch
from st. Johns, at 0 u. M, says the
fire commenced at York Point slip and
swept southwark through the resi-
dences to King street, where it spread
and burned all the public buildings,
hotels, and business portion of the city,
including the wharves. There is great
dread of starvation, as not q grocery or
provision store is left. Fifteen thous-
and people are homeless. All the bust
ness portion of the town and fully half
of the residences are gone. The mayor
| has called a public meeting for the re-
lief of the sufferers. They need all
the cooked provisions and bread they
can get.
Boston, June 2l.-A Bangor, Maine,
dispatch says there is no communica-
tion with st. John direct as yet. The
u tue tSplesS Sidiu ItpuTtS
| three-quarters of the city burned and
but one building left standing south of
| King street.
Atrain will leave Bangor tonight
with cooked meats for the sufferers.
General information places the origin
of the fire at the lower part of the city,
on the lumber wharves. The fire, it
would seem, spread toward the upper
part of the city, raging through Main,
Parker and King streets, in which were
many of the largest dry goods houses,
banks, commission houses and hotels.
1t is certain that Victoria hotel, the
largest in the Province, has been con-
sumed. The fire swept away the whole
business section of the city.
Portland, Me-, June PA large
meeting of citizens has been held here
to take measures for the immediate re-
lief of the people of st. John, and a
large sum was contributed.
The loss on hotels, churches, school
houses, banks, ETC., was made a thou
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Tho idaho Indian War.

The bloody wal which was begun by
the Nez Perces Indians n few days ago,
has for its seat the extreme northwest
ern corner of Idaho Territory, in which
Fort Lapwai and Mount Idaho are sit
uated. 1t is close TO the line between
Idaho and Washington territories, and
will result in raids into Washington
and probably into Oregon. 1t is from
800 to 1000 miles from the present To-
cation Of Sitting Bull, separated there
from by the settlements of Montana
and several mountain ranges, so that
cooperation between the Nez Perces
and Sitting Bulls legions need not be
feared, being almost utterly impossible.
The country in the vicinity of the Nez
Perces reservation is not unlike that
in which the Modocs fought their
long and bitter fight, and as the Nez
Perces have many warriors, and are
brave and cruel, the present uprising
promises to entail a long, costly and
bloody struggle.
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FOREIGN.
Defea. of the Turks a, pei.baba,

Defeat of the Turks at Deiibaba,
London, June 21.-A special from
Delibaba confirms the report that the
Turks suffered a severe defeat in Sat-
urday's battle. The engagement COM
menced at 6 a. m. and lasted till noon.
The Turks were outtlanked by double
artillery, and their discontinue was
completed by 4 cavalry charge on both
sides. The Turks fought with great
heroiSm, but their ammunition failed.
They were overwhelmed by an artillery
fire directed from a position which
raked their whole front. The Turks
lost $50 prisoners and 1000 killed and
wounded.
Mukhtar Pasha is still in Il critical
position at Khoren DaZee.
Cettinje, June 21.-Yesterday the
Turks occupied the village of Martinez,
the M~ontenegrins retiring to the heights
above without resistance.
To-day the Turks attempted to move
towards Danilograd, but were attacked
by the united force of Petrovics, Plani-
vatZ and Kulchi. After a desperate
struggle of five hours the Turks were
driven back to Spuz, abandoning their
camp and baggage to the Montene-
grins.
Petrovics telegraplis that he has cap
tured one-tenth of their horses, arms
and colors, and achieved the most glo-
rious victory of the campaign.
Sulieman Pasha remains in his posi-
tion Mt the head of the valley of Zetta,
watched by Gen. Vukovics on n bank
of the river and the Prince of Monte
negro on the other, The fighting there
has not been very serious.
Sulieman's vanguard is continually
harassed by the Montenegrins, and his
chances of getting through TO Albania
are diminishing every day.
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sand times more painful by the lament
able destruction of life accompanying
1t. Five bodies were discovered In b
building owned by Mr.. Fairweather on
the south Of York's Point slip, next to
McLaughlin's boiler shop. To the
latter building the flames had spread
before the fremen had reached the
scene. The engines arrived and did
their best to stop the flames, but all
their efforts were in vain nothing
could he done. The flames then spread
to various buildings on Harco wharf,
which were also quickly consumed, and
the fire broke out with n o a in No. 2
Smith street, carrying everything be-
fore il.
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knather Now Ierritor2.

