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The New York herald., 1870-11-17
THE GERMAN SCHOOL M0yEME IT.

Attempt 10 Take the Administration OF Our
Public Schools Oat Of tho Hands oil PoiitI.
ciass.
In obedience to the call Of the German Central
Organization for improving our public schools q
number OF gentlemen met last evening at Leder-
kranz Hall, No. 80 East Fourth street. The
chairman, Mr. NJ Ellinger, said that the
object OF the movement is to free our
public schools from the disadvantage OF being SUBJ
ected to changes incident to political partsanship
and also to preserve them from sectaran influences
1t is therefore. desirable to the cooperation
OF oil citizens without distinction Of nationality la
order to attain this object.
Colonel FAIRFIELD then arose and said that 1t Is OF
great Importance to have the German language In.
troduced in our common schools. The present
influence OF politicians Ia baneful TO the existence
OF our pubic institutions, ana he viewed
TINS movement as benefit to all citizens,
without distinction OF party He thought that this
subject VIII command considerable degree OF at
,entlon ana Will be opposed by those who, from po-
ntcai considerations are interest ed IN the present
state OF Affairs The general system OF robbery In.
ciaent @ 10 our party organizations extends to our
Mr.. NJ b. FIELD said. while we have the most lib.
erai endowment OF schools IN this city, are, so
Iar as educational results are concerned far behind
North Germany and Switzerland. The cause OF this
Is tle noncompulsory system which we have III this
country.
Mr.. MARCUS OTTERBoURa advocated cooperation
Win tne native American citizens. He said the
PRODUCTION OF the German language into our public
SCHOOLS would be as much IN the interest OF the Ger
man rs the American population OF New York.
MI FIELD then proposed that committee be ap-
pointed to wait upon Mr. James w. Gerard ana TO
ask his cooperation and then to devise plan or
action In order to promote the common object.
Colonel FAIRMAN also supported this proposition,
saying that MIR. Gerard's Cooperation would give
great importance TO thus movement.
rhe motion lot n was then unani a,ously adopted; Dr..
Gercke, Mr.. Otterbohrs ana Colonel Fairlnan were
appointed TO constitute the committee.
DIR. GERcKE proposed that prominent citizens
should be requested TO lend their cooperation, and
10 agltate this question In their several wards.
After lengthy debate the proposition was accepted
and VIII be acted upon. The meeting then adj
jourlcd.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17
NEW JERSEY ITEMS.


butcher named Fritz Seller, residing in First
street, Hoboken, was cutting up hog yesterday
morning when the knife slipped and lodged IN his
tnigh, severing the main artery. TWO physicians
were summoned but they entertain little hope Of
OF his recovery.
In lSl0 the census of Paterson was 1868 In 1885,
il; IN 1865 1e45s in 1850. 1885; IN 1855, 2A,soa;
IN n7O. 83,6s. The population OF Passaic county IN
leao Was 10 ~, while IN 1870 the census shows
!ected ana being constructed towards Paterson and
the local improvements being made, WILL II iB
years.
Darlng the performance OF "Across the Contl-
n%eht' % IN the Paterson Opera House on Tuesday
1oozy occupant Of one OF the orchestra chairs got
dreadfully excited. Thinking himself, as usual, In
picked Of tie shsTs ana sS
neads OF the musicians into the midst of the theatri.
cal nsht. The performers, astonIshed, held trnce,
daashter q Benjamin Kelly @ SeMfsn of NcAos 'S c.ur Vas
and during the night dose q iaudanum was ad''
m,nls'ersd n ID mistake for rhubarb 1t died soon
:. Frederick Holman, German, aged ferty.1ve, Of
NO. liz Canal street, Newark was found dead IN his
bed yesterday morning from natural causes.
~, AZ Elizabeth the thirteenth annual convention OF
tne state sunday School Association Is now III ses.
sion. The session, 50 lar, has been interesting and
Instructive and largely attended. Rev.; Dr; jan
s.nk, Nev: ooscpu bduaru rev. Ut. Cat.Su auu ren'
Messrs. Ostranaer and Eccleston, besides J. V. u,
HoaSland, ex-Commssloner Fisher, Mrs. Samuel
Clarke and others have been In attendance daily the
past two days.
Tne Springfield avenue horse car line OF Newark
objects 10 paying to the Orange and Newark line
threequarter cents per capita for every passenger
carried over three-quarters OF mile OF track be.
longing to the latter company, and the matter viii
have TO he decided by the courts.
Since the organization OF the present police force
OF Newark upwards OF a dozen men have been sum-
marily dismissed for going or their post and tasting
'the barley bree.n Last evening the Chief warned
tho members on the subject.
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ANOTHER CHILD gullr3.
Why Did This Policeman Laso Sight OF Ills
NJauS

