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The New York herald., 1878-03-27
HoMEwAgD BOUND.
From the Cincinnati CONNER March 25.l

FROM Tue Clncinnau mercia, March 20.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 81, 1878
Senator John Morrissey, who been confined to
his apartments the Hotel Windsor tor nearly I'VE
months with dropsical complaint, has much I'M
proved that he ventured short walk in the open
air yesterday AID to-day started home, taking vessel
at Savannah for New York. He has had a hard siege
OF it, but has endured his suferngs with fort
tude week ago he about ready, he said, to put
his name down on the mortuary list At that time he
was boated enormous size with water, the cali Of
MS leg measuring twenty-three nches and lis stom-
ach aud chest the Lord Knows how many feet He Sat
proppcd up bed with his legs the rail mig and
day. not daring, as he expressed It, 40 60 on watch"
anu lie down minute. .'rhere l was" said he 10
little party Of friends that gathered about MIN to-day
to congrat uiate him on the Improvement OF his cond
ton, 'ke man chained In the ocean with the tide
rising iucn Wy nch 10 drown him. l thought the Jig
up. sure enough, and SO did my two They
sat there and looked At me- and looked az them we
Understood each other thoroughly. We all know that
that water mad 10 get out VI The way, aud tnat
pretty quick, or else had to get out OF eveTybody's
way. believe brought about the change myself by
sheer lorce OF will, apd that's about all that has
brought me through"
'how much higher do you think you could have
stood that water the day saw propped up IN bed,
Senator2" asked hs trieud, Boly Lewis
'Weli," replied The senator, al don't think could
have STOOD another quarter OF an inch. You thls
was my nth attack OF this KIND and IL weakens u
man lighting tor his lie. / bound, though,
that sho ldnt be 'hurrahed' out; II they want me
they've got 10 lake me gradually. I've broken tho
beas now, ana may outstay the damned ming, but
(wearily) IT'S hard 10 tell, hard to tell"
1t is indeed hard TO tell The physicians who have
attended him during his stay here regard the
ment merely temporary and 90 not speak encour-
agngly o. his near Iuture. He ~ mucu reduced In
hcsn, Dus does not show the reduction much aUout
The lace HIS eye bright ana clear ever, and
he converses ordinarily with his ola animalion
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
DEPOSITS IN $ Wings BANKS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:+
Some OF savings bfDks, the Seaman's among
others. adopted The plan of refusing deposits DO.
yona "A certain amount Tue Seaman's Will not ALLOW
any deposit beyond $1,000 II certainly seems
that this is not udicous plan Tor any savings bank
to ADOPT These banks chartered Tor the purpose
OF taking OF the savings o the ddle ana poorer
classes, thus encouraging economy aud thrift but 10
refuse a mans savings does not seem to be good
way OF encouraging nm To | have triie
81, 900 in the Senman's Savings Bank. and
presenting deposit oil 500 more, recently, told
that 1t could MOI be received. Now what am TO do
with it2 spend II, or keep 1t Ia my pocket or the
trunk at my boarding mouse, and perhaps lose It or
have 1t stoenr These banks should, think, be CON-
PEELED by law to receive all deposits offered, least
up to $4,000, and If they cannot pay Ave per cent
to their aeposi,ors, then let them pay ahaf
iour, or less Lowering the rate OF interest
would prevent any very large deposits being kept at
the bank No cUptaiist would DC likely 10 over
whem them with his deposits If the rate OF Interest
were kept down For my part would rather receive
tour per tor my money aud know that II Is sae
aud valublc when needed than seven aud not
advantages. 1t may bo said tnut can put
my money United States tour per cent bonds, but
they not SO convenient As SAVINGS bank Tor
working man. J. n.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THE TELEGRAPH POOL.

There was commenced yesterday before Judge
Lawrence, in supreme Court, Chambers, the areu-
n,ent on a motion ior an Injunction In the SUIT
brought by Elias Q. Benedict against tho Western
Union and Atlantic and PaciGc Telegraph companies
10 restrain these companies from continuing tho
pooling arrangement made IN August last
the partcu culars OF winch were iuily pub
lished at the time. Aiidavits OF
William Orton, president OF inc Western UnIop; ex-
Governor Morgan, William III. Vandcrblt aud Auaus-
tus ScheL tho committee who perfected tue pooling
arrangement setting forth that the same was consum
mailed IN tho best interest OF all parties concerned
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THE CITY DEAlH RATE.

