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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-13
State at LARGE

State at Large.
The dwelling-house and out-bnildings,
owned and Occupied by C. r. Flanders, of
Warner, n. H., were burned Wednesday,
the 3D. inst, including one horse, two
cows, goods, etc. Loss 1000. No IN
surancc. Cause unknown.
The firm of E. J. Bennett & Co., of
Keene, N. H., doing a grocery businesses,
are reported to have absconded with the
the forced sales of their goods, which
were disposed Of at much less than their
market value The goods were mostly
bought on credit, and the loss to cred
itors, mostly in Boston, is said to be sew
eral thousand dollars.
Lorenzo d. Gilman, lately in the employ
of the Cocheco Manufacturing Company,
of Dover, hung himself i'll his barn last
Wednesday. lie leaves family.
Martin Avery, Of Rumney, committed
suicide Monday, by placing the muzzle of
gun in his mouth and using yard-stick
to pull the trigger, completely blowing his
head off Temporary insanity supposed
to be the cause.
The Grafton to b. delivered before the
Phi Beta Knappa Society, Of Dartmouth
College, next commencement, will bc by
ex-senator Patterson, and the poem by
George y. NardcT, tlmss Of '6r, Of the
LdwtH Godr5er.
The Cochcco Manufacturing Company,
of Dover, contemplate extensive Improve
mentS in the early spring. The offices
will be removed to the old Dover Bank
building. The place now occupied by the
cloth-room and counting-room will be
filled with looms. A cloth hall will be
erected, forty feet wide and one story
high, and reaching from the hose tower
to the river.
A few months ago, some of the young
Irish citizens of Dover, organized Il Sc
ciety, called the "AndreW Jackson Club, "
having for its object the education of the
youth who were unable to- attend the city
school. II night scbCof was started, and
it has at present about 100 scholars. The
Club also established an excellent course
of lectures. Our citizens have already
heard in the lecture course, Judge Blake,
of Connecticut, and T. B. Garland of this
city. TheneXt lecture will be given by
the Hon. Boyle OReilly, of the Boston
Pilot, on "TransplantinS a Nation" j.
ODonovan Rosa, the celebrated Fenian
. agitator, will also tell of his labors and
trials in this movement.
TIE Ranlet Manufacturing Company, OF
Tacoma, have constructed a freight cal
under the Eaton patent which bids fail
to revolntionize the old system of cal
building. Formerly, to every one ton O.
freight carried, there were two tons o
dead weight Of the car; now, there arr
two tons of freight to only one ton o
: dead weight The body of the car is sup
ported upon one truck of six wheels
The woodwork is of the best ash, ant
Norway iron is used. The high rate
heretofore demanded by railway corpora
tibns for transporting freight have becl
: partly owing to the cost of dragging tn
! cars. The reduction Of the weight of car
= one-half, and at the same time doublin!
their carrying capacity, is the strongeS
5 move towards cheap transportation We
made.
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THE HEAVY WEIGHTS.

Notwithstanding the severe storm that ragged yester-
day afternoon about 100 OF the heavy men Of New York
assembled Kurzs pleasure grounds to receive their
lady friends and test their ability as clam eaters
Among the solid mon who graccdc) tho assemblagc were
John Gau Spencer W. Stout D. NJ Fincld, n. Brewster,
Ned Wonder George Quackenbush II. Marsh, Captain
James Turner, Dearborn G.. Piper, G. T. Simmons, and
the champion Of heavy weights Samuel McGraw, OK
President Of tho association. At eleven o'clock
A. NJ. nnc chowder served the guests
md at nvc o'clock in the afternoon
clam bake j. NJ. Fined suporintcnded tho
champion clam eaters. After n contest at hard eat
ing the following were reported tho successful
petltors by the lady committee: Marsh $40; Fned,
$50; Ned Wonder, 100; Stout, 100 and Graft, lo2 Al
the conclusion Of the feast speeches were made by n.
Brewster, Captain James Turner, ~ NJ Fineld and
several others Then the whole party resumed dancing.
which was kept up until late hour
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CREEDMOOR.
THE x1EvEHTH BRIGADE (BnooKLYN) AT BALL

