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The New York herald., 1873-10-23
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
The Senate Committee on Inland Trnns-
portation I'm Richmond.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct % 1873
Senator's Conkling, Sherman, Window, Norwood
and Davis, United States Senate Committee on In-
land transportation, arrived here yesterday. A
conference was held to-day which was attended
by Hon. Mr.. Hereford, OF West Virginia, and dele
cations OF prominent citizens from Norfolk and
Lynchburg After inspe citing the first level OF the
James RIVER and Kanawha Canal and the ship
locks, the committee examined number oil Wit
ncsses, including Mr.. Bocock Craighil Chief En-
gneer OF the James River Improvement, and Colo
mel whtcomb, Chief Engineer Of the Chesa.
iormer engineer OF the hoosac Tunnel and
now General Manager OF the Air Line between
Richmond and Atlanta. The testimony taken was
chiefly with the view OF ascertaining the practlca-
bility OF the proposed completion OF the James
River and Kanawha Canal, and the construction OF
tunnel for the canal the length OF nine miles.
The opinion OF the engineers was to the eject that
the means being supplied lor the work, the tunnel
and canal would be completed within i've years,
AZ a cost or sl4,0oO,0oo the committee go hence
tomorrow to Charleston, W. Va, and thence to
uncinnatt. ST. Louis and Louisville
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EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT EATING
Remarkable Case or Abstinence from
Food.

Food.
There is young woman named Mary Fancner' re-
siding at the corner OF Gates avenue ana downing
street. Brooklyn, who has u IL asser.eu py hcl
nnvs,c,an Dr 8. r. Speir, taken no food for eight
wears. she is twenty-five years OF age, bright and
intencent. AS q girl she was close applicant to
her studies, and was wont to abandon her meals
70 nonder over her books until the STRAIN upon
her intellectual and physical strength overcame
ner she also sustained injuries Dy being thrown
rom a horse. subsequently she fell of Fulton
avenue car, and was dragged along the street
for distance OF forty ieet by her crinollne catch
inc in the car. She was then afflicted bv absolute
nervous prostratlon and has since been confined
10 her bed. H0 legs are twisted and her hands
are drawn up behind her head. She sleeps but
little, and is said to be endowed with cairv0yant
faculties. She works embroidery In col0rs with
great facility, and has made slippers and smoking
CAPS with initials worked IN them. Tne doctor n
positive that there Is NO deception IN the case, and
has used every effort possible TO detect any sign
Of imposition, but TO no purpose. The case has
baflcd the skill Of nunoreda 0l uny0ctan8 VINO
have examined II
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FLEETWOOD PARK.
Crown Prince the Winner of the Special
Premium OF $1,000.

Premium OF $1,000.
Three hundred persons assembled at Fleetwood
Park yesterday afternoon to witness the race be-
tween George N. Ferguson's white gelding Crown
Prince and Joseph Harkers brown gelding Young
Bruno, for special premium OF $1,000, mile heats,
best three in five, in harness. Bruno was the IA
vorite before the start 500 to $40. Crown Prince
won the first and second heats, when the betting
changed to 500 to $l2 on the white geding. Then
Young Bruno. aided by the unsteadiness OF his
competitor, won the third and fourth heats, when
he became the favorite at $50 to $40. In the dfth
heat Bruno went into the air at the halfmie pole,
which mshap settled the matter Tor him, as Crown
Prince cane away and won the heat and race as
he liked
SUMMARY.
FLEETWOOD PARK, MORRfsANIA, N Y, Oct. e.
Special premium OF 1000; mile heats, best three
in five, in harness. Judges-Messrs. Brown, Rida-
b0ch and Irving.
George N. Ferguson's W. g. Crown
Prince Fergason) ...;.......;..... 2 l
Joseph Harker's br. g. Young Bruno
(Charles Greenl observation-disclosures. 2 2 l 2
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PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS.
Berkshire BOY the Winner OF the POST
poned 2,39 Race.

