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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
ovERcRowDED SCHOOL HOUSES.

To rnR EpfroR or TIE HKRALD:-
Three weeks ago the HERALD contained an extensive
article In regard to the state OF the public
schools in this city and ofcia ack OF
the danger impending II was also stated that the
Board OF Education win endeavor remove all causes
fragrant wrong the pupils in those schools which
are suffering the most from ovcrcrowding Although
said article written with the caro- and num-
Der OF for relief proposed yet IL seems that
until direct measures have been taken to re-
move the evil from these schoolA
Whatever Board OF Education proposes to do in
the matter, they should not have overlooked prin.
cIpal cause which can easily be remedied.
believes that the public schools in this
city are opened for the special benefit Of
children residing in the State isscifa suppositiou
whereto he has perfect right But II the New York
Board Of Education will give ts direct attention TO this
matter the members soon must become aware that
surprising largo humber OF children residing IN the
State OF New Jersey and whose parents are
paying taxes there attending New York public
schools with the privileges accorded TO the chill
rcn or our own taxpayers Tho sanitary requirements
OF our public schoorooms not allowing this admittanco
Il would be good work 10 sto ehs kind OF patronage
bestowed upon public educational institutea Jer
scy has plenty OF means improve IT, school system
and 70 leave New YORK public schools unhonored by
outside vistorG NORRIS Co6TER
new YoRKs April le1&
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

There Is grief the Finance Department. owing to
the reception by the clerks Of their salaries fer
last month The warrants in the Mayors hands,
but they have not been signed and returned. Tho
lay Is caused by the inability Of the Mayor 70 sign them
in time for payment
There was but small attendance about tho Hall
yesterday the political friends Of defeated candidates
for Excise Commissioners seeing further attraction
about the municipal building.
II lie given out among the local politicians that
Asscmblyman Barney Bgiin's chances for tho Office OF
Pension Agent wee J. NJ Patterson, are "a No. l. -
1t generally conceded that the nominees for Excise
Commissioners will be confirmed on Thursday next
The Aldermen and their clerks have not yet been
paid their salaries for March.
The Commissioners Of Parks will, the 18th inst +,
open bids for iron work, excavations blasting
aud stone cutting work the Museum Of Art On tho
same day bids VIII be opened Tor Quantities OF
yellow pine timber for the Of the Park Depart
meut
The Department Of Docks will. on the 14th Inst !,
open bids for certain yellow Pine for the completion
OF the pier Il the foot Of Bank street, North River.
And now tho old worn uniforms OF tho Park keepers
are TO 20 the Chatham street dealers Tho auction
eer OF the Park Department will sell them at the Mo-
scum In the Central Park, on the 10th inst, nj noon
The Commissioners OF Charities and Correction WILL
on Saturday. open bids tor the supply OF vast amount
OF dry goods crockcry groceros, meal and hay, hard
"a md aath
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
BOARD OF APPORTIoNMENT.

The Board OF Estimate and Apportonment mot yes-
terday in the Mayors ONCE. communication was
received from the Dopaitme OF Charities asking that
an appropriation Of 900 be made to enable them
to increase the force Of guards, nurses &c The
sideraton OF the request laid over communi-
cation from the Fire Department received asking
authority advertise for bids for three upright
chemical engines. The necessary authority was
granted, the Comptroller voting Coster Green,
OF Park place. asked for an appropriation 10 pay their
bill goods furnished the funeral of the late
Mayor Havemeyer Referred to tho Comptroller.
The Comptroller offered resolution placing In the
hands OF the Commissioners OF Charities and Corrcc-
ton the sum OF $40 for tho recf OF the poor adult
bind The matter laid over Tor week and the
Secretary ordered TO NOTIFY the Charity Department
that the resolution had been offered The Board then
adjourned
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
AN OLD MURDER CASE REVIVED

couple 81 officers ana two stcvedores--the latter
having been employed the dock at Martins stores
IN 1871 whom William Russell, . workman was killed
By foreman named Halloran--came over from Brook
Ign yesterday forenoon and the Tombs iof the
purpose Of asceraining " the prisoner Thomas Hal
ioran who shot Michael Cullen last Sunday night was
the man who killed Russell Ave years ago and who has
since escaped capture. HaIioran brought out OF
his cell and confronted by the party, who, after max
ing thorough inspection Of him and holding . pro-
murderer OF RUSSELL II will be remembered that Rus
sers son-a mere lad--visitcd the Tombs last Monday
and protested Identify Haloran his fathers
dcrer The investigation madc yesterday proves the
boy TO have been mistaken. Oihcer Scott, who was
one OF those present, working with Haoran at the
Haloran
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
SHERIFF CoNNER's STATUS.

