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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

An aggrieycd gentleman In Brooklyn
writes To The Sun complaining that near
him, and in one Of the most urlstocratic
neighborhoods Of that quiet city, lives a
prominent oiiicoholder With IA very beautiful
woman who IL not his wife
So greatly does proximity to such ill-regu-
lated domestic life wear upon the spirit Of
our correspondent that ne seeks TO call the
press TO his aid in order to compel his
neighbor, as he states il, TO move his Sc
raslio elsewhere"
Seragio is a rather comprehensive term,
under the circumstances, and might Toe sub
jected 10 criticism; but let that pass. The
more important consideration is the utterly
mistaken notion that the letter betrays as
to the province and duties Of the press.
This gentleman's idea evidently is and il is
not an uncommon one, that the press should
be a ferreter out OF social scandals and
should seek To check private vice by expos
ing it TO public reproach. In our opinion,
this is totally mistaken view of the subject
The press has quite enough to do IN re-
cording and commenting upon vice that
forces itself on public notice, without seek
ing the Office of censor Of private morals
Such matters, when through the courts they
are brought into the light, become legiti-
mate and often necessary subjects of dis
cussion; and of these there are quite enough
without attempting to unroof ali the houses
of the land.
II tho spectacle of his neghbor's unhal-
lowed felicity is too much for our CORE
spondent's peace of mind, we fear that he
will have TO move 10 some less uristucratiC
but more decorous ncighborhood. Certainly
ho can obtain no relief for his Indignation
through the newspapers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

Gen. ID. c. MCCALLUM. who died in Brook
Ign on Friday night was one OF the most re-
marSable among the many remarkable men
who were brought into national distinction
through the events Of the civil war. Previously
t. that period he had been known az tho in
ventor and builder of a valuable kind OF wooden
bridge for railroads. and n very energetic rail-
way superintendent; and when Mr. STANTON
had TO look for the man 10 control. for the uses
Of the war. tho various railroads lying in the
conquered portions Of Virginia. Tennessee
Georgia. Mississippi. Arkansas. Louisiana. and
other rebel States. he at once selacted Mccall
LUM for the post. II was q quasi military func-
ton. performed under "A sort OF divided re-
sponsibility n the War Department on the one
hand and TO the Generals commanding in the
various localities on the other; yet he succeeded
IN satisfying both. while the ability. incorrupu-
blc integrity. and tireess energy which he dis
played throughout those eycntiul years ought
never 10 be forgotten. II u railroad was torn NJ
10y the enemy. it was rebuilt and put In running
order again with astonishing celebrity. On one
OCCASION. We believe. as Gen. WHEELER OF the
Confederate cavalry was reporting 10 Gen.
JOHNSTON the total destruction OF fourteen
miles 81 track out Of the railroad on which
SHrENIAN's army had 10 depend for supplies,
tho whistle Of the locomotive. heard from the
Union camp, announced that tho damage had
already been repaired. and that a train had Just
got in over the reconstructed almost impro-
viscd railway. Indeed. il Is not too much to say
that but for McCALLUM the capture of Atlanta
and tho March to the Sea could not have taken
place. and the overthrow Of the rebellion must
have been much postponed.
Gen. MCCALLUM was n man OF frank. candid.
and prepossessing manners. not favored with
the advantages Of a learned education. yet stu
dious. fond Of literature and himself n vigorous
and lucid writer. Spending during the war a
hundred millions for the Government. out OF
which "A IlISDERsON or "A ROBSON might safely
have kept for himself vast iorm ne. he lived
plainly on the small income OF his patents and
leaves behind him only modest property Of
twenty or thirty thousand dollars. But he
h'ayes also the cordial affection of those whc
| best knew him in the dark and strenuous days
OF the war. aud the honored memory Of a zeal
Gus patriot. true friend. bamelcss self
sacrificing citizen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

