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Charles Carroll OF CarrolItnn-The Certin.
cAto t1lvo,. by Him In Ills BptM Year to thu
DurlaFntIon of Independence.


DurlarntIon al Independence.
kt,e York Kun.
In The library Of the Cit5-llall In this city
there Is At,ge ntarto volume consat!s,M. t.'a
Declaration OF Independence. executed Ia the
nuatest stYso Of pennanshp, appended 10 Which
is an interesting manuscript (of which thu fol.
lowing Is u truo copy In the handwriting Of
Charles Carroll Of Carrolton. The book wna
n. Kowau, i lie &c oratof for Nav York CITY Oh lis
occasion of tletlcath Of john Adams and Thomas
Jefferson. Dir. Rowan recommended, !'l tho
course Ut Ais oratlon. that ''a copy uf tho
ctossct! on parchment, b transl,it!et, crc It be
too late, to Tic Venerable Carroll, Its Aoe sur.
visng B'gner, 10 10 certified by hn, ant! used
by our Common Council on every succeeding
celebration q thy Fourth of Juiy." The suE,,
Common Council, Dr. ltowan. tn company with
the ICY. Mr.. Gibson, OF Baltimore, visited Mr..
Carroll. who received as'c proposition With great
warmth Of feeling, When The book was utter
Il t'!.t limo President, for hls signature, hu
pointed our singular colncllcnce In tho dates
ot Tho oftaIna, signature Of Mr.. Carroll to the
Declaration and biz aignatnre to he certificate
u npprobaslun. lie signed ths orgual on tho
ba,io,l ou The "a day. OF August, lE'8, exactly
fifty vears after to a day. Thu following Is tho
document:
uraseful to Almighty. God for the blessing.
coufcrfei On ty beloved country In her emanctpa-
ton, anl upon myself !u permitting mo uaasF cir
cuMhtsness Of MERCY TO I've ta tbs ave af 10 yeass,
and to survive tho aitftth yeAs OF American tnde-
peudeaca, aud certifying Gy my preaaut signature
iny app1obatlua Of tho DsclaIat'gn Of 1naepen'
denee, adopted BIZ Congress- on this Fourth Of july.
iu Tho Ycaf OF our Lord, 1910, which originally
subscribed on lhs I'd DAY Of Auauat Of the asms
year. and Of which am tho last surviving atgnes.
generations tho principles Of that important ooca'
lnent a. The beat earthly Inheritance their anees'
.ess could begucsth u theaa; aud psay that !hs
nv countfymea may bo pctpotnated TO Eemotea'
pos.erItY. aud extended 10 lhe whole family q
man. Charles Carroll Of carsollton: 6tsphen N
| rian church. Now York; John Utnaon, pastor o
tho heformed Church, baltimore.
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THE GA3YI}LNRA.

