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The New York herald., 1879-01-07

regular stages up town. Old Dr. Francis
used to say that physician in good prac-
tice had to remove his residence once in ten
years to keep near to his patients, and the
retail trader was under similar obligation.
Shops, therefore, went with the uptown
current; but this movement would never
have overcome the supremacy of such a GEN.
tire as Broadway if the facilities for reach
ing the great shops on that street had kept
pace with the need for them. Such facil-
ties were denied, and the people contented
themselves with the shops near them. They
stayed away from the district that was kept
free of horse cars for their accommodation.
Now the project for such railway is re-
newed, and we do not see who will oppose
it. Indeed, we are Of opinion that it would
be good thing to have the experiment of
such railway tried. There are certain
distinctly advantageous influences on the
street that we believe would result from it.
1t would deprive wheeled vehicles of the
use OF one fine street without rails in it,
but the heavy vehicles for freight traffic are
made to be Indifferent to such obstacles, and
since the Metropolitan Elevated has proved
SO great an accommodation it will be far less
loss than it would have been formerly to
lose the use Of Broadway for carriages.
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rate of taxation than is now imposed, and
without any increase of debt" We trust
he sees his way to make this opinion good
in the practical administration OF the city
government but it is indispensable that
the things alluded to should be done,
whether they cost little or cost much. The
great duty laid upon him is to see that
they are done, and that they cost no more
than is requisite for the honest performance
of thorough work The city rebels against
high taxes for the support of political
paupers, but it will not complain of needed
improvements if it gets the full worth of its
money. Let us dismiss needless officers
let us reduce salaries let US economize in
every reasonable way; let us select the most
indispensable things to be done first; but
we cannot afford to stay the hand of i'm
provement if New York is to maintain its
pre-eminence and advance in the great
career marked out for it by its unrivalled
advantages of position.
Itis easy to mark out a programme, but
difficult to carry it into successful execu-
ton, as Mayor Cooper will find out before
he reaches the close of his term. The hard
est part of his task remains to be grappled
with 1t will be his duty, when he has
taken full survey of the situation, to ex-
plain the methods by which he proposes to
attain the desirable results to which he
stands committed. The success of an ad-
ministrator depends upon his selection of
means. It will be the early duty of Mayor
Cooper to explain in detail how he is to carry
his admirable policy into execution. AS yet
it is mere wish. Nothing is more futile
than unexecuted wishes or abortive good
Intentions. 1t is fair to allow the new
Mayor time for maturing his plans. We
await their PRONUNCIATION with lively inter-
est. The great practical question is, How !?
If we are at last to have clean streets it is
incumbent on him to tell us how. If we
are to keep what remains to us of the grain
trade and recover the part Of it which we
have lost the Mayor must tell US how.
If supernumerary officers are to be
dispensed with he must tell us which OFF,
GERS. If salaries are to be reduced he must
tell US what salaries If the Board of APP
portionment is to give place to some better
organizer he must point out and define
what the new taxing authority should be.
It is easy to criticise, but hard to invent.
But unless the new Mayor has resources
which enable him to devise methods, and
executive energy to secure their adoption,
his excellent intentions, which we so cordi-
ally approve, will be like the barren fig
tree which was cursed because it bore no
fruit.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07
Scarlet Fever.

Every mother has peculiar dread of this
we'll known disease, and there is scarcely
any malady Of those commonly known to
the people that she would not prefer to see
in the house. There is hardly family in
which there is not some fatal story of its
ravages, and the chronicle Of two or three
or more children dead on the same day is
not an uncommon one. Some doctors re.
port that in this, as in other diseases, they
''never lose a case" Perhaps they are in
the position Of the doctor whom an over
sensitive father called for his first born. He
wanted doctor who saved his patients,
and he obtained somewhere or another o
magical mirror, in which he could see, as
he stood on each doctors doorstep, the list
of that doctors victims in their shrouds.
Amazed at the PROFESSIONS he saw in his
glass as he stood at the doors Of the most
famous doctors he went from house to house
in the hope of better results. He stood at
last at the door Of doctor at whose name
there appeared only two tender little VIC
Tins. He called this physician, lost his
child, and found by subsequent inves-
tigation that when he. called him that
doctor had been in practice two days
and had had just two patients. If
these two had not the scarlet fever he had
not, up to that time, lost case of that
disease. Because of the well known gravity
of the severe types of scarlet fever it is a
malady in regard to the spread of which it
would be easy to get up panic in the city,
but in the facts thus tar made known we
see no reason for great apprehension, and
we have no doubt oil has been published
that is known to the health authorities.
People who consider the number of deaths
do not commonly consider their proportion
to the total of the population. If they did
they would see at glance that there is less
Of the fever in the city now than there is
every winter in the large number of coun-
try villages where there are common
schools.
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Our News from Central Asia.

