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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-08
SUMMARY OF LAW GASES.

In suit for divorce brought by Mary Ann Davis
against Charles Davis . motion was made yes
terday before Chief Justice DAILY In Special Term OF
the Court Of Common Pleas. The defendant put In .
plea OF impecunosty. Mr.. William c. Keeloy ap
pointed referee to investigate the facts
The necessity OF Judge Barrett sitting the trial or
De Witt G. Taylor against Jay Gould and holding
Supreme Court Chambers, delays business in the
latter court very materially As result counsel hav
ing motions have 10 wait all day. the proceedings
in Chambers protractcd TO inconveniently ato
hour or course this gives rise to good deal OF grum-
bling, besides entang extra duties Judge
Barrett
The trial. before Judge Monell OF the Superior Court
OF the suit brought by CHARLES w. Havemeyer OF
the late Mayor, against Valentine Butler. the safe
manufacturers, the particulars OF which have been
published, was concluded yesterday and resulted in .
verdict for 900 for tho plaintiff including loss Of
salary for four months during which time the plaintiff
was incapacitated from work, End for payment Of
doctors and nurses'and tor medicines Messrs. Adams
x Lewis appeared for the plaintiff and Mr.. w. NJ
Gallaher for the defendants.
Mr.. Bingham, an Evansville Ind) dstIller recently
convicted OF Illicit dstilling transferred fifty barrels
OF whskey IN payment OF debt to q man In his em
ploy who shipped to this city for SALE II seized
begun Ia the District Court for Its condemnation The
SUIT brought to trial yesterday before Judge Batch
ford, who directed verdict Tor defendant, the
ground that the law did warrant the forfeiture OF
the spirits AS this ruling is contrary TO that Of the
department the case will be appealed as test case
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right or the State 70 withdraw them unless otherwise
specihcally PROVIDED IN each charter. In 1872 the
central Railroad and Banking Company was consoli.
dated with the Macon and Western Railroad Com
pany, as. in 1865 1.-The Southwestern Railroad Com
pany became consolidated with the huscogee Rail-
road Company by vote Of two-thirds OF the stock
holders OF each company pursuant TO act OF 1850
authorizing such consolidation upon the occurrence OF
such vote. BY act OF 1874 the presidents Of all
turn annually oath. the value Of the property Of
their respective companies, without deducting their
Indebtedness, TO be taxed other property OF the
people OF the State. These companies resisted
the tax, on the ground that the provisions
OF the original charters as to taxation were
made parts OF the charters, and they
therefore commended they could not be taxed more
than one half Of one per cent on their net incomes.
The tax officers; however, assessed the property the
Railroad and Banking Company at s. 600 000 and the
Southwestern Railroad Company at 81, 500 600, and
were about to enforce the thereon, when the COM
panies sought TO enjon further proceedings. Tho
Supreme Court Of the State held that the provisions OF
the general act OF 1863 reatng the withdrawal of
applied 70 the roads under their new charters
rs the latter contained provisions against the cxer
cse OF the reserved right 10 withdraw; that the con-
solidaton OF the various roads operated II accepted
BY the companies, to dissolve the original charters,
and to invest the roads as consolidated with new
charters; and that making the provisions OF the old
charters parts Of the passed for nothing, because
the new charters, whatever their provisions were sub
lect 10 DO Withdrawn or modified at tho will oil the
State Hence the act Of 1874 subJecng the roads to
taxation ON all their properly without deductng In
debtedness valid modification OF the liability
70 taxation within the reserved rights This decision
Is assigned here as error
A. X Lawton and ]. G. Black associated with David
Dudley Field, for tho railroad companies n. J. Ham,
mond, Attorney General Of Georgia and Robert
Toombs, for the State
In the Supreme Court to-day, on motion OF Mr.. D. D.
Field, Mr.. William A. Boyd, Of New York city was
admitted TO practice attorney and counsellor OF
this court
No. 81. The Central Railroad and Banking Company,
plaintiff IN error vs. The State OF Georgia
No o7s. The Southwestern Railroad Company, plain
TN IN error VS. The State Of Georga.--The argument
OF these cases was continued by Mr. r. Toombs, OF
counsel Tor the defendant in error and concluded by
Mr.. J. s. Black for the plaintiffs in error.
No. 203 Tho Town OF Danville plaintiff in error vs.
J. s. Page.
No. 2U4 The same Dismissed with costs.
No 1873 Gains Whitfield appellant, VS.. The United
States The argument Of this commenced
by Mr. @ p Philips, of counsel for the appellant and
continued BY Mr. Solicitor General Phillips for the APP
pellees.
Adjourned until Monday.
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CANAL TOLLS.
Yesterday there q meeting Of the Board Of Mana
gcrs OF the Produce Exchange, at which the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted -

Yesterday there was a meeting Of the Board OF Mana
gers OF the Produce Exchange at which the following
preamble and resolutions unanimously adopted -
Whereas the Chairman Of the Canal Board has clearly
shown communication to that body that the
from the toll sheet o. ss1 wond DO ample to BRO
Canal during the present season; aad whereas the bus
interests Of the Of New York are now suffering
M AIDE In its grain other ports chiefly through the
lower freights that Offering 30 those ports; and
direct making the cheapest pcssbe communication
from Interior and Western portion OF country with
sh great water beyond what BE-
required In operation. are 20 Just that extent
tribute paid other ports and premium on other and more
imposed BY the Legislature beyond such point OF support
would be injustice done 70 the entte mercantile in
army Of bosmcn aud others employed the canals and
loss capital invested In boats and other appliances
for navigation TO speak Of the waste Of the
sums been expended the waterway ITSELF
Resolved That the Legislature Of this State be urgently
Board Endorsed has by shc Canal Committee Of
tho Assembly for continuing during the present
the Erie Oswcg0 and Champaign canals the toll sheet
established for the previous seAson; also
Resolved That the Legislature be requested 20 take such
such lateral canals spared the which,
consritutcd. burden upon the whole canal
Resolved That tho Special Committee Of tho New York
Produce Exchange Canal Tolls be charged with laying
those resolutions before the State sxAturs and with en-
Of refanng At this particular time from imposing
any burdens whatever State trac that possibly
be dispensed with
70 personally present the resolutions 10 the Legsla
turc and urge by all proper means that they should
be needed WILLIAM H. Phillips, Chairman OF the
Committee on Canal Tolls Of the New Yo Produce
same body and Messn l.. Hazeitine L. ,. n Stark,
Edward Amman A. X. orr.
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NO SALT WATER.

The special committee appointed by the Board OF
Aldermen ITO investigate the feasibility Of utilizing the
Of tho North aud East Rivers for rc ana sani
tary purposes has reported earnestly against that
scheme, especially embodied in the bill before tho
Legislature under tho title Of IAN Ac 10 Incorporate
the Salt Water Supply Company Of the City OF New
York" That bill confers the power OF taxing every
freeholder at the ratio OF twenty foot for each
foot OF land owned by him fronting the streets or
alleys OF the city; every fre insurance company doing
business in the city 5000 every insurance CON-
psny $780, every public institution not eeemosynary
twenty per foot OF land fronting any or
alley for every steamer vessel OF 100 $500
each voyage and for every coastwse vessel $40 per
year The committee think that "the proposition
should receive the indignant reprobaton Of the people
and government OF both State ana city OF New York.
Alien Campbell, Commissioner Of Public Works, bay
ing investigated the subject, reports that New York
has already expended tho Introduction Of the Croion
water $l50ooooo, and that the introduction OF salt
water would cost at least S13, 100000 He says tho
damage done by water at fires in wetting goods would
be increased by the use Of salt water
The wasage Of Croton, he thinks, can be checked
by the use oil meters on all stores aud
other places where extra water rs used.
The Croion River he adds, will furnish treble tho
quantity or water which passes through the present
aqucduct and in due time will be proper for tho city
TO take steps to secure an additional supply this
source, and the money thus laid out while II will gvo
m abundance OF pure water for the increasing popuIa
ton, Will also furnish an ample supply for the extin-
The Croton Aqueduct can supply daily 800 ooo 900
gallons-three times the quantity consnmed-and
the Croton basn with its present resources can feed
q city OF Z, DOC, 900 people.
As evidence of the importance OF the water question
the committee calls attention the that Rome
in its pamiest days. had no less than wentyior dis
trct aqueducts, and among these sixty three
and another thirty eight m les In length. The arches
100 feet and higher which the water carried
measured in instance and half miles in an
unbroken line, and IN another were 1000 number.
The daily supply OF water TO ancient Rome could not
hnvp hoe kpgS tbap NJ I'm flp 10.
cay OF these wonderful works the decay Of Romc Kept
pace, and so, they add, 1t would be with New York
If Tor one moment we were 10 neglect our aquednct,
instead Of carrying il 10 Its utmost capacity and per-
fiction
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MRS. WATERS GOOD NAME.

