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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19


A man called upon superintendent Waliing
at Police Headquarters yesterday aud stated that his
employer Charles T. Goodrich, had been missing siuro
tuesday morning. AIr. Goodrich is commission ncr-
chant dong business at No Go Days He icf the office
De: weeu 10 and II Tuesday and said hc would
return In about minutes but has not been seen since
There was in his possession at the time valuable god
watch and chain and about 5000 IL money. TRIBUNE
reporter visited Tie place OF business yesterday alter
noon and found only person in The establishment
who was connected with The business. This person
stated that he received instructions at Police Ieadqaar
teT5 keep the matter quiet until this afternoon and
therefore absolutely refused to say anything. Several
men gathered about the place in The afternoon 0nX0sy
inUuIg II auy tidngs had been heard ~ the missing
mar. Tney stated that he had purchased merchandise
from them, ANA they therefor" interested IN MS
speedy return. Tacy regarded his disappearance -
something very mysterious, AMI could in way accO3nt
for IL unless his bsiacas IN depressed condition
He was young Ear, about Is Of age, married,
and was not known 10 have been engaged IN ANY dis
honest gambling transactions. II was stated that IRIS
books and papers were leio III iaicr that would ni
cate au intention 70 return soon iOSiDc. He W#s
said 10 have lived at NO 80 FlectSt, HIOoiiyn, but u
was asccr aimed last evening that he had not resided ut
that place for year and q Half.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
RoDDyRY OF AN EXPIRES CAR.

CHICAGO, H.. Jan. 1S.--AS an outgoing train
on the Chicago Alton and ~. Louis Railroad last night
stopped the Burlington Crossing, nsle The city limits
three MASKED men entered the express car hastily
uocrd the cr and and brJA- open
lie safe which contained about 10000 worth of yalu
abes But In their hurry they performed the work
bungliucy that they left behiId MI cX,cpt package for
ngflcd, ILL., containing abOt II ~ ana Son" diaits
.or reflection hey the altr Ii hni pUcrCctd
acrt citit blocks and have not cn discover Il. Three
mon have been arrested charged with tue robbery. De
tecf,y,.s had been Oh their track fOr hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE.

William Cullen Bryant, Jackson 5. Schultz,
John Jacob Aston. aud other prominent Taxpayers have
requested conference with Mayor Ely on municipal
matters with view TO consider plans Tor reducing the
expenses OF nducting the City Government and to
recommend such changes in the existing laws viii
prevent the Increase Of the city d0bt. Mayor Ely has
invited them meet him nj the Mayors Office Tues
day ut $50 O'Clock D. when ho intends 10 give
them his the subject IL ia Understood that tie
Mayor iayors change in several important particulars
ID the prnscnI Charlton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
CHEATING THE POOR IN COAL.
IRREGULARITIES OF rHE CONTRACTORS IN Dis
prxsING THE CITY;s GIFTS.


Controller Kelly gave notice to the Commits
sioncrs uf Charities and Correction jan Is that he
had been informed that the coal contractors were swim
ding the outdoor poor The coal furnished was said To
be short In weight, inferior in quality and egg instead
of stove" Commissioner Brennan Immediately took
the matter in hand personally lie visited the bar@os at
the fuotof Fifty r3t-st and examined
the coal At Twcntythird,t. he found that the hatch
way. on the barge had been left open, AM The accunu
lation OF snow and the wetting Of the coal hld Greatly
increased its weight The department Inspector WIS
told not to let this again. At Fity-frsst Com
missioner Brennan objected to he manner OF weighing
the crtran being allow ed to divide ton from his cart
between two persons. lie then followed several carts o
IL had been delivered. 1t six places the
% 10 $50 hounds. Tue difrreDc" from the dfrrtnt
manner % vcilin.. Oh. It not 10 be greater than 20
pounds. ~ cul INSTANCE IT ~ small Il ti'
Zinc coal was 0,ncg3'y - good quality The Contractors
are Richard Hccs,rnCr, II, AMI James H. t'1h"M
COlnrnis uL'r irc'iuan served them WI" notice th&t
tr igs' wc!- each laf ol, tie amount -lycH u each
family ScUiIatty, md must hdVc III" par ti0n ~ ihc
cart high enough 10 keep Ou' Persons coal nom rNhG
with auotrs. This j. Ia prerCnl thr alleged practice
on tie part Of the COntiacts ui S!FuE one ltG on u
little oY"rwt ig; and making auoilcrs CCai ll snort
double trai amount. and shielding thf elves by 81, G
J. was the mixing OF tie c1 10 thc rtri, and POINTING 30
the greater amount piooi that toy we're MOI chtat-
ing lUIVOatli.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

