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Trouble Renewed ON the From.
Tier.

sAs'ASroS1o, Tx, April 49, Relia'
BILE information has just reached here
from the interior OF the Mexican border
States that an insurrection against tht
Disz government Ia steadily but surely
ripening. Its understood there that the
Lerdist party are urging the Mexican In
dian4 10 renew their raidins in order tc
bring matters on the Rio Grand to theii
former unstable state as regards the
United States. The commanding officer
Of the sub..dBtrictof the PecOs telegraphI
the Department headquarters that th'
Mexican Indians are acting 10 concer
with the Indians from the Fort Stanton
reservation, who are now on an extensive
raid 10 Texas.
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BxLLArRE LocALs.-Mr. Purnell, OF
the B. 4 o. stock yards, ou last Tuesday
discovered blood trickltog from the head
Of one OF his horses, which had been
standing in the stable. Upon close ex-
animation Il proved tobe = ballet wound,
aud after search the bullet was found
imbedded in the top OF the bead. IL Is
supposed that some boys who have been
shooting pigeons near the stables for =
few days had done it. The horse Ia not
seriously hurt. The authorities should
look after thia shooting buainess, as Mr..
P. has bren terribly annoyed by IL.
Miss Ella Jackson entertained large
and select party of friends Mt the resi
dence OF Mr.. John W. Sanders on Thurs
day night.
Mr.J. D glrnhill Is manufacturing
the blueins machlnes, etc, for the
Laughlin Nail Works, OF Martina Ferry.
II The assessors retura for taxation all
the dogs In Bellaire, as the law compells
them 10 do, great deal OF revenue Will
be derived from this source.
Mary c., daughter Of Mr.. Chas: Satler>
field, Of The Second Ward, died yesterday
morning at a quarter past eight o'clock,
after a lingering illness, OF consumption.
She will be buried to day at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Jessie Purnell and family arrived
on the steamer Mallie Rsgon Thursday
night from Parkersburg, aud will make
their home here. They come among Us
highly recommended BY their PArkers-
burg friends.
We learn that Mr.. N. N. Barney, agent
for the Giant Powder Company, Of New
York, will make his permanent head.
quarters here.
Somebody stole lot Of axle grease from
the warerooms Of J. H. Pitt on Union
street the other night.
The subject for Rev. Wallaces dis
course at the U. P. Church tomorrow
evening will be, "shall the same human
body that is laid In the grave live again y
Services at 1850 o'clock.
Mr.. John A. GAllaher has purchased
Alex. Clohan's residence on Gravel Hill.
Proi. B. G. Hagerman, Of Bethany Col
lege, will occupy the pulpit Of the Chris
tian Church tomorrow morning at 10: 80
O'Clock, and in the evening at7;S0
o'clock.
Edwin owen, the shoemaker, has gath.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
By TELEGRAPH.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, April ie.-Flour-Dull and
unchanged. Wheat-Dull aud prices q
shade lower; No. 2 Chicago spring 81 10
cash, 81 OK April, 81 O95sal cox May
81 07jSa1 0S June, No. 8 at 81 05, rejected
Ssc. Corn-Steady and in good demand al
4OKc cash, 4Ollc April. 4lac May, Al 1Ic
June, rejected at S6ISc. oats-in good
demand and prices a shade lower; 26<c
cash and april, 265sa26kc May aud June.
Rye-Quiet and weak at 5Sc. Barley
Quiet and weak at 4sc. Pork-Dull, weak
and lower; IS 90 cash and May, IS 771<
June, S. 90 July. Lsrd-In fair demand
but at lower rates; SO 81 11<a6 30 cash, Sc 90
May, So 931fa6 95 Juae, So 9II<a7 90
July. Bulk Meats Quiet and unchanged.
Alcohol-S3c asked.
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BUSINESS Enr.RnAssMExTs

New YORK, April l0.-Paul seinz a
Co., importers and dealers in plate glass
Barclay street and Park Place, have fail,
ed. Liabilities, S92l, 900. The actual
value Of the assets is reported at about
S75. 900, and the firm has offered to COM
promise at 25 cents on the dollar cash
which number OF the creditors haye &C
cepted. The firm have had a branch
house in Chicago under the name oil the
Cincinnati Plate Glass Company.
CHICAGO, April l9.-Jas. Wadsworth
II ader, has gone into bankruptcy. Sc
cured debts, ssS,000; unsecnred, s56 600
due on discounted paper. $50 600; on nc
commodation paper. s25O'00O. Assets
bills aud notes, $500. and cattle and
farming implements OF unknown value
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Nothing Like "a Brother In the
Ring.