Our despatch from Tashkend, dated on
intelligence hitherto received by way of
England on some Of the facts reported. As
we learn by the dispatches from the Rus
sian agent in Cabul to General Kaufman
the Ameer in his communication to the
English, made upon his leaving his capital,
declared she object of his departure to be
to submit his differences with England to
the Emperor of Russia" This is rather
more Ineligible than the despatch from
Lahore to the London Daily Ners to tho
effect that he intended to lay his case before
n congress in the Russian capital This in
telligence, directly from the Ameer, confirms
the previous statement made ON the author
ity Of General Kaufman that directions
had been left with Yakoob Khan TO receive
and answer any propositions the English
might make That this was well known TO
the English appears to follow from the
statement that Major Cavagnari had been
instructed to hear in conciliatory spirit
whatever might be said on the part of the
Ameer's representative; but for some in
scrutable reason English officials or jour-
nalists seem to have deemed it worth their
while to misrepresent this simple transact
tion. Precisely what will be tho future
course of the Ameer Is not clear. His
march, as reported, with oil his bat
talions" for the Russian frontier, creates q
situation Of some delicacy for the COM
mander there, who has consequently sought
The New York herald., 1879-01-07
The Eurniss Homicide-Palmer's Mis-
taken Identity.

= nG r AAVasAASAssC-A s~AA.AOA ~AAs-
taken Identity.
Everybody can understand how un-
pleasant it is for gentleman of correct
habits to be accused of murder. It is even
not agreeable for a person fully possessed
of his right mind to see himself announced
in daily paper as one who has gone
violently insane and exhibited desperate
impulses. But though everybody can
appreciate the dissatisfaction Of the
gentleman who in such circumstances
wakes up some morning to find himself un-
duly famous, few are possessed of the
charity needful to comprehend the remorse
Of the journalist who has at once done o
wrong and made blunder. It appears
that in the inadvertence of necessary haste
we have unpleasantly associated the name Of
Theatre, with lamentable occurrence
at the Metropolitan Hotel with which
he had no connection whatever !;
and, while every satisfaction that
can rectify the trouble is due to him,
it is due to ourselves, also, that we should
Stbtc uOW tuC cIKOI An AuSAsAAOhsAOh uAOoos
An insane man at the hotel shot an officer.
His name was William L. Palmer, and he
was from Stonington, Conn. This occurred
on the afternoon of Saturday, the 2Sth ult.
That day we telegraphed to correspondent
in Connecticut to obtain for US at Stoning-
ton the antecedents of William L. Palmer.
But it appears that the Paimers constitute q
large proportion of the population of that
place, and given names are an insufficient
key to identity, for even o mans own rela-
tives do not remember his initials. Now,
Mr.. William r. Palmer is also from Sto-
nington, and is better known there than the
gentleman whose name and origin so
nearly resembled his own. In inquiries
made late at night, therefore, some confu-
sion arose in the history of the two men,
and some alleged facts in Mr.. William r.
Palmer's history we're mingled with the
events OF the other mans life which have
no foundation. Naturally we regret that
case of mistaken identity SO fagrantly un-
pleasant should have disfgured our col
umns and offended gentleman's just SEN
sibilities.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

IF THE Provision in the new constitution of
Georgia requiring the payment of all taxes rs
preliminary to voting was intended to disfran-
chisc the negroes it has utterly failed. At the
election yesterday all the colored men were on
hand, but large proportion Of the small white
property owners failed to put in On appearance
at the tax office or the polls.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

AMONG THE UNPLEASANT FEATURES of the
Cobb Bishop trial, which will be resumed to-
day, will be the appearance on the witness
stand Of two or three of the children of the
alleged guilty parties. The little daughter Of
Mrs. Cobb, not twelve years old, will be placed
OH the stand against her.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

LETTER from Berlin, on another page, de-
ecribes the last illness and death of Mr.. Bayard
Taylor, together with the official and other hon
ors paid to his memory.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

THE PHILANrHRoPIc EFFORTS of "Nan," the
newsboy, and his gallant little comrades are in a
fair way to be crowned with success. hand
some sum has been subscribed for them by the
members OF the Stock Exchange, and to-day
the Maritime Exchange will help on the good
work
The New York herald., 1879-01-07
ALFRED rEr.EGo.

