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Tht horses in the United States are i: tlie proportion of about one to every si inhabitants. The Scientific American i responsible for the statement also tha the horse population of New York city i between 00,000 and 75,000, that of Lor don 200,000, of which CO, 000 are used i public carriages, an equal number i Amn buce; and 10.000 in street cars. The sponge industry is likely to becom very important at Long Island in the nea future. There are several varieties c sponges which arc indigenous to tfc locality, and they grow well; but caj italists have conceived the idea of senc iog to Florida for a plant, thinking th extraneous variety will prove more profi mble than the native. The prospects ai encouraging. The "Western papers arc again circt lating the ancient rumors concerning th dearth of marriageable women in tb jiewer State*. The St. Louis Post-D'i patdt alleges that in portions of Minn: Bota men arc offering from $10 to $20 f( wives, and further out, in Dakota an Montana, they even go so far as to ofti< a horse or a mule in exchange for one < the gentler sex. There is a young woman in the Wei who can set ai; example to most your men. Out in Dakota lives Miss II. ! Mills, who has duriug the last si months edited the Hawley Star, weekly newspaper, and has proved u on a pre-emption, planted five acrcs < trees on a tree claim, built a sawmill an raised the largest turnip and the roun< est squash in the county. When si proves \ip on her homestead, which si proposes to do, she will have 480 acn of land. A little peasant girl in Italy knitted pair of stockings and sent them as present to Queen Marglierita on lier fe day. With characteristic kindliness tl Queen sent the girl in return anoth pair of stockings, one containing go] coin, the other bon-bons, and a note as] ing her to say which of the stockin; gave her the more pleasure. '"Dei Madam the Queen," wrote the child, i reply: "I have had nothing but troub with the stockings. My father took tJ one with the .d pieces and my broth< the one with the sweets." ???i??? The famous Sun cholera cure, whic is a ceri ain and speedy remedy for a Bummer complaints,diarrhoea, dysentery and pains iu the stomach, is so cheap an easily obtained at any drug store, thi -we republish it for the benefit of 01 readers. "We advise everyone to keep in the house. It consis's of equal par of tincture of opium, tincture of cayenn tincture of rhubarb,' essence of peppc mint and spirits of camphor. A dose* from ten to twenty drops in a wine g!a of sweetened water is given, until relit ' is felt, at intervals of fifteen or twenl minuter jLV _________________ The difficulty of preventing the escaj of criminals has at all times grieved tfc friends of justice, but the most radic; solution of the problem has probabl been devised in Ga/.i, a seaport tow claimed by both the Emir of Bclang an the Sultan of Zanzibar. According to correspondent the municipal authorltie1 who enjoy a local autonomy, have fc years saved the expense of burglar-proc jails by hamstringing their malefactoi and teaching them to earn a living h orae sedentary occupation. Be ides b< lag useful, the conse juent lameness pn vents a relapse, or at least the flight of suspected backslid.r. The Munich Allgemelne Zeitung thin! that the prospects of '-Volapuk," tl universal language invented tive yea . ?go by Pastor Martin Schleyer of Coi stance, are constantly growing bettc There are "Volapuk" associations i Auslria, France,Holland, Sweden,Spaii and Asia Minor, whose members coir pond with each other. The Muiii< "World-Language Club" has more tht m hundred members, and in its lectu room nearly 150 students arc taugb among th-jm being Poles, Russiau Greeks, Italians, and a^-Jiipanese. < course, "Volapuk" is'to b 2 mainly commercial importance, but the All$ x meine Zeitung thinks that even schola take increasing interest in it. ? In New York rich men are paying f their clothes as they buy them, at aaach per suit. The old style of payii a tailor so much per year, which did n amount to much more than a renting the clothe*, and which went under < the score of economy, makes way for gggjgp new scheme, which, if the tailors are be believed; is a good deal more exp? aive. The average swell in New Yo ociety is spending now from $1,500 $2,000 a year on his tailor, if he is ci ting any tigurc at all. Yen do c know much about the cost of clothes a expenses of manufacture. Show a m a co.it that costs $20 and another tl: X cests $70, and he will seldom hesitate pay the $50 difference to get the higV priced garment. w. Scient'fic appliances are beginning ?asc the labor of farming considerably the West. The fro?t bell is the late fand it is doubtless the means of savi ?nany tons of grapes in the northe;n p< tioii ot California, where the frost som H*. times docs so much damage. It consi: of *wirc running from different parts the vineyard to the house. On the vii yard end of the wire is an apparatus tl tings a bell when the thermometer c ecends to a certain degr. e. When t bell islet off the occupants of the hou know that their vines are in danger a immediately repair to the vineyard ai light fires in different quarters, and th prevent, through the agency of this i ^ ^ genious elcctrical device, the loss of to j of the mo&t luscious fruit grown on t Pacific slope. n | Dr. Tanner and all the other fasters x I have been outdone, if we can believe a s chronicle that comes from a long disX j tance without an affidavit. This chronIS icle asserts that the African traveler, Dr. Uiovanni Succi, who is at present in his n native town, Forli, claims to have disn covered u liquor which renders the human borly independent of food and drink. In order to prove his assertion he placed e himself under a medical committee, who were to bee that he took no nourishment ?f for teu days, after having drunk a few /? I V.ia liniinp Ah thd pnH of that Vi AIXO 4**j?4w?, ?.*.w v )- time Ihe physicians pronounced his !