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The New York herald., 1878-08-27
SUICIDE OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

Mrs. Mary Wiling, wife OF Mr.. William willing, the
proprietor OF a botting establishment In this city,
aged about twenty -four years, who has becn spending
the summer months with her father ME Michael
schachtei at Bedford Station, committed suicide on
Saturday BY hanging herself IN tho water closet with
a clothes line. She was discovered by sister and
medical attendance procured, but life was extinct
She was beautiful woman end tho mother OF Two
children, one two snG half years old aud the other
Ave mouths old, both Of whom were with ncr st her
iatbcf's house. Sho appeared TO be provided win
every thing that could be desired, aud the most
friendly relations existed between herself ana nus
band. lie regularly visited her at BEDFORD station
Saturday evening and remained until Monday
morning. On the occasion OF his last visit 70 nis
wife seemed greatly depressed In spirits, and ne
questioned her ms TO the cause, when she pleaded In
disposition. Coroner Schrmcr held an inquest In the
sunday, and the Jury rendered verdict TO tho
effect that the deceased committed suicide whiic
lsborng under alteration of mind prsduoed by sick
ness,
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
THE MAYORALTY.
STRONG REASONS FOR SUPPORTING ROBERT
BONNER.

STRONG REASONS FOR SUPPORTING RoBEhr
BONNER.
From YESTERDAYS Evening NALL
There are good reasons for the earnestness ana per
tipacity displayed by the HERALD ana the 81" IN
urging for Mayor citizen SO rarely qua'hed or Inc
demands OF that office az Mr.. Robert Bonner. Some
these were very forcbly presented by the
HERALD yesterday when II SAID
A e M:,S5 sm
nsnominatou Il viii overlook any personal
+. Ss IL s~ Il i Sss
sysr hss see issDas
transit companies and forcing 20 90 rs
him looking alter docks taking ac.vs measure. to
Esssg Rive. 81 them @
their riparian rights tho federal 80 that
their Mayer
aud unwhoiesoms residences are vigorously eniorced.
8. s..t any
rasy M ns T s s
th. ei.y. and q abuses the people suffer
Dolly @ S ss. sssa Il ~'d
Of the standardization aud who is intoerant OF
lis not enly unlikely that such a Mayor will get
elected through the usual methods next November,
but We obliged TO say that It is absolutely impos-
sble that this should be tho result Unless the peo
pie take the matter into their own hands Mayor will
be chosen who will go into office tied down by bar
gains understandings and pledges that viii be COIN
pIee bar to his usefulness. That just as certain as
that the Will rise Tomorrow morning. Now, If
there was time when The interests and the
credit OF this city demanded Mayor Tree from al
compIcations and ,mpediments It 10 the present
Not only will he have to select a Compiro-
Ter, Corporation Counsel Commissioner OF Pubic
Works Com missioner OF Charities and Correction,
Health Commissioner, Fire Commissioner, Dock Com
missioner and Commissioner OF lakes, tor long terns
but 1t Will depend very largely his personal
acter aud freedom to act whether various
departments are to bo efficiently conducted Tor the
pubic good or intellectually conducted Tor partisan and
personal objscts. Put Mr. KeiIy's "man," or any
body eise's 'man," in she Mayors ofice and our
streets viii continue filthy, Tammany republican bar
gaus will stli be made our parks Will 60 into disor-
der, our docks will remain dsgraceful municipal jobs
will multiply, our pavements will get worse and
and our taxes will increase without having any
grand improvements to show for our moncy.
And--hs things stand-the only way for Now York
ers get hat they need In the way OF municipal
form s by Bome method o nomination that viii chill
the blood Of politicians by It's ''irreguarty. "
"A nomination oy newspapers having such vast CON-
stitusncics those .ot the HERALD ana Sun Is NO
more sirreguiar" than was that OF Mr.. Haveneyer
BY tho Committee OF Seventy, which. nevertheless,
did the business quite ensctnaliy for Tammany Ham,
And it can DO done again. There 10 no need Of a
public meeting. Let tho newspapers nail the colors
OF Robert Bonner to thor mastneads, and light II
out tho endif necessary, furnishing tickets and
boxes-and the popular wave tnat WILL follow will
surprise tue statesmen out OF their Wits, such
n
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
iotal os0, oVV
Afer the readiDg OF tho report Comptroller Kelly
offered the following preamble and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:-

