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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-29
COMPLETELY TAKEN ABACK. +"

Fields James, brokers. at No. 10 Broad street,
yesterday reported that they had been victlmizcd to
the extent Of $4,000. broker, named J. W. Hull.
they say called at their Office Thursday and or
dered $4,000 in United States bonds at four and
half per cent to be delivered yesterday. Mr.. Hull.
rs the Arm further acge. called yesterday
at the office. aud having received tho
bonds: told the cashier he would be back
in n few minutes. but did not return. The
at once reported 10 Police Headquarters and detectives
were placed ON the HERALD reporter called
at the New York Hotel and Mr.. Fields. who said -
II desire to have IL distinctly understood that
Arm has been completely taken aback In this affair."
for we had transactions with MIR. Hull In the chic
aud Rock Island Railroad four years ago and found
him strictly honest
Hull il sixty-nve years of age and Ave feet seven
inches in height reward of 5000 has been offered
for his capture. The following are the numbers of
the bonds alleged to have been taken -
b. 1874 3g94. III, 052 q, W,l5 ~ .lJs 3.ggS
39gi 3egT 30 ass, ?4,477, 41.g46, Al. 947 ,a45 d.
ii 224 1l,225. 11213, 11222, l,22l. l122u. l,2iy,
121s 2i7 1216. i2l5. 551AG y, s7.7I4 STA II
s,,73. 1917, g,l7G
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were $17Gl50.
SILVER DOLLARS READY FOR DELIVERY.
A number of banks not depository institutions,
have sent orders for silver dollars to the Treasury
Department to be delivered under the provisions Of
the circular which directs that standard dollars shall
be sent free of transportation to anyone in Of
81 ,OOO multples thereof. This circular does not
however, go into effect until January next. which
is not generally understood. All such as those men
.ioned held by the department. and the persons
or banks sending them are notified that they will be
promptly filled on the 1st prox.
CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
The President to-day signed the following commits
sions:--
William Thompson, Of Washington, d. c., to be
Consul for the United States at Southampton John
$. Mosby. at Shanghai; Harris j. Heap at Constan.
tnoplc; George W. Fish, at Tunis: J, T. Frisbee. at
Rio Grande; Andrew Gone. at Pernambuco; A. j. Cas-
sett ut Tampco: Eugene j. Ball. at Pcsth and S. G.
White to be Secretary Of Legation at Rio Janeiro.
coUNTERFEITER ARRESTED.
The Secret Service Bureau informed Of the arrest
at Yreka Cal, yesterday, of William Bowman by an
officer Of the government. Bowman is charged
with manufacturing and passing counterfeit half
dollars.
TO BE ExoNERATED.
The Senate Commission which has been investigat-
ing the omission of the Hot Springs clause from the
Appropriation bill Of last session has closed the
taking of testimony and will make report mme-
diately after the holiday recess. Senator Conover
will be entirely exonerated from the imputations
cast upon him by certain employees of the
Treasury Secret Service Committee. The real cause
ofst.c omission will probably be left matter for
conjecture. evidence adduced which leads
the committee to any positive conclusion that
point, although the almost universal impression is
That the omission of nadvertcnce in
the usual hurry of business incident to the close
fha
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PROMENADE CONCERT.

Nearly two thousand persons attended the prom
cnadc concert at the Seventh regiment armory last
evening The rooms presented brilliant sight as
the ladies' and gentlemen passed in and out in time
TO the lively music Of Grafullas band. Full dress
not the order OF the evening" although there
great many present iu all the beauty Ut silks, satns
and velvet gowns Flags and greens decorated the
walls and formed gay background for the moving
picture. Dancing feature of the evening at the
concert, aud the hoors that usually resound to the
grounding Of arms and the trampng of sodicrly feet
covered with a whirlng throng OF young people
tripping 1.-THE light fantastic toe. The entertainment
altogether successful aud viii be repeated the
18th Of January.
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to take effect January !. 1s79:One clerk at Slioo
per annum. one at $1,000 per annum, one at $500
per annum. one clerk and storekeeper at S14oo per
annum. one laborer at So per diem.
WHOLESALE REDUCTIONS IN THE RAILWAY NAIL
sEgvIcE-oNE HUNDRED AND FORTY EMPLOYEES
TO BE DISCHARGED.
The House Of Representatives last session having
cut down the estimates of the railway mail service
appropriation for the present fiscal year $1l10000,
the department now finds it necessary to make cor
responding reduction in force or salaries in order
to bring the expenses for the remainder of the fiscal
year within the total amount appropriated. 1t is
estimated that 40 discharges among railway Post
Office clerks route agents and local agents must be
made. aside from reductions in salaries of those
tanned These discharges have begun to be made. aud
will continue as rapidly as reports Of comparative
efficiency. &C.. come in from the division superin-
tcndents. Vacancies caused by designations. deaths
the expiration of appointments by limitation will
not be filed Reductions in the pay of seventy en-
ployes. in addition to the discharges made to-
day. The work of reducing the force by disnissals
all over the country will continue until the number
OF discharges is gradually sweed to the 140 required
TREASURY STATEMENT.
The Treasury holds s34s 900 in United
States bonds to secure bank circulation, and
S13 937, 800 in United States bonds to pub
lie deposits. United States bonds deposited
on account of subscription to the four per
cent loan. s4,4l3.400 United States bonds de-
posted for circulation for the week ending to-day.
81 1000: United States bonds held for circulation
withdrawn during the week ending to-day, s13l3.o0O
National bank circulation outstanding
notes. 1922, 2s7 ,960; gold notes. S1.4Gs,s20.
The internal revenue receipts to-day were
500 o1s %. and the customs receipts s43o7o5 81.
The receipts of national bank notes for redemption
for the week ending to-day compared with the
corresponding period last year. are folows:-
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ANYWHERE BUT HOME!

