MIS( KLL VNKOTS SEWS. TIIK MAINE ELECTION. Portland, Maine, advices of Sept. 10th slate that ItW towns give Connor, d-l.doo; Gareclon. 14,tiV; Smith. 21,5i>0. r' tmor lacks 5.2 J*d of a majority. The same towns last year gave Connor 28,:5;>7. tlemocrats, 21,10*i; greenbacks, d,dot>; scattering. -20; Connor’s majority, d.J.'IJ. If the vote continues as it is in these towns, the aggregate vote will be about 120.000. The democratic vote continues to fall oil’, and the greenback to increase. Reed, republican, is elect ed iu the First district by probably M.dOO plurality. Kryc, republican, is elected in the Second, and Lindsey, re publican. in the Third. Powers, re publican. is defeated in the Fourth by iiOod. democrat-greenback, and Hale is probably defeated in the Fifth by Muerb, greenback and labor agitator, although there was a democrat in the field. -MOKE ABOI'T THE THAMES DISASTER. Later estimates of the number of per sons drowned by the collision on the Thames arc higher than those given yesterday. It is now statin! that be tween (10(1 and 700 wore lost, the ma jority of the estimates favoring the latter number. A diver says he felt the corpses packed four and live deep in the cabin of the I'rinress Alio. THE INTERN VTIONAI. CONOR ESS. The international congress on weights, measures and coinage, has adopted a motion in favor of a universal standard of one-tenth alloy for gold coins. The votes were equally balanced ns to wheth er the same standard is applicable to sil ver. The proposal for the freedom of the mints to coin gold or silver accord ing to the demand, was rejected. It was decided that the right to melt or export coin should he unlim ited ; that no fixed rates he established between gold and silver, and that silver should not he a legal tender for a debt over £lO. The com mittee unanimously agreed that the host mode of arriving at an inter national monetary unit would be to give legal currency to the ten-franc piece. THE SI OAK 1 RAI DS. The customs officers who have just returned from another examination of the charges againstf Jll towns in this state, 21(1 have re turned the following vote; Tor (Jov-1 ernor, Procter (republican), dd.jso; Bingham (democrat), 15,(11(5: Martin j (greenhacker), 1,0S(!; scattering, 1,120. In I•'70, the twenty-live towns to j hear from, gave Fairbanks (re publican), J.'dll; Bingham (democrat). 1 J,o4ii. In the first congressional di-- dricl sixty-eight towns give Joyce, (rep.,) 10,(1 JO votes. Randall, (deni.,) 0,000. The second congressional dis trict, seventy-seven towns give Tyler, (rep.,) 11,500, Hockey, (dem.,) 4,500. The third congressional district, sixty-1 six towns give t'tout (rep.,) 5,807:1 Waterman (dem.,) •‘{,Jld; Harlow (Bolt er.) 8,: too, CHEAT HOTEL HUE. The magnificent Grand Central Ho- ; tel at (>mahn, the finest structure of its i kind between Chicago and San Frau- j cisco, burned on the night of the Ith j iu-t. This hotel was owned by John Creighton, Herman Kount/.e, H. W. Yales, and A. J, Poppleton, all of Omaha: Augustus Kount/.e, of New York; and Thomas Wardell, of Alabama. Some weeks ago it was | sold by foreclosure to satisfy mortgaged bonds of SIOO,OOO and in terest held by the above gentlemen. . who were holders of the bonds, they 1 having advanced money to complete the hotel, the loan having been negoti-: ated hy the late Fdward Creighton. The hotel was bought at a foreclosure sale fur $120,0h I by Augustus Konntze for himself and the above j named parties. The hotel was built at a ciot of $;’>(Mi,(HN(. atid was undoubted iv the finest and largest hotel structure ill the west outside of Chicago. It was being repaired and put in better shape than it was when new, it having been opened in 187:1. Kitchen brothers had made extensive purchases of the latest styles of fur niture, carpets, etc., which had arrived and were being put in place. The greater portion, however, was removed, hut received considi ruble damage hy breakage and water. The insurance on the furniture was very light. The destruc tion of this hotel is considered a great ealamitv, leaving < hnaha virtually with out first-class hotel accommodation. One of the owner-’ said that the insur anco money, SIOO,tXXL would probably be invested in rebuilding;. Hnring the lire three firemen