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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

I answer to the question, because the properly
may be mortgaged heavily. and its owner may
! he otherwise in debt The companies that nave
been most prominent in the misleading exhlp-
| ;ts do business in life insurance ana anDultles
ne well "a in fire risks. The life insurance
and annuity part of each concern virtually
holds mortgage upon the whole OF the funds
received in that branch of the business. An
Act Of Parliament declares that this branch
shall be kent separate from other TRANSACTIONS
and its fund shall not be applied TO or haole
for contracts other than those of life assllr-
ance supplementary act declares that 'this
restriction applies to all British insurance
companies The fund thus set apart tor lie
risks, and which cannot be touched Tor IRE
losses, is in many instances more than haii
the total assets. The exact relation or THESE
two branches of business in the case OF lhdi-
yidual companies is not thoroughly ascertain
able. as there is no system of Government SUI
perintendence in England such az we have IN
several of our States, and nobody knows out
side of the companies how their life risks are
cstimated-for instance, as to the rate of in
tcrest which their invested funds must earn
TO meet the life liabilities they have assumed.
The nominal capital" is mere matter OF
subscription; the small portion OF 1t that Is
paid being all that is worthy OF consideration.
The whole subject is too extensive for treat
ment in this column. But enough has been SAID
to serve for renewal of the advice we have
frequently off red to our readers in purchas-
ing insurance, let the buyer beware. The
mere statement that company has certain
amount of "capital," assets" or "surplus,"
should be taken only as the praises which an
auctoneer lavishes upon his goods; possibly
tre. and in the case of companies that under
90 our State examinations, likely to be correct;
but not all that careful purchaser needs to
know. 1t is of far more importance TO ascer-
tain where and how these funds that are to
pay losses are invested; how much OF them Is
applicable to the risk in hand; whether they
can be removed out of the reach of creditors
whether the company is doing business
prudently or carelessy; and especially whether
it is taking large risks, massed together III
localities like our "dry-goods district" so that
one nights fire may be its ruin. Our leading
companies have learned caution on this last point
since the Chicago and Boston fires, and they
take only small and separated risks in danger
Gus localities 1t should not need argument
to prove that companies which continue TO
take heavy risks massed together, cannot be
so safe. The excuse has been that the con-
Germs which took these great risks had large
"capitaln or "assets" to fall back upon. But
under our new law there has been shrinkage
of these items, so that our more cautious COM
panies make n display of figures at least rs
good as the others, while simply telling truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13
Nesu'}lork Daily Gribalo1e
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1877.
THE NEWS THIS MORHING,

FoRrIGS-Tha Russians were still bombardlng
the Plevna defences on Tuesday morning. -= The
Montenegrins have defeated Turkish detachment
Tho St Leger stakes have been Won by Silvio'
About 100 lives were lost by the sinking OF
the ships Foster and Avalanche which came
into collision in the English Channel
DoMEsrIC.-Gov. Connors plurality in Maine viii
exceed Ii 600. 80 The PTohibitionsts of Massa-
chnsetts held conventions and nominated State
tickets. - Charles Francis Adams recon-
mends the nomination Of exGov. CASTOR
BY the Massachusetts Democrats. == The fourth
report on the New-York Custom House has been
sent to Secretary sherman. == Mr.. Randall Is
confident Of election as Speaker -= The roll
of the House of Representatives will show a
Democratic majority OF eleven. == new cattle
plague has appeared at Cleveland = The Presi-
dent will attend the unwilling of the Soldiers hcnu-
mcnt at Dayton.
CITY AND SUBURDAN.--Tweed told yesterday why
he bought one-half of 0'Brien's claim against the
CITY. -T The Dominion Telegraph Company gave
notice OF suits to prevent the consummation of the
pooling scheme. 60 The Bankers Convention dis
cussed the resumption of specie payments. -
Preparations were completed for the International
Rife Contest at CreedmoOr DIR. Meyer and his
wife. accused Of malpractice, allowed to give
bail 1900 Gold. 1885 1881, 1888. Gold value of
the legal-tender dollar at the close. 067lO cents
Stocks active and higher for all but the coal shares
closing strong.
The Manufacturers local observations in
dictate partly cloudy weather with little change Of
temperature. Thermometer yesterday, 720 100,
zoe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

