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f v 1 ^ 'V J \ ,> « > ^ - xJ?fP" y $£ - - » 1 ihe gRtigcnrj §laimlf#r. ,i l.TAHBLTKE, McHENBY, ILLINOIS. the news condensed. ri„ «' qn »• 1 "-Y . 'CJocHiuiC^wcLeah & Co., flfjj? ft tfell ©T8 M No. 462 Broad w*y, New York, have failed. Sheir liwhtlfK-- aro $1,600,000their assets nearly f2,000,000 The historic old South «burch, in Beaton, hae just been sold at auction Hp «Ii?0n !• ^'1 V>a t«m down. ., T »F GEOHG* P. Lou>, one of the Indicted m«n- ' Jferaof the New York canal ring, baa been con­ victed at Buffalo. '*1! A PROVIDENCE dispatch says the trustee of %e A. A W. Sprague Manufacturing Company ' fcas given orders to ehut down all their many Hulls and print works as soon as the stock can fee ran orJfc, The cause is the present de- j*egged coudiiion of ilie ui&rkefc for ootioii feeds. Predtiotfott ?»ili not be resumed till JUrices am materially improved. THE Pennsylvania ooai corporations have 'l&mbined to suspend production during Jane s Wid July, and to increase th3 price ten oeu.ta |B July «,nd five cents in Angriest. Tbey have 115,000 ions of surplus ooal loaded in barges ttt various points,... Mrs. Margaret Donaldson Boggs died at Philadelphia last week, aged 100 yean five montfce and two days. She was born and had always lived in the Quaker City... .A fire among the oil wells at Bradford, Fa., last Week, caused by lightning striking the oleag­ inous fluid, destroyed. $125,000 worth of prop­ erty. .. .Three men lost their lives at Heading, Pa., a few days ago, while tapping a cess-pool. They wer© gisffoc&iei! by the foul &u. -- Dr. George Coot, the President of the Brigham Hall Insane Asylum, at Canandaigua, N. Y., waa fatally stabbed a few dava ago by an insane patient named Ikowa. • V " ni»j '41 " * \x • > t *r i A DISPATCH reoeived at the department headquarters, at Omaha, dated at Fort Lara- «ie. June 7, says: "An Indian courier from Bed Cloud brings this report: Just before he left an Indian arrived from the rooutli of Tongue river. He found there 1,273 lodges Wider Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and others, who were on the way to Powder river to fight Qen. Crook. On his return he met the same hand that Egan saw on May 17. They told Irim that they met Custer's troops and had fought them all day. Many were killed on both sides, but. no result is reported. This occurred about eight days ago,".... Black Hills romancers are again at work ex­ tracting fabulous wealth from their teeming fancies. Parties are at Fort A. Lincoln from the Deadwood region, whose talk fairly glitters With golden dust. They tell of men who aver- Se $1,000 a day, and of & lucky but nameless enchman who loaded hie pockets with fif­ teen pounds avoirdupois of solid gold one ttorning. These yarns, of course, are sheer ttbricauons, invented and published for the gupose of giving a fresh impetus to the Black ST. LOUIS papers give meager particulars of * terrible flood that recently inundated por- tftone of Douglas county, Mo. Thirteen lives were lost, and a vast amount of property, con- Mating of mills, dwellings, etc., swept away. AN extraordinary suicide--among the moet •ingnlT and remarkable of any ever known-- is reported from Lafayette, Ind. A skillful mechanic and inventor named Moore, tired of life, brought his genius to bear upon the con­ trivance of a species of automatic guillotine, the workings of which were arranged and se­ cured with patient deliberation and absolute accuracy, so that when the proper time had arrived the horrid machine did its work With inexorable precision, and the head of the scientific suicide was severed from the body at a single stroke. The rude guillotine consisted Off a large-ax, suspended by a double cord. Be­ tween the cords stood a candle arranged BO that when it burned down to the cords it would severe them and set the ax in motion. The anicide then laid himself down in such a posi­ tion that the ax would strike his neck when it fell. Gas was noticed burning in his room dur­ ing day, and when it was opened he was found With his head in a box placed to receive it, and a bunch of cotton or wool by him, supposed to have been saturated with chloroform, which he ' tftbt. No reason is known for ILp e^Uraordi- , [ m . W i THB Uqiipd coort in Milwaukee has t Sentenced Jacob Nunnemacher to pay a fine of *10,000 and be imprisoned five months in jail, "' * Ibr conspiracy to defraud the revenue ^n *,drooked whisky. Christian Guenther, for the ' aame offense, will pay $1,000 and be imprisoned three months,,..A dispatch from San Fran­ cisco states that the Southern Pacific railroad track has been extended to the summit of the Serrs Nevada mountains, at Tehuchapa, and Mgular trains have begun to ran daily between flan Francisco and Heene station, 338 miles, or to within uefBDty.