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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
MUNICIPAL NOTES.

Tho Department Of Public Works reports having re-
ceivcd ,9ss IL for Croion water rents ana taps
during the past week. Mayors Marshal Kelly issued
l,..7 licenses during the same period, for winch
$3.50 % wero paid.
Tue Law Committee OF tho Board OF Aldermen viii
probably report TO morrow their conclusions as 10
whether not the ordinance prohibitrg tue ne" OF
fireworks IN this city " 10 be amended that tins
usual explosions take place the I'd anu 4tn Of
July. E
InstructioEs have been given tue Corporation At
tornoy TO menc~ suits against ALI persons who
have not complied with the provisions tho dog or.
dinanc0
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30

BAkrR.-Aiitr a long ana severe illness, ASSIk
ELizABErn tho beloved vile VI Henry Baker
The funeral VIII take place from the residence ls2
Nn ~ brooklyn, H. d., on MONDAY, july l, 1878, At
Two ociock. Friends Of the family are Invited 10 at
lend, and members Of NE q. VI h N.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
SUMMARY or LAW CASE !.

Deputy United States N ,rshai Bernhard Yesterday
arrested Michael UNeu OH a charge OF having been
connected with the i'cn ds,lery At No. 50 Rutgers
rsysnss efcers. lie Was taken heioEe United staiea
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30

ANEW wAREkooNs or u. ". CoLLkSDER ms
hBrosdwsy. between Grace Church Arts--nli.
lard adeh ami second maud In --latest designs;
goods A. tlovest prices
A AkHiCAS Standard BiLliAaD rABLFs. NEW
AAnd eeond hsna ~ t~ancsd prices Bsifs, Cloths. fpA
CoNss. Npes. Sc WI u. GHiffffu CO. ~ Nescy ~
<rEN AN SECOND HANp BALLARD faBLts Ar
IN e4,ruotdlnsty low prices
L. DkcKkR Co. rs Brcsd~sy
nNE y BiLiIARD TABLE,, C0NPLETEA AND oSR
Ouli s,se OF sale st bargain, ~ CVLrONs Auctieak
koons. 50S BrosdvAx.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
COMMERCIAL WRECKS.

FAILURES REPORTED DURING THE MONTH OF
JUNE-THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OTHER
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
There is largo falling or in the number OF failures
reported In this CITY during tho month OF June as
compared with tho previous month. Fify.four are
reported, with liabilities amounting 10 S4,3l2o3o.
while the month OF May there wore ninetydvc, in
which the aggregate liabilities united 10 So $50 800
This shows decrease OF fory-thrce per cent in tho
number and 81 374, 278 in tho amount OF Indebted
ness There were number OF prominent failures
during the month, IN which the parties have
a widespread reputation. Among tho number are
Alden b. stockwen, formerly president OF ths
Pacific Mall steamship Company; B. L. Solomon
sons dealers in furniture and upholstery; David NJ.
Koehlcr, liquor merchant; Charles Scott Co., I'm
porters oil white goods; Ash Brothers. manufacturers
OF clothing; Hicks stewart Rosenberg, manuiactur
srs OF pantaoons tho CONSTRUCTION Rubber Company;
Mrs. Haines and Mile. de Jsnon, LADIES' boarding
school; G. w. F. Dare, manufacturer Of chiidren's
carriages; James Craig. lawyer; Rodgcr, Wardrobe
x Co ana +. Cooper Co., importers OF laces, and
Dennison W. stone, the circus manager
FAILURES
Tho following is the list OF the failures and suspen
sops reported In this city, together with the amount
oi tho liabilities and value OF the assets as near as can
he asccrta AIMED. Where schedules have been hlod,
where information has been refused, estimates have
been made in accordance with Information obtained In
the lrade: -
Name Of Firm :, Assets. Ldo'hties'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
slRTA
MARRIED.

BAKHR.-on the Goth inst, he vile OF WILLARD Il.
BAKER vi son.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
DIVORCE BULLETIN.

Barbara Klenk necht, who has brought q suit Tor
limited divorce against hor husband, Henry Klein
knsoht, seems have considerable trouble in getting
her alimony and counsel foe awarded 10 her BY tho
Court. Sne has accordingly made motion before
Judge Sedgwiok, IN the Superior Court, TO have
him punished for Contempt OF Court in refusing
TO obcy order. She says that has to support
her three minor children, and that by the
pay OF the counsel fec OF 800 her counsel
have abandoned the further prosecution Of the
case. Mrs. KleihKnecht further states that
her husband is employed in steam saw
ing mas, among other miscntevous acts. made u
cnattel mortgage on hor household furniture, which
bis property, but was always her separate
property, and that OF IAto parties have called and
threatened u foreclosure OF such mortgage. Judge
Sedgwick granted the order applied Tor.
In tho case OF fhGbe Wharton, against Joseph G.
Wharton, in which decree Of divorce granted ia
1869, a motion made before Judge Sedgw lex, IN
superior Court, TO modity snch decree BY direct
week TO tho plsintT Tor the support Of herself and
child and also 5000 counsel cc Judge Scdgwick in a
decision rendered yesterday holds IN ut the Court
power 10 grant rho relief asked.
CHARLES Il. Dobson says he WINS married TO his wife
Mary IN November, 1852. and after about I'VE years
cohabitaton shc abandoned him ana went 10 i've in
open adultery with one NcCabe. The husband sue1
for divorce, and yesterday the case referred
Sidney II. Stewart
Josephine Robb. MS has brought q suit for divorce
agaiusl her husband, james kobDins. In Ashtaoula
county, IN 1876, they were married. No ans~er hav
ing been put IN Judge Potter ordered u reference
James $. Auerbach.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
A MINISTER THOUGHT INSANE.

The latest case Of alleged lunacy is that OF John
DowiIBg, minister oil the Gospel, IN whose a
petition Tor the appointment Of commission do
lnnatico inquirendo was presented TO Judge Van
Hocsen in tho Court Of Common Pleas by Robert
Rogers. the son-u-iaw OF the alleged lunatic. Mr.
Rogers says that his iathcr-n-aw has been insane
Tor tho past three weeks, and Is incapable OF
Quoting his own arairs. In ADDITION 70 the petition
OF Mr.. Rogers William Tod HeimutD, pnysle,an,
makes an anldavit, IN WIN en- he states that upon q
personal examinaoR OF Mr.. Dowiing he fouad ham 10
DC laboring under mental alteration relative 10 MS
future and his ficndr ana nat he was suggesting I'm
practicable and unnecessary plans, and was generally
state oil mental arrangement That " al.
soutey necessary place him under proper restraint
Dr. George T. Belcher also makes Affidavit IA which
ne states that lrounds fVr believing bowling insane
Dascd upon an examination 10 which no ioInd
thai mental alteration principally turned upon his
weaitb, wnica he considerea immense; upon plans
which were TO bring him immense amounts oil money,
but winch were incoherent ana prepostsrots. The
Doctor further that he was clearly incapable OF
managing his affairs aud exhibited signs of great reck
iessness in spending money and wasting his properly
Judge Van Hoesen upon this state 81 facts granted too
wri rrav we'd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
TRIAL BY JURY.

Recently George Morgan com mitted by Judge
Kbreth Tor petit larceny. Mr.. William b. Howe. tho
prisoners counsel has raised this mpor-
question affecting the Jurisdiction Of tho Court
OF special Sessions and entirely changing tho trial Of
misdemeanors The came up yesterday Tor argu
mont before Judge Potter, In Supreme Court, Cham
bers. Mr.. Howe insisted that the accused and every
one charged with = criminal onence were,
by the constitution, entitled 10 trial by
jury. He claimed IA his argument that
statute could deprive defendant Of tbis preroxatvo
and cited the cases Of People vs.. Kennedy IN 2
Parker's Criminal Reports, and People vs. Carroll In
3Parxcrs Reports; People Vs. Riley IN Parker's
Reports ana also in the case OF People vs. Hill, re-
ported IN the rwen,icth New York Reports, where
WAS charged with intoxication the prisoner was
untitled 10 jury. In support Of his premises Mr..
Howe submitted to Judge Potter brot setting form
that hls the prisoner is entitled trial by
jury. OF TINS right he cannot DO deprived;
that had no by his own voluntary act re.
CURED u trial by a Court OF Special Sessions or
had no given or entered into recogaiztnce TO appear
the SPECIAL sessions his rignt TO such trial might
be lost but that he has done neither; that by section
g. article oil Inc constitution, It Is provided, "rho
triHi by Jury IN all In which II has been hereto
tore shall remain invioaie forevcr;' that Tho
offence with which the prisoner is charged Is not te
be tried summary, but ~ Is 10 De tried xo all other
criminal one nccs, and that the prisoner Is 10 be
before jury. Judge Poor SAID he would render his
decision on Monday. This Is looked for with great
interest, laasmuch the decision may revolutIonizo
all tns proceedings the Court Of special Sessions.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
THE COURTS.
Judge Lawrence'S Important Decision
in Assessment Cases.
MARITAL MISERIES.
A Claim that All Prisoners Are Emitted
to Jury Trial.

Judge Lawrence yesterday signed orders vacatins
sales for unpaid assessments Tor opening 81 Nicholas
avenue and Manhattan street. confirmed May, 1859,
and Tor the opening OF Morningside Park, OF certain
properly belonging 10 James A. Deering and Nancy
Parker, situated on Broadway. Manhattan street and
1921 street. The cases were argued several months
by Mr.. Deering Tor the petitioners and Corpora
ton Counsel Whitney for The city. Several
important questions in assessment Law were pre-
sentednrs as TO whether sales for assessments Tor
street openings could be vacated in . summary way
upon petition, without SUIT; and, secondly, as to
whether OF this nature required anything
more than confirmation by the Supreme Court 10
make them o lien upon the properly assessed. The
Corporation Counsel commended that the act oi
1rmatlon by the Supreme Court final and
elusive and that nothing urtner needed estab
lish them as lien. and no processing by petit
ton could be sustained TO vacate the sale.
In the opinion OF Judge Lawrence these obiec
tons are not VOL taken, and overruied.
He holds that assessment is not lien upon prop
cry until entered IN the office OF the Clerk Of Arrears,
and that 10 advertise aud TO sell such property aa
unoer lien from the time the assessment Is con-
hrmed is a substantial error This decision Is con.
sidered very important ana leading by members Of
the Bar prosecuting these proceedings, as II estab
fishes precedent to the procedure In such matters
and involves sales made by the city since the year
1858, involving several millions OF dollars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-30
RAILROAD TROUBLES.

THE MoHrcLAfE AND GREENWOOD LAKE RAIL
wAY-yUSIoR BoSDHoLDERs OBJECT TO THE
PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION.
circular issuet few days ago relation 10 the
reorganization Of the Montclair and Greenwood Laxs
Railway Company. II purporis TO come from . com
mitee appointed Tor that purpose by tho bondhold-
srs, ana attached 10 IL arc the names Of Cyrus W.
Field NJ chairman ana George T. siearns
tary. The report recommends the following plant
To extend tho road from Jersey City 10 Kings
ton, N. Y, distance OF l02 miles under the name
and title OF the New York and Albany Railway; tho
capital stock be ST. 500 0O0 and be issued
to tho extsn, Of S. ooo ooO to be sppor,ioned
lows:-
To the Montcisir, 10 suppiant exist
Ing Issue oil nrst mortgage bonds 100000
For accumulated interest on these
. oonos. ............ ss,ooo
For unpaid right OF way, &c....,..... 100000
Toward construction OF the new road, twenty
SIX miles. oo0 ouu
To The WAIKIKI, cash Sl50,000
To the WAIKIKI bonds. 100000
-- 62o 900
To tho treasury TOR reorganization expenses
Total issue OF bonds. ...,..............$2 900, 900
The cost OF improvements the line and Lev
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
TELEGRAPHY.
THE AMERICAN IDEA OF ECONOMY I'm
sPEECH-A CRITICISM BY A
FRENEWMAN.

According to M. Pierre Veron, one Of the
brightest writer's on the Paris press, the tele,,
graph has much to answer for. Slowly and
surely, he says, It's influence ls extendlng ~ :
spread from the dispatch t., our ordinary con-
versation, to our letters, to the stage. we are
losing all sense of the Importance OF the su-
pertiuous. For instance, says Veron, look at
our letters Of to-day. Instead OF the charm
ing mixture of everything under the sun, with
which Nine. de Sevgne used to delight her
friends, what have we? Take the last letter
you have received and see Ii 1t does not re-
semb!le dispatch. Il hunted Yesterday
cough. Ny father-in-law becomes more and
more unbearabe. Ny Consin Alfred is with
u.s. He is fatter than he was" Is not this
the style of to-day2 Our letters are now
nothing but system OF bookkeeping. Our
letters are to those Of d hundred years ago
what Iiebeg's extract of beef Is to good fresh
meat When letter Is more than o page
long we thrust it aside with am Impatient re-
mark as to the uselessness OF fine phrases.
When we come to the art Of conversation
what do we find? Look in at fashionable
eating house and listen. Two men hurry in
and take their seats. waiter! quick Give
me whatever can be had without waiting ;
that the serious work of eating begins. Every
five or ten minutes remark is made. For
instance: "Pretty good fish, that" No answer.
After another space of ten minutes "That
wine isn't What1t might be-. AhOLner pause.
Then number one goes on: Theatre
t'nght ?" Number two understands this as
meaning, "Are you going to the theatre this
evening :" and after @ swallow Or two of wine,
answers, Nuisance, these debuts," and SO
| FORTH As to the stage, the telegraphic con-
mas, the younger, began it.; the rest have
| followed. Let us do away with everything
| that takes up time, the monologues, the long
| winded addresses. The ideal piece OF the fu-
dispatch. Perhaps we shall soon hear the
actors unbosom themselves as follows !:
| "Morning madam-slept well Eyes red
fAside) Thinks of him yet" 'yules-for.
get ?-sworn-broken heart" 'Broken heart
ns-never-death," and SO forth. This, tele-
graphic style of doing things Veron calls the
reign Of the skeleton. Literary ruin will be
the result OF this sort OF thing. "Do not al.
low this Americanizing process to go on,' he
|
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
RADICAL FINANCIERING
HOW THEY ISSUED STATE IsONDg IN
THE PALMETTO STATE.

The following is an extract from an inters
view with Silas Patterson, son OF the South
Carolina Senator:
II haven't heard anything about arresting
the old man this summer" replied Silas. II
think Hayes would like to see the old gentle-
man arrested. Chamberlain has been engaged
as kimptons counsel, [ see. Chamberlain is
just as bad as kimpton but he won't be ar
rested. Hayes promised to take care OF him
when Hampton was made Governor. Kimp-
ton, you know, was financial agent OF South
Carolina, Chamberlain was Attorney General,
Scott was Governor and Niles G. Parker was
State Treasurer. Kimpton was mixed up in
all the financial affairs of South Carolina
"I'll never forget one little scene Witnessed
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel In New York. It
was at the time the Financial Board, COM
posed of those persons / have named, were
issuing the fraudulent conversion bonds.
They didn't dare to fix up the bonds In South
Carolina, so the party went to New York. 1t
is against the law Of the State to take the
State seal from the State-House without an
act of the Legislature or an order from the
governor. Old Gov. Scott didn't have any
sand. He was stimulated by some Of the boys
until he gave an order for the removal OF the
seal, and 1t was carried to New York. The
governor was kept at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
| for two weeks, and he was tight ON cham"
pagne all the time.
81 remember looking in the financial
boards parlor at the hotel one evening
Chamberlain. Kimpton, Parker and tho Gov
ernor were there. Pauline Markham sat by
old Scott, and every time he signed one of
those conversion bonds she would kiss him
and affix the State seal to it. In that way
about s6,ooo,ooo Of those bonds were issued ;
"Silas," said the correspondent, are you
sure OF the truth OF your statements? is not not
this tale descended from some of the tradi
tional fictions of Republlcanism in South
Caroina?"
Didn't tell you that ] saw it?' said the
young man reproachfully, as he strolled OF
| In the direction Of the Executive Mansion
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
The United states senate.
boston Journal

On March 8, 1879, the terms Of twenty-f -four
members OF the United States Senate will
expire, the following list showing the names
of the gentlemen who will then retire., TO-
gether with the names Of the States they
represent their politics, and the length of
time they will have served:
George e. Spencer, Of Alabama, Republi-
can, ten years and eight months.
Stephen w. Dorsey, OF Arkansas, Republl-
Aaron A. Sargent, Of California, Republi-
can, six years.
Jerome B. Chaffee, of Colorado, Republican,
two years and three months.
William Ell. Barnum, of Connecticut, Demo-
GRAFT two years and ten months.
Simon Is. Conover, OF Florida, Republican,
six years.
WJohn B. Gordon of Georgia, Democrat, six
years.
Daniel W. Voorhees,, of Indiana, Democ1at,
one year and four months.
John James Ingalls,, OF Kansas, Republican,
six years.
Thomas G. McCreery, Of Kentucky, Demo-
James B. Eusts. of Louisiana, Democrat,
| one year and three months.
George r. Dennis, Of Maryland, Democrat,
| six years.
David Fl. Armstrong, of Missouri Demo
crat. two years.
John p Jones, of Nevada, Republican, six
years.
Bainbrdge Wadleigh, Of New Hampshire,
Republican, six years.
Roscoe Conkliug, Of New York, Republi-
can. twelve years.
| Augustus S. Merrimon, Of North Carolina
Democrat, six years.
| Stanley Matthews, of Ohio, Republican
| two years.
John FL. Mitchell, Of Oregon, Republican
six years.
I James Donald Cameron, OF Pennsylvania
Republican, one year and five months.
| John James Patterson, Of South Carolina
Republican, six years.
Justin s. Morrill,, of Vermont, Republican
| twelve years.
Timothy o. Howe, of Wisconsin, Repub'
lican, eighteen years.
| From the above it will be seen that twenty
of the twenty-four are now serving their frst
| term, two are in their second term, and one
Mr.. Howe, OF Wisconsin, is q third-term Sen
ator. Politically the out-goers comprise six
teen Republicans and eight Democrats, The
Senate stands at present thirty-eight Repub
| licans, one Anti -MOnopClist (Mr. Booth, o.
| California;, two Conservatives fthe Virginls
| Senators) and thirty-tive Democrats. Count
i ing Mr.. Booth with the Republicans and thu
| Virginia Senators with the Democrats makes
the figures thirty-nine Republicans ant
| thrty-seven Democrats. Ii the Democrats
| therefore, make q gain of only one In the
elections which will be held to fill the vacan
places, the Senate will be tied politically
| while the Democrats need q gain OF two only
in order to have g. majority.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
Eating Customs of Indians.


The Cocapah Indians, of Arizona, will not
eat pork, though they have acquired taste
for salt beef. They are very fond OF fish and
will eat them at any time. The Mono Lake
Indians of California eat soup made OF angle
worms thckened with grass seed flour. They
also gather bats from caves and roast them
in hot ashes, without removing either feathers
or entrails. Wasp nests are roasted ana
eaten; the more young they contain the bet
ter they are relshed. The young Indians, ID
order to find their nests, capture a wasp,
place a straw in the abdomen, light it and let
the insect go; they then watch its fight, fol
low it and secure the nest The Miama q e: In,
dians are very fond of the yellow lily (Lillum
canadense) with meat. In the fall the roots
often two inches in diameter, are gathered
They taste very much like green
corn These Indians also eat otto
oil cooked in soup, and consider it very
nutritious. The Cheyennes and ArrapahoeS
consider dog meat a superb dish, and WheI
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-02
New Par ties.
tThibodaux Sentinel.l

In this country Of unrestricted, parliament
ary government parties are @ necessity. 1t
is imperative to the success Qf republican IN
stitutions that political questions should be
thoroughly discussed and examined from
every standpoint before they are submitted
to the decision of the popular vote.
It Is also true that every important political
issue between the two present great political
parties has been finally adjusted. and that in
consequence their avowed platforms have
resolved themselves into nearly Identical
conpendiums of glitteriDg generaIities:
The fact can also not be galnsayed that
the process Of dissolution now swallowing up
the Republican party, is more owing TO its
than to real difference OF principles laid down,
in which the opposing Democratic -Conserva-
tives find a rallying point.
In the living issues which have sprung up
since the close of our civil war, as those OF the
currency, Chinese importation, tariff, internal
taxation, the promotion OF native industry,
foreign relations and others, the opinion OF
| the different groups of both political parties
appears to be widely divergent.
! It is therefore, not to be wondered at, II the
"sovereigns,' in their desire to adapt political
parties to living issues, do make attempts
| both of the consistent and spasmOdic kind, to
call into being new political parties, ernbody-
| ing the views OF such fractions as may create
them, respectively, and in such 5 case ts suct
| efforts are perfectly legitimate anu mus
prove beneficial.
| On the other hand, the number OF disap
pointed and worn out political hacks is legion
and those, undoubtedly, are making every
effort imaginable to get uD new organizations
in which they may be able to feather little
nest for themselves.
The "tidal wave" appears to have reached
even us, who In bucolic innocence were at
tending to tiIling the soil and expecting t.
give q solid Democratic vote. In the uppe
parishes a F'Greenback Laboring Party ,ap
pears to be organizing, while below us anu o.
our left the "Nationals" are agitating.
All citizens of intelligence, however, mus
coucede that it Is too late in the day to OF
ganize q new party Of sufficient strength t
be successful In the coming election, and that
therefore, such a movement at present is pc
cullarly fll-tirned. Democratic successes il
the coming election is necessary, not only, 10
our local interests, but to place a final seal Q
condemnation upon the Republican nationa
administration, and present shuffling OF tn
cards could only result in enabling our OF
ponents to fish In troubled water.