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District Govern ment Affairs.


Last night the stores on PENNSYLVANIA avenue
Oelng closed and the stree gas Lamps being also not
lighted, better opportunity was afforded TO test
the effect OF the BruSh-Swan electric lights The
experimental test OF fOrty-five nights lighting by
that company Is intended more to enable The com
muntfy 70 judge OF the desirability substituting
electric for gas lighting than TO satisfy the Com
m1SSlonerS whether such change is desirable, and
IT. Is understood that they will be pleased TO learn
how the public regard the different methods Con-
VertS 10 the electric light. now applied IN lieu OF
gas, love not yet been made In Official circles
out the BruSh-Swan company hold out The expecta-
ton that all shall be made satisfactory. AT all
events their method is on probation before the
community and the Commissioners as well
REGRET FOR CAPTAIN HoxIE's DEPARTURE
AT q meeting of the officers and employees OF the
District government saturday afternoon a resolu-
tion Was adopted: "lhat we deeply regret the
severance OF our Official relations wit Capt r. l.
HoX1e, CAUSED by his transfer from service with the
District government, and desire TO express to him
the unqualified respect and affection felt for him by
every officer and eInplOye OF the District govern
ment, Tor his unoendng Integrity, his ability In The
performance OF his official duties and his uufaling
courtesy and consideration ia official relations
and We assure him that our affection ard good will
go With him in his new feld or labor"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Liquor licenses were issued to-day to NJ Buckley
and ChaS Z. James
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SUICIDE FROM OFFENDED DlGN1TY.-Geo Frank
eide Friday night by drowning himself In the river
because his wife had locked him out OF his home
Thursday night while he was out playing cards
with some nieDdS When he returned home she
refused to get up and let him In, and this so Of
tended his dignity that after going and getting an
extra glass OF beer he walked down to Long bridge
ana Jumped into the Patapsco river. His body was
recovered Saturday morning.
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Notes from Wall street TODAY.


THE BEAR LEADERS PRACTICALLY OFT OF I'm
AAkkEr-THE Low PRICES FOR WHEAT. ETC.
NEW YORK, August IS, Wall street-Adytces
from the watering places report a bullish feeling
Ill Is stated that the bear leaders are practically
Oct oi the market and are inclined TO favor q fuf.
tDer advance an this time.
surprise Is expressed In banking circles that the
wlthdrawa ais OF money from the New York banks
10 move the crops have not been larger but &c u
DelieVed That the farmers dlsnclined To accent
Iuihg prices Tor wheat and are holding back In an
uclpaton OF better prices
Noon. - The stock market this morning Wa
strong and higher, the advances In prices renR1n0
from y 10 "a per cent Lake Shore recorded the
greatest Improvement selling up TO e61, on tho
NahderbNt interview. At midday there MAS q frAo.
uonaI reaction
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NEW YORK. August lS.-A letter was received &C
sanitary headquarters to-day from Col Sutherland,
medical director OF the division OF the Atlantic OF
the W ar department, I'm which he stated that when
he reported the death OF Private Henry, OF tho
Greely expedition, to have been caused by starva-
ton, In applying for transit papers he was not
ADVISED OF the facts In the case as subsequently
developed He does not undert axe 10 authorize
correction, leaving that the authorities Wash.
ington, who are Yet TO be heard from
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The UoxVa Girv URioser~

Iowa CITY, Iowa, August lS.-An immense mass
meeting or citizens was held In this city yesterday
and last night. al which the rioters proceedings OF
last "Wednesday were condemned and an orgaDiza-
ton effected 10 assist In preserving order and en-
forcing the laws There has not been the least dis
tuTbance in this city since the outbreak OF last
"Wednesday. The cases against the alleged rn9-
leaders OF the mob will be pushed TO end
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MARTYR AND HERoINR-On Friday last q
little boy while bathing with other children oppo-
site DR.. Kinlock's house on Sullivan Island, s. c.,
got beyond his depth, and MISS Ela BENJAMIN, OF
his rescue. She caught the drowning boy In her
arms and held him up till boat came TO her aid.
longed effort to save life had SO exhausted her
strength that she per1shed a martyr to woman .
love and devotion. The boy saved was Julian Reid,
o son Of Mr. Loughton R Reid
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PROTEST FROM S0CIALISTS.-About 500 socialists
for the purpose OF protesting against the hanging
OF the Norwegian, Oscar jacobson, who was re-
carpet cleaner named BedelL The resolutions
adopted urged upon future governors to show
mercy In similar cases, ''untu q capitalist was
hanged TOR the murder Of . poor man
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Assignment bv Leading selma, Ala.
Merchants.

