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The New York herald., 1879-11-25

There 1,75S persons convicted Of petit larceny
the Court of Special Sessions, 765 of assault and
battery and 326 OF other misdemeanors or the per-
convicted 1920 were sent to the Penitentiary,
C33 the City Prison, 1872 to the House of Refuge
aud to the Roman Catholic Protectory; 653 were
fined
The following fines were collected at the Police
courts First District Court, 651 5O Second Dis
trict Court. S9,G45 so; Third District Court,
s4027 90; Fourth District Court, 49, S37 Fifth Dis
Total, S23. $50.
Amount of fines collected by the Warden OF the
City Prison n:-1S7S-November, $GlS; December,
S704; 1870 January, $642; February, $s4G; March,
S1T4; April. S93s May, $1.105; juno, SOFA; July,
$9o6; August, 1881 september, $1.2J2; October,
sy54. Total s0,3S2. Special Sessions, SG,O53 "a; po-
lice courts, $685. 7J0. Grand total, $45,l65 94.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
ANOTHER sCULLING SCHEME.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

SYRACUSE. N. Y, Nov. "a, 1879.
To-day Colonel I. Il. Fuller. prcsident Of . local
patent medicine manufacturing company. an
nounces that he will hang up purse of 00o to be
rowed for Ave mile course Onondaga Lake
by all first class olrsmen in the world. barring only
Courtney and Hanan. The Fourth of July. 1880. is
the day for the race to be pulled. Colonel Fuller
has not yet fully decided upon tho details OF the
contest beyond his determination to require IN en-
trance of $500 from testant to guarantee the
good faith OF each. Mossrs. Courtney and Hanlan
are barred, because Colonel Fuller believes that
man who permitted his backerset to offer to buy
for him. Hanlan did at Chautauqua, another
who arranged for aud then sneaked out OF II.
Courtney has done. snould be tabooed from tho
sporting world.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
PROFESSOR M1LLER's CHALLENGE.

Seeing numerous challenges from wrestlers. I
think that it is quito time the public should know
that these men are seeking newspaper notoriety
only. which can prove. as have had deposited
with the New York Clipper $1,000 for four weeks.
Still Bauer, McMahon and Muldoon like to their
names in print, but afraid to wreste
for money short time ago Mcmahon issued
challenge in q daily paper to wrestle me
one fall. Greco-Roman rules. ono fail ''catch-as-
can" rules, and one fall "catch-ss-can" above the
waist. tripping allowed, Grpco-Roman rules to
govern. I accepted his challenge for $500 side,
and put up the money for the match. McMahon
dare not sign articles OF agreement for this match.
Any of the above parties, by depositng $500 with
the New York Clipper, can have match with me.
Professor WILLIAM MILLER.
NEW YORK. Nov. "a. 1879.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
CRIME IN NEW YORK.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
BOARD OF POLICE JUSTICES.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
BOARD OF POLICE JUSTICES.
The record Of crime in this city for the year end
ing October 81, 1872 as embodied in the report of
Secretary Creger OF the Board of Police Justices,
was submitted last night. From the figures it is
evident that in spite of the expensive organization
the taxpayers support and the work OF charitable
and order encouraging societies. Now York iniqui
ties are the decrease. That thore is for
the efforts of philanthropists and churchmen In
city of whose inhabitants almost fifty thousand
have been disposed of by the police courts inside of
twelve months no one will be apt to deny. Tho
figures show too that vice. even il it does frequently
go unpunished. has to take hazardous chances. rs
nearly seventy per cent Of the people who have seen
the inside of court of justice during tho past year
have suffered penalties more or less severe.
The following Is the total number OF persons ar
ragned the police courts during the year ending
October 81. 1s79:-
Male. Fc~sals. Tetal.
Persons arrested by tho police .43.o9a 1850 doetS
Persons arrested on warrants. 1859 sSs t,Ss6
Totals ..4o,ooi 1910 o'stt
The following disposition was made Of The
prisoners arraigned in police courts during the
period aforementioned
Male. Female. Total.
Persons held d........-.-.....2s.6i .6i3 12256 4a.S,9
Persons discharged ...........17.9I 4.477 22.452
Persons whose cases are pending Is l3
Totals .46.631 1878 1884
The following is the whole number of persons
convicted held for trial and committed to reforma-
tory and charitable institutions:
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.

BLuS-GurHERz.- Thursday evening. Novem-
Der 90 at the residence OF Mr. L. Kohns by the Rev.
Dr. s. Adler, ABRAHAM BLUM of this city, to Miss
LucIE CiurHERz Mannheim, Germany.
KrLpArRicK--PAT ATTERsoN.-On Wednesday. Novem-
ber 49, 1872 at residence OF brides parents. FRANK
J. KfpArgIcK, of New York city, to MAMIE. daughter
OF John Patterson. ESQ., of Hamilton, Ont.
VAIE-SHErPARp.- On Thursday evening, Novem-
ber 90 at eight o'clock. by Rev. j. W. kramer. at
the Wainwright Memorial Church j. s. VALE. OF
Burtie England to KATE. daughter OF DR.. Henry
Sheppard, of New York city.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
PIGEON SHOOTING.

EAToNrowN, N. j. Nov "a. 1879.
There was a good gathering OF New Jersey pigeon
marksmen at this place to-day, to participate in the
match for prize gun, the conditions Of which were
ten birds each. twenty-one yards rise, II and
traps. Long Island rules. gun below the elbow.
number Of New York sportsmen and members of
New Jersey shooting clubs were among the COM
petitors. one Of the former being second best
man. The winner was j. l.. Benjamin. of the New
Jersey Pigeon Club, u resident OF Bergen. First
money was won by Mr.. d. James. of the New York
Pigeon Club. The birds strong on the wing.
the score under the severe rules, was excellent.
The folio wing We're the best scores
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
THE CHARGES AGAINST MIR. DUDLEY.

The investigation by the Grand Jury into the
charges against Henry j. Dudley. Superintendent OF
the Building Department.. for alleged violations OF
law. was resumed yesterday. Chief Clerk Webster.
OF the department. was examined and the testimony
that taken before Judge Barrett last spring was
submitted. Mr.. Dudley also testified ~ to the
charges set forth. and the further investigation Wa
adjourned until this morning.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25
RELIEF FOR MRS. BRESLlN.

Tho HERALD has received 81 from Il. E. NJ, for the
relief Of Mrs. Bresln, Of No. 400 Clinton street, Ho-
boken.
The New York herald., 1879-11-25

Totals. 1,1S3 1,OOo 2,lS6
The following shows the nature Of all offences.
charges and the final disposition of them:-
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
.attle by his chief enemy, Berend (called

cattle by his chief enemy, Berend (called
Nicholas by the Dutch, Titus made n
fcigncd attempt to recover the booty, and
then drew off ifhopeless ofsuccess. But
during the night he made forced march
of extraordinary speed, surprised the
cncmy's camp, and, by sending half q
dozen men to fire volley into one side of
it, drove the panic-strickcn crowd out on
the other, close to where his main
body lay in ambush. The moon had by
this time risen, and the fire of the con.
cealed marksmen was so deadly that only
Bcrend himsclfand few of his chief adj
hercnts escaped, leaving both the stolen
cattle and al their own in the hands OF
the Africaner party. On another occa.
sion, in the heat Of severe bush-tisht, "
Titus and Bercnd suddenly came face to
face. Both rifles were instantly leveed,
and each being the best marksman of his
tribe, the death of both seemed certain ;
but ut TINT moment stray bullock came
rushing between them and received the
two bullets, whereupon the superstitious
warriors at once withdrew from the COM
bat. Another of A1'icaner's recorded eX-
plots was to swim, at midnight, with his
gun on his shoulder, to IN island in the
Orange river, where he awaited the com,
ing Of hippopotamus, whose lair he had
marked, and laid the monster dead with
Il single shot just rs il. opened its huge
laws TO seize Him.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
Cattle. Sheep and Hogs.

The Detroit Free P'cSS says: The Cincin-
natl Englircr deserves the belt for the cham
pion war map. 1t is map oil the United
States, and on every State are three AMI
mails Il COW, a hog and sheep; anti on
each animal is an array OF figures denoting
the number that there is in the State. In
some OF the smaller States there Is dltfl-
Guilty in telling which is which, but, us q
general thing, the curl on the tail denotes
the pig, the horns, the COW, and OF course 1t
stands to reason that the other must he the
sheep. In Arizona, New Mexico, Indian
Territory, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
aal Dakota, the three animals have no
figures on, and 50 it may be inferred that
only one OF each class inhabits those sec
tions OF the country. Texas seems TO take
the lead in cattle, having 4,0O3,3O0; New
York comes next, 2,l00,IO0; Illinois next,
with 1862, 700; Iowa, 1,696,600; Missouri,
l.5Sl, 100; Pennsylvania, l,530.700; Ohio,
l,474, 200; California, l,390,300; Indiana,
l,l96,000; Wisconsin, 963,700: Kansas,
500, 500; Michigan, 765, 300. California leads
off on sheep, with 6660,0OO; Ohio next,
with 1888, 1000; Texas, 3G74,700; Mime
sofa, 100000; Michigan, 1,750,OO0; New
York, l,5lS,10O; Wisconsin, 1,323,0oO;
Pennsylvania, 1907 900; Illinois, l,25S,5oo,
and so on. California is the most sheepish
State; Iowa the most hosgish. 1t has
2,956,0O0 hogs; Illinois, 2,9000OO; Missouri,
2,5S5,GO0; Indiana, >, 422, 800; and Ohio,
2,250,000; Michigan has only 500, 100 ho:S;
Kentucky, 100000; Tennessee, SEQ goo; ;
Georgia, 1,5S6000; Minnesota, l,2o4, LOO;
Arkansas, 1,0i0,300.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
About Editors.

Every editor loves to have his friends,
and particularly his readers, call on him.
They belong to the same family, as it w-re.
But when You call TO see the editor, don't
stay too long. Editors are generally very
busy in business hours. If you have sug-
gcstion to make, or news to communicate,
state it.in the fcwcst words possible. Don't
offer any excuses, or indulge in long
preface to what you have to say. Blurt it
right out; tell the editor you wish him
well, and bid him gool-day. Editors dote
on such men as that; they love TO receive
calls from them. Don't argue with them
--ton't try to do it. They have no time ior
argument while at work.
When you write. to an editor for publica-
ton, make it short---boil it down. Pitch
right into the middle OF your subject, and
he surc to stop when you are through. Edi-
tors always like something fresh and origi-
nal in the way of communications, and are
especially fond OF news. But the editor
must always be the jndgc of what is worthy
OF publication. OF course, every writer
thinks his own publication the best, just as
every mother thinks her baby the prettiest
that was ever born. But the editor may be so
stupld dS tO have uilcIclis pplulOn. IL SO, IL
can't be helped. Don't try to argue him
out OF his notion, ii he is too stupid to
remedy his dullness. You may think you
are great deal smarter than the editor,
and this may be true; but the editor may
he responsible, and YOU are not. There is
10 class Of people who are SO anxious to
please majority OF people as editors are.
There is no class so covetous OF the good
opinion Of others. 1t is we'll TO remember
that FACT EGchaRse.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
.,srs - ,s-->-,=--'@--N--~'--s
Died in Harness.

Only fallen horse, stretched out there on the
road,
Stretched in the broken shafts, and crushed by
the heavy load;
Only a fallen horse, and circle of wondering
eyes
Watching the 'irightcd tcamster goadng the
beast 10 rise.
Hold for his toll is ovcr-no more labor for
him;
See the poor neck outStrctchcd, and the patient
eyes grow dim;
See on the friendly stones how peacefully rests
tho head
Thinking, if dumb beasts think, how good it is
TO be dead;
After the weary journey, how rcstiul IT is to lie
With the broken shafts and the cruel load
waiting only to die.
Watchers, he died in harness-died in the
shafts and straps
Fell, and the burden killed him; one OF the
days mishaps-
Olc Ol lllc liNSSilf, hOhuSiS 'ii'N NY
road
\ toilcr dying i'll harness, needless OF call or
goad.
Passers, crowding the pathway, staying your
steps awhile,
What is the symbol? Only death-why should
weccasc to smile
At death Tor a beast Of burden? On through
the busy street
That is ever and ever cchoing the tread OF the
hurrying feet.
What was the sign? y symbol TO touch the
trclcss will?
Does He who taught in parable speak in par
ablcS still?
The seed on the rock is wastcd-on needless
hearts OF men,
That gather and SOW and grasp and lose-labor
and slcep-und then
Then for The prize A crowd in the street OF
evcr-cchoing tread
Tho toilcr, crushed by the heavy load, is there
in his harncss-dcad
j. Boyle O'RcHiy.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Son-shine---That made by bootblack
There are in Texas 175, 5,59i,5G0 acres of
land.
Approaching crisis---Walking toward a
restless girl baby.
The peanut crop this year is estimated at
1920, 900 bushels.
There are fourteen ex-governors in the
United States Senate.
There is 4 population in the French colo
nics, and possessions abroad, including AL
geria, OF 5,49S,4l0.
1t is Very dangerous to make up your
judgment concerning young lady's weight
by measuring her sighs.
\ schoolhousc is to he built at Lead
Vile, Col, which shows that the Lead
Williams desire to improve their minds.
Father, is that goosc---that big white
bird ?" "No, my hoy, that bird is the
swan---that immaculate giraffe OF the
wavew
"Smile when you can," is the latest
thing we are asked to do by those gratui-
tously admonitory beings, the poets. No
one can smile when he can't 't.---Sn Francisco
Post.
The manufactures OF the State of New
Hampshire amounted to over S96,000,0 900
last year, among them being S30,5SS, 200
worth Of cotton goods, Sl1 1864 900 OF boots
and shoes and 1929, 900 OF woolcns.
The German government has prohibited
lectures on emigration, lest the alluring
pictures of an easier and happier life in
other lands should encourage young men in
escaping the detested years Of barrack life.
4 chat with some people makes you feel
couldn't find towel, while chat with
pleasant walk in the sunshine.---Aunt Pu-
dencc.
Half the money that is spent for polite
in this country in one year would establish
every poor man in the country on good
arm, with all the machinery and stock he
would need TO support his family comforta-
bly.---Peck's Sun.
Prof. Benz. Pierce, Of Harvard College,
says the whole number OF comets which are
capable OF being seen from the earth, and
which are contained in our suns sphere,
may be fairly estimated at over five
billion.
A comma may be the shortest pause known
to man, but from the brevity of the stay Of
old Tray, who thrust his nose into 4 dish OF
milk at which puss was feeding, the other
day, We were led TO doubt if in the expert
ence of the dog he ever found anything to
make shorter stop at than the cats paws.
Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The largest infant at birth of which there
is any authenticated record was born III
Ohio on the 18th Of last January. The new
born boy was twentv-thrce and three quar-
ter pounds in weight (the ordinary weight
being about six pounds), and thirty inches
in height (the ordinary height being about
twenty inches). The circumference OF the
head was nineteen inches, and the foot was
five and hall inches in length. Six years
ago the same woman became the mother OF
a child eighteen pounds in weight and
twenty-iour inches in height. The size and
weight of the babe, though extraordinary,
are proportionate to the size of the parents.
The mother, Mrs. NJ. V. Bates, of Nova
Scotia, is seven feet nndnine inches high,
and the father, Kcntuckian, is seven feet
seven inches high The London Hospital
Museum can boast no longer OF IFS giant
infant, which j. only twenty-four inches
high, with the head thirteen and half
inches in circumference.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
Coffee MS An InyigOratOr.

A correspondent of the London Lancet,
who owns watcr-power mill, says: Il
am frequently compelled, during this sea-
son of the year, to have men working in
water, even in frosty weather. find the
following allowance gives great satisfac-
ton to the men, and we never have a
case of cold or injury to them in any way ::
Kettle of coffee, made with half sweet
milk, half water, three OF four eggs,
whipped, poured into it when off the
boil; hot toasted bread with plenty cf
butter of the finest quality. Serve up
this every two and a half hours. The
expense is much less than the usual
amount of whisky, and the men work far
better, and if care is taken to have the
milk (cream is better, bread and butter
of the finest quality, the men arc delight
ed with it. | am persuaded it would be
worth while to try this allowance instead
of grog. Furnishing the men with grog
gives the men the notion that it is good
for them and perpetuates the belief III
stimulants among workmen.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
A FORGOTTEN Calamity.

The recent inundation in Hungary,
though on a larger scale, bears a resem-
blance to the terrible calamity that deyas'
tated the Swiss valley OF Martigny half a
century ago, which is still remembered as
one of the most formidable floods ever wit
messed in that part of Europe. In the
spring of 1918, the Dranse, which flows
through the valley, lessened by degrees till
its channel was left perfectly cry. \ party
sent to reconnoiter found the river com.
pletely blocked by the fall of huge mass Of
ice, behind which the rising waters were
drowning the upland villages one by one,
while the lower ground was left waterless
and parching. 1t was instantly resolved to
avert the threatened outburst by cutting. a
tunnel through the ice and running oft the
water by degrees. The execution OF this
arduous task was one Of the most heroic on
record. For five whole weeks the indomi-
table men, with death staring them.in the
face, toiled day and night in alternate
gangs, the water rising around them from
below, the half melted ice laundering down
upon them from above, and the danger OF a
sudden overflow increasing every hour. by
some miscalculation, the two sections, COM
mencing from opposite sides, had twenty,
foo. difference OF level, which cost several
days additional labor to rectily. At length
the water began to flow, and the danger
seemed over, when suddenly tie b1se OF the
ice barrier, already weakened by the grow
ing heat Of summer, gave way With terri
tic crash, and the whole body ol water burst
forth at once, sweeping down the valley
with the speed OF an express train. It's force
and volume may he estimated by the fact
that solid bridge, ninety feet above the
ordinary level of the river, was torn away
like thread. OF the whole town of Mar
tigny, nothing escaped hut the ruined
castle on the highest ridge, the destruction
of life and property being so great that for
the time being the beautiful valley was an
absolute desert.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
Burlington Hawkeyetems,

1t is Il singular thing that no railroad
man has ever applied for patent on the
day-break.
Sitting Bulls medicine man is about to
issue a little pamphlet on the "Treat-
mcnt of the Scalp"
Sitting Bull is very restless, ana it is
feared i,c is getting ready to abandon
his chrC uic tailorly attitude for the pur-
pose of indulging in a little pedestrian
exercise and Indian club practice.
Mario, the famous tenor, is hopelessly,
wildly insane. VIII the young man on
Seventh street, who howls, Come into
the Garden, Maud" and "Good,bye,
Sweetheart" please note this solemn
warning?
i. G.. Stetlman sings, in &ribncr,
"Why should fcar.to sip the sweets Of
each rcd lip" Why? Because, Mr..
Stedman, you have a conviction that the
gloomy-looking old gentleman in the
background, with blood in his eye and
cane. like the angel of death in his
hand, will make poulticc of you if you
do any such sampling while lie is in
reach
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-05-01
The Credit system i'm Japan.

A New York paper says: 1.-The many
Americans who have visited Japan
within few ycars-Japan is only across
the (watcr) way, really next door to the
big shop of the republic-have been
struck by the almost universal preya-
lcnce Of the credit system there. In
Toxic, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kama
gawa, Hakodadi-in all cities and towns
whether big or little, at hotels, restau-
rants, shops, barrooms-crcdit is GUS
tomary, so firmly fixed that it is hard
to pay cash. When you buy anything,
the clerk or salesman presents you with
a chit-very much like pad-on which
you write the article, its price, and your
name, and the thing is repeated if you
20 to the same place dozen times day.
In fact, you need no money for any or
dinary purpose until the end of the
month, when you. liquidate your chits
and begin over again. 1t is counted
very dishonorable MOTTO pay your ctitS.
IF you do not, your name is hung up on
the wall of the establishment where you
are in debt sand you can get nothing
more there. Still, in Japan, rs in every
quarter of the globe, there are persons,
and not a few, who don't pay; and who,
when shut out from one place, go to
another. and make fresh bills. The
system is rs bad us bad can be. Credit
widely extended is an. evil in any COM
munity. 1t hurts the man who gets it
Us well as the man who gives it, Its
tendency always is to relax principle, to
encourage extravaganza, to dull insensi-
bility, to weaken character. Hundreds,
yea thousands of persons in Japan to-day
have lost their sense Of integrity, and all
idea of financial promptness, who would
not have done so but for this pernicious
order of credit. The custom arose some
years ago, from the scarcity Of small
change, which rendered it really neces-
sary. But now, although Change is
abundant, the custom continues, with
no signs Of disruption or decay. Trades
men and everybody else suffer greatly by
it, having, ut the end of each year, a
number of debts not only uncollected,
but uncollectible. Business never will
be, and never can be, on any sound OF
desirable basis in Japan until Il thor
ough reformation shall have been in
stituted."