The following communication, received
from respected subscriber TO The WEEKLY
Sun. who lives in the interior Of New Jersey.
seems to require special consideration:
81 should b. much obliged " Won would quit publishing
those cursed English stories iu THt Mhhkti suN like
good story. hut not an English one hate rate damned
Enghshmsu"
We are greved at the vlndctive humor Of our
correspondent. II shows that he has not read
THE Sun sufficiently to imbihe it's comprehen-
siye. humane spirit. that he has not appro-
priated tho good-naturod jollity and liberation
which the study II its columns tends TO produce
in all sensible souls. Why hate an Englishman
because he Is All Englishmani The majority
81 the English people are among the most ex-
celient men and women in the world. They are
honest. they pay their debts they discharge
their domestic and public duties with com
mondable fidelity; they are kind hearted and
generally useful. OF course among SO many
millions Of human beings there are some
who are bad and whose badness deserves an
tagonism but the proportion OF such is no
greater than We meet with in the same number
Of persons OF other natonalities Let our cor
respondent discard such narrow prejudice. and
open his heart TO every form Of humanity.
hating only that which Is positively and intrin-
seally evil. To this end. perhaps. the best means
for him will be a moro attentive reading. first Of
the Sacred Book In which the divine law OF hui
manity is set forth and secondly Of THE SUN.
which shines for all. especially the daily and
the Sunday as well a. the weekly edition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

IN their character and likely to exert good
influence spiritually. morally, and intel
lectually.
II is freely predicted that the opening Of
the theatres on Sunday in the chief cities OF
the West, like Cincinnati and Chicago, will
soon be initiated In New York; and this
prediction has been made the ground Of re-
newed reproach upon the theatrical profess
sion. A like movement toward Sunday per-
formancee is on foot in England where IL
has also been ascribed to the actors. In
both cases the notion that the change would
meet with the favor Of the performers them
selves is wholly erroneous.
The truth Is that actors do not want to
play on Sunday, either in England or Amer
lea. They want to rest. Every weekday
evening OF entertainment for their audiences
is an evening OF care and exacting labor for
them. The only time OF complete rest, the only
time when they can enjoy those home pleas
ures which are everyday blessings to other
mon and women, is on Sunday. or course, they
do not want to be deprived Of 1t. Obloquy
enough has been heaped on actors unIustly,
without seeking to make them responsible
for opening the theatres on Sunday. 1t Is
20 protest against this attempt that we
have called attention TO the subject. IL the
movement succeeds, it will DO against the
wishes OF the dramatic procession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

The Rev. DR.. DIXON, lately the popular
pastor OF the most fashionable church in Now
Albany. Ind. swallowed poison on Friday even
ing in Memphis hotel. and it is not yet sure
that he will not die The remarkable love let
tiers which the Row. DIR. DIXON wrote to and
received from ayoung woman Of his flock prob
ably afford the key to this attempt on his own
life. There Ia warning for all married cler-
gymen who are tempted 10 lrt with pretty
practitioners In the experience Of tho Rev. DR..
DIXON.
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The experimental trial OF the electric

The experimental trial OF the electric
light at Havro seems TO have been entirely sue
ressful. JoBLocHoFF candles were used. and.
according 10 the French reporters. they lit up
the whole outer harbor and portions Of the
inner basins with light almost as clear as that
" MONDAY Heretofore it mas not been safe
for ocean going ships Of the largest size 10
enter or leave the outer harbor at night. But
the journal az Harre is hopeful that the electric
light will change all that.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

As New Years comes on Wednesday. TEE
wrrxtr suN will hc published on the Tuesday morning
preceding that holiday. Advertisements must be handed
In on the Monday before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

One important problem settled during the
past week Is next summers ice supply. For
many successive days the harvest has been
ripe. the reapers busy. and the gamers filling.
With January and February yet u rely on. the
danger Of high prices should be already at an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29
IN adlustlng the thlrd rall 10 thoIr trnck

In adjusting the third rail TO their track
the Erie Railway Company have been somo-
what unfortunate of nto in the frequency with
which their freight trains. now largely run on
the narrow gauge. have run of tho track. OF
course passengers who have been delayed in
consequence do not desire to be unreasonable (;
but they have a right to expect the exercise Of a
little courtesy and common sense in the matter
Hetthe experience ofSaturday morning andthis
is only one of several such instances. showed so
lamentable a lack OF consideration as TO be
highly censurabe. A train of coal cars left tho
track near the Hackensack Bridge at Ga A. NJ.
yet all tho passenger trains from beyond Pater-
son were sent forward instead Of being turned
over the Newark branch and more than thou
sand passengers, To the neglect OF their business
In New York were detained at that point from
one and hall to two and u half hours. II is true
4 relief irnn was sent to the bridge from Jersey
City 20 bring these passengers in but so negli-
gent were the servants OF the company that no
passenger WAS notified, and only those who left
the cars and walked forward on the track for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

