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The Liquor License Qnest,on.

THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS TO THE MINISTER'S
The District Commissioners TO day sent the
following reply to Rev. b. Peyton Brown, chair.
man Of the committee OF ministers who waited
on the Commissioners last week TO urge certain
changes in the lquor license system, In which
they Say:-"Nhlle the Commissioners sYmpa.
thiSe with you liz the concern you manifest for
The cause OF temperance and morality in the
District, and desire 10 cooperate with you in
all lawful and wise measures for the promotion
OF these great Interests, they cannot concur In
officers especially charged by them with
the administration OF the liquor license
laws. On the contrary, after the most
thorough scrutiny they feel satisfied that
your complaints are not well founded, and that
the delicate and responsible duties OF this board
have been discharged intelligently, impartally,
faithfully and In conformity TO law. If. there
commissioners 10 constitute for this service an
unofficial board, such as you suggest. they do
not think that either justice or eXpedleacy
would warrant such action. In difference how
ever, to the high moral and religious sentim mt
Which you represent. and for the better prOtec-
ton or the public against all abuses or the pres
ent license system, the Commissioners have al
ready provided for a careful revision or tue eX-
isting regulations on the subject, which viii
include, as suggested In your memorial, the
keeping or record open at ali times ID the in
sPectiOn OF the public, in which Will be entered
the names or all applicants. together with the
names OF all signers for or against any such ap-
plication."
Mr.. d. E. Cahill has addressed a letter to the
Commissioners fin behalf or a number OF Clients
engaged In the liquor traffic demanding in
the personel OF the license board they m AZ be
allowed Representation tlprpDn
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fNCeHtiaIE Fire.

NEW HA&BURG, n. y, Oct Gan fncendiary
fle here this morning destroyed several build
lnes, inciudirg the sheds, barn, large dwelling
and warehouse or VIM. Shay. The latter'5 loss
is siG,5GO; insured for S5,500. Other losses IN
sums from SlC0 upwards make the total loss
S11 4G0. on which there is an insurance of 81 600
TheIe is no clue 10 the fncenG;aEtes.
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Missionary Work. I.

LOWELL, MASS, Oct 6.-To-day's session at
Huntington hall was crowded at the opening of
the American board Of commissioners OF
foreign missions The business session opened
at half past ntne with prayer by Rev. Mr. Pat
ter, Of Wa b rs ton. Rev. DR.. Alden Hone,
secretary, answered practically and elaborately
the question "How shall the call for missionary
laboiers be metz" He stated that of the whole
number OF missionaries now in the field, 40 per
cent are graduates Of Amherst and Williams
colleges,
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The So. Lcan Bapti.tc Socie,ic..

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, oct 6-The first quad
Iennial convention of the st. Jean Baptiste
Society OF tie United States began here yeSter-
day. with IS delegates and various clergymen
The opening procession at noon has two bands
with six societieS-iD all GOO people. The mayor
welcomed the gathering at the City Hall, alter
wards the evening was mostly devoted to q
banquet. The business sessions OF the conven-
ton begin to-day, when questions Of import
ance concerning the naturalization OF French
Canadians In this country and In relation to
political parties will be discussed
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The Trouble in the Thomas Family.

