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The New York herald., 1878-06-18
rhe closing prices in San Francisco we're :

Tho total sales Of stocks al the Board to-day aggre
gated l43 800 shares
despatch from Philadelphia states that quarterly
dividend OF 2z pcr cont declared the stock Of
the United Companies OF New Jersey, and will be paid
on July 10. Books close on the 2oth inst, and
open July !.
The receipts and shipments OF wheat and corn at
Chicago and Milwaukee to-day were iollows:-
Chicago-Receipts Of wheat. 26l6l bushels; ship
Menr, 9476 do. recsipts Of corn, l7s,o46 bushels;
shipments, l57 732 do. Milwaukee-Recsipss OF wheat
Al, 500 bushels; shipments, 500 do. receipts Of
corn. z, 400 bushels; shipments, 700 do
The gross earnings Of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway for the first week, June to Inclusive were
$1s,5O6 SO.
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The Lcndon advices reported coosos at the opening
t0Sk 95x. and ut tho close 81 95s. a p5L Tor
money and es Tor the account United states bonds
are steady and unchanged, exceps for 1so7's which
dsclined u per cent Erie common advanced to IL,
and preferred TO 3d. but tho former asrward reacted
TO 1ek. Illinois Central to SIX and closed at ST.
New jersey Central and Pcnnsyivania Central ad-
vsncsd pcr cent TO 3lk and 31,s respectively.
Reading rose 10 Tx. The Bank Of England gained
El6o0o bullion today balance. Three mouths'
bills In the open market are discounted per cant.
Al PARIS rcntes rose TO 113I Ito and reacted 10
1l2l. soc. and exchange on London quoted At
26i l2c. The closing quotations IN London we're ss
foIlows :--Consols for money, o6k e5k; consols for
account, s5k; new 4k psr cent bonds, 1859; AVE-
twenty bonds OF 1867, 1ook; ten-fer.y bonds, looH
nvss OF 1881, 1919; Erie common shares, 16k; Erie
preferred shares, 80; New jersey Central, 3lk
Illinois Central 81
State bonds ~ tue Board were sssady with sales OF
Louisiana sevcns, consols, North Carolina skies new
and south Carolina sixss non-fundabls.
nAiLsoAp BoxDs
In railroad bonds thsrs Was decline Of per
cent In Alton and Tsrre hauts income and per
cent In doI second preferred. The other changes
vsss - Aelniasuss-Aa-aAynases - 1ePsR eene te&sN
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NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JUNE l8 ls7a-TRIPLE SHEET

height: s.. AZ g. wa,s ,s ,eIs for W.Fsl y, &
weight & sS s@s b fi,noi. .,ssr a. per ~.shs
sss s.s = ao: nI @ steer. . ss per ssiss:
At; ;c pc, ct lHs 'ss s.ss. III "ssAs |.
s,s per iS welsh, s.s % IiSnol. ss H.
Soc sn per- head . ;sfi' Illinois steer. c
S Pc, .ssns s~ a. sa%as. sold for
Ssirss aa'' "a o sws 9I0'ns 10 Missouri steer. per-
y. % With 30 On tho io. weigh. 81 ssa 10 si..saIl
sss.s .s4s .eiss: a ws;,ss%sr .s. :sd
Illinois - =. ice per Weight
swops p i.oi; as % per - s''sA,.
Of per head sssa, * ss & @ psr .s 8 Cr len
Jssssa .sd is :sf 50 siil ,sa ias. '..s5' 4: !:
m ps s9 s. sss Z ay 5 s
p. ns' .ssh, ss r'sss s'ss cods s
weigh. IS Missouri steers at s'.s per ~ wei. s, M
% 'na's : steer steers =, =. per ee wsn
s' @ ssisss
80 Ssa .s o r s ssrs sf' 81 ss. .,s Il ss
Ne ss,ss s s. ' s Vim sss "a Gear. ss A'"sa
grass FED Indsns A. sssrs :. Tx gsI D Ysssi "a 81
Il. se os rSs Weigh. ew s''s s.
