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Lieutenant Commander Henry II. Cor
rinxc, late Of the United States navy, died
at his home in the Bencdiek apartment
house in Washington square. after a linger-
ing Illness. Last December he was in Phila-
dclphia on business connected with his ship
building enterprise, and reached the depot
to return home rather late for his train.
lie was let through the gates. however. and
ran down the platform TO { he train just as
it was starting of. lis arms were full of
packages, and as the ears got under way
he ran the harder, and, pitching his bundles
on the platform. caught hold of the railing
Of the car and took II spring. lie was not
sufficiently activeand made II misstep which
threw him back. and he struck his spine
against the end OF the ear. The blow was
severe, but he retained presence Of mind
enough to hold ON to the railing. A brake.
man. who had seen the attempt To board
the train gave the signal to slow up, and
assisted Mr.. Gorringe into the train. He
complained then Of severe pains in his back
and suffered from physical exhaustion dur
ing the remainder OF the trip. When he
reached New York his pain had not dim
inisl,ed, and he was taken to his apart
ments. In the meantime the pain increas-
cd as to render any strain upon his spinal
column highly unsafe, and he was put to
bed where he lay suffering intense and pro-
longed agony until death.
Lieut.. Commander Gorringe had led an
eventful and honorable career as q naval
officer. He came early to America and on
gagged in the merchant marine service. lie
enlisted before the mast in the service Of
the Union in '62. His intelligence and
bravery did not permit him to remain long
as a simple sailor. He was promoted rap
idly and ended his war career as an acting
volunteer lieutenant comman dcr, TO which
honor he was promoted on July 10, 1865.
He took part in all the more important
battles of the Mississippi squadron. When
the khe,iive Of Egypt gave to the United
States the famous obclisk known as Cleo
patra's Needle, which now ornaments
Central Park, Commander Gorringe was
commissioned to bring the monolith to
america.
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Important Military Change.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the
department Of the Columbia, has been order
the department Of the Missouri, who retires
from active service. Gen. Miles will go i'm
mediatcly into the field to assume command
of the forces in the Indian Territory who
are watching the Indians. The president
will probably appoint a successor to Gen.
Augur, to ill the vacancy created by his
retirement. II is thought Col. John Gibbon
will be oppointcd and that he will be placed
in command Of the department of the Col
umbia. The secretary Of war has directed
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan to take immediate
steps toward the concentration of all
troops that he may find availa BILE in ease al
Indian disturbance in the West. II is re-
ported at the war department that the In.
dian troubles grow more threatening.
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The Portland Gresonian states that
the cost OF shipping ton of wheat to
Liverpool via Cape Horn is $14, Of
which the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton Company takes 81 as its share.
The average cost OF shipment from
Duluth to Liverpool via Montreal is
$3.50; this added to the NORTH ern Pa
cific rate of SO to Duluth makes total
charge of $13.61 per ton from the
point of production to market, or
difference of 39c. per ton in favor of
transcontinental shipments. On the
same authority it is stated that the
Northern Pacific would, if necessary,
make a still lower rat on the eastward
traffic.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

