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The New York herald., 1875-06-09
FIFTY-SEvENTH STREET COURT.
Before Judge Kasmire.
HUSBANDS SECOND ATTEMPT TO KILL I'M

HUSBANDS SECOND ATTEMPT TO KILL HIS
Thomas sprott. OF No. s57 First avenue was
again arrsigned yesterday IN cours for repeat
ing his attempt Of few nights ago 10 Kill ms
vie Mary. Last week he was arrested for
beating her ana causing her premature connne
ment. Ire wife. however. reused to appear
against him, aud her nurse. on whose complaint
ne was arrested. refused TO suostantiats her
charges at the court He was, therefore,, dts-
charged. on Monday afternoon. about four
O'Clock, some OF Mrs. Sprott's neigooors were
horrlned on seeing her pusned as they allegs,
from ner window on the t0ird ioor by her nns-
hand Tne iall was broken oy an awning. aud her
lie was undonbtedlv saved thereby. She re
moved 10 Bellevue Hospital, and Roundsman Nor
rs. OF the Nineteenth precinct, arrested the hrs.
band. He was committed TO await the result OF
his wlfe's injuries, which are proeably fatal He
claims that she accidentally fell out OF the
window.
4 sTEPMoTHER's CRUELTY.
Half dozen OF the residents OF No. 542 Wes,
Fifty-dtn street appeared i'll court to prosecute
Annie Schwa rtzman, OF rne same house. for con
tinuaily beating In cruel ana inhuman manner
her srepdaughter Maggie. aged five years. The
little girl was present and showed two severe
black eyes the result OF the accused's i'll treat
men. Mrs schwarlzman was held for trial.
STOLE HER BURIAL MONEY.
Mary Gavin, very OLD, poor woman. appeared
ss complainant against another very old woman
named Catherine McDevit, on a charge OF larceny
i
and Third avenue and for several months past
accused has been gnest OF hers both being pro-
/ 1essIonal oeggars. Mrs. Gavin had saved S25 In
i gold and intended to keep TINS sum TO bury her
\ A iew nights ago IL was stolen from her. ana on
4 suspicion she caused the arrest OF her friend.
4 There was not sufficient evidence, however, on
4 whIca 10 make a case, and the accused was dis.
i charged OH parole
! woMAS WHO REFUSED TO REDEEM HEH
HONOR.
Eliza Brnkman. now q servant in the resi-
dence or clergyman in Harlem, appeared to
press charge OF disorderly conduct against
her former lover, Gustave Schivoug, whose
iather is a wine dealer In Franklin street. A
year aud q half ago she came TO this country
and went to live with the accused's parents In
Harlem, where sac was soon alter. as alleged,
seduced under promise OF marriage by him. They
went to 1--we together as man ana wife with his
parents consent and the knowledge or his entire
family. Having quarreed, in course OF tims
they separated, Out he continued TO annoy nei
with hts attentions In her new situation. Hence
the present complaint. He denied the charge,
and, in response TO the inquiries oil the Court,
said ne was willing 10 marry her. She emphati-
cally refused, and the case was postponed until
to-day to give her time to think the matter over.
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THE KINGsBRIDGE ROAD OPENING.

Henry Parsons ana John 7. McGowan brought
suit against the city for their as Commis-
sioners for opening the Klngsbrldge road. These
costs had been duty taxed ana inciuded In their
report, which has been duly confirmed. At the
trlai Oi tue ease before judge Westorook holding
Supreme Court, circuit. The defence Dut m by the
city was that the costs were In excess OF those
allowed by law. the allowance by salute being
thirty cruts per foot ana certain moderate dis
bur-emcnfs. Judge WestDroOK over ruled fne de-
fence. and q verdict was directed tor the plaintin
Tor s9i,33G 81. tna Court holding That. under the
decision ~ the Pltnau case, the cOsis having been
duly taxed and incladed IN the report duly oon-
hrmed. the objection came too late.
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ROTH. NY FRIEND.

FIFTH AVENUE, June 5. 1875.
To THE EDITOR or TUE HERALD
Since my arrival in New York have frequently
observed in the newspapers articles headed
"Harlem nats.n Who are theyp The Commits
sIoneis OF Police or the functionaties Of the Street
Cleaning Bureau2 lam, sIr, yours faithfully.
INQUlRlNG STRANGER
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FEEDING THE PARK ANNALS.