- pulse perfectly normal, and in order to te show that his strength had not suffered t- Succi, before breaking his fast, walked e from Forlito Forlimpopoli, a distance of four miles, iD forty-even minutes. i* The woodlands of Louisiana are fast 'C passing into the hands of northern men. ie Four years ago a number of shrewd west' crn capitalists sent their agents down there to exaraiue the southern pine, to >r see what kind of lumber it woHld make, d and the quality of the woodlands. These 3r agents made a thorough examination at i a mimimum cost aui sent back the most favorable reports, urging the firms they represented to make purchases. The re3t suit has been that up to July 1, 1880, '2 1,150,532 acres, mainly of pine lands, had been bought at $1.25 per acre, about x one-half of all the government land in a the state, and nearly one-quarter of the lP area covered by the long leaf pine. This is all picked laud, and though only onefourth of the area, contains half the mer1 ... x~ chantable long-leaf pine timber in Louisie iana. ie ? = s3 The Boston Herald says the boardinghouse women of "Washington are numbered by thousands. There are two a classes of these. The first merely rent a rooms, and the second give board as well. It is a great business at Washingie ton for women to take large houses, paying from $75 to $300 per month for thom, 1 and theu to sublet the rooms to single v~ gentlemen or to families, as the case may '8 be. They receive, as a rule, as much for ar thoir ground floor looms as they pay for the whole house, and there have been instances in which women have made 1C themselves independent by room-renting. "r One hundred dollars and more is not an uncommon rent there for a couple of furnhhed room in a good location, and V ?-n A - <? ?* ? fnr. 4-xvn 11 IU rfi'j lUC Uiicu Ljuugu ivi u??v 11 rooms on the second floor. A good 7, third floor front room "will bring $25, and d a house that rents for $100 a month, unit furnished, will often bring in $200 or ir $2o0 if furnished and sublet, beside givit ing a room for the landlady. A number ts of landladies make money there keeping e, j boarding-houses, and the one who entcrr tainvd W. D. Howells during his last soI journ in Washington has been able to 53 buy the house in which she lives, which if is worth about ?40,000, and is now start:y ing a new hotel near the Treasury. The clerks in the dead letter office at >e Washington show marvelous skill?an lc ingenuity that is sometimes almost inil spiration? in deciphering the ignorant y superscriptions from across the sea. n What would the reader make of this on d . h:trk nf a lfttcr: ? "Me Maria Peranala 9^ nura Pa Kamlin Ka ute takkata ter nurt >r amerikaa." " The lady to whom it was allotted read r9 it over to herself till well nigh distrncted, and finally settled on: '*Mrs. Maria Peratola, Nora, Hamlin County,Dakota.'' 2* And it was duly deliveied. The word a "azzilitorno" passed through the alembic comes oat ''Hazleton,,' while 'Titzkonty S X Ajowa" reappears on a clean enk8 velcpeas: ''Essex, Page County, Iowa." 16 And here is one calculated to drive the rs reconstructor into a lunatic asylum: * "Gi hon aho la ast ha gew lan har yori , * ! ohio laan Pok jus Amerilk.i." Ought an in immortal mind to tackle such a super' script ion? It did, and from the chaos e" came the clcar designation: AUaI. o uuu auuiu, in Ashtabula Harbor, re Ohio." it, Occasionally the address, carefullj ,s, copied from the bottom of an old AmcriDf can letter by some Finn or Hungarian of who does not know a word of English, if re- tangled up with stray bits of sentences, ,rs 6uch as "good-bye" or "many k'sses," and one recently received bore, careiullj copied into the superscription: or "Lov to the ole man and the3 little Doolans* so A letter addressed to "Churhvat jova': is forwarded by these gifted epistolarj detectives to "What Cheer, Iowa," and "Wait Kolud Namerlkaa" is at oncc dis> )n patched to "White Cloud, Mich." a to Recovering from a Lightning Stroke. nrj. George Edwards, who wa. struck by lifrhtniufr -while crossing the Iron Hill.at -"O O O , 7 10 I.cadvillc, Col., recently, is slowly recovit cring. liis ca*e is a most remarkable tot one and is attracting considerable atten tl(j tion from scientil'c men. Edwards aftei the flash lay unconscious for tiftceu minan utes before receiving assi?tai ce. The lat lightning struck him on the left check, to knocking out aj number of his teeth. It icr then | assed diagonally acro.-s his breasl to the right side, thence to the feet,coming out of the right foot, having passed . entirely tluough thefooi. leaving a hole . very similar to one made by a bullet. in His cloth:ng was torn into fragments, st, particles being found a distance of 20C no- feet from the spot, and one of the boots, both of which were torn into shreds, was found sixty feet away. Immediately under where the man was standing the Jts ground is torn up for a cousiderable disof tp.nce. Its cour-e along the body if 1C shown by a black streak an inch and t " half wide. '1 he worst effect is the in :at jury to the lungs, the immediate rcsull lc- being a severe hemorrhage, by which ? V . ..t 1.1.-,1 T.. 116 ijuui i mi uiuuu ?ao hi auuiuuu ?*. ;se these injuries the surface of the bodj , was almost completely covered with D blisters, the result of severe burns. This is tlrj first authentic record of n us person being injured by a stroke oi n. lightning at an altitude over 10,500 feet, n3 and where persons affected internally, at Mr. Edwards was, are not instantli he killed. STARVING FISHERMEN. Distressing Condition of the Inhabitants of Labrador. Hundreds Perishing in the Far North for Want of Food. Further particulars of the distress among tho fishermen of Labrador have been received. Tha seventy Esjuimaux who demanded food from the stores at Mugford, which could not be given them owing to the needs of the inhabitants and the small supply, made a rush for the harbor storehouse, where the flour and fish were stored. The men of the small settle inent gathered to defend their only hope o 1 existence, aud a desperat3 fight ensued, in wnicn lour ui marauuiu^ were nearly killed and two of the storehouse defenders were seriously injured. The Esquimaux, findiug that tbey could not obtaiu food by force, retreated, and sent in several of their number to ask for a small quantity of food, which they said was absolutely iie-'e<sary to the continued existeuce of the r wivos and children. Two hundred pounds of flour and about fifty pouuds of frozen cod were given them. It was reported that in Astoria alone, out of thirty-five or forty families, or a total of 200 parsons, more than 100, mostly women aud children, had died. In Nain the catch of fish has not been snfficient