defective II boilers gave way under hydrostatic pres
sure, and one boiler was condemned eight invest
cations were made by local boards. from the
decisions OF which appeal was taken 30 original
licenses and sol renewals granted to masters IL
original and 1876 renewal licenses to plots III orlelnh
and S64 renewal licenses to engineers and assistants ana
one ouch license revoked There occurred during
the year XplosonS accidental escapes of stea by
which lives lost. Or the accidents, ID were Oy
collision by Are and by or rocks steamers
were wrecked fOundcrcd aud IL steamers were added
the service The amount OF property lost BY explosion
WAS al 00O by fire. $1,000 by collision, 800 ny
suags rocks. $3.50, and by wreck Oh ioahdeI'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
OCEAN pERHS.

Capt Chaunccy Of the steamship PERT tclc-
graphs from Iiar,N that The vessel encounC crd very
.cayy weather aid Icy 70 SO hours the Bay " FGndy
she approached land supposed 20 b" ClIo Cod or the
evening ofJrn. H. aud stood beck cast 20 miles IN q
dense suoS-sorm. On the morning o; Jan. rs she
gdc Cane Col and fol, we'd The shore down to Po0cks
Rip but lie fog being thick sic unable 20 find the
entrance TO the sound and Stood of a.;l soon after
dark il cleared away ba, the co":an did MOI deem il
prudent 10 pa. over the shoals III next morning, 9ud
therefore tcpt tla steamship OF north northeast under
light pressure Of 5eai. and ordered that she be Kept
from SIX 10 ten miles from Tie shore. Having
been mp al the previous night he retired, lat was
awakened at 100 C'c,Dck next morning by the vessel
striking the beach The steamship ~ clarge 81 the
che. oIcCr Jats NcArtuur, OF sydney, ~ ire tiIne
Size struck, and cH Chatham Light in plain view,
bat The mate Lad changed thc slips c"arfc 10 north
west, Vhch four points on land. The captain says
nc VIII Discharge the cargo aud hopes To get tue vessel
oil II the weather relu2nS favorable.
The steamship August Andre, which was ID days over
lr until heard from ai ia aX Wednesday, lowed
three days, distance 81 10 miles by he steamship
switzerland, before reaching port IGc switzerland LETT
NpwNDr Jan. ID FOR Antwerp, and was TO leave Hail
fax hast HrEt after TcienshBg her supply OF coal The
steamship CROFT VIII take tie pace Oi tie August Andre,
and leave E,v -IOri about Jan. =.
The bark Nancy Bry or, hCu PciEambucO FOR New
York WAS abandoned at sea OH Care Ilttcias. Her
Hycd by the brig \. J. PcttonS from fnii-
dclpliy, tild lI:stt ii at MatnuZAS on Jan. IL.
the crew 81 the brig Nellie Antrim. before reported
shaudOncd sea. saved ny the schooner T. :. New
man. iULi ST. John, y. b. 'Or MaianZ4s and Transferred
20 the Vanguard from Liverpool and landed az
kcW-DrlcdEG on jan. l3.
Italian bark reported lahore i1lt n mile
north IIfC-SilNnSs station No. D. Norfolk, Va
Assistance. Ind been sent to her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
Totals .sjo,75o,os7 silg2aoe8 sGLoGs,I5j
PROSPECTS, OF DNIGRAgIoy.

