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so-/*;*** ' ' i i - •* : i ' ?? - • ': : ? SSjj'vl#! ®he jRrlenrg flaindeafcr. &W-> ',' 'V .v *.\ *£'. v J. VANSLYKE, FtTBLESHltn. JloHENBY, ILLIXOIB. JCS MW& SEWS CO^DMSED. Six murderers, *11 members of the M Molly ^ j . " organization, were executed at Potts- ^vflle, Fa., ou Thursday, the 21st of June. *'V, 'MTheiT names are Thomas Duffy, James Carroll. ' ItH~ jamef, Roarity, James Boyle, Hugh McGehan h s'"4 and Thomas Annler. The first five were hung . 'A for the murder of Policeman Yost, of Tama qua, *iv! jMunlev waa one of the murderers of Thomas |geuger and William Wren, at Baven Bun. On •,,,>• ,*f'jthe same day, aud at about the same hour,^f our ~ imnrderers, also luollv SSag aires." p&id the (T/- '^penalty of their crimes at Mauch -* i.r, ;#Chunk, Pa., namely: Michael Doyle, -v ^lEdward Kelly, Alexander Campbell df.t* 4mnd John Donohue. Doyle and Kelly were hung for the murder of John P. Jones, a " ,mine boss atLansford; Campbell and Dono- 3s hue, for the murder of Morgan Powell, another l imine boss at Summit Hill. Anthony Lanahan, , _ another "Molly Maguirc," was executed at * if fits ^j^utesbarre for the murder of John Beilly. :: .> «"flnbe culprits ">?cre r,!l singularly linn in their , a jwannwr, and died 4t game. " Nearly all of them -^jioterted their innocence to the last. One of i';>' t# teem--Ksllv--coufeNHed his guilt to the wife of his victim, and lagged her forgiveness. The * woman was unforgiving, and for a reply re- •* '^Jl^P^qaeetod the privilege of hanging him. 'HQ?* THX law-abiding people of Schuylkill, Car- Columbia and Luzerne counties in Penn- ^•^vaglvania. are considerably excited by rumors jH^,* tiwt the friends of the men lately executed at '•"$ iPottsville and Mauch Chunk are preparing to ! ^ avenge their death. Two murders have been committed within a few days that are charged filfc ̂ t© the Mollies, two witnesses in the recent-trials • .%!_ •*" jhave unaccountably disappeared, several law- ! »*»9ajf-<%wiaing citizens have received coffin notices, Iftm 3and there is a general dread that the reign of i ^lawlessness has not been permanently checked lat^ wholesale execution--that the snake . t|is only scotched, not killed. PRESIDENT HATES visited Boston last week f _ and was enthusiastically reoeived. The entire State militia was called out for the occasion. There was a grand review, followed by a splen- ^ banquet in the evening The college •* yacht race, at Springfield, Mass., between the t * . Harvard and Columbia crews, was won easily the former- PBESTDEST HATES attended the eammence- 7&V ~P* msa.t exercises at Harvard College, received *>*f o3' « fiie degree of T.T. D., and was banqueted in n<?l^|«lithe evening At last the little financial bal- i j - ; a a n c e b e t w e e n t h e C e n t e n n i a l m a n a g e r s a n d t h e . j Government has been settled and paid up. Secret" rv of the Treasurv allowed the - ff. %*<;bo«cd #29.0110 paid special customs officers during the opening days of the Exposition, «p» al!(j President Welch handed over #30,000, squaring the #1.56K\0OG which Congress voted , »«,» & loan when the Centennial managers were *' • "' sstdlTizi of funds, t j M m i . ^ TB felt reports of the Indian outbreak in ®l_.Idaho Territory were not exaggerated. About thirty citizens were murdered on Oamas prairie ^,1 viaaitT. The Indians, numbering 1.006 to 1.500. are not of the lowest class - < ]KMtik£. The trcabie with them is said to "W • '.•** wsoit of an attempt of the Government pnt the Ji>*eph land of Nez Perces on a fit#", iyrRScry^tiaa. To this they had consented, when • V riape ^ their ursabo' was inexcusably wW by a white zraa. and all endeavors to se- tibt piirBriimeat of the murderer failed. " Saszt-c. wvery white man was killed. hot the aad. children were spared. i l ' - . - h m beea scase %hti2g between the aad the wisias soldiers sent against Ckflc. aetf'^rdisg' to liie advices before •W** ^acsxiciiv to the whites. £.fzf wivSEa haem hem killed and !«f the Indian out feotk s Sortiaerm Ma&o report that thirty- " r wfaj&e woMms* tnre killed in the enga^e- ' 0 $i . Hat iTas -A Jaae. A dispatch of the H8W tern Bwe G£w szys : "At State creek 'the wia® kite fcrjrsed zh<fzu.*:"i*-e* in a stock- ;s§e t«ea received the ?'bii3rec-f tLe rr ordered men, to- , gukag *3i iLsr tusats <A fee men who had . jp-i *fmaepg£ zzxmssn. The* women a.re thas " 0# JSIAS flhaa m the zadst oi the kmxljc Indians - - aliitr adequate Eae«t» rA <ZeZeam and with- . " t '-oat md, and will -serSaialy be over- • " -f' ponatd aad ' matdend. ac the Indiana < ^ yidaciare their detemtiimtion to take the { ' fort and murder the men.. The situation far j • *^#^}»-«teeeds in gravity any Indian outbreak of oar > <r3 day, atMl it, will t-u. the best resource? of the ! , wremsient and of the people immediately i |fM«t6Pc«ted to subdue the Indkm and restore > fi'uifuy peace to the country. The volunteer cr,a»;/a- j • '£ oies are being constantly organic in variong 1 •.. HtflemMtta" Ah amateur pedestrian named ! • Lake has just accomplished, at Columbus, j lud., the feat of walking 500 miles in 500 con- j secutive