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eggs of land-locked salmon from Maine. The water in the 

 tanks, which at first had a muddy look, is now very clear, 

 and the movements of the various specimens of the finny 

 tribe can be closely followed. Workmen are engaged in 

 putting up steam pipes, and in giving finishing touches to 

 the builaing in various points. The exhibition is undoubt- 

 edly one of the most attractive, and at the same time most 

 instructive, entertainments ever opened in the ciiy. 

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Gunning Accidents. — It is our painful duty to report 

 two serious accidents this week, both occurring to popular 

 gentlemen well known in our highest social circles. Dr. 

 Thebaud, of thi3 city, on Thursday last was loading some 

 of Ely's blue paper shells, two friends being in the room 

 with him. Each shell was placed in a brass case (to pre- 

 vent the bulging of the sheii). The shell and casing were 

 then set upon a suiali block of hard wood fashioned for 

 that purpose, and perforated in tne centre in order to ren- 

 der it impossible for anything to come in contact with the 

 primer at the moment of loading. Under these conditions 

 98 shells had alieady been successfully loaded by the Doe- 

 tor with rammer and mallet, two wads over each charge 

 of powder. While forcing the double wad.upon the pow- 

 der of tho 99th shell, in some way or other the concussion 

 of the blow reached the fulminate and the charge explod- 

 ed. About an inch and three-quarters m height of the 

 brass easing was completely torn away from the upper 

 part, and was again divided vertically into halves. One of 

 these halves struck and unquestionable entered the Doc- 

 tor's chest; the other flew in ihe opposite direction, tearing 

 his lingers badly, and when afterwards found was almost 

 perfectly flattened out, evidently by the original explosive 

 force. While several theories may be advanced as to the 

 cause of the explosion, the following seems the most like- 

 ly one, namely, that the interior metallic dome was defect- 

 ive in point of strength, and was itself forced against the 

 anvil (already in contact with the fulminate) by tiie blow 

 of the mallet acting through the charge oi powder, and 

 communicated a sufficient vibration to lire the primer. 



The other unfortunate accident occurred to Air. iieuj. F. 

 DeForrest, a well known and universally popular gentleman 

 , of this city, who, while shooting near Reding, in Connect- 

 icut, was accidentally shot by his companion in the thick 

 i brush, the charge tearing away one eye and part of his 

 face, and perhaps destroying the sight of the other eye 

 We have seldom heard of a more distressing accident than 

 this last, for the suffering is not only with the victim, but 

 with the unfortunate gentleman who has been the cause of 

 his best friend's disfigurement, if not his death. The les- 

 son it inculcates is the same as has been taught a thousand 

 times before— caution, particularly in cover shooting. Our 

 latest information is that Dr. Thebaud will recover. 



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The Inteh State Match.— The long range match to be 

 shot between teams of different States simultaneously on 

 theirown ranges occurred on Tnurday last. The Amateur 

 RitieClub represented this State and shot at Creed moor. The 

 gentlemen, however, who bad been selected to shoot in the 

 match, with the exception of Messrs, Allen, Rathbone. 

 Jewell, Overbaugh, and Weber, lailed to appear, and it 

 was necessary to make up a team from among the specta- 

 tors. Fortunately Messrs. Smyth, Ferry and Hayes, were 

 on the ground, and these gentlemen were iuvited to as- 

 sist. From the fact that the team had never shot together 

 before, and also owing to an unfavorable wind blowing 

 during the match from ail points oi' the compass, the scores 

 were necessarily small, aggregating only 1,4&8 points out 

 of a possible 1,800, which was considerably below the 

 low 7 est scores in the late international match. The condi- 

 tions were the same, 15 shots each at 800, 900, and 1,000 

 yards. The match was won by the Crescent City Rifle 

 Club, as will be seen from the following scores: 



Name. Total.) Name. Total. 



descent City Club, N. O., La.. 15071 Hanl'ord. Rifle Association 1371 



N. Y. Amateur Club 14^8-1 Worcester (itass-J Club loth"" 



Dearborn Club, Chicago I4~l| 



The scores of the Creedmoor team are as follows:— 



SCO 900 1000 



Names. Yards. Yuids. Yards. Total. 



Isaac L Allen 68 62 63 193 



K. Rathtxme .....53 71 bl 187 



Douglas Smyth 66 58 62 186 



William Hay 6f» 62 52 66 180 



H. 8. Jewell 64 6i 51 1.9 



L.Weber 57 57 59 173 



C. E. Overbaugh 55 6u 55 170 



Dr. S. G. Perry 56 50 49 155 



Total 4S3 474 466 1.423 



The scores of the Milwaukee team were as follows: — 



800 9G0 1000 



Names. Yards. Yards, "iinds. Total. 