Five hundrcd and sxy-aeveu deaths wcro reported
to have occurred in ths city during the week ending
Saturday, Marcn % This ~ an increaso OF oighiy-
four compared with the preceding week, ana sixty
nine than were reported aurng tho corroep pond-
ing week OF 1871. The actual mortality Tor the week
ending March 10 wos j2O when Il IS below the aver
age ior the corresponding weeks OF the past ave
ana represents annual death rate OF Z5.O5 per
LOCO Inhabitants, the population being estimated at
l,O70,2zL
O the total number OF deaths reported for the week
1l3 we're IN Institutions, 2Gi IN tenement houses, $50
in houses SoutaiLing three imtes or less, ia hotels
and boardLg houses IN rlyers. boals. slreels &c.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THE MAGENTA'S VICTIMS.

William Fleming, one OF the victims OF the Magenta
disaster, died ut Sing Sing at ten O'Clock Monday
night abou four hours after Ira W. Bailey. Coroner
Foshay and his jury viewed the Two bodies yester.
day morning and then adjourned until to-day.
Men were employed yesterday IN dragging the North
River In the vcinIty where tue explosion
the bodics OF William Hammond aud Burchard Con.
tant, but without success
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
POLICE BOARD NOTES.

The charges oil conduct unDecoming officer, pre-
crred aga,pst Captain McEwa,n, oil the seventh pre-
cinct, were yesterday dlsn ssed by the Board.
b. I. Babbit asked permission 10 present Detective
Timothy J. Golden, VINO arrested his deiaul.ing en-
ployes with $4,000 AS u reward. The matter was rc.
crrod to the Committee on Ru ies aud Discipline.
Cartain Alaire, OF the Sixteenth precinct, asks to
bo transferred from his present command.
The officers OF the Police Athletic Club yesterday
waited th9 Comm nissioaers and asked them TO O.
consider their action disDapding that organization
The Commissioners promised to give the matter their
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
CHICKEN 1HILvES DISPOSED OF.

On Monday morning MF. John d. Seaman, residing
at Pain Edge, town oil Hempsteao, Long Island, DIS
covered that during the night hrs pougry house had
been invaded and almost cleaned OF fows. Mr. Sea.
man strongly suspected william Andrews aud his
stopson, Charles Brown oil beng the thieves. aud
procuring warrants against them they were arrested
At thor residence. a snort distance from Jerusalem
station. Upon searching the premises most oi the
missing fowls were discovered stored away in tho
carreL The prisoners were arraigncd before Judge
Seaman at Rdgewood yesterday and sentcnced 70 tho
Penitentiary ior six mouths zach.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
A PRINCIPALS DILEMMA.

The Board OF Education OF Jersey City has refused
TO adopt a report sustaining Jotnam W. Wakemau.
Principal OF Public school No. o, who was arrested
ago ior assaulting Micn ei Monanan, ono Of
the pupils IN the school The Board recently adopted
resolution approving Of corpora punishmen IN Tho
schools wnen iaficted Dy the Principals; but at inc
meeubg AoDdaJ night Director Norton, member VI
Commitlec school NO O. alleged that Principal
Wnkonlau not only whipped tho boy with u rattan
but knocked him down aud kicked him, and the
port oI the Committee teachers and Salaries exon
Grating Mr. Wakeman was v0tcd down. Ine Principal
bonds 10 await the action o the Grand Jury.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27

that II has been an advantageous bargain for both
companies. aud that tho public had been largely
benefited. The plaintiff as a stockholder Of the
Western Union Company claims that this company
had right whatever to go into this arrangement tnat
II made by the Executive Committed before the
last annuaI election; that the for the
stock olders' meeting for election notice
OF the purpose OF pooling, and that the resolution
passed the meeting authorizing William H. Wander
bt settle the terms of the pool wholly with
authority and that the action of the directors sub
sequenily was equally Unauthorized.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
A LEAK IN THE TREASURY.

The Police Comm ssioners Of Brooklyn yesterday
issued an order directing scrgeans In the different
precincts duty at the time tho inspector OF gas
meters calls accompany him to the register, note
his action while thcrc take record OF the number Of
feet OF gas CONSUMED shown tue dial ana enter
the same tnelr btottcrs Ihc commissioners say
tunt tncy nave tpis precautionary measure
nccount OF the great amount charged tor gas during
luc past montn--,n amount wnicn Is In ny
$3.50 OF the sum allowed per month Ia the apporion-
meat of expcnscs
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
WEIGHS AND MEASURES.

Mayor ELY proposes TO remove the difficulties rcla-
tive to appointments Of inspectors OF weights and
measures In this city by the passage OF Legislative
act He yesterday transmitted to the Board OF Alder
men the draft Of bill to be submitted TO the Legis-
laturc providing that ave days alter us passage the
Mayor snaii appoint Two inspectors and seaiers OF
weights and measures, and tnat The Common Council
snail regulate their tees wncn to be aid into the
Cry Treasury The officials 10 receivc an annual
salary OF $1,000 per annum aud TO hold ofcc DUNG
the Mayors pleasure. Ino Mayors communication
was luid over.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
NATIONAL TEMP. RANCE soCIEIY

At a meeting oil the Board of Managers OF the Ma
tonal Temperance Society at No 5S Reade yes
tcrday afternoon resolutions were unanimously
adopted rejoicing in the recent passage ny tue United
States Senate oil bill to prov dc Tor national com
nilsson oil inquiry concerning The alcoholic liquor
traffic. haIling with much Satisfaction the signal de-
feat IN the Legislature oi the Daiy Oil, and olLclaly
inviting the ministers OF Now YORK, Brooklyn jersey
City and Newark TO preach temperance anniversary
sermons, under tue society's auspices, on sunday
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
TIE JANIS FISK COLLISION.

Coroner Cannon, of Jersey City, has received
number OF letters from persons residing IN New
Jersey asking Tor copies Of the testimony In the
OF Charles II. Ebert, who was killed by the collision
In the log between the Erie Railway Jerry boat James
Fisk, DR., ana the schooner Josie Crowley the 23d
u Many OF the parties state that they intend BRING
Ing suit against tho company for damages.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
A TRAMP, PRIZE.

Samuel Lane, residing on West Side avenue, Jersey
Cty Heights, complained OF sickness yesterday and
did not 90 to work. About eleven O'clock wnile sit
ting in the dining room, he heard hts wife, who was
preparing the dinner In the kitchen, scream, and
gong back he saw "A tramp disappearing through the
door Mrs. Lane said that while ner back was turned
the tramp tered and Ia dish OF beef and
her entire dinner the bag and was going Oh when
sue screamed. Mr. Lane was 100 III to give chase and
The tra mn escaped win the meal
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THAT NEW Il SLRVOIR.

The protracted discussions and squabblcs In regard
to the new reservoir Jersey CITY al last been
ended. Mr Cleveland, the contractor, received tho
award OF tho Board OF Finaure yesterday and exc.
cuted q release In tho meantime a resolution was
adopted by the Board o Public Works requesting the
Corporation C0un TO draft bill TO be prese to
the Legislature authorizing the Board o Pubic Works
to finish lower hall o the reservoir and 10 pro-
vide the necessary means ior doug So provided that
the cost not exceed $lO0, 0v0
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
SENATOR MORRISSEY.

large number OF Senator Morrissey's friends were
in waiting at pier Al North River yesterday in the
pectatien that Senator Morrissey was on board the
steamer Savannah. which arrived in The morning.
The disappointment was general when they learned
that he hai not taken passage by the Savannah. II IS
believed that he will arrive this port late tom ght
board the steamer whicn left Charleston on Nom
day morning. The steamers pier Is No. 27 North
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
SERIOUS SPORT.

While engaged IN friendly bout at wrestling last
evening, the corner OF Broadway aud Second
street, Williamsburg, Feutcl Ksppcr, Custom House
weighcr was thrown with sufficient force to fracture
his right thigh. Ho taken TO the Eastern District
ntiaD
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

lNorE-Letters Intended Tor this column must %
accompanied by the writer's full name and address 70
insure attention. Compliments who are unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste time IN writing.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THE PROPOSED DRIVING ROAD.

To EDITOR THE HERALp:--
1t nas been suggested that seventh avenue bc coa
verted dirt road driving purposes. The only
road suitable Tor this purpose Is The avenue ST
Nicholas. With great deaf less expense II could be
turned 10 DIRT road, us IT 10 not macadaizcd there
street crossings above l25tn interiere
with the driving TO tie terminus of the avenue-a
could occur. HUMANITY,
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
THE POMONA RELEASED.

The steamboat Pomona, seized by tho Collector OF
the town OF Cast.eton, y. Is Tor non-payment of per-
sVnal tax. was yesterday rcieasod.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
SHOT HIMSELF.

William Paul. aged iorty-seven, residing at No. 527
Fifth avenue South Brooklyn, committed suicido
yesterday morniug by shooting himself IA the head.
Pecuniary embarrassments supposed have
prompted the decd. Coroner Simms ued an inques I
above facts.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27

SEWER CONNECTIONS ON SEVENTH AVENUE.
To THE EDITOR THE HgRALD:-
Why are not the properly owners along Seventh
avenue compelled TO connect their sewers with the
main. so as not TO disturb the new pavement after
being laidY DRIVER.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27

ADVERTISING ON THE ELEVATED ROADS.
To EDITOR HERALD;-
Let strongly protest a. ainst tho pillars Of the
Elevated Railroad Sixth avenue being used nd.
vertsing convenionccs for cheap theatres, MS one
finds them USED this (ruesday) morGing. Tho au-
tnorities should TO II that 30 disgusting xdcttco
is not cDunttnuuceu SIOkEkEEpEK
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
WHAT IS TnE PnogpEcT?

To THE EDITOR OF THE HkRALD:-
l. as ono oi the victims Of tho defunc Market Saw.
ings Bank would like TO know wnen the receiver ex.
poets TO close the estate Two dividends have been
paid, the last years ago. What is the pros.
pect? J. B. ID.
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
SEVEN YEARS AND NO DIVIDEND.

TO THK EDITOR OF THE HEkALD:-
Can you give the depositors OF the stuyvesant Saw
ings Bank any reason why Receiver Patt has de-
cared dividend gwen satisfactory report OF The
condition OF ailairsY Seven years is long time 70
wait Tor IA dividend. READER
The New York herald., 1878-03-27
SUFFERERS IN CHINA.

Mr.. A. A. Low acknowledges the receipt since the
22d inst. OF the following additional contributions Tor
tho rcei OF the suorors by the famine prevailing
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06

APPROACHING railway develop
ments will soon bring the question
a. to whether Arizona can be re-
lied upon rs a great treasure pro-
ducer to head. 1t is in the high
est degree unreasonable to expect
= territory as isolated as Arizona
has been and yet is to give q good
account Of itself. The question of
cheap transportation is everything
IN developing the mineral capabil-
tiles OF virgif region. Under
present conditions Arizonans have
ouly been able to work their very
Richest lodes. Where food itself has
been so dear as TO make prospect.
Ing costly and only the most prin-
Hive methods of transportation to
and from the interior have been
available. not much was to be ex-
pected. With a railway from Dem
YER pushing rapidly to the heart of
the territory from the East, and
With the Southern Pacific fairly on
1ts career from the west towards
Tucson, we shall soon know wheth-
er or no Arizona Is an inchoate
Nevada.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06
A Ridiculous Story.
IwalIa walla tw. T., statesman.l

lWalla Walia (W. IT, Statesman.l
w. c. Ralston, well.rememb bered
by many as the President of the
Bank of California, when il
"busted," is not dead, as reported,
but alive and snugly situated on q
little island in the south of France.
That drowning scene was we'll en-
acted, the Coroner's inquest and
funeral was well-matured delu-
sion, and would have come off two
days sooner if they could have
agreed upon the price for the SUBJ
ject "a corpse) which so much re-
sembled the banker as to deceive
those so systematically, whom it
was calculated to deceive. Some
may ask how we know this? Of
course we could not swear to it, but
our information comes from a
source which is reliable. A prom
inent physician in San Francisco
was the sole keeper of this great
secret up to last Christmas, when
he became jubilant over the receipt
of heavy sum of money, and di-
vulged the secret to friend, whom
he afterwards assisted with some Of
the money received, and that man
Is now a highly respected citizen of
this city. Call this q sensation or
. big hoax; we call it o cold fact, II
true.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06

ing the resolution, hoped til o COM
mission would liz no way interfere
with local quarantines. The reso-
luton was adopted.
A bill was introduced by Flnlay
proposing to prohibit the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, under
penalty of heavy fines, from charg-
ing any additional sum for the
transportation of freight or passen-
gers over the bridge at Omaha in
excess of the amount now allowed
by law for similar transportation
over any other portion OF the road.
Adjourned till Monday.
Salaries.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5th.-The
Consular and Diplomatic Appro-
priation bill as presented to the
House, proposes to reduce the sala-
ries Of our Ministers to Great
Britain, France, Germany and
Russia from SIT, 800 to $751; per
annum; those of the Minister to
Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil,
Mexico, Japan and China from
Sl2,000 to $4,000, and those of orlr
Minister to Chilli and Peru from
$4,000 to $4,000. The bill omits
any provision for United States
Ministers resident at Belgium and
the Netherlands, or for Charges
d'Affaires to Denmark and Swift
zerland.
The bills introduced to terminate
the Bancroft treaty with the North
German Confederation were re-.
ferred to q subcommittee consist
ing Of Cox, of New York,
Schleicher and Williams.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06

IT is o matter to be regretted
{ hat, the first time in years our
farmers have developed provi.
q ent policy. they should suffer from
1t. The rule has been, hitherto,
that the producer who stored his
barley and other grains and waited
until the winter had fairly set in,
would make money by the opera
tion. There has scarcely ever been
an exception to this rule. 1t now
looks as If the prodigious quanti-
ties Of barley stored in this county
VIII deteriorate rather than appre-
ciate in price. This fact, however,
Is owing to special circumstances
which ought to encourage our
farmers to pick their flints and try
again. The excessive rainfall OF
the last season not only spoiled the
Los Angeles grape crop but the
barley as well. 1t has left the grain
OF class which is rated as "feed,n
not "brewing." Very little brew
Ing barley has been raised in Los
Angeles county this year. Even
our local brewers have had to go
to Tehachepi to purchase the grain
they are using in manufacturing
a 4
their beer. We learn, however,
that our farmers are sanguine OF
making better crop. this year on
even aminimum rainfall. There
Will, besides, be any quantity oil
"voIunteer' crops which will only
need narrowing to insure a fine
yield, and, in this manner, our pro-
ducsrs will be compensated for the
unsatisfactory experiences of the
past season.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06

THE Anaheim Gazette thus par.
tIoularIzes the terms upon which
Don Juan Forster is colonizing his
Ganta Margarita ranch:
Nearly every day this week par
Ties have passed through Anaheim
on their way to the Santa Margar-
it, rAncho, In San Diego county, to
+ settle on the land which Don Juan
loFBter has put upon the market.
From ono of these parties we learn
the terms upon which the land is
offered. Each farmer is given 160
acres rent FREQ for the first year;
the second year he pays rental Of
$3.50 per acre, or one.sixth OF what
ever crops he may raise; the third
year be pays $3.50 an acre rental,
or gives 0ne-fifth of his crop; or, If
be 20 desires, he can purchase the
land for $40 per acre, payable In
installments. The tract Is laid out
ID farms Of 100 acres each, but every
Alternate 160 acres 10 reserved by
the owner Of the rancho.
Il There is much In such q policy
which we can commend to the inn
itatlon of our own owners Of ranch
properties. There is no earthly
reason why we should allow large
bodies of productive land to lie idle
at time when Los Angeles county
% soreIy needs large expectations
70 keep her tend up.n There are
single ranches in this county,
which we have in our minds eye,
that could be made to furnish
homes for five hundred families
each were the owners disposed to
adopt the enlightened policy of
Don Juan Forster. The princi pie
Of rsserving alternate farms is a
sagacIous one. 1t was q resolute
and persevering dew otion to that
system which enable Gen. Lewis
Cas- to die millionaire. But Gen.
Cass carried his ideas TO an extreme
that we do not expect to see imi-
tated In Southern California. The
shrewd Michigander gave away al
ternate farms, under prescrib ed
conditions, to tae right kind of set
tiers, with the perfect conviction
that he would be compensated for
his apparent generosity by the en-
hancement in value OF the portion
he retained. Some of the finest
ranch properties in the State of
California are now used in Los An
geles county as mere sheep ranges.
The best interests OF this section
call for their subdivision and sale,
on the alternate farm plan, at low
figures. Their owners would net
far more money by the adoption of
this policy than by continuing to
pay taxes on small principalities-
taxes that are certain to increase
largely in amount with the pass
ng years.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-06
Prevent Decay of the Teeth

With their surest preservative, aromatic
S0ZoDONT. Whiteness OF the dental
row, healthful rosiness and hardness of
taste in the mouth, all these are confer
red by SOZODONT. Does not such an
Invaluable toilet article, one so pure as
well as effective, deserve the popularity
It enJoysP Most assurediy. 1t has no
rival worthy OF the name. The ordinary
powders and pastes are nothing to 1t, and
since its appearance have rapidly lost
ground. Sold by druggists.