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FOREIGN.

Queen Victoria has recovered from
the injury TO her knee, but her spirits are
still depressed
The Gar has committed the death
sentences imposed upon four Nihilists. and
reduced the terms of imprisonment to
which number of others were condemned:
In wager, at London, of 81 900 to
to 600 that the mind reader, Irving Bishop,
could not tell the number of bank-note
known only to Messrs Labouchere and Firth.
Bishop won
The recent explosion of powder
magazine at Scuta1i, in Albania, by light
ming, caused the death of $50 persons, fifty
three others being severely injured
The trial of the dynamiters in Lon
don was short, sharp and decisive" The
witnesses for the defense were speedily ex-
amined The arguments were brief and the
Judges charge was damnatory. The Jury
was out but n short time and returned a
verdict of guilty as to Dr. Gallagher, Wilson
Whitehead and Curtin, and not guilty as to
the other two. The court sentenced the
convicted to imprisonment for life DR.
pdiitShCA DiObtSJtu Innocence ana SAID
time would put him right before the world
The police of Dublin have informa-
ton of the existence of society organized
for the special purpose of making way with
the informers in the Phoenix Park assassina-
ton trial, and, in consequence, James Carey.
who has for a time been allowed to walk out
from Kilmainham Jail daily, has been mott
fed that the police will no longer be re-
sponsible for his safety outside the Jail
China is purchasing munitions of war
in the United States upon large scale pre-
sumably in view of the probability of war
with France growing out of the Tonquin
difficulty
In Victoria Hall, Sunderland. En-
gland, in which a magician had been giving
performances, 1Sj children were killed by a
crush and panic When the entertainment
was finished, the little ones between the
ages of and LAY, who principally occupied
the gallery, descended the stairs hur-
riedly, and, encountering a door which
opened but twenty inches, Jam re-
suited. Here some were lifted from
the stairs by the struggling mass and
fell, only to be trampled to death This
brought on a panic, resulting in scenes sim
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The observation by the United States
astronomical expedition at Carolina island
in the South Pacific ocean, of the total
eclipse of the sun. in March last, were high
ly successful, although no trace was found
of the planet Vulcan
An appeal has been granted in the
case of Myra Clark Gaines against the city of
New Orleans, and the suit must again be
tried in the Supreme Court of the United
States
New York produce-dealers are i'm
porting eggs in large quantities from Eu-
rope, the low prices at which they can be
bought in Denmark and elsewhere more
than offsetting the greater cost of transpor-
tation.
The Governing Committee of the New
York Stock Exchange the other day listed
ESQ, 76l 600 In railway stocks and bonds This
is indicative that there is a plethora of loan
able funds, and that there is a revival of the
speculative boom
The earth seems to be in tribulation
in Central America Ecuador was visited by
an earthquake on the 10Th ult Several vii
lagos were destroyed Mount Cotopaxi is in
active eruption, and the people near by are
in great terror fearing a repetition of the
catastrophe of six years ago.
The business failures during the
seven days ending June 16, as reported to r.
G. Dun & Co., numbered 1876, as against -
the preceding week. OF these the New
England States contributed 24 Middle
States, %; Western 50; Southern, 80; Pa
cific States, is; New York city, II; and
Canada, 10
The Allen Steamship Company is said
to have offered its business and vessels for
sale for SIC, 100000
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SOUTHERN.

At railroad camp near East Atrit-
chic, Miss, sixty colored laborers attacked
several white men for chastising one of their
number. The negroes captured one of the
white men and beat him to death
During race riot at Fulton, KY, a
white han and negro were killed and four
men dangerously wounded
Fine rains in North Carolina and Vir-
ginia have materially benefited crops OF all
kinds
Jordan Corbin, a negro, without
provocation killed Benjamin Garden and his
wife and son at Rockford, Ga
A. G. Jordan died near Chattanooga,
Teen at the age of l07
Six members of the Barnett gang,
whom mob attempted to take from jail at
Mount Sterling, KY, recently, to hang, were
permitted to enter a plea of guilty of the
murder of Vaughan Hilton, and the court
sentenced them to imprisonment for life.
Aaron Harris, colored boy who
murdered a white peddler at Enterprise,
Miss, was taken from jail by a mob and
lynched He had confessed his guilt.
