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for kale.
A?FOR HALE AND TO LET. KKSTArRAKTS, CIOAK
Mlorni, sample Hekeriek, Drug store*
MITCHELL 8 Store Agency , 77 Ce ler ?._
AHUI .. sTOKK HOC skl.h W i 1.1. sToi KM> A.M>
In nurceuful operation. Addrete Alt*. S. KLKIECMMAN,
IrvliiKton, N. J.
AJtKKIi'N CHEitTi UKKHl.NtiA PATENT. TWO
duorfc And tUroe lock* : I*wl 9l,oOO; will to* eold rbeep. j
____ Til on K CLARKE. I'tlen, V V._
hRL'U KTOltK BEKCEN II Kid II Th; COOL PRE
ecriptlon bueineee: beet oji|>orlutilty offered lor rrlr*.
Apply et i.nre to 8TKICKLA N D. > lli ek oiai. *i . N> ? 1 rk
tfJMI AND ' O 8TKB RTAMD TO DETAIN A CASH
r trade . corner Meet Market; e rare opportunity to ? ra
comer JHUi it and 2d ur
ISOi uujuful iOTTUMG BTs INBSSOf JOIIJC
JP U k?r.e, with Horn**, Wagon,, Machinery sad botllea;
frlc?, fci.Vjyi. 1.701 Vlns a>., t'lilUiielphU
l^lOK MALB? AK OLD KITAILIS11K 11 OOW.VTOtfB
r Kenlaurant and Bar. dolii*; a Kood bu?liie?? , buaemeut;
No. Ml Nassau it. inquire in ?lore
POR SALE?THKT.KASK HM'i i:KS. At' , OK THE
X ulil e.taMliriied liquor alert i** Vrtev at., opposite W nail lugtoti
Market; can he houarlit die up by applying on the
l?ieuiieea to.(lay, between ? and U o'r.ock
l^OK SALE ?oKKU'h I'AKTlTIllNS, SASHES. DOOIUj,
1 Matting, Mcalea, Curtain*, .to . tor aalu cheap, at No. 4West
Broadway.
1,^011 KALK-A SMALL CIi.AK riioilK An1>~KTUC;K
J? for f - ' i'i Nassau at.
hitTiT SALE KILST t'LASS BILLIARD FarloIT;
do Inn ir><>>al bnaineaa: lour new Tahlea; muat be told lmmediately
, owner bus ether butiiioaa. Inquire at DAVEN
roar's, No. I,Jib Broadway.
TL^OK SAI.K?B.lkKKY AND SALOON H7S KCLTti.V
" at., Brooklyn; one of the fiueat locations In the city.
Can he aeru altei 4 o'clock P M.
VOR .-AM--LEASE ANI? KTXTI'KES OKA H It-T
da>* atll? tiallery, now tlnlnu a t|il"iidid huaineaa. Ad<11
eta U, i, I. . Imi 11 New York Post inice.
V1"' .iALE?A TEA AMD PIMI QKOC'ERY STORE,
1 doing a eaah huaibeaa ; good retttona gSron for soiling.
Inquire on promises, U44 otL av., hetwuen lsth and 1MB
M?<, Brooklyn.
Tlofkld run BALK ?Tn' rHK kaht sidk chkap
i. ?"r doing a good business. Address MJIIL'YLfcK,
Herald
IK \si. Ill i saLK. I"'? k. l<: i.k'mf \ i? w;? uToi i
J 2ft Lot**. between .Villi Ami 5.?ih Ms . N rth River mid
1 lyh av., arid the Shedi for salt; suitable for liruu uud brick,
lumber or manufacturing buslne Apply to lillLAM HSYl'KH,
Aialuiioo, ?fcc. ,22H lir? .adway, room 17.
c; | 7 v . i' i i. n j i i'll nrn:i> i p,tvell p w
wit 9K hiff ?'li^ar Storr, In Cnnitliio s? , for sale very
c -cap; must mII; low rout. linpiirv it lib Went at.
WILL Ml'V CONK *?( T1 (iSE H Y A LhS $ I (JO
O-a.^ M/ ju%r mm tli i uaraaleod or no sale; no reasonable
offer refn?i il. proprietor leaving tlie countoy. 74 (Jrt'tmrd st.
<2*1 9(W1 WILL li! V A PHOTOGRAPH (i VLLKliY,
established L'i year*, worth ^.'1,0 it, Address
It. SP1TZKH ?i I'D., J..M Meaeroleat., Brooklyn, K. I>.
.M : \ .
BOILLK KOR I" \LE TWO 1. IRGB HORIZON I \L
'fubui.ir . ninety liorae power ench. and other vlsui;
lSotlarik built to order that will evaporate ten pouudi of water
into pttre .-t? ?m with one p<?uml ol anthracite dual, not corn*
fniMtlbb-M Apply at LKSLIK S, ltd Pearl hi., Jersey City.
1>OK s ILL a 4'2 HK \M KIVKR K.NtJlNK.
yH iMMin. t-'letcher A llarrisoii pailoru.
I^ih Propeller Idiglne, new.
'v|H I'roptd'er Kn^'ine, new.
J* nenrl) new .Marine iioilera.
A bu IiicIh * i iig Houl, new.
WOOD, DIALOOCK A CO..
Philadelphia.
LH)R ^ A - ill.i- AND COLUMN WITH kLL
I conn?m i.im, w.i.? run but a few wueka; built bv tian
lion, ot J rh fit) Still charges <V? barrels; a loeomotlve
boiler. <k) imnia power, wtth smoke st ick mo feut long; two
Campbell .% IJardick pumpa, ucw pijdug, Ac. ('ail at 527
ud 41s1 r?t
Tj^OR 8ALK v IO HORHS PORTABLE, 10 1?
F and Horizontal Ku^in* ?. with or without boilers, tubular
or flue JOHN McLARKN, River at., Hobokan, R J.
N iiKXCITHK 1 "l< "FATAL BOILER KXPXX)blON8.?
KOnr.N Salety Mollera; 45,ixi? horse power in use in
nil parts ol the world. KstimMtes and catalo^uoi furiiiahed
by addressing VBKNDUOlli AND ROOT MANCKAC'I'UK1
Nil COM PA N V, No. l?? Liberty at., New York
tirANThD \ 55cuND HAND RULING MACHTnE;
f double preferred Address J. T.,bnx 101) Herald ottice.
TIIE SEVENTH KEG1MENT A11M0KY.
Tlie subscription list?, for funds lo croct the new
armory ui rue acvuntu regiment arc now in circuaiuou
among tlio young men oi' the several companies, and
I lie contributions thus far urc very llbornl. The field,
staff anil non-commissioned staff havu completed their
subscription ami the amount Is $.'1,000, and it Is confidently
expected that the entire subscription of the oil)tors
and members of the regiment will reach from
$90,000 to flu,0<K). Inasmuch as the members constantly
devote considerable time and labor to maintain the drill
and efficiency of the corps, and are quite united In the
opluiou that the city or Slsto should furnish It with a
suitable place for nulit ry exercise, such an amount, II
raised, would he exceedingly creditable to the organization
and will he additional evidence of the onttmsla.-in
nud devotion of tliu members o( tins celebrated rcgi*
li i <<n I.
As soon as the active members of the regiment have
cotnpluiod their subscription lists the veteran and
exempt members will be thoroughly canvassed lor sub
Kcrlptioiis, nud It is believed that the amount subscribed
by thorn will be ui least twice as large as that
raised by the young men of the regiment. The Veteran
Association is a large and influential organization,
and Its olllcers and members arc known to be united
ami earnest in the support of the project to erect n new
armory by subscription. The veterans are an important
element ol strength to the Seventh regiment, lor
they not only send their sons Into its ranks, hut they
aroalwats ready to givo their money to advance its
Interests, and this Is the first time that they have ever
been called upon to do so to any considerable amount.
