MOORE’S  RURAL 
-YORKER. 
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friend  a*  a  present,  at  our  lowest  club  rate— only 
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ever. 
Olllcers  ol  AKrieultunil  Societies  and  Clubs, 
OrunKcs,  ,S;c.,  can,  if  they  will,  lunterially  aid  in 
auguienling  the  clreulallou  of  the  Kuual.  Scores 
of  such  .ire  iilready  fornalng  clubs;  how  many  others 
will  kindly  do  likewise  ? 
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other  cheap  colored  pictures,  preferring  to  put  our 
money  in  the  pupi  f,  and  la  I’reniluius  to  Agents. 
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forming  a  club.  It  will  vnv. 
At  Oiir  Itisk.-Yoii  can  remit  by  Draft,  P.  O. 
Money  Order  or  Huglstered  heller  our  ri,vk. 
Bflus  of  Ibr  filrrl!. 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGKAPHS. 
IlKAVT  fmsts  iirevalled  in  the  \1clnlty  of  Coun¬ 
cil  IJlulTs,  hut  no  damage  has  been  done.  The 
continued  drouth  Is  seriously  Injuring  the  crops. 
The  ravages  ol  the  Colorado  potaUi  hug  In  Con¬ 
cord,  N.  II.,  and  In  mljolnlug  towns,  causes  much 
apprehension  among  farmers. 
The  llireatened  strike  In  the  Harmony  Mills  ha.s 
been  settled,  the  emiUoyesuceoptlngtlie  reduction 
of  lO  percent,  and  all  returning  to  work. 
iir,as.shojipcri>  have  coiiiuieiiciMl  to  ajipear  In 
great  numbers  in  Northern  AJahanua,  and  are  oc¬ 
casioning  gi'cat  unonsiiies.s. 
The  Atlanta  (da.)  ConsUtutlon  sa.vs  that  one 
would  not  Imagine  that  the  1  imos  are  very  hard, 
judging  from  the  aiiioust  of  hulldliig  going  on  In 
Atlanta  at  presriil.  There  Is  more  now  than  al 
anytime  since  the  war,  iind  some  hranehes  of 
business  are  more  jirospurous  than  over. 
There  is  more  toh.acco  now  In  Ilopklnsvlllo,  Ky., 
than  was  ever  before  known  at  one  t  lmo.  Some 
warehouses  not  having  storage  room  sulllclent 
have  ere'eled  temporary  nheds. 
In  the  U.  s.  Court  In  I’lillatlelplila,  Chas.  Worms 
was  I'outut  guilty  of  loi'glng  tlio  signal, uro  of  Soc'y 
Chandler  Ion  contract  wll.li  tlio  Interior  Depart¬ 
ment  for  furnishing  Indian  supplies.  tJentenee 
deferred. 
Farmers  In  Princeton,  Ky.,  are  gloomy  about  the 
wheat  prospeeUs  In  that  vicinity.  They  do  not 
think  that  more  limn  tliree-l'ourllis  of  a  crop  will 
he  niiulo. 
'J’he  corn  crop  Is  a  little  haekwiird  in  Woodford 
Co.,  Ky.,  but  has  conic  up  well  and  will  make  a 
good  yield-  'I’he  wheat  crop  looks  well,  but  Is 
rather  t  hin,  Aud  will  jirobubly  not  be  above  art 
average.  Harley  promises  a  very  large  yield. 
HciJip  does  not  look  so  well.  Tlie  oul-worm  Is  do¬ 
ing  very  great  tiamage  to  lieinp  on  clover  land. 
'Pile  Nashville  (N.  C.)  citizen  says  lhat  mica  Is 
being  found  abundantly  In  Lite  vlelnll  y  of  .Mltoliell, 
that  Stale.  Two  parlies  tliere  have  recently  sold 
a  (pmiilily  of  mica  In  the  lump  for  $:tT,(iati.  From 
one  spot  20  by  to  feet,  over  fio.ooo  w'orth  has  been 
taken. 
■\\'heat  does  not  look  well  In  Tennessee, 
flood  horses  arc  selling  at  aucOoii  In  San  Saba 
County,  Texas,  at  Iromjis  to  $20.  More  horse* 
than  money  Is  the  reason. 
