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Treasury Explanation Of the Fall.
ing OFT in Silver Coin
ago.
Nine Millions to Ue Expended on
Rivers and Hnrbors This
Year.
What It Costs Our Minister
Plenipotenttary to Live
in London,
Interesting Statistics Regarding Imports
! and Exports Of Merchandise.
THE TREASURY
TII1 Blf4YRA DOLLAR.
AAA-Afxf ~ n~.rtak a. ~ = sfA.Sk..-A

na,etot ntu.,tcA TO 71e 7,tt,na
,r,eu,.nrnv n r. 1n,r "a Hya.~t,h.,,,1.
fA''t"oao"' ~ - ou's ~, t"'s"hsa'"- ~
ing the issuo ot circular orders during tho
month announcing the fact that the Treasury
Den, trtment would 1,ruceforth use tts utmost
cfronla tn MI. tho s,lver dollar IN
<,ss,,t ,.,., ~ a.. H., 80
c'seu1 "'oo' !, hppeasS "at tn' so'naee
oi sA ser dollars Tor tho month OF July
thort a tho minimum G1cd bv 1aw If 4a, Ooo..
ma motuh,v, NM eYcn.o ,,si,.ncd f,r th,s IL
Wv " 'ue 'S''f' A"o eAe"su aso'hs"e" aoa s''e 10
, 1879-07-30


CHESTER, ILL.,, July e0.-Ar. George Nixon,
who died at hts residence ln Nixon Township,
Do Wilt Couaty, lsat Thursday cveulng, was
buried on Saturday afternoon at Dewitt ILL.,,
with imposing ceremonies. Ills romans waro
followed to their last rcattng. .place by largo
corscge OF mourning fFleuas. Nit. Nixon settled
worthy man, but by eloso attention 10 business
soon began to accumulate, nt.I when ho ,ltetl lo
Was ons Of the richest men In Dewitt County.
4is loss canuot he easily replaced.
, 1879-07-30

uALENA, ILL.,. July 20.-Wltliam Richardson,
Of White Oak Springs, Wis,, committed suicide
ou Sunday morning by cutting bis throat frou,
eur to car With razor, completely scycrfng tho
wlodptps. lfc waa found deaI In hts room, ut
tho Tcsidcuco Of his sonin-law, Augustus Dlack.
stone. leaning against thu bod, Lii clothing utl
ceased had bccu partially illsanu tor twu years.
, 1879-07-30
lMC0RPORATEf1.

GTWCt0s 7T{6HH$t
srR1NdrlEkp. ILL.,, July e9.-Ltccnse to organ
izc was to-day ISSUED by The Secretary 'of State
to the Cambria Silver Mining Company ot
0attshurE; capital, sl73,ooo; corporators, F.
Fuller, q. '. plolcricb. J. II. Martin, ]. N.
Rcecc, md F. W. 4. Koch. ALSO, to tho Mat
toon Manufacturing anl Mercantile Company,
Of Mattoon; capltal, $1,000; corpu1aturs,
ihomus ii. Lytle, James q. Wright, atlu d. ii.
Hitter.
, 1879-07-30
KESAINGEK.



SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, July M.-Tl,e examination
OF Alexander KcsaingoF, the East st. Louis
striker, arrested for interfering With etnploycs
Of the Ohio & N!sssssipp! Railroad, which is ii,
the hands OF tho United States Court, took
place before United States Commissioner Adams
to-day. aiHl resulted Ia his bcug he'll, Tor trial
under q, ,000 bonds, In default Of which he was
returned to lail.
, 1879-07-30
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS,

LIvEhroo,, July 20.-Ihe steamships Deyon!a
and hlalue, from New York, md tho Illinois,
from phliadclph!a, have arrived out.
LONDON, July @.-AtFlsed, Utopia, from
New York.
Nxw YORK. July o9.-ArEiyed, Wisconsin.
from Liverpool.
QukKNsrowk, July a9.-stesmsbip Artzona,
from New York, has arrived.
, 1879-07-30

DECATUR, ILL.,, July o9.-Ono Of tho foremost
members Ut the Illinois Methodist Episcopal
Conference, tho Roy. ]. L. Crane, aged Is years,
died At Shclbyvtlta this ulornng OF paralysis.
He was menhcr OF the Conference thirty
thrce ycars, during tho War Chaplain Of tho
Twsnty.tirst illinois Volunteers, twelve years
Presiding Elder, and eight years Postmaster ut
Springfield under Grant. liz published a we'll
written book" Tbs Twu Circuits '--tu 1876,
He leaves wile, five sops, aud one daughter.
Funeral tomorrow.
, 1879-07-30