Why Did This Policeman Loso Sig,.i OF Ills
FInnS
Early yesterday morning a stranger, evidently
much excited, approached oficer Plnnkett, OF the
Ninth precinct ana told him the body Of an infant
was lying in the gutter fronting the residence Of
DR.. CocLrcr. No. 8 West Sixteenth street, aud re-
quested to remove 1t forthwlth. The ofIlcer,
deeming ! no. 10 &c his duty to leave his post and
precinct for such o pe.pose, at first declined; but
upon the stranger threatening to report nm TO the
Commissioners he proceeded to tho spot ana con-
veyed the dead body TO the Charles street police
station, whereupon tho informant disap-
peared, and his name and whereabouts are
unknown. DR.. John Beach subsequently
examined the body OF the child and found that the
umbillcus had been rent asunder, and not severed
with sharp instrument. Coroner Rollins has been
notified, and will give the matter thorough inves-
IuS ;JS nads aisne lef '' man giving
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INTOXICATED pO,IcEa:a.

Commissioner Bosworth yesterday heard evidence
in about twenty complaints against policemen
John Heating was charged with being intoxicated
In the Twenty-first ward. Sergeant Mcconnell, ot
that precinct swore that, hearing that man hae
been hot on election night III Second avenue BY q
drunken policeman, he caused the arrest OF Keat-
ing: but as the injured man refused 20
identity Kcaiing he was discharged. Pecs,
OF The Eighteenth, was charged by, Captain
Cameron with intoxlcation, as also was McDoAaic,
of Tho Eleventh. by Sergeant Aliern In the OF
the elarfer it appears that Mcdonald has only been
out OF the School OF Instruction few days,
ard as he Il FIVE years older than the age az winch
men can be appointed on the force the Comnis-
sioncr made note of it. with view OF lnquring by
each case was referred 10 the Board for Judgment
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A DEsesylHs CASE.

The friends OF Mr.. T.. James, well known jour
nalist, long connected with the New York clipper,
are engaged In praiseworthy manner In raising
money by subscription on his behalf. Mr.. James,
VINO was always q diligent and efficient worker IN
his profession, Ia now almost totally blind, and
although he has been to Europe and nc great cN.
pense consulted ana been under the treatment o.
the most eminent medical men ana ocuiists
in London Ednburg Dublin Paris and Beil,ll ,i ny ny
had not been able TO avert the calamity OF r vl,n.
ness He is now extrerely poor, aud the oolj,us ~
witch HIS friends seek is the raising o. inna 'f
public subscription TO be gestel IA saI a.rc
some Kind for his future support luss sspspnrin,inns
cally 70 the sporting fraternity A or "a, Na,,
viii be received by Mr. John ayns and sevsntyvo
dollars have been subscribed ~ TO tae pfssens unS-
The New York herald., 1870-11-17
THE BiLLlAsD CHAMPIONSHIP

