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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-21
TIE WOOD DIVORCE SUIT.

motion for amony and counsel fso was made be.
fore Jodgs Gilbert, OF the Kings County Supreme
Court yesterday In suit for limited divorce, on the
ground OF cruel snd inhumsn treatment, brought BY
Mrs Emma }. Wood against her husband, william II.
Wood, oyster dredger Of staten Island The plain.
IN her compliant states that before marriage
defendant hs represented himself her no sober
and moral man, ana that shortly alter marriage she
had found him 70 be directly the OF no
had represented She claims that on enc occasion no
told her that he wished she dead he could
marry the woman no loved; also that no
thai plaintiff was supported tor a long
time BY her mother. notw,thslsnding defendant WAS
al work, earning good wages Plaintiff states further
that deiendant said that he Intended 20 torment her
to DEATH and for lear no would execute his threat
left hin on November 2, 1870, taxing her Guild with
her Wnen departing from tue house defendant ex-
pressed the nope that she would ne q corpse IN tho
morning. Plaintiff claims that she IL dependent on
her mother Tor support while her husband ~ capable
OF earning from 50 TO IS day ., has busnoss Jucge
Giipert ssjourRed The case
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-21
NEWPORT ATHLETIC MEETING.
Diagram of the WeStches-
ter Polo Grounds.
THE COURSE FOR To-MORRow'S SPORTS
Events, Performers and Officers Of the
Meeting.

The athletic meeting TO be held st Newport TO- NOR
row, on the groupds OF the wsstchesier Polo Club,
under auspices OF that organization bids fair
to be ths most enjoyable Of the year The manage
men. comprises gentlemen we'll used to promoting
athletic sporss and their arrangements
OF very thorough character The course
has especially prepared for the meeting, and
those who have seen Il within day SO pronounce
4, simply perfect being hard and smoosh q billiard
bali With fair weather It viii not he strange II
fast time 10 made 10 many OF the cvsnta
Tho accompanying diagram OF the polo grounds
will be interesting 70 athletic readers. They will
glance that all the distances up 70 and incIud
ing $50 yards straigntawsy. The running OF tho
latter distance u straight Is unprecedented
this country. and the sensation 10 sure 70 bs novel
one 10 tho large neid who engaged for the event.
The nsish Of tbs 100 yards - the esd Of the stand
and tho and finish Of the one mile one mile and
half quarter Of . mile, 40 yards and the nnsh OF
the sOV yards Is directly opposite the stand and
promenade, the athIstes may be sure OF encourage
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SHE WOULD BE FREE.

MRS. COLLINS cHARoIs Hen HUSBAND WITH
ISFIDELrrY AND rHEFr-IsTEnEsT1ro COR
sEsPoSpxNcE-couNsEL MOTION ron ALI
MoNY AND MS FEE DENIED.
A divorce suit prsseatipg rather unusual fsa-
lures that brought by Catharns N Collier against
hes hvsbasd Jehn N. Cpii,sr. The case came bsiors
Judge vss Bvuns, IL Supreme Court, Chambers, yes
ssrday. on the ordinary preliminary motion made
bsnalf OF the wife Tor amoAy and counsel fee,
she asking shat her husband, pending the suit,
$1,000 20 nor lawyer
MRS. coLLJERs sToRr.
The complaint Of MIRA Collier Is drawn up with a
model brsvity. IL simply recitss that they mar
rsd 10 this city June Is, 1874, aud that since the
LIST OF May, 1877, he has committed various adusrss
at various pacss the particulars Of which she cannot
now iuliy give. except that as she 10 inormcd one
OF tho women 10 the occupant OF . house OF III
fame ana known by the name OF Ida. In nor petit
ton for sImony, however, there Is more DO
tail 10 other facts. She here states that
before her marriage Mr. Collier told her he vas en-
gagged 10 the butcher business with Mr.. Taylor the
father Of hts frat wife, and that she asrwsrd
tanned he the humble but honest butcher
no claimed TO be, but that his avocaton that OF
gambler who took the chances OF increasing we'll
AZ depicting his exchsqusr a. the fascinating game OF
faro She charges that no forged her name to drafts,
s,olo her bank book g. 700 belonging to her
IRON the Williamsburg Savings Bank.
uUsBASD's LKTrFRs
To corroborats her assertions that she has good
grounds Tor bringing suit for divorce sne ombodies
In the petition Two letters written BY him TO her
Tho material points, including the bad speilina and
cspitalizing Of hrst OF these spisics 10 given
low, from which ~ will he that his gifis On q
correspondent are oil very limited exient:--
NEW YoRx, June 10. 1879
DxAs NApan.-You have sent word 70 Mr.. Taylor 70
know how long going 10 live In this manner. I
you Soon - you LEI me know what intend
doepg will do all In Power to accomplish what you
WISH suppose you think the Gul Is TOO great between
us. cannot murner suppose do deserve nm hon.
orsbie love, for think the blessing
can bestcw Man Is good aad virus wife, and
when he not know how keep her hc
cannot blame one " bsr isvc tsrns 10 hate.
God has been good to spare my children. In them
viii Try TO forget you. Kate viii DC plain with
you. different would married lite have been u
for yous hsrping your age all the time. You
think because was unier.uns,ey Younger than you y
zen ksie and In that love punhment Do ysu
th,uk 40 cutter Oh Kate. when think ~.
ture dsy ttcrs will be some one woe w be In Place
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-21
THE MA-YORALTY QUESTION.

From aie New York Sun, August TO-
Will our esieeansd contemporary, tho HERALD. after
asking SO many questions touching the next Mayor,
consent to answer lew inquiries the subject
Will the HERALD unne with the Swn, and other in
dependent Journals, and support, ID earnest and to
the end, an independent candidate--Mr Robert Bon
nsr instance. who has already been named tor the
place. both by the Hr7ALD and the World Mr.. Bon
would make n Mayor such a. tina citizens OF Now
York would have reason 10 regret having elected
He lie too rich to be tempted and too honest 10 yield
10 temptation II he were poor.
would be satisact Org ana pleasant TO have In
dependent Mayor, che sen by spontaneous uprising
OF the people themselves Il would be carrying into
effect the theory OF osr system OF government thai
the people rulea pria eiple not always realized prac
tica:ly IN thisc CITY.
lf . bold, aprght capabks man should be brought
out by tho united voice OF the Independent press
which Is the voice OF the people-the probability Is
that he would be elected.
What do our esteemed contemporaries say to this
propositionf
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ing smiles and hearty applause from large and in
telligent sssemblags. The course 10 sne-quartr Of
mile Ia circuit.
EVENTS AND PERFORMERS.
The games will DO introduced Nv run Of 500 yards,
between Mr.. James q. Lashrop. Union Athletic Club,
Boston, and Mr.. James A. Stewart, Jr., Princeton
College. This Is n match, and both arc reported
In excellent health and running very There
sixteen regular events on the programme, many OF
them containing 90 many entries that several heats
will be required for their decision Very few pro-
grammes the ysar round even In the regular spring
fall Of the largest clubs, show moro names
OF prominent performers than the list Of this
meeting published In the HERALD OF Saturday last.
Every will bring athletes Of national reputation
to tbs post The spPsas raess wall show many
oiaksrs there beng Ia the 100 yards such nysrs
X. L. La hontagns, L,fon, Value. Emmoss, steel
and others The whole number Ii above the average
sprinter and the may mos bs gift TO any one.
The mile run, with twelve entries 10 produce
q contest worth going . long distance to see.
Most OF the entrants have been preparing
themselves for q bitterly fought race, and
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when the winner breasts the tape the verdict
Is likely to be that his victory 10 we'll earned.
The quarter Of mile hurdle han dcap presents many
familiar names These are Hall, Ficksn, Laion,
Duny. Work. Lathrop La Montagne, aud others, VINO
are more than likely TO show form and run with
piuek TO the finish The ESQ yards has nineteen on
sres in the trial heats the plage will be likely
to PICK cut tho probable winner, though IL may be
thAr with 30 maay good ones, Il will require the
judges and referee say VINO is entitled 10 inc nrst
prize. In the 900 yards eight viii respond and the
eight, or the most OF them, TO show . pace
that u extraordinary. L. @. La Montague, John A.
Sts~"rt, Jr r. Sayre,G. b. Denne, Ralph Voorhees,.
and others Just as good, win surely appear tho
call OF the clerk OF the rhs event IL a hand.
cap, and as the handicapping has performed by
Mr. z a. Aahoney, Of the New York Athletic Club,
The recognised authority oil the country for this work.
al tss gsptsmen have been fairly and justly dealt
with, and magnificent 10 anticipated. Throwing
the hammer ana putting tho shot will bring out tho
ashstss William b. Curtis, II. L. Buermeyer and
George u. Parmiy. with others, while the running
nigh and running broad jumps will send Ficksp En-
mems sAyrs. Lsthrop MeNichei, Rives John son and
others who have made enviabls records In the
games 10 the scratch In the halt mile Stewart,
Draper Miller. Grimm, La Montague aud Hswett will
appear and the winner will earn his prize; and. by
the way all the prizes well worth working for as
they are OF unique design and valuable. The polo
leaping will bring out those old opponents, Alfred
Ing and George McNichol, and tho tug Of war has
three entriss-teams Of four from the Scottish
American Athletic Club, New York Athletic
Club and the New York Lacrosse Club.
Each Of the teams has bssa practising
at the "tug lately, and IL is safe predict that II
ne residents Of Newport only aware OF the
element that good old genuine pull OF this kind
Will produce they would DO the polo grounds In
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body to witness it. The wntcr has seen ten thousand
men and women cheering applauding, waving hand
kerchefs ana throwing hats into the air tug OF
war, and the teams but little OF the and
knock Of the game which essential 70 prolonged
and determined contest
OFFICERS
The ofncers Of the meeting have been selected with
unusual care ana are acknowledgements.
d. Henry Knowlton. Judres-ME 7. ". WHITE Mr..
William Jay. Mr.. Waldo Sprasue, Mr.. Fitz Hynss,
Mr. Peter Lynch and Mr.. =. Gray Griswold.
scorors-Mr. August Belmont, Jr, and Mr. <. W.
Davis. Timekespsrs-Mr. w. r. Travis, Mr. A. II.
Curtis and Mr.. 8. Rowland Robbins. Star.sr--Mr. A.
H. Wheeler. Handioapper-Mr. q. A. Mahonsy. Clerk
OF Courss-Mr Hermann oslrichs. Assistant Clerk
Mr.. Edward Merritt.
LACRossB POLO.
On Friday the Lacrosse cham pionship will b decided
on the same grounds. The Ravenswood Ciub, the
Now York CLUB and the Union Athletic Club, Boston,
entered for the event. and the struggle Tor victory
will DO keen.
On Saturday the Manchester Polo Club and Queens
County Hunt teams play their return match.
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CRUSHED TO DEATH.

