Evening Gazette

              ""' [St*11"*'" - «— »• m ■ :TRSDAY„.&KFI«MBER 17. 1865. | two cam* 1 *» ST..W WMUT OUR ■LED. have tbsm insured. I held 178,000 hi. policies on my animals Ml t**t" "i "What waa Jumbo's food!" •'Four hundred pounds of hay, ooa barrel of potatoes and ooa buahel of ooloos daily.. It coat rao 180 a day to fee&Maa. Ha drank STILL A DEEP MYSTERT. F1QWT WITH A BANK ROME*. 1 Iftor Firing Tw* Skali ft* BmcM 8TRUCK BY DIN. Duw» W* «HW I I Batavia, N. Y., Sept 17.-John V,Bnr- ! •oas is cavhier of the private bank o(«»• Senator J. A Loomte, la Attica, Wysapa* xDunty. Mx. Barrow is accustomed U opsa the bank ia tbe morning and eat things ready tor tbe da»Ds bus)nea| St l»R. took goveral hundred dollars from the utl and placed it ta the cash drawer under his bank, which la only a little above the ground. While the cashier was engaged twceping, a tWef stealthily climbed in the window, and approaohlng Barroau who had |uD bank turned, dealt him a stunning Wow over the head, knocking him down. Tbtfn tbe man drew • revolver and Bred two sbota at tbe prostrate man, both of which nflsnsrt D their mark but went through the floor near MB, D Miiit ' a ,, The robber .thso rushed to tfca nsnfrtss'S desk, seised the contents of the drawer and ■was about to leavo the bank by the front ioor when he ran into thsarms of Fostmaster A. J. Lorisb, who had heard tbe sbota in his office next doer, and was harrying I* ' ascertain the cause. Tbe robber drew his revolver aa Lorisb, but tbe paymaster grappled with the man disarmed him and by tbe time assistance arrived had, him pinioned to the floor. Tbe fellow was thea 'securely bound and Ms clothing sea*BMj« $800 which he bad abstracted cash drawer being found on his person and, beiidsf the revolver from which be Iftf'dte. knife, and tw« handkerchief* M* 4t WWW was saturated with chloroform, ssss tsfca* from him. The robber is aboat 26 yean o!4 and weighs about 160 pound* Be rafts**" to give any aooount of himself, battaM Mni name was John Smith. He was tiki ta Warsaw. THE BOOY OF THe WOMAN POUND m AT FORT LEE UNlflENTIFIED. water and beer. JUmbo waa never unmanagjable wbQs be waa in my circus. Scott, his English keeper, who had been with him afcioe fa* waa 8 yew* aid, ruled film by kindness. Be never used • prod ou Jumbo. , Untaught Aim nothing except to cferrebildiien m Us back. 'Hlis Vttbfl had Men accustomed to do for years, and no youngsters ware Jjj dancer while win# on his back around the ring. While traveling throughout the country we transported Jumbo in a special car just large enough to Jo through tunnel*. Scott slept to it with umbo. Bcott is a great beer drinker, and Jam bo used to share a pailful of Mas beverage with his keeper every night" Vfca B—«»f V»nko« Sloop o Bawt'l « Ha hat She Was Taping, Protfev Wei* Urossed and Evidently not tisod to Work. A Lawyer Who Think. Re Known Who Man la. Nkw Yoh, decided that the facta from Nvw York, Sept. 17.—The mystery surrounding the identify of the worn in whi was murdered on the Hudson terrtic , utuCr Knglewood, on Sunday night ii u Iw u ever from being cleared up She was young, pretty and wall dressed; her hsnii w«re fmd finely kept and showed no traces of ML Such a woman ihust have had scorss of friends and sf«nato«»atos.. but not caia at them has yet appeZTSX to claim bar or say who she la. All day, the body lay In Undertaker Taylor1* D morgue at Knglewood. The crushed black straw bonnet, with its clay-stained tinsel laoe trimming, lay an a table baaide the crumpled blade silk mantle. The dead woman's face bad undergone a fearful transformation ulnae the day before. The comely. features were distorted and looked like those at a woman 6f 40. District Attorney Campbell sent Photographer Williams over to Iteke a picture of hei\ so that friends may possibly identify it'iftar her burial Carefully and slowly the undertaker and his assistant lifted the body from its ooffln and placed it In a sitting position on a box. The torn and soilad bonnet waa fixed aa wall as might be over the matted black hair, and the features wers composed so that for a moment they looked aa if the woman waa asleep. But only for a moment Agsih the