MOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE  3 
PUBUSHEE’S  SPEOIAL  NOTIOEa 
The  Rill'll  I  l9  a  very  Kood  prnsent  to  Bond  to  a 
rtend.nnd  It  pleiiBaotly  romtndB  the  recipient  of  the 
donor  Ofly-two  times  a  year— this  year  tlfty-three 
times.  Any  imbncrlb'r  esn  send  It  to  a  reliitivo  or 
friend  iis  a  present,  at  our  lowest  Club  rate— only 
f2.l5,  ncludlngpostiiKc. 
Back  Nuinlinra  ol  thin  Yrnr  (from  Jan.  1) 
can  bo  fnrnlslind  to  nil  new  subserlbers,  but  we  shall 
not  send  tlieni  hereafter  unless  specially  requested. 
Those  who  desire  uitn  begin  with  any  number,  bow. 
ever.  _ _ _ 
tKHcri's  ol  Agricultural  Societies  and  Clubs, 
(iranBOS,  AcC.,  cun,  If  they  will,  materially  aid  in 
HUBniciitlnit  the  olrcuhition  of  the  ItuiiAi,.  Scores 
of  such  are  nlroudy  formliiB  clubs;  how  many  others 
will  kindly  do  likewise? 
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ABcnts, Is  our  motto.  Wc  ignore  Chromos  and  all 
other  cheap  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  put  our 
money  in  the  jmprr,  and  in  Premiums  to  Agents. 
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the  liuuAL  in  your  locality  please  become  one  by 
forming  a  club.  Jl,  wilt  pay. 
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HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
The  N.  Y.  Cliainher  of  Oornmerne  lm.s  given  Its 
108th  iumuhl  lianquct.  Present  (hiv.  Tllflen,  ex- 
Gov.  Dlx  anil  others.  Spoochea,  wine,  dyspepsia. 
The  Ohalybeste  spring  water  on  1  he  preinlsea  of 
Dr.  Crain,  near  the  Spring  llonse,  at  KlcbUeld 
Sliringa,  ha«  reeeiitly  been  analyzed,  wlileh  re¬ 
veals  the  fact  that  It  Is  one  of  the  ilchest  Iron 
sjirlngs  In  i.he  state. 
'I'he  Cazenovla  bake  Comp  Meeting  Assoelatlon 
have  deckled  to  put  a  new  steamer  on  the  lake 
this  summer.  It  is  to  be  a  sidc-wUccl  steamer, 
capable  of  cari-ylng  soo  passengers.  It  is  to  be 
built  in  time  for  the  Sunday  School  Assembly, 
wlilcli  Is  to  commence  .Julycth  and  continue  ten 
days. 
The  Fall  Klver,  (Mass)  Board  of  Tr.ado  are  con¬ 
sidering  t  he  alternative  of  half  time  or  a  complete 
shut  down. 
Klne  liiiiulred  more  Chluesocoolles  have  arrived 
at  San  Francisco. 
Mrs.  Fortune  ana  two  young  children  were 
dreovned  In  Pigeon  Lake,  unlnrlo.  >  £' 
The  Windsor  (Can.ada)  authorities  have  extra¬ 
dited  Meralho  Smith,  accused  of  the  murder  of 
McKecn  In  Detroit. 
The  police  of  Portland,  Maine  liavelfsoo  worth  of 
unclaimed  gold  dial  us  Inken  from  two  iilckpockets 
convicted  llii'ie  of  lanmcy.  The  thieves  claim  to 
have  come  from  Philadelphia.  The  police  Invito 
the  owiK'rs  to  claim  the  property. 
In  the  center  of  the  highway,  near  Norrti  Con¬ 
way,  N.  11.,  there  Is  a  snow  drill  three  feet  In 
depth. 
By  an  explosion  In  the  powder  works  at  Drakes- 
vlllc,N.  J.,  on  Tuesday,  two  workmen  were  blown 
to  atoms. 
The  action  of  the  Mouse  .luiUclarj'  Committee  In 
regard  to  the  proposed  Sinking  Fund  for  the  re¬ 
payment  of  the  Governinent  morigage  on  the 
Pacllic  Ballroads,  Is  not  Ilnal. 