Alfred Percgo. merchant of this city. died on
Sunday Of consumption. The deceased was n men,
Der Of the Arm Of Ira Pcregos Sons dealers In gen.
tlcmens furnishing goods at Fulton and Nassau
streets. This Arm was established many years ago
by the father OF the deceased. and on the formers
retirement was conducted by MFR. Alfred Psrego and
his brother.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

THE PARTIAL SToPPAGE of the Harmony Mills,
at Cohoes, which employ upward of ten thou
sand operatives, is not very comforting condi-
ton OF affairs, but in the nature things it
not be of long duration. The overstock in the
market will soon be exhausted, when, of course,
work will be fully resumed.
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Il RIPPLE SH d e II
NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1879.

The probabilities are that the sreather in New
York and its riciaity today wM be colder and
partly cloudy, followed by Increasing cloudiness
and possibly Increasing ari,ds. Tomorrow it
promises 10 be sraymer aud cloudy, ,cih sno,o or
rain.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

IT WILL BE SEEN from our dispatches that
the railroad blockade in this and many of the
other States has come to an end. At Clifton, in
Ontario, large number Of passengers, who
were delayed for several days. made themselves
as comfortable as possible at the expense Of the
bloatcd corporations.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

THE WEATuER.-ln the HERALD Of the 4th
inst. attention was called to the movement of n
disturbance in the extreme northwestern dis
tricts and on the 9th snow storms during the
early part OF the week were predicted for that
region. The change that has taken place in tho
meteorological conditions Of the entire North
west during the past twenty -four hours fully JUS
titles the warning. The barometer continued
high until yesterday morning, when 1t began TO
fall with extraordinary rapidity, ranging in
some sections over half an inch inside Of eight
hours. The wind shifted from the west to
southwest and south and increased in force.
Snow is now falling heavily in Manitoba and the
northern lake districts. The influence of the
disturbance which was experienced in this dis
trict OH Thursday last has passed entirely off
and the barometer is rising slowly, but will
probably commence to fall again tonight. The
area of highest barometer is now over the
central valley districts, the South Atlantic and
Gulf States. 1t is moving gradually southwark
Snow is falling in the lower lake regions and
light rains are reported on the South Atlantic
coast. The winds have been from brisk to high
In the Northwest, West and on the Gulf coast; !;
elsewhere they have been generally fresh.
With the exception of q slight rise in
the Middle Atlantic States and the lake
regions the temperature has fallen throughout the
country. Very severe weather Is likely to pre-
vail over tho lakes during the next few days,
and q heavy snowfall may be expected The
pressure is falling rapidly on the European
coasts and q disturbance is evidently approach
ing. The weather in New York and its vicinity
to-day will be colder and partly cloudy, followed
by increasing cloudincss and possibly increasing
winds. Tomorrow it promises to be warmer
and cloudy, with snow or rain.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was fairly active and steady. Government and
State bonds were steady, and railroads strong
and higher. Money on call was easy at 4 per
cent, aud closed at 2 212 per cent.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

advice from his government. Though
Russia has distinctly declared her intention
to take no steps for his assistance, she can
scarcely refuse him hospitality; but his
battalions decidedly complicate the case.
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OBITUARY.
moro critics
MORTON M'MIcHAEL.

MORTON MMIcHAEL.
Mr.. Morton McMchael, the eminent journalist
and orator and for many years one OF
the representative and active public spirited
citizens of Philadelphia, died at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia at four O'Clock yesterday
afternoon He was In his seventy second year. and
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

Our DISPATCHES from Omaha throw urid
light on life in Central Nebraska. Several
weeks ago two men were brutally burned at
stake by party of cattle dealers, and SO great
was the terror inspired by these Western in
1uisitors that the officers Of the law dared not
attcmp. their arrest. Their capture, however,
has at length been effected mainly through the
efforts of the brothers of one of the murdered
men. but it took small army to do it. Central
Nebraska must be pleasant place.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

Our BUSINESS TROUBLES have fallen almost
below zero
The New York herald., 1879-01-07
THOMAS TAYLOR.

