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, 1879-05-19

animation Of its assets led to the discovery of
ism Impairment Of $4,000. A desperate effort
was made by the President and officers to save
the Company and secure the amount required
to relnstate it in position. The President was
personally the largest stockholder, and offered
to make ut his share, but as he had salary Of
So,eV per year to save, the other stock
holders couldn't see the fun OF putting
r. tha m9Mnsy 80 he Atants ata
tired. This decease has stirred up many other
small companies, and has produced sensation
among stockholders Of the keenest sort. The
COMPANY was reorganization OF the one which
was burned out in Chicago in 1911
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
After all, the old Long Island insurance Com
pany means to 20 on. The Company has elected
William L. Cortleyou. formerly Of the Bowery
Insurance Company, Its new Vice-President,
ana is bound to stay In the field.
William ". Hcnshaw, late Of the Long island,
has entered the service OF the Roval as assistant
to Mr. E. T: Beddali+ '..'.. So
Northern, Is about to visit England On business.
j Frame j. hare have commenced business Tor
the Norwich Union, Of England. aud have
planted few agencies :.
a Philadelphia broker vas IN the city recently
placing line Of S1,000,0 900 on the property Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company IN Jersey
City and New York.
The companies which paid the heaviest losses
In the Worth street fire accepted an abandon
1nent Of the goods, and, as result, hnVe re-
Gently received about 81, 900 salvage from sales
OF dnmaged goods.
The williamsburg City Insurance Company
lately issued circular inviting business, and
offering rs per cent commission upon accepted
risks.
There is a large amount of gossip coming
back this way from Chicago relative to the do.
ings Of the Secretary Of the American Of New
Tork while seeking Chicago agent; but
whether ThorncEl played it on the boys or the
boys played it on Thornell, is what we are all
anxious TO know.
4 singular incident in 1ife-insurance affairs
took place last week. An ex~merchant insured
his life, was examined, and paid bis premium On
the 5tn inst. On the 10th he died. The siDgu-
1arity consists in this. that the two companies
interested are ready to pay without contest.
Mr. Dupcan, Assistant Secretary Of the Liver
pool & London d Globe, has gone to New Orleans
to appoint successor to the late a. Foster.
Elliot. MEMO.
, 1879-05-19

WE VIZ also knew him well, the applicant went.
s,id iaere,s nothing I can give YOUR be
shala. ehN pleasantly; why don't You see
the e. editortu-chfef q, The next day be
apDEeu @ to both again, and the next,
Gaen "a .tlne receiving the same answer. Dropping
- - Un 1ne fourth day, be noticed vacant desk
VILE ~ .ne reporters room, kept for any one who
ta1S ~: ant to use It. He called the oce-boy,
Ing materials. Having amoye1 ;n. :, he sonaht natr
ne city editors asaignment-boog, picked ont a
Joo De thought he could do, did ii, laid the re-
sa't 91 On me city-edltor's desk, and went home,
1Ae next day be did the same thinv. and the
next, anu the next. On the firth dav the
eo'tor-1n-chlet passed through the room while
pc was at bis desk. $50 you've cot to uorkl''
ne sala, pleasantly. Yes, sir,n answered the
sselI-appolnted ecu reporteF. A day or two later
it at last, eha" he inquired. "Yes. s,r.s;
answered: this. latest addition to lie
staff, going on With bis work Things vent on
IN this way Tor two weeks, when one morning
the chief came IN. "How do you like 5our
posluon1' be asked. "First rate,'' be answer
any money yeti s'No moneys aow's that3
Perhaps the managing editor forgot to put your
name on the roll. Never mind, I Will. How
much did he say you we're to have2" ssHe
didn't say, sir,n said the reporter, telling the
truth very literally. The chief fixed the pay
the "hanger-on" became a full1edged mem
ber Of the staff on the spot. Aud the best Of
the joke was that it was not until two years
afterwartf that either the editor-in-chief or the
managing editor knew how it came about, each
supposing the other had done it. TIVE heads
certainly were better than Que that tlme-for
the applicant.
, 1879-05-19
ADJUSTMENTS.


