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The New York herald., 1874-09-30
COURT CT GENERAL SESSIONS,

Before Judge Sutherland.
The trial OF owen Riley, charged with arson, in
setting fire to tenement house, No. 203 Lexing.
ton avenue, on the 2d inst, was resumed yester-
day. MIR. Howe summed up for the defence, and
was followed by Assistant District Attorney Nolan
After clear and elaborate charge by Judge Suth-
eriand the jury rendered verdict of guilty OF an
attempt at arson IN the first degree.
Mr.. Howe claimed that upon sUch a verdict the
discharge.
Judge sutherland denied the motion and re-
manded the prisoner, iu order tnat he might
examine the technical question raised. II seems
tnat some grave doubt exists as to whether a
prisoner can be sentenced for an attempt at
arson In the first degree, owing to recent IeQsIa-
sion upon the crime OF arson In the highest degree
Larcenies.
Ash N. Lyon, who was indicted for stealing, on
the 10th Of july four coats, worth $780, the property
Of Wilde Brothers, No. 4s2 Broadway, pleaded
guilty to ~ attempt at grand larceny. Jp cQnse.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.

Francis Depau Moultou. the mutual friend y
yesterday retained ex-Judge Fullerton as counsel
to defend him in the criminal suit brought hy Miss
Edna Dean Proctor against him for the publica.
tion OF the alleged lbellous illusions made by him
in his statement No. 2. To-day. at ten O'Clock, is
TO go bail in the sum Of 500 900 the appearance
OF Mr.. MOulton when called upon for trial.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
SUICIDE OF AN INVALID,

A day or two since Jean Kauty woowsk, late .
photographer at No. SO est Houston street, being
In poor health was admitted to the lodging room
OF Bellevue Hospital to await being transferred to
one OF the Island institutions. Yesterday morn.
ing Mr.. Wolowski, while walking about the Hos
pitai grounds, jumped into the East River and was
drowned. The body was recovered and Coroner
Eickhor notified. In possession OF deceased was
found letter addressed TO him by .Professor
Alexander 5. Woiowski, Egg harbor City, N. III
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
A CHURCH CONVENTION.

The annual Diocesan Convention Of the Prot
testant Episcopal Church of the Diocese OF New
York Will commence Its sessions to-day at st.
Johns chapel yarick street, with devotional SER
vices closing with the administration OF the sacra
ment OF Holy Communion. Right Rev. HoratiO
Potter win preside. lull attendance is expected
OF the clergy and the lay representatives Of the
various parishes embraced in the diocese.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
ESSEX MARKET POLICE COURT.
Highway Robbery.
Before Judge BiXby.

DtIUIC
Albert Renyea, of No. 2l2 BrOome street, was
going to his home late Tuesday evening and when
near his residence was suddenly attacked by man
named Emmerck klrsch. Klrsch put his forearm
unoer Renyeas chin and bending MS head and
body backward snatched his watch and ran. Rem
yea recovered from the surprise OF his sudden
attack almost Immediately and pursued the daring
thiei. After chase OF two blocks he caught him
and placed him III the hands OF Oficer Bell, ot
Tenth Precinct. Judge BiXby yesterday COM
mltted Kirsch IN So, 600 bail to answer.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
MARINE COURT-PkRT III.
Look Out for Your Dogs.
Before Judge McAdam,

Before Judge McAdam.
ElenOra Nieder VS.. Christian Ciunt.-The plain
til, while visiting the DEFENDANTS restaurant was
set upon by large bloodhound belonging to the
defendant and bitten on the left cheek leaving an
ugly looking scar, which dishgures her face for
liie and for which she claimed compensation. Con-
siderable testimony was gwen on the part OF the
plaintif respecting the character OF the dog for
the purpose OF showing that 1t was Wild and Zero.
llOus. The defendants witnesses testified that the
ai0g in question was KIND and gentle. The defend.
ant himself testified that he knew the pedigree OF
characters dOcllity, inherited from long line
vi ancestry remarkable Tor the best qualities OF
the canine race The Court charged the jury that
the owner OF domestic animal Is only liable upon
proof that the animal was naturally wild and Zero
Ctous and accustomed to bite mankind.
The Jury found for the plaintin IN the sum OF $780,
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
WESTCHESTER.