July is not uniruitfu in planetary eve nts,
says the Providence JoJraal. Jupiter and
Venus. the most brilliant members OF the
suns family, are both invisible in tn, west,
Jupiter travelling westward and Venus east
ward. They are approaching each other 50
rapidly that, though at the beginning al
the monthJupiter sets wohour- later than
Venus, at its close there are but fifteen
minutes difference in the time Of their set.
ting. Mercury. though invisible, follows
swiftly on the track OF his more distin.
gui>hed fellow planets. passing Venus aud
nearly overtakinc Jupiter l.e.ulus comes
in for his share of attention. both Mercury
and Venus passing near his domain. sat
urn treats us almost I" AN oceulation,
making an appulse to Eta Geminorum.
Our fair neighbor. the moon. beside follow.
ing her usual round. kindly occults Adeha.
ran on the Sth. and hides Uranus from
sight on the 10th, for the pleasure Of OBJ
servers further south.
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and respected citizen, attacked his son-in-
law, Sam Hathaway, with loaded cane,
and after beating him over the head, shot
him ia the back, infiicting "A fatal wound.
Thomas Pugh. aged sixty-two, started
in buggy from Hubbard, Ohio, for Green
Vile, Pa. recently. tn get $4,000 in n bank.
His horse returned ut night with the empty
buggy. covered with blood. No clue to the
murderers.
George kichz. "a heavy broker, was ar
rested in New York recently for alleged fraud
in regard To- stock and Their transactions
ON the affidavit Of Mr. Shaughncssy. The
amount involved is $1O3. 900. lie furnish
ed $40, 900 bail
At Pittsburg while the cashier was at
lunch, a young man entered the Fourth
National bank. and told the clerk in
charge that gentleman wished to
see him at the door. The clerk was out for
n moment speaking To - man in a. buggy.
and when he H., 'irned $1,000 in cash was
missing. and TN stranger had dsa pI,carc,l.
\ party Of ramps who had established
themselves near the railroad bridge. across
the river in the lower part of burlington.
Iowa. attacked IA man named llairgan,
who saws his hoine il in Chicago. The
tramp- robbed him. heat him terribly with
stones. tore his clothes from him and threw
him into the river. llarriean crawled up to
he railroad track, and when train came
along he was taken aboard and brought tn
the station. from whence he was sent to the
hospital. The police was notified and sue
ceeded in arresting six Of those who made
the assault.
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The Baltimore judge who is trying the
Belt divorce case has appointed commits.
sioners to go to Washington and take all
the evidence they can get in regard to the
assault committed by ex-Congressman Ack.
lin on Mrs. Belt, then Mrs. Godfrey, in Week.
ler's restaurant. Acklin and Mrs. Godfrey,
IA woman of remarkable beauty, had been
shut in together in room for an hour OF
more drinking wine, chatting and amusing
themselves. when Gen. Rosser Of Mnneap-
oils, who was dining with some friends in a
adjoining room, heard "a scream he broke
In and found the lady lying on the floor,
and Acklin standing over her in wild and
drunken condition. These facts are to be
used by Mr.. Belt to defend himself from his
wife's claims for alimony. Gen. Rosscr will
be an important witness in the case.
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TIE NEWS SUMMARIZED.


