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ARnY OF the POTOMAC.
Annual Meeting OF Ihe society at Hart.
ford Yesterday,

Annual Meeting OF Ihe society At Hart.
ford Yesterday.
HARTFORD, CoNN., JuneS.-The weather
cleared this morning in season for the pa.
rade and demonstration in honor OF the
veteran soldiers Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac and the streets were crowded With
people 10 witness the parade. The city ia
gay with decorations. General Sherman
arrived on the early morning Washington
express, and ct u o'clock reviewed the
First Regiment Of Connecticut State
Militia. The procession formed at the
State Capitol soon after l2 and marched In
the following orders veteran soldiers and
sailors, Gov. Bigelow and STAFF, the Secre-
tary OF War and General Sherman, Gov.
LIttleheld Of Rhode Island, and staff, Gov.
Hoyt oil Pennsylvania, and staff, Gov.
Plaisted Of Maine, and staff, and other
guests In carriages. Great crowds along
the line Of march greeted the veterans
with cheers.
As far as possible the corps organiEa-
tions were preserved. Generals Burnside,
Wright, franklin, Devens aud others
marched In the ranks with "the boys"
Several corps associations held meetings
In the forenoon. General Miles made q
speech 10 the Second Corps. The Society
met in public session In the Opera House.
Mayor Buckley mSds speech Of welcome,
and an Grafton and poem followed. Daa.
lei Dougherty, Of Philadelphia, was orator.
Secretary Of War Lincoln had seat on
the stage, the setting Of which was q
military camp. The battle. flags Of the
Pennsylvania regiments were also on the
stage. After the Grafton briei speeches
we're made by General Sherman, Secretary
Lincoln, Generals Burnside, franklin,
Hawley, sickels, Devens, Slocum and Big.
Glow, Of Connecticut. A business meeting
was next held and officers were chosen
President, General Charles DeVsns;
Recording Secretary, Colonel HorAtio @.
King; corresponding Secretary, Colonel
George H. Sharpe; Treasurer, General NJ.
7. MacMahon. A committee was appoint.
ed to arrange for Q general reunion ot the
societies Of the several armies. The next
meeting Of the Society will be held in
nakP6iE
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q WREK,a ExOHAAeEa
A an Iadax Of Ihs Condition Of Busi.
ness-RxehAaEeS In Nay,

