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The Markets..

BALTIMORE, May 12-virsinia Sizes consolidated.
~: new ten forties 49, new threes 54A bid to-day.
BALTIMORE. May l2-Cotton steady-middlins. 11k.
Flour steady and quiet-Howard street and western
super aS5G do extra 362a4 e. do family 75a5 90;
city mills suIer, 30oa3 so do extra, 365s625 do Rio
brands SOFAS Pstapsco family ESQ., do superlativs
patent 100. Wheat-southern quiet and easier;
western lower and aetixs closing weak southern red
LIS No. western winter red. spot 02al OBJ June,
o. bid; July, 1o2Aa1 02h: August. 10lhal 0l1s
ern white esa7O: do yellow. 6oses: western mixed.
Oats quiet and easy-southern. 40.43: western WHITE
4la43, do; mixed. 3sas0 Pennsylvania 4Oa43. Rye
quiet. 6Sa,O Hay frm-pr1ne to choice Pennsylvania
and and. Maryland isoo1.7oo Pfovisons steady Mes:
clear RIB sides. packed, 7xasN Baeon-shoulders 81:
clear rib sides. 10Y. Hams 14hal5a Lard-reaned.
a9ass Egg steady lSss Petroleum 9s,
94al0a: Sugar ste.dy-A SOFT copper refined quiet
IL Whisky quiet and steady. 116: Freishts to Liver
SraIn I'd Receiptsoaour. 52s barrels; whsst 24oOO
1000 bushels Shlpments-whest g. 600 bushels; corn
800 bushels Saies-whest. 800 bushels corn
Oh i,tct,
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CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPROVED
real. ESTATE. BEING THE WEST SIX LOI $
OF SQUARE 1877, All THE JUNCTION. OF MARY
LAND AVENUE AND STREET NORTHEAST,
FACING CAPITOL PARK
-, BY virtue Of deere Of the supreme Court ofRsS
passed ON the 10th day of November, 1888 i'll cause -
Numbered 1922. wherein Kate Mari. guardian &c is
complainant and Frank T Barry q others are lie
PENDANTS. shall offer for sale. at public ion front
OF the premises, on FRIDAY, MAY TWENTY THIRD.
1894 at 1--WE O'CLOCK P. NJ. Lots numbered five (5)
SIX t seven Cd eight 81 nine 90 and ten (O) James
a.. Latta's recorded subdivision of square numbered
seven hundred and twenty [I2I, in the City of
Washngton. District OF Columbia The said property
win be sold by lots
Terms of sale. prescribed by the court One-thir
c) cash the remainder III two CD equal instaiinents
PAYABLE six 90 and twelve 2) months after of sale,
rtsptc tiSely, with interest the whole due
payable each (6) months all cash. the option
the purchaser purchasers Such purchaser or pur-
chasers II not paying all cash his their notes
Tor the deferred paynents, above provided; and no
deed to be given until full payment of purchase money
depos OF 300 Will be required each lot when sold
aud IN default Of compliance with the terms OF sale
within ten O) days the property will be resold at the
risk and cost of the defang purchaser purchasers
HENRY L DAVIS Trustee,
AGO Louisiana ue.
r.. @ HOFFMAN. Auctioneer, 10th and SITS. NV
my12-H, 1611,l9.2l,23
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GENTLEMEN'S GOODS.

