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ailtf Jtlficnrj $laintoltr. J. TAN SOTKE, POTUSHEB. UcHENRY, ILLINOIS* ®Bffi NEWS CONDENSED. *--<-- THE BAST. HABTTOBD dispatch states that a complete W6rganization of the Charter Oak Life Insur­ ance Company has been consummated, accord- log to an arrangement that had been agreed upon between Commissioner Stedman, the company's ofliecrs, and the investigating com­ mittee, represeutinsr the local insurance compa­ nies and policy-holders. The result is that the •old management is completely wiped out. Ex- Qov. Jewell, late Postmaster General, was elected President of the reorganized company. Th* L^ctawAiina coal region of Pennsyl­ vania is one vast theater of idleness, the strik­ ing miners having compelled a total suspension of work, both in the mines and on the railroads that carry the coal product to market. Gov. Hartranft has offered to assist the Mayor of Boranton in the enforcement of law and the protection of life and property, bnt the Mayor jfear» to avail himself of the help of the State militia, and declines to take the responsibility. Serious trouble is anticipated. HERREBT BLANCHARD. of Savory, Mass., was ordered to discontinue his visits to the daugh­ ter of E. Trask. He met the gentleman in church last Sunday, shot him dead, fatally wounding a brother, and missed his third shot at the woman. A FRIGHTFUL accident occurred at Totten A Oo.'s foundry, in Pittsburgh, last week, by which ten men were seriously injured, two it is feared, fatally. The men were molders, and were engaged in making a large hollow casting. The core, composed of sand, was wet, ana, when the metal was poured into it, a terrific explosion occurred, with the result above stated William H, VanderbilL President of the New York Central railroad, has issued a circular, in which he says that out of 12,000 of his employes less than 500 allowed themselves to be carried away by the late excitement. These have been dis­ charged and are not to be again employed. In acknowledgment of the good faith of the men employed ih operating tlie road, Mr. Vander- bilt proposes to divide 8100,000 among them, and promises to increase tneir pay as soon as the business of the road will justify it. 1BE WEST. THE extensive iron manufacturing establish­ ment of A. B. Meeker & Co., of Chicago, has been compelled to close up and go into bank­ ruptcy A dispatch from Deadwood, in the Black Hills, says: "Intense excitement pre­ vails throughout the city. Horsemen arriving from the different towns* and hayfieids in this •vicinity bring details of fresh "murders and outrages by the savages, who seem to have broken loose from the agencies in large numbers, and are infesting the country In all directions. Up to this hour at least twenty murders have been reported. Some of the killed are well-known citizens of Deadwood, who went to the relief of Lent. Lemly and the survey party. Nearly every ranch along the Red Water and in the Spearfish valley has been devastated." THH time of the annual Western fairs is ap­ proaching. The Chicago Exposition will open Aug. 29, and close Oct. 13. The Illinois State Fair will open at Freeport, Sept. 17, closing on the 22d. Iowa State Fail-, at Cedar Bapids, Sept 17 to 22 ; Wisconsin State Fair, at Janes- ville, Sept. 10 to 14; Michigan, at Jackson, Sept. 17 to 21 ; Minnesota, Sept. 3 to 8 ; Ne­ braska, at Lincoln, Sept. 24 to 28 : St. Louis, Oct. 1 to 6; Ohio, at Columbus, Sept. 10 to 14: Indiana, at Indianapolis, Sept. 24 to 29 According to the Chicago Times, the casualties ^resulting from the riots in that city foot up as follows: Eighteen rioters killed, 16 fatally and 16 seriously wounded; 1 policeman lolled and 10 wounded. THE remains of Gen. G. A. Custer and com­ rades, which Col. Mike Sheridan was sent out to the Yellowstone country to secure, arrived at St. Paul last week, in charge of the United States Express Company. They were closed in neat caskets and directed as follows : (Jen. G. A. Custer, West Point; Col. W. W. Cook, Hamilton. Ont.; Lieut Beilly, Washington, D. CL; Dr. DeWolf, Norwalk, Ohio: and CoL Thomas Custer, Lieut. A. E. Smith, Capt. Yates, and Lieut. Mcintosh, Fort "Leavenworth. IN the southern portion of Minnesota large bodies of tramps have been causing people great annoyance and committing numerous depredations. Recently a body of 200 stopped a train near Lyle, in Mower county. Another party entered the village of Leroy, and, enter­ ing several stores, carried off such goods and M many as they could. THE Chicago Tribune says: " From all parts Of the West the farmers send words of cheer •bout the growing crops. Warm, dry weather is rapidly ripening the spring wheat and oats, both grains promising the finest yield for vears, and me same favorable conditions are the reapers to put in full time in the rye «"H barley ready for harvest." A DISPATCH from Portland, Ore., says: "Gen. Howard is at present at Karma, awaiting the arrival of Maj. Snnford. As soon as that officer joins him, Howard will take all his available fgrre and push vigorously after Joseph and White Bird, who have already crossed Bitter Boot mountain by way of the Lolo trail. He will go through to