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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

The following Official receipts have bsen givca out
IRON different Guy Hall departments Cor The past
week --Croton water rcnts $ll,s5A SO; Collector OF
Assessments Gilon, s23 7sa
CompiroIlor Key yesterday signed warrants
amounting 90 $1,000 o. the sum OF $40s23 so bcing
Toe expenses incurred in street improvements.
Ven, women aud children to the number ot $40
enjoyed inc Tree baths In this city last week. OF
these .o.044 were fcmaleA
Tue ioiowing removals have been announced tho
Compltolicrs OniccW lillian Grey, cork Collector
OF Guy Revenue; John N. Cornell Clerk OF Fulton
Market; X H. Thcrne. Deputy Collector Of Cny Row
enue, .. Warren Barlow, A. Elsercr ana John G.
Boickei assistant clerks No person has yet boon
dss grated In place OF MIR. Grey. Tho olhor Offices
have been flied IN their order NJ foIiows:--John
hecnan, Daniel Williams, John y. Goidsborough,
Albert ElItcrich and John 6. Harper. kADepuy
sheriff James Carrancr has also been appointed VI
tha DANNY Collsolora Il City RavanMA
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A CHILD KILLED WITH GIN.

GFrom the Memphis Tenn) Avalanche, August ST.
Louisa Brown. negro woman, lives on South street,
and with her lived her child, JOHNNIE Brown, six
years Of age. Last Sunday morning Dora Williams
aud Ida McGhee, two young negro women, were SIT
ting In Louisa Browns house, with Louisa In diff
ferent room from the the visitors occupied
Come here, Johnnie" said the girl Iaa the child
"I'll gave you something"
The child approached and Ida gave II q half VINE
glass oil gin 10 drink.
Don't give the child any more" said her com.
pani0n, Dora Williams.
81 want 10 make him drunk" was the reply, and
the child was gwen much moro OF tho raw iquor.
Inc consequence o. sucn GRIMM mischief that
AZ noon the child was IN the agony aud contorons of
terrible convulsions The distressed mother a
physician. but he came too late 10 be effective me
chila died alter SIX hours oil those terrible spasms
the great dose OF vile gun had proved too much
oeIicate nervous construction, ana was fnta
Esquire Elliott held the inquest and thon sent the
girl iaa hcGhce 70 jail IN default ball Ihere seems
TO have been no intent more masvo mt than tho m
toxicatson Of the child, and prior NEGATIVE 70 such
an acA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
AN OIL STORY.
From tho on City tpa.) Derrick, August Al