THE WlFKS ArPlICATIoN FOR A DIVORCE.
Mt. W. f. MelOy yesterday filed a b.ll for Mrs
Sarah j. Thomas for divorce from her hus
band, johnson +. Thomas. She states that
they were married In September. IS66: that they
nave mao SIN Children, three OF whom are living
aged respectively ten and four years and four
teen months; that The latter Is now with her
the other two having been wholly taken from
her and beyond a mothers care by the con-
triyance OF her husband and more especially
for the purpose OF depriving your petitioner OF
heir compan!onship and love, 10 wound her
strongest and teDderest feelings and that they
may be brought up at variance with her sus-
pecting and diSliking the mother that bore
them" She charges that for more than two
years he has been idle. reckless imoroyident
neg.ecting work ana means OF livelihood aud
providing little or nothing for the support OF
his family, and that she by hard labor, taking
In washing, has provided bread for them; that
his conduct towards her has gone from bad 10
worse. U ara he has become .quarrelsome, Jeal-
oGS without reaSon. vindictive and violent.
accused her In the gr0sSeSt terms, loudly anu
publicly, seemingly Without sense OF Geeency
or OF shame for your petitioner or for himself
OF uncbastity. and even lewdneSs (all or which
accusations are wholly false) and in violent
fits OF passion he has also used physical vio-
fence towards her, pinched and bruised her
threatened her so that she was In great and
reasonable apprehension of bodily harm, par
ticularly on or about the 2ith day OF June fSS,
be Strangled her almost TO death aud otherYlse
cruelty treated her. so as 10 endanger her health
and life.n She therefore asks divorce, with
custody or the children and allmony.
HABEAS CORPUS FOR HKR CHILD.
lt VIII be remembered that one OF the chill
dlen, VIM. Edgar Thomas, now in the custody
OF Mr.. S. X. Cuttings, was the subject OF a writ
or haDeaS corpus, which was dismissed on sat
urcay last oy'JuGge Cox. and under a new writ
Issued on the petition OF the mother the child Is
10 &c produced On Saturday next
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Congre.sionaI Nomiuation.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 6.-The democrats of the 81
congressional district to-day renominated Hon.
j. F. c. Talbot, OF Baltimore county, for Con-
gresS, DR.. Z. T. Shaw having declined
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An UNNATURAL Transcription Lafra,
fve-year-old daughter yesterday by throwing
bel into the Blackstone river at PawtuckeC
The child was rescued and the father locked
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A STRIKE Of 2S7 molders in Rathbone q Sands
stove works at Albany. N. Y, has thrown COD
hands out OF work The strike Is on account OF
the refusal of the company to discharge a men,
Der OF the union who refused to pay society
f1pa
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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