month took on a mocking smile, and the straggling black elflooks that fell over each temple made the cold, pale face a mockery of what it had once been. Her hands, still wsaring the |aoe mitts, war* folded acroaa her breast, and the camera was uncovered. Three negatives were taken, bat they fail utterly to give any idea of what the woman looked like whan alive. Then the rstnaine ware replaced in the tae-box and the photographer went away.' After that- no one gisturbsd them for hours. Early to the afternoon Drs. Btawf.fifl, Clendlnen went to the morgue to maka an autopsy.' Every piece W clothing on the body waa scrutinised carefully, but wtehnot fading aamnchas a letter to tell thenwnei*e name. The result of the autopsy did not change the opinion which Dr. GHandinen first formed, that the blow on the Hsad, together with the straining of the mantle around bar neck, had caused the Womsji'x death. One thing the doctors ndtioed tq Amtrlot. It caunot be sak» result pn the center boaro _ iuperior to the  The Puritan's winning was so small that tb. riigbtoat riant hi favor of her opponent would have turned the tables. The Puritan was the better boat by 1 minute and 88 "vMbtoatteHr tnornlnf *as froDik the and enly fair. When Mb iMMafaaeb left her dock it had haaled round fe the southwest and freshened * IMe. Alfce wjalher was eool and the sky • ~ ~ The wa»es in the bay j received here egardin, Jc.- „ of Barnum's elephant tamlx* tb«re at 0 o'clock by * Grand Trunk raM. m elephant'* keeper was bringing rum bo and the trick elephant Torn Thumb Irom the show ground* to the car. There iras a side track on the north side o# the nain line which contained the circus train, •rhil* on «ka oiMr «Me ww an enttakaaent ten feet down When the freight train im 1MB approaching, Jumbe's keeper tried to make thie beast go down the nAtntanit, but, seeing no daagsr, the animal refused.' Tbe taper then triad to l»t him i|«twi»n the circus train and the main track. This he was Inclined to do, but the engine struck SMMsajtcsis a.'txr ■ cars. He was carried about 100 yards, Sroar'-- e approached the jtlnNfewas so great track. Wumbo was 4Hk three minutes The engineer is ibabte that itflflllHf col to fire The Puritan eroased the finish line at 4:09:15. The whittle* blew, the guns were fired and everyEoSy cheered. Bbe Immediately lulled and watched th8 Englishman WH in. The Qeowta crossed at aad ihe also was cheered and saluted. The following UW» tolls the story of the psc.. .$& m IISiSS 0€MSt».nm»n» 5«6:88 tTWS» SPORTING NEWS. Hanlaa and Lw Wla the Doable-Scull C'„!i*n*e a* tmrn Maraaaesnfc Lam lUBLAKibDOK, XA., Sept. 17.-The regatta opened at 1 p. m. with flue water. Five thousand people were prwent James P. Or maud, of Boston, was referee. D. Bo wen, of Portland, was timekeeper. The first race, I for Ofw»n»Ha, Ma between the.crews of the Oldtowp Indian*. The Jay crew took tha 'lead atid came la fire lengths ahead. Time, ' The second race, eight-oared - straightaway, between Bath and Gardiner crews. Bath won. For tkrMnirtbi of a mile It was a very fine raoe, both crews palling so closely together it was hard to distinguish the positions. Near the close Bath sported and won by a* short diatanea. Time not given. In |be three-mile professional doobiescull raoe the contestants drew positions as follow*; Hanlan and Lee, 1; Hosmfer and*' Peterson, 2; McKay and Hamm, 8; Boss and Tea Eyck, 4. Chie fourth down Hanlan and tae pressed to the front Soon Boas and Ten Eyck fall to the r4ar, Hosmer and Peterson, McKay and Bamm rowing alongside. Coming back from the first turn Hanlan and Lee forged to the front, rowing;, thirty-four strokes, McKay and Waalmworking hard for second place, with Hosmer and Peterson second. Soon after the second torn Boss and Ten Eyck left the coorafc They passed the stak* boat la this ombcfc Banian and Lee, 19:09; Hoaaaer and Meraon, 18:26; McKay and Harnjn, 1#JH. The four-oared profsailmisil race wa*.wo« by Hosmar's crew, consisting of Hosmer, Peterson, Hamm and Mo Kay. Tims, 18:17. The Boas crew, consisting of Casey, Gookin, Boas and Ten Byek, second. Time, 10:80. The Emmetts, of Arlington, third. Tint* 20:31. Tha Forest River crew, of