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The New York herald., 1876-12-03
RACING IN CALIFORNIA.

LAST DAY OF THE FALL MEETING AT OAKLAND
Tho fall meeting a, Oakland Park closed on the 24th
Of November with miles and repeat. for which the
entrees General Sherman, held In the pools ai
SIS; Bradley, S45; Overland $50, and the field. com.
prising Lady Amanda and Nathan coombs. nj $60 and
the purse was s6o0 or which $li0 TO The second ant
500 TO the third horse
First HeaI-Aiter q few attempts fair start waa
effected, Sherman leading in the FIRST turn, when
Bradley, IRON the cxtrcmo rear seemed TO overpowcs
his rider rapidly did no 20 through his horses; bus
in passing the wire in :l7h Lady Amanda was neck
in front OF Sherman and Brs dey losing his advantage
or tho lead at every stride In tho sccond milo the
struggle left entirely between tho above two. and
alter hard contest Lady Amanda won by nearly hall
length. Time, 3:jGls. strange circumstance In
this heat that Of the distance judges declared
that Bradley was in and the other that he was beyond
the distance and The judges gavo tho horse the benefit
Of the doubt
Second Heat sherman sold for $40 Overland 500
and bradley So Again there was difficulty In get
ting Bradley his horses, but when they got the word
sherman was good length ahead, and TINS position
he retained until the haiI-milc, when Coombs got Ia
hts quartcrs with Amanda almost iapping and In tha
position they completed tho irst mile IN :51. On The
backstrcch Lady Amanda, running easily, took the
lead. with Coombs almost with her and tnon tho
latter 10 the front, and, although Lady Amanda
al The distance challenged him Coombs won by almost
a length Tine 80.
THIRD Heat betting, Coombs almost even
against all the others Bradley again refused TO come
the STARTING pont and nt last wrcnched away ha
OF his plate with part ot the hoo, and allowed 10
be Withdrawn AZ the tap OF the gong Overland went
10 tho front at clipping pace, but at the halt milo
Coombs wrcsted the lead from him aud maintained u
tho end OF the nrs mite in 80, with Lady Amanda
length behind HIM and mock In front oi Overland,
and in this they ran the second mile, except that
sherman, who was last on entering the stretch, made
nnal effort. but could not reach tie lcaaer by half
length Aalihough he beat Lady Amanda by neck tor
second place. Time, 3:@l y. Nathan Coombs took the
purse. sherman second and Lady Amanda the third
money. This brought the meeting TO a close
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
A POOR MANS DESPAIR.

Yesterday middle-agcd man. shabbily dressed, with
marks OF hunger and suffering in his face, called at the
Mulberry station house and begged for food and
shelter. He savo the namo Of John White and stated
that he had homo and unable TO procure en-
ploymcn, Sergeant Mcculoch who was at tho desk
was about directing HIM 10 20 TO the Commissioners
OF Charities and CORRECTION Tor relief when
lie noticed spots OF blood his He questioned
him with regard TO DC matter. ana tho explained
thai he had been accidentally cut, but an examination
OF his sh owed that the cuts plainly Of
an accidental character Whuc then confessed that
IN a t or despair he had tried kiil himself by cut
ung both wrists with razor. He removed TO
Bellevue Hospital Tor treatment His wounds are aot
considered dangerous
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
NEWS IN THE CITY.