Jusr RECEIVED
LARGE LOT OF SPRTNT GCAPTS FOR FIF1Y
CENTS, WORTH SEVENTY Five CENTS
LARGE LINE OF SPRING HOSIERY.
A COMPLETE STOCK OF UNFINISHED AND FIN
lsHED SHIRTS CONSTANTLY On HAND.
FINE DRESS SHIRTS TO ORDER
7kOMFSON'o SHIRT FACTORY
CHARLES HI ATT Prupriat1-
apl1 Sic street northwp~.. opposite Patent Office
f,INEST DRESS SHIRTS MADE TO ORDER.
Il only -.
si1 Fine Dress Shirts made u order only e.
finest Linen Collars ali styles only 81 80 per dozen
Finest Four-Ply Linen Cuts. only - cents per
psir.
Closing out large lot o: Unfinished Dress Shirts
ttcents. worth Is cents.
Ansoods Guaranteed 10 give satisfaction
At NEGINNISy.
fst25 1902 street northwest
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C9ANCERY SALE OF. VALUABLE COUNTRY
" PROPERTY, ON TIE H.ADENSBURG TURN
PIKE: KNOWN AS THE "LAUER PLACE"
ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN WASHINGTON
AND BLADENSBURG.
Under decree Of supreme Court, District of Co.'S
lu1nbla III equity cause No. g. I39 Bernard Geierr
AGAINST Gregor iauer ct al. will sell at public ~
auction. III front Of the premises, FRIDAY, MAY
INENII THIRD, 1884, at FIVE O'CLOCK Z. NJ, all
that part Of tract land in the District of Columbia
called Haddocks Hills" lying the east side of the
Washington aud Bladeiishurg turnpike road, and ben
nl 1o the same at stone the east side of said road
Gtg also corner OF lot in the division + HaCldoc
H-iS anu enclosure. and running ence north with
the line OF said road 5 degrees east percles the
center OF branch thence with the center said branch
south ~ degrees east II perches thence south 4 de
grre 10 perches thence south IA degrees east
perches thence south % d west Al perche the
place OF beginning This place contains about 81 acres
is improved 10y brick dwelling, slaughter house.
house. stable &c well arranged for the residence and
business OF a butcher
Terms: Oncfourth cash. balance in six twelve and
elge,n months with interest from day Of sale at
per cent per an1Iin all cash il desired $50 delo,t
required Gov' yailcing at purchasers cost, and
to be complied with in days
FRANCIS MILLER,
,,,n 400 6 louislana avenue Trustees
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AUCTION SALES.
nUNCANsON BROS Aucuoneers,
~ ST. and $40 9th st a. ", corner st.

hUNCANSON BROS, AuctlOneerS,
II ST. and $40 9th st n. W.. corner st.
REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
&C. CONSISTING OF LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
PARLOK SUITES (VARIOUS DES1GNsl, WAL
Nut, CHEhRi, POPLAR AND OIAER CHAM
Der SETS, HANDSOME HALL PIECE, NJ. T.
sIDEBOARDS, EXTENSION TABLES, PATENT
ROCKERS. LOUNGES MIRROR. WALNUT CRIB,
STANDS. CHAIRS, BATH-TUB, BOX SPRINGS.
HAT-RACKS, HAIR AND OTHER MATTRESSES.
BRUSSELS. INGRAM AND OTHER CARPETS,
MATIINGS STOVES, GRO Kerry AND GLASS
WARE, KITCHEN REQUISITES. Sc. AT AUG
On TUESDAY MORNING. MAY THIRTEENTH.
commencing at TEN Q, LOCK, we will sell At spa
Goods Ii
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ALEXtNDRIA AND FRFDERICKSBVRG PAT
WAY, AND ALEXANDRIA AND WA. HIS(;To

Raj X. lAD ~
For Aiex4nt!-ia. 80 40. 925. 1I:o5 and 11.a5am
10. 4 -, 2M "a SO, and IL ID T. IN On SUNDAY
n 80 -, Ii % I'm y 10 y Ia A'
tor Ec.iiul.d and the TtI 80 AMI IL On 4 II, f.;I,-
and 800 y III. daily SUNDAY $500 -''
1r%-i lrsN" AeStirIa .or Washington O5 = f5 IOO
AID 10 ~ IA ltJ. 80 9.-3 ~, Us and IL "A n
H. an 10 "a t;-t Cl4 SlI.ay al = Us and 10 la
q 100 41it 10 - j. IL. " -
HIS az n rms ;, a: the oice northeast rornc-
Ct !s'th -tFF anu l. i.t ayri.I and - tn STA
tOn. Where oEi-r- bs l,ft ro- tin cff,,e, - -.
Sac 20 IL Situation iUtc- and RS I.rrts
J e. WOOD tsrr-ral PASSENGER S.-ss,,
'fiNH T. i I bt1 u Il al Ns4ia<tE u!vl1
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CHICAGO. May II, IL As q m-The market took dis
astrous downward turn after and the descent
hurried 10y various alarming rumors from New York.
None Of which have received verifcation In quo
Corn 56 for June So for July. Lard s379 for june.
Pork, II 10 for June
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DoToMAc TRANSPORTATION LINE
Mt. VERNON. MI. vERHoNn

