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The New York herald., 1876-02-25
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD CHANGES.

1t has already been announced TO be the purpose Of
the Messrs Poppenhuscn h Co., proprretors OF the
consolidated railroads Of Long Island, to shin the
trains Of the Long Island road between jamaica and
winfield to the tracks Of the Southern road, and 10
take up the track OF the former that section En-
gncers at present making surveys at jamaica pre-
paratory 20 eiecting this change. IL is understood,
also that the use OF steam the streets OF Williams
burg will cease on Monday ncxt, and that and after
that date, while Brooklyn passengers will stl be con-
veyed Bushwick where the present depot will still
be maintained, the trains generally the Southern,
as well as the Long Island road will be Hunters
Point branching OF from the present Southern road at
the function near Fresh Pond aud resumiug the old
Long Island track at Winfield.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, 1870
number OF bills we're introduced and referred.
On motion Of Mr. Cox, OF New York, IL was ordered
that the session Of Saturday be for debate only
Mr. DoxxRLI. rep) OF Mimi, fnom the Committee
on Commerce. reported bill 70 extend to the port Of
Genesee New York. privileges of sections 800 to
1891 of the Revised Statutes, inclusive Passed
Mr. BUcksKR, ldem.l of Mo-, Chairman OF the Com
mttee ON the D,sttct of Columbia offered resolution
authorizing thai committee to employ experts in prose-
cutting its investigation the affairs OF the District
Adopted
Mr. woop, tdeml OF n. Y, from the Committee on
ways and Means reported bill for carrying into effect
the treaty recently made with the King Of the Ha-
waiian Islands Made special order Tor Thursday
next -,
The comm,itee on Public Buildings and Grounds, re-
ported a bill authorizing the purchase OF saultohA
grounds for the Custom House at Nashville, Tenn
Passed.
Mr. YouSo. dem oi Tenn, from the same commit
tee, reported bill to provide ior the oulong o.
The bill limits the Appropriation Tor the ouulng 70
sooo0O0
Mr. HoLHkH, tdem. OF Ind, moved TO amend BY
making the limit $500, ,000
Mr.. WELLS, taem Of Mo-, moved 10 amend the
amendment by fixing the amount at $500 600.
Mr.. CmrrESDEs, pnd-l Of n. Y, opposed any cxces-
sve appropriations tor public buildings and character
the Supervising Architects estimates as extrava
cAOtooAfc
volume OF paper money. He argued that as good
building could be erected al Memphis for $500 600
could have been erected three years ago $500 0O0
Mr. 'TnoRSBuRGH Irep.l OF Tenn intimated in view
Of the recent erection Of post office building New
York that cost S. 600 o0O that Mr. Chittenden like
the old lady wbo amer having her kettle mended re-
fused 10 borrow or lend one Qaughter.l
AIR. KELLEY, frepl Of Pa, opposed the policy OF
scale. The south had few public bulldings but she
should have them on scale equal 70 those at the
North II Inc government was not now In a condition
ko ado
roustructon Of these buildings should be postponed
bnt whenever Congress ordered building should be
,,tb regard 10 the idea that Union eternal and
,hat Inc government building for the future and
for the great population OF the future He would
rather vote a too liberal appropriation tor
na,onal buildings In Memphis than vote
surh sums as would only erect buildings
mai would become a disgrace before half century
As 10 a remark made bv MI Chit1endeb thai rAni of
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
DING DONG DING FOR CoNKLNG.

In the middle OF his pate
That the next candidate
Must wear a curly tuft, Is decreed by tate.
So with Roscoe Conkling
Let go conquering
Ding dong ding,
This song sing
For Conkng
To re-eect Grant
We know that we can't;
Besides, third term
Would make his seat too firm
And raise up Caesar very arrogant
SO with Roscoe Conklng
Let US go conquerng
Ding dong ding
TINS song sing
For Conking
Brstow's little bell
Works very well;
But tingle Jingle ling,
To fight the whlskey ring
lisa very risky thing,
And who there IS in II IS very hard to tell
SO with Roscoe Conkling
Let US go conquering
Ding dong ding,
This song sing
For Conkng
There is ex Speaker Blaine
Wants fight the war again,
But there is nothing to gain
BY waving that shirt with the bloody stain.
SO with Roscoe Conkhng
Let us go conquering
Ding dong ding,
This song sing
For Conkling
".
AS for Mister Morton
He Is not to be thought on.
He will stuff our money bags
Full of Treasury rags,
And when you make demand, the gold be will be short
SO with Roscoe Conkling
Let US 90 conquering.
Ding dong ding,
This song sing
For Conkling.
VI
The Honorable Mr.. Pinchback
Does not any stinks lack,
Bot the color OF his skin
Is not likely TO win.
Let him run no matter on which track.
SO with Roscoe Conkling
Let US 60 conquering.
Ding dong ding,
This song sing
For Conkling
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
STRANGE PLACE FOR A SKELETON.