Gen. Gibhon was assigned to the depart
nIent Of the Columbia.
Less than five per cent OF federal office
holders have been changed so far.
I Gen. sheridan says the Cheyenne trouble
II caused 10y the encroachmemts ofcolonists
and cattlcmcn upon their territory.
Gov. Martin IL Kansas sends a strong APP
peal to the secretary OF war urging him To
see that the Kansas borders are protected
against Indian raiders.
The president appointed the following
postmastcrs: 4. :. Stoy, at Butler. Ind.
vice Miss Ida Carpenter, suspended; Eli w.
Brown, at Columbus City, Ind, vice J. W.
Baker, suspended.
Surgeon General Hamilton, 81 the marine
hospital service says that thus IL r I here ha :
been but two eases Of yellow fever in New
Orleans. The first. which occurred about ~
month ago and proved fatal, and that 81 !,
child.
Eirhard Ncvins. an Ohio Democratic edi-
tor. is The latest candidate for Public lrn-
ter Rounds place who is sure III success.
Per contra, the president has assured
Rounds that he is satisfied will Misconduct
If the office.
Postmastcrs commissioners: j. W. Sher-
man, Osceola. Iowa; :. II. Evans, Ottumwa,
Iowa: J. +. Burns. Dayton. Wyo.; :. Weed,
Minnie. Iowa; T.. q. Bennett. kansasville,
Wis: a. :. Clark Osceola Mills. Wis, NJ. =.
Banding. It. Croix Falls. Wis.
Some time ago the chief postmaster in
sI'~ctor received n communication accusing
Post master Latham Of superior, Neb., Of
having robbed the Bank of superior; and,
in charging the postmaster with the crime.
he admitted his identity with the bank
burglary, and WAS Immediately suspended.
Attorney General Garland has given an
opinion to the secretary OF the navy ON the
question Of law involved in the controversy
with John Roach concerning the dispatch
boat Dolphin. Secretary Whitney. declines
at present to give the opinion to the press.
II is underst ood however, that il il Of such
a character that the secretary will accept
the vessel.
+. II. Kelly of It. Paul, received "a tcle-
gram at Washington from General Manager
Cakes, OF the Northern Pacific. stating that
the stca mer Isabella. from China would ar
rive in Tacoma about the Goth inst asking
that Mr.. Kelly apply to the secretary ofthe
treasury for permission to have u large car
60 of teas. ON board the Isabella, shipped
over the Northern Pacific in bond. As the
road is not bonded route, special permits
sion must he sought.
The following army orders have been is
sued: Post Chaplain NJ. Merrill leave Of alb
sence Is extended three months. Lieut.C. W.
Harold, Third artillery. leave for six
months ON surgeons certificate of disa hill
~. Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, assigned by the
president to the command of the depart
ment Of the Columbia. will proceed to the
headquarters at Van COuvers, Wash.
Brig. Gen. Miles having been relieved at the
department Of the Columbia. will report
for the command Of the department Of the
Missouri. and proceed to headquarters at
Fort Leavcnworth. Lieut.. John Stafford,
Eighth infantry, leave extended one month.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

Bradstreets Journal has compiled
rom reports made the same day all
over the country of grain in store at
the present time. BY the tables it
appears that the visible supply OF
wheat, July 1, in the United States
east OF the Rocky mountains and i'm
Canada was AZ, 196,667 bushels; of
corn, 6,704,0 22; of oats, 1862 $50;
of barley, 1874, 70i; and of rye, 1885,.
$50. In Minnesota, Dakota, and
Wisconsin, with certain exceptions,
there were 15.245,06s bushels OF
wheat. This total is exceeded only by
that of fifteen important central and
Western points, including Chicago.
"The visible supply OF wheat" says
the article under review, "has-ac-
coriing to the current weekly reports
declined about IL per cent. since
April l, 1855. Meanwhile -four stocks,
in the aggregate, have piled up about
or more than one-third as much more
as there was in sight three months ago"
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

The court Of Appeals OF New York
having pronounced the oleomargarine
law unconstitutional. and the fact that
the Minnesota law is identical with
the New York law, in its main pro.
vision, it becomes interesting to know
exactly what the law is i'm both states.
The section OF the statute considered
by the court reads as follows: "NO
person shall manufacture out CO any
oleaginous substances, or any COM
pound of the same, other than that
produced from unadulterated milk or
cream OF the same, or shall sell or offer
to sell the same as on article of food.
This provision shall not apply to pure
skim milk cheese produced from pure
skim milk" The Minnesota law COR
responds, word for work with the
above. The counsel for the State in
argument frankly argued that iii the
sole object OF the statute were to pro.
tect the dairy industry of the State
against the substitution of Il cheaper
article, made from cheaper materials,
this would not he beyond the power OF
the legislature" This, says the
Court, lis the real question presented
in the case" and it goes into the sub
iect OF the limits imposed upon the
legislative power Of the States by the
Constitution OF the United States,
and the Constitution of the State oil
New York. NO proposition" says
the Court of Appeals. sis now mere
firmly established than that it is one
OF the fundamental rights and privil
eyes OF every American citizen to adopt
and follow such lawful industrial pur
suit, not injurious to the community,
as he may see fit" And then it asks:
"Who will have the temerity 70 say
that this constitutional principle, as
others, is not violated by an enact.
ment which absolutely prohibits an
important branch of industry for the
sole reason that it completes with an.
other, and may reduce the price of an
article OF food for the human racer"
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