I1I,UGEANTs DtTlRRED ~ BUSINESS AND POLIT-
IC.L IMBABHfSsMENTs HEEE-WHtT y WAR IL
EUROPE Would INDUCE.
Many Of the Immigrants to this country
leave cir families at hOie, and send l0r them after
procuring home work for them. II Is usually about
the beginning II the year that those ding 10
bring tEcir friends this country from Europe make re-
Iitances aud send passage tickets for that purpose
The number of passage tickets which have been
sold lay The agents Of lie different steamship lncs this
Winter IL patiyely small, aud those interested in
Bringing passengers fiUm Europe say that Immigration
will not begin Until the settlement OF the Presidential
question. Every mal steamer carries abroad discern
aging letters, tending to dssu.dc intending emgraHts
FROM undertaking their proposed Journey, least 10
urge lis po>tloncment This. with tie rumors OF b,si
ue.s dcYes ION here which have spread abroad It f.
ihoucht viii have TIE effect Of reducing the
number Of cmigTHts during the coming Spnpg
10 lower point than for many years.
II was expected by the Commissioners Of Emigration
ihJt The Improvement In business last FAN WOIld have
Given an i;uu.tuS 10 emigration this country and th
The arrivals ~ wori nearly II not luil up
10 tuoys The good effect of that ui-
Ioycinent feared viii DC nuicd by The unsettled
satc O the politics of The country aEdI great her
shond GENE viii ," iGcH later ia the season than usual
IT. LCM.,tg, there should hC ~ Europe the CuIhis-
sCuais think that the Inhabitants of the countries
involved would flock here N tLOd,dbdS. ALREADY, thcy
state. TIE Ju.dDi8 Ot impending t.GUbc have Slow
tber ni,uc'ce ncirnso In the Number Of arrivals
at CYSTIC Garden The nations iroM which tho iaige9t
numbers rf cnigr3Di> peeled in OF Euro,
;ya; utc rtt Britain, III" German Empire, and Russia.
Tho fnl owins table shows tIc Whole number Of aliens
arriving at Castle Garden suco 1896, period OF 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
ExpnEssMrN,s ASSOCIATION.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1S.-At this afternoons ses-
scn Of the eighth annual convention Of The E1prcssens
Mutual Benefit ASSOCIATION. e. Louis Was selected as the
next place OF meeting and the following CceTs were
elected for tlc cn,pipz ycar: President Geo Bingham
OF Pittsburgh. Penn. TiccPfcscDt J. q j. HERRING ~
baltimore Grand Secretary, sonthrIi"nd DcWItt ~
I.miru n Y Executive Committee, H. W. Nv lEAs OF
SYIin gled, hhss.: l.. Hayden oil ~. louis Mo-; A. d.
kcTner of baltimore J.. III. M0:seniui ci Omaha, reJ'
and W. q. Iates vi Cleveland, Oill0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
NETWORK BUILDINGS.