were injured, but none killed, ns first reported. OKViu k ok vn r insane. An Elizabeth, N. .1.. dispatch of the 4th inst. says Orville Orant, tin e\-President's brother, was this morning sent to the Insane Asylum at Morristown, His mind runs on im mense speculations, and starting new businesses on a gigantic scale. He was sent at the request of friends and Hr. Martin. ntsiiop m’ivskrev deposed. A New York dispatch of September I’rd says: The house of bishops m public session, this evening, unanimously deposed Hishop McCos -1 krey, of Michigan. Hishop Smith read 1 the following document, all the bishops standing: Whereas, The Kev. Samuel Allen McOoskrey’s communication, under his own proper hand, bearing date ot May •Jo, 1878, declared he docs resign and relinquish his office as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church, and nas requested that this resignation and re linquishment may be acted upon by the bishops of said church, at the earliest convenient season, upon such length and. manner of notice a> may bethought best by the presiding bishop; and Wiierkvs, Said bishop has abandon ed his diocese and left the territory of the Tinted States, while grave allega tions existed, thereby declining to pro mote any investigations of the allega tions aforesaid; and, \\ HKUK.As, Nil action of said bishon in said premises which action ht' has himself invoked, can make ellective his ; voluntary resignation, relinquishment and abandonment of his sacred office, j except by hisdeposition from the same: and, | \\ ti ere as. At a meeting of a majori ty of the bishops ot the Protestant Episcopal church in the Tinted Stales, exercising jurisdiction in the same, convened in the city of Now York, on th(> dd of September, 1878, the follow ing resolutions were adopted: lli’wlml, That Samuel Allen Mct'os krey is hereby deposed from sacred ministry, and from all ollices thereof, and that the presiding bishop is hereby requested and authorized to pronounce the second sentence of deposition and giveduo notice thereof. .Sow, therefore, he it known that on this third of September, m the year of our laird 1878, 1, Ketij. Hosworth Smith, H. H., hy divine permission hishop of the diocese of Kentucky, and presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Toiled States, in conformity with the terms of the res olution before recited; declare and pro nounce said Samuel Allen McToskrey deposed from the holy ministry, and from all offices therein, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, amen. (Signed) Hen.i. Hoswouth Smith, Hishop of Kentucky, President House of Bishops. The reading of the paper was attend ed with deepest attention, ami after sen tence was pronounced, the house of bishops adjourned .viir ilic. No action was taken towards appointing a success or to the deposed bishop. ot u mtt.tr schools. Among other interesting information, the forthcoming report of the Bureau of Education will contain statistics showing the cost per pupil of main taining the public schools of the' I 'idled States. Reports from the principal cities show that the co>t per pupil last year fur inst met ion alone was as fol lows; Itn-lmi.. fSi i'l Di'ii nil , );■ :i| Sun Knuicisrii . .'I 111 | M l l \va uke, . r, in lln It .it l l '.’A In Cicvelm I, .. 111. VI Ni'iv link Cl lOi Lniiluvil ■■ In 111 Ncw Orli-uti- Cl .no UiirluiKtcr. 10 1C I Tiicuun. 1 1 Mi 'Pittsburg to.oo Cinciimutl Cos sn Waslmejl ill I'. ll St. Roms . I'Misli Richiminil Dl.vi lliilltiOiipolis... , 1 V.liS I’liiliulHlptiLi IC.VI The average incidental expenses, in cluding rents, repairs, fuel, etc . in the principal cities per pupil were as follows: Itil- 11 in . rio ci Detroit 1 :ic Sun Kniiii;is.in 'i.'ii WuHiiinaiiin, , .;!) lrulluna|Hilis ... O.iKi Pbilaili’liilila V.Cil RniiiHville o,:w New Orli iio- ,1 ;c i liwi'liim! . . 