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The New York herald., 1878-10-31
POST OFFICE NOrICh..

DOsT OFFICE NOriCK.
The forsgn malls Tor the week ending Saturday. Ne
vember 1873 will close At thls oce wednssday al
A. NJ. for Europe, By steamship Abysslns via Queens
France bo wasdsd by this
steamer must be specially addresssd) and at A. H. or
France direct. steamship CANADA via Havvst Thurs
day a. 10 A. NJ tor hurope, by sesmship Gay OF Brus,
sells via Queenstown espondsnce tor Germany and
France TO be forwarded By this steamer be specially
addressed and NJ IL NJ Tor Europe by seAmshp Leasing,
via Plymouth, Cherbourg aad n saturday At
A. NJ tor karops, by steamship gsrm.nc via Quesnssown
correspondence for Germany Scotland 10 be
by this ste amer must be specially and 1t NJ
for scotland direct by steamship Bolivia via issgow and ~
~ A. NJ. Tor Europe steamship neckar via South
ampton aud Bremen The steamshps Abyssinis City OF
Sweden and Norway The mails for Hsyti. ssyanilia and
Greytown leave New York uctebsr 20 The mails for As
~ The mniis for Havana leave New York ocscDer 80
and November2 The msiis for Mexico leave Now York
kovember2 The mnils Tor - Thomas. Porto kico and
vencxuelt leave New York November a. The msils for
China and span leave Francisco November 1B The
mails Tor Australia leave san Francisca November -
100 &t.+. THOMAS II JANkS Possmasssr
fosr Orrles. NEW YoRK. oosobsr ~, 1873.
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

A meeting Of the creditors OF Edward K. Aiburtis.
shipping and commission merchant at No. 40 Beaver
street. was held at the Office OF Register Dwight yes
terday. Schedules were presented showing liabilities
amounting to $l72. 600, ana Albert q. Aubery was
elected assignee.
The creditors Of William Gibson. decorator At No.
$40 Broadway. yesterday at tho Office Of Register
Kstcnum. Schedules wore submitted showing liabi-
tiles OF $4,000, and Andrew J. Roe was elected as
signee.
Al meeting Of the creditors OF Dr. James Bryan,
No. l4T East Fifteenth street, held yesterday at tho
office of Register Dwight, Albert q. Aubery was
elected assignee 1ne schedules presented showed
debts amounting to $4,000.
Luther shafer. the assignee Of samuel l.. Harris
banker a. No. 65S Broadway. has complsied his
schedules, showing liabilities $6&, 342; nominal
assets. slol ,757, aud real assets, $52, 1853.
Tho scnedulcs In the matter OF the assignment Of
Oscar A. Nathusins nlsd yesterday In the Court
81 Common Pleas Tue Liabilities amount 70
Sl474l o. assets 10 S7,09 80 and roai assets
to $a,034 SO.
There were also nled in the same court tho
schedules matter Of the assignment OF Adolph
Schwernski to simon SchwernsKL The liabilities are
$l4 27l Al. nominal assets at S. eS4 70 and
real assets ut So, 34A &c.
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vANDERBILTs DISPUTED WILL.

The whole session in the Vanderbilt will case yes
terday was occupied in arguments between counsel
and tho cross examination of Dr.. vandefwcyds. The
offer, on tho part OF the contestants. to show that
certain physical ailments wero conducive 10 belief
In Spiritualism, was, alter proiuss argument re-
jected. On the crossexam minati0n Mt. Clinton sue
ceedsd inducing the doctor 20 modify some 0t the
statements made his direct examination. The
turbcd
Tho case viii continue ON Monday, November 4.
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THE COURTS.
Doctors Disagreements Culminat-
ing in a Libel Suit
HUSBAND AND WIFE
Matrimony Preferable to the Bars Of
a Prison Cell.

