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The New York herald., 1877-09-18
KILLED BY A FALL.

Thomas Gillespie, aged sixty-six years, OF No. "a
Spencer street, Williamsburg, fell through hatchway.
distance OF twenty-five feet, IN the building used by
the Williamsburg Brewing Company, on scholes street,
about six O'Clock last night. Four ribs we're broken
and he sustained compound fractures OF tho lower law
breast bone, Knee bones and lower bones bot arms
He died shortly aftcrward Coroner Nolan pan He'd
jury and fixed the date oil the inquest for the 24h
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
GERMAN IN THE SCHOOLS.

The German citizens OF Newark, who met short
timc AGO for ac purpose OF taxing tie necessary steps
for the Introduction OF German in tho public schools,
have sdortcd u set Of resolutions which are to be
NJ escnt cd 10 the Board OF Education. The rcsolu
demand that German shall be taught In all the Schools
and " n then At least In the schools located in
iha wards populated by the Germans
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
FEROCIOUS DOGS.

Two fcrocous dogs, owned by Rowland 4 Greason
coal dealers at No. So Harrison street, Brooklyn at
tackled Maggie Lawer, seven years OF age, OF No 30
Harrison street. and bit her In terrible manner ycs-
terday. Her head and lace are Iaccratod She was
taken 10 ST. Peters Hospital.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
SAILED.

ship Marianne Notebohm, for San Francisco; barks
Frcidig tNor Dantzic: Emmanuel (Norl Cork or Fal.
mouth; - Bernhard Ucr Bremen; trgs Gem, Barbados
Robert Move, do.
Also sailed steamer Albemarlc, for Lcwcs Del; shin
Fhwn GcnOa; bark Inns Nilsson IIange lNorl Cork.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

Tho following record will show the changes In the
temperature ior the past twenty four hours CON-
parison with the corresponding date OF last year
indicated by tn, thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy,
HERALD Bulldne:-
The New York herald., 1877-09-18

THE GRAND OPERA HoCsE-"sECRET SERVICE;
OR, M'pARLAN THE DETECTIVE"
The above is the name Of a sensational drama,
which, although 1t has been performed IN Philadel-
ph,n, was played at the Grana Opera House in this
city for the first time last night 1t Is adaptation
from story called The Molly Magu;res" and, as its
title Indicates the play deals principally with the ad
ventures Of the hero James Mcparan, who, under the
alias Of "McKenna,n becomes member Of the ordor,
acquires its secrets, reveals and tolls the plans
OF IT'S leaders and finally brings the latter
TO justice. When It said That thc Incl
dents represented intended to be startling"
that the action very lively and provoked good
deal OF the old fashioned hi h of the east side, and
that everybody seemed to know what was coming In
the successive because familiar with tho de-
scrpton already published the HERALD 1t is about
all that need be added about the play. Some of the
scenery and several Of the situations wcrc good. The
audience was large especially in the upper tiers.
which were occupied PRINCIPALLY by workipgmon and
youngsters in shirt sleeves. he play will doubtless
through tho week, because to a certain class its
plot attractive but the public at largo Will find tIe
In the ambitious ana frequently stilted dialogue 10
compensate for three hours sitting ''Secrct Ser
vce is TO be succeeded next week by "Ah SIM"
The New York herald., 1877-09-18

Average temperature yesterday 20
Average temperature Tor corresponding date last
year.........".......- ..-..................... e..
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
RACING AT SACRAMENTO.
BEST TIME ON THE PACIFIC COAST.

san FRANCISCO, Sept II, 1871
Al the State Fair races al Sacramento to-day Leam-
inR,on Belle won tho three quarters dash for two
yearold ncs in LACK, being the best time for tho
class the Pacific coast
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
WEATHER REPORT.
FOREIGN PORTS.

HoLYnrAp. Sept II, FM-wind NE, moderate.
PLYMOUTH, Sept II, PM-Wind Il. light; fine.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
AMUSEME ENTS.

s'srEucK OIL" AT THE UNION SQUARE THEATRE.
Tho first performance in this city o; ''Struck Oil"
was attended last night by large audience,
which declared It a success by continuous laugh
ter and applause. The theme Is domestic affection,
and tho story, which Is simple enough, tells oil
. Pennsylvania Dutchmansa shoemaker, who lives IN
humble happiness with his wifc and daughter during
the early part oil the late Their quiet household
10 broken up by the rascality of one Skin
nor. who holds a mortgage tho house, ana
John Stocl is forced to enlist SINNERS subst'-
tutc receiving in consideration OF that service the
mortgage and deed for piece of land, supposed
to be worthless Ho conccais the deed under
his hearthstone, goes to the war, and aner
nve years. absence is supposed 70 %
killed. In tho meanwhile oil is 'struck" on
the land and, the decd not being produced,
enormously rich out OF John StocPs properly.
The Dutchman returns at tho moment when his
house is to be sold 10 skinner crazy from wound in
the head. His senses are restored by fall rom
derrick brilliant idcs.oy ,ne hy Nay nchr,s nney eae
which recalls the rhyme OF 'hc man
who, when his eyes were put out oy an IVY bush
scratched them In again by Jumping into bram0le
The production OF tho lost deed follows skinner goes
10 prison Tor swlndling and John stoie becomes tho
owner OF Osburg Into his plot path's and humor are
not unsxilfuIly woven; there are many dramatic
passages, and the dialogue lhcugh sometimes super
aSS: ns.S.io well wnoa ~''n being samey pa%Dy
and funny without being vulgar Tho strong
resemblance TO KIP van .hkic is, however, pain,
especially in tho third act whcro the elements and
situations are almost Identical with the third act OF
Mr.. jefferson Is play.
Mr. j. e. williamson has succeeded 1.-The difficult
task of making Dutch character bear theweght OF
thrco act drama. HIS personation of an honest,
simple Pennsylvania German is excellent,
and full OF fine feeling and true humor There Is no
limitation of Kip In manner purpose, for the
resemblance which have alluded be-
longs only to the play and not to the
performance. Mr.. williamson returns to tho
New York stage accomplished artist Tho role
OF Lizzie Stoel, the daughter, Was charmingy played
by Miss Maggie Moore, who added to natural pic
ture OF German girl the entertain ment OF
several songs and q dance. skinner was capltally
by Mr.. Weaver, and tho cast IS generally good
Tho scenery is all and tho interior OF Dutch cot
tagc, the view OF Psberg and tho sensational derrick
effect are particularly attractive.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
SPOKEN.
OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS.

Bark Teckaet Tracey. from Amsterdam for New York,
40 lat 10 Ion IT
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
PORT OF NEW YORK, SEPT. II, 1877.

sModerate. tBrsk.
The New York herald., 1877-09-18
SErrsMBxR II, 1877.

HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER-
VATIONS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Distributing the Centennial Assets.

Mr., Frederick Fraly, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Centennial Board of
Finance, notifies the public that on and
after the 9th of next month the Board
will make the following payments to
the stockholders, or their legal repre-
sentatives, at the Office, 904 Walnut
street First, the interest on the sew
oral installments paid on the capital
stock, as adjusted up to January /,
1876 and, second, Il distribution on
account of the remaining assets, equal
to $1.75 for each share of Stock. Sub
scriptions were received for about two
hundred and thirty-tivc thousand shares
of stock, at $40 each. But for the adj
verse decision Of the Supreme Court in
the 81 800 900 case the Board would be
able to pay back to the stockholders
about eighty per cent. of their invest
ment, OF over three times as much rs
can now be returned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Disastrous Railroad Investments

The material record of the railroads :,
the United States, as we have seer. i ne
mean achievement. 1t has met and
overcome obstacles of distance and con
%struction in a way which justifies the
belief that it will be equal to any future
emergency which can arise. Hampered
by the want of ready money in the com.
munity it came proposing TO aid, il has
devised and successfully practiced fnan.
cial methods as new as its methods ne
transportation. Towns and counties
have been induced to bond themselves
for its aid. The capitalists of the Old
World have been seduced into TAKING
their bonds. Stockholders-freouentlS
there were none-and those who SIM
piled the funds On construction bonds
have seen the property pass to other
hands, from whom fresh levies had been
made with mortgages as a security. The
attainment of our railroad system has
probably been as financially disastrous
to the class of investors who bore the
brunt of the first cost, as the settlement
Of the country itself was to the original
supporters of the colonies settled all
along the coast from Massachusetts to
Georgia, and especially the proprietary
colonies. The incompetence of the
methods of one era to meet the e~xieen.
cies of the next is nowhere seen more
plainly than in the development of f.
nance. Though it has been claimed
that at is safe to say that this forgotten
element in the account the mere
amounts of money actually paid into
construction, and since wiped out of
existance by insolvency or loss of inter
est would constitute more than a setofi
for the largest amount of watered stock
ever alleged to have been issued" vet il
is hardly to be expected that the debtor
and creditor accounts of the railroad
with the public can be keet in this way
with entire satisfaction to the community.
For the community, with the railroad
itself, has gone through a process of edu-
cation, though possibly in a different
observation-disclosures Howhnd, an Harpr's
Magazine for September.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Cheek.

A New Mexico journal tells this anec.
dotc of Major Tom Ochiltree: "On one
occasion he was in England, II guest Of
Il nobleman who had come in contact
with him during a visit to this country,
and who had fallen an easy victim to
Toms unsurpassed impudence and
powers of fascination. The English
man had taken Tom to London, and
was exhibiting him to his friends as a
genuine American lion. Tom was
plentifully supplied with funds by his
noble friend, and was cutting a grand
figure. One day Tom and his friend
met the Prince of Wales at a club. The
nobleman asked permission of the
Prince to introduce his American friend.
Leave having been obtained, Tom was
formally introduced to the heir appar-
ent. He grasped the royal hand and
shook it heartily, and then burst out,
Wales, old fellow, I'm devilish glad to
know you: let's take a drink The
horror of the nobleman was changed to
amazement when the Prince gave Toms
hand a hearty shake, and replied,
Don't care if l do Cheek carried tho
dav."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
How Miss Wilson Shot Another Panther.

Miss Melissa Wilson, Of Sheridan,
Yamhill county, of panther notoriety,
has again made herself famous by kill
ing another of these animals. Yester-
day morning she was out looking for a
COW, and found where a panther or bear
had killed a large sheep belonging to
her father. The animal had dragged 1t
some 800 yards up a mountain. Me
LISA returned home and took her small
rifle and her fathers dogs. She then
vent back to the place where the sheep
had been killed and put the dogs ON the
track. They soon freed a large panther
on a lofty fir tree, and Miss Wilson put
a bullet right between his eyes, bringing
him down dead at the first shot.-Pon-
hqd OreQOnidp.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
A Little too Fast.

A fayorite trick with the hotel swindler
is to hand a large sealed envelope stuffed
with paper, to the clerk, and ask him to
take care of those notes fora few days,
Then when the parcel is opened and no
notes are found, there is a row. The
game has been played often, and hotel
keepers are On their guard, A seedy
looking old man at c. handed the
clerk an envelope marked -Four SlW
bills, " and asked that it be put in the
safe. you can't play that game on me
sir !" replied the clerk, and he tore the
package in a number of pieces. As ne
held up the ends his eyes began to bulge,
out. He had torn into several hundred
pieces four good notes, and he had IN
suited the owner, One reason why ne
wasn't at his post the balance OF the
afternoon was because he was passing
those notes into shape.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22

the bloodiest encounter, i'll proportion
to the number engaged, that occurred
during the war. Nor could either party
claim a decided victory. The patriots
remained masters Of the field, but the
fort wa not then relieved. Gen. Herki-
mer was taken to his residence below
the Little falls on the Mohawk, where
he died ten days afterward. His death
is said to have been occasioned by the
unskillful ofhis surgeon. After
his leg had been amputated Col. Willett
called to see him, and found him sitting
up in bed, cheerful and smoking his
pipe. The surgeon was drunk the
blood continued to flow from the limb,
and no other surgeon was ut hand. The
general soon became convinced that his
end was near He called for his Bible,
read aloud the thirty-eighth psalm,
closed the book, sank back upon his
pillow. and expired. Stone, in writing
of him, said eff Socrates died like Il
philosopher, and Rosseau like an unbe-
lieving sentimentalist,' Gen. Herkimcr
died like a Christian hero.
The loss Of life at the battle Of Oris-
kany is differently stated. St. Leger
wrote to Burgoyne that four hundred
(patriots) lay dead on the field, among
the number of whom we're almost all
the principal movers of the rebellion
in that country. The British also
claimed to have taken two hundred
prisoners. DR.. Thatcher, in his Mill
tary Journal" records the American
loss as cone hundred and sixty killed
and a great number wounded" The
Indians lost seventy men with several
/ chiefs.
After the battle the siege Of the fort
went on. No correct intelligence of the
event had been received there. st. Le-
ger cndeavored by diplomacy and by
representation of the horrors which
would follow Il prolonged resistance to
persuade the garrison to c%apitulate. To
one Of these oyertures Gansevoort re-
piled in writing that he would defend
the fort TO the last extremity. Mean
time Col. Willett, with Lieut.. Stockwell,
made his way to the headquarters Of
Gen. Schuyler, in quest of reinforce
ments and supplies. Gen. Arnold,
with the Massachusetts, brigade of Gen.
Learned, advanced toward the fort. He
sent forward a tory prisoner under sem
tcnce of death with instruction to pro-
ceed to the fort and to alarm st. Leger
by II false representation of the number
OF Americans approaching. The result
of this rus Mas that the siege was sud
denly raised under the belief that Ar
mold with two thousand mcn was APP
preaching. The savage allies had been
thoroughly frightened, and, in spite os
the protests Of st. Legcr, made prcpar-
ations for immediate flight. The British
general was compelled with his half
starved army to move Gown Ontario to
Canada. Col. Wlllett was left in com
mand of the post and thus ended the
memorable siege of Fort Schuyler.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Railroad Life Insurance.

In the midst of the advice that Mr..
Vanderbilt is receiving free from the
newspapers comes an eXhortatlon 70
him to establish Il life insurance for M
men. For years the workmen OF the
Hartford division of the New YORK,
New Haven and Hartford road have had
an insurance company, on the direcl
assessment plan, by which each m
is insured for from $400 to $500. Ii tne
1900 workmen on the Central paio
each n quarter, when one OF their mem
bers died, the dividend would be SUI
and this is considerably more that Ut
average amount of life insurance II!
Connecticut s 2,052 is the average amount
men insure for.-Harford Courdm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Trump kards.

We copy from Josh Billings new
book, Trump Kards, a few of the phi
losopher's remarks, and recommend
them to our readers
| hay never known u second wife but
what waz boss ov the situashun.
Whiskee is Il hard thing to convince,
therefore i never argy with a drunken
man.
Maids marry to change their condi-
shun, widows marry to improve it.
After Il man gifts to be 3S years old he
kant form emmy habits mulch, the best
he kan do is to steer his old ones.
luv n rooster for two things. One IL
the crow that IL in him, and the other
IL the spurs that are on him, to bak up
the crow with.
Emmy man who kan swop horses, or
ketch fish, and not he about it, IL Just
about as pious ~ men ever get to be in
the world.
The sassyest man i ever met, liza hen
peckt husband, when he IL away from
home.
An enthusiast IL an individual who
behaves about 4 times az much az he
kan prove, and who kan prove about 4
times az much AZ ennyboddy else be
leaves.
The dog that will follow everybody,
amt worth II cuss.
Those people who are trieing to git to
heaven on their kreed will find out ut
last that they didn't have thru tickets.
The greatest mistake emmy woman
kan make, IL, just az soon az her hus-
band haz been elekted capting ov a
mallsha company to appear IN his nu
uniform.
Too long courtships are not allwuss
judicious, the partys often tire lou skorc-
ing, before the trot begins.
Natur seldum makes Il phool, she
simply furnishes the raw materials, and
lets the fellow finish the job to suit
himself.
Young man, learn to wait, if you I'M
dertake to sett a hen before she Is red
dy, VA will lose your time and confuze
the hen besides.
One of the best trades emmy man kan
make IL to sell out his religious kreed
and invest the proceeds in charity.
One quart Of cheap whisky, the
cheaper the better, j~udishiously APP
piled, will do more dizziness for the
devil than the smartest deakon he haz
got.
BE mereiphull to all the dumb ami
mals-no man can ride into heaven on
Il sore-backed horse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
The Debt of New York CITY.

Comptroller Kelly announces the net
debt of the city to be S132,9 O3 ,22O. PC.
During the year he also chronicles the
ugly fact that stock and bonds to the
amount of S17,6 6 1880 have been
issued for various purposes. Sound
financial authorities are of opinion that
if these constant additions to the per-
manent debt are not arrested the city
will be bankrupt. There must be some
limit to the load, and that seems to be
reached now, whatever the City-Hall
statesmen may think of it.-PhHadephid
Ledger,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
AN AWFUL EXPIATION.
A Negro in Arkansas Burned mt the
Stake for Rape and Murder..The Exc.
cutiOnerS Unknown.
Hamburg tArk.) Monitor.

On Friday night, about midnight, a
posse of between sixty and seventy-five
men quietly entered our town, went to
the blacksmith shop, broke it open, pro-
cured tools and proceeded to the Jail
and broke open the door. They went
to the cell in which George jackson, the
negro ravishcr and murderer Of the lit
tie girl Comma Haynes. was confined,
and breaking open the door of the cell
they took George ont and departed.
They carried him south of town about
four miles, neal the Berlin road, where
they chained him to Il green sapling,
and there burned him. The whole af-
fair was conducted SO quietly, except
the r.oiSe made in breaking open the
shop, that very few persons were aware
of their presence until they We're lcay-
ing town. As they were going off they
set up Il loud yelling, which was done to
prevent the voice of the negro from
being heard. Some of our citizens saw
them riding through the streets. and
learning that they had the negro followed
them till they came to the place of exc
cutiOn. When they arrived there. how
ever, the negro WAS bllrlltQ 10 utatn II
the men all gone. At Mr.. Brazzealc's
the kidnappers halted and gave George
some water and asked j. c. Brazzcalc
to go with them and hear what George
had 10 say. This he declined doing.
We are told 10y Mr.. BraMeale and others
that Georges cries We're vociferouS. and
were heard 10y the ueighborS as far as
two miles of. While at the Jail these
men informed Mrs. Holmes. who lives
III the Jail, and who was no doubt very
much excited, that she need not be
alarmed, as their business was to pro-
tect females, As to who they were or
whence they came all is wrapped in
mystery. They were seen in the even
ing south of here; and c~onvcrScd with
some Of the citizens and, Notwithstanding
they were undiSguised, none of them
were recognized. Some said they were
from Monroe, some from Bastrop and
some from Nick~burg. These state
nteutS rs TO the localities, however,
amount to nothing. Some persons
visited the scene ON sunday and found
only a small portion of the body-say
about Il pounds.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22

TIE Wool CLIP.-The wool clip OF tae
United States for 1876 was about w,
100000 pounds; of England, Ireland anu
Scotland, about 1872, 100000, mosts
combing; of the continent of Europe
about 463, O0O.O of Australasia, about
350,O00,OO0; of Buenos Ayres n nj g.
La Plata, about 2o7 ,0O0,on pouhIs,
These are the principal w~ooEgroHlns
countries of the world, and proauo'
1,3S2,000 1000 out of the estimated l'fiS,
100000 pounds produced on the enliIT
globe. The selling value of the l nno
clip would probably aggregate sf2VIo0V 81
900. Out of 1,419,000,oOO POUNDS n
wool the estimated clip there wouia ~
be fully a loss of 567 100000 pouhu I3oan
securing, making the net yield OF cie"''
wool about 100000 pounds