When the active and voterau members have contributed
to this object of public Interest then the wealthy citixons,
busun ss men and taxpayers will be asked to make
up the bitlancu required to complete the new armory.
The fact that several leading and Influential citlsens
sent In liberal subscriptions immediately upon the announcement
of the project, Indicates that the appuul
will be eunrely succosslul.
The first meeting of the General Committee ol the
Regiment on New Armory will be held Ibis evoniug lor
organ nation and business. The committee consists el
five delegates troni the Hoard of Officers and three from
each company, and In concert with such cominittoe as
may uo ttppoiuieu oy me veierau Association, will nl
once common re active operations, and lu progress and
the result* will be from time to lime publicly announced
lor the information of all wia-rested In tbe enterprise.
A TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
On Mutylny night last a young woman, who gave her
cams as Mary McClure, a resident of 1712 fluid street,
Brooklyn, and who was arrested by a policeman of the
Viral precinct on charge of Intoxication and locked up
at tbe Washington street station house, ltrooklyn, was '
found suspended by Uie neck from a bar in the grated
door of her cell Slio was cut down by the doorman,
aad with difficulty was restored to consciousness, f-'he
said that "alio was tired of life and did not want' to live
uay longer." On being lelt alone she again hung herself
from the liars and was resuscitated with difficulty.
A third effort was made by tho unfortunate creature to
terminate her existence, which was frustrated by tho
police. She mm then sent home to her father's
residence. Mr. McClur? is a most rcspcai ibl?
resident of the Fifth ward, Brooklyn, and feels deeply
mortified at his dsughter's depraved taste for liijuor
which, he nays, Is her only fault 8he has recovered
from the effects of bar r_sh act, and expresses penitence
for her conduct.
VERY LIKE SHARKEY.
Some weeks ago a Canadian gentleman who had
been In this city wrote to District Attorney Phelps, i
stating that he bud s few days previously seen in ,
Montreal William J. hharkey, who escaped from the <
Tombs where he was Imprisoned awaiting execution 1
for the murder of Dunn. Mr. Fhelpe at once pro- 1
cured the uoccasary extradition papers from the gov- 1
eminent, and placed them in the hands of Detective '
Tdley, who immediately proceeded to that city to {
arreet the murderer. After a protracted search be euo- i
eroded in finding the object of his search, wno proved I
to be. not Sharkey, but a New Yorker uamed James 1
Sullivan, who certainly bears s striking resemblance to *
the former. Detective Tilley, very much disgusted, returned
to this city, and after relating hie experience to {
the aulhoritii - the matter wae allowed to .Imp, The
gentleman who first srul the Information, however, \
iuouuuvij tu WIIW vwfcT'iB IV IMC uiuuruin ncrft, rO- |
pealing the assertion that Sharkey was then lo Mon- ! 1
treal. Wlirn informed that a deiecltva bad im tbo '
man and salisflod himself thai it wu a case of mistaken '
Identity, tbe persistent blue-noee declared mat lb* offi. i '
car bad be<n bribed br the fugitive. These statements
cauaad considerable annoyance to the detective. While 1
ba was walking down Broadway on Thursday night ha
waa delighted to aee on the opposite aide of the atrrel I
tut man ? boae resemblance to Hbarkey bad oso'sed ao
much trouble. Detective Tilley explained the matter |
to llr. Sullivan, and the latter yeaterday went with tbe
officer to Mr. 1'helpe' office and act at rest ths question
of his Identity, the resemblance between him and
Sharkey la so great that none but an intimate acquaintance
of both could determine between tbeia.
heavy ajurival of sugar.
Owing to the burning of estates In Cubs the Spanlard*
are sending forward all the sugar they can to this j
mar tot as rapidly as possible. Tbs steamship Crescent 4
City, Captain Curtis, which arrived In tbla port yesterday,
brought the largest cargo on record Irom Havana
and the largest cargo ever brought to tbia port from
Cuba, namely, >,044 boxes of sugar and 1,463 packages
r ether cargo.
FIRES ON LONG ISLAND.
.
The dwelling hones ol Mr. a I* E. Bornherdi, at
Dresden, L. I., was entirely destroyed by Are on Wednesday
night with IU entire content! Tl>o lose is about
g/ooo, insured for $600 on building and $400 on lurni- ;
* '"The house of Mr. Jsmes Jewell, of St. James, Long ;
Island wee destroyed by (Ire on dunday night. It was
JaaurMI Ibr $?00. TDo Doom or nr. mr*m nowwi,
boot flflj foot atfUiii. WH 00 Oro lirtrtl umo?. Dot j
?TM floAllr
NEW TORK
:?i crowded cms.
Another Batch cf Letters cn
the Subject.
Tlie Proposition of a Posted
Cabman.
What a Britisher Thinks of the Evil and
It* lure.
A SOURCE or WONHKB.
To thk Kditor or Tin Ukhald:?
The [leopla of no oilier civilized city In the world
would buve no long endured the dUicouifort of Direct car
travelling an at present exists in New York city. It Is a
aourro of wonder why the American |>eoplu havo no
long submitted to it, uiorc especially as In evory other
respect they seem to study oaso and comfort to au almost
extravagant extent, 'l'he solution of this dilllcully,
' overcrowding," seems to be Ihut a luw should ho
passed prohibiting any passenger lrorn standing either
Inside or outside of any car. Another suggestion is that
sealing accommodation should bo provided outside, tho
sauie as exists in Loudon, tio long as tho American
]>oople will <(uietly submit to these outrages so long will
they exist. AN LNUL18RMAN.
A PKFKNC1C or THK CAE SYSTEM.
To thk Kditor or tiix Hxuai.o:?
It has become so much tho custom to rail at the city
railroad cars that 1 can hardly expect to obtain a hearing
on the other side, which 1 resjioctfully ask, to point
out some of tho errors and Inconsistencies charged by
your correspondents?also, I am sorry to say, by the
w riter of several articles in the editorial columns of tho
Hkralii, usually so correct, i will premise hero that I
am no officer or director in any street railroad or any
oilier mllroud, nor havo I any interest, directly oj
indirectly, in any. I am a broker, dealing in the stocks
ol all, and coiulug in oontacl with the officers, and,
having to Investigate the workings of the different lines,
I mil (I llattcr myself) probably belter acquainted with
tlio.r ail airs than any ol your correspondents can bo,
and, II you will allow uie, I will answer a few ol the
propositions made lately in these communications.
In your comments on the proposition of "Vulcan"
(21st insl.), for u lower fare for standers, you ackuowludge
tho uniioasibihty of such un innovation, but iu the
samo article you say that "In ten years the street railways
have built lew if any cars, and most of the lines run
lower car* to day than at that time," aud you propose
small cars, "plenty ol thorn, say one every minute, and
everybody might be acuomuiodulcd with a seat," Ac.
Now, Mr. Kdlior, 1 can safely say Ihut there is no
luteral line that does not despatch one cur on uu
average every minute from six A. M. until eleven p. M ,
and Irotu eight to leu A. M., und five to seven 1'. M., u
car every thirty seconds. You can easily ascertain
tins by asking the starters of uny of the main lines below
Fifty-ninth street. I can prove my statement by
selecting one line, say the liroudwuy. They run I2S
cars eight trips each ; total number of trips 1,024 from
halt ).ast six o'clock A. M until half-past eleven I'. M ;
seventeen hours, or 1,020 minutes, thus averaging one
car a aiinutc.