'i.sl CiMi liiMuli .A Ml linrlinsli r A VA Cblcuiro A.iNi St. I.onls .. ri.Vii Milwaukee ah; New York S.tiHjUichmonii c.i The following shows the average sal aries paid to teachers and principals, so far as reported: moil scuoni. rioM ii'Ai.s. Sum Kranrlseo ~ SI,OOO <' I lie i unut i fC.iim It'i-tnli ... A.VSH Hntliiln C.SOO Ck'velaiol 2, ((Ml St. Louis. . C,:'Vi HRAMMKU M 11111)1, TKACH Kits. Vulr Li-malc .Mole Ketnulp. Bom■ hi .. s:i.Coo |C Olio, Detroit... sl.Mio Rl.coo Sun Kraii., C.IOO C.COO lilUl'ulo 1.400 (i.MI St. I.nuis.. C. ICI I l.UT.'i Koebesler . l.OM) SoO cinclniiati si,too IndlTmiU's. i.u.vi iim I hleiigii.... Is 0 I.HOO ClcvTuikl t'SH I’HIMAKV AMi iHiHIS Alt V THAI lIEU-, San Fraiii'lstai . fI.MKi Ddmil fVi'i rlilcai'o 1 lisn Itmlaln li.Vl St. I.nuis ti if, i 1 tieiitii,iii , oin 111 ist i ill so. MihAHUkiT lino Now York ... sno clcyelaiul Mo ItnliuiiaiioUe VIC The Wholesale Bankruptcy Business. I’ol’K, Tilt* Dancing o Ouo and tlit' Singing of tho Othor. MiiiOtou itol ' l.ottor ' > CimaninOl Oiviinuavnil Hon. Sherman is at present at Mani- Kni. Ho oauto into tho village ineog nito, with hoard a week old. gray ativl stitl mul stubby, with wide wluto trous eis, blno saok ooat and squatty straw liat. His companion, McCook, is soarooly more military in appearance. Hon. Sherman walks along tho dusty stroots, ohnoks tho babies under tho dim, jokes with their nurses, kisses tho young girls. Hatters tho mothers, olimbs tin' rooks for ferns, aml hurts spool* mens with tho most onthusia>tio. "Ho isn't a bit like a great man. Isn't he nice'.’" said a blue-eyed maiden of seventeen. There was tho hop tho evening of his arrival. As soon as his aged ear caught the tones, they say ho forgot his supper, sprang into the ball ; room, dusty from long travel, hungry and tired, he tripped tho light fantastic too tintii the gray of tho morning, jtien. Pope is hero aeeompaniod by his sons. He is visiting at a bountiful'Vol tage on tho elilV, which his sister, Mrs. Veatman, has taken for the summer in eompany with Mrs. t’oghlin. wife of a , naval otlieer, at piesent in China. \s a guest they 'nave the brilliant Miss I'hurehill, of Louisville, Ky. Hen. Pope is largo, blonde, and jolly, his children as handsome as little gods. Romping, joking, jabbering French and Spanish with the youngsters, speaking hopefully to tho siek, sympathetically with tho bereaved, his glittering should er straps and brass buttons and genial face have Hashed a streak of light through the little village, and made everybody, siek and well, feel hotter for His coming. His favorite song. "My Houeviove," he roars hy (he hour as he swings in his hammock on the porch upon the elilf. Most any timo. day or night, you can hoar snatches of it floating down from tho heights. After dark, wlu'u the small hamlet, nestled at the mountain feet, is lighted only by the stars of heaven, the notes sound weird and wild. I have seen guests i stay their steps to listen to the unseen singer. One could imagine it (been of an imprisoned soul that Irom the present reaches out to find lost Hone vieve. The mountain gorges lling hack the echoes; the pines roused, nestle j and murmur together; the stars send throbbing meteors searching through the August sky. Tho song ceases, the wind is hushed, tho torches of the meteors are put out, the waterfalls Hit like pale ghosts upon the rocks, the echoes are bewildered, the very pines hold their breath, and a silence deep as deat’n settles down upon sleeping Maui ton and lost sweet Henevieve. BISHOP MeCOSK li V . Impressive Scene Attending (he Sorrow - tut ( erenidii) of Humiliation. Nuw York 'lVli'jmitii, On reassembling nl I the house pro ceeded to dispose of the case of Bishop Met'oskry, whose resignation was rend by the secretary. The discussion of the (piestion must have been very brief, judging from the short period of time before the thin I decision was reached. The doors were then thrown open to the public, who were invited to witness the impressive ceremonial of the depo sition of a bishop of iln> church. The scene was in evi ry respect an exceed ingly solemn one. Heside the pulpit sat the venerable gray haired presiding bishop, Benjamin B. Smith, of Ken tucky, 1 lent and dm repid with extreme age, holding in his handsa closely writ ten page of legal cap. The other mem bers of the house stood in the front row of pews w ith partially bowed heads. While the presiding hi hop slowly and falteringly read the deposition Ills voice trembled with emotion, and a general air of sadness pervaded the as semblage. More than once audible sobs drowned the faint voice of the venerable reader, who‘arose from his seat on reaching the latter end of the document, and