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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

Clean the streets Before sum M err
The creation of causes of disease by the
neglect of common sanitary precautions is
unfortunately one of the evils from which
New York has frequently suffered. Among
the long list of her pressing necessities not
one is more important and deserving of i'm
mediate attention than that of clean streets
We hear loud complaints about the un-
healthful influences Of uptown slaughter
houses, Long Island bone boiling works and
the swampy lands that surround the
metropolis, but no thought seems to be
directed to local sources Of disease which lie
heavy SHOWS ofthe winter still cucumber our
streets, mixed with the filthy refuse and
garbage Of the city, and consolidated into
adamantine masses by the recent cold.
Thanks to the utter inefficiency of the Po-
lice Department. and the selfish activity
of the horse car companies the principal
avenues are encountered by these frozen
heaps Of street filth. So long as the cold
weather continues the only dangers to the
public likely to arise are broken limbs and
utter discomfort. But when the sun of
spring time begins to thaw the masses into
reeking heaps Of decomposing filth, then, in
deed, we may look for the most direful con-
sequences to the public health.
It o regard for public decency, the sani-
tary safety of the people and the fair name
of New York as city inhabited by civil
lied community can influence the authori-
ties to any sense of their duty. surely the
present is the proper time to clean the
streets. Already the spells of high tenn
perature have denuded the dirt heaps of
their envelopes of ice and have exposed
| them to the action of heat and atmos-
pheric influences. With the filthy streams
that occasionally dribble into the sewer
basins some Of the suspended dirt is
carried into these retorts, wherein is
distilled the deadly sewer gas that
poisons the air in our dwelling houses. The
balance is left to tester and putrefy along
the sidewalks. Now, unless the filth is re-
moved while it is frozen, and the sewers
we'll flushed of their deposits, the disturb
ance of the accumulated matter during
| warm weather will be as dangerous as leav-
ing it on tho streets and in the sewers. We
must, therefore, have clean streets before
the summer if we desire to avoid the fearful
consequences of epidemics of typhoid fever
and diphtheria, both Of which are invaria-
bly, produced by unsanitary conditions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

OUR SPECIAL DESPATCH from the Dominion
capital shows remarkable decrease in imini-
grafton to Canada. Such state of affairs is Sc
rious enough in any new country, and particu-
larly SO in nation with SO sparsely settled n
domain and so many undcveloped resources as
Canada. Tho cause assigned is the lack of i'll
centive to poor Europeans to leave home. If this
is the real reason the Dominion has the remedy
in her own hands, for people who cannot be
driven from home may often be coaxed away.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

Tho Prosecution Of Dishonest Trustees.
Some of the officers of life insurance COM
panies which have recently passed into the
hands of receivers have been placed under
bonds to answer charges preferred against
them of official misconduct in their manage
ment of the bankrupt institutions. If these
prosecutions are pressed without fear or
favor they will do more than half o volume
of new laws to put stop to the recklessness
and dishonesty that have brought so much
loss and suffering on life policy holders and
depositors in savings banks. Three or four
trustees, presidents or secretaries safely
Gagged in Sing Sing Prison would be a most
salutary warning to such officers throughout
the country. The cruel abuses of trusts that
have been exposed within the past twelve
months prove that such lesson is greatly
needed.
But bank and insurance officers generally
have influential friends at their backs and
plenty of dishonesty gained money at their
command, and experience shows that it is a
difficult matter to bring them to account for
official misdeeds If the prosecutions now
commenced should stop short of conviction
their effect would only be to encourage I'M
faithful trustees in their rascalities The
secretary of the New Jersey Mutual is one
of those held to bail on criminal charges
preferred by the Secretary of State. Now,
as New Jersey prides herself on the swift
ness and certainty with which she Furnishes
crime, tho authorities of that State should
see to it that this prosecution is not suffered
to lag. Indeed, there should be rivalry
between the two States OF New York and
New Jersey for the credit of being the frs
to send to prison the men who have sc
cruelty plundered and deceived thousand.
of poor people who have been for year,
pinching enough out of their scanty in
comes to provide for their families at thei
death. Which State will take the lead il
lodging dishonest trustee in Jail?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26


