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DEArIt has been rather busy among the
R'n an Catholic Episcoyate Of late. Arch
bishops BIanchet Of Oregon, Purcell oi
Cincinnati, and Wood, Of Philadelphia,
and Bishop McMullen have passed away
IN few weeks. Successors have been sp.
pointed to Archbishops Blauchet and Pur.
CELL The former Is succeeded by DR..
SeSher', the latter by Dr.. Elder. Its ex.
Pecied that Bishop 0'Hara, Of Scranton,
will succeed Archbishop Wood. Vicar
General Conway, Of Chicago, and Fathers
Btazlill and Cosgrove, OF the Davenport
Diocese, are mentioned in connection with
the Episcopal vacancy caused by the death
Of Dr. McMullen.
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VOLUME XxXI"NUMBER 273.
PARKERsnURG.
Personel Mention-Natural Gas-DwelI
Ing Destroyed by Fire.

ICoTreGpondeaee q he IattltgeRceT.
PARKERsBuRa, July 7.-Will E. White
who has been visiting his brother A. B
White, Of the State Journal, returned to his
home on the 9th.
David Lovenstine, ESQ, Of Cranberry,
has been in the city some days, attending
the United States Court.
Thomas Mattingly, Esq Of Missouri, for.
merly Of this place, is here on business and
visiting old friends.
n The subject OF sinking well for the pur.
pose Of ascertainiug whether we can supply
ourselves with natural gas Is being agitated
by some Of our oil men and citizens The
idea is good one and 1t is only question OF
q short time before the experiment will be
tried. This will be eod-send to the peo.
pie Of this city, II enough gas can be OBJ.
tained to furnish light, as q monopoly at
present compel US to pay s. 90 per thou
sand with discount OF 90 per cent for
cash.
!! A. Hunter Smith, Esq, special agent for
the New York Underwriters Insurance
Agency, has just retured from tour
through Ohio In the interest Of said conf
pany.
daughter OF Judge Stafford, OF that place, is
visiting the family Of Thomas G. Smith,
ESQ. II
= At twenty minutes past five o'clock
fire occurred in twostory double tene.
pent house on Julian street, just above the
failroad bridge belonging to DauielR Neal
The house was destroyed. 1t was occupied
by two families by the name OF Maddox
and Stebbins. The house was insured for
full value and the occupants OF the house
saved everything. The fire companies were
slow in getting a stream on the building,
but when they did their work was effective.
The Sixth ward boys were on hand and
had stream on the burning building al.
most as soon as the steamer, but as theirs
Is only hand engine their work was OF
slow nature. 1t was a remarkable escape
from large confagration, as the fire was
in the midst of portion Of the city thickly
settled with frame buildings. At this time
no one has been reported as hurt, although
several ladies' tainted from fright.
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NEWS BY THE CABLE.
lNFoRMER CAREY LEAVES IRELAND
To GoIuto Exile Ia FOrslsn clIns.-IrI.A gurd
CoaIpIratOrs FOund aullty-A Big Lot Of
Dynamite uAsartAsd Near Cork.
The Coming RIas Hatch.

LONDON, July s.-The report that James
Carey has left Dublin Is confirmed. The
Government refused to give him any re-
ward or written pardon. On Monday
night last detective called upon
him with an order for his de-
livery and drove with him in a
cab into the city. Having been given the
alternative Of being turned unprotected in
the streets or passage to London and thence
to some colony in the Eastern Hemisphere,
he chose the latter. His family had already
gone to London separately 10 avoid suspi-
cion. -u t-a s1t.|-
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ArALK WITH CH ALTMAN CLLKIEs.
what He Says About the Contest for
speakership OF the House.

