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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
Is IT 4 MYSTERY?
The Hesuit or II Reporters Investigation of "a
Queer Death Notice.

Among the death notices in the Nec York
Hn'dH ~ Wednesday was the following:
Cows -Ath7 Norih seventh street Rrookivn p n
-pp ed to Doc H. Rev H. CoNle Of Ncipanck's. West.
clr -ter tuUuti y y.
Particulars next issue.
A reporter f'r THE Sun Yesterday afternoon
set ont to learn the further particulars He
ent 10 North Seventh street. and tried to find
No. 81. He could not. Below No 50 was a va
cant lot. and next to the vacant lot was No 81
This was n beer barroom. The proprietor
didn't know whore No. 81 was. " | wish did ="
said he. for there have been several persons
here looking for that number. and for the man
Coylc. About O'Clock this morning n middle
aged man came He was n friend Of tho Rev
II. Coyle. he snd. and he had seen the notice
| went with him. and We tried Ia find 81 hut
could not. Then we tried to find some clue to
the dead man. hut we could not get any and so
the stranger went away. This afternoon two
Telegraph messenger boys came with despat rhes
for y North seventh street. and | told them
they'd better try seventh street. Maybe you can
md out something there"
Tho reporter sought for 81 Seventh street
He could not find IT, He found 80, and then a
dead wall and then a stable. and then So No
81 seventh street WINS there Then the reporter
sought for South seventh street There was A
81 in that street but il was occupied by n con-
i"ctioner who lived above his little shop and
who WINS absolutely certain that no one by the
name Of .Coyle had died in his house. So who
the dead man named Coylc is and where he
died and where his body is, are mysteries not
yet solved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

To THE EDlrOR or THE SUN-Sw. II The New
York Elevated Railroad desire, 10 secure popularity for
its cast 'hc branch will have To- oricr the running o
is later up afternoon Tram, with more rt.al
TO the comfort of passengers AgruuDluau. who wanted
% so 10 hotel IN luon square y'tctlH, afternoon
waited tor - tram at the Franklin square station. The
FIRST that CAME Che conductor said wuul stop only at
lnrtJ ,econd street anl The station, above that street
Tie next tram wa ul NJ Passengers ami though the
conductor SAL that n would stop At stations below Forty,
second street no pr At the trak square station could
hud standing ruom on It when the next tram came tie
gentleman. having waitei guartc ni hour. got on
The conductor sld that the inst stop would be FuIt
g, pnl street NeNrWrc's It stopped tRl Of thu ,Di
tons below Grand street aud the ntur street then II
continued an ITS way To Forty scrond street 1hr gentle
man got "a there, entered going Third avenue
car ana reached ne hotel about tNvuN minutes alter
Nhrl lie was At least twenty miuItD. luu-, ut, tNt
Whole Journey than he would have been hr hat taken
one oil tho Old horse cars b
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
4 sILEsn4N'S DISGRACE.
Thousands Of Dollars worth Of Velvet stolen
from Arnold. Constable a. 90.

Mcssrs. Arnold, Constable Il Co. received
an anonymous letter saying that they were being
Systematically robbed by one OF their trusted
employees As no goods had been missed the
letter WAS thrown aside A few DAYS ago
second anonymous letter was received saving
that the stealing was yet going on. X. T.. Mat
toson. the chief clerk Of their velvet depart
mcnt. took choice velvet surreptitiousy from
the store and sold 1t a. MIR. Il Hin at Gas Broad-
way. Then Detectives Won Grrichten and vii
Hanson hired room in the 81. Charles Hotel
Immediately opposite lillis factory
Mr.. Charles Black. an Old floor walker. who
WINS familiar with all the firms other cni-
ployces. assisted them. On Tuesday morning
Nr Black saw Matt,son enter Gas aud soon
noticed INN in the factory Of Mr.. Hill. Then
search was made. and on MIR. Hll's premises
We're found tOrty-srNrn pieces of velvet. valued
al $500. which was identified ~ the property Of
Arnold Constable & Co. MattcsOn wa, arrested
He admitted that he had been stealing goods
for seven years and the silk yelvets, which
were worth from 81 to e. yard he sold 10 II
for ~ a yard. Before Justice Ouerbourg Mr.
James NJ. Constable testified that Matteson had
been in his employ for nine years The firm
was unable at present 10 determine the amount
Of their loss. Mr.. II M testified that he had been
purchaslng vcNetS from Maltcson for long
time. The latter had said That the vevets were
sent to him by his father in England and were
smuggled. Mr. Hill believed this rs the velvet
was brought so regularly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
Recorder IIncketi.
The following report appeared in the
WorH Of yesterday:

The following report appeared in the
World of yesterday:
WV EnNoSs1oV ACCT seventeen NJ as7 Second ave.
nue. was tried yesterday Part l. of the Court of Gen
crl Sessions ON an indictment charging him with having
the 18th May hrokcn into the bedroom OF BfRNARn
lrGnrs in the Same hoDse, AMI stealing thereuom
pair Of trousers
In charging the iury Recorder HAcEErr said;
There has been more perjury in this case than In
any that has ever come before me The testimony D..
rreconcilahle The prisoner 10 three different
statements They are all at variance His counsel says
e made mistake. The counsel would say lnythin. "
get his client a.
Mi Allied srFcElTR sprln.ns suddenly to his feet
NAV 1t please the Court
Recorder HAoKtTT-Sit down sir. You arc too Young
How dare Won int rrupt me-. Wait til yom time comes
Mr. srEcElTR-WiIl YOU direct the jurys attention to
the good character OF the prisonerf
Recorder iACKEtT-lt isn't good and you know H.
have seen LAWYERS like you Placing their hands where
their hearts ought to be and swearing before Almighty
con that their clients were innocent, while all the time
they knew them 10 be guilty.
The jury promptly returned verdict or not guilty
and the prisoner Was discharged During the progress Of
the trial the mother created sensation in court by
anung and nearly breaking the head Of three yearod
baby she carried Va her arms"
1t seems hardly credible that such n pro-
ceedng can have taken place. We copy the
account TO afford Recorder HACKETT an OPP
portunity to deny it. II that Is not done We
shall feel II our duty to call further atten-
tlOn to the matter.
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british Vnior or To-Day.

prsci to nud paragraph in Tux suS Sent 2jtraviug
oiNus comparisons between the cuutu.t of lo uHcct re-
pulsed at tho Khyher Pass bl ocr OF the Amcer shere
All, and such soldiers cave Anl Wellesley ctmc ask
you TO remember that Major CArRvAsln was not An
Nui lie was simply advance messenger for SIT
Neville Chamberlain, and has escort vas not force cal
eulNtcd 20 invade country II consisted Of troop Of
sikh cavalry ard was lnteded s!mJl Tor ornamental
purposes.
Isit not rather mistake 10 call such As GIVE aud
Wellesley "silhnrs ut fortune 90 The Duke OF Wchug
ton cand OF the hluest hlupd ana belonged "a family ct
powerful influence Give OF gentle extraction
aud his hrst appointment writer IN the factory AT
Fort 81 George wAsH nrlIc 10 he eUYied The Indian
civil service Is gOod tnng to get into now When tie
pagoda tree bore ITS welcome lrt II WAS bonanza in.
deed Give made millions, and Clivc fund for widow ;
and orphans has msde his memory green oreyer In the
hearts Of his e0untrymen NApRAssI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
SIX HUNDRED MORMONs.
staIwart Wen and Women Going 20 Join the
Utah band.

Five hundred and ninety-ninc Mormon
immigrants arrived yesterday in the Wyoming.
An even 600 sailed from Liverpool. under
charge OF Mr. Nevips. but one of the number.
Hans Andersen, died. and wns buried ut sea.
Those who arrived were, for the most part.
Danes. with n large infusion Of Norwegians
and Swedcs There were n few English. and
four families OF Welsh. There was not an
Irshman or Irshwoman. Natives of Ireland
hardly ever embrace the Mormon faith The
latest steamship that brought out recruits for
Salt Lake took indeed, one freshman among
the number, but that he was not an enthusiastic
convert to Mormonsm may pcrhans, be gath
cred from the fact that when questioned upon
the subject he said " The half q me passage
was paid. so, DO gObs. thought I'd come any
how"
There was considerable delay yesterday in
landing the immigrants. in consequence of the
careful search that was made vi their baggage,
but nj length they began to scramble down the
gangwav. They were all comfortably clad and
some of them wore clothes of u shape not known
in this country. hut mont and graceful They
were tidy. cOntented. and. for tho most, health
painfully on crutrhes fell as he reached the
upper end Of the gangwny. He was not hurt.
hut powerful police officer took him in his
arms ind carried him To the wharf A middle
ngcd woman blind, was led from the barge by
her children.
All tho emgrants, except the nnrm and
crippled carried baggage. and most OF them
were loaded down with household articles. The
wharf wis Uttered with tin pots. pans buckets,
and kettles. Many Of them had bedding and
several carried boxes OF carcfuy-tended How
ers. The gangway was dangerously steep. and.
encumbered as thcy werc. the immigrants. in
descend unessisted. The Mormons start to-day
for the West
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
rs IT TULCIN?
ProG Watson's Conclusions Questioned by
Washington Astronomers.

WASHINGTON Sept. "a. Tho Washington
astronomers are not inclined to accept rs con-
elusive Watson's observation OF Vulcan. In two
important particulars. they say. II fails to meet
the necessary conditions:
l. The only hypothesis upon which lie vcrrler
put forward his charlottesville assumption
that the orbit Of Vulcan had large inclination
with tho elliptic OF Mt least II =, degrees is upset
by the position of the object observed by Watson.
2. Tho effect OF watson's assertion that he
compared the object seen with Theta Cancri s
impaired by his later statement that he believed
the star he saw near Vulcan was one not hitherto
recorded.
The French astronomer Gayot. who computed
the elements OF the new planet by combining lie
terriers determination OF its positions with
Natson's observation. appears to have over
looked tho important reservation made by lie
Ncrrier in regard to the Orbtal inclination OF
Vulcan. As tho new planet rcvolves around the
sun in twenty four days, il IL certain to cross
the suns disk frequently unless it, orbit il in
clined to the ccliutic. There have been now for
years uninterrupted observations OF the suns
disk daily. A collection Of daily drawings and
photographs Of this character has been made
10y an astronomer at Zurich covering every dav
back 10 the year 1900. and there are other daily
records OF II" same sort for shorter periods
elsewhere. IL N"rrer reasoned that series
Of transits OF Vulcan would have been recorded
by these daily observations unless a large in
clinntion made these transits nfrrquent. TIL"
position observed lay Watson however reduces
the inclination H. 6 degrees. and brings UP tho
objection which lie Nerrer considered conclu-
sivc.
son Observation Il in the small sin of his field.
This made il dim 'ut TO identify the stars he
saw by thcir relative positions. and the coniriv-
ance by which he attempted TO measure the dis
lance OF Vulcan from the stars near it by bring
ing each excessively In the centre Of the field
while ingenious. was open 10 objection.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
The Anti-Butler Meeting in Boston.

The scared five hundred Democrats who
ran away from Worcester a week ago as
sembled in Boston yesterday, largely reGn-
forced. Their proceedings were orderly,
but very tame. Gen. WHITNEY presided
and denounced Gen. BUTLER in his speech
in a schoolboy style. He dealt in gencrall-
ties, without much point to them.
Judge ABBOTT was nominated by ac-
clamation, but he will not be elected that
way.
1t is pleasing TO learn that the delegates
are all alive. People sometimes die Of
fright and there was reason for anxiety
about some of the five hundred.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

To THE EDIToR OF THE Sun Sir; On sun
iai last Nou published an article headed Ireland IN
America" m which h-t ut names ot families IN the
United states Is gwen, the prosecutors IT whom II Is
claimed b} the Hon Mr. Robinson, were IRISH have
scanned this list ana with the exception OF Mexican |
tail to hui an rl,hman among them. The fact is that
the families nnWci helonc To the known scotch
lush, e. people Of pure Scotch descent born an the
north of ireland Hul whose emiprard from
the lowlams Of scotland ~ late As the seventeenth
fury amt settled IN Ulster aud Whose descendants are no
moro lsuuc ilveY irish than the natives Ut Algeria are
French such NAMES rs Livingston Preston Clinton
Alison, Armstrong, Rlick krUwu Chambers, Crawford,
Davidson fnav, Fulton Gibson Hall, Harper Houston
Jackson Juuson aud 50 an, saxon and the tanihes
they repre- have had their abiding place IN the south
Of scotland AMI north ot England Tor centuries such
names rs Calhoun, OngnaA tnlquhon. Campbell.
mcdowell. ana stewart are wclknOwn scotch Highland
names, hm II there Is anything scotch the ut the
earth II j. the blHlr family, which your corTespOndcnt
oites from NJ Rohnsons work as an illustration OF the
creatures ut IRISH families IN the United states
MACfutKsoN, l5l WaNorley place, New York
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stricted by specific limitations set forth in
the Constitution and it's amendments. is
now, IA it always has been, the aoknowl-
edged property, not Of the Federal Lcgisla-
turc. M he tells his readers in two hemi-
spheres, but Of the individual States. Such
is the fundamental and almost incredible
blundcr committed at the outset OF Mr.
GLADsroSE's undertaking to cxpound tho
nature of American Institutions. Tho Eng
lish statcsman's data will require consider
ablo revision before his kin beyond sea"
are likely to be edited by his CONCLUSIONS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: | would
request you to correct slight that appeared In
your issue OF this date You stated that the trustees OF
the school at Port Dram where teaching, refused
allow to leave my school to attend the Urccnhack
Convention at Paterson yesterday. THIS II mistake
The trustees IN whom spoke OF the matter very cor
daily consented 10 my lraNg my school the purpose
iui other circumstance, prevented my presence nj the
lNNruiu t..' MS correction IN Justice 10 the
.i,!ue, ST. .n' 'l ncWhnt hurt by thu misstltomcnt
Inll.. \ L. II - \. b. lurlKA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

The nature Of HAYEs's civil service re-
form appears In the case Of Howard. tho Ohio
man who, having written u campaign biogrn-
ply Of the Fraudulent Pres. It, wac apoodiy
put in responsible position in the Now York
Custom House. of the duties Of which Lc is
compelled to admit le knows nothing. An ex-
pert testified yesterday that 1t required the ex-
pcrience Of years TO perform the work that
HOWARD Is supposed TO do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
John sherman's Grimes.


, Mr.. John Sherman's brother-n-law says that
me fraudulent secretary Of the Treasury really wishes
Ieure to private lie. There is nothing In the COnstitu
non 70 prevent hin lie could retire from office Judge
bowlcs OF Missouri without realizing the force his
words told Martin Van Buren he could with the unani
nous APPRECIATION OF the whole American people, Mr.
sherman would retire 10 life more private than his
trotlernlaw means II the laws against ate aing PIe.
dency were what they should be-
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At syracuse.

II seems to have been All hail, King JOHN,
Mt Syracuse yesterday.
This is very well for the King.
But how about the peoplc2
There may be a sweet by and by for thom.
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people. The speech has Significance from the
fact that new commercial policy toward the
United States was an iseuc Of the late election
which resulted in such overwhelming defoat to
the Government. Lord DuPPERIN very deli
cately warned Canadians not TO be too agrees
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

Columbias victory in England has stirred
up Harvard to removed boating zeal. and al
ready there il talk of her sending crew to
next years Henley regatta. 1t IL pretty early
to prepare for aquatic events In 1879, yet tho
sentiment in Harvard Is favorable to race
with Cornell and Columbia as we'll as with
Yale. II college crew ia hereafter to go TO
Henley from America. why not have a prclm-
mary regatta Of college crews here the winner
to represent American students on the other
side2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

America. r-.ti,-t- Esh,hi.sos- cal At and sdav
Ho.th's Theatre Henry VIII
ro.-ery rncstr~-Robbsr.
broadway The .tre-A Woman Of the People
ttfth Avenue Theatre Romeo AMI janet
Irsns Op~r" uous~-rony Pastors Troupe
s-tir.or~'> sard-.- Cuncert
u~y--.rhet Theatre Variety
lyc--., theatre Joshua wAitsomi,
New Work Aquarium -Bfosiwsy aud ,5th st.
Nibio's s.sri-n Miss
ferL Th~atrr-HurricAnes
sa. Francisco winstr-i~ -Rroadway, COZ 3gth It,
Standard Th-str -pal.s Title
Theatre Ce..ig.--var,.tI
Theatre urishto" VARIETY Matinee
Gnioa Sqasr. Theatre Nothet aud son
NveiiaeL's Thsatrc-s,hooi ior scandal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

In his last public speech before relinqulsh-
ing the Governor Generalship of the Dominion,
Lord DuFFEHIN spoke with especial warmth OF
tho United States. and urged the further Guilt
walton Of cordial relations with the American
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

few persons may partly ascribe REEoHERs
ovation on the Pacific -ouo To- the curiosity which many
people tet to whose connected with tile
greatest scandal Of the age.-Iruy f,Asa
And yet II never occurred to any enterprising
manager that II would be a good thing to exhibit
BEEcHER in California until his RIGHTEOUSNESS
and hypocrisy had made his name byword
and q reproach.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
Mor.e Out.ian than Inside.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sn: In the
senior class room OF Public School No 10 the teacher Is
not aoMe to open the windows, On account Of the bad
ouols outside PVFIL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

GrLMORE's band. now tossing on the
ocean, will in a day or two be a, home again.
The members are 50 anxious 10 return 20
freedoms soil. ." writes the patriotic handmnster
from Wcsbaden. that have refused all ofrors
after the 18th OF September lie adds the
striking news that since leaving Paris we
have been carrying France, Holland. Belgium.
and Germany by storm insomuch that the
press everywhere asserted that We have In
augurated new era in the progress " militlry
music-that now they begin to see how far in
ferior they are to the representative musical
military American band. This il a positive
fact" II that be the cold fact where are the
Aldermen with their trumphal reception and
their complimentary resolutions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26

Among the many peculiar plots to de-
fraud insurance companies. that devised and
carried out by the lato BENJAMIN w. FAY Of
Chicago will hold prominent place. He was
found on the shore Of the lake with four bullet
holes in his body. his watch and chain gone.
and his pockets turned inside out All the sur
roundings indicated murder for purposes OF
robbery. But Mr.. FAY's life was insured for n
considerable sum. and the insurance COM
panies were not willing to accept the murder
theory without thorough investigation. A
diver went to the bottom of the lake. and there
found pistol. to which was attached one end Of
a string. To the other end Of the string was at
tached an iron weight. Tho string was long
enough when taut. to reach from the dead man
to where the iron weight had lain and the num-
Der Of empty chambers in the pistol cqunlled
the number Of bullets in FAY's body. Tho
weapon was identified as having been bought
by Fay. and the weight IA having been in use in
his kitchen; and to remove all doubt n to the
cause Of and motive for the sclf-murder
friend Of FAY came forward and confessed that
Fay had told him that he intended 10 kill him
self and iuhricate the appearance of having
been robbed and murdered. in order that his
family should get the benefit - q large insur-
ancc The family will not. however receive
the Insurance. and the husband and fathers
fraudulent sclf-sacrifec will have been in vain.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-19

j. 7. WARD, d. d. President,
aug 25-tf Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-19
Too Many Monkeys.

That influential British merchant did
not write a clerical hand What was
worse, his spelling was not first class.
There was ship Of his trading with the
Indies. He wrote for two monkeys, and
spelt it too, and forgot to cross his ct, so
when the intelligent Bombay correspon-
dent read the letter it was just 100 mon
keys. As the order did not designate any
peculiar kind of monkey, and the commits
sions were assured, just one hundred as
sorted monkeys were collected and duly
forwarded. 1t was mixed cargo which
raised highjinks at sea. As the monkeys
could not all be Gagged the sailors had a
time of it. You couldn't leave thing
loose on that ship. They stole the tele-
scope, broke the quadrant, smashed the
compass, ruined the chronometer, dropped
the ships log overheard, and all got
drunk on the sailors grog. They reefed
the bob-stay, Gated the shrouds, back
stayed the marlin-spikes, close-hauled the
capstan, jury-rigged the calaboose and
keel-hauled the jib-boom. That ship, ac-
cording to last accounts, had arrived at
Liverpool fyinga signal of distress Any
how this IS about the gist of an amusing
story in the Hartford Times.
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0ait and 4umor.
School Anecdota.

Among the scholars when Lamb and
Coleridge attended school, was a poor
elergyman's son, Of the name of Simon
Jennings. On account Of his dismal
and gloomy nature, his playmates had
nick-named him "Pontius Plate" One
morning-he went up to the master, DIR.
Boxer, and said in his usual whimpering
manner:
sPlease doctor, the boys call me 'Pon-
thus Plate"
IF there was one thing which Doctor
Boxer hated more than false quantity in
Greek and Latin, it was the practice of
nick-naming. Rushing down among the
scholars from his pedestal of state, with
cane in hand, he cried with his usual
voice of thunder:
Listen, boys; the next time | hear any
of you say Pontius Plate, I'll cane you
as long as this cane viii last You are
to say Simon Jennings, which was the
boys name, and not Pontius PLATE. Re
member that if you value your hides !"
Next day, when the same class was re-
citing the catechism, boy of remarkable
dull and literal turn Of mind had to repeat
the Creed. He had got as far as "suffer-
ed under, and was about popping out the
next words when the doctors prohibition
unluekily flashed upon his mind. After
moments hesitation, he blurted out .
Suffered under, Simon Jenning:, was"
The rest of the sentence was never
uttered, for Doctor Boxer had already
sprang upon his unfortunate shoulders
When the irate doctor had discharged his
cane storm upon him, he said
What do you mean, you BOBBY by such
blasphemy?'
II only did as you told me" replied
the supplemented youth
'Did as / told you y reared the doctor
now wound up to something above the
boiling point; "what do you mean p
As he said this he grasped his cane
more furiously
Yes, doctor, you said we we're always to
call Pontius Plate Simon Jennings
Didn't he, Sam ?" appealed the unfortu-
nate culprit to Coleridge, who was next to
him, but Sam said nothing.