Edmund Bray of Washington, D. O., fell on Second
avenue yesterday and fractured his ankle. Removed
to Bellevue Hospital
Catharino Fuchs agcd forty years. Of No l4o Second
avenue, fell and broke hcr knee Fourth street and
Fourth avenue yesterday.
While at work In tho chair factory No. S94 Madison
street. yesterday, Patrick Hamilton fell through tho
hatchway and received severe injuries.
In the Court Of special Sessions, yesterday, John
Manning was convicted OF exhibiting obscene pictures
and sentenced 10 the Penitcntiary Tor ono year at
hard labor and TO pay hnc OF xlO0.
The nito GIRL Mary Black, whose clothes caught fro
from her house, No. 33s Water street,
Friday, died at the Now York Hospital yesterday
Coroner Eickhon was notified.
John Dclahauty a boardcr at No. l,1s9 Second avo-
nue. hold tor trial yesterday at the Fityscvcnth
Street Police Court charge Of stealing coat and
from bis landlord, watch from fellow boarder
and pair Of boots from another.
While playing with some mpanions, at the corner
Of Ninety street and Ninth avenue, few days
ago. James McDcrmott aged two years, OF Ninety
eighth street. tell into an excavation mado for
pipe and received compound comminutcd fracture OF
the skull, from which he died yesterday.
Michael Burke, OF No. IS New Bowery, smogcd his
ppo while in bed on Thanksgiving night, and fell
asleep while doing. The ashes from ,hc pipo fell
out on the bcdco:hes and set them on nrc and Sc
vcrcly burned Burke He was removed 10 tho New
York Hospital, but died from the burns yesterday.
Olcer Muldoon OF the Eighteenth precinct, yester-
day found a man lying inseusiblo at tho corner Of
Twenty -nfth street and Second avenue. aud had him
removed 20 Bellevue Hospital An examination
showed him TO be suffering from concusson OF tho
brain. and Investigation revealed that he had received
fall The man Is ABOUT fortynve years OF
OF light complexion bald headed and wears a light
goatco lie was iairy dressed.
An inquest into the facts relative 10 the death OF
Robert Bell who over In attempting to board
n freight car on Fourth avenue. near Thirty.n
street, was held yesterday by Coroner Engcr. Tho
testimony showed that Bell in his effort TO get tho
car missed his footing and fell to tho track, when the
wheel Of tho passed over his foot, causing COM
pound fracture from which he died In Bellevue Hos
pai several days thereafter. Tho verdict coincidcd
with these incts
James Brown, a roundcr on being refused lodgings
In the Eighteenth precinct station house on Friday
night climbed over the fences in the rear until hc
reached the prison yard. He In the OF drop
ping into the yard Oh the prison wa when he was de-
tcctcd by the doorman, who thought he was an ss-
Gaping prisoner and rushed upon HIM with ycll OF
alarm Poor Brown said he only wished 10 get iodc-
inrs unknown 10 tho officers IN tho prison. Judge
0ttcrbourg sen, him for ten days TO the Island.
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THE CHAMPION WRESTLER.

Colonel j. H. Mclaughlin. tho champion wrestler Of
the world having accepted the chscngc Of Mr. Charles
Murphy, Of this city, the match between them will
come OF on Wednesday evening next In tho Turn
Halle on Fourth street. the Bowcry, for $500 side
and tho champion belt Murphy is younscr and
lighter man than his famous antagonist but has One
athletic physique and is an excellent wrcstier fI,s
only public match .or money with a named
spaulding. twenty-c pounds HEAVIER than himself
ana IN that hc successful In exhibition wrostue
he has thrown Homer Lane, and has alled 70 dnd anT
competitors worthy OF his prowess OF late yeas untI
Mclaughlin appeared on hts horizon His 'spoints -
aro.-Agc twcnty-iour years seven months; height 8
fcet inches; weight IFS pounds; breast 40 inches;
forearm, l2h iucncs; arm. l4jk inches; thigh, ~
nchcs calf, 10 inchcx
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
NEW ORLEANS RACES.
Nxw oRLEAss, Dec. 2, Is

NEW oRLEASs, Dec. 2, 1870
This was the nrst day OF tho fail meeting Of the
Louisiana Jockey Club. The weather cold and
clear the track iair condition and the attendance
small
Tho frst q hurdle race Two miles over
eight hurdles for club purse OF $500, and BY
Rcddng. Colonel Nellisan second and Fort Leonard
third. Time, sos Colonel Ncllignn was tho favor.
tie In tho POOLS selling even against tile held
The second for the Slocomb Stakes for two
year-o colts ana Niles, $25 entrance with $500
added Madge Duke won, Eva Shirley second, Cors
Lin third, Hattie T. fourth. Time, LOOK. Eva Shir.
ley the fayoritc
The third race, milo heats for purse OF $500, was
won by Bob Woolcy In two straight heats.
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Bob woooy was tho iavori,e.
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ART NOTES.
Erncr Lsugfslicw 10 studying In Paris under she
srea, Couture He viii probably spend the winter IN

