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Eugene City Guard. CAMPIIBLli HHOXIIEnS PUBLISHERS. , SATURDAY, - - JUNE 19, 1880 TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Dlaaatrou Fire. CmcAflO, Jnne 6,-This aflornoon the large tannery of Eliol Dantziiwr A Co., on North Branch, burned. A stock of tta lulled leather, valued at $75000, was destroyed, and tho building and machin ery were injured to the extent of $.,000. Exact insurance unknown, but itis under stood to cover tho entire amount. Fire at Chicago. CwrAoo, June 6. Utirlinaton Hnl!, on Twenty-second street, occupied as a meat market by Libby, McNeil & Libby, was burnod this morning; loss on building, $10,000; insurance, $K000; low on machin ery and meats, $00,000, liulf insured. Pcraonal. Prince Leopold and Princess Louise and suite arrived from Milwaukee to-day, and will remain here for several days. Meeting of Printer. The International Typographical Union meets here to-day. The representation is imMiallv lariro. Worth American Turner Bond. New York, June 7. Western Delegates of the ort& American lurnor uunu, iu ereat Turner festive or tournament at Frankfort-on-the-Main, about 4U0in num ber, with 12 delegates from this city, started on their journey to-lay on the Hamburg steamer. The delegation as sembled at Turn Hall and was escorted to the steamer by several hundred members and several Turner societies in uniform. Mo I rm n Service. Requiem mass for the repose ofthe soul of the late Empress of Hnssiu, was ottered at the (jrpek Kussiun chapel to-day. Hon anion the Molt Street C'blnrae Set tieiueut. Quite a riot occurred among tho Chi nese yesterday at their quarters in Mott street. Over a hundred of them got into a fight at their club room while celebra ting a Chinese holiday. Pislolsand knives wore drawn. Police appearing, the Chi nese attacked them, hut none were seriously hurt. The Chinese are very reticent about ttio Htl'uir. The street last evening was filled with spectators, and special policemen are dotuiled to keep the struols clear. Fire. Ashland, Ohio, Juno 0. Eire this after noon destroyed tho city hall building. Loss, $3N,(H)0, insurance, $23,000. The loss falls upon the city and other occupants of the building. More l"roiililea. Santa Fk, June 7. Ollleiul report fiom General Hutch, of Fort Craig, slates tliut on the morning ot the nth inst., Major Morrow struck a band of hostile Apaches near Cook's canyon, and fotinht and drove them out. A portion of Major Morrow's command, consisting of Indian ticouts and Company L, Mil cavalry, is now in pursuit. To Indians were killed and three wounded, ono of tho former BUpposcd to be Maunuli'fl, a favorite sou of Victoria. A hire amount of Mock whs recaptured. Another band is in the l'.luek range, whose trail leads into Mexico. A battalion of the 0th cavalry has been scouting the country on tho east side of tb" Kio (irando. Tlio commanding olllcer, Lieutenant Cusack, reports that the lnv tiles have left tho east side of the Hio (irando. Ono band of host ilea, ubont 100 strong, probably the main band, have gone to Mexico, and were followed to the line by troops. Tho .Mexican authorities have been notitied. Matters In thu Navajo country looks bad, but an outbreak may not occur, as tho Nuvujoesaro rich in sheep, cattle and horses, llowever, troops are hurrying forward. I'er.omil ami IHpliniialle. Nkw YoUK.Juno 8. The Chinese min ister to Washington arrived from Europe last night. He will spend a day or two in New York ami then start for Washington. His destination Is Peru, where he will negotiate a treaty for tho protection of coolies employed on tho Guano Islands. Muriler In New York. Two Sunday murders here; both cases surrounded by inyjlery; some arrests on suspicion. ' ' p.alnnlay'a NklrmUli. .Santa Fs, N. M., Juno 8. -Saturday morning last Captain llarker, with a party of his scouts, jumped upon a band of In dians near Cook's canyon, and kille.l three, one of whom Is, no doubt, Victoria's son, and got live horses and some arms. Dnl. Richmond, Virginia, June 8. A duel took place yesterday morning between V. E. Elam. editor of the Whig, and Col. Thomas Smith, son of ex-Governor Smith. Klnm was severely, but not futally wounded, at the first tire. The duel grew out of an article in tho Whig. All urtica w ill be arrested. F.jih. llollauil Aaaaaalualed. Cincinnati, Juno 8 Eph Holland, tho notorious gambler and Democratic pol itician of this city, was assassinated lust night. Holland was passing the corner of Fourth and liuee streets, opposite the Comiarr.W office, and when about lliieen feet distant from Wooilrough, the hitter leveled his revolver and tired. Holland gave a loud yell, staggered