Tile IAN 3l4l$Et8s
rbcre .eetuel TO f,a among tho ufrntornttyn
:, oan.r.I f..1i,o ,i.t NJ ,IorrIsnr had ,,nco
eon'."' 'ess s'"'s 'A'' ."' .'se' ~ '*a o'eo
moro been: madc cats-pa" u bY mcn VINO
lad pnraonnl ends to acrYo. 1t was
said that tho men who had been industrious tu
an,cadnr renort. deroratory IN lin rctirInr
.m'..,. -. ,,,n, ,.h,, ,,,,,i. ~ l., tr,,s.ol
ol''e'al' "e9u NV" "uo eonl' IVY W t'"7seu'
1t was sold tint aofne were WORKING Tor poe-
tiona under "thc best Mayor" others toErattfy
nnlto or raise a $40 bill as a condition OF t,rlr
,,o... T,,o ,,,avo.,out /. .,,i In hav. tas,, m.
att'"s'* ~ ...,'s '' ',. -. '
glhccrea pY te~ nsukun'ap"m Ea1"oIuf4 "
most uhsa4ofy sepute' w, " w.oN' wy ,n noW
enElnecfHiS teh1ent aaa salne ~ Glask
street. Whh thg aaa,Aaa y. soapso .. "
detectives, io.i1Gf cts'o"le1al anu Soma
"nrlsato uc.eet1sss' =. .. ,,.a., u..x,,.,
THESE men, u "as sala, hou'u anol t!aflson ~
tic *op u Ils oen1. ilieS were 1el'1efats ~ 4
man, Aiid c"hsu 1caa lhe llayor " tne eht1sG
CITY Just Us laeS caose' ~ eouteh NC nu!tla
lat!lhntcly turn ROUND anu THROW tHeta oHt nut
~ tic meantime thrv "oua nave ehahecs WHICH
tlep Wou'a Htt HeHleft !" ,1hpfnFe.
EHofta 10 lnteFs1e" EaH'oNrs ~ 10 tae tTuttl
OF the story gwen hbo9e "eFc iiot ssty eaccesh.
fui. THESE Men w hat MANI 70 tas"s tsh,t
policy Tor them TO 10 so, !oF, known Us sauea!'
cse, they coald get no 1afoEs II 1heY "anted
them. ..-....
~ know nothing myself" eald oner 'bas l
''Huwt' .......-., ,.... ),
VT was put In all cnvelopt md given 70 tho
darky doorkecper, wA9 handed It through the
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What the Gamblers Have to Say
on tho Subject.
The Persons Who Furnished the
Mayor the Alleged In"
formation.
The Race Betwccn Weeks and
Kern for the Superfn.
tendency.
Excellent Advice by the Mayor Regard
ing Flannel Banlages,
NEW ASSIGNMENTS.

NEW ASSIGNMENTS.
At the City-uall yesterday everything was un-
Settled, md no ono know whether tIc was afoot
or on horseback. There Was an unrest every
where, from the humble peanut rcnder to tho
head OF department, and rspecia1ly was this
tho case IN police circles, wlioFo the effects Of
the head-chopping Of the day before had not yet
died away. Capt. O'Donnell WIS at hts post,
md 10 vera tho smaller frT, bnt cloud ot un-
certainty hovcrel over them and little stgns OF
decentralization were seen on all sides. III fact,
the situation xas dolcful Ia the txsrau'o. It
was not, however. that Joe Dixon had eonc. but
TINT they all felt liable to follow In hts wake At
q naomcnt'a notice.
Business opened up In tho morning With the
issuance Of the following order, which explains
itself:
;poLlcn DEPARTMENT. CiTT or CH1cAao. 0rY1cE
or 0xNERAL SUPERINTENDENT. CHtcAHn. July II.
lB1p.-Sptctas tratr No. 1o-l. 1AcnL Fred
Eberso}d Of Tho Harrison Street Station, u hereby
appointed Acting CantA!n Of the Ftsat Precinct,
md he will be recognized aud osicyad u such until
further orders.
:. stAsiou Kerpcr MAX K!pley. Of tho lIarlaou
Street Sts&ton, h hereby appointed Acting etltctl-
nnt OF tho First Platoon, Harrison Street Station,
vice Lieut. Rhetsald, promoted. and he viii ho
recognized and uheyea as such until further ntdcff*
3, patrolmAn Daniel Hogan will act ~ Station-
Keopnl u harrison Street Station. vice Max Kip
Icy, promoted. SIMON VDoSNEt1-
Acting Superintendent 0f Police.
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TIE REASONS WHY.

