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The New York herald., 1875-12-04
ICE IN THE HUDSON.

RoNDour, Dec. 8, 1876.
Navigation Is closed from this point north. The ferry
track is still kept open by the steamer Norwich, but
the Is full OF heavy leo. The government light
house steamer Geranium, which has been overhauled
here accompanied by the Norwich, passed down last
evening, Tho Norwich helped her through tho tee
and returned. There still number OF boats on the
Delaware and Hudson canal and propeller is there
helping them through and expects to get all to lido
water tom morrow. The weather is somewhat milder
IN -Aau
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MISS MYERS DEATH.

Friends Of the late Miss Alice Myers, whose suicide
announced Tuesday, state that her mental alb
erraton caused by physical disease for which she
had been for some time under medical treatment by
eminent practitioners, without While suffering
intensely from this she driven 10 the des
perate act Of selfdestruction.
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A PAINFUL RECOGNITION.

The who frozen Wednesday night. at the
corner OF Broadway and tho city hne out to be
William P olcott, carpenter, OF No ls3 East l09th
street He has been identified by his brother, Mr..
John n. Ocot OF the address, who states that hs
brother not perfectly sane, and that Tuesday
night eleven O'Clock deceased lett his bed and put
ting his Clothes went out Of the house and had not
been since by any of his family until yesterday
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A THIEF CAPTURED.

Mrs. Mary Williams reported at Police Headquarters,
the 9th pit, that her stable bad been broken into
and robbed Of horse wagon and harness by Thomas
Gallagher who sold his plunder to James Martin, of
Seventy fourth street and East River, Tor $50 do
tecve arrested Gallagher last night and recovered the
stolen property, which is valued at 1920.
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JERSEY JUSTICES.

Justice OF the Peace Charles Gerch Of West Hobo
KEN charged yesterday with using threatening
abusive language 10 Justice Burns also Of West Hobo
ken, and thereby breaking the peace The evidence
was very explicit against the accused, and Justice
Crossman, before whom the tried, fined his
brother justice the Of S. which Gerlich promptly
maid
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FATAL EXPLOSION.

August Wankc, twenty-six years Of age, laborer in
the employ Of Charles Nelson, manufacturer of pyro-
technics the junction Of Eldert and Baltic avenues
East New York met his death yesterday by the expo-
sion OF torpedoes which he making at the time.
His body badly mutilated The unfortunate
a German and leaves a wife and two children The
building was damaged to the extent Of $3.50
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/ DISHONEST POST OFFICE CLERK.

ROCHESTER, n VI, Dec 9 1875.
Nathan spraguc coored who has been clerk In
the Post Once here about years was arrested this
morning for stealing letters Fourteen letters were
found on his person. He pleaded guilty he IS sup
some tune.
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avenue Baptist church. made an earnesi prayer and
Rev. Or. Anderson followed him with a short address
There some informal talk OF the organization
among the churches Of workers 70 assist n
grand revival expected soon 70 here under
the auspices Of Moody and Sankey after which Dr.
Tying pronounced the benedcton and the congregation
diSuerSad
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THE FOUNDER OF RAILWAYS.

At Association Hall last evening Mr. William Parsons
delivered very entertaining lecture the origin of
steam engines and the Lille OF George Stephenson,
the founder OF all railways
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BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

Rev. 7. Dewitt TaImage wil preach next Sabbath
morning, 9th inst on the proposed expulsion Of the
Bible from the public schools He will also give his
opinion tho moral character Of the teachers Of
BROOKLYN.
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A CRACKED SKULL.

John Brown aged fourteen, residing at No 81 Murray
street, struck upon the head yesterday afternoon
by piece or falling timber in alley between Cham
bers and Warren Streets near Greenwich, which rac
tured his skull.
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THE sUNNYsIDR's COPPER.

NEW YORK. Dec Q, 1875.
To EDITOR HERALD
Can you inform what the thickness Of the
copper the Sunnyside, the water line2 Per-
haps its thnness may be Of the of her sink
inp
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My faith looks up 10 Thee,
Thou Lamb Of Calvary.