TORONTO, April 19.-The libel case
against the Saimd, a Canadian newspaper,
tried to-day, resulted Ia the disagree
ment OF the jury. The libel consisted IN
an article published 10 that paper, im.
plying that the Hon. Alex. Mckenzie,
premier, had given hint to his brother,
Charles Mckenzie, just before a change
10 the tariff, that the government intend"
ed to increase the duties on tubing; that
Charles Mckenzie imported the. article
largely and proti,ed by the information.
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ifsiguedl aTnroDoaE TrIros."
The ra,iiu Rentals,

FIom Tue PhIlaueIPhlA IVIuss'
Within the year Just past there has
been such q markedre'luction in rental. in
this city as to astonish real estate agents,
and cause proper.y.holders to figure
even more closely than they have been
figuring ia the most panicky OF these
hard times. The agents estimate that the
general reduction has heen at least twen.
iy Eve per cent. DSelling houses
thoroughout the city have been affected
10 that extent since this time last year.
Large store building. on Chestnut street
have suffered much more than this
indeed, twice as much-for desirable
wholesale business places are renting this
month at fifty per cent less than in April,
1877
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Iheqntelligetlfer

:, GoyrpSoR PALMER, Of lIIlHo''' ID
q ..,n. satisfied with the decIaFa'
i:,'. H'' II the Democratic platform oil thai al
s' w.. He i, particularly Ouspoksn IN
=, ',,i ,i.r. respecting the financial mere
= =. embodied therein and thus SPEAK, s
tr 's.,,b ii, newspaper, the Springfield
s'.-s s'Sss,. aIl il only candid to say that
H. q. ,..ul, Of Democratic success Is to
a.,s,is y; the power claimed for the
s.,.,,m.p. s,. Of the United States BY the
o' .,I,,ioo. to i"ue irredeemable paper
'',S.,,. 'as then the success OF the party
.,,II .,rg no. he , blessing but a csIamity TO
y deprecated 'nl aTef'ed II possible
y. ,,,,b tbs, gold and silver are money,
-. ~ ,,o,b ,n.s uOlhing else ia money, and
y. =. ,,a,b .hA, no power on earth can
=, al, ,nylhiOy else money, constitute the
..;,i,, Of eternal verify in relation to
-btsy.'
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Dense Population.

saxony is now nearly as densely peo-
pied as Belgium. In 1884 the population
was ! 1,595, ,86s; in 1851, 2.225, ,24O; in 1854,
1887 1872; in 1867, 2,423,5ss; in 1875,
2,76O,5s6. Part OF this Is due 10 the i'm
migration thither Of factory hands from
other parts Of Germany. The population
IL the cities has been especially rapid,
In 1884, Dresden had 100000; 10 1851,
100000; in 1875. 10000. Leipzig has
grown from $4,000 in 1884 to 127 1000 in
1875. Chemnitz from ?l,000 in 1884 TO
5000 in 1875. II the suburbs Of these
cities be included, their population was
respectively in 1876, $4,000, 2lS,0OO and
$4,000.
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Failures OF the First Quarter OF
This Yenr. r'

