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ELECTIONS IN 1880. 
All the States will elect Presidential Electors on 
Tuesday, Nov. 2 . Ail the Territories will elect 
delegates to congress uu the same day. All Rep- 
rescntatlvea in Congress to be elected by the seve¬ 
ral States will be chosen on Tuesday, November 2 , 
except the following: Indiana will elect her State 
ofllcers and Representatives in Congress, on Tues¬ 
day, Oct. 12 . Maine will elect Governor, Repre¬ 
sentatives in congress and the members of the 
Legislature, on Sept. 13 . Ohio will elect minor 
State ofllcers and Representatives In Congress, on 
Tuesday, Oct 12. Vermont will elect State officers 
Represeutat! ves In Congress and members of the 
Legislature, Sept. T. 
Most of the state officers and members of the 
Legislatures will also be elected on Nov. 2 . United 
States Senators will be elected this coming Winter 
by the Legislatures of Alabama, California, Con¬ 
necticut. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, 
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis¬ 
souri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Tennesee, Vermont, West Virginia 
and Wisconsin. 
THE POLITICAL NEWS. 
There Is considerable activity In political circles 
on all sides. The National Democratic committee 
has established headquarters In New York city 
and haB begun the campaign by sending out docu¬ 
ments bearing on the Presidential question. The 
Finance Committee 1 b composed of an unusual 
number of solid men, not only in Influence, but In 
monetary matters as well. In Philadelphia the 
opposing lorces have pooled their Issues and the 
city and county committees have, for the present 
at least, sunk their differences and have rolled up 
their sleeves for Hancock. The Republican com¬ 
mittees of Pittsburgh have formed a combination 
and win work together for uarfleld. War to the 
knife has been declared In Philadelphia between 
McMauea and Cameron, and there will be a des¬ 
perate struggle. There have been a number of 
Congressional nominations made In the last few 
days, among them the following: c. E. Hooker, 
Dexn., Fifth Mississippi District; Isaac L. Morri¬ 
son, Rep., Twelfth Illinois; \v. P, Canaday, Rep., 
Third North Carolina; Emanuel Schultz, Rep. 
Fourth Ohio; W. R. Meyers. Dem., Ninth Indiana • 
John c. Blair Hoge, Dem., second West Virginia. 
There is a serious Republican split in the Cleve¬ 
land district, congressman Townsend has been 
renominated, but a large majority" bolted In the 
interest oi Ex-Mayor Rose. The Ohio Democracy 
held a convention the other day, ratified the na- 
tianal ticket and adopted the platform. The Mis¬ 
souri Democrats have nominated Crittenden for 
Governor and the following ticket: Attorney Gen¬ 
eral, D, il. McIntyre; Register 01 Deeds, Robert A. 
McCullough; Railroad commissioner, George G. 
Pratt; Presidential Electors-at-Large, colonel J, 
D. L. Morrison and N. Phillips. General Weaver, 
the Greenback caudiate lor President,la very busy. 
He arrived at Washington on the 29th from Aht- 
bama, where he had made H speeches lu 14 days. 
He sa.vs the Independent Lleket will be elected by 
4,oou majority if there la a fair count. The 
Democratic nomination of State officers in West 
Virginia la as follows: For Governor, Jacob L. 
Jackson; Auditor, Joseph «. Miller; Treasurer, 
Thomas O’Brien; Judge oi the supreme Court, 
Thomas Green; Attorney-General, C. C. Walts; 
Superintendent of Schools, P. L. Butcher; Presi¬ 
dential Electors, E. W. W ilson and E. u. Cracraft. 
The uulo state Greenback convention met at Col¬ 
umbus the 2s uit. and was called to order by Robert 
Sehlelling. H. Kellogg, of 'Toledo, was made per¬ 
manent chairman, and J. H. J. Clarkson, Secre¬ 
tary. The national platform adopted at Chicago 
was accepted as the state platform, with two or 
three minor resolutions. The following is the 
ticket nominated: Secretary of State—Charles A. 
Lloyd, oi seneca; supreme Court Judge-D. W. 