Alter prayer BY Dr. Tying be read the lfth chapter
Of the second epistle Of Paul 70 tho Corinthians and
called especial attention 20 the eighteenth verse-"All
things are Of Cod y SC. Ho dwelt earnestly on the
reconciliation Of man TO Christ urging that as we had
not Inherited grace we must seek H. Personal effort
should be used to bring souls 20 Christ The Apostle
teaches get down knees to beseoch and h.
persuade sinners 70 accept God al His word
After this cXhortation brief prayers and addresses
we're made by those present, All tending urge upon
each Christian use personal persuasion bring lambs
10 Lhe lold Of Chr Kew. Dr. Armilaae Of tile Flfth
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PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Emma ouenin ten years old, while playing with fro
her residence No 1so Greene street her clothes
fire. and severely burned about the body and
hands.
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A FAILURE IN PORT JERvIs

PORT JKRvis Dec 3, 1875
/. r, Bevans prominent merchant OF this village.
recently failed. with Liabilities amounting 10 $4,000
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THE UNION PRAYER MEETING.

large body Of ladies' and gentlemen met in Assoca-
ton Hall yesterday afternoon for the usual Friday ex.
ercses OF prayer and praise. Rev Dr. s II Tying, Jr,
conducted tho services and Mr. Weeks presided at tho
melodeon. The preacher gave out the 1l7th hymn,
commencnrs-
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MRs. MouIroN's LETTER.

The following is the text Of the letter sent yesterday
by Mrs Emma c. Moulton 10 Plymouth church, and
which referred TO a committee the meeting last
night at the motion Of Mr. Beecher-
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

The Commission appointed to IN
vestignte alleged frauds ut the Red
Clotd Indian Agency have made re-
port. They find that Saville, the
Agent, is incompetent, but honest and
poor. The charges made by Professor
Marsh, who visited the Agency with a
party of college students, the Com
mission say were founded upon hearsay
The report of the Commission was
anticipated. 1t was appointed on a
whitewashing basis, and the members
of it have not disappointed the public
or those responsible for the frauds
charged by Professor Marsh. This
Commission was similar i'll one or
more respects to the co mmittee APP
pointed by Beecher to investigate the
charges preferred against that eminent
divine by the Titon family. The per-
sons who appointed them were in
terested in the result of their inyesti-
cations, and took pains to have the
right men in the right place, and their
reports show. that they made no mis-
takes.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

She lived in New Albany, and
bought this pull-back with filter at
tached. She wasn't used to it, and
undertook to pull it over her feet, and
would have succeeded, but it got worse
tangled the more she fooled with it, and
after standing on her head once or
twice and falling over all the chairs in
the room, she tore it off and threw 1t
out of the window in time to let Ream-
er's dog run into it and stick. 1t took
him two hours to cut his dog out of
it, and he amt seen the dog since. The
girl says shed as soon try to wear the
harness necessary for n shaft mule to
do service i'll coal cart az one OF them
cussed things"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

An election takes place in California
to-day, for State Superintendent of
1'Iblic Instruction, District and County
Judges and justices of the Peace. The
object of having the judicial election
at different time from that at which
State and county officers are elected, is
to prevent the election Of incompetent
judges on partisan grounds. Politics
are not supposed to enter into these
Judicial contests. yet parties nominate
their candidates and urge their election
with considerable zeal. A strong fight
is being made against the Democratic
nominee for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Parson Fitzgerald, because
he is a Methodist minister. His oppo-
nents say that they want DO sectarian-
ISM in the public schools, and hold up
their hands in pious horror, feigned for
the occasion, against the election of a
sectarian preacher to the Office of Su-
perintendent of public schools. In
this State the Republicans adopt differ
ent tactics, and always nominate a
preacher for the Office and urge his
election upon the grounds of morality.
1t appears from their reasoning that
there is no danger of Methodist or
any other sectarian minister introduce
ing his peculiar views into the schools,
unless that minister is o Democrat
parson Fisher Of the Methodist church
was all right for Superintendent of
Public instruction in Nevada, because
lie was Republican, but Parson Fitz-
gerald, of the Methodist church, they
tell Us, is not qualified for a similar
position in California, because he is Z.
Democrat. Thus they point out, you
see, the difference twixt tweedle de dun
and tweedle de dee.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20
Prescriptions Carefully oonrpousd~t'
aeo4n W. r. STEVENS.
Assessment Notice.

OAKLAND GOLD AND SILVER MINING
Company. Location Of principal place
OF business, san Francisco, Caliiornia. LVca-
tion If works. Indian Mining Distrlnt, hum
boldt county, State OF Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that ct meeting OF
the Board Of Directors, held % the "a DAY OF
September, 1875, an assessiacnt' No. :, OF oo
cents per share was levied upon the capital
stock Of the corporation, payable Immediately
in l. s. gold coin, to the secretary. 1T The
office Of The Company, rooms and o, No, 1J2
Montgomery street, san Francisco, Cal.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid ON Thursday. the 7th day OF
October, 1873, Will be delinquent, sid adser-
tised for sale at public auction; and huiess
payment is made before, viii be sold Gu trt
DAY, the 18th day OF october, 1870, To pay the
delinquent assessment, together With COSTS OF
advertising and expenses oi salt.
BY order OF the Board of Directors.
WM ii WATSON, secretary.
Ofhce--Rooms 5 and g, No. 3J2 Montgomery
street, san Francisco, Cal. se4-td.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

SHARKEY, the New York murderer,
has played his cards we'll. The New
York authorities have been after him
with their best men, but they could not
kidnap him, and they could on openly
seize him on Spanish soil He now
assumes the name of "Dr. Francisco
G. Campbell, " and armed with a pass
port presented by Count Valmasda him
self, he has left Havana for Spain, with
the intention Of entering the service of
King Alfonso, and will doubtless be
heard of lighting the Carlsts some day.
He has learned to speak Spanish, and
is said to have thoroughly reformed his
habits. A more desperate murderer,
however, never existed.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20
TEL c r APP Hlc
EASTERN DISPATCHES
ESPECIAL TO THE SILVER STATE. ]
New YORK, October 10th.


Chandler yesterday called on the
President, and remained with him I'M
til late in the afternoon. Two reports
are in circulation, one that he had de-
clined; the other that he had accepted
the appointment. The news will pro-
baby be proclaimed to-day. The re-
naming possible candidates are ex-
Senator Pratt, of Indiana, former
Democrat. He has been rendered the
office. and is in doubt whether he will
accept it, Cowan has nothing to say
on thesubject.
A Tribune special from Washington
yesterday over the mystery as to who
will be the next Secretary of the Inter
ior, than any time since De4anoss res
ignation. The President is overrun
with visitors. AS far as known the
Department is as far from having o
head as as ever. 1t is known that the
Office has been rendered three persons
ex-senator Scott, of Pennsylvania; j..
Russell Jones. of Chicago; and Chan
dler, of Michigan. Scott declines be-
cause of the salary, prosperous future
being offered to him in another direc-
ton. Jones, after several days consid-
Grafton, declines because he is satisfied
with his present position. as collector
of Chicago.
CHICAGO, October 10. 1875.
1t is supposed here that railroad
war will ensue as soon as the New At
lantic and Chicago is inaugurated,
since the managers propose a liberal
policy, with which the other lines
must necessarily compete. Pullman
cars viii be entirely withdrawn from
the Michigan Central and the Great
Western roads, agreement having
been made to that effect yesterday.
Stone cutters resumed work on the
new Custom-house this morning, and
work on the Clark street front will be
rapidly pushed forward.
ST.. PAUL, October 10, 1875.
Developments sustaining Captain
Hunters charges against Colonel Pen
Gender, Republican candidate for State
Treasurer, is creating great excitement
all over the st tie, and his defeat is
considered foregone conclusion, as
additional prcof that Munich did ad-
vance him State funds for the purpose
charged in 1870 The fact has leaked
out that Munch S bondsnen, who made
good the amount of the. defalcation,
and secured from Penoender his note
for the money SO received, which note
is now held by the Merchants National
Bank for payment.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

