The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-27


portant freight on all the railroads leading to tho
milk producing districts. Were tho railroads
so potent in Albany and Trenton that the Lcgis-
laturcs could not have forbidden this vile
trafic also? They deserve scant credit for saw
ing the babies that pinned on skim milk while
letting the railroads bring in beverage that
poisons them.
The power Of fashion is shown In the
feminine practice OF carrying portemonnaies I'm
the hand in the street Every week furnishes
examples OF the dangers of this practice. Usu-
ally the highwaymen who operate upon these
negligent women are not rough. but occasional
ly they use force to get possession ofthe money.
Ordinarily the hghwaymen escape. but now
and then. as was done yesterday, one Of them
is sentenced TO n round term OF Imprisonment
The Pilot Commissioners have complained
10 Mayor Ely about the throwing of garbage in
the bay. THE Sun has once and again chilled
attention TO this nuisance. and il Is high time
that 1t should be stopped Anybody Of common
sense can see that II the entire offa Of the city
Of New York. including tho contributions the
Dock Department. is TO be pitched into the ship
channel at the rate Of about Ave thousand tons
week II will not take many years TO choke up
the channel TO such an extent that we may be
IN again II won't do for officials to say that
the channel is carefully avoided by the garbage
scows considerable portion Of the ofral must
reach the main channel. no matter in what part
OF the bay the dumping is done. and dozen
witnesses can be had at any timc to swear that
1t is sometimes done right in the middle Of the
ship channel.
Last summer. some Of the scows were discov-
cred discharge nc their cargoes n few hundred
feet on Fort Lafayette. The act was exposed in
THE Sun Mt the time. and the next day an en-
ployee OF tho Pilot Commissioners took the
names Of some Of the witnesses. hut no legal
Proceedings followed II the authorities can
think Of no way to clean the city without de-
stroyng our watering places and the harbor Of
New York. they ought to resign.
Great Is soap To n well-known manufac-
turer Of this city It Afforded such q revenue thata
confidential clerk distracted two hundred thou
sand dollars from the profits AMI now poor.
frail woman. in the guise Of an amateur detec-
tive. has relieved him Of the smaller but yet
respectable sum Of twenty-thrce thousand dol
lars. Ii Is singular that such woman rs Mrs
PEcK. operating in tho peculiar way she
adopted. should have been able 20 deiraud a
manufacturer possessed Of the art OF making
money in his line 81 business
The advance Of Gen HOWARD attacked
the hostiles on sunday says Silver City
telegram and we behold the Christian Soldier
choosing holy day for a holy deed heading his
men, sword In hand. To smite the brooch -clouted
heathcn. But. reading on bit we learn that
"couriers rode 200 miles 10 furnish Gen
Howard with the nows Of the battle" So. then.
it Is At long range that HOWARD attacks hostiles.
Doubtless he was lingering at some station
possessing a telegraph. which instrument has
magnetic attraction for the Brigader. or else
he was engaged in executing once moro his
fnvoritc mannuvre OF cutting across a chord
while his troops marched around the arc. on
which they CHANGED TO strike tho Indians. 1t
must have been for one ~ these reasons that
Cen HowARD found himself 200 miles away
from Sundays fight nj Curry Greek.
The Vignettes on the tickets at last weeks
election in San Francisco were peculiar The
Non-Partisan ticket bore an American eagle.
with a Union shield; the Democratic an arm
grasping a flag. with the words. A Constitu-
ton for tho People, the KEARNEY Working
mems the boot of labor kicking n ChinHman
homeward. with the motto The Chinese Mus,
Coz the Ant-KEARNEY Work ngmen's q me-
dallion. with the uuraised arm Of labor and the
motto. JONI Go Wcst;' the National Labor
Party, the arm Of labor over two branches Of
oak. and the Contractors Union ticket. two
hands grasped over cut symbolica OF the Con
stitution As already indicated by tho tele-
graphic dispatches. the KEARNEY Work ingmen
carried the election. Whatever Constitution
may be framed will have To he adopted by a ma
Ioriy OF all the voters Of the State. whereas a
plurality was sufficient 10 elect delegates to tho
Convention.
IL Is not strange that SAMUEL A. CHACF,
the Fall River defautrr, pleaded guilty. in view
Of the faN that he had already furnished incon-
Toyertible proof of his guilt in tho form Of "A
confession. This confession was addressed to
the directors of the Union Mill of which GRACE
was treasurer, and conveyed to them the in
formation OF his crime and OF their impending
rum. Judge DEWEY, in passing sentence, al
luded 10 tho need of additional safeguards in
the way OF supervision by corporations over
men holding such important trusts as that
abused 10y CHACE.
One OF the few dscoverable uses Of Indian
wars like the one now going on in Idaho il the
extension OF popular knowledge Of geography
French Johns Ferry Sucker Creek road, tho
Sheep Ranch. Parade Valley Krmer's Store.
and other localities. til lately unhenrd OF. now
develop into places Of Importance, and divide
our wondering admiration with TIN boy. Capt.
jim, PocATELLo. SARAH WINNEMUccA, SANDY
OTTER BEARD, SAM TYGEE. and other red men
and women TIL lutely unknown to us. Thus We
live 10 learn.
Beneht TO vining Bowers.
The complimentary benefit which has
been arranged 10 take place this afternoon and
evening ut tho Union Square Theatre. Tor the
benefit OF tho disabled actor. Mr.. Vining