The  Erie  Kali  way  Comp.any  announce  that  the 
laying  of  the  third  rail  between  Buffalo  and  El¬ 
mira  was  completed  recently  and  test,  trains  now 
run  In  both  direct.lons  over  the  entire  distance. 
The  complellon  ol  tlie  third  rail  enables  Eric  to 
run  narroW'guage  cars  between  all  jiolnta  of  the 
t\'esL  and  Philadelphia  without  change. 
John  Hlglln  ollei's  to  produce  a  man  to  row  with 
lilm  for  the  iwir-oared  championship  against  any 
other  two  mt?n  In  Amertca  for  $2,000  over  a  IJiree 
mile  course. 
The  four-oared  race  over  the  Charles  Klver 
noai'  Boston,  Mas.8.,  was  won  by  the  Faulknor-Re- 
gan  crew. 
It.  Is  expected  iliai  Major-General  Schoilcld  will 
make  radical  chonges  when  he  assumes  the 
Superldtendancy  of  West-Point.  The  Cadets 
will  spend  10  days  .at  PliHadelphla  during  the 
fiumraer. 
Countertell  gold  coin,  made  of  platinum  plated 
heavily  with  genuine  gold,  has  of  late  been  clrcu- 
Intod  in  California.  It  is  exceedingly  deceptive, 
being  of  Ihi!  right  weight,  color,  and  feeling. 
The  platinum  Is  worth  lialt  as  much  as  gold, 
making  these  counterfeits  costly  of  produetlon. 
Tilts  .year  Louisiana  will  have  the  largest  ba¬ 
nana  crop  ever  grown.  The  ^vlnter  has  been  so 
mild  that  the  fruit  continued  to  grow  throughout 
tho  season,  and  while  the  leaves  were  b.adly 
burned  by  the  lee,  yet  the  fruit  was  entirely'  unin¬ 
jured,  and  largo  cluster  of  hnlf-groyvn  bananas 
can  be  seen  on  many  trees. 
It  is  a  good  year  for  man'Cls.  Large  quantities 
of  wheat  have  been  destroyed  by  flsh  this  winter 
lu  CiUlfornla,  this  singular  fact  being  explained 
by  the  submersion  of  the  fields  by  high  water, 
during  which  the  fish  luxuriated  on  the  tender 
grain  shoots. 
They  have  r.a tod  a  ta.x  of  $5,200,  to  becomingly 
celebrate  the  Fourth  in  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
The  wife  of  Samuel  Kheubarlof  Theresa,  Jeffer¬ 
son  County,  ran  away  with  Geoige  Thayer  on 
Sunday  last.  Tayor,  as  well  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rheu- 
bart,  have  been  living  and  employed  at  the  Shurt- 
lirr  ore  bed  for  tho  past  three  years.  Mrs. 
Rhctibart  took  her  children  and  left  them  with 
their  grandparents. 
In  Volcano,  cal.,  the  other  day,  a  laborer  found 
a  piece  of  (niarf,z  rock  among  the  rubbish  be  was 
wheeling  In  a  barrow,  on  the  rock  being  broken 
up  It  was  found  to  contain  plece.s  of  gold,  the  ag- 
gregal.e  value  of  which  was  about  $1,000. 
By  the  reorganization  of  ITesIdent  Grant’s  Cab¬ 
inet,  F.dwanJ8  I'lcrrepont,  late  Atmrney-General, 
Is  made  Minister  t,o  England,  Judge  Taft,  late 
Sec.  of  War,  bwomes  At.torney-Ge.ner.al,  and  J. 
Donald  Cameron,  son  of  Simon  Cameron  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  is  appointed  Sei;ret,ary  of  War. 
The  souf.li  wall  ol  Frazee’s  Ilnur  mill,  at  Bald- 
w  lnsvlUc,  Oswego  County,  has  fallen,  and  seven 
thonsiind  bushels  of  oats,  twenty  tonsof  fetnl,  and 
yoo  barrels  of  Hour  were  precipitated  Into  the  j  ivor. 