Ten years ago there wore not half tho number of cars
run that are at present, aud us lor their now cars there
is no respectable line now ihut does not put on from
six to ten new cars every year, besides iuily as ninny
more renovated and painted in their own workshops.
but now ttio Until it? to number lias almost beou
reached, tor wore many more curs put on?and don't
you believe Tor a moment that they would not bo if
there were room lor them?we would have u continuous
blockade. Look at it now. When there Is an obstruction
of any kind what rows of cars accumulate,
almost as It woro In a moment.
Your correspondent ol Sunday must be one of those
of whoin wo read ol iu "Klujuelte on Street Curs," who
when ho enters a car leaves his rammers and senses
behind. Who ever knew of a street car President
"owuing" the road ho managed? And as to u
law compelling the roads to furutsh seats
for all, I cannot see that legislation
can Or has restored specie payments nor
can I see how legislation can furnish impossibilities
In Mtruot cars; but 1 know this, thai lor live ct-uls
I can ride lour luilon, and if 1 can't get a scat 1 am glad
to stand up, umi I don't believe any of these grumblers
wouhl eilher walk or hire a carriage wlieu he could
ride oven claiming lor live cents; and I don't believe
ho would give his seat up to a tired working girl, or old
woman either, but would bury his nose in the Ttiei/ram
and growl at a convenience which carries him home
cheapur iu the city of Now York than any steam railroad
will out of It. according to distance.
No doubt much trouble and inconvenience are
caused by this overcrowding; but are the companies
to blame ? What can they do thut la feasible?
i know that tlioy would adopt any good plan to remedy
the evil,, but to relusc passengers when the scuts <
are full would only aggravate It, and a howl would :
arise from those loll (and they are the majority), that
would soon restore these growlers to their senses, and
thev would gladly accept the situation rather tlmu walk.
I'rojiose any Icusiblo plan and it will lie a blessing, hut j
to put more cars on the existing lines, with about 4oo
cuuvergtug at West broudway and Chawburs street,
and nioro at the new Post uilloe, is almost a physical
impossibility, unless on an elovuted or underground
Irac*.
Tlieso are my Ideas crudely expressed; but I remember
the distress and troublo tausea by the drivers' striken
several years ago, when the cars could noi run for a
Ujny n avuijud themselves pf trucks and express
wagons til's moan* or getting homo, but poor girls hud
to siay homo ami suffer (rom loss or work; and 1 think
that with all their fault* they arc a great convenience.
R T.
A CkriTAl. SUGGESTION.
To thk Kditoc or ni* IIkkalo:?
I own a vehicle and pay a license. My wheels At the '
railroad track. 11 the law will allow mo 1 will carry \
passengers on the Third aveuue or any other roule)
and give seats at the same rate of fare. Can I do it?
Yt ill be glad to invest my aniall capital In the enterprise,
and there are hundreds of other* with vehicles
that will do the same gladly tinder city regulations The
public streets belong to and are paid for by the public
for public use, not private monopoly. I am aware that '
private property nun he taken lor public use in reilaiii
eases, but can any one point ont a constitutional law
that give* any Legislature or corporation any power {
to lake public property and give It to a monopoly
tor private gain aud use 1 TI ease let some legal gen
tleiuan answer this. They may say public expediency
requires it; but that la not law. I as a conductor hare '
taken in $.i4 on a erowdod Third avenue car. Reckon
up ami see how the sardines wore packed (Jive me
a public iram or rail way, "free" to all vohlc'ea under j
licenses and regulations, and then you will see plenty
of accommodation given by competition?seals for all.
A ROOTED CARMAN.
nr.rokm it ai.togethrn,
To rtta EniToa or nil Heksld:?
While you are so vigorously and ably arguing a re- '
form In our street car accommodations, I see no reason
why you should not "reform It altogether." Certainly
the overcrowding of the cars is the most crylug
nuisance, but there are others that, although small, !
are none the less annoying. Very few conductors will '
mop tho car when they see a gentleman running to
satch It A lew cveoiugs ago 1 wanted to catch a
rhlrd avenuo car coming down town. I was going up i
rhirty fourtb street, and when about qpventy yards
Yom the avenue saw the oar coming. I at otioe rat and
hooted. The coodnctor must bavo seen me, lor he
ooksd toward me and had his baud ou the bell strap,
>ut the cor was not stoppod. In turung
the corner 1 stumbled and lull. (in
letting np the car was seen standing still about the
piddle ot the block. I again ran to it, and on stepping
>n the platform was accosted by the conductor wi.it
'Why the didn't you hurry upf" Another case
>/ complaint Is this:?At the switeh-oU, around Frankin's
statue in Printing House square, the Third avenue
cars every morning and evening block up the
footway front sidewalk to sidewalk, thus obliging
pedestrians to walk out Into the road in order to get
past That Is a positive violation of a city ordinance,
to which the writer baa called the attention ol the car
conducters and drivers, and also the police officer on
post, bin has received only abuse in reply Many eimiInr
raueee of annoyance call leudly for reform, wtncti
may be achieved in unit If you continue your crusade.
X. Y. L
ENOfull TO 8ICKKN A COMANCHE.
To thi Km to a or me Hsrai.o :?
1 tiava read your articles on alrcet car crowding, I
have looked for eome editor lo lake up ihia outrageous
grievance for yeara, fully convinced that tbo Aral
effort would provoke an eppresoed people to cry aloud
and epare not. Instead of ihie 1 note but little en- {
couragcmcul in public eentlmcnl aa expressed. Tbe
(Act la tbat men and women oilier aim delicate ami
sensitive aa to tbotr surrounding* bave In this car travol !
ling matter become callous end dally submit to often- I
live aaeoctaliona tbat would sicken a Comanche Indian. If
any mau double ibu let him choose a cold, brat nig
winter night and post himself on the rear platform of a
car with about forty people inside, and when the door
opens let mm innate me enoiee atmosphere:
I have Miked and argued on this subject for year* in I
rain. What can one voice dot Occasionally I have i
had the sympathy of some indignant Hniaher glad of I
a contrnet, but generally the astonished looks of sur- !
rounding paaaengeft warned nr- that 1 rati gie>al risk of
Iwing act down as s lunstic. Alter all, the remark of a
Nostrand avenue car couduclor summed up the case
"He couldn't kelp It ; he waa sure bo didn't get off bis 1
platform to coas people in."
You're got an up bill light, Mr. Kditor, since you're
got to make people ashamed of being treated like cattle
and standing It, bat If roa'll persevere 1, for one,
don't doubt that poople will begin to admit that it la just .
t">*9ible it may not bt necessary to paaa a serenth or
HERALD, SATURDAY, J
eighth part of their working hour* in?not dtacorafort
, merely, but in . l.et him that hath * note de orlbi-it
lor hituaelf. Youra, gratalully, C. O.
DOUBLE IlEl'KKllH WANTED.
To tui Kpitor or mi Hskald:?