Mr.. Taylor, painter, yesterday went upon the
roof No 1o3 Ryerson street. Brooklyn, to repair it.
Looking over upon the roof OF Mrs. Jones' house
adjoining he was horrined to see human skele-
ton. He ran down from the roof and went to Police
Headquarters TO report what he had Officers
were sent investigate the matter and they learned
that Mrs Jones bad who is a medical student,
and that this young man having dissected body
placed the bones the roof as the most out Of the
way place he could ind
Charles Jones, the young medical student, OF No.
20l Ryerson street, at which place the remains OF
female we're found upon the roof was arrested last
evening and held until investigation could be made
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN.

While passing the corner OF Fortieh street ana
Eighth avenue at 1--WE o'clock last Wednesday after
noon, Officer Caroline Of the Twentieth precinct saw
an unknown lying upon the sidewalk in an
insensibo condition. Ho removed 10 bellevue
Hospital but died few hours after without having
recovered consciousness He about forty years
old Eve feet inches high, had blue eyes and dark
brown bair and whskers, slightly unged with gray
oversnrt red undershrt soft felt hat and shoes
Thirty cents was found upon his person. Coroner
Croker will hold an inquest
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
DESPERATE COTTON THIEVES.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb "a, 1876
Last night a gang Of cotton thieves attempted to
plumber the cargo Of the ship Indiana now loading at
post 80, First district They entered the hold Of the
ship with empty sacks and ar iron tic cutter They
had opened five bales Of cotton and removed some
twenty sacks to the levee. when sailor named syd
ncy Tarbox, awoke and gave alarm. The thieves
fired and killed Tarb0x instantly and then escaped nr
ing several shots al the vessel TO deter pursuit No
police we're present and there was no arrest Tarbox
was native of Bath, Ne, and twenty -four years old
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
LIQUOR DEALERS ON TRIAL.

The adjourned term Of the City Court Of Long Island
City Judge Pcarse presiding, convened yesterday at
the Court House at Dutch Kills. The liquor dealers
under indctmcnt-about thirty in number-were ar
raigncd when they withdrew the plea Of guilty aud
pleaded not guilty after which q jury was called and
the case proceeded with IL appears that number Of
the persons indicted hold licenses issued by previous
Board Of Excise and for which they paid the requisite
fees and II doubtful whether they be convicted
Under the new law the penalty upon conviction Is 500
hne and three months imprisonment These cases will
doubtless occunv the entire term
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
BROOKLYN GAS.

Yesterday the Commissioners of the Board Of City
Works OF Brooklyn visited by representatives of
the East New York Gas Light Company, who
pressed their desire to reduce tho price OF the gas
which the company furnishes TO .the engine houses
and the rruant Home twenty-five per cent They will
cut down their bill from 81 to SO per thousand feet.
The Commissioners informed the company's officials
that they would consider the terms OF reduction offered
and notify them OF the result
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
INCENDIARY FIRE IN BROOKLYN.

