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New-York tribune., 1872-01-29
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
COLD POISON.
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The son Of nm Austrian Banker Commits
Suicide-He Takes POison-POvcrty the
Cause.
About two years ago Victor Nicolits then youth
Of twenty. whose father s wealthy banker In
Vienna, AUSTRIA arrived in this country, ana.
although highly educated and accomplished, found
1t exceedingly difficult to ind employment suited
to his tastes. Finally he was induced to
accept q position in card manuiactorY
in william street, which he held till
two weeks ago, when, from some unexplained
cause he left 1t. Since then he has been idle ana
most OF the time remained In or about his lodging
house. 1866 Eldridge street. On Friday of last week
Nicots told Anthony Wagner, his room mate and
countryman, That he intended to take poison, and
at the same time showed him halfhlled vial,
which he SAID contained poison. wagner remon-
threatened to break the vial. Nc0lts said that
would make no difference, as he could fill the bottle
again tor SIX cents Mr. wagner did not believe thai
Nicots really intended to take his own life. although
Thursday afternoon the young man entered bis
room alone and penncd O note to Mr. Theodore
Saruba, his cousin, from whom he hired his apart
ments, IN which he ld:-'.Make no noise about my
1t. is supposed, swallowed quantity Of cyanide
" Where ns aaS lay oaaG GSSn nh
six O'Clock In the evening. No cause
but poverty Is known Tor the commission q the act
empg the room Of DECEASED found quantity Of
cyahide 81 potassium On the stand and an empty
vial standing on the bureau. wooster Beach, M. D.,
casually Inspected the body and sent It to the
Morgue, where postmortem examination win be
made. Unless the friends claim the remains for
interment they Will be buried at public expense In
POtter's Field.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
THE FRANKLIN STATUE.

The ceremonies for the unveiing Of the franklin
statue will take place in Printing House square ON
Wednesday next, at twelve O'Clock. The following
is the programme -
Music by Utto's Band.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Deems. =, -
dwelling OF the statue, by Professor 3. +. d
Morse.
Presentation TO the Press and Printers ION behalf
OF Albert DeGrootl by Horace greeley.
Acceptance by CHARLES y. savage, President Board
OF Trustees OF the New York Typographical Society.
Tne platform viii be occupied by representative
members OF the press and invited guests 49,
Nv the resolution or the General Committee tho
various newspaper establishments and the employ
ing printers or the city were requested TO give ther
empioyes the necessary time to witness the cero'
monies az the unvellng Of the statue.
An earnest invitation is extended TO all members
OF the press, and to all printers, and to the public
generally, to be present on this occasion, which, II
Is believed, will be one OF unusual interest,"
In the evening banquet Will be given at Del
monico's Fourteenth street, at which responses 10
toasts will DO made by prominent members Of the
press and distinguished invited guests. Inc uckeo
are provided at $40 each.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
THE NORTHERN DIsPENsARY.
The FOrty-hfih Annual Meeting OF sub.
acrihars.

The FOrty-hhh Annual Meeting OF sub.
scribers.
the forty.flth annual meeting Of the subscribers
Of the Northern Dispensary was held last evening,
Mr. Royal Phelps presiding and J. II. Rhodes acting
as secretary.
The Treasurer's report showed that the expenses
during the year were about $780, leaving a balance
In the treasury Of four dollars; at tho same time
drug bill OF about 5000 remaining unpaid.
Resolutions were passed acknowledging the dona-
lions OF the Legislature and the Common council
during the past year.
Resolutions OF thanks were passed to the physi-
clans attending the institution.
The apothecary's report showed that curing tne
past year IT, 215 patients were attended; OF these
200 were sent to hospital, So deaths, ~ were as
charged as improper objects, and 2o,oOo prescrip
tons were dispensed.
After addresses had been made by Messrs. Royal
Phelps and Floyd Smith in reference TO the pros
porous condition OF the institution and tue pleasure
they had always experienced IN the working Of the
| qispensary hitherto, the meeting ADJOURNED.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
The SheriG,s Office.

Mr.. Morgan g. Jones, who IA the defendant In the
action for SANDER brought against him by Deputy
sheriff Martin s. Reese, appeared ar the SherlT's
Office yesterday and, instead or furnishing the 900
ball. as promised by him on the previous day. told
Mr.. Under Sheriff stevens that he scorned the lib
erty the bail would give him, and would rot
in prison rather than submit to it. After
that declaration there was OF course, no
other alternative but to send Mr. Jones to
Ludlow Street JAIL The Jail In the reality was not
quite 80 charming as 1t was In the Imagination, and
Mr.. Jones' courage cooled or towards the afternoon
ana he seemed to prefer the outside to the inside OF
prison. When he had given this determination q
name his friends, Mr.. James Hayes ana Mr. John
pyne, came forward, signed the necessary ball
bonds, and Mr.. Jones last evening was restored to
the sweets OF liberty.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
Tho Mayors Once.