1t Is currently reported that number OF ad-
venturOus individuals ut New Rochelle are organ.
tzing gold hunting party for the Black Hills FL
Dorado the imperative order OF General Sheridan
to the contrary Notwithstanding,
At an election for officers OF the Yonkers Fire
Department. hald day or two sgo. II. s. Myers
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quence or the previous goOd character ana the re-
spectacle connections OF the prisoner His Honor
sent him to the PeDitentiary i0r SIX months In
stead OF to the State Prison.
Daniel Gillespie, youth, pleaded guilty to an
attempt at grand larceny, the charge being that
on The 9th or August he stole two steam gauges
worth $40 belonging to George s. Townsend. He
was sent to the Penitentiary 0r one year.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
COMMISSION OF APPEALS CALENDAR.

ALBANY N. Y, Sept. 20. 1874.
The dav calendar OF the COMMISSION OF Appeals
for Wednesday, ls as follows:-Nos. 263, 239, 253,
2Sl, 2S2 2S3, 2S4, 1879, 207, 259.
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Meeting OF tho New Police Justices.
In compliance with q resolution passed at its
last meeting the Board OF Ponce Justices met yes
terday afternoon.
All the judges were present except Judges
Smith and Morgan, the latter being the President
Of the Board. Op ,nntinn Judge Wandel Was
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
MARINE C0UKT-CaAMBERS.
Decisions.

BY Judge JOachmsen
Lyman vs. McQuade; Boyd VS.. Halter; 0rgier vs..
Allen; Caller vs. Abraham.-Motlons denied.
Barr VS.. RubeBsheim; Honei VS.. GriswOid ;
Epsilon vs.. Isaacs; Smith VS.. Hakown.-Motl0ns
granted.
Tuttlc VS.. Lombard Complaint dismissed.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
SUPERIOR CoURT-sPECIAL TERN.
Decisions.

BY Judge Van Worst.
Fielding vs. Neutrality-suspicious. granted. Case
to 60 on short calendar.
Atwell vs. Hayneck The Mayor, &C., VS.. Duryee;
well vs.. Kelly; Hogan VS.. Matthias; Berwick VS..
Dale.-Urders granted.
Clankarld vs.. Halstead.-Order Of reference
granted.
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
OLD AND NEW POLICE JUSTICES.

A great deal OF disappointment was caused yes-
terday in political circles by the announcement
that the decision OF the Court OF Appeals in the
case of the police justices had not been promul-
gated. Judge Flammer, who Is generally regarded
as the general of the army OF the new police JUS.
tices, received despatch from Albany stating
that the decision would not he delivered yester-
day, as had been generally expected. Justice
Fiammer said the new justices reposed full
confidence in the honesty and impair
tiality OF the Court OF Appeals, and ridi-
culed the idea which he said had been
advanced by the former police magistrates,
would influence their opinion and induce them TO
decide the case In favor OF the Old jus tices
The New York herald., 1874-09-30
BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS
SUPREME COURT CHAMBERS.
Decisions.

Hadden vs.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. granteu
placing cause on special cause calendar.
In the matter OF Van ShOn.-Order granted.
Ryan VS.. Herring ct al.-DenIed without costs.
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COMMON PLEAs-sPECIAL TERM.
Decisions.

BY JudRc LOeWs
Bispham vs. Keech.--See memorandum.
Upton vs. BedlOw.-Read justmenJ costs or.
dered, without costs oil motion to either party.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
A Strange Story About an Owl,

An old friend of James Case tells the
following strange owl story: It seems
that James Warner, residing near Mr..
C.'s has been doing a considerable
amount of trapping for the last few
months. While setting his trap some
time ago he concluded that he would
bait for large bird which he believed
had been bothering his chicken roost of
la, e days. He accordingly did SO, and
upon the morning after, upon going to
visit his traps, was much surprised at
finding one of them gone-bait and trap
both gone, and no owl but the sequel
is to come. The other morning, Mrs.
Rogers, who lives some ten miles away
from Mr.. Warmers, hearing some dis
turbance in the hen-house among the
chickens, arose quickly, and taking a
light went to see what was the matter
with them, thinking it was probably
fox. By making careful and sudden
effort she succeeded in catching the OBJ
ject, and to her great surprise found it
was q huge owl. But the strange part
is to come. Attached to the owl was
Mr.. Warmers trap and about ten inches
of chain. 1t seems that two teeth were
broken out of the steel trap, and just
where the teeth were broken out the
jaws OF tne Irap nau nrmly neid the leg
to the bird, cutting all around quite to
the bone, but without injuring the lat
ter. The leg, however, was by this
time recovered and well, the wound
having had ample time to cure during
the two months that had passed since
the owl had first flown away with the
trap. What wonderful tenacity of life
exhibited by the bird What tortures
must have torn the poor owl as he
passed along his way dragging the ter
rible strap and chain.-Bath County
(ky.) NetOs.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
A Lawyers Advice.