The general anticipation that Frank Parker, OF
Chicago, in consequence Of having matches at the
three-ball game on hand, would defer his four ball
contest for the championship until January Is thc
extreme limit accorded by the rucs) Wal not be
realized. Parker appears as anxious as ludolpho
for speedy meeting, and says that all ne wants is
three weeks practice Accordingly he yesterday In.
sructed his representative In this city to notify Ru
dolphe that lie would play December 10, and in Gin
cinnati. These conditions were immediaiely com
munieated 10 Rudolphe ia the subjoined note:-
= = :: - NEW YORK, Nov. 1s, 1870.
Ayaing himself 9 ;Ynr sspre;ssS ylnEnes. to play the
The rqss Sss Ys !1s sJ;eP,Sss
pSs your Understood wish to play at an date he de-
10 play in Cincinnati hc will waive hs preroraye unaer
the ninety days rule and suggests Saturday. December io
In conclusion Mr. Parker desires mo TO convex his
anoe that wherever possible, without palrlDp lila
rights and presumptvey sacrificing those hs friends
he will pay proper Difference to your preferences
points covered by this con uuucaton Requestins
in behalf OF Mr. Parker, answer your earliest conye
nience, am, yours respectfully, W. N. ERNST
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

CuorcE or A LAwyER.--h negro IN Brown county,
Ohio indicted for burglary, was brought into CourS
and arraigned. After pleading not guilty he was
asked ny the Court whether he had counsel He said
he had not, nor relatives, and his friends were
scarce The Judge, who is Inclined to be wsg ysh,-
asked him how he voted. lie was republican,, ae
said, and had voted for Mr. John Smith. The Judge
then asked him II he would prefer repubnc9n or
democrat 10 defend him. The prisoner therSupon
felt his wool, and, cooking up one eye at the waggsh
Judge replicd:--"We under de safenmstouces,
grauLed.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17
sioner Gross looked at Mr. Wood IN astonisnmenk
then In anger and then evidently

then III anger and then evidently
MORE IN PITY THAN IN ANGER.
Then ne became evidently excited and when Mr.
W0t d had ceased speaking he stood up and holding
up copy OF the Manual asked II II was in order TO
throw out the report OF committee by such reso-
luton as that, Then Ia rather nervous way he
explained that the resolution could not affect the
report alone, but would, II adopted, be resembling
what Ii now law OF the Board.
MIR. SANDS sYMPATHIZED
with Mr.. Wood. but he thought the Board should en-
ueavor 10 harmonic the various nationaItes in
this city and make them feel that the Board are
terests
Mr. GROSS then thanked Mr.. Wood for his manlI.
noss, irankness and earnestness. after which vote
In defeating 1t.
.. Then MT. WooD moved to lay the report on the
tuDle. wnlch was also voted down. after winch a
vote was taken on the report, and II was adopted.
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FATAL iCCilEsT ON THE new 0aLEkN; AND JACKSON
RAILROAD.
Eaur pn.s-rscrs KiIIcd and Several Wounded.

From the Jackson (Mss) Pilot, Nov. l0J
The down express train which left here yesterday
OF forty minutes past four was thrown from the
track few miles below Brookhaven. The accident
was caused by the breaking OF an axle In the truck
under the f0repart OF the locomotive. The itra1n
contained nearly three hundred passengers, and was
gong al the rate OF nearly forty miles an hour down
e. ade. II ls miraculous, indeed, that so few were
injured The killed arc A. O. Matthews, OF Memphis,
end L. Patrick OF Brookhaven, passengers; George
Pesey, OF New Orleans, brakeman, and one un-
known. Among the wounded are @. Rutherford,
baggage master, leg broken; McGee, express mes
senger, and j. w. 8. Gum.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

CURIOUS SUICIDE. Russell, OF sutton, n
II, committed suicide Monday afternoon by hang.
lag himself In MS barn. piece OF paper was found
on which he had wrltten:-'I came into the world
IN 1900; have lived seventy years and seen the ma
cMae, but don't understand 10. ! came into the
world by the neck ana II they viii accept me VIII
go out ~ the necs.n IL Is thought he was insane
The New York herald., 1870-11-17
NEW YORK CITY.