C. Louden, of Brown County; Clerk of Supreme 
Court—Charles Bowsall, of Columbiana; member 
of Board of Public Works—Amos Roberts, of Knox 
Couaiy; senooi Commissioner—E. B. smart, of 
Ross County; Presidential Electors at Large—H. 
Kellogg, of Lucas, and L. T. Faster, of Mahoning. 
POSTAL SERVICE DEFICIENCY. 
The report prepared by Auditor McGraw of ihe 
receipts and expenditures 01 the Post Office De¬ 
partment for the quarter ending March SI, 1880, 
was issued the 28 th ult. It shows an excess of ex¬ 
penditures over receipts lor the quarter amounting 
to $330,053.30. The receipts for the quarter for the 
bales of postage stamps, new spaper wrappers, and 
postal cards amounted to $8,176,072.23; from other 
sources, $373,159.80; total receipts, $8,849,832.09. 
The total expenditures lor the quarter amounted 
to $9,180,386.45. The following are some of the 
principal items of expenditure lor the quarter: 
Inland Mall Transportation—Railroads, $2,067,510.- 
93; star routes, $1,711,581.09; steamboats, $194,845.- 
24. This quarterly report, and the two others pre¬ 
viously prepared, for the quarters ending sept. 30 
and Dec 31, 1879, show' the total deflclency for the 
first nine months of the fiscal year, ending June 
1880 , to be $2,199,842.97. Post omce Department 
officers estimate the deficiency for the present fis¬ 
cal year at $ 2 , 800 , 000 , and If It Is kept within this 
amount it will be less than for any previous year 
since 1667. That year It amounted to $3,938,457, 
and last year, (ending June 30, 1879,) It amounted 
to $3,407,919. 
A SFANI8H BULL-FIGHT IN NEW TORE. 
The metropolis of this Western World was start¬ 
led some time ago by the blood-curdling announce¬ 
ment of some Spaniards that they proposed to 
make an exhibition of a genuine Spanish bull 
fight here In the city. At first the story was dis¬ 
credited, but the Spaniards proved to be in earnest 
(In their efforts to make money), and arrange¬ 
ments were made for the exhibition. The show 
came off last Saturday, to the satisfaction of all 
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non-participants and to the regret of something 
over 3,000 spectators who had purchased tick¬ 
ets at $1.50 each. An arena was constructed at 
noth street and 6 th Avenue. 15 was a circular 
lnclosure about loo feet in diameter surrounded 
by a fence six feet high. Outside this was an alley 
about 11 vo feet wide, then another higher fence 
and outside this seats for the audience. Tt was 
announced that bulls would be Imported from 
Spain, as none fierce enough could be found In mis 
country, but this Idea was given up and when all 
was ready the parties purchased a dozen peacea¬ 
ble Texan steers at the New York stock-yards. 
The fighters were six in number, and dressed In 
tlght-flulng garments having all the colors of the 
rainbow and two or three others that the rainbow 
never dreamed of, each having also a loose cloak 
with which to Irritate the animals. At the ap¬ 
pointed time a steer was led into the lnclosure. 
He made a dive for one of the fighters, and he In 
turn made lor the fence and jumped into the 
alley where he was sale. This proved to be their 
method of lighting. They would worry the animal 
by shaking their cloaks before his eyes and then 
run and Jump the feuce, and sneak up behind and 
paste a rosette to his body and then run. They 
never had more than one steer on the arena at the 
time and several of them were too lazy and con¬ 
servative to take any notice of the Spaniards. 
After a while the thing became monotonous and 
the people left. The prevailing opinion was that 
the Spaniards were excellent fence Jumpers but 
decidedly poor fighters. 
CONDITION of dr. tanner. 