Ever since the escape Of Tweed, on the 6tn Of De
cember last from the custody Of the shcris subord
natcs there has been much speculation to tho prob
able action OF Governor Tilden In tho matter Time
and again II has been stated that the Sheriff had been
suspended and time and again the rumor proved IN
true. II renewed yesterday about three o'clock,
and HERALD reporter hurried to Mr. Conncr's office
In search OF Information. The Sheriff not In but
Under Sheriff Cumming, on being told that the report
was on the street. smiled and said nothing When the
question was put TO Us there any truth IN It.
Mr. Cumming 7" the Under sheriff smiled again. and
d:"I presume there Is" The reporter LEFT him
search for Mr.. Conner who most cmphaticaiy denied
the report II 10 believed that the story OF Mr. Con
ner's suspension originated In his own oflcc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
A STUDENTS SUBJECT.

DR.. cushman, OF tho Coroners' once, yesterday
made an examination Of the mysterious bones found
by an expressman In case committed to his care.
he reports that the remains consist OF the lc and
RIBS o. tne Ien SIDE OF woman partially dissectcd.
portion OF the arch OF the aora remained attached in
Jccted with plaster Of Paris and colored in the manner
usually adopted In medical colleges
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05

IFron tnc FULTON mo. Telegraph
The most beautiful siri IN the United States lives in
Fulton, Mo. She was nj the College soircc on Friday
evening last Her eyes send forth light SO efulcent
and magnetic that strangers become spellbonnd IN.
der its influence and stand rudefy razsu9 Her cheeks
bear bloom like the sunny side OF an early peach A
pearl would seem almost black bcside her teeth Her
form graceful that men worshp before seeing her
tipped with vermil'on- Her sme seems actually 10
Illuminate her presence and whcn she laughs The lie
tsaer fanclcs he hears sweet niusi" the di1sancA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05

The woman who was found dead at No 275 Mott
street last Monday morning has been Identified Miss
Lucy Rice formerly domestic in the Merchants
Hotel In Cortlandt street The body awaits n claim
ant a. the Morgue The deceased Is supposed TO have
relatives in this city, who may as yet be unaware Of
l.rrd o.th
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
POsr OFFfCE NOI'ICE.

posT OFFICE NOTICE .fnE roRElaN MAILS ron
the week ending Saturday, April :, 1876 will close
THIS ONCE Tuesday At ~ A. Tor Europe per steamer
Wyoming vie Queenstown and at II A. N. for France
direct per Labrador, via Hsvre; Wednesday
II for Europe per steamer Algeria via Queenstown
on Thursday 1t ~ I'D A. N. for Europe per
cimbra via Plymouth chsrbourE and IismbnIs on sstur
day IL NJ for Great Britain. Ireland and France per
steamer Republic. via Queenstown, and Mt IL NJ for
scotland direct must Be specially addressed per steamer
Seekar via and Bremen The mails Tor
china and Japan will San Francisco April is 1875
The direct mails Porto Rico and Brazil New York
Apri u.s. 1875 The mails for the West Indies vie Havana
viii leave York April "a. +. L. JAMES Postmaste
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05

SATURDAY April &. THIRD MATINEE OF FERREoI.
RRooKLYN THEATRE
Lessee aud Managers. .Messrs SHOOK PALMER
EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK
WITH A GREAT CAST AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY,
THE REIGNING NEw YORK SUCCESS,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-05
MUSICAL

4 CULTIVATED LADY. IN ExPERfEScEb AID
"A teacher gives pianoforte and singing
sons per highest reference Address, With resi-
denc6 CHANTEUSE. box i25 Herald ONCE.
Max MARETzEK. W. y MILLS. 9. LORRIANI
m r. u. Morgan and MANY other ngushed musici
At the NEW YORK CONSERVATORY, Ma. 3 Eass 18th
a.. near 9th AZ. next 70 Dsmonicoa
vKANTED-AN INSTRUCTOR MALE) IN PIANO
Nv and vocAi music; lessons ~ pupils -rexidsues; .
German prcfsrs Addrsa viii terms. W. II. -. box i47
Herald ones.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
Not a Successful Venture.

