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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
Another Indictment Found
Against Brady.
Adulterated Lard Hastens g.
Failure,
MISCELLANEOUS. ETC. ETC
Excitement on CHANGE
Failure of Mcqeoch & Co.

Excitement on ChanRe-RepOrte
Failure Of McGeoch & Co.
CHICAGO, June 16.-A season of ex.
tra0rdinary excitement prevailed OF
| Change Immediately after openine g
this morning by rumOr freely
banded about that the firm of Nc
GeOch. Everingham & Co., who have
for long time been looked upon as
the heaviest dealers in lard and other
provisions on the Chicago board, had
failed. This was verified in a meas
ure soon afterward by a member of
the firm circulating about the floor of
Change and notifying all with whom
they were interested in provision
deals to close them out. Something
in the nature of panic appeared to
seize the provision corner, and for a
time all interest in other trading was
lost. The effect was to be
seen at once on the quotation of
lard and July options which yester-
day ran up to 1864, closing steady
at II 80, and now sold down to 1866
as an initial drop and then kept on
the descending scale until 9:2O was
reached, which would be equal in
point of comparison to a drop of forty
cents buShel in wheat. Other Op-
ti0ns felt the effect in like MANNER.
But all was in a measure recovered
in tone, and at IL o'clock July option
has gone back to SO IS, bot subse-
quently declined to $3.50. An effort
to ascertain the extent to which Nc
Geoch had been operating failed both
upon application to the firm and to
members of the board of trade.
The liabilities of McGeoch, Ever
ingtOn & Go. are said to be very
heavy. A failing market brought in
its train plenty of rumors of other i'm
pending failures; bat up to 11:30
there was nothing definite to report.
Members of the broken firm declared
to the associated press agent that
they would make no statement of any
kind before tomorrow. Peter Nc
GeOch, the head of the firm, is a resi-
dent of Milwaukee, and is familiarly
styled "the Milwaukee milk-man."
He is reputed to have been the leader
in a number of daring bull move
ments on both the Milwaukee and
Chicago markets. He failed here two
y0dIS dSOs Ills uIM Cduc pIOmlu0uG-
ly before the public two weeks ago by
their refusal to receive a large con-
signment Of lard from Chicago, on
the ground that it was adulterated,
and over which fact an Investigation
on the board is now IN progress. The
firm has since accepted the lard in
question under protest.
Scenes of this extraordinary ex-
citement continued till l p. M, the
hour of adjournment, and while there
were many free buyers of July
option, lard could not get above
$3.50 and closed at $9.771a as near as
could be quoted. A fair estimate ap-
pears to place the direct losses of Nc
Geoch, Everingham & Co., at $1,OOO,-
600 on lard.
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Sunday Sermons.

The mean man is sure to gloss his
faults.
Nothing but a good life can fit men
for better one.
Those whose courses are different
cannot lay plans for another.
True friendship between man and
man is infinite and immortal
Hl0tO.
Occasions do not make a man frail,
but they show what he is.--A. KEN.
pis.
A cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather.
Franklin.
He that wrestles with US strength
ems our nerves and sharpens our
skill.-Burke.
It is said to be sure indication of
rurality to see people put vinegar and
sugar on lettuce.
The best education in the world is
that got by struggling to make a liv-
ing Wendell Phillips.
There are two roads that conduct
to perfect virtue-to be true, and to
do no evil to any creature. .-Buddha.
Consolation is the dropping of a
gentle dew from heaven on desert
hearts beneath; it is one of the
choicest gifts of Divine mercy
Spurge0n.
Order is the sanity of the mind, the
health Of the body, the peace of the
city, the security of the State
Southey.
In life it is difficult to say who do
you the most mischief-enemies with
the worst intentions or friends with
the best.-BuL,Uer LyttO9s.
What win I, i'll gain the thing seek:
A dream, breath, path of gilded joy;
Who buys minutes worth to wall week,
Or sells eternity to get toy?'
We reap what we sOw-Oh! wonderful trnth!
A truth hard 10 learn in the days of our youth;
But At last it shines out, as 1.-The hand on the
WALL"
For the world has its debit and credit for all.
H. Clay Preuss.
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The Wherewlt h Provided.