THE ELEVENTH BRIGADE (BIooKLYN) AT BALL
The Eleventh brigade (3rooklyn) Second division,
NGS.N.Y sent a number OF detachments yesterday TO
the ranges Of tho National Rife Association Creed
for ball practice Tho following named regiments
had dctachmcnts present.
The Twentythird regiment, soventy-one officers non
commissioned officers and rank and no from and D
companies. Captain satterlce in command of the
men and Lieutenant Marshall acted as inspector of rno
practice Thirty 1--WE qualified shoot at tho sec
ond class targets
The Thirty regiment had seventy three officers
and men out from and r. Companies Captain He'll
in charge Of the troops, and Captain Ross,
regimenta inspector Of rife practice looked after tho
hrings Twenty men were sent back To the second
class butts
The Forty-scvcnth regiment placed on tho field
nncty.nve from D and G companies Captain
Perry being the senior line officer present. took
mnnd Lieutenant Bradley discharged the duties Of in
spcctor OF rifle practice Twenty eight went back
to the second class targets
Major NJ ]. Pctric, of tho Thirty second regiment
was field officer Of tho day; Surgeon b. NJ Richardson,
of the Fory.scventh regiment, acted ms medical staff
officer, and Major Manning performed the duties of
brigade inspector of rifle practice
Shooting commenced soon after eleven O'Clock. Tho
ranges shot at 100 lj0 800 and 400 yards Prac
ticc at tho first two ranges finished by two o'clock
and very heavy shower OF rain, which commenced 10
1al NJ nallast tnrcc O'CLOCK, prevented tho men rom
finishing their at tho 400 yards butts In
qucncc Of the ncomplccncss Of the record tho
not published. About
MARKER WAS SHOT,
"a usual through sheer carcssness tho part OF
belonging to the Thirty second regiment, who in
front OF No. 10 target Surgeon Richardson who OK
amincd the injured man. says that he has received
ugly but dangcrless flesh wound in tho right breast
the bullet or part Of IT, glancng outwards from ono
of tho sufferers ribs.
The guard IN charge OF tho gate FURNISHED by the For
tyseventh reemcnp took II into their heads to prevent
citizons from going on the ranges They stopped Major
General Shalcr President Of the National Rc Associa-
ton, and obliged him TO show his badge An armed sol
dcr took press reporter in charge and marchcdhm all
the way down the ranges to ascertain whether he would
be admitted man named Skclly, Of tho rcgi-
mcnt thc Forty -scvcnthl and others who were with
him nj the gate, threatened to put another journalist
member Of the National Rifle Association in the guard
house because the latter passed in 10 the ranges
Tho troops were driven by rain on tho practice ground
at four O'Clock and returned Hunters Point on the
4;47 7. VI. train from Crccdmoor
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
CRICKET.

The rain yesterday stopped the playing OF two games
OF cricket although in each instance the full
the grounds At Hoboken tho match between
the St Georges and Staten Island clubs. Play com
menced noon the St. Georges having the field the
following men :-Bancc, Sleigh, eastman, Moeran,
Harcombe, Marsh Giles Holland, Blackwell, Bennett
and Green. The game far MS II progressed, was
very fine ono but the rain stopped all further play
after one o'clock. Tho game will be played over again
Thursday next at Hoboken.
The Staten Island Club will leave this city on Satur-
day August 81 for Syracuse They will play the SYRIA
Club Monday, and Tuesday will, by invita-
ton attend the annual f6te OF the St Georges Society
On Wednesday they will play against picked team
ssting Of two from lion, two from Oswcgo two from
Utica and the other five from Syracuse. The Staten
Island team will include Mcssrs Mort Rogers Moore,
Stevens Luske, Brewster and J. Eyre, and pleasant
time is anticipated
The game NJ Prospect Park yesterday between the
Park Club and the Paterson Club postponed on
count Of the rain and has not yet been decided when
the match will take place.
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Time, 2:14H.
The Paris Mutucls paid s12s 90.