a correspondent of the Denver Tri-
bune writing from San Juan, says:
But let us pass to 4 measure upon
which sooner or later there will be
much feeling. Something in the press
and in public speeches has already been
said about it. The germs of a spirit
decided, and may be uncompromising,
are quite visible. l allude to. the for
nation of Il new Territory out of the
San Juan country and parts Of Utah,
Arizona and New Mexico. l have no
opinion of my W to express on the
subject, but l will give you simply the
arguments of those who favor it. l
have heard some advanced against it.
! will premise, however. by saying that
! have heard nothing said, nor have l
seen anything against the ability and
efficiency Of our Senators and Repre-
s%entatives IN Congress. 1t is said the
State, embracing JOG, 600 square miles,
Is too large; that the material interests
OF the people Of San Juan would be
greatly promoted by the
tion Of the measure, and that to re-
quire people to travel 800 or 400 miles
frequently In the winter, and much of
the way over mountains covered with
snow, to reach the capital, is a hard
ship that ought not to exist. 1t is said
that the people living in those parts of
the Territories proposed to be cut off,
favor the measure for reasons that |
have heard but will not now state, ex-
cept that those of Utah desire to rid
themselves of Mormon customs and
Mormon laws.
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ALASKA.
Tn. situution at sitka.

San Francisco, June 21.-The steam
ship California arrived at Port Town
send June 18th, from Alaska, having
on board the government officers and
troops, and the remainder of the stores,
arms, ordnance, etc., of the post at
Sitka, which was abandoned on the
14th of June. The citizens of that
place were very apprehensive of imme-
diate trouble with the Indians. They
are now left without any protection
and no law of any kind, and are anx-
iously looking forward to the arrival of
a revenue cutter and gunboat. The
women and children are especially ex-
cited and alarmed. Meetings are to be
held for the purpose of immediate Or
ganization and to appoint guardsmen
at night to prevent the Indians from
entering the town. The commanding
officer before his departure, at the re-
quest of the citizens, removed the In
dams as usual outside of the fences and
~barricades, and it is the intention to
adhere to this rule of keeping them out
of the town at night.
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HERE a
For this Summer and Autumn.

DOCTOR D. v. GATES, Physician and
Surgeon, and a pioneer resident of Cal
Jornia s. Nevada, is no,o in Cheyenne &
has opened an office. Home for
the Sick, Medicine store s. Medical Va
por Baths, on Eddy street, o
doors above the northeast corner of 17M
s. Eddy streets. DR.. Gates treats oil
cases Of sickness s. has been very sue
cessfid for the past 81 gears in curingthe
various special s. chronic diseases which
aftict the human family. Inyalids &
men, ,romen & Children out of health
are respectfully invited to call & en-
quire for further particulars & consult
free Of charge. n. B.-No poisons
used; no fiattery, deception or extor-
tion-but fair, speedy, honorable treat
ment to each and every one. Professional
visits in totcn or to country promptly
attended to night Sc day. Charges
moderate. ''I.ive and let live"
Ye who may be afflicted with colds,
coughs, chills, drowsy feelings, bilious
ness, costiveness, no-appetite, head
aches, neuralgia, rheumatism, fevers,
nervous disorders, loss of sleep, catarrh,
female diseases, diseases of the skin
s. scalp, will find DR.. Gates Medicoted
Vapor Baths a pleasant, genial, per-
manent cure.
0-See the sign-Dr. Gates-No. 76
& II Eddy street-east side.
Being a stranger here, DR.. Gates re-
fers to the following distinguished gem
tlemen-all "auld acquaintance"-Ex-
Governors & EX-U. s. Senator's:
Hon. Milton s. Latham,
Hon. Leland Stanford, G. T. r. r.,
Hon. Chas. Croker, c. p. r. r.,
Hon. B. b. Redding,
Senator Newton Booth,
Senator VIM. Sharon,
Ex-senator W. NJ. Stewart.
EX-Gov. Blasdell,
L. S. Senator A. A. Sargent,
DR.. y. b. Nixon, Surgeon &C Physi-
cian-in-chief of, the California Rail-
roads.
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The business men and mine owners
of Utah sent q delegation to visit Gould,
Dillon, Vining and Clark, of the Union
Pacific, at Salt Lake, the other day, to
ask a reduction in freight on ores and
bullion, but no assurance of the request
being granted was given, and the Her
aid says:
AT present the outlook appears gloomy
in the extreme; unless there is Il rise in
the price of lead-for which we can
scarcely look-we may expect to see
within the next sixty days two-thirds
of the Utah mines, now producing ore,
closed, and business further depressed
in proportion.
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THE Seligman brothers have re.
ceived various private letters condemn
ing Hilton's course; the most notable
ones being from William Cullen Bryant,
Gen. Roger A.. Pryor, Jackson S.
Schultz, Ex-1layor Wickbam, John s.
Sherwood and Geo. W. Blunt.
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LAYARD, the British Minister at
Constantinople, has counselled the Sui
tan to make peace Immediately. All
the Sultan's ministers, except Redif
Pasha, minister of war favor peace.
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CHICAGO is raising funds for the re-
lief Of the sufferers in st. Johns. The
people of that place contributed $40, 600
In gold for the formers alienation after
the great fire.
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A FIGHT took place last Wednesday
near Yanceburg, KY, between a vigil
lance committee and a band of horse
thieves; between fifty and seventy-five
men were engaged in the fight, and
four are reported killed. There is great
excitement In that locality.
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THOSE who delight in executions,
car feast their morbid appetites by
reading u dispatches relative to the
departed Molly Maguires; but, bear in
mind, that ''they are as sick that sur
felt with too much as they that starve
with nothing.n
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THE principle cities of the United
States and Canadas are coming prompt
ly to the relief of the unfortunate cit
liens of st. John.
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TEE insurance on the burned proper
ty In st. Johns, n. B., is reported to
be over six millions.
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THE coming sangerfest at Louisville
will be the largest and most magnif
cent ever held in America.
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D JUNE %, 1877.