Charles A. Lewis sold nsh to the Department OF
Public Parks. Tor the feeding or animals in the
Park. lie thought he had good thing until ne
applied Tor mis- pay. The Comptroller apparently
regarded his application as rather 'shshy,- and
refused TO pay him the amount OF his bull He
brought suit against the city Tor the amount. aud
the case came 10 trial yesterday. before judge
WcstDrook, holding Supreme court. Circuit. Thc
de,ence WAS that the apl ropriltOn was ex-
hauSted but In view or testimony having been
gwen showing that az ,he time the bIll accrued
there was monev IN inc treasury 20 meet II. q D.
proprlated for that purpose. Judge westUrook
0eemed tue defence rather attenuaied. ana
directed verdict Tor s615 05, oelng the lull
amount claimed, with interest.
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INTERESTING STOLEN DAHK BOOK CASE.
Lcua Fischer VS.. The Dry DOCK Savings Bank
II appeared from the evidence Tor the plaintiff
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ARREST OF BROADWAY TuIEF.
Mr.. James Nasn, or No. AZ Columbia street,
BrooklYn. Yesterday stopped before window in
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THE sHANTY MURDER.


THE SHANTY MURDER.
on the evening OF the 2Oth OF February last
James orr called at the shanty OF Philip dwell,
the rocks. between seventy y-eighth ana seventy
ninth streets, near Fourth avenue. They drank
whisKey freely, and, as generally follows, got into
a fight. On the succeeding morning dwell
deliver d h mselr up a police oflcer. stating as
the latter testified before rhe Coroner. / have
killed man; wish TO give myself up, and sup
pose | shall be hanged for It," On visiting the
shanty the scene that presented itself to the eyes
OF the police developed a terrible tragedy. Orr
was lying on bed covered with blood. A bloody
hatchet lay on the moor. Everything was in the
direst confusion, indicating prolonged and des-
perate struggle Tor life. At the Coroner's inquest
dwell was fonnd guilty, and ras subsequently
indicted by the Grand Jury for mur-
der in the first degree. lie was
placed on trial Yesterday, before Judge Davis ard
4 Jury In the Court OF oyer and lcrminer. Tne
prisoner, VINO Is by no means an it-ooking man,
tn Ugh evidently quite nervous. sat by Mr.. WILL
lam n Howe, his counsel, the prosecution being
conducted by Assistant District ATTORNEY Rollins.
Some lime was occupied In getting Juror, large
numbers oojec.ing 10 the death nenalty. which
possibly In MANY cases, may have been pretext
To AVOID serving Among those called to serve
n am sure he Is a disscnt.ent Juror" remarked
Mr. Rollins.
Howe, 'as Mr.. snlky IS a prominent character In
the Road TO Ruin.io
"Haye we any otner oDJectlOnP querleu the
Assistant District Attorney.
II think the road 10 ruin presents ground
enougn,r quickly answered Mr.. Howe WHICH
evoked general laughter, and Mr.. Sulky waI with
drawn.
Upun the completion OF the Jury Mr.. Rollins
briefly opened the case ana then called the wit
nesses for the prosecution. Tney told the story
pretty mucn as gwen above. Then followed The
medical testimony. glven by DR.. Marsh who ma &c
The rost-mortem examination. He testified tnat
death was caused rom exhaustion suDerlnduced
by the injuries received.
Aver opening Tor the defence Mr.. Howe called
the prisoner. He &c .tIned tnat he served three
wears IN the army during the war and for -four
years was employed a. porter In the Fftn Avenue
dote: as to the murder with which he IS charged,
ne sad that the deceased. having become crazy
drunk. selzed q natcnet and attemp ell 20 strike
MIN with IL; then he struck him with a chalr, IN
seli-de ence shocking him down; he admitted
Kicking MIN when NJ was down, but denied Strk
ing htn with tne hatchet lie was submitted
to lengthy and rigorous crosse EXAMINATION, amer
which the Court adjourned till tnls morning,
when the trial will be resumed.
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THE COURTS.
The Grand Jury Considering
the Ring" Operations.
Trial of Philip 0IweIl for The Muir
der of James Orr.
COSTS OF THE KINGSBRIDGE OPENING.