Whereas portion OF the bonded debt payable with
six aud cent interest thereon annum and
authorize by vote and direct ths Comptroller
sell therefor At not
stock of the city, psvaoic within period OF
less than twenty more than nifty from the
issue thereof and ~ oil interest not exceed
in Eve per cent per annum pays able semi annually.
OF chapter ss5 Of the Laws Of 1875 the Com
the Sinking Fund do hereby to call in ana
count, Of New York now charge upon tue treasury
city than bonds issued in cpaton
OF the collection OF he holders thereof desire
consolidated stock said city
9ft the date OF
and pay able in fifty years from the sinking fund, ami for
be sola exchanged therefor,
provided by In such and at such times he
Resolved That pursuant to the provisions OF section
9 Of chapter 3S3 OF the Laws Of 1878 the Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund do hereby de-
Sonaed debt Of the city Of New York. not exceeding
Of 500 Of issuedfor aud "f
local i'm and duo tho LIST days Vt october
aud November following. and for this purpose CO also
hereby authorize direct tho Comptroller to issue
soated stock Of said city, after twenty years
payable in fifty IRON sinking Fund The said
stock TO be ssuea snd SOLD provided law
for the payment OF said bonds when DUE Or exchange
exchange Of for said consolidated
before the same shall due 10 be taken Ut the par
value thereof with accrued interest added.
A resolution then passed by which the Comp
trolIer was authorized TO refund $8 6S3 Us to Mr.
James Barker, that being the amount II water rates
paid by him In OF the amount due tor his dis
teries Twenty ninth street at ths East River and
Elghtecnth Ninoteeuth streets, near Eleventh
Of Colonel Wingate, VINO appeared as MIR. Barkcr's
nsel, that the water for which he Was compelled
pay not used IN any OF hls buildings. Afdav It's
were submitted showing this, aud showing ase that
United States revenue ofloials and workmen had
becn discharged. ..
The New York herald., 1878-08-27

avenue horse stable. The citizens dwelling near
the corner Of Atlantic and Third avenues complained
that the sdors arising from the manure vault were
''abomnable" ana ''fsarfuL" Ex-Aidsrman Richard
son. the owner OF the property question, contendcd
that while the arising from the stables was not
OF inviting nature to delicate to sus-
ceptibe oifaetory organ, nsvertheesS The nuisance
was not az bad had been represented Ho promised
70 do everything In his power 10 abate the evil COM
planned or
Complaint preferred also against Van linden.
stems slaughter house, in North Ninth street. and
the proprietor was ordered TO appear before the
Board on Saturday next.
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
lHE TEUToNIAs TRU ,TEEs.

Jacob Berman of No. All Ess, Eisnty.sixth street,
Joseph weigsr, OF No 4Ss West Forty fourth street.
and Louis George Of No Ii East First street, three Of
the trustees Of che broken rsutonia Bank, were
brought into the Essex Market Police Court ysstcr-
DAY, before Judgo Otterbours, and each rendered
bonds in ST. 10 appear at the Court OF General
sons, when their compiicty win tue irauduent di-
rociors OF tbs 1OpyQpta UlLl bol inV VosAgsha6,
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
PACIFIC MAIL.

The new contract between the Union Paoinc Rail-
road and tue Pacific Mail Steamship eompaass applies
only 10 head money on passengers According to the
old contract Pacific Mail received IS head money on
all passengers carried TO and from san Francsco by
the Union Pscino R,road, and the rates oy the new
agreement have been advanced to $40. Both COM
panes will hereafter act iadspendsnsv nths matter
ol tTslght chsrgeA
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
THE CITY DEBT.

AN EFFORT TO REDUCE IT BIZ THE ISSUE OF
CONSOLIDATED sTocK-AcrIoN OF THE
IoARD OF APPoRrIoNMENT.
Il will be remembered that the last Legislature
passed . law providing Tor funding the bonds ana
stocks OF this city other than revenue bonds, and
issuing consol. dated stock at rate OF interest
exceeding five per cent. The act empowered the
Board OF Commissioners OF the Sinking Fund to have
its provisions carried out This Law intended
duce the rate OF paid such securities
IRON six per cent i've by issuing long
to fifty years. The Board met yesterday to take
,ion ON the law. All the members consisting Of
Mayor Ety. Recorder Hackett. Comptroller Kelly,
Chamberlain Tappan ana Alderman Keenan,, the
president OF the Finance Committee Of the Board OF
Aldermen, were present
The question camc up in the form OF report which
was sumbitted by tho Comptroller and which sets
forth the coming due Of $500 900 Of bonds October
1873 ana 81, ,335 500 during the month OF November
1873 making total OF 81, 635, 800 These bonds are
4 lOll0ws:-
Assess mon, bonds due October I, 1878. $l50,000
Department OF Parks, improvement fund
bonus, due October !, 1878. 10000
Assess ment bonds oue November /, lS7S. 4l93, lO0
Assess ment fund bonds due November l,
lS7S.... ..s.e.:.... os'''oo
Street improvement fund bonds, due No
vsmDsr /, .......................... s2a.loo
bonds, due NovsmbeSI, 1875. .......... $4,000
Department OF Parks Improvement bonds,
due November l, 1875. 1,1s0,oOO
Total. ......$7, ,635, 800
the following preamble and resolutions which
were unanimously adopted:-
The New York herald., 1878-08-27