Chicago, July 7.-Congressman Calkins,
Of Indians, chairman Of the Committee on
Elections, In this city, while on his way
from Washington to California, was esked
the status Of the speakership contest, and
replied:
aud II Is not er7y to see low 1t will end. II
Carlisle were the only candidate from Ken.
lucky there Is very little doubt that he
would have clear calling, but II Blackburn
is in the race the support Of Kentucky and
The South will be divided, and neither will
be successful. The fight would then be
between Randall and Cox, and nobody
doubts that the former would have the
stronger following. l had q conver9:
tion with blackburn few days ago, and
be ssid that be was candidate and would
Be In the field until the end. These cons
ditionp, anyone will recognize, place Ran
dali foremost and practically Eettle the con;
test In his favor. A strong pressure will
be brought to bear upon Blackburn TO in.
duce bis withdrawal, buthe Is the kind Of
a man think to tenaciously hold on to q
position, and will hardly withdraw to the
advantage OF his State rival"
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A PECULiiR CASE.
Bonds Stolen Six Years Ago Just Heard
from Through the q. 8, Treasury.

NEW YoRk, July Tin 1877 John and
Elizabeth King.i pickle-dealers, on vesey
street, were robbpd Of oyer $4,000 in
United States bonds, gold and greenbacku,
which they kept in their store. All efforts
to recover the properly failed unLillately.
The two old people died, and their SON aud
daughter pursued the search, and asfew
days ago were notified by the United
States Treasury at WPqhing ton that one
OF the four per cent stolen bonds Of
$1,000 had been received there. Then
came In other notices from the Treasury
that oil the bonds had psssed through the
hands OF New York bankers. Fhe matter
has been placed in the hands OF lawyer,
who will carry the case into Courtto recoy.
er the bonds. From the evidence so far,
It appears that as soon ss the thieves diyi:
ded the money, the bonds were disposed
Of In bulk at once at one PLACE In this city,
who forwarded them at ohce TO . house ID
London. The man who sold the bonds
and acted as the real thief, Is now under
constant surveillance, and his confederates
are Hspotted" 70 as TO be taken at q mo:
ment's notice,
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MoUNr STERLING, KY, July S.-A negro
named Dick Bigger, who Tuesday last at.
tempted to rape servantgirl Of ]. O. Ander.
son, was taken from Jail here last night and
was about to be hung to railroad bridge,
when Marshal Pouch who broke up the
celebrated Barnett bandits appeared and in
q short apeeoh persuaded the crowd 10 let
the negro be taken back to jail. The mob
was masked and numbered over fifty.
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Personal HoteR-The Resignation O
ia mayer Riley-vacancy Filled.

Personal NoteR-The ResiguaiIon OF
/ mayer Riiey-Vacancy Filled.
Correspondence Of Tie La,eili0eWeer.
CRANBERRY, W. Va, July miss Jen-
ME Wise and Mrs. John Molatt, OF Wheel
ing, are guests at. the Summit House.
Atthe meeting Of the Town Council last
night the resignation Of Mayor S. F. Riley
was read and accepted, and ex-Mayor
Chas. W. Jackson was unanimously elect
ed to succeed him. Mayor Riley accepted
the Office in last January with the proviso
that II he found it TO interfere with his du-
ties as train dispatcher for the third diyis-
ion Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad at any
time he would resign. Finding that the
duties promised or threatened TO conflict he
took the course developed last night. He
made an excellent executive, and his re.
tirement is regarded with uniform regret,
The new Mayor is well.known, and will
receive the full support Of this community.
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No MORE promising speculation, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, has been started in
these days Of three and four per cent. in
terestthan the agitation to run down the
tr1de dollar to eighty.fye cents. Eight
hundred and fifty or eight thousand five
hundred, or cigh'y.iive thousand dollars,
invested in trades" may be safely held by
any one having money to spare enough to
hold on, with the chance that when Con.
EEeas meets the Grades" may be redeemed
in leSal.tender silver dollars, piece for
piece. There's tempting margin in an
advance Of fifteen dollars on every eighty
i've That's where the agitation had ita
origin.
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AvALUAB grIEoE OF SKIN.
Going TO Law 10 Recover Tewksbur,
Human Hide from Governor Butler.