third, Brgand fourth Caroline ifh Catesby sixth tho
others close up The run up tho homestrctch not
particularly fast and they passed the stand Ida Wells
was leading, Matte W. second, Leader third, Catesby
fourth Survivor nth, Brgand sixth Caroline seventh,
Paul Pry eighth, Usage ninth. Ida Wells
showed the way around the upper turn, and
the horses passed tho quarter pole
Catesby second Survivor third Matte w. fourth,
Caroline fth, the others trailing. Caroline then
through tho other horses followed by Brgand, and
going down tho backstrctch these were head and
head Catesby third, Ida Wells fourth Matte W. nth,
Leader sixth, Survivor seventh, Paul Pry eighth,
Usage ninth There a few changes the
lower turn, but tho tight between
Brgand and Caroline, the former having the
best of IL. These raced into the homestretch,
when close behind them came Survivor Brigand ran
steadily up the homesretch and won the by two
lengths Survivor taking second place. length front
of Caroline Leader fourth Catesby fifth Ida Wells
sixth, Matte W. seventh, Usage eighth and Paul Pry
ninth Time OF the mile and quarter, 2:14H And
thus ended tho second day of the second meeting Of tho
SARATOGA Association
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tered TO be sold for 81 900 10 carry their appropriate
weights for g. 500 allowed lbs for 81, 900 IL lbs
the winner 70 DO sold at auction. One mile and
quarter.
sTARrERR
James McCormacks br. c. Brigand by Planet dam
Britannia Fourth, years old, $1,000 lol lbs.
kSWllnl.
A. NJ Burtons b. h. Survivor, by Vandal, dam by
Lexington 5 years old, 81, 500 lot lbs. (Pontin)
A Belmont ch. Caroline, by Kentucky, dam
Camilla years old, 81, 900, IS lbs (Sayres).
Thomas Puryear 4 Co. 8 Dr. G. Leader, by Leaning
ton dam Jessie Dixon, years old 81, 600 rs lbs.
(Spman). ...................... ................
Odin Bowies b. c. Catesby, by Eclipse, dam Katie,
years old 81, 900, 102 lbs (Donahue) .........
John Cofee's br Ida Wells, by bennington, dam
Jessamne Porter, years old, $1,000, 90 lbs,
dam Eta Shipper, years old, 81, 900, 90 lbs.
Clark. ......-.-.. ...-..................
j. Donahues b. 0sage, by Pat Maoy, dam Kate
Leonard, years old, 81, 500, 90 lbs (Reynolds).
d. Mcdaniel Il Co.'s b. C Paul Pry, by Enquirer,
dam Mary Churchill years old, $1,000, rs lbs.
(Delaneyl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
THE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.

The above named association held It's quarterly meet
ing last evening at the Blocker Buildings Lewis J.
Parker presided Tho special committee appointed ON
the Centennial excursion to Philadelphia reported,
through cx-Aldcrman Ward, that II had mado all
rangements for accommodation, transportation and
music and that II had every believe that tho
association will be enabled 10 visit Philadelphia at
much smaller tax than anticipated The following
resolution passed upon the death of two OF tho Lead
ing members of the old department.
Whereas this association has learned with feelings Of
found regret the death of Peter Conwe and Petet
Weir Assistant Engineers Of the late Volunteer Fire De-
partment of this city; therefore he IL
Resolved. That, while we bow with humble submission "a
the will of Divine Providence, cannot but
feelings loss Of old associates and condole with
their families in their bereavement
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
A CANAL BOAT DESTROYED.

Fire was discovered ut seven O'Clock last evening on
tho canal boat p Gibbs, lying the foot of Rodney
street, Brooklyn The flames extended so rapidly that
the nremcn and 1ongshoremen obliged TO scuttlo
the craft, which the property of William johnson,
OF Buffalo The cargo consisted Of 1900 barrels Of lime
which is total loss 1t valued ut So 900; insured
for 81, 500 The IRE caused by the limo getting
wet from the rain and Stacking in tho hold setting fire.
Ani hn dnrlr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
BLOODY ARRAY.

An alteration took place last evening between game
Of aborers at Dowd's Hotel 1881 street and the Boulc
ward In the mtite Thomas Kenney OF sevcnty-nth
street and Third avenue received stab wound In the
len leg, and Robert Watts Of No is Downing street,
was injured severely about tho head and face Kcnney
attended AZ the Thirty FIRST precinct station house
by Police Surgeon Fcttcr, and left for home Watts was
sent TO tho Ninety ninth street Hospital Both refused
10 give the names Of their assaauts
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
DIDN'T FEEL THE KNIFE.

Yesterday morning about nine o'clock Daniel Sutton,
Of No so North Fifth street, Williamsburg, became in
volvcd ia quarrel with nm unknown ct the foot OF
that street. when tho quarrel he found that
beside n severe kicking, he had also received n stab
wound in the hcc just under the right eye with the
assistance Of officer he made his way TO tho Eastern
District Hospital, whore his injuries were attended TO-
and he was then iaken home.
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gusty from the southeast 10 seriously anect tho
shots. Some very good amateur shooting was done
nevertheless. Quite large number Of ladies and gen.
tlemen witnessed the match in which Mr. William 8.
Elmondorf was the successful contestant, making so
out Of possible Of "a There were in all eleven
entries, and the next best shooting done by /. r.
Jeggar, az; and William 5. Cogswe, 40.
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HE DIED FOR LOVE.