Thomas Taylor died on Sunday night at the resi-
dence of his brother, Commissioners william Taylor.
in Grove street, Jersey City. He proprietor of
hotel at waretown, Toms River, N. j., and formerly
kept the idle Hour, sporting resort In Newark
Bay. Deceased was forty y.sevon years of age and
brother of ex-senator Noah d. Taylor aud John lay.
ior the piQcon shooter.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07

CONGRESS again to-day.
The New York herald., 1879-01-07
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

CHICKERING HALL-PHLuARxoNIo CLus CONCERT
sTEINwAY HALL-NAurLIus CLUB CONCERT
UNION SQUARE THEATRE-TnE BANKKR's DAuGHrrR.
BOOTHS THEATRE-LuciA pI LAAxERxooR
STANDARD THEATRE-M'Llss.
NIBkO's GARDEN-DAvY CROCKETT.
OLYMPIC THEATRE-RrcHARp III.
NEW YORK AQUARIUM-CrSpERELLA
GLOBE THEATRE-MiRrn MAKERS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-TnE smAucHRAuS.
BowERY THEATRE-BApA.
PARK TIIEATRE-BABKs IN THE WoOp.
LYCEUM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BROADWAY TIIEATRE-rScLE DAN'L
THEATRE COMIQUE-OBRIKx, COUNSELLOR Law
GERMANIA THEATRE-ER MUss AuF's LAND.
WALLACK'S THEATRE-Ar LAST.
SAN FRANCISCO MINSTRELS
WINDSOR THEATRE-vARiErY
THOMAS OPERA HOUsE-MINsTRELsY.
TlvoLI THEATRE--vAnIErx
EGYPTIAN HALL-vARIEry.
TONY PASTOR'S-vARI9rY.
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PRINCESS cARorINE OF HEssE.

Tho cable this morning announces the death OF
Princess Caroline -Th6rese- -sIathlde. Baroness OF
Ndda This princess was born November 6. ls4s.
and was therefore in the thirtch year Of her age
was married to Prince Henry OF Hesse February ~.
1873 Prince Henry-Louis OF Hcsse 10 brother Of
Louis w. the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, who
recently lost his Grand Duchess. Princess Alice OF
England.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

The Chicago Inter Ocean is publishing
letters on the protection lightning-rods
afford. One correspondent, Mr.. Goodwin,
living near Beloit, Wis, has had his res
idence, mill, hop house and hotel all
struck by lightning, and they were all
protected by rods. One correspondent
urges that rods should be run up straight
and attached to polls alongside build
ing, in order, to be an effective protection.
Another says q rusty iron rod is not a
conductor of electricity, but thata gal
vanized iron rod, fastened with strips of
zinc, will be. Another cites, as the con-
ditions necessary to a good conductor,
that it should be without flaw, should be
long enough to protect the building,
should be large enough to carry any dis
charge it is likely to meet, and should
terminate in water. Another urges that
insulators are dangerous, while still an
other claims that they are essentisl to pro-
lection. The letters that the Inter- Ocean
published prove that there is no unity Of
opinion upon tie subject of lightning
rods, either as to the protection they
afford. or as to the form or arrangement
of rods best calculated to afford protec-
ton.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION

The Republican County Convention for Allen
county, to place in nomination candidates for
treasurer, Clerk, Sheriff, Register of Deeds,
Surveyor, Coroner and Commissioner for the
Second District, will be held a the Court House
III Lola, at O'Clock p. n.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23D, 1873.
The towr ships are entitled to the following
2: Usage, 2; lola, 3; Elm. 2; Msrmaton, 2; Hum
boldt, 8; Salem, :; Elsmore, 5; Cottage Grove, :.
Il is recommended that the Republican voters
s,i each township meet at their respective places
of holding elections, on Tuesday, August 18TH,
for the purpose Of electing delegates to this con-
yention 1t Is further recOmmended that the
Urinary meetings in lola and Humboldt town
ships meet ut O'Clock, and in all others at
O'Clock P. N.
All Republicans are urged to attend the primary
meetings and take part IN the election OF dele
gates II. A. PERKINS,
Chairman Central Committee.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

Ex.Goy. Dennison, Of Ohio, predicts
that with 0 Democratic President in the
White House, the Supreme Court, now
composed of sereD publicans and two
Democrats, would be increased by the
appointment Of seven additional Demo-
cratic Judges. The majority you'd then
decide the fourteenth amendment uncon-
sMtutiqnal on the ground that it bad
never been properly ratified because of
the withdrawal Of Qhio's consent by the
Democratic Legislatpre in 1868. That
withdrawal is still filed in Washington
Tor use when the time for action arrives.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