WORK or SUPERINTENDENT ADAMS DURING 1876
The Superintendent Of Buildings, W. w.
Adaa has made his report to tine Mayor OF the work Of
his department 1876. In th he states that to IN
sure public against fires and panics IN thcaters he
las ordered new OF cGTcss in The Stadt BOOths
IyccuuI. Olympic, New Broadway Union Square. Park
Third Avenue. aud metropolitan TGcaters the Voks
Garden Partisan Varieties and the hall of the san Fran
cisco Ministries. or AL churches examined, - were
found to nave failed to comply with the law requiring
that front doors should he locked back during services
The superintendent thinks that are force should be
employed watch the different theater5 ana see that
the proprietors comply with The Laws at each per
forInancr He nds almost al the improvements
Tat have been sugg sted in the papers to prevent ngo
and panic such wire screcns proscenum walls, hose
and nreneu in all parts o. the buidug7. signs directing
people extra exits &c. He also suggests The adoption
Of higher roofs and vcHtiatoTs arranged 10 carry
OF The smoke in 81 Are During 1916 plans were
submitted ior $40 Lu.aings-a decrease 81 only p
compared wi;h SO. Tho cost ~ the projected buildings
was estimated $1J,79s.9lO, against u ,2G770 for
1873. The cost of beginning buildings completing
buildings begun the previous year. and Altering Old
Structures during IN" last year $3Gjj i7SaI in
grease. a. ,ij1 1879 The gradual change for
SIC brt.cr IN tlc construction OF Buildings is saOwn by
H. f tN Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

which tho sewers can be made contribute to the re-
rova Of snow and ic from the streets Is by Keeping the
cutters cuyerts and mouths OF receiving basins un-
obstructcd"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
strprpytstos oF STEAM yEssFLs

The report of the supervising inspector OF
steam vessels Second District shows that IN 1876,
OF this port certificates granted TO 5O6 steamers,
with tonnI so Of 2OGO9L there 80 boilers found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19
NOMINATIONS.

WASHINGTON, JAM 1S.-The President sent
the following nominations to tho Senate to-day:
Ellis Spear 81 Maine. to be Commissioner oi Patents q
W. scr Of Arkansas to be Quilted statos Consul at 81
Helena Elias 0riswod be- District Judge of tho United
states is Tic Nthern District VI sesA Sndthe following
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

dilapidatcd tramp was heard yesterday on
Gcursccst inVCigug against people who do not clean
their sidewalks. expect every minute" liz said,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19

Postnasters: b. NJ Cutcheon at Manistee Mich. w n Va.
dewatsT at Princeton, ~ j.; Edward Csie AZ o. 80
w Ia Due at Clifton Springs, Ny John BS,is
at Neyada Iowa '~~<S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-19


FREQUENT BLoCKADEs ON DOWNTOWN THoaoUdh-
FAREs-A SEQUEL To THE CLEANING OF BROAD
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.

APRIL 25.-SENATE-Bills passed
House bill to consolidate, revise and
amend the statutes relative to jails and
penitentiary; House bill to amend and
revise the statutes in reference to crimes;
Senate bill to provide for State Board
of Medical Examiners, consisting ofthree
persons, one from each leading school of
medicine, who shall examine all gradu-
ates of medical colleges upon the funda-
mental principles upon which they all
agree, before they are permitted to prac-
tiCe;Senate bill requiring hotel and board
ing house keepers to provide suitable
fire escapes; Senate bill providing that
in cases where testimony is given, and
the person dies, the testimony may be
certified to by any person who heard it.
Four local bills were passed.
HoUsE-Bills passed-House bill allow
ing the people Of an incorporated village
to vote on the proposition to become a
special school district; House bill to pro-
vide for an additional term of the Dis
triCt Court in Sciota county. Bills lost
House bill making the term of Office Of
Prosecuting Attorney three years instead
of two; House bill to require home and
foreign insurance companies to give se-
Curity for policies; House bill to allow ju-
rors discretionary powers as to punish
ment in murder cases. A bill was intro
duced reducing the minimum price Of
convict labor at the Penitentiary from
70 to so cents day Some of the Senate
amendments to the Appropriation bill
were agreed to, and others went back tC
conference committees.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
TIGuREs ARE WHAT IS WANTED.

