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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-16

his office his residence The charter provides that when
the Mayor shall be absent tnroug sickness o. ss any a" as
Mayorand possess the funrtions of that enice me
and ss s too sss SICK tx isa tie duties
and until he is sufficiently recovered TO relieve me pr1
pose 10 continue to I'LL all the duties appertaihs 10 ~
WILLIAM H. RAY. Acting Mayor.
Mr. De Witt will doubtless reply to the above to-
day.
DEcApIrArIsG THE REPUBLICANS.
At regular meeting OF the Brooklyn Board or city
Works yesterday President Frederick s. Massey.
regular democrat. moved to discharge several EN-
ployes, republicans and independents The names
suggested for official decapitation follows:
q. W. Gritman, Alexander MCCLELLAN, H. Harvard and
W. X. Mctiure bill clerks: Patrick Hayse. superin.
tendent of streets Allyn latham, assessment clerk
Charles Adams Mclaughlin registrar of water rates;
Edward J.. Phillips. clerk; John Langan, W. W.
Johnson, John Hartman. ii. Bingham, q. ID. Meyers.
Lemuel Moss. Charles Hartman, William Wieder-
man, George L. Lattimer and Joseph Donohue.
clerks. hydrant inspectors and messengers.
Commissioner Hazard republican. said he could
not vote for such a wholesale removal. Though 1t
might be all right, he had had opportunity to
satisfy himself Of that fact.
President Massey said -'If were running dry
goods store would like to fill the places under
me who could be trusted and would give me their
sympathy and respect--Inen who would conduct
their business in decent and gentlemanly manner.
IN this department may have men whose sympathy
| cannot expect 10 obtain but will have who
will show me the respect should have president.
and who if they do not work for the advancement
of interests of the city intrusted to my charge
WILL at least. not work against them. Besides, some
of these men not necessary aud Others not COM
petent.
Commissioner Worth. republican, said he agreed
with what the President said and thought that every
official should have subordinates in hearty coopera
ton with him, and should not be surrounded by
men who vilifying him and doing all in their
power to destroy his character.
President Massey said he had found that some of
these doing all in their power in the Com
mon Council yesterday to secure his defeat and he
owed them no favors
Commissioner Worth remarked that he had heard
that u greater part of the disturbance at the Com
mon Council on Thursday had been caused by men
employed in the City Works Department.
The employees above named were thereupon dis
charged. Commissioner Hazard voting in the mega
tive. subsequently w. O. Richard. engineer of the
municipal building, removed and Jacob Lint
appointed in his stead
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SICK AND DESTITUTE.

sad case of ds-tituson VAS yesterday brought to
light by osncer chiari. 90 the society for the Pre-
vcniion OF cruelty 10 Children. Elizabeth McDer-
mott aud her ave children have lived Tor time
a single rear room the hrst h0or Of No. go last
Twenty SECOND street Her husband became insane
thrce Years ago. ana - nov IA the lunstc ium on
Backweis Island. month ago Mrs. McDcrmott
was taken sick. aud her conditions Il considered
hopeless. The apartment ln which sue Wa found
yesterday wsn tn shocking condition. she was
sent % bellevue Hospitsl aud the chilirsn. whose
aacr range from tour % fourtasn years. ~crc TOM
y rariiy placed under the care VI As,ron Webb ct
Police Hesdq usrtsrs.
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WILL rHg HEALTH BOARD EXPLAIN

Ofhcer Mcmahon. OF the Nineteenth precinct.
brought Richard crow and Edward simonson before
Judge wandeli. yesterday. ana charged them with
driving q yoke of oven through the streets to a
slaughter house ON the last River.
Il can do nothing la this case" His Honor said
"tl am more familiar with what the Health Board
actually mean by this Law. The, pass many or
dinance- that 10 wosld tako coliele OF lawyers to
keep track OF them. came near being arrested my
sell the other day FOR sending two COWS o. the depot
a. have th.in taken into the country. I want Co
know whs, Ia do an such eases before deciding
ia this matter.
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MUST NOT SELL ON SUNDAY.

