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Show DOMESTIC BRIEFS. Five persons are still missing at St. Johns. Total losaca by the Marblohead fire $-334,000. j At Springfield, Ohio, a child was killed by the fall of a barn. A large number of cattle were killed in Iowa by Monday's storm. Enormous crowds of people are arriving at St. Johns to view the wreck. Aggregato cash contributions for St. Joh us $200,000, besides provisions and clothing. Five hundred people camo to the rink at St. Johna Monday, for food and clothing. At Moline, III., hailstones of the size of hens' eggs fell on Monday, breaking nauch glass. The strikers in the ship yards at Montreal have begged to be taken back at the reduced rates. At Reading, Ohio, Henry Reisen-burg Reisen-burg was killed in the ruins of his stable, which wau blown down. The republican state convention of Iowa will bo held at Des Moines today. to-day. Gov. Packard will apeak. The insurance agents call upon all insured at 8t. Johns to preient their claims immediately for adjustment. The loss by the St. Johns' fire ia closely estimated at $15,000,000 to $20 000,000; total insurance about $7,000,000. An express train wab thrown from the track near Kankakee, Ills., Monday, Mon-day, and the paseongers bruised but not seriously injured. The presidential welcome at Put-uam, Put-uam, Ct., and Bprinufii Id, MaBa., where the Hpociul train Btopped en route to Boston, waa very guuinl. The reunion of the Grand Army uf the Republic commenced at Providence Provi-dence R. I., on Tuesday. Lnrgc numbers num-bers ol visilora frnm otlivr eUtcs were present. P.ft-iilptit H.iV-H nrninista Dnckeicv to turn out all of Gr.ir.t'n appointed in North Carolina, and Dockcrt-y promisee prom-isee to carry tho Btnte (or the udminis tration. Sidney Dillon and Jay GouliI have relumed to Nrw York. It is eaid on good authority that the road to the Black Hills will not be commenced this year. G. Wiley Weller of Mississippi has been commiBBioncd as consul general to China, vice John C Myers of Nebraska, suspended under the tenure of office act. The great Btorni which prevailed throughout the central and western states on Monday did great damago to tho growing crops, fences, buildings, etc. The low lauds were flooded. Three masked men in Arkansas on Sunday Bhot and killed a negro who was being couveyed to jail by a guard ou a charge of having aided in a mur-1 mur-1 dcr four years ago. The ftflair occurred occur-red at Sonake. Of the last appropriations for tho survey of public lands Colorado gets $35,000, Utah $16,u50; Idaho $14,400; New Mexico the same; California $17,700; Oregon $10,050; Nevada the aiime; Washington the same; Arizona 8,SoO. Tho receipts of internal revenue for the fiscal year ending 30th of June, will reach $119,000,000. Last year thoy wore $117,000,000. The increase ib largely owing to tho breaking up of I illicit distilling and to a more vigor-! ous collection of tho whisky tax. 1 General Sherman has iustruch d General McDowell to pursue the northern Indians as fust as posaible, paying no attention whatever to tho boundary lines of the different military mili-tary commanders, but to punish the Indians wherever they may be caught. The secretary of the navy in a recent re-cent circular, requires that laborers auall be employed at the navy yards with referenco to skill and efficiency, aLd without regard to political or other considerations. No olficer or omploj'6 shall require or request any working man to contribute or pay any j money for political purposes, nor shall any working man he discharged for his political opinions. |