, 1874-10-19

n COMMITTED u SuG OuhEu Oh GupCTFlSDIH Oh
Kings County, n T., . dny or two since paid =
visit to the Nursery ut FlatbuHl, end tho result
Of thcir Investigation mas hidcous revelation
Of human cruelty md 1eprayity. There are at
this Institution no less than SIS iufants, packed
away III nllsseeu wurdA,-about twenty to n
ward. The building itself waa In q frislltful
condition. Oyor 200 lights Of glass were broken
out on tue north sids Of tile building, aud the
chilly wind Bwept through tue vards, including
those set apart for the sick. chilling and numb
ing tho halplssa Inmates. But, even with thiH
constant ventilation, tue stencil was intolerablo
The bath.tuba aud wator-clo1ets uors choked
with iith, the boiler wus broken aud Incapable
OF warming the building, and tho kitchen
with all tie utensils waB III corscsponilugly foul
condition, Tho basoment was in btato so
mitch worso that ouly tho utmost courage could
keep tho Commissioners DOM thero. And yet
in this part OF ,he building wero luutlled togotll-
or tho deaf, dumb. blind, paralytic. and idotio
infants Who depended Upon tho county for life.
OF the other chiidron the larger number were In
rags. Most OF them rero afflicted with syphiltio
eore eyes aud itch. Ths wns accounted for partly
by tic filth aud partly by the negligence Of tue
authorities. There werc only two scEups OF towel
allowed to zach ward, and those loashaome dis
orders rere communicated from ono to the o!hor
by tho towels. Thors wora TWO sich wnrtls
into Which paticnts suffering from scar-
latina, measlog, OF ANY Of tho diseases o.
infancy, wers promscuously huddlod. With a
large philanthropy, originating pprhaps in o
dread u ths county jaii the authorities Of tho
nursery did not ins'at upon thruBt,ng cholera aud
smallpox patlcnts into the sick wards with the
victims OF mea6los and acarlatina. Is it any
wonder Tint tl.a mortality in this aay1uu for in-
noconta horera upon 20 per cont ? Iu iess for
tunase county, Or witbout the constant supply
from brooklyn, tho riding generation Mould
speedily become extinct. The Commissioners
have not co,npletad their labora yet. They should
not uutil every poraon CONNECTED with the jnB,i-
tuition, from tho lowest acrub-noman upward, has
been discharged, aud peops mi!o ara not utterly
brutalizsa arc put in thoir places.
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1u aelecttng Grand jury In Salt Lnka City
liant Hc6k, curious Incident occurred. Tuo Dia-
trict Clerk and Probaso Judge, aontils and Alor-
mon respectively. put alternate namcs IN the
boz to tho number OF 2u0. aua thenco the grand
and poltt jurors were drawn. Several tos.G were
required OF Tho ]urors, ouch NJ whether they
Lad conscientious Kcrup!es against enforcing the
law ot ConG'oas against poygan1y, and whether
thoy wcro living in poiygamy. Among tho Jurors
examined was Elder Ttlomas r. 1tlokB. Ho
sworo that he was not 1lvlug In po1Ygamy, aud
could conacionttously iudiut where the proof waa
conclusive. The following day 1t WAS dis
covorod that Hicks had Gvo wives. mud
children by Ill tl,em. Whom charged with making
false oath, nioka Haia he did mt understand 1t
az his busnesa to convict himsolf After some
furtlor conversation, whoreby 1t bacanlo ap-
parent TINT Mr. Kicks was selected by the prieB.-
houd Is teas cast Nloks Has retained on his
owu testimony. Tho frat Indictment found by
tho Grand Jury was aga!n.t Mr. Kicks fur
"lhtoiyiouB aolIabtatton," wherenpon Mr. Hicks
wao committed to j4il IL default OF 100000 bail.
ne hsa xlncs been indiotad for perjury aud MUIR
der,--ths last q "blood.atonemont case oon,-
mlttsd on young sHsems in ls71 for apostacy.
Theso Ars exciting tl,noa iu Utah, Aud the gnl!ts
ars said 10 b dispensing rapnlly.
Ihs Now York 1rtE.uls u12;!atus shst tia roe-
art. 81 Hknst:,r t1rtsthx txH3 u