hours... .The managers of the Wlnne- ! ,** Cfesatj (HI.) Fsir have«snircdGov Wsde \ Hampton and Col. Bob Jngcraoll the orator- \ leal attractions next fair week A patfy of1 .w,**.s*v. ^S^'aates, uiiaibering about 240, iude into the i tows of Mitchell, Ind., one night last week, ,' . erected in the middle of the town a scaffold, • vod hung thereon two stuffed effigies, with a .nii j voster ^uned to their clothes wanting ceatain „ 'dfceiit »Fle»8 men to beware lest the hf.nd.of a terti- ! We avenger will be laid upon them. ^JV.'A FIEE in the town of Marblehead, Mass., »* Mi ' jggt week, destroyed thirty buildings in the • husinest part of town, and forty dwellings. •:M1 Total loss, #530,(KM) The Mollie Maguire jj ? murderers recently executed in Pennsylvania • were followed to their graves by immense crowds, of friends. The funerals were con- - ft <hwted in an orderly manner. THE storm of the 25th of June covered an .ft* o: Immense area in Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, • ({j. W Piuois, Indiana and Michigan. It wu the » Wji- Md desteuctiv© sommer gale ex- ,yt- '• yferienced m the West for years. The damage -'•< iila *W*°d is beyond computation....Forty-six 1 .i ff «>«.ln CiQcinsmti. including some of wealthiest Jewish houses in that citv, have f»I* f jornt action in reference to the Hilton­ 's < f« «t yhgray1. affair, and, resenting the affront aH • ; ; >i.. . BOG which IB directed toward the entire Jewish * -,:»»?«•«»•»£ *M» in Amer.s€&; hzve entered into a compact Piwgliigthemselyes to hereafter hold no butd- m house of A. T. Stewart 'RiE lndiana Supreme Court has sustained Ihe aecision of one of the lower courts of the State, to the effect that Utah divorces are ille­ gal and, consequently, void... .Chicago eleva­ tors contain 4.095,000 bushels of grain aeainst 3.191,000 bushels at this period last yeir Contracts have been signed, according to dial ' Mtcbes from the West, for the immediate con- » ra^oadfrom Cheyenne to the ^ck Hills. _ The managers of the Union Pa- raikoad hav« tak«i Uie enterprise in hand w is said. ' THH coach from Deadwood was stopped a » few uights ago near Cheyenne river by five masked men, who robbed the passengers of about $2,000, blew open the iron treasure box and carried off it* contents. Several shots were exchanged, one of which took effect in the ride of Hawley, the driver. 'v ; BOUTM. • " Bmmt officers lately made a successful raid Upon illicit distillers in Hancock countv, East Tennessee. Eight crooked distillers were cap- tared, and fourteen still-houses, 8,000 gal­ lons of beer and seventy-five gallons of whisky destroyed....Maj. J. P. Flood, ed­ itor of the Stewart County (Tenn.) Jiecord, Vice-President of the Tennessee Press Associa­ tion, a prominent lawyer, Postmaster, and hith­ erto an honored citizen, has confessed to having ptelan several thoiuoftd dollars from register! 4 WAOmWTOM. Tffsut wwe 9,006 for the MO xnafloon- tracts reoently advertised by the Postmaster General. Three-fourths of the contracts were secured by professional bidders, who farm out the contracts The new 4 per cent. Govern­ ment loan, which is for thirty days open for private subsoriptions before being placed with the syndicate, is not subscribed to with the that tllA tdmiv%iafyftHAn aahM A llfcHPlTRATF. wa» ̂mh an press car on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad, near Ligonier. Ind., a few nights ago. Four desperadoes boarded the train at Ligonier, and immediately after it had passed beyond the town limits the robbers en­ tered the express car and assaulted the mes­ senger. A detective and several assistants, who had been notified of the plot and had secreted themselves in the car, at once pounced upon the robbers, and, after a desperate struggle, subdued and handenffod all four of them. They proved to be four desperate characters that nad for a long time infested Ligonier. Their names are Latta, Bilhnan, Hathaway and Christy On Lake Minnetonka, Minn., a few days ago, a little excursion steamer carrying five persons blew up with frightful effect. Three of those on board were instantly killed, and the other two badly wounded. Fragments of the boat flew 150 feet in the air and then sunk in forty feet of water Three little boys were drowned in the Chicago river, at Chicago, a few days ago, while bathing Tlio banking-house of S. Pnlsifer A Co., of Peoria, one of the largest linancial institutions in Central Illinois, has suspended A horrible triple murder was }H>rpetrated, a few days ago, in Hocking county, Ohio, John Weldon, his -sister and laughter were murdered at their home, their hsads being crushed with an ax. The murderers, William Ferrell and Joseph King, have been ar­ rested, and have confessed to the butchery, the object being robbery. SECRETARY MCCRABY has sent a dispatch to the Governor of Utah, stating that, while the administration does not apprehend a Mormon uprising, additional troops will be sent to Utah. G. Wiley Wells, of Mississippi, is to be appointed Consul General of the United States to China The President has commissioned Daniel T. Boynton as Pension Agent at Knox- ville, Tenn.; Samuel Post, Pension