Salsm, fourth Time, 20:88. •boost »»S«dt«as. spackhdUnttuuB. Tfce JodgacUtaatv** late to as ususA, and she mad* no Stop*. OS the point at Sandy Hook a large fleet of sailing Teas*Is could be seen clustering around the .. Scotland lightship, a "Jr C5 dub topsails of the imoers ware T6e Puritan wins by, oorreoted time, lm. 88s., and she beats the Oenesta on elapsed time 3m. 9s. . It was all over and it can lardly be oalled _.ng with pate. . At be appi cod of the ivMft the pfaNfewa that tbe engiirt left the track. *" terribly mflffolsd ard CK afterward m awful agony. blamed far the affair, and it ia prt rait for Jieary damage* will h igainst the Grand Trunk company our telegram*-announcing Jurat* n one t 11 ho aid he, "but death ended. ItfH ao oMijgolng to E _ Dut Jumllo, M well travel alt Jnited State* with Jumbo1* ind his skeleton. "Jumbo haa' been exhibited to children in this country and Tie tog Scandinavian took the Puritan in tow and a moment later the Luckenback ■ 1 ,HO£ Ai\ favetbe Clfumta a line./ The din of the jrMtstles |n| elmrjBg ooitinued for tome time. The Lack«nbach overhauled the Scandinavian, and ai the two yacht* came near to each other , the Qenesta people doffed their oapa to the Puritan people. The Old Dominion steamer Richmond pasted by with a crowd of spectators from New York. They cheered the Gksnesta and then they cheered again. Tompkinsville was reaohed about 6d0, and. the two ehampiooa dropped anchor.  f il jam .held jbo'i death hotel Jumbo," precludes _ ai we in- Europe with"* a*er the WORK AT BROOKLYN NAVY YAK* (kin stuffed Boston, Sept. if—The city is quiet despite the fact that Washington street was blocked with spectators while the bulletins wero being displayed announcing the Puritanf v ictory. Scarcely any excitement was shown. It was only when some of the afternoon reports left the matter in doubt that the crowd began to talk. The few backers of the Gtatedta (hen made themselves heard. "The Puritan wins" was rushed up in front of one of the offices, and the crowd raised a cheer wholly unworthy of Boston in her hour Of triumph. In the THt crowd, which at that tiitoe made the street next to impartiable, fhw comment* were heard. ."The npson is," said a leading sporting nan, ' "we have looked oa it as a dead sure hing all and going to How Hmt«» Heeetoed the News. A Tdmi to ba budud In a raw Waak% tha rint la Tam thousands many more N«w Tomk, Sept 17.—Work at Hm ■ Brooklyn nary yard is booming. The iron* oUd Intrepid, Which will be one of the bast equipped vernal* that orkr paced Mm I raw loan navy, it almost completed, and will be launched in a few dmH. Asthiiwfll be the first launching that has t$tnu BfeaQ I in the yard tor ten years, the public wSl ha invited to witnen the ceremony yagg»±, strnotion, has jm* iaSMd m order rohrtto -S&EiS fiSiSKSQ? (raising. The Brooklyn to be .... lU,m The Tmllapoos* to be completed as soon aa flhework ot preparing the hull ao* building the turrets ot the Miantouomah to be The work called tar in the surrey ot th* laei to he Vwiw mi 1 The same atD respects tba Richmond. "DlU» The Powhatan, Brooklyn «i TaUapoow will hare preference ot wort In the order In England He *u undoubtedly the largest beast on the face of the earth. He stood iltW iMil • half feet high, and weighed wren tons. His bulk was such 1 thW a "ftont view oC him was almost aa wonderful as a aid* .view. The other ele- of other circuses seemed like pigmies beside him. His trunk for several feet after leaving his head was as thick as a stout man's body. When ha lifted his head and stretched his trunk uptrard he could rastffa up twenty-*i* feet, or five feet higher than the largest of the other elephants in my herd. He was 2ftyears old. His loss Is indeed great. in wamoou am. »oing jonn * wo are not V "■' • '■V .. I howl now. The beat odds I have beard 01 IbUngntohahto, horertaK abqw ftMgftlbr h»to4a» jjCruS 1 hasn t a eeny ai th« course bafore pu* ®d th*t u w»»biowlng "great guna* off . ABt Sttdy Hook, wlftob fM rapooaed MfaTCT Skipper Jhe«.w£*r®at cbeerhimibtmiI boarj8when^ "In Infancy Jumbo was captured by a bead of Arabs in Africa. He was brought across deserts on the back of two camels lashed