Miscellaneous

A dispatch from Port Colborne, Ont., on Tuesday says: The missing sailboat that the six uufortunate young men took from here ast Tuesday night was found by a detective io-day in a farmer's yard. The farmer says he found the boat on the beach last Friday morning near Windmill Point, about twelye miles from here towardB Buffalo, and claims ie heard nothing of the accident and intended advertising the boat. There is no doubt but ;hat the six young men are drowned. Nearly a whole equare in Honston, Texas, was destroyed by fire Wednesday evening, causea Dy a a lamp explosión. Los, nearly f50,O00 ; insured about one-third, chieHy in northern companies. Six hundred Hormons arrived in New York, Wednesday from Europe. The St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern ailroad is to be Consolidated with the Wabash. rhis consolidation will take place at an early day. The entire line, from Toledo to Omaha, will then be kuown as the Toledo, St. Louis and Pacific Itailroad. In the Sunnuit county O., common pleas court Judge Tibbals has made the order asked y the Franco-Egyptian Paris Bank, and others n interest, for the sale of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, but not before February next. Frank Mulhrandon, an Irishman, aged 47, a shoemaker by trade, was taken sick at Memphis, Saturday afteruoon and died Wednesday. l post mortem examination, held by six of the eading physicians of the city, ineluding Dr. ï. W. Mitchell, late medical director of the ioward AgBociation, and at present a membei of the national board of health, revealed the Fact that the patiënt had died of yellow fever. The weather at St. Louis was intensely hot and sultry Wednesday, the mercury ranping as high as 99 in the shade. Six cases of Bun stroke were treated at the city dispensary, and four others resulted fatally. The latter were August Malcher, Julia Nugent, Herman fiuss and Edward Thompson. Two English steamers have just discharged over 3,500 tons of Spanish iron ore from Gijon at Hoboken. They receive $2 50 freight per ton, which is thought better than receiving no freight at all on ballast, and paying to discharge it whn here. The ore is for Pittsburg. Three new cases of yellow fever were reported at Memphis Thursday morning, and one death, an inf ant of Judge J. E. R . Kay of the criminal court, who,together with another son, was prostrated with the disease. A perfect stampede of citi.ens was in progress, trains being unable to carry away the bundreds who are ready to leave A telegram from Brodie, Cal., on Thursday says: A terrible explosión of a powder magazine near the old Standard incline works blew them to atoms, and everything near them was leveled to the ground. The Summit works a short distance off, were scattered to pieces. Many men were killed, but the number íb not known at this writing. About twenty wounded men have been found thus far. It is not cnown bow many, if any, have been injnred n the haft and thelunderground works. The op of the shaf t in the oíd incline is now on iré, but can surely be pat out. The hills are jlnck with pcople. Daniel Butters, produce exporter of Montteal is in rinancial difficulties. Liabilities about half a million. Principal ereditors - the Merchants' bank, $160,000. The balance is mostly due in England. At the Saratoga Regatta Thursday, all the xial heats of the four-oared racewere won by Michigan crews, the Wah-wah-sums taking the tirst, the Sho-wae-cae-mettes the second, and the Hülsdales the third. Buzzell, the murderer of Mísh Hanson, w;ir langed at Concord, N. H., on Thursday. Be died in 19 minutes without a struggle. He rassed last night in company with Chaplain Holman, giving most of the time to religious disiussion. In answer to questions put by the sheriff, he denied the murder, and was non committal when asked if he procured the murder, or knew of the guilty one. As far as known, he left nothing ttaat can be construed into a confession. öojourner Truth ha reacbed nu almost complete rcstoration trom the attack of partial paralysis of four years ago and i actually renewing her youth, altbough she is 103 years old. Her sight has much improved so that she requires no glassen. Her once gray hair is turning coai black, only one place on the top of her headsbowing any approach to pronounced gray. She now proposes to visit Kansas and personally inspect the negro exodns and its results, lecturing on the way to pay her expenses. Frederiak Richard Lee, the Britisb landscape painter, is dead, A Berlín correspondent of the Fost says that Oen. Von Manteuffel has arrived there, and be will become of Alsace-Lorraine in August. Capt. JameB Luce in" -jommand of the Collins steamer Arctic when hhe went down in 1854, after the collision with the bark Vesta, mea Weanesday night at New Kochelle. At Warrington, Va., two negroes, John Williams, who murdered Howard Holzclaw railroads agent and telegraphic operator at Warrington Junction, in February last, and Winter Payne, for killing a negro nanicd James Adams, near Salom Farquir county were hanged