SELMA, ALA, August is.-M. Meyer Co.. leading
merchants In wholesale and retail dry goods made
an assignment this morning 10 j. c. Compton and
D. Rothschlld The assets and liabilities are not
yet aScertanable but the latter probably large
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Fatal Collision M Sea.

COTTAGE CITY, MASS, August lS-The Steamer
PottSvllle, Captain Bacon Salem, for Philadelphia,
arrived here to-day. She reports that last night In
vineyard sound, six miles from West ChoD she
was In collision with the schooner James II. Moore
Adams, from South Amboy for Boston. with q
cargo OF coal The Moore sunk In nve minutes In
Twelve fathoms OF wafer The steamer lost her
foretopmast, which, In falling, killed J. Nelson
SEAMAN.
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Fire and ExplO~tOu.

- kANsAs CITY, Mo-, August Is-The Journals
carthage. Mo-. dispatch says: &. l. Crockers fac
tory Was burned yesterday. An explosion occurred
during The lire and the roof hurled thirty feet
~ I'M lhe All, oemonshing buildings 1t fell Loss
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LYMAN TRCNBULL LOSES DAUGHrER-A six
year OLD daughter OF ex-senator Lyman Trumbull,
OF Illinois. died suddenly at Kingston N. Y, yester-
day afternoon. While going through room Sat
drday she accidentally ran her hand against a
china teapot In the hand OF a cook. The bottom
came out and some OF the contents went over the
child, badly scaldDg her. The physician, how ever,
neribeS the cause OF death TO conclusion OF the
bra In from the shock. The family will proceed to
thek home In Chicago with the remains to-day.
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An Old Man Arrested ON a Charre N

foRT JEFFERSON. l. l., August 1S-Henry Swee-
N!, seventy ty-four years who committed a rape on
tseNeh-year Old girl OF Isip, aud for whose appre-
hensi0n 100 II ward was offered, was arrested by
Sherln Brewster, at this place, last night
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The Coal Miners, Strike.

TRUUbLk VI SERIOUS NATURE FEARED
Pittsburg dispatch says: The coal miners
strike has suddenly assumed an ugly aspect. and
1t is feared that before the affair is settled there
Will be serious trouble, II not bdOdshed and loss
OF property. Last Saturday morning orders were
given at an early hour, and the various squads
started forth to interview the men OF Nears pit
they came TO work Earnest arguments, and Ia
deavOrS to get the men to return to their homes
and not work. One man was surrounded by twenty
men, who threatened to do him all sorts Of bodily
harm II he persisted In remaining In.
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hEr WEST, FLA, August 1a-Ensign Capehart.
VINO i Sick with yellow lever, Is slightly improved
liliN Hlotulug. No Important change In his condi-
non ls, however expected TIL tomorrow when the
nhdl result OF his attack Will be determined There
Is no other case with even the slightest suspicion
OF Its being yellow fever on the island
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A West Virginia Scandal.
ELoPEMENT OF A POSTMASTER WITH PROMINENT

CITIZENS DAUGHTER.
New York WOrld special from wheeling, W
Va, August IS, says Grantsv1lle, Calhoun county,
Is laborng with scandal which involves Two Of
Its best families. On Wednesday night about mid
night A. O. Johnston. postmaster and leading Iner.
chant OF GrantsvilBe, departed from the commu
nifty, taking with him some funds belonging to tho
government. and Moilie Gainer daughter OF a
prominent citizen, leaving family in distress and
MS post Office accounts in 1neXtrlcable confusion.
Johnston has been living fast life, and has from
Ilme 10 time borrowed sums OF money from various
friends ranging from $50 to $500. His destination
Is unknown. Prior TO his departure he secretly
executed deed OF assignment in favor OF his
Iather covering all OF his own property and, some
OF MS creditors say, good deal more His accounts
were IN such shape that his deputies abandoned
the office, refusing to handle any of the post office
business. Until an inspector s sent from WASH
ington to investigate the office will be locked up.
The store is In the hands Of the sheriff. Both Miss
Gamers and Johnston's families are heartbroken
over the affair."
Ldter.-POstmaster Johnston has been arrested
Dy the government authorities in COv1hgtOn, Ky.
He admits discrepancies liz his accounts with the
government, but claims they amount TO only few
dollars.
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Buffalo. N. Y. Special to the N. Y. World. 17th
1t has come out today That there is big sensa-
tion In store for the fire department in this city.
Charges OF corruption affecting prominent members
OF the department are written out and 1t is claimed
that the accusation Will involve several others A
few days since the commissioners received from
outside parties written protest against the pur-
chase OF any further machinery from the Lafrance
flre Engine company, OF Elmira- The charge is
that members OF the department have received
several thousand dollars from the Lafran"e COM
pany for securing the purchase Of engines and
exchange OF Old machinery for new. The board OF
commissioners, 1t seems 90 not know much about
machinery. and are obliged to trust to the judg-
ment OF suoordinates- It Is charged that one off-
Ger has SO xed proposals that they came inside the
patents held exclusively by tine Lafrance company.
For instance, the schedule SPECIFIED ''nest tube'
0oler NO company but the. Laffance could bid.
By the common council
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DOVER N a.. August IS-A torrfd wave to-day
has caused general suspension OF outdoor work.
The mercury reached 100 at ii O'Clock. Several pef.
soDS have been Frustrated by the heat
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Foreign News by Cable Today.