Missoula as rapidly as his command can move. He will have in the neighborhood of 500 Another force under command of Gen. Wheaton will leave Fort Lapwai, and, moving north, pass through the Spokane country ana cross over into|Moutana through Sahon pass. It is confidently believed that this movement will result in the capture of the entire Hn.n^ Qf bostiles." EIGHT of the striking employes of the Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw railroad were arraigned be­ fore Judge Drummond. of the United States Circuit Court, at Chicago, last week, for ob­ structing the movement of trains. Most of them confessed the violent conduct alleged, and the proof as to all of them was clear enough • and, after listening to their counsel's preseuta' tion of extenuating circumstances, the Judge •entenced the ring-leader. Mack, to four months imprisonment in jail, and the others to two months each. A line of $50 was also entered against each of the rioters, the impris­ onment to continue until the fines are paid The Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw road is in the bands of a receiver, and the strikers were warned, during the existence of the troubles that no interference with the running of trairiH would be tolerated by the United States au­ thorities. THE First National Bank of Georgetown, CoL, has closed its doors... ..The Governor of Illinois has advised the Sheriffs of counties in the State in which riots have lately occurred to aiTost all rioters against whom evidence can be obtained, and have their cases presented to the grand juries as soon as possible. GENERAL THE National Educational Association is to hold its meeting for 1877 at LouiBville, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of August The pro­ gramme of work laid out is very extensive and ntere8ting. SITKA, which was recently abandoned by the United States troops, is in sore distress on ac­ count of an Indian insurrection somewhere in the icebergs. The San Francisco people pro­ test vigorously against the dispatch of a rev­ enue cutter from that point, fearing another hoodlum raid on the Chinese. THE thirty-seven Itussian Protestants and their children who were recommended by the tear to emigrate to this country instead ot Brazil, where Dom Pedro desired them to sea. were shipped to their destination from Netr Xork last week. The new colony is to be lo­ cated near Lincoln, Neb Fifty carpenters have just sailed from New York for Liverpool, Eng. They go out under a year's contract with a building firm in Manchester, and are to receive 6 shillings a day. Ex-Gov. NOTES, United States Minister to France, has sailed for Paris In accordance with a circular issued some time ago by the Northern Railway Company of Canada, the wages of the men on that line in receipt of more than $ 1 a day have been reduced 10 per cent The men submit, though dissatisfied. WASHINGTON. THE Treasury Department has issued the fifty-third call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds of 1865. The call is for $10,000,000 con­ sols of 1865, of which #8,000,00© are registered and 7,000,000 coupon bonds, principal and in­ terest to be paid at the treasury on and after the 27th of October next, and the interest will cease on that day. SECRETARY EVAETS left last week for his farm in Vermont, to be absent a month. He expects the President to visit him in about two weeks. THE Hon. Joseph Segar, of Virginia, has been appointed arbitrator on the part of the United States before the United States and Spanish commission organized in 1871 by vir­ tue of the agreement of the two Governments for the settlement of certain claims of citizens in this country on account of wrongs and in­ juries committed by the Spanish authorities in Qafea. IT is announced through the State Depart­ ment in Washington, by the United States Min­ ister at Paris, that citizens of this country trav­ eling in Algeria will no longer require pass­ ports. T« o Americans were recently annoyed at Bone, in Africa, because they had no pass­ ports, and the new rale of exemp­ tion is the consequence... .A Washing­ ton dispatch of the 1st inst. says: " The total popular subscriptions to the 4 per cent, loan, were #6,319,700; total received by the syndicate, $60,000,?000: total subscribed in Lond'on reported to date, $10,200,000; making a total of £76,519,700. Against this amount calls have been issued for the redemption of $40,000,000 of 5-20 bonds of 1865, and $5,000,- 000 of gold has been paid into the treasury for redemption purposes, leaving $31,519,700 of bonds yet to be called." ... The President has appointed Henry W. Hilliard, of Georgia, En­ voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten­ tiary to Brazil. FOLITIGAI. A WASHINGTON telegram says: " A delegation from the Edgefield and Ellenton districts, representing both Republicans and Democrats, have called to lay before the President the proceedings of a mass-meeting of citizens representing all classes therein, at which each side agreed hereafter to live in peace with each other, and where each pledged the other that political difficulties should cease, and that local peace and order should hereafter prevail. In view of this