From the Oh City pal Derrick, August ~
''Whnt an item?"
~ that is IT ?" we inquired.
'T'vo got tho dumdcst om you ever bern tell on
! struck IN Ito well my lease Monday an she
flowed stream OF 10 100 feet high straight up Tor
hall an hour. lhcn she Kinder died down. One Of
my drcrs was standing over .hc hole when she sud
denly squrtcd again an blast my eyes II u didnt take
that drior right up with It, The stream was power
full one yaa see an he went up 100 iccL You've seen
those IltS balls dance about ON TOP vi those ttic
squirting fountains such as they have IN tno cities
Ycs WAL THAT'S The way this thing acted ana theie's
that air drer right up top OF tbst 100 tut column
OF crude Ile, and he's dancing about ike chaii la
tanning mill What 90 you think VI that un Z"
allow long has no boon az thofeY,
"a bout our days and Iour MI ntA"
'He must DO very buugfy 10y this time Doesn't no
come down TO get something To catY'
''Why, uns Jnst put plato OF hash In this
OF lie ami 10 taxes ~ up 10 him, you see, And MS
mighty handy no unds MS votuals already creased
an he doesn't nccd any butter. -
"But he must have frozen 20 death by this time"
"Wnv man, we w sent HIM up the same stream
bed and bedding small stove AN wood, an wefc 20.
ing to uuiid him small house, ana then he can 1--we
there as comfortable us "a princcp
HIS face was as innocent OF deceit al poco OF
tanned leather, ana when he asked To have ms uamc
put uOwn as doadhcad subscriber Tor Information he
had gwen we didn't have the heart 10 hurt his eena
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The firm Of Lpe, Nearing Co., dealers In woollen
goods at No "a Lisponard street, have tailed and thoy
offer 10 compromise with their creditors fifty cents
the dollar, forty five in three notes OF fifteen
cents each at four, eight and twelve months and Ave
cents at een months, all endorsed Thor liabilities
amount to about $685. OO Among their creditors
the foIowing:-Mall Il Co, 81, 500 10; sade & Co..
$2344 40; Hardt Co., 1904 81; H. r. Nudge, Saw
yer Co., So, 5Sl So A. D. JuillIard Co.. 81, O69 OF
Low, Hartman Co., S22;5 II; Samuel 4. Holman,
$40 SO. The firm consists OF Walter Lipe, Alfred
N. Nearing and Josephus Hill.
Emil Gumbinner, dealer in belts At No 351 Broad.
way, has been adJudicatcd an Involuntary bankrupt
on the petition ofscvera creditors, by Register Dwight
His liabilities amount to s12 1875, and his assets
placed at 49, 900 The Register has called the first
meeting OF the creditors for September IA TO prove
debts and elect an assiance IN bankruptcy.
Gulinan Goodwin yesterday filed his assignment In
the County Clerks office to John Henry MCCARTHY.
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PROFESSIONAL SITUATIONS w ANTED--
FEMALES.

rs VISITING OR REsIDENT G0vERSEss
"A teachcs solid branches english. German, French
aud ruaimenls OF music also needleworh references Ad
&sss y. u. NJ box 1I5 Herald Office
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STATISTICS OF CRIME.

CRIMINAL RECORD or THIS CITY ron THE
PAST YEAR ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF
THE BOARD OF PoLtCg JUSTICES.
The report OF the Board OF Police Justices Tor the
year ending October 81 1875 gives some very interests
Ing statistics OF the various phases OF crime this
city Tho total number or arrests IN the city were
81 307--malos g. 1885, females 235ls or these there
were held upon some charges SO, 1870 males ana 1904
females-Toal, 1854 O this number 351 had been
held as witnesses and "a were pending at Tho
date OF the report leaving 700 finally disposed
by the Police Justices These cases. In tho order OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
AN IMMENSE CLAIM.

Sheriff Cooper, Of Suffolk county, has just received
papers for service upon T. NJ. Grninq attorncyatlaw
at Rivcrsead, from one Wagner at wavericy, suing
FOR damages TO the amount OF over S. 900, O00
which Wagner claims 70 have sustained In conse-
quence OF MIR. Grilng having on behalf of OF his
clients, caused the seizure OF team OF horses
preventing WAGNER as he claims, from cuiivating a
particular kind of grape vine which he calculates
would by this time have realized to him millions Of
dollars Mr.. Grining Is alarmed at the
prospect Of being mucted In these untold mIIhona
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
SMUGGLED CLOTHS.

From information received by the customs authori-
ties Inspector William f. Haradon repaired yesterday
10 tho Stuttgart House, No. "a Greenwich street, where
he found in one Of the Of the house trunk
filed with pieces OF cloth OF various grades
from one and quarter yards to thirty yards, besides
sucn studs as are used Tor Innings The trunk and its
contents are alleged 10 have been struggled from the
steamer City OF Chester on her last trip TO this city,
and were passed at Castle Card baggage The
value OF the soizurc estimated to be between $500
and $500, anu tho goods stored In tho seizure
room OF tho Custom House,
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Total. ......................5 s 900 IL $40 So 700
The miscellaneous incluae cases OF abandon.
ment OF children, abductlon 1; maIpt acIice, q;
b.gtmy, 8; escaped convicts, o; forgery, ST; hom-
eide, 4; perjury, ~; outrage, 81; seduction and
another, L. There arc of inlsnticide IN the
list About twohitns OF the persons arrested were
born In the United States and the number IN Iro
iani. Those Of tho remaining Attn were from Ger
many, England, Scotland, Franco, Itsly, &c.
tho period of ls al which crime seemed 10 blossom
In people was between tho OF twenty and thirty
The ages of nearly two-nfhs OF the whole criminal
population ranged within those years. Tho hues> COL
lcclcd IN the six police courts during the year
amounted to SIS, $50 30.
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BROKEN BY THE BLAST.