Not election majorities, bat such as interest the
great army of American producers. Twenty-Five
yeaYs ago the eight counties of Missouri now ira
versed by the Old Reliable Hannibal q st, Joseph
Railroad were nearly wilderness To-day, by a
late census, it is discovered that these counties
produce over Re-tOtlrteenh of the entire wheat
crop of the State over one-tlOeh Of the corn crop
and over one. e.ainth of the oats, The same growth
of country is now being repeated in Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado and New Mexico, and the i'm.
mortal Greeley had this identical route and Sec
ton of country in mind when he breathed those
stirring words of wisdom, Young man 90 West"
Therefore, it is but natural that parties taking
this advice should desire to pass over a road that
has done so much for great State Especially as
1t offers the best faclities) and see for themselves
By the Hannibal q st. Joseph R. R., through cars
are run from Cleveland and Toledo, and through
connections made from Cincinnati and Indian
apolis via Quincy to St. Jo., Atchison and Kansas
City, and from Chicago to Kansas City 1Ulth0ut
change. We are about TO issue, In connection with
our own, a County map of Colorado and New
Mexico, giving valuable information as regards
time tables, routes, distances, attitudes, &C.,
which we will be pleased to furnish free, upon
application in person or by letter addressed to
7. PENFIELD, G. P. & T, A.,
ja18-6m Hannibal Mo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
ja18-6rn
FOR THE BLACK HILLS,

and the recently discovered gold mines in the Big
Horn Mountains-Go by the way Of Denver
Cheyenne and the great Kansas Pacific Railway
Remember, Denver and Cheyenne are the princi
pal Quitting points for the mines, and the safest
most direct and most frequently travelled route To
Custer City, Deadwood and the Big Horn country
is via Cheyenne and Fort Laramie.
For the San Juan Mines
take the Kansas Pacific Railway at Kansas City
or Leavenworth for Denver, where close connect
ions are made with the Denver and Rio Grande
railway for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, 81 Moro
Del Norte, Lake City, SilyertOn and all points Id
the San Juan country. By taking this old favor.
ite line, the "K p" You can stop over in Denver
and visit the old established mines and smelling
works in its vicinity, an advantage every one in,
terested In mining can readily appreciate.
The Rocky Mountain Resorts
and wonderful Mineral Springs of Colorado never
lose their interest to the tourist and the benefits
TO Invalids are magical and never. failing. The
way to reach them Is by the great Kansas Pacific
railway.
Pullman Palace Cars through to Denver without
change Lowest rates guaranteed to all points
Maps circulars, etc., giving full information
cheerfully furnished by addressing General Pas
senger Agent, Kansas Pacific Railway Kansas
City, Mo. Feb22-4m.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
MESMERS "UNIVERSAL FLUID"

Itwas about the year l772 that Mes
mer, who had previously published a
dissertation "0n the influence of the
planets on the human body" announced
his discovery of universal fluid, "the
immediate agent of all the phenomena of
nature, in which life originates, and by
which 1t is preserved" and asserted that
he had further discovered the power of
regulating the operations of this fluid to
guide its currents in healthy channels,
and to obliterate by its means the tracks
of disease. This power he in the first in
stance professed to guide by the use Of
magnets but having quarreled with Fa-
ther Held, Professor of Astronomy at
Vienna, who had furnished him with
the magnets with which he made his ex-
periments, and who then claimed the
discovery of their curative agency, Mes
mer went on to assert that he could con-
centrate the power in and liberate it from
any substance he pleased, could charge
Jars with it las with electricity and dis
charge them at his pleasure, and could
cure by its means the most intractab,e
diseases. Having created great sensa-
ton in Bavaria and Switzerland ny his
mysterious manipulations and by the
novel effects which they often produced,
Mesmer returned to Vienna and under
took to cure of complete blindness Gel
ebrated singer, Mile Paradis, who had
been for years unsucCessfully treated by
the court physician. His claim to a par
tial success, however, which was in the
first instance supported by his patient,
seem to have been afterward so complete
ly disproved by careful trials of her Wis.
ual organs, that he found himself obliged
to quit Vienna abruptly, and thence pro-
ceed to Paris, where he soon produced a
great sensation. The state Of French So
ciety at that time, as l have already re-
marked, was peculiarly favorable to his
pretensions. A feverish excitability pre-
vailed, which caused the public mind to
be violently agitated by every question
which it took up. And MesmeI soon
found it advantageous to challenge the
learned societies of the capitol to enter
lists against him, the storm ofopposition
which he had thus provoked having the
effect of bringing over to his side large
number of devoted disciples and ardent
partisans. He professed to distribute
the magnetic fluid to his congregated pa
tients from baquet or magnetic tub that
he had impregnated with it, each person
holding a rod which proceeded from the
baquet; but when the case was particu-
larly interesting, or likely to be particu-
larly profitable, he took it in hand for
personal magnetization,- Popular Science
Monthly for Mag.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
"DE FUST TIME IT BUSTED.