TheEe were, OF course, many guesses Us to
the reasou wby Assstaut t.supcrintunden ptrnn
.n1 ~ so,i,a T.,,.Iug had Im.n ~ s,,,l.n1y
tt'e ootse9so 4aua"s "a1 We" a.. a. aaeoe".s
removed, Tor t'efc was really no dlucreneo in
Di1on'k case between removal and tho accent-
anca uf tic resignation which be rendered nro
fern. = cono1. nf nonntn. aco .rho ucuero1
..m'.. :. n"''.,, s'es1a ~, 49, 49, EH"s..s.
ochet ID iepuoAc4o clsetes h''o a'oonk N'Aoha
friends WIS that he had been turned out be-
cause ho was not considered enough Of
a nartf,an. hecauso be wa. nut
:, .t~an~ .uo,,r,, I1,--,.nn,,. that In
Nas not bubsefytent unoagh, that he eoa'a hot
be relied OH to curry out the schemes Ut chang
Inc .bp whale force into the partIson machine
-h,ch had hcet, det .rn,,ned rnnn ty tl,a meet
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"Yo, eptts the Magor told you TINT he knew
yo,t lad been receiving mEfcY from Enniottett'
Do you know wheeo hc got t,ia tntormat1ns''
"Wol, have seen afcCauslMtd around
ercat deal, and Ju Duncan. thief, and Denny
Simn1ons. They have been trying to get Il bold
on aomcbodv. been trying to p'it up a job
on mr." - -
with the Nfayorfn
lle said Information had come to him that
ha] teen taking money from Eatrhicrs: l told
him II he knew it-hatl tn. nruot Of it-thero
wns M uso tf, saying MY ythtnE."
"fou cxpectrl 10 10 diBn1isscd9"
vol eoursc. tlitan't expect him to keep =
man under him who was doing that Kind Of
work"
.plan't yoa ask him for Its proof"
"1 did not"
hWly nDtW
,.1yna II ''';'1't -, a:* II him any questions"
III asked lin rllo MAS his proof, md he said
he wouldn't tell me; tt WINS private, md he
didn't propose to tell me-"
"And that ended tho matter With YOUR
hYcs. wanted to resign, nntl would hare
donu 80 long ago, hut for Scayey."
"Ihc uiAtnonu pin yDlt wear Is pointed At ~
an evidence Of crookrLuessa'
"1hat pin 1t is largo cl1stcrl had It be-
foro catto on the fore. ] lad soma money
left me, md never apend money foolfshly."
And then Lansing went to havc talk with
1t Is satl that Lansine's fa,ipcr left him
$4,000, and TINT he has been ablo to drcss we'll
| and wear diamonds because he could nifora It.
nut being dependent on ttta $l,200 salary.
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Orlando tFt1, RtlAoFftr;
G, Il. Timer bronght tnto our otlico iast week ss
a &int about two iryhcs acEasa aud halt tleil
thIrk, aud q liRhtwoo1 knot, which le took
iso.n he stomach Of an alligator KILLED BY him
abfWt two mouths ago. Ills 'Ratorshtp uees-
ured llttls over fourteen fcct III lepKJ
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LANSING.

