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The New York herald., 1873-11-08
rHE COUNTY ACCOUNT.

rHr COUNTY Aocousr
The principal items OF IN the county estimates
Tor 1914 over those of 1873 are as follows:-
state taxes including ax ior common schools =, %,
Amount required Tor 1873 was. 6lL3s
Amount of increase sLa56 IND
The tax state proyide Tor me general
rsS new Uapio new works on canals ama ss5S 6
pprars aaa sna csna
Of indeosdness denciency in the Sinking FUND.- asyums
M sfnoS The state mandatory by
a and Paid over to the State for The various purposes
The increase in the items for interest on the county
seb ana for the rincpo debt falling due and to be pro
Nlneu lor IN 1874, Is as follows .c.oo,a
sosuv,,
The nc in the item or INTEREST TO be provided
for in 1874 arises mainly from the issue of stocks 10 pay
IL the opening 0 Of The s9s ns Gr
se 1 % Bsr 1s 70 be S
York Tor canal and general fund deciencesn under and
Vdsd Ia &c ts I Ss
amount 81 bonds 70 be issued under this provision law
raised by tax ~ is74 which Is also inslnded in The est
ARxoRIrs AND DRILL ROOMS
which amount has been found insufficient provide for
wages armSrsrs rents repair; iSSns up ar%ories
There doubt that all the expense necessary for
proper armores ought to be Kept WITHIN one nan tins
An additional amount is also included for asylums
and rmatores made necessary Tor the support OF
these charitable n;tuons BY aets s cf tae legislature
Besides these additional reauremen's for the county
II i asS ses nd no n
Inc District xornes Office N the item Of Jury ICES
S and a1F Rs
adyertsn 500 is for which y account &c; no
prfation for the year 1872 being sufficient for the cx
For county CONTINGENCIES appropriation Of slsoo is
an % ow M % yes s
from 1872 10 this account
that cannot at the present. time be authorized and pro-
rsierencs to the table viii Ss tina, the
S ns for 1874 under
The increase for all purposes in the estimates for
City-lncrease including items 5,57aei7
DECREASE. .......s......... H,9o4
Countylncrease. including new items $s o9 $50
Decrease OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9S,3il
Net increase. s. sil, 1853
The following table exhibits some of the items EN-
te Sa or sh the the oaa Of ind
Apportionment are required by % law to provide.
For general purposes one and half mills 80 81 le5slT
New capitol. halt mill l..................... 552049
and e. mill sSe
laaIn.. min ~ iiiaian ,. ssS4s
sy pr ,Sdshea snd
ness. and for deficiency in sinking funds, &C.
seventenths mill 7286s
Total So 293 359
Common schools for State-For common
schools one and quarter mill .............. l3al22
Total. $76aa 4sI
For interest on city and county debt...... al205l3
OF city debt l79a212
For salaries OF members OF police .......... 3l70is4
For salaries of members of Fire Department. $50
For Improvement OF Fourth 1-545 767
Total $24 39e
ANDREW H. GREEN ComptroIler
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TROITING AT FLEETWOOD PARK.

The weather was threatening all the morning
yesterday, but Notwithstanding the threat
goody number or the ADMIRERS OF trotting assem-
bled at Fleetwood Park TO witness the sport an
nounced. II was the third day OF the extra
autumn meeting. and there were three Important
events TO be decided, the FIRST beng the unfinished
race Of Thursday, the second purse for horses
that had never beaten 2:26, and the third purse
Tor horses that had never trotted better than l4s
rhe unfinished race OF Thursday was caiied
promptly at the hour announced. II will be remem-
bered that heats had been trotted before the
postponement, Tanner Boy having won the first,
Ella Millard the second and the third was dead
heat. Tanner Boy won the fourth heat by two
lengths and the nth heat and race by about the
SOME distance.
The next event-the first OF yesterdays pro-
gramme-was for horses that had never beaten
2:26. For this there We're eleven entries, seven
OF which came TO the post These were gray
stallion Joe Brown. bay gelding Joker, nay
geldlng Charley Green, black mare Blanche,
chestnut mare Lady Emma, bay geding Ed
White and gray geldlng Tammany joe
Brown was the favorite IN the betting, Joker sec
ond choice. The latter won the first heat IN gal
liant style, trotting around all the others, being
last al the quarter pole and first at the stand me
second neat was as Won tbsr y ae tnri heat
was won by Ed White Charley Green second, Joe
Brown third. change now came over the betters,
but .hey were all at sea, without q compass. The
fourth heat was won by Charley Green; Blanche
second Joe Brown third, Joker sixth. The filth
heat was taken by Blanche with Joker distanced.
five heats having been trotted, all the horses Who
had not won heat had TO retire. This
sent the nrst favorite Joe Brown and Lady
Emma 10 the stable and Joker, who had also
been the greatest iavorite OF them all and the
winner OF the two heats being distanced, lett only
Charley Greene, Ed. White and Blanche In the race.
II was nearly dark at the termination OF the NTH
heat and there being no chance Tor another heat,
the judges postponed the race until to-day at one
O'Clock.
The third race-second on the days card-was
for horses that had never beaten AS. Ten horses
were entered, seven OF which came TO the post.
These were sorrel gelding John p. brown mare
Ledger Girl gray mare Gray Kitty, roam mare
Nuna, chestnut geding James, bay mare highland
Girl and brown gelding Old Dan. John 7. was
great favorite. Ledger Girl second choice. John
p won the race IN three straight heats.
The following are the summaries OF the trotting
as II came off,
THE UNFINISHED TR0T.
FLEETWOOD PARK, Nov. and Match $500,
mile heats best three in five, in harness.
W. +. Weeks named G. &. Tanner Boy !
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IMMIGRATION.

