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A GREAT strike of lumber mill men for ten
instead Of eleven hours rs ddy's work began
q few days since at Bny City, Mich. About
1l5 mills, employing $1,000 men, shut down:
DURING heavy storm at Rantoul; ILL.,
lightning struck the house 6f Henry Kin;
near, instantly killing his two children; aged
two and four years respectively prostratlng
himself and lea0ing his wife insensibls:
CHRISTOPHER MANN, a native Of, Wiz
ginia, died few days since in Independence,
No., at the age OF Ill.
SCORES OF detectives; armed with rifles
and revolvers, were sent to the scene OF the
lumbermen's strike id Michigan, ds Trouble
was feared. The mayor Of Saginaw called
upon the governor for protectionj aid several
militia companies wero ordered Under arms.
WORD has beeti received from the special
agent at the Cheyenne agency that the
Indians are calming down; and that there IS
little danger Of the Uprising so much feared
by the people OF Kansas.
ALL the Worlds Exposition buildings at
New Orleans have been sold at auction to
| new company, known as "Tho North; Gem
| trail. and South American exposition;" for
$175,OO0. The new company will reopen the
exposition.
VII. GARDNER; Of Mobile; president 81
the National Cotton Exchange, states in an
| interview that cotton promises to be better
| this year than any year since the war; with
| the exception Of rs; '7S, 80 and perhaps 'S2.
| The business outlook he says, is brighter than
| 1t has been for two years.
FIVE murderers in jail at Asheville, N: c.,
overpowcrel the jailer and escaped to the
| mountains on the 18th. A posse OF citiZens
| and company Of State troops went in pur-
suit.
VALENTINE WANT, a wealthy farmer,
| committed suicide because steps were being
taken to remove him from the postmaster
ship Of Melrose, Md.
HAILsToSEs rs large as walnuts fel}
during storm in Steubenville, Ohio; and
| Vicinity. Much damage was done to houses;
barns and crops. :.
All. ROSE, an extensive farmer Of Oak
| land, CAL, has failed for about sSO,00O.
JOSEPH PALMER (colored) was hanged the
| other day in Cincinnati for the murder OF
William II. Kirk in his stable two years ago.
] William Berner aud Palmer planned and OK.
ecuted tho murder. 1t was the verdict IN
Berner's case that was tho chief inciting
cause of tho bloody riot in which the Gin.
cinnoti courthouse was burned in March;
1884, Berner snow in the Ohio penitentiary,
serving out his sentence Of twenty years.
THE President has appointed Colonel John
brigadier.general of the army, vice General
G. c. Augur, retired.
THE last report of the agricultural depart
ment shows slight improvement in winter
wheat, which advances the general average
between two and three points, or from sixty
two to nearly Bixty-fye. The winter wheat
region, which does not include tho Terri.
tories, iow promises about 215.000,o0O
bushels The condition Of spring wheat con.
tinues high. though tho average is slightly
reduced, being Hearty ninety-sx. Indications
bushels, making an aggregate OF 363, C00 900
bushels Corn condition is higher than in
any year since 1889, except the last. The area
is "a, 100 acres. Cotton has made q material
improvement during June; average condition
increased from ninety-two to niuety-six
ATToRNEY-GENERAL GARLAND has rem
dered decision on the three points relative
to the acceptance Of the new dispatch steamer
Dolphin by the government submitted to him
eral holds that the vessel cannot be accepted
by the secretary of the navy because it is
defective; that no contract exists between
Mr. John Roach and the government and
that the large sum Of money paid to him for
the vessel may be recovered. Mr.. Garland's
decision will probabyl lead to a bitter con-
troversy in the courts.
LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS has rendered
an important decision affirming the right OF
entry under the public land laws and de-
cisions Of the supreme court Of the United
States OF lands heretofore withdrawn
by the voluntary action OF the gen.
eral land office for railroad indemnity pur-
poses where no requirements OF law existed
for making such Withdrawals. The effect OF
this decision, if sustained by the secretary OF
the interior, will be to restore to entry under
the homestead and other laws many million
acres Of public lard which have been kept out
OF the market for many years because
claimed by railroad corporations
JAMES G.. WINrERsMITH, doorkeeper OF
the National House of Representatives, died
few days ago in Louisville, Ky, aged thirty
six years.
Ex-SEcRETARY CHANDLER has written
letter III reference to Attorney General Gar.
lind's recent decision that the contract with
Mr.. John Roach to build the steamer Dolphin
is void, that payments to Mr.. Roach are ii.
legal and may be recovered back. and that
the government should seize and hold the
Dolphin as security for the repayment: Inc
| Ing and defends Mr.. Roach and the Dolphin.
FURTHER appointments Uy IIlo
Iarner B. Harrison, of Cincinnati Ohio, to
he government director of the Union Pacific
railroad, in place of Mr.. Noyes, who de;
clined TO be collectors of customs-Adelnrd
Guernon. for the district of Minnesota:
Henry w. Richardson, for the district OF
Beaufort s. c.; b. Hugen Ward: for tho
district of Georgetown, s. G.: William Z.
Bird. OF Florida, to be United States
marshal for the northern district Of Florida;
William H. White, of Washington Territory,
to be United States attorney for the Terri
tory of Washington; Maurice F. Holahan,
of New York city, to be chief OF division IN
the office of commissioner OF customs
THE President has appointed the following
postmasters: George W. Martin, at Chatta'
nooga, Tenn; Gustuvus A. Van
Hoon, at New London, Ohio;
Thomas Hail. at Preston, Mimi;
W. j. Thomasson, Mt Gilroy, Cal Robert ".
Cowen, Mt Ashland, Ohio; Jacob Eande-
grift. at Riverside, Cal; Isaac Horton, at
Northeast, Penn. Frank W. Piatt, at Tunk-
hammock, Penn; Cornelius L. Barrett, ut
Charlotte, Mich.