The  San  .\n1onlo  (’I'exas)  Express  says  tlmt  In 
Ai.a,scosa  County,  the  dryesli-looklng  seetlon  of 
Western  Texas,  where  no  ruin  has  fallen  for 
uiontlLs,  the  crops  are  ahead  of  those  In  all  other 
counties  reported. 
Henry  Hilling  of  North  Carolina,  who  tvas  sent 
to  the  I’eullentlary  In  Albany  last  tvlntcr  lor  rob¬ 
bing  the  malls,  has  been  pardoned  by  President 
Hraut. 
Marshall  S.  Smith,  a  clerk  In  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Treasury  Deparimeut,  and  ,Tohn  A.  Wagoner, 
formerly  Hi  the  Audit or-fJeneral’s  ofliee,  w  ere  ar¬ 
rested  for  eousplruey  to  delraud  tlie  State  of  f-i.iloo. 
Winter  Gai  den,  the  esuibllsltineni  of  the  Me.ssrs, 
Hovey  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Is  now  a-bloom  witJi 
hardy  azaleas,  tvhlcli  will  be  In  llower  from  four 
to  sl.’t  weeks. 
The  Metropolitan  Bunk  of  Montreal  Is  In  dtfil- 
culty.  It  la  proposed  to  n•fluce  the  stoclc  and 
amalgamate  the  concern  with  some  other  bank. 
Serious  chargi^s  are  made  against,  the  Directors  by- 
Mr.  Rhodes  of  tjiiebeo,  w  ho  claims  jio.oeo  dama¬ 
ges,  owing  to  his  being  dccelYod  into  buying  the 
stock  of  the  bank  through  hlgldy-colorod  docu¬ 
ments  Issued  by  the  Board  of  Directors.  He  also 
charges  the  nireetorswlth  using  money  belonging 
to  the.  hank  for  Utelr  own  private  ends. 
Thecut^oDf  ai.  Vicksburg  has  greatly  alarmed 
thecltlzeus  The  Vlekshtirg  Herald  admits  that 
the  river  is  gone,  and  that  liie  only-  hope  for  a  cur-  ' 
rent  past  t  he  city  is  In  changing  the  channel  of 
the  Yazoo  Iflver,  so  as  to  jjrlogit  tJirough  chleka-  l 
saw  Bayou,  and  thence  by  canal  In  front  of  tlie  ] 
city  to  the  Mississippi.  Tho  Herald  thinks  this  ] 
can  he  accomplished  at  a  cost  of  about  $200,000 
and  adds:  “The  main  volume  of  the  Yazoo  could 
be  diverted  through  the  bayou,  thence  Into  Fish 
a  bake,  and  ilnally  Into  the  Mlsslaslppl  River  at  the 
0  .Vailonnl  Cemetery,  by  means  of  a  breakw.ater  at 
a  Yazoo,  by  cleaning  and  deeping  the  bayou,  and  by 
r  ihec-ai  tlngdf  a  canal  from  the  .southern  end  of 
y  the  lake  ui  the  MlHs.lssljipl.  The  effect  of  the  plan 
proposed  w  111  be  to  keep  open  a  channel  in  the 
Mississippi  from  the  National  Cemetery  along  the 
j  river  border  of  the  whole  city ;  and  should  this  be 
practicable,  i  he  dangorou.s  Inffuenee  of  the  cut-off 
i  w  111  not  only  be  avoided,  but  we  should  he  brought 
Into  closer  njid  more  direct  cninmunlcHtlon  with 
the  rich  and  pojiulous  Yazoo  basin,  upon  which 
^  Vicksburg  mnliily  rellcH  for  her  support.” 
I  Two  hundred  piLssenger  trains  went  from  Now 
,  Voik  to  Philadelphia,  on  one  day,  on  tho  fJentral 
road— one  every  seven  mlnutos  night  and  day. 
A  vessel  sailed  from  New  Haven,  ci.,  loaded 
with  more  than  |700,000  worth  of  anna  and  ammu¬ 
nition  foi’the  Turkish  government. 