The starving man In Clarendon Hall this city Is 
still alive, but he is In a greatly enfeebled con¬ 
dition. To-day he completes hts fifth week, but 
there Is a likelihood, which almost merges Into cer¬ 
tainty, that he cannot continue the ordeal through 
the five remaining days of his proposed fast. For 
some time past, he has, contrary to the advice of 
fils medical watchers, Insisted on drinking mineral 
water instead of spring water, and this is supposed 
to have increased his feebleness, lie now vomits 
very frequently, and almost invariably after drink¬ 
ing, emitting t he water he drinks, and mucus ting¬ 
ed with bile. He Is becomlngmore irritable and 
sensitive to noise. He now often omits his accus¬ 
tomed morning drives, preferring to lie quietly on 
his cot, and when ne arouses himself, his walk is 
feeble and staggering, lu short, his Iron constitu¬ 
tion is gradually but surely giving way under the 
tremendous strain to which It Is being subjected. 
The physicians attending him have more than 
once been seriously' alarmed at his symptoms, and 
precautions are taken for Instant restoration, 
should he give way. The nausea and vomltlng.are 
expected to Increase rather than be relieved until 
the end of the fast, and then there is danger the 
stomach will be so enfeebled that it Can hold no 
food, and a second and forced fast be thus Inaugu¬ 
rated. But still hls will Is firm. He does not yet 
propose to give up the feat. 
miscellaneous. 
A venerable old man of Kingston, Wls., named 
Uriah Utley, 76 years of age, was shot and killed 
by hls sou Frank, 28 years old on the 29th. Ills 
probable tue father was shot while sitting In a 
chair.severe hall storms, which did a great 
deal of damage visited Norfolk, Va., and Wake- 
ham, Mass., on the 29th ult. a large water-spout 
was seen tor hair an hour in Onset Bay. 
Inquiries axe now being held by the authorities 
concerning the accident widen happened to the 
steam-boat Narraganseil that was run down in 
Long Island Sound by .the stonlngtou, and also la 
the case of the Seawanliaka which took fire in 
the East River. About a hundred persons lost 
their Uves on the two occasions. It Is to be hoped 
that.. If carelessness was the cause, the guilty 
ones will be brought to justice.An experi¬ 
ment which, lu point of Interest, cannot be easily 
surpassed, took place recently lu England. It was 
the trial ot a combination of balloons by T which it 
Is proposed to explore the arctic regions. Since 
all attempts to reach the North Pole by land and 
water have proven fume, It is now proposed to 
sail through the one remaining element, the air. 
Three baloons were coupled together supporting 
four curs, which will be heated artlficaliy and 
which eontalu the travelers. Three baloons are 
used In order to be safe In case an accident should 
happen to any one of them. The experiment was 
pronounced satisfactory, and Commander cheyno, 
who originated the Idea, will forthwith carry It 
Into practice. 
An accident occurred on the night of the 22d ult. 
on the Detroit River. Father Blyenburg, of the 
Church of the iloly Trlnty, of Detroit, had taken 
hls altar boys on an excursion to Monroe, Michi¬ 
gan, in the steam yacht Mamie. On the their 
return, while coming up the Detroit river, about 
10 o’clock on Thursday night, at a point Just below 
Grosse Island light-house, the yacht was met by 
the steamer Garland, of Detroit, having on board 
the Moulders’ Lnlon and a large party of friends, 
and a collision took place, the Garland literally 
running the steam yacht down and almost run¬ 
ning over her. There were twenty-four persons 
on board the Mamie, and 01 "these seventeen lost 
their lives. The yacht sank almost instantly. 