The latest South American ma lis bring news that
the Peruvian Government has determined to redeem
So 1913, 900 of the bonds issued by Henry Mciggs in
the prosecution of his railway enterprises and thus
to facilitate the completion of one of the greatest
engineering works of the age. Meiggs raised money
by tho issue of his notes, which the Government
guaranteed and for some time, nOiwiths anding the
opposition of the foreign bankers, they passed cur
rent in the ordinary commercial transactions of
Peru although of late the works have been greatly
interrupted by financial difficulties. IL the
present scheme succeed, the most remarkable
railway in the world will probably soon he
finished and of the richest of all existing silver
mines will be throwing its products upon the mar
ket. What a career that of the South-Amercan
railway king has been! Thirty odd years ago, he
was a respectable and rather quiet citizen OF New
York, best known, perhaps as a patron of musical
societies, at a time when such organizations needed
q great deal of careful nursing lie went TO Cali
fornia in the early days of the gold excitement and
made fortune a lumber merchant. lie had es-
Establishments in many parts of the State, and his
headquarters in San Francisco. great quantity
Of heavy plankng was used there, instead of pave
ments, the city began to grow and the municipal
government issued scrip to pay for it, The scrip be-
came popular. The lumber business got TO be one of
the leading interests of the city, aud many fortunes
we're built upon it, One morning in 1854. Mr..
Meggs was missing He had taken advantage Of
his position as member Of the municipal council to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

Mr.. Tweed dealt yesterday with ancient ring
history, which is familiar to all newspaper
readers. There is n good deal, however, III
his way of telling it that makes even an ola
story interesting. The GOODNESS with which he
declares that cup to 1870 and 1871" the bills
all had ga basis" leaving the imagination eX-
hausted with the effort to conjecture what
manner of ingenious fabrcations the bills were
after that time his pleasant confidence that
no money could have been paid for an appoint
ment at the hands of the Board of Supervls-
ors without his knowing 1T his candid admls-
sion that he was L" fooled" when he thought he
was buying Mr. T1lden off, and his historical allu-
sion to the Committee of Seventy-tbese are re-
cocnized as being in the cold mans" best vein
and are greeted with servlle laughter in the
City Hail. Beyond this, there seems to be little
to notice, except that Mr.. Tweed, as was to
be expected bags several more anti-Tam-
many regulations. 1t is curious to hear this
veteran briber striker and thief confess how
two minor politicians bled him of large sum
of money, for which they rendered no equiva-
lent: for the transaction in which Tweed and
ex-senator OBren were principals, and Sen
ator Bixby was agent, seems to have dit
Tered in no respect Ilohi al oIoiHaiS sumo
which the shabbiest lobbyist at Albany could
have managed, and which Tweed, of all men,
might have been expected to resist O'BI1en
guaranteed that Mr.. Tilden and Mr. Barrett,
the latter then counsel of the Committee OF
Seventy and now Judge, would let up" on
Tweed, if Tweed would pay O'Brien $l5O,OOo.
Tweed paid it, and Messrs. Tilden and Barrett
somehow neglected to ." let up" And Tweed
admits that he was fooled. 1t seems strange,
indeed, that it was so easily done, and by the
Hon James O'Brien, at that!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

The St. Leger stakes go where the Derby
stakes went. silvio has repeated the double
victory of Gladiator.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

THE TRIBUNE has special Geographic COM
munication with Creedmoor, and Will receive
dispatches every few minutes during the rifle
contest to-day and on Friday. There will be
displayed as bulletins, on large diagrams of
the targets, each shot as soon rs it is fired,
thus showing, by diagrams as well as figures,
the progress of the contest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