AT Atlanta, Georgia, an honest old
Granger approached the affable young
man who adorns the general delivery
window at the Postoffice, and asked {:
e" Is there any letters for the Griggses
here?" The young man shuttled
through &C. s" deck, and said, "No,
sir" Any for the Stebbinses?"
The young man counted the IS. deck.
and said, " No, sir.' wei, any for
the Bunces?" and the old man put on
his specs. to see for himself The
young man famed the 60 b s " out, and
again said: "No, sir" Then who in
thunder is all them thar letters and
pigeonholes fur, anyhow, by gun?"
ripped out the indignant old man; and
before the young man had time to re-
ply the old Granger was shuffling down
the street, swearing that "this here
Postotfice is blamed mernoperly, like
everything else these days."
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at li6H.
Legal tenders, sc buying and S61la
selling.
AT Boston about rs of the clergy of
the city met, and after denouncing the
license law, adopted resolutions calling
on VII good men to repudiate at the
the election both the Republican and
Democratic candidates for Governor.
At Havana the draft for cavalry
horses is stopped, and a tax of ten dol
lars for every horse that would have
been drafted is substituted.
In New York about $34. 900 worth Of
lace, silk and velvet trimmings and set
gold beads lately imported from Eng
land, and undervalued in the invoice
presented to the Custom officers, were
seized Monday.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
rany is said to have sold their wooden
side-wheel steamers in Japan waters
for local trade at $780, 900 in gold.
In Cincinnati, the citizens who were
intending to hold the hard-money
convention there, have accepted the
action of the New York Convention,
as to postponement.
Near Milwaukee yesterday about 40
masked men went TO tae jail and took
out the brothers Araes and Isaiah
Cartwright. and hang them for killing
Baker, the Sheriff Of Portage county,
some time sine.
GOV. Tilden, has instructed the prop
er legal officers to prosecute all guilty
of the improper use of money at cleo
tions, on pain OF dismissal.
Preparation are making to receive
Senator Booth next Thursday at North
Salem, Indiana, his native place.
An Odd Fellows procession at New
Haven was recently insulted and pelted
Win olul4V9 ~ HtuN'~iIlS, al 'heJ Pti0ooS
Yale College, and it charged on the
students with drawn swords. Several of
the students were slightly wounded.
The faculty of the college have ex-
pressed regret at the unfortunate occur
renee.
1t is reported in naval circles ut Ber-
lin that Prince Frederick Fritz will
VISIT the Centennial ct Philadelphia,
and that German squadron will escort
aim there.
The election for Superintendent Of
Public Instruction and Judiciary takes
gle over Superintendent is very severe.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

THE total value of all taxable pro-
perty in Washoe county is 50, 1863, 800.
The real estate is put down at 81, $780,
$40, and the personal property at ST.
ll9, $50. The total tax on this is $685.
1852 IA, of which 326,72 80 goes to the
State, and SCI 1923 7G to the county.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

BARON PUrTKAMMER, major in the
German army, a member of one of the
historical families of Prussia, aud a
relative of Bismarck to boot, has been
confined in mad-house by virtue of a
simple police warrant.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

ZACH CHANDLER, of Michigan, has
been appointed Secretary of the In
terror by President Grant. He took
the oath and assumed the duties of the
Office yesterday. Chandler was defeated
for re-election TO the United States
Senate in Michigan last winter. He is
a brawling, loud-mouthed politician of
the pot house order, who rose to the
surface in war times and kept afioat on
the waves Of sectionalism until last
winter, when the reign of the "bloody
shirt" ended. His career as Senator
was remarkable only for his ability to
dispose of more bourbon than any of
his brother Senators, aud he has often
been seen Keeling drunk in the Streets
of Washington. This trait endeared
him to Grant, who likes boon com
panion, and appoints him Secretary of
the Interior, the highest position in his
gift.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

The mother of little Mabel Youno
who was killed in the belfry of the
Warren Avenue Baptist Church in Bos.
ton, has lost her reason and is the in.
mate OF private insane asylum.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

EDMOND ABOUT is coming to America
to write up the Centennial for an illus.
trated work to be published in mum.
bers by Hachetts OF Paris.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

NONE Of the new postal cards have
yet been issued, and no issue will be
made until the old stock on hand. about
a million cards, is disposed of.
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Postponemcnt.