WeHs indebted TO Messrs. R. G. Dun
SCG TOT na advance sheet Of their report
'a'"iug the number OF failures and the
AMOUNT OI money involved, for the quar-.
e'.Oding March, 81. There were in the
VaI'"iStA'ss 1856 failures in those three
H0alA', involving liabilities to the ex-
ea'0i SsO7S.S! which ia a very con.
''''f'SIe increase over the same quarter
a''!saE For the three months ending
March 81, 1877, there were only 2,s59
'nIufs' and s54,5SS,O7O Of liabilities. It
WI 'An' be seen that this year has open.
@'a' much more truiItully (if such a
.0'd may be used in this couneclion) in
S'.iy oil failures than las, year, which
aSI Is thus referred to by Dun 4 Co. in
S:ir circular.
@An Indication Of the cour.e Of busi,
sS''e below the failures for the
y" Iafee months OF 1873, and at the
- ne !lae, for the purpose OF compAri-
Ias failures for the corresponding
noa o' 1871 and 1875. We regret thai
,i Saos more encouraging In ils aspect
0.'i ~" i'aonId be remembered that we have
5.ss ~ through an exceptional Winter
s.. SSaI' The worst that has been expe,
M T.a =. 70 ia effect upon the general re-
ts.,,, Waae OF the country during the pas
i'! Years. The results ANTICIPATED
,.,E. I 1e abundant crops have NOT beer
Ts. And stocks purchased 10 supply
NJ ~ nave been absolutely unsaleable
Ss.;E w. borrower have had Of necessity 10 b,
d5,;.s.I' The shrinkA2e Of resources
m. s t6e past six months has undoubt
NJ: " zoe aggregate, been enormous, ant
hjI0''a' S'a'ilou!ei to swell the figures Of III,
/ s S0 '9s the past quarter. Il may AlsC
n. ,o'Se Y, 10 mind that the constant exten
ISs..a' 'ae Operations Of The Mercantil,
y the opening Of new offices
LSc,G.a tendency TO bring into its clAs
S,s,' ,''oe smaller class Of traders who's
In 4. nc purely local, thereby increas
IL as lumber reported, and that thii
aQnbs. ba'tiolssa " naturally TO swell th
The principal uuubs. Of failure, oo.
S'',G ,'aas 10 s.l the Western States. The rati,
~ SG ~, '.lS to $50 in the Middle State.
All, !s' q. The b! liA6ilitie. in the wsst wCr,
d. I v;sg vs.oVli!OSl as against So, ,g74,eOe Ii
d. d. sU %'aal' States. Iu the Eastern State
humber v" $50 and the liablli,ie
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CNorNkATr, April 19.-Cotton- Quiet.
Flour-Dull and unchanged. Wheat
Quiet and steady; red at 81 lOa1 II. Corn
mSsG Sad ana ss,Es nsaet 4. r9 aS Z ssr RSs
Quiet and firm at 6la62c. BarleyIDe.
mand fair and market firm; prime fall 45e.
Pork-Dull and nominal at 50 80. Lard
Steady and In fair demand; current make
50 90, kettle 7I<a7Ac. Bulk heats-Qu.et
aud frm at s. 50a4 00a5 90. Bscon-Steady
at 81 26a5 50a5 70. Butter--Dull and
dropping. Linseed Oil Steady at 60a63c.
Whisky-Dull at 81 O3.
HoGs-Dull and lower; common g 65a
8 20, light s. 95aS 40. packing s. S0a3 46;
no butchers in market.
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We are indebted to the Hon. David
Wagner, member Of the Ohio Senate from
BsInOu. and Harrison counties, for Q
eopy OI the "fnt annual report OF the
banlu Of labor statistics made to the
Gsuerll assembly OF Ohio for the year
lT7"
This ia work Of great value, as la;
bsu sbOEn BY the extracts recently pub
Li,bed from it. in regard to the iron and
saliOdusries Of Slenbenville and neigh
bariugipOint.
In. Commissioner 10 charge OF the bu
nlu calls attention in the very outset oi
ths report to the EAct that wealth in Ohio
hu iucrea,ed decidedly faster than popu
lltIoa. For instance, from 1850 to 1917
Tie population Of the state only in
a.l,ed II per rent, while the wealtt
iatt,uel s. per cent. And yet, as he re
marks, tbia vast increase in wealth ant
small increase in population "diI no
Pnrent her industries from becoming
p,talypd." How could IL? Ohio IL no
lSpatate Ard unconnec:ed integer in th'
tnlOrts snd industries Of the country.
Tie manufacturing establishments o
Uhio increased in len years over 100 PEI
ast The number Of employees II per cen
lsitAe value Of products 100 per cent
fts rilueOI farms increased So per cen
i'a oI farm machinery and implement
@F' cent. The wealth per capita II
l@ Vn s5lO u and in 1870 il wa
&HiS.
TAsreAe many interesting items il
tSs Vllaible work which We expect Il
'el'' 10 a, another time. It's content
S'U that Ohio ia a grand Empir'
sl'Siu AsceIt, and that she 10 now III,
ai't Slate Of the Union.
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Good Friday nt Montreal-.CoIli-
sion between Oransemen and
CathoIIcs-Stone Throwing aud
pist0I NhD0iinr.