The  New  York  and  Boston  division  of  tho  New- 
York,  Boston  and  .MontreiiJ  Ballroiitl,  being  tlio 
section  between  the  Harlem  River  and  Brewsters, 
In  I'utnam  county,  wa«  sold  at  Whlto  Plains  to 
suHsiy  the  first  mortgage  bond.7,,  uiuoiintlng  with 
Interest,  to  $3,2:w,SHr>.  it  was  bought  by  the  Farm¬ 
ers'  bOiin  iind  Trust  Company  for  Hie  bondhold¬ 
ers  for  that  amount.  It  Is  understood  that  a  new 
corniiany  will  be  organized.  The  tracks  of  32 
miles  or  tlie  road,  wlilch  Is  ."iB  miles  in  length,  are 
.already  laid.  It  Is  expected  that  tlie  road  can  be 
lurnlKhed  a  nd  fully  eiiuipped  within  three  months, 
with  an  exiienilltiire  of  abuutlsoo.ooo. 
Tennesseo  has  forty  cot  ton  mills,  employing 06,- 
350  spindles,  and  consuming  13, 443  bales  of  cotton. 
The  H  hole  of  the  ground  not  occuj.iled  by  bones, 
Inthe  cataeoiiibs,  luider  thoeltyof  I’arls,  Is  occu¬ 
pied  In  growing  mushrooms  of  peculiarly  fine 
<4uallty  for  the  l4«ble. 
Berdan,  the  wcH-knowja  Ajncrlcan  armorer,  has 
Just  sold  to  the  Sen-lan  (Jnvernmeut  60,000  rules. 
'i'he  K]ionges  of  P  rance  yield  $240, noo  a  year. 
In  a  suit  for  libel  against  the  Buffalo  Express 
by  a  lawyer  tanned  Reed,  /orf0,000  damages,  the 
jury  nas  awarded  damages  for  $16. 
Tho  Morgau  Line  steamhlilp  Austin,  from  Ha^ 
vanna,  .struck  a.  snag  In  tho  river  twenty-two 
miles  below  New  Orleans,  sinking  nt  once.  Her 
cargo  was  valued  at  $80,000;  slie.  had  on  board 
700  hogshe.ads  of  sugar.  The  vcksoI  was  valued  at 
$iz.-»,(H)o,  and  is  a  total  loss;  no  Insurance. 
In  the  event  of  Turkey  drifting  into  a  European 
war,  our  trade  wlUi  lier  need  not  occasion  uneasl-  ' 
nc.8s.  In  Hie  llseal  yeur,  1S74-6,  our  exports  to  her  * 
markets  amounted  to  only  $1,244,784.  our  Imports  ’ 
from  Turlcey  -were  stUl  leas,  being  only  S0iU,347. 
M.anj'  a  one  01  our  wholesale  stores  does  a  larger 
husliiesH  Ilian  these  ngtjres  repre.scnt.  ^ 
'rile  poliUo  crop  throughout/  tN'arreit,  Washing-  * 
ton  and  .Saratoga  Counties,  N.  Y.,  bld.s  fair  to  he-  * 
come  I  he  \1otlm  of  the  C^olorado  potato  bug— t  he  ^ 
latler  having  made  Us  appearance  In  large  num¬ 
bers.  ' 
Every  .year  the  material  condition  of  the  .South 
grows  bet, ter  and  betlAi'.  P'rom  every  .State  comes 
most  clieerliig  (ieeoimi/8  of  the  crops.  In  many  J 
.States  such  promlshig  crops  have  not  been  seen  ^ 
In  yeai’s,  and,  all  In  all,  the, prospect  Is  bettor  than  ^ 
In  any  yearslnec  Hie  war.  Tho  last  cotton  crop,  ^ 
being  marketed,  has  already  reached  to  s.sis.ooo  ^ 
hales  and  will  probably  roach  4,.')(H),000-  There  has 
benn  an  Inci'ease  Of  44(i,<Nio  bales  over  the  preced-  ^ 
lug  year.  '' 
At  tho  auuuiil  meeting  of  the  New  England 
Assoeliiled  Pnj,ss,  In  Boston  Juno  T,  aU  the  olhccrs  n 
were  ro-elei'tod.  o 
'J'welve  hundred  lodges  of  the  Northern  Bloux  ^ 
are  reported  as  moving  to  meet  Gen.  Crook. 