ofthe above 81 per cent belongs a. New Bedford
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CUBA.
Captain General Picltain ON the Prospect
OF Spanish Victory in the War-Fare-
well Words to the Pcople-Thanks to
the Volunteers.

His Excellency Lieutenant General Candido
P1eltain, who since April last has figured as the
superior authority OF this island-and ngure-
head has he only been-yesterday embarked Tor
Spain. According to his own request no cere
mony attended his departure
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LYYcu--TURNER.--On Thursday, November 0, ~
the Nostrand avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
Brooklyn, by the Rev. NJ Grinon, Mr.. o. HAISEX
LYNCH to Miss MARIE Il. TURNER No cards.
MooRR-KEARNEY.-0 Thursday, November 4,
by the Rev. ii. H. Blair. EDWARD MOORE, OF Brook
NIEMoILER-JAM Monday, November 3,
1873, at st. Paul's church. Mount Vernon, N. y. by
the Rev. william s. Cofey, ALEXANDER Il. J. NIE-
MoLLER TO EUNICE JAMESON.
RosE-EDsALL.-At the residence OF the BRIDES
parents, Spring Valley, N. Y, on Wednesday.
November s, 1873, by the Rev. DR.. Clement JOHN IL
ROSE. OF New York, to Miss EvELiNE EDsALL-
daughter OF Isaac w. Edsall, Esq
SAcKETT-SHYDER.-On Thursday evening" No-
vember O, at the residence of the brides parents
by the Rev. X. K. Booth, D. d., Mr.. II. HAPMAN
SACKETT to Miss EMMA S., only daughter OF Anthony
;. Snyder, Esq, all OF this city.
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RATE OF TAXES IN BROOKLYN.
In Brooklyn the following is a comparative table
Of the tax rate In 1872 and 1873, in dollars, cents
and mills. pY wards ON each 400 valuation
BLASTING CASUALTY.

Average rstes................... ~. -.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
FIENDISH MURDER.

A Woman Slaughtered by Her Husband,
and the Body Left To BE Consumed by
Fire-The Murderer At Large.
COLUMBIA, .. O., March %, 1873
Intelligence that most horrible murder was
committed on the "Neck" portion OF Warren
county, Georgia, by q man named Ed. Clark upon
the body Of his own wife, has just been received
here. The report states that this fend struck the
woman q terrific blow with O monster sized iron
ladle on the back part OF the head, fracturing it
and making fearful cash three inches In length
He then piled the chairs and tables over her
lifeess body, and, setting fire to them, took
one OF his children in his arms and made
his escape. The fire burned through the floor, and
the body Of the unfortunate woman fen to the
ground and was pierced through and through by
the falling Of partly burned sill. The ragged end
of the sill tore the intestines out Of the lifeless
body. The youngest Of the children, which the
fend lett in the burning building with Its mother,
was badly burned.
The greatest Indignation prevails among the
people where the foul deed occurred, but every
enort to capture the 1end had proved fruitless. A
description Of him will be published over the
State, and 1t Is to be hoped 1t may lead to his
speedy arrest conviction and execution. t
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29

