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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-23

Apparent decrease. ...............4 29S, 1916
This apparent decrease results from the
failure of many rural clerks to report the
value of their school houses. County su-
perintendents accept their rep orts with this
item blank, and give the total of only
such figures As are reported. Such
defective reports ought to returned to clerks,
or county superintendent should supply the
missing figures from a former report or
from their personal knowledge.
The property of the city schools is accu-
rately reported. For the largest 20 dis
tricts in the State it is $1,265,535. THIS
is forty per cent. of the total valuation of
the State, from whi,h it is evident that
country districts are not fully reported. #
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males. ........... i, 1877
" In 1875. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Isl
Increase in 1879. &C
females.. ,2lu
III lo(o.. ll6
Increase in 1879. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9i
Total of different teachers. ........... s, 0O7
This number is about 1000 larger than it
would be if every district employed the same
teacher for both terms of its school.
--. AVERAGE LENGTH OF SCHOOLS.
This average includes nine city districts
having ton months of school In tho year,
forty-two that have nine months, and eleven
that have eight months.
In the other extreme are fourteen counties
that average only three months, the lowest
figures on which public money can be drawn.
Olmsted and Washington counties average
sc months, and Hennepin and Blue Earth
6.3. The average for the whole State is 4.6
months, gain of 2 on last year.
AVERAGE OF TEACHERS WAGES.
The average as given by county superin-
tendents does not include salaries of city su-
perintendents and principals of high schools
receiving 81, 900 or more. OF such persons
only eight receive ST. 500 and upwards, five
receive 81 200, and fourteen, 81, 200 each.
Average monthly wages of males 800. 1856 7e
Average monthly wages in 1878. 80. 80. 81 So
Decrease in 1879. "a
Average wages of females. 1877 "a
In 1885,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70 IL
OoCIc30o III o.
There has been reduction of wages in
the country schools, but not as great as in
the city, where it has been ten per cent. in
some instances. Our rural friends should
not follow the urban example in this matter.
The old rate in the country schools was too
low to admit of reduction. -.
The total paid for teachers wages in 1879,
including the cities, was 1920, 12l.38.
STATISTICS OF GRADED SCHOOLS.
It is not to be inferred that these schools
are all graded in any proper sense of that
term. Probably about half of the sixty
three districts tabulated have we'll defined
grades; others, with four or five teachers,
are working in that direction. These sixty
three districts have two or more teachers.
Minneapolis heads tho list with ia teachers
and 5, 491 pupils.
valne of school property. 81 $40, sos
Cost OF apparatus... .............. 1885
Pupils enrolled :................... 1895
Number of teachers. sol
Average of pupils to teacher. 80. 81
Number of cities having superin.
tendents in addition to high school
principals. Observation-Disclosures. 8
Highest salary, Minneapolis. ....... 1850
Lowest, Mankato and Rochester. 400
Largest salary paid High school prin- =,
oipals. Minneapolis .............. 100
Cities paying 81, 200 and upwards 9
Cities paying 81, 000............... II
Districts having ten or more teachers
eacn... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1
Districts between five and nine In
elusive. ....................... II
Districts having four each. ....... 9
Districts having three each rs
Districts having two each. ......... 8
Iotai teachers. .............. 63
In fifteen of these districts, no one of
which has less than FIVE hundred pupils. the
total enrolment is II, 1884, or ten per cent.
Of the enrolment Of the State. Thirteen
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Superb Crystaiized Fruits at MacCarthy &
Vsrplanek's.
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS,

Some county superintendent are still
failing to distinguish accurately between
special and independent districts, and they
are here reported together. OF them about
twenty are special: fr r"
Number of special and independent dis
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OUR SCHOOLS.

Interesting Statistics Showing what Mlnns-
sofa Is Doing In an Educational Way.
There being no session of the Legislature
this winter, Mr.. d. Burt, superintendent of
public instruction, avails himself of the COL
umns of the GLOBE, published every day in the
year, to get his report of the school year be-
fore the people, IS follows:
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Probate Court.

Probate Court.
Before Judge O'Gorman.j
In the matter of the guardianship of Marthx
NJ. and Sarah G. Flaudron, minors; hearing
and examination on guardians account 3D.
journed to January Q. 49, ~--
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Total teachers

In fifteen of these districts, no one Of
which has less than five hundred pupils, the
total enrolment is 1864, or ten per cent.
OF the enrolment of the State. Thirteen
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
ACCUSED or LEVYING BLACKMAIL.

Theodore II. Sayre, a druggist at Forty
sixth-st and sixth-ayc was charged In the forRvlle
Police Court yesterday with attempting TO levy black
mail Edward f. Bray. OF No 203 East Fortysixthst
The men had been friends from boyhood. While con-
ductor on the Third Avenue Road Bray fell III and sayre
advanced him money take him 10 his home IN Massa-
chusetts While there Bray became ENGAGED to young
woman OF Taunton and then returned TO this city where
forgot the old sweetheart and fell In love with
daughter of General Locke, Of No 2O3 East FOrtyXth
a. Bray became acquainted with this young person
while acting rs bOOkkcepcr In sayres drug store. He
was then boarding with Sayre. who. In addition, paid
ms tailor bills aud gave him whatever spending
me required After his marriage with Miss Locke he al
leges demand ii 81 900 from him. and threat
eIed, refused 10 pay IL, To disgrace hun before
the puDlic" Bray could not say yesterday IN what way
Sayre intended carrying MS threat unless II
publish certain private letrers when he found one day
in one OF the cOmplainaDts cOatpOckcts. Tie COM
planant al last he consented To give Sayre
note for S477 which sayre ciaimed he owed MN for
money borrowed and for board. The note was gwen,
however. under protest Sayre waived an examination
Justice Smith and gave ba 10 appear IOr rl al
ne General Sessions.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
TIE SUITS AGAINST MR.. 1ILDEN

The appeal in the case of Samuel J. Tilden
aga nst the Government has been perfected United
states Commissioner shields is engaged In making mp
the record be certified TO by the Clerk Of
the Circuit Court Uuited States Supreme Court.
The suit against Mr. rllden is in this position. The
Government gan the action in the District COnr NJ
common law and the defendant set up two defences.
He claimed the first place that he had not received
the mount Of income alleged ia the complaint and in
The second place that the Government was bound by
ne action Its assessors who had enforced the penalty
for Mr. rldens refusal TO return tile AMOUNT Oi his ill.,
come The OF TACT raised by the nrst defence Is
stlI awaiting trial. To the second defence District
Attorney WOOdiOrd took a demurrer before Judge
Choate and was sustained. The present suit the
Eqtv side United states Circuit Court then
begun by Government fling bill of discovery ana
alleging that the Government was unable To prove the
allegations Of the comp by any other testimony
than that called for by the bill OF discovery TO this
the defence demure ed and the demurrer Oyeruled
by Judge Blatchiord. From the decree overruug the
demurrer tnr appeal Of Mr.. Illden against the United
states mas been taken Meanwhile the the Dis
rc Court still stands. and whatever the decision OF the
Supreme Court may be, the Issue oI idct AS to the
amount OF income may be tried
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
POLICE OFFICERS, DFNIALs.

TIE ANSWERS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS AND OFFICER
FLEMING TO CHARLES W. SMITHS sUIT
The answers of the defendants in the suit of
Charles w. Smith against Police Captain Alexander
:. Williams and Officer Thomas Fleming TO recover
damages for the assault alleged to have been COM
mitted upon the plaintiff at MadsOn-square on Oc-
tober 10 were served upon the plaintiffs attorneys
Messrs Morris & Pearsall. yesterday. The answer
of Captain Williams is as follows;
The defendant. Alexander S. Williams, for sepa-
rate to the complaint herein alleges as iol-
lows:
lie has no knowledge or information sufficient TO
form belief as to each and every allegation III the
complaint contained not hereinafter specifically ad-
mitted OF denied. He admits that Oh the 18th
day of October 1879. the plaintiff was standing
with large number of other persons on flfth-ave.,
in the City of NewYork. and that on that day there
was military procession. And the de-
fendant- further answering, and for fur
ther and separate defence 10 the complaint
herein alleges that on said day ana lOr
considerable period prior to SAID day he was ana
had been captain of police iorco IN the Slty ol
New-lork; that on said day lie bad. IN the line
of his duty, detailed a large number Oi patT0lmen
and other police officers 10 be present on DUTY IN
Fiith-ave while the crowd when llad collected 10
look at the SAID military procession were III the
SAID street and those adjacent thereto. nat whlle
the procession passing the painiif was, as de-
leudapt Is informed and believes. Injured by the
defendant Thomas Fleming, who was also a MEM
of the police force and that said INJURY was lI-
hicted upon the plaintiff by the said Fleming while
procession to pass. Defendant denies that he vio-
lently assaulted and beat the palntn Dy striking
him on the head with club, or In any other way.
Wherefore defendant demands that the complaint
herein be dismissed with costs.
Officer Fleming says IN his answer that while act
ing nm The performance of lis duty police officer
me attempted to force back the crowd which had
collected in Fifth-ave., and that in SO doing, with
no malice OIL his part but simply in the discharge
of his duty the plaintiff was injured, but 10 what
extent the defendant Is unable TO state. lie also
denies that he violently assaulted and beat the
nlAlnIIu.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
on November H. 1870, one-fourth on May Ia,
1850 and the balance on November II. 1880

on November If. 1870. one-fourth on May ii.
1850. and the balance on November IL. lsSo'
Mrs Sarah McCracken, of No. 10 Westinghouse
went ont Yesterday morning leaving her TWO chll-
dren tvs q and three years odd respectively, III her
rooms. In her absence the older chlln, ei, eii,
lighted some paper at the stove ana sci nie ~ & .nd
bedding Her own clothing became Igniied anu
she was so badly burned that her recovery Is ue-
SPARED Of The other damage by the fire was III
fling.
The tvo burglars who were arrested by the Wash
ngton Street Police Monday norm z nave Deth
found To be desperate characters. The one VINO
rave his name as Michael Lannigan is Michael
from the Trenton State Prison. where he served
term Of nine years for burglary. HIS comoai'ion' '
Michael Kilbourn, has several aliases and s = iao'
quenter of a well-known resort III oAtech'h-''''
near Nnth-ave., New-York.
JERSEY CITY.
Patrick Quinn. of No. 21 Manning-aye jersey
City IieIghts was struck and instantly kliled yes
terday by a train on the Pennsylvan Railroad, at
the foot of First-st.
Judge Davis, of Jersey City yesterday placed
George F. Pimv under bonds TO await the a9,ion a9
OF the Grand jury on charge OF having a hpehou9
circular published on election day.
Special Officer Cullen was arraigned before Judge
DAVIS IN jersey City Yesterday. ona charge OF as
sauting Patrclman OConnor. Ihs latter had q
death warrant for n dog which had tten seVerai
children and Cullen elected him from the saloon
where the dog is kept. Cullen was hned NlO MAR
tin Kelly, the of the dog refused 70 snrIsu-
der II to the officer, and he Will DC hheu 1-V uaJ
until he gives 1t up.
NEWARK.
The New-Jersey Temperance Alliance mot In the
Central Presbyterian Church yesterday morning.
with the Rev. Dr. Il. Aikman, of Madison, president
Dr. Aikman made an address, and the secretary
read the annual report, showing that alliances hah
been formed IN ali counties except cape May,
Hudson and Passac.
LONG ISLAND.
UTMPsTFAD.-1he town of Hemnstead IS now
without a Board of Excise. On Monday the boaru
met for the transaction OF business "nen
on nsellor George A. Mott informed tbo
members that an effort was TO be made
at the next meeting If tie County Court 10
secure their Indictment by the Grand jury. ana 10
have them removed from Office for granting licenses
to all applicants without the apDilcation being
signed by twelve frceholdcTs. as required by law.
The member, of the Board without delay sent thell
designations to the Board of Supervisors.
STATEN ISLAND
STAPIrrov-Thomas Mills. of Mddletown, was
n candidate in tie Richmond County T..
IL Democratic Convention for the noml-
nation of Sheriff, but defeated by
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Brown. He worked win
much vigor 10 defeat Brown and Samuel *. Brck,
the latter being the Democratic candidate for As
sembly Brown aud Brick were both unsuccessiui
on election day. Yesterday Mills was arrested ana
arraigned before Justice Taylor at Stapleton,
charged with violating the election law IN using
money TO secure votes against Brown and Brlck.
The case dismissed.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
prTrING OFT FIRES QUICKLY.

Members Of the Board OF Underwriters, Commit
tee of the American Institute and number of other
people assembled yesterday afternoon in the vacant
lot at Sixty-mnth-st. and Thrd-ave., to witness a
trial of the "HydroPneumatIc Fire Extingu sher"
bonfire made Of staves of old rosin barrels
tha aud tar. The e1uUgusher. which had been
charged with five gallons Of water and the patented
chemicals IN solution was brought 10 bear upon the
flames by Mr.. Sanborn, superintendent Of the com
pany who had il strapped upon hs back. The fire
was put out in twenty seconds. AnOt her pile Of
combustibe material was fired, and the flames were
extinguished in less than a minute. and III IA third
case 10 twenty-five seconds
The claim of superiority for this machine rests
upon the fact that hydrochloric acid gas geneT-
aied only when the water reaches the flames. while
IL is claimed that the carbonlo acid gas evolved in
other machines Is expended before the flames are
reached by the wateri also that the compound used
is not corrosive and will not freeze or evapOTate.
and the gauge will indicate The exact pressure. The
gauge yesterday indicated hydrostatic pressure OF
l25 pounds TO the square lnch.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
UNITED sIArES SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-The following bust
tO-iayi
NO G3-lydia c. Hail. widow. etc. ct al appellants agt
Edwin Russell and wife, eta-Appca al from the
OF the United States fof the Dlsf net Of Oregon.
gum continued by George II. Williams for appeees
and eOucuued /. n Lincoln for appellants. No
rlgned)-N.1on NJ. Crane etc, ct a. appellants
act the Pacinc nairoad COMPANY, et a.Appeai
from the circuit OF tie United states Tor the
appellants submitted by j. T.. Usher tor appelee
40 62-Ihe ksnsas Pacific Raroad Company, plAntin in
errOl Louisa wOmby adinsttaiii etc IN error tO
the supreme Court Colorado argued by : ShcsbargeI
and .uhmittod by j. H. Usher Tor painun IN eTT0r
In error No 64.-Oswsd Broder, plainlG ia
Supreme court d CaliiOrnia-su mted by J. III Nc
Cure plaintiff In aud by rhelaba and J. NJ
Wilson defendant IL error No 65-lhe Providence team
Eng.ne planun In error, art Charles Hubbard
the Circuit Tor HE Dstuct ~ Conn ccu
Argued by charles Perkins for pantn In error aud by
A. T. for ueiendant In No OB.-LeoI iias Whit
sid Il al appel ans agt Elva j. White dcOn motion
W f. ariel, apyeeo. with costs
si1t No. 74s (assgnedi-Ihe state Of south
against Peter {. Gaiar County r'asurrr etc Ia t.
Tie supreme south CaTolina.-Arg gument begun
Dy Z. II. Chamberlain for plaintiff la error 1his
case srf-es cut Of al application FOR wit
Of nandamus 10 the County Treasurer Of Charles
tOn County. x. c.. requiring hin 10 receive the bls
OF the BAnk ~ Carolina In Of
ates due from the plaintiffs state The
application denied ON the giOund that the night
10 resort to the remedy by mandaInns q sucn
BY the act o the General Assembly Of the state OF south
Carolina approved Decembcf "a 1873 Ii i argued here
beha tie painfs IN first that the court below
docdng the act above mentioned 20 De valu and
stiiutiOnal second, Ia holding that said act did
impair obligation Of the contract embodied Ia the bank
CHARTER and m In nst directing per-nptoy wit Of
ceive the bills rendered the plaintiffs In
Adjourned until " morrow al ~ O'CLOCK
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
OPPOSING A STEAM PILOT-BOAT.

About three weeks ago THE TRIBUNE published
exclusively the fact that the foreign steamship
companies communicating with this port had nearly
completed ARRANGEMENTS for the purchase of the
steam-tug Hercules and for the employment OF
dozen licensed pilots at a stated salary, exclusively
for taking their steamships IN and ont of harbor.
thus expecting to save q large amount of money
annually which is now paid for pilotage fees. The
Hercules was intended to take tho place of the
schooner Wdgeon, enrolled among the limited
number of pilot-bOats, which has been condemned.
The steamship companies conducted their meeting
secretlv but since the aforementioned facts ap-
peared in IHE TRIBUNE there has been considerable
opposition manifested bv the other pilots against
the movement 1t was claimed that II was In Vlo,
aIon of tine law which declares that no pilot shall
take far advantage of another.
At the meeting of the Pilot Commissioners yes
terdav the question was thoroughly discussed, and
O committee Of pilots responded 10 n cOmmunlca-
ton sent to the pilots Friday last. This letter
called attention to the existing rates of pilotage.
and advised that they should be reduced as there
was feeling among merchants and shipping men
that the rates were too high. The committee OF
pilots said its members would be willing TO confer
with sbip-Owners and Others In regard to the
matter. At a special meeting resolution was
adopted as an amendment to the bylaws. declaring
that until the Comm ssioners should authorize the
use of steam vessels in the pilOtage service, no
vessel propelled in whole or part BY steam should
be used.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
sUOT RY A JEALOUS LOVER.

Coroner Woltman yesterday at the Chambers
Street Hospital took the ante-mortem deposition OF
Harriet Gayille. She was shot on Saturday morn
ing at No. 12s Leonar,-st. by George Smith,
mulatto with whom she was living, and whose
iealuosy she had excited. The womans statement is
as follows:
81 had been living with George Smith. but left
him and he kept constantly begging me TO return TO
him He was cook on board the steam boat Bridge
port Ho came to my house, No. "A Baxter-st.. on
Friday November T. and asked me to take Walk
with him. proposed to 20 TO Mrs Wateis.s, NO.
l2s LcOnard-st., for my washing. We went 10 her
room OH the second floor On the street he showed
me n pistol. saying he would get square with
me. | took a seat by Mrs Waters near the window.
Smith standing by closet near the door
After We had been there about half an hour Smith
made motion as If to throw something at me. and
al the same time saw him fire pistol. ! then
went over to the lounge and bid myself behind
Mrs. Waters. She tried 30 snatch the pistol from
Smiths hands. He then left the room, and bid
under the stairway the floor below. tie said u
1 should come down he would blow my brains out"
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
THE THANKS OF THE QUEEN.

Colonel David L. Austen. of the 18th Regiment,
National Guard, which visited Montreal on the
Queens birthday last Spring, has received the fol-
lowing letter.
BALMoRAL. October 20. 1870.
To Colonel DAVID AUSTEN, Commander Of tho 18th
Regiment, N. q. S. ". Y
SIR, / am commanded by the Queen to assure
you that Her Majesty has received with much
pleasure the Account Of the Visit OF the Thir-
teenh Regiment n G. S. N. Y. TO Montreal" and
to request that you will convey the Queens thanks
to the officers OF your regiment for their kindness IN
presenting Her Majesty with this volume. have
the honor to be, sir your obedient servant,
HENRY +. PoNsoNDY. Lieutenant-General
The letter will be framed and hung in the officers
room In the regimental armory at Flatbush-ave.
and Hanson-place Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
PROMINENT ARRIVALS

81 James Hofel-Governor Lucius Robinson ana
David C. Robinson of Absny.... Wsr1tnsfer H0ffiBaioh
Ende. Of GERMANY and Professor L. ktcr OF NaSa
HOuse-Prrsdcnt VI. II. Anderson "i
Rochester University and Professors Alexander Aassz ana
T. y. II0rsgOrd cambridge, Mass. norman nous
Governor A. q. curtin. Of Pennsy lvania heFop9,,,s
Hyief-Senator J. II. Mcpherson, OF New-JIsey frre
rant Commodore r. simpson, L. X N..-...H 81 Nch0
las Hote-Genefal George B Wright, Of Indianapolis Sens
tor IIalbert OF BinghamOn " VI Bishop John Shhth
salt Lake city, and encouragement T. H. Moran .i % n
rora y. Y.......fU HoteiGovt rn0I Ihoias ~
bot Governor Alexander H. Rice and Congr Ssna "
W. Rice Of Ma sachusets and Congr ssman FREDERICK Mli
of Come ecticut W,HdsOr UOtci-Genera g. H. u ,o
lis Of Phadc GnsV HolssAlifed Gatlrt 3i III
HOel BSUnsUick-J H. Van AntWeIp OF AO&iS
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
A CoycEhT HOUSE GREATLY IMPROVED.

Extensive improvements have been made nj Kos
fer N Rails concert house in Twenty-hird-st. near
S,xth-avc in space ventilation and decoration, all
of which viii be opened for the inspection of the
nubllc nm Monday evening next. special musi
col programme will be provided for the occasion,
and the orchestra will be increased from twenty
five to fifty musicians.
ORIGINALLY the concert house consisted of the st.
James Theatre, rcmodelled ana connected with
new and spacious nail on Twenty-fourth-st.. max
mg altogether an audi torIum with varied archtec-
tural adornmcnts 200 feet in length and about 90
feet in width 1t was supposed that ample provision
had been made for securing perfect ventilation,
but il proved defective. To provide the additional
space needed for the large audiences and the vent-
lation imperatively demanded during the hot sum-
mer months the prOpretors mace great arcned
openings in the western wall OF tine IwentY-fOurtn-
ST. hall, which was thereby connected with
garden so by 100 feet in size.
With he approach of cold weather tho proprietOrs
found that they could not not dispense with the
garden space without turning patrons away from
their doors. Plans were drawn for inclosing the
garden and making of II hall superior TO the
have been ,stefnlly decorated in Egyptian style,
and the south wall has been decorated with an oil
painting four cen feet IN height by twenty-four
feet in length. II was painted by Charles T.. BOutl-
bonne, the Partisan artist ana decorated the celng
OF the Emperor Franc Joseph's pavilion at the
Vienna Exposition IN 1878. whole year was de-
VOted to It's production. In subject IL is an allegO-
rical representation of the union of the muses. OF
painting, sculpture, literature ana the lndustriu
arts and therefore intended TO typity the spirit
and objects of nm international exhibition. Vienna
suffered under q financial crisis and the Iln-
perOr, instead of Uuylng the painting, conferred a
gold medal on the artist. The ventilation OF the
new hall is perfect and 1t secures draft Of air to
the hail.
New-York tribune., 1879-11-12
DIR RUDINGTON,s SICKNESS.

The Rev. Dr. William Ives Burlington. pastor
emeritus Of the Clinton Avenue Congregational
Church. Brooklyn. is confined TO his room at his
home on Clermont-ave., Brooklyn. by cancer of
the lower lip This is making great nroads on his
strength. The cancer which was removed four
times is now SO developed that any further opera