Thomas Kchoc, eighteen years old, while walk.
Ing on Fourth avenue, near Ninety third street,
WIS etruok with stone from blast on Lexington nv
onue, block away. One OF his legs was broken and
no was taken 10 Nineiy-ninth street Hospital
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-11
Beating An Insurance Company

The night OF the 18th of last May II G
weather being oppressively hot, Horace
F. Smith, general freight agent Of the
Memphis division of the Louisville
Nashville & Great Southern railway
accompanied by Mr. Hathaway, aguest q
Mr.. Smith, and negro man crossed the
river in skiff for the purpose Of enjoying
a skiff-ride in the cool night air. Later
in the night Hathaway and the negro
returned to the city without Smith, anC
detailed thrilling story, the substance
of which was that Smith took the oar!
for exercise and worked himself into pro
fuse perspiration, but suddenly stopped
and rising to his feet, exclaimed: :"
feel as if | had burst blsOd-vessel," fell
overheard backward, sank to the bottom,
and was never seen again.
The story was believed by the majority,
but il soon leaked out tina, policies OF
insurance on his life, aggregating $50,
600, we're in existence, which led few
to believe that it was put up JOB.
A short time ago brother OF smiths,
living at Hot Springs. Ark, received a
Latter from Horace F. Smith, written at
some noint in Texas. The Hot Springs
Smith forwarded the letter to another,
r. NJ. Smith, at Louisville, who came to
Memphis and gave the information that
Horace F. Smith is still living, thus
nipping in the bud stupendous scheme
to swindle the insurance companies ou,
of $4,000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-11
lnrecOgnizcd Genius.

There would be less of mistitting in
the business of life if parents and teach
ers, instead of ignoring, would consider
the predisposition Of boys, Andrews
Bazaar gives these two illustrations o
bows whose genious was at first ignored
Smeaton, the great mechanic, when {
boy, disdained the ordinary plaything'
of boyhood. He collected the tools o
workmen, and bothered them with ques
tions. One day, after having watched
some millwrights, he was discovered, tt
the great distress of his family, in a stu
alton of great danger, fixing windmill
on the top of the barn. His father sem
him to London to study law hut he
declared that law did not suit the bent
of his genius" and addressed memorial
to his father to show his utter incompe-
tency for legal pursuits. His father
finally abandoned him to the bent of his
genius, and it was he who built the
Eddystone lighthouse in the midst OF
the waves.
Able la Gallo one of the first astron'
omers of bis time, when only ten years
old, was sent by his father every evening
to ring the church bell, but always re.
turned home late. His father was angry
and beat him, and stu the boy stayed
out an hour after his task was accom-
plished. II $ father went and watched
him one night; saw him 90 into the
steeple and ring the bell, but never came
down for an hour, When he made hi
appearance and was questioned, he con
ft ssed that he had been looking at the
stars His father was not born astron
omer, therefore he hogged his son seyerly
and left him to come home by himself. He
met man of science on the way, who
seeing his tears, made kindly inquiries
and when he discovered that boy o
such tender age possessed passion fo
watching the stars by the hour together
and had improyised an observatory in
steeple, he Investigated the matter, ant
placed the child in situation TO stud.
what he most desired.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-11
THE PLAGUE
I'm New Mexico whole Families Pros.
trated offerings Endured-FOOd,
Medicine and Money Needed.