NEw YoRK, June s.-From the Public
The business transactions Of May exceed
those Of anEothsr month in the history OIL
the country. About almost every other
evidence Of the commercial situation there
may be deception or misiudgsment, bat
payments actually effected through ex-
changes Of all centres OF trade, make their
own unsrEinE record and tell their own
plain story. Last week we gave the Hg.
urea for New York-ths largest monthly
return in the history Of the clearing
house-with exchanges OF s., ,O94, ,1s9, ,6s7.
After dsductiAg double the value Of stocks
sold, an amount larger by nine per cent
than that OF any previous month.
This week we have complete returns
from other cities. The Sggrsgatsfor May at
all cities ontside OF New York is 81, ,230,.
464,2S0. With all annual settlements,
which swell the returns for January very
largely at minor cities, the aggregate in
that month was only 81 l,90S, 100000. The
largest previous return for any month,
that OF December last, was l,220, 943, $50.
Special causes sWelled the exchanges at
some Of the cities that month, and tFansac.
tons At New YoTk, ,exclusive OF stock were
only S2,57I, 100000, Exchanges for May
and for last week, ending June 4, are
ahoWn in the following table: f..
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naturally expected. The New England
STATES scarcely held their own, but the
Middle States gained 100000, and the
Western States 7s,6O0,0O0 bushels, while
the aggregate was nearly rs, 000, 600 more in
1877 than for the previous year. In 1878 the
New England and Middle States lost 900.
900, while all tie other sections made
gain Of 81, 900. 600, making the net increase
over 1877 nearly 50. 600 coo bushels. In
1879 the Middle States lost nearly 4, ,0OO, 900
bushels, and the Pacific States nearly
s 900 900, while all the other States showed
an increase, the aggregate yield exceeding
that nj 1878 by nearly 20, 0,000, 600 bushels,
In 1880 the Southern States Loaf over
5000 900 bushels, and the New England
States showed slight falling of, yet the
grain in other States gave q net increase
in the aggregate Of 100000 bushels.
OF course, this perpetual plenty became
available 10 all sections Of the country by
the aid OF the rail and water ways, which
remove the obstruCtions OF time and dis
lance and make the surplus Of either sec.
ton available for all. There Ia therefore
no cAuSe for alarm. The aggregate cereal
crops this year will. after supplying all
home demands, furnish large surplus
for export purposes,
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frightening the timid, and now the tax on
Vhisky will pay the interest on the public
debt Laughter and applause,
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following, which was unanimously
adopted:
TIE PLATFORM.
The Republicans OF Ohio in convention
assembled hereby reafirm and adopt the
principles and policy OF the party as
shown in history.
ReaOlved, That the Republicans Of Ohio
heartily approve and endorse the admin
istrGtion Of James A. Garfield, President
OF the United States, and we hereby
pledge 70 him our cordial support OF all
the duties devolVlng upon him a. the
Chief Magistrate oil the nation.
RssOlUed, That We heartily endorse the
wise policy Of the Republican party in
giving full protection to american labor
and in discriminating in favor OF home
protection.
Rssolved, That we fully endorse the ad.
ministIation Of Governor Charles Foster,
and the Senate administration OF the Re-
publican party during the last two years,
under which the expenditures Of the State
were reduced over hall q million ef dol.
lars below the expenditures OF the Demo-
cratic administration the two preceding
years, and reduced the public debt Of the
State nearly o quarter OF q million Of
dollars, and refunded the remainder OF
the debt, Tedeemabls the 3rd day OF June,
1881, by the issue OF State honds bearing
per cent interest, which were sold Of
such . premium As to reduce the rate oi
interest below st per cent per aunum.
ReSOlved, That the public Interests require
that the General Assembly should submit
to vote OF the people such amendments
to the Constitution Of the State relative TO
the manufacture, sale and use Of intoxi.
eating liquors % shall leave the whole
matter TO legislAtion.
At the conclusion OF Sherman's speech
and the action on the resolutions the COM
mittees and minor officers being duly al
tended 10, nominations for Governor were
called tor, but on motion Gov. Foster was
RE.NoMNATED BY AcCLAMATEoN
amid great enthusiasm.
]. G. Richards, Of Jefferson county, was
nominated for Lieutenant Governor.
Gen. Paul was nominated for mem
ber Of the Board Of Public Works by aC-
ClAmation.
Joseph Turney was nominated for Treas.
urer by ACclamGton.
Nicholas LonSworth, Of Cincinnati,
was nominated for Judge Of the Supreme
Court.
George K. Mash was nominated for At.
torney General by acclAmAtion.
The convention adjourned GHe die at
5:30P. N.
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KIDDER AZ A KILLER.
Evil Results Of the Practice OF Carrying
Concealed WeRDouA


SPRINGFIELD, MASS, June S.-Dwight
Kldder, Jr., who fatally shot his half
brother, q. D. Kidder, was to-day held In
default OF $4,000. for examination.
When interviewed to-day, the prisoner
said: ut all comes OF carrying pistol. l
have carried one for six years. II had a
boy who carried one | would break his
neck"
The prisoner said his mother overheard
the murdered man saying thatshs wanted
his father 10 die 30 that she would get the
five thousand dollars insurance on his life.
The prisoner asked him II he had said 90.
He said he did. The prisoner threatened to
kill him 1.-THE remark was repeated, and was
put out OF the house. The prisoner ran,
and his brother TSu latter him and struck
him, and the prisoner then fred the fatal
shot. The deceased was q prominent
local Democratic politician, and the affair
has caused much excitement.
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DePeW's Gains Causing Excitement on
Ali Hands,

NEw YORx, June s.-The 7FiJwae'S Al
bany special says: "There Ia q great
commotion among the supporters ol
Conkling and Plat tonight, reminding
one OF the confused movements
Of 0 community oi ants on hav-
ing their habitation disturbed. De-
pew's large gain to-day and prospective
gains tomorrow are given as the cause
OF unwonted excitement. Throughout
the evening Conkling and his friends
held conference at the DeIavAn House,
while scores OF their adherents
stood in the hallway near the room where
the conference was beld, anxiously walt.
ing for news Of the outcome of
the meeting. There were present at
the conference Conkling and Plat, Vice
President Arthur, Governor Cornell,
Lewis F. Payn, Speaker Sharpe, Richard
Crowley and Superintendent DutsCher.
The best authenticated statement about
the conference was TO the effect that II
was on the question Of sdjourning the
Legislature without electing United States
Senators. This, It is said on good author.
ity, was the sole subject OF talk during
the conference. There was o decided dil.
ference oil opinion on the subject.
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Damage by the Storm wheeling HemAlC
(,olleRe Commandment.

