Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-26
uUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Poisoning an Oarsman-- Iortsl Ity-summer
Places Temperance-i.ife Insurance again
-Business.

how much. Occasionally an hon.
est man undertakes 10 row, or run,
or fight, or walk or do something,
and if no cannot be bought he is
disabled in some way If it is the in
tersst of the gamblers to do it. A
rowing match, which excited much
interest among the sports, was ar
ranged between Riley and Courtney
Courtney was known to 90 the best
man, and bets on him were three to
one. A little ring of sporting des-
peradoes took all the bots they
could, and an immense amount of
money was staked on tho event. AT
noon on the day of the race, Courtney
was in excellent condition. He sat
down at his hotel to take the little
refreshment allowed him, cup of
iced tea being part of it. He
drank it and noticed that its taste
was unpleasant. A few minutes af-
ter he was taken very sick, he vom-
tied severely, and fell into a stupor
from which he did uot recover till
night. Riley rowed over tho course
alone, the judges awarded him the
race, and the money in the pools
was paid over to his hackers. Court
ney had been drugged with arsenic.
This is no moro than is done every
day on the race tracks in tho city,
and is fair illustration of the SPORT
ing men.
| Alarming Mortality.
The excessive mortality among
children in the city is oecasioning
alarm. The deaths last week were
over 500 in excess of the correspond
ing week for years, the mortality be-
ing mostly confided to children, it
is not, as usual, confined to the ten
ement houses, but the children of
| the better classes have suffered ter.
ribly. The weather has been unus-
ually severe, and the streets and all,
legs were never so filthy. The ac-
cumulations of last winter were left
on the ground till late in the spring,
and then not wholly removed. Un-
der the hot July sun the cutters and
back yards of the densely populated
streets in the lower parts of the city
emitted concentration of stenches
that singly were enough to kill q
healthy adult, to say nothing of
weak and insufficiently nurtured
child. The germ of the disease once
set afloat was carried into the bet
ter regions, and the child of many a
wealthy man died as an atonement
for his neglect Of the poor, "whom
we have always with u.s." The
board of health, always weeks too
late, have taken hold of th matter
and their efforts have, in some meas.
| ure, checked the desease.
| The Summer Places.
The blazing sun must DO endured
by the poor of New York during
the week, for they must work to
| earn their bread But the Sundays,
every ono of them who can raise the
means, takes his wife and family to
W here o mouthful of fresh air is at
tainable Tho poorest go TO Central
Park, for five cents will take them
there. Last Sunday over 100000
people visited the park poor moth
ers with their sickly children staying
all day, having taken with thom
their lunch and supper, that the little
ones might get as much Of life as
possible to fortify thcm 5elvc, for
| the intolerablo heat of a close teno-
ment house for the next six days.
There whore 80, 900 poopio at Coney
Island the same day, and every land
and water route leading out of the
city to cool, fresh air was crowded.
| Fortunately there are many such
places about New York, and they
are of cheap and easy access.
The Temperance Movement
is progressing favorably. All the
noted orators in the country are
brought to New York in turns, so
that the feeling is not allowed to die
or lessen. Mother Stewart, who
started the crusade movement in tho
west is here, and is speaking every
day and night, with great effect.
Murphy will open his peculiar work
next week and Gen. Gibbon, of
Ohio, and other noted orators, are
held in reserve The legal part of
the work is better organized than it
has ever been. The rum-shops that
is caught without license, or that
in any way transgresses the law, is
held to all the penalties prescribed.
And as good lawyers with plenty
of money are employed, they worry
the sellers terribly. 1t is no joke to
them TO be arrested, for the old tricks
of indefinite postponement and
straw bail are not allowed to work
They have worried nearly two hum
dred bucket-shops out of existence.
The excise law which restricts the
sale of liquors to inns, is being
rightly enforced and consequently
all tho dirty little gin mills arc put
ting up the requisite three cots in
their little, dirty back-rooms. The
Temperance people are working for
3 decision to block this game, and
they will doubtless get it.
Life Insurance Again.
| The universal life insurance oil
this City is now in hot water, the
State perintendent having made il
the subject of a special report, in
which he charges mismanagement
on the officers and recommends that
the company be placed in the hands
of receiver. The oomany will re-
sist such step, and insists that it:
affairs are in solvent condi ton
but suspicion in respect to other
companies has so often been con
firmed, that the public is quite pre-
pared to believe the worst, and the
company is already dead in public
es.imatiou. Mr.. Fnrber, the Vice
President. is also the financial mana