PARIS. August ls.-A dispatch has been received
from oen Mlliot, dated Hanoi, August nth, which
says II have published a proclamation TO the
people coupled WIN an utimat um regarding the
regentS pretensons The French nag has been
holoted over the citadel at Hue, the capital OF
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kilograms to The Star.
GEN. LOGAN AND THE KORET LETTER
THE TROUBLES IN NEW IBERIA
CHOLERA AND THE YELLOW FEVER.
RETURN OF AMERICAN ATHLETES
A DENIAL nv GEN. uoo.r
He Coutradtcts Hon. w. H. R.r-v-~
SrafesNans

AIsASS, y Y, August iS-Genrrai Iocan teie-
, sraphs TO the Ers.ai'S yotrraai from Jamestown
that ne never told Hon. ". H. Barl,um thaf he bse-
ie'ed that Garfield Wrote tha NoreT istss, =.
stated In New York newSnapers
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LIEUT.. GEN. SHERIDAN and Gen. Newton, the
chief OF engineers, have returned to the city.
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American Athletes Home from Europ..

NEW YORK, August ls-L 4. Meyers the cham.
ploh amateur runner, and z. p. Murray and HAIRY
WHO went TO England IN June 20 compete with the
brlllsh amateurs, returned TO New York, Landing
this morning They were met by q few fr1endS
They speak IN very high terms OF the reception
given them by the English amateurs All three o(
the returning athletes are In excellent health
Meyers brings back seventeen prizes and the honor
OF beating eight previous best records Freder1clD
returns with three prizes, and Murray with nvO
cups ana piece OF silver plate-a celery vase.
The Drought in Ohio and Indiana.
CINCINNATI, o., August la-Continuous dry
weather has for the second time this summer
threatened great injury the corn crop as we'll "a
10 tobacco pasture and vegetables There has
been 40 rain In southern Ohio and Indiana for
hot and The sky clear
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THE LOUISIANA TROUBlES.
soldiers I'm Cbarv. -, N.

NEW ORLEANS, la, August is-A special dis.
pIt'h da'"d yesterday, frOm Iberia 10 the
,'S Dtfdoc''Gt ss. ;: New warrants were issued
So, u4iis 20 Snerh Neazy for the arrest OF az
@ HheIIu ldtor and Deputy Clerk Eue who VEN In
CUSTODY AZ odd Fellows han. guarded by militia
az shrTlh read the warrants 10 the PRISONERS ana
ma Niators bond al 5000, and Etles AZ ri 0pO
an, anu my Mete given uIl =. m. 70 furnish the
pohuS b9t tailed 10 do ~. A lew minutes after a
ottoth All The military forces here were assembled
NNd formed IN front OF odd Fellows hall The
prs hers, With Armelin, the eX-tailer we're then
uf'uEh' out and delivered 30 Sherin geazy An es-
corr ol hnlltla then formed. on Main street, ana
iufIe1 iliIDl 10 me lah, Where the prisoners were
InCh'd up The jan was then surrounded nv the
militia aud guards We're placed at the CORNERS az
lt streets leading 10 the JAIL and no one Was per
ii',,eu iS 10 pass without permit The Louisiana
@ hed aruieiy WAS ordered home, but as there was
~ilt TAX oi dlSiurOanc" after the New Orleans
al1AI'FN was ordered home. They were again or
utTed 10 remain unul reiitVed by other troons
Etlor supporters have little hesitancy IN saving
lhtS 90 NOT recognize Judge Gates and the state
government. Tonight the merchants are watch
ihE thcr stores. ana NiCianl guard is maintained
against lhcendlar1sm. Judge Fontanclu stated to-
uiSht lhat he has ole Thousand trieuds here that
ne can call on II he desired lie Is much incensed
at lalorS arrest, but moves about without saving
much.
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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Interpel reye-
nue., $3.50, ,931; customs, s633,745.
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Watter.on Defend. Mrs. Blaine.