ICx-Senutof  Boyce  of  Wisconsin  addressed  the  o 
General  Assembly  of  Connecticut  luadvocacyof 
the  abolition  of  caiiUal  punishment.  Vl 
d  manufactories  of  all  sorts,  devoted  to  23l  separate 
h  and  distinct  Industries,  and  turmng  out  $150,000,000 
e  worth  of  products  annually, 
t  Some  Idea  of  the  Unraenso  extout  to  whicli  tho 
y  brldgc-bulldlnglntorest  lias  attained  In  this  coun- 
if  try  may  be  bad  from  the  fact  that  some  $l50,oi.in,- 
Q  OWi  liavc  been  investod  In  brldge.s  since  tho  lato 
e  war. 
B  Mr.  Moody  has  preached  m  his  new  tabernacle 
Li  In  Chicago.  Ho  stated  that  the  building  and  lot 
r  cost  $80,207,  and  that  $19,S97,77  remained  unpro- 
t  vlded  for.  A  collection  was  taken  up  aud  $12,356,7.3 
1  realized. 
1  More  than  six  years  since  a  New  P.runswlck 
farmer,  living  on  the  upiier  St.  .John,  took  It  Into 
’  his  he,ad  to  hulld  a  vessel  In  which  to  take  his 
I  family  to  Australia.  He  went  to  St,  John  and 
there  visited  u  ship  yard  for  the  llrst  time  In  his 
life,  and  examined  the  build  of  a  schooner.  Re¬ 
turning  homo  with  a  few  Uxils  and  a  book  on  nav¬ 
igation.  ho  worked  all  the  time  lio  could  get  days, 
and  studied,  w-ltli  tlie  aid  of  hlswlfe,  his  “nuvlga- 
Uon  book  ”  evenings.  At  the  end  of  six  years  his 
veasel  was  comiileted.  During  Hie  spring  iroHhets 
ho  lloated  his  craft  down  to  .St.  John.  At  Lhat 
Mmo  ho  liad  expended  every  dollar  he  could  raise, 
including  the  prot^eeds  of  the  sale  of  his  farm. 
Tho  cr.afr  18  said  not  only  to  bo  a  great  eurloslty 
In  point  of  construction,  but  lias  nuinerous  Invei,- 
tlons  never  before  seen  on  a  vessel  ol  any  klud, 
which  .Mr,  Draper,  the  hack  woods  builder,  had 
studied  out.  himself.  Draper  has  ehartored  lil.s 
vessel  for  throe  months.  In  order  to  gel  the  means 
of  uUfing  his  lamiiy  on  a  t  rii)  to  Amsi  ralla.  The 
vessel  Ls  of  about  fifty  tons  burthen. 
J.  J’.  Usher,  ex-Secretary  of  i.h«:  Intorlor.attorney 
for  tho  Kansas  I’acltlc  R.allway,  has  gone  to  Wash¬ 
ington  to  testify  In  the  BLaine  Investigation. 
'I'he  prlntor.s  of  the  Hamilton  Mauutacturing 
GOmpany  at  Lowell  nave  given  notice  to  the 
Company  that  they  will  not  .accede  to  the  present 
reduefjon  of  wages. 
A  belter  feeling  has  prevailed  In  thefrelglitmar- 
ket  In  Quebec  during  the  p.ist  week.  Grain 
frclghto  from  Montreal  have  taken  a  start  upward, 
which  has  Tended  to  strengihen  rates  here. 
'I'he  stvamer  Grleiilul,  ashore  on  Harding’s 
Ledge,  Ala-ssaehiLseits.,  has  been  condemned  us 
not  being  worth  the  cost  of  getting  her  atloat. 
Hhe  will  he  sold  at  auction.  About  all  the  cargo 
hits  been  dtseharged. 
'I’lie  marriage  or  R.  ts.  McGormlck  and  Miss. 
