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Postmaster Gresham will investígate r„;yi8iatDaat lottcr with Tlew it as Ses'sfonceïn80" WhethCr U '8 al"mate There is a sentiment prevalent that Attorney General Brewster is too eiper.sive a luxury for the United States governnX W. W. Corcoian is niaking an effort to have the remains of Francis Seott Kcy, tbc 8Un i ,f ,he,"8Ur sPnlcd Banccr," re oeu to Washington. At present tVy are erred m the eeraetery at Fredericktown, I'he cadet engineers of the class of who have heen notified of their dismiesal m the r.avy under the proviious of the act August, 1S82, hare rvfiiseu to accept their schargn and the year's pay tendered with it lt wiübe remembered thecourt of claims decicicd tiiat this act had no apclication whatever to those youngmen, while the secretarv of the mvy decifled (irectly contrary. In a -comniunieationadtiressedtothedepartment.theeadetB sav that they feel bound to respect the decisión of the court, and believes their discharge is without the authorijy of law, and henee nuil and void. They will therefore continuo to re)ort for duty froni time to time and eue for lieir pay as it accrues It ie underetood that vlnle the secretary is opposed to the idia that ie can be constrained by the courts in regard o what he rpgarda as purely n administr'tive luestion, he will not oppose, aud perhaps favor he ri-storation of these young men to the service by legislation at the next session of conSince 1865 the annual interest charge rn",aollt'rSdCbtbaSbeenredl'Ced Ter Mullen, co}TtuvMJi;y ur uc ni-fato.i dteamer Asuelot, has been dlsmtssed írom service, freeident Arthur approvini? the sentcnee oí the court martial. We had $397,571,815 in the treasury Saturday, July 7. As aresultof the conferences between Sccrctary Teller, Secretary Lincoln, Gen. Crook and Mr. Price, vommiesioner of Indian aftair?, it is deeided that the oaptured ApacheB shall h3 kept uncler control of the war áepartment on the San Carlos reservation, to be fed and cared for by the war department, and uader the war department's pólice control. His object baving been accompluhed, Gen. Crock has returned to the west. Seeretary Teller bas agreed to give Cbief Moses supplies of various kinds, and $600 per anuum, provided he keeps the agreement euncerning the relinquishmcn of the reservation. The secretary algo agrecJ to luild a school house and griet mlll. The agreement isconditioral upou congress appropriatiug a suilieient araount for the purposes named. The treaty between the United States and the British government concerningthe fishery quistion, expires July 2, 1885. Information has been received at the department of juetice, that great nneasinc6s is feit at Jeffcrson, Texas, rclattve to the as-assination recently of Judge Hough, the ma(n witness in the election case on tria.1 in that city. Defendants iu these cases say that they will ao in'o court armtfl, and if the trial result6 in their convictiqn, tlíey vy-IH 1,-ill everybody eonnected with the court. Tho pontmaater general has decided that the Louibiana lotteries are illegal. and has directed postmasters to discontinue the dclivery of mouey orders to agents of the rompaules The treasury depavtruent has been advieedthat anumr '-a-i ?;ed" anigrant are coming to us via Canadf Customs and internal reven ao recelpts inercased $510,Tt)9 the tirstweek iu .July compared with the last week in -June. The issue of standard silver dollars 'rom the miute for the week ended July 7. was #3,500; the corresponding period last year i mu iiiuiíiej -Luuurai ñas givon an opi'iloD to Ibe lecritarv of the tnasury. It was not, tue inteutiim of the act to prevent the mportatlOD of adultertted and spurious teas, to oréale a nc offioa to meet the requircment that a'l teas entered for importatiou shall be oxamtucd before pafftnjt from thc coLtrol of tbecust.om-s anthorities. Ho ava the ñfth scetiou of the act rcfers to appraisers and reveuue officers as proviaed by law. Ex-Senator Tabor (Ionios the statement made at the HUI luvestlgation that he paid the architect $5,000 to secure the locatiou of the Denver poetoilice building. Mrs Seoville lias brought another suit in the Chicago courts agaiust herdivoreed husbaud, to eompel hini to support hereelf and Miss Van t,ew, of Richmoni!. Va., whose services during th,c war in bohalf of the Uriou cause and in ajd of th,e