An  Iowa  court  has  deckled  th.at  If  a  man  en¬ 
gages  lilmsi'lf  to  be  married  and  then  commits 
suicide,  tho  defrauded  party  can  proceed  against 
his  estate  for  br«.‘iufii  of  promise.  Thus  Is  do- 
btroyed  the  last,  hope  of  the  bacbolor  of  this  Con- 
loTinlal  leap-year. 
Tho  committee  sent,  to  Mlsslsslpjil  toluvestlgatai 
alleged  oul.rages  lias  repf)rt  ed. 
The  Stales  of  Nebraska,  Missouri,  .Minnesota, 
Illinois,  Kansas,  New  Ilampskirc  and  Alabama 
have  held  nominating  (Ik-publlcan)  conventions, 
.as  have  also  Mlelilgan  and  Callfordla  Demwratlc 
conventions. 
'I'he  judges,  125  in  number,  liavo  been  announced 
by  the  President  of  the  Cem^nnlal  Gonunlsslon. 
The  Committee  on  Animal  and  vegelable  Pro¬ 
ducts  are— Julius  VVelgler,  Germany  ;  M.  Marlell, 
France;  Don  K.  Loring,  Spain;  Dr.  Nleolan  H. 
Moreira,  Brazil ;  M.  Jayme  U.  Reis,  Portugal ;  Mr. 
Ikeda,  Japan  ;  E.  Olendorf,  Argentine  Coiifcdera- 
Uoii;  E.  Moon  Bumhaucr,  Netlierlaniis. 
The  U.  8.  Senate  has  pas-sed  a  resoIuUon  a.sklng 
IJie  I’resldenl  to  act  In  the  ease  of  the  Fenian 
prisoner  Congdon,  and  spent  nve  hours  on  the 
Belknap  Impeachment  case. 
Speaker  Kerr,  having  recovered  his  heall.h,  has 
again  uasumed  his  position  In  the  U.  S.  Mouse  of 
Ropreseutativos..  A  report  unseating  Mr.  .Morey 
(Rep.)  ot  Louisiana  wa.s  made,  but  no  action  taken. 
Wc  copy  from  advance  Rheets  of  the  new  cdlllon 
of  Colton's  General  AUas  ot  tho  World  the  follow¬ 
ing  extract  ol  the  poptdatloii  of  the  world:— The 
entire  land  surface  or  the  globe  Is  e.sllmatedat 
51, 787, "zii  s(iuare  miles,  .ind  the  number  of  its  In- 
hobltants  ai.  l,89S,ii(l2,8,'>rt,  divided  as  follows: 
Sa.  miles.  Population. 
R.ikV-M'.iri  ri'.t,(»?.W2 
2fl,6:i7.(ll5 
sui.Krt,l(;i 
7()8.41»a.'rfsO 
1,i38,'7»i 
Gtanei  OivtsioTm. 
North  AiiicrloH.... 
ISoutli  Amencn .  MO'.lOi 
Kuropo .  .'V-ii'Mjk? 
Asia . 17,Il'.V.t>5 
AfruMi .  Il.&.'il.ft.'tt 
Auslriilla . )  « 
Polynesia . 3.U..IIW 
Probably  the  most  Important  jicrempiory  an''- 
Uon  trade  sale  of  dry  goods  tbat  ever  was  eflecled 
In  the  I'nlleU  Stales  wae  that  In  Towmsend,  Mon- 
taut  s.  Co.’s  store  in  New  York  city,  su  \hoii- 
sand  packages  of  domestics  were  offered,  and  tho 
sale  was  attended  by  upward  of  two  thousand 
genUpincn  from  all  p.arts  of  the  country.  Alwut 
iweJity  mills  and  maiiuKicturlug  corporations 
were  represented. 
Tho  Senate  Committee  on  Appropriations  liave 
cousldcretl  the  Legislative,  Executive  and  Judicial 
Appropnatloublll,  audacted  on  t  he  poi  tlons  wlileb 
relate  to  the  Sen.ate  and  House  of  Representatives. 
