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The New York herald., 1877-03-07
THE MICROSCOPE.

The American Microscopical society gave exhib-
ton IN Kurlz's Art Gallery last evening. Upward OF
400 Invitations had been issued that tho was
completely filled. The instruments were displayed
on a number Of tables stands made under direction
OF Dr. John b. Rich, tho President of the society.
seventytwo microscopes, several Of them beng Of
Improved make we're on exhibition. DR.. Rich dis
played small slide OF dialomcs, contain ing about
sixty shells. arranged by lady ana the Doctor
from London some SIX years ago. At the time this
sde was made II was Considered great curiosity, and
sold ior sl20. a microscope stand pedestal, IN
vented ny Mr George Wales OF Paterson and designed
for the use Of pny sclans and Students attracted much
attention. Another improved stand, made by Mr..
JOS Iantinayer, OF Philadelphia, also displayed,
ana number cf Instruments, manu- actured by =. H.
McAister, OF this city, were Likewise on exhibition
The greater number oil tables lighted by
the students lamp; but IN tho
oyects were shown by means oil a Transparency
rising rom the centre Of the table. The idea orig
mated with DR.. Ricn. The last exhibition OF ths
knu was gwen about two years ago, bat hcnccforth u
IS the intention OF tho society that they shall he held
annually The object Is 10 make popular display VI
all the improvements aud Inventions in the micro
scopc art ll.4
The New York herald., 1877-03-07
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

The resolution offered by Alderman Morris calling
upon Legislature to pass necessary laws by which
the Commissioner OF Public Works cannot have exclu.
sve control of the ordering OF sewers In this
CITY has been signed by Mayor Ely.
Comptroller Kelly yesterday signed warrants
amounting to Sl3.Vl0 5l
conference OF heads OF departments will take place
IN the Mayors Office to-day IN accordance with the
resolution recently passed by the Board OF Aldermen
calling for this assemblagc tue hrst Wednesday OF
every month.
The Committee on Public Works of the Board of
Aldermen. who nave under consideration the charges
against Commissioner Campbell, met yesterday, but
did not take any further steps IN tns matter The
The New York herald., 1877-03-07
THE HIGH TAXED BOULEVARDERS.

HEAVY ASSESSMENTS FOR UPTOWN IMPROVE
MENTs--A DELEGATION BEFORE MAYOR ELY
AND COMPTROLLER KELLY-THE CITY ASKED
TO PAY HALF THE EXPENSE.
A number OF gentlemen who own property along the
line OF the three bouevards the northern part
city called upon Mayor Ely and Comptroller Kelly
yesterday afternoon for the purpose Of protesting
against the heavy assessments levied upon them In
connection with those Improvements. Among those
who accompanied the delegation were Messrs John B.
The New York herald., 1877-03-07

The following figures are INSTRUCTIVE as showing Tor
ten the Ui mortality Of children under vc
nf fa 1 he ID "A NOR
The New York herald., 1877-03-07

This shows u steady decrease, much OF which Is
traccabc, is claimed, To improvements in sewerage
and ventilation For the three days of the present
Just elapsed there has been increase in the
numocr deaths OF persons Of all ages from maiaral
levers true, but then the entire number ed
has been only SIX throughout tho city. The number
CT deaths from dphtheria III the same time has been
only fourteen, as against twcntyone the week preced
, 1877-01-21

boundary 4 At the ead Of the singles Bogardus
pair had been shot Robinson refused TO 30 on.
claiming that the ruling of the referee was un.
fair, and hurting his chances
THOSE QUAIL OF MARTINS.
In last Sundays TRIBUNE was published an
extract from the Chicago Field commenting
rather severely & on the shooting Of quail from
charge Of the coops and sllooting-grounds at
Dexter Farx. replies IN this weeks Ffe{i. the
points Of his defense being that the Quail in
question were not netted in this State; that
they were bought in ,coops On South Water
street ev Martin when 50 nearly starved
ion; that they were not intended for shooting,
but for breeding; and, finally, that it seemed
more reasonable to let them have a chance as
they came out of trap than to wiring of their
heads in cold blood. Mr.. Martin adds some ob-
scrVations on the necessity OF better Game law.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The only event OF note this week will be
sweepstakes for a, couple Of elegant cases Of
stuffed birds, to be shot Thursday at Dexter
PArk.
, 1877-01-21
CRIME:



Special Dispatch to 7a< 7s4sn.3
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 20.-It appears that
Niles Ogle, Who was captured at Pfttsburg by
the secret-servfce agents together with 5000
IN counterfeit S10s Of the National Bank Of Nun
Gle, Ind, and Richmond National Bank, Ind.
was one Of the most extensive operators In tho
manufacture OF counterfeit money tn the eorn-
try. Information Was received At the Secret
Service Division here to-day that Ito engzayings
and electrotypc plates for printing counterfeif
notes were recently recovered from him,
Ogle is now In Pittshurg Jail awaiting
trial. Officers OF the Secret Service have been
On hts trail since August last. His principal
base OF operations was in Cincinnati and Ken
tucky. It Is reported that he has been extern
stvely engaged in the dry goods business In Gin
valuable property there. His ostensible bust
ness was keeping q nvery-stable. Thia
sconudrel has furnished more than 100
inmates Of the different penitentiaries, who
have been arrested, tried, and condemned tor
passing counterfeit money. He is natiye OF
Philadelphia, has been since 1871 in uuod sever
al times for dealing in the queer, but always
managed to avoid trial by jumping his bail. Hc
will hardly be able to escape now, as Ills bail
has been fixed at large sum, The Secret-Ser~
vice officers have several old indictments ready,
SO that II he gives bail on one he will be taken
to other districts, where be stands indicted fur
the same ofense.
, 1877-01-21


husband and wife we're having one OF those
arguments which occasionally interrupt the har-
mony Of married life. He grumbled because
there was not better fire in the room, and de-
claEed that she a!snays WAS just SO stingy In re-
gard to the use of fuel. She rather admitted
her general partia]ity for economy In the direc-
tion referred to, hut at the same time she u.s.
serted that she was the subject Of a great i'm
provelnent in the specific point then under
discussion. For proof on her part, she went on
to state that when her first husband was very
sick {he did not recovery she really felt some
reluctance to having a fire Of sufficient capacity
to make things entirely comfortable "I3ut,''
said she, "whcn my second dear departed was
in his last sickness, 1 had such fire as no rea-
sonable man could find any fault with. And,''
she continued, s'when -FOUR time comes to lie
in TINT bed, With no hope OF erer rising from 1t,
shall have IT, tlrst-rate fire, as hot as-why, SO
hot that you lcH hardly kioso the difference tcae.
You'ye dxad"
, 1877-01-21

HOW O'LEARY WAS DEFEATED
In The TRIBUNE Of Dec. 81 last was an.
nounccd the defeat Ut O'Lcary in his 300mile
contest with Howes; but 1t was not until day
or two ago that any full account of how it was
done came to hand. The following is from the
London Sportsman:
The place chosen was not one Of the best for the
purpose, al the roofing WAS only OF canvas and not
sufficiently proof against the arcnching rain, which
prevailed at different periods OF the RICE to make
the position Of the onlookeFs very comfortable.
The track. too. heiny exposed, wns not calculated
to favor any good performance. and the weather
from the outset WAS altogether against those inter-
estcd IN the venture, thr affair was hardly euch
financial success it might othe7w;te have heen
although on the first two days there was a cate OF
neary 900. o,Learys style Of going ut tie out
set pleased good judges as he went very upright in
fair style. lie had been suffering On the previous
day. from dirrallea and soon after he began to
walk 1t asain troubled him. Consequently several
Intervals were nctessitated. evea 1.-THE start, and
WHEN twenty-four hours had elapsed Howes who
was not pushed, .had only done ninty 1ye miles and
five laps, while OI,earys total was seventy seven
miles ei ht laps. The American on the second day
still had to leave thu track frequent intervals,
while Howcs went quce.ly at one period, having
tho great toe OF enc OF his feet swollen from IN
overnight shoe A. the close q forty-eight hours
oLeary was lust finishing his Hist mile. During
the evening liowes had his toe anced, and he was
say $5s5 oxes shea scs 5
bad throughout sous AZ very regular pace; hut
his constant retircments caused him to get farther
behind. and Al o'clock ycstetlay afternoon he
was near tho completion Of his 191st mile. while
at that time lIowcs was in his 221st mile At
l0h. LIN. lbs. last night 0'Leary, after having
completed 200 miles and one lap, mounted the boz
aioted to the press, and announced that he give
in the race to 1{owes, who had then just finished
his o4lst mile Howes was anxious 10 walk ont
hs full distance Of 400 miles, but after doing i've
more laps he WIS stopped.
NOTES.
A dispatch says that O'Lcary and Weston
have been matched for six days. walk for
1870 in April next, It Is worth small wager
that it will never be walked.
Tic following paragraph from an nnplcasantlr
fault-1nding paper gives All idea OF how they
view walking-match at the Hub: s'What the
Boston people most liked about the walking
girl Von 1li1leTn was her wonderful technique.
Her phrasing was correct and she did not show
that weakness which coinpels failure OF effect
In the third and fourth toes. Hcr rendering
Of Chopin opus No. 81 in . foot fat was at5-
plaudcd; and though she had little of Shoe !
nau, she gave the lcgggatto of Shoebcrt with
great SOLE"
, 1877-01-21

