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several are in a critical state.
HARRISBURG, Pa, July 26.--W.S S. Muench,
aged rs, in attempting to 90 between the saw
and the hot bed, in rail mill, was caught by
the rail and pierced by the hot metal. He
died 10 hours afterwards
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 26.-Warants were
issued at a late hour on yesterday for the ar
rest of John d. Mays, Walter Hamilton and
Loretta b. Day, Of the firm of L. b. Day &
Co, dealers in carpets, who failed recently for
about $4,000, on a charge Of converting to
their own use the property belonging to w. &
J. Sloan, Of New York, and also for obtaining
Sic, 1000 worth of goods under false pretences.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 26.-The colored
voters here met in convention and elected del
egates to the State convention and meeting of
delegations, to be held soon. The name of
colored citizen will be agreed upon for a
place in the State deputaton to the National
convention. Considerable discussion was
held in the convention upon the subject Of the
welfare of the race. 1t was decided that
liberal emigration scheme is impracticable.
PITTsFIELD, July 26.-Eugene A. Clark, Of
Nangotuck, Connecticut, one of the party
charged with tarring and feathering and driv-
ing Mrs. Johanna Sullivan from the town of
Sarsfeld, has confessed and implicated two
others, named White and Sackett. These
men were tried at the time the crime was
committed, but the jury disagreed. The
grand jury has now indicted them, as priuci-
pals, and several others as accessories.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 26.-The quaran-
tine physician has reported to the Board of
Health that Patrick Kelly, a seaman of the
brig Julia Blake, died of yellow fever last
night at the hospital at Lazaretto station, to
which place he had been removed from the
vessel. The brig is detained at quarantine,
and will be thoroughly fumigated and the
cargo removed before she is permitted to pass
up the river.
NORFOLK, July 26.--The Norfolk and
Portsmouth Cotton Exchange and the Nor
folk and Portsmouth Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Exchange to-day pehtioned the
Secretary of the Treasury and Surgeon Cen
eral to remove the hospital barge to Lynn
haven bay, just outside of Cape Henry, and
to also order into quarantine at that point all
infected vessels which may enter into Hamp-
ton roads. The Surgeon General had pre-
vously established hospital barge off Sea-
wells Point, and the Secretary of the Treas
ury had ordered all vessels entering the capes
with sickness on board to anchor near there
until boarded by the health officer. These
orders excited the alarm of the people of
Norfolk and Portsmouth, henc the action of
the exchanges.
NASHVILLE, July 26.-The jury in the case
of ex-Treasurer Polk brought in verdict of
guilty of ENLIGHTENMENT and fixing the penalty
at imprisonment in the penitentiary for 20
years, and imposing fine to the full amount
of the ENLIGHTENMENT. On Monday. David
Dinger. killed James Smith, his step-father,
with a stone near Shara. Smith had beaten
his wife, who is Dipger's mother, with a chair
and when Dinger heard of it, he attacked
Smith with stones, one of them striking his |
head, killing him. Dinger gave bond and
waived examination. Smith was 80 years
old, and his wife 70 and quite feeble. Din
ger is a wealthy merchant of Alexandria, and
a large owner of mineral lands in White
county, and a director in the Boniar Coal COM
pany.
Foreign News.
TORONTO, July 26.-The Grey and Bruce
railway was leased for SO years to the On
tario and Quebec railway, subject to confr-
nation from the shareholders.
LONDON, July 26.-Addtional advices
from Durham, relative to the death of King
Cetewayo at the hands of the insurgents, state
that all his wives and many of his chiefs were
also killed.
ALEXANDRIA, July 26.-The Khedive re-
turned from Cairo to-day and was received
with much enthusiasm by the populace. Four
hundred and twenty-five deaths occurred
from cholera at Cairo yesterday.
GUAYAQUIL, July 26.-By spontaneous ac-
ton the people to-day proclaimed Pedro
Cardo Chief of the Government of Guayaquil, |
with full independent powers. The three
Governments will jointly convene a national
convention.
OTTAWA, July 26.-The Canadian Amateur