together, and was fed ou camel's milk. At a tender age ha was sold to the Jardin dea Plantes in Paris. Whge stin a little fellow the Royal Zoological garden, Regent's pork, London, came into posaossiou of him by swappiug ether antmnR He was not considered a wonderful elephant than, but when seven or eight years old he began to grow fast The story is that people came to see him get bigger while tbey watched him. As he attained his growth he was used to oarrying loads of children upon his back about the gardens, and when so engaged was perfectly tractable. As he grew older, however, be showpd aa unruly di.Dosition, and Was put under close confinement. The eoundl of the Zoological Society became afraid that ha would sacrifice life, and decided to sell him. I immediately opened negotiations for his purchase. That was in the earl) jart of 1888. For seventeen years the Bug ish children bat] petted him, and it was hard for thorn to part with the big fellow. But I offered $10,000, and waa told that the was But when it became kno wn that he was sold, nearly all England protested against it Great indignation was expressed by the Loodon press, and the subject of Jumbo soon became a erase. His removal from the country was lamented as a national calamity. The council defended themselves by saying that they were afraid Jumbo would become possessed of the peculiar insanity to which elephants at certain stages of life are subject" The amateur doubts jftMl race had Conley and Ryan, of tfce Bradfords, of Cambridge, and 0DNeil and Wads, crf ths Pawtucketa, 1am contestants. West by Ccoiey and Ryan. Time, 9:8& ONeil and Wade second. Time, 9:80. particularly was that the hands were clinched, showing that a struggle had taken place. When this fact is brought out at the trial it will go far towards convlotbkg the woman's assailants of murder la the first degree. . The doctor's report will be submitted to the1 grand jury in Haokansach. The tin* young men who were with the woman when she died were examined before the grand Jury, lad it is thought that aa indictment either for mordsr in the first sr seooad degree will bq found against them Inspector Byrnes telephoned to Coroner Schor in the afternoon that ooe of his spen knew who the woman waa. He said that tf C the corcosr called at Police headquarters he could find out all a boat her. Coroner fichor and Marshal Til» maul wwt to the big white building in Mulberry street together, bnt ooaid find oat nttthlng satisfactory. A detective told them that the woman ha tM«ht it might be waa all right and at werk as itewardasi an a, steamer. Iks offiear re/used to give the name of the woman or the vessel she is on. Marshal Townsond found a little memorandum book In a aide po&M C* the satchel and put it away He showed it to the reporters. In it was written i "John Quinn, 817 Jay street, Brooklyn." The writing waateanmad, firm hand anda««ly executed. It waa evidently not the chirog- of an uneducated person. The only other entry in the book was "John J. Harrington, Ocean Hotel, Coney Island." This looked as though hurriedly totted down while in a moving car, but the hand was the same. So such person as John Quinn could be found at Ha 817 or Ha 817 Jay strset by the reporter, and no one at the Ooean hotel knew John J. Harrington. The addresses were dearly fictitious cues gtvsn to the woman by some of her -*rnit friends. The eight-oared amateur race was won by tke Crescent dub, of Beaton. Time, 6:10. Cumberlands, of Portland, second in  Dirlgne, of Portland, third. Time, 9:8a A three-quarters mile, ai«ht-oarsd amateur race, between Bath and crews was won by Bath. Tliie, 6:18. The Junior amateur scullers race had seven starter* and was won by Taber, of Bath, la 11:89; Eratea, at Portland, second. The senior amateur scullers race bad six starters, and was won by Conley, of Boston, in 10:15; Ryan, of Oamfcridg^,second. Work on Mm Intrepid to be pMkad m much m ponibte. 11m remaining work-Mi tke steal cruisers to M pushed to oompisUoiL A Hat Mr tNralW. J Brighton Beach Kim. Bvttavo, Sept fc.