Your efforts to break up tbe abominable Impositions
forced uj>on the public by the city railroad corpora
tioua deserve the hearty co-operation of all citizen*
For many yoara 1 hare wondered that the railroad and
stage companies did not adopt the "double deckers,'' as
they do, so comfortably for male and (cmale passengers,
in Paris. There the upper dock is drat sought, as
there the light and air are better. I went to aeu John
Stephenson, the noted car builder, and asked
wby he did not Introduce the "double dockers." He
said the railroad colorations would not have them, as
they were more expensive and they could make more
money as they now carry passengers There you have
It In a nutshell. Nothing remains but to attack
tbe enemy In iront, and beat him by enacting laws
to compel him to give a seal to all passenger* In
Paris the jam ally for taking any one who cannot be
seated (the seats arc partitioned by Iron rails as they
arc in our ferry boats) is or was by lining the driver
and conductor loo Irancs for each person carried above
tbe legal number. 1 once eudeuvorod to ataud in a
Purls omnibus, and was obliged to get out during u
pouring ralu because tbe conductor was afraid of arrest
and line. The outrageous impositions practised
by our railroad companies are only equalled by the
simplicity of their dupes. Why should I pay eight
couts to ride frein Fortieth street to Forty Qltti street
when only six cunts Is demanded from Fortieth street
to the new Post Otticef Why should not railroad companies
having more than one terminus be forced to
give transfer tickets to either terminus
to all w ho demuud them? If flvo persons,
iu haste, get luto a Broadway car at Amity street
to go to the Astor House aud "pay twenty-live cents,
aud that car turns aud goes to tbo Broadway and
Broome street terminus, thero Is no redress, us no
trniisler tickets are given. 80 with Kast Twenty-third
street and Thlrty-fburth street ferry cars, and all others.
You are right to cry out, "No seat no fare!" In addition
demand thai transfer tickets shall be given and
that the Fourth avenue company give passage to
Flglity-sixth struct for six cents. How long would the j
people of Loudon or Paris endure that vile gtgucli aris
lug from Hie urine and excretions soaked into tbe earth '
of the Fourth avenue tunnel since thirty years!" The I
earth should be removed and new earth put in mid ,
covered with bitumen- or else endure the stench. The |
interference of the Board of Health, causing the removal
of the carpets and cushions which covered the
scats of cars (aud sill) allowing the llltliy matting on
the bottom of the car) was most absurd and wrong. I
During these cold mornings and nights, to say nothing
of the days, lot uny delicate person who is
warm from exercise or from a lire enter and sit upon
one of those woodou seals and lean aguinst the wooden
back of the car. In a lew moments he will get a
chill, and during a lengthy ride in these cars many
protile have undoubtedly got pneumonia or pleurisy,
lumiuigo or intlaiiiumtiou of tbe kidneys, neuralgia or
sciatica, or, perhaps, hip disease has been caused from
sucn exposure. nearly always cnnurcu arc very thiuly l
covered over their soat* and hips, and, being sealed i
upon those icy cold wooden Keats and against those j
hacks, their lives am endangered, as are ail our healths, j
Let the seats ami backs bo carpeted throughout the
year, and remove the nasty, disease breeding matting.
Eniorco ventilation of cars, and insist that there shall
bo no wiudows in vontiiulcrs, but holes, always open,
unable to ho closed. Then give carpeted scuts and
harks, and let the cry ever lie, "No seat no laic I" with
ventilated and cotnlorlablo and healthy cars.
A SUFFERER.
A SEAT, FOB EACH PASSENGER.
Nkw York, Jan. 2", 1876.
To tuk Editor op tiik IIbkai,i>:?
I have read with uniosciin.ni the various litters that
appear in your columns daily concerning the accommodations
In our street cars. The different companies )
arc ovldently going to got into trouble It thoy do not j
provide seals lor all. Hut it seems to me that all j
controversy on this subject would bo stopped it ttic !
English plan was adopted?viz., having on the top of
the car* two parallel soats, running tho entire .
length, and approached by a light iron stairway !
Irom oilher platiorm, thus providing seats lor double j
the number of passengers, tho cburgc to he three cents
fur outside and live cents lor inside passengers. Ill {
order to make this the moro effective a law should ho
p.tssod imposing a penalty on the companies (or carry- |
ing inoro than twenty two passengers inside aud
eighteen out. Tins plan would sortainly be cheaper i
time running double tbo number of cur* in order to
provide seals for all. It certainly works well "across
tho pond," and why should it not work well here?
Yours, respectfully, TRAVELLER.
IMPORTANT TO ASTHMATICS*
A FLACK AT OVll LOOKS WHERE NATURE WILL
CUF.K TIT 1LM.
After Ofteen years or suffering from asthma, catarTh
and bronchitis, with large outlay of timo, exertion and
money in search of cure by medication, and by long
Journeying* and residence in cbmaUjg of vatmted salubrity,
without improvement, the writer of tho following
communication, a merchant in this city, found at
New Market, N. J., within one hour's distance of this
city, a place where nature cures all diseases of thia
class. His Icllow sufferers will read his Icrtcr with Interest
:?
Nkw York, Jan. 36, 187$, "
To rns Editor or rn* Herald:?
I desire, for the benefit of sufferers from catarrh,
bronchitis and asthma. to place you tn possession of a
few facts, showing that climate induces those diseases,
and that relief and enre can be bad without money or
medlclno. We find these discuses more prevalent in
cities adjoining the sua or lakes, where the damp, chilly
winds prevail?such cities as Brooklyn, Boston, Newark
and Williamsburg being even worse than New York.
In 1800 I moved from Albany to Brooklyn. Tho climate
induced catnrrl badly, followed by oronchitis
and asthma. have liad asthma for fifteen years to such !
an extent that at times tor months I could no^ Re
down, and could breathe only"?ltTi Ihe gfWtoil dlfll/ tllty
sitting tip, and wheening'so that it conld be heard
distincily. 1 doctored and tried all known remedies
without relief, became a hopeless invalid?being recced
from 150 to 115 pounds?and was given up by
niv physician to die. 1 visited Virginia, l>enver city
Colorado Territory, ami other points to try the efToct'of
climates, without relief. I went to I'lalnfhld, N. J.;
found no relief there; but while in Plainileld 1 drove to
New Market, adjoining t but place, tlyee miles west, and to
my astonishment and delight, win! "riding there, 1 found
I could breathe Irooly without wheezing, and always
on going there I found a refreshing west wind blowing
right from the Bltio Kidge Mounting, In sight That 1
wind prevails nearly all the time, which is tho easiest
for an asthmatic to breathe. I I??Ut>ct the country lull !
of delightful scenery. Located there, and, having Ilvod !
there one year, have fully recovered my health and
now weigh 150 pounds?weighed 115 one year ago when :
1 went there. Have token no medicine and attribute
mv euro entirely to the stirring, refreshing mountain '
breete. Mr. W. 8. Stevens, formerly of Brooklyn,
who had asthma badly, Is entirely restored in this lo j
oality. tubers, whose names can be given to those Interested.
have had similar experience
My object in calling attention to ibis locality is this
There are scores ol sufferers by whom Ibis iulormation ;
wilt be hailed with joy, and this locality is within one
hour's ride of N'?^w York, via New Jersey Ceuirat
Railroad to Dunellen, winch New Market adjoins, or
by Lehigh Valley Railroad, direct to New Market.
Rev. K. W. Saw tell, I), f).. a foreign missionary, has
locate.! there and aillrnis that in all his travels in tins'!
country or the old World be bus never ??n anything
equal to New Market for its exquisite beauty,'while
the health ol the location makes it still more alluring,
being situated two miles south or the Blue Bidgc Mountains,
which not only adds to the beauty of the scenery,
but affords an almost constant western brocse so full of
health that asthma, bronchial or catarrhal difficulties ,
find ready relief and cure, ami those affected badly :
wuli these difficulties who make thts locality their 1
residence ar<> entirely restored. About a month ago a
elurgynian from Chicago came thero with asthma. He
could scarcely breathe. He liaul It tour aud one-half j
years; nan iramii'ii iu rsuiu|?-, k> vmvi?i?
Denver city, mid found no reins/ until hp catno to New
Market, nntl on going out the first morning bo exclaimed.
