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The New York herald., 1874-12-03
MORE RAILROAD SLAUGHTER.
coroner's Jury Censures Contractor
Tor Gross Recklessness-A schoolboy's
Sad Death.

Coroner's Jury Censures Contractors
for Gross Recklessness-A schoolboy's
Sad Death.
Coroner woltman held yesterday an inouest In
the case OF Cyrus 0lmstead, aged nfteen. OF No
l12 East Hath street. who was run over and killed
by q gravel train in Fourth avenue, near ll2th
street. on November II. The case was one OF
peculiar hardship, It being clear from the testi-
mony, that the death OF this schoolboy, VINO is the
son OF highly respectable parents, Is undoubtedly
due TO the reckless carelessness with which these
gravel trains are run in the upper portion OF
rendered most painful by the presence OF the
eriei-stricken mother whose sobs we're audible
throughout the taking OF the testimony. Eye
witnesses stated that the boys In the vicinity OF
10th street were In the habit OF getting
on the gravel train. 0lmstead also s'stoe''
ride, and WAS standing with one
loot on one Car and the otner on the next car,
The IRAN belonged TO Dillon, Clyde Co., oi No.
6S East Forty ninth street, the contractors Tor the
Fourth avenue Improvements The jury, after long
aud careful deliberati0n, found tnat the boy 'died
rom injuries received through the carelessness OF
the company In not having man stationed upon
the train to prevent children rom boarding
them" This verdict was signed by SIX OF the
jurors, and only two held that the contractors
were not to be considered responsible for the
bows death Several residents OF that vicinity
complain bitterly OF "the outrageous manner in
which the trains are run,n .endangering The lives
OF school children and resulting in frequent ac-
cdents and deaths, and one o them stated yes
courts in order to prevent such "wholesale rail-
road slau0hterv In the future.
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BROOKLYN.

The amount remaining in the several banks to
the credit OF the city is $443 sol IS.
There were 2, ,053 persons arrested by the police
OF this city during the month OF November.
The Forty Hours Devotion will be inaugurated
At st. Mary's Church, Star OF the Sea, on Sunday
next.
The Board OF City Works yesterday ordered the
sum OF $3l, OF to be paid on account OF grading
and paving First street.
Last week there were "a deaths in Brooklyn
from diphtheria, 81 from consumption. IL from
Group, 8 from scarlet fever and from smallpox.
The largest taxpayers who have thus far paid
the tax for 1875 are :-Harbeck Brothers, $4,000;
First National Bank, $1,000, and Ripley Ropes
$1,000.
The receipts OF the Helping Hand Society for the
past year amounted to $1,043, and the entire sum
was expended. President j. w. Elwel was re-
elected.
John Quinn, Of No. los Spencer street. was COM
mitted to jail, by Justice semler, yesterday for
stabbing Eugene Talley In the head three times
with knife.
fair and festival in aid OF the Industrial School
and Home for Destitute Children, Will be opened at
the Academy Of Music to-day. 1t win be continued
until Friday evening.
Christopher Becker, while .aboring under the
influence OF liquor, fell between the Prov OF the
Greenpoint ferry boat Martha and the bridge,
yesterday, as the boat was going In and had his
necessary.
Rev. 7. De Witt Talmage has published card in
regard 20 the reported threat Of B. @. Mitchell to
sue him for slander. Mr.. Tamage says he hopes
the counsel will lose no more time in telling what
they propose to do. but ''go ahead and do It."
his churcn trial and sent an Impairment letter
defytng the session and refusing to come. He was
the session has been confirmed by Presbytery and
Synod.
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WESTCHESTER.

