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, 1880-04-02
Stone, the Negro Murderer, to Be
Hanged in Washington
To-Day.
4 Young Man Near Hinckley, Ill,
Shoots Into Passenger.
Train,
And, Singularly Enough, Sends n Bullet
Through n Monte Man.
Summary Justice Visited upon Negro
Ravishor at the South,

.CouNTENFElrEhs CONVICTED.
Special ooTrs'po4'dents ~ 7he Chicago Tribune.
md scntourn M mnn n. o. '"o ,ora ,a' ~. .ta
Htntcs Circuit Co,,rt, Judge Wallace prcsiilng,
oa e W. vino have .1" been ae sSx IN
tho unttc'l States, at the City Of 0swc9c. via:
David Donnell' SIX ycars; sy'vanus l'osno't's'
,.se. ,sess9 m, tn". .ss' taorn insers"le. Nv"
gca.s: fac"crcN !nRcssoil' 1ai'r faon.hs: FRANK
@ u"nr wos m mrobomntca, I, md ,ro yns n,owc @ M ~
,, m On M hcr own ] rcco1nzanco I'm " Tho 1nucrsolla
tho light sentence Of Frederick resulting from
his being r,mple.m,nt1cd md TOO young tn rcnl.
was cngnFcd. .... ......, :.
most prominent ono being tho 1ack Of bruins on.
unUch IN tho on,ernriac Anothnr Ia t,,ot Inn
nrt wis ~ caer,c cr Nv r. to ttchnn of yelts
OsweRo and TINT 40 oxtraor,linnry measures wcro
,,sed W. to cover up tho aolnss Of tho operators.
Tho transactions Of tho concern wero cosn-
menced In u small wny ncarly year ngo,
towns occns,onuliv M pcttnr III % hn,d @ NJ sn,rnus i,
.r y cent piece. and e onFcr ' in,ersas ii halfs
%aneI t wd II GFswe so
was RaIItns5I f1Sna on ] sSysra| ose!ssi,as
ssnrnr f,ii,sn r. hn ,nnro rnrf,3, sns,sa,,,,'t M
Uyens ini 10 '" s,sncuns ~ s''' that riison Wiz
a cai;dcncc l ,shc ~ 'n1s rrtn az Pn a,,t 10 sa
cxtent TINT hu VIA conyincct iarut, ent,a ,vas M
SReSat,nF s S !Sor!s1 6L1s aS'a!s onss aa
tiex nnT t,vIs ,;,rnhnra az ~ t,n Sonrnt Hart.Jnot
, 1880-04-02

Herbert II. Bhephar,l. tho young man who wAs
Gn,nght 20 near ii, utAth's door by tho copiOua
which u tooth llAL boon extracted. WIS ~ far
recovered 0n Sunday !aht ~ to le.lr rUtnOsnl to
quattess, whoro tho operation wns performed
lilofo than twn weeks previous. Tho cast WIZ
ona of such singular ch45acter, and ~ much
1T tho mtsd!cal profession and ptheEs, that
short synopsis nf It MAY not provo uutntoresting
Ghivntels repyrtrr g!oancd the following fAeta:
lhe ,rhe operation Which &c cnusgsi tho blee*ilns
some @ ea maia9 was NJ ~ lon1 @ p loxet as .wisiou
tooth, which hal grown In sueh position
as not q nllnllt "f ita 6oinK erupted and ~
snnanX tta proper position. This WIS the csl1i-
sequence 1T is ..eiilg caught. " 1t emerged frs,tn
tho 3uw. nl,lcr tho klh Immediately REcce.linE
1t, As tue tooth could nut riso u 1t WAS deyul-
npct, tho rtta. which arc the lust to DO formed,
encroachel Oh the angle OF the inv md grow In
sach ~ manner - TO hook thul,sclyes II undof
ivln aud nerve, N.h!ch cau44.1 considerable tE1l.
, 1880-04-02
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