TuA TRIBUNE representative froze to Lansing,
as,d said to him: ....--
III ia said that you hayo been collecting $500
a month from the gamblers and guaranteeing
them immunity; aud also collecting from other
law.breakurs.'
"'Thnt IL untrue"
"And that you rave receipts for The money!"
"alc c!yo receipts! No such - thng."
"Huppoec they have the rereptat"
III they have receipts iu my handwriting. I'll
give el,o00 apiece for thcul."
"Do sou know why you Woro dEschargedW
"So, not particularly"
n Was no reason gtvenl"
"lhu Mayor called mo IN Tho other day, and
Lansing tliIu't finish tie sentence, but sail:
sIis put thu reason IN NY discflarKe.m
"What Old he soy At ttle intcry.cw1'
"II4 asked n,e It had received airy money
FROM, gamblers, aud he said that he knew !
| had"
| II said II hu knew It, That settled Il; there
was no use Of me laying anything onc waY or
| the otllcr."
| "Ttat was tue reason why he discharged
your" .
"Ynu deny having rrceiFcd any money from
ees,n,p's,:aP' i's,a
"Can't IL be proved that you dIip'
MO, not uuiras they get men WIN viii swcas
TO anything. l lon't know what their uen will
swear ton
"What wore your Instructions In regard to
gamulnB -houscsF'
ttnea a. could hundy every twenty.four
hours, aud a. long ~ they were runping
straight, and boys wero kept cut, and peoplo
were not stcered tu, not to tutcrtcEe NTH tletn.
As lung as they were conducted property they
vera not 10 be mo!rdted.n -
"D,d fou ever g!Fe Dixon saouey received
trom gamblcEss"
mo, sir.
"Was thcsc any arrangement between you and
him by which you ware 70 collect 70 much q
| 1nOnti from uleEnt's
mo- sIr.n
| "You ueves gave receipts to gamblers for
uouey!'
II know uothlug about receipts. ! never
gaze theul.'
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Shortly alter this the Mayor titrncd up In tho
supcttutendent's ollice, wcro he met several
renorters. They cn.lcayorcd to talk with him
about poiica afTafrs, to which ho Objected. But
talk he would, aud away he went, touching first
one thing md then another, but not getting In"
tcrcsttng until lie reached tho question Of chol-
era infantum, Under this head ilo said:
"Reporters, you will 10 nc favor, md tho
mothers aud children Of tla ctr great service,
n 'you will advise them to wcae flannel band-
ara about their abdomen this weather."
e"just a. you say. Mr. Mayor" chnlcd In the
scEbss gsY;, 49,. b. ,,,,, TINT ,vbo,e,,r b,ve INV
troub!s about nv stomach Mt once apply
Iis Ills to iho children or tho mothersl'
ITO sl.o chtdreu, Of cooFae," said Ills Honor,
smiling blandiy.
them or would u PLEASE you better to put It on
10 at, Intimate frienll"
You ;in,p1y, recanlncua The flannel band
= s,S'|',e7 arc good sou say, for stomach trou.
"rlsre is nothing better. always use
.'Fos the stomaci,-l"
"They are = sovereign remedy for tho diar-
rhca, ulid all diseases Of tlAt kind"
Wear them on thu ab1omcntn
'Just ~ said bctorc,- ,--as the 0rtentas wear
ba,nlages."
t."For stomach troubled" j.,
~ Dc not 'ncan dIarrhca OF "ord'' OF
'But would they not 10 remedial for this
even, II worn higher up1"
I" don't know responded bis Honor, and ut
once thc subject was changed.
The eitort 70 oaxtract from him something about
the Threatened cyclone was renewed but to no
avail, aud soon thereafter he resurncd to biz
office.
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fun ktunctfco EAsontsff.
About aix weeks 3go the city 6eHt seSonteen
lepces to tile happy lsu,l Ut China. The buat-
ness OF making new collection y progressing
conycYcd TO tho smallpox hospltsl,
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CHICAGO PAGES

on,-rohbtng visitors and getting oG BY giving
lip n portion of tho plumber. They can't work
Rs boltfir AZ they do without m understanding
at police headquarters, but You will hhTo nara
work tu lind out who gets tic money"
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WISCONSIN,.

xutefdl pispatch to Tia. Tribune
BLACK R,yzn FALLS, jackson Co., July a.
Winter wheat all out. Witl yield eighteen
bushels. ehrunk In some places. Lato sown
wheat will 70 ten bushels. Hoadcd thla.
Coru spleadtd. Hay crop tlfst.rate.
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KANSAS.

hiptctnT nfsndlcA n The 7F36Hnk.
HILLSIDE, Miami Co., July 18.-some wlntar
wheat bus bccn shrcshed from the shock and
has yicldcd from fourteen to twonty.ono
uushels. The wheat Ia now nbout all in stack:
Oats about one-thtsti. Fiax being thrcst1cd
yielding twelve bushels. Chiuch-bllEs ate work
lng on tho corn. Some corn eight lcet high.
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1pef7HI E9&pnEtH 10 1H6 17dHHHN
RIVERSIDE, Clay Co., July 18.-Wheat cnt're-
lY destroyed BY grasshoppers. Oats three
fourshs gonc Barley most oil gone. corn'ia
doing trst-ratc. First planting laid BY. That
planted attor small grain Tas destroyed while
bclag worked. Cnru fros, five feet to SIX iuchoa
high. Grass and hay will 10 plenty.
, 1879-07-19


