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Show EASTERN SPARKS. John Jay, minister to Austria, will shortly resign. "The President left Atlantic City for Long Branch on Monday, Mrs. S. McFall was killed by lightning light-ning in Xew York on Sunday. Spinner "is to m have the right of nomination in his department of the treasury. J. Bancroft Davis will sail for Europe to enter on his mission at Berlin, Ber-lin, on Thursday. Negotiations are still pending concerning con-cerning the acceptance of bids lor the new five per cent, bonds. The storm in Indiana, on Friday, was the severest known for years. Much damage was done. There have been about 1,000 applicants ap-plicants for office under the District of Columbia commission. A declaration respecting trade marks has been concluded with Russia by the United States. Six persons, in the same house, were killed by lightning in Voodford County, Ky., Friday night. At Sing Sing on Sunday, William West, a conviot, fatally stabbed another convict named Bently. The Captain-General of Cuba has ordered the removal of the house of correction from the Isle of Pines. The secret service is to be revolutionized revolu-tionized and new men put in the place of those now holding office. Kluman's clothing house, Vicks-hurg, Vicks-hurg, Miss., burned on Saturday. Loss, $40,000; insurance, 23.000. The National executive committee of the Union league of America will meet at Philadelphia on tlie ilOth. Caterpillars are numerous in South Carolina and planters are apprehensive apprehen-sive for the safety of t he cotton crop. Commodore Thompson Saaw, a re tired navy oflloar, died at Pniladel phia on Sunday, aged fifty-five yearj All of the parties concerned in the stealing of the boy K )3s, at Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, have been arrested, except one man. General Shermau and his son are "cruising around" among tlie Virginia Vir-ginia battlefields in a two-horse buggy. A fire on Sixth Btreet, Xew Orleans, Or-leans, destroyed a number of frame houses. Loss, $10,000; insurance, 2,000, A fire in New York oh Saturday damaged Tompkins' market to the amount of $20,000, and the -Seventh regiment armory to the same amount. George Brown, ol the Halifax Rowing Row-ing Club, has challenged Sadiier, the Fnglish champion, to a five mile race, with one turn, witk 500 a side. Tlie Cvlon arrived at Aspinwall on the 2-5th, with sixteen of the crew of the foundered City of.' GaiUctnala on board. The remainder of the crew are well. The Philadelphia police have arrested ar-rested two men and a woman, English En-glish criminals, who are thought to know something of the abduction of Charles Ross. "Goldsmith Maid" beat "Judge Fuller Ion" in three straight heats at Dexter Park, Chicago, on Saturday. Time, 2:2'Jt, 2.1'Ji,' 2:25;. Both horses broke. Secretary Bristow denies the truth of the story that Attorney-General Williams will accept the Russian mission and that he will be mado Attorney -General. The Prcsidout a,i i: eud a proclamation procla-mation ratifying tho extradition treaty with Peru; also the treaty of friendship, friend-ship, commerce and navigation with iho same government, j Brooks' side closed the cxamina- tion of witnesses before the Congressional Congres-sional investigating committee at Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday. Tlie Cleveland, Ohio, club, oiler lor the horse, that, during the race there on July 20 aud ."1st, beats "Goldsmith Maid's" best tinie,2.1d, "an extra premium of $1,000. A mob at West field, Mass., on Saturday Sat-urday night, took from the constables 800 worth of liquor Bcized by them, and carried it into Connecticut. The owner of the liuuor and 6ever.il of the mob haye been arrested. Tlie Wright engine works pattern and machine shop, Newburg, N. V., was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Homer Kamsdell owned the budding and tools wortli $".5,000, Wrig ht & Co., lost 20,000; all covered by insurance. in-surance. Louis M.Van Elcn, lately pardoned : from Sing Sing, for exposing frauds j at that institution, has been arrested at New York for attempting to pass ! a lond for $10,000, which was one of i tlid 100,000 stolen from the room of I Costella del Laazo, at St. George's Hotel. The Scottish Commercial Insurance Company has advised its agents In take no more risks in Chicago; and tlie following English companies have instructed their agents to raise the rates fifty per cent.: London Assurance, Assur-ance, orth British Commercial, L'nion, tueen, Lancashire and Imperial. |