telegram from Louisville, Ky, says: Mr.. Henry
Watterson returned from Virginia Beach to-day,
and in answer to question as to the Blaine scan
dal said that he had long ago discredited and dis
missed It from serious consideration He had oc-
cason some fifteen years ago to look into the mat
ter and had found nothing which could Justify the
impeachment OF Mrs. Blaine.
The Cou,1er-Jo'unal OF to-day says: ssTo the in
tegrity OF good woman, who for thirty years has
presided over Mr.. Blaine'S household recognized by
all who knew her to be the best OF wives and moth
ers, an entire generation OF testimony may be
called and will confidently and cordially answer"
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BAR HARBoR, Me-, August la--Mr. Blaine len
here at 1870 this morning, via the transfer steamee,
for Augusta.
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Return OF the phiIadcIphta Cricke,er,.

NEW YORK. August ls-Ihe PHILADELPHIA cricket
players diseInharked AT O'Clock this morning from
Tue Steamer AusiTaL and were taken on board the
fennNl aHia railroad cumpany's tugboat Fletcher
anu conveyed 10 Jersey Iily. Then they started
Iur fhliGephia on The regular 10 O'Clock train.
Iht! are lh excellent health, and greatly pleased
WIN tle courtesy shown them IA England. While
aoiuad ta,y played le gaines or which they won q
lost ), and Inaae 5 araMS
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Suicide after a Murder.
4 NEGRO SHOOTS A WIDOW WITH WHOM NE rs IN

Jack Brewer, burly negro, and another colored
man, Charles Berrian, were in White Plains on
Saturday evening drinking, and at about midnight
they started to walk home. They determined 70
call on Mrs Elizabeth Barker, a coiored widow.
ana when they met her In her little cottage Brewer
began TO ch1de her for allowing the attentions of
another colored man, OF whom he was Jealous.
After some hot words the men went away. but
returned at about 4:30 Sunday morning.
They forced their way into the WomaIs7s
bedroom, where, after awakening her. Brewer
renewed the dispute In the heat OF the quarrel he
pulled pistol and shot the woman dead. q he
shooting had been witnessed by Jackson another
colored man, who alarmed the neighborhood
he would certainly be captured he went by a cir
cuitous route back 10 Mrs Barker's house Enter
Ing II, he stood over the body OF his VICTIM raised
pistol TO his forehead, and fired a bullet into his
Drain He fell TO the f1oor beside the woman, and
died after remaining In an unconscious condition
for little over an hour His suicide was witnessed
by three colored women who were in the house
watching by the body OF the murdered woman
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THE FLEET AT NEwPoRT.-Rear Admiral s. B.
Luce reports to the Navy department the arrival at
Newport, r. l., Of the Tennessee, vandalia, Swa-
tara, Yantic and Alliance
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What Lieut.. Powell Said.

AND NUT GIVEN FACTS
Lieut. Powell, OF the signal corps, states In refer
ence to the interview with him printed in Satur-
days STAR that with the exception Of that portion
relating to cann1balism, the article gives very
nearly the language he used in repeating conver-
sat10ns he had with Lieut. Colwen and others The
opinions he expressed in regard to the cannibalism
story, Lieut. Powell says. were not based upon any
conversations he had with the members OF the
Greely party, as The STAR reporter represented,
that subject not having been broached In any con-
verSation he had either with Lieut. Greedy or his
men. He expressed 1t merely as his opinion that
the ocial journals could not have been kept after
the Abandonment OF the station at Lady Franklin
bay, the opinion not being based upon any knowl-
edge OF the contents OF the journals. He merely
expressed his own personal view that one could
hardly doubt the truthfulness the reports Of can
nibalism after the discoveries made at the exhu-
nation OF Klslingburys body. In reply to the
question why Greedy denied these reports Lieut..
Powell says his answer -" II 1t is true that In
order 10 sustain life they were reduced to the ex
tremity of eating the flesh OF their comrades. the
only explanation OF Greely's denial would be that
they were all SO crazed by hunger as not to know
what they did. 1t Is possible Greely himself might
have partaken OF a portion OF human flesh given
him by some OF the men to prevent him from dying,
and In his enfeebled condition could not have re-
allied what was given him or what had been cone :"
His remarks TO the reporter, Lieut.. Powell declares
were simply an expression OF individual opinion to-
gether with an explanation, used as SuppOSitiOn,
TO cover point where the members Of the party
seemingly were willfully denying evidence almost
conclusive
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The Cholera Epidemic Revivtu9.

