The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-25

officer in tho diplomatic service Of tho United
States.
As it is the unexpected that comes to pass
who knows but this queer Brooklyn trial may
yet end IN a grand tableau Of reconciliation
Brothers TALNAGE and VAN DYKE sobbine in
each others arms. young Brother Crosby she'd
ding penitential tears on Brother SPEARS shirt
collar and Brother Moderator LUDLOW weep.
ing silently In the background as he surveys
the affecting scene
Whenever anything out of the common
happens to an actor. cynics smile knowingly rs
they read the account of it. and dwell upon the
ingenuity 81 the advertising dodge" But it
does not seem 10 have occurred 10 any ~ those
cynics to suggest that Mr.. EDWIN BoorH en-
ploycd young MART GRAY. the dry goods clerk
TO FIRE bullets at him.
\ fist fight enivcncd the Elizabeth City
Aldermens meeting. two OF the members hav-
ing brought n family difficulty into the Council
Chamber. Tho other Aldermen stopped de-
bate TO separate the combatanis. and then there
were explanations and apologies. About the
same time the Aldermen 81 this city were in a
two hours discussion rs % whether the Mayor
should address them rs the honorable" The
trouble with the New York Aldermen is too
much dignity. with the Elizabeth ones too little.
The collision that occurred ON the Metro
uolitan Elevated Railway. yesterday. was one
that the Superintendent does not attempt 10
paIliatc. Tho engineer was to blame" he
says. " and he has been discharged" Thanks
To- the appliances that have been adopted the
careless engineer was able 10 stop his train in
tmo TO prevent such crash a. would have
thrown the cars 10 the street. But perfect up-
planes are designed TO aid tho careful engi-
necr An engineer who Is needless enough 10
depend upon the air brakes 10 prevent accident
VIII. sooner or later. como upon crisis in
which they will be useless. Such n collision as
that OF yesterday has been regarded a. impussi-
Bile. and under the rules ot the Metropolitan Rail-
road 1t would have been. But it seems an engi.
necr was employed who did not heed the rules
He has been discharged after the damage has
been done. Il Is said that seemingly trivial
rules Of the company Are sometimes violated
by the engineers and conductors AS was GER
minly the case yesterday. Employees who vo-
late no proper rules however slight are the
best safeguards against accident
One drinking saloon for every twenty-five
male adults !, large proportion even for New
York city; yet such number there are. accord
ing 20 the orators Of the Assembly II is plain
that some sensible law 10 regulate them is neces-
sary 20 the public morals and public peace. For
more than q year hundreds Of these 1000
drinking places-many Of them unlicensed
have been open day and night. on Sundays as
well as on other days ut the will of their own
crs. The bill before the Legislature made to
apply 10 New York brooklyn and BufTllonlonc.
has tho approval Of every member from these
cities. yet men from country districts who think
they better understand these cities than tho men
who represent them, array themselves against
10. The bill should be- passed.
What pity that no photographer was at
hand Yesterday 10 catch tho expression that
nured across Mr.. BLNNE's face when Mr..
CoNKtING alluded TO the nomination Of Gen.
GRANT next year as a foregonc conclusion!
Thcrcare symptoms Of impotence in Mas
sachusctt- at the laws delay in the case Of the
alleged Northampton bank burglars. DRAPER
aud LEAHy All things considered this i'm
patience is not unreasonable
Police Justice SMITH has rendered his de-
cison in the Nihlo's Garden cruelty -to-chillrcn
cas". The specific charge brought 10y Mr.. JEN-
KINss society was That the propriciors Of
Nit.os Garden had violated the law boy allowing
children under Is years Of age to appear in
what is known rs the Chinese ballet In the
Black Crook 1t was shown by tho defence
that the children were not required to dance.
that thcir duties consisted simply in taking part
ia certain stage scenes. lasting only "A few min
utos. and that the lahor entaied on them far
from being injurious was vastly less than that
to which they would be subjected in the ordi-
nary avocatlons Of homo life. In fact it was
play to the children, and play for which they
md their hard work VpeatvaI A