The following record will show the changes In tho
temperature for the past tweny-four hours In com.
parison with the corresponding day OF last year. an
Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's Phar-
macy HERALD Building, corner OF Aun street,
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

Cincinnati and sprInsfeld Short Limo Rail-
road.
CINCINNATI, Nov 18, 1870
The stockholders Of the Cincinnati and Springfield
Short Line Railroad held meeting here yesterday
and elected the following dlrectors:-H. F, Clark,
Of New York; James NJ. Marvin, Of Saratoga; j. II.
Deyereaux, l. NJ. Hubby and Oscar Townsend, Of
cleveland; X. NJ. Shoemaker, Seth Evans and
Joseph N. Kinney, or Cincinnati. The Board or.
ganized BY eiecting r. NJ. Shoemaker, President,
anu N. Y. Shoemaker Secretary. The location OF
tIc oulces has not been definitely settled.
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RAILROAD MATTERS.


Tho North Misso uri and Iron Mountain Roads.
81. LOUIS, Nov 10, 1870.
william r. Arthur formerly General 6uperin-
tcndent Of the Illinois Central Railroad took charge
OF the North Missouri Railroad to-day as General
superintendent vice 8. X. Knight resigned.
Addison Day, who has been connected with several
railroads IN New York. has taken charge Of the Iron
Mountain Railroad a. itH General superintendent.
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad.
ArcHIsoN, Kansas Nov. 10, 1870.
At recent meeting OF tho stockholders OF the
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company the
old board Of directors, with one exception, w&s
reelected o. II. Palmer, OF New York. being elected
In the new board In place OF James Wadsworth,
At Q subsequent meeting Of the directors, held at
their office III New York yesterday, Il. NJ. Pomeroy
OF Boston, was reelected President and Il. u.
Nichols, OF New York, Treasurer.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

rS1'rrsLsy. ~ q AA&401is' j - .. .N.e.'
me report was read through by the Clerk, Mr.
Kieranan ana Sn motion n was oTderea on le and TO
saSs & GesnSaf nsmed bs SH Committee
Comptroller, subject to order ifom the Board,
A communication from the Mayer was then read
and was found to contain tho following
NOMINATIONS FOR INSPECTORS,
Second, john Heckeri Third, james Kelly; Fourth,
Andrew Mills Fifth, james w. Gerard; Sixth John
Brice ito I'LL vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Erastus Little1ed) and Farrell Dorothy Qor fun
term); Seventh, Hosea b. Perkins.
asking for an APPROXIMATION OF 900 Tor repairing
heating apparatus i'll the several schools through
out the city, had been referred to the Finance Com
mittee
COMMISSIONER GROSS LEADS THE GERMAN
forward again by motion TO take up the report OF
method In which the German language Is to be
taught In the several schools. That the plan pro-
posed In the report did not meet the approval OF the
various teachers who were present was very EVIL
dent, rs when Commissioner Wood stood up to de-
bate tho passage or adoption OF the report there
were many smiles exchanged py those In the lobby.
That
GERMAN WOULD BE soUELcHED
seemed 10 be the impression; but, as the result
showed, IL was an erroneous Impression. Commits
sioner WooD fought bravey against the German
iaea, Gnd after showing that he was friendly TO Ger
mar and the German language, that In fact,
sCoTCHMEN AND GERMANS
should have good feeling for each other inaSmrcl
as tbr Scotch people were the first to introduce the
ssuoy OF the German language among the Englisa
speaking races, he put IN
which prescribed that on and after January mex
the teaching OF the French and German languages
In the schools shall ease and determine.n CommiS
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

The track upon which Weston VIII walk his 400
miles. at The Empire Rink. win be pub.lcy measured
to-day ut two O'Clock, by the city surveyor In tho
presence OF Professors DOremus, Hammond aud
Flint
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

ihfae cases IN which very young children have
peeh burned or sealdel TO death during the absence
ol tlielr parents were under tie consideration OF
the Cofoners yesterday.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

DR.. Labanne, Of the French committee, acknow.
ledges the receipt OF s2l2 from Mrs. DR.. G. W.
Brooks 3s West Thrty-second street, the result Of
the Soiree Musicale given at her residence FOR the
benefit OF the wounded French soldiers.
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FIRES.