—In 1880 • Qenassa * woman, member at the Catholic church, was married ia Buffalo, lived with her kaaband two yaara, wbea ha Jinrtii he*, -' married another woman and fled to Canada. ILast spring the lawful wife reoaived a telegram purporting *o oonse firom.her accepted the WamattN as trw Ahl summer (he was married ante to a rapeotahle business man of BuffOa A few days ago her first husband Reappeared and fsased that he sent the lying telegram thinking it would relieve him or the charjj* of bigamy. Ike matter is now hs tke hand* of a lawyer, and namee are withheld fof the present The poor woman and her second husband are much distressed. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the Catholic church, to #bich the parties belong, does not saqptioo divorce. Mil" New York, Sept. IT—The first race at Brighten Beach was a selling purse of a mile. Una B. first. Punk •eotod. But j Warren third Time, Mutual* !»£•* . : / "Good; then w»c»«r»fr on that and pr*- tod to IIm MrifeMf* of it, iqA at IMS blew tba *ttEe37r aiiaal Tba boats wero atandlo7wS»%«Mrd the J.INT abore, but they came thorn* md headed f*r the etarting injint At u o'clock the tig- Mr CM jIMM Mow the (tart. waa ffNfc. Tto jflOkta were eome distance 3BB»BKUSttSfc8S: A PARNELUTE REVOLT. TtaraMv «■* the Irlah Leader at ' T* -War. Ths second raos waa a selling parse oi seven furlongs. Jot BD first, Hotecblmls second, PUot third. Time ltSO*. MutuaU paid $13.15. Lohdok, Sept 17.—The f riot ion which haa for eome thne pact exiated between Mr. Parnell and Mr Timothy Heaty, M P. tat Monahan, threaten*,to end in rupture. It haa long been an opea sjcret that Mr. Pernall haa frequently been obliged to retake Mr. Heal# for hia boisterous aui, rowdy outbreak! in the houae of comianaa, and staM&tamvz&i the Irish leader, being cautioned Mr. Healy would rather ungradoualy acquiesce In the view* ot hia ehitf, and then bfc ill-concealed ambition to lew the Na- party would break oat anew. He obeyed Mr. ParneWa mandative aimply I e cause he knew that otherwise he would be raided, both aooially and politically. All this waa when Mr. Healy waa poor and when hia existence almoet depended ea hie allegiance. Now, however, in consequence ot the rapid growth of a lucrative practice at the bar, he fee la an tmtspeadenou which will not broqk a leader'a restraint, and the coolneef between him and Mr. Para ell increases. Obedienoe is Mr. Parnell'i first law, and the result of Mr. Healy'a repeated acts of rebellion will undoubtedly be his com|JUte withdrawal Iran Irish politics. It la estimated that Mr. Healy'a inoome from his law practioe amounts to at leasf'$30,000 a year. Fiva-veara ago b* was glad to supplement a scanty income with whatever he oc*W CW by scribbling for newspapers. iftnageat FneaaUoa) Agalnat Smallpox. Tiuhmw, Spot. I?.— creaae of .aWfllpo* t» Canada haa induced the government »o take early action in the matter. "To prevent the Introduction of the disM«e by rail into theNew England atates an 1 northern Na#-York Inspectors will be appulam ta board trains npen the requisition of the governoaa of the reepective states immediately interested. He commanding officers of the revenue onttara plytreses;for the purpose of watching the Introduction of refugees and their baggage by merchant vesaela and ITverand immediately report anon vnaal to IM nearest authority.tefeisi court Chief Justice Zaae inatrnoted the grand Jury that where a van is charged with unlawful oohabitation tor thre*geara the jury can ttoe into any number of perioda and Mtel lor each. The maximum punishment for an oAnae is six mouths. It ia laid to be tba purooee of the couft to convict on t number of nadiotinenta and thua keep the polygamlste in the peni-1 tentiary for yean. Mormons are greatly ilarme 1 by the new order. The third race was for 8 and 4-yearolds over a mile. Tom Martin first, Favor second, Kosciusko third. 