SotuE 10 l4AN ~ htCutcF u He"AbbuFy
Human Hide from Governor Butler.
BosroS, July 7.-Donaldson. Donovan &
Co., Of this city, are the firm who furnished
Governor Rctler the eanple Of human hide
used in the Tewksbury Investigation. A
reporter, meeting Mr.. Donaldson to-day,
the following conversation ensued:
"Mr. Donaldson, did YOU ever recover the
skin you loaned Governor Butler?"
mo, have not, but am going to-"
"Was II Of any value to you?"
~ should say it was. was making a
pair Of shoes from 1t for the museum in
Rome. valued that skin at about
Sl,500."
allow do you propose to get it back
again? You bave received word from the
Governor that he does not acknowledge
any property in human skins, and that he
intends 10 bury It ahen it has served bis
purpose as evidence in the investigation"
II understand that and have commenc-
ed legal proceedings to secure 1t. For this
purpose ] have engaged the services Of Mr..
BROWN
"Do you anticipate success in your suitq"
II certainly do, and because OF the pub.
licity given the article in the recent affair
I would not take less than 5000 for that
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LONDON, July s-La1t F.iday the popu.
lace at Brindiui fearing the introduction Of
cholea refused TO allow tbe Peninsulsr
and otiertal Compans's steamer su,at to
land tie InJ;an mail, eyea when iumigat.
ed. The Italian government o,deied the
Snrat to speszie under an emba,go Of
twenty days, aud maiat ;ined theorder det-
pite tue fact that the only pretext for that
,ction wal shown to be q clerical error in
the steamers bill OF health. The surat
went to Trieste.
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READING, Pa, July 7.-Doctors Aaron O.
Detweller and Washington @. Detweller,
krothers, aged So and IS respectively, we're
last night in the Schnylkill river.
In company with two others they went in
Aaron YVES seized with cramps,
and his brother went 10 his acsistIace when
both were drawn under the water and
The brothers were prominent
and wealthy physicians Of this city, and
both enjoyed large practice.
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From all quarters the crop news con-
tinues to be as favorable as could possibly
be desired. The intensely warm weather Of
the past few days has been OF great benefit
to the corn, and in many localities where a
partial failure was confidently predicted,
We have assurances now Of an average
,;oIJ
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Awild WON an in a woods.

SHENANDOAH, July 7.-while some ur.
chins OF this town were roaming through
the woods near Ringtown this morning
they suddenly came upon wild woman,
in semi,nude condition, feeding upon
some uncooked poultry, which she had
probable captured from an adjacent farm
yard. As soon as she Rsw the boys she
gave chase, and, when they were in full
retreat, she turned and disappeared in the
woods. The demented creature 10 tho pght
to be one OF the escaped lunatics Of the
Dauphin AImshouse FIRE. An effort will be
made 10 capture her.
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YalIoM Hersr steamer.

GALVESTON, TEX, July s.-The State
Health Officer who, arrived this morning.
informed the agents Of the bark salome
here, from Vera Cruz, with yellow fever
aboard, that she would not be allowed
to enter any port this summer, and advised
her owners in Europe 10 send her on to
New York, offering 10 send with her the
physicians now on board aud provide In
every way for the sick. Should this fail (,
permission will be asked 70. the National
Board OF Health to take her to Ship Island
and hold her there in quarantine at the
State Of Texas expense.
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Horrible woTk Of an Insane Man.

CINcISSArI, O., July s.-The NtUs Jour
mails Batavia, 0. special says George
Ayers, aged 60 years, q wealthy farmer
living hall q mile from Salem station,
Brown county, this morning rose early
shot and killed his grandson, Charles
Preston, who was asleep, set the house on
fire and went to the barn and Getit on fire,
shot himself and was burned up In the
barn. Another grandson was lying beside
the murdered one, but was not harmed.
Ayers was insane,
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Chnmbord Improving.