NohrHfoRr. Mieh., March sO.-A German
named Adam pagcnkolb, living four miles from
this place. cut his throat with q tablc-knifo to-
day. Four months ugo his wlfe, au insane won-
apt mysteriously disappeared and WAS supposed
TO have been leat In tho WnhlA
To-day large crowd Of citizens, mIatr,lst!nG
lou! play. assembled at NKenkull1s homestead
u ihe Woaxls, to Investigate tho ptumiscs. an4
mad commenced tn dig out an MD we'll TINT had
recently been ti,lod up when lngenholb rnade
r. r. oxoAsa to 70 UP starn to change hts coat, aud
tan9 out his thrOAt from ear tn car.
,als wife was foand wrapped up In an old
tnlankst In tho b0ttom Of Tho well, with her
i5aoest i,55aost cut. sha had been murdered IN Guild
p!Qod BY her husband, who cullnnatod the
awful trn&ely by taking his own life,
, 1880-04-02
A MONTE MAN KILLED.

cpsetok IHP0teR 70 lA4 ChtedPo tribune.
sAxpw1cu, ILL.,, April 1.-Ono night last week,
N tho Chicago 4 Iowa wcstcrn.bo bound nt8ht
passenger train WIS passing between IsIncklpy
and Waterman. abnut midnight, ono Of tho pas
ecnGers In tho s1soking-car was shot, a pistol
ball passing clear through his skull, md making
a scrsous wound. At tho next station tho man
was taken OF from tho train, md then tho en-
Rlnccr said he had secn 4 mau walking along tho
ralroad truck loAvo tho truck barety IN time To
drnw pistol aud diachlrxo It. At lfTt It was
supposed tho malicious deed WINS committed by
a tramp, but tho ll.ilroal CMnlpany sent q law-
yer oil from Chcagu tn Investigate the
nattor; A certaiR young mum Of lllnck-
anke Of bis parents, who bud been ont
TIL late hour tlsat night, was suspected,
and.Qucstlouet. 1T lr1IKtl1 he confcese! that he
bud douo i, but cin,nel that It hntl been dofie
accidentally. Thy Railroad Company tAl not
push tho matter, hut compromised it With tho
pafonte nf tho young sna,i, ~ tho man who h.d
boen shot. named Hale, was \ three curl Monto
train. Halo atiA lies In 4 critical condition.
, 1880-04-02
Large Landowners In the United
!. KiAE4QAa.

There arc thirty -ftiur petHons In the United
Kingdom who aru uwners Ut above 100 00o Aores.
Evil, Ihs,l,e, ,&6ls; nruadnlbane, n7s,sle; Iluo-
clnuch, Id, no; Uonnld Glnieron, El ,h1A; Caw-
dor, l0l,Al7; J. 4. Chisholm. ~, Cleveland.
Dovon.hire. Mi'al: pownahirc. Es,ah; y: Il.
Farquharsou. 100,s8l: Fife, 7,Gas; Ftt4willlanl,
lItSGi, krnmoru. 11ahl; 1.cc9HtielI, llAf?oi
IOvat, ,t8t ,57t; Macdonald III Up; rs. afackenzie,
lGl Isl: siulntosh. is4lBI: A. HathesoI: ~ %sI;
J. Ma!heson, ts4,@ Middleton W. ~; h,ne- i
rose, lIlT9: Northumbesland; lSsbi5; AiCa-
H s0i; Sligo. III 0G.; suth erlsad. l9. .l1 Water
ford, l0o,2i; WtlloughDy DO Ercsby, LES II"
tIu 6,W4, ,lW acres.
, 1880-04-02
EXODUS TO LIBERIA.

Urlvon from Arkannas by White Per-
ncclltfon-One Hundred Men, Women,
mud Ehlidrosl Who Would Rather
Atarve in Arricn tllan Llro South.
Gt,u f'mk TImrs.
Ono hundred >co0rcd mon, women, and
children, tttsy, trnvclHOru, aud acnntl1y .claff,
slirnnnntch frutn tho 1923 iruin at tho PENN
Hy'vnnIa depot, In jersey CITY, yesterday morn.
inT, on their way tn LiborIa. The party nrc nil
fr0,n Phillips County. Ark. Tho pntty suntcr tho
guidance Ut Ittchnrtl Newton, an Intelligent harl-
working black man, who, despafring pk decent
hcntmcnt for h,nsnA and hts brethren at Tho
hnnls 1T tho ex-itcbel whites OF ArkRnsns, has
determined to seek n new home for thom fl IL
IBERIA. The present party arc but tho hvnnt
ct,,,ricrs Of colonization nrtnF, said to number
Io,0M In tho stnto Of Arkansas uiouo, who oro
Organized into companies nf 100 eact, With tho
Object Of cmlErntng to tho North or 70 Liberia,
in tm 70 sf ont ar tue T!tcos @ of
tl,ut insu unfortunate people tell of tho chrnt~
!ng. swtndltnR, and grinding oppression to which
mos. litlahio. Tint ihcir atatcments nrn tr,,o Il
,nnrtly proved b$ tho conc.lfTcnt % M icsfimnny M fy
1ncnt. thongh reluctant, admissions Of bDuth-
'. .They wert taken % tho rooms, Of tho Young
Wcet T.wcnty-st1th atreet. During the evening
;!,o p'sfss .n dmerfnn ,1o' T: I: H. iies. =.
tnllsd nj tho h.l,sc and oIcTcd their services 10
Newton Il, Rrovi'linE cnpInymcnt tor hIs pcorle,
%t "t atsa4 ;S es,s fr fy ss seef s LIBERIA "h'a Will
Hotnn nf tho cnllKrants have F.isns Of money,
a9 n s ,,, ,1sc IN K' ~ an +ysf eu, ns The
itonrts sprcad In tho centre Of. the room, and
e ,S ny i oy e n sf fse. onR 0 sy f Il III re %a
crowded utmost to suRocati,,n with men. women
MD children. md tho censclcss CRYING Of half
tw0 small trMirsmcn OF tho neIghhDr,,onl sent In
"ons N o 8f 81 11ons sn9 ay,o and nas
Thirty-third htrcet contributed two barrels Of
hrcnd. Tho yreat fear Of tho negroes is that
white GulI,,ozors 1t Iieicnn Ind exhausted every
e sne sewn eqs % &c sanux i ssTf S otasS ssS item ss
to pay $..6D to IS apiece for tnxcs. Many Of
them ind a!rca<y. paid these taxes before, and
the ine sher wss i',esorac. III, snii thsy II n,,.t M
ln,y or stay. Newton consulted Republican md
Democratic lnwycrH. who tnltl hin thHt tho eT-
llrgn, hut ndviser them to nay il they. cnliia
possibly rn.so tho money, rs a lawsuit would only
th anher % md taisitcd tho shcrtGs trmands thoso
Ms@ess Esss J. 3sd a aa i sssS ~" vi
s s5 nano sher S cf pefoee 'n 'se s
waf n"tas q M hea%h!ch % % bad areaSy % tec
lmtd-wns rnised to $50.
Richard Newtos., 1sufu* ratton. Ephrafm
suffering md swIn.ll'ng which they hare endured
at Tho hanis of cx-Rebel lan,t-Owncrs and ktot.,-
kssnss q 9s .nc nE cx cdn 5n1 gcro ay sS II ts
North or IN l.ts'cria. Their crnrs wcso always
lnorteagcsi beforehand L, tho atorckccpcrs. and.
Of dcbt. u Some @ II tic in6rts mt.de thom yivo
up one-hnf the entton they rntsc't Tor rent;
, 1880-04-02

tho cisy Art' WIS arrested on Charge Of perjury
aha shb"rnntlon of perjury In securing divorce
from from hs wife. ftr Envn t,ntl In tho sum Of s1o,-
Vo 10 arrear wien wanted, II. J. IIcli.tor, Of
ttlls city, atal l.. u. Mns,n, Of MAskegon. ,e!ng
nus stof'Isnsct,. Tho lIon. F.. 4. stnrr+, ut Chica
e'' hppcars ns hts chief attorney, md the con-.
tcst wIll be bitter md carried to Int.
tor, fhcts Mr. A.ltlt.' frtcndx tny TINT thcrp
afe tw' Hlt'es 70 tho cnsc. md TINT when hia Ia
aohi the norular feeling will nut ho 30 strong
nRliill*t him. lie hnA a,rrn In CnnAn for about
twp weeks pcrfcclnE hIs rtnns for his dctcnso
In h0th tho perjury nntl divorce cases.
, 1880-04-02
CisAsfIsss CAUGHT.

sptetat Dtspateh to The Chicago Tribune.
MADISON, Wis, April l.--JUhn Crnmer, who
WIS indicted In Chicago III tho United States dis
trict Court Inst October. for illegally withhold
ing 1000 pension 1nonG y, WINS arrested at Men.
omonec, Wis.,, by Deputy United Stntes Marshal
Main, yesterlny. WIN will rench hero Tonight
With lila prisoner. Mtrshal Oakley nnd Deputy
Main will lcaro here to-i!Ight with Cra1ncr for
ChlcnEo.
, 1880-04-02
How tho Tiger 1Iides.

George waa atteE llno malo tiga.. Flo we&
fll of water. ho suddenly lost sight Of game.
Ito laakutl up and down tho bank. and on tho
o1tpoait bank, but could see no tFAcea Of the
tiger. Looking down hn saw Ia the water whxt
hU ilrst tns,k to 10 large bu!!frog. There wa
nota FlPptS On tho placid, agnant auFtAoo :,
tue pool. tle .nar'oloA much, and Just then ht.
In All c4c4tol whisper tmplofeti UHrRo ID lrs.
keen look convinced George that Il really wss
tho tiger. 1t was totally Immersed, all but tho
Luce. aud hlng 90 stu tAat not tho fulntest
, 1880-04-02
SUSPICIOUS.

CIHCHsNATt. O., April la Gazette special
says tho dwelling Of Mr. Holloway, two miles
from Silver Lako. Koscl,,sko County, Ind,
burned this morning, end with 1t Mrs. Holloway
and child a ycAr old, 1t caught f1re In tho nh
scNcc OF Mr.. Holloway. Tho fnlturo OF tho
wnmnn mud child to cscapc gives riso to stls-
plclOn Of Murlor.
, 1880-04-02
AN IMMORAL CLERGYMAN.

- IN INItNUItNIA CLEltt7 MANI
NEW Y0RK, April 1.-Tho Methodist Confer
cnco Mt pntcrsor, N, j., hls found Ellis Dlscoe
guilty Of immortality In connection with tho
young lady organist Of bis church, and hns OK
pellotl him from tho ministry md membership
in tho Methodist Church. Dscoc wns accused Of
being the father OF tho young wo1nan'a child,
aud has gone West.
, 1880-04-02

eRssad1 utspattA 70 1M1 Ch1too0 Iflb1in&.
ef. Lop1s, Mo-, April la remarkable dis
s'efY was natlo yesterday In st. Louis County,
!ass outside tho city. A storm lifted on the top
y. ~. 20 iso1ated hsyttack which had not bcen dis
anes !oE mouths, and IL was found that The Ill
Eta o. ths staok had been followed out into q
civ LIE nfSseeptacto for stolen goods by. EanR nt
oyHnto.o tunoesa. sa a workman noar tho stack On tho
fonr ,ga ol the discovery wss chased away b.
immcdIata,xx xsta royulSsFs Who themselves lied
.'e&asns WAS III tho sack, which VIA recovered.
, 1880-04-02
ONE NIIIILIST THE LESS.
Tho Execution of IIladctsky In ST.
Petersburg.


ST. TETEltsDuRa, March h-Thc author Of tho
attempt against tho life Of Gen. Loris Afcitkof1.
nrrcstcd IN tho 10Th Of Fcbruary In tho after
noon md tried yesterday. explutcd bis crisno
this morning. Tho otfica1 journal announced
tl,-dny TINT tho execution would take place
at ii o'clock ut the Simeon Square, near
tho station oi tho Tsar1koG-s6lo Kailroad.
III comrnns with n correspondent Of tho Times
startcd fns tho place Mt about hnlf.pnst
o'clock. All nlonY tho road Our lrosehki
thrcn'lcd n crowd Of men and women Of the
lower classes, who were walking at rapid pace.
VIC alIshtcl close To little narrow nnd short
% Viz veF Tyf M pSs. S raroaa, f VIII
liz station aud n red brick church nru at
our right; hcforc us a rorr.walk: u sort Of I'M:
houses separated by u street connected with
tho squire by II bridge. Aboye. the i,nynneas of
o bens :1e one IS shr
ON tt,p. From, tho centre OF this top beam ropes
nrc attnchctl 10 each Of tho upright beams. He
ia hnnginx, Tho whnlo II pantetl binck, and tho
fallnx .'io T n5ks 4 With whits snos On ihrco
detachment Of the R,,ard-while ile other sldo
Of the HInnrc. tho one fAcing tho street md tho
lirihYt,. rotHans open..
space urtnlnd tho soldiers The crowd Of specta-
tors Is immense, and i,,crthscs every i1istant-
ir s s no n fs as a we
|,riyilexrtl fnw atre seated on benches ar step
ladcrs in which NJ 9es!ye tsas At oEee springs
spsnl"n !o nnH II Trg o1S fo %hish we
s scras attfaecd @ f' tserc "'s@ ea!iesty s' Il Il
is composed mostly Of working people
,S;a nn1 snall shoEkeereTs and ther wives AZ
fixed upon tho centre. The police. too small IN
numbers. seen! ,lnnhlc to keep back the crnwt!,
s aad m ch he hoow a
soldiers. ltGinforcctncnts urn called il1-gen-
, 1880-04-02

Fcrmo dc Co,1rtry" ttlenc md Marnr,, an
autumn .crno by Ifenri Hatnnin; u TayaNge en-
Seine and ,fnrne:" by ata!,d; q" I.,t Honrco ct le.
fahce d0ionHr." hy dAihr!tn: I'm Mnrchsnn
do I'pIsAnna," by Ntnn. i.imn+n dAlhDim; and
two portraits Of children, by 1'nrr!on.
, 1880-04-02

ATLANTIC CRY, April 1.-,Nillam H., Komble,
tho hrlhory fugitive from Pennsylvania, is still
here, md refuses to say when ho Will luavO.
, 1880-04-02
IYNCIIED.

LouIsv1LLE, April l.-Ilen Jonnaon, charged
with ripping Miss 4Annln A. Ilall In Clarlk County,
WAS tnkon from jail nt Winchester carly Wednca-
dny, morning and hung II, tho Court House
yard.
, 1880-04-02

DENVER, Colo, March tl.-Tho Tribune and
Nc1rs', Lcadvillo, Colo. specials nny: r. a.
1'rentico last night shot md killed F. g. Dixon
while enKngoti In a quarrel growing out at an al
legged insult offered by Prentice to i iutly whom
Dixon WAS cscortlng home.
, 1880-04-02
IkElsRIEYED,

NEWTON, N. j.. April 1.-Tho Governor has
rcprioScd for throo wecks Frederick Grill, soa-
fenced To be hangcd Saturday.
, 1880-04-02

motion or ripp|e wns rcrccpt[hle. lie fired and
inflicted Il terrible w6untl. Tho tiger bounded
lnadly forward, md GeoEg g Eayc # Its nuictus
Cured to old Mr:C A tiger boltcd toward 4
small tAnk or pond, and though the ilne followed
c., keeneF than tho others, wns loth TO give up
tho pursuit. and presently discovered q Yellow
intcntiy, be couli discover tho ycllowish tawmy %
outline of tho cunning animnl, totally l1n1ncrscd
fl the H!ntcr, sRyo It's eyes. cars. md nosc.
like Etonc. 80 perfectly hasl It concealed lis
snlt TINT tho nthcr sporslncn, could NOT for, tho
life Of them imnEtne wliRt old C. hn.l fired 1T
TILL bis tnAhont got tlown nnsl began to hnul tho
dcQd animal ont Of tho water,
, 1880-04-02
allaL lL6 e EI IaE0 RmI3lEN LE lsE a!
''AA'aaA' ~ " INDICATIONS



uhcasnzly wndss o
generally followed vceng
ant by
, 1880-04-02

c,,~' DaV0H* 70 tn ERNaRo 1f{6UaS.
hAan AAPtus. Mleh+, April l.-Ana,har
sa,.ssn se " ,ne notorious Adds divorce case HaA
S''e4'pso aese Yesterday. NJ. Adds 10
, 1880-04-02
PARIS.
Gayeties o. the French Capitalize
Chinese Ambassadress.
San Donato-The Great Saio ol Prince Demi.
doR's Att-Teoasures,
Acquisitions By tht hune-A French Painting for
The Itw York Exhibition.