Richard Cesar, o colorcd man, Of No. ~ Clinton
street. was brought to the Essex Market Police Court
yesterday by Officer Lundberg, OF the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children charged with hav
ing mo brutally beaten his daughter, Ida, aged
eiteen. His plea that she kept bad company
and would not remain in the house ut night. The
girls back proved the truth Of the statement a. to
the severity OF the chastscnent she had received.
The magistrate told her that she might 20 home and
that her father would be bound over to keep the
peace. She cried moaned and besougbt the Judge to
send her anywhere rather than to her home, and was
turned over to tho Society for the Prevention of
frualfv 70 Children.
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JUDGE sUTHERLANDs RETIREMENT.

A meeting Of tho members OF the Bar has been
called in the supreme Court. General Term room,
tomorrow, at three r. NJ, for the purpose OF cx-
pressing esteem and respect Of the profession tor
Judge Josiah Sutherland who Is about to retire from
the Bench after twenty years OF judicial service.
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having been charged with the custody Of the prop
erty pending the petition of Mr. Willard. one of the
two previous receivers set aside the contract con-
sidered il his duty to await the action Of the Court in
the matter before taking any steps himself concern
ing it. Mr. Pratt said that IL the Court desired he
would state the receivers views the subject.
Mr. Justice Miller replied that IT desirable that
the receivers views should be placed before the
Court over his own signature.
r.J. w. Noble. of st. Louis, argued against the
petition. During his argument, question having
arisen upon the introduction of dispositions and
afidavits tho Court ordered that the parties should
take further testimony between now and the LIST of
February in order that the matter should be fully
forth and finally disposed Of at the March term of the
United States Circuit Court in Kansas.
Mr. J. r. Shepoy, counsel for u. w. Lewis, trustee
in the income mortgage, moved TO dissolve the in
junction heretofore allowed by the Court restraining
the prosecution of a suit instituted by Lewis against
the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company In the state
Court of Kansas TO foreclosc that mortgage At the
conclusion Of his argument the Court declined to
hear counsel on the other side aud refused to
dissolve tho injunction. Mr.. woolworth. with
whom Mr.. Artemus II. Holmes. of New York. ap-
pcared as associate counsel. presented petition of
Henry @. Holmes to be admitted defendant in
the suit of Lewis I. Durham vs.. the Kansas Pacific
Railroad Company to forccose the funding mort
gage. Mr.. james Taussig. Of st. Louis, counsel for
plaintiffs in that suit, resisted the application. The
Court reserved its decision. These cases have at
tracted much attention and involved the presence of
numerous counsel. ., srs NJ IS
nolcusroM HOUSE CLERKS DISMISSED.
Tho Following reduction III the force of employees in
the CUSTOM House ut boston, Mass. has been made
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
THIRD EDITION
General News.