The rapid development of our gigantic
railroad system, especially in the West and
South, has been marked by much reckless
investment, due to ill-considered schemes
based on misrepresentation of the true
wants of those sections of the country. We
are all familiar with the professions of o
certain class of spectators in other peoples
money, who picture in the most enticing
forms the profits that are to be derived from
the construction of railroads in regions
utterly destitute of any attractions for the
agriculturist and legitimate Spectator.
These men usually back their statements by
exhibiting highly colored maps, showing by
distorted lines all the advantages that will
follow the building of new roads. The
farmers along the line, the towns and
villages, even the counties through which
it passes, are induced to subscribe their
money toward its construction. The con-
tractors and directors of the company reap
all the benefits of this nefarious process,
while the real investors hold worthless
stock and reams of dishonored bonds. The
statement which we print to-day giving a
list of the railroads sold under foreclosure, for
which receivers have been appointed or fore
closures have been determined on during
1876, makes truly startling exhibit Eighty
six roads, having total mileage of over four
teen thousand miles and representing in
vested capital equal to nine hundred and
twelve and half millions of dollars, are
classed among the disastrous railroad in
vestments. They represent, as the article
states one-ffth Of the total mileage and one
fifth of the invested railroad capital Of the
United States but we would be glad to
believe that they represent the total Of
the losses sustained by those who have
placed their money in railroad stocks and
securities. We fear that many roads not
named in the published list should find o
place in it and thus swell the total of disas-
trous railroad investments to still moro
alarming proportions Considering that it
is nearly always the over-credulous possess
ors of limited means who suffer from the
too frequently fraudulent organization and
management of railroad corporations, both
Congress and the State authorities should
surround the investments of innocent par
ties with some security, or at least attach
severe penalties to the commission of Of:
fences which strike at the vital interests of
the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

II THE BOARD OF EDUCATION must economic
to get along on the money granted it by the
Board of Apportonment, why not make the nee
essary saving on text books instead of teachers
salaries The books are purchased by the
Germ which cannot pay its workmen
living prices is not in condition to
lend anything. Besides, n scarcity of books
would speedily bring the poverty of the Board to
the attention of every parent, whereas the abuse
of teachers is one of those things which every
body succeeds in overlooking.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

GREAT BRITAIN is playing tit for tat with us in
the game of gobbling down emigrants. Fortu-
nately those she singles out for revenge arc oys-
ters, and are used to being swallowed. We give
to-day an interesting sketch of the enterprise
which made such treatment of the American
biyalve possible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

From Our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,ceathcr in Nc,c York. to-day ~iu be
cool and cloudy, or partly cloudy, tolo,ced toto-
urd cre,,ing by clearing areather
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

YESTERDAYS SERMONS were unusually full of
personal applications Among their topics were
modern Pharisecism, Christian fellowship, the
duties of the earthly Of the Father, personal
salvation, humanity after the Divine pattern, the
moral bearings of the "Scrmon on the Mount"
and the insurance of the individual against fire
risks in another world.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

ANOTHER WHIsKEY RING CoNsPIRATOR par
doned. The poor fellow was sick. All the others
feel sick, too.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

PRINCES AT PRAYERS are rare spectacles in
New York; but that is no reason why numbers
of persons should have followed the Grand Dukes
to church yesterday, as if the Russian chapel
were q theatre.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

CANADA is bound to have special cable from
Europe, and rencws her attempts to make mat
tiers easy for the company which has the enter
prise in charge. The moro the mcrrier.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

with its victim. We present some new develop
ments to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

WITH THE APPROACH OF SWEET SPRING the
blood of the revolutonist grows as restless as
the sap Of maple tree, as the President Of Hayi
is discovering to his intense disgust
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS abide by the
decision of the tribunal, though they dcnounce
the Inconsistencies of that body. Such glorious
victory of loyalty over party feeling is cheaply
gained, even at the expense of numerous defeats
Mt the polls.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

How ''THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND
is brought from three thousand miles away is ex-
planned in another column.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
WITH SUPPLE NJ E n T
NEW YORK, MONDAY, FEBRUARY &c. 1877.
NOTICE TO COUNTRY DEALERS.