against a con fectionery stand, sprung uihui it twice, turned around, and finally alurggeied be hind the msii at the stand, who concealed himself. Woodrough stood quietly under a gas lamp with his revolver in position lo tire again, when he was disarmed and wired by the police. He went quietly along with the police to the station house. He has persistently refused to Bay any thing in regard to the shooting to the police. Holland Is vety eriously wounded in the groin, but it is not known at this hour hethcr there is a chalice of his recovery, lie has said overul times receul'y that toe ring ws utierminru in amasouimv liim before tho meeting of the Democratic National Convention, but be would stand his ground. There would be tueu at the Convention mho would not like lo see hint, and he would have something to tell that ttiey would not like to hear. The sup position is to nixht that his assassi nation i directly eouueeted with his political ork for Tilden and the Democratic Party in 1870. The sfl'air has caused much es . ritement about the streets where the news has spread. SaJeJd Japan OOolal. Wasuisutoh, June 8. Agls GakoU, tccretary oi the Japanese legation of this city, committed suicide this morning. The only clue to the cause was a immr iu j deceased In which he stated that he had been concerned In the insurrection of 1877 in Japan, and had forfeited his honor. PaclAe Coa.it Appropriations. The sundry civil appropriation bill as reported from the senate com.nittee on appropriations this afternoon, Is amended by increasing the item for the Mare Island dry dock from $75,000 to $150,000, and the item for lighthouses and steam fog signals at Tilauiook Rock, Oregon, from $50,000 to $75,000. . . . , , The senate committee have stricken out the .houso appropriation of $'5000 for lighthouse and fog signals at Point No Point, W. T. All other Puciflc Coast items remain unchanged. The Duty on Barley Malt. The houso, on motion of Morrison of Illinois, passed a bill placing the rate of duty on barley malt at 5 cents por bushel, evolutionary Movement In North Mes leo. Tucson, Arizona. June 9. The latest news from 8onora is that the revolution is over. Marquese outflanked the forces which opposed him at Altar, 400 to his 150. From the Arizona line about thirty leagues northwest from Altar he marched his forces around to within eight leagues to the east to a place called Atil. Four days he maintained hlmsolf there without be ing discovered bv the government forces. Ho sent the lutter word that he would uwait them three days later if they de sired to attack him. Tho government forces, under Vice Governor Don Tiburcio Otero, were composed of about 400 state troops badly armed and disciplined and a few federal companies. A buttalion more nf Mm latter, under Colonel Garcia, were exnected in order to make an attack. Marquese did not wait to take these odds, lie continued his march to Magdalena. The regular cavalry and about 150 volun teers from Altar; under Teadoro Monreal, were pressing bun at a ranch called Po trero about fives leagues from Magdalena. He wheeled about und routed it complete ly, losing 30 killed and several wounded, umom tho number being an ofileer. The Army" of Reform, as Marquese calls his bond, on the 31st ultimo occupied Magdu lima. He proclaimed a pronunciuuiento. He told the people that Don Porlirio Diaz had sold Honora to the Americans, und that his (Marquese) mission was to savo it. He then levied a forced loan. On the evening of tho same day he left, marching towards Arispa. The federal forces under command of Colonel Garcia, who en tered the morning following, are in pur suit. His objective point is Sulonn. Miner Killed. Nevada, June b- A miner named Sugh Lloyd, was caved on ..ml instantly killed in tho Merrilleld mine thi.-. morning. The Kulned riilueae Quarter In Jirvailn My. At a mass meeting of citinens at the theater last evening, called to action o,.,.lnol II, n rnlmihlini nf ('himitmvn i ilh- in the city limits, it was decided that an association oi citizens wouiu iiniueuiaioiy bo organized to purchase all the land for merly occupied by tho Chinese, and to procure u location for Chineso near tho city for building purposes so located that it would not endanger the health or safety of thu city from lire. Committees have been appointed and immediate and ener getic measures will be taken in the matter A Ultf Scheme. Yniiu .Tnnn II. Tim celebrate Madison Square property, formerly callec Gilinoro's Garden, has been disposed o for $800,000 to the JJarnum Museum uo- a mriuiriitinn illxt. oru'inimii with II Cllllitll of $3,000,000, for tho purpose of erecting the largest exhibition building in tne world, including, underono