Colville's Folly Company closed their two
weeks engagement at Haverlg's last night.
Miss Marie Williams sewers her connection with
the troupe, the remaining members opening IN
Cincinnati tonight. tits said that Mr.. Colrile,
contrary to previous announcements, will not
close his season for six weeks, when be will re-
organize for next year. Miss Williams goes in
a few days to Europe, where she will re-
main few weeks, and, returning to
this country, will either. accept an cngage-
meut from prominent Eastern manager or per-
haps will again become identified With the
Colyille Company, but, we presume. under dlf-
fcrent conditions than those under which she
has labored for some time.
Mcssrs. Harry Thorne and Charles Chr1ssie
were the clown and pantaioon, respectively,
Of the .*Humpty.Dumpty SHOW which ended
the week at Hamlin's last night. They didn't
show anv great ability, neither were they much
Of q financial SUCCESS
Chief among the attractions for the week
will be the first appearance in this city Tonight
OF Mr. Lester Wallack. The event occurs at
Haverly's, and the play will be MY Awful
flaf !,
, 1879-05-19

DRAMATIC NOTES.
II. sardou is writing drama In which the
Revolution forms the background.
Mr.. A. IL. Palmer, of the Union Square, says
be has made s35, 900 this season.
ALI Burnett, the comedian, fell in Cincinnati
the other day and broke an arm and leg.
Miss Kate Evcrle;gh, of the Colville Folly
Troupe, is still rery III at the Sherman House.
peare Memorial Celebration as> fasco and
farce.
Hcnneuuin and Milland's " Ninichc, ;" under the
tite OF "Boulogne," has been produced in Lon
don. Its success Is doubtful.
1t is whispered that John Duff will have the
Standard, New York, next season, and that
Augustin Daily will be his manager.
Miss Sara Jewett says she didn't 90 around
the engine-houses Of New York giving the horses
sugar. It was the story Of wicked reporter.
Henry ]. Sargent, says the Dramatic Nees,
was presented by hfs company, ut the Grand
Opcra-House on Saturday, With fine cameo
locket, in token of the "most comfortable and
satisfactory season they had ever enjoTed-" The
locket is to be altered into scarf-pin.
Tonight at Wallack's, New York, Miss Ada
Cavendish begins q short starring season as
Rosalnd. The support includes Joseph
Wheelock, Fred, Robinson, Harry Weaver, Frank
TannehilI, James Peakes, Eytinge, Rockwell,
John Gilbert, R. Warren, Beckett, Kennedy,
Holland, Miss ::Boniface, Miss Germon, Miss
The Kira1fY Brothers received last week in
New York their discharge in bankruptcy. The
petition was filed on the 10th OF September,
1878, and the financial straits which led to their
embarrassment grew out Of their great expense
and lack Of pecuniary success IN presenting
spectacular plays Ia Philadelphia during the
Centennial Their liabilities amounted to about
s15o,o00. '--..'
A pa1agraphist of London paper says: "The
Duke Of Beaufort, better known, perhaps, as
Horsev Beaufort, goes the round OF the United
States with Mr. Sothern. whether MS Grace
acts as bill-poster or private secretary, don't
know. What with Dukcsdanclng attendance on
theatrical Wallets, and Earls singing ink in fash
ionable periodicals, the Peerage Is getting quite
useful in a small way.h .,..
To-day the work upon the new theatre to be
oucned by Steele Afackaya will be commenced.
It's site will be that OF the old Fifth Avenue,
New York, upon which was erected two years
ago the Madison Square Theatre for Heller. It
will be finished some time in September, and
will be precisely the size Of the old Fifth
Avenue Theatre. comprising boxes, 9 paraqnet.
and two tiers. The cost is estimated DOW to pc
about S65, QUO, but it will probably reach 610.00t
more. The opening will take place about the
beginning of October, with an original four-act
character comedy BY 4. D. Gordon, entitled
"Trix," in which the principal paris will be sus-
tanned by G. W.. Couldock, Steele Mackaye, 4.
C. Dacre, Padgett, Frankau, Elsie Moore. Agnes
Loring, and Laura Lccla.re.
The electric light, remarks the Neacs, when it
comes thoroughly into vogue, is likely to be
great aid to theatrical success,-not that it can
be used to light up the scene. for the shadows
Of small objects under this light are too mark
cd aud the light itself is too penetrating to per-
Y,1st n f3rpr MI
, 1879-05-19
THE RAILROADS.
CHICAGO d INDIAN
CENTRAL.