"Ik not tins glorious? 1 can breathe as well as ever.''
lie rciuaiucd about a month and was advised not to go
hack to Chicago; that tho climate there would Again
induce asthma He went bark and now write*:?"Your
predictions about the ill effects of tine climate have all
proved loo true. 1 have gradually grown worse and
worse, and now wlah I had wings to fly to New Market,
N J., to day, but I hate resigned and /mi coming at
once." Whilo they coutitiuo to reside near the sua or
lakes medicine cannot cure them. A residence in thla
locality without medicine will cure I shall l>e happy 1
to give any Iniormatlon I ran to tboacatllicted. l>enver.
Cot., is largely advertised as having a climate '
that will cure asthma, and many, as the clergyman and 1
mvsell, have taken tho 2,2?" miles Journey to reach
it omy to he disappointed, when relief and euro wa* ,
within one hour or New York. I am entirely restored,
and daily attend to business, while one year ago the '
thing seemed an impossibility. Yours,
C. H. H KY DON, No. idi Water street
CIIA1UTABLE RESPONSES.
The following additional subscriptions have been received
at this office for the widow in Thirty-first
street?
Carey fS 00 Miss W f2 00
Inwood ft 00 I? I) I 00
F. K. 2 00
Total $1A 00
1'resioiiely received ia ot
Toul amount. US til
All of which has been duly forwarded to the family.
ACCIDENT ON THE ELEVATED RAILROAD.
Yoaterdar, aa one of the noon traina on the Klevated
Railroad, driven by engine No. 10, had completed tta
down trip and was running to the switch at No. 7 Broadway,
the passenger cars, which on the down trip are
In front of the engine, ran violently inlo engine No. 4,
which was standing on the main line, utterly demolishing
the cab of the engine and etighiiy damaging the
passenger car. The accident w?? entirely owing to the
eareleKMuese of a switchman called Harry, who bed neglected
to throw ever the awitch. None of the paesca era
were Uurl
ANTJAKT 18T6.VWITH
TUBP NOTES.
Kate Crockett, the dam of Lula, died ?t Spring Hill
Slock firm, Whistling, L. L, on Tuesday, January 18.
X week previous to her death, in turning quickly to
avoid a blow from a man, she tripped and fell on the
frozen ground, and dlod from Injuries received. She
vat twenty-two years old, a large, heavy mare, and
within a month of her time for foaling, and the shock
seemed to be too much for her. She was got by Im
ported llooton, and her dam was by Texas, who was
believed to be a son of Lance. Her second dam was by
Conn's Sir William, by Sir William; third dam by Wht?por.
Kate was bred by Mr. 1). W. Crockett, in Ken
tucky, from #hom Mr, burkee purchased her in 1871
Mr. Robert Bonner has purchased the chestnut mare
! Music from Mr. W. C. Trlnibio, of Nswburg. Tbe price
paid for Uio mar# has not been made public. Music ban
a record of 2:21 She waa sired by Middlelon, son of
llambletonlan.
Major B. G. Tbomaa' bay mare Lady Taylor, by imported
Glencoe, dam Occident, by Bertrand, ber dam
i Diamond, by Tarutn'i Florlxel, out of a mare by Lewia'
Kclipse, died at Walnut Stud Farm, Kentucky, laat
week. She waa foaled In 1851. Lady Taylor waa but a
moderate racer and unsuccessful as a brood mare, ner
beat produce being Derby, by Kclipse, and Salaria, by
Australian.
Summer and autumn race meetings will be given on
tbe Point Breeze Course, Philadelphia, the coming season.
They will be under the control of a newly organ|
ized association, who have retained J. D. Ferguson,
secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club, to manage the
moetmga. About $12,oOU will be given in purses in ad
duion to tbe stakes. The programme will be arranged
next week.
The Spirit of the Timet Stakes lor three-year-old
trotters, foals of 1874, has been opened and will close
on Wednesday, March 1. The subscription Is $250
each, t&o to be paid at the time of. entering ami the remainder
on or before the 1st of September preceding
the race, after which the whole becomes pluy or pay,
the race to be trotted on the second Tuesday in Septern
ber, 1877. The Spirit of the Timet Slake for loals
of 1873, to be trotted some day in September next,
closed with fourteen nominations.
There is on exhibition in Boston a wonderful apparatus,
und one which lias been much ncedod on the trotting
track lor the past lew years. This apparatus is intended
to do away with ail doubts as to the time made
by horses in a race. There is to be placed in the
Judges' stand a large dial with hands to Indicate minutes,
seconds and their fractions; also a number of
dials placed in the grand stands at suitable points, so
as to be reaully seen by spectators, without leaving
their seats. The hands or pointers on all the dials are
moved by electricity.
THE YALE-HARVARD RACE.
Committee, Fletcher w astray, N. D. Vt lute, U. U. Jordan,
II. Holly Hudson, C. Alfrod Grymes, H. M. Aldon,
George Proud fit; Committee on Admission, S. Nichol
s>>n Kane, A. G. Hatch, Pblltp Schuyler end H. M
Morris.
The election tekoe place on Fobruary 3. and as thoro la
a rival ticket in the held, with Vice Commodore Garner
at tu hatui, the retail le awaited with much interest
by the members of the club.
AQUATICS.
New York, Jan. 28, 1S7&
To Tns Editor or tbr Hbrald:?
At the regular meeting of the Alert Boat Club of thla
city It was decided to havoa new aix-oared barge built
to be named Independence, for the purpose of sending
a picked crew to Philadelphia to participate In the regatta
which tako* place during the Centennial The,
crew will row the entire distance to our city ot
"Brotherly Lots," and will be composed of the following
men:?Bow, G. Mflller; No 2, A. Newel; No. 3. F.
Neppert; No. 4, F. Lohr; No. ft, G. Droste; M. lloydrnretch.
stroke: coxswain, H. MQiler; substitutes,
W. Adelman, S. Miller, A. Smlih.
H. Ml'Ll-ER, Corresponding Secretary.
HAKDBALL.
A MAGNIFICENT CONTEST.
The lovers of this flno game had s rare treat yesterday
In witnessing the match between Philip Casey,
champion of the United States, with D. McCarthy as
his partner, and B. McQnada, of New York, with James
Casey a4 partner, at No. 404 Madison street, In this
cttr. The interest which this match created was apparent
long before the hour announced for the commencement
of the play from the crowds which Hooked
to see the "big" gume. The anticipations of the spectaiors
were fully realised, the exhibition proving In
every way grand, each successive Inning eliciting
beany applause and showing superb and skilful bitting.
The follow ing is a summary of the match :?
P. Catty and B. McQuade imd
V. McCarthy. Jama Catty
First game 19 21
Secoud game 19 21
Third gaiue 21 ? 10
Fourth game 21 18
Fifth game 21 11
Sixth game IT 21
To-day a match for |100 a fide takes place at
McQu ?de's court, the contestants being M. Landy and
ii 9 Murohv against K. M. Dove and D. McCafttur#
Wit Kit X WILL IT BE CONTESTED ??THE SETTLING
OF THE PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS.
Nkw Haven, Conn., Jun. 28, 18*0.
The desire to know whore the Yale-Harvard race la
to be rowed is uulvorsal. Some say that New London
wdl bo tho place, and others assert that Springfield
will be the favored locality. In an Interview to-day
with Captain Cook, of the Yale Navy, it was learnod
that the choice of place is left to Harvard, the challenged
parly, and that the race is to come ofT on June
150. Captain Cock thinks that Harvard will chooso
Springfield, If only to spite Yalo, whose preference Is
(or the course on the Thames. It will be remembered
that
CKUTALV CONDITIONS
were submitted at the last meeting of the college representatives,
on the acceptance or rejection of which
the race depends. It has been ascertained that one
and the chief of these conditions was us to the time
when the race should be rowed. Yale desired that It
should be rowod after the Saratoga regatta, within tho
throe weeks succeeding the expiration of tho summer
term, but to this Harvard would not ngreo The annual
examination ol both Yale and Harvard occurs in
June, with tho difference that while Harvard gives
three weeks to tho examination Yale gives hut two.
