Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 July 1885 — Page 2

WEEKLY COUBIEtt. O. DOA.N3B. PubllHliwr.

JASrKK. INDIANA. TOPICS OF THE DAY. Hows from Cvrywhwr. ' Kx-Scrktary Lixoolx, who has resided ia Waahlagtoa alaee tke change of tke Admtaiatratloa, kM gone to Fortress Mou re After a short stay there, ke will go to Chicago aad resume tke practice of law. Serxarb Maoooxauor, an armless vetaraa of the ordnance terTlee, ha beea designated by the Secretary of tke Intrtor m custodiaa ef tke Detroit arseaal property at Dearbora, Mich., rice J. A. Patrick, resigned. Qceex Victoria aaa teat Sir Stafford Northootean autograph letter thanking aim for h high service aBtl offering aim aa earldom. He will tuine the title ef Earl of Iddlesleigh aad Viscount St. Cyres. Wilfrid be Foxville ku published at Paris a thriUiag aceoaat of tke Greely expeditioa aader the title "Lea Affairs du Pole Nerd." Mr. Foavllle was acquainted w ith Dr. Pavy of tke expeditioa. I Politics are ruaatag high ia the laTn late Admiral Courbet will be baried t Abbaville, his birthplace. vnAnv rthe 19th to retlriag Minister Mortea of the TJaited Stages. i Hermax G. Webkr has bea appoiated Halted States Marshal for the Southera District of IlliBois. ' The Irish are satisled with the appolatneat ef the Earl of Carnarvon aa Lord !Leuteaaat of Ireland. General Edoartox, Post-office Inspector at St. Loais, Mo., has beea transferred Bos to b. He will be succeeded by Incpector Crewell, of Kansas. Faro Lewis has been expelled from the '6& Loais Leagae team for insubordination. James T. Faxxixo, aa old acior, has beea seat to the Hoase of Industry at Bos tea as a vagrant Pressors of official business kept the Trench Minister away fro the Bartholdi etatae ceremonies at New York. Wk. A. DaT, of Illinois, has beea appoiated Secoad Auditor of the Treasury at Washington, vice Oraage Ferrlss.lresigaed. The Marqais of Salisbury deaies that the Conservatives desire war with Russia. It is reported that Miss Marie Van Zaadt Is eBgaged to be married to a Russian Graad Duke, who met her ia St. Petersharg aad followed her to Loadoa, where the betrothal was agreed upoa. Gexeral Vox Masteuffel will be baried without military honor, la accord - aace with hi owa wish. Emperor Willi am has thanked Emperor Fraacls Joseph ef Aastria for tke honor skowa the General's remains. A baxquet la hoaer of Ualted States Seaator Payne was given la Liverpool, Bag., tke eveaiag of tke llh, by Mr. Gilley. A brllllaat oompaay was preseat, la -eladiagtke new American Coasal, Mr. -Charles T. Rassell, aad many prominent Merchants ef Liverpool. Ox the 2oth Mrs. Barton, of New Brausrwlek, N. J., gave birth to triplets. This MkM seven at three births. H8 Cleyelaxb's book is promised to the public by Jane 3tk. Sexator Sabix, of Mianesota, is reported dangerously 111 at Stillwater. Dame Rumor says First Assistant Postmaster-General Hay is to resign, aad that Kick Bell, of St Loais, will get tbe place. Gexerax. Joseph E. Joh.xstox. RillTend Coaatlssioaer, will start West aboat Jaly 1st oa a tour of laspectioa. Tax Marquis of Salisbury says If he assumes ottce he will not object to rotes of eeaeare, as It will giro his party some.wing to ge before the county with. , An interview with Bishop O'Connor of Nebraska aad Wyomlag advising against 'Irish emigration to tke Ualted States, is abllhed la the Dahlia Freeman's JonrValmtijce Loswxr's brewery at New York has beea seized, aad tke proprietor beaad ever ea tke charge of using bogus tamps ea his barrels. A Dctux dispatch says that McDeraseet, whe has for some time beea em.ployed m a detective at the Cattle, has jest beea skipped off to a aew home la oae ef the colonies. Ox