Tho acting Mayor. General Cochrane. received q
large number OF visitors yesterday, among whom
was Senator James OBrien. 1t was generally I'M
derstood that the Senator and q great number or
the callers upon the General were interesting them
selves In favor OF MIR. Joseph Shannon, whom
they desire 10 SEQ appointed to the
clerKship OF the Board OF Aldermen.
Unless some unexpected developments take place
before the meeting OF the Board to-day there Is no
DOUBT that Mr.. Shannon will be elected Those who
have opposed him say they do so on principle. and
that he Is not qualified for the ONCE and that sena-
tor O'Brien's '1obbyingn IN his behalf is the
payment OF O debt OF obligation that the Sena-
tor is under to Joseph for the active
part taken bv the latter in assisting In obtaining
for FOR the Senator the nomination for Sheriff. The
fitness that his quaiGcations for the oflce were
that ne possesses al the clerical ability ana tho
qulsite legal knowledge, founded on O previous
experience as member of the Common Council, the
Board OF Aldermen and Clerk. That majority Of
the Board will test his capability by voting for him
and thereby placing him in the ONCE we are author.
lied to state on the very best authority. The Board
WILL however, insist upon faithful performance OF
the duty, and II not complied with will Immediately
dismiss him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
MUNICIPAL MOVEMENTS.

What is To Be Done at the Meeting Of the
Board Of Aldermen To-Day-The Clerkship
Decided Upon Effect Of Mr.. Twombly's
Bill Upon tho Spirits Of tho ''Unpaid''-
How Mr. Morgan yonss Weak
ened" when He Got to
Ludlow Street Jail
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13

Lost. Mr. ALvoRD then moved an adjournment.
Lost by 43 TO 90. The motion 10 reconsider was then
put and carried, when Mr. ALvoRD again protested
against adJourniug over The question then re-
CURED on adJourning till Monday evening" and II
was carried-yeas 90, nays 81.
Mr.. ALvoRD presented the memorial OF the Brick
layers National Union pray Ing Tor the enforcement
OF an eight hour labor law.
The House then adjourned till Monday evening
az half-past seven O'Clock.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
The Comptroller,s Once.

1t Yves rumored yesterday afternoon, rather late,
that Mr.. TwOmby had introduced q bill into the
Legislature by which the large number Of the city
creditors would, II the bill were passed, obtain q
prompt payment OF their overdue claims and saa-
ries. It Is scarcely possible to exaggerate the
misery that Is caused by the inability OF the Comp
tr0iler to meet these demands, and the action Of
the Legislature has not come one day too soon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
SUDDEN DEATH ON sHIPBOARD.

James Bethel, seaman, died suddenly yesterday
on board the schooner Florence Bailey lying ut the
foot OF Noble street, GreenpoInt. Coroner WHITE
hill Will Investigate thu cause of death to-day,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-13
THR STATE CAPITAL.
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Legislative Aid for MetrOpOli-
tan Debtors.
A Bill introduced Providing for the Payment
Of Outstanding Claims Against the City.
The Underground Pneumatic Rail-
road Again.
A Wall FROM THE FRIENDS OF ERIE
Interesting to District Court Clerks
and Local Dogberrys.
Enforcement of the Eight
Hour Law.
Enforcement of the Eigh'
~ Hour Law.

Featonites and Democrats to Bury the Hatchet-
Eecommitment Of Comptroller Green's Bill
The Governor Against Its Passage
Iweed's Water Job Spoiled Travelling
on Sunday To Be Legslized-Qusr-
antine a Affairs TO Be overhauled
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
stick to the Broomsticl.