7cw 20 Missouri steers a. o11e per ib weigh, ~ ew
7as is, weight ssss for Norris 4
head '0ut' io.. % pc; io: is' Il head =, ios per
wslsn. sw; ews 81 sss ls 9 ' ., FED 1sa HI M
sss s 90. on % e
hsas :. s.I sss pss as. Win ps; head
x:sS s. S.m.. .ss
ono esrs-i7 head e S.e per To- weight, 81 swt.
S per IT, ws.S sesa q i psr S Weight
SMKxr AND LAxBs-rrads slow with a downward ton
XII e 4. s s.s i sssy p
se PER o. state sheep wssSs " lbs head, a
4 se ONO 70 ID:
S ~ ro, 100 -, 3 % per n. ss1d I'd a.
5fc per To- oi State lambs, por head,
&C. &C. is k:nsass weight
sSssp S paa IS s"smx
20 solo q 4as Ohio sheep weight 20 Ss pyr head :,
:siss s:ssi Ss.p si sss ssj
= A. per - 100 Ken.neky sheep weisat io3 lbs per
=. g. p5 IA ssss weight
Is State s weight s D1sis S head at %
Sa 81. I ns ss. a..a ID K .'s
IT ss.a 81
w.sa o. Per q :. = 80 g . per
STATE sheep: xs,rh. g lbs per head = go per ~ sss
Ohio sheep, weigh. los per 4se per lb IA
Kentucky Sheep weight 30 los per head ID sold
week ending une 10, 1875 37s2 sheep and lambs
Ass z average per hssa Judd guekiaxham sole sold rs
sheep. weight 20 24o lbs. at 4c h. 2ls Ohio sh
weight PC, ,060 lbs lb sold for week ending
head: Newton Holmes s..d M M i9a Ohio sheep wei;h, M
lbs, 3k per H.. IL Ohio sheep weight 1850 lbS At
44c per 10. 1913 Ohio sheep. weight 1890 lbs, at 4c.
H. 81 Kentucky lambs, weight $50 lbs 5c.
III 81 Kentucky lambs weight i3o lbs, a. 55sc per
ID 10 Kentucky lambs, weight TOO lbs, &C. Id.
30 Kentucky lambs, weight 4,75O lbs ESQ per 10.
Kase Pdeock sold IL Ohio sheep. weight lO4o lbs. at
Ohio weight lbs, SAC.
2al Ohio sheep. weight 10 $40 lbs At 70 80 ew
Kentucky Sheep weight 20 $50 bs At - o. cwt 3s
Kentucky sheep weixht $50 lbs At 4c per h. 81 Ken
lucky sheep weight 800 lbs At &C. h. x27 Kentucky
lambs weight a 800 lbs. at 5,e per II AZ Ksntueky
lambs, wei1ht $50 ibs. at 0c ID. 30 kentucky
lambs, weight !, $50 lbs, 81 6Mc per lb.
MILCH Cows-rher sAles reported
EKALs CALvKsTraoe slow and values of lc, strong
fed calves sold sac. 4Ac Id.
Ordinary quality calves at Sc To-; medium quail
ity veas ~ g.. 61ac. per ID.
HOGx-lFade slow: 81 Ohio hogs. live weight
lSS lbA per head, sold st 81 80 per cwt.
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Jersey Central drsts consois, in New York Central
nrsts coupon Il In Rock Island SKIES Of 1917 and u in
ST. Paul sinking funas, c., C. aud !. @ hrsts and ST.
Paul H. ana NJ divisonl There decline OF I
per cent In Wabash hrsts tSI. Louis division
turod couponl 4 in South Pacific Railroad Hrsts, u
in Lake Shore registered arsss and in Hannibal and
81 Joseph eights convertiblss
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
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MINING SHARES

The following wore the opening prices Of mining
stocks at San Francisco to-day Tip Top, TX NavaJo
n, Gould Curry, 6h Savage. IL; ChOliar
Potosi, 25; OphT, ~; Hale Norcross, =; Crown
Point, 5; Yellow Jacket. 8; Bolcher, 4; Virginia Con-
soidatod, Is; California, l91; Overman, 13K; Ray
mond and Ely. az; Best Becher, l3x; Union Con-
sodated, s; Alpha, IL; Sierra Nevada, 4; Mexican,
TAX; Eureka Conso Undated, 60; Justice. 3h; Utah,
SX.
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YORK CATTLE MARKETS.

Total. ....."1loM ~ 500 2z.5Ss ~ M ~
sssvss Trade slow .h. forenoon: ysiue. vsr.
ss.;.s re r.sSs. lean; s,rs@. ssars poor good
ss.. w.s. 4 10 Ssss sa .ss TOP .
.aned @ lbs n. 4, s'x.ieth stree, yards q E.s,-
led Cherokee sss per 10 weight
81 ao;. 'S s.s.s - c :. s se wsss, ew
~ Mas: "s;s,: ; s:s; Per X; "ss%:7s ~,
e 'n9. ;,s,r' a. 4 i g, .ss ss5 n r"s Sss1,
son "a Texan the Plain. At sac se
Pss H. Weight, s -, % sw ~ ss ~ .s.,s % ';:sT, @
Brown SOLD selves - state steers At b weigh.
ss.. = head 4 csss. iis; psr is, .siss,: ssss :
head De per sss per H.. with
.s head % sa 'f5 e %
ss.s s vssn as. s- Uy pss s Weigh. ss
- ewt g Kahn sold Tor Kahn Co ga ken,aesy steer
Il pc. s ss's S. ;s "a -i bead.
- A'sG 81 1 81 ics "a Ss ss' oass s " "a % s.
~ graz. ., led Onto s,ss.s a. 1e ~ ss.ss ~ ~,
is f. GS:' 1Us s:ss .s head ss e:s s:s
~ .'H = 81 f. sss s..s w's .ss s % e. S ~
81 head - Ga 10, Win - mead "a mead, ~
ssS ssS a. !, 'ss Se p! per ~ s@ssS % s~S
sS% s1s @ a. With "a
y si. % per as.a and sio % g ss.a vsi;Ss.
as': asi @ S' Is ssss, & 'sI sss:
Doc. per head on ~ head; 81 Illinois steers .,
loo. per h.. weights cwt Ia cwt. 50 Acwt.B
Illinois steers 1T iOAc. per H., weight 90 cwt
Jersey City yards Coney Mcfherson sold commits
Ia q an s'aSn @,s1 iii
Colorado steers at Sc. h. weight cw stronE. 100
still led Texan steer. At Sc sc per b, weight 6 cwt
tor w. ,h ~ ns"p. q ss . & ss 10 & s1
ID. weight 6 cwt tor A. Giispie 80 Iinois steers al
9sc. lUac Per lb.. weights IN cwt IN cwt; tor kan-
Ain Tbcmpson ~ Illinois steers ec pcr -. WEIGHT
sH sw, ~ l,.s. tss,, !. % a. %ss ise pc, 10 r.rn.s
weights 81 cwt 40 ewt Tor chrae spcuon IS illinois
steers at s%c toc H., weights Ga cw 6A cwt
Tor = W. rsh 10 ohio steers - n5sc iOhc. per -.
weights 81 owt. ~ cwt Tor Warner . 60. - Onto
81 gA<e 10ha- per H.. weights Y q cwt
voge Reweasin sold eommissicn 10 Illinois
steers .. ee gsfls ~.ihs sw, seam - Ilsci. steer.
cwt 10 illinois steers ~ s>e per ib weights IA cwt
1hcSL ii,nois steers ~ ivc per To-, weight ewL 1
with 81 on ps, head, on 80 head. weise.s ek
~ us1xs e. sNsk g ~ - llkasAs aAseea =
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-Dessrei on contract COZ psss SATURDAY ror future
delivery the sales as follows :Saturday after r.
Nuns 100 bates :. us1e yay, 2Io =. 4. II S7e 100
y soe oe.obsr. 100 a. = aoe. December. 100 :,
Total 900 S"ies To-Day uo 70 M-jan.. 500 bale.
at 1l52c. lOU at II 53c july lS0O At 55c 100
ll.57c. 900 IL 56e.. 20o at 5sc 2oO At ll59c.
100 81 II .6uc., 200 at 1I.58e. 600 ll.57c.
800 tL56c. l>pU At 1l.35c iuo at i5c 100 July
5.lc and 1UU At .6Jc togcther 80
a. li.59c. 100 ~ II eOc coo at 1L6lc 800 At BE.
100 Mt IL63c 16tp III 84c, 1000 1i65c. 800
lI.64c 1ie3c 2UO tE2s 100 l.6Uc.. 7UO
l16ic Septemt 10 st &c 2O ~ ll.sOc, 400
III 4lc., 1Uo 1i4ic. 500 ~ 4Oc 400 NJ 1l37c
roo ., iasc., os,oosr. 2oo a. l2ic. 500 .. i2sc
ut ii.isc; Novcmper 100 at iliic 200 at ii.dec. I.
at Hole Total ~ zoo bales Grand total. 500 bales
bales; New Oceans, 800; Mobile, 242; Savannah. 52l .
Charleston Ia Wilmington horfoik. 1906 Baltimore, 81
New York. "a: Boston. %; Phiiaar phia cal Total
a27g bales. This day last week, 20s6 bales This day
last year Tots since september Is5 OBS bales
" saturday night Cotton freights closed follows
Havrs, by stosm No, compressed. by sail nc. To Ham
burg. by steam. No. compressed To Bremen by steam
iI.i6c.. compressed; by sail. No. To Liverpool Nd W
steam: bv SAL. l5.6td.. compressed-
FLouR AND GRAiE-Reeeipts- - Flour. l2.232 bbis |;
wheat 40 bushels: mes 500 bbis and ~
26i 300 bushels; oats 30 $50 do rye 81 024
ley, 42a do. barley matt, 17o4l do Flour
demand prices fhc Sales including
Western Southern about 600 hbls within the
nsxsa range Rye aoar ruled steady wien sale. o. 200
bbs Corn meal WAS quiet. sales being only 800 5bis
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y:W L. N.
l;30 Y. NJ.
$1,000 60. O iset 100 si7Dooo AZ O. 'si. iosx
iUsU s $40, ists. lU6x 500 do. ...... 1U5h
2:j0 p. Al.
No sales
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Wheat fAir, active and about Ic lhc lower The
25O 900 bushels 81 20 O6 for No
vhiesge; 81 Ue 81 o7k Tor No. 2Niwsukees q 10 for
No. MinResotA u 10 . 81 II Tor No. red 81 IS for
No. 4 red and amber; 81 07x fer NO. p milwaukee,
specific delivery ~ July; 81 % 81 osk Tor No
the FIRST call 900 bushels NO. Northwest for August
sold < No sales at tho cai but elsssd fol
lo~sy No red WINTER scr June, D Oy bid o. ~ asked
M cs s ~ o a.s,s SS ssorhvs ~ ssei or Juss Il
Bio, 81 asked a., Jny, 81 o. bid, VI o. asksd DO
highsrs 4lc 43o fer steamer. and 40 44sc. Tor No
mixed mixed. II: ., ::ls: 49,. shs nrss ss ssss ,ecSc
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FALL RIVER Mass. june IL. 1879
The print cloth market dull and Inactive but quota
tIons are maintained 1ec cash and terms ot
~ cloths wita 3<c bid tor small lots
5dx1O Be- 1l6c but offers do reach
ths Iow Arr
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mo JAxxrRo June II. 1879.
. go rsts per sen kMoA
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Th. following we're the highest and lowest prices
THE MONEY MARKKr

The money market worked easily to-day, call loans
being made al per cent, with the closing
az per cent. Tho following were the rates of ex-
change New YORK at tho aforementioned cities to-
day:-Savannah. buying par. selling u premium !;
Charleston, easier offerings light $40 leo premium
New Orleans, commercial Lie, bank n 81. Louis LILO
premium; Chicago, SO premium, and Boston, par q
12kc premium. Foreign exchange was quiet at4 SAX
. AsAx for bankers long and As6h a4sos1 Tor ce-
mand sterling
THE GOLD MARKKr.
God sold ~ 1oOx Throughout. the day. The borrow
ing rates we're i, \, ~, 2 and per cent.
Tho imports Of specie ior the past week we're
4427, ,72S. principally silver
GOLD cLsARINos AT BANK or THE STATE
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CHEESE MARKET.

UroA. y. ". June II. 1879
tbe market hers to-day - boxes Of cheese
hands, which 4.S0o boxes conisn,rsion Tho
prices obtsnsd by tne leading factories So sc
axaH Hkc.