roof a museum opera houso, coliseum, theater, hippo drome, tropical garden, etc., to be finished and open oil early next year. William II. Vanderbilt makes a "subscription of a niiarter of a million dollarH to tho enter- . . . .. . Ik HI unsound is ono oi lis directors, r. i. Uuinum. unother well known capitalist will be largely interested. Mr. Itarnuni w ill iiIkii tut nniHiilont of the COlllliilllV. Articles of incorporation were issued to day. Ml. II. (VI aurv turn elinlltinL'ltd Unwell. Oil 1)0- half of Hart, colored pedestrian, to com- . . t ' I ! . .1 II letoiortiio cnanipionsnip oi ino worm ti Mm biv ilnv rnri. which is to lake nlaco in New York, Huston or Chicago. The stakes are to tie jouuu a snio, uowcu 10 receive $500 for expenses. Ileuiiloii of WlM'aimlu Veteran.. Mii.wai'kkk, June 0. The reunion of Old Wisconsin Soldiers, so long content i.l.iin.l niMininni'i'il tn-ilav. Guneral Grant. General Sheridan and party arrived to-day alter a uuick run irom i ninigo. i n- cuy received inem in noiiuiiy tiress. vtcnerai tirani's carriage, drawn by four haiul-ouio lloiues, headed the Hue o'f carriages that followed. All along the march the air was r.;ii..,l ultli cliem-H. wnviiii' of hats, ban ners and handkerchiefs, to which tho t wo comrade warriors responded by raising their hats and bowing. Vhis afternoon u complete drill of militia companies oc curred at Camp Heunion. About ten thousand old veterans were formed in hollow square, and in the simco thus cleared six contending companies per formed the evolutions assigned them. Tlmv u i.r.i I'hieairn Cadets. Jancsville Guards. Lacrosse Light Guard, Manitott Light Guard, Evergreen Guard of Sheboy gan, snd Guppy Guard of Portage. I ri.es will be awarueu to-morrow in u. viocr companies were present as spectators. Crowds or visitors are consianiiy swelling the concourse. The railroads have already lr.uml,t In over 100.000. und to-morrow arrivuls w ill be larger than ever. A feat- ire or to morrow s proceeding w ui uu a i .in.l nam, Ik. whieli was out uver in order that Generals Grant and Sheridan might lie present. Iaiiisviii k. June 10. A lire occurred this morning. Tho loss will amount to neailv $100,000. Hie largM wnoiesaio drug house nl Arthur, Peter A Company, on Main street between 7th and 8th, was coniplelelv gutted, while the establish ment of Kohn ei Wo'.f, wholosalo cloth ing, Johnston, Newman A Company, wholesale grocers, adjoining on cither side, were more or less damaged; insured. Kapara Hualnra. St. Loi'ia, June 10. The Southern Ex prea Company have been served w ith a uoliee that they will le required to with draw from tho Memphis and Little Kin k liailroud on the 14th inst, the railroad company have decided to do an express business themselves after that day. Heavy Bailam Kallnr. Nkw YoiiK.Juue 10,-Aikell. Tufts A Company, shipping and commission mer chants of this city and London, suspended to-day, owing to serious trouble in Lon don occas ioned by purchases of iron made hv their houae there, but unknown to the nartners until receutlv. Their liabilities are eaiiinated at 300,000, but the liabili ties on account of new speculations are believed to be heavy. Exaggerated re ports are current to-day, which place them MDgnu5ou,0ua W. V. T.Riwrt. Report of the Western Union Telegraph Company for the quarter ending June 30, 1880: Net profits for quarter ending Juno 30th inst., based upon official returns for April, nearly complete, returns for May, and estimating business for June, reserv ing an amount suflicieot to meet the claims of ie Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company, under existing agreements will be about $1501,185. Surplus April 1st, $824,208. Total, $2,025,484, from which, appropriating interest on bonded debt $107,200, construction, $250,000, sinking fund appropriations, $20,000: patents,$110, 000, and sundries, $10,000, leaveB a balance of $1,523,284. A dividend of 1 percent, roquires $715,570, deducting which leaves a surplus oftor paying tho dividend of $S10,714. A Horrible Affair. John Temple, 19 Delaney street, beat his wife this morning until ho thought her dead then threw her out upon the stairs, bolted tho bedroom door, set tho house on fire and cut his throat from ear to ear. The firemen found him in bed enveloped in flames, and dragged him into the street whero ho died. Tho woman's skull was fractured and her death is expected. Cause, jealousy. A Judge Murdered In hi Court Room Gkauam Texas, June 12. R. Morris, county judge of Baylor county, was shot and instantly killed in tho court house at Seymour yesterday by W. A. Taylor, a saloon keepor. Taylor escaped. Stop that Foollns"Leadvllle Arouaed. Denver, June 