A few ladies OF Sing Sing still continue to hold
temperance meeting every Sunday in one OF the
hotels Of that village.
the taxpayers Of New Rochelle will determine
by special election next Tuesday the question OF
raising $500 for the purchase OF chemical flre
engine ana two fire extingutshers for the better
protection OF their property from the dev0uring
element.
Preliminaries of formal character having been
completed IN connection with the extension OF
warburton avenue, Yonkers, to Hastings. In the
town Of Greenburg, the work OF continuing tnat
thOroughfare to the point Indicated WILL It is un-
derstOOd, be commenced at once.
In order to alleviate the distress which has for
some months past existed among the laboring
classes in Yonkers the authorities OF that city are
charity win work, breaking stone, at 81 per diem.
BY this means number or men are employed
VINO would other wise be destitute of support.
The construction Of q new railroad from Ken.
sico station, on the Harlem road, to Rye Lake. q
distance OF five miles, was commenced few days
since. The chief use for which the new railway is
intended during the winter months, as under
Stood is to facilitate the transportation OF tee
from the body OF water mentioned TO New York
city. ..
Annexation OF the lower towns to New York
having made the Bronx River the boundary line
in part between the metropolis and Westchester
county. the Board OF Supervisors has passed
resolution setting forth that the county takes in
charge and under Its control jointly with the
county OF New York all the public bridges span
ming tnat historic stream.
Burglars erected an entrance into the chapel
belonging to st. Peters church, westchester,
some time during Monday night or Tuesday morn
ing, and appropriated the costly covers from the
desk, two silver bells ana box OF 1annels and
other materials designed by the LADIES' Sewing
and Aid Society OF the church to be made up for
the poor. Access was also gained to the First
Presbyterian church by. removing, one OF the
panels from the door OF the side entrance, and the
handsome crimson velvet OF the pulpit. with
fringe and tasses. was cut entirely away. No clew
to the depredators has been obtained.
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ART NOTES.
Tho Lost MurfllO.

The Francats publishes some curious details
about the stolen cher d9@re st Anthony was
one day reading the Holy Scriptures on his knees
IN his Franciscan cell when his faith was staggered
by passage OF which ne could not seize the hidden
meaning. He implored the Child-God to come
down in person TO explain 1t, and the Saviour.
yielding 70 his ardent prayer, deigned to descend,
surrounded BY splendid halo and legion OF
angels into the numble abode OF the ancnorte
such Is the suDject OF Murillos picture. Nothing
can be finer than the snpphant expression OF the
saint or more touching than the divine love which
countenance OF the Child-Jesus, who, whilst pre-
serving HIS delicate features, bears In His aspect
majesty which Is not OF this world. Theophfle
Gautier. In his work ira los Montes,, says, in
speaking Of this picture. Never was the manic OF
painting carried furtner.'u Seville possesses an
other work OF Murio on the same subject, but In o
different style. also OF immense value.
The New York herald., 1874-12-03
TR0TrING AT FLEETWOOD PARK.

Three trottng races came of yesterday alter
noon at Fleetwood Park. The track was In very
good order after the rains and frosts Of the past
week, the weather pleasant, and the tr0tting very
good, but the attendance was quite small.
The nrst event on the card was match between
Dan Mace's bay mare Clara G. and running mate
and John Murphys bay mare Lady Dahlman,
under the saddle. Five heats were trotted, the
team winning the first. third and NTH heats. They
were the favorites at about two to one from begin
ming to END. aI.a rHf iHtA
The second trot was sweepstakes, mile heats,
best three in i've, In harness. There were four
starters, comprising J. Lynchs bay gelding Gen.
eral Sherman, p. Fleming's gray gelding While,
4. Trimble's brown mare Lady Trimble and ].
Murphy's sorrel gelding Sorrel Jake. Willie was
the favorite before the start, Sorrel Jake second
choice, the other two selling as q field. General
Sherman won the FIRST heat very easily, when
Dan Mace took Willie in charge ana then he be-
came q greater favorite than before, General
Sherman second choice, with Sorrel Jake and
Lady Trimble In the field. General Sherman won
the second heat and became the lavOrite at two to
one over the field. He won the third heat and
race very handlly.
The third trot was sweepstakes for $780, mile
heats, best three In nve, In harness. The entries
were John Murphy's black geld;ng Black Hawk,
J. p. Deery's gray geldinR Jerry, and j. Hasett's
on this race, Black Hawk having the call He
won the race jericho was distanced in the Sec
ond heat. The following are the
FLEETWOOD PARK, Dec. 2-Match $500, mile
heats. best three in five.
Dan Mace's b. m. Clara G. and rum
!, panT MaTpas's %s's :. M: Lady Daaiman un
j
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A MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