About midnight on Monday a mansisd corpse was
found the Harlem Railroad tracs, between Mcrose
and Morrisania IL was Identified as that Of Frank
Ambuch, married man, living In 10Th street, near
Railroad avenue, VINO Is supposed 70 have pesn run
over BY the quarter OF twelve p. NJ Harlem train on,
Of New Yors. The body lay 10 tho vcs,ibulc OF the
Morrssnia police station ell night and part OF next
day cxpossd to the gssc OF the curious rho
.stancsa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-21
AMERICAN SALMON.

Professor Frederick Mathcr, the hsh culturist has
boon elected corresponding secretary of the Dousche
Fischerei verein IN compliment Tor his success IN
transp lant,us salmon esgs TO Germany year. The
sggs were sent by Professor Spencer y. Bard United
States commissioner ON neries, and rcacnod tho
Imperial establishment Tor hth culturs at Huncnesn
10 exceicnt condition, and their product has since
been placed In the Rhine. Hsrctoforc exchanges OF
ova bctwe>~ these two count - - been sue.
ccSsfuL
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CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.

YoR WIDENING BROADWAY AND oP1NINo RIv-
ERsIpE PARx-PoRrY PEE CENT ACCEPTED
n CORPORATION COUNSEL WHITNEY ADVISES
THE CITY TO SETTLE.
The Corporation Counsel yesterday sent nm opinion
to Comptroller Kelly advising the settlement Of
tain large claims against the city by commissioners
and others in the matter widening Broadway, be-
tween Thrty.fourth and FLYNN streets, and also
opening Riverside Park In sbis opinion Corporation
Counsel whitney says:-
happy TO he able to sdviss you that have
in tn. matters the widening Of srosdway ana open
Ing Of riverside Park a. 70 mi OF their claims
pour Judgment and approval 1t Il. proper therefore for
. n, 20 *. snS
the making the settlement not only
Wv HISTORY OF rHK CLAIMS.
Upon my accession Office 1878 there pending
claims for costs and expens. In street openng proceed
nrs amounting 80 Owe, s7oSo The two proes.dn9;
them Involving as they ad ever tsf Of ,hs Whole
one r. s.S ana e. Other n is
naS law "; S Uos ss 1 ai%
had had its DAY sSs s n. eS - s
ss..s; q. q the sss 81: i In '.a
apea cause shown a:S. mi:
::.:s: sS: s T.:
the s1,ss Of Mr. jane: c. Carter !. to .ss which
my ana hs
l have no doubt upoe the lilies Of your department.
TIL. effort. thi. have .ine. sh. time
directed to tho end Of obtaining vse.tion Of ths orders
me Mt wing but later the city
% 10 IN II. S: ia.
s Ss sss 81 s psSs,n S1 To
tho facts with tho alton which
s s%saa q .p %
:'a es to ss s.s1 that ns The
sEpo.on ,SI y.e..ISs 2, The q. o,as. Of tax.
ss. .Ss ,sss.;..ss :h:::
vacation Of tic acjndeson and the issue q the
way 3.
sSe cost. has reserves .xs,s .sucson md that
We el.m IL: D.sa l.s.:.s q ss,.',ss,G .,..s.%:n
mss q ss s: S 70 prs.. one Of the
" w Wv TIE PROPOSED sxrrLxmxSr.
AMER full consider Of ali tho various elements Of
doao. and unesr.ia.y connected r,h H. .nd A,sr cor.