John Johnson 64 68 54 186 



H. F. Yale 43 61 53 157 



E. Fielding 64 49 60 173 



W . T. Ca.-grain 61 48 57 166 



C. Turner 61 51 45 157 



E. D. Banscs ...., 56 57 59 172 



J. M. Arnold 61 60 48 169 



Jolia Jtoeunier . 58 49 46 153 



Grand total 1,333 



The Milwaukee team also had a "fish-tail" wind. 



The following are the scores of Dearborn Rifle Club of 

 Chicago :— 



800 900 1000 



Name. Yards. Yards. Partis. Total. 



Geo. Willard 74 64 61 1-9 



R.S.Thompson 70 60 57 187 



S. K. Bliss 71 52 6<> 185 



Walter Buruham 72 54 54 180 



W. K. Strong 66 66 43 175 



H. G. Howe 74 53 43 170 



J.W.Roberts 71 53 38 162 



8. W. Burnham 62 M 31 162 



Grand total ...... 1,420 



In New Orleans the light was good and the wind light, 

 but variable. Gen. Greene, Assistant Adjutant General, 

 Department of the Gulf, acted as umpire for the absent 



teams, the marking and scoring being also under his super- 

 vision. Gen. Augur and staff were present during the 



shooting. 



Creedmoor.— Saturday's match at Creedmoor was for 

 the Turf, Field and Farm badge, shot at 200 yards, 10 

 rounds. There were 25 entries only, an unusually small 

 number for this match. The day was bright but the wind was 

 bio wins; strong across the range. The winner was Mr. Win. 

 Hayes, well-known as one of the most expert short-range rifle- 

 men in the country, and who is rapidly approaching the 

 first rank of long-range shots. The following are the 

 scores: — 



Name. Total. 



G. L. Morse 34 



G. H.Moller 33 



George Waterman 32 



E\Hyde 32 



,1. M. Maltby 34 



Name. Total. 



Wm. Hayes , 43 



J. L. Price *1 



J. L. Kilduger 39 



G F. Met'chaut...., 39 



W. H. Cochrane, Jr Sjj 



D. C. Pumey 38, Lewis Cass , 82 



N. D. War ~7 C. ti Truslow — 31 



J. W. Todd.. 87|j. L Farley 30 



T. W. Linton 37 J. L. Volca 27 



C. E Latimer 36 E. W. Price 23 



O. Wi^well 35 E. S Bangs 22 



Philip Bossert 341 W.N. Bauge 18 



Conlin's Shooting Gallery. — The marksmen's badges 

 were shot for last Tuesdays Oct. 10th. Eight beautifully 

 designed badges, four of gold and four of silver were con- 

 tested for. The shooting was tine, and this season's series 

 oi competitions promises to be very close and interesting. 

 The conditions are 10 shots, rifle, off-hand, lfO feet, 200 

 yards Wimbledon target reduced in proportion for the 

 range, Creedmoor rules; no practice allowed on the lfO 

 feel range during the competition. The following are the 

 winners of badges for the first competition:— 

 Name. Total. | Name. Total. 



Fred. Kesclar 43; J. B. Blydenburgh 41 



Cuas. E blydenuurgh 43|Chas. A. Cheever 40 



M. K. Eugal 43;ri. Boot 40 



H. D. Blydenburtih 43lJohn ButU 10 



The second competition takes place Tuesday, Oct. f 7th, 

 at 4 p. m., and enus at midnight. All-comer's are invited. 



New York— Saratoga Springs. — The Centennial rifle 

 tournament under auspices of the Saratoga Rifle Club, 

 commenced Tuesday, Oct. 10th, according to programme. 

 Two clubs presented teams to compete for the mid-range 

 prize. The officers of the clubs agreed to shoot only three 

 men on each team. J F. Finlay was chosen umpire; con- 

 ditions, 600 yards; rules of the M. K. A.; 15 shots; no 

 sighting. The 1 olio wing are ihe scores: — 



PA.uTldIAN K1FLE CLUB, HUDSON, N. T. 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 



T. E.Sargent 7o-L. Gelger tiS 



ByiOti Barker 6b I — 



Urund total 307 



KAUATOUA KlffLK CLUB. 



Name. Total. I rsaine. Total. 



Odeil Gates 70 Jerome Pitney ....60 



F. A. WeUur U8i — - 



Grand total... t98 



The Parthians were declared the winners by nine points. 

 The first miss of Mr. Pitney was caused by firing with an 

 elevation for 'JU0 yards, through an oversight. The sixth one 

 was on the wrong target. Good feeling and gentlemanly 

 couitesv was recognized everywhere, and the contest was 

 witnessed by a large number of spectators. 