Agent at Detroit, Mich.; Rufus Campion, Pension Agent at St. Louis. PRESIDENT HAYES and family, accompanied by Secretaries Evarts, Devens and Schurz, raid a flying visit to New England last week The commission recentlv appointed to investigate the affairs of the rfew Orleans Custom Honse report reforms that will effect a saving to the Government of some $55,000 per annum. POLITICAL. THE President has addressed the following (areolar letter to all prominent Federal officers throughout the country: EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 23. Snt: I desire to call your attention to the fol­ lowing paragraph in a letter addressed by me to the Secretary of the Treasury on the conduct to be observed by officers of the General Gov­ ernment in relation to elections: " No officer shall be required or permitted to take part in the management of political or­ ganizations, caucuses, conventions, or election campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political pur­ poses of officers or subordinates should be al­ lowed." This rale is applicable to every department of the civil service. It should be understood by every officer of the General Government that he is expected to conform his conduct to its requirements. Very respectfully, B. B. HATES. A CXBCCLAB has been issued by the Secretary of the Nary, commanding that laborers shall be employed in the navy-yards, by the proper officers in charge, with reference to their skill and efficiency alone, and without regard to po­ litical or personal considerations. Workmen are not to be required to contribute monev for | IN the lower house of the New Hampshire Legislature, the other day, a Democratic mem­ ber introduced a resolution approving the main features of President Haves' policy. After a lively discussion the resolution was sent to a committee. THE Iowa Republican Convention met at Des Moine* on the 27th of June, and nominated John EL Gear for Governor and Frank L. Campbell for Lieutenant Governor. The reso- lutioi;** dtc.are that"the permanent pacifica­ tion of the southern sections of the Union, and the complete protection of all citizens in the fpoe enjoyment of all their rights, is a duty to which the Republican party stands sacredly pledged;*' favors the "early attainment of a currency convertible into coin the " gradual resumption of specie payments by continuous and steady steps in that direction the making of silver a legal-tender for the pay­ ment of all debts, and "a wisely-adjusted tar­ iff for revenue." The introduction of a resolu­ tion declaring that •' the so-called ' Southern policy/ which has been inaugurated and pur­ sued by the present national ig in acr?rd with the principles of the Republican party," was received amid general tumult. The ; amotion was laid on the table by a large ma­ jority. A resolution was adopted in favor of the rigid enforcement of the present Iowa pro­ hibitory kqnor law. GKMKBAIm THE Sunday-school Assembly to be held at Lake Bluff camp grounds, thirty miles north of Chicago, July 17 to 27, promises to be one of the most important and interesting gatherings of Sunday-school workers held for many a day. Railroads will give reduced fares, and ample provisions will be made to entertain, at small expense, all those who may desire to attend. DISPATCHES from St. John, N. B., furnish the following additional particulars of the ter­ rible conflagration in city: The entire business portion of the city in destroyed. Not a leading establishment has escaped. All the principal dry-goods stores, the leading grocers, all ship brokers, commission merchants, all the wholesale liquor dealers, flour, provisions, coal, salt, lumber, tea, West-India goods, are utterly wiped out. Forty-odd blocks or nearly 200 acres south of King street have not six buildings remaining. Even- street, square, and alley is filled with furniture, and thousands of people are without either food or shelter. Thousands had to get away from the lower part of the city hy boats. Of the 810 acres in the city boundaries, 400 are burned over and 20,000 residents homeless. They have crowded in elsewhere or are under tents. The loss is still estimated at $20,000,000, and the insurance so far as known is about $8,000,000. It is said that all the offices will pay. The number of dead is reported to be ou the increase, but the facts are not fully known. Mrs. Crane and the young ladies of her school had to go to sea in one of the International steamers to save themselves. There were many heartrending scenes. A great quantity of goods saved fell into the hands of thieves, who eagerly availed themselves of every opportunity that afforded to carry off what they could lay their hands on. following newspaper offices, with their Ptot &nd stock, were completely swept away : rhe Freerimn, Evening Globe, iSaUy Telegraph, (4 (uchiiian, Heligwus Intelligencer. The Glotje, ielejraph, News, Intelligencer and Watchman aa job offices attached. The churches burned ar,c: iriuitv, St Andrew's, Germain Street Meth- "dist, Germain Street Baptist, Christian, Duke otreet; St. James' Church. Leinster Street i^aptist, Centenary Methodist