Did you ever see woman throw q
stone at hen2 2 It is one of the most
lndicrous scenes in every day life. We
recently observed the process-indeed
we paid more attention than the hen
did, for she did not mind it at all, and
laid an egg the next day as if nothing
had happened. In fact, that hen will
now know for the first time that she
served in the capacity of a target. The
predatory fowl had invaded the pre-
eincts of the flower bed, and was In
dustriously pecking and scratching for
the nutritious seed or the early worm,
blissfully unconscious of impending
danger. The lady now appears upon
the scene with a broom. This she
drops and picks mp a rocky fragment
of the Silurian age, and then makes
the first mistake-they all do it--of
seizing the projectile with the wrong
hand. Then, with malice eaforethought
she makes the further blunder OF
swinging her arms perpendicularly
instead of horizontally - thereupoD
the stone flies into the air, describing
an irregular ellipticaI curve, ,and strikes
the surface of the earth as far from the
hen as the throWer stood at the time,
in course due west from the same,
the hen then bearing by the compass
north-northeastb by half east. At the
second attempt the stone narrowly
missed the head of the thrower her.
self, who. seeing that any further at-
tempt of the kind would be suicidal,
did what she might have done first,
started after the hen with an old and
familiar weapon. The moral of which
is: Stick to the broemstick.- - Procs.
dence Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
WHAT THE CHOIR SANG ABOUT TEL
NEW BONNET.
Ut HAERIxrrE BAxMoEp.


\ foolish little maiden bought foolish Ii.tie
wiih Tibiou. and a feather. and BIT Of lace
Ana rs. d she other naidens of she :issle town
She thought she'd go to meeting nsxt Sunday.
just 10 show IL.
But though the little bonnet vas scarce larger
The gotting Of il settled proved to be a work of
50 when .t~ss fairly tied. an the bells had stop
ped ringing.
And when she csmo e meeting. snss enough
So the foolish little maiden stood and waited at
And she shook her rumes cut behind. and
smoofhed them down before
-'Hslieil5ah hslieiujshT' sang the choir above
Hardly knew you. hardly knew your. werc
the words she thought they said.
This n.ade the little maiden feel 50 very. VERY
cross.
That she gave her little mouth twist. Ter 1T
For she thought the very hymn they sang was
all about her bonnet,
With the ribbon. and the feather, and the bis Of
lace upon it,
And she would not wait TO listen to the sermon
But paitered down the silent stree. and hurried
Tin she'd reached her little bureau. and in
handbook on it
Had hidden. safe from critics eyes, her foolish
which proves, my little msidens. that each OF
In every Sabbath service but an echo of your
And that the little head that's aiisd with silly
little airs
WIN never get blessing from sermons or from
prayers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02

gossip for nine days. Tho destruction
OF property was tTif1ing-the injury
10 II was widespread and somewhat
serious. The scuriosities" of the
earthquake were simply endless. Cen
tlemen and ladies VINO were sick, or
were taking siesta,or had dissipated
till q late hour and were making up
lost sleep, stllronged Into the public
street In al sorts Of queer apparel aud
some without any at all. One woman
who had been washing naked child,
ran down the street holding 1t by the
ankles as IL Ii were dressed turkey.
Prominent citizens who were suppos-
ed TO keep the Sabbath strictly, rush
ed out of saloons in their shirt-eleeyes
with billiard cues In their hands. Doz-
ems of men, with necks swathed in
napkins, rushed from BARRIERS shops
lathered to the eYes,or with one cheek
clean shaved and the other still bear
ing q hairy stubble.-Horses broke
from stables, and frightened dog
rushed up q short attic ladder and out
on to roof, and when his scare was
over had not the nerve to go down
again the same way he had gone up.
A prominent editor few down stairs,
In the principal hotel, l,with nothing on
but one brief undergarmeDt-rnet a
chambermaid. and exclaimed sfOh,
what shall dol Where shall I go ?"
She responded with naive serenity
ssIf you have o choice, you might try
q clothing store !"-The InnocentsR at
Home.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
What is q Gentleman?

In the course of an address to the
Leeds Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, delivered by the Bishop OF
Manchester, his Lordship said:
"Some people think gentleman
means q man of Independent fortune
IA man who fares sumptuonsly eve
ry day q man who need not work
hard fer his daily bread. None of
these things make q gentleman-not
one of them--nor all of them togeth-
er.. l have known men, when L was
brought closer in contact with work
ingmeD than from my changed posi-
ton am brought now; have known
men of the toughest exterior, who
have been accustomed all their lives
10 look after horses and follow the
plow, as thorough gentlemen In heart
as any uobleman that ever wore the
ducal coronet. I mean have known
them as unseifish. I have known them
as truthful, | have known them as
svmpathizing. and all those qualities
20 to make what | understand by the
term "a gentleman II Is a noble priv.
iIege, which has bcep sadly prostituted
and what I want to tell you is that
tho hnmblest man Ia the city of Leeds
who has the low eat work TO do, yet.
ifthis heart be tender and true, can
be In the most emphatic sense of the
word, "A gentleman."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
The Poor Customer .

