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,STASHINGTON s OHIO RAILROAD
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
THE RUSSIAN MISSION.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-It is asserted in
authoritative quarters that there is in
formation from Europe to the effect that
that Mr.. George II. Boxer, Minister to
Russia, has been rather indiscreet in his
utterances there, as he was thought to
have been at home.
He seems disposed to create the i'm
preston that he has not resigned his
mission, although his formal letter of re-
signation is on file In the Department OF
State, accompanied with expressions OF
a complimentary character TO the present
Secretary of State. When tho Govern.
ment was first advised of the peculiar
conduct of Mr.. Boxer, his summary
supersedure was determined upon, and
the Russian mission was rendered to Mr.
Russell Lowell. That gentleman declin.
ing this post, preferring Spain, for rea.
sons satisfactory to the President, pre-.
vented the immediate execution of the
determi nation of the Government. A
successor will be named at the earliest
moment.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
THE TROUBLE IN THE MINING
REGIONS.

The people of Wilkesbarre are paying
the penalty of having chosen an unfit
man for Mayor. The Mayor of Scranton
promptly met the mob, and all is now
quiet there. At Wilkesbarre the rioters
were allowed to gain headway, with the
result of continued violence. We are
very sorry for the poor men who have
been misled into riotlng and violence
and sorrier yet for their families, and for
the workmen who have been driven out
of the shops and from the mines and
trains by the mob. 1t is all bad busi-
ness but what right has any body of
men to prevent others from working
This is an inexcusable wrong direct
and dangerous attack on the rights of the
workingmen and those who do 50 can
expect no sympathy from honest work
lngmen, or from the sensible public. We
repeat what we have so often had to say
during these strikes Every man has a
right to stop work ; but he has no right
to prevent any one else from working
and he has no right to attack the property
of others. If he gets into trouble by
doing so he has himself to blame. The
only sensible course now is for everybody
who wants work to go to work at once
and for those who do not want to work
to stand still and keep their hands off,
| N. Y. Herald.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
MELONS AND PEACHES.

The supplies of watermelons and can
telOups at Pratt street wharves this week
have been the largest perhaps ever known
at the opening of the season. The feet
of vessels with this class of produce has
daily occupied large part of the upper
basin. On several occasions there were
nearly 200 vessels of all classes, viz
Schooners, bungies and sloops loaded
with them. The shippers have not been
slow 10 take advantage of the reopenine
of railroad transportation to send melons
to the interior in large quantities, and
one firm of the trade dispatched nine car.
loads to different points, including Pitts.
sburg, Wheeling. Buffalo, &c. The daily
peach receipts have also been taken uI
chiefly by the shippers, the packers moi
having as yet entered the market. The
varieties this week have been Troths
Early Hales and some Mountain Rose
Receipts yesterday were about 1000
boxes, and prices for good fruit ruled
from IS cents to SLIPS. Melons sold
from 81 to $40 and canteloupes 81 to 81
hundred in large lots: The timely re-
opening of the railroads this week saved
the producers and dealers from heavy
losses, which would have been inevitable
if the outlets to other markets had re-
mained closed any longer.-Bal. Sun o.
yesterday.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
STATE ITEMS.

The enforcement of the Internal rev.
enue laws is having the effect of
breaking up the distillation of apple
and peach brandies on the peninsula.
A number of those engaged in the bus
inets have ceased its manufacture and
now MIR. Henry Gorker the largest dis
tiller in Delaware has abandoned the
business and offers his stills for sale.
A farmer living near Dover last Fri
day morning picked all his Hales from
five hundred peach trees and on Satur-
day at noon completed the demolition
of the entire orchard. He has made
up his mind to raise grain hereafter
Many of the farmers promise to fol-
low his example.
Marsh s. Brown fruit dryers at Wy
oming have purchased the peach or
chard of Jacob Smith below Camde n
at twenty cents per basket delivered
at the factory.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
HOW THE RANKS ARE SWELLED.
(From the Pittsburg Telegraph