TO rHE EDrroR or THE HgRALD:-
In court report. published In Wednesdays issue Of
your paper, an injustice has been done 10 MrA c. A.
Waters in bringing her name before tho public In con-
nect,on with that OF noted swindIor aud thief
John N. Daily
In behalf Of the lady permit mo to say that the
statement OF Daily given to the public, 10 in every
respect entirely unrue that all she knows about tho
man ID that be Is Of dangerous gang Of swindcss
and thieves OF whom the leader and chief IL al largo
and figuring in Wal street; that she has been har-
asscd and vctimixtd by them TO great extent since
the absence OF her husband She has dono her duty In
bringing The thief TO justice. She had him promptly
arrested Indicted and ready aud xous TO have
him tried, that the nature OF his offence and
everything in connection Herewith might be brought
out, that the full penalty OF the law should be metod
Qua to him, and society be rid Of him for 40 Tonga
term possible. To her great regret strenuous
efforts were made on his part, through his attorney ~
be permitted 10 plead guilty" Tue prosecuting OIL
GER without the Of Mrs. Waters, accepted the
prisoners plea Of guilty. and permitted tho thisf
thereby retain the stolen property and prevented
the lady IRON vndicating her character and rcputsr
tion THE AIIOkSEf VI MRS Waish4
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HORACE GREELEY's DRIVER.

From the Gold Hill New Ncws
or all the stage drivers who have drawn the strings
over kyuse and mustang horses that one but .
Western would think OF Harvesting Hank Monk
10 probably the best known. Not that he is the best
driver the coast for Hank Is too modest 10 aasery
any such thing but circumstances and his fund Of
quiet humor have made him famous, and no was well
known before the big drive in which Horace
Greeley was so reluctant participant Hank seldom
speaks Of this ride and really does not consider il
anything wonderful.
Hank Monk born In the town Of Washington, St
Lawrence county, n. Y, March a. 1926. He always
had fancy for horses, and drove eight horses
abreast in the city Of Boston upon the occasion Of
At that time he regarded II great achievement
Monk came TO the Pacific coast in 1852 and FIRST
drove stage in California between Sacramento and Au-
burn, distance OF forty miles for the California Stage
Company OF which Burch Hayward then the
managers He afterward drove the Placervlle road
into Sacramento and III 1857 to Nevada His
first route here between Genoa--at that time the
metropolis OF the Sato-and Placervile, in California.
j. B. Crandal the proprietor OF this road and sold
interest 10 Wells Fargo Il Co. Monk was driving all
this time and continued until the stages were haued
on He drove tor Hiily Wilson between Carson and
Virginia and the fastest time made by him hour
and eight minutes from the hotel door IN Virginia to
the ormsby House IN Carson He has at different times
driven TO Steamboat Springs and Reno and since those
lines have discontinued has been on tho Lake Tahoe
line for Doc. Benton.
Hank never seems to be in much OF a hurry and
some have gone tar as TO say that he was not re-
markabe Tor his habits OF industry, but however that
may be no one ever yet rode with him who failed to
get through ION time" Horace Greeley no OK
cepton. and he always took his passengers down the
grade at the same rate or speed whether they were
merchants, editors or tourists
Many amusing stories told OF Hank, and the Wis
itors who to Carson generally curious TO
see Hank Monk and have him drive them to Lake Ia
hoe as they are to the lake itself The time Hor
ace Greeley rodc with him he made the distance OF 100
miles in'ten hours but Hank says ho could have gone
1t in . much shorter time II the horses had been
faster. The particulars OF that drive he says, given
by Mark TWAIN, not all correct
The subject OF sketch Is nifty years old, and
is strong and hearty. He st drives to Lake Tahoe
from Carson during the picnic months ana will proba
bly, continue 10 do 10 as long as he able to pull the
lines or swing the whip
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DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.


IL appears that the end Of the Etherdgc- Thurber
diamond ring matter Is not yet, after ALL II will
be remembered that tho possession OF diamond
ring valued At several hundred dollars was
awarded Miss Lucy n. Thurbcr, after the trial OF q
rcpevn suit In which Mr.. o. II. Ethcridge, the painter
OF this city, claimed 10 be tho owner In accordance
by Mr. Ethcridae to Mr.. GarIock, attorney for Miss
Thurbcr MT Gariock, OF course, accepted tho ring
being the ono repcvincd but soon after discovered
that the large diamond the CENTRE estimated TO DO
worth from $50 10 $780, had been removed, and that
an imitation stone worth probably fity cents, had
been put In its place Mr. Garlock, OF course then
Etherdge give up the property In rcplcvin but Mr.
Etheridgcs sttorncy has made . motion 10 set this
writ OF execution aside the ground that the property
was restored 70 Miss Thurbcrs attorney. The matter
will therefore. be argued In the County Court whom
that stage Of proceedings Ia reached.
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DOMINION NOTES.