Toe Grand Jury are considering further the
operations OF the old Ring and 1t is very probable
additional indictments will be onnd against
other implicated parties. James II. InRersoll,
Andrew Garvey ana Henry r. Taintor, the latter
an examiner in the Finance Department, were
before the Grand Jury yesterday.
in the United states District Court, In The case
OF Emile II. Mudaur. bankrupt Judge Batch
ford decided that general order No. "a means that
II a creditor OBJECTS 10 have his claim expungad
or diminished the register IS not at liberty 10
order 1t to be expunCed or dimin she'd but that
he must require the parties TO form al Issue,
which issue is 10 be certified TO the Court for de-
termination.
In Supreme Court General Term, yesterday.
before Judge Donohue. q motion was made hy
Samuel G. Mount. attorney tor plainiin, TO bring
TO trial The case o. Samuel L. Tredwell vs..
Ralph NJ. Pomeroy, Eninghsm II. Nichols and
others, defendants for an accounting in the Gen.
trai Branch Union Pacific Railroad. Judge Dono-
hue decided that the case must be placed on the
calendar for trial tomorrow or the defendants
show cause why the should not be tried
There has been great variety OF motions maze
in this during the past two years, and II looks
now very much as though II might BE- brought 70
speedy trial. as It is believed The defendants nave
exhausted every pretext for nrtner deay.
The suit brought uy the New York Guaranty and
Indemnify Company against Andrew Roocrt'
Valentine Gleason and Others, 70 recover some
SIS, 900 loaned on forged bonds Of he Buffalo. New
York and Eric Railway Company was on the cal
endar for trial yesterday In the Supreme Court,
tefore Chief Justice Mcneil. On the case being
called the plaintiffs counsel, Messrs. William
Writ Hewett ana Richard c. Elliott, said
they were ready TO proceed with the
trial. and similar statement was made by
Mr.. A. II. Purdy. counsel for the de,endants. After
some dis cussion, however, between the counsel
and the Court, ana it being conceded on moth
sides tnat owing 10 the snortness or the term II
would be impossible TO finish the trial mis- term,
the trial was nnally put or til the october term.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-05

Washington, May 4.-The Indian
Bureau received information to-day,
from Special Commissioner Shanks,
that the supplies, so greatly needed
for the Indians near Fort Sill and at
the Wichita Agency, have all gone
forward from Caddo within the past
few days. The insufficiency of provi-
sions and the consequent suffering
among the Indians there, have been
caused by the failure of the contractor
to convey supplies from Caddo TO the
reservation. He claims that their
transportation, heretofore, has been
rendered impossible by the extra
ordinary state of the roads and bad
weather.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-05

London, May 5.-The Standard
severely criticises the letter from Glad
stone, which was read at the centen-
nial celebration of the battle of Lex
ington. 1t remarks that the habit of
toadying to Americans is discreditable
in English public men and journalists.
The results of the republican expert
ment in the United States are the
corruption of public life, the extinc-
ton of public spirit, the oppression of
the minority, and the disgust of
honorable men with politics.
A steamer arrived yesterday from
the Cape of GOoG Hope with csc, 900
in gold from the diggings, the largest
consignment yet. One of the nuggets
weighed nine pounds.
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charge to the grand jury, reviewed
the Civil Rights bill, and expressed
the opinion that all persons have legal
right to have board and lodging at an
inn, transportation on steamers, rail-
roads or stages, and an entrance in
theatres, while they do not thereby
acquire any social rights. To hold that
IA conductor Of railroad train cannot
assign Il special car to ladies and chill
dren and their attendants, to the eX-
clusion of all others, provided the
other passengers are furnished with
cars with all the necessary facilities
for travelling, would be to state the
social rights, privileges and immuni-
ties, therefore, my view of the act is
that it was not intended TO affect the
social right, but civil and legal rights.
IN conclusion, the Judge stated that
if it shall be made to appear that any
inn keeper, manager of theatre, or
transportation agent has refused pro-
per facilities to any one on account Of
race, color, or previous condition, the
grand jury will he authorized to find
u bill against them.
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Bids for Wood and HAY,

HEADQUARTERs DEP'T OF THE PLATTE
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
OMAHA, NEB., April Is, 1875.
- EALED bios, in duplicate, with guarantee.
~ signed by two respOnsi BILE parties. not b d.
"ers, that they Will become bondsmeu on award
II O'Clock a. m, on Friday. May Il. 1875 at which
nme and place they will be opened in presence
Of bidders, for the delivery of quantity Of
WOOD AND HAY,
at the stations IN this command, viz:
Omaha Depot Omaha Barracks Fort Hartsud
Fort Mcpherson, North Platte sidney Rarrsrks
Fort d. A. Russell, CHEYENNE Depot, Fort san
ders, Fort Erred Steele, Fort Bridger Cam
Dough ass, Fort Cameron, Cam Robinson, Carnn
sheridan. Fort Laramie. Fort Frtterman Cgmn
STAN baugh, Camp Brown.
Bids for the supplies to be delivered at each Of
the ABOVE named stations, will also be received
up 10 the same day and hour, allowing for diff.r-
ence OF time at all posts in teleEraphic cUmmu-
nication with Omaha, hy the respective Quarter
masters at said stations, at which time ana
places they Will he opened in the presence nf
bidders. and forwarded to the UNDERSIGNED As
ment, 1871 P"''
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
Full conditions and requirements will he
made knowE and blank bids furnished, on ap-
plication TO this office.
Bids for any portion Of the sbove supplies will
be considered.
Contracts made under this advertisement M,
to go into effect iii July /. 1875.
preference will be given to articlcs Of do
nestle production.
By order OF the Dept. Comd'r
ALEX. ]. PERRY.
Dept'y Q. NJ. General
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EEroETEB ExPEEssAT ron rHE MORNING LEADER.
MIG HIT REP OR It
Mrs. Tilton's Letter,
She Pleads to the Judge and
Jury.
Fearless Of Man but with
Faith in God.
She Declares Her Innocence.
Judge Nelson's Reply.
Decisions in Civil Rights
Cases.
Foreign N ews.