Berkshire BOY the Winner OF the POST
poned 2s39 Race.
Two hundred persons assembled at the Prospect
Park Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon to witness
the decision OF the postponed 2:s9 race from Tues
day. Promptly AT two O'Clock the horses were
called, and alter five scorings the word twas given
to good send-ofr. Without any difficulty Berk-
shire Boy took the lead and maintained it through
out, winning the heat and race. Fred TYLER was
second and Sterling third, but in the distribution
OF the money Sterling has second prize and Tyler
saves his entrance. Immediately after the heat Mr..
William Mcmahon, OF Deerloot Park, purchased
Berkshire boy for SIS, 700 cash. The following is a
complete
SUMMARY.
PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS, L. L. Oct. 81 and
22.-Purse OF $500, for horses that never beat
239, mile heats, best three in five, In harness. $500
to the first $3.50 to the second ana $50 to the third
horse. JudgeS-RObert Fletcher, Charles Bloom,
Arthur Ransom n HINT and Geo w OakIav
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MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB
First Day of the Autumn Running
Meeting at Baltim0rc-The Events and
Entries-Pool Selling.

Entries-Po0l Selling.
BALTIMORE, Oct %, 1s73
The races commence tomorrow and the pros
pect OF fine days sport is good. The fields are
fairly nled and the four contests, with the excep
ton OF that for the Dixie Stakes, Will be closely
contested, 1T is thought; but Tom Bowling is such
favorlte that he is almost accredited with the
stakes before running.
In the first race, mile dash, there are eight
entries comprising Chckabiddy, Ortolan. Preak-
ness COronet Limestone, Allie Hunt, Tom Boston
and hanover. Preakness sold for TO- and all The
others combined for $136. The hurdle race has
three entres-Lochiel Victor and Prince OF Wales.
The former sold Tor 500 and the other two Tor $50.
In the Dixie Stakes are ON Bowling, Lizzie Lucas,
Catespy and Merodac. Tom Bowling brought S205;
for the two-me heats race, comprising Harry Bas-
sett M. A. b., Lady CLYDE, Shyock. Warke and
DICK Jackson Harry Bassett sold for $275, and all
the others together only S75.
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DEERFOOT PARK.

The second autumn trotting meeting at this
popular track commences Tuesday next oSth
inst. and continues Wednesday and Thursday.
There will be two races each day and entered for
the several events fifty horses represent
ing the finest clippers in this vicinity. Mr.
Mcmahon the Superintendent has arranged the
purses to be trotted as follows :-ruesday $50 and
2:3s classes; Wednesday, 2:42 and 2:34 classes
Thursday, three minute and a race to be decided
upon the "iree-T0r-alln not having filed.
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FIRE ON AVENUE B.

A lre broke out yesterday morning in the
premises OF the New York Gas Company. on avenue
d. between Twentieth and Twenty.nrst streets.
and caused damage OF $4,000. An examination
WIN De held nv the Fire Narshal to-day 20 to the
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carried. The following were appointed as such
committee :-Messrs. Michael VI. Burns, Morris
Frledsam, Thomas r. Geary r. s. Newins, James
John J. 0'Brien, George f. Kasmire, Charles 8.
Strong, George Bliss Chester Ii. soutnworth,
Charles 5. Spencer. Robert Il. Boyd, Hiram A.
Pooler, William Laimbeer, Joel W. Mason Chester
A:sArthur, Isaac o. Hunt, William A. Darling and
William Haw, Jr
motion was then offered that the Convention
proceed to vote by informal ballot, which was lost.
The Convention then adjourned.
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BOSTON, Oct. %, 1873.
DR.. George B. Loring has been nominated by the
republicans for the State Senate, in the Second
ESSEX district.
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This Is the second day OF the regular trOtting
meeting at the Prospect Park FAIR Grounds and
two interesting events are on the card. First OF
these are the three-yearold colt stakes, which has
three starters, and the second purse Of 5000 for
horses that never beat $780, mile heats, best three
In five, In harness; 1926 to the drst, $l75 to the
second and 500 To the third horse. Entered for
this are Daniel PielIer's black stallion Daniel
Boone, John Murphy's bay geding Everitt Ray,
J. ". Pendergasts chestnut mare Lady Emma, A.
gray gelding JACK Draper, NJ. Martins bay gelding
Mystic, James Dongrey's gray gelding Ed. Eaton
and Peter Manee's pay mare Mary A. whitney,
The first race will be called at two O'Clock, snarp.
The Coney Island cars leaving the Fulton Terry
every ten minutes, pass the grounds
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GOLD COIN FROM THE MINT.
Over q Ton and q Half In Twenty Doi-
Ia

lar Pieces.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22, 1879
Eight hundred and nny-nve thousand dollars,
coined in twenty dollar gold pieces, was delivered
this morning by the chief coiner TO e ro"
Pollock at the Pniladclpnia hlAs' A's WV
welghed over ton and nsak
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MASSACHUSETTS, REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.