Gov. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, has
reprieved until January II the Mollie
Maguires j smes Mcdonnell and Charles
Sharpe, who were to have been exc
cuted on the 18th inst, at Mauch
Chunk.
The police board of New York ask ad-
diuonal appropriations for The ensuing
year. An increa,e of 1S0 patrolman is
asked, but the answer is, Increase the ef-
ticiency of the 1900 already under pay
and no addition win be necessary.
The large tobacco manufactory of
Thomas G. Williams & Co, at Richmond,
Va, was burned early yesterday morn
lug. Los estimat d at 1900. There
was no insurance ON the building, but
til F., st Jck and fixt ures are fully cover
ed.
Max Strakosch called on Allen o.
Myers, editor of the Columbus (Ohio)
Democrat, 10 rebuke him on account of
certain structures. The editor assaulted
Mr. rStrakoschjwith considerable violence
and the injured manager Is consulting
lawyer.
AT Bastrop, Texas, Saturday, Prier
Jones and Smith jackson, colored, were
executed in the presence of 5000 per-
sons, principally colored. Both of the
d 3omed men were firm to the end, and
both died in five minutes after the drop
was sprung. They said they were in
duced TO commit the murder by negro
Noodou doctor, who escap d.
Shortly after midnight on Saturday
John Malloy, a New York grocer, was
stabb,d and almost instantly killed
while pa ii x up his shu Iers, by Philip
Whitney, a drunken rutfian, whom NAL
10y had helped in many ways, but had
refused to 10 ige him that night because
his drunkenness. Deceased leaves
wife and two children.
Before the death of A. I. Stewart he
sold au Alabama merchant $1,000 worth
of goods, which the merchant sold at a
loss. Stewart brought suit against him
for obtaining goods under false preten res.
The Alabamian fled a cross-bill against
Stewart for defamation OF character, and
an Alabama jury gave him a Judgment
for S25, 900 1t was appealed - the
United States Supreme Court, but mean
while Stewart died. Judge Hilton, how
ever, representing the estate, is seeking
to obtain a release of the judgment.
Senator Conkling will argue the case at
Washington to-day.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
FIFTH EDITION.
Senator blaine and the South.

ooss@tOE hAohAsD ahhO hMC 6Outms
We suspect that Senator wadleigh was
correct in the opinion hs expressed just
before the adjournment on Friday, that
when Mr.. Biaine's resolution Is taken up
there will be- q debate Mr.. Blaine
moved that IL be taken up for action then
and there. Mr.. Wadleigh claimed that
the bill for amending the Patent laws was
entitled TO precedence, and when APP
pealed to by Mr.. Blaine 10 consent to q
reversal of the regular order he said that
the Patent bill would not lead TO debate,
while the Blame resolution would,
aud he refused to surrender the pre-
cedence, although Mr.. Blaine suggested
that his resolution ought to be passed be-
fore the holiday adjournment to be of
any use. In order to head offthe motion
of the Senator from Maine Mr.. Wadleigh
moved an adjournment, which was car
ried by thirty-6ve yeas against twenty
six nays. This looks like a snub 10 Mr..
Blai ne until we come to examine the st
CT votes, when we tnd that the adjourn
ment was carried by the accidental pres
ence Of de nocraiic majority.
All the Republican Senators present
voted with Mr. Blaine, except Mr.. Wad-
leigh himself, who strayed from his par
ty by reason of his interest in partlcu-
lar bill which he thought could be car
ried with so little loss of time that It
would not seriously interfere with Mr..
Blal ne's resol~tion, to which he had no
hostility. The vote on the adjournment,
although a transien defeat of Mr.. Blai ne,
was real triumph, since it proved that
he is TO have the full support of his par
ty in the Senate.-Herdld
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
Dlptheria.

The Princess Alice Killed by the Foul
dir Of an Old Death Trap.
From the New York Herald.
The Grand Duchess of Hesse- Darn
stadt, bette known as Princess Alice of
England, died on Saturday of diptheria.
Diptheria is malady of which prin-
cess ought not TO die for the simple
reason that it is preventable dis
ease-a disease that must always prevail
10 some exteut with those who, because
OF poverty or ignorance, live amid ema-
nations from Sc wers or other accunula-
tons Of Nth, aud which may sprt al from
them wi hin certain limits, but from
which there should be all almost COM
plete immunity for those whose homes
may be surrounded with all the prec4u-
tions Of sanitary science.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16

Mr.. CoDklng did not mean TO show
disrespect for Blaine when he confined
himself to desk labor during the delivery
of the latter's speech ON the Southern
elections the other day. The New York
Statesman was preparing n case for the
Supreme Court. He had read the advance
slips of Mr.. Blaipe's oration and his curl
osity had been allayed
An experienced traveller says "The
most troublesome companion a person
can have, while being away from home
Is cough and i would advise everybody Y
to procure bottle of DIR. Bulls cough
syrup before starting.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
ARREST OF A JERSEY THIEF.

A lew days ago Sheriff Garrison, OF
Swedesboro, n. j., sent word to the po-
lice Office iu this city, asking the author
i les to be- Oh the lookout for negro
named w. Ii. Collins, who in company
with two others burglarized a grocery
store in Swedesboro. On Saturday eve
ming county constables d lllon ond Neary,
arrested the fugitive in Greeley street,
and had him locked up in the city cells.
A quantity of the stolen goods were also
recovered. Sheriff Garrison, will proba-
bly, arrive in this city to-day aud take
the prisoner to New Jersey.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
Very 0cmonsfraiixe.

