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MISCELLANEOUS. ,

y THE heat in New York city, June j.,
Vas intense. The thermometer reached 9s,
and at midnight stood at Soc a1Da mn : u,
81, Decoration day, May 80, was observed
very extensively, throughout the country, and
in many places very eIaborately.. 80 l,f9 sis
! The heat was intense ri at Springfield,
Mass, On Sunday, June. l, The thermometer
ranged from 90 to 100 in the shade ,.'t' q:
So William Henry Puncehtiard, partner in the
engineering firm Of Clark 8 Pnnchard, Of Lon
don; who has been, connected with Baron. Grant
in floating the disastrous Lisbon tramways
company, has failed y, liabilities, 100000.
Edwin CLARK, the. other member . Of the firm,
failed Gin the earley part Of # last month for
1"oV,OoUtsT fs3| Is GI& / Gsl,4afgAEf bs5
r.. sAdvicesG from Madrid to June l., state
that King Alfonso. had opened the Cortes. In
his speech he declared the ministry will CON
tnue the practiceiof liberal principles, the re-
tlations, with foreign powers are satisfactory
The budget will returnino new changes The
government will submit measures to alleviate
the effectslof the ten years war in Cuba and
whit the assistance Of the Cortes. will iendeav-
<or TO assimilate, the position Of the colony to
! that of Spain and hasten forward the com
Eplete absolution Of slavery, ayE ait50fI adj
! About 6 o'clock on the morning of May
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duty of the United States to appoint SUI
pervisors to guard and scrutnize Congress
sional elections but it denies to the gov
eminent Of the United States all power
TO make its supervision efectual. The
great body of the people Of ali parties
want free and fair elections. They do not
t w NIX that free election means freedom
from = the wholes ONE restraints Of law or
mat the place Of an election should be
sanctuary for lawlessness and crime.
On the day of an election peace and good
order are more necessary than on any 9th
er day of the year. On that day the
humblest and feeblest citizens, the aged
and lnhrm, should be-; and should have
reason to feel that they are safe in the
exercise of this most responsible duty.
and their most sacred right as members
Of society --their duty and their right to
vote. resf<i.-, % 7o,.-..
The constitutional authority to regulate
Congressional elections, which belongs to
the government of the United States, and
which it is necessary to exert to secure
the right to vote to every citizen possess
ing the requisite qualifications, ought to
be enforced by appropriate legislation,
:. ~e>A PuOAS OpAuAOu III any part Oh
the country favoring any relaxation of
the authority of government in protection
Of elections from violence and corruption.
l believe it demands greatervigor, both
IN the enactment and in the execution of
the laws framed for that purpose. .,...
ANY opposition, any partisan partiality
which experience may have shown in the
work OF existing laws will engage the
careful attention both of Congress and of
the executive in their respective spheres
Of duty, for the corrections of the mis-
chiefes. As no Congressional elections
occur until after the regular session of
Congress will have been held, there seems
to be no public exigency that would pre-
clude a reasonable consideration at that
session of any administrative details that
might improve the present modes de-
signed for the protection Of all citizens
IN the complete and equal exercise Of the
right and power Of suffrage at such cleo
tons. -
But, with my views both of the consti
nationality and value of the existing laws.
| cannot approve any measure for this
repeal except in connection with the en-
actment Of other legislation which NAV
necessarily be expected to afford wiser
and more efficient safeguards for free and
honest Congressional elections. nf..
(signed)i RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Executive Mansion, May 80, 1879. q
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20, the Washington House, N. j., WA discotv
ed to be on are ~ rhe lower door. Before Tie
alarm could BE given the fire had gained eslch
headway that the flames rushed up the d SD
way. COMP etely cutting or oil escape. 1hssr,sii
we're upwards Of sixty persons On the register
besides the regular boarders, nearly Ill 81
whom were compelled to escape by climbing;
down the porch pillars; Several Of those who
escaped In CHS way sustained Injuries By fall
ing One man made 20 rope Of his bed cloth.
ing, and attempted to escape in that from the
fourth floor. The rope broke as he reached the
third floor, and he Is now lying in d veryicriti-
cal condition, A1child 81 The agentsof the
Cumbef land Valley railroad, while climbing
down the Porch from the fourth floor, fell and
Is supposed to have been fatally injured Two
bodies have been found in The ruins burned to
atcrisp.t One Of them isit Z. Troxell and the
other one unknown. There are six persons
missing, supposed to be burnt and In the
ruins. Fifteen persons are injured seriously
from falling, and about twenty slightly In.