remained standing while he pronounced the sentence tcl sumc lime during tlio present year. Professor Samuel A. King, the well known atTonaul proposes to atari from Now York mi a balloon voyage which sin.ll (crmiinito on sonic portion of the Furopean continent. Several years ago a proposition was made to Professor King to undertake the task, the sum of $ I o.tuio was guaranteed oy i some wealthy New Yorkers to cover the neeesssarv expense. For prudent ial reasons the aeronaut at that time : decided to decline the oiler. Last winter, however, while making some [experiments in balloons forlhe How gale expedition, he was successful in : discovering a snl stance of such ini j penetrability that a balloon of 100,0(10 feel would not lose more than 1 per cent, of gas m twenty-four‘hours, so that after ajoinoev occupying twenty days SO, (100 feet oi gas would still re main. The importance of Ihisdiseov cry is recognized when it is staled that an average halloon will lose tin per cent, of gas in twenty-four hours. This new idea was communicated to the .New Yorkers, who renewed their previous oiler. Professor K ing at once accepted, and the construction of the halloon which will occupy the whole of the ensuing winter and spring, will he at once commenced. The halloon will he (he largest in the world. It will average ahont ninety feet in diameter and 27•> feet in cir cumference, w ith a capacity for holding between B and -1(10,(111(1 feet of gas. The material employed will he Pongee silk of a special manufacture, coaled with a substance known only to (he profei sor. The silk will he doubled through out. Pure hydrogen gas will he used, and the cost of mllation alone is ap proximated at So,oUll. The ear will he a eemhinalion of boat and basket, a wicker framework covered with a heavy rubber substance which can easily he n-eil as a boat in ease of emergency. < “I shall positively start early in .lime,” said the professor last, night. “ 1 consider that the month in winch thunder storms, which I do not wish to encounter, are the least fnapienl. The starting point will he either New York or Brooklyn. 1 propose to keep in the lower currents, and to maintain tain a permanent altitude of ."SKI feet above water. I shall e din ly discard the theory of sailing in currents from west to east at a height of three miles. When yon reach that height the gas be gins to lose hy expan ion. Then, when von begin to descend, hadasl must !• thrown out. You rise again; more gas is lost; another descent; another throw ing overboard of ballast, and so on until all your ballast is gone, and then you come down for good. Under my scheme I expect to he able to keep it in the air for two months, if necessary, while there has never been a balloon which ha- kept detached from earth fora longer period than twenty-fcni hours,” “ What period of time do yon imlici pate the trans-Atlantic voyage will oc cupy. “That is hard to say, hut I expect to make at least twenty miles an hour. In addition to the ballast, the balloon will carry a large, heavy rope, which will drag the water. This will have a ten dency to keep us in permanent alti tude of which 1 have spoken.” (> (ii feathers will he more used the ruing winter than they have for yea past. V Kemarkable Mini. A correspondent of tho Charlotte(N. C. i (l.Vmr says in my travels a few Jays ago in Anson county, 1 met with an old gon (lonian, a eilixen of tins state and now living m Kielimond county, who relates the following very interesting incidents of his life; Ist. lie was in the funeral poss, ssion when tien. Washington was bnj'ied. -d. Was a pall-bearer at the funeral ot lien. Vndrew Jackson. ihl. Was a waiter at the marriage of lien. Stonewall Jackson's wife's father, tih. Accompanied lien. Lafayette through tln> s.ate when he was lu re. oth. Spent a day wth I'aniel Webster in Kiclinuiiid on one occasion. 1 nth. Also one with Washington Irving. . th. Was the founder of the old Kay ettevillo fVwrivr. sth. Listened to his son, plow one of the most distinguished lawyers in the land) who made a speech to Lafayette when he was only live years old. ‘.'th. Was hapli/ed by the llrst super intendent of the North I'amlina I’niver Mly before it w as a college. 10th. W as aciptainted with Uie first graduate, 11 in'on iiaines. 