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PARK FOR WILLIAMsBURGH.
The Genuine Practical Philanthropy of q
Larae-iioarted Irishman.

Mr.. j. j. Mccormick, of the Fourteenth
Ward, has given To the city n beautiful park, In
North Second street. and for Il asks no cuniva-
lent save tue good will OF the people. Three or
section OF the city petitlOued the Lesisa ture to
grant them site for small park in the Eastern
District out tue bill was defeated. Mr.. Nc
COrmlck then turned his attention to 1vo vacant
lots OF ground then owned by himself, and
which now constitute the park. First class gar
deners have arranged the shrubs, plants, ind
flowers, and 30 well has the work boon executed
that IL Will pass the criticism of the creates [
criterion OF Horticulture.
There are two entrances to the park, one I'm
Ainslie street, and the other IN North Second
street.
on the North Second street side Ia terracod
Hover bed. eighteen feet wide ny one hundred
fect long, dtminishing toward the top Ia four
Observation-Disclosures being four feet high. on
the side OF the beds are walks formed OF artin.
cial stone, that run to the further end, where
they are intersected 10y other walks OF the sam
construction. Next to this bed. "a YOU advanc q
further. u a fountain Ia circular form ten fec /
In diameter. The fountain Is bronze. per
base OF vase which stands on the stump Of an
old tree. The lets ON top are so arranged that
the How OF water, when losing its force, falls
back In nne spray upon six vases OF flowers,
that rest on the same number OF stands project
Ing from the Interior OF the wall OF the fOun-
tain. In the centre OF the garden arc a numbe
OF Hover beds OF different shapes and sizes, and
around each bed Is placed coping" or els-
waited stone tn the height OF four or i've inches.
skating plaza. for the enjoyment of roller
skating, has been constructed. aud IA MIR. Nc
Cormick Is the sole maker OF the roller skate,
he intends to furnish this amusement gratis
the only equivalent desired will be good behav-
Tor, between the plaza and the flower beds are
two scups, one on each sidc OF the garden.
These soups arc self acting, and intended for
the children.
The total cost OF the garden. considering
everything amounts to about 5000, Tor which
the public-sprited gentleman exp cts to receive
no pecuniary reward or emolument.
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New Towns, New Railroads. and the Abund-
ant New Crops In Texas.

SHERMAN, Texas, July 17.-Ths is one OF
tho towns in northwestern Texas that promises
TO be an important point In thli rapidly advanc-
nearly 5000 people, most OF whom are intelli-
gent active, and perseyerlnR. II ia nine miles
from Dennlson, the junction Of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway, and the Houston
and Texas Central and Ia the present Western
terminus OF the Transcontinental division OF
the Texas and Pacific Railway. II IL well situ-
ateu Tor business purposes in prolific cotton
am grain country.
The Railway interests are advancing rapidly in
TINS region. The Texas and Pacific Company
cofnpieted thirty-two additional miles OF its
nam Linei to-day. from Dallas To Fort Worth,
aud the Iranscontinental division rom Texar-
kama 10 sherman, 155 miles, will no completed
within three weeks. The superintende of the
road, Col. George Noble, teleprauhed TO day.
that the contractors are LAYING more than two
miles ner dav Of track. and that only thirty six
miles yet remain TO be laid between DeK IN and
Clarksville. This done, the Texas and Pacific
will have 40 miles OF completed road from
Sherman to rexarkana, from rexlrtnnn to Fort
WORTH and from Shreveport to Marshall. Con
sdertne the times, IL Is surprising how many
miles OF railway are being cOnstruc ted I'm Texas
moro miles OF road have been built In the
tennial year than In any State IN the Union. IL
IL worthy OF remark, also. that nearly all the
"prairie land" towns are improving with a
rapidity that Ia really wonderful.
business steadily Increases. The statistics Of
the railways show gratifying results and exhibit
the growth of trade In the state. The grain
crop for this year IL estimated at nine millions
Of bushels, and the cotton crop will largely ex-
coed the most prolific yield OF any previous
year.