STFtN1FTs W w TOH~Np,v
I6aves Tth street wharf daily Except SUNDAY, for Ne
Vernon az 10 O'clock retur1i;,. reaches Washing.
tel about 5 81 pm
fapratu
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"EEKS CO., AuctIoneers
w 637 Louisiana avenue opposite City Post Office
THREE HUNDRED LOTS POSTAGE STAMPS,
A SPLENDID COLLECTION,
AT AUCTION.
Within our salesrcoms
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY THIRTEENTH,
At SEVEN p. NJ
Catalogues ready Stamps for inspection day Of SALE
from tod nyl2-2t
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T'HoMAs BOWLING, Auct,Oneer
GROCERIES AT AUCTION
On WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY FOURTEENTH
1884 at TEN O'CLOCK. shall sell store south vest
corner LIST ard High streets, georgetown, ID. c. small
stock of Groce ries. &c.. viz:
Nhiskies and Gin III deuijohns
Teas and Coifees: Counter Scales
Spices and Shelf Goods.
Tea CaniSters: Coffee Mill
Soaps Wooden and Willowware
Brooms. &c. &c.
myl0-:3t THOMAS DOWNING Auctiopeer
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DR. H. T. MURRAY,
1910 street northwest,
my6-1ms Office and Residence
nR =. 1. SCOTT. DENTIST,
~ - lLate of Sandy Spring, Md.)
1907 Street N. w., Washington. D. q
Preservation OF the natural teeth specially mh20
nR, DUKE. DENTIST. tbs l4TH STREET NORTH
~ west. Beautiful sets Of Teeth and Q perfect ut
Teeth filled for 81 Extracting without pain SO centa
AL operations warranted iail Am
nR; STARR PARSONS CORNER era AND e
streets n w. Filling specially; also. the cure Of
toothache without extracting. A local anssthetic used
Charges moderate, nj
RANDALL PARSONS, D. d. g.. OFFICE AND RES.
~ d sto ~ 3th street northwest over
formed Gas given to thousands with most pleasant
results. day or night. Ten years experience. %
nR: 7; r. TALBOT. DENTIST, No. 1s7 7TH
street. three doors from T. Dentistry in IN
ts bsanchss Teeth inserted ~ per yet Al work war.
TsuteA &nlY
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EIyHE GREAT