Petitions from the army to Congress being
In order. there is one circulating for signature
among tho enlisted men, II suggests among
other things, that tho money taken from their
pay. through fines ana forfeitures for miscon-
Duct. be devoted TO libraries or other useful
purposes. instead Of being sent to swell tho al
ready enormous foundation Of the Soldiers
Homo, TO which few OF them expect to 90. and
one Of whose chief uses seems 10 be " to keep u
n summer residence for the President" This
latter arrangement must be anything but salts
Tying to the soldiers on the frontier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

by special arrangement with the author Mr. Oolins's
new novel will be published exclusively ia Flu, L,h,
HlsTatd NseplpsT. Jan l-Air.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

The eXcursionists who are about to visit
MeNico will be interested in the news that a
train between that city and Puehla was lately
stopped by thieves. tho baggagemaster killed.
the conductor wounded. and the train pillaged.
As the eXcursoniss are to carry with them
samples Of sewing machines firearms. nEri-
cultural implements. and other merchandise in
which they deal. they may well havo a double
anXiety-lor their wares and for themselyes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29

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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-26
RIVER MATTERS.

A rise of three inches in the last twenty.
four hours, brought the total to six feet fou,
inches, q splendid boating stage, and still ris.
ing.
The fine and fast sailing Clinton is the
next K. N. packet, expected in this morning.
The Josie will be the next Diamond Jo
boat.
The Josephine, the new Diamond 10 boat,
has gone into the trade between Fulton and
Burlington, making three round trips a
week.
The Keokuk Northern liner, Rsb Roy,
which departed down stream yesterday, Is
an unusually large boat for these waters.
The craft is 26O feet long, contains 60 large
and airy state rooms, and accommodations for
twenty persons in the lexas. The engines
are very powerful, having cylinders of TWEEN
ty-six inches diameter, and eight feet stroke,
which require, for the generation Of steam,
five fued boilers Of twenty-eight feet
in length and forty-two inches in
diameter, while the paddle wheels are twenty
eight feet in diameter, with buckets fourteen
feet in length.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-26

was not clean to tho bone. The wound was
the iongest way Of the ear. Mado anothaF
exa summation on the 18th. To-day have
made critical examination of tho head by
removing the brain, which was ina good de-
gree of preservation. There was . decided
redness or congestion Of tho right lobe Of
the brain corresponding to the injured ear.
This CONGESTION evidently resulted from the
blow or force that made the wound. have
no doubt Of it being the direct and immedi-
ate cause of death. The wound could not
have been caused by the wheels, or by any
accident. Am physician Of ~ years stand
ing.
THE VERDICT.
After the testimony was all in the jury re-
tired for about Eve minutes and returned
with verdict that deceased came to his
death from blow on the head inflicted with
some blunt instrument by some person or
persons unknown.
A talk with jurymen and others after the
inquest, showed that the popular belief ia
that when Smith started for home, q man
some say the suspicioned man, jumped on
his wagon, as seen by Burch's girl,
Ida, rode little distance down the
road, struck the blow and then
jumped off; that deceased was knocked in
sensible by the blow and fell back upon the
sacks as indicated by the blood; that he lay
there stunned or dead till the team came tc
the place whe:e the body was found, which
vas at the foot of slight hill where the road
was rough, when the jolting caused the body
to roll of. It should have been stated thai
the blow was made at right angles to thu
head, neither upward nor downward. There
was not one person at the inquest who did no
feel fully convinced that Smith was FOUL,
murdered, and there was great unanimity il
regard to the supposed murderer. It ii
needless to add that no other newspaper blu
! the GLOBE was represented at the inquest.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-26
MISSISSIPPI SHAD.

DR.. Sweeney Receives Call For the &25
Reward offered by the Chamber of Com
merce-A Disguised Fisherman.
Mr.. Il. Haven is an old and successful
Mississippi river fisherman. Mr.. Haven
served his apprenticeship as fisherman on
the Delaware, but for 10, these fifteen years
past, he has fsed the Father of Waters, and
naturally he supposed he knew fish when
he saw it. He also knew of the shad fry
planted some two years ago in the Mississippi
pi, and of the 1926 offered by the Chamber
of Commerce for the first genuine shad
caught in the river.
Well, yesterday, while fishing, he caught q
fish. It was different fish from any he had
ever caught before in his fifteen years of
fishing in the Mississippi. 1t had genuine
shad belly, weighed two pounds. indicating
about two years growth, while its general
appearance was that of shad as he recol-
lected that fish when he caught them out of
the Delaware. The more he examined his
prize the more he became convinced it
tcas shad, and that he was entitled to the
$25 chamber of commerce reward. In this
blssful condition of mind Mr.. Haven placed
his fish in basket and hurried to St. Paul
to hunt DR.. Sweeney and get his certificate
as to the commences of his capture and the
1875.
On the way up Third street Mr.. Haven
met several old acquaintance, to whom he
exultingly showed his capture and intimated
the good fortune, to the amount of 1925, in
store for him, but to no one would disclose
the particular locality in the river where his
shad-ship was caught. That important fact
should remain his sole secret as long as DOS
sible. Finally DR.. Sweeney's store was
reached, and that gentleman within. Mr..
Haven uncovered his fish and placing it I'M
der the doctors nose, said:
There's your shad.
The doctor took the specimen, gave one
look at tho head and run his eve
along down the back until it struck the
dorsal fin, when he saw running out from
its base q tentacle about three inches long,
which gave the shad away, and the doctor
pronounced his verdict: itWell, this fish is
specie of shad, not the genuine article
planted by the fish commissioners, and for
which the 1875 was offered
MI. Haven thought the doctor was mis-
takened. The doctor knew he wasn't, and
tried to convince that gentleman that he was
right, but Mr.. Haven would not receive the
Light, but sp1tefully ascribing the Doctors de-.
cision to desire to save the $25, and re-
marking that s'if his fish was not shad,
there would never be any caught in the
Mississippi river, = he took his departure.
The &25 still remains to be called for By !
genuine shad.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-26
CITY NOTICE.
NOTICE TO OWNERS OF HOUSES ON
COMO AVENUE.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CRY OF ST., PAUL, MINI, April "a, 1878.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Cry OF ST., PAUL, MINI, April "a, 1878.
To John Cunnitf Catherine Pearo and all whom
1t may concern:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
the Board of Public Works, in making the as
sessment of damages, costs and benefits for
the opening and extension of Como Avenue
from the junction of Rice and Blanca streets
in direct line to the southeast corner of lot S,
Como Villas. have awarded $500 damages for
the buildings situated on lot 6, block 1, in
Maggofin Breckerridges Addition to st. Paul,
if said buildings are abandoned by you to the
city; and if not 50 abandoned, $3.50 damages
for moving the same frum the line of said Av-
enue, and said board has also awarded $3.50
damages Tor the buildings situated on the fol-
lowing described land to-wit: Commencing at
Sc corner Of nl%l of ne4 of section 36. town 20,
range %, thence n Sc feet, thence W $50 feet,
thence feet, thence 6 feet, thence IL
feet, thence 336 feet to place of beginning if
said buildings are aband .ned to the city; and
if not abandoned, $3.50 damages for moving
the same from the line of said avenue.
You, and each of you, are hereby further
| notified and required to elect within twenty
days which of said awards you will accept.
Fl. n. RICE, President.
Official: X. L. GERMAN.
Clerk Board Of Public Works. l0l-l05
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lying ABOUT LUMBER.
TIE Last sEKsATION OF TIE r. r.
EXPLODED.
Interviews With 81. Paul Lumber Dealers
They DENY Being in . Pool, and Ex-
cOriate the slanierer.