Church, St. Phil- &Parmartlien Btreet Mission (Methodist), iTtt Street Mission, St. David's, Reformed Pres­ byterian, Sheffield Street Mission-House. " JAMES GOBDON BENNETT, of the New York Herald, who left suddenly for Europe some months ago to escape prosecution for fighting a duel, has returned to New York The Mon­ treal office of the cashier of the Grand Trunk l an way was recently robbed of $50,000 A iSt. John. N. B., dispatch says: "thirty bodies thus far have been, reoovered, and as many more persona are missing: but it is impossible, as yet, to tall accurately tie leas of life." SYMPATHY for the suffering people of ST John has assumed substantial shape, and lib­ eral donations of money, provisions and cloth­ ing are pouring into the stricken dty from all parts of the United States and Canada. To­ ronto has Huhocribed 970.000, $40,000. and other flawadian cities have contributed lanrelv. whQ| Km Vnii Phil* ilnlnUIn tjAafAn^ Chicago. St Louis and allr £h'« iarere ratios of the States have responded lib­ erally to the cry of distress Labor troubles: There has been as extensive strike of the silk operatives of Paterson, N. J. The stove-molders of Louisville, Ky., have all struck, and every foundry in the city is closed in consequents A large number of operatives employed in iron manufacturing es­ tablishments in the Schuylkill, Lehigh and Sus­ quehanna valleys, of Pennsylvania, are on a strike against a reduction in wages. Two hundred Mormons arrived in New York from Europe the other day, and left immedi­ ately for Utah... .Recent deaths : Robert Dale Owen, the well-known author and spiritualist; Commodore John R. Goldttborough. of the United States navy. FATAL casualties: The, honse of Mr. Lat- reille, of RocbesterviUe, Ont, was burned the other day. His son, aged 11, perished in the flames, and Mrs. Latreiile and her mother were fatally burned. Three men, named Colston, Seaman and Sims, were killed in a Brooklyn (N. Y.) sugar refinery by the fall of a large sugar-pan, which was being|hoisted. Seven mi­ ners engaged in drawing a nucket tilled with ore from a mine in Sussex. N. Y., caught the rope ou a stone, and cut it in two. Five of the men were precipitated into the washed-out mine, and four--Baxter Jones, Wm. Garvey, Henry Peters and Richard Afgar--were killed. Four men, while fishing in the Susquehanna river, near Clark's ferry, Pa., were swept over a dam, and throe of them drowned. THK TURKO-RU8SIAN WAR. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch asserts that Lay- ard, the British Ambassador, has counseled the Saltan to make peace immediately. All the Ministers except Redif Pasha, Minister of War, favor peace The Turkish Chamber of Depu­ ties decided by a large majority that it is ad­ visable to postpone for the present the ques­ tion of the admission of Christians into the army, they continuing to pay the exemption tax.*.. .Details of the recent battle near Deliba- ba, in Asia Minor, represent the affair to have been very disastrous to the Turkish force. The Russians put them to flight, and then, pursuing with cavalry, converted the defeat into a rout Relative to the Sate Turkish de­ feat near Spuz, a Cettinje dispatch says: " Later accounts show there never was a worse panic, or a more disastrous rout known in the annals of war between Turkey and Montene­ gro. It was only the artillery of the forts that saved the Turkish army from complete de­ struction. The Turkish dead cannot be count­ ed, becaur-e they he along the plain nearly up to Spuz, and the artillery of the city prevent approach. Gen. Petrovics reports about 1,000 dead within the ground recovered by the Mon­ tenegrins." ACCORDING to Turkish reports, the campaign in Montenegro is about 4nded, all the strategic positions being occupied by the Turkish troops. ... .The crossing of the Danube was begun by the Russians at Ibrail on the 22d of June. Pontoon bridges had previously been erected unobserved by the Turks, and on the day named these were thrown across the river, and the Fourteenth Army Corps, 15,000 strong, marched into Bul­ garia, taking up a position in a marsh, out of reach of the Turks... .The Turks have reoccu- pied Bayazid, in Asia The Emperor of Mo­ rocco refuses to furnish military assistance to Turkey. THE cable furnishes copious details of the operations attending the crossing of the Dan­ ube by the Russians at Ibrail and Galatz. Early on the morning of Friday, the 22d of June, bands of cavalry crossed the river on barges at the points named, which are eighteen miles apart, and promptly formed a high slopes beyond the m Under the cover of this force, at Matchin and the river, the Russians laid their pontoon bridges at both the above points, and two divisions rapidly crossed and effected a junction without opposition. Every move­ ment of the Russians was characterized by the utmost skill and rapidity of action. By noon the forces were before the outworks of Matchin, which they carried by charging the batteries. The Turks were driven out and fled to Matchin, the Russians turning their own Sins upon them, and that night tney rested in e deserted Turkish camp, preparing for the battle of the