A fire occurred on Wednesday night in an unfur
nshed three story frame building, Magnolia street.
between Central and Evergreen avenues. The struc-
ture which was unoccuped totally destroyed in
volving loss Of 81, 600 The property, which
owned by William Doyle, was insured In the New York
Insurance Company for 81 500. Fire Marshal Ready,
who has investigated the origin OF the re is satisfied
that 1t ia clear of arson and several are
contaminated
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
'THE GARDENERS PRETTY DAUGH-
TER"

TRENTON, Feb "a, 1876
In the Noice-Brown breach Of promise Of marriage
case which argued on demurrer last term Of
Court the Supreme Court TO-DAY sustained tho de-
murrer, thus throwing the out OF court The
tion was brought by Alice Noice known as the ''gar-
deners pretty daughter" Of Princeton, TO recover
100000 damages from Albert Brown, a resident OF
Princeton for alleged breach Of promise Of marriage
The defendant married at the time the alleged
promise was made, and this ground the Court sus.
tained the demurrer. The story OF the love making
covered continents. The developments In the
nance have been fully published In the HgRALD.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
INTERNATIONAL BILLIARD MATCH.

Mr. William Sexton who has been chosen to repre-
sent America in international billiard match at
Paris will sail from this port by the City of
Richmond to Saturday. His opponent will
be the famous French champion Maurice vignaux
and the prize be contended for is the 'Collender
Cup" Mr. Sexton Is the first representative American
billiard player who has gone Europe to play Tor the
champlonshlp
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA.

RICHMOND, Feb. %. 1876.
Both houses of the General Assembly to-day passed
Ga bill giving the University OF Virginia annuity OF
$30,oO0 condition that 1t will receive free of tut
ton, in the academic departments, all Virginia stu
dents eighteen years OF age who graduates OF
Virginia colleges those who satisfy the faculty,
upon examination that they sufficiently advanced
to enter the University" The annual appropriation
heretofore has been Sl5 600
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
WITHOUT A HOME AND FRIENDLEss

Tired OF life because he said, he had no home, no
friends and was destitute, Berhold Trenbold twenty
one years old and a native OF Germany swallowed a
large quantity OF bichromae Of potash last night He
then walked the Seventeenth precinct station house.
told what he had done and was Immediately sent TO
Bellevue Hospital where the usual remedies were ap-
Piled He Will probably recover.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
A EUCHRE CHALLENGE.
MAsrnrn, Feb. %. $50

MAsPRrH, Feb. %, lsso
To rnR EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
Please lAscrI in your paper the following chalonge-
We, the undersigned cucbre players, do hereby cha-
lenge any parties residing on Long Island TO play
best three games out Of ave for $40 side the match 10
come Oh within miles Of Maspcth The above cha-
lcnge is open for one week Yours respectfully,
FRANK MONTEvERDE.
ALBERT DOSCHER
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
A HORSE OVERHEARD.

valuable horse owned By Thomas Morgan, Of Sta
peton, while engaged in unloading ice from vessel al
the Coast wreckng Companys dock, At sapleton, yes
tcrday morning. accidentally backed or the dock
into the aud saved from drowning with the
utmost difculty but not before the animal neat
dead from the cold
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
A MACHINE SHOP DESTROYED.

About two o'clock yesterday morning ERE broke ont
IN the machine shop Of Mcssrs Hawkins Dodge, on
Morris aud Essex Railroad avenue, Newark, y. J.
The building and contents were coinplels = troyed,
causing a loss Of about $4,000
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, BOSTON

BosroS, Mass, Feb a. 1870
Judge Colt, 10 whom the old South church case was
referred by the Supreme Court to hear tho evidence
submitted, has rendered his decision ruling that the
society may sell the old Church property and invest
the proceeds in the new church THIS IL IS understood
ends the unless the minority should appeal 70 the
full Bench for decision upon the evidence
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. +

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb "a, 1875
In the House to-day the Senate bill to authorize the
issue of So 900 of bonds complete the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad passed after being amended by
providing that the question OF issuing the bonds shall
first be submitted to vote Of the people within thirty
DAYS from the passage OF the bill.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
INCENDIARIEs IN PATERSON.

large frame building in Goodwin street. Paterson
N. j., set on fro by ncendiaries Wednesday
night The flames extinguished before the build
ing destroyed but considerable damage was done
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
DEATH OF A CAR DRIVER.

Matthew Lcary, the driver who was crushed be-.
tween last Wednesday at the junction Of Sew
enth avenue and West Eleventh street. died at one
O'Clock yesterday afternoon In Bellevue Hospital The
remains OF the unfortunate man removed TO b 9
late home IN Poughkeepsie.
The New York herald., 1876-02-25
CHESS.
EVANS GAMBIT.

