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LEGITIME'S BASTY DEPARTURE.

How the Ex-President of Hayti Gave Up the Capital to General Hippolyte.

ENTRY OF TROOPS UNMARKED BY A DEMONSTRATION.

Rioting and Bloodshed Averted By the Stern Attitude Taken, by Admiral Gherardi.

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over and peace for the first time in a year reigns in Ilfiyti. When the United States minister, who went at Legitimes request to Hippolyte to secure terms, returned day before yesterday it was apparent that nothing remained to be done but to bring the farce to a close and

down the curtain. The "terms

were as follows: First-That Legitime should leave Haytl. Second-That l.egltluie'a troops should be dla(i ruied

Third That the city should be delivered at a. in AUKiistZ'id, and that the Army of the North should be met at tir: city's gate by the consular corps.

In compliance with the first clause of the agreement legitime left the city yesterday at 2 p. m. Ife drove from the palace to the French legation, and in the carriage with him were the I1 rench jninister and General Francois, the military chief of the arrondissement. Behind came a second carriage containing Admiral Gherardi, two of his statr, and the commander of the French gunboat Kerguelen, and following was a yelling mob composed of Legitime's admirers with cries of "Vive Legitime," and. "A bas les cbcbs," (this word cacos being a contemptuous term applied to the Northerners). At the wharf Legitime embarked in the boat of the Kerguelen, which vessel iB his present refuge. She sails to-morrow or next day. As the expresident left he was saluted by a fusillade of small arms in the hands of the mob and loaded with bf\ll cartridges. It is a marvel that so little damage was done. Several were wounded and some of the bullets fell in the harbor in dangerous proximity to the man-of-war.

All of the civil officers, as well as Legitime's cabinet, are either fugitives or have taken refuge in the legations and consulates. So, from time of the embarkation of Legitime, tl city was actually without governtr j.

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held a meeting and i-dued a call to nine prominent citizens to form a Revolutionary committee and select a governor pro tem. This was done, and a respectable old Uaytian general bearing the good old name of Montmorency was chosen.

The naval captains placed themselves under the instructions of Admiral Gherardi. The three ships of war moved to within a short distance of the water front, and

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batteries to bear upon the city. Orders were sent to three liaytian gun boats directing them to haul lires and not to attempt by their guns to give any aid to a rising on the shore, and threatening that in case any of them attempted to leave port they would be tired on by the war vessels. Contrary to all prophesiee, the night passed very quietly and without any disturbance.

At uawn this morning the whole city was agog. Just before '.) o'clock the diplomatic corps, General Montmorency and several American naval oflicers went outside the northern walls and delivered the city to Hippolyte's representativeGeneral Mompoint-Keune. This ceremony 'jmpleted, the procession, composed of 2,500 northern troops, and headed by a man on horseback bearing the United States flag, followed by United States Minister Thompson, Lieutenant leily and Lluse, of the United States navy, and the foreign consuls, eutored the city. There was not the slightest disturbance and the whole affair was conducted with dignity.

The Northern men area fine-looking race. They were in marching order, with their knapsacks and canteens, and haversacks with two days' rations.^ Ihey wore better uniforms than their Southern countrymen, and were better armed. There were about seven hundred cavalrymen and eighteen hundred infantry. An hour later the second column came in, from the southeast. At 1 clock this afternoon the third column will enter. from the west. By night there will be S,tXX) Northern troops in the city. The people look on with apparent indifference. The city is in perfect control, and all fears of a panic have passed away.

To our country more than any other this good result is due. The good and linn front of Admiral Gherardi showed any evil-minded person that the Kearsage was not to be trilled with. Her work is done here, aud in a few days she vill start homeward, possibly waiting for the Galena, and it her coming is long delayed, sailing before her arrival.

THK GRAND CIRCUIT.

The I'ool Favorites Beaten In lto.li Races at Springfield's Opening Kvent. SpuiNc.Fir.i.n, Mass., September 3.— There was a good attendance at the opeuing day's races of the Grand circuit meeting at Hampden park this afternoon. The track was dusty, .but fast, and the betting lively. The 63,000 guaranteed stake race announced for to-day did not till, and was abandoned. The pool favorites were boaten in both events. '2:30 class. Purse, $1,000, divided: Whalebone

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Smiles anil Smiles.

The man who can laugh from the heart is not apt to be a villian who murders while he smiles. But how few men, comparatively speaking, laugh heartily. Some wear an everlasting barren simper in the smile of others lies a cold glitter of ice: the fewest are able to laugh wha can be called laughing, but only snifT and titter and snigger from the throat outward. or at best produce some whifting, husky cacliinnation, as if they were laughing through wool. Of none such comes good.—[New York Times.

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THE LONDON STRIKE.

The Companies, Although In the Wrong, Count on the Weakness of the Strikers.

London, September 3.—It is believed that the dock directors will yield by Thursday. Mr. Norwood sent a telegram requesting a conference with a deputation of the strikers late this evening. Mr. Burns, addressing a meeting at Bermondsey to-night, justified the manifesto calling for a general strike on the ground that it had drawn greater attention to the appeal for funds. He announced that he intended immediately to promote a strike in Glasgow, The lord mayor will return to London Friday, for the special purpose of interceding with the dock companies in behalf of the strikers. If necessary he will call a meeting of citizens to discuss the situation. Alderman Belsey, who is a large shareholder in the dock companies, in Bpeech at Rochester to-night, denounced the action of the dock directors. An important trade society has subscribed £000 to the strikers' fund. The strike at Liverpool now only affects 500 men formerly employed at the south docks. The men at the north docks have resumed work at the old terms. The strikers are badly organized, and the companies hope that all will return to work to-morrow. The strike committee here contemplate issuing a manifesto setting forth the conditions on which they will permit the dockmen to resume work.

PICTURES OF DEAD INFANTS.

The New Practice or the Proprietress of a Lylng-In Hospital. Miss Anna M. Purdy, a big muscular woman past middle age, keeps a lying-in hospital for unfortunate women in thiB city, writes a Syracuse correspondent of the St. Louis Republic. About a year ago her business was the subject of legal investigation, nine out of fourteen infants left to her care having died within a few weeks. Quite a stir has now been created by the story that a few days ago Miss Purdy took the body of an infant which had died in her house, placed it in a cab, wheeled it through the streets to a photograph gallery, had a picture of the body taken, wheeled it back home and prepared it for burial. The affair has caused much indignation. Miss Purdy said to-night that the child was born in her house that its mother went to New York, where she now Is. The infant was sent out for adoption and died at the home of its foster parents.

Misa Purdy said: "The woman notified me that the child was dead. I went down to the undertaker's to bring it back to my house. When I got there I found its eyes wide open and it looked as if it were asleep. I thought the mother in New York would like to have a picture of her little one, so I took it to the photographer's."

She admitted that she had previously had a photograph made of another dead infant, but said that the mortality among children is now so great that she has had pictures made of all the babies remaining in her charge.

IOWA'S WONDERFUL LAKE.

Nobody .Knows Who Built the Massive Walls That Undone It. The greatest wonder in the state of Iowa, and perhaps in any state, is what is called the "Walled Lake," in Wright county, twelve miles north of the Dubuque & Pacific railway, 150 miles west of Dubuque City. This lake is from two to three feet higher than the earth's surface. In some places the wall is ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at the bottom" and fi feet wide on top. The stones used

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abundance of stones in WrigtA county, but surrounding the lake to tLi extent of five or ten miles are none. No one can form an idea as to t^« means employed to bring them to thb Ipot, or who constructed it. Around the entire lake is a belt of woodland one-half mile in width, composed of oak. With this exception the country is a rolling prairie. The trees must have been planted there at the time of the building of the wall. In the spring of the year 1856 there was a great storm, and the ice on the'lake broke the wall in several places, and the fanners in the vicinity were compelled to repair the damages to prevent inundation. The lake occupies a grand surface of 2,800 acres depth of water as great as twenty-five feet. The water is clear and cool, soil sandy and loamy. It is singular that no one has been able to ascertain where the water comes from, or where it goes, yet it is always clear and fresh.

The Atlantic City Scandal.

Ati,antie City, N. J., September 3.— The baby supposed to be the offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton, was taken to see its alleged mother at the Mays lauding jail to-day, and the sheriff and those who accompanied the the child were surprised at the small amount of attention Mrs. Hamilton paid to the infant. The woman was in a bad state of nervous prostration over the absence of her husband and her chief anxiety seems to be that Mr. Hamilton has lost interest in her case and that he will desert her. No dispatches are knowq. to have been received from Mr. Hamilton to-day. New York advices were very full to the effect that Mrs. Swinton Hud her son, Joshua Mann, Mrs. 1T ...aon's lover, have been arrested and confeessed that all of them imposed the baby on Hamilton, who is a grandson of Alexander Hamilton and who is very rich, as his child.

The Kleetrlc Light of Journalism. The great modern preventive of crime is rather newspaper publicity than legal punishment. Nothing can be hidden, and fear of newspaper exposure acts as a great deterrent from evil doing. Of course, wickedness remains, as it always will remain until the millennium comes, but it stands in more dread than formerly because of the electric light of journalism. The world seems worse than in the past, but only because of this brighter illumination, extending into all the holes and crevices of society. Really it is better. There is less of secret and unknown crime and misdoing but because the exposure is so certain the mass of evil, public and private, which is brought to view is much greater.—[New York sun.

WAY DOWN IN THE SOOTH.

Governor Lowry Trying To Explain the Disorderly Uprising In His State.

THOUGHT BEST HE SHOULD ADDRESS THE CITIZENS.

The Dispersion of the Mob ol "White Citizens" Finally Accomplished and All Is Well.

New Orleans, September 2.—The Pickayune's Jackson, Miss., special says: In an interview to-day Governor Lowry made in substance this answer to the general questions as to the statUB of affairs in L9 Flore county:

On arriving at Greenwood I found some excitement among the people, not as I believe from any fear of bloodshed between the races in a conflict of arms, but rather the menace of the negroes and their defiant attitude of two days before, and this was probably intensified by the fact that the negroes, or at least quite a number of them were armed with •Winchester rifles. The inaccessability of Minter City, the vicinity of the disturbance, rendered information from there very difficult, it being seventy miles by water and twenty-six by land. The boat, whose run was from Greenwood to some distance above Minter City, was Bome hours behind and this delay could not well be explained. Tn the meanwhile the three military companies.had arrived and quite a number of volunteers from the surrounding counties of Carrollton and Grenada. The citizen volunteers, or a number of them at least, seemed determined to have matters their own way, and it was thought best that I should add them. They assembled in front of the hotel and I spoke to them frankly, plainly saying, in substance that the sheriff had invoked the aid of the military, and in response to the telegram that there were 500 armed negroes that refused to be dispersed, I had come in person, with the troops, to see that peace and order was restored that the excitement manifested.by citizen volunteers was ominous of harm instead of that peace that should be observed in a well regulated community that there was yet no bloodshed and I admonished them that there must be none. I denounced mob law as being wicked, disreputable and unworthy of Mississippians. Subsequently I feared that if the citizen volunteers went to the sceno, of the disturbance in the excited state in which they were, that they would do harm instead of good. After consultation, it was finally decided that the military, insteod of the citizen volunteers, should be sent to Minter City to aid the sheriff in enforcing the law. General Henry, adjutant general of the state, accompanied the military and carried with him a communication from me to the sheriff, urging him to a strict observance of the law and restoration of peace and order. In conclusion the governor said he had no fears of further trouble.

Ni:w Orleans, September 3.—The Capital light guards of this city arrived here from LeFlore county at 4 p. m. today, having left Minter City yesterday at 3 p. m. They report that there were 275 armed negroes congregated near Minter City, but they had been dispersed before the arrival of the military. There was a large body of white men mounted and armed who had Hocked there from various points before the arrival of the troops. These men had dispersed the negroes and captured some of the leaders. Reports as to whether any negroes had been killed, or the number captured were very conflicting. One negro was certainly killed by another negro for refusing to join them. One man told the oflicers that he saw six dead negroes six miles from the river. Other reports place the number higher, while some denied that there had been any killing, except the negro killed by another negro. The troops captured and turned over to the sheriff forty negroes. It was reported after the troops left that one of the negro leaders was hung. The sheriff under whose orders the troops were placed notified them that they were needed no longer, and they took his receipt for the negroes whom they had captured, and left by boat. A member of the company told your correspondent that it was impossible to get any reliable information as to what really had occurred that it was a certainty that from 300 to 400 were armed and congregated, vowing vengeance against the whites on Saturday night, and it was. certain that large bodies of white men had dispersed them and captured some of them, but no true account could be obtained of the loss of human life, as the violence occurred back from the river several miles. The white people of Shellmound deserted the place on Saturday and sought refuge in safer quarters.

How Louisiana Votes.

New Orleans,La.,September 3.—Telgrams from various points in the third district indicate the election of Andrew Price, Democratic candidate, by a good majority, over 11. C. Minor, Republican. The affair at Franklin, in which a Republican deputy sheriff was shot and seriously wounded, is the only disturbance so far reported.

Side Expenses of Manufacturing. A New England manufacturer says that street musicisns are a serious expense to manufacturing companies in country towns. A Gipsy girl playing a tambourine recently passed his establishment and, he says, cost the ct ^any about two' hundred dollars. Every employe in the big factory ran to a window, and work was suspended for fully a quarter of on hour. Every circus parade costs them hundreds of dolars, and when a minstrel brass band marches by it costs from twenty-five to fifty dollars.

Population of Knrope.

Since ISOO the populatioD^_.i Europe nas just double*3 itself. Then the population was 175.000,000 in 1S30, 21(5,000,000 in I860. 289,000,000 in 1SS0, .331,000,000 188S, 350,000,000.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1889.

A Young Man Whose Skin Will Hereafter Match His Yellow Shoes. C. H. Black, a well-dressed young man, was trying to Becure subscriptions to a watch club in the El Dorado Btreet tannery, says the Stockton Independent. He approached one of the workmen, who was scraping hair from hides. The workmen scraped away vigorously, and hair and lime were scattered on every side. Black dodged about, so that his immaculate attire should not be soiled. The workman seized a hoee and turned a stream of water on the hide to wash away the loose hair. The water splashed in the direction of Black, who nimbly jumped back to avoid it. He had failed to obey that old proverb, "Look before you leap," and he went souse into a vat of tanning liquor. His heels flew up from under him and he sat down up to his neck in the dark brown liquor, which splashed ell over his head and face.

As Boon as the workmen could stop laughing sufficiently to act, they pulled him out of his unpleasant bath, and he stood dripping on the walk, looking like some beer god just after a bath in the liquor loved and protected by Gambiinus. The hose which had originally caused all the trouble was now brought into play to repair damages. Black was made a target for a stream until as much as possible of the tanning liquor had been washed from his garments as well as from bis face and hands. He was taken to his hotel and put to bed while his only Buit of clothes was being washed, dried, and pressed.

Before all this could be accomplished, however, his skin had been subjected to the action of the strong tannin, and despite the use of every known means to neutralize it, his skin.will for some time be several shades darker than it was before his involuntary bath. He will have the comfort, though, of knowing that it will match well with a pair of yellow shoes.

PUZZLES THK DOCTORS.

Remarkable Recovery of Thomas Sweitzer After He Hud Cut His Throat. A remarkable recovery is that of -omas Sweitzer, of Allentown, Pa., the young man who four weeks ago attempted to commit Buicide by gashing his wrists and cutting his throat, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. In order to procure a razor to do the work he first broke open a barber shop, and, with razor in hand, walked three blocks to the house of a friend, and, standing on the curb at midnight, drew the keen weapon across his throat, inflicting a gash which lacerated the larynx and aasophaguB.

Falling in the gutter from weakness occasioned by loss of blood, he became unconscious and would soon have bled to death had not his moans attracted the attention of his friend's mother, who aroused her son. Two physicians were summoned and removed tbe young man to his mother's house, and after stitching up the ugly wound, had him removed to the county hospital. The mother and young man were informed that he could not possibly live, but before a week he showed signs of improvement, began to eat, wanted to live, and his improvement has been steady ever since.

To-day he was permitted to leave the institution, and walked the streets of this city with his neck bandaged. He is considerably emaciated, but in a few weeks will be himself, the wounds being almost healed. The case puzzles the doctors. Sweitzer is delighted. He says the loss of a child impelled him to commit the deed. The hopelessness of the case at the early start will be appreciated from the fact that for several dayB after he was given nourishment it gushed out of the ugly gash in his throat. A tube was then inserted, and from that day his improvement dates.

E E N N O E I E S

"Hurrali for Itusiuess" In 188! and 18!(0 Will lie a lioomer. The Washington Star prints the following from a contributor, who signs himself "A.": "The other day I came across the famous little book called 'Benner's Prophecies," which had a great popularity some fifteen years ago, especially in the West, where alleorts of folks seemed to place implicit confidence in it. It was written by Samuel Benner, a plain Ohio farmer, who claimed that by profound study, extending through many years, he was enabled to 'take along look ahead.' It is a fact that many, if not most, of his 'looks ahead' came out true, and in consequence he gained a big reputation. As there is some talk of a stringent money market and dull times, it might be well to print what Benner says of the years 1889 90, which is as follows: '1889—A great speculative era opening up. Hurrah for business! Iron advances. now for a boom. '1890—Great activity in general business. Iron and stocks advancing and bounding upward from the beginning to the ending of this year. A repetition of the year 1879.' "Benner says that in 1891 the era of speculation will come to a close with a panic, and that there will be bad times 1 8 9 8

A Diary Written la Blood. The diary of the famous Baron Friedrich von der Trenck, cousin of the notorious Franz von der Trenck, which urports to be written in his /n blood while a prisoner at Magdebr g, is now offered for sale a* Laipsic. The diary, inscribed o' 200 pages of an interleaved Bible presented to Trenck in 17G0 by the Princess Amalie, sister of Frederick the Great, includes, besides a number of poems and letters, various social, political, and philoeophi•al treatise?, and a history of the prisoner's adventurous life, which ended in 17&1 on the guillotine. He was condemned to death by Robespierre as a secret agent of foreign governments.

An ingenious scheme for obtaining firewood was worked for a time by a colored resident of Starke, Fla. He put a pair of vicious curs in his yard and allowed them to run out and attack pedestrians. The latter, for defense, would never pass the place unless they were provided with an armful of pine knots to chunk the dogs with. At night the darkey gathered up the dogs' earnings for the day, and found fuel not only enough for the hominy department, but a surplus to lay up for winter. But now his curs are both poisoned, and their owner sits on a fitump beneath a widespreading Jerusalem oak bemoaning his lo68.

HAUTE EXPRESS

The City Council Gives Evidence that ,, 'it is Heeding Public Sentiment,

AN EFFORT TO PASS THE SALOON LICENSE ORDINANCE.

The Gambling Question also Receives Attention—Tlie City Treasury Transfer.

The city council temporarily determined not to decide upon the question of imposing the license fee of $250 on saloons for the benefit of the treasury. The ordinance proposing to impose this license was presented and tabled several weeks ago. Last night Councilman Donham, of the Sixth ward, moved to take the resolution from the table. This motion was the signal for various motions and explanations, in the midst of which the following proceedings were had concerning the ordinance proper and amendments. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas, BurneB, Donham, Leinberger, Steele, and Walsh. Nays, llybarger, Storz, and Weldele. Mr. Thomas was not present at the meeting and Mr. Hertwig retired from the council chamber before the ordinance was called up. The ordinance was then read by the clerk, and Mr. Burnes moved to suspend the rules and to place the ordinance on its passage. This motion was ruled out of order because the ordidid not contain an emergency clausp. City Attorney Taylor inserted the emergency clause by consent of the council. Mr. Storz then moved to lay the ordinance over for two weeks, saying that he was willing to license the saloons if the council would impose a license upon all institutions that may be taxed by the city, but that he was opposed to taxing the man who bought the coat and exempting the man who made it. Mr. Hybarger moved to amend the ordidance to read so that all persons who have government license to Bell liquor shall be taxed $250. This amendment called for an explanation, which the city attorney offered by saying that such an ordinance would tax all who secured license to sell by the quart and would exempt all who evaded the government license. The amendment was adopted by the following vote: Yeas, Donham, Hybarger, Steeg, Steele, Storz, Walsh and Weldele nays, Burnes and Leinberger. While casting this vote the councilmen seemed to have the impression that the amendment would not only tax the retailere, but would include those who sold by the quart whereas the wording of the amendment was as follows: "All persons who have government licenses shall be taxed §250," and seemed to contradict the general impression. The amendment was offered orally. Mr. Storz' motion to postpone action for two weeks then prevailed by the following vote: Yeas, Hybarger, Steeg, Storz, Walsh and Weldele naye, Burnes, Donham, Leinberger, Steele.

Mr. Donham introduced a resolution instructing the superintendent of police "to cause all places within the city, in which gambling is conducted, to be closed and that he shall instruct all members of the police force to aid in carrying out this instruction by arresting|and causing complaints to be filed against all persons found. carrying on the business of or engaged in gambling. Councilman Hybarger promptly moved to refer the resolution to the police board, and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas, Hybarger, Steeg, Storz, Walsh, Weldele nays, Burnes, Donham, Leinberger, Steele. The police board are Messrs. Hybarger, Storz and Walsh.

Mr. Leinberger introduced an ordinance requiring all owners of hacks and omnibuses, who operate the samo in the city, to pay a license of §10 per annum for each vehicle operated and to number each vehicle according to the direction of the clerk, who should issue the license. The penalty for violating the ordinance was to be any sum not to exceed S25. Councilman Donham moved to amend by allowing the city clerk to collect $1 for each license issued. The ordinance was allowed to rest for two weeks.

The street commissioner submitted his report for expenses during the month which amounted to S2,G08,23. Of this amount §1,515,90 was for street reprirs, $735,75 for street cleaning, $177 for culvert work Bnd the iernakd comprised various small sums. It seems that the street commissioner's expenses increase in an inverse ratio as the amount of money in the treasury decreases.

Councilman Burnes and Walsh objected to approving that part of the minutes of the last reguiar meeting that referred to the gravel pit transaction. The minutee were approved by a vote of the council, theee members opposing. Their reason was that there might be some adverse technicality discovered in the proceedings. Mr. Fitzpatrick reported that he had presented the city's warrant to Mr. Kolsem and had demanded the city's deed for the gravel pit to him and that his demand had been refused. City Clerk Duddleston held the warrant before the council and asked what muBt be done with it. Mr. Hybarger promptly moved to cancel the warrant and the vote was. about to be taken when City Attorney Taylor suggested that the warrant nhould be retained intact. His suggestion was complied with. These were the only references to the gravel affair except during the reading of the first resolution of the evening, when Mayor Danaldson made an inferential reference to the matter by notifying the council that they were very disorderly, and that the councii must attend cloeely to the reading of resolutions so ae to prevent misfortune. Mr. Storz introduced a resolution that might be construed to refer to the matter. His resolution required all resolutions to be referred to the proper committees before being passed by the council. It will be remembered thtt the gravel pit resolution was passed at* soon as introduced.

City Treasurer Fitzpatrick made his final report to the city council, showing that the amount of money on hand in the several funds was $74,555.38, that he had delivered the same to Mr. Hauck and he presented the latter's receipt for

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Total $74,555 38 The report was referred to the committee on finance, on motion of Mr. Walsh.

A remonstrance, signed by several property owners, against the grading of Orchard street, east of Fourteenth street, was referred to the committee on streets and bridges. Mr. Donham presented a plat for Donham's subdivision, in lot 10 of the southwest quarter of Cruft's subdivision, and the plat was approved. The appointment of Mr. W. W. Byers as deputy city treasurer was approved unanimously. The superintend-, ent of police reported 4T2 l'ghts out during the month of August. The city engineer was granted further time for measuring distances between fire plugs.

The election of a member of the school board to fill the vacancy of the unexpired term caused by the death of Dr. Richardson resulted in the choice of Mr. B. V. Marshall, who received seven votes, Dr. Waters receiving three votes. The election of Mr. Marshall is regarded as a victory for the Lamb faction of the Democracy as has been shown by the interest taken in members of that faction in his behalf as against the the candidacy of Dr. VanValzah. There were but six Democrats about the building last evoning, although on several votes prior to the election of trustee only five showed up, but the seven votes for Mar (hall shows that in the balloting one Republican voted for him. Siedentopf and Thomas were the two absentees. At the caucus of Democratic councilmen in the afternoon there were six votes, Siedentopf being out of town. On the first ballot it was a tie between Dr. Robert VanValzah end Mr. B. V. Marshall. There were four ballots and the Lamb people who were about the caucus insisted that it took four to nominate, although VanValzah at one time received 33., votea. There was much of the fraction businelBB in it all.

The city was instructed to advertise for bids for the grading and graveling of Crawford street from First to Third streets. A report by the committee on streets and bridges to build a double pipe sewer for about 300 feet along Fifteenth Btreet, where the open ditch south of Walnut street intersects the proposed grade of Fifteenth street, was adopted. The committee made this report so as to meet the demands made by Mr. J. II. Blake in his injunction proceedings against the grading of Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets in that vicinity. The committee on water reported adversely to extending the water mains ou Fifth street from Mulberry to Chestnut streets and their report was approved Mr. Donham introuduced a resolution directing that all resolutions that may involve legal points shall either be written by or inspected by the city attorney before passage. Adopted. Another inferential reference to the pravel pit deal. Messrs. Thomas and Hertwig were absent but had resolutions the table which they wish adopted. The resolutions were not allowed to be presented in their absence, concerning which Mr. Walsh made some pertinent remarks about persons wishing to Bhift responsibility for action.

A resolution reciting the fact that the police had disregarded the enforcement of the mayor's proclamation to muzzle dogs, or have them securely fastened, or killed, and instructing the police to enforce the proclamation without favor was, upon motion of Mr. Steeg, referred to the police board. While the vote was being taken Fire Chief Kennedy's favorite hunting dog, unmuzzled, advanced to a conspicuous position beside the mayor.

A resolution requiring the I. & St. L. road to stop digging soil and gravel out of north First street, near°B pit adjacent to said road, was referred to the committee on streets and bridges. A resolution to place afire box in front of Coates college was defeated. Councilman Steeg referred to the empty treasury as a clinching argument against expense for fire boxes and water plugs. A resolution by Mr. Storz to allow supernumerary policemen pay for only such time a9 theyserve instead of regular members of the force was tabled. Mr. Storz said that the supernumeraries were at work all of the time and drew full pay, whereas the regular members of the force should do the work.

Nothing was said of tbe proposed $50,000 loan.

Tlie Case Agalnxt Deputy Marshal Nagle.

San Francisco, September 3.—Taking of testimony in the habeas corpus proceedings case of Deputy Marshal Nagle, who shot and killed Judge Terry recently at Lathrop, was commenced in the United States circuit court today. Several witnesses were examined as to the past conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Terry, and threats made by them. Counsel for defense said that they expected to prove that the life of Justice Field had been threatened long prior to the assault at Lathrop, and that Nagle in shooting Terry had ever reason to believe that unless he did so these threats would be carried out and, in acting as he did, he merely did his duty as a Bworn oflicer of the law.

The Croniii Jury.

Chkjacio, 111., September 3.—No definnite progress in the selection of a jury has been made thus far, and the prospects are that a full jury will not be secured until the. peremptory challengee of both sides are exhausted and legal uisqualifications become the only pretext for rejecting a juror.

Asiatic Cholera In Ohio.

Tiffin, Ohio, September 3—Mrs. George Coons, of Little Sandusky, a village fifteen miles south of here, died of what the doctors pronounced genuine Asiatic cholera to-day. The people there are greatly excited, and many are leaving the village.

Rain and Snow.

Hf.lena, Mont., Sept. 3—Rain in the valleys and snow in the mountains have extinguished the fires that have been raging the past month. The damage to timber bas been quite severe, but not so heavy as anticipated.

He Bongbt Monte Crlatol

London, September 3.—Marquis Ginori, of Florence, has purchased Monte Cristo. He will erect a splendid residence there.

Daily Established in 1851.

ITIWN.

NEffTRlI ABO

The Busy Season With The County

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Courts Is Now Fully On,

THE DIVORCE CASES TAKE UP SOME OF THE TIME.

A Damage Suit Compromised—The County Commissioners and Saloon Licenses.

The superior court convened yesterday, the docket was called, and time of trial lixed for several cases. Mamie Rengan was granted a divorce from John Reagan, the defendant failing to appear. [John Regan, the ex-postmafiter, does not fail to appear, however, whenever r.«! wanted.] In the circuit, Judge Scott was on the bench, Judge Mack being absent from the city. The business of the court was to attend to the current and unfinished business of the day.

Thomas Bowen et al. versus Nicholas Bowen partition made, sale reported and commissioner discharged. Report rests for approval. Clara _B. McUlung versus Susan M. Reed, damages set for September 13. Adrian A. Bitcher,guar-^AS dian of Daniel Tryon. Sale of property reported and approved, but :s«^ guardian not yet discharged. Artelissa Mason was granted a divorce from George Mason, the latter defaulting, and custody of children: granted the plaintiff. They were mar-sA^ ried in 1875 and evidence showed thatw«: defendant had contributed but $5 to^-s. support the plaintiff within two years. Defendant lives in Knox county. In the case of Louisa Uollins against Lewis Rollins, for divorce and alimony, plaintiff filed additional complaint and de-sia fendant tiled cross complaint. Trial set%»g.. for September 5. The defendant wass-a arrested on Monday and reuuired to give bond for surety of the peace and for appearance to answer for carrying concealed weapons in the sums of $300 anil $25 respectively. The complaint was made in Justice Felsenthal's court by*Vi«f Mrs. Rusk, of south Fourteenth street, and sister of Mrs. Ivol I ins. Mrs. Rusk alleged that Rollins had drawn a pistol and threatened to kill her. Charges of information for petit larceny against Edward Burns, who is charged with stealing #3 from Johnp Gray Edward Walters, for stealing a suit of clothing and an overcoat, valued at $15, and John Strader, for stealing iiwis pair of shoes from Fjmmett Hall. The complaint against Strader was tiled byJohn Gill, who says that llall left the shoes at his home, south of the city, andag that Strader stole them. Strader says that the prosecution is the result of epite««f work, and that Gill told him to get theikss shoes, and that the shoes were of not much value. The'shoes were valued at i««K $3. His trial has been set for Thursday.^*: and is now out of jail on his own recognizance.

The following are the jurors for the superior court and they have been calleilv^' for October, the first: C. W. Mancourt, Jacob Tritt, Charles T. Smith, Thomasi® W. Evinger, A. W. Ostrander, John Hodge rs, Joseph Ripley, lieu ben II. Pierce, E. A. Roberts, Malachi Kite, William S. Lee and Edwin J. Brown.

The county commissioners held an in- wi teresting session yesterday the principal: matter of consideration being the monstrance against Louis Herbert, by: the W. C. T. (J.,

of Seelyville, who (b-:

jected to the granting of license to the-iss-i said Herbert. Such a contest in com-vte?. miesioner's court in this county is verygttrare, the last being the remonstrance. against Sam Brown's north Third Btreet saloon, more than two years ago. The plaintiff, by his attorney, Mr. J. (I. Mc-. .• Nutt, and by evidence, attempted to^.iBi show that he had kept a good and orderly house, while the remonstrators testified that considerable noise and evil results from drinking hod been preva-_. lent in hat part of the city, and that""" the Baloon was the cause. .Judge Eggleston represented the remonstrators. I0vi-: dence was heard and the board withheld decision.

Licenses to sell liquor wore granted to John Seidel, Riland CriBP, Joseph L. &$ss':. Gregge, Clem l'.eal, X. Daily, Fred Ellenberger, S. C. Dalton, Dan Slusser, C. C., Shattuck, 'J'. M. Patterson, William O. Weldele, Leo Werner and Watson A Murphy.

The following bills were allowed: C. K. McNiltt I,. Klnkblner fiU David llHyinakvr 1 7(1 A. D. Woeks HI to C. K. (irosejean 34J 111

Total $512 4-

The case of Mrs. Minnie I J. Warren, administratix of the estate of John C. Warren, deceased, versus the I. it St. L. railway company for damages for the death of her husband at Danville, Ind., while employed as brakeman on the road, hos been compromised by the plaintiff receiving $200. The deceased:^ s,was thrown between the cars while making a running switch by being struck on the head with a projecting chunk of

i'oter IteHt DyliiR.

Late last night it was reported that Mr. Peter Best, of south Third street, was dying, from kidney disease and heart trouble. His son Otto, now at Loa Angeles, was telegraphed yesterday as to his father's fatal condition.

County Kalr Notlre.

Hand in bills againut the society at once. Call for premiums between 1 'M and 5 p. m. to day and Friday.

Slio Didn't Cry.

Miss Prim—If you inuiat on kissing me I will cry. Mr. Fresh—But, Filoise, if yoifdoyour mother will hear us.

Miss Prim—Good gracious. I never thought of that.—[New York Truth,

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coal and was instantly killed during the latter part of 18S7. The family Iivhh south of the city.

Thrown Kroin Itiicey-

Miss Cora Davis, of south Fifth street, was thrown from a buggy and Beverely although not dangerously injured, last evening. She was driving a pony to small buggy, when the animal became.^j^ frightened at a passing carriage and^s started to run. In her efforts to stop it,-«^s assisted by her companion, she guided the pony to the sidewalk, and when thenar buggy ran against the curbstone she was thrown out. The other young lady waaj not injured.