YEyHE DAY FOR DEFINING STOCK pE-
linquent on above assessment 10 hereby
postponed until MONDAY, the EIGHT DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1875, and the saie thereof
until TUESDAY, the TH1RTlETH DAY Oh
NOYEMBrB, 1875, Ut the same hour and
place. BY order u tine Board Of Directors.
WI. Ii. WATSON, Secretary.
San francisco, october 7, 1915.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

A Troy, N. y, woman, determined
to love somebody, has ensnared a poor
old man who is in his seventy second
year, and who had to borrow some
clothes to wear at the wedding.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

KAISER WILHELM of Germany who
is now on visit to the King of Italy
is enthusiastically received by the
Italians.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

The Silver City Daily Avalanche, the
best paper and only daily published
In Idaho Territory, has entered upon o
bsw volume.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20

A Ninth-avenue boy stopped catching
flies all at once, says NJ. Quad, and
turned to his mother and inquired
MA, amt Mrs. Parsons nice wo-
MANI"
II guess so-why?"
Because, when was over there
this morning she put her hands on my
head, like this, and SIZE almost cried
as she said: Poor dear boy, bow could
your father marry that sharp-nosed,
vinegarfaced old maid fora second wife. >
She took Harry in the shed, and
while she held fast to his ear she in
formed him that it would be nothing
short of death if he ever entered Mrs.
Parsons house again.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-20
LATEST 1ELEGRAfHIC sUMMAR,

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at li61l.
Legal tenders, sG buying and S61a
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-27

diminishing juvenile crime. If, for in stance, the penalties of the law were al ways and vigorously inflicted upon adults of sound and responsible mind ; if murderers, while the law against mur- der remains as it is, were always execu- ted if thieves, of high or low degree, in Congress or custom-house or Five Points, were always, upon detection, punished If courts of law in every case were consistent and above the suspicion of venal1ty.; if the statutes were invari- ably enforced with Rhadamanthine se- verity, is it unreasonable to presume that by perfectly natural process the offenses of our minor population would diminish9 We offer it as a proposition perfectly susceptible of demonstration, that juvenile crime will always be in proportion to adult crime, and that this will always increase or diminish in pro- portion to the rigor with which the laws are executed. Children, and especially American children, are quick to learn both evil and good. None are affected sooner than they are by low standing of morality and if they are expected to initiate social virtues, why not also social vices2 To begin with them in otir reformatory efforts is to rely upon fallacy. They will be no better than the world into which they are born, and in which they ate destined to live and move,
Connecticut western news., 1875-08-27
Jack Spencer.

The Duchess of Marlborough had a relative, commonly called Jack Spencer, who was a very eccentric character.
 One of his whimsical freaks was to take hackney coach with three friends in dark evening, and order the man to set them down in gloomy part of the Strand at the side of the new church. He had previously opened the door opposite to that where the coachman waited, and as Spencer and his friends quilted the coach on one side, they went round and entered at the other. The coachman was at first surprised that more issued from the coach than he had taken in. As they continued to go round and come out, he became dread fully alarmed, and at length his terror was so great that he ran from the coach, and ran into the first public house, tell ing the people there he must have taken in legion of devils for, he added, with every sign of horror, that he had only taken four in, but had counted eighteen out, and that more were coming when he left tEe coach.
 It is said that he once contrived to collect party of hunch-backed men to dine with him, some of whom indignantly uuitted the table. Another whimsical party which he assembled at his house consisted merely of number of persons all Of whom suffered but this meeting at first threatened serious consequences, for each supposed he was mocked by the other, and it was with great difficulty that their host restored peace by acl1nowl- edging the ludlcrous purpose of his lnvl- totiOD