The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-26

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the ring have agreed with ~ own
erssas to which horses should win,
and BY how much. Occasi onslly an
honest man undertakes to row, or
run, or fight, or walk, or do some
thing, and If he cannot be bought
he is disabled in some way, If it is
tho iuIersst of;the gamblers to do
II. "A rowing match, which excited
much intersat among the sports,
was arranged between Riley and
Courtney. Courtney was known to
be the best man, and bets on him
we're three to one. "A little ring of
sporting dOspsradses took all the
bets they could, and an immense
amount Of money was staked on the
event. Fat noon of the day Of the
race, Courtney was in excellent con-
dition. He sat down at his hotel
to take the little refreshments al
lowed him, acup Of iced Tea being
. part of it, He drank II, and no
ticed that its taste was unpleasant.
A few minutes after he was taken
very sick; he vented severely, and
fSll into a stnpor from which be did
not recover till aight. Riley rowed
oyerlthe course alone, the judges
awarded him the race, and the mon
~ in the pools was, paid over to
his hackers. : Courtney had been
dragged with arsenic. This is no
more than is done every day on the
race tracksjiA the city, and ia u fair
illustration of the honor ofsporting
men, rss s!rihre B9k
The excessive mortality among
children in the city 10 eccasioning
alarm. The deaths last week were
over 600 in excess Of the CORES
ponding week for years, the NOR
tally being mostly coR6ned to chill
dron. 1t is not, as usual, confined
to tenement houses, but the chill
dren Of the better classes have suf-
fersd terribly. The weather has
been unusually severe, and the
streets and alleys were never so
filthy. The accommodations of last
Winter were left on the ground till
hate in the Spring, and then were
not Wholly removed. Under the
hot July sun the cutters and back
yards Of the denssly populated
streets in the lower part Of the city
emitted concentration ofstenchos
that singly were. enough to kill a
healthy adult. to say nothing of q
weak and insufiiciently, nurtured
child. The germ Of disease once
set afoat was carried into the bet
ter regions, and the child Of many
a wealthy man died as an atone
nent for his neglect of the poor,
"whom we have always with u.s."
The Board of Health, always weeks
tso late, have taken hold Of the
matter; and their effsrts have, in
some measure, checked the disease.
The blazing sun must be endured
by the poor Of New York during
the week, for they must work to
earn their bread. But on Sundays,
every ono of them who can raisc
the means takes his wife and family
to where q mouthful Of fresh air is
attainabls. The poorest 60 to Gen.
trail Park, for FIVE cents will = take
them there. Last Sunday over
100000 people visited tho park;
poor mothers with their sickly chill
dren staying all day, having taken
with them the lunch and supper,
that the little ones might get as
much Of life as possible to fortify
for the intslsrable heat
of close tenement house for the
next six days. There were 10000
people at Coney island the same
day, aud every land and water route
leading cut Of the city to ceol, fresh
air was crowded. Fortunately there
are many such places about Now
York, and they are Of cheap and
easy access. asas fh,ssi .iiR &
=, The temperance movensntis pro-
crossing favorsbIy. All the noted
orators ID the country are brought
to New York BY turns, so that the
feeling is not allowed to die or les
sen. Mother Stewart, who started
the crusade movement in the West
is here, and is speaking every day
and night, with great effect. MUIR
ply will open his peculiar = work
next week; and Gen ibsen Of Ohio,
and other noted orators, are held
in reserve. The legal part Of tho
work is better organised than it has
ever beengi The run chop that 10
caught without q license, or that 10
any way transgrssses the. law, Is
held toall the penalties prescribed.
And 10 good lawyers with plenty
of money are employed, they worry
the sellers terribly IL is ne joke
to them to be srrested, for the cid
tricks Of indefinite postponcments
and straw bail are not allowed to
work. They Nave worried nearly
two hundred bucket-shops out Of
existence. Tho excise Law which
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