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NEW YORK MINING STOCK EXCHANGE.

100 ilukili. .ac So ~
Am Flag....l6 Did. ID ass cd
Alpha. bid. IL aske d
Atlantic. 49, bid. TX askod
Bullion. 30. a. 80 bid, 5 asxe
Belcher. =. .3,s bid. 5 asked
Best&B. .lltz bid, i4h asked
Cashier. bid z ask VI d
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$4,000 Us Ga. ,si rho 100 $1,000 US os 1910 :. io7
1000 Us 6.'s 81. Obs lU0 lOOo US SIS, l04O 1O7k
$500 do lU0 $1,000 Us 5s, 1884, lU5X
1900 Us 52Os, 67 l07X lO0U0 U6 SIS 8l e. bc 1854
lll5 A. M.
$4,000 US es 81 rss iosK $1,000 Us 81 81 ess iosk
HJup Us 5 2U's. 65n lu4x 27OOO be % lO5E
1000 Us IS. 1881 G. 1864 $1,000 Us 4xs O. 1881 1885
FIRST BOARD-l0:3O A NJ.
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Do No p. a. 47e. The iolioying were the bid % and
4ac asked; do No 4fc bid. 44sc. asked july steamer
4SAc bid, 1870 asked August steamer. 4ozc bid 43le
asked: No. 2 461ac bid 47s4c asked At the second
call 1900 bushels July No solo fSlc The sales be-
tween the calls about 200 0 busnes s2c 4c for
steamer mixed 4sAc 4oc for high mixed 44c 44iac.
for No. mixed 900 bushels No. July 45s1c Oats
were 5ac dearer closing follows Extra white. Sic
J7lzc. No do, 3cc 361sc; No do. 32c No. do.
3ulsc extra mixed, 3ltsc. M do 3li<c No. do,
3o1sc No. ao 2s1xc. Sales were SIS 900 busheis
hkNP AND JUTt- the market quiet bat steady. We
quote American dressed xl13 1882 80 Tor single S2i0
S2l5 tor double and Sl30 sl75 tI nndressed Russia,
clean. sos $40 god Italian S270 S275. gold; jue,
Axe &c., gold jute butts. Il6c- 21Sc..
cash and time: Manila henp. 6sac 7c.; Ssal. SIC
sac. istle Sc a 5tac.. all goid
MoLAssxs.- Foreign and domestic quiet We
;uuba and mixed 23c. 30c; ciaved.
32c Sac, muscovado refining, 3oc. 35c grocery 32c
3Sc Porto Rico. Sac. 4jc. English IsiandA 33c. y
4oc New Orleans new crop. common to fancy 2oc 4sc
NAVAL sroREs Rosn quie but ste ady. Spirits
pentine steady and more active POD and ioJ bbis.
merchantablc order. sold at 3oc We quote;-Spirits
turpentine. merchantabe order. SDc. r0sin, good
strained 81 5as 81 strained II 5o s. 25 pitch.
- advices from Wilmington rs lows:-hosin
hrm; s,rainsd. 81 20; good 10. 81 22s Tar wanted.
nominaiy unchanged Tapentine STEADY hard. S soft.
81 10. spirits firm, 2Sc.
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TELEGRApHIC NOTES.

shark oiaht leo; long killed near verplanck's
Point, on tie HUDSON River, Saturday.
Daniel Daniels crushed to death by q coal car In
the Evetcr sbait, near Pi.tston, Pa, yesterday.
Christopher NcAiee, laborer at Turkey Run COL
isry, Mahanoy CITY, Pa, was killed yesterday by q
fall OF coal
Daniel W. Reed. Of Maiden. started yesterday from
Boston TO walk 10 San Francesca. lie expects to reach
there In so days.
The steam saw mills Of Ross, Richie Il Co, nj Three
Rivers, Quebec, wsro burned Sunday Loss,
$500; Insurance. $4,000.
Tho Exchange Bank, at Anderson, Ind, was robbed
Saturday Of $500o 81 700 Of II has been found In
o cemetery at mwood, Ind.
The greater portion oil the business blocks In sbas-
u, Cal, embracing about ono-tnird Of the town.
was destroyed BY hrc yesterday.