The collision was the result of carelessness. The 
moon was shining very brightly and to all appear¬ 
ances there was no excuse whatever for the acci¬ 
dent. .The Mormons celebrated at Balt Lake, 
Utah, Saturday week, the anniversary of their first 
entrance Into the valley 33 years ago. There was 
a big procession, with representations 01 agricul¬ 
ture, horticulture, the trades, manufactures, and 
various industries, including mining, which 11 
years ago was proscribed among the saints, and 
ceremonies m tne tabernacle.A Fargo 
(Dak.) woman has turned up who claims to be 
Mrs. ’Tanner, but she left the doctor to get 
three square meals a day. She says hls theory 
that people eat too much became a troublesome 
mania, and when he undertook to bring her down 
to air and water she got a divorce.The 
largest botanical depot in the world Is said to be 
at Statesville, N. c., wheretheflrm which controls 
It has now In stock 1700 varieties of roots, herbs, 
barks, seeds, flowers and mosses and all sorts of 
plants for herbariums, in quantities of from 60 to 
35,000 pounds of each kind. They pay the collec¬ 
tors, who arc mainly f’herokees. either in cash or 
goods, and hist year disposed In thlB way ot $40,000 
worth of merchandise, shipping 1 , 800,000 pounds 
of roots and “yarbs”..Partial returns of 
the local Indebtedness of the country from 19 
States, nearly all in the North, give an aggregate 
ot $764,206,299. Robert I’. Porter, the special in¬ 
vestigator of the subject, states that the local 
Indebtedness of the remaining States will probably 
not exceed $ 100 , 000 , 000 . The aggregate state debts, 
which were $352,96*.000 In 1870, are now $266,638,- 
000, a reduction of one-third. At present. Mr. Por¬ 
ter does not think that local Indebtedness has been 
greatly increased since 1870 .Gen. Grant has 
been elected president of the New Mexico San 
Pedro and Canon del Agua mining company hold¬ 
ing 36,000 acres of copper and gold-bearing land 30 
miles soul h of sante Fe, and within 10 miles of 
the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe road. The 
capital Is $ 10 , 000 , 000 , and Gen. Grant has seen the 
property and accepts the position, nig election to 
the presidency has carried its stock up from $2 to 
$9 a share in Boston and New York .The 
Wisconsin University Is a very unfortunate Insti¬ 
tution. A few years ago President t’hadbourne 
of Williams was led Into resigning by the Incom¬ 
patibility between him and the Regents, and It Is 
said by local correspondents that, President Bas- 
com, hls successor, has been nearly driven to the 
same point. He has addressed an open letter to 
Gov. Smith requesting him not to appoint politi¬ 
cians on the Board or Regents, and saying pretty 
plainly that those now on the Board hurt the In¬ 
terests of the college. The Milwaukee .sentinel 
says Wisconsin can better afford to lose every 
polltlclau who lives off its tax-payers than one 
userul and honest man such as President Bascom. 
.Milwaukee is to have a romantic wedding 
In September, when F G. Tlbbets, a millionaire 
bachelor ot Philadelphia, to years old, takes to 
wife Widow Martin, who controls $2,000,000 worth 
of property In Milwaukee. J. B. Martin requested 
on hls death-bed that hts widow marry TlUoets, 
who was her first love when both were too poor to 
marry..The Ute Commissioners have begun 
anew their councils with the Indians at Los Plno3 
Col., to arrange for their transplanting on new 
reservations, and hope to finish up before cold 
weather. 
FOREIGN. 
The dispute over Turkey’s cession of territory to 
Montenegro and Greece Is still the most exciting 
topic of European interest. The Sultan appears 
to be about to come to an amicable arrangement 
with the former, by ceding to It Dullgno, Instead 
of the strip of Albanian mountain formerly insisted 
upon, but which was bravely defended by the Al¬ 
banians who refused to be handed over. The 
Porte does not seem to be so complaisant with 
Greece, however, and still refuses to carry out the 
rvoOi/wwnttaiUjwi of the Berlin Conference, even 
when backed up by threats or hostile measures. 
Turkey has about 35,000 troops on the Greek fron¬ 
tier and could easily whtp Greece’s 22,000 ; but It 
Is very unlikely that Europe would look on with¬ 
out interfering In such an unequal struggle, and it 
Is the knowledge of this that emboldens Greece. 
Should war break out in that quarter Servla and 
Bulgaria will at once take a hand, and so probably 
will Eastern Koumella which is anxious to obtain 
complete freedom rrom the Porte. Meanwhile 
the Sultan does nothing lu the way ot effecting 
the promised reforms In Asia Minor and in Euro¬ 
pean Turkey; and if the Powers could only agree 
as to hls successor at Constantinople, the tuibancd 
infidel would be straightway kicked across the 
Hellespont, or driven, fiercely fighting. Into It. 