There Is likely TO be very short harvest o. maple
sugar this srrins owng,c tho uniavornoie cheraeesr
OF the weather lately and the advanced STAG - ne
season Complaints on this head are general s1soosn-
out the surrounding districtk --Qnstee Chvvp6ct4
Ontario has model farm which dos noe appear 20
be 4 success II ID At Guelph, he's only thirtytw
pupils and costs vi, 900 per annum, ocs'oes INTEREST
on the oost Of The bulidSngA
Exhlbitors Tor The CsnioDnia Exhibition arc urged
70 lurwur6 their goods Toronto and Paris respect
Ivol1 = sdv3sed blockade on the various lines or
rnl1$rv > onsuipatcd In consequences VI the rush Of
fre1xh{ % Phi1adclpha Toronto Mail
The neoeo 81 preparation all around the lakes INN.
enoe Groot Improvement last year. There Is o
nsessnf Impression among all classes that there will be
IncrsaDsd iseights and better rates --kuyaon Wig
naolo sugar made ns appearance on our markcts
to-day SNOW BIRDS also put In an appearance n ~
ooats per dozen. --Quetse 4sresTH. AprI l.
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DEATH ON THE STREET.

About halfpast two O'Clock yesterday afternoon an
unknown about to get Oh a car at the Fulton
ferry Brooklyn, when he suddenly reeled and fell He
was picked up and supported TO the sidewalk where no
expired within a few minutes Deceased, who had In
his possession several small parcels, apparently
about forty years OF age and seemed TO be very
spectacle man. He had dark HAIR, light mustache
and slightly bald. In height he about five feet
six HIS clothes, which were new, were Of black and
mixed cashmere. His shirt was OF steel gray ana
white mixed stun. He boots and had stin let
hat Tho body removed to the Morgue
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AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM SOLVED.
UTILIZATION OF COAL DIRT As AN ARTICLE OF
FUEL.
from the Harrisburg Chronicle

FUEL
From the Harrisburg Chroniclcl
The problem of the utilization OF coal dirt seems to
be in fair way Of solution. The trouble has always
bcen that IL would not burn because 1t was too
pact and would smother rather than ignite For my
years that has been the ono great mpodimcnt, and
scientists could not It Finally, however,
superintendent Wootten, OF tho Reading Railroad,
thought OF introducing a steam blast through tho
coal from the bottom tho hope OF penetrating
the and supplying plenty OF air. He built fur
specially Tor II and placed II under stationary
gno boiler Instead Of using crate bars he employed
q perforated iron plato for tho IRE 10 rest upon
pipe from the boiler conveyed the steam and the
essary pressure supplied tho blast, and this stroke
proved be tho keynote Of the entire coal dirt prob
lem. It burned freely and threw out immense heat
The Oldest dirt used 70 IL possessed burning
qualities and II found that II was consumed freely,
the same the best of coal II tried In the
furnace OF locomotive engine and found TO burn
equally we'll The other day, whom the wind was blow
ing at velocity OF forty miles an hour, coal DIRT
burning engine took up tram OF 100 cars through the
valley with the and with little labor
engine burning the very best anthracite coal This Is
regarded great revolution tho coal and IRON
country, because IL transforms ~ least 900
tons OF heretofore useless coal dirt into uel worth at
the very least 81 per ton, and provides way 10
ali coal dirt that may come TO the surface In the
I'm
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DESTRUCTION OF FISH IN LAKE
ONTARIO.
From The oadcnsburg JournaLl

During the past tall and winter, innumcrabIe small
nsh about four inches In length, have been thrown
upon the shores Of the lake and river, In dead
diving condition. They were discovered at Three Mile
Bay, jefferson county, In The town Of Nassona during
the recent re OF water and along the shore OF the ST.
Lawrence above tne lighthouse. Tn this city. II the
destruction, from some unknown cause, has been
great on all the shores nj the points named, many
hundred thousand ash have persisted.
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POLICE COURT NOTES.