CONVENIENT RECEIPTS TO -DAY.-Internal rev
eIue, s34o. 1923; customs s62l, ,s6493
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TBE RI SUIT IN CONNECTICUT.-A dispatch to
democratic headquarters from New Haven,
Conn.,, to-day, says: '.The democrats have done
better than last year la the aggregate without
special effort. The republicans raised money
for close towns for effect abroad.
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The FIRST SENTENCE TO death In Kentucky OF
q white murderer OF q negro has just been 40
complished at Shelbyville. The crime was par
ucuiarly atrocious the perpetrator being an ex-
c6ny1ct and the victim young girl
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A REDUCTION Of 10 per cent has been made by
the trustees In the A W. Sprague mills, ia
struck but failed TO succeed In forcing the other
mills TO follow suit
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GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BoNDs.-The Trea-
sury department to-day purchased 81, 500, 900 U.
DC nds, tlveS and SKIES, for the sinking fund.
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european GOsa ln New York;
NEW I0kK, Oct 6-The steamship est,li'.rt.
from Hamburg. brought $lE9 300 in francs and
marks The steamship Canada, from dayre,
brought 81 500, In francs
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Personal. = Admiral Selfridge, Gen. Van
Wet and Hon. Montgomery Blair. OF Washing
ton. were registered in New York last evening
-Ex Senator Chaffee, OF Colorado, Is a
martyr to rheumatism, for which ne fs now try
Ing the waters Of the arteSfan well OF South
Pueblo. -Ofenbach was the author OF 1Ol
Igns M operas e one ne OF which La Belle Lorette,
Is at Willard's.- Professor Baird, as United
States fish commissioner, has f1nished his work
IN the vicinity OF Newport and, on board the
this week.-ADna Dickinson, it is reported.
will realize about $4,000 for the first veal 4
playing OF her new drama IAN American Girl -
-Mr. Austin Scott and Mr.. A. Weeks, OF
Washington, are at Newport
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SECRETARY EvARTs returns to this city this
afternoon, on the limited express from New
IOIk.
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TIE PRESIDENT and party arrived at Umatilla,
Oregon, yesterday morning, after pleasant
steamboat trip up the John Day river Monday
night. Mrs, Hayes improvised a choir on the
DJat, and two hours or more were spent ia con-
cert performance. The party proceeded to Wal
law ALA. Washington territory, where they
We're received With military honor, speeches,
etc.
PROF. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, who is a
resident OF Washington, the inventor of the
telephone, has Just arrived In Paris. He Is there
to receive the Volta prize. which has been
awarded to him by the French Academy, for
the invention of the telephone. as "the best ao
plication CT electricity" Prof. Bell values the
prize chiefly, he says, a5 settling the question
lecture In the John Hopkins University at Balti-
more. Prof. Eell was born in Scotland, educated
at the University Of Edinburgh. and went to
Canada in 1870, and to q chair in Boston Univer-
sity In 1872, and took up his residence here last
year.
LIEUT.. G. \. CALHOUN has been ordered to
duty in the equipment department of the New
York navy yard.
A REsCUE.-Rear Admiral Howell reports to
the Navy department that On the evening of the
21st of September Hans Paulsen, one OF the
sailors On the Trenton, was thrown overbo lrd
in the harbor OF Genoa while engaged in hoist
swim. John Russell and Philip Moore, two Of
his ShipmateS. jumped overheard and supported
him until a boat reached them.
THE TALIAPOosA left Charestown, Mass fer
New London this morning.
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EPIZOOTIC AMONG BALTIaoKE HoRSRs.-An In.
fuenZa among horses has made It's appearance
ia Baltimore, similar TO that reported I'm New
York week ago and more recently In Philadel-
phia. This epizootic is comparatively mild fn
about It's interfering with trade or the approach
ing celebration. It is confined 10 no section or
the city, and private as well as public stables
are affected. In the center OF the city some
stables have from twenty 10 forty horses each
affected but none so severely as TO affect their
work nor DO any OF the animals refuse food.
Several of the city passenger railway car stables
rave number OF animals sick, but the stables
at the corner OF Light and Randall streets are
the only ones as yet reported where I'm conse.
Quence OF Ii, horses have been taken from
work. The mild weather is greatly In favor OF
abatement OF the trouble, which as yet has dis
played no virulence Gentle exercise OF those
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kPPoINTMINTs.-F. c. Law and j. B. Gridley
have teen appointed storekeepers and gaugers
Tor the second district of Georgia.
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THE CASE OF SERGEANT ALDRICH.-Judge Ad.
vocate General Dunn, who has been reviewing
the proceedings Of the recent courtmartial OF
Sergeant OSsian AldTich. to day forwarded the
papers Id tne case and his review to Adjutant
Drum, who win examine them and take fia.
action shortly.
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TWO AND HALF Tons OF SILVER FOR THE
UTEs.-Telegrams from the Ute commission. re.
cefved at the Indian Office indicate that no fur.
ther trouble is anticipated from the killing OF
thelr war chief Saporancro's son by teamster.
ard the subsequent repriSal by the Indians.
proVl0ed the payment now due Is made I'm ac.
cOroance with the agreement. This the depart
ment had already taken steps to secure. and tie
money VIII, In few days, be ready for ship
tne package containing it will weigh about two
and half tons.
TIE CRIsTTANCY DIVORCE CAsR-Yesterdsy
was October rule day, and the answer OF Mil
1ster Chr1stiancy to the cross bill OF Mrs. Lille
ID. Chrlstiancy was due but it was not filed.
SUGAR AND COTTON INTERESTS. - AdJutant
General Drum has issued an order as CHIEF Sig
nal officer directing that until the 1st OF Janu-
airy next weather Indications as to the proba-
bility OF frost In Louisiana be taken ana Iur.
n1shed to the sugar cane growing secuon: Gen
Drum is now in correspondence WIN Ine olI-
growing states, with view to furnishing that
Section with Indications as to rain. etc, during
fhe growing season. Stations Will be eStab-
lished and reports furnished as full In detail as
Is possible.
BALTIMORE NofEs.-Both branches OF the city
council have passed an ordinance approprfattng
$40 COO for the decoration Of public buildings
during the coming celeb1ation. The su-
pfeme bench Of Baltimore has decided that
WHIT n voter removes from his place OF resi-
fore be can again register: The school
board favcr the opening OF colored schools with
tooIed teachers, but their finances will not
el ow 1t to be done before January next-Sur.
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Six Men Buried Under a Fallen a-c,,

CHICAGO, Oct "a special dispatc6 from aIin-
son, Ills, TO the Inter. Ocean says:-.A terrible
accident occurred here yesterday. While Worko
men en- were removing the props from the arch OF
a uie khn, at Spaulding & Eggleston's tile fac
tCIy, tIe aIcn gave way, aud the Immense
weight Ct brick and mortar fell upon and buried
Tie SIX men at work inside. When helm came
AID they were taken out, all were badly used
half an hour after being taken out. and IN fs
thCught that another named Thomas Nelson
cannot live. The four other men were seriously
but not ia ally burt"
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LOCAL NEWS
The EpizoorIc in yy.sh,nc,