to atTord food to the inhabitants. Tha season which oponed on May 1 was very backward, and had it not boen for the seal industry, which was tolerably goo.l, not a soul would be living. Alon^ Hamilton Inlet and Saudwich Bay there is not soinu h suffering, although niauy have die.l. In Webuck and Iudian harbois fish is tbe only for.d besides a small quantity of corn mea!. The inhabitants have had no vegetables since March 1, aud are almost without clothing. At Hopedalo not more than twenty-five families remain out of the e:itire formor population. Mauy have gone east along tiie coast in the hope of getting iuto better supplied settlements, while eighty persons, of which f? rty were squaws and thirty-five children, died from starvation in June alone. There were some deaths in April aud May, but the e were priucipally from exposure, to the cold. The Okkah Indians are suffering greatly. There were not as many deaths among them as was at first reported, only twelve persons having died this spring out of the 135 who made up the trib?. The whole settlement is, however, on the verge 01 starvation. In tha country ba?k from Okkah, Hjpedale, Nain and Cape MugTord there are a large number of fafnilies, .most of them Indians or Esquimaux, among whom the suffering is really greater than it is in the more thickly populated settlement-. The deaths here from starvation cannot be estimated, but it is thought, judging from the reports now and then brought in, that the number is very large. In Newfoundland, along the north coast, there is great destitution. From Cape Bauld to Heart's Content hundreds are in a dying condition. In White Bay alone forty-two persons died la^t month, and no one knows how many since. Not less than l,r>00 persons must haw perished, but the exavt figures can never be known, owing to the isolat id region in which the sufl'eriug exists. lateT"news. Charges of conspirac}' to 'obtain his office have been preferred against Rollin M. Squire,the Now York Commissioner of Public Works. A letter by Squire is published in which he bargained with M. B. Flynn, a contractor, to practically put his office in Flynn's hands in consideration of that individual's proiuriug enojghvote; in the Board of Aldermen of 1S">4 f'? secure his appoiut menu Connecticut Prohibitionists iu Stato Convention at Hartford nominated a complete ticket, headed by Rev. S. B. Forbes for Governor. Fall Congressional and Senatorial tickets will also be placed in tho field, t Great activity prevails in the iron ant steel industries. The production of pi? iron and steel rails has largely in:roasod the past six months. Ohio and "Wisconsin Prohibitionists hfive just held State Conventions and made full nominations. The Georgia Democratic State Couventioi at Atlanta nominated General Gordon. The old State House o.Ticers -were nominated foi their respective positions, ani the Cleveland administration was indorse 1. A witness at the trial of the Chicago An ar.'hists testified that he saw Editor Spies one of the eight prisoneis, light the fuse o( the bomb thrown with such deadly effect a the police during the HaymarkeS riot Thi witness also testified tbat Schnabet, anothei prisoner, threw the explosive. Mr. Jacobs, ex-Mayor of Louisville, hai resigned as Minister to the United states ol Colombia. About 3,COD New York cigarmakers qui' work rather than leave their Union and obej the orders of tho Knights of Labor. Ar agreement has been made between man) bosses and the Knights of Labor to comp? all cigarmakers to join the K. of L. organi 1 zation. Thk Vermont Greeubaekers have nominated a State ticket with T. B. Smith for Gov ernor at its head. A Dallas dispatch says that "the wa: r spirit against Mexico is rampant throughou Texas, extendiug to tho most remote ham L lets.'' A score of volunteer compauies hav< been organized. 1 Additional nominations by the Presi dent: George A. Jenks, of Pennsylvania, tx 1 be Solicitor-General; James L. Mathiws, t< r be Postmaster at Eilicott City, Md.; Bradle] M Thomas, to be Receiver of Public Money t at East Saginaw, Mich.; Thomas B. Gavis to be Pveceiver of Public Moneys at Lincoln ' Neb. r Chinese pirates captured a Dutch steam [ ship, and killed the Captaiu, first mate aiu engineer. The Captain's wife and the re mainder of the ship's crew were made pris ousrs by the pirates, who demand $15,00 ransom. Francis W.Rasure?, a naturalized Amer ican citizen,was arrested at Eagle Pass,Texas by Mexicans on the charge of being a hor? thief, convoyed to Mexican territory anc shot The American Consul telegraphe< the facts to Secretary Bayard, stating at th< same time that the reported outrages upoi Americau citizens onth; Rio Grande au l in Mexico were not exaggerated. COLLISION WITE A WHALE. An Eighty Foot Monster Cut in Hall by a Steamer. The Netherland steamer Waesland, which aiTived at New York from Antwerp a few I days since, reports that at noon on the sesond day out, aud just after the Waeslaud left the I channel, a whale was seen floating on lh r VACQaI'c OAlircQ nffomnf u-oo ? n n .*1 t C s avo.'d it. as the natural impression wa< thai it would get oat of the way of its own accord. It declined to move, however, being ' fast asleep most likely, uud the steamer'.i sharp iron bows struck full and fair about . midway of its length. . There was a perceptible shock to the vessel and an immediate chocking of her progress i Passengers and deck hands ran forward tc > -ee what was the causo of the trouble, an 1 r found that tho whale, which was full y 80 ft-fcl L lon<, had been cut half in two, aud lay dead and fast caught on the bows. Itwa; aeces sary to slop tha ship and hack off todis?ngng< 1 tha carcass, which, when freed, drifted ; asteru. Nona of the officers of tho ship had evei j witnessed a similar occurrence, although it ii by no means an unheard of one. Ships have struck sleeping whales before, and on several o-easions have suffered damage from the collision. NEWS SUMMAR5 Eastern and Middle States. Matthew Arnold, the English write was overcome while bathing at Long Branc and had a narrow escape from drowning. Brodie, the Now York newsboy wl jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge, will e: hibit himself as a dime museum curiosity. The Cunard steamer Umbria, which le Queens town recently for New York, ht among her passengers General James H. Vt Alen, of Newport, R. I. A