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Alderman hahan of Scranton, Penn, Is also .
coroner and in that capacity he has been Oc-
cupying (metaphorically spcaldng) a sedentary
position upon the bodies of certain men killed
by the Mayors posse last week. Assisted by
an intelligent jury, and probably in turn as
sisting the intelligent jury, be has managed to
secure = verdict of wilfui murder against the
posse aforesaid, and but for the vigorous in
reference Of Gen. Iioidcnkoper Alderman
Mahan ere this would have had all tho de
Tenders Of law and order before him, and
probably have sent them all 10 Jail. This
comes Of appointing 10 the office of coroner a
man who is not fiji for il. Mahans action
seems TO have been legal; he is . coroner,
and as such he has right to do rs he has
done, though there are not wanting those who
declare il all to he a 0ne-sidcd, Illegal affair.
OF course such verdict is merely preliminary,
and the matter must be referred rs as
possible TO the Grand jury but until it can
be so referred. there is no doubt about
Mahan's authority in the premises. There
should be way Of releasing prisoners so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10
Hold HfKN.

Some weeks ago we warned all business men
to beware Of dangerous ventures this FAN. Bui
what do we seel A stock market blooming u
with wild speculation, the more reckless be-
cause those who are hopeful and those who
expect disaster arc temporarily working IN the
same drection-the men who expect higher
prices and the men who are borrowing money to
compel higher prices in the hope 70 get out be-
fore the collapse comes. As to the banks, we see
loans upon stock collaterals TO an extent not
equaled before since the wanton days of Aug
u,t. 1873. The reserve of the banks, dcductlng
the five per cent redemption fund, is only Tl4,-
385,515m excess Of the requirement. August >,
1873, and August /, 1877, the bank returns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10
compare thus:

The comparison is nOminaly favorable: the
deposits have decreased; the reserve required
has decreased; and the reserve held has de-
creased about $3,O00OOO less. But what are
the loans? Are they not rs dangerous in
character, ami as largely based upon spccula-
tive ventures. az thoy were in 1873 Bank
els tell us not. And they told us that there
was no danger four years ago. We only know
that the stock market ia in most critical
condition; that a very reckless speculation is
sustained by enormous loans by the banks on
stock cOlatcrais; that n very great and rapid
fall in price OF stocks j. contemplated by
everybody in the street Is likely when the
strong holders can get rid Of their ventures
that prices are showed mp desperately TO help
them; and that the fall, if it comes, viii bring
rs great a pressure as that OF 1873 upon banks
very much less able 10 bear it. In August,
1873. the weekly clearings were $420,090,
900, and in August, 1877, only $390,O00,-
600, but the decrease, only 100000, 900, is
wholly explained by decline of legitimate
business and the banks are Iishing every week
quite ~ much to sustain stock speculation as
they risked one month before the great crash.
What are the condtions2 Only two of the
chief trunk roads are paying dividends and
those with borrowed money. \ great strike
has inflicted losses amounting to many millions
in amount, which the roads must pay whether
they can afterwards recover or not from Coy
crnmcnts. Business everywhere is slack.
Prints opened at the lowest prices ever known,
and the first months trade broke down the
price one-half cent per yard. The iron bust
ness is in straits. The coal companies are fac
ing gaunt bankruptcy and angry miners. The
water transpOrtcrs have made an average rate
Of only eight cents from Chicago 10 New
York for July. Nobody knows how large
the grain crop may prove to be, but everybody
knows that the railroads are getting less than
one-Gfth of the quantity shipped. Meanwhile,
banks are netting their very existence and the
prosperity Of the whole business community
upon the success Of gamblers who want higher
prices for stocks.
This is the situation in August, 1877, and
it is not very different from the situation in
August 1873. We counsel those who do not
want trouble to take care that September,
1877, does not give ;hen shock as severe
and unexpected as September, 1873, gave to
the reckless spectators and desperate bankers
OF that day. The times aro not propitious for
great risks. Men who are wise viii sail near
shore Bankers who are honest will be eau
tious how they bet the money of others Oh
spcculations in Wall-st 4 great deal of eau
ton. just now, may prevent IL great deal Of
sniff rim hereafter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

