New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-19

OF the house when they refused to paw the Overchase
On the following Monday Miss Curtis told an inspector Of
police that she had missed couple Of tablespoons ana
teaspoon and officer was sent with her to the new
lodgings OF the Gaisfords to search their trunks When
large wicker basket opened the landiady became
greatly excited and urged The officer to look sharp The
missing SPOONS were found The two ladies' were taken
into custody. but were acquitted on the evidence OF We
police officer which tended to show that the landia1y
knew far too well where to look for the spoons The
dodgers retaiated Il ustuiug criminal proceedlnPs
against the laEdlddy Tor conspiracy ana per NY anu On
Feb 2s sentenced 10 hard labor for IS months
The Granger decision has thrown the En-
Gish press into prickly There is no doubt that
much OF the money to build the Western railways has
been obtained by OF the issue OF mortgage ponds
Fl ENGLAND and the Legislatures Of States In when the
Changers particularly strong think tit practically 10
conscae the property which those bonds are secured
there ID now nothing 10 prevent them Such decision,
coming after the collapse OF the great coal roads must
tend TO destroy American credit in Europe such are
the apprehensons to which TIE RAJ BdH Gazette gives
expression. The Supreme Court. however, has simply
affirmed the law power OF lie islature 10 regu-
late and control railroads. power that excr ised by
every European government. The English Railroad
Commission has power over railroad property than
the most sanguinc Granger OF Wisconsin has ever
dreamed of claiming for the Legislature. Strikers iii the
lobby and the Legislature may bleed the directors bur
supremacy, long as u IL not distorted through
popular excitement into hostility To the corporation WIZ
not bankrupt the rlilIoids me ddzee ns "a
the utter c0apse of the Granger movement as force III
American politics.
While Glasgow has tapped Loeb Katrine and
Manchester and Liverpool have gone to the Cumberland
or the Welsh lakes for water London is compelled 10
pump and strain Thames water and TO choke while drink
ing it. This Spring the water is more unWhOeSome IMAM
ever owing the disastrous floods OF the Winter IL II
yellow and turbid thick with the vashngs OF the acres
that have overlooked discOlored by the chalk Of
the Berkshire and OXfordshiie hs and filled with fun-
gold growtus and moving organisms. Under these cir
eumsances the Metropolitan Board of Public Works has
taken steps improve the water supply, and by buying
out the existing companies TO put the water WORKS under
municipal management. Ratepayers Will not listen 10
the proposition resort TO other sources OF supply such
as the heal waters the Severn and London will have
TO drink contaminated water for many years to come
The filter beds used by the companies can be cleaned and
repaired and new wells be sunk in the chalk NORTH
east Of the ciN. but these halfway measures are not
uawhoesom there is not enough OF it. In one respect
London the advantage over New-f0,k-lt mas learned
how 10 prevent unnecessary waste. The water supply
shut on during certain hours 50 that consumers can
not abuse tneT privileges
The climate Of Houston, Texas, seems to be
snphurous Houston supposes its greatness to depend
largely on having the Texas Central Railroad run In
rivalry with the International and Great Northern
The Texas Central has the misfortune TO be
unable to pay its debts and its Northern creditors. who
happen also to heavily interested IN the international
aud Great Northern, move for receiver Iherenpoh
The Houston Age bos over with epithets 1t denounces
william n. Dodge, the SreSitcnt OF texas NtulTdl Niuu
also one Of It's credors traitor to the road and its
stockholders declares that he appears TO he IN position
that no honorable man could occupy suggests that in
the moral atmosphere where he lives the betrayal Of
trust funds IS regarded other than smart trick to
make money! bitterly describes his temperance speeches
and his attendance prayermeetngs and says he mas
assumed the livery Of heaven in order the more efecu
ally to carry ont his schemes TO make money
William Walter Phelps, who appeared as counsel for the
Northern creditors in for his share OF the comp
ncns II SAYS he crept upon the Central Railroad like
thief in the night advises him that there are stock
holders in Texas well as in New-1ofk
and Neersev and that they do not mean 10 surrender
Their II .nts Oh motion of outsider, however Wen
versed he uiay De i'll Wallst. gambling Another article
starts of abOdt Simon Cameron, but thc editor
is too mad 10 stick that subject long nc
presently brings mp GalUsha \. Grow, who was u
have been made receiver OF Texas Central and Dr.
scribe, him ~ the invoice OF tne Cameron stock III
trade Tue Austin and Galveston papers on the othrr
mud incline 10 laugh at Houston. The motion for
cClycrs mp comes up again to-day