Eurning Of Elouring Mills I'm Lcavcnworth,
kansas-I.css Fort y five Thousand Dollars.
LEAyENwoRTH Kansas, Nov. 18, 1870.
Tho Mon,ak -four mills In this CITY, owned and
operated by Wlhiat Brothers, were destroyed by
FIRE yesterday afternoon. The loss Is estimated ut
$4,000. The property is insured as follows:-ln the
Albany City OF Albany, $25,o0o; the American
Central g. 500; the Lamar OF Chicago, ST. 500; the
Lumberman's, OF Chicago, 81 800; the Great West.
ern, OF Chicago $4,000; tho Pacific, OF San Fran
cisco, $4,000; the Liverpool, London and Globe
S5,0o0 Tho stock was Insured for $4,000 In the
North British Company.
The engine and boiler being in building separate
from the main structure were not I'M urcd
Mr. DecOck, one or the millers Of the establish.
ment, was seriously Gf not fatally injured by the
falling of hatchway during the progress Of the 1re.
Destruction of the Baltimore Glnss Works.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 10, 1870.
Early this morning Baker Brothers. glass
works were destroyed by fire. The loss will reach
$4,000. Fully Insured.
Steamboats, EurHed mt New Orlcrue.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1870.
The steamboats, COrnelia and Basser, were do
stroyed BY fire to-day. They were valued at $4,000,
and are fully insured.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

On Tuesday Comptroller Connolly paid and can
ceiied revenue bonds OF 1870 10 the amount OF
5000, $50 Il.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

The Federal ofrcers appointed to enforce the elcc
uon law have not yet been paid. The rolls are TO be
submitted to the chief deputies before they can be
acted on.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

Mrs. Jane Smith, Of No. l65 West Houston street.
committed suicide on Tuesday by swallowing lauda-
mum. Depression Of spirits or temporary alteration
OF mind was the cause OF her desperate act.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

"Ht VVIIPVIHIuIt ytsttIUIJ ia
Verage temperature FOR corresponding date
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

In view OF the depressed condition of business
uctance increase taxation and the inability of tho people
present time to bear additional burdens the committee
suggest that this be left for presentation
10 the Legislature to deal with as in their wisdom seems
suggested urgently required
The estimates In the proper form for presentation TO the
Financial Board OF tho city and county, with resolution
adopting the same, annexed.
ISAAC BELL
SAMUEL A. LEWIS,
TIMOTHY BRENNAN, Finance Committee.
WILLIAM WOOD, = ----~'''-ss
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

meeting OF owners Of real estate IN the upper
end OF the city was held yesterday at No ~ Pine
street, at which measures were taken TO arrange for
u meeting in favor or RAPID and cheap transit FOR
passengers between New York and Westchester.
The New York herald., 1870-11-17

OF buildings purchase OF sites IN tie above state
inent
order TO meet the increasing wants of city and tho
demand imposed upon the department OF Public Instruction
the following buildings required to lie erected at the
nexed probable COST
Tenth ward--Rebuiding Primary School No. i, with
additional story. $4,000
and covering extra lot l2OOo
School No. 81 Eigh.y.seventh atreet 800. 10000
street new site5 -. n5,oOO
Eighteenth ward-For purchase of site and erection
Primary School No l. in East Sixteenth street,. $1,000
ninth street inew slte) ,................. n5,oOO
Sa5Voo and lot adj dining, $75oo .......... $500
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MATS AND CAPs.

wy WARBURToNS IMPROVED VENTILATED
~ and easy fitting DRESS HATS (patented), IN all
the Improved fashions OF the season. CHESNUT
Street, ne xt door to the Post once. rps
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LYNCH LAW IN NEBRASKA.
clergyman Heading a Mob.