<feM miles by stage of the A J- 3- 2~ A *,• A v. ,..,.ApS ,1AM? MUlU fifty milre east of Los Angeles. Thotob the worst stories of killing by the Indians are not c&aSnned, Bluet Hills emigra­ tion has been utterly flemaratized, partly by the poor return of the mines, but chiefly by the aggressive hostility of the red-skins Chicago elevators, as per official returns, con­ tain 1,282,318 bushels of wheat; 1,232,458 bushels of com; 413,823 bushels of oats; 07,619 bushel* of rye, and 289,313 bushels of fcarley, making a grand total of 3,275,531 bush­ els. against 6,633,972 bushels al this period last year....Late arrivals, at Bismark report that Gen. Gibbon's command had reached the Fowder river country, and were so completely aim ountied with redskins that no couriers would Sobably b© sent out until the force re&ched eir objective points on the the Yellowstone. This information lends some probability to the report received from runners by way of the Black Hills, of a battle fought north of the Hills, in which considerable numbers of whites and savages were killed. SOUTH* SAXUEL M. KINO, formerly Deputy United States Marshal for Middle Tenessee, indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses last October, shot and killed himself in the Criminal court-room, at Washville, a few days ago, while in custody. A DISPATCH from Springfield, Tenn., says, A. P. Owens, Jesse Owens, John Murphy, Arch Bandolph, Henry Davidsofi (white men), and Ike Doss, (colored), were killed, and Sam Man- dv (white) was mortally wounded, and James Murphy (TFhite) shocked by lightning. They had been cutting wheat, and had stepped un­ der a tree out of the rain, and while "Her it ware struck by lightning. WA8H1H8TOX. EX-CONGBESSMAN JOKES, of New York, testi- ||ee in the Kerr investigation that Harney, the (Speaker's accuser, callcd upon him (Jones) in 1866 and asked him to appoint Augustus P. Green to a lieutenancy in the army, Harney informed him that he would get a nice present if the appointment were made. Witness told Harney he had nothing to do with that, and r _> that he had known Green longer than Harney TH* Senate has confirmed Wirt Sykes as • United States Consul at Cardiff; James 8. Ru- 'fen, of Pennsylvania, United States Consul at Florence; Hedgman Slack, United States Mar- . ; <Mial for West Virginia ; Moses M. Bane, of i; jBlinoiti, Secretary of Utah Territory. , ,. ;: JACOB THOMPSON, who was Secretary of the Interior during Mr. Buchanan's administra­ tion, visijfei? Washington last week, and was aerved w/th a process in a civil suit to recover • - #1,000,000, the principal and interest of bonds taken fjbm the department, and for the amount received by him from the Confederate States, but which it is alleged reverted to and became the proneifyof the United States and $1,000,- 000 as interest .. .The House Committee on Indian Affairs have authorized Representative Page to report, with a reoommendatkm for its passage, a joint resolution declaring the Black Hills ooontry open to exploration and settlement. The joint resolution also declares that the fame intent »-nd meaning of the treaty of April 29, 1868, is, arA not awshsdiBd from traveling over or settling upon any portion of Wyoming Territory not included within the boundaries of the permanent Sioux reservation established bv the seoond article of the treaty. The committee add the proviso that this act shall not be construed to affect the right of the Indians to hunt in the Black Hiils country. TKK people of the oapital were startled, on the morning of Sunday, the 11th inst., by the sudden and dangerous illnesa of Mr. Blaine. Mr. B., accompanied by his family, walked from their home to Dr. Rankin's Congregational church, a distance of half a mile. Th© heat wae excessive, but Mr. Blaine made no com­ plaint of it. When he reached the Btepe of th© church, however, he put his handkerchief to his eyes in a strange manner, and hi-» wife asked him what was the matter--if he had anything in his eyes. He said: 'No, but 1 think I am sunstruck. Oh. my head! Oh, my head!" and sank down in- aensibln in his "Tlla's arms at th© threshold of the church. The gentleman was at once con­ veyed to ins home. Physicians were sent for and soon arrived. They pronounced the attack one of ranstroke. Dr. J, W. Pope, the family phyarician, stated that th* of the afcfca-ck was cerebral depression, the consequence, pri­ marily, of great mental strain, ana, secondly, of the exoessive heat It was several hours before Mr. Blaine returned to consciousness sufficiently to recognize any members of Ms family, and for a time grave apprehensions were felt regarding the issue of his illness. THE fact is generally remarked, says a Wash* iagton telegram, that although the acquittal of Mr. Kerr substantially accuses Harney of per­ jury. the Committee on Expenditures in the War department do not recommend proceed­ ings against the latter. It seems, however, that the committee concluded to leave this part of the ess© to Kerr, whose Mends will un­ doubtedly see that the testimony is transmitted tj the grand jury The Blaine inquiry has been suspended, but will be taken up again about the 1st of July. BELKNAP'S counsel have presented t* the im­ peachment managers a list of 197 witnesses whom they desire to have summoned for the defense. The list includes all the post-traders, by whom it is expected to prove that they did not divide with him. Under the rule adopted by the Qenate, Belknap will have authority to file a supplemental list. Most of the witnesses live in the far West. The fees and mileage of witnesses alone would probably be $50,000. OKJUERAX.. CoBBBBPoxDCHoa between the American and British Governments, published in England, shows that the American legation in London suggested that a qualifying article might be added to the extradition treaty; that the sug­ gestion was promptly accepted by Lord Derby ; that the draft of such an article was forwarded to Washington, and that; Mr. Fish refused to agree to it. In that position the negotiation remained when the papers were submitted to Parliament. FRANK MAILLAUX'S house, near