'Time, 1:44%. MutuaU paid $12.80. The fourth race was a handicap of a mile and a forking. Barnum first, Ligao sscond, Delilah third. Time, Mutual. paid $19.80. gli0 (jrtMwd hor WAS not* wu-1 it Mill ant ut the fresh breeaa. At 11:06:01 grinasd fro lint epd alao set her both looked like biaoktMa,M%Mt MKiiwnna white wlnga. The drew up on the BngUahman at 40ise Mai cot ao cloae that from directly i« rehr 'Mtay lqefeed like one boat. Then IfceiPiwtU* got en the Genoata's pact quarter ssTaslatil gradually until they were on «*4n4aHMr«a they paaaed the Sandy Hook lightship. The Garnets was under mainsail, aiiliaishnr. atub topsail, jib, jibstaysaAl, scssua^cap^TS: had bar t-a!1~— jib aet when ahe etarted, SaningfSi it was taken in. At 11:49 the fSHEnQtoed to be abedd about five rectly and drew up with bar. The Qpneita took in her jibtopeaiL Both started with M*Mer out to atarhoard, but at 11:57 ted* tiattar *J-i. bo} there was no advan- Q Of either. The Puritan «ontinoed under the aame aail. The wind fildiiafT* little MtTwhlte oape appeared. AH W;W txJtb wera eren and about half a mile from each other. Following them were ig«CH|iw etaam yaobU pions went too fast, and they concluded to go bnok and see the ttoish. At the Q an seta took Jn her club top- "What about the story that the Prince of Wales warioath to have Jumbo leave England!'The fifth race was a hurdle race of a mile and a half over; six jumps. Willing!tan first, Harry Mann second, Puritaa third. Time, 8:59*. Mutuals paid $41. ' "It «ti true," raid Mr. Barnnm, "the Prince of Walss went to the Zoological gardens and tried to stop the sale. Queen Victoria herself interposed. London we* on end with excitement. My agent telegraphed me in America that Jumbo could not be got "but of thagardenn that he persisted in lying down, and would not get up I cabled back, - 'Let Jumbo lie.' It was the beat advertisement f or m« I ever had, I was will* ing to have Jumbo enjoy his sudden ease for a month. Both Kngisnd and the United States were talking about me and about Jamba'' An Injunction suit in chancery waa commenced, and while the matter was before the house of commons was earned by the council in exhibiting J umbo af w weeks. Jumbo's provender wm sent to ft* w York on two separate ships before we got him ont ct the Zoological garden*. Popular feeling ran so high m England that there were rumors that a riot would take plaoe when Jumbo was oonveyed out of the Zoologies gardens. John Raskin wro e: England is not In the habit of parting with her peta. If stone wglls and chains are necessary to pontine Jumbo, England has the stone and iron, and need not go to America for them.' Minister James Russell Lowell annouueej In a public speech that bo believed the relation* between England and America were undisturbed except in connection with Jumbo. Baseball. At New York—Pittsburg, 1; Metropolitan, 5. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn. 8; LouiivUle, A. At Philadelphia—Athletic, 6; 8t Louis, IS. At Richmond—Virginia, 3; Trenton, i. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 0; Cincinnati, 10. On Silver Coinage be Stopped f Lawyer Joseph 8. (Ridgway, of Na 857 Fultat street, Brooklyn, arrived in Bnriewood and asked the undertaker to let him see.the body. With the flickering light of a lamp making the distoited features more ghastly than ever the lawyer scanned them long and earnestly. Then he said he felt snre he knew her, bat would not tell her name. Mr. Bidfwny and some of the woman's relatives wllfereturn to Knglewood ami complete the identification. He waa extremely reticent, but it was learned that he is attorney for a family to ooe of whom the dead woman had been married. Her husband is still alive and he will probably visit the morgue. If he than identifies the unfortunate woman as his wife hsr name win be made known. From what the lawyer said, there is little doubt that the identification Is oorreot, although then are no soars or distinguishing marks by which she could be known. It to understood that her relatives are wealthy people, and that there to a romantic history abowt her marriage and subsequent separation from her husband.Wahhimoton. Sept IT.