The greatest trouble here, as Ia most Of the other
strecss, TO be the throwing OF eops
ana other liquid matter into The streets.
Tneso pools arc never cleaned away, but allowed
to tant III the mir around II tnc streets were
properly paved thore would be lair chance Tor " to
run of into the sewers but as they are at present
there too many inequalities In the surface TO ai-
init Of this. Numerous small lakes are the rcsult,
navgatcu by cabbage leaves or sometimes only a
sngIe melon rind floats on their green nut placid
On the OF Delaney and suffolk streets
is one Of these places only aiew icct IRON cuveri
Mr. Z. Rohn, druggist, VINO Ives on thst corner,
says that the spot mas been IN It's present
condition Tor some years. Two years ago
a neighbor ot his wrote ooni plant TO the Board Of
Health the subject but not the slightest attention.
he said, was paid TO H. IL only requires the removal
of two three stones TO lower the level OF the guttor
90 that all tnc water there sh all flow into the cuvcrt
Mr. Robin suggested that water should be used In
cleaning the streets Al no 30 Is barber shop, kept
by j. Use ho said ho did often the street
cleaners in his neighborhood.
VARYING PHASES
Opposite No. 243 there was dead kitten OF a very
tendcr age, whose corpse looked ought had but
recently departed this lie. Opposite No 40 there
wus another corpse more anccnt whether OF cat or
dog the reporter would not dare TO state Perhaps
the nies who had established quite a colony on tho
remains and mad Deen evidently waxing lat for some
weeks. would have bcen able TO tell Further down
tho street appeared 10 be pretty well cicaned Mr.. A.
ID. Muencn, druggist, on the corner or Cannon street,
said the cleaner comes round every Gay. ''rbis Is
much better than formerly" said Mr.. Mucneh, ''when
a gang OF men would come around only once or twice
Cherry street, below New Chambers, stiil rocks
with NTH ana garbage. Boxes have been placed for
seem TO regard them ia tht hight Of ornaments and
carefully refrain from so,ling them with the attn.
prcfetring to throw u IN the street But above New
Chambers street Cherry street bas been thoroughly
c,eanod. Mr. NJ Reagan, VINO Keeps nav storo a.
No. 3s0 says that IN hts peghborhood the depart
ment IN DONG IT'S work better this year than ever
before. The carts visit this section every night
showing that the HErAID's admonitions have not
been IN vain.
The New York herald., 1878-08-27
NOxIoUs DOORS.

A hearing was given BY the Brooklyn Board OF
Health yesterday afternoon TO the complaint pre-
TERED by ina residents Of The vcnsy Of the Atlantic
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-07
Purchasing rover ia Cent,


One Of the causes Of bankruptcy is that
80 few persons properly estimate that diff
ference between q high and low rate
Of interest, and therefore often borrow
money ut a ruinous rate that no legitimate
business can stand. Very few have tigur'
ed ON the difference between six and eight
per cent. One dollar loanedt for one hund'
red years at six per cent with the interest
collected annually and added TO the prtn-
cipal, win amount to $40. Ateisht per
cent it amounts to 5 ,eO3, or nearly seven
times as much. At three per centthe US
nal rate Of interest in England, itamount'
TO sle.25; whereas at ten per cent which
has been q very common rate ! the
United States, It IS SlS,S09, OF about seven
.bnndrd times IS much. At twelve pei
cent Il amounts 10 S4,0T5, or more than
ionr thousand times as much. At eign'
teen per cent It amounts 70 s~lj,l+9,OO''
Al twenty.four per cent which We some,
times hear talk of It reaches the enormous
sum OF S2,55l, 199,404.
One hundred dollars borrowed at 80
mar eent with the interest compounds
annuaIy. viii amount 10 Sl,S42 in ftt!
veaN-while the same ~Sl00boroWed ateigh
ner cent viii amount 70 $3.50 In htty
wears One thousand dollars, at ten pc
cent compounded, viii run up to SllTrSS
in fifty years.
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The women Bondascs- of England.

80
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The lower grades OF domestic service
are those oil the field and farm. The girls
who hires with . farmer accepts 4 lower
grade OF service than the girl who enters q
private family. But the farmer looks less
for refinement than for strength and rob
ustness in a domestic, In addition to the
performance Of household duties, she Is
expected to assistin milkingthe cows, and,
during the harvest, in the field, Maud
Muller like, making hay. Her tolls are
ardnous and her compensation small. She
.seldoms receives more than e. per annum,
and is OF more than ordinary value when
She receives IS. In large farm-houses she
NAV have the care OF one or two depart
ments OF labor-that otthe COWS and dairy
alone, or the domestic duties, including
the cooking. In any event. her labor Is
sure to be severe. The next lower grade
OF service isthat OF the field Farm labor
ers, when making their contracts with
farmers, are usually required toSupply the
services Of a woman as we'll IS their own.
When they have no wives or sisters 20 sup.
Div this requirement, they must hire Q
cirlior this purpose. The girl who accepts
such service, and hundreds are obliged to
do it, subjects herself TO the lowest form
of female labor. The position IS little re-
moyedfrom that Of q seri. Indeed, her labor
is a species OF serfdom, Tor she contracts to
serve for a certain ~perod-usually six
months and she may not break such con-
tracts with inpunitv. She is as much
bound 10 her employer o. the apprentice
issto his master. tshe breaks her contract
without sufficient cause she Is amenable
to. law. During her period Of service she
fares as her employer fares, her food being
Of the coarsest character. Her labor Is IN
the field sowing, ruking, hoeins, reaping
and binding sheaveS h has large,
coarse hands, . tanned and treckled lace,
ample feet, the appetite OF . colt, and Is
called q bondager. The term fully des'
cribes the nature and condition OF her
seryitude. She Is hired in the market
place on Fair days. when horses are
bought and sold and cattle change owners:
She Is recruited from the daughters OF
agricultural laborers. Although seldom
educated beyond the rudiments, she does
mot lack intelligence. Sheis dutitul, affec'
Tomato and Yirtuous, The bondages, as
they are termed, may be seen working in
gangs OF from 10 to Is, on spring, summer
and autumn DAYS, in the fields OF England
and Scotlond, scattering the grain and
planting the potatoes, or following the
pillow and gathering together the potato
yield, u reaping the grain and binding
the sheaves.
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ElaHrn pAY o. ocTopER q.

EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1875,
For 4 Representative IL the Congress ot the United
state, DeleEztes 70 the LAEiLatgFe, Seaat0E, Clerk Ol
The Circuit COnTt, Clerk Of The County Co1Tt, County
CommIsioneEL school Commissioners, and JaJtieo q
the Peace aud Constable % ill E1cpeie-
For WAshlngtOa DtRFict-MLehAel Edwards, jacob
Arndt Rnd james Roberts.
For Madison Dhsuici-LRTs Weaknesses, MORT
mer Pollock and J. II. Japan.
For Clay DtStriet-BenIamin Fisher, joseph Tolye
and v. =. PeisTSOu.
der and Casper Hall
ktn and james Rcd.
For Webster DtAriet-Jame u. Todd, Stephen
Clark and g. @. Aafdoek.
For Richie Distdet-Chrla Otto, }. v. WEte and
For TrSdeIPiIa p~ls.de+-Preises So. !, II. s.
TboTubarEh, RALPH Mccoy and wn. II. wSddls;
Precinct No.4 :, Samuel oidhSm, =. y. Hendersou and
WoleT Robinson; PrNibet No. Z, J. L Bedull0n, I.
Z Hanehsrd and John PtaFF.
For Liberty DstTiet-PNeinst No !, 7. ]. Maxwell,
Isae DAVIS and samuel ChambeEF Precinct No. 3
R0beFt Boar, samuel B4l and viBeCnt v1nmster;
PIecinct No. ) james +. Btaney, john Howard Aod
FSr RIehand Dfeha-Pree4net Ne /, Wu. North,
JamSS EteI and AIOas&J. MccollOeA; Prudpet 10
!, Jans NecSrd, Philip Reilly and John B. Lyle.
The polls % BE Cpened al sunrise, o. = son there
Rhef q practicable. and 70 eloss At SunseE
az order II the Board Of Commissioners,
- CHAs h. DEITERS, Clerk.
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The foregoing list OF prices shows that
articles which cost $3.50 inlS6o, So
in 1854. can now be purchased for S26 g,
Does this look like hard times, or mi
t;on? The good sound senseo Of the people,
honesty expressed, cannot fail to answer
in The negative. On the LIST OF January,
Isss The articles we have given in the
foregoing table footed up to the tune Of
ssS Is, as against 1857 at the present
Inn, enlightened BY the truth, can posi-
bly believe that the masses are to be bene-
tited BY a return to high prices and a cur
rancy lacking from forty to htty-hve per
cent in purchasing power, as during the
last years of the war.
We ask our readers 70 ponder me lacus
already set forth, as well as the following
table showing the purchasing power OF q
coin and paper dollar atthe several periods
mentioned:
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READTHIS
And Contrast 1t with Colonel Ben wilson,
Misrepresentation

