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ed to point out where his money was placed, and it was secured by the meD. Mr. Beltz boover. who is 93 years old, was 80 badly in jured that his recovery is doubtful. The robbers are supposed to be members of a band who have lately committed similar deprodations in the neighborhood. Among the passengers by the steamship Utopia which arrived at New York this morn ing were the Shoewaccaemette crewoi Monroe, Mich., and G. W. Lee, of Nowark. Mr. Lee and the "Shoes" were met by a committee of the Triton and Eureka crews of Newark, N. J., and escorted to the Continental Hotel, at Newark, where the "Shoes" will be the guests of the Tritons and Eurekas. The "Shoes" have been invited to participate in the Passau regatta which takes place August 17 and 18. A steam canal boat, the invention of two NewJerseymen,is being experimented with on the canals of that State. Three trips have been made, 104 miles each one, at the maximum coat of about fitteen dollars each trip. The en gine with which the boat is furnished is of 1,500 pounds weight and is of three mule pow er. Only one and a half tons of coal are used on each trip. So far the experiments have been perfectly satisfactory. The quarantine established at Galveston against New Orleans in consequence of the yel low fever has interrupted the carrying of the mails between those points. The mails be tween New Orleans and Mobile will be carried through, though the passenger trains will not be run, in consequence of the stringent quaran tine regulations. The Ohio Republican State Central Commit tee met at Columbus yesterday to arrange for opening the fall campaign. There was an un usually large attendance of leaders of the party including Charles Foster, CX Gov. Dennisor and Judge West, candidate for Governor last year. It was decided to open the campaign August 24 A New York letter states that prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, as well as influential merchants who are not connected with that body, think it would be a becoming act on their part to tender some sort of reception to the Chinese Embassy or their arrival at New York en route to Wash ington. It is stated that (X Congressman Charles Hays. of Alabama, has challenged W. W Screws, editor of the Mostgomery Advertiser for articles denouncing Hayes for presiding over the Republican State Convention and calling him the "great American Annanias." It is not expected that there will be a duel, how ever. The Rev. Louis E. Hostelot, vice rector 0 the American College at Rome, was chosen it president. to succeed Bishop Chatard, at a re cent conference of Catholic prelates at New York. Bishop Keane will be consecrated Bishop of Richmond August 25. The paps bulls were mailed from Rome July 18. A bridge near Clarksville, Ark., on the Lit tle Rock and Fort Smith railway, having beer undermined by heavy rains, gave way yester day morning, and the rear passenger coach of : train goining west was ditched. Nobody was killed, but several persons were wounded. The California courts do not sustain the raid on the Chinese, and the Thirteenth Distric Court has declared illegal the Santa Clara ordi nance taxing laundrymen $20 a month for the purpose of driving the Chinese wash house from LOWD. The steamship Like Megantic, from Mon treal for Liverpool, was stranded on Monday off Anticosti. Her passengers were rescued and will be taken to Glasgow by the steamship Earl King. Of the cuttle on board 100 were saved. Nine hundred workmen employed in the Dexter and Eagle cotton mills at Manayunk Philadelphia, have struck in consequence 0 being notified of a reduction of twenty per ocu in their wages. The Orange prosecutions at Montreal have been postponed by an arrangement of the coun sel on both sides, for the purpose of presenting a test case for the decision of the British Privy Council. A convention of German teachers, in which all the States of the Union are represented, as sembled in New York on Monday, and will continue in session four days. Mayor My wel comed the delogates. The warehouse of L. Lottier, in Richmond, Va., used for the storage of leaf tobacco,caugh fire on Saturday night, and the stock was dam aged to the extent of $4,000. Lightning struck an outbuilding in the yard of A. H. Aisquith, in Rappahaonock county Va., last week, killing one colored child and seriously injuring another. Mrs. Virginia Terrill. wife of Geo. M. Ter rill, of Charlottesville, Va., was thrown from horse last Wednesday and received injuries from which she has since died. Twenty four cases of yellow fever and out death were reported at New Orleans yesterday. There was a sporadie 0693 at Cincionati yester day. A fire at Portland, Oregon, on the 29th, de stroyed an entire block, including the city build ings and most of the records. Loss about $15,000. John Lockitt, 3 well known member of the New York Produce Exchange, and senior member of the largest pork packing firm of that city, died Mondny. Capt. Berjamin W. Godfrey was run over by an engine at Wilmington, Del., yesterday morn ing and instantly killed. The Union Bank, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, with a capital of $200,000, has decided to go into liquidation and close business August 1. By the failure of the Union Iron Works Company at Cleveland, Ohio, 1,000 men are thrown out of employment. A family consisting of four persons were poiIsleans vesterday hv using (X
