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WASHINGTON.

Postal Contracts AWarded-Enec OF Rig
Id enforcement OF Treasury ReguIa
tions In Customs Collections.
WARRINGTON, July oS.-The Contract
Bureau Of the Postoffice Department to-
day completed the lettings Of miscellane'
ous mail routes, under advertisement oi
May 10th. There were upwards Of / SOC
routes and about nineteen thousand pro
posals. Contracts were made at unusu.
ally low figures. The Treasury Depart.
ment is in receipt Of some very interest.
ing statements, showing the effect Of a
more rigid enforcement OF the Treasury
regulations at the New York Custom
House under the present officers. As TO
damage allowances, excessive and illegal
allowances at that port was one Of the
complaints made by the merchants OF Bos.
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis and
other western ports, and on the presenta.
tion and earnest solicitation and the Col.
lector OF Customs at Chicago, committee
was appointed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury. to take testimony in various
leading cities. All the charges were sus.
tanned. Official changes followed, and an
suit. ' -
The following statement shows the
amount OF damage allowances granted at
the port OF New York from June lst to
December Slst, 1878, as compared with the
allowances for the corresponding period
In 1877, fractions Of dollar omitted:s
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ST, LOUIS,
The GRIND Jnrx,s Report.

ST. LOUIS, July 2S.-The Grand Jury re-
ported to the Criminal Court that the
Broadway Savings Bank and the U. S.
Savings Bank, which suspended a short
time since, and whose affairs they were
charged to investigate, while in the hands
OF highly respectable gentlemen were
managed in a very loose unbusiness.like
manner, thus their failure and consequent
losses to the depositors.
The Jury also describe their visit to the
quarantine last Friday, and strongly cen.
sure Health Commissioner Charles W.
Francis, OF this city, for his conduct while
they were there. They charge him with
ior6idding them to land, asserting in the
presence Of large crowd OF passengers,
who were Just leaving the station, that
there were two cases OF yellow fever in the
hospital, when there was not a single
case developed, and with being Trunk.
They recommend his dismissal and the
appointment OF a physician in his place.
1t is reported, and generally believed,
tonight, that among the indictments pre-
sented to the court by the grand jury, was
one against Health Commissioner Francis,
charging him generally with misdemeanor
in office, the charge being based on his
alleged conduct while the jury was al
quarantine last Friday.
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WELLSBURG,
Saturdays RaIn-ImprOvements-Per.
IsOnalities-"HOnOrable' Mention.

I
WELEsBuRe, July %, 1879.
Correspondence ol the TutellIseucer,
We were visited on Saturday forenoon
with one OF the incest rains OF the season.
which has been OF great benefit to the
crops. 1t had been up to that time two
weeks since there was any rain worth
speaking Of. It is said that there had been
during the week fine rains all around us.
The paper mill men succeeded in getting
their new Aywheel hung on Thursday, and
the mill Is now in full operation,
Our Market Houseis to have new brick
pavement.
Thenew well on Water street. near the
Fair Grounds, has had an iron pump Of
New York manufacture placed in t. There
isquite difference Of opinion amongciti.
zens as to its durability compared with the
old fashioned log pumps in use in the bal
ance Of the wells.
John w. Jacob succeeded in driyinpa
box eight feet long and one foot square
into the bottom OF q well on Prospect
street, by means Of a hand pile driver Of
his own construction. "Wes" is handy
fellow, being able to take hand at brick
laying, stone masonry and carpenter work.
Elder Robert R. McPheeters, OF Jack
son, Miss, preached in the Disciples
Church Sabbath morning and evening.
Mrs. John Doddridge and son, Mrs. ".
P. Wiley and children, Mrs. Isaiah War
rem, son and daughter, and Miss Lizzie
List, OF Wheeling, are stopping at the
Hudson House.
Capt. O.. Rawling, of Wheeling, was in
town to-day.
In our last communication you made us
say Hon." instead OF "AIr." before gem
tleman's name, and forthwith it was dis
covered that the gentleman Indignantly
(?) rejected the title. Thereupon It was
reported to the Herald as "a good one"
and then appears an article in that paper
charging us with putting our foot in it be-
cause Of the "Hon."
The gentleman who accidentally got
Hon" to his name has not been heard
from as yet whether he rejects the title or
not. G. BIC.
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ATExAs TRAGEDY.
Stabbed to The Heart.