The fifteenth annual report Of the Mercantile
Library Association, just presented by the board
Of directors is most satisfactory exhibit Of the
success Of that admirable institution. The addi-
ton to the number Of volumes in the library dur
ing the past year Is over s,eoo The drafts upon
the book fund for the year 1879 amounted to
$500, and the unexpended balance Of the
fund Is $1242s. A subscription IL now
on foot to prepare Q thoroughly classified
analytical catalogue, and It IL proposed to
raised additional shelving facilities will be OBJ
tanned, and few other necessary improvements
will be made. The circulation last year reached
IL, 1913. The number Of books daily consulted OF
read In the library reaches an average OF not less
than one hundred volumes. This sweiis the actual
total circulation 70 more than one hundred and
fifty thousand volumes, or an average OF nerly five
hundred daily. The fact that the labor OF the
librarian, Mr.. 8. b. Noyes, and his assistants. "a
severe, wiz he apparent TO the reader,
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HANGED IN PUBLIC.
Tom Smith Executed Outside tho City Of Louis
vile, KY, in the Presence Of 5000 Persons,
for the Murder Of Joseph Braden-
A Confession Under the Ga1lows.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March %, 1873.

LOUISVILLE KY, March %, 1873.
On the evening OF the 10th Of May, 1871, the wife
OF Joseph Braden, small storekeeper on the Salt
House road, near this CITY, returning home after q
short absence, found lying behind the counter the
dead body Of her husband shot through the head.
In the crowd that Immediately collected was the
negro, Tom Smith, who had been hanging around
the vicinity for several days before Nothing at the
time directed suspicion toward him; but 1t was
afterward remembered that he was the last person
seen in the store before the murder was discov.
cred, and warrant was procured for his arrest.
In the meantime, however, he had been arrested in
Louisville for stealing bacon. He was acquitted Of
the latter charge, but was Immediately rearrested
on the charge OF murder.
ROBBERY WITH MURDER.
After the murder Of Braden 1t was discovered
that besides small amount Of money there had
been taken from the store two pistols OF peculiar
pattern, and one Of these pistols was found in the
possession Of Smith, Upon his trial subsequently
1t testified that he had been left alone In the
store with Braden by the last customer who had
seen the murdered man alive. Smith was then
drinking glass Of whiskey for which he had just
called and paid for. Braden as il usually the case
in small country settlements, kept "miscellan-
eous" stock Of goods, among which was all varie.
ties OF alcohol Smith was afterward seen by o
paBSer Dy TO come TO the door ana again return
inside. From the position Of the body as 1t lay 1t
was evident that Braden was taking from the
shelves bolt Of calico when he was shot, the ball
passing directly through his brain.
AT THE TRIAL
the evidence was almost absolutely direct as to the
guilt OF Smith, and he was sentenced to be hung.
The case was carried to the Court Of Appeals Of
Kentucky, bus the Judgment Of the lower Court
was affirmed. and subsequent application to the
Governor for pardon was refused. Last Winter
there was almost q smallpox epidemic in this city,
and the disease found its way into the jail. BY o
singular coincidence 1t attacked three condemned
murderers confined there, who were removed to
the pest house. and the illness Of each terminated
fatally. This seems to have suggested to Smith 0
means OF escape, which he Afterwards carried out
to successful issue. In some way he secured o
quantity Of croton oil, which he applied to his face
and body, and an eruption was produced very
similar, to Q not too close observer, to
smallpox pustules in their primary form. There
was great alarm felt at the time in regard to the
disease and the jail physician, after hurried and
cursory examination, pronounced the case one Of
smallpox, and ordered the removal Of Smith to
the Pest House, which was accordingly done. From
this institution
SMITH MANAGED 10 MAKE HIS ESCAPE,
but after wandering about for several days was
!recaptured within few hundred yards VI the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
A NEW YORK CRIMINALS SUICIDE At SEA