morrow. On Saturday morning they advanced again with the intention of storming Matchin, but found no enemy to op­ pose them. The Turks had evacuated the place, and the Russians entered it, and held the key to the Dobrudscha. IT is announced from London that the Brit­ ish Cabinet kas, after due deliberation, disap­ proved of Gortschakolfs declaration as to Rus­ sia's policy in the Eastern war, and the English Government has resolved not to allow even the temporary occupation of Constantinople by the Russians. ..The Russians attempted to cross the Danube, hear Rustchuk, but were tinsuo- OOftoI'ul, aud u severe bailie followed, iiie Turk­ ish gunboats taking «n active part. The town of Giurgevo, in Roumania, opposite Ruatchuk, was t'.ot on tire by Turkish shells... .Turkish reports of the campaign in Asia Minor: That the Russians at Bayazid have capitulated ; that the Russians have been de­ feated in a fourteen-hours' battle at Delibaba pass, losing twice as many men as the Turks ; and that the Turks have worsted their foes in a sharp engagement at Batoum A London dispatch says: "Simultaneously with the crossing into the Dobrudscha, news comes of a general movement of Russian troops between Slatina aud Alexandria, down to the Danube, between Tumu-Maguereli and Simnitza. Tho Turks are reported preparing to concentrate their forces on the Lower Danube and the fortresses forming the quadrilateral -- Rust­ chuk, Silistria. Shumla and Varna--leaving the Widen force isolated." DETAILED accounts of the terrible bombard­ ment of Rustchuk by the Russian batteries at Giurgevo are furnished by cable: "The terribly effective character of the Kussian fire can scarcely be described. The gunners seem to have directed every shot at Rustchuk with­ out regard to the buildings liable to be injured. Shell after shell came crashing through the roofs of the houses, and burying themselves in the floors, where they ex­ ploded, demolishing the walls. The mosques seemed to be selected as particular targets at times, for two, three, and often more shells would fall on and arouud them, tearing pinnacle and dome with fearlul effect Not even the hospitals were spared by this awful rain of shells, and their inmates in many cases were killed in their beds. The unfortunate in­ habitants of liuntchuk suffered terribly during the bombardment. Hid away in deep "recesses or sheltered behind thick walls, the Russian shells found and destroyed them. As they darted through the streets toward places of greater security, their bodieB were scattered in fragments "by the explosion of these terrible nust-iles. Women flying from their burning ana ruined homes were killed as they ran. Little children clasped in the arms of their terrified parents were struck dead by the fatal fragments. The scene was one of unqualified horror throughout" TCBKET has determined to place 200,000 more men in the field, provided the money can be raised to equip them.... A recent dispatch from Cettinje says "the Montenegrin army is concentrated in a very strong powition opposite Spuz and Podgoritza. The morale seems to be good. The Prince is determined to fight for •very foot of ground, should the Turks ad­ vance on Montenegrin territory." Another account represents that the position of the Montenegrins is quite desperate, and thet their forces are entirely broken Rnd dispersed The Porte has entered a complaint against Rus- sia on account of the destruction of four Turkish merchant vessels by Russian torpe­ does, claiming this to be contrary to the rules of international law The Russian cavalry are spreading over the Dobrudasha. the infantry following slowly,... .Things are grow­ ing lively in Ada Minor. There seems to be no doubt that there has been some severe fighting, but, as both sides claim a victory in nearly every action, the reader is left to form his own opinion as to which is getting the best of it OEMKRAL FOREIGN NEWS. THE Russians have purchased the monster Krupp gun which was on exhibition at the Philadelphia Centennial England has deci­ ded tc nCnd an army of 15,GGC troops to Egypt lirntert. f.h« nan*! * !P-"t h*? bees discovered in Egypt to blow up'the banks of the Suez canal with nitro-glycerine. THE Russian Finance Minister has been au­ thorized to issue a 5-per-cent. loan of 200,000,- 000 roubles (about $160,000,000)... .A com­ mercial congress representing nearly five hun­ dred of the loading commercial firms of Ger­ many was held at Frankfort the other day, and a resolution was paused asking the Government to suspend its free-trade policy and to institute a,n inmiiry gg to the «t®te of tr»de ai;d industry in Germany The question of dissolution was put to a vote in the French Chamber of Depu­ ties, on the 22d of June, and carried by 150 to 130. PRESIDENT MACMAHON has pardoned 844 more French Communists....In replying to Lord Derby's propositions concerning the Snez canal, the Porte agrees that the navigation shall be unrestricted for neutral shipping, but claims the right to fight the enemy's ships if they appear in the canal In the French Chamber of Deputies, th® other day. M. Grevv, the President, read a decree formally