Katliarlue  V.  Medlll  was  solemnized  In  Chicago,  , 
at  the  residence  of  Joseph  Medlll,  editor  of  the 
(  'hlcago  Tribune.  Kleganco  or  dress  and  decor-  . 
atlons  churacierlzcd  the  occasion. 
The  report,  of  tho  Chicago,  Bock  Island  and  , 
PaiTlfic  Kalhoad  shows  tho  gross  eui  ulngs  for  the  ! 
year  en ding  April  l  to  be,  $7,665,162 ;  operating  ex-  , 
penses,  taxes,  wc.  $8.0S7,i)29,  a  dccroase  in  gross 
earnings  slnco  la.st  year  of  $46,.->t5,  and  an  Increase  . 
of  net  earnings  of  $1. *4, 7-23. 
The  rollowing  dlsp.atoh  was  received  nt  Omaha 
from  tho  commanding  oihcer  at  Fort  Laramie :  * 
“Spotlod  Toll,  the  chief  of  the  Brules,  uirlved  ‘ 
here  tivdfiy  on  a  visit,  ami  reports  that  his  people 
are  air Aiome  and  will  not  go  out.  on  the  wai-patli.  * 
Largo  numbei-3  Jni  vc  gone  ironi  the  Red  t  loud  and 
other  agencies  on  tho  Missouri  Blver,  and  arecou-  ' 
ccntratlng  on  Powder  Blver  lor  a  nghl."  lie  re- 
ports  over  1,700  lodges  coJlectod.  '■ 
At  the  meeting  of  1  lie  Amerleau  Medical  Assocl-  ^ 
atlon  In  Philadelphia  tho  following  resolutions  “ 
were  adojited : 
Jicmired,  Thai  lucmhers  of  the  medical  iirofes-  " 
Kloii  who  In  an,v  way  aid  or  abet  the  graduailon  of  1’ 
medical  students  In  Irregularor  exclusive  .sy.stem.s 
of  modlclne,  are  deemed  thereby  to  violiitc  the  «. 
spirit  or  the  ethics  of  the  Amerle;ui  Medical  Asso- 
elation.  w 
Mesolvpfi,  Tliat  there  be  ajinolntod  a  commltiee  tl 
of  three  iiersous,  mernhersuf  this  Association.  In  o 
each  of  those  SliTtes  where  there  has  been  lui  ‘ 
action  taken  for  tuo  estaliUshiucnt  of  Boards  of  “ 
P  FOREIGN  NOTES. 
^  Tub  French  workmen  are  to  leave  for  the  Ex¬ 
hibition  at  Philadelphia  on  the  I7th  inst. 
Halim  Pacha  has  been  ordered  by  the  Sultan  to 
,  go  Into  Egypt. 
The  GiOBvernor  Mission  has  arrived  safely  at 
5  R.'ingooD.  It  Is  now  certain  that  Mr.  Margaray  was 
I  murdered  by  Chlnesp  Imperial  troops. 
Tho  Public  Works  Depart.ment  at  Ottawa  pur- 
(  poses  inrttlng  tenders  for  the  building  of  the 
Can,a<llim  Pacinc  R.dlroad.  Tho  contracts  wlU  be 
awarded  ea  rb'  next  year. 
,  Advices  from  Rome  say  (,hat  the  prospect  of  an 
1  understanding  between  Spain  and  the  Vatican  Is 
good. 
A  dispatch  to  The  Post  from  Berlin  says  that 
Prince  Ha.ssan,  son  or  tho  Khedlvo  of  Egypt,  has 
resigned  his  commission  In  the  Prussian  army 
He  goes  to  Egypt,  where  he  will  be  made  Allnlstcr 
of  War. 
During  the  passage  of  l.hc  Herapis  home  to  En¬ 
gland  from  India,  one  of  the  Prince  of  Wales’s 
tigers  bit  off  a  midshipman’s  hand. 
In  consequoneo  of  the  Judgment  of  a  Bremen 
court,  Prlnec  Bismarck,  as  Chancellor,  has  Issued 
a  notltloation  prohihitlug  for  two  year.B  the  clreu- 
latlon  In  Germany  of  the  XonlmnpHrn,  the  weekly 
edition  of  tho  Philadelphia  rttiKshiolt. 