Union loldhw iu Llbuv pris-on, gave her some pronitneuce, has been tendered a lirst class oterwbtp iu the postoilice di'partnu'iit by I'ostmastrr General Grcsham ontherecommendationoi Gen.Graut. Miss Van Lew was postmistress at Kiehmond during President (ram 's administration. In 0110 day recently thero wc-ro $14.600,000 paid out for pension, to close the busiuess for the fiscal year. A clerk q the examiner's división of the pensiou bureau named J. J Alley and a pension agent uamed J. C. Aellmett, have been arrestedon a charge of having violatcd the revised ttatutes in iurtherance of a seheme to defraud pensioners of the United States, üllieials of the pension bureau say they have evidence of eonspiracy between clerks in the pension oflice and Aellmett by whlch applieauts for pensions have been defrauded on reprm-ntations of the conspirators to push along their claims and secure them pensions in adyauce of the regular proeeedings of the office. Duriug the latter part of June, ibis year, they b-came aware of the existence of such eonspiracy, and an investigaticn was instituted which re ulted in the arrests slready made and will cali for the arrest of other clerks assoou a% further evidence is obtained. Frands liaye been discovered iu the Tand office, by which nearly 2(K),O0O acres of lana belonging to Únele Saín have bef n in the possc66iou of epeeulators. Commissioner Evans has instructed Collector Harvey of Cliicago, to make a deinand upoa manufacturers of "rock and rye" for the paymeut of special taxes as rcctih'ers and hquor dealers from the flrst and to require a'l persous iu bis district who sell that tonipouoü to pay special taxe6 as llquor dealers. OKNÏÏBAt 1TKJVIS. Since the Michigan Central withdrew its througu trains from the Great Western and began to run them over the Canada Southern on au eecelerated time table, the Great Western bas been negotiating for Chicage connection. A few davs ago contracta to that end wen made with the Baltimore & Ohio and Wabash Roads, and a meeting was held of representativos of these roads to perfect details. Arrangcmiiits were completed by whieh solid through traiüs will be run in connection with these roads to DetroitandNi&garaKslls, and through sleepers to New York and other seaboard eities over conneetije; linee. The arrangement goos into effect July 15, with two trains daily ruuning on the Michigan Central's schedule time for the present, hut, lt ie claimed, the intention is soon to ehortcn the time about an hour, which it can dn eatily, as the route is considerably shorter than that of the Michigan Central. Tbc officrs of the road say that the will have the active assistanee of the Baltimore Ohio and Wabash , and their Western conneetions, in conuection with all of whicb through tickets are beiug printed, and they propose to make a sharp competition with tin Michigan Central. A lire at the Dauphine County, Pa., poor-house, destrojed every building on th eroumls eicept the laundry and echool-house The tire was first discovered in a large frame atable, situated near the main structurc an elegant building three stories high, with a mansard roof. l'he stable was coiisumcd together with its contente and two horscs and hve mulcs. The iieated slate on the main strueture set flre to that building, and asthere was a very high wind at the time, the building was soon destroyed. The tire is supposed to have been caused by hcatet) hay ngt placed in the barn, but there is rumor that lt a ¦ aceidentally set on flre by one of the employés Ironía pipe or a cigar. The loss nill reaeh about Koop, and tbero is an insuranie of about $30,000. Very few of the househoM goods were ren:oved. attertion beine given to eaving the lives of tbe Inmatee of the asi mm As soon as the flre was ateeovered, tbe tomates of the insane department were released from tneir quarters. Somc of them foueht violeutly and a uumber were badly barned! Whcn order was restored, it was dtecorercd tkat twelnof the msaue charges iv re missing, and Iliev are supposed to have perished iu the llames. " The bealth officer at the port of New York has ordsred that all vessels coming from porta .on the cast coast of the Mwliti rraneau be taken iu quarantioe, unt.il a thorougli ex' amination has been made, and i' the cholera should become epidemie in Europe as in Eavot the same rules will apphr to all veefels lrom Europe. Tbe