fence. the mother ,n+.-,,eoa ,.,.s .,
| thnt Il Cnator na-a ~ Pae1 ~ tac remark
would have been the famous painter thai ~. 'e
There ;s notb,,r ,;,-o .,a..-. 49, -
winShsns - Gosn.r 1osns Hke peasant surprise. A
iner Christmas ard fhn,~ht hunS up ner stock
t,o. r,,t - - 4ao ougat sne mad taken every
md .,.,.i 49,. 49, ."Guentsty .31 l9uno tour oranges
r1eaa AZ. un1 ot oeoSen canuy hidden
AA 'Ae .'e 'aS'--4foraaeh 6nAefa'a
scene 10 q recitas1on-room: Professor-"T The
ancient Egyptians we're in the habit OF sacridc-
ing red-headed girls to the deyil.'' Auburn
haife1 sl1 student" What did they do with tho
a rea.neaaed hoysl" Professor" They sup
posed they would 20 OF their own accord.f'
| u N3s Sentlemaniy young man who ro-
nlathea Foaoef1nglY how young lady could
renqer hcfscst r.u'tulons BY yielding to the ab-
| suru vasarles OF fashion. Then the wind caught
MN ny the new style OF shirt:col.ar un which his
! hat rested' anu he was obliged to clasp both
arms around tc!egraph-pole tn order to keep
from oelng waited over netghboring roof-
~ Vs.. A'-s'''@"'' =.
Buffalo Express: 4 Rochester drummer tried
TO tor masf a. Ras9aalntanoc With young ay ths
was lonesome etc. She simply said: II should
advise you TO speak to the conductor. 1t is his
business to take charge OF fools" And he d.
parted for the smoking g-car.
, 1877-01-21
SPRINGFIELD.
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-SPRNGr1ELD. H., Jan. 2o.-1n the United
States Court to day, ". s. Ingram and Thomas
Rudisill, OF the Jefferson County gang Of
cotnterfeiters, were sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary, the former for two yearsand the latter for
one.
The following indictments were returned:
Against John 8. Brown, OF Gallatin. and O. r.
and s. E. Rtchie- OF Hamilton, for violations Of
the Internal Revenue law, BY crookedness in
the sale Of liquor and tobacco; Joseph De Hoveu,
of Dewitt, passing counterfeit money; and
ag against George Deather9ge, Columbus shep-
ing in their possession counterfeit money. a
second Indictment against the three last named
Is for breaking into and tobblng tho Post-OfHcs
ut Lomf, in this county.
Isaac Meyerstein, . prominent citizen Of
Pleasant Plains, this county, was before Com
missioner Adams to-day, charged with passing
counterfeit money. He waived an examination
and gave $4,000 bond for his future appearance.
The Jury disagreed in tho case Of Seadock
Mitchell, late Deputy Postmaster at Locust
Grove, Franklin County, charged with tho lsc-
cenY Of pension cheek.
, 1877-01-21