Friday in the jail yard in the presence of about 25 persons, the new law requiring all executions to tftke place in private. Further particular of the disaster at the Bodie magazine, Cal., on Thursday say that it contained about five tons of giant powder. The cause of the explosión is nnknown. The hoistin; works of the old shaft of the standard were demolished and set on tire, the Haines extending to the nhatt, but were oon guisbeil. The wholp town is a hospital. Itnmors Hy around thickly, and every moment news comea of more deaths and injuries. As far as heard trom, there are eight known to be dead, and over 40 wonndcd, with prospecta that many of them will die from their injuries. The shock wüh scarcely feit nnder ground. At the 300 level the men feit a slight jar, but paid no attention to it. Fortunately thedrifts had ust been oonnected, so that no injnry was done to any below ground. The shock was feit on the surface a distance of twenty miles. At the Öaratoga regatta on Friday the Hillsdales won the four-oared championship, the Sho-wae-cae-mettes and Wah-wah-sums being ruled out lor alleged fouls. There was much dissatisfaction with the decisions of the umpire, W. B. Curtis of the Spirit of the Times. Augustus Helker, engineer, and Ed. Kuull. fireman, were killed near Wilkesbarre,Pa., by a misplaced switch throwing an engine down an embankment. üp to 3 P. M. Friday but one dcath from yellow fever had been reported to the national board of health, that one being at Water Valley, Miss. Yicksburg. Miss., Cairo, 111., and other cities have quarantined against Memphis. Friday afternoon an explosión occurred t Ohver's powder mili, near Laurel Kun station, Pa., Wm. Whitehead, Jno. McKeal and James Bur js were fatally, and Fred. Steele and Wm. Kidney seriously injured. The mili was but slightíy damaged. Cause of accident unknown. The storm of Tnursday evening extended across Ohio, doing great damage to crops and buildings. At DeGraff a number of houses were blown down. The whole country was covered with water and the crops leveled. At West Salem a young man was killed by a barn door striking him. At Jefïerson two prominent business houses were unroffed, besides a number of dwellings. A statement has been isaued by the war department giring the number of men f urnished the army by each State and Territory and the District of Columbia.from April 15th, 1861, to thejjlose of the war or the rebellion. It shows that the total number of volunteers was 678,967. Of these 467,047 came from New York, 366,107 from Pennsylvania, 319,659 from Ohio and 89,372 from Michigan. Lncius Wenret, colorea, wno, in May last, committed rape on Mrs. Howell, a white lady, near Strawberry Plains, Tenn., was arrested Sunday and taken to Mrs. Howell's house and fully identified by her. At night hewas taken from the guarda by a mob of abont 100 iren, carried about half a mile from town and shot through the head. his wonndR proving mortal. Daniel Kouser, a well-known temperance lecturer, was drowned in the Miami river near Dayton, O., Monday afternoon, and his body has not yet been recovered. Kouser was one oL the most prominent leaders in the Murphy movement, but of late had broken his pledge, and was drowned while under the inflnence of liquor. A terrible hail-storm and hurricane passcd over Wells River, Vt., at a quarter before 6 Monday evening. It lasted 15 minutes, and was followed by a thunder-storm. Some hail stones were two inches in diameter. Crops and vegetation were destroyed and tora to shreds. One-third of the glass in the place was broken, trees torn up, fences destroyed, houses uuroofed, and barns blown over. It was the most severe storm ever known there. The people were much alarmed. A memorandum of the financia! operations of the government has been issued from the treasury showing that the reduction in the interest hearing debt from the highust point, August 31, 1865, to July 1, 1878, amounted to 583,886,594, and the reduction in theannual interest charge, when the present funding operations are completed (August 1, 1879) will be 67 ,203,919. The total debt has been reduced #729,224,315, and the reduction since Maren 1, 1877, is $61,563,886. A singie scull race, two miles and return, between Courtney and Kiley, 1500 a side, took place at Silver Lake, near Buffalo, Tuesday afternoon. Conrtney won by half a boat length in 27 m.374s. Up to Tuesday evening there had been no new case of yellow fever at Memphis, and Cairo, New Orleans and other cities relinquished their quarantine against that city. During last week there were 117 deaths from yellow fever in Havana. A fire was discovered Tuesday evening issuing from the slope at Prevost's colliery, Centralia, Pa., and in a short time the breaker, which cost $150,000, was in llames and entirely destroyed. The loss cannot be estimated, as aveinof coal is burning freely, which will :robably entail a heavy damage. Three hunebed and fifty men are thrown out of work. At midnight it was thought the loss will reach Js25 000. The insurance will probably not exceed 175,000.