KARs is being bombarded by the
Russians. but responds but feebiy to the
artillery fire.
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Commercial JOB Printing

tiousiy executed. Cards OF every shape ana
Kind; Bill Heads, Letter and Note Headinss;
Blanks OF every kind, Posters. etc, printed
on short notice. Having q new lot of type
and Presses, we can do handsome work nj
low prices.
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BOYLE DIES A MOLLY MAauIRE.
The demeanor Of Boyle until the drop
fell was one Of entire self-possession.
His composure was not assumed, and
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MEXICAN
MUSTANG LINIME MT
FOR MAN AND BEAST

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failed. Thirty millions haze tested Il. The
whole world approves the glorious old Mus
istence, Is cents a bottle. The Mustang Lint-
ment cures when nothing else will.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE Vendors.
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The United States should by all means
have a large standing army. There is every
reason to urge in it, favor. besides the trifng
matter of keeping n thousand Indians with Sit
ting Bull and Slippery Joe on their reserva-
tons. We have already an army Of twenty five
thousand men. but that Is not enough I'VE ought
to have a hundred thousand. European ma
lions have from one to five hundred thousand
men parading around the streets with fife and
drum. There may be some democratic preju-
dices against so many Idle men being supported
10y the Government. but what Of that2 BY
Aiunde Joc's method OF eight to seven they
could be easily convinced. There is also some
sort Of prejudice indicated in the Declaration
Of Independence against armies in time Of
peace. hut that was put in in our colonial days
and We are getting to be European now. Other
grave reasons may he urged there is the Solid
South, whore the Republicans can't find men
enough to put on State tickets. or TO keep the
carpet baggers there and there may be pow
cr,y-stricken miners and railroad men TO bo
shot down in the winter. If they dare ask for
any more pay.
Our revolutionary fathers thought that there
would be plenty OF Washngtons. Ethan Aliens.
Nicholas Herkimcrs. and John Starks, and
there was no need of II standing army in the
Constitution. hut they were mistaken Their
patriotic sons have left Vermont and New York
and gone out West and the carpet aggers have
gone 10 Washington.
1t would only cost three hundred million dol
lars to keep one hundred thousand men four
| years. And how nice that would be in these dun
| times A regiment would have to be stationed
| in Milwaukee to keep three hundred Commune
| lists quiet
1t is true We didn't have q largo standing army
| AT the time OF the Revolution. except that which
was on the other Side and which was one of the
provocations Of the rising The people. the col
| onists, were the main dependence then, and
| they whipped the conqueror Of thu world. Our
| next war was commenced without large stand
| ing army. hut Wa beat the Mexicans and got a
large slice Of territory with mountains Of gold
and silver in II. 1t il true that the British
sacked Washington in 1872, but then soc what a
| whipping Jackson gave them at New Orleans
so severe thatth will never ilght Us again. Our
family war was ocgun withouta standing army
on either side, but If another war was To- come
on what would we DOE II We don have II larg,
standing army we can't have any more heroes
| any more generals, or hrigudlcr- in max" Pres
| id"nts out NJ. or Secretaries of War. The pHu-
| pie would not have any taxes to pay cor orphans
| t. support. No matter Ahuut the rl~t ur rouse
| qucnrcs, let us hay" "A larg" standing army.
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Qnccr Encts.