At such times the men composing the crews cannot
well spare the lime lor boaliug exorcise and llarvurd
has throe weeks to Yale's two. The former manifestly
has tho advantage, as the tatter's examinations aro
crowded into a shorter space, hut Yale lias conceded
the point ai to time. Another condition was as to tho
clioick of kkkkkkk.
Harvard claimed the right to nnmc linn, to which Yalo
would not consent. Tho result was that Ynlo submitted
a plan whereby aud iu pursuance of wfiich the
reierce should bo selected. 1 am not at liberty to state
what the plan is, but it is a fair one and will doubtloss
be accepted.
YACHTING AND COACHING.
[From the Boston Advertiser, Jan. 25 ]
Wo do not know that the taste for yachting among
those who souk an expensive excitement by way of
amusement is passing away. However that may be, a
new dissipation is coming into voguo, the fascinations
of wbioh aro likely soon to rival those of the frec-satlmg
craft. To own and drive a coach and lour Is now the
leading summon 01 mo young n> .n of the poriod to
Bport inclined. This is a Int-hion imported Irom London,
where there are several coaching clubs, which
, have regular days ol parade, when the "accomplished
,'#!ups" drivo their teams in procession through Hyde
l*urk, while the ladies ol fashionable society, out for au
alnug. sit In their comparatively tiny carriages by tho
roadside to admire the splendid spectacle as it thunder*
hy.
There is already a coaching club In New York and
another in I'hiUUelphta, with the prospect of oue in
Baltimore. Before long coaching-club day will be one
of the important and popular (lays at the Ceniral l'ark.
Whether it is possible to spend as much money on a
coach and four as on a yacht Is yei an o|?n question,
tor in this country at least the possibilities have hardly
yet been fathomed. It is clear, however, that between
the Dorses, the coach, the stable and tho attendants
there Is opportunity to squander a vary pretty little
fortune. Besides skilful driving, there is tho coach
which may be made as elegant and luxurious as a Jewel
box, and tho horses, In respect ot which the fancy may
bo so capricious that the world has to be roamed over
beiore tbo peculiar combinations of color, style and
nobility of descent, upon which tho owner's heart is
set, are brought together.
The coaches lor tine country have all ol tnem been
made in London, to order, of oourse. Several new ones
are now building. This patronage of foreign makers is
necessary uow, but the time lb coming w hen Americana
will be able to get them op. Some of the quartettes
of'horses arc said to be extraordinary tor style
aud breeding England has guppliod a good proportion
ot them np to this time, but tiie whole world is laid
uuder tribute by those whose purses are long enough.
The first summer parade of the New York club will be
In June next. Ureal preparations aro making for llje
event, and Uie display is expected to give au impetus
to the formation of similar qlubs In other cities. There
Is talk ol establishing line* of public coaches out of
New Y'ork city to suburban resorts in the style ot those
running out of London to villages twenty or thirty
miles away.
new yokk Yacht club.
At a meeting of yacht owners held at So. 6S Broad
streot on Thursday, Mr. J. S. Dlckerson, Commodore
of tho Brooklyn Y'acht Club, presiding, the following
ticket was put In nomination for the election of officers
of the New Y'ork Y'acht Club for the coming yoar:?
Commodore, Q. L. Kingsland (the present Commodore);
Vice Commodore, S. Nicholson Kane; Secretary,
W. B. Bond; Treasurer, Sheppard Romans;
Measurer, A. Cary Smith; Fleet Surgeon, L. De Forrest
Woodruff, M. 1).; Regatta Committee, William Krcbs,
Henry Steers and Ooorge S. Winston, M. D. ; House
supplement.
PIGEON SHOOTING.
IVMCTH DECIDE? OK THE QBOCKDS OF THE
LOHO ISLAND CLUB.
The monthly reunion of tbe I.ong Island Shooting
Club took place yesterday at Its grounds near Jamaica.
As usual upon these occasions, the Club Cup was put up
for competition, and twenty-two members entered the
list, causing a pleasant interest In tbe result The conditions
under which the cup Is shot for art the ordinary
club rules, 7 birds each, 23 yards rise (with the exception
of the previous winner, who is penalized 2 yards),
lii oa shot and 80 yards boundary. This was the
fourth return of the event, the first bolder of the prize
hotnir Hp Tnliu.i * Ka u. a# tf .?.< ?Ka
?> oWIN nr. , I. U"t?ua uu
third Mr. "Redding." The fortunate man yesterday
turned up In Mr. Robert Koblnaon, the veteran pigeon
shooter, who astonished the large assemblage with the
form ho presented and the style with which ho cut
down his birds Messrs Wingato, Bay lis, Robinson,
Wynn, Polbemus Uurrltt, Talbot, Madison, "Atkins,"
Broadway, Walters, West, Chappell, Harris, Ditmss,
11 arts home, Uilderslceve, Hemming, Remsefi, Lampson
and the "Captain," each at 26 yards, and Mr.
"Redding," at *27 yards, were the contestants. Of
these Mr. Rcbiuson killed all' Polbemus and Broad-'
way, brought down 0 each: Wingato and Talbot, 5:
Burritt and Remsen, 4; Hartshorne, 3; "Atkiua,"
West, Harris, "Redding," Dttiuae and Lampaoa, 3;
Bay lis, Wynn, Madison, "Captain" and Hemming, 1;
Wallers. Gtldersieeve and Chappell missed alL A lew
of the shooters, after losing two birds, retired, while
others shot out the allotted number, although there
was no possible chance of their winning. The birds, as
a class, were a very inferior lot. Mr. Parks, president
of the club, acted as reteree.
following the cup contest was a classified sweepstakes
for members only; $3 entrance, 3 birds, 26
yards rise, 80 yards boundary, and uub rules to govern.
Sixteen parnclpatod, the money being divided so
as to give $26 to the first, $16 to tbo second and $3 to
the third. Messrs Wingato, Talbot, Polbemus, Johnson
and Madison each killed all; when shooting off.
Wingato and Madison tied at the third bird and div.dea
the $26. Messrs. Baylis, Robinson, tilldcraleeve,
Hartshorne nnd the "Captain" each killed two when
they shot off for second money. Robinson and Gildersleeve
cutting down three each thought best to divide,
and they did so. For third money "Atkins," Broadway,
Hemming, Wynn and Wallers, each scoring one
bird, were compelled to shoot off, and Wynn managing
to kill his socond pigeon on the tie. and the others having
retired, was bauded the $8. The only blank score
was that of Mr. Valentine.
PIGEON SHOOTING CHALLENGES.
Nsw York, Jan. 27, 1878.
To tub Editor or tur Hirai.d:?
Reading in your paper of this day a challenge issued
from Mr. Outratcr to shoot a match at twenty-ono
pigeons against mo for $100 a side, Long Island rules to
govern, I beg to state I am ready and willing to accommodate
Mr. Outrater any match ho likes for any sum of
money; sod if he will name a place and time ol meeting
he may rely on my being there to draw up articles
and stake amount. Yours, Ac.,
ti/ ttrvn est a t r?at yt o
JA.vcary 28, 1870.
To tits Editor op the Hxrai.d:?
I have oniy shot one match for the last twelre years
and not a head of game for tivo to stz years, still 1 will
bet |50 each shot that I kill from 70 ap to 100 pigeons out
of 100 single rises, and also that I kill 00 even, and the
odds that 1 kill 05 and 100 out of lha 100 sprung from
the trap, tbo satno as Bogardus shoots next Tuesday at
Trenton. W. KING.