A romantic but designing young man
on West Lake street proposed not long
ago to a young woman on Congress street
and was refused. He called again on
Saturday night, resolved to bring things
to focus, and having once proposed and
been refused with the remark < that this
sort of thing was played" drew small
vial from his pocket, struck an attitude,
and crying, "Cruel girl, this is your
work W swallowed its contents, hydro
cyanate of cold tea. His girl-or rather
some one else's girl-was, however, by no
means of q romantic character, and in
stead of twining her arms around his
neck and imploring him to live for her
sake, and saying that she was a miserable
woman, and 30 on, as she would have
done in play, she just caught him by
the neck ard ran him into the kitchen,
yelling, "Maw, nav, this blamed FOOLS
pizened himself; get some mustard and
water ready for him as soon as l can run
him up to the sink SOS he won't spoil the
carpet" Then she went back and
smelled the bottle and found that the
contents were cold tea, and before the
young man had been more than half
filed with lukewarm mustard punch he
and his hat and his overcoat were all
cleaving the atmosphere together, and 1t
isn't known to certainty which first
hit the tree-box before the front door.
He says that he will never marry until
he can find woman with more heart and
less muscle. Chicago Tribune.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

CoMETH up as fower-rising yeast.
COUNTER claims-your wife's shopping
bills.
JOAQUIN MILLER tells of man whom
his friends thought must lie, because
there wasn't truth enough in the world
to keep him talking as much as he did.
New YORK Commercial: The Chester
PENN hotel keepers are already raising
their rates in anticipation of the Centen-
nial. "Charge, Chester, chargeW is
their cry.
In an old record book of a Connecticut
church, dated 1907, is this item: "For
making a noise in church, Ann Bolton,
spinster, is to sit three days in the poor
pew, and pay fine of five shillings."
NEW ORLEANS Republican: Some
funny Democrats have made a ticket
with the names of Thomas A. Hendricks
and jeremiah s. Black. The battle-cry
will be Tom and jerry"
JOSH BILLINGS says: There is one
thing about a hen that looks like wis
dom-they don't cackle much till they
have laid their eggs. Some folks are al
ways Dragging and cackling what they
are going to do beforehand.
REMEMBER the barrels" once wrote
Washington, referring to a plan to roll
barrels filled with stones down Dorches-
ter Heights upon the advancing foe.
That was kind of "leng roll " which
the enemy wouldn't have particularly
liked.
The Oil City Chief of Police made the
following entry in his register recently:
Ike Sloan, the prisoner, knocked me
down, blackened my right eye, called
me an ass, a sauer-kraut, a bull-head, and
an idiot-all of which l certify to be
true"
NoRRIsTowN (Pa) Herald: "What is
editorial courtesy 2" asks a Southern ed
itor. Why, it is when Southern editor
is caught stealing chickens at midnight
and his brother editors allude to it as q
"strange freak of a somnambulist."
A DISTINCTION and difference. Jones
has discovered the respective natures of
q distinction and difference. He says
that little difference" frequently
makes many enemies; while "a little
distinction attracts hosts of friends to
the one on whom it is conferred.
THERE is not in Kentucky county so sweet
As the one where they had big shower OF meat;
1t goes on to prove that st. Peter had love,
Or he'd never throw "vittles" that way from
above.
Since meat now comes down from the beautiful
skies,
Creating wonderful sight Of surprise,
We may look for a drove of sheep, cattle and hogs,
With shower of cats and q whole lot of dogs.
So look out, fair maidens and curious fellows,
Don't venture, unless you've cast. iron umbrellas
Perchance you'll be crushed by dog or a cat
Coming head foremost down on your bonnet or hat.
-L0uisriHe Courier-Jomndi
A FELLOW was doubling whether or
not he should volunteer to fight. One
of the flags waving before his eyes, bear.
ing the inscription Victory or DEATH"
somewhat troubled and discouraged him.
"Victory is a good thing" said he;
"but why put it Victory or Death p
just put it Victory or Crippled and
I'll go for that"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
THE sILvERY KEY II LOST
by ADKLAIDE STOUT.

One gate Of pearl that opened TO the soul
OF our dear child, is shut;
The key is lost, she can not even hear
The anguished cry put
To the Father, that his dear hand may
Open the door that shuts all sound away.
She only watches me, and tries to frame
The few sweet words OF speech
She learned before the silent angel came,
As one might blindly reach
For silver coin, that CLINT and slide away
The lost bright coin OF speech from day to day.
The temple that God made is very still,
Our child can hear no sound;
She does not brighten at our evening hymn;
No half-shut rose is found
To open in her cheek with sudden start
When words are read that should touch any heart
do not know this secret Of the Lord,
The anguish is so new
i have not learned to say, Goods will be done -
And yet II must be true,
That he, In loving mercy, shut the door
OF sound to that young soul for evermore.
Forever must saya My little child,
Come lean upon my knee,
And trust me, till learn through mother-love
How tender God must be.
have not said, as yet, " His will be done -
Teach me unquestioning faith, my little one.
try the wards from which Gods master hand
Hath taken the true key;
And when thine eyes are lifted to mine own,
1t almost seems to me
That thou canst read my face and catch my tone,
That soul can speak to soul, and then mine own.
The bitterness is gone that kept my soul
From trusting God In this,
The sorrow OF my life. o sweet dumb child,
1t may be would miss
The strange sweet tenderness that came to me
When first learned how still life would be.
1t lies like dew on the deep-hearted rose,
And II / keep Away
This dewy tenderness, II may be at the last
My quivering lips can say
That it was best for others should feel
This anguish pierce my soul like the sharp steel.
-Lddies' Rep1sk0rv.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
The Rumseller Mt the Centennial.

Imagine rumseller at the Centennial
Exhibition making speech in this
style: This thing you see here, ladies
and gentlemen, is the product of Ameri-
can skill and industry. He was once a
mani may say, gentleman. He stood
erect, moved with jubilant feet, had a
countenance beaming with intelligence,
a mind of vast power, and character
without reproach. He was a loving
child, a loyal husband, splendid citizen,
before he came into my laboratory. l
have worked him over. | touched his
clear eyes with crimson, and made his
nose as red and irregular as a lump Of
coral. l embroidered his cheeks with
rum buds and brandy blossoms. /
cracked his voice and cracked his form.
/ stained his character and shattered his
mind. Look, ladies and gentlemen, at
this miracle of mechanism. A fit of
mania potu is coming on. See the
artistic contortions of his face. His
form seems like the embodiment of a
guilty conscience. Every vein is a viper,
every artery is an adder, each hair is a
scorpion. His blood is like liquid fire.
No matter what mans religious belief
is, he believes in hell when he has the
delirium tremens. He sees the: devils
then. Don't go near him, dear friends.
A lighted cigar in contact with his
breath might result in spontaneous COM
bustion. You ask me why / do this
kind of work. Because it pays. l do it
according to law. Men 60 to the Legis-
lature to protect me in my licensed
trade. 1t does not require much brains
nor much money to do this work. Why,
ladies and gentlemen, you can see plenty
of specimens of my work, and of the
work of men in my calling, in the poor
houses and prisons and mad houses all
over the land.-Tsmperance Album.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
Jarvis and the Funeral.

There is story related of Jarvis, the
distinguished painter, to the effect that,
walking down Broadway one day, he saw
before him a dark-looking foreigner,
bearing under his arm a small, red-cedar
cigar-box. He stepped Immediately into
his "wake;" and whenever he met
friend (which was once in two or three
nimutesAfor the popular artist knew
everybody, he would beckon him with
a wink to "fall in line" behind: By
and. by the man turned down one of the
cross streets, followed closely by Jarvis
and his tail" Attracted by the meas
ured tread of so many feet, he turned
around abruptly, and, seeing the process
sion that followed in his footsteps, he ex.
claimed: "What for the debble is dis !?
What for you take mech? What for
you so much come after me-eh r.
"Sirp exclaimed Jarvis, with an air OF
profound respect, eve saw you going to
the grave alone with the body of your
dead infant, and we took the opportunity
to offer you our sympathy, and to follow
your babe to the tomb" The man ex-
planned, in his broken manner, that the
box contained only cigars; and he
evinced his gratitude for the interest
which had been manifested in his behalf
by breaking 1t open and dispensing them
very literally to the mourners.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
Strange Revelation by the Microscope.

There is story that an eminent
had bit of substance sub
mitted to him to decide what it was.
To an unaided eye it might be morsel
of skin which baggage smasher had
knocked off the corner of smoothly worn
hair trunk. The savant appealed to his
microscope. Entirely ignorant of this
tiny bit of matter, except as he had
taken counsel with his instrument, the
wise man declared that it was the skin of
human being, and that, judging by the
fine hair on it, it was from the so-called
naked portion of the body, and, further,
that it belonged to fair complexion per-
son. The strange facts now made known
to the man of science were these That
a thousand years before, Danish mar
auder had robbed an English church. In
the spirit of the old fashioned piety the
robber was fayed (let us hope that he
was killed first), and the skin was nailed
to the church door. Except as tradition
or archaeological lore had it, the affair
had been forgotten for hundreds of years.
Time, the great erodent, had long ago
utterly removed the offensive thing.
Still, however, the church door held to
its marks of the great shame, for the
broad headed nails remained. Somebody
extracted one, and underneath its fiat
head was this atomic remnant of that
ancient Scandinavian malefactor's pelt-
that fair skinned robber from the North.
-HdTper's MAGAZINE.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
An Unfortunate Man.

A man was brought up before one of
the Brooklyn judges, recently, on a
charge of assault and battery. In answer
to the judges inquiry as to what brought
him 80 low, he said: "Your honor, /
am man ruined by novel reading. You
see," the man continued, "they always
tell how young lady gets into danger,
and some young man saves her at the
right moment. Then her rich father
takes him into business with him, and
he finally marries the girl. Well, ]
thought would save one, 80 looked
through the directory to pick out the
business liked. Then after 1 got my list
of rich men had to find out who had
daughters the right age, and which was
the best looking. So by the time l had
made my choice, my money was about
gone. Judge, you may not believe it,
but followed that girl tor two weeks be-
fore anything happened TO her but one
day, Just as she reached the corner of the
block on which she lived, she sliped
grabbed her. There wasn't any wagon
coming, but that made no difference to
me. Ipulled her into her house. She
ran up stairs, and / waited in the parlor
so that the old man could bless me. In
about five minutes her father came, but
your honor, he didn't bless me worth 9
cent. He grabbed me and he told SER
want to 20 for an officer, and, your honor
here am" The judge leaned over and
whispered something to the officer who
arrested the man, and he was escorted
out
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
Back Pay.

Some years ago, says the Detroit Free
Press, certain Detroiter settled debt
by giving his note of hand. The holder
tried for two years to collect it, and then
fled it away. The other day he had an
opportunity to work it off on an innocent
party, and shortly after 81 doing he
encountered the maker of the note and
said:
Now you'll have TO come TO time |!
I've sold that note of yoursw
"You don't say so
"Yes, / have; got it off on a man for
seven dollars"
"See here, Tom," said the debtor in a
pleading voice, If you got seven dollars
for that forty dollar note against me, and
you won't give me at least two dollars,
III never do another favor for you in my
lifep
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13
Intemperance In japan.

The ruling vice in japan is un-
doubtedly drunkenness. It pervades all
classes, though it is confined by force of
public opinion to the male sex. On
festival of the third month women are
indeed allowed great license, and in their
harems, from which on that day even
their lords are excluded, they may in
dulge to any extent in the forbidden cup,
but a woman of the lower class who may
be found drunk at any time would be ex-
posed 10 severe beating from her hus-
band; were she of the higher class, she
might die by the sword of her spouse.
The only fermented liquor used is, it is
said, the saki, distilled from rice, and
differing from the Chinese tin or shamshu
in that, while 1t is weaker, it often con-
tains much Of the poisonous oil Of dis
tillation. 1t is taken warm, and the bet
ter kind is not disagreeable to the taste.
Few Japanese are iit for business in the
evening, and in the afternoon many Of
the streets of Yeddo are rendered unsafe
bv drunken retainers.