The following strange letter, written by fellow
criminal 10 the editor OF the San Francisco
Chronicle, describes the suicide OF George O'Con-
nor, New York criminal:- o,-
SHINY mind has been troubled an AFFAIR which
been : requested to write the particulars for you
10 publish not, as you nt will state, FIRST,
siilI what am going to tell you is the naked truth
have been working at Los Angeles for the past four
months wver in the San Francisco restaurant About
rant whom thought had before, and spoke 70
him. then found out that was George O'Connor, who
oner lie stayed there few days working for livery
sts. cleaning when We Len for san y
on our rst night from san Pedro talking to-
gethe and to be very depressed I'm his mind.
bessp a he ss hat he we're dead would save
others from going 70 prison, and that he was hunted
We continued talking the port side Of the vessel
until nearly twelve ocock when Of sudden he got ~
threw himself out Of the gangway where they take ia
baggage and freight y was so frightened that knew
a. him sss :. sr%
back 10 prison did mot say anything Thought would
ed n m sas 70 my
You ali about Il 20 his mother ssd friends Vim know 9!
come back from New York where he had sis ais wife
will further state that although cohv nc .. ,ne
%S " S vas
these facts to publish notice Of his death and then my
mind viii b easy can assure you mat inc ABOVE sns
San FRAScisco, March IL, iS1A
rThe name of the writer Ia given, but he parocu-
larry requests that u DO not publishsd.--EpI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
A WOMAN CHARGED WITH POISONING HER
s.l HUSBAND.

CHICAGO ILL.,, March %, 1873.
Yesterday, in Lorraine, Adams county, H., Annie
Adair was arrested on charge Of having poisoned
her husband, who died suddenly in January last
and with whom sne lived unhappily. The body OF
Adair has been exhumed, and the stomach Will be
examined by chemists.
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SHERIPF-Manley It's no use making me treat
you roughly; don't want to do IT. you can't
escape; you had better leave that alone and think
OF making your peace with God.
Manley continued to heave as II he hoped to
break the door, but did not reply word.
SHERIFF-What Is the use OF breaking up things'
You don't want to destroy other peoples property,
MANLrY-No; I'll not destroy anybody's things;
with which moral determination he drew in his bed
bedside.
HIS ALLEGED CONVERSION.
Prom that time he has been more docile. For
awhile he had been insensibe to religious impress
sions, but now consented that the Rev. Mr.. Mad
den, colored minister, might be sent for. The
his religious condition did not satisfy his
sst the en S
in the jail every Sabbath afternoon. Last Sunday
there was pause in the exercises. and one Of the
seat IN Congress-proposed ten minutes OF silent
prayer Scarcely three minutes OF the silence had
whsn hany burst TS % Gar
above the ordinary standard OF his conversation,
ana vehement with passionate entreaty.
1T was" said bystander, "as II his soul was
surging to his lips.n The suddenness Of his i'm
provsat1on astonished his hearers. and produced
Minister doed a 9 ts 81 s Of H aS
guage was evidence OF his conversation" and
after that Manley went up in the esteem Of many
which is modelled after one used in executions in
stewart the present city sergeant OF Hexandria,
was Sherin, was manufactured at carriaQe shop
here. When II was completed the crowd which
daily pressed into the shop to see It was 30 great
that the eoachmaker was forced to bar his doors.
The jail yard in which the execution took place has
not witnessed similar scene since 1857 when
"Jennie," negro woman who held Mrs. Hull, her
decrepit mistress, upon the IRE until abe burned
to death, was executed, The Jail is two-story
closure, 10 BY $50 feet surrounded by brick wall
niteen feet high. The scafold stood 1t the corner
OF the square.
On Thursday the prisoner was told that tho cor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN CANADA.
A Mail Train Thrown Down an EN-
bankment-Six Persons injured.
nr4

PORT HOPE, Ont, March 28, 1873.
An accident occurred to the mail train bound to
Orilla, on the Midland Railroad, last night. As the
train approached this place the rear car broke the
coupling and turned over down an embankment,
distance Of twelve feet. Six passengers were M
jured. DIR. Dewar and Mr.. Davis, Of Ogdensburg N.
Y, very seriously about the head and FACE: Mr..
Preston, OF Manvers received q flesh wound In the
leg and other slight injuries. The accident was
caused by broken rail-
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-23
Genius in Embryo.