Coroner Eickhon yesterday held an inquest In
the case OF Mrs. Adolphine Baumgartner, Ger
man woman, thirty-eight years of age, who, on
Tuesday afternoon, committed suicide while alone
in her room, at No. l39 West Nineteenth street. BY
shooting herself through the BODY with q revolver.
Deceased had been In poor health for long time
past which made her exceedingly despondent,
and Just previous to committing the deed the un-
fortunate woman carefully combed her hair and
after dressing herself very neatly opened her cloth
ing on the left s1de, and shot herself as stated,
death doubtless having resulted instantaneously.
Mrs. Baumgartner had not been In the country
two years. She leaves no children.
The New York herald., 1874-12-03
HERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1s4-TRPLE SHEET

Mayor Vance 70 move m the matter, Mr.. VICE.
ham will have no opposition to his occupancy Of
the executive chair On the lst OF January next.
MOVEMENTS OF MAYOR VANCE.
ms once In the City Hall attending to routine
duties He remained until alter i've O'Clock.
during the day. Among those were Thuriow
Weed, Jackson s. Schultz, Ellwood Z. Thorne,
Thomas @. Acton. ID. ID. T. Marshall, Aldermen
Morris, Billings M0nheimer and Others
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Board or Aldermen meet at two O'Clock to-
day. IL is probable that they Will then elect
President OF the Board in place OF Mayor Vance.
Alderman Richard Flanagan is said to pe named
for the position.
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THE eLENDENNING CASE.

The session Of the Jersey City Presbytery yester-
day was but short. Neither Glendenning his
counsel nor the committee who prosecuted him
were present, the arguments having been con.
cluded the day before. After some minor business
had been transacted it was agreed TO adjourn till
next Tuesday. All the members spoke on the ques-
ton yesterday, and II the indications are re-
liable grace, mercy and peace" Will come to the
outraged residents OF Jersey City Heights, and the
Presoy terrain Church will be purged OF the foul
scandal that has so long agitated the people OF q
The New York herald., 1874-12-03
THE CHAMPION BILLIARD CUP
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 1874.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 1874
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Having been robbed OF the champion cup won by
me at the Billiard Tournament OF 1873, and hitherto
held BY me in trust beg to inform you and the
public that have placed in the hands OF MI.
h. w. COllender. by whom the cup was presented,
the sum OF $500 for the purpose of replacing it
IN case the efforts now being made by the police
TO recover It should unhapplly prove unsuccessful.
Your Ob6dient servant, A. GARNER.
The New York herald., 1874-12-03

Tne running OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 10 takc place
did not come or owing to the non-appearance Of
the horses.
AN UNEXPECTED ENTERTAINMENT ca
Previous to the horsesbeing called Mr.. DufYey,
OF Fulton avenue, Brooklyn, was assaulted and
terribly beaten by four r I'VE individuals led on
by Alderman O'Connell, N the Ninth ward OF that
city. From the few fact that can be CLEANED OF
the causes leading to the disgraceful affair 1t
seems that one Farrell, barkeeper In the employ
OF the Brooklyn City Either, had slight msun.
derstanding with Mr.. Dgiey the evening before,
and FEELING aggrteved . the result, visited Deer.
foot PARK with gang to yet square,n hearing the
latter would be there: Sdsoon as Nj. Dufey made
his appearance Farrell assaulted him, when
O'ConnelL who Y q slipping specimen Of hu-
Knocked to the ground inless time than It takes
10 narrate It, While In tnts position OConnell
and two or three others his party kfcked their
victim brutally IN tp face. and Farrell,
incapable Of furtner trolble, struck nim under
the right eye with large stone, and again In the
left side with suiclent ldce to almost fracture his
ribs. All this time therewas no interference. yet
Mr.. DufYey fought with desperation against che
overwhelming odds and slowed pluck to the end.
The assaulters were at last compelled to desist,
when the beaten man wa attended to BY friends
VINO arrived late on thescene. Hts wounds are
severe and will require eyeral days to heal No
arrests. The Alderman ad his friends remained
to witness the trOt.
The New York herald., 1874-12-03
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Pool Selling Z J0hnson's.