Windsor, Canada, was recently destroyed by fire, and five children were burned to death. THE foot-and-mouth disease has broken out with great violence among the hogs in Canada, and hundreds of them are dying. Tms summer will be one of cheap travel be­ tween the East and the West. All the great competing lines have now reduoed their pas­ senger rates. Fourteen dollars from Chicago to New York is cheap travel. The same roads have also reduced their freight rates. FOIJrnOAI* Iter Democrats of West Virginia biroa nom­ inated Henry Matthews for Governor. HENBY B. ANTHONY has been re-elected United States Senator from Rhode Island for six years from the 4th of next March .The Democracy of Maine and Delaware held their conventions last week, and selected delegates to St. Louis. In the first-named State Illden secured the delegates. The Delaware conven­ tion instructed for Bayard. In addition, the Maine convention selected a candidate' for Governor, John C. Talbot hung the nominee. THE Arkansas Democrats have nominated William B. Miller, present State Auditor, for Governor Ex. Gov. Z. B; Vance has been selected by the Democrats of North Carolina as their candidate fur Governor....The Missis­ sippi delegates to the St. Lous Convention are instructed to vote as a unit and against the two-thirds rule. A majority of the dolegates are for Tildea. . VOJBEIGN. THE Servian Government has declared that it will follow the recommendation of Russia not to enter upon hostilities against Turkey.... Madame George Sand, the oelebrated French author, is dead. IK the British House of Commons, on the 9th inst., Disraeli said that the Berlin memo­ randum has been withdrawn. England and the other powers agree upon certain points, among winch is one not to exercise undue pres­ sure upon the Porte. Russia, France, and England have made successful representations to Servia for the maintenance of peace.... A Havana dispatch says the Spanish Government is making contracts with parties in I:'loiida for cattle, to be delivered in Nuevitas. THERE was a torchlight procession in Dublin, a few nights since, to celebrate the escape of the Fenians from West Australia. A conspicu­ ous figure in the proceedings was an effigy of Mr. Disraeli, which the crowd made light of by setting it on fire. A LONDON dispatch says: "A pamphlet, is­ sued by Gen. Ignatieff, the Russian Ambassa­ dor at Constantinople, has created a sensation. It proposes to split the Turkish Empire into five principalities, to be named, respectively, Bulgarian, Albanian, Servian, Bosnian, and Greek England iB victualing Gibraltar with six months' rations. A CABLE dispatch says the number of mag­ nificent steamships lying idle in the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks is unparalleled in the history of commerce, and the probability is that the number will increase... .The news from Europe is favorable to peace Switzerland has been suffering from destructive floods. ADVICES from the City of Mexico report that the Government forces have met with con­ tinued success everywhere. The revolutionists, under Gens. Figueros, Cortina, and Martinez, were completely defeated May 31, near Quere- taro, with a loss of 76 killed, 417 wounded and prisoners, and 350 stand of arms. The Federal troops lost 30 killed and 100 wounded. This victory restored peace in the State of Quere- taro. The revolutionists are continually reced­ ing, and have lost popular sympathy The Cadiz correspondent of the London Times says it is expected that Gen. Despujols will be appointed to the command of the 30,000 Spanish reinforcements ordered to Cuba. Great preparations are making in Cadiz and Santauder, from each of which 12,000 men will embark between. August 20 and Septem­ ber 1.... The Belgian elections have resulted in a Catholic maority of twelve in the Cham­ ber of Deputies. Some of the defeated Protestants in Brussels, Antwerp, and Ghent signified this displeasure by breaking the win­ dows of buildings occupied by the victors. Io Antwerp there was a fierce street riot The London Times' dispatch from Berlin says that, notwithstanding the announcement of an armistice, figeting continues in Bosnia, Herze­ govina and Bulgaria. IT has bean resolved by the insurgent chiefs in Herzegovina to reject the armistice demand­ ed in their behalf from Turkey by the Northern powers The report of the death of the moth­ er and son of tne late Saltan is officially denied* FORTY «FOIJBTil COHERES*. THTTRSI>»T, Jane 8.--Senate*--The Senate re­ fused to consider a resolution allowing Pincbback pay and mileage as a Senator for the time in which hi* claim waa pending....Sherman eailed up the bill to amend th< laws relative to the legal-tender •liver coin, and a general dtaeuasion of the finance question ensued. fliMMe.--The House proceedings were enlivened by a wordy skirmish between Blaine and Tarbox, the latter defending himself against tu6 charge sf the gentleman from Main* that he was aotuated by partisan malice In offering bis resolu­ tion of Investigation. Blaine replied by so- cnwng larbox oi stealing & copy of ni« speech on the currency, which, was in type several weekB before its delivery, and offering to sell it to a newspaper man. Tarbox pronounced the charge falae, but admitted that be had a copy A bill to prevent straw bids in the mall service "W? passed. The bill to replaoe the iron-clad oath for jurors in Unit»*fl States courts was discussed without ac­ tion. FEIDA*, June 9.--Senate.