bealth cflieer at New York feel" eonfldent tbat with our Imcroved quarantine ystem we have cothing lo fuar. A street car in Chicago wus run into by an express train on the Wabasu railroad and smashed into fragments. Tlie lamp in the street car exploded and set lire to it, Thirteen persons were in the car, and of this number only one escaped uninjurcd Three passoneen rere kiled. The conveutiun betvvecn the United States and Mexico providing tbat do Iroops of either country shall cross into theother u Dursult of Indians bas bcec prorogued for "one year. last dollar of the state award, in addition to whieh tbe state hüs no ether indebtedness of any character rot covered by funds now in tbe treasury. Milwnukeo's populatbnhas inereased about 10,(KX) in the last year. The record of dead and wounded con sequoia upon the celebration of the Fourth in Chicago, is 38 casualties all told, including three deaths, flve fatally wounded, 3 more or ' less maimed for Ufe, and flve slightly injured. The chief instrument of deetructiou provcd to ' be small cannon and toy pistol in the hands of ' childrec l Sixty carloacls of gold and silver buliion were recently sent lrom Helena, M. T., to the Newark, N. J., n finery. By the explosión of a boiler in a saw Inil! in Huntsvillc, Texas, four persone were instautly killed and eiglit seriously iniurud. The ce'.ebraüon of the 4th at Woodetoek, Conn , under the management a:id patronage oí Henry C. Bowen was notable for ;he diBtíngui6hed people who participated in the feetivitiee. Au address on "National Aid te Education" was deliyeri'd by ex-President Hayi6, and auotbr-r on "Neir Englaud" by Senator Aldricb., and still others, on temperante topics, by Senator Blair and John B. CrougU. Clarence Bowen read a poein on "Our Country," written for the eccaeion by John Urecnleaf Whittier, and the Kev. L. VV. Bacon aleo read an original eontribution in verse form. The attornev geüeral bas giveu an opinión to the eecretary of tne treasury that the exportation of bouded whisky to Bermuda with a view to its re-importatiou for the purpose of evading or dtlaying payment of taxis not an exportation withiu the mea.ing of the law. The attorney general bolds, howtver, that the tax due upon fpirits at the time of (xportation iseollectable upon its return to ibis country. Gen. Crook, whose exploits in Aiizona and Mexico have been so mueh coimnentd upji), has reached Washington. Archbishop Purcell, one of the most prominent Cathol;es in this eounty, died at St. Martin's convent in Brown couuty, Ohio, on the 4th inst. On the same day, Bishop Piukey of the Episcopal ehureb, died at Cookeysvüle, Baltimore eounty, Md. In the cvening of the saine day, Bishop John MeCullen, of the Uatholie diocese of Davenport, Iowa, died in that city after a lingerine illncss. Three notable Uves are thus ended. ótate prison convicts at Salein, Ore., made a desperate attai.k on tht odkers i-i an attempt to escape. Three were killed and two wounded. Eight are it large. No oflieers were wounded Chief Mosesof theNez Perces Indians agrees to surrender bis reservation in Washington territory and settle on the reservution adjoining. By tbio action of the chief It is expected that2,000, 000 acres of land will be tbrown open for settlemcut. Three hvmdred strikiug niiners all .rmed, threatened to destrov the town of Ely, V roiout. (ioy. Barston ordered out the militia, himself at the head. Bu in order to avoid furllur trouble the goveruor also telegraphed the treasurer of the mining company that they must be prepared to pay the men at onee. Ex-paymaeter Wasson has been taken to the penitentiary atLansing, Kansas, toserye out hls 18 montbs: sentenec He desired to publish a statement before he entered the prison, but the privilege ws denii d him. Among the recent interesting commercial events is a consigmneut c f applee received at San FrancUco from Nen-Zcaland. In that country apples ripen in March and April, and ert long we may become exporters of apples in the fall and wiufr, only to import them in our turn from the autlpodes in the prins and early summer. umy lou miles ot the Korkv Mountain 6ectlou oí the Northern Pacific femain to be eompleted and it is fully expected that through trains h ill be running from the Pacific roast by September. Accordiug to the Victoria Coloni'st the steamers runuing between Sau