Dr.. william A. Hammond, sx-Surgeon General Of
the United States Army has brought suit for alleged
libel against DR.. John p. Gray superintendent OF the
State Lunatic Asylum At Utica placing his dam
sges ~ $4,000 The alleged libel was published In
she last July OF the american Journal or In
sasSty. Of which Or. Gray the editor, the title OF
the Objectionable article being .True and False Ex-
psrts" The plaint states Ia hts complaint that ne
has been frequently called as an expert a. 10 the
sanity OF persons accused of murder, and specifics
among other cases his testimony sucn ex-
pert on the trial Of Mcfarland for the murder Of
Albert D. Richardson, and that OF Jack Reynolds,
memorable for ill-timed declaration that "nang-
ing played out" He states, further that he s nov
Professor OF Diseases OF tho Mind and Mental Depart
ment OF the New York Univsrsity also president OF
tho Neurological Society OF this city, having for It's OBJ
jset promotion OF medical In diseases OF she
nervous system He refers. also 20 various articles
which he has written and had published on questions
Apperlainng to insanity The alleged iibeous arti.
ss he AYERS been greatly damaging 10 hts stand
Ing physician, his credit as an author and bis re-
liability as expert. IL IS charged In the alleged
libel that he s'gave the evidence upon which
Reynolds was executed, although tho poor wretch
had eplsptic paroxysm tho day Of tho homcite.
Too late the world norred at the direct CRITICAL
evidence Of BRAN degeneration 70 tnis ease ne
over 10 the hangman al the demand OF the popuaco
shirsting TOR blood" Amer referring to Or. Ham,
mond's testimony expert In various Other cases.
and dsnouncing talso experts az persons "wno I'M
pose upon the courts and the public mind their pre-
sumption Tor learning" the article pronounces such
expert as IA moral monster whose baeful oyes glare
with dslusive light, whose bowels are bot bags OF
gold, " iood which spider-ks ne casts his
accepts these passages referring TO himself and
states that giving his testimony an expert nc
has never done with reference to any pecuDiary
consideration. Mr. Chauncey B. Ripley appears for
she plaintiff and Senator Herman for tho defendant.
Tho case came before Judge Donohus, in Supreme
Court, Chambers, o motion in regard TO the under
Saking. Judge Donohue set aside two former under
takpgs and accepted the last. DR.. Gray's sureties
being Truman x. Butler. banker, and Robert s.
Williams merchant. both OF Uuca In the mean
time DR.. Gray obtained In the Supreme Court, In
Oneida county, addu0nal twenty days In which 70
nut In an answer.
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A CONTINGENT WITNESS.

The suit OF Thomaseelli against Mrs. Paran
Stevens, which is brought to compel the defendant
TO execute lease Of portion OF tho basement Of the
Stevens Apartment House and tor damages, was ad-
journed on Tuesday until yesterday morning owing
the absence Of George P. Chandler. of tho
nesses Of the defendant. 1t seems that Chandler
refused TO testify attend further witness until
MRS. Stevens had paid him s.. 900 disbursements
ln takiEg OF the Stevens House while the
defendant was In Europe. On the trial Yesterday
MA Chandler wiie OF tho absent witness. WAS placed
her husband. She said she mad seen him frequently
within the past week and, in TACT. had parted with
On Monday bad said that he was going away, but did
not tell ner whore he was going. He LEFT nstrus-
tons. however. that in case Mrs stevens had con-
cludsd 10 pay ths $4,000 TO let him know and ne
would make Il worth ner while TO testify.
s1Where is your nusbandsn nsked Mr.. Barry.
81 don't know" replied the witness; ''he did not
to mo where ne was going"
''How could you is. MIN know II you did not know
"whsn no came home." naivsiy answered the Wit
Ii was finally agreed however, that they could dis
pcnsc with Mr.. Cnandlcr's attendance and admit his
testimony given IN other proceedings Ths case was
then adjourned until this morning.
SAILS WELL THAT ENDS WELL"
In August, 1876, Emilio Wolf, pretty Jowsss, be.
same iniatuated with young man named Jacob
Strauss both at tho time living In the village OF
wsrstadt In Germany, jacob. under . promise 10
marry Emile, accomplished her ruin She came 70
America, and while hore received numerous letters
from acob in which he declared his groat love for her
sad stated that II she would him money 10 pay
his passage he would come to America and make her
his vile. She accordingly sent him the money and
10 samc 70 America Alter hs arrival she requested
him 10 keep his PROMISE Dut he ialied 10 40 SO, and
she called on Mr.. Alfred stecklcr, who imm mediateIy,
charge OF brcacn OF promise OF marriage, pro-
cured order OF arrest from Judge Donohue, OF the
Supreme Court, holuing him to bail In So, 600 Being
unable 10 give the ball strauss was confined in Lud-
low Street Jail While in prison be concluded that,
rather than b0 prisoner, ne would marry the lair
Emile. Mr.. Steckler accordingly had him brought
from jail, ana Judge Van Brunt. OF the Supreme
Uourt, yesterday united thcnl In the bonds OF we'd
lock. Mcssrs. John Won Clam and Thomas J. Dunn
acted as groomsmen. ThS happy PAIR imm ediately
lett spend hsir honey within the clas
$40 precincts OF avenue b.
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