Erncn LsugfsIiow 10 studying In Paris under the
grea, Couture He viii probably spend the winter IN
Italy.
William Bradford. whose paintings OF tho Polar
regions are well known, has returned TO san Fran.
cisco, where he Is stopping Al the Palace Hotel
The wealthy families o, Bridgeport Conn, have or
CANNED an ar, loan exhibition
Miss Hughes, daughter OF Ball Hughes. tho sculp-
tor, is AT work in London copying in which branch OF
art she has achieved .air succesA
Mr.. Stone has exhibition at Boston study from
nature "Head OF Negro which 10 attracting consd-
cradle attention strong effective BIT OF paint
ing Mr Stone % student OF tho Munich school
The Pel!cgr:ni collection OF paintings, water ors
and etchinrs, has been placed exhibition At Miners
Art Gallery, and will be sold auction this week. The
sale bcginning on Monday evening
The tenth annual exhibition OF tho American Society
OF Painters In Water Coors will DO opened In the
galleries Of the National Academy Of Design on the
2si day OF January 1877, ana vii! DO continued until
the lth Of March. Works for exhibition will be re-
ceved al the Academy Design from the 10th to ,ho
l2lh o. January inclusive.
Two paintings by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, the only
ones tha, have been this country viii bo
exhibited AZ the Century Club in the course OF few
days They have just been received from England by
Mr. Horatio NJ Powers OF Hartford, as present from
OF L'Avt tho famous Paris journal OF fine arts
81 Louis 10 TO havo an art exhibition under tho
auspices of,ho Mercantile Library some of tho best
works exhibited at Philadelphia have bcen secured
also some paintings from The New York Loan Cnl-
lccticn. Tho local ART patrons also have promised
generous support Bronzes lacquer and enamel
wares will be included.
The Graphic Society has elected Mr. Leighton ss
president in place OF Sir Digby Wyatt, compelled 10
resign his onlcc
Al Pau the collection Of pictures belonging TO the
Infant Don Sebastian de Bourbon Is on exhibition.
consists OF some 700 paintings, variousy ascrbed 10
Titan, Murilo, yelasquex, Rubcns Rembrandt Paul
veroncse and others Many Of the works aro famous,
Tho Spanish part the most interesting and the best
The collection rs very valuable.
The Female school OF Art in London has given very
satisfactory rcsuta II enjoys tho benent OF life
school
Not fewsr than 100 persons enrolled In the
Ecole des B>aus Arts for tho present season About
$50 Of those painters 800 scupsors and $50 arch
tccts These hpures will give idea OF the zeal
with which the arts followed in France.
The Art Journal for December contains interesting
sketches OF A. II. wyant and W. +. dc Haas, with
ensravings illustrative Of their The fronts.
pece is devoted TO steel engraving OF tho Albert
Memorial erected In Hydo Park to tho memory Of the
late Prince Consort
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
FISH CULTURE-STOCnING TIL
RIVERS.
FISH

From all parss OF tho country we have pleasing ac
counts OF how the rivers and cstuarcs are beng
stocked with the finest kinds OF nsh, and that the
Legislatures OF the different States making strin
gent laws to preserve the young and insure the in
crease OF tho Inherent kinds In vermont Governor
Fairbanks has appointed Rev. W H. Lord the Fish
Commissioner vi the state During the last eighteen
months the state Fish Commissioners have put 900
land locked salmon into The Winoosk River al Es~cx
Fifty thousand salmon have been put into Lewis
Greek, Fsrr.sburg. and 5000 each In Franklin and
Fairfield ponds, Franklin county. The total dstrbu-
Of fish tho State May, 1875. 10 Novembt
1876 has boon follows:-rwcnty lvc pike, 800
Potomac bass 3C3 black bass and i+0 AaImon dis
riUutcd III somo thirty different places
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probably receive tho welcome OF their selection
tc remunerativo Official capacities Tor the years
1871, 1878 and ls7a
Tnx or ALDERMEN
The new Board OF Aldermen Will stand with thirteen
Tnmmany democrats one antiTammany democrat
and eight republicans Mr. Henry d. Purroy, young
gentleman Who has displayed some considerable exec
utive ability OF the City Fathers viii be elected
President OF the Board NJ least so - 10 gwen Out oy
those VINO know the inside workings OF the Tammany
machine. This position will entte him 10 olbciate
OCCASIONALLY Acine Mayor, In of the absence OF
that functionary and also scat the Board OF Ap
por,ionmenL The chsirman OF the Finance Com
mtee OF the Board is also entitled TO membership as
one OF the Sinking Fund Commission This selection
will not be made until few days before the organiza-
tion OF the new Board
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
LONG ISLAND.

Robert Canton, OF Eowtown. Is now confined In the
Queens County jail waiting trial tho charge OF
sault with intent 10 k ho having shot Deputy Sheriff
Hicgs OF Scwtown In October last whilo the latter
was interfering 10 prevent Canton IRON beating hts
wife. on Friday he attempted TO commit suicide by
taking poison.
The engine and smoking car, the baggage and two
passenger Of tho Port Jefferson train on tho Long
Island Railroad were run OF the track Fresh Pond
at ten minutes or nine O'Clock yesterday morning
through the misplaccmcnt OF switch. Fortunately
injury 70 person property done, aud the
passengers arrived ID New YORK at halfpast tcn-ono
hour behind time.
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
OLD GUARD RECEPTION,

The military ana cIvic reception OF the Old Guard
veteran battaon) announced for IN ursday, January
IS, at tho Academy Of Music Grntula's seventh
regiment and Downing's string bands have been en-
gagged TO supply tho music for the occasion. The Old
Guard has during the past two yoars. generously and
gracefully, a. representatives OF New York, enter.
tanned alike thcr visiting brothers In arms, whether
IRON the Carolinas or Massachusetts,, route 10 the
patriotic celebrations AT Bunker hil Fort Moultro,
X c.. or the great demonstration IN which they also
participlied at Ph.ladephIa on July last
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
A WORTHY CASE OF CHARITY.