This is q decrease from last year OF 9,8S4-lhe
registration OF 1872 being 76,54l.
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REGISTRATION IN BROOKLYN.

The total vote registered in Brooklyn during the
four days OF registry this year is ee,657. The fol-
lowing is the record OF each ward:-
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BEHGADED BY CAR WHEELS.

A resolution IS TO be brought before the Board or
Police to-day demanding that such reports shall be
made mont hly in future.
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lime. 1852 :34-2:361 "a 2:37-2:39L-2:4
The fourth contest was match between Hoyt's
two-year-cld filly, by Confederate Chief, and
Macey's two-year-old ny, by Joe Harker The lat
ter won, distancing the former. Time, 2:49.
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to be initiated by Governor Dix, and several OF the
persons prominent III the ''tar party" have stated
to me that they hope the Governor will take action
SO that, whether the guilty parties discovered
or not, those who are innocent may by prompt
measures be relieved OF the odium OF a crime which
in the cry "Why don't somebody do Something's
and there it ends; town and county seem
parayzed ana helpless.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20

E4r Consumption is the great
scotrge of the country. 1t v i'll sur
prise many to read the records Of
this terrible disease as contained in
The second volume of the census, and
to trace the lines on the maps accom-
panying the report which marks its
existance.in its more or les virulent
type. Out of the 1925 deaths in
1870, 90. 500 were from consumption,
There are comparatively few sec.
tions of this country that are free
from the disease. A few counties
in West Virginia, tho Florida PENN
sula, and portion of Georgia exhib-
it a freedom from it, or rather from
cases originating there. There is
also a small section of country in
Central New York that is we'll nigh
free from it. Minnesota and Califor-
MIA, with the exception of strip Of
country north and south of the Sac
ramento and around San Francisco,
can be put down as well nigh ex-
empt from this terrible scourge, but
there are few of any other sections
of the country where the disease
does not figure very prominently in
the mortality list. New England
appears TO be the climate most to be
dreaded by consumptives, the deaths
from this cause there being one in
ten of those from all diseases, Inter
Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
Estate of Clark.

SrAdTE OF WISCONSIN,, SIS In Probate Grant County
In the matter of the Estate of David Clark
deceased.
On sading and filing the petition of Israel Miles
OF personal estate that has to his hands and the
disposition thereof the amount of debts outstand ing
against said deceased and description all the
estate of which Said deceased died seized and the
dition and value OF the respective portions thereof
ard praying that license be TO him granted sell
all the real estate of said deceased Subject to the
dover interest Of the widow of said deceased) IA
payment of debts due and unpaid and il appear
ing by said petition that there is not su cient per-
sOnal estate In the hands of said Israel Miles Admin
strator Of said estate to pay said debts aud that il is
necessary in order to pay the same, to sell all Of said
real estate Its therefore ordered that all persons
terested in said estate appear before the Judge this
Court, on Monday the 10th day OF June, 1873 nj
one O'Clock z. NJ at the Court House in Lancaster
in said county, then aud thGre TO show f any
there be- why license should not be granted said
Adm srator to sell said real estate according the
prayer of said petition,
And il is further ordered that copy of this order
shall be published for four successive weeks prior to
said day Of hearing, in the Grant County Herald,
Weekly Newspaper printed and published at Laaca>>
err in said County, and person ally served all per-
interested in said estate residing in said County
at least fourteen days before said day Of hearing
BY the Court. WIN. McG0NIGAL,
49w4 County Judge.
Dated at Lancaster, Wis May /, A. D. 1873,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20

SHOULD MILK OR CREAM BE CHURN.
ED-The N. Y. Observer reports anex-
pertinent from which it appears that
about 800 pounds of milk made TWEEN.
ty,two pounds of butter, or sixteen
to one, The milk was sour and
thick. 1t was thought that the quail.
ity of the butter would have been
somewhat better if the n ilk had on
ly just begun TO turn. As TO velocity
in churning, it was said there should
be from forty to sixty strokes of the
dasher in q minute. Some say that
the motion should be continuous:
others, that the cream Cor milk
should have intervals of rest, and
that the air should occasionally be
introduced 1t has been discovered
by the microscope that butter exists
in the milk enclosed in thin sacks oil
2lbumen and these sacks are to be
thoroughly broken to make good but.
ter. They are sometimes seen mixed
with butter, being ouly torn in v7o.
The objection to churning milk is the
great amount of power required.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
Estate of Maiben,