The American people gladly welcome
to the United States all who come volun-
tarily and with the purpose of becoming
good and industrious citizens A very
large portion of American society is
made up from the foreign element, and
large proportion of our industries are
owned and managed by persons of for
eign birth, ali of whom are welcome to
all the rights and privileges of American
citizens. But, along with these facts,
| there is another which is to be depreca-
ted. Thousands of those who are landed
| in New York and at Philadelphia and
are then turned loose upon the country,
are innocent of the evils which follow.
They are persons who have been induced
| to emigrate through false representations
of European agents interested in some
steamship line; they come to America
| expecting to find it Gland of milk and
honey" where plenty of work at large
| remuneration can be had at all times.
| In many instances these agents promise
| to secure work for these poor, deluded
/ creatures, who spend their last dollar to
pay to their deceivers the price of their
passage. Only few days ago over 900
| of this class was landed in New York
| OF course they found the promises made
by the agents at London false, and to-day
they are roaming over the country pen
niless and uncared for. Out of 5000 emf
grants who arrived in New York since
the 14th inst, says the Tribune, fully
three-fourths of them were destitute.
Is it any wonder, then, with these as
| founding facts staring us in the face, and
that other deplorable fact that for years
past, our manufactures and general bus
iness has been depressed, that hundreds
of thousands of people are out of en-
ployment? We must not be misunder-
stood; we are not making any charges
upon the foreign element now here, nor
upon those who may contemplate COM
ing; we are only stating facts and raising
the question of expediency whether it
would not be better for the working
classes in other countries to know the
exact condition of affairs in the United
States, and the propriety of advising
them not to emigrate at present.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
PERSON AL.

Mr.. Whistler the distinguished Ameri
can artist in England, threatens to bring
an action for libel, or something analos
gous to that against Mr.. Ruskin because
of opinions recently expressed by that
candid gentleman in regard to the artist
and his works
Mrs. Sarah II. Gray, of Brooklyn, N
T., who died suddenly last week at heI
summer lodgings in Longmeadow, at the
age of seventy-eight, was Il daughter OF
John Phillips, of Boston, and a sister OF
Wendell Phillips.
The late Gen. d. X. Jackman, of Bath
Conn, was one of the sIgners of Jetfer-
son Davis's bail bond. Gen. Jackman' s
estate will probably reach million dol
lars in value. He had life insurance OF
$1,000.
A. Oakley Halls whereabouts is still
unknown. One story locates him al
Constantinople and another at Paris. Ht
is said to have reached Europe almost
penniless
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
GOOD ADVICE.

A preacher in the Western country
once applied to General Jackson for an
office. At the time he applied the Gen~
eral did not know the applicant was a
to him that he would think of his claims
and weigh them, The preacher saw the
General few days after and renewed
his application. (The General in the
meatime got information that he was a
preacher of the Gospel) The General
asked him if he was not apreacher OF the
Gospel He answered he was "Well, :"
said the General, 'ff you discharge the
duties of that office, which is better than
can confer, you will have no time to
discharge the duties of any that L can
give. You will therefore excuse me for
advising you to return home and attend
to that, without being burdened with
any other, that you may be enabled to
account hereafter for your stewardship
in this world"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04

LIBBIE GRANT BIG SwIM.-Little
Libbie Grant, eight years old, swan on
Thursday afternoon from Wards Island
dock across the Harlem river to the
public bath-house at the foot of One
hundred and-fourteenth street, "a distance
allowing for the swimming up stream to
avoid the effects of the current, of about
three quarters of a mile The plucky
little lass was clad in gray suit trimmed
with red, and had her hair done en-
chinOise: around her neck she wore, sus-
pended from gold chain a Maltese
cross, which she won last year for skilful
swimming. Libble and her father sprang
into the river together. 1t was ladies'
day at the bath, and on the roof were
q ute number of the fair sex of all ages
and on the neighboring dock crowd of
some three hundred men, women and
children. A boat in which,. beside the
rover, was one of the female swimming
teachers assistants, kent Just ahead of
| the swimmers, who struck up stream,
| Mr.. G ant ahead and the little girl fol-
| lowing The swimmer made the jour
ney in exactly fifteen minutes. She was
Immediately wrapped in large Turkish
towel by the swimming mistress and
taken into the house. The little girl
though she shivered good deal, said she
did not feel tried or cold. She was given
a glass of milk. which seemed much to
refresh her.-N. Y. Herald.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
A STREET CAR MOTOR FOR ST
PErERSBURG, RUSSIA.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works re-
Gently completed for the st. Peters
burg Russia City Railway Company
a street car motor and next week il
will be shipped to the parties for
whom it was built. This week it has
been pulling one of the Philadelphia
Market street excursion cars as test
before being shipped and has given
complete satisfaction.
The motor has the appearance of a
short street Car. 1t has about twelve
feet long and occupies no more room
in front of the car it palls than q pair
of horses. Its boiler Is vertical and
made entirely of steel 80 as to give the
greatest possible strength. The con-
structioD of the boiler is such that in
ordinary use and with proper manage
ment no steam whatever will show
when in operation. There are also
appliances by which :he violent puff
ing noise of exhausted steam is entire
ly done away with and by the use of
anthracite coal or coke as fuel no per-
ceptible smoke is made.
These features of construction it is
said give the important desideratum
of direct acting locomotive having
the appearance of car and with none
of the indications of a steam engine
such as escaping smoke and steam and
the putting noise of the exhaust.
A steam brake is attached by which
the motion of the motor and attached
car can be arrested in less than hall
the time and space of an ordinary
horse car.
These mac hines are coming rapidly
into use in this country and have re-
Gently been supplied by the Bald wir
works to street railways in New Haven
Newark, Brooklyn, Milwaukee and
Dubuque. The companies using the
motors, it is said have already salts
fed themselves by experience tha
they can do the same amount of work
with from one-half to two thirds the
number of motors as with horse cars
and with a saving of from So to 81 pei
day on each horse car previously EN-
ployed.
Motors similar to the above are also
being built by the Baldwin works fol-
street railways in Chicago, Galveston
San Francisco and Havana Cuba. AL
the machines are of sufficient powe
to draw from two to four cars ovel
any ordinary grade-such grades fol
instance as are found here.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
PUNISHING THE PENNSYLVANIA
STRIKERS

HARRISBURG, August 3.-Twelve en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
charged with having interfered with the
movement of freight trains and having
otherwise done violence to the interests
of the company, had a hearing to-day in
this city. Fen of the defendants were
held for Court, the bail demanded rang
ing from 81 900 to $4,000. Altogether
there have been held for trial about SO
the late violent proceedings here. Be-
tween twenty and thirty Pennsylvania
Railroad employees, who had been iden-
titled with the recent strike, were dis
charged from the service of the company
to-day, and similar action will be taken
with others found to have been concern
ed in the affair.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
wholesale Custom House Reduction

Collector Thomas has received his def
mite instructions from the Secretary of
the Treasury with regard to the reductions
to be made in the force of the Baltimore
custom-house. The discharges will take
place on the 10th instant, and Will num-
ber fifty in all departments, as follows:
Clerks10 markers 2, messengers 2,assistant
weighers {, 2,guagers2, day inspectors IA,
night watchman II, laborers 4. Mr..
Thomas was in Washington yesterday.
when the matter was settled. The news
of the sweeping character of the reduc-
ton caused much surprise among custom
house employees last evening. All knew
that there would he dismlssals shortly,
but a report had gained credence that
the number would not exceed twenty or
thirty at most. The details in reference
to the particular ones who will go out
have not yet been arranged and the col
lecter will doubtless find plenty of pres
sure brought to bear in favor of retains
| ing certain parties. The clerkships will
be doubled up In number of instances,
with the departments consolidated
| There are now tifty-four day inspectors,
| to be reduced to twenty-eight. The pres
| ent custom-house force is stated at 24O
and the reduction will be over onestifth
| of the whole. The retrenchment will re-
duce the annual cost of operating the
custom house over $4,000. 1t is report
| ed the unfortunates will receive pay fol
the month OF August. t.-BaH. Sunof Frs'
dan
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
READING RAILROAD.
WHAT PRESIDENT GowEN THINKS OF
THE sITUATION-A BIG Days MN
ING YESTERDAY,

ING YESTERDAY.
On the Reading Railroad to-day every
thing is quiet, and from the general good
nature OF the officials in the Fourth street
office it is evident that all the news that
comes over the wire is good.
A reporter of the Evening Telegraph
called at the office this afternoon and had
an Interview with Presiden Gowen. On
inquiry as to what was the present state
of affairs along the line of the Reading
Railroad, telegram was produced from
General Pleasants, the Superintendent of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
from Company,to Mr.. Franklin B. Gowen
President of the Reading Railroad, stat
ing in effect that all collieries are at
work on full time except three or four
small ones in the Shenandoah Valley and
these were short-handed. The miners
are quiet, but some of those miners at
work in individual colleries have been
trying to persuade the Reading Companys
miners to strike, but without success
General Peasants expects that the whole
region will be at work before the close
of the month.
"Have these troubles interfered with
the mining on the company's lands ?"
ooh, no. On the contrary, yesterdays
report of the Coal and Iron Company
shows the heaviest days work we have
ever done. During yesterday there were
mined 1880 tons of coal. The next
largest to this was on July 10, when H.
400 tons were mined while the third lar
gest was on July 81, when 1929 tons
were mined.
"How do you account for such heavy
work."
Mr.. Gowan laughed, and said that a
great deal of it was owing to the asss-
tauce of men who were on a strike
"They are slippery fellows" said he
"and while pretending to be fierce for 8
strike to their fellows, will 60 quietly of
and work for u.s."
The amount of coal moved the pas
four days amounted to 100,244 tons, OF
an average of over $4,000 per day. Yes
terday the number of tons carried wa:
25, ,461.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
PUTTING IT STRONG.

The recent troubles with the tramps
on the Delaware Railroad, in this State,
have been greatly magnitied by papers
in other States, and the tramps are ac-
cused of outrages which they have not
yet attempted. The Reading Eagle gets
the item in the following style:
"Delaware is overrun with tramps,
who ride free of charge on the railroads
and force the people to give them food
and money. Nearly ali of them are
drunkards, who refuse work when it is
offered. A conductor put some tramps
off passenger train, when they uncou-
pied the air brakes on two cars, which
was not discovered until the engineer
made test before reaching the next
station. Next week the railroad men
will compel the tramps, many of whom
acknowledge baving been in the PitlsE
burg riots, to refrain from riding on the
| trains, and trouble is expected"
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04