| FEMININE NOTES.
The survival Of the fttist-A live mflliner.
An old bachelor says that when be wooed SUI
! wouldn't.
A circuit court-The longest way home from
singing school.
Many ladies Of fashion IN Paris powder thei,
stockings with gold dust.
| 4 gentleman said, when pretty girl trod on
| his toes, that he lad received the stamp OF
beauty.
"Marriage is promotion" says George Eliot.
! She might have gone further and said 1t is COM
| motion.
! Adam and Eve, We suppose, we're the first to
start "turning over new leayes.n They did it
to keep up with the fashions.
The change to the latest style Of lady's hat is
readily accomplished now by simply unshipping
tie hustle and trausferrin. 1t to the top Of the
weascr's head
Love Is capable Of almost any sacrifice, bat
no man can swallow hair from the adored
ones head without first suppressing an insur-
rection Of his aesopagus.
"Chinese babies never cry.'' II an American
mother must take III infant to the theatre or
opera, she should exchange 1t for one Of the
Chinese brand before leaving home
An alligator fourteen feet long hangs around
woman who passed South last month with SIX
marEiageable daughters and an orphan niece
Fulton Times: Love makes 12s pounds OF
girl feel no heavier than feather on fellows
lap Danbury Naes: And the same fellow
would hare his leg cEamped all out OF shape by
seventy-fve pounds OF wife.
Perhaps man with chillblains doesn't like to
get up these cold mornings and kindle the fire;
but, when he married her, he took her ''for bet
ter or for worse, aud there she is sitting uo In
bed, just ready to hurl these words At him.
4 young american prima DONNA who took
lessons In Milan few years ago, aud returned
to this country diseusted with the tyranny Of
Italian music teachers, has been engaged as
substitute for stea1n~whistlc in Lowell boot
factory.-Broohyn Argus.
4 Milwaukee editor writes In this melancholy
stratn: ave didu't want our wife to 20 to the
auction, and so ne hid her shoes to keep her at
home; having occasion to 60 out an hour alter
ward, We looked for our boots, but they weren't
there; neither was our wife. It isn't any nse"
4 mothers lore IS never wholly exhausted.
and when hts father wiaa1ed her boy for throw
lug 1uudbalis agaiEst bis newIy-9hit=washed
, 1877-01-21

a Rochester woman recently brought suit
against man, and tried to recover 5000 dam
ages, for running after her, holding her, aud
violently and forcibly kissing her. But, on the
trial, it appearing that the man had only one
leg, and was blind as q bat, and had lost bis
right arm eleven years ago in buzz saw Incl
dent, and was 62 years old, and so deaf that he
couldn't hear man ask him for dollar, the
case WAS dismissed at plaintiffs costs, without
t1 has wrt1en to
thony and the Men Century for Wome. about it.
It does seem rs though there was no law for
women in this country.
, 1877-01-21
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Naming the Twins--.Old Sis
Wlfe's BustIe.
lament Of Deserted Wife---An Official
View.
Tho Green.E5ed Aenster..-Trtasury Beanties.-.A
Question Of Fire.

LOVE ME, LOVE.
Love me, love, but breathe It fow,
Soft as summer-weather;
II you love me, tell me so
Al NC sit together,
Sweet and still rs roses blow.
Love me. lore, but breathe it Low.
Tell me only with your eyes
Words are cheap Us water.
II You lore me, looks and aighs
Tel my mothers daughter
More than all the world may know,
Lore ME, love, but breathe it low,
words Tor others, storm and snow,
Wind and changefui Weather
Let the shallow waters flow
Foaming on togetnes;
But love is still and deep, and obi
Love me, love, but breathe it low.
Joaquin Atilerin tie Iadependent.
, 1877-01-21
FIVE. YEARS.