The friends of Gen GRANT are indignant
at the statements in john SHERMANs
speech which seek to put the responsibility
OF HAYES southern policy ON him.
1t is well known that the confidential and
accredited friends of HAYES, and among
them this same JOHN SHERMAN, appealed
urgently to GRANT not to disturb the situa-
ton in Louisiana or South Carolina as it oX-
listed at the close Of the late Administration.
They knew OF the negotiations between
GRANT and the Congressional delegation
from Louisiana, and the causes which led TO
the suppression Of GRANTS order for the
withdrawal Of the troops from the state
House, by the bad faith of Gen SHERMAN.
They wanted also to initiate their own poll
cy, and To get whatever credit might be ac-
Quircd from it.
When it was discovered that the abandon
mcnt of PACKARD and CHAMBERLAIN had
made n breach in the party, and that the
Fraudulent President would be assailed
in Congress by some of the leaders who
had been most influential In his sup
port, the tune was suddenly changed
GRANT was charged with having purposcly
complicated the situation, so as to leave
HAYES no other alternative than the one
adopted. This mean and sncaking suggcs-
tion like others OF the same sort, originated
with joins SHERMAN, who had the cllrontery
to rcitcratc it coyertly in his Mansfield
speech, as an excuse for HAYEss troachery
to his own political friends. This duplicity
however is family trait and was strk-
ingly illustrated at the formation of the
Cabinet.
HAYES was originally inclined TO orcr
n scat in the Cabinet TO Gen. JOSEPH T.
JOHNSTON instead of the illustrious KEY
who he'd been intriguing for it through GAR
FIELD, FOSTER, and the other mana
gers before HAYES reached Washington
Gen. SHERMAN Immediately gave ont
through the press in al directions that
JoHNsroN's name had been brought forwarc
and pressed by him for Secretary of War
and he personally said 30 to different
southern members. At that very time
and doubtless by concert between tn,
! brothers. JOHN SHERMAN demonstrated
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formation Of the result Of their official lnvos-

formation OF the result Of their official inves-
legations.
1t appears, then, that our gallant coun-
trymcn arrived in Japan in the latter part
of August and after duly communicating
with tho Government of his Majesty the
Mkado, they were received by Gen. YAM
AaArA, Minister OF War; and at 8 o'clock on
the morning Of September 8. they COM
mcnccd their studies by reviewing In n
parade ground at Sakurada body Of 1850
troops, including several infantry rcg-
mcnts Of the Imperial Guard, a battalion
from the school for non-commissioncd OH
Gers, and large body of lanccrs." The caval
ry delighted Gen. FoRsYTu greatly, so much
that he declared that, with the possible
exception Of the Seventh United States Cav
airy, he was familiar with none that could bc
expected to surpass these in regularity and
precision" To Gen. UPTON the infantry was
equally agreeable. 1.-THE regiments Of the
Guard would have little to apprchend even
In direct competition with the average sol
der Of the United States" Next they
scrutinizcd the practice Of the Japanese
artillerymcn; and finally. in n garden at
tachcd to the old castle OF MitO Yasiki, "a
luncheon was served at which the Minister
of War presided" Three days later the
Commissioners went to Osaka to visit the
arsenal of that city, in which large field
pieces are cast; and finally from Japan
they went to China.
This Is the whole Of IL. except that, as the
Times informs us, the japanese are waiting
with interest to know what our Generals
saw among the Chinese; and we can worry
we'll understand that as the Japanese and
| Cinnamon are liable to get into war with
each other, the observations OF these
American officers may really be OF some
value TO them.
But to this country they can he OF no
value whatever, and II was wicked waste
of the peoples money to send these dlstin-
| guished officers abroad at the public cost
upon such pleasure excursion. Though not
So extremely scandalous a. HAyEs's sending
| Gen. HAzIN TO Vienna under the pretcncc Of
studying the Turkish and Russian war, ii
was equally useless and equally unjusti-
fable. In fact, such abuses ar these have
done much 10 bring about the strong popu-
lar impulse for the abolition of the rcgl-
lar army which is now beginning to be
| manifested.