Sherman Ia 734 feet above tide water. In a
few weeks the Transcontinental division will
commence the extension 10 Fort Worth, dis
lance Of eighty-nye miles
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Showing n judge the Grnndmo,her's Trick


1t was in Natchez where n gambler WINS
Indicted for swindling, having won from rio
greeny thousand dollars with the grand 9th
er's trick Judge Edward Turner was then on
the bench. The judge was eminently practical
IN his charaoter-knew nothing of cards or the
by handling them. lie had never heard OF the
grandmothers trick, and wnen the Indictment
was read asked n there was anything In the
statutes m tktng the grandmOther's trick an act
OF swindllng. He was answered that there was
not, hut that II came under the head - swim
ding generally. -" don't know what 1t Is" said
the Judge, land II Is moved t. quash this in
dictinent, because the grandmothers trick Is
not Ia the statutes denounced as swindling."
III your Honor please said the District
Attorney, we have "A witness here who under
stan Is and can play the trick. and II the Court
please we Will have him show your Honor this
Tick"
Let him be called. them
Mr.. sheriff, call Kali Hurst" said the attor-
ney II was done, and pack Of cards provided.
Can you show me the grandmother's trick.
Mt: Hurstf' asked tue Judge. ali you can, do
Hurst took the cards. and shuflng them well,
hed them w, and asked the Judge to turn over
knave OF hearts.
"waat did your Honor say was the card -
Ine knaye Of hearts"
knaves play tricks, your Honor" answered
Hurst iacstiousll. Are you sure IL Is the knAye
Yes, know It is"
.o NOW perhaps your Honor would like to bet
"Show the trick, SIR" testify ordered the
Judge.
fhsve no trick to show, your Honor. Tho
cards do this. And now. since YOU say the top
caro- IL Tue knaVe Of hearts, viii your Honor turn
the Judge reached forth his hands, and care
fully turned the cards, when II turned up the ace
oil hearts. Throwing himself back in his seat,
eNldohllt much surprised, he brought MS
cienched nst down upon ms docket. exclhiming
vehenentiy, again and again: "Swindhng-
proceed and the Indicted WIS found guilty.
nhed, anu Imprisoned u the eXt ent VI the law.
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POoaliari'io" OF n GrOa' London rnter,ain.


At the grand entertainment given TO the
Prince Of Wales at the Guildhall Of ne city OF
London, Losses OF Jewels Were plentiful Among
other Things, the Duchess Of Manchester lost
one earring Of the value Of El.aUJ and has not
seen or hoard anything Of IL since. Another
lady had the pleasure OF seeing her diamond
COMP, valued AT 1900, trOdden into dust to-
meath the feet Of tho dancers, without being
able to get sufficiently near 10 rescue it. \
curious discovery was ma 10 In sweeping the
nan dftet the dance. Some months ago Lady
Dudley tho most beautfdl peereas AT presont
living, WAS robbed OF jewels to the amount Of
GJO,OO0, which had been careessy left In a case
At "a railway station. a beautiful antique acrdle,
Te-plenlent with diamonds and emsrtlds, W rs
found On the door 81 the Guiidnall, and has
since been recognized as one OF the articles
which werH stolen from Lady Dudley.
Several awkward cOntretemps occurred dur
Ing the evening, owing to tho plentiful manner
IN which Invitations had been scattered. A lady
wno had been divorced from her husband met
hlm az tho supper table, and Immediately went
into Mysteries.
A betrisn young city man persisted In push
Ing AZ ilns "A lieutenant OF tho navy, aud wnen
tho lHttrr demonstrated. complained that 10 WIS
the ia 1T II some one else. At length tho sailor
received push that lac SAW was Intentional, and
which caused MIN u hurt the lady to whom he
WAS speaking. Alter hndlng her a seat, he went
IN pdrsult ~ tho ag2rasSDr and with the excl t-
nation, II" Now, sir, I'm going to punish YOU"
no seized the two tails of the Culprlts coat, aud
tore them right to the collar, Luen united his
CraYAt, aud walked OF.