Damage by the StOFm-W wheeling Female
College commencement.
The big rain last night did considerable
dame &c In this vicinity. The grades are
all more or less washed. Many CsllSrs
about town were nearly filled. The rail.
road at the intersection OF every street
was covered with sand, gravel and even
good.sized rocks. A good share Of the
bank opposite the depot was found on
the tracks, and In one place covered the
track 10 the depth Of about four feet. The
six o'clock train reached here about
seven, but short distance this aide OF the
Laughlin mill the track was covered by
about i've feet Of gravel, and even huge
rocks that had been carried by the food.
About twenty men were kept
busy shoveling, but 1t was nearly four
o'clock before the train passed through.
The. track at Rainey's was also covered
by several feet Of dirt. The bridge at
Deep Run, four miles above here, was
washed away, necessitatlng the transfer
OF passengers, mail and express at that
point. II is expected all will be clear for
trains tomorrow.
The Laughlin mill has stopped for want
Of coal, their bank having caved in at the
mouth.
Rainey's works are idlc, being unable
To get cars for shipment Of coal. They
will resume tomorrow.
Nearly every cellar In Burlington was
flooded. A COW was carried by the water
from the school house on Glsnn's Run
down TO the river, nearly mile, but
reached the shore, preIerhng TO take the
pike home.
A large number Of our people attended
the commencement exercises at the Opera
House lsst night, being interested more
particularly in Misses Jennie and Angie
Gray, Martins Ferry ladies, and members
OF the graduating class.
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These records can have but one inter.
probation. There Is no decrease in the
transactions for the month OF q single city,
and yet May, 1880, was one Of remarkable
large dealingW Ounide Of this city the
increase is 26.0 per cent, and II will be
observed that the increase In exchanges at
New York, less double the value Of the
stocks sold, Ia still larger, no less than 50 8
per cent; nor do the transactions for the
trst week in June appear uniayorAble,
Outside Of New York the increase
10 81 per cent larger than Tor the
past month. At New York, either with
or without deductions for operations in
stocks, the increase 10 still larger. In
short, the indications for the beginning
Of the new month are even more favora.
bic than the returns for May, O month OF
unprecedented volume otbusiness. Trouble
may come before this month ends, but
there Ia not the slisbtes. sign ol It thus
far, but on the contrary, the business Of
the country, already larger than ever
before, bids fair 10 be relatively still more
Satisfactory In the future.
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THE old sdsge about TOO much Of a good
tuing, TO the effect that ut never rains buI
It Douu,' has been exemplihed in this
nEOl lately, Rain Is good thing, buI
ct tho same time Jupiter Pluvius has ap'
plrsnlly overdons the thing, and the con-
sequence ia that q good deal Of damage
il reported this morning, in our local
s1lanaJ, a1 the result ot Tuesday nights
eIsis rain storm. The most lAmentGble
incident connected Herewith is the terri
be catastrophe that happened to poor
family on Glenn's Run, whereby woman
Gad I've Of her children lost their lives,
and the ialher was swep. away on o log
TO the head Of one Of the Sister Islands,
below the mouth oI the run, where he was
found yesterday In an lnsensible Condi.
ton. This was tragedy indeed-one Of
tho most terrible character to the suryiy.
log bsreit victim.
The trains were all OF time yesterday
owing 10 the damage done to the road
beds, Aud 1t will be soms days before the
Eilla q.o Is restored. The crops also were
injured, good deal Of wheat bein &
thrown down and imbedded In tho mud.
A good deal oI injury was done 10 the
country roads, and bridges, fences, &c,
aud a number Of meadows and Corufelds
oVsa1Sed. The character Of the storm
WA shown in the almost unusable Condi.
ton oil the river water early yesterday
morning. 1t was literally thick with sand
and mud. The county on both sides OF
the river had been denudsd Of lts soil 10
An unusual extent, and II was swept into
the itteam like 80 much mortar.
There has probably been no season for
years past when the ground was satu.
rated to greater depth than now. The
fear oil the farmers Is that the murky con.
a'Slon oil the soil is such that 1t will bake
into crust underneath the scorChing rays
Of the sun, and thus choke the corn and
growing vegetables. As.ior the grass, II
never stood thicker or better on the
ground than 1t doea now. Taking 100 as
'mA1imnm condition, the crop will easily
rate at lOj to llO this year. A gentleman
from Washington county, where hay IL
The great crop, says that the surplus ior
export this year will be unprecedented in
the history Of the county.
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THE Efforts Of the Chicago bulls to 20!
up boom in wheat do not succeed very
we'll The price goes up one day and
aoNn The next Yesterday was an Of.
aAy' The people cannot be made 10 take
much stock in wheat scare.
Ihs acreage oI grain in the United States
. a'iossIhet too wide in extent 10 be ma.
"faIly affected by either a partial OF even
a0mI ALLURE in few localities. To show
sls so'u'dtty Of the arguments Of the
alS'ml'i' that because a hurricane destroys
Ms c'opin Wisconsin the asSresate yield
U''a' whole country will be greatly cut
u''n' We have only TO state that In 1880
,as'e we're employed in the production oI
as cereal crops in the United States 1885,.
o"ON acres q land, and these acres were
Saleied over an area Of Of 100000
NaAfe miles. Twenty-Five States produced
over lOWOM bushels ol wheat each. New
iOn' at the eastern limit, produClnr
about 100000 bushels, and California
At the extreme west, nearly 100000
II Is absurd to suppose that a territory Al
vide in extent AZ the United States, with
ia SFIing temperature and climates
slll no. always yield In the Aggregate |
AEe surplus tor export purposes.
S5ompa'lson by sections Of the wheat pro
caei Ci the United States Tor the past Eiy
Yeas Will show how little local Influence
have to 10 with controlling the aRVfegAt
prediction. The production Of 1877, com
pared with ls76, showed 3 lo@ Of 8, ,000, 90
pnsLels In tue souIi safn States, and nearl
gWO'yO in the Pacific States, both set
"V"s from which On incfeas6 night B
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VOLUME XXIX.-NUMBER 249.