1his disease, which has been prevailing among
horses AT the north, having reappeared IN mild
loIm at Boston some weeks AGO. and since
spIeao soutnward, has at length made its ap-
men IL Is ascertainei that what was thought a
week sgo TO be ordinary cases OF colds in horses
mere IS lne once dreaoed epizoo, but fortunately
now yields readily to treatment being in a no,,rb
milder form than when IL WAS here before, N
seems TO affect animals differently. There are
some I'VE cases. In which only weakness IN
the loins is perceptible. A few OF the horses Ar
the fair grounds have shown the ordinary
symptems-runntlg at the nose with a slight
cough. So mild is the form OF disease that most
OF tie stable men have doubts as 20 It's being
the true epizootic. Generally application OF the
ordinary treatment for colds and giving the
animals rest for few days is all that is neces-
Sary. Up 10 this time there have been 50 few
cases that but little Inconvenience Is expert
enctd. and in some OF the stables whore IL has
shown Itself but one or two horses have had the
disease, other horseS In adjoining stalls eScap-
iLg IT.
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THE CAMPAIGN.
I'm Statu Quo ut N. Y. Headquar-
ters - Indiana Uncertainty - The
Rclting-The Market. etc.

lSieCNt DtSIt0tCH 10 IUt StUf.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Political matters here to.
day are IN stdtu quo, all parties awaiting the
news from Indiana, which comes rapidly and
in large quantity, but only adds to the uncer-
tainty OF the situation. The republicans gather
great comfort from the Connecticut town cleo
lions OF Tuesday and claim that 1t will better
their chances In Indiana. SO far as the latter
state is concerned, democrats feel SO certain or
carrying it that they willingly risk odds at the
betting places and wager even On 5000 major
ity for Landers. There are several of these
places in the city. Last night the bets were
even on Connecticut In November-SI, 900 to
$500 In favor OF Hancock In New York state and
on the general result in November; even on 1000
majority for LanGerS in Indiana, and 81 900
against $500 that Landers will be elected. A
good deal OF money was put up on the latter
state.
One of the peculiar features of the New York
campaign is that John Fox, who has for some
time been bitterly opposed to Tammany Hall,
Is now working his best with John Kelly for
the democratic ticket, and is now re-.
ceived in full communion at the wfgwam.
On the streets the brokers and SPECTATORS
tired of politics, have to-day successfully de-
voted themselves to bulling the market, and all
securities and stocks, even including mining
stocks, are marching rapidly upwards with no
tDtprrnDttOn I'D TO two O'clock.
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Election HelnrnS.

REPCBLICAN GAINS IN CONNECTICUT
The Hartford CONN CO'Vdn has returns
from 100 town I'm that state making all but i've
OF those Which held elections on Monday. The
constitutional amendment is adopted by about
9.Oc0 majority: 50 towns are republican, Sc DEM
ocratic and Is divided. OF the missing towns
four were republican In 1s76 and one probably
the same now. The result ia 1876 was IS demo-
craJS, GO republican and IL divided. The repub-
lican gain is 20 towns democratic loss % towns
Fraudulent voting was INDUCED I'm, and ia one
place republican was arrested and held 10 bail
In 81 200 for trial on six counts.
SHARP CONTEST IN DELAWARE.
The election for Inspectors aud assessors n
Delaware yesterday was holly contested TIE
datefor inspector, by Ia majority and the m
ocratS their assessors tickets by Is majority
Kent county is reported carried for the demo-
Gratis by about 500 majority.
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SHORT WORK WITH MEXICAN REvoLCTIoN-
IsTs.-A private letter from Mazatlan cont aims
The intelligence that eX-Gov. Clubi who was
captured at tie battle OF san Vicente has been
shot by order OF the military authorities. It Is
also stated in the same letter that Col. Ram!rlz.
The chief OF the Slnaloa revolution. had enter d
MaZatlan In disguise with the evident intention
OF taking the first steamer bound for San Fran
cisco. BIS guide betrayed him. but he managed
10 escape TO the woods, about five miles from
MaZatlan, where, at last accounts, he was sur
rounded By soldiers TO prevent his escape. His
capture was expected at every moment, and it
is believed that when caught ne will be shot.
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ColORED ODD FELLOwS.-The annual NOV.
Sble convention OF colored ODD Fellows or IN C
United States the Canadas and West Indies, as
Sembled IN Richmond. Va. yesterday. Grand
Master Faucet In the chair ID. II. Bowers acting
as grand secretary. The convention was re-
cefyed with an address or welcome by Deputy
Grand Master Forester, OF Virginia TO which
the grand master replied A press dispatch from
Richmond says: The members OF the conven-
lion are an Intelligent and fine-loOking bDdy or
colored men and Will be I'm session several DAYS
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GEN. HANCOCK,S UNPUBLISHED
LETTERS.
NeVU U,nf.