The Adams Express Company run special newspaper
train over the Railroad and Its connections
leaving jersey City at quarter past four ~ daily and
Sunday carving the edition of the HERALD FAR
West ms Harrisburg ana South Washington reaching
Philadeipha at quarter past six and Washington a.
OpeP Z. M.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26

ANOTHER THEATRE GONE, to the sorrow Of the
"boys' Of Philadelphia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-26
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

EAGLE THEArRE-AIxEE.
BROOKLYN RINK-PArISAcR SEATING
NIBLo's GARDEN-ARouSD THE wosLn
OLYMPIC TIIEATRE-RouSp THE CLOCK
BOwERY THEATRE-MAs AND Wire.
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GRAND OPERA nOUsE-rwo ORPHAN
BOOTHS THEATRE-FIrrn AvESuE
PARK TMEATRE-OUR BOARDING HOUSE,
HELLER's THEATRE-PEKsrIDIcrrArtoN.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-LExoNx
wALLACK's THEATRE-sHn sToors TO CONQUER.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-TnE DASIcusrrs
THEATRE CoMIQUE-vARrEry.
TONY PASTORS Observation-Disclosures.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM.
TIvOLI THEATRE-vARiErY
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs.
cHIcKkRING HALL-IonS b. COUGH.
KELLY Icons MINsTRsLs.
EGYPTIAN HALL--SKNsArIoS VARIETY.
NO $50 BROADwAY-"BurrER HEAD"
GERMANIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LEIBEIcESscHATT.
PARTISAN VARIETIES
COLUMBIA OPERA HoUsE-vAnlxrr.
rHlRD AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JOE
ACADEMY OF DESIGN-WArER CoLoRs
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
UBL SALE.

Notice is hereby given, That in pursuance of an
oruer OF the Probate Court of Meagher county !
Montana Territory, made on the 9Th day of March.
A. d., 1917, in the matter of the estate of Henry
Clapper, deceased, the undersigned, the Admins"
traitor of said estate, will sell at public auction, to-
the highest bidder, and subject to the confirmation
OF SAID Court, on Monday, the second day of April.
A.D 1877, between the hours OF 9 O'Clock a. M.
and . o'clock p. m. of said day, ut the front door
OF the Court House, in Diamond City, M. T., all
the right, title, interest and estate of the said Hen
fy Clapper, deceased, at the time of his death, and
all the right title and interest that the said deceas-
ed has, by operation of law or otherwise, ACQUIRED
since the time of his death in and to the following
property, to-Wit: An undivided one-iifth interest
In and to the Hellgate and Avalanche ditch and wa
ter,rlght, which conveys the waters of Avalanche
and Helgate gulches TO the toot-hills on the north
side Of Cave guich; also, an undivided one-fifth Of
all the property, mining claims, placer mining pat
ents, tools, water rights, franchises, tenements,
ranches, fencing, and all other appurtenances and
property belonging to a company consisting of J.
Y. Stafford, .. {. Warner, r.. B. LOOMS, Jacob
Fisher and said deceased, forming a company for
mining and other purposes, under the name and
style of the Hellgate and Avalanche Ditch Compa-
ny. The said property is all situated in Meagher
county, Montana Territory. Terms and conditions
of sale: one-half of the purchase money cash in
hand, and balance in three months from date Of
sale, with good and approved security.
J.-V. STAFFORD, administrator.
March S-2-16-4w.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
THE, COUNCIL VOTE ON Il: B. 81.

Affidavit and Counter Afidavits Relating to the
Alleged Corruption Of Council Members.
Otis Strickland being duly sworn, a Y !:
He is a resident and citizen of Montana
Territory, and has been during the 10th ses-
sion of the Montana Legislature, Sergeant-at-
arms of tile Council and in attendance on
said Council since the "mmencen OF the
session thereof. That he is acquainted with
-Allebaugh, a member of said Council
from the said county Of Madison, Montana
Territory, and has been acquainted with
said Allebaugh for more than one year, last
past.
That on February 4th, A. D. 1877, in the
town of Helena, at the international Hotel,
said Allebaugh said to this affiant that:
81 have Il chance to sell and make a good
thing of it on this North and South Railroad
question"
He (Allebaugh)} said at the time Asa
Brown, u member of the Council from Deer
Lodge county, was in with him. He (Ale-
baugh)said: We are to meet Samuel
Houser in his back room at the bank at Z
O'Clock D. IN. ,,ofssaid day." He (Allebau gh)
also told me at The Exchange, a saloon kept
by Danial Flowelee, that same evening, that
he (Allebaugh) ! was going to sell on that
North and South railroad question. He said
he needed Observation-Disclosures dollars..in his
business, and if he did not sell he was a
poor man. He said he expected to get eight
thousand dollars for his vote on that ques-
ton. I, as a friend of Asa Brown, immedi-
ately old him what Allebaugh had said
concerning selling out, and that he BROWN
was in with him.
j. The next morning. (Monday) Allebaugh
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08

came to me and told M to say nothing
about it that he was scared.
ms conversation of Allebaugh was wholly
unsolicited on my part. | did not seek any
interview with him (said Allebauoh) on the
SUBJECT. | have been informed he told 9th
ers the same as he told me.
[Signed.] OTIS ~sTR1cxr.Axn.
sworn and subscribed to before me, this
18th day of February, A. D. 1877.
j. IL. SHoBER, Notary Public.
AFFIDAVIT OF ASA A. BROWN.
HELENA. M. H., Feb. Is, 1877
10 HIS E@cellency Gop. B. F. Potts:
Having been shown an affidavit on file in
your office made by one Otis Strickland in
Which is detailed what is claimed
TO be- certain conversations between
SAID Strickland and j. B. Allebaugh of the
Legislative Council, and my name being
mentioned in said affidavit, l desire in jus
tlce to myself to state that I am not respon-
slole for the unauthorized use of my name
by Mr.. Allebaugh, Mr.. Strickland or anv
one else. | know nothing Of the converse
ton referred to in said affidavit, and the use
OF my name was wholly unauthorized by
me. knew of no arrangement whatever
to meet Mr.. Hauser or any one else upon
railroad matters. Inever directly or indi-
rectly authorized Mr. Allebaugh or any one
else to arrange tor any meeting between
myself and Mr.. Hauser or any one else up
On the subject referred to in said affidavit,
nor has Mr. Hauser or any one else attempt
ed directly or indirectly to influence my ac-
ton as legislator upon legislation. [ have
no knowledge whatever of any improper
influence being excrted with any one to Sc
cure the passage of the North and South
Railroad bill. | have no desire to influence
your action upon the bill. l supported the
measure heartily because my constituents
desire it my own Judgment approves it.
Very respectfully,
ASA A. BROWN.
Asa A. Brown being first duly sworn, on
his oath states that the facts set forth in the
foregoing communication are true of his own
knowledge. ASA A. BRowS.
Sw'orlfto and subscribed before me this
10Th day Of February, A. d. 1877. 4.
Il. I'll. KLElNsCHMIDT,s
Notary Public.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
AFFIDAVIT OF S. T. HAUSER.
HELENA, February, 18th. rs.