The following is one of three games played on
Wednesday evening between Mr. Bird and Mr.. Alber-
oni, all by the Engshman:-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
How Colorado Girls are Named.

Twelve years ago a family moved
from Illinois to this city. Soon after
arriving here a daughter was born to
the female head of the household, and
being favorably impressed with the
country and hopeful for the lookout,
they named the youngster Great Pros
poets. Not long since another daughter
was born, and a name was found in a
singular manner. The names of Hi
nois and Colorado were reversed, and
the little ore is now doomed to 60
through the world as Sionilli Odaroloc.
In the meantime, Great Prospects has
grown to be of considerable size, and in
this regard the family are probably re-
alizingthe faith implied by the naming.
AS yet, at least, there has appeared no
cause for the reversal of the name, and
she has only suffered by a diminution
of her cognomen to the common word
Specks.-Demver Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
A King Who Has Never Been Crowned

Though there have been no new &C
cessisns recently to European thrones,
excepting in Turkey, there is likely to
be a coronation on the Continent else
where than Constantinople. Though
the King of Denmark, Christian TX,
has been on the throne thirteen years
he has never been crowned, the troubles
prevailing between Germany and Den
mark in 1868 making the times inaus-
picions for a costly ceremony. The
country has prospered since and the
cost can be better borne now. There
is withal a feeling of political discon-
tent, which the King hopes to allay by
being formally invested with the rank
he has worn so long. He is at the
present time SO years old. A curious
fact in regard to the Danish Kings is
that they must be known by the name
of Frederick or that of Christian, and a
Prince acceding to the throne, no mat
ter what his baptismal name might be,
would be obliged to take n of these
names. Christians predecessor was
Frederick VII.-Boston Journal. b
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
Improved VentiIating Arrangement.

The plan has recently been intro
duced, of securing ventilation by plae-
ing a strip of board three inches wide,
under the lower sash, thus leaving an
opening between the top of the lower
sash and the bottom of the upper sash,
through which fresh air may enter.
A modification of this method has,
however, been proposed, briefly as fol-
lows:
Take two pieces of board a quarter
inch thick, one inch wide, and as long
as the lower bar of the window; three
narrow pieces half an inch thick and
one and a half long, one end being cut
with the bevel of the window-stool.
Nail these pieces across n of the long
Stats, one at each end and n in the
middle, placing the short side of each
piece ever with the lower edge OF the
slat: nail the other on the opposite
side of these short pieces, bringing the
upper edge of the slat yer with the
square end of the short pieces. This
| will make a compound bar with half
an inch higher than the other when the
whole is turned upon it's edge. Now,
place the whole under the lower
window-sash, with the higher Stat on
the outside. The air can then pass
under the outer slat, between the two
Stats, and enter the. W. the top
of the inside slat, having an upward
motion, which will u it to mingle
rapidly with the warm air of the room
and thus prevent any sensible draught
By thus raising a lower sash, a space is
left between the top of the lower sash
and the bottom of the upper one.
through which another thin layer Of
air may enter the room at some dis
lance from the layer at the bottom Of
the window. The air must also ente1
with an upward current, causing it te
upper portion of the room. This ar
rangement, if properly constructed anc
put in position, will prevent any AM
all sensible currents in the body OF {
room, except when strong winds pre-
| vail.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
The Black Hills Miner.

Where can the miner of olden times
have gone? l see no Starbottles nor
John Oakhursts here. The miner of to-
day is a bitter disappointment to Bret
Harte's readers. Common matter-of-
fact fellows; I grieve to say that even
buckskin shirts, long hair and bowie
knives are falling into disuse. One sees
no eight-foot neck-chains nesting
against coarse woollen shirts, no three
ounce nugget breast-pins, no betting of
~oyster-cans of gold on the sex of a horse
three blocks off. 1t is true the miner of
to-day loves whisky and cards and wom-
en-; but, as compared with the forty
miner of California, or the ffty-niner OF
Colorado, he is a hollow mockery and a
fraud. He is close and calculating, re-
fuses to be swindled, and, as a rule, ex-
poets his moneys worth when out for a
Iark.-BIack Halls Letter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
Odds and Ends.