New York, April 4.-The Brooklyn
Eagle furnishes the following copy of
Mrs. Tilton's letter:
BROOKLYN, May 8, 1875.
Judge Nelson Il ask the privilege
from you, for few words in my own
behalf. I feel very deeply the inJus-
tice of my position, in the law, and
before the court now sitting, and while
have understood from the beginning
Mr.. Evarts' principle in the matter,
yet since your last decisionI have been
so sensible of the power of my enc
mics, that my soul cries out before you,
and the gentlemen of the jury, that
they may beware how by divided
verdict they consign to my children a
false and irrevocable stain upon their
mother. For five years past 1 have
been the victim of circumstances most
cruel and unfortunate, struggling from
time to time only for place to live
honorably, and though released for
some months from the will by whose
power unconsciously l criminated my
self, again and again declare solemn
ly before you without fear of man, and
with faith in God, that | am innocent
of the crime charged against me. 1
would like to tell my whole sad story
and truthfully to acknowledge the
frequent falsehoods wrung from me
by compulsiOn, though at the same
time unwilling to reveal the secret of
my married life which only the vital
Importance of my position makes nee
essary, assume the entire RESPONSE
bility of this request, unknown to
friend or counsel OF either side, and
await your Honor's honorable deci-
sion.
With great respect,
Signed, Elizabeth r. TiIton.
The following is Judge Nelson's re-
ply: Mrs. Tilton, am directed by
Judge Nelson to return your letter as
1t cannot be read in court, also to state
that in civil cases the counsel have a
right to refrain from calling any par
ticular witness, no matter how COM
petent, and that neither the court nor
client can interfere with the exercise
OF that right. Judge Nelson also iu-
structs me to say, that the question of
whether you could be witness, stands
on quite another ground from that
considered when your husband was
called and sworn. He was a compe-
tert witness to testify in his own be-
half against the defendant, and while
the policy of the law was, to some ex-
tent involved, there was no express
statute in the way, but the statute of
May 10th, 1867, expressly declares the
wife to be incompetent as a witness for
or against her husband.
Yours respectfully,
Geo. w. Knoebel,
Clerk City Court.
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Chicago, May 4

Chicago, May 4.
John F. Tracy, President of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
road, was sitting up last evening and
feeling much better. His trouble was
an attack of vertigo.
The weather to-day was clear and
warmer.
Advices from well informed sources
throughout the west indicate that no
serious damage was done to either the
fruit or the grain, by the la;e frost
The fruit crop, however, will be short
from former injuries.
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for TranSpoI'-
taClOn
HEADQCARTERs DEPT or THE PLATTE.
OFFICE CHIEF QUAETEEMASTER
Omnhh. Neh.. A nEII nm LII