GALVESTON, July GA 4Nt.as' special from
Seguin savs John Baker, aceused Of the murder
Of young 110lIoman last January, ont on bouu,
Was shot md instantly killed last night. lie
was attending camu:ncetintt tear hcrp. Whtla
standing In crowd Under tho trces some onc
placed pistol to hts head and fired. The sssas-
ain escaped unrecogu!xeu In tic confusion,
, 1879-07-30

Nsw YonH, July 29.-The body found float
Ing tu tho North River last Sunday was recog-
ntzea to-day ~ that Of Edward T. Oakley, Of
P!na hlal, Ark, who has beon missing for near
ly week. Lat Wednesday Oakley visited
some friepas ia Tue lower part Of tllu city. NJ
further trace of him was found until llts body
VAS recognized In tie AoEguo. Ills deatll IL re-
ga11ed ~ uystcty.
, 1879-07-30

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s,,,1 t,ort.v r,h, ,n.,k.t. ,rh,ch ~. .ctIvo
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oi,h win f1nnr wco,lrr The vhcat trane hos
not hccn srr,ousv afYected liz adr,ces of forelpn
business nr,, .,j,non,s ~ A,nerr.r -v,ort,
fnr thc I1nftc, Kinvt1om nrc rn,brr teovv. Tho
c,,an,tttos ~ nra, ,,,,,r A. ana and m. enrn,v nj
,ansian sa.o 49,. .o,n a,rh., raa,,,.a '"'p'
ma T., ,n.,s ;i,,r,nU Tu,v ua.a noa,, h,+ M,
NJ s,1 .hoys ~. c5,,n,.y,a ,von,s ivho,, i.
abort j, .bii,Inp n,r o,,o,tar hioher than the
nrev,ou. vcsr hrt ,xtth tbt. to,nr<sven,ont the
trnnctm. /, faror ~ a rl.o
.rrr.us ~, nv pxr nur,r
r,,,t.h ,.,,t,a ,rh,ot ranr,. fror, xo - IA
.,.,,,'a.. " A ~ ~
en'l!hls per quarter ~ ia1ce nunoce OF
country markets, compared with d to 80 sEfl-
ings per auartar before the Improvement COM
rnrnc-d. Hamntcs of rei1 wheat. which vnre
roin,v of,crcd a. an .h,,l,,rs ~ n,,s.+.r =
'uiu'y oue'eo ~ ~ na'''h'so YET q"u.aer
, 1879-07-30

HAnR1sBuRo, July a0.-Tho Governor has
pardoped Dennis F, Canning, OF schuylkill
County, convicted OF conspiracy to murder sev-
er,l years ago in conjunction With Jack kehoo
and other Mo1lfe NnEnlres. Canning Was seu-
tcuced to fourteen years.
, 1879-07-30

FATAL STAHBfNG AFFRAY.
CINolHNA71, July 20.-Whllo ". K. Hendcc-
SOD, Of Greenfield, O., and Hansforl Horne
were engaged in game OF cards In . snloon at
Washington &c. H.. O., this afternoon, a difi-
Guilty arose concerning the manner In which
play was mudo, during which Henderson stabbed
Horne through tho heart, killing him instantly,
, 1879-07-30
ITALY.


NoHE, July 2o.-Slgnor Calfoli, the Primo
Minister, In reply to questions addressed to bin,
In the Senate, said tim present Ministry would
pursue tlla policy Of peace, insisting at the same
time IN the execution OF the treaties, more par
ticularly upou the article OF tho Treaty Of Ber-
lin fu fayor Of Greece.
PApAL nRLK1AT1S.
RoAk. july 29.-Cafdlnal Dl Piotro, apostolic
delegate to Uruguay, Paraguay, and the Argen-
tlno States, has been appointed intur-Nunc!o Ut
Rio janciro. Moustgnor N1atera, delegate to
brazil, will succeed tbs Cardinal a. delegate tu
the other States.
bEplTf0N,
TIE police hayo seized IN printing establish
ment OF this city copiea Of q programme for the
reign OF the Universal Republican Association,
The programme, which was intended for clrc,,-
lntion throughout Italy, Bays tho time for action
has arrived, anil invites mcmbora At tho Asso.
elat!on to bs prepared Tor the Impending move
sncnL Several arrests have been made.
, 1879-07-30

RICHMOND, July 2D.-Judae Robert Ould and
Dr. j. specrs George, who were arrested yestes-
day on q charge Of being about to engage IN a
duel. were examined before tho Police Court
to-day, tho investigation showing that whatever
had occurred between The parties had been fully
nnd satisfactorily explained before their urrcst,
nnu that tfleru wa no probability Of breach Of
pence. They were discharged.
, 1879-07-30
pOLATKO.

Nzw YonK, July 2a-Francsco polatko, who
last week killed Dolenlor, tho foreman Of
cnnly-tactory, to-day endcayored, in the Tombs,
to kilt hlmsef.
, 1879-07-30


It Will be noticed tint breatlstufEs, for the
first ti'ne iu tue history of the country, supulant
cotton ns TIN leading article Ut export. Com
parc1 viii, tho preceding eleven months, thuro
WIS w inerease In Tie valuu Ut hreadstitls ox-
uurtc of S3l l1 a,ll decrease IN co.tol, OF
8t,i0t,le5 lhu statement recently published
III 1ouln nowspapcrs to the etfoct ttsat thu OK
ports Ut bEeatlstu1Ts exceeded IN yalua tho ccm.
b|t'el rxporls OF cottoH unu tobacco, tia leading
staples Ut the 9outhern States, IL not rnrrecE
Cation aud tobarc0 ca,tnbined rGa :t,ed $lQO 74l-
:a, or about si.0, ,UtH) III excess Of brcadstutis,
1t tB d singular fact, however, tt,at willis tliero
was au increase ia Vniuc OF bFeatistulfs ex-
nprse na,an ~ ~, S1st tot'at .nsfG was deysease a
ltchtical amount, tho exact figures beIug $3i,-
!ao. .sAG. The thcrease In tho crportatt0u of
brca'lstulfs was mainly owing to tho increase ia
wheat, at Which there was shipped during tho
eleven tnontha lla,6ll.04 bushels. valued ut
el2l, l3a,6ld, aEaiust I'll, ,3l57lG hushuls, valued
VI s!N. 7o0 .5!ts during the corresponding eleven
moIth. Of 1873. Tle dccreass i, provisions Is
exn'alned by The falling oil Of 81 00O, ,00O In ,the
yn.uo Of lard exported. In distilled spirits Ind
living autulals tic inereasa WIS over 10 per cent
, 1879-07-30

Loulsy1LLs, kyt July a9.-B. +. Fitch, QUE OF
tho most protnlneut dry.goods dealers Of tic
city, died 'Rte this afternoon. lie had beeu i'll
for week past OF typhoid fever.
, 1879-07-30

COUNCIL BLugFs, H., July GA farmer
named Christian Putnam was lodged In jait in
this city tonight on tho chargo OF killing q
uet3hbor, Jacob Mason, In Pleasant Township
Oil Monday. Putnam will have hearing to-
morrow.
, 1879-07-30

and 23l Inst. Lie pcrsonallr doubts TIC tcco.,.
cd outrage, or at lcnst thinks tue renor, !.
greatly exaggerated. lie says 40 far onjy ,,,a "a
Tcrson Of tho affair has been heard, and honas ny
the pcopo Of the United 9tatcs viii wot ettss ~
further Advices before forming m opinion ''f
, 1879-07-30
SPAIN.

MADRID, July 20.-Thu uld WOMAN who thrcn
stoae u The King when Oh his way to Church
Is Insane, and has been sent to Tie asylum.
DIPLOMATIC
MADRID. July 29.-The Spanish Government
has aligned truatY Of commercs with tho IT,
public Of Colombia.
TEo negotiations betwect, Peru and Spain for
renewal OF diplomatic relations are proceeding.
satisfactorily.
ABANDONED.
I4ere ts m uncoDtirlued ru1uor TINT Cabinet
Council. klnS Alfonso presiding, has decided to
abandon The project for snaFr1ase between thu
kluE aud The Austrian lrlueesy.
, 1879-07-30

JUDGE ISAAC G, COLLINS,
CINCINNATI, July 29.-JudUa Isaac c. Collins,
prominent lawyer. dlcd tonight of heart dis
eaAe.
, 1879-07-30

BOSTON, July ao.-Mayor, L'ndslcy. OF Fail
River, had d long Interview With Gov. Talbot
today relative TO tho labor troubles there. The
Mayor atateA tIlnt tilr Governor insured him
hc would bo supported In Ills efforts to prcacryo
DEucG.
, 1879-07-30

AN4TTNVs
LONDON, July eeo.-The choleEa IL abattng ut
Csbul.
, 1879-07-30

vail, fell yesterday, carrying With Il all the by.
drAnIc crancs anil quay she1s. Damage cstf.
mMtcI Al XlQlQQl
, 1879-07-30

BLooMlsoroN. ILL.,, July a9.-This evening
henjam!a ]. Boynton, a former prominent bust
pess man OF this city, dad after lingering H.
ness.
, 1879-07-30

TIN TuligKlEs TO LIE DEMOLISHED,
VERSAILLES, july aY.-Ihe Chamber Of Depu.
ties. BY vote Of 2l9 to lu0 adopted the pro-
paaal Ut b. Proust for tie demolition ot tho
ruins vi tltn 1'utItrics. The sitc will be trans
formed Into gRtdEu.
, 1879-07-30

ihe Continued concentration Ut large bodies
OF troops IL tile uoftA Of Italy, aud especially
, 1879-07-30

a largo bank In st. I-ouIs Goes Into LGuut.
dattoll-frontaes Which, It IL Hoped, Arc
More 1foilxDla than Il Usual In Such
ftftHna.
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The sailors Of the Oregon have been
/ attacked with the mania Tor pedestriau-
ism, and on Monday INDUCED in a Eve
mile race. Paddy Frill accomplished
the distance in 37i minutes, and got
$50; Frank Rannell, second, 80 min
utes, 500; Andrew johnson, third, 4O
minutes, $50.
Mr.. Buchtel, the popular photogra-
pher, has refitted and beautified his gal
/ iery, corner First and Morrison streets.
/ His skylight is the finest in the State.
and is the only one that will permit
/ taking fine pictures at all hours of the
/ day and in all classes Of weather. Moth
I ing but first-class work allowed to leave
I the gallery.
Mrs. Macbeth il visiting this city,
I after an absence of six years In the Nez
Perce country, where she has been en-
gagged during the entire time as teacher
on the reservation. She is thoroughly
devoted to her work, and believes there
is a probability Of improving the In-
dians so that they will become useful
men and women.
Sergeant +. p Wells won the medal
/ for shooting at Vancouver, making an
average of 742 per cent The average
/ for the eight contestants was 7lf per
cent. The eight sailed for san Fran
cisco on the Oregon to compete at Pre-
sidio, Cal, with "eights" from the de-
partments Of Arf4ona aud California for
places in the international Creedmoor
team.
A fine barn with its contents, the
property of Mr.. +. o. CorsOn, living
near East Portland, was burned on
Monday morning, entailing a loss Of
about 81 200, on which there is $500 in
surance. The fire was undoubtedly the
work of incendiaries. Mr.. COrson was
awakened by the barking of his dogs,
and saw some men driving away in a
wagon.
Mrs. p. Annetta Peckham will lecture
at Hillsboro on July 2ith, 25th and 26th;
Forest Grove, July 2Sth, 18th aud 30th;
McAiinnville, July 3lst, August lst aud
2d Lafayette, August Sd, ith and 5th I;
Dayton, August 9th, eth and Sth I;
Amity, August 9th and 10th; Dallas,
August llth, 18th and 18th ; Monmouth,
August 18th, 18th and 18th Corvallis,
August 18th, 18th and 20th.
The work on the Cascades canal and
locks will probably be resumed this
week. The locks will be 800 feet long
and - feet wide, and will allow the
largest class of vessels TO pass through.
One lock will have a lift of Il feet and
the other of - feet. The lock walls will
be Of solid masonry, 81 feet wide at the
base, and a portion Of them will be y
feet high Mr.. ID. p. Mclean, of Chi
cago, has the uperintendency of the
work.
jackson Grant, the Indian who has
been so long under arrest for the murder
of Dennis Spellen, suddenly terminated
the trial on Monday by entering a plea
Of guilty of murder in the second degree
and waiving time for sentence. Dis
trict Attorney Caples accepted the plea
with much reluctance, and only after he
was assured that the Indian was perme-
ated with a disease that would cause
death probably before the law could be
carried out. Judge Bellinger immedi-
ately sentenced Grant 10 imprisonment
for life.
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Through countless little openings In the
skin, Invisible except through microscope
The perspiratlon, In a state Of health, exudes,
hour by hour, night and day. The total OBJ
struction Of these minute outlets would pro-
duce death; and when they become partially
blockaded, the skin grows dry, yellow and
finally diseased, and the general health is in
iurlously affected. GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP,
by opening the pores, removes eruptions and
unhealthy granulations on the skin, and i'm
parts to Il n healthful humidity, clearness and
smoothness, ,banishing from the face Of beauty
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TO Impurities in the capillary circulation, or 10
undue exposure to the sun and wind. For OBJ
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for such maladies, as well as rheumatism and
gout II is wondrously healing and soothing
in its action, reuniting the cuticle where
broken by external injuries, relieving the
swelling and Inflammation attendant upon
spralns, scalds and bruises, and curing the
most obstinate sores and ulcers. The medical
profession sanction its use, and from all classes
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cents per cake. one box g cakes), - cents,
sent by mail. prepaid, on receipt OF price. c.
y. CrittentOn, proprietor, : Sixth avenue, New
York City.
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comes all doubt and disbelief When DR..
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Favorite Prescription would cure the many
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some doubted, and continued TO employ the
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xxAuyLANn ITEMS.