To Tnx EDITOR oP rHg HEnALD.-
Attracted BY notice IN your paper few days since,
was induced to call at 463 Fulton street. Broosiyn
From conversation with the afflicted gentleman and
his wifo, and the surroundings, became fully salts
fed that the deserving the favorable con-
sidcration Of the charitabiy disposed The suffering
gentleman rs printer, and was four years In tho
army, and Is worthy man. Let him not suffer Tor .
little assistance ONE WHO KNOWS
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

Morning Songs Of American Freedom.
Lady Ernestine; The Absent Lord OF Rocheforte.
Golden state California; Resources
torinne A Story OF Italy
shnns for Himself; or. uibcrs Grcyson's Fortunsa
Pauiines Trial. A novel.
Tcnny sons Poems. uliustrat sditionl
Knights American Mechanical, Dictionary. Third vol
umcJ
The National Ode; Memorial Of Freedom Poem. al.
tustratedl
High Old salts: stories Intended for sne Marines but
Told Before N Enlightcned Com uittee of Congress-
Under Canvas; or. Tent Worship In summer Months
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
BROOKLYN.

rnc receipts for taxes on Friday last amounted TO
sl54 st 81 The rebate paid 10 taxpayers yesterday
was fiiiy-cieht cents on &l00.
A reduction In the ratio OF wages paid aborcrs and
cankers made by resolution OF the Board Of City
Works yesterday by which 81, 600 per mouth will
be saved 10 tho city,
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
FIRE COMMISSIONERS.

AZ the last meeting OF the Comm issoners held last
week, only one transfer was made Fireman John
Mccarthy transferred from Hook and Ladder No.
9 70 No o The following apparatus are undergoing
repairs in the repair yard:-Hook and Laodcr No l.
Engine No. 3S, Jumper No. 76 spare truck and q
new tender Is being built for Engine No. 2a
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.

The steamer City OF Chester. OF tho Inmau linc
which to sail for Liverpool yesterday morning,
was delayed twenty -four hours by accident TO
OF her steam pipes. which burstcd No person was
injured.
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
A CENTENNIAL MEMORY.

There was sale at Leavitts rooms in Clinton Hall
yesterday afternoon OF Tunislan articles lett over
from tho Centennial They we're in the Main
Building. and some of the things were unique well
beautiful Rugs. chair coysrs, swords. brass utcn
sils brc-a brac generally disposed OIL but at
less than one-hu of what asked for shom at tho
Centennial
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
STATEN ISLAND.

Bishop Lynch, OF Charleston, is announced 70 lecture
this evening In 81 Peters Roman Catholic Church,
New Brighton. on NE cssacombs or Roma
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
DnATH OF AN OFFICER.

Patrolman william Wright Of tho Twenty. ninth pro.
cinct died yesterday morning aiser brct illnoss
The New York herald., 1876-12-03
RIFLE MATCH.

DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
NEWPORT. II. L., Dec 2, 1870
AT a rife match here this afternoon, at 20) yardA
on sh OTIS each the following was the scorc:--
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18
WHOLE NO. 1925.
Does this Hit You.

1t is possible that some one who
reads the title Of this ar icle Gays
the Netc England Journal Of Educa-
tion) may find himself guilty of fall
ing to pronounce the ci and sh in
shun. | find that my lady friend,
who is very precise in her language,
will persist in aocentiBg etiquette"
on the FIRST instead of the last sy la
bic. My good minister, who has the
greatest aversion to anything wong,
was greatly SURPRISED when | mildly
suggested to him that "aspirant"
should be accented on the penult,
while my musical niece mortified me
the other day by pronouncing finale
in two syllables. heard my geo.
logical friend explaining the "subsi-
denotes" of the earth's crust, but he
should have accented the second in
stead of the first syllable. The same
mistake happened the other day to
my friend, the President of the Re-
form Society. who spoke of the
"vagaries" of certain people by &C.
centing the first instead of the Sec
ond syllable. He also announced
that l would deliver an address"
that evening, but | knew it was not
polite to tell him to accent the last
syllable. My boy says he left school
at "reccss," accenting the first sylla-
BILE, and he was 10th TO believe that,
whatever the meaning of the word.
it should be accented on the final
syllable. Then my friend, the Pres
ident of the debating club, who is a
great student of 'Cushing's Manual,
tells US that a motion to adjourn
takes the precedence" by accenting
the first instead of the second sylia-
Bile. My other lady friend says that
she lives in house having "cupc-
low" She should consult the die
tionary for that word. Bat | will
close by remarking that my legal
friend, who is very scholarly, always
accents "coadjutor" on the second
instead of the third, where it rightly
belongs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18
A Batch of Weather Signs.