A COCKING MAIN.
SrOBT FOB TUB FANCY IN a BABN NBAB MILFOB1),
CONN.?LIVELY FIGHTIKO AND BETTING.
New Hayes, Jan. 2?, 1878.
Last evening, In the town of Mlll'ord, In the upper
part of a barn belonging to a well known sporting gentleman,
occurred a cocking main at which the sporting
circles of this city, New York and Bridgeport were
largely represented. Tho main was for S100 a side,
each party to produco flftoen cocks ana to flght all the
birds present weighing from four pounds two ounces to
six pounds.
Eleven pairs of blrds\of tho requisite weight were
brought forward, aDd the principals agreed to tight for
$40 a battle, Irrespective of the amount statod on the
main. Hots of 20 to 1 in favor of Bridgeport wero made
previous to the light, owing to the fact that Bridgeport
was backed by New York money and birds.
Three of the eleven cocks entered in the main were
Irom Now York. In the first fight New Haven pitted a
dark red and Bridgeport a brown-red, each weighing
six pounds. At the end of eight minutes
New Hovon was declared winnor of Abo
spoils. The second fight was between light weights of
four pounds two ounces each. New Haven pitted a
brown-red with dark hackle, a splendid bird, and Bridgeport
a pvle. The belting was in favor of New Haven.
The battle was desperate, and. notwithstanding that the
New Haven bird in the third Ay had a leg broken and
received other severe punishment, M *?n the buttle in
thirty minutes The third battle, in which New llaveu
entered a brown-red of five pounds, and Bridgeport a
pvle, samo weight, was won by the latter in ten minute
a
Tho foar succeeding battles were won In succession
b) New Haven?three by pyle birds and one dark red?
in about twonty minutes. Having secured six out of a
possible oleven ballies. Now Haven was declared winner
of the main and the prize money Tbree of the
fifteen birds which did not Tall in weight for ibe main
were then pitted for contests for private purses In
amounts varying from $10 to $25, the New Haven
birds being victorious in each instance.
MUNICIPAL NOTES.
The redaction of salaries in the various departments
has created a good deal of dissatisfaction among the
clerks and other cmployda All salaries In the Comptroller's
office, Tax office, Department of Public Works
and Mayor's office bave thus boen tampered with. This
action ts found necossary in consequence of the reduction
made by the Board of Apportionment in tbo
estimates of tho various departments for the year 1876
Judge Barrett, of the Supreme Court, recently granted
an?order appointing William N. Banks receiver of the
Hani, >> Th t?.1 ............
this order was fllod in the County Clerk's office.
Commissioner of Public Works Campbell has signified
his intention of retaining the present staff of his office.
At least so it If reported by those who claim to know
the inner workiDgs ol this department.
STREET CLEANING RETRENCHMENT.
Commissioner Voorhts, Chairman of the Street
Cleaning Committee, has ordered the dismissal of twenty-three
cartmcn, forty-six laborers, six gangmen and
two foremen, to take effect February L The saving
by this reduction Is calculated at )46,000 per annum.
A LONG ISLAND PIE EATER.
" Bill" Smith, ol Hempstead village, has inherited or
acquired an extraordinary appetite for pie, and, for a
long time, has been In tho habit of spending most of
his loose change In that direction. Running short of
money, however, but still retaining his peculiar appetite,
which had probably been "growing with what it
fed on," he hit upon the plan of forging orders for pie
on Mr. John Nichols, baker, nsing the name of Mr.
Anton Bruns, who keeps a place at Valley Stream, and,
by this means, be front time to time succeeded in obtaining
about 910 worth, which br disposed of to his
individual delectation. Mr. NtohoH became suspicious,
made Inquiries, and bad the champion pie eator arrested.
After a while he acknowledged hit guilt, and
the matter waa compromised by his payment of fli
and bis promising " never to do so any morw"
A REVOLTING WOMAN.
The trial of Henry R. Vreeland and Susanna E., his
wife, of Boardvllle, N. J., for the alleged murder of
tholr son Ralph, a little fellow between five and six
yoars of age, Is still In progross In the Patorson courts.
The offence was commlttod last December. Ycster.
day's testimony developed s case of cruelty almoat un
paralleled. Kalph wu the son of Mr. Vreeland, but
bta wife wu the boy's stepmother. The principal and
most damaging evidence against thom wu on the part
of Mra Vreeland's own child, a remarkably
Intelligent little girt scarcely six years
of age, and her testimony, which was
corroborated by the otber children, wu almost revolting.
She uld Mra. Vreeland n-cd to whip Kalph with
thick "gads" until they were used up, when she would
go for others and repeal the process, She whipped him
till be wu too weak to obey the calls of nature, when
she rubbed his face in his own excrement and made
him drink his own urine. She stuck a lork down his
throat till be vomited, and then compelled him by
whipping him to eul the vomit. She kept on whipping
him till bo nnally died, alone and unattended, lying on
three chairs. The owe is full ol such Instances of fearfill
cruelty u tins, and all the time her own liule
daughter was testifying against her she laughed and
giggled as |( it wu a huge Joke. The other evidence
wu of an auxiliary and comparatively unimportant
character. Ths case Is not likely to be concluded today.
BROOKLYN EDUCATION.
Tho Dublic schools of Rrnolrlvn h?vA bftOIl hold*
Ing evening eeaetona ainee October 1 cloeed laat night
with music and recitations, and epeechoa by the mem*
here of the Board of Education. Tbo record ahowa a
tali attendance and a moat favorable exhibit for the mason.
The achoola open daring the aeaaton were Non.
1, a, ?, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and colored eohoola Noa. I
and S. and the evening Hiah School on Byeraon atrerk.
near Myrtle avenue.
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AST NOTES.
GOSSIP AMOKO TH* STUDIOS.
Washington Wbtttredge In painting a scant on ona ot
the tributaries of tha Hudson j "Twilight on ths
Marshes" Is tha title, and, as tha name suggests, the
foreground*!* a mass of tha rank grasses and weeds ol
the swamps. In tha distance the blue hills are seen,
sharply outlined against the evening sky. On his easel
M a larger landscape about half finished. This represents
a portion of the beantifal Esoput Creek In autumn.
"The Morning Stago," which was exAbited at
tbo Brooklyn Academy, is again in ma studio, and bai
boon receiving some additional touched from his
brush.
Homer Martin has commeneod a picture of a depth
of the Adirondack woods In autumn. A brook winds
along at tbe roots of the trees, and stones and trunks
of fallen trees, covered with beautiful green moss,
show that tbo density of tbe foliage overhead is seldom
penetrated by tbe sun's rays. "A Pioneer Home"
shows one of tbo log cabins so often met with on the
lakos and rivers of tbe far West. A bark shanty, one
of the peculiar institutions known to those who have
"camped out" in tbe Adirondack region, and sketches
of tbe pine woods ol North Carolina, are among tbe
many interesting ones in bis studio
Julian Scott, who Is almost tbe only painter or war
scenes in Now York, has a picture in .the sauie studio.
It represents s camp scene during the Revolution. A
party of foragers, their wagon laden with wood and
sacks of grain, have stopped at tbs camp Arc, on tbo
edge of tbe woods, where three of their comrades aro
seated. The sentinel is made to form part ot this group,
and across tbe snow-covered plain tbe barracks of the
soldiurs is seen, with tbe moon pooping over tbo roofs.
This picture immediately sucgests tbe Centennial, and
tbo hope that Mr. Srott will give tbo most successful
result of bis experience, as a soldier artist, to that {exhibition.