oFFICE CHIEE QUARrEENAsTER.
Omaha, Neb., April zIth, IhT5.
PROPOSALS. in duplicate, with the salts
ties, not bidders. that satisfactory bonds will
be given on award Of contracts will be re
ceived at this office until II o'clock A NJ, on
Wednesday. May 26 lS75, AT which time and
place they will he opened in the pres-uce oT
n>cal year ending June b. 1875. Of army
supplies, as follows viz:
joO, 90 pounds, more or less, from hevcnne
DsT0'r ". e 5@I EGrts d;,I LaT%mir and re[ter- ter
from Medicine Bow station Union Pacifi,.
Railroad, To Fort FettermRn. W 7: To- 30
pounds. more or less. from Brynr, Gre n
X Yer City. OF other station an the Union
Pacific Railroad, To Camp Stamhnugh aud
or less, from the southern terminus uf The
ltan Southern Railroad to Fort Cameron,
!C; Cihh; 1910 pounds more or less, from
Union p rcitc R'tiIrnnd to Camp Robinson
at Red cloud Agency, NebruskH. und am p
sheridan at Spotted Tall Agency, Nebraska.
Separate bids, In duplicate, should he
made for the transportation over eHUh route.
and must give the rate per hundred rounds
for the whole distance over which II Is pro-
posed to transport supplies.
Bids for transportation from Chevenne De
pot TO Forts Laramie and FetteTmau, nud to
the posts at Red Cloud and Spotted TIl'S
Agencies. will also be received up to the
ab1Ne-named day and hour, allowing for
difference OF time. by the Depot Quarter
transportation from the southern terminus
Of the Utah Southern Railroad to Furt cam
erOn, by the Depot QuartermRSter at Ogden,
Utah, all to be opened ut the time nnd plac,-s
named, In the presence Of bidders and for
warded To the thief QuRrtermnster, depart
ment Of the Platte.
The right TO reject any and all bids IS re-
served.
Bids must be endorsed on envelopes bids
for nspOrtatiOn."
Full conditions made known on npplica
tiou to this office. BY order of the Brpart :
ment Commander.
ALEX. j. PERRY,
Deputy QunrtermHster General.
ap2T. d6t
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al Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo,
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Novelties in Moss Agates. Topaz and
9'her Naive Stones, as well as exquisite pro-
ductiOns from
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Wilmington, n. c., May 4.-Judge
Brooks, of the U. S. District Court, in
charging the grand jury, to-day, said
the Civil Rights bull, in its criminal
aspect, and which is the only shape
in which it could come before the
jury, was unconstitutional and void.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-05

Logansport, Ind, May 4.-The en-
tire straight democratic ticket was
defeated, in this city to-day, by the
citizens ticket, by majority of so.
The citizens elected eight out of ten
councilmen.
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Montgomery, Ala, May 4.-The
Democrats carried the city election
to-day, for the first time since the
reconstruction.
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New Orleans, May 5.-Judge Nor
rieles, U. S. District Judge for the
Eastern District of Texas, in his
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U. P. R. R. p0USE,
Cheyenne, Wyoming,
G. NJ. JONES, Proprietor.

A II trains stop here Thirty Minutes for
a meals. This house is new and elegantly
furnisned, has light and airy rooms. batn-
rooms, &c. and affords all accom- modations
he travelling pub .ic eau lesire.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-18
From Mars eilles.
MARsElLLEs, Sept. 10,

MARsEILLEs, Sept 10, 1879
The past weel; has been all that could be
desired by the farmers. They seem happy
ovoytlt prospects, and the present lndIca-
tops are that this will be the largest corn
crop of many years vegetables of every
kinlare very heavy. Some of our provision
dealerseyhlbit cabbage heads weighing 2.
lbs. and potatoes weighing as much as two
Mr.. Narston's Kansas party have retained
home. Mr. Narston, A. }. Hanna, Darius
Reed, T. =. Wyman ard d. N. Davis bought
Il. II. land near Great Bend Barton CO, Kan
sas. All Of them will improve theil land in
the spring. Some others will visit the same
locality, on the excursion of Tuscday Of next
week. The fare for the round mp has been
reduced to 81.
The Marseilles Manufacturing Company
have recently received an order for 20 wind
mills from California. 10 be sent there as
soon as possible The people of the far west
are learning the use ofwind rs motorpower,
and are .iuling on; the excellence Of the mills
manufactured here.
On last Saturday ~ d. Perkins, jr, aged
49, resident Of Manlius township, four
miles south # this station, was chopping
wood, Nhca tAe az slipped and cut his foot
in a fearful manner, 1t will be several
months before lie will be able to be around
The Pitts Manufacturing Company have
suspended operations for the present
The Sheridan b. b. Club got away with
our strongest nine last Saturday. 10
Tie same system that has been adopted BY
tie doctors has been recognized by the mer-
chants here, They meet once month and
furnish the names of those that are indebted
to them, and thereafter refuse TO trust them
until they settle up.
Marseilles i, more largely represented at the
State Fair than any other place Of ITS sizein
the state.
George K was IN "iuy'-it was not rccip-
rocated-he took Pie" they gave him an
emetc--he repcnted, aud was pumped oat
most thoroughly, and he live,li for further
trials. All this on Tuesday night.
Dr.. Jackson and wife arrived in tnwn this
week and are guests at the Dcckwith House.
J. Ii, Lewis and iamily have returned after
An absence of several weeks in IrOquols coun,
ty. Capt Preston and wife have returned af-
ter sojourn of over three months-he in Yer
mont and she in Eigln. CENTENNIAL.