In response to a circular sent to
all the station observers by the chief
signal officer asking for the signs pre-
ceeding storms. Signal Service OBJ
server Dumont has recently sent to
Washington report from his local
ity, based upon his own observations,
and the weather notes which Major
Ingersoll has kept for several years,
and Foreman Allin's record. After
detailing the action of the instruments
before storms, reporter gives the
weather signs by which the approach
of a storm is heralded, and these,
by the way, are considered more re-
liable than the instrumental signs,
Old weather prophets will be inter-
ested in comparing these rules with
the maxims which they have drawn
from their own observations. We
append the signs
AS rule, if the wind touches
north east or east. for two or three
days, it is sure indication of rain.
Dense smoke and haze in early
morning portend falling weather.
Summer showers of light character
often follow two or three days of haze
or smoke.
Fog, frost, and dew precede rain
twenty.four to orty.eight hours, ex-
cept fog at close of rain.
Wind veering form north or west
to south and southeast precede fall
ing weather.
Halos, lunar and solar, also fairly
defined and brilliant auroras, precede
rain twenty-four to sixty hours.
Barometer rising and falling con
siderably away from its mean FORE
BODIES falling weather, subject to mod
flying influence of the neighboring
ranges of mountains or hills.
Precipitation generally follow a
rapid influx or refux of atmosphere.
If wind is 10 northwest and rain
sets in, the rain is of short duration
and light yield.
Banks of water, clouds or heavy
have on south aud southeastern hori-
zon indicates rain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18
Instinct or Reason.
From Our Dumb Animals.

As . farmer in a neighboring town
was getting in his hay he noticed an
UNUSUAL .commotioh among the swal +.
lows. which had built long row of
nests under the caves of the barn.
They appeared greatly excited, flying
rapidly about, and filing the air
with their cries of distress. As the
load of hay upon which he was rid
ing passed into the barn he saw that
a Young swallow in a nest directly
over the door had caught his neck in
crack between two shingles and
was unable to liberate itself. He
stopped his team to set the bird free,
restoring it to the nest. Upon his
return to the barn with the next load
Of hay, noticing that the swallows
were quiet, he examined the crack
and found that they had filed it COM
pletely with mud, so that no matter
how enterprising or how foolish the
young swallows may be, he could not
again endanger his life or the peace
of that community by any expert
ments upon that crack.
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AS our readers doubtless rel

AS our readers doubtless remember,
some three years ago a young girl
working in a mill at Oshkosh was
scalped by having her hair caught in
revolving shaft. The scalp was en-
tirely moved and the skull deprived
of its natural covering. Skillful sur
geons undertook to replace it by
what is known as the grating pro.
cess, but without success. The Osh.
kosh Times says that "she is still
alive, but in most deplorable condi.
ton. 1t is impossible by any arti6'
cial means to supply the proper secre'
tons to the skull, and the bone j:
gradually but surely decaying.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18
Three Rallied Railroad.

The laying the third rail on the
Erie Rrilrood between Buffalo and
Waverly IS rapidly approaching CON-
pletion and it is thought that it will
be accomplished within the present
month. BY a recently-invented de-
vice it is said that both narrow and
broad gauge cars can be run on a
track provided with a third rail. 1.
this should prove to be possible, cars
of the Erie and Lehigh Valley Roads
will be run in the same train, by
which means great saving both in
fuel and labor will be effected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18
Married at One Hundred and ThIr
teen.
FROM the Maryaeld ia Monitor.

Old Eucle Den Greer, aged one
hundred and thirteen years, married.
about two weeks ago, In Marshall
county, Mary Harrison, aged fifty
seven years. Uncle Ben was born
according to the sale bill found
among the property of his old Master,
James Greer, deceased,) 1863. He
was servant, in the year 1912, un
der Gen. Jackson. The old man can
cut and split one hundred rails a day.