Special Utepokch to 1Ae Irioxne.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 20-A co1ored man
named Samuel Ward, who has been = terror to
the community for a long time, Eas to-day con-
victed In the Criminal Court Of a4sault With io-
tent to murder, md sentenced to five years in
the Penitentiary- The crime WAS committed On
the 9Th Of December, when Ward with two
other men attacked farmer named Frederick
Horstemeyer, beat him until they supposed ho
was dead, and robbed him. HoestemeYex ia still.
alive. Wards pals are awaiting trial.
, 1877-01-21
INTERESTING EXAMPLE,
Hrrsr7ffF< fffy} 1su,e-r1f

At the recent examination for teachers Ger
ttdcates BY our County Board. one Of the e1er-
cises was: "Detine hyperbole, and give IN ex-
ample" To which one Of the lady applicants
responded as follows: IA hyperbole is an ex-
aggeration Of the truth, used to illustrate wit or
humor. Example: The train running between
ShingIe Springs and Latrobe goes with such
speed that the kiss left on the hand Of Mr.. Wat
lins by his P1accrylle girl was not dry before It
was shaken by his girl at Latrobe-"
, 1877-01-21
TRAP-SHOOTING.
KESEIC0TT CLuU SHOOT.

The members OF the Kcunicott Club gave the
only trap sport Of last week at their competi-
ton Thursday at Dexter Park. The weather
was not OF the pleasantest, though perhaps it
was the best day of the week. The attendance
was fair. The first event to be decided was the
regular shoot for the Clubs handicap medal,
for which there were nine entries, including lfr
Phillips, the holder. The handicapping Com
mittee lad placed the men from twenty-threc
to twenty eight yards as indicated below. The
result Of the shooting at ten birds each WIS as
fQIlQEs:
, 1877-01-21

A4A6kA1 = Is LEA tl1ES4
Washington Letter 10 Tsi<do Commercial
We are now In the midst OF season OF din
ners, church festivals, matinees, private theat-
ricals, and tableau1. In the departments the
clerks work only in the forenoon during the
holidays, and in the afternoon the streets pre-
sent gay and animated appearance, for the
Young ladies OF the departments are out ar-
rayed more gorgeously than Solomon or the
lilies, in bewitching pull-backs, rouge, pearl
powder, dark eyebrows, and underscored eye
lashes, bent, like Tamcrlane, on conquest They
move down Pennsylvania avenue usually
in pairs. From the Treasury Department
to the Capitol, via the avenue, is 4
measured mile, but only portion OF this dis
tance is fashionable for promenading. Our
Treasury beauty husbands her munitions until
she reaches Thirteenth street; here she Is truly
formidable, aud members Of Congress, or at
taches Of foreign legations, to say nothing OF
our famished army officers, from the Western
border. who are able to pass her without one
long, lingering look, deserve certificate from
Returning Board composed Of such anchorites
as Plato and Stofcus. fhe gait Of these ladies
IS rather too rapid for lat man, but little too
slow for q lean one. This necessitates, in the
interest Of Irritation, frequent stoppages, and
intense scrutiny Of the shop-windowa as they
pass and 1cpass each other.
, 1877-01-21

Special nspatea to Ias 7t11ua3
kEoKuK, Ia, Jan. 0.-Thomas Pagan, Frank
Martin, and james Keller, three Of the prisoners
who broke jail here on Wednesday evening.
we're rear1ested to-day at West Point, Ill, and
the Sheriff has goue after them. This makes
i've OF the number that have been captured,
leaving but three who are ret ut large. These
gre James AcSealy aud two coIored mea, named
, 1877-01-21

WILMINGTON. Dell, Jan. 2a-Two South
Carolina negroes, one Democrat aud the other
q Republican, bad duel at Fair Biuh. Eaeh
had four shots, and the result was one x1s
wounded three times dangerously auo tbe other
NaAoz1ed Ia t1a zaI.x4J ~.zs4-
, 1877-01-21


