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speak of the matter as a farce
DIR. COX.-l have no recollection of it.
NUISANCE.
DR.. Nerdi-Dr. Cox must remember a con-
verSatiOn in which he said Instead of giving
DR.. Stewart praise for his acts, he should be
removed as nuisance
Dr. COX.-"l never said anything of the
kind"
DR.: Yerdi..And he also spoke of the inyes-
tigatiOn as farce.
Mr.. Marbury said he had heard that Dr.
Cox made some such remarks as attributed.
but did not regard them as sincere.
DIR. Cox remarked that even if he did he had
say now that the evidence is not sufficient to
bear out the repOrt-and it was farce.
After further discussion DIR. Cox withdrew
his remarks attributing the motion under
other member than the one who made it.
WALKING MATCH At MOUNT PLEAsANr.-A
large audience assembled on Howard avenue
last Saturday afternoon to witness the five
mile trip between the fast walkers of that
happy little town. The match was a close one,
and as will be seen by the record below, none
need be ashamed of the time made: Tanner,
81 a: Spencer, 81 80; J. Eaton, s. 30; F. Eaton,
ponshp medal to Mr. Ranaer NJ !hf Bshers
remarks were received with frequent ap-
plauSe. Short and witty speeches were then
made by Messrs; Parmenter and Delano. Mr..
Crawford, professional walkiSt, was request.
ed to give them an exhibition of his skill,
which he did In the most satisfactory way,
making MS mile IN 9:3S. The afternoon s
sport closed with single mile contest by three
OF the young ladies, as follows: Miss Maud
OvingtOn. IL 10; Miss Marie FarnswOrth, IL 20,
and Miss AriOla Martilli, 1880. Arrangements
are now being made for a grand walking tour
nament, to take place sometime during the
month.
THE POINT LOOKOUT PROPKRrY.-The Point
Lookout caSe-JOhn Van Riswick VS.. j. Nj.
MOyer-waS tried in the court of common
pleas in Baltimore yesterday, before Judge
Geary. The suit involved the title to the cot
tageS at the Point, in which Mr.. Van Riswick
claimed q leaSehOld interest in seventy cot
tages. The court dismissed the case upon the
ground that no title was shown in Van Ris-
wick. The defendant, Meyer, was one of a
number OF Philadelphia capitalists who pur
chased the Point Lookout property from Mr..
FRANK Hume, of this city, eighteen months
ago, with view OF erecting there hotel, and
vi making II a summer resort. At the same
t,me Meyer and others purchased the stock of
the southern Maryland Railroad company,
ana made ARRANGEMENTS to complete the road
BARGAINS s ONLY: at the new dry goods store,
Carriers, I'll Market Space Hamburg edging,
very wide and very fine quality. Is; very fine
quality plaid muslin, II 0ne.yard wide feur-
ed cambria, .; black silk, satin finish. excel
lent quality 81 .25; black cashmere, pure wool,
very fine quality very cheap; silk and wool
dress goods, H.-AdH.
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A. RAUs,
IOII PesnsyIpaHSa s<s-,au.,
feh14-tr Between lOah 49,, ,,,, ..-..
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How O'LEARY BECAME A Pedestrian
The mapner in which Mr.. OLeary was first
induced to take to the track. briefly stated.
may be interesting to the reader. In the fall
OF 1873 he went into one of the large dry goods
stores of Chicago and found three or four gen.
tlemen busily engaged in discussing the
merits. pro and con, of Edward 7. Weston,
who was then endeavOring to walk five hun
dred miles in six days at one of the Eastern
cities. The prevailing opinion was that if
Weston failed to accomplish the task no other
person could be found to undertake it. None
but Yankee could perform such feat re-
marked one Of the. gentlemen, in, perhaps, an
over confidential tone. Hold on, hold on"
interrupted OI.eary, perhaps foreigner
might do it," He won't be an Irishman,"
chimed in another of the crowd. Ireland
has sent forth good men," calmly suggested
O'Leary. Wonderful fellows, Indeed; they
can accomplish almost anything with their
tongues" was the sarcastic response. The
tongue is no mean member OF the human
Frame" said O'Leary; for, had Cicero and
Demosthenes been born dumb two great
minds would have passed away from earth to
eternity, like bird flying through the air,
without leaving trace OF their greatness
behindr' Bully fellow laughingly remark
ed the parties. Laugh as you please, gentle
men, but bear in mind chat [ will yet beat
Weston in a fair contest" was Daniels con-
Guiding remark as he retired from the store
IROStOn Globe.
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The OLD PARTIES AND THE NEW ONE IN
NEW YORK.-The democratic leaders, after
all, are beginning to apprehend that the ma
tiOnal greenback- -workingmen's' movement
will prove more formidable than was at first
supposed. To-day some of them were express
ing themselves freely to that effect. They do
not like the progress of the "national' state
organizations, as in Pennsylvania yesterday,
as that implies determination on the part Of
the greenbackers TO go TO work more sys-
tematically than heretofore, with business
methods as likely to be effective as those
adopted by either of the old parties. Hence
notification to ''let up little on Dennis
Kearney," and TO treat the movement he is
advocating 'as tendery as possible" as a
matter of pOlicy-for the present. There is
good reason also for saying that Mr.. Senator
COnklingS managers are getting a little ul-.
easy on the subject. and in order to placate
the new element they are seriously proposing
that he should come out, say in an auti-Chineso
speech, q la Butler. III he does not do this
they are afraid that several OF the assembly
districts will be lost to him, and that will pre-
vent his reelection to the Senate Mr.. COnk-
ling, however, is very wary politician, and
he will be very careful how he commits him.
self to line of action which will be quite as
likely to make him as many enemies as friends.
In this exigency his policy will probably be tO
c. cate the Impression that he is going 10 maker
some such speech, but it is pretty safe TO asser.
New York politics, thus, for the time being,
are in very chaotic state, and il the nation
ais" are careful il is vuite within the bounds
OF possibility that they will hold, at least, the
balance of power in November.-tN. r. CDR.
flilQ LedOer.
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THE SUICIDE OF THE MAYOR OF ORANGE
News came this morning to the ears of the
Lide and leather dealers in the region known
80 the swamp" that Mr.. Austin nj. Knight, of
his residence in Orange, n. j., of which he
was the mayor. The particulars of the suicide
were not definitely known, but the statement
almost instantly MIR. Knight leaves a wife
and fve children. He was a member of the
Presbyterian Brick Church at East Orange,
and was elected mayor of the city of Orange
two years ago. He was formerly member Of
the hide and leather firm of Knight & Knapp,
but relinQuished that line for the oil commits.
sion business. He has had no partner for the
last two years. He was 46 years Of age His
mercantile neighbOrs speak highly Of him, and
are greatly surprised at his misfortune aud
sad fate. Mr.. Knight was SON in-laW of the
ex- x-president Of the Chatham National Bank,
John Leveridge, and q brOther-in-la of The
late Edward Brooks, Of the clothing store OF
Brooks Bros.-[N. r. Mat, Lsth.
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In I'm the Monster Balloon.