They seem to have a curious way of admins
tering justice in some parts of Nebraska. A
abandoned character, set out to 60 from Council
Bluffs Iowa. to Sioux City. On his way he fell
IN with a man named Dunn, whom he mur-
dered without provocation, and then fed to
Council Bluffs, where he was arrested and car
ried to Ponca. On being incarcerated in JAIL
Miller, harassed by the pangs of conscience and
the awful fate before him, sent for the Rev.
Mr.. Beardshear, and said he wished to confess
everything. The good man suggested that the
murderer make a public confession, which he
agreeing to, the minister of Christ assembled
some three hundred people in the church, and
the Sheriff brought the prisoner before them
A hymn was sung, and a chapter in the Bible
on the crucifxion read, and prayer offered
up, after which the murderer arose and ad-
dressed the audience, detailing at great length
the facts connected with the murder, and con-
Tossing himself guilty of the crime.
When he had done, the Rev. Beardshear stood
up and said the assemblage had solemn duty
to perform, and that they must adjudge the
prisoner. He wanted all to vote, and would
have no shirkiDg or dodging.
He then put the queston:-"Shall the man
Miller be hung?" and all the assemblage voted
in the affirmative except two. The godly man
not noticing the small minority, declared the
question carried unanimously. The prisoner
was then taken out, rude scaffold erected, and
Miller placed In wagon and driven under it.
The most singular part of this performance was
that Miller seemed to think the matter all right
anu regular. WnOu asked IL ne nau anyLQlng TO
say why he should not be hung, he replied, 81
forgive all my enemies, and have truly repented
of my sins. do not blame any one for what
you are about to do. l am reconciled to God,
and heaven is opening to receive my regener
ated SOUL
The minister assured the prisoner angels were
waiting to receive and welcome him into para
disc, and at given signal the wagon started
and Miller was left suspended between earth and
sky. He died hard, writhing convulsively for
about twenty eight minutes when physician
advanced, and, after careful examination pro-
nounced life extinct The body was then taken
down, laid on boards, and placed in the school
house until 1t could be buried. Throughout
the trying ordeal Miller was perfectly calm, and
even helped to adjust the rope about his neck.
A correspondent says: 'We have often had
cases of Lynch law in our country, but this is
the first attempt to reduce the thing to system
and ceremony. The spectacle of Christian
minister in his clerical robes conducting the
proceedings of Lynch court is indeed novel,
and will no doubt be carefully noted as a new
evidence of the progress of American ciyiliza-
ton"
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HncfdentaIs,

The marriage of Ole Bull and daughter of
the Hon. j. G. Thorpe, of Madison, Wis, will
take place on the Goth inst.
Two little Cincinnati girls were careless
enough to sit down in tub of boiling water a
few days ago and die.
There is a man at Port Jervis so mean that
he wouldn't allow poor woman to drown her
self in a private pond on his premises. She was
obliged to go to q public reservoir.
Mrs. MILDLY Morgan was one of the re-
porters at the Buffalo races. She is described
by the Courier as an efficient, industrious, and
painstalkng newspaper writer.
"A Jersey widow, finding her charms fading,
applied "magic balm few nights ago, and
woke next morning to fiud her hair all fallen
off, and blotches as large as ginger cookies all
over her face. She wants to interview the balm
man.
According to the Troy papers, that city is
full of scandals just now. Clergymen who act
improperly toward the female members of their
wives and husbands of other people, ETC., are
the order of the day.
We never hankered after the farming busi-
ness, but if we could possess farm like that of
Mr.. John T. Alexander, of Illinois, we might be
induced to engage in agricultural pursuits. Mr..
Alexander has "a, 900 acres of improved land.
Last year he paid out SO, 800 for wages and
sold $493, 900 worth of live stock.
"A Western paper says:-"By a singular
coincidence, pair of egg merchants, at Inde-
pendence, Iowa, last week, unintentionally
suddenly heard noise in the store-room, where
there were 10000 dozen of eggs packed away
preparatory to being shipped East, and on
going to see what was the mater, found 720 600
chickens running about the floor. They had
been hatched by the heat"