Mrs. Otis A. TINT, Of Sandy Ill., NJ Y. an invalid,
fortynvc years old was frightened TO death by the
sound Of nrc alarm bslL WILDER wIthers' carriage
factory, dwelling and barn were destroyed. Loss,
Sl6,5 U0; insurance, $4,000.
Captain Edward s. Hudgns, late master OF tho
schooner Maggie h Cray, charged with killing his
mate, William n. Weaver. In juno last, mt sea, has
been sent 20 baltimore by the United States Consul
AZ Rio, and 10 lodged IN jaii for trial
The funeral Of Fnnk o. ous, Commander Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic Tor Conpecticut was
very largely attended nj Meriden yesterday. Twenty
Grand Army Of tho Kcpubc posts were repre-
ssnted with Odd Fellows Knights Of Honor and mili-
>Jary ofkAnrxstions
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tray Of this Mrs. Walker discovered an envelope adj
dressed to herself containing 81, 900, IN two ave
hundred dollar bs How she ielt i'm possible to
imagine The $40, 900 on which she had bu,lded
gone, and only patry 1000 substituted. Mrs.
Roberts alleges that she was left legacy Of $4,000
by relative and That this money was stolen
from her by Forbes aud his wife she also alleges
that the night previous 10 their departure they
duced her 10 take some beer The draught had a Pc
cuIiar effect. She fell into a deep sleep aud
d,d not awake until q late hour in the
morning She heavy and sick. Upon
gong down stairs she was surprised TO find that Mr.
and Mrr. Forbes had disappeared. THIS aroused her
suspicious, which were confirmed when she dis
covered that they had stolen from $l3 900. which
had been slowed away In one thousand ana nve hun
dred dollar bills. The charge OF forgery WAS made
in order Forts.' detention until the arrival
OF Mrs. Walker anu Eer h. sband and they took pas
sage on the steamship ~ sia for Liverpool
yuRTHEh COMPLICATIONS
curious incident IN connection with the affair IL .
statement made by Massachusetts, lady, who says
that Walker and Forbes constantly follow.
Ing her whom she was stopping At the Metropoli-
tan Hotel early in July, TO rob her of i'm
Office at No. 70 Dey street and at the
Metropolitan Hotel II appears that a number Of
notes issued by Florida general State Auditor and
q Congressman were stolen from hey street. The
hotcs were ''collsteral against loan mado by the
mysterious lady 20 her husband during the war. He
was bounty s'broker.n
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Mr. d. J. Maekey Of Evansville, Ind. Mr.. J. I. Alb
ernathy ex-Mayor Of Leavsnwo Kan. Judge X. X.
Mccoy, OF Atlanta Ga. d.. samuel +. Cones, Uuiisd
States Navy and A Il Cooper Of LOUISVILLE are at tbs
METROPOLITAN Hotel. Congressman Benjamin y. But.
Ter, of Massachusetts, and Frank Hlscock of syria.
cuse; Asada Yasunor, OF the japanese Legation AZ
Washington; Milton NJ Prcs. Of 81. Louis. and 5. A.
wilIoughby, OF Saratoga, are at the Fifth Avenue.
Judge G. O. Stuart OF Quebec, Is at the Clarsn-
don. General w. G. de coiigny. OF Ecuador,
and Ward Hunt, Jr, OF Utica, the
New York.. Assistant Comnissary General Lliley,
Captain Reeves and Lieutenant Edeu OF the British
Army, are ~ the st. Nicholas. William d. Bishop,
President OF the New YORK, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company; State Assessor John S Fowler,
Of Auburn, ~ Y, and d. B. Sturgeon. OF Toledo,
Ohio. are al the Park Avenue. Colonel John " Du
Bois and DIR. r. Reynolds United States Army. are ~
tho Sturtevant Sebastian b. Schlssingsr, German
Consul at Boston. is at the Albemsrs. Alfred Gather
OF Cincinnati, Is at the Gilsoy
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CUBA.

DECORATIONS FOR GOOD CONDUCT IN THE
YIELD-THE COMING ELEcTIoNs--EMpAR-
COED PROPERTY OF INSURGENTS RESTORED.
HAVANA, August IL, 1878.