The population of the State, on the LIST
of March last. was 849, 978-an increase
of al, 4Sl during the year. Four coun-
ties, Leavenworth, Shawnee, Atchison
and Douglas, have each over 10000 /;
four others, Bourbon, Cherokee, Cowley
and Labette have each over 18, 600; and
ten others, Butler, Doniphan, Lyon,
Marshall, Miami, Montgomery, Usage,
Sedgwick, Sumner and Wyandotte, have
each over $4,000. Two counties in the
State, johnson and Montgomery, report
decrease of population during the year
all others an increase. The greatest
increase is reported by Mitchell county,
1851; the next largest by Marshall, f.
$50; the next by Barton. 1852. Six
counties, Obsorne, Rocks, Russell,
Shawnee, Smith and Sumner, each re-
port an increase of over 5000 during the
year; and twenty-three others. Butler,
Cloud. Cowley, Dickinson, Ellis, Har-
per, Harvey, jewell, Kingman, Lincoln,
Neosho, Norton, Usage, Ottawa, Phillips,
Pottawatomie, Pratt, Republic, Rush,
Saline, Sedgwick, Stafford. and Trego,
each report an increase exceeding 1000.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
The Kansas City Times, in speaking O

The Kansas City Times, in speaking Of
the Republican party says:
They have made our Federal taxes
amount to about IS per capita. The
State Of Missouri supports her public
schools, her charitable and eleemosynary
institutions, provides for all her convicts,
pays all the costs of her civil service and
criminal prosecutions at tax of about
81 per capita. The cost of the Federal
government per capita is about five
times as great as that of the States. when
if it was administered as it should be it
should not cost one. fourth of what the
States does. This Federal tax falls al
most exclusively on the agricultural
States South and West.
Possibly somebody around here who
reads the Times can think moment and
remember when they have paid yearly
tax of five dollars towards the support of
the General Government-but we doubt
it. Such extracts as the above are writ
ten simply to delude the ignorant.
Possibly, after the Times should prove
that National taxes were high the cause
might be stated. 1t is not hard question
to answer in regard to the cause of the
National debt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
Ordnance No. lS0.
TPublished August I'D, 1873. 1

An ordinance entitled an ordinance Lowing
special taxes against certain lots in the CITY of
lola. Kansas for the purpose of paving for side
walks heretofore built and repaired and eutteriue
done Mt the expense of said civ. and abutt;ug
upon said lots.
D.
~. ~ ~" :. 80. ~ 49,. '''' y Wv
$500, ~. ,.,.. ,v 3. ....,.a
mo. ~
49,. nm aO' ~, ~ s 70 =; Ss. ~, ~ y 49,.
oS~ Av., io'" =, ~ ~u =. :. VIZ. " NV. 'O's
- 30 ,ru O'oeN w. .1,' ~ :. ~e o'y =,
Io'", H~n'.o, ",e s.m VI "."e ~" '-A'! w ~"
..s.N T1.,D 80 - 49, "....:.o
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22
lola Markets.

COUNTRY PRoDUCE-Butter Sc; egg,
&c; new potatoes sec; beets Soc; beans
green 75c.
GROCERIES AND PROvIsIONs-Flour,
lola Mills, xxx $2.75; xxx $3.50;
Graham -four $2.75: rye -four 81 25;
corn meal $1.20; Coffee, Rio 10 a. 22c
Tea, Imperial SOC a. Toe: Gunpowder
s1.0O; Japan SOC a 75c; Sugar, A lie
Elk. c 1O4c; Brown Sugar &c; Molasses,
Golden Syrup Toe; New Orleans Goo
Sorghum Soc; Bacon, sides, buying, SIC,
selling, &c; Shoulders. buying, Ale, sell
ing, &c Salt, Saginaw $500; Ohio River
$50; Coal oil 25c per gallon.
MEATs-Sugar cured hams lie;
Country cured hams. buying, &c, selling,
Sc; Steak Sc; choice steak loo; Hides,
green 44c; flint &c a. 12c.
LIVE SToCK-Live hogs $500: dressed
hogs - Mich COWS $40 a. $50 fat
cattle $1,000 $3.50.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-08-22

The msgni6ed, distorted, and silly &C.
count sent ont about the so-called Conk-
ling-Sprague difficulty at Narragansett
Pier, shows the morbid craving that ex-
lists almost everywhere for sensstions of
this character. Before the facts were
known the most extravagant statements
were readily believed, and when it turn
ed out that the much-talked of intimacy
between Senator Conkling and Mrs.
Sprague had nothing whatever to do
with the difficulty, tinge Of disappoint-
mept was felt by every tattler and
scandal-monger, IS we'll as every actually
impure man and woman in the country.
Chicago Inter- Ocean.