11. The 7wtVLeodville speclul says: A citizens' organization, 3000 strong, was formed this morning to protect working miners. They issued a proclamation stating that they are fully determined that work on the mines shall be resumed, there being to their eertuin knowledge men enough in camp willing to work for tho wages otfered, provided the intimidation now practiced under the auspices of the minors union is stopped. The proclamation further states that on thu first step taken by anyone to interfere or intimidate miners, the leaders of the union will be held responsible with their lives. A gal u at St. Jullen' Time. Detroit, Jnne 12. Hopeful trotted against St. Julien's timo yesterday, but the truck was heavy audastiff wind blow ing, so that the conditions wero not so favorable; first trial mile, 2:21 1 ; second 2:241. Heavy Bualneaa 'allu e. Boston, Juno 12. Tho failure of Hand leth, Ellis & Co., iron dealers of this city, is announced. Their liabilities are esti mated at $750,000. Tho suspension, they say, w as caused by a decline of the value of'their merchandise und the refusal of customers to carry out contract. Five sixths of their liabilities is to banks, und secured. Hailed, Galveston, Texas, June 12. Henry tjuurles, a negro, was hanged at Houston yesterday in tho jail yard, for the murder of his wife. Kxecntlou. St. Eons, June 12. A special to the Timet from Keytsvillo. Mo., says that Knapp, a negro, wus hanged there to-day for killing a young farmer named Noah Forest, at Forest Pine, Chunton county, last Christmas day. About 4000 people from the surrounding counties witnessed the hanging. The Tela Style. Galveston, Juno 12. A report from White Ranchesays that four men were hanged af the upper edge of llrown county yesterday by a mob for crookedness with cattle. A llroken lloom. Milwaukee, June 12. Tho Sentinrft La Crosse special says that five million feet of logs, owned by ftpreecker & Muller, of Treiiipetau, brok'o away last night; loss estimated at $10,000. One man is reported killed by vester dav's storm at Lumoillo and one at Brons dale. A Counterfeiter. Sr. Lous, Juno 12. Charles A. Hill, a lawyer, and formerly a resident of Cali fornia, was urrestod at bis ollice to-day with complete counterfeit outfit and ar rangements for raising bills, lie has been a prominent greenback speaker. Hot Weather at Chicago, Cnii Ado, June 12. The heat for the past three days has been very severe, the thermomoter'iu tho hot part of tho day indicating id) deg. in tho shade, or a little over. It is much coolor to-night, but sev eral cases of sunstroke are reported, of which threo or four have proven fatal. A few cases are now under treatment ut hospitals. Appalling UluiMtrr. Ntw YoiiK, Juno 12. The steamboats Slithiuyfim and A'nrrai'itt were in collis ion h,,t night on l. jng I; land sound, near the Connecticut liver. Tho Xrntgttnictt took lire and sunk. Most of her passen gers were rcM-ueiJ, scattered along Long Hand shore. Ruth steamers belonged to the same line. The A'rri;,m7t was on a regular trip from New York to Stonington, md the steamer Stouinfflon was returning to New York. The collision occured about 1:15 P. M. off the Connecticut river. The .Ydrroiam.M look lire and sunk in four fathoms of water. J ho passengers from both steamers were transferred to the steamer lily of Xew York of tho Fall River line, liosttm, slid they arrived in New York at 11:15 this morning. It is impos flblo ti asceituin at present the lo-s of lives. Two bodies, however, are already roco ered. The I'uraer'a Statement. The purser of the Xnrrxvjan,-tt stated that there were not more than 800 passen gers in the bout and that the loss cannot exceed 50, as it is known that moro than 200 were brought to the city and large numbers were taken back to Stonington. It is also known that a schooner which camo tip and sent out boats picked up several people. A passenger and a naval cadet r to swimming about for over an hour before being picked up. A young man w as seen to deliberately shoot him self when cries of tire and that the boat was sinking were raised. The report of a pistol was also heard in another direction. A deck hand of the XarragtnU says he jumped overboard as soon us the collision took place and clung to a ipar. tin saw a boat lowered from the Aairtin'tt over turned and the oecupants, hethiuks, were all drowned. Iu five minutes after the collision there were five feet of water in the hole and in ten minutes the steamer was burned to the water's edge. As old lady struggling in the water was found to have an eight months' old baby clasped iu tier arms, her grand-child. Tho shrieks and cries of terror of men and women were terrible. A raft