On Saturday evening Alexander Cum
Inins visited the residences OF his sister
in-law, in the vicinity of Ninth and Or
ange streets, where his wife was stop
ping, and after summonIng one of the
inmates to the door, demanded to see his
wife at the same time threatening to cut
her with an axe " hicL he was brandish-
ing. Word was sent to the police sta
tion, and Sergeant Legg repaired at once
to the scene and arrested the belligerent
indi vidual. He was given hearing by
the Mayor, and the penalty imposed will
be found in another column.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
Farewell Sermons.

Rev. DR.. Lauderbacb, who, for several
months past, has been officia ing a. Cal
vary p. f. Church, preached his farew ell
sermons yesterday. In the morning his
subject was "Heaven," and in the even
ing, Hell" Both subjects were eluci-
dated in an able manner. After the
evening service the congregation bade
The rector an affecting farewell Rev.
w G. Ware, of Philadelphia, will as-
sumo the Rectorship of Calvary Church
in few weeks.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16

The inventions of Mr.. Edison have
now reached stage that admits of a
calculation of the comparative cost of
the electric light and gas. He fluids that
4o0 electric lights. equal to the same mum
her of gas lights, can be maintained by
an eighty-horse power-engine. The cost
of runRing such an engine, includ ng fuel
and wages, il about Sl3 for twenty-four
hours. The same number of gas Jets for
twenty-four hours would cost about 500,
nearly eight times as much. There has
consequently been another decline in gas
stocks in London.-Bdit. Gazette
Bnrnsides bill for the reduction OF the
army, which Stays the staff as ruthlessly
as though 1t were taking hand in a real
fight under Burnside, Is almost identical
with the Dill gotten up last year by Gen
eral Banning, of the House. About the
only difference noticeable IL that Ban
ming proposed to reduce the number of
enlisted men, while the present bill,
which meets the approval of the Repub-
licanS, leaves the standard of the army
al 25,OO0 men. Banning has been, to
some extent, Vindicated.
The fact that the two men burned at
the stake in the Republican State Of Ne
braska, the other day were probably in
noeebt, should not deter Mr.. Blaine
from rising to inquire whether Nebraska
enjoys the peculiar form of government
guaranteed her by the Constitution. The
gentlemen who were roasted were white
and their crime was cattle stealing in
stead of voting the Republican ticket,
but they nevertheless had their rights az
citizens.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
Boston SO Gent,
Variety Store,

there 10 sc ect what seemeth good in thy
sight for pressnJs for your brothers and
sisters. aunts and uncles, parents, and
reat great grand parents, and childreu's
cniidren's children, even unto the 18Th and
I4th geneI atoms. Tie largest and finest
variety of useful articles | ever offered to
The ueOple Of Wllm ng on. holl> T omiO
TO % ceIIis, tea sets Is To - cents, A lph4Det
and building blocks with maps, card and
board games for old and young tabl = and
floor croquet, smoking sets, nine pins, la
bes bedbtea1s and Grad es, trunKs, stoves,
kl Chez SETS, banks, drums. books, shell
useful amusements for children Also
hundreds OF presents for adults too numer-
GUS 10 me ton. PrIceA are reduced on
many articles Come and look.
No. sol Market Street.
WILMINGTON, DEL. del4 2u
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
MERRIT,S
Patent Gas Carburetter
For supplying an
IMPROVED ILLUMINATING GAS,


GREAT SAVING IN GAS BILLS.
The IMPROVED MERRITT CARBU-
RETTER has succeed In overcoming all
obstacles in the way OF making use OF the
gaseous properties OF light hydro carbon
oils, and Is now offered 10 the public
free from all oh ectionabie features per
fectly saie, and possessing the valuable
property OF reducing the consumption OF
coai gas fully ope-half, and at the same
time affording larger, clearer and more
brilliant light. 1t can be used in coAnec-
ton with the ordinary coal gas meter and
enriches the coal gas by It's addition, thus
furnishing an Illuminating gas OF increas-
Ell brilliancy, and at a very large saving
from the cost of ordinary coal gas.
The CArburetter is well and strongly
made, pOsss ses reservoir of sufficient
size to hold Naptha from which the case
Gus property Is extracted by the machine)
enough for use during several months. II
Is regulated ny pate II autom attic valve,
and has patent purifier and regulator. 1t
Is highly recommended by Insurance
Companies, and Insurance is readily eff
fected on buildings containing u UerTitt's
Cafburetter without additional premium
It's cons ructou has been Investigated by
the National Board OF Underwriters and
approved by Them and the local boards =
THIS approval and permission to place tn e
Carburetter In buildings, instead of plac-
Ing it in brick vault at distance from
The same, is the best certificate of It's safe
ty. Territorial rights for sale by the Mer-
rit Gas Light 20.
The CarDureIter is now on exhibition at
the Office of Evans Pennington, Real Es
late Broker, Room /, Second Story, ALL
mond Building, Cor. of Eighth and Mar
he! SIs,. Wilmington, Del decl4-3t
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
CORONER,S INQUEST.