The Continental Gazette of Auslst lst, pub
lished in Paris, gives the following account
of an ascension in M. Giffard's monster cap
tive balloon:
What were your sensations?" everybody
asks me. In order to tell, it Is neceSSaryto
cumstances. which, as we all Wen know, fave
evel ything to do with our sens. ..tions, whether
We go up in balloon or down in coal mine,
or to the sewers and catacombs. Well, the
should miss supplying himself with similar
ones to 60 on SO pleasant journey. The as
cension took place on the 18th Of July, and
the party proper consisted OF thirty-siX per-
sons, two of whom were balloon officials, the
o hers mere m0rtals who were eager to leave
this earth. Fifteen among them came from the
ing propensities would naturally draw them 70
their feathered colleagues. Boston, Washing
ton, New York had their share Of rePresen-
e resess at apSSe Se feFsgs
which had come to disturb the native air.
The sensation was SO new to nearly all present
.aetd lat it was easy m to see how pleasantly it
glad to be sufficiently far from the busy world
below to see it without being in it. What
relief the distance between those below and
us afOrded to the resting mind The first
idea pervading us after we felt somewhat Set
. tea IN our new position was the indescribably
with its imposing dimensions, who has not
been up in Giifard's balloon. The city authori-
ties. when they granted the balloon company
the use of that location, we'll knew that the
site in the Champ de Mars which had been
chosen for the ''ballOn captif" of 1867 was too
lar from the city center for such purpose
The highest distance from the earth reached
by us was little over one thousand feet, which
to many will seem but short height. The
constant swaying of the balloon rendered tue
feeling, very different and more Interesting
from what il would have been on high noun
tain with solid ground under foot. There is
little that is really new to us in these days
Expositions fine cities, entertainments of all
kinds, they resemble each other, but a balloon
ascension is something so charmngly novel
that to miss going up in it would be mistake
perhaps difficult to repair. After we came
down We all felt as if we would go right up
again, which trust we will do very soon.
The following are the names of the Ameri-
can party present: Mr.. Coolidge, Boston Mr.
Crosby S. Noyes, Washington; ; Miss Emma c.
Ihursby- and sisters. Miss Lillian Norton
Messrs. Warren. father and sou, Miss Sunder-
land. Mr.. and Mrs, Barnabee, Mr.. Girard of
the United States commission to the exhibit
ton, Rev. Mir Hitchcock, Col Campbell, sec
retary to Gov. Rice of Massachusetts and one
other and two more names we were not able
to aScel tain.
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REUNION AT MOUNT
VERNON.
The Veterans of Several Wars,