--The amended Postofftes Appropriation Mil was passed. It covers within a small fraction of $37,000,000, instead of $33,S00,COO, as provided in the House bill. Hotwe.--The House passed the hill to pay the widow of President Polk $1,000 for ten mules, which were taken off her plantation during the war by the Union army... .Them wag another -zclting scene on the floor o£ the Hou*?o5 growing out of the BMne Investigation. That gentleman claimed the right to cft.1) up his motion to'iwYe the CalcUvell dis­ patch printed with the evidence taken by the committee, but in his absence, Hun ton, of the Judiciary Committee, moved to lay Blaine's motion on the table, thus obtaining control of the matter. Blaine entered the hall as the vote was being taken, and denounced the Speaker pro tera. (Cox) for a ruling which he charged was manifestly unjust to him. After considerable wrangling ana filibuster­ ing, the motion to table was carried--136 to 91. SATURDAY, Jane 10.--Senate.*-There was scarcely a quorum present at the opening of the session, and before the close a quorum had dis­ appeared. No business of importance was trans­ acted. House.--Two financial measures were passed by the House. The first was the Payne Silver bill, authorizing the issue of $10,TOO,WO addi­ tional silver coin. An effort was made to attach to the measure a provision repealing the Resump­ tion act, but the motion failed and the bill went through without division. It authorizes the Secre­ tary of the Treasury to issue the silver coin in the Treasury to an amount not'exceeding $10,000,000 in exchange for an equal amount of legal-tenders, the notes so received to be issued only for a like amount of fractional currency, which shall be destroyed and credited to the sinking fund. The second bill which was passed is what is known us the Randall bill, providing for the further issue of silver coin. It provides that, in addition to the amount of sub­ sidiary coin authorized by law to be issued in re­ demption of fractional currency, it shall be lawful to manufacture at the several mints, and issue through the Treasury, such coin to the amount of $20,000,000. The silver bullion required for this purpose is to be purchased from time £to time at the market rate, any money in the Treasury not other­ wise appropriated, and the resulting coin may be issued in the ordinary disbursements of the Treas­ ury, but no purchase of bullion shall be made when the market for the same shall be such as will not admit of the coinage without lose to the Treasury. ....Bills were also passed as follows: Providing that when Colorado is admitted as a State the laws of the United States shall have the same force as elsewhere, and that the State shall constitute one judicial district; amendatory of the Bankrupt law--the same measure that passed the Senate; reducing the number of the medical corps of the army....The bill prescribing the oath for jurors in United States courts was recommitted. The majority and minority reports of the elec­ tion committee on the Massachusetts contested election case were presented and ordered printed. The majority report favors the substitution of Ab­ bott, Democrat, for Frost, Republican and sitting member.... The Senate amendments to the Execu­ tive, Legislative, and Judicial Appropriation bill were non-concurred in... .The special committee on Louisiana affairs was instructed to investigate the outrages alleged to have been recently committee in West Feliciana, La. MONDAY, Jane 12.--Senate. --There was no quorum present during a considerable portion of the day, and very little business was tranu^ted. ' House.--The joint resolution to modify the treaty with China so as to restrict Immigration was passed. .... The Appropriation Committee reported the Army Appropriation bill some $10,000,000 less than the estimates, and with sections reducing the force of the army and the pay of officers....Lord introduced a joint resolution recommending an additional amend­ ment to the Constitution providing that officers of the United States, such as assessors, postmasters, marshals and collectors, except collectors of cus­ toms duties, shall be elected for a term /our years The committee on expendi- ures in the War department made a report exonerating Speaker Kerr from the charge of accepting a bribe for the ap­ pointment of a lieutenant in the army. The com­ mittee declare that " they have found no difficulty in reaching the conclusion that the charge, as made by Harney, as to the payment of the amount of money as stated, or any other sum, to Mr. Kerr for the object and purpose named, is unqualifiedly falseand that "Mr. Kerr stands fully exonerated from all implication in anywise affecting his personal or of­ ficial integrity." Speeches expressive of confidence in the Speaker's integrity were made by Danford, a Republican member of the committee, and Hurlbut and Garfield, and the House, by a unanimous rising vote, con armed the verdict and ordered it spread upon the records. TUESDAY, Jane 13.--Afenfrfe.---Tho Senate waa not in session. House.