dissolv­ ing the Chamber and intimating that the elec­ tions would be held after an interval of two months Our old friend the Colorado beetle has turned up in France. ADVICES from South America report a disas­ trous rain-storm in the province of Buenos Ayres. The rain-fall was continuous for three weeks, and the pampas were flooded, causing the destruction of millions of horses, cattle and sheep... .Ex-President and Mrs. Grant visited Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, the other day. They were, we are informed by a cable dispatch, "conveyed in her Majesty's carriages to the castle, where they were re­ ceived by the Queen at the bottom of the stair­ case at the Queen's instance, and conducted through the state corridor to the white draw­ ing-room. After a short interview, Gen. Grant and wife were conducted to apartments over the Waterloo Gallery, overlooking the home park. In the evening a grand dinner was giveik in Gen. Grant's honor.' THE news from Mexico is that Acapulco has been captured by the partisans of Diaz, after a ten-davs' bombardment by gunboats. The Consufs at Rustchuk have drawn up a protest against the Russians bombarding their resi­ dences as being against all principles of inter­ national law The French elections have been postponed till the 14th of October The merchants and business men of St. John are clearing away the remains of their burned houses and preparing for rebuilding. ILLINOIS ITEMS. The 1 amine in India. There is no change for the better in India. The famine has not abated, and affairs everywhere are becoming critical. The price of grain is advancing, most of the Burmese rice-crop has been secured for English consumption, and there is no rain. The condition of the people on the relief works is gradually deteriorat­ ing. In eight districts, where the annual death-rate of the winter season is not usually more than 20 per 1,000, it ranged from 37.3 to 118.3 in December and from 62.6 to 118.7 in January. Many of the deaths are due to starvation, or diseases engendered by starvation, but these are debited to " cholera." The best author­ ities estimate the total loss of life which will follow from famine at 1,000,000, and think that the Madras census of 1881, with its population of 30,000,000 souls, will show, if not a retrograde a stationary population. A fact is cited by the Lon­ don Times correspondent which upsets the assertion that periodical {amines and necessary to keep down the redundant population of Hindostan. The remarks on this head, the correspondent holds, would be pertinent to the subject if the famine hod displayed itself in the most thickly-populated districts of the coun­ try, but, as a matter of fact, the most thickly-populated districts have been able not only to grow food enough for their own necessities, but to export to places where there was scarcity. There is no evidence of any value to show that the population of India is beyond the capac­ ity of the land to support. Every pound of grain consumed in the famine tract of the South during the present scarcity has been supplied by India itself; and, while an enormous local failure of crops over an area inhabited by 20,000,000 of people has prevailed, India has still been able to add largely to her exports of wheat to Europe.--New York World. A Noise-Extinguisher. "Everybody that travels has experienced the annoyance of having his ears deaf­ ened when on board a steamboat by the roar of escaping steam. Sometimes ac­ cidents have occurred during the racket of "blowing off" simply because the Oaptain cannot make his orders heard, and everything has to be done in dumb show while the disturbance lasts. Hap­ pily an invention called the spiral ex­ haust-nozzle is destined to choke off the noise. It operates by breaking the waves of sound, the escaping steam being surrounded with a wire helix, and obliged to pass between the wires. A report adopted by the Committee on Science and the Arts of the Franklin Institute says : "In view of the annoy­ ance, fright, and danger arising from the roar of escaping steam, and of the com­ pleteness with which the nozzle destroys this roar, we are of the opinion that Mr, Shaw has done a great service to the community, and particularly to the transportation interests, in overcoming an obnoxious and dangerous feature in the use of steam; and we recommend the award to him of the Scott legacy Eremium and medal for his spiral ex-aust-nozzle. "--New York Tribune. Riches and Reason. The experience of the late Mr. John Daly, of this city, who got riches but lost his reason and committed suicide, points a moral for our time. The case of Dr. Ayer, the well-known millionaire, who is in an asylum for the insane, fur­ nishes a commentary on the failure which some men are making by their ap­ petite for money. There are scoreB of similar cases of insanity caused by a too intense application to business. 'Brains are of more account than bank notes, even in this world, truthfully says the Christian at K ork, and it is never wise to risk one's head to accumulate a prop- rety for other people to quarrel over.