UuUs AAAu GA&hUD
The. rabbit is timid, but no cook
can make it quail.
BY the name of what Towering
plant did Hero greet her lover when he
first swan the Hellespont? SO! Le-
ander."
-"Man," says Adam Smith, "is an
animal that makes bargains. No other
animal does this-no dog exchanges
bones with another"
ALI hair-pins look alike to men, but
let a wife go off on a visit and come
home and find a hair-pin near the gate,
and she can't wait a minute to grow
red in the face.
When a woman comes to the door
and calls after her husband, ellen
RE-E," finishing the last syllable in
capital letters, you may know that she
is not in a capital humor.
"A person by the name of Bruno
Tzchuck is Secretary of State of Ne.
vada. 1t is one of those names that
encourages inebriety, as none of his
friends a pronounce it correctly un-
less they are drunk.
The Centennial hotel clerk-the same
fellow who put you up in room 1864
on that hot night in August, you know
is around now looking for a job, and
will take almost any thing short of a
red-hot stove or a billiard-table.
How wonderful is the instinct OF
love, that ever enables the enamored
youth, from his remote eyrie in a third
story back window, to identify his en-
slaver's raiment tapping the free air OF
heaven on a neighboring clothes-line.
The happiest moments in a WON
ans life are when she is making her
wedding garments; the saddest, when
her husband comes home late al night,
and yells to her from the front steps to
throw him out some keyholes, assorted
sizes.
"A sheep-herder near Marysville,
Cal, has for some time past been de-
posting in the bank the sum of $500
per month to the credit of his dog and
mule, so that in case of his sudden death
they would have something to live up
on. The other day the dog died and
left the mule full heir to the estate.
The animals relatives on the fathers
side now begin to prove up their con-
sanguinity.-Hawb-eye.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
Senators and Nymphs.

Yesterday in the Art Gallery a gen.
tleman looking at a picture hung high
over the entrance read aloud the title,
''Centaur Carrying off a Nymph." A
lady who had just passed it turned hassi-
ly and looked again; then touched her
companion and said in low tones:
"Oh, Mary Emma! that is a Senator
carrying off a nymph!" .
"Why, dear aunt! A Senator carry
ing off a nymph! Do they really do
such things?" and she closed her eyes
in horror.
"Hush ,sh-h! Oh, my dear, yes
often!"
"Well, but Aunt Dora, it can't be
true the nymphs. you know-why don't
they make a fuss or something, aunt?
[ never could be carried off without"
"No matter what you think, Mary
Emma" said the aunt, shortly. ST
was ia Washington for two months once,
and Malvinia Carson was there for half
a year, and such things as l saw, "shak-
ing her head wisely. "You ought to
hear Malvinia TALK" and she shud-
dered.
Mary Emma regarded the picture
meditatively a few moments longer,
tnen. 'AunG, she Salu, "aunG, Qodr, J.
~think-do you know-I think I'd like to
know a Senator"
"Oh! you dreadful girl! that should
live to hear you say such a thing as
that! Have you forgotten your cate
chism, Mary Emmap"
"No, aunt; but / am perplexed, you
know, and the nymph-does she forget
her c~atechism, or is the Senator's men,
CRY poorP Carried right off; dear me,
Aunt Dora, / don't understand it at ALI
Is it because the Senator is so very
powerful and the nymph so very weakP"
"Mary Emma" solemnly, "it's
both! Now be warned, rash grit"
"Aunr," innocently, "did you ever
know a Senator?"
"Dear me, Mary Emma, see how
you have caught your parasol in my
lace-there's another thread brokeni
/ think we have been here long enough.
Let US go to the bakery and get some
coffee"
And they went, Mary Emma still
looking ~perplexed and puzzled, and
Aunt Dora ~virtuously defiant+Phsta-
delphtd Letter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-12-07
Fun Ended by a Fatal Bullet.

L. w. Neatherlin vas going to his
ranch on the Cibolo in Atascasa Coun-
ty, and w. n. Slaughter and several
others hove in sight and began to play
Indian, just for fun. He took them for
Indians, and halted and tied his team,
and taking ambuscade awaited the ap-
proach to within Spencer rifle range.
The bravest warrior dashed ahead of
his fellows, and Neatherlin drew a bead
on him and shot him through.-Gal-
UPStOn NeUS.