ST. LOUIS, Mo, August l6-A special dis
patch to the Globe Democrat from Mount Yer
non, His, says: The crowd at the soldiers re-
union was very great yesterday, and the
weather fine after the storm of Wednesday
night. The number present at the grove is eS-
timated at 1900. After battalion drill by the
llth Illinois the surviving representatives of
Black Hawk, Florida. and Mexican wars, and
of the Union army. marched in double col
umns past the speakers stands, where all the
distinguished visitors and many officers stood
most OF them stopping 10 shake hands with
Generals Sherman, McCook, Logan. Shields,
Wilson and others. Thirty-four regiments
from Illinois We're represented, ten from OHIO,
nine from Indiana, seven from Missouri two
nessee. West Virginia. Kentucky, New York
and Virginia.
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HOEDEL BEHEADED.
The Attempt to Assassinate the
Kaiser AyQnrQh

BERLIN, August l6-Emil HoedeI, the tin
smith, from Leipzig, who attempted the as
llth, on the avenue Inter der Linden, as the
Emperor was returning from drive with his
daughter the Grand Duchess of Baden, has
been executed. He was beheaded this morn
new prison. The Imperial warrant, decreeing
that justice should take its course, was signed
on the Sth of the present month. Hoeders
age was about twenty one. On the trial he
protested that he had not intended to take the
life of the Emperor, but sought to sacrifice his
own life in public manner in order TO create
Gus witnesses testified that Hoedel leyelled his
weapon direct at the Emperor.
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HOW Posi- OFFICE CLERK LOST HIS PLACE
Postmaster Tyler has completed an investiga
tIon into the matter of the miscarriage of the
Papal bull sent from Rome to Archbishop
Gibbons at Baltimore, by which the official
announcement a. OF the appointment of Bishop
keane to the bishopric of Richmond was not
received here at the proper time, and an incon-
venient and for the time unexplained delay
occurred. Gen .Tyl!eg's investigation showed
that the letter had been duly received, ad
dressed in Italian to "nlmo Primo SignOre,
Mg. GlaScO Gibbons, d. D., Baltimore, Mary
land, U; s. A" A registered letter clerk, into
whose hands the letter fell, could not read
Italian, and after keeping the missive several
days. it not being called for, he notified the
general delivery clerk that valuable letter
was in his possession for G. Gibbons. The
letter was advertised under that name, then
found its way TO the dead letter Office and
from there was sent back to Rome. At that
city it was readdreSSed and sent back. the
Archbishop THIS time receiving it through the
post office. Gen. Tyler decided that the an
nOying affair was chargeabie to neglect on the
part OF the registered letter CLERK, and Mr.
John A Quinan was yesterday appointed to
the position in his place. Ii is stated that the
registered letter clerk should have called the
foreign letter clerk TO his aid in the natter
Bait Sun today
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The Markets,