none taken, Mr.. Alexander found his
panta in the hall and pen Knife and Fe.
volyer mlsetng. The only money there
Was about his clothes vas one cent which
taken.
At George Gi8sn's the shutts,s we're
sawed oH, but as Mr.. Gitfsn was awake
and up on account Of sickness in the fam,
lily, the thieves were scared away before
making an entrance.
Mr., Dents cellar was entered and a
lunch OF dried beef, bottled beer, etc,
INDUCED in. They did not get into The
house. Several other houses were tired.
There Is NO clue TO the perpetrators, but
II is genelolly believed to be home talent.
There 10 good, respectable shooting
gallery in town, aud we advise practice In
shooting, q sharp look ont for burglars and
vaccination with q double. e.barrelled gun,
The storm Tuesday night washed out
the 0. ( P. railroad bridge at Deep Run
and at Patton's Run-both iron bridges,
between Martins Ferry and Portland.
At Martins Ferry there were immense
washes OF gravel, covering the track to
the depth ottWo to four feet for distance
Of several hundred yards. Trains were
delayed during all OF yesterday.
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BLOODsaED AND DIsORDER
In Several Sections Of Ireland d-BOIdIeP
whipped and . Boat Wrecked By MOI


LONDON, June s.-Lord CSrnonon, Con.
servative, formerly Colonial Secretary.
speaking at Benton yesterday, strongly
condemned the policy Of the government,
who, he said, were responsible for the
civil war In Ireland. They would find Inc
question not TO be one OF land merely, bat
that every class Of property would be.
menaced. He did not think that Eng.
lishmen would long be hoodwinked by
the reckless rhetoric oil demagogues, or
the plausible nostIums Of political auacks,
Sir Richard Ashston Gross, Conservl- :
tive, formerly Home Secretary, speaking
at st. Helena, Ventured 10 say that no
government had ever made 90 many seri.
ous mistakes In 90 short time,
Joseph Chamberlain, President OF the
Board Of Trade, speaking at Birmingham,
said 1t was perfectly evident that the
causes OF the disorder In Ireland are more
deep seated than was at first supposed, and
that they ara not 10 be found in the SGtion
Of this or any previous government. They
are 70 be found In the condition Of the
people themselves. Force, he said, was
no remedy, but certain amount OF force
was necessary to uphold the law.
A Especial train, with troops from Cork,
arrived at Skibbereen, county Cork, this
morning. An obstruction had been placed
on the track TO wreck the train, but was
discovered In time to prevent any disaster.
DUBLIN, June 8.-The party OF fifty
marines, sent from BRntry 10 Ballydehob,
wal met OF the latter place by mob, mum.
behng some Thousands. After much stone
throwing and some bayonet charges the
marines were compelled To retreat 10
Bantry under the protection Of priest,
two being severely injured. The
SkibbeEeen branch bark, OF Munster, WaA
wrecked by the mob.
A process server has been 90 severely
beaten ct Dromore, County slRgo, that he
Is dying.
OoRK, June S.-Many OF the bayoneta
with which the marines charged on the
crowd at Ballydehob, were broken. The
people were assembled on the top OF
steep hill at one end Of Ballydehob. The
soldiers thought TO fight their way
through, and some Of them hurled stones
at the people.
Quietness having been restored Of Skib.
bereen, one hundred troops were about
TO quit the town, when the rails were
found To be torn up. The town again
became excited. The military are quar-.
tered in Town Hall. The Magistrates
have ordered the closing OF liquor shops
alter 6 r. N. until June 10Th.
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ORGANIzED LIARs