~
To HIS Erceltency Cor. B. F. Potts:
DEAR SIR: | have just read Mr.. Strick-
lands affidavit, and whilst he does not state
that A%llebaugh ever represented to him that
he had sold his vote, or that Ihad agreed to
meet him and Brown for the purpose Of ne
gotiatlng with them for their votes, yet it is
evidently intended ito create that impression.
OF course l do not know what Mr.. ALLIE
baugh may have said to Mr.. Strickland or
any one else-either the pu1port or object
but [ assure you that Mr.. Ailebaugh and
Mr.. Brown did not have an engagement
viM me to meet in the back room of the
bank or any where else, on the evening
named in the affidavit or any other evening
or time-nOr did | meet them. And [ will
further state Mr.. Allebaugh has never men
toned Mr.. Browns name in the connection
referred to, in the affidavit, nor have [ ever
offered MIR Allebaugh or promised or paid
him one dollar or any other amount for
himself or any IN efse) to influence
his vote OF the railroad bill, or for any 9TH
er purpose. Respectfully yours,
S. L. HAUsER.
TERRITORY oFrMoNTANA, CO
COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARKE, o6
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10Th day of February, A. d. 1877, by S. II.
Hauser. E. w. KNIGHT, Notary Public.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
E ERAL N EW S.

Inc Deaf and Dumb Institute at Council
blutfs, La, burned on the 25th ult. A n,,m-
per OF the inmates persisted in the flames.
-urant refused to recognize either of the
state governments of Louisiana or So,th
oafollna, leaving it to- his successor to- indj-
cate the future Southern posicy.-The En-
Grams attacked a cattle train at Crook CITY.
Dakota, on the % uat., killing two men
named M~cGonnigal It Riley.-Diaz has
Deen chosen and inaugurated President Of
MeXlco.-An accident occurred at the
hethlehem (Pa.) Iron works, Feb 26. Two
Men We're fatally and two dangerously in
Jured.-lt is stated that Gen. Grant is TO
De placed at the head of a great New York
Bank.-Lieut Cummings attacked a small
camp of Indians near Deadwood. on the
10Th ult., capturing sheep, cattle, horses.
ropes and blankets. The Indians escaped
a faro table has been set up in Ithaca.
and any Cornell University student who
plays on it will be expelled.-Induce-
ments are offered by the Land Department.
OF Florida for $4,000 wealthy Mennonites to
:lmmlgrate to the orange groves.-Six
hundred railroad passes have thus far been
given this year to the two hundred and
eighty members of the Massachusetts Leo
slature.--Maine has prohibited poole sell
ing and lotteries within her boundaries. and
the law applies especially to schemes Of
chance in church fairs.-The wealthy citi-
zens OF Boston are to b. mastered. and
their property divided among the people.
unless a society of radical reformers have
resolved in vain.-Frederick Douglass. in
a Chicago lecture, praised the Washington
Rlrg because 6 even if it has spent a great
deal OF money, most Of it has been well
spent.'-A bullet fired by &, hunter in
Texas struck the surface of a lake at con-
siderable distance, glanced upward, and
Wounded a girl who was walking on a hill
beyohd.-A colored statesman in North
Carolina offered a resolution asking he
Legislature to suggest some plan upon
which Congress could be memoralized to
set apart a territory west Of the Missouri
river for the colonization of the colored
people of the South.-A negro man and q
white woman travelled all owe Macon CITY.
Missouri, recently, trying toget some mag
istrate or minister to marry them. Every
where their request was denied, and at the
house of the last person to whom they ap-
piled the refusal threw the woman into vio-
lent spasms.-A bag ofarsenic was found
tied to the spout of a pump, in'Albany, Or
egon, in such q way that all the water
drawn would contain some Of the poison.
Neither the author nor the motive of the
deed is known
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08

Lincoln Lodge No. 40, reports twenty
three new members installed during the
past quarter, one withdrawal by card, and
nine explosions, leaving a gain of ten mem
bers in three months. When it is consid-
cred that this lodge just completed,t the work
of a general thinning out OF the drones, and
have a membership.o 30 in good standing,
we may consider them as working we'll in
the good cause. The following are the
officers installed for the current quarter.
Harley liam, w. G. T.; Frank Walters,
W. V. T.; Geo. T. Kane, w. S.; Francis
Stewart. w. F. s.; Marion Childers, P. W..
G.. T.; VIM. j. Cleeland, w. Treas; JAS. Bo-
ward, W. Marsh; Geo. Brown. w. Chap;
Nicholas Jams, w. l. G.; Wm.. D. Mcneil,
W. 0. G.