Ligonier Banner., Volume 15, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 August 1880 — Page 2

iv- s Y ¥ @he ZLigonier Banwer, J. B. STOLL, Editor and Prop’r, | | LIGONIER, : s ot INDIANA. TSOIA A TS . . K S 0 A 3 A R AT “NEWS SUMMARY. Important Intelligence from All Parts e Domestic, Jusrior Durry, of New York, on the 4th held Jerome, Patchell and McGibbin o the Gr¥fd Jury in bonds of $2,000 each for ]arcwfi@f.-raflroad ‘securities found in their possession and which had beén lost by a mes-_ senger of Brayton, Ives & Co. oy i UriA" PHELPS, a merchant in Tyron, ' Davidson County, N. C., induced a youth named O. W. Click to sleep with him in his store, in anticipation of a raid by burg"lars. « The next morning Phelps was found dead’ in his bed.© As all the windows and doors were locked, and as Click is a noted somnambulist, it is believe that the young man got up in his sleep and killed ‘Phelps with an ax. Click-adinits the possibility of this, but declares that he has no recollection of anything, ~éZmept.-that he] dréamed of fighting burglars. = | A LETTER was received aighe Dead‘Letter Office’ in Washington, éflem Pitts‘burgh, Pa., on the sth, which=¢patained t ‘heads of several parlor-matches a#hd an ounce’ O vowder. . e | . | A pispaTcH from Los Pin@§* on the . sth states that one-hundred and thirty-five ‘chiefs and héad men of the Utes had signed the Ouray treaty. g pe Iris.said that friends of the victims of the" Mamie disaster at Detroit will sue the ;/%‘;,eamer Garland, which ran. down the yacht, “longdamages. . T o L REESE OWENS;, a prominent porkpacker of Pittsburgh, failed on the -sth. His liabilities were placed at $168;8000. The available assets were said to bequitezsmall. . Mg. J. LLoyp HaieH, a contractor and manufacturer of New York, has been convicted of the forgery of bank acceptances on. the Grocers’ Bank of New York, and sentenced to four years’ hard labor in the State Prison, - ' 2 : : ;

PiIETRO BALBO, the.ltalian wife-mur-derer, was Hanged at New York on'the 6th He expressed the utmost sorroew for his erime and appeared to be resigned to his fate.

| “THE population of California is 863,000, a’gain of 303,000 since 1870. - The census gives Nebraska a population of 452,442, '

| Care REVERMAN’S four-year-old | child attended a funeral at Owenton, Ky., the | other day, and, seeing tgxe‘ grave ,opened, she | askedwhat it was for, and, being told, took a | look at the coffin, and theén dropped dead. : © ON the 6th an excursion train cross--j‘*’ing-a bridge over thé canal at Waverly, Ohio, | \broke through, and several cars weré precipi- ¢ Itated into the water below. One person was . |killed and fourteen,others were injured, some L fatally. - & L ' . MR. BrAsHE, of Halifax Court House, ' IN. ~ noticed that his watermelons were .rapidl} disappearing and, as there was a meeting of colored people in the wood ad‘joining, he thought he had discovered the . 'reason. To test the accuracy of his 'suspi«cions he poisoned some of the melons and . then set up placards bearing the notice, . “Look out; these melons are poisoned.” " The thieves thought the notice was intended = sonly to scare them and ate more generously . than ever. One man dlefisfi~m§{¥§m‘t‘,'&ndfii}}é’ Fothers were likely to die, :omRTIFEmE - bl . Dr. TANNER successfully finished “his . forty days’ fast at noon on'the 7th, and at | once partook sparingly of watermelon and . mi]k. Later in the day he ate liberally of ; otlie-\r%food,i and on the Sth his appetite con- - “vimged-good and his stomach readily disposed . of large quantities of nutritious food, such as | beefsteak, mjlk-toast, stewed potatoes, bread, ? iete.. At the termination of his fast he , .Weighed 12114 pounds, and thirty hours after .| 'his weight had increased to 130. o - THE Census Bureau credits Illinois | with a population of -3,100,000. N .. A MAN named Bailes, confified‘in the | jail at Athens, Ala.; for-wife murder, was Nynched on the night of the 7th, by .a. mob ' ‘from Tennessee. . ' S ~ THE first stone in-the work of : com: ‘pleting tlgsshaft of the Washington National ‘Monument was laid 'on the 7th. President E?Hayes and others deposited coins underneath lt.he stone. -It will take about four years to finish the monument. : . THE censusofficials at St. Louis state . that-the recent enumeration in that city was “"a fair-omes that, while there were of necessity . some mistakes, the work taken as.a whole swas accurately performed, and that the popu“llation of the place is about 340,000. o

Personal and Political.

| 1 MR. STEWART, a railroad contractor, jon the 4th identified the old man in jail at ‘Fremorft, Neb.; as John Bender. Stew“lart was once well acquai’f&d with the lfamily, | — THE Democrats and Greenbackers of ‘the Fourth Maine, District have united in renominating George W. Ladd for Congress. -+ Jupge TaHoMAS HEILMAN has declined the nomination for. Congress latély ‘tendered him by the Démocrats of the Eighteenth Illinois District. ~ . . CONGRESSIONAL nominations were . made on the sth as follows » First Ohio District, . Congressman B. A. Butterworth, Repub[lican; Second Ohio, Congressman Thomag L. Young, Republican; Third Ohio, General R. D. Ward, Demoecrat; Tenth Ohio, Mor- , gan Shafter, Democrat; Third West Virginia, - John L. Kenna,” Democrat; Second West 7 Virginia,.. Judge J. T. Hoke; “Republican; .Bixth Michigan, General O. L: Bpaulding, Re- « publican; Seventh Virginia, John Paul, Readjuster; Sixth. Indiana, Colonel. Miller, . Democrat; Fifth Illinois, Congressman R. M. A. Hawk, Republican; Second Vermont, ' Dr. Daniel Campbell, Democrat. .. TeE Michigan State Republican Convention met at Jackson on the sth, and, affer . five informal and four formal ballots, nominated David '-3-.: Jerome~for 'Governor. A full ticket, including Présidential Electors, was nominated. o ' ~ ST. AUBREY ANGELO, a correspond- " ~entof the Liverpool (Eng.) Courier, was run over by the cars on the Union Pacific Rail- - %oad, near Cheyenne, on the night of the 4th, —.> one arm and one leg being crushed. He was | found-dead next morning, with a bullet-hole - in his head and a revolver lying by his side. 4 It is supposed that after the accident, despair- " ling of recovery, he shot himself, - : - PresipENT HAYEs has appointed H. ~ 4. Crouch, of Pennsylvania, Consul at St. -, Helena, and G. W. Rosevelt, of the same . BBtate, Consul at Matanzas, Cuba. GENERAL WiILLIAM O. BUTLER, of - Carrollton, Ky., an officer of the war of 1812,

a member of. Congress for several years and the candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with General Cass in 1848, died at- his residence on the 6th, at the advanced -age of ninety-three years. i . . ,

ON the 6th a son of the Colonel Cash who killed Colonel Shannon in a duel some weeks ago fought a duel with Mr. Blair, editor of the ‘Camden (8. C.) Journal, and was killed at the first fire. Blair had published some eevere strictures on the elder Cash. The duel with Blair was fought with Manchester rifles-at twenty paces. ' .

It was reported on the 6th that old man Bender, in “jail' at Fremont, Neb., had made a full “confession of his many crimes. A man named Shedd 'and a reporter of the Omaha Republican had a long “interview with him under the- prétense of assisting him to escape. He corroborated eyery important particular of the confession of his wife. He made no secret of his identity as Bender, and gave a complete history of Kate, John and Maggie. This was the first timié he had talked freely, and the first time he had admitted that he was John Bender,,éf Kansas notoriety. e Hon : WiLLiaM HARTZELL received the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Eigteenth Illinois District on the T7th, vice Judge Heilman, who declined on account of ill health. - Hartzell formerly represented the District. ; : Lo

Rt. REV. JoHN A. WATTERSON was on the Bth consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop ot»:Cofilmbus, Ohlo. . = :

i Foreign. : EicHT men were killed in a colliery explosion near Wrexham, Wales, on the 4th. EIcHTY out of 106 houses svhich composed the Village of Jaurietta, in the ProvInce of Navarre, Spain, weré destroyed by fire afew days ago. _ [==n T - THE'Greek Government has issued an order for the mobilization of the army. AT a Cabinet Council held on the sth the British Government resolved to send a large body of troops to_lreland to assist, ‘in maintaining order. i / -

~ ViENNA dispatches of the sth say that recent heavy rains had caused renewed havoc in Silesia. Tepletz, in Bohemia, had béen entirely submerged, and there had been great destruction of property and the loss of several lives. :

"Sir° HERCULES ROBINSON, present Governor of New Zealand, has been appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, vice Sir Bartle Frere, recalled.

PrimsoLL, the late Liberal member of Parliament, was defeated by Lord Claude Hamilton, Conservative,-at a special election held in Liverpool on the 6th. Iy the British House of Commong on the evening of the 6th- Arthur Arnold, a Liberal member, moved the adoption of a resolution modifying or removing the restrictions %t present placed upon the importation of American cattle. The resolution was rejected by a vote of 20 ayes to 194 noes. The Goverment opposed the motion. s o

- A NURSE in Guy’s Hospital, London, was convicted of manslaughter. on the 63i. A consumptive patient who was giving her some trouble was dragged to a bath tub and placed in cold water, greatly aggravating the disease and causing her speedy death. -

- A CaLcuTTA telegram of the Bth says a generally-accepted rumor prevailed there that the Afghans had captured ChamanChakis, inflicting heavy losses wupon the British. - : : b

A LoxpoN dispatch of the 'Bth announces -the attack by -a mob of disguised men upon the Crown Solicitor of Tipperary County, Ireland, and his two sons. One of the sonswas killed. * |

- A TRANSPORT with 1,000 soldiers left Engltand for Afghanistan on t"h_e Sth. A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch of the Bth says military - preparations were being pushed in the Balkan Peninsula by Turks, Montenegrins and Bulgarians. The Armenians, who had always been loyal to the Porte, were developing strong Russian tendencies. : i

LATER NEWS,

AN Oswego (Kan.) telegram of the - Oth says the old couple supposed to be Bender and wife arrived there that morning; and were exposed .in the Court-House for some hours. Many persons went to see them, and dozens ;who knep the real Benders pronounced these people impjosters. : . By the explosion ofl' the engine of a threshing-machine on the fatm of Elias Mec- ' Cann, near Lakeland, Minn., on the 9th, the foreman, James Graham, and two men, Hub Young and Ellswerth Fox, were killed. Seyen other persons were injured more or less seriously. : : o

‘Two LADIES, whilewalkingon a railroad track near Newburg, W. Va., a few days ago, were struck by an express train and instantly killed. :

THE Greenbackers of the Sixth Ohio District have nominated Captain B. F. Miller for Congress. '

NEeLsoN PHELPS, of East Shutesbury, Mass., was married three years ago, when twenty, to a girl of thirteen. They did not live happily togethér, and separated. On the evening of the Bth he sought her out and invited her to take a ride with him. He drove toa piece of woods, took her out of the carriage by force, and, drawing a revolver, shot her six times. Then, reloading his pistol, and lying down,by the dead girl’s side, he emptied the seven chambersinto his lungs and stomach. Not dying as he expected he would, he crawled to his buggy and drove to a friend’s house, where he told his ,story. He could not recover. : \ 1

ANOTHER of the sons of the Crown Solicitor of Tipperary County, Ireland, shot by masked men on the Bth, died on. the 9th, and the Solicitor himself was not expected to live.

THE total value of the exports from England to all parts of the world for the month ending July 381 was $101,352,895, against $83,055,610 worth for the corresponding month of +ast year. The value of the imports for July, 1880, was $106,762,975, and the value of the imports for July, 1879, was $150,930, 850.- S : .

THERE were forty-three deaths. from ‘yellow fever and three from small-pox at Havana during the week ending on the 7th. DuRING the last year 868,493,572 letters originating in this country passed through the- United States mails, 276,446,716 postal-cards, 695,175,624 newspapers, 53,472,216 magazines and 300,845 430 books, circulars and miscellaneous printed articles. £

" Ex-GOVERNOR BIGLER, of Pennsylvania, died at his residence at Clearfield, in that State, on the 9th.

+ AMONGthe 1,134 immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden, New York City, on the 9th, were forty-seven Sicilians and fourteen Turks. : : L |

Dr. TANNER continued’ to eat heartily and was in excellent condition on. the 9th. At noon he weighed 132} pounds. !

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

THE books of the census epumerators show that Cass County has a population of 27,619, a gain of 3,426 in ten years, the most of w% was made in *‘l‘fo'gansport. There are 2,% farms -in the county, or one for every fifteen inhabitants. There were 469 deaths for the year ending June 1. AN Indianapolis, woman has brought suit against a'aruggist in that city, ciaiming $2,000 damages because he sold liquor to her husband. = , o

Ar Fort Wayne on the 2d Edmund Glenn, a section laborer on the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad, had both legs cut off by a Wabash freight train. He was intoxieated and had lain down on the track to take a nap. His injuries are fatal. Tromas INGLE & Co's ice houses, at Evansville, together with a saloon and restaurant and three frame structures adjoining, were burned on the evening of the 3d, BMivolving a loss of about $15,000. e :

JUDGE PoRTER, Republican can®date for Governor of Indiana, has forwarded to Mr. Landers, his Democratic opponent, a challenge for a number of joint discussions dusing the canvass. i CoLONEL LEVERING, a well-known gé‘tlzen‘?. of Lafayette, has been arrested, tried} and fined five dollars for cruelty to-a horse belonging to Limself. He proved -that the ‘eruelty” consisted in ‘“‘breaking” the animal of some bad habits, -but the Justice found him guilty. - The Colopel kas appealed to the Circuit Court as a matter of principle. - : ; _

AT Lafayette on' the evening of the Ist James Farrell became involved ‘in a quarrel with Stephen Gaston, during which the latter drew a knife and inflicted eight or nine ugly-looking gashes on Farrell’s body. One across the abdomen is considered very dangerous, and the chances are that he ‘will die, should inflammation set in. (aston. was the engineer at the distillery, and Farrell was a discharsyed fireman. | . & -

"DuriNG a heavy thunder-storm on the night of the Ist a barn owned by Augustus Minerson, four miles east of Fort Wayne, was struck by lichtning and entirely consumed. Loss, #4,500. } - :

Exvyiirs, who have investigated the affairs of Warwick Couuty, report that the county has been swindled out of $28,000 in the construcfion of bridees and other transactions.

A REMARKABLE recovery from supposed death occurred at Logansport a few days ago. The infant childof Stephen Golden, a Panhandle conductor, was very ill, and the physicians said it must die. ‘Then the death symptoms set in, and to all appearances the child died, the heart ceasing its pulsations and respiration stopping. The child was fimally declared dead, and after an hour or two a shroud was procured and the work of preparing the body for buriil commenced. In doing this the remains were necessarily’ moved considerably, and the attendants were greatly startled to see the lifeless body draw a long breath, and then others. In a short time it breathed freely and naturally, and then there were tears of joy in the Golden household. ' ‘

THE police of Indianapolis have been officially reminded of an old ordinance that forbids the firing of cannon or anvils at political odtbigrinose 0 : ; A FOUR-YEAR-OLD child of Dr. Clay, residing near Thorntown, Boone County, was recently killed while playing* with ‘loaded cartridges. L ! StePHEN ULERY, of North Manchester, met with a probably fatal accident on the 4th. He was driving over a bridge a little west of the town with®a steam threshing machine when the structure gave way and precipitated him, the team and the machine, into the abyss below. He was horribly scalded. - = - ANDREW PHiLLips, of Indianapolis, jumped off a railroad train while in motion, on the 4th, and sustained injuries from which he died a few hours later. . .

JouN F. KEINGENSMITH, an Indianapolitan, was recently arrested on the St. Francis River, in Arkansas, for pounding:to death another Indianian named J. H. Montgomery. There was business'rivalry between them. , Mrmurox ‘B. OVERMEYER, an Indianapolis picture-frame manufacturer, had a couflict with a *burglar on' the morning of the 4th that came near term nating fatally for him. His wife was awakened by hearing, some one move about the bed-room, and she aroused her husband.. As he rose up the burglar remarked that if they stirred he would cut their throats. Qvermeyer, however, jumped out ‘of bed, and the fellow ran into an adjoining room, where he stumbled over a stand. His pursuer was about to clutch him when he drew a revolver and fired, the ball grazing Overmeyer’s left temple. The murderous scoundrel then leaped through a window and estaped in the darkness. He carried off a watch and a few dollars in money.

AversT WESTERFIELD and May Crawford, married and dissatistied residents of Indianapolis, have eloped and gone west. Dr. THOMAS ROSE, of Richmond, had an attack of vertigo a& féw nights ago, and has been unable to utter a-word since. His tongne refuses to move. | .-

Ox the 4th the Marion County Commissionersgmade an order to reéopen and set aside settlements made with Jackson Landers, and famuel Hanway ex-Treasurers, whose terms of - office expired several years ago, with a view to Dbringing suit upon their bonds to recover the shortaze, which the ‘commissionérs say will amount to from-$30,000 to $40,000. : \ At Terre Haute a few days ago a fire broke out on North Fourth Street; in which the building occupied by J. Eckhoff, C. Heitzel and F. R. Franz, was entirely consumed. The loss will agmgate $6,000. While the firemen were ‘yet working among the ruins they discovered the remains of a human body which proved to be the body of John Bodine, an employe at the restaurant.” He was asleep in one of the up-stairs rooms, and discovered the fire when tco late to escape.

WiLLiam F. REYNOLDS, one of the wealthiest and best known residents of the State, died at his home in Lafayette a few days ago from paralysis.

TrE Indianapolis grain quotations are: Wheat, No. £ Red, 92@93c; Corn, 35%@362' Oats 24@=27c. The Cincinnati quotations are. Wheat, No. 2 Red, 95@%6c; Corn, 40@42c; Oats, 30@33c; Rye, 70@71c; Barley, New Fall, 93@9%4ec. ”

IN England about one in twenty-one of the population has an account at a savings bank; in Wales, one in forty; in Scotland, one in twelve, and in Ireland, one in one hundred. ' The amount owing to depositers on November 20, 1870, was equal to an average of £1 11s. 4d. per head of the population in England, 18s. ¥er head in Wales, £1 17s. sd. in Scotland and 7s. 10d. in Ireland. Thus statistics sustain the popular reputation of the Scotchman for canny carefulness; there are more people north-of the Tweed who make and put by savings than in any othes {Jart of the kingcfom, and they accumuate a larger amount. -

» Cmi Coming State Fairs and Expesitions. Alabama, Montgomery.... siiesdadsaNOY. 818 Am. Institute, New York City.. Sept. 15-N0v.27 Arkansas, Little R0ck.....c.c.........0ct. 18-23 California, 5acrament0...............5ept. 20-25 Canada, Central, Gue1ph.............5ept. 21-22 Central Michifim, Lansing.. ...Sept. 27-Oct. 1 Central Ohio, Mechanicsburg........ Aug. 24-27 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Sept. &Oct. 9 Connecticut, Meriden.............. ..Segt. 21-24 Delaware, D0ver.................8ept. 27-Oct. 2 ‘Edinburg Union, Edinburg, Ind..... Sept. 21-2 Eastern Michigan, Ypsilanti........ Sept. 21-26 East Enterprise, East Enterprise, : g s ss o Sents 1Y Fat Stock Show, Chicag0.............N0v. 15-20 Illinois, Springfield........... ....Sept. 21-Oct. 2 Indiana, Indianapolis............ Sept. 27-Oct. 2 International Sheep Show, Phil- : adelphin. o 0 b o aßepta 20-725 Inter-State Exposition, Chicago. Sept. 8-Oct. 23 lowa, Des M0ine5.................... ..Sept. 6-10 Kansas. At&ison Cihsisevess e Bepti 611 Kentucky,Fexington..........,Aug. 31-Sept. 4 Kentucky, L0uigvi11e...........Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Knightstown Union, KnightsLtown, fad oo 000 ..Aug.'.’il—(\‘ept. 3 Maine, Lewi5t0n......................5ept. 21-2¢ Massachusetts Horticultural, Bos- L o .. . iiol s o Beph M-1T Minn. Ag. & Mech. As., Minneapolis. Sept.'6-11 Michigan, Detroft.. .. ........ . . .BSept. 1317 Melbourne, Au5tra1ia.............N0v. 1, 6:mo. Miss. Valléy Hort. Soc., St.. Louis..... Sept. -9 MissomrSt Lot .. ... oL oL Oct 49 Moutana; Helens .. ....................Bept. 6-11 National, Washington, D.C.............0ct. 4-9 Nebraska, Omaha. ... \...............5ept. 20-26 New Eng. Ag. Soc., Worcester, Masg..Sept. 6-9 New dersey, Wawerly.!... ............Bept. 20-27 New York: Albany. .. ................Sept. 13-18 Northern Ohiey Clevelund-......Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Northern Kentucky;-Florence. Aug. 31-Sept. 4 Nprthwestern Tndiana;. Waterloo.. ... oct. 4-8 Northern Ipdiana, Fort Wayne.. ....=Sept. 6-10 }gg)vlle. s eaiies s SBEPEI-Oct; 1. ~Ohic; ColumibWe . ............Aug. 30-Sept.'3 Qo Tri-State, T01ed0...............5ept. 13-1§ “Ontario Provincial, Hamilton. .. Sept.2o-Oct. 4 Pennsylvania, Philadelphi...........Sept. 6-18 Rhode Island, Cran5t0n..............5ept. 21-23 South Carolina, C01umbia.:.:.........N0v. 9-12 ‘Southern Ohio, Payt0n..............8ept. 13-17 ‘Southeastern Indiana, Aurora....... Sept. =ll exds Austin.. 0 Lo L OotEligs Toronto, Can., Exposition....-.......5ept. 6-18 -Vermont, M0ntpe1ier................5ept. H-1% Virginia, Richmond ...........a......0Ct-28-29 West Pennsylvania, Mercer.. sgiv.. J.Sept. -9 ‘Western Michigan, Grand Rapids... Sept. 20-25 Wisconsin, Madi50n.......5.. 75%5,..5ept. 6-12 White River Ag. Soc. (Vt.), Bethel... Sept. 21-23

Coming State Elections,

All the States will elect Presidential Electors on - Tuesday, November 2. All the Territories will elect . Delegates to Gongress on the same day. Ty i ! Arkansas will elect State officers on Monday, September 6, and vote upon== proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State forbidding the imposition of any tax or the making of any appropriation to pay the State railroad and levee bonds and the bonds issued in settlement of thé Holford claim; will elect Representatives - in~ Congress on Tuesday, November 2. ]

California will elect’ Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will eélect -a United States Senator. . ~ ‘ . Colorado will elect' State officers -and one Representative in Gongresson Tuesday, Octo-~ ber 5. G : .

“Connecticut will elect State officers, Representatives in . Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. . i Delaware - will: elect one ! Representative in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, 'November 2: The Legislature will elect a {'nited States Senator. : ,

Florida will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question of calling a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. Georgia will elect State officers on Wednesday, October 6; Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will eleet a United States Senator. =~ Illinois will elect State officers ‘and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon an amendment:to the Constitution of the State extending the terms of County Treasurers and Sheriffs to four years; and making them ineligible for a suecessive term. : ; ;

- Indiana will elect State officers, Representatives. in Congress and Le%islatur.‘e on Tuesday, October 12. The Legislature will choose a United States Senator. : :

: Jowa will elect minor State officers and Representuatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question of holding a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State. . : el

Kausas will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon the question of holding a Constitutional Convention and upon proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Stdte prohibiting the ‘sale of liquor and exempting $2OO in personal property from taxation. . ; Louisiana will elect Representatives in Conigress on Tuesday, November 2. - Maine will elect Governor, Representatives in Congress and Legislature, on Monday, September 13, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution of tl‘ie State providing that- a plurality vote shall elect the Governor, instead of a majority, as now. The Legislaturé will elect a United States Senator. Maryland will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. Massachusetts will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress and Legislature, on Tuesday; November 2. The Legislature will choose a United States Senator. -

Michizan will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2, and vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State authorizing the City of Detroit to aid in the construction of a railroad bridge or tunnel to an amonnt not exceeding one per cent. of its taxable property. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator.

Minnesota will elget Representatives in Congress and Legisfature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. _

Mississippi will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday. November 2. .

Missouri will elect State officers, Represent-~ atives in Congress and Lecislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. ;

Nebrv@a will elect State officers, one Representative in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator.

Nevada ‘will elect a Jidge of its Supreme Court, one Representative in Congress and Legislature on Tuesda{, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. New Hampshire will elect State officers and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and will vote upon a proposition looking to the representation of minorities in colt;f)orations. - . ew Jersey will elect Governor, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a Gnite}l States Senator. - i

New York will ele ct the Chief-Just’ce of the Court of Appeals, Representatives in Congress, and members of the Assembly on Tuesday, fiovember 2, and will vote upon a proposed amendment to the Constitutioniof the State relatiify to éertain courts of New York City, Brooklyn and Butfalo. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator.

North Carolina will elect State officers and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2, and vote. upon two proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State—one forbidding ' the payment of certain State bonds uniess authorized by direct vote of the people, and the other relating to the suppart of deaf-mutes, blind and insane persons. Ohio will elect minor State officers and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, Octbber 12. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator in the event of, the election of General James A. Garfield, Senator-elect, as President. ; % B

Pennsylvania will elect Auditor, one Judge of the Supreme Court, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a hnited States Senator. Sty : s

‘Rhode Island will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. ; . South Carolina will elect State officers.and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2.

Tennessee will elect Governor, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States fßenator.

Texas will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tuesda&, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United. States Senator. :

Vermont will elect State officers, Representatives in Congress and Legislature on Tues'dag, September 7. The Legislature will elect ] a United States Semator. -~ o Virginia will elect Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. o West Virginia will elect State officers and Legislature on Tuesday, October 12, and vote upon two proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State-—one relating to courts and the other to the right_of trial by jury in certain cases—Representatives in Concress: on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature: will elect a United States Senator. j .. Wisconsin willelect Legislature and Representatives in Congress on Tuesday, November 2. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator.—N. Y. Times. - > el ) AP - Dr. Tanner’s Last Day of Fasting. | : i :NEw YORK, August 7. . Dr. Tanner at noon to-day finished his fast of forty days. At high noon his time was up and his task tinished. The crowd cheered Tanner enthusiastically. Akout one thousand ' persons were in, the hall, and an immense pumber of people on the sidewalk. The Doctor drank a glass of milk and called for a Georgia ,watermelon: This he tapped, dug his hand into it, and ate heartily. When remonstrated awith, he asked to be left alone, saying, ‘“No, my Lord; I am running this now.”" When __,llgwp.l«g% olass “of milk to ‘his mouth helreniarked, ‘‘Gentlemen, ' you don't ‘believe that's good.” The sigtal foi the expiration of the fast was & whistle ffénythe fiictory in the vicinity "When it blew Tanner had a peach/ in his Hand, but before he could put it | 4n-Ri§ mouth . somebody snatched it away. In response to thz plaudits of the ‘assemblage, Tanner, who was sitting in -a chair placed on the table, waved his 'handkerchief over his. head. ‘At a quarter past twelye Tanner got down from the table and left the hallin a coach in charge of Dr. Gunn, who took him to his own residence, where he will receive careful medical treatment. Dr. Tanner weigited at the end of the fast 121} pounds—a loss of thigy-six pounds in the forty days. » At seven o’clock this morning Dr. Tanner had a- fit of vemiting. He got up and dressed at 7:30. He was much exhausted, and laid down on the cot.

He remained there wwtil 10:15, when he went into\the lower hall. - Alter the walk he laid down and was covered with a blanket. At 10:50 ‘the .Doctor arose and walked into. the front room of the hall, where was a“fine spread of watermelons, fruits, bread, etc. At eleven the Doctor stood at the window on Thirteenth street looking out upon the street. His brother-in-law, Mr. Gardiner, called. His visit seemed to make the Doctor nervous, and he complained of a ¢* goneness” in his stomach. -Just before noon the temperature of thé doctor was 99; pulse, 92; respiratiom, 17, On léaving the hall the Doctor walked unassisted down stairs with a slice of melon in his hand. He received an ovatien from crowds in the streets; steps and windows, and exhibited much gratification at his hearty reception. He ordered the cover of the carriage thrown back, and joked and talked with the crowd that surrounded the vehicle. | After two or three dozen "persons had grasped his hand the accompanying physician grasped him by the arm and held him in his seat to prevent him from tiring himself out. .On reaching the residence of Dr. Gunn, Dr. Tanner lay down in the front parlor and endeavored to sleep. The milk and watermelon had not disagreed with him. e ; At 2:30 Dr. Tanfer was resting quietly and in good condition. - He has eaten of watermelon in small, quantities, three or four'times, without injurious plieclo+ & ' At 3:30 Dr. Tanner drank an ounce of light-wine, after which he ate a small slice of ‘watermelon. At 4:30 he was eating with great relish a piece of beefsteak. He did not swallow the fiber, but only partook of the juice -of the meat. - : : . k

The Doctor saw no visitors during the afternoon. and it was reported was in excellent spirits. o '

After four o’clock Dr. Tanner rested quietly. At six he asked for an apple, which he ate, and then asked for and received two more. At séven _he was given beefsteak weighing half a pound, and partookof it. At eight he drank one ounce of wine, and then slept until ten, when he awoke and chatted cheerfullg, Dr. Work caid Dr. Tanner was well, and did not think any trouble would arise from his undertaking. He had gone against the advice of all the physicians, seemingly with beneficial result, and he expected the Doctor to work to-morrow on his biography. At a late hour the Doctor was resting quietly. > ’

THE NEXT DAY. - AUGUST 8, . Dr, Tanner spent a very quiet day today, and saw very few visitors. His physicians say he is improving as well as could be expected after such a long fast. . During the early part of the morning he chewed half a pound of beefsteak, only retaining the juice, and part of ’some milk-toast and wine. Shortly before noon he ate half -a pound of beefsteak' and some potatoes which had becen stewed in milk. He 'was then weighed and turned the-scales at 126 pounds. About every hour he partook of some nourishing food or drink, which included watermelon, milk, potatoes stewed in milk, ale, beei tea, bread and wine. Abont six o’clock his weight. was again taken, and was found to be 130 pounds. He was quite lively to-day, and frisked about his room like a schoolboy. His physicians say his rapid recovery from the effects of his long fast is something remarkable. Fa

Mgrs. ERMINNIE A. SMITH is gathering folk-lore among the Tuscarora Indians, as the substance of a paper-to be presented by her before a scientific society in the fall. She seems to find great favor in the eyes of the Indians; and has received from them, after appropriate ceremonies. the name of ‘‘the Beautiful Flower of the White Bear of the Tuscaroras.”” She speaks.of’ not having seen a pale-face for a fortnight, except in her mirror, but says no one could be more hospitably treated. - She is making researches under “Government auspices, guided in a measure by the advice of Major Powell, a wellknown scientific explorer, who has recently lectured acce;l)tably in reference to the canyons of Colorado. -

IF headwork is so wearing; it is surprising how long-lived barbers are.

The Defeat of the British Forees in i ‘Afghanistan, .. -

The official réports of the disaster to the English forces in Southern Afghanistan, which are now coming in, show that the first reports were not exaggerated. 'Worse than this, they prove that. the disaster was due fo recklessness and - incompetency on the part of General Burrows, the conimanding Gfficer. It was stated in the earlier dispatches that the Eunglish were surprised while in camp and overwhelmed by the superior. weight of Ayoob Khan’sforees. Ilt now turns out that-there was no surprise at: all, but that General Burrows. with a force not much exceeding 2,000 men, deliberately marched out and attacked a force of 12,000, It must also be bornein mind that General Burrows' brigade had. b‘n\ very few Euglish regulars in it, and- thwt Shere- Ali's co-Gperation amounted to nothing, sinee his infantry deserted and went-over to.Ayeob Khan some time before the battle; while on the other hand the Afghau force was - not-only five tinies larger, but was well provided with small arms and heavy artillery. AR e S

It appears froni the report o 1 {zeneral St. John, stationed at Capdahar, that General Burrows learned on tihe morn- - ing of July 28 of the approach of Ayoob: Khan's forées, eame up with his advance guard about nine o'clock, and at once opened fire upon them with his artillery.” Shortly afterwards the entire. force of the Afohans appeared in superb. battle! on‘fer_'andf, in. a position, every way superior to that of Burrows’ brigade. Ayoob Khan had posted - seven regiments in the -center, with’ three in reserve, supported by six batteries of guns—one of breech-loaders—--2,000 cavalry on the right, 400 cavalry and 2,000 infantry on.tbhé‘fl.eft,w{'.im other cavalry and infantry, also. in reserve. The battle opened with an - artillery duel, which lusted three or four hours. Notwithstanding the supcriority of the Engiish g¢uns, they made little .or no impression upon tue Ajghanss At noon the English batteries were i & state of demoralizatiaon, and then the Afghans charged along the left® and entire front of' Burraws’ forces, and broke up. their entire ‘position. = (ieneral Burrows .made ‘@& futile eftort .to rally them, but a ‘panic set in. Theré was not only no position but no organ=ization left. ~Every - man “took to his heels upon his own .account for Candahar.. The victorious Afghans pursued them to within ten.miles of that city, and, if the pursuit had been as vigorous as‘the-attack, hardly a man of the. brigade would have reached it. ~ As it was, while the brigade was not annihilated, its remnant reached Candahar in such a- eondition of ‘demoralization that it can be of little service ‘to General Primrese, ‘commanding = at, that place, and left almost its entire’ armament on the battle-field. Had General Burrows fallen back upon Candahar,’ the 'posi,tis%n of which is. very strong, instead of rashly hurling his -br;gatfe upon a.greatly superior force, thid disaster would not have occurred. Itonly emphasizes the mistake, which the En glish have made many times before, oftxa,, underrating the skill aswell as the fighting: qualities of the Afghans, who are the most warlike of all’ the mountain tribes in Central Asia. It was also shown by .this battle not only that they are good fighters, but that they are well armed with improved guns and cannon, and that they know how to use them. 'General Primrose him--self in one-of “his earlier dispatches telegraphed that they had heavy guns and served them well. - Reinforcements are now pouring into Afghanistan after the mischief has been " done, as usual; and, while the- Afghans :may not be able to reduce’ Candahar, as-they are poorly . provided with "siege material, it is not. impossible that we may yet hear of further disasters in the open field if they follow up their victory with celerity and- vigor—the . more 'so as they are likely to receive fresh accessions to their ranks —-from the discontented tribes, The moral efféct of the victory is seen even in' Cabul, where it has produced so much excitement and commotion ameng the followers of the new Ameer that the proposed interview between Abdurrahman and General Stewart has had to be p’o_stfonred, and the English -had to make & military demonstration to prevent. open disaffection. = SETa e io D

It isevident that thevictory of AyoobKhan has reopened the whole Afghan question just at a time when the Liberal Ministry was so confident of order and peace that.the English forces at Cabul were on the point of leaving for India, and itwas even proposed to reduce the forces. at Candahar, merely leaving a small garrison there, It is the most serious calamity that has befallen:the English since the massacre of 1842, and involves either the abandonment or another long and costly ‘war to. hold the ground dnd - establish their‘“scientific frontier’’—a war that must cost many lives'and pile up the frightful bill of expense which has already bankrupted India, -and left an enormous deficit, the result of reckless financial as well as military mismanagement. In. this miserable muddle there appears tobe but one paper in England. that has. taken a common-sense view of the situation, and that is the Pail Mall Gazette, which urges that England should get. out of Afzgha'ni‘sta,u, bag and baggage.— Chicago T'ribune, August 5. - '

.- A Treasure Wagon. , THE removal of the Bureau of En graving and Printing, at Washington, to a building half a mile from the: Treasury has made it necessary to provide new arrangements for the transferof money and bonds between the two. establishments. The Department has. had constructed a heavy, van-like wagon, a sort’ of vault on wheels, built of' iron and steel,-and arranged 'internally like a bank vault with a sheet-iron lining. The doors are "fastened with tremendousgybolts; and the locks are of the: combination order, - The body of thevehicle is painted an olive color with gilt ornamentation. - When drawn through the streets by two immense: horses it attracts considerable attention, especially as it is always accompanied by five armed agents of.the Treasury: Department, ‘two guarding the front. ami)thr'ee therege.e = = @ : InscriPTlON for the obelisk-—¢¢ Post NoBills! = oo iiasiiaa |