The  Committee  will  pass  upon  the  reraalnlug  Items 
of  the  bin  separately  and  with  regard  to  the  Indi¬ 
vidual  merits  of  the  various  Items  ot  reduetkui  in 
salailes  aud  clerical  force  pr(jpo.s<*il  by  the  Mouse, 
but  will  refuse  concurrence  In  any  reduction  ot 
salaries  fixed  by  law  unless  the  appropriate  com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Senate  charged  with  tJie  subject 
affected  sliall  recommend  concurrence. 
A  controversy  which  has  recently  arisen  be¬ 
tween  certain  oillccrs  of  the  Engineer  Bureau  ot 
the  Army  and  capt.  Eads,  who  has  a  coutraet 
with  the  I'nll  ed  States  to  Improve  the  South  Pass 
of  t  he  Mississippi  River  by  the  construclloii  of  jet¬ 
ties,  has  led  some  to  suppose  that  these  officers 
are  opposing  him  in  bis  work. 
Piper  tho  belfry  butcher  has  been  hanged  at 
Boston. 
The  acreage  of  oats  In  Georgia  Is  136  as  com¬ 
part'd  with  last  year,  or  35  i)cr  cent  increase  on 
tho  acreage  of  last  year’s  crop. 
The  first  sack  of  Texas  flour  shipped  from  Dallas 
to  (ialvf^ton  was  sold  at  auction  Friday  last,  for 
$8(15,  and  wtm  purchased  by  Brazilian  coffee  Im¬ 
porters,  who  will  send  It  to  Dorn  I'edro. 
Alxiut  200  miners  In  the  Ohio  mining  districts 
have  resolved  not  to  go  to  work  till  a  gonoral 
mass  meeting  Is  held,  and  It  Is  thought  it  will 
practically  end  the  strike. 
Mr.  Orth,  Minister  to  Austrta,  has  resigned. 
The  new  Cabinet  officers  will  not  act  lor  some 
days. 
In  the  Senate  a  number  of  bills  were  placed  on 
tho  calendar;  the  question  of  printing  the  resolves 
of  the  Conlwleratlon  uud  Conllueutal  congress 
was  refen’ed  to  a  Committee;  Impeachment 
occupied  most  of  the  day. 
'I'he  Navy  bill  rei:elved  the  whole  attention  of 
Ihe  Mouse;  Mr.  Harrison  of  Illinois  kept  the 
Mouse  in  a  roar  a  long  while  by  a  speech  on  the 
Marino  Band ;  the  aboloMon  of  certain  uavy-yurds 
wa.s  referred  to  a  commlttoe  to  report. 
C’has.  8,  Cushing,  the  podestrlan,  accomplished 
at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  the  unprecedentod  feat  of 
walking  for  130  consecutive  houi^  deducting  five 
minutes  out  of  each  hour  for  rest. 
Amos  Lord  of  Blddcl'ord,  Mo.,  obtained  a  verdict 
ol  $2,000,  at  Alfred,  Mo.,  against  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad,  lor  Injuries  received  In  getting 
off  a  train. 
'I'he  House  Committee  on  Commerce  Saturday 
heard  an  argument  from  Representative  Page  of 
California  1  n  advocacy  ol  the  concurrent  resolution 
recently  Introduced  by  him,  requesting  tho  Presi¬ 
dent  to  propose  an  additional  article  to  the  treaty 
with  China,  which  shall  reserve  to  each  country 
the  right  to  regulate,  restrict  or  prevent  the  im¬ 
migration  of  Rubjectfl  or  clttzens  or  one  country 
Into  the  other. 
\V<irk  has  been  resimuNl  In  the  International 
Company's  foul  mines  In  Cape  Breton. 
Tho  jury  for  Ihe  Kxt  nwjrxllnary  Circuit  Court, 
In  which  the  canal  .sulta  will  be  tried,  was  drawn 
in  Albany  on  the  2stli  ult. 