FRosDom, July S.-The condition OF
Count de Chambord continues slowly i'm.
proving. His mind ia more clear. The
consultation OF doctors has been postponed
for day or two. The Orleans Princes will
visit Pesth Monday and aiterward return TO
Vienna. They will subsequently 20 back
TO Paris II Count de Chambord's health per-
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wesicynn Femaie InstIiule, ,Slaunteu q va

We take pleasure in directing attention to
the advertisement OF this popular Seminary.
It 10 located In one Of the bealthIest climates
in the world, where every breeze contributes
I, the phy cal visor Of itipuptls. It presents
attractions unsurpassed II not unequalled In
the Union. It's buildings are home.liIe and
elegant, grounds attractive, scenery grand.
fhls school Is attended by lG0 boarding
pupils from IS different States. 1t hs1 made
great reduction In the cost Of education.
Among the lowest teKma In The Union.
Board, Washing, Fuel, Lights, English, Latin,
French, German, Elocution, instrumental
MuSic-$23s, for entire schola,lic year, See
advertisement. For Catalogue addTesS Re :.
VIM. A. Harris, staunton, Virginia,
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correspondence y Hs |Rteu'9ehcer. nh
SALT LlcK BRIDGE. Braxton Co., July7.-
The wheat harvest is over in this county,
and is the best We have bad ior many
years. Old corn is abundant, and the
growing crop Is very fine; in fact every
thing for man to eat is abundant and cheap.
Two things are wanting out here, viz q
railroad and Republican msjority, and il
Is hoped both will be obtained soon.
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TIE Cincinnati Eaquirer actually warm
I'd up enough yesterday to say editorially
that Judge Hoadly's speech at Hamilton
Saturday night was the feature Of the meet
ing. This cordial endorsement will. no
doubt, greatly encourage Judge Hoadly.
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BosrON, July s.-Edward Whslen, who
applied to the police at Attleboro for a
nights lodging, admitted he wps an cs.
capped convict from the State werkhouse at
Bridgewater, burned Saturday. He said a
negro named James Gilmore, who escaped
with him, set 1t on fire. Gilmore was ar.
rested and confessed. He is said to have
carried matches one year to accomplish it.
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GREENsBuRa, KY, July s.-La,t night
marshall Hensley, Of this place with Ben
Bagby and four others started out to arrest
James Owen, desperate character, on o
felony warrant. They reached Ovens
house at midnight and found that the des.
perado had gathered party Of his friends
to resist arrest. About fifty shots were
discharged. Marshall Hensley was killed,
Raghy MORALLY wounded and the rest Of
the posse fed. 1t Is not known whether
any others were wounded. Owens was
not arrested.
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HARrYoRp. CoNN, July A--Au engine
and eleven ea.S Of the Eist-bouud Freight
on the N. Y. & N. f. Il, R., was derailed,
owingto failure to signal properly where
the track was being repaired. Nobody was
killed. The engine, cara and treightwere
much damaged.
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CoRr, July S.-Detectivea e1humed at
Inchisaggan,a "a suburb, q box cotaining 600
dynamite cartridges, believed to be part Of
the great dynamite robbery in this city
two years ago. The knowledge that
large box OF dynamite was in bad hands
since the robbery has been the cause Of
continual anxiety 10 the authorities.
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HENRY WATrERsoN is becoming alarmed
at atRaudall's growing strength for the Speak
erhiP, and is firing hot shot into the Penn
sylyanian's forces. AS Henry does not
come from the headwaters Of Bitter Creek,
Randall's following Is still undismayed.
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INDIANA seems to be solid for ex-senator
Mcdonald as Presidential hope, but the
paradox that confronts the country Is, that
Indiana Democrats are not solid cohesive
mass for free trade, and they never WILDE
while Voorhees, advocates protection.
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ANOTHER illusion is rudely dispelled by
Professor Welckers, oil Halle, who says
that SChillers bones are not in the Wei
man mauso!eum. Ia there anything real
and true in this world Of deception? By
and by somebody will be proving that
Samuel ]. TiIden was laid at rest nearly
seven wears avo.
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PAms July S,-ltis s'u,ed the Cabinet
has resolved TO dispatch note to Earl
Granville, pointing out the contemplated
British annexation Of the now Hebrides, is
contrary to the engagement previously en-
tered into by Great Britain,
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ohio Tempprapre CopTentlop.