In Ylow Of Mayor Harrfson's repeated lectara-
tions that tic would not be interviewed BY news.
papor.n,cn, 1t seemed Useless to nttuck him. but
TRIBUNE reporter made tic venture, trusting
10 luck. Mest..,E his Homer In 1!,e office Of
Acting. 0'Douncl1, he approach
cd his lett car afid said:
ait Is reported that The reason why you re-
n,orcd Dixon vas hcvause he had been black
mailing gamblers. u that truea"
TIC mayors countcnance indicated surprise
anu astonshmcnt, and ILL nyes asked How
did you hna tlmt oat1" lIia lips however,
didn't moye. In d moment or two, drawing an
Inference from tho rcporter'a smile, he re-
marked:
"My silence means neither yes nor nor .
And lie turned On his heel, nn1 was walking
tonarti tho door, wliet the reporter a8kcI hn
II he wouldn't giyo up tho proof, II any, hu
bad Of tho corruption.
"What proofi'' inquired hts Honor.
"Why, La.,sng kars you told him you had
proof, but wouldn't pnt 1t before him."
clio has been talking, has ilet" said The
Mayor, ...
dyes, and would ]'ke 10 know mhat tho
| proof H."
men will tell soti wllat you want to know"
| "What 1ncnf''
Ills Honor on'Y ,aurl,ed.
"Can't yon tell tna your reasons for remov-
iug Mr.. Di1oni''
| mo, | ca,lnoL"
"Can draw tny own fntcroncef''
| "YcB, EtlntcFcr one yOl cllGt,se,H
| And that was all that could be gotten out OF
| him.
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11cnner fnnricll that he lind to obey the laW;
an. he, like Uenncr, CAME ver5 near feap1hs t"e
consequences Ut his mlstakc.
Far thc purposc Of fading what trtth, u anT, |
.here xst il I'll thcaa tumors about fhc receipt
Of money from tho criminal class reporter
called u,nn thu various persons VINO tn1eus 10
supposed to know anything on TIC suplect'
10 DIXON.
4 TnrnuNE reporter met Mr.. Dixon Ut the
policn headquarters ycsterday aitefnoop' ana
said to him plumpy:
"Uno story Is that you were bounced Tor
lowing l1arkmail On the gamblers"
"That 10 l1e," mid Ms. Dixon.
stThc amount Is said to hayo been $500
month from the gaminE-houses.h
" know Of no money being pntd by gam
blers.'
"Lsnsing is said to have coltected the
money" ......
III know nothing about that"
"That ho gave receipts for It,"
II know nothing about IT,"
"Thc gamblers believed that the money was
to 20 to you, and that they wcre to hare itts'
munitY.h
1dou't know anything about It,"
"Why haven't tho ganab'lng-houscs been dis
turbcd for the last three months''
"supt. seayey gnye Lansing orders how to
run them after the decision OF Judge McAllfs-
ter, aud prcsunlo llo hns boen running them In
nccorlancs With his inssruct!ons.''
"What we're his tnstructions'"
aSot 10 interfere with them If the doors were
kept closed md nobody wns Ewindicd OF robbed.
The doors ~esa not TO be broken tn as tho police
had no right to do TINT, se"sey EaSo n!1n tnose
West Side a.ll detailed him for this work. /
tnude no change when 9carey WAS taken sick."
'sIf Lansing collected any money 1t Was on
Ills 0En account" .-.. =
gnn,l!er, or Ind anything at all to DO with them
either, stucc Lansing has been on tho detail, or
during the twenty.throe years ! was on the
force. want 1t distinctly understood That
never received dollar IRON thctt Wtl!c nage
ii,nYc you ever received anything for uro-
tcrting houses Of ill-faule, bunko-men, or
aNo." .
liayc you received anything from them
through y J, others'"
"iiavc they over haa aay fa7ors from yoas''
uNo; never granted them fnyor. They
wcro prease,i until that decision Of Judge Nc
| Al'Istcr III the Mcdonald case"
Lansing had no right to take money, II he
dtls''
uWhat do YOU think of this reported corrnp.
III ,,rdrrs}snl that certain parties llayc been
,,onnd tryinr to nick IN this information, Nc
f,oma,nni i. ono, md Deuuy Btmmons, aud cx.
| Imstirc I}oydcu. Tho tttnr was cooked, be,
itsrc froni thu commencement to get tpe out
thc inv liarrfson was cicsted.'
Il Yo1, knew nll along those parties were
| co1tcctinr informntjont''
80: heartl Of ii 1ata'y.-that thcy wcr.
| maxim. tnnulrics ah0nt things. ! told them III
20 on aud look, I didn't know eny.hlug aboul
~ III J." "''o
ii Did vol. ask tho Mayor why you wcrc re
uovod3 III
IL , rccc,vc1 mv Ictter Int nErht Thurs
dori md di,init e1ncct / wouid Get nny #,
fngmm.tfon nj a]l. I had been led to believe tia
II rerfoTmed n,y duty / would not be inter
for.t,1 miti. haya trIel to do il. nm,
iuarn t,aso ,Tot," %,s' donhis dnty. M Cthef NM
asS asssa,omt % nnd tu Get down at 8 In Tie moru
ins. nj stov rnttt f. uns fhrrs cyery holIr
, 1879-07-19

Ftto of YOUR corns with the "Japsntae Corr
Flle." it wlii surely cure and cad pain. W eaa1'
, 1879-07-19


a man who, not be!ns hinslfa gambler or
Interested In any gambllng-lnusc, knows moro
pcr,,o ., about how that prufcssfon Rms thlnca
IN rh,c,oo tfon ha,f t1t. ,,o,tro f,rco H., tt,,5
1s,,..',ss s ,,t.t,. sul3
lH'husI reporter last hlGat ~nat us Wow u
the mattcr was. Said hu: why IN thunder
should the gamblers pny nnythtnE Tor protection,
orimmunty. .or any,l,tir otse 1,1uira Mra1tistc,,s
.,,.1.,,,, ...,' .,,o,1, ~ su. -. ...,. ,.'s's,t
uee'sao" sasu H'em .no lsns ~ ran noascs s. IL
lucy "a1'teo 10 'aaepe''ueut 0! tho Polae. 4heh
Just Us soon rs Harrison took hold he mnlo
haste to toll tho newspapers TINT he Ind no
nowcr whatcver to s,op rnn,n,Ino. srorc. ami
uo"st ,,' ., ~. '.sp s"na .1'a. oso,ea a"a
Scores Of o't'.s'nost' metl' tl,at haana been IN
cheauo for flye years. md wig dared not come
here under tic on system, iloskcd Ia; cTory
nun Of them with pIece cut out of q Chicago
paper IN !'ls vet pocket n'l tint niecc was
llarFtson's confession TINT he kncT no way to
stop gambling
"Do .you think nnybody has been drawing
money trou use gamblers, conditioning to pre-
vent raids, etcl"
mo- don't believe there has, That 10, l
don't believe theFu has been my system Of col
Iccttun. For twenty years h0H thl8 cry hnS been
, 1879-07-19