The epidemic still continues; the at
tack is not severe and yields readily to
ouinine, but unfortunately there is ns
auinine in the country outside of the
military hospitals. The first symptom
is a chill, which is followed by severe
fever lasting four or five days, when the
patient-Mith proper treatment--cOnva-
iesces Whole families and whole
neighborhoOdsa are Frustrated at one time,
and there is no person to procure and
prepare food in consequence many poor
people are literally starving to death.
We visited one family of six persons
this week, all of whom were down with
the fever, not one was able to get up to
give another a cup of water; there was
not an ounce of food in the house, fine
fields of corn belonging to the head of the
family were going TO destruction for
want of care. This is not an isolated
case, most of the neighbors were in the
same condition. When able to crawI
out the children would gorge themselves
with green corn and melons; they had
nothing else to eat. 1t is a matter o.
astonishment that the deaths have beer
80 few in this town under the circum
stances. Over one thousand persons have
already been stricken with the epidemic
in this town, and but fifteen deaths have
occurred. At this moment there is al
unprecedented amount ofsuffering anon.
the poor people of this country. Owe
five hundred destitute sick are in neet
of relief. They require medical attend
ance. We know of whole families lying
sick who are in absolute danger of star
wing to death. llesilla independent.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-11
Cutting n Medicine Stone.

A number of ladies and gentlemen
assembled at the tent of General Hunt,
in Summerville, on Friday last, to wit
ness what is seldom seen in America, or
in any other country-the cutting ard
dissection of a bezoar or medicine
stone. At the appointed hour the
beautiful gem was placed on the table,
inspected and admired by all present,
Professor Holmes then gave short
description of the bezoars found in
eastern countries, comparing them with
those of America, or more properl y Of
South Carolina. The name bezoar was
he said, derived from the Persian words
"pa zahar," which signifies against
poison. In the east they are called
medicine stones in Africa hag stones or
charm stones. The specimen exhibited
on this occasion Is about the size of a
laroe hens egg, of mottled yellow
color, with tint of brown, having its en-.
tire surface highly polished. The polish
is natural, caused by the action of the
muscles OF the stomach of the animal in
which it was found upon each layer of
mineral matter deposited.
A piece of scantlipg having been pre-
pared and mOrtised with cavity just
large enough to contain the stone, it was
imbedded therein firmly with "plaster of
paris" the better to prevent taking or
crumbling, to which, from its laminated
and brittle structure, it is peculiarly
liable. With very fine and highly
tempered saw it was then cut Longitude
nally through the middle, which took
but few minutes, During the cutting
some little excitement was evinced as to
what the nucleus or contents of the stone
would prove to be.
Upon opening the bezoar the nucleus
proved 10 be a large and perfect ACORN
which several gentlemen present imme.
diately recognized as that OF the white
oak. 1t was covered by four layers or
laminn of mineral substances, composed
generally of phosphates and carbonates
of lime and iron, and some slick. The
mould of the acorn is very perfect, hav-
ing all the external markings of the
fruit. There are two impressions, ap,
parently made by the teeth of the animal
before swallowing the nut. Acorns are
favorite food OF Carolina deer During
the autumnal months their tracks are
almost always to be found under the
oaks of the forests which have borne
acorns.
This is the third specimen Of bezoar
that has been cut and examined by Prof
Holmes, and we believe the only ones
ever dissected in America. The nucleus
found in the first bezoar was flattened
ball or buckshot with fragment Of the
skin and a few hairs the animal had
undoubtedly been wounded about six
years before it was killed, as there were
six layers or laminm of mineral matter
surrounding the buckshot. The second
bezoar cut contained a pebble of quartz.
-UdriestOTn Ne1CS.
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The Cars Hard Task.