BE- reduced in case the event that should
esedl obtaining .'on some Tim. .ne, informed
litigation upon psymsa. ~ ils city q lory cen. q
Il: ssss sl. VA. : = '% @ =
s'' ss.s s ;. them 'f'i nav; :' nT . ' 81:
proposition in one slight particular allowing the
sps 81 III. :'. s vi s
s ssi s' ssa.y :sss Tho
you will see amount 20 about $s4ovD. ~ examining
, y: s s. & M u
timo, would from the u
shoud In obtsining relaxation OF the bill
will await the expression OF your opinion before taking
sction In matter.
the CLAIMS DETAIL
The following 10 the schedule oil sne items under
consideration -
Breadway-rsxed costs. less news
paper claims. .......... ....... .slbS.ooJ 70
Interest same from December
AZ 1870. "a August 2, 1878 q
years months aud IL daysj.. s5.s25 ~ - i
,47p Is
Riverside Park-Taxed costs, less
newspaper claims. lo0,oj7 III
Interest from June ~,
1871 August 7, 1878 II
years. month aud 20 dayO... @.986 %
ass oo3 20
$751;, 49, ~
Forty cent.
Add newspaper claims tprin cipaD--
broadway. acknowledgements. 3o7s G5
Riverside Park 2.rU 90
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ME-. STONE THE woMEN's CANDIDATE
New YORK. August l3, 1878.

NEW YORK. August IL, 1878.
To EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
notice in this mornings issue OF your valuable
paper that Mr.. Stouss name, Of the Journal of Conn
merce is mentioned for Mayor. Az vsu seem deter
mined to have literary at the head OF our mu-
nicipal government, I can assure you that II the
peoples choice should fall on him his election would
only DO gratifying TO yourself but every house.
keeper in city. Dir. Stone, tor some time past,
has devoted special column in his valuable paper
for answering questions, and has made himself verv
popular among female population for the willing
he 10 always ready to show In giving bis advice
how TO prepare puddings and sauces. even at the
risk OF erowding out some valuable commercial In
formation. lady, who was suogixng him tho other
day. remsrksd:-"what difference docs It make
whether he quotes The price Of sugar 4 quarter OF
cent low, long hs IL right In giving the sxact
quantity tor a delicious custardfr
Lend Mr.. Stone your valuable influence, and. IL
nominated the ladies OF New York will help TO clect
him. Yours truly. MERCHANT.
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AUGUSTUS scHYTL BELIEVED TO DE Nh.
KELLY's CANDIDA
lBY TEL. G RAPH TO TEE HERAuD.l
LONG BRANcH, N. j., August 90 1873
There are qute number OF New YORK politicians
at The West End Heaei and good deal of political
gossip is ooing INDUCED In Tonight in reference to
the Mayorasty quesaion. Tho general belief socms to
be that Augustus schell is the candidate secretly
agreed upon by Mr.. Kelly and his Tammanw Hail 90.
adjuters THIS statement gwen on what appears TO-
10 very good authority.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-21
MR.. GRACE Az A FLoATER.
NEW York, August 20, 1878


To THE EDITOR OF rHK HERALD
In IN editorial Of this morning you mention the
name Of William X Grace ''as floating air. rs
possible candidate for Mayor fsne powers that be
can be induced 10 take up man VINO 10 not profess
sional Office holder and psiisian and who bring
70 tho oce Armness and BRAINS, then they better
'noas" Mr. trace into the office II he will consent 20
be ''hoated." 1t safe 10 say that among tho
camille community 10 which Mr. Grace belongs and
in which he stands dsservsdy high land in which he
has needed .'noating'), tNe nomination would
give general satisfaction. The Comptroiler's last
statement has gwen US hope that better days were
dawning for New York Now. let US have Mayor
who has known enough to manags his affairs sue
csssfully, Is pledged TO no ono and who the
once credit A TAXPAYER.
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a1HkAcr 1nOn Tus rEsrihoyr-How TIE MONEY WAS
PROCURED AND DIvpBp.
Parker swesrs that he obtained $72,5oo on KImp-
teas draft secured by Blue Ridge scrip; that $50 600
u ths money was FUSED TO purchase Senators; the
balance was 10 go 70 the House through Paterson
wosSrur tells whore fully $50. 900 went TO- Confirm.
inG this testimony OF Parker and woodrun 10
that Of j. H. Sawyer. cashier OF the Central National
Bank, Who swssrs that Kimpton drew q check
for Sso ooo which amount placed to crcdit Of
vsstruh, and was drawn out by him. q. J. IredeIl,
sashcr Of the Central National Bank, nnds $4,000
deposited to woodrun's credit, which amount was
drawn out Ny Woodruff, and a like amount, on the
same day, deposted 10 the credit Of Owens Maxwell
ccIorcd senator from Marlboro, sw cars that Pattsr
son paid him $4,000 to $4,000 TO- supporting the
three bills. Jsrysy, color ed Senai IRON charleston
swsars that Patterson paid him $4,000. ". b. Nasn,
blAcs Senator from Ricnand, that the $50 900
bakss BY Woodruff TO the Railroad Committee room
Gas distributed among the Senators, nc RECEIVING
36ooo that PRIOR 70 the passage OF three bills he
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-05

General attention is directed to an astro-
nomical event the anticipation OF which has
created cooperative movement among
the observers of Europe and America in tho
interest of science. Although transits of
Mercury are OF comparatively frequent oc-
currence the opportunities they have hitherto
afforded for n. study OF the planet
have been rather barren of results, and
the approaching transit of the 9th is
ton Of many errors that have arisen in
former observations. as well as for the settle
mcnt Of questions in dispute as to the
movements and physical constitution OF
Mercury. Besides the astronomers OF our
own universities. who will make careful
observations in different parts Of the coun-
try, two spacial commissions have been
organized for that purpose. One Of these
represents the United States Naval Obscrva-
tory at Washington, and will observe the
transit at Austin Texas. The other is sent
out by the French government, and has al
ready established its station at Ogden, Utah
Territory From the work of the astron-
omers so engaged we may look for very i'm
portant results. Improved telescope and
Photographic instruments will be employed,
and the most accurate measurements posi-
BILE will be made of the planet Mercury.
On another page we give brief but inter-
esting description OF the transit as already
calculated, and suggestions as to how it may
be observed by means of common tele-
scopes, or even opera glasses.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-05

The neighborhood of the Battery yestor-
day was excited by the appearance Of q
singular craft which was seen in the bay
making its way slowly under tow toward
New York. The discovery Of the rebel
Meirimac rs she passed out by Sewall's
Point on the eventiul morning of the Sth Of
March. 1862, occurred to the memory of
many of those who gazed on the unknown
visitor, and it was imagined by some that
the .'longshore meeting house afioat' might
be n novel Russian vessel Of war prepared
to capture Canada or to sweep British COM
mercc from the Atlantic Ocean. few
yenturcd the prediction that it might turn
out to DO terrible iron clad bearing letters
of marque from one or other OF the rival
political factions in the pugnacious First
ward and ready to finish the war whose
first gun awokc the echoes OF the First pre-
cinct cells u few days ago. When the news
reached MS high as Wall street some were
disposed TO believe il to be an internal
machine for the purpose of blowing Erie
reconstruction out OF water since the
failure OF legal bombshells to effect
that object. But as the suspicious craft
drew near il was evident from its gay deco
rations and its enlivening music that its
mission must be peaceful one. So indeed
II proved to be, since IL left behind it all it
had ever known of war or disscnsion and
made its way steadily to harbor Of peace
aud safety.
The ..craft" was neither more nor less
than the handsome club house OF the New
York Yacht Club, which, by the aid Of
scows placed under the building at low
tide. had been raised from the piles
on which her platform rested and Mt
bich water was towed from her old
station to her new anchorage ut Alpine
Grove. on the west bank Of tho
Hudson, opposite Yonkers. 1t will be re-
membercd that tho club house had been
subjected in the past to attacks, both physi-
cal and legal, from jealous Staten Island
;nterests. TO the discomfort of the members
and the scandal OF the island. Although
the cause OF the yacht club was popular and
these assaults were successfully resisted the
determination to change the locality Of the
house was q wise one, and there will be only
one loser by it, Staten Island will miss the
fashionable and attractive club house gath
erinps which used to enlivcn that dull
locality during the yachting season, while
the yacht club will have more pleasant and
more peaceful quarters.