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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-11

sUICDED IN CALIFORNIA. --Edward KEEL.
Ter, a young man who formerly resided
In this city, several days since committed
suicide at Sans Mates, California, No
cause was assigned for his committing
the deed. His mother resides here.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-11
SEARGEANTs SALE.

OEARGEANTs SALE.
William ManOn In the Municipal Court Of
Thomas rahy. Wheeling
Notice Is hereby given that by virtue Of an exc.
Public Auction for cash, at the Store Room Of
Thomas Fahy, No. 22t3 Market street, 10 the city
Of Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia, on
TUESDAY, December 2lSt, 1875,
Commencing al 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following de
Scribed property, via: Seven barrels whisky, hlx
Cushioned Chalis, one Sofa, four barrels Flour,
seventy bushels Of Potatoes one lot Of BundfleS
and stock Of goods now In said store room, they 10.
Ing goods such as are found In retail grocery store.
deli Il. N. DAVIS, I. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19
THE MUNICIPAL WRANGLE.
CONTROLLERS GREEN'S DEFENSE.

CONTROLLER GREEN'S DEFENoE'
sEpLY To THE RESOLUTION or THE BOARD OF
ALDERMEN ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
THE LOCAL DEBT Erc.-A SPICY AND BELlLGhH-
ENT REPoRr-ATrACKs UPON VARIOUS OFT
GALS AND NEwsPAPERs-THE coNrRoLIhH'
EXHIBIT FOR THREE YEARS.
The Board of Aldermen met yesterday put 'ra''S,
acted little business of Importance. The feature OF
the meetipO was the reception of Controller Green's
reply to the resolution of the Board making inquiry
into the condition of the city treasury. and though
it was not fully read during the meeting 1t was the
subject of very general conversation among mem
bers IL is we'll understood about the City Hall
that the fight at Albany over tho Costigan bill is
really preliminary to the removal OF Controller
Green or the preferring of charges against him. and
it was expected that his reply would be in reality
presentment of his case before the public and the
Legislature. Such indeed it proved to be, except
that it went further. and developed into
vigorous attack upon Others. The important feat
ures are given elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19

The moneys actually paid for advertising during the
three years. 1862 1870 and 1871 the total
outlay for the three following that period 1871
1873 and 1874 including the cost OF The Guy Record
lures during the present Controllers administration Of
S29o3s 60, being reduction or saving OF over 81 per
cent
on Dec ST. 1874 there remained In the hands OF the
City Chamberlain moneys deposited with him for the
payment of stocks and bonds which had
not been called for amounting - s'31 o. There are
heavy city liabilities account OF large number OF
pending contracts for street improvements, supplies,
DC, 10 the various departments. .
Previous TO the accession OF the present controller 70
Office advances had been made from the treasury Of
than s1O00J0 for the erection ana completion OF
drafts Is regarded IN the nature OF claim 10 De REIN
burscd 10 the treasury by the issue OF STOCK FORMING
part Of the permanent debt
gotten by holders OF fraudulent claims aud fostered
Dy certain unprincpled newspapers on the charge OF
delay in the adjustment and payment OF bills incurred
by the various cty departments This Is without just
of accounts aud vouchers audited by the Finance De-
partment Their average time during 1874 Tor passing
the date payment including all classes Of claims and
liabilities for contracts and supplies, Is less than
jU% claims for which no legal provision has
been made that are delayed, but the general fact
are those and Justice Of which are not readily
ascertanabe. 1t must not be supposed that Efforts
Hepon Of the courts More ,han four Millions have
been adjusted the Finance Department and promptly
Controller is unable 10 compel him SO,
aud delay necessarily occurs Tue current claims for
which yalne been given to the city and have
been recognized and promptly hquidsted. The other
class OF claims which value has been given. which
were conceived IN the lobby, and which held and
promoted by disrepuaoie class who are enabled
by craft and cunning live without labor, out OF the
earnings OF honest and industrious men, have
no Foundation either In justice or III equity.
There are men among who are now mar shaiing the
influence Ingenuity, and thegreed OF attorneys lob
byiss and journalists, TO get from tho treasury on
single claims, without value rendered amounts That II
distributed for honest service would. In these pnchng
times, gladden. the hearts OF whole community In my
official action shall not cease 10 recognize the rights OF
those who have rendered fair equivalent Tor the
amount they seek to obtain. and eveiy energy that
possess shall DO exercised 10 defend the trust which
have beeu SGT 70 protect against deprodaors whether
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19
wa. to be tho beat, and the wesh and measures Of full