'I'he  Hpanl.sh  Premier  holds  that  the  Govern¬ 
ment  must  for  its  own  safety  retain  the  right  to 
override  tho  Jaw  and  establish  military  discipline. 
It  Is  evident,  from  t  his  that  .a  sense  of  Insecurity 
prevails  at -M.adrld,  despite  the  overthrow- of  the 
Carllsts, 
A  dispatoh  from  Alexandria  says  a  quarrel  has 
arisen  between  tlie  Khedive  and  the  new  Turkish 
Government.  In  consequence  of  which  the  Khe¬ 
dive  has  been  ordered  to  proceed  to  Constantino¬ 
ple.  He  win  arrive  there  shortly  with  his  family. 
.Some  inten-stlng  discoveries  have  recently  been 
made  at  Rome  In  excavations  cm  Hie  Esqulllne 
juid  the  Monto  della  (Jiustizla.  They  consist  of 
vases  of  baked  earth,  uud  arm.s  and  Implements 
of  a  period  anterior  to  the  foundation  or  the  city 
I  among  the  former  being  a  vessel  wrought  by  hand 
fiom  t  he  earth  of  the  Ksf^uiUne,  and  at  the  bottom 
of  which  are  three  letters  of  exi.rcraely  ancient 
foim.  I  n  all  probability  11,  ts  the  oldest  Inscribed 
object  that  Ijas  yet  been  tllscovered  In  Latlnum. 
An  ornithologist  observes  Ihiitln  the  northern 
countrtes  of  ICurope,  when  the  storks,  soon  after 
l.he  breeding  seasem.  pi-epare  to  rrUgrate  south¬ 
ward,  they  make  nights  to  tost  the  e;ipabllltle8  of 
the  young  birds  to  accomplish  the  louruey  When 
any  one  is  found  not  10  possess  the  requisite 
st.rengtli,  it  is  dellherately  put  to  death  by  "the 
others,  .storks  feed  principally  on  frogs,  and  the 
mother  knows  that  the  weak  ones  w-ould  dlo  of 
hunger  If  left  heiiind. 
Although  the  suitement  that  the  Prince  of 
Monteiugro  had  imtliled  Baron  Bodich  of  the 
conclusion  of  an  ulllanee  hetween  Montenegro 
•Servlii,  Roumanla  and  Greece  proves  fotaUy  un- 
foijnded,  It  becomes  more  and  more  evident  that  ' 
Sei  vla  Is  drlfllng  Into  war.  The  Turkish  forces 
lacing  Servia  have  been  reduced  i‘r,0n0  men  in 
eon.sequcnee  of  d.’t.a.du/irnfs  being  sent  to  quell 
the  Bulgarian  Insurrection.  The  .Serrtan.s  now 
under  . arms  iu:cordlng  to,  the  low-est  estimate 
number  ts.imki. 
The  reports  lhat  Hic  Busslan  army  is 
inarclUng  to  tho  frontier.  Wlien  if  arrives  at 
.u.  w.  ouiooM  j.u.on  luieui,.  „pon  those  8tal  -s  1,0  J  cccss  tv  or 
A  dispatch  Horn  (3irson,  Nevada,  says;— “The  tho  cstabllhhmpjrt  of  such  boards  01 
T  continue  demonstrations,  and  de-  nenry  J.  Bowditch  of  Massachusetts  was  elect- 
mand  the  dlschurge  of  fhlnesc  hibonra,  but  as  r,,. side, it  for  the  ensom.-  vonr  
I’rulli,  the  Servians  will  crmiuieneo  hostilities. 
T),o  Grand  Vizier  has  Issue,!  a  lettor  declaring "• 
'J'hc  Porte  accords  full  amnesty  to  all  insui-gents 
who  will  offer  their  submission.  To  give  them 
time  to  do  this  tho  Sullsn  g,-anf.s  a  six  Weeks’ 
armlHl.ice  subject  to  movements  necessary  to 
inalnlnln  the  concentration  of  troops  and  the 
revleiuallng  of  Nltsle.” 
j'et  have  eomirdtted  no  violence. 
John  Jay  Bradcly,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth 
Collego,  was  drowned  In  Lovewell  Pond,  Alalne. 