New YORK, June l6. The direc-
tors of the National Rife AssOcia-
ton report the actual amount needed
to be $500. Thus far So, ,9S7 has
been subscribed, and pledges have
been made which would raise that
sum to $4,S0O. The directors report
ed that james Gordon Bennett had
guaranteed the ex penses of the team
to the extent of 81 500, and it is said
that if it had not been for Benefits
llberality the team would have had
TO remain at home. The general
public had that far failed to do any
thing.
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A LITTLE CHUNK.

Charming maiden, crossing street,
Skirts upheld, dainty feet;
Little chunk Of slippery mud,
Maiden tumbles with q thud:
Dandy masher standing by,
Oily locks and winking eye,
Hastens to the maiden's side
With light aud airy stride,
Strikes that little chunk of mud
And sits down with sickly thud.
Mud, thud.
Thud, mud:
Charming maiden, dainty feet
Dandy masher in the street,
All mixed up-masher, firt.
By that little chunk Of dirt.
Laramie Boomerang.
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TIE LIMEKuN CLUB.
Judge Cadavor Will Pay a 81, 100
Fine-Proverbs by Brother
Gardner.

Judge CadaYer has lately fallen
into the habit Of showing up at Para
disc Hall an hour before the meet
ings open and studying art with DO
one to bother or make him afraid.
BY . careful inspection of the busts
of Caesar, Jackson, Clay, Shake
speare and Sumner, and by q close
inspection of the three or four sacred
horse pistols, the four renowned
swords and the half-dozen chromos,
he has become almost q connoisseur,
and can almost tell the difference
between . genuine Rubens and tea
store plague. He was on hand as
usual Saturday evening. Samuel
Shin left him standing before the
bust Of Caesar and went down stairs
after an onion. Upon his return
tho judge lay senseless on the floor,
and around him were the fragments
of the busted bust. The judge had
scarcely revived when the meeting
opened, but there was No shade Of
pity in Brother Gardner's voice as
he arose and said:
Judge Cadaver will be given two
weeks to replace de bust wild new
one havin' de same squint to de left
eye. In case he fails to do 80 he will
be fined about $l1OO. Gem'len, dar'
am few things I would call your
'tenshun to. De sezun has now
ar0ve fer pullin' ole hats and pillers
outer de broken winders, an I seize
de Occashun to AK you to remember {:
"Dat q front gate off its hinges
means . slip-shod man in de house.
"Dat q red nose means q hungry
flour barrel.
"Dat no man eber got work sittin'
on de fence an discussin' de needs
of de kentry.
"Dat de less politicks man has de
mo- cash he kin pay his grocer.
dat arguments on religion won't
build churches nor pay de preachers
dat family which neber borrows
nor lends keeps nayburs the longest.
"Dat beauty will starve in the par
lOr whar' common sense will grow
fat in de kitchen.
Dat the world am full o. mice
holes, an all the cats need to do am
to watch an wait.
"Dat economy doan' mean buyin'
kaliker for your wife an broad-cloth
for yerself.
"Dat progress dean mean fittin'
ole doahs to new buildins.
"Dat liberty doan' gin you de right
to eat anoder mans chickens.
"Dat success achieved by rascality
am fish net made o. yarn.
"Let US now purceed to attack the
reg'ral pr0grammy o. bizness, an if
dar' am any mo- coughin' an spit
tim ober in the fur co'ner sartin
pussins will witness purceedin's that
will cast gloom ober de mex so
y'ars."
Sir Isaac Walpole said he would
like to state that his motto had
always been: Good luck nebber
stops to wake a man up," and he
then took up the bean-box and made
q tour of the hall which resulted in
the election of the fol-
lowing candidates Presumption
Jones, Elder Root, Phosphate Jack
son, Prof. Ruggles. Come Down Tay-
lor, Duplex Mason, Gen. Harrison,
Judge Biloxi and Gopher White.
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McGeOch's Loss.

CHICAGO, June 16.-An operator
intimate with McGeoch and his late
dealing, declares that his loss will
approximate nearly S2,OOO.OOO, but
Notwithstanding this thu broken
firm processes its ability to make q
good showing on settlement. They
asstrt that their interests are 80
closely identified with other heavy
operators that they will be able to
pay 100 cents on the dollar.
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LincOln's Tende erness.