standard. .....on A.,varsd
nv the seller not on designated day, bat on gay anu
at an boar suit his own convenicnceEtne
receives 1t merely signing ticket tllreauy Prop ~
and Allied up by the seller for the number OF bags OF
feed or oats Of pounds OF hay or straw tnereDs
tended TO be delyered--no instructions or autnory
having been gwen and facilities aiiOruou 70 any
body nj the place of delivery elsewhere IN the ser
vice Department. an Inspector or othr
test the accuracy pretended measures or Wegpe
or TO ascertain the quality Of tho article supped,
The result s that Department has boon iurnsneu
with supplies OF tho articles mentioned OF INFERIOR
quality short measure, and light weight when nave
however been charged aud paid for ut figures nearly
or quite per cent IN OF tho market rates TOT
supplies OF the best quality and OF fnll measure anu
respectable dealers, had suitable contract been prop
BY such practices the efficiency OF the Fire Depart
ment has been greatly impaired, tho public moneys
have beea wasted and tho city Government itsei nus
boon subjected TO reprOach by good citizens.
should gladly discriminate between the seVcral per
sons removed from Office as TO the respOnSDlilV ~
taching to each for this reprehensioe coton ..
affairs But the facts before mo do not exonerate en-
OF them from the charges stated as the cause Ior re-
moval, and the hearings had before me IN tne mateI
all three OF Commissioners have chosen 70 stauu
together without claim by either OF exemption from
iOint accountability. =. =, A.. Al.
was left therefore no alternative but, In INC as
charge OF my duty to remove them all from omco
as have done Very respec fully, 49,,
WM III. WroEIIAM Mayor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19


The old uniquidated claims have been Improperly
spoken of as city debt, whereas many Of them
are exorbltant or fraudulent wholly fictitious and
not to be considered Indebtedness Of the city, except
perhaps to O comparatively limited amount Continued
and determined resistance 10 them by the accounting
and law officers OF the city will protect the Treasury
and greatly disbursements their account The
Controller would not recognize many OF them, even by
stating Them 1t not that the Mayor and the Board
Of Aldermen desire that they should be recaptu
lated and stated in detail Tho effect OF tho schedule
herewith submitted may be TO stimulate and incite
claimants to renewed attacks upon the Treasury and
more efforts in 6ehal: OF thei schemes me
Controller protests against this recital OF them being
tortured or twisted into even the faDtest recogn
ton of their validity. -
EXPENSES were incurred and claims manufactured by
81 various authorities, often without proper restraints
Orderly official records Of obligations incurred by them
The changes that occurred In the personnel OF these
bodies in last three years make 10 exceedingly dh
cult II not impossible TO trace the extent OF the debts
they have created. Many Of those who administered
country while others reluctant to state their opera
lions for fear OF involving themselves or their ales
Claims for services supplies which we're probably
never performed furnished are often presented with
ont the slightest evidence OF their Vandy or bearing
only semiOf1cal authorization Dy some suspected OF
untrustworthy officer.
(r Green then gives at great longth the details OF
various law suits against the city which he has con-
tested all of which have been before stated fully in
public documents and legal reports. In doing so Mr..
Green makes vigorous attacks upon various newspapers
and indiyidu
Schedule "C'' contains statement Of claims for
taxed costs IN stree0pening cases. which amount 10
tho aggregate 10 $500 603 o. The following are the
of of the persons representing TINS class OF
claims which are so grossly disproporuonate to the
xNaaAN uf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19
THE EVIDENCE DEMANDED AND REFUSED

On the day following the recelpG VI .ho'o
communications Gov. Tildcn wrote to Mayor Wiekham
asking for the evidence on which he had acted. Tue
reply was direct refusal and then followed the spicy
correspondence given below:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19
NO REMOVAL EXCEPT ON EVIDENCE.
10


