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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
1.-THE BUCKET SHOPS"

Tho small spectators in the nsighrorhood Of Wall
street were much surprised yesterday morning when
they paid their usual visit to the buckst shops" TO
ind business suspended the majority OF these
places. II seems that for some tmc back the stock
Exchange has been trying to drive these parties out
Of the business and tor that purpose mado applica
ton the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company 10
assist them BY Withdrawing tho Of thelr and
instruments. Tho officials Of the Stock Exchange
claimed that long the Gold ana stock Telegraph
Company declared that the Instruments woro for the
OF tho Stock Exchange they should not tolerate
such perverson Of the instruments that done By
tho "bucket shops" Among the firms that
found their Instruments removed were A. II.
Curtis 4 Co, No. 3s New street; /. w.
Knapp, No. IS Broad street; Allison 4 Co., No. ~
Broad street, and FRIEDMAN Co, No. II Broad
street Al the Offices OF Tumbr,dge Co, No u view
street, two o, the Instruments wore taken and
left undisIurbed. This one escaped account al
injunction. In three s'buckot shops" the instru-
ments were not touched, the proprietors having
obtained njuncttons several months ago zach
committee OF tho proprotors OF tho sbueket
shops waited yesterday President Waixer, Of tho
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, and protested
against the removals They obtained satisfaction,
however, Mr.. Walker claiming that they had guar
antscd that these instruments for tho regular
business OF tho Stock Exchange; that they had
broken their guarantee, and that OF the In
strumcnts had been perverted.
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SUBURBAN NOTES.

The dwelling and furniture OF oseph Ttas, French.
man In the village OF Mount Vcrron, were totally
destroyed ny hre between tnreo and Tour o'clock yes
terday morning Loss, about IS, 900; insurance,
81. 400.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, Of Hoboken street. Union Hill,
yesterday reported TO Chief Donovan that his daus
tor Mary fifteen years Of age had boon missing IRON
her nome slnco Monday last ana that he tears that
she has been decoyed TO this city.
Horny Purcell, Of No. 10 henry street, this city,
yesterday reported TO Cnief Nathan, OF Jersey CITY,
that his daughter, Ann Purcell, aged sixteen, had
run away from nome aud that he had reason 10 sus-
peci she was hiding IN Jersey City.
William II. Savage, chief matc OF the American bark
Eilswcrtn, VINO is charged with characterization at
sea, and also with having eloniousiy assaulted the
sscond mate, Samuel McGregor, during the voyage
from Manila TO this port was yesterday held Tor tho
acton OF the Grand Jury by United States Commis.
sioasr Bonsdict In brooklyn.
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the twenty.iour hours ending at tour P NJ, ssptsm-
Der Boz
Mrs. Patrick Fleming. Mrs Ysna Henley and John
VariIlo
Four new cases have reported officially to this
Office J. H. VANDEMAN, NJ. D. Registrar
All OF our physicians now prompt making
their reports required by city ordinance. They
hopeful to-day, and II they could force away
tho tow families that remain in abe infected districts
the lever would soon sbate.
REPORT FROM BROWNSVILLE, TENN.-DErAlLs
OF NEW CASES, DEATHS AND GONZALES
CENTS.
By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
BROWNSVILLE Tenn, Sept 80. 1878.
To THE EDIroR or THE HERALD.
The fever is not 30 bad to-day for the two days
preceding. Only SIX have been reported.
four OF them colored. Miss Estsou, who has per-
formed faithful service volunteer nurse, Is Sick
Miss Mary Bell Howell was taken down this morn
ing.
Three coored cases have died to-day.
Colonel Westbrook and Dan Russell doing well.
We regret 10 say that Lewis Bond Is In q critical
condition.
DR.. Ware the street again to-day.
Mrs. Whitmore, wife OF T. I. Whitmore, proprietor
OF the Exchange Hotel, Is doing we'll
Our camp three miles from town is entirely healthy.
The weather warm and uniavoraDle.
K. L. GORDON, r.uu,,..
I. NJ. PROVENCE o'u
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THE LOST ACCOUNT BOOKS.

EXPLANATIONS OF ME-. HARLAND AND MR.
BLISS AS TO THE ALLEGED STEALING OF
THE TILDEN LEDoERs.
The Tilden account books still continue q topic
OF the day. No new developments expected
until Saturday next, when Mr.. Thomas Harland, one
OF Mr.. Tilden's counsel, will BIO examination
before United States Commissioner at Detroit, on
tho charge OF delivering the books OF the New York
Iron Nine to some person, by whom they were
stolen. Mr.. Harland told q reporter Of the HERALD
that this and three Other false charges wore
contained In an affidavit Of Mr.. Roger
NJ Sherman, OF the United States Assistant Dis
trct Attorneys, and that he intended, Saturday.
TO put Mr. Sherman under = cross-exa miuation ,hAs
would show that that gentleman had drawn this
affidavit not Information and belief, but GU an en-
deavor to invent facts to suit his case ut is trus,
said Mr.. Hariani. 'that was In the room when the
books wore TAX away and have doubt that thoy
In the possession Of the NINE. Exact
copies Of the books are ut tho New YORK
S SSss ,na. ne cam prod1s. them sno'I n.
trial bot Mr.. Sherman told and told the notary
and said that his object obtain posse ssOn OF
the books Tor sufficient tine TO enable expert BOOK
keepers 20 examine them. 50 that when ne came 70
1oasa snow. ID asked me- would allow wv D Sus 10
not l think shall be able on Saturday 10
prove that Mr. Sherman has made q mistake In
hfro6tlnR me- i naQ NO 1ooa until c4me
TO New YORK that q search warrant had been issued
Tor the examination Of my baggage. Ny trunks
in the baggage OF the Grand Central Hotel Tor
three hours on Sunday morning The United States
authorities were quite Welcome to examine that bag
gage but know that they did not do IT, Tor IL was
delivered TO me just as had packed 1t when l lott
Marquette"
WHAT Mr.. BLISS SAYS
Mr. George Blss Is counsel Tor Sir. Wetmors, part
owner OF the mine, has been engaged IN .
heightened litigation for some time with MI. Tiden,
the othOr owner Mr. Bliss said TO reporter OF the
HIM II luA niuhl NJ hA mt
had no further anxiety ABOUT who were In possession
OF tho books OF tho New York Iron Nine. Tho gov
eminent had all the Information the books could
give, ana he thought II Tor Mr. Tiiden to prove
that the deductions drawn by The govern emit IRON
the books were not correct He did not under
stand, from some recent correspondence with
MI Sherman. that no desired Possession
Of the books for tho purpose OF placing
them tho hands OF experta He understood that
Mr.. Wetmore claimed that the books showed certain
profit, ana II Was TO enable ME Wetmore to prove
that the books were produced. He did NOT think Mr..
Harland stole them, but PROBABLY no knew that they
would DO tagen away and placed them where they
could be removed conveniently. Ho did not think
they had been taken from the state or Michigan
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
THE VANDERBILT WILL CONTEST.

EFFECT OF THE RECENT EvIDENCE-wHAT
THE CONTESTANTS COUNSEL sAY-INrER-
VIEW WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE OF MRS.
LILLIAN sToDDARD.
The sensation produced by tho recent testimony in
the Vanderbilt will contest, charging conspiracy be-
tween William H. Vanderbilt and the spirituslisrc
medium TO induce the Commodore TO leave his vast
property to the former was scarcely greater than
that caused yesterday by tho dispatches from POUCH
kespsie branding tho witness who gave startling
evidence as an imposter
WHAT CONTESTANTS COUNSEL sArs
To learn the effect Of the latest development ON
the counsel for tho contestant a HERALD reporter
yesterday called on Counsellor Scott Lord. II have
not Investigated the report" said tho
lawyer sand therefore, OF course, am not prepared
still believe that our witness spoke the truth"
"How did you come 20 hear Of ner Afstf" asked She
reporter.
medium. We learned that no had been sometimes
consulted by the late Commodore Vanderbilt, and
instituted an investigation, but found that he was
dead. In the course of our search we came
across tho witness who testified the other day
that sho was DIR. Stoddards wife, Whom l examined
her before she the stand she expressed IN
unwillingncss to testify, put shc finally consented,
aud the result was the evidence which mas caused
much comment"
widowS''
been divorced from . f0rmcr vile. or that cannot
speak, but she will be the stand again tomorrow
and then It will probably come out"
''Where does your witness ?" next asked tho
reporter.
''she is a seamstrsss," replied Mr.. Lord, "and
lives, believe, In Av0ndae, N. j.
AT AvONDALK.
To ind tho witness the reporters next mission,
and Ia due time he reached Avondale Here he met
Mrs. Hall, who, in answer 10 mis- questions. stated
that she had known Mrs. Stoddara Tor ninc years.
.'She was FIRST introduced TO me- continued Ars.
Hall, ''in Jersey CITY, q woman who needed aid.
gave her some sewing 70 do, and since tnon she has
sometimes visited mel
"rnen she does not reside herc9" asked the
porter
mo; she does not live here. She lives somewhere
IN New York city. think. She was here on FRI
day last. l have not seen her since. Before that
sh0 had not been here Tor some months. II she
gave this her residence sho did wrong"
In answer to further questions Mrs. Hall stated that
she had regarded tho the wife OF DR.. Stod
dard. That she frequently spoke Of DR.. Stoddard as
her husband, but that she referred 10 the Van
derbilt before last Friday That when DR.. St0d
dard dod she dressed In mourning ana acted as II she
was his widow.
"Did you ever hear her speak about DR.. Stoddard
having obtained divorce from hrst wlie?'
eyes, have heard her speak about a divorce, but
would rather not talk the matter"
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DRAINED WITH A CLEANER.

About three O'Clock on sunday morning the police
were notified that desperate ngnt was in progress at
tho corner Of Newark avenue and Second street,
Jersey City. Upon arriving q. the place they
lound John Hays, OF No. Ao Grove street;
Jamos Smith, Of Colgate street, and William
Dillon OF First street, fighting. Hays lay
upon the walk bleeding from wound In the head
aud WAS taken hospital, wnile the others
locked up Yesterday morning an examination OF
Hays revealed long cash IN tho head inflicted by
cIeavar, and 10 all appearances no very 10
death Before this Smith Was taken before Judge
DAVIS and baied, but was Immediately rearrested,
and 10 again In custody Last night Matthew
Cunning Who II Is said, was In the ngLt, was also
arrested Hays condition Is extremely critical.
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THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

A lively legal tit was looked for yesterday In So.
preme court, Chambers. before Judge wsssbrook, o.
the motion for a mandamus in the suis Of tho
Trustees OF tho brooklyn Bridge va Compsroliss
Kelly compel him to bonds to raise 81. 000 0
demanded by the bridge trustees another quota Of
tho city's contribution toward the expense Of ths
structure. After bricf discussion between counsel
1t decided 70 postpone the argument tl ths lAth
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DROPPED DEAD.

Nra Kate Duske, thirty-fve years OF age, Of No.
go West Twenty uighth street, dropped dead yester
aay morning In the New Jersey Central Railroad de-
pot. Jsrssy City. while stepping from Long Branch
train. She had Lett Spring Lake the morning. in
tending this city. County ysciAn Con-
verse made examination, and finding that death
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER.

Tho Hudson County IN. ~ Grand Jury still en-
gagged In taking evidence IN the case Of Mrs jennie
X Smith, charged with the murder Of her husband,
will not auish their labors for days to
Tho main difficulty IL Is said, Is as to tho guilt OF
Cove Bennett rs principal The jury are
united In the opinion that ne concerned In tho
mufucr, but undecided as to whether he was tho
house upon the fatal night They have voted several
times upon the eacn time lacking three votes
mako h m q partner with hor In tho crime.
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CUT HIS THROAT.

fbout ave O'Clock A. NJ. yesterday stefano Carver,
of No. "a Grand street. Hoboken, st,emptcdto commit
suicide by cutting his throat with q razor. lilo has
many hours.
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THE MAyos's COMMITTEE.


The COMMITTEES appoiDte by Mayor Ely Tor tho 70.
ccpt Of funds for distribution among the sufferers In
tho south. yesterday issuod tho following appeal:
TO rHK PEOPLE NEw YoaK:-
The appeal of the Cominlttee Clothing and Bedding
for the Yellow Fever Sufferers road In the churches
day and published In this mornings papers,
cisey want that has beon fst by this committee we'll
the Relief Cvmmittee OF the Chambcr Vt Commerce.
that Is of efficient aud thoroughly reliable alton
make collections by general tour instead OF sending
separately for lot oil goods that contributor
Tne uven his official approval to the plan A
OF the churches will cooperate at the adj
journed meeting Of the Committee ut the Young Mems
CDrtan Association parors this committee will add
its aid 10 that OF the chamber OF Commerce
thorough and rapid canvass of the city.
Every makes the necessities OF the and
means should be omitted to stir all people
All their spare bedding aud clothing, especially
SHOES and stockings.
therefore, Join In the appeal all bone.
and respect ully all pr
pals that they enforce the Importance OF tho
thom their clothing
they spare Tor the lit tie ones the south
FRANK +. VAN DeKvEER,
Chairman Mayors Committee.
The committee acknowledge tho following ro-
celpts:-
From tho MacdJgsl Street Baptist Church. sf7; Bruins
Emanuel els 80; cash. 81 10; clothing IRON Is D. H. New
YORK one smosug tobacco from Dohan, Carroll ~
Co THIRD Railroad sixty nth street. SO 10. DER.
Bank, Fourteenth street. ~; Institution
Tor savings for Merchants Clerks 81 lions Chprcn add
ional. 70.
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III u 10 thO dCabu fOAA
Randolph Beverly,
Joseph Mustachia.
1rueman Gurus,
Philip Carran,
Martha Shcplsy.
Elizabeth Luke,
Robert Keith,
Henry Colome.
George Reileux,
Mary Nelson,
Or. j. Theus Taylor.
Louis Harris,
Blmon Manassas,
Johanna g. Ahtos,
Alrien Court,
Louise l.. +. Pettitory,
Harold n. Dawson,
Johanna Zeilmann,
, 1878-01-04
The Duchess's Watch.

When Queen Victoria was about thirty
years younger than she is now, she was
inclined to be very exact in the way of
business, and more especially in the way
of promptness to appointed times and
places. Seven years queen, four years
u wife, and three years mother, she felt
probably more weighty dignity resting
upon her than she .has felt since. And
yet no crust of dignity or royal station
could ever entirely shut out her innate
goodness Of heart.
At the time of which we speak, the
Duchess of Sutherland held the Office of
Mistress of the Robes to the Queen, and
on public occasions her position was very
near the royal person, and deemed of
great importance. A day and an hour
had been appointed for certain public
ceremony in which the Queen was to take
part. The hour had arrived, and of all
the court the Duchess alone was absent,
and her absence retarded the departure.
The Queen gave vent more than once
to her impstience, and at length, just as
she was about ready to enter her carriage
without her first lady of honor, the
Duchess, in breathless haste, made her
appearance, stammeriug some faint words
OF excuse.
"My dear Duchess" said the Queen,
smiling, ~ think you must have bad
watch" Aud as she thus spoke she un-
loosened from her neck tho chain of a
magnificent watch which she herself
wore, aud passed it around the neck Of
Lady Sutherland.
Though given as present the lesson
conveyed with it made deep and lively
impression. The proud Duchess changed
color, and a tear, which she could not re-
press, fell upon her cheek. On the next
day she rendered her resignation, but it
was not accepted.
, 1878-01-04

"Nuu deserve to StarVc,' said :ho
Ruler; and ordered the servants to show
aim uut of the raAcc.
After tins, matters went from bad To
worse With the painter, every few DAYS
some one q hl, instruments broke under
hI- hand they hal been 50 poorly taken
care yi, that they iii not last half a. long
a, they were meant to. Hi, work grew
poorer and poorer, until he fell sO low
that he WAS forccl u exc ou. 4 miserable
Uyinc los painting the walls Of the COM
mune.t houses, and making the CoarN",t
kind Ui water jar, out of clay. Finally
his last instrument failed him; he had
nothing left 10 work with; and rs he had
for many years done only very cIaIse and
cheap work. and had not been able to
Law up any money, he was driven to beg
his food from door to door, aud finally
died of huHgsr
This is the end of the Parable. Next
skip all the rest, because it is called
Moral" The Parable is truer one than
you think, at first; but the longer you
think, the more you will see how true it
is. Are we not each of us born into the
world provided with one body, and only
one, which must last us as long as we live
in this worldl Is it not by means of this
body that we feel, learn and accomplish
evcrythingl Is it not most wonderful
and beautiful set of instrumental Can
we ever replace any one or themf Can
we ever have any one of them as good as
new, after it has once been seriously out
of orderS In one respect the Parable is
not a true one, for the Parable tells the
story of man whose set of instruments
was adapted to only two uses-to sculpt-
ure and to painting. But would not be
easy to count up all the things which hu'
man beings can do by help of these won.
derful bodies in which they live. Think,
for moment, of all the things you do in
any one day; all the breathing, eating,
drinking, and running, OF all the think.
ing, speaking, feeling, learning, you do in
any one day. Now if any one of the in
struments is seriously out of order, you
cannot do one of these things so well as
you know how to do it.
l do not know anything in this world
half SO strange as the way in which peo-
pie neglect their bodies; that is, their
set of instruments; their one set Of instru
ments which they can never replace, and
can do very little towards mending.
When it is too Late, when the instruments
are hepelessly out of order, then they do
not neglect them any longer; then they
run about frantically, as the poor sculp-
tor did, trying to find some one to help
him and this is one of the saddest sights
in the world--a man or woman running
from one climate to another climate, and
from one doctor to another doctor, trying
to cure or patch upa body that is out of
order.
| think the difference between a person
who has kept all the laws of health, and
thereby has good strong, sound body,
that can carry him wherever he wants to
go, and do whatever he wants to do, and
person who has let his body get all out of
order so that he has to lie in bed half his
time and suffer, is quite as great differ
ence as there is between creature with
wings and creature without wingsa
Don't you2
And this is the end of the Moral
From Bits cfTaLk by II. II.
, 1878-01-04
ADe Minimis Non Curat Lex"

The circuit Judge wac aided by two as.
sociate judges, whose Judicial services
were paid tor 1T the rate of three dollars
tor each day of session, no mileage or
other expenses being allowed. The grade
Of professional ability likely to he called
out by such a rate OF compensation may
he i'm lgined When it ithappencd that the
ia lge, because of some legal disability,
had temporarily To yaCate his seat, the
elder ot the two associates presided, aud
ON such occasions Judge anu counsel not
infrequcutly came INTO collision. An ex-
ample OF old date, which went the rounds
of the bar at the time, occurs TO me.
The elder associate on this occasion was
an illterate farmer, short of stature, lean
ol person, and acrid Of temper. An old
friend of mine, John Pitcher, who has
since served with much credit rs Judge of
our Court of Common Pleas, was coun-
sci in the case. He is still living, an oc-
togenarian, and was noted in younger
days for acumeu aud wit, the latter usu.
ally of a caustic character. In the exer-
else of this somewhat dangerous faculty,
he had, on some occasion, offended the as.
sociate now presiding, who bore him a
grudge in consequence.
1t was suit for damages, and Mr..
Pitcher, retained for the defense, took oc.
casiou, in the early part of his remarks to
the jury, to say:
"There is legal maxim applicable in
this case, to which | invite your attention
-"Do minimis non curat Les.'
Here he paused, intending, doubtless,
to add the translation, but ere he could
do 80, the judge broke in:
Come, Pitcher, none Of your Potto-
wattomy Give US plain English"
The other, without turning his eyes
from the jury, or intimating by word or
gesture that he had heard the remark,
proceeded quietly in his speech for more
than half an hour before he again revert
ed to the matter, winding up thus:
But, gentlemen of the jury, this case,
at last, turns chiefly on that well-known
legal axiom, which l have had already
occasion to bring to your notice, de min
imis non curat Les,' which, reduced to the
capacity of this honorable court, means
observe, gentlemen-means 'law does not
care for little triaing things and"-turn-
ing sharply round on the little diminu-
tive figure, representative for the nonce
of judicial dignity-"neither do Up
Sc'ibnsr.