was made and pas sengers crowded upon it in great numbers, borne persons fainted after getting a foot hold upon iu. Ropes Hung from the raft were eagerly clutched aud frantic efforts made to reach it.although the weight of the people sunk it six inches under the surface. It was finally taken in tow by a row bviat. FOREIGN. Election at Lyon. Lyons, June 6 The second ballot for member of the chamber of deputies re sulted: Ballue,820; Blanqui, 591. Raeea In France. Pajiis, June 7. The race for the grand prize at Chantilly to- day was won by Robert The Devil, Destiner second, Mil an! third, Deaumoud fourth. There were thirteen starters. Reception to ParnelL London, June 7. Irish residents here gave an enthusiastic reception to Parnell in St. James Hotel. Blamnrck's Future Policy. Behlin, June 7. Bismarck in an inter view said that he would have resigned the Chancellorship after the late defeats but for the personal desire of the Em peror, and' that henceforth he would leave the parliamentary fighting to others, and devote himself entirely to the foreign affairs of the Empire. Another Duel. Paris, June 8. Prince De Santa Sever ina ond De Fransio fought a duel on Sat urday on the Belgian frontier. The Prince was wounded. German Affair. Behlin, June 9. In the Bundcsratli to day, Prince Bismarck presiding, the pro poial ol Prussia relative to the incorpora tion of Lower Elbe in Zollverein, was agreed to nt the first deliberation by a large majority. In the committee on the church bill, Herr Von Puttkaminer, Minister of eccle siastical affairs, assented to a proposal fix ing January 1, 1882, as the date until which the law will be valid. Another Appeal for Ireland. London, June 10. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has telegraphed the Mayor of every city in the United States and Can ada, as follows: "I regret to say that funds are still needed for the relief of the distress in Ireland. In many districts tho pinch is now equal to any previous time. Distress is much felt by farmers, who dread the work house, but can get noth ing else until their crops come in. While deeply grateful for generous contributions already received, I cannot help asking further assistance for the mansion fund. Gladstone' Financial Policy. The Morning Foil says: The houso of commons will be asked to-morrow to go into the committee of ways and means to consider certain financial resolutions to be moved by Glodstone as Chancetler of the exchequer. It is believed that the resolutions will embrace propositions of some magnitude, involving the imposing of now taxation, reduction of taxation and rearrangement f taxation, The ne cessity of providing for an excessive ex penditure on account of the Afghan war will be forwarded as one of tho reasons for distributing tho financial policy of the late government and making a proposal very much in the nature of a supple mental budget. A proposition will prob ably bo made to throw a portion of tho cost ol tho Afghan war on the imperial revenues. It is understood that Mr. Glad stone will on Thursday address to the house of commons an address Impugning the financial policy of the late govern ment. The Jesuit Persecution In France. Paris, June 10. Prefects of depart ments in which Jesuit establishments are situated havo been instructed by the minister of the interior respecting decrees against unauthorized religious societies. Prefects must make clear distinction be tween Jesuits and other unauthorized re ligious societies. Prefects must make clear distinction between Jesuits ond other un authorized orders. Jesuits ore not to be invited like others to have themselves authorized, but are ordered to dissolve, and on the ilOth of June a company of Jesuits mvst evacuate the establishment it now occupies for teaching, llowever, the respite is prolonged till tne 31st of August. Authorized orders will receive before the IlUth inst. official summons to declare whether they intend submitting to the decrees. Several Prefects have ex pressed tho conviction that few of tho orders will hand in their statutes. Tho minister said that he was of the samo opinion, but he believed that there would be exceptions. French aud Kugllsh Naval Movenimit. London, June 10. The French squad ron has sailed from Piraner for Besika Bay. The English and Italian squadrous are also shortly to go there. Turklah Ministerial Appointment. Constantinople, June 10. Kadri Pasha, hitherto Minister of commerce, has been appointed Prime Minister, and Abeddin Pasha, hitherto Governor of Salonica, has been appointed Minister of foreign affairs. PACIFIC COAST. Callfonla tirowlna Cropa Tonnage, fate. San Francisco, Juno 5. Early in the week reports from