Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-20
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.


Catholicism in Newark-A Ram
pant Priest-The Cost of Rum
The Piano Factory Fire-Pianos
-Teas-Chromos-T weed on the
Stand-Business.
New York, Sept.l5, 1877.
Catholicism in Newark.
A catholic priest in Newark, named
Leonard, is taking hand in politics,
as well as in religion. He commence
ed his sermon last Sunday with a
violent diatribe against the free
school system, denounciug it as a
gross wrong to"the church, 'and one
which every catholic was hound by
his religion to oppose. He held that
the church alone had the right to
control the education of children, and
that education outside of the church
ould not be tolerated. Father
Leonard went out of his way to show
that the church had the power to en-
force it's demands. He narrated how
only last fall, man named O'Reilly,
born of catholic parents,b but who had
Joined protestant church, was a
candidate for Office, and how soon as
he heard of it he instructed his flock
and the unfortunate O'Reilly did not
get a catholic vote. And Father
Leonard notified the politicians that
the catholic church was unit, and
was controlled by the clerical author
tiles, and that it would be felt this
fall. The sermon created a great
deal of feeling in the city, as all that
the reverend gentleman said ID true,
though his confreres have more
sense than to make their purposes
known so early in the game. When
the enormous catholic population of
the eastern states is taken .into ac>
count. together with the fact that all
Father Leonard said as TO the
church's power is true, it is not to De
wondered at that such declaration
should excite comment.
The Temperance Movement.
The temperance organizations are
distributing tracts showing the cost
of rum to the city, with view OF
awakening deeper interest in the
fight they are making against 1T.
The total number Of arrests in the
city for the quarter ending Sept. LIST,
was 1873. OF these the number
traceable directly to rum was l4,O9Ol
Probably half the remainder could be
traced Indirectly TO rum, but it is safe
to say that four fifths of the enorm-
Gus police force required TO keep the
peace in the city, owe their employ.
ment to rum, and ninety per cent. OF
the crimes and casualties can be
traced to the same cause. With
these figures before one,it is no Won
der that the public demands its reg
ulation, at all events, and extinction
If possible.
The Piano Factory Fire.
The look of the Hale factory fire
grows worse and worse 1t has been
shown that the enormous building,
eight stories high, and filled from
cellar to garrett with the most lnf1am-
able material, was entirely unprovid-
ed with means of escape. Water
could not be drawn on the fourth
story, and there were not only no
hose for the extinguishment of fire,
but there were not even fire buckets.
The workingmen were compelled to
bring their drinking water from the
third story consequently when the
fire broke out among the varnishes
and seasoned lumber, there were no
means of checking it,and an hundred
men and women persisted miserably
in the flames. But Mr.. Hall will get
his insurance on his burned building
and stock, and will put up another
Just such trap.
Pianos.
Speaking of Hale, it is a fact that
though his was one OF the largest
piano factories in the world, he never
made q piano that bore his name.
His business was building bogus
pianos, forging as nearly as be could
the names of reputable makers. Thus
he would put out piano under the
name of 'Steinway & Sons" which
an ignorant or careless person would
purchase surprising it to be Stein
way. The Weber piano he would
brand as "Weber, "and so on through
the whole list of respectable makers
He has been prosecuted time and
again, but he always managed to
lust keep out of the clutches of the
law. There are great many OF
these sham concerns in this city and
hereabouts, and the buyers of pianos
want to know of whom they buy.
Teas.
The lovers of tea will be gratified
to know that teas are lower in the
great importing houses than they
were before the war. The reduction
has been brought about by the de-
creasing demand. When wages were
high the laboring men not only drank
good tea, but bought it by the pound,
and the moderately well-off by the
chest. Now it is different. The la
boring man buys it by the ounce. and
Tie UeLLcl~uh Wy tu0 pOuhu3 suu moh
have been led to abandon the luxury
altogether. Then the course of The
trade has changed. New York is no
longer the great importing centre, for
the western cities are receiving i
direct from China or Japan, via The
Pacific Railroad, and enormous guam
titles have been rushed upon the
American market because of the i'm
proved facilities for getting it. The
importers with large stocks on hant
are suffering terribly, and the fear il
that the bottom is not yet reached
Chromos.
Good friends in the country, be
ware This is the season for th'
chrome man to commence his devas
tating career, and you will be acute
if he does not take you in. When {;
mild, meek faced young man enters
your door, and announces in th'
sweetest voice that he is introducing
the Christian Fog-Horn, which he il
doing by means of valuable works o