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ookdensed. §iS» 51>M-< ,Vi. f SiiSf' • Si. •ft* YBEEKA8T. fetation of the senior Yi •Hire CnrntlM Presidencies of the |jiHft Xidn Shore roads was not iiftuto his wife, his sons or his at- his best friends to mir- r enterprises, family of xosponabilto seek and next day sailed Oottld and 8age were in the re­ mote South weat, and it is stated that they died to sustain Central at 130 ore at 109 to avert disaster to _ n»er received some aid £ K. YanderbUt, who had ignorantly 1 in buying stock placed on the i father. of Henry Ward Beecher filled me Brooklyn Academy of Music to its •tmost capacity on the evening of June 25, in honor of his 70th birthday, and rose to their feet as he made his appearance. Letters of regret from many represent­ ative men were xead. and resolutions of respect and affection were adopted fay the gathering. Mr. Beecher reviewed tile progress of the world since his birth, and remarked that Whatever faults have marred theaymmetry of his life were his alone.... John Stryker, the well-known New York millionaire, was drowned in Saratoga Lake while bathine. He leaves a bride of two jsacokths. IK a fight near New York, Jim Mur­ ray, of Providence, beat Bobert Turnbull, of New York, into insensibility inside of five minntea But two rounds were fought, dnring which no heed was paid to the rules «r the referee's wishes, and at the end Torn- boll was left unconscious, maimed almost beyond recognition. Gov. BUTLER and Lieut. Gov. Ames attended the Harvard College commence­ ment exercises, the Governor proceeding to Cambridge in an open barouche, drawn by six horses, esoorted by the National Lanoera Thd Governor made a speech at the alumni dinner, eulogizing the University, and par­ ticularly its war record Widespread ruin bas been caused in Pennsylvania by continu­ ous heavy raina Railways suffer through wrecked bridges and washed-out tracks, and the loss in crops is very hfavy. Thb annnal boat-race between the crews of Harvard and Yale was witnessed by en immense concourse at New London, Ct The distance rowed was four miles. Harrvard won by fifteen length a Time, twenty-five minutes and foxty-eix seconds..... The house and grounds of the late Cornelius J. Ysnderbilt at Hartford, which originally cost #335,000, were sold at auction the other day for #40,800. The glassware and pictures went for a "song." lthas been discovered that Tynan, the original No l, has for three months past been in the employ of a dry- goods house at Rochester, but fearing a movement for his extradition he returned 10 New York, to be near his counsel. THE WEST. DIBPATCHKB from St. Louis, of June 26, report that the river rose three inches lite preceding day, and was slowly coming up. The whole of the levee was submerged, and in the lowest places the first floors of the stores were covered with watar varying in depth from a few inches to two feet Bus­ iness On the river front was suspended ex­ cept in two or three doggeries, where a scaf­ fold has been built and whisky was still diapeatd for 5 cents a drink. AU the railroads between Alton and St. Louis were submerged, and seventy square miles of fertile firms in the vicinity of Alton were under water and as much more in St Charles county, Ma The loss was estimated at not less than #200,000. Great suffering was reported among the poorer farmers, and the prominent people of the vicinity bad joined in an appeal for aid The Upper Missouri river was rising slowly, and the danger might be considered over were it not for tears that the present flood will be overtaken by the regolar Jane rise, when would follow the Big Nemaha river in a degreethat thousands ot bogs Sad aattle were drowned, inflicting a lessof #2ttO,lO\ . A BBCESTT dispatch from Helena, SKiontana, states that, while the Deer Lodge fciiaeh was crossing the main range of the Bocklea, eighteen miles west of Helena, two men, with handkerchiefs tied across the lower part of their faces, stepped out in front of the team from the brash at the side of the coad and ordered the driver to halt. John McCotmick, a post-trader at Fort Mis­ soula, was on the box with the 'driver, and, as Aon as the robbers commanded them to halt, he opened lire on them with • rix-Aooter. One of the highwaymen was badly hurt, and crawled awav into the brush. The other returned McCormick's Are, seriously wounding one of the wheel- b arses. The team took fright, ran, and was soon out of the robbers' range The Ohio Supreme Court bas affirmed the constitu­ tionality of the Scott law, passed by the legislature of that State, for the liquor traffic. THE editor of the Cincinnati Price Current publishes the result of au extended Investigation through the producing States of the West concerning the corn and wheat crops. He places the aggregate wheat crop at 440,000,0W) bushels against 504,000.0 ,0 last year. The corn crop is reported its good Stand generally, the acreage considerably increased, and the condition averaging well, though backward. Many sections now have drawbacks from excessive rains, which in­ terfere with tilling. Seventy per cent of the returns report fair to good supplies of old com on hand. THE Supreme Court of Oliio, in sus­ taining the Scott law, holds that legislative power is ample to make laws absolutely pro­ hibiting all traffic in intoxicating liquors. Saloon-keepers all over the State are paving the tax under protest The City Council at Columbos finds that the receipts will support the police and poor departments.... A secret convention was held iu Indianapolis, rtst week, to organize a company and issue #300,000,010 of stock to build (double-track narrow-gauge roads from New York to San Ixandfco and from Chicago to New Orleans. HIBAH BLAIR and wife, of Keithsburg, HL, have for months lived so unhappily be- •anse of the attentions paid the wife by another man that the husband frequently warned her that he would do some shooting. Getting into a fresh quarrel, the other night, he drew a revolver from his pocket and shot her in the right side, the ball striking a rib and making only a flesh wound. She started to run, but be caught her, 1C0 yards away, and lodged a bnllet in her spinal column, in­ flicting a death wound. The City Marshal bad Just placed his hand on Blair's shoulder when the latter wheeled round hii^ <»<£> rl * f THE SOUTH. THE Planters' Cotton-Seed Oil Works, in Algiers, La., was struck by light­ ning during a thunderstorm this evening ated entirely destroyed This was the largest eotton-aee i oil mill in existence. The loss lS estimated at $1,000,000, including bulld­ ogs The examination into the shooting PI Key. J. Lane at Borden, Mansfield, La., by a clergyman named Jenkins, resulted in the teste? and his brother being held for mur- f WHEH the case of M. T. Polk, the defaulting Treasurer of Tennessee, was i&led at Nashville, it was shown that the •ed bad placed #50,000 to the credit of Attorney General; that $'.1,100 more is in hands of his counsel; that the Florida „ _h"b®en "old for #5,000 for the benefit jfa that #•;(),000 will soon be paid •n frojn the estate of Thomas O'Connor, !«•nines in Mexico will be worked or •OW fn the interest or the State. Notwith­ standing this showing, Judge Allen ordered a jury impaneled. A DISPATCH from Jefferson, Texas, •"•Bye, that a column of 153 horsemen sudden­ ly galloped up and surrounded the jail con- ••jjfof the nagro Douglass, guilty of out- xagnur a white woman, Mrs. Rogers, for his oompanion negro, named Lacy, lynched the day before. The with guards attempted instantly covered by secured, the cell tu­ rned and placed on a disappeared as quick- mktiifi v nttte arose „ Tom Hall bollt a claimed was improperly located, and they threatened to remove it Hall sala he Would kill the man who touched it Bob Mullens went out to remove it and was shot dead byHaS. His brother, John Xollena, who was present, was also shot and fatally wounded He, towever, bad strength to Jerk out a pistol, killed Mullens then fell mortally wounded All the parties are wealthy and prominent, A. B. Hall being the senior member of Hall, Maokey & Oa, a leading firm in North Ala­ bama. A KECtTMBEHT figure of Gen. Robert R Lee was unveiled at Lexington, Va., a prooeasion marching to the cemetery and decorating the grave of Stonewall Jack­ son, and later that of Lee. Wade Hampton was Chief Marshal; Jnbal A. Early, presid­ ing officer, and John W. Daniel, orator. Father Ryan recited an original poem, "The Sword of Lee."--Mrs. Pope, a resident of Mil an. Tens., was stong on the nose by a bee and died from the effects of the sting in a few minutes, She was apparently in good health at the time JPOUTICAI. IT has been intimated to Commis- of Internal Revenue Evans that his policy since he assumed the duties of his of­ fice is not at all in accordance with the President's ideas, and that he had better go slow, especially as hid appointment has not yet been confirmed.. THE effect of the President's order in regard to the internal-revenue service is to reduce the total number of collection dis­ tricts from 12 5 to 8), a reduction of 40 in­ stead of 44, as heretofore erroneously an­ nounced The following statement shows the'number of districts reduced in each State and Territory: Alabama, 1; Nevada, 1; Connecticut, 1; Georgia, 1; Dakota, 1; Wyoming; 1; Arizona, 1; Pennsylvania, 4; Virginia, 2; North Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1; Kentucky, 3; Ohio, 4; Indiana. 3; Illinois, 2; Michigan, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Iowa, 1; Mis­ souri. 2; Minnesota, 1; West Virginia, 1; Maryland, 1; Massachusetts, 1; New York, 6; Washington Territory, 1; New Jersey, 1; Idaho, 1; Montana, 1; total 45. It is proba­ ble the transfer of officers cannot do ef­ fected before the 1st of August An annnal saving of #200,000 will result from the re­ duction. THE revenue-district consolidation in Wisconsin removes Gen. Henry Hamden, of the Madison district, who captured Jeff Davis in 186a Gen. Harnden has been Col­ lector for ten year?. A Washington dispatch to a Chicago paper says "the Revenue Collector decapitated at Des Moines is a brother of General and Senator Sher­ man, who has held the position fifteen years. It is claimed that the office received as much money as those at Davenport, Dubuque, and Burlington combined Frank Hatton is charged with having managed the reorgani­ sation, and influential Republicans at Des Moines propose to test their influence at Washington in setting matters right" THE Iowa Republicans met in con­ vention at Des Moines, and was temporarily presided over by Hon John A. Kaeson, Col IX B, Henderson being made permanent Chairman. Gov. Sherman and Lieut Gov. Manning were renominated Judge Reed, of Council Bluffs, was placed on the ticket for the Supreme Benoh, and John W, Akins for Superintendent of Public In­ struction. Among the Vice Presidents of the convention was Addison Rhodes, negro who had been sold on the auction b?03k. The Republicans of Minne­ sota assembled at St Paul and renominated Gov. Hubbard C. A. Oilman was nominated for Lieutenant Governor. Fred Vorbaum- back for Secretary of State, Charles Kittle- son for Treasurer, W. J. H&hn for Attorney General, and J. H. Baker, Railroad Commis­ sioner. WASHINGTON telegram: "The state­ ment made at the Internal Revenue Bureau as to tiie complaint in Iowa as to the re­ moval of Collector Sherman is that Sherman was not physically capable to perform fte duties of his office, and that he would have soon been compelled to retire on the ground of ill-health." WASHINGTON. THE President has issued an execu­ tive order promulgating the changes made in the internal-revenue collection districts. The order is to take effect the 1st of July next, or as soon thereafter as practicable The number of the districts is reduced from 126 to eighty-two, a reduction of forty-four. AT a regular Cabinet meeting last week the principal question considered was in relation to the alleged shipment of pau­ per immigrants to this country from Ireland by the British authorities: The result of the deliberation on the subject was shown in the subsequent act on of the Secretary of the Treasury, who telegraphed instructions to the Collector of Customs at New York to co-operate with the Commissioners of Im­ migration at that port to prevent the land­ ing of all immigrants lound to be paupers within the meaning of the law. In the event such pauper immigrants may have already landed the Collector is instructed to take ad practical measures to have them reshipped to the port from whence they came THE Government has a judgment of 910,000 against Tom Ochiltree, which he is very anxious to compromise for #50(1 A Texan friend of the Congressman has offered to give $5,000 for the claim. CONGEESSMAN CHABLE8 O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania, says that there will be an in­ vestigation by Congress of the reasons for closing tbe Philadelphia navy-vard; that Philadelphia gave the ground to the Govern­ ment for the purpose of a navv-yard, and that it is a violation of good faith to close it David B. Parker declines the ap­ pointment of Postmaster at Washington, tendered him by the President GEKEKAL SECBETABY LINCOLN has ordered Gen. Crook to Washington, to consult as to the best plan of dealing with the Chiricahua captives. The Indians at San Carlos reser­ vation were summoned by the commanding officer to meet the prisoners and interchange viewa Speeches were made by Loco, Bo- nita and Nana, who asked permission to go to the ApacM country ana live with their friends, at peace with the whltesi SOME weeks ago it was discovered that Maj. James R Wasson, United States Paymaster, had stolen nearly $6,&0 of the Government money which had been placed in his hands, and had tried to account for the deficiency by asserting that he had been robbed. He was tried bv court-martial, and the sentence, which has just been ap­ proved by the President, is that he be dis­ honorably discharged and that he be con­ fined at hard labor in the penitentiary for eighteen months, and that the facts respect­ ing his crime and its punishment be pub­ lished in Iowa, the State from which he was a; (pointed to the army. Wasson was graduated at West Point in 1871. Having resigned from the army soon after graduation, he became a Professor of Math­ ematics in a Japanese college. He after­ ward attained the po ition of Chief Engi­ neer in the Japanese army, and was decorated for his cervices in the Formosa campaign. Before returning to this country he was made Professor of Civil-Engineering at the Imperial University of Tokio. In 1876 he was appointed a Paymaster in the United States army, and for five or six years he has been stationed in Texas. FOREIGN. CABLE dispatches report that the panic over the plague in Egypt has spread throughout Europe. The German Govern­ ment has sent medical experts to Damietta to investigate and report whether the fatal malady now raging there is veritable cholera - The Turkish, French, Italian, and Austrian Governments have ordered strict quaran­ tine against all vessels arriving from African porta A dispatch from Damietta says that city is being rapidly deserted. All steamship berths for a week hence are already engaged One hundred and eighty refugees from there are quarantined in the vicinity of Port Said Many fatal cases of cholera are reported from Port Said, Bosetta and Mansuian A commission baa been formed to provide means for protecting Alexandria against the maladjr. «t*P|ft. Tn question* the deportation of paapers tnm Tiiiwlil to tba United States at the expense* Great Britain was teought tha^^nu^TsU^Bdhy *j»i» Onmiajjwlonprs ha# been mp|«ed with fond* and no palpal haobeen The Chinese Legation at London has re- quln question had no foundation. Ibis rtated that the French Embassador at ShMMf- hai behaved with great rudeness toward U Hong Chang, who refused to meet the French Embassador again. LI Hong Chang has returned to Tientsin, because be saea no chance ot reachln* an mMfaMtamiiMi The Australian colonies are sbout to ask admission to the Universal Postal Union, which will leave Bolivia the only counter with an organised service outside thennlofc British Lords rejected the bill pfaf- wusa The mltting mi 145 to zrlage 014U with a deceased ADDITIONAL NEWS. A DISPATCH from Wiloox, Arizona, says: The Indians reported at Ash canon, on the Arizona and New Mexican line, with the cavalry in pursuit, are the Chirlcahuai, who were to have been on the reservation several days ago, bnt who were deterred by the knowledge of the fact that they eould not enter the reservation there. The hos­ tile- are said to be greatly Incensed at what they consider a breach of faith. Another murderous raid is anticipated." A family of five persons were drowned in the Ohio river, twenty miles below Madison, Bid., by the upsetting of a skiff. A NEW YOBK commercial agency has compiled and published a table of the bus­ iness failures over the entire country for the first half of the present year. They indicate a marked increase in the number and extent of liabilities as compared with correspond­ ing periods of the two previous yearn For the first six months in 1881 the failures were 2,862 in number; the first six months of 1882, 2,897; the first half of 18S3, 4,637. The liabilities show a greater increase in 1883. The liabilities for the first six months were $40,000,000; in 1882,#50,000,- 00J; the first six months of 1883, #8*5,000,010. The increase in liabillies the last half of the year is attributed to the large speculative failures in the West, but even deducting the indebtedness springing from this cause, the increase in failures and liabilities is very marked. There were It® failures during the week ending July 1 thirteen lees than the preceding week, twelve more than the cor­ responding week of 1882, and sixty-two more than the same week of 1881 A fire at Winnipeg, in Manitoba, extended to a building containhig powder and coal oil, and the spectators were treated to a terrific explosion^ which injured ten persons seri­ ously, one of whom soon died WITHIN twenty-four hours there were 107 deaths from cholera at Damietta. Seven deaths from the plague occurred at Mansu- rah. A vessel from Bombay, with cholera on board, arrived at Havre, France, but sailed again. Spain is greatly alarmed at the outbreak ot the disease in Egypt, and a Paris journal condemns the British Govern­ ment for not taking steps to prevent the scourge gaining a foothold on British soil, as it would then be impossible to keep the contamination from the continent..... It is stated in London that the Marquis of Lansdowne, Chairman of the joint commit­ tee on the project of tunneling the channel between England and France, will report favorably on the scheme A minority re­ port. backed up by a lot of military opinions, will be submitted in opposition... .Germany is converting Custrln, as a point to cover Berlin from Russian invasion, into a first- class fortress, capable of sheltering 50,000 troopa THE wheat-growers of Berks county, Pa , have reason to be unhappy. The Hes­ sian fly is manipulating one portion of the wheat plants and a small green worm is devastating the grain at the head. Old farmers Fay a similar worm played havoc with the crop a quarter of a century ago. ... .A manager from Australia has concluded arrangements with Mrs. Langtxy for an en­ gagement of four months next year, at £500 per week. MABTIN JOSEPH, colored, for the mur­ der of Bud Stevens and wife, William H. Finch for the murder of two soldiers, and Tualista, a Creek Indian, for the murder of Emanuel Cochran, were hanged at Fort Smith, Ark. All admitted their guilt,and said they were prepared to die....Tony James (colored) was hanged at Darien, Ga., for the murder of Prince Anderson; The execution was public and was witnessed by a large crowd, white and black The condemned was reconciled to his fate. George Lake, colored, was hanged at Cambridge, Md. for a felonious a'sault upon Mrs. Stewart C. Simmons, in April last. > THE gloss factories in the neighbor­ hood of Wheeling, W. Vs., have closed for six weeks' rest This involves the idleness of some 1,200 men, 2,0i0 boys, and 8C0 girls, and the suspens on of a wee sly pay-roll of some #:ir>,00(\ Montreal reports the arrival ot 18,000 immigrants during June A depot similar to Castle Garden is about to be estab­ lished PBLSIDENT ABTHIIB has modified his order for the consolidation of Internal-re- venue districts, by which the present Col­ lector of Utah, Orlando J. Hollister, yields the office to Thomas P. Fuller, of Montana, on account of the greater collections iu the northern portion of the district... .The commerce of the United States with other countries for the year ending May 31, aa shown by the Treasury reports, makes a very favorable exhibit The excess of ex­ pect* over imports is nearly •100,CQQ(QPiX THE MAEEEt NEW YORK. Braves f 5.90 0 11.71 HOGS 6.76 0 7.10 Fixhtb--Superfine 3.40 4.43 WHEAT--No. l White....i. 1.10U No. 3 Red l "H CORK--No. 2 .6lî ̂ .02)4 OATS--No. 2 .42 & .43J< POBK--Mew 18.26 (9X8.«7H LABD 9%(9 .1® CHICAGO. rSttns. 6.10 4.60 5.40 5.9U 6.00 6.50 J.01 0 6.15 & 5.15 & 5.80 & 6.50 @ 6.25 & 6.04 «$ 1.01K & 1.10H .63 !4 .80 .21 .15 BEEVES--Good to Fancy Cows and Heifers ^ Medium to Fair Ploui^^ancy White Winter Ex." Good to Choice Spr*g Ex. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring..... ...... „ No. 2 Red Winter 1.10 Com*--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 KVE--No 2 BABLUT--No. 2 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery E«os--Frab POBK--Mess I. Aim ""MLWAUkRB;* WHEAT--NA I..* COBM--No. 2.... OATS--Na 2 RYE--NO. 2 BAKXJET--No. 2. POBK--Mess T.mrt ••"•'sTl'Loijiii'" WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORK--Mixed OATS--Na 2 KYE. # Poiuc--Mess. LABD. _ CINCINNATI WHEAT--Na 2 Bed. COBM OATS. RYE \\M. ' POBK--MOM. LABD.TT* F w „ """tfifiLBiia"' WHEAT--Na 2 Bed COBK OATS--Na 2 " DETROIT. FLOUB WHEAT--Na 1 White'..!.".*.!!!. COBM--No. 2 OATS--Mixed FOBK--Uou.. . „ INDUNATOUA WHEAT--Na 2 Bed COBN~NO. 2 OATS--Mixed EiSTLiBEfiTYlPA. CATTLB--Be«t 5.90 0 6.20 Fair 6.4H «• 5.80 Common.. '6.06 4 6.80 gooa...... 6.56 0 6.65 J6»K& .St & .19 0 JO 0 .1*^0 16.66 016.60 . »!4 1.01*0 1.01* .53% Jti & .8 MM® .M & MX® .66ft 16.75 016180 .9H& .9* 1.09 0 1.10 .46*4 JS.33 .56 17.40 @17.80 •10 0 .10K 1.09 01.10 JIM M jn%& .37Ja •57;-i<§ .58 18.45 018.50 . »,v0 . m J.O!»^0t.lO .55 MV*@ -84* 4.26 1.12 0 4.80 1.14 Fat PImm tnm mm J tt»e,«A, toteai aaaShr';«illliie of eoliedKMriMiefei --two. This prnntnf pro- for aome iMaaea, * in expectancy have President, oryta* to him him. Buthewsaobduratei of thecreat ln«u- at election time, and i fosrwardabout tba utU- n working up aa Arthur i artifloe was aa useless as id been. The President !orty-four decapitations, Llation of forty-fo*t uee- tew order of things begins thereafter as practicable, o districts, The Second consolidated, and will be Luden Crooker will headquarters at Aurora. Eighth districts will, be name of the Eighth, with Collector. The following in neighboring States: _1 east of the dividing line l« to be known a* tb£¥irst district, with Irving M. Bean Collector. Mis headquarters will probably bestMUvnikfa. Allweatof tt>e dividing line ' he known «• the Second district, withLeon- " ftoilrntnr Tenth and Eleventh districts to be known as the Eleventh, Krkpatrick Collector; The an consolidated to be known with William W. Carter Collect - iAy continue his headquar- :t. The Fourth and Sixth are : the name of the Fourth, with Collector. He will probably 13m he *Ti li mill John as the Sevenl or. He will tersatTene consolidated _ Horace McKay Tama,M Dallas, Adair, Qu wattamle. consolidal. the Second, have bis offloe at Indianapolis. ~ Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Washington, Johnson, ton, Mahaska. Powesheik, •, Warren, Polk, Madison, te, Cass, Audubon, Potta- and Harrison counties are wnf district, to be known as John W. Green Collector. All that portion of the State south of the counties named is consolidated into one district, known as the Fourth, with J. W. Burdette Collector--a new appotnfBcati. All that portion of the State north of the counties named is constituted one district, known as the Third, with James E. Slmjpeon Collector. Michigan--Ttm State is to be divided by a line running north and south which now marks the boundaries of the United States judicial districts. All east of the line is to be known as the First district James. H. Stone is Collector. He will pronably have his headquarters at Detroit. All west of the line will be known as the Fourth district, with Charles W. Watkins, Collector. He Will probably be located at Grand ^jBSsouri--The First and Second districts are consolidated, with Isaac H. Sturgeon Collector. He will pfohahiar make St. Louis his head­ quarters. The fifth and Sixthare consolidated, with Phillip Doppler Collector. M innesota--Tue First and Second are con­ solidated,'with William Bickel Collector. He will probably be located at St. Paul. OWo-Tbe'Tfi nl and Sixth districts are con­ solidated, with George P. Dunham Collector. His headqusrtOS will probably be Dayton. The Seventh and Eleventh are consolidated, with Msrons BOMS Collector. His office will probably be at Chilnoothe. The Fourth and Tenth are consolidated, with John P. Kumler Collector. The Fifteenth ana Eighteenth are consolidated, with Worthy & gtreeter Collector. His otUoe Will probably be In Cleveland. A CHARS EL-HOUSE. Destruction by Fire of a Theater on the Shore of Lake Como. The Corpses of Forty-Seven Taken frov the Bains. People CCaUe Dispatch from London]. , Forty-seven persons were burned td^SStiR,- and about forty seriously scalded or other- vise injured, while witnessing a puppet show in Dervio, a village on the shore of Lake Coma The performance was given in a small hall over a tavern. Ninety men, .12 01.14 M 0 .56 .46 0 .46 90.10 021.00 l.«4«0 1.06 *2H& J&1H J» 0 A Bengal light was used to represent fire Sparks from this Ignited a quantity of straw and firewood in the adjacent loom. On perceiving the flames the showman shouted "Are, "out the spectators thought the cry was merely a realistic detail of the show, and remained seated. Cries of Ore wOke soon raised outside the hall The audience thinking an affray, had arisen In the street, barted the door leading from the hall. They did not discover their mistake until the flames burst into the room. After the fire had been extinguished, forty- seven charted corpses were found near the table, including the bodies of the showman and his wife. The greater number of the remains are those of women and children. The wounded were hurt by leaping through windows A child was Hang out of a win­ dow by its mother, and fell upon a pile of straw. This is the only one present in the hall not hurt Dervio Is a charming little village on the borders of Lake Como, very sequestered and picturesque. It is about six miles north of Bellagio, a charming seaside resort much frequented by English and American tour­ ists, and about thirty miles north of Como. Most of its inhabitants are simple country peasants, lisharmen and wood-chop­ pers. The population is about l,0ot>. The puppet theater was a low stone building, containing but one room about 20 feet wide and 35 feet long, and could hold about 2^0 persona There was no gallery, and the performances given there were generally marionette exhibitions,which appeared to please the country folk more than would tha playing of a tragedy or the music of an opera The companies that are in the habit or ex­ hibiting these marionettes consist generally of four or live people who impersonate by means of little wooden figures the charac­ ters of Arlccchino, Panta'.one, Brighetta, Mies Colombina and Dr. Balanzone. While the puppets are being worked bv means of little strings, the actors behind them speak In the different Italian dialects. Such a little town as Dervio is visited by the •broiling players about two or three times a year, especially iu the summer months, and their stay is generally from four days to a week. Ills exhibitions are generally given In little rooms adjoining summer gardens and beer saloon* CURRENT FASHION KOTE& • --• 111 • • THE shell hat and the fan oapote are the lat.st novelty in millinery. Evnhr fashionable girl has now a banjo upon which she plays "darky" songa THE most fashionable women now endeav­ or to make each one of their letters in writing an inch In length and correspond­ ingly broad DOTTED and tambour muslins, worn over color, with yards of lace and ribbons for trimming, are among the prettiest of toilets for the seaside. SUTFEBS made of marabout feathers and lined with pink and blue satin are coming Into fashion. The heels are very high and are plated with silver. Tan "oat-fan" is the newest. It is made of the skin of a Maltese kitten, and very slightly stuffed The tail of the kitten is used for the handle. DONKEYS will be driven at Long Branch this summer instead of ponies. Tbey will be driven tandem, and long strings of gay y- oolored satin ribben substituted for the cus­ tomary reins. ODD HAPPENINGS. An eight-day clock that had been given to the wife of Douglas Ottinger, at Erie, Pa, aa a wedding present by her husband, stopped at the very moment she died, and cannot be started again. IT cast a gloom over the entire assemblage, when, at a Dallas church fair, the minister s son walked up to the grab-bag and price- cake table, and asked that ^he game be ex­ plained to him before he bought any chipa AT the Children's Home in Cincinnati a boy 5 yean of age fell Into a well forty-five feet deep, at the bottom of which a man was digging. The boy alighted on the back of the well-digger, but neither was hurt A BOOT of apinon-tree found by Edward Anatln iu Kev» Mexico, is knotted and twisted so that it forms a perfect resem­ blance to two human beings standing face te face, with hands clasped and arms ex­ tended nominate Gov. Hubbard. Iowa. The BepnhUean State Convention of Iowa met at Dsa Meftaes <m the 27th of June, and oon|pleted Its work in less than three hours. Hon. /bhn A. Xasson waa made temporary Chairman Every county In the State was represented. Ccl D. B. Henderson, of Du­ buque. thus made permanent presiding offi­ cer* On motion of 1. JL Lmaer, Bureu & Sherman was renominated for Governor by On motion of Aaron Kimball, of Howard, O. H. Manning was renominated for lieu­ tenant Governor by acclamation. On motion of Mr. Russell. Professor Akers, of Una was renominated for Superintend, ent of Public Instruction Iw acclamation. JodgeBeed, of Council Bluffs, waa nomi­ nated for Supreme Judge on the first ballot The platform was reported throiurh Sena­ tor Wilson. It la quite lengthy. The first resolution reviews the past record of the partgr. Temperance Is dealt with in the fol­ lowing two planks : % Tnat while we extend our earnest sympathy to the people of ail countries wbo are straggling for their rights in oppositon to oppressive laws and systems, we also plant ourselves on the side of the homes of our own people In their contest against tbe saloon: that when the Bepnbllean party of Iowa pledged itself In 1879 to give to the people at a qpeSal non-partisan election an opportunity to vote on a proposition to so amend the constitution of the State as to prohibit the manufacture and sale as a beverage of intoxi­ cating ttttuors It acted ii» good faith, and the special election ot June M, 1882, evidences the redemption of the pledge so given, and we now declare that we accept the result of that elec­ tion with its majority ot 39,974 votes in favor of the adoption of the amendment so voted on as the verdict of the people in favor of constitution­ al and statutory prohibition, and without mak­ ing any new ten ot party fealty we recognize the moral and political obligation which requires the enactment of such laws bv the next General Assembly as shall provide for the establishment and enforcement of the principle and policy affirmed by tbe people at said non-partisan election, and to that end the faith of the party is f̂tSier resolutions of general interest are as follows: 4. That the power to regulate State commerce belongs to the General Assembly, and that which relates to inter-State commerce to Con­ gress, and both should be so exercised as to es­ tablish a Just equilibrium between producers, transporters and consumers, and all arbitrary discriminations of pools and combinations to prevent competition or work injustice to com­ munities or individuals at either competing or noncompetlng points should be prohibited, and snch prohibition enforced; that the General Assembly at its next session should enact a law prohibiting the giving or receiving by publio officers of any railway pass during the terms of lffloe, and the same should be enforced by proper penalties against both givers and re* oelvers. 6. That stability is desirable tn such publio policy as relates to and effects all productive In­ dustries, and we condemn the threat of the Iowa Democracy to disturb and keep at unrest said Industries and the capital and labor employed therein by gradual and persistent efforts to so change the customs laws as to establish free trade, and Insist upon such revenue laws as will encourage American industries and protect American labor. In order that the American woddngman shall have ;> fair day's wages for a fair day's work, and tend to assure permanent employment. 1. That the inability of the Democratic party during the six years that it held undisputed control of the House ot Representatives of Con­ gress to agree on legislation for tbe revision of the tariff and the reform of the civil servioe, notwithstanding both subjects were constantly and prominently present in its platform, prom­ ises and campaign activities, and the passage of laws affecting both of said objects by the Re­ publican Congress at its late session, demon­ strates anew the incapacity of the former to deal with questions of great publio concern, and that the country must rely on the latter foi practical legislation. As well-grounded sup­ ports for such reliance we point not only to the action of the late Republican Congress, as here­ tofore mentioned, but also to the additional faots that the customs and internal taxation was wo, #202,ooo, reduced over $700,000,000,9202,000,000 appropriat- : ed for the payment of pensions to our soldiers, and still an abundant revenue was provided to maintain the publio credit and meet all of the demands on the treasury of the nation. The other resolutions favor the creation by Congress of a Department of Industry and Improvement of waterways; favor the repeal of the time clause in the application . of soldiers for pensions, and the exemption of salrtlsrn' pension money and homesteads , from execution. The last three resolutions 1 are aa follows: 10. That, in the interest ot publio order, per­ sonal security, and eoonomy in the administra­ tion of the laws, we favor such amendments te the criminal code of the State as will make more certain and speedy the conviction of criminals and the punishment and prevention of crime, and at the same time lessen the burdens imposed upon the tax-payers by the numerous and vexa- j tious delays now too often attendant upon the administration of Justice. 11. That, in view of the rapid development of tbe mining industry of Iowa, the large num­ bers of workingmen emyloyed therein, and the dangerous character of tne work, we favor snob legislation as will provide for the safety of the persons and lives of the miners, and also fox the prompt, jest and equitable adjustment ot the differences between the employers and em­ ployes in said industrv. 12. Tnst we refer with pride to the fact that the pubic debt of Iowa is extinguished, andtUat the rat^ of our 8'ate tax is less than that at any other Western State, and wo congratulate Gov. Sherman and our State administration on the faithful and efficient manner in which our pub­ lic affairs have been conducted. 13. That the wise.conservative admfaistration of President Arthur meets with the hearty ap­ proval of the Republicans of Iowa, and we cor­ dially approve the promise given by him to the delegation appointed by the Philadelphia Con­ vention of Irish-American citizens that the sub­ ject of the grievances contained in the resolu­ tion of said body presented to him should have thorough and exhaustive investigation, and such action as tbe Government may lawfully take. : . , Minnesota. ^ The itfimesota^Republican Conretitfon as­ sembled at St Paul, with C. D. Gilfillan as Temporary Chairman. Committees were appointed and a recess taken until evening. On the reassembling C. D. Gilfillan was nominated as Permanent Chairman by the Hubbard faction, and J. & Pillsburv by the Windomitea. Gilfillan was chosen by a vote of 140 torn Gov. Hubbard was nominated by acclama­ tion. A resolution was Introduced condemn­ ing the action of the Republican Legislators : who refused to vote for Win do m as Senator after he had received the caucus nomination last winter. This was laid on the table by a vote of 148 to aa ~ The Committee on Resolutions reported a pint form indorsing the National administra­ tion, approving the whisky and tobacco declaring for a tariff for revenue so adjusted as to favor the development of manufact­ ures, favoring civil-service reform and lib­ eral appropriations for internal improve­ ments, and favoring the submistion of the question of prohibition to a popular vote. The resolutions were adopted. C. A. Oilman was nominated for Lieuten­ ant Governor on the second ballot, and Fred Vorbaumbach for Secretary of State by ac­ clamation; for Treasurer, Charles Kit&leson; N. J. Hahn for Attorney General, and J. H. Baker for Railroad Commissioner. > Hon William Dolnan, of Independence, waa chosen Chairman of the Bepublican State Central Committee ABOUT PEOPLE. WQXIAK H. VANDERBILT has eight children and eleven grandchildren Mim. MARY MATES DODGE, editor of St. Jfichola*, is at Intervale, K H. MB& MARY CLEMMER HUDSON and her new husband have gone to Europe. EX-POSTMASTER-GENEKJA JAMES received from Hamilton College the degree of LL.D.. GBOBGE AUGUSTUS SAJLA, who witnessed the coronation, declares that It was a distressing sham. EX SENATOB TABOB IS said to be about to add a daily newspaper to his other extrava­ gances. WOXIAM M. EVABTS makes a tax return showing his estate in Windsor, Vt. to be #00,561. CARET WHITAKEB'S father has just leaving him $3,0C0 and a fine farm. He was onoe a slave A LOUISVIULIAN, who has no hair to snare, makes the scientific assertion that noldlot was ever bald-headed. MRH. A. T. STEWART is reputed to be the recond-largest United States bondholder. She has #5Ju,(J00,0 X) invested TZME has dealt kindly with ex-Yloe Presi­ dent Colfax His hair'is entirely gray, but his figure is erect as ever and his brow re­ mains unfurrowed. Ma GBOBGE LEONABD. of Huntington, Yt, has in his possession the trowel used by Gen. Lafayette in laying the oomer-stene of the University of Vermont. :• fjp' . i > j k ' £ * " ' * ' ' * « < j i k A . , ; r V K & r . : * f a > . v £ ' U - M ' \ J ? mm {Glen City > TfUPtofr tn fThlosio Times.] Elmer Snyder l« a wealthy farmer who lives a short dlittWMimMdair this village He is a widower. Uvea tea Mf stands high in the ooaununtty. died five years agofromgxlef because her son ran away. Two weeka ago a young man appeared in town and rlalmorl to be the long-lost son. The neighbor* circulated stories of a fast life in Chicago, and were suspicious, but tbe farmer believed in him. Lsst Wednesday a handsome, elegantly- dressed woman, unaccompanied, drove vp to the village Inn, ami secured accommoda- SSJ" 5°f ^ ?®w was Philadelphia and desired m quiet room. While walking on the street she met the lately-returned farmer's son. They •uddeidy became Intimate, and until Thursday night he waa constants In her society. He introduced her to a few young ladies as Mrs. Diokerson, of Philadel- delphia, and sfld she was the wife of efttend of his. On Friday morning the servants in the Snyder household were surprised by the non-appearance of Mr. Snyder. Bin sting open the door, they saw the old lying at full length upon the floor, bounaana gagged.. Tne rones that botnd him wen around Ms a* its double twist, while the gag was (" wedged In his mouth. Chatting the and lifting him to his feet, they terei restoratives. When he had sufficiently recovered, the old man taid: "That young man was not myfcon. I have been cruelly deceived and roboed," pointing to a safe whloh stood in the corner of the room. The servants saw that the safe had been opened and the contents scattered about the floor. "Last night," continued the farmer,* the youcg man and I remained up till about 1 o'clock talking about the Wes£ em States, At last he started to talk about my real estate, money, bonds; eta, but I never suspected anything and shortly after I went to bed How long I slept I don't know, but I was roughly awakened by a gag being forcod into my mouth, and before ! could help myself I was bound and gagged. As soon as the light was turned up l recog­ nized the face of the young man whom I thought my son and the stylish woman who had stopped at the tavern. The young man laughed quietly, and, taking up my trousers, took tbe key out of the pocket and deliberately proceeded to open the safe. The pair then examined the contenta The money they put in a valise the women carried, while the papers were tossed about aa you see tbem. After they had taken everything, the young man came up to me andlangningly saidTxiood-by.pan* IHpayyour^ to your son when I get back i>o Chicago. He wants to hear from yon.' They then went out, looking the door after them." This morning a detective from Chicago arrived, looking for two individuals whose descrip­ tion tallies exactly with that of the farmers bogus son and the flashy women wbo put up at that tavern. Going to see Mr. Snyder, the detective saw that tne young man was not his son, bnt an old Chicago thief and confidence man, and known among his as­ sociates in crime as "Fly Bill,"and wno went under the aliases of John Peters, Harry Rut- ledge, etc. The woman, he said, was a noted courtesan from Chicago, who is wanted there for a number of crimes. The loss to the farmer Is nearly 18,500. The booty consisted of #4,900 In greenbacks and the rest In Government bonds. The num­ bers of the bonds have been given to the authorities, and a heaw reward will be of­ fered for the arrest of {he thievea A watch was kept at all the railroad stations, but it is thought that the pair are already out of the country. -" ' -f:»% ,, =ir - '• PRESIDENT. Hi Will Divide the Summer Between the East and the Northwest. [Washington Telegram to th6 Chicago Trlbune.1 President Arthur does not Intend to spend the summer at tbe Soldier's Home After July ! he will not again be in Washington until September, possibly not until October. It is his purpose to visit the New England watering places. He said to a friend Satur­ day that he should remain here until July 4 or after to finish necessary business, and that he should then visit Mew York and pre­ pare for an extended summer trip. He will probably first go to Newport, where he is expected. His remembrances of last sum­ mer are pleasant. From Newport he will go along the New England coast, possibly in a Government steamer, touching at Bos­ ton. After whloh he will visit one or two points in Maine He may decide to ac­ company Senator Frye on a fishing excur­ sion. He expects to remain in New England until some time in August. After that his ?lans are undecided, but he has a trip to the ellowstone country under favorable con­ sideration. He has a great desire to see the Northwestern country, of which he knows comparatively little Should he go to the Yellowstone Park he. of course, will stop in Chicago and accept the in­ vitation for a reception which was long ago tendered him by Collector Spald­ ing. He has received earnest Invitations to visit Santa Fe on the occasion of the 3C0th anniversary of the settlement of the city, but if he takes a trip further than New England it will undoubtedly be to the North­ west A few who are not willing that a President should have the recreation which other American citizens are at liberty to take think they see in this trip a purpose on the part of the President to make the peo­ ple of the different sections better ac­ quainted with him, with a view of pro­ moting his chances in the Presidential nom­ inating convention "A >.• K QtJT OP THE USUAL COURSE. • v? j THE eastern side of Mount Washington, N. H., is still covered with snow. A BIRD follows the steamer Regular up and down the Ohio river, and frequently alights on the boat. A EOCK weighing three and one-half pounds was thrown up by an artesian well on a farm near Old San Bernardino Crossing, Cal CHIARI, a Bohemian physician, though only 90 yeats o.d, has made more than 8,000 post­ mortem ex&minationfs. His favorite song is "Down Among the Dead Men." AT Austin, Texas, m Italian organ-grinder with a monkey drew a crowd, and the monkey, in attempting to kiss a pretty col­ ored girl, bit her in the cheek. The Italian was arrested and fined for assault IN splitting a log of black oak Benjamin Marvin, of Watertown. Ct, saw on the smooth grain in the heart of the tree a per­ fect picture of a clump of trees, with trunks and branches and twigs dearly defined The picture is about four lndhes square. Two MEXICANS living near Sal ado. Texas, killed each other with the same knife. One stabbed the other near the heart, leaving the knife sticking in the wound. The wounded man jerked out the knife plunged it into his adversary's heart, and both fell dead. THERE is now lying at a wharf in Fall River a schooner named tfc« Cabot, which in 1847 sailed from Boston for Ireland with a cargo of grain for the famine-stricken people of that country. Thepurchate monev for the grain was laisefl by subscription, and the Cabot accomplished her errand in seventeen days, making one of the quickest trips across the Atlantic ever made up to that time by a sailing vessel. FROM a gentleman Just in from Flagstaff we learn of a terrific deadly encounter be­ tween a man and a bear, which occurred in the San Francisco mountains. Mr. Jansen, a stock-raiser there, having suffered from the depredations of the tribe of bruin on his stock, armed himself with a Winchester re­ peating rifle and large sheath-knife and re­ solved to slay the destrover of his property, but in doing so lost his own life He encount­ ered a huge bear, and emptied one charge from his rifle, seriously wounding the bear, which Immediately attacked him, and a terrific struggle between the two took plaoe, Jansen using his knife vigorously, and the bear clawing and lacerating him severely. Jansen was so severely injured in the struggle that he was unable to return home, and the next day he was found by two herders in his employ within a few yards of the dead bear. When found both his eyes weie torn out, while his body pre­ sented other teniblu uud ghasth* wounds He was conveyed home and medical aid summoned, but he died before the physician arrived--Prcucott {,Arizona) Journal. . , J. ,, I i .V**.. 2. . .. .. 1 virtnoTui women ami often quoted aa. patterns of what "Us* mx,n as thev ought to be. I dost know. iAetvtia, I daresay, waa » moat worthy sort of person, mneh JJke mj oouain Hortense» t Moore; but ehe kept her servants up i late. I should not hard Hfced to b®* | o* Maidens. Hortense would fttst Urtitlr fttift »r»l Sarah in the fashion if she could, and: neither of navrottld bwur it. "Solomon's woman" again, had her household nt>- in the very middle of the night. She "got breakfast over," as Mrs. Sykes Bays, before 1 o'clock a. m.; but she ^ had something more to do than spin. > and give out portions; she was a manu­ facturer. She made fine linen and sold , it. She was an agriculturist; she- bought estates and planted vineyards. That woman was a manager. She was. what the matrons hereabouts call "a~ clever woman." On the whole, I like ? her a good deal better than Lucretia, hutl don't believe either Mr. Annitage- i or Mrs. Sykes could have got the ad­ vantage of her in a bargain. Yet I likfr- her. "Strength and honor were her* clothing. The heart of her husband ; safely trusted in her. She opened her. month with wisdom; in her tongue was. the law of kindness; her children rose- J up and called her blessed; her husband: 1 also praised her." King of Israelt Your model of a woman is a worthy | model! But are we, in these days, brought up to be like her? Men of; ! Yorkshire, do your danghters reach this royal standard? Can they reach it? Can yoii help them to reach it? Can you give them a field in which their faculties may be exercised and grown ? Men of England! look at your poor girls, many of them fading around jou* dropping off in consumption or decline? or, what is worse, degenerating to sour old maids -- envious, backbiting; wretched because life is a desert to- them; or, what is worst of all, reduce# to strive, by scarce modest coquetry and debasing artifice, to gain that posi­ tion and consideration by marriage- which in their single state is denied* Fathers! cannot you alter these things ?* Perhaps not all at once; but consider the matter well when it is brought before you, receive it as a theme worthy of thought; do not dismiss it with ani idle jest or an unmanly insult. You* would wish to be proud of your daughters and not to blush for them-- then seek for them an interest and an occupation which shall raise them above- the flirt, the maneuverer, the mischief* 1 making tale-bearer. Keep your girls' minds narrow and fettered--the will still be a plague and a care, sometimes- a disgrace to you; cultivate them-- give them scope and work--they will be your gayest companions in health, your tenderest nurses in sickness, your moc^ faithful props in age.--Ckarlo^ iBronte. ' i ; Patting a Ball to the Test* 'Q Mr. Miller said it was all nonsense to- talk about a bull being excited and. made furious by a red rag. He said he- had an ugly-tempered Devon bull over in the field who would take it like a lamb if you would shake the flag of all nations in his face. Dr. Robinsoti said that Miller darent try it, and Miller bet Robinson that he would. So Miller went into the house and) loaded himself up with a red-flannel undershirt, and we all walked out te the field. The bull was there, looking as calm as a summer morning. Miller climbed the fence, and went toward the* animal, keeping the shirt behind him. As he came close to the bull he sudden­ ly produced the shirt and flirted it in* the bull's face. The beast jumped back a yard or two- in astonishment, and kept his eye on Miller, while Miller waved the'old ver­ milion garment vigorously. Then the bull shook his head several times, as if he declined to have anything to do with the business; and Miller turned toward, us and put his thumb to his nose and made a signal of victory. Just then an idea seemed to strike the bull. He put his head (down and moved swiftly forward. Miller at first thought there had been an earthquake. He was hurled up twenty feet, and! when he struck the ground he made another ascension. Upon his descent he thonght he woulcfi try to run, but a Devon short-horn was inserted in his trousers, and again he- .went up high enough to take a bird's-eye View of the surrounding country. j On the twenty-fifth descent he fell on» the other side of the fence from the bull, and we picked him up. His' clothes were in ribbons. His nose was a spectacle, and his mouth was full of grass and mud. We asked him how he felt, and he* said nothing. We inquired concerning the condition of his bones, but he made no reply. We asked if his views about bulls had undergone any change, but he walked silently along. We wanted to know how he enjoyed the scenery the- la&t time he went upt but he would not | say. " He merely went into the house, filled ^ up both barrels of his gun with old nails and screws, and scraps of iron,, and went out to interview that bull* The animal was a corpse in ten minutes, and then Miller pulled off his under*- j shirt and went up stairs to bed. ^ We know what his views are now* although he doeui't express them so» freely as formerly.--Exchange. Paid in Ills Own Coin, as It Were. The President of a defunct savings, bank of this city got into a hack and. rode to the Central Depot. Upon ar­ rival at his destination, the driver said "Fare please, $1." As the regular charge is only 50 cents, - the passenger indignantly demanded of' the Jehu: "What do you take me for ?" "Fifty cents on the dollar, sir. I waa afraid to say only 50 cents for the ride> for fear you would want to settle with me for 25 cents, that being 50 per cent, and the rate at which you settled with your other creditors." The hack man got his $1, and the ex- banker got something he had not- thought of before.--Chicago Cheek. A CHICAGO glove merchant employs- girls for clerks. They average well in good looks, but have remarkably-big- hands; "I won't employ them," said he, "if they can wear less than No. 8 • gloves. I mean that their hands shall' always be larger than those of the CUB- iomers, who are flattered by the con­ trast, and thereby put iato a. good hu­ mor for making purchases*" r*v-v . &£ V- % ^7 C- I ' •385te-&