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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-13
THE COURTS.
pER1pArErrc DISCIPLE OF HELLER.

PERIPATErIc DISCIPLE OF HELLER
Thomas s. Heal. street vender Of tooth powder
opened his case and commenced operations on the
afternoon of the 30th ut ut the of Sixteenth
street aud Sixth avenue. For while his patrons
few aud far between. and. to attract crowd of
purchasers. commenced to perform some feats of
juggery. such tossing knives in the air and
taking imaginary marbles out of the hats of the
small boys who quickly locked to the gratuitous
exhibition. Among the lads who enjoyed the
exhibition was Louis A. Morietta who lived in the
vicinity. Finally Heal asked him to step forward
for the purpose of cleaning his teeth. and. as was
claimed by the prosecution. lost his five dollar gold
scarf pin by the operation. Two little girls-Eliza
Hughes and Sarah Filgraf-swore positively in the
Court of General Sessions yesterday that they saw
Heal remove the pin and put 1t up his sleeve. They
notified a police officer and Heal was taken
into custody. The evidence of these witnesses was
most emphatic. especially that of little Miss Fill
GRAFT whose brightness and intelligence formed the
subject of general admiration. Even the Ingenious
cross-examination OF Mr.. Charles Steckler. who de-
Tended the prisoner. failed to shake her testimony
The prisoner denied the larceny, claiming that he
had never any pin in the lads scarf. The PIN
by the way. was subsequently found in the street.
Mr.. Steckler. who produced y number OF witnesses
to the previous good character OF the accused,
strenuousy urged that the clever legerdeman tricks
OF his client had worked upon the minds of the
little girls and that while they doubtless told what
they considered the truth there was ample room to
believe they had made mistake The prisoner was
acquitted.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIED.

BLAGDES-CIARK--On Tuesday. November H. in
the Madison Square Church. by the Rev. George w,
Bagden. ID. D., assisted by Rev. William Adams. u,
D.. JULIA GOODMAN only daughter of the late Luther
q. Clark, to SAMUEL Phillips BIAGDEN.
DEvAN-CANTlsELL.--O Wednesday November 10.
at the residence OF the bride. by Rev d. I. Devan
THOMAS A. DEvAN, OF New Brunswick. N. j., and
MAY A. CANTnELL. daughter of the late Samuel Can
trell. New York city. No cards.
Florida papers please copy.
DEvoE-BEck.--On Wednesday, November IL at
the, Thirty-fourth Street Dutch Reformed Church
by the Rev. Oscar Gesner. OF Linden N. j. assisted
by the Rev. Carlos Martyr, CHARLES DEvoR to ANNIE
daughter of William Beck all of this city.
Fox-DoUGLAss.-On Tuesday, November H. at
the residence of the brides parents, Yonkers, N "
by the Rev A. d. Carter. d. d. assisted by the Rev.
James Haughton, WILLIAM H. Fox to ADDIE d.
daughter of Robert J. Douglass, Esq.
KNox-RED.-On Thursday, November G.. at thu
residence Of the brides parents No. 102 Willow st.,
Brooklyn, by the Rev. Samuel $. Mitchell d. D.,
assisted by the Rev. James II. Mason Knox d. D..
JOHN MASON KNOX, Jr., of New York. MARIA
SPEIR REID, daughter Of Aaron l.. Reid, ESQ, OF
Brooklyn.
RUNYoN--BAlLE.-On Wednesday. November H. at
the Chapel OF the Church OF the Strangers, by the
Rev. Dr. Deems. FANNIE Il. BALE. daughter Of Robert
Bale Esq, Of Jersey City. to Asa r. RUNYoN of New
York
ScHwALENBERG-STEFFENs. Wednesday, No
vember H. ut the residence of the brides parents.
by the Rev. A. g. Wcdekind, WILLIAM II. ScHwALEN-
BERG of Long Island City. to CARE J. STEPHENS. Of
New York city. No cards.
SHARPsTEEN-ABBoTT.-On October 81, at the
Church OF st. Mchael's and All Angels. Paddington.
London England. by the Vicar, the Rev. g. +. Pres
colt, CLARK LAWRENCE SHARPsTEEN, of New York. to
MARY HELENA ABBOTT. eldest daughter Of James
Abbott. Esq. of Philadelphia. No cards.
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SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