V1fHE GREAT
Il PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
-, TO TIE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Dol BE IEAth- SPLENDID SCENERY.
STEEL RAILS. MAGNIFICENT JOrIPMENT
IN EFFECT MAY 18th. 1854.
TRAINS LEAVE NAsHISGToS. FEOI STATION CORNER
OF SINlH AND Il STREETS FOLLOWS
For lftSDTfg and the West Chicago Limited Fxnrfss
" Palace sleeping Cars $40 q daily: Line
9+O a daily. with Sleiin- Cars from HarriSh,r,
u Cincinnati Western Express AZ y uaiiy.WIth
faa.e Cars to PlttsbuTe. Also connects daiiy for
Chicago, with SieyIlnE Car Pitt burg TO Chicago
Mail Express. 1000 i. H.. daily, for Pittsbur.- and
tn West. with Palace sleeping car Washington to
Oh
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For IL, ,:dsi2Ja. Rochester. Buffalo Niagara
1000 m aa-Iy except "a ,Uriay. with Palace Cars
Washington 10 Rochester ard NasEin -tou Buffalo
Ir1in lcaylnZ Washington on saturday night will
run beyond Remove.
For NIli2I4sprt. Lock Haven ard FImira az 9.aoa IN
daily. 1T sunday.
Tor Sew fork and the East. 5 Is a 1850 D m 40
o. lb-D0 and IL - u. SUNDAY 90 10 81 and
lll5 p n Limited ESpres, Uf Pullman IarOr Cars
= 40 a III daily. except sunday.
On Sunday. ~ T. III
Fer Br oklyU Y Y all through trains connect at Jer-
10y city with boats OF Brooklyn Annex. afforCug
dlfeft transfer u q ton street. avoiding double fer
rag across New York CITY.
Iyr ih.iadclrhia sI5Gnd 10 20 I'M 10 90 90 10 90
All ii IL On SUNDAY, 4 40 90 90 and pm
iLlI,'a FNl'ress : 40 q n. '.-i5, exr-rt SUNDAY.
T y od!Illi!orcr t-a1. c-l0. 90 y 1850 a. l2.aj
10. 49,. - 20. 90 Tao. 10 GO and IL Is b. M
W ,uiiday 40 lO50 a H.. 100 6:oO 49, IU.00 and
l. - y. 1890
For POP, Greek Line, GO m and 40 p daily. ex
Tgr Annaio.is. $50 and 4:i0 p N excep. Sun
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RANGE OF THE THERMoNETER.-The following
were the readings at the ONCE OF the chief sa1naI
of1cer to day:-Sa. m, 507; II am, 60 3p.m., uG
Maximum, S05; minimum, 46k
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West and South.

THE Prohibitionists in National Conven-
tion at Pittsburgh on the oath nominated
John p. st. John, of Kansas, for President,
and William Daniel, of Maryland, for
ice-President. 1t was decided that the
name of the party should be the "Prohibi-
tion Party" The platform adopted favors
the abolition of internal revenue on liq-
uors and tobacco, and declares that the
ballot should be placed in the hands of
women for her protection.
EIGHT Presidential electors were chosen
at the California Republican State Con-
vention at Sacramento on the oath and a
platform was adopted which affirms the
principles of the National Republican plat
form; favors protective tariff on wine,
raisins and hops; the restoration of the
wool tariff of 1867; denounces the Demo-
cratic candidate forPresident as a monop-
olist; approves Blsine's attitude on the
Chinese question, and favors pensions for
the Mexican war veterans.
AN oil can, used in starting fire, ex-
ploded at Plano, Tex, few days ago,
and two children of John Ransdale were
burned to a crisp.
IN indianapolis on the oath two Prohibit
ton State Conventions were held, one fac
ton being opposed to the nomination of q
State ticket, while the other placed r. s.
DNiggins in the field for Governor.
The defaulting Leadville (Col.) banker,
Frank DeWalt, has been sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
The illicit distillery conducted by a
moonshiner named Polk West, in Overton
County. Tenn, was seized on the oath by
the revenue officers, who destroyed one
thousand gallons of beer and still of one
hundred gallons capacity.
JOSEPH AsHLEY's three children, aged
nine, seven and five years, of Suamico,
Wis, went out to pick berries on the oath,
and were drowned while bathing in the
river.
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turn TO him certain deeds of land he had
given her.
On the Western North Carolina Railroad,
near Marion, train beheaded two men
who were lying on the track a few days
ago. Both were well-to-do farmers. They
were intoxicated.
COLONEL L. MURPHY was shot dead by
Reuben Trip in quarrel recently about
a land trespass at Mobile. Trip surren-
dered himself to the police.
A FIRE few days ago destroyed forty
one buildings, including banks, hotels,
stores, saloons and the public offices at
DEVILS Lake, D. T..
JOHN SHEA, miner, near Greeley, Col,
cut the throat of his wife while she lay
sleeping, then stabbed her seven times
and himself eight times, and fell dead.
A SUCCESSFUL test of plan of moving
street cars lay electricity was made few
days ago at Cleveland, o.
The failure is reported of the Barnum
Wire and Iron Works of Detroit, Mich,
for 100000.
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DEATH WITHOUT WARNING.