Justice of the Peace G. W. Cochran, of White
Plains, yesterday rendered decision in the case
of Adolph Pollock, Jew. charged with keeping his
store open and offering for sale various kinds
of goods the Sabbath Justice Cochran found
the accused guilty. but suspended sentence In the
present instance, it probably being the first one
brought before a court in the town. At the same
time he warned the prisoner against repetition
Of Ia
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FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION.

The feast Of the Assumption OF tho Virgin Mary
was celebrated yesterday in the Catholic churches
all which open. not only for the usual early
services, but for high mass. at halpast ten o'clock
At the new Cathedral Rev. Father Lavelle cele
brated high mass. but there was sermon. In
most OF the churches the music was of n higher
order than usual, selections from the Gregorian
Rossiui's masses being tue main features.
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DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.

At the postmortem examination made yesterday
upon the body Of Patrick Herman. who was found
dead ut alen Cove. l.. L., Wednesday OF last week.
and tho ught to nave been poisoned. 1t was found
that the an came to his death natural causes
The Coroners jury rendered verdict In accordance
with that fact.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.

AsHFIELD-R rEvEs.-On Tuesday. August IL. by
the Rev. DIR. Nye at the residence of the brides
parents, FREDERICK J. AsHFIELp to FLORENCE A..
daughter OF n. Il. Reeves, ESD, of Brooklyn.
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PHEASANT ROOMS TO LET.

Dances, Parties, Lectures &C., by applying to E.
SAWYER, 161 Commercial ST., or JAS. A. WHIT
NEY, 173 Middle St. oc7dM
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

tence." Not less than 10000 men in Maine
were restrained, it says, from voting the
Greenback ticket By threats or the equally
potent influence of money. "shall We" it
eXclaims with passionate eloquence, ''tame-
ly give up the blessed privileges, the God
given inheritance of our fathers. and forever
become abject slaves, hewers of wood and
drawers of water to the bonl-holding, mon
exchanging class in this country and Eu-
rope?" The cheerful prediction is made
that ''people will freeze and starve to death
this Winter in spite of resumption" and in
the very next paragraph the threatened COM
munity is advised, not to save its money. to
buy bread and coal with, but to subscribe for
10000 Nep Erds. 1t is somewhat reassur-
ing in the midst of all these signs of impend-
ing misery and ruin to find that there arc
still some people in the community who are
devoting themselves to the arts of peace.
The editorial notes commencing the Sala-
mander Everlasting wick and the New La
dies favorite wringer, indicate that the
women at least are still calm.
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Mushrooms and Toadstools.