MONTREAL, April l9.-There were sew,
eral encounters between the Orangemen,
Young Britons and Irish Catholics TO-
day in the city. As the Brtons wer.
marching this forenoon a Catholic at
ten pted 10 cross through the procession
He was pursued into Notre Dame Catho
lie Church, where some arguing occurred
Charles UHars, who attempted to shu
the door on the intruders, was badly
beaten.
There was more riotirg to night OF
Victoria Square. Stone throwing ant
pistol shouting were indulged in unit
a posae Of police arrived aud qaelled tn,
disturbance. An artillery volunteer
named Cole, received severe wounds ant
policeman Martin was dangerously
wounded In the head. Several large plat
glass windows were broken. The polic'
are ont In strong force and have cleared
the streets Of The disturbing element
Considerable party feeling exists, arising
out Of the trials going on Of those wht
took part in the late shooting ARRAY ii
the city.
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international sunday school.

ATLANTA, GA, April l9,-The session
Of the International Sunday School Con-
ven.ion was occupied with the discus.
sion OF the general theme, "Promotion OF
Sunday School Work" The committee
on new Executive Committee reported
a new committee for the next three years
with franklin Hall, Of New York, as
chairman, Tonight after addresses and
several voluntary speeches the Conven-
tion adjourned sine die.
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AIKEN, s. G, April l0.-Robert Nc
Leary, who killed Maj. J. ]. Gregg Al
Granville, this county, April 10, 1875,
was hanged to-day. The xecution wa;
private, In the jail, and was witnessed by
thirty people. lie made no address or
the scatFold. but met death firmly and re-
.ignedly. The case has excited the great
est interest, and be has escaped foui
times from custody, and has been thrice
sentenced to death. Gov. Hampton yes
terday declined to interfere with the last
decision OF the Supreme Court, which
was adverse to the prisoners appeal.
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Arresled Tor Ember1leInent.

-Nsw YoRK, April I9.-H. A. McIntyre,
President Of the Lake City Bank, Color
ado, charged with the embeazlement oi
Sl00, 900, was arrested to-day BY the Cen
trail Office detectives on requisition
from the Governor Of Colorado. The
prisoner was arrested at the Aberdeen
Hotel, which il owned by his brother. He
was delivered to the Colorado State oti-
cials who started on the 9 P. N train over
the Pennsylvania Railroad for Denver
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FIRE RECORD.

DETROIT, MrcH., April 1s.-The han
die factory Of J. W. Fl. Smith 4 Co., Van
dalia, Mich, waa destroyed by 6re last
evening. Loss $50, 900; insured $1,000.
CIsclssArf, April ia Commercial
special reports the burning OF an entire
business block at Washington. Guernsey
county, Ohio, this morning. Loss yati-
ously eatimated at from ST.. 600 to S2Oi-
0O0. No insurance.
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chicago CattIe market.
CHICAGO. April 1e.-The proper, Journal

reports:
CATrLE-Receipts 1000; shipments 1900.
Market stronger; shipping steers at 81 0oa
8 SIX; feeders and st0ckers steady at IS 20
al 80; butchers firm; steers s. 00a4 90,
cows 50 SOa4 %; bulls 50 25as so; all sold
at strong prices.
HoGs-keceipts 1900; shipments 2,60o.
Market l0al5c lower; choice heavy s. Asa
3 IS, light s. 40aS so, mixed rough IS 25s
) 45.
sHERp--Rsceipts $40; shipments 400.
Market weaker at a 75a5 20.
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It remains to b seen whether the dispute
might not be settled by preliminary

It Itremlins to b seen whether the dispute
might not be settled BY preliminary
conference.
Another correspondent says: Yester
days sanguine expectations turn out to
have been somewhat exaggerated or a
least premature. 1t appears that neW
difficulties have arisen. Negotiations
however, continue and may still lead tc
. suecessful result.
Aspecial from Vienna reports that al
conyalescents 10 Russia have been order
ed 10 join their regiments In Turkey Al
quickly as possible.
The Stanford states that the Duke oi
Edinburgh will remain in the Mediter'
rantan for the present.
A special from 81. Petersburg an'
nounceA that General Todlebien has start
ed for San Stefano.
A Bucharest special says it is reported
In government circles that q Russian ulti.
matum Is expected. AT "a public sitting OF
the Roumanian Chamber resolutions
were passed expressing satisfaction at NJ
Cogalniccan's statements that he had pro-
tested to the Powers against Russian oc'
cupation.
DEATH In THE cAMrs.
CoSsrANrIsopIE, April 19.-An EGG.
lish surgeon who has just returned
from Erzeroum, says $4,000 sick and
wounded Turkish soldiers have died since
the evacuation Of that city, and the Rus
SLAMS have lost $1,000 men by sickness
since they entered the plain oil Erzeroum.
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PhilndelphIa WOOL slarket,