me Engines Boiler ExpIodes with Fear
full Results-Four Men Literally Blown
to Atoms-Not Shred of One Body to
Be Found.
WHITE HAVEN, Pa, July 26.-Earl7
yesterday morning locomotive No. $40, on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad, pushed a
freight train from Mauch Chunk to Fair
view When the start to return was made
there were three men in the cab-Jacob
Hassle, the engineer; his son, John Hassle,
who acted SIS brakeman, and John Arm
bruster, the fireman. They all reside
at East Mauch Chunk. As the en-
CINE moved slowly away Robert Smith,
night operator at Nescopeck, stepped on
the cab to ride to his home, not far away.
The men were all in good humor and
chatted merrily. The motion of the engine
grew quicker and more steam was turned
on. AT $50 o'clock the locomotive had
reached point about two miles above this
place when the air was rent with tremen-
d0us report. The lengine became hid in a
cloud of steam, the earth trenlbled with the
conclusion. The boiler had exploded and
wrecked the locomotive. AS soon as help
reached the spot it was evident that all
four of the men had been killed. Jacob
Hassle, the engineer, was found one hun
dred yards from the spot, surrounded with
pieces Of firesbOx and boiler ArmbruSter,
a fireman, lay just two hundred yards away
in the opposite direction, blackened, COW
cred with debris, and entirely brainless, the
whole top of his head having been
taken off. A human leg was seen
projecting from. the pile of ruins which
indie ted where the engine had been
quiveriDg conyulsively. Robert Smith, the
operator, was pinned down to the track by
the tetder truck Strenuous efforts at res
cue were made at once, when the sound of
an approaching train was heard. A coal
train rushed into view, dashed down the
track and before warning voice could be
raised plunged into the wreck in which
Smith still lay. Thirty-five cars were more
or less demolished, the engine derailed and
broken, and the wreck made still
more hopeless. When Smiths body
was finally reached it was headless. Wheth-
er the original explosion or the shock of the
collision had decapitated him no one can
know. The body of John Hassle, the brake
man, has not been found. Farm hands at
work mile away say fragments of metal
fell about them in the fields. No reason has
been assigned for the explosion. Experts
say that the boiler had plenty of water in it,
and that it was comparatively new.
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The East.

BARNUM's circus tent was blown down
during a storm on the 23d at Syracuse, N.
Y, creating a panic among the audience,
several Of whom we're injured, few it
was thought fatally The damage to the
tent and wardrobes was $4,000
THE failure Of the Coatsville Iron Com
pany of Westminster, Pa, for $3.50, 900, is
announced.
AT Waterford, N. Y, a passenger train
ran into street-car on tho oath, killing
Mrs. M. f, Scott, woman of sixty-two,
who was in the street-car, and fatally in
juring nine-year-old boy. Three other
persons and the driver were badly hurt.
A. OvERHoLT & COPS distillery at Con-
nersville, Pa, and seven thousand barrels
of whisky were burned early the other
morning, causing a loss of $6)0,000.
Louis SPENCER (colored) died in the
poor'house at Lockport, N. ", on the
oath, in his one hundred and fifteenth
year.
JOHN HILL, who represented the Fifth
New Jersey District in Congress for three
terms, and was largely instrumental in Sc
curing two-cent postage and the postal
card, died few days ago at Boonton, in
his sixty-fourth year.
HAND 81 ELLSWORTH, paper dealers in
New York, have failed for 100000.
Hon. w. II. BARNUM, of Connecticut,
was reelected Chairman, and Hon. f. o.
Prince. of Massachusetts,, Secretary, at the
meeting of the new Democratic National
Committee on the OATH
AN engine on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road exploded its boiler near Whitehaven,
Pa, on the 25th. j. w. Harsel, the engi-
neer, his son, who acted as brakeman,
John Armbruster, the fireman, and tele-
graph operator named Smith were Instant
ly killed.
DEATHS were reported on the 25th of
Walter Hartman, ex Governor of New
Hampshire, aged sixty and Daniel
Pratt, formerly Attorney General of New
York, aged seventy eight.
IT is announced that bonds to the amount
of $1,000,0O0 bearing three per cent. in
Serest are to be issued for the purchase of
sites and the erection of public school
buildings thereon in New York City.
FOUR Hungarians were attacked by five
men on the Goth at Uniontown, Pa, who
killed one outright and seriously injured
the others. The ruffians had been arrest
ed and were held for murder.
On the Goth fifty-one men were placed in
Jail at Pittsburgh for criminal treatment
of demented girl who wandered among
the camps along the Monongahela River.
Her jewelry, valued at $500, was found in
shanty at Elizabeth.
IRVING MILLS went riding the other day
near Pocomoke City, Md, with young
widow, the daughter of Captain L. L. G.
Davis, who objected to his attentions. The
father rode out to meet the couple, when
Mills shot him dead
CONNECTICUT Republicans will hold their
State Convention at New Haven Au-
gust 90
THE canal barns of T. Richardson, in
West Troy, N. Y, and Mrs. Michael Days
saloon and dwelling, were destroyed few
nights ago by an incendiary fire, and be-
tween thirty and forty horses and mules
persisted.
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LATER.