Francisco, Portland, Victoria, and Puget Sound, and in the Alaskan irade, all serve as feederioi the Northern Pacific. The owners are bending all thcir eueraies to drawing as much as possiblc of the British Columbia trade over their road, and, accordinir to the Colonist, the Victoria merchauts, as sensible men, "would iust as soon give their Eastern "frelght to the Northern Pacific as to the Canadian "Pacific," if they are liberally treated. The prelirninaries toward iiiproving Yellowstone Park have been arranged. The stato almshouse at Brideewater, Mase., f.burned a few days ogo. The buildings covered about an acre oí grouud aöd had 150 to 21)0 inmates, all of whom eseaped unharmcd. A short time ago there was reported as on foot a movement forthe reorganization of the knights of labor or the establishment iu place of 6uch order of a federatlon of trades, each independent of the other, and it is now stated that tliis movciiient is gaining strenffth. Seeretary Martin says the amalgamund aMOciation of iron and steel workers, wliicli is the strongest trades uuiou in the country, has been for five jcars past in favor of a federatlon of trades. The iron molden' union of Norlh America bas also deelared in favor of the new movement, and the Labor Tribune, wbicb. is the organof the ironworkerp, glassworkcrs, miuers, and other tradeo, satd in a recent issue that the management of strikes was ncver intended by (lie i rganizers of the knights of labor, and that the maehinery of the onler has been found detective in thls reppect. A cali fora national convention will nrobablv bc issued shortly. The iron works at Betlilolicni, Ta., have shut down, and over 3,0C0 men are throirn out of employmcnt. Tewksbury investigatioii stil] oo the boards, and still Butler is troubled. By the giving way of one of the wiro kuv ropes on a powerful derrick on Walker'a itone quarry at Jolict, 111 , the dexrlck was precipltated upon a number of worttmen. Matt Rngers and John BloomqaeBt were intntlv killed and seven others seriously injurcd. Mlle. Litta, the well-known concert singer, died in Bloomington, IU., a few days ago. J A company has been formed in Bostou called the "Cape God Snip Canal Company," with -'apital of 5,000,000. James Gilmore, escaped negro eonviet irom tlieworkhouse at Bridgewater Masa mrned la few days ao, confesses that h set flre to the buildings. Carrled matches for the puruose a year, stuffed straw up the elevator and disabled the steam pump, and when he getg clear of this scrape will burn the whole An inventroy is being taken of the great cattle range of Capt. ]. Y. King, in Texas prrparatory to its purchaee bvsn Eaglish company. It eunsists of 1,000,000 aerfs of land S'1m,Dtai,n8t15'000 horses' S0'000 eheepand ny'OOo""-'11"'1 tllLCU6 ÍdCratiÜÜ '8 Supt. Snowden, of the United States rmntssaidrecently: "We have been turnina out about a ton of eiiver a day for some time past the most of this in dollars, and some small coin, notably dimes. The demand for o-cent nk-kels is a Jittle ahead of up nd although we turn oul, $5,000 worth a dav weiehïng 10,000 ounces, we iind that we are behind hand, but we will catch up before the end of the week. About three-quarters of a ton of ptnmes are manufacturcd daily, and they are in demand as fast as made. It strikremë that thesoutli and west must. be beginnlngto uso nennies again, more especially the former. tor some years penules were an almost - knownquantity routh of Washington, but thev are gradually cree ping into eireulation. The last spike driren on the now nearly completed Northern Pacific railway will be yjd and the aledge that drives u of rtlvWj do the pouuding. Tremeudous forest (res are raging south of Kalama, Or( gon. Six miles of raí road and two loeomotives were destroyed. Oak Puint, a logging eamp, losts about $200 000 The llames, extend for miles and are so fierce that it is uusafe to investígate the osses. It is believcd the fires will continue until it ralne. Carelessness of a telegraph operator 'aused the Jeath of two employés of the New ïcik and New Englaud raii'road by a collision 'f frame at Plainvi!1, Conn., and serious inuries to another. N„ passengere were badly A national bank has just been organized at Anoka, Minn., makiug the 3,00Oth nalional bank organized. The islancl of Anticosti. in tbe Gulf of St, Lawrence, will be sold in September nxt to reuecm a mortgage upon