BALTIMORE, August I6.-virginis sizes old,
20; do. deferred, 4; do. consolidated, S.: do
second series, Ssa; past due coupons, 7sk North
Carolina SKIES old. IA; do. new, 3; do. special tax.
BID today, Sugar steady ana firm. ssa3s.
ding, & lIx: Flour steady and unchanged. Wheat,
red, lo2al :ol; do; amber. l07ai: 10; No. west
Octooer, L.c9x. Corn, southern scarce and firm !;
western steady and arm-southern white, 90 ;
do. yellow, 52; western mixed, spot and August,
-; september, 49lfa49@; October, 50lx; steamer
461. Oats .active and lower-southern. 3Oa34
western white. 80 80: do mixed, 27a2S; Penn
sylvania, 81 80. Rye steady and unchanged. Hay
dull and unchanged. Provisions firm 2 Id uu-
changed. Butter scarce aud firm choice western,
l5ai6 retrsieum easier-rehned, ION; crnce s.
ga. Coffee firm-Rio cargoes 14ia17x. Whisky
firm, Los: Receiptsanour, s, 800; whest, 1872, 600;
corn, 200; oats. 8, 800. Shipments-wheat l34 OOO
corn, $S 600. Freights to Liverpool per steam er
quiet.cotton, I'D; -four, Is. 3D.: grain. 7a7Sd.
NEW YORK August 16.-Stocks generality
steady. Money, 2. Gold. 1C0fa100S. Exchange
long, 4S44: short, 4SS&. Governments strong
and higher.
NEW YORK. August 1s.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat y and cent lower. Corn q and 4 cent
o. LONDON. August Is. 1880 p. m.-Consols.
95 Lie for money and IS 8 10 for the account
y. =; bonds, 1S67's, 1854: ten-torties 103X.
ATie Railway shares. HIS. New Jersey Central,
S413. Reading. IL.
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KILLED ON THE ELEVATED RAnRoAp.-A
iatal accident occurred in New York Wednes-
day, on the New York Elevated railroad, by
which James II. Smith, a leather commission
1t appears that Mr.. Smith, while waiting for q
train at the Watts street station, attempted t0
cross the up-track and was struck by train
ambulance to the Chambers street hospital.
1t was found that his left wrist was broken.
that there were a compound lracture OF thd
knee and leg and Of the right leg, and he died
ahnuf h0Ilr.
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Missing PeODle.

A TEA MERCHANT DISAPPEARS
IS years, tea and coffee @ merchant doing 1ssi bgs
ness on Pike street, Port Jervis, N. Y, started
Tor New York city to replenlsh his stock.
When be took leave of his family, who reside
in Westfall, Pike county, Pa, he said that he
would return the following day. Several days
interviewed, however. and no tidings of his
tataI% Whereabouts about having been received, his wife
band had been in the habit of purchasing ask
ing il he had been there. A reply was re.
ceived saying he had not been seen there. A
sister OF the missing merchant, residing at
Paterson, n. j., received letter from him say
ng that he was going to the city. This was
the last heard of him. The money he had with
him exceeded $1,000
THE PATIENT THE DOCTOR WENT TO SEE.
DR.: Christopher B. Currier, homeopathic
physician, formerly of Middiebury, VT, and
lately living at Lexington avenue and list
street, New York. told his wife week ago
Saturday that he was going to Vermont to see
patient and would return Monday. As she
says instead OF coming back he sent letter,
dated al the Grand Union Hotel, bidding her
has connected him with former patient of
his, the wife OF Mr.. John 7. Forbes, a neighbOr,
said disagreed With her husband. separation
following. Mr.. Forbesis out of the city. Mrs
Forbes is said to have sailed for Europe
MISSING MOTHER AND CHILD.
MIS- A. Minnie WaSmuS, wife of Louis Was
mus,a hair dresser, of No. 6S5 De Kalb avenue,
Brooklyn, left her home, No. 30l Marion street
Tuesday evening with her child to take walk
Since then nothing has been seen or heard of
them and the police of New York and Brook.
lyn have been notified. Her husband saws
that insanity is hereditary in the family.
GIRLS STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
The Baltimore american of this morning
says: Captain Lepson, of the western district
police, has been informed of the mysterious
disappearance of q girl Is years old, named
Alice Ryan. On Tuesday morning early she
carried her fathers breakfast to him at the
gas works at the foot of Scott street, where he
works. She left him and started towards her
home on South Oregon street. Since then no.
thing has been heard of her. She was thinly
dressed and barefOOted.
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Western What

ST. PAUL, MINI, August l6.-On the north
ern Pacific road the first shipment Of wheat
Cheney, comprising fifteen cars, arrived at
Duluth last evening, and is reported by in
spectors as extra No. !. Special dispatches to
generally begun. The Indications are of
larger yield than was expected, except on the
extreme southern border and some river cOun-
ties. A yield per acre of l6 to 25 bushels is re.
ported. All is of poor quality, however, and
will grade below No. /.
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Enralxa ElnndaA