Gn  petition  of  fto  ereditors  W.  AVhltman,  Esq., 
was  apiioliited  reco1«-er  or  tlie  Chicago  and  Pacific 
Railroad  upon  filing  a  bond  of  fin.ooe. 
A  lire  In  B.ay  city.  May  2h,  dcstrc'ycd  two  ware- 
lioiLst's  owm.'d  .and  oeeiipled  by  Glister  aud  Mor¬ 
rell.  c.  Sifiiuemian,  William  Drake,  and  otbors 
lose  stock  aud  property  by  fire,  and  slock  also 
dam:iged  by  smoke  uud  water.  Total  loss,  $20,00e 
nearly  eovi'red  by  Insurance. 
A  fire  at  Midland,  Mich.,  Saturday  week,  de¬ 
stroyed  four  entire  blocks  and  several  buildings 
on  others.  'I’he  total  Iohr  Is  estimated  at  $150, ooe. 
Afire  broke  out  in  iJje  upper  story  of  the  A  nchor 
Flourtng  Mill,  .at  tlie  corner  of  Franklin  Ave,  and 
Twenl.y-t.hirU  St.,  St.  Louis,  OAvned  by  the  Yacger 
Floiirl ng Company,  and  almost  the  entire  preperty 
w'as  destroyed.  The  loss  on  the  mill,  warehouse, 
and  machinery,  Inclndlng  alwiit  2,t>(M)  barrels  of 
flour,  Ava.s  $110,000. 
Walking  tour.8  by  .ain.'iteiir  pedestrians  arc  very 
lopular  In  New  York  and  vicinity. 
By  tbe  murrlogc  of  Miss  Yzanaga  to  Lord  Man- 
devllle,  America  supplies  another  Duchess  to  En¬ 
gland.  us  l/int  M.  will  be  Duke  of  Manchester  on 
his  iiareiit’a  deul.b. 
The  Erie  Jlallwaiy  (Company  declare  that  re¬ 
duced  fares  by  other  lines  to  the  West  really  dLs- 
crlininate  .against  New  York,  and  accordingly 
“protects  New  York”  by  n  further  reduction  of 
Us  f)wn  rates,  both  on  through  and  local  trarel. 
There  arrived  at  this  port  last  year  from  Ihe 
West  Indlc.s  2*2,500,000  oranges,  about  000,000 
bunches  of  bananas,  5,2.50,000  pineapples,  and  7,- 
500,000  ettcoanuts. 
'I’lte  reduction  or  |»ank  loans  rcllecto  the  dullness 
of  trade  In  .New  York. 
Mr.  Dawes  of  ,Massachu8ett.s,  made  a  lengthy 
.argument  in  favorer  Jurtsdlctlon  In  the  Bedknap 
case. 
A  letter  from  son  t^uentln.  Cal.,  reports  great 
excitement  In  tho  penitentiary  OA'er  an  alleged 
discovery  of  rich  gold  prospects  by  lalmrers  ivldle 
excavating  a  new  workshop. 
The  will  of  t.hc  Late  A.  T.  Htewart,  It  Is  said  Is  to 
be  ciintcsted  by  ibe  Turneys,  a  fandly  claiming  to 
be  Wood  relations. 
Tito  llnst  through  train  from  Denver  for  several 
days  pa,s.sed  tlirough  I,awrenec,  Kan.,  on  May  2S. 
Heavy  storm.son  the  Den verdlvlslon  of  Iho  Kansas 
Pacific  nnidari*  cau-slDg  trouble. 
A  laigeaiHl  enthusiastic  moeilhgof  many  prom¬ 
inent  cli  jjtens  ot  Philadelphia  ivas  held  at  Musical 
Fund  Rail,  in  f.avor  01  opening  the  Centennial 
Exhibition  on  Sunday.  An  outside  mciellng  was 
also  held  and  speeches  made,  the  hall  being  Inad¬ 
equate  to  accommodate  the  aasiimbly. 
The  new  game  of  Polo,  ro  long  popular  in  India 
and  England,  is  being  introducixi  lu  this  country. 