The labor-saving genius of Young
America is something amazing. Here
is an illustration An Evanston parent
sent Young Hopeful ou. to draw the
baby for an airing. Young Hopeful
thought ho would save labor by sad
ding that duty off upon his noble
mastiff. lie thereupon improved a
harness out of tho. clothcs-line and
hitched tho noblo mastff 10 the car
riage. Just then the noble mastiff's
favorite canine playmate frolicked
along tho road, and quite oblivious to
tho new duty he was obliged TO per-
form, the noble mastff sprang to his
more agreeable companionsbip. And
then these two animals started for a
run, and that baby accompanied thom,
A howl from the startled Hopeful
brought the parents TO the scene, and
then ensued a chase for these dogs
and that baby that beggars descrip-
tion. Up this street. down that,
through this blind alley, across that
broad avenue. The dogs gathered
fright as the pursucrs gathered num-
bers, end the baby gathered lungs,
until friendly stump relieved tho
carriage Of its load, and the precious
infant, in its lovely whitc embroid-
ercd clothes, was picked up out OF the
mud, good deal more frightened
happily, than hurt. But the boy 2
Wen, his Sunday school teacher found
the boy model of department on
that day. He considered It ungcntlc
manly TO sit.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-23
NEW SERIES--V0L. IA, NO. %.
ASmart Agent.

"Sirw said n tall, thin man, clad in
worn, very shining garb, suddenly
appearing in tho room, ~ have von-
tured to call to lay before you one of
the most astonishing inventions Of
moder times" They all begin in
some such impressive way as that
"A gas-burncr, SIR" | was busy ar
ranging some papers in corner, and
having both hands full, with pen
held crossways in my mouth, was
for moment quite at his mercy
"Perhaps, sir, you are aware that in
the case of every kind of burner but
this | now show you, gas gives off
most noxious efiluvium, having pecu-
llraly ruinous effect upon tho eye
sight" By this time / had cmptied
my hands and mouth, and was ad.
vancing upon him. Fixing his eyes
upon mine, he started back in distress
full horror. "Heaven help us, sir" he
exclaimed, GLOW you have suffered
already! Your sight, sir, would not
last much longer. This must not be-"
Before / could say word or lift
finger to stop him he rapidly glided
past me to to the table on which the
lamp stood. With a nimbleness which
rooted me to the spot in apprehension,
be whipped off tho shad, then the old
burner. In moment the lamp was
a ruin. alt is u mercy of Providence,
sir, that happened TO call"
"Stopw / called. fireplace every
thing as it was, instantly"
"The number of cases of premature
blindness" he calmly proceeded, that
| have had the qualification of prevent
ing makes my labor most pleasant
one"
Thinking he might be deaf, ! bawl-
cd, 81 don't want your burner; | won't
have it; take it off," For he was
lightly twirling the new one in its
place.
"There, sir, you will feel thankful to
me as long as you live! The only thing
that troubles me in the matter is, |
know | am running the spectacle ma
kers."
"Do you hcar?'' asked. "Isball
not pay you for it,"
He struck very effective attitude.
Payment! Of what consequence is
that | could not remove that in
estimable burner for any amount of
money, when tho alternative is the
ruin Of your valuable eyesigbt. For,
sir, your eyes are worth many burners.
| mako you present Of it willingly.
am poor man, under heavy travel.
ing expenses, aud J. have family in
want" lie sighed. "But duty shall
be done. The price is threcpence-
half-penny, or three shillings dozen.
| know you will regret this mOmen.
tary harshncss in long years to come
when yon are enjoying the benefits Of
that burner, But that is not my af-
fair, though am sorry 10 think Of it.
Good morning, sir. If at any time,
no matter how long an interval, by
some inconceivable accident anything
should become out of order in it, yon
will find the name of the manufactur-
ers stamped on tho side. Bo good
enough to drop line TO their we'll
known house at Glasgow, and man
will instantly be sent TO attond.t to it,"
was beaten. This offer to send
man from Scotland into tho heart of
England, after the lapse of years, to
put gratuitously bestowed three
pcnee-halfpenny gas burner to rights
was too much for me. / had to make a
purchase. - Chambers journal.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-23
A Dog Story.

Wednesday last was IN good day
for the racoS-tho canine face ia rc.
ferrod to-as the following true tale
Of a Minnesota dog, related by a reli.
able eyewitness. shall prove on that
dav, as one of the trains on the Lake
Superior and Mississippi Railroad
stopped at Centreyillc, a few miles
bcyond White Bear Lake. n lady took
a seat in one of the passenger coacbes
and tho train started. When il ston.
ped at White Bear station doo of
medium size. and with rather a s6ao.
gy coat, came alongside npon t6e
piatform. and was noticed 10 be nant.
ing heavily. Again. few miles far.
ther on, a halt was made to take wa.
ter, and conductor Bond called the at
tention of some of the passengers 10
the fact that the dog had followed
them from White Bear Lake as he
supposed. The train was going off
and shortly doggy was seen closs he.
hind possanrors hooor,o ;,,,.....l