The first days session of the Bankers Con-
vention brought good attendance. The one
theme was resumption, and before the session
closed plan was presented by Mr.. Geo. 5.
Coe, which had been agreed upon at a meeting
of fifty bank presidents. The details of the
plan are given elsewhere. 1t is to be hoped that
the convention will, in pursuance of Mr.. Goes
additional suggestion, give snch an expression
in favor of resumption as will convince The
Secretary of the Treasury that the banks are
in earnest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

1t is well that protest has been spoken
from the bench against the disgraceiully arbi-
trary and wholly illegal arrest and detention
of DR.. Meyer and his wife. The fact that
they are charged with a revolving crime Is no
excuse for a wanton disregard OF the safe
guards which the law throws about the liberty
of the citizen. These persons were arrested
without warrant and held FOR three days by
the magistrate without complaint. just such
an experience might befall the richest or the
most respectable citizen of New-IOrk to-mor-
row. if the officer could be found to arrest, ana
tbe magistrate to commit. Where now
persons have suffered imprisonment who
probably deserve it--thOugh that no officer or
magistrate has any business to assume III the
absence of proof-then persons might be sub
iectcd to the cruelty and outrage of irregular
Imprisonment, whose suffering might be
shock to the whole community. Judge West
brook spoke the general sense yesterday in his
condemnation of this whole affair. Arbitrary
arrests are becoming alarmingly common. De
tectives have been turning hotels into prisons,
and now prison has become place In
which the ordinary proceedings of the law are
coolly disregarded. 1t will not do for the
JAYNE style of arrest to become too fashion
allie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13


The vote in Maine more than justified Mr.
Blane's prediction. Gov. ConnOrs majority
will probably exceed IL 800. The only other
significant fact in the returns is the strength
of the Greenback ticket, which received 5000
votes This exceeds all the prophecies. Last
wear its vote was one-tenth of that number.
There is food in this for an instructive con-
troyersy Let the harmonious Democratic press
proceed 10 settle just what proportion of this
vote was cast ia revolt against Mr.. Williams
A new cattle plague is making ravages in
Cleveland and the vicinity. The disease is
said TO have started i'll Texas. There is the
usual alarm as to the poisonous infection being
propagated to human beings by eating
diseased beef OF drinking the milk; but until
some cases of the kind are verified. it is as
well TO doubt these rumOrs. III the new
plague should prove as rapid in spead as the
rindeipest, we may soon expect to hear of it
AZ having crossed the Atlantic. As a curious
instance of the distances to which such dis
eases travel, it may be mentioned that the
rinderpcst has penetrated to northern Siberia,
and destroyed large numbers of reindeer.
In Massachusetts the Prohibition party is q
part, of considerable strength, if not of much
discretion, and can muster nearly thousand
delegates at its State Convention. as it did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-13

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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
MnrurR,s PREsclENCE -The AZ.

A MOTHERS PREscIENCE The A.
ianta (Ga. Constitution relates me FOL
lowing: "Here, take the pencil,' were
the dying words OF Mr.. VIM: A. shorte,rr,
late editor OF the Rome Courier. Ell
Shorter, his father, relates that on the
night of the death of his son in Rome his
vile. at home in Eufaula, Ala, awoke
him asking the time OF nigh, saying,
"Wille is dead. / feel that Wlli!e is
dead" He locked and found IL l:lo by
his time. Our young friend dled al l:lV
by the time at Rome. Mrs. Shorter knew
of her sons illness, but, nevertheless,
ia yrry strange that the impression
should have been vivid enough just at
the moment ofhis departure to cause her
to arouse her husband in order 10 get Il
time Of The night.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
Ri2 HMiullSs