11th. Knew the first graduate of West Point. 1-th. Kept the postolllce in Kayelle vilit' forty years in succession. Pith, Is near 'JO years old, 1 Hh, Never was intoxicated hut once in his hfe. loth. Ketains his hearing well, loth. Feels himself now near the gate ol death, hut has a w ell grounded hope of immortality and eternal hfe. fan anyone who reads this .ell his name V 1 The gentleman alluded to above is fol. John Mellae, the father of the em incut lawyer and orator, Ihmenn K. Mellae, and who has other sons of prominence. All ot the above remark■ able statements about liiin are true, and nineb miglil be added interesting.l A ( hulei Jin t In* Eje. I'his is tin* season of general travel, anil through the open window of (ho onr pours a cloud ol cinders from tln> loi'iiiuotivo. N needless nuisance, lail m our country universal. Having caught a cinder in the eye, il is possible that, by remaining i|iiici a while, it may be dissolved by the tears, and vanish; or we may promote the (low of tears by attempting to open the eye now and then, and cause the cinder to be earned oil by them. We may also help the (low ol tears by seizing the edge of the upper lid thawing il away from the eyeball, and at the same lime blowing the nose smartly, or we may pull the upper lid down over the edge of the lower, and, thrusting the latter up be neatb il, make the lower eyelashes do | service as a broom in brushing away ini' olfending substance. If these ex pedients fail w have a sure one in turning over the upper lid and wiping oil the cinder. I his is easily dme by a traveling companion. Take a pen cibease for a fulcrum ; place il parallel will) the i due of I lie upper lid, about half an inch above it; then, with the thumb and forefinger of theolherhand seize the upper hd firmly by il eyelashess and tree edge, ami direct the person to look down, and, the moment the eye hall rolls downward, (urn the lid quick ly over the pencil, I>o not wipe the delicate surface of the availed lid with the handkerchief more Ilian I neeessa iv. first Imd the situation of the olfen- Hive substance which possibly may he so small ns to he almost invisinle; then remove it with the linger or point of the pencil, or wild the handkerchief lurm and over the end of (he linger. The cinder will generally he found at about the middle of the upper lid, nol far hack from the edge. In ease the foreign body sticks mi the hall of (he eye in Iront of the pupil, it may oe wiped oil’ with a hit of paper Iwidedloa. point, or pos sibly by a hit of soft pine wood (say the bee end of a common friction match.) If, however, il (joes not come oil easily, surgical aid must he sought, as great harm may he doin' (he transparent point of the eye by the use of sharp instrn no ip- in inexperienced hands. \ Doctors Hon on o Sleeper, i lilciipi Tllliliu ", In a stale-room of the sleeper on tint J’aeilic express, passingthrough to-day, were a party of venerable looking gen tlemen, members of the Kdinhtirgli medical university of Holland, who areen route to Colorado and the Pacific slope, incog. They were very excited ly discussing the miraculous healing and invigorating properties of the human saliva, and advocating the profound learning of the old French savant, Dos sier, who first startled the fraternity with Ids discoveries, when a gentleman, who was evidently an secession to the party, since their arrival in this coun try, made the assertion that physicians, who had such facilities for covering up their tracks, could sin, in a certain sense, with impunity, and ergo were,as a class, hoary villains. The old profes sor who had been so eloquent trembled with indignation and said not a word, while a young gentleman promptly knocked the offender down. There was a lively time for about ten minutes. Dlood Hew lively for awhile, and the combatant* were not separated until their faces were sadly marred. Your correspondent could not learn the names of either of the pugilists, a healthy respect for Ids own face pre venting a persistent interview. A i.aov writes to the St. Paul Pioneer l‘ini* that her whole family were recent ly poisoned by eating the canned corn heef, now so much in use. Hie adds that this is the second lime such poison ing has occurred within her knowledge.