the 21st General Grant passed a quiet day, aad was retting peacefully at the latest aeeeaatc ColoxeZj Switzler, chief ef tke Bureau ef mtiUs, thlaks there should be a eow plete revlatoa of the laws relating to the bureau. Goversor Retxolbs will not be appoiated Minister to Spala aatil Minister Foster finishes negotiations for a comtaercial Creaty. Miss FUjrkxce Acdexrixb, daughter of General Audearied, of General Bherman's staff, will eater the Georgetown Convent Minister Fexblxtox was received most cordially at Berlin oa the 23d. LORB HalisburT has delaltely decided to accept the British Premiership. Host. C A Looax, ex-United States Minister to Chili, is oa his way home. Gekerai Gorbon'b diary was published simultaneously la Loadoa aad Boston oa tke SJtfa. The Pope has writ tea a strong letter to Cardinal Guibert, defending the papal prerogatives. Bmfkhor William's grandson, Prince William, will succeed Maateuffel as Governer of Alsaee-Lorraiae. Thomas Knott r jumped off the bridge at Ciacianati, 1M feet to the water, ea ithe 221, and was taken out unhurt The Tratee braaeh ef the Irish Rational .League has expelled Its Pretldeat Hr. 'Marr.agtea.

A M3 PATCH WRS WMW Ut Hte fOSt-

cc.i Department on tJ xJd from British Columbia, My lag that Hlbbs, tb absconding pOStmaltOC At Lewis u, Idaho, who stele and went to Canada, is willing to compromise by giving the Government of t4ie stolen money for kl freedom. Tbe Foe' master-Gen oral directed that the offer b? refused, as the Government would rather have Hibbs than tke money. CRIMBW AXD OAMIALTISBB. Oh the ltith a colore I man and aa Italian had a dtmculty at Kraasville, Ind., over a bottle ef whisky aad mertally wouaded each othr. On the lHh a A. Buddeaselek, whose row ot tenement houses on Sixty-second street, New York, fell some time ago, killing one of his employes, was found guilty ef manslaughter ia the secoad degree by a jury. In the Piadlebary co'.llery explosion, aear Manchester, England, lie lives were lost The Davenport (Ia.) woolen mills were almost wholly destroyed by are ea the HKb. Geore Schseidkr wa hingel at Hamilton, O., oa the 19th, for killla- his mother. A couple of attache) of Cole's circus killed each other la a fight at Houghtea, Mich., oa the 19th. Samuel H. Wad, of Minneapolis, Minn., has beea arrested oa charge ef land swiadliaz in Berlin. Nine men have so far beea killed la tke Jones-Hall faction war la Kaott Couaty, Kentucky. Ix tke case of Johnson for the killiag ef Henry at Greeallle, Teaa., tke evideace was all ia oa the 19th aad argument began oa tke 30th. T. J. Cluverios was sentenced to death at Richmond, Va., for the murder of Fan aie Lillian Madison. Eighty Bulgarian brlgaads hare been cantured aad fifteea killed In Roumella, wherj they were stirring up a rebellion. CiAHLvs Campbell was hanged in Plaqueailae Parish, Louisiana, on the 19th for murder. Arthur J. Clover, wanted for murder in Wood Couaty, Ohio, has beea captured near Mrmemins), Wa. Link Banks, aa outlaw, was killed at Whitesbarg, Ky., oa the 18.h, by Ja. R. Fratier. William Pattisox Is dead. He made an asceasioa ia a balloon at Charleston, V. Va., oa the 19th, the air ship caught fire and a fall took place. He never knew what "struck" him. Perry and William Milton, father and son, were hanged at Farmersvllle, La., on the lirth, for the murder of John Cherry. Ox the 2Hh the planing mill ef McNowa & Sons at LaGrace, lad., was destroyed by fire. Br a cave-la ia a mine near Richmond, O., on the 30th, two miaers were killed aad another seriously hurt Ox the 29th Frank White was nrrested at New York for kaviag In kls psasslon counterfeit standard dollars. Ar Leghorn, Pa., oh the 9Hh, John It McKee, a rfver pilot, killed his wife and himself. Jealousy was the cause. Cocxsel for Thomas J. Olaverius, coav.'cted aad sentenced to death at R ckraoad, Va., for tke murder of his coasia, Fanny Lillian Madieoa, have filed a motion for a aew trial, supported by aa af fidavit promising to show aa alibi. Information also cornea that the affidavit is the result of perjury. As a result of tke recent earthquakes 'la Cashmere. 