Bom  Pedro  has  been  quleUy  visiting  the  iiolnls 
of  Intoresi  in  Boston  wll.houtthc  slightest  exldbl- 
tlon  of  ceremony. 
Tlio  siunmer  meeting  of  tho  Harvard  Athletic 
Assoelatlon  Wius  held  In  Jarvis’  Field,  Boston.  The 
onc-mllo  I'un  was  won  by  D.  J.  James,  Class  or 
’T9,  In  5  min.  335,'  sec.  'I'he  iflO  yards  dash  was 
won  by  A.  11.  l.alham.  Class  of  '77,  In  11154;  see. 
'Tho  l  unnlng  high  jump  was  won  hyE.  c.  Hidl, 
Class  of  ’76,  who  made  a  jiunp  of  4  ft.  jo  in.  The 
half-mile  run  w  as  won  by  J.  -Swfft,  Class ’Tti,  in 
2:24j*.  The  nmning  long  jump  >vas  w-on  by  J.  1. 
Llnzcl,  Class  of  ’77,  clearing  IS  ft.  4  In.  I'he  hur¬ 
dle  race  was  won  by  A.  11.  Latham,  aud  the  quar¬ 
ter-mile  rtui  by  11.  C.  Dunham,  Class  of  ’77,  in  .'i6 
seconds. 
The  stores  of  T.  C.  Phlnney  aud  Hutchinson  & 
Sinli/h,  III  Montpelier,  v  t.,  were  robbed,  June  8,  of 
over  $1,000  Tvorth  of  goods. 
Byracuse,  N.  Y.,  was  visited  by  a  tremendous 
rain  storm,  June  9.  It  Is  estimated  th.at  between 
4:30  and  8  o'clock  s  inches  of  water  fell. 
During  n  violent  thunder  storm  at  Hemlock 
Hollow,  A\  ayue  co.,  Pa.,  WlUlam  Huff,  w-hiio  peel¬ 
ing  park,  was  Instantly  Killed  by  lightning.  • 
Adam  Bear,  a  leading  business  man  at  West 
Camp,  Ulster  Co.,  committed  suicide  by  jumping 
Into  the  Hudson,  AbemUon  of  mind  Is  said  to 
have  been  the  cause. 
Samuel  M.  JUng,  formerly  Deputy  U.  8.  Alai-shal 
for  Middle  Termessce,  was  Indicted  at  Nashville, 
Tonu.,  lor  obtaining  money- under  false  pretenses. 
cajitalu  A.  c.  SUner,  engineer  on  the  Monitor 
In  the  famous  fight  with  the  MtaTlmaeln  the  early 
part  of  the  civil  war,  died  at  his  home  on  Staten 
Island,  after  a  brief  Illness,  on  Saturday. 
CluclnnaU  claims  to  have  In  her  midst  4,693 
Henry  J.  Bowditch  of  Massachusetts  was  elect¬ 
ed  President  for  tho  ensuing  yoar.  After  The  elec¬ 
tion  of  ot.he.r  otilcers,  tlie  Association  adjourned 
to  meet  at  Chicago  on  the  llrst  Tuesday  In  Janu¬ 
ary,  1877. 
I’he  commencement  exercises  of  the  Boston  Uni¬ 
versity  School  of  'Theology  were  held  In  'Tremont 
Temple.  Sevimteeu  graduates  received  diplomas, 
one  of  them  belhg  a  lady-. 
Steam  Is  being  tried  on  the  street  rallwayas  of 
Baltimore. 
Secretary  Chandler  has  entered  sidt  against 
Jacob  'I’hompsou,  ex-Socretary  of  the  Interior,  in 
the  sum  of  $1 ,0i)0,000.  'I'ho  wa  rraut  has  been  serv¬ 
ed.  Jerc.  8.  Black,  It  Is  imdorstood,  ivUl  defend 
Thompson. 
'J’he  exhibition  of  the  llorllcultural  .Society  at 
Gilmore’s  Garden,  New  York,  bids  fair  to  be  the 
finest  ever  given  In  this  city-.  -Arrangements  have 
been  made  to  gather  Hie  finest  specimens  of  flow- 
era  from  prlvato  collections  all  over  the  country. 
'The  exhibition  will  continue  nflei-noon  and  even¬ 
ing  from  June  12th  to  16th.  Gilmore’s  Band  will 
discouj-se  sweet  music  rturlug  the  arternoons. 
The  sentence  of  Crozler,  the  i’enn  Van  murder¬ 
er,  has  been  comnnitcd  to  imprisonment  for  life. 
George  Branebrltlge's  portable  picture  saloou  In 
Ware,  Mass.,  leU  on  him  crushing  hhu  so  badly 
that  he  will  dle. 
Nlncteen  Japanese  connected  with  the  Japan¬ 
ese  Commission  at  PhUadelphla  visited  Trenton 
yesterday  and  Inspected  the  potteries. 
The  Delaware  and  Huasou  Canal  excurslonlstB 
made  a  distance  of  fifty  miles  In  one  day,  passing 
through  fifty  locks  in  12>4'  hours,  an  extraordluaiy 
feat. 
Uom  Pedro  has  pre.sented  his  check  for  $100  to 
the  Fire  Department  or  the  District  of  Columbhi. 
The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Chui-ch  of  Canada,  has  met  in  the  Knox  Church, 
'Toronto.  Rev.  Dr.  Cook,  Moderator,  preached  the 
opening  sermon. 
I'lic  8helk-ul-Islara  has  forbidden  the  Sottas  to 
■  carry  arms  or  1,0  congregate  In  the  public  ihor- 
•  ough  fares. 
1  Auslrla,  Germany  and  Bus.sla  have  each  recog¬ 
nized  Sultau  Murad  In  the  same  jerms. 
It  Is  iJiiibablo  Winslow  will  bo  Jlinratod  June 
15lh,  as,  from  tho  correspondence  submitted  to 
.  Parliament  It  Is  doubtful  that  a  supplementary 
Ifciily  covering  Ids  case  will  be  agreed  upon  by 
that  body. 
The  Lower  House  of  tho  Danish  Rlgsdag  h,ave 
unanl  mously  decided  In  favor  of  the  oov^ernment’s 
demand  for  2,000,000  crowits  ($r,55.5iir,)  for  the  pur¬ 
chase  of  sixteen  Krupp  field  batteries. 
The  fuiiPial  ol  M.  Aloulln,  the  F'rench  Consul 
who  was  brutally  niurdered  niSalonlca,  took  place 
In  I  III  Is,  Fiance,  on  June  7,  'The  remains  were 
1. lined  with  great  ceremony  and  military  honora, 
the  expense  being  borne  by  the  .State.  'The  Due 
Decazes  and  deputations  from  both  C’hambers  at¬ 
tended  the  funeral. 
Among  the  lwenty--four  now  Italian  Senators 
created  are  two  Jews — Isaac  Ariom  and  Julio 
Alassarandl — the  first  who  have  ev-er  been  raised 
to  that  honoi-  la  Italy,  not  withstanding  that  Jews 
have  sat  in  nearly  all  the  Italian  J’arUaments  and 
eleven  w-ere  returned  at  the  last  elecUon. 
The  Queen,  the  Lady’s  Newspaper  and  Court 
Chronicle,  has  an  luterrstlug  account  of  “deflul- 
tiou  bees,”  to  which.  It  appeiira,  “  spelling  bees’ 
are  now  giving  way  In  England. 
Ricardo  Menocal,  CoUector  of  Tttxes  in  Havana, 
has  absconded  lo  the  United  States  with  about 
$40(1,000  in  gold. 
The  Cuban  authorities  ai-e  making  contracts 
with  parties  In  Florida  for  cattle,  paying  $1  in  gold 
per  pound,  delivered  in  NuevUas. 
The  vote  for  the  Duke  or  Connaught's  establish¬ 
ment  ou  Lis  marriage  with  Princess  Frederica, 
datighicr  of  the  ex-King  of  Hanover,  will  be  sub¬ 
mitted  to  Parliament  at  this  session. 
A  dispatch  to  Zet  Sepublkjue  Franca  ise  from  Ly' 
I  ons  reports  a  violent  thunder-storm  at  Yalonne. 