Ex-Gov. Charles j. Jenkins, of Geor-
gia, is dead
Two colored, men named William
Harde and Solomon Hewett, were privately
executed at Conway, s C. Last October
they murdered jeremiah Stalvey, a country
storekeeper, for S25 A month ago they
made their escape from Jail after killing a
prisoner who would not jcin them. The
fugitives were followed by bands of armed
men and bloodhounds, and ten days later
were captured. They then narrowly es-
capped lynching.
John +. Carter, editor of newspaper
at Dadeville Ga, was shot and killed by b.
b. Sturdevant son of eX-Probata Judge
Sturdevant, whom he had attacked in his
paper
At Mansfield, La. the Rev. Ben.
jenkins, Jr., killed President J. Lane Borden
OF the female college, for running young
lady friend.
Eight persons, men and women, were
drinking in a Floyd county VA brothel,
when discarded lover of one of the women
threw a blazing pine-knot through win
dow, upsetting the lamp, which exploded
and set the whole party on fire. The house
and one man were consumed, and the re-
mainder of the carousers were shockingly
burned
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half q dozen smaller firms, most Of them
having been acting as brokers for them,
were forced to the wall One interesting
feature of the panic is the development Of
the fact that the options held by McGeoch,
Everingham Co., represented more than
twice the amount of lard on the market 1t
is the opinion Of Board of Trade operators
generally that yesterdays events will, on the
whole, exercise q beneficial influence upon
the market, no one denying that lard had
been given a fictitious value by the forestall-
ment of the market by McGeoch
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BIG FIGURES.

One Sco.ch nobleman owns / ,360, coo acres
OF land
PHILADELPHIA girl has collected near
LOCO, coo stamps
1T is said that Mr.. Conkling is now making
at the rate of $3.50, COO year
A MEXICAN lady of rank visiting in this
country has hair seven and a half feet long
TIE Treasury Department estimates that
our exports this year will amount TO sS2O,
Gee.
The bullion shipments from Salt Lake
last week aggregated seventy three car
loads
THE census gives the cost of 81, GOO miles
OF railroad then in operation in the United
States as 50, G60, 000, 60
THE internal Revenue officers collected
last year sl46, 800, COO or So per cent OF the
revenue of the Government
STATISTICS collected in Prussia show that
about two persons in every 900 stammer
This would make about SOC, COO stammerers
in the world
that in 1882 the wheat production of India
was 2i0, 600 bushels of which 37,o0O,0Oo
were exported
SINCE the passage of the Bland-Allison bill
OF Sept. 20, 1873. the minis of the United
States have coined in round numbers, 14O,-
000, 900 silver dollars. OF these there re-
manned stored in the treasury, May !, about
s1O6,00O00
So FAR, the New York State House at
Albany has cost the State sll, %, 900, and the
architect estimates that 81, al 600 more will
stair-cases, $4,000 for stained glass, sl20,
00O for bas reliefs SIS, 600 for porches S7h.-
600 for carving, s12J, 100 for n tower and
81, 2Oo. 600 for terrace
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The Greenback party of Ohio held Q
State Convention on the 18th inst, at Column.
bus adopting q platform and nominating
candidates for State Offices, to be voted foi
in October. Charles Jenkins, Of Mahonins
county, heads the ticket as the candidate
for Governor.
The colored Republican Club ofWash.
ington serenanded s W. Dorsey the other
evening. Acknowledging the compliment,
Mr.. Dorsey thanked the members of the
club for their courage In paying such m
honor TO one whom the Government had
been bending all its power to ruin, and COM
pared the trial Just closed to the impeach-
ment of Warren Hastings Mr. Dorsey has
written an extremely caustic letter to the
Secretary of the Republican National Com
mittee, in which his past services to the
party and the reward he has received are
alluded to with bitterness
The Illinois Democratic State Cen
trail Committee recently in session at
Springfield, authorized the Hon. John IL
Oberly, its Chairman, to appoint a commit
tee of four to act In conjunction with him
self and Mr.. Goudy, the member for Illinois
of the National Committee, TO secure the
selection of Chicago as the place to hold
the next National Democratic Convention.
The Prohibition Convention of Ohio,
In session at Columbus, nominated ticket
as follows: Governor, Ferdinand Schu-
macher, Summit county; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, H. Il. Ogden, Hamilton county; Su-
preme Judge Short term, z. c. Payne,
Franklin county; Supreme Judge dong
term), ID. C. Montgomery, Knox county;
Clerk of the Supreme Court, j. ii. Beach
Ford, Preble county; Attorney General, J.
w. Rosenborough, Fulton county; Auditor
of State, Gersham Lease, Hardin county;
Treasurer of State, V. NJ Whiting, Huron
county; State Commissioner of Schools. II.