the door Of her house the old lady paused.
"Don't mind Margaret" she whispered.
"She means WE'LL"
Then she ascended the steps.
At the last one, the door was opened to
US by the woman had twice seen before
"The doctor must see my child, Marga-
ret." said the old lady.
Margaret stepped back.
Walk in, sir" was all she said.
Th- old lady beckoned me to follow her.
l did SO. Sbe went up stairs aud opened
the first door we came to. 1t was an empty
bed room. She closed 1t with a Sigh. The
next room into which she led me was also
empty. so were all the others In effect,
we visited six apartments, only one of which
seemed to be regularly occupied as a sleep
ing chamber and at the last the old lady
turned TO me with strange glitter in her
eyes.
"Stolen," said she, "stolen; somebody
has stolen my girl. Sir, do you know, j
think it must be Satanl"
Then steady step crossed the sill
M argaret came in, and the old lady
bursting into tears Uttered her to le ad
her away.
As made my way down stairs NJ ar
garet rejoined me.
"You understand it now" she said
"You see this poor lady is not in her
right mind"
II do, indeed, said.
"She had daughter once" said Mar
garet, "and the girl--a pretty creature
of sixteen-ran away with a bad man
She came back home one day and begged
forgiveness. Her mother turned her from
the door in fury. 1t was night; the ram
and hail beat down on the poor thing
and the wind buffeted her, There is nc
knowing what happened to her that
night, but, next morning, she lay dead In
the police station. Her mothers address
was pinned to her baby's clothing, and
they brought her home. From that aw
full day, sir, my mistress-who, in her re.
morse and delirium, called in twenty doc
tors to bring her dear daughter to life
has always being doing what she has
done to you. | try to keep the secret
generally, but some find it out and Others
think odd things of us. l thought
would let you know the truth. If she
contrives to come again to you, you car
always promise to call, and SO be rid OF
her. Poor soul! she has nobody in the
world but me now She's punished fo
hardness, at any rate, and you'll excuse
her conduct"
bowed. / could say nothing. Mar.
garet oDened the door for me, and
walked out into the fresh air.
AS looked back upon the house, will
all its elegance, it seemed to me to hav'
a haunted air, as though the ghost Of thu
poor girl still hovered about it.
"God only knows how many fearful
secrets such handsome homes may a
times shut in," L said to myself, as
turned my back upon it gladly.
| have never seen the poor old lad.
since that hour. Probably Margaret ha
kept too close watch upon her.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
THE OHIO REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM.
ITS vERITABLE ESSENCE FREED
FROM HUMBUG.

The Republican party in Ohio is
pure and good. Its officeholders
with the exception of Index Noyes,
who has been sent out of the country
have never been detected in rascality
and they will endeayor to remain un-
detected in the future as in the past.
The National Republican party is al
so good and pure wherefore the voters
of Ohio should love and cherish it.
Under the circumstances and for the
time being we approve of Mr.. Hayes
but this approval must not construed
to mean disapproval of those who
disapprove of him. We admire his
beard and rejoice in the peculiar beau
ty of his fine blue eye. His Southern
policy is well intended, but
He'll is paved with good intentions.
The negro must be protected by FEEDER
al bayonets.
A pure civil service is G ood thing
before elections. An efficient civil
service like that which sent Mr., Hayes
$4,000 last year to carry this State
with is better thing.
We demand good honest currency
-one which shall cheat our creditors
out of ten per cent of our indebted
ness.
By the kind permission of Mr.. Stan
ley Matthews leading attorney for the
Hon. Thomas A. Scott we disspprove
the Texas-Pacific subsidy job until af-
ter election when Congress meets.
We view with alarm the present
difficulties between capital aud labor
and sympathize alike with poo and
rich. We louly demand that Congress
pass laws insuring good wages for all
employees end guaranteeing satisfca-
tory dividends to their employers for
we want the votes of the one class and
the money of the other to carry this
State in October for a distinguished
statesman whom it were idle to men
ton by name inasmuch as the major
ity of the citizens of Ohio have proDa-
bly, never heard of him.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04

DEATH OF CHILDREN IN JULY.-The
whole number of deaths in Philadelphia
during the month of July, 1877, was l.
900, of which 90S were children under
two years of age. The principal causes
of deaths of the children under that age
during that period mentioned were -
Cholera intantum, 465; marasmus, 104;
convulsions, II; congestion of the brain,
80; inflammation of the stomach and
bowels, 45; and inanition 40. The total
deaths during the correspondent speriod
in 1866 were 1924, of which number l.
2SS were children.
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
RESUMED OPERATIONS.

The Mort EasI Iron Works have re-
sumed operations, after suspension of
one mon TIA. The long new hume at
the Shannon mill has been completed
and the company are raising a portion
and other wise considerably improving
the old North East mill preparing for
better times,
The daily gazette., 1877-08-04
WATERING PLACE NOTES.

Newport has among her visitors large
number of distinguished members and
ex>members of the corps diplomati-
que.
Ladies at Long Branch may be seen
going about with their foreh eads tied up
with tulle or some sort of yelling. These
bandages are to preserve the crimps and
hair frizzes.
Maggie Mitchell and Mrs, Wallack ats
tended the childrens fancy dress ball at
Long Branch.