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The New York herald., 1879-01-02
NEW YEARS IN ANNAPOLIS.
FEW RECEPTIoNS-CADETs TAKING A COLD
BATH THROUGH THE ICE.
TDY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan. l, 1879.
The custom of receiving ut Annapolis meets with
intermittent favor. Last year number of our cit-
bu. single house receiving. The basket, however
hangs number of doors. Governor Carroll did
not receive to-day in consequence Of the death of a
near relative, Commodore Parker of the Naval
Academy. because of accident to his brother
Several of the officers received, among them Com
mander L. V. McNair, Medical Inspector A. L. Gihon
Lieutenants William II. Brownson, Socrates Hubbard
and L. c. Derby and Professor Marshall Oliver
About noon the began to fall, and the storm
continues at furious rate. In the afternoon Mrs.
Caroline Richings Bernard gave q matinee of oper
attic singing and music
CADETS GET A COLD BATH.
Earlier in the day the cadet midshipmen skating
Graveyard Creek made lively affair that threatened
nois. went too the Severn River and the ice
broke with him. Midshpnan Robert Is. Dashie
of Maryland. went to his assistance and he too got in
the water. Midshipmen W. S. Sims. of Pennsy ylvana
Edward Simpson, Jr.; Fitz Aubernt Huntoon, of
Texas and John Frazier Luly. of New York in endeav
orng to get their comrades out also broke in. The
remaining cadets the strong ice. with the help of
two citizens brought poles and brush from the neigh
boring shore and succeeded in getting their fellows
out of the water The affair produced great excite
ment on the ice among the skaters. while the ada
cent shore covered with people. The cadets
were in the water four five minutes and when
Cadet Phelps, the first to get in was taken out. he
could not stand from cold and exhaustion. He with
the rest of his submerged companions, however,
swered personally the dinner cali at one =. NJ
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MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON. Jan. III \. NJ.
WAR DEPARTMrS-

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2-1 \. NJ.
Indications
For the Middle Atlantic States. increasing north
east winds. cloudy weather with light rain snow.
followed by cooler westerly winds and possibly by
rising barometer.
For the South Atlantic States, cooler. northwest
winds. rising barometer. partly cloudy clearing
weather.
For the Gulf States. cooler. northerly Winds rising
barometer. cloudy. followed by clear weather.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley and the upper
lake region. colder, north and west winds, rising
barometer. clouds and snow. followed by clearing
weather.
For New England. falling barometer south and
east winds. slightly warmer cloudy weather with
rain or snow possibly followed by cooler westerly
winds.
For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri
valleys. stationary or rising barometer. colder
northwest winds. clear partly cloudy weather.
For tho Pacific coast. variable end east winds.
with clear or partly cloudy weather.
The rivers will remain stationary or falling.
Cautionary of shore signals continue at Indianola,
Galveston and Port Eads. and cauionary signals at
Macon, Cape Lookout Cape Hatteras. Kitty Hawk
and Cape Henry. and are ordered for Milwaukee,
Grand Haven, Ludington. Sandy Hook, Barnegat,
Atlantic City, Cape May and Lewcs.
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LOUISIANA ELECTION TROUBLES.
MAY BE BAILED AN APPEAL TO THE Gov
ERNOR

CONDITIONS on WHICH THE WITNESS HoRNsBY
MAY BE BAILED AN APPEAL TO THE Gov
ERNoR.
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
New ORLEANS. jan l. 1879.
The State authorities have at last come to a con-
clusion on the subject Of bail in the of the wit
ness Hornsby which is quite as remarkable as the
entire proceedings in relation to this man. The
amount of bail has been fixed at $3.50. with the un-
derstanding, however. that it must be furnished in
the parish from whence it is alleged he is u fugitive.
This places the prisoner in something of dilemma.
He must go to Natchitoches in order to give bail and
he can't go because he is detained . prisoner
in the parish Jail here In order to meet all the diff
cultes Of his situation Hornsby sent petition to
the Governor yesterday asking that he would order
him to be sent to Natchitoches, that he could
present himself before the only tribunal which, he
told had jurisdiction in his offer the amount
of bail that had been required of him and obtain
his freedom until his case is called. The petition
further asked that the Governor would pro
tect him from all bodily harm to be done.
or procured to be done. by any and all
lawcss mobs," which protection it is to be hoped
the Governor will give When Hornsby first
arrested, on the 18th of December, warrant is
been ordered to leave the parish of Natchitoches he
committed without the benefit of bail He has
been lying since then in city parish prison and
has evidently suffered from the effects of his mpris
onment
HoRNsDYs OFFENCE.
The account he gave of the circumstances
which led to charges against him quite inter-
estng as the law in his case. He says the man
who made the charges had covered his body with a
double barreled gun, cooked and loaded. threatening
to kill him. This. after some deliberation. he
cluded not to do. Instead. he made an affidavit
against Hornsby charging him with assault with in
tent to kill.
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CONFLAGRATIONS.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN COTTON WAREHOUSES; DE-
sTRUcrIoN OF OVER TEN THOUSAND BALES.