Negroes, as general thing, under
stand the regulation musket. but know
very little about rifle. One in Greene
county concluded the more powder he
put in his gun the more rabbits he would
get. So one day last week he filled his
rifle about half full of powder, and shot
at the first rabbit he saw. 1t killed the
rabbit and everything else in fifty yards
around except the negro, and he is not
feeling well. He hasn't picked all the
splinters of the gun stock out of his arm
yet, and says, Fore God, never
knowed a rattle to bust till den."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
POLITICAL HE'LL ca rs.
Democrats Dragged from their Homes by
United States AarshalS 10 Crafty Repub-
Rcdn Spite

The Republicans, driven crazy by
Hayes's course, have not got through last
falls canvass yet, and are still giving vent
TO their feelings by arresting.a few Demo-
Gratis. Yesterday Deputy United States
Marshal brought to the city three we'll
known farmers and citizens of Violet Tp.,
Fairfield County, Ohio, for alleged viola
ton of the election laws. Fairfield is a
strong Democratic county, giving MAORI
ties ranging from 1900 to 1000. In Vio-
let Township Gilbert Shatfer, an Ex-
Treasurer Of the county, Jno. Smith, a
Township Trustee, and Thomas G. Brown
the parties arrested, ofticiated as Judges
of the Election. Among those who vot-
ed were three young men who had been
residents of an adjoining township, but
who had moved Unto Violet Township.
At the time they appeared to deposit their
ballots the question arose as to their right
to vote in that township. The judges
took vote on the question and decided
that they were entitled to vote, and they
did 80. The matter rested for some time
until certain Republicans, to crafty per
sonal malignity, appeared before the
Grand Jury and had the men indicted
for violation Of the United States Elec-
ton Laws. The menwere summarily ar
rested on their farms Wednesday evening
by Deputy United States Marshal Sears
and were taken to Lancaster, and were
brought here yesterday. They were aC
Companied by Mr.. Charles Rainey late
clerk of the County Court in Fairfield
who stood sponsor for them in theil
trouble. They appeared in the United
States NCourt yesterday afternoon, ant
were held to bail in the sum of$2, 900 each
This was promptly furnished, and the
men were permitted to go until theil
cases are called in Court if they ever are
Gin. Enquirer ApI 20.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-03
WESTWARD.
STATIONS
TRAINS GOING WEST,

Trains Nos, !, 2, 3 and 70 on main line run daily
Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains No. /, 2, 8 and
II between Cincinnati and New York daily,
Hotel coach on trains and 12 between Leayitts.
burgh and New York daily.
Connections at Mansfield with Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad at Ravenna with
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad; at Meadyille,
Union and Cory for OIL Regions; at Corning for
Rochester and points on the New York Central,
and at Binghampton for Albany, Springfield,
Worcester, Boston and New England.
=, Close connections at Cincinnati with trains for
the South and West
No "stop-over" allowed upon local tickets Lc,
cal Passengers must purchase tickets to their first
stopping place and then repurchase from, that
point to destination,
W. B. SHATTUC,
Gen. Passenger and Ticket ASt, Cincinnati, o.,
P. d. COOPER,
Gen. Superintendent, Cleveland, o. novlsf