PHILADELPHIA, April le.-Wool-More
active and prices easier; supply light;
Ohio, Pennsylyania and West Va, Xxx and
above at 40a42c; x at 40a49c; medium at
4GaI2e; coarse 3Sa36c; New York, Michigan
and Indiana western fne 35a37c; medium
4Oa4lc; coarse SSa34c; combing washed
4Oa50c; unwashed S0a3Sc; Canada combing
42ai3c; fine unwashed 24a26c; coarse and
medium unwashed 26a3Sc.
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NEW YORK. April 1e.-Business con.
tinues light In all departments. Cotton
goods fairly steady in first hands, but some
makes of brown sheetings are iobbing low,
and Cheviots and Cottonades are unsettled.
Prints moved slowly, except newest style
OF fancies and low grade shirtings, which
are in fair request. Ginghams fairly ae-
tive. Mems wear woolens quiet.
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How stroud Settled a Dispute

CLEVELAND, o, April ls.-Ieonard
Stroud, a farmer, aged IS years, residing
In Troy, Geoga county, fatally stabbed BIZ
wife on Thursdsy last and then cut hia
own throat, dying in few minutes. Mrs
Stroud died at noon to-day. The trouble
Nas caused BY 8 dispute about property
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Neu RniIrond War.

CrsctxSArr, April l9.-Tndications ol
an active railroad war In Eastern bound
passenger rates are appearing. Yester-
day the Panhandle reduced rates TO New
York to Sl3, and this was followed BY
the Atlantic & Great Western putting the
rate at Sll.
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NEW ORLEANS, Ap,il 19.-CofIee-Fair
demand; Rio cargoes ordinary to prime at
1tal7Xc gold. sugar-Dull; inferior to
good common 57tashc, common to good
common 65sa7c, yellow clarified s1sSS<e.
Molasses-Quiet; common Isa20c; fair ?2a
95u. Rice steady; Louisiana ordinary to
choice ut 6I+R6Nc.
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Weather Indications.

0vucH or I'M cuIRY 6IsNAL OYHIoRH.
WAsHIHSTos, D. G., April 0-l AN. J
PRoBABTtlTIR4
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley
southerly winds veering to cooler wester
ly, falling, followed by rising barometer
and partly cloudy weather.
For the Lake region, south and wes
winds. warmer partly cloudy weather
followed by rising barometer and occa'
sional light rains,
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sll ,Ol6,s74, and in the Southern States
4sS and sll ,ess,o29.
The United States are not alone IN the
increased extent Of failures. In Canada
the amount Of liabilities is 50, 100, ,929 this
year, thu. far, as against s7,67e,6li for
the same time last year. Times are hard
all over the civilized world just now, and
so far as resources 20 the United States
are more likely to recover at an early
day than any other country.
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massachusetts Remembers Her
Dead.

LOWELL, MASS, April l9.-Flass were
at half mast all day in memory OF the
Baltimore massacre Of 1851.
BosroS, April 19.-The members Of the
old Goth Regiment held . meeting here
to day in memory Of their passage
through Baltimore II years ago. They
propose meeting in Baltimore on their
20th Anniversary.
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REPUBLICAN state Convention.

SAN FsAScIsco, April ia Salem,
Oregon, dispatch says that the Repnblt-
can State Convention completed their
ticket "a follows: Secretary Of State, +
Pearhart; Treasury, Edward HIrsch,
State Printer, W. B. Carter; snperinten-
dAnd Of Public Instruction, L. ]. Powell
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CROOREDNESS AND WICKED
MESH.

NGwARK, Nj, April 1O.-Bepj4min
Noyea, who was lately arrested at Wash
ington, was charged upon an indictment
for perjury lhia morning and plead not
guilty. Trial set for May s!h.
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PORTLAND, NE, April l9.-The schoon'
er Lady Woodbury., heace Tor Jamaica
on January 18th, not having been heard
from since, is given up for lost. The
crew consisted Of Capt. T. s. Woodbury.
OF Cape Elisabeth, and four men.
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The IlnrIk ot Ienlousy.

Nrw YoRK, April 1S.-Hsnry n. Wal.
ters, No. 50 Stanton street, cut his wiie's
throat from ear to ear with razor then
seyersd his own Windpipe, both will die,
jealousy.