--The House p&octu tLc bill from the Mili­ tary Committee authorizing the Secretary of War to detail additional army officers as instructors in the educational institutions....The Military Com­ mittee reported back telegrams and other papers of the military court of inquiry in Gen. Babcock's case, and in accordance with the recommenda­ tions of the committee they were referred to the committee on whisky frauds....Ho!man re­ ported back the Postoffice bill from the Appropria­ tions Committee, with the recommendation that the House non concur in the Senate amendments. Hancock introduced a joint resolution directing the Committee on Ways and Means? to inquire into the propriety of relieving from taxation all domestic fermented beers Mr. Roberts introduced a bill to reduce the taxation on the circulation of State banks to au amount equal to that paid by National banks. * WKDNBSDAT, Jane 14.--Senate.--Not in ses­ sion. House.--Not one seat in ten was occupied. The House promptly went into committee of the whole on the Army Appropriation bill, Blackburn in the chair. After speeches by Smith, of Georgia, and Bright, in relation to the currency; by Kelton, in favor of granting pensions to the survivors of In­ dian wars, and by Lawrence, in reference to the Pacific railroad bonds, the committee rose and the House adjourned. A. T. Stewart's Will. It seems that with all the vast inter­ ests at stake, and the lawyers employed in the matter, the will of the late A. T. Stewart was at last improperly admitted to probate. The statutes of New York require that notice shall be published, citing all parties in interest, next of kin, etc., to appear at a day named, and at­ tend at the probating of the will-- which, of course, is that they may have opportunity to make contest of its validity. The next of kin are to be named in the notice', if their names can be ascertained. But it app ars that in the Stewart will case, upon the ex-parte affidavit of Mrs. Stewart that she was the heir, as he left no relatives, the Surro­ gate dispensed, or attempted to dispense, which was manifestly illegal, with the publication of the notice required, and, three days after Stewart's death, ad­ mitted the will to probate. The omis­ sion to publish the proper notice will doubtless of itself be held sufficient to invalidate the probate, so that the whole matter will have to be commenced over again at the beginning. A BILL has been introduced into the Texas Legislature declaring drunkenness to be a misconduct, and making it pun­ ishable by a fine of $100. > CENTENNIAL NOTES. a ' fBy Our Own Correspondent.] Mwj people) speak of the intense heat of Philadelphia, as is supposed to be the oase in all largp cities; hence feel deterred from visit­ ing the Exhibition daring the he&t«I term. Th# following is the average for the last ten years ? May, 63; July, 78; October, 56 degrees Fahren­ heit. There are a few warm days in all cities in oar country in July and Aagust The ares, of the city is immense, 129 square miles. This added to a magnificent water-power that show­ ers and oools the air of many squares, and is used freely in lakes, pools and fountains on the Exhibition grounds and in the buildings. This power fills the reservoirs, whioh hold 145.672.078 gallon'.!, machinery of tnrhino* and two breast-wheels. Then we have the largest park in the world. Hyde Park, 389 acres; Re­ gent, 450 acres; Windsor Great Park, 1,800 acres, London; Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 2,158; Prater, Vienna, 2.500 acres; Richmond Hill, England, 2,468 acres; Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1,752 acres; Shaw*s Garden, St. Louis, 276 acres; Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 2,740 acres; to whioh add the beauties of the Ex­ hibition, and it will pay a man from the most remote ipot on earth to pick up his "kit" and come. THE CATALOGUE DEPABTXENT. The catalogue is now undergoing a thorough supervision, and when completed, will he a splendid work of reference. This important branch of the service is in charge of the com­ petent assistant secretary of the commission, Prof. Bortsey Gardner, whose reputation as a scholar has eminently fitted him for the posi­ tion he holds. His two valued aids, Messrs. Lombard and Long, with an efficient corps of assistants, will soon accomplish the difficult and arduous task of placing oaoh article on exhibition in its appropriate placa. arranged in seven departments, which are divided into 374 classes, occupying five buildings, main, art, machinery, agricultural and horticultural. The difficulty those gentlemen have to sur­ mount may be conceived when one considers the technicalities in the different languages, and the various changes each fabric has in foreign make up. I am indebted to these gen­ tlemen for a thorough examination of their work, and pronounce them the right men in the right place! MISCELLANY. The most superior blanket in the Exhibition, astonishing as it may seem, is the Etoile du Nord, manufactured in Minnesota. This speaks well for the West. Massachusetts exhibits flannel Of superior finish. There are 1,511 works of art on exhibition from the following countries: Mexican, 66 ; Brazil, 19 ; United States, 252; Canada, 80 ; France taking the lead, with 578 ;* Germany, 48; Netherlands, 117; Denmark, 15 ; Sweden, 95 ; Norway, 47; Italy, 80 ; Argentine Republic, 44 ; loan collec­ tion, 70. If the West exhibits the best blanket, so she does the most beautiful bedstead, Being one • from Grand Eapids, Mich. A very neat patent on exhibition is an automatic window shade. Also an attractive exhibit is a working model of Pennsylvania oil works. A model railroad ticket office is shown. Rhode Island makes an extensive exhibit of silver-plated goods. Philadelphia makes the finest phar­ maceutical display in the world. A valuable article is an extension ladder. Egypt presents among other valuables an antique case, #3,000 gold. Corn from Egypt looks like the nubbin from a Western stalk. On the corn question, the old world is behind. The home of the Pharaohs have sent a large variety of seeds, beans, lentils, gum arabic, etc. The Russians, who have been delayed, are opening, and make a grand display. Their collection is divided into 749 exhibits, embrac­ ing articles in the various fields of art and in­ dustry. They show rare goods in malachite lapis, jaspar, rhodonite, neperite, and Labra­ dor, with bronze fittings. One malachite cen­ ter-table, $6,000; a Mexican onyx mantel, spoken of previously, worth $2,000. In speak­ ing of the art exhibition I have only given those in the buildings. There are in the main building, works from New South W&lee, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, Egypt, China, Japan, Hawaii. Switzerland. The British department is not officially catalogued. Russia exhibits a tele- menter. an instrument for measuring riiatjuyw without chain or rod. The shipping interests are varied and very attractive to those who are fond of nautical manners, from the tiny boat of one's boyhood to the leviathans of the trans-Atlantic lines. And models can be seen in ail shapes embracing boats and sailing vessels, yachts and pleasure- boats. row and life-boats, fishing smacks, Sar­ dinian zebecs, and Genoese fellucaa, with Chi­ nese junks in appearance, blue noses, clippers, galliots, gondolas, flats, pirogues, batteaus, and the celebrated ice yacht, the Whiff, that makes sixty miles per hour. In connection is seen sub­ marine armor, diving-bells, dredging machines, salvage apparatus, etc. A meeting of the Seventy-six club, an organization of the women Journalists, have had a reunion, and ad­ dresses by Mies Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Heron Foster, of Pittsburgh, and Minn Maxwell, of Colorado. This lady, who is in charge of the Colorado Zoological department, claims she has killed 200 bears. Three trains of thirty cars, containing 1400 New York bank clerks, made an excursion to the Centennial. T;!im was succeeded »*y an excursion of presi­ dents, managers and directors. There is a pig of iron exhibited mad© in 1770. A glass of pure milk can be had on the Centennial grounds for five cents, pies ten cents, oaten giitu with a bowl of milk fifteen cents, good sandwiches ten cents, a good roast dinner for fifty cents. The jewelry of the French department is val­ ued at $200,000. One Italian exhibitor has a collection of gems, onyx, sapphire, carved and antique, valued at $250,000. A chandelier made of amber and meerschaum in the Ger­ man department is valued at $6,000. The Na­ tional Agricultural Congress meets September 12, 13 and 14. J. B. Our Labor Supply Drying Up. The continued depression of trade in the United States, as welf as the scarcity of money am«ng the agricultural and laboring classes in Germany, has had the effect of materially checking the outflow of labor from the latter country ; and from the returns given by Consul Annes- ley in his commercial report on Ham­ burg for the past year, just issued, it seems that emigration from Germany to America was nearly one half lower in 1875 than in 1874. The number of German emigrants in 1875 was 31,810, of whom 18,782 went by steamer direct to New York, 481 to Brazil, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, 480 to Chili and 20 to the West Indies ; 1,798 emigrants went by sailing vessel direct to Australia and South America, and 377 to other ports, while 9,872 went by steamers indirect to North America via Hull and Liverpool. Of the emigrants forwarded direct, 12,- 678 were male and 8,883 female, 16,815 being adults, 3,706 children under ten years of age, and 1,040 infants. Besides the decrease in the numbers bound to the United States, the numerous warn­ ings that have lately appeared respecting the unsuitability of the climate of Brazil for northern constitutions have at last produced an effect on the Germans, and emigration to that country has decreased nine-tenths in two years. The following figures show the remarkable extent to which German emigration has fallen off within the past five years : In 1871 the number of emigrants were 42,224 ; in 1872, 74,406 ; in 1873, 69,176 ; in 1874, 43,443, and in 1875, 31,810. As emi­ gration from Great Britain to the United States is also on the decrease, and that from China is to be forcidden in future, the Americans will probably in a few years be thrown en their own resources for a supply of labor, and perhaps they will be none the wozae socially, oally and politically for a little healthful --Pall Mall Gazette, PASSING EYENTS. THIS la the AGE of ingenious advertis- ing. One jonrnftljst, ixtetmd, of paying §100.000 for advertising his paper, pay* $50,000 for a fast horse, and all the pa­ pers in the world advertise horse and man and paper for nothing. A great showman buys a railroad train and runs it himself, and it pays for itself in making him still _more notorious. And now Jarrett & maimer indulge in a brilliant stroke of genius by chartering a train and speeding to the Pacific in half the usual time. Jo YOB, the whisky ring thief, was seen at the Missouri penitentiary last week by a reporter, who describes him as looking pale and wasted. He makes an effort to keep up his old timegayety, but his stilted talk and political quotations are noticeably missing. McDonald's health has improved since his Jmpriaonmentj he has grown plump and seems not to suffer from depression of spirits. Avery is acting as a nurse in the prison hospi­ tal and is very lonesome and dejected looking. contestants of the Stewart will really do seem to have some ground to stand on in their objections to the hasty probate of that document, The princi­ pal objection is that no citation or notice to appear or attend th© probate of the bill was issued or directed to or served upon the heirs at law as required, nor was any such ci tation issued or directed to or served upon the Attorney-general of the State of New York, or any one representing the State of New York, as should have been done if their was a failure of heirs-at-law. THERE can be no donbt that the Cen­ tennial Exhibition is fast getting into real order, and as little doubt that it contains within itself the elements of a greater success than has yet been achieved by any of these colossal tourna­ ments of art and industry. By the 4th of July the merits and the magnificence of the Exhibition will begin to be recog­ nized for what they are, and we may ex pect about that time to see its influence really felt as it has not yet been felt on the railway travel of the country. THE proprietor of one of the New Jersey watering places advertises him­ self as a novel and entertaining kind of bigot by proclaming that "Jews are not admitted" to his house. He will hardly be troubled with any applications from the class referred to, and it is very doubtful whether his patronage from other reputable classes will be increased by his proscription. He will be com­ pelled to discriminate, however, very carefully should the Jews desire to an noyhim. If he confines his proscrip tion to religious grounds he is safe ; but if he puts it on the ground of race he becomes liable to prosecution nnder the Civil Bights bill. REPORTS from Cuba all agree that the insurrection in that island is gaining strength continually, in spite of the most determined efforts of the Spanish au­ thorities to crush it. The impossibility of reconquering the island begins to dawn on the Spanish mind, and the Captain-general has become somewhat alarmed at the situation. The Spanish Government has empowered and au­ thorized him to draw upon the Spanish treasury for $50,000 in gold daily to meet the exigencies of the army. It certainly looks as though the inhuman contest for the possession of an island which Spain cannot govern, and only holds to curse, is very nearly at an end. Events have shown how much wiser and better it would have been had the Spanish Government yield­ ed to the advice and solicitations of the United States years ago, and thereby saved thousands of lives and millions of treasure. A iiuuci appears to have taken plaoe in Turkish affairs, owing to the Port's offer of amnesty to the insurgents, the grant­ ing of a six weeks' armistice, and the apparent accord with the general basis agreed to by the powers. Meanwhile the clouds continue to settle heavily in the continental horizon, and to threaten a rupture at no distant date. Th© hoa tile tone and attitude assumed bj the English Government;, so much in con- tradiction of the Premier's declared de­ sire for peace, forebode no good to the British Empire. At the Berlin con­ ference the three powers -- Russia, Prussia, and Austria -- appeared to re­ gard England as out of tne field alto­ gether; but they have found their ad­ vance stopped by her presence, and should her policy be pursued to the ex­ tent of war she will have to stand alone against the united strength of Europe's greatest powers. Prance could not as­ sist her, nor could Turkey; the smaller powers might. The New York Girls' Way of Looking at It. This young lady informed me that her trousseau cost upward of $10,000, and when I expressed astonishment at this extravagant expenditure of money, she naively replied: " Yes, 1 spent a great deal of money; but one never ex­ pects to marry more than once in a life­ time, and beside, papa may fail. Emma often expresses regret that she did not buy lots of pretty things when she was in Europe ; for her father failed immediately after their return, and a few thousand dollars more would not have made much difference."--Noah's Sun­ day Times and Messenger. A Broken Sale. A Centennial gate-keeper would not let a big Illinois fellow into the show the other day, because he presented two quarters for admission instead of a single half dollar. "The order is to take exactly a half dollar piece, and nothing else," said the keeper, "and I can't break the rule." " Well, you will break the rule," said tne big Westerner, grow­ ing suddenly angry and showing fignt. "You'll break the rule or I'll break your neckT' The gateman's intuitiveness immediately whispered to him to choose the least of two evils--a broken rule or a broken neck--and he choose the former without further delay. IT must make a man feel mean to pay an old debt because he thinks he is going to die, and then have the doctor pull him through all right. A Desperate DML A <tuel was fought at River CoL, fifty-six miles east of Denver, on the Kansas Pacific railroad, on the 8th mst The parties to the affair were Gal- bert Jessnp, of the firm of Ernst & Jes- sup» owners of 10,000 head of cattle, and i,k Davis. They were seen eonvara- mg together, but in such a quiet tone mat bystanders did not suspect the na­ ture of the talk until the two men were seen going out on the plains alo&e. Davis carried an improved Winchester rifle,̂ while Jessup had a Colt's improved revolver hanging belt They walked close together, and appeared to be ̂ engaged in confidential conversation* neither on« gwwticnjbttisig or esiiiuiivng' signs of anger or excitement. When about 590 yards from the station, on the open prairie, Jessup and Davis shook, hands and took positiois» fifty pace» apart. Before the spectators, uno now saw what was about to occur, could reach the dueling ground, the firing com­ menced. Jessup, who ndw showed som& ercilcment. glancing around fiiong the cactus plants, fired his three shots wild, neither ball touching his adversary. Davis, taking steady aim each time, fired two shots from hia Winchester, the seo­ ond one piercing Jessup through the heart He fell forward <jn his face, with his right hand clutching tile revolver. The spectators reached the spdt. just as Jessup fell dead. Davis, who displayed remarkable coolness, helped cany the body of his victim to the station. He refused to divulge the natur ̂of the diffi­ culty between himself and Jessup, sim­ ply saying that the latter challenged him to a duel at fifty paces, three shots, each man to choose his weapons. " Davis is & quietly-disposed person ̂ and was never before known to have a personal difficul­ ty. He is the son of a <ery wealthy stock-grower. Jessup, wno was of a. very quarrelsome disposition, is the son of a prominent banker in, )^all street, New York. In the dusk • of evening* Davis mounted a swift animal and rode away over the prairie. A Louisiana Swamp Tragedy. Reuza Jackson, a negro, at a lumber camp in the Des Glaize swamp, killed his employers, Frank McCardle and Murray Graham, and dangeronsly wounded Dumonville Devellin, after they had retired to their beds in the small cabin. It was a deliberately planned butchery. Approaching Murray Graham's bed, he drew aside the mos­ quito bar, exposing the head of the sleeper, and raising aloft his heavy ax, buried its blade in the skull of hiw vic­ tim. Then he turned to MeArdie's bed, and, first with the butt and then with the sharp edge, struok so hard and so- often that Dumonville heard the blows, and starting from his second sleep, ex­ claimed, " Boys, boys, the camp is fall­ ing." The negro heard this, and, dash­ ing at Dumonville, made a blow at him through the misquito bar. The blow happened to be with the flat of the ax and struck Dumonville full in the breast. Dumonville being unarmed, crept under the bed, and there received another blow, and a third that knocked him into the water. Attached to the raft on which the cabin or camp was built was a skiff, which Du­ monville seized by the stern, but the ne­ gro discovered him, and forced him to let go his hold. The negro supposed his victim was drowned, and turned toward the cabin, but Dumonville had strength enough left to cling to some bushes about twenty feet off and watch the monster's movements. As the negro turned away he hissed between his teeth, You white , I've got you, too." The negro then poured coal oil over the cabin on the raft, and, before- setting it alight, turned to the corpses of his victims, still warm, and coolly rifled them of everything valuable, rolling them over and over, and then throwing them overboard. Then changing his clothes, he picked up MoArdie's carpet­ bag and set the raft on fire. Dumonville saw him disappear, and at last the fire died out.--New Orleans Bulletin. SHEEP-RAISING as an industry is over­ worked in the southern part of Cali­ fornia. A party of capitalists propose* to erect an establishment near Fresno, in that Stele, for th© purpose of butcher­ ing shcop and placing fcho various por­ tions, of the animal in a marketable con­ dition. The pelts will be saved ; the horns and hoofs made into glue ; the tal­ low rendered from the carcass and the residue made into soap. The country is overstocked, and it is with difficulty t.hafr wool or sheep can be parted with at any price. THE MARKETS/ NEW YORK. BEKVKS IO# HOGS--Dressed 8 09 ® 8 80 OOTTON IA 9 133^ FLOUB--Superfine Western....... 4 10 @ 5 20 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 00 ® 1 19 CORN--Mixed Western 57 <& 57# OATS--No. 2 Chicago .. <3 40 RY*--Western 88 Q 89 POKK--New Mess 19 00 @19 25 I.*nn--SteAm 10UA 11# OB 10 AGO. f> BEEVES--Choice Graded Steers.... I00 @ 5 2tf Choice Natives T6S @ 4 80 Cows and Heifers 8 25 @ 3 75 Good second-class Steers, i 60 ($ 4 65 Medium to Fair.. P. 4 26 @ 4 80 HOGS--Live 6 10 @6 15 FLOCK--Fancy White Winter 7 |3 @ 7 75 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 6 T5 (g 7 00 WHEAT--No. 2 SpMng 1 04%@ 1 05% No. 2 Spring 90 @ 90# CORN--No. 2 44%@ 45# 1 OATS--No. 2 '. 25^@ 29# RYE--No. 2..^ .. @ 71# BARLEY--No. 2 62 BUTTER--Creamery 20 <3 25 EGOS--Fresh.......,.'. 10)tf@ H PORK--Mess 19 fO @19 25 LARD ll^@ 11# ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter 1 40 @ 1 41 CORN--Western Mixed 42#® 42Jf OATS-NO. 2 82 @ 32# RYK--No. 2 ,63 @ 64 PORE--Mess ..4..19W @20 00 LARD 10 lljf HOGS 5 60 @ G 00 ^ CATTLE 8 00 @ 4 75 MILWAUKEE. „ WHEAT--No. 1 J J5 ® 1 21 No. 1 1 07# COBN--No. OATS--No. 30 RYK # '4 BARLEY--No. ® 70 CINCINNATI. 1 59 1 CORN..' ** ® 4JJ OATS 82 @ 36, RYE „„ 7® ® '8 PORK--Mesa 1® ®® @2° 00 LARD WJtf# IS / TOLEDO. WHEAT--Extra. •• 1 33 Amber 1 » § 1 22# CORN 48 @ 51 OATB--No. 2 • • • • *8 @ 33# EAS1 LIBERTY, PA. HOGS--Yorkers 6 10 0 6 30 Philadelphia 6 60 @ 6 70 CATTLE--Best. 6 00 @ 5 25 IFFIMNM 4 50 @ 5 00 SHEET...... «*•»••• 4 60 @ 6 00