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The New York herald., 1879-10-22
ANOTHER NEGLECTED STREET.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD
The officials of the Street or Health Department.
whichever it may be- whose province and duty it 10
and report the conditions of the Streets
seem to have their range of vision SO widely ex.
tended that the smaller streets and alleys escape
their notice. while larger streets and avenues ara
seldom if over overlooked and promptly and
faithfully attended to. The little street alley
known Temple street, next west of Broadway and
extending from Liberty to Thames street, is. or ap-
pears to be, one of this unfortunate and neglected
kind About two months ago it was properly
paved by the authorities with granite block. Since
then, however, the sand with which IL
covered to fill the interstces has been allowed
to remain through wet and dry weather, til by the
addition OF slops and garbage thrown from restau-
rants. Liberty street is coated with althy muck and
dust, and is anything but pleasant spectacle to
strangers and others passing up and down town. and
to and from the ferry the latter street. Why do
the police prevent the throwing of sops and all
kinds OF refuse street. especially one so
row, and yet and noticed by many this
one called Temple is? OBSERVER.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22

has not resided the isthmus long enough TO
study and understand the climatic aud other peculiar
difhculties to be encountered there ana overcome.
Lesseps showed great energy and skill in building
the Suez Canal in the face of formidable al diicutles
and opposition. and lie deservedly receives much
credit for it. but ne has been the Isthnus
of Panama.
THE COST DISCUSSED.
While 00.O00.O00 is large of money to
speak OF II is not large price to pay for impor
tant result is here contem plated. The time has
come when the commercial requirements of the
world demand this canal and its viii justify
expenditure necessary for its construction To
nation people will it be OF greater value and vital
importance than ours. and should boldly, but
judciously, lead of in the work. and not wait to be
pushed up to it by European engineers or other
countries.
Compared with the cost Of any of our trunk lines
of railway. with many works both completed and
in progress in other countries the cost OF this work
is not SO formidable Take a in point the st.
Gothard Tunnel. nine and quarter miles long,
which is piercing the Alps. at an estimated cost
OF $45 000,000 If such an expenditure is Justhed
for the mere purpose of connecting, by means OF
another tunnel. the Swiss and Italian railroad
TENS. how much more Is that named Tor the
greatest engineering and commercial problem OF the
age-the uniting of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
by ship canal? W. w. WRIGHT,
Civil Engineer. NJ. A. ). g. Z.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
AFTER THE HARBOR DESTROYERS.
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE LAW BY A STEAMER
OF THE COMMISSIONERS or CHARITIES AND

ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE LAW BY STEAMER
OF THE COMMISSIONERS or CHARITIES AND
CORRECTION.
The Board of Pilot Commissioners met yesterday.
President Ambrose Snow in tho chair. A letter was
read from L. q. Tinker. Captain of the PORT denying
that he had licensed the barge belonging to AcLoush
lin l. Quinn. which capsized of Wallabout last
week, dumping q load of sand into the East River.
communication received from Mr.. Frank
Pidgcon. owner OF the tug Frank pidgeon,
which is accused Of dumping drodgings in
the bay, and against whom n suit has
been commenced for 81. 900 penalty. offering
promise the case for much smaller amount Mr.,
Pidgcon claimed that he law abiding citizen,
and that he had given orders to his employees to
the dredgings to the proper dumping grounds. Tho
offer was referred to Mr.. William Allen Butler coun-
sci to the Board and he advised the Commis RS
not to accept 1t. but to push the case in court
Inspector Joseph Conway complained that parties
on board the steamer Bellevue, belonging to the
Commissioners Of Charities and Correction, II,
had dumped quantity of ashes into tho water
when passing Riker's Island ON October 7,
and .. Secretary Nash instructed to
ton tor the second time of this violation of the law
Inspector Conway informed the Board four spar
buoys. two red and two black, had been placed by
Lieutenant John Q. Fremont United States Navy, in
the fourteen-foot channel for the convenience and
safety OF tugs engaged in towing mud through this
channel to the dumping buoy on the outer edge of
the East Bank. The Inspector also made q COM
ashes In the North River the night of October ls
Secretary Nash instructed to notify Messrs A.
N. White and Henry auely the owners OF the tug,
OF this complaint, aud the Board then sdjournsd.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.