few days befo th) steamer reached New York General Vt Alen, who was seventy years old and qui feeble, was missed, and a search reveal* that he had been lost overboard. j Kewall Faunce, of Boston, agei flft<* was killed a few days since and a young lac ' was injured by the fall of a celebrated sno tu i ii tvuii'ii luriiis overy jwr iu i uukcj uiiil ! Ravine, White Mountains, and i? a great o ]'ect of interest to summer tourists. - Hubert 0. Thompson*, leader of the Ne York County Democracy, es-Commisiion of Public Works, and for years a promine; figure in Metropolitan politics, was foui dead in bed a few days sin?e. He was thirt; seven years old, and his death was caused t cerebral apoplexy. The great Bo ton pork-packing establis ineut of Jolm P. Squire & Son has discharg* all employes. This action is understood 1 mean war on the Knights of Labor. M Squire said in an interview he could not cji tinue business with employes who are liab to strike at any time whea ordered to do s A supposed attempt has been made J blow up the Brazilian Prince, Dom Augus Leopoldo, grandson of Emperor Dom Pedr with o. dynamite bomb. Tha Prince .is makii 1 a tour of this country, and the alleged botr was discovered on board a steamer fro Coney I-laid, to which he had been taken c an excursion. A bitter fight is waging in New Yoi City between the Knights of Labor and tl Cigarmakers' Progressive Local Assembl, both workingmeu's bodies. William P. Pieiison, head bookkeeper i the American Baptiist Publication Society, i Philadelphia, with a n assistant bookkeeper help, has embezzled $30,000. South and West. Eleven white men have been arrestc for terrorizing negroes during the j:ast ye-? in the vicinity of Hickory, Miss. A copious rainfall throughout Arkana has secured the safety of the State's cottx and corn crops, which were in danger froi drought J. J. McGarjtey, of District Assembly N 1 101 of the Knights of Labor, has bee a nom 1 nated at St. Louis to contest the district no represented by Congressman Glover. Great excitement has been prevailing c both sides of the Rio Granie river ov< the arrest of a Texas editor named Cuttir in Mexico. The arrest was followed I secret negotiations between the America 1 aud Mexican governments. . Two cattle herders were struck by ligh j ning near Andrew Station, Neb., and ii stantly killed. Colonel W. H. Bolton, Superintendei of Kecoud Class Matter at the Chicago Pos office, and Weigher Stewart have been a s rested on a c harge of conspiracy aud embe zlernent The amount involved may rea< $100,000. During the past fiscal year the postoffii appointments made numlwred 22,747?an i: crease of 1!5,200. The total number of pos offices is 53,014. In the trial of the eight Chicago Anarc ists evidence which closely connects Augu Spies, editor ?" an Anarchist organ, with tl fatal bomb was introduced. 1 "Willie Seu.s, the Kansas bo}- murdere has been convicted at Osage Mission of kii iDg his father, mother, brother and sistc Washington. William Hunter, Second Assistant Se retary of State, the oldest officeholder in co tinuons service in the United States, died tl other day in Washington. He was eight five years old, and had held office since ltd Internal revenue collections during tl past fiscal year were $ lift,1)02,845, again $112,421,121 for tlie previous year, showii > an increase of $1,481,724. The Senate has confirmed the nominatia ! of J. S. Iiagar, Collector of Customs at Hi Francisco, and Israel Lawton, Superinten ant of the Mint in that city. The President has nominated Charles ) 1 -Thomas, of Kentucky, to be Associate Ji tice of the Supreme (Jourt of L'akota; Nathi D. Bates, of Connecticut, to be Marshal f the District of Connecticut; Ezra Baird, be Marshal for Idaho; Dupont Guerrv, to Attorney for tM Southern District < Georgia. i Senator Blair, i'rom the Committee < Edut ation and I.abo::, has submitted a favc able report ;to the Senate from the majori of the committee, o a a joint resolution pt I Dosing that an amendment to the Constit tion in relatiou to alcoholic liquors and oth poisonous beverages be submitted to the Le lslatwes of ;he States for ratification. T . amendment provides that from and after t ; year l'.'OU th > manu'acture and sale aud ii !. porta tion o: distilled alcoholic iutoxicatii liquors except for me<licinal, mechanic! 3 chemi al and scientific purposes and for u r in the arts, >hall c?i:-e. Prince Fubhimi, a high Japauese digr frnrv h? caIIkiI unnn tho Prpsinnnt r The Senate on the 27th rejected the noi 1 inations of Internal Revenue Collector Ha lou, of Indiana, and. Postmaster Rosette, i t Dekalb, 111.; also the nomination of a Ten , torial Jud^e in Washington Territory, ' large nuinbsr of Dominations were co i firmed. Foi-elun. 1 The Eclipse Stakes, for $50,000?the large sum ever raced for ir tin world?was won . the Snndown courso, England, by the si year-old hoi's? Bend igo in a field of twel' ' starters. Sir Charles Dilke, a leading follower i Gladstone, has been disgraced by the resu r of a divorce suit bro. .?hc by a Mr. Crawfur t against his wife, '{"ho jury found Dill and Mrs. Crawford e (ually guilty, and tl " disgraced ba.ronet, who has been for years ) prominent figure in English politics and li erature, announces his intention of leavii England permanently and residintr in Franc battle l>et?eea Mexican troops ai 3 l.'.'OJ Yaqui Ind'ans in Mexico resulted } the defeat ol! the latter with a loss of for kille 1 and twenty taken prisone: s. The ca < tured Indian; were immediately shot. s Serious conflicts have taken place , Amsterdam, Hol'and, between the popula and the police and troops, arising from 1 ' prohibition of popular games on Suuda The rioters erevted barricades,and were fir upon by the police. Ten persons were r i ported killed snd many wounded.. Later reports from the starving people Labrador state that a thousand Arctic beaj * driveu into the settlements by hunger, a ' devastating the country and have eaten t food remaining. The Indians are eatii .. their dead to npanion*. The population, I dians and all, of the region north of San wich Bay is e.-timated at between 10,000 ai e 15,000. These people are all likely to peri 1 of starvation. 1 Lord Salisbury, the new British Prir t Minister, has met with considerable difticul j in forming a new Cabinet. The international ( lie<s tournameut London resulted in n t'e lor fimt place t twe-n Plackbtira and Barn. Mackenzie, tl chief American i epresentative, was eigh among the thirteen contestant?. NEWSY GLEANING Ohio has 30,.