Julius A. Palmer, Jr. in Boston Transcript
| Over my mantelpiece hangs little picture
brought from London. 1t represents two spec
linens of the mushroom tribe. On the top of
each is seated toad, their greenish-colored
| eyes leering at each other Underneath is this
motto, "a Popular Error"
That this family originated with or in some
way serve the toad is not the only popular
error as to their nature, reproduction, manner
and time of growth. The difficulty in dein-
ing these phases of their being lies in the fact
that the most important part of the fungus is
beneath the soil a few years ago the banks
of the lot opposite the Brunswick hotel were
sodded and the land leveled to its presen'
grade. AS the pick of the workmen broke up
the soil, a white substance ran through every
piece. Starting with large branches, it di-
vided and sub-divided like the veins on the
back of the hand. The smell was very strong,
quickly noticed on the opposite side of the
way. This subterranean white vine, for it had
that appearance, was nothing but the hidden
part of the coprinus comatus, mushroom
freely eaten now, although twenty years ago
thought to be poisonous. The common name
of this substance is spawn
Just as a cutting of grapevine placed IN con-
forth branches and bear fruit, so part of this
coprinus vine transplanted will continue to
ramity and in time show the result in the form
of mushrooms
Here then we disprove another popular
error that toadstools spring up in night in
most unforeseen places. The whole earth be-
meath your feet on country walk is alive
with vegetation to great depth. This vege-
tation is just as real and the various vlnes-or
i'll other words the thousand varieties OF mush-
room spawn are Just as distinct as the hop-vine
and the woodbine the ivy and the virgins
bower that twine their tendris above your
head. Just where grew this year peculiar
kind of toadstool, there, next year and so on
for several successive harvests will you find
the same plant. There is no more mystery
about its appearance than in the growth OF the
chestnut on the tree that shades it,
Rapidity of growth is not near as general as
it is thought to be. The common mushroom
and many others form for days just below the
soil A heavy dew or an evening shower
straightens the stem of the fungus and expands
its top. 1t breaks the earth in the night, and
the patherer is able to find in the morning the
white buttons where he could see nothing tho
day before. So popular error has made the
mushroom growth proverbial for SUPERFICIAL
ty which, by the fungi at least, is undeserved
Further, the varieties of toadstools succeed
each other in rotation just as the bloodroot and
anemones of spring arc followed by the cardi-
that are here advanced; they are the results of
several years careful watching of the growth of
this order of plants
On the very spots where, in 1874, gathered
mushrooms, there in 1879 find that Identical
variety, so that the lover of fungus may have
his regular harvests with all the certainty OF
the farmer who looks for the return OF ms
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The Cincinnati Gazette's often-repeated
inquiry if Dr. Luke Blackburn, the present
governor of Kentucky, is the same Dr..
Blackburn who attempted to introduce
clothing infected with yellow fever into the
United States during the war, has finally
compelled the Louisville Courier-JomRal to
admit that be is the same. The Courier
Journals explanation of the manner in
which the charge originated, is as follows:
DR.. Blackburn is great talker. Few men
are more copious, entertaining, humorous and
daring. He was younger then more whimsi-
cal, and more cOnvivial than he is now or has
been in many year. There used to be an an
ecdotal rivalry between him and his old friend
Colonel Richard Wintersmith, and when one
unfolded scheme ft r burning up all the cities
of the North, the other, not to be outdone,
went him so much better i'll scheme of total
annihilation. War time, war talk, and elabo-
rated profusely. All of us, and on both sides,
said deal we did not mean and would never
have dreamed of executing in fact. To the
case against DR.. Blackburn more significance
happened to be given. But the prosecution
against him completely broke down at the
time.
The Guzette is not satisfied with this ex-
planation and insists that the Governor
owes it to himself and the State to make a
more sensible one. The Governor, however,
still keeps silence. The prosecution of
Blackburn broke down simply on law
point Blackburn was announced to speak
at Columbus this week by invitation of the
Democrats, but the publication of the de-
tails of his plot to send suit of infected
clothing to President Lincoln has compelled
his withdrawal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-03

THE slaughter of Major Thornburgh and
sixteen of his command by the Ute Indians
forcibly recalls the Custer massacre. Thorn
burgh, like Custer, was betrayed into an
ambuscade by the Indians Notwithstanding
he had had long experience in the Indian
country and was regarded as one of the
most successful Indian fighters in the army.
The country which the Utes inhabit is very
mountainous and heavily timbered, which
will render campaign against them very
difficult and dangerous. The Utes are very
warlike, and treacherous to the last degree,
The cause of the Utes' hostility is the in
fringement of miners on their reservation.
Major Thornburgh gradua ted at the Military
Academy at West Point in 1867. He had
previously served as volunteer in the army
during the rebellion and was in several en-
gagements. His first commission was as
Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. He
served in California and Alaska, and in 1871
was detached as Professor of Military Sci
ence, at East Tennessee University. He
afterward served in Texas, Nebraska and
Wyoming.
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&C, &C, Nc., WC., &C.
Those afflicted with any kind of nasal diseases are
invited to send for DR.. Wei De Myers pamphlet,
and particularly to inform of the result of using
the cure Wei DC Meyers Cntarrh Cure, is
delivered at 81 80 single package, packages for
$3.50. Liberal terms to the trade
D. B. DEWEY & CO, Sole Agts., 46 Dey ST., n. Y.
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STATE OF MAXINE.