Yesterday morning German named Louis Adolph,
aged forty years, committed suicide He was
pentcr by trade and resided at No 1s6 Edrdgc street
He infatuated with young lady, by whom, It is said
by some his suit rejected Others say that no
engaged TO be married and became nsancly jealous
of his betrothcd He left the following letter.
l. the undersigned have poisoned myself with Paris
green. and unhappy love is tho cause Of II.
LOUIS ADoLPH.
held 10 day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
JAMAICA RIFLEDIEN.

The contest OF the Jamaica Rod and Rife Association
for $50 gold badge shot for $50 yards range was
not concluded until late in the afternoon of Wednesday
The weather bad. being showcry and tho wind was
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
DAMAGE TO A BRIDGE.

Tho keeper OF the bridge tho wallnbout Basin,
at Washington avenue, Brooklyn, reported last night
that tho structure had sunk several feet and would fall
into the water unless Immediately repaired Tho bridge
has been out of order for several months
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A FATAL FALL.

Edward Conklin aged thirty years, fell down tho steps
of the Kings county Court House last evening and sus
tanned injuries Of the spinc which 1t is believed will
suit fatally The injured man resides at No 36S Throop
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
BASE BALL NOTE.

Tho game OF the Chathams Hobokenswin be played
to-day the Eysan Fields instead Of Prospect Park
as heretofore advertised
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THE RACE
The horses had capital start and went away in a
bunch, Ozark leading by head, Warwick second, ST.
Martin third, Willie Burke fourth, Miner fifth and Ches
apeake sixth. Warwick ran TO the front, and led
third Miner fourth, Willie Burke fifth and Ches-
npeake sixth. Going down the backstretch Warwick
showed the way, Ozark second, Miner third St Martin
fourth Willie Burke fifth and Chesapeake sixth In
this way they passed the half-mie pole. On
the lower turn the horses were in two parties
three in each tho first class being Miner Warwick and
St. Martini when few lengths further Off were Ozark,
Chesapeake and Willie Burke close together they
passed tho stand Timc Of the mile :54s Miner had
his head in front of Warwick Ozark third Chesapeake
fourth, St. Martin fifth, Willie Burke sixth. Warwick
took the lead again the upper turn Miner second
Ozark third Chesapeake fourth, St. Martin nnh Willie
Burke sixth, all the horses very close together; in fact
the running at this point seemed very dangerous and
from close proximity Of St. Martin and Chesapeake
was thought by many persons the stand that they
had collided. warwick still showed the way at the
quarter polo and down the backsretch the large blaze
in his face being conspicuousy front of Miner Ches
apcake, Ozark and st. Martin, who close to-
gether that say which had the best of IL imposs
bic from tho reporters stand. Willie Burke was two
lengths behind the group Warwick got nearly clear of
the others as he passed into the lower turn but
afterward ruf1e took place among the colts
and Of them changed places quickly
AS they came into the homestretch Warwick
had his head in 'front.' Miner and Ozark taking
places on either side of him. and the race seemed at
ticaly out OF it, Warwick maintained his ground until
he passed the urong POLE but there he gave up and
Ozark and Miner without him. A desperate
struggle ensued between these two, which lasted until
they passed under the WIRE and close and parallel
thor heads they caught the eyes Of the judges
that nothing but n dead heat could be the
unanimous decision of these gentlemen When the
of the dead heat given the specta-
tors "made the welkn rng'' with applause The last
mile of the run in l 40 and the two miles in
3:43k. When St Martin pulled up he found TO be
badly cut the hind leg which said to have
been done tho lower turn when tho rapid changes
were taking place which are noted above. The follow
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
NEWARK AQUATICS.

Two Of the rowing clubs Of Newark, the Vikings and
Eurekas intend to compete with each other
evening in races for sxonred gigs and one for
four cared shells Tho is to be mile and hail.
straiphtway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13
THE FIREMEN'S PAY.

Tho nremen will receive to-day their pay for the
month of June tho Mayor having signed the warrants
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ROCHESTER, RACES.
UNFINISHED 231 RACE WON BY LADY TUBPN-
LUCILLE aoLDDUsr THE WINNER IN THE
222 RACE.