believed tic ears could not be air tight, and
t!,at II they were the auaunal nattur would
raiso such stonch that the cara would explode.
llo thought that ne auction Was no. nos which u
stink. lie would like to SEQ NJ. Uakicy WIN iot
tAe benefit OF h!s business, but he did not think
that tie stink would benefit the town. This
money which the town lid spent ID Inc matter
should not he wasted.
Mr. Oakley sa!d IN answer that i The Board
would let his Company 20 on until they hsd in-
vestiqatcA the matter, mud II then ther thought
that sha transportation WAS nuisance, tllo kcu.
derlng Company would atop ut once: The trans
portaton OF live animals through the town WAS
obnoxious. and Juss ~ much 50 q h!s Company
would be.. II tho Beard noulu indueo tbs
Mlch!gan Central and IilinoIs Central to tear up
the Untoa Transit Company track and road 10
would contribute $1,000, and plank the cash In
| tHnnty -four hours.
The Clerk called the roll on the engrosnmcnt
Of the oralnanse, aud s9l voted aye, .hs osds.
nance to bn called up for passage At the next
moettng, Mr. Hobart said that It Naa 80 In
portanE matter. Back Of tho fnct that thu rem
sninal transportation .as also Questionable to
tho people reading near the track. lie was glad
that tbs e1ctemept had been BROUGHT IN,
aud ne thought that the matter ought 10 be
,he manager Of tAe Mtchlaan Censsa! that he
would stop transporting the stun a. soon 40 1t
| Was faGnd 10 ho uuisauco; but he proposed to
submit u to test and thought hs ssrs wero YER,
| no nuisance a. now built. hlr. dopaft tneh
offered the following resolution:
Retoirsd That committee Of three b sppo'nt.
I'd 10 constdet aud report upon tao. question What
| action IL necessary 70 ptcfe1t she nuisance now
yaid 10 be caused by conveying snimal nalttst and
anImass I'D aud allre through tho Village 0f Nyat
Park On .ha Union stock -fatds T!akstt Company!
ftscks from the ltks shore 1t Fofty-thtrd stl9el
Mest, and to report WHISTLER The Company owning
sald tracks cannot oe induced 10 remove thei'
tIseks tson the village, or Al sea.s 10 ''ne 'onss
| pf lhs parks.
The resolution was passed, and the President
Daily Republican., 1879-08-11
Rival Ministers at q Funeral.
From the Cincinnati Iuquil er.

From the tlEClhnatl lbQulieT.
AMHERST, Va, Aug. To-day the
funeral of an old and hi4hly-esteemei
co ored woman, Jane Clark, took place
at Union Hall Church, in this county.
An immense crowd was in attendance
1t had been arranged that the Rev.
Robert Cook, of Lynchburg, should
conduct the funeral services, but when
the concourss Of relatives snd friends
of the deceased got in the church they
found strange preacher in the pulpit.
The Society of the Sisters of Sarah, to
which the deceased had belonged, in
sisted on having the Rev. Mr.. Cook,
while the relatives demanded that the
preacher in the pulpit should go on,
and 80 ordered him. The parties
threatened to pitch the preacher out of
the window. Then fierce fight took
place in the church, in which both men
and women joined. In the struggle the
coffin was knocked over and the corpse
thrown out on the floor. This horrible
81 sht did not stop hostilities, but the
relatives fought until they drove every
member ofthe society out of the church.
1t was then that the preacher had fled,
aud the burial took place without a
preacher. Several parties were Sc
riously hurt.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-11
Forrrst's Greatest Effort.

The New York Herald, of yesterday,
says: The Herald has heretofore
chronicled some of Edwin Forests ex
traordinary performances, but yester-
day afternoon he eclipsed himself,
having trotteda mile in the unparalleled
time # 2:lla. Three watches were
held on him; the fastest made it in
2:1lt, and th- slowest in 2:l!. The
first un.rt Y was made in 0:324, the
half N l:O5t, the three quarters in
1881 and th. full mile in 2:lla. He
was driven by John Murphy. and the
performance was made on the three
quarter track, near Tarrytown, on Mr..
Bonue,'s farm. II is Mr.. Bonners i'll
tention to exhibit him shortly on a full
mile track, where everybody can see
him. Prominent New York horsemen,
like Mr.. Gillender. the former owner
of Hopeful; Mr.. G-orge B. Alley, the
former owner of Dexter. and Mr.. Char
les Kerner, proprietor of the Clarendon
Hotel, have during the past year main
tained that Forrest is the fastest horse
they have ever seen, and the horse has
now madegood all that they ever said
of him.
Daily Republican., 1879-08-11
Poison In His Bread.

George Culp, a we'll to do farmer, re-
siding in Clarion county, Pa. ,aboutthree
miles from Edenburg, retnrued to his
residence on Thursday evening, and
soon after eating supper died. Upon
examination it was ascertained that
the bread he had eaten had been pois.
oned. 1t was baked by his sons wife
during the day. and the impression
prevails that she poisoned him inten-
tionally. This is the fourth mysterious
death in this neigh borhood within two
months. In the first it is supposed =
son killed his father; in the second a
wiIe killed her husband, and in the
third husband killed his wife, and
now it is thought the daugLterin-law
killed her father-in-law.