aHow much butter?1 "One half
pound, If you please"
..And sugar 2" aHaif pound, SIR p
"And those oranges 2" Halfa dozen,
SIR"
.sYou go by halves to-day. Well,
what elsef Be speedy, ma am, you are
keeping better customers waiting
ssHalf peck of Indian meal and one
French roll" said the woman but her
lips quivered and she turned to wipe
away trickling tear
looked ut her straw bonnet, all
broken--at her faded shawl, her thin,
istoop form, her coarse garments: and
j read ..poverty'on all-extTeme pow
erty. And the psllid, pinching fea-
tures-the mournful, but once beauti-
fui facs--told mo that the irxuriee
were not for her.
An invalid looked out from his mar
row window, whose pale face louged
for the fresh oranges for whose COM
fort the tea and the butter and the fine
French roll were bought with much
sacrifice. Aud l saw him sip his tea,
aud taste the dainty bread, and praise
the flavor of the sweet butter,and turn
with Frightening eyes to the golden
fruit. And l heard him ask. her,
kneeling at the smoking hearth, to
taste them with him. And as she set
her broken pan ON the edge to bake
her coarse loaf, heard her say. "By
aud by, when am hungry"
And by and by" when the eyes OF
the sufferer are closed In sleep, I saw
her bend over him, with a blessing In
her heart. And she laid the remnant
of the feast carefully by, aud ate her
bread unmoistened.
/ started from my reverie. The gro
GERS hard eye was upon me. "You
are keeping better customers waiting." !"
oh, how longed to tell him how
poverty and persecution, contempt
and scorn, could not dim the hearts
fine gold,purified by many a trial and
that woman with her little wants and
holy sacrifice was better in the sight
of God than many trumpet-tongued
Dives, who gave that be might be
known ofmen d.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
A Dying Nation,

The accounts of the famine in Persia
which continued to arrive in greater
details, bid fair to treat the world to
q spectacle OF calamity, the like Of
which has not been witnessed, In his
toric times al ieast--thc sudden ex-
tinction OF nation by want of food.
This has really been the fate of the
great States which once filled the vel.
ley of the Euphrates, and 1t is the fate
which has for centuries been threaten
ing some modern States--Spain for
instance. Z Man has stripped the soil
Of trees - the absence of trees has
brought drougths droughts have
slowly diminished the productive
powers of the ground, and finally des-
troyed them-the population mean
time, dwindling in numbers and vital
itv. Spain had forty millions of peo-
Pile In the time of the Romans, and
flowed with milk and honey. it is now
an arid region, only half of 1t under
cultivation, with only sixteen millions
of inhabitants, and II modern science
had not come to its aid, would proba-.
bly, go the way of Babylon. Persia
was one ofthe most powerful States
of antiquity, and even in the four
teenth century was able to support
the army of Tamerlane. who marched
without conmissariat or baggage
during the bloody contest. 1t is now
almost wilderness, with a popula-
ton of two millions about half no.
msnds which is rapidly perishing
from famine brought on by three
years drought. The worst of 1t is
that owing TO the absence OF either
common roads or railroads, it SCENE
to be Impossible for the charity of the
rest of the world to reach the suffer-
ers, SO that there is really o strong
prospect of the total depopulation of
the country. The moral of this hor-
rible story is--look after your trees
The Nation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
BY Sd NORION, MS ATTY.
Ravenna. March 2eth, 1sTs. < Ea5 1sT-6w.

r EGAL MOTTO Es-John Diehl, ulia Leach
IL Olive Leach, Mary Leach and Levi Leach.
on the state OF Nebraska, and Augustus Pardee,
of the state of Illinois, are notified that Mary
Diehi did on the x2d day OF March. 1872, file her
petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Por-
tage county, Ohio. setting forth that Maria
Leach gave mort gage on the west half Of lots
No. II and ID in the town of Hiram, In said
county, to secure the paymentOf 300 and inter-
est according TO notes referred to in said mort
gage, and that the same Is dine to plaintin and
unpaid that she afterwards sold the same prem
ises by written contract to Augustus Pardee,
chat said Psrdee has not paid for the same ac-
cording to contract. that said Maria has since
died that said John Diehl is her administrator,
that said Julia. Olive and Mary Leach are her
heirs ut law and Levi Leach was her husband,
and that said defendants claim some interest in
said premises that said Psrdee bought OF said
Levi the east half Of said lots II q IT, whereon
said Levi had Wron gully and frauduIently
moved dwelling house from sail mortgaged
premises Pardee then well knowing Of the
fraud against said Mortgages and against said
Maria Leach And the prayer of said petition
Is that the sum sogdue upon said mortgage may
be paid with interest amounting to $i23 and 81
taxes BY plaintiff paid thereon, or that said
mortgaged premises and said house may be sold
pay esaTne and for full settling Of The liens
and priorities of all the parties thereon and for
general reliefG Said defendents are notified to
appear and make full answers to said petition
on or before tine 25th day OF May A. ~ 1es2 +
s. ID. NORTON, Atty for Petitioner.
April 8, 1879, a3345-efssts ? lsS-dw
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
LEGAL NOTICE.