Columns, July ga call has been Is,
sued for State Delegation Convention, at
Columbus, July "a, to be composed Of
temperance workers, irrespective OF party
or creed, to take measures for carrying the
second proposed constitutional amendment.
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Tvr retu-ns from the toy pistol on the
Fonr,b are not all in, but enough deaths
have been reported to satisfy the most in
credulOus that it is not toy pistol but a
dangerous fire arm.
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Is Major Nickerson, the much.married
,.,r isn't dismissed from the Army in
Si,,t,ce 1 what Is to become Of the boasted
.IoT;s.rsud gentleman" that we read aboutP
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RrssElLvrLLE, KY, July S.-Last night
Nimrod Long, a young man, while foolIng
with an old gun shot his cousin, Nimrod
Briggs, killing him instantly. The cap on
on the gun was 0orroded and Long thought
there was no charge In II.
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THg funny Texas editor who hoaied the
public by alleging to have participated IN
a duel, may have gotten the benefit Of a
free advertisement, but at the same time
public condemnation.
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Condition OF the United states Treasury.

WASHINGTON, D. O., July 7.-The follow
ing Is the condition OF the Treasury: Gold
coin aud bullion, Sl9S, 1884, ,43lI silver dol.
lars and bullion, Sl66 .337, 1858; fractional
silver coin, SIS, ,4l8,744 United States notes,
So, ,o23 ,6S7; total, $397, ,57l ,Sl5. Certificates
outstanding-Gold, SOL ,524 i 500; silver, S72,.
bS7, ,e3l; currency, $l3,065, 900.
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rnp coso Of citizen Of Ohio who is
.h.r.ed with murder for refusing to 90 to
,La A.. ,s.is,ance OF drowning convict, is
co,.aiuly n queer one.
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Tur Cincinnati Enquirer hopes it is true
,h,, Hendricks will run for Governor Of
indiana. That certainly would be a good
.b,rce 10 clip his comb once more.
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Fpou The importance given Count de
t-b.mbord's illness in the dispatches 1t ap-
us.r that France will cease to be q Repub-
H., b;s deatb-but It wont.
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yr,r wear is leap year which will give
A.. xilow Butler a chance to propose to the
n.mocratic n National Convention.
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,,,,,7re GgyKRAL GRESHAM is handl'
,.s n. lottery question with unsloved
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p,,rrRspuRG Is now ambitious to strike
,,n,,l oas No wonder. The gas company
.s'yps I s. 50 per thousand feet.
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NANNY is the only genuine Anti
,,inu"nolist-combined n fees 100000 per
n,um.
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yr,-rrpAY was delightful change from
Il, ..,oIsrable heat Of the past week.
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Qhe Gttsligtuffr:

Idle. So.. 25 "nd " fourleen.h e.ree.:
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tnnum. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-14

VIEWS OF MAJOR LyDEcKER AND rHE BUILDING IN.
sPECroR


The question OF so amending the building recu-
lations as 10 prevent further encroachments upon
the streets by the very liberal amount OF ..p-oie-
tom allowed by the building regulations ana OF
which ft is claimed men building hou ,es take un.
Que advantage 10 enlarge their houses has been
under consideration by the building inspector for
some time He has written a report on the SUBJ
lect, which was placed I'm the hands OF Major Iy-
decker, engineer commissioner, to-day. This re-
port was not given out tor publication. Inspector
Entwl,le when asked about the matter by a sr.R
reporter said he had suggested some radical
changes ~
allow can you remedy the eyil. which IN your
view, has already been done?" asked the re-
porter. WV
ave cannot do that, or course, ~ said the inspec-
in the fuiure.- e S
Major Lydecker, In declining 10 furnish the re-
port 10 STAR reporter for publication, said that
ne old not care TO have the matter made public
and publicly discussed until the Commissioners
nal considered IL and decided what course they
would take. NY
This is great abuse, said Major Iyd,cker.
relerrihe 10 the projection" priv leges land it
must DE checked IN we propose To preserve the
tend d 10 be. Il four feet are taken away on each
side for projections, that practically advances the
puldng line and decreases the width OF the street
eight feet.n
IL Is Understood that the proposed new rrcula-
ions VIII meet with considerable opposition from
men who are largely engaged In building and for
that reason II is consid red best 10 incuhate IA. IN
After they are quietly adopted the opposition Viii
have little eject.