COLUMBUS, CHICAGO d INDIANA
CENTRAL.
a very large meeting OF the holders Of the
tlrst-morteage bonds of the Columbus Chicago
& Indiana Central Railroad Company was held
In New York day OF TWO ago. The report OF
the Bondholders' Committee was submitted. It
calls attention to the recent decision OF Judge
Hariiu, at Washington, which declares that the
lease Of the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Cen
tralRailroad to the Pennsylvania Company is
valid. The Committee claim that the first
mortgage bondholders must accomplish the
reduction IN the bonded Indebtedness required
by Judge Harlan or relinquish the lease. They
sav that the outstanding sectional bonds having
liens prior to the $10,428,c00 first-mortgase
bonds amount to some Si,VW,oW, or there
abouts. The first-mortgage and sectional bonds,
according to the report, exceed the limit fixed
b. Judge Harlan BY more than ST. ,00o, ex-
elusive OF interest.
The Committee proposed the following plan
for disposipg OF all these difficulties.
F;rst-Out sof the back rental to uay OF the
81, 400 600 Of excess Of sectional and drstmort.:
cage bonds. Part OF the bonds $780, 500 required
to be Cancelled are 10 per cent bonds and first
lien on sixty miles Of the road running out Of IT,
but they can be retired ut upon sixty
Tho other sectional ebonds It IL said, ought to sub
nit to reduction, and the COMMITTEE should be
empowered to buy them in. II they Gun do go, on
fair terms. II not they should be authorized to
buy trst mortgage bonds instead.
lSecoad-The *'Pullan claim should be compro-
missed, II possible, 6y paying bin 91t Of the back
and the holders OF lrst-mortgagc bonds should ad-
vance securiry to the lessee pending the decision
Of the case.
IXird-It Is proposed that tho holders OF So
$50, 600 second mortgage bonds shall exchange for
income bonds at par, bond for bond. without in
terest but to all second mortgage bondhodess that
come into the agreement 1O. per cent in cash, or
500 Ga each bond, will be allowed out OF the back
rental.
Fourth-The second -mo1tHsage bonaho3de1a that
do not assent to this plan will be cut OF BY fore
closure of.the first mortRaga1bonds
ftfth-For fear that an e1tention Of time may be
necessary after Jan, I, security will have to be
given the Court that the reduction Of indebted.
ness will be accomplished In some manner, and the
frst-mortgage bondholders must sign an agreement
to do the same and deposit their bonds in trust
company as security.
The meeting adjourned with the understand
ing that the articles of agreement would ba
ready for signatures in few days.
, 1879-05-19


The second alarm Of course attracted a large
crowd, aud the sidewalks on Archer avenue
we're packed. This was particularly so of the
secuon over Healy's Slough, which runs along
side OF schoeneman's place. Policemen tried to
keep the people back, fearing an accident, but
1t was useless; they would lean up against the
railing over which Bridgeport lovers and lasscs
who have no sense Of smell are wont to watch
the stagnant water III the odoriferous
stream. The result WAS that about
twenty feet of the railing gave
way, and ton or dozen men and boys turned
somersaults and fell into the filth. The
scrnmbling to get out afforded iuduite atnuse-
ment to hundreds who Witnessed the 1nishap,
but the soaking was ANYTHING but ENJOYABLE 70
the grease and blood Of which the slough is
mainly composed. One lad, who seemed to be
hurt. was taken OF by policeman, but all that
could be learned Of him was that the fall
temporarily deprived him Of breath.
4 still alarm to Engine Company No. IS at
9:45 yesterday afternoon was caused by smoke
coming out Of a defective chimney into the attic
OF q one-story and basement cottage, No. 472
West Taylor street,, owned and occupied by
George Hoetze. No damage.
, 1879-05-19
CURRENT GOSSIP.
WATTLING THE CARPET,
RHrdkffk