GTATE Wisconsin, I Probate Office, Lancas-
- Grant County. IS ter, May 18th, 1873.
In the matter of the Proc and Probate of the asst
viii and Testament of William Msiben deceased late
of the County Of Grant.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, purporting to
be the Last win and Testament of William MaibeB
deceased late of the County of Grant has been filed
IN this office; and whereas application has been made
by Geo. Maiben praying that the be proven ard
admitted to Probate according to the laws OF this
Therefore, il is ordered that said application be
heard before at the Probate Office, in the village OF
Lancaster, in said County, on Monday, JuHe 9th, A.
d. 1879, at one o'clock p. NJ
And il is further ordered that notice shall be given
to a!persons interested in said viii OF the time and
place of said hearing, by Publication in tho Grant
County Herald, wspaper printed in said County
for three successive weeks, each week. prior 10
the time Of such hearing. By the Court,
WIN. McG0NIGAL
Bows County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
SheriffS sale-Campbell ct al.

SrArE OF WISCONSIN, Circuit Court in and for
- County Of Grant. Grant County, Wis
Judgment Of Foreclosure and Sale.
Frank Barr and Charlotte d. Stowe heirs at law Of
Timothy Y. Barr deceased, plaintiffs, against David
Campbell, Ann NJ. Herring. Laura j. Varney former
ly Laura Campbell widow of John Campbell de.
ceased) Alzora Bliss, Adelia Anderson, Almon u.
Campbell, adults; and John Campbell, Laura b.
Cramsr. &. ID. Campbell, Newman Campbell and
Carrie Campbell infants, and all heirs at law John
Campbell deceased nd John ii. Sarles Administra-
tor Of the estate ofDwight T. Parker deceased Mary
f. Parker, widow and administrative of the
estate Of Dwight I. Parker, deceased, May L.
Parker, Dwight 4. Parker, Frank Parker and Chas
Parker, infants and heirs at law of said Dwight I
Parker, deceased defendants.
BY virtue Of judgment of foreclosure and order OF
sale made and rendered in the above entitled action
the Goth day Of March 1879 directing that
sale be made Of the morgaged premises Their Elm men
toned and described follows, TO wit:
The east half Of the north west quarter and the
north east quarter of the southwest quarter OF section
thirty two and also the southeast quarter of the
south quarter and the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of section twenty nine all in town
ship number seven, north of range three of the
fourth principal meridian in Grant County, Wiscon-
sin, will on the seventeenth day of June, 1879
at the hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon, at
the front door of the court house. in the village OF
Lancaster, in Grant county, Wisconsin, sell said dc.
scribed lands and premises to the highest and best
bidder tor cash, to satisfy said judgment, interest
thereon and costs of sale. I. CARRIER,
Sheriff, Grant County Wis.
w. P. Dewey, Prfs Atty.
Dated Lancaster, Wis, April "a, 1873 49w6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20

INSTRUMENT FOR TESTING Color
BLINDNESS "A German has invented
Rn instrument for testing color
blindness. 1t consists of a rotating
apparatus, which moves a disk
whose centre is a circle, one.hali
black, and the other half white out.
side this is a ring half red and half
green, and then another ring of vic.
let and red, then the outside ring of
violet ard green. When rapidly ro-
tated the centre appeared TO be col.
ored gray-that is, black and white
mixed. To q green.blind person the
middle ring will appear gray, that
being the result to him of mixture
OF violet and red. The out,r ring
will appear grey TO red blind pa,
tient, and the inner, gray to the vio-
let blind. BY the use of this most
ingenious instrument large number
Of patients may be simultaneously
examined for one or more kind. q,
eolored blindness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20