An Irishman by the name of Tom
Murphy once borrowed sum of money
from one of his neighbors, which he
promised to pay upon certain time.
But month after month passed by, and
no signs of the agreement being kept,
his creditor at last warned him that
unless he paid it upon certain day, he
should sue him for it and recover by
law. This rather frightened Tom, and
not being able to raise the money, he
went to lawyer to get advice on the
matter. After hearing Toms story
through to the end, he asked him:
"Has your neighbor got any writing
to show that you owe him this fifty
dollars ?''
"Divil word, replied Tom, quickly.
"Well, then, if you haven't the money,
you can take your own time at all
events, he cannot collect it by law"
''Thank yer honor, much obliged, :"
said Tom, rising and going to the door.
"Hold on, my FRIEND" said the
lawyer.
''Fat for ?" asked Tom in astonish-
ment.
You owe me two dollars"
''Fat for P"
"Why, for my advice, to be sure.
You don't suppose can live by charg-
ing nothing, do you?''
! Tom scratched his head moment in
evident perplexity, for he had no money.
At last a bright idea seemed to strike
him.
"An' have yees any paper to show
that I owes yees two dollars p he asked,
with twinkle in his eye.
"Why, no, of course not but what
does that signify %
"Thin I'll iist be after takin' yer own
advice, an pay nather you nor my neigh
Dor T. saying which he left the office and
its occupant to mediate on lawyer
taking his advice, and a doctor taking
his own medicine.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
PAY Cash.

Oh, how hafd it is to pay bills I Ev-
erybody knows this. It is such pleas
ant thing, too, to have money in your
pocket, and there is no way by which
this desirable result can be secured ex-
cept by spending less than you receive.
Nothing assists in this calculation 80
much as paying for what you get when
you get it.
When you run up bills at the butch
er's the hackers, the milliner's and
dress-maker's, you never know exactly
what you can afford. It is very hard to
keep track of all your accumulating in
debtedness, and you are tempted to
spend the money lying idle in your
hands for things which you can do just
as we'll without, and in this way incom-
mode yourself when the day for the set
Element of bills arrives.
Every tradesman knows that people
buy more freely on credit than for
cash. When the pocket book is drawn
upon every time that q want is to be
satisfied, there is a true appreciation of
the value of what you give, as we'll as of
what you get but when things are not
paid for at the time, there is q less ap-
probation of the cost than of the pur-
chase.
In housekeeping especially, the cash
system is the cheapest and pleasantest.
It prevents a great deal of cheating and
waste, and saves the mistress of the
house no end of trouble. Cash custo-
mers buy cheapest, and are the most
desirable. Paw cash,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
A Wildcat Story.

The Vicksburg Miss Times tells the
following Zone day last week the
residence of Mr.. Powell, near head of
navigation on Sunfower river, was at
tackled by a gang of wildcats, Mrs.
Powell and colored servant only being
at home. The door being closed, one of
the cats jumped through the window,
when Mrs. Powell threw blanket over
it and threw it out at the door. This
one was soon followed by another,
which she killed with a small ak. By
this time the colored cook was attacked
a short distance from the house, and she
alarmed white neighbor, who was at
work near the place, who came to her
assistance and killed the cat with q
hatchet, but not until the cook had
been pretty well =" chawed" by the kit
ten. The gentleman then went to the
relief of Mrs. Powell, at the house,
when two of the cats attacked him quite
severely before he succeeded in dis
patching them. Four of the pack we're
killed and several wounded before they
could be scared off. The hides of the
four cats that were slain were brought
to this city on the steamer Lizzie, yes
terday. A day or two after this attack
the carcass of a deer was found buried
near this place, with evidence of it's
having been the work of this same pack
of cats. This account comes to us
through a reliable source, and we can
vouch for the veracity of it. The ma
tives attribute the attack to hunger"
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
Grammarians by ROte.

