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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-06

A WILD Texan boarded the train at
Fort Worth for Dallas. 1t was his first
ride on the cars, and as the conductor
reached in his hip-pocket for his punch,
the sharp eye of the Texan caught
glimpse of its polished handle, and as
quick as thought he drew navy six on
the conductor, saying: "Put her up,
or I'll blow daylight through you. No
man can get the drop on me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-06

A KANSAS hen has adopted litter of
kittens.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-06

Aspiraut. Parties, for "per-
AuthOress. sOnsh
being" done, built, Posted, for "inform-
etc. eds
Bogus. Poetess
Bagging, for "captur- Portion, for "part.''
ing" Predicate.
Balance for "remain- Progressing.
der" Pants, for "panta-
Collided. lOons.n
Commenced, for "be- Quite, pre- fixed to
gun" good" large
Couple, for "two." etc.
Debut. Realized, for "obtain-
Donate and donation. ed.n
Employee. Reliable, for Crust
Esq" worthy"
Endorse, for cap Repudiate, for ere,
prove" iect," or "disown.' -
Gents, for "gentle- Retire, for 'with-
men, draw
"Hon." Role, for ''part."
Inaugurated, for "be Rowdies
gun" Roughs.
Initiated, for" begun Secesh
In our midst. States for g saws
Ignore. Taboo
Jeopardize. Transpire, for "oc-
Juvenile, for "boy." cur.n
Jubilant for "rejoic- To progress.
ing Tapis.
Lady, for "wife" Taianted.
Lengthy. The deceased.
Loafer. Vicinity, for "neigh-
Loan or loaned, for borhOOd.n
"lend" or " lent" Wall street slang gen
Located. orally: "Bulls. bears,
Measurable, for ain long, short, fiat, cor
measure" ner, tight etc.
Ovation.
Obituary, for death"
EodJo
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
The SWAMP HORROR.

NO IDENTIFICATION OF The sKELLToN WITH
FALSE TEETH.
Although the induest In the Of the skeleton
found In Southard's swamp north OF Babylon village,
was closed on Monday evening there Is no cessation
oil eort on the part o the authorities to obtain clew
TO Its identity. Tne verdict being "olen" one
Coroner Preston may ut any tmo reasonable the jury
should he nnd occasion to do so With any reasonable
certainty that the mystery would bo cleared up.
Meantime the range OF conjecture is wide, and the
only hope that It Will bo reduced certainty
be thar dentist may como forward ana recognize
the vulcanzed rubber plate AMI tho two false teeth
being of his manufacture, aud that he may bc able 10
trace their ownership by some record in his books.
a not Improbable theory IS that the may have
been murdered on board some vessel In Babylon Har
Dor and the body conveyed by night, as IL was hall
nude, 10 the spot where the skeleton was found. THIS
theory rs incidentally sustained by tho fact that the
outor blue wooilen Shirt In addition TO the fancy but
tons, had b ndng OF lght-colOred braid such Is
frequently seen on shirts worn by yachtsmen.
NOT Tnk MISSING GERMAN.
Coroner Preston satisfied that the conjecture
that the body might be that OF tho missing German
John Prnkwuz, tho tarm laborcr, who formerly
lived r the vicinity. was entirely unsustained,
as from the description he must have been taller
man, The shirts worn by him were OF v diiercnt fab
ric and he had boon seen Ia tho vicinity within two
medical testimony, must have lain IN tho swamp at
least SIX or eight months. Pfinkwitx was init
mate with u German family named Foss, VINO 1.-Two
ON the farm OF MIR. r. b. Litchned, near tho swamp
He had box With somc old clothes in II and two beds
IN their house Mr. ana Mrs fosS pOtn testified that
Prnkwiz had never stiid there night and that
they had always been on good terms Mrs Foss was
posilivc that no was there two or threo times No.
vombcr, and tho last timc he was therc he said lie
was going to Patchogue 10 work Whether he has
been seen at the latter place is yet known,
but the Foss family have not heard from him. Mr.
Foster, The nurssryman Tor whom Prinkwitz
worked, had an idea that the man little ''Queor
in his mead There was an unsuccessful effort yester.
day TO trace tho. report that man from East New
York was missed near Babylon, and 1t could no, To
asccrtancd that there was any truth In tho story
hat lnn .hnsf
the suffolk County Ansnouse ana had
s!ncc been heard IRON. Two or three persons
who saw the skeleton IN tho swamp are positive IN
the staemcut that they saw wnc collar, apparently
linen, addition TO tho two shirts, which, subse-
qucnt examnation, was mssing aud this supposed
fact cited in support Of the theory that the
der, 1t was one was committed IN the neighborhood,
and that this possible clew 10 Identification had been
removed by sUne interested person; but there wcrc
others just as positive that there white collar
or any other sign OF clothing, excepting the two
shirts, the latter belief being endorsed by Judge
Cooper anc William Seaman who first saw tho skeleton.
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
EXEMPT FIHLMEN.

Tho Association of Exempt Firemcn held their
thlrty-sixth annual meeting last night tho Gale
donia CLUB, No. 1lS Sullivan street. Alter the routine
business OF tho meeting transacod tho trustees
report was read aud adopted. The most important
OF the report consisted In reference to tue
work accomplished by tho association during the past
year and the amount OF iunas collected. From this
II appears that the applicants tor relIet and
ASSISTANCE from SICK ana disabled uremen
OF the widows constantly on the increase
As exempt hremen becomes aged ''hls
ability to obtain livelihood diminishos every year.
ana Sickness combined with age, makes his situation
oae IN whicn the rcicf afforded by tho trustees OF
the benevolent iuud comes TO him a great bless
ing In the report OF last yoar stated that Tho
number OF WIDOWS tho pension list
the past year GA Inc statement OF the treas
urer shows balance IN his hands ut the CONNIE
ment Oi tho year oi S1,76U ST, since winch time 1t
declared he had recevcd nom various sources
the sum OF t6S,5 52G Is, out of which SUN there
expended In various deeds OF charity $40, $50 So
The amount OF the permanent iund remained tho
same last year, namely, $llOoOo IL was
further explained That the Charitable lund OF the
Volunteer Fire Department had been IN existence or
over threequartcrs OF century, and during that lou
period over 81, 600, 900 had been received and dig.
tributed IL DEEDS OF charity.
1nc election Tor officers resulted In tho fol-
loving choicc.-Zopbar Mills. President; David
Milhken, Frat Vice President; John Il. Pat
second Vice President; George w. Whce.cr Record
ing Secretary; Mr. Hagadorn. Financial Secretary
and james T. Watkins, Jr, Treasurer. Tho old Board
Of Trustees were Overwhelmingly, Robert q. Arm
strong, Leonard Warner anu James ID. Mingay.
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
NEW REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.

Pursuant TO the call OF Benjamin X. Phelps. Prcsi.
dent OF the Republican Central Committee oi 1871.
the committee met last night for oigauization, al
Republican Hall, rhirty.third street, near Broadway.
over three hundred delegates were present Tho
meeting called to order by Mr.. Phelps, who In
vitcd nomn nations for temporary oilccrs. Alder Imam
Joseph G. Pinckney nominated for temporary
president and Scion u. Smith for temporary
secretary. Both gentlemen were elected Con-
testing delegations appeared IRON tue Second,
Filth Sixth anu twentieth Assembly districts. Tho
rival delegations from the second were headed by
Dcnis Mclaughlin and 4. o. Van Wyck, IRON The Fun
by AuaIln IeuSe snd Abraham Lent, from the by
Henry a. Smith and Mr.. simpson, and from tho
Twentieth by Alien ;. Heath ana jacob Hess.
The Chair appointed the following as u Committee
on Contested scats 10 report at the next mecting:
Horace NJ Rugglcs, George B. Dean, Asa ID. Bennett.
George W. Parker aud Joseph LainDrccht
Contrary 10 the expectation entertained by many
that row between Conkling ana anti-ConkpDg men
would ensuc tho meeting passed OF barmoniously.
No speeches we're made.
The meeting adjourned subject to the call oi tho
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

Springfield Republican AFTER all 1850 Is stn .
good way on."
Stanley Matthews congra, ulated George II. Pondls-
ton ON his nomination TO the Senate.
Cincinnati Commerciai:-'In tho absence oil Mr.
Blaine Chandler the little should not have bitten Oh
chew Of tobacco OF that sizc.''
Charleston NeDs :--'The republican party s not
dead. 1t will need organization, work and entity to
keep the state (south Carona) Ia tho hands OF The
democracy"
Washington Republican 1--WE now s,atc-upon
what regard as high authority-that the Executive
will sign the silver bill whenever 1t shall bs sub.
mitted to him
"a Comedy Of Errorsv IL enactlng In Charleston, T.
c. -Four persons claim to have bocn elected to two
Offices One pair oil contestants have names almost
identical with those ol tho other pair.
Kentucky Gasstte.''It Is prtmd Jcis evidence that
a rs not fit to DO Senator Congress II he socks
to be such by personal popularity and tho
OF the demngogue, and not from eminent dtncss and
distinguished ability"
Washington foa:-''1hat abfo rcnox OF public opin-
ion, the NEW YoRK HERALD, directing It's inteilect
10 the task oi dscouraging the proposed
by Congrcss OF the methods by which Hayes made
President There need be no purpose remove or
annoy Mr.. Hayes, but the political history Of the
try will bo incomplete without an investigation, and
we insist therefore, that should be foot
an early day
The "con1dug democrats" OF South Carolina as
they termed by corrcspon dent OF the Charleston
Neos have beon severely shocked by tho result OF
recent special election In Georgetown. Tho radicals
carried the county whore II was believed that the
opposite party would certainty bo victorious. The
negroes cast their votos solid unison Tor their
didaes and seemed more than ever hostile to az
oblteration OF the old political ncs Tho "coiorct
| daInoerap' Is sald 10 DO lay lh khanA
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
THE SOLDIERS HOME.

LECTURE BY GENERAL STEWART L. WOODFORD
IN AID OF THE INSTITUTION.
The Brooklyn Academy Of Music waslalled last even
ing the seats beng occupied by an Intelligent audi
ence, tho occasion being lecture by General Stewart
l.. woodiord. in aid of the New York State Soldiers
Homo, located at Bath Steubon county. The sale ot
tickets for the lecture netted $3.50. General Wood
ford prefac,d his discourse by glowing description OF
the patriotic response which the OF the nation
gave 10 the call OF tho government Tor aid In
the late rebellion. There already four national
homes for soldiers in other States. These homes
have 1000 inmates, Of which 1900 are from New
York This Staic furnished 4S0 600 enlisted soldiers
oEc out OF every five OF tho men who the
Union blue, IN the for The Union. These homes
are however, Tor the wounded and manned alone, but
they oier no asylum Tor such mon as havo been in
turcd since the war. These had earned Tlght
10 be kept and cared for nome hat Is noither
poorhouse nor Jail, IT Is sorrow aud shame that
so many or the gallant veterans should be consigned
10 paupcr's shelter. Tho speaker then made pow
oriCi appeal IN behalf ol these neglected defend
crs ol the nation. aud contcndcd that 1t
was sacred duty OF tho people Of New
York to do no dshonor TO those VINO had done
honor on tho battle Held.
The Steuben County Soldiers Homo
poraied 10y tho State Legislature in May 1885, but
littc more than oneqaarter OF the amount required
TO Ould u has yet 10 be raised Nearly hall Ot the
amount gwen has becn contributed by men who have
tnemse selevs been IN the army. When completed tho
New YORK Soldiers Home VIII be handed over to the
control Of tho state.
The speaker concluded his lecture by q touching
allusion TO those VINO had gwen their lives tho
Union, aud he eulogl2cd tho beautiful custom OF
serving Decoration Day.
MIR. Tanner then, IN response to call from the
treasurer Mr. j. +. henry, was called on the stage
amid applause, ana returned bis thanks the honor
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
HE NEW YORK COLLEGE.

ANNUAL ELECTION or oFFIoEIs--A PASS AT
THE BOARD OF APPoITIoNMENT.
The Board OF Trustees Of tho College of the City OF
New York mot yesterday afternoon ana proceeded to
the election OF officers for the present year. Mr. Will
lam Wood was Reelected chairman and Mr. Lawrence
d. Herman secretary Mr. Wood In his address, after
rehearsing the abors OF tho Board for the past
ycar congratulated them the Improvement
OF tho discipline of the college and the saving
of $3.50 in expenditures Tor the past year.
He recommended that the Legislature should ex-
pungo II clause In tho charter Of the college which
makes IL compulsory that candidate Tor admission
should have attended the public schools for at least
ono year, SO that parents who have heretofore sont
their to private schools would only be too glad of
the opportunity TO send them TO an Institution where
they could obtain free education, aud thus largely
incrcnse the attendance OF class OF students VINO
would be able to complete the regular Of in
the higher classes. Mr.. Wood further advocated In
his address that chair should be established tor In
structon the meth DDS OF teaching, and thus bring
tho college more In harmony with the common
school system, by furnishing educated teachers for
the public schools.
Tho chairman appointed Trustees Beardslec, Dowd,
Kelly, Wickham, Wheeler, Watson, JellifYe and
Walker as an executive committee lor the caro- and
government OF The college
Trustee Wheeler offered q resolution to the effect
that the Board should ask the opinion OF counsel
whether the Board OF Apportionmcnt had any legal
authority 70 reduce the original mate OF the Board
which was $I42 900, $135 000 while the appropra-
tion fixed by law was $3.50 900. This resolution was
referred TO the Executive Conmittee with power
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
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SICKLY FLATS.

In Fiity-second street. between Lexington and
Fourtn avenues, there are n number OF new "nat"
houses that reported to tho Board OF Health
being UNIT to live in. numbcr of cases Of typhoid
and maarial levers were reported TO have occurred
there and several deaths to have taken place DR.. W.
Do II. Day, the Sanitary Sureru tendcnt, made iull
investigation OF the matter and yesterday made
exhaustive report to the Board. Hc said that tho
plumDiDg work was badly dono ana that the sickness
due 10 sewer gas. Ho recommended large num-
Der OF repairs. which tho Board ordered should bo
made at once In they not Immediately
made resolution was passed ordering the counsel of
the Board TO cause the removal OF all tenants force
II necessary
Mr. Dpy reported: tat No 100 ono death has
already Occurred from malarial fever and several per-
sons are prostruted from tho same com plant. Tho
building has not been FREQ from gas 1t
built AZ No. lo0 Two cases ot dI htneria occurred,
tho who lived there at the time Informed
that they were always subject to foul odors which
caused them 10 remove. Two OF tho family who nave
since moved into the same fat nave also taken dph-
therla AT No ia there IS case oil typhoid iever.n
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
COTTER AND EXCISE.

The Brooklyn Board of Police and Excise Commits.
sioners devotng considerable time and attention
to perfect system that will In tho future guard
against the complications which havo arisen In the
past management OF the Liquor License Bureau. For
the future tho propretors OF saloons holding licenses
will be notified thirty days before the expiration Of
their lcenses so that they will have excuse for
failure to renew the same in duo time All cases OF
applications will be- investigated ny Captain OF tho
police precinct In which tho applicant resides. on
Friday next the Excise Commissioners will proceed
to investigate the allegations OF violations of the law
ward by the Society Tor the Prevention OF lntempor
ance and Crime.
upwards Of two hundred Of violation OF the
Excise law IN Brooklyn TO present to The Kings
County Grand Jury or indictment The latter body
will meet on Monday noxt Tho cases will be pre-
sonted ton at lime
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
PROBABLE HOMICIDE.

About hnlf-pagt ten O'Clock last night William 3.
Campbell, ogcd fifteen years, residing at No. $50
Montague street. Brooklyn, was arrested by Pa,ronan
Dclahanty of the Fourth precinct police, charge
OF teonous assault the complainant in the being
William Callap, fourteen years OF age. 1t appears
that young Campbell and boy named Ander
son. whose father resides at the OF Clinton
and Fulton streets, werc walking with TWO young
grls on Franklin avenue, near Willoughby avenue,
when Callan ana yUutn named foy, who lives IN
Hillary street, followed ihom They resented the
anr0nt and protested against being followed, when
Campbell suddenly turned round and stabbed Callan
with pocket knie ia the left shoulder The Injured
boy, who resides at No. 2S3 Fulton street,
cried for assistance anu his ussailant away,
but was subsequently, arrested above stated. Tho
wound dressed at the Myrtle avenue station house
by DR.. Quinn who pronou need 1t AS serious. Cullan
was conveyed 10 his homc and Campbell was locked
up TO await the result OF tho injuries inflicted.
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
GRACE CHURCH TROUBLES.

The Brooklyn Presbytery lately received petition
from several OF those members Of Grace Church who
protested against the church changing Its form OF
government, asking tho guidance and protection Of
that body. The following resolutions in relation TO
tho matter have been unanimously adopted by the
Presbytory:-
First-That Grace Presbyterian Church hereby Is dis
solved and that the name be stricken from the cnurch roll
Sco,d-Ihat the clerk OF said church be required
liver the records OF e church to the clerk of the Presby
terry and he is hereby authorized d missal to
said chur, In good staudiug PROVIDED
such certificate applied for within year from this
Former members OF Grace Presbvteian Church who
have Voluntarily and rreguhrly Withdrawn from the com
munOn by connecting themselves with the organized
Congregational Church entitled
in the foregoing ~ int ended TO inv ali
date the 10 claims OF who have
the property Of Grace Presbyterian Church and feel
nggeved by its diversion to pther is anything
herein intended to renqush the resduary right OF the
Presbyter said property whose trustees hereby d
look the according the
provisions OF the statutes OF tho state OF New York. and u
such in heir Judgment may be most expedent.
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
A QUIET SABBATH WANTED.

After walt OF several weeks the Committee Of
Preachers appointed by the Newark Methodist meet
ing to wait upon Mayor Yates and interview him
the subject OF the enforcement of the Sunday law full
filed thor mission yesterday. The committee, through
Chairman r. Van Horne, explained to The Mayor tho
object oil their Call, and further said that sabbath
violation WAS unchecked and on tho increase, ana in
earnest desire tor better state OF things have
come TO you the Executive OF our city 10 invoke
tho authority OF your otliccp
Mayor Yates expressed himself glad to sec the
gentlemen, and assured them OF his sympathy and
support 30 far as his power lay He referred 10 tho
element OF the population which gave him the most
trouble on this subject the German elementl. and TO
the insuluclency oi The law, II Is, zeal with
TINS evil He said II was his desire TO have quiet
ana orderly Sabbath.
The committee retired pleased with what the Mayor
sao, and Will report to the brethren ut the meeting
WednaaQRY
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
1HE ELEVATED RAILROAD.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
Early last summer, soon alter Mr. Field was elected
President, he told the property owners that II they
would bring him petition signed by majority Of
the property owners Ninth avenue, between Fifty
ninth and llO;h streets, that the company would
within thirty days thereafter build the road north
ward ut least as far as Eighty-nrst street.
After great deal OF trouble the petition
duly sigpcd BY large majority,
according to agreement With tho exception OF n lew
foundations below sixtyGh street nothing has been
done. When asked why II Is not done they answer
that they arc just gong 10 do II; but the property
the 81 nave become tired oi such
cusos aud begin TO doubt tho toncst OF
said railroad directors. II II u their Intention bui
only such PORTIONS OF their track Will pay them nty
per cent upon the actual cost the quicker the pubic
understand The matter the better
RAPID TRANSIT.
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
TWO SORTS OF NEUTRALITY.

To rHg EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
There appeared in your issuo OF the 18th inst. lew
lines dated at Washington on tho previous day and
running thus
II Is understood that the government has been CIV
ing renewed deraton to tho vi tho su,yOscd
nbusterng steamer Esteile at Bristol, X. thN he
Prcsident does not consider that AZ present ste
steamer should be allowed 10 leave port and thatA j.
cOrdingly Instructions have been sent TO tue prot
oiiciais tor her still iurther detention.
In the HERALD OF the 18Th inst you published n
telegram IRON New Haven, Conn.,, under date OF the
preceding day, as iollows-
The iron steamer Remus reached this port this atcr
noon, having come Tor load OF arms ana munitions
Tor tie TURKISH government She Will not begin
take on cargo Tor several days Meanwhile the iron
steamer John Bramha still lies IN the sound, just
outside OF the harbor reauy to start, bearing cargo
worth over Si,500,000 She has been long delayed
aud ior fourteen days has drawn dcmurrsgo at the
rate OF $3.50 day.
Now the Estolle, though admitted to bo merely n
craft OF some eigh,y tons burden, detained Dy our
government ON tho plea that sho intended ior tho
The New York herald., 1878-01-16
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JOSEPH HEIL'S DEATH.

An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Ellingcr
death Of oseph Hell, who dieo tho night OF
the ID Of January In cell in the Tenth police pre-
cinct. The case has excited considerable attention
from the fact that the friends OF tho dead have
asserted vehementy that he had been maltreated by
tho police and should not have been locked up, and
that thoy should have that his skull
fractured Tho police on the other hand posi-
lively assert that there was no abrasion OF the skIn
and 1t until alter the post-mortem that tho
fracture revealed. Further, that the man had
every appearance OF intoxcaion. Alter hearing
Siderable evidence yesterday the jury returned YER
dict the elect that He'll diod IRON the effects OF
fracture OF the head, the effect Of TALL IRON his
wagon and they condemned tho present sy stem Of
police PROCEDURE In cases where there might DO
doubt OF q PERSONS int oxication
The New York herald., 1878-01-16

use OF tho Cubans In arms against spain. But the
steamship Remus has come to anchor in the United
States to load and munitions OF war for Turkey,
while another steamship the John Bramhall is about
TO proceed TO iuily loaded with similar war ma
teras also or Turkey, without bndrance u appears,
from our government Again, SPAN has asserted
several times that exists In Cuba, and ths
United STATES government has acquiesced in tnat
assertion; but the raging between Turkey and
kussa has been formally acknowledged, and stfict
neutrality duly proclaimed by the same government
between the behgerenis How does II, then, happen
that ttle Esiee is detained, lest she should violate
the neutrality laws OF the United States while large
carAoes of arms ammunition aud other contrabands
OF war arc shipped romtbe United States to Turkey.
notwithstanding the SAINT charmed laws?
NEW YORK. Jan. Is, 1873. QUERY. .