At Russian headquarters 1t is stated
that no overtures OF peace will be listened
to until after some overwhelming victory,
when the czar can dictate his own con.
ditions. Unfortunately this is no vain
conjecture. A politician recently con-
versed with the Emperor Alexander on
the possible issue of the campaign, and
suggested that in ca e of another defeat
like that of Pevna it would be wise to
make peace on the basis of the status quo
ante jelilm "Nevcr," exclaimed the
czar, "will expose myself to the fate of
Napoleon Ill.," and repeating the words
of Gen. Ducrot after the battle OF Cham
pigny, he added, "h rcnterai en- RuSsie
mart on vict0rieur," The conclusion OF
peace, as | have already shown, is not
wholly dependent upon the imperial will
nor must it b. imagined that the reIuc-
tance of the CHar to enter upon the war
originated from considerations of elem
ency and humanity. 1t has since been
averred that what made the emperor
hesitate was the fear Of his army lnef
liciency, and his unwillingness to expose
Russia's interiority in the face OF Europe.
1t is true that he was driven by the Pan
Slavonian committees and his own cntow.
age to the extremity of war; but now
that his troops are once in the field they
are not likely to stop halfway in the ter
rible task they have undertaken. If the
car looks toward home he beholds his
halfruined people ready to make the
last sacrifice without murmur; but the
result must be victory, the Turk must
be taken at any price, and according to
the Grand Duke Nicholas and his staff,
Constantnople must be occupied. To
Judge from the result obtained so far,
these are long-winded plans if, indeed,
they are ever to be achieved. lnterven-
ton before the Russians reach the gates
of the capital simply means international
coercion toward the Turks, and the recog.
milton of Russia as the mandatory Of
Europe. Thus, whatever may be the III
tentions and dispositions OF the porte, no
victory short of actual annihilation can
be looked upon as the actual torerunner
of peace. 1t is quite as much question
of lite and death to the czar to suspend
hostilites before attaining his ends AZ it
is to pursue the campaign even after a
single defeat. Hence all hope of the
rapid success of the Russian troops being
now aboneded, people here have made
up their minds to see the campaign pro-
longed for many months to come.-C0r
Of L0ndOH Daily IeieVdph
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-11
An AcrOnnut Killed.

Glade Springs, in this county, was OH
Monday thronged from all parts OF the
surrounding country to witness the bal
loon ascension, According to announce
ment, tho travelling show of Prot. II.
Hoffman made ia appearance and pre-
pared for exhibition. Their large iron
furnace was put to work, and the balloon
hoisted over by means of two poles on
either side, forty feet high. The balloon
was inflated by means Of kerosene oil and
wood, with u small quantity of gasoline
added. When it vas filled as usual, Mr.
llainur, the aeronaut Taa Informed, but
he said II want more gas this time. !"
Two pints more of oil were put in, and
when exhausted, the dampcr to the iur-
mace was shut down, then he jumped into
his position, and like an arrow, the
great air ship shot upward, carrying its
human freight dangling at its end. IT
had assembled some 300 feet, and while
the actor WAS performing on a Horizontal
bar, hangin" by his feet with his head
down, waving his handkerchief to the
nervous people below, the patched and
dilapidated canvass split from bottom to
top with report that was heard miles
away. No sooner had the gas escaped
than the balloon collapsed and came
shooting down as swiftly as it had darted
up. The aeronaut saw his situation, and
as quick az thought turned himself and
regained his foothold. and commenced a
maneuvre to dodge telegraph wire and
post towards which he was failing. This
he succeeded in doing striking the ground
with terrible force, which bounced him
up, to be caught and pressed down by
the balloon. All of this was the work
OF moment The crowd was literally
paralyzed, women sickening and fainting
and men unable, in their horror, to move
The companions Of the unfortunate mar
stood riveted to the ground, and not
until some citizen undertook to move the
canvas, did they stir. The man wa
found to be alive and conscious, bu
dreadmlly bruised and mangled. ll'
was through it all calm and cool, anC
described his feelings as, descending, hi
felt and saw death staring him in th'
face. He was taken to the hotel where
both Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson did all il
their power to relieve his sufferings
With all the aid nothing could be accom-
plshed, and at 1880 o'clock p. m, he
paid the penalty of death for his reck'
iessness His name is Frank Hainur,
from Warren, Ohio. His father, we learn,
has been for years book.keeper for
Packard & Barnum, hardware merchants
at that place Abingdon Ia.) Standard