When Mr.. Millard Fillmore died the
other day, most of the notices which his
death occasioned mentioned the fact
that his early education was neglected,
and that at the time when he began the
study of the law, at the age of nineteen,
he had never seen a grammar or geogra-
ply. Yet Mr.. Fillmore, both in writing
and speech, used the English language
with about the usual propriety; and,
like most of our respectable public men,
he never lapsed into any very glaring
soiecisms. Of his geography we are
not SO certain, but his knowledge was
probably sufficient for all ordinary
emergencies. It is the accuracy with
which SO many of our half-educated or
self-educated men write and speak En-
glish which is surprising and there is
nothing hike it, we suspect, anywhere
else in the world. Yet this facility
does not come from the study of gram
mar. There are not ten men in the
House of Representatives who could
parse ten lines of Milton according to
the rules of Lindley Murray yet these
gentlemen are never guilty of two neg
atiyes employed to strengthen the ne
cation, even when they are denying
charges of fraud or corruption. These
are facts which may well lead us to re-
wise our notions of the necessity of
studying grammar as it is usually taught
in our schools, Our American accuracy
does not come of early drilling. It is
to be attributed to the general habit of
reading. 1t Is in this way that the ma
iority become toleraLle grammarians by
rote, and speak correctly simply be-
cause they speak at all. The verbs are
made to agree with their nominative
cases instinctively and as matter of
good breeding. Small mistakes are
made, as they are by the best writer's !;
but nobody notices them except profess
sional teachers, who, in their turn, make
just as many.-NeW York Tribune.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
Senator Summers Will,

In September, 1872, just before Sen
ator Sumner left for Europe, he wrote
in his own hand his will. He bequeath-
ed all his papers, manue cripts, and let
ter-books to Henry W. Longfellow,
Francis V. Balch, and Edward l.. Pierce,
as trustees, all his books and auto
graphs to the library of Harvard Col
lege his bronzes to his friends of many
years, Henry w. Longfellow and DR..
Samuel G. Howe. He gives to the city
of Boston, for the Art Museum, his pic
lures and engravings, except the picture
of the 's Miracle of the Slave" which he
bequeaths to his friend, Joseph B. Smith,
of Boston. To Mrs. Hannah Richmond
Jacobs, the only surviving sister of his
mother, he gives an annuity of $500.
There is bequest of $4,000 to the
daughters of DR.. Samuel ]. Howe, and
$4,000 to the daughters Of James T.
Furness, of Philadelphia, which" he
says, I" I ask them to accept, in token
of gratitude, for the friendship their
parents have shown me-" The will di-
rects that the residue of his estate shall
be distributed in two equal moieties /;
one moiety to his sister, Mrs. Julia
Hastings, of San Francisco, CAL, the
other moiety to the President and fell
lows of Harvard, in trust, for the bene-
fit of the college library, the income to
be applied to the purchase of books.
Francis V. Balch, of Boston, formerly
clerk to the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations when Mr.. Sumner was
Chairman of that committee, is desig-
mated as sole executive of the will. Mr..
Summers estate is valued at 800, 900.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
ChicagO,s Humiliation.

The new city government of Chicago,
which went into office with such a tre-
mendous majority short time ago,
seems to be growing decidedly unpopu-
lar. IF what the Chicago papers say
of them is true, the new officials must
be the most disreputable set of men
ever elected to office. The Times, of a
recent date, says
"The miserable, the unspeakably dis
reputable, combination of bummers,
ruffans, rum -guzzlers, political dead
beats, and place-hunting lazzaroni, that
under the impudent style of peoples
party" OF possession of Chicago at the
last city election, has gone to pieces in
one of the most disgraceful outrages
against common decency that ever
characterized degraded tribe of saw
ages. The onset of bowling mob of
ruffians upon committee of respecta-
BILE ladies that visited the Council Cham
ber last Monday night, to remonstrate
against the repeal of the Sunday tip
pling law, can not be characterized in
the terms of condemnation thaG it de-
serves. 1t was the most vile and dis
graceful demonstration of the spirit of
rufianism ever witnessed in this city.
Probably not another city in any civil
lied country on the globe has ever wit
messed, in time of peace, performance
SO unspeakably brutal An invading
army of barbarians, licensed to com
NIT any manner of outlawry, could
hardly have exhibited toward a body of
decent and wen-behaved women more
disgusting temper of diabolism. It was
the outspew of the slums and grogger-
les and brothels it was the grand army
of pimps, loafers, blacklegs, thieves,
and drunken roughs, marshaled to de-
fend and indecency against
the protest of virtue. The rufianly
conduct of the performers was certainly
worthy of their thoroughly brutalized
nature.
"And this bowling mob of foul.
mouthed rufians was countenanced-
nay, was inspired to more brutal acts OF
ruffanism, the approving presence
of the self-constituted leaders of the
so-called Peoples party.
"Shall a people, devoured by tax eat
ing bummers, whose wives and daugh
ters are not safe from the brutal assaults
of rufians in the highest city offices
strike for God and the right with hu
man weapons, or shall they foolishl,
fold their arms and wait for the Lore
to come down and wrestle with the bar
| barians ?''
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
India Rubber.