jnred. Every room Id the hotel was occupied,
prncipallyBy attorneys, witnesses and others
attending court Loss on hotel aud furniture
$4,000; insured i$96, O00 Loss on the per-
sonal property of coarders $4,000. s,ii
~ The Mark Lane Egpress Of May 81, says
AAdvices from Norfolk and ten other countries
are discouraging.. Alarge quantity Of wheat
has been plowed in and the ground r reesoiit
with spring corn, and the estimated acreage Of
wheat in these districts this year win scarcely
exceed half the acreage growth, Farmers
continue to market the reserve wheat vSry
freely at country markets, but business is very
dun and buyers apathetic and prices slightly
declined. At Mark Lane the offerings were
made and previous prices maintained with diff
ticulty. The imports Of foreign into London
last Monday were $1,000 quarters. The
subsequent arrivals . to- Friday were
$4,000 quarters At the commencement
Of the week sellers shove considerable
frmness, y but i E1the return Of fine
weather and weaker reports from America
deprived trade Of It's buoyancy and sales were
difficult at previous quotations. Business was
fairly active during the week as the retail
wants of millers kept sellers employed and the
finer growths Of spring American wheat were
in fair request. Maize improved six pence per
quarter since Monday, and considerable guam
titles were sold at that advance, but other
varieties Of feeding corn sold at former values.
With small arrivals at ports Of call during the
week the floating cargo trade for wheat was
duh and prices declined six pence per quarter
Maize, with b limited inquiry, was three pence
and six pence per quarter lower. Q Barley
steady. Sales Of English wheat last week, 5s,-
672 quarters at 41shillings pence per quarter
against 1854 quarters at 81 shillings6 pence
per quarter the corTespo nding9 week Of pre-
vieus year. The imports into the united king
dom for the week ending May17th amounted
to 44s PSI hundred weights ofwheat and 256,.
$50 hundred weights of flodrH j'&li AZ III
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

&
Ex-President Grant and party left
Shanghai May "a, continuing their journey::iso !
-, The House ways and means committee
by q vote Of to rejected a bill to repeal the
duty on quinine. -. >...y........ -,
8 Melville E. Langdon, the famous news
paper correspondent under the nom d plume of
Eli Perkins was in st; Paul, May g. ..i,, IL
6 Rev. St. John Dillon Lee, Rector of the
Episcopal church at Cairo, H., died suddenly
May 80, of congestion of the stomach. H,,a
= The one hundredth anniversary of the
birth day Of Thomas Moore, the poet. was eel
ebrated May rs, at numerous points in: the
United States. ,@Iin'2 tt"aEi4A .'sE- VII
The House Committee has authorized
favorable report On! the bin giving to all relig-
ious denominations equal rights and priv
leges on Indian reservations. %is.fz': E.
~ Advices from Washinnt9n state that
the Ways and Means committee will report
Fernando Woods, resolution fixing the date Of
the adjournment Of Congress at June 10. ~ -
The House committee On civil service
reform have agreed to report ,favorably the
bill prohibiting Government employees, for
making constitutions for election purposes.
d The Senate has, confirmed the nomlna-
ton of James r. Hallowell United States Dis!
'trict Attorney for the district Of Nebraska, and
Eliot shurtz j postmaster at Marshalltown
Iowa. IL rt5e ~ -.f23 bc,,.c II gi.,r-, e
. A St. Petersburg dispatch of May %,
states that Prince] Lobanoff will be appointed
ambassador at London, and Soubanoff; now
minister to Athens, ambassador at CONSTANT
nople. -: ~ ~ 5*e@>'sn~ 2Ti3a., :vs'}i !
Little Chief and other Cheyennes in
Washington, bad an interview, May 2S with
the secretary 81; the interior, who plainly told
them they could not BE all6wed to go back to
Dakota, a.Esh AID Ill, -Gfizy ~. .
The one hundredth birth day, anniyer-
sery of Thorn rs Moore; 1reland's greatest poet
was duly celebrated at st. Paul Mimi, at the
Opera House on tho evening of May p, Elk.
Governor 10. KdDayis delivered the formal
contribution Grafton ON the occasion.o ssljT :.