WATTLTNG THE CARPET.
Rurdttse.
The day IS come, and the carpets
Arc dragged outside the house
As man Is dragged to the station
1t the close Of 3 Big caronse.
I see the wife and her landmarks
Wade through the suds and the dast;
And i feel - though the pie OF my life :
= Mas nearly all undcr-crust.
Come. give me clnb with handle
As long az the month OF May; ".'.'
And i will waffle the carpet
The whole OF the ltve1ong day.
Iwie1d the stick they have brought me-.
With flap, aud thud. and hiss: ~
Oh. better year and half Of sleep
Than fifteen minutes OF thisl
, 1879-05-19
FIRES.

GREAsE-FACroRY BURNED.
The engineer in the tank-house Of SchoeDe-
man & Co.'s establishment, corner OF Archer
avenue aud Salt street. was startled little
after noon yesterday by the CRY Of " fire." Only
one Of the six tanks was running, md how the
flames could have broken out puzzled him;
bat they had, nevertheless their origin being
mystery), and as the structure was highly
intlammable On account Of the use to which it
WAS put, the fire spread very rapidly. An alarm
was given from Box 13G, and few minutes
later 211 was turned in, since the, slaughter
house adjacent was in danger. A force OF
men was at work in the latter killing cattle,
und they let loose 200 sheep belonging to Con-
don s. Waller, aud ten sheep tue property Of Il:
Hess. The larger animals strared OH, ana
some Of them mag not be recovered; the others,
however, were all secured. Within ten minutes
after the Gre appeared the whole upper portion
Of the tank-house, wooden structure ssn1ty
feet wide and seyenty-iVe long. two stories
high, was euyeloped in flames, but by hard
work the tiremell confined the loss to this one
building, though the slaughter-housc was only
a few feet distant. A tauk exploded and
dreuched With grease number OF people who
we're standing In Archer avenue, loo 1eet OIL,
but did no other damage.
The loss Is estimated at SO, 0,000-s3,5 500 on
building, $1,000 on machinery, and $500 on
stock Of tal1ow and olcomargarine, there haV-
ing been 5000 pounds Of the former In the
tank nnd 10000 pounds Of 1t in the basement.
The insurance is s25,0 900, divided as follows:
, 1879-05-19
FOREST FIRES.


ST. A1BANs, Vt, May 1S.-Forest fires are
raging across Lake Champlain among the Ad~
riondack Mountain region and Black Brook VII
1age, and the immense iron~furnaces there are
endangered. Fears arc entertained Of q repeti~
ton OF fires Of two years ago which prevailed
m a mon Of and
timber. This will eusue unless copious rain
soon arrives.
, 1879-05-19
,Io1xes in Fred Lockers New Book.

Two or three OF Mr. Lockers brief anecdotes
mav be quoted as specimens. Some one re-
marked OF the portrait of the Rev. HOWELL Carr
1who. tradition declares, vas carping and
skenticsl art critfc) TINT it looked as II in the
ack Of saying, ayes, but tile original is in the
Borehese gallery" Ano ther clergyman, we arc
, 1879-05-19
MfscIlapcb to a Princelipg.

A couple OF day; before the Duchess Of Edin~
burg nearly lost her father By assassination,
mischance alnos: denrlYed her of one Iof her
children, to whom the nurse had given a/draught
Of noxious lotion insteatl of some <<inedictnc-
Two physicians jwcre tonce summoned from
London to EaStuel, and the: caild's life was
Sayel. -'' =. -: =
, 1879-05-19

For the championship the ChSa9os S3 stu lead,
second. Cincinnati third, Buffalo fourth, Prori-
dence fifth, Syracuse sixth, and Cleveland and
Troy tied for last place.
, 1879-05-19