EXTENSIVE FIRE IN COTTON WAREHOUSES DE-
sTRUcroN OF OVER TEN THOUSAND BALES.
CHARLESTON, s. c.. Jan. l, 1879.
At three O'Clock this morning the large cotton
press and warehouses of the Union Cotton Press
Company destroyed by fire. together with
1921 bales of cotton. The property comprised four
cotton presses, with capacity of pressing about
thousand five hundred bales of cotton per diem and
storage room for over ten thousand bales Only two
of the presses were running. The buildings and
presses valued at about 100000; insured for
$50 1000, as follows
New York companies. $4,000; San Francisco.
$4,000; Hartford $4,000; Franklin and Philadelphia
$4,000: foreign companies, s27 900; Charleston,
$4,000.
The loss cotton is estimated at S475,O0O. On
this there is insurance to the amount of s4T2 80
The losses are:-Knoop. Haneman Il Co., 1906
bales insured Tor sl55 900: j. H. Hale x Co. $3.50
bales, insured for S2j7 900; Street Brothers. $50
bales insured for $iG500; q. NJ. Potzer. s3 bales,
insured for $500; Pezer, Rodgers Co.. bales, in
sured for $3.50.
Several frame dwellings in the neighborhood were
damaged to extent aggregatng about $4,000. most
of which is covered by the insurance. The fire was
the work OF an incendiary. man was hailed by the
watchman few moments before the fire was dis
covered, running from the place where the fire
started. The watchman shot ut him, but he escaped
The New York herald., 1879-01-02
STATE GOVERNMENTS.

ORGANIZATION OF LEGISLATURES AND DEDI6A-
TIoN OF NEW CAPITAL BUILDINGS.
AUGUSTA, Me-. Jan. 1, 1879.
The Maine Legislature convened this forenoon.
In the Senate the following officers elected: -
President J. Manchester Haynes. Of Kennebunk; ;
Secretary. Samuel W. Lane. of Augusta.
The following resolution passed and ordered
to be engrossed:-
Resolved That the national honor public credit pr
vate interests alike demand that specie resumption
happily achieved shall be honestly
pted hazard and to this end Senators and
In Congress requested to their best
endeavors
The House organized by the choice of NJ. p. Frank
of Portland. president. and Benjamin L. Staples of
Houltou, clerk.
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LORD LORNE'S NEW YEARS RE-
CEPTION.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. !

OTTAWA, Jan. l, 1879.
The Governor General held his New Years levee
at the Council Chamber from half-pa eleven to
o'clock to-day. Rideau Hall not being out of mourn
ing. Upward of five hundred persons were
presented Gentlemen wore ordinary mourning
costume. The cordial manner in which he received
his visitors and the total absence OF any forinaity
most noticeable, he going about the room talk
ing and chatting with degree of familiarity which
surprised every one.
AN ANTI-CH1NESE MOVEMENT
petition will be presented to Parliament from
British Columbia to prevent Chinese labor being
poyed upon public works. and, il possible to prevent
Chinese coming into Canada
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RAILROAD ELECTION.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Jan. l. 1879.
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company
held to-day and the following named gentlemen
elected directors for the ensuing year:-August
Belmont, Samuel J. Tlden. Charles Lanier and +. T.
Walker of New York b. +. Jones and j. N. McCul-
Tough. of Pittsburg: Thomas A. Scott and William
Buckwell, of Philadelphia; i. M. Ferguson of Cin-
cinnati; II. p Ranney james +. Clark and J. v.
Painter, of Cleveland.
Owing absence of several directors the Board
n; poto apiv
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FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
TrRRE HAUTE, Ind, ]

TERRE HAUrE, Ind, Jan. 1, 1879.
An explosion Of three boilers occurred at half-past
three o'clock this afternoon at the distillery of HUI
man Fairbanks. william Day coorrdp. fireman.
and Frank Hughes. boy aged fourteen years, were
instantly killed. The damage is about $4,000. The
three boilers were torn to fragments. a piece of
one was thrown across the Wabash River.
The ruins of the distillery caught fire, which. how
ever. was subdued. The exploded boilers were
ones. Three other batteries of three boilers
each stood uninjured. The cause of the explosion is
not known. A Coroners inquest the bodies Of
Day and Hughes will he held to morrow.
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BUSINESS PROPERTY CONSUMED.