0f:Williami Lloyd Garrison's. surviving
children, William Lloyd yis i'm the wool bust
ness in Boston, Wendell r. Is; connected with
the New York N4tsds; Frank i Is with. thff
Houghton publishing house and the daugh
ter is the wife Of Henry Willard, well known
rai lroad manager W. h2%G'@Ha'a'5H "
An official dispatch from Port Az
Prince, Hayti, says: NJ. Roche Mozart; tn,
French minister, died q the yellow. fever twt
hours after he was attacked. His private sec
tre}ary and tie first secretary Of the leegatip..
. are also dead Of the disease, and sthhe fsecohs
secretary Of legation is sick with IL sTf:t
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The son and heir apparent of the Khe-
dive, Prince Hassan, is dull dumpish
young man, with small eyes, thick lips
and sensuous cast of features. He lives
in semi-regal splendor, maintains, a pal.
ace, a harem and costly stud of horses,
and is bon oioant of the first water In
the Russo! Turkish wal, he headed the
Egyptian contingent, and distin gpish,ed
himself by his quarrels with Mehemet
Ali. :: During ytheg siege Of Plevina he
lurked behind the fortresses Of the Quad
rilateral,, doing little Or nothing to OBJ.
struck the progress Of the invader. New
ertheless, he. has been received in Eng.
ish society, the University of Oxford has
conferred on him the degree of D. G.. L..
and fashionable circles have 1discerned ir
him many admirable qualities. 30"
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

Sieepy-Eye Wsde-Aaod1te :; q We learn that
steps are being taken by parties in the east
ern portion of the county to have four towns
cut off from Brown county on the weas,
giving two to Redwood county and the same
amount to Cottonwood county.
The other day st. Cloud saloon keeper
named Habberkonn, endeavored to end his
life by cutting his throat with a razor. He
was however caught in the act by his wife,
who saved his life. He is grief stricken over
the affair, and can give no reason for wishing
to take his life.
Chaska Herald The residence building
of Leonard Maurus, of this city, was struck
by lightning last Tuesday night and was
considerably damaged. It struck in two
places in the wing and demolished the
chimney and part of the ground floor.
Fortunately the family escaped with bad
scare.
Howard Lake Wright county, People's
Advocate, May 90: An attempt was made
on Saturday night to enter Jones' hotel.
Early in the evening man in female ap-
parel registered at the office and was shown
to his room, bat during the night arose for
the purpose of admitting his accomplices.
He became alarmed, however, and the entire
gang beat hasty retreat. CT
Two men named respectively Brown and
whitehall we're instantly killed by lightning,
near Claremont Dodge Co., Mimi, last Fri
day, the Both ult. One had left tho table and
gone to the stable. door, but 9 moment be-
fore. His father, npon hearing the sharp
thunder, ran out and was barely in time to
-saye the bodies from being burned. They
wereboth terribly mangled and torn. Flu
neral services were held in Claremont vii
lage on Sunday. 90 Il 80 80 -
I. A party of twenty-three railroaders from
the Hastings d. Dakota line went into
Appleton the other night, says the Benson
Adc0cdte,: with the ..avowed purpose
of Cleaning out, the "a town. but
eleven i of =, the village boys after
standing their abuse until for
bearance ceased to be virtue, went at
them, and not only whipped but chased them
nearly to the section upon which they were
at work. One OF the party carried off q
broken jaw, - the effects of blow from 3
IN Appleton boys fist. - 4 .bs,?c.&2.-.
* ,Wabashaw Herald, May %: An infamous
scoul drel, loaing around Ingram, Kennedy
4 Giu's lumber yard, last Saturday, at
tempted to make an indecent assault upon .
little girl z years old. "sThe child, Who ran
away from the fend, returned D short time
afterwards accompanied by her father, but
the fellow had made good his escape for the
time being. The affair may yet furnish q
first class local. A little 5 year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs j. W, Kennedy, of Lake
City, fell into an open we'll, nearly fifty feet
deep, and remained in the water until Q
neighbor was called, who descended the we'll,
and, after some minutes search, rescued her
from the water.3 Itvas found thai to all up
peazsnces she had sustained little or no in
Jury from her fearful fall. .-..-.
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8 Il is said that there gre 70 fewer. :t,a Al,
100000 persons in Holy Orders in the:
Russians Church. The Holy Synod re-
c;esives about 20, 0oo, 900 'rubles annually,
Of which one half comes from the State,
There are in Russia 420 cathedrals, 49,
3o2 churches, and 12,40S chapels. The
clergy in the rural districts suffer greatly
for lack Of support. In 1877 3gl1,29Q per!
sons entered the Orthodox Church, among
whom were 653 aProtestants :anda1 1880
Roman Catholics,
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CONGRESS SUMMARY

!, SENATE, May. 27.-A petition from ex-
soldiers and sailors rejecting on Senator
Anthony, who was absent, was presented.