agreement, all parties to it united in asking the President to dismiss the cases tried by Chief Justice Waite, and at the same time stated that the authorities propose to dis­ miss a number of political suits begun in local courts against colored Republicans as an offset to the arrest of white Democrats. The Presi­ dent expressed much satisfaction at the con­ dition of affairs as reported, and promised to take into consideration the request made." THE TURKO-KtSSlAN WAR. THE Russians havtf performed a very dar­ ing and brilliant act in the capture of the Shipka pass, and have undoubtedly secured a great advantage in holding this entrance into Konmelia. They are, nevertheless, in a dangerous and critical position. The force at Adrianople hitherto has been about 10,000 men, but now news comes that the Turkish forces which have been operating against Mon­ tenegro, the one from the north and the other from the south, numbering some 60,000, have effected a junction south of the Balkans after their long march from the west. This force, reinforced by the troops gathered up from the Grecian frontier and around Constantinople, may give the Russians great trouble in their onward march Ninety thousand men are on the way to reinforce the Russian Caucasian army. THE French and Italian Consuls at Gallipoli have asked their Governments to send men-of- war to that port for the protection of the Chris­ tian population, on account of the fanatical excitement of the Mohammedans A Con­ stantinople dispatch says: "Great military activity prevails. Volunteers are everywhere enrolling. Recruiting booths have been estab­ lished in various quarters of Constantinople. Parties of volunteers with bands and flags are parading the streets," Suleiman Pasha has been defeated, with the loss of ten guns, and at Ja«t accounts was retreating toward Adrian­ ople The Russians destroyed six railway bridges between Jamboli and Philippopolis. The rolling stock was sent to Constantinople. Aziz Pasha, one of the best Turkish offi­ cers has been killed in a skirmish. A LONDON telegram says: "The English fleet is not to enter the Bosphorus, because it -is supposed Russia would not be slow in seiz­ ing Gallipoli and the Dardanelles forts. Peace thus becomes daily not only more prob­ able but sensibly nearer." It is said the Turks lost 8,000 killed and wounded at Kara- bunnar Of 150 Bulgarian prisoners recently taken to Constantinople, fifteen were imme­ diately shot A CABLE dispatch reports an important en­ gagement near Rustchukbetween the Czarowitch and Ahmed Eyoub Pasba. The Turkish corps is report"! to have been defeated with a loss of thirty guns, ten standards, and 5,000 prisoners. Later official dispatches confirm the foregoing. The number of Turkish prisoners is now given as 8,000 A correspondent with the Russian troops at Kustendji telegraphs as fol­ lows : " Frightful cruelties have been perpetrat­ ed by the Circassians in Northern Turkey. Three thousand Bulgarians have just arrived there, half starved and naked. Many are horribly wounded, and have marched three days without food to escape the Circassians and BasM-Ba- zouks." A CORRESPONDENT at Erzeroum annnnnces that another forward movement of the Rus­ sians has commenced. The concentration of the army of the Grand Duke Michael to the northward of Kars has evidently been planned. A severe battle was fought at Plevna, on the 30th of July. The cannonade lasted two hours. Then a general engagement ensued which lasted until 10 o'clock at night, when, according to Turkish accounts, the Russians retreated. Prisoners say the Russians num­ bered 60,000 infantry and three regi­ ments of cavalry, and had fifty guns A London correspondent telegraphs that com­ munications have recently oeen passing be­ tween the Governments of England and Aus­ tria, and it is even asserted that a convention has been entered into by them regarding the mutual defense of Constantinople. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. can Episcopal Church at Geneva, Switzerland was laid by Gen. Grant on the 27th of July. THE masons of London have struck work for a reduction of hours and increase of wages. A Madrid dispatch says that arrangements have been made with the promoters of the last Cuban loan for an advance of $25,000,003 for the expenses of the next campaign. The ad­ vance will be guaranteed by the colonial cus­ toms. SAXUEL WARKEN, the English author, is dead A Jamaica telegram reports a revolution and two-days' conflagration at Port at; Prince, Havti A Paris dispatch says the split in the Bonapartist ranks is as complete and wide as the rupture between the Bonapartists and Legitimists.... A dispatch from Vienna Btates that, at a meeting of the Ministerial Council a resolution was adopted virtually ordering the mobilization of the army. The resolution au­ thorizes Count Andrassy te effect the mobiliza­ tion within limited bounds, should he deem such course necessary. :;er . THE RAILROAD STRIKE. Progress o the Great Railroad Wa»-- Matters Quieting Down. Advices of the 27th indicated a marked'weak­ ening of the strike all along the line. At Chi­ cago there was some more fighting between the police and the mobs. The most serious con­ flict, or series of conflicts, was at the Bcene of the preceding day's rioting, near the yards of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad. The msb, to the number of several thousand, ?lathered at that point, and were exceedingly urbulent and defiant. They, allowed no trains to depart, and pelted incoming passenger trains with stones and brickbats, causing the wildest consternation among the passengers. A strong force of police made an attack upon the mob, and were repulsed. The Second regiment of Illinois militia were then hurried to the ecene with fixed bayonets, and made an impetuous charge upon the disorderly gather­ ing, dispersing it without firing a shot. The combat was renewed again at night, and the mob was a second time scattered by a bayonet charge. Three of the rioters were killed dur­ ing the day's fighting, and a dozen or so wounded, some quite seriously. Ten or twelve of the police force were wounded, all of whom will probably recover. There was a large armed force in the city, and the town was beinc thor­ oughly patrolled by cavalry and infantry. Advices from other points showed a weakening of the strike and a subsidence of the excite­ ment. The most serious demonstrations were made in San Francisco, where the police and the rioters came in conflict; two or three of the latter were killed and many wounded. Mat­ ters wore a serious aspect at St. Louis;' the rioters marched up and down the streets, compelling all workingmen to shut down and join the army of idle men ; the Mayor or the city and Governor of the State fired off proclamations at the rioters, but beyond this nothing was done to suppress them. The strike on the Erie, New York Central and Michigan Southern was brought to an end by an amicable arrangement between employers and employes. The blockade of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio roads < continued, and there was considerable turbu­ lence along the lines. The miners in the an­ thracite region of Pennsylvania joined in the general revolt, and in the Lehigh valley every­ thing was reported at a stand-still. There was a serious emeute at Shamokin, and three riot­ ers were fatally wounded. Dispatches of the 28th report everything quiet in Chicago. There was no more rioting, and no fears of any, the mob being thoroughly cowed. Trains were running on nearly all the roads, there was a general resumption of busi­ ness and return of workmen to their employ­ ments, and a complete subsidence of all excite­ ment. The reports from other points were of the same tenor. All the Eastern roads had resumed the running of trains ; even the Pittsburgh mob had been forced by the strong arm of the military, under command of Gen. Brown, to surrender the property of the Penn­ sylvania road. TRAINS began moving out of Pittsburgh on the 30th ult. under military guard, and met with no obstruction. The State and Federal troops occupied commanding positions in the city, and many arrests were being made of those concerned in the great riot. At St Louis, business was beginning to look up, though the scarcity of coal prevented work in some of the manufac­ tories. At Chicago everything was quiet, though iarge bodies of men still held out on the wages question, and there was much de­ rangement of business in consequence. At San Francisco the mob was under control, and all fears of a general outbreak dispelled. The strikers were still defiant at Columbus, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Ind., and a few other points. CAPT. CBATO'S CRUISE. ADVICES from Ecuador, South America, state that the damage done by the late eruption of Cotopaxi amounts to 81,000,000. Many lives were lost, and over 1,500 head of cattle de­ stroyed A monster meeting at Pesth passed resolutions declaring the extension of Russia's power inconsistent vith the invests of Aubtro- Hungary, and calurg a: on tha G -vermistit to endeavor to briLg about a cesaati >n of tbe present inhuman metho I of wirf,\r<. aul to give timely protection to Au ilro-P.uugarian interests. Klapka and Pulsky and others spoke. Similar demonstrations are to be held in all the towns of Hungary.... It appears that Russia has again assured the powers of its willingness to discuss the future of Turkey after the conquest of Roumania Advices from the republic of Costa Rica," in south America, state that President Herrera has been deposed, and is a prisoner at the capital. BISMARCK recently to a deputation of Protestant clergy of Wurtemburg spoke hope­ fully concerning the ecclesiastical conflict Me said the Government having enacted the nec­ essary laws quietly stood on the defensive, and Muld afford to wait for the papacy to accept the situation... .The first stone of the " A Postoftiee Iucident* A recent incident at the Lawrence postoffice illustrates the ease -with which, from want of particularity in direction, a valuable letter may miscarry, with no lack of care on the part of the office, and no less exhibits moral obliquity in some members of the community. On Saturday night a person called for a let­ ter at the general delivery, and on being told there was none to his address stated that one of our city clergymen had de­ posited for him, a few days previously, a letter containing $2.50 in cash. Upon further inquiry of the sender it appeared that the letter bore no street designation, only the Lian's name, and of the latter six different men were known at the cSiec and by the carriers. Fortunately, one of the latter remembered recently delivering a drop-letter to one of the six. The letter had not been returned to the office, though the recipient must have known full well that the money was not intended for him. The carrier called upon him and asked the return of the letter. He was ref used, the holder claim­ ing that it contained no money, and, be­ side, how did the carrier know it was not for him? His persistent refusal was followed by calling in a police officer, and only from visions of the station house was the fellow induced to return the money he had wrongfully appropri­ ated, and an hour afterward it was hand­ ed to the rightful owner of the same name. The thief--for he was no less than one--may think himself fortunate in escaping prosecution under the United States postal laws. --Lawrence (Mass.) American. A Batch off Whys. Why are Ambassadors the most perfect people in the world ? Beoause they are all excellencies. ™yTi» like blind man's buff? It is a fellow feeling for a fellow creature. Why is the sun like a good loaf ? Be­ oause its light when it rises. Why is a sawyer like a lawyer? Be­ cause whichever way he goes, down come the dust. Why are washerwomen silly people Because thev put out their tubs to catch soft water when it rains hard. Why is a man who doesn't lose his temper like a schoolmaster ? Because he keeps cool (keeps scooiy Why are mountains like invalids ? Be­ cause they look peakish. Why are umbrellas like pancakes? Because they are seldom seen after Lent. Why is a drunkard hesitating to sign the pledge like a skeptical Hindoo ? Be­ cause he doubts whether to give up the worship of Jug or not. Why cannot two slender persons ever become great friends? Because they mil always be alitfht acquaintances. VWrtgr Days Growing the Atlantic te a Whaleboat--A Hazardous Undertaking Sueeesetnlly Accomplished. [From the Boston Globe.] The arrival of Capt Crapo and wife in the whaleboat New Bedford at Penzance, after an Atlantic voyage of forty days, has already been chronicled. The boat is a little more than nineteen feet and a half long and six feet and a half wide, built generally after the whaleboat model, but with more "sheer" and broader and deeper than most boats of her class. Her foremast is eighteen feet from the deck, and her mainmast seventeen feet high. She has a foresail, mainsail, and a square-sail and staysail to take advan-i tage of light winds. Of course the little! vessel was made in the most substantial manner, so as to ride out the rough seas. There are no bulwarks, and only life­ lines were rigged, and in the Atlantic voyage the water often came over the deck. Capt. Crapo steered sitting in the after-hatchway, and was protected by a canvas boot in rough weather. Of course, when the sea was very high the boat was allowed to lie to, with a drag. Three heavy gales were experienced dur­ ing the passage, and for fifteen days the two passengers were compelled to wait for the violence of the storm to subside. A good deal of their clothing was washed overboard, and much discomfort was en­ dured; but the little craft rode out the storms nobly. Several times the ven­ turesome Captain and his wife were spoken, and there was an agreeable ad­ dition to the provisions of the New Bed­ ford at all such meetings. Capt. Crapo kept his longitude regularly by dead reckoning, and did not go far out of the regular course of the transatlantic steam­ ers. His wife was as enthusiastic as himself in carrying out the project, and in the latter part of the voyage did much to help the Captain, whose left hand had become almost useless by constant steer­ ing. At 11 o'clock Saturday night the coast of Cornwall was seen by the weary voyagers, and the adventurous Captain and his equally daring wife lauded at Penzance Sunday morning. Wind and weather favoring, they proposed to pro­ ceed to London yesterday, and doubtless " the merry mariners of England " will give them a hearty welcome ty.the great metropolis. Sick Railroads. Late statistics gathered from the Railroad Age up to July 1 show that' the Hospital for Infirm, Diseased and Decrepid Railroads is still kept busy and full. The courts are acting as physi­ cians, receivers as nurses, and the Sher­ iffs as Coroners and keepers of the morgue. The prevailing disease is gen­ eral collapse under the effort to carry loads too heavy for. the constitution of the chronic invalids. The diagnosis is pretty much the same in all cases, and experience has proved that the heroic treatment is the best. As long as the patients are permitted to totter along feebly under their load with the help of stimulants, they grow weaker and weaker till tonic no longer serves the purpose. The only radical cure that has been found is to throttle the patient, throw him to the ground, strip off his cumber­ some harness, put him in a straight jack­ et for awhile, and then start him out fresh with a load somewhat commensu­ rate with what vitality there is left ill him. While this treatment has been found to be disagreeable to those who have to assume part of the burdens which the decrepid and broken-down invalids throw ofLit has also bee^ found giat the invalids themselves regain compensatory strength, and become able to serve both the public and their new owners. During the past six months of the cur­ rent year foreclosures have been made and sales ordered on fifteen roads, with an aggregate capital stock of $46,476,064 and debt of $85,106,500. During the same period receivers have been ap­ pointed for sixteen roads, with a capital stock and indebtedness of $169,686,292; and the same six months have seen the actual sale of thirty-two roads, with stock amounting to $49,035,714, and debts amounting to $78,710,214. The total result is that the first half of thin year has sufficed to wipe out and reor­ ganize, or at least inaugurate this pro­ cess, in the case of sixty-three railroads, with a total mileage of '7,225 miles, and invested capital (represented by stocks and bonds and floating debt) of £129,- 014,884. The railroad mortality for the entire year of 1876 was seventy six roads, only a few more than during the six months of this year, but the mileage was 11,422 miles, and the represented capital $755,848,000, or nearly double as much. The benefit of this squeezing process can scarcely be doubted. A large part of the vast railway system of the United States was constructed on the Credit- Mobilier plan. That is, the capital stock represented nil as an investment; and the bonds represented usually double what the roads ought to have cost. Compression is necessary to eliminate this fictitious part of the cap­ ital represented by the stock and bonds. There is only one way to get rid of it. The mortgages must be foreclosed when default of payment is absolute and the railroads sold for what they are worth now. They will then become legitimate investments, and the great bulk of the railroads of this country, properly man­ aged, will earn a fair profit on this basis.--Chicago Tribune. to. He was then informed that the ves­ sel had not come into collision with any­ thing, but that the singular phenomenon was due to the fact that the helmsman had lost temporary control of the ship. The China is a wooden vessel, and the amount of friction on a rock which would tear an irreparable rent in the plating of an iron steamship, such as the City of San Francisco, might do her practically no damage. The condition of the tide and other circumstances may have been favorable to the China also. Since that voyage the China has not been in the dry dock, consequently thfl 'hull has not been subject to any examination.--San Francisco Bulletin. ILLINOIS ITEMS. The Hidden Bock in the Pacific. The wreck of the Pacific Mail steam­ ship City of Siin Francisco on a sub­ merged rock off what is known as Tartar snoals, on the Mexican coast, recalls an incident which occurred on the Pacific Mail steamship China on the upward {jassage from Panama previous to the ast trip of the ill-fated steamship. The story is told by one of the ptasengers of the China--a responsible and very in­ telligent gentleman. He says that dur­ ing the night previons to the arrival of the China at Acapulco (when she must have been in about the same position as that in which the City of San Francisco was when she came to grief) many of the passengers were awakened by a peculiar thud and grating of the ship's bottom, as if she had struck against something hard. It was his firm belief that the vessel trembled from stem to stern. Next morning, on the arrival of the ves­ sel at Acapuloo, he inquired of the offi­ cers what was the cause of the peculiar sensation he had experienced in the con­ duct of the vessel at the tima referred THERE axe now 1,435 licensed waloons in Chicago. Six deaths from scarlet fever at Chi­ cago last week. THE Adams county Court House is fin­ ished and Quincy is very proud. THE Al£on Driving Park has become a favorite resort for driven of fast teams. THE assessments of three-fourths of the counties of the State have been re­ turned to the Auditor's office. M. W. LEVI LUSK, Past Giand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, A. , F. and A. M., died at Mount Sterling last week, of jaundice and puAumonia. THE failure of A. B. Meeker & Co., of Chicago, results in the shutting down of the rolling-mills at Joliet. This throws several hundred men out of em­ ployment. Meeker & Co. owe some $45,000 for labor. SENATOR HAMILTON and family, of Bloomington, left their residence alone for a short time, and when they returned found a burglar in the house ransacking things. The Senator captured his un­ invited guest, and turned Kim over to the police. He gave the name of Jack O'Brien. SHERIFF NOBLK has. withdrawn his deputies from Braidwood, declaring him­ self powerless to protect the mine-own- ers against the strikers. The mine-own­ ers at once acceded to the demands of the strikers to discharge their newly- imported miners, and things are com­ paratively quiet. THE miners'(strike at Braidwood, after nearly four months' duration, remains as at the beginning. The miners are still firm and confident of success. Negro miners are arriving almost daily from the South. Between 300 and 400 are already there. Several hundred more are ex­ pected soon. SEVERAL young roughs, while under the influence of liquor, visited the resi­ dence -of Jesse McCann, of Spring Gar­ den, Jefferson county, one night last week, insulted his daughter-in-law, Mrs, Nanc^ E. McCann, and seemed bent on creating a disturbance. Upon attempt­ ing to remonstrate with the rowdies, the old gentleman McCann was set upon and handled rather roughly. At this juncture his daughter-in-law rushed forward with an ax, and handed it to McCann to defend himself with. One of the assaulting parties, however, seized the ugly weapon and passed it to Benja­ min F. Willis, another of the intruders, who buried its keen edge several times in the skull of the lady. She lived but a short time. Either of the blows was sufficient to have caused death. She had been married but two months. Her husband was absent at the time of the bloody deed. After committing the murder the party hastily dispersed. THE Governor has issued the following pi-oclamation in reference to the railroad troubles: STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,) SPBINOMKLD, July 24, 1877. > WHEREAS, disorder and lawlessness have re­ cently occurred in some of the States of the Union, and fears are entertained that they may extend to this State ; and whereas, by the con­ stitution of our State it is made the duty of the Governor to take care that the law be faithfully esecutecL Therefore I, Shelby M. Cullom, Governor of Illinois, by virtue of the authority in nie vested, do hereby issue this my proclamation, a~d call upon the people of this State to abstain from any acts of violence or lawlessness, and to aid in maintaining the peace. While the right of the people to aHsemble peaceably and discuss their real or supposed grievances is guaranteed by our form of government, ajid ihe ballot-bos is open for the correction of all evils in legial tion, violence and outbreaks the laws are thus left absolutely without excuso or justification. Let all good citizens remember this, and resolutely array themselves on the side of law and order. Let all cxciting appeals tending to violence be discountenanced, and the peace of society be maintained, and the property of the people bo protected. I espe­ cially call upon all Mayors of cities, Sheriffs, p.nd others charged with the execution of the laws that they be vigilant in repressing the first symptoms of violence, and upon all good citizens that they stand ready to aid the offi­ cers of the law in keeping the peace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set mj hand, and caused the great seal of the State to be affixed. Done at the city of Springfield, this 24th day of July, A. D. 1877. S. M. CCLLOK, Governor. By the Governor : GEOKOE H. HAKLOW, Secretary of State. Ifo Agreement Possible, te J^^oit Tribune tells this sto: An interesting scene occurred in mo juetroit and Milwaukee depot yesterday. ^ audience of sympathetic a-nd saddened spectators, resulting in the separation of a man named Decoato S.VA1B £P?U8e' even oa their , * Pokceniaii Kinney entv^fored to prevail upon them to reconcii Vth«r differences and keep on tofireth^r Policeman OjConnor reinforced him with persuasive efforts to soften the asperity of the situation. But they both assured the policemen that it was no use, and both agreed on this brief outline of their marital history: «' Decosta makes wagons, a few miles out from Milwaukee. Two years ago he wooed and won and married Maggie Baldwin, a pretty and pouty maid of 15. summers, and she doesn't look older than that now. He is 24. Last fall he gave way to jealousy, and she gave way to wrath, and she went to Syracuse, N. x., to live with her mother again. Re­ cently he wrote that life was dark to him without her, and he would forget the past and come to ner. Her mother said : * Yes, my daughter, by all means.' So he went to Syracuse, and they started together for Milwaukee. Coming through Canada yesterday, a. gentleman on the seat behind her offered. er a pictorial to look at. She smiled, and took it. She gazed around on him- and said, ' How Warm it isand he al­ lowed it was very warm. Then he stepped around and raised the window of the seat in front of her, and expressed his solicitude as to the proper amount of atmospheric contact with her fair cheeks, and resumed his seat behind her. All this time Mr. Decosta remained silent and motionless beside lier. She agaiu gazed languidly around, smiled, and re­ marked to the stranger that this waa- Canada, and he even went so far as to admit that it was Canada. They saw him no more after arriving at Windsor • but the spirit of jealousy swelled su­ preme in Decosta's bosom till, on enter­ ing the depot on this side, it burst from its pent-up agony, and he wailed aloud, 'Frailty thy name is woman !' She told nim he lied ; that it wasn't her namo. and he knew it. The dialogue waxed hot,, till she strode around and headed off a man who was just about to buy a ticket to Milwaukee, sold him her coupon, and started straight back for- Syracuse, while Mr. Decosta pursued his lonely way to Milwaukee, promising, as they parted again, to send on her feather bed before the nights giew cool. So she went east and he went we st, leav­ ing Kinney and O'Connor dismayedi shocked, and saddened at the failure of their missionary labors." Coals for Newcastle. A return to the land of their fathers in September next is proposed by a number of the colored population of New York. Actuated, no doubt, by the' same motives which induced so many of their brethren in the South to emigrate to, Africa some time since, a number of the most influential colored families- have taken the matter to heart and have inaugurated a movement, which is- looked on with favor, to return to the land whence their fathers came. That- there is a future for Africa far above the conceptions of unthinking people is the- text the inaugurators of the new move­ ment preach from, and there is reason to believe that they will succeed in re­ cruiting a goodly number of emigrants to join in the proposed fall exodus from*. New York. A public meeting is to be held next week in this city at which the matter will be considered, and Fred­ erick Douglass will be on hand to ac­ quaint his brethren with his views.-- New York Herald. A Blind Man's Love. Last Thursday the Bev. J. D. Biggs officiated at a wedding of romantic inter­ est. For a long time Mr. T. J. Hutch­ inson has loved Mrs. M. E. Hudson, both of this city, but he is totally blind, and for that reason felt a delicacy in making his love known. About the origin of this love nothing can be said. It could not be called "a love at first sight," but her voice was sweet and gen­ tle, and its mild echoes penetrated to the blind man's heart, weighing him down with all the desponding sadness of hope­ less love. In his grief he made a confi­ dant of a lady friend, who divulged the secret to Mrs. Hudson, and carried the glad tidings back to the melancholy lover that his passion was returned. The joy he felt can never be told. The minor matters were soon arranged, and the happy nuptials were celebrated as men­ tioned.--Springfield (Mo.) Advertiser. THE Germanizing of the French army advances apace. Hitherto it has been one of the traditions of the service that spectacles were unsoldierly. But the late war demonstrated, among other things, that men can fight as well with spectacles as without them---in many cases a good deal better. Dr. Perrin has submitted a report on the subject, and the French authorities have legal­ ized the use of lunettes in all branches I of the service. I A Humorist's Home. Mr. Robert J. Burdette writes to Maj.. Pond, of the Redpath Lecture Bureau: BURLINGTON* HAWK-EYE OFFICE, BURLINGTON, Iowa. July 13, 1877--Dear Mr. Pond: Under the best circumstances, I am a poor corre­ spondent, and since your letter was received we have been having even more than our usual share of trouble. Sickness and suffering hav©> never been out of our home for an hour sinoe we had a home, and now the shadow of a great­ er trouble than all hangs over it. The baby has been and is very ill, and we fear every morning that the evening will find our home without a baby. It has been very hard to at­ tend to business and write fun all this time, and I have had neither time nor energy to do* anything more than my work on the paper. Tlie subject of my new lecture is "Home." It is an old subject, but I believe I can say some- tiling new about it. Very truly yours, ROBERT J. BUEDETTE. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES 10 00 Hoas 6 00 COTTOM 12 FLOUR--Superfine Western 5 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago 1 40 CORN--Western Mixed 59 OATS--Weptern Mixed 30 RYE--Western. 72 POBK--Mess ...14 20 @14 00 <£ 7 00 & 12* <3 6 25 @ 1 41 @ 63 @ 54 9 73 @14 30 9X @ 6 50 (Si 6 00 <3 @ 4 50 <£ 5 25 . @ 5 25 @ 9 25 (3 8 00 29 97 40 20* 57 68 25 13 <3 <3 <3 <3 (3 (3 <3 @13 30 » LARD CHICAGO. BXBVXS--Choice Graded Steers 6 25 Choice Natives 5 50 Cows and Heifers 2 75 Good Second-class Steers. 4 00 Medium to Fair 4 75 Hoos--Livs 5 00 FiiOua--Fancy White Winter.. 8 75 Good to Choice Spring Ex. 7 50 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 1 28 No. 3 Spring 95 CORN--No. 2 4S OATS--No. 2 28 RYE--No. 2 GFI BARLEY--No. 2 67 BUTTER--Choice Creamery 23 EOGS--Fresh 12 PORK--Mess 13 20 LABD 8j£<» MILWAUKEE. \PHEAT--NO. 1 1 37 No. 2. 1 29 CORN--No. 2 48 OATS--No. 2. . i 29 RYB--No. 1 60 BARLEY--No. 2 67 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. '2 Kea Fall 1 40 CORN--No. 2 Mixed 45 OATS--No. 2 28 RYE 60 PORK--Mess 13 40 LAKD Hoos 4 75 (3 5 00 CATTLB 4 25 CINCINNATI. WHKAT--Red l 15 CORN 47 OATS 33 RYE 67 PORK--Mess 13 95 LA»D 8\'(3 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2Red Winter.... 1 34 . Amber Michigan 1 a5 CORN. SO OATS--No. 2 34 DETROIT. FLOUR--Medium 7 50 WHEAT--No. 1 1 41 CORN--No. 1 52 OATS--Mixed " 39 65 POBK--Mess. 25 EAST LIBERTY, PA. Hoos--Yorkers 25 Philadelphia *' 5 15 OATTLE--Bent - 5 25 Medium 5 25 Snxmr 4 00 <313$ <3 1 30 @ 49 <3 30> & CI <3 69 (3 1 42 ® 46 ® 39 <3 68 @13 60 @ 5 00 <3 1 30 ® 40 <3 40 (3 68 314 05 10* @ 1 36 (3 1 37 (3 «3 (3 49 ® 8 00 (» 1 42 (3 54 @ 40 @ 75 @14 50 @ 5 40 <3 5 35 @ 6 65 <3 5 75 <3 5 00