San FRANCISCO. August lo.-A Eureka, Ne
vada, dispatch says: This town was visited
last evening by freshet caused by heavy rain
in the mountains. The flood swept down the
Fayine, in which the town is built, carrying
away everything movable, and destroying
posed TO have lost his life. The damage is con.
siderable, but since the similar visitation four
years ago most of the buildings have been
raised above the level Of the water, and thus
have escaped destruction though the lower
floors were flooded
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THE WILL OF JOHN LoCKITT, the wealthy
bate by Surrogate Daley, the widow, Maria
S. Lockitt, not appearing to contest, She vii
receive one-third of ali the income arising
from 1, the real G estate during her life, and will
letters teStamentary were yesterday granted
to Charles Lockitt, a brother, and Clement
LOckltt, nephew. The estate is worth about
$2OU,0UO-(N Y S5iu
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SARATOGA RACRs.-In the third, selling
race mile and quarter at Saratoga, yester-
day. Miss Maloy won In 2:l314, w. j. Higgins
second, Lucifer third; the mile heat hurdl0
heats, Daigasian the first. Time, l:53, i :54lz.
l:56A. At Utica, n; Y, the pacing race foc
sl,CJ0 was won by Sleepy George. Hopeful
won the free for all trOt in 2:l6sz, 2:l6Z and
2:l7%. Three heats in the 80 race were trot.
ted when a heavy thunder storm came upv
and the finish was postponed until today
by the former in 2:2zk. Rarus trots against
time fnxday
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CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONs.-The demo
Gratis Of the seventh Ohio tFremont) district
:. Hon L. C. Houk. ex-circuit Judge Under
BrOwnlOw's administration, was nominated
by the republicans for Congress from the
second Tennessee district. ~ The democrats
resolution declaring it inexpedient to nomi-
as a tacit Endorsement of Gen. Weaver, the
greenback nominee. ....The republicans of
the ninth Illinois district have declined to
make any nominations, but indorsed Lorenzo
English, of Columbus, as an Independent can
didate for Congress. 80. The democrats of
the eighth Georgia congressional district yes
terday renominated Hon. Alex 81. Stephens
for Congress. The democrats of the fourth
G. w. Ladd, who is also the greenback nomi-
nee, for Congress. THE republicans of the
third district OF Kansas have Nominated ThOs
Ryan for reelection to Congress. :. James
Monroe was renOminated in the seventeenth
congressional district of Ohio.
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CONGREGATIONAL Nomtuattou

MONTGOMERY, ALA, August 1.-THE dem
ocratic convention for the third congress
sional district met at Pollard. yesterday, and
after l43 Intellectual ballots adjourned until
this morning. On the lS0th ballot III. A. Her
bert was renOmiDated. His name was not
placed before the convention at the opening
of its PROCEEDINGS
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.


LONDON, August l6--A public reception at
frankfort has been given to Gen. Grant by
the authorities OF that city. 1t was held in the
Palmengarten.
American EXcursiOnfsts in Rome.
ROME. August 1.-THE party of American
eXcurSIonIstS numbering twenty-SiX ladies
and forty four gentlemen, from Boston, in
charge of Prof Tousjee, have been received
at an audience by the Pope.
The Queens Invitation to Beacons.
field.
EDINBURGH. August 16.-The London cor
respondent OF the Scotsman says that the
Queen has invited Lord BeacOnsield TO visit
her at Osborne.
Austria and Turkey.
VIENNA. August 16.-A convention between
Austria and Turkey, relative to the Austrian
occupation OF the provinces, was signed yes
terday by Count Andrassy, the Austrian
chancellor and minister of foreign affairs and
CaratheOdOri Pasha, the Turkish under pleni-
potentiary.
The Fenian Ahern.
LONDON August lott is reported that the
Fenian Ahern, who is under sentence of i'm
prisOnment for life at DartmOor prison, is to
be released this year.
An American Boys Prize.
An American lad, named s. Branden, has
gained the Queens prize, gold medal, for
general good character and conduct on board
the Worcester, training ship for officers of the
mercantile marine.
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PoTTsvILLE, PA, August l6.-fhe breaker
boys employed at DIR. Preyost's c3n cry at
Centralia struck for an advance of wales this
morning. They demand the same basis of
wages that is paid by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company. I'm conse-
quence OF this strike the colliery and 2OO per-
sons are idle
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Lte etc Again On the Stand.
THE DEATH PENALTY.
A Negro Murderer HanUed

PITTsFIELD, MASS, August l6.-John Ten
eyck tcolored) was hanged here this morning
Tor the murder of MIR. and Mrs. David Still
man, at Sheffield, an the 29th OF November
last. He confessed committing other crimes,
but denies the murder of the Stimau's. He
is also guilty oil bigamy, leaving three wives
and number of children