Especial Dispatch to the NtIr.l
NEW YORK, Oct 6.-The Indianapolis CORE.
sp ndent of TIE Herald telegraphs the follow
Ing, among other letters made public by Col
Blanton Duncan, who received them from Gen.
Hancock:
'1C0NFIDENTIAL1
'.NOyEABER l, 1879.
''MY DEAR COLONEL: Your note has been re-
oeived, l co not occupy the position OF Do.
nUcal candidate. to express any opinions. I
am soldier In the federal service. and my use
fLl1esS as such and as q commander would be
impaired II / should take open grounds 10
aasor r OF the poltleai Views of any party II
Will be on the record l have made. l should
never make any bid for such office. Ii were
nominated by party would be governed by
ton. Therefore shall pursue the even tenor OF
my way, undisturbed by the ambitions which
pursue some people. am very truly yours.
WINFIELD s. HlNoocv'-
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SPORTING GOODS.
G1S CENsp

SIS GUNY
EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN!
Warranted perfection in barrels. locks, stock, ac-
ton AID shooting qualities. Double barrel Breech-
loading
SHOT GUN.
English I2miuated Steei Barrels
worthy SlpO Gun. rial given and money re-
funded if not satisfactory. Testimonials -'fIt is
aseod gun in every respect, and the sportsman
sonian Institute; T. F. Eager, esq, U. 8. Govern
ment Hospital: Prof Beach. Alexandria. Va {;
Major Geo Duffey, Com. Internal Revenue, Alex
andris, Va, aid hundreds Of others. O'MEAR A'd
Sporting Bazars, cor. 18th and F, OPP. US. Trees,
and 52l 7Jh opp. Z. y. Post Office. Immense cata-
iogue Of fine Colt Guns, Fishing Tackle ST Razors
Archery. Lawn Tennis. &C., free to all aug21
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LIEUT.. G. \. CALHOUN has been ordered to
duty in the equipment department of the New
York navy yarl.
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WE ARE MANUFACTURING SLATE
w MANTELS, and have large stock OF MAN
Tells of new and attractive designs, and by exam
nation the superiority Of our work Is apparent.
HAYWARD 4 HUTCHINS0V,
aug9 No. 3I7 9th street N. W.
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fS INLAND AND sEABOARD CJASriN
~ COMPANY.
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About the south.

THE TALLAPoosA left Charlestown, Mass, fer
New London this morning.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-24
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
 FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES A. GARFIELD, of Ohio.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHESTER A. ARTHUR, of N. York.

- AT CINCINNATI. ..e.scS.- .---.SttsSssssssss2 .-sSttsssss2 N Contrary to general desire and expectation, the work of the Cincinnati Convention was not finished yesterday. Still, considerable progress was made. The report of the Com mittee on Credentials was the first important business attended to after the permanent or ganization, and the action taken completed the defeat of Tammany's efforts to obtain recognition in the Convention The speech of MT. Miller of Albany, who presented the Tammany case, was notable in some respects He declared that the sitting delegates were representatives of machine politics, against which public sentiment was protesting in the Democratic as well as in the Republican party, and told the convention that unless some compromise were made it would be im- possible to prevent the running of two cleo toral tickets in New York. But the Conven- tion was not deeply impressed by Mir. Miller's appeal and warning, and the prevailing senti ment was expressed by John A. Fellows, who said: ''They now come here over the slaughtered body of the Democratic party and insult you by asking recognition at your hands," What will be the result of the slaughter of Tammany's hopes, which fol- lowed MT. Fellows speech, remains to be seen.
 Late in the afternoon the first and only ballot taken was reached, and it was a real curiosity Nineteen candidates were voted for, and the vote was distributed in way calculatedt to confound the prophets