SAN Francisco, Jan. l. 1870.
fire at Tuscarora. New, last night destroyed
nearly block of buildings in Main street including
the Young America Hosting Works The fire is
supposed to have been of incendary origin The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
HOTEL BURNED.
The Minnesota Hotel and eight smaller buildings
burned ut Portland, Oregon, last night Loss,
The New York herald., 1879-01-02
FLOUR MILL IN ASHES.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Jan. !, 1879.
This morning between midnight and one o'clock,
large stone Touring mill at Rockdale. two
miles west of this city, burned to
the ground. AS no other possible
can be ascertained for its origin it is
believed that the fire originated from Hour gas in the
patent Hour apartment. There large quantity
of grain anu -four in the mill all of which de-
stroyed. The mill valued ut s25, 900 and in
sured for SIT 900
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SHOT BY A POLICEMAN.
By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. !

WILLrAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. I, 1879.
Last night William Tropp. Michael Leonard and
Frank Gordon were arrested for participating In a
bloody row In o saloon Sunday night. As officer
Smith was escorting Tropp about the city to find
bail the prisoner broke away and sped up a dark
alley. The officer drew his revolver and fired two
shots, ono taking effect In Tropp's and halting
him. He was taken to the Jail and medical assistance
furnished. Tropps parents quite wealthy. and
this afair mas caused considerable excitement but
the action OF the policeman is approved by citi.
gems.
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MURDER OR SUICIDE.
lDy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

EAsToN Pa, JAM 1. 1879.
This morning young married man named Chris.
tian Dter. resident of the sixth ward. was found
lying on Pearl street in an unconscious condition.
with pistol shot in the left breast. His wound will
prove fatal. six-barreled revolver was found a
short distance from where he Law with ono cartr..
exploded. Some Of his friends believe that he was
shot aud then robbed while others are of tho opinion
that he shot himself with the intent to commit sui
cfdo. as IL IL known fact that himself and family
have not Of late lived happily together.
The New York herald., 1879-01-02
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE.

DETROIT Jan. l. 1879.
The new State Capitol at Lansing was dedicated to-
day. and the Hall of Representatives and tho corridor
crowded with people from all parts of the State
to witness the ceremonies. Both houses of the
Legislature convened ut noon and proceeded to
organization and the election of officers after which
both houses adjourned until tomorrow morning.
when Governor Crosswells = message will be read.
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SPECIE RESUMPTION.
PROVIDENCE. r..

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Jan. 1, 1879.
The resumption of specie payments to-day did not
cause a ripple at the banks or in financial circles
Very few wanted checks paid in gold. and some banks
received more gold ON deposit than they paid out.
In all general business transactions bills pre-
forred Even savings banks depositors took their
terest in bills rather than gold. &
The New York herald., 1879-01-02
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.

BosroN, Jan. l, 1870
The State Legislature met this morning. The
Senate elected J. u. ID. Cogswcl President and the
House, Levi G. Wade, of Newton, Speaker. Stephen
Clifford was elected Clerk of the Senate, and George
A. Marden Clerk of the House; Crib +. Mitchell, of
Bridgewatcr was elected Sergcant-at-Arms.
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LAwLESSNESS TO BE PUT DOWN.
[ny TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

By TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Jan. l. 1879.
despatch was received from Governor McCrcery
to-day ordering a lieutenant and fourteen from
Louisville TO report at Mount Sterling. where they
will be mounted to scout the country for Strongs
rang. The force responded nrnmptly TO tho call
The New York herald., 1879-01-02
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty-f hours in CON-
parson with the corresponding date of last year. as
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy.
HERALD Building. No. 2ls Broadway
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CoSNEcTIcUT's NEW STATE HOUSE.