"Ef you'd bin down ter my hou sc las nigh
you'd seen cr pannyrammer!" said Old 81.
'1Iow is that?"
'sMy' old 'omau, she bought q sccon'-h one
oh desc hyar new1y-inyented steel-spring 1ema1e
| tenders, an'--''
Bought what you saya"
"0ne oh desc hyar patint tish-traps dat q
'oman straps on an totes 'round.''
| IA bustle2"
"Dar, now, dat's de very name. Well, she
tried fer ter put hit on, aa' ez she hez only got
nine yard oh kaliker in her dress, yer kin mag
ing de struggil dat she had"
"Well, did she get it ona'
"Oh, yes, she got hit OIL jess ez eezy e put
tim dc harniss on astreet-kyar mule. De aggv-
tashun ariz when she cum to put On her dress
ober de darn contrapshfn !''
s'How did that work7'
"Blcsscd marster, dat's what l'sc tryin' ter
tell yer-hit didn't wurk at all, sab. She less
gymnasted 'round dar tell dar wuzn't room in
dc house fur nothin' else hut her AM dat
shuck-baskit affair! I had ter hep her on wild
the gyarmint, honeym
"Wao how did you nanagei it, sir7'
S'Sho'! Use waggin'd too many days not ter
git de better OBJ a case like dat! jess stood
de ole 'oman on de table, an kotch hold oh de
dress wild de waggln-kiver grab. an had dat
gyrtnint on fore yer Good say Jack Robertson"
" NEl11 aHu nov ulu sue get OUT OIL III
"Oht oh! don't ar me dat! I went yisitin'
soon e. got hit on her, an I stayed till bed
timc, yer Kin be bound!'
LAMENT OF a DESERTED WIFE.
De:rer Tribune
The Postmaster at West Las Animas, Colo,
has received quite an interesting letter from
deserted wife in Mississippi, which is worth pre-
serving for its literary merit, ii for no other
reason. Then it tells a sorrowful story, AID
goes to show how the vile men often impose
few extracts:
to inform yon Of J. ". Matthews, which think it
would be profitable, especially to the ladies OF your
town s. community aroun, who is great woman
decciyer; he goes about 1nagsiug women }eav- ii
ing Of them 4 taking every thing he can from,
them; be msrried NE the 22 Of October, In 1874.
and We lived together good and agreeable, and he
got me to come back to Mississippi to zee my pco-
me, As soon as he would get q place, that be |
would send for and he took uaJ things of with
hin, TO Texas aud sold them He has used me I
bad. l have- found out eince he has treated |
me so. that am only the third one be hos married
and treased In the same way. He left them taking
everything be conld. He married Lis first one in !
Canada and lived with her three months and left /
her and to the United Statea and married the
second one and lived with her twenty or twenty I
years, and raised child and left her taktug
everything he could froW her. Alas. he has three
living wises and don't know how many others
that haven't never heard Of. He Is intelligent
man. but he has acted mighty mean. Any nun
that would take the advantage Of loving Wou3o,
- he has, onRht to be kicked ont Of the country.
You know hn is guilty Of hgtur. BE Is 81 years
, 1877-01-21
HANEEIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Cxl., Jan. IA Virginia
CITY dispatch says that Peter Larkin ashangcd
to-day for the murder Of Daniel Corcoran.
, 1877-01-21

bfessrs. Phillips and Barnard then shot off the
tic, and the latter won by killing out OF
birds.
The emblem OF superiority of the Club, the
bucks head, was then contested for By six MEM
bers, the conditions being 6 singles and pairs
of birds, the former ut q yards rise and 50
boundary, and the latter ut Is yards rise and
100 boundary. The result was as follows
wilmarth; ....:...... Y Bates. 9
q. hAc4AuAA 1Ao1Aae--- y
40 Price. .......-..... II Sherman. ........ 8
The tirst three named then shot at singles
aud pairs to decide the tic, but, were all tied
again on &. second sh1ot-od gave tho en-
n1cm to Alr. Price, who killed all his birds as
they rose,
"BoGF,"
After the conclusion Of Bogardust match IN
Virginia City, he left for San Francisco, where
he had accepted Robinson's challenge to
shoot four matches for the championship
Of. America The first OF these took
place Friday, the conditions being
10 singles at 81 yards rise and 50 yards bound
ary, and 20 pairs at Is yards rise and 100 yards