At the Walnut Street House last nlgh
were registered E. A. Howard Onl1eo
States Indian Agent, Indian Territory
e willard, Superintendent; Battesto
Barnaby and Charles LaClair, Indian indian
Interpreters, and the .io ho1lo"ips W Indians. a1"
Viii White Eagie, Standing Buffsl", Big Elk,
Standing Bear. Frank La Flesh, Smoke
Maker Mi cheIl Serrie, Big-Snake-And-
lheCnie, Little A ths ;riNs
W hite Ea gle is the chief OF the tflDe'
and all OF them hold positions OF honor'
They are MASSIVE fellows, Big ELK oeAns
six feet four inches In ne gnt. ,xA,
They arrived at O'Clock last night,
from the West, and are on their way To
Washington. They accepted an invita-
ton to attend the performance at the
Grand Opsra-house; They were the
objects of a great deal OF curiosity.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
Bank Failure.

Yesterday evening the news spread
ever the city that the banking house OF
Kinney b Co.-EN Kinney, w. r. Lowe,
mis- son-in.law, and Frank ID. Hurlburd
had suspended.
| The news was well founded. The
bank had been considered sbaky tor
come time. The liabiillies will amount
10 about S150,00O, and the losses will
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07

U. s. S. 8. C.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
WE DID NOY!

beent
week
A..
an Monday
especially CAMELs SO
yiUor sly adv rtisede
idea of
he
following We offering
At 81 so per yard Black Cloaking Velvet
Black Silk ClOaking Velvet. Its
ca found in the city for less than ~.
which
yard in gold to import.
Indlen elegant stylish
this it vat rom o
All
wide shades OF the o
retaid Cincinnati
absolute
The prices with
god and at 80 yard
Coored ros Grain Silks
for
Goods
wholesale
bought early sat the top the
Aud
at
ethenw this or any other market
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07

Ditman's Sea Salt should be used in every
are there exhibited in the most striking man
ner. For very young children the bath should
he tepid Sold in bags and boxes by chemists
and druggists. N. B.-Particularly see that
each packet bears our trade mark.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
ACTuNA ID. LANGELL'S ASTHMA
AO NMA CATARRH REM EDY
LEGAL.

NTOTIl E.-RHEtNSrROM BROTHERS, A
N firm doing business in the State Of ohio,
Plaintiffs. vs.. h. NJ. Lehman, whose full given
name is unk Known. Defrndant--Before ihom-
as Evitt, Justice OF the Peace Of Cincinnati
Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.-Ou the
9th day OF October, :S77, said Justice issued
IN order OF attachment In the above action for
the sum OF two hundred and ninety seven
Iollars and fifty GEMS ($s97 SOY. Case set for
rial baIore said Justice, December rs, 1877, 0
M.
RHEINsTROM BROTHERS, PLAINTIFF.
CINCINNATI, November y, lSl7. no7-8GW
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07

Those loathsome objects with skin diseases,
who inherit constitutional talnts, and are
often met with in public after having been
long unsuccessfully treated In hospital, can
ali be cured by being daily washed with
Glenn's Sulphur Soap, which acts on the small
blood vessels OF the skin, where the disease
exists, and where the curative power Is direct
ly applied. Sold by druggists, gIocers anu
fancy goods dealers.
EOc M,W&R
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
w. I'll. 4 n d e e w S
16 and 78 West Fourth Street.

mostly fall on people outside of this oity'
Mr.. Kinney has assets in real estate
,vhich will cover this twice over. NO
one win be ruined by th2 suspension, 8
,he Losses are largely distrbated. lnr
nrSvota fortune of Mr.. X Kinney, moreoVe :,
vii be applied to the LIQUIDATION OF tie
Indebtedness.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07

$40 to 81 coo invested in Wall str Ell
stocks makes fortunes every month.
Book sent trea explaining everythin
Address BAX TER q CO., Bankers, II
Wall street, New York.
,e28- -lydW, FAN &0c4-1yw,eo
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
PHOSPHORENE. .