WASHINGTON, D. q, UcI %, 1o1o
In the United States supreme Court to-day d. $.
Ryan, Of New Orleans and A. L. Martin, OF New
York, were admitted 10 practice.
No. s57. Lafayette County, No.. va Joseph A.
Drapsr.-Errer to the Circuit Court for tho Western
District OF Missouri. Dockoted and dismissed with
COSTS
No as Chicago and North western Railway Com
pany w. Thomas Saylcr.-Arguncnt continued by
George Payson for appellant, aad A. h. Walker and
s. u. Coxzsns for appellee.
Adjourned tiil tomorrow at twelve o'clock
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Worst --Demurrera No Is Law aud facl-Noa sos.
sss. ssi, ~, ssi. Tsi ssi. sss sss 1's 49, ,,o.
BsrretL-Cass on. 1854. Naugatacx Cutlery Com
pany Rowe Of al No day caendaE Part =
iaa 81 o asia assa asss ssos lsss ASA 1851
255a 1854 1855. 1850. 2557 1858. $500, 256x. 256a
parl a-Held by Juaee Van BsunL-Nos; % 2si6, as!s,
1885, 1888 1890 20sb 2443 l26. 2l45 PASS 355 2l46
2s45 2sl4 aal6. 2sls. 25s 1880. 2s2l. z522, 2Sa6.
2527 $780, 1882. casa
SUPERIOR CouRr-GESEKAL TxRA-Adiourned LOT
sUrxRIoR CouRr-srEcIAL TxRx-HeId by Judge
Freedman.-No Gay calendar
SUPERIOR C0URr-TRrAL 1kRM--ParS ], and g.
Adjourned for the term.
Coxxox PLEAs-GgsERAL TkKx.-Adjournsd for the
term
ConxoS PLxAs-EouIrY TxRx-Held By Judge J. +.
Co.nos PIEAs-iRlAL TxRx-Hsid BY Chief jus
tics q. T. Daly.-No day calendar. Fart x-he'd py
udgs Larremora Nos. 1856. COS.
MARINE CoURr-rRIAL rKRM--Part 2-Held 10y Judge
sherdan.--Nos. 4ll9, ssS7. Ao2l. 1885, 4576, 3Ssl,
3672. Parts and 2-AdJourned ior the term
COURT OF GESKRAL SEssioSs-Heid by Judge SUN.
erland. line People Peter 0RourKs, homicide ]
Same VS.. Bryan Galagner ieouious assault ana
battery; Same ". John White, ielonioas as
isu is. ou.s,sry: ana s.@s Jsms: f:e grand
ceny; same vs. James Cooper, larceny IRON the per-
son; same John O'Neii and James McGarry, lar
csny from the person; Same vs. Richard Aitken, as
sauit aud battery; Same James Farrell feionious
assauls ana battery; Same vs. John Connoily ieon.
ioas .sssci. ana battery same Va DAVID Sl W.an ana
burglary; same va Ann McGiniey, grand iarcsny; !;
same Vs. Micnasi Connolly, grand larceny !;
same vs.. John Hailigan, forgery; same vs. George
Gsnsvois. falss preLenses; Same vs.. Herman H.:
HERE, violating lottery laws; Same vs. Jonn !:
Waller, grand larceny; Same va Henry HALEY and
Matthew Kearns, sodomy. Part 2-heid by Judes
charlottesville People VS.. George 4. Wycon,
ssm. vy Charles carssh sion,ous s.sau. and bal.
terry; Same Va. Levi Moscs, continued.
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COURT oALENDARs-THIs DAY