A Thompson, Franklin county; Member of
Board of Public Works, G. H. Cruzen, Hardin
county.
The Postoffice Department has sent
an agent to examine the Niobrara and Rapid
City mail route, which was created by Con-
gress on the representations made by Hon
L. X. Valentine, of Nebraska. That gentle
man claims that the hostility of Senator Van
Wyck to the project springs from personal
motives. Mr.. Valentine admits the absence
of population along the route, but insists
that over 500 miles are saved between the
Elkhorn valley and Deadwood
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WASHINGTON.

The Secretary of the Interior has adj
dressed the following letter to the Secretary
of War
The Hon. r. T. Lincoln, Secretary OF War.
SIR: understand that Gen. Crook will soon
return TO the vicinity of the San Carlos Agency
with large number OF renegade Indians who
guilty OF murder, theft and other crimes /
do not think these Indians ought TO be allowed
to return to the agency. Such, know, has
been the practice. There can be no permanent
peace if these Indians are allowed to
murder people, steal their stock, and
then surrender themselves and re-
turn 10 the agency TO be supported by the Gov
eminent. i think the criminals should be held
as prisoners and punished for their crimes The
children should be taken from their parents and
put in school. think we can accept and care
for the children of school age. shall be pleased
to hear from you as to the number of children as
soon as you receive Gen. Crooks report. Very
respectfully, HENRY NJ TELLER.
comparative statement has been
prepared at the Treasury Department, show
ing the revenues of the Government for the
first eleven months of the fiscal years 1882
and 1883. 1t is as follows Eleven months
ending May 81, 1882:
From customs. .....................s 1902, $50 Os0
internal revenue. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 133,322,5 S2
MISCELLANEOUS. "a ,3i2,6S2
Eleven months ending May 81, 1888:
from customs. 1872, 932, 500
lnternal revenue ........-. 1853, tlO993
miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures. 36,72S,05i
This shows "a decrease in receipts the pres
ent fiscal year to June / of SITE, $40 For
the first quarter of the present fiscal year
the receipts were about 81, 600, 600 in excess
Of the receipts the corresponding period in
1881. There has been gradual reduction,
however, which it is estimated Will amount
to nearly $40, 00o, 600 by the end of the pres
ent fiscal year.
When the Criminal Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, at Washington, opened on
the 18th inst, the jury in the star-route
conspiracy case reported that they had
agreed upon verdict of not guilty as to all
the defendants, Brady, Dorsey and Peck
The verdict was recorded, the friends of the
defendants applauding the while Five bal
lots were taken by the Jury before an agree
ment was reached, the first showing three
for conviction and nine for acquttal
Counsel for the Government stated that the
other indictments against Brady will be
pressed
The Grand Jury of the District of
Columbia has found another Indictment
against Gen Thomas J. Brady, formerly
Second Assistant Postmaster General, for
frauds in connection with the star mai
route between Socorro, New Mexico, and
Silver City. The indictment was found upon
the evidence of John A. Walsh, j. b. Price,
and others
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ODD THINGS.
A HAIR SUIT CONVICT.


Redsyng was Western vender of medi-
cines He relied chiefly upon his har which
was two feet long, TO advertise his wares
for it gave himself such an odd appearance
that he drew a crowd on sight He became
a convict in St Louis, and the Warden
shaved his head in accordance with prison
usage He protested at the time, and now
brings suit for damages.
A CHAMELEON GATEPosT.
California paper states that year or
more since gatepost that had been painted
with o-called zinc white was noticed TO APP
pear black all day, gray in the twilight and
white during the night On an investiga-
ton of the singular property of the paint
the cause was shown to exist in a new
metal, which has been named actinium, on
account of its peculiarly actinic effects 1t
is found in zinc ores and resembles zinc.
THE WRONG CAP.
At Waco, Texas Fred Schenck was irving
to put on the end of a snail pencil. what
seemed to be common musket cap. 1t
exploded and blew OFF one JOINT of thumb
and two joints of his finger. On eXamina-
ton of the box from which it was taken, the
innocent looking caps all proved to be dyna
a hardware house. and no one wa, aware
that the caps were filed with dynamite
A SHOWER OF BRIMsToNE.
The wiseacres are not little puzzled over
a most mysterious fall OF sulphur" which
covered the house and yard of Mr.. Abram
Wilson, reputable farmer, residing four
miles east of Wellsburg. A match applied
to 1t caused a blue flame, from which came
the odor emitted by burning sulphur The
same substance was also discovered at other
points - Wheeling Iatetigencer.
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WESTERN.

Ex-United States Senator Casserly
died at San Francisco, aged 81.
Retailers of whisky will hereafter
have to pay yearly license of $500, while
tax of $3.50 will be exacted from beer-sell-
ers, law to that effect having passed the
Legislature and received the Governors sig
nature
Jordan Corbin, who murdered Ben
jamin Garden, and seriously wounded his
wife and son, for the purpose of outraging
Gardens daughter. in Coosa county, Ala
was captured by citizens and put in Jail
Within few hours he was taken from the
jail by crowd of SEQ and hung The crime
was the most deliberate, horrible and ex-
asperating conceivable
The old Pacific roads have decided to
make reduction of one day in the time
consumed between Omaha and San Fran
cisco.
The watch and chain of Judge Nc
Comas have been recovered from the rene
gade Indians in Arizona, and there is fair
prospect that the stolen boy will soon be
brought in.
Ira Stump, a horsethief confined in
jail at Fremont Ohio, was the other day
married to Sarah Thornton Stump having
been pronounced insane, and being one of
the heirs TO rich estate. feels the necessity
of wife to look after his property while he
spends three years in the penitentiary.
A tornado visited the town of Neligt,
Neb., demolishing a number of houses and
seriously injuring two women A severe
thunder and 'rain-storm occurred in North
ern and Central Illinois At Kansas City,
Mo, there was a great fall of rain, submerg-
ing the low-lying sections of the city. and
flooding Easements stern Nebraska was
visited by terrific rainstorm doing consid-
erable damage to stock and crops
The failure of Peter McGeoch. one
of the heavy operators on the Chicago
Board of Trade, caused the widest excite
ment ia the commercial circles of the CITY
The failure was caused by an attempt to
hold up corner in lard From the Times
we CLEAN the subjoined particulars: @The
events on the Board of Trade in Chicago
yesterday were of an exciting character
At the opening notice was given byMcGeoch,
Everingham d Co., who have been
since February engaged in running
corner in July lard, that they
were unable TO put up margins any
longer, and their holdings, aggregating over
100000 tierces, were thrown upon the mar
ket The decline in prices was rapid, bot
tom being touched at nearly 50 n fierce be-
low the opening quotation. Armour
Hutchinson, Kent and other wealthy
operators bought all they could find Mt the
decline, which brought about a sharp
reaction, quotations being advanced s2oa
tierce from the bottom In consequence of
tHs failure of McGeoch, Evcrin CHAM a Co
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The recent heavy rains throughout Ill
nois Missouri, and other sections of the
West, have caused widespread damage to
crops, bridges, railway tracks and other
property. The great volumes OF water that
fell have swollen the Western rivers, and
the Mississippi at this writing, is on a
boom, with indications Of a flood second
only TO that of forty years ago
A telegram from Seneca, Kan, says:
sNews in regard to the rain-storm is coming
in. All the big streams in the county are
overfowed, and there is scarcely bridge
but what is damaged or carried away. At
Bakersford, Thomas Atkins and family at
tempted to leave their home, which was
threatened with destruction by water, and
take Mr.. Borari, wife and children along
There were eight in the wagon, which was
caught in the current of Turkey creek and
upset Seven of the party were drowned,
Mrs Borari alone escaping. She lodged in
tree, but was rescued fourteen hours after
ward Her baby was washed from her arms
and drowned
James w. Sheahan, one of the ablest
writer's connected with the Chicago press, is
Times, but for the last eighteen years had
occupied the position of leading editorial
writer for the Tribune
Prescott Brothers, wholesale and re-
tail hardware, at Fort Wayne, Ind, have
made an assignment Liabilities, $4,000;
assets unknown
The last scene of the star-route farce
has been completed. Rerdel who had
pleaded guilty and turned States evidence,
came into court the other day, accompanied
by Messrs Merrick and Ker, Of counsel for
the prosecution, and asked permission to
withdraw his original plea. Judge Wylie
allowed it to be done, and stated that. as
the other starToute operators had been ac-
quilted, one man could not be held guilty of
conspiracy nolle pros was accordingly
entered, and Rerdel retired
Dion Boucicault is said to associate
only with Irish revolutionists in London.
His wife alleges that he has sacrificed his
fortune in behalf of the cause, and she
seems TO believe that he is. the genuine No. l.