PHOsPHORENE.- - Don't place this
article in your rat.holes--or place they
frequent. Ii you do you will lose your
pets; there will be numerous rat fu-
uerals.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
A CARD ?07'HEPUBllC
THE REASON WHY {!

months of and October every ONE
prices
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07
AMUSEME ENTs.
THE OPERA.


GRAND OPEHA. .HUUbH'
Miss Fannie Davenport in "Plque'
appears twice to-day-matlnee tn's aitef'
| noon and regular performance this even
| ing.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-07

A full line of the novel shapes in
linen Collars and Cuffs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-08
Ventilate the Corn Cribs,

lwould advise all farmers to ventilate
their corn cribs well, and they will have
less spoiled corn. There are annually
thousands and thousands of bushels OF
corn spoiled by not having the cribs
properly made, and by the want of ven.
tilation. 1t is generally the practice to
make the floor of the cribs level, and
when the cribs are filled with corn, nine.
tenths of them will sag in the centre.
Then, when a heavy rain comes, the
water that is dryd in the sides of the
crib will run to the centre, and warm
weather will cause the corn in the centre
of the crib to sprout, and when once
started, it will depend altogether on the
weather when it will stop.
When building crib, in the first place
raise the floor in the centre of the crib
from eight to twelve inches, according to
the width, so that whatever water NAV
run in during driving rain storm, will
run out again Immediately. To make a
ventilation, take four fence boards, six
inches wide, and as long as the height of
the crib. Make square tube by mailing
these together, and the ventilator is
made. Place as many of them in the
centre of the crib, at intervals from four
to eight feet apart, as are needed, ac-
cording to the width of the crib, and let
the ends of the ventilator pipes 60 down
through the floor and up through the
roof of the crib, with rat and mice pro-
tectors on the bottom, and storm protect
ors on the top. Bore the ventilator full
of small sized auger holes, so that the al I
that passes thorough will penetrate to the
centre of the crib.-COrrespondent COM
tn Gentleman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-11-08
Keeping Manures in Summer.

Most farmers lose the bulk of a sum-
mer fertilizer, suffering it to be washed
away in the ponds and creeks, or else al
lowing it to leach and lose the chief
essential which makes plant food, by ex-
posing to the suns rays, or the winds
and rain during the warm weather.
Now, to keep manure made by selling
green crops or by feeding with dry food
and grain, it is necessary to elk" the
valuable particles that naturally waste
themselves in the surrounding atmos-
phere. To do this the farmer must turn
chemist for the moment, and see what
other ingredient will neutralize volatile
substances and hold them in the compost
until they become plant food. Forum
ately We have a cheap and very common
substance-viz., gypsum land-plaster-
that answers this purpose admirably
Ammonia, carbonic acid, uric acid, phos-
phorus, and nitrogen, all have strong
affinity for the sulphate of lime, or
gypsum, and will chemically unite with
it on all occasions, and form new COM
post of salts, that will not evaporate in
the air very readily, and can be used as
one of the very best fertilizers for almost
all classes of crops grown in the temper
ate zone.
In order to make land plaster availa-
bic, the manure should be heaped up;
and whenever six or twelve inches deep,
a good coating of land plaster" should
be scattered over it, and the process con-
tinued during winter or summer, as long
as the compost is being increased. 1t is
best to keep the compost heap sheltered
to prevent unnecessary teaching; but
even without shelter, this treatment will
preserve the greater part of the strength
of the fertilizing part of the manures.
Gypsum costs less than any other fer
tilizer As a top dressing for clover,
corn, tobacco, wheat, or grasses, and
from its power of attracting ammonia,
phosphorus, etc, from the atmosphere,
1t adds more to the strength of the soil
than any other fertilizer of equal cost.
Millions might be saved the country
each year, if our farmers would properly
preserve all the manures that can be
made on the farm, and then skillfully to
use them.