SLCOND DAY, OCT. lll'li. 



Two matches were shot this day, the first being an all- 

 comers match, distance GOO yards; rules of the N. It. A. 

 The weather was very cold and uvercast, and a strong wind 

 that seemed to take deiieght in blowing trom every quarter, 

 very materially lessened the scores. The following is the 

 list of entries and scores, 10 shots* no sighting:— 



Name. Total.! Name. Total. 



F. A.. Wellet, Saratoga, N. Y 46| Win. Hayes, Newark. N. J 37 



W. M. Fairer, Newport, li. 1 46|Jerome Bimey, Saratoga, N. Y..3ti 



JJ. Parker, Hudson, N. Y fc \6. B. Gates, Victory Mills. Y. Y..35 



Dr. VV. 11. Hodgman, Saratoga.. .4] J. M. Dennis, Schu^lerville, N. Y.31 

 L. Geiger, HuUtun. N. Y 4v | 



The folio wing scoies were made ;.t 2C0 vuids, 10 shots; 

 no sighting; rules of N. R. A.: — 



Name. Total. Name. Total. 



W. M. Fairer, Newport, R. 1 44 



Name. 



L. Geiger, Hudson, N. Y 40 



Udell Gates, Saratoga, N Y 38 



l\ Sargent, Hud.-on, N. Y 38 



i. B. Gates, Victory Mills, N. Y..3;J 



Wm. Hayes, Newark, N. <J 44 



A. F. Mitchell, Saratoga, N. Y....43 



B. Barker, Hudson, N Y 4t 



W. H. Benson, Saratoga, N. Y....4. 



Canada.— The "Queens Own Rifles" had their annual 

 match at Toronto on Saturday week. The weather was 

 unpropitious, the wind blowing in gusts across the ranges. 

 The prize list was a long one, embracing some 35 of the 

 best shots. We give the best 20 in the first list, which was 

 open to members of the regiment only*.— 



Name. Total. 



Private Denny, Co. H ... 51 



.■orp.>ral Meredith, Co. A 50 



Name. Total. 



Corporal Brady, Co. JJu~- 60 



Private Margai.es, Co. v 60 



Lieutenant Brown, Co. A 58, Major Miller, Co. D £0 



Sergeant Astiall, Co. C 57kergeanr Mace, Co. G 49 



Sergeant Cunningham, Co. D ...51 Captain Allan, Co. A. 48 



Pi hale Mercer, Co. D 53 



Privale Langford, Co. H 53 



Sergeant AU reditu, Co. A 5^ 



Sergeaai Manly, Co. 1 32 



beigeant Lewis, Co. C 51 



Privale G. Fox, Co. C 48 



Private Heaker. ^o. A. 47 



Private Dunnelly, Co. A 47 



Private Williams, Co. 1 47 



Sergeant Knox, Co. A..... 4i 



The second match was open to all-comers who had never 

 won a prize at any previous annual match. The prize list 

 was as follows: — 



Name. Total.) Name. Total. 



Lieut. Brown, Co. A SbjPrivate Green, Co. D 40 



Private Langford, Co. H 53 Private Culiiam. Co. 1 39 



Gapt. Allan, Co. A 4S 



Private Williams. Co. 1 47 



Piivate McCaul, Co. 1 41 



Piivace Cull, landsman... 38 



Private Monkton, Co. 1 36 



The third match was open to members of the Associa- 

 tion only. Ranges — 201, 500, and 000 yards. The follow- 

 ing is the prize list: — 



Name. Total. I Total. Total. 



Pnvaie D. Margates, Co. D 57 Private Donnelly, Co. A 40 



Lieut. Brown, Co. A 51 Capt. Allan, Co. A 4J 



Sergt. Meredith, Co. A ..49iSergt. Lewis, Co. C 40 



Sergt. Manly, Co. 1 4b Sergt. Knox, Co. A 39 



Serjit. Cunningham, Co. D 4b|Private Denny, Co. H 37 



Private Clarke, Co. A 44,Capt.. Gibson, ex-member 35 



Seret. Asuali. Co. C 52 Langford, Co. H 33 



Maj. Miller, Co. D 41 j 



The last match was open to members of the Regiment or 

 Association who were present with the Regiment in the en- 

 gagement of 2nd June, 1806. Ranges— 200, 400, 500, and 

 600 yards: — 



Name. Total. I Name. Total. 

 Seigt. Meredith, Co. A 68|Sergt. Lewis, Co. C 61 



These prizes were competed for with much interest, 

 there being nine entries, viz. : Lieut.-Col. Gilmor, Major 

 Jarvis, Capts. Edwards, Gibson, and Allen, Sergeants 

 Meredith aud Lewis, and privates Clarke and Donnelly. 



