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The New York herald., 1879-09-01

the Case Witnout pioubs 8u0 Do Eckuseu Wy Tue
Board"
WHAT PRESIDENT wENNAN SAYS.
President Wenman is bright, active. quick spoken
person. who divides his time between superintend-
Ing the Park department up town and watching the
cotton market down town. The HERALD reporter
found him. fortunately. at his official desk. and hav
while the President. with much rhetorical emphasis
replied follows:'It IL very gratifying to me that
the HERALD has concluded to take hold OF this dcpar
ment and its affairs For more than year have
been Professionally bounded and all manner Of things
said against me- have remained quiet. knew that
they all eD'anaed from source, and that IL Com
missioner Smith L. Lane, who is nstigated and set
on by ex-Prcsdent Martin aud his brother. Howard
will jump at anything--thst's what's the matter" !"
What do you know about tho hve-hundrod-dolai
check. for instanccr
81 know all about It,"
"Please tell tho HERALD all about It,"
II Will. When President Martin left the department
that work ON the Riverside Drive at standsill.
The engineer and contractor were at loggerheads and
thors seemed no possibility OF their ever getting
Taxpayers had paid their assessments and came to US
begging that something should be DONE We changed
the engineer and the work won't Tho Martins put
Lane up to refuse to audit bills. aud one oc-
caston when $4,000 were due he went to the length
OF writing his refusal IL. The Mayor and
Comptroller declined to pay while Lanc's protest
there. friend Of his. lawyer. said the
tractor. Give mo $500 for Lane and he'll
withdraw the protest Tho contractor was
willing but enacayorcd to- put him or
the contractor drew Q check q bank in Schonoc-
tady. The man in whose favor It was drawn and tho
cOntrnctOr went W the IrOduc0 Bank ana got largo
bills. Then they went to another bank and changed
these bills for one i've hundred dollar bill. That
day ono OF tho gentlemen interested told me of It
and said. Tho protest will 10 withdrawn to-mor-
row. and 1t was. and the money was paid"
'But that doesn't show that Mr. Lane got the
$500. 1t is singular coincidence. TO be sure; but
that's no proof OF anything else Besides under
stand he Is charged with $3.50 only"
'Oh. no. He got the whole of it."
"What does the contractor say OF itY
"He says this aud here Is his letter"
President wenman then exhibited what purported
to be copy of letter written by the contractor,
which charges In direct torms that tho money was
paid to Mr. Laire and that future payments were to
be made the default OF which has brought about
the present hostile attitude of the Commissioner.
"Have you anything to say about tho Inspector
ship of Licenses and leasesY
"The sano curious coincidence exists there. Mr.
Martin and Mr.. Lane work together, and the money
was paid to Mr.. Martin TO influence tho action OF
Mr.. Lane"
''Do you think you ought TO have more money In
the parksY'
YES"
would $4,000 put Central Park in orderi'
"It needs twice that amount. Mterward ftu DC
| kept right ct comparatively light expenso.'
"0ughtnt the treasurer 70 be paid saaaryr'
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
A REPUBLICAN SOLDIER.

The Troy Times thus instructs the Republican
Convention
The Republican Convention, whatever else it may
mated at Saratoga next week. Major General Joseph
b. Carr OF this CITY, has been named for the Office
Of Secretary Of State; but that docs not preclude
the possibility OF nominating him for Treasurer
should that be deemed best. General Carrs record
is known throughout the State. He ranks among
abors and bravery saved this nation in the time OF
trial. The veterans of the war and the members Of
the National Guard will rally around him around
no other in this section or the State, around
few men anyw here within its borders.
This is peculiarly the time when the republican
party should stand by the Union soldier. The Con-
feders democracy is seeking to degrads him-to
Capitol to which he had been assigned as reward
for wounds received in battle-and is elevatng the
traitor his head in every way possible In
little while, it things go on in this manner. it will
have become reproach to have served In the Union
army. The republican party must antagonze this
patriotism we owe the existence OF our govern
ment to-day It will tail in its duty If it
does not place q soldier upon the ticket.
1t will violate every one OF its pledges in the
past to the heroic defenders of the Republic il it
does not single out from among the soldiers OF New
York some good and true man like General Carr for
q portion or its rewards and honors. II there is
better than General Carr to be found in the
ranks OF our veteran heroes nominate that but
il there is not land we have yet to hear his name
then insist that General Carr snail receive the
ward and consideration from the republican party
which he has fairly won by conspicuous bravery on
the cd of battle and by long, consistent and earnest
devotion to the principles of the party. No mere
politician must supplant soldier on the republican
clxef
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

For the month of August there were reported in
this city only twenty-four failures. in which the
liabilities were but S2s4 ISL and assets l57. This
is the smallest exhibit. both to number of fail
ures and amount of liabilities. tor any one month
since the memorable panic Of 1s73 and is looked
upon as strong evidence Of the growing commercial
prosperity of tho country. Leading merchants in
the various branches OF trade here say that they
perience far less trouble than formerly in making
collections, and reports from all sections give
promise of continued improvement in manufactur"
ing and farming industries. The number OF fail
ures reported In this city the month of July
thirty -four, with liabilities of $Gi055 aud for tho
month OF August 1S7S In which the bankrupt law
went out of existence, there over two hundred
actual failures, tho total liabilities being than
$l5,0JU,0JO.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

ORGANIZING FOR POLITICAL cAMPAIGN-THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE CALIFORNIA
CAPITALISTS DENOUNCED NO DEFINITE
COURSE ADOPTED.
The National workingmens party held meeting
yesterday afternoon ut Hamilton Park Sixty ninth
street and Third avenue. chiefly to organ
ize for campaign i'll politics. The meet
ing was called order by Peter Conroy.
who made q defiant address, He said that
law and order and religion belonged to the
working classes. 1t had been recently in Cali
fornia that capital adopted the revolver instead of
the Lallot box If the gauntlet to be thrown
down 10 the workingmen they would accept the
fight and then let the beet win. In last
winters Legislature it was shown how re.
of work. The iniquitous "tramp" law was
vetoed by tho Governor. but enough had been mani
fosted OF the estimate in which the working classes
were held to show the need there was for their
gauiziug to protect themselves. 1t had been said
that the workngmcn were COMMUNISTS. but had 1t
not been seen In California who the COMMUNISTS
were the shooting OF the workingmens candidate?
Mr. Peter McCorry next addressed the meeting and
asked II there any use in workmen organizing.
and If What benefit would such organization he to
them The late great strike on the railways and the
ory. and they could not foresee how many strikes
might at any moment break out in New York. He said
that in this country we had now worse condition or
white slavery than in the Southern States before the
was to be found among the blacks. He
pointed to the number Of girls who situated
In the community that their lot was dcplorable.
What freedom had We? He was not opposed to capi-
talists, but he would use them.
NECESSITY OF POLITICAL ACTION.
Our men were too quiescent. not sufficiently in
structed in the methods by which to organize for
political purposes Politics ruled this country and
would continue 10 exercise full sway the des-
TIMES of the people for all time II only through
ignorance that our workingmen refused to oner tho
political arena for their protection.
At tho conclusion OF Mr.. McCorrys address IL
moved that ne be made the leader OF the working
mems party, but though tho motion received
with applause, still 1t was not put to the meeting.
Mr.. Conroy, however, who appeared to be leading
spirit at the meeting, seemed to consider that tho
matter settled.
set of resolutions of no very great importance
remained in the hands OF the chairman without be-
ing even read to tho meeting
After brief addresses by Mr. Conroy and the socre-
tary, Mr.. b. J. Kelly. followed by from aged
gentleman named Mr.. Doherty, the meeting I'D
iourned until sunday next. at the same place.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
..whst fori There's nothing for him to do at an"

'swhat forf There's nothing for him to do at all"
''rhen why not have but one Commissioner?
Exactly SO. One is enough One good man. uns
encumbered, can run this entire department. as he
would business and with half the clerical force wo
have"
How much longer are you to be Presidents!
could"
docs it Interfere with your busness?
mo. spend more time here than spend down
town. and IL were alone could manage it all very
much better" stt3
What do you intend doing about these scandals
am getting all the charges and proofs in shape.
WneE am fully prepared l shall move-you may
rely upon it,
COMMISSIONER wETMoRE's WHEREABOUTS
Kepeated efforts to lind Commissioners Wetmore
failed to discover that official in the Park Depart
ment or in his private rooms on Pine street. The
clerk In the department said "Mr Wetmore comes
here Board days only
The New York herald., 1879-09-01

State will be present, and 1t is expected
that the procession representatives of the brewing
interest win number not less than eight thousand
persons and six hundred wagons Besides the
procession there will be two meetlngs-one at the
Academy of Music and the other in Beda voigt's
park. Addresses will be made by Senator Rabe and
ex-Assenblyman Mcdonald. of Hudson county; ex-
Assemblyman Morrow and Drs. Makk. of ILL.,
nois. and Sehlbach. of Essex. and Captain
Stahl OF Trenton. Ostensibly the object
of the demonstration. is TO do honor to q
Liberal convention to be held the day, but in
reality the aim il to let the public but especially the
claw and order people, the size of the Liberal
party. number OF Germans opposed to the
whole movement. and declare that the tendency Of
ii is to increase the estrangement of classes.
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
ELECTION OF DELEGATES.

UTICA. N. Y, August 81. 1879.
Messrs. c. NJ. Dennison, E. H. Shelly. A B. Cady.
Jr., and Henry Farnham delegates to the Sara
toga Convention from the Second Oneida district.
Messrs. II. D. Talcott. w. Il. Barnett and G. K.
Grannis the First Oneida district delegates
to the Democratic State Convention.
ELMIRA, N. Y, August 81. 1879.
At the Democratic County Convention at Horse
heads yesterday, portion of the ant-Tilden dele
CATION withdrew. call is out for another Conven-
fion on Saturday, the 9th inst. There will be
testing delegations from Chemung county at Syra-
cuse
The New York herald., 1879-09-01
NEWARK'S Liberal" PARTY.

At Krucger's Hall. Belmont avenue, Newark, a
meeting was held yesterday of tho Committee OF
nqerncnts for the German demonstration to be
made IN that city Monday, september 8, under
the auspices Of the ''bcral' party. Assoc
ciatious of Germans from all parts Of the
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22
DECORATION DAY
MILLHEIM.

On Tuesday evening the COM
mittees appointed by the several
Sunday Schools of Millheim, the
Cornet Band, and the Odd Eel
lows Lodge, had q joint meeting
and prepared the following pro-
gramme Of exercises for Decora-
ton Day:
At 2 o'clock, p. NJ, a procession
will be formed at the Town Hall
in the following order;
/. Millheim Cornet Band;
.. A squad of Co. B., 5th Regt.,
n. G., in uniform
8. Veterans of the 14Sth Regt..
p. V;
4. Sunday Schools;
5. Odd Fellows in full regalia;
G. Citizens.
The procession will march up
Penn street to Main, down Main
to the bridge, thence up to the
cemetery, where the decoration
will be proceeded with, and an
address delivered by Prof. D. NJ.
Wolf. Addresses will also be
made by several other speakers.
Rev. s. G. Shannon is expected
to be present. Every one who will
go into the procession is expected
to bring flowers along. The pro-
cession will be dismissed on the
cemetery. Mr.. S. G. Gutelius
has been appointed Chief Mar
shall, tc direct and control the
exercises.
The following resolution was
unanimously passed:
Resolved, That the merchants
Of Millheim be requested to close
their several places Of business
during the time of the marching
Of the procession and the decora-
tion Of the graves.
By ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22

The hitter frht that has for sew
e-zl wears been going on over the
new Court House in Wayne county
has It's romance neat and rather
unusual one The scheme for the
new Court House originated with
Thomas Brown, one of the County
Commissioners IL 1876, and he push
ed IL forward with great energy. He
mel with a great deal OF opposition,
however. and William Hartwell, a
wealthy and influential farmer of
one Of the interior townships, be
came a header Of the opposing fac
Tlon- The question. as everybody
knows absorbed al parties, and ev-
eTE candidate for Office ran on the is
Sne OF the Court House or against il,
the taxpayers throughout the coun-
" generally opposing the expendi-
ture of hundred and sixty thouS-
and dollars to put up handsome
building at HoneSdale- Atthe elec-
tiOn in 1S77 the anii-Court House
people won a signal victory, which
80 affected Commissioner Brown
that ne died within a short time.
William Hartwell was elected COM
missioner last fall in place of Brown.
liz became known some time after
this that Browns estate was i'm a
had condition. His wife and son,
making desperate efforts TO save the
homestead, appealed TO Hartwell.
He went to see Mrs. Brown, with
whom he was greatly pleased, and
mis- wife having died soon after he
became Commissioner he proposed
marriage and was accepted. Hart
well and Mrs. Brown, unless the To-
cal chrenicler is badly mistaken
were married last week. He paid off
the claims against the property and
made her a present of deed to the
homestead. Meantime the Court
House stands about half finished +,
having already taken i'm some sixty
thousand dollars. The old Court
House has been torn down aud the
court has TO shift for quarters
TfnaeS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22

FATAI. ACCIDENT.-On Saturday
last very sad accident occurred in
Hames township, i'm the neighbor-
hood of Meyers Mil, which result
ed in the death of Mr.. Pierce Slower.
son of Michael Slower. A party of
four or six men, of whom this young
man was one, were out chopping
wood. They had just felled tree
Of about two feet in diameter, which
in it's fall lodged upon another tree,
where it hung for II little while. The
men thought of course the felled
tree would remain in the position 1t
had lodged, but it started of its own
weight or pressure, from the stump,
where the butt still rested, and slid
backwards for some distance, hit
ting young Stover on the breast and
knocking him to the ground. The
tree fell on him and almost literally
crushed him. He was taken out by
his comrades and carried home, but
lived only a few hours after the ac-
cident.
Thus was Pierce Slower, q robust
and promising young man, suddenly
called from time to eternity Truly,
in the midst of life we are in death.
What n solemn call to the young
to all.
The remains of young Slower were
buried in the Reformed Cemetery,
Aaronsburg. Rev. J. q. Shoemaker
preached the sermon. lie was 21
years of age.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22
Two Western Tragedies.
HUSBAND KILLS AND BU-
RTES HIS WIFE-A MISTERI-
Gus AFFAIR.

LOUISVILLE, May, IA special
dispatch 10 the CosuSor-JO'trRdt from
Paducah, ky., SAYS: Two years
ago n man named Daniel Edmunds,
who lived i'm Livingston coun.y, Ky.
left his wife and family and eloped
90 Arkansas with neighbor's s
daughter. A short time ago he
started hack 10 his former home with
the woman and her child and when
nexr the Mississippi river killed and
buried both. On returning TO his
Old home me took mp again with his
lawful wife. The bodies of the MUIR
derea woman and child We're found
and identified. and a search was then
instituted for EdmundS. Yesterday
an officer from ARKANSAS arrived 1T
the home of the murderer, arrested
and took him back 10 the scene OF
the tragedy.
SAN FRANCISCO, May IA A
NarySville dispatch saws the wife
and I've e-year-old daughter of Martin
Snlseherger- of Sutter County, We're
found tins afternoon suspended by
their neckS in an outbuilding on his
rancho about three miles north of
Tuba City a mystery surrounds
the SffRir. This evening the huS-
hand Nas arrested for threats made
against hiS wife
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22

WATsoNTowN has some very en-
terprising men-nearly as much 80
as MIlihelm' The following, which
we clip from the LeoCiS6,rg Journal,
shows just what kind of stuff the
WatSOntOwners are made of. Such
material will build up any town:
A short time since the Williamsport fur
niture company was burned out. The
Watsontown folks made the company an of
fer Of the car shop buildings in that town
at less than half their present market value !;
also the fee simple to s ix acres of land !;
also Ice feet OF line shaft; seventy five
horse power engine; a donation of 5000 in
cash, and the borough council granted them
freedom from tax for six years. Is it any
wonder the Williamsport furniture cOmpa-
ny are strongly inclined to remove to Wat
sOntown? How much OF an offer would
Lewisburg make in a case of this kind {?
Many OF our wealthy citizens would take no
stock whatever In such an enterprise. And
yet people wonder, why work is scarce, and
young men are driven, to seek their FORUM
es in other places.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22

"a natural bora genius" is an ex-
preston that is very often used with
little discrimination, but when the
term is applied to a man like the
Hon. w. Il. AlexandaT TinStdnce,
il then has its full, round force and
meaning. S0me men are born great
while others achieve greatness. Some
men seem to be created exclusively
for some special work, but they do
not always find what that work is.
Since we saw the new flag-Stone
Sidewalk made by Mr.. A., we feel
convinced that building pavements
ought to be his speciality. He meyer
should have done anything else. 1t
was pity that such mechanic was
ever sent TO the Legislature. Any
body who win take the trouble just
TO 60 and see his pavement will a.
gree with us at once. AS there Is
much OF that kind of work to he
done in town this summer we advise
everybody to employ Mr.. A. and
have it done right.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22
FIVE EXECUTIONS.

Three Burglars at HIllSbOro' ". O.,
ana One HlR'derer at BoORerlle,
Mo. HcRoed--aR0tber Shot at
Pn0Ce, UtNA--M0rt Bctcbed Work
RALET6H. y. C, May l6.-Henry
AllshonSo Davis twhite), Henry T..
Andrews (white) and Lewis Carlton
tcolOTed) the noted Chapel Hill burg
lars were to-day hanged at Hills
RorO' county seat Of Orange county
where their numerous crimes were
committed The hanging took place
II $50 O'Clock, and was badly boJch-
ed up- The ropes around the neckS
Of Davis and Carlton were too long
and their feet rested on the ground
They were raised and the ropes were
retled, causinc death from Strangll-
lation- A terrific thunder storm
1aged during the hanging, and the
scene was wild and terrible. At
least s 600 people were present.
Provo CITY, Utah, May 16.-
Wallace WilkerS0n who shot Baxter
in Tintie. about . years ago was exc
cuted here to-day at noon. He
evinced great nerve and sat in a
chair facing three guns al distance
OF about 50 feet without either band
aging or closing his eyes. At the
signal from the mars ial three con-
cealed marksmen fired. He leaped
from the chair eXclaiming, "Oh
God - and fel forward on his face
and continued wrIthing and breath
Ing a few CaSpS for twenty-seven
minutes when the ply sicians pro-
nounced him dead.
Boo$vILLE, No, May 16.-John
= West, who murdered a tramp last
October, was executed to-day. The
rope broke and the body Straigbten-
ed out and turned over. The neck
not being broken, Vests body was
picked up and the rope ret:ed.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22
DECORATION DAY.
May 3Oth 1879.

The 30th day of May heretofore by
usage dedicated 20 the decoration of
the graves of our deceased soldiers
and to services in esteem of their
memory; nOto recognized by the laws
of our state as {. public holiday, will
soon occur.
AT a meeting held for the purpose
of making some arrangements for
its proper observance, it was deemed
right to call public attention to it
through the columns of om newSpa-
pers, that not Township in the
County may fall short in the perfor-
nance Of a patriotic duty.
The green mounds that deck our
cemeteries and graVeyards, sentinel
the ashes of some Who fought at
Quebec and \ Orktown and under
Perry on Lake Erie, and of very
many mole who in our day gave
their lives to the sword that their
country might live.
"They never fail who die in a great
cause the block may soak their
gore their heads may sodden in the
sun their limbs be strung to city
gates and castle walls, but still their
spirit walks abroad. Though years
elapse, and others share as dark q
doom, they but augment the deep
and sweeping thoughts, which over
power all others, and conduct the
aUOrld at last to freedom"
1t is proper therefore TO cherish
their memories and hand them down
to our children and when we fail in
this we no longer deserve place or
name among the nations of the
earth.
They died that liberty might not
die. They gave up their share of
this glad and beautiful earth, that
it might become in time the home of
all-reaching freedom. 1t is meet
therefore that we should cease a.
while from our restless activity, ard
with the return of this early summer
day bring flowers to decorate the
graves of those who fell by disease,
J and in the iron hail of battle, while
gatheard around a flag that never
yet has trailed in permanent defeat.
In this behalf then we urge the
prompt organization OF Committee )
in every Borough, Village and Town
ship - and if necessary at every
School-house-in the County, who
will take charge and see that every
soldiers grave however lonely or dis
tdnt shall have memento of regard
laid upon it on that day.
1t was deemed admissible also to
suggest that it would be the appro-
pirate time and opportunity to col
lect lists OF the soldiers buried in ey-
cry graveyard and cemetery whose
graves are unmarked, in order that
they may be forwarded to the Quar-
ter master Gen. of the United States
Army, who will forward suitable
memorials to be placed upon them.
The proper blanks for such lists
will be furnished to those deputed
by the Committees for this duty, or
application to the undersigned.
D. S. KELLER,
President
r. &. CHEEsMAN,
Secy.
.Bellefonte, Pa, May 18th, 1879.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1879-05-22

Communicated
Mr.. EDITOR For some time
past we thought we had Borough,
How is it, can you tell? ThoughC
we heard something drop that sound
ed much like Borough" Do you
know anything about it ? We had
been told that we would have good
side walks. Will we have them, Mr..
Editor ? Did not the Council ap-
point a committee who was to see to
it that our street would get side
walks? Who is the committee !?
What have they done, or what are
they going to do about it? Mr..
Editor, do you know, know, know :;
can you tell, tell, tell?
PENN STREETER.
The fellow who sent in the above
very nearly succeeded to make us
mad-but a sober second thought
kept us from doing a thing so fool
ish. Go and see the Council about
what you ask. They can answer
not we. If the Council is delinquent
or too sIO,I, hold a meeting, appoint
committee to wait upon them, in-
slstlng that business IS business. We
can not speak for the Councll.-E1.