The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-09-11

Tran Car SPECIAL Cafraspoaasnt
NFw Yong, Sept 8, 1878.
Financial circles are greatly excited
over ramored forging ola 81 ,0oo, 900
worth Of Now York Central Railroad
stock certificates. Over 500 GOO worth
have already been seized. aud it is be-
lieved that as much more has been sue
cessfully negotiated. Detective Capt.
Irving was privately warned, about q
month ago, Of contemplated attempt
70 food the market with the spurious
securities He urged the detectives Of
the Central Office 10 exercise increased
vigilance, and personally joined them
ia a vain effort TO discover and capture
the swindlers before they could exc.
cute their plans On Friday, a stran.
ger, who styled himself Leonard
Brown, broker. of ll3 Broadway, left
a genuine certificate for 81 600 with
Olcott & Co, bankers and brokers Of
Broad street, for negotiation, Subse-
quently he left sixteen mere certid-
Gates, which appeared to be genuine.
Upon examining them aiterward, how
ever, Mr.. Olcott discovered two bear
ing the same numbers He promptly
took them all to the office Of the rail
road company where the sixteen last
received were declared fraudulent
the ore first received being the only
genuine one Of the lot, which repre-,
scented total Of $4,000 Both police
and brokers seem greatly mystifed,
and apprehensivo of difficulties and
dangers not yet revealed.
A SERIES or SYSTEMATIC THEfTs.
The ferment into which the city Of
Brooklyn has been thrown by the dis
closure of Rodman's defalcations is
simply Undesirable. Some idea of
the excitement that prevails may be
inferred from the readiness with which
the most startling rumors and absurd
reports are caught up, repeated and
believed. Any one who should start
a story that Hugh Mclaughlin had
absorbed the entire available funds Of
the city would find ready believers
According to street rumors, not only
had Rodman defaulted to the tune Of
indefinite hundreds of thousands of
dollars, but the Board of Public Works
were under cloud and their funds all
stolen the tax office showed defal-
cation of two or three millions. The
treasurer Of the Fire Department Fund
had absorbed all the money he could
lay bold Of and rottenness and cor
ruption prevailed everywhere. The
most Of these stories were credited to
the comptroller, and were re-echoed
with elaborate comments by the even
ing papers. Thus the public mind was
kept at fever heat, and the credit of
the city and its fame were at low ebb.
NHUMAS CONDUCT ORA CONDUCTOR.
The brutality Of a certain class Of
the men employed on the street cars
was shown in the conduct Of two con
ductors and a driver when a man was
run over and seriously injured by car
No. 800 of the Third avenue line, lear
Eighteenth street and Third avenue,
/ Friday evening The injured man fell
/ from another car Of the same line,
which was urged on by the conductor,
who made no attempt to aid the suffer
er. Both the driver aud conductor Of
car No. 500 also showed an inhuman
haste, and grndgiugly waited till the
manglcd man had been removed from
the track, when the car rolled away
STAGE GOSSIP AND JorrISGs.
| The Black Crook is having an un-
/ precedeuted run at Niblo's; and is
likely to continue the whole Of the
season, ..
The Vokes Family are to DO found at
the Union Square Theatre. in Fun in a
Fog. This piece, although very sue
Icessfal, viii be removed to make room
+ for The Bellies Of the Kitchen, which
+ is said to be their best play
The grangers paper The Scythe,
will make its appearance on the 18th
+ inst The Office, corner Of Fulton,
Nassau and Ann streets, is putting on
quite "buccollic garb. AZ Nasty
says.
( some dishcartened husband asked
I the Res Henry Ward Beecher if he
approved Of wives spending their time
at watering places and leaving theiy
+. husbands 70 the mercy Of servant girls,
aud received this characteristic reply
'No women who values her domestic
happiness as she should viii leave her
husband ihns unprotected
SPECTATOR
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STATE ITEMS.
There is 10 be signal station on Kill
legion Peak