Massachusetts.— The Springfield Amateur Rifle Asso- 

 ciation has not yet retired from the field to go into winter 

 quarters. During the past two or three months they have 

 been doing some very good shooting at 200, 400, and 500 

 yards, and below we append the result of their last week's 

 shooting at 200 yards, off-hand, for positions on a team to 

 shoot a match with the Holyoke Rifle Club, of Holyoke, 

 which contest occurred on the range of the Springfield 

 club on Thursday of last week, and the result will be given 

 in our issue of next week, it having reached us too late for 

 publication this week. The distance was 200 yards, 15 

 shots off hand. The score of the Springfield club at their 

 practice shoot, was as follows; the highest possible scoro 

 being 75 points:— 



Name. Total 



S. S. Bumstead .59 



J. B. Squues 58 



Name. Total. 



W. S. Gompf ...57 



VV. H. Cfiapin 56 



Luther Clark 58]T. E. French 10 



L. H. Mayott 57|Geo. Hunt 40 



Moksemeke. — The first of a series of matches for the 

 fall season begun at Morsemere on Tuesday last. The off- 

 hand match at 200 yards, 15 shots, no sighting shots, for 

 a gold medal to be won three times, resulted in a victory 

 for Mr. Morse. The four highest scores were as follows:— 



Name. Total.! Name. Total. 



Morse 63lQuiun 57 



Morgan 59| Clark 51 



At the close of this match the first contest fan the Na-. 

 tional Rifle Association Bronze Medal, at 500 yards, was 

 held; 15 shots each. The four leading scores in this 

 were: — 



Name. Total.) Name. Total. 



C. A. Hodgman ..75 A. H. Jocelyn... 68 



D. Smyth 70JG. L. Morse 65 



Mr. Hodgman not only made a perfect score, but what 

 is more wonderful still, his third, eighth, aud el vent h shots 

 were the only ones outside of the eleven-inch carton; aud 

 had the match been upon the special target where it has 

 been customary to give an extra point for the carton, he 

 would have made til out of a possible 90 in his 15 shots. 



Illinois. — The off-hand rifle tournament, open for all 

 comers, terminated Saturday morning, 0010061' 7th, at the 

 Standard shooting gallery, 113 Clark street, Chicago, with 

 the following result, oh a Creedmoor target reduced to 65 

 feet; bullseye £ of an iuch; guns .24, calibre. Competitors 

 44. First prize won by M. VV. Lyman, 45 out of possible 

 50; second prize won by E. P. Hall, 44 out of possiole 50; 

 third prize won by Dr. J. A. Freeman, 41 out of possible 

 50. 



Connecticut.— The first annual competition for the "T. 

 Steele & bou Cup" will be held at the range of the Connec- 

 ticut Riile Association, Saturday, October 28th. Condi- 

 lions of the matcn: 10 shots each, at 5d0, 800 and 1000 

 yards; no sighting shots; open to teams of four (members 

 of the association only) from any town in the State. 

 Shooting to commence at 11 o'clor k. 



— In returning from Greenwood Lake on Saturday morn- 

 ing last we witnessed a curious incident. The train was 

 leaving Pompton Junction aud moving at the late of six 

 miles per hour, when every one in the passenger coach was 

 startled by the shattering of a plate window glass. On in- 

 vestigating the cause a stunned bird, a young ruffed grouse, 

 was lounu upon the floor of the car. It would seem that 

 it had been flushed on the hillside and was flying across the 

 valley with the speed of a bullet when it struck the car win- 

 dow aud shivered the glass to atoms. The bird revived in 

 a few moments, aud was brought as a captive to New York. 

 Its eyes were good, and the only injury it had received was 

 an apparent fracture of the breast bone. The ruffed grouse 

 evidently flies with a great deal of force. The next time 

 you travel press your hand agaiust the plate glass of the car 

 window, and then calculate the strength of a blow that 

 would be required to bieak it. — Turf, Field and Farm. 

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— The bounty on wolf or coyote scalps in Colorado has 

 been fixed at 50 cents each. The scalp must include the 

 ears entire, aud within two mouths from the time the ani- 

 mals are killed the person who has slain them must take 

 the scalps before the county clerk and make oath to the 

 time and place of killing. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have always a large stock of sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 raeing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 



TheL a timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 



sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Phillippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 

 line. Their stock of diamonds and other pre- 

 cious stones, general jewelry, bronzes anfl 

 artistic pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishmentjwithout feeling the slightest obliga- 

 tion to purchase. Union Square, .New York. 



Adv. 