^03 government pensioners. , There lias been no rain in certain sectic I of Michigan for three months. People arc leaving Kansas for Louisia ' to engage in agricultural pursuits, Tiik Bartholdi statue is booked for comp I tiou the latt?r part of .September. Near Cannelton, Penn.. the grouud bea> , and pulsates just like tho human breast, i The < all' crop on.tho Wyoming ranges tl ; sra-iou is the largest for a number of years. A PtAT deposit, forty acres in oxteut a ' seven feet deep, has beau found near Nelig Neb. I Ax Amador couuty (Cal.) man ha? applii . for a patent on a process for making butt J by boiling tho cream. Colorado farmers claim that English co s panics have taken up all the water rights ai I estab.ished a gigantic monopoly. The use of puner has been extented in " enna to tho manufacture of Ra? and wat 3 pipes, and in other placos to tile3 for roofk | The camphor laurel, from which the can ' phor gum of commerce is obtained, has be; ' J successfully iutroduced into California. It ? nfttiveof CiUUft. l' POSTOFFICE CHANGES. Appointments that Have E Made in a Year. 10 Ifl 22,747 New Postmasters In w3 53,614 Offices. IE r? te The annual report of Edwin C. Fo' id Chief of the Appointment Division ol X~USLOILT> G blUOUl), IUI 1UO jcoi c "> June 30, I860, ha? been made Appointr ^ have beeu made during the j-ear a 5 fol i's On resignations and commissions exj b- 9,112, increase duriDg the year, c movab and suspensions, 9,500, inc ease w ing the year, 8,756; on deaths of postma 8r .587, increase during th3 year, 175; one Q* lishineut of new postolices, 3,482, inc ,d during the year, 1,361. Total number o y- pointmeuts made during tho year. 22,73 ?y crease during the year, 13,20J. Of the e lishments of now posto.lices the six h- Eugland Stat;s had 51, with one dis: on si nnce; the five Middle States and DLstri bo Columbifrhad 201 establishments and n< r. continuuuccs: the twelve Southern S a- ond Indian Territory had 1,4k new of le the Pacific slope 114 and 8 discontinued o. remaining States and Territories of tha ' to and Northwest, 523 now establishments a i-- Virtrmift hPAtis th I/O W...VW C) of States with 197 new office. The it number of Presidential offices is 2,205, a ib crease of 32 during the year. Of thes< m largest number is in New York?210. >n 'i lie following table shows tha total i ber of postollices by States aucl the nui .j. of c hanges of postmasters for. all caus 10 each State made during the last fiscal' r. |o? I ft ?* f of I of 8?.? \ 's .2 j? ^ f Alabama 1,505 Alaska 8 Arizona 137 . Arkansas. 1,109 California 1,(158 Colora lo 4'.!0 Connecticut 470 18 Dakota 91(3 )n Delaware 131 01 District of Columbia, S Florida 631 o. Georgia 1,4-88 i- Idaho 200 w Illinois 2,2.1) Indiana 1,85*5 m Indian Territory 103 ;r Iowa 1,061 1?r Kansas 1,753 )y Kentucky 1,797 L11 Louisiana 055 Mail e 1,004 . Maryland 907 Massachusitts 808 Michigan 1,008 Minnesota 1,123 ac JMi.-sissippi Missouri 2,0VS r* Montana 2->l ,z~ Nebraska. 1,052 :h Nevada 139 NewHampshiie 514 ce New Jersey 779 n- New Mexico 211 it- New York. 3,215 North Carolina 2,(67 h. Ohio 2,7(13 Sfc Oregon 49(5 ae Pennsylvania 4,001 Itho'le Island li> South Carolina. 858 Tennesser 1,935 J." Te*a*. ljfCSO r* Utah 240 Vermont 520 Virginia 2,281 c- Wa-lrngton 385 n- West Virginia. 1,234 le Wisconsin. 1,488 y- Wyoming 123 0. hc Total 03,014 13t THE NATIONAL GAME. ns : IU The Southern League season will ? September 4. Ten dozen loague balls a day "per ie " the rate at which they are made. '"L Thi New Yorks are drawing me or crowds of any club in the country, to Stovet, of the Athletic?, has led the be try with home runs for three seasons, of Dude Estf.rbrook*, of the New Yor considered the finest third baseman i dd League. >r- Old Joe Start, who has bein playing ty for about twenty-live years, has been rel o- by the Washington*. The ""American Association never b er had the tenth pat-t of the trouble with pires that it has experienced this seasor he The Mets lead the Association in fie n. and the Louisvil'es in batting. The Ci j, natis have scored the greatest numb j* ruDs. se Burd?ck, with the assistance of Wis Morrill, of the Bostons, made the first ij. play of the season on the Washington gr< recently. n. Sunday, the favorite young plaver < q. Chicago team, is not only a member < Qt Presbyterian Church, but is sa.'d to 1 ri- earnest Christian. A Tc thorn nnvkhin<7 in the Western ail n- ducive to heavy batting.' In both Leagu Association games of late out there the ging has been terrific. ^ The Newarks and Bridgeport? pla; at perfect fieldiug gaiue recently. Not an < x. passod ball or wild pitch marred the co fe It wa.3 a phenomenal game. , .Since the organization of the Sou League only two triple plays have It made in that League, and both have .j n.ade on the Atlanta grounds. te Macon proposes that the Southern L( 13 C.ubs next year engage only profess a batteries and fill out tho re it of the 1 it- with local amateur and semi-profess ig players. '?i Seven home runs have been made b j* Kansas Citys on the home grouud =, i }"* the stimulus of an offer of a silk umbrel ^ every home run made. Not a member c P* 9f the visiting clubs is carrying one of silk umbrellas ~s yet. p? In thirty-nine games of ball played Ji . by clubs of the National, Internati Southern, Eastern and New England Le and the American Association, there w< !jr round numbers, 17.5,000 spectators, an age of nearly 4,500 at each game. 0f Manager Watkinr, of the Detroit . says that if Detroit wins the League c ' pionship he will try to arrange a sen u0 games with the American Association c pions. Watkins proii ts that two o; ^ seaon's Association clubs will be ii V League next year. afl The work of the Chicago team in the r sh series of three games won from Petroi remarkable: Twenty-six base hit?, inch home runs by Anson, Pfefi'er and Wil 110 s n: three-baggers by Anson, Pfeffei J* 1 Palrymple; doubles by Williamson (2), I | Flint, Burns, Flynn and Pfeffer; in in total of 48 bases. In fielding they mad >e- IS errors. On the other hand the De lio made but 20 hits, aud 1 threo-bagg< tlx j P.ichardson was the only long hit. i made 10 errors in the threo games. national league record. ICrut Lost. fi'nn i si u I Philadi?lnhia..8fi j Chicago l'J 15 | B istou 25 i New York...42 21 I Washington...11 j St. Louis 20 4t> | Kansas City..14 ,ns ' american association record. W.m L'?'d. Hlia d* St. Louis ...53 27 I PittsVjrg 42 ! Brooklyn....S.I 34 | Cincinnati... 