GALVESTON, July 9s.-A Mt,a special
from San Antonio gives the following par.
ticulars OF a tragedy in Ascoso county last
Saturday: Charles Tempke and James
Ord, son Of Gen. Ord, department com.
mander, while riding from the town Of
Pleasanton, were hailed by Thomas F.
Dewes, between whom and Tempke a feud
existed. Tempke asked whathe wanted,
Dewes knocked him from his horse with
his fist, then Tempke retreated, followed
by Dewes, who continued, striking him,
finally Tempke drew knife and plunged
It into Dewes' heart, causing instant
death. Tempke and Ord were arrested,
the latter charged with completely in the
crime, but he was since released.
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AFTER THE WATERS MAvEsUBs1DEn


The List OF Losses at PetroIIa, Pa, and
Other Points by Saturdays Water
spout.
PITTSBURGH, July 9s.-The following is
partial list Of the losses at Petrolia by
Saturdays flood: S. W. Hartley, Sl,5OO;
Bottner's iewelry store, 5000; White
Fawn Restaurant, $1,000; Steinberg's
clothing house, $4,000; Levine, cigars,
1000, Foot's drug store, 5000; Sessions
grocery, 5000: FIVE vacant buildings,
5000; Central Drug Store, $1,000; Mark s
dry goods store, $500. The loss in that
neighborhood Is roughly placed at $780,
900. The scene during the destruction
was terrible. Men, women and children
rushed hither and thither in search OF
elevated positions where life would be Sc
cure. ....
Many Of the people lost all their effects,
and are left in state OF destitution. The
storm was most severe up the Mononga.
hela and Allegheny Valleys.
The report Of bridges being destroyed
and culvetts washed out on the Pittsburgh,
Fl Wayne and Chicago Railroad, are In.
correct. The only damage on that line
was land slide, which was cleared away
in a couple OF hours. The damage on the
Erie branch OF that road was repaired on
Saturday evening. The main line Of the
Pennsylvania road escaped damage.
Several land slides occurred on the Pitts
burgh, Virginia and Charleston road
The track was washed out at Black Dia'
mond, and the Mingo Valley flooded
The rivers at this point raised from ter
inches to ten feet in less than ten hours
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Ohio County Teachers Institute.
TRIADELpIIlA, July "a, lS7g

IRIAbELPiiiA, July "a, 1870.
To he Teachers Of Ohio County:
FELLow TEAcuERs:-Accordin to the
programme made out by the State Super.
intendent of Schools, the Ohio County
Institute will be held at this place, com.
menCing August 4 and closing August 10.
The Institute will be conducted bv Prof
]. G. Hervey, Superintendent of the City
Schools. This Of itself should warrant a
full attendance OF our teachers at the In.
stitute, as it is sufficient guarantee that
the exercises Will be both pleasant and
profitable. There will be now bht three
grades OF certificates issued, and the stand.
ard Of qualification has been raiscdSeyen
per cent, 1t will be, therefore, somewhat
more difficult TO obtained certificate Of n
particular grade, than heretofore. As the
examination Of teachers occurs on the
l4th and 10th OF August, those who Mt.
tend upon the exercises OF the Institute.
vii! had tot immense advantage in pre.
pairing them for the examination. Aside
from all this, Ohio county has been some.
what liberal in the matter OF teachers
salaries; Ohio county schools are. there.
lore, attracting the attention OF teachers
from abroad, and from present indications
there will be a demand for Ohio county
teachers. The frst duty of school officers
is to the schools, in providing them with
the bet talent that can DO obia;neJ Ne
are in tdror Of, and will work for
the employment of home talent, but
we want that talent 10 exert itself
in improving in all possible ways,
aud In making use OF all the ADVANTAGES
that are offered for improvement. We
want that talent 10 be among tho best that
L offered. Come, then, ielow.teachers, to
this Institute. Let US have pleasant and
profitable week. Let us CONVINCE lke
people that We are interested In our work.
: and that our hearts are set upon makinS
A our common schools equal to those Of anS
other section. We also design making
: some permanent arrangements in regard
9 TO introducing Prof. Wade's graduating
+ system into the schools at the beginning
r OF the school year.
Very respectfully,
]. c. maxwell,
..r County Superintendent.
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except three, one being article Z, which
torbids members Of unauthorized societies
from teaching in schools.
The harvest in southeast France Is
nearly terminated. In the southwest
II Is about halt finished. The quality Of
the crops reported Is better than last year,
but In quantity, OF the utmost, Is barely an
average.
A dispatch from Berlin says: As Ad.
mlral Van stosch, Chief OF the Imperial
Admiralty, recently defended In the
Reichstag, the naval tactics Of Admiral
Batsch, Its reported that his retirement
Is inevitable.
The Turkish embassy at Paris denies
the truth OF the report that the steam
yacht with NJ. Tournier, French Ambas.
dor, on board, approached the palace OF
the ex-Sultan Murad and was fred upon
by vessels guarding the palace.
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ESTOaI
INTERNAL REVENUE.
The Inerea.e ln Reeerpl. ror lszn

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2S.-A
comparative statement has just been
completed by the Internal Revenue Bu.
reau showing the receipts from several
specific sources Of revenue during the
fiscal years ending June 80, 1888, and
giving the increase and decrease thereof.
The principal decrease is on tobacco tax
ed at the rate Of "a cents per pound. In
1873 the amount paid on this grade OF
tobacco was $25, ,320,065. In 1870 it was
sl7, 1856, ,235, being a decrease in 1870 oi
s., ,S50, $50. The principal increase is on
tobacco taxed at the rate of 10 cents per
pound, of which there was none in 1878.
The amount realized from this scource in
1879 was S6,734,627. The aggregate re.
ceipts are as follows: In 1878, sill, ,O07,-
125; in 1879, $llS,9lS, ,465; total increase in
1870, s., $40, 40.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

u
Lorillart's Pappoose is mentioned
tavorably for the sayant stakes at Good
wood.
In the the ! remaining Of the streets of Paris
Lincoln. -
Baron Won Gerolt, formerly Prussiau
Minister at Washington, died yesterday,
at Bonn, Germany.
A dispatch from Odessa announces that
seventeen houses have been burned at
katlaotf, on the Dnieper.
The Duke Of Connaught presented the
Wimbledon prizes. Farrow, the Ameri.
can, was greatly cheered.
Adlspatch from South Africa states tha,
Lord Chelmsford contemplates immedi.
ately rendering his resignation.
A dispatch from Valparaiso SAYS: The
Pacific Steam Navigation Company'f
steamer Illimapt, 1000 tons, has beer
wrecked. AL hands were saved.
The Senatorial Committee on Ferry.
Education Bill has voted all the clauses
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The Springfield Republican speaks with
voluminous regret Of the indisposition OF
the women Of Massachusetts TO avail them.
selves Of the voting privilege now open to
them in the election Of school commit
tees. The benefits OF the limited franchise,
1t seems, are to be reaped by women and
the community in the far future, and not
in the near present. It Is mainly of value,
says the editor, as an entering wedge, aud
few people look far enough ahead to ap.
preciate the value Of mere beginnings,
when the fruhion is distant and
general. Most people have the pa
tience to put in a harvest-whiCh
will grow visibly upon their own soil
within twelvemonth, but few men have
enough faith to plant forests, even though
they need no cultivation. The exercise Of
suffrage now opened to women is like
planting trees whose fruits shall be the
common wealth in the next century. All
this goes to prove how much more philo-
sophlcal than political are the advanced
ideas Of our cotemporary. II the women
do not see the necessity OF the en-
tering wedge, how is the distant
and general fruition to be brought
about? The trouble with most
advanced ideas is that they are far
too great and good to be of any practical
value. One OF the best tests both of phil
osophy and talent in our day is the limita-
tons. The moment they overtep the
narrow boundaries Of the comprehensive
they pass into insanity. schopenhauer
says in one OF his recent books that II We
could prevent all villains from becoming
fathers Of families, shut up all dunderheads
in monasteries, permit a harem to the
noble-gifted,. and provide every girl of
spirit and intellect with husband worthy
of her, we might look for an age surpass-
ing that Of Pericles.
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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.


Secretary Evarts has received a dispatch
from Minister Welsh stating that his res.
ignation has been forwarded by mail.
A man was killed during a fight on an
excursion train from New York City, and
two by the Coney Island train, Sunday.
The bodies Of Carl Muller and John
sizas, Of Boston, missing since the recent
storm, were found yesterday floating in
the harbor.
iot SIX carrier pigeons liberated at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, day before Yesterday at o:SO
A. ~, one arrived at New York at II 80 A.
N. yesterday, and second at 2:50 P. NJ.
During the storm Saturday evening the
Doylestown accommodation aud Bethle,
hem express collided on the North
Pennsylvania branch Of the Reading road
completely wrecking both trains and
severely iniuring a number Of passengers
For Additional TtIegaph See Fourth Page
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afternoon and stated that he believed the
yellow fever had attacked him: After ex.
animation the Health Officer sent him to
the hospital as suspicious case.
One Imported Case ~ st. Louis.
Sr. LOUIS, July 2s.-Although not Off.
cially reported there Is good authority for
saying there is one well defined case Of
yellow fever at the Quarantine Hospital,
Lizzie Brandy, two year old child Of Mrs.
Brandy, OF Memphis. No steamers have
arrived at Quarantine to-day.
What the Government Will DO.
WASHINGTON, July 2s.-The Secretary
Of War telegaphed the President Of the
Board Of Health of Memphis in response
to an application for rations, that rations
will only DO furnished to persons sick with
the fever OF in the quarantine camp, and
who can be subsisted In no other way.
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Cincinnati Republicans In convention

CINCINNATI, July 2S.-The Hamilton
County Republican Convention, which
met to-day, was composed of 92l dele
gates, and after organization the body was
found to be unwieldy and proceeded very
slowly with its work. The following ticket
was nominated: State SenatorsSChrist
Moerlein, BENZ. Eggleston, Josiah Kirby,
Representatives Il. NJ. Dayton, Peter
Stryker, @: 9. Davis, Lewis voight, D.
Gano Ray, Frank Kirchner, VIM. H, Hill
Jos. E. Hart and G. W. Williams. Luke
Stanley was nominated for County Clerk
At one A. NJ, the convention was still in
session, with several nominations to make
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g. A. r. ExCAMpnENr.
A Big Time Expected by the lBoys

A Big Time Expected by the lBoys In
Blue.
ERIE, July 2S.-The G. A. r. Encamp.
ment met here to-day, composed OF dele.
gates from nearly all the Posts in Penn.
sylvania About 1900 have arrived, in.
cludiug Gen. G. L. Brown and staff. Gov
Hoyt is expected Thursday. The follow,
ing general officers are quartered in camp;
Generals ]. s. Negley, Blakely, Harry
White. The Philadelphia Posts were en-,
Enthusiastically received all along the road. II
was a continual ovation. The Mayor and
citizens Of Erie received all the parties on
their arrival and conducted them to hotels
where refreshments were prepared fol
them. The camp will be in full operation
tomorrow,
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RUSSIA.
TIE SIBERIAN pLAGrE.

Sr. PETERSBURG. July 2S.-The Siberian
cattle plague made It's appearance among
the animals in the district Of Novo Lodoga'
The government at st. Petersburg and per,
feet district adopted rigid measures to pre-.
vent the spreading Of the disease. The
report OF the cattle plague in Russia in
1877, shows that 2l2, ,76S cattle and g, $50
horses died Of the cattle disease or the
Siberian plague in forty governments ol
the Empire.
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THERE is said to be general movement
in Chicago to strike for the eight-hour
rule. 1t has been commenced by the men
employed in the furniture manufactures,
some hundreds OF whom have quit work
and are endeavoring to foment similar ac-
ton on the part Of the employees in other
trades. The factory owners cannot, Of
course, comply with the demand, as it
would increase the cost OF their produc-
tons twenty per cent over those they come
into competition with, thus forcing them
either to go out OF business or sell their
wares at a ruinous sacrifice. The effort
to extend the strike has been afailure thus
far, but the men in it are melted by
the scoundrely professional agitators to
persevere with the delusive hope that
they will eventually succeed. The Balti-
more american says it is curious illustra-
ton OF their lack OF thought that they are
proposing to pool their savings and start a
cooperative factory Of their own. 1t is
evident to everybody except these wilfully
blind men that II they enter into the trade
they must do SO under the same conditions
as other producers. In order to mauuiac-
ture goods at ornear the same cost as other
workshops they must labor for as many
hours as their rivals, for to run for less
number OF hours simply means to pay 20
per cent more for labor than the current
rate. But such plain fact seems beyond
the comprehension OF these infatuated in
diriduals. Their eyes may, perhaps, be
opened when they come to make the prac-
teal test and find that 1t is impossible to
observe the eight-hour rule without losing
their investment.
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ions BRowS, JR, writes from Kansas,
where he is looking up the condition ol
the colored refugees, that 1000 have reach,
ed there since the exodus began, many oi
whom have found work in different parts
Of the State. There is such an immense
white movement to Kansas, however, that
the labor market is oyerstocked, and at
Topeka alone, 200 negroes are dependent
on public charity, half of whom are sick
and gloomy enough. The State Freed
mems ReliefAssociation also has hundreds
on its hands atdifTerent points and is near.
ly out Of funds at that, and Brown thinks
that there is still loud call for active
charity at the East.
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TIE yellow fever at Memphis last year
was no, pronounced epidemic by the
Hoard Of Health until the oath of August,
n, which time there had been 306 cases
and o6 deaths, extending over period Of
four or five weeks. Atthat date, however,
there was a much larger population re.
manning in town than there is now. Thus
far the present summer the deaths by
fever have not exceeded the deaths from
other causes, and under this rule no cpl
demic has yet been declared.
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NINIsrERIAI cHANors.

CoNsrAXrINoPLE, July 28.-The Sultan
rejected that part Of the programme OF
khareddin Pasha, Grand Vizier, relative
to the establishment Of a responsible min
istry, and Arife Pasha, formerly Turkish
Ambassador to France, and who thrice
filled the Office Of Foreign Minister in the
Turkish Cabinet, has been appointed his
successor,
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SPAIN.
SLAVERY IN CUBA,

MADRID, July 29.-No complete extinc.
ton Of slavery in Cuba, is expected till
the Coolie immigration, under the recent
treaty between Spain and China, Is suffi.
ciently numerous to provide laborers fol-
plantations. Newspapers which reflect
opinions OF Cabinet Ministers, confim
the announcement that the Government
intends to submit the bill to Courts in Jan.
uary, relatiye to slavery in Cuba,
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Cot. PooRMAS furnishes some excellent
,oosors wbv Tho proposed new railroad
80 S Q. W." CI:.;i,o - ;n,orooct tbo
Hom st. Clalts'lHe " 'uss'S0'' uI'
Tuscarawas Valley Road should De an ex'
tension Of the present narrow gauge, which
mich, be ultimately carried through
s - ~ uS.~;a,,;,Io - co5;, and bevond
.A'hehs )r iiatrlSNi'le W S"u'" "''u Ne o"N'
instead OF the standard gauge ROAD con-
templated down Woods Run and intersect'
;rc Tho vo,lov Road near Hardesty's.
S '"v ~, "''S' way -" -, III, ~. so.,,,,
Inc wide gauge roas w ,'a's..o SUs1 neTTI ny
Nouo!e as much az tns ne na[fom Sauss. S.;rass nMe
narrow gauge roaa WIZ uo osaes at sne oes uSd Sa
anu cost less ior running eApense' ""N 'e'
pans :. oor,.rrc,sd +bo
u narrow gauge y Sons1t1S'eI @ I. sa1 w w
H. x st. Z. Company could run II anu aau ~
very little to the present runm,ng e1p;Snse
olthat road A VIDE gauge WY ~ iequt.e !ui. =
new company, or NJ least lui' GIG" "
new hands and new machinery. To-,
p D, a narrow gauge TO the NOUN Oh yue
s nua would furnish the conaechon . H. AZ daH, ant
beSt point to accommodate ootn the easl
%5ss aysl 1 ,d @md sSn1,S 70 senon %
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TnE gambling fraternity in New York is
nothing il not progressive. A compre-
hensiye raid, planned under the direction
of DR.. Crosby's society, resulted in only a
single capture, it being subsequently,
ascertained that the various establishments
menaced were in quiet but efficient COM
munication by means OF a telephone cir-
cuit. From the first house entered a
whisper Of warning went out to all the
others, and the game, or rather games,
instantly disappeared, Thus the electric
spark, which is such terror to evil-doers
generally, is sometimes drafted into their
service with obvious advantage.
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cory Of libel and summons has been
served ON the editor OF the Sunday Chroni-
ii, Of steubenville, commanding him, as a
member Of the l.. +. Church Of that city,
Ia appear and answer for the publication
of a paper issued and sold on the Lords
Jay, or Christian Sabbath. The editor
seems to consider that he is not much Of a
member as he has not attended much for
Two wears, aud he does not seem disposed
TO conform to the discipline.
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AUSTRIA.


PEsrui July 28.-Count Zichy, one Of
the Under Secretaries Of the Ministry Of
Public Worship and Instruction, who was
accused OF corruption in connection with
the conferment OF decorations, has asked
the President of the Liberal party, in
Reichsrath, to appoint a Court Of Honor,
consisting of Deputies, to investigate the
charges. Count Zichy also rendered his
resignation, which has been submitted to
the Emperor. =