The Governors reply to this communication
was not finished until tho nth inst and made pub
lo yesterday With its publication the coutroyersy-as
1t has now como to be consdered-s fully before the
public This letter Is as follows:
GOV. TILDES TO MAYOR wIcKHAM.
STATE OF NBw.YoRx, Executive CHAMBER
ALBANY, Feb IT, 1875.
70 the Hon. WILLIAM II. wIcKHAM Mayor Of tie CiS q
Noc York.
SIR: Your messenger delivered to the papers
removal at my house at about o'clock In
the evening Of February T. As he Informed me he
should return By the 2lo train of the next after.
noon, told him If he would call at the Executive
Chamber at II m. the answer would be ready; Mean
time I looked over the papers and saw test otIes
time appointed gave HIM my letter Of Feb. s. On the
IN INST SNor coEaue as 70 y at
Desiring 10 reply to II a Ms early day as my curreDs
WITH the necessity Of my sending to for some
papers involved In the discussion which were yesterday
Sss "se w % The nature Of the removal for cause
It exists under tho Constitution and laws OF tins
siySs or witshoidinS his approval Of removal under
Section %, OF Chapter sas Of the Laws OF 1873.
tlnsuishab from removals Which are in the arbitrary
will OF the officer vested with the power and which have
party ascendensy The system devised In the Con-
venion OF 1921 by Daniel b. Tompkins Rufus King, and
Others tho foremost statesmen OF the times. specially
for the Of shers and applied also to county
clerks The Constitution Of 1916 extended It TO district
tuona provision and by statute other cases fs
original object doubtless 20 reconcile the necessary
INABILITY To the State with disposition OF the ap-
pointing power to the localities Incidentally it gave
the minority representation tn public trusts anu ex-
empted the OF Important local Offices from the
change OF their ncumbeDts before tho expiration OK
their terms every nuctuaton of party msloriues Ia
the Satee The Council OF Appointment under the Cou
sttulion Of Ill., consisting OF the Governor and four
Senator'S had the appointment aud removal az VIII OF
nearly all the local officers In the state numbering
nearly $1,000 when population was but third os
It's present magnitude That council became public
opprobrium, aud was abolished by universal consenA
To-day the $50 sherihs county clerks, and district
are removable by Governor subject TO no restriction
but giving such ocer copy OF the charges aganse
him, and an opportunity OF being heard In hs
defense For years this system has operated succesS
fully In this State These important ofcers have felt
see Euth Page 't 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19

there was cash in TO lie credit for the 70
demptop OF the CITY debt Dec 81 1874 saoSo Of ana
s ss0 SS%e purpose. S1os g. The o. the
bonded debt In the three years Qs69 1870 ana io 40
follows:
Bonded dss. Dec 81 1868 $50 seo 4so 20 crease
$:ss:$ $:S issssss g g
ges. from Dec 81 1868. to Dec 81. .o o,o
TSe Increase aS Of the bonded in the
since the accession OF the present. Controller 10 on'o
Cis72. 1878, aud 1874 Is as follows:
Bonded dsbs Dec 81 1871 5os 81 sls,ss q
ss': s:S Re IS IS
gross Increase from bee 81 ISL. Dec 81. ., 40
5a ga ' e 1s; Snd liabilities existing when the pres
emit Controller took office, and the extraordinary aeman
on OF the deficiency In the state Sinkng @
which have pad from the proceeds OF bonus, anu
the money paid By him for Doulevaros anu onSa
uptown improvements aggregate more nan tne nro
OF the bonded debt OF the city during te pc
emit alton OF the Finance Department BESIDES
the aboye-stated amount OF bonded deDt Oh tno SW
there Is an indebtedness far AS ALREADY
over s5oOo consisting OF the bonded debts Of tne
late towns West Farms MOrTsania and
this debt has been difficult and proraoted ana Is no.
rain and confused 10 their character and tho evidences
OF them very unsatisfactory BEFORE nha, 80 ina
erTiiory can be made legislative enactments are re-
auired TO explain doubtful provisions III the Ac' VI
Annexation ,,
W and LL-rae receipts and expenditures for The past
The operations Of the Finance Department under the
second and third heads presented together ana the
following Ia general summary OF the amounts OF re-
cepts and expenditures of the Treasury and OF the SINK
ing Fund in 1874 from all sources and the balances III
cash at the beginning and end OF the years
The in the City Treasury Dec S AJAX ,os 40
The receipt: into IL: Treasury from during
the 1874 So'oooo@V 70
Total .S9i'ooV'osi 40
The {tho Treasury PAID BY the M.
Chamber in 1874 W
Balance remaining the Treasury Dee 81 1874 Sl4o4ZSo oz
The revenues IRON these sources since lo10 Were:
Interest on 4l2 "a S5SO3S6 ~ S40660S 20
Interest l2S79S AZ 26575o 20 ilSozo %
1u.ers. on dsposit. 75As5 % lO5s6s 81 Chamberlain
'N''t'' W. N~f Palmer.
1917 1874.
,..o.. -. ,.xo. - s44S 5b5 80 e886511 AZ
I,e w on ssasssrocn,. 2l5SY7 81 66S,S2l 10
Nothing paid
By Chamberlain
Palmer during
,,..,,., n, s.oos,........ T9s5S ~ 1864 95
Balances OF 'pp'0prauo0s oi o' s46Isssl OF
ion. foI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 34S7239l 10
ro,L...................... $50 4S5772 SO
Amount under appropriations In 1874 Tor IN
which have been drawn ooo<o9oo 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19

Opening streets, .... IN .ooa- ~, ., ..ooo. -. =.
parks, &c... $3O2TSO w SEtzofVol Oh Sxoovifoo bA
Street lnprovem'nt
Pund-ReYustg
guiding, kc... 26e2,S76 "a 2,2S3S27 ct t9lG,703 II



committed on the Treasury by the notorious officials
then In power capitalists were justly alarmed and city
securities were seriously depressed. Confidence has
since wholly restored the credit OF the oy is now
and It's securities which rated at high
premium are sought after for investment BY the most
prudent capitalists and trust Institutions During the
sonne of the City Government has been changed, in
some than aud another change has
actually commenced. inexperienced men have come
into Office who have to pass through the process OF
suppose that important pubic trusts can be either
nellieently or efficiently administered by new officials
without experience In the business they are called
to manage. The average poltieian makes but poor
ADMINISTRATOR OF responsible AFFAIRS and the public
interest must correspondnely suffer- SUCH persons are
not apt TO be very careI or rgid econo
mept to bring them 10 consent TO necessary and
methodlcal methods Of business. During the same
period, O new charter with entirely novel powers has
come into operation, underlying anu aueetn& every
transaction or the Government
The business OF the city conducted by very many
agents has had TO be adjusted and systematzed
Again. an act OF annexation has been passed, nearly
doubling the city territory and raising fnnumerable
causes Of complication. To crown ALL amendments
been added TO the Constitution OF the State which
have created numberess questions respecting appro
pratious and the payment OF moneys. These changes
and complications In the CITY government have im-
mensely responsibilities aud abors OF the
Finance Department. without corresponding recogni-
ton aud provision 10 meet them
Although the time for the preparation OF the Of
statistics with this report mas been short
have thus, believe gwen all and perhaps more THAI
all the information that was asked IL Is but brief
eptOme Of earnest struggle or more than three years
sadly astray, back better ways To the completion
OF the work. which am aware Is but partially accom-
plished. shall welcome the aid OF any agencies whose
object Is simply and honestly TO bring about results
81 s,iI0 - -, AkpREw u. aREEs. Controller .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19

Balances appropriations unexpended 1874 Ss5oZS4
In this connection it should be noted that although the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of former years wholly expended
There Is large deficiency in the product OF personal
taxes which renders the means OF the treasury made
ouate TO meet those appropriations.
". Unadjusted claims against The city.
Schedule &C" (submitted with the reporU shows 10
detail the unadusted claims in the Controllers office
against the City OF NewYork completely as the files
OF the Office permit without reference to the legality OF
the claims and includes unsettled accounts and de-
mands accumulated for years As 1t is MADE up as
asked for to Dec 81 1874 1t embraces many current and
unob,ectionabe claims which have been settled and
pad since that date as adjustments and settlements arc
made daily The following summary OF this class OF
unadiusted claims, amounting in the aggregate to
&c Lao 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19
DEMOCRATIC DISSENSIONS.

"a VERY PRETTY QUARREL AS 1T STANDS"
SHARP CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MAYOR WICK
HAM AND GOV. TLDEN-THE MAYOR REFUSES
THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE CORPORATION
COUNSEL AND THE FIRE COMMIssioNEks-Thh
GoyrRNoR DECIDES NOT TO REMOVE WITHOUT
PIRsT EXAMINING THE PROOFS.
The correspondence between Gov. Tilden ana
Mayor Wickham relative to the removal OF Corpo-
ration Counsel Smith and Fire Commissioners fer-
ley Hatch. and Van Colt has been oiiiciaiiy inadc
public; and as part of the general movement oil
Tammanv Hall to secure control of the City Gov
ernment is Of the utmost interest Mt this time The
Mayor gives for the first time his several reasons ior
ordefing tho removals alluded to; and denies al
great length the authority of the Governor TO
examine the proofs which he acted as precedent
to approval The Governor in reply at equal length
gives reasons why be must know the evidence be-
fore approving the action and finally decides not to
remove until after deliberate examination OF the
proofs. The correspondence is given below.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-09-24

CURING A BALKY HORsE.-A far
mer, living not more than SIX miles
from Ackley, was stacking grain one
day recently, when one of his horses
baked, and no amount of coaXing or
urging could persuade him to CO.
The owner of the animal became thor
oughly disguised with him, and was
just on the point Of unhitching the
team, when some one present told
him if he would set fire to wisp of
straw, and put it under the horses
tail, he would never balk again. No
sooner suggested than the farmer
proceeded to test the merits of the
receipt. He twisted up a nice little
bunch, set it on fire, and when it got
thoroughly to burning, he put it I'M
der the tail of the horse, which shut
down on it. But no sooner had the
tail come down than it went up again
accompanied by the horses heels,
which struck the falling bundle of
fire and landed it in the middle Of
the load OF grain, which Immediately
ignlted, and in spite Of every effort,
consumed not only the load of grain
but the rack and wagon. Moral
Never put Il bundle OF burning straw
under horses tail, in the harvest
field 1ckiey Enterprise.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-09-24

Enoch Royalty, OF Anderson coun-
ty, discovered a bee tree few days
ago, q large poplar. The bees had
found hollow 10Y feet from the root
of the tree, which they had taken
possession of and filled with honey.
Enoch thought it would be rich
prize, so he adopted the following
mode of securing it: Commencing
at the ground, he bored large augur
hole at height he could reach, in
which he put a strong pin; on this he
sat and bored another hole at a con
venient distance above, in which he
drove another pin, and proceeded in
this way until he reached the height
Of lO7 feet, where he deliberately
cut off the top Of the tree. He then
possessed himself of the honey, rich
in quantity and quality, secured the
bees, and descended safely to the
ground. He proposes to make an
other similar and more adventurous
conquest in short time. Above
Oregon, on the Kentucky river, there
is cliff 200 feet high, and at the
height of 100 feet there is evidently
al immense bee home, where the bees
have been at work from time to
which the memory of man runneth
not back to the contrary. Enoch
says that's his meat, and before the
season is over he intends to have it.
-SprinafeM Hentuckian.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-09-24
Prints in Breeding Poultry.

Every variety has some one point
or points which demand long breed
ing and patience to acquire, and on
these should attention first be fixed,
and kept there, gradually giving at
tention to others, not by turns, just as
fast and no faster, than the number
of birds good in the first point, and
therefore admissible to breed from,
enable selection for the second and
subsequent points to be made. In
this way every year will show sure
and steady improvement in the pro-
portion Of birds fit for exhibition;
and after the first two seasons that
improvement will be so rapid rs to
be almost beyond belief.
One thing, however, is Obvious
The best birds from the breeding
point of view must never be sold, but
kept for the breeding yard; fora man
cannot reasonably expect to make
any marked progress who is constant
ly selling what represents nearly all
the ground he has gained. And on
the average this will not be found to
sacrifice even in the shape of sales,
since it will frequently happen that
the birds nearest to show standard,
and therefore the most salable and
valuable merely for show or sale are
not those to be kept for breeding
during the early stages. For instance,
going again to our Brahmas, we have
seen that the birds to be kept are the
best penciled, even if at first these
birds want feather and some other
point. But the best birds for show,
at this stage, will probably be those
which are rather worse in color, but
better in general average of points.
Later on, when Il higher degree of
perfection is secured, the best for
breeding will also be the best for
show; but by this time the amateur
will have plenty both to breed from
and to sell also.-Cor. 1mericun
Poultry Bulletin.