The Uses OF WATER. Sir
William Armstrong INTRODUCED his hy-
draulic machinery tor raising ore from
the deep mines, and tor loading and
unloading ships in dock, it has been
applied, as our readers are aware, to
many other purposes. By the quiet
pressure of the water the largest of
dock gates are now opened and closed
with the utmost ease; newspapers are
printed, lifts are worked in hotels and
factories, and the scenes are shifted in
theatres. At the Royal Academy,
when exhibitions are in preparation,
truck loads of pictures are raised
from tho basement ia the galleries by
a hydraulics lift of unusual size, fed
by the ordinary water supply. Wat
er can be used to blow the bellows of
an organ, and in the employment of
water for this or any other intermit-
tent purpose there is the advantage
that it is always ready. Pull lever
or turn II tap, and it begins to work.
There is no Lighting of fire and
WutllhS udll al uOuI, dS lu Lub
case of steam. And now ar ingen-
ious mechanician at Paris has con-
trived way to close and open shop
shutters by means Of the ordinary
water supply. The winch, and cog
wheels, and connecting apparatus at
present employed, are not required;
with twenty gallons OF sater,at sixty
feet pressure, more than 20 square
yards Of iron shutters can be raised
or lowered merely by turning tap
inside the shop. The water tubes,
aad indeed all the apparatus, are in
side OF the shop, which renders it
easy to guard against effects of frost i;
while failure of water could be pre-
vented by storing days supply in
a cistern. - Chambers Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
Estate McCubbin.

STArEOy WISCONSIN, In Probate-Grant County
- County of Grant Court
In the matter Of the estate Of James McCubbn de
ceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Andrew
Timmons of the county of Grant representing among
other things, that james McCubbin in his life tim
was bound by contract in writing to convey 10 said
Andrew Timmons certain Real Estate in the county
OF Grant and State of Wisconsin, to.wit, the west
half of the southwest quarter of section tweny.eight
also the cost half of the quarter of section
twenty-n nine. all in town six north Of range
and praying that John oodward executor of the last
will aud testament of said James McCubbin, deceased,
may be authorized and required by order and de-
cree OF his court to execute conveyance of the above
described premises according to the prayer Of said PEE
titon.
1t is ordered that the prayer of said petition be
heard before the judge Of this court at the Probate Of
hce at Lancaster. Monday, the q day Of june A.
D., 1873 at o'clock Z. NJ. of said day, when and
where al persons interested in said estate may appear
and show cause, II any there be, why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted.
And il is further ordered, that notice of said april
cation and hearing be given TO all persons interested
by publication in the Graz. County Herald a news
paper printed in said county for sxsuccossve weeks,
once each week, prior to the time ofsuch hearing.
BY the Court. 49w6 WIN. McGONlGAL,
County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
Signs Of Madness In Dogs.


The British Medical Journal calls
attention to the measures recon-
mended by the Hygiene Of Bordeaux
for the better protection of people
against the dangers of hydrophobis
1t IS well known that the madness
OF dogs has period which is pre-
monitory al d harmless. If these Pc
RODS were generally known, the
dogs could be put out Of the way be-
fore they became dangerous. On
this subject the Council of Hygiene
has issued the following instructions:
A short time, sometimes two days
after madness has seizsd dog, it
creates symptoms in the animal
which it is Indispensable to recog-
niZe.
!. There is agitation and restless
ness, and the dog turns himself con-
tinually in his kennel. If be be at
liberty, he goes and comes, and
seems to be seeking something; then
he remains motionless, as if waiting,
then starts, bites the air as ifhe would
catch a fly, and dashes himself, howl
ng and barking, against the WALL
The voice of the master dissipates
the hallucinations the dog obeys,
but slowly, with hesitation, as if with
regret.
2. He does not try to bite; he is
gentle, even affectionate; and he eats
and drinks, but gnaws his litter, the
ends of curtains, the padding ofcush-
ions, the coverlids of the beds, car
pets, &c.
3. BY the movement of the paws
about the sides of his open mouth,
one might think he was trying to
free his throat of bone.
4. His voice undergoes such a
change that it is impossible not to be
struck by it.
5. The dog begins to fight with
other dogs, this is decidedly char
acteristic sign, if the dog be general
ly peaceful.
The three symptoms last mention
ed indicate an advanced period of
the disease, and that the dog may
become dangerous at any moment, If
immediate measures are not taken.
1t is best to chain him up at once, or
kill him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-05-20
sAOne Chicago

GG-One Chicago woman told
around among the neighbors that q
certain other Chicago woman in her
opinion, wasn't any purer than gold,
il she was as pure as that precious
metal. OF course the other woman
heard of it. The two met on the
street the other day. The physic.
ian says he can reduce the broken
ribs, sew up the cuts on their faces
and remove the black from about
their eyes by liberal applications of
beef, but they viii be bald-headed as
long as they live; e.oant replace hair.
Women fight? You had ought to
see those two wrecks.