Emily Collins OF MeehaniesrIfie iFefhe state
of Iowa, IL notified that George Il. Collins did
on the 18th day of April, A. ID. 1871 dle his peti.
tion In the Court of common Pleas of Portage
county. and state OF Ohio asking for divorce
from her on the ground of gross neglect of duty
and adultery. said petition Will be ior hearing
at the next term or said Conrt
s. ID. MOTION. Atty for Petitioner.
Rayenna April 18th 1872. 1aU-8w.
ROAD NOTICE.
Notice 10 hereby given that petition will be
presented 70 the Board of County Commission
ers at their regular session IN june next pray
ing for the establishments of a county road
beginning at q point where the abandoucd
Feederof the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal
crosses the Rayenra and Brim1eld rosd on the
line between the lands owned by Erederick
hickman and John Rile, thence running south
westerly along said line and running through
land owned by the heirs Of the late Cyrus B
Bushnell. to the point where the bed of the
aforesaid feeder crosses the North line of Lot
No. fifty l50. thence west aloog said Lot line to
the line between RszeDna and Franklin Town
ships. thence southwcsterly interscctingst the
Powdermiu rad at large Cucumber tree.
l.. A. BUSHNELL, for Petitioners
Ravenns, April i5. 1872. 1OQ-4w.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
r EGAL NoTIOEa-- Dariss rrat., of ,h

r EGAL NOTICE..-- Darius rrntt of the
l. state Of Missouri. will take notice.. that
1917. He'd his petition in the Court of Common
Pleas of Portage county Ohio, setting forth that
In :6f6, the plaintif and Darius Pratt. (siuce
decoasedl owned In common certain lands on
lots No. g. s. and 81 in rankin In said county;
That they then amicabiys partitioned said lands
Darius taking 100 54 100 acres eaid lot IS, and
Abraham tax Ing 90 A5-leo scres on said lot So
and they so held In seSeralty until 1854. when
each sold his said lands to jackson Pritchard,
excepting only % acres Of that apparted to said
Abraham, and Gsed oy the Penns ylvania and
oiryoir) but never made any paper relesse of
said lands one 70 the other. Said Darius died in
1855, leaving the defendant his only heir at law.
In 1859 said Canal Co ceased TO use said 20 acres
and said Abraham succeeded In the occupation
thereof bis action is brought to exclude Dari-
US Pratt, defendant, from any interest he may
claim in said 70 acres. The defendant is noti-
fed to appear and answer said petition on or
before the 16thda5 OF May next: s'l
- f..+....5s.4 < MABRAHA AM PRATT, =
by NORTON, his Atty.
Ravenna. March 2eta, 1871. - < Rd' 1sT-6w.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-05-02
Ravenna Union school,

THE Fall Term Of the Rsvenua Union School
J. will commence september II, and continue
II weeks. =. s :
The second Term win commence January Q,
isTn, and continue - weeks.
The Third Term viii commence April o, 1eTa
and continue II weeks. .sr r.Gta 8 :
Tho school will be under the 6uperintendeuoe
Of 8. @. Barnard, and each department. will be
provided with able and jealous Instructors No
school In this vicinity furnishes greater facilities
than this for attaining thorough knowledge of
all branches usually taught In our best schools
and seminRries.
Foreign pupils are received at tho following
rates Of tuition: For term OF IL weeks In the
High School, &o; IN the Grammar School, e.; In
the other schoois 90. Tuition bills mast In all
cases be paid In advance.
ANY desired inform alton In relation TO the
School may be obtained Of G.. BARNABp. Su-
pertnteudert, or the Undersigned
Z. b. STOWE,
- Pres't Board Of Edueation
n. b. Teachers Meeting at High School room
Ihnrsday and Friday, September 7th and sth
1871, at 10 O'Clock. 4. II.
RayaanA, Aug. %, asa.