A striking incident in Mr.. Lin
coins official life is related by Judge
Bromwell, of Denver, who visited
the White House in March, 1865.
Mr.. Seward and several other gentle
man were present, and the President
gradually came to talk of decisions
on life and death. All other matters
submitted to him, he declared, were
nothing in comparison to these, and
he added: II reckon there never was
man raised in the country on a
farm, where they are always butcher
ing cattle and. hogs and think moth
ing of it, that ever grew up with such
an aversion to bloodshed as [ have,
and yet I've hade more questions of
life and death to settle in four years
than all the men who ever sat in
this chair put together. But I've
managed to get along and do my
duty. believe, end stlll save most of
them; and there's no man knows the
distress of my mind. But there have
been some of them I couldn't save
there are some cases where the
law must he executed. There was
that man -, who was sentenced
for piracy and slave trading on the
high seas. That was case where
there must be an example, and you
don't know how they followed and
pressed me to get him pardoned, or
his sentence commuLed; but there
was no use of talking. It had TO be
done; I couldn't help him. And
there was that -, who was caught
spying and recruiting within POpe's
lines in Missouri. That was another
case. They besieged me day and
night, but 1 couldn't give way. We
had to come to a point where some
thing must be done that would put a
stop to such work. And then there
was this case of Beal, on the lakes.
That was a case where there must be
an example. They tried me every
way. They wouldn't give up; but l
had to stand firm on that, and even
had to turn away his poor sister when
che came and begged for his life, and
let him be executed, and he was exc
cuted, and 1 can't get the distress off
my mind yet" AS the kindly man
uttered these words the tears ran
down his cheeks, and the eyes of the
men surrounding him moistened in
sympathy. There was profound
silence in which they arose to depart.
Three weeks after the President was
! killed.
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r. J. Ryan assumed to know more
about the pedigree of tailor Wise
last Friday than tho law allows,
and yesterday Police Magistrate
Milo French decided that about
five and costs would satisfy the ordi-
nance against the use of offensive
language.
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Berlin Notes.

BERLIN, June Is. - Herr Wind
th0rst, the Ultramcntane leader, and
the Centre party are undecided
whether to vote for the second reading
of the church bill. The Emperor
will have an interview with the King
of Denmark at Wiesbaden on Satur-
day. This will be the first interview
since 1879. 1t is probably i"tended
to make further arrangements for
strengthening the relations between
Denmark and Germany.
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Notice to BOndhOlders.

d WASHINGTON, June 15.-The Sec
retary of the Treasury gives notice
that the exchange of continued 81
per cent. bonds into 3 per cents. will
not be made during July next; the
books of th-se two loans being then
closed for the preparation of the
August 1st dividend. Continued
bonds received for ex-
change during July, will be ex-
cha ged upon the re-0pening of the
books on August 1st, interest of 81
per cent. remaining to that date.
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Treasury Report.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Condition
Of the treasury: Gold coin and
bullion, $l95, $50, ,77S; silver dollars
and bullion $ll4,2474i4; fractional
silver coin, S2s, ,436 81; Uniten States
notes, $53, l5s, ,3Ol; total, 1891 ,3e2 BIZ.
Certificates outstanding, gold, $751;
1880; silver, ST. .756, Isl; currency,
Sl,273, 800.
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guilty: and the special counsel for
the Government consented to this
being done. The court said RerdeII
must come into court and make his
plea, and 1t ordered that he be brought
IN on Monday. The court said fur
thur 1t thought best the thing to be
done would be to enter q motion on
arrest OF judgment. Under the law
IL required at least two to commit
conspiracy. One could not be it, and
as the other defendants had been &C.
Quilted of the charge the court was of
the opinion it would find itself una
ble to pass sentence on Rerdell.
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Haverly's Financial Mattars.

CHICAGO, June 16.-A New York
special says, concerning Haverly's
affairs: As far as revealed the plan
of settlement is that Mcconnell shall
assume Haverly's liabilities and re-
ceive in consideration thereof Hav-
erly's interest in his theatres N San
Francisco, Chicago and Brooklyn.
What Haverly's liabilities are is not
known, but they are estimated by
persons directly interested in their
settlement at $4,000. What will be
done with the three theatres men,
toned is not yet known,as Mcdonnell
is not a theatrical manager. and has
no experience in the amusement
business to warrant his taking
the management under his own per-
sOnal direction.
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Major NickersOn's Marital En-
tanglement.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Major
Nickerson's second wife did not
leave the city with him as reported,
but has been here the past three
weeks, and has no idea where the
Major is. As soon as she was ad.
vised of the action OF the Philadel-
phia court. she informed the Major
that she could not live with him, and
they separated. She has not seen
him since.
Mrs. Ellis B. Cresson, eldest daugh-
ter of Chief Justice Drake, of the
Court of Claims, died yesterday.
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RerdeIl Wlthdraws His Plea OF
Guilty.