8,061 persons lost their llTes, 7,000 housjs were destroyed aad 8,80) aai mats perished. Ax unknown man was found dead la a well at SUaford, Cobb., ea the 23d. The Cincinnati police are still puzzling over the Botkia murder. Three workmen were rua over by a train aad killed at Lancaster, Pa., oa the 221. The British steamer Guadiaaa has beea lost off the coast of Brazil. J. S. Brros. alias J. O. Brock, has beea convicted of bigamy at Clinton, Ia. A mob at Tralee, Ireland, on the 23d, wrecked the offlci of the Kerry Sentinel. At Allentown. Pa., oa the 22J, the Leightoa coal mine breuker waa burned, causing a loss of $t),0 W. A colliery at North Ashland, Pa., had to be flooded on the 2 id to put out a fire, and th!-s will can t a saspeasloa for six moaths. A Polish potter namsd Klftter at West Wheel. ag, W. Vs., attempted to cremate his dead child oa aceoaat of poverty, but was nreveated. He then attempted te kill his wife. Ax American, who had lost all his money by gambling at Monte Carlo, com mitted suicide at Nice oa tke S3d by talc lag morphine. Dcrixs the procession ef Ferepaugh'j circus at Flint. Mich., oa the 23d, Jeha Riley fell from a lare chariot aad w instantly killed by a wteel passiag over kis head. IDNKMKl.IJUaKa'S. Grasshoppers are report xl to be doing serious damage in California. The Conservatives and Liberals In the British Parliament, It Is said, will agree oa the budget, so as to close up the ses sloa. It la proposed to appolat medical ia spec tors at all Cuban consulates te keep cholera out of tke Ualted States. Damasinq frosts were reported ea the Sldoa the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. For the week ended thexDth the imports ef merokaadise at New York, exclusive ef drr eoods, were valued at Skxtt.liS. Ix the premises occupied by Louis Schertz, who recently died at ClaelaaaU, O.. S7S.OQ0 ia cold and silver coin was discovered unexpectedly by hi brother. Ix read lus tine Postmasters' salaries at WMhiHgtoa. Cincinnati was the caly large city where the salary was reduced the redaeMea being from te 9,ese. The Italian ministerial erlsis continues. TNEettrueeiea hare beea el eared from the BaaxCaaal, aad it k agata eeeaed te

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Mormons leU Lmdea the steamer Wiseoaeia for America. They wr MseaUy Seaadlaavlaaa aad are beaad for Utah. A FLA a of the Fifty-third IttiaeU Kimeat, feua 1 among the trophies the Confederate Goverameat, has beea re turned to the State ef Illiaeia. The reports of the ravages of cholera la Spala ea the 9dth show a total ef 163 aew eases aad le deaths. A JAM of several mtMloa toe formed ea the Keaaehee Klver m Maine, bat were loosened ea the 2$d by dyaaw.te. The Fraace-Chlaeee treaty ef peaee was presented la fall to the Freaea Chamber of Djfmties. PaRSENaxR agent ef Eastern lines at their meKlng in Chicago agreed t pay nc more commisioas. Disturb axces hav brekea eat again ta Letcher Couaty, Ky., aad State troops are ordered to be la readiness. The temperance people havj made trouble among the old soldiers assembled at Portland, Me., for th G. A. K- encamnment. bv the iseae of aa ill-advised c rcular. The German bark Heleae, arrived at Valparaiso, reports violent earthaakes at sea oa tke 19tk int There were a number ef dismissals from the Department ef JusUee oa the 23d. iacladiac oae assistant attorney a-d a number of law clerks. It is understood tkat all ef tke force were dismissed tc whom the civil service rules da not apply. Supplies are being sent to Pert Hamilton. Corea, by tbe Japanese, aad it it apposed they will permanently occupy it The Mexican editorial excursionists were rovalK-eatertaiaed at El Paa3 aad Saa MareiaL N. M. The only way to settle the Italian crisis Is said to hi the return ef DerHis te power. Vera Crcz has established a threeday's quarantine agatatt vessels iag from Spain. Employes of the Gaines ford Carriage Company at Cincinnati, OL, ar oa a strike against n reduction ef w;. The Sultan of Morocco has asked French projection. AG2STS of the Agrlcnltaral DtortBiut have gone to California to aid tke people there ia derisiag aseine of relief from the ravages of grasshoppers in that Sate. Government troop have defeated the rebels in Cubv The master plumb?rs ef the United Stntes met in annual coaveatioa la Old Fellows' Hall, St. Louis, Mo., oa the JL The issue of staadard silverdotlars from the mints daring the week ending June 30th was fWl tN. The iseae for the rorIrep3ndins leriol of last year was J,J1 AMXRtcvx Indians cresting the border In the Northwest to kelp ig Bear nave beea driven oat by the Caaaiiaa troops. Wheat m sight increased the past week 310.9.V5 basbels; cera mcrase l.,lie bushels; oats Increased 7iii. bushels; rye decreased SSi buthets; barley decreased tuskels. A COLD wave, accompanied by sae-w. visited Grand Traverse County, Mica., the id. LATE NEWS ITEMS A strike of shoelastera for iacreaee wages is threatened at Cineiana'.L A Fatal disease hat appeared hogs ia Peaasylvaaia. The Pope will create six aew cardinals at a con fistory to be held Jaly lUu Chicago is taking active sanitary measures to ward off cholera. The French Ambassador to England had a long interview with Lord Salisbery on tbe iZL Produce experts from New York dorlas' the sevea davs ended the aal were S,971,919. The trial of five Italians for the der ef Filippo- Caruso waa begaa at Chi cage ea the 21. This is Chleage's trunk tragedy. The Marquis of Salisbury went to Windsor Cattle ea the 24d to inform the Queen of his acceptance of ettee. Chas. Bcbbexseice. the New erc Lull der. was sentenced t3 tea rears ia the Penitentiary nnd fiaed . Thu Xati'maC lttMk at W ashiagtoa, D. C, has opened war on the President ea his appoiatmeat itolscy. Mk. Glabstone iafermel the House ot Commons oa the 2d at as to the relatioaa between himself nnd Lord Salisbury. George W. Dext, General Grant's brother-in-law, has been suspended from the bfllte of Appraiser of Customs at Saa FraacUeo. A sexratiox occurred at Rock Island, III., ea tke 21J, by the poisoning of about tweutv families from eating suesija bee' Russia has Instructed hr mialster at London to take aa attitad of reserve toward tke Saltsburr Government. A desperado named I,rsee dead at Grays villi, Ga., oa tke 21, while resist lag arrest. The Marylaad Supreme Court hns eon firmed the sentence of Bogging nad im prlsonmeat oa Henry A. Myers for wifebratinr. and he will have te take the lAt rl We Adolph Loevt, a St. Leak cigar packer, fifty years okL died oa the SRI from tke effects of aa overdose of morphine supposed suicide. Gexeral Crook reports thataeoasd erable time will elapse before the expedition now ia pursuit of the Indians eaa be heard from. Jay Ooclb has purchased worth of real estate aloar the line of the Iron Mountain Railroad's proposed new eonsection with the Union Depot at St Ltmis A Max was arrested for selliag Frenoh pools at Sheepshead Bsy races on the SM, bat the rogawr auction pool-setters lamoiested. A white marble atatue ef Garfield, the gift ef the State of Okie, has beea plaeed ia tbe hall ef statuary m the Capitel at

Waehlagtoa

THE PRESIDENT

TiyC I Htmmiw tbe Het ntele Tr Km. ha w Vxfc Refn UetSrixHa w titiml rxwiy Thf thMMeeortaerar tv ta Cmtetc InSlaenee It U HoruASaixaiev, D. C, Jaae fi. Tb fiHK- MM ereaia pablihd the MUwtag reef eetm: the political altastlea ta New YocR State, aad its delay of ta Presi dent la makiax appointments ta that SUtcs "Tk. Prestdsat la aU to be giviaz taorostfk atteatloa ta the sltaatiea of politictl af iirs la New York. Taoax.lt the sahject has beea freoucetlj dia4d hetwoea him aad Secretary Maaeiac, not hi ax as Tt ha beea dVaaltelv settled eoeeeralas th New York appointmcat. The President I aM to feel that the future of the party depend aooa their course in New York thi-i fall, and la onter to do this aU diaVreoce a b settled aad toe party taoroaghlj hanaoaized. The xreat daafcer to he averted fc a feelional fiht over toe Federal patronaxe ia the State, which iiht will be carried into the ccuveutioa. fiaally having a gral burst up, aad xlvm the State to the Republican The President fct xivioc much thought, it h said, to toe qaeMloa f how- be fs to guide the party iato the right chaRael. wit boat xettlas: Savolvcd himself ia nay eauadsmeaU with the iactioae. Hie policy wUl be aot to espoae the csae of aay ptrtka'ar ladivldaals or iacttoos, bat to appeal to the party loyalty to be aalted la their actions, each to make sues sacrifices as amy be necessary at this time to oaabee them to get a firmer Void. His advke is that they first get ta n!e Ia a safe !ace before taey hezia to talk about the division, for if they don't the eaeasy will cosae ia aad carry It off waile thev hive each otber by the ears. The delay about the appoiataests la the State Is ccaload by the fsn that the poikr adooted is to look verv closelv iato the record of the can lidatcs recommeaded by tfee uiaereai factkMM. coasiderias both the saitaWIlty of 'he anoointment aad the effect It weald have apoa the party. The Idea K after a caretul iNveMiaatioa, to select the very bci asea. rcsanliese of iactloa. aad to present them to tssc varioa-i loeat Iraders. together with ihc reaon for selfctia- iheat, aal t attempt br candid armament to shew that ta se lection were made with regard to the let terets of the whole party. Those who arc dfcappoleted will thea be appealed to and erred to lay aside their peroaai ieellax aad to aslt te streaztasaia the twr:v5 hold oa power. Mrs u while Mr. .Maaatac M iioms an in hi power toward tbl ead, and the New Yorker with wNrm he aa arroane himself here will exerci tliclr active - fiaeace oa home affair " PASSED AWAY. Ieattt f Hchs. KiekaraT.Merriekat InztMi-Htu WHf nnd Iahter I.yhC lNMaerIx IK. WAai.vGTux, D. C, Jaae 23 Has. KVchard T. Merrick, who ha bceu lyias III for some days past, died at 10:59 tai asoratate. He was fiftj-sevea yean of a, aad came from a well-kaowu Mankiid family. When the war with Mexico broke oat Mr. Merrick raised a eomrmav aad did gatlaat serviee dariac the war. Before the coocJu-lon of the war, he begaa the practice of law. He wa also at to the State Legislature. Shortly before the late war he weat to Chicago, aad formed a eopartnership with a leadins member of the bar of tail city, lie was a delegate from Illinois to Uk Dem erit: National Coaveatioa of IS-S9, aad supported Stephen A. Doagias. I a 181 be removed from Chicazo to WaaMaztea. During the twenty years he practiced ia Washlagtoa he held aa eminent ptaci at the bar, and has beea carsged la some of the aooH important esse beiere the Snoreme Court of the Lulled States. He ww oae of the principal coaasel before the Electoral CommWsioa. aad ia receat rears was before the public ia the proeecutiea of the Mar-route cases. He ai wars maintained a coatroilmx lafiaeace m the politics of Marylaad, while his ex tended acQatiataaee with paoiiC men gave him prosniarace ia Natioaal poiitiCH. " Mrs. Merrick is scry III. She has beea saXeriag the atotccraciatin pal a from abecesees m both eats d waa seat away from home, a. It wa- thought that her presence a a wirm- of the safferlag of her ha-band might en laager her life. Oae of tic daughter is ia lhliadelphia aader treatment for spiaal trouble; another ba a vere aervoai enmfdaiat. waich. astrxvated by her father's lllne, porarily blind. has rendered her tenENFORCING ECONOMY. WeetMag Oat IneM lrl nnd faatruMfy Clerk 1'rnm the OUtee r the JHllh Ad tor of the Treary. Wa!hinjto, 1. C.Jaae 21. Fourteen clerks were dichrxed la the Sixth Auditor's onVce of the Treasury Department yesterday to tike eff-ret July 1st. aa the grounds of laefiteleaey. Their places will be left vacant. Sixth Auditor MeCoavillc states that there are forty other deiks la his once who servkes could also be dispeaeed with for like aad the Bnreaa work facilitated thereby. They will he gradually weeded oat, though the appropriate a bill gives this ofifee fortr-ftve addiUoaal clerks after Jaly 1st.' Auditor McConville does not think he will need so many, and will probably aot make a reoafeltiea ea the Civil Service Com misioa for more than thlrtr. He says that the work la hi once, whkh waa months behind hand wbea he took: charge, is aot now more than two months la arrears, and he hopes to have It all up by Aagwtt 31st. Should he take the forty-five clerks allowed, he would, he thlaks, have to discharge soe ot them by September 1st. as they would aot ha Beaded after that date. Fran present tadtcittens he cxneats to have a considerable ta left aver ta bss attowanee for aierNtal force ta turn Into the Treasury at the end of the fleaal year.

&TILL AT WORK.

6menU Om: IWthimEHU Memoirs a tS Mwljr Hut turry KWm Away The Work AM U-w lent KWk-Visiter! t the MwontTbe l'attent'a Condition. Mr. McGuk.4k, N. Y., June 31. Yosterdav's coot weather, in which Monday wan reproduced with vsriatlous of an ovefeaet sky and Karrow-soareh'.Hg wind has proved a Meeetag te General Grant la the line of work aecomptUbed. Ilia first thought after rising turned toward the notes that had beea prepared for him that be might amplify certain parta of the anrevised memoir prooto. Going to the office he begaa to write. This has al ways beea iaoorioas lor mm siaee im s4eknea. The limit of hi powers of late has beea paragraphs with intermission for reet between the sent aces. The stenographer sat ia his ofitee when he begaa Ma task. Ttriar of it saortly, aad stimulated by his rerlviac. spirits, he called the stenographer to htm. Tftetr chairs were drawn so cioely together that they touched. Then with the stenographer beading In front ot kin, the General begaa to talk. He spoke barely above a breath. The sentences were pn actuated by long pnasett, but by two o'clock, d etatka having started before aooa, the stenographer's book Indicated that the General had spokea net far from 500 words. Wbea that was ever he went to his room and dosed for an hour. On his return he picked up a UMet aad wrote. When he wanted to cunudete what he had dictated, he preferred patting It oa paper with his own hand. It amounted, after he had worked at It oae hour, to htse than S00 word; bat he fiBtsued what h had undertaken. This effort fatigued him quite a much as had tbe dictation, aad he was compelled to eek further steep. A he was soiag to his room a card reached aim from R. M. and R L. Craiell, two Albany lads whose father had brought them here to !ee him They aked merely to shake hsads with htm. He was quite willing to see them, and they came out looking proudly at the hands he had feebly grasped. Cro-by Colfax, ex-Governor ot Montana, who came up to see the General, met him feanliy lew fona il.y taia the Cisnell boy. While Dr. Douzlas w.t tr'attn? htm after the boys bad zone, the General ttd he did aot knw Of anything yet to be dune ia the ptcptratlou ot his memoir. Hi aote-t are exhausted. TheGcoeratN chair were draws la front of the bbtin tire-place at e ast, after be bad roned from his second nap. Th re the famdy joined hlr. He mc tied no worv for the dar's effort. The ky Iwtl cl udt-d In the afternoon, ami wheu the un 5anfc tar thermo'Hcter hzn to fall quickly toward tbe chlSllo: fisurei of the moniiux The thoazhts of the f jnnly hive run all dav to comparison- b tween the Geue aisi coudiliun a wt-k aio, when te ouie b.-n and now. Ttoerv Is nothmg to dctiote other man steady priKrc of c dM.-ae. Two week- a-o In weitiea HO pound. It l dountfol if lie now wei h more than 130 pound. This trouble tte family more than anythlNg eNe. an 1 nch eff -rt a th.ve id jesterdav btz alv fiefh appehcnIon that he'mny have to pay a speedy penalty for overwork. The famtlv group was not broken until atae o'clock, nhen Dr. Ioa:b bcsnin to prepare the General for the Lht. It had leeM a very qnkt evealng. 3f crthe fatullv acnrounM had worn off. "Ttie General Mtd n retlriHg that he taouzht he coif d - eep. Dr. Douglas notJccl no ill i BYct from this dayN effort The- Gem af eemed te htm oa the coatrarr to be Improve I la spirits. Tfce General was asleep by eleven o'clock. ON THE LEVEE. ,t Mabb Bar ARVay a Ivr Wharr Koal at St. Ixtai. Sr. Loci, Mo., June 23 Aont sevea o'clock this moralaz a serious cnttisg affray between two rousttboats occurred oa the St. Past wharfboat, at the foot of (live street An Italian roustabout named Joseph Drau, who lives at W West Levee, was waitiac to get his ticket when a nesro roustabout whose name enknowa stepped en his toes. Drau struck the aegro hi the lace, when the latter drew aa u-lr-iook!ng knife about five inches long and plunged It la the back of his asatlaut, who at the time mast have been turning away, the knife eateries the snail ef the back oa the left hhIc Immedfatelv after being; cut Drau ran up the levee to Chestnut street and thea along the levee to 4.where he dropped. The patrol wagon was summoned aad he was removed to the dispensary, Weeding fearfully from the wound, which U at leant four laches la length. In spite of the serious character of the wound the physicians think Drau will recover, as there are bo signs of internal bleed int. Ia the coafaeioa the negro made his escape. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. Th AMemhty t the (rand Army ofth KepobMe at Tertland, MaineAn Imposing rreee-aieu. Pbtlam, Mr-, June 21. The Grand Army procession began to move precisely at three o'clock jesterday afternoon, amid the booming of guns and the plaudits of a great multitude ef the people who lined the lOUte. General Logan rode with CommiS'Ier-ta-Chiet Koanlz, aad his reception by the different committees waa a great feature of tke day. It was a coatiaaotM ovation, ta whkh he courteously responded by bareiag hm head and bowing la acknowlOovernor Kobfe and staff, General J. C. Black, General II. W. Slocuia, exGovernor Fairchtid ot Wisconsin; Governor Alger ot MkblgaR, ad mauy other dtetiugHieaed guests reviewed the procession from the graud stand. A reaeptiea waa tendered vieltlsg natabies hut Bight, at whkh patrtetw addressees were ueUvured by Generals Lofaat ieaan, Keaatg. aa4 others.