It  Is  played  lu  the  field,  the  playnrsbelng  mounted 
on  ponies  ana  hitting  T,he  ball  with  long  mallets, 
A  dispatch  irom  Cheyenne  dated  May  2S,  says: 
CTook’s  expedition  will  leave  Fort  Fettorman  in 
the  morning,  and  will  camp  on  8age  creek,  fifteen 
miles  out,  Gen.  Crook  will  follow  In  the  evening. 
Col,  Royall  will  command  the  cavalry  and  Col. 
Chambers  the  Infantry.  All  the  suiipllcs  are 
across  the  Platte.  Indians  In  considerable  mun- 
bei-s  ai-e  In  ibc  neighborhood  or  Fort  Fetterroan. 
but  are  keeping  It  quiet.  A  man,  n.anual  Murphy, 
came  into  Fort  Fetterraau  to-day  from  the  Black 
Hills  and  reported  that  tJie  Indlaus  are  very 
troublpsomo  In  that  vicinity.  He  also  reports 
having  .assisted  In  the  burial  of  a  number  of  per- 
sorLS  Avho  have  boon  killed  by  Indlaus.  Ills  cora- 
companlon  is  among  tho  victlras. 
On  Sunday,  May  ‘29,  there  ivas  a  “  Theosophlst  ’’ 
funeral  In  New  York  City.  The  obsequies  of  the 
deceased,  Barou  de  Palm,  were  conducted  on  the 
Egyptian  plan.  It  was.  probably,  tho  first  In¬ 
stance  in  this  country  of  0  purely  pagan  funeral. 
A  fire  In  Pruvldenco.  R.  1.  destroyed  tho  barn  of 
Frank  Slcavin,  ivlth  three  horses,  011c  of  Avhlch 
Avas  I  he  tmltlug  horse  Long,  Avho  had  a  record  of 
2:20,  and  was  valued  by  tlie  owner  at  #lo,oo«;  the 
other  two  animals  were  a  colt  valued  at  $700  and 
a  mare  at  $500. 
Some  days  ago  George  A.  CoAvles  filed  Avith  the 
Chairman  of  tho  Committee  on  E.xpendltui’es  In 
the  AVar  Depai’tmeut  a  SAVorn  affidavit.  In  which 
he  seriously  rellectcd  upon  Donn  Platt  In  connec¬ 
tion  with  the  contract  of  Cowles  &  Co.  for  pre¬ 
serving  army  clotlilng  irom  tlie  ravages  of  tho 
the  moth.  The  commllLee,  hOAvcver,  have  de¬ 
cided  not  to  receive  the  affidavit  as  testimony,  but 
to  pormir.  lilin  to  answer  such  questions  as  they 
may  deem  necessary  to  ask  film. 
G.  M.  D.  Bloss,  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Cincin¬ 
nati  Enquirer,  AVho  Is  widely  known  throughout 
the  country,  was  instanlly  killed  while  walking 
on  the  track  of  the  Little  Miami  Ralh'oad,  near 
Branch  lllli  station,  Avhere  he  resided. 
AnduoAv  8i)calccr  Kerr  Is  on  the  rack.  Charges 
of  a  grave  nature  arc  being  circulated. 
Probably  t  he  quickest,  change  of  gauge  on  record 
AA'as  that  made  by  the  DelaAvare,  LackaAvanna  and 
Western  Railroad  employes,  as  the  lollOAvIng  dis¬ 
patch  shoAvs :— 'I'he  gaiige  Of  tho  DclaAvare,  Lacka- 
Avanua  and  Western  Rallread  AVas  natrowed  be- 
tAveen  r.  o’clock  A,  M.  and  c  o'clock  P.  M.  to-day. 
May  2S,  from  Hoboken  to  Scranton,  Pa.,  Bingham¬ 
ton,  Oswego,  Rome  and  nica,  and  narroAV-gauge 
trains  passed  over  the  Avhole  Une  Avlthout  Inter¬ 
ruption.  About  2,000  men  were  employed  on  the 
Avork. 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
Mk.  Disraeli  refused  amnesty  to  the  Fenian 
prlsloners. 