Tne pool selling on the New Orleans running
races promise to be veryluccessful in this city,
considerable money nndi9 Its way into the pool
box at Jonnson's last evetng. The following are
The New York herald., 1874-12-03
RACING IN CALIFORNIA.

!. THE FRENCH POOLS
on the above events viii remain open until two
The New York herald., 1874-12-03

i Purse $500, for all ages, one mile, TO carry 100
pounds, three-year-olds to carry their regular
4 weight
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-02
GUIZOT.

The death of the venersl French states.
man, M. Guizot, not only recalls the usual
neurological epitome of great public career,
but his illustrious services to the cause OF
Christian civilization and to the Protestant
faith. He has been we'll characterized as
ga French Puritan" His later years, since
the Revolution of 1848, were passed in lite.
rary laborS, and in the exposition and de-
Tense of the Christian faith. Among these
publications the most notable were his "Med-
itations on the Essence of Christianity and
on the Religious Questions of the Day." the
first volume of which appeared ten years
ago. A noble paragraph which closes the
preface furnishes the keynote to his reli-
gious character and to his convictions as an
observer of the signs of the times: 81 have
passed thirty-fve years of my life in strug
Cling, on busting arena, for the establish
ment of political liberty and the maintenance
of order as established by law. 1 have
armed, in the labors and trials of this strug-
gle, the real worth of Christian faith and of
Christian liberty. God permits me in the
repose of my retreat to consecrate to their
cause what remains to me of life and of
strength. 1t is the most Salutary favor and
the greatest favor that can receive from his
goodness"
Living in the midst of the great European
conflict with Christianity, he clearly COM
pretended the crisis and set himself for the
defense of the gospel and for the publication
of the Christian Church of the Continent
from its weakening errors of faith and prac-
tice. In the reaction against Romanism and
Rationalem he bore his full share of schol-
arly controversy and of practical Christian
exposition.
In the Reformed Church of France his in.
Auence was powerful. Even in the last Ma
tional Synod which was held but year ago,
the old veteran bravely withstood and helped
to conquer the rationalstic party, who were
driven from the field. The Bible Society of
France found him tower of strength, both
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-02
Ecclesiastical Dead Beats "


The commercial world has significant
term which it applies, not to the unfortunate
and the distressed, but to those who are ex,
ertiOnless in their mishap, and who succumt
to adversely, expecting others to do for them
what they ought to do for themselves. They
have a genius for borrowing money. They
are persistent bores. You know them a
block away, and wish they would always stay
at that distance. They are among business
men called dead beats.
Almost every church has an element cor
responding with that. These are they who,
notwithstanding they have means, pay no
pew-rent where the pews are let, or contri-
butte nothing where everything is voluntary.
They are voluble in prayer, mighty in religi-
Gus CAB, make big swash, but do nothing
for religious institutions. They pray that
the pastor may "be blessed in his basket and
store, but do nothing to keep him from starv-
ing to death. They do not recognize the
fact that there is areligion in giving and a
wickedness in Withholding. The furnaces
would 90 out for lack of coal, and the lamps
for lack of oil, and the church be shut in six
weeks, if it depended upon their COntribu
tions. The poor must have the gospel
preached to them, and the penniless must be
welcomed; but there are not more than ten
people in any church who cannot give some
thing. If a man cannot give hundred dol
lars year he can give three cents. Woe,
then, be to him if he do not give the three
cents. We never like to hear man pray
who takes it all out in prayer. 1t is all folly
for man to pray for the worlds conversion
unless he gives something toward it. The
man whose incomeis not more than two hun
dred dollars year ought to give some of it
to God. One of the great wants of the
church everywhere is to get rid of its dead
beats. Christian at Work.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-02
Advantages of Small Farms.