And Contrast Il with Colonel Ben Wilson's
misrepresentation
Frnk LeslIs's Newspaper.
1t is time that the people who are being
befoSred and misled on the finanrialques.
ton should understand that a gold dollar
Of American coinageis simply one hundred
cents. That was its value prior to the war,
all through the Rebellion, and remains the
same to-day. Lying quotations have mis-
led the public. In July, 1854, gold coin
was quoted at es5. Had the gold dollar
advanced in value to 2s2 cents? Not q bit
Of it! The real truth was that the pur-
chasing power of paper dollars had fallen
to thirty-fve cents, and one hundred cents
in gold purchased quite as much as three
paper dollars, which had deprecated to
the extent of about sixty-ive cents each.
We cannot do a better service to such
OF our readers as are puzzled over this sub
ject than to present them with the follow.
ing table, showing the difference in the
purchasing power of 800 IN paper and
slOoin coin during the several years named:
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WELLsBURG.
wr1lsprRo, October 5.

wELlsBrRd, October 8.
cOrepODdsnes Of the IntsllEgsnesr-
The decks are being cleared for the en-
gagement on Tuesday next. The generals
are issuing orders. The colonies, majors,
captains, non-commissioned, staff and pri-
Yates OF both the front and rear ranks are
executing orders in a manner that shows
much activity and earnestness, although
the work is accompanied with less noise
than in former campaigns.
Quiet reigns generally throughout the
county, save in the Bethany region, where
there has been some excitement of late,
growing out Of the burning Of John I.
Lauck's stable, and the larceny Of about
twenty dollars worth of -four from Apple
gates mill, situated just across the State
line, and in Pennsylvania. George A.
Parkinson, his son Joseph and George
Fletcher we're arrested for taking the -four.
Parkinson gave bail Of q preliminary hear.
ing, and then fed. Fletcher, not furnish.
ing bail, was committed here 70 await a
requisition from Pennsylvania. DR.. David
Parkinson, father of George A. Parkinson,
was arrested at Bethany and ordered TO be
committed as IN accessory, but at this
writing he has not been committed, and
awaits a reconsideration by the Justice.
Isaac Stewart, q peaceable citizen OF
Bethany, was arrested on suspicion OF
burning Lauck's stable, and all the other
devilment in and about the good village OF
Bethany for years past. Some parties
swore that Mr.. Stewart, in their belief,
was q dangerous man. He was therefore
required TO give bond to be Of good be-
havior for one year. He had no trouble
in finding the security which does not in
dictate that he is a bad man. Next.
The steamer Nellie Speer is laid up OPP
posite here awaiting more water. She Is
owned by the Wood Brothers OF Pitts
burgh. Capt. Jonathan Wood, Capt. Jas.
Wood, Capt. B. D. Wood and Master Char
lie, son OF B. D. Wood, came down from
Pittsburgh Thursday evening u enjoy a
few days hunting and fishing in this vicin-
ity. Headquarters on board the Nellie
Speer.
Virginia, vile OF Mr.. Joseph R. Murphy,
OF this place, died on Friday morning,
after q short illness. Mr.. Murphy's fam
lily has been visited by typhoid fever.
Three boys were taken, n Of whom has
recovered sufficiently to be about. The
other two are in a fair way to recover
The mother was taken some two weeks
since. The fever having been got under
control, erysipelas and other diseases set
in and speedily carried her away. Mr..
Murphy has the sympathy OF our citizens.
The health OF our town is generally
good. The fever, which prevailed o some
extent some time since, has almost entirely
disappeared. Out OF some eight or ten
cases there was but one death.
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TOR sALE-A SECONDHAND LAW.
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