CUMBERLAND, SIS. September 25, A. D. S79.
THlHIS is to give notice. that on the Twentieth day
IL of September, A. d. 1879, a Warrant in 1nsol-
vency was issued by Nathan Cleaves, Judge of the
Court of Insolvency for said County of Cumberland
against the estate of
ORIN HAWKES. of Portland,
in said County, adudged to be an Insolyent Debtor,
on petition of certain of the creditors of said
Debtor which petition filed the thirty first
day of December, A. D. 1873, to which date inter-
est claims is to be computed;
That the payment of any debts to by said debt
or and the delivery transfer of any property by
him are forbidden by law;
That meeting of the Creditors of said Debtor. to
prove their debts and choose or more assignees
of his estate will be held at Court of Insolvency
to be holden at the Probate Court room in said
Portland, on MONDAY. the Sixth day of October,
A. d. 1879, at ten O'Clock i'll the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above written.
L. r. BROWN,
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger of the Court of Insol
vency for said County of Cumberland.
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TIE State Democrat is informed that its
insinuation that the PRESS suppressed the
letter of Gen. Hooker commencing the brav-
cry and patriotism Of the late Gen. Berry,
for political reasons until after election is
utterly without foundation. The PRESS
published that letter as soon as it could be
had for publication, and so far as we have
observed the only Democratic paper which
has copied it is the State Democrat, and
even it did so more for the purpose of max
ING it the basis of an unfounded accusation
against the PRESS than for the purpose of
paying deserved tribute to Gen. Berry. A
paper which joined with the Maine STANDARD,
as did the Democrat, in low ridicdle of a
Union soldier because he was incapacitated
by sickness, deserves no respect and COM
mands none, so it is perfectly immaterial to
the PRESS whether the Democrat retracts its
SANDER or not.
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THE Neac Era under its new manage
ment has become one of tie mCst blood
curdling sheets it was ever our fortune to
look upon. 1t is just such paper as ''Brick"
Pomeroy and the editor of the Okolona
States would be likely to get up by combin-
i o their forces. 1t bristles all over with
startling headlines, as THE Great Theft"
'Hang the Traitors" and ''The Peril" Re-
publcans are charged withs having opened
the jails before election and let out such of
the criminals as promised to vote the Re-
publican ticket. repeating" it boldly de-
clares, "was carried on by men paid to do
the damnable work by Republican money"
1t thinks death, ignominious DEATH" none
too good for ''such men as Jim Blaine, John
Sherman, Zach Chandler and Sam Tilden.
Laws" it says, "have been enacted having
the effect to rob millions of their property,
and conditions are established, permanently
it is supposed by those who made them,
which will preclude the possibility or hope
of ever acquiring more than bare subsis-
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THE anti-rent agitation among the Irish
peasantry threatens to give the English gov
ernment serious trouble. Owing to bad
weather and American competition the
farms in Ireland have not produced sufiici-
eDt crops this year to enable the tenants TO
pay their rents and have anything left for
the support of their families. The landown-
ers, however, demand their rents us ineXor-
ably as ever, and refusal or inability to pay
is followed by the eviction of the tenant.
The tenants, therefore, have been driven to
desperation and in numerous instances
have assaulted the rapacious landlords and
sometimes killed them. The Homerulers
for political purposes are tanning the ex-
element into flame and widespread insur-
rectiOn is feared,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-03

GEN. JOSEPH r. HAwLEY publishes a
long letter in the Hartford Coardnt in oppo-
stion to the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for biennial elections and
sessions of the Legislature. Gen. Hawley
says sit is of the very essence of Democracy
that the political power shall remain near
the people, ready at all times for exercise,
and that it be frequently returned to their
hands. Variations from these principles
may be attractive for the moment but they
result in abuses of power by the few, and
either mischievous stagnant submission,
or an uneasy and sometimes violent dissat-
isfaction.'
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cASTQRIA