For the Purpose Of disseminating False
News 20 Manipulate the Markets.
NEW YORK, June s.-YeSterdsy an at.
tempt was made TO affect stock and grain
markets by means OF dispatch from q
Western point announcing the sudden
death OF Jay Gould. The dispatch was
stopped In the Associated Press office, and
the dastardly scheme defeated. General
Agent Simonton now reports that the In
vestigation he has conducted seems 10
show that the dispatch originated with
q syndicate organized for the purpose Of
disseminating false financial and CONNER.
cial news. Said syndicate has its agents
In the leading cities east and west, and In
London. The news agents and business
public need TO be on their guard.
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PHILADELPHIA, June S.-,rhs Board ol
Directors OF the Northern Central Rail
road Company have declared a semi
annual dividend Of 8 per cent, payable
July 10th.
George ". HUXLEY, the mail route agent
convicted Of stealing from the mails, was
refused new trial aud sentenced TO pay
fine OF 500 and the costs Of prosecution,
and undergo imprisonment for one year
in the peritentiary.
The directors Of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company have ratified the contract
with the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific rail
road and the Central railroad Of New Jer'
any.
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ST.. LOUIS, No.. June s.-William L.
Hull, recently Of Chicago, was arrested
here to-day on suspicion Of being impli.
Gated In the fraudulent removal Of large
amount oi grain from the elevator ct Keo-
kuk, Iowa. Very little information can
be obtained regarding the matter, Ss the
police authorities will not talk. The arrest
was made at the instance Of Francis ].
Kennett, Of Chicago, who, II appears, is
one OF the parties deirAuded.
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COMPLETE COLLAPSE
or the sew York BreWsEa' stFIkS-HreW
era In E3e ElFouRht Prom Berlin.


eFs 10 BE brought Prom Berlin.
New YoRk, June S.-The employing
brewers met this afternoon and IL was re-
ported that twelve men in Abbotps VIII.
iamsbufv brewery asked TO be taken back
to-day at the old rates and were refused,
also al Obefmayer & Lisbmann's breBey
ali The msn had returned 10 work atlhe
old terms. A report was also received
that ali the employees Of MAupain's Brook.
lyn brewery, Including the ioremAn, ap.
tlied for reinstatement 10 their old posi-.
lions, but were told that their services
we're not required, also that the brewers
10 the MorfiBania brewery had resigned
from the Union and returned 10 work. A
dispatch was read from schanener 4
Amends brewery stating that orders had
been given 10 furnish beer 10 no person
but regular customers. Charles Lepins, 4
was reported had paid of the employees II
his brewery and told them that theIf ser
vices would not be wanted. A Telegram
was sent 10 Germany to-day for expeE
fenced brewers.
The ettikers stopped the wagons o
UlAusen's brewery today and compelled
the drivers 10 leave their teams. Pollct
aid was sought for the protection Of th,
drivers,
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NEw YoRx, June s.-A writ Of error has
been granted In the case Of Frederick
Leighton, coIorsd. under sentence Of death
for killing Mary Dean. 49,.
Judge b D,nohus has reserved his de-
Cision IN the suit Of Mrs. Agnes Robert
son BouCCicaut for An absolute divorce
from Dion BouCcicault on the motion foE
alimony and counsel fee.
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rgs exhibit made by the New YORK
p'g,.ip our dispatches this morning as to
=, h,.ipe,, Of the country for May shows
y W. .,ontb unprecedented in the history OF
-. ! coop.ry. This is another illustration
~ u III. fac: thA. still waters run dssp'
=, " .,s "a apparently no rush and tumble
=. ,-r ,,,I. in any city OF the country, but the
.,,,,,,ts - Of buying aud selling is never
,t.Isss immense. The country is vast, the
.,Inms O, money very great, and the sE'
,5,o,e.be products Of the land eItTaordl'
s,,, in amount The year 1881 will rank
=, ogs Of aide spread prosperity and pro-