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SATURDAY, July 20-P. M.-The speculn-
ton 1t the stock Exchange, aside from sharp
attack upon Rock Island and the Western
stocks, did not attract special attention, aud
the volume OF business was noticeahly small as
compared with tho earlier days OF the week
Rock Island, however, was forced down from
Los to lO1'. on - subsequently contradicted
rumor Of the Illness Of MIR. rrscy. its President ;
and the bears also caused break OF IA q cent
IN Northwestern common to 3s7s on the same
story, the preferred welding, however, only -
To 62A. The -. Paul shares were freely sold for
speculative account, because OF a reported arg
decrease In earnings Tor the fourth week in tho
month, which resulted in decliuc OF the com
mon from 373s to 3iA4, and OF the preferredlA %
cent. TO Ga. Michigan Central and New jersey
Central were both also weak during tho eaflier
transactions, and recorded q drop Of y and "
cent. re atNcb hut these shhIra suhso-
queutN rallied p. aui a. with uu irregular tone
AZ the close. Lake shore IN the morning tr de
reflected generally arm feeling at a range Of
atA. t5iA, II we eNc'pt temporary dash al THIS
slnck during fho urHi cal, whom 10 tell away TO
bl'., tut from which n soon recovered, and adj
yauced 70 1Bs. western luton was practically
neglected al 5000. D,0AW'0A, and tho same
Now YORK Central Dela~H are, Lack awnnna and
Nestern lost It's significance rs a couspicuulis
feature ol the market, although II declined f., IN
Wv 10 MS, with seller 80 at az but IL rallied
70 ~ IN tho late dealings, and closed AT V6lf
Union lholhr MAS weak At 80 on account Of up
pfentnsion l"st tho lnulau W 10 Wuuld Interfere
WIN ne IT me OF tho TO a, hut the remainder
OF lhe llst presented no features Of lromiucnp -.
me day, among Tie more prominent spetull-
tnr,. was cNl' ny employed IN tsfi uailng tho
pfohts or losses FOR tho week. ~ W II n IN taxi
lng survey at the situation, preparatory to a
more active camp ian next month. The iuaThet
developed less sensitive condition. and closed
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Inter DeveIopmcnt--ar Telegraph

BoorHBAY, Me, July 29.-1his commu.
nifty Is greatly excited 10y the discovery that the
sdes OF the Georgetown National Bank at
Georgetown, few miles from here, aud tho
Linnekin's Bay Savings Institution at Hodg-
don's Mills. were robbed last light by daring
gang OF English burglars. VINO arrived In this
vicinity few days ago on a schooner from Hall.
Tx which passed "a pleasure yacht OF an
Italian Prince. The GEORGETOWN Bank loses
about $4,000 In notes and securities, while the
savings institution loses everything, the loss
inline heavily ON the depositors, who arc mostly
poor fishermen. The leader uf the gang. a piausi
ole aud gentlemanlv appearing Enxlishna an,
calling hiiusclf HOwRate, accounted for the
presence ~ the yacht In these Water by some
eNtrdvigant story. ana obtained entrance to the
Test society at the hotels here. Jewelry and
Vauldble- are missing from many OF the motel
rooms tns morning. and Boston gentlem 10
named Wiley. who casned for Howg tie a draft
"mountlng % tl.lOO nuds himself the possessor
OF piece OF iorgoJ, and, OF course, worthless
paper. Much indignation IL expressed here at
tue duplicitY and mendacity Of Howgste, II that
IL his real name.