OOO'I VHr.17''1 q. 1s55- = ND DA1.
SUPREME CouRT--CuAMBKRs--hela by Judre Doco-
hue.Nos ~ os, ~, lilo, 2lo. 2os 27e. 2ss 2se aos
2sy, 1p7. xDD
surnEnn CorRr- GEsswAL rxRx win meet to-day
~ hail past ten A. Al.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22

poor tit for me that can now bet
ter see the force of the saying "Un.
easy rests the head that wears
crown" There is also collection
OF battle~axss, kettle drums,
Lochaber axes, from Bannockburn, q
Royal fitting lance of James VI and
q collection of rusty and badly used
up pikes. AS we wander for hours
through this venerable relic of the
past, now shabby with neglect, and
shorn of all its elegance, it seems to
us only like the skeleton of that liv-
ing past, the beauty and glory of
which has departed never to return.
AS we cit on the massive walls and
look out upon the fields which have
been stained with the blood of thou.
sands, now waving with rich and
plentiful harvest, as we explore into
the massive dungeons formerly filed
with the groans OF tortured prison
ere, now only cchoing the foot steps
OF the curious traveller we cannot
but rejoice that those days of mis-
named chivalry are passed, never as
we hope to return, and that man has
found something no6ler aud better
then to clothe himself in plated steel
and take by might that to which he
has no right. The train for Edinbor-
ough soon carried US out of sight of
the lofty castle, which as we sped
away from it seemed to stand like q
grand monument to the heroic deeds
which it has witnessed in the past.
O. II. BURcHARD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
How He Made $50 off of Hardtimes
Grumbles

There YVES an amusing and rather
painful exhibition on the morning of
the circus, at the corner of Dewitt
and Cook streets. A swindler plant.
ed himself at that spot, and begin
nlng with small articles, promised, if
parties would give him a certain
price for each article, he would, az
ter he had sold a certain number, pay
back to the purchaser the money
paid him, on being shown the article
bought, and that without requiring
the article returned. This he did
for some time, until he gained the
confidence of a part of the crowd.
Great excitement was created among
those who thought they saw "a
chance to get something for nothing
He worked the thing up, every time
promising to return the money on
being shown the article, and prompt.
ly keeping his promise, until he got
eleven persons to pay him five dol
lyrs q piece for eleven knives, prob
ably plated, at which sale of knives
he accidently did not promise to re-
turn the money, and when be got
the fifty-tive dollars, the sale closed,
he pockete6 the money and put out.
Don't you five dollar men feel badly
about it. Charge il to the account
OF education. And you bystanders,
rejoice that you got your tuition
free. PORTAGE REGISTER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
A Fellow who beats Edison.