Detroit Free kyess.
"This is the station, is it?'' he asked, as they
opened the door of cell No S at the Central and
. waved him ia.
"Tes."
"Then I'm; the same as in iall, am II"
nYou are"
'sAll right! THIS is the last gol darned time
I'll believe anybody under oath! SO 60 ahead
with your old Bastile business"
Hc was young mau Of "a, wearing his over
alls in bis boot-legs, and before coming to town
be had broken off twig from preach tree and
placed the blossoms behind bis hat-Dand and
over his left ear.
porter, al the officer got through looking at the
Hast II Well, you'd better bet hast II I'm
q regular eight-rail fence blown fiat by tornado
I'm going to commit suicide when get out o
A chew Of tobacco and few kind words
opened his heart, md be explained:
"You sec, lost my dog In town the other
day, and came in this morning to hnd MN;
Dad, the darncd old basswood. told me to call
on a fortune-teller and lind out who stole Ttge,
and was fool enough to do it,-f-o.o-l enough
to do it.! called on q woman back 10 here
about mile, Gin her 50, and says I, where's
Tige!' He's up here in Dutchman,s yard
says she. Did be steal himp says l. He ola1'
: You viii marry rich, hare lots Of happiness,
live 70 be 100 years old, and 60 to Heaven when
you die,' SAYS she, and she stopped rolling her
ewes and hnwked on to them So like TURKEY On
a 'tatcr-bug."
And you found TigeW
sYou, hold on! i found the Dutehman's,;
and saws ], Where's 1ar dog?' I don't know.
saws he. YOU'RE lar,' says /, and with that
we had it which and t'other, aud be had just
dung me out doors when the Constable came
along aud nailed me-"
swell, I'm in nice fix, ami rice gone
two dollars gone, ME in the jug, end dad plant,
ing corn with blind eye aud lame baeS; si
We're nice family, take Us all in heap oho Nn
you go ont and bet ten TO-, to one WI We t yeaSs
5Su eanf sadpsne, ps1R ne 9e s: ike
on fool, and I'll write Il on the wall dn6 6ere; r.;
oodby Mister; comp bar IN an hour amd ehne a1
| for can't bear up under more'n wagon-loac
Of Y0.1
, 1879-05-19
ASA PACKER.

MAUcn CuuaR, Pa, May 1s.-The body OF
Asa Packer: arrived at p. M, accompanied
by the family and numerous officials Of the Le-
high Valley Railroad The funeral takes place
at D. N. Tuesday. =
, 1879-05-19
A FABLE.
49, ~-

Ftao Orleans Times. 80
Once upon Time there was Ca1fph VINO had
a Good and Faithful Servant whom he could
Trust. But one day he thought he would Try
his Fidelity. So he sent him to a Distant
Ca1iph with an unsea1ed. Letter, which Read:
"Dear Brother, Chop this mans Head oil In
mediately.n.. At. the same time he dispatched
another, Bad Servant, On the swiftest horse
Ia the city, with another Letter to the same
Caliph, reading Thus: t'Dear brother, When
my Trusted Servant comes with Letter asking
you to Chop off bis. head, do. not Chop out
give him thousand Pieces OF Gold, and send
Him back to me: But chop off this ones Head
at once.h:
Then the Caliph thought: snow, indeed, II
my Servant is faithful and good, be Will not
open my Letter by the Waysde, but will deliver
It. But if he is not, and Opens It. he will not
go to Deliver it, but will run away"
Now the Bad Servant With the Horse started,
but stopped iu the middle Of the day for Lunch,
and the Good Servant caught up. They had
some talk, and the Good Servant, seeing that the
other had Swift Horse, asked him to take. the
Letter, SO that it would get there sooner. The Bad
Servant took the Good Servants Letter, and
gave his own IN its place. He managed to read
L, however as it Was unseaIed; and then
Thought struck him, and he asked the Good
Servant to ride the Horse in while he walked.
The Good Servant joyously acceded. When the
Good Servant Got in, he was claDped into la1l
for to be Decapitated, and vas Executed that
night, while the wise Bad Servant came in aioot
u1ll got One Thousand pieces OF Goid, anu
skipped the Town and never went back again to
his work. -
MoRA1: Virtue is its owu Reward
, 1879-05-19

WA11A WA11A, May 1e.-sfoses claims only "a
nortion of Colyille Reservation. instead OF the
whole, as previously reported: -
, 1879-05-19
HOW A. MAN GOT WORK TO Do
Cqussxr In Doston Jranscrtnt. -:

. Causeur has q friend, ]ournal'st Of distinc~
tion. now holding very prominent and respon-
s1ble position on one of the best-known papers
in the country, who had 4 peculiar experience
once in getting position on the staff of = New
York taiIv.t He applied to :tue editor-in-chief,
rim knew him well. and WAS aware Of his abili-
~ md experience. :'.I've nothing to ofler
you,'' he said, t'bnt perhaps you'd better see
III. manaei1g editor."- 10 tile managing editor.
, 1879-05-19

CHARLEsroH, May 1S.-Chiet,Justice Waite
and 1-Goy. Chamberlain arrived to-day, the
former to preside and the latter to appear as
counsel In the United States Court which opens
tomorrow.
, 1879-05-19

Gentlemen, after shaving, VIII hnd Cas-
.veI's CauDhor-Ice Lotion delightful application
Tor he skin. Sold in Chicago by Buck T. RaJnes-
, 1879-05-19
DEATH OF NETTJE,

PHILADELPHIA, May 18.-Ihe bay mare Net
tie, bv RysdYk's Hambtotonfan, dam by Amcri-
can Star, with d record Of 2:18, died yesterday
from blood poison, caused by picking up mil.
, 1879-05-19

n1estic departueut.n This must be hard de-
partmenr to get up Il It Is anything Ike our
hired girl In the morning.
, 1879-05-19

Dr.. D'Unse1, discovcrer Of the cincbona euro for
drunkenness, cures all cases. Room "a Palmer
Hnnso !
, 1879-05-19

p, nOon't Worry No
with your complaints about your teeth: $50 -
annoTed father to mis- '*sweet stxteener." told
you to buy the sozodont and use II, cut you didn1
and you deserve to sufer." And 90 she dti' ano
an other aweet s11teeners 6ho act like Gar.
, 1879-05-19


1fr. E. B. Henning, who 5Fas lately appointed
General Manager Of the indianapolis, Blooming
ton g. Western Railroad, will commence the
duties Of the position june /. It is not believed
that anv further change in general officers Is
contemplated.
Vanderbilt is rapidly gathering In all the up
pcr Michigan roads. His latest acquisition is
the Detroit & Bay City. At the annual meeting
OF this road, held at Detroit Friday the foil low
ing Directors we're elected: Augustus schell,
TAYLOR, Perry T. Pyne, Samuel Sloane, and R.
G. Rolstop, New York; Ashley rbnd, Detroit;
William l.. Scott, Erie. It is most likely that
the road will hereafter be run as division OF
the Michigan Central. q
The New York Tri6une comments as follows
on the failure Of the Eastern roads to restore
the freight rates:
The unexpected failure OF the recent conrocation
of General Freight Agents at Chicago to come to
any decision eeems to have heell due to the per
sstence Of the Pennsylvania 1so.d in its refusal to
abide By or to enter into any a}reen ent on East
only Is cents on grain and 20 cents fourth cass
dess ro chcsso to sew fotE o. ad sfe no
Roberts, the First Vice-President Of the
Pe3nsylyana Road. who .a ds in charge 1 in
on G sS sad = ana { IS not ced
ible that he has separated from the pool
without feeling certain that his road can do better
by open competition than urder the pooling ar
rangemenl- 1t Is not asserted that the road has not
been fairly treated, for the records Of last month.
as compared with the SAME month IN 1873, show
that the Pennsylvania Road has had the advantage
over all the the roads, ekceptins the Erie. Il ia
probable that in view Of rae approach OF the navi-
eation season, and also Of the negotiation OF the
Chicago lines for through water shipment IS their
bniy means OF competing with the low rates Of
ferel By the Waoash 10 Toledo, the Pennsylvania
Road has chosen to secure = considerable business
during the summer at very low rates, rather than
to permit the warfare bctween the Wabash and the
Chicago roads to divert its East-bounu freight al
most wholly. q
, 1879-05-19
SPORTING.

BASEBALL.
The ball gnmes for the League championship
Saturday rnsn1ted as follows: