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CAMP-MEETINGS.
The Lake Bluff Meeting Closed
Out by Violent Rain
Storm.
Dcnorninntional Services and
Other Exercises at Chau-
tAuqua.

Yesterday was the closing one Of ,1lo meetings
nt i.nkc 1llufT. The rain tiH night hcfure bnd
nut TIC grounds IN splcndIsl condition. layIur
The dust, which bad Nil tf,ro,,g tic tncotIt.gs
hcen tho greatest Inconvenience 10 tl,pse In at-
tendance. There was every Indication that thu
last day would bc the most pleasantnnd pro1ta-
bic 3f all. Tltnu nnd tile, huscycs, walt fur no
man. 4 very heavy rain came Just IN The mid
tllc 0f tl,c closIng exercise aul pariuiy tenwncd
them nut. notwithstanding this. the Inst ncct-
Ing Of the rural worsh'pcrs Was full Of In.
terest, anil attended by q guNtv number Ut
pcorlc. Takcn ~ Il whole. this .eason has lecn
mi unqualified sllcccss. Without exception, the
furetings hare trcn Ut very. high order. NV,
,r attendance Inns been all tlHt t!lt. manage.
service wcro 10 he pointed out IN especially
bengAcaI, ,1H chDtec must fall upon Tic l,etey-
ers' meetings th1l hare been 1IeiI IN Clark-
Htreut Cltapef. Here havo gathered daily many
believers whs have spont = c'Hlnlc of hours tn u
most profitable conversation upon alt tic sun
jccts tIEtt nro Of most interest to Christian.
Nut a few tonvGraions have been ,nRde hc,e. tsitl
mn Indefinite number ot believers hnyg gone
away fsom this chapel With ifrmcr mid moro
Tuesday evening at 0 o'clock called meeting
Of alt The propcrty.holdeEs Oh uic grounds anil
the ofliccrs of tho Lako Hut Association wns
held at tho olIlcc Of The Association 10 consider
CERTAIN propositions ior improvements necessary
necessity ola sy8tetn vi watcr-wo.ks was dis
cusscd. md 1t was unanimously resolved that
sUme svatem WAS Hcec4anry. ntia that work
should 10 iicg11n on tl,e same ths fall. No
definite plans have yct boon adnpied:
a meeting OF the Executive Committee,
afterwards held, ratified theIr action 1t
a'so appointed DR.. John Williamson mud the
Rev. A. ". Patton q committee 10 maks all
arrangements for the next years. Sabbath
selloul Convention. Messrs. A.. X. Scranton
n,,s! s. McChcsuey were appointed ineInbors Of
tl,c Committee On Grounds, u, fill tllt yncunc|cs
nlntlc by 1i,e absence OF lie Rev. Mr. parklurst
nl.tl tho resignation Of Or. W. Z. Willing.
A apccinI prt,gramtnu was arranged for ycstcr-
dny in0rlltIg. i love-fcast WIS held at y O'Clock
in f!ie tabernacle, IN which great in,errst WAS
manifested. At 10 o'clock Or. Willing came
forward :,ml u,atte praYer wh!cf, was Intended
to p1cceda liz scrtnon by tic Rev; ". Il; Gloss,
Of "l'et Sus nt as. as BE- tl ~; nisnc
rain liegan to DESCEND In torrents ntui tho
scst.,on was postponed on account Ut The poise
tfltir upon The tent. The sacrament was then
administered to The many present, and thc
Lake Bl1lf camp.mectIng for 1879 was ended.
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MIxED OCCUPATION ABANDoNED.
TodIeben Saying that War is the Solution of
the RoumelIRn uueAtion.

LONDON. April 1.-THE Daily Nacs' cor
respondent nj Berlin saws the scheme for mixed occupa
ton was practically abandoned after the difficulties
raised by Italy There probably some secret rea.
uons between Italy and Russia. Alta recent council in
ST Petersburg. Gen Todlchcn declared that he believed
war was the only solution of the Eastern Roumelan
dlficutv Count SrhouNanN strongly opposed is view
81 pItfrsHrRG. Auril ll.-Ihe Alenor Rl.s AunouRes
that utpottln~ are nruccedug between the pow.
crs anon the proposal O the Porte forwarded o St Pc.
irrsufp hN Euguud. that msrld of mixed occupation.
fne mowers slould agree to the nomination of Alck0
Pasha who is popular with hl GLASSES. Guvcrnor ot
Eastern RoWncNa the Porte Co. Hgret fo 'e prunugatOn
the HuthUut of the International COMMISSION for one
year ami to abstain dnrui thn l.ut from occupy lng
points 10 has ueht go -rrt,un The AJsN' Rles AIDS
that this arrangement u.ut meet with approval ahso
mtc agreement cA.rd between the puwers. aud their
ansunge az tous,Huunor'r. liruova, and Sophia was
equally impa ruul and equally hrm
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MRS. GRIFFIN's DEATH.
Her Son Held for the Grand Jury on .
Charge of Poisoning Her with Bean Soup.

Mrs Clelia Griffin, colored, of Woodbridge,
y. j.. died on saturday last under circum-
stances that were regarded AS suspicious. and
Justice Drose Of Carstadt began an investiga-
ton which has Just been concluded. William
Robinson. coored. who lived in tHe house with
Mrs. Griffin and her son. jacob komer. testified
that he Uhe witncssl and Mrs. Grinin and
others were taken sick after eating some bean
soup made by Romer and Mrs. Grnln told the
witness that She believed kumer had poisoned
them. Thomas Pierce and others who ate Of the
soup testified that II had made them sick.
DR.. james II. Casey. who made the pOst-mor-
TEN examination. testified that he believed the
woman was poisoned with arsenic.
Rumer on the stand said he put some soda In
the soup to make IL lrOth. He did not eat any
Of th" soup himself because the last he ate
made him sick. Rpmcr WIS held for the Grand
Jury He said in his cell; Do you think |
would kiss my mothers dead lips II | had
poisoned herY'
Robinson is vet very sick and II is feared that
he will die. 1t is alleged thnt Romer had had
some trouble with his mother and Robinson.
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JOSEPH PALMER'S OFFENCE.
Committing n Forgery, a. he says, to Pay .
Debt of Honor.

KINGSTON April l0.--A well dressed, gen.
tlemanly appearing stranger arrived in Ellen
willie few evenings ago. and registered at the
hotel under the name Of Joseph Palmer. Last
nigh; he was committed to the county Jail. in
this city charged with forgery. This morning
he confessed to The SUNS CORES spondent that
the charges against him are true. He is
not more than twenty five years old. and his
home is in Tolland. Conn. where he has a
widowed mother. brothers. and sisters. OF high
social standing. He has been married two
years. and his wife also lives in Tolland. He
has brother settled as a Congregational min;
lister in ChppOure, Mass, He saws his real
hame is Joseph Palmer. and that this is his irst
offence. His father, lately deceased. was d lead
ing merchant Of Norwich. Conn.
Some time ago, he says, he contracted what
ne terms debt Of honor" amounting 10
$500. Two-thirds ~ the debt was due today.
He found that be- would bee unable to meet the
valued at about 81 luO0. To cyade this he
thought to secure the necessary amount IN an
easier way. He arrived in New YORK ON Friday
and went from there 10 NewhurRh Ia the course
81 a conversation at Newburgh he learned tnat
Ernville had several banks and a wealthy
farmer population He went TO Ellenvie and
represented himself as a wholesale dealer IN
cattle. BY inquiry he found that Andrew Brod
head, who lives a short distance out oi me VII
lage was reputed 10 hc the weathlest farmer
in the vicinity. He sent n messenger to Brod-
head with II note asking II ne had any catte 10
sell As soon rs he received Brodhrads reply
ne carried note for 1920, endorsed with Brod-
heads signature - the Home National BANK
and asked 10 have II cushed. There was no heAl-
fancy the signatur" hdd every appearance ol
being genuine. But lust ~ Palmer wns about 10
receive the money Brodnead appeared IN the
bank OF course this defeated Palmer scheme
and he was Immediately arrested.
He expects that the influence Of his family and
his past record OF good behavior Will secure 10
him immunity from punishment.
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An In,.r..llnr su,t for clvn Da~ag...

KINGSTON. April ll.-Yan Gaasbeck. the noto-
ous ore bug recently sentenced to twenty years IN the
Clinton State prison, drunk on the nish OF ms last
incendiarism william B Meckens, the owner Of the
building burned. brings suit against MllAu mulEny'
the owner Of the building m Mhleh MOT.
gan Harms has = saloon IL is charged thht van
Gaasbcck procured his liquor IRON Harris And lai nn
der the iiy Damsge law Murphy. the lAhlluru y mar
ris Is hahle for damages The plainun claims mat h
view late decision Of the Court ol Appeals IN tue
Middletown case. they cannot iAll To recover -,
Attorney General SchOOnmAker and other eAuinK laW
yers this section intereat0 Ihe Tesut "lh ebHp
hah LntsTOGhng pTsoedsnA
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GERMINY'S TARIFF.
Bismarck's Proposed Surtnxes and Retail
atory Duties.

ANTWERP. April 1.-THE PrecwseT says:
prince Bismarck INSIST, his resolve establish
taxes upon colonial produce coming from Europcan
bonded warehouses with view OF rdding German ports
OF foreign comrc uuon lie hopes that the large hrms
now located IN Antwerp and Holland Will establish them.
selves in Bremen und Hamhurc several Influential per
sons In the lanseac towus have promised t9 support
Prince bismarck. A project has been started to con-
struct railroad direct from Bremen to fraukfOrtn
LoSpoN. April li-Thc Itiaiarfs Berlin despatch says
that great meeting ot representatives uf the German
seaports will he held he l7t inst TO discuss freely
the taun All the scabOArd ciue3 strongly oppose
the projected surtaxes snd rctaatory duties On trans
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THE LArEsr OLD WoRLD NEWS.


Hone hoNG. March 1.-THE passage Of the
AnuChinese bl by the Congress OF the United States
and its subsequent by President Hayes attract great
attention among the natives The vernacuar newspapers
Of Hong Kong aud shanghai especially the former.
tcmVN bitter against ue proposed measure, caiu the
prottcuuu guaranteed 10y the treaty and draw pictures
tuture relations and the exclusion Of Americans from
Chinese soil They rNaggctae the consequences to
America m the withdrawal oi Chinese labor hut speak
WIN moderation and hrnnoss OF re9shunary movements
10y China on her own ground.
There has been excited discussion at shanghai over a
hrri telegram irOm Washington announcing the COM
note success ct United states Minister seward IN the
Washington luyestlgaunu.
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power to collect the cxtrn tax to cover the de-
tlcicncy. on the ground Of the negligence OF the
Town Board in certifying TO the correctness OF
MIR. Ackermnus account. The members OF tho
Board took Mr.. Ackermans word that he had
tho balance ot tl4 330 on hand and did not Gull
for the certificate OF deposit In hank. Nobody
except Mr.. Ackerman knows whether there was
n deficiency mt the close of the other years
Tho bondsmen think they will not lose much.
Mr. Tompkins says that Mr.. Ackerman has
given him for the benefit Of the Dondsmcn tho
decd of the house and furniture in New Ko-
chrllc, and has also assigned h Is interest in the
liquor business. Mr.. Tompkins Understood
yesterday that Mr., Ackcrmnn's brother was not
in the business. Three Of tho four hondsmen
nre opposed TO Mr.. Ackcrman in politics. They
think that Mr. Arkcrman has used all hOnora-
Die means To secure them from too great loss.
denl Of sympathy for him is expressed. He
has q wife and two small children. He has al
ways boon II respected member Of the commu-
nifty. and, iive years ago be, began to be IN
aspirant for public Offices His actions in the
Nestchcster County Board Of supervisors were
bold nnd aggressive. and he looked out for tho
interests OF the township He attends the First
Episcopal Church, and he was prominent three
years ago In the fight between the Nick party
and the Hi party. on the question of retaining
the rector IL is surmised that some OF the town 3
money has been used 10y him in his business.
About year ago he WAS compelled to ask
for an extension VI his credit, and his
trouble dates from that time. One suppositton is
that he put the towns money into his business
that when he was called upon to uay some OF
the towns accounts he borrowed money from
friends chat when he tried TO take money from
his business to pay the rest Of the accounts he
could not collect II from those who owed him
and that when he tried to borrow more money
from his friends they refused to accommodate
him. He declined Yesterday TO say how the
money wns used. IL Is understood that he go
considerable money at the death Of his father
and that three years ago he was worth more
than $4,000 His expenses in last months
canvass we're very large. and he was confident
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What would such n person do in hcavcn2' and
nnswpred that / could wish that he might
nwnkon amid all that was true and good and
beautiful aud there wns no nature 80 depraved
as not 10 respond To- these influences"
The venerable Thurlow Weed listened even
more closely 10 DR.. Cnopcr's remarks If that
were possible than did the large audience.
President Thurber announced that with this
auspicious beginning tho society was ready
Tor work and would receive pledges ut once.
The meeting then was dismissed.
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The Alleged Ken,ueky Murderer..

Ex-State senator Charles II. Wnfred has been
retained by Walter ycuahle aud Louis C Fuse, the
alleged Kentucky murdcrcrs who held in the Jersey
city ia 10 await rcqasuon from the Governor o Zen
tucky Mr. Munyld intends to apnN 10 Judse Knapp tor
a writ Of haheas curpu-. GOV. NCGrcorN 0i kentuckv
telcgrHphcd to GuV MctlrlHn yesterday that he had
seued aud mailed rDqusitlun tor The PRISONERS, and
Guv Mcclellan directed Prosecutor McDu last lsht To
hold the prisoners aud TO oppose every attempt 10 obtain
IN Al
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The account was certified as correct by the
town Board OF Audit on March % 1876 March
%. 1878. and March 20. 1879. The certificate Of
1877 has no date The items show that since
the LIST Of January last Mr.. Ackermnn received
about Sl3, 800 from taxes, Of which he pAid ont
only about t4,lOO. more than 5000 Of tho dr-
cheney having been made. therefore. in the past
three months. Two or three days before town
meeting day n large amount Of money was paid
To- MIR Ackerman by the Receiver Of Taxes.
After examining the books Supervisor
Phelps took counsel with Charles q. Banks
and Richard Emmett, and called Il special
meeting OF the Town Board, II was held yes
terday and MIR. Ackermans = book WAS submit
ted. The Supervisor had not received any
money from Mr.. Ackerman, and he said that
the Interest on thu coupon bonds Of the town
was due on the lst of April, and that ne could
not meet II. A resolution was passed authorizing
Supervisor PhelpstO institute legal proceedings
against Mr.. Ackerman to recover the amount
due tho town. subsequently, the bondsmen met
and decided to pay every dollar their liability.
Supervisor Phelps will, therefore, sue for only
the amount OF the deficiency over ana above the
amount OF the bond. The bOndsmen also de-
cided to begin legal proceedings against Mr..
Ackerman, and 10 have him arrested on Il civil
order on the ground OF converting 70 his own
use money that he received and held ms trus-
tee. 1t is said that the deficiency will increase
the tax OF the coming ear, and that some grave
questions Will arise respecting The towns
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A rede.trlenne who Refuse. to Quit walking.

Mrs. Smith, the Brooklyn woman who. after
Mrs Anderson completed her long walk In that city In
January. made carpet track in the hall tenement
and tramped night and day while attending to her
housewarh In tho lett Of her quarter hours alter
competing her quarter mcs, has been walking matches
in New Jersey Size last In New Brunswick. on
Moniay she was ~ Elizabeth. aud her husband applied
tu Chief 90 Police Aatc- 20 d him in ersuudiug hts wife
T. quit walking and return 90 her home and children
Mrs smith. however. refused 90 home, and is nrrang
INK more walkius matches tor hcrsctt
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A Desl.lon Anse.Ins the Nsw jersey Mutual.

Chancellor Runyon has just decided in the
OF the death claims OF Ms. Joseph WalworSh
and several others against the broken New Jersey
Mutual Lite Insurance Company that the death
claims including all those IN which the death
happened before the decree insolvency,
AM endowment policy claims which became due before
that decree. incudlug all ON which a premiums that
ever could have been required o. he paid uad the CONE
usny continued o. Dee solvent had been paid before the
decree. viii rank deht. AND the policy holders will he
nsse ksed. II a.. 10 them
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VIENNA. April 1l.-Careful inquiry shows that
total sixty victims of the s1egedn disaster had been
buried down 20 the 9th inst Oher corpses found and
asoertained eases Of drowning make the total loss
Of life seventy seven The water In the lower part the
town. still from siN go twelve tret t,cn thar the
IN most ca.es cannot vet Dee reached The loss ul life Is
likely Co. show iurrVH~c when the whole of the
have been searched. but II viii s tail short of the
hundreds whom the eNe.wltnesses no doubt sincerely
believed they had seen perish n single day. II Is
doubtful whether tile water can be pumped out IN lty
even hundred days
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An Attemp, to steal Lake Chnlumet.

WAsHISGToN. April l1.-Some land sharks
with the cunnvauco ol the Lanl Receiver at Chicago
came very near stealins the Whole OF Lake Chalumct
near Chicago They represented that Chaiumet was
shallow lake and hat the Hud could De reclaimed They
got uidHNts e. that effect uud hui the lake surveyed
hrou- the Receiver al the Land umceN no manlpulates
the Land Onc here patent WAS about to ISSUE when
the whole fraud exposed and the patrnt stopped
Tho object was acquire valuable and exclusive water
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An Insurance Company to Discontinue.

The Home Insurance Company of Newark
has decided to discontinue IN consequence of tnc dii
cult, ot obtaining new business ami the disconragiug
outlook for the uiure The company viii rciusnre Its
RISKS iu the Queen Insurance Company U INVrpool.
Mr William frrt.ulu. the secretary anl treasurer ~
the company ha. rDs.n ~ nHcc"i tc position o zen
crHl agent Nurnl.l Union Fifc Insurance com.
pans NurNlch Eu4luud Mr Henry r. Blackwell
has been appointed assistant secretary,
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LONDON, April PA Vienna despatch TO the
St.t,oi says the insurrecuou in Macedonia has again
suddenly collapsed. ono OF it, leaders. who IS Aus
t1au, WRITES That Russia ordered the insurTecu ton TO
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TnIk Amone roIltleInn..

II was said by men who visited the Police
Central once last evening that Assemhlynan James
pAy Is 90 be made Commissioner Of Police The otl ct
names that are spuhCn those ul Major Peter BoWe
and ". ;. Andrews
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Room for WIN. a. wheeler. Brother.lu.Law.

Col. Charles Treichel. Secretary Of the Army
and NaNy Club sailed the wcs, Indies yesterday, Tor
his health lie Auditor IN the Custom House and
Wa removed give place 10 the brotherin Jaw ot WI
hHtu Amun Wheeler lie was reapr0iut,d Assistant
Auditor. the llon John j. crrich. VITO hns held the
oilce Tor many Noars being I,duced u cItrkshlp.
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Snow In Northern New York.

WHITEHALL. April ia severe snow storm
has prevailed here since Yesterday afternoon The storm
extends TO Port Henry Au Sable Forks Platsburg and
other points north. About eight inches Of snow has
already fallen
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MEMPHIS. April Ill.-Capt, Paul Boyton ar
rived here ut o'clock this afternoon His time from
Cairo four days and ive hours Fully 1900 per.
sons lined the wharf to greet the YoNagcT who Will re-
main here until Monday.
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SpARKs iRoM rnE rELEeRAPH.

Clear or partly cloudy weather. northerly
winds, stationary Temperature, rslus barometer
Connecticut western news., 1879-02-12
A New Fashion in Wives.

The London RevieaO says:-Of late years the tendency has become more and more marked on the part of English men of good name and social position possess, and beat their wives, but their wives are not heurs du mal-weeds sprung from abomination and vice. With us, however, it is different. Within the last few years ten men, all holding high social positions, bearing good names, and not few among them belonging to what would be termed in the Fauburg St. Germain le gratin, have wantonly allied themselves to women picked up from the streets, giving their names and titles to be held until death by creatures whose very names they would never under ordinary circumstances dare to mention before a lady. A Marchioness, 8 flu ture Duchess, and the wives of two Baronets, have been recruited from the ranka of les impuyes.
Connecticut western news., 1879-02-12
Tie Terrible DIphtheria.

The sad death of the Princess Olin from diphtheria has called the attention of the English medical faculty to that terrible disease. The Medical Journal says that diphtheria has strong re- semblance to most of the other infec- tious diseases. Over and over again we hear with regret that physicians, sur geons, nurses, who have brought help and relief to great many other sufferers in epidemics of diphtheria, typhus, yellow fever, cholera, smallpox, etc., and who have remained unattached when these terrible diseases were raging in their worst forms, succumbed finally when the evil was nearly exterminated, and when the few cases still under treat ment bore comparatively mild charac- ter. This shows ,conyincingly that a long-continued and repeated exposure to influences of contagion does not give au immunity against infection; and this ought to be borne in mind by every practitioner and every nurse. It be- comes an imperious duty for the practi- tioner permanently to remember that his indefatigable efforts at saving his pa tient's life, and the bodily fatigues and the mental anxieties which the patients relations and nurses undergo, make all of them still more prone to be attacked finally by the disease. He will have to remember, both as to himself and other surrounding his patient, that, although convalescence might have apparently begun, the patient is not free from the danger of communicating the disease to other persons until the mucous mem brane of his throat has actually returned to the normal state. He will therefore have to warn especially the convalescent's relations not to come into close contact or klss his mouth, even when all febrile symptoms have disappeared and health and strength are rapidly increasing; he will strongly forbid the bringing back too soon the other children, who have been at once removed from their parents house at the outbreak of the disease, and will not allow them to live in the house before it's thorough disinfection,
 and the disinfection, or if possible de- struction, of the patients and his at tendant's clothes, towels, bed-linen, handkerchiefs, etc., and he for himself
 will have to remain cautious up to the last, in inspecting the patients mouth and throat, and in changing his clothes
 before another visit, after having seen a convalescent from diphtheria.
Connecticut western news., 1879-02-12
THE SECOND PLACE.

Unto my loved ones have given all- The tirelcss service of my willing handf, The strength of swift feet running to their call, Each pulse of this fond heart, whose love
 commands The busy brain unto their use; each grace, Each gift, the flower and fruit of life. To me They give, with gracious hearts and tenderly,
 The second place. Such joy as my glad service may dispense They spend to make some brighter life more
 blest;
 The grief that comes despite my frail defense They seek to sooth upon dearer breast. Love veils his deepest glories from my face; dimly dream how fair the light may be Be yond the shade, when hold, longingly,
 The second place. And yet 'tis sweet to know that though Imake No souls supromest bliss, no life shall lie Ruined and desolated for my sake, Nor any heart be broken when die. And sweet it is to see my little space Grow wider hour by hour; and gratefully thank the tender fate that granted mo
 The second place.