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He lay In the gutter In the Bowery on his
back with one arm aud leg twisted beneath In the
easy, unconscious eniang cment " hmbs aud ooked
corpse. humane man passing drew him cat Of the
nthy slime " thc gutter, ana deposited hin the side
wax. crowd Don gathered and discussed with mnd
interest the question whether he was dead not Oue
lst ca lA'rht1 ihd ncaid nan br,Ath', ana after a
MullS. ltutl sr1Au. 90 SuA stiuCN -uEglHfrl eOtuh-
bJhg "he rstruck,' Was tne amendment offered ny
several HIS legs were almost teu N anut saloon
krepeI rlcpptd vul Wlt cub ana raped ON the slide
walk 10 can pulcf .mcal' kdp his ears. Pound
the coles OF his feet "CnucA sOule wafer on him, %
SAID one and anlthcr Of tac ctosd. Nutlus n tie
KIND was Necessary At the hrst OchO ct the cluh he
wrthcd siraihtcAei hi egg tus seh an arm rOu De-
meath nm ana sruAncd lou cr Than before. Again the
CUB smoir the curbsont ana ~ tnr od tiiutr sound
thc sShA OF MS naiurIi rnces Reached hls cars he
maze desperate tnVit 10 Erl upon nls ttrt. II "A
rsluE lac made HNd plLRr forward AID Nrut hrad.
long INTO thr gutter. A third ume the trrrlole sound
OF the clu1 rtache has ears, and with frantic energy
shrugged To MS feet hy Tao aid OF ltmp-pOst, bii-
sheci him Ell Tor minute. and then shot away ON a
zigzag course doNn the street.
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au rter owner Of the mackerel schooner Polly
r." and person Of consequence on the island
Hts daughters name was Ueorgiana, and every
BODY poke well Of her.
When, after a weeks stay at MonheRan, the
nrincc, through Mr.. liowgate, appro ched Mr.
Pcislce with pr position for the hand OF Miss
Georeiiua. the worldly fisherman did not lump
at tuc uH't WIN u 9 caZcrnes5 tuat fIowgatc
h expected. lie asked time to consider, and
then WIN churact"ristic caution went and con-
suited the district schOOlm err IA to the geo
eIaghy, political Import ncs and standing Of
Won GO nnOng tho powers OF Europe,
II appears that the result OF the conference
was MT entirely satisfactory. " From all | kin
lgrn,' said Mr.. Peaslee to the Prince through
How taie. Monaco amt no better than one hiq
gambling establishment. Now. keerds In keer,is
nd my UeOrgiaua int agOing to throw of her
-e,, way On no gamo Her, y inco. or no prncel"
when Howoate urged the srlendor of tho
ndtch, ana the hereditary wealth Of the reign
ing family the oid fellow woui only shake his
mead aud say, "kcerds IA kcerds."
but wheh. aitcr fortnight, Mr.. Peaslee saw
mat hrehl attachment had grown up tween
theIirl and the youth, and that the Latter, AZ
tunuRh a urlnce, seemed to he a right manly
fellow NJ the bottom. he relented a little and
went so far "a to say to Ilowgate;
fehrs though there's sonnet hin In the boy,
artcr all Now, III tell You what, IL ne'll show
hi nself with backbone enough to i'm his own
hvin' outside u keerds and such lewdness, III
Vohsldcr. III ne II sail the Stnty tartar To make,
ana briuR back from the Uauks 800 bar'ls OF
msckerel, salted down and thinkers thrown out,
he shell have GcOrglant."
hi, or1ngs Nj. lluwgate's narrative nearly
down 10 date. The Prince sailed immediately
from Monhegln, and was on his way 10 JOIN the
mackercl neet, Impatient to earn his bride 10y
hOnVst ushinr. when gale compelled him to
put into Boothhay natbor. lie hopes by industry
and strict attention to business to achieve his
i've hunured barrels before the end of thu
season. and TO sail for Mon ico with "a bride ON
board the Santa Maria.
Ihis romantic story, "a told by Howgate to
TOE liOstOn gentleman, has excited the gre test
Interest among the summer visitors at this point.
ihc ladies' especially are delighted with the
PUCK 81 the Young Prince and his constancy to
~ nv, iIea' ana mower attentions on him with be-
Mlliering protusion. Ihey have arranged "a sail
inE party To visit Munhcgan as soon a. the blow
aud congratulate her on her brilliant prospeet.
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Aquatic Funiu Orange Couu,y.

An amateur regatta came n at Greenwood
Lake recently anu was the source Of a greet dral
VI amus emen 10 the guests OF the Brandon House.
IHo programme consisted VI single scu race oy gen.
tcmeu, with Elk entries, distance Ia miles. This race
was contested with great deal OF spirit between Mr..
Schmidt ana Mr.. c. West and won 10y M, West.
Mr. schmidt unfor unaiey losing ms oar. or hc would
nave won II, a lfultr tlEle NUuil rIrt Wa utNf 90
order, oy'r hAifmilc course, nnd We Won los N IS
N'tif Meyers - Sew urk. She Wa greeted VITA
round. 81 Applaust double soul race ty gen. pur1.
entries ~ Mules, Wa toM'd mex, and Mcssrs. A..
StuuAlt ana G., Hrcrn"oi uul IA of New York
Tie Winning post well nh Ad OF an tn comp titor-.
The last hui not the ieast, tuh race four tnirl s.
usisuct 90 irci, was won after cNtraurI tNrrtuu
~ Mt A Schmidt, Woo passed me- goal win nofhinF
but uis head nOoNr water The day sport ended WI
dance ana pre- ntAluu OF urlOs winch consisted Of
sk embroidered nsg-, made 10y TIE ladies o tne h0tci
ia young lady Wno Won the ladies race received an
t.ts nj cut g.ass Land mirror
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In state securities the orly recorded sales were in
~ nts.e. 90 new at iile. Railroad bonds were less
active nut sttadY with the exceptlO OF Northwestern
uiltcl coupon gold lssuc-. which dropped from
git 70 ~ though laier rilying TO the early hgurcs.
me principal dealings were a. follows. Chicago. Rock
leland and Pacific J.. l10 New Jersey Central COM
NeflDl, w chicago and Northwestern consolidate
Iasl u.s. IA or'sse Ilvislon loiAa Norn Missouri
western l-t. 1886 BJ. Western UuiDn L, .csraul co.
pom. 1900 lOl canada southern lists. IN in, rest
certiltatcr; o@p Long Dock, To- ohio ami Mlssls-
SID, sd,, az Sale4A anl ChieAgo Its, 10; ri' 81
mortgage, lp3hi lcllgh and W. -. consolidated.
s7is Eas Tenn, w. ana Ca. lst- p2L,i Mii~aikes
ana -. Paul consolidated sinking fund. pol lion
Iltinc sinking fund, eik.
tn" opening, highest. lowest, and 3 T.. NJ closing
prices % stocks to-day we're
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Ff0n Ne FT1nAf0Ti H'IIhl, 22d
The wife of DR.. :. NJ. Lands, residing on
Harrison street, FrankfJrd Qhilalelphin). was
suddenly attacked by an alarming Illness on
wednesday, which eliminated IN the complete
loss OF her MUD. She exhibited great violence,
aHi 1t IS feared will have 10 be removed to am
as l,lm Tor the insane. Mrs. Lands Is an esti-
has the sympathy OF large circle Of warm
friends In her affection.
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Knnu snnncnr psIin-.

In cell on tue second tier Of the city Prison
isamin suon the physicians have many times wltiln
the 1T fes weeks thought about 10 die In the Dis
TicrAu1rney's N &c II Is sn1 that h. Is W. A. RAlson'
aul nat NO IL Que VI band II iorgers tut engaged
20 me extensive circulation ot spurious raut0id bph.7
III Il tncicl sItn neul GA OF The hetr aAu i am nj
constantly uuIHr tde ma nc 81 qtinne ana NOR.
piin he persist, viva an onph isis nat mas CARR 4
conviction NAM minus that he Is not Ntlson, nut
Wsrt STUART, aud mat ht 10 innoreht. III = wti ui-
fortunately qlnted wlth slencer Pous. the f1rg r..
VIII IN tnAfertONn prsOu, AAss and the acqualnt
ancesnlp Is tue mVst dam gag fact against Alhi
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In the second contest Tor the poppenhausen
medal Yesterday, the leading were j. H. Price,
40 W. H. Cochran, Al 4. H. Murphy, iOi a. u. Van
leusen, i0i r. ". lp,ie 3Di w. Rohert,oh. so. J. w.
Gardner, ~; {. I. Robbins, ~ q. r. McrchAnt 20 w.
II, hulphy, - Neorst Waterman, - W. a. Dom
ini9k, ~ >, Is. Houani "a +. II hOlton 81 b. 4.
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BOSTON, july %. Tho terms upon which PROT
seeiye accepts tho Presidency Of Amherst college arc
said to be as fooNs lie f. 10 have $4,000 salary wih.
out any pcrquisltcs, 10 continue also the duties
prufc,s mental and moral ihofophy, and to nave
t.u urrty to CoMpcte hiS prc-out torn IA Congrv :,
all ~ which details are IA accordance Win Ms own
wish.
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ien,anry principally descendants OF the old scotch
he ster custom do they keep their buildings in re-
psf out actually All new buildlngs constructed at
ne Lord o. the soil and regards title the Benburb
2qt q he owners family since the III time pS of
Sy ,oys sign manual among nc original deeds 40
which part Is 6 SaSabe Was 0 ersceS H S Se
nmc oc cSntIry and remains solid and interesting
H. BlaekwsISr The village Of Dengurb neat aud
81 on s estate Of %h Ts. and
we ana ccnt area Il spparent that the
to give hlm asisnlncant amount Of political and so.
f d nSSMr Ih h I ring GOOD and s reserved
d lhISrseS.sg 3I good h,rd r9ad and there
magnlncsnt domain, which possesses great advantages
i've Investment IN land which docs not uder very ma.
sady rom an estate IN England Of the samc calibre
ever been offered by auction Ia that country in
lnnspeech against absenteeism O'Connell once
mentioned that there was time In England,
centuries ago, when very stringent penalties at
thcned To living In France, to which the British
MOBILES had taken to resOrting, hiking the gayety
men have had seats on the continent. Lord
salisbury at Dieppe, Sir X. Peel at Geneva.
Hence IND In the Times the following;
GALE BY AUCTiON-In Paris. on Wednesday goth OF
- july 10 the Palate de Justice at two o'clock, in
according 70 agreement with The vendors Of
the desirable property OF the late Duke de Morny
known as the Nadcs Estate, situate In the Canton
d.hreuii Acknowledgement de Gannat. Departement de
iAllier France. Inc estate consists of count nv
seat with PARK, woods, farms, lands, meadows vine
yards, waste lands, ponds, an old castle, DC The total
extent OF the estate about Sbt5 and the
raw product about A2oSQ. The upset prico Of the
eleven lots forms a total OF $4,000.
Lord Lytton said that IL n man who, buried
In Elizaoeth's time. had come to life to-day and
he inted To convey to him In the briefost and
most effective manner the chanoes time had
wrought, he would show him IA erent newe paper
We think looking down these twenty broad
sheets that Loyd Lytton was right.
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James flanagan. aged SO, of Frazier street. Jer-
scy Guy Heights, while walking over the brow of tho
embankmen at tho western emu of the Erie tunnel
slipped, and tahng ~ the bottom, one hundred feet,
was instantly killed.
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steady at quotations, without much life or
spirit -
4, The following table represents the opening
nlRhest and lowest sales, regular way, during
~. .hhe pnst week, together with the number Of