In tho Supreme Court. Special Term, there was
commenced yesterday the trial Of suit brought by
william B. l. Albert E. Scott against John w. wes-
ton the primary object being to set asde fraudu
lent assignment by the defendant of his seat in
the stock Exchange to his wife. The defendant
having been declared ineligible to reelection and
his seat being sold it charged that the proceeds
should be divided among Westons creditors. The
plaintiffs. who creditors Of the defendant claim
to be entitled to the proceeds the ground that
majority Of the claims for puts and "cas,"
which under the rules of the Stock Exchange not
entitled distributive share. On the other hand
it il urged that the assignment perfectly legal
and just
The Arm Of Eastman, Bigelow Dayton. import
Of silk velvets at No. US Canal street. recently
missed . considerable amount Of property, which
wss traced to Benjamin M. Wilkoski who admitted
having bought the property from mattress maker
named John Quincy. Both were arrested. and 1t
subsequently appeared. as claimed by the prosecu-
ton in the trial Of Wlkoski yesterday in the Court
of General Sessions that the thefts committed
by porter named Michael Crimes employed bv the
firm mentioned. Over 500 worth Of goods was
stolen Grimes and Quincy were indicted for the
stealing. and wilkoski for receiving stolen goods
The last mentioned prisoner. who was first placed
trial. alleges in his defence that he bought the
goods not knowing they were stolen. 1t ia alleged
that the porter. after stealing the goods. handed
them-to Quincy. who sold them to the prisoner on
trial.
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BUILDING UP THE VOICE.

There tried before Judge McAdam. Of the
Marine Court, yesterday. the suit Of George w.
Winterburn against Sarah L. gilbert to recover
S239 20 for services in teaching her vocal music The
claim Of plaintiff aud his wife was that they gave
ffty-tw lessons to the defendant for which there
was due the balance sought to BIZ recovered. The
defendants story that the plaintiff had engaged
to ~build up her voice according to the system or
Doctor Streeter; that they engaged to do this
cessfully and then obtain her position in church
choir and that she need not pay until she got the
situation. She further said. instead of building up
her voice they pulled it down. SO that her friends
told after her instructions she could not sing
well as she did before. During this time her
teachers were encouraging her on her improvement
by the that any who could speak could
sing and that Of the virtues Of the Streeter sys
tenn to enable pupils to "sing without scratch
ing" The plaintiff. in rebutta produced his own
and other testimony to the effect that he made
promise of situation other than that he
toned to make to all his pupils-that he would try
to got them positions that the payment for his
vices in sense depended on getting the defendant
situation and that others who had avaited themselves
of the Streeter system as taught by him had found
it beneficial and successful At the hour of adjourn
ment the jurors had failed to reconcile their differ
ences and were locked up.
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uary to November 1. 1879 aggregate $780, an In
crease OF 1900 compared with the same time in
1878. Among the emigrants during October were
457G Germans. 3.2H English. 1904 Irish. l.li9 Sean
dinavians. 677 Scotch aud all Welsh. Two hundred
and thirteen immigrants were landed yesterday
from the steamship W. A. Scholten. just arrived
from Rotterdam.
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IMMIGRATION INCREASING.

The total arrivals OF immigrants at Castle Garden
during October wore 0o7 an increase of 1881
he Same month last year. The arrivals from Jan.
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BRITISH PREMIERs SINCE 1754.

Although nothing appears to be rs yet dohnitely
fxed to the dissolution Of the British Parliament
the following list of British Premiers and the Pc
RODS during which they have held Office since 1754
may be of interest
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THE BROKERS ASSOCIATION.

Soon after the failure Of the Bankers and Brokers'
Association in December 1877. Robert L. Cutting
was appointed receiver Of its assets Under the
port OF referee to whom the question of the iabil
ties Of the association bad been submitted the re-
ceiver empowered to the stockholders to
Of $50 per share for the benefit
of the creditors The trial OF the first of these suits
was had yesterday before Judge Barrett. in the Su
time the OF ten shares of the stock but
he claims that he sold 1t several years ago to John
Bonner Co., but that there was transfer on the
books of the association. By direction of Judge
Barrett verdict was given for the defendant.
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IL. 1879.
The following business transacted in the su-
preme Court OF the United States to-day
On motion of George Il. Appleby, George Gartner.
of Detroit, was admitted to practice.
No. 74S assianedl. The state Of south Carolina az
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COURT OF APPEALS.

ALBANY, N. Y, NOV. u. 1879.
In the Court Of Appeals on Wednesday. November
IL. 1s79-present Hon. Sanford K. Church. Chief
Justice. and associates;-
No. II. William j. Best, receiver. respondent. VS..
Nicholas Thiel, Implicated, &C., appellant.-Argued
by II. Il. sickles for appellant and Frederick Smyth
for respondent.
Nicholas Thicl, implicated &C., appellant. argued
by H. y. sicklcs for appellant and Frederick smyth
for respondent.
No. 81. Mary A. Mumper. administratrix. appel
liant, benjamin r. Rushmore, Sheriff, respond
ent.-Argued by Frank Crook for appellant and
Samuel Hand for respondent.
No. SO. James r. Thompson, respondent, va. Will
lam H. Isham and another, executors, appellants
Argued by 3. Brown for appellants and A. Pond for
respondent.
CALENDAR.
Tho Court of Appeals day calendar for Thursday,
November Is. 1879, IL follows Mos 44S, 449, IL,
"a. 53. IA. 20 and &c.
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including double return from Athlone. and count
ing all home rulers liberals. The total
tive mxjority was 81. In the general contest they
had won % seAts. against IS by tho liberals. The
new Parliament was opened on the 9Th OF March.
1874. The result of the previous election in 1868.
which brought Mr.. Gladstone into Office. was-
ConSer
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COURT CALENDARS THIS DAY.

SUPREME CouRr-CHAMnKHs-Held by Judge Law
rence-Assessment calendar-Nos. 2s2. 2s4. 200.
$40. s4s. ss4 s45. s4s SAT. sas. s4s. $50 81. ssa
General calendar-Nos. H. Is. 49, 81. So. a. 90. ILL.,
liz. l66. 2o2. ZIG. 22s. 241. 2i2, GAG. $50. $50.
til December TO- 1872
suPRENx CoURr-sprcrAL TxR,s-Held by Judge
Van Brunt.-Law and fact-Nos. 116, 20S, 49, ri.
236. 254. 274. 2S4. $50. 294 125
SUPREME CoURT-CrncUrr-Par 1.-Adjourned
ss7 de- ss a sy Judgs ssa 1912
1921 1924. 1547. 666. 1904 1887 929 1857. 1884, $751;
1923. 1iss. los7. 1919. Part S-Hesd by Judge Van
pies Fire Insurance Company.
SUPERIOR CoURT-GENERAL TLRM.-Adjourned
until the first Monday of December.
SUPERIOR CoURT-SPxcrAL TERM-Held by Judge
Sedgwick.-Case ONO. 40: Thornton ct al. VS.
Crowley. No day calendar.
Judge Speir.-Nos 49, 577. 6ls. 372, 23S. $50, 49,
GA 525. AS. SOL. 555. 245. I79. ll9. 52s Parts
aud 3-Adjourned for the term.
COMMON PLxAs-GKNERAL TERM-Held by Chief
Justice c.: p. DAY. Judges J: F. DAILY and Van
noe -, :. q. H. a. a. 49, T. IS 1e. H. 49,
COMMON PLKAs-SPEcIAL TERM-Held by Judge
Larremore.-Nos. 4. 1. o. z.
COMMON PLEAs-EeUrrY TrRM-Adjourned until
to-day.
COMMON PLzAs-TaIAL TKRn-Part Held by
Judge Beach.-Nos. 1O45 HAS. l945. $780, l131. s9s.
Adjourned for the torn.
MARINE CoURr-TRIAL TERM-Part Held by
Judge McAd.m:-Nos 277. Az. 226, s27oh. s2l2. a4s
1896. 36s. 2sl7. TO- 1881 ~. 343. s44 345 Part p
Held by Judge shesNos. 4s4. 1851. 1852. 36os. 1857
ssS2 a. ale a. 49, s2lo'a us. assl 8 Ia Part
$751; $685. S21 &c. 53l. 1876. 336. 337 $50. $40. BAL
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS Part Held by
Judge Gildersleeve.--The People VS.. Joseph Young.
burglary: Same James Murphy and Joseph
Brennan. burglary; Same vs.. William Neal. grand
larceny; Same VS.. otto Pope. grand larceny; Same
W.. Alfred Baum grand larceny; Same VS.. Joseph
Smith and John Laydon. larceny from the person;
same VS. John Bannon. burglary; same VS.. Daniel
Driver, burglary William IL. Miller. forgery; Same
VS.. John y. Cavsnagh, grand larceny; Same vs..
Thomas Nelson. larceny from tho person;
Same We. Michael Gallagher. false prctehccs;
Same Va. Moses Wheeler. false prctences.
Part 2-Heid by Judge Cowng.-The People
John Kcrrigan. burglary; Same Edward Dowd.
felonions assault and battery; Same vs.. Daniel
Flynn. stephen Warren and Moses Levy, robbery;
Same Phillip wamprey. Peter Hughes, George
Disbrow and Michael Fitzgerald burglary; Same
william Waters. felonious assault and battery;
Same stephen Meancy. feionious assault aud
battery; Same Thomas Rogers, grand larceny;
Same vs.. William Green. grand larceny; Same VS..
Thomas Leonard burglary; Alexander Lynett,
assault and battery.
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Lord Bsaoonshcld, then M. Disraeli. virtually
assumed oice tho 10th of February, 1874. and tho
time during which he will have held Office from that
date to the Sd OF November, should Parliament then
be dissolved, will have been Ave years and 257 days.
The result Of the general election which thon placed
the conservatives in power was ~ follows
Couserpa-
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Ex-sHERIFF CoNNERs OLD CLAIM.

journed until to- m orrow at twelve O'Clock.
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News and Notes for Women.

Five towns in Michigan want reform
schools for girls.
The New York Cooking School has
had two hundred pupils since January
first.
Anything for a sensation. The new
mania among the English ladies is the
collection of old watch-cases.
The ChiefJustice ofthe Supreme Court
of Wisconsin has decided that the word
"person" does not include those of the
female sex.
Mrs. Fawcett, wife of Professor Faw-
cett, the blind member of Parliament, is
lecturing once week Mt Oxford, to an
audience of ladies, on political economy.
Mile. Marie Vanzandt. a bright Ameri-
can girl, daughter of Madame Vanzandt,
well known in New York musical circles,
has made decided operatic success in
London as Zerlina.
Miss Kate Lupton received the degree
of Master of Arts from Vanderbilt Uni
versity at the late commencement, be-
cause, as the chancellor said, she chad
won it in u masterly manner, having
passed most satisfactorily all the examin-
ations to which the young men were
subjected"
Women as physicians have lately come
to the front. and ut the commencement
exercises ofthe w oman's Medical College
Hospital, Chicago, large and fashion
able audience assembled to see the con-
ferring of degrees by DR.. Byford. Many
of the graduates have already a large
practice. Mrs. Gross, NJ. D.. has an in
come of 81, 900 q year, and is the wife of
well-to-do physician, "and Mrs. Sabin
Smith makes $4,000 q year, and is the
wife of the manager of Stewards whole
sale store in that city.
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A Midnight Duel.

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Journal waites: Among the
many bloody duels on record rs having
been foug by Congressman was one in
which James Jackson, of Georgia-who
had been and who was afterward a
United States Senator-was the chal-
lenged party. He was an Enslishman
by birth, but he went to Savannah when
u lad, studied laWsHNs leading Free
mason and fought gallantly in the Revo-
lutionary war. He killed Lieutcnant--
Governor Wells in l7S0 in duel. and
was engaged in several other affairs of
honor" until he finally determined 10
accept challenge on such terms rs
would make it his last duel. So he pre-
scribed rs the terms that each. party,
armed with a double barreled gun
loaded with buckshot. and with hunt
ing-knife, should row himself in a skitf
to designated points on opposite sides OF
the Savannah river. When the city
clock struck twelve each should row his
skiff to small island in the middle OF
the river, which was wooded and Gov
cred with underbrush. On arriving at
the island each was to moor his skill,
stand by it for ten minutes, and then 20
about on the island until tile meeting
took place. The seconds waited on the
main land until after one o'clock, when
they heard three gun shots and loud and
angry cries. Then all was still. At
daylight. as had been agreed upon, the
seconds went to the island. and found
Jackson lying on the ground, insenslbIe
from the loss of blood, and his antago-
mist lying across him, dead. Jackson
recovered, but would never rclat' ms
experience on that night. nor wa ne
ever challenged again. He died in tbs
city, while serving his second term rs
United States Senator, March -, lS0b.
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A Man.Eating Horse.

The Knoxville (Tenn. Chronicle says:
We have information of a terrible
affray which occurred in Anderson
county with q vicious horse. John
Coward, the young son of widow Cow
ard, and member of the mercantile firm
of Worthington & Coward, went into
the stable where there was an old family
horse, which had been known to be al
ways as gentle rs a dog. Suddenly the
beast was seized with a fit of viciousness,
and pitched upon young Coward. Be-
fore lie could getaway from the ferocious
animal he was almost literally eaten up.
The horse had bitten almost all the mus
cles and flesh loose from both arms
above the elbow; had also bitten him
furiously in the sides, on the hips and
other places. DR.. Coward. uncle Of the
young man, was summoned and gave all
the surgical assistance and relief posi-
BILE, but the wounds were of 4 very dan
gerous and serious nature. and it was
feared he could not survive. A negro
boy went into the same horse afterward
and was also set upon by it and pretty
roughly used. and it was with difficulty
he was rescued. The horse was never
known to be vicious before, and its con-
duct could not he explained. Young
Coward wanted it killed, but nothing
was done about it. The horse seemed
iiralIy to get over the spell and was
taken out and worked in the plow the
same day.
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The Grasshopper Pest in the West.

A letter from Dakota says: Grass
hoppers are Matching out in innumerable
myriads on the prairies west of the Mis-
souri, River now, and unnumbered
myriads have been Matching out for
quite while. The ground is black with
them. They hang upon the grass like
bees after swarm. But this IS not sur
prising, for they hatch out in the same
way here every year. | have been fa-
miliar with them for the past ten years
and see no change in them at all; posi-
bly, they are little bigger, for under the
laws Of evolution they ultimate in the
kangaroo. On the plains they are at
homo, they are healthy and vigorous, for
grass is their natural food and as long as
they feed upon grass they thrive, but let
them give up their natural food and
forsake their native land, the arid plains,
and 20 upon our wheat farms and lux
uriate upon the rich, highly concenZ
trated food of cultivated grain, and dis
ease sets in, gangrene of the vitals is the
result, and the grasshopper perishes!
Three crops of wheat will destroy any
one invasion. After passing three sum-
mers in cultivated fields, an epidemic
(worse than dyspepsiaJ produced by
high living, will carry them off entirely
and no more will be heard of them until
some one situated like myselfon the from
tier will report from their recruiting
camps that they are preparing for another
raid
1t is my opinion that the frontier
farms will always be subject to these
desolatory incursions from grasshop-
pers. but us the tideiof empire rolls West
ward the grasshopper will 60 with it and
finally he will disappear, and like the
locust OF Egypt he will only be terrible
to read about. In the meantime he will
continue to make disastrous raids to the
East, but the distance he will or can go
will be limited. and the fear often ex-
pressed that some day he will continue
his flight to the far East and become
scourge to the Middle States is altogether
proundless,
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A Sheep Butts q Mirror.

Quite a commotion occurred in a far
mcr's house short distance out
Rome, N. Y. They were cleaning house.
and left open doors leading to all parts
of the house. In one Of the rooms was a
large mirror, reaching to the floor. On
the premises is q sheep whose head is
graced with horns, and which is very
tame, entering the house whenever an
opportunity is presented. This woody
animal got into the house unnoticed.
When first discovered it was standing
face to face with the mirror, shaking its
head ticrrely. Before it could be reach,
ed it jumped back for a good start, end
then plunged its head into the mirror.
Instead of coming in contact with some
other animal, as it expected. it demol-
islled a fifty-dollar mirror. The crasl.
so frightened the animal that in its
cndeavors to escape from the screams
and attacks of the women Of the house
it found place Of exit through French
window.
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Has that woman a call to be wife
who thinks more of her silk dress than
her children, and visits her nursery no
oftener than once day? Has that
woman Il call to he wife who cries for
a Cashmere shawl when her husbands
notes are being protested? Has that
woman call to be wife who sits read
ing the last new novel while her husband
stands before the glass, vainly trying to
pin together huttonless shirt bosom?
Has that woman call to be wife who
expects her husband to swallow diluted
coffee, soggy bread, smoky tea and
watery potatoes six days out Of seven?
Has she call to be wife who flirts with
every man she meets, and reserves her
frowns for the home firesideP Has she
a call to be wife who comes down to
breakfast in abominable curl-papers, Il
soiled dressing-gown and shoes down ut
the heel? Has she call to be wife
whose husbands love weighs naught in
the balance with her next door neigh
bor's damask curtains or velvet carpet?
Has she a call to be wife who would
take advantage of n moment of conjugal
weakness to extort money or exact q
promisep Has sne q call to be wife
who takes Journey for pleasure, leaving
her husband to toll in close Office and
havean eye when mt home to the servants
and children? Has she n call to be q
wife to whom good husbands society
is not the greatest of earthly blessings,
and house full of rosy Children its best
furnishing and prettiest adornment?--
Health and Home.