He Ls at pruaenl painting portraits at Plainfluid,
N. J.
J. G. Brown furnished two pictures for the Artist
Fund sale. Tbe subjects arc ol tbe class wbicb be
delights in; lor bo thicks, after travelling in many
foreign countries in search of beautiful subjects,
tliat American women and children are the handsomest
In the world. He paints them Just ^as be finds them
engaged in their everyday sports a'nd occupations.
One of those picturos represent* a ragged street gamin
standing with characteristic disregard of passers by,
plate glass windows or anything else, playing bull. Ilia
hunds are all ready, and ieet planted so that be may
not lose his baluncc in reaching tor the ball should it
fly beyond his roach. "Lot Her Come" ls the expressive
title of this work. Tbe companion picture shows a
little girl pluying hide and seek. She Is standing in
the shadow- ol a ireo, behind the trunk of which she is
hiding. The strong sunlight beyond relieves this
figure, which is all In shadow, and is in direct opposi
light against a dark wall, which forms the background.
In ft water color picture three barefooted boys are
seated on stones, Ashing. They look (is patient as,boys
generally do under similar circumstances.
Williain Gaul, one of the most promising of our young
artists, and a pupil of Mr. Brown, has in his studio a
picture which be calls "A Sudden Stop." A little
urchin has been riding a companion down hill tn a
wheelbarrow. A stono in the path has nearly overturned
the unwieldy vehicle, and you can almost tell
the jar as you look at tho boy, who has lost his equlibrium,
and is on the point ol tumbling to the ground.
A chicken, which seems to appreciate the situation, is
scon scampering olf at full speed. One of his most
successful productions Is a study of vegetables. He
has finished several interiors with figures, and is now
ut work on a half length portrait ot u young girL
W. J. Irving is principally engaged in painting portraits.
Two of these are now on his oascl. Both are
of ladios, one holng a head and neck and the other a
half length. The latter is nearlv completed, and the
face is lull of expression, is well modelled and very
fleshy in texture. Several unfinished landscapes In bis
studio represent scones on Long Island. An uutumu
on one of the Long Island meadows and a view from
the vicinity of Great Neck aro among them.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE IIOBBEEY (?)
"We know nothing in the Sub Treasury about the
|5,000 In gold certificates which the Custom House
authorities say they paid In hero last Friday, and our
clerks say that they did not rccetvo It, either," said
General Hillhouso, of tho Sub-Treasury, yesterday to a
Hsualo reporter. Tho reportor Uien made his way to
tho cashier's office at the Custom House, where he saw
Mr. Robinson, who has been Chief of that department
for tho past thirty years, and the following is hi^ states
ment:?"The matter is a mystery to me; wo aro certain
wo sent the $5,000 in gold certificates to the Sub Treasury.
I cannot tell If that sum was in one gold certificate,
five, or fifty certificates. We did not take the
numbers; we do not take numbers. I do not suspect
my clerks. They are all trusty men. Clerks from
other departments have been admitted iota
this office for comparison or amounts. This wiii
he stopped for the future. I am morally responsible
for the loss of this sum. I really have no clew to the
lost money, nor havo I been able to trace its preciso
denomination. The detectives have got the matter in
hand, and 11 is possible that they may be able to get to
the bottom of the mattor. They have been tn consults- .
tion with Collector Arthur as well as myself." In conversation
with a prominent Custom House official he
said:?"The missing money may have been 'sneaked'
out or tuc otnce, or a possioiiity exists, aim a oaro one,
that the money was not paid into the cashier's office.
The gold certificates could not possibly have been
lost iu transit between the Custom House hero and the
Sub-Treasury in the iron hand wagon, which is guarded
by a police officer and two portera The money is not
taken out of the Sub-Treasury vaults to be counted tiil
the following day after that on which it is received. "A *
well known Police Headquarters detective statod:?-'It I
am not much mistaken, about live or six years ago a
similar sum went astray, and the case was given into
the hands of Police .Superintendent Kelso and Detective
Irving, and the money was mysteriously returned.
I have heard that in the cashier's office, a couple of
days ago there was a $10 deficiency. Whether this
(5,000 is a marc's nest or a real robbery remains to bo
seen. Collector Arthur will not leave anything nndone
till he gets at the bottom of the matter, I am certain."
LARGE CUSTOM HOUSE SEIZURE.
Yesterday Inspectors Ilagan and McCort made s
large seizure of smuggled goods from on board the
steamship Wilmington, Captain Gardiner, which arrived
In this port from St. Domingo City, Samana
and Turk's Island, on tbo'XSd Inst. The goods seized are
supposed to belong to the officers of said steamships
A bogus J>ill of lading was prepared to deceive the
revenue officers. It was explained to these officials that
the reason that the goods were not entered on the manifest
was because it had been overlooked in the hurry of
starting from 8t Domingo. The goods were marked
A in a diamond, and a post entry was made at the Custom
House for them by Messrs. Wilson & Asruus, merchants,
of No. Front streot; but they declined to
receive the goods when they knew that they had been
seized. The following is u list of the good* turned
into the soizuro room of the Custom House yesterday:?Five
barrels runf.l barrel snuff, 2 barrels copper,
about 5oQ gallons honey in twelve barrels. The
value ol the goods cannot be stated till they have
been appraised. The duties will amount to $500 or
$800 in gold. The ship, of which Messrs. W. P. Clyde
A Co. are the agents, will not be seized for infringement
of the revenue laws, but the captain will very probably
be vory heavily fined for bringing goods not entered on
the manifest.
CORONERS' CASEa
The inquest on the body of Frederick I* Kreuder,
clerk in the spice mills of Messrs. Brown A Scott, si
No. 170 Duane street, who shot himself last Saturday
because he was not earning money enough, was held
yesterday before Coroner Eickhofi^ and the Jury rendered
a verdict in accordance with the facta.
Coroner EickboflT held an inquest yesterday morning
on the body of Philip McIaoughUn, aged fifty-three
years, who was killed on the 18th Inst by the caving
In of a cellar where he was working, on Fortioth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenue* The jury severely
censured the contractor who bad charge of the excavation
for his negligence In conducting the work.
The Jury In the case of Movlts Alexander, the pedlct
who died at St Francis' Hospital on the 12th Inst front
a dose ot Tarls green, found a verdict of suicide.
John J. Welnig, aged about nine years, of Ho. 141
East Fifty ninth street, died on the 12th Inst, from
internal hemorrhage from fracture of the rios and
spinal column. He was run over at the comer of
Third avenue aad Fifty-seventh street while going to
school. At the Coroner's Inquest held yesterday, his
rather testified that he told the family, on his return,
that he had been run over. A nother schoolboy ap
peered, who swore that be had seen him run over by a
wagon with the name of "Mesaer' on it The driver
of a wagon answering this description being summoned,,
swore that ho bad not been noar the place specified on
the day mentioned. The Jnry agreed upon a vcrdlat of
death from Injuries, the cause of which was unknown.
In the inquest on the body of John McKenna, aged
eeveniy-one years, ths jury round that be died from
injuries superinduced by being run Into by s Broadway
and Ninth avenuo stage, on Broadway, near Park place,
on the 11th Inst
SUICIDE IN THE PARK.
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon OOoer F.dward
Burn*, of the Central Park Police, found the body ol
an unknown mnn suspended by the neck In one of ths
arbors of the Park at 107th street. The man who was
about forty years old and appeared to be a <J?rman mechanic,
waa last seen sllve st eleven o'clock, and when
cut down the body wee warm. Nothing was found upon
b\* person exoept two oents and the following suggestive
lines, written on a torn envelope, In English"Here li
danger, struggling?deception, shame, degradation, bun
E?r oold and sleeplessness, unhappy, miserable- this
the very hell on earth." The body was taken to U4