Prince  Napoleon  accepted  the  Republic  “loyally 
and  unrescrA'edly.” 
Victor  ilugoailA'ocatod  general  amnesty  In  the 
French  Henate. 
(^uccn  Dow.ager  Marla  Christina  returned  to 
Spain. 
Premier  CanOA-as  del  c.a.8i  nio  ha.s  presented  a 
bill  In  the  Senate  aliollsIUng  the  fueros  and  es¬ 
tablishing  In  the  Northern  rrovliiees  military 
Bervlco  and  tax.atlon  as  elscAV'here  In  Spain. 
The  Times  (Ixmdon,  Eng.)  review's  tho  text  of 
Secretary  I-'Ish’s  dlf^mtch  of  March  21,  and  comes 
to  tUo  conclusion  that  America  Is  justified  In  sjiy- 
Ing  that  aceonilng  to  England's  oivn  laAv  wlnsloAv 
must  be  given  up  Avlthout  any  promise  respecting 
his  trial. 
A  special  dispatch  f«oni  Berlin  says  Int  elllgcnco 
has  boon  received  In  official  quarters  there  from 
Constantinople,  Avhlch  Indicates  that  tbe  Sultan 
will  probably  bo  compelled  to  abdicate  the  llirouo 
very  sliortly. 
A  loan  of  $lii,iMH),(HHi  guaranteed  by  the  Cuban 
customs  Ls  being  negotiated  by  Spain. 
Angusto  DcsmoullnH  Is  aiqioliited  by  the  French 
OoA'crnmout  to  report,  on  wlucatlon  lu  the  P.  8. 
'fiirkey  has  resolved  to  eutortaia  tho  Berlin 
scheme. 
The  Spanisli  Constitution  Ava.s  adopted. 
Tho  French,  Austrlaii  ami  Spanish  legations  In 
Rome  will  soon  be  raised  sImuIUtucously  to  the 
rank  of  embassies. 
A  special  dlspatoU  from  Alexandria,  Egypt  ,  says 
a  rumor  Is  current  that  another  buttle  has  been 
fought  In  Aby8Slnl.a,  and  that  the  remnant  of  the 
Abyssinian  army  suecefalcd  In  cutting  its  Avay 
through  tho  Egyptian  lines. 
The  Insurgents  in  Herzegovina  and  Bosnia  liaAe 
resolved  to  demand  alxsolUP.:  freedom. 
AVlnslow  was  again  remandml  for  eight  days. 
Polonaise  Avon  the  Great  Northern  Handicap  at 
York. 
The  Chinese  81x  Companies  have  i»repared  a 
memorial  to  be  forwarded  to  the  President,  giving 
argument  on  their  side  of  t.he  question  or  Chinese 
Immigration. 
One  of  the  rumors  clrcubitf'd  on  the  I.ondon 
Stock  Exchange  says  the  attack  Avlth  Avhlch  the 
Prince  or  Wales  Is  suffering  Is  more  serious  than 
the  announcement  Indicates.  Another  rumor  is 
to  tho  clicct  that  the  Rotlischllils  are  sellers  of 
consols  to  tho  amount  of  nearly  a  million  pounds 
sterling,  Avlilch  trnnsaetloh  Is  supposed  to  he  based 
on  knowledge  that  the  pollUcal  situation  in 
Europe  Is  llkoly  to  grow  woree. 
At  a  meeilng  of  delegates  Irom  forty-four  work¬ 
men’s  sm^'letlos  in  Paris  it.  was  resolved  not  to  ac¬ 
cept  the  subvention  for  the  exiieiiHes  of  the  visit 
totbeCentonnIal  Exhibition  at  Phlludelpbla,  sub¬ 
ject  to  tho  contllUon  that  t  tio  Government  shall 
select  the  delegates. 
The  announcement  of  the  election  of  Mr.  Oould- 
ing  (Con-Hervatlve)  as  member  of  Parliament  from 
Cork  Is  officially  confirmed.  Mr.  Gouldlng  suc¬ 
ceeds  the  late  Mr.  Ronayne,  who  rcpre.sen(eel  Cork 
In  the  Liberal  and  Home  Rule  Interest. 