Captain General Marines Campos yesterday utter.
decorated the flags Of the battalion Of sharp
shooters OF San Quentin and the cavalry regiment OF
Puerto Principe with tho collar OF the Order of San
Fernando Tor tho heroic behavior Of the In sew.
eral actions during the instruction.
COMING ELEcIIoSs
A decree has been issued ordering new elections In
all existing municipalities, which, together With tho
municipalities TO DO formed will enter upon their new
functions January 1, 1879 The elections for depu-
ties TO the Spanish Cortes will commence January
Is, 1879.
RESTORATION OF ExBARGoED PROPERTY.
An important royal decree Is published ordering
the restoration OF all properly embargeed during tho
instruction. without any exception Whatever, to tho
former owners THIS completes the restitution OF
rights Of citizenship to all without distinction OF
person who were implicated IN the instruction.
Political mass meetings continue TO DO held In
Havana to adopt programmes Tor the coming cleo ..
lions Meetings are also reported In other parts Of
the island. Perfect freedom Of speech is allowed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-13

From the World, August H.

Some OF our esteemed contemporaries arc discuss
ing whether the next Mayor shall be editor. and
Others OF them whether an editor Is likely to make u
good Mayor; while all Of them who discuss the SUBJ
jsct seem opgaged In making complimentary nomina-
tons From tho latter, however, miss the name
OF Robert Bonner, whose executive capacity aud
energy ovcrrun his own Ledgers But may not the
inquiry be timely 10 what the past history OF New
York shows about jour nasts who politics. or
about the estimation electors have placed upon sdi-
tors who became candidates for oHiceY
Editors John I. Morgan and N. NJ Noah In The oideu
time certainly lost prestige by taxing once and were
not publicly successful in administration. In more
recent times the late James Brooks found his last
DAYS cmbttersd oy political "reminiscences and did
not quit public trusts as popular he was when he
first accepted their burdens HIS brother when tate
Senator In tho "Know Nothing" era was not 70.
elected, and how unsuccessful no has been
as an Assembiymsn may be- determined by a
comparison between bills introduced by him and
bills OF his Introduction enacted which appear In
the annual statute book which was published
last week. POSSIBLY George H. Andrews as Congress
mao, while also editor Of the Courier and Enqytr or
the late Henry J. Raymond, OF tho Times Speaker
Of The Assembly. Lieutenant Governor and Congress-
man, were exceptions IN tho value OF their public
vice. yct the latter gentleman certainly never could
have regained alter leaving oince the Independence
as u journalist which he enjoyed before he took It,
Four years ago the people were offered
at tho polls an unexceptionabie candidate
for Mayor In Oswald Ottsndorlcr, but his
run" by means commensurate with
his claims Nor did the electors receive Horace Gree.
ley when he variously candidate Tor County
Register up to PRESIDENT. and bis short term Con-
gresham mover regarded By bis friends as
evidencing capacity for grasping events While =
public officer equal TO that which his worst enemy
would have conceded to him AS n journalist Tho
moral hereof obvious that the editor In ofAcs
stands In danger OF weakening his position jour.
nsl,si a. well influence Of the journal which be
conducts and without q. the time securing with
osrtaioty both Independence and influence a. an
orical.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-13
SUBURBAN NOTES.

Catbarine Tracy. aged nine years, fell against n
lady al tho corner OF North sixth and THIRD Streets
VIII iiamsburs, last evening, ana striking her head
against a shears the lady vas carrying sustained .
severe scalp wound.
man giving his name as John brew, arrested At
Laurel I'LL. has been sent TO Long Island CITY Jail
lilo ~ supposed to be insane, as when arrested he
quss,ed the officer 10 allsw him TO hang himself In
peace.
dividend Of twenty-five per cent Is being paid TO
dcpositors In the First National Bank Of ranytown
by tho rsceivor Thomas Folgcr. who has succeeded
Nr. Orson Adams, ten porary receiver The amount
Of DIVIDEND nov declared IL $50, Aus o..
in the Kings County surrosate's Court yesterday
tho Will OF Mrs. Maria l.. Scaris, who dicd March 81
vas ohsred for probate The deceased leaves a dons
tion oil 80, 300 to the Church Cbary Foundation aud
similar amount W The Amsyiean Bible society.