—Secretary Meaning sent for Treasurer Jordan aal Director of the Hint Kfttiball, end a onsultation was held \tf the three cffloer* bo ooiisider the question aa to whether or not the aecretary, in the aheeiios of a specific appropriation by oongresa for the purpose of coining the standard silver dollar, had authority to sospsnd the law. The secretary has not made public any oonoluaiaa he may have reached, but the opinion expressed among UeasulJ officers is that the question raised offers no loophole for the snapsswion of the coinage. Or. Kimball, director of the miat, said that no specific appropriations had ever been made Ior the purpose, bat that i the expense of tke ooinage had bee* paid under the provision of tke law which read*, "And a sufficient sum to earry oat the foregoing provision of this act is hereby appropriated out of any moner hi the treasury not otherwise appropriated." At Buffalo--Buffalo, 3; Philadelphia, 7. At Washington—National, 10; Bridge port, a - At Detroit—New York, 8; Detroit, & At Chicago—Chicago, 10; Boston, A At St Louis—Providence, 4; St Louis, A, He ui ton of the Army of the Cumberland. CyiUDRiriDB, Mich., Sept. 17.—The annual reunion of the Army of the Cumberland began here. The weather to perfect and the streets are alive with veterans and people from all sections. The local committees have been active for several days past, and the reunion gave every promise of being a complete success. Pursuant to the official programme the members of tha Society of the Army of the Cumberland met at 10 o'clock in Powers' opera house for a business session. This meeting being only for the purpose of the organisation. There was a light attendance, only 800 or 400 veterans being present. The meeting was called to order by Wen. Phil Sheridan in a few appropriate words. Prayer was offered by Glen. Washington Gardner. Committees were appointed at fallows: On plaoe and time of next meeting, on orator, on memorials, and on new members. 1 oommittes was appointed to consider the matter of perpetuating the existence of the organisation after the present members shall have ptaed away. A Card from Seorelaty Carr. Boonana, N. Y„ Sept lT.-Tb* JVnt Iipmi publishes the following latter from the aecretary of state: "I am folly determined not to accept any other place on the ticket except that of chief magistrate, and for which I hare bean so prominently mentioned. This is to be takes ae positive and emphatic. Primarily I am for the Republican party, and propose to give my hearty suppurt to its nomfci em after the convention. "Joseph a Cam." All tracea of tin young man who aooompanied the vooim to Fort Lee on Sunday afteraoon are completely last. The uerro BUco say* that ha taw the man with Ear satchel at Scholars pavilion, and an employ* at that place aid that he remember* teeing the woman there drank and alone at • o'clock in the ermine. Yet the mperintaadant of the pavilion positively auertithatuo such manor woman waa at hie place. There wane thou- Bands at ■ iDeodlnx BqimIat At the doaene of reaorte at Fort Lee, and Ike unfortunate woman's meapnnlm eernped among the crowd almost beyond any possibUity at his being found again. That he had robbed her of what mrmmj she had while ha had poasenricu of her latohel aeeeqp beyond doubt. Who ha waa and vrhen he come from mar be miW what Lawyer Kidgway's client talka. "To him to the Monarch line pier we built a huge crate on wheel• and had him put into it. The crate was drawn by a cavalcade of horses. He could hare walked, of oourse, but the Rapal Humane society threatened to imprison us if we stuck a prod in him. There was' no roots for Jumbo between decks of the steamship Assyrian Monarch, and he had to be kept on the deci several daya. Parliament became interested in the matter and passed a special act providing for precautious against life by emigrants who accompanied Jumbo to America. We had to cut a hole in the upper leek in order to let Jumbo's bead through. In this way, chained in a huge orate, We waa' brought to America. The Aaprian MoawoB arrived here on Sunda* morning, April 9,1883, after a voyage of fourteen day*, and Jumbo was landed in good condition. . The elephant and the Immense iron-bound box in which be was oaged weighed together twelve and a half ton*. Tbo box and its freight were hoisted from the steamship by a floating derrick, which was towed to Pier 1. Jumbo was then hauled by sixteen horses to Madison Square garden. Jumbo cost met including the urice I paid to bring him to America, (80,000. He paid for himself in three weeks. I valued Jumbo at the time of his death at (300,000. topaiL Tbajr were nearing the turning raft The OnmU was leading about a quarter oil a mile, andtttX o' clock Dhe took CLwn her aailora »waved up the boom, the Puritan toek In bar apinaaker. •' Ilw Oenaata'a boom waa jtnr to atarboaMi and aa aba bad to go to tbe^raft^»^wfr) lfoT'8# BoUi I—111 mar, «ni their .aailora Uj up to windward, only the top* of diaoarnibie OT»r the bul- Louisfiix*, Bspt 17.