Cincinnati's tax levy for 1856 is s27.Is
per 81 900.
Forty Indians are killed in u fight with
Capt. Chaffee's scouts In sonora.
The Southern Minnesota Fair association
will hold its sixth annuaexhibita at Roches.
ter on Sept. IA, ., 10, II. Is and 10.
The relatives Of the late Mrs Jane Mor.
gan, who died in Saratoga recently, leaving
81, 900, 900, are in trouble because she left
no will.
New England capitalists have organized
company to supply the republic of Puru
with the electric light for a period of TWEEN.
ty years.
Nearly $1,000 has been found in the
house Of Henry Hollowbush, II miser. aged
eighty-one years, who died in Frederick
township, Mont gomery county, Pa.
Men are at work along Snake river Or.
hunting gold for 800 miles, and new depos
its are found daily. Some dirt turns out
from $40 To 500 a day per man, with the
old rocker apparatus.
Active steps are about being taken to or.
ganize the first court Of Ancient Forestry in
st. Paul. All resident Foresters and other,
interested are invited to address ut once
W. r. Y. Miller, 40 Nicollet avenue Mime.
apols.
Ii is reported to financial circles at Des
Moines. Iowa that j. ID. Gillette. banker at
Ogden, Iowa, failed; that he decided his real
property tn his wife and his personal prop
erty to "a man named Clark. a nd that he has
departed to chimes unknown.
The West Division Railway company Of
Chicago has reinst,teJ fourteen of the .ix.
teen men discharged from service, and for
whose reinstatement the recent strike was
inaugurated. The president OF the compa.
ny declares that there was no adequate
tion.
Ii,u. I,i,,;I,;, -, A., cs,h .,;,,.
has been let,,iIcJ ns nrofe.sor nf miIitarv
Sc;onc, aud t,,c,;.s a, .be st,,t. Cn;,.rs;ty
N, Madison Wis Second LENT Ceor,e Il
R,rtictt 81 the Tb;,J ,rt;,jnrv Is ,s.;,,a5
tn dutv N. nrofessor of milf AIRY science and
t.ct;c. at tbe pennsvIvan;., n,;,;,,,rv 81
cmv nj Chester. PA.
~,
States renorted Ia Rr,dstreets during The
VOL cndin, IN. 11.b .g.;nst 1oo in tbe
nrece.liny wecE an, 1et 10 and III in
Tho corrcsnond;u, y-c.ls of tSSI 1854
and ISso rcsne,,ixeh Ahout "a NOR cont
wer. those ri small t,adors whose c,,,.;, nj
was los. than &, OoO
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IT, "" "sn ,o,. ~ Se"Por'
VI e. ""' ''i -. pr
''"'' W pc' r,n'' ms premium HAS
"e,'' wv" o'i'''e' III '"e S'"'e'
The citizens oi big stone. Dakota. have
presented the simpson Park association
with deed to Twenty-Five acres oil one oil
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The Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
after a hard fight has obtained per-
mission to build its lines through Phil
adelphia to the Delaware river and to
connect with the Reading system, thsu
giving the Baltimore and Ohio a
through line to New York. Chief En-
gineer Douglas says that the Balti-
more and Ohio trains will he running
through to New York by the first OF
January next.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

Christopher Mann died at Independence,
Mo-. aged Ill years.
Albert Weber, the piano manufacturer.
was married in Philadelphia to Miss Irene
Brady Of New York.
Mrs. Frank II. Hamilton, wife of one Of
President Garficlds physicians, died
at her home in New York. Mrs. Hamilton
had been in feeble health for some time.
btA her early demise was not thought Of
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Ass1gnme nts Of West Point Cadets.