In a battle between the Turks and
Albanians in the Hott district, 80 of the
Turkish forces were killed and wounded
The Albanians also lost heavily.
Arthur H. Blaney, cashier of the
Massachusetts, Loan and Trust Company,
confesses having embezzled $4,000 and lost
it in mining speculations
John Dewey, the editor of the Irish
Nation, who had accused August Belmont of
MISUNDERSTANDING the funds of an Irish so
ciety, was found guilty of libel The jury
recommended the clemency of the court
and the chief prosecuting witness Joined in
the prayer
A Mexican named John Yoara out
ragged a IA ycar-old girl at Austin, Texas, and
then beat her head all to pieces and stabbed
her little 10-year- brother to death
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NEWS CONDENSED.
TelegPaphic Summary
EASTERN.

The Massachusetts, Medical Society
has voted down proposition to admit
women to membership
In contest for the championship of
the bak- Line game of billiards and 81, coo,
500 points, played at New York, Jacob
Schaefer, the winner of the emblem Mt the
Chicago tournament, was defeated by
Vignaux by 1876 points
Publisher Norman l.. Munro has
sued the proprietor of the New York Herald
for 500, COO for libel
The amount of freight transported
over the New York canals this season has
been SO per cent greater than was done for
the same period last year.
During the exercises attending the
dedication of soldiers monument at
Mystic Bridge, ct, a cannon was fired at
close range into the ranks of a company. of
veterans who were marching past while the
artillery were firing a salute. Eighteen men
were injured-two of them seriously-by
the burning powder
n. l.. Dukes, who murdered Capt A.
c. Mutt, ex-State Treasurer Of Pennsylvania
in Uniontown, Pa, in December last, was
killed on the main street of that city few
evenings ago, by James Mutt, the young son
of Dukes victim, who fired five times at
him with revolver, four bullets taking eff
feet
In the case of James Mutt, who killed
n. l. Dukes, at Uniontown, Pa, the Uoro-
ner's jury rendered a verdict in accordance
with the facts The post mortem showed
that two bullets passed through Dukes
heart
At a meeting of the coke-producers
of the Connellsville district, held at Pitts
burgh, 5000 ovens being represented, it was
agreed TO reduce the production one-third-
1t is claimed that the business has been con
Quoted the past six months at an actual
loss to the manufacturers
Graduating week at Vassar College
did not pass off pleasantly there being a
difficulty between the faculty and the class as
to the manner of awarding prizes. Asa re
rult of protest by the graduates the fac
ulty punished the class by prohibiting the
delivery of the valedictory and salutatory
addresses
Robert Morrill,, Chief Auditor of the
Philadelphia Gas Trust, charged with
forgery and embezzlement, has been com
mitted TO jail
People boating on Findlays lake, in
the Western corner of New York, report see
ing scaly serpent with body as large as
that of an average man
The corpse of Mrs. Mary Bleschen,
a member of the New York Cremation So
ciety, was incinerated at Washington Pa,
last week The ashes are to be sent to her
former home in Germany
Grays Opera House at Boston, a
variety theater burned during perform
ance- The audience was small, and reached
the street without becoming panic-stricken,
though the workmen in the large building
in which the theater is located had TO fly
and leave their tools behind The loss is
placed at 100000
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POLITICAL.

Mr.. Henry Watterson recounts a
visit to ex-Gov. Samuel j. Tilden at Grey
stone. The latter is described as being in
excellent health, active and enduring.
with an intellect unclouded and wit as
keen as it was years ago, while he is as
much interested in the events OF the day as
ever he was Lest all this should cause
anxiety among aspiring politicians, Mr..
Watterson gives it as his opinion based upon
conversation with his host, that there is no
power upon earth that could induce Mr.
Tilden to again become candidate for the
Presidency.
The bill increasing the salaries of
Legislators 80 per cent was killed in the
Massachusetts Senate-3j tol
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PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Prince of Wales is an expert boxer
and is fond of the gloves
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. uncle Remus.,
has red hair and blue eyes.
GERMANY boasts of $50 poetesses and
authoresses on the roll of fame
GEN. W. H. f. LEE Robert +. Lees eldest
son, has been farming in Virginia ever since
the war.
Gov CLEVELAND, of New York wears black
alpaca coats and wide-brimmed straw hats
in summer
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL inherits infiamma-
tory rheumatism from his father, the Rev.
Charles Lowell.
He was fond Of singing revival hymns. and
his wife naped the baby Fort 20 that he
would want to hold It.