~ WASHINGTON, June 15.-In the
Criminal Court to-day Morris, law
partner of Merrick, stated that In
The case of Brady and others be WAS
requested to say for Merrick tnat
kerdell desired to withdraw bis plea
Of guilty and substitute one OF not
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The International Rifle Match.

LONDON, June 16.-The National
Rifle Association has decided not to
allow the American team to use the
screw wind gauge in the competitions
at Wimbledon, except in the inter-
national match of the volunteer SER
vice. The Gazette regrets this d'ci-
sion and thinks if the Americans are
beaten they will be able to claim they
were handicapped, because not al
lowed like English riflemen, to use in
their preliminary contests, exactly
the same appliances they used in the
match. However, says the Gazette,
there are not wanting signs that the
Americans may give the English a
sound beating.
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Northern Pacific.

CHICAGO, June 16.-From present
indications it is safe to assume that
the Northern Pacific will be complet-
ed by the lastj Of August, when
through lines will be run between st.
Paul and p .rtland. The road carries
$50 pounds Of baggage on the eastern
division, 100 pounds on the western
division, and the stage company 40
pounds, free. Pullman dining and
sleeping cars will run between St.
Paul and Helena and Pullman Sleep
ing cars on the western division.
The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-20

Nova SCoTI>, June 15.-The busi-
ness failures for the last seven days
number 1856, as against 173 of last
week. New England "a, Middle States
28, Western So, Southern IS, Pacific
States 10, New York City II, aud Can
ada 10.
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THE pREsIpENT'S JOURNEY.
Wagon Ride TO Fort Nasilakye.


Tho President and party left Green River
station, Wyoming, at o'clock Monday
morning, having spent Sunday at that place.
The three spring wagons on which the party
were seated were drawn by four Missouri
mulcs TO each vehicle, and the first day
drive was made by relays for l0l miles 10
Camp Lord on the banks of the Swcclwatc
A dinner had been prepared under the dircc-
tiou of Capt. Lord, depot quartcrmaster at
Cheyenne. The President enjoyed the ride
greatly, being seated on the outside of the
wagon with the driver. During the last As
mics the road ran over a country covered
by sage brusb. Hundreds of antelopes, sage
hares and mule rabbits gave pleasant ex-
element to the journey. All enjoyed keenly
the mountain air and scenery. AT O'Clock
Tuesday morning. after bOuntiful break
fast the party left Camp Lord for Fort Wash
axle, distant forty-tivc miles. The President
rode with the driver of the front wagon dur
ing the first stage of 81 miles TO Little Papoo-
zic. At Miners Delight, mining camp be-
tween the point Of starting and of the first
stage the party stopped 10 watch the opera
tion Of gold Washing The miners brought
to the President painful of pay dirt, and he
went through the process OF washing out gold.
After lunch at the end of Red Canon, q
wonderful formation of cliffs of red ochre
giving the name to the valley the party
went on to Fort Washable, reaching their
camp at $50 p. M. Tho Shoahonc and Ban
mock Indians, upon whose reservation the
camp is located, turned out to welcome the
great father, and dashed across tho plain
around the Presidents party gayly attired, the
squaws especially displaying their skill in
horsemanship, After the patty has rested
here a day they will take horses for the Vel
lowstone park All are well, and the Prcsi.
dent enjoys the trip more than any one else
in the party
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TO use no stronger language as those Of
the National bank. According to the last re-