The following is the assignment of cadets,
with the rank Of second ieutenants, to
date from June Il:
Joseph 4. Kuhn, William +. Craighill,
corps Of engineers; Willard a. Holbrook,
G. l.. Byram. First cavalry; Robert +. l..
Niche, Second ca valry; Robert A. Brown,
Frank A. Cook Fourth cavalry: John NJ.
Carson. Jr.. Fifth cavalry; l.. ". koehler,
Sixth cavalry; Philip A. Betters. J. W.
Benton. Ninth cavalry; Herbert :. Whip
pie. Tenth cavalry; T.. W. Hubbard. First
artillery; c. II. NJ. Wilcox, A. +. Curtis, q.
i. Parker, Second artillery; J. ID. Barrette,
j. X. Cree, Third artillery; J. q. W. Brooks,
Fourth artillery; L. u. Towsley. Second
infantry; II. $. Cole. III. 4. McCoin. Third
infantry; A. II. Brown, Fourth infantry;
T.. Il. Gilman. Fifth infantry; :. T.. Smiley,
Eighth infantry; Frank II. W. Ramsey,
Ninth infantry: II. l.. Billiard, Tcnth in
iantry; NJ. J. O'Brien. William :. Biddle,
Jr., L. l.. Lawton. Thirtecnth infantry; Il.
b. Buck. q. l. Pa,nam, sixteenth infantry;
c. II. Muir Seventeenth infantry; A. l..
Parmerter. Twenty-frst infantry; ID. Is.
Dcvorc, Twcnty-thrd infantry; j. Little,
q. :. Cartwright. Twent y-fourth infantry;
William +. Martin, Tw.mty-ifth iniantry.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

Professor Atwater OF Wesleyan uni
versity asserts that the New England
dishes-pork and beans and Goldfish
and potatoes-approach more nearly
than any Others the tandard OF the
ideal ration. 1t is not understood,
however, that the professor would
like this ration for every meal OF tho
year.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23
Relations between the United states and
China.

John Russell Young, ex-Unitetl States
minister to China, who has arrived ut San
Francisco from Yokohama, said regarding
the Chinese restriction act:
1t merely ofiends China's pride. the
government is opposed to the enisrat ton
of its subjects. The fact that America has
Disseminated against China often has been
used as "a foil VIII N America seeks any ad.
vantage in China or when a treaty Of re.
vision has been suggested. Chinese emigrate
from Hong Kong and English ports, not
from any Chinese city. The British cover.
nor Of Hong Kong could enforce the United
States restriction treaty il he were required
to do so by his government. The Chinese
government have done all IN their power to
prevent the immigration oi Chinese To the
United States. hut there are no restrictions
20 their going from Hong Kong. To com
pletcly carry out the restriction act, the
United States should negotiate treaty
with England by which coolies from Hong
Kong would be prohibited from sailing to
this country.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23
An Arcaslian Tragedy.

Arcadia, Wis, Special: \ terrible tragedy
occurred here recently. when Ned Rogler, a
young man, shot Annie Forsch, a girl to
whom he was paying attentions, and after.
ward committed suicide. The girl was on.
ly fifteen years Of age. and her parents
strongly objected @ Roglcr IS n sutton. The
latter, who was "a man Ola bout twenty -five
years, finding there was no hope Of mar
rying the girl, deliberately planned to take
her life and his own. This plan he success.
fully carried out, and the two bodies lie at
their respective homes while the girls pa.
rents are almost beside themselves with
grief. Rogler, after shooting the girl, car.
ried her dead body to her terror-stricken
mother. He then took large dose oi
strychine, and to make doubly sure shot
himself in the temple dying almost instant
ly. Both were well known here, and the
tragedy has caused great excitement.
The Mineral argus., 1885-07-23

Coblenz WAS decorated with flags and the
streets were crowded. The Empress
Augusta, in presence OF Crown Prince
Frederick William, received deputafion oil
New York rihemen and accepted from them
. bouquet. The rifcmcn, in fifty carriages
decorated with flags, aftcrward dehled be
fore the windows of the empress apart
ments, sa!uting her as they passed.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-30
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Beyond the rumOrs of war, scarcely anything
occurred during the past week to change the
character of the market, unless 1t be reckoncd
that the advance in the rates OF foreign ex-
change was not a consequence of the rumors OF
war. The rate was advanced twice, half cent
each time and bankers begin to consider an
outward movement of gold as not wholly inn
nrohablc. In accordance with the theories of
individuals. all sorts of explanations for this
change are offered, some even reasoning, in a
rather far-fetched way, that an advance in
foreign exchange comes suddenly just at this
time because of the long continued coinage of
silver. Undoubtedly, if there were more GER
tainty as to the monetary future, money would
be better employed here, and the demand for it
would be greater, and the temptation to send il
abroad on account OF any rumor or change
would be much less than 1t is. But 1t does not
seem easy to trace the change which has oc-
Cured just at this time, but has not occurred
during all the past months. to any other cause
than the prospects of war, and of a greater de-
mand for money abroad. In a review
of the condition of our foreign trade,
The Financial Chronicle shows that,
within five months, ending vita Febru-
airy, the excess of exports OF merchandise was
Sl53 ,OOO, 900, while the excess of imports of
gold was only $12,672, 900, and against this
were net exports of silver amounting to
So, OF, 900. That journal reasons that there
must have been a trade balance due to this
country, March /, amounting to fully
SIC, 900, 900. But this, like all similar calcu-
larions, leaves out of sight the unknown and
possibly very large movement of securities. 1t
is not news to business men that the DISPOSE
New-York tribune., 1885-03-30
PERSONAL.

sooretary Endcott left Washington Saturday AFTER
oop for saem Mass, to arrange his private business
ers before taking up his permanent residence ID ,no
cani,aI Mr, Endicott accompanied him. They will DC
absent about u week. H.
Tne York friends OF s. s. Cox preparing to give
him banouet before his departure for his new post OIL
duty Minister To turkey
1ohp Kelly has been suffering much from insonlh'U'
and tbo medicine his ply is using In his cure IL OK
80. Mr. Kelly often rides fourteen miles on horsc
back at Atlantic City In a day
Al Cedar Key the other evening Thomas A. Edison was
watching the phosphorescence on the water ana group
r drkeys near by also wondering at the sttahso
snectaclo What am dat Sam T. asked one. Dat
was the reply g'way, niggah don you know W.
dat lightnin' man ain Glib each one deh hsh io0'"
lamp!' -
Ious of Bavaria has ordered at Iepsic $62ooo wor'h
of porcelan and glass furnishing for his new horroh
Cbiesee castle All the decorations are, OF courso' "
the Louis XIV. style
David Fisher the oldest living exRepresehtatiVe III
Congress. was u roommate Of Abraham Lincoln wheh
tho two were IN Congress together lie pronounoeS Ln
coin TO have been the most lovabe public man no ever
know" a.
Tho late Colonel Erred Burnaby was an especially
New-York tribune., 1885-03-30
EV4DJNG THE DUTIES.

Some importers of cEromos and Autographs when
form the basis of valentines and Christmas and
Faster cards nave discovered a loop-hole through
which they can avoid payment of tbs 20 per cent
advalorem duty on their wares. BY the postal
treaty at present in force, printed matter, except
ing hooks published within the last twenty years,
u admitted through the mails free OF duty. A
wear AGO certain enterprislng importers began
having their goods shipped to them in fonr-pound
rockaces as mail matter. The officer IN charge OF
the customs department of the mails made several
seizures. but was compelled to give back the
property under the ruling that the cards were
printed matter
In this way single firms have received as much as
five thousand pounds of these cards In four-pound
nackaces. dcpr Wing the Government OF thousands
of dollars of revenue and njuring American manu-
facturers. On the strength of this privilege I'M
porters are bidding for next years trade ut prices
with which homo producers cannot compete
WouId il not be well for the postal authorities to
draw more sharply the limit, if there be any such
beyond which mail matter In quantity, directed 10
one address, becomes merchandise