Now that the Aldermen have undertaken 10
stop tho oycrcrowding of steamboats,, instead
of leaving that question to the United States
Steamboat Inspectors, 1t Is natural and reason
able to expect large number Of explosions.
Notwithstanding his urgent denial Of his
imperfoctonS, ex-Collector Decker Of Rochester
seems 10 have had some unfitness as q public
servant Hrs supcriOrs in Office think that he
did rot attend closely enough to his duties.
Possibly he spent too much time out Of doors
in hunting up adjectives TO express bis opinions
about the MISUNDERSTANDING.
People who are not cOnvcrSant with army
affairs occasionally ask why the Signal Service,
which they only know as connected with
weather predictions, has its peculiar title. The
management OF signals is, however, an import
ant part OF the duties Of an army, and the pro-
fciency attained by the corps whose head
quarters are at Washington gave the OppOr-
tunty for a brilliant performance night before
last, in honor of the Presidents visit OF in
spectiOn.
Heavy losses among the refneTs and i'm
porters Of sugar are now generally admitted to
be inevitable. 1t is thought, however, that
the loss viii principally fall on firms Of
sufficient wealth to weather the storm,
and that few failures will ensue. For
at least half century it has been a fea
tire Of the sugar trade in this city that it re-
quired a long purse, intervals Of extreme de-
preston occurring in which the weaker CON
Germs went to the wall.
From the conflicting stories respecting the
Il I.f
il is not vet possible to ascertain its cause
with certainty. Considering the large number
of people injured more or less seriously, il is o
marvel that none were killed outright and
the recovery of some of those who were most
severely hunt is scarcely 10 be hoped for.
New-Jerscy justice has the name of being
thorough in investigating this disaster let US
hope it will fix the gross carclessneSs that
must have caused it on the guilty ones.
The repudiatiOnists under the lead of Sen.
Toombs. carried the Georgia Constitutional
Convention Yesterday, and adopted a section
prohibiting the payment of the bonds issued
by the Bullock Government for railroad pur-
poses. There was q frightful amount Of fraud
connected with the issuing Of these bonds, but
70 repudiate them in gross, without 20 much
as judicial inquiry into their validity, ON the
ground stated by TOombs, that the Recon
s.ruction Government was a usurpati0n Is an
net of folly and dishonor. The day will come
when the people Of Georgia viii be ashamed
Of it.
The Malone faction were defeated to-day N
the Virginia Convention by vote of $50 to
20 521. They wanted the platform reported
first so as to have time TO make up their minds
whether to bolt or not in case they did not
like the declarations on the subject of the State
debt. but the Convention determined TO select
us nominees first II is to be hoped that the
Malone men viii carry out their threats OF
seeding. a square contest over the question
Of repudiation would test the moral fibre OF
the Virginia voters, and result in alliance be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

One feature of the Ohio Republican platform has
escaped general discussOn-tho resolution against
the extension of patents. There is certainly need
OF some reform in this direction. The intent Of the
present law is that extensions should only be grant
Ell ia eases whore, after reasonable efforts to III
troduce a valuable patent tho owner, from want Of
means or other good cause, has failed to realize p
fair Remuneration. Its practical operation is how
ever to benefit tho rich rather than the poor for
people who have made money out Of patents are
usually the ones that hire attorneys and lobbyists
and bring pressure to bear upon the Interior De
partmont or Congress 10 obtain extensions. The
poor patentec cannot afford the expense aud tho risk
Of failure aud no matter how meritori0us his case
may be- his patent expires. Ii seldom happens that
- valuable patent which has enriched its owners is
allowed 10 die without effort " proong los exist
once and such efforts too ofton successful. Per
haps il would bo going too far 10 prohibit all oSten
SONS but may 10 that tho evils Of tho present sys-
TEN can be got nd OF in no other way.
There Is something inimitablv grotesque about
Banton Duncan writing letter TO tho President to
notify him that he is organizing labor party in the
West If there any elements OF o new party
lying around loose in the neighborhood Of Louis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

tween the best elements OF the Conservative
party and the much-despised Republicans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

Notwithstanding his urgent denial Of his
imperfcctions, x-Collector Decker Of Rochester
seems 10 have had some unftness as a public
servant. HIS supcriors in Office think that he
did rot attend closely enough to his duties.
Possibly he spent too much time out Of doors
in hunting up adjcctives TO express bis opinions
about the notwithstanding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10

Now that the Aldermen have undertaken 10
stop tho ovcrcrowding of steamboats,, instead
of leaving that question to the United States
Steamboat Inspectors, 1t is natural and reason
able to expect a large number Of explosions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
SANITARY MATTERS.

VITAL STATISTICS OF NEW YORK AND oTHER
At the meeting of the Board of Health yesterday
the sum OF 200 transferred from the smallpox
fund TO the dsin fectant fund.
The following is synopsis Of the weekly report Of
the Bureau OF vital Statistics which was received and
approvcd:-
During the week ending Saturday. August 4. $50
deaths were reported this Bureau, which q de-
crease Of 81 compared with the number OF deaths re-
ported for the preceding week, but an increase of Al
Is compared with tie corresponding week Of 1915
u.s. which IS ~ below the average mortality Tor the
past years. and represents AN annual death ratio
3462 per 1000 persons living, the population estimated
The decrease during the past compared with the
preceding week was from the loliowsas causes viz
dsrrhna discusses SO; cancer 81 bronohitis Ii; ma,
8; Diseases Of the brain and nervous system, s;
Brights disease and uephrts g. and suicide, 81 while
pnth,ss pulmonslis. ls; pneumonia, 4; diseases Of
the heart II, and hydrocephalus and tubcrcuar mcn
nights, O.
90 institutions, S75 In tenement houses ITO
houses containing three families aud less, In hotels
The annual death rate per 1000 persons vng of the
estimated Or enumerated population, according TO the
most recent weekly reports Of wa: 2ss
Boston, s55 Cincinnati, l7.o9; New Orleans. "a II;
Cleveland % 43; Rich nond, 81 4S Erie 81 U.s. Savan
1855 Fail River, t43s; Lawrence, 81 o.; Lynn 13 6s
Springfield, $3.50 Monthly returns-Buffalo. 1874;
son, ss; slm,rs. 81 20; Dayton, Il; ToOao. ilss;
Yonkers, 2L3a Foreign c.ss-weekly returns
London, 212; Liverpool % II Birmingham, 81 4; Man
IT, 75 Dublin, 25 Belfast 81 Cork u; BRUSSELS "a o.
Antwerp, 222; Ghsnh %; Buda-Pesih, 2a6; Paris
2ls; Rome, ga; Naples, 20; Turin % Venice 263;
Berlin, 81 Il Munich, 50; Breslau. 81 Vienna, q Al
rrios,c 2a1; Copcnhsgsn, 262i Stockholm, % 3,
Chrissian's, al Amsterdam: 22o; ROTTERDAM, 20 81
sal Geneva with soburbsl 1879; Berne. 2la
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
SUICIDE OF AN ENGLsHMAN.

A SUPPOSED COMMERCIAL TnAvEL1ER CUTS HIS
THROAT AT THE ST. PETERS HOTEL
J. r. Graham, boarder ~ the b. Peters Hossl IN
West Eleventh street, near Brosdway, was found
dead In hrs bed yesterday afternoon about six O'clock
by the chambermsd, with hts throat cut from car 10
car. The bedding saturated with his blood, and
tho floor and furniture adjoining the bedstead were
also spashed with it Az what hour Graham wrought
the deed upon himself what mis- motive for self
slaughter was rot asoertaned II was evident, how
ever that the had been deliberately done cooy
prepared for. The razor used by Graham was found
with the blade tied 70 tho handle with strong piece
OF cord that It formed straight weapon, which could
thus used with more certain and deadly OBJECT The
cut from loft TO right and extended literally nom
aud severng bosh The carotid artery and juguar
Death have ensusd almost immediately attor the
s,rue 70 Ssd very late and nos rising An alter one
O'Clock. AZ he was not mp ct three the chamoermad
went 20 his room and Knocked a. me door, but re,
again between four and sx, each time with ike elect
Al SIX O'Clock she became alarmed and suspicious that
she bohed him lying as described The alarm was Mt
once gwen tho room entered, but tho body
cold in DEATH showing that tho deed had been done at
Graham me 10 the ST. Pster's Hotel on June 2s OF
tho present year. He was nne looking athletic man.
He arrived BY the steamship Canada from England aud
was supposed to DO commercial traveller several
EnaIisn dry goods lrms, whose cards were found
Eesd. Hien street, isIissson, London; r. Bryan.
Holloway road, North London; Underwood Mac
kay, Holloway road, North London Barreyman
q Field Canonbury road, I>ondoA Among bis enecls
was a very handsome Bible, upon the fly leaf
OF which was msoribod, ssTs ,. R. Graham,
Ss hs rom numSss AS1 ss
werc also found, which indicated that he was very
fond OF betting horses; there cards Of the
races England 1870 tickets Tor pools and book
making memoranda. There was also memorandum
OF subscription 10 the Carlisle Journal and Patriot
1850 q 1864 He had n 0ue wardrobe N
seemed 10 be In want Of money, % he always paid
his bills regularly, his last weeks bs being induced
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
THE DROWNED MILITIAMAN.

HIS late comrades OF the Newark militia have taken
charge Of tho funeral arrangements Of Private Geo.
who drowned while bathing at Phpsburg. Tho
company of which deceased was a member have re-
solved that he should be buried with fulI m ltary
honors and that all the New Jersey soldiers had
been encampcd at PhpsLurg should 10 invited 70
A ttend the funeral
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
THE APPRENTICES LIBRARY.

The Apprentices Library, long located at 47a
Broadway, viii, during the vacation, DO re-
moved to new quarters, In Robinson Hall, sixteenth
street. near Broadway. Extensive alterations will be
made the building about 10 be occupied, and when
they are completed twill accommodate 100000 vol
umes This library free TO all working boys and
girls OF whom about nine hundred now snjsy IL
privileges
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
WANTS TO DIE.

IN Newark, yesterday, Theron ". Van GIescn made
several desperate attempts to commit sucioe because
Of business msfortunes Finally be had be placed
IN the station house for sAfe KeeptnE he hni been
1sra1sed n mind tor eeme time nasA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08

DOCKAwAY BEACH.
~ Safety, Comfort and Romance.
The beautiful Steam Yacht
FLORENCE A"@
will leave West 22d st. at 10 A. M.
Returning leave Kockaway +. NJ.
Fare for Excursion, 81; single trip, GO cents.
CTEAMBOAT RESTLESS-TO CHARTER FOR EX-
Ccuions $50 $50 per day. Apply 3S Coenties slip
80 At
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08

A GRAND EXCURSION
IN to Long Branch every Thursday,
commencing THURSDAY, August q, 1877.
The SUPERB palace steamer EMPIRE STATE will leave
pier North River 40 A. NJ. giving the excursonists
1--WE hours Long Branch Returning arrive ut New York
Up VI.
Fare round trip only 81 Tor this day only
Music by O.
Professor As,rom's Brass and String Band
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08

DfRMCDA ST. THOMAS AID WESf INDlLs.--Tlir
Deetnnt mall steamer GAMMA T. nt,.red 10 sail for
bermuda Thursday August is mating
there with AL steamer fot Thomas. W. l. This
the direct mail and passenger rout 70 the
West Indies For passage apply 70 A. Il. OUTERBRIDGE.
Axanl ~ Brosdusy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-08
YNO PHILADELPIIA.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
THE OLD ESTABLISHED ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA

IS Through Trains each way daily Depots in rhilade
phia, 2 Ia New YORK.
Double track the improved equipment the fastest
time consistent with absolute safety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-22

Westinghouse brake, etc. They weigh
but four tons and half, ordinary cars
weighing on an average eighteen tons.
Hence Mansfield will carry sixty per-
sons with cars weighing nine tons, while
ordinary roads must draw eighteen tons
to carry fifty-six persons. The engines
are equally light and less costly than
on ordinary roads. 1t is quite evident
that road eight and half miles long,
which cost equipped $1,000 less than
$780, and which can be run for half
the expense ordinary upon roads, must
be a great and notable achievement
The road cost 81, 900 per mile, the right
of way free. The trains run about
twenty miles an hour. Engines weigh
about eight tons and draw two passen-
ger and two freight cars twice per day
each way, at a cost of coal only one
fourth of ordinary engines. This must
be acknowledged to be triumph in
the narrow-gauge way. There's no
foretelling what Yankee ingenuity may
yet bring forth. PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-22
A Romantic Ride.