The quarrel between Russia and China seems In a 
lair way to a friendly adjustment. A Chinese 
ambassador, the Marquis Tseng, has been received 
at St. Petersburg, and It Is said he has full powers 
to settle the matter. The Czar, too, has sent a 
plenipotentiary to Pekin. Both 6ides are stlU pre¬ 
paring for war, however, but with less urgency. 
The Compensation for Disturbances bill pass¬ 
ed tne British House ot commons last Tuesday by 
a vote of 303 to 237—a considerably smaller major¬ 
ity than the Government expected. Its object is 
to afford compensation for all Improvements to 
small Irish farmers who may be evicted from their 
homes through their inability to pay rent on ac¬ 
count of the distress which has lately been so se¬ 
vere In the west ot the kingdom. The bill has yet 
to pass tbe House of Lords, and as that body is 
strongly Conservative and that party Is Opposed to 
the measure, It is sure to be defeated there unless 
ihe lords are afraid to risk the popular commotion 
such a defeat would be sure to arouse. In case the 
bill Is thrown out by the Upper House an agitation 
Is already threatened, whose object would be to do 
away with the hereditary legislators, and Instead 
of the House of Lords, elect a Seuate as In this 
country.The Hares and Rabbits bill also has 
been taken up in the House of commons and 
passed its second reading—Lhat is, been voted on a 
second time, all bills having Lo bo voted on three 
times before they go to Her Majesty lor signature. 
.The M Herald ” Irish Relief Committee has 
disbanded, after having distributed about $ 340 , 000 . 
other relief committees will soon disband also, as 
the famine ’’ is about over.Tne Irish land 
agitation is reviving. The crops are reported ex¬ 
cellent all over the island, grain and roots being 
especially good—over an average. 
Laet week vve venturned the opinion that the hos¬ 
tile advance of Ayoob Khan toward Candahar In 
Afghanistan would delay the evacuation ol the 
countrj by the British. On Tuesday a cablegram 
confirmed this opinion by telllDg us that a brigade 
of British troops under General Burrow had been 
annihilated by Ayoob Khan’a forces near Canda- 
hur, and that the m.iamdcr of the British troops 
in that section hah retreated into the citadel of 
that city. Later tolegrams confirm the defeat, 
but lessen Its severity. Nearly half Burrow’s 
forces seem to be missing, but the rest,, chiefly In 
straggling parties, have been making their way 
Into the city during the past week. The British 
force was made up mainly of sepoys, or native 
Indian troops, with English officers, together with 
about 700 or 8 0 Europeans. While marching to 
the support of a friendly Afghan chief who was 
about to oppose Ayoob Khan, most of the Afghan 
soldi ere rebelled and Joined the Khan, who, thus 
aided, fell suddenly upon hls foes and after a 
sharp struggle utterly routed them. This was In 
Northern Afghanistan. At Cabool lu the south 
the lately proclaimed Ameer, Abdurrahman, has 
had a friendly interview with the British repre¬ 
sentative. and no outbreak has as yet. occurred. 
For the sake of keeping up their prestige, among 
their Hindoo subjects especially and In the eyes 
of the world at large, tbe English must once 
more face the hostile Afghans and fight until 
these arc utterly vanquished. This will take 
time Tor the Afghans are as brave as they are 
treacherous. Reinforcements are being hurried 
forward from India and from England. 
In France the elections to the councils General 
hitherto show that tn 62 cases the Republicans 
have been successful and the Conservatives in 
sixteen. It was feared that the amnesty to the 
Communists and the contemporaneous expulsion 
or the Jesuits accompanied with threats of a like 
fate for the other religious orders would arouse 
public alarm, to the loss of the Republicans, but 
this has not as yet occurred A general election 
wlU be held next Summer, and It Is expected that 
Gambetta will then be declared President instead 
of Grevy. At present, France seems determined 
to remain at peace while vigorously preparing for 
war. 
The ex Empress Eugenie has returned to Eng¬ 
land after her pilgrimage to the scene of her son’s 
death. The Zulus who killed him say he fought 
••like a lion," when brought to bay, and died only 
after receiving a score ot wounds from the encir- 
ling savages some of whom he wounded with 
weapons wrested from their own hands. 
Ole Bull, the violinist is once more sick unto 
death.The Canton of Scbwyz, Switzerland 
has restored capital punishment, making the 
fourth canton that has restored the death pen¬ 
alty.Mr. Gladstone was prostrated last 
Friday with a congestive chill of the left lung. 
No immediate danger. 
In Mexico Gen. Gonzales has lately been elected 
President of the Republic to succeed the present 
Incumbent, Gen. Diaz. The latter absolutely re¬ 
fused to be a candidate for re-election, though 
there Is little doubt hut that he would have been 
successful, had he been In the field. He has proved 
by far the ablest statesman and soldier Mexico bas 
produced of late, and the new administration will 
be greatly strengthened by Ills having a seat la the 
Cabinet as Minister of War. There was only one 
attempt made to assassinate Gonzales after hls 
election, and only two or three chiefs issued re¬ 
bellious pronunclamentos and levied contribu¬ 
tions on merchants and others—an extraordinarily 
quiet election for Mexico. 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
From March l to July 25 the number of hogs 
packed, according to the best attainable Informa¬ 
tion, has been 3,296,791 against 2,241,661 In '79. From 
Nov.i to July 29, by the same calculation, the 
number of hogs packed svas 10 , 247 , 000 , against 
9,721,000 last year.Our meat exports 
since last Nov. 1 are put down at 680 , 000,000 
pounds, against 610,425,000 pounds In the same 
period In’79.A Mr, Jackson, who has over 
35.000 tea plants on hls farm, near Savannah, Ga., 
recently sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture 
a tin box contatDlug several samples of the tea 
raised on hls farm. The Commissioner subse¬ 
quently brought the samples to this city and went 
incognito to one of the largest tea establishments 
here, representing that he had some to sen. An 
expert was called in to examine the tea and he 
pronounced It India tea, worth 5u cents per pound. 
Commissioner Le Due then had difficulty In con¬ 
vincing the expert that the tea was grown In tills 
country, and could be produced for one-third the 
price named.The Mark Laue Express, of 
July 26 , says that the harvest in England would 
probably commence within a week, and would be 
general in three weeks. The wheat plant still stood 
well, despite the recent storms, but there was 
some increase In blight. A good deal ot barley was 
laid by the storms, but where It escaped this, It 
was the most promising of crops. Oats In I reland 
and .Scotland were exceedingly good. Markets 
during the past week had been almost stationary, 
the trade being completely dominated by the har¬ 
vest prospects of this and other countries. These 
were far from being uniformly promising, but 
taken altogether, they were sufficiently favorable 
to prevent an Improvement, which ordinary cir¬ 
cumstances ot supply and demand should otherwise 
have Induced. The quantity ot wheat on passage 
was nearly 2 , 000 , 091 ) quarters. The deliveries of 
English wheat and barley were rather under the 
average for that time ot the vear, and prices were 
unusually low. English oats commanded good 
prices, which caused deliveries considerably above 
July averages. Imports Into the Unlted Kingdom 
tor the week ending July 17, 816,698 hundred¬ 
weights of wheat, and 118,947 hundred-weights of 
flour- 
cablegrams from Englaud July 31 say that very 
heavy wind and rain storms on the preceding day 
nad done an Immense amount of damage to the 
wheat crop, especially in the Southern parts of the 
country. Much of It is reported to have been en¬ 
tirely ruined, as well as a great deal of hay, and 
a great extent or pasture land along the rivers 
has been flooded. A hall-storm passed over 
tho vicinity or Stevens’ Point, Wls., on Monday 
evening, covering the ground to the depth of sev¬ 
eral Inches with hall-stones or great size, killing 
fowls, thousands of prairie chickens, aud sheep. 
Shingles werejtorn from several roots, aud more 
than a hundred farms were entirely cleared of 
hay and grain. The hop-yards were stripped, 
