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singular. If you wore to see me at a distance tho first question yon would ask would be: ‘'ls that a fish or an animal?" You mu?; give my very best love and respects U all my friends, particularly your brothers, Uncles Ross and tsarnuwl Simpson. You must write me a long letter in reply to this, and tell me about evervthinp and everybody, including yourself. If you happen to see any of my folks just tell them that I am happy, alive, and well. I am truly your cousin and obedient servant, U. H. Grant. MrKinmry Griffith. N. ll.—ln coming I stopped five days in Philadelphia with onr friends. They are all well. Tell Grandmother Simpson that they always have expected to see her before, but have almost given up the idea now. They hope to hear from her often. ’ U. H. Grant. I came near forgetting to tell you about our dements or “black marks.’’ They give a man one of these “black manes for almost nothing, and if he gets two hundred a year they dismiss him. To show' how easy one can get these, a man- bv the name of Grant, of this State. got eight of these “marks” for not going to chnrelr to day. He was also put under arrest, so he cannot leave his room perhaps tor a month. Ail this for not going to church! We are not only obliged to go to church, but must march there by companies. This is not republican. It is an Episcopal church. Contrary to the expectations of you and tho lest of my Bethel friends, I have not been the least homesick. I would not go home on any acconnt whatever. When I conic home in two years (if I live), the vfay I shall astonish you natives will be curious. I hope you will not take me fora baboon. My best respects to Grandmother Simpson. I think often of her. I put this on the margin so you may remember it better. I want you tosho%v her this letter and all others that I may write to you. to her. lam going to write to some of my friends in Philadelphia soon. When they answer I shall write you again, to tell you all about them, etc. Remember and write me very soon, for I want io hear much. AFTER VICKSBURG’S FALL. A Little Incident, Showing Grant’)* Kindheartedness, Plainly Told. Vicksburg ( Miss ) Commercial. At this timo every scrap of narrative of the illustrious dead will he road with interest It is our good fortune to lie able to relate an incident of General Grant that puts in the best light the kindness and gentleness of character for which he was noted. On the sth of July. 1803, a Southern planter and Mrs. Dockery, of Arkansas, slowly made their way to General Grant’s headquarters, in tho rear of Vicksburg. The day before the long, tedious siego ended in the surrender of the confederate forces to General Grant. All was, there fore, in confusion and bustle, but tho Union 3oldiers wore in excellent humor and offered no opposition to tho progress of the two visitors to see the “old man,” as they loved to call their commander. Mrs. Dockerty was the wife of a confederate brigadier general who took part in the defense of the city. During the siege she had remained eleven miles in the rear of Vicksburg with the planter and his family. She could hear the cannonading all during the long combat, and at times the reports of the cannon were as rapid as the notes of a quick tune on the violin. As soon as the city surrendered she determined to hear the fate of her husband, so she persuaded the planter to get an old, dilapidated buggy left on the place by some of the straggling soldiers, and with harness improvised with old straps, ropes and strings, and a mule caught on the highway, to attempt the trip to Gen. Grant’s headquarters. The male pulled the buggy and its two occupants along the hot dusty road at a lively pace, and by 11 o’clock Grant's shady retreat, about throe miles to the rear of Vickburg, was reached. His headquarter tents were pitched ’just a little to the north of tho old Jackson road, on a ridge thiekly covered w ith dense shade trees. As soon us the guards were reached a sergeant informed the two they could proceed no further, as he knew General Grant would not see them. Mrs Dockery, with tears in her eves, begged tho soldiers to go to Grant and tell him that a lady in great distress wished only to see him just “one little minute." The officer went into the General’s tent, remained only one instant, returned, and invited Mrs. Dockery and the planter to walk in. They left the buggy with the guards, and tremblingly approached Grant’s tent. What, wuts their agreeable surprise to be cordially invited by Grant himself to he seated. Before hardly a word was spoken Grant instructed an orderly to serve his guests w ith cool water, and insisted on Mrs. Dockery taking an easy chair, which he vacated for her. As soon as Mrs. Dockery could command langnaee she poured into the General's ears her fears that her husband was wounded or dead, and asked for a pass to go to Vicksburg and learn w hat was bis fate. Grant replied almost word for- word as follows: ‘‘Madam, Geheral Grant has issued an order that there shall be no passing to and from Vicksburg, and he cannot set the example of violating his own orders.” Mrs. Dockery was in tears when she said: “Oh, my God! what shall I do?” A smile almost passed over Grant's face as he replied: “Oh, don’t distress yourself; I will take it upon myself to get news from your husband. He ninst he a gallant fellow to have won such a devoted wife." “But when will you find out for me? Can you not see this suspense is almost killing me?” • replied the lady. “Right now,” said Grant, “and you shall be my guest until ruy orderly can lly to General Pemberton’s headquarters and get the news.” Grant instantly instructed one of hi 6 aides to write a note to General Pemberton and inquire of him whether or not General Dockery, of Bowen’s division, had escaped unharmed, and all the news about him, as Mrs. Dockery was at his headquarters exceedingly anxious to know. While the orderly was gone General Grant’s dinner was served, and Mrs. Dockery and the planter dined with him and his friends. There were perhaps twenty generals, eolouels, majors, aides, and others at the table, but not one of them spoke a word that could wound the feelings of the General's guests. The General himself was exceedingly agreeable, and instead of talking about war, or anything pretaining to it, devoted himself to getting all the information he could about the South and its productions. No cotton planter ever evinced more interest in cotton than did tho great soldier to whom a strong city had surrendered *he day before. Soon after dinner the orderly returned with a note from General Pemberton stating that Gen. Dockery was in excellent health, and would visit his wife as soon as General Grant would permit it. General Grant smiled and said: “You shall see him in a day or two; just as soon as we can fix things a little. I’ll not forget your name, and of course will have to remember mine." When the General’s visitors arose to depart he assured them h appreciated their call, and, taking a scrap of paper, wrote on it for the guards to pass Mr. and Mrs. Dockery to their homo and signed his name. Only one picket had to he passed, but the puss looked so much more common than those regularly issued that the guard scanned it closely. When tie read Grant’s own signature he said: “Humph, the ‘old man’ got to writing passes? Let them by." MISCELLAN KOUS MATTERS. A Monument'to the General at Fort Leavenworth Projected. Leavenworth, Kan., July 31.—A meeting is to be held in this city, on next Monday, of prominent men of Kansas, lowa, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, and other Western States and Territories, to consider a proposition to build a monument to General Grant at Fort Leavenworth. The lending Grand Army of the Republic men have been invited, also a number of prominent confederates. Grant’s Generosity. Gob. Horace 0. Porter. A touching scene occurred once in the White House, which more than ail others seems to illustrate the generosity <>f the man. 1 must prepare tho recital by saying that when captain Grant was living on his farm, near St. Louis, trying to make a living bv hauling wood into tho city, and, finding that he could not properly sustain his family, lie thought he would have to apply what talents had been given him in another direction. Having been educated as an ewgiueer at West Point, and finding that thu

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office of eity engineer in St, Louis was vacant, he made application for it 'When he bid his family good-bye on the morning that the decision was to he made all their hopes for the future seemed to hang upon the success of his mission. But when he got to the place he found that a very influential gentleman of St. Louis was in favor of the opposing candidate. His influence carried the day, and Captain Grant came home sorely disappointed. As he lay upon his bed that night he came nearer giving way to despair than at any other period of his life. Well, twenty-six years after he was sitting as chief magistrate of ihe ration in the Executive Mansion. I brought to him one day, as secretary, a list of the recommendations for the Brazilian mission. Ho looked over them, read the recommendations carefully, then selected a name and marked it. as he usually did, with a cross in ink. He said. ‘This is a good man. 1 know him personally. He will do honor to the country. Besides, he has the best recommendations on the files.’ I saw it was the name of Henry T. Blow. ‘Yes,’ he stid, looking some time at the name, ‘that is the person who once prevented me from getting the only office I ever applied so of city engineer of St Louis,’ Then he added, w ith something of a sigh in his voice: ‘lie will never know the distress he has caused my little farn.ly. Send his name in to the Senate.’ " Who l’aid the Doctors? New York Graphic. “1 nave seen," writes a reliable correspondent, “many accounts of the way in which the doctors of General Grant were paid, in all of which accounts Mr. George W. Childs and Mr. Drexel were credited with advancing the money. Indeed, it was stated in most of the stories I saw that they had paid all demands of the doctors without reference of the bills to tho family at all. But it is nevertheless the fact that they never contributed a single dollar towards the payment of the physicians. Why? Probably because nobody asked their.. Tho entire amount was raised by Mr. George Jones, of tho New York Times; and it was raised, like tho famous $5250,000 fund, without any unnecessary palaver or publicity. Mr. Jones simply saw the opportunity to serve the family of General Grant once more, and seized it. That was all. Mr. Jones had willing coadjutors in a great number of persons, whom I have nc authority to name, but oneof whom I will name, in spite of a remonstrance which 1 know will be raided. The first persou to whom Mr. Jones applied for a subscription for the payment of the doctors’ claims was Mr. Frank Work. He responded with a check for SI.OOO. But shortly after sending it he wrote a note in which he said he was not exactly satisfied that he had done all he ought to have done in the matter, and inclosed therein was another check for $1,500. The claims of the physicians were liquidated by Mr. Jones down to duly 5, and I think ho has looked after their interests sufficiently.” Tricks of a Photographer. Mt. McGregor Special. The sale of the small photograph taken of General Grant, amounting already in ordera to over $500,000, shows that there is a fortune in the good negatives which were taken for the sculptor. This fortune should belong to the family, if any one, hut it seems that the man who took the photographs is a fraud. He came here before the General’s death, and wanted to take a single negative, he said for the Century Magazine. If ho could have ono good photograph for them he would give the negative to the family. On this plea he was given a silting, and he took two excellent pictures, by far the best pictures of Grant that have ever been taken. They represent the General in skull cap and gown, sitting in hi3 chair with a shawl thrown over his knees, writing on his memoirs. In one he is looking down upon his work, and his pen is going; in the other he has raised his eyes, and there is a sad. thoughtful, suffering look in them as he looks out over the country. The photog rapher took the negatives, and after taking one copy handed them over to the Grant family. Before he was permitted to take them he had to sign a written agreement that he would not publish them, and that he would give up the nega tives. It now turns out that he had no connection with the Century, and that he took two other negatives at the time which he did not give up. From these he is selling photographs. The pictures taken here were, however, copyrighted, and it is probable that an injunction will bo served upon him. The Fighting in the Wilderness. Speech of Gen. Horace V. Porter. General Porter next described, in graphic phraseology, the second day of the battle of the Wilderness, and Grant’s behavior at the time. He told of the undergrowth that impeded the progress of the mqn, and the overgrowth that shut out the light of heaven, when in the efforts of the wounded to drag themselves away from the fire, that had caught the brush, every thorn on every bush seemed hung with shreds of bloodstained clothing, until it seemed that men were turned to fiends and hell itself had usurped the place of heaven. Reports of disasters to the Union forces were coming in thick and fast. Many of Grant's officers were disheartened and ready to give up. There General Grant stood as a giant among men. showing the magnificent power of a cool man of courage. After sifting the dispatches, throwing out the ones he refused to believe, ho pave orders for strengthening here, reinforcing there, and taking up new positions elsewhere as rapidly as his lips could move. Turning to me, he ordered me to throw all tho wagon trains into line of battle on tho right. An officer said to him: “If we are defeated here, and driven from this line, our trains will all be captured." The General’s lips pressed a little tirliter, and he seemed to me to stand a foot higher than he ever stood before or since, as he responded: “When this army is defeated, and W’hen lam driven from this iino, it will be when I have so few men left that they will not want any trains.” The Flousc In Which Grant Was Born. New York. July 31. —Capt. James J. Coogan, of this city, is negotiating lor the purchase of the house at Point Pleasant, 0., in which Gen. Grant was horn, with a view offhaving it set up in Central Park. He offers $5,000 for it. The owner. Michael Ilirsoh, wants $. 10,000 Mrs. Sartoris’s Future, Mt. McGregor Special. It is whispered here that Nellie Grant Sartoris may hereafter make her home in this country. General Grant is said to have wanted her children educated as Americans, and if she changes her residence it will be for their education. Geueral Notes. Governor Harrison, of Connecticut, has issued a proclamation declaring Aug. 8 a legal holiday. At a meeting of the committee in charge of the work of ex-cting a Giant mt morial statue in Chicago, yesterday, subscription* to tho amount of $22,000 and other pledges swelling tfce total to $32,000 were made. Ex-Post master-general Crcswell. of General Grant’s Cabinet, arrived at Mt. McGregor yesterday. lie brought his wife and daughter with him. and said he expected to stay until the day of the funeral. Ho expressed himself as particularly well pleased with the pall bearers appointed t y President Cleveland to assist at the obsequies of General Grant, especially tho selection ot Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Buckner, representing the Confederacy. Referring to the regrets that have been expressed in some quarters that General Grant is not to be buried in bis uniform, with one of his swords by his side, and to the supposition that none of his uniforms or swords are available for that purpose, because they wero all turued over to the government some months ago, with his other military relics, Adjutant general Drum to day said to an Associated Press reporter ihat any or all of them are at the disposal of Mrs. Grant, while they remain in the War Department awaiting the action of Congress. A Challenge in Behalf of llanlon* Detroit, July 3L —The well known sporting man, Ed. Giiiman, issues a challenge to any oarsman in the world, and especially to Bench, of Australia, to row llanlon on the Detroit river, any distance, and at any time agreed upon, for $5,000 u side. Gillman will put up SSOO or SI,OOO forleit with any reliable newspaper in the United States, and will put up the whole $5,000 before 1 Beach leaves Australia, if necessary.

THE INIIAKMONIOUS TOBIES. Tho Daily Standard Savagely Attacks Lord Randolph Churchill, And Predicts that Unless lie Is Silenced He Will Accomplish the Ruin of His Partj—The Munster Rank's Affairs. THE TORY SPLIT. The Standard Makes a Savage Attack Upon Lord Randolph Churchill. London, July 31. —The Standard, which is the accef>tedTory organ, uses the following language in its attack upon Lord Randolph Churchill as a leader of the Tory party: “To speak plainly, Lord Randolph Churchill has been puffed in the press with admirable aseiduity by a well-organ-ized clique which is always ready to cry: ‘Prodigious!’ whenever ho opens his mouth. But it is always iu vain. The Liverpool incident shows the extent of the alarm which Churchill's blundering and blustering have inspired within the bosom of his party. It were a thousand times better that the Conservatives should be again in opposition than that they should be exposed to the humiliation of such things as Churchill’s attack on Earl Spencer’s government of Ireland. Unless tho government disavows these attacks, it will feel tho bad effects in the future more severely than it has yet eontem plated. The truth is, Lord Randolph Churchill has been much overrated. If his pranks be endured longer, he will smash the government and the Conservative party. We will follow the Marquis of Salisbury, but wo will not follow this overgrown scholar, without knowledge sufficient to fathom his own ignorance of statesmanship. It is a common saying that Lord Randolph Churchill is equally a Radical with Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, and the popular estimate is not far wrong." THE COLOMBIAN REBELLION. Tle Government Foiccn Capture Barranquilla —Pres tan a Prisoner. i\k\v York, July 31.— Senor Becerra, minister to this country from the United States of Colombia, has received the following telegram from Panama: “Barranquilla has been taken by the forces of the national government, and that port will soon be open to commerce. Prestan, who, since his escape from Aspinwall, after its surrender to the national troops, has been operating with the rebels at Barranquilla, was made prisoner, and will be tried for the part he has taken in the rebellion." FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Tho Munster Bank Shareholders Approve the Plan for Liquidation. DruLiN, July 31.—The Munster Bank shareholders have approved the plan of petitioning the Court of Chancery to appoint a provisional liquidation of the bank's affairs, pending the organization of n new hank with a capital $3,750,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be called. The new scheme for the restoration of tho Munster Bank oonteniplatos the temporary establishment of n new bank, with a paid-up capital of £150,000, to take eare of the business of the Munster Bank, until it can be reliabitated. Police have succeeded in discovering some valuable securities at the lodgings of Robert Farquharson, the absconding joint manager of the Dublin branch of the Munster Bank. A director of the Munster Bank at Cork charges Farquharson with causing the suspension of the bank in order to obtain the appointment of liquidator, so as to cover up his defalcations. It is doubtful whether Farquharson sailed for America, as was reported yeoterday. It is believed he has goue to Spain. Burial of Sir Moses Montefiore. Ramsgate, July 3L — The remains of Sir Moses Montefioro were buried this afternoon Business was suspended and the shops weri Tho weather was cloudy but the attendance was vast. The funeral rites were of an i. tious character, and the coffin was placed beside that containing tho dust of tho philanthropist's wife. The Telegraph Amendment Bill Rejected. London, July 31. —The House of Commons last night rejected, by a vote of 108 to G 2, Lord John Manners’s amendment to tho six-penny telegraph bill. The bill of the late Postmastergeneral, Mr. Lefevre, making the cost of a twelve word telegram, including the address, sixpence, passed in committee, unamended. Sale of Burns Relics. London, July3L—At the sale of Burns relics, at Ayr, yesterday, the Tam O'Slisuiter and Souter Johnnie chairs were bought fer the Burns cottage for £47 each. A wooden silverhooped stirrup-cup was sold for £55. and an autograph letter of the poet to Hamilton Nirnmo brought £7. The Cholera in Spain. Madrid, July 31. —The thunder storms prevailing here are largely increasing the cholera mortality. There were 2,Glff new cases of cholera in the plague stricken districts yesterday, and 1,031) deaths from the disease for the same time. Cable Notes. Robert Buchanan is seriously ill, He has just completed a long dramatic poem. Major general Macgregorjis going to Quettao to select a site for an entrenched camp. The Count of Paris will issue a manifesto to the Royalists on the eve of the general elections. The six penny telegram bill passed its third reading in the British House of Commons last night. Prince Von Holienlohe will leave Paris in October to assume the Governorship of AlsaceLorraine: At the Goodwood races, yesterday, tho Rentinck memorial plate was won by Mr. Craig’s Bluegrass. Tho Earl of Carnarvon will make a tour of Ireland in order to ascertain the condition and n ieds of the people. Mr Cox. the United States minister, has arrived at Constantinople, lie will be presented to the Sultan next week. It is reported that Osman Plena was killed in the Kassala battle. The Mahdi’s followers are everywhere demoralized. It is the general belief in diplomatic circles at Berlin that a pacific solution of the Anglo Russian quarrel is now almost certain. The Pone has appointed Rev. Jeremiah O'Sullivan Bishop of Mobile, Ala., not Father Byrne, as was stated on Wednesday. IVIr. Gladstone will start on Saturday, on his cruise to Norway, as a guest of Sir Thomas Brassy, oa tho latter’s yacht Sunbeam. The Diretto, of Rome, thinks that Italy* will relieve the garrison at Kassala, as arranged between Earl Granville and Signor Mancini. Tho Registrar general’s quarteilv return estimates the present population ot Ireland at 4.924,342. showing a great decrease, which is chiefly owing to emigration to America. The municipal authorities of Marseilles renew their assertions that there is no cholera on the frontier. All precautions are being taken to prevent the disease from entering the country. At the coining meeting at Gastein. Prince Bismarck will attend Emperor William and Count Kolnoky will attend Emperor Francis Joseph. The meeting will therefore be one of great iuterest. Mr. Lee has arrived at Vienna to take charge of tho American legation. The departure of Mr. and Mrs. Francis is much regretted, as they have made numerous friends and arc highly popular there. At Bombay, yesterday, a native soldier who has been reported for misconduct took his revenge by killing two native sergeants. He barricaded himself in his quarters, killed his

wife, and after keeping up an effective fusillade for some time on an attacking party, killed himself with his last shot. The Provost of Glasgow stated, at a meeting in that city yesterday, ttiat the crimes exposed in London by the Pall Mail Gazette prevail in almost equal degree in Glasgow. A German reserve officer was arrested by the Russian authorities at Jarobstadt, on the Baltic, as a spy. On his person were found letters addressed to his wife, containing description and plans of Russian fortifications. The Pope, with great religious ceremony, held a public consistory on Thursday, at which the newlv appointed cardinals were hatted. Later in the day a secret papal consistorj’ was held, at which there wero other ceremonies and other titles conferred. In the British House of Commons, last night, an amendment to the criminal bill, providing for the flogging of prisoners convicted of outraging children, was rejected, 125 to 91. An amend-' ment raising the age of protection of girls to sixteen, was carried by a vote of 179 to 71. MINOR WASHINGTON TOHCS. [Concluded from First Page.] in his grade during that period. Dr. Wales was tried for culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty, and for neglect of duty, He was tound guilty on both charges. In approving the sentence, the Seore tarv of the Navy says: “In expressing its approval of the proceedings, findings and sentence of this court, the department deems it proper to remark that no dishonest or corrupt act or move involving any breach of personal integrity on the part of the Medical Director, Phillip 8. Walsh, was alleged against him; nor is there evidence in the record which would have justified such a charge, or which tends to cast any reflection upon his personal honesty. It is equally proper, however, to state that the charges of culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty and neglect of duty are fully sustained by the evidence." Personal and General. Special Vo the 1 ndi&uavolN Journal. Washington, July 31. —Fifth Auditor D. S. Alexander vacated his desk to day, to EickholT, his successor, who assumed the duties of the office. Mr. Alexander expects to leave for Buffalo to morrow. Col. Hughes East, the Vice-president’s private secretary, arrived here to-day, and wili remain some timo. Ex Senator McDonald, who started for herefrom Indianapolis at the same time,stopped over at Deer Park, Md., Mrs. McDonald is, and will come to Washington onj Monday. Colonel East, after feeling the official pulse here, reiterated his belief to the Journal eorrespon dent, to-night, that the investigation into the charges against Postmaster Jones would not amount to anything, ar.d the postmaster would not bo disturbedjtfp’here is strong belief here that the civil service officers went to Indianapolis to whitewash Jones, and that Judge Thotuan has fallen short of his duty. The Secretary of State to-day received from the French government 13.C59 francs, being tho amount awarded by the Franco-American claims commission to American claimants against the French government. Nineteen claims were presented, and all but two were either disallowed or dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The officers of the Corps of Engineers in charge of tho improvements upon the fortifications of the country have made their annual reports to the Chief of Engineers. On account of the small appropriation made last year, but little work has been done during the past season. The funds available were used in putting in good order the platforms of the various forts It is estimated that there has been a decrease of about $7,000,000 in the public debt during the month of July. It is understood the President within a few days will fill the vacant second lieutenancies existing in the line of the army, from civil life. The naval board, which is examining the plans and specifications for the proposed new cruisers, expects to bo occupied with its work during the entire summer. It is possible that after the American plans are examined. Secretary Whitney will appoint a commission to go abroad and examine foreign models. The six chiefs of divisions in the Second Auditor’s office have been requested to tender resignations. They are Thomas C. Bailey. F. H. Goodall. C- Towell, Thomas Rathbone, H. A. Whallon and 0. C. Snow. Charles L. Skinner, of Baltimore, was to day disbarred from practice as an attorney before tho Interior Department, for extorting illegal fees. The following order has been issued by the Secretary of the Interior: “Leave of absence, with pay on account of sickness, will not be granted for a longer period than thirty days in any calendar year. The necessity for such sick leave.must be fully established by medical evidence, and to the satisfaction of the officers of the department.” This order does not effect the annual leave for thirty cays. The practice heretofore has been to allow sixty days sick leave in one year. The Secretary of State received from Lima, last evening, a telegram announcing the death of Lieutenant Nye, naval attache to the American legation at that place. The Lieutenant whs instructed to accompany the remains of exMtnister Phelps to the United States, but before the date of departure iio became ill. and died yesterday. No particulars have been received. The President has recognized David A. McKinley as Consul-general of Hawaii for the States of California. Nevada and Oregon, aud for Washington Territory. Iri answer to an inquir}*- of the Commissioner of Pensions as to his authority to reinstate a clerk who was discharged from the Pension Office in 1881, the Becond Assistant Secretary of the Interior has decided that any person dismissed from the classified service cannot be reinstated after the lapse of ono year, and cannot, again be admitted into the service without ex amination and classification under tho civilservioo rules. A Train Wrecked by Dynamite. Denver, Col., July 31.—The incoming Leadville passenger train, due here at 9:30 r. M., exploded a dynamite cartridge about two and one-half miles south of the city. The engine and tender were badly wrecked. One length of track was torn up. The passengers were uninjured. The explosion was distinctly heard in a radius of ten miles. Popular belief is that the cartridge was the work of strikers. Killed at a Ball. Nashville, Tenn., July 31.—Miss Martha Brown, a beautiful young lady, wa3 instantly killed at a bail at Roeersville, on Wednesday nigat. While the ball was in progress, a revolver fell from the pocket of a young man and was discharged. The ball struck Miss Brown in the breast and passed through her heart. The young man who dropped the pistol was almost crazed with grief, aud fled. Cleveland Strikers|Still Fighting. Cleveland, 0., July 31. —Everything was quiet in the Eighteenth ward, the scene of the strike to day, until 4:30 o’clock, when a gang of strikers assembled at the wire mill yards, armed with clubs. Two men were engaged in loading wire, aud they were set’upon by the strikers, and severely injurdd. There were no officers in the vicinity, consequently no arrests were make. Light on the Boston Mystery. Philadelphia. Pa., July 31.—1 tis said hero that the description of the woman whose mutilated remains were found floating in the Charles river, nenr Boston, a few days ago, tallies exactly with that of Mrs. Thayer, who was reported missing at the police department, in this city, on tho 25th of last March. Decrease in Business Failures, New* York, July 31. —The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported by R. G. Dun & Cos., number fQr the United States 178 and for Canada 23. or a total of 201, as against 215 last week and 225 the week previous to the last. Failure of a Plow Company. Lawrence, Kan., July 31.—The Lawrence Plow Company has made an assignment. The liabilities are $30,000. The assets, it is stated, will pay outstanding claims aud a fair percenk age on the capital stock.

TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Raleigh. N. C., the fonr-year-old daughter of James Bennett, of New York, a summer resident, was scalded to death in a bath tub. Charley Rose and his comrade, arrested on suspicion of complicity in the robbery of the Richmond & Danville pay-car, have been released. George W. Baker has arrived in Boston from St. Louis on his bicycle, having covered the distance of 1,354 miles in nineteen days of actual riding. flThe total imports of dry goods at the port of New York during the past week were valued at $2,332,337. and the amount thrown on the market at $2,179,787. All the menfeaught in the debris of the fallen mill, at Wilmington, Del., have been accounted for. There were eleven men injured, but all are considered out of danger. In the Cleveland Police court, yesterday, the jury disagreed in the case of Gorsuch, the Chicago anarchist, charged with uttering language calculated to incite a riot. The Chinese and Indian delegates, after presenting their grievances to the Dominion government. have gone home to British Columbia. Sir John MacDonald has promised them a full investigation and redress. George Hutchins, of Boston, who had been missing and who it was thought might ho the man whose bruised body was found in the Charles riveron July 4. has turned up alive and well, so the river still holds the secret of two mysterious murders. A. Harwood died yesterday morning at the residence of his son, on Mountain Creek, Texas. He was chief clerk of the Confederate Postoffice Department at Richmond from 1801 to 1862. He afterward served as quartermaster of Burford’s regiment until the close of the war. Notwithstanding that Wm. Pierson confesses to having struck the blow which resulted in I)olphice Bergeron's death, at East Saginaw, the coroner's jury yesterday returned as their verdict that Bergeron’s death was attributable to a blow inflicted by a person or persons unknown. Violent Storms in Dakota. Fargo, Dak., July 31.—8 y a violent storm, yesterday, an electric tower here, one hundred and sixty feet high, all iron, was blown down and twisted out of any semblance to its original appearance. Many tin-roofs and trees in the city were carried away, and great damage was done in the country east. Near Glyndon Capt. Flint, of Carlinville, 111., had a large barn destroyed, six cows killed and several thousand acres of wheat damaged 40 per cent, A Novel Suicide. Georgetown, Col., July 31.—T0 day Wm. Neff, a former resident of St. Louis, employed at the Telephone mine, committed suicide in a most novel manner. Complaining of being ill, Neff went to his cabin, laid down on the floor, and placed a stick of giant gunpowder with a cap and fuse attached, under his head. While in this position he lighted the fuse. The shot blew his head entirely from the body. A Plucky School Teacher. Louisvti.i.e. Ky., July 31.—Several months ago a masked body of men visited the house of Prof. P J. Slocum, a school teacher of Horse Cave, Ky. Slocum fired into the crowd and killed three of them. Slocum to day filed a suit for $25,000 against nineteen of the best citizens of Hart county. He also charges them with conspiracy to drive him out of the county. Hardware Store Burned at Duluth. Duluth. Miun., July 31. A fire in the basement of G. C. Greenwood & Co.’s hardware store damaged the building to the extent of $4,000. The hardware stock of the firm was damaged by heat, smoke anu water from $15,000 to S2O 000, The whole stock was valued at about $60,000, and insured for $49,000. SPECIAL I mourn MOST PERFECT MADE Purest and strongest Natural Fruit Flavors. Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Almond, Rose, etc., flavor as delicately and naturally as the fruit. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CniCACO. 6T. 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Teachers’ meeting, led by pastor, Fridav at 7:45 p. m. All are cordially welcome to any or all of these services Methodist Episcopal. f IEXTR.YL-A VENUE M ETHODIST EPISCOPAL \J Chutph—Corner of Butler street and Central avenue. Ivev. A. Marino. D. 1).. pastor. Preaching to-morrow at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. S. F. Tineher. Sunday-school at 2:15 p. m. Strangers cordially welcomed. Me Rioran-streetTiethodist episcopal Church—Corner New York and Meridian streets. Rev. John Alabaster. 1). I>., pastor. General class at 9 a. m. Sunday-school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11a. in. by the oastor. Subject, “How Do We Know Christianity Is True?” You are invited. No services at night. 11 OBERTS PARK MKT HO I> IST EPISCOPAL V Church—Corner of Delaware and Vermont streets. Rev. I. H. McConnell, pastor. General class at oa. m. and class at (5:30 p. rn. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. by the pastor. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Young peoples' meeting on Monday at 7:15 p. m. 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