DEATHS AT NARsFiIIEs AND TOUfDN,
MARsEILLEs, August 1s.-Ihere were four deaths
from cholera here last night AT ToulOn there was
one death In the hospital and several In town.
Ihe epldeInlcf Is apparently reyiying, and the num-
Der OF cases Is Increasing.
QUARANTINE AT MALTA.
MALTA, August ls-No Passengers from Italian
ports are allowed 20 land here. Passengers from
Sican ports are subjected quarantine OF eleven
days
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PITTsBURG, August la-Thleves entered the MI
yaie study OF Rev Father Mollnger, in Allegheny
CITY, last night and distracted from the safe e3 600
in money and diamond mounted challce valued
AT 81 500
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SIS aa 0"Oo oOoouo oco0p
So GO o. 90 ~ co
SS ~ o. 60 0O o. W
sss @aa - - oooOo OOoo~ ooOW
90 ssss ssss
/ . 8 ssss SIS.
ILL 90 sss $ ssss

1ne Housekeeping Goods Department At the Palsis
Roys is to lie closed out this week. The goods have
been remarked at prices that viii . loss Of
5000 but as his department has never profitable
are determined to abolish it. To close out what
the
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in the Pension Office

appointments I'm the Pension Office
The following appointments to cerkshlps, class
one. salary 81 200, have been made In the Pension
bureau under the civil service rules VIM. R. Page,
Ohio; Richard II. Mead, Ill; VIM. r. n. Alexander,
Iowa; Thos. r. H. K Forrest D. c. ;Gbert c. Wells,
Va; Geo. B. Wright, D. c.; John E. Mulligan Md;
VIM. b. Benham, n. Y; Joseph H. keefer, d. C.;
John A. Prince. Mass; Guim Miller, Md; James b.
Albright D. e.; Geo S. King, Md; Chas A. Harvey,
Jr., n. Y; Levi G. Phillips, Va; Geo. w. Waysen,
1r.. Md; Geo. A Leech, Iowa. James Guthrie. Ind.
klnsey JOINS, Md; Horace w. POcOke, Missouri
The Star Route Prosecutions.
RES1NGNATIoN OF SPECIAL COUNSEL BRA DLEY-~A DIF-
FERENCE OF OPINION THE CAUSE.
Col w. o. Bradley, OF Kentucky, who was ap-
pointed some time ago special counsel to prose-
cute the star route civil SUITS has rendered his
resignation to the Attorney General. 1t is stated
that the cause OF this action was difference OF
opinion between Col. Bradley and the Attorney
General as to the management OF the cases. Col
Bradley, it is said, wanted to appoint his own as
sstants and make the chief fight against Dorsey.
he Attorney General thought that he should have
charge OF such matters himself.
AT the Department OF Justice, this morning, q
STAR reporter was told that Col. Bradley had re-
signed, and that the Attorney General would give
TO the public the reasons 1Or this action ii ne
deemed IL best. The Attorney General Is sull alb
sent at Long Branch and In his absence the Off
Gals at the Department of Justice refuse to say
anything more than the fact OF Col Bradley 8
resignation.
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TIE POLICE COURT WITHOUT A HoNE.-The Police
Court building has been undergoing series OF re-
pairs for the past two weeks The old shingle roof
has been removed and the entire building is loW
under new TIN one. on Saturday the carpenteu
began removing the flooring 10 the courtroom bue
finding the Jolsts all rotten work had TO be sus-
pended as II VIII take several days 20 replace tho
decayed wood. Meanwhile Major Lydecker is txy.
ing 70 negotiate with the marshal for the use of the
old Criminal courtroom while the noor % being ro.
placed The marshal being out Of town arrange.
ments Will be made by one OF the Supreme Cos1Ft
Judges Tor Police Court accommodatlQns.
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HORNETS AT A CAMP MERrING-The good effect
OF the devotional exercises at the Juniata camp
meeting. at Newton Hamilton, Pa, was last Friday
destroyed through the mischievousness OF an evil
disposed person who slirred out a nest OF hornets
which hung above the congregation. Several per-
sons were seriously stung and one 4year-old child
probably fatally.
Lszt, the pianist, has written a letter denying