LUCILLE aoLDDUsT THE WINNER IN THE
2:22 RACE.
ROCHESTER,, August IL 1875
The attendance to-day fully as largo as on Tues
day. The unfinished 81 called at o'clock
Lady Turpn the heat and race in 2:24X Idol
second and Nellie Walton third
Tho for tho 222 class called with nine entries
and six to start Brother Jonathan st. James and Lady
Star being drawn Lucille Golddust won the race in
three heats In tho heat Grafton broke at the very
start and could not DO brought down the work again.
Doble withdrew him after the heat finished.
The following is the summary
Charles S. GREEN'S Babylon, /. ~ br. m Lu-
Ben Mace's New York; b. &. Sensation ....... 2
W. i. Simmons Lexington, Ky.) b. m. Bella. 3
John Trout's (Boston 6. m Sea Foam. ......... 4
John L. Doty's New York; oh. g. Thomas l.
Dung D D
Richard Pensions Lexington, Ky) ch g.
Gra1ton ........................ Or.
Quarter. Hait Tnre. Quarters Alas
First heat. 35 lilo 1:45 2:19H
Second heat. 35 ITO 1:45 2:20k
Third heat. s54 111H LAT 2:2l1
The 2:27 race, for purse Of 81, 300, brought out
Moic Norris Eva, Bell Brasned, Carrie, Rarus, Ella
Madden, BERTHE and Frank Ferguson; Magomanio and
SNOWFALL were drawn.
In the pools Rarus brought $780, Mollie Morris $50
and the field $50 The favorite took the first and third
heats Molle the second heat and Eva the fourth Tho
was then postponed until two o'clock P. NJ. to-
morrow. Time 2:23 Ia-2 %-2:26-2:3 21s. On tho
third heat Ferguson gave out and stopped at the three
quarter pole.
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TIC Paris NuLucIs palu Ut 40
THE RACE


Dublin dashed away ut tho falling OF the flag 10 mike
the running for hts stable companion Scratch the lat
ter being second Madge third Grinstea fourth Aaron
Pennington bringing up the Dublin opened zap
OF six lengths to the three quarter pole Scratch second
half length In front Of Grinstead, who was half a
length ahead Of Aaron Pennington Madge bringing up
the AT the urlong pole three Of tho horses were
nearly PARALLEL Dublin on the lead Madgo MIN AS
they passed under tho wire Dublin led two-
lengths, Scratch and Grinstead head and
head length in front Of Pennington and
Madgc, who rushing head and head t;rinsto,d
then went up to Dublin, who soon afterwards retired
giving his place TO Scratch. AZ tho quarter pole Grin
stead led neck, Scratch second Pennington third Dub
lin fourth, Madgc hnh, who seemed inclined to quit
Going down the backsrctch Grinstcad showed the wav
and length and half in front OF Aaron Pcnnnr,
ton at the halinilc pole, the latter neck in advance
of Scratch, who was far in front Of Dublin Madrc
last. Aaron Pennington made strong running
around the lower turn in the vain endcayor
to Ovcrtakc Grnstcad, the latter kecpinp mn
his tremendous pace. Grnscad kept in front To The
end winning tho by length Aaron Pennington ten
lengths in advance OF Scratch the latter twenty lengths
In front of Madgc who was two lengths ahead Of Dub.
lin limo OF The mile and half 2: 40 The first half
mile in 80 seconds and tho mile from stand to
stand in / AS
THE THIRD RACE.
PuRsE $500: o selling rece for all nRns: horsaa an
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WINNERS OF THE KENSER STAKES.


PURSE 5000, for oil ages carry 100 lbs mares and
gedings allowed lbs. ono mile and half
STARTERS
Thomas Purycar 4 Co. IS b. c. Grinstead, by Gilroy
dam sister 10 Ruric 4 years Old (Donahuej 49,. 1
IL r McGraths b. c. Aaron Pennington by Upper
airy, dam Lucy Fowler, years old (Swm) 49,. 2
Jo Donahues b. C. Scratch, by Kentucky dam
Flukc, years old (Evans) Observation-Disclosures. 3
d. Mcdaniel 4 Coz ch. Madgc, by Australian, dam
Alabama, years old Clark. 4
Jo Donahues oh. c. Dublin, by kentucky, dam Zai
dee, years old (Reynolds) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. s
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The BankruDt.

It is cstimN3ed that Of the number who
launch their bnrqnes on the stormy scn of
commerce, nine out of ten become bank
rupt Many things conspire to effect this
result. Prominent among them is Giving
beyond your means," oxhAusting your
financial strength. So it is in the physi-
cnl mart, possessed of strength and nntici-
pations of q long life, we launch out in the
quest Of pleasure
We live beyond our means undcrmin-
ing our constitutions by extravagnnce in
eating and drinking by disregarding the
natural laws Of health, and ere we aro
aware of it we are bankrupts in body
dyspepsia and rheumatism, or liver COM
plnint. or shattered nerves, or kidney dis
ease or dropsy cxhants our physical capi-
tai and we are unable to meet the heavy
drafts upon our constitution. But you
may resume. Check your extravaganza
and by the MD Of TUFTS Pills. your broken
constitution will be restorcdn md the drafts
on the exchequer of health will never ho
diShonored