Pitchers CastOria IS especially adapted to
children. When the child has health she mother
Castoria is vegetable suhstituto for
nauseous Castor Oil, and the deleterious narcotic
Syrups sometimes used. Containing neither min
era morphine or alcohol it has received the endors
ment of physicians, and its sale is constantly an
rapidly increasing. 1t seems to be natures reni-
edy for assimilating the food in the stomach,
causing proper digestion and preventing sour
curd, vomiting, wind-colc and diarrhGa This
gives natural sleep. Castoria is not narcotic.
1t is as pleasant to take as honey 1t relieves the
stomach and destroys worms. 1t allays fever and is
very efficacious for Group. Every mother should
have it. Babies cry and grow fat upon Castoria.
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A committee of Kentucky whiskey distil-
lers are on the way to Washington to secure
q reduction of the whiskey tax. They will
first attempt to prevail upon the Commits
sioners of Internal Revenue to recommend
to Congress a reduction. They will not sue
Congress is much more likely.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-03

THURLow WEED has written a letter in
which he tells George William Curtis that
the reasons which the latter gives for advis-
ing Republicans to cut Mr.. CornelPs name
from the ticket are utterly insufficient and
indefensible. "The duty of an elector,"
says Mr.. Weed, concerns his party, and, as
a corollary, his country. That duty can on
ly be discharged by voting for the represen-
tative OF the party. The duty was never
more imperative, for the danger of our coun-
try in permitting its government to fall into
the hands of Rebel and Copperhesd Democ-
racy was never greater. Unless, therefore,
there is some name on the ticket obnoxious
to just criticism, there should be no scratch
ing"
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Cen / AuR

Centaur Linimenfs are the great pain-extract-
ing remedies of the world The sale of them is some
thing immense. There no pain, swelling, nor sore
which they will not alleviate and but few which
they will not cure The White is for Family Use,
and the Yellow for Animals. For rheumatic
affections, strains, stiff joints, wounds gals,
skin eruptons, itch, scratches burns, &C., they are
quick, thorough and certain; soothing healing and
emollient.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8.

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munlcatIons tnat are not used
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SOLD BY ALL WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL DRUGGISTS.
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EsR,7 and <4R,79 E.oOl

R'7 and tARs" T,oo1
is the Number of my Trade Mark "kY Il AND
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It is unequalled for Lung, Throat and Maiar-
bining the excellence of the s.Sugar Cane, and
the 'sChOicest Cereals" Why take disagreeable
drugs when this most Delicious Cordial will
produce more satisfactory results? Sold by Druggists
and Grosers. My signature Is on every Gen
uine bottle. Price, 81. N. VAN BELL, SO
Chambers st. n. Y. se17eod3mo
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JACOBS PATENT L|THOGRAM

A LONG FELT WANT is at last supplied. Law
yers Bankers, Tradesmen, in fact, all men en-
gagged in business, have long felt the need of some
DEVICE which would be at the same time cheap,
simple and practicable, whereby copies may be
multiplied quickly and easily from one orr G.
money, three great desideratums
We confidently assert that, for this purpose, the
Jacobs Lithogram is the most practicable method
yet deyised in fact it to be perfect Its ad-
vantages over any similar thing are
dstmPSrfen: f amprSessions, giving work al
2d-Hfs Simplicity. Apparatus consisting of a
tablet, bottle of prepared ink, and sponge-so
simple that child can operate it.
3d-Rnpidity. Impressions can be made from
the original writing in less than two minutes, and
thereafter multiplied at the rate of twenty per min
ute.
4tir-Eis Utility is almost boundless. Anything
that can be made or written with pen and ink can
be transferred to the tablet in minute and then
fac simile copies reproduced easily and quickly.
Business men can (and those who have the Litho-
gram are) lthographing their own Cards, Circulars,
Letter and Bill Heads, Envelopes, &C., &C. Hotels
and Restaurants their Bills of Fare. Drawings,
Maps and Sketches can be reproduced by the hun
dred. 1t can be used to advantage in Schools in set
ting copies, giving out examples, &c. Draughts
men and Architects find it to be necessity. In
line, its uses are numberlesS.
5th-Such an article only needs the additional
qualification of Cheapness, to commend itself to
the favor of all. Prices from $3.50 to $1,000,
cording to size. The Lithogram is in in
numerous Banks and Government Offices in Canada
sold to merchants, which should testify to its mer
its.
Specimens of its work can be had upon applica-
tion by letter to the General Agent by calling at
their office, 176 Middle, corner Exchange ST., Port
land, Maine.
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EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley L. Pullen
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal