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SAVANNAH,
MISSOURI.
CTU RENT TOPICS.
Tiik well known banking-house of Dun
can, Sherman & Co..- New York, sus
pended payment on rh- -27th n't.
liabilities are understood t be
Their j
in the i
neighborhood of SG.OOO.OOO. v;ith assets
con.-iuciab!y ;e. than ;lr" amount. Un
fortunate speculation- in cotton and rail
way securities are said to have been the
cause ot their embarrassment. 1 he an-
nouncment 01 tneir suspension caused nie
greatest excitement in financial circles.
In Wall Street there was a sudden panic,
during which gold rose from 112 ro UOf,
but soon fell liack to 114$. There wasalo
a great depression in the leauinir stock-,
Panama tailing from 131 to V22. Western
Union from S2f to 73, Lake Shun- Irom
51f to oS. Northwestern from -Of to 'M.
etc. A part of this decline was recovered
before the close of business for the day,
and a better feeling existed. The panic i
extended to Boston, Philadelphia and j
other commercial centers. j
The Minnesota Republicans have nomi
nated John S. Pillsbury tor Governor,
James B. Weak field for Lieutenant-Governor.
John S. Irgens for Secretary of
State, O. P. Whitcomb for Auditor. Win.
Pfaender for State Treasurer, and George
P. Wilson for Attorney-General. Their
platform favors a tarifFstrietly for revenue,
and a financial policy " which shall keep
steadily in view a return to specie pay
ments;" demands ''that all railway and
other corporations shall be held in fair and
just subjection to the law-making power,
constitutionally exerci-edv ; and "cor
dially indorses the progressive and liberal
policy of the Republican party in its well
defined and clearly announced purpose to
foster the agricultural, industrial and com
mercial interests of the country by a judi
cious system of internal improvements,
having for their object the enlargement of i
facilities and reduction in the cost of trans
portation for inter-State commerce.'
Foli.owixg the election in Kentucky. '
which took pi ice on Monday. Aug. 2. I
other State elections will occur as follows : :
C
alifornia, Sept. 1 ; Arkansas, Sept. (5 ; .
Laine, Sept. 13; Iowa and Ohio, Oct. 12 ; j
M;
Kansas,
as, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mis-is- j
, Minnesota. Missouri, New York, i
sippi
New Jersey, Pennsylvania aud Virginia,
Nov. "2 : Texas, Dec. 7.
The now money-order s-stem between
the United States and Canada went into
effect on Aug. 2. Orders for sums no- ex
ceeding $50 can be procured at the follow
ing rates: Not exceeding $10. 10 cents ;
$10 to $20, -10 cents; $20 to $30,00 cents :
$30 to $-10. 80 cents; S10 to $50, $1.00.
United States money-orders are p syable
in Canada in their equivalent in gold.
W. 0. Avery, late Chief Clerk of the
Treasury Department at Washington.
been arrested and bound over in the sum
of $5,000 for his appearance at St. LohN
to stand trial on the indictment found
against him by the United States Grand
Jury for participation in the whisky
frauds.
The Board of Indian Commissioners had
a business interview with President Grant
at Long Branch on the 29th, during which
the administration of Indian a 11 airs was
discussed at length. The Associated Press
says that the President announced his un
faltering confidence in the present hu
mane and Christian policy of the Govern
ment toward 'lie Indians. The charges
preferred by Prof. Marsh it was agreed
should be fully investigated. The Com
missioners admit that some of the Indian
agent- may have been corrupt, but express
the conviction that the Government was
never so faithfully served in this respect
as at the present time. The gradual re
moval of all Indians to the Indian Terri
tory was discussed, and measures adopt
ed looking to the carrying out of this
plan.
Telkgraph advices from nearly all por
tions of the central Western States, up to
July 31, report very great damage to the
crops by the continued rain-falls. In
many localities more or less rain has fallen
every day of the past month. The sprout
ing of wheat and oats had begun in some
places, haj' was rotting on the ground,
and in addition to this the rise of streams
had carried away all crop from the low
lands in many places. Taken altogether,
the prospect in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, and Kentucky was decidedly dis
couraging. Ex-President Andrew Johnson died
from paralysis and heart disease, at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Brown, in
Center county. Tenn., at half-past 2
o'clock on the morning of the 31st ult.
Mr. Johnson had been slightly unwell for
some weeks, and on the Wednesday pre
ceding his death he had a paralytic stroke
from which he only partially recovered.
For some hours previous to his death he
was entirely unconscious. His wife and
children were with him during his last
hours.
The news of the sudden death of ex
President Johnson created a profound sen
sation throughout the. country. In vari
ous places, especially in his own State,
public neetings were held and reOlu-
tions of regret passed. The flags of pub
lic buildings were generally put at half
mast. The President issued an exeeu
tive order announcing the death of his
i uu,rw t 1 7 lr V u
i ninrk-nf rosiw-pr tlmr. tlio KYPC.lltiVfi Mall-
; " i-
! sion and the Department buildings be
uiajnu 111 iiiuuuiui uiiuiun
that all ptioiic tmsmess ue suspended on
that day, and that the War and Navy Dt-
partments cause'suitable honors to be paid
fn lii' nicmnrv
.... .... . - -
Prof. Jexxky.hi a telegram to the Com
missioner of Indian A flairs, dated Black
Hills, July 17, announces that he has at
last discovered irold in paying quantities
in gravel bars both on Spring and Rapid
,,r,.(.L-5. froin on to 'AO miles nnrrhonsr or
; Harney's T.-ak. The deposits he savs, are
, tu,. riciut vet found in the Hills, and are
; v!rv- f.lVor.ibly situated, with a ood head
j of Wltt.r 5tl the.strcams, amplv suflieient
,-or working purposes,
, '
The Oregon Democrats have nominated
Lafayefte Line, a son of Gen. Joe Lane,
for Representative in Congress. Their
platform favors the resumption of specie
payments, legislative control of fares and
freights, opposes a protective tariff, paper
currency, national banks, Chinese immi
gration, and fraud and corruption in olliee.
The deposition of Brigham Young in
the Mountain Meadow massacre case, tak
en at S.dt Lake CitV, July 30. is telegraph- j leader of tlie Social Democrats, is dead,
ed to the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Brigham 1 oi.. Bakkk. of the Knrlih Army, has
aflirms that he is an invalid, and that it ! hiXn found guilty of committing an indecent as
wonid hp niTilmis to his lio.-.lrl. tn trnv.d tn ! Sillllt "Pon a young lady in a railway carriage,
Beaver at this time. He says that lit; had I
no knowledge of the maesacre, excent bv
rumor. until John D. Lee called upon him
some two or three mouths afterward and
began to give an account of the affair. l I
told him to stop, as from what I had
already learned by rumor I did not wish
my feelings harrowed. up with a recital of
the derails." He further alleges that the
only order he gave concerning this and all
other companies of emigrants, was that
they might be allowed ro pa.-s through
the countrv unmolested. Siibtantiailv the
s-iine evidence is given bv George A.
$mith !n :l snnijar affidavit. Both depoi
tions were ruled our. bv Jud je Bjreman.
For.i.owixn is an abstract
lie debt statement. August 2 :
Six per cent, bonds
Five per cent, bonds
of tiie pub-
$l,00.-,S.-)S,.v,rt
(il3,(t:j,7.')0
Total coin bonds. .
$ 1,701), 4!)!,: ;!o0
Matured debt'!.
Lawful monev debt.
II,i"7S,00(
M.GTS.-JOT I
Legal tender notes
57l,S-24,I.-."i
Certificates of deposit
Fractional currency
Coin certificates. . .".
Total without interest. . .
(;i,-7otoito
ll.ll.i,
.$ o0J,!ia"i,47S
Total debt $'Yr.7,M:;,01
Total interest 7,J10, f.0
Cash in treasury, coin CS,0li,7"0
Cash in treasury, currency -1 ,:J7G.9J:
Special deposits held for redemp
tion of certificates of deposit .... fit ,0-27,000
Total in treasury $ i:t7,.Vj;),7()
Debt less cash in treasury $2,127,:::,s:;-:
Decrease during July....". 1,'JI)1,5S7
Roods issued to l'acilic Railroad,
interest payable in lawful monev,
principal outstanding Cl,(ii,."d'2
Interest accrued and not yet paid . 3:: ,117
Interest paid bv Tinted states iS,202,tO!5
Interest repaid by transportation
of mails, etc .." C.'ill.l.Vt
Ralance interest paid bv United
States ". -21,11s (;j7
j
TllK Keiltuckv State election was held!
j on the 2 1. The 1 emocratic ticket, headed
i by McCreory for Governor, was believed
to be elected by about th same majority
as last election. In Louisville and L -x-ington,
Harlan, the H 'publican candidate
for Governor, made considerable gains.
PGLiTlHA:. AKD PERSOrJAL BREVITIES.
A National Hard-Money Convention is
to be held at Cincinnati on the -."ith of October.
Ja.mks 5ii.Kii.kAX. an old employee in the
Treasury Department, has been appointed the
successor of Chief Clerk Avery.
The failure of Duncan, Sherman & C.
has caused great inconvenience to many Ameri
can. abroad, who held letters of credit from thaf
house. It is said that in Paris the news of the
failure caused the greatest consternation.
The Commercial Warehouse Company.
ofXe-v York, a company doing a trade almost
exclusively with Cuba, where its st ck was
principally owned, has suspended payment. The
company claims to have assets largely in excess
of its liabilities.
The Tobacco Exchange Banking Com
pany, of Louisville, Ivy., has suspended.
J. B. Fokd & Co.. of New York, Mr.
P.eecher's publishers, have asked an extension
from their creditors. Their failing is said not to
alfect the Christian Union, which is a separate
company.
Messhs. Moody and Sankey, the Amer
ican revivalists, are making a tour of North
Wales.
A partial explanation of the failure of
Duncan, Sherman & Co., is found in the fact that
the linn had nearly $;00,(N)0 tied up in securities
of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, of
which Mr. Duncan is the President, and a small
amount in the Salem & Gulf Road. It is under
stood, also, that in one of their settlements they
were obliged to take $300,000 in Alabama State
bonds, which are now quoted at :)5 cents on the
dollar.
At Cynthiana, Ky., on the 29th ult., Dr.
C. L. Donally shot and killed Dr. Pcckover.
Roth were dentists, and Donally charged that
Pcckorcr had called him a liar. Donally surren
dercd himself to the officers, and while beingcon
veyed to the lock-up was shotand killed by R. II.
Ridgly, a brother-in-law of Pcckover. Ridgly
was then taken into custody.
The wife of Lieut. Ingalls died at the
Pensacola Navy Yard, and Lieut. Deshlcr died
at Fort Rarrancas, both of yellow fever, on the
2Sth.
General Dye, of Mansfield, Ohio, the I
Adjutant-General of the Khedive of Egypt, is I
now at his old place of residence on a visit
He I
speaks in high terms of the aims and purposes of
the Khedive in relation to the Valley of the Nile
and its inhabitants. The troops in that part ot
Africa aru mostly commanded by Americans.
liisnor Ames, of Georgia, has declined
' e appointment of SiouxComn,issioner, church
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1 uiuu-.T cuuiuiug ;ui iiif Mine.
,,, ,. A. nf
Louisiana v.as
. ,. . ,
; living relative or
, not itis now stated, the nearest
Washington. .Mrs.. L. A. Shrewsbury of
; Charleston, W. Va. , and her brother, Dr. John
1'arks, are the grand-niece and grand-nephew
iiainunuij uicouin ui iiib ivouniry, meir
; mother having been the daughter of Samuel
! Washington, brother of the General.
Ii'kv. Athaxase Josue Coqukrkl, a
widely known Protestant clergyman of France,
j died recently, aged T. He visited this country
. during the session of the Evangelical Alliance in
' l."'t returned upon the ill-fated Ville du
n;i 1 1 , ijuing wnu ji uir survivors 01 inai
terrible ocean ilisastcr.
Hon. J. T. Klliott. t'ornifily Iiepn-sent-ative
in Congress from the Third Arkansas Dis
trict, died at Camden, Ark., on the 25th ult.
Coi.. FouxKvis iroinir to St. Petersburir
to induce Russia to participate in the Centennial
. Exhibition.
j Mks. Cki.ia Bi'Ki.K'fin, the well knswn
j woman - suffrage agitator, is dead,
j Gkx. W.vJtXKlt LliWIS, of Dubuqe.
! Iowa, has re:eived the gratifying news of his
' having fallen heir to a very valuable estate in
, England, which makes a millionaire of him.
Mks. Oki'henia Tkkh: died a few days
since at Woodbury, Connecticut, aged one hun
) dred and three. She was a direct descendant of
' the Goodrichcs who came over in the Mayflower.
The family has been noted for longevity.
1 Du. Vox Scuwkitzkh, of Berlin, the
and sentenced to imprisonment for twelve
months and to pay a lineof live hundred pounds
nml cost of prosecution. Toe high social posi-
1 tion of the defendant, and the aggravated nature
of the offense, made the affair notorious on both
sides ol the Atlantic.
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
The price of
August i, was ii-,T0'
roid in
.'W
N or
i
A London telegram of the 2Srh says that
5) mills have been closed at Ashton, and S.uOO
operativt-s thrown out of emploviucnt; and at
Oldham, only six out of It'.i mills belonging to the
Employer.-'' Association were workin
BrigadieM leneral )rd. 'omniandiiig the
Department of Texas, has issued an order that
persons appearing in that department in the
disguise of Indians will be treated as Indians,
ami, if not Killed when captured, will be sent to
Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Kla., ami will not
be allowed to change their Indian dress.
Th Northern Paeilie R liiroad bridge
across the MissisippiJKiver at ISrainerd, Minn. ,
I went down with h mixed train, on the morn
ing of the'.'Ttli, and five persons were killed and
everal others injured.
Tie- he-tvv ;-.i:us which prevailed
, throughout portions of the West, during the last
week in duly, seriously injured the crops, wheat
especially, in many localities.
G-jnt's Citron Mills, at Glasgow, Scot
laud, were burned on the -JSth. A number of
operatives and firemen were injured. Los
$;oo,oio.
Thiiry-one mill- haw closed ar Dundee.
Scotland, and twelve thousand persons are on
of employment. Rotii the employers and opera
tives have resolved not to yield.
Five deaths from yellow fever occurred
at Fort l.arancas on the '2fth.
A fn ilir train going north on the Lou
isville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, on
the 2Sth, went through a trestle 10 feet high, be
tween I'utnamville and Cloverdale, killing the
engineer, conductor and head brakeman. The
fireman had one leg and one arm broken. The
rear brakeman only escaped.
Fllrih- r j.art.'vthrs regarding the bridge
disaster on the Northern l'acilic Railroad near
Rrainerd, Minn., on the -27th, are as follows:
The train consisted of '20 freight cars, beside the
caboose, in which were a number of pas.-engers.
Several of the cars were laden with railroad iron.
As the train was crossing the bridge the engineer
heard a cracking and put on steam to escape. His
efforts, however, proved too late to save his life.
The central span of the bridge broke down under
i the weight of the cars and both ends of the train
were drawn into the wreck, the engine aud
several cars being drawn backward ami the
remainder of the train forward. The central
span and two western spans of the bridge went
down, the engine, tender and two cars that
I were pulled backward falling on the west
! shore, and the remainder going into the
i river. The crash made by the week was
j heard at n distance of three-quarters of a
nine, i ne river at mis point is aooui ;im leei
wide, the Mter from six to eight feet deep, and
the bridge was about (to feet above the water.
It was of the Howe truss pattern, and it is sup
posed that the foundations had been weakened
by recent floods.
A terrible storm psse over portions of
Southern Ohio and Indiana on the night of the
2Sth ult. At Marietta, Ohio, a live-story furni
ture warehouse was razed to the ground, de
stroying the building and nearly its entire con
tents, valued at $7.-1,000. The surrounding
country was Hooded, causing great damage to
crops.
The Comptroller of Currency has ad
vised the Secretary of the Treasury of the issue
of $l ,-270,'!) additional national bank circulation
for the month ending July '2S, So per cent, of
which is to be retired in legal-tender notes, mak
ing the whole amount of legal-tender notes re
tired since the passage of the act of January li,
1S75, $;,2M,rttt.
An Omaha dispatch of the 2!)th ult. says
that the Indian Commissioners who are investi
gating the Agency frauds discovered while there
that one miller had put up package of flour con- !
. - - . 1 . ...t.r..t. i . . . i i !
taming pouiius, wuiuu iil- si;uc.- were iiirucu
in for the Indians by the contractors for 100
pounds; aud also that a lot of 700 cattle, which
were frozen to death on the hands of the con
tractor, had been regularly receipted for by the
Indians.
The town of Ilarwyburg, Fountain
Ccunty, Wnd., was struck by a cyclone on the
night of the 2.Hhult. , demolishing houses, up
rooting trees and sweeping things generally be
fore it. Five women were killed, among them
being Mrs. Sowers, Mrs. Sample and Mrs. Pat
terson. A hired girl and a little child of Mrs.
I Sowers were also among the victims.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt in
I Hartford, Conn., and vicinity, on the morning
of the '27th ult.
The Pensacola Navy Yard was reported
free from yellow-fever on the 29th ult. Up to
that date there had been 1!) deaths at Rarrancas,
out of 0t cases.
! The official statement by the Minister of
Public Works to the French Assembly, estimates
he total damage to property by the inundation in
South France at $ 15.000.000.
The steamer recently purchased by the
-
lilt,
Government to guard the Rio Grande River will ! J"""""',""-J"""J"-irdzsen an ca
be called the ltio Rravos. Her armament will be j aniinatl0 "l his court : Young gentle
howitzers, andone30-pounder. Her complement men, I want to sar a thinir or two to VOU.
, bu eight 0flk"cr8 a"'1 fort'-fivemen. She
draws only 2 feet 10 inches loaded.
'
jl" ""I"""1"1 i-uiimcni'ucrs Kiimv aaj' tiling. Like tho-e ..imo-fel
was made at St. Paul, Minn., on the 1st. The lows just back from their ffnrdu:itioncol
names of the parties as given are G. Wolscy, S. 1 , , ,
Peyser, and Mary Clark, the latter supposed t0 JN you think you know a great deal,
be Wolsey's wife. The officers captured $l.o,oo:i is a great mistake. If you ever get
in bills, mostly 10s on the First National Rank of to be of ail account, you will be surprised
i-aaucaii, ivy., pres-es, piate.-, electrotypes,
1001s, eic.
The Assistant Treasurer at New York
has been directed by the Secrutarv of the Trcas
ury to sell gold during the month of August as
follows: One and a half million dollars on the
first and third Thursdays each and one million
dollars on the second and fourth Thursdays each;
otal, five millions.
Reports from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Misouri , Iowa , and portions of contiguous States,
up to the 3d, give accounts of continued devasta
tion to property by the high waters. Nearly all
rivers were outside their banks, and in some
localities the water was the highest ever re
corded. Residents along the lower Mississippi
were apprehensive that the levees would be over
flown. The Government has authorized the cir
culation of the Bible in Turkey.
The Broadwood Weaving Factory in
Retfast, Ireland, burned on thc.llst ult. Loss
estimated at $7."0,000. Seven hundred persons
are thrown out of employment.
The Snn Cholera Mixture.
More than forty years ago, when it war
found that prevention for the Asiatic
cholera was easier than cure, the learnet
doctors of both hemispheres drew up a
prescription, which was published (for
working people) in the New York Su?i.
and took the name of "The Sun Cholera
Mixture.' Our cotemporary never lent
its name to a better article. We have seen
it in constant use for nearly two score
years, and found it to be the best remedy
for looseness of the bowels ever yet de
vised. It is to be commended for severa
reasons, it is not to be mixed witn
liquor, therefore will not be used as an al
coholic beverage. Its ingredients are wel
known among all the common people,aiu
it will have no prejudice to combat ; eacl
of the materials is in equal proportion to
the others, and it may therefore be com
pounded without professional skill ; ant:
as the dose is so very small, it may be
carried in a tiny phial in tiie waistcoat
pocket, and be always at hand. It is :
Tinct. opii,
Capsici,
Rhei co. ,
Menthpip.,
Campho.
Mix the above in equal parts : dose, ten
to thirtv drops. In plain terms, take
equal parts tincture opium, red pepper
rhubard, peppermint and camphor, anc
mix them for use. In case of diarrhoea
take a doe of ten to twenty drops in
three or four teaspoonfuls of water. No
one who has this by him and takes it in
time will ever have the cholera. We
commend it to our Western friends, and
hope that tiie receipt will be widely pub
lished. Even when no cholera is antici
pated it is an excellent remedy for ordi
nary summer complaint. Journal of Com
mercc.
A Nevada Showman.
J. II. Farley is a showman now travel
ing in Nevada. His entertainment is di
versitkd, the first part being a panorama
of the Holy Land. His liAiidbill says
''Religious and moral people should not
be backward in coming to the scene and
hear the lecture given bv the Professor,
for it is founded on relijrious and moral
principles. This show is not a bilk, or
to humbug the people." A special claim
upon public patronage is that, ''the pro
prietor is a weakly and sickly man. dtbili
tatMi in the chronic diseases white-swell
iiijr. scrofula, and bronchitis." Astro
nomical views are a. share of the show, and
the handbill roes on to sav : ".Scientific
questions will be asked, and satisfactory
answers given to each. The. motion of
the air will be explained and it will be
shown how the wind may be seen. The
wind may be perceived as readily as any
visible material object, if viewed correctly.
The cause of the ever-increasing accumu
lation of salt in the ocean, of earthquakes
in different localities, of gold and silver in
various places, how it was melted, will be
amply and satisfactorily explained." Mr.
Farley lectures, and of his ability in that
line he says : "Old age is deeply inter
ested and much astonished in "hearing a
lecture given by me. as I lecture on the
present age of the world in science, as the
last fifty years have accumulated more
knowledge and science than the two hun
dred years previous." And, as the cli
max of attraction, the announcement
adds : "We have also on hand six or eight
white mice, which will be shown free of
charge at the show. These mice are
not natives of this country ; they came
from the South Sea Islands."
When a boy succeeds in convincing his
mother that he was not swimming in the
river that his hair was made wet by per
spiration while " helping Bill Timmins to
catch a chicken just now" you might
just as well try to explain the Schleswig
Ilolstcin question as to undertake to de
scribe the awful expression of that boy's
face when his mother subsequently dis
covers that he has on another boy's shirt.
Norristown Herald.
An Eccentric Judge.
.Judge Underwood, of Rome, ro four
i 1
vl.
( -r-minrr Inuri'm:-
You have passed as good an examination
1 ic nsiml nnrborv- i . i
, as uuai, pernapo better; but vou don't
1 at VOUr nreseilt ignorance. Drm'r h
too
I big for your breeches. Go round to the
'" , . . , .....c.u.n,.,,,".
, J,on C ,)e an- bet off upon a high key.
' 011 will, no doubt, speak .. grer" leal of
! nonsense, but VOU will have one onsola-
tion : nobody will know it. The
great
lnaas of mankind take sound for sense.
Never mind about your ease pitch in.
You are about as apt to win as lose. Don't
be ashamed of the wise-looking justice.
He don't know a thing. He is a dead
beat on knowledge. Stand to your rack
fodder or no fodder, and you will see day
ight after a while. The community gen
erally supposes that you will be rascals.
There is no absolute necessity that you
should. You may be smart without being
tricky. Lawyers ought to be gentlemen.
Some of them don't come up to the stand'
ard and are a disgrace to the faternity.
They know more than any other race,
generally, and not much in particular.
They don't know any thing about sand
stones, carboniferous periods, and ancient
land animals known as fossils. Men that
make out they know a great .leal on
these subjects don't know much. They
are humbugs superb humbiiirs. They are
ancient land animals themselves, and will
ultimately be fossils. You are dismissed
with the sincere hope of the Court that
you will not make asses of yourselves."
Louis ville Courier-Journa I.
Hydrophobia in Fruit.
Two native gardeners and a little boy
having been suddenly seized with alarm
ing spasms, accompanied with foaming at
the mouth, after eating a quantity of
peaches, the Englishman to whom the
peach orchard belonged forthwith pro
ceeded to analyze the fruit. To his horror
the juice was found to contain a consider
able proportion of poisonous virus, a dis
covery which naturally led to a close ex
amination of the tree from which the fruit
had been gathered. After inspecting the
leaves, the branches, even the bark with
no scientific results, one of the examining
party suggested that the roots should be
uncovered. This being done, the origin
of the poison at once came to light. Be
ing anxious to enrich the soil of the or
chard, the gardeners had buried dead dogs
under many of the trees, including the
one on which the deadly peaches had
grown. Under its roots lay the carcass of
a defunct pariah, proved by appearances
to have died of hydrophobia. After this
discovery there could be no doub: about
the source from which the fruit derived
its poisonous qualities. Tiie virus of
hydrophobia had first impregnated the
soil, next the sap of the tree, and subse
qucntly transmitted itseif to the fruit.
Yet the poison appears to have lost some
of its power in transit, since it is related
that the three patients were successfully
treated and all recovered." Lucknov: Cor
Indian Daily News.
THE MARKETS.
t ST. LOUIS. Augusts, 1S75.
Reeves Choice, $C.0OS(;.'2.-; Good to Prime,
$4.3035.50; Cowb and Heifers. $2.2554.75,
Corn-Fed Texans, $3.503 4.25.
IiOGS Good to Choice, $7.1537.S5.
Sheep Good to Choice, $3. 25 4.75.
Flo uk Choice Country, $0.2530.50; XXX
$5.40gG.0i.
WnEAT Red. 2o. 2, $1.535 1.531:; No. 3,
$1.3131.31.
Coax No. 2, Mixed, C93 70a.
Oats No. 2, 573 5Sc.
Uve Prime, S55S7c.
Timothv Seed Prime, $2.05g2.75.
ToiiACCO Planters laisrs. $t.5-JA3.50.
Medium Shipping Leaf, $10.50512.00.
hay 1 nine ew Timothy, $13.003 14.00.
RUTTEit-Choice Packed Dairy, 23 a 24c.
Egos S3 lie.
Pork Standard Mess, $21.253 21.50.
Laud Refined, 13f314c.
Wool Tub-washed. Choice. 50 : U: washed.
Combing, 38340c.
COTTON Alltltlling, H.'C
NEW YORK.
Reeves Native. $ 0.75a 13.S0; Texan. $8.00
3 10.00.
HOGS Dressed, $10.25310.75.
Sheep Clipped, $4.5030.50.
Flour Good to Choice, $ 0.253 C.C5.
Wheat No. 2 Chicago, $1.3131.37.
Coitx Western -Mixed, S5gStTc.
Oats Western Mixed, 02504c.
Pouk Mess, $21.15.
COTTOX Middling. 14 c.
CHICAGO.
Beeves Common to c hoice. $3.50 a 6.25.
Texans, $3.0054.0'.
hogs uooa to Choice, $ (.sosv.yo.
Sheep Shorn, $3.503 4.75.
Flour Choice Winter. Extra iCSOH.
Choice Spring Extra, $5.5130.00.
wheat spring No. 2. i.233l.23hf. Snnna
No. 3, $1.153 l'.lfiii.
CORN No. 2, 70(j71Je.
Oats No. 2, 52g54c.
RYE No. 2, SOc.
Pork New Mess, $20.753 20.S5.
Lard Percwt. $13.35.
CINCINNATI.
Flour Family, $7.00 3 7.15.
Wheat Red, new, $1.4531.55.
Corx-Ncw, 72 3 75c.
Oats No. 2, 703 75c.
Pork New Mess, $21.00.
Laki Summer, 13a.
Cotton Middling, 14c.
KANSAS CITY.
Beeves Native Steers. $2.75.34.00. Texas-
Steers, $3.0533.50.
HOGS otockcrs , $5.0036.25.
MEMPHIS.
Flour Family, $5.753 7.00.
Corn Mixed , S25 sojio.
Oats Mixed , 64 3 COc.
Hat Choice. $13.00322.00.
Cotton Middling, 14c
NEW ORLEANS
Flour Choice, $ 8.253 S.cO.
Corn White, 92sJ4c.
Oats GO 3 67c.
nAY Prime, $26.00g 27.00.
Pork Mess, $23.00323.25.
Racon 10ii 3 14c.
Suoar Fair to Prime, Sfff!.'c
Cotton Low Middling, 13jc.