THERE were twenty-three deaths from
cholera at Marseilles, thirteen at Toulon
and six at Aries during the twenty-four
hours ended at nine p. m. on the Doth.
Seventeen cases were reported at Pan
calieri, in Italy. Nearly twenty-five places
in the South of France-chiefy in the De-
partment of the Bouches du Rhone-were
afflicted with the pestilence, and reported
from one to three deaths each day. Up to
date there had been 1900 deaths in France
from the cholera.
A CANADIAN surveying party of four
men were drowned in the Spanish River
few days ago.
The Commercial Bank of Brazil, Ind,
suspended on the Goth, it's liabilities being
about $40, 900, with assets nominally reach
ing $4,000.
Loss of life was reported on the Goth at
Homecoming, Nd, caused by foods result
ing from heavy rains. Serious damage
had been done at Cumberland and Frost
burg. At Barton Mrs. Mccormack, her
daughter, and two children of Richard
Moody were drowned.
SEVEN horse-thieves were on the Goth
hanging to trees at the mouth of creek
in Meagher County, NJ. 7. A large band
of cowboys were hunting others, with in
dications pointing to a second wholesale
lynching.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND was formally no
titled of his nomination by the Democratic
Convention at the State House in Albany
on the Goth. Nearly all the members of
the Notification Committee and of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee were pres
ent. Colonel Villas, of Wisconsin, made
the speech of notification, to which the
Governor responded.
In the Georges Creek Valley in West
Virginia flood the other night did $780,
900 damage and drowned twelve persons.
Several houses in the villages were swept
away, bridges and trestles ruined, and
miles of railroad track were washed out.
ADvICEs of the 10Th state thata cyclone
from the southwest visited the neighbour
hood of Hickory, Grove County, Va, de-
stroying everything in its path, two hum
bred yards in width. Several persons
were badly injured, but no lives were re-
ported lost. The largest trees were car
ried away, houses and barns destroyed,
and cattle killed.
THE Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Labor party met at Chicago on the
Goth and postponed the convention which
was called for the 30th inst. to July 80,
1885, The committee passed resolutions
that, as the Republican and Democratic
parties had endorsed in their platforms
the principles of the Labor party, it was
their duty to accept the endorsement, and
the holding of a convention was unneces-
sary. Several delegates who hal arrived
denounced the committee as fraud.
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A Decreasing Postal Revenue.

WASHINGTON, July 90 Returns received
at the Post-office Department from 159 let
ter-carrier post Offices, which produce nearly
one-half of the postal revenue, show that
gross receipts for the quarter ended June
80, 1884, were So, 100, O52, or $3.50, BIG
less than the receipts from the same
offices for the corresponding quarter
of the preceding year. Upon this basis
the receipts from all the post offices during
the quarter would aggregate about 81 ,000,-
600, and the receipts for the year about
So, 900, 900 less than the previous fiscal
year. Sixteen offices show increased re-
ceipts. The diminution is attributed to the
reduction Of the letter rate from three to
two cents. The result of the years bust.
ness, which is better than was expected, is
highly gratifying to the financial officers of
the department.