it. Nine Ohinanien were arrested atPort Townseud, W. T., who had been emueglcd into this country through Brltish Columbta. Ibeywillbe sent back to the "flowery kinedom." " POLITICAL IOWA REPUBLICANA. The Republioan state couvention of Iowa mtt at, Des Moines on June 27th A platform remarkable for lts clear and consistent principies, and for the clearness wlth which the aim and ntentions of the party were-set forth, was adopted. The platform ivas entlmsiastically received, and the endorsament by the party of the tempcrance principies which provides for the sanetity of the home a against the saloon was most heartily commendcd. Burtn K. Sliirnian was renominated for üoyernor, O. H. Manning was renominated for lieu tenant goveruor, Prof. A. Kerrof Linn was reiiomlnated for superintendent of instructiou all by acclamation. After an informal ballot Judge Reed was nominated for supreroe court judge. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTEST. The ballot taken by the legislnture for United States Senator on Wednesday, June 27, gaye Bingham 110, and Rollins 105, with a few scattering votes for other candidates. MINNESOTA REPUBLICANO IX COUNCI1, The Republican convention of Minnefota was remarkable for nothing except lts brevity. After the regular routine of convention work. Gov. Hubbard was re-nominated liy acclamation, C. A. Gillmau was nomiuated for lietenant-governor, Frcil VonBaumbaeh forsecrotary of state, Chas. Kittleson, treaeurcr, W. J. Hahn, attorney-general, and J H. Baker, railroad commissioner. The p'atform approves of the river and harbor bill and tbs iL-enactment by congress of the arreare of pensions clause. When a vote was taken in the New Hampshirc legislature on June 28, it wasfound tha; Bingham had 113 votes, while Rolling had 96, Rollin's supporters are scattering, and it is hoped the dead-lock will soon be broken A PKOPOSITIO5. Fearing that the dead-lock in the New Hampshirc legislature will remaln un broken for somc time, a propisition has becu made that all the prominent candidates bc withdrawn, and a new man neleeted by a caucus. It is thought that in thisway acandidatc will be chosen UDon whom all will unite. A SLIOIIT CHAXGE. There has been a slight chango in the senatorial contest in the New Hampehirc leeiulature. Kx-Gov. Bell is the leading eandidate at present. STILL CXBROKEN. The ballot taken in the New Hanipshire legislature on the 5th inst , gave Bingham !ü votes and Rollin's 8. Ex-Governor Bell is rapioly comiug to the front, andit is believcd he wül be the fortúnate man. Unusual interest attaehes to the stalo eampaign in Mississlppi from the fact that the Republieans and Democrats have united against the IndeiR-ndents, tbr Republicana placing colored men in uoiiiinatlon. UNSETTLED. On the 6th inst., Bingham received 84 votes in the New Humpshire senatorial eontest, while Rollins recetved 74, wlth elght other eandidates scattering. It is reported that the Rollins men have been in secret conference recent); with a view to agreeing upoa a eandidate to support for senator uext week. THE CONTEST IN NEW UAMPSHIRE. In the New Hampshire legislatura on the lOtb inst, thcre were 316 votes cast or Senator, of wbich Harrj Binnham receivr-d 113 and Rollins 105, with the others scattering. Rollins made a net gaiu of four. The temperanoe people at ühio have issued a cali for a convention to be held July 24th, in Columbus. The Chicago and Grand Trunk announces that it has eompleted arrangements with the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee and Grand Trunk, ineludine .ts Grc-at Western división, by which its tickets by way of Porc Huron are" good by way of Detroit, thus giving its patrous a cholee of routes and makiug a new Uñe to the east. A Chicago girl imagines herself to be an angrel. This Ilusión will bo dispelled the moment she attcmpts to fly. There must ncccessarily be a transmigraron of solos before a Chicago girl (an II nitor likeascraph. - [N'ew Orleans Pioajune. Severa] bottlcs of whisky were preentud to an lndianapolis minister 30 yeara ago. He was a total abstainer, and would not open them. He lately díed, and Uie liquor was fouurt in tho garret of his house. General Francia E. Spinner, whose queer signatura used to adorn all United States enrreocy, has left his Florida plant-ition for a time and is visiling i rienda in Boston and elsewacre in ihu ttorth.