Lawyer w. o. Watts, of Louis
vile, Ky, claims to beat Edison in
transmitting sound, and there is no
electric connection nor costly me-
chanical contrivances to his elmple
instrument, which he calls the telo-
magniphone. 1t consists of piece
of light pine board, with a circular
aperture covered with finely dressed
sheepskin, to the centre of which a
wire is attached, held in place by a
steel button, the whole being framed
In substantial box. 1t is necessary
to place the ear to the diaphgram to
hear the message; whispers can be
heard at 8 distance of half a mile !:
the consonant and vowel sounds are
plainly transmitted and magnified,
and at an exhibition last week the
operator could be heard standing six
feet from the instrument, while at
the receiving end the sounds were
perfectly audible at distance of 100
feet,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
Brother Gardner on 'Tater Bugs

Gem len,' said Brother Gardner
as he rose up and placed his hand on
copy OF the sGreat orators of Mad.
agasoar,' 'gem'lep, de ole 'oman were
out to deliber de washin' de oder
night, and | drapped over to see de
Wilder Johnsing fer few minits. ]
sat down on de frunt steps in de
deepnin twilight, and while de skee-
ters allied aroun' froo de sleepy al.
mosphere, | axed do wilder why il
was dat de man who does de. mos
blowin' about hard times hez dc leas'
to lose by panic j; an she showed
de gold film in her teef ez she sweet.
y replied
'Missar Gardner, dar will be tatur
bugs jes' ez long ez dar am taturs,'
de sof' clouds sailed across de
azure surface of de bootful moon, an
| axed de wilder why de church
preachers stood up in der pulpits an
wept ober de heathens in China, but
forgot to even heave sigh ez dey
passed base ball, dog fights, jumppin
matches, and ncighborhood rows on
der way home; and de wIdder she
shined up her brass rings wild her
apron and replied
'Missar Gardner, all butchers may
be honest, but all butcher scales m az
not weigh sixteen ounces to de poun'
it am powerful easy for us to find
fault wild odder peoples noses, an
jes' like us to forget dat dc ends oh
our own turns up
Il cot dar in de inoreasin darkness,
feelin agoness for de want OBJ sweet
turnip to eat, an l axed de wilder
why de man who doan' mean to
squar up wild his grocer am jes' de
chap who finds fault wild de size of q
quart measure, an she lodged q
pinchin beetle, an replied /:
'Missar Gardner, dis world am 80
constituted dat de dog which barks
de loudest gets de moot bones.
Money am powerful good, ole man,
but de next best fipg to il am good
par OBJ lungs an plenty of surface
between dc eye an de ehin.'
sGem'len, as soon as de Ice goes
outen de riber an | gifts little time
to fink, Ize gwine to dwell on such
fots as de above an figger up conclu-
sions wild soft pencil. Detroit Free
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22

The Democratic Governor of Ohio
r. M. Bishop, has suspended pay
ment, in other words, the Grocery
house of Bishop &c Co., has failed
with liabilities set down at $3.50. 600.
Bishop is an infationist and no
doubt his wild and perfectly imprac-
ticable theory, which he preached
from the housetop, had much to do
with his failure. There is food for
reflection in what the Evening Wis
consin says on the subject of Bish-
ops Suppression: 1--WE have had some
notable failures in Milwaukee during
the past two or three years, and it
was observable that the credits of
these houses were previously affect
ed by the fact that the heads of the
firms were preaching the gresnback
doctrines OF practically unlimited
issue of government currency. Sound
mon generally think that individuals
who have large business interests at
stake, would not advocate such meth
DDS of swindling creditors, W debas-
ing the currency unless they them
selves were in tight place, and felt
the necessity of cheapening the mon
ely in order to meet their own indebt-
edness. Such utterances create the
cancer of distrust, and when distrust
once fastens upon mercantile house
the dry rot of ruin and bankruptcy
is not far distant. Governor Bish-
ops grocery house, adds confirma-
ton to this natural Inference"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22