After spirited debateit the papers went over.
The bill relative to the transportation Of ami
mails was considered. After considerable de-
&c. Senator Edmunds said this was a subject
of general legislation and not one contemplat-
ed IN the convening of the extra session. He
moved that 1t be postponed undl the d8ESt.
Monday in December next Agreed to- senh-s
tor Burnside moved to e. into executive ses.
taken UP, but without acting upon it the Sen
ate adjourned. II istkzssF ..l ii; aG5Ei
- HOUSE, May ~ THE bill to remove
cases from State to Federal. courts came up.
Dilatory moti0nsic consumed the morning hour
and the bill went over without action. The
House proceeded to consider the bill to pre-.
vent the Introduction of contagious diseases. A
long debate ensued, when the previous ques-.
ton was moved and seconded and the bill
passed, and. goesto the President The. House.
then adjopkned. aast's Ea:ls,s2. ii. .:#1,s Is
+ HOUSE, May e28.- The bill relative ITO
Presidential elections was reported from the
committee: The transfer Of court cases was.
! dilatory motions. Mr. spihger. introduced q:
resolution to amend the rules so as to- prevent
| flibustering and dilatoryt motions. /. MI. Cong
er objected to it's being received or read, and
| the Republicans under his lead again .resorted
to .dilatory. tactics. Matters pertaining to the
| District Of Columbia were considered. Mr..
Wood desired to report resolution from the
ways and means committee fixing q, date for
final adjournment. :, The House refused to re-
ceiye the report, and the House aajo urned.s
SENATE, May 49,, The senate took III up ],
the bill to make subsidiary coin, exchangeabIe
| for lawful money and making such coin q legal
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! CASUALTIES.

The eruption Of Vesuvius is increasing
50 new craters have been opened. They cover
several square miles, and al pour forth lava. =,
/ May 81, fire damp explosio On occurred
in Glendon colliery, xMahoney county, Pa, in,
stantly killing boy and severely burning Aye
others ..c zgfs:,s-4,s,, sIs.ss ssf..fY ~.
May 80, there were fires, more OF less
destructive in Deshler Ohio, at East Toledo,
Ohio, at Mlbury, Ohio, and Forest fires in the
vicinity of Harrisville Mich. 5aiila %.t,H III.
The Russian towns of Walnike, and
Gboje and four large villages in various dis
tricts have been burned, and thousands of
peasants reduced to beggary.
While John King, and Walter Swan
were crossing the Niagara river at Lcwistown,
N. Y, May 81, in asman boat it was drawn in.
to the eddy and upset and both men were
drowned. stg, ..5.5 .%q-, u .s, .,..s . ,s~a
+ Eva Williams aged IL, and Emma
Davies, aged IS, Daughters of the proprietors
of the Chittenden hotel, at Columbus, O., were
drowned May 80, In the Oletangy river while
bathing. The bodies were recovered. u" @'ii
A terrible thunder shower visited
Westdeld, Mass, Sunday evening June 1. The
house of Mr.. Thompson struck by lightning
and damaged, and his wife supposed to be ia
tally injured. He escaped with singed hair;
At Menomonee, Wis. May 81, Charlie
Clark and Charlie Wells aged respectively IL
and IA had been fishing on the logs with other
boys in Knapp, Stout & Co.'S mill pond and had
allreturned to the shore except Charlie Clark,
who fell through the logs in getting towards
shore q Charlie Wells Immediately went to the
other boys rescue, aud in attempting to save
him was also drowned. 3 yI;i r.. 5,r-.; yifI,,
Great damage was done by forest fires
last week along the lake shore north Of Mil
waukee. Twenty buildings were burned near
Horns Pier, and also number near Ahnapee.