The days of chivalry and all that sort
of thing have not departed, although
railroads and Pullman palace cars have
taken most of the romance out of trav-
cling, and rendered "bridal tours but
another name for an expensive and
often unwarranted luxury. Colorado,
however, has not yet quite surrendered
to the allurements of modern fashiona-
BILE life, but has fashion of her own
worthy her brave sons and daughters.
A case in point has just occurred.
Frank S. Byers and bride arrived in
Denver on Sunday from Middle Park.
They came through on horseback in a
little more than two days. The first
days journey was fifty miles, and over
the summit of the snowy range. This
is a romance and reality in bridal tour
as wonderful as it is rare in these latter
years of etfeminate ease. What would
a Fifth-avenue belle or Boston beauty
think of journeying on horseback fifty
miles through snow and storm over the
Rocky Mountains in midwinter, as it
were, on pleasure trip?-DenUer Nea0s.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-22

Ensign Lucien Young, who was so
cool and courageous amid the most
dreadful scenes attending the Huron
disaster, was already distinguished for
his bravery, having received medal
from the Humane Society of this city
for his gallant conduct in saving man
from drowning while his ship was cruis-
ing in the Mediterranean. For the
same act he received a letter from the
Navy Department in recognition of his
bravery. One of the seamen fell out of
the rigging into the sea, and would
have been drowned had not Young
plunged in and rescued him. With the
drowning man holding on to him he
swan long distance to buoy, and
there waited until picked up by a boat
lowered from the ships davits. He is
native of Lexington, KY, and one of a
large family of boys all noted for their
gallantry. His father, who is now dead,
was large hide and leather merchant
in Lexington. He is about twenty-five
years old. Two or three of his elder
brothers were in the Confederate army,
and Ambrose, the eldest, fought with
Morgan's cavalry. Lucien entered the
Naval Academy at Annapolis when
about seventeen years of age, and has
now been in the service five or six wears.
N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-22
What a Paragraph Did.

Moral force is never lost. A good
deed may seem to have been wrought
in vain, and to have fallen out of
memory, but it has left an impress
upon some human soul, and that i'm
press will give vitality to generous
motive, and that motive will lead to
another good deed For instance, a
Boston gentleman recently turned to a
poor shop-girl, who handed to him a
roll of greenbacks amounting to $500,
that had slipped out of his pocket, and
impulsively offered her twenty cents as
a reward for her honesty His gem
crosby was the theme of thoughtful
paragraph in newspaper, and that
seemed to be the end of it. The world
seemed to have forgotten him and his
twenty cents. But virtue had not gone
for nothing. A man in Gardiner, Me. ,
had read the thoughtful paragraph and
when he, in turn, lost in the street a
pocket-book containing $17, 800, and an
humble neighbor found it and returned
it to him, he knew just what to do.
He took from that pocket-book dollar
bill and gave it to that poor but honest
son of toil.-N y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-22
How Gas Was First Used.

GREAT was the amazement of all En-
gland when, at the close of the last CEN
fury, William Murdoch discovered the
use of combustible air, or gas. So little
was the invention understood and be-
lieved in by those who had not seen it
in use, that even great and wise men
laughed at the idea. 'How could there
be light without wick?" said member
of Parliament when the subject was
brought before the House. Even Sir
Humphrey Davy ridiculed the idea of
lighting towns by gas, and asked one of
the proprietors if they meant to take the
dome of st. PauPs for a gas-meter Sir
Walter Scott, too, made himself merry
over the idea of Illuminating London by
smoke, though he was glad enough, not
so long after, to make his own house at
Abbotsford light and cheerful on wintry
nights by the use of that very smoke.
When the House of Commons was
lighted by gas the architect imagined
that the gas ran on fire through the
pipes, and therefore he insisted on their
being placed several inches from the
wall, for fear of the building taking fire.
The members might be observed care
fully touching the pipes with their
gloved hands, and wondering why they
did not feel warm. The first shop lighted
in London by the new method was Mr..
Ackerman's, in the Strand, in 1910; and
one lady of rank was so delighted with
the brilliancy of the gas lamp on the
counter that she asked to be allowed to
take it home in her carriage.