1t is one of the most foolish things far.
mer can do to try to cultivate more land than
be can do proftaby. 1t is source of de-
light to gather fine crops, and in no way can
it be done to more advantage than to limit
ourselves to small number of acres, and to
repay the land well with good supply of
fertilizing matter after the exhausting season
of cultivation is over. As an illustration of
this, gentleman from West Derby was tell.
ing US that he has garden of about three
acres from which he has gathered his farm
produce for the winter, realizing handsome
profit for his labor. He said he planted
about one-eighth of an acre of corn, the cut
worms destroying some portions of it, which
he afterwards went over and put in beans,
where the corn was destroyed, and realized
a good yield of corn and four bushels of nice
shelled beans; from less than half an acre
he dug one hundred and twenty-five bushels
of fine table potatoes. Proving that ''lit-
tie farm we'll titled" is of more profit than
more acres half cared for Vermont Chron
acle.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1874-12-02
The Danger of Wet Coal.

People who prefer wettipg the winters
store Of coal to lay the dust on putting it in
their cellars, do not, We believe, generally
know that they are laying up for themselves
a store of sore throats and other evils conss-
quent upon the practice. But so it is said
to be. Even the fire, damp which escapes
from coal mines arises from the slow decom-
position of coal at temperatures but little
above that of the atmosphere, but under aug
mented pressure. By wetting mass Of
freshly broken coal and putting it into a
warm cellar, the mass is heated to such a
degree that carburetted and sulphuretted by
drogen are given off for long periods of time
and pervade the whole house. The liability
of wet coal to mischievous results under such
circumstances may be appreciated from the
fact that there are several instances on record
of the combustion of wet coal when slowed
into the bunkers or holds of vessels And
from this cause, doubtless, many missing coal
vessels have rished.-Loadon Medical Re-
cord
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AnusEhula Muras.
The Peach and the Sparrow

A little boy called Jem Roberts was sent
to weed in gentleman's garden. While
there he saw some very fine peaches on a tree
which grew upon wall, and was strongly
tempted to pluck one.
"If it tastes but half as nice as it looks,
thought he, "how sweet it must be !" He
stood for an instant gazing on the tree, while
his mother words, "TOuch nothing that does
not belong to you" came quickly to mind,
He withdrew his eyes from the tempting OBJ
jeet, and with great diligence went on with
bis work. The fruit was forgotten, and with
pleasure be now saw he had nearly reached
the end of the bed which he had been order
ed to clear. Collecting in his hands the heap
Of weeds he had laid beside him, he returned
to place them in the wheebarroW which stood
near the peach tree. Again the glowing
frnit met his eye, more beautiful and more
tempting than ever, for he was hot and thirs
ty. He stood still, his heart beat, his moth
luton was gone. He looked around; there
was no one but himself in the garden
"They can never miss one out of so many"
said he to himself. He made a step-Only
one; he was now within reach of the prize !;
he darted forth his hand to seize it, when, at
the very moment, a sparrow from neigh
boring tree called aloud, Chep, chep, but
which seemed to his startling ear to be "Jem,
Jem" He sprank back to the walk, mis-
hand fell to his side, his whole body shook,
and no sooner had he recovered himself than
he went from the spot.
In a short time afterward he began thus to
say to himself: " IF sparrow could frighten
me thus, may be sure that what was 60
ing to do was very wicked"
And now he worked with greater diligence
than before, nor once again trusted himself
to look on the fruit. The sparrows chirped
again as he was leaving the garden, but he
no longer fed at the sound.
"YOu may cry Jem, Jem,'" said ne,
looking steadily at the tree in which several
birds were perehed, "a as often as you like
don't care for you now; but this l will
say, will never forget how good friend
one of you has been to me, and | will rob
none of your nests again.
Oh, may all the young watch and pray that
they enter not into temptation, and ever re-
member the admonition, "ThOu God seest
me-