Interviews With 81. Paul Lumber Dealers
They DENY Being In Pool, and Ex-
cOriate the slandierer.
In the Pioneer Press Of yesterday was
published an article, entitled The lumber
pool, which contained such startling state.
ments, many Of them SO manifestly false,
either directly or indirectly. that GLOBE
reporter was deputed to ascertain personally
from the city lumber dealers their views and
facts in the premises. Especially was this
necessary, as the paper in question broadly
asserted that Zone effect of this ruinous In
crease of prices the result of collision on
the part of the alleged pool or ring) is large
" to suspend building operations in st.
Paul." In other words, the pool was, ac-
cording to that paper, most insidiously, yet
effectually, striking at the very heart of the
city's increase and prosperity.
Furnished with copy of the vefacions
| article under review, the GLOBE reporter
| sought out
NIB. JOHN wHALEY,
the agent in this city of the st. Croix mills,
| of Saltwater, belonging to Isaac Staples,
ESQ.,. of the latter city. Mr.. Whaley was es-
pecially sought, because he was one of the
parties named in the unreliable sheet, and
because he represented one of the most OK
tensive dealers in the city. MIR. Whaley
most distinctly and positively affirmed that,
if there was lumber combination or ring,
Mr.. Staples had not the remotest connection
4 Herewith. for the simple reasons that he Gu,
his own logs from his own land
that he manufactured them himself into
lumber in mills owned and operated by him
self: that he dealt in no other lumber thar
that of bis own manufacture, that he re-.
tailed but very little; and that, therefore
no necessity existed for him, as manufac
turer, to act in collision with any ring com
posed of dealers. Mr.. Staples sold lumbe
in St. Paul, at Saltwater prices, merely ed
ding the exact cost of transportation hlther
To assure the reporter Of this fact, Mi
Whaley produced a file of 'sbills" for lumbe
furnished and delivered at various struct
nres in the city under course of erection il
the city. From these bills, the reporte
compiled the following table, which i
thoroughly reliable, as it represents actua
transactions inlumber sold to and purchases
by building contractors.
p | <nr De-,
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CITY NOTICE.
CONFIRMATION OF COMO AVENUE
ASSESSMENT.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC Works.
CRY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, April "a. 1878,
The assessment of benefits, damages, costs
and expenses arising from the opening and ex-
tension of an evenue, 80 feet wide, to be called
Como Avenue, commencing at the junction Of
Rice and Blanca streets, thence running in e
direct line to the southeast corner of lot s, Coz
mo Villas in the city of St. Paul, Mimi. having
been completed and entered of record by tho
Board of Public Works in and for said city,
the said Board will meet at their Office in said
city, on the
18th Day of May, A. d. 1878, at
8 q. M,
to hear objections IF any to snid assessment,
at which time and place, unless sufficient cause
is shown to the contrary, the said assessment
will be confirmed.
All objections to said assessment must be In
writing and filed with the Clerk Of said Board
at least one day prior to said meeting
H. II. RICE, President.
! Official: R. L. GoRMAN,
| Clerk Board of Public Works. l01-l03
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CONTRACT WORK.
GRADING OF IGI4EHART AND RICE
STREETS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WoRKs.
CRY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, April %, 1873.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works, in and for the corporation If
the city of st. Paul, Mimi, at their Office in
said city, until II NJ. on the 9th day of May, A.
D. 1873, for the
GRADING OF IGLEHART STREET
FROM MACKUBIN STREET TO
RICE STREET, AND RICE ST.
FROM COLLEGE AVENUE
TO BLANCA STREET,
in said city, according to plans and specifca
lions on file III the Office Of said Board.
A bond, with at least two sureties, in sum
of at least 20 per cent. Of the gross amount BID,
must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
H. n. RICE.
President
Official: r. L. GoRMAN,
l00-1l0 Clerk Board of Public Works.
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U. 8. Commandments Court.
Before Commissioner Oardozo.

David and George Adams, of Two Rivers,
Morrison county, appeared before the COM
missioner to answer charge of timber tres
passing upon United States land. They waived
examination, and were held on their own
reconizances to appear before the United States
circuit court at the next June term in this city.
In similar action against p. T. Stafford, re-
ported in yesterdays GLOBE, it should have
been stated as resulting in the foregoing
case.