'I’he  first  of  the  riflemen  matobes  for  t  he  selec¬ 
tion  of  an  Irish  team  to  go  to  Philadelphia  was 
had  at  Dundalk  on  the  27t.l(  ult.  The  weather 
Avas  bol3tcrou.s.  'i’he  be.si  scores  were  as  follows : 
Rigby,  190;  Johnson,  193;  Goff,  1S2. 
Judging  by  the  follow  ing,  England  Is  preparing 
forwar:— Onohimdredtonsof  gunjwwder  and  a 
million  cartridges  have  just  been  dispatched  from 
Woolwich  to  Gibraltar,  Malta  and  Uio  Medlu-rra- 
nean  fleet-  Tins  Is  Independent  of  the  ordinary 
suppUes.  It  w(ts  said  in  I’ortsmouth  on  Saturday 
that  all  available  workmen  are  to  be  placed  at 
work  on  the  ships  Avhlch  are  nearest  to  a  sea-going 
condition.  The  turret  ship  Thunderer  Is  under¬ 
stood  to  be  tho  fliret  whose  compleHon  avIR  be  thus 
pushed  forward. 
The  English  Patent  Journal  describes  a  com¬ 
bination  of  a  foot  warming  apparatus  with  a  boot 
The  heel  ef  the  boot  Is  of  metal  and  hollOAA',  aud 
conialuB  a  supply  of  artlilclul  fuel.  The  heat 
from  this  Is  made  to  pass  through  channels  lu  the 
Inner  sole,  a  part  of  which  Is  placed  U[)oa  a  spring, 
m  that  the  actlou  01  tho  foot  in  Avalkl  ng  acts  lUe 
a  bellows,  drawing  in  tho  cold  air  by  an  aperture 
In  tho  ,lieel,  and  dilvlng  the  heated  air  into  the 
boot,  A  modlhcauon  of  tho  apparatus  can.  It  Is 
thought,  bo  applied  to  horse  shoes. 
General  (iuesda  has  preclaimed  martial  laAv  and 
a  state  of  siege  throughout  tho  Basque  provinces 
and  Navarre.  It  Is  also  reported  that  a  rising  has 
taken  place  at  Tolosa,  the  caplUil  or  the  Spanish 
province  of  Guipuzcoa,  to  tho  ciy  of  “  Long  live 
the  Republic ;  long  Uvo  the  Fueros.’’ 
Official  Information  has  been  received  at  Wash¬ 
ington  that  tho  'I'nrkl.sh  Government  is  punLsiiing 
persons  who  participated  In  the  riot  at  Salonlca 
about  a  month  ago  between  Turks  and  Cbrlstlans 
aud  lu  which  tho  French  and  German  consuls 
were  killed  by  the  Atohammedau  populiacti,  not- 
AVllhsiandlug  the  efforts  of  the  Government  to 
protect  them.  The  Governor-General  of  Salonlca, 
Echref  Pa-sha,  and  tho  High  C’orainlsslonov  of  tho 
SubUmo  Porte,  Vahan  Effendl,  have  sent  tlie  fol- 
lOAvlug  telegram,  dated  Salonlca,  May  27,  to  tho 
Turkish  Minister  at  Washington:— '•  Eleven  addi¬ 
tional  sentences  were  rendered  yesterday,  two  or 
which  are  for  capital  punishment,  eight  for  forced 
labor  for  life  or  limited,  aud  one  to  three  ycare’ 
Imprisonment,  Tho  Instigators  of  tho  riot  avHI  be 
tried  to-day.”  Tho  Tiu'klsh  Minister  received  tho 
following  tologram  dated  Salonlca,  May  2S “  Yes¬ 
terday  nine  additional  sentences  were  rendered, 
tAvo  of  Avhtch  are  to  capital  punishment,  five  to 
forced  labor,  and  two  to  three  years’  Imprison¬ 
ment.”  These  dispatches  are  signed  by  the  Im¬ 
perial  Commissioners. 