the country were re ceived of a highly unsatisfactory nature. It was stated that the crops iu many sec tions were blighted by hot winds, and heavy losses were anticipated. Reports were, without doubt, exaggerated, and the cool weather of the past few days has done much to revive the plant, even where the effects of tho winds wus most noticeable. While there has been some slight loss from this cause, the exteut of which cannot be accurately obtained at present, there are two points that may be settled: The wheat crop will be large aud quality good. No reliable estimates of amount for export are obtained; but it will, beyond doubt, exceed that of any former year. Tho tonnage supply is certain to be small for several months to come, the amount on the way being some D.WIO tons below that bound hero at this time last season, and over 70,000 tons below total in 1S7S. The present list shows that little is due here within the next 30 days, and free arrivals cannot be expected till late in the fall. Attention has al ready been called to the fact that many of the ships now reported to be on the way here have yet to arrive at ports under which they are placed in the published list. This" fact makes tonnage to arrive in the early harvest months much less than ut first appears to be the ca.-, and renders comparison with former years misleading unless the situation is fully understood. Spot tonnage is less by one half than at this date hist year. The out look, therefore, even conceding recently current estimates of supply aud demand to be extravagant, is by no means a gloomvone. The week under review has been a gloomy one, unfavorable reports check ing business in vessels to arrive and caus ing holders of spot vessels to show more readiness to meet the market. The latest chatters reported are that the ship Heola, 1529 tons wheat and merchan dise, to Liverpool, 12 14. Victoria HldlBf FUee. San Francisco, Jane 8. Victoria's band has gone to Blade Range Moan tains, near Hillsboro, New Mexico, to recuperate. Squads from his forco aro scouring tne country, stealing horses and committing other depredations. There are no troops in the vicinity. nlcld. - .LosAnoeles, June 8.-W. K. Potter, formerly coltector or internal revenue in this city, committed suicide by poison yes terday, at Santa Monica. A Hoodlum Futally Wounded by a Po liceman. San Francisco, June 9. Last night, Jack Shay, a notorious South San Irancis co hoodhim, robbed the till of a restaur ant in that part of town. Two offieeTS went to his house and arrested him. Jim brother Jim, attempted a rescue and knocked down Officer Prosser with a stone. Prosser fired at him, hitting nun in the breast and inflicting probably a fatal wound. Jack was also wounded slightly in the arm. Intereatlnp; Decision. Judge Sawyer, In the U. S. circuit court to-duv, released on u writ of habeas cor pus aChineso fisherman arrested under the law prohibiting aliens incapable of becoming citizens from fishing in waters of the state. He decided that the law was a violation of tho fourteenth amendment and the Burlingame treaty. Fire at San Francisco. San Francisco, June 10. A fire oc curred this morning in the canning es tablishment ofC. James King of William, at tho corner of Sansome and Broadway. The entire second story and roof and a portion of the lower story was burned, the contents of the building escaping, much damaged by water. The loss is probably $25,000. The canso is unknown. About 150 white employes are thrown out of work. The Kan Franc laco Libel Caae. San Francisco, May 4. In the libel case prepared by Alex. Kydd, ostensibly on behalf of Mayor Kalloch, affairs took a curious phase this morning. Davis Louderback appeared, us ho alleged, in behalf of Kalloch, who does not figure as a party in the case at all, and moved a dismissal of the case as a put up jobto bring a lot of dirty matter into court. Col. Dudlev representing real piosecution on complaint of Kvdd, objected strenously as did Tvlo, for the defense. The case was finally continued till to-morrow. Kalloch is not yet subpenaed and isnon at inventus. Child llurncd to Death. Fresno, June 5. Yesterday evening the residence of M. J. Enson, of Central Col ony, was destroyed by fire and one of his children was burued to death. Held for ManalaUKhter. The preliminary examination of Ja kobesen, charged with killing Riley on board the ship Topgallant, took place yes terday before U. S. Commissioner Soavy, who, after bearing the evidence in the case, decided that the prisoner should be held on the charge of manslaughter, his bail being fixed at $1000. The prisoner is now in the custody of the U. S. marshal. Man Drowned. San Francisco, June 7. An