40 le- j Athletic 31 31 I Loiisville?43 i Baltimore. ..2 S 4"> | Metropolitan.-? ,-es ! easte1x league record. Il'iiu fj-isi. IT.11 jja 1 Bridgeport.. .20 2'J j Waterbury.. . > '5 ! Hartford 2 5 l'J Newark 3J ? ' Jersey City...34 22 | pjj j international league record. mm Iyitt. ir>?n . | Ut'.ca :>2 17 I Binghamt >u . 18 Toronto 34 22 j Buffalo 2 ! er J Syracuse... 2S 24 I Hamilton....2J lio^haiter.. .32 ID I Oswero, 13 ;n d A bridge of concrete, thirty feet in Ti- with a roadway thirteen feetwido aa pable of supporting safely a load of 200 ig. J was recently built in Switzerland in a i j. day. Two months' time na; allowed f< JQ | completa hanieuing of the concrete, 'j- j which time heavy traffic began withoi i parent injury t j the struct are. SUMMARY CONGRESS Senate Sessions. ?( 152d Day.?Mr. Edmunds offered a resoleen lution, which went over a day, instructing 1 the Committee on Foreign Relations to in- at quire into the rights of American fishing and co merchant vessels within the North American possessions of the Quean of Great Britain and ?P ,, whether any rights of such vessels have boen sel tll0 violated, and if to, to what extent; to roport tjj, the circumstances and whether any and what ^ staps are necessary to be taken by Congress to protect and vindi. ate ths rights of Ameri- *r' can citizens in the promises, with power to in wier, send for persons and papers.... Mr. Call ^ argued against and Mr. Hawley in favor of investigating the Payne elec- P1' ndel j tion case. Mr. Evarts closed the debate, an aents I He argued that the Senate had no right to or lows: ma^e the investigation in the absence of iz< . any charges against the sitting member, oc urou. The first vote was on the resolutions of to m re- Messrs. Hoar and Frye for further investiga- Ci i dur- tion, and it was rejected?yeas, 17: nays, 44. gi ters, The resolutions of the majority (that there lo! stab- should be no further investigation) were th rease adopted?yeas, 4t; nays, 17. All the Demo [ ap- I W<ilW5 UUU WUV iuuuniujj JLhO^UUHUUlO TUWU Ui 7 in- against investigation: Messrs. Cameroon, rij htab- Chace, Cullom, Evarts, Ingalls, Jones of na New' Nevada, Logan, Miller, Plamb, Riddleber- bj tinu- ger, Sawyer, Se well, Stanford, Teller and Van th ictof Wyck . si< j (lis- 153d Day.?The resolution offered on the in tates previous day by Mr. Edmonds instructing of Hces: Committee on Foreign Relations to in- "W : the qui into the violation of rights of Ameri- M VVcst can Ashing and merchant vessels in Cana- sii nd23 dian waters was adopt3d....The Sundry h? io list Civil bill was proceeded with, the pending uj intire clause being the one requiring the Secretary D n jn. of the Treasury to issue silver certificates or lis , small bills. Mr. Beck tried a substitute re- C< quiring that national notes shall not be of a M aum. less denomination than $ 10 and that the th issues for them shall ba coin certificates, sc ^ jn This was rejected as proposing new legis'a- w vcar. tion. The atlendment * striking out tin th * * words "and shall ba redeemable in standard co c? silver dollars" was agreed to, 25 to 24. Ou to "* motion of Mr. Vest an item appropriating ag ??>< $25,OX) for the salaries and expenses of the fo I s,.? Missouri River Commission was inserted: se 0 j?? and, on motion of * Mr.-Gibson, an item of ,io $100,000 was inserted for the Mississippi Paver en X Commission. tv u 154th Day.?The bill to increase the naval ist r'i i establishment was refe red to the Committee M o 4o on Naval Affairs The Fortifications bill th orq was reported with amendments....Consid- ty r~, eration of the De3c:ency Appropriation ti< iii bill was resumed, and after various de items were added it was passed.... la 4 The Senate then went into se.ret session. Cc oja The greater part of the secret session was ty Tjr: consumed by Senators Voorhees and Harri- ti( ?j, son, speaking respectively for and against a - |(i: the confirmation of Collector Thomas Han- ai 1 nnr *on' ?* t^ie Seventeenth Indiana In- w 1,UV2 ternal Revenue District, adversely re- ar ported from the Finance Committee. or . The charges against Hanlon were immor- ^ ality and incompetency. In refutation Mr. gj, Voorhee; produced a number of letters from to "zJ prominent Republicans of Indiana certify- cc ing to h is good character and competency. w y'f. Final action was postponed. A large num- te ber of nominations were confirmed. fe 'on 155th Day.?Mr. Allison, from the Com;;-[0 naittea on Finance, reported back the House joint resolution directing payment of the gj I surplus in the Treasury on the public debt s-; 117 witn an amerd nent providing that nu call bi 525 0f bonds shall ba made undar the terms of the ct r>3 resolution until a sum e ^ual to the call is in th 2*W the Treasury in addition to the $100,000,000 ;!78 surplus; that t'ae Secretary of the Treasury K>1 1 !_ ui. J: 4: | may a.su, iu uus uimjicuiun, acv^i ui m? xictu3,Tt-i ury a work'ng balance of not more than 0-'!7 j $-->0,000,0^ in addition to the surplus, aud 1,4;jG i that in case of any ext aoniinary emergency W3 lie may suspend tae operation of the resolu- ?. 3,8-17 tion for sucn a period as may be necessary to 5U maintain the public credit unimpaired.... 211 Executive session. 010 _ Da 705 IoGth Day.?The Senate resolved to insist fo 20 upon its amendments to the River and Harbor je, 204 bill, and a new Conference Committee was &jl appointed ? After discussion the Fortiflca- bli 1-M) tion Appropriation bill was passed with au 512 amendment adding $5,000,(103 for the manu- ut 477 facture of steel guns of heavy calibre....Mr. m 4:3 Cameron reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs a bill to increase the naval e322,747 tallishment....The surplus joint resolution was taken up without action. re 157th Day.?The Senate began the conoid- T! eration of the House joint resolution to ap- pc ply the surplus in the Treasury to the pay- bi close ent of the public debt. Messre. Allison, fr M cPherson and Sherman opposed the reso- h< . lution, and Messrs. Beck, Plumb, Teller aud w ian 13 Jones spoke in Its favor. te Ti best in Hons? Sessions. coun. 174m Day.?The bill taxing Oleomarga- ti rine was reached, and ten miuutes were ac- ci . . corded Mr. Dunham (111.) ia which to oppose p] 13 the measure, and the committee rose ana re- m n ported the Vinegar aud Oleomargarine bills to the Houso. The Hoasa refused _ to ci ball strike out the enacting c.'acse of the Vin- a) eased egar bill ana it resumed its place on u tne calendar. The Senate amendments to efore the Oleomargarina bill were then concurred i um- in?yeas, 174; nays, 75. Ihe bill next went fl, i. to the President for his action. Mr. Herbert jj ldinz '"^a"' tlie conference report on the r, iucin- Naval Appropriation bill and it was agreed c] er of t?--'--A-t the evening sessicn a number of ^1 pension bills were passed. n 175th Day.?The Hou-e parsed the day K e and 0n the bill to increase the naval establish- jj triple moat Mr. Herbert explained the provisions u junds of the substitute bill, stating that if it were tl agreed to. and if th3 vessel? now in course of Q( )fthe construction were complete J, an appropria)f the tion of $4,000,(XX) a year would be required be an for four years in order to secure a material, a| though moderate, increase of the navy. Mr. , rcon- Boutelle(Me.) attacked the Democratic party , eand *or not briuging iQ the I ill originally tJ slue- a?Trced on in committee for $6,500,000. , K Mr. Ballatine (Tenn.) move:! an amendment, which was adopted, ap >ropriating red a $1/200,000 for the con.truction of a " ;rror, cru.'ser of between 2,50;) ani 3,500 tons ~f ntest. j displacement, which a speed of not less than twenty knots upon the plans, designs and PJ thern specifications furnished by Charles B. Lund- " been bory, of New York. A substitute to the bill been as agreed upon by the Committee on Naval ?' Affairs, was finally accepted?yeas, 117; ?a?ue nays, 105?and the bill as so amended was iioual passed The evening session was devoted flc teams Land Forfeiture bills. it ional 170th Day.?Mr. Hclman (Ind.), from the sa Conference Committea ou the Legislative, tb Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, to >y the reported a disagreement. He stated that the mder reaj point of difference was the Senate .a for amendme it providiug for senators1 clerks. ? ,fany The other points o" difference were more those formal than real. A motion that the House I secede from the Senators' clerks amendment illy 5, was lost, an I a further conference was orional, dered Mr. Henley (CaM, from the Com- I agues mittee on Public Lands, reported back the c ;re,in Senatj bill forfeiting certain or the lands 8 aver- granted to thi Nosthern Facific Railroad J, Comnaay. ThJ coaimi t e recommended I Qlujj that in l:ea of the Senate bill there be substi;bam tuted the provisions of the House bill on tie F M 0f subject. ham- 1T7th Day.?A disagreement on the River v [this and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported, p t and after discussion a further eonteren:e u with the Senate Committee was ordered.... (j The House substitute for the North- q ecent crn Pacific Land Forfeiture bill was t was pas^e 1?1S5 to 4>>?and a conference was re- p iding quested.... A motion to amend and substi- g lliam- jutc gen(lte Tnter-Stat> Commerce bill ^ p and f< r the Regan till, maie by Mr. Hiscock, g V,aQ. was lost. all a e but 178th Day.--Mr Ilolman, from the Controls forenco Committee on the Legislative, Kxec>r by utive and Judicial bill, reported that asul>- C They stautial agreement had been roaclio l on nil the clauses in disput3 except tlio one itotn of Senators' clerks, and on this tlie Senate was E Lot', lirm. He moved that the House recede from 23 its disagreement to the amendment. Al tar S 37 debate the motion was agreed to?yeas, 113; L L 47 nays, 0.t. The bill thus passed l>oth Houses. S 4) The appropriation for the iuterual revenue H service is $l ,!>70,(XH). The total appropriation F ' j . made by the bill is <PJ(),<!54,34<i, which is V jji less than the appropriation contained C intlie bill as it passed the Senate, and *72J,- O jj.j (KKj less than the appropriation authorized by B V? the current law....Senate Amendments to the Sundry Civil Appropriatiou bill were g discussed, and a conference ordered. 0 14 ! ITUth Day.?The House refused to concur 14 ; in the Senate amendments to thoGe.ieral De | ficienc y bill and a conferen e was ordered. ^ The House refused to consider the several q Lo*t pension bills that had been vetoed. Finally it p J5J-* took up for consideration the veto message on the bill granting a pension to An 'rew J. 2=5 "Wilson. The House refused?yeas 10>, ? (j ; nays'"50?to pass uie uiu over mo tuc _ | constitutional two-thirds not votiug in the Jj | affirmative. The House then tjok a reoes? " until 8 v. it., t!ie evening session being for d ca* consideration ?f private bills. F tons, ~ single ? >r tha According to re.-eutly publi h*d offlcia q after reports Servia lost iu the iate war with Bui- d it ap- garia 75 oflicers and 0(59 men in killed, and n bio officers and 4,055 men in wounded. ? Jr A DEMAND FOB DAMA3ES. , ' ;cretary Bayard's Action Respect* Ins tbc Fishery Seizures. The President has transmitted totheSea0 a report from Secretary Bayard made iq mpliance with the Senate resolution reacting the seizure of American fishing vests asfollows: "Instantly upon receiving asentic information of tha alleged seizure trtim e owners of the vessels or their agents, or . < am the consular officers of the United States Canada this department gave instructions the consular officers to make full and compete investigation of the facts in each cass, ,, id wherever an infraction of treaty rights of commercial rights and privilege? of rit>ns of the Unite! State; appeared to have curred, representation was promptly made! her Britannic Majesty's Minister ac this ipital, calling for redress, and notification venof demand for com ensation for all- . s and injury to the vessels in question and eir owners. "in oraer propeny to assort ana maintain e rights of our citizens and our international jhts under conventions and by the law of ! .tions which might be brought in question r these proceedrugs and by the action of e Canadian Government, the profet- * jnal services of two gentlemen learned the law ? Mr. George W. Biddle, the city of Philadelphia, and Mr.1 illiam T. Putnam, of the city of Portland,' e.?were retained by the hxecutive. and VJ; ice the 20th of May'last these gentlemen . ive bestowed their careful consideration' >on the circumstances and the law in con-' K-tion therewith in each case. Proceedings ive been commenccd in the Vice-Admiralty jurt at Halifax, N. S., in the name of Hot , .'Vj ajesty the Queen, as plaintiff, against e schooner David J. Adams ana the hooner Ella M. Doughty, in both of (rich cases the complaint is substantially e same. Copy is hereunto appended of the . mplaint signed by the solicitor for the Atrney-General of the Dominion of Canada, v ; ;ainst the Ella XL Doughty, which sets rth at length the alleged grounds for the izure and detention of that vessel .; t?. . ' "Concurrent with these events correspond* co has begun and is still proceeding'be-'. ?een this department and the British Jfin^ ?r at this capital, and also between the ini ter of the United State.? in London and' j? e Foreign Office of Her Britannic Majea's Government to obtain suitable rocogni3n and enforcement of our rights on* f&m x treaty ana luwjrunuouui taw uqu uiw i ws and commercial usages of both ' ;] mntries, which are. brought in question . j r the action of the Canadian authorijs in making seizures and detentions of merican fishing vessels herein referred to id described. Upon this correspondence, ; hich it is believed must soon terminate in - * ni cable settlement, mutually just and hon-. able, and therefore satisfactory to both mntries and their inhabitants, the nndei^ jued is unable to recommend the President communicate its content; in its present in implete s'atus, believing that to do so ould not be compatible with the public inrests as connected with the transactions so* rred to. *' >. :f' "T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.".,;*' tr There are two indosures. The first mere$g^ rv: ves in tabular form the names of the ves* * -? Is seized and detained, the date, amount of lilor fine, or length of detention. Theher, a very loug le/al document, embodies* te charges agaiust the Ella M. Doughty. BURNED AT TEE STAKE. Colored Woman's Fienflish Crime Terribly Expiated. V'-'' In Tattnall county, Ga., recently a negr? ,med Samuel Frick left his daughter, aged ur year.', with a negress named Mary Hal? nbeck, to be cared for during his absence a%- \ m L. _ A i.2 Cm t"'/JfcSS s employment at a lurwuimo suii* iu? ighboring county. Flick returned, and ion demanding his child, was met with so auy evasive and contradictory replies as to ouse a suspicion that something was wrong. A seer h of the premises resulted in finding i - half of the child's body hidden in a bar1 which had originally contained salt pork, le pickle had n Jt sufficed to prevent decom>sition, and the father was attracted to the irrel by tho unnatural stench arising oin it. Other negroes in the neighbor* >od now joined in tho search, and hen tho discovery was made there were fifen or twenty blacks about the premises* be enraged lather wasou the joint of braing the woman with an ax when she fell on }r knees and said she would confess everyiin<* if he would spare here life. It was do~ ded to bear her story, but, a* the se4iiet roved, she w.uld have fared better had she aintu ned silence. Two days after the child was placed in her ire a ne^ro picnic was given in the vi inifcy nd she was called on to prepare the dinner. . [aving no meat, and knowing that she would et no money unless she served some, she etermined to kill the child and cook it* esb. Beinz somewhat under the influence ot quor, the fieudistiness of tbe idea had no nor:r for he.\ and she deliberately brained theiild with an are. dismembered and boiled le limbs down into a stew with a heterogeous collection of vegetables. When it was irved the negroes remarked upon til" pecuaritv of its flavor, bat neverth?l?ss atesartily. Several of the negroes now allegelat they were nauseated by the mess, butane of tham wero made seriously ill. At the conclusion of the revolting recital le fury of the hearers was ungovernable, ad it was quickly decided to burn her alivet the stake. S^e was take a into a field and aained to a post fixed in the ground in le midst of a pile of inflamm&? le ' p'na faturated with kerosene. Chen the match was applied the flames laped high into the air, ena the wretch was >on enveloped in fire. In fifteen minutes le fell among the blazing knots and was urned to a crisp, nothing remaining after . le fire died out but a few charred bones id a ring which she had on one- of her finsi's. ' - ' 4 eivni-r *b nnH beautiful relic o* the xxl last summer is the crop of daisies th?t sowed through the bottom lands of Kans. Some sections are dotted thickly with ese flowers, and as they were never known grow there before,it seems certain that th* eds were brought down by the flood. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK* 30 t^ef cattle, good to prime 1 w 'i',1*? 'alve.% com'a to |.rime veals tijg beep 4? ambs 5 @ 5X logs?Live 5 @ . 5% Dr**sed, city 5 @ 5* 'lour?Ex. St., good to fancy 3 20 @ '3 85 West, good to choice 4 00 @ 5 00 V'heat?No. 2, Re.l 85 @ 86^ ye?State. 57 @ 58# iarley?Pour-rowed State... @ orn?Uugrad. Mixed 45 @ 50)^ lats?White State 43 @ 45 Mixed Western 30 @ 40... [ay?Med. to pr. Timothy.. @ 92# tiaw?No. 1, Rye 80 @ 85. ard?City Steam 6 30 @ 0 35 utter?State Creamery.... 19K@ ^0 Dairy 13 @ 16 West. Im. Creamery 11 @ 13 ? irt 12 r acwrr ? ^ ? heese?State Factorj' Cj^@ 8 Skims 0 @ Western 7$J g:,-s?State and Penn 15 @ 15^ BUFFALO. heep?Good ta Choice 4 20 @ 4 30 Hmbs?Western 5 50 @ 5 80 t ?ers?"Western 4 (50 @ 5 15 [ogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 15 @ 4 60 lour?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ 6 25 'h..nf?\n 1 Hard Duluth. 88 @t 80j^ orn?No. 2, Mixed New.... ? @44 ats?No. 2, Mixed Western S3 @ 38# .irlcy?Two-rowed State... ? @ ? BOSTON'. .*ef?Ex plate and famly.10 50 @11 00 logs?Live 5# Northern Dres.seJ... 5%<3) ork?Ex. Prime, perbbl...11 50 @12 00 lour?Winter Wheat pat's. 5 25 @ 5 70 orn?High Mixed 40 @ 49 ats?Extra Whit-} 44#@ 45 .ye?State 70 @ 72 WATKRTOWX (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. cof?Extra quality 5 25 @ 5 50 liecp?Live weight 4J^@ 5 ambs 7 logs?Northern, d. w. 5#@ 6 PHILADELPHIA. lour?Penn. ex family, good 3 87#@ 4 25 riieac?No. 2, Red ? @ 87# ye?State @ 76 orn?State Yellow @ 49 ats Mixed 37 @ 39 utter?Creamery Extra Pa 17 @ 18 Iteose?N. Y. Full Cream.. 7#(g 7ji