Many families were rendered homeless and
destitute. About three miles, of telegraph
poles were destroyed. cutting off communica-
ton with Sturgeon Bay where it is supposed
considerable damage has been done: &;'"o1as,
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QUEEN VICTORIA has brought all her
children up withideas strict economy. Her
daughter who married the Crown Prince
Of Prussia, is, in this respect, child af-
ter her mothers own heart. On the oc-
casion of a large dinner, given not long
ago, her royal highness was seated at the
table with her back turned to the buffet
upon which the carving took place, but
on the other side Of the room, directly op-
posite to her, a long mirror reflected faith
fully what she was supposed Ito ignore,
and therein tsne saw a head waiter take a
chicken upon a fork, and, instead ofcarv-
ing it for her guests, secrete it. After
dinner her royal highness Went as usual
to the kitchen to see. what had become of
the undevoured food, for the servants are
not allowed to touch that, and finding
one chicken still missing the offender was
at once dismissed. s'sg Sc IL ~ ssEs lEz-
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] A gentleman addresses another gentle
man, whom he doesn't know, at party:
'SThis affair is awfully stupid let's 80 out
and take a drink 81 would like to do
1T" was the reply, "but can't leave very
we'll" ''Why not?n why, you see, am
the one who is giving the party"
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AT recent meeting of the British
Archaeological Association t to statements ST i
made thatathese articles were, Of recent
date, evidence was adduced to show that
they were we'll known to the Romans,
The earliest examples, however, IN Eng
land and North Europe as.pP appear TO, have
been of leather, one of that material be-
ing shown. 1t was in 1usenin County
Cork so late as 1920 Ailarge number Of
examples Of brass, dating from 1900
were exhibited. They were mostly found
in London, and some Of the seventeenth
century have Inscriptions. i a>I,!q W 90 !
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In the Southern States it is estimated
that the churches members are divided
as follows: Baptists, 100000, 6s5, 900
white and $4,000 colored; Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, 100000; Meth
odist Episcopal Church, $4,000; African
Zion Church, 10000; Southern Presby-
terrain Church, $4,000; Lutheran Church,
100000; Protestant Episcopal church,
$4,000: Methodist Protestant Church,
South, $4,000; Congregationalists $500.
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THE English Wesleyans are showing
some hesitation about accepting the pro-
posal of American Methodists ! for an &c :
umenical Methodist Conference. They
say there are differences between the va
rious branches, in doctrine and polity, but
It is hoped that these. differences will not
prevent the holding ofthe Conference.
Mr.. PARTON has recently given to the
public the poemd'' Following the Drum
recited by Alexander Hamilton just be-
fore his duel with Aron Burr, which re-
calls the fact that John Randolph ~'of
Roanoke was moved to song On the eve,
of his celebrated, but fortunately, less "a;
tai, encounter with Henry Clay, when, it
is said, he quoted from memory the lines
from Milton, the first Of which are::i sN.''1',
'How mournfully sweet are the echoes that
start %. -, ,s..-.....', 49,.
When memory plays an old tune on the
heart" ss,.t. ,
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i NEWS SUMMARY.
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS. !.

| Troy Dye, formerly public administrar
tor Of sacramcnto county, and his partner in
crime, Edward Anderson Were hanged at Sac
ramento May q, for the murder Of A. NJ. Tpl-
lis last August. ,,.sss ~, g,.,s ,a5 L, s;s;s
"A Portland, Oregon, dispatch says
General Howard confirms the report that two
men have been killed by Sheep Eater Indians
at South Forks, Salmon rive1.TaT Troops have
been sent after the murderers5t sRI 3!ui4tl,
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ACCORDING to statistics recently col
lected by the Government Of St. Peters
burg there are in Russia about 100000
insane persons. The Russian papers have
been complaining of the bad condition
and management of the insane asylums,
which in most cases are of the nature OF
barracks rather than of hospitals. The
Russian medical organs have also been
taking the ground that insanity should '' X
be legally recognized as sufficient cause
for divorce, since it is a transmissible
disease. IL "t& ct Nog93 . L! II
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IT is said Of the late Asa Otis Of New
London Conn, :who left nearly 100000
to cause of foreign missions, that probably
no man in the United States spent less
for personal adornment than he. He was
never shabby Or untidy in appearance,
but he chung with a love surprising that
of a women to 4 linen suit Of scant nea-:
sure in the summer time, and a suit Of
prehistoric pattern clothed him in the
winter season; oHe kept no horses and
did his marketing himself, clearinghouse
his purchases in alarge willow basket:
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LEADv1LLE, the new Eldorado in Col
orado is built exclusively of wood, and a
prediction is current in the city that it
will soon be burnt in order to let the b car
penters and lumberers build it over again zip
Two attempts have, already. been made to
burn it; guest of the Grand Hotel, com
ingup from dinner, found SOME shavings
in blaze under his bed and q lot Of boxes
and kindling in the rear of q! restaurant
were lighted, but: extinguished by the
cook, who. happened TO step that way;
Still new houses are daily run up as if by
magic. ..t - - ''''l