unknown man was drowned last uight at Berkley ferry slip. The body was recovered. The Kalloch Caae. The case of I. M. Kalloch. for the mur der of Charles DeYouug, defendant, by consent of all parties, was ullowed till Sat urday by Judge Bowers to plead and to make anv motion or demurrer to infor mation that his counsel may desire. The Helpless Bivalve. If they hud not noticed it already, it is perhaps'unneccssary to inform our read ers that the oyster crop of the present season is in several respects better than that which we have luul for a number of years past. From almost every point at which those shell-fish aro collocted re ports have been received that the fish are this year generally larger and healthier than usual, statements which thoso who are at all critical in thoir tastes must havo had many opportunities of verify ing. But while rocognizing the increased excellence of tho oyster this winter as an article of food, wo havo not been able, even from thoso who are directly inter ested in the business' to obtain any well defined reason for the admitted improve ment. Indeed, vory few attempt to ac count for the chango, and tho only fairly sonsiblo explanation that wo havo hoard given is that tho soa water was of a warmer temperature this year during tho months of September and October than for a number of preceding years. Of course, this may in no way account for the circumstance that has been men tioned, for the subject is ono which does not appear to havo attracted the amount of scientific investigation that it deserves. In fact, there are several features in re spect to oysters that do not seem to be generally known. If information re ceived from thoso who are in tho busi ness, added to some slight personal ex perience, is worth anything, the oyster, unlike most kinds of fish, improves by keeping ont of tho water. Perhaps, how ever, it ought to be said in explanation that very few fish can continue to livo for any length of timo, after a removal from their native element, and that dead oysters lose their virtue quite as quickly as other fish. But if oysters are care fully packed, with the bowl shaped shell underneath, they will live in a temperate atmosphere for a number of days, feed ing on the liquid that is confined within their shells. If thoy are opened immedi ately after they aro scooped from tho ground, the fish will be found floating, so to speak, in quite a quantity of water, but if they are opened after three or four days' proper keeping, this water will al most wholly havo disappeared, while the fish will lie found much richer and fuller than it was on tho first day, tho reason given by oyster dealers for this being that it has fed itself on tho liquid that had previously been in tho shell. This leads to the remark that the desir ability of packing oysters in ice is an open question. A large number of the best -informed mon in tho trade maintain that the prac tice of putting largo lumps of ice upon oysters in the shell that have been stacked up, as they commonly are in restaurants, is a highly injurious one. If tho fish are dead, no doubt this treatment is intend ed to keep them in a condition to bo fit to eat; but if they are dead they have al ready lost a large part of their excellence as a species of human food, as they should remain alive until killed by the forcing open of the shells. If, however, they are alive, this application of ice, it is said, is pretty certain to pnt a speedy end to their existence. To the many lovers of this shell-fish the controversy is one of no alight importance, and the question involved should be settled definitely one way or the other. X. Y. Time. "I mend my weighs" said the grocer v'aen his scales droke down. Harry, the Indian Slaver. Once there was a most excellent r, boy. He belonged to a nice San! school class, and one time when teacnor uuu ouerea a double-lMri uimwn uuiuum ut jjiuio verses thai tie boy stood up and repeated 't, seven million of verses without mil, . A vrtttl Tlio noma ...no TT ' got the gun. 1,m about the Indians, and how tliey all folks, and he determined to go fml ou, iiuiir uuu reuu a dtoi i patriot and clean out the savages, go bought some fire-crackers to load" the p with and went out on the plains ii didn't see any Indians for a day or t but he prayed every night that he mk get a crack at them before long, and l the prayers of all good littlo 'bov, j' wero answered. Ono day as Jaj, about nino foet long, passed ili8 w,' Harry aimed at him, but the Indian t him by the ear and yanked him intoo,, knew that Providence looks after (tool i-tibiu wwjo, uu oj A-iu nipcu Ulb DQS6 ft J "Whai are you doing here, little borf asked the Indian, running mi ti,;j -i i .1 i i.:.. i wujj uiuuk uio cdpii ui uia nunc. "Hunting Indians," said Ilarrv "Caught any yet ?" asked the'lndiJ "No," replied Harry, "none buUonl "Are you a good little boy?" inqnW IUO XUU1UU, "Yes," answered Harry, "I sn twenty-seven million Bible verses." "Are you prepared to die ?" asked t Indian. "Oh ! yes, sir," said Harry, "I'm J ways ready to me. Then the Indian put hira in nn ir pot, and Harry bogan to boil. In a lit: while be was cooked, and the Indi. called his family to supper. They i around, ten of them, and smacked tL, lips over him until he was all gone J, ... Al 1. 1 XI. - 11 . iuen mey vvusueu me uisnes and j them away in the pantry. Tretty presently they began to (. funny. They were so heavy ti. couldn't move around. Tho medic: men came, but could do nothing.! after a while they died. When tL came to bury them they rattled like dico-box. So tho medicine men cut th, open and found them full of Bible vei. That was what killed them. They Lad noticed them wnilo they were eati Harry, and ho was avenged. You should all go to Sunday scU and learn your liible. borne time v may want to go for a patriot, and if jit know lots of Bible you are safe, for ta biggest, strongest savage on the Westoi prairie could not noia a millionth p of the verses that a Brooklyn Sunili school youngster lias jammed down U throat every taunday morning. The Reliable Ulan. The reliable man is always there wh he is wanted. , You do not have to k: to twenty different places after liim; he is not at home, his wife con tell r where he is. The reliable man olv'a tells his mission to his wife. He is not fool enough to marry a man he cannot trust. He is not much of a talker, but I thinks a great deal. He looks at a id ject in all its bearings. His judgmeu are unbiased. If he should be elect- Governor, he will carry State affairsiiJ a lust and hrm hand. In private life, ho will always b' plenty of kindling-wood ready in tli morning. Iso running round in Uieoo, for him. before ho has niado ms toili He won't bo likely to whip his childri when thev don't deserve it. He c. bear allusion to a rolitrions or politic belief, which does not .accord w'th L. own. without goiucr into tantrums, He can give advice, and keep his ted per if it is not taken auu followed. Ho knows there are people in the worl beside himself. He believes that tl. olnnet will continue to be run with moderate degree of success after he shal slecii with his fathers. He never tells what he would ha dono "if he had only been there." If he makes you u promise, you kn' he will keep it, unless ho dies before t: time for its redemption. If ha states fact for a fact, you know that you c credit the statement. Jf he sells von horse, and warrants him "sound," j need not look for a spavin or a ringboi after the first day's hard driving. His word is as good as his bond. E is honest; you can trust him to do as j agrees. You need not watch him, j will do just as well without it. lie h respect unto himself and would asliaaiod to have his own soul conr. him of dishonesty. If you aro in trouble, you know J can expect help from him. If yon "down in the world," he will stand i you. If other friends nave iorsant-u;' he will uphold and support you. In society, tho reliable man is wo:: his weight in gold. In tlio church lie invaluable; he will pass the contribute box, when the wardens are laid up bad colds; he will tako care of the ister's houso when ho goes away for day's pleasuring; ho will help the Iw put down the new vestry carpet, and -readv to stir tho oyster stew, or tenl tJ elevator from the kitchen, when the - nintrr hana an fnllfa' nl11)er." All the girls like him, and all theK respect him, and his wife is proud him, and lays great emphasis on "my husband" savs for she knows ne reliable. And we devoutly wisbtn were more like him.-f Kate Thorn, in Y. Weekly. " PnfDENT " AND " VlBTUOl'S."-! I ...i u..i. i...t t -..nnnf tv nere, lll'UU lUlt'lV, fill. A l.UMw tho newspaper report of a trial, tw young woman in service was represen.- as saying that she was as pruui-ui - -lady, the context showing that she me. virtuous. Now, was this use of F dent" peculiar to herself (for many p sir. from want of accur invent new meanings, whilo some, pecially poets, do it conscious;. " tiSA wsri art rt OA 1 in anv fttliBT COtlDtTj countries, and if so, where? I B'; 9 . . .... i..iMnn scarcely point out tnat prouen.a- mean so mucn as vinnons. r r woman may be virtuous, but she a -necessarily so; she may be virto neuner m uiuuua uw ..4 I -nrrU In VUT1 bT oCt Ol M tne hidden from her neighbors, i thing very similar is, uowe. - 1 t,. .L Vokk rtfM meant only wise and prudent, but also cl I .Notes and queries.