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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

(. GEN. eWoLsELEY telegraphed from
fsmailias sAug.. 20, as follows: ''i'I have just
receivedsneYs from the front that Gen. Gra-
ham was heavily attacked last evening by a
large force of Egyptians. The British cav
airy from Mahsameh went to his assistance,
and he has had brilliant success, taking
eleven guns. Only a few British were
killed, but over 100 were wounded. am
just about to proceed to the front" ''i
Two Legislatures organized in Zaca-
tecas, Mexico, Aug. 80, one composed Of
friends Of the general and State Govern
ment, the other Of friends of General Garcia
Cadena, who has presidential aspirations.
fight occurred between Cadena's friends
and State troops. After a sharp contest OF
twenty minutes, in which one rebel was
killed and three soldiers were wounded,
Cadena and his followers surrendered.
THE French fishermen in Newfound-
| land report the fishery a complete failure,
and the people are respondent. UEr r..e
CoNRAUK, the French missionary re-
ported killed by native mob at Pershun,
near the Amoor River, China, still survives.
but in pitiable condition. The injuries
Ou MIN were Vi luS InOsb uoillOiC
kind. The French Legation at Pekin is now
investigating.
TURKS and Greeks have been fighting
for disputed territory on the Thessalan
frontier.
AT Brockville, Cana, Aug, %, man
named James McGinness delivered himself
to the police, stating that five years ago,
while waiter in the GrosvenOr Hotel, Lon
don, Eng, he, in company with two others
whom he did not know, murdered three
men, also unknown. He is being held to
await developments. .i
A CATTLE train on the Grand Trunk
was thrown down an embanlsment near To-
ronto, Atlg. 49,, Nine cars were completely
wrecked, Out of 1862 cattle 100 were killed
outright, and several so badly injured that
they had TO be slaughtered. The train
hands saved themselves by jumping.
HUGH BURNS, an Indianapolis police
man, attempted to quel disturbance in a
saloon the other night and was shot dead by
j. j. Jater, Kentucky young man. The
murderer narrowly escaped lynching, and
was finally. jailed after stubborn resist
snces oi 'ei
JACOB DREIsTADT, of Green Bay,
Wis, quarreled with his wife, Aug 2s, aud
killed her with shotgun. When officers
| sought him the next day he shot himself in
the chin, making a serious wound
JAMES REILLY murdered his brother
in-law, Robert Desmond, in Long Island
City, N. Y, Aug. 20. Both had been drink
ing, but It is said the quarrel arose from the
fact that Desmond had been beating his
wife.
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The Canonchet War.


. Another shotgun episode Mt Canonchct to-
day Is the town uils Ten days since Francis
d. Moultun bought the place. According to
the terms of the sale this was tn day forTrus-
tee Chafree t. deliver t. him the property
TIL morning the trustee and Mr.. Par hurst
went down TO take possession. On approach
ing Canonchet. however. It was discovered that
a signal flag was flying from the main tower,
and that an armed sentry pacing to and
fro on the turret carrying rifle over his
shoulder. They arrived at Canonchet and MIR.
Moulton soon accompanied them with a friend
of his. Mr.. Cunningham. On arriving at the
gate where the auction sale was hcl the party
were met by thrt @ mon who refused them adj
mittancc to the grounds. In the center of the
road across the bridge was Willie Sprague
and u man, each mounted on horse
and holding n "shellalah." Men were pacing
backward and forward about the extensive
grounds, each carrying a rifle. The armed
sentinel on the tower was watching the attack
ing party, and appeared to be acting rs chief
sentinel on the guard. Now and then could
be heard the report of Il rifle. There seemed
TO be code of signals. The three men at the
outer gate denied that they were acting as
keepers under the United states Marshals at
tachmcnt. They stated that they were in the
employ OF the Governor, and were simply
obeyiug his commands, which were to exclude
dnyDJuy lTOU inc blOuniN oliNfiSbIlCntNY lio
matter who ne was Tho guard sid that the
house was well protected, and any one who at
tempted 10 enter the premises or trespass
would be sorry for i Mr.. Chalfee called Will
lie Spraguc up to his carriage, saying:
y" Hello, Willie; you have not Srgotten me,
have your"
Willie replied: mo, have not. should not
think that would,i ..V
The boy was then questioned rs follows:
III
RIO keep every one off the,plaee."
Surprising we go on the grounds, what will
be the consequencesY' &C., = -in.. 81 .
Ct, on will rue II, if you do
" Have you got any Gattling guns up thereY"
ask Mr. Parkhu, st. rt'....., o. .
I'VE have got everythingw we need" was the
lads reply. hnI .ltp' o. 1a ii8
/" How many men have you on the placer
| asked ChaTee
"Oh,we have got enough to take care of
this place." replied Willie. 1
Mr.. MoIriton wanted to know If he could 60,
ON the grounds, but was answered. in the neg
,atiye The attacking party then agreed that
it would be dangerous and unwisel to attempt
to invade the fortified premises, and. accord
ingy withdrew. Mr.. Chafee says he.shall now
| let The law take its course. Mr. Moulton has
rendered Mr.. Chatfee the cash for the proper
ty- but the latter did not accept it, because he
could make no delivery. He did not intend to.
forsake his claim, and would stand by his pur-
chase. -PrOpideRce, r. l., august 25) Cor Chicd-
90 Herald.
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

G. L. WARE and Calvin Gay persisted
in fire at Walpoe Plains, Mass, on the
25th.
r. G. GRAY, of Surrey County, Va,
whose wife and child were poisoned by two
colored girls some time ago, committed sui
eide the other day. Grief.
JOSEPH WRIGHT, engineer, and John
Odom, fireman, were killed by boiler ex-
ploston near Salem, Ohio, on the 26th
Robert Porter and Kinney Burns were Sc
verely injured, and several others were
scratched and scalded.
LENA ROBERTS, prepossessing and
intelligent young woman, took fatal dose
OF morphine at Omaha, Nebr., the other
night. ....
LEONARD CoKER, the negro who
murdered Mrs. Catharine Paynes, was cap
tured near Montgomery, Ala, the other
day, and confessed his guilt. A crowd of
whites and blacks took him to the spot
where the crime had been committed and
hanged him on tree.
A FREIGHT train on the Cairo Short
Line was aeraied near Duquoin, Ill.,, the
other night. The fireman was killed, the
engineer seriously injured, and sixteen cars
were demolished.
A DAUGHTER of N. G. Greer was
burned to death at Pearson, Ga, on the
26th. Her sister was rescued with difficulty
by II. j. Mcdonald.
THE recent killing of Colonel L. w.
r. Blair, at Camden, S. c., by Captain j.
l.. Halle, has been followed by the suicide
OF the ColonePs daughter Blair's father
took his own life when member of Con-
gress, and his grandfather was hanged for
murder.
Two negroes, named Savage and
James, who had been convicted OF the muir
der OF Frank Patterson at Madison, Fla. :,
were granted new trial by the Supreme
Court. As they were being conveyed from
Tallahassee to Jasper, large body of white
citizens rushed into the ears and riddled the
bodies of the prisoners with bullets.
Mrs. HoYEY, young woman living
in ThetforL, Mich, went into the Unknown,
Aug. 81, by holding her head in tub OF
water, taking her child with her.
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The Texas Flood.

GALVESTON, Texas, August 20.
Fort Concho dispatches to the NeIrs to-day in
relation to the inundation of Ben Fickln are.
heartrending. Forty deaths are reported from
drowning. The only names so far ascertained
are: .vfsri.~ no ..Iuypl
y Mrs. Metcslf and daughter, George Robert.
son Scott and DR.. Owens and one child One
Mexican is also among the victims. The other
victims were twenty-one .Mexicans at Kelly's
ranch, and ten Mexicaus at Beasley's ranch,
also Joseph Matthews, wife and four sons, and
one woman and baby. Ben Ficklin is all
washed away except the lighthouses. The
courthouse and Jail are total loss and upin-
sured from loss by water. The people of San
Angela tried to render assistance. but the rag
ing water prevented. 1t is still impossible to
cross the North Concho. The country presents
spectacle which beggars description. Houses
horses, cattle and clothing are piled up in
heaps at every step. The bodies. of Mrs. Met
calf and daughter are 'thei only ones found.
The telegraph-wires are still down.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, August 28
" The Gdzette's Texas specials furnish more
particulars of the damage done by heavyrains
The No tn Concho River at San Angela, is
swelled to uhheard-of depth. 1t had at four D.
IN. gained a point on the main stream of San
Angela, submerging all the houses The Con-
chic Hotel is now deserted. The reOple are
moving all their effects on the high ground.
Ben Ficklin, on the main Concho is complete
ly inundated The Court House has fifteen
feet of water in it, Houses, trunks, cattle,
sheep, and every conceivable thing are float
ing down the river. The town is entirely cut
off from all communication except by
Fort Davis. Military telegraph lines are
covered with water for over a mile from
Concho Fears are entertained for the people
of Ben Ficklin. An Old stage station
is covered with water, but the occupants
must have escaped The loss of property i'm
san Angela, as seen from the opposite side,
includes Mrs Tankerly fine hotel Patton s.
Longworths tin-shop Wick storehouse,
Miller & Reeks livery stable building and
four dwellings. These were all abode build
ings Along the banks some fifty or sixty
Mexican houses we're washed away. The post
engine-house is destroyed. Tho loss at Ben
EicBln is not yet ascertained. At Dublin the
Cos Iue River is n mile wide. Several houses
have been washed away. The amount of
damage can not yet be estimated. Many
horses and cattle were floating down the
stream. Several persons had to leave or get
on top of their houses for protection.
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Miscellaneous Items.

Jonesboro, Ark, had sensation at a
prayer meeting the other night. Rev. j. II.
Porter. the leading divine of the place,
while eXhorting his hearers to come for
ward, was noticed to gasp for breath, and
his eyes filed with tears. He at last recov-
cred and called out; "My God, is it so? Is
my work dOne?" Before those nearest
could catch him he fell to the pulpit chair
He had been stricken dumb and all efforts
to restore his Vote have proved unavailing.
A centipede fell into the pot in which
party OF five campers were cooking their
dinner, near Fort Worth, Tex, and the men
were all poisoned.
The mails are quarantined in Texas.
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Immigration Statistics.
wAsH1NGToS, August 81

WASHINGTON, August 27
Jos. Nimmo, Jr, Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, has made an adva CO statement Of
the immigration into the United States for the
month of July, 1882, as compared with the
same month in 1881. During July there ar
rived in the customs districts of Baltimore,
Boston, Detroit, Huron, MINI sofa New Or
leans, New York, Passamaquoddy, Phladel-
phia and San Francisco, 10,g91 passengers,
of whom 800 were immigrants, 1897
citizens of the United States returned from
abroad, On 1862 aliens not intending to
remain in the United States. OF this total
number of immigrants there arrived from En-
gland and Wales, $3.50; Ireland 563S; Scot
land, LII; Austria, l,lS0; Belgium, 80: Bo-
hemia ia; Denmark, 1865; Franco. $40; Ger
many, B'IZl Hungary, al; Italy LIS; Meth
erlands, 200; Norway, 3,266; Russia, 4,23s;
Poland, 49,; Sweden, 5,SSs; Switzerland, US;
Dominion of Canada, 1889; China GOA, and
from all other countries, 73i.
he total number OF immigrants arrived in
the ablye-named customs districts from the
principal fore gn countries during the month
of July, 1882, and for the same month of the
previous year, were as follows:
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% the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian
Agency, Ii the Indian Territory, in which 1t
is stated that the Northern Cheyennes have
declared their intention Of migrating to
Pine Ridge Agency. in Dakota, regardless
of the wishes of the Indian Office in the
premises.
The Hooking Valley Manufacturing
Company's works at Lancaster, Ohio, burned
on the 9th. Loss, $l35,000.
SUIT has been brought in the Circuit
Court at Denver, Colo, in the interest of
hundreds of settlers, asking the cancellation
Of the patent issued TO the Maxwell Mining
Grant Company, on the ground Of fraud.
The tract comprises nearly two million acres
in Colorado and New Mexico, and is now
possessed by a Holland company.
THE Post-ofiice Department will turn
into the Treasury a surplus Of Sl,OOO,OOO for
the fiscal year.
ARMED robbers boarded an excursion
train near Toledo, Ohio, on the 9th. The
conductor was badly treated, one passen-
ger was thrown from the platform, and an
other had to hand out $40.
A DISPATCH from Calcutta says Hin
docs and Mohammedsns at Salem have been
trying to eXtinguish each other The houses
OF the latter were burned, and the princl-
pal mosque almost RACED to the ground.
TEN colored participants in the recent
| riot,at Eastman, Ga, have been sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
4 NEARLY three hundred new members
,swere received by the American Science AS
lsociation at Montreal. Professor Bell ex-
hibited his electric instrpment for finding
bullets in the human body. and undertook
TO explain why II failed inlthe case OF iPresi /.
dent Garfield ~ ~ ~ &
Y CONTRIBUTORS to the Irish fund
threaten the trus' ees with Violence il they
do not satisfactorily account for $3.50, 900.
A RABBLE numbering five or six hum
dred captured a trucS loaded With seized
beer In Augusta, Me-, the other day, pelt-
1nethe driver with stones. After breaking
open the cases and INDUCING freely, the
.revefers transferred the remainder to wa
sgoa ownedsby ward Politician.
The English .ar@Deriss. shelled the
Egyptian camps at ADoukir on the Doth,
Gliding but feeble replies, and it is thought
that Arab has Withdrawn, the bulk OF his
arinf W cover caro- - 4 - - Q H. % ID
AMoB of over fifty men, headed by
the sheriff and Treasurer, removedthe safes
. andtecords OF Grant County, Minnesota,
,prom Herman to ElbowLake the other night,
TheAuditor and Register Of Deeds will not
offiaiate at the new point, and the Supreme
Court will be compelled to decide the mat
| ter. --I,lI .tHD'I~ s'!lNH -
The New York State Freethinkers
adjourned to meet next year at Saratoga.
The sresolutions adopted declare that the
only men who can not rejoice in freedom OF
thought are the clergy; that the war upon
the church is simply one of unself,hness;
and that no distinction should be made
which denies to woman the right to be mans
competitor for any position.
The Treasury Department, with an
4 appropriation Of 100000, is about to estab-
lish at the chief, Atlantic seaports quaran.
tine stations for impoyted cattle.
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passage through the jetties to sea yesterday
of the British ship Carmons, the largest
vessel that has ever cleared from New
Orleans, having on boar'l the largest cargo
of cotton that ever left an American port,
and drawing "a feet and II inches Be.
sides her immense load of cotton--1l 1881
bales-the Carmona's cargo included $4,000
bushels of grain in bulk and 1850 slaves
The Carmona reached the head of the
Passesat AS p. m, and at half-past 3
o'clock was at sea, having steamed the 10
miles in three-quarters of an hour-a rate Of
speed that would prove, were other ev.
dence wanting, that her engineer were not
even slowed in passing through the jetties.
In the face Of all the malicious reports
tending to iniure and belttie the jetties,
that are being circulated from time to time
by certain journals, among which the Gin
cinnat Commercial is conspicuous, this
passage to sea Yesterday, without mo-
ments detention, of vessel drawing "a
feet and / inches, with one of the largest
cargoes that ever left al American port,
may well be termed triumph for the jet.
ties.
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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTERESTS.
From the Vlcksburg Herald

From the Vicksburg Herald
The congressional committee TO investl-
gate the Mississippi river work passed
down Monday evening. To say the com.
mittee is making very cursory examina.
ton is to draw it very mild. From Cairo
to this point no investigation worthy Of the
name was made. The congressman stopped
at few points, and conversed with cit.
zens OF various opinions, including old NV
er men, experienced pilots, and so on So
far as delving into an investigation of the
great work Of improving the channel and
preserving the valley the trip down the
river must be called failure. On the 9th
er hand we do not pretend to say the con-
gressmen made pleasure excursion down
the Great Father of Waters. They did
what they could, doubtless, in the limited
time they gave themselves, but any report
whether it be favorable to one theory or
another, should be taken with due allow.
ance for the facts stated above. When the
report is made we will express our opin-
ion Of it, knowing upon what it is based
Before the report is made, however, We
deem it to be our duty in the interest of
the valley to state what we believe to be
the safe course for the committee to pursue.
The testimony they have taken is valuable,
which comes from intelligent and disinter-
ested sources, while that received from in.
terested and uusclentiic channels should
be avoided. If there are men who have
hobbies, they should not be permitted to
ride them at the expense of the vast inter.
ests referred to, and certainly they should
not be permitted to ride them to put mon.
ey in their own pockets. There are men
buzzing around the committee who never
studied engineering, know nothing
about it, but who claim to
know how to accomplish great
feat of engineering. If they are to be be-
lieved there is nothing easier than to pre-
vent overdows and improve the navigation
of the Mississippi. If an astronomical calcu
latlon was to be made, or u geological
truth demonstrated, one would not look
for u man, no matter if he was hundred
years old and had watched the heavenly
bodies and the earth for rs years, if he
knew nothing OF astronomy and geology.
Nor should the committee pay the slightest
attention to hobby riders who assume more
knowledge Of engineering than those who
have made it study all their lives. In
addition to that, the hobby riders wish an
appropriation. That fact should be care
fully weighed.
There is another feature of tho matter
that should receive the very careful con-
sideration Of the committee The govern
ment has pronounced in favor OF the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river and the
preservation of the valley, but there are
numbers of citizens and vast interests op-
posed to the work, even If it could be &C
complisbed at an expense trifiing compared
to ito value. The monopolstic railway
interests and cognate interests In the north
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and east are opposed to the work, because
the Mississippi has been, is and ALWAYS
will be powerful. check on the railway
kings. The moment six feet of water can
be secured between st. Louis and Cairo,
and ten feet between Cairo and New Or
leans all the year round, that moment a
permanent preventive of exorbitant freight
rates will be secured. The committee
should bear all thess things in mind in
reporting upon matter of 50 much i'm
portance.
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GOOD READING FOR THOUGHTFUL
PEOPLE

SHOULD BE CAREFULLY READ THAT CORRECT
CONCLUSIONS MAY BE ARRIVED AT.
PAUL G, sCHUH,
DEAR SIR Recognizing the fact that
there is to certain extent, mutual Deepen
dency existing between the professions OF
pharmacy and medicine, and feeling that q
better understanding Of the function and
duties OF The two profession should be re-
cognized and adhered to, we, of the medi-
cal profession of Cairo, object to the fire.
quent habit of druggists OF this city, Of
diagnosing diseases and prescribing medi.
cines, for the following reasons:
First. The science of pharmacy does
not include knowledge of the science OF
medicine.
Second. You are violating the medical
practice act, by so doing, and robbing the
physicians of their Legitimate business.
Third. You are practising deception
upon the sick; therefore we ask you to sd
here to the law governing the practice OF
medicine.
Another grievance to which we respect
fully ask your attention, is the matter OF
refiling prescriptions without authority OF
the physicians who have written them The
above practice is I'M furious to both patient
and physicians; the patient often suffering
from the effects of improper medicine, and
the physician because he is practically
held responsible for the action Of the medi.
cine he did not prescribe.
Again we hold that the original owner
OF the prescription loses his ownership in
the same, as soon as it is once filled and
placed on file, and that he has no right to
demand that it be taken from the file and
be retlled, except by the order of the pre-.
scribing physicians. We therefore ask
you to discontinue the practice.
After due deliberation, we the under
signed members Of the "Medical Associa-
tion of Cairo" have resolved not to patron
lie directly or indirectly, any druggist,
who shall after this date, be known to pre-
scribe for any one requiring the services of
a physician, or who shall refill or duplicate
prescriptions without the written or verbal
authority OF the physician. Respectfully,
w. Il. SMITH, Pres' J. G. SULLIVAN, Y. p.
G.. G. PARKER, SEc'Y. J. J. GORDON. j. Fl.
BRYANT. CIV. DUNNIEa. D. II. PARKER.
J. 5. PETRIE.
To the Public:
Although the above resolutions speak for
themselves, and although any unprejudiced
person can readily read between the lines
the real motives prompting the Cairo Med
ical Association to issue such proclama-
ton, feel like making few remarks:
|, for my part, do not know that have
been deceiving the public during the last
10 years past and do not intend TO deceive
IT now, on the .contary, will try, IN the
future, as have in the past, to mind my
own business and attend to the wants Of
my patrons to the best of my ability. /
am neither BEGGING nor BUYING any ones
patronage, but my aim is to please each
and every one, who kindly favors me with
their calls. Respectfully,
PAUL G. Schulz
Established 1863.
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"THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP e"

Katie Putnam and her troupe presen ted
the above named piece to very fair audi.
ence at the Opera House last night, and
presented it in manner that called forth
round after round OF applause aud some
strong manifestations of sympathy from the
audience. Miss Putnam's impersonation
of "Marchioness" was a master. piece of char.
acter acting which couldn't possibly have
been improved upon; and 10 her character
of the Little Nell" she was equally good.
She carried the audience with her com.
pletely at every stage of the performance.
The characters of "Grand Father Trent"
by Mr.. G. 5. Coon; "Dick Swiveler" by
Harry Warren; "Quilp" by Mr.. Flint Ken.
nicot; "slum" by W. II. Murdoch, were
also exceptionally good.
Tonight, positively the last night, 1.-THE
Child of the Regiment" will be produced.
This is one of Miss Putnam's favorlte plays
in which she excels. There ought to be a
large house.
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Bakery.

Having purchased the bakery of j.
Anthony, on Washington avenue between
9th and 10th streets, prepared to offer TO
the public at all times fresh bread, cakes
&c. of the best quality at the lowest prices
10 be found in the city. Call and see me
l2-12'tf JACOB LATSER,
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For Rent.

A brick house. containing five rooms, at
the corner of Tweny.ffth street and Hol-
brook avenue. Apply to George Koeher,
at the business houses OF Goldstne & Rose
water.