Acquisitions By tlt @u5rt-A FftEth Painting Tor
Tho ttw York Exhibition.
6psetai Co57tspondentt D 7ht Chtea1o Tribune,
PARIS, March M-At tho commencement Of
tho winter tho Parlainn wnrld srcm bcHuInbcd
ny tho cold, md did not nrns1so tsnlf nt NIL. A.
general stupcfact1nn rcIrnctl over tho brilliant
Capital: h,tt, rs soon as tho temperature hccamo
more mcrctf,li MI opnncd their salonH, AMI Pnris
became Itself nRntn. Receptions and balia fol-
lowcd cach other III rapid succession. and Mt tho
present time husncrn,1s ftteA nrD on tho tApis
which promise tn he Of rcgnf Np1c1ktor. Among
those recently given mono have l,cet n,oro brill
liant thnn tho reception 1t tho Countess do
Mcifrny and tho hnil Of II. Cochery, Minister tlcs
rnstcs. ut both Of which p,nny antique costumes,
copied from historical portraits Of noted chsrnc-
tcFs. woro aeet% AZ tho lattor entertainment
Mtno. Jules Ferry woro a Med!eis toilet
0f white fatln. which wonderfully
confortned with hur beauty, ami
which WIS remarked for lis special elegance,
oven whcrn nll the costumes weru rcchcrnh6 III
tho cxtrvnno. Among tho glicsts at tho rcccP-
tfon Of tho Count and Countess do Mallrny wcru
tho Princess I4nbanoiI Of ltt,ss!a, tho Countess
WEstbl,n,, tho Countess Kucfstoln, tho HARNESS
Frossartt, and NUMEROUS others OF eqint ltstlnc-
tlo.t, whose toilets woro spnrklng with jewels.
Or embroidered with reRrta, In accordance With
tho present demands Ut fnshioi,.
TIE AMnAAsAnREsa OF CHINA
creates n sensation IT TartsIun drnwtnS- rooms
by her adherence to strictly nNtionul e,st,,r,c,
gorgeous in tho extreme, md becoming 10 her
style OF bent1ty-if this torn Is applicable to a
daughter ut tho Celestial Empire. 1t l,lny he
qualified. however, by sitting that she Is rs
pretty rs It Il possible for Chinese tn bo. Hut,
alaB cr mutllated feet arGunnbao to support her,
having been compressed lntn tho smnltcst COM
pass by the demands Of her high position. sho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04
FEES OFCOURT STENOGRAPHERS.

A RULING BY JUDGE sPEIR OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT.
Judge Speir while sitting in the Superior
Court Special Term, yesterday me ming, made an In
formal ruling as to the fees of official stenographers
that is OF importance TO them aud to lawyers Tho
court the State courts Of record have
been accustomed TO charge Is cents folio 400 words)
for copies OF the shorthand reports Of court PROCEEDINGS
II has frequently happened that the senogaphers have
experienced dicuty in collecting these fees from ti-
giants or counsel Mr. Parkhurst the senographer for
the Special Term brought complaint in one case 10 the
attention Judge Sper yesterday. After some conro-
yersy over question, Judge Spcir said that he should
hold that the rate which stenograpder had right 10
demand was 10 cents folio The Judge had ri ght IN
every case when he thought best. to ask for copy
OF the minutes. the expense OF which was to be
borne by both Sides In where the trial was Short
OF small Importance, the ltigans were poor IL would
frequently happen that both sides could use the Judges
COPY without additional expense. When, however
client or his lawyer for him. ordered copy for his own
use Judge Speir thought that the senogapher should
present his bill TO the lawyer with the copy, and they
sbould then go the matter together, II there was
any complaint the amount Of the Dill III the Dill
was correct the stenographer had right TO the pay
meut before copy of the minutes was delivered III
of the seDographer Drougnt inc
matter before HIM, Judge Speir said THAT ne wouII take
and ne courts In sucn case snOu see
been ordered u had been done, and, even II the lawyer
dd not want the copy the stenOgtapber had as ciear
right TO his pay mechanic who had done WORK that
rad been ordered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04

DISCOVERY OF 4 STOLEN BOND.