TO use no stronger language as those OF
the National bank. According to the last re-
port of the State Inspector Of Finance the
company had deposits of S494, 1870, and OF
its 1895 depositors, 1910 had deposits not ex-
ceeding S2jOin each case. The majority OF
these people, therefore, were of the poorer,
hard working class-the class least able OF
all to suffer from failure of the kind. 1t is
sincerely to be hoped that Mr.. Bralnerds
disclaimer of any serious troublefor the COM
pany will be verified.
As 10 Mr.. Barlow personally, in the hour
of his triumph the FREE Press spoke OF him
frankly and candidly. In the moment oil ms
disaster 1t may be said that, man who has
almost reached the Scriptural limit OF life, he
has borne for years financial burden under
which most men in the prime of life woult
have staggered, and borne it bravely. Ant
even now, with his force Of character ant
fertility of resource, it is by no mean'
safe to prophcsy that he will not overcome
his difficulties. But the cxpedients he ma
adopted which have led to the present trou
BILE at St. Adams, call for the sevcrest con
domination. Mr.. Barlow is himself tn
greatest sufferer, no doubt, but that fact
but slender consolation for those people wit
have lost their little all through his transac
lions
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A SPEECH BY GLADSTONE.
The Governments Aim in Egypt-Its
success In Ireland.

LONDON, Aug. S-rhe Lord Mayors ban
quet to the ministers took place this evening.
Gladstone was greeted with prolonged
cheers. lie said the government had gone
to Egypt in an unscfsh spirit and desired
simply to accelerate reform there. II
was felt that too much haste might spoi
the work. When the views Of the govern
ment in this respect were accomplished the
British would disappear from the country
Nothing would be more grateful to every ono
of the ministers than an early and successful
accomplishment of the grand movement
toward reform in Egypt. Regarding the
received fuller adviccs confirming the hope
that no difficulty existed which could not be
solved by the generous and honorable dis
positions which should always exist, especial
ly between France aud England. lie now iel'
even sanguiney confident that nothing wout
arise which would disturb their long accord
| He was thankful to be able TO record great
change in the condition of Ireland. The au
thority of the law had been reassertcd there
and peace and security prevailed. Dark dem
of assassination had been efIectually suppress
cd and the confidence which had united thei
unhappy frequenlers and enabled them Il
execute their deadly purposes had been in I
large degree destroyed. Deep gratitude wa
due to the Almighty and secondariy t
Lord Spencer, Lord Lieutenant, and Trevel
yam, chief secretary. He believed the end o
the session would show that fair amount o
work had been achieved.
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LAMOILLE COUNT Y.

c. c. Warren Of Waterbury was in town on
Monday, completing arrangements for putting
in the village water works. The missing
amount of pipe has been ordered and work
will be commenced soon on the reservoir and
bitches. We arc very glad to announce that
the enterprise, though having met with
many dlscouraScments is to be carried
through.
There has been pretty general shifting of
hands at the pulp mill of late and the mill is
now running day and night.
Weld Terrill of Middlefeld, Conn, Mir
and Mrs. Fremont Slayton Of Boston, Mass,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin of Montpelier, Hon. f.
A. Cushman of Lebanon, N. H., $, ID. Slay-
ton aud wife of Concord, N H., Mrs. 9. Il.
Robinson and son of Chelsea W., and Miss
Clara ID. Browne of Moretown, w., are visit
ing in town.
There is quite an exodus Of Morrlsvllle peo-
pie going on this week. Camping and picnic
arlies to different points are Of daily OCCUR
renee.
Miss Cora Stafford and Miss Kats Gilbert
arrived from Augusta, Maine, on Monday
evening
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Tie latest consolidation is that OF the tcle.
phone companies. All of these organizations
in New England are to be united inonc man,
moth corporation. The capital" of the new
organization ia to be 100000 although it
is sail that the amount Of money really in
vested in the "pant" can not exceed So, OO0-
900. Toe New York Times well land truth
fully says: "But some of the companies
have been paying 10 per cent dividends. and
the managers of the scheme propose to SO
swellthc capital stock of the consolidated COM
pany that the dividend shall be, apparently,
only per cent. Their methods seem to be
the same as those by which Jay Gould has
raised the capital stock of the Western Union
company to $s0,OOO,0OO, based upon real
capital of about 100000, 900, and the people
who use telephones must hereafter pay divi-
dends upon millions of water The action
taken yesterday seems to foreshadow the cs-
tabllshment OF another great monopoly con-
structcd in respect to its financial basis
in accordance with the model furnished
by the INSCRIPTIONS spectators who con-
troll the telegraph service Of the United
States