—Andy and James Biggs, oojprsd, hare obtained Warrants for the arrest of ite. prooaiaeoi eiOssni «(:1 Utica, Darieu county. Tbay charge (hat the accused came masked to their hunts* dragged them to the woods, strong than up with ropes several times and thrsatsnei to shoot Mym en the plea that they bad stolen awnteh. The affair cauees a great saaaprefRrv?■' 1 An invitation waa received from the city of Saa Francisco to hold the next reunion there, and was referred to the appropriate committee. After some further business ot an unimportant nature the meeting adjourned. Drowitd la Iain Winnebago* • Interesting Wheat Statistics. ' ViHOHlTOl, Sept 17.—In his September report ca the condition at the crops Statistician George, of th* depart asset of agriculture, presents some interesting facta in relation to the prod action at wheat ta this country. Among other things he stows that since 1860 the production of whsat in this country b*» tacrbsesd twice as fast as population, and that last year's crop wee Ave times as Urge ait that of 186a Wis., Bept IT.—Five young aenatarted out in a yacht for a sail on Lake Winnebago. The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and while going up the iver the vacht was capaisel and Charier Chapleau and Vtank Oucara ware drowned The other three barely escaped. CONDENSED NEWS. Striking Kiaan The Kansas quarantine HP*'—* cattle from Ohio and Illinois baa been raiaed. (thair on Mv  ■murMM. At ld$ the Puritan went about on a minute later the water, and the Oeneeta was on an angle at ebout PUrlUmbegan that* mm vooalortaUc At I8:W the 2B8ESKS3EES Pittsburg, Sept. IT.—A Woodartm apodal Confirm! the report that the operator* at the Clipper, Rutherford awl Oedar Kill mine*, in the fourth poet, have nennsdert Mm demands of their ttrlking employe*, and that work will commence at onoe at the threo-cent rate. Ae strikers are very Jubilant* Similar action at other mine* is anticipated. A severe earthquake has uncalled at Taltol, Chili. The sea receded many feet Yellow fever has broken oat in Onyma* and several other Mevioan potato. The famous "Iron Brigade," nwipneeil of veterans of the l#ta war, held its rennicn te Madison, Wis. - Oewbojrs DehsM by Mage Passengers. Doqoa Cut, Kan., Sept 17.—Three cowboys met the Ttacasa stage south of this city and began firing at the passengers. Oae of the oeenpnnfc of the stage returned lite tire and instantly killed one of tin cowboys. The two others rode away. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Pastes Ford, an agad lady, was so «0»eted by reading of the suicide of n woman in the neighborhood that she banged berssU in a similar manner.Adams, alias Charlss Adams, was arraigned hare, charged with murdering Moeaa ft, Dickering at Amherst, Mass., far. & 1*75. He plaadsd not gnQty, and amines! jxssri^srclrjs'^s' taring a way tan years ha was oanght In Vttr •"«, whera he tad boasted sC Kandall amd the Speakership. Philadelphia, Sept. 17.—Bx-Speaks* Randall, in an interrisw, stated that fa* ■hnny hD a nmikliti for Um aAJMh •hip of the home of representatives at th* comine ■■I n He aleo said that be would be heard iron ant winter on the tar ill "He waa not," said Mr. Barnum. "I don't insure my animals whan they are trawling, beoauaa U they meet any notedent on the railroad, I hold the company that la transporting them liable when they an in winter quarters at Bridgeport I "Wat Jumbo Insured?" Expulsion a# Anstrlaas IMS Warsaw. Wamiv, Sept 17. —The ex pulsion of Austrian* has commenced. A Huge factory has diamiased its German employes and replaced thsrn with Russians expelled from Friends of Arehbfabop Faahan, of CM cago, are raising tads to pnrehaas the late William Storey's partly fashed dwelling and convert it Into a convent and yoqag girl's academy.