Edwin r. Kirk was arraigned yesterday be-
fore United States Commissioner Shields charged with
having In possession. with intent deraud the Gov
eminent, United States 500 registered bond for
So OOO series b, No 1923 The bond according TO its
face is at present payable to Charles NJ Gbertson but
TWAS originally Issued Peotiah X Richards wealthy
merchant of Philadelphia, who died some years ago.
The bond stolen from the executors OF the estate
about 1872. An examination with magnifylng-giass
clearly shows that the OF Mr. Richards has been
removed by means OF chemicals and that OF Gbertson
substituted place. After the robbery the Govern.
ment issued q duplicate OF the bond. Kirk who is well
advanced in years and who TO all appearances Is
spectabe man. stated to the Commissioner that be is
shiplokcr doing business at No 1875 Westst, and that
he resides Ia Boomhed-st H0boken. The bond, ne
claimed came possession Ia 1879 IL was gwen
70 him by man named w. +. Gilbert as security for
SO 600 which he borrowed Gilbert told him that the
bond was portion OF estate left TO his wife by her
uncle, whose name Gilberts0n. on July H. 1879,
KIRK gave the bond TO Brnckerhot. Turner Co.
as collateral for debt due the firm from his son. lt
then went the hands OF the Fourth National Bank
and that institution collected the interest on the bond
for several years On December . 1872 the bond was
discovered to be Irregular IL was placed In the hands
of Detective Simpson, OF the United States SUBJ
Treasury and he traced IL 10 Kirk The latter explained
into his possession, and although gilbert
was then In NewYork, the Treasury Department, ne
claims failed his arrest. He has since heard
that Gilbert has gone TO NewOrleaus. Kirk gave ball
| in 81, 600 10 await examination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04

Ninth Precinct stationhouse, March 80 Verdict,
April I: \" stab-wound OF the heart inflicted with
knife In the hands of James Tobn the 29th day az
March, 1879, on board of the steamship Alsatia AZ
the foot OF West feminist.
Welsh THOMAS, age forty years, ireland, found AZ
Chambers Street Hospital November g. Verdict
December 8 Stab wounds inflicted by a knife In
the hands of Patrick Mccormick at No. 1e4 Worth.
st., on the morning of November D. 1879 death foi.
lowing November 7, 1879.
SUICIDES.
The persons committing suicide during the year were
OF the following nationaities: Germany, 81 United
States 34 Ireland o France, Holland, 2; switzer.
land. 2; Poland. England, 2 Spain, Italy. b.
hemia Denmark, Russia, Cuba /; Demerara,
unknown, 7. The following table ind cates The mum.
Der of suicides for each month of the year the
ent methods Of self-desructon made use Of notice.
able feature the inequality Of the number male and
female suicides:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04
TAXES " SWORN OFF"

PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPT BY LAW.
CONTINUATION OF THE LIST OF PRopERTY-owNERs
WHO DECLARE THAT THEY HAVE NO TAXABLE
Personal POSSESSIONS
The list of persons assessed upon personal
property, who have shown to the salts
faction of the Tax Commissioners that
they own nothing properly SUBJECT 10
assessment under the Personal Tax laws
is continued below. The various reasons
which the law holds valid for the exemption
of personal property from taxation are so
numerous that it cannot he considered sur
mising that the number of persons who have
sworn off" their taxes is very large. The
reasons which were found satisfactory by the
Tax Department are given. together with the
names of the persons assessed and the amounts
of the assessments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04

Young Pinkler is anything but deep but
still he has memory for all slang expressions Inc
other day at little social party. he toned the TACT
that the chief clerk in the office In which he Is employed
had resigned And you've got the vacancy suppose,
Pmky 4" iokingy inquired one of the boys "On yes,
sarcastcay assented Pinker, Pye got the vacancy
In my mind"" Yes, that's so, ggged the prettes glri
In the room, aud then, strange TO say. everybody
laughed and Pnker says he can't for the lie OF nm SEQ
what 1t was that aroused their merrmenL-lCie'e'
land Voice.
CHARACTERS IN CONTRAST" So they're
building a church Ia memory of Bishop Wioerioree az
southampton" said Smeliungus. " lie was Az tnnss
10 all men," How different from me! I'm "nothinS W
nobody w-SPunchs Almanac.