HARTFORD, Jan. /. 1879.
Comptroller Hubbard opened the new State House
to the public to-day. and the ediice visited by
thousands Of people. The legislative halls and all
public Offices were thrown open to visitors
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ATTEMPT TO KILL.
INK TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1

I,
William Wallace OF Chicopce Falls, is In Jail for
recently shooting at Mrs. David Tillcy in house OF
bad repute with intent to kill her. The bullet was
stopped by the heavy cotton batting which the
woman used to pad out her form, and she is unhurt
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Average temperature yesterday 29s
Average temperature for corresponding date
last year. 2ct.
The New York herald., 1879-01-02

RATTLING vOLLEYS OF COUGHING
tend surely. though slowly. fatal results No
voileys of muskctry Qucll them with that sovereign
bala for the lungs and throat "IALrs oSxY IIoRS
nouNp AND TAR"
PISn's ToornAcus DROPS in minute.
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Ew PUBLICATIONS

LLoRiDA-AprnORP STANDARD NAP AND THE
lsndt ST., New York.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30
Birds and Reptiles.
Cornhill Magazine.

Cornhill Magazine.
A feather, as an anatoulist would tell
us, is q dermal modification" "-in other
words, an altered bit Of akin. Every
part of a plant or animal undergoe~
changes, our modern teachers say, just
in accordance with the external inhu-
ences which effect it. But the skin of
an animal is naturally exposed to many
more such surrounding agencies than its
internal organs; accordingly, we find
that no structure exhibits such strange
variations as the skin. Besides the reg
ular notifications which we see in the
scales or horny plates of fishes, the
smooth coats or solid shells of reptiles,
the feathers of birds, and the hair Of
animals, numerous other minor pecu-
liarities occur in almost every species.
Such are the horns Of cows and goats,
the spike Of the rhinoceros, the besks,
nails, claws, hoofs, and talons of beasts
and birds, and the tail-plunes, rufs,
lappets, Greats, and ornamental adjunets
Of ell the more aethetie animals, In no
class are these variation De ext
covering more conspicV n
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30
How the Fragile Thread is Cut.

Strange mischances with fatal results
are daily happening here and there. A
Boston butcher ran against knife that
lay on a block, severed an artery and
bled to death. A Denver woman caught
her foot in a railroad frog, and could not
get loose before train ran over her. A
Verne mt farmer sneezed with straw in
his mouth, drew it into his lungs and
died choking. A horse kicked Michi-
gan bov into deep well, where he was
drowned. The shoe few off kicking
mule in Nashville, and fractured the
skull Of baby. An Oregon girl swal.
lowed her engagement ring, and lived
Just week afterward. While standing
on his head on top of high fence post,
an Iowa boy lost his balance, fell in a
tub of hot water, and was fatally scald-
ed. A stone, thrown by q playfellow,
broke glass from which st. Louis boy
was drinking, driving some Of the pieces
down his throat, and he died few days
afterward. in great agony. Looking up
to watch the fight of an arrow, a NASH
Vile woman did not see it descending
directly over her head, and the sharp
metal point penetrated her brain through
one of her eyes, killing her instantly.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30

the biped tribe, whose spoils I am now
holding in my hand, as the text for our
afternoons discourse. How birds
first came to be winged and feathered
We can hardly say as yet. To
be sure, most of us have seen a picture
at least, of that strange, oolitic monster,
the ptetdactyl, saurian with a head
like crow, but having the fore>I art
projected into long jaws, fitted with teeth
not very dissimilar from those of cro>
codile, while its legs were supplied, ap-
psrently, with membrane, by whose
aid the creature probably few about in
the same manner as bat: These real
flying dragons recall in many points the
appearance of a bird, especially in the
skull and position of the eyes. More
over, Profs, Marsh and Huxley have
shown that the earliest fossil birds re-
semble the pterdactyl and other reptiles
in many important peculiarities of struc-
ture, far more than Their otern repre-
sentatives. Some of them even possess
teeth set in their jaws after a reptilian
form, more or less like the pterdactyl,
if not actually from that partially-winged
saurian itself. But perhaps it is premaS
ture to build with any confidence upon
such dubious ground; and we may con-
sequently accept the earliest birds on
their own responsibility, without inquir-
ing too curieusly into their antecedents,
compelling them to produce genealo~
gical table OF their ancestors.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30
HUMORS OF YALE.
Presentation OF fha Fence TO the Freah

Presentation OF the Fence to the Freah
| Last Friday the sophomores of Yak
college according to custom, presented
the "fence" to the freshmen. Sopho
more Bromley was the orator, and his
concluding remarks were as follows:
may cay to you in confidence, gen.
tlemsn, that you owe nothing to the
faculty, but everything to the class OF
81. We have tolerated you when they
wanted to fire you out. As soon as they
began to know you at the beginning OF
freshman year, to see that you were not
only handsome but good and great, and
that you were not liable at any moment
to rise up and run the college, they ssid ::
This class must either be totally sup
pressed or greatly thinned out, and the
order given US with decimatum dam
mum, which being Latin you will under
stand better next year. Out of tender
ness for you we have refrained from
obeying the order strictly. We have
slain comparatively few of you, though
many have gone and got slowed on their
own account. Never forget, gentlemen,
you owe your lives to the forbearance of
81, and whenever you meet an 'S1 man
be quick to show your appreciation,
always remembering that for the pres.
ervation of "a human lite one schooner OF
lager is but a meager and inadequate
return.
We had intended, gentlemen, before
turning the fence over to you to have
veneered it in rosewood and mahogany,
upholstered it in satin, built canopies
over it, and set up foot res ts in front.
But when We proposed it the faculty
secuted the idea. They said: with
such ears, what need of canopies? p AS
to foot rests they made no objection,
except that they must be put inside the
fence. They said the college authorities
had no right to permit the class of '82
to sit with their feet on the outside and
obstruct the whole street. And one of
your own instructors suggested the erec.
tion of market rack with meat hooks
to hang you on by the seat of your
trousers.
Disguised with such frivolus conduct
we abandoned the scheme. You, how.
ever, at your own expense, can do what
you please with the fence, except carry
it off. And if you carry it away, take
only the part between the rails. Take
the fence, then, gentlemen of 's2, with
all its honors and responsibilities. Don't
whittle it. Don't desert it. Always
have somebody on it. Sit on it con"
stantly and look pretty and try to re.
feet honor upon the class and credit
upon the college. Be good as well as
pretty. Don't hoot at PROFESSIONS or
chaf the wayfaring man, or try to sing.
Finally, don't put your feet on the
cushions, and do not spit on the stove.
The fence is yours. Rest your brains
upon it."
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30
The Land of Midian.

The words " Midian" and Midian-
ties" are, of course, familiar to every
reader of the bible, even the little school
girl knows that it was to merchants of
this Observation-Disclosures Joseph
was sold. But we doubt many persons
who are not advanced geographical stu>
dents have at all q clear idea of the sit
uation OF this country, and still more,
whether they know that it was in very
ancient times resorted to by Egyptians
for gold and copper and for the highly
priced "blue,green stones ri. O., tur.
quoises. indian, the Madyan of the
Arab geographers, is that part Of the
Arabian desert which lies to the east Of
the northern portion of the Red sea, a
narrow strip Of country extending
lengthwise from the head of the Gulf of
Akabah to the Hejaz. lis mostly bar
rem and mountainous, and, although
under the dominion of Egypt, is still in
the possession of the children of Ishmael
the wandering Bedouin.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-08-30
Her Reasons.

1t is no new thing here in the esst
for sweet sixteen femininity to espouse
decrepit threesscore and ten masculine
ity, but out west it seems to be consid-
cred remarkable go that when such a
match occurred the Rocky Mountain
News sent reporter to interview the
young lady. The reporter describes
her as pretty and piquant. "Indeed," !"
he says, the wealth of delightful por~
traiture is made in the statement that
she is sweet SIXTEEN and radiant as a
butterfly with brilliant summer plum>
age"
"How came it," the reporter asked,
that you wed man 80 much older
than yourself 2"
/" Because I love him." was the pert
reply.
"That is reason certainly. But I
should have thought that lady 30
beautiful would have chosen younger
mate"
"Would your Well, now I'll tell you.
: A young man is very hard to please, and
it is very difficult to displease an old
one. You know the old adage. "A
young mans slave and an old mans
darling.' I am rather fond of being a
darling"
"I should think so.'
"Wouid you, indeed. Then I don't
think there is anything in the world 80
charming as lovely young widow, and
such thing is possible for me-"
"Then you are already counting on
the old mans death ~
"No, am not counting on it exactly,
but live in hopes;" and with radiant
| smile the guileless thing went off to join
the dancers.
1t is not necessary to pursue the sub
ject further. Any one can see that there
| is something very bewitching about
sweet sixteen.