At the Washington Place Police Court yesterday, be-
fore Judge Morgan, John Dougherty, Of No. s4s West
Thirteenth street, was held in $1,000 to for
stealing silver watch, valued al els from william
Barnes OF No. 512 West Fifteenth street.
James Mcdonnell sent to the Island for two
months default OF $500 bail, Tor dsordery conduct
At the Globe Theatre on Thursday night The COM
70
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STRIKE IN HoBoKEN.

Yesterday morning about hundred workmcn, en-
pioycd on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad struck for on increase their wages They
declare that their pay Of 81 day insufficient for the
support OF themselves and their families On Thursday
evening they hold meeting, and resolved TO ask the
company yesterday To increase their wages Tho re-
quest made, and refused Tho men say they arc
determined not 10 20 back work Till their wages are
Increased The officials the railroad depot In Ho.
bo X en- have nothing to say the subject
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PRUSSIAN SwINDLER IN KEN
lucky.


The crazy Prussian Won Bekkers, whose late trans
actions real estate In this locality recently
noted followed by his Incarceration In tho Danvillo
JAIL turned up Pckin In Jcssamnc county, lass
week, where he played the game - here-buying
farms and getting othor people TO take them and ran
them for his board, &C. He vctimszed several par
ties, pretending to have money In tho Lcxlngton
banks looking for registered letters containing drafts
OF money &c He suffers with tho collie, and his
remedy Is whiskcy and black pepper which vas gen.
sroukly furnished by his victims 70 keep hum 10 good
humor. He rAvs his name ~ Won Hun u one To-
esny aud Won bskkers In another
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THE BLEEcKER STREET RAILROAD

The receiver OF the Blocker Street Railroad, Mr.
Avian s. southworth, yesterday Oiled IN the County
Clerks Office his report for tho month ending March
81, which shows:-Rccelpts, SIS, 746 %; disburso-
ments &l6617 a. The net earnings since no was APP
no pcd receiver were <202 74 So out OF which he has
PARA for permanent improvements ~, Dol ~
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THE SECRETARY OF LEGATION At
ST. PETERSBURG.

From the Wheeling Nv. Val Reeistcrf
The Oft repeated question Of who is Holman Adkn-
son. lately appointed Secretary Of Legation a, ~ Pc
tersburc aud accredited West Virginia. answered
by tho State Journal That paper says that he 70
zcnshIp are based upon tho fact that he lived 10 Par
kersburg some eight months before the war, and
adds that be has not had loot on West Virginia soil for
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CAPTURE OF A LUNATIC.

Mrs. Phillips formerly OF Washington Market and
in later years OF the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwcrs
Island arrested yesterday in Hobokcn, by Police
Officer Wright for behaving in the streets OF Hoboken
like mad person. She formerly possessed OF
considerable means and rs yet comparatively well 10
do She taken charge OF by the county OF Hudson,
by order OF Recorder Bohnsted and will be sent TO tho
m
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CLEVER CAPTURE OF SNEAK THIEVES.
The suspicious movements Of Joseph Redmond and
Robert Williams two strangers. on Thursday alter
noon attracted the attention Of Officer John Cottre
Of the Twenty second precinct After halt IN hours
watching he saw the enter tho residence OF Alex
ander Graham, No $40 West Forty-sixth street. Pro-
curing assistance he then awaited their temperance
the mont door, which they must have opened with
skeleton key subsequently, found upon one Of them.
On reappearing they between them ono OF Mr.
Graham's trunks, into which they had packed about
81 800 worth Of jcwery, wearing apparel and silver
ware Among the jewclry were four gold watches
The thieves resisted arrest and Williams attempted
shoot O1Acer Coitre with revolver belonging to Mr.
Graham. Al the above court they said they camc
from the country, and when asked why they had
mltted this crime replied by inquring what else they
could have done prevent starvation They hold
for trial.
TILL THIEVES
Charles Collins and Bernard Mcsorley two OF the
most desperate characters the police say, the Nine
teen,h ward arrested Thursday night charged
with stealing IS from the till Of Thomas Finley's oys
ter saloon No $40 Second avenue. The Court had
much doubt Of their guilt and they held for trial
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THE DICKENS CHILDREN.

Mr.. Keeling, Of Amboy, Ill. who has charge Of the
children fthe brother Of the late Charles Dickens.
says that the children have good homo, attend
school, and are IN every way copforsabc. The Oldest
boy IL studying for tho Methodist m,nistry. Current
statements 70 the effect that they are mot properly
provided for are positively coniradiotca