We hear alarming rumors, OCCASION
ally, of the probability of the coal sup
ply becoming exhausted on one side of
the water, while wood may fall short on
the other side, in a given number of
years. It is comfort to know, there
fore, that something is inexhaustible,
though st be only rubber. The belt of
land around the globe, five hundred
miles north and five hundred miles
south of the equator, abounds in trees
producing the gum of India rubber.
They can be tapped, it is stated, for
twenty successive seasons without in
jury, and the trees stand so close that
one man can gather the sap of 80 in
day, each tree yielding, on an average.
three tablespoonfuls daily. Forty three
thousand of these trees have been seen
in tract of country thirty miles long
by eighty wide. There are in America
and Europe more than one hundred and
fifty manufacturers of India rubber ar
ticies, employing some five hundred
operatives each, consuming more than
ten thousand pounds Of gum per year,
and the business is still in its infancy.
But to whatever extent it may increase
there will still be plenty of rubber to
supply the demand.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
Old. but GOOd.

When Oglesby and Broes were at the
head of the Republican gubernatorial
ticket, some years ago, in Illinois, a
quartette of speakers launched them
selves into the interior of the State, on
a stumping tour. The party consisted
of Dick Oglesby, Gen. B. M. Prentiss,
J. d. Ward, and Bross. OF course the
Lombard singers were along.
Dixon, Morrison, and other thriving
towns were visited, and addresses were
made afternoons and evenings, to big
gatherings. Oglesby, Ward, and Prem
tiss varied their speeches to suit the
places and the crowds, as well as to re-
lieve the monotony of the trip. But
Bross had one staple oration, which he
delivered with the same tones, facial
contortions, and genufections on every
platform. As he was candidate for the
Lieutenant -Governorship, he insisted on
having at least the second place on all
the programmes, and the others were
doomed to sit miserably by until
he attained his hackneyed peroration.
This soon grew so omonotonousth that Gen.
Prentiss mildly mutinied, and prepared
vile scheme, for the discontinue of
Oglesby to vary the order of exercise
az OllO uCAu VOWAs cO oudt w oA0 0Al0 A11A-
self should open the meeting in the
evening.
The attendance at Sterling, the spot
selected for the springing Of the con-
spiracy, was immense, and Wards open
ing address was rapturously received.
Then Prentiss arose, and to the terror
of the startled Bross, made the latter's
identical bow to the audience, and with
accurately simulated voice, began to re-
cite Bross' stereotyped Grafton. Its man.
fold repitition had made Prentiss ia
miliar with every word, and he followed
it through without a variation in senti-
ment, anecdote, gesture, or tone.
The juice was absolutely sucked dry
| from Bross' orange. He arose, blurted
something about the lateness of the
hour, and the fact that the ground had
been so well covered by previous speak
ers, and then Topped into his chair
again.
While Oglesby and the Lombards
we're winding up the show, Bross slipped
out and Fastening to the depot, tele
grsphed to the coming train and secured
the whole of the only remaining section
in the sleeping car. His revenge was
coarse, but sweeping, for, while he was
| sprawled comfortably in his berth, his
whilom prosecutors were obliged to sit
up all night. Washington Letter.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-04-04
Trade Prospects.

The feeling among dry good mer-
chants is that the spring trade will be
light, and the jobbers, as a general
thing, therefore, are making light pur-
chases. and merely to meet their i'm
mediate wants. The present dull con-
dition of the market was anticipated as
one of the results of the panic, and has,
therefore, occasioned no surprise. At
the same time it is believed that it will
undoubtedly prove beneficial to the busi-
ness community generally in the end,
inasmuch as it tends to place merchants
on better financial basis. The tend
ency to bring transactions nearer to a
cash basis is daily growing stronger.
1t is gratifying to know that the per-
manent firms which were crippled dur
ing the autumn panic are getting out of
the woods.-NeW York Letter.