Coroner Butz held an inquest yester-
day, over the body of colored man
named WIN. Scott, aged IS years, who
died at his residence on Union street, in
Christiana Hundred, just outside the city
limits. The evidence showed that the
man had been sick for some time, but as
he had received no medi cal attendance,
jury rendered verdict Of "death from
natural causes"
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
TOTAL ABSTINENCE SiiIiG RllE TILL II
RIPEsS.

There is a curious story about some nahd
wines which are extensively advertised now1
days, and have only recently been put upd
the market. DR.. Cnderhill. the well-knoV
grapes grower Of Croton Point, died in I01
Some of his heirs entertained temperan@
views Of such extreme kind that they We
unwilling 10 allow the stock Of wines then 4
hand to be sold or any more TO be mad
The grapes have sometimes been sent
market, and sometimes LEFT to decay upd
the vines. tis only now that The other heiI
have succeeded in arranging for a seltlemel
of the estate and the sale OF tht wines 4
hand. Among these i vine a the Nlniaa
Of 1854. described as "s'wcst Union PoHI
but suggesting the Imperial lokay mo1
than any Other European vine and bel
wholly ankle any othcr wire q Amcnc4
growth It, purify, age ard ne'o"n,,si y
remarkable, and both phyhulv and "il1
fanciers have a special in,e-esi IN J. as
oldest native wine now access bic m aty GO
siderable quantity. The whole stoeksin
hands Of the weil-kno~n wholesale g1od
house Of the Thurbers.-N. T. "A
Nov. I2. I677.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
A SLIGHT FIRE.

The alarm of tir- on Saturday after
noon about 3 o'clock, was caused by the
burning of frame stable at Mcdowell
vile belonging to Geo. Casperson. Tho
fire is supposed to have origi mated from
a fire that was klndled near the building
by number OF small boys.
The department responded, but before
they reached the scene the building was
destroyed. The loss will amount to
about 400
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN BOSTON

BosToN, Dec. 15-This morning, about
$3.50, Charles Callaghan entered the Sleep
ing apartment of his brother-iu-la
Patrick Cain, 80 Poplar street, this city,
and fred four shots at him, the balls TAX
ing effect In his cheek, neck, left ear and
the line of the heart. Gain thereafter
arose from bed and chased Callaghan
down stairs until the kitchen was reach
ed, when the seized razor and cut his
own throat from ear to ear, dying inst
antly. Cain at 1890 was living, but will
die. Last evening at 1l:3o> both parties
separated, bidding each other good night
nothing having occurred to cause any
trouble. Callaghan was probably crazy
when the deed was done. Cain is well
known as having been the hacker of
Hosmer IN the race with Davis, when IL
Is claimed Cain sold the race to the Davis
party.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
Mr.. Inskip at Asburx.

Rev. j. S. lnskip preached acceptably
to large congregations at Asbury NJ f.
Church, yesterday, morning and even
ing and evening. In the afternoon he
preached 10 the congregation of East
Zion African NJ. E Church.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16

Assistant Engineer, Mr.. Francis Welch
of the Baltimore Fire Department, so
severely sprained his back at recent
fire that he was unable TO get up after
sitting down. A few.applica ions OF Kel-
lerIs Roman Linimeni cured him
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
ASSAULTED HIS FATHER.

David B. Watson was before the May
or charged by his father with assault and
battery. The undutiful son was required
TO pay 81 and costs, and furnish fl00
bail TO keep the peace.
The daily gazette., 1878-12-16
GETTING RID OF THE TRAMps.

SPRIsOFIELD, Mass, Dec. 15.--In the
Superior Court, yesterday, Frank Finn,
a tramp, was sentenced TO State prison
for life for outraging Mrs. Julia Tracy,
at Agawam, in July last. Lewis and
Henry Peabody were sentenced TO State
prison for life for robbing and attempt
ing TO kill George Brewster, near Palmer
five years ago. They have just served
five years ih Connecticut prison.