-- Scientific American. "BOGUS CHARIIEY," of the Modoc tribe, whose members now occupy a res­ ervation in tho Indian Territory, has been converted to Christianity. All the children of the tribe can read, and thoj and the adults are very proud of their progress. The tribe will soon be self- supporting. THB Southern Illinois Medical Associa­ tion met at Anna last week. LAST year 18,740 forty tons of coal were mined and sold in Warren county. A THIEF was caught at Cairo recently and beateli so badly that lie has since died. The following patents wsn issued to Illinois inventors during the week ending June 27: DR. LONG, Of Exeter, Soott county, was killed by his son last week, by a blow with a stick of wood. THB rapid increase of convicts in the State Penitentiary continues. There are now 1,716 convicts in all. GEN. WADK HAMPTON and Hon. Rob­ ert Ingereoll are announced as speakers at the Rockford fair this yearf • CHAKIIES D. LOWRY was drowned the other day near Decatur, while fishing. He leaves a wife and three ehildren. THE Hon. D. L. Phillips, of the State Journal, has received notice of his ap­ pointment as Postmaster of Springfield. A FIRE at RoSeville, Warren county, destroyed property valued at several thousand dollars. Yery small insurance. THOMAS HAMMOND, aged 77 years, an old resident of Blooming ton, dropped dead recently. Heart disease is as­ signed as the cause. THH Railroad and Warehouse Commis­ sioners have reduced the price of appeal in the Grain-Inspection Department at Chicago from $9 to $3 a car-load. WITHIN an hour after Ken Hoben, of Carlinville, convicted of accessory in the murder of one Coleman, of Carlinville, had been sentenced, he received a par don from the Governor. THE plans and drawings for a $250,000 depot at Chicago for the Northwestern railway, are nearly completed, and in a short time will,be in readiness for the hands of the builder. THE Governor has offered $200 reward for the arrest of William T. Bowman, who murdered Addie Dillinger in Perry county, last August, and escaped the custody of the officers last February. THE eighth biennial meeting of the Saengerbund of the Northwest was held at Freeport last week. Representatives of over twenty societies were present, each delegation accompanied by a band. THE annual convention of the Mc­ Lean county Sunday-schools, at Danvers, has adjourned. The reports show that the schools of that county are in fine condition, with an increasing attendance. Louis OTTO, an old German citizen of Carlinville, committed suicide by shoot­ ing himself through the heart, last week, and, when found, was dead. No cause is assigned for the rash act but despond­ ency and liquor. WHILE in a pit under a gas retort at the rolling-mills, at Joliet, last week, four men were badly burned* It was a trial test, by the inventor, of making coke, and the flames rushed out, over­ taking the inmates of the pit. The re covery of two is very doubtful. A NEGRO barber, calling himself Cov­ ington, was arrested in Cairo at the in­ stance of the sheriff of Osceola, Ark. on the charge of having committed murder there some nine months ago, The negro denies any knowledge of the Qrizne. He iain jail and will go South soon. Two MEN attempted to rob Mr. E Richardson's store at Farina, a few days since. They attacked him just as he was locking the door, and demanded his keys. He refused, and they shot him in the arm and thigh--both flesh wounds. Mr. R. raised the alarm, and the robbers ran off. A IIABGE amount of fixed ammunition cannon, mortars, artillery carriages anc harness, and other munitions of war, are now being received at Rook Island Ar-. senal from St. Louis Arsenal, which is to be discontinued. THB first Monday of August is the day fixed by the new law for the election of an additional Circuit Judge in each of the reorganized judicial circuits of this State. The question of candidates is agitating the several districts. A UTriiE boy named Joe Whaien, of Rockf ord, was killed reoently by being run over by a freight train. It appears he was stealing a ride to Chicago on a flat car, and that he fell off netween two cars, the rear car wheels passing over his neck. He was instantly killed. PETER HELM, a boy of 18, went to the house of Mrs. Waterhouse, in Say brook, McLean county, and used abusive lan­ guage to the lady, and was ordered away by lier son, 15 years old. Helm refusing to leave, young Waterhouse seized shotgun and shot Helm through the head. THE Board of Trustees of the Soldiers Orphans' Home at Normal met last week, and assumed terms of office as follows: Funk, six years; Rinaker, four; Black, two. Rinaker was chosen President. The resignation of Dr. John Sweeney as physician was accepted, and Dr. J. L. White was chosen to succeed him. HERMAN HELLHAKE. 