INorg.-Letters intended for this column must oe
accompanied by the writer full name and address to
insure attention. complainants who are nwilin2 10
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing.
Write only on one side of the paper.-ED HERALD.l
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
HAS IT COME TO THIS?

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
1 cannot gain admittance for my child. Eve years
of age to the public schools in consequence of thes
being overcrowded. Now. what poor. honest
workingman do who wishes to give his children an
education? I am American. both parents and
grandparents citizens dating far back as ITS.
still hnd that must make room for the chill
dren of foreigners by depriving my children Of the
advantages that this government donates-a good
education. Your attention to this will oblige.
K. O.. d.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
a WRONG rHAr SHOULD pE RIGHTEp.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The people of the Twenty-third ward claim as
right that the Tenth District Civil and Police courts
should be located centrally instead OF being at the
extreme end OF the district. No mans self-in-
terest should be served at cost of time trouble and
expense to large population who have either 70
abandon cases or go to courts located most incon-
veniently by one man power. SUFFERER.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
HIGHWAYS NEEDED.

To THE EDITOR or TIE HERALD:-
This great city has not what can be called pass
able highway into it's natural suburb, WestchesteR
county. What must be done? Will the people be
forced to take the old Boston road, and when they
want to visit city go north to Boston? arm
sure they can't come south TO New York. Over the
rocks and boulders met in the Twenty third and
Twenty-fourth wards 10 Westchcster rockawayn
would rock to pieces. ]. B.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
FRIENDLY ADVICE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HEHALD:-
That wooden gutter at the crossing of Front
and Montgomery streets is in very bad condition.
Will the Board of Public Works be good enough to
look to ana repair 1t before it gives one the
opportunity to sue the city for damages?
TAXPAYER.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
NEW YORK ROwpIEs.

To THE EDIron OF THE HERALD:-
am owner of two cigar stores. have lived
twenty years in Paris. but many
loafers ana beggars using such dirty language as
every day in my stores. II the police do not
do their duty will not he responsible for any act
on my part for shall not be any more insuted by
such filthy class of people. They are disgrace
to the American nation. A CONSTANT READER.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
A VILE GANG.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Cannot West Fifty-second street, between Sixth
and Seventh avenues. be protected by the police
finest in the world) from a gang of rufians that
infest it? II not respectable citizens will have to
take the law in their hands and rid the neigh.
borhood Of the most dastardiy crowd in the city,
A PROPERTY OWNER.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
To THE Ep1ron OF THE HERALD:-

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
am commercial traveller and consequently &C
over a good deal Of territory. and find that
where do agents and ncwsboys have enough
HEnALDs. They have plenty of all Others but
HERALDs always gone Why is this? Do the
news companies oblge them to take an equal NUM-
Der of EACH how it they do not keep what peo-
pie want? II. Q. b.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
ASK US SOMETHING EASIER.

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-
Can you tell me what is the reason that the Brook
lyn Gas Company charge So so per 1000 feet. while
the New York Gas Company charge only 81 so? They
must have soft thing the citizens OF Brooklyn.
pay gas bills in both cities and feel that am
robbed in Brooklyn. Please explain? FIX.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
LOST STREETS.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The attention of whatever department the side.
walks are in called the fact that those i'll Harlem
on the route the elevated railroad depot, 135th
ct, are overgrown with weeds for several blocks
and streets, much SO that it would take search
warrant to find them. BUSINESS.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
RECKLESS DRIVERS,

To THE EDITOR THE HEnALD:-
Cannot you publish something in your paper to
stop reckless butchers from driving furiously
through the streets. as they often endanger life?
was almost run down myself the other day, and
there is not q day passes without our hearing of
accident from wagons, ice carts or butcher wagons.
Your publication of article to denounce this will
have the desired effect EDNA.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
WEEKS ACCUMULATION OF FILTH

To EDITOR HERALD:--
The garbage in Sixth street and Third avenue has
not been removed for over week. j. N.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22

is rapidly disappearing as q cause Truth is. the
real facts OF the have ut time been fully ex-
planned. Nor must it be forgotten that our Euro
pean rivals have commanded the largest trade IN
many articles produced cheapest IN the united
States
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
pERHAps rHE BLOCK pof

PERHAPS THE BLOCK DOESN'T VOTE RIGHT.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Will you be kind enough to inquire through your
paper of the Street Cleaning Department why Forty
first street, between Eighth Ninth avenues is so
sadly neglected? A RESIDENT OF THAT BLOCK.
The New York herald., 1879-10-22
MONTY ON THE SIXTH AVENUE ELEVATED
no rHE EpIron OF rnE HEnALp

Why cannot the early trains on the Sixth avenue
elevated railroad have lights in the cars? 1t is
dark up to six o'clock in the morning and the cars
cold and gloomy. J.C.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04

Several we'll known citizens were talk.
ing together Yesterday in the billiard
room Of the United States hotel, when
CARPENTER, the mesmelist, came in to zee
If the bill-poster had left any of his
programmes. Two or three gentlemen
began to poke fun at the professor, and
intimated that there was some trickery
in his performance. Finally the mes.
meric orator got upon bis dignity, and
offered to give free exhibition, then
and there, Of his skill. He said he would
80 place one of the party, when under his
influence, that when he (Carpenter) had
caused the subject tograsp his own nose,
he could not leave the room without
taking his fingers from his nose. The
wager was accepted, and one Of the
party, q gentleman from Windaor, gave
himself up to the influence of the mes:
merist, who placed him by the side of
the iron post or pillar, told him to close
his eyes. and made few passes over bis
face. He then look the gentleman .
arm, brought it around the post, and
put his nose between his fingers. A few
more passes and Carpenter said, "Now,
sir, you cannot leave the room without
taking your fingers off your nose." The
victim opened bis eyes and at once saw
the point, not of his nose, but Of the
joke-for he was obliged to let 80 tbe
hold Of his nasal appendage In order 4
let 70 his embrace Of the iron post. j.
Hartford Times. -,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
During the year thirty-6ve n venue agents
have been employed, and their total ex.
penses has been $4,000.

During the year thirty-fve r, venue agents
have been employed. and their total e.
penses has been $126.000.
During the fiscal year, aud from June 80
to November l, 1879, 1879 illicit stills were
seissd, 1924 persons were arrested, and in
the performance Of these du:ies five officers
and guides were killed and twenty.three
wounded. During this period ffty-six off.
GERS and employees were proceeded against
in state conrts. The total number of such
prosecutions in the past three years have
been l65.
The commissioner says: "I am of the
opinion that very nearly if not quite ull of
these prosecutions are without cause, and
are instituted as a means of obstructing E the
enforcement OF the law, and these facts fur
nish additional evidence of the difficulty in
the way of collecting internal revenue"
tai and deposits of banks and bankers dur.
ing the fiscal year ended June 30, wa.
$3,480 91S, and for the fiscal year of 1879,
3,ls4 979, a decrease Of $3O5, ,934. A state,
ment of capital and deposits of savings
banks and banks and bankers other than
national banks, shows an aggregate of
S195,290,513 inve>ted in government,
bonds, against $15s sS2, SEQ reported last
year. The total value of property seized
Oufl0S the year 1Of VlOAat'Ons OF the inter.
nal revenue laws was $524l46 The total
nnmber of suits pending July !, 1879, for .
violation OF the Internal revsnue laws, WOO
1920. During the year $40 suits have
"een settled, decided, or dismissed, and the
amount recovered by the government or
Judgments and from compromises accept, d
has been $802,548 The total value of inter
nal revenue stamps is ued during the year,
b129 9,555,635. The table of assessm- nts mad-
during the year 1879 shows n total Of $4,.
235, ,758, decrease since 1873 of $57J,55O
The expenses for the next fscsl year are
estimated at 81 1885, being an increase OF
$i22.0 o over the past year For salaries
."f officers, clerks, and employees of the
an appropriation of 1888, $50 is recommend
ed-the same as last ye~r, the commissioner
adding that it will be wholly iu,practicable
to reduce the force in any particular with
ont material injury to the public service.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
4- -
Paris Wit.

II seldom. see you 1t the thester,"'
said . critic to well-known dramatic
author.g}y { j a9} Lf4.I;$" 81. u II
Indeed, no. was the reply. II 80
veryseldom. When piece5by somebody
else is@bad 1t Sannoys me. If it should
happen to good why it isdmply horrir
ble.n $ -. 81 G5sIf@-9 s:r.t,~>>4- I -
At the skating rink, In the Rue
Blance, they advertise Z herculean tenor,
who, after having juggled with cannon:
~Ss % e.1r,os ;3ns an around a Weights Of four
hundred kilos. .Et.y. tJ<fT!(; Pr
This Is = capital novelty. II -.&}@.;
Let us seerwhat will followf -s5sssss 49,
The juggling tenor, who viii. .chat &
cavatina while throwing daggers. sss <ss1
The gJmnastic tenor who will give @
the 1s.:a MiserfIen' y =; while standing On his
head on,a trapese, atc.-Prograss. -,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY, MIMI, DECEMBER

A murder occurred in the county in6rm-
ary at Cleveland, O., on the 2Sth. Edward
johnson, a Swede, assaulted another inmate
named John Carr, aged 50, with a butcher
knife, fatally carving him.
Marshal Lindenberg, of New Brennan,
Auglaize county, O., was probably fatally
shot on the night of the 9th ult., by burg
lars, whom he was trying to arrest.
The body Of Thomas Russell, of st. Charles,
Aich., = sailor, belonging to the barge Wal.
ton, was found floating in Buffalo creek on
the 2Sth, bearing evidence of having been
murdered and thrown in. His face and
head were horribly disfgured with some
blunt instrument. Capt. Andrew Mckenzie,
Of Detroit, master of the barge, has been
arrested on suspicion.
George Wimsey and Willie Jones, two
lads aged about II years, respectively quar-.
relied at Covington, KY, on the Goth, when
Jones inflicted what is considered fatal
stab in Wimsey's back.
Charles Signow was fatally injured by q
brick thrown by John Holland, at Balti.
more, on the 26th.
Two men named Henderson and Dunn,
quarreled while butchering hogs near E lin.
burg, Ind, on the Oath inst, an d Henderson
,acceeded in severing the jugular vein of his
antagonist, after which he fed the country.
A negro charged with burglary, and who
confessed that he belonged to a gang who
had committed burglsries in various coun.
ties, was taken out Of the Ill at Perry, Ga,
On the 25th inst aud hung by mob.
AT Ephrata, Pa, on the 22d, Mrs. Huber
and her six.months.old child were taken
violently ill from the effects of eating pois.
oned soup The child died and an exam.
iuation Of its stomach showed traces of ar
'enic. Julia Huber, step daughter is sus.
pected of the awful crime.
At New York on the night of the 24th
inst Deputy Sheriff Hines was dangerously
stabbed, being mistaken, it is thought, for
another person whom he resembles and who
aas been threatened with death by the
father of girl whom he had wronged.
On the 23d, in row at dance hall near
Milwaukee,, Wis, Henry Meiser received
.uch a severe handling that he died soon
after receiving his hurts.
Two brothers named Eichenand were
fouliy murdered on the 22d inst. by John
A. and Robert Taylor, also brothers., who At
acked the Eichenands unawares. Cause,
an. old feud.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
LeaxT and Silver

D. A. Porterfsll, who recently discovered
lead and silver ore on his farm, near Gym
this, O., has sunk a shaft and took out
specimens at the depth of five feet which
have been assayed by E. swayne, of Cincin
nati, who finds in them $50 pounds of lead
to the ton and 1879 ounces of silver.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
The Death of Tompkins' Mother.

The Death OF Tompk1ns' Motne5.
Tne gentleman of this city: who was 80
that he put bis umbrella
to bed and stood in the corner himself all
night has furnished another illustration
of mental wool gathering. He came
home late the other evening, and bis wlfe
asked him where he had been. Been
down to :l rHPphn ,sni his Ts TGsh*. n,
accsnted IA a sufficient excuse At the
time, but was hardly regarded SIS such
the next morning at the breakfast table,
when the wife alluded to poor old Mrs.
Tompkins. /" What's tho matter With
his his coffee s'e cup half rsi.ed 70 his mouth.
!" why, she's dead, you s;lly feliow,- ,,i;as an;
the unconscious !. j, husband. a ID .l' when did
BIG uA0 Ss..~.tss 81 49,. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
ser1ous RailWay Coll1ston,

On the oath inst. collision occurred on
the New London Northern railroad, one
mile north Of Palmer, Mass, between pas.
senger and freight train. Seventeen per.
sons were injured-6ve seriously. B,th
engines and several freight cars were
wrecked.
A switchman in the Louisville and Nash.
| villo ya.Is, at Louisville nou,el jas. Young
was run over and killed on the 3Oth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
A GuiltY COngcience.

Albert Lavergue surrendered himself to
the New York police on the 25th, and con.
fessed to having absconded to the United
States from Paris in 1876, with $50, 600 worth
of diamonds. Having equandered the pro-
ceeda, be now desires to return to France
to be punished for his offense. His desire
will be attended to.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04

GEN. JAMES HABDISe, railroad COM
missioner of Missouri, is doing his work
II Z novel manner. He Is now on-a 2OW.
mile walksover. the railroads of North
weat Missouri, inspecting the condition
! of the 1oad.beds, rails, s,7ties and prioges.
The work, he claims, cant be properly
done in palsce car or from aost Psss
form.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04

Near Helena, Ark, on the goth ult., a
storm of wind struck the steamer Bates
vile, having loaded barge in tow, sink.
ing the barge which contained 400 bales of
cotton. The steamer E. O. Stanard being
near at hand, saved 800 bales. The re.
mainder foated down the river.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
Uulaithful Servants.

Irregularities have been discovered in the
books of the Toronto custom house. An
examination is said to show a shortage in
the cash OF $4,000. 1t is claimed to have
been spent in land speculations. Collec' or
James f. Smith and cashier William Nc.
Kay are implicated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
A Bloody Record.

In q quarrel at . saloon in Henderson
county, KY, six miles above Mt Vernon,
I'D, on tho 2esh. Marsh Cstdrs shot and
killed John Barker. .~
James N. Lowe, arrested at Portland, Me-.
for the murder of his brother Joseph last
September, plead guilty on the 29th ult.'
and opfessed the horrid details OF hie
crime. He hid behind the barn door q
night, and when biz brother appeefed he
murdered him With hatehst
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
6affOted.

Jas. johnson, general southern agent o
the Illinois Central railroad, was garrotet
near his home on Washington avenue
Cairo, on the 26th, and robbed of a golC
watch and money. Aggregated value $500
Personally he was unhurt,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
A Big Indinn War.

A Washington dispatch of the 2Sth ult
says: "The belief is becoming general
among army off ,ers that the severest Indian
war since the Seminole trouble is impend.
ing. Letters from the west corroborate the
belief"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
A Dance Of Death.

A dispatch from Paris, France, dated the
Sosh ult., says: "Twenty-Seven persons
were dancing on the floor of factory in
course of construction at Foggia. Naples,
when the two upper stories fell upon them.
Seven persons have been extricated, but
there are NO hopes of rescuing the Others
alive"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
Violent Tornado.

A portion of Louisville, KY, and it's
suburbs, was swept by whirlwind on the
28sh, accompanied by deluge of rain.
Roofs, chimneys. fences and lightstructures
generally suffered severely. The damage is
considerable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
HEAVY R0hhe~.

At Covington, KY, an the 9th. Mr.. Their,
ion, jeweler, was robbed of $4,000 worth
OF stock. Two of the thieves engaged the
jewelers. attention, while the third one
helped himself.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
Suicidal.

A weu'known citizen of Cincinnati,
named James Gibner, strangled himself
with handkerchief at his residence in that
city on the 25th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04

The residence of Mrs. Samuel F. Ticknor
at Norwich, Conn.,, took fire ON the 25th
and the neighbors found Mrs. Tioknor Sit
ting in chair burned to DEATH,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-04
Mi1wauLAa

MILWAUKEE, November 29-3 90 P. NJ
Flour-Tame, but held firmly choice spring
at $6 Oe@6 50; common :, at $5.50@5 IS
Wheat-Sironger; No cash at $l.2oh
@l2lh; No. at $1.2l l3z@1.22: No. 8 a,
81 O8@lO8A; No. 4 at slai2}<; No selle,
December At 81 20h@l2l7S seller January
1t t$122H@l.23X. Corn Quiet; No. 2 a.
800; new at SIC. Osts-Dull at 34c. Ry<
Tame at 72c; No. 2 at zoo. Barley-Ac'
tive and higher; No. 2 at 78c; No. 3 at 49,
and extra at E9c. Pork Higher ut $1l. rs foI
cash. Lard-At $7.25@737x. Hogs
Higher at So 90@420