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NOTES AND NOTES.

1t is an ominous sign of the times that The
military ornaments Of Europe are steadily
increasing.
Mark Twain made @l1G, 900 of the Gilded
Agc-his poorest work. Milton made two
and six pence off Paradise Lost, Times are
improving.
Why, what was that The British
House Of Commons has voted by large
majority to retain the cat as an instrument OF
discipline.
James Parton, in paper on. The Tradition
al and the Real Washington" expresses thu
opinion that the story of the little hatchct ha'
no foundation in fact This il tie end Of
Parton.
The LJadoR Duly Aet0,ann0unces that II
consequence of domestic bereavement, nnet
States Minister Welsh has resigned, and vii
sail for home in August. He has lately los
two sisters.
Sarah Jane Hote of Mount Morris, Texas,
owns l13 cats, and her ncighbors never utter
word of complaint. This is because she
has no neighbors
Cox. the murderer Of Mrs. Hull, ap
pcals for new trial, celebrates linn
self as having the Lord on his side and
SAYS lie thinks he should like to he a minis
ter.
Lady Charlotte Bacon, 10 whom as a young
miss, Bryon inscribed his So Childe Harold,
is still living in London, " 4 stately, portly
grandmother, silver haired, with sabcred
saddencd face.
Having seen cur statement that, according
to Mr. Corbin, CoGey Island is not jew
but a Gent-isle, an enemy of the human race
remarks that Corbin Las found ita Jew isle,
Boston Post
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the machipist II Oh An advance of So per
cent the COMMISSION S1s %, an advance OF
-. ,,,. ,,, Tolir,, tho AVERAGE we find
,bo, ,ro,ros have r;sep sincr 1S6O twenty
=. -,
a., ars;as Flour
:. ,o-o 500. lila, n, - oe NOR barrel, a
49,, oo,,, orer the nricc in 1850 :
M - ,,,,,nd a rise of % per
.. a., =, eoi oor,s , rise of 10 per cent ;
,,,cor a, 81 cents n rise of . per cent beef
-. IN oor,s q rio. of o6 ner cent butter
=, OIL ,o,,s r;so -, IL NOR cent potatoes
:, o-5 oon,s nor h,sho, rise of 60 per
a.. 10. "a A, NOR ton g. rise of | Der
aon, ooJ az se-l Nor cord 4 rise of A
aan,. I'LL tho ront Of a six-room tene-
-. ,.., % 10 = r;so If Of ner cent. That
:, r,-;r,r rric.s had advanced. compared
=, 900 .,.,,,,oo,, NOR cont while wares
WIN LOW -, ,oo,.
have advanced twenty -thie' pei S'n'
inn, in favor of the workingnan a balance oil
-, ,,,r oo,,, Tho clear conclusion is that
seven p'' a., l., ,,..s
the laborer Is better OH 'o-uaN ui'" i" '
in 1860. This is confirmed ny eNiuehc'
from other sources.
m ,,.,,.,,,,,,s p,,rcan of Statistics OF
Inc t''''ss"' nus - -, -,,,,r,,s
i-anur' Ill us i's' Nf, 49,.
from 63,"l' emP'"S'S' '""s 'S
cent OF The whole hi''.'"r III nv ,'''',, ''''
from tli"S' i''''hs' '''''
sons, deducc inc lac' ''ia' '''' ''''''se
" wage on i s'''' '''S',' 80 ,,,a,
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LETELLIER. the lieutenant-governor OF
Quebec. who has been the cause of so much
trouble TO our neighbors across the border has
finally been dismissed. the Marquis of Lorne,
under the refusal Of the Home Government
to interfere. having mustered courage enough
10 give him his walking papers. Of course
his decision will bring him trouble-as any
decision of a matter in regard to which per-
sonal and party spirit runs so high must do.
Letellier has strong friends throughout Canada
who may be counted upon to make his quar-
rel their own. His personal popularity is
shown in the fact that having qiIarrelled
with and dismissed the ministry of his pro-
vince, he was nevertheless sustained at the
mex, popular election, and that so long asthe
Liberals remained in power Sir John Mac
Donald himself could not induce Parlia-
ment to pass vote of censure upon him
Ever since the Conservatives have become
the ''ins. there has been a persistent de
mand for the head Of Lerelier, and now with
Lorne as hcadsman it rolls in the basket.
Let the Queens son-in-law grid up his loins,
for the future of his administration is GER
tain to he besci with plenty Of cordia! OPP
position
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General Bon Buffers announcement f
the renewal Of his candidacy for Governor Of
Massachusetts, means, of course, that he sup
poses that he has quoted some sources OF
former opposition aud added some new Gle
mrnts Of strength, and that lac can this time
20 in with fair prospect Of success. OF
course he counts on the support of the mass
OF the Democrats and he has friends in other
parties EX-Collector Simmons, an active
Republican, and DIR. Miner, the leader of the
Prohibition party, already avow their inten-
ton to support him, He will make a lively
canvass. of course; and there is plenty of
work cut out for the Republicans and hard
money men of the Bay State But, on the
other hand the Greenback issue. which
helped Butler before, has largely lost its
force in Massachusetts and everywhere; and
the approach Of the National election and
the looming up Of National issues. will tell
against Butler lie is counting, as we be
Iieve. without his host and it will be the
old battle and the old result for him The
Boston Tracsiler, which was long steadfast
supporter of Gen. Butler while he was a
Republican. hut would not follow him into
the ranks Of the Democracy when he de
serted, SAYS now, pcrtinently, of the stua-
ton:
Nothing could well he more au,lacious than
the appeal which General Butler makes TO
the voters of Massachusetts to set aside Ma
tional issues, and elect him as an independent
candidate There has never been year
since the close of the war when such an ap-
peal was more inappropriate than in this
year Of grace 1879. Last year General But
Ter might, with some show Of reason have
asked us to exclude National considerations,
and ronfine the canvass strictly TO questions
of Stale administration. lie chose other
wise, however, and preferred to pose as the
regular Democratic candidate. This year II
third party movement IL utterly irrational.
More, it is impossible.
There has been an extra session Of Con
gress since General Buffers campaign of last
Fall, and in that extra session the gravest
National issues have been sharply raised, and
vigorously pressed. Not by the Republican
marty, but by General Buffers Democratic
friends by the men for whom he, amid
much Confederate cheering, predicted that
the time would come when the Nation would
pension with an equal bounty her rebel and
her loyal soldiers BY series of skilfully-
devised measures, proposed and passed
throuub 10Th Houses. and only de
fcatcd by the veto of Rcpnblican
President the D.morratic n,aioritv bove
distinctly challenged thr Judgment of the
| ncnnl, His fall upon the rcsiisci,nted doc
irine of state Right in it's mo,t offensive
| form After Threatening. for four moutbs
| Ia Ir,,vc the hubble services without s,Ipplies
and bringing every possible mcnancc To- bear
unon the executive they have finally adj
| inurnrd. leaving the United States courts
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News by Telegraph
THE YELLOW FEVER.
PANIC IN TENNESSEE.


Ne" YORK, July 3O.-Nearly hall tne
White families have left Brownsville, Tenn
through fear that the yellow fever might
reach that place from Memphis, and business
is totally suspended, the grocers being an
exception, and they are out OF stock and
can get no more goods. In consequence
great deal OF suffering IS anticipated The
only means OF communication IS by telegraph
and there have been no mails since Saturday
AT a mass meeting resolutions were adopted
health establishing a quarantine hospital at
Guthrie and asserting that it would be resist
ed with extreme measures. Pickets on all
roads leading from Memphis to Jackson.
Tenn, have been established to enforce the
quarantine.
TIE SITUATION IL AND AROUND MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, July 30-Eight more cases are
reported to the board of health this after
noon ten OF whom are colored. No deaths
from yellow fever occurred during the
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
HoSoRs TO THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL OF
FRANCE.

HoSoRs TO THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL OF
FRANCE.
RIcuMoSD, Va, July 3O.-Memorisl ser
vices in honor of the late prince imperial of
France was celebrated under the auspices
of the native and descendant Corsicans here
to-day in St Peters cathedral, in the pres
ence of large congregation. Solemn
requiem mass was sung by Father Hauley,
with Fathers O'Connell and Habets as
deacons. Rev. DR.. D. ]. 0Connell pro-
nounced an Grafton which included review
of the career of the Bonapartes. He spoke
of the fact noticed by historians that while
that great family remained friendly with the
church of Rome they prospered, and that
the words OF Plus Seventh had not been
spoken in vain The orator eulogized the
late prince and said his epitaph ought to be,
This vas the greatest of the Napoleons.
The cathedral was deliberately draped in
mourning and an immense and tastefully
decorated catafslque occupied prominent
space near the front high altar.
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The Republicans Of Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin. in their State Conventions, last
week. reailir.nrd the principles of the Re
publican party. emphasizing the sound finan-
cial doctrines which have been sustained by
the Republicans in Congress. the President
and the party throughout the country. The
wild theories of the GTeenhackers and the
Democrats have been met by valuable dis
cussion and recitation of facts, in conventions
and elsewhere. Good harvests and much
meditation are rapidly educating even our
Western brethren in and into the acceptance
of the principles of sound and safe cur
rency. Whatever financial unsoundnesS
there may have been in the Republican
party is apparently pretty well abandoned,
while the hard-money Democrats are firmer
than heretofore in opposing such heresies as
were not even dreamed of in the better days
of their party The indications are en-
couraging; and every month which passes
testifies more and more conclusively as to
the wisdom of resumption and the folly of
initiation
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pursued, and imagines its whole body 10 he
completely hidden.
National issues cannot lie shclvcd tins
year. They are far too grave and too
pressing. The national outlook has not
been 50 serious since 1860 At that time
the upholders Of the Sovereignty OF the
States, and the Right Of Secession,
were marshalling their forces for the
field In the field they lost. To-day. they
are not secretly, but openly and with
much ostcntation, marshalling Their forces
for the forum, to the end that they may
recover in the halls of legislation all that was
lost on the battle-felds Of the rebellion. And
it is at such a crisis that Massachusetts is
asked to efface herself rs factor in National
affairs, and haggle over such bubbles as the
Civil Damage bill AID Governor Ialhot's APP
poiutmcnts to a few unimpoflant officers
She will not do it.
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rcrm.-sa. 90 a year. aIway. in advance.

THERE is some commercial friction be-
tween Russia and Prussia. Prussia an
nounees that on and after the first OF jan
uary she will close the direct goods traffic
from the Russian frontier Russia makes
the counter announcement that the Russian
railways have reduced their freight charges
between the rcmotest districts of the Empire
and the Russian ports on the Baltic, so that
transportation by such routes will cost less
than TO a Prussia port. Other retaliatory re
citations are expected on both sides.
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NORFOLK, Va, July 30.-Rey. John II
Young senior, prominent trucker of Nor
foIk ronnty. and probably the most exten
sivc cul,iyator of strawberries in the coun
trv WINS drowned this morning while fishing
Y0nnq was formerly of Albany, n Y, anC
was Presbyterian minister
DrSvvTrF, On. !rly 36.Igo fGy4
John Scott ind Robert Nurdy, wer,
drowned while bathing in Grand rivel
to-day.
SrRIxaFIsLp, Mass, July 30,-R. Ripley
Swift, captain in the 2ith regiment durinE
the war. was drowned in the Connecncui
river by the upsetting of boat this after
noon. Another man was rescued with dit
ticu,ty.
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The Boston TrarfH,r makes an elaborate
comparison Of the wages paid for labor, and
the cost of living. before the war, midway
between the war and now, and at the present
time Beginning with the year 1860. il finds
that the average farm laborer was receiving
with board 80 80 per week, the teamster
-. 40. the carpenter S9.92, the stone mason
S1l.4j. the c1tton-wcavor Sa.74, the wheel
wright Sl0.Gi, the machine operator female
8, 33. the mule spinner f33, the machinist
s9Gi. the compositor SliS3 So much for
the wages Now for the prices of food in
1860 Good flour was selling at STA per
barrel, rice at = cents per pound, tea at "a.
cents sugar at 81 cents, beef AT II cents,
butter at 2li cents, potatoes at 50 cents per
bushel, coal at $40 per ton, wood at S6.49
per cord, while the rent Of six-room tene-
ment, such as needed by the average family
in tolerahlc circumstance. was s7.54 per
month.
In 1872 the faTm-hhorer, formerly CON
tent with 50 10 per week, now received So
the teams,cr received Sl0G7, all increase of
% per cent the carpenter S14G6, an in
crease of A. per cent the mason sci. 33, an
increase of s. per cert the cotton-weaver
910G7, an Increase OF 80 per cent the
wheelwright, Sl7.7.. an increase of GO per
cent the machine operator Sl0Sl, an in
crease of % per cent the mule spinner $40
20, an increase Of 20 per cent the machinist
Sl4.40, an increase Of As per cent and the
compositor s25.7a. an increase of 20 per
cent. Taking the average, We find that
wages in these ten trades had risen 6S per
cent.
Did prices rise in like proportion? Let us
see Flour was selling in 1872 for SIP 10
per barrel, an advance of % per cent. on the
price Of the same grade twelve years before /;
rice brought II cents per pound, an advance
Of 80 per cent; tea, CO cents, an advance of
90 per cent; sugar, 10t cents, an advance of
30 pr cent. beef, 10 cents, an advance of
- per cent; butter 39i cents, an advance
of 80 per cent; potatoes, S1.02, IN advance
of - per cent; coal, s9.45 per ton, an adj
vance of IL per cent; wood. $40 l2l per
cord, an advance Of 80 per cent; while the
rent Of siN-room tenement had risen to SIC
per month, an advance of ll2 per cent.
Taking the average Of the advance in prices
we find it TO be just 60 per cent, That is,
these ten articles of consumption had risen
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THE new postal law in regard TO the pre-
payment Of postage Oh letters, is now in
operation. Heretofore all letters insufficient
" stamped have been forwarded TO Their
destination and the amount due collected oi
the persons 10 whom they were addressed.
The amended laN r. lujres pnstmasters 10
place upon letters nj fully prepaid the ad-
di.ioual stamps and to send the office at
which the letter IS 10 hr delivered bill for
the amount of stamps adsanced. The post
master receiving said hill collects the amount
doc from the receiver Of the letter and re-
turns it to tho postoiiice from which the let
ter was addressed.
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THE Hartford CoTrant corroborates the
Times exposure OF the Tilden business in
1876. as regards Connecticut 1t says: 1T
does not require a very careful study of the
election returns from tins State TO justify the
conclusion of the New York Times that the
vote for Mr.. Tilden in 1S,6 was very largely
due to fraud The Republicans of Hartford
have since discovered how it was done, and
some of The perpetrators have been punished.
1t is probably speaking within limits to say
that Tilden received one thousand Illegal
votes in Hartford alone"
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SHOOTING ACCIDENT IN RUTLAND.
THE VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE VICTIM IN A CRITICAL CONDITION
RUTLAND, Vt, July 24.-J. f. Baker, a
was married about a week ago and was on
his bridal tour, shot himself at the Bates
House in this town this afternoon, while in
one of the water closets of the house. The
ball passed through his right lung. He lies
now in dangerous condition. Mr.. Baker
claims it was an accident occurring by his
attempting to change revolver from one
pocket to another
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TEMPEST AND FLOOD

PAnADELPHIA, July 27.-During heavy
storm, last evening the roofs of several
dwellings and harms in the northwestern
part of the CITY were blown of and num-
her of trees uproOted. Several houses were
Hooded
PIrrsBrRG, Pa, July 27--A severe rain
storm passed over this section yesterday
causing considerable damage to property in
| the surrounding country. AT lrwins station,
on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, the flood was
the highest ever known in that section.
Houses were flooded, fences and outbuild-
ings washed away and on the Sewickley
branch of the road the damage to the track
was very heavy. AT Petrolia the greatest
loss occurred, twenty-five or thirty storss
and dwellings being washed away The
| Harms City and Parker railroad was dam
aged to the extent of $4,000 and the tele-
graph lines are down in all directions The
total loss is probably hundred thousand
dollars On the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road at Guffy station a culvert was washed
out and the track so damaged that trains
cannot pass. Reports of the same NATURE are
received from Monongahela valley No
damage was done in this city
LATER-TERRIBLR RAvAGEs OF THE STORM
Yesterdays storm throughout the whole
country was veIy damaging. The oil towns
of Petrolia. Kansas City suffered terribly.
Twenty five houses in the former place were
swept away and destroyed and the railroad
between Parker and Kerry city Was sub
merged, bridges washed out, Culverts des
troyed and the road bed mired in many
places. The people in that section, in many
instances barely escaped with their lives
The rain fall up the Mononrahclg valley and
along the line Cf tb2 psltimose and Ohio
r;.ilroad which skirts the f1ughcny was the
heaviest known for years. Houses, fences,
out buildings and highways we've swept away
away, and many OF the coal mines Hooded
the miners in some ut them narIowk escap-
ing drowning. At ahTopers mines, Elizabeth,
men wsdcd through the water to their chins.
Nearly all railroad lines centersns here with
the exception OF the Pennsylvania Central
report more or less damage and consequent
delay OF traffic.
WOMEN DROWNED.
The only known loss life so far reported
is that Of Mrs Bailey who was drowned III
attempting To- cross a eIe,k Hesr Snsnner =
station 81 The Baltimore and OHIO road.
The damage to the growing crops Is very
great but cannot he estimated At Twins
station the rainfall is reported 10 be seven
inches, and lougheny branch OF the railroad
was damaged in several places, the force of
the water being so great Us to break steel
rails The railroad people are hard at work
in all directions and will have the damage
repaired in the shortest possible time.
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spRiu tsnaI-nuRh.-i The prospects al az
excellent harvest oi wheat outs and corn art
very encouraging.
The present potato crop prospects lndi'
cate light Weld not as good as was antici
patcd
Mrs R"yanna Fonda has lately secured
apension
Rev J. " Bennett preached on last
S.ub;.th TIC hast OF very interesting
series OF seimonsupon the lords Prayer
Mrs. llammOnd's sermon on last Thurs
day evening was most heartily appreciated.
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AT a meeting of the Grand Army Of this
State, at Ithaca, yesterday, Gen. McQuade,
commander, delivered an address claiming
that the organization was non-political and
subsequently resolution was passed request
ing Senators to effect a reinstatement of a
doorkeeper 10 the United States Senate.
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5 IT CHOLERA

Centre Point, Lime county, Iowa. Fully
twenty persons have died from its effects
during the past thirteen days and an equal
number are Frustrated 1t is also raging in
Walker, seven miles from Centre Point.
Several deaths occurred there and forty
coffins have been ordered. The physicians
of Centre Point are worn out and the resi-
dents are fleeing from the place.
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WEsTERN NEWS.

THE BRIGHAM YOUNG ESTATE LITIGATION
SALT LAKE, July 30.-In the case OF
Cannon, Darlington and Young, the execu-
tors of Brigham Young's estate, and John
Taylor, president of the Mormon church,
before Judge Foreman, to-day, for contempt
in not turning the property over to a receiver
it was ordered that the executors pay into the
court hundred and forty two thousand dol
lars in cash and that John Taylor pay two
hundred and ninety thousand dollars in cash
and stocks, illegally received by him and to
be imprisoned till he paid. Order for i'm
prisonment suspended till tomorrow morn
| ing.
CoLD-BLooDED MURDER.
CAIRO, ILL.,, July 3O.-John Hogan, county
constable, shot and killed Charles D. Arter,
ex-chief of police, this afternoon. AFTER was
seated, reading newspaper when he ap-
preached him from behind and without a
word warning fired the fatal shot, then quiet
ly surrendered to an officer. Hogan recently
separated from his wife since which time he
had appeared very Respondent and his friends
think his mind unsettled. Various rumors
are afioat as to the motive, but Hogan givea
no explanation except he thinks his action
justihahle.
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Melvin Barnes, an insane man, Attempted
to poison the cattle of Seth Griffith, at Grand
Isle, the other day, by putting Paris green
in the watering trough
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FROM NEW YORK.

THE QUESTION OF MINISTER WEIGHS SIC
CESsoR-
NEw YORK, July 30-It is understood
that no successor will be appointed to minis
ter Welsh at England until after the vsca-
ton and full consultation with the cabinet
BY the President.
The daily gazette., 1879-11-17
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