-. Methodist Protestant church at Porter's
ISe GCSecil county, was dedicated last sunday
,otod that iron mill employees at North Fest will
rlSssdyauce in their wages of 10 per cent shortly
.oftbe John E. Gale farm, in Kent comfy
Apssning over 800 acres, has been sold to c. w.
sSHsns etsTens for i,6OO'
,cricultural Society of Caroline County will
TIE sair At Behleharn Commencing September l6
holep cSonntinuing three days.
.or, crop in Kent county the present season,
the 4; the section visited by the recent heavy hail
excep' esp viii be unusually good.
Tracy has renewed his lease of the Atlantic
Jon Of ocean City, for the term of five years, begin
HoIeii i"ne 9th 1880. The Hotel will be improved by
nng SSdition of one hundred more rooms.
..,,, estimated that the crop of peaches of the
LIE We farm Kent county, belonging to Col wilkins
To- lV and tenanted by John A. Groves, brother of
Groves will reach 10000 baskets 1t IS said to be
ibe largest crop on the Pehnsua
nth of q Prominent Citizen Of Caroline Co.-Hon.
Dtu'T Ford prominent citizen of Caroline county,
Nd a his residence near Denton ON Friday last aged
deu ders Mr. Ford has been connected with the busi-
fhe court house in one capacity or another for
over 50 years.
c4,,eb S7ck by Misunderstanding heavy thunder
storm at EasOn sunday evening four terrific elaps OF
iiinS the other the third striking the Southern
~ r Church, shivering the steeple and filling the
The east side of the front door. literally smashing
,Se on |iI glass sash and frame to atoms.
The mosquito plague has not yet abated in Dorches-
80 In some sections of the country stock fall kinds
el, nearly crazed and reduced to almost skeletons
av aa numbers of cattle have been drowned in the
p1aeEwater river and other similar streams of water.
Pbsv waded out on low tide to avoid the mosquitoes
d d' getting stuck in the muddy bottom were unable
~ ane eev9fricate themselves on the flood tide.
noo,n of a Member Of Noted Maryland Fanaily-The
,ootb Of Mrs Anne Maria Tilghman Smyth took place
o the Sd ins at the residence of her son. Rev. Henry
az Wasnn S Smvth Plattsburg, N Y. She was grand
dsnghter Of Col Tench Tilghman of this State, old
nd mnch loved friend of Washington, and bearer Of
ali the letters that passed between him and Lord
Cornwals at the time of the surrender of Yorktown
The Salisbury Advertiser says: "One day last week
LANES Stewart, yearold son of James Stewar
siding near WHY'S Neck, Lake district Dorcheste
,ntv! was sent into Outfield to make q smother
~ keep the mosquitoes from the cattle Not coming
Soet after reasonable time had elapsed &c fathe
went into the field to search for him. He23s found
iving face downward on the ground, dead ds mouth
throat nose and ears literally packed with mosqui
toes"