The New Revision of the Bible,

DR.. Schaff, speaking of the revision
OF the Bible, sums up some of the
important points as follows:
81. The translation will be made
from greatly improved text. Since
our present version was made several
hundred manuscripts of the Greek
Testament have been discovered and
compared, chief among which are the
Vatican and Sinaitic. 2. Errors oil
typography and of grammar which
are found in the present will not be
found in the new version. For ex.
ample, strain at gnat' will be cor.
rectly rendered strain out gnat.
3. Inexact translations, many instan-
ces of which are found in our Bible,
will be corrected. 4. Words which
are obsolete, if they have meaning
that is not understood, and words
which are still used, though with a
changed Specification, such as prevent
and let, will not be retained. 5. The
new Bible will have different ar
rangement from the old one. The
prose portions will be printed in par
agraphs, as the sense shall require,
and the poetical portions will be
printed in the form of poetry, accord.
ing to the laws of Hebrew parslelism.
The arrangement of chapter and verse
may be retained on the margin
Notwithstanding all these changes,
"the new Bible" says DR.. Schaff,
will read like the old one; it will be
q conservative translation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
second Assembly District Convention

Republican Delegate Convention of the
Second Assembly District of Grant county,
composed Of the towns of Beetown, Blooming.
ton, Csssville, Glen Haven, Lancaster, Little
Grant, Potosi, Waterloo and Liberty, will
meet at Ishmseps Hall in the village of Bee
town on Wednesday, August 2Sth, 1878,
one o'clock, p. m, for the purpose of electing
two delegates to attend the Third Congress
sional District Convention to be held at MUS
coda on the Sd day of September. 1878. Also
for the election of FIVE delegates to attend the
Sixteenth Senatorial District Convention to be
held at the court house in the city of Lancas>
ter on the slst day of August, 1878. The
Assembly District Convention TO be composed
of delegates based on the vote of 1875, from
the several towns in said districts as follows
Bsetown z, Bloomington 8. Cassville b, Glen
Haven 4, Lancaster IL, Liberty 8, Little Grant
3, Potosi IL, Waterloo 8.
IL ia recommended that the several town
csucuses be held on Saturday the Gath day Of
August, 1878, at the usual time aud place OF
holding town caucuses.
L. j. ARTHUR, Chairman.
Il. s. ROCKWELL,
d. b. STEVENS,
G. w. WHEELER,
A. HUMPHREY,
ID Assembly Dist. Com.
August 8. 1878.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
RARUS AT BUFFALO.
A Fourth Heat Against Time Not Allowable
No Record Made of the Buffalo Feat

Spirit Of the Times August 10th
We are inundated with questions
concerning the heat which Rarus
trotted in 2:1s4 last Saturday at Buff
falo, and, owing to the Importance of
the subject, we make one consolidated
answer, and transfer it to our editor
ial columns.
Section 2, rule 60, of the National
Trotting Association provides that in
all matches against time the horse
shall be allowed three trials, unless
expressly stipulated to the contrary.
The report shows that Rarus trotted
the first heat in PIT, the second in
2:5o, and after taking the word for
the third and going as far as the turn,
was pulled up, and brought back.
After short rest he was allowed a
fourth trial in which lie trotted in
2:134. When Rarus received the
word ego" in the third attempt, the
heat was thereby started, and his
voluntary abandonment of it was at
his own risk. We decide that the
Judges were wrong in allowing him a
fourth trial, that the race was finished
when the horse was withdrawn from
the third heat, that the purse and
pools have been wrongly awarded to
Rarus and his hackers, and that the
time, 2:134 made in the extra exhibit
ton heat, does not constitute a record
The fourth heat was merely an exhi
bition, and in no case can it govern
wagers on the time or result of the
original purse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22
A Novel Scare Crow.

A very successful plan has been
tried by placing in Mr.. Crows way
number of grains with horse
hair run through them. He is bound
to swallow one, and his note of alarm
is soon sounded. 1t is impossible for
him to dislodge the graia, and if he
can be watched for sfficient lem
of time he will be seen TO cut bis own
throat by scratching at it. His
usual note is changed, aud | can
assure you life to him is such misery
he would even wish he were dead.
IL has been noticed that after tho
note of alarm has been sounded, all
the crows in the vicinity will leaVa
that field and al proach il no moro
that season. Z is simple thing
yet all who try will find il success