20 years of age, was drowned in Quincy bay, a few miles above the city of Quincy, last week. He and several other young men were fish­ ing in the bay, and, during the after­ noon, concluded to take a bath. Hell- hake could not swim, and, getting in deep water, sank before assistance could reach him. THE twentieth annual commencement of the State Normal School took place last week, terminating, perhaps, the most successful year's work ever done by the institution. The exercises were held in the large hall of the university, which was filled to its fuUest capacity. The graduating class was twenty-seven n number. A RATHER novel procedure was the flling in the District Clerk's office, at Springfield, of a petition in voluntary bankruptcy by St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, East St Louis. The petition is by Michael Higgins, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and recites that the church is a corporation under the laws of the State, and, being unable to pay all its debts, is willing to surren­ der all its real estate and effects to cred­ itors. Tts liabilities are set down at about $22,000, and its nominal assets at $15,0)0 THE Governor has adopted a rule fo the future management of the pardon business, which, it is thought, will^ operate beneficially. Before considering^ an application far pardon he will require notice to be pnMiahed in some news­ paper of general circulation in the county where the conviction was had, afc least three weeks prior to making the ap­ plication. The notice must state that its is the purpose to apply for a pardon giving the name of the crime of which he the time when the appHcation w3l"bfr ^ made. Accompanying all applications for pardon, the statement of the Judge and Prosecuting Attorney trying the case will be required, where they can be ob­ tained. Where the ground of the appli­ cation is the sickness or decline of the* • prisoner, no published notice need beR? j made, but the full statement of the Warn den and penitentiary physician will be ̂ required. ̂ .j THE ninth annual insurance report off* .» the State Auditor on fire and marine in^ surance is published. It shows thenum- ber of fire, marine and inland insuranc# j companies complying with the laws ot the State and authorized to do business 1 for the current year to be 200, classified^ "'A as follows: Ten joint-stock companies of i Illinois, 1 mutual company of Illinois, 3 167 joint-stock companies of other States, 7 mutual companies of other States, 15 foreign companies. The number of township mutual fire insurance compa­ nies and others of like nature organized in this State and authorized to do busi­ ness during the ensuing year is 110. Since the last report 2 State companies have complied with the law and are au­ thorized to transact business in Illinois, viz: the Firemen's Insurance Company^ of Chicago, and the German Fire Insur­ ance Company, of Peoria ; and, during the same time, the Globe Insurance Com- pany, of Chicago, has been adjudged bankrupt, and since the last report 26 additional fire and 5 marine companies in all have been admitted to do business in Illinois. W. Flagg, Bloomington, heating and ventilating buildings; N. Messenger and J. Erwin, Newark, cultivator; W. G. Barnes, Freeport, barbed hoop-iron fence-strip; H. Woods, Rock Island, steam engine valve; J. Plane, Belvidere, iron posts for wire fences; S. Dixon, .Roseville, seeding-machine; S. Dixon, Roseville, seeding-machine; J. R. Drake and D. S. Smith, South Evanston, ash-sifter; M. N. DeVeera, Springfield, seed-planter; W. K. Johnson, Cordova, liquid-measure; L. B. Berrien, Gales- burg, plaiting-machine; J. W. Wood, Laomi, apparatus for illuminating scale- 1 beams; G. Hunter, Elgin, dust-caps for watches; J. F. Best, Galva, harness- saddle. CHICAGO.--C. T. Sleeper, stuff­ ing-box for steam-engines; Hi W. Aus­ tin and W. B. Hosford, furnace; C. T. Sleeper, packing for piston rods, etc.; C. T. Sleeper, stuffing-box for steam . engines; L. D. Webster, administrator ~ of J. B. Webster, deceased, car-axle box; R. Hammill, lanterns; C. G. Stromberg, druggists' prescription file; J. Clifford and J. Gielow, hose-nozzle; C. H. Rudd, duplex-telegraph. An Old Stove. In the Virginia State Capitol, at Rich­ mond, is the historic,stove of the world. It unquestionably deserves this designa­ tion, although it is best known as the "Old Stove," having been manufactured in England by one Buzaglo, and senlt over to Lord Botetourt, in 1770, as a ^ present to the colony of Virginia. This ' old stove was used in warming the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg until 1779L ^ when the capital was removed from thai place to Richmond, and served the State 1 altogether, in heating its legislative halls, for a period of sixty years; after which it was placed in the rotunda of the Capitol, and warmed that portion of the building for about forty years more, when it was laid aside as one of the sacred relics of Virginia.--Scribner for July. Hark Twain. And this is how Samuel L. Clemens obtained the name which he has made famous. The explanation is given in a letter to Mr. John A. McPherson, of San Francisco: DEAR SIR : " Mark Twain" was the nom de plume of one Capt. Isaiah Sellers, who